The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 21, 1915, Image 3
t UARR .fOlVS si i riUi.K KANRS.
I'lcdges Ho* Allegiance to
l*ctMwa* Object of Women Who
Seek Totes.
Man FTanclaco. July II.?Champ
Clork faced a band of suffragists in
a hotel lobby here today and pledged
allegiance to their general cau.se. "I
?apect to see Missouri added to the
?ufTruge States aoon and I am going
to, help.1* he said.
The speaker promised to write the
suffragists later a? to whether In the
next congress he would support what
li|known aa the Susan H. Anthony
asandment for equal suffrage.
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MtWBKKHY S1HKH8 FHOM
STOHM.
Heaviest 1*11 of Rain for One Hour
HJne to^csuhvr. 1HH?. l>an**gv
Kroiu lightning.
, New berry*. July lt.?Newberry was
vaUted tonight >>y one of the most
violent storms in the history of the
titfWn. It followed a day In which a
record was set for high temperuture,
tha> thermometer reaching 102 de
gSSes. ltetween ? and 7 o'clock this
ensuing a terrific fall of rain was
noted, accompanied >>v violent light?
ness and thunder. In one hour the
rain fall amounted to 3 20 Inches, a
rd for Newbery since September,
1.
^Little damage was done by the
lightning. Ollder A Weeks' drug
store waa damaged as was the chim?
ney of the residence of B. C. Gali?
lee*
The substation qf the Southern
Fewer company suffered and at 7
O/Moek wss POt out of commission.
TKe elty reserve plant was called Into
usji and tonight Is supplying light for
to* tows.
The heavy fall of rain and the wind
severely damaged the corn crop. The
Isksd In many places Is considerably
stashed.
No loss of life has been reported
to Newberry tonight.
IM INT I.AY-BY TOO SOON.
i . ii-.H slioaid Itesvlvc s|,allow Cul?
tivation Throughout Growth.
Clemson College. July Hi.?N la
wrong to lsy-by ccAton at an early
date, though many farmers seem to
wi?h to do that .very thing. Cotton
should be cultivated until many bolls
are mature and to lay-by the crop a
considerable time before msturlty Is
to take chances of suffering, heavily
ffom drought. #
Shallow oultivation is one of the
farmer's most effective ways of saving
molature In his soil. It puts a dust
blanket over the soli and the meis?
tere la unable to exaporate through
this dust blanket. Trie blanket, or
rgulch. Is destroyed when the ground
has baked hard or when It rains and
It must be renewed by cultivating af?
ter every rain.
There is no wisdom In leaving cot
ten to shift for Itself during the latter
pan of rts growth if cultivation stops
and the crop Is 1ald-by. the soil may
lose Its moisture, a drought may f<d.
low, and the cotton will suffer.
Clemson College Is advising shallow
cultivation of cotton until maturity, to
prevent loss of moisture and to help
to prevent the fruit from falling.
CAJTMNU CK^SS AT ASYM M.
I*wr? of Mew Pisa to Provide Occupa?
tion for Patients?Women Pleased.
Cetumbia, Jury It.?The new ad
mte 1st ration at the State Hospital
for the insane (s trying to And pleas
sat employment about the grounds
for as many patlen?yis possible. The
eeeehpetlonnri treatment is considered
one of lbs Seat by expe*** In the
treatment of mental diseases.
Te this end C. Fred Williams. M.
T>. super tat enden t, has secured the
esrvloee of Miss (?orothy Napier, home
demonstration agent for Kichland
county, to conduct a canning class
at the asylum. A large number of
women patients are employed In this
work which they nnd \?tv pleasant.
Many gallons ..f vegetables and fruits
are hetng stored away for winter use
by the class.
Dr. Williams will In the near fil?
tere put more than loo neuro male
patient* to work at State Park.
t'AIJJt IMv\H IN THr \rrtl
Mr*. C H. Tn%rM in.- Suddenly In
Charleston.
Charleston. July 1'.?Mrs. C. H
Tavell fell den l In a moving picture
thentre this evening about 7 o'clock.
Iieputy Coroner heveaux said that
Mrs. Tavell died of natural causes
.she wss about li years of age and is
snr\t\?d by a s'?n. who w.is In the
theatre with rvr at *he time v?f her
death. The nusual occurrencecreat?
ed eonslderaMe excitement. A short
time ago her husbai ' " u leeJotartSlt]
eleet rocuted.
Hoensve to SfifM Hell.
p.rtlsnd. ?>re.. Jury lf>.- More
tasn 300.000 person* aaM homage l<
the Clbertv b || during its trip
tbrtagh Oregon* .J^^J^BMsHDi
e?
DF'f'FNDS COTTON WARKIIOtSK.
.?. C. I mi11hin Comes tu I >c re use ol
t 'inmissmhum Mel ui rlu.
Kdltor Daily Item:
We note there is a publication in
the papers, which is a direct attack
jon the State v.arehuu.se commission?
er and we can nay with impunity, an
indirect attack on the system. The
purpose of the attack, is * to down
{both the commissioner and the sys?
tem. It emanates from a designing
source, whose greatest object is to
predominate in the political atmos?
phere, overthrow the warehouse ays
item, force the cotton producer to
throw his cotton on the market as last
as it is ready, a natural consequence
of which always depresses the price
and an opportunity is open for what
you can safely call high financing In
the cotton trade. The cotton 'vare
house system seems to be a thorn in
the llegh among a certain element and
it proposes to extract it, to which pur?
pose It is putting forth every schem?
ing effort, composed of all the in?
trigues, substitutes and cunning de?
vices, that its fertile mind can per?
ceive of. Politics and a ferocious
appetite for financial gain are the
sources from which the charges of ir?
regularities in storing and insuring
cotton spring. .\nything under the
heavens, by which its enemies can
carry their points, whether the means
used be honorable or not, hoping to
hoodwink and bamboozle the farmer,
! whereby he will array himself against
'it until the Institution be destroyed.
We hope the farmers have awakened
to a full realisation of the times
and conditions under which they are
laboring and when these scheming
politicians are singing their deceptive
tunes in his ears, they will let them
fall helplesst, and ineffective at their
feet, and exercise this mental faculties
in taking care of their Interest first.
If the charges preferred were over
the signature of one whom we know
r<> he reliable, tiien investigation would
be In order, init until then we can
afford to dismiss the subject from our
minds. Should Georgia and Alabama
adopt the system In conjunction with
this State, Louisiana and Texas, the
opportunities for lleecing will not be
altogether so inviting as heretofore,
and that is where the shoe pinches
among those who feel they have a
divine right to control the business
interests of this country. We are go?
ing to let the shylocka dictate to the
politician and then let him play on
his deceptive harp to his heart's con?
tent, but as a whole the agricultural
Interest is getting out of the bushes
just enough to not swallow everything
It hears. We believe the chrfrge
spurious from the manner in which it
Is put before the public. There was
an effort last winter to destroy the
Cotton warehouse system of this State
and that effort did not come from a
source who is a friend of the producer,
and the representatives of that source
claimed as to their respective sec?
tions of the state, one had never
sanctioned the system and in another
the farmers had asked for its de?
struction. We suppose those advo?
cates of the destruction of the sys?
tem took at that time a part of
the legislature and ull the farmers for
a set of Ignoramuses, thinking in
their extreme wisdom, that they would
gulp down the medicine dealt out by
such far-seeing physicians, and
Would smack their Hps in appreciation
of euch a cure-all. Every man of
average Intelligence knows that the
cotton warehouse system is an ad?
vancement in the interest of the State
at large and when we hear a fellow
decrying It, we put him down as not
be?ng of average intelligence or else
he has some axe to grind. Vigilance,
It Is said. Is the price of liberty, and
the people as a whole propose to ex?
ercise it; und our politicians better
get ready to accept the situation un?
less tlu y want to be snowed under so
deep that when they scratch out they
will tlnd themselves on the other side.
J. C. iMinbur.
TOMATO IH.iiSSOMKM) ROT,
I aiHtus iHs-iis' Widespread 0\er State
This Season.
Clemson College, July lf?.?Inquir?
ies coming Into Clemson College indi
i att-s that the Mossoui-end rol of to
inatoes is unusually prevalent in
BtJfJth Carolina this year and is doing
much damage. This disease Is caused
hy a fungus. It attacks the hlossom
I rid of the fruit while the trait Is
Sfaaa and causes it to rot and drop off
batst? it is mat ma,
As soon as the disease Is observed,
pull off all affected fruit and destroy
it. After this, spray thoroughly
with Bordsaui mixture, Bordeaux
mixture Ii made with one pound of
hiue stons, one pound ol quick lime
? mi || gallons of wat? r. Complete
directions for mixing *iii lie found in
Circular It, s. <\ Experiment Sta?
tion, to be had by writing to Clemson
college, if fruit is ripening, gather
ill ripe fruit before spraying. It is
necessary to n-peat the spray ever)
week for as long as there Is any sIkh
of |||e disease. This spray will be
found SffSSjtlVS in reducing tin- dSJSJI
i done hy the lot.
SlSTEHs DIE IN SINGLE DAY.
I'm- of Typhoid Scrum Is Said to Have
Been the Cause of Their Dentil.
St. Matthews, July 14,?The four
ami-a-haif year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O'Neal Sandel, of Pine
jGrove, near Lone Star, in Calhoun
County, died this murning, and their
two-and-a-half year old daughter died
this afternoon. Both children were
taken ill hint night, alter each had
received an injection of anti-typhoid
fever serum. It is stated that neith?
er showed any signs of illness before
taking the serum and the belief is
held by some that the serum was the
c.uise of their deaths, although such
has not been definitely established. It
Is also said that a portion of the
serum used is in the hands of physi?
cians, who will examine it with a view
of ascertaining, if possible, whether
or not the effects of the serum was
fatal to the two little girls. It is stat?
ed that injections were made in the
usual manner and that the illness of
the children was wholly unexpected.
Great sympathy is expressed by the
people ot the community for the par- j
ents who have been doubly bereaved
within the space of a few hours. Mr.
and Mrs., Sandel have one child, an
Infant, left.
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LIBERTY BELL AT FAIR.
Philadelphia Relic Received With
Pomp and Ceremony.
San Francisco, July 17.?The Lib?
erty Hell, accompanied by a great
military pageant, was greeted by
thousands at the exposition grounds.
The installation of the relic in the
Pennsylvania building was accom?
panied by pomp and ceremony lasting
more than an hour. The crowds were
aroused to patriotic fervor by some
of the most famous speakers of the
country.
LARGE AITO EXPORTS.
Illy Shipments Since European War
Hegau.
New York, July 16.?An indica:ion
of the extent of the shipments of au?
tomobile supplies from the United
States since the European war began
is given in customs records available
here, which show that from August 1,
1914, to June 30, this year, automo?
biles, automobile parts and tires
valued at $41,000,000 were transport?
ed to Europe through this port.
The shipments have been steadily
increasing. During May, this year,
3,674 automobiles weer sent abroad,
against 168 last August.
HOLLAND STANDS AT ARMS.
Churchill Says Germany May Yet At?
tack Neighbor of Belgium.
London, July 17.?The Daily Tele?
graph today prints what purports to
be an interview granted by Winston
Spencer Churchill, formerly first lord
of the admiralty, to the London cor?
respondent of the Nlew Rotterdam
sche Courant and sent by The Dally
Telegraph's Rotterdam correspondent,
It deals mainly with the question of
Dutch neutrality.
Mr. Churchill did not conceal his
opinion that geographically and strat?
egically the territorial arrangement
of the mouth of the River Scheldt
appeared to some unnatural and that
it had done harm to the cause of the
allies. If Antwerp could have ob?
tained transports along the Scheldt,
Mr. Churchill said, the city need not
have fallen. At the same time he
admitted that had the Netherlands
permitted such a violation of its neu?
trality, it would "have been attacked,
and probably occupied by Germany,
and nobody, he said, had a right to
expect such a sacrifice from the
Netherlands.
Mr. Churchill was emphatic in
stating, that the allies under no cir?
cumstances WOnld attempt to exert
pressure on the Netherlands to make
it abandon is neutrality, but while
there was no danger from the allies
the Dutch were doing well to be pre?
pared, for. he declared, "a free
Netherlands can not exist with a Ger?
man Antwerp and Germany may he
forced to attack Holland."
Mr. Churchill ended the interview
by expressing the opinion that the al?
lies must win. When reminded that
the Russians were drawing back the
former Brat lord of the admiralty
added:
"Well, then perhaps not this year?
then next year. Our people are
tOUSh and tenacious."
DEATH SENTENCE STAYED.
Appeal Hcforo supreme Court in Case
of Bogus Sanders
Columbia, July 16.?Electrocution
Of Bogus Sanders, a Columbia negro,
convicted of murder, was stayed at
tin last moment today, when his
counsel obtained by telegraph from
Solicitor Cobb, attending a fraternal
convention at St. Paul, Minn., infor?
mation t<>r prison officials that appeal
to Lite Supreme court, staying exe?
cution, had been filed with him. The
solicitor lefl here without advising
the prison olliciuls, they declared.
HAS FIGHTING IT IAN CK, SAV
I IIS ATTKN DA N TS.
BtttgCMed That Investigation Will lye
Made to Discover Possible Cofi
spirucy Against Prisoner.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 19.?The
condition of IjCu m. Frank, who was
seriously injured late Saturday flight
at the State prison farm here, when
William Creen, a fellow convict, cut
Iiis throat, was reported by the uhy
sician prison officials to be favorable
at 1:15 this morning. Frank had bat
a slight fever and his pulse was said
to be practically normal.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 18.?Leo m.
Frank lay in the Georgia State prison
j hospital tonight with what attendants
said was a fighting chance for re?
covery. Physicians had succeeded inj
stopping the How of blood from a!
I jagged w ound In his throat made with I
an improvised knife in the hands of |
William Creen, a fellow convict, also
serving a life term for murder. The
blow was struck as Frank slept in
his bunk in a dormitory late last
night.
This latest and most spectacular
phase of the two-year light for Frank's
life may be the subject of gn inves?
tigation by the Georgia pi.^on com?
mission, the same body that refused
to recommend that Frank's death sen?
tence for the murder of Mary Phagan
be commuted to life imprisonment
Keports from Atlanta were that Gov.
Harris intimated today he would start
such an investigation to ascertain if
Creen acted entirely of his own voli?
tion.
Creen said today when taken from
solitary confinement long enough to
be questioned, that he planned the at?
tack alone and that no one knew what
he intended to do. He was not com?
municative today and gave as his only
excuse that "he thought it should
be done." He said, however, that he
regretted his act.
Frank was quartered at night in a
dormitory with about 100 other pris?
oners and occupied a bunk about 40
feet from >ne of the two doors to
the large room. Creen's bunk was
fourth from his. No prisoner is al?
lowed to leave his place without per?
mission from one of the two guards
stationed at the dormitory at night.
Shortly after 11 o'clock last night
Creen called out for permission to
get up and it was granted.
He started down the line of bunks
towards the one occupied by Frank.
As he reached it he quickly grabbed
Frank by the hair and delivered one
blow with the knife he had concealed.
The attack was witnessed by the
guard who ruslied to the bunk and
prevented Creen from striking again.
Creen was overpowered and among
prisoners who rushed to Frank's aid
were two physicians, one of whom
also was serving a life term for mur?
der.
The two convict-physicians gave
first aid and treated the wound until
Dr. Guy Compton, the prison physi?
cian, was summoned from his home
half a mile away. The three men
took 25 stitches in B'rank's neck. Dr.
H. J. Rosenberg, the Frank family
physician, arrived from Atlanta to?
day with nurses. He said that while
his condition is precarious, he has
a chance for life.
Mrs. Frank was in Milledgeville at
the home of J. M. Burns. She was
not told of the attack until after the
physicians had finished their work.
She became hysterical but later was
calmed and was taken to the prison
hospital.
Frank's strong constitution, which
was noticeable throughout his fight
for life in the courts of Georgia and
the higher courts, is still holding out.
He was a frail man when he was
brought to the State farm, probably
00 pounds lighter than when he wae
first arrested accused of the murder
of Mary Phagan. But he has taken
on llesh since his arrival here. He
was getting strong and robust, work?
ing much of the time in the open
air with other convicts, hence the
great loss of blood that he has suf?
fered has not caused a complete col?
lapse. He is weak, but he has nerve.
Frank has asked (he prison doctors
again if they thought he would live.
"Vou have a good chance to re?
cover," he was told today.
1 Frank smiled. "Don't punish the
man who attacked me," he said. "1
have nothing to fear. There is noth?
ing between me and God. I will be
able to prove to the world that 1 am
innocent of tho crime ol which they
accuse me if they give me a chance."
"Doctor," he said late this after?
noon, "1 am going to live. 1 must
live. I must vindicate myself."
The weather is very hot, the tem?
perature having reached M yesterday
and again today. Frank stands the
heat remarkably well, however, and
he has a light, airy room. Two trained
nurses from Macon were brought
here in an automobile this morning
to care for Frank. Two Macon doc?
tors hurried here shortly fter the
cutting to he of assistance in dress?
ing the wounds if possible, but prison
ON WAY BACK TO WORK IN
WASHINGTON.
C rowds of New Englanders Go to Sta?
tions to Hoe Their President Pass.
On Board President Wilson's Train,
New Haven, Conn., July 18.?Presi- j
dent Wilson today brought to a close
the longer and most strenuous vaca
I
tion he has had since entering the
White House. He left Cornish, N. H..
late today and will arrive in Washing?
ton early tomorrow morning prepared
to give immediate consideration to
the German situation.
President Wilson is taking back
with him to Washington the results
of a careful and detailed study of
the last German note on submarine
warfare for discussion with Secretary
Lansing and others of his cabinet.
The president was greeted by large
crowds at every stop this afternoon.
At several places he shook hands
with folk. Virtually all the people
of Cornish and Windsor, Vt., saw him
off from the "summer capital."
The president paid particular atten?
tion to the babies at the different
stops. At Bellows Falls, Vt., he sug?
gested that a small red-headed boy be
j lifted to shake hands with him, and
at Greenfield, Mass., he chuckled a
j baby under the chin.
"It is rather hot weather for
I babies," he remarked to the mother.
FAMILY AT CORNISH.
President Alone Goes Ruck to Wash?
ington Now.
Cornish, N. H., July 18.?President
Wilson left this afternoon for Wash?
ington, where he will arrive early to
i morrow morning. His family remains
, here. Practically the entire popula?
tion of Cornish and Windsor, Vt., saw
him off.
The president was greeted here by
Secretary Houston, who was return?
ing to Washington afcer a visit to
Massachusetts, where he talked with
I Col. E. M. House.
Turkish Ships Destroyed.
Petrograd, July 17.?Russian war?
ships and submarines have sunk three
Turkish steamers and several sailing
vessels and bombarded Senguldak.
doctors had completed dressing the
wounds before they arrived.
William Creen, the life term con?
vict, who admits that he cut Frank's
throat, was questioned again today
by prison authorities to ascertain if
there was a conspiracy to kill Frank
Creen asserted that there was no
plot. He said that he had an in?
spiration that he should kill Frank
and plotted alone to kill him. He
told of aiding in the butchering of
hogs on Saturday morning, how he
had hidden a butcher knife that had
been made out of a big file, . in his
clothing, carried it to bed with him,
and how he attacked Frank as the
latter slept.
Creen admitted that he had talked
with convicts on the Frank case, but
said that they had not influenced him
in any way. He took all the blame
for the crime on his own shoulders
and said that while he thought at the
time that he was doing right, he now
regretted his act.
^Superintendent Smith said this af?
ternoon that Creen had not been per?
mitted newspapers or anti-Frank lit?
erature.
"Creen read the Bible," said fhe
superintendent. "The Bible was fur?
nished to him at the library. He
studied it whenever he had an odd
moment. He seemed to be getting
religion. 1 knew that Creen was a
bad man but never dreamed that he
would attack a fellow convict. I had
instructed the guards not to pick a
quarrel with him, as it might result
seriously."
"Did Creen have a quarrel with
Frank " he was asked. .
'No, absolutely not," said the su?
perintendent. * They appeared to be
friends. That is why the attack is
all the more shocking."
Creen is being kept in solitary con?
finement in irons.
NO OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Governor Has Not Received Report
on Attack on Frank.
Atlanta, Ga., July 18.?Gov. Harris
said tonight that he had taken no of?
ficial action in connection With the at?
tack upon Leo M. Frank at the State
prison farm at afilledgelvUe last night.
?'Nothing has been done in the mat?
ter, as there has been no official no?
tice of anything out of the ordinary
at the prison." said the governor. "I
have no doubt, though, that the au?
thorities will take such action as the
situation demands. 1 have tried to?
day to get into touch with members
of the prison commission, but so far
have failed to reach any one of
them."
The prison commission has power
to take up the matter without being
instructed.
LESS FERTILIZER ON COTTON
BALES SHOW ASTONISHING DE?
CREASE.
This State's Quantitative Reduction of
55 Per Cent. Represents Mueh More
Lost Fat nil for Crops.
Washington, July 12.?Use of com?
mercial fertilizer for cotton as re?
flected in the sales of inspection tags
to June 25 compared with sales to
that date last year in the South show?
ed a decrease of 55 per cent. The
department of agriculture announced
today that the tonnage to June 25 this
year was 2,636,000 against 4,431,000
; last year.
'The reduction in the absolute
Quantity of commercial fertilizer
used," says the department, "does not
'measure the full extent of the Pas
In the productive powers of the plant
from the lack of this usual supply
of nourishment and stimulation. The
quality of the fertilizer sold is much
inferior to last year's supply because
i of the lack of available supplies of
i potash. This is reflected in the lower
price. While the tonnage sold in
South Carolina, for instance, has drop?
ped to 55 per cent, of last year's, the
value is said to have fallen to less
than 30 per cent. On the other hand
Southern farmers appear this year to
have exerted themselves to a hither?
to unknown extent in the utilization
of home-produced composts and na?
tural manures.'
READY FOR ENCAMPMENT.
Men of First Infuntry Will Travel In
Two Special Trains.
Columbia, Jul 19.?Officers and
men of the First Infantry will tomor?
row move on Charleston for the an?
nual encampment. The encampme it
at the Isle of Polrrls will continue
through July 30. About 700 men will
attend this year. The troops will
travel on special trains to be fur?
nished by the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad and the Southern railway.
Orders for this encampment have si
ready been issued by W. W. Moore,
(adjutant general.
POSTPONE WALKOUT.
Conferences Resuk in Delay in Gen?
eral Strike at Bridgeport Works of
Remington Company.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 18.?A se?
ries of conferences here and in New
York resulted in the announcement
tonight that the geenral strike of ma?
chinists employed by the Remington
Arms and Ammunition Company
would not begin at noon tomorrow,
the time set for the walkout. Per?
sons interested in the continued indus?
trial prosperity of this city, labor men
said, were responsible for an agree?
ment to withhold the strike call for
at least 24 hours.
The plant of the Remington com?
pany was still being carefully guarded
tonight.
YON BELOW PROMOTED.
iiusbaml of Former Columbian Rais?
ed to Rank of Divisional Com?
mander of Germany Army.
! Berlin, July 16 (via London).?Maj.
Gen. Hans von Below has been made
a division commander. He was colonel
of the. Augusta Guard regiment at the
outbreak of the war and now is the
youngest divisional commander in the
army
Gen. von Below's wife was former?
ly Mrs. Nina Bryce Turnbull of Phil?
adelphia.
Gen. von Below's wife was the
daughter of Campbell Bryce, who was
a merchant in Columbia for many
years. She was married when a young
girl, but the marriage was later an?
nulled. Several years afterward she
was married to Mr. Turnbull of Phil?
adelphia. While on a trip to Buenos
Ayres after Mr. Turnbull's death tdie
met Hans von Below, at that time a
captain in the German army, who was
performing some service for the Ar?
gentine government, and was married
to him. Her brother, Jack Bryce, a
Confederate soldier, died several
months ago at the Soldiers' home
in Columbia.
STOPS SALES ABROAD.
War Hani on Agricultural implement
Makers.
Washington, July 18.?War virtual
,y has stopped the sale of American
agricultural implements in several
European nations. Figures made pub?
lic today by the department of com?
merce show that such exports during
the tiscal year 1915 dropped to about
$10,000,000 from a tea year average
of $29.000,000.
Information reaching the depart?
ment, however, is said to show that
the marked shortage of human and
animal labor resulting from the war's
devastations ultimately will bring
about a greater demand for all kind*
Of machinery on Uuivp?an Ikims,