Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t)t tojatchm u 011 FH? BTJHTKR WATCHMAN, KHtahUahed April, 18SO. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aima't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOCTIERON, Establish M Jone, ISM, Consolidated Aur. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915. Vol. XI / No. 1. 9 ? n Royal Edward Torpedoed by German Sub? marine and Many Lives May Be Lost. Tllon.ht that SKVKHAL TIIOI sam) may IIWF PERISHED WHEN \ F.sskl wf.nt DOWN IN \K<; FAN si 5 \? TIIOK.MT TRAT KX PREMIER of ORKKCK will R KM'.M K PLACl AT HEAD of i \lllNKT. INI?IC YIINf. that WAR PARTI will JOIN allifs? i till i Nl ws i kom llATTLK LINKS. Constantino |d. . Auk IT.?It Is <>IH CUllly iktllli>liur"il that ?tTlliim subma? rine sunk the British transport Royal Kdward In the \ -a off the Dardanelles. The Iom of life la be? lieved to bo heavy. The 1 loyal Kd ward was nn eleven thousand ton steel ship BRITISH TR\Ns|*OHT si \lv ship < in tn In? Tn>ops to Dardanelles I op|K^|oe?| In Aegean Sou. London, Aug. 17.?The British transport Ko\ul F.dw nds has been sunk by a submarine In the \> ? m asm. It Is feared that thousands of soldiers were lost. The Royal Edward was carrying troops to reinforce the allies at Chil? li poll when attacked. \ I N I /.ILos KIM MLS POWITIL I \ 1*1 teil to lb.i,I New (ireck Cabinet Favoring War. Athens. Aug. 17.?Ex-Fremier Venssllos has been summoned to the pslsce by King Constance. He is ex? pected to head the new cabinet which will favor taking part in the war on the aide of England and France. GERMAN8 STORM KOVNO. Orest Kh- i .i 11 Fortress Captures I by Might Attack?bcrnuUK Suffer Tre aaemfoiiH Loss but Take (?reut Booty. tier tin. Aug. H.?Kovno, the great Russian stronghold. Was stormed and captured by the Germans last night. The Knsskm resistance was desperate and the Herman losses v eed Ingly hea\y. A vast amount of boot\, Including four hundred cannon, uns captured WON'T I ? T OR \IN GO, Bulgaria Requisition* supplies Sold to ijeruuiiiy. Milan. Aug. lit.?Bulgaria has re<jui sltloned all grain purcha <l in that country by Herrnany. \\ Mt ( MINI I FORMED, ??veatlos Ai-copt- < agaaajaalgg] to Form New ( abluet for Greece. Athens. Aug. l> K\ - i'n mier Vene/tloM today ae< epted King Con stance's commission to form a new cabinet. Will form u "war cabinet' containing the leaders of the various <. \l\ on ?. M.LiroLL Offensive at Dardanelles Results In Advance of Allies. I ? ndon. Aug. 1*.?The allied troop; on tbe I >ai I m'-lles have resulte d the offensive, rapturing several Tin trenches and advancing live hundred yard* on Huvln May, according to the official report. This is the largest gain made by the allies In several wsjeJa* (.1 ItMANs |,OS|; III WILY. 2,'i.iumi l ost at No\omsirglevsK and V.IMNI at Komio. Paris. Aug. IS.?A Heneva dis? patch states that the Hermans have lost LT..nan men j? their efforts to take \'o\, .,,-p \ s|; u,,d |(gag in the opening of operations at Kovno. To riaee Han on < otton Special to The Dally Item. Lsgagaa\ \ug. im.? ihr ggat? iMH mi l toda\ to draft a pro? tarnation declaring muIoii i on - truliaml. H HKS I. IT \LI \NS. Hit Thousand ltr-i nl b In Turk Ml Terrllor\ (anuoi Hi ISJffa Home. Rome. Aug. IS. ? The Turkish g?V? rrnmriii has re\oi>ed permission to It iliMMs to leave Till U dl soil. Aff|Of|g the Itillao. held Up are m\ thousand BIG HUER SUBMARINED. WHITE stak ARABIC BUNK off (oast Of IRELAND. siiip Wus itomui 11 - ?iii Hier pool for New ^ ork With Many Pnsscngt rs on Hoard?LafO Kcporls Say Crow and Passengers Wort* SjimmI. Liverpool. Aug. 19.?The White Star liner Amble, a lifteen thousand ton passenger steamer was sunk I?y Ger? mar, submarine this morning at 9.15 off the South roust of Ireland. The first announcement says the crow is safe, hut makes no mention of the passengers. The Arabic sailed from Liverpool for New York yesterday. Ma"y Ainoricnns on Ship. London, Aug. 19.?The Arabic car? ried one hundred and seventy-live pas SOngeCI ami two hundred and thirty in the crew. Many of the passengers ST ere Americans. Passengers Rc|?ortcd L0S4> London, Aug 19.?Reports at 5 o'clock indicate that some of the ! Arabic passengers were lost. All PasHi?ngers Safe. London, Aug. 19.?The White Star line announces that all passengers on the Arabic were saved. MAY CAUSE CRISIS. _ ?? - Sinking of Arable Most Serious Oc? currence Since the Liedtuniu Was l>OKtro>od. Washington, Aug. 19.?Administra? tion Officials received the lirst news Of tie sinking <>f the Arabic from the Internationa] with grave concern, it was staied that If any Americans S. erS 1<?st It would cause a serious crisis with Germany. ELECTRICIAN ELECTROCUTED. Philip Wat -on Killed While Testing Elevator in Columbia Store. Columbia. Aug. 17.?While testing ,n elevator In i I tolumbls department store early thli morning Philip Wat? son, a yotlng electrical engineer of this city, came in contact with a live wire ami was electrocuted. reservists Beirut, Jaffa and aiox andretta arc tilled with Italian refu? gees. The situation between the two countries la considered' critical and Italy is eSpCCtOd to take energetic y[i ps immediately. GREECE WITH ALLIES. King Constantino Confers With Am? bassadors of England, France ami Rasnea. Athens. Aug. 19.?King CoittrUn Une this morning received the Brit Ish. French and Russian ambassadors who inter called on Promlor Veneselos, it is believed that Greece will soon east in her lol with the allies. FRENCH stakt OFFENSIVE. ..i.ike Sudden Attach at llcthiiiic ami Capture Salient. Paris. Auk. 19.?The French have rapture*] tin- salient commanding the Hethune-Arras highway by n surprise attack. The sudden offensive is be? lleved to be the beginning of a cam? paign tu relieve the pressure on the Itu Minn front. CHECKED AT galmpoi.i llrltlsll \d\auec Siop|sal with Heavy Ln*M at Su\|ji Hay. London, auk. 19, The Hrltsh of? fenslve at Ualllpoli has been cheek? ed. Moth sides lost heavily at Huvln Bay. < lit IHEII AM? DESTHOYEH HUNK. Ih*rlln Innoiincc* Hiuwmn in Minor Naval llatile Off Jutland Mauds. Ik*rlln, Aua. lt.?It la announced I tin l i Hritish cruiser and a destroyer have l>? * ri NllliK off tin- Jutland i lands b) <iii m i ii |ol pi do boats. FEARED THAT MANY LIVES ARE LOST AND HOMES OF CITY WRECKED. Reports Coming in Show That Loss of lifo and Property Waa Worse Than For nor Reports Indicated?News? paper Man Makes Way to Cause? way, hut Falls to See City. Fort Worth. Aug. 18.?Slowily the news of the havoc wrought by the hurricane li coming in, each dis? patch Increasing the death list and the amount of property destroyed. Sixty-seven lives were lost in Texas City, eight at Morgans Point, six at Laporte. J. P. Montgomery, of Houston) a newspaper man, made his Way to Virginia Point, opposite Gal veston from w hieh place be wired thai he could not see the grain cleva-j I tor's. Pears are felt that thousands of bul)dlngi are destroyed and the, loss or Ufo heavy, Montgomery made his way from Houston to the Qalveaton causeway in an automobile. He describes condi? tions as appalling. Thousands of bales of cotton are scattered from Virginia Point to Lamarque, All bridges are out and wreckage is ev? erywhere. FEARS FOR OALVE8TON. - Bodies Washed up on llcach at Texas City. Austin, Aug. IS.?The fear grows that the loss of life and property in Qalveaton will be appalling. B. V. Rhodes has arrived here from Texas City, asking for aid for that place, He states that eight bodies of women, supposedly drowned in Galveston, have washed ashore there. In 1900 bodies from Galveston wore washed i up at Texas City. The governor will try to reach Ute stricken city tonight. News From Galveston. San Antonio, Aug. is.?A wireless from the transport Ruford, in Galves? ton harbor, states that the water, lighting and street car systems are out of commission. There is con . i?: arable sul't'oring. The report says all the ofllcers, men and their fami? lies tit Port ('rocket t are safe. It I makes no mention of loss of life. TO ELECT TOWN OFFICIALS. J, R. Ma yes and N. i>. Womble Candi? dates for Mayor of Mayesville to Succeed J, W. Thames?Spencer Seeks Warren'? Former Olliee. Mayesville, Aug. 18.?-Mayor J. Wr. Thames having resigned, as he will UlOVe to BishopvlUe about Sept. 1st, and Qeo, C, Warren, warden from Ward 8, having moved to Bumter, a ?pedal election will be held on don day next to till these two vacancies. Bo far, there are two candidates in the held for mayor. J. H. Mayes, a litt -long resident and former coun? cilmatt, announced his candidacy some daya ago. Today, x. 1>. Worn* ble, agent oi the A. C. U railway and mayor for several terms bet?re, signi Hed his intention of entering the lists. Potli men are popular and the race promises to he a live one. For the vacancy in Ward 8, only one candi? date has come out to date, K. G. Spencer, assistant cashier of the Pank of Mayesville and a former council? man. It is possible that Other can? didates for both positions will be named before the lists close on Sat? urday night. TO AGREE To PAY FORTY CENTS. Mayesville Farmers settle on Amount to Fay for Cotton Picking. Mayesville, Aug. IS.-?A meeting of lite planters of this section was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the harvesting of the cotton crop tins fall. I Al ler soiio' discussion, an agreement waa drawn up and aigned by those present to tin- effect thai no one should pay more titan Pi cents per hundred pounds for cotton picking. Thia was the regular price, hut tor the Ipaal year or two, a good many have paid 50 (flits and some even as high as 60'cents, The planters Were inOVed to this action on account of the stringent times and the prospect of n h?w price lor cotton ihla full, it la hoped to secure Ihc signatures of all of the plantera to the agreement with? in the next few days, Some have be* gun fathering and picking will be in full force within the next week or ti n days provided the rain atops, (?en. Illach Drops Dead. Chicago, Aug. 17.?Gen. Itlack, for? mer commander in chief of the U. A. P. dropped deail suddenly in the I'alliier house loduj ONE OF UNCLE SAM S CAVALRY OFFICERS KILLED AND ANOTHER WOUNDED. FofCO of 27!? Mexican Bandits Cross ?order and Attack Outpost of Hair Dozen Soldiers at Saenz. Brownsville, Tex. Aug. ?Armed Mexicans in force crossed the Rio Grande at a ford near Mercedes to? night, attacking an outpost of half a doten cavalrymen at Saenz. Hangers Lieut. Reynau, at Mercedes, telephon? ed State Adjt. Gen. Hatchings here that Corpl. Wilman, of Troop C, 12th cavalry, was lulled and Lieut. Roy O. Henry and two privates of the same troop were wounded. Reynau report? ed that tlie Mexicans had crossed the border in three hands and were ad? vancing toward Mercedes. A clash between Mexicans and United States troops occurred last j night. The troops were tired upon from across the Rio Grande, hut the Mexicans w ithdrew when the fire was returned. None of the Americans was wounded. Americans who arrived here today reported that they had been threaten? ed by a party of Carranza soldiers aboard a train enroute from Mon? terey. The soldiers apparently had been drinking and were incensed by exaggerated reports of the raids on the American side of the boundary and treatment accorded Mexicans. Olllcers quieted the troops. The Americans said that a state? ment signed by Gen. Nafarrate, Car ranza commander at Matamoros, had been published in a Monterey news? paper, declaring that Carranza troops had no connection with the Texas raids. They reported that the major? ity of the American residents of Mon ierey had left that city. The 26th infantry arrived today from Texas City to reinforce the Unit? ed States border patrol. It lias been learned that Clyde Robinson an American, was detained in the Matamoros jail five days pend? ing an Investigation of his presence near the Matamoros military trench He was released at the request of United States Consul Johnson at I Matamoros. PEANUTS INSTEAD OF COTTON. Florence County Farmer Has :i7r> Acres and Expects a Yield of 000 Bushels. Florence, Aug. 18.?a visit to the farms of Mr. Frank M. Rogers, Sr., in Rack Swamp Town-hip, yesterday, was really an inspiration. Tliis cor? respondent for the first time in hi. life saw a regular peanut farm. Mr. Rogers has planted no cotton on his farm this year, nothing but peanuts and grain. lie has -7 0 aeers of Spanish or North Carolina peanuts, and 100 acres of Virginia peanuts that would make a "cotton tot" sit up and take notice. He is experi? menting Ibis year on this crop to the tune of :i75 acres, and it is claimed that he will make from 90 to 110 bushels of peanuts to the acre. This j being the case, the South Carolina legislature may hold an Indefinite ses? sion next January. Mr. Rogon was the first man, it is said, to plant tobacco and he is the first man to plant peanuts on so great a scale. His efforts will he watched with no little interests by farmers of this section, as well as throughout Carolina. It is stated that the peanuts being raised by Mr. Rogers can he sold for 00 to !?.") cents the bushel, and o7T> acres with 100 bushels to the acre, on an average to say (J0 cents the bushel, will make something in the money line "not to la- sneezed at" and will make old ' King cotton" ami "yellow leaf tobacco" go away hack and sit down. Weekly Crop Summary. For the week ending at 12 Noon, We.lues.lay, August IS, 1015. Drenching rains throughout most of the State have caused further Im? provement in all crops. Cotton has taken on new growth, and there has been little or no complaint of shed? ding. Late corn, sweet potatoes, for? age, gardens and Held truck have ma? terially improved, hut the yield of early coi n will be comparatively short. Considerable worm damage to late to hacco is reported. Hay harvests show good \iehls. Pall truck plant? ing has become more general. Marriage LleCIIHC Record. License; to marry were Issued Weil ncaduy morning to Mr. W. T. Me Leod, Camden, and Miss Kate Mr Lend. Sututcr; Mr. w. J, Itiley am Miss M Sue Williams, YulllUSSCCi CONSIDERS DECLARING HIMSELF MONARCH OF CHINA. Good now Understood to Favor Clisngc in System of Govermncnt From Republican Form. Peking, Aug. 16.?President Yuan Shi Kai is discussing with his imme? diate supporters and Prof. Frank Johnson Goodnow of Johns Hopkins university, legal adviser to the Chi? nese government, the question of pro? claiming himself emperor. Prof. Goodnow, it Is understood, approves the project. He obtained the confidence of Yuan Shi Kai during former critical times and has been consulted on this question since his [arrival a month ago. The news became public by the deliberate publication in this morn in. '.s newspapers of accounts of the formation by several prominent men of an association for the purpose ofj discussing whether a monarchy is not | the better form of government for China. The article quotes Prof. Goodnow as declaring that for China a monarchy is a better form of gov? ernment than a republic and that "conditions are different In China and i America, and it is Impossible to trans? plant a system from one country to another." It was learned from one of Yuan Shi Kais immediate supporters that if the project proved feasible the plan is to establish a monarchy within two years. The news has created a sensation j in Peking and is being telegraphed throughout the country. i - "BITE THE BUBBLE.** How to DHnk From a Rubbling Fountain. If improperly constructed or im? properly used, the. bubbling drinking I fountain may be a greater menace to .health than the common drinking i cup. The other day an inspector of the U. S. Public Health Service took a seat beside a bubbling drinking fountain in a railway station and watched the way in which it was ifftefl. 4-7 different persons, of whom 11 were men, 22 were women, and 14 ware children, used the bubbling fountain. In almost every case the Hps were placed almost completely around the metal ball from which the water spurted, and one small boy seemed as if he were trying to swal? low it. Several of the men obvious? ly were chewing tobacco. Of the 47 l eople, 1 were colored. :', looked as though they might have tuberculosis, and .". had an eruption upon the face. Every person using the bubbling drinking fountain should bear in mind that the object of this sanitary device is to prevent the interchange of mouth secretions. When mucous and ot..er matter becomes attached to metal it sometimes requires consider? able force to remove it, and this is not always accomplished by a slowly moving current of water. In using the bubbling fountain the ride should bo "Rite tlie Bubble." The lips should not touch any part of the fountain and under no condition should the fountain be used for rinsing the mouth or for expectorating. FIRST HALF FOR CALHOUN. Grown by J. s. Wanna maker. Put in Warehouse. St. Matthews, Aug. 17.?Calhoun county's first hale of new cotton was brought here yesterday and stored. The bale weighed 4 00 pounds and graded strict middling, and was grown on the farm of J. s. Wanna maker from selected seed which yields a line staple. Cotton is open? ing and several farmers have begun picking. The cotton crop in this county is in good condition although a good deal of corn in the lower half of the county was burned up by the re? cent drought. Considerably over 3, 000 bushels of wheat has been ground by the flour mill here. The people of this section maintain an optimistic spir;t In relation to the business out? look and expect to see trade condi? tions considerably Improved when the new crops commence to move in the next tew weeks. Cotton was made with ihc use of comparatively little fertilizers and that will undoubtedly have ,i favorable effect on financial conditions. Supporting Dr. Johnson. Oakland, Pal. Am:. 17.?Activity In the interest^ of the two candidates for the presidency ol the National (Educa? tion Association resulted today in more definite alignment of forces sup? porting Dnvtd It. Johnson, of Rock Mill, S. C., and his opponent. Miss Uruce Ii. Strachau, of Brooklyn, N. V unoffici/ < flLT authorita? TIVE a ? /xcement made v aashingtom. Noct. Ay of Arranging Uniform Ticntmcm by AH Countries Involv? ed?United States Prepared to Re? sist 1 hange in Status. Washington, Aug. 1?.?The allies* intention to declare cotton contraband has been communicated unofficially but authoritatively to the state de? partment. The department's advices are that the decision had been reach? ed and the delay in making an an? nouncement is due to the necessity of arranging uniform treatment by all of the allies. The step has been agreed upon by Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Belgium, but Japan's attitude has not been defined and she amy decide that no action is called for from her at this time, because of the elimina? tion of the only German colony in the Far Fast from the military prob? lem and the absence of any reason for a blockade. Ever since the application of the British orders in council to cotton, among other American products, the entente allies have felt that some more effective and less burdensome method must be found for dealing with cotton and preventing its entry into Germany and Austria. The allies contend that American shippers, in many cases, alleged to be backed by German capital, have been shipping cotton to Germany through neutral ports. H'nder the orders in council such a cargo, if captured, merely was taken into a British port and paid for by the British government. The j allies contend that under these con? ditions a great deal of the cotton got Ithrough Sweden, Denmark and Hol? land into Germany. From the allies' point of view the orders in council were ineffective because they obliged the British government to buy cotton and at the same time offered an in? centive to blockade runners. According to the advices reaching Washington, the pressure in England and France has compelled a change. The British government originally re? garded cotton as non-contraband and expressed a desire to avoid inflicting hardship upon Southern planters and to avoid development of anti-British feeling in this country. * The change to contraband will be defended as authorized by interna? tional law. Great Britain protested against the American blockade of out? going cotton from the South during the War of Secession and had refused to recognize it as contraband during the Russo-Japanese war, but will now contend that radical changes in the conditions of warfare since that time justify a change in attitude. The entente powers, according to advices here, expect that the state department will resist making cotton . contraband and are preparing to base their action on American precedents. The advices reaching here indicate they intend to argue that both Pres? idents, Lincoln and Johnson, in formal proclamations issued in April, May and June, 1 Sti5, went on record as. maintaining as contraband of war "materials for the fabrication of am? munition." That cotton has taken the place of saltpetre, always recognized as abso? lute contraband, in the manufacture of gunpowder, will be held to be an established fact. By way of convinc? ing the state department to that ef? fect, attention probably will be di? rected to a letter by Secretary Hay to W. W. Rockhill, American minister to China, during the llusso-Japanese war, stating that the American ord? nance officers, whom he had calLed into consultation regarding the Jap? anese blockade orders, had advised him that cotton was used In the man? ufacture of smokeless powder and so must properly be regarded as contra hand of war. it is expected that some sort of an arrangement will be proposed by which the allies w ill engage to allow cotton to travel unmolested to neu? tral countries in quantities in propor? tion to their normal consumption. What the effect will tu? on the Amor it an cotton growers is the subject of contention. The allied powers are prepared to argue that it will not be far-r? aching. The cotton interests have for some time lieen alarmed at the prospect and it .s known that the state department has lieen preparing to resist the new move with every means at the com? mand of diplomacy. I>< la tiblie Annoiin<<emcnt Due to Mis W. B. Duncan, of Orangeburg, is visiting relative? in the city.