The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 29, 1915, Image 5
SPAIN III \s Ml MTION8,
Military Commission Now In I'iiIUmI
stales Placing IIu?r Orders For
New York. De* It.? -Spain lias en
tercd the American market t<? Im\
120,000,000 worth of IMUltkHM Of
war and maohinery to complete the
equipment of Spanish munitions plants
Franelseo C.a\it r Sala Spanish
Consul-Genernl In New York, admit?
ted today that a commission of five
military officers has tuen in the I'nlt
ed States since last February ?pilet
ly engaged In rounding up huge orders
of military supplies.
Four hundred million cartridges and
rhells already have heen ordered for
earliest possible delivery. Consul Salas
said.
Many rllles and Held gtMM of various
types will he required, hut no orders
have yet been plaeed for arms la -
cause American manufaeiurers have
boosted their prices to an exorbitant
figure In their trade with the bellig?
erent governments.
According to reports, a S'.o.ooo.ooo
credit has been established with a well
known Broadway hanking house, from
which cash payments are to be made.
"1 presume my government is tak?
ing a lesson from the plight in which
Belgium and Orccce found themselves.
We want t" be prepared to protect
our Island poss? ssions," said Salas.
An Invasion of Spain, of course, is not
Ilk. ly, and I do not believe the go\ -
? n ment has such a development in
sal t i in preparing."
I you believe the preparation has
a ring on the relations between
Portugal an?l Spain?" he was asked.
"No," replb d Salas. "Of course we
desire a union with Portugal, but th?
sentiment of the Spanish people fa?
vors continued neutrality In the great
war nnd treaties with Portugal to
bind the tv. ? countries together. *
BAN1TAR) st PPL1ES UNDER BAN.
British ???.I. i Against shipment to
< ? Html I1 + Stakes Kcprrsviitn
tion* l rut usliington.
Washing!' Dec. 23.?Great Brit- ;
aln has 8 I nded the issuance of
permits f? i shipments of hospital
supplies of ny description from the
I'nltcd 8t t? . to Cicrmany. Austrii
Hungary, ?ulg? H a a no1 Torhey. Thl
became ?nown the
same t. \c It U I.Sd Ihat Tue
state de rtment. at the Insists
the /. ..orlcan *Cl as Binds
rept-fs( ?m ?t t it* ... in ?.t ? ?i. foreign'
office s iking Withdrawal ,,? modifl?
caiiorT'Of the to>w order
Until r fen j t'.o Bi tlsti goren
ment u> I .in ailio?. oYemnted from tt?*
blockade orders
all hospital sii| eepl I
goods, such as
geons and nurse
etc. The Priti.m. authorities M
plained that permitting rubber goods'
to go into enemy territory would re
b ase n ? orresfM>ndlng amount of rub?
ber for the manufacture of automo?
bile tires ami other military ne-essa
ries.
Plant WlK-at and Oats.
Clarendon county made only a
third of u corn crop this year. That
i startlltiK. we think. and particu?
larly because It will strike deep a?
the poor man this n<\t season. Our
authority for that estimate is .Mr. W.
p. i^egg. one of the Moot ronsorva
live n?en In the county. Mr. Bcgg,
In turn, has I sen so advised by well
inform? d mentors throughout *be
nnty. There Is but one thing to
. and thai I* to riant wheat and
tfl In order t> bhVt early remedy
food shortage.
Ye nt.-d not my that our mOT*
f h.mts aid Baaken will look Into
this, for that BJSMM without saying.
It is not a Money crop which we
Ii? cd J' If re-.v. bn: the <juickest fooil
eropa that can be made. We are
not an uhirmlst. This condition
c Us for speedy relb-f. and relief
can onl> hi had b) fadni the sltu
itb our eyea of?n. ?Mannln i
I'ort.v I ear- of M r\ icr.
Sunday til the twentieth ;m
i i si. ol the servfjee of the Rw,
John Kershu l>. I?.. as rector of
St. Ml hael s ehOreh, Charleston, am',
for forty years he has beert a minis
KM of the gospel. In his youth h
eras u soldier or the Confederacy and
after the wai' he was for a long time
a !*wv?r and newspaper man. f.opv
i
years of faithful and unremitting toil
in good causes have not made him
?Ml men an bora whea he was at lbs
front ?vtth his lather. Gen, Joseph B.
K< I i . and M ho in Ihelf yon, h
es ma to know him have the feelinti
that they Were boyt With ?hm and
the yean dr< i? nwaj from them when
Ihojf meet him now, so brave an ;
true hi bis spirit so fresh and Unfall?
log is bis humor, so lull of fine
things that bring in? n clone together
Is |Us naf are ? ml to rtoh ht he in I ic
aemdncta that munteth not Itself.
He will nevet know, on this side, hoe
greatly his Companionship has Meet**]
bin friends and how many bohl him
dear.?Columbia State.
ECO POLITICS IN DANK SYSTEM.
Reserve Hoard Adopts Hcaohltkm to
Keep Officeholder and Partisan
Workers oil Directorate.
Washington, Deo, 13, Public office
holden and memheri ot political
party committee! aii made Ineligible
for election as officers or directors ot
federal reserve banks by a resolution
adopted unanimously today by th<
federal reserve beard. The reeo]
lion, which was offered by Secretory
IfcAdoo, also informs member banks
of Um reservs system thai In the
opinion of the board auch persons
henceforth should not act as officials
or directors of reserve banks.
The action of the board Is under?
stood to haVS Im en taken Without ex?
tended discussion, the resolution be?
ing offered during the election ol
Class t1 directors of reserve banks, ?
task which was not completed when
the session ended. Later it was said
that the aetlon was not aimed par?
ticularly at any candidate or at any
director or officer now serving.
Tin resolution said the persons re?
ferred t<> "can not consistently with
the spirit and underlying principles of
the federal reserve act, serve as di?
rectors or officers of fed< rnl reserve
banks*"
I It ATS to RETURN TO WOFFORD.
Trasters Deckle Restoration With Re?
striction* is for Deel Interest of Col?
lege.
Bpnrtsnburg, Dee. 13.?Fraternities
are reinstated among the students of
Wofford College, according to an?
nouncement made by i>r. Henry n.
Rnydor, president of Wofford, In let
ten received today by parents of stu?
dents. The letter states that after
considering the matter for several
years the board of trustees has come
to the conclusion that it would be best
for the coPege to permit students to
join fraternities or similar organiza?
tions under proper restrictions. The
fraternities at Wofford wen outlawed
a number Of years ago, and a steady
ti.uht for their reinstatement has been
waged ever since.
LOSING CHANCE TO EXPAND.
Mnnstfoctttrcn Not Awake to Onpor
tm "; lg Trade I'oothohU
Abroad.
New Yc Deo, 2h.?American
i are aot awake to the
rpportnntttes presented for getting a
foothold in every country of the
world. . ?? Ording tc Stanley ;t. Rose,
d'-dgnai'V, ;.>? r?.e l'ni?ed States bu?
reau e forels and domesth com
rce to visit the monulacturi ng cen?
ol i: try in the capacity of
? ? iser. He Is en route
after Visiting Cities in
Pennsylvania, West Vir?
ginia, Missouri, Kentucky, Iowa and
Nebraska.
Mr. Kose win beglr the second por?
tion Of his Investigation January 15,1
when be will leave Washington for
New Orleans to visit Texas, Tennessee
and the I'ai West,
Factories in all parts of the conn
try are working night and day at high
pressure under capacity conditions,
Mr. ROSS sai l io a statement given I
out tonight, but while he found a ,
gradual awakening to the benefits *o j
be derived from export trade, he was
sstounded to see bow little manufac?
turers knew about ways ami means
for getting their goods to foreign
countries.
HAD WEATHER PREDICTED.
Cain and Snow for Christmas in East?
ern States.
Washington, Dee. 14.-?Rain and
-now over the eastern section of the
country \.iii be the weather man*.;
Christmas offering, a big storm, cen
lerlns in Arkansas Is moving east
S I i d.
K MHEH H AS CANCER?
Hen*ntlonlal Report Coaccrnlnn tier
nan Raler*s Health.
Paris, Dee, 14,? Reports are being
circulated in Berlin that the Kaiser i
I uff( t ine with cancer of the throat.
His condition Is serious, says ;? Matin
dispatch.
HEABMTfl RANCH SEISED.
\ < linn JoumallfS Aaks Help of HtnU
Depai tnent.
Washington, Dee, 14.?The Rtni
department has made representation
to Cum nss concerning the selsttre Ii
Hub!corn Ranch, owned by William I?
Hearst pud his mother, west ot Ch\
' htm htm, hy t len, Villa.
t : >R|] EN IHM Tl HOME.
He Ha* Abandoned Tili? Pe
Party, Pineas I he Reason \ns\ nod
Chrlstlanla, Dee, 14, Henry Poi
has abandoned his peace party Im
cause of Illness, Mr, Ford sailed f?
New Tork on the liner Ucrgensfjord
OFFERS
OUY FLANS.
Willing to Con?
ti Plant for Physical
Dec, 23.?-Thomm A.
y's meeting of the na
board at the l?ro d> !yn
iTerod to pr< pare Cor I he
own cxp< 'nac plann and
us for n laboratory of phy
irch to coat 11,400,000 to bi
the development of naval in
ventioj i.
in announcing the offer W. l<.
Xaundcrs, vice chairman, said the
members of the board had received it
with enthusiasm.
Members of tho board today In
jspected the submarine B-2 which was
recently equipped with the new Bdl
jaon battery intended i<? preclude thi
I possibility of the suffocation of the
crew from chlorine gas. Others in?
spected battleships In the yard.
MAGIC CITY GROWING.
King! port Promises to He Another
Hopcwcfll?lluildingH of Every De?
scription Go I p.
Bpartanhurg, Doc. 23. At Kings
port, Tenn., on tho ('., 0. & O. railroad.
! m> miles north <>i* Spartanburg, an?
other Hop, w* ii, a magic city i
springing up, as the result of the
rcctlon at that point by the Federal
Dyestuff and Chemical company, n
Delaware corporation, with a capita!
slock of |15,000,000, of a plant that
will cover more than 200 acres ot 1
land and cost millions before it la
completed. The report Is current that
it Is a munition plant, but that after
the war in Europe dyestuffs win Ii"
made exclusively,
The cry is for labor Klngsport,
according to statements made here
today. Within the last few weeks
the population of the place la said to
have Increased more than 2,000 and
buildings of every character ere un?
der course ot* construction. Klngsport
is at tho forks of tin- Holsten rivers
and was until within the last few
years regarded as the most valuable
farming region In cast Tennessee.
DANGER FROM TYPHVS.
Illuc ( alls for Greater Health Precau?
tions.
Washington, Dec, 23.?Surgeon
General Blue of the public health ser?
vice today ordered greater precau?
tions against Introduction of typ hu?
f|uaraniine*tlsu:n | phu: ?>:;?
been set up. Extra precautions will
be taken at all other points of entry.
Thirteen members ot* the American
and BngHsh colonies in Mexico Clt;
are reported down with the fever, and
dher cases are s..id to exist among
foreign* rs. Three cases are reported
In Laredo, Texas, and 13 In Neuv?
Laredo, In Mexico across the border,
The Mexican authorities have prom
Isecl to cooperate wtlh American
officials In keeping oui the disease
carriers.
SUNDAY MORNING FIRE.
Home ot C, E. MoGec on Rroad Street
destroyed.
Tb? residence of Mr. C. E. McGce
on Proud street, ;> short distance be?
yond the city limits was burned Sun-1
day morning ahoul 7 o'clock. Mr. I
McGce and family were not at home,
having gone to Columbia to spend tin
day, and everything In tho house was
a total loss. The origin of Lhe fire Is
unknown. The house was owned by
Mr, T. W, Met 'ollum, ai d was insu: -1
ed.
AI DITOR H ??: FI.f>RENCE.
Governor Names C. VI. McCurry In
S?:eeeed 11. I.. Da IT.
Columbia, Dee, 24.?Gov. Manning
tonight ippolntcd C M. M Curry, ol
Florence uudltoi for Fl ?rence County,
to succeed U. L. Darr, deceased, Mr.
McCurry received lhe unanimous en
dornement of the Fl< rencc county leg?
islative del* gal >n.
Car I o;> of Peanuts,
Marlon Is u growing peanut center.
Last -.v ok Mr. M. L, Wut^rs, of Mar?
lon, : hippi <i a .sola! car "I !?? aunt.
M ver tl o Coast Lino, having produce*
same on his farm in lhe suburbs. H
Is understood that these nuts wen
dd to lhe cotton oil p? i>! !??. of i"bar
lost? n, u ml t hat I hi y ?'? ill be crush ??
;.t that poInt. Mr. W. C, Foxwo
of Wuhee, has plac? d u n ord r l'?
< nr for Ihls w cek, and v li1 load ii
M< Bars. W. K, Stanley and i'. A. ?
son, oi Centenary, also planted la
i I'opi ol peanut . and in all t bet e
be i. ei ti i i oiid en r lots shipped fi
Mar' in for the si u ?"!!. This lo
to.. thrift for Murlon, nnd lhe ?\
of King Cotton In In danger of tot
Ing, !!? re's hoping, ai ?'. ai I he si
time, hen "? cogratulat nlons, g
'farmers, upon your Independenci
Marlon Star,
Thenn?
tlbut
Rc
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PAY-VP WEEK.
_
ide Movement to Induce
>,. Pay Their Debts During
k of February 21-2?, ISi?
las I u^n Inaugurated.
imisos to ix come an an- i
I
ial e\ ent has h< en Inaug- i
National Pay-up Week,
1-L,(i, Inclusive,
one of the great assets oi"
t day system of business,
ny other good things, it is
?bused and overdone; and j
m< ny people are carclc la '
S th. ir accounts, there are
on millions of dollars in
accounts in this country
could be paid without in
ig the debtor, and if all
is of dollars were put Into
during one week, there
le greatest week of pros
known In this country*
ilit Is a gl eat t hing, it a I
me becomes a tax w h< si
? man who does not pay
ys a penalty or tax every
i a dollars' worth of mer
t not only must he pay
the man who pays his
??? is ia compelled to bear his share
i' this unjust tax?a tax collected in
ncreased price on the commodities ol
fe occasioned by the failure id' the
[ehtor to pay his Jails.
it la often said that the customers i
f the retail merchants who pay cash
ay more for their merchandise than
hey should because they have to pay
or what a deadbeat gets without pay- I
ilg, and there is much truth in th -
tatemcnt, too?the man who pays his
ills, pays cash, does really pay more
?r the commodities of life than he
hould pay because so many do not
ay.
National Pay-up Week had Its be?
Inning in the little city of Waukon,
ov.*a, a county Boat of but little over
,000 population at the end of a llttl<
ill way in the northeastern part or
?r: Stale of Iowa. Waukon Is a beau
Ifitl little city, and a busy business
enter, but the people of that com?
munity are like the people in many
n< ther town and community?that is
?me of them have, during the past
ears, bought gauds for which the.
ever paid, until the week of January
-16, t'ne princ ipal of the high
zhool, who happens to be secretary
t the Commercial Club, BUggestOd
hat it would be a good thing for
ftiukon to have a day of reckoning,
r rather, a week of recokning. The
it a appealed to the business men of
h Pay-up W eek, and ??> 11 i ?? > lhal
time In this little city, over
En >td accounts was wiped off the
' ooks of the local business houses.
Everybody set med to Join in the
. plrit, and consequently all found ii
? sy to pay their debts. And it is
i.ct^ttless to say that prosperity
r?igned in that town, for it means
something to a town of 2,000 popula?
tion to lift a debt of $50,000 In one
,'oek's time, and especially when part
of the debt Is so old that It has been
onsldered uncollectible,
The results of Pay-up Week at
''ail.on wer? so good that the Mcr
hants Trade Journal, a national
Magazine read by retail merchants in
i very town of any consequence in th
11tiro country, told Its renders of the
ucccss of the Waukon people In pay
ig their debts and urged business
i ieii In other towns to give grcati rat
I ?ntion t?? their collodions, and soon
other towns began trylrg the. plan?
il with splendid r suits. And now
? he entire country seems ready for
? his extraordinary event of National
ray-up Week,
? ur credit i.; notional In its scope.
' In manufacturer extends credit to
the Jobber, the jobber carries the rc
?il merchant, tho merchnnl In turn
xtends credit to his customers, and,
therefore, every business interest
should be Interested in a National
i 'ay-up Week. If local p< oplo hi
towns would make it a point to pay
the doctor, tho preacher, the groc r
and all other merchants, ami the
merchant made ? a. point to pay tho
wholesaler and the Jobber, and the
wholesaler to pay the manufacturer
during this week, February -1 26,
there would he more dollars pat In
irculation in ti.is country than were
over Btartod moving during the same
length of time.
A g?>od slogan to be used from now
iiil National Pay-up Week w? id he.
'Y mi pay your bills - 1 ?> ill hie,
February 21-26."
I UhV, f\ \\V IM?!
Uov
> ii I Cnst
less to Tuck
, i.-1 * r Fn mden
, his Uonstautinoph
ry mov< mcnl li
imed Inrgt dlmen
authorities hav<
?press it despit
most energetic measures. Great bit
terness prevails among the native
troops, battalion :?ri c r battalion de?
serting and joining Insurgents.
Native troops which were ordered \>>
attack the Insurgents mutinied and
attacked the I irltii ?!>."
HALF CKNTCItY OLD < ' I A
BALE.
The State.
Is there in existence a hale of r< -
ton picked prior to 18G2? The i|u -
tion is raised by a circular letter
from a \ew STork cotton brokerage
house, John top, Storm & Co., which
savs it has a sample from a hale gS t
ned in lf?62. "This cotton" says the)
letter "was picked by slave labor,
ginned and placed In a ventilated ;
barn and kept ihcre for a number of j
years. AI Iho death <?t the owner It
was placed In a local warehouse i n
South Carolina by the son of the
riaser and has been held by him,
largely out of sentiment." I
\ 0 TiV N W AYS AT ONCE.
Irl To- ???.' ' . :.i Buggy Lands in
Wagon Uoing < >;o^iio "Mrection.
(ivi nsburg (Pa 1 Dispatch 10 Phllh
d [ihia Nori h American?
Miss Jean I.. I lama Icy, 1!) years old,
. ? r of ? . P. llemaley, principal
of the Pcnn township .schools, was
driving to <m-< i nshi rg when her horse
' ? imc unmanageable, and in the
runaway that followed Miss Uemaley
underweni an experience that prob?
Rbiy is without precedent.
As the buj v sred sharply the
girl was thn ivn Into the air. At that
Instant a rtfnaw.iy team dredging a
j v.agon duslu past in the opposite
direct i >n.
Miss ' in: le i led In the wagon,
In a lib h . ? \'t ral nail-filled
boards. Rcforc th; team conU be
: . pped Miss Lteamley bad been jolt?
ed . 1 itmt on the nails, receiving se?
ver. Injuries. Her horse a/as caught a
I mile a way.
fhe Bailey?Lebby Gompan/
Machinery, Mill and Plumbing Supplies,
AUTOMOBILE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES.
AGENTS FOR
SSSp??nyTsire CELEBRATED G. & J. TIRES.
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j Pluck, Push and Perseverance are all essential t
I financial success. A systematic system of saving is t
? of equal importance; and this often has its beginnin;
? with the opening of a little saving account. Possible
* you would like to tslk with us about the matter.
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I P. r Share to thr-.ir 1915 Subscribers. This include
ii amount iratd in $50.00 t>''t^ iau "* ? 1 fines.
H For your 1916 New Vear Resolution: Resolved t
g join 1 t;e 1 copies' Savings Fund.
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Our Savings Dept. Pays 4 per cen
On Time Cer . icate 5 per cent.
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2Si i Begins Monday, January 3rd.
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three classes:
;(7 11 f I 7/ ~;; cents.per week
,' \i n ' zr* cexts.per week
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Excursion Fares
| Between all points on the Atlantic : :< a si Line
ct).^ r> >h\ts on conuccfllng lines.
Pickets 1 r 17th, 18fh, 23rd, 24th
>; and : i limit returning until midnight of Janu
| aij 10th, -/5,>.
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j Atlantic Coa!' Line Rt iiroad
I Tlio Standard Railroad of iho South
rM^r j icketa ;< d Pullman reservation and any de?
sire ;H mation, call on . V. PLAYER, Ticket
Agent, Sumter, S. C