Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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uix mi\i:i? cotton si:r:i>. (Jftmer. \ nl( ^ mid the t.lnncr lake t*resuut ton. Maiy <?et I? IV r \ nil of Hi Neighbor's Yurlct> In >Hs (ollou. Washington. l> ('.. Aug. 25.?Few eptton growers realize when the> take back need from un ordinary gin to use In planting the MSI Cfop, the ?ttent to which thrlr seed may be mixed with the seed of tie- cotton ginned Just previous to their lot Tet 101s matter Is of Vital importance to ? U cotton raisers who wish to grow a ufjiforai variety of cotton \-; .\.i> stiedent of cotton breeding knows, efcsn a few seeds of another variety in a Cotton tleld may through croae-fer ttiV-atlon cause interbreeding and deterioration in a large number ol plants. Instead of getting only a few seeds from a neighbor's lot of cotton, however, actual in? vestigations by specialists of the de? partment of agriculture show that in certain casts a lot of seed will contain as much as 14 to 1H per cent of seed left In the gin boxes from the cotton gtaned Just before. In the cases in? vestigated n ?t only has there been a large oeroentuge of seed from the va? riety ginned Just previously, but it Is found that some seeds may remain from the second bale preceding. Jt follows* therefore, that a grower may very readily mix one or two other va? rieties ?Ith his special kind of seed. Where a grower is particular aboiit his seed, he can greatly minimize the mixing by quick, simple and Inexpen? sive measures in which the average ainner will b? glad to cooperate. The following precautions, which seem to be entirely practicable and which. In fact, are now exercised In some local? ities, sre strongly recommended in department bulletin No. 288, Custom dinning as a Factor to Cotton-Seed Deterioration noon to be Issued. The patron should accompany to tke gin the lot of seed cotton from which ho expects to save seed for planting, and he should aid the ?in? ner In seeing that everything possible is done to prevent mixing. He shouli see that the flues, feed? ers, and cleaners sre cleaned as thoroughly as their construction will permit before he allows his seed cot? ton to enter them. The roll should be dropped from the roll box and the box should be thoroughly cleaned. The dropping of the roll la an operation with which all ginn era are familiar. The con? struction of the gins is such that the roll can be dropped and the box cleaned] In a very few minutes. Some Improved gins are arranged so that the roll box may be emptied without stopping the gin. thereby further simplifying the operation. Having cleanest the machinery up to and Including the roll box, the next st? p is to prevent the seed of the variety to be ginned from fulling into the conveyor. It Is Impracticable go clean the conveyor satisfactorily, and therefore It should not be used when planting seed la to be obtained. By adjusting the position of the apron of euoh gin the seed can be made to fail upon the Moor In front' of the gin Instead of into the convey? or. From hers it can be sacked easi? ly The floors about the gins should be ojeaned to the extent that no see Is are left lying around to cause mixing. Canvhs spread upon the Moor in re? ceive the seed fnun the ?..Inn i* often used. Buch precautions require time In which to carry them out effective ly, and time spent in this manner n utrally reduces somewhat the amount rti ginning that otherwise could be done In a day. (?n this point the gn> fStr may find cause to base objection te such precednre. but it should be possible to meet the objection'by f?l? le compensating him for the extra ttme consumed. The expense of ;.e oial ginning In some sections may be reduced by arranging to have It done ?e? specified days or at the close of ths season, When more time is avail? able. In sny event, tbe amount ? f money that may bs required to se? cure the glnner's SjQSjpavatlai in tie maintenance of pure seed is almost nos'igtble |n view of the faVorible offrct such preeantloas win gave up err the farmer's fTOp* in 10 UPS Siting years. WAHKHOlKr. IN AM Ohl . Plans U* He Conshlorcil by Business Men. Alcolu. Aug ?A meeting of the farmers and business mi n of this eoiii rauntty has been called for tomorrow afternoon al T.. <" <> sleek ??>? eonsbler plans rtc . for the proposed Cotton warehouse It Is utmost assured that a cotton warebou-e. with a capaepy Of probablv J.aoo l?i|es will be erect? ed hero In time la state the fall ' top The warehouse will be under the se pervlslon of the Slate warehouse ?y.i ttem. and on aceonnt of tbe mA\ m tagen of the sprinkler mfm%{ m tbat Wll tie Installed a very low Insuranee rat? Will bo obtained. It has been estl mated that a bub' of cotton can I? Insured In a building of this kind fC about 1- i m cents I?>r one year. THE most vaia able TREE. li<?bl<>ll>. or Sliortlcnf. Pine Offers Ideal Conditions for IVrmaiuuit TlniiH'r Imcstmcnis, Say* Now Pub? lication. Washington. Aug. 21.?Loblolly pine, which is kOOWll also as shorl icai. .1 Mil is mark? ted under the trade name of North Carolina pine, now j elds tin4 largest cut of lumber of any tree in Virginia. Ninth Carolina, and Boottl Carolin*, and on account |Ol its extremely rnpM growth. uhund ant natural Ivgeneration, adaptabll Ity to various soils, heavy yield, and the desirability of its wood for struc? tural purposes, is destined to con? tinue at* one of the most valuable, if M?ot the moat valuable, timber tree within this areu, ways a bulletin just issued jointly by the North Carolina tbological and Economic Survey and the 1'. S Forest Service. Because of these traits, as well as freedom from disease and defects, early maturity, comparative cheapness of logging, and the excellent market for most grades of its lumber, says the bulletin, stands of this pine offer probably the most favourable conditions of any tree of the United States for the practice of forestry, which is to say, for the ef- j ifiClem management of timbetiands as a permanent Investment. CRIMSON CLOVER SEEI>. Imrgc Supply on Hand Yet Price Has \d\nneod Rapidly. Clemson College, Aug. U4.?Accord? ing to the United States department of agriculture, the supply of crimson clover in the country at present Is larger than in any previous year. Yet In spite of this and in spite of the fact that much of the seed Is of poor quality, the price has advanced rapid The (realaff part of the crimson clover seed sowed In tho United States is normally lmpoited from France And Austria. In the fall of 1914 con? ditions of trade with Europe were such that there appeared to be dan? ger of a short supply of seed for this season's planting. The seed trade's desire to get a ? much seed as possible and the improvement in trudo facilities with France during the winter a.rul spring res'ulted In the importation of 12,000,000 pounds dur? ing the year ending June 30, 1915, as compared with 7,500,000 pounds the previous year and l,500,nun pounds in 1910. The department also reports that much of the seed this year is of very poor quality, more than 1,000,000 pounds being made up of lots germi? nating from 29 to 62 per cent. Farm? ers should therefore be careful about the quality of the seed they buy. Crimson clovor seed usually germi? nates well, while a brownish color in? dicates poor germination. In South Carolina the indications coming to Clemson College are that crimson clover will be very popular this season and farmers who buy their crimson clover seed are urged to be sure of its quality before they accept it. SERVIA HAS SENT ANSWER. Bcply Banded to Italian Foreign Minister at Home. Ix>ndon, Aug. 10,?Servia's reply to the quadruple entente note respecting concessions to Bulgaria was handed to BarOsl Sonnino, Italian foreign ndidster, yesterday afternoon, accord? ing to a Borne dispatch to The Daily Telegraph. Ixmdon, Aug. 25.?The Balkan erteil took a favorable turn today from the allies' viewpoint, according to reports reaebing here. Borvln's re? ply to the note of the allies IsOXpOOt" ed in London tomorrow and there is reaaoa to believe, it is stated in oft!? rial circles, that it will concede the main points the allies have naked in behalf <?f Bulgaria tO obtain Bulgaria's cooperation in the war, It Is known that the allies asked Befvla to grant Bulgaria thai pan ol Macedonia C-Oeied by tbe SelWo Bulgarten treat) of lilt, should Bervla void this, u would adjust the main territory in dispute except a small strip running along the new line ..t adjustment. Qreeee'i probable answer to the allies is not known. It has developed that Qreeee llrsi gave a formal re? fUaal, bUt tbat is expected to be with? draw n by the new VenlaeliM ministry and a neue f.notable attitude adopt? ed. Real Estate Tanafnia lfct?alluin lleally Company tu The Progressive Realty Company, lot on I ?akland A\ enue. 5."???0. I? B. McOnllum, U* executor, and Lucy *i Mrt'Mllum, aa eaeeutrlx, ?<? The |*r?sjtneslve Itealty Company, it lots In cits. IS.tte. Ii It Met*nHum lu Tbe Progressive Renlt) Company, lot on Purely street, paee, ALLIES ARE OPTIMISTIC. Think That They Can Force Dar? danelles Without Aid of Balkan States. London? Aug. 24.?Optimistic re? ports concerning the Oalllpoll opera? tions have boon ?>' circulation for the past few days and prophesies are lively made that two weeks Will see the close of the allies' most dtfflcuH task in the Near Bast. The Turks, too, expect the Anglo-French forces to be successful, If news reaching Sofia from Constantinople Ifl reliable. It is felt here now that BO far as tei Dardanelles is concerned it is a ? matter of indifference to the allies whether the Balkan states lend a hand. Their assistance Is wanted, however, against Austria and als > to shorten Turkish resistance if the straits are opened. For these rea? sons negotiations in the Near East are being watched closely and Servia's decision on the proposal of the quad? ruple entente for satisfying the as? pirations of Bulgaria, which will he reached at a council of ministers to? morrow, is awaited anxiously. It is believed in London that Servia's reply will be satisfactory and that Bulgaria*? cooperation will be as gored. This would open the way also for an active policy on the part of Roumania, which wants assur? ances that Bulgaria will not attack her before she begins to move her troops. It Is confidently expected all those question will be settled satisfactorily to the allies and that within the samo period the future policy of Greece will be announced definitely. In the meantime Austro-Hungarian armies are aiming more and heavier blows at lUissla in the hope of put? ting her on the defensive indefinitely and permitting the removal of some of their own troops to other fronts, particularly Bervta and Italy, in the hope of repeating their Eastern suc? cesses. ?OOBNOWS ADVICE ACADEMIC. Chinese legation Beides He Bus Urged Yuan to Name Himself Emperor. Washington, Aug. 24.?The Chinese legation issued a statement today, declaring that Dr. Frank J. Good now, an American adviser to Presi? dent Yuan Shi Kai, had not advised the president to set himself on a throne as emperor. The statement says: "In an academical discussion as to whether a republic or a monarchy was more suitable for China, Dr. Goodnow's conclusion was that inas? much as the republican form of gov? ernment had no fixed method of de? termining presidential succession, the i monarchial form of government was for this reason the safer and more satisfactory, and conforming, as it does, more to the genius of the Chi- j aese people and the historical de? velopment of the nation, but he did bot say whether this was th<^ proper time for such a change." WOMEN EIGHT PLAGUE. Mrs. Perry Doarmer Noted Martyr to Cause. London, Aug. 25.?The death of Mrs. Percy Dearmer in Servla calls attention to the number of well known English women Working among the plague stricken people of that land. .Mrs. Dearmer is not the first to suc? cumb to the malignant epidemics she* was fighting, but of those who have fallen victims none has been more widely lamented. She was known In literary and artistic London first as an illustrator of books, then as a nov? elist and writer of children's stories and more recently as a writer !Mld producer of plays The Children's theatre was her idea, and she was a leader of the Morality Play society. Prof. Oeddes' 'Masque of Learning" .was put on here under her direction with great success. Her husband, Dr. Percy Dearmer, is a vicar of a Lon? don parish and a leading high church? man. Thirty Miles Shorter. Charleston. Aug. 24.?W. It. Bon I. president of the Carolina, Atlantic A Western railway and the man who will build the Charleston-Savannah extension of the system Which was recently absorbed b> the Reaboard Air Line, arrived in Charleston today, after an absence of a month, and au? thorised the statement that Work will begin on the construction nf the Sa? vannah extension Immediately. The first spadeful of earth will be turned within the month by the engineering forces summoned to Charleston to have charge of the construction of the new Une, Which Will be 85 miles long, or about :'.?? miles shorter than Ihe route of the Atlantic Coast Line from Charleston to Havantmh. To Itevlve Balkan League. London. Aug. t.*?. A dispatch from Home to The Daily Telegraph says Ihe Balkan league is to he recon? structed witti ii provision for putting a combined army uf 1,000,000 ne u In tie. Held. NICHOLLS WINNER IN FOURTH, Almost Complete Uholltclol Returns Indien to Nomination of Spartanburg Man for Confereei Spartanburg. Aug. 24,?The elec? tion of 8am J. Nichnlle of Spartan burg over his opponent, B. A. Mor? gan of Greenville, as congressman fr^m the Fourth district to succeed , Joseph T. Johnson, is indicated by nearly Complete Unofficial returns from the second Democratic primary held today. With only 11 small boxes in the en? tire district missing, Mr. Nieholls has a lead of 576, his total being 0,4!?4 against a total of 8,919 for Mr. Mor? gan. The vote in the, second primary was considerably heavier than in the first primary, when only about 1G.0O0 votes were polled in the entire dis? trict. Mr. Kioholla led Mr Morgan almost two to one in Spartanburg county, and Mr. Morgan led Mr. Nlcholls by about the same propor? tion in Greenville county. Mr. Nlcholls received a considera? ble majority In Union and Laurens counties. hTe unofficial returns from the va? rious counties sho^ the following >votes: ? County. Nlchools Morgan Greenville (54 out of 59).r ..2,119 4,098 iLaurens (29 out of 33)..,.1,473 1,131 Spartanburg (84 out of 86).4,583 2,699 Union (complete) . . .1,319 991 Totals.9,494 8,919 Samuel J. Nicholls, who was today nominated for congress by the Demo? crats of the Fourth congressional dis? trict, is a son of Judge and Mrs. George \V. Nicholls of this city, and for the last eight years has been a member of the Spartanburg bar, prac? ticing in partnership with his father, In whose otllee he read law and was admitted to the bar. He is 30 years of age, a native of this city, a former student at Wof ford college and a graduate of th< Virginia Polytechnic institute at ?Blacksburg, Va., where he completed his course when he was 19 years of age. A few months ago he was married to Miss Eloise Clark of Green Bay, Wis. For one term he was a member of the Spartanburg delegation In the house of representatives, but declined to stand for reelection, and did not offer for political office again until he became a candidate for congress last summer, opposing Judge Joseph T. Johnson, by whom he was defeated. Judge Johnson's resignation from congress made the campaign just ended necessary. Mr. Nicholls is a grandson of the late Kev. Samuel B. Jones of the South Carolina conference for many years prominent in church and edu? cational circles in South Carolina. He is city attorney for Spartanburg and also attorney for Spartanburg county. He made his campaign along non factional lines. LIGHT TRACTOR IS HERE. Farmer Can Now Get Outlit That Ii Low In Cost and Small. Clemson College. Aug. 24.?It seems that the tractor for the small farm has at last arrived. Heretofore trac? tors have not been widely used in South Carolina nor have they been advised because their size and cost made them uneconomical except for special cases. Now, however, light tractors of low cost are being put on the market and it is possible that they may come into somewhat general use. This is especially likely in view of the fact that so much work stock has been drawn from the South because of the European war. A large farm machinery company has put out an all-purpose tractor for $675. it is claimed for this tractor that it has power to do the work of 'eight horses, will do all plowing, I discing and seeding; draw manure spreaders, wagons, hay loaders, mow? ers ot binders; run a Corn shelter, feed grinder, small shredder, thresher or ensilage cutter, and do other farm work. A demonstration of this tractor will be given at Clemson College on Sep? tember l and 2 and farmers of the vicinity are Invited to attend and watch it. TO BE RARE DISEASE. Typhoid May be All but Briten Out. Washington, Aug. 24.- The public health service today, announcing u meat Increase In the number of per? sons submitting to anti-typhoid vac? cination, declared these was "no rea? son why typhoid fever should noi ben rare disease by 19,10." The statement added that it wns estimated that in 1915 the total number of Immunized persons in the United States would reach 30G,ooo compared with mo,ihm? labt year. EIRE IN TVILLiAMSTOW Roy Hand. Ii* Vcars Old, Trapped In Upper Story oi* lather's Residence ? Read. I _i Anderson, Atig.a 25.?- Fire at WH? ; liamston about - o'clock thla morning destroyed three houses and caused the death of Roy Hand. 12 year-old son of Pat Hand. The Anderson fire de t partment was summoned, but could give no aid, there being no water' works In Willlamston and the depart? ment not being equipped with a pump. In spite of this, however, the lire was finally controlled, but not before it had destroyed three houses, accord? ing to a statement by Mayor Cooley] about 2 o'clock. I Tlie first news came to Anderson in the form of a telephone appeal to send the lire department. At that time the dames were said to be threaten? ing the old Williamston college build? ings and also the business section of the town. The fire started in the two story home of Pat Hand. Here Roy Hand, ; 12-year-old son of the owner, was cut off on an upper lloor. and per? ished in the flames. His body has not been recovered, but he i^> known to have lost his life. , From the Hand house the fire Spread to the one story residence of Mrs. Wallace, who is now in Hender i sonville, N. C. From this the lire caught the old Sadler hotel, owned 1 by Mrs. Wallace but operated by Mrs. McAllister. WILL HANDLE COAL. Southern Export Company Plant to Open on September 1st. Charleston. Aug. 24.?Announce? ment is made by Southern Railway 'Co., that the modern export coal handling plant, w hich it has* just com? pleted at Charleston, will be put in operation for th ? handling of com? mercial coal or September first; giv? ing Charleston f; cilitiee the equal of any on the Atlantic Seaboard for handling coal to be borne over .seas and providing am,ther export outlet, w hich will be of particular value to the coal producing territory served by Southern Railway and immediate connections. The terminal will have a capacity of forty curs or two thou? sand tons per hour. This is as fast as any ship now In the coal carrying trade can take. It wall be Operated entirely by electricity and will deliver coal into the holdt of .ships; with a minimum of breakage by* means of an electric conveyor. In preparation for a greatly Increased movement of coal to Charleston, Southern Railway has provided a storage yard of + 00 car capacity and has also made ex? tensive additions to passing tracks along the line over which ccal Will move. DANIELS URGES MODERN METH? ODS. More Submarines and Aeroplane* Needed. Boston, Aug. 24.-?Josephus Dan? iels, secretary of the navy, said here today that in his opinion submarines and aeroplanes were among tho most powerful weapons Of warfare and reaffirmed his intention to ask congress to strengthen both of these branches of the service. "I also favor faster and more powerful Ships for the navy, which, in spite of the criticism, is in lino shape," he added. ?There are ?4 more ships in commission and 6,000 more men enlisted than two years ago." Secretary Daniels came here fronp New London on the gunboat Dol? phin to attend the governor's con? ference. He stopped on the way at the Fore River shipyard and inspect? ed the battleship Nevada and two de? stroyers nearing completion. He aln > Blade sure that submarines built for a foreign power were still in the yard. REST PLAN FOR PEACE. f Claxton Urges (area! University ns i outre. ! Oakland, Ca 1., Aug. 24.?Establish? ment by the government of a uni? versity .it Washington, to be sup? ported at a cost oi $10,000,000 a year, to teach young men ami women from all port* of the tvorld "a doctrine of right and brotherly love" wis .m!--; gested as a short cut to world peuc? by Philander P. \ laxton, United State** commissioner of education, In an nd? drcss at the annual luncheon hen today of the board of managers ol the American School Peace I^eng Mr. Claxton said: 'I should like to : -e a magnificent university founded at Washli gton with an annual appropriation of $10,000,000 in be attended by pupils from all parts oi the world, young men and young women eager (<? be taught kvhu would carry Isick i?> their na? tive countries n doctrine of right and hrother?y b e that would do mote than any thing else io bring worl ! peace*'' MIMTIOXS ORDERS SLOW. Greatest A mow im stopped in June, showing incmM' in Supply Re? cently. Washington, Aug. 34.? A great part of Europe's enormous orders for arms ami ammunition did not begin lo move irom the United States until comparatively recently, export figures Issued today by the department of commerce indicate. Tbe statistics, covering the j - months ending with. June 30 show that war exports in? en as. d tremendously over tbe preced? ing year, the greater part of the in? crease, in some cases, from one-fifth n? one-third of the whole year's ex? ports, b it tbe 1'nited States In June, The 12-month period showed ox ports of explosives value at $41,476, 188 against $6,272,197 in the preced? ing year. More than one-fourth of that total?111,689,744?graft shipped during June. Gun powder showed ex? ports of $3,234,641 in June compared with *5-,091,542 for the year. Sixty-two aeroplanes were exported in June against 152 for the entire year, in the preceding year only 44 were shipped. Nearly eight times as many automobile trucks were export - ed In June as in the entire year end? ed June 30, 1914. Passenger auto? mobiles and truck exports for June were valued at $13,364,SOO and for the year at $<;<?.254,635. In the pre? ceding year they were $26,574,574. TORPEDOED AFTER FOUR-HOUR CHASE. Captain, Quartermaster and the Stew? ard Killed by Submarine Shell Eire. Queenstown, Aug. 23.?The British steamship I Homed has been sunk by a German submarine. Her captain, quartermaster and steward were kill? ed by shells bred by the submarine I during a pursuit of four hours. An officer of the Diomed, who land led here today, with other survivors, said that when the two submarines were sighted they were rigged with (lummy funnels. One of them, this of I ticer asserts, subjected the Diomed to , a heavy shell lire. Tbe liner attempted to escape, hut 'surrend, red alter being pursued for four hours. Two boats were lowered and forty-nine members of the crew got as/ay, taking with them the cap? tain's body. Shortly afterwards one boat was swamped. Two Englishmen and five Chinese were drowned. The others were picked up by the second >oat. ! This boat, which was over-crowded, -was In danger of being swamped, but t its occupants were saved by the ar? rival of a steamship. Survivors say that during the pur? suit the Chinese liremen refused to [continue stoking and the work was undertaken by deck hands. The sub I marine stood off at half a mile until ; the Diomed sa~nk. The assistant quartermaster of the Diomed said that another steamer was In sij-ht at the time and apparently w as sinking. This vessel, in his opin? ion, was attacked by another subma? rine. J The steamship Diomed was a freighter of 4.?!72 tons gross. She was 219 feel long and was built in 1895 land was owned by the Ocean Steam I ship company, of Liverpool. She : w as last reported as hav ing arrived at Swansea, on July 23, from Amster I dam, on a voyage to New York. _ EDGEEIELD MAX PLANTS COFFEE ! - S. Z. Seigler Relieves Industry Csn I bo Developed in South Carolina. j Edgetield, Aug. 25.?There is on exhibition at the olhce of the Edge field Chronicle a coffee plant grown [by S. Z. Seigler, of the Cleora sec? tion of the county. It is five feet high, with seven well developed pods about a foot and ? half long, tilled with coffee beans. While traveling in ; bo State of Georgia last spring Mr. |?etgl*r remained over night with a friend, and on going Into his farm kva; attarcted by a half acre Held on which was growing a plant unfamiliar to him, and up? n inquiry found it to be the coffee plant. He procured some seed and experimented with it this year, and is now thorough';, con? vinced that coffee can be grown in this State, and ho claims with suc? cess. He has about six rows twenty . yards long and expects to gather a number of pounds of coffee. He say? bis friend has grown it success? fully for several years. "Of course," said Mr. Seigler, "peo? ple will naturally be very incredulous bout the matter, and will boot at Ihe id. a of growing coffee in South Carolina, but if we can grow tea ? hy not it< companion plant, coffee?*1 Mr. Seigler not only has faith in Ihe growing of coffee lure, but he is enthusiastic about it. and wants oth r make ihe trial. Before leaving be remarked that "just because we have ncv??r done so In the past ran* not be accepted as nltnolute proof thai the thing can't be done."