Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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" QUESTION GF RATES WAS INVOLVES In the Investigation Made Against Southern Railway by Senate Sub Committee REFERRED TO COMMISSION The Committee Recommended that no Further Appropriabe Made for Hearings.? Entire Matter Before Interstate Commission. Charges that the Southern railway had discriminated against certain Ap paiacnian coai lio.lds in the interests of a "coal trust" were referred last week to the interstate commerce com mission for inves ion in a r port by the senate suh-coumittco that investigated them. T\ eport held that only a question pf v' was involved. The sub-commi:tt ' ir.ves igrtion resulted from a i\ s .ion by Senator Tillman. Kxteiuh hearings were held, at which B. L. i ulancy, an independent operator of Bristol, Tenn., charged thai the S?uthorn had cut otf the natural outlet for coal from his section by maintaining prohibitive rates to Atlantic ports south of Norfolk. in its report the sub-committee: said Dubinev h.'ul nrrwiiifn/i ?u _ ...... j, .. . x jji v\iu\.?. M ill WV. 11 U % I" dence against the reaso lableness of these rates, but ii'itlod that the Southern had had no opportunity to present its sale of the ease because exhaustion of the funds appropriated; for the investigation ended the hearings. Theh slib-committce reeomnu ndeu that since the entire question now' was bforc the interstate commerce' commission, no appropriation l)e made fcr further hearings. The report concludes as follows: "It is u-qurstTnubly true *bat the rates in ihu ten ritcry covered by the Southern railway are higher than the I rates on coal from the he Ids r ached by the Pennsyi aula, 1! ltimore <k Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Chesapeake.1 and Ohio end all connecting lines in West Virginia. "It is not surprising that corplaints should exist of the high rates in ih< Southern territory by reason c ' the fact that coal abounds from Alabama to the WW ^ n 1 * . . ? V II ,V,IIIUI IIU11 "? aild i . ' ' fields, generally spsaking, run parallel to and about equally distant Iron1 the At'anjjc1 seaboard. It seems bofrond dispute that the territory lying between the coal fields and the Atlantic ocean ought to c njoy reasonable, rates upon coal and that it ought not to bo necessary for the ports south of Cape liatteras to be compelled to pay th? combined rail and water rates new existing in crdcr to, receive tbio ncc:s cay commodity. ' The fCi-tho: a, railway system was established hi 1SS4 and extends into the coal fields f.-mvi Alabama to south ern Virginia. \x has noi developed as a coal carrying* read as have oilier rei,v?'wJy y y,:::i eh the ccal fields. t/,.11 ' /> M 1 - ' - l no iNjiiwCiu; ror us l an v. re iu uv> so cannot be dct': r r i icd upon a pr.v-. tial investigation. Indeed, the reasons may be so imnorlan' ii" \hr: p i . icy hereafter sliaii be, stated by' the general counsel of the company lto give to the movement of coal of the South Atlantic ports and into the territory served by the Southern Railway Co., every reasonable facility which the resources of the company will permit.' , "Since this investigation began the Southern railway has commenced th construction of coal docks at Charleston, S, C, It is claimed by Mr. l)ulaney that the installation of thesse facilities has been due to this investigation. The Southern, on the other hand contends that it had made arrangements to supply this outlet for coal before the resolutions providing for the investigation was considered. "Regardless of what the truth may be with reference to this matter, the fact is that the terminals are being built, and the rates on coal hereafter will in all probability be as low as obtain at Norfolk. TRKSPASS NOTirrc. All persons are hereby forbidden tc hunt, fish, trap, or otherwise enter 01 trespass upon my lands in Conwaj township, in Horry County, South Carolina, bounded on the East by the Grissett lands, on the South by lands of Burroughs & Collins Co, on the West by lands of O. A. Chestnut, am on the North by the Whiteville road All persons violating this notice wil be dealt with according to law. Myrtle Beach, S. C. J. F. Chestnut February 15, 1915. 3?11?15. Statistics complied by the Unitc< states Geological Survey show the copper is produced in 19 diiTeren States and Alaska. With the excop tion only of Pennsylvania ami Mary land, the ores produced contain xon.< silver, and in all but 5 States gold al so is contained in the or s. Tiro Bcr.t Hot Weather Tordc GROVIfftTASTEMJSS chill TONIC enrichc-.tli blood, builds v ' iltc whole ?ys'cm nvcj will vo derfully strengthen and fortif) you lo with-t t: < th* fepr<!?fclnfl: eflfect ot *he hot sumait**- S^c. CONSTkUCTJVE BQAfla CHOSEN BY EXECUTIVE Charities and Corrections Com mission Selected by Manning TO HAVE TWO SECRETARIES; ; Duties of the Board arc Strict-1 1 y Visitorial and Advisory.? No Executive Power What ever. Gov. Manning announced last week the members of the State board of charities and corrections, who will1 have charge of the new department of the State irovcrnment rrpnt-pd inM the last general assembly. His apointcas are: Dr. George B. Cromer, member of the Newberry bar; Dr. Z. j T. Cody of Greenville, editor of thej Gaptirt Courier; Dr. D. 1). Wallace of! the Wo fife rd college faculty: R. II.; King, secretary of the Charleston; branch of the V. M. C. A.; L. O. Pat-1 tcrsoa, member of the Greenville bar.! The board will begin its work on j April 1. it will appoint a secretary| and an assistant secretary. 'i'he Christensen-Gradon act, creating the State board of charities and i corrections, provides that its duties | shall he "strictly visitorial and advisory without administrative or executive power." Either as a whole or by committee or by its secretary or assistant secretary, the State Board of charities and corrections is re-1 quired to \isit and inspect once ft1 year cr cftener "State, county, mu-! nicipal and private infclitutions which' are of elemosynary, charitable, correct'r-nal or reformatory charac-1 ter or that are for the care, cus-. tody or training of the defective, de-1 pendent delinquent or criminal classes, except that the hospital for the insane, the penitentiary and the' reformatories shall be visited as often1 as on e in six months and by at least two members of the board." Require II op or'.-. The board onus; make reports on the inspection of institutions under its supervisions to cfkeials having di-1 rect charge of them. In addition of-j iic'als of State, county and municipal charitable and correctional, institu-J tious must make quarterly rcpo1*ts to! the board in such form as it may pro-' \ i le. Rians for new jails, almshouses and; , similar buildings must be submitted', to board by county and municipal l ( 1 11 r llM'Ui U?L' l/\?? o ' 1 / virn.'' I -? ' I.uuivi IUV.1 i VJ I o w4 ^ ^ v o v 1V./11 o d i tU i VL*- j ^ ominendations before they arc adopted. The State board of charities and corrections is authorized to appoint local boards in cities and counties. On j these boards is to be a member of the I board of health of the city or county. One member may be a woman. Besides its duties of inspection and supervision, the State board must collect stab'sties on dependent, defective and delinquent classes both in and out of institutions and such other d-ta as may be of value. Annua- re-1 P'/rts to the governor, to the clerks of courts of the u itiesi and monthly 1 -ports i.j the S.v.to board of health must be made by the beard of charities and corrections. The governor may call upon the board to make inspections of any institution at aryj time. i i I Inv?st'g?tc Iamjitcs# i Immediately after its organization, ; the State board of charities and corI j vcctions is required through one or more of its agents to investigate the financial condition of inmates now in the State Hospital for the Insane or hereafter committed to the institution. An investigation must also be made of the financial resources of relatives of inmates liable for their support. The board is to submit its findings to the board of regents of the asylum. No payments will be required if inmates or their relatives prior to May , 2, 1915. In ascertaining the financial resources of inmates of the asylum to determine whether they are able to bear the whole or part of the cost of their treatment at the State hospital > the board is cautioned to consider oth. er members of the family who depend r for support on the estates of inmates. { The act creating the board provides , elaborate machinery for making in, vestigations of the financial resources ? of patients at the State hospital. The j board is authorized to employ two agents prior to January 1, 1916, to j these investigations and one agent for this purpose after this date. The total amount of copper produced in the United State ssince 1845 is 18,857,476,910 pounds, according to the United States Geological Survey 1 ? tiie largest production in any one " year being 1,246,268,720 pounds in 1 1912. The production in 1 .145 \\"u 224,000 pounds. ' Whenever You Need a. General Tor.U Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Ta::tole chill Tonic is equally valuable as General Tonic because it contains th well known tonic properties of QUI NT N a and JRON. It nets on the IJver, Nrivc | out Malaria, Enriches the lilood arid i Tuilds up the Whole System. 50 cents, WARNS THE FARMERS BEWARE OF ADVIGE Contained in Circular in This Issue About Tobacco. FACTS AND" FIGURES Strong Editorial From News & Courier Advising Farmers to Beware. In this issue of the paper appears a circular letter from a Tobacco Association advising: the farmers to curtain the acreage of tobacco. The News ?5c Courier in the following editorial in v recent issue, tells the farmers to I beware of this advice. The editorial' follows: | "The Tobacco Association of the ! United States, the dictorato of which, is made up almost entirely of Virgin- ! ia, South Carolina and Kentucky men,1 # I appears to be Hooding this part of the , country with literature the purpose I >f wl ich is to frighten farmers of Eastern Carolina from growing to-j baceo. The Tobacco Association: scents to be very much put out because the production of tobacco in Eastern North Carolina and Eastern South Carolina has about doubled since 1910; and it claims that overpro 1 auction in these sections is responsible for the decline in price hist sum- I rner. This may he true but the figures given by the Tobacco Association show that Old Belt Virginia and North Carolina grew in 1913, 200,000-' 000 pounds of tobacco as against about 100,000,000 pounds in 1910; so that it is a fact that a surplus of, about .~G,000,000 pounds the year is 1 being grown the tobacco growers in Old Beit Virginia and North Carolina would seem to be just as guilty as those in eastern North and South Carolina. The Tobacco Association, however. very naively suggests that as' the Old Belt cannot raise any money f ;> tut tobacco, therefore, the crop shot;' 1 he curtailed in the cotton section. Not a word is said about cur i ut ! i Old Belt Virginia and North Carolina but a 'conservative planting o i; -?.i ; i tiiv- v 11 .\ui lii v aiuima cWiu >outh rolina section' is vigorously u r: . This is nervy to soy the least A not' cr thing in the Tobacco Asso I nation's circular which is hard to un- ' . erst: is whv an over-production . svhhh put down as being about oned.\th of the total production should | ,.nvo cut the price one-third. We thoroughly agree that The high price :f foodstuffs should give farmers every incentive to make home supplies first' and it may be advisable t nat . farmers in Eastern South Carolina short I curtail the planting of tobacco this year. They certainly ought not j to attempt to grow more than they I ran cultivate and handle to advantage and vthout going to large additional expense. The need of an improve ment oi quality rather than an enlargement of quantity liar- been clearly indicated for several years but the selfishness back of circular sent out by the Tobacco Association i i-\? evident, and it is so clearly meant for the special benefit of the Hd Belt of Virginia and North Carolina, as to destroy very largely confidence in its estimates ami advice." SUMMONS FOR RELIEF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County of Horry. Sidney A. Tindal jr.. Plaintiff. Against Adcllo Tindal, Mollie E. Grahnm. Elvis Williams, Anna Brown, Pearlie A Brown, Effie Beverly, Zettie Tindal, Harlee Beverly Albert Beverly, Frank Boverlv. Dora Beverly and Mack Beverly. Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS: Hereinabove Named: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the complaint in this action, which has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copv of your answer to the said complaint on the sub scriber at his office at Conway, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof; exclusive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforsaid. the nlaintiff in this action will apnlv to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated January 14th, 1915. H. H. Woodward, Plaintiff's Attornev. To Peavlfe A. Brown and Elvie Wil laims, Absent Defendants: Take notice that the complaint in the foregoing stated action, and the summons of whioh the fovo^ointr is a oopv, wero filed in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of Common PIeas for Horry Count v. on the 14th day of .Tanunrv A. D. 191.r>. 1 W. 1?. Prvnn, H. IT. Woodward. C. C. C. P. (L. S.) Plaintiffs Att'y } I Inn: us Needed. Af yet few, even of our best farmers have appreciated the amount of humus forming material which roust du'dion of large and profitable cvon nroduction. It is tln.s almost com. n'ete absence cf anything like a One idea of the amount of feeding our coils require that is our justification ' lot eternally end everywhere indtI i:i}- on a move liberal treatment of our , -oi's.- Pi'O1. . sivo I-'.'.riac TOBACCO AND COTTON * MAIN MONEY CROP Says Letter of Advice Issued by Directors of Tobacco Asso ciation DANGER OF TOO MUCH Advice is to Lessen Poduction of Tobacco and Increase . Food Products After careful consideration by the i>oard of Directors of the Tonaevo Association of the United States, it was determined to issue the following statement regarding the situation of bright tobacco, with respect to the planting f?r 19 io: There is land suitable for the proluction of bright tobacco in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina sufficient to produce a hundred times move than the demand. Twenty-five years ago the tobacco nvi-wl'ifn/l it, IP'it ? a,??i XT ...it. z"1 IT V*vv VI XII I 11 IX UI I 1 V'cl I 1 f I II lit. and South Carolina was a very small amount indeed. Fn 1914 this section produced more than the Old Belt, Virginia and North Carolina. Tobacco and cotton are the money, crops of this part of the country. The Old Belt section is not adapted to cotton and, therefore, the cotton section has made the increase in the production of bright tobacco that must produce serious consequences if continued Eastern North and South Carolina produced in 1910 75,000,000 lbs; in 1911 49,000,000 1912 92,000,000; in 199L3 lis,000,000, 1914 150,000,000 poundcif and over. Old B. t Virginia and North Carolina produced in 1010 100.000,000 lbs; in 19tl 148,000,000 pounds. 1912 148,000,000 pounds; in 1918 200,000,000 and in 1914 105,000.000 pounds Probably less than 250,000,000 lbs is minimally used. and for the. two years over 8.>0.000,000 pounds have been produced, about 100,000,000 lbs more than is used. The following will show how this over-production has reduced prices: South Carolina in 19.il] auoragcd $13.77; i:i 1914 $9.68. Eastern North Carolina in 1.913 averaged $18.00; in 1914, $12.89/.. 01 i Belt North Carolina in 1913 uvi raged $17.72; in 1914, $11.49. Old Odt Virginia in 1913 averaged 910.20; in 1914, $9.83. The same quantity of tobiaceo in 1914 only brought two-thirds as much as the crop of 1918, showing inclusively what over-production writ do. Over one-half of the bright tobacco goes to foreign countries, a ad with this demand ir. many cases, absolutely cutoff by the European war,, ami ship ping and trading conditions growing ? i..- -e f.r >wiac, ciJIU v-I.LCl cU SvUI UJ . 'fVI. I illty million pounds added from, the 1914 crop, the situation absolutely demands the most decided decrease in the plant ing for 1915. Anything like u\ average crop in Eastern North. Carolina and South Carolina in 1915 will likely result in the price that prevailed in 190J3, when the crop sold very much lower than the cost ol production. A very considerable decrease tn 'ht tobacco acreage can be pr.o&tahly and satisfactorily used in pro.dac.ing food products and home supplies, v.hioh are high and likely to continue so. A small crop of tobacco, will bring as much as a large crop in doll at 3 and cents?a large crop will almost certainly bring about disastrous ' >nditions. Therefore, everyone interested in the welfare of. the community where bright tobacco is produced should make every effort to get to the farmers the facts that now exist they can appreciate how bad conditi ion3 wilt be should* anything: lnu a I small crop of tobacco, be produced,.. SITUATION BAD IN MEXICAN CAPITAL People Suffering From Famine ?Communication Cut riots mayIethe result * It is Understood Gen. Obre^tfto is Urging People to Take the Law into Their Own Hands Washington, March 4.?-Official ?'eports to the United States jgovernwent describe intolerable conditions in Mexico City, where the populace is suffering the effect of famine an< lack of communication with the c :t side world. Obrcgon is inciting the people to take the law into their own hands ?o obtain food iii order to force a large part oi Ihe male population into the v'V.rraiv 7,11 army. This view of tne situatior is credited by some offc a s here be. anse of Obregon's efforts to bloc)the relief of an international con mittee. All train service with Mexico Cit) by way of Vera Cruz, except for military purooscs has been suspended, M.? has been telegraphic communicatior with the exception of official dispatchcs. An announcement from the S'atr ' "truarv-'g^. l| Department said that a dispatch from * Cruz advised that ''^oforerces among the Carrunza official!* regarding the settlement of certain 'lul'eivnco*: Scaring on the closing cf'?*\;e port of tf'rogreso have been uniwiftr iwiful and' *>hat the port will be clovfttftt until l'urthnr notice." The? State Department waft* * used today that British and Sft&u*h vice eofcaals at Acapaico who, v.*iUi an other Spaniard, were arrested by t'Car ranza officials and taken aboard*1- 'he gunboat Guerrero, had been rclov. and were taken aboard *ho An?erh-?m cruiser Cleveland at Mazanilli toda*-. The consists* were both Spanish v jects. The Careanza agency tonight gave, out the following dispatch from Piedras Nicgreii:. J "Villastas - under Hernandez were defeated by Co-ns-titutioiviiists under General Moclovlo Herrcra at Scledu 1 yesterday. hundro I and td>:ty prisoners enptnred by Re.vera h.we arrived here.'' IWBlfifflPERS W 14: Results When torpedoe.K" blow up> r.ntto-n goes iown.?Florenc o - XI rnos. Chadbcmtnt lof;uvt. The Chadbourn? Herald yiabh Ets debut last week, and is a very ergrlitable sheet-?Wh i tevi 11 e !SIew Rtepavte r. C onies Late.. "Ships are lust like- Iloun injp that they seldom RC-t. their pictures iii the paper?; untill tiling fjo to glory??News and (T6urior:. Two Imit One. Piftty quick now the rnowfc popular citron will bo tlie renin wflrm -vr-.i produce. two jugs where only <?mt w.r.i, before..?V ork News. Nothing t?. Digfusft. We'take it that /'est now ("Wrvniany is not a place for a digestion v^blol agcnii.?The State. Inconsi itent. TEt law does not consider a p'ir\ capablirof choosing a ifc coavpanioii until she is 18, but strange as ;i i'-enis the age of consent is' left at. 14.?turn berton Tribune. \Va 11 Ik farkey.. IT'jwcTcr, Russi i wou'U' cheyrrhilly undergo a protracted beef shortage for inly one sli u>_ of 'lurkeyy.?The, Staic... All in a Word. Speaking- of Chicago's* peruVsw? baby boast, the Detroit Kr ?e Press, says, "We have thousands of thorn .' What do y<n; mean, "\vc.'r?T he SkaUe. Alwaywfloiiii^; U p.. Wl* observe fforn the dkpntcchcs that no matter viliat'lugper Kdii the tr witches, wheat, always a?rtva?flres.? Evening Record!. Thereto a '?fansom. When sitting/in that ofticu-off a bu>y niusi the most .entor^uSiiiap; Vhdivid ^ otr earth is li..{jile to. bec.ocme t bom Record . Wo beliC'V ?<in u.^'hg 1 angus ^of :,?or dAy, s\#> venture tthtj* sugg. tu^on Vjfrat instc-idd of studtyittig "cuj-ont events" our-schools r??J; tho iv ^ of ;tb.e world. ?Manting Eterald. H as-, V If Wikmtgtoniana eouhl long enough they would see an ulpvated railway doing business along, tthe entire harbor fronts cooing serv.g}% partij as an ?4evartor-in trading or -utfjloadin^ sbipfK-~fltowta? Star. i 1 i gmmmmmmm . i mif P?eeg 'rt IP r? i |^r IHL D/1 ^ of a nation's ^ ! the saving* of th flr permanently i develop the savh J/w easy and plea is to join our i Christm Make a small ? \A and next Decemb< ceive a ehc< V\ t amount paid in, j | tcrest. If y( I time you may opei I ings account i In ? IH(' ^ Farmers ' j | Merch AU Caved In. ) Talking about submarines, that was some torpedo that fccoved in the bulsvarks of the Dispensary scrow?only one saved lronr the wreck.?Florence* Times. Looks That Way. Polmcttodom is all fori one, No longer gay and merry; It looks as if John' Harleycorn Must go with Ton*'and Jerry. ?Columbia State. Credit Cheap. Credit is the cheapest commodity in this Bcciioi'. A man etfn rent a farm !<rn share:-,, bay a horse on a lien and gat supplies 01 time. It was a cinch Ck'foro the war r ut'we hoplf conditions a ill change.?To h s vft Democratic. Well, Why \rot. While they are at it why don't the i IT->p\ii)li("ins end assistant Republican/. blame Wilson for starting that war in Europe? It would be just as 1 son able to charge the cause of the 1 .?: 4. -? .>ii! uKuinsi tno uomooratic adminis;t ration as to hold it responsible for tbs wax's o(IVct upon our > <) mnccc I and Urdus tric3- Why not?Morning StiiV.'. Needed" a V1 ai6t.v The :iCout sister is crying .because, the adVance spring styles demand a waist line. For some seasons she has*, been in the swim, because a waist wa.sv as unnecessary to style as comb is t.o a billiard'ball.?Marion a Star.' H Afhirments of City- fjfe. SoVfcraA papers in Virginia are ecitorializinff upon the drift of people from. the. country on account o1" the allurements 01 cify life. V\ c might mention the movies, hot sauwtgrc stands and do<nrr.g automobiles drivon by ir- / j responsible negro cbai.H'el rs, as I an.f n?f the "allurements" aforesaid.? I)a: Kecord. The Test. i Some parlisia.ns insist ..hat the test ' ! of loyalty is t<j stand by the party 11 iglit or wrong; to defend the corrupt members regardless of decency. This g po a r nuts a premium on corruption J and weakens a party by driving de- I cent, men from it. The man who sees ; no more in democracy than this does I net know the meaning of true democ- t ir cyyr-Joseph W. Folk. if | i ; i & i /Orrrr^ Jti| Iv?j (VET BETTER RESULTS ^j FROM YOUR KODAK 1 A Let I s I)o Your Finishing Expert Workmanship Rest Materials Used I Orders Filled Same Day d ftiWM "B?T:: h free ok%',\ n W-q charge no more than you/' v pav for the ordincard kind. | > i llXG i\KI INUVhl lK KX'% I 4 Box. 2.VL. Columbia* S>>_G;. I |j j mtwiiii i il u Club on KeeJ., i ! Baseball for Savannah-, this, season j* is now an assured i'avit. f !)e- man- {agnment of the Savannah ball cdub an- < nounced the funds being collected to ,1 underwrite the.club are in sight and II ; the retention of ^e franchise in the " I South Atlantic, league . i$. a? certainty. As a meeting, o^/the fundss committee t ' j and stockholders , it announced. {V IJ that funds hj^d'been pliedged the c.'iub , to py.t it o;^., its feet for another yea*v b gag - -7 =russz^ | .CKBONE rvmiii is pmuc U|i ui | 1^^^ I|l ^ peopW. To be 1'fl ^ccesftful vve niu*C M habit. An \\ pfl want way to do thte Stf I S las Club IQm LI deposit each week pflj jr you will re- llfl* ck for the entire Jlr 1 increased by in- \\ LV| >u prefer at i11a'< iffir liM ii a regular sav- SeK nstead of spending ^f*3P I M and ? ants Bank x> 11 wjimw>m?wjimiii????i irju.u. 1 ?bo??3 f5jf ' PSMtSifl I