The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 28, 1912, Image 8
I.AW8 TO IMPROVE EALTH.
Dr. Stile* Tell* Health fonfcnim'
tlH'y are More Needed ?iaii Immi?
gration.
Waahlnaton, Se.d. 25.?Rather
than Immigration, the I'ni'ed States
needs laws to Improve the health of
the country to fu'nUh the workers re
Quired In the country's expanding in?
dustries, asserted Dr. Charles W.
Stile?, of the United States puMu
health service. In an address here to?
day before the fifteenth Internatlc nal
Congress on Hygiene and Demo?
graphy. Retter health conditions, he
aald. would permit sufficient natural
Increase of the population to provide
for all needs.
Oermany Is building up a gre Ifttf
health reserve among Its) worklngmen
than any other country because of the
successful appliance of the principles
of worklngmen's insurance, declared
I>r. Frederick Zahn, Munich, Ger?
many. In an addreee tonight. The
foundation of very far-sighted so?
cial policy, he said, must be based
more on energy reserve than on mon?
ey reeerve. An Investment In work?
lngmen's Insurance, he said, "Is a
preliminary neecssity to securing an
Increase In commercial productivity."
The declaration that It is impossible
to rid a sone of yellow fever and that
the disease la found now In the Pan?
ama Canal Zone, made by Dr. Harold
Seidllln, of Liverpool, was denied by
Dr. A. J. Orenateln. of the sanitary de?
partment of the Canal Zone, and by
several other American medical offi?
cers. Former Surgeon Oeneral Stern
berg and others expressed doubts as
to the merits of Dr. Seldllln's state?
ment that there is * specific parasite
of yellow fever. Dr. Seidllln claimed
to have discovered the hitherto un?
known parasite.
WFDS <;IRL BROTHER WRONGED
Woman for Five Years Hiought
She was Council'., Wife.
Boston, Sept. 14.?In atonement
for the wrong done by his brother,
John ConnelL with the approval of
his parents, has married the woman
who for five years thought she was
the wife of Matthew Connell, Jr., the
Lynn business man who recently
pleaded guilty to too charge of big?
amy and was fined in the Dorchester
court. She had married him as John
Hersing, a traveling salesman, only
to learn later that he was Connell
and already had a wife and child.
She was married to the brother
yesterday by Henry Parker, justice of
the peace, at the Town Hall in Saugue
Centre. Mr. and Mrs Matthew On
I??. ... ?U?? d up *uh the SOUp1 St.
"I have married her," explained
John Connell, ' because 1 want to
atone for ?ome of the wrong that has
been done her by a Connell. I want
my brother's child to have the name
Connell. for it belongs to him. When
I heard of the terrible charge of big?
amy against my brother I came at
once to Maine, met her for the tlr.it
time, realised her worth and asked
her to become my wife."
lit \ I I It- \1.PER M AN CASK.
In Mm.I Trial .hir> lliuh Verdict In
Favor of I>rfondant.
The court of eoananog steal sesjaa
here last Monday \ Ith the I of
rJuote' against the D. W. Ald? rm in
A Son* Cs sane a jr. suit for iiu.ouo
damages for SjSJBVMsUl InjtKf] dont tht
plaintiff while in the employ of the
oefendant compm>. This SI the third
time the ca??- has been tried, once it
resulted in a mlstrl.il, another time
the defendant * .m given s \erdi-t for
I'.Oao from Which '-id. the case
was appeale ' and the Supreme Court
granti .| a new trial
The case Is '?einte hard fought by
i ?th h 1. * Mr. Hunter is represented
bf Jennipan and \.\ j., el the nuinter
Bar, and S. a. O* Dry an of the Man?
ning Par. and the defendant com
pary in repn-unted by ?'barlton Du
Rant. Ksq.. and ('apt. IV. C. Davis
of the Manning liar. Ivu h step is be?
ing atronK'v oonlented na both sides,
Thrre was mm h technical t ??-<M rm my
relating to the construction and the
operation of xuv mills, together with
other expert testimony feinting to tie
condition of an Injury after H had
healed and BOeetM sound, oeeanlonal
ly there w?*re some sharp passages
between the lawyers on matters of the
sdmttsion or certain leethnoay. The
argument ?;n made >? ??t. r?l i% after?
noon, and this morning the JtMttft
charged th#? Jury. The jury found in
favor of the t)efen4nnt Manning
Times
sfsarrtasje Lleense itevoni.
a njattssgi Keens* hm been grant
ed to l.ee i*| irk und K d? Jefferson.
oolorooX of Bumter,
Beul letale I i nn*>fei ...
Mrs i ? \i< ''lam le u i?. Moore(
interest In tracts of and ij .ores
in county. $'0
J.imis Douglas M -r ? fa Mr- I . |
Modem, Interest la 11 icrei ii.ins
tv r.o
I'LA NT AT FEIU.l SON BURNED.
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1
Planing Mill ami Box Factor} of San
te<- Blf Sf Company Burned. Loss
\bout $30,000.
Braacnvtlle, Sept. 15.?-Information
was received in Brsnchvtlie today of
the burning of the planing mill snd
hoi factory of the samt.' Mver Cy?
ptH *i Lumbar Company at Ferguson
on the eastern edge of orangeburM ,
county. The fire occurred some tim<
Sunday morning, and the origin is
unknown. The loss is estimated at
more I nag I'O.oim. By hard work the
.several hundreds of employes of the
Ompany saved the sawmill and the
lumber stored in the kilns and lumber
yards.
The Santee Hlver Cypress Lumber
Company is one of the biggest con
eerns of the kind in the State. It
is understood here that the company
will at once begin to rebuild with
concrete and steel construction on
modern and fireproof lines.
SO ENTERTAFNMENT FOR T. It.
When in Atlanta Col Roosevelt will
bo too Busy for Pleasure.
Atlanta. Qa,, Sept. 24.?"No enter?
tainment" is the word received by lo?
cal leaders of the Progressive party
in connection with preparations for
Coi Roosevelt's visit here next Sun
urday and Sunday. The Colonels
only official appearance will be at the
Auditorium, where he will speak
Saturday night. A reception com?
mittee of Georgians will meet the
candidate at Montgomery, Ala. The
first stop in Georgia will be at Colum?
bus, where he will spend a few min?
utes at noon Saturday. At Macon.
the next ?top, he will remain forty
minutes, coming thence to Atlanta.
On Sunday a conference between
Col. Roosevelt and Southern Progres?
sive leaders is scheduled and he will
leave at 4.50 o'clock for Chattanooga.
It is stated that plans will be discuss?
ed to have the Ex-President return
to Georgia some time in October.
NEWSIE TO SACRIFICE LEG.
Skin on Crippled Limb Will lie
Used On Glrl'n Burn*.
Gary. Ind., Sept. 24.?William
Rugh, a newsboy, will allow the am?
putation of his crippled left leg in a
few days so that its skin nay be
grafted on the body of Miss Ethel
Smith, a girl he has never see v
MiSH Smith has been confined to
bed for four weeks as a result of
severe burns, and the attendlrg phy?
sicians sny th;it the on'.; hopt >"f her
ft iverj is to graft enough tikln on
her body to cover the wounds.
When Hugh was appealed to he
promptly consented to make the sac?
rifice.
".My leg Is no good to me the way
It is because I have never been able
to stan on it since 1 was a child." ho
said. "If it will save that poor gin's
Hfl she can have It."
WAs \ blind MAN'S SLAVE.
GM Who Ltd Him in So iroli of
PriciiiU Made to Beg.
Norfolk, Va.. Sept, 14,?a Htory of
hardship and croslty was toid at po?
to i headquarters by Polly Kans, a
I fi mold girl, who hit her hon. In
Alexandria, with her father's consent,
to pilot a blind man while he was
? 11' hing for rich relatives :n Nor?
folk.
The fleh relatives were not found
Sfld the girl BSyj she v\..s forced t.?
beg on the streets in cities an I town
In Vlrginls and North Carolina, while
'< i of the blind man kept watch
OVSf hOF to prevent her from run
ii ng away.
Ths CllmaX Cams Saturday albi?
no.-ii when ehe w;?s toi<i to go into
the N >if,,lk Navy Yard, and because
she refused the blind man ind his
listsr fsll upon her and beat her.
Shs ran b? the pollCS station and told
her story of mistreatment and abuse.
AI TOOH\PIIn 1'OK WILSON.
I'tii < nfiet-tiun Being Prepared for
hihi i>> Theatrical People.
Neu York. Sept. 14.? Whsl prom?
ises to be the Isrgeai collection of
theatrical sutogtraphi In the world Is
t\ >w being made end will be present'
ed i" Oovsrnof Wilson by the newly
organised Wilson snd Marshall The?
itr)< 11 iisague
Ths U igus has opened permanent
' impalgn headquarters In the Hotel
Cadillac, where the entire par'.or
II t?i 1 11 been transformed Into elab
nrah reception rooms and executive
otfli es.
\ H, NN'.Ii presented his check
it |l,#si to ths A nance committee,
One hundred snd elghl names have
I pen ? nrollsd, the first to sign beim'
Augustus Thomas
in the third primary In Marlboro
count) the \..|( for Clerk of Courl
?io.nl. Tom ?\ Ha met 1127; Julian
M< Laurln 11 In the s? und prl
msry Mano r- led by three rotes on
[ths lacs of ths returns, htii the Rx
e? u?i\ e ?'ommlttee d ? ? ' < d II n He
by ? rate of nine p. rive nfter b re
count.
M l itot.l.N OF THE AIR,
How it |m Made Available in Fertiliser
Production.
Manufacturer*! Record.
Aa.ong the many important enter?
prise! b<ing carried forward in the
South there Is, perhaps, none of
broader significance than that of t. a
Southern Electro-Chemical Co,, at
Nitrolee, 8, <'., near the power dc
vxelopment of the Southern Power
Co., .it (ireat Pall! where, by the use
of a high degree of electric heat, ni?
trogen is gathered from the air and
converted into nitric acid. This, be?
ing sprayed upon limestone, forms
Oalolum nitrate, a substance used in
place of nitrate of soda in the manu?
facture of fertilizers. The Southern
Electro-Chemical Co. has not been in
operation long, but it is said it has
found its business thus far so success?
ful that it will largely increase its
plant within a short time. A similar
plant is being erected by the Ameri?
can Cynamid Co. at Nigara Falls,
which will install a like one at some
pednt in Alabama in connection with
the power development Of the Ala?
bama Interstate Power Co., a million
dollars of European money having
been already secured for this Ala?
bama nitrate plant. This wdll doubt?
less he followed by other plant! in
various sections of the south, where
large amounts of hydro-electric pow?
er can be economically developed. In
this connection an article by Walde?
mar Kaempflert in the Outlook for
August la of absorbing interest, deal?
ing, us it does, with the growing
need of the world for the ref civiliza?
tion of the soil In order that the peo?
ple may have bread and clothing, and
the discoveries made by scientists in
connection With the need, and some
of its leading features are summariz?
ed here.
i
For centuries agriculturists have
known that they could perpetuate the
productivity of their farms by crop
rotation. whereas a succession of
crops of one kind would absolutely
exhaust It. The favorite rotation was
a "root" crop, barley, clover, wheat,
a system which experience taught was
Invaluable in soil treatment, but the
reason for which was hidden. Final?
ly, a German bacteriologist named
Hellliegell discovered and demon?
strated the fact that the rea'ion soil
was benetltted by "root" crops, leg?
umes, or pod bearer! wa3 that there
clustered about the root? of these
lumps or knoules, each of which con?
sisted of a whole colony of bacteria, \
and each bacterium was in itself a
laboratory in which the nitrogen wai
gathered from the air and conveyed
to the roots, which absorbed and pro?
fited by it. In other words, it was,
learned by Hellriegell, and by him
taught to the world, that leguminous
crop! reetore fertility to exhausted
*.>ii becauae they gather the nitrogen
from the atmosphere and transfer it
ot the soil,
For hundred! of yean farmer! have
known that barnyard manure spread
upon land make! it more fertile, but
they di<i not Know why it did so until
modern ch< mists told tin m II w as be
,au-e the manure contained nitrogen
i such form that it could 5>. readily
ibsor >. -i bj growing plaids.
The process of restoring soil fertil?
ity by means of crop rotation is, in
the nature of thing!, slow one; the
supply of animal manure is too small
In comparll >n With the large and con?
stantly Increasing demand for fer?
tilization to be depended upon, and so
it became necessary that some other
means of refertllisation be found,
mote rapid than the use of legumes,
more certain than the use of barnyard
manure. The discovery in Chile of
vast deposits of sodium nitrate, or
saltpeter, seemed for s time to have
Solved tiie problem, and for a num?
ber of years millions of tons of that
substance have been mined and ship?
ped lo the various countries o Eu?
rope and America, n was thought
that the T.TL'n square miles of salt?
peter-bearing land owned by the gov?
ernment and the three or four times
that area owned by privat.- Individ?
uals would produce a sufficient Quan?
tity to supply the world for centuries
until expert engineers, after examina?
tion, reported that the deposits would
probably be exhausted in fifty year!?
some said in less time in supplying a
demand no larger than that of the
present time, to say nothing of the in?
creased demand as Ihe world's popu?
lation grows and as soils now In their
prime become exhausted and ?all for
help. Scientists, therefore, set about |
working out some plan by whic h the j
upph of nltratei could be augment?
ed and the world saved from the
111 r. itened soil-starvation Nitrogen
being one ot the constituent parts of
the all pervading ntmonphero, it was
to the air Ines naturaII) turned ss
the fountain ot supply,
After- a n um bei of experiments In
this country und Rurope, two Amorl
cans, Pradley and \.>>\< i>-\ bj name
hull! a plant at Niagara Falls In
which, b\ the us< of electricity, Ihey
were able to produce nitric oxide,
which co111.1 a 11ei w .11.|s be changed
by chemical treatment Into a solid ni
Irate lhal plants could assimilate, The
Itradle) l^ovcjoy enterprise proved ?
financial failure alter a million dollars I
had been expended, and was a ban- '
doned. But although it had failed
financially, it was a success scientt
Really, for it demonstrated the fact
that nitric acid could be produced
from the atmosphere, and lett as the
problem to be solved that of prod lic?
it in such quantities and at such cost
as would make it a good commercial
proposition.
Later two Norwegian scientists,
Kr 1stlan Birkeland and Samuel Byde,
worked out a plan and invented ma?
chinery by which this could be done.
They bullt? a plant close by a great |
hydro-electric development in the j
mountains of Norway, from which
they secured cheap power in plenty,
and there cailcium nitrate is being
produced in competition with the so?
dium nitrate dug from the mines of
Chile. The Birkeland-Eyde appara?
tus consists principally of a steel
drum eight feel in diameter and two
feet dee,p. lined with fire-brick and
set up on its narrow side. Reaching
out from opposite sides of this drum
are two U-shaped copper tubes, their
curved ends approaching within one
third of an inch of each other. A
horse-shoe magnet embraces the
drum, mounted at right angles to the
tubes. When the current is turned
on, small electric flashes leap out
between the tubes so rapidly that they
seem to the eye to form a steady
flame. This flame, responsive to mag?
netism, which spreads it Into a six
foot disc of light?a greenish-blue disc
that roars with the accumulation of
the myriad tiny crackling noises of
the countless Hashes as they pass
from tubs to tbue. The heat is 7,
ooo degrees Fahrenheit, and water
must be continually circulated
through the copper tubes to prevent
their Instant destruction. Even with
the water they only last 3G0 hours.
So intense is the glow from this dis:
that the eye cannot gaze into it loni?
without the protection of colored
glasses. Into this fiercely flaming
disc, air is fed, and as It passes
through, two per cent of it is con?
verted into nitric oxide, which must
be quickly and carefully collected and
treated to prevent its decomposition
Into its original elements, nitrogen
and oxygen. Being brought Into cor -
tact with water, the nitric oxide
changes into nitric acid, which is
sprayed into vats of granite filled
with limestone, with which It com?
bine) with much effervescence, mak?
ing calcium nitrate. Seven different
chemical changes take place in the
process, which finally results in this
substitute for Chllesn saltpeter. The
substitute is called 'Norwegian sail
peter," and sells In Europe for $38.75
a ton. whereas Chilean saltpeter com?
mands $45.62.
Two Gorman scientists, Schonherr
and Hessberger, Invented for a Ger?
man chemical company an apparatus
which, while simpler than that of
Birkeland and Byde, gets a greater
percent i, e of nitric oxide from a giv?
en amount of air. The chemical pro?
cess is the same. The German in?
vention was primarily Intended for
the purpose of securing the sodium
nitrate needed in the manufacture of
"a/.o" dyes, but It has proved so suc?
cessful that, while the nitrate used In
making the world's supply of "axo"
dyes is practically all furnished by it.
a large amount of nitrate fertiliser is
also produced. The Schonherr-Hess
berger process depends also on hydra -
electric heat, as the c<>st of fuel nec?
essary to generate the current used
by the use of steam would make the
price of the product prohibitive.
The gathering of nitrogen from the
air calling for tiie use of such a tre?
mendous amount of electric energy,
plants must perforce be located at
points at which power can be devel?
oped at small cost and where there
is no sale for it for purposes which
? an afford to pay higher prices. The
South, therefore, is peculiarly the
place for such plants, because In that
section sites for sucii developments
abound, at which power can be
cheaply generated, and from many
of which it cannot be economically
delivered to manufacturing plants of
other kinds. Then, too, the South is
becoming more and more a user of
fertilisers, and with its broadly-ex?
panding agricultural interests and its
rapid advance in scientific intensive
farming the market will be such that
it will require numerous calcium
plants to supply the lual demand.
Cheap power, convenient limestone,
good facilities for transportation and
a rapidly-growing market, the basic
requirements for such enterprise
.ill these ibe South has to offer.
Mit All .II VKINs' OFFICE GONE.
Internal Itcvciiuc District* of South
ami Vorth Car*?llna Combined.
Washington, s< pt. 24.? An order
has been Issued by President Taft
consolidating 'be Internal revenue
dlstrii ? oi South Carolina with the 1th
district of North Carolina, with head
quai lern at Italelgh. The officer of
Major \licah Jenkins, collector of In
terttal revenue :??! south Carolina, al
Columbia, i hus illsuppcn rs.
Truth Votir vlea of question.?
Columbia Record,
WILSON DOWNS SMITH.
Huglie> Ha- About 1,500 Majority,
With Approximately One-fifth of
Election District* Reported.
Newark, N. J.. Sept. -4.?Indica?
tions at - a. m. were tiiat QoV. Wood
row Wilson has won his light in the
New Jersey primaries t<> prevent the
nomination of former United States
Senator James Smith, Jr., as the
Democratic candidate for United
States senator. Keturns from 2 58 of
the 1,799 districts in the State gave
Representative Wm. Hughes, the
Wilson candidate, 8,118 votes to 6,734
for Smith. The Newark Morning
Star, owned by Mr. Smith, announced
that indications are that Hughes bus
been nominated by a safe plurality.
Estimates on Hughes' probable plu?
rality range from 12,000 to 15,000.
TO STUDY I* EL Et ?RA.
Meeting of National Association to
Moot in Columbia October 3rd and 1
Ith. I
Dear Sir:
The Hoard of Regents and Medical
Officers of the State Hospital for the
Insane respectfully invite you to at?
tend the meeting of the National As?
sociation for the Study of Pellagra to
be held at the State Hospital October
3 and 4. A copy of the preliminary
program, herewith enclosed, will
give you an idea of the scope of the
meeting, which promises to be of
much scientific and practical value.
This subject, we are satisfied, is one
that deserves and demands your at?
tention, since pellagra appears to be
the cause of 4 0 to 50 per cent of the
insanity in the female patients sent
to our hospital, and of nearly 30 per
cent of the whole number of ad?
missions. These facts alone call for
the combined efforts of members of
the General Assembly, of the State
Hoard of Health and of all other offi?
cials in aiding the discovery of the |
cause and of the means of prevention
of this serious melady. Your person?
al interest in this meeting is most
earnestly solicited. We also further
request your co-operation in extend?
ing this invitation to all others known
as interest in public health prob
i lems.
Yours very respectfully,
P. H. Dominick,
President Hoard of Regents.
J. W. Rabcock,
Superintendent.
Judge Thos E. Richardson has in
his office a preliminary program of
meeting, which he will be glad to
s-iow to any interested persons.
Rl I.I s FOR ?. VI III KIM. < oit\.
Boys Mim not Gallier Corn Before
October IM end MnX Be In by o<>
tober ifoil.
The following rules ior tin- guid?
ance of the members of the Hoys'
Corn club of Bumter county in the
gathering Of their corn this Season
Will prove of interest.
No corn must be gathered before
Metober 1st.
The report blanks must be Uled
?%it and sent in to the County Super?
intendent of Education by or before
1 ictober 15th.
The prises will be awarded October
19th.
Each boy must bring in 20 ears
which he thinks are his best.
After hearing a lecture on seed se?
lection he will then pick his ten best
ears as prize winners.
We believe we will be able to take
each boy to the National Corn show
in Columbia, whether he wins in the
county contest or not.
If you haven't received the report
blanks or other necessary informa?
tion, write immediately to Prof. C. R.
Haddon, Clemson College.
(Signed) J. Herbert Haynsworth,
County Superintendent of Education.
TO RE ARG EE PATTEN CASE.
Solicitor General File* Brief of Gov?
ernment's Side of Famous "Cot?
ton Corner" Indictment.
Washington, Sept. 24.?Solicitor
General Bullltt today filed with the
supreme court of i.he Cnited States a
brief of the government's forthcom?
ing reargument of the Patten indict?
ment contending that a conspiracy to
run a "corner" in cotton on the Newr
York cotton exchange is a violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Briefs of the government's reargu?
ment of the New Orleans-Alabama
rate case were filed by Attorney Gen?
eral Wiekersham and Assistant At?
torney General Eowler.
lie Was Wondrous Wise.
Once upon a time a wise man
penned a letter full of confidential
statements, and at the end he wrote
this line, heavily underscored: "Burn
this letter!" Then, being a wise man.
he took his own advice and burned
the letter himself.?London Opinion.
Some men are so honest that they
take their wives money to pay their
debts.?Charleston News and Cour?
ier.
TAILORED
COATS and SUITS
Ditftindtively Correct.
The women who seek a
suit or coat of distinguished
appearance must come
where distinctive styles are
kept.
Models that follow the
fashion trend of the hour,
but in ways indiscribable,
prove themselves. Individ?
ual and Different from the
ordinary garments.
Our garments are elo?
quent of superior tailoring,
better style and carefully
selected materials.
The favored materials are
Whipcords, Serges. Broad?
cloths, Diagonals, and wor?
steds in all the new and
pleasing shades.
O ;,vUf \Tatit ,s the time t0 see the *ew
iXlgni 1MOW THINGS? ARE YOU C0MIN6 TODAY?
When you buy a Suit be sure to have it fitted over a
WARNER RUST-PROOF CORSET,
McCollum Bros.
i4 South Main Street
Sumter, -:- South Carolina