Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfct Mattjjmun aiti ^ontjjron. (f^ettsbed Wednesday and Saturday. ?aTT? OWTIOCN PUn&ISHlXQ lOMl'WY. IUMTKH, 8, a It $!.?? per annum?la advance. One Square ft rat Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent Insertion.SO Ooatraota for three months, or xtaMmr will be aiade at reduced rates. All communications which sub esrve privets interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect wtu bo o barged for. The Sumter Watchman was fouud otB fei Hit and the Tree Southron In Ills. The Watchman and Southron the combined circulation and MO ef both of the old papers. Is msnlfeetly the beet advertising Las hi Sumter. ?-? f The curtailment of use of commer? cial fertilisers In South Carolina Is a serious matter for Clemson College. The Income of the college this ysar been cut almost in hulf and but ths fact that the college had ac? cumulated a surplua In previous years the work of the college would have been seriously crippled. The surplus has tided the college over this year, but next year It will face a large deficit unices the sale of fertiliser in? creases to normal proportions. The only other alternative la a drastic re? trenchment In the expenses of the eollege. This means a curtailment la the activities of the college and a decrease In Its efficiency. Clemson College is now doing a great work in e variety of llnea for the farmers of the State, not the least valuable and Important of which la teaching crop diversification, soil building and live v'stock raising, which lead directly to the reduction in the use of commer? cial fertilisers The college is show? ing the farmers how to farm profi? tably without using as much com? mercial fertiliser as they have been accustomed to use, and the immediute result will be the curtailment of the nennt f the colleee. and that will force the college to cut off soino of the.work It Is now doing. It Is to be regretted thst the college must be the greats** sufferer for the good work it la doing, and rather than see the work of the college crippled, the tax? payers of ths^Hall 'alUuld be willing to provide for Its adequate support by direct appropriation as the other State colleges are provided for. e e e The strike of the Welsh coal miners If continued for uny lime will cripple Knglsnd more seriously than a series of defeats on the battle fields of France or ths loss of a dozen warships by submarine attack. The belief in official quarters In England that the strike of the coal miners waa brought about by the bribing of labor leaders by German secret agents seems to be baaed upon something more tangible than mere suspicion. If the Germans are able to suborn English cltisens to betray snd stab their own country in ths back in a time of such greut na? tional peril England is in hard eise. England may be atrong enough to wlthatand the attacks ofxencmles from without, but destruction will follow treachery ut home. e e e Mr Charles T. Mason president of the Sumter Electrical Company has been suggested to Secretary of the Navy Daniels for membership on the advisory board of national defense, of which Thomas A Edison la chair? man. Several duys ago we received a letter from Mr. It. A. Hrand, Fourth Vice President of the Atlmtlc OfrSfat Line, stating that he had written Sec treary Daniels recommending the ap? pointment of Mr. Mason. Our Colum? bia correspondent advises us that Qe*J M.inning has today written Secretary Daniels also recommending that Mr. Mason be United to become a mem? ber Of the Kdlsou ?'ornmittee. Mr. Mason has not the ti.it lon-w ble fame that Edison, Henry Ford, Wright and S few other Inventors have attained, but his ability and achievements as an inventor (MM original thinker In mechanics and electricity are recog? nized by the leaders in these great American Industries. Mr. Mason would be a \uluablu addition to the advisorv board?no more \aluab|e man can be found In the South Of the entire country. i t; M \N Dlll\i; IlKMAVI I), Italian- are llcliq; I on eil Hack In northern Poland. Petrograd, July 17. The Roestaas are retreating in north? rn Poland and the Germans have reached the Chlechanow front, forty-four miles from Warsaw. The Kaisers troops are also making a successful advance In the Haltlc region. The latest re? ports show that the Germans are on the offensive along the entire front. ENGLISH WOMEN WANT TO AID FIFTY THOUSAND VOK'K DKMAX? THAT WOMKN HK ALLOWED TO IIELI' MAKE AM? MUNITION. Headed by Mrs. Enuiieline Pnnkliurst They Make Wonderful Demonstra? tion in Drilling ICniii. London, July 17.?Fifty thousand Kngllsh women gathered on Victoria Embankment today and paraded through the streets with banners Hy? ing to demonstrate their enthusiastic desire to be enlisted in the services of the country. There was a remarkable scene when the minister of muni? tions, accompanied by Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragist leader, ap? peared on a platform overlooking the embankment along which the pro? cession made its way. Mr. Lloyd-Qeorge had received a deputation heuded by Mrs. Punk hurst, who said it was a crime for men to be doing work which could be performed by women. In response to cries for a speech the minister said the government pro? posed to utilize the services of every one prepared to assist and declared that victory would eventually be won. There were dark clouds loom? ing in the east, but lie loooked to the Indomitable courage of Russia to meet this hurricance. The clouds would scatter and the hurricane would dis? perse and Russia would "emerge once more formidable and deadly, to help the great democratic countries In the west achieve a great victory for the freedom of Europe." Marriage License Record. Licenaes to marry have been Issued to Eugene lirown, Borden, and Lil? lian Moeea, Rembert; Freeman Brown and Minnie Washington, Sumter. Dove Season Soon. County Game Warden Paul B. El? lis states that the season for shooting doves will open August 15 and con? tinue until March 15. It is reported that a number of hunters are already hunting these birds. The penalty is $10 for each one killed before the sea : pena ftfnsawood Journals Goch to Texas. Mr. Porter A. Whaley has left for 1 Amarllla. Texas, where he nor. been ' elected to the position of secretary ot the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wha? ley stated that he did not know w hether he would accept the position or not. Mr. Whaley was for two and one-half years the able secretary of the Anderson Chamber of Com? merce, during which time he played an Important part in the development of Anderson. The best wishes of a wide circle of friends go with him to hla new. home. Mrs. Whaley and children will remain in Anderson for the next two week. ?Anderson In? telligencer. ONLY ONE FATAL INJURY. Southern Railway Transport cd More I ban Sixteen Million People Dur? ing Year. J Atlanta, Ga., July 16.?More than sixteen and a half million passengers ?a number greater , than the com? bined population of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky? were transported by Southern Rail? way during the year ended June 30 with only one fatal injury to a pas? senger while on a train and that one was standing on a car platform In di? rect violation of the company's rules. of this great number of passengers, not one was killed In a train accident. This excellent record was shown in the official flumes given out today in? dicating the high degree of safety that has l>een attained in the handling of Southern Kail way passenger trains. In marked contrast are figures re? cently given out by President Fair? fax Harrison, of Southern Railway, showing that during the same period twelve persons riding in automobiles were killed in accident at public high? way crossing's, every one of which nc < tdents could have been prevented had the drIVSf of the car observed the tamiliar warning, "Stop, I*>ok, and Usten." LOSES LIFE IN RlYER. Anderson Youth Drowned While Swimming. Anderson, July 16.?Johnnie Owens, 17-year-ohl son of M. L. Owens, car pantST of this city, w is drowned in Rocky rivei this afternoon. He was in IWlmmlllg With Several friends and caught eramps while in 1L' feet of ?Tatar, HS called for help and two of his comrades, Joe Shanklin and Koland King. Went to his assistance and they (ante mar losing their Ikes. Owon'i body was found on the bottom Ihres hours later Confiscating Our Cotton. Tho disastrous effect upon the South of the practically complete stoppage of trade in cotton with the continent, by means of the unlawful blockade main? tained by Great Britain, is coming into1 more definite realization, with the ap? pearance of the second crop of the staple brought upon tho market in the midst o! the great war. The Eu? ropean market accessible to cotton is already glutted. The restriction of the textile industry incidental to the war in England, France and Russia has materially reduced the consuming powers of those countries. Germany and Austria are completely shut off by the blockade of the seas instituted I >? the allies, and the neutral coun? tries are not permitted by Britain to receive any more than a driblet. Huge stocks of cotton are carried in the warehouseses of England, France, Italy and Spain, according to the ex? perts. It is estimated that five million bales of last year's crop are being carried at present. If thirteen million bales are produced this year, a con? servative estimate on the reported acreage, there will be a total of eighteen million bales to market. A' the very least there will be ten million bales available for export this year, in the British house of com? mons on Monday Sir Henry Dalziel suggested that Great Britain buy up the entire crop of American cotton available to export, and he calculated that one hundred and fifty million dollars would be required to make the purchase. On these figures, we should get llfteen dollars a bale, or three cents a pound for our cotton, and Great Britain would, for the next year or two, perhaps longer, be in complete control of the market, and not only fix the price of the staple, but make a huge profit from the sale of cotton purchased at ruinous fig? ures from American planters. This prospect is the result of an assertion by Great Britain of domination of the seas in violation of the commercial rights of a neutral nation. To main? tain the undoubted right of our man? ufacturers to sell war supplies to the allies the United States is verging upon war with Germany, and may, at any time, by mischance or deliberate aggression, be forced to such a posi? tion, and yet, the vital trade of an en? tire section of the country, trade, too, In i commodity devoted to useful ends, is left at the mercy of Great Britain, not only as g measure of wai, i but as a commercial speculation, for. it is not to bf doubted that the profit i to which the continuation of o?r cot? ton may be turned after as well as during the war is one of the most moving considerations of Great Brit? ain in the ruthless blockade to which it is subjected. The paoposal of Sir Henry Dalziel that the situation cre? ated by the sweeping up of Ameri? can commerce by the British fleet be converted to a control and manipula? tion of the cotton market by British tradesmen, reveals, in the most cynical light, the Imposition to which t ?e United States is being subjected by the war policy of the British em? pire.?Charleston Post. BATTLESHIPS USE CANAL. American Navy Makes First Import? ant Use of Iiitcroccai?c Ditch. Panama, July lG.?The American navy today made its first important use of the Panama canal when the naval academy practice squadron, un? der Rear Admiral William F. Fullam, superintendent of the United States naval acedemy, made the voyage from the Atlantic to tho Pacific. In the squadron were the battleships Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. Aboard the flagship was William J. Price, American minister to Pan? ama, and a number of high zone offi? cials and army and navy officers. Along the route the occasion was regarded as a gala one. At noon the national salute was fired by all the ships. Through the slide district in the Gaillard cut the ships were towed. The I channel had been especially prepared jfor this passage because all the war I vessels draw 30 feet. PRESENTS NOTE ON TRADE RIGHTS. United States 1 Ictuses to Recognize Any British Order not Founded on International Law. Washington, July 17.?That Am? bassador Page has handed the Brit? ish foreign office a note upholding the rights of American trade with neutral ports was announced by the state department in the form of a caveat. A formal note will be sent later. The caveat refuses to recog? nize orders in council or action of parliament when contrary to interna? tional law. (?crmans Made Attacks. Paris, July 17.?Heavy German attacks ale reported all along flhe lino last night. They were repulied according to the official statement. I Kooky Bluff Notes. Rooky Bluff, July 15.?We are having hot weather now and the cot? ton is doing nicely. Corn is doing very well, hut not as well as cotton. I^ots of corn, peas and potatoes have been planted, and those who have not been raising many hogs, have almost twice as many as they have been keeping, and some are raising more cows than before. Chickens are plentiful now as there has not been any disease among them this year. Our farmers seem to have auto? mobile fever. In the last month or so Messrs. Joe Du Kant, E. C. Hayns? worth and W. 11 Wells have bought new cars. Mrs. Mary J. Cato spent last week with relatives at Borden. Mr. C. L Baker spent Sunday night at Pisgah Miss Annie Lou Newman is visiting relatives at Com ord Mr. Herbert Newman of Concord spent Sunday at Mr. G. P. Josey's. Master Carl Baker and little sister, Annie May, are spending this week with their grandmother, Mrs. C. S. Baker of Pisgah. Mrs. Eugene Owens is visiting her sister, Mrs. Atkinson at St. Charles. Several from here attended the pic? nic at Pocalla last Staurday, and sev? eral families attended the Grace church Sunday school picnic there yesterday. SEVEN INJURED IN COLLISION. Assistant Eire Chief Morris Probably Fatally Hurt ami Others Have Leg* Broken. Charleston, July 17.?Assistant Fire Chief Morris and driver Picquette are perhaps fatally injured, Police Lieut. Rhodes and two patrolmen have broken legs and three other police? men were injured in a collision be? tween two automobiles going to a fire today. . REPORT ON LUSITANIA. Ship Was Destroyed by Two Torpe? does Fired Without Warning. London, July 17.?That the Lusi tania was destroyed by two torpedoes, fired without warning, and not by an explosion of ammunition, was the chief feature of verdict rendered to? day by Lord Mersey, who presided at the investigation. While Captain Turner was criticised for not fully carrying out the directions of the ad? miralty, full blame is placed upon ''those Who plotted the di?tster." j The ship carried no guns, uuops 01 ammunition, except some cases of cartridges and did not violate the laws of the United States. Greenville Womans College Greenville, S. C. Affords complete advantages for a broad, liberal education. Trains its students for lives of fullest efficiency and responsibility. Equipment, faculty, courses of study, and cultural influences are entirely in harmony with present day requirements. Administration, instruction sad dor? mitory building s equipped along the most modern Hues, for convenient, comfortable life and eoiclent work. Entrance requirements upon 14-nnit batii. High standard courses leading to B. A., B. L. and M. A. degrees. Literature, Languages, Sciences. Practical train? ing! n Domestic Science. Business Coarse, leading to diploma. Thorough courses leading to diplo? mas in ConservatoryoI Music, departments of Art, Expression, Phyiica I Culture. Kinde nar tcs, Normal Training Course. This institution aims to afford the best educational advantages obtaiuablo at a minimum cost. For Catalogue address DAVID M. RAMSAY. D. D? Pres. Greenville, S. C. THE BAILEY-LEBBY CQ ROOF/A/& ?r?uTLESTON,S.C.. J. Sumter Moore, COTTON LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY,; 1218 Washington St. Phone 585 COLUMBIA, S. C. Semi samples from both sMes of hale ami I will name yon lu'Bt price for cotton lamlcil in Colombia. Do You Wear a Truss? Does it fit satisfactorily ? Does it hold the rupture ? Is it perfectly comfortable ? If not, it is wrong. The way to remedy this is to have a Truss fitted to you to meet your particular require? ments. It is just as impossible to fit every man with the same kind of Truss as it is to cure every per? son with the same kind of medicine. We make a specialty of fitting Trusses right. We have a Truss to suit you. Wo gL rantee a fit. Hearon's Pharmacy, PHONE 36 GET IT QUICK The University of South Carolina, 1801?1915 Columbia, South Carolina The University offers courses leading to the following degrees: 1. 8chool of Arts and Science. A. B. and B. S. 2. School of Education, A.B. 3. Graduate School, A. M 4. School of Engineering, C. E. 5. School of Law, LL. B. For students of Education, Law, Engineering and those pursuing higher graduate work, the University offers exceptional advantages. Oraduates of South Carolina Colleges receive free tuition in all courses except in the School of Law. Next session begins Sept. 21,1915. For Information Write W. S. CURRELL, President, Columbia, S.T. 1854 WOFFORD COLLEGE >W SPARTAN BURG, S. C. A Christian College with high standards and ideals. Well equipped Labora? tories and Library. Strong faculty and full course. Next session begins September 15th. Write for catalogue. HENRY N. SNYDER, President. WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL A high grade preparatory school for boys. Individual attention. Care? ful moral training. $185.1)0 pays all expenses. Next session September 15. For catalogue address HEADMASTER, SPART ANBURG, .... SOUTH CAROUNA. THE NEWS OF EGYPT. Rain Conies to Improve Crop?Miss McLeod Entertains for Her Cousin ??Personal Items. Egypt, July 15.?The crops are looking well in most places. We had a fine rain Monday afternoon which was much needed. Water melons are scarce. The Rev J. N. Tolar of Grace church, Sumter, is assisting Rev. T. L. Cole in a series of services at Mizpah church this week Mr. Tolar is a graceful speaker and draws large crowds to hear him. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Richbourg and children left Tuesday for a visit to Mrs Richbourg's father at Fountain Inn. Mr. L. S. Vinson, Jr., of Pis^ih, spent last Sunday in Egypt Mr J W. Weldon and children, Miss Almena and Master J. W, Jr., have gone for a few days visit to Jleath Springs. Mr. L. H. White spent last week? end in Hartsville. Rev. T. J. White of Branchville spent a few days of last week in Egypt Miss Lota McLaod entertained a number of her friends last Friday evening In honor of her cousin, Miss Lillian Bajggott, of Tampa, Fla. Sev? eral gamos and contests were played, after which refreshments were serv? ed. We are glad to report Miss Eva MeCaskill better, after several weeks* illness. Rev. Mr. Gardner will assist Rev. J. P. Atta way in a protracted meet? ing at Salem n?'Xt week. Mr W. T. McLeod spent last week? end with friends at Oswego Wilson Has Made Decision. Cornish, July 17.?The President ?pent most of the day considering the notes forwarded by Secretary Lansing on the V on Bernstoff con? ference, Every indication is that IPresident Wilson has reached a tie ASK CONGRESS TO BUY INVEN? TION. For Government Ownership Wire? less Control for Torpedoes. Washington, July 16.Government purchase of the wireless control for torpedoes, invented by John Hays Hammond, Jr., possibly will be rec? ommended to Congress by Secretary Garrison. The committee during the closing days of last, Congress were urged*Ho provide for securing the new device for coast protection, but no action was taken. Officials of the ordnance and fortifi? cations divisions believe a concealed short station may absolutely control a submerged torpedo within ' t'h* limits of vision and that an approach? ing battleship would have tittle chance to escape. TO MODIFY EMBARGO. Res*)** Accepts Proposals of United Washington, July 16.?Acceptance by the Russian customs department of proposals looking to modification of Russia's embargo on exports to the United States was announced to? day in a cablegram to C. Medzlhov isky commercial attache of the Rus? sian embassy. Under the proposed plan, which must be formally ratified by the Rus? sian foreign office, exports would be consigned to the secretary of com? merce of the United States to be dis? tributed to American merchants and manufacturers upon guarantees that the goods would not be reexported. TO MEET BULD MOOSE. *j Seattle, Wash., July 16.?Progress? ive party leaders, It was announced today, will confer briefly with Col. Theodore Roosevelt when he arrives Monday on hi^ way to the exposition. Previously it was said the short Mono at his disposal would preclude a con? states. f ci ence.