Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BETTER MARKETS FOR ASPARAGUS \ Association Formed By Growers of Five Towns Will Handle Section's Output. Co-operating with the Office of Mar? ket* at Waahlngton. Clemson College ? working out some prac>K i| and et fb tent marketing acheraea. florne'of the farming enterprises of South Car? olina have been operating at <? loss and It ks up to all concerned to consider end determine a poo sosne plan of ac? tio* that will solve the problems of marketing the state's producta. Al? though the market lug situation has not. by any moans, been definitely worked out. some vary significant work has nevertheless been decided upon and begun. Owe of the market? ing schemes now ur.der way Is that adopted recently by the asparagus growers In the vicinity of Ridge Spring, Trenton. Willlston, Elko and Bla< kvllle On July 19 about twenty jf the as? paragus growers met la an Informal way et Columbia with W. W. Long, director of extension at Clemson. The mooting was In the aature of a round table discussion, and the grtwers took It as an opportunity to exchange their Ideas and eaaerlenres. It developed ?.hat, with a very few exceptions, the growers were operating at a loss. The consensus waa that the growers' sys? tem of marketing waa wrong. They were anaulmous In the belief that they ought to got together upon Home united and ooocorted scheme of sorting, grad? ing, packing and telling their product. Tho growers next invited the mar? ket agent at Clemson College and C. B. Basset of the Office of Markets and Raral Organisation, U. 8. department of agriculture, to attend in Informal mooting of asparagus men at Ridge Spring md another at Trenton. At tho Rldgfc Spring meeting It soon de? veloped that the growers had not sort ied. graded and packed uniformly. Much emphasis wan laid on the neces? sity of adopting Standard grades and a standard pack and upon rlKld sorting, grading, packing and Inspection. Mr. Basset pointed out the value of forming an asparagus Growers' Asso? ciation, adopting rules and methods {satisfactory to all concerned, and put? ting the management of the associa? tion in the hands of the ben avail? able manager. This manager was to have competent Inspectors to see that all asparagus coming into and going! out of the association quarters was up to the standard. The Inspectors were to see that all cars were carefully load? ed and routed in accordance with the manager's lnstrnctions. The manager was to keep In touch with all market? and prices, aod to aell to the best mar-1 kets. With these suggestions in mind, the growers formed a temporary organiza? tion. A meeting for further organiza? tion was then held at Trenton and rep resentativae from Ridge Spring, Trenton. Wllllston, Elko and Black vllle were present. J. N. Knight wa* chosen as chairman and B. II. Tlllman, Jr.. as secretary and by-laws were adopted. Eight representative direc? tors were selected who will meet in January to perfect the organization, draft articles of Incorporation ;. definitely decide upon a manager, in? spectors and officers for the associ? ation. The success of this association will depend not only on procuring a enpa Die manager but also upon the con* certed support of every member. FRED W. HOFMANN, Market Agent, Clemson AgricuKural College. MM miau VN I. vM>l I s SHOT. on Htm.I \V1|m .I out ?ml Another Hand Haid? Itaoclic?. Killing Amor kma Hrownsvllle. Sept. 4.--Nine more M-iK.m b.indit? <?;..?! ifm.. ijfffJBl San llenlto were killed by Amerlcans in the laut twenty-four hours, accord? ing to reports today. Anothor hand appeared in western cotinty. killing an American and attacking several ranch** Martial law pructicaHf pre? vails there. Th? work . f distribut? ing three additional regiments of I 'nit ed States troops aiua*> th?* horUur con? tinues). OFFH Fit c ommits si |< 1 ??!?:. Frenchman Win Involved In Army Fraud*. l*arls, Sept. S.?One of the BjgSfSjfsV ment's officials Involved in armv frauds In connection with the pur? en*?? of munition*, committed sjuiaMe ye?terd?\ to avoid arrest. Warrant* for other persons for complicity with technical agents of the arrnv and navy have been Issued. The French government has bag* \ Igurously Investigating corruption in the purchase of army supplies. It an? nounced yesterday the arrest of two technical agents, one in tin- n.i\y and the other in the war department, de? tailed to Inspect shells. ijgroit iiAt Ii in \t <.t sr. fcbeeill'* lte|M-.rt of Operations I Mouses Uovcraor. Columbia. s? pt. 2.?Sttae con? stables operating in Charleston aader tlm direction <>f Sheriff Martin selse?l 1.1,490 bottlss of beer during August, according to a report hied today with Clov. Manning ?Uber seizures were 27 one-fourth barrels of beer. Is one eighth h.irrels i.f leer. Ml uuurts of whiskey. 1.4KI half-pints of whiskey; 31 gallons of whlakey, 31 quarts of wine, also much champagne and brandy. One beer wagon, Maid to be the property of Ja me* S. Kar.-ium. was seised. * Oov. Manuln? wild that be was very much gratified with the report and that the campaign would be pushed herder than *ver. No additional con? stables Will We appointed. STMt M ON N i \\ PI i ii s o. K. l4ir?s|oc Hci-omcM tiov. Man? ning* Frl\ato Sovretury. Columbia, Sept. 2.?o. K. l*jiro?|ue. of Marlon, has assumed his duties ax private secretary to (b?v. Manning. He succeed* Herbei t \ Moses, who re? signed i.is. business called him b.u-k to his Imme in Pointer. Mr. M??*es will be with the ipixernor the rest of this werk mil Mr. I.tio.pp. will ittlllxo the days In which Mr Moses remains In famlliarlxlng himself with the many dutb s of the ofh. . Actln:: upon a petition bird by eltl sens of Heiiufort, ??o\ Manning yes terdny Issued a proclamation for an election on the '|uesth?ri ??f the rncitll of Mayor C. K I ?inner an.I Council? man W. F, Slarscher The e|eet|o' ??Iii b? h?id September It, M<>Kl. UODIKS rtH'SI) ON F-t. Ton of Them Wert* Iioonted Iii Um Engine Room. Honolulu, Sept. 3.^-Ten more bodies were found today In the hull of the United States submarine F-4. One wns identified as that of Ivan Jj. afa> han, machinist's mate of Ohio. The ten hodles were found In the engine room. Members of the naval board of in? quiry declined to discuss the quostion <>f whether the finding of so many in one compartment indicated the na? ture of the accident that caused the vassal to sink in Honolulu Kay March 2b with twenty-two on board. Rome of those working on the sub? marine suggested that an explosion somewhere in the vessel caused the Pfttjsj to seek refuge In the engine r?>om. Bo far thirteen hodies have been taken from the hold of the submarine. KM.OIH NAVY ADVOCATED. Secretary Daniels Out*|m>kcn For construction of Powerful Navy. Washington, Sept. I.?Secretary Daniels' naval program w ill include at least four battleships or battle cruis? ers, a flotilla of scout craft and sub iii.niiu s. Secretary Daniels returned to Washington today to make a fight for an increased navy all along the I line and to set at rest the reports that he regarded battleships with disfavor. 1 He wants to make tho navy equal to the best in the world. Tho dread naughts included in tho program are to be the l>est and most formidable over built. cohoneh roi'ND ui ii/ty. Mast Take Sentence or Design ami Not Filter llucc Again. Greenville, Sept. 3.?Coroner 11. I* Klack was found guilty of malfeas ? in | In office by tbe Jury today. It Is Understood that] he will either Da fined <?r imprisoned, or both, unless he re atfna und announces that he will not l?e a candidate tor re-election. This was learned unofficially from the court oltleiitls. It is understood that Solici? tor I Ion ham will ask tor a suspended sentence under theae conditions. The coronet has been drunk ami looked up IIn Jail upon several occasions within tii?' past few months)) ami theae charges were brought on tbia account. .IOIIN ||. FAKI.I Di:.\D. SiurimilK to Sdi'-intla ted Injury. Greenville. Kept, :i .lohn 11. Karle, forn* i railroad nonimJaalnner and son of the late United States sen..mm Joeetoh H. Karle, died at 7.1t this morning as a result of a pistol wound in bis head, tin Wedneeda) evening Mr. Karle shot himself while seated at his uJMcc desk. He was II years of ssic and a member lit om of tin- most prominent families ol the State. The funeral of .Mr Kalle will be held Saturday afternoon at B o'clock at 1 'hi i d church. Death did nu| eome as a surprlm as physicians stated from tin- Ural ii?t he could not recover. "HEIA IN CHURCH." BiHoff Shells UM Wood? und Listens for u Yelp. Nut inure than a thousand miles from Fountain Inn there is a church on which the devil has an overdue mortgage. The majority of the members are headed straight for hell, if there is any truth in Scrip? ture, ftl.j God hasn't been inside the building for so lung that He wouldn't recognizes the place now if He went back. / Regular services are held. Half the women members attend in order to show off new hats and new clothes, and the other half at? tend in the hope of hearing some new ?scandal. Nearly all the men members hate one another, and few if any of them are above retelling the nasty scan? dals brewed by the women. When the preacher criticises cer? tain evils, each member thinks the criticism is directed at some other member. No word spoken from the i pulpit Rodges In a human heart, for' no one listens to the sermons. The hearts of the members are turned to evil, and their minds are sewers for the reception of tilth. The men have no thought of care except the making of money and the hope of doing something to spite some brother member; and many of the women have lost the power to think of anything that is not las? civious and lllthy. Not many of the men can tell the truth, and tho women lie by prefer? ence. The aim and hope, the desire and longing of their lives is to do some? thing to hurt somebody else, and they neither know nor care anything about God. There hasn't been a conversion in the church for a month of Sundays, and there won't be another any time soon?not while the devil owns the premises. If a young man or young woman should come to me and ask how to ttnd God, I would say: "Go to that church. Then turn your back to it, start away, and keep going in a straight line. The ftirlher away you get, the better your chances are." I speak forth the words of truth land soberness when I say that God will never again enter that church until the women stop slandering one another and the men stop hating one another. It Isn't a church anyway. It's a cess poll, owned by the devil and lllled with his garbage. (The hit dog howls).?Fountain Inn Tribune. The Imperative Need of Officers. The providing of officers for the training of men is the great purpose of such institutions as the Plattsburg camp of last month. To officer prop? erly the million and a quarter volun? teers that would prolvobly be called for In a case of Hudden need?ami modern warfare is sudden, with the aggressor well prepared?would require some 4 0,000 officers. The sources of sup? ply for such officers are now limited. Retired military men who are still young enough to serve will furnish some, though not many. Those who have qualltied through examinations and whOSJi names are listed by tho war department, form another source, also limited. The military schools of high standing can supply a number. Then there are the agricultural and mechanical colleges which, under the Murrlll Land Grant Act of 18G2, re? ceive government aid on condition that they provide military courses. But the military Instruction in these institutions is variable in amount and quality. It needs to be standardized. When this Is done a large number of officers may be obtained from them. All these sources, properly regulated by the government and under control of the war department, will assure a regul?r annual supply of volunteer .officers. |iut congressional action is needed, and it is hoped this will be forthcoming as a result of the Increas? ing Interest in the subject of our na? tional defenses. Meanwhile, this camp of business and professional men at Plattsburg shows the temper of a portion of our citizens, and their determination to discharge their Obligation to their country. The word obligation, by the way. needs emphasis, for it Is an obli? gation, as Gen. Wood has pointed out; not a merely voluntary affair, a free? will offering, but a debt tu the nation a blood tax as real as any other tax. This highly successful l'lattsburg I experiment, the II rat camp of its kind I In the country, was held under the I auspices of the Kastern Department of the United States army. It is gratify* im-, tu note that the western depart? ment has planned a similar camp for the coast, to open about the 1st of this month at the Presidio, at San Fran I IMCO, - Ue\ lew of Reviews. suiotdo at Klngatrco, i Klngatree, Sept. 4.?Mr. .1. w. Pat? rick, a well-known cltlxon residing at Mroeklngton, ne u KIngstreo, commit ted suicide this afternoon by shooting I himself. TIDWFLL GIVEN SEVEN YEARS. Motion lor NOW Trial Refused, Law yers Aunounce IntetiUtgs to Appeal. Greenville, Sept. 4.?Georg* W. Tidwell, aged r?:?, waa found giuity of manslaughter today alter the jury had deliberated neatly 24 hours and was recommended to the mercy of the court. Judge Prince thereupon sen itenced Tldwell, who, on March 12, 1914, killed El. Bmmett Walker, to ?serve seven years in the State peniten? tiary or upon the public works of Greenville, the prisoner being left free to take his choice. The verdict wuh announced by the jury upon the convening of court thm morning. The 12 men had been out since 10.30 Friday morning. It is |8aid that until the last few minutes six of the jurors held out for acquittal. This was the second time Tldwell has been tried, in May, 1914, he was tried and sentenced to 12 years. His sentence was subsequently reduced to seven years by the governor. Counsel for Tidwell announced that an appeal would be taken. Judge Prince over? ruled the motion for a new trial. He admitted Tidwell to bail in the Bum of $5,000, pending the next session cf the supreme court. One of the grounds of appeal will be the allegation that some one spoke to the jury as they were going into a hotel for supper. Jurors admitted hearing a remark against Tldwell, but say that they paid no attention to it. Still another point is the allegation that Tldwell could not legally be tried for murder, inasmuch as his sentence had been commuted. Counsel con? tend he should have been tried for manslaughter. ARMY AEROPLANE ATTACKED. Mexicans Shoot at American Flyer. Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 3.?Mex? icans on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande late today ilred nearly 100 'shots at an American army aeroplane Hying over Brownsville and then turned their guns against a squad of American soldiers on guard at the Brownsville electric light plant. The soldiers got behind shelter and returned the lire. There were no casualties. Aviator Lieuts. J. C. Morrow and B. Q. Jones were in the aeroplane. The two were unaware until they landed that thoy Were targets for Mexican rilles. United States soldiers, stationed at Los TulPos ranch, about 20 miles north of hero, are holding ten Mex? icans' suspected of being border ban? dits. ' Details of cavalry and infantry agumented by posses of county offi? cers and citizens today continued the search for raiders through tho sec? tion where two Americans were mur? dered yesterday. BORGLUM TO DESIGN BOOTH'S MONUMENT. Stone Mountain to He Transformed to Honor the Confederacy. (Atlanta Correspondence to Phila? delphia Ledger.) Gutzon Borglum, the noted Ameri? can sculptor, is the guest of tho At? lanta chapter, Daughters of the Con? federacy. He will make an inspection of Stone Mountain, to present a plan for the monument to the Confederacy, which the Daughters will establish out of this bulk of granite. Mr. Borglum arrived in Atlanta Sunday and has since been the guest of Samuel H. Venable, owner of Stone Mountain, Mr. Venable having proposed to deed to the Daughters of the Confederacy that portion of the Stone Mountain reservation which the mountain covers. Mr. Borglum was accompanied to the mountain by Mrs. Helen Plane, honorary president of the General United Daughters of the Confederacy of the Georgia division and of the Atlanta Chapter; Mrs. T. T. Stevens, regent of the Atlanta chapter; Mrs. Hugh WiUet and Mrs. J. O. Wynn, secretary of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association. Although Mr. Borglum had fa? miliarized himself through letters and by photographs with the size and proportions of Stone Mountain, he was amazed at Its size and beauty when he saw it. 'Stone Mountain is a national treas? ure," he said. "In it are possibilities for a monument that will be unique in the world." It is planned that this monument shall not only rank with the greatest this nation has, but that it will be of world note from an artistic stand? point. Mr. Borglum will make the first designs for tin' monument into which Stone Mountain will be convert? ed. A prominent Georgian, Mr. Terrell, of Greensboro, a brother of the late Gov. Terrell, iirst proposed the gigan? tic Idea of converting Stone Mountain Into a monument to the Confederate cause. Following publication of it Mis. Plane saw Samuel H. Venable and he consented to do his part as the owner of the property to make the ideal of the monument a reality. Mrs. Plane then brought the matter bet?re the Atlantn Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, PAYING I OK COTTON. British Embassy at Washington Makes i'a\ mem of M2*?oe*) for sei/cd Cotton?First Check for ggsjovgoo. News and Courier. Mr. W. Gordon McCabe, of W. Gor don McCabe & Co., has been sent a check for $323,000 by the British em? bassy at Washington for American cotton taken from the steamships Carolina and Baltic several months ago. About two weeks ago Mr. McCabe received a check for $000,800 for cot? ton taken by the British from the steamship Southerner, which left Charleston late in January for Hotter dam, but was diverted to Kirkwell by a British cruiser. Mr. William F. Gray, of W. Gordon McCabe & Co. said last night that these checks were in part payment of cotton taken by the Kritish authori? ties. The cotton was held up by the Kritish pursuant to one of their war decrees. The two checks for a total of $983, S00, cover the payment lor more than 21,000 bales at a valuation of nine cents a pound, the cotton having in invoiced value of more than ten cents a pound, it is stated. It is un? derstood that the difference will bo paid later. For several weeks early in the year the movement of cotton out of Char? leston and other Southern ports to Holland and Germany was brisk, many steamships leaving this port with the staple. Among the carriers so employed was the former Clyde line j steamship Carib, which was destroyed ! by a mine when nearing the end of the voyage. When the time limit given by the Kritish authorities for shipment of cotton to Germany was approaching, cotton exporters redoubled their ef? fort-* to get shipments through on time. Because of the high freight rates due to the scarcity of oottoms on ac? count of the war, cotton exporters in some cases resorted to the old method of screwing the staple into the holds, of vessels, striving to turn eery foot of space to advantage. The Southerner, for the cargo of which Mr. McCabe received the check for $000,800, is a Savannah-owned vessel. POPE SAYS WILSON THE MAN. In Position Now to Point Europe to Peace. Homo, Sept. 3 (via Paris).?Pope Benedict today expressed pleasuro over the fact that the diplomatic nego? tiations between the United States and Germany had resulted in a promise from Germany to modify her subma? rine warfare. The Pontiff said that President Wilson, having shown both groups of belligerents tho fairness, firmness and good will of the Ameri? can government, now could address them with authority and probably In? duce them to take the preliminary steps which would gradually lead to negotiations for peace. The Pontiff was gratified to learn of the cordiality between President Wil? son and Cardinal Gibbons when the Cardinal delivered the Pope's message dealing with peace. His Holiness said today he hoped everybody, both in Europe and the United Sttaes, would be convinced that his efforts for peace are entirely disin? terested. He added that he would be ready to give the whole support of the Catholic Church to the person, in? stitution or country that undertook to end tho war. PLENTY OF MATERIALS. Germany Not Worried by British Blockade. London, Sept. 4.?Dr. Walter iKathenau, president of the German General Electric company, delivered a highly optimistic speech at a meet? ing of the company Friday regard? ing Germany's industrial and eco? nomic conditions, according K> Rueter's Amsterdam correspondent. Dr. Rathenau is Quoted as follows: "Our anxiety concerning raw ma? terial has vanished. The blockade no longer afflicts us. On tho contrary England, who hoped to destroy us industrially and economically, now suffers the heaviest from her own blockade, while we, despite the block? ade, are able to continue our im? mense work of producing unprece? dented Quantities of war munitions. "We see that England Works hard to raise the means to meet bills for thouaanda of millions, while wo, de? pending on home production, have ??caped economic embarrassment and once more foster the hope that bril? liant subscriptions to the war loan will confirm our Independence n bread." U, S. Submarine Base, Washington, Sept. 3,?Secretary Daniels has announced thai a subma? rine: base will be established at New London, Connecticut. This is the Hist base to be established by the I'nilwd S'Htea. FIFTY SUBMARINES CAPTURED. Officer Report? Losa of Arabic'* Dt> etroyor and of Many More German U-Boats. Now York, Sept. 2.?An oflicer of the White Star liner Adriatic, which arrived from Liverpool today, de? clared that the German suhmkrine which sank the Arabic had been Caught In a steel net and tho U-boat's double crew were now prisoners In England, lie added that within the past 10 days the British have cap? tured no less than 50 German subma? rines. After stating positively that the submarine which torpedoed the Ara? bic had been captured the officer said that he could not disclose the place of capture nor detail the circum? stances. He said, however, that the U-boat was of the latest and largest type of the German navy. Sir Herbert Holt, president of the Royal Bank of Canada, an arrival, said the members of the British financial commission coming to New York to effect a readjustment of the foreign exchange situation were to have sailed on the Adriatic but changed their plans at the last min? ute. He added that he believed they would reach New York in the near future. j From another source it was learned that the commissioners planned to sail for New York by way of Canada. Maj. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, Ca? nadian minister of militia and de? fense, was another arrival. He has been visiting the battle front in Franco and Flanders and "training camps in England. "We have every reason to be proud of the Canadians and the Yankees who are fighting with them In the trenches," he said. "I would not at? tempt to predict when the war will be over, but I can say that from our standpoint everything Is now very satisfactory." Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, was also a passenger. Six Arabic survivors arrived on the Adriatic. The.' were Mrs. Margaret Atkinson and her son Arthur Atkin? son; Mrs. F. C. Allison, W. Bathurst, Miss M. Chrlstopherson and John Doherty. Doherty said he was In his state room when he heard a shout and started for the deck. Before he had gone far, he said, he was shot many feet into the air and landed in the w ater. Passengers said that from the time the Adriatic sailed at 2 o'clock, Au? gust 25, until 9 o'clock the next morn? ing she was convoyed by three Brit? ish destroyers. AMERICANS KILLED ON BORDER. Missouri Farmer and Engineer Named smith Shot by Mexican Bandits. Brownsville, Texas, Sept. 2.?The bullet riddled bodies of two Ameri? cans, who were kidnapped early to? day by Mexican bandits about twelve miles north of here, were found late today in the bed of a dried lake about twelve miles north of here. The bodies were brought into Brownsville tonight. The men were Earl Donaldson, a farmer, who came here from Fayette, Mo., two weeks ago, and an engineer named Smith, engaged In construction work on an irrigation canal. These men, with Stanley Dodds, the contractor in charge of the canal work, were taken prisoners early to? day by the bandits, who burned the trestle north of here last night. Dodds escaped late today, wjien the Mexicans became involved in a light with the United States soldiers, and telephoned from a distant ranch. There were sixteen Mexicans in tho band, which met half a company of United States infantry north of Brownsville late today. One Mexi? can was killed. The others escaped. No soldiers were hit. FUNERAL OF GEN OROZCO. Bodies Followed by Thousands of Mexicans. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 3.?The fun? erals of Gen. Pascual Orozco and four companions killed In Texas last week were held here today. The bodies on a float, passed through streets lined with thousands of Mexicans with beads bared and each carrying bou? quets. TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. Board of Education Sets Date for Octolvr I. Columbia, Sept. 3.?TP ? State board of education, in session this after? noon, set October 1 as the date for the teachers' examination at every coun? ty seat, formed the scholarship awards already published and adjourned to meet again tomorrow, when the ap? peal from a Greenville county school will be heard. Tho people of Sumte* as a w hole want better Streets and n majority of them are apparently convinced that the abutting property assessment plan is the only practicable method to ob? tain thstn.