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VtSUM GROWTH. - OH STANDARD HAH AS. CONSIDERABLY OVER tt,0OU,*O4). On In* Rcoorth?d During HBtfttn* Decv^nlsnr .11 tor U? tompeiiy?insurance tf 0,000,000; Amount Ackl N, C. Daily News. ?M atlem. "A prophet )? not honor save In hi* own coun It decidedly reverted toy one of >'? big institution*. The Jet jMsmdurd Life Insurance com uf this eity, is-recoKnuted. m>t sjs e large Anatteini factor in tin county and tixnUr. but Oreens jppeple aro large insurer- with it. |**#e volume of Insurance . ?n idboantiug noe to nearly $4e> ,ees, lemore* a conslderutdc force Leal help, so that the presence Institution rncuns more to the a factory with a lwtyroll of <|^0*> each wee*. During the Of June, when the company 4t? poetsertpt policy on sale. 100,000 of wew lusuranee was la On ii ford county. The Jef .?tAftdsrd carries neasfy a and a half dollars of Insure the Uvea of ritlxens c>f Ort?ei CMlford county, only hr the Jefferson held In mt lu ItH home county, but CarolIna, th?? company's home Is held In the big host repute. by the fnct that the closed the yet* ending De? ll. Ills, with U.700 policies tie home mate, insuring Ida?. During the year ms it In North Carotine poS fnenrtag |4.:t0i./J*?. These rtg tpest ? Interest every Uotlford efOssa It means that the Standard pt*c?d nearly ea mueh insurance in North during 1*16 as any other hfe company end that It ear? then twice ee much lasur Uie Ihr as or North Carolina a* any other company. It with snore than 60 life in? doing business In over one-eighth of all He Insurance carried by North rtttdan* le In the Jefferson Stand' Over ? e only mrsri pee Pie wUl be especlallj n*d'ta the splendid gains mad? Standard during 1116, of the company will ever liotjooo. so that th< to poUeyholders will be prao m and a-auarter million dot< x it msens that ths assets are con. lea over M.000,100. What thh for North Carolina, In a ma ,vray. Is Interesting f S.410,<t?f.lS le now carried by t%%y Jefferson Standard la leans on Worth Carolins real rotate, this mon ey being loaned In amounts which av eragw frnen<yt*<*te to tl.oeo. thus en the farmer ? nd business man the State and add tu the prosperity generally. It the Jefferson Stauda r a benefactor In Vorth Car Wt In lite tithei States It ??pirates is it ot com-rotC tml Jt hsM over i .?.. insnrane Vtrco In H??uth ^irollna. with tttlonato amount of money loau m the business men of that State. Otoixui th ? Uifeijjosj has o\er ft. ktpO ineurur ce In force; In Alaba enn??lder it.iy ovor $l,'?i>o,0?l?; !K>eo. over a roiltlen and a-ha The balance of this business scattered over Florida, District of frjuaihta. Texas. Arkansas and other In sach of thess States tho >n pursues the policy of luveet farm loans the premiums col f-om that state. a little of the Jefferson's suc i tree to the wise and beneficent, mm. North Carolina Insurance It Is not geherally known, but Carolina insurance laws aro thy ths newer States as models ^KjfeSseence legislation. Lacking teefcet ol the t>nrden?ome features of Jew Tork Irtws. they admit a relive ektstlcity, which makes dthy growth. "Of .course, here in Oreensboro, to S| fereonnet of the management Is letd, to a large extent, the splen tjpH ieitrth of the Jefferson Standard. All Of Uie offieera of the Jefferson ure ' Southerners, most them tvm and within t 4 Mat Practically ons of thi officers began In the ftsjsjuranc n busline earryln? the rah' book. lOvsry one was with this com? pany in Its initial period ef hard and earetaittlng toll, when st th s time It seemed that the building of a life in? ference company in North Carolina wee a praotlcal Impossibility. Dut these rnon bad < lulon and. having had the v|ston. they exerelaed the faith In their onutbland. As the company has gTov? n, t?o have tin y grown, ami, to? day, the officer* of the Jefferson Stand? ard are recognised, not only an men ef ability and worth In the city and Stete, but as progressive builders of the common It v This spirit of prog > rose has exemplified itself in keeping Jefferson Standard to the foro front in recognition of now idea* in life insurance. Today, the Jefferson Standard maintains Its own Inspection bureau, a distinct reinst itement department and a conservation department. Through the workings of this latter department, the Jefferson's policy holders ure offered the opportunity, as often as is practicable, loi u ootnplete phvslcal examination. During tho pasi year, experience has shown the val? ue of this to policyholders and com? pany allk:-. Several Instances are on record in which policyholders have been advised of a physics' condition, which, without proper treatment, might have proved fatal. Sugges? tions from the assistant medical di? rector of the company, which led the Marred to seek the advice of his local physlean immediately, has caused an Immediate improvement in the health j or the Insured. The \ i\inf to the com- j munity gencrully. is well as to the company, in this conservation of health-can hardly be overestimated. The Jefferson Standard officers have ton* looked forward to the day when their company, like a veritable snow? ball pushed to the top of a long hill, would begin its descent, gathering more and more H0OW with every turn. That day has arrived and (Jrecnsboro people rejoice with the Jefferson offi? cers and stoc'khclder? In the splendid progrtN* during 1915 and the still nmro splendid prospective progress during 1916. Are Your Farm Implements Under Sltelter.? < In some recent investigations the Knltod States department of agricul? ture found that a grain binder did, on an average, only 3.4 days work a year1; a mower, onl^ S.i days; a hay rake, only J?.t; days; a one-row corn planter, Only nine-tenths of one day. From these tlgures it Is very evident that the care taken of idle implements may be a much more important fac? tor in prolonging their life and useful? ness than tho relative amount of work i done. The man who knows will tell us that three orx four dayi work each season will affect very little the val , tie of a grain binder; hut If, after this ; work is done, tha binder is left out in > the open or und? r a tree until harvest i time the following year, it will very I shortly be nothirg more than a pile of i Junk, ready for the scrap heap; and I to. a jnote or. leas extent, the same thing is true of every other imple t ment we use. i Most emphettcallyj'tlo Ve believe in . labor-saving implement* and machln I wry of all kinds; %ut If an oak tree or i the fence comer" is the beat imple ? ment shed you have, then we guess - you'd better stick to the Georgia stook ? and scooter. A better plan, though, i wop Id be to get Improved implements ? and then build ata implement shed and soe that they are kept under it.? - Progressive Fanner. Quit 'Using Ffare. Wise and good old Dr. Knapp used to say that foolit and fire are two of the most seriou* obstacles to better farming in the South, 'and a trip through the cotton belt at this time of the year will convince any dear thinking man that be was right. Ev? ery where blue L?moke curling upward from burning corn and cotton stalks, , fn-nxg, weeds and trash tells a story of sell depletion and exhaustion. We have seen grasn and stalks so light and scattering that a hay rako was necessary to gatr.er them in piles or windrows, where they were burnt. Tins often happens, too. on our thin, i gollted bUiiddes that need vegetable matter if any land In the world needs It. There's one thing we might all as well get right now: we are never go? ing to have rich lands and profitable .yields as long as such practices are kept up. It's a pitiful thing to see a farmer burning this material and then buying high-priced commercial fertilizers to make his crop. It has been found that on land that made .100 pounds of lint cotton, tho stalks, leaves and burs contain at least 20 pounds of nitrogen, worth at present prices about 10. Where corn stalks and grass are burned the loss is little less. Nor Is this the only loss, for the humus value of this material is a very Important Itom. Jf you ever expect to become a rich land farmer, keep Uro out of the flolds. Burn absolutely nothing that can be plowed under or used to stop washes, and your land will soon re? spond with bigger and better crops.? Progressive Farm r. A I'rtdletlon. ?'iiiburniitorlal candidates may crop out now by the dozen. Dct them come. Tho more the merrier. Hut. when the votes ure tabulated next August we confidently believe that the majority of South Carolinians will endorHe the present administra? tion leg another term. The people havo been fooled more than enough h\ blatant demugogue.s. and they will not soon again return to the vomit. Constructive, useful, worth-while ac? complishment means something to this State, and tho enters aro going ,to refuse to "backtrack." Watch this. I prediction.?Edgelicld L'hronh h>. ?BE SEEKS SAFE POHL CiKRMlAN H AI DIOR HKTVRXS HOME WITH SPOILS OF WAIL CVinimcrco Destroyer Brings One Short of Two Hundred Prisoners und One Million Murk*?INTO un re|* rted Captures Announced by M Berlin, March 5 (via London).?The Germ; n commerce raider Moewe has returned to a German port with 199 prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars, according to an official an? nouncement today by the naval gen? eral staff. The statement follows: "Tho naval general staff states that H. M. S. Moewe, commander Capt. Burgravo Count von Dohna-Scholdlen, .it'ter a successful cruise lasting sev? eral months, arivei today at some home port with four British officers. 29 British marines and sailors, 166 j men of crews of enemy steamers, among them 103 Indians, as prisoners and 1,000,000 marks In gold bars. "Tho vessel captured the following enemy steamers, the greater part of which were sunk an 1 a small part of which were sent as prizes to neutral ports: * "The British steamers Corbridge, 3 687 tons; Author, 3,496 tons; Trader, 3 608 tons; Ariadne, 3,035 tons; Dro rnonby, 3,627 tons; Farringford, 3,146 tons; Clan MacTavish, 5,816 tons; Ap? pam, 7,781 tons; Westburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,335 tons; Flamenco, 4,629 tons; Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons. "The .British sailing vessel Edin? burgh, 1,473; the French steamer Ma? roni, 3,109 tons. "The Belgian stea;ner Luxembourg, 4,322 tons. "A several points on enemy coast the Moewe ajso lalJ out mines to Which, among otheni, the battleship King Edward VII fell victim." Thh Moewe's capture of two of the 15 vessels listed by the Gorman ad? miralty has not been reported pre? viously. They are the Saxon Prince and the .Maroni, both engaged in the trana-AttUntie servlco. The Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons gross, 362 feet long and owned by the Prince line of Newcastle, Eng., was built in Sunderland in 1899. She was last re? ported on sailing from Norfolk Feb? ruary 12 for ^Manchester. Tho Maroni sailed February 19 from Bordeaux for New York. She was owned by the Compagnle General Trans-Atlantiqtie of Havre and was ;U2 feet long and of 3,109 tons gross. Tho Moewe, prev ousjy made fa? mous by her xeploils, has performed one of the most spectacular feats of the war on the seas by reaching a home port In safety. The great Ger? man naval port of Wilhelmshaven is on the North sea, which is patrolled with ceaseless vigilance by British warships. It is through these waters which have been blocked off districts for patrol by the different British units that the Moewe must have threaded her way. i At least part of the gold captured by the Moewe was taken from the Appam, which put in at Newport Xcws I several weeks ago under command of Lieut. Berg with a German prize crew. Announcement was made in London January 10 that tho British battle? ship King Edward VII had been blown up by a mines The place at which the disaster occurred was not re? vealed by the British admiralty. It was said no lives were lost and only two men were injured. The Moewe first became famous when the Appum reached Newport News with a story which astonished the ?World. It was learned that the commerce raider had captured and sunk seven British vessels lr the main line of traffic between South Africa and Europe In addition to the Appam which had boen almost nlven up for lost. The next heard of the German raid? er was on the arrival at the Canary islands late last month of the West? burn in ehurge of a German prize crew. It was then made known that the Moewe had sunk the more steam? ships off the coast cd Brazil. Tho Saxon Prince rind Maroni prob? ably were sunk by the Moewo on her \\iy back to Germany as their sailing date* show they were both or the high seas towards tho end of Febru? ary. The identity of the Moewe has not been established deflr itely. Prisoners from captured ships Which were trans? ferred to the Westburn said on their arrival at the Canary island that the Moewe's guni were smaller than seven inches. According tc one report she *'as formerly a tramp ship, one of Bcveral which had been fitted out with m?ns as commerce n lders. The last previous report of the Moewe was that she parted company with the West burn on February V, Count von Doling, tlie Moewe's com? mander, belongs to the Bcholdlen of Bllatan branch of bis family, which la beaded by Prince Richard von Dohna, n was reported last month lh.il the count Wae in command of the German raider Ponga, which eras Ugld to have, made hgl way out ol Kiel ASKS THIRTEEN INDICTMENTS. CHARLESTON GRAND JURY ACTS OX COHEN MYSTICHY. S|KH'lol PrcHcntmcnt Calls for True Hills Against Persons on Various Charges Other than Murder. Charleston, March 4.?A special presentment was made by the grand jury today, following" an investiga? tion into the committee room shoot? ing on October 15 last, which re? sulted in the death of Sidney J. Cohen aud the wounding uf several others, 13 indictments being asked for, and the duty of bringing the charges specified is now in the hands of the solicitor, who will act at once. As court today arrived at the end of the session witnesses and petit jurors hav? ing been, dismissed and the grand jury excused from further attendance at this term, the special presentment and developing indictments will not be followed up until the June term of the court of general sessions. No responsibility for the killing of Mr. Cohen is fixed in the finding of the grand jury. Indictments are asked for as fol? lows: 4*M Henry Brown and W. E. Wingate, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying" concealed weapons. Patrick Quinn, F. E. LaFourcade and J. R. Cantwell, assult and bat? tery with Intent to kill. Edward McDonald, J. H. Steencken, Fred Stender, George Rentlers, W. Turner Logan, J; J. Healy and J. A. Black,'carrying concealed weapons. Frank Bogan, for inciting riot. There are 66 witnesses named in the presentment. The indictments handed to- the grand jury against Henry Brown and S. R. McDonald are returned with the request that the solicitor indict as recommended. Asked what would be the next step relative to the special presentment of the grand jury, Acting Solicitor J. K. Henry said that he would at once make out bills of indictment to be handed to the grand jury at the next term of court; that all those named in the presentment of the grand jury for carrying concealed weapons and the other offenses charged would be arrested at once and bound over to the next te$m of court Warrants will be issued -to guarantee the appear? ance at the. next term of court of all witnesses named. Meeting the Fertilizer Situation. It Is good* news which the Wades boro Messenger brings: "Owing to the scarcity and high price of commercial fertilizer this year, unpredecented use is being made of all kinds of home-made fertilizer. Compost - is being made in large Quantities, and the woods are being raked clean for litter.' Probably nev? er before has such an effort been made to save and use stable manure." Certain!^ if there ever has been a time when farmers should spend ev? ery spare' hour raking leaves, pine straw, woodsmold, etc., that time is now. Here are some rules we would suggest for meeting the present fer? tilizer crisis: 1. Clean up the rich spots about the farm, the hedgrows, ditch banks, bottom lands, etc., draining and ditch? ing wherever needed. This is the year to use the virgin fertility of your land just as far as possible. It Is worth more to you now than It is ever likely to be again. 2. Don't burn an ounce of hu? mus. Turn under all vegetable mat? ter where practicable; if not, then pile it up until it rots enough so you can turn It under. 3. Save all barnyard manure both liquid and solid, spreading it on the land promptly. 4. Keep all wood ashes *ry until ready to put out on the land. 6. Rake out from under houses and clean out henhouses, pig pens. etc. and also rake just as much litter as you can?leaves, pinestraw, woods mold, etc.?Progressive Farmer. GERMAN OFFENSIVE ENDS. Paris, March 6.?Violent artillery duels occurred during the night in the Verdun region, but there were no infantry engagements, according to the olllcial report. The Are was particularly severe on the left bank of the Mouse. In Argonne the French also bombarded the German positions at VarlOUB points. Experts declare that Verdun le now .safe and the Ger? man offensive has practically exhaust? ed itself at that point and tho drive has ended in failure. Dutch advices state that the Germans are seeking for another point Of attach along the western front, having given up all hope of success at Verdun. ?5?5?5!!H-!H5HS?eM several weeks ago. The captains of the British steamers sunk by the Moewe, who were brought to the United States on hoard the Ap pam, said the Moewe was the convert? ed fmlt trader Ponga. Lieut. Berg of the Appam. in denying this and also a report that the raider was the Gor? man cruiser ROOM, said the ship was "Iiis majesty's MoeweV' NEWS NOTES FROM SUMMERTON. Big Fish Fry at Nelson's?County Puts New Road S<ra|>er to Work Near Summcrton, and Some Good J toads uro Being Planned by Tho Nearby Planters?School Grounds Being Improved. Summerton, March 3.?A good many of our farmers, and some our merchants last fall stored a lot of cotton, thinking perhaps, as some had Isaid, that It would go to twenty cents bcforeC hristmas, but it not reaching the price expected by some they still have this cotton stored hoping to get a price that will yet give them a profit; but at this particular time the situation does not look so good, as some of those people who have their cotton stored have already been called on to put up a margin, while others are almost afraid to go to sleep for fear the call will come and they will not be at home to .receive it; or it really may be that they are a little afraid they will not have the mar? gin to put up. Cheer up old fellow; the darkest hour is always bust before day. The county has just had a new road scraper shipped here and put on at this place, and Supervisor Davis was here the other day and put It up and tried it out and was much pleased with the work it did. Even now we have some splendid road and we may expect some improvements which can easily be made* at a small cost with this scraper. There are several people over here who are much interested in good roads, and are not waiting for the supervisor and the chain gang to build them. Mr. D. D. Sport, has just completed a joint of road leading from his plantation in the direction of this place, and has done a most excellent piece of work, and is expecting to continue thlf road as far as Benbows crossing, which will put him some two miles nearer this place. Also Mr. I. Y. Eadon has done a most excellent piece of road building leading from his swamp plantation to his home place at Harvlns cross roads. We hope this good road fever will continue to burn and that soon we will have good roads from plantation to plantation. Yes, even to the lakes and streams; and then, O you fisherman, A good crowd from here met at Nelson's lake last Friday night and believe me such a fish supper you never heard of, stewed and fried. For awhile it was hard to tell who would win the blue ribbon as the champion fish eater. However, after the judges decided it was handed over to Dr. T. J. Davis with J. W. Lesesne, a close second, and J. W. Broadway third. Mr. F. W. Truluck has closed a deal with the Masons at this place to build a Masonic hall over the large brick store he Is building. It is also under? stood that this same hall will be used by the W. O. W.; the J. O. U. A. M., the K. of P. and the Eastern Star. Mr. Joe Joseph Is now in New York buying an up-to-date stock of goods for the department store that is now being built by his father, Mr. Geo. Joseph, which will be under the man? agement of "Hustling jV>e.,f Rev. Carlisle Courtney, financial agent for the rescue orphanage at Columbia, spent several days here last week with Mr. T. H. Gentry. Mr. C. T. Walker, one of Summer ton's hustling young men, left here several days ago for Charleston where he has a position in the railway mall service on a run from Charleston to Jacksonville. Claude is one among your correspondent's best friends, and he Joins many others In wishing him much success in his new work. Mrs. F. W. Truluck left here Tues? day afternoon for Eleventh Church, [Va., where she expects to spend sev? eral weeks with her mother. Mrs. U B. Martin, of Maxton, N. C, is spending some time here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Tenent. Miss Mammie Chewning spent Sat? urday and Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Carrigan with Miss Elmore McKnight. Miss Mable Harper, music teacher in the graded schools here, spent last Saturday in Sumter. Mr. C. J. B. Corhett died last Tues? day morning, and was burled Wednes? day morning at St. Paul cemetery. Funeral "was conducted at the church by Rev. C. C. Derrick. Mr. Corbett was a member of the W. O. W. camp at Davis Station. He is survived by his wife, mother, and several chil? dren. The pallbearers were: A. S. Rawlin son, Ia B. Sports, B. Bllllps, G. L. Johnson, Barney Tobias and Ben Lewder, Miss Ltda Scarborough, principal of the Bummerton graded school, is mak? ing quite an Improvement on the school house grounds by having a lot of sand hauled and tilling in the low places, which we think is money well invested as nothing adds more to the beauty of a play ground than nice high and clean yards. There will be musical entertalment at the school auditorium Friday night which will consist mostly of instru? mental music and songs. The pro? ceeds will go towards paying for piano at. the school. Miss Anna Wilkie, of Jordon, is BAUER SUCCEEDS GARRISON PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES SEW WAR SECRETARY. Appointee is Former Mayor of Cleve? land am? First Attracted Attention ' Wliiio Solicitor. Washington, March 6.?Newton D. Baker, a former mayor of Cleveland, has been appointed secretary of war to succeed Secretary Garrison. Baker only recently became con? verted to the preparedness theory, but is in full sympathy with the presi? dent's views. He first gained promi? nence as solicitor under Mayor John? son of Cleveland in the fight for three cent fares. TO DISTRIBUTE WEEVIL MAPS. Progress of Cotton Pest to be Shown In Schools. The United States department of agriculture's latest map showing the progress of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, and how close it is to South Carolina, is a very valuable and in? structive piece of work. ! Secretary Reardon wrote Senator Tillman and Congressman Lever sug? gesting that a number of these maps together with a good supply of the la? test cotton boll weevil bulletins be sent to him, and that he would place these maps and bulletins in a number of trie consolidated and other schools I of the county, and in other con? spicuous places like postoffices, banks, country sU es, etc. I Messrs. Tillman and Lever have re? plied saying they think this is a good plan, and that they will send as ma ny I of the maps and bulletins as they can I possibly Induce the agricultural de? partment to part with for distribu? tion in Sumter county. The bulletins and maps will be dis? tributed during March by Local Farm I Demonstrator J. F. Williams and I Secretary Reardon who will visit a great many country schools to talk diversification, pig'and corn club work,. cotton boll weevil, etc. County Su I perlntendent of Education ^ J. H. Haynsworth will acompany Messrs. Williams and Reardon to a number of the schools. The boll weevil map shows that this insect has made great? er progress during 1915 than for any I three years previous, and with its I present rate of progress should reach I upper South Carolina within two to (two and a-half years. Education of the masses in the quickest possible I time to prepare for the cotton boll I weevil Is the intention of the county I board of education, Clemson college land Chamber of Commerce in every J possible organised manner. I The parents of all pupils will be I asked to attend the meetings at the I school houses to guarantee their co I operation with the boys in the pig and I corn club work, and to discuss or? ganized methods of preparing for the I boll weevil by community Interest I clubs, etc. I A special effort Is being made to I have as much corn planted as possible I so as to have plenty of feed for pigs, I and also to have turnips, peanuts, sor? ghum, sweet potatoes, vetch, pea I vine hay, clover, etc. and other crops I good for forage and fattening pur I poses, for pigs and dairy and beef cat? tle. I Every effort Is being put forth by I the commercial organization to ar? range for a regular hog and cattle, land grain market at Sumter next fall. I The W. B. Boyle Company, of Sumter. I already have the marketing facilities I in the shape of yards, stables, side? tracks, loading in and out shutes, etc. This company is now buying hogs and cattle and with the cooperation of the I farmers and business men hopes to have as fine livestock market in Sum? ter by next fall as can be found any I where in South Carolina. The Sunier grain dealers are in the market at all times for corn and oats, hay, and cow peas. The Chamber of Commerce has ask ed Dr. W. W. Long, of Clemson Col? lege to have a hog raising survey of Sumter county made to furnish Infor? mation regarding the feasibility of a cold storage and packing plant In Sumter. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Rowland left this week for a trip of two weeks to Florida and Cuba. spending this week with relatives and friend* in town. Mrs. John W. Sloan has returned to her home at Ninety-Six, after spend? ing some time here with her sister, Mrs. John W. Lescsne. Mr. Henry A. Richbourg went to Orangeburg one day last week after a negro that had jumped his last year's account here, and while he did not bring the negro back he Is quite sure he has him located and expects to go back in a few days and bring him hack. While there Mr. Richbourg said he heard one among the best sermons he ever listened to preached by the Evangelist B. F. McLendon, using as his text Acts: 1st Chapter and 8th verse; and that from what he heard talked on the streets over there Mr. McLendon is doing a great work.?Manning Herald, .