The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 25, 1914, Image 1
nOC STUTTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 18*0. "Bo Jost and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM,
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, 8. 0? SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914.
VoLXXXVIIT. No. 44.
CUBLESION WAS BOTTLED.
DVLANKY KXPLAINS AND AM
PLIFIKS CltARGKS AGAINST
ALLKGKD "COAL TKl'ST."
According to West Virginia Opera -
tor. Pennsylvania Powers Combine
to Pnsli Traffic to Norfolk A Wes?
ter* Ports and Shut Off Chttrlcston.
Washington, July 20.?In his testi?
mony hsre today before the senate
navsl affairs eommittee El. L. Du
Uv % one of the best Known coal op?
erators In southwest Yirginlu, told the
committee considering th? Till man
resolution regarding shipments of
cool to South Atlantic eitlen that the
Southern railroad had so manipulated
things that It Is now lmposslblo\for
that section to ship coal with a profit
to Atlantic cities. This fixing of high^
rates, Dulaney said, was duo to the
control of the Southern by directors
who had comparatively little financial
Interest In It Their greut Interests
were In the oal trusts of Pennsyl
?aala and they wero also In the
Northern railroads and set the rate
from their mines to the seaboard In
the North so high that It was cheaper
to ship coal from Penns>Ivanlu mine.-'
to Philadelphia and then by sea to
Charleston than to ship direct to
Charleston from the Southern mines.
Those responsible for this condi?
tion, according to Dulaney, are George
P. Baker. George F. I laker, Jr., Elbcrt
H. Gray, Adrian lselin. Adrian Ise-?
lln, Jr.. Charles Steele of J. P. Mor
garf st Co.. B. J. Herwind, president
of the Herwlnd-White Coal company.
Henry K. Mcllarg and Grant C.
Sc h ley
Were the rates on coal from the
Southern fields to Southern ports
fixed on anything like tho basis on
which the rates from the Pennsyl?
vania fields to Northe.n ports, or from
|h# Pocahontas fields to Norfolk and
Newport News, Dulaney said, about
I, ueS,00Q tons a year would be moved
^<ia!"* Southern raftwayaml ottf&r
lines in that section. Putting it in
another way. Dulaney said, $2,500.000
was taken from the Southern sea
toard to pay for coal brought over
Northern railways and then by barges
or boats which ought to come direct
by rail from the Southern mines.
Dulaney declared that Pennsylvania
railroad companies entirely domi?
nated the rates on coal to the sea?
board. He cited roports of the inter
stats commerce commission, showing
the control by the Pennsylvania and
tlte New York Central of tho Haiti
more 4t Ohio. Chesapeake & Ohio.
Norfolk A Western and other North?
ern carriers. Ho then declared that
the directors of the coal"lrust. through
their control of the Southern and
other carriers In that section, were
able to stifle competition from Inde?
pendent coal miners In the South.
as an Instance of discrimination
against coal produced by Indepen?
dents and against the Southern rail?
way as a handler of coal, Dulaney
said that on each ton of coal hauled
from Alexandria t i Washington over
the hrldve by the t'ennaylvanlu, that
railroad made n charge of 67 cents.
If the coal had been hauled to Alex?
andria by the Southern; but only 20
rents If the coal had been hauled to
Alexandria via the Norfolk & West
em.
Explaining his view i of n >\v North?
ern railways were ablo to exercise In?
fluence over the rates of Southern
railways. Dulaney discussed the Tide?
water Bituminous Steam Coal Traf?
fic association and the Associated
Hallways of Virginia and the Caro?
lina*, Charles Ijtnlor. George T,. H??
her. K J Herwln, K. If Gary. Charles
Steele und 11. K. Msllafl wire named
t v the witness as the men who actual?
ly direct the affairs of the Southern
railway and its subsidiary lines.
'The actual stock ownership of all
these men in the Southern Hallway
compans In of no consequence," s.ii-l]
Mr Imluncy. "Hardly enough t<? buy'
a goinl plantation i. touth Carolina
or a 40-aere orange grove In Florida."
<?f f I hm,noo.ooo capital stock of the
Southern railway outstanding, the wit
neftft Huui, that lesv than $."?0.000 w is
aetuall) owned bf the men ho men?
tioned, yet. he said, their positions na J
meml?*rs of the Intcrhx king directo?
rate gave theni mastery of the South?
ern railway. The hearing Will be re?
sumed tomorrow.
itosTON wmnmm suchhx
Cat* HI" Own Thront In Prison.
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Boston, July JJ l.awrcn. r Hobln
son. who Is nwultlng trial fof ttie
murder of Police Iwpactaf Thom 11
Iferton. cut his own throat * in the
Charles Street Jail thH morning with
a metal arch taken from his shoe
He Is In the prison hospital in a il>in
coadltlon. 1
WILL SUE RAILROAD.
M'RKYNOLRS WILL FILE CIVIL
CASK FOR NEW HAVEN
DISSOLUTION.
Expected That Indictment* Against
Some of Directors Will Ik? SeMiuol 10
Suit to Break up Monopoly of New
Englaml TrunsportutIon.
Wushington. July 20.?Civil suit to
separate the New York, New I luven
& Hartford Kailroad company from
its subsidiary rail, trolley ami steam?
ship lines will he brought by Attor?
ney General Mc Reynolds in the Unit?
ed States district court at New York
In tho next few days. A linal effort
today to settlo the problem without
litigation ended in failure although
the attorney general, T. W. Gregory,
special assistant in charge of the case,
\iiyl a committee, of New Haven di
rVlorsv were in conference many
I hrfa*. The commitce came to dis
ens^r^he tfjile of the Ponton & Maine
stock owned by the New Haven It
desired this sale to be made free of
conditions imposed by the State of
Massachusetts, and is said to have de?
clared that any unconditional sale of
' tho Host on & Maine stock would In?
sure a price of $10,ooe,?)00 above what
the New Haven might otherwise hope
to get.
There is little doubt here that on
the heels of the suit will come an
effort to have a federal grand jury in
j New York return indictment.; against
I many directors of the New Haven
j who served In the days when it was
I building up the present system. Both
i he civil and criminal actions will be
taken under the Sherman law. The
outcome of theso proceedings may
determine the value of the Sherman
law as a criminal statute To the civil
suit tho New HaVen is not expected to
make any strong resistance.
In the government's bill the Now
Haven will be charged with being a
monopoly In control of New EnglaneVs
!transportation, w*lth Vtftp n eomblnn
i
tion in restraint of trade and in vio?
lation of tho Sherman law. Tho de?
partment is expected to ask that the
court scpurato the New Haven from
the old New England acquired many
years ago. The court also will be
asked to dlvorco the New Haven from
its socalled Sound steamship lines,
which ply Long Island sound and run
from New York to most of the ports
along the lower New Kngland coast.
Features of the agreement made last
March with Chairman Elliott and
New Haven attorneys which tho bill
in expected to follow are:
That the New Haven he required to
divest Itself of control of the .Boston
A Mnine railroad; that it give up
holdings in the Connecticut & Rhodt
' Island tredley lines and the Berkshire
trolley linen and its minority interest
fin the Mastern Steamship corporation.
There will be the customary idea for
an order requiring the New Haven to
Idissolve and for a mandate to prevent
a future combination of similar char?
acter.
Prenldent Hustls. A. T. Hadley. T.
De Witt Cuyler und^Moorctleld Storey,
counsel for the road were the com
mitteo that made the final effort to
settle tho case without litigation but
their suggestions were not aeceped.
Ina statement Issued at the close of
the day President Hustis plainly In?
dicated that Mini: of the government
suit was expected.
The stumbling block in the nego?
tiations has he-en over the disposition
of the Boston & Maine stock con?
trolled hy the New Haven. It was
agreed last March that it should be
sold.
Massachusetts recently enaelcd leg?
islation permitting its sale but with
the condition that each share sold
should bear a statement showing the
right of the State to purchase It. The
New H?ver? direc tors said they were
unable to aeeept this condition, Indi
eating that the stock would bring
$lo.oao,nini |? ss under a restricted
?ale than one unrestricted, They sug?
gested that the department tal.e 11?.
matter Into court and ask for a de?
? reo. to which they would nnaent, dis<
posing of every Issue but that of the
Beaton & Maine In the meantime
they proposed that this Rtock be
turned over to trustees Who should
st II it without the condition Imposed
by Massachusetts. Attorney Qenerul
McReynolds did not like the plan.
Moreover, it w^ said at the depart?
ment that the Mar? h agreement pr?
vlded f?>r the sale Of th* Boston ?V
Malm stock, but made no mention of
roitdtttoitl imposed by M issa? husetts.
Department ??tll? ials take tho position
that tin- New Haven has not lived Up
to this njtreement
Mnilhiai License Record.
A Meoimi t.. marry has heen granted
to Walter P*ord and Nancy Parker,
colored
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
REQUEST THAT STREETS RE RE?
NUMBERED REFERRED To
dTV HANAUER.
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ordinance Prohibiting Dry Wells sad
Regulating the Standing on the
Si n ets of Automobiles Passed ?
Other Mutters.
City Council held a meeting last
night at which various matters were
discussed, the most Important action
taken being the adoption Of two or?
dinances regulating the standing of
automobiles on the street and the pro?
hibiting of dry wells in the city lim?
its.
Mr. Hi R. VanDcventer for the
Sumter Electrical Company requested
the privilege of making a three-Inch
connection with the city water main,
in order to get water for the company
as required by the insurance compa?
nies. He stated that this was exclu?
sively for lire protection and would do
what the lire department was ordi?
narily called upon to do. He asked
for the connection free of charge.
The matter was deferred for future
action.
Mr. C,eo. D. Shore, postmaster, re?
quested that council have the streets
rtihumbered. Ho stated that the open?
ing of new streets, the erection of new
houses and changes of others had
made the delivery of mall unsatisfac?
tory. The matter was referred to City
Manager Robertson with power to act.
An ordinance limiting the timo in
which automobiles might stand on
the streets was read and adopted. An?
other ordinance prohibiting the use
of dry wells in tho city limits was also
read and adopted,
Tho police report for June showing
'?7 arrests, and lines amounting to
$ir?0.50 and sentences of OS days, with
ten cases dismissed, one not guilty and
I
two transferred was received an?|
read.
A complaint from Mr. D. M. Til and*
' ing concerning I dry ?well, rrf w-pwr
he had already made complaint to the
health officer, was referred to the
City Manager lor investigation.
A notice from Mr. Mason was re?
ceived in which he stated that h<>
would expect tho city to pay him
$r,.."o per annum for rent of his land
on which the sewer tank is located In?
stead of $8.00, as he had been receiv?
ing in the past.
I Mr. Rowland reported that he ha;1,
checked over the Clerk and Treasur?
er's account! f??r May and June and
found them correct.
Mr. Robertson reported tho fire de?
partment building in need of repaint*
ing and was authorised to have the
work done. lie reported that the fight
against mosquitoes, along lines advo?
cated by the government experts, is
pr Off easing satisfactorily by cleaning
out ditches and the use of kerosene
oil, as advised.
Mr. Rowland called attention to 'he
bad condition Of Sab in avenue above
' UaynSWOrth street and Mr. Robertson
uas asked to have this street repair?
ed.
A number of claims against the city
were then brought up and ordofed
paid upon approval,
HAIL RELIEF HILL.
Alken Presents Measure Appropriat?
ing M0|SSfl for Sufferers in Ander?
son County.
i Washington, July 20.?Congressman
Alken today Introduced a bill appro*
printing $25,000 for the benefit of
persons In Anderson county who lost
their crops by hail a week or two ago.
Similar bills have also been intro?
duced previously by Congressmen
Plnloy nnd Johnson for persons In
their respective district.
PICTURE OF RADICALS.
Photograph of Legislature (ilvon Hy
Si-uator IV H. Tlllmaii to County.
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Clerk of ?'..int H.#L, Scarborough
has received from Senator II. It. Till
man, l aired Slates Senator, to be
hung in bi< ofllee. a photograph ol
tbe Radical South Carolina legislature
of mixed White and mulatto law-mak?
ers Senator Tlllman has also sent
similar photographs, which he bus
had framed, to all of tbe other coun?
ties in the State to he bung in tbe of
lice of ihe clerk of court.
The photograph hears Ihe follow?
ing Inscription: "Radical members
of ihe South Carolina legislature, pre?
sented by Senntor II, II, Tlllman In
Ihe clerk'.-; ofllee in each county in
South Carolina, is n warning In his
fellow citMcns of the necessity for
white unity."
"Lord. Cod of HosIh, he with us yol,
Lest we forget. h?st we foi gel "
It also gives the names and color
of each of IhS persons in the picture.
PAST WEEK HAS BEEN PEACE?
FUL WITH CANDIDATES.
Exception to niis at Alken, Where
Statement of Richards Brings Forth
Strong Domonsfra I ion of Swctlon
alism.
Columbia state.
Murmurs from Die section of the
Slate that was traversed last week
by candidates for state oth?-es fell
hut once out of the category of peace,
harmony and cordial relationship as
far as the gubernatorial campaign la
concerned. With the exception of the
Ailten meeting last Tuesday the can?
didates showed a tendency to conltne
their prodding at the records of their
j rivals within the hounds of good na?
ture. At Alken, however, the partisan
j audience, with the fac tions about
[equally represented, could not refrain
'from (beers that had an ominous
tone. Pandemonium broke loose when
John Q, Richarde, candidate for gov
' ornor, read a list ??f questions for
newspapers and B, D. smith, candi?
date for reelection as United state:;
[senator, to answe r. One f iction re
ISeated the accusations and inferences
and the other was just a;* determined
to hear them.
The tive meetings have more defi?
nitely defined tho main issues of the
campaign. The questions of enforce?
ment of law and the use of the par?
doning power base arisen to prime
consideration, along with the issue of
compulsory education, which, of
course, is more debatable ground. Tn
nvery Instance during the past week
when there were statements against
the abuse of the pardoning power and
in favor of the enforcement of tho
laws of the State the audience cheer?
ed. In this respect Mendel L. Smith
and Iii? hard I. Manning have won es?
pecial prominence. <>n thr> liquor
question Charles A. Smith is in favor
of State-wide prohibition, while the
tothers who have expressed themselves
\ remain for local option, either bo
i cause of personal preference or be
cause the voters four years sr;o
I voiced their opinion againat prohibi?
tion, and the time, it Is thought, Is not
I
ripe f?>r a change.
Of the things that happencl out?
side of the regular schedule of the
campaign the statement of H. C. F?t'k,
[chairman of tho mooting at Bamberg,
furnished f?Jo?i for reflection. Mr.
Folk bitterly denounced the governor
for his behavior at the senatorial cam
j palgn meeting there and the silence
I with which it was heard and the ap
? plause that greeted its conclusion were
strong arguments that the audience
1 concurred.
I
j In the race for lieutenant governor
lite question! and answers are becom?
ing heated in tho attacks of Janu s a.
Hunter and B. Prank Kelley upon
?ach other. Being members of the
I
legislature and adherents of different
j
factions, tin y aro taking each other
to task for their votes <?n bills, most
notable the Fortner bill to prohibit
j white people from teaching' jiegroes
and vice versa. Andrew J. Bethea has
prodded at the records of his oppo?
nents while William M. Hemer seems
! content to wage his ow n campaign.
The meeting at Bamberg in the
race for adjutant genial marked the
* crest of fellng between the candi?
dates, W, W. Moore, incumbent, and
M. C. Willis.
The other races are also assuming
very interesting features though there
I is still a tendency for each man tc
speak for himself and leave his com
\ petttors alone,
ROOST FOR LAMAR.
Men in Automobiles Tell of Tobacco
Market
i Lnmnr. July 20.?The T.amar boost?
ers in 11 automobiles left hero Mon
day morning on a I.stiiu^ trip by
way of Timmonsville, Darlington,
Dates, Hartsvlllo, Lydia, Cypress,
lilshopvlllo, RUiotts and hack home
by way of Carters Crosing. Every
car was decorated 111 le>af tobacco and
with white streamers extolling I he
advantages of l*nmar as a tohnceo
market and as a good (own in i very
way. More than &0 of the business
men of Lamar look purl in the trip.
This is the second season <d' the to
bncco market In Lnmar and the mit
look Is bright for a good year, al?
though Ihe crop is somowhnl shorl in
this section. I.air.ar has two ware?
houses, very commodious and In
every way tin1 equal ?>r warehouse's
in the ?.bler tobacco centre?s. Two
prl/.e houses nro being built and will
bu ready for use ??? about t?? n days
The market npe*ns here Wednesday,
July 22.
Miss iris Skinner has gone to Wll
mlngtew, where she will stay some
lime.
FAR FROM PEACE.
ALARMING RUMORS COME PROM
MEXICO.
Villa Said to Re Preparing to Concen?
trate His Troops and Resist?Car?
bajal Disinclined to Unconditional
Surrender.
Washington, July 21.?The United
States today through its consular rep?
resentatives, appealed to Gen. Car?
ranza and Gen. Villa, in the interest
of patriotism and permanent peace
In Mexic o, to bury their personal dif?
ferences and work in harmony for
tho establishment of a new govern?
ment.
Secretary Bryan telegraphed both
George c. Cnrothcrs ami John 11. Blllt
man, representatives of the state de?
partment with Villa and Carranza.
respectively, urging that they present
in a most friendly yet effective man?
ner the Importance of cohesion in the
constitutionalist lines.
While the recent conference of cV 4
ranza and Villa delegates at Torr
agretl upon terms designed to heat
the breach between the two leaders,
i new disquieting reports have come to
the effect that Villa was preparing to
concentrate his troops in Chihuahua
and hold himself aloof from Car
1 ranxa's authority.
Mr. Bryan's telegrams to the two
constitutionalist leaders indicated that
the American government would dis?
approve of counter-revolutions.
The general situation today did not
r.eom as promising for peace to some
diplomats as it did to administration
[officials. Carranza has insisted that
tho surrender of tho Carbajal govern?
ment be unconditional. Representa?
tives of Provisional President Carbajal
said guarantees and amnesty must he
granted. Secretarv Bryan was confi?
dent today that a middle ground
would bo reached when commissioners
from the Carbajal government and
the constitutionalists meet in a few
days at Saltillo. .
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France now has been added to Great
i
Britain and Spain as nations having
grievances against the constitutional?
ists which will be set aside for a fu?
ture reckoning but not forgotten.
1 Umland eventually will demand sat?
isfaction for the killing of W. S. Ben
1 ton. Spain wants her subjects reim?
bursed for losses through confiscation
of property and Prance is now making
urgent representations concerning the
death of two French citizens at Zaca
tecas, members of the clerical order
j of Christian Urothers.
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I MILITIA LOSES TINKIL OFFICERS,
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South Carolina Only State Tbat Has
Not Met the Requirements of tbe
! New Rules.
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Washington, July 20.?Application
of the new militia laws of the Na?
tional Guard has caused a heavy pa?
per mortality among- the highly or?
namental officers. Tho requirement
that the militia conform in organ?
ization to regular army standards has
been met by all of the Stales, except
i South Carolina, w ith the startling re?
sult that there have already been
j dropped three major generals, thirty
; brigadier generals, more than one
j hundred colonels and a corresponding
number of officers of less rank.
As a result of these changes there
I has been a great improvement in the
: physical fitness of the enlisted force
of the militia and progress in the in?
struction of officers who are now real
j ly availing themselves of the kindly
' criticisms of the inspection o I fleers oi
I the United States army working
, among them.
ONE CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS.
But He Was a Very Long Time Sock?
ing Vindication.
Washington. July 21.?With the
statement that he would appeal to hin
constituents for vindication. Congress?
man James MoDermott, of Illinois,
resigned today as a member of con?
gress, lie was named in the famous
Mulhull charges.
INTENSE HEAT IN DETROIT.
There Have Been Pour Deaths Within
Twenty-four Hours.
Detroit, July L'l'. The intense heat
is causing much discomfort and suf?
fering in this section. There hav<
been four deaths within the last
I Went y-four hours.
BANK DIRECTOR ELECTED.
r. II, Kuunder* of New Orleans G?m*
to Atlanta.
Washington, July 22.- Secret a rs
McAdoo, today announced the elec?
tion of p, H, Kntinders of Wu 1 "
leans to he director of Ihe federal re?
serve bank at Atlanta.
THE NEW H?VEN CASE.
LONG EFFORT FOR SETTLEMENT
WITHOUT LITIGATION PROVES
A FAILURE.
President Direct* Attorney (General to
Bring Ci\il Suit for Dissolution and
Lay Faels Reforo Grand Jury for
Investigation of "Criminal Aspects.*'
Washington, July 21.?The long
continued effort to untangle the New
Haven railroad without litigation
came to an end tonight, when Presi?
dent Wilson in a letter to Attorney
IGeneral Mcfteynolda diretced the in?
stitution o>' Sherman law suit to
dissolve t* em and ordered that
the "erb* ,spects of the case" be
laid be/ federal grand jurv.
m 4ewtS approval of the
cour *V d>ed out by the department
of ' /means that the civil suit
v uled against the New Haven
/ 0 United States court at New
' at once. The attorney general
0 I immediately will direct United
ites District Attorney Marshall at
few York to summon a grand jury,
and the task of laying evidence be?
fore that body on which to ask for
criminal indictments against officers
and directors of the New Haven un?
der the Mellen management will be
begun as soon as possible.
How many indictments will be
sought was not divulged tonight but
it was plainly indicated in corre
spondence male public that the attor?
ney general expects to ask for a bill
against Charles B. Mellen, former
president of the New Haven. The
most significant fact in connection
With the proceedings was said to be a
statement which Mr. McReynotds gave
out several months ago when the in?
terstate commerce commission began
? its New Haven inquiry. In the state?
ment the attorney general warn?
ed the commission that immunity
might be given certain men if made to
testify as to their actions as directors
? of the road. The names he mention?
ed were: Charles S. Mellen, William
Pock* feller, George McCollough Mil?
ler, Charles F. Brooker, lidwin Miller,
Lewis Cass Lodyard, George F. Baker
and Edward R. Robins.
In addition to directing a suit, the
president in his letter to Mr. Me Rey?
nolds declared that the decision of
' the New Haven directors not to keep
their agreement to dissolve peacefully
had caused him "the deepest surprise
and regret," and that their failure
I "upon so slight a pretext" was "in
I explicable and entirely without justi?
fication."
The department's course, he said,
was Just, reasonable and elfcient, and
should have resulted In avoiding a
suit.
j Accompanying the president's let?
ter, the department made public cor?
respondence betwen the attorney
general and the president and the at?
torney general and President Hustis
of the New Ha\ on.
One of the most interesting phases
! of the correspondence was contained
in the attorney general's letter to
j President W ilson, in which there is
a decided rebuke for the interstate
commerce commission for its action
in subpoenaing Mellen "and perhaps
' others of the greatly culpable" with
the possibility of embarrassing the
department by a claim of immunity
in return for their testimony. In
this connection the attorney general
makes the statement that criminal
prosecutions have been always in mind
land that there has never been "the
Slightest hope that parties guilty of
criminal violations of the law would
escape."
The letter from the attorney gen?
eral to President Kustis made it clear
that the department takes the posi?
tion that the New Haven directors
did not live up to their agreement of
last March for a peaceful dissolu?
tion In their refusal to sell their Bos?
ton & Maine stock, under conditions
imposed by Massachusetts, and put
the blame for what may follow on
the lu-ails of these directors.
The case was discussed today at
the cabinet meting and the depart?
ment's course nppi oved.
BANKER l>li s SUDDENLY.
Had |30(000 on Ills Person When
Death ? aino in Far West.
Butte, Mont.. July 21.?Edgar
Magness, a Nashville banker, died
Ktiddenh while touring the Yellow?
stone Bark. Ills remains will be sent
lo Nashville. He has $30,000 with
him.
Flour Mills Burned.
Columbus, Oa., July 21.?The Em?
pire flour mills woe burned today.
The concrete grain elevator which
w as recent I > built saved i loss of a
$17.',.(nut. The plant was partly in?
sured.