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atchmoti ano ottttyroti; WATCbTMAM, ?H aba cads Thou at bo thy Country's, Thy God's and TIDE TRUE BOTJTHRON, Ehanbahfliad tan, IMaV OmmtMtoAtmd Aur. 8,188 L 8UMTER, 8. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 18. 1916 VoLXLIL No.O. r 1 f y. i Packing House Would Increase Prosperity of State, says Dr. W. W. Long. Head of Demonstration Work in Sooth Carolina Urges Buai tm Men of Sumter to Get Busy ? Does not Hold out Promises of Great Enrichment (or Thoee Who put Money In Enterprise, but Says That it Will be Means of Steady Income and Will Solve Grain and Live Stock Marketing Problems and Revolutionize Agriculture. A wonderful opportunity wai of* , fared the business men of Sumter od V Tdeeday afternoon by Dr. W> W. Lone of Clemso.n College, head of the domonst ration **ork In South Caro? lin?. ?V will rot say that It ought to vbe established here, or that th|e. le the* besf^lace for It," stated Dr. Long la o^nffiiwlng the eetabllehment of a pasklntf bVuM. "but I will say that 1 hope that Jou will establish U here," Pv. Long further stated that much Interest was shown tu the.erection of tk* poshing house la the neighboring towns of Darlington, Florence and Qtangebarg, and Darlington had gone 0 far as) to promise the capitalisation 9$ a passing house at $10,000. if Dr. l^sig wewld have It astbllahed there. P^btoao* also had proinlosd to raise tg* asosJoary capital and Orangeburg UM sis4a him to come there to dis aijge; the matter with the business gftftft, s/tta ware much Interacted In tHa preist. ?r. l#M **** the principal speaker at the gfsetlng in the Chamber of Cfrsniaifii rooms Tuesday afternoon ?fco wen. fully Into the subject of establishment c* a peeking house, sajrtaw thnt such a step would without Ojeabt solve the problem of the mar? keting of grain and live stock in this section of the State. He stated that h# fjintew two packing houses In the S*** tjsf la the Piedmont, which wpujd H oatablished at Oreenvllie. and e^gJ la the Poo Dae* its location bo*** n??<Msa as yet WfflHKsjSS besides Dr. Long Mr. ft sV ssnPrnddsn. district demmstra tkOo argent for eastern South Carolina, Wtjs?the only other speaker. Dr. Ldag was most impressive In his re sharks and was askeil quite a number at qoestions as to thu proposed pack lag house and Its establishment, al? though he said he did not know much c*f working* of packing houses, but was Only speaking- from a standpoint of a solution of the problems of market? ing Uve stock and grain. Mr. McFadden. when Introduced, merely mentioned the fact of his hav? ing: been la attendance upon the con fHoaoes held at various schools In the oojanty during the past week and ex . jssed hie delight at the feelings of mutual dependance and sympathy be? tween the business men and the agri? cultural classes. He considered It tho doty of the business men to provide markets for the products of the farm. When the farmer raised these pro? ducts. He said that he was glad to note the interest displayed by tho Chamber of Commerce In aiding the farmers In solving their problems and hoped they would continue their work In thle lino, ss It was on the fight track. Dr. W. W. Long * tar ted out by tell? ing his auditors th?.t his whole fam? ily were farmers and thst his whole life had been devoted to promoting agriculture. He said that he knew, however, that not all the virtues were possessed by the farmers and not all the vices were possessed by the business men, for he had known business men to Irr pose on farmers snd had known of farmers practising deceptions on business men. He con? demned sny personu who sought to array the two agalnttt each othor. Up to a short while ago there had never been any logtilatlon in the In tercet of the farmer, and the finances of the country had been conducted In a manner Injurious to the farmers until the present administration went In. The work of the commercial or? ganisations had up to a short time ago been to Induce outside manufac? turing Industries to come In, but now It was turning into the right channol. the development of the agricultural back country, upon which the life of the town depended. "Every town In Soeih Carolina." stated Dr. Long In his most Impressive style. " has its back country, as Its most Important asset, for without tils back country Iand Its products, the town would be ruined." He said that diversification of farming was no new doctrine, it had been preached from the earliest history of tho State. Before the War Between States there had been more cattle, hogs and every form of live stock In the State than at present, ex? cept the mole, of which there were more. now. "The reasons that diver? sification has not been more generally practised," said Dr. Long, "is that thsrs hae been no markets for the I diversified products of the farm. There must be a market for them and the business men should provide this market for the farmers did not have the proper financial backing and con? nections which the buslnete men had, and could not establish these neces? sary markets for themselves. . "Now I will give you the solution to the problems of marketing grains and live stock. It is the establishment of a packing house, for no sensible farmer will want to sell Ids grain, if he can find a market fo - his live stock and convert it into meat." Dr. Long at this point went into detailn as to the establishment of the creameries in the State, of which there were four, he said. These had been mart cd small and Clemson Col lego had insisted that they should a p? point the men to operate them. The I business men who had taken stock In .them were told that they must be sat? isfied with eight per cent, interest on .their money. The enterprise was not an investment for them, but the plac? ing of their monsy In a plant for I the public benefit, and it was only as [such toat they would receive ' the beneftt f^b4e|**jm*y we assured eight per Cent, interest on 'their stock. Whatever money more than taat woo hoade was given to the farmers to encourage them to work up their dairy business All of the creameries had proven successful under the skillful guidance which the demonstration department had pro? vided. He said that recently a ready market has been found for the products turned out by the creameries and at the present rate of increase, in six years S?rth Carolina would pro? vide every bit of the butter it used. The establishment of the packing house would be on the same plan. It would requiro a capital of 150,000 and the money would not be put into the plant as an Investment, but it must be given as a publlo benefit, for it would bring increased prosperity to the community. He could not prom lso any dividends the first year, but after that he could promise eight per cent dividends. The money paid for the live stock would go back to the community where the stock came from and the enterprise would there? fore benefit every community within a radius of many miles which took advantage of the opportunity it af? forded. At thin point Mr. Long stated that he did not know yet whether there were sufficient hogs In the Pee Dee section of the State to warant the establishment of a packing plant here. One would be established at Oreen villo and If there were sufficient swine he wantel one In the Poe Dee section. He stated that he had sent out cards to all of the demonstration agents in the State to find out the number of hogs raised last year, tb ' ber for home consumption and for sale, and the number which would be raised this year. In about two weeks this information would be on hand and he would know how to proceed fur? ther In the matter. Ho atatod that If only one was established, It would prove of xreat bencgt to the State, as the rate on live stock In South Caro? lina was i he cheapest of any State in the union. There were comparative? ly few farmers, Mr. Long stated, who knew what a marketable hog was, and the live s ock Industry would have to be gradually worked up. If tho pack? ing house was established it would be In a small way at first and gradually Increased as tho live stock Industry was built up. Mr. Long stated that only those persons who had visited the sections which had established packing houses could realise the difference in agri? culture which they had brought about. He advised a visit of a committee of POWERS TO |g AMENDS. GERMANY ANXIOUS TO PREVENT TROUBLE AS RESULT OF SILIUS CASE. Represented as Thinking Reports In? accurate and Maintaining That Such Attacks Would be Exceeding In^ structlons to its Submarine Com? manders. Washington, March 14.?Unofficial i advices received here today indicate j that Germany will make complete amends to the United States if it is found that a German submarine tor? pedoed the Norwegian bark Sillus, from which seven Americans were rescued in Havre roads. The German government is repre? sented here aa believing that a tor? pedo was not responsible for the loss of the bark and that any commander who attacks a neutra l ship such as the Sillus without warning would be ex? ceeding his instructions. The sinking of the Sillus has been the cause of much concern here be? cause American Cor.sul Osbome at Havre reported that the ship was tor? pedoed without warning. His report was based on statements of American I survivors. Officials are inclined to en? tertain the possibility that the ship might have struck a mine, but the case is being Investigated further. Today the state department receiv? ed another report from Consul Os? bome which failed to mention the cause of the sinking, merely saying the vessel was unarmed, carried a car? go of grain and no passengers. Of the crew of 17 members only three perished. Among the victims was the captain, a Norwegian. He also re? ported the names of four of the sev? en Americans aboard the ship. These were: John Hartman, Philadelphia; i "Daniel Nobal, John Van Galen and [Henry Monahan, addressee not given, Hartman is in a hospital with a fractured hip. The other three are en route to New York aboard tho steamer Texandrier, due to arrive there April 1. PROTEST AGAINST BRANDIES. Washington, March 14.?Former President Tafi-^DHhm- ?eet ?e^veejotf prominent politicians today register? ed a protest against BrandeUV ap? pointment. The petition was present? ed by Attorney Fox for the opposition and states that Brandies is "unfit" for the office, but gives no particulars on which this belief is based. I WINTHROP TEACHER TO KANSAS. Columbia, March 14.?Charles R. I Weeks has resigned as professor of I agriculture at Winthrop college to ac? cept a position with the Kansas ex? periment station. He will be suc? ceeded by H. O. Sampson, recently connected with the United States de? partment of agriculture at Washing? ton. business men to Moultrie, Ga., or Tal ladegha, Ala., where pUnts had been established to see the changes which had been brought. "You have heard of preparedness for the past year now," stated the speaker. "You must prepare for the coming of the boll weevil. I have seen cities and communities ruined by Its advent, places which had been warned, but would not act on the ad? vice. I have seen land which sold at fifty dollars an acre offered for five dollars, and a purchaser could not be found. The boll weevil is now only 146 miles from the South Carolina line and it will be here soon, and it is coming to stay. I have seen individ? uals prepare, but I have never seen a community prepare, although it was warned. Live stock Is your only sal? vation and I beg of you to be prepar? ed." In his remarks In answer to ques? tions Dr. Long stated that he thought that neighboring communities should come Into the proposition, as It would prove a benefit to them, as well as to Sumter. He said that all of the sur? rounding towns should bo given an opportunity of subscribing to tho $50, 000 stock of the packing plant, if it was established here. Of course ho could not say that they would sub? scribe. He advised the appointment of a committee to look Into the mat? ter further and see if Sumter busi? ness men were interested in the prop? osition and would raise tho capital for tho packing plant. Dr. Long was given a vote of thanks for his very Interesting and instructive remarks. Among thoae present at the meet? ing besides Dr. Long and Mr. McFad den were Mr. It, L. Baker, he.id of the Boys* Corn and Pig Clubs in the 8tate, Mr. J. Frank Williams, county demonstrator, and Mr. E. N. Welch, Lee county demonstrator. j LEVER PRESENTS MEASURE. PART OP AGRICULTURAL PREP? AREDNESS PROGRAMME. South Carolina Congressman Points to Dependence of Everything on farming. Washington, March 14.?Represen? tative Lever today introduced his cot? ton standards bill, which provides for the establishment of uniform standards of classification for cotton and provides for the application, en? forcement and use of such standards In transactions in interstate and for? eign commerce and provides for pro? tection against the misuse of the standards. Standards of grades for cotton have already been established and promul? gated. This bill undertakes to en? force these standards and sets up the inachinery for proper grades and classifying of cotton through licensed graders that goes into interstate and foreign commerce. ; "This bill," said Mr. Lever, " is one of several which go to make up what X am pleased to term the agricul? tural end of the administration pre? paredness programme. The other bills included In this programme are the reenactment of the cotton futures tct to overcome the technical de? cision of a New York federal judge declaring the act unconstitutional, the federal warehouse bill, which will furnish a uniform warehouse re? ceipt issued from federally super? vised and bonded warehouses, the train grades bill, providing for a federal system of supervision of grain grading, and the land mortage credit bill, which undertakes to set up a j comprehensive system of furnishing cheaper credit for long terms on the amortization plan of repayment for farmers. This constitutes the moat ambitious programme of legis? lation in behalf of agriculture ever proposed in any legislative body, but complete preparedness can not exist I unless it takes into consideration agriculture and economic prepared? ness as well as military and naval preparedness. The fact is that the Iwlti** kind of preparedness can not * tkry and naval preparedness are nec? essarily bedrocked upon agriculture and economic preparedness." VIOLATION DRUG ACT CHARGED TWO Physicians and Druggist are Charged With Violating Harrison J*w. Charleston. March 13.?Indictments have been filed In the United States district court here against Dr. A. B. Patterson and Dr. E. L. Patterson, and Joint indictments against Dr. A. B. Patterson and C. N. Burckhalter and Dr. E. U Patterson and C. N. Burckhalter, all of Barnwell, S. C, for alleged violations of the Harrison drug act. The two indictments against the Pattersons charged dis? pensing in violation of the Harrison act and the other two joint indict? ments against the Pattersons and Burckhalter. a druggist, charge con? spiracy to sell morphine in violation of the Harrison act. Bench warrants have been Issued in these cases and it Is expected that the defendants will bo tried shortly In the federal court. Dr. A. B. Patterson Is State senator from Barnwell. PICKENS YOUTH FALLS FIRST. Fred A. Griffin Native South Carolin? ian, Killed at Columbus. Easley, March 11.?Fred A. Grif? fin, the first American killed In the raid by Villa's bandit force on Colum? bus, N. M., was a native of Plckens county. He was 23 years old and had been In the army for about five years. He came of one of the best known families of this county. He was a private in Troop K, Thirteenth United States cavalry, stationed at Columbus. Mr. Griffin was a son of Ambrose Griffin, a well known farmer of Pick ens county, living near the county seat. Young Griffin's grandfather, Capt. Griffin, is one of the county's best known citizens. Fred Grimn had been in the army for about five years. He has many relatives In Plckens, the family being well known throughout the county. BILL TO INCREA8E FORCES. Sena to Passes Enlistment Bill Which Will Add 20,000 Men to Army. Washington, March 15.?The senate has passed the joint resolution au? thorizing the president to recruit the army to its full strength. The bill now goes to the president. It adds |?o,ooo men to the present forces. ESPOUSES CAUSE Of PEACE. WILSON TELLS SCANDINAVIANS OF HATRED OF WAR. Points Out to Delegation His Unswerv? ing Wish for Things That Arc Right. Washington, March 13.?President Wilson told a delegiation of Scandina? vians today that nothing was nearer his heart than keeping the United States out of war. He was assured by leaders of the delegation that his efforts in behalf of peace have been strongly approved throughout the country. In reply the president said: "I can assure you that nothing is nearer my heart than keeping this country out of war, and doing any? thing that the United States can do to ? show its preference for peace and for justice, and for the things that make it impossible that nations should fight one another?real understandings and friendships and fair dealings. "You may rest assured that it cheers me very much that you should come and utter this word of enourage ment." ' The Scandinavians came here in the interests of a movement to erect a monument in honor of Capt. John Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor. Representative Fitzgerald's bill to approprltae $100,000 for the erection here of such a memorial was urged before the house library committee today by a large delegation. WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGE. Governor Calls Legislature to Probe Conduct of Judge and Attorney General. Nashville, Tenn., March 12.?Gov. T. C. Rye today Isued a proclamation calling an extra session of the legis lature to meet March 21 to investigate the conduct in office of Judge Jesse Edglngton of Division I, Shelby coun? ty criminal court, and Attorney Gen? eral Z. N., Estes of Shelby county, in which Memphis Is located, against whom charges of official misconduct have been lodged. SOCIALIST IK CAMPAIGN. *^t*?< Presidential Nominee Criticises Wil? son 10 Such Terms That Members of Committee Object. Washington, March 13.?Allan L. Benson of Yonkers, N. Y., Socialist candidate for presidency, criticised President Wilson's advocacy of pre? paredness in such blunt terms before the house naval committee today that Chairman Padgett expunged the re? marks from the record. He was per? mitted to continue his argument against preparedness after being warned that the committee would not tolerate further improper references to the president Mr. Benson angrily protested against the chairman's attitude, saying he would withdraw if he was before "a Russian committee." Representative Roberts of Massa* chusetts (Republican) urged that the witness be allowed to make his state? ment without interference but the chairman sustained objections by Representatives Oliver of Alabama and Tolbott of Maryland, who had in? terposed when Mr. Benson declared flatly that the president had said what he knew to be untrue when he assert? ed in his Cleveland speech that tho country should prepare for defense at once and that nobody knew what tho noxt day might bring forth. BUILDS WIRELESS STATION. Believed That Gen. Funston Will Di? rect Troops by Wireless From San Antonio. Washington, March 14.?Gen. Fun ston has advised the department that he is erecting a wireless station at Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio. This is taken to mean that he will di? rect his campaign against Villa by wireless from there. CI;OSES PACT WITH RUSSIA. Agreement Reached for Purchase and Transportation of War Materials. London, March 13.?An agreement has been reached between Roumanla and Russia, which is believed to Indi? cate the definite decision of Rou? manla to adhere to the cause of tho entente allies, according to a Bucha? rest dispatch to the Exchange Tele? graph company. The agreement per? mits Roumania to purchase war ma? terials in Russia and to transport through Russia war material pur? chased elsewhere. It is reported that Russia has agreed further to give to Roumania part of Bessarabia. GUARDSMEN WILLING TO HELP APPROXIMATELY 22,000 IX SOUTHERN STATES. Twenty-eight Regiment? of Foot and Six or More Batterie? of Artillery Ready to Go to Mexico, if Needed. Washington, March 11.?Approxi? mately 22,000 National Guardsmen in the Southern States can be made ready for service on the Mexican bor- \ der within a very short time, accord? ing to statements made today by of? ficials of these States. This force would include about 28 v< nts of infantry, at least one r ' eon of cavalry, six or more batt ^of field ariillery and several fie* ^ ^ial and hospital corps. $ Virginia has placed w President Wilson's disposal ihre* >" intry regi? ments, three batterie ?f field artil? lery, a field signal K r> and a field hospital corps, whf jj las can put Into the field 3,4Of c- era and men, composing three u ?2f sy regiments, a squadron of ca- a battery of field artillery a? field hospital corps. Alabama has 3,000 State militia, In? cluding three regiments of Infantry, two batteries of field artillery and a field signal corps. North Carolina has 3,251 officers and men and the 8tate adjutant general announces that the companies can be recruited to the full war strength of 150 men each in 10 days. The militiamen of the ether States are announced by the officials as fol? lows: South Carolina 2,517; Georgia I, 000; Tennessee 1,500; Louisiana, 1, 500; Florida, 1,400 and Mississippi 1,200. MANNING TO SPEAK TO BOYS. Banquet to Champion Growers Will Be Given in Columbia in the Near Future. Columbia, March 12.?Guv. Man? ning will be the principal speak* er at a banquet for the champion' boy corn growers to be held l^^^sinbia at the Jefferson hotel before the end of the month. The governor yester? day accepted the imitation. The invitation was extended by L. L. Baker of Bishovllle, State agent for the boys' club work, who came to Columbia to make final arrangements fo the banquet. A gold medal will be presented to Gary McKenzie of Hamer in Dillon county, who last year produced 164.42 bushels of corn on one acre at a cost of nine cents per bushel. He Is cham? pion boy corn grower of the State. Other Invited speakers for the ban? quet are: E. J. Watson, commission? er of agriculture; J. E. Swerlngen, State superintendent of education; J. T. Liles, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house; W. W. Long, farm demonstration agent, and Neils Christensen, chairman of the finance committee of the senate. Mr. Baker said yesterday that more than 2,000 boys will this year be en? listed in the agricultural clubs of the State. Many big clubs are being formed. FACULTY TO HANDLE HAZING. University Student Body Drops Juris? diction-?Formerly Under Honor System. Columbia March, 12.?Hating, which has been under the honor sys? tem at the University of South Caro? lina, was again placed entirely under faculty supervision by the student body of the university yesterday morning. Several years ago the university stu? dents requested the faculty to make hazing a part of the honor system, and as this was done, any hazing charges were dealt with by the honor syste i committee of the student body. Yesterday's motion, which was car? ried by a large majority, rescinds that move of several years ago, and takes hazing out of the honor committee's jurisdiction. This means that all fu? ture hazing charges against students will be dealt with by the faculty alone. AUSTRIA AGAINST PORTUGAL. Minister Given His Passport and Dec* la ration of War Expected. j Vienna, March 16.?Austria today I instructed her minister to Lisbon to i ask for his passport. The Portuguese ; minister was handed his credential* last night. Austria evidently intends to join Germany in a declaration of war ? gainst Portugal. Austria Declares War. Rome, March 15.?Austria has for [malty declared war on Portugal.