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Uttbrtsifcj of 5. &> rilK SI MM 11 WATCHMAN, E*tul Untied April, 1850. "Be Just and Feaii1 not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTILROX, Established June, IMC. Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 43. ASK AID FOR JAPANESE. WILSON issl'tis \l?l?lv\L IN III!. HALT OI-' si 1 I I HI Its As Head of lied Cnws President Call* Attention o Disasters Cause?! ly I null no, Volcano mid I loarthquak?*. Wushlsgton. Jan. K>.?l'n-sid.H I Wilson late today issued an appci 1 to the Ameriean people as presidei i of the Ameriean Hed Cross fur funds to assist the pj?fjH 94 Japan, wh ? are suffering not only from tho earth? quake but from the failure of crops. The president's appeal follows. ? nur sister nation Of Japan is suf fcr.ng from two \< ry SOflOus disast rs. The failure of crops in the north? eastern part of that country has brought hundreds of thousands of persons face r-o faee with the t< rr i hie misery of slow starvation, and in the southwestern island of Kyushu a sudden great volcanic eruption has carried d.-.tth and desolation to large numbers la a thickly populated dis? trict: "I appeal to the humanity of our American people that they may give expression to their sympathy for the suffering and distress of so many of their fellow men by generous con? tributions f.?r their aid. Such con? tributions kui be made to tin- local Red Cross treasurers or sent dlrecth ?he Amtrican lied Cross, Wash? ington. 1? C.H lied Cross headquarters annoum red tonight that an appeal bus been sent out to all State chapters, asking local ? h inters to gather the funds. t'ol. Kob? i t M. Thompson, chair? man of tie- SMC itive < ornmitteo of the Na\y League of the United HatOS, started a subscription list wlht $1,250, to whh h other members of the league and officers of the navy add< I. This cablegram was sent to V:s oUBl Knnsko of the Ameriean Friends' So? ciety of Tokyo: "Instruct Hed Cross to draw on "The p7?vy,' Southern Muildlng. Wash iiuUon. I? ?'. for 2,i|)u yen, Thai ?? ?errt lo sufferers of volcanic erup? tion by officers and friends of our navy In recognition^ of the kindness shown our Reel when rlsJtlBf Japan."' 1. Thompson was a | ihoolinate "[ Admiral I riu at the Inited States naval aeud. my I1? \?ars ago. many i?i:ori.i: i:i sci'ED, stciiinor Illing- l.'.H I Vom Jaws of heath. Kobe. Japan. Jan. II,?The Kyuk yurnaru. a passenger steamer, has ar? rived here, after rescuing l&S inhabi? tants Of the v ||ag of Viiniiira. on the island of Kk i u a-.lima. The captall Of he steamer witness? ed the ?ruplion of the volcano. Fsssjset leaped from the ground, set? ting thf eillegeg on Rfe. While the stesmer lay off shore ashes to the depth of a foot fell on her decks. Ofl the wav to Kobe there was a pall of ishes lik'- a dense fog. Near Chir I Island a StVSffl sub n irlm* upheaval shock the v. The captain endeavored to call at Aburut'.su on the island of Kiushiu. but frag 1111abb? to appoach with lilt danger KNYKLOPEII I\ L\V\. Sukura Houses It soluble (.iuantb YYas|V \i-st*. Kagoshima. Japan, Jnn. la. ? HoggOg. on the kail id of Sakur.i that *cre 1? ft Standing are envelo. ed hH la\a and resemble gigantic wasps' lasts. F*UgitlVeg who ggVVg return -1 uro atill terrified and refused to enter their homes .? x< ept In make u hurried reh for valuables. The western part of th<- island is I tted thbkly with leHed sulphur. The southern part i< ISVered nmiIi de poslts of ash< s. Tho condition of the ?? ntral part is obs uired by tin- lo i smoke. Th? staff of the Kagoshima Ohl i ni'-rv, tb.oiiichoitt the SfUptlOSS, re m>jn?d it th. ir pesAft feeing sstei mination Theyreaejffdedeaeh phase iilihouirb almost suffocated by SO Is onoiiM gases i \iti ii mix ^ii mis* i ? njsj in Msgss^ssjusecs at Mi ' ?ak i. Mlya/iki. .1 ipan. Jan IV ? The slt isitssa her.- has Imprevee! but lher< still are freejaenl earth*! ue It eg and teirllb thunderstorms. The rain has pntfjad IIm atsaogphsfg, Rivers hnvt turned yellow and are r.-^nd wdh ih id Hi h Aslieville, Jan. 17.?Ternth fore* flrrs tre railing io ar hide i i. i ><u rhe side of Mi. Mil. hell. Many homes iiie in danger ? nd its gghting f(irren SSI bring organized to in in the Hasan a high wind is Mowing, TEN THOUSAND MISSING. BELIEVED THAT INHABITANTS OV BAHTH9VAKG DISTRICT ALL I'LKLMII I). Volcanic l-'rupt ions are Abating in Violence, Although Molten Lava Is Still I lowing l-'i-om Mountain? Hot Lava and Poisonous Gases l'rc \ent Rcecnc Work? ToklOi Jan. If.?-?Ten thousand in ha'oitants are missing in southern Japan, which haH been dt vastated by a volcanic eruption, earthquake, tidal waves and fire. It is feared that all have perished. The eruptions are abating today although lava is still I Mowing from from the mountain. Hot lava and poisonous gases, whieh over? spread the Country prevent the work of rescue. WANT INCOME TAX BLANKS. South Carolinians Preparing to Tay I'nele Sam. I Columbia) Jan. If,?^Hundreds of applications for federal income tax blanks are now being received daily by 1>. C. Hey ward, collector of in? ternal revenue for South Carolina, and as soon as the necessary forms are received they are mailed out to the applicants. Hlunks are classified to sec ure prompt attention. Collector Heyward wishes to stress the importance of a definite request. I <>r Instance, the president of a cot? ton mill may write for some income tax blanks and fail to state Whether he wants them for his Individual use or for his company. This necessitates writing back to the applicant for ad? ditional information and delays prompt verviee S>1 froth ends. The blanks received from Washing? ton so far include those for manufae tur.ng concerns, for public service companies, for mercantile and i'or miscellaneous corporations, and fOf the individual taxpayers who may or may not be interested M any of the other named classes. To facilitate matters the nature of the blank forms should always be designated and the return, when received, will then be Checked up in Columbia and forward? ed to Washington, thereby removing any rl k of a penalty being applied. DARUNUTON IIAs MAY DEPOT. A. C? L Station l oriiially Opened to i luflic. News and Tress. The new passenger station Of the A. C. tm was formally op? ned on Mon? day morning and quite a number of people were pr< ^<nt. some to take tho trains and Others to sco them come hi. The station is convenient* iv arrangedi and is equipped with ?team heal and ail other necessar) conveniences) It is the intention of the ofllclalf to hive this the prettiest station In tlM State. The waiting room was decorated with some very line crimson carnations and each of the ntilroad im n had one pinne d to hij coat. l VTHEH ABDUCTED OWN CHILD. UrecntUlc Man Arrested on Kidnap nlng Charge. Greenville, Jan. If,?Charged with kidnapping ins own baby, a little girl of three years, William Hammond Jolly was arrested yesterday In Bpar tanburg by the officers of that city and will be forced, it Is said, to al? low the little girl to lie brought back to Greenville. Yesterday morning, ir is said. Jolly was discharged from tic- American Spinning Company, and to i t revenge he returned to his home packed his suit case, picked up in i httie daughter and left for spat tan burg- Mrs. Jolly Is reported tu have said that she wanted her buhy and also wanted Jolly to be held by the Spurtanburg authorities. MIRTH CAROLINA MIXERN KILL? ED. IVH I \\o Hundred l oot to Holtum of shart. burj. \. ('. Jan? 17??Three minors were killed in tin main shaft of the Coggln gold mine near Isidora? do. Montgt?m< ry county, late yester? day, Thej wer? riding In the skip," which o\ rturned, precipitating them two hundred feel lu the bottom of the shaft. The dead art ill white. i? \k HI DUE INsrn i 11 hi hm h Winston 'Pa lern, n ? Jan, it Tin oak Ridge Institute and n Mcthodl i Chun b adjoining it in Oullford cotin t\ were burned this morning. The i..ss is estimated at $St,000. Insur ? in' Is IHI.Oee, The institute had two hundred and seventy Um1 boarding students, None s/ere Injured. FISH SCRAP AS FERTILIZER. -! ATLANTIC (OAST FISHERIES F?R? Msii VALUABLE OIL FER? TILISERS. RcguR of Investigation of Fish-scrap Industry by Department or Agricul tlll'O. Washington, Jan. 16.?In helping the manufacturers of soil fertilizers to Increase their output, the United States Department Of Agriculture be? lieves that the interests of the farm? er are enhanced. The use of. fer? tilizers to supply nitrogen to the soil is of continually increasing importance to our agricultural population* Fish refuse has proved an important source of organic nitrogen for fer? tilizing purposes( and the necessity of preparing it In commercial form has leg to the development of the lish scrap industry in our Atlantic States. The Department has. therefore. been conducting Investigations, re? sults of which have just been pub? lished in a pamphlet entitled: "The Fish-scrap Fertilizer Industry of the Atlantic Coast," with a view to as? sisting the development of this in? dustry. There are at present about 40 fac? tories on the Atlantic coast, whose main ojtput is fish-scrap and fish oil manufactured from the menhaden, These are found all the way from Maine to Florida. The business reach? ed Its high water murk as long ago as 1884, and the profits since have never been so great, owing to the re? duced price of oil and scrap resulting from the competition of Other pro duels. This is true notwithstanding the Improvements that have been made in the methods of industry. The annual output In oil and scrap has not varied greatly from 70,000 tons of 'scrap and 85,000 barrels of oil during the past 80 years. There has been no growth In the recent past which would warrant a belief in a growth in the future. However, there seem SVSry probability of a steady demand for this fertilizer. The great success which llsh-scrap has met With as a fertilizer is due in part to the fact that besides contain? ing nitrogen it furnishes organic mat? ter to the soil which inorganic fer? tilizers do not do. Ammonium Sul phate an Inorganic substance a by? product of coke ovens supplies almost 10 per cent Of the nitrogen used as fertiliser In this country. should there be a sudden Improve? ment In the ooklng process by which all the ammonia liberated in the old form of coking oven may be recovered, this amount would be more than enough lil supply all the fertilizer trade, in that case the preparation of flsh-SCrap WOUld become commercial? ly Infeaslble, but it Is much more profitable that the Increase In the out? put ox ammonium sulphate will keep ?pace merely with the growing demand, and that there Will be a continued de? mand for fish-scrap. The menhaden is not generally con? sidered edible because it is "too bony" or "too oily." However, the menhadl ll when freshly caught and properly cooked is good to eat, al? though not so choice as certain other fish easily obtained. As the cost of food increases and sea fish are used for economy's sake to replace more expensive meats, there undoubtedly will be an increase in the use of the menhaden for food. The menhaden has actually been prepared as are sar? dines, and has been declared a com? plete success when so used, a meat extract has also been made from this llsn, euual in nutritiv?- value to that of beef, While this food has been known for many years, the processes of ex? traction has failed to develop on a commercial scale. While there is no Indication at present thai consumption of menhaden Is on the increase, the shortage of other food supplies might IncroUSe the den and, and this would be a mailer of Importunes for the llsh-scrap Industry, The wuste rrom such fish as are now generally eutcn, forms ;> pos? sible addition;:! .source of I i>h-sera p. lu the iii'< s ins uf fish the waste rep? resents an tiverage ol -?"? per cettl ol tii.' "round" weight of the llsh. The yeurl) cnteh ol food fish hi the At? lantic und Cull* li do ries is about T*M?, 000,000 pounds. 24 per cettl of tins represents refuse suitable for the preparation of fertiliser. A consid? erable portion of this it is impossible i,, u^e economically for the fisheries nrc scaltered fhe winde length nf the coast and man) Ash lire shipped Ui market undressed, and much fresh fish thul i dressed Is prepared on hip bout'fl und tin Wnste thrown in lu the sea. Most ul the refuse of Newfound? land cod Is thrown away as last as produced \n Investigation has shown l hui I 0,000 Ions ol i e| use are pro ?. C. L. BAILRMO SPLITS. WILL BE DIVIDED IN TWO AM) ASSETS PORTIONED OUT, Will Give Hack to Shareholders Control of Railroad*, Including A. C. L., L. & N and X., C. A St. L*. I New York, Jan 16.?The Atlantic Coast Line company, a Connecticut! Corporation! holding control of tin Atlantic Coast Line railroad and through it control of the Louisville & , Nashville and the Nashville, Chat ! tanooga & St. Louis, is to be split in two by a distribution of a large part of the assets, according to action de? cided upon at a meeting of Coast Line directors in this city today. * The Connecticut company was {.formed in 1889 to hold a controlling; [interest in the Atlantic Coast Line rail j'road and securities in other compa? nies. It owns $00,150,000 or more than half of the (.'oast Line's $58,715, |fo00 of stocks and other securities, mostly bonds, of a market value of| $48,880,000. It has an authorized cap? ital of $100,000,000 but only $17,040, 000 of this has been issued. This stock never has been widely distributed and it is understood virtually all of the ; shares are held by Henry Walters. 1 chairman of the Atlantic Coast Line road. The stockholders shortly will be i called together to approve a proposal that half of the Coast l?ne company Stock, or $8,820,000, be extinguished by the return to holders of twice that amount of Coast Line railroad shares, or $17,640,000. This will have $15, 510,000 of the railroad stock in the Connecticut company's treasury, thus returning control of the railroad to its own shareholders, t As Mr. Walters will get back the stock put Into the holding Company'! treasury, he will have the same Voice in the management of the three roads a.s before. He would not make any comment today on the breaking up of the Con? necticut company beyond saying that ' no further distributions of its as? sets were contemplated at this time. okiim.i: nnlocks AT FLORENCE Force of Skilled Mechanics Soon Have s. c. W. Crossing. The gang of expert bridge builders who are to put the bridge across the Coaat Line tracks for the South Car? olina Western have arrived. They have been expected for some time and everything is in readiness for them. It will not la- long now before the cross? ing of the new road is completed and the trains running through. There is a pretty good force of eXj pert mechanics ami they will be aug? mented by such helpers as can be had locally, and force the work as rapid? ly as possible. For some time now the building of this crossing will be one of the sights of interest around Florence. The bridge material has been on cars side tracked above Hartsville for some time.?Florence Times. TO DE SURGEON GENERAL. Col. VV. C. (Jorsas Nominated by Wil? son to Succeed Toney. Washington, Jan. 17.?President Wilson today sent to the senate the nomination of Col, W. C. Gorgas to be surgeon-general of the army to suc? ceed Surgeon General George Torney, deceased. Gorgas Is now head of the Sanitar? ium Department of the Panama Can? al zone. LEE GETS SEAT, (iLASS DENIED. Senate Elections Committee Reports on Senatorial Contest. Washington, Jan. it.?Senate elec? tions committee today voted in favor ?f seating [Hair Lee, recently elected senator from Maryland and against seating Frank Class, appointed sena? tor from Alabama. duced annually on the Newfoundland shores, which would be equivalent to over 20,000 tons of dry scrap. As this is produced ;<t a time when all available labor. Is engaged in dress? ing tin- cod, the problem oi' saving this refuse offers scant hope of so lut ion. The Inedlbl ? dogfish furnishes an? other source of ilsh-scrap for fertiliz? er, nnd horseshoe crabs arc also re? ported t" have been used in certain localities. The shells of crabs and lobsters have been found to ho admir? able rs Mflllers" lor llnlshed fertiliz? ers. They contain a large amount of lime of high agricultural value, as well as a certain per cent of nitrogen. .\i one fertilhs r mixing plant, on ?hespeake Hay, over 260 ions ol ground erah shell-; are used annual SOUTH CAROLINA BANKERS BE FORE ORGANIZATION COM? MITTEE. Have Not Yet Asked for Region*] Bank, bat Ask for Better Division Of District?Cltf Will Have Chamo to TBlk at Heering in Atlanta Next Month. Washington, Jan. 15.?Although they did not ask for the regional hank today at the hearing before Sec? retarial McAdoo and Houston, the1 committee charged with the duty of arranging districts and providing re? gional hanks under the new currency law, lt. Ooodwyn Rhett of Char lea ton, J. I*. Matthews of Columbia and Hright Williamson of Darlingion made a strong appeal for a better line of di? vision than that now "contemplated In the establishment of the banks. At this hearing there were present not less than 160 prominent bankers and business men from Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina. The Virginians came in two groups? part corning last night as an advance guard to make preliminary plans for today's hearing and the remainder, about 100, coining on a special train from Richmond, which peached Washington at noon loaded with , Richmond boosters. Secretary McAdoo's room was pack? ed to its fullest limit when he rapped for order at 2.SO o'clock. The Rich I monders then took the lloor and for about two hours every possible agru ment was advanced to show why that cltV should be chosen as the place for a regional bank over any other piece in its territory trying for it. Maps, figures, statistics and data by the i trunk full were produced to show why Richmond should be chosen, much Of this matter having already been e xploited through the trip of some of Richmond's business men to Co? lumbia and elsewhere in the South. There was nothing to it, "he Rieh? ' mond people seid? but that placa, and they ,in reality, had North Car? olina ami West Virginia pulling their way just as if the latter had Rich? mond in their respective States. The arguments produced by the Virginians were about such as might be expected on such an occasion. Richmond, the speakers said, had everything that goes to make for suc? cess and the government, they claim? ed, would certainly not do its duty un? less a regional bank should be lo? cated there. Mr. Rhett, when his name was call? ed, said that he did not come to Washington at this time to argue the merits of locating a regional bank at Columbia, as that would be done next month when Columbia's claims are heard at Atlanta, but he wanted to ?t?te the position of Columbia in the matter, w hich is that the people of that city and section are not satis tied with the present districts. They have no objection to being in the dis? trict with Richmond, but do not want to be in the same one with Atlanta. This question of districts should be settled before the different cities make their claims for the banks, and this is the position which Mr. Rhetl assumed. He said that while Colum? bia by not pressing her claim today did not mean to indicate that the would not make a hard fight for the bank?for she will?'but that city is not satisfied with the present district lines and wants these changed. Mr. Rhett's remarks received close attention and from the questions which both Secretaries McAdoo and Houston asked appeared to be more than ordinarily interesting. Ex-Govemor Ansel spoke outlin? ing the position which the city of Qreenville had taken In advocating Uichmond. He offered a few sug? gestions regarding what be thought might b<- done toward making the regional banks a success. .1. lv Matthews said after the hear? ing that Columbia wai in the light to stay until tin- finish. "Y.ou must not believe," be said "that because we du' not urge today the establishment of a regional bank at Columbia tb.at we are not lighting, lor we are. What wt want is first to have the distri I arranged in a suitable way. Our time tor telling the committee what *re have will conn when we reach At anta on February 12. Ves, you may sai that although Uichmond put up a bis light today that that does m?t worr> us in the least. We arc not the kind i > quit." Drlghl W illiamson was equally en? thusiastic after the hearing. He said like Mr. Matthews, that the light foi ii bank in Columbia would be carried to the end. As both Secretaries Me Ado? and Houston the committee thai will de? cide this mitter -will leave Washing? ton soon for a long Western Irip, it CORNERSTONE OF SHAFT TO BE LAID OX MONDAY AT MAN? NING. Lee's Birthday Will He Celebrated in Appropriate Manner?Monument on Court House Grounds?Fxorcises to He Conducted hf Masonic Lodge. Manning, Jan. 14.?Quite a nota? ble event is scheduled to take place in Manning on next Monday, Janu? ary 19, which will be a memorable recognition of Lee' birthday. This event will he the formal laying of the eornerston the Confederate mon? ument to eeted on the grounds in tri nt of court house. The cere? mony lg je conducted by the Ma? sonic f ^ litv? many visiting Ma ' sons b ff1 expected to unite with St. Peter' ? ge of Manning on the oc casio irand Master George T. Bryi >f Greenville, has been in vit( * be present and officiate in thf ? emony, and the local lodges at I Si * rton, For?ton and Kingstree b been invited to attend as bod* I id participate in the ceremony. ,'isiting Masons will be extended the hospitality of the local lodge while in Manning. For a number of years it has been planned and purposed to erect at this place an appropriate monument to the brave soldiers who went out from Clarendon county and offered their lives on the altar of their coun? try, but for one cause after another the plang failed of full fruition. How? ever, things took a new turn some time ago when a committee of de? voted women was designated to act as a special auxiliary of the Claren? don County Confederate Monument association. It soon developed that it would be best for the ladies to take the lead and the matter was left en? tirely in their hands. The wisdom of this decision is made apparent to all, for a beautiful design for a mon? ument has been selected, the mate? rial is now on hand for a monument and work will begin tomorrow on the site in preparation for the laying of the cornerstone. The design for the monument consists of an artistic base and shaft of "VYinnsboro granite sur? mounted by the life size figure of a Confederate soldier In Italian n arble, the whale rising to a height of 23 feet. , In addition to the beautiful cere? mony of laying the cornerstone there will be an appropriate address on the occasion and stirring music will be furnished by a first class band. It is expected that there will be a large attc ndance of people from all sec? tions of this and neighboring coun? ties lor the approach.ng event and I even a larger attendai ce at the un? veiling- ceremony, which is set for next Memorial day. May 10. It will thus be seen that Lee's birthday and Stone? wall Jackson's death will both be sig? nalized in the Clarendon Cour,ty Con? federate monument. FIRM IX BANKRUPTCY. Mints and Kidgiil of Pinowood File Yoluntary Petition in Federal Court. Charleston, Jan. 15.?A voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed in the United States district court by A. B. Minis and K. A. Hidgill, part? ners as Minis a Uidgill and individ? ually, of Pim wood. Clarendon coun? ty. The liabilities of ihe firm are given as 14,098.33 and the assets as $3,729.51. The liabilities of A. B. Mima individually, are given as $1, 54 0.2:1 and assets as $S50. The liabili? ties Of W. A. Uidgill, individually, are given as $6,313.33 and assets as $3,186. The petitioners are repre? sented by Attorney H. DOBler Ia1c. The case has been referred to Referee I. C. Btrauss at Sumter. GEORGIA BANDIT CAPTURED. ?lohn Nolan Held ON 1 'liarge of Bob? bing Train. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17.?John Nolan is being held today ss he Is laspscted of holding up pass angers on south hound train from Nashville to At lanta bet night. He stoutly denies bring the iMtndlt. Authorities will continue their search, but they be? lie Ve tin > have the right man. The hand it held up the Pullman Myassa. ?ecuring $233 from passengers. A number of shots were fired but sons of the passengers was injured. is not known Just when the question > c arranging the district in accordance with Cue Vlewg of Mr. Uhett. if that is done, will be settled. It Columbia does not succeed in her efforts it will not be the fault of those appear? ing hers todax in her In naif.