Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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INSIST THAT >lb.XU iNs SALUTE (H I) (.LOltV I uiu|ii? n Incident Not *o lastly Closed, mm Mcportcxi?rrvsidcnt Thoroughly Approve* Adiulral Ma/o's ImiiihimIs. Wash Inf tun, April 14.--Th* Unit od Stute? will Insist upon the tirins; of a salute to ths Amerioan tlug by the Mexican federals at Tamplco for the Insult of attesting and parading is prlsonsrs a party of American ma? rines. Ths president made :hia clear at the White House today. The feder? al commander has been given one day longer to comply becuuse of the fact thut yesterday wus Easter Sunday. I ? mplete spprovul has been given the ut tion of Admiral Mayo In making the demands. John Und the president's personal lepiesentative iti Mexico arrived vhoard the Mayflower ut 10 o'clock this morning. , Tbo Report st Vera Um;:. Vers Crus. April 14.?It is reported today that American murines are ready to land at Tamplco if the fed rral commandsr fails to salute the I nited States flag by 6 o'clock this * \?-nlng. but the report Is uncon? firmed. KM.AR(JK FLORENCE SIKH'S. Atlantic t o?Mt Uno to Improve Works st I Ye De? City. riorenes. April 13.?Dids are being railed for by the Atlantic Coast Line authorities for the construction of ths new and greater shops of that company hers. Fluns are to he had of the superint? ndent of motive Power. K. K. Smith of Wilmington. The plana call for the biggest round ha use In the South, if not in the country. It will be of brick, 410 feet acroas, with room for 40 of tin im? mense 90-foot engines that the Count Line Is now using and a turn tsble to uccomodat n the same leviathans. Ths table will be operated by eiec ? n power and the round house will be fully equipped with all modern i onveniences. Work is now in progress on the outdoor work. The yard, whero this work is to be done, is also one of the largest Id the South, and Florence H It be (he centre of the car repa?r work of the Coast Line system. The mschlne ahops and otner de? triments will be enlarged on the her work is under way. Tho rail? ed men say that work naturally Iftf to the Florence shops from all parts of the system, that It in the logical centre and the new roai to the West, with the great trains that sre being handled on that linn in? crease ths demsnd for facilities here hi a most surprising degree. It is expected that the Coast Line will soon have i'm through passenger schedule from Chicago to Florence and Char? leston in operation. A recent visit of the directors of the line to Win ?ton-Salem gave new impetus to these r? starts The Florence shop:: have for years been operating on a minimum or cost, with a minimum of men, the effort at economy on the line seem ed to be directed particularly at the Florence shops, but the Coast Line authorities are not slow to recognise the drift of business interests and practical economy, under which this terminal comes Into its own with the greatly increased shops and increased force of skilled workers. The Atlantic Toast Line has re? cently put on Its through trains tho handsomest and finest steel coaches that are in operation anywhere, and are *??<! to be the tlnest product of the t'ullmun Car company; The cura are sll steel, equipped with svery n.enlence and safety device and furnished *vl?h splendid recllnln-; < oleiHtai.il. tu tin* i mf,#rt of the (?assenger. OLD VII WS OF WILSON. Republican CoiigTe*.^i.imi Trie* to Criticism on Writing* of |H7?. Washington. April 11.?Tho viewsi of Thomas Woodrow Wilson on the structure of the American govern? ment, as expressed In R magazine ar? ticle published in 1*71?. were present fits tbe house today by Hi i nsenta tive Johnson of Washington, who ex plained that tho writer was the pres? ent presPb nt of the United States. ino,,..h w w.uou." said Rente .t.itlve Johnson, rt ferring If the msgssln* article, "says that rungn-ss Is a deliberate fsgf) |sj whl'h there I* little dellberat on and a legislature wbl. h legisluten with little teal dis? cussion Ho su>s that mull r tbo sab met form of government, plith.inis I M..fnetbmg. and that t.token promotes will end in broken power.' ?Who h Hilf i hat m w Wilton "' I'regressive Leader Morde N in'ci i iptrd to ask. He Is Woo.lrovs Wilson, the prcsl dent, who is leading on this gradual overthrow of representath e govern? ment. Johimoii ruplled. US mm SEBUM. RO< KF I I |,L| R INSTITl TK AN NoiNCKs t.HRVT DISCOVERY. Tour strains Isolated by Men Inder l>i\ Kuril's Cole a 111? Stop forward. Another importun t .step in medicine of especial interest to medical men here appears to have heen achieved by the discovery of a scrum for lohnt pnouioonia. It taken parallel rank in impoitMm e with the diseovery of diphtheriu anti-toxin and the vaccine* for typhoid fever and smallpox. The diseovery is unostentatiously announced in the following bulletin Is? sued by the Rockefeller Institute of New York eit\: "The institute is now prepared to treat patients suffering from acute lo bar pneumonia with specific anti pneumocoecus sera. Tile results so far obtained indicate that the prcper use of this method is efficient in low? ering tho mortality from this disease. "In order to make this method of treatment effective it is necessary that in each case the type of pneumococeus causing the infection be determined before treatment is commenced. In most cases it is now possible to do this within a few hours after the pa? tient comes under observation, but the method is still complicated. More? over, the supply of serum Is limited, and for this reason it is considered advisable that for the present the ef? forts of this institution bo confined to the treatment of patients admitted to the hospital. "It is desired, however, to make the treatment available for as large a number of patients as possible dur? ing the present season, and our am? bulance will be sent promptly for any patients suffering from this disease whom you may desire to have ad? mitted." Should it turn out as the Rocke? feller' scientists believe the victory will mean the culmination of a 30 years' light?since tho first definite isolation of the pneumococcus, or pneumonia germ. The fight has been waged ever since in every largo med ic.il institution of standing in every civilised country. Fraenkel. of Qcrmany, and Weich? selbaum, of Vienna, isolated the pneumonia germ. They worked sepa? rately in their investigations, but so identical were their results that the discovery of the germ is credited to them Jointly. This establishing of the fact that pneumonia was caused by a definite miscrcuccus was the first great broach for the army of scien? tists. Later various sera were discov? ered and put on the market. But the seta have all proven more or lesin efficacious. In fact the re? sults achieved by their use served only to complicate the record of the disease, its manifestations, preven? tion and cure. There seemed no general standard by which to gauge the efficacy of the sera treatment. This has been overcome by ihe dis? covery that the pneumococus was not a single germ, but that It has at least four distinct strains. The four strains isolated by the Rockefeller scientists, who worked under the supervision of Dr. Rufus Cole, medical director of the insti? tute, show one mild strain, one severe or dangerous strain and two others whose virulency lies between the mild and dangerous species. It is hoped by the research men that the discovery of these strains may lead to the cutting down of the deaths from pneumonia. Sometimes the death rate for pneumonia runs as high as 40 per cent of the pneumonia suffer? ers and at other times tho rate falls off to 10 or 20 per cent. But there is ovor a widespread fear of the dis? ease, for wit n not fatal its aftermath la a weakened constitutum and a system particularly susceptible to a recurrence of pneumonia. Of the four strain;', it is under: ^od that the institute has not yet suc? ceeded in obtaining an efnacious serum against the most dangerous strain? which means ?hat those patients suf? fering from the severe form of pneu? monia will not yet bo benefited by the discovery of the anti-pneuinoeoccus j sera. But the other strains are all ac ' otmtsd for. The mild-form strain Is what its name Implies, and unless 'In* victim is in an otherwise weaken? ed condition, it will not prove fatal. Tho other two strains, or intermediae forms, can now lie treated with great ? hances fur re? ovcry. The two strains necessitate two ? P*rmt< sera The ssro are obtained bj luaiunr. Cultures from the sputum <>r the pneumonia patients, Injoottng IthS cultures Into horses. and then gathering the resultant antl-dotal sera Pot the inatincni of human patients the lajtftloii method is nH*it. apply* Ini the Her.i Ihroutfh th? sum. I Tin iis ni.ibit i new Important m the method of obtaining tin- motu "i of their application f<?r the curs <?r pneumonia. The real Importance lies in the public announcement by tin Kim aefeller Instituts that it la ? \ oh Inu forms of antt-pneumococoui sera v hrtch promise to be efficacious, i Tin- animuic emeiil has behind ? ul SPECIAL EASIER SERVICES. MISSION AHR S PREACH AT BAP AlST CUi m ilKS MORNING AND EVENING. Weather Delightful During Morning und New Gown* and Hats air Worn l>.v Ladles?Special Singing at the Churches. Easter Bundgy was warm and pleasant, if somewhat cloudy during the morning, and the attendance at all of the churches in the city in con? sequence was very much larger than usual, many of those who have not been regularly attending services hav? ing taken the day as an occasion for going to church. At most of the churches there were special services, the choir in most cases being enlarged and extra music having been prepared for tho Easter service. The services and sermon in most cases were commemorative of she season. At the two Baptist churches mis isionaries preached morning and even? ing, and in the afternoon they preach? ed at churches in the country sur? rounding Sumter. Hev. Mr. Landsell of Virginia preached at the Grace Baptist Church in the morning and at tho First Baptist Church at night, delivering two interesting and elo? quent discourses. Rev. John Lake, a missionary from China, delivered a powerful sermon at the Grace Bap? tist Church in the evening. At tho First Baptist Church Mr. U. S. Hos ford of Argentina made a very inter? esting and instructive talk to the large congregation in the morning. Tho warm weather was the occa? sion for the ladles to dress in their rew spring gowns and hats, many of which were worn on Easter for the tlrst time. In the afternoon there was a slight rainfall, but this only laid the dust and madu the evening more pleasant. PRAISE FOR CLEMSON. Army Officer Like* Work of Ca? dets at Inspection. Clemson College, April 11.?Capt. S. J. Bayard Schindel of the general staff, United States army, made the annual inspection of the cadet corps yesterday and today. Capt. Schindel said he noted marked improvement over the work of last year and that the showing made was a great credit to tho corps. Tho general opinion here is that tho exhibition was the best ever made by a Clemson corps. Col. Cummlngs, tho commundant, Is being heartily congratulated. BANDIT HOBS EXPRESS CAR. Between $2,000 and $3,001) Said to Be Sum Taken. Little Bock, Ark., April 9.?A mask? ed bandit entered the express car of th-3 Bock island local train from Hot Springs at Haskell, Ark., tonight, bound the messenger, put him in a trunk, robbed the car and escaped. Officials of the United States Ex? press company state that between $2, 000 and $3,000 in money and valu? ables was carried In the express car of tho Rock Island train reported robbed near Haskell, Ark., tonight. HUERTA ASKS FOR HELP. Calls QU Loyal Governors to Semi All Available Troops at Once. Galveston, Tex., \pril 14.?A code dlspatoh sent by President Huerta to the loyal governors of Mexican States' urges them to furnish all available troops possible immediately. Gen. Huerta says he will be unable to ar? rest the progress of Gen. Carranza and lapata much longer unless tho loyal governors send him help immediate- ] iy. Forest officers in Washington and Oregon plan to discontinue the use of barbed wire on their forests. This will affect their own pastures and public drift fences. They say barbed wire has no advantage over smooth wire, that it injures stock, anil that; it is more likely to be borne down by soft snow. Stockmen on the Oohoee forest, in Oregon, recently con? structed drift fences of smooth wire, though with somo misgivings; now they say they will never use barbed wire again. the authority and thoroughness of the hist it uto?an institute w hoso conser? vatism is deep and sound and WhOSC researches ramify to every contingency and condition* The bulletin indicates that should the hopes for the sera be realised a large proportion of the danger from pneumonia will be elim? inated, that it will lose its terrors and that the practical conquering of the .iis. a so in all its ramifications may be at hand. Ho far as can be learned, the plan (,r ma Rockefeller institute is ?<? handle a variety of oases sent in bj lhe New York city physicians, and ihould I bo results be w hat is hoped .a arrangements will be made in Ihe nOXl I- months for tin- manu ta. inn- .,| the :it ra on a la ;e scale. Hull im ore uii. MEXICAN MILLIONAIRES EXILED. Luis Terrazas, With $100,000,000, One or the Dons Villa is Determin? ed to Crush Out. "We Will expel the Dons from Mex? ico," the revolutionists declare. Car ranza is determined to break up the vast holdings of lands in a few hands. Villa has been seizing large estates, driving out or imprisoning their own? ers. These Dons whom they propose to exile are the richest men in Mexico. Many are descendants of the Spanish conquerors and have kept up the old aristocracy. Others began with small plantations and have bought, taken up or seized land until they number their aCres by the hundred thousand. One group, for instance, have prac? tically owned the state of Chihuahua. In fact, it is a saying that Chihuahua royalty consists of the Terrazas and Creel families and their descendants. The aged Don Luis Terrazas, now in exile in tho United States, and whose son Luis was held a prisoner by Villa, is said to be worth $100,000,000. His land holdings are estimated at nearly nine million acres, an area one-third as large as New York State. The oth? er members of the family and their connections have estates so large that the group claims nearly half the area of the largest Mexican state* Though Don Louis, horn in 1829, is descended from the Spanish conquis tadores, he inherited only 5,000 pe? sos. He used the money to establish j a "cheap john" store, with Amado Porvas as his partner. A correspond? ent of the New York Sun tells how Terrazas, as soon M he had made a little money, branched into politics and became the local boss. That was in the late fifties, just before our own Civil War. He became governor, as? sumed charge of the state mint, which coined money for Northern Mexico, and he began to gather his vast es? tate. Indian raids and massacres had driven most of the people to the towns, land was almost worthless, but shrewd Don Luis bought and took up Whole sections, so that when the Indians were suppressed he was tho largest landowner in that region. When cattle raising and farming be? gan to be developed, the land increas? ed many fold in value. It was Ter? razas who in 1S?G drove out Maximil liun's men and enabled President Ju? arez to make Chihuahua his capital. Ju.'irez made him a general, and Ter? razas became a popular hero, the leader of the people's party. But he never allowed political popularity to interfere with his money-making. When Beuben Creel went to Mexico as American Consul, in the fifties, he and Terrazas became great friends and, married sisters, Paz Cuilty and Caroline Cuilty, daughters of a wealthy family. Later Creel's son married one of Terrazas' daughters. Thus was founded the "royal line" in Chihdahua. But it was not until Diaz gained possession of the country that tho Terrazas-Creel combination attain? ed its greatest power. One succeeded tho other as governor and they reign? ed as virtual autocrats. Enrique Creel became Minister to the United States and aspired to sucoeejl Diaz as president. No one dared rebel against them until Madero started the revolt in 1910, hut even he failed to shake the hold of tho dons on the country. The real downfall of the Terrazas family came only a few months ago. When Pancho Villa occupied Chihua? hua the rebels seized the Terrazas palaces and property, Villa announc? ing that he would distribute the land among the peons. Gen. Luis Terrazas and most of the wealthy citizens lied to El Paso. But Villa captured Luis Terrazas, Jr., demanding $500,000 ransom. According to report, he threatened to kill the son of the old general if the money was not paid. Old Don Luis protested that, with his estate conti ated, he did not have the mono., He appealed to the United States Government Secretary Bryan's action probably saved Luis' life, and induced Carranza to order the young Terrazas released from jail. But "freedom" in this case only means that he can stay in Chihuahua under guard. He cannot leave. ? Villa has killed many of the Ter? razas family agents and relatives," the NVw York Sun correspondent writes.; ?General Terrazas' lawyer was shot to death after he paid $15,000 for his freedom. Gen. Luis Terrazas, now more than four-score, announced re? cently that ho would start a ranch in Texas and try to regain his lost for t une." When Torreon was captured one of Villa's first acts wits to drive out the Spaniards, in many instances the dons, who have been rolling In wealth, have been glad enough to escape to the United states or catch a steamer for Europe, leaving their property to the tender mercies of the troops un? til (he war la over. Give Comfort to Stout Persons. ?A good wholesome cathartluc that has a stimulating effect on thC stom? ach, liver and bowels is Foloy Ca? thartic Tablets Thoroughly cleansing in action, they keep you regular with no griping and no unpleasant after ef? fects They remove that gassy dis? tended feeling so uncomfortable to si out persons, Bihert's Drug stoic. Advt. HOW TICK ERADICATION PAYS. The South Simply Cannot Afford Lunger to Tolerate This Most Seri? ous Livestock Pest. Progressive Farmer. Every county should organize a livestock association, elect a president, who is not afraid of making enemies of the opponents of tick eradication and who will appear before every ?rand jury to encourage the work, and insist on the grand jury recom? mending sufficient appropriations of funds to successfully prosecute tick eradication, and also have the grand jury incorporate in its general pre? sentments its approval of the work. In this way there will be less expense and less friction incurred than would otherwise be the case. The recommendations of the grand jury have more effect than at first, appear. Opponents of tick eradica? tion serving on the jury, who would otherwise oppose the work, are there? after silenced by acts of the ma? jority. I believe each county would save money and time by furnishing the arsenic cattle dip free of cost to the farmers. There is encouragement in the sta? tistics of Putnam County, Georgia. We had by actual count 0,584 head of cattle. Of these 90 per cent were tick-infested, and to add to our diffi? culties 75 per cent of the cattle were owned by tenants. ' We have spent to December 31,J 1913, $3,781.37, and I calculate we have saved in 1011, $3,00U; 1012, $4,000; 1913, $5,000. Total $12, 000. Twelve thousand dollars saved from an expenditure of $3,781.37 during the active work in tick eradi? cation, and we shall never lose a dol? lar from ticks herea?er. Here is economy and yearly saving expressed in dollars even during the most ex? pensive period of the work. After the work is done, we have, as you will have, more cattlo than ever before, better cattle, each head worth more. Every animal butchered hereafter will give fever-free beef, better food, as well as more wholesome. Even the hides from ticks are worth more for leather Every dairy cow will produce more milk, more butter, and every calf will come into the world with stronger bones and constitution. Cattle after tick eradication will be? come a better asset in the banks. Cattle are financially more liquid in Putnam County, where we have a cooperative creamery, than are mules. With the cattle tick exterminated, any bank or individual may advance money to an honest farmer to buy cattle, regardless of his financial standing. Bovines grow more valu? able per head, and increase in num? bers. Men that banks could not safe? ly assist wtih money to plant cotton, may be, indeed, have been, loaned money without loss to the lender, and with great benefit to the borrower. The man who will not assist in sup? porting such beneftcient, practicable, economical work for Iiis county as tick eradication, can be compared only to the man who will not play a hose charged with water on a burn? ing house, thereby to extinguish the lire. The pestiferous cattle tick is not a native parasite. It was brought into Georgia by Spanish cattle driven from Florida northward. Tho South cannot, must not, remain handi? capped with such an unnecessary per? nicious burden. GASOIiTNE GOING VP. Auto Owners fftofls Rite in Cost of Liv Inj?. Cincinnati, April 9.?Automobile owners face a still higher rise in the price of gasoline, according to figures Riad? public today at the convention of the American Chemical society here. In an address on "Some Eco? nomic Phases of the Use of Gasoline," Prof. Benj. T. Brooks of the bureau of mines, Washington, declared gaso? line rapidly is approac' ;ng the 40 cent a gallon mark, at which point he declared alcohol would be an ac? tive competitor. Arrangements have just been made for the sale of 40 million feet of timber on the Toitgass national for? est in Alaska. This forest is cut up by bays and inlets, some of which give an opportunity for taking the timber from the mill to the decks of ocean-going steamers. The Tongass forest is now self-supporting, its lum? ber product being uv d largely in lo? cal industries, much going into boxes for canned salmon. A Pennsylvania gun company is using the waste pieces of black and Circassian walnut, left alter veneer cuttings, for gun stocks. Mistletoe thrives on the western coast to an extent not approached in the east. In many places this parasitic growth responsible, directly or in? direct for a considerable loss of Umber. B. W. Hunt. Eatonton, Ga. BUSINESS. The Most Honorable Pursuit in Which Jlimnuit> SMSJ Engage. Tho medieval mind lingers. The odors of dead ideas cling to modern thought. it is still the easy way to gain a reputation for being a superior per? son, to speak of money-making as low. As the endowed set of Europe re? fer contemptuously to Trades People, and blood is supposed to be bluer as your ancestors who did useful work are more remote, so there seems to be a notion abroad, even in America, that the woman wliose time is occu? pied in dressing and undressing, and the man who devotes himself to polo, golf, travel, club life and dawdling, and also the artist, literary person, or musician arc of higher class than the man or woman who marufactures, trades or earns wages. As a matter of truth, however, there never has been discovered, since the days when Adam delved and Eve spun, anything worthier, fitter or nobler for a humaii being to engage in than Business. Business means you are doing some? thing for which mankind is glad to pay you money. I Laying aside all forms of gambling, luck and gift, when you make money you are responding to the need of the world and of your times. You are do I ing something humanity wants dons. There are striking exceptions to this rule, hut it is a rule none the less. The world will be a deal better off when every person over twenty-one is in Business; that is, doing work and j getting paid for it. I All the classes that are not doing that now are riding on humanity's back and we would be vastly better off if we could drop them. Indeed, the problem of the future, in economics, is to eliminate ths drones. We arc solving it slowly. The par? son who gets a decent salary is bet? ter than the one who subsists on charity; Caruso Fingt well, Ysaye and Kubelik are great fid Hers, and Wilson is a capable president, and none of them are spoiled by being well paid hired men. They are all Business Men. They are employed by the Peo? ple. And the people are the noblest of Masters. What the world needs is not- more leisure, more endowment, and all that; it needs to get Business so ad? justed that it is a pleasure. To turn Labor intc Craft, to make railroading fun, to make conditions of work so agreeable in factory and mine that to toil there is a man's game, to made trade an adventure, that is the world's want. And the average man likes to work, if he gets fair wages, cheerful sur? roundings and fair play. A hundred million people with nothing to do would develop into a colossal Bedlam. Harry G. Selfridge, who owns a prosperous department store in Lon? don, being interviewed upon the oc? casion of his purchase of all ths shares in his concern held by others, uttered some sound philosophy. Us said: "My plans have not been altered in tho least by the change. I intend res? olutely to pursue those high ideas of commerce that have always been be? fore me. It is a greater delight to do business today them it ever was in th?> past, because business is shedding out the disagreeable attributes that onc? belonged to it. Business is now car? ried on, not to amass wealth for senseless, unethical hoarding, but to brh.c; into play the highest forms of intelligence and morality and to diffuse as much sunshine as may be among all the people, whose combined loyalty and labor make business possible.? Dr. Plank Crane in Atlanta Journal. Reliable?Folcy's Honey and Tar Comi>ound. ?Just be sure that you buy Folly's Honey and Tar Compound?it is a re? liable medicine for coughs, colds, croup, whooping coughs, bronchial and la grippe ccugha, which are weakening to the system. It als*? gives prompt and definite results for hoarseness tickling; throat and stuffy wheezing breathing. Sibert's Drug Store.?.vdvt. Tried for Petty Larceny. Several cases for petty larceny were tried by the recorder Monday, one ease lor storing whiskey also being tried. William Leonard plead guilty to storing whiskey and was let off with a sentence of $30 cr 30 days. Sims lohnen? plead guilt? to steal? ing articles from Mr. John Stbert and was given a sentence of $2? or IA days. He was dismissed on another charge as liters was not sufficient evi? dence to oonvict him. Sumter Jenkins was found guilty of l?etty larcen) and was given a sentence of $L?f? or 10 days. ?When run down with ki Iney trcli ble, backache, rheumatism or blad der weakness turn quickly for help to Fotey Kidney Pills. You rannoi take them into your system without having good results. Chas. K. Fox. II im rod, X. Y., says: "Uoley Kidnev Tills have done me more good than 1150.00 worth of medicine.*4 Thev give you good results. Stberfs Drug i .store. AdVii