The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 05, 1913, Image 4
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Idea Hydra-headed.
Roanoke Times.
A Virginia girl Pngj holds the rec?
ord for ^tomato growing. It Is an?
nounced by the department in Wash?
ington that Miss Bessie Stalkcy, who
Uvea near Berr\\ilb\ (lark* county.
Virginia. leads all the 25.000 South?
ern girls who belong to the canning
clubs In the yields for 1912.
MUm Stalkey raised no less than
l.tSI pounds of tomatoes on her tenth
of an acre. This Is nearly three t >n .
and smashes the record.* of the pro?
duction of the fruit or vegetable or
whatever It may be.
Mise Rlla Q. Agnew of Burkesville,
who Is at the head of the girls' can?
ning club work In Virginia, heard
that the Clarke county member had
led all the rest. She went to Wash?
ington and Inquired, and there the
statement was confirmed. Naturally,
Mise Agnew Is pleased that one of her
own girls haa made such an achieve?
ment
The Idea Is hydra-headed?teach?
ing the women of families to become
independent financially through their
own effort, encouraging the produc?
tion of more necessaries of life at
home, and giving to girls knowledge
that is bound to be useful in after
life. It would seem that Miss Stalkey
should esc?l In all these things, and
that some day somebody will have to
beep busy trying to market the abund?
ance of tern a toes thit she will be In
agnation to ami to the maikets of the
world.
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CONDITION OK COTTON S?.t.
Improvement During Past Month?
South I amllna trains.
New York. July 1.?The condition
ef cotton of an average date of June
It. according to the replies of over
I.too special correspondents of the
Journal of Commerce and Commer? ml
bulletin, was ?0.9, compared with 80.5
a month ago, or an increase of 0.4
point. This compares with the 1.3 a
year ago and the 6.9 in 1911. and a
ten-year average of 81.0. The per
centage condition by States, with
comparisons, follows:
July June I>|f.
'orth Carolina .. ..77-' fM -0.8
Sou*h Carolina... ..73.3 69.9 x3.4
Oeorgln. .76.4 75.3 xl.l:
Florida.HOC 79.9 xo./j
Alabama.78.3 79.1 -1.3
Mississippi.80.0 80.L fcM
1?oulslana.80.6 IM -1.0
Texas.84.0 82.7 xl.3
Arkansas.IM IM 111
Tennessee.H2.7 83.3 -0.6
Missouri.82 7 s'l.O x0.3
Oklahoma.IM 89 6 -3.0
Averages.ho.9 80 I x0.4
As a rule changes in condition are
not marked. South ??? "I n i kmied
I 4 points, Ueorgla 1.1 points and tvx
aa 1.3 points. nth t vs i ?.?. m<> i ..tie r
States showed a fractional Set ?line, ex?
cept Oklahoma, which lost 3 points,
-on ? tgjSJ gfSJfggSe. late or ! hese re
ports ralr fall has rellev d narly all
districts n edlng no l.a ore causing
general Improvement. The season is
generally two weeks late owing large?
ly to a cold snap In tin- early put
of June, ggf the same reason the
plan I* small. though strong and
healths Kietdgj hfi free from g i
snd well cultivate I
Cp to around the third week of the
month the d of rain \s.n becoming
urgent, bot sin??- then showers ha\<
been very general and most section
have had the n? eded relief Standst
as a rule, are >oor, being very Irreg?
ular owing to n planting und, cool
weather.
The crop Is remitrkuhlv free from
Insects, except In Mississippi and
f?oul*lana. where the boll weevil is In
such large numbers is t?? be a serious
menace to the ? rop. 1'p |e I hi d it
of these mall replies, however, dam?
age waa not serious.
The way Is yet open for some one
of the Ma; politician* ;?? make a bid
for the rurul vote by annoum ing
that pot Heiter Is hi/* favtfile bever?
age. Orape pn. e. milk i ml w.itei
have already been ? opy, I,-:Iir???! a*
favorite intrant i Ji ee:.\die New
COMPLETING TARIFF WORK.
HEN ATS ( Aids At.mis To
PoitT.vnt points.
Democrats Accept CJoaeUSj Stamp Tax
Wuh I'laii for I xcni|M.loii of Mutual
In-iii.i mi Dividends.
Washington. July 1.?Senate Dem
04 rats approached a final agreement
on the Underwood-Simmons tariff
hill in caucus late today when they
WOdl tho following decisions on Im?
portent content od points:
Mutual life insurance companies
were exempted from payment of in?
come tax on earnings returned to pol?
icy holders In the form of ddiv'dends
A stamp tax of 1-10 per cent per
pound was agreed to for all trading
on cotton futures, the tax to be re?
funded where cotton is actually de?
livered.
I
An agreement was reached for a
vide tom?row on the Hitchcock
amendment, proposing a restrictive
tax on tobacco production to pre?
vent monopoly.
The finance committee members'
held another meeting tonight to de- |
eide questions refered back from tho
caucus. The caucus will resume worl
tomorrow and it is believed the tlnal I
paragraphs will be reached before
tomorrow night.
The declsh n to exempt earnings
which mutual life insurance compa?
nies later distribute to pollcyholders
came at the end of a long debate.
The caucus by a vote of 13 to 11 over?
turned let night the recommenda?
tion of the finance committee Demo?
crats that siah exemption be made.
I ?n a reconsideration today, a.*ked by
Senator Lewis, the caucus reversed
the action and voted to uphold the
committee.
Senator overman tried vainly tO
have the tax on cotton futures cut
down from the l-lo cent basis pro?
posed by Senator Clarke to l--?>
cent.
Senator Hitchcock's fight to secure
the adoption of his tubacco amend?
ment, which embraced the views set
forth some time ago by Attorney Gen?
eral McKeynolds for curbing the
growth of the "trust." was carried
over until adjournment tonight ami
will be renewed tomorrow. Members
of the finance committee decided
against the amendment which would
impose a heavy tax on production
above a certain figure. Senator Hitch?
cock also will propose tomorrow a
companion amendment for a tax on
the production of all corporations that
control more than a specified amount
of the production in their line of in?
dustry; and will attempt to have both
amendments made part of the tariff
bill.
II \s SOME OPPOSITION.
Many Traders Don't Like Cotton
Future Tax.
New Orleans, July 1.?The propo?
sition contained in the Clarke amend?
ment to the Cnderwood tariff bill to
tax one tenth of a cent a pound all
cotton futures contracts has aroused
aggressive opposition on the part of
the members of the New Orleans cot?
ton exchange and many others inter?
ested heavily in cotton trade through?
out the South. Hundreds of telegrams
from cotton dealers in a dozen States
have been received at the oiohnng?
asking that its officers make every ef->
fort to prevent the enactment of the
amendment into law.
W. H. Thompson, former president
of the New Orleans exchange, today
telegraphed to President Wilson, in
behalf of the organization, a protest
against the proposed tax. His state
meat said in part:
This tax is prohibitive. It will put
an end to non-speculative as well as
speculative contracts, und hence de?
stroy hedge protection. Upon thil
protection |g based the system where?
by the crop is marketed with the
leeat expense and at the maximum
price, and tin* system whereby tin*
manufacturer is able to contract his
output ahead, thus Increaalng Ihe con?
sumption of raw cotton und creating
a forward demand for the product.
The amendment is a daring assault
upon the economics of the cotton
trade.H
SHOOTS MOTHI It AND BABY.
spurtanbiirg County Lad Didn't
Know Gag was leaded.
spartanburr. Julv I.?Roy Davis,
it years old, seriously wounded his
foster mother. Mis. \V I?. McAbec,
ami her two-months-old baby at then
home near Inman last night, by
shooting them with a shotgun. He
did not know the gun was loaded ami
111 i \ i ully pointed it at the halo.
which was sitting In Its mother's
Inp Mrs llcAbee and the baby were
brought to the Bpartanburg Hospital,
wheie >airr;eo!iM are considering Ihe
advisability ol amputating her right
leg The baby lies besides her with
Iti left fool mangled by Ihe shot.
GREEK-BULGARIAN CLASH.
BALKAN WAR RENEWED WITH
GREAT DETERMINATION,
Bulgarians Bigln AlMHiall all Along
tlu> Greek and Servian I.mm of Do*
fence in Macedonia.
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London, Juno 30.?The prolonged
efforts Of the powers to prevent the
outhreak of a fratricidal war hetween
the Balkan allies .seem to have failed
just at the moment when it appeared
possible for the tour premleri to meet
at st. Petersburg and submit their
differences f?>r Russian arbitration.
Fighting began tins morning all
along the lines where the Bulgarian
forces are lacing the Servians and
Greeks. These probably were only
post attacks, but, according to the
Greek officials' statement, the Bul?
garian attacks extended over the
Greek and Servian front of 140 miles.
"This is manifestly war without a
previous declaration of hostilities,
and accordingly we are forced to or?
der our division to advance," says the
official statement.
The opposing armies accuse each
other of initiating the offensive. Bul?
garian representatives at Athens and
Belgrade respectively have presented
notes protesting against Greek and
Servian attacks. The Servian govern?
ment has replied by charging that the
B ;'garians arc making attacks and
repudiating all responsibility. In
Soha the outbreak of hostilities is at?
tributed to machinations of the Ser?
vian military league, which, it is con?
tended, Ys determined to prevent
Premier Pashitsch from consenting to
arbitration, and from a. strategic point
of view, the Bulgarians declare, the
Servian attack is aimed at dividing
the Bulgarian army at its centre.
BULGARIANS OPEN ATTACK.
Begin Assault on Servian Troops
Along Whole Line of Forts In Mace?
donia.
Belgrade, Servia, June 150.?The
Bulgarians this morning opened an
attack on the Servian troops along
the whole line in Macedonia, accord?
ing to dispatches from the Servian
headquarters. The publication of the
news created immense excitement in
the Servian capital.
The Bulgarian troons opened their
attack at K o'clock this morning on
the Servian outposts before latlp &n)d
a couple of hours later their artillery
eras brought Into action*
The Bulgarian attack gradually
spread until there was fighting at
Ret na* Bouvka, Zletoyo, NeogonI and
Valandovo.
The Bulgarians appeared intent
upon seizing the railroad.
The Servian minister, X. Pashitsch,
who was addressing the Servian par?
liament in support of his policy of
accepting the arbitration offered by
the Russian emperor when the news
of the outbreak Of hostilities was
brought In by an official af the for*
eign olllce, hurriedly left the chamber
and went to his otllce.
The excitement in the house was
SO great that the sitting had to be
suspended till tomorrow and the fate
of ths Pashitsch cabinet remains un?
decided.
The opposition members demand
guarantees that the territory In Mace?
donia now held by the Servian troops
?hall be annexed.
SAYS QRCCCS STARTED.
Bulgarians Ascribe Hostilities to
Former Allies.
Sofia, Bulgaria, June 30.?Mors
flghtlhg occurred today between ths
Greek and Bulgarian troops some dis?
tance eaal of Saloniki. According to
the Bulgarian account the Greek sol?
diers tried to cut the Bulgarian com- |
niunlcatlons along the railroad from
Serres to Drama but were driven off
by the Bulgarians after they had
burned a village.
It Is reported that the Bulgarians
have occupied Quevghell at the point
Of the bayonet. Th!s is an important
strategic position where the Greek
and Servian lines join, it is under?
stood that Bulgarian strategy aims to
hinder cooperation between the Greek
and Servian forces and to prevei
Servian communication with Saloniki,
MADE t ' .NSlis HEAD.
. .1. Harris Tskes the Oath as Di?
rector.
Washington, July 1.?Wm. J. Har?
ri1 of Atlanta. <!a., today took t In*
oath of office as director of the census
in Secretary Itedfleld's olllce, In the
presence of a number ol other ofTI
clals of the department The oath
was administered by Warren Choate,
? biet clerk of tlii- bunau of corpora
t lojia
Mr Harris f"i a number of years
was secretary to Senator ?'ia\ ol Geor?
gia, a member ol the fleorglii stale
senate and for the Pasi few yean was,
prouder t and director of a lite knsur
t.tc i ompnn).
ve*yrsiwe>?W'
To a sunburnt smile, a breezy style,
Bright eyes, and a wind tossed curl,
Add a life on the plains, pleuty of
brains?
And behold this dashing cowgirl.
HERRINGTON PI RED,
MeReynoids Removes Prom othce
Frisco Agent With Frisky Tongue
and Pen,
San Francisco, July 1.?Clayton
Harrington, Investigator for the Uni?
ted States department of justice with
headquarters in this city, was dis?
missed from the federal service today
by Attorney General M<-Reynolds
Judge Harrington had been under
suspension sir.ee carls' last week for
having telegraphed to President Wil?
son a demand that the attorney gen?
eral be ousted from office because of
the action he took In the Diggs-Caml
nettl and Western Fuel company cases
which resulted in the resignation of
United States District Attorney John
L, McNab. The notice of dismissal
received by telegraph was as follows:
"You are dismissed from the de?
partment of justice; effective Immedi?
ately.
(Signed) "Mc Reynolds."
Judge Jlerrintfton's only reply was:
"Telegram received."
Harrington was active in looking
up evidence in the Diggs-Camlnettl
white slavery case. His demand for
the removal of Attorney General Mc
Reynolds was grounded upon the lat?
ter'* order for a postponement of Hie
trial.
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