Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JULY MONTH OF DAMAGE Estimate of Crop Drops 1,350,000 ' Hales and Condition of Growing Fields is 72.3 Per Cent, of Nor mal—Floods and Rains, Aided by Storms, Hurt Much Cotton. Heavy damage to the growing cot ton crop between June 25 and July 25 has caused a reduction of 1,350,- 000 baier«,in the prospective produc tion. The August cotton report of the department of agriculture, an nounced Tuesday, indicated a produc tion of 1^916,000 bales, equivalent 500-poundl| bales forecast from the conditionwrt the crop June 25. The -condition during the month dropped 8.8 per cent, to 72.3 of a normal. Reviewing cotton conditions for the month, the bureau of crop esti mates, said: “The month ending July 25 has been only fair for cotton in most of the belt west of the Mississippi River and in Tennessee, and unfavorable east of the river and in Louisiana. “Rains in the drought-stricken southern coastal region of Texas per mitted the planting of a considerable late acreage. The crop in the west ern belt is well cultivated and mois ture conditions have been favorable, although the need for rain is now be ginning to be felt. “Rast of the Mississippi, a severe “Ipicah storm through portions of Jprida. Alabama and Mississippi Prly In July, and an extremely feavy downpour at mid-July in the ^arolinas, together with heavy and almost conrti.nt rains during July throughout the entire eastern belt have put the crop badly In the grass, leached out much of the alrerdy de ficient amount of fertUixer, and greatly facilitated the activity of the boll weevil, .where present, and Its continued spread. The rains at the close of the period in Jho eastern boH—were preventing much needed cultivation. Condition of tha growing cotton crop on Jsly 5 .ndlcates a total pro duction of 1 J.914.000 equivalent 500 pound bales. ' That compares with 14.26(5,000 bale- forecast last month by the bureau crop estimates bas in gits calculations on the condition ©f tho crop on June 25, and with 11.191.(520 Dales, last years final production. IS ,34.930 In 1914. 14.- ir,ff.49g hales n 1913 and 12.703,- 421 hales In 1912 The final output, howsp-er, will ve larger or smaller than above forecaat according as conditions her after are better or worse than average conditions. Condition of he crop on July 25 as compiled from reports of agenta and correspondents In the cotton belt was placed at 72.3 per cent, of a normal, compared with 81.1 on June 25. 75.4 on July 25 last year, 78.4 In 1914 and 78.5 the ten-year average ©n July 25. During the month storms caused aotna damage to the crop. In tha first week wea*>er was favorable In most places an * the crop made satis factory growth but. owing to earlier unfavorable conditions, some Pelda were irregular and In places tha plants were small and backward. Roll weevil were reported damaging the crop In Texas, Mississippi. Ala bama, Arkansar and Louisiana. High winds aid heavy rains of a tropical storm ''d serious damage In portlsn i of the entral and east Gulf States during the second week. Much of the crop it. the lowlands was flooded and uplands were badly vp.abed and th' crop otherwlsj In- ^Jured. In extreme western Florida ^Hh.e crop was damaged from 25 to 50 [ cent, by the storm. Continued rains favored boll weevil Increase and prevented much needed cultiva tion. In the western portion of the belt and norttern part cast of the Mississippi »-either was generally favorable and 'he crop made good progress Diring the Mter part of the month some d mace was sustained from Moods In he northeastern sec tion, The weaker west of the Mis sissippi was fa mrable, but in ’the Fast It was les® so. especially in the lowlands. Incre’scJ damage by boll wvevil was reported. Sjiitistles compiled by the bureau of clap estimates show the value of the 1 !Tr5 cotton crop was 10 per cent, tporc than that of 1914 while the production was 30 per cent. less. Tfotal value of the 1915 crop was 8,794.000,000, compared with 8720,- 000,000, the value of the 1914 crop. The 1913 crop was valued at 81.- 027,000,000. Lint was valued at 8628,000,000 for the 1915 crop, paying producers about 11.22 cents a pound as calcu lated on averages t.xsed upon month ly prices and monthly sales. For the 1914 crop the lint value was 7.33 <ents a pound. The value of seed of the 1916 crop was 8166,000,000, paying producers 833.60 a ton compared with 8129,- 000,000, the value of the 1914 crop’s seed which paid producers 817.90 a ton. The increase In the price of the seed over 1914 was greater than the Increase In the price of lint. Comparisons of condition on July July June July 25'1 25 25 1915 1914 .. 87 90 79 89 . 70 76 :' 78 86 . 56^ 74 72 79 , 68 80 76 82 . 62 83 78 86 . 54 79 71 81 . 65 . 85 76 76 . 77 84 76 7f . 78 81 76 71 . 86 89 80 71 . 82 84 85 78 . 80 74 83 * 76 . 84 84 66 76 .164 160 64 166 C&MRdat©* for Governor and Umt-- Governor Have Difficulty at Manning—Neither Hurt. A personal encounter between Dr. E. C. L. Adams of Columbia, candi date for lieutenant governor, and John M. Deschamps of Columbia, candidate for governor, took place on the hotel porch at Manning Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Deschamps was struck above the temple on the right side and considerably blooded. Solicitor Robert A. Cooper and Charles Ver- ner, with some 'others, pulled the contestants apart. Mr. Deschamps was bleeding profusely but a physi cian stanched the floow of blood. The combatants were put under ‘bonds of fifteen dollars each by Act ing Mayor Barron. The row took place on the porch of the hotel just as the last speaker was addressing the campaign crowd on the court house square several blocks away. Dr. Adams, asked about the mat ter, stated that-he was conversing with Mr. Deschamps on the hotel porch and made a pleasant reference to some incident on the train the other day going to Sumter. Mr. Des champs, said Dr. Adams, replied with some show of heat and in the ensu ing conversation told Dr. Adams that he was tired of his “following him up.” Dr. Adams gave the lie to this charge, whereupon, he said, Mr. Des champs reached In his pocket, he supposed, for a knife, and he then hit out, knocking Mr. DesChamps down. He struck with his left hand. Before any more blows were struck bystanders got hold of each one. Dr. Adams said that he tried to avoid a difficulty but when he thought Mr. DesChamps was going to draw knife he struck. Mr. DesChamps said that he was sitting on one side of the hotel porch when Dr. Adams came and sat down beside him. There was some conver sation between them, he said, and he arose to walk away and Dr. Adams hit him when his side was turned. He said he stumbled and fell over some chairs and before he could rls« and get back at him he was caught and held. He said Dr. Adams had been “following him up” for several days and he had tried In every way to avoid him. Eye witnesses to the affair say that after the blow waa struck and Mr. DesChamps was down he arose and had drawn his knife out when he waa caught by Mr. Cooper and an other men. and that Mr. Verner had already caught hold of Dr. Adams and pulled him off. the plaxsa of the hotel and out Into the yard. Mr I>eaChamps waa taken acroas the street to a doctor’s office and Dr. Adams waa taken to hla room In the hotel, letter both wore pat under cash bonds. The matter caused a good deal of excitement on the atreeta. the cam palgn crowd Juat getting hold of the news when the meeting broke up. TREATY IS SIGNED Denmark ami America Agree on Pur chase of lalaada. Acting Secretary Polk announced Friday that the treaty by which the United States la to purchase the Dan ish West Indies from Denmark for 125,000,000 was signed at New Tork Friday morning by Secretary learning and Minister Constantin Brun. The treaty provide! for the trano- fer to the United States of three Islanda, St. Thomaa, St. Croix and St. John, which have been the subject of negotiations between the Unltcfl States and Denmark for many years. '- It U' underktood that the adminis tration will ask for ratification by the Senate before the end of the pree- ent session, and while there may he some objection to the price, no really serious opposition Is expected. BABY SCOURGE AT TUCAPAU Case of Infantile Paralj.sis Reported Near Spartanburg. Dr. J. A. Hayne, state health offi cer has been notified by Dr. S. B. Moore, of Tucapau. near Spartan burg, of a case of infantile paralysis there. The case was reported on Saturday, and the patient was dead on Sunday. This is the fourteenth case that has been reported in this state. The state board of health, in co operation with local State board of health, have put the churches, Sun day schools and moving^picture shows of Spartanburg under strict quaian- tine for all children under sixteen years of age FAITH nt HINDENBlRO Germans Place Field Marshal in Full Charge of the Fast. The appointment of Field Marshal von Hindenburg to the supreme com mand on the eastern front is hailed by the German papers as a masterful stroke. The Hamburger Nachrichten says. "A desire long since cherished by our people, but never directly expressed, is now fulfilled. In the present crisis on the eastern front the consolida tion of the army groups was a neces sity. AH commanders of the eastern armies' will ungrudgingly submit t Field Marshal von Hindenburg’ authority.” Thq Koelnlsche Volks Zeitung says: ••Oermanv’s confidence, in her army leaders In the east was never shaken, but the appointment of von Hindenburg increasea this confidence to certainty.” MIS TRIP TO GERMANY WARSHIPS ON THE ALERT Oapt. Koenig Says He Will Have to Pass- Between Cruisers to Escape —Last \Vords Were Praise for Treatment Accorded Him—Confi dent That lie Will be Able to Escape. 0 , ’ ,• .' V . ! The German submarine merchant man Deutschland sailed from Balti more Tuesday on a return voyage to Germany with a declaration from her commander, Capt. Paul Koenig, that he would take her safely home in spite of the ALied warships waiting for her off the Virginia capes. The submersible was towed out of the slip where she was berthed twenty-three days ago at five-forty o'clock Tuesd?.> afternoon. After getting into mkistream the tow line of the tug Thomas F. Timmins was cast off and the Deutschland pro ceeded down tne Patapsco river un der her own power. The Timmins went on one side, the coast guard culler Wissachitkon on the other, and .he police boat Lan- nan brought up tVe rear to prevent undue crowding by the fleet of launches that followed. Annapolis, .hirty miles south of Baltimore, reported that the Deutsch land passed tb?re at eight forty-five o’clock, steaming about txrelve miles an hour. The tug Timmins alone was convoying and only one vessel was following, a newspaper dispatch beat. M'eathei conditions at vhat time were favorable. Capt. Koenig and his crew of twenty-seven men put to sea with the knowledge tuai n man had telephon ed agents of Jii? Entente Allies that the Deutschland had started. They knew how he hvt welched at the end of a nearby pi*', day aotf fiTght. but the ©aptaln w b nt out of Baltimore harbor smiling r.nd waving bis cap. HU last word* •* the horbor were of praise for America and for hla treat ment by rnsUtniM authorities. jle said he came here "dubious” about .his reception. Capt. Koenig said he had learned that eight warships of the Entente Allies were waiting for him at the edge of the th'ee-mlle limit, spread out in a radius of five miles. “We •hall have to tum unseen within that ndius In orler to escape,” he said. “We shall hive *o make that passage under conditions not entirely advan tageous to us Were the water at that point deenrr It would be easier. We could submerge deeply enough to paas underneath the warships but the water there is not ISO feet deep We ehall. Ah-*retore, have to paaa be tween the wars' Ips.” There were cot more than a hun dred pea.ons In the vicinity of the pier when the Deutschland started and besides MT newspaper dispatch boats there /ere only four launches In the stream. The ipectatore cheer ed and waved handkerchiefs In uni son with the cheering and waving from the sailor* on board the North German Lloyd steamer Neckar. On the coning tower of the eubmereible there was a basket of roses and white flowere. the last gift of a Bal timore admirer In the ruo’-i g the river leading out into the channel for n mile from the Deutnchl s pier was dragged The search for something which n ight have In' 'ed the Deutschland wan withiut rr*nlt. The manifest of the Deutschland's return cargo ha« not been made pub lic but in addlth n to large quantitiet of crude rubber and nickel It is be lieved she c*r4**d several hundred thousand doP'';* In gold. NEGRO CONVia SHOT Killed Try ing to Escape From York Chain Gang. Charles Gill, a negro convict, about sixty-five years of age, was shot and killed about four miles east of York Saturday afternoon at four o’clock by a party of white men who were endeavoring to effect his cap ture several hours after his eroape from the chain gang force engaged in working the York-Rock Hill road near Tlrzah. Gill, who was serving a one-year sentence for housebreaking and lar ceny, having begun his term last November, made his getaway from the chaingang at about two o’clock, having been given permission to leave the working squad for a few minutes, whereupon he entered a cornfield rnd made tracks to reebver his freedom. A - pursuing party with blood hounds was soon on his trail, and after a circuitous cross-country chase covering about eight miles, the negro was overtaken by tLiose in the lead. He refused to surrender, however, and was hurling stones at his pur suers when one of the latter opened fire with a revolver, discharging sev eral sho^s, one of which took effect In the negro’s spine and then ranged upward, severing a large artery and causing death by internal hemor rhage within a few minutes. An In quest was held over the body, the Jury returning a verdict of Justifi able homicide. Maya OoveraoT Acted Fairly fas Ap pointing lUUJallad Officer. < | “I will state t&at Governor Man ning has acted fairly and honorably toward me in the matter, and I do not hold him responsible In any way for not appointing me major,” said Catft. J. Frost Walker Jr., of Union, in command 'of Company E, First Regiment South Carolina National Guard, in a statement issued in which be lays to rest the inslduous rumors that Gov. Manning showed favoritism when Maj. Thomas B. Spratt of Fort Mill was appointed commander of the Second battalion of the First regiment over Capt. Walker. ,• Capt Walker stated that the gov ernor “did his duty properly” in act ing as he'did on the report made by the examining board. When it first became known that Capt. Walker had been unsuccessful in securing the appointment, certain influences began to make a political issue of the matter, charging that Gov. Manning was Imbued with fac tionalism and for that reasen would not appoint the Union National Guard officer. Gov. Manning has repeatedly refused to make a state ment explaining the matter, al though his friends have continually advised him that the subterranean exploitation of matter was doing him political Injury. The following was the statement issued by Capt. Waller: “In the matter of my appointment as major, in connection with the criticisms that have been made of Gov. Maftnlng in appointing men as major of the Second battalion. First South Carolina infantry, I will state that Gov. Manning has acted fairly and honorably toward me in the mat ter, and that I do not hold trim re sponsible in any way for not appoint ing me as major. He acted on the report he received from the board, and he did his duty properly In act ing on The report of the board to him." CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF TWO YEARS OF FNITIN0 BIRD YEAR HAS BEGUNT Beginning in August, 1014, Eiufo. pean Battles Have Continued Astound the World Carnage and «he Frightful Settling Disputes by Blood. Continued to tei by the ^XwfaT ^ ghtful Cost of ® r WONT SINK FOOD SHIPS U. 8. .72.3 81.1 75.4 xSlx-yenr average. Tha next report/ will Tharaday, August 18, and win show the condition of cotton on August 15. Reoate Voces Relief Fund. WItbont a dissenting vote the Sen ate Teesday pa ;sod tha joint raaolu- tlon J providing V»r an appropriation of flva hundred and forty ft rural rt dollars for the relief of tha flood srfferars In North and South Caro- Germany Promises Protection to Vessels Carrying Provisions. The German government has given -a pledge to HoTland not to destroy or molest Dutch ships carrying food stuffs to England, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to The London Express This decision Is the result of a visit to Berlin of Cornelius J. K. van Aalst, president of the Overseas Trtist. snd another Dutch Commte- sioner. The Express says vmn Aalst pre sented an ultimatum to the author ities In Berlin to the following ef fect: “Unless Germany agrees not to Interfere with Dutch ships bound for England with food cargoes Hol land will close her eastern frontier, utherwiae the Entente may stop Dntch imports from America end the Dutch coloniee.’* The trip, of the Dutch commis sioner was the result of representa tions by the Entente that Holland was eelllng Targe quantltlee of food stuffs In Germany while her food trade with England had almost ceas ed. Holland replied lhat trade with England waa made dangerous by Ger man eubmarlnes. Van Aalst. fear ing reprisals by that entente, then undertook the trip to Elerlln. and aftor a eerlea of conferences obtained Germany’s acceptance of his de mands. VERDUN FIGHT ON French Bey Teutonic Artillery la Powerful Hut Men Lmcklng. Verdun Is again In the center of the war stage. The recapture by the French of *the village of Fleury, which had been held by the Germane for more than a month, caused great elation In France. It la the first fruit of the French slow and method ical offensive begun three days ago and seems, in the opinion of French military observers, to mark an epoch In the six months’ battle for the great fortress on the Meuse. The Germans appear to be less and less capable of operating on their old overwhelming scale and the Initia tive, military men think, Is about to pass to the French for good. While the German artillery con tinues to be as powerful and as well supplied as ever, the Germans no longer are able to gather the masses of troops necessary to reap the ben efit of artillery preparation. It Is 20 daysjsince the Germans made their last big attack on the right bank of the Meuse. On the left bank of the Meusa nothing beyond local actions have the Germans at tempted for a week. DYNAMITE KILLS SIXTY Carranza Troopers Badly Wounded t 1 iit Terrific Detonation. The explosion of a carload of dy namite killed sixty and wounded for ty Carranza soldiers at Empalme, near Guaymas, Sonva, according to a report at Nogales, Ariz. It was stated that the Mexican authorities are proceeding In their investigation on the theory that the explosion was due to a shot deliberately fired Into the car. Buildings In Empalme are said to have been badly damaged. 1 WILSON THANKS TILLMAN President Pleased With Effective - Work on Naval BUI, Senator Tillman has received a lat ter from President Wilson expressing cordial appreciation of the effective work done by tha Senator ia connec tion with the naval ’ appropriation bill. The preeldent concludes the letter with this statement: "It has been n pleasure to be ne- soeiatod with yea in -England declares war 1814. June 28—Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and wife asaasslnated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, by Serb student, Prlnclp. July 23—Austria makes impos sible demands on Serbia. July 28—Austria declares war on Serbia; Germany mobilizes fleet July 31 : —All stock markets of world closed. / August 1—Germany declares war on Russia. August 3—Germany declares war on France and Belgium and Invades Belgium. August 4—Britain declares state of war exists with Germany. Liege attacked. August 5—Kitchener appointed secretary for war. August 6—Austria declares war on Russia. August 9—Serbia declares war on Germany. August 11—Germans Invade France at Longxry; Montenegro de clares war on Germany, Francp on Austria. / August 12 on Austria. - August 20—Germans occupy Brus sels. August 23—Japan at war with Germany. August 26—Germans surrender Togoland to British. August 28—Five German war ships sunk off Helgoland. September 1—Germans defeat Russians at Allen*tain. September 3—French capital mov ed to Bordeaux. September 7—German advance on Paris turned back at the Marne . September 12—Allies attack Ger mans In their trenches on the Atsne, opening the world’s greatest battle September 26—Russians occupy Ussok Pass October 2—Russians defeat Ger man* at Auguatowo October 9—German* capture Ant werp. September IS—Boers revolt In British South ’Afrlee. September 24—Germans driven oat of Rueele. September 36—Rusete decteree war on Turkey. November 1—Germans sink Ad miral Cradock’s fleet off Chile. November 9—Germans surrender Tslng Tau. November 37—Austrians evacuate Czernowltz. December 1—Gen. DeWett captur ed. ending South African revolt. December 2—Austrians occupy Belgrade. December 8—Four German cruis ers sunk by British off Falkland Islands. December 14—Serbs retake Bel grade. December 25—Italy seises Avloaa, Albania. lets. February 2—Britain declares all food contraband. February 4—Last Boer rebels sur render. February 10—Russians abandon Czernowlta. February 11—United States warns belligerents not to attack American ships. February 17—Germane begin sub marine blockade, despite United States protest. February 23—United States steamer Ca'rib sunk by North Sea mine. March 18—Three ally battleships sunk In Dardanelles. March 22—Russians take Przem- ysl. March 23—Allies land at Darda nelles. % . March 25—Russians take Lupkow pass in Carpathians. May 2—Russians defeated In Western Galicia, retreat. May 7—Lusitania sunk by boat; 1,000 die; 100 Americans. May 13—Wilson demands repara-, tion for Lusitania lives. n May 22—Italy declares war on Austria. ^ June 2—Austrians and Germans retake Przemysl. June 9—Bryan quits Wilson cabi net. June 14—Von Mackensen open* great drive against Russia. June 29—Germans in Galldn cross Russ frontier. July 8—Gen. Botha captarea Ger man Southwest Africa. August 6—Germans capture War saw. August 10—Russians drive Turk ish Caucasus army Into Armenia. September 1—Germany agree to sink no more linen without warn ing. September 8—Grand Duke Nich olas remoted from Russian com- man^. September 10—United States asks recall of Austrian Ambassador, Dumba. September 25—Allies’ drive begun In France; 26,000 captured. October 6—French and ' British land in Greece. October 9—Germans occupy Bel grade. invading Serbia. October 10—Bulgaria attacks Ser bia October 21—Russians halt Ger man advance. November 6—Bnlg' -4aas take Nisli. Serb capital. V—Turks Meat British In reply to e letter written ly to the war department, that the mobilised unite of the Na tional Guard of South Carolina he sent te the border at the earliest possible moment. Gov. Manning Thursday received the following let-. ter from Newton D. Baker, secretary * war: ‘Hon. Richard I. Manning, Gov ernor of South Carolina, Columbia, s. c. ‘My Dear Governor Manning'. I take pleasure In acknowledging your personal letter of the seventeenth Inst., on the subject of the readiness of your troops to go to the border, and their great desire to see service there. In reply thereto* I want to express appreciation of the spirit animating the South Carolina troops, together with the hope that their de- alre and your own may be speedily realized. “On a recommendation from Gen. Funston, commanding the Southern department, and In order to relieve that department as far as possible of the work of completing the equip ment of the troops of the several states, orders were Issued July 16, 1916, to department commanders, by whom the movement of treopa to the border is regulated, > to bold all or ganizations until they are completely equipped and ready In every respect to move. “I take It, then, that as aoon as your state troops are completely ready, both as to strength sad equip ment. the commanding general of the eastern department, who will be notified by the mustering efflcer on duty in your state, will pramptly is sue orders for their movement. “With expressions of esteem end high regard, I remain “Very sincerely yours, “Newton D. Bakor, “Secretary of War.” I GERMANY TELLS OF GAINS IN TWO YEARS’ FIGHTING sails. 4—Ford Berlin Show meat* by of Wounded Go Beck to F%to- The German government has tann ed officially tho figurea relating te the coaqueste at the end of the sec ond year of tho war* in n which rends: “The central powers 481.006 square kilometre* 180.000 n year ago. Tho enemy oe- cupled la Europe 22.000 square kilo metres against 11,000 a year ago. “The central power*. Bulgaria and Turkey captured 2,010,006 enemy soldiers against 1,065,666. Of those taken prisoners by the Germane 6/- 04T officers and 884,000 men were French; 0,010 officer* and 1.202.606 men were Ruseiea end 647 officers end 86,660 men were British. “The war booty brought to Oor- many la addition te that uUliaed Im mediately at the front comprised 11/- 686 cannon. 4.766,066 ■helln. 1,466 machine gun* and 1,616.666 rlftae. “According to the Hat of statistic* of German woaadod soldiers. 66.1 per cent returned to tho front. 1.4 per cent. died, the rest wore unit tor •ervlce or were relented. The mili tary mens ires of tho central powers, la cos sequence of vaccinations, were never disturbed by eoldemicn.” MUNITIONS UTC8 MAIN of Fire is by Herd Fight. v * Fire broke out Monday night la the ruins on Black Tom laland^whera Sunday's ammunition explosion oc curred, and half the fire department of Jersey City with fire boats from New York and New Jersey fought 'he flames, which centred about tho pier where large quantities of shfnp- nel and sheila were ctored Shells exploded in an almost continuous cannonade. from Serbia. December 26—Ford leaves pence party. 1810. leaves Dardanelles. January 17—Montenegro makes separate peace. January .19—Russians begin new offensive on Bessarabian front. February 14—Russians capture Erzeram. February 23—^Germans open at tack on Verduir. April 18—Russians capture Trebi- zond. April 19—Russians land in France. J April 24—Irish revolt in Dublin. April 28—British surrender to Turks at Kut-el-Amara. May 1—Leaders pf ^Irishi rebels executed. * May 16—Austrians open offensive against Italy. J{ ^i May 30—Fourteen British and 18 German warship# sunk in great naval battle in North Sea. June 6—Lord Kitchener drowned when cruiser Hampshire Is torpedoed off Orkney Islands. June 7—Italians turn back Aus trian drive. Jane 17—Russians re-enter Gali cia. June 17—Russians retake Cxerno- witz. Jane 20—Arabs rebel from Tur key, capture Mecca. ' June 27—Anglo-Frenche drive re newed. July 4—--RuaBinne re-enter Hun gary. ■ July 9—German rueehea Baltimore. • July 16—Greet gate* blacklist of under “trading with the July 27- Fryntt. of