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BlUTt?! MAKE RAID ON |fl
I.STi AKY.
<*rtey Ship* ?ml Acroiaane*
Failed to Fffcvt Injury to Inendes,
Wim? They Wer? Tlicmsehes Dum
?ee _
Berlin. Dec. If (vU Wireless to
Bnyville).?The Oerman armlralty
made the following announcement to?
day.
"On December 25 eight British
ships) made a dash Into a Oerman bay.
Hydroaeroplanes conveyed by them
? mde an advance against the mouths
of Oerman rivers and dropged bombs
on ship? lying at anchor and a gas
tank near Cuxhaven, without hitting
them or doing damage.
"The dydroaeroplanes were fired
at and withdrew in a westerly direc?
tion. Oerman airships and aeroplanes
reeonncltered against tin British
forces i nd succeeded In hitting with
bombs t wo British destroyers and one
other veasel of the convoy. On the
latter fire broke out.
"Fog prevented a continuation of
the fighting."
The Oerman admiralty announce?
ment of an attempt by British war?
ships against the Oerman coast is the
first intimation of what may be a re?
ply to the recent Oerman raid against
the English ports of Scarborough,
Whltby and the Hartlepcols. The
British have made no mention of this
operation.
From the reference to Cuxhaven
In the 'Jorman announcement It would
seem that the Oerman rivers Indicated
are the Elbe and Weser. Cuxhaven
Is a fortified Oerman seaport 58 miles
west-northwest of Hamturg. It Is
at the mouth of the estuary of the
Elbe. The approximate distance
across the North sea from the English
coaxt to Cuxhaven Is SSO ml.es.
KlItB IN TOWN OF OILANTA.
flaasee Threatened Destruction of
Entire Business Block.
Olanta, Dec. 2 7?tHanta suffered a
severe lorn from fire Christmaa morn
. Ing. Had the wind been blowing
from S different quarter the whole
of Mala street would have been burn?
ed. As It was, the fire was confined
?#* ftv . fr< t ? i . Id ng on
i ? > i st floor
.1 store,
and bp the 1 i ? ? i < on the
01 ??? . frame
building next to this, occupied by H.
W. Tomllnson aa a morcantli'j estab- <
lishment. Both of these stores car- i
rted large stocks, and though partial?
ly covered by Insurance, the loss Is
heavy.
The glasses In the store across the
street from the burning buildings
were all broken by the heat. At one
time It was feared the whole business
part of the town would be wiped out,
and some dynamite stored in a n< iirby
building was anxiously watched. The
wind, however, was favorable, and
the anxiety soon was relieved.
COTTON LOAN BOt'OHT.
New York. Dec. 26.?The first loan
application to the SI35.000.0O0 cotton
fund was received today f om Ala?
bama. Because not all of the $100,
000.000 of class A subscriptions have
yet been received, the local committee
of bankers in charge of the fund will
not act on the application until next
we- *.
BabsCYtpttona to class A certificates
*er l i?c?i\(d today from Baltimore
and Knn a? (Ty. Tb'-y totaled about
|4.f.I ?.0 ?0, an 1 i>r< is it the grand
total to 4M e up to approximately
IBS,00' .?< Tbl committee has ad?
vised t'.at qgtinsd subscriptions for
$2.500 m io are In ItinjH from Han
Franct < ? ''in . invtH and Richmond.
Befoi t f i d < in i>e completed
Lou l' ad I" slMirgh must be
heard fi KsV
SlXTlfcN CARS LO? T IN ITRF..
Darlington. Dec. 21.?Fire this af?
ternoon in Jackson's garage on D u -
gan street caused the destruction of
It automobile? and damaged the
building. By prompt and efficient
work the fire was soon extinguished
by the department. The main dam?
age Is confined to the building and the
machines stored in It.
Mr. Jsck^on. the proprietor of the
garage, was trying to start his car and
the gasoline from his carburetor hak
?d on the |ntt\ When his car started
this gasoline was Ignited and the
whole building burst Into Harnes.
Tho building was fully insured, but
none of the 1 * < ar* wbh h were de?
stroyed had any Insurant whatso?
ever.
This Is the third Ore in this DU|1d?
Ing within the pant ::o days.
The street fores ore employ d t?i
dav In cleaning off the |c;i:h and oih
er refuse matter which lonfl aeeumu
lated In the streets rec nth. Th? \
also have JsnenJ cinders at a number
of crossings, verv much kmprOVtal
them for pedestriuns.
HILL IS PERMITTED TO LEAVE
NACO.
Fighting at Agua Prictu or Nognlcs
Will Not Endanger American Lines.
Washington, Dec. 27.?Secretary
Hryan received word unotllcially to
nlght that all Mexican factions had
agreed to the plan proposed by Gea.
Scott, United Sttaes chief of staff, to
prevent further firing into American
territory along the border.
Enrique C. Llorente, Washington
agent of the Gutierrez government,
of which Gen. Maytorena is a sup?
porter, advises that the latter has ac?
cepted Qen. Scott's plan. It provides
that Oen. Hill of the Carrunza forces
abandon Naco and be permitted to go
unmolested to Agua l'rleta, already
held by a portion of his troops. Oan.
Maytorena, who has withdrawn his
forces southward, would agree not to
occupy Naco, which would become
neutral.
As Maytorena already holds No
gales, a port of entry, he is said to
believe the arrangement was neither
to his advantage or detriment. From
Hill's viewpoint, the contined pos?
session of Naco was said to be of lit?
tle value because the Maytorena
forces besieging it prevented further
transportation of supplies southward.
Fighting at Agua Prieta or at No
gales would not he close enough to
the American towns f.o produce the
same situation as had existed for sev?
eral months at Naco, where stray bul?
lets constantly fell on American soil.
The state department had no ad?
vices today from Mexico City, but Mr.
Llorente said Villa rad wired him
that harmony prevailed between Gu
tlerrea and all his chiefs. Llorente
thou ,ht the statement Issued by Gu
terriez's secretary last night charging
Villa with disobedience was due to a
misunderstanding.
Villa agents here announced tonight
the "green book." the latest diplomat?
ic paper dealing with the Mexican
revolution, would be hisued this week.
It was said Villa woul 1 explain in the
publication why he is opposing Car
ranza and would make public certain
hitherto secret documents designed to
prove that had Carranza been made
president he would have repudiated
his pledges and ruled the country as
a dicta.or.
CTTY OFFICIALS ARRESTED.
Mayor Among Oothorn Charged With
Conspiracy at Terra Haute.
Indianapolis, Dec. 26.?Nearly ev?
ery member of the city administration
of Terre Haute Is In the hands of
United States authorities as a result
of wholesale arrests last night, today
and tonight on indictments charging
a conspiracy to corrupt the election of
November 3, last. Early tonight 9."?
persons. Including Mayor Don M. Rob?
erts, a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor in 1916;
Dennis Shea, Sheriff of Vlgo county;
Judge Eli H. Recman, City Judge
Thomas S. Smith and other leading
Terra Haute politicians had been
taken into custody.
Unable to furnish bond of $10,000
demanded by United States Marshall
Mark Storen, Mayor Huberts tonight
was included in a party of 22 pris?
oners.who had failed to provide bund
and was being brought here to be
Jailed. The others had been released
on bonds ranging from $2,500 to
$10,000 each. Sheriff Shea and Judge
Redman were freed on bonds of $10,
000 each.
About the only important official
of Terre Haute not arrested is Ed?
ward Holler, chief of police, who is j
now HcrvlnK- a sentence in tho Vino
county Jail for contempt of court,
Frank C. Daley, United States district
attorney for Indiana, who conducted
the Investigations which resulted in
the grand Jury indictment, said to?
day that Holler was among those in?
dicted, but that he probably wotdd
not be arrested until he had com?
pleted his sentence.
stt ps tak?n by Marshall Storen in
Terre Haute tonight indicate that
other arrests are to ho made. It ll
?aid more than 12."> persons were
Inamed in the indictments.
Mayor Roberts is (barged in the
indictment with many overt acts. He
is accused of lovytng aaanaunents
1 against proprietors of saloons, danc<
halls, gambling hnani and resorts,
to be used for the registration ol
voters; of hiring mag to telephone iv
naatofg from one preclncl to another;
of conspiring to place only men his
money could Influence on certain
election hoards; of ordering the ai
rest of certain men to prevent their
voting 'iml of directing the making of
false r^ui. nation cards.
Similar overt charge* are named
ngainst all of those arrested and sotw
also are charged With strong-arm lac
tics to Intimidate ihe electorate, it
,,u0 is thai ed that Ihe postal law
were violated, In that the ulleged con?
spiracy was furthered by the mall
Federal nuthorltles contend that m
nnd a congressman *? r? votfd f??i
the federal government has Juriedlc
? lion.
United 'tat?'S senatoi
MAKING BREAKFAST BACO*
Points on Killing, Sailing and Sn
lug to Get Best Result*?Brine
Itf Then Dry Mtlng,
The Progressive Farmer.
Tu make breakfast, bacon
must assume that the hog lias
bred right, fed right , slaugh. .
right and the strips of bacon trim?
med properly. When these conditions
jaro met tho following directions will
insure an excellent quality of coun?
try-cured bacon:
As soon as the hair is thoroughly
removed the bodies should be hung
up, washed with clean, cold water,
and the internal organs removed.
This should be done before gases de?
velop in the intestinal tract. After
I the hogs are dressed the carcasses
should be opened as wide as possible
in front, washed again with clean
cold water and hung in the coolest
I possible place until the following
i morning. It is not meant by this,
I however, that the meat should be al?
lowed to become frozen. Many good
'farmers cut the bodies into rough
I pieces very soon after the hog is
dressod; if the day has been warm
and tho probability is that the nights
will also be warm, it Is usually wise
jto do this, especially with large hogs.
The writer has found it to be a good
practice to cut up the carcass very
[early the morning following the day
ion which the hogs were killed and
immerse the pieces in tho brine be?
fore the warm part of the day. If
the day following bids fair to be
warm it becomes almost necessary
to put the meat away early the first
I morning, if the weather, however,
is unusually cold the day following
the killing it is probably wise to rub
the pieces of meat with salt and lot
them stand over one day before plac?
ing them in the brine or salt.
Immerse in Brine.
The process of common dry salting
is well understood. Many farmers
have never used any other method.
Very excellent meat can be made by
this method, but as a rule tho meat
becomes too dry, hard, and salty. ^
Uetter meat can be made by other
methods?, and the danger of loss is re?
duced probably 50 per cent. Proba?
bly the best results?or at least the
best results ever secured by the writ?
er?arc secured when the meat is im?
mersed in the following brir - sohv
tlon:
To each 100 pounds of meo
13 pounds of cimmoti salt,
I pounds of brown sugar,
'i ounces of saltpetre,
ti gallons of water,
As the brine must be perfectly cool
when the meat is Immersed, it should
he made the day before using. Or?
dinary syrup may be used in place of
the sugar. The above articles should
all be placed in a kettle and boiled
gently for about one hour. Any kind
of a clean vessel, as an earthen jar
or wooden barrel, may bo used for
holding the brine and meat; clean
syrup barrels are usually very easily
obtained. Extreme care, howeve \
should be exercised to obtain new
and thoroughly clean barrels; old
and tainted barrels should never le
used.
After the pieces of meat are neatly
trimmed into the proper shape and
size they should be laid in the barrel
nith the meat side up, a heavy weight
placed upon them and the brine
poured into a depth not less than two
inches above the top piece of meat.
The brine should be examined everv
few days, as it sometimes becomes
"ropy" especially during a long per?
iod of hot weather. It the brine
shows signs of becoming "ropy" or
tainted the trouble can usually be
checked by removing the meat, drop?
ping In a small amount of common
soda, and stirring well. If this
treatment does >iot Immediately cor?
rect the trouble, the meat should be
taken out. each piece thoroughly
washed, end put down again in new
brine and barrels. The bacon Strip?
should remain in the brine -i to :i<;
days.
After the meat has been iu .he
ibrine ? sufficient length of time it
should be taken out, hung in the
smokehouse, allowed to drip two or
three days, and the smoke applied,
if the meal is to be smoked properly
and kept pure and ?? l a good, hut
rot necessarily an axpenslve, smoke
house must be erected. A cement
Moor is almost an absolute neces?
sity, a^ such a floor ?an be easily and
completely (leaned, while it does noi
furnish places for the "skippers' 'ti
live during their rest Ing periods, 11
the meat Is lo be smoked corrcctl>
and evenly, the house musl be bulll
high enough :i? the meat, after it i
hung, is 7 or s feet above the floor
When the ine.it i1^ hllllg loW the 111 <
underneath mans limes heals it lo
much and the lirst steps toward
spoiling are- Ihtis he^un. Kurlhei
more, win n tin meat is hung clot
tri tin- fire the smoke discolors am
gives it n \ei> unattractive appeal
uuee. While II i inn absolutely nei
essary, it r far better to have the id
entirely outside the smokehouse an
the smoke conducted bj menus <
pipes, When plan Is folio we
the meat |s never overheated by in
I flaring up of the flre, and the
from accidental lire is almost
ted. The house should be
In a shady but dry place and
Indowi should be protected
solid wooden shutters and
i so as to exclude both the
ind the Hies.
Y farmers smoke meat at ir
r intervals for 20 to 10 days,
hut there is probably nothing gained
by prolonging the period, especially if
the smokehouse is well made and the
:;moke is applied continuously for a
short period. If the smokehouse will
tot hold the smoke, then it is neces?
sary to prolong the smoking period,
j When the house is tight and the fire
s kept burning continuously there
seems to be no reason why the meat
should be smoked more than three or
four days. Corn corbs, hickory chips,
ind various other woods are used for
j producing the smoke; no special or
?secret virtue accompanies the smoke
made by any one particular kind of
wood.
Wrap Each Piece of Meat.
As soon as the meat has been sufli
ciently smoked the ventilators and
windows should be opened and the
warm air permitted to escape. The
majority of farmers permit the cured
meat to hang in the smokehouse, un?
protected from flies and other in?
sects, during the spring and summer
months. This is an unwise thing to
do, unless the house has a cement
floor, is dark, and all openings are
thoroughly protected by wire screen?
ing. Meat which hangs unprotected
|in the average smokehouse is almost
sure *s become infested with "skiu
i
pers."
The individual pieces of meat
should be lirst wrapped closely with
.old newspapers or wrapping paper.
They should then be placed In strong
sacks (flour sacks will do) and each
bag tightly tied at the top. The sacks
should then be hung exactly where
they aro to stay until taken down to
be eaten or sold, and painted on the
outside with a solution so as to ex?
clude all flies and "skippers." A thick
paste of ordinary lime, glue, and wa?
ter v/ill answer the purpose very well
A better paste, but one somewhat
tedious to make, may be made of the
following mi erials:
For 100 pc.nds of bacon:
3.0 pounds of barytes (barium sul?
phate.)
twiiinili of ebjp
mc yeilow "
? hi onia to. I
i i?A poundi ? i ho . ?
Plil ur-gallon bu
~..c half ' ' * and mix in
flou^i Dissolve the lead cromaU
j a quart of water in a separate vei
and add this solution and the glue
the flour water. Bring this to a b
and while boiling add the barium st.
phate slowly, stirring constantly. Tfc
solution should be applied on tli
outside of the sack with an ordin?r)
paint brush.
Dan T. Gray,
West Kaleigh, N. C.
MONSTERS TO FOLLOW OREGON.
Twenty-one Rig Rattleships With At?
tendant Supply Train to Ply Pan
ama Waters.
Washington, Dee. 20.?Twenty-one
modern battleships flying the Stars
and Stripes and accompanied by their
requisite colliers and repair and sup?
ply ships will follow the Oregon, the
"Old Hull Dog of the Navy," through
the Panama canal when the Atlantic
fleet goes to participate in the opening
ceremonies of the ranama-Paciflc ex?
position.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, command?
ing the fleet, conferred with Secretary
j Daniels today regarding the naval pa?
rade. They discussed the advisability
j of taking in addition a flotilla of de
'stroyers on the trip, but reached no
decision.
The licet will leave New York about
'January 16 for winter manoeuvres at
jouanatanamo, Cuba, ships in south?
ern waters will join the fleet there.
The vessels that go to the Pacific win
I return to Hampton Roads about the
last of February.
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GIRL SUCCUMBS TO WOUND.
Shot in the Forehead tin James Is?
land Christmas Bay.
Charleston, Dec. 27.?Mary Wlgfall.
;i girl elghl years obi. who was
brought lo the lb.per Hospital on
[Christmas night, died at the institu?
tion yesterday morning about 7.::"
o'clock, as a result of a wound in her
forehead. She was shot on James Is?
land on Christmas Day.
No particulars of the shooting
were Known to Coroner Maneneld yes?
terday, except that the child had been
shot bj a white boy "ii Mr. W. (1.
Hinsons plac.\ James Island, on
i Friday. She was brought t<> Char
loston and taken t" Ihe Roper Hos
, \\ni where she died yesterday morn?
ing.
t?Hy Council should see that some
change is made in horses at the lire
depart m< nt, an It ?': :? menace to
i , have a balking horse to
! o wagons. The flromen
i ,, good ic m e lighting n it h
FARMERS' UNION TO MEET.
state Body to Gather in Columbia
January if).
Columbia, Dec. 26.?In accordance
vNith the Instruction! of t lie State
Farmers' Union at the meeting in An?
derson last July the state Farmers'
Union is culled to meet in Columbia
Tuesday, January 19, 1915, at :i P.
M., to consider matter of Importance
to the farming interests of the State
and Vitally affecting the welfare and
prosperity of the country.
The State officers desire to have a
Jfull and representative meeting of
Farmers' Union members. Every del?
egate and member is urged to attend
who can possibly du PO, and to be
prepared to stay two days or more, it
necessary to dispose properly of the
matters that need consideration.
E. VV. Dabbs, President
Attest:
J. Whltner Reid Secretary.
A Xew Responsibility.
I Ohio State Journal.
A peculiar case has arisen in the
I Xew York courts where the owner of
a building, which was injured by lire,
was sued by the fire department for
the cost of extinguishing the lire. It
seems that the Board of Fire Protec?
tion had ordered the owner of the
building to install automatic sprink?
lers. The owner refused to do SO,
hence the fire, hence the suit. It
was the first case of the sort ever
In the courts where the owner of s
building was made responsible for
the fire.
The decision of the court was
against the owner and he was order
led to pay the fire department $1,600,
I the estimated cost of extinguishing
the lire. In this case there was the
violation of a specific order, and it
was because of that that Judgment
was given against the owner. But
the principle would have universal
application. Wherever there is a law
enjplning care upon the owner of the
property, and that care is not given,
the cost of putting out a fire, if there
is one, rests upon him.
The principle Involved In this de?
cision demands the consideration of
public authority.
With the Holiday Eve Club dance
on Thursday night, the Belgian Ba
Saar-Ball on Wednesday night and the
r Club reception on Friday
he people of Sumter are prom
week of much social activity.
WILSON PLANS TO STEAK.
At Several Points on Way Back From
"Frisco.
Washington, Dec. 27.?President
Wilson, it became known today, plans
to make several addresses on his re
til 11 trip from the San Francisco ex?
position next spring and his friends
expect him to reply to attacks on his
Mexican and other administration pol?
icies. It will he Mr. Wilson's first
trip across the continent since becom?
ing president.
I
SCMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected daily by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 7 1-4.
Strict Middling 7 1-S.
Middling 7. \ j
Strict Low Middling C 1-2.
Low Middling 6.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
New York Cotton Market. vi
Special to The Daily Item.
New York. Dec. 28.?Cotton steady,
two to four higher. December, 7.35;
March 7.61?; May. 7.89. Liverpool
cl osed.
SUMTER MAN'S LUCKY FIND.
W ill Interest Deaders of the Item.
Those having the misfortune to suf
' fer from backache, urinary disorders,
I
j gravel, dropsical swellings, rheumatic
pains, or oth?r kidney and bladder
disorders, will read with gratification
Ulis encoruaging statement by a
Sumter man.
F. G. Copleston, 8 E. Bartlette St.,
Sumter, S. C, says: "Backache and
pains across my loins annoyed m?
and I knew that my kidneys were at.
fault Doan's Kidney Pills, which I
got at China's Drug Store, brought mo
prompt relief and in return, I giv?*
them my heartiest endorsement."
Mr. Copleston is only one of many
Sumter people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If
your back aches?if your kidneys
bother you, don't simply ask for a
kidney remedy?-ask distinctly for
Doan's Kidney Pills, the same that
Mr. Copleston har he remedy
backed by home te 50c. all
stores. Foster-M' /rops,
Buffalo, X. Y. " Back is
Lame?Rememr e." 3S
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