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m wm num. MEAJUNO GIVEN FIREMEN. RE HX1/TH IN DISMISSAL OF * MEMBER OF DR. PAJRTMENT. Joow D. LcauBoa Recommended for Public Cotton Weigher from Large List of Apptltaat*?Othor Matten?. From The Dally Item. Dec. 11. City Council met last night for the specific purpose of hearing an appeal by Arva Keels, a member of the fire dsartment, from suspeoslon by Council and to clear himself of a charge of bolsterousness brought against him by Capt. P. P. Finn, general manager of the department; and to recommend a puMIc cotton weigher to take the place of the late J B. Raffleld. When council met there were prac? tically all of the firemen present on behalf of Keels, who admitted the ahargs of being drunk, but denied the charge of being boisterous. He brought up other members of the de? partment to show that he was In bed at the time stated In the charge against him and that he had not made any aolse after one o'clock, as it was alleged. Hs and others stated that two of the drivers had been drunk aad had mads nolss after he had gone to bed. Capt. Finn stated that this Was the second time that Keels had peso drunk, and as to the noise, he knew of that only by hearsay of the drivers and others. Chief Wilder st the request of the mayor recommended that Keels be saspsndsd for thirty days and then reinstated with the understanding that II he violated rules In future, he Would be dismissed. Mr. Booth thought as he had been notified ODOS already, by the city manager as to his conduct, another warning should not be given, and moved to make tbs suspension permanent. Mr, Rowland concurred in this opinion, ror Jennings voting for one month's ion. ? protest was made by Manager Murphy of tbs Western Union Tele graph company that he should be mads to pay ths rent for water used op both ground and second floor of the building la which his office was lejrated. Mr. McKagen was notified to require ths users at this place to pay for watsr, as at other places. A value of 7 1-1 cents an hour was ftged as the working rate of mules In the estimating of the accounts of va? rious departments. sir. Booth was authorised to look out for a man to aid in the scavenger department and at the pumping sta? tion. The rats of pay of day laborers was reduced from 11.25 to $1.00 and from 11.00 to 75 cents, beginning Decem? ber 15 th The city clerk was Instructed to write ths Tourney Hospital concerning stt asaerrency patient taken to the asaplt&l. Council did not think that nwargs should be made In a case like Cjpls.. ss ths hospital had its water Of rsnt, and stated that L such its were charged for, the city charge for u*tj of water at the Mftstit Applications for the position of cot? ton weigher were received from the followtag Bartow Walsh. Jr.. Alfred oSrsn, R. A. DUon. D. J. Auld, L. R. Jsumngs. Alex T. Haynsworth. E. T. sfeCallum. H. V. Frlerson. Jno. D. Lammen. B. O. Ingram, W. Y. Sann. 4. D. Cos. C. W. Klngman. Hobt D. Bradford. Jno. J. Team. M. B. Par ham. H J. Hicks. S. J. Myers. H. A. Bradley. Jaa D. Oraham. E. L. Du earn. H. H. Wells. S. W. Raffleld. S. Y. Da* gar. Council went Into elect! >ns and Jno. D. Lammon was recommended for the DELEGATE TO TRADE COUNCIL. O. O. Rowland Appointed One of Threw Representative* of State to Convention at St. Louis. Mr. C. O. Rowland, president of the National Bank of South Carolina, has been appointed one of the thrco dele? gates from this State to the National Foreign Trade Council by President C. J. Shannon. Jr., President of the *outh Carolina Bunkers' Association. President Shannon s letter follows: Mr C. O. Rowland. Sumter. S. C. Dear Sir: I am n.'ursted by the National Foreign Trade Council to ap? point delegates to their trade conven? tion to he held at tho Planters' Hotel In St. Louis. Mo., on Jnnuury 21-22. and I beg to appoint the following committee, and hope that it will be convenient for you to attend. Mr. B. H. Pringle, Charleston. S. C ; Mr. C. D. Jone Lancaster. 8. C; Mr. C. O. Row is r... Sumter, S. C. Yours truly, C J. Shannon, Jr., f President. Cstnden. Dec. 10. Train Service Destroyed. New York, Dec. 14.?Heavy snows and cold cover the east today. Trains are seriously delayed. over a feat of snow fell In Pennsylvania. CHAIN PLANTING SLOW. FARMERS IN LOW COVXTRY IIA VF NOT SOWED MUCH. United Sttaes Agent Finds Large Areas Planted In Some Counties and Liittle In Others. Columbia, Dec. 12.?Tbe nlanting of grain has not been stale-wide, ac? cording to the observations of W? W. I<ong. State farm demonstration agent of Clemson College, who has recently been in many setMors of the State. He found that in '*e lower countries tbe farmers have been slow to under? stand tbe necessity of platning grain, and he expresed the hope that next spring many acres of land would be planted to corn, cowpeas and forage crops. "The seeding of grain in the State Is spotted,'' said Mr. Long. "In some counties there is great deal of grain seeded and in others very little, com? paratively speaking. Tbe farmers in the upper and middle counties of the State have seeded a large area, both of wheat and oats, but I find with regret in the lower counties tv\t we have not been able to make the larm ers understand just how necessary it was for them to seed grain. It seems that many hesitated to seed their grain for fear that there would not be a market. This is especially true of wheat They did not realize that to s jpply South Carolina with wheat bread next year it would take 4 50,000 acren. provided we did not make more than our usual average yield per acre and certainly under present condi? tions, the State should furnish a suf? ficient amount of wheat for the con? sumption of the people at home. It look.* now as if we will again have to buy a large quantity of f.our from the West. "Of course we can look forward and hope that a great deal of the land will be planted in corn, cowpeas and fora<e crops next spring and in cer? tain sections of the State, especially in the light lands, that we can begin in a small way to grow peanuts; for I believe that we can grow them as successfully on certain of our lands as they can be grown in Nansemond county, Virginia. It must be remem? bered that Nansemond is in the coast? al plains of Virginia and the soil is similar to our coast country. The profit In this crop Is from $50 to $100 an acre under best condltons, and the growing of this crop makes the rais? ing of hogs absolutely necessary in order to get the greatest profit from the acreage planted." WAREHOUSE CERTIFICATES. Racsdale Asks That Banks He Allow ed to Carry Them. Washington, Dec. 11.?Congressman Ragsdale today asked the treasury de? partment to make a rule permitting banks now having national deposits to carry as security which the govern? ment will accept, 75 per cent of Unit? ed States bonds as now required by law, and 25 per cent, of cotton ware? house certificates instead of State, municipal or county bonds as now re? quired by law. The department prom? ised to consider the request. TRIO ACCUSED OF CRIME. One Prisoner at Winnsboro Said to Have Confessed. Winnsboro, Dec. 11.?Through the effort* of Sheriff Hood, the alleged slayers of a negro woman, who was robbed, assaulted and killed near Rock ton a short time ago, have been apprehended and are now in the coun? ty Jail. They will answer the charge of murder at the February term of court. The three accused men are mill operatives, and their names are Lanz?y Esteis, Verna Dent and Tom Chalk. HAS COTTON FOR GERMANY. First Steamer Direct for Fatherland From New York. New York, Dec. 11.?The Aral steamer to leave direct from New York for a German port since war was declared sailel today, it was the El Monte, of the Southern Pacific Line? which canif heft from Galveston for coal. She is jound for Hremen with cotton and flies the American Hag. l>cnk?s German Charges. Neu York. DSC. 1<>.?Denial of charges )>y Count von Bemstorflf, the German ambassador, that tbe Union Metallic Cartridge company has ship? ped to Canada since October soft BPOSd hullets for the Hritish army is contiined in a letter sent to ( ount von ' ternstorff today by S. F. Pryor, vice president and mneral manager <>f the Remington Arms-Cnum Metalie Cartridge company. I .oss Cotton Co us 11 med. Washington, Dee. 14,?Government census report today shows 4Sf,tt?l bales cotton consumed in November again<t 456.113H last year. Kxporls 7?0,9;;9 bales, ai'.alnst |.lt|,S4l last year. HILL NOT AID FARMERS. SO CRYING NEED FOR ASSIST? ANCE SAYS HOUSTON. Favors Warehouse Plan und Urges Permissive System of Centralization in Storage?Points Out South'* Er? rors. Washington, Dec. 10.?That there is no emergency which justifies govern? ment assistance to farmers directly through the use of government cash or credit, was the position taken by Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture in discussing rural cred? its in his annual report submitted today to President Wilson. Secretary Houston's statement was regarded as indicating the policy of the adminis? tration. Secretary Houston pointed out that the new bank law "takes just and par? ticular knowledge of the farmers' re? quirements." He suggested that any credit needs of the agricultural com? munity beyond those cared for under the federal reserve law should be cared for by a system of "coopera? tive credit associations," financed with private funds by means of which the combined credit of farming com? munities could be utilized and by a system of land mortgage banks like? wise, privately capitalized. "There seems 'to be no emergency which requires or justifies government sassistance to the farmers directly through the use of the government's cash or the government's credit, 1 said the report. "The American fanner is sturdy, self-reliant and independent, He is not in the condition of serfdom or semi-serfdom in which were the European peoples for whom govern? ment aid was extended in some form or other during the last century." In advocating a land mortgage banking system and a system of co? operative credits associations the re? port asserted that the use ol the funds loaned for productive purposes on the farms covered by the mortgages' should be insisted upon. Mr. Houston's report reviews the investigation of the marketing ar d dis? tribution system and while the study is not yet sufficiently finished to ad? mit of final conclusions the work thus far shows the need of a reorganiza? tion of the distribution process. He says: "During the present grass smson, for example, Chicago has reoeived Mexican, Canadian and Florida cat? tle at about the same time. Steers raised in California by an Orgecn op? erator have been shipped through Denver to Omaha and their beef sent to points on the Atlantic coast. Hogs raised in Illinois and sold at Indian? apolis, have been slaughtered at Bos? ton and a part of their cured bacon shipped to Los Angeles. Michigan dressed veal calves expressed to south Water str<?et commission homes at Chicago hive been returned to the Identical shipping points from which they came to fill orders from local retail markets." Secretary Houston asks congress for an additional emergency appropria? tion of several million dollars on ac? count of the recent outbreak cf the foot and mouth disease among cattle. He said that if the interval between the last and the present session of congress had been lc nger the depart? ment would have been without sufli cient funds to meet the situation. "The department," he said, "has pursued its former policy of purchas? ing diseased and exposed cattle at an appraised value and of slaughtering them and burying them. It has es? tablished a very strict quarantine. The expense of this task will be very great and it will be necessary to ask con? gress for an emergency appropriation of several millions of dollars. The in? terests at stake are vast and justify any reasonable expenditure." Ths report sets forth the activities of the department in establishing standard grain grades, and in the in? itial administration of the new cotton future law, which tho secretary calls the "first" definite systematic, legal approach to the solution of difficult problems In this field of distribution." The secretary recommends consid? eration of legislation to establish a permissive warehouse system for grain and cotton. He pointed out that tho warehouse facilities for cotton in tho South are not centralized. "If the warehouses now in exist? ence," said the report, "were remodel? ed ^o as to comply with the under? writers' requirements, and were bond? ed, and it adequate business methods wer?' adopted the financing of the cotton crop would be materially im? proved. Buch a system would furnish relief In times of emergency and would form a useful part of the nor? mal distributive system. It is i rob able that a federal law for a permis? sive wsrehoustng system would stlm UlatS this desirable development." While the production Of grain gen? erally showed a great increase in the crop of ItH, tim report pointed out, tb?> production of corn showed no ad? vance and tho meat production show? ed a distinct decline, in this eonnec ti 01 the secretary points nut a "la GREAT COLD DISCOVERY. COLORADO EXCITED OVER TIIF GREATEST STRIKE IN HISTORY, j Move Than a Million Taken From One Drift Within Three Weeks With Ov? er fifty Million More in Sight. Denver, Dec. 12.?All Colorado is i wildly excited over the reported great 'gold find in the Cresson Consolidated [Mining and Milling Company's drifts. Experts ?t?te that the strike is the ! greatest in the history of the world, j Within three weeks the company is reported to have taken out over a mil jlion dollars, with fifty million in sight. ;The company is a close corporation. WILL BUY FIRE HORSE [City Needs Animal to Replace Jerry? Penalty on Taxes. At the recent meeting of Council Councilman Booth was authorized lo look out for a horse for the fire de? partment to take the place left vacant by the death of Jerry. For some time a horse belonging to the Booth i Boyle Live Stock Company has been jused by the fire department as a fire [horse, but recently this company has had need for their horse und a fire department horse will he purchased. There will be a penalty of three per cent, on all city taxes unpaid by Jan? uary first and those who have not paid j their taxes by that time will have to ipay this penalty. During December the penalty is only one per cent, on j unpaid taxes. , mentable neglect of live stock pro? duction in the South." The secretary's report includes a I table giving the census figures for 1S99 and 1909, showing that in all products except corn and meat ani? mals there has been a marked In? crease in production during the ten year period. Continuing, the report says: "We know that the wheat crop of 1914 of approximately 892,000,000 bushels is the greatest ever produced in our history and that the crops of oats, barley, rye, potatos, tobacco and hay are unusually large. The cotton crop, forecast in October at 16,340,000 bales, is the second largest. The apple crop, estimated at 259,000, 000 bushels, is the greatest ever har? vested. The total production of six leading cereals is estimated to have been nearly 5,000,000,000 bushels, or about 4 28,000,000 bushels in excess of the crop of 1913. For the country as a whole the crop yields per acre were 2.3 per cent, better than the {average for the past ten years. The i average yield per acre of all the staple crops was 9.4 per cent, greater than 1913, and, except for corn, oats and flaxsecd, greater than the ten-year average. 1 "But after all our efforts, while there is an increased diversification of agriculture and both a relative and absolute increase in important prod? ucts, such as wheat, forage crops, , fruits, dairy products and poultry', we still note not olny a relative but also an absolute decrease in a number of our important staple food products, such as corn and meats. In the for? mer In the last 15 years there has been no substantial advance. In cat? tle, sheep and hogs there has been an absolute decline?in cattle, from the census year of 1899 to that of 1909, of from 50,000,000 head to 41,000,000; in sheep, of from 61,000,00 to 52,000, 000; In hogs, of from 63,000,000 to 58,000,000. Since 1909 the tendency has been downward and yet during i the period since 18 99 the population has increased over 20,000,000. "This situation exists not in a crowded country but in one which is still in a measure being pioneered; In one which, with 935,000,000 acres of arable land, has only 400,000,000, or 45 per cent under cultivation; and in one in which the population per square mile does not exceed 31 and ranges from 0.7 person in Nebraska tu 508 In Rhode Island." In urging farmers generally to di? versify their products and especially to produce beef, swine and poultry, at leas*; for home consumption, the secretary said: "If farmers In the South had here? tofore practiced diversification on a sufficiently large scale, producing their own home supplies, that section would not now be in its present hard case. The experts of this department are laboring earnestly to bring about a better direction of the agricultural activities of the South." The report reviewed the increased activity of the department's Informa? tion bureau and Included a statement of the plans for a reorganization of the department to increase efficiency. The opening of the forest reserve 111 a manner that would aid local com? munities and at the same time pre? serve the forests, and a system where? by the government could bear a part of the local burden of taxation t<? be charged against future timber sales, where forests are not at present avail" able f<>r timbering, were recom? mended. NEUTRALITY OF TERRITORY WILL BE UPHELD. Laws of Canal Zone Will be Enforced ?Ships Will be Required to Pnrnlsh Health certificate? and Take out Clearance Papers. Panama, Dec. 13.?Col. George W. Goethals, governor of the canal zone, i announced today that his request that two swift American torpedo boat de? stroyers be stationed at the entrances of the Panama canal was caused by recent activity of belligerent warships j and colliers in the vicinity of the isthmian waterway. j The action of the Australian collier i Mallina, in leaving Balboa without (clearance papers and the fact that l ?other colliers have shown a disposi? tion to disregard canal zone shipping laws, convince Col. Goethals that de? cisive measures should be taken to i '..?reserve the neutrality of the canal. I Nearly all the colliers In canal wa? iters arrived without health eertiri Icates and in several instances sailed ! without clearance papers. It is pre? sumed the Mallina met and coaled ithe Australian and English fleet, I which concentrated recently In the vi? cinity of Pearl islands, GO miles south? east of Panama City. The torpedo boat destroyers re? quested by the governor are expect? ed to do patrol duty and overhaul belligerent craft attempting to disre? gard the canal regulations. I Alleged violations of the canal shipping laws have, it is said, been |the subject of complaint to Sir Claude C. Mallet, British minister to Pan jama, and also have resulted In or jders that the fortifications prevent un neutral colliers remaining in ports in ithe zone in disregard of the orders of j canal authorities. I In the case of the collier Mallina it is stated that she arrived without I clearance papers or a health certifi? cate and with no coal or supplies. She I attempted to buy $3,000 worth of sup ! plies, consisting largely of articles in? tended foi a Christmas dinner for a large force. She was refused the sup j plies and was ordered to depart be , cause sho refused to state her desti? nation, as requirel by the canal zone jlaws. The collier Protesilaus Is point 'csd to as a similar case, i It is stated that there has been j much wireless interference in canal W'aters on the part of eight colliers, I which recently were in the vicinity of I the canal, and also by large warship fleets, reported to be within 25 miles [of both ends of the canal. DANIELS IS SURPRISED. Washington, Dec. 13.?Col. George i Goethals' request for two torpedo boat j destroyers came as a surprise to offi jcials here who had received no pre? vious intimation that neutrality was [being violated in the vicinity of the canal. Secretary Daniels prepared to j order destroyers from Charleston or from the west coast of Mexico. He jdid not interpret Col. Goethals' mes jsage as indicating that the situation was urgent, and asked for further In? formation. PROCLAIM ARIZONA'S NEW LAWS. IAct Affecting Alien Laborers Much Discussed?Prohibition Law. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 13.?The law providing that 80 per cent, of those employed In any business furnishing employment for five or more persons shall be Americans, which has led to formal protests from the British ami Italian governments, will be proclaim? ed by Gov. Hunt tomorrow as effective January 1. Secretary Bryan recently asked the governor to defer the pre? liminary proclamation of the law, but the latter found he could not legally comply. The new prohibition law also will be proclaimed tomorrow. It is ex? pected that both it and the "80 per cent, law" will be immediately at? tacked on grounds of unconstitution? ally. The attack on the former will take the form of applications for in? junctions by Father Thomas Connolly, pastor of All Saints Roman Catholic church at Tucson, Ariz., alleging that it will interfere with the use of wine In religious ceremonies; by a syndi? cate operating drug stores as the rep? resentative of the druggists; by a Phoenix hotel company for the retail liquor dealers and by a Phoenix firm acting for wholesale liquor dealers. Marriage License Record. Yesterday was quite a busy day in the marriage license bureau operated by tho clerk of court, among the dark? ies of the county. There wero not less than seven couples to call for li? censes during the day, those not al? ready mentioned being: Lawrence Hick man, Hagood, and Emma Brad? ford, Boykin; Isaiah Davis, sumter, and Nancy J)avis, Wcdgcfield; Dill WOOd Johnson and Leila Brown, Berni? ni; Willie Caesar, Mayesvllle, and Mary Fullwood, Turheville; Bam Clark. St. Charles, and Martha An derson, Mayesvllle. GUTIERREZ WILL STOP HOSTILI? TIES TO RETAIN ITU END SHIP OF UNITED STATES. Regrets Trouble Caused Americans by Firing off His Men?Guarantees Safety to Citizens in Mexico. j Mexico City, Dec. 11 (via El Paso). ?Provisional President Gutierrez, in an interview to the Associated Press, made this comment on the situation I at Xaco: "I sincerely regret the troubles which have occurred along the north? ern border, in which Americans have been killed or wounded by stray bul jlets. 1 have ordered the absolute ces? sation of hostilities in the neighbor? hood of Xaco, and I will proceed in a like manner should fighting occur at any other points along the border, even if such an order should jeopar idize our cause. 1 realize that at any icost we must retain the friendship of j Americans." President Gutierrez today answered I the note of Secretary Bryan, asking guarantees for refugees who left Vera Cruz upon Carranza's entrance to that port, and now wish to re j enter Mexico by way of El Paso. Guiterrcz assured the Washington ; government he would r;ive full guar? antees of safety. President Gutierrez still is confined *to his bed, but is much improved in health. j Troops under Zapata are besieging i Peubla. They have cut off the water jand light supply and are guarding all routes to prevent entrance of food? stuffs. Gen. Angeles has left Mexico ICity for Peubla. The siege is con? sidered difficult for the Zapata forces and it is estimated that more than 25.000 troops would be needed I to invest the fortifications. It is re? ported hero that the Carranza troops ! which recently evacuated Pachuca are -in a demoralized condition and that many commands have dispersed for I want of food. MAVTORENA GETS ORDERS. Command to Cease Firing in Vicinity off Naeo Dolievered to Governor. El Paso, Texas, Dec. 13.?It was ; learned here today that the order (from President Gutierrez to Gov. May itorena that he cease firing in the I vicinity of Naco, Ariz., has been de? livered to agents of Maytorena at Naco, who are in close communication Iwith the chief. MEXICAN BULLETS INJURE THREE. Shells Falling: Into Naco Wound Wo? man and Two Men?One is Serious. Naco, Ariz., Dec. 13.?Three per? sons were injured, one of them, Mrs. Jose Martinez, seriously, by bullets ifrom the battle at Naco, Sonora, ! which fell into this city today. Mrs. ! Martinez was hit by a bullet which , penetrated the wall of her home. Her ; husband and one man were less se? riously hurt. The reported order from Provi? sional President Gutierrez for Gov. I Maytorena to cease his attacks if they (endanger Americans sail is reported ! "not received." Maytorena still purposes it is said, to carry out his plans for a final at? tack Tuesday. Meanwhile he is oc? cupying his men with persistent firing from the south, which keeps Ameri? can Naco in constant danger. A carload of artillery ammunition was received by Maytorena today. The reinforced American border patrol under Brig. Gen. Bliss continued its preparations for possible action. TO BUILD DESTROYERS. Contracts for Six Craft are Awarded. Washington, Dec. 12.?Secretary Daniels today awarded contracts for the construction of the six torpedo boat destroyers authorized by the last naval appropriaion bill as follows: Fore River Shipbuilding company, two ships, $795,000 each: Bath Iron works, wo ships $800,000 each; Cramp Shipbuilding company, one ship, $S20,000. The sixth ship will be constructed at the Mare Island navy yard. It will be the first destroyer built in a government yard. The appropriation bill limited the amount to be paid for each destroyer to $925,00 >. but made no provision for more than six vessels. Money saved in today's award may not be 'vsed for additional construction, but must be turned back to the treasury. In this connection Mr. Dtniels is? sued this statement: "If the appropriation bill had al? lowed the construction of six or more destroyers for the amount authorized it would have been possible for the secretary of tbe navy t<? order seven destroyers instead of fix and keep within the appropriation. Secretary Daniels will ask congress to appro? priate for destroyers this year as it did for submarines last year, when it made the appropriation eight or more submarines for a given sum."