Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COTTON GINNING RBI'ORT ? total For State Up To November Twenty -firxt Washington, Nov. 29. -rThe Depart *cnt of Commerce, through the Hu ri*MU of the Census, announces the preliminary report on cotton ginned by counties ja South Carolina for the crops of J925 and 1924. The total for the state was made public Saturday, November ?1. Quantities art; in running counting round as half-bales: are not included: County 1926 Abbeville ........ 10,660 * Aiken . 88,607 Allendale 13,884 Anderaoij Bamberg 18,532 Barnwell . 25,982 Beaufort ........... 1,853 Berkeley .......... 4,823 (Calhoun 17,264 Charleston i.?.. .... 2,466 Cherokee 11,232 Chester 21,311 Chesterfield ...... 30,677 Clarendon' ........ 17,657 Colleton 10,271 Darling-ton 25,337' Dillon 28,798 Dorchester ......... 8,753 Mdgefi'cfld ........ 14,237 ^airfield ; 10,742 . Florence 23,094 Greenville 22,382 ( i roe n wood ........ 10,983 ?Hampton 11,501 Horry . . . . i . 4,256 .Jasper . ... . . . . . 3,690 Kershaw 27,29!) Lancaster . . 17,851 Laurens ..." 17,419 Lee 33,642 Ix'xington ....... 16,144 McCormick 1,392 Marion . . .1.0,320 Marlboro 38,294 Newberry . 13,786 Oconee 13,415 Orangeburg- 57,480 Pickens 14,169 Richland 13,920 Saluda 10,761 Spartanburg 54r127 Sumter 35,318 Union . . . . ... , T ? . . 9,839 Williamsburg 16,248 York 30,694 & All others 1 ,290 933 j Totals . . 862,523 655,212 Unit' it ation IMan Ikle-ated j> Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 27. ,T.he vote in tfyo South Carolina conference of the Methodist F.piscopal church, South, cut* duwn the majority of the vote favoring unification with the .vieihodut Kpiscopal church to 1)34 ! over th? negative. The Florida con . fore nee, the last to Vote, convenes on , December 3. The vote now is 4,309 for unifica | tion and 3,975 against. The affirma tive vote is 1,904 short of the required three-fourths majority for ratifica , tion of the plan of merger. W inn $125,000, Kills Himself j Munich, Nov. 30. ? An Italian mer chant living in Munich, recently won the equivalent of $125,000, as first prize in a lottery, but today, soon after receiving1 news of his winning, he*, committed suicide in despair. It appears when he bought his lottery tickets as a joke, he signed a state ment before witnesses that in case he should win, he would give half his 'prize to the Society of Munich Chim i.ney Sweepers and the rest of it to the breweries. A new dewberry that is larger and more disease- resistant ??than the ordi nary garden variety is the result of hybridizing by R M. Young, an elec trical engineer, of Louisiana, who makes a hobby of plant breeding. ? ? ??. ?' . ' ?? '? ' . Woman Faces Novel Charge Cireensboro, Nov. 20.? Slated for trial at the December term of federal' court here, western North Carolina district, is the ease of a woman who is charged with using a matrimonial advertisement? but not for the pur pose Of obtaining a husband. "Using the mails to defraud" is the charge brought againts the defend ant, Minnie Jackson, of Greenwood, S. C., it being charged that she would correspond with men and get them to send her money to pay her railroad fare to some agreed upon point, to look over the matrimonially inclined maleSi She would keep the money, is the charge made against her by three men. Attention, Cotton Growers ! i ^ ? . - ' ?\ ? . ... - . C ' ? ? * * o ' ' ' ? Nitrate of Soda Test Right in Your County ?? & Dr. S. F. Brasington, Camden, S. C., ap plied 150 pounds Nitrate of Soda per acre to his Cotton before planting time, in addi tion to sufficient Phosphate and Potash, Results: - ' With Nitrate 1,240 lbs. per acre Without Nitrate 800 lbs. per acre *Jl ? INCREASE ' 440 lbs. per aero Write for information how to use Nitrate and state crop you are interested in W. LAMBERT MYERS, District Manager EDUCATIONAL BUREAU CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA 1128 Hurt Building Atlanta, Georgia Patronize Home Industries WE SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS The Camden Steam Laundry "We Stop Wash-Day Worried" , East DeKalb St. Phone 17 ?T~ TP A ??? l* - ?K -Vi ur. r? Li STORY OF THK SEA Three Men Picked Up After SivUco Day* Without Food or Water (Tuesday's News and ( ouner) vi Yesterday afternoon in a stuffy a boa ' \h? i?m?M? ; ..unship B< t N Mil k, "\hich (*? rjv0$ Hero Sunday, thice_men tohl in a grim way the gruesome talc of their t}X- 1 ?pericncis' sdrift; at sea for sixteen! days it) a iio-fool gasoline boat at thej mercy of the elements. Without food, ( Water or even a cigarette to smoke i the mm in the little boat wore nndor command of the high seas. Sixteen day.; of fierce weather it was. To muke matters worse the boat was equipped not even with lights. The eraft with Merio W. Phelps, Riley T. D^ran and Albert Fine aboard left Palm Beach, Fla? No vember U. The men were off on a fishing trip. When they left Palm Beach the weather was elear. Three miles out it began to get rough. A terrific gate came up. The waves began breaking over the sides of the little boat, which had only a part cabin located at the forward end. The gasoline engine was in the open part I of the boat near the center. It was only a short while before the salt ' water had completely crippled the motor, which was one from a 1914 model Cadillac automobile. 1 Not even a. pair o? oars were avail (able to provide power for the boat. I A small piece o( canvas on a flimsy pole was tried without success. Fin ally the men became discouraged as night came on. Then it was onl> a task of bailing out the boat. A hand pump, at which the men took one hour turns, took care of this end of the fight against the stirred up Atlantic. The waves were increasing in size as darkness settled on the scene. The> said that the waves seemed, to them as though they were a high as a three-story building.. For three days all of them worked in an effort to make the engine run. During the late afternoon of the third day they were rewarded. The motor was in condition. For an hour the boat was able to fight its way, under its own power, towards shore. Then hope once more was destroyed. The engine stopped dead. Again the craft was at the mercy of the ocean which continued its rough advances. Night was upon them. There was no use to try and sleep. Hunger and thirst knawed fiercely in their stomachs. On the fourth day they were able to catch three dolphins. These were placed ort the top of the small cabin to dry. Greedily the men waited on thts meager feast. Finally it was time t<? devour iU During the sixteen days this was the full amount of food con sumed bv the trio. It only made mat ters worse. Th^' suffering from thirst and hunger had begun to be a habit with them until the catching of the fish. Each tfuy the men aboard the dritt ing yacht saw several boats away off j in the distance. One of these was near enough to sight the frantic sig nallings of the drifters. It was about thC-ignth day of the experience that Fine began to suc cumb to weakness. Being smaller and frailer than either Phelps or Doran he was rapidly failing. The other men said yesterday that Fine prayed continuously from the tenth day on. His mind became hazy and his weak ness was steadily driving him mad. I Early in the morning of November 16 Fine seemed even more desperate; he had tried drinking salt water. He swore that if a ship did not rescue them before night that he would, jump overboard and end the miserable suffering of his nearly dead being. Several times the day before it had been only through the greatest per suasion on the part of Phelps and Doran that the other man had been kept from diving overboard. They pointed out to him the school of sharks that had been following the boat for three days. These monsters of the sea were playing a patient game. Several of them came up to the side of the boat and slightly tilted it with a swiifh of their tails. When asked how many sharks were follow ing them, Phelps replied: "Plenty of em. These fLsh ran in length from five feet to thirty feet, according to an estimate by the men. One of them was almost as big as their boat, they said. Phelps explained that he can not understand even ufitil now why they did not turn the craft over. The men were in constant fear of thu*. Su it was on the sixteenth day. Suffer ing from hunger, thirst, fear of the fact that Fine would die and of the fact that the -hark- mijfht turn over the boat. Then what Pine termed yesterday as being "an act of Providence" oc curred. A steamship was sighted nearing them. Phelps and Doran set to work with their only means of sig nalling. This wa n the small piece of canvas. Fine wu completely out by this time. He did not know where he was. Joy overcame Phelps and - ?? " ? ? . ? v ?. . ... n Doran when they realised that the ship hud sighted thVm. At i> : 40 o'clock on the morning of November 27 the steamship Betty Maersk came alongside of the small boat in which th?< three fishermen Wore in. vapt. A. Nielsen, *?f the steamship Betty Maersk, then had the task of bringing the nun ahoaut bis ship from the small craft in the bad weather. It took quite a While. It was necessary to tie Fine up with lines and hoist hi in up. The other two men slipped a noose under their arms and were brought aboard. Then the first and second mates, B. Durger and P. Kgerod, volunteered to engineer the bringing of the gaso line boat aboard. This consumed more than un hour but it was finally accomplished. The boat was not at all damaged due to the fine efforts ' of the two officers. It was aboard yesterday afternoon and the Hetty Maersk will take it as freight when it leaves here tomorrow for Miami, Fine was restored to consciousness after being brought aboard the steam ship. All three of them, Doran, Fine and Phelps were gradually allowed to begin eating and drinking. Phelps said yesterday: "The worst suffering I had was when I ate my first allot' ment after being brought aboard this ship. My stomach just wasn't usOd to being fed and it didn't work at all. I really believe that 1 was in the best shape of any of the men, still, that isn't saying much." Fine made this statement: "I might just as well have been dead as alive the last few days. I didn't know where 1'was and hardly' do now. 1 guess you'd call it one foot in the shark's, mouth and one foot aboard- ' Doran did not have much to say. lie seemed to be perfectly satisfied at having been rescued. He did ex plain that it took him forty-five min utes with a pair of shears and a safety ra/.or to shave his six teen -da > beard off. All of them were of the conviction that it is better to be on land than at sea. Fine explained that he never expected to do more than drink water from now on. The trio expects to leave here today by rail for Palm Beach. Phelps is the only mail in the crowd who is mt tr r i etk ? He a aid that hc_ knew tha t his fishing days were over if his wife had anything to say about the subject. The men are all .residents of Palm Beach, ^ino for a time lived in Charleston and he says that he likes the place fine. Especially has he enjoyed arriving here this trip. The .Seaboard dock was the first place that the men have stepped on that is connected with ground since they left the dock at Palm Beach Armistice Day. The Betty Maersk picked them up after they had been carried about 300 miles northward by the Gulf Stream. ? At the time of the rescue the craft was nearly 200 miles due east of this . c-a, 1 ? . ? port. All of the men speak in high terms of appreciation for the splendid work done by the captain and crew of the steamship in rescuing them. "They havo treated us like princes since they pulled us aboard," said Phelps, who is the owner of the small boat. Blease's Weekly ? . . 4 . /; . ... * ' .0' \* i ; . ????.; .? , OWN tiff) AND EDITED HY SENATOR COLE L. BLEASE and Devoted to frank and candid discussion .of social, economic, governmental and political affairs of the nation, will ap pear DECEMBER 10 Subscription Price $2.00 Yearly , In Advance . You will want this paper! ? Use Coupon! Blease's Weekly, Anderson, S. C. For the enclosed $2 (currency, money order or certified cjjteck) send me your publication each week for one year. NAME .. ? . TOWN STATK This is (ho tolling; of slill an >tluw ) story ?>f the disasters occurring the Atlantic coast during' the pa Hi if \v, weeks. N'o explanation can be made to the reason for t'he severe weather thyt has prevailed. MethodintN Against Unification Darlington, Nov. 26.? The South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, today took its stand with the Upper South Caro lina conference by voting overwhelm ingly against the proposed unification of the church with the Northern Methodists,. The vote -wtw ? for uni fication, 21; against, 1G7. The upper "conference ~rej?cted the reunion pro posal at its recent meeting in Abbe ville. $15,000 to Columbia College Columbia, Nov. :J0,~ Announcement of a $16,000 ?;ift to Columbia Col lege's endowment fund by IVJr. and Mrs. I/. S. Welling, of Darlington, was made today by .1. C. (iuilds, pres ident of the college. The donation will he known as the Arthur Lerqy Welling memorial endowment fund, in honor of the son of Mr. and Mrs. Welling who lost his life in service during the. World war. Mr. Welling is a trustee of the college. This do<* nation, it ftas stated, is t h*? first largo nift to the college endowment fund which, it is hoped, will eventually roach $500, 000. A half million people live on tho desert land of tKe" Sahara. 4 fter Colds Take VINOL $ 1.00 the Bottle > The great Cod Liver and Iron Strengthening Tonic W. ROBIN ZEMP'S DRUG STORK Christmas Candies ? Christmas Cigars ? Pens ? Per f ^ fumes ? Toys ? Novelties-! ? Gibson's Christmas Greeting Cards GRAIN AND GRASS SEEB We have been blessed with good crops in Kershaw County during this year . Prosperity for the Farmers makes a contented and happy community . We can look forward with greater hopes for a contin ued prosperity , if we use our efforts . Now is the time to plant your lawns and beautify your grounds . A pretty green lawn during the winter adds more to cheer f illness of your home than any other thing. We have on hand Italian Rye Grass Seed , Red May Seed Wheat , F ulghum Oats , and Red Rust Proof Oats . SPRINGS & SHANNON, Inc. CAMDEN, S. C.