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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
FIX MAXIMUM CORN PRICE.
Chicago Board OF Trade Directors
Mako II sizes Bushel. '~

Chicago. June 4.--Board g trade d.
rectors fixed q maximum price for
corn late today. as was done with
wheat several weeks ago. The price
fixed was $1.65 on all contracts of
corn for future delivery.
A special meeting Of the direc-
tors was called Immediately after
trading closed this afternoon. Later
the following resolution was given
out:
Resolved. That on and after We'd
nesday, June s. 1917. until further no.
tice, members of this board. In maxi
ing contracts for the purchase or sale.
by grade alone. Of corn to be deliver
ed In store. either for immediate or
for future delivery. shall not. in enter
ering into such contracts. exceed the
price of one dollar and sixty-five cents
per bushel. Be 1t further resolved.
THAT any member trading In vio-
lation Of the orderings shall be DEEM
ed to have committed a grave offense
against the good name of the asso-
ciation."
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ON spy MEASURE
TWO HOUSES CONFEREES AT
LAST IN ACCORD.
Censorship Clause Rejected by House
Eliminated From Complete Draft of
Bill.

Washington, June 4.-Striking out
the newspaper censorship clause re-
jected by the house. the conferees on
the espionage bill today reached a
final complete agreement. Their re-
port, with slight change in another
section Of the measure. will be pre-
sented to the house Wednesday
Adoption by both senate and house
Is expected with little debate.
Besides eliminating the censorship
provision, the only change made by
the conferees was to make the section
Furnishing interference with foreign
commerce operative In peace as well
az war.
The conferees' action is accepted es
ending the administration efforts for
press censorship for the time being
but new and separate censorship bill
drafted after consultation with pub
fishers may be presented later.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS.
County Commission Should Act ut
Once.

In order that federal aid may be
obtained for road building by coun-
ties In the State. 1t will be necessary
for the county road commissioners to
promptly indicate on maps now be-
ing prepared by the State highway
engineer and which will be sent them
within the near future approximate-
Iy such roads as they wish to i'm
prove with federal aid during the
next five years, SO that State
highway department may submit to
the secretary of agriculture for his
approval a proposed system of roads
All roads indicated on maps returned
by county road commissioners to the
State highway department can not be
assured of federal aid. but It III nsc-
.essary that the county commissioners
act promptly so that system OF
roads to be recommended t0 4hHI Sec
'retary of agriculture may be selected
no federal aid being available for any
county until the State highway com
mission has submitted such a sys-
tenn. ..lt =.
It has been suggested that counties
which have indicated that they,do no,
desire federal aid have done SO be-
cause of lack of information regard
ing the terms and extent of this aid
Any one interested in this matter
may procure copy of the federal
aid act by writing to the State high
way engineer. Columbia. He will CO.
operate without charge when re-
quested by county road authorities in
any matters requiring investigation
advice and engineering assistance.
The State highway department
deems 1t of prime importance to COM
plste the registration of motor ve-
hicles as promptly as possible. owing
to tho fact that four.fifths of the
revenue derived from this source is
for the use Of county road authori-
ties of the counties In which 1t is COL
lected, the commission wishing to
place each county's share of this
fund at the disposal Of the counties
as early as possible so that 1t may
be expended on the roads while the
weather Is suitable.
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WILL Use TENTS.
PLANS FOR CAMPS OF NEW
ARMY DRAWN.
Construction of CantOnments Mt Co.
lumbia and Atlanta Will be Begun
at Once.

Charleston, June 4.-Twelve army
divisions In IL camps will be located
I'm the Southeastern department, but
nine of these divisions will be housed
in canvas. at least for time, accord
ing to the latest advices which have
been received here by Maj. c. e. Kill
bourne, chief Of staff. Maj. Kilbourne
stated this morning that from the
information now in his hands he con-
ceives the war departments present
plan to be as follows: a.:
That part of the National army
which is to be located in this depart
ment will be housed In three camps
of wooden buildings or cantonments,
one of which is certainly to be located
at Columbia and one at Atlanta, as
already announced. The site of the
remaining cantonment remains still
to be selected, but loactions in the
States of Arkansas. Louisiana and
Mississippi will undoubtedly be given
preference by the war department
over sites farther east. .....f
The remaining nine camps will con-
tain divisions Of the National Guard,
and here the men will be placed un-
der canvas only, at least for q while.
All selections Of sites already made
will stand. AS they are called out,
the National Guard units viii first be
placed in camp each In its own State,
and here they will be raised to full
strength, organized into divisions and
given some training. Shortly after
wards the three divisions from this
department will be placed in three
divisional camps. and with the ap-
proach of cold weather, six divisions
from the North will occupy the re-
naming sites, provided. OF course.
that the guard is not in the mean
time sent to France. Work on the
cantonments at Atlanta and Column
bia will be commenced Immediately.
and on the third as soon as its loca-
ton is selected. Preparation of the
tented camps for the reception Of
troops will be brief. .-..
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COUNCIL Or DEFENSE.
CHAIRMAN COKER ISSUES CALL
FOR BODY TO GATHER IN
COLUMBIA.
Will Plan to Mobilize All OF States
Resources for Use During the War.

Columbia, June 4.-The State
Council Of Defense will meet in Co.
lumbia at the Jefferson Hotel at noon
on Wednesday. Call for the meeting
issued by David r. Coker, Of Harts-
Vile. chairman of the council.
The State Council of Defense was
recently appointed by Governor Man
ming to cooperate with the National
Council. It's membership Ii iudes rep
resentatiyes of many trades and pro-
fessions. One woman, Miss Euphemia
McClintock, of Newberry. former pres
ident of the College for Women of
this city, is a member.
The meeting on Wednesday will
mark the initial conference of mem
bers Of the council. Since it's crea-
tion few days ago Chairman Coker
has made trip to Washing where
he conferred with officials as to the
nature Of the work which the South
Carolina commission should under
take. IT is expected that at Wednes-
days meeting these plans will be
outlined to the members and commit
tees appointed to put into effect the
ideas of the National Council SO far
as this State is concerned.
Gov. Manning's idea I'm making ap-
pointments to membership on the
commission was to make the group
truly representative. 1t is expected
that members of the council will serve
as chairman Of subcommittee to be
organized among specific professions
and trades.
The council Is charged with the gen.
eral duty Of mobilizing all the re-
sources Of the State for the largest
usefulness in war service.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
FRENCH PEACE TERMS.
No Peace Without ReparatiOn by Ger.
many.

Paris. June 5.-The chamber Of
deputies In secret session voted four
hundred and fifty-three to fifty-fve
for a resolution declaring that peace
conditions must include the liberation
of territories occupied by the Ger
mans. the return of Alsace- Lorraine
to France and just reparation for
damage done to invaded territory. The
resolution vas accepted by the gov
crnmcnt. A.
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engagement.

the laws of humanity nor the rights
Of any nation shall stand in the way;
that is the reason he has committed
these insufferable aggressions upon
the American nation.
why is it that we have not felt
sooner the extent of this menace? II
is because we have been lulled into a
false sense Of security by the three
thousand miles Of water between us
and Europe. For a long time that
was enough, but modern science and
invention have narrowed the Allan.
tic to such an extent that 1t is little
more today. so far as modern warfare
is concerned. than a river.
DO you know what would happen
II Germany should be victorious, as
she would be IL she could bring
France and England to their knees,
She would take the entire British
and French fleets. release her own
great fleet. which has been tied up in
the Baltic during the war. and COM
oining these with the most destruc-
tive submarine feet on earth-be-
cause she has it-she would come
here and put the iron heel of con-
querer upon your shores. We should
have to fall back to the interior. and
there is no telling how long it would
take to expel the enemy, if we ever
did. If we couldn't do it promptly. do
you know what would happen to
America? We should have to make
the most humiliating terms that
any great nation ever made to get
peace. We should have to pay an
indemnity that would represent prob,
ably half the wealth of America.
which is $25O,0oO. 900, 900 and YOU
would have taxation upon your shout
ders to meet that indemnity for a
century to come.
The first thing we must do Ia To
raise the money to equip our armies
and put them in the field and to ex-
tend credit to the great nations of
Europe which are cooperating with
u.s. We must give them credit to en-
able them to purchase here the nee
essary supplies and munitions Of war.
In order that they may make their.
soiu'ers most effective for battle. The
more effective We make them. the
more we enable them to fight and IN
heht hard. the more quickly this war
VIII come to an end, and the ,ess
o''a"ce there Will be that we shall
nave to send great army of our own
youth to Europe, and God knows we =
want to avoid that IL we honrab,y
can"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
GERMAN WIRELESS PLOT.

New York Police Claim That Head OF
- Plet Visited New York.
New York. June 6.-The police an
nounced that they had positive infor-
nation that tho head OF the German
wireless system" came to this coun-
try made his plans regarding wire
less outfits and other details through
which information could be conveyed
to Berlin and departed. probably fer
Mexico.
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GEN. ALExIEFT RESIGNS.
BrsisstlOn Now Commandcr.in.C Chief
Of Russian Armies.

Petrosrad. via London. June s.
Gen. Michael v. Alexiefr, commander
in-chief OF the Russian armies. has
resigned. Gen. Alexie Brussiloff,
commander-in-chief Of the armies of
the southwestern front. has been ap-
pointed to succeed him. Gen. Gurko,
commander on the western front, re-.
placed Brussiloff, on the southwestern
front. Gen. Alexieff was appointed
commander-in-chief on April Is. soon
after the retirement OF Grand Duke
Nicholas.
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I'VE shall not fail II every one
does his duty, but I warn you that
these great things do not achieve
themselves They can only be
achieved through the combined ener-
gy, determination and spirit of the
American people. 1t is not enough of
an answer to the challenge thrown
down to us that we subscribe grudg-
ingly or barely two billion dollars Of
Liberty bonds. We must oversub-
scribe this loan. Our answer to the
military autocracies of the earth must
be that the American people have bill
lions to sacrifice in the cause of lib
erty and self-government throughout
the world"
Mr.. McAdoo said that whatever diff
ferences there may have been about
the war before it happened, and
there were honest differences of
opinion about it. the present h no
time to discuss them or to think of
them.
Your representatives in the con-
gress of the United States, the men
you sent. there to speak for you, after
having been informed by your presi-
dent OF the issues involved in this
supreme contest in the worlds his
tory" he said. declared, by practi-
cally unanimous vote, that the rights
and liberties of the American people
had been put in jeopardy by the ag-
gressions of foreign power.
1T makes no difference by what
name that foreign power may be call
cd. The fact that it has committed
repeated aggressions upon American
rights, that 1t has subjected this ma
tion to indignities and wrongs which
no self-respecting nation could afford
to endure, that war has resulted, and
that we are In It, means that every
citizen, no matter what his birth or
origin. owes fealty to the flag.
II know how to sympathize with
the men Of German origin in this sit
uation. was born in the South in
October 1863, in the latter part of
the Civil War. My father fought on
the Southern side; some of his peo-
pie fought on the Northern side. ]
know with what heart-burnings, with
what anguish, they had to face the
issue Of a divided country.
There are times in the history of
every nation when the hand of an un-
seen power directs things. when indi-
viduals are absolutely impotent 20
control the courses of great events
This is one of those supreme crises
I believe that God has called this
nation into this struggle because He
had mighty purpose to serve.
Where there is democracy and
self-government. nations cannot be
hurled into war by the arbitrary will
Of any individual. We have lived
here in the United States alongside
Canada. which Is practically a great
republic because they have self-gov-
ernment, for more than one hundred
years. and we have never had to pa
troll one foot of the three thousand
miles Of border with an armed SOL
dier. Isn't that striking example of
what it means to have self-govern-
ment among contiguous peoples?
1.-The overshadowing danger to CIV
ilization today is the German military
The Kaiser, with limit
less and lustful ambition unparalleled
in history, has set out upon a scheme
of universal dominion. In order to |
win, he has determined that neither
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09

oa1nds C0ansy Negro Advised His
Race Not % RcGiSter.

Columbia. June S.-Fuh registra
ton In South Carolina ID indicated
One negro has bsea arrested In sa.
iuds esnnty. II ~ reported ne advis
sd negroes not to register.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
BRITISH BOSfBARD OSTEND.
German Naval Base Under Fire Of
Naval Guns.

London. June 5.-The admiralty
today that one German de-
troyer was sunk. another damaged in
a running fight. There were ne
British casualties. The German ma.
val base at Ostend on the Belgian
coast was bombarded with no dam
age to British ships resulting from the
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
RENEW PEACE DEMAND.
Russian Soldiers and Workmen's
Council Appeal to Socialists OF
World.

Petrograd. June 6.-The council of
soldiers and workmen's delegates
have sent a statement to Socialist
party and federation of trade unions
OF the world repeating it's appeal of
March 2sth to the people of the world
for union In resolute action In favor
Of peace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-06-09
GERMAN PLOT DISCOVERED.
BY FEDERAL AU.
THORTTIES IN NEW YORK.
Three Men Arrested and Held on
Charges OF Conspiring to Send
\ Military Information to Berlin.


oscillations assembled here were
shipped pi',cemeal to Mexico. sup.
posedly for use Of German spy sys-
tenn In this country. was unearthsd
today In connection with the arrest
Of three men on charges Of conspir-
Ing to send mail containing military
Information from the United States to
Germany through members Of Nor
wegian ship crews.
It was intimated by the United
States commissioner before whom
the alleged p!otters were arraisned
that Il was through their instrument
tality that advance news of the i'm.
pending arrival In England of the
American destroyer fleet was sent TO
Germany before II became generally
known In this country.
Indications have been found that
the secret mail system was operated
both ways between the United States,
Germany and !, Mexico. Several hun
dred letters have been seized, writ
ten In English. German and Spanish
and some apparently in code.
The prisoners are Harry r. Psrissi
and Irving ,Bonaparte. both said to
be American born. employed by a
German electrical company here. and
Aeel ID. Melchar. said to be nat
uralized citizen from Sweden. They
are charged with conspiring to induce
members Of the crews Of the steam
ers Bsrksnfjord and Kristianiafjo jord.
both chartered to carry regular Unit
Cd States mails. to take letters and
packages from this country destined
for Germany In violation Of the law
prohibiting competition with the
United States mail. '
That others are implicated and that
the men under arrest are willing to
tell all they know was indicated by
counsel for Bonaparte. who said his
client was willing to help the gov
ernment in every way In his power.
PerisG. speaking in his own behalf,
sdid. Il did not start this conspiracy
the mail came to me first from others
and ! had nothing to do with the
crews Of tho ships"
| II IL charged by the government
that the conspiracy began last Jan
uary and that mail was sent May 49,,
Evidence has heen found showing
that the men received from the sup.
posed principals In the alleged spy
plot $50 for each package sent by
their mail system and that one OF
them received. In all moro than $50
for his work.
Parts Of the outfits. II has been
learned. got through but part was
held up In this country.
Courtnaaxtial for Prisoners one Pos
! ysibility.
WaShin9ton luna l-yf tha thrAn
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Courtmartial for Prisoners one p
sibility.

Washington. Juno 4.-If the three
men arrested In New York in tn,
mail plots case are connected by tn,
evidence with the forewarning which
reached Berlin regarding the sailing
OF American destroyers. a courtmar.
tial u one Of the possibilities facing
the prisoners.
No comment on the case was forth.
coming tonight either from the de.
partment Of Justice or the war depart.
ment.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
SHE HAD MAYNARD DAUGHTER
Neiohbor Was Surprised When She
Found Cause Of Severe Rebuke
Administered by Mother.

A lady living In a large apartment
house relates the following:
II had occasion one day to visit the
apartment Of Il neighbor. Such grave
and earnest tones of remonstrance
reached my ears, as approached my
friends room, that | hesitated about
intruding. l found her winsome young
daughter with her, and the mother had
evidently been rebuking her, for the
girls face was flushed, and there were
tears in her eyes.
Come In" said my friend. Il have
finished what l was saying to Jenny,
and 1 hope she will remember my
wishes"
"Ah, these children these chill
dreh :" thought l to myself. How way
ward they are, even gentle things ike
Jenny, and how tremendous are par
ent's responsibilities!
81 have just been telling her. con-
tinued my friend, that she must not
wear her evening gloves when she goes
shopping In the morning. In the first
place, it Is not genteel; and In the
second place, 1t is e1travagant."
Her evening gloves! And yet, I as
sure you, her tone and expression, and
the impression made on the child
would have befitted a serious wrong.
doing-one that had issues In time
and eternity.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
GOOD BRAND OF PATRIOTISM
Business Men Should Cooperate to
Utmost With Farmers In Market
ino All Staple Crops.

Southern business men can show no
better brand Of patriotism this year
than by cooperating to the utmost
with farmers In marketing. We be-
lieve excellent prices for nearly all
staple crops will prevail this fall, but
local market gluts, because of unor-
ganized, badly directed selling meth
DDS, are always possible. This Is the
business mans problem as much so as
it is the farmers. Ask your merchant
and your broker what plans are under
way for insuring, in so far as possible,
fair prices for corn. beans, peanuts.
hogs and cattle this fall. II nothing
is being done, insist that something be
started-The Progressive Farmer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
APPROACH ToTHE CATHEDRAL

and Lille, by Valenciennes, Maubeuge,
Avesnes, Hirson AID Vervins.
1t Is by these roads and railways
coming down the valley converging to-
ward Paris and the heart of France
that the German rush was made. 1t
was in utilizing our beautiful French
roads, the convenient network Of rail-
ways, and the canals from the north
and the east that the BocheS thought
to reach Paris in few weeks and par
alyZe all resistance and any offensive
effort. "Nach Paris !" they cried, joy
ously, emptying the cellars of Cham
payne and Brie. Their career ended
wretchedly on the banks Of the Marine,
and pursued by the armies Of Joffre
and the heroic little English army, they
fell back precipitately to the banks OF
the Aisne.
After the bombardment Of the Cloth
hall Of Ypres, the belfry Of Arras, the
cathedral of Reims, and hundred
other useless outrages on buildings cell
ebrated for their beauty and their ar
tistic and historic interest, there Is
unanimous fear in civilized countries
that the retiring Germans will destroy
the beautiful towns Of Belgium and
France. The town Of Laon possesses
some remarkable buildings, as we'll as
museum, art and antiquity, and 1t has
a library rich in manuscripts. Archie
ologists and tourists recognize the in
terest Of the Palais de Justice, the So
issons gate, the Chenizelles postern.
The destruction Of the cathedral will
be an irreparable loss. 1t was built
In the thirteenth century, Is one OF
the largest and has been better re-
stored than any other In the north OF
France. Two towers, each $50 feet
high, rise on either side Of the porch.
The west front is-after Notre
Dame de Paris-the most remarkable
Gothic facade for its purity Of taste.
It Is fanked by two towers, each ITO
feet high, surmounted by little two
stored belfry towers. decorated with
colossal figures Of animals represent
ing the oxen which dragged from the
Main to the summit of the hill the ma
terials required for the building OF
this beautiful monument. The nave
Is 800 feet long. IS feet broad, and SO
feet high: the sico aisles inclose ~
chapels. The pulpit Is very beautiful
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-08
Tornado Boat pestroyers.

Most people are familiar with the
ordinary torpedo-boat, swift vessel
Of from 400 to 600 tons in displace-
ment, carrying no defensive armor,
Int armed with tubes for discharging
the deadly torpedoes. To counterfeit
these wasps of the sea, type OF ves-
sci was designed Of about double the
size of torpedo-boats, little greater
speed, and in addition to torpedo
tubes. armed with rapid-f1re six to
twelve-pounder guns, for the avowed
purpose of destroying torpedo-boats.
Lately all the great nations have
stopped building torpedo-boats. as
originally designated, and are building
topedo-boat destroyers. Recent en-
gagements have developed the fact
that torpedo-boat destroyers are used
almost wholly as torpedo-boats. SO,
they are really battleship destroyers.
To defend the capital ships for tor
pedo stack the dreadnaughts and bat
tic cruisers are armed with secondary
batteries Of rapid-fire guns from four
to six inches in diameter. One we'll
placed shell from a gun Of that size
viii ordinarily put destroyer out OF
business, as the destroyers have no
defensive armor whatever.