The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 13, 1915, Image 7
IRE BRITISH COTTON PLAN.
KMIIAKNl ISSMS sl\riMI\T
CONCERNING niKATMI.NT
of wovnrs stapm: crop.
fchlpa of Neutrals Saie?Generally
IVUov.nI Same Restrictions Will
Apply to Other Shipment*.
Washington. March 8.?Formal no?
tice of the treatment to be accorded
American cotton by Oreat Britain and
her allies In the execution of their
declared Intention to atop all com?
merce to and from enemy countries
was given today in a statement Issued
by the British embassy. All cargoes
consigned directly to ports of an
enemy will be stopped, but as to ship?
ment* to neutral European countries
the statement said the following ar?
rangement had been made In London:
"One. All cotton for which con?
tracts of sale and freight engage
mtnts already had been made before
March S to be allowed free (passage)
(or bought at contract price \j
stopped), provided ships sail not later
than March 31.
"Two. Similar treatment to be ac?
corded to all cotton Insured before
March I. provided It is put on board
not later than March II.
"Three. All shipments of cotton
claiming above protection to be de?
clared before sailing and documents
produced to and certificates obtained
from consular ofliers or other author?
ity fixed by governments. Ships or
cargoes consigned to enemy ports will
not be allowed to proceed."
At the embassy It was explained
that this arrangement, announced In
response to appeals of American ship?
pers anxious over the status of their
cotton already on dock awaltlag
shipment or actually at sea bound for
Europe, was merely temporary and
would be superseded by the British
order In council putting Into effect
the new general retaliation policy to
be Instituted against Oermany. Em?
bassy offlcl' Is construed the arrange?
ment as a concession to neutral ship?
pers, as Premier Asqulth in announc?
ing the new policy n March 1 mere?
ly said: "The treatment of vessels
and cargoes which have sailed before
this date will not be affected."
Today's statement was regarded
here as important, particularly be?
cause of its s parent intimation of
the extent to which the allies Intend
te interrupt comn.ere** between neu?
tral countries In canylnjr out their
determination to stop commercial in?
tet course with Oer man v.
it was suggested at thu embassy
that the restrictions on shipments
generally would be the same as those
imposed on cotton, and that besides
holding up all ships bound directly
for enemy countries, the allied war?
ships would stop vessels loaded with
products heretofore free from mo?
lestation as non-contraband, if their
cargoes were presumed to be ulti?
mately destined for Oermany, Austria
or Turkey. Embargoes on re-expor?
tation, it wss said, would insure safe
passage for such cargoes.
High officials of the American gov?
ernment had no formal comment to
make upon the statement, although
some said Informally they did not
know Just what it meant. The Unit?
ed States holds to the declaration of
its right to ship non-contraband to
belligerents snd to have uninterrupt?
ed lesttlmste commercial inter?
course with neutrals.
Henstor Hoke Smith of Georgia,
and some Charleston merchants, who,
as representatives of the cotton ship?
pers, consulted "Ith the British am?
bassador and Mr. Rose, the State de?
partment's trado expert, today, were
somewhat In doubt as to Just what
concession thov had secured in an?
swer to their appeal, but went away
satisfied.
Cotton they had afloat, or under
contract to ship this month, at least,
would be safe. Furthermore, they
gathered from the British opinion
that satisfactory arrangements would
be made for a continuance indefinitely
without undue Interference with the
cotton trade with tho neutral coun?
tries of Europe.
State department officials let it be
known that the arrangement an?
nounced today was made directly be?
tween the American private cotton
shipping Interests and tho British gov?
ernment and that the department was
not a party to it.
No Bate Ha* Boon Set.
Ixmdon. March S.?Although the
order In council, prescribing method
of making reprisals on German trade,
Is promised soon, no date has been
given. The foreign office emphasises
the declaration that It will not bo In?
flexible so far as affects neutrals, bul
will permit negotiations In specific
eases. As proof g| this the special
concessions to cotton shlpers Is
eitsd.
American Ambassador Page Is
without advices regarding the United
States steamer Pacific, which smiled
for Rotterdam from Falmouth last
Friday, after having been detained
for several days. The foreign office
also la without Information as In l bv
she was atoppsd.
OCtUPUQI srn>: IN PAUfEflTO
BVILDINti.
Letters of Instruction arc Sent to
County and Township Tax Board
?Wilson Chief Clerk.
Columbia. March 10.?Machinery
for the reform of South Carolina si
tax system was set in motion yes?
terday at the organisation meeting
of the South Carolina tax commission
which will take the place of the
State board of assessors and r.ie
State board of equalization. Three
rooms on the lUth floor of the Pal?
metto building have been rented for
offices. E. B. Wilson of Columbia has
been appointed chief clerk.
Chairman Jones said that it was
the intention of the commission to go
about the work in a careful manner.
Of lr members of the commission in
Columbia for the organisation meet?
ing were: J. P. Perham of Horry
county and W. O. Query of Spartan
burg.
Several communications have been
sent out to the county auditors,
county boards of equalisation, town?
ship boards of assessors and special
boards of assessors, outlining the
work for the present year. The fol?
lowing notice was sent to the auid
tors and assessors:
"The legislature at its last session
passed an act to create a tax com
mistdon and to define its powers and
duties (copy of act enclosed), in or?
der effectively to carry into execution
the equitable assessment of property
for taxation in South Carolina. All
county auditors, boards of equalisa?
tion and boards of assessors and
equalisation and taxpayers are here?
by urged to cooperate with the com?
mission, to the end that all taxable
property in the State may be dis?
covered and placed upon the tax
duplicates at its proper taxable val?
uation and all inequalities in assess?
ment of the property now on the
booka may be remedied."
The following letter was sent to
the county auditors of the State:
"Prepare at once to lay before the
township boards of assessors and spe?
cial boards of assessors returns of
property made to you for the fiscal
year, 1915. In case any person, Arm,
company, association or corporation
neglects or refuses to make returns
for the current year for property ap
rearing on the count) dulicate for;
last year, you will make the assess?
ment, entering or the natal tag re?
turn" In red ink, the value of the
property, both real and personal, with ,
the penalty of 60 per cent, upon the
personal property; Indorse the same
as 'neglected to list' or 'failed to make
returns' and such returns so made
shall also be laid before the town?
ship boards or special boards of as?
sessors. Township boards of asses?
sors and special boards of assessors
shall meet as soon as practicable at
the call of the county auditor at some
convenient place designated by him.
The county auditor may call one or
more boards to meet on the same day,
provided that all assessing boards
shall meet and complete their work
on or before March 25. County
boards of equalisation will meet on
the fourth Tuesday in March, and u?
such other times as the tax commis?
sion shall direct."
The commission sent the following
letter to the tow-ushlp or local tax dis?
trict assessors:
"You are instructed to meet at the
time and place named by the audi?
tor of your county, who will lay be?
fore you the tax returns of your
township or tax district for the pur?
pose of assessment. Your duty is
to cbnslder carefully the return of
each* taxpayer and, if necessary, com?
pare the same with the tax duplicate
of preceding years, and if from your
own knowledge or reliable informa?
tion you know of any taxable proper?
ty not mentioned in the returns, you
shall proceed to assess It. You are
required to raise or lower any item of
personal property of any taxpayer
in order to secure equality in assess?
ment according to value. In equaliz?
ing or fixing the assessed value of any j
class or item of property, you must
apply the name rule. This is neces?
sary to secure uniformity and equal?
ity."
At this season of the year the
supply of fresh eggs is usually great?
er than the local demand, and this
year eggs are reported to be more
plentiful than usual. This suggests
the idea that there Is an opening here
for someone to go into the busines'i
of packing and shipping eggs to
Northern markets. The poultry de?
partment of Clemson College reports
that It Is in touch with profltabli
markets for fresh eggs and will aid
anyone who wishes to ship eggs to
find a market
C. W. Smith stated today that all
of the horse, which had escaped <u>
Tuesday night during the tire and
which were at large yesterday hid
been found and recovered except one
The animals were locute^ several
miles l?elow Caw die
i JAPAN M ?SE FORCE.
sends NOTE to china in REF?
ERENCE to FORMER DE?
MANDS.
__________
Communication Implies Thut Japan
Will Resort to Fdrco to Secure He
sired Objects?China Will Comsxle
1 All It tan.
Peking, china, March D.?M. Tioki,
Jupanese minister here, has delivered
to the Chinese foreign minister a com?
munication which China interprets as
implying that, unless Japan's recent '
demands are accepted by March 18,1
force would be employed.
The notice is not considered an
ultimatum by the Chinese govern?
ment, but Lu Cheng Hsiang, the for?
eign minister, after a series of con-?
ferences with President Yuan Shi Kai.
has decided to expedite discussion of
the demands with the Japanese lega?
tion and to agree quickly to thoso
which China considers it possible to
accept.
Answering the Japanese insistence
for expedition, the Chinese republic
argued the impossibility of negotiat?
ing consequential hastily.
There is reason to believe that the
foreign office has informed Japan that
the utmost China is able to concede
Is the 11 demands which Japan orig?
inally communicated to the powers,
with their safeguarding modifications.
Today's conference resulted in no
further definite progress, and it would
appear that another deadlock has
been reached. It was agreed today,
however, to begin holding conferences
three times a week instead of twice a
week as in the past.
explains its NOTE.
Japan Sends Supplementary Com?
munication to Great Powers.
Tokyo, March 9.?The Japanese
government has received a friendly
Inquiry from the United States call?
ing attention to the difference between
the Chinese and Japanese versions of
Japan's demands on China.
In reply Japan has sent a supple?
mentary note to the great powers
summarizing the articles not included
In lier first statement on this sub?
ject. Japan explains that as these
articles were in tho nature of requests
concerning old and long pending ques?
tions bat Weep herself and China she
had not felt previously any ohliga
t.on to imparl them to the powers.
It gone rally is understood in T>kyo
that neither the United States nor any
European power has registered ob?
jection to the Japanese demands and
tho improBsion prevails here that
Japan is determined to bring about an
acceptance of most if not all of them.
NO "REPRESENTATIONS."
Nothing New in Situation as Regards
Unite 1 states.
Washington, March 9.?President
Wilson confined his comment on the
Far Eastern situation today to say?
ing there had been no "representa?
tions" to Japan or China on Japan's
demands. There was nothing new
In the situation, he told callers.
WILL OBSERVE TREATY.
Grey Confident of Good Faith of
Japan.
London, March 9.?Speaking in the
house of commons today Foreign Sec?
retary Grey said he had no doubt Ja?
pan would observe the treaty of 1905,
under which Japan and Great Britain
guaranteed the integrity and inde?
pendence of China together with equal
commercial opportunities to all na?
tions.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Ofllce of Comptroller of the Currency.
NO, 10670.
Washington, D. C, Doc. 23, 1914.
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence
presented to the undersigned, it has
been made to appear that "Tho Nat?
ional Bank of Sumtor" in the City of
.Samter, in tho county of Sumter and
Stale of South Carolina, has complied
with all the provisions of tho Statutes
of the United States, required to be
complied with before an association
shall be authorized to commence the
lusiness of banking;
Now Therefore, 1, John Skolton
Williams, Comptroller of the Cur
enoy, do hereby certify that "The
National Bank of Sumter" In the city
cf Sumter, in the County of Sumter
and State of South Carolina, is au?
thorized to commence business of
banking as provided In Section Fifty
cne Hundred and Sixty-nine of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
Conversion of The Bank of Sumter,
Kouth Carolina.
In Testimony Whereof witness my
hand ; nd seal of ofllce this twenty
third day of December, UJ14.
(Signed) Jno. Skelton Williams,
Comptroller of the Currency.
(Seal)
The curb matket has become an iu
tltutlon, and If it should be discon?
tinued from any cause, it would be
missed by the people of Sumter.
Some Facts About Potash
POTASH is higher than last year because of scarcity brought about by war in
Europe and recent decree by Germany entirely prohibiting further exports, but
the increased cost, if proportioned to the amount of fertilizers used per acre, is
a small item.
For Potash in mixed goods, our charge at this time is at the rate of $1.50 per
unit potash (present market price $2.50 to 53.00 per unit) ?in comparison with
$1.00 per unit last season. A difference of only 50c. per unit. This increased cost,
per acre of land, is insignificant, as you will see by the following:?
2% POTASH GOODS?Increase 50c. per Ton for Potash
200 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash, 5 c. more than last year.
300 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 7Jc. more than last year.
400 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 10 c. more than last year.
600 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 12Jc. more than last year.
3% POTASH GOODS?Increase $1.00 per Ton for Potash
200 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 10c. more than last year.
300 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 15c. more than last year.
400 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 20c. more lhan last year.
500 lbs. Fertilizer per acre.Cost of potash 25c. more than last year.
This is a very small increase in charge for Potash when you consider that Muri?
ate of Potash is now selling at about $125.00 to $150.00 per ton (equivalent to $2.50
to $3.00 per unit of Potash) at ports, for cash in large quantities, whereas oar present
charge of $1.50 per unit is for goods delivered, time payment.
Our price per unit of Ammonia delivered is $3.25 against $3.50 last year. A
reduction of 25c. per unit, although Cotton Seed Meal is now selling approximately
at the rate of $3.40 to $3.50 per unit of Ammonia. Our charge per unit for Avail?
able Phosphoric Acid is the same as last year,?60c. per unit.
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If you want Fertilizers containing Potash,
write or apply to our nearest Sales Office.
T-C SALES OFFICES /^RONlA\ V"? SALES OFFI?E9
Durham, N. C. / CAROLINA \ Atlanta, Ga.
Winuton-Salem, N. C. f\fmjr> CV^-f i j \ ~*gz>\yci ^\ Savannah' Ga*
Charleston, S. C. yv V< rCrUlEZCiO J Columbus, Ga.
Columbia, S. C. T CHEMICAL Tn Memphis, Tenn
Richmond, Va. cq /Q Montgomery. Ala.
Norfolk, Vs. ?SS* 5^ Shreveport, U.
THE
Ordinarily you would not risk growing your Crop
without Potash. Why do so this year when the cost per
acre is so little more than in previous years? Can you
afford to take such a chance?
COTTON VARIETY TESTS.
There Is a Wide Difference Between
the Best and Poorest Cottons.
The cotton variety tests .or the year
1913 at the test plats of the Georgia
State Colh-ge of agriculture show re?
sults that should Interest the cotton
grower:
Thi;ty-(?ue varieties were grown
anil the. results e..i.in;ai.ug tin- v
of the cotton at 13 cents per pound
and the seed at $28 per ton in gross
revenue, are as follows: Poulnot
$126.70; Brown's No. 1, $111.70.
Cook's Imperial, $104.90; Butt's Im- '<
perial, $104.60; Brown's Wonder,
$104.10; Cleveland's Big Boll.
$99.95; Longford's Imperial, $98.35; 1
Triumph's Big Boll, $96.25; Long
Shank, $95.40; Broad well, $93.35;
Christopher, $91.90; Williams, j
$89.60; Jtowdcn, $88.70; -Money,
Maker. $88; Uncle Sam, $87.35;
Cleveland, $85.40; Hlte's Early,
$85.30; Jackson Limbless, $82.55;
lUxall, $79.80; Texas Burr, $79.40;
Money Marker (seed from a different
grower from one mentioned above),
$78; Culpepper, $76.70; Bramlett's,
$76.50; Liverly's Early, $75.4 5; Cli?
max, $73.20; Peterkln, $69.90; Cur?
tis, $61.95.?Progressive Farmer.
Poulnot cotton is a limby, vigorous
growing, big boll variety, fruiting
heavily; the bolls forming very close
together. Entirely free from all plant
diseases in our crop of 1914. Our
seed were obtained direct from Ath?
ens, Ga., for 1914 crop. A limited
amount of seed for sale $1.00 per
bushel F. O. B. Sumter. C. P.
Osteen Co.?Advt.
The taxpayers and all other citizens !
of Sumter are interested in the street |
paving proposition, so why not have
a big mass meeting to talk it over?
Many people d< not fully understand
the details of the abutting property
tax for street paving and a full ex?
planation and discussion of the mat?
ter would arouse interest and further
the movement to give Sumter modern
streets.
POCLNOT COTTON SEED?A limby.
vigorous-growing;, big boil variety,
I fruiting heavily; the bolls forming
eery close together. Stood tlrst in
moduction and value of crop In tost
of thirty-one varieties at Georgia's
State Agricultural College in 1113.
Seed obtained by us direct from
Georgia for our 1914 crop. En?
tirely free from all plant diseases
in our crop of 1914. A limbed
amount of seed for sab? at $1.00 per
bushel F. O. B. Sumter. Tush with
order, c. p. Osteen Co.
SEED CORN?Improved varieties.
Seven Far. a very prolific variety,
having from 4 to 9 ears to stalU.
The N. C. Agricultural Depart?
ment 1912 reporl states this
corn made highest yield of ail va?
rieties tested. bushel, $1 peck.
Williamson, grown from Coker's
Pedigreed seed, $2.00 bushel, Cash
with order l\ P. Osteen Co., Sum
MAY MARK CONVICT CLOTHES.
Prison Board Talks of Installing
Plant.
Columbia, March 11.?Erection of
a small mill at the State penitentiary
to manufacture cloth tor copvict
clothes was discussed at 'he mOnthl
meeting of the board of director! yes?
terday. No definite aciion was taken.
At the last session or' the g< n< ral as?
sembly a joint resolution was passed
allowing the directors to rnanufac
Iture the striped cloth. The term* of
this resolution were discussed at the
meeting yesterday.
"We discussed the proposition," said
1?. J. Griffith, superintendent of the
prison, "and it is estimated that $6,
000 will he required <? begin opera?
tions" Cr?.pf. Griffith said that si>
loams e/lll he needed'.
it eras deetded .r> send 20 tonrtsts
??> the .^tat? farm in Kershaw coun?
ty. The directors did not discuss the
tanning operations for the year.
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shu ler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co.
Geo. Epperson's Old St&rtd Opp* Court House
iL
is money
only when
..converted
'into dollars,
by useful
effort and
part of the
money putt
in the Bank?
If We extend a welcome to'every man
who works hard for his money, ^to
come in and learn the many advant?
ages behind a banking connection.
If We want such men to make this
Bank their Bank and you can easily
do it if you will save just a little of
what you earn. Don't be backward
about coming in with a small begin?
ning. SIXX) starts you.
''4 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS'
The National Bank of Sumter
ESTABLISHED 1889