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Unfotrstty of S. ? THE 8CMTKH WATCHMAN, K>tur llshed AprU, 18&0. "Be Just and Fear not?I,et all the ends Thou Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Trnlh'g." TUE TRUE SOI TIIKOX, Fstabll-hod Juno, 18?? Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C? SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 42. RAVAGES OF BOLL Iffll mm mutKJccni ham. sir. I 1311 i? IMMMyiM LO m T9H?M IXftSCT. Soillll < ?ro|llia'-4 lAtSH 111 < IIH?< of III' \a?lon Would Im? \?h>ut Fifty Per t cut?Loag Fdlnuitcsl in Various SUMOS. Washington. J:"? 12.?Tint is th loss cotton producers of the 1'nitcd States have suffered from the boll weevil, according to .statistics mads public today h\ Director W J. Haitis, of the Census lUircau, department of I mmerce. Searchers of the departm.nt Of ItfMMVM have dtaOOVTtd that the loss In Mttta prod net i on due to the boll weevil has totalled 10,000.0001 bales. Placing a value of only $11 on eac hbule, the monetary loss reaches the huge sum of half a billion dol? lars. The actual loss, how ver, would he \ery M?Nk above even tint stupen? dous figure, for. as pointed out l>< Di? rector Harns. Um loss f sultmu from the failure of farmers to plant 00t? t. n because of the fear of the boll weevil never can be estimated. Mere are the d? tails of what the va? rious cotton States have sulfercd fron; the boll weevil: Mlssisicpp' In seven selected counties of ?MMnlppi the production of cotton in H?07 anoamted to 191. 790 bales, valued at m arly $511.000, 000. The boll weevil reduced this production to 89.577 bales In 1909; to 61.4J2 bales in 1910, to 37.816 bales In 1911. ?\nd to 30,809 hales In 111! The aggregate production for the four years amounted to 219.034 bales, val? ued at approximately $14,600,01)0. Had tbe i ron ..f 1 o>7 t :i produced for each of these years the ??KKrep.ite WOUld have exceeded 767.000 hales. valued at $48.600.000. Many farm? ers In these countbs abandoned en tlrelv the attempt to produce cotton The majority ol the farm Laboren ^^^nMa^awft thrown out of employment BfiW^ltoe^^ other place Louisiana. Louisiana's largest cot? ton crop, 1,089.626 bah?s, was grown In 1904. The product!' n was reduced to 145.61? bales in 1910. This great los* was due principally to the ravages of) the boll weevil. In 10 of the la rg? cotton-producing parish's the crop amounted to 256,018 bales. \a)ued at $16,000,000, during the year imme diattely preceding the ndven* of tin weev.l in each of these polishes. The aggregated production of these 1" parishes for the following four years amounted to onlv Hi,lit hales, val? ued at appr..\iinat( dy UMH.tR Mad the prodm lion c?piulc<] that ot the year pfatl dtftfl the ciuninu of the weevil, it would h ive amounted to 1. 024.072 bales, valued at $?!.<..tone The loss to the cotton growers in tb<M 10 parishejt. attributed very largely to the boll weev II, amounted to more than f ;.n,nt>0,000 for the four yeaim Arkansas. During 190?;. 1907. and 1908 Um boll w???? \11 was fllaparaed over an aren covering about one-third of the State of Aikans.is. In four se? lected counties of the St.tte the Clo.) t.'i I .on, nmount*'d to 7 *..?-?*? bah s. Hy l'o '.? the < fop of these eo'.ltltiei had been reduced by the weevil to 2?'. 962 bales, and in 191? It was I!K bales. The a*k'i? c. value of Mmm two i ropH was about $ i.r.no.uon when hs had each lOjtM bd the <Top ?I 11 "; the cotton for these counties would have broo^ht into them more than 910.600,.i. Texas. The 1.?.11 Meevil f'.rst appear? ed In the Slate of Texas in 1S9 2. and during the next 1". ytfl taiMtd an enormous loss in the cotton arop ol the Stale. In seven seb-i te I OOttntKl In the northeast aaottog of the Staff the production in 19?6 amounted to .'.'Ol I bales This NS as I'edlK ?d H4,7<M b iles in r.o?7: lo II.:,| 17 bale In I9'?\ ami to 1 l"..7.".2 bibs in It Of The aggregate value of the three ?Top. In these counties amounted to about l.'t eon.rmo. |f the production or 1 , h.ol l.rni main' i im-d. to \ :ilm would have been approximately $|n,. ? OA SOS Alabama. The boll weevil now eov? ers the sou'lorn portion of Alabama Selecting six comities in the rasten part of the . t it.-, which are in the <li r?ci path of the ur? \ii. the production durlnir five rears has amounted te 772.IM bales, vvhch sold for about 9 11 . '. If t he lav. ges of tin weevil In these c.untie* should restll< In reducing the production in tie same propor t log ai in toe pslectei counties in Mi* sissipp;. the cotton pre riljeed during the four seasons follow ?tig the spread of the weevil, throimh out these counties Would amount |< 440.0IIU ii.ihs. ami tin- Dnanetal loa? Computed at $f?0 per hale. \\<a Id li more than 11 J.ot?a iomi. fjeorgl i >??!.. tine live hnportan' eottoa*prodtiataif eotuiUtta in irtHrttm CONGRESS AT WORK. SETTLES DOWN TO LONG GRIND AFTER REOE88 IN REGULAR SKSSION. Ami-Trust legislation to Come up First with Numerous Other Sub? jects to Work OH I.uter. Washington, Jan. I,?Congress m ttlcd down to its long regular ses don today, alter a reeess dating from tin passage of the currency reform bill just before Christmas. The com? ing administration ami-trust legisla? tion programme loomed up as the big business of the winter; but with the prospect of waiting until next Week for the president'! message, both houses turned actively to Other mat I ters. In the house return to work w | celebrated by prompt passage of the l rat Of the annual supply measures, the District of Columbia appropria? tion btlli ami the Introduction ol the usual opening day batch of miscel? laneous measures Tic senate began debate on the Alaskan government railroad bill. Anti-trust experts in both house began ? period of extraordinary ac? tivity to end when the anti-trust pro? gramme is written into law before the close of the session. Actual commit? tee work will be delayed pending President Wilson's address. A rough draft of the address will be brought ti Washington by the president and later In the week Chairman Clayton of the hOUSe judiciary committee and C uiirman New lands of the senate commerce committee probably will be called into conference with the pres? ident and Attorney General McRey? nolds. Meantime Chairman Clayton and Representatives Carlin and Floyd ot thf? house Committee arc reviewing the long list of anti-trust measures already before the committee. it la not probable that any of these bill I will be accepted as a part of the ad /nir-.istrutlon pla<k? 4mt mill-ih** fclea* embodied in them will be considered. Se iator Newlands of the senate com mcr<e OOmmlttee espects to take up the anti-trust programme Friday. riant of Peoylea1 on company De? stroyed at Johnston With $10. oon lsiMS. Johnston, Jan. IS,?Today at i(> o'clock the plant of the People*! Cot? ton Oil company was destroyed by tire. The Cottonseed hOUSC and cot? ton gin wen- saved. The cause of the tire Is said to have be< n a hot box. ah the machinery, seversl tons ol m ? il and about (00,.I gallon! Of Oil Were also destroyed, the smoke from the oil making it quit! difficult to sa\e the other buildings. The loss II ad mated at between $40,000 and 110,000, with about 110,000 insurance. The oJBoc and all books of the com pai > were saved. DOCKET PROI1ARLY HEAVY. .lodge Smith to Open IT, S. Court at Columbia January 10, Columbia. Jan. 11.- The United States District Court, with Judge H. a. m. smith presiding, will convene at Columbia January jo. according to information received from Charles Ion? it Is understood that ? heavy docket will be presented U? the court by Clerk Richard w. Ilutson, $200.1)00 LOSS in l ire. If ?ntre.il. Jan. 13,?The Rohlnson* Oliver grain mill was burned here this morning, causing ? loss of two hundred thousand dollars. The ther ii n< ler is twenty below lero. Oeorgla, which are also In the path of tb" weevil, the loss i?t the produc? tion dming iour ssasona following the Invasion of the I nee eta would rang* from 100.000 bales based on the ex? perience ot the counties In Texas tu 300,000 and 100,000 bales, based on the production In the sei?, ted coun? ties In Mississippi and the parishes In Louh isn ?. respectively, The result* lug llnan lal loss in these countle. would be, therefore, from 110,000,000 to $10,000,000, South Carolina, The production of ??otto?, during the las! five years in the iivr most important rotton-grow? ing countlei in South Carolins wai I, 170.711 bales, a VSlue Of approxi? mately 107,500,000, Should the boll weevil Infest these counties with n resulting b-s^ in cotton production such as occurred In the selected coun ties in Mississippi, tin- reduction In the crops during the four seaaona fol? lowing the dispersion ol Ihe inseeia would be 040,000 bales, valued al 111,000,000, a hk; rim; loss. WANTS ihm \s THIRD MEMBER OF CURRENCY BOARD. Therefore Nominates Him as Comp? troller Despite Determined Oppo? sition Prom Wall Street. Others I'ight I nder Mistaken View. Washington, Jan. 13.?When Presi dent Wilson, freih from his three weeks' vacation at Pass Christian Miss., as his list official act upon re? turning to Washington sent to the senate today the name of John Skel ton Williams of Richmond, to be comptroller of the currency, he prob? ably did something for which many leading bankers and financiers throughout the country, especially those in the South, will thank him. By making this nomination, the president deltei the powers of hi;; finance that have fought Mr. Williams from the Ant mention of his name in connection with the position he now holds, assistant secretary of the treasury. It is one of the most cu? rious circumstances Of latter day pol? itics that John Bkelton Williams, who for years has fought the big powers Of Wall street, is now opposed be? cause it is alleged that he is an ally Of the Ryan and Morgan and other in? terests. Nothing could be farther from the truth than this. The opposition to Williams indeed, has been predicated almost entirely on Ignorance Of the facts. He had been a railroad president ami a banker of importance; therefore when he WSJ named for assistant secretary of the treasury Captious C ItlCi of the admin? istration jumped to the conclusion that he represented the connection , between Wilson and Wall street Wall street liked Williams rather less than anybody that could have been brought Into the government, and the reasons why it disliked him make up one of the romance^ of business and of the upbuilding of the new South In thi last generation. There will be a hoi **toht oi* itora c.onP.rmtH mn- -e**M-ei? Wil? liams for comptroller. That he will bi confirmed is(not doubted by those who know the facts about h's career. They say that just as soon as the truth Is understood there wll be on end ol opposition from men who are sincere In the wish to thwart Wall Btreet domination. The National City bank is named as one of the Interests especially hos? tile to Mr. Williams, but the Ryan in? terests are supposed to be no more friendly. The antagonism grows out of the long series of lights between Williams on one side und the New York financiers on the other, for control of the Seaboard Air Line railroad, Mr. Williams was just :'i>oiit the last provincial financier in the country strong and abb- enough to keep control of a big railroad away from Wall street. That was th<- head and trout of his offending. After the Wall street Arm had comfortably or? ganized itself Into control of the Southern, the Louisville ?fc Nashville. the Atlantic C ast Line, the Illinois Central! after. In short, the commu? nity of Interest was all but completed, ihen this Richmond hanker Injected himself Into the situation. Horn In Richmond three months alter AppomattOX, Williams comes of the finest old Virginia Cavalier stock. He went early into his father's bank? ing house, und before he was of age was publishing a manual of Southern nvestmeni data that became wldelj know n. co l ion HOLDINGS INCREASE. 2..J..07? More lutios in Warehouses January i. 1011. than on Same Date of Previous Year?Exports r Hundred Thousand ?i-s l - ?. Washington, Jan. 14.?Th< census bureau reporl today shows 432,1B8 boles ot cotton consumed last Decem? ber, against 445,275 of the previous year, In warehouses January l: r>, 17 I,846, against 1,940,560 last year. Kvporis 1.1*::",v.o. against 1,391, 3S I, \ l .TP.lt \n EDITOR RYING, Col, c. It Pendleton ol Mamn Tele graph, Nc.se Ills End. Maoon, Jan, I 3. ('ol. c u. pendle ton, editor und pari owner of the Ma? con Teh graph is in s critical condition In a local hospital suffering from ncute Brlght's disease. Grave doubts as to his recovery uro entertained by at lendlng phyalclana. Ml km k in LAUREN'S. I^uurena, Jan. 13. Tin- charred re? mains of George Voung, s well to do farmer, were round today in th- nshoa nf in ; homo, near Hento, which wan burned late laal nigh! It Is Buapect ed that he was murdered by negroes. TEN MILLION PEOPLE STARVING IN KlUSIIIU. Volcanic Eruption, Tidal Waves and Earthquakes Following Crop Fail? ure Creates Most Appalling Prob tm Any Nation Has Faced in Mod? ern Times, Tokio, Jan. 14.?With the devasta? tion of the southern part of the Is? land of Kiushiu by B volcanic erup? tion, tidal wavea, earthquake and lire, following a crop failure, northern Japan, where ten million are starv? ing, the Japanese government is fac? ing the most appalling national prob? lem of modern ages. News from the earthquake stricken region indicate that the death list will run into thou? sands. Hundreds were hurt in their ll'ght. many fatally. The government may he forced to appeal to the civilized world for finan? cial aid, it is estimated that twenty live million will he needed to Buccor the victima Accompanied by a thunderous roar the eruption of the volcano Sakura jima continued today and other vol? canoes are showing signs of activity. Kagoshima Bay is strewn with dead i todies. Clouds of ashes, carried three hun? dred miles, are dropping on ships In the harbor of Osaka. Famine is ad? ding terror to the widespread misery. EARTHQUAKE DFSTUOYS CITY. Kagoshlme, Crowded with Refugees, Suffers From Volcano and Furth I quake, Tokio, Jan. 13.?Kagoshime, the capital of Babuma province, was de? stroyed by earthquake today. Hun? dreds were killed and injured. The city is crowded with n fugees from Sakura Island. Flaming lava tired the city In many places. TI.imillLF VOLCANIC ERUPTION. ' vTWflo, Jan. ^"13.?Trier* are five hundred dead and eight thousand homeless as the result of the eruption of the volcano Sakurajima in south? ern Japan. Molten lava is streaming from the crater today. The city of Kagoshima, with a populatl ?u of 65, 000, is threatened with destruction. WILL CONSIDER fAXES FIRST. Dr. <.oo. \v. Dick, of Ways and Means Committee, Tells of Coming Work of Legislature. Columbia State. Jan. 13. Dr. Qeorge VV. Dick, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, arrived In Columbia yesterday from his home in Sumter and will at? tend the session of the house today. "T have held conferences with members Of the house and senate," said Dr. Dick, "for beginning early to provide ways and means for curtail? ing the Immense budget that we un? derstand is to be presented at this ses? sion. We will use our inmost en? deavor to hold tin4 levy down to what it has been during the past several years. I have been by Invitatiion In? specting some of the new office build? ings erected in Columbia. at what must have been an enormous expense, with a View to obtain the most suit? able for those officers which are de? barred from using our State house on account of lack of space." Dr. Dick said that he was glad to see that the State department of ag i [culture Is now on a self-sustaining basis. He Bald that the department had turned back to the state more money than was appropriated at the last session. "I am pleased to note, also." said I?'-. Dick, "that the insurance depart menl through the efforts of the ef? ficient commission, F. H. McMos ter, has turned Into the state treaa try more than $173,000 this year." Dr. Dick said that the value of the property In the state for taxation had been Increased by nearly $6,000,000 and that this increase will be a great help in framing the appropriation bill. ESTABLISH AEROPLINE HASE. FllitCd States Head) lo Send Flexen \lr t rait Against Mexico in Case of War. Washington, Jan. 14. With the ar? rival of the battleship Mississippi at Pensncola, reported today, the first move of a world power tow;.ids the establishment of an aerial base for of? fensive operations In time ol war was completed. The i'nlted states have bad eleven aircraft within striking dis? tance of Mexico all winter. The bat thahip Mississippi Is better equipped for aeroplane Work than an\ other warship In the navy. It will he held ui Pcnsucola ready top Instant action, j DICTATOR ISSUED DECREE SUS? PENDING PAYMENT OP IN TEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT. The Decree is n Proclamation of Nat? ional Bankruptcy, the Huerta Gov? ernment Having Failed to Negotiate Lonne in Europe?Oollapeo oi* Dic? tatorship Expected Soon. Mexico City, Jan. 13.?Dictator Huerta today li >ied a decre e suspend? ing fe>r one year the payment of in? terest on all government indebtedness, foreign and domestic, including inter? est on all bonds. It is in effect a proclamation of national bankruptcy. This action by Huerta is believed to be the result of the collapse of all ne? gotiations for foreign loans. Another decree provides that any person refusing to accept state bank not< s. recently declared legal tender, will be arrested. The indication la that Huerta is almost at the end of his financial career. Foreigners be? lieve his fail is near. Federals defeated Zapata Rebels at Osumba, State of Mexico, today. A hundred Rebels are reported killed. REBELS TAKE TOWN. Turn GuaymBs over to Constitution? alists. Mexico City. Jan. IS.?Six hundred Rebels In the garrison at Guaymas mutlned to.lay and turned the city over to the constitutionalists. This Is an important Pacific coast town. MAY CONSTRUCT PIPE LINE, Government to investigate Feasibility of line I>orn Oll Fields. Washington, Jan. 13.?The senate today passed the Gore resolution au? thorising the Sec retary of the Navy and interior to investigate the feasi? bility of building a government pipe? line from the < Oklahoma e>il fields to a part on Gulf Mexico, to be used to supply naval vessels with fuel oil. SEEK WILLIAMS' APPOINTMENT. Will be Third Member of Currency Board, If Confirmed. Washington, Jan. 13.?If the ap? pointment <'f John Skelton Williams, v. hich is Bought by several southern senators, is confirmed, he will be the third member of the organisation on the committee charged with the put? ting the new currency system Into ef? fect. QUARTER MILLION FIRE IN AT? LANTA. Cotton States supply Co., and Avery & Sons Plant Destroyed. Atlanta, Jan. 14.?The Cotton States Belting and Supply Ce).. plant and warehouse of A\ery and Sons were burned early this morning. The loss is $250,uO0 with Insurance only half thai amount. The cause is unknown. The fire origin ited In the> Cotton states plant ami several adjacent smaller buildings were burned. R. IL MAY RAISE RATES. Understood That Interstate Commerce Commission Mas So Decided. Washington, Jan. 13.?tl is report? ed on good authority today that the interstate Commerce Commission has decided that railroads east of Chi? cago and north of the Ohio Ulver may raise their freight rates three- and a half per cent. The railroads ask? ed to be allowed to raise h to live. FOREIGNERS PROTEST. Deelare Thal Hucrla*s Action Will Alienate Powers, Mexico cit>, Jan. li.?Foreign financial representatives are protesting to Huerta against his defaulting Inter i Bt on National and foreign loans, de? claring it "will alienate the sympa? thy of foreign powers." Koreign in terests will probably bring pressure to bear upon ihe United States to sol up a financial safeguard over M kIco. LINER IN DIRK STRAITS, Cohcquld Tl; u ht to Do Going to lloc s in Itaji of Fund). st. John, Jan. m .\ thick fog pre? vails her,- t.ui;i\ and the liner Cobe? quid is believed to be breaking to pieces off the entrance to the L.iv of l?'undy. The wreckage coming ashore are believed la be pieces of the Cobe quid It is feared that a hundred and twenty passengers und sailors nboord must perish. CITY NATIONAL BANK GIVES $300 IN PRIZES TO SI MTER COUNTY FARMERS, s. j. White Wins Three of six l'ri/os Offered?T. s. DuBoec First in t orn Raising Contest, s. j. WbHe so< ond?if. H. Fraaer first In Cotton Contest end T. J. Josef Second?S J. White Wins in Sweet Potato and Oats and Vetcfa liaising. The prizes offered by the City Nat? ional Hank to the farmers of the county raising the greatest amount of cotton, corn, sweet potatoes and oat; and vetch on four c;? of land were announced Wednof by Mr. J. Fran': Williams, co demonstration Bgent, who had su ision of the con? ti st ami who aet s judge. Mr. T. S. Di ? ,e of Oswego was awarded the r z^ for raising tue greatest am6i jf corn on ono acre, the prize bei ^ ?75.00. He raised 100 buahela. v M . J. White of Concord 6 came seco . raising 3 03 1-4 bushels 5>. _. ol corn ( ^ is prize . ere and ? ?.cur? ing the . fid prize of %2?. in ti ^ otton growing contest Mr. ?1. B. iser came lirst, raising the greatest amount of seed cotton on hts a; re. His cotton crop amounted to 3,066 pounds of seed cotton and ho was piven a print of $75. Mr. T. G. Josey came second with 1,610 pounds of seed cotton to his acre and get? ting a prize of $25. In the sweet potato contest, Mr. S. J. White raised bushels of po? tatoes on one-half an acre and was awarded the prize of $30. There was no second prize. In th'; acre of oats and vetch Mr. Whit' afrain won the prize, ?50. He ar^ar 15,002 pounds of hay on his acre of land. There was no second prise. There Were twenty-one entries in the City National Bank prize crop ro? tation ccr.'est, fifteen of whom stuck out to the and and made reports on their crops. Mr. Williams after a careful consideration Of these rep rtJ hns announced the prizes. Th?^ contest was given under the auspices of Farm Demonstration Work Department of the United states government and Clemson col? lege. Tii? prizes amounting to 6300 were given by the City National Fank of this city for the purpose of en couraging rotation and diversification of crops and to show its interest in the betterment of farm land in tho county. The committee in charge of the rules of contest consisted of Messrs. J. T rank Williams, local agent, pres? ident of the Sumter County Farmers' Union, and L, L. Baker, district agent of Farmers' Demonstration Work? ap? proved by the City National Bank through its president, Mr. Q. a. Lem mon. AT WORK IN SENATE. Patterson's Eugenics Bill iwdicd? Make it Harder in Secure Social t lai Chartere. Columbia, Jan, 14.? in the senate today Dr. Patterson's bill relating to marriage licenses which in effect would have required certificates ol health between parties contracting marriage laws Indefinitely postponed by a vote of 83 lo 1 7. This measure was only briefly discussed in the senate before being killed, it was practical? ly a bill ill line With the so much talked of modern eugenics. The Crouch bill making more strin? gent the requirement to secure char? ters for social Clubs, lodges, and the like from the Secretary of State office was passed by the senate and order? ed sent to the home. This till re Unites "o qualified electora where the ?harter sought is for S city, and -5 where residents of a rural Commu? nity seek a ( harter, to endorse the pe lition before ii can be granted by the secretary of State. NEW DISPENSARY AUDITOR. <.e\. Bleaac'f Appointee. Harvey w. Mitchum, Kcslglls and M. H. Mob Icy Apitnlnteri In II?-* Place. Columbia. Jan. 14.?Harvey. W. Mitchum, who w. s appointed Dispen? sary Auditor bj Governor Blease last \. ir .today resigned his position. M. H Moblej Who had formerly held the position, was appointed by Governor 1 lease in the place of Mr. Mitchum \<> reasons have yet been made pub 1 . rs to the cause of the resignation. HOY BURNED TO DEA1 It. Covington, Tenn., Ian. 14.?Homer Gee, 16, was burned to death and his nioth? r fatally burned this morning. The boy attempted to light ? tire with kerosene, His clothing caught and his mother rushed to ins rescue.