Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesdsy and Saturday. ?BY? OOTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ?UMTEH. 8. C. Ihm ll.lt per annum?In advance. i. - Advertisement*: Oma gquare first Insertion.$1.00 Bvary subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for three months. Of longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications ?hieb sub? serve privets Interests will be charged for as sdvertlsementa Obituaries and tributes of rsspeci will be charged for. The Butnter Watchman was found? ed In 1160 and the True Southron In SIM. Tho Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and influence of both of tho old papers, i nd Is mtnlfestly the best advertising snsdluro In Sumter. Swat the My Poison Peril. < >f forty-seven cases of arsenical poisoning of children reported from fifteen States from July to October. 1914. In thirty-four the children were three years old or less. In thirty SOTSII the children had drunk poisoned water from a saucer containing fly pa? per. In eight cases the children were poisoned by sucking the wicks in tin receptacles containing arsenic, sugar and water. In two cases the children were polnsoned by sucking a sponge used to moisten these wicks In pois? onous fly destroyers. The similarity of the symptoms of arsenical poisoning to those of chol? era infantum make It quite certain that there are a great many more cases than are reported. Cholera in? fantum, one of the most common ail? ments of very young children, is pre? valent at the time these poisonous fly killet?; are most used. Most of the children are too young to tell the cause of their Illness and unless seen taking the poison, arse? nical poisoning may I >t be suspected. Arsenical fly killers are commonly placed within the reach of young chil? dren. As sugar Is used with the arsenic for the purpose of drawing the files, the arsenical fly killers In what? ever form are extremely dangerous to Children. Many more deaths are caus? ed by them than were caused by the pb< ?4'botoSBJ umfih, which pra tlcally baa been abolished became of the fa? talities to children. No deadly poison s ao commonly put within tho reach .f children a. it arsenic for k Min'T Ho* As there are effi etive end safe ! itethods of killing flies there Is Bel iSiiuse for using poisonous fly killers' of sny kind. The use In tho homo of poisons of nny kind Is dangerous, hut ill other poisons combined do not pre? sent the same dangers to children as do the poisonous fly killers. The lit? tle ones should be protected from this really grave and exceedingly common danger. Swat the fly poison peril' A Fifth of Cotton I<ands. According to IIgtires received at Clemson College from the bureau of crop estimates. l"nit< 1 States depart? ment of agriculture, the increase in acreage In land sown to oats and wheat this fall amounts to eigh' per cent, of the land sown to cotton j In South Carolina last spring. That is to say. the increase in fall-sown wheat was 164.000 acres and the Increase In fall-sown oats 336,000 acres, or uOO.000 acres as the total. Increase. The cotton acreage In If 14 was 2. 100,000. The Increase In acreage of winter grains amounts, therefore, to almost one-flfth of the cotton acre? age, or eighteen per cent. The leader in Oat- and Wheat. South Carolina has cause for pride thin winter In the fact that not only was her percentage of Increase in wheat acreage?200 per cent.?the largest In the Cnlted States, but that she also had the largest actual acro m .. increase in fall-iown oats of all the gout hern States. The Increase In acres in fall-sown oats In South Carolina amounts to 330.oao. and Georgia Is second w ith an tm r< . M of 321.000. These facts have gtVetl riatlfirut ion to the cxton desj and demonstration forces ol <'hmson CotlCgO, which conducted an SBOr* r. ip e.imp ?tun for grain-sowing from the outbreak of tin- European war. < larendon Tea* hers' Meeting. Manning Times Tho Clarendon Countv Tsaehsrs' -..... ii' i o n In Id i? i l'? bruary meet? ing here Saturday with a gratifying alt? nomc The exercises were open? ed With SjCaySf by tho lte\. <;. C Watson, after which Interesting pa? pers wore read by the following: Miv ? s II. |?.n NtJilone, I .? ssh StragSjl and P.ll<al?eth Uetirn. Tin? feature of the dsy waft an address bv Prof. Pat torson Wardliw. ?>r the South Caro? lina University, which was in effect a full discussion '?f ihe school lib? rary In nil Its phases Miscellaneous matters were then diseased, special attention being gi\cn the matter of tl I annual field I i>. to bo held in Manang en Krlday. April !*'?. ICELAND BANISHES BOOZE. ISLAND (OVMI1V Will IU WO MBU vote <^>r.s "DRY."? eokmehly xoTomors LT "UJiT." I got Lord l>ufTorlii Told How Eft - in i?i 1 It Wae To 'Truck a Hot IkfP There. New York Times. Within a few months Russia has "Bona dry*" ami now Iceland follows her example. Nay. not eontent with prohihitinK the liquor traffic, Ieelaml has ordered all the liquor now with? in lu r boundaries to he promptly ex portrd. It may be merely a coinei tb-nee that Iceland enjoys the bene? fits Of woman suffrage; the cable de? tails are meagre as yet. It is a pity that the tlrst I^ord Duf ferin could not have lived to read this bit ot MWt It would have done more than anything else to convince him that this is a world cd' change. It was in 1811 that he visited Iceland and SON ndmir.ng testimony to the OOClal customs which made essential a vast '?a parity and a strong head, A social Visit, he informell an appreciative World in his ?"letters from High Lat? itudes," necessitated the "cracking of a bottle" with tho host, and to refuse it was an unpardonable an offense I as to refuse to shak I hands. A beaker w;us "considered the fit? test token a lady eould present to her true love." It was the duty of the ladies of the house to keep the guest supplied. Preokfast involv? ed a libation, repeated immediately afterwards. One of his companions "put up" for the night at a farmhoue. His hostess escorted him to his room and put a brandy bottle under the pillow; and by that time he was well enough ac? quainted with the customs of the country to understand that it was; expected to be empty by morning, or he would have affronted his kindly entertainers. Lord Dufferiji relates how he dined at the aovernor's house, "though din? ner is too modern a term to apply to the entertainment." He had come heroically prepared, he says, to do his part and gratify his hosts, even I If it necessitated his golrg under the J table instead of sitting at it; but "at the rate we were going. It seemed probable that this consummation would take place before the second course.' He tried to Pretend i bat he bad not obat rved I he reBUlng of his gii.s^. Mj us to glvt bis friend:; a cha'tce .??. get I little ibead. but they merely ant thirsty and disconsolate until he . gave up the '?? eption. H would not have been etiquette lor them U dis? tance him. Yet he was able to make a speech; and he made three, one in French, one in English and qne in Latin, in re to toasts given in those lan? guages. He has preserved his I^atin spech, which could only have been given under special inspiration. It contained six able manipuations of language as "Haust? m longum. haus tum fortem, et haust um omnes slmul," (a long pull, a strong pull and a pull all together.) and "I'niini tactum naturae totum orbem facit econsan guineum," (one touch of nature makes the whole world kin.) Times have changed since Lord Dufferin's day. Manners have soft? ened. Recent visitors have seen no such ground and lofty drinking as made up the chief joy of the inhabi? tants then. And now Iceland has re formod altogether; so great is her dis? taste for the beverages of joy that she cannot imitate West Virginia's example gad give the dealers a chance to .lispose of their stock. She pitches the Hum Devil off the island. nock and crop. At the rate he is going he will soon have nowhere in this broad world a rest for the sole ot his foot. imirisii position BTROXG. Heply to American Protest Against Interference With Shipping Receiv? ed. Washington, iv?>. i^. Comment on the Blitteb reply to the American proteof against r.ritisb Interference ..uii neutral shipping was withheld t> da) . but it Is known that the rength "i t he Brit Iah position Is recogntaed. it is also ooneeded thai many ol the contentions raised by the United Blatei have been rendered valueleei by later eventg stu b as the ?lermnn wai none deelarallon and the complete blockade of German ports .; el trad by < I real Britain, i Ain sot ii;i v meeting. Matter of Herne Racing Left to Pre iniuiii < omnikttee. Columbia, Peb, it. The mld-wln t? i peopling nf the Btnle Pair Boelety was hehl tonight. ndjoumlng alter mi might, i>. I*' Rflrd, of Lexington, was re-elected secretary, ami D, 0? Ellison. Columbia, treasurer. The llnanelal report showed that the Bo? elety lost ?::.Si?:t. I 7 last year. The mattet ot' norm raees wai left to tin i premium list committee, WANT SHIP BILL CONFERENCE DEMOCRATS REALIKE MEAKt'RE CANNOT LIVE iM.Kss CHANG El) T<> si IT OTHERS. Baker Bay llumbnrg-ATncrlfcun Of fldnl Told i Um Berlin Opposed sale nf Stilpe, Washington, Fob, it.?The amend* ed government shipping bill, rushed through the house early today, failed to gain any ground when it reached the senate, and administration lead? ers tonight were uncertain as to its fate. Early in the day it was discovered that the amended hill had failed to satisfy recalcitrant Democrats or ITofci essive Republicans. Without I 'support of either of these factions the j bill could not be passed. Democratic j leaders realized nothing could be done unless the measure could be changed ! in conference. Efforts to send the ' amended hill to conference failed. An-| other effort will be made tomorrow. More interest centred today in the special senate committee's inquiry into charges of .outside influences on j the pending measure. Bernard N. ' Taker, a Baltimore steamship man? ager, told the committee of confer- j enccs with Secretary McAdoo, in which he declared that 80 per cent, of foreign ships tied up in United States ports because ot the war were | not available for purchase because un- j suitable for commercial purposes. Mr. Baker also stated that W. J. Sickel, a Hamburg-American line of? ficial, had told him he recived orders from the German government not to sell any German vessels to the United States. The committee summoned Mr Sickel, who will appear tomorow. Wallace Downey, a New York ship- j builder, was also summoned. As to the shipping bill itself, Repub- ! Mean leaders insist it is dead, and ex press willingness to quit their fllibus- j ter if the senate Will take up appro? priation bills. Administration Demo- ' crats were said to he Willing to do [ this if the shipping bill first could be ?ant to conference. Xegotations for an understanding were under way to? night. That Senators Nortis, Kenyon and BaFollette, Progressive Republicans, who favored the senate bill, would not Support the Weeks-Gore measure as it passed the house, because they believed it to be too temporary in ? character was apparent early In the day. insurgent Democrats opposed the measure because they thought it-, eharactei too permanent. Sonator j KardWiok sought to amend tin motion , to send the bill to conference, with the instruction that it be made termin? able two years after the war. This was defeated with Progressive Re? publican votes. ( Despite the uncertainty of the situa? tion, senate and house leaders felt confident there will be no extra ses? sion of congress and that the shipping bill, if not sent to conference would be displaced in the senate by appro piratlon bills, The report persists that as many of the supply measures as can be passed before March 1 will be disposed of and that joint resolu? tions continuing existing appropria? tions for other departments will be adopted wherever necessary. Late in the day administration leaders held a long conference over the situation. Several proposals to the Republicans for ending the dli- | buster by sending the bill to confer- j once were considered* No agreement I was reached, however, and the Demo? cratic leaders sought to hold the son ate In session for the night, thinking this might bring about some com? promise. They wore unable to get J Progressive Republicans to stand with them, ami a motion to adjourn car? ried. siflPPfNG BILL FINAL EFFORT, - Outlook for Passage of Bill Gloomy ' But Democratic Leaders are Mak? ing Final Effort to Break Deadlock. Washington, Feb, 18.?Tin admin? istration leaders in the senate are to? day making a final effort to break the deadlock over the ship purchase bill before giving up the li.uht and passing to the appropriation bills, with the Republican filibuster as strong as when it started a month ago the out i look for the bill is gloomy, it i* re? ported that Preside at Wilson now is making a new effort to prevent the sidetracking of the bill and is willing to place the blame Oil til" Republicans for failure to pass the I 111. EQUINOX BTIUKE AGAIN OFF, Cessation of Work by Employees of Short Duration. Anderson, Feb. 17.??The strike unions the employes of the ESqulnox mill winch occurred at :'. o'clock yes? terday ufteri.n was of short dura t Ion, A conference between manage? ment and employes was held and the misunderstanding as to the wages was explained to tbe satisfaction of all. The mill started Up at the usual time this morning and no further I trouble Ii expected, TO MAKE WEBB LAW EFFECTIVE Benote Passe* BUI Limiting Receipt of Whiskey to One Gnllon Per Month. Columbia, Fei?, is.?After voting J down an amendment which would have absolutely prohibited the order? ing of any liquor for personal use, the senate this morning passed by a vote of 35 to B the law putting into effect the Webb law limiting the shipment Of whiskey to one gallon per month for each person In South Caroline. The provision requiring permits to be obtained from the clerk of court be? fore whiskey could be ordered was stricken from the bill. ATTACKED RY NEGRO, A. B. Flowers is Betiously Cnt by Drunken Hand. Florence, Feb. 17.?A. B. Flowers, a well known and prosperous farmer of the Ebenezer section, was viciously at? tacked by a drunken negro on his place a few days ago and seriously J cut. The negro was brought to jail ! here today to await the result ot Mr. Flowers' .injuries. The negro was John Turner, for years a good hand on Mr. Flowers' place. He was sent to ! Timmonsville on Monday for some fish and while there got drunk, and | on his? return to the plantation, on > being remonstrated with by his em- , ployer, he made a vicious attack on him, and had not parties nearby rush? ed to the rescue Mr. Flowers would, it is said, have been murdered outright. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Office of Comptroller of the Currency, j NO. 10C70. Washington, D. C, Dec. 23, 1914. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that "The Nat? ional Hank of Sumter" in the City of Sumter, in the county of Sumter and Stale of South Carolina, has complied | with all the provisions of the Statutes Of the United States, required to be Complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the j ? jsiness of banking; Now Therefore, I, John Skelton j ^\ illiams, Comptroller of the Cur- j ency, do hereby certify that "The 1 National Panic of Surnter" In the City cf Sumter, in the County of Sumter tad State of South Carolina, is au- j tborized to commence business of \ tanking as provided in Section Fifty-1 oTie Huncrcd and Sixty nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. C onversion of The Lnuk of $umter. I f'outh Carolina. In Testimony Whereof witness my hand and seal of office this twenty- I third day of December, 1914. (Signed) Jno. Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency. (Seal) NO. 10660. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY. Washington, D. C, Dec. 5, 1914. Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has' been made to appear that "The Na? tional Pank of South Carolina, of; Sumter" in the city of Sumter in the 1 County of Sumter and State of South Carolina lias complied with all the. provisions of the Statutes of the, Cnited States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the busi? ness of banking; Now Therefore 1, John Skelton Wil? liams, Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National Hank of South Carolina of Sumter," In the city of Sumter, In tho County of Sumter and State of South Carolina is authorized to commence the business of banking as provided in Section Fifty-one hundred and sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States. I Conversion of Tho Bank ot South Carolina, Sumter, s. C. In testimony whereof witness my band and seal of othce this fifth day of December, 1914. JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS, Comptroller of the Curency. (Seal.) MONEY TO LOAN?On improved farm lands In any quantity from two thousand upwards, at 7 per cent, interest. Eee H. C. Des Champs, Sumter, s. C, Phone ft23. |>R, Z. E. HltHISMlTH?'Eyesight speclallst of Florence will be at Clarcmont Motel. Monday, the 22nd, prepared to examine eyes, lit and furnish glnasea, Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Embalmer. Prompt Attention to Uiy or ?Ight Calls AT ). D, Craiq 1 Id Sland. N Main pLA-fl, 0ay539 i hones numsoi * ANOTHER CAR OF THOSE * Fine Mountain Apples t Fine Florida Oranges. Early Frost Proof Cab * bage Plants. Early Seed Potatoes, all going very % cheap at THE FRUIT AND PRODUCE STORE. 1 37 North Main Street. Duckworth e Weatherly From Feb lsl to March 1st we will sell the following goods at prices shown f. o. b. Columbia, provided money is sent with order :? IRON-all sizes-2c. per lb. base. GENUINE STILLSON WRENCHES as follows:?6 in. 50c; 8 in. 50c; 10 in. 60c; 14 in. 75c; 18 in. $1.00; 24 in. $1.50. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., h23 WEST GEHVAtS STREET, ? COLUMBIA, s C. tttmrti The United States DEPOSITS WITH THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK ofSumter. DO YOU? 9 CAPITAL PROFITS , HWHwa*<tiiSWWtw<ww*wsws mwww c; 100000,000 $125,01* 009 LIVE AT HOME! It seems now as everything in the provis? ion line is going to be high this Spring. We are in hearty sympjthy with the "Live at Home" movement that is sweeping the country. We believe a good garden will very materially re? duce your living expenses. Irish Potatoes Oa your table three limes a dty will save you many barrels of flour. To have enough to eat and some to sell depends on the seed you se? lect. To plant our carefully selected Irish Cobbler and Red Bliss Will help yon forget the war. You can't plant too many. O'Donnell & Co.