Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'I~aw owInForce %VtstatAstcklaw, which n September 1, became ediveJanuary 1, thoughlocal for about 200 town stathave not yet been nles a ~egulatios5 for the trtion of births and have been promulgated eiurea% - ording-to the - Of theac1and forms appointees, or who must ap registrars to serve dir pa~-in caseof absence reglations a per Sb urialssudby a local niust hbobtained be body ofiaerson can be This-duty. devolves _U teudtakr, - who In ias it cheeked off by the Ichargeof the burying The attending physi i out a cetfi Atng physician biatimust filea tlinenays after -f birth d aseswhere a.e.prese This duty de on -he fAtheror mother child. law erovidesghat a local shill "receive 25 cents iah i ii death certifi ropery eiecuted and filed the ate rgistrar. On the Sday of C eh month he send all originalcertificates state registrar. es. Hayn, . D., state sharged with seeing horonghaid effcient ex t U-ofItbtac tCred out. ia orie , tigate siss rind vio nd the.la such 't the re, affender. elaw Neovides acie of from - 1 ornimpiisonmient or or both. F. Harris-his been ap ted registrar here. -P jgifl.tanse~l ied~a thet residence of -Homer-A. S Miss dibrlgari.r. Stansell is a imising young \farmer and ndswell in his community. esSalie is the eldest daughter :a JoegPiLarim-of the Pra Wreek. setion and numbers Eriepis by the 'score. The ppy: ioung couple have .the gttiSions of their many ads.__ _ _ Whiftaker-Fowler. ldnear Easley on De 23, at the home of the de'&.aets, Mr. and Mrs. nanWhittaker; Miss Eth bth Whittaker and Mr. n Try Fowler; Rev. H. A. el officiating. Mr. and * ittaker will make their Anderson county. They ee very best wishes of a nmber of friends. Married January 3. Where? hot..1tkhe bride's pa Anderson county. Who? CE. Holder and Miss Eu Palmer. They will make -home in Pickens county. eimany friends wish them ng~d happy life. Rev. B. Atkisonofficiated Card of Thanks r. pditor: Please allow me cin your valuable paper to * all of our friends and rel esfor their kindness to us our present affiiction. ily do we wish to thank re Barrett and his good o the bountiful Christmas .s iin the~ way of food and ing. May the blessings of rest upon each one, and Sthey be comforted in all Stroubles. These deeds ofI mess make us feel that those1 ipeople will be among those~ -homn Christ said,-"Inasmuch edid it unto one of the least hese, mny children, ye did it me." Mr. and Mrs. Craw Mann.1 -A Card e, t h e committeemen of re Camp No. 585, W. O. W. by extend to our sovereign:i er; J. M..Childress, and"' iy, our sincerest sympathy ~dahof their precious tat4hey may ubmissiv timzrs To Use The present low price of cot ton has caused many farmers tc seek advice from Clemson Col lege as to the. economic use of fertilizers this coming season. To meet this demand, Prof. J. N. Harper, director of the South Carolina experiment station,haw written a bulletin on this sob ject. Among other things, hf states that practically all the soils of South Carolina will re spond to good treatment and fertilization. It does not pay tc plant and cultivate crops unless they are well supplied with plani food. The most important plani food for the soils of this state,' continues Prof. Harper, "is ni trogen (ammonia). All of ou soils are deficient in this ele ment. This is due to the fac that the nitrates are soluble ii water and are constantly leach, ing out of the land. Therefore, unless-crops are grown in rota tion.with the legumes, the far mer must use some form of com mercial- nitrogen and ht should insist that this nitrogen be avail able. Nitiate of soda, sulphat of ammonia, blood, cotton see meal, fish scrap and tankage are splendid sources of nitrogen Cotton seed meal is one of thi best and at the present price i is one- of the cheapest. Nitrat of soda is also a good source o: I nitrogen and it will liberate z certain amount of potash in the soil. When applied early in'th( spring it greatly increases th yield of grain. ~ - "It also pays to use acid phos pnate on all types of soil found in this state, excepting where it has accumulated from previouf fertilizations. Acid phosphatc is not only a valuable plant food but it is also valuable in that il hastens the maturity of plants, especially cotton, and preventz cotton from running to stalk 0: weed. "On account of the Europear ,ar our source of potash, which comes from Germany, has beer cut off, causing the price to in crease considerably. At th( present time it will not pay the farmers of the Pied mont sectior y-anmrypotacir in their ferbi lizers. The sandy soils of the coastal plain arevery deficienti potash and what is on hand should be used for the soils of that region. I"Fertilizers are not amend ments or stimulants to plant growth, but furnish the neces sary elements of plant food, without which they will not gro w. Our staple crops take out large amounts of plant food fromt the soil which must be replaced. The farmers of the state have not acted unwisely in that they have been using fertilizers in large amounts for a number of years. Howeyer,under the pres ent conditions with the low price of cotton, we advise the farmers to reduce the amount of fertil izer they will use this season, I" T he re is a considerablE amount of plant food stored in our soils as a residual from pre vious fertilizations which can be called on in this time of need. Practically all of the phoshorus that has been applied in acid phosphate to the soils in this state is still in the first twelve inches, excepting that which has been taken out by plants. Acid phosphate does not wash out of the land as does nitrogen. In our present financial stress we must make good use of the plant food stored in our soils and re duce our fertilizer bill as much as possible. 'We recommend to the farm ers of the Piedmont region that they apply to their corn 300 pounds of fertilizer composed of equal parts of acid phosphate and cotton seed meal-this to be applied at the time of the plant ing-and when the corn is waist high a top dressing of from 60 to 75 pounds of nitrate of soda. For cotton we recommend 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal, applied at the time of planting. For oats and wheat we recommend 100 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of cotton seed meal and 75 pounds of nitrate of soda. The soda should be applied early in March. "For the coastal plain we rec ommend for corn 200 pounds of acid phosphate and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal-this to be applied as recommended by the Williams plan-and 100 pounds of soda to be used when the corn is bunching to tassel. For cotton, 200 pounds of acid phos phate, 200 pounds of cotton seed neal and 25 pounds of ' f tashband 75 of soda, to b uares begin recomme ANOTHER SHIP Batis Frmidable Was Sik By The Germans Off The Coast of Dartsmoth SIX HUNDRED MEN PERISH One Hundred and Fifty Survivors Of Disaster Were Picked Up In a Strong Sea By Trawler London.-The Daily Chronicle states that survivors of the battleship For midable report that the vessel was torpedoed both fore and aft and sank almost immediately. The Chronicle's Brixham correspon dent, who is authority for the forego ing, says the captain of the trawler Providence, which rescued seventy survivors who had escaped from the battleship in a cutter, states that other fishing boats were close at hand. The captain expreszes the belief that other survivors have been rescued and taken to Dartmouth. He saw no other boats belonging to the Formidable, however. The destruction of the battleship in the.English channel by a mine or sub marine boat, although one of those events Englishmen now realise must be expected so long as the British navy is compelled to keep the seas, has caused widespread grief. This is due, not so much to the loss of the ship, which was fifteen years old and cost about $5,000,000, as it is for the men-600 in number-who are believed to have gone down with her. Thus far only 150-men of the Formi dable's crew are known to have been fiiseed.-A 'light cruiser picked up 80 . and a Tory er 70. Among the rescued are eight o mid. shipmen. The British admiralty has not an nounced the locality where the dis aster occurred, and declares that it is unable to say whether the ship struck a mine or was torpedoed, but the in clination here is to believe that a sub marine again has been successful in an attack. 'PREDICTS END IS NEAR President Poincare Tells Diplomats In Paris That War Will Be Over During 1915 Paris.-Prediotion that 1915 would see the end of the war was made by rresaenct -oPncare ~Iii-n*'iddris to foreign diplomats who went to the Palace of the Elysee to present New Year's congratulations. "I do not doubt that next year, at this traditional reception, we shall cel. ebrate establishment of a beneficent peace," said the president. The British ambassador, Sir Francis Bertie, as dean of the diplomatic corps, presented the congratulations of his colleagues and himself. In his address Sir Francis remarked that the diplo mats present comprised "representa tives of the nations fighting at the side of France, and of other nations where on neutrality imposes special duties in this grave crisis." American Ambassador Sharp was among those present. He was accom paied by three former ministers who are aiding him in the arduous tasks of the embassy during the war-John W. Garrett, H. Percival Dodge and John G. Coolidge. GERMANS LOSE ST. GEORGES While Kaiser's Troops Yield Belgian Coast To French, They Took BrItish Trench London.-Fighting in Flanders and northern France has been confined largely to artillery engagements, ex cept near Bethune, where the Germans claim they have taken a British trench. They admit, however, the loss of St. Georges, near the Belgian coat, which the Berlin official report says it was decided not to attempt to retake, owing to high water. In the Argonne region, where the battle has been almost continuous for weeks past, the Germans have made a little progress, as an offset to which, however, the French declare they have continued their advance in upper Al sace. Wilson Chooses Three Men Washington.-President Wilson was understood to have decided tentative ly on three members of the federal trade commission. They are Joseph E. Davies, commissioner of corpora tions; Edward N. Hurley, president of the Illinois Manufacturers' associa tion, and George Foster Peabody, a New York banker. Two others are to be selected. The three men chosen are all Democrats, and if they are final. ly decided on, the other two members will be Republicans or Progressives, according to the law passed. Belgrade Is Bombarded Belgrade.--"Four Austrian monitors bombarded Belgrade this week. Their fire did slight damage. Reports from Sofia, Bulgaria, of a serious clash be ween Servian' and Bulgarian frontier guards are officially denied here. The truth is that Servian Guards arrested a number Iof inhabitants of Bagan WZawZ, ho were trying to leave the ountry void military service. But w o casualties and there with the Bulgarian the gist of the of James F. H'n WOODROW WILSON. A White House announcement states President Wilson will -veto the lit eracy test immigration restriction bill should it pass the senate. The president's reasons are that the measure is unconstitutional and un American in principle. Similar bills were vetoed by President Taft in 1913 and by President Cleveland in 1893 on the same grounds. WILSON NOTE STIRS BRITISH ENGLISH GREATLY AGITATED OVER OFFICIAL NOTE OF UNITED STATES President Wilson's Message Of Warn ing Causes Greatest Sensation in England in Years London.-The American note pro -na: against the British treatment of Am -- nerce and insisting of an early impr - me as a complete suprise to the Bri is lic; as there had been virtually no intimation that any friction had aris en between the two governments. Placards posted by the evening pa pers were given over exolusively to the American note and the papers gave it e largest headlines they have given any news during the past month. Consiquently the British peo ple regard this as one of the most im portant occurrences of the whole war. Even the war nws T'as allotted a Isecondary place to the note fzi the news columns of the papers British Public Alarmed - The first impression of the public is that the note may create friction and perhaps some unfriendly feeling, although the newspapers point out that it specifically states that the representations were made in a friendly spirit.' The situation is comparable to that which arose at the time of the South African war, when neutral shippers began to send car goes intended for the Transvaal re public t the neutral port of Delagoa Bay. Biggest Sensation In Years Nothing of the kind since President Cleveland's Venezuelan message has produced such a sensation. VETO LITERACY TEST President Wilson Is Ready To Veto The Literacy Test Bill If It Is Passed Washington.-When congress met after the New Year's holiday, the par amount subject up for consideration was the immigration bill pending in the senate. Senate leaders purpose to bring the measure to a vote before the adjournment and expect that it will be passed with the literacy test re tained. Strong indications came from the White House that President Wilson would veto the bill If passed in its pres'ent form. President Taft vetoed a similar measure In 1913, because of the literacy test. President Cleveland also vetoed such a measure in 1893. 1The senate passed the bill over the veto, but the house motion to repass failed. The bill's champions predict that it can be passed this time In both houses over a veto. The vote of 47 to 12 in the senate against eliminating the literacy test, which President WIl son opposes, was generally accepted as a test vote. Wilson Pushes His Program Washington.-President Wilson ex pects his legislative program, tiue ship ping, Philippine, conservation and ap propriation bills to be passed at the present session of congress, and with out an extra session. He has told call. ers that other proposed legislation had been met with predictions that it would be impossible to pass. The president said he expected the income of the government to exceed the ex penditures during the fiscal year. He said he was taking no personal part in the fight over the immigration bill. Create Tariff Commission Washington.--Bills to create a tar 1ff board were introduced by Repre sentative Mann of Illinois (Rep.) and Moss of Indiana (Dem.). They are practically alike. Norman E. Mack, former chairman of the Democratic na tional committee and now member for his state, commenting on the plan of Representative Mann, minority leader In the house, for a congressional tar iff commission, made the statement that "the Democrats should go even further and name-a tariff commission to take the tariff out of politi " neccanin. nd Mrs. Attack 81 Aft Nickm Rac BULDINGS WERE WECKED Fifteen Citizens Killed In Siege-All Aerial Assailants Made Escape From French Guns London.-Four German aeroplaaes have flown several times over the city of Dunkirk recently, dropping bombs as they went. Soldiers in the streets fired on the machines and one Taube seemed to be hit, but all got safely away. The official returns of the casualties show that fifteen persons were killed and thirty-two wounded. The bombs were flled with shrapnel. For half an hour the whole city crackled with rifle shots and bombs. which threw up dense clouds of black smoke. No sooner did one aeroplane seem to depart than another arrived. Buildings in all parts of the city were wrecked. The first bomb fell on the fortifica tions, two more near the railway sta tion and many others in different parts of the town and in the suburb of Rosendaell and the districts of Coude kerque and Fumes. One child had an arm blown off and an old woman was killed outright. The fifth aeroplane remained as sen. try outside the town ready to attack any of the allies' aeroplanes that imght seek to repel the air assailants. BELGIANS FILE PROTEST Belgian Minister At Washington Files Protest With United States Against Germany Washington.-The Belgian minister' the state departmeD 0 test a A +Zeoi v by Ger-t man military "IMUltles in Belgium of merchandise worth about 57,000, 000 francs. He asserted that the Ger man policy means "the ruin of In dustry in Belgium." The protest set forth that the goods were not taken for use of Germany, and that consequently the seizure was in violation of the fourth Hague con vention. The Belgian minister issued this statement: "The German authori t!kieave patjnto requisition against a single receipt and-without-nention Ing the value of the same, the fofll Ing merchandise, to be awarded to Germany, and which belongs to pri vate parties: In Antwerp, cotton for the value of 13,000,000 francs; mubber, 2,500,000; woolen, 6,000,000, and leath. er 10,000,000 francs. In Ghent, cotton nets, flax and other raw materials, 8, 500,00 francs. -In Charlerol, copper, 1,500,000; tool machine, 12,000,000 francs. In Duffel, nickel, 1,000,000 francs. In Malines, canned goods, $2, 500,000. "These measuers are In opposition with the articles 46 and 52 of the fourth convention of The Hague, in ac cordance with which privq property must be respected and requisitionz can not be claimed otherwise than for the needs of the army of occupation. These measures involve the ruin of the industry in Belgium. SHIPPING BILL REPORT Secretary Redfieid Recommends Mer chant Shipping Bill Be Pushed Through Washington.-Initiating the aggres sive fight to be waged in congress for passage of the government -ship purchase bill, to free American com ierce from European war limitations, majority members of the senate com merce committee filed a report rec ommending the measure in vigorous terms and transmitting a commenda tory letter from Secretary of Com merce Redfleld. The committee report, fied by Act. Ing-Chairman Fletcher, quoted the re port submitted by Secretaries McAdoo a~nd Redfleld, showing enormous in creases In ocean transportation rates since the war began and attendant 'alling off of ocean tonnage facilities. le committee predicted that enact-] cent of the ship purchase bill would go far to relieve that situation. France's New Aerial Fleet New York.-France is building two great fleets of aircraft, armed with cannon, darts and bombs, with which to invade Germany in the spring, ac ording to Pedro Chapa, a Mexican viator, who arrived here from Eu rope on the Cunard liner Carpatlila. Eundreds of armored biplanes, each arrying a small cannon and bombs, Lnd nun'. Jus monoplanes, equipped with b.,mbs and steel darts, will be ready to sweep across the German rontier when winter is past, Chapa said. Grants Fifty-Five Pardons Columbia, S. C.--Governor Blease granted clemency to fity-five state risoners. Twenty-eight were serving :erms for homicide, seventeen having een sentenced originally to life im risonment. Sixteen full pardons, :wenty-four paroles and fifteen com nutations are included in the list. The release of the forty men pardoned or aroled reduces the number of pris-; mers in the state penitentiary here, t the state farms, and in the county :on tcamps to 149. Governor Blease 'as exercised clemency to 1,544. tained a num tacky party given at e on last Wednesday night. Misses Annie Duckworth and Lee Singleton were the guests of the Misses Miller Sunday. Master JemieBryant of Green ville has just returned home af ter a pleasant visit to his uncle, 13. H. Williams. Cedar Rock school reopened Monday, January 4. Mr. Boyce Couch and little sis ters of the Enon section are vis iting Mr. and Mrs.Homer Jones. Miss Geneva Looper of the Looper's Gin section spent sev eral days -as the guest of Miss Ruia Hendrix last week. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jones of the Concord section were visit ing the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Jones, last week. The Shady Grove subscription school opened Wednesday, Jan. 6, with Miss Ora P. Miller as teacher. Mr. Osborne Williams and sis ter, Miss Flossie, entertained a number of their friends at a card party Saturday night. Misses Olive and Lake Wil liams of the Georges Creek sec tion were the guests of Miss Lil lian Hendrix last week. Mr. Oscar Hays and wife of the Bethlehem section were vis iting the former's pn'f , and Mrs. T ays, last week. REXIE. News of Cross Roads Christmas passed off quietly and everybody had a good ti ne. The Maynard school started Monday with Miss Nettie New ton of Pendleton as teacher. Misses Lillian and Eva Farm er spent New Year's day with Misses Clovie and Ruby Looper. Miss Lillie Ferguson has gone' ki-Greenville to take a course in a busineqiCrnolege. Miss Nellie Hill oFasley spent Chrismas with her grand?vetg, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fendley. Miss Gladys Hill is visiting herI brother in Spencer, N. C. Mr. R. E. Farmer of Green ville visited homefolks recently. Mr. James Julian and sister visited Mr. J.A. Looper recently. Mr. B. N. Glazener is very illI at this writing. Mr.Clarence Mc Whorter spent Saturday night with his sister,, Mrs. W. D. Freeman. Mr. Henry Jones of Easley visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jones, last week. Mr. Prudence Hendricks of the Oolenoy section visited Mr. J. E. Hill last week. Mr. Horace Farmer, who was hurt with a gasoline engine, is improving slowly. From Pea Ridge Among the enjoyable gather ngs of Christmas holidays was bhat at the home of Mr . M.! N. ?roudlelock on Sunday, Decem ber 27. A luscious dinner was~ prepared by Mrs. Goudlelock i.n d daughter-in-law, M r s. Lizzie, wife of Mr. Brown Joudleback. Those p r e s en t were Mr. and Mrs. Perry Dur sam and daughter Egla of Six Kile, Mrs. Lee Gassaway and iece, Miss Coda Reid, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Robertson and daugh ;ers, Eunice and Enid of Liberty oute 3. Every one present en oved themselves grea y- is aid of all who visit ome ;hat a more hospita '-im e ret to be found. - FW Mr. Julius Boldin id~kensi oute 2, who has been confined o his bed with pneumonia, is I ible out again.t Ma.r Patrick Shirley. soni ofi W. F. Shirley -of -Liberty route I has been confined with pneu nonia, but is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Seaborn Pilgrim spent Christmas with Ifriends. m.d relatives in Piedmont. M.and Mrs Eugene Lewis of amspent Christmas with ;heir - parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jlayton Lewis, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Smith. Miss Nina Griffin, a student >f the Normal Industrial college, >f Asheville to spending three weeks holiday with parentsniear Jentral. .3}dCH. Sta Cou We, the ed,q voters of the above mentiohed county and state, would respect Eully petition your honorable body: To provide by law foi an elec tion to be held throughout this tate on or about the middle of September, 1915, for the purt pose of submitting to the quali tied electors of this state thed guestion of state-wide prohibi ion; To make provision by appro priate laws for giving us the i benefit of the Webb law as tothe hipment and transportation of' liquor within the state; For the enactment of strngentf, and efficient laws for the ew. forcement of prohibition From Six Mile Mr. E2itor: Will you peR me to pen you a few dots fr6oi the thriving lit city of SixjI Mile? All of the farmers.' seem to b& r much wrou up over. ce of cot 1 asan amount of ti a a great] many o hat their dot ton will not pay e fertilizer used.. We congratulate D. Mann in etting first prize''n the boys' morn club. D.. thouid'mnr14 years old, is an industriousAad" The public debate, whicli4'a" given in the auditorium Frid evening before Christmas, was, well attended and everyonepres ant seemed to enjoy themseIes' immensely. Six Mile academy vad't weeks for Christmas,which ave the students much rest and r reation. Rev. B. F. Murphree has.beeI re-lected as pastor for Six Mil this year. .This makes four1 years Bro. Murphree has been pastor of this church, which is* ' laodecommendation for him as a goody "her. .. The studen s who hav turned here'' to resume their studies at the S. ML. B. A., after t spending Christmas away fromi t bere are: Misses Ianthe Casey I Nell Crawford, Ina Lay, MaiyO Tannery, JessieAlexander,Olive g Murphree, and Messrs. Jacksonj Stansell, Ernest Miller, Clarenc Lolligsworth and several oth- 1r ers.. Misses Agnes 0. Brown -and i Mattie Lee Jones spent the holl lays with their homefolk in Ashe 'lle, N. C.i Wil7ose, wishing all of the readers of The Pickens Sentinel a happy and prosperous New s Year. -__ _ _ Norris School Honor Roll First Grade-J. C. Bolden ~a man McWhorter. ~Sc - rade-Ralph Smith,1 Third Grade- ". on, Alton Mullinax, and Ce~ Toung. Fourth Grade-Warner Fen-' ell. Fifth Grade-Clifton Multi max. Eighth Grade-Christine Mc 3anahan. Tenth Grade-Rita Mullinax. Says Peter Radford - No farmer is perfect, biut gr I nistakes .can be reduced tea~ ninimum by intelligent-readlg md intense thinking. ' When the farmer full? real- I zes just how closely his interess-i ire bound up witn those of his ieighbor and fellow -farmer d .hen will fariming become a pro! table business. The highest duty of the state' md federal goverment is to >lace agricultural education in he reach of all. The prosperity of the farmerr s coincident with the p~ely f the state, and fundamnnaII he welfare of the peoplen,~4 sends upon tire cultivration of he soil. _ _ _ _ _ - - Mr. R. A." Craig, iih >een living-oen Keowee ie ho recently purchasedtIii ~erest in the stoie of Brothers C~ amiltoB Pr - ~nd heW ~uek~ Ia~: iomee 't. -~4. ~;on 1 LI C U3dr una ~ye N rioii~~ ~E-y ~ bat rliffe~ -- ood~ -w. orce g~ ew #toatI Lwp this j~i~ / - ~ry~ Dear ome 'co1d~ )hristma& inch eighbor. ~ Pi~k -~ e4 Luring ~an route Lyt~I og~a~Af Izs~ re~ are 4thl- - r~.