The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 03, 1914, Image 7
CLEISON IS FARMERS' SCHOOL.
rVTAfflSTH S SHOW THAT T1IAT IB
PRIMARILY Iis NATU RID.
Mlty-two Per IVui U the Students
Ate Fron the Ram) Districts?
Fertiliser Tex Larger.
Clemson College, I).)C. 31.?On the
l.i it morning of the regular exer?
cise* before the beginning of the
Christmas holidays. Dr. W M. Rlggs
ree>d the tabulated results from an?
swers to a series of questions that he
had submitted to the ntudents. Some
interesting facts were disclosed. The
average sge of students was found to
be II 1-3 years; average height, five
feet and nine inches; average weight,
141 1-2 pounds. The number of ca?
det* whose parents are farmers 1?
shown to be 439, or 58 per cent. The
number whose parents are or have
been farmers Is 618, or 84.6 per cent.
The students who havs lived on the
farm for three years or more number
4M, or ?7 per cent. The number of
students coming from what may bo
termed "pure ountry" Is 387, or 63
per cent, while 612, or 68.7 per cent,
come from the country and from
towns having less than 2.600 popula?
tion.
It Is to be placed to the credit ef
?he Institution that over half of the
students are taking agricultural
courses?63.7 per cent. These facts
show that Clemson college le a truly
"agricultural college." meeting fully
the hopes and purposes of Its found?
ers. T*at the college Is serving the
agricultural people is amply evident
from the fact that 84.6 per cent of Its
pstroni are now or have been farm
The fertiliser tag tax is a little
Ur?bt for December, 1813, than for
the same month for the two preced?
ing years The larger figure this year
Is likely due to the Increased acre?
age in winter cover crops. It may or
siay not prove a larger total for the
fiscal year. Following are the flfures:
December 18, 1811.812.341.65
December 18. 111!. 11.886 63
December 18. 1613. 17.934.16
In connection with the statement
of these facts It Is Interesting to note
that the experts sent out from Clem?
son college to talk to farmers at In
slitues and In demonstration work
have for years been telling the farm?
ers that it in better for them to make
their own fertilisers than to use com
merHai fertilisers Any one with a
able acquaintance with 'arm?
ing i ndltions In the State known that
many more farmers are making their
ch by means of home fertilizers
and rotation of crops, cover crops,
etc., than formerly.
The cadets will return to Clemson
oa Friday. January 2. 1914, and the
regular class work will begin on Sat?
urday morning fohowing.
THE SITUATION AT < MIN AG A.
Rebels Gradually Close In on Town
Piro Adds to Damage From Guns.
Presidio. Jan. 1?The Rebel army
Is closing In on Ojlnaga today, pour?
ing a steady fire of shot and shell Into
the Federal ranks in a desperate ef?
fort to capture the city and take the
Federals prisoners before they have
a chance to flee across the border into
the United States. The battle started
as*1 "> at dsybresk this morning. The
city was lighted all eight by the
burning buildings which were fired by
shells. Wounded refugees who are
arriving say that hundreds have been
killed and many badly wounded.
Twelve hugs guns have been mount?
ed oa a hill commanding the city and
are belching shelbj into the town. To?
day the Hebel cavalry Is preparing for
a final charge.
TELEPHONE MEN CONVICTED.
fem I til and Huritngnme are Found
Guilty.
Nsw York. Jsn. 1.?T..is Jury In the
trial of officers of the Radio Wirtl*s*
Telephone company, accused of mis?
using the malls In promoting the sa'
of stock, returned a verdict of guilty
In two counts of the indictment
sgalr.st James Dunlop Smith, presi?
dent and Elm^r I llurllnKame. agent
of a subsidiary, et 1 o'clock this
morning after 11 hours of delibe'a
tion
I*e de Forest, an Inventor, and
Samuel Darby were acquitted on i
three counts, the Jury disagreeing on
the fourth.
The defendants were accused of de?
frauding Investors of approximately
68.000.no0. Smith wan president of
the Radio company. Rurllngame, an
agent of a subsidiary: Darby, an offi?
cer of the Radio company, and d?
Forest nlno an officrr. claimed he In?
vented the wireless telephone.
SPARTANS MKK SNOW.
first I ?II of season Will bs Pro?
longed.
ripsrtsnburg. Dec. 1 ?The firm
snow of the seuaon m tailing h-nvih
In gpartanburg IMwfjlM It him been
VSjfJ cold today. It is not mtitinji.
and the forecast in for u prolonged
VERDICT III CALUMET USE.
JURY I N AHM: TO LOCATE PER
SON RESPONSIBLE FOR
PANIC.
Says That Alarm tamo from Within
tho Hall?Sixty-five Witnesses art?
Hoard In Three-day Session Before
Verdict Is Reached.
Calumet, Dec. 31.?An open verdict
including a finding thai the Christmas
Eve panic which cost 72 lives in Ital?
ian hall caused by an alarm of fire
raised within the hall, was returned
tonight by the coroner's Jury which
for three daya has bee n hearing evi?
dence. The taking of testimony was
concluded shortly after midday and It
was well along in the afternoon be?
fore consideration of the testimony
was begun. The jurymen wrestled
with their problems for six hours.
"By the evidence of the witnesses'
we find that the cause of death was
suffocation, the same being caused by
a jam on the. stairway leading to the
entrance of tho Italian hall, where a
Christmas celebration was beirg
held," said tho verdict. "The stojr
pode was caused by some person or
persons unknown to the Jury at this
time, raising an alarm of fire within
the hall."
The Jury decided the evidence
showed that only those possessing
union cards or vouched for by somo
member of tho union entered the
place. Rejection of charges that
deputy sheriffs, mine guards and com?
pany detectives had held back would
be rescuers was contained in a para?
graph commending the work of men
who clearer* th stairway of its mass
of dead and injured.
Sixty-five witnesses told their ver?
sions of the catastrophe. Of these
half a dosen said they saw a button
of some kind on a man who they said
raised the initial alarm but not all
were willing to swear the button bore
the insignia of the Citizens' Alliance.
Witnesses also disagreed as to where
the man stood and because of this
the jury concluded that persons in dif?
ferent parts of the hall took up the
cry. The practical unanimity of testi?
mony from thoee near the doorway
that no stranger rushed into the place
as the panic sturted, was another of
tho underlying causes of the jury's
flnJing.
LAW DEEMED INADEQUATE.
General Opinion Is That 50 Per
Cent of Votare Should Call for
Election.
Orangeburg, Dec. 31.?The effect of
the recall election in this city is that
thtre is talk from all quarters that
the commission form of government
law, which Orangeburg's commission
is operating, is inadequate and a bet?
ter law wanted. Various expressions
havs been given as to what percentage
of qualified voters should be required
to sige. a recall petition before an
election could be ordered. It is the
general opinion here that this num?
ber should not be less than 60 per
cer.t. At the last meelng of the city
council the city attorney was In?
structed to confer with tho Orange
burg legislative delegation and plan
a commission form of government ac\!
for Orangcrburg. This will be done.
Mayor R. F. Bryant and Council-'
man Henry Von Ohsen have given out
statements that they are mighty proud
of the way in which their constituents
returned them to office and they
pledge their best efforts to give Or
angeburg the kind of administration
that she should have. Nothing fur?
ther has been given out, but it is com?
monly understood that lav lesen ess In
Orangeburg Is going to be stamped
out as far as possible.
WARNINGS AGAINST FAKES.
r. S. Chemist Warns Against Cancer
Cure by Radium Doctors.
Atlanta, Jan. 1.?Dr. Carl AlsberR
the successor of D. Harvey Wiley, U.
S. Chemist, todny warned the Ameri?
can people to beware of fake "radium
1 cancer cure" doctors. From marvel?
ous cures affected by radium riys
has sprung up an army of imposte/a
and quacks who claim to cure cancer
with medicine represented to contain
radium. The department is making
every effort to apprehend and prose?
cute these frauds.
WILSON REMAINS SILENT.
, IIa? Nothing to Say Concerning Mex?
ican Situation.
Pas? Christian. Miss.. Jan. 1. ? Pres-j
idcnt Wilson declines to discuss the
Mexican situation until he meets Spe
I clal Envoy Und Mr Und is expeet
? ed to arrive sometime today. The
! president changed his m nd at the last
' moment and did not board the reve?
nue cutter Wlneng to go to meet Mr.
, I.lud. It is believed tho Winona took
Vir. Und off the cruiH?a Chester, and
im now speeding here or le (lull Port.
[ Mii?.m Edna Stjraoon, uf I*ike City,
, is visiting Mrs T. 0, Joyej at 11? South
1 0,irntei Stffgt
BUD FISHER LEFT BEHIND.
Cartoonist Falls to Hear Announce?
ment That Car Is off und Halts at
niackville.
Blackville, Dec. 31.?Hoist on his
own petard was Bud Fisher, the well
known New York cartoonist, here last
night. The man who has made mil?
lions laugh furnished laughter lor a
number of passengers und trainmen
when he neglected to "shift forma-'
tlon" from the dining r to the Pull?
man when his car was cut off here and
continued on its way to Augusta while
Mr. Fisher loafed in the lounging sec?
tion of the dining car and found him?
self speeding toward Savannah.
The artist was going from New York
to Augusta and occupied section A of
a Pullman on the Washington-Jack?
sonville train of the Southern. His
hat, coat and baggage were deposited
in his section. Mr. Fisher, seated in
the dining car, failed to hear the an?
nouncement that his Pullman would
be detached at Blackville and pro?
ceed to Augusta, while the train in
which he was seated would go on to
Jacksonville.
The creator of "Mutt and Jeff' was
aroused before the train reached Al
lendale and left the train to return to
Blackville. Without baggage or coat
Mr. Fisher dined here and later
caught a train that left in the direc?
tion of Augusta, chasing his baggage
and other property.
Both "Mutt and Jeff" are pre?
sumed to have gone to Augusta in sec?
tion A of the first train.
SCHMIDT CASE A MISTRIAL.
Jury Unable to Agree, Dismissed by
Judge.
New York, Dec. 30.?After deliber?
ating 36 hours the jury trying the case
of Hans Schmidt, former priest of St.
Joseph's church, accused of the mur?
der of Anna Aumuller, reported about
It o'clock tonight that it could not
reach an agreement and was dis?
charged.
The foreman of the jury reported
to Judge Foster that there was no
possibility of an agreement being
reached, the last ballot taken being
exactly as the first. Two of the Jurors
had stood out against conviction all
the time, said Foreman Otinger.
After thanking the jurors and free?
ing them from further service in con?
nection with the case, Judge Foster
directed that Schmidt be remanded
te the Tombs.
It was learned that two jurors who
had failed to agree with the other ten
were of the opinion that Schmidt was
insane when he killed the woman with
whose murder he is charged.
The crime for which Hans Schmidt
has been on trial is considered one
of the most revolting in the history
ef this city. Early in September
parts of a woman's body were found
in the Hudson river. Schmidt, ar?
rested a few days later, admitted that
en September 2 he had killed Anna
Aumuller. He said he acted by divine
command. The trial started Decem?
ber I and towards the last became
largely a battle between alienists for
the defense and the State.
$25.000 FOR HOLLY.
Shipped From Craven, Pamlico and
On slow.
Newbern, N. C, Dec. 29.?A care?
ful estimate on the value of the hol?
ly and mistletoe shipped North from
Craven. Pamlico and Onslow coun?
ties during the holiday season, places
the amount at twenty-tlve thousand
dollars. One tlrm of Northern buyers
paid out five thousand dollars in
Onslow county, while another flrm"s
check for more than three thousand
dollars paid to one shipper in Craven
county, has just gone through a local
bank.
Holly and mistletoe were more
plentiful here this year than before
in many years. The quality also was I
far superior and agents of the buyers
who came here previous to the holiday
season, placed large orders. So ex?
ultant, are the shippers over their
?uecess that they have already begun
to make their plans for next season
and if the supply is plentiful, it is
probable that even a larger amount
will be shipped.
SENATOR'S DAUGHTER WEDS.
Miss Lucy Hoke Smith Bride of En-,
sign Simpson.
Washington, Dee. 30.--?Lucy Hoke
Smith, daughter of Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, and Ensign Alston
U. BimpSOni of the United States
navy, were married today at Sen.itor
Smith's home. The wedding patty in
eluded a company of relatives and
representatives of Washington official
life. I^ast night Mrs. Josephua Dan?
iels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
gave a tea dance aboard the May?
flower.
Both Horses Killed In Tourney.
Dillon, Dec. 29.?Two young men. j
sons of Mr J. 8. Smith, living in the
Carolina section, ten miles above Dil
Ion, were riding in a tournament on
Friday, when their horses collided,
killing both animals and seriously in?
juring t'ofh of the young men.
HELD FOR GUESTS DEATH.
Bridgeport Man C hurned With Man
slaughter for Alleged Reckless
Driving.
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 30.?Coro?
ner Mix today held John L. Somers
of Bridgeport on a charge of man?
slaughter for driving his automobile
"in a careless, reckless and negligent
manner." Somcr's machine was
struck by a trolley car here on De?
cember 21. Somers was uninjured,
but Mrs. Helen McJudd, his guest,
was killed.
JUDGES MUST UNDERSTAND.
Clu?rman of Industrial Commission
Points out Needs In Legislation.
Washington, Dec. 30.?That indus?
trial boards, seeking out and declar?
ing the truth, may hasten the day
when the judge shall not only have
the "understanding heart" but s;o
in the way of understanding, was the
hope held out by C. H. Crownhart,
chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial
Commission, before the meeting of
the American Association for Labor
Legislation, today. "Let such boards
declare the facts without fear or fa?
vor and they will do much to secure
industrial prosperity," declared Mr.
Crownhart.
"Labor laws are enacted under the
police powers of governments. The
power to legislate carries with it the
power to make legislation effective.
Such action is by no means a delega?
tion of legislative power. Laws as
enacted by the legislature must be'
broad and comprehensive; but the
application of the general rule to con?
ditions should be left to administra?
tive commissions. This method is ths
reverse of court procedure. It is not
necessary to wait until a man is kill?
ed to determine whether an employ?
ment is safe, as the courts are obliged
to do, repeating the process with each
death. We need not wait for a
building to fall down upon the publio
before it shall be declared unsafe and
its use prohibited."
"But the jurisdiction of the courts
must not be overlooked. Courts are
oe jealous of their jurisdiction as the
lover of his sweetheart. And in the
last analysis, what the courts say
goes, right or wrong, unless, as was
done in New York recently, the peo?
ple retire the judge and amend his
consititution at the same time."
Describing the good results of pub?
lic utility commission.' whose orders
have been sustained b the courts,
Mr. Crownhart said the same principle
was working well now in the field of
labor legislation. "It has been found
Impracticable for the legislature to
keep abreast of the times in safety
legislation. The elements of safety in
industry are so many and so complex
that details cannot be expressed in
the law without vital omissions and
often without bad mistakes of inclu?
sions. Safety in industry is an ex?
pert's problem quite as much as fix?
ing rates of public utilities."
An industrial commission, said Mr.
Crownhart in conclusion, should be
very democratic. It should see the
wheels go 'round, it should see the
man at work; it should know the life
of industry. It should call to its aid
the men who do things, and who are
affected by its administrative orders,
for then the labor law is obeyed be?
cause it is their law and they under?
stand the reason and justice of its
provisions.
QUININE FOR MALARIA.
State Health Officer Snva Malaria
Could be Eradicated in Six Weeks.
Columbia, Dec. 31.?-"Malaria."
said James A. Hayns, M. D., State
health officer, yesterday, "could bei
eradicated in South Carolina in six
weeks if every individual would do his
part, .?-?et everyone who has or who
has ever had malaria begin the New
Year by taking 20 grains of quinine!
two days in each week until the mid?
dle of February, and the trick would
b? turned. Of course, there would be
mosquitoes, but there would be no
malaria, for the malaria carriers would
be thoroughly cured and the seed of
malaria from which to start next sum?
mer would not be present.
"It has been suggested," Dr. Hayne
continued, "thav if the head of thej
household would keep the quinine box
by the side of the eight day clock and
issue the quinine rations for Saturday
and Sunday to every member of 1 s
household when he wound the clock
each week the matter would be sim?
plified. This sungestion is a very
good one, because the chills return in
seven days. Furthermore, no small
dose of quinine will do the expected
work; the dose should be between 20
ami 88 grains and given in a diluted
form and not in a capsule."'
Geo. H. Hurst,
UNDERTAKER AND EMR1LMKK
Prompt attention to day or night
calls.
AT ODD J. D. CRAIG STAND, Ml 1.
Kam Street,
Day Phone III. Night Phone ML.
TO WITHDRAW LAND RADIUM.
Secretary Given Out Statement to Tliat
Effect Yesterday.
Washington, Dec. 29.?Secretary
Lane proposes to withdraw all lands
of the public domain suspected of
containing radium, that their precious
deposits may be secured for the pub?
lic good and not become the subject of
private speculation.
Mr. Lane outlined his plan today to
Chairman Foster, of the Houston
Mines committee, urging immediate
passage of a joint congressional reso?
lution to empower President Wilson
to make withdrawals. The secretary
told Chairman Foster that unless fed?
eration action were taken promptly
there was danger that valuable lands
might become involved in private
speculation. Investigations of the
geological survey have located public
lands believed to contain raidum, now
so valuable in medicine.
Secretary Lane pointed out that
there are only two grams of radium
at present in the United States. It is
valued at $120,000 a gram. All was
procured from Europe.
"Three-fourths of the radium pro?
duced in the world during the year
1912," says Secretary Lane, "came
from American ores, yet we have up
to this time taken no steps whatever
to preserve for our own people this in?
valuable metal, and our physicians
and hospitals are dependent upon Eu?
ropean laboratories for such supply as
they can procure, and are subject to
whatever monopoly charge the Europ?
ean laboratories demand."
In view of the known effectiveness
of rat '-m in the treatment of can-;
cer, Secretary Lane says that as ons
person in every ten in this country
?tore than fifty years of age suffers
from cancer, it is difficult to over?
estimate the necessity for securing
immediately as large a supply as pos?
sible of this mysterious remedy."
WILL BE TRIED AGAIN.
nans Schmidt to Face Court January
New York, Dec. 31.?Hans Schmidt,
Ig whose trial for the murder of Anna (
Aumuller the jury disagreed yester?
day, will be tried for the second time"
beginning January 12.
Half-Million to Be Paid as Ransom.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 28.?Gen. Luis
Terrozos expects to have his son with
him in a few days. Negotiations are
now pending between him and Gen.
Villa for the payment of 500,000 ran?
som and it is understood the money
will be given the rebel leader early
next week.
OUR COST SALE?Will continue
through Friday, 2nd. Coat suits
and furs at 1-2 price. Shaw & Me
Collum Mer. Co.
WANTED?Blacksmith and wood
workman. Have a new five-room
house, also new shop 22 feet by 5 7
feet long .located In the beet farm?
ing section of the county. A H.
Saunders, Hagood, S. C.
FOR SALE?Two cars mules, st J. ff.
Phillips' farm, 11-4 miles north ef
city, on Main etreet. Call before
buying. Can save you money. D.
B. Keithly.
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LOST, STRAYED, STOLEN.
Voluabel Bit of Radium Missing
From Hospital.
Chicago, Dsc. II.?Ssarch today by
police and hospital authorities failed
to disclose any clue to 35 milligrams
of radium, believed to have been lost
or stolen several days, ago when bs?
ing used in the treatment of a can?
cer patient.
Unless the person having ths pre?
cious particle of radium?worth $4,
500?in his possession knows how to
protect himself from its influence it
may kill him, according to hospital
physicians. If, instead of being stolen,
it is mislaid it will declare its pres?
ence by its influence on whatever sub?
stances are near.
The speck of radium was Importen
from France by St. Luke's hospital
It was kept in a platinum capsuls an
eighth of an inch in diameter and
three-quarters of an inch long. He
last appearance known to the hos?
pital staff was when the capsule wee
placed in an incirion in the arm of a
woman patient. After several treat?
ments it was found that ths capsule
was inactive. The capsule was opened
and it was found that the radium was
gone. It would be impossible to sell
the missing bit of radium, it is said,
as a record is kept of every particle
known to exist in the world.
With the incoming of the New Tear
the collection of llcsntSJ taxes baa
commenced again
Greelyville
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By this work the den?
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in appearance and use?
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