Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ttKINISLl?llfORNATlOII miK i.\MtuA\c k ia VO W OifTAlNkJ.? UY HOL TU CAROLINIANS. Coenpa?jia of Mc.%L>>tcr'? Ho Insurswe Opvr? Lotter Submits Vernix of i'M 11c IklUw? Will Horch lf.?Gov. Man ooot the following- let Hugh McMaster, lnsur Mir, und John U Mr ?Info watfehoros commlwi 'ii 1 em doily UM root Irin if Inquiries from of the 8tote asking me how I ho obtained under hwa, and In view of the of curtain of the com? posite la deeply interested and to any easii wnce that can 1 desire this information in that they may make their buei rrangsmanti I ash that you will mo whore and bow this insur be obtained." wets received yesterday af Mcnsrs. Mc Master and MaMastsr submitted a list of is 11 of which ha believed continue to write insurance In to Carolin^ and a list of 3? mu ftre mourtjico com]?nies. tteLaur n replied that the Arm Cornwall * Stevens of roth hail given him assurances tfcey could handle the situation, his reasons far the high In Bo also takes Mr. Me? lt task for Inoilring Into the of Mr. ?tevemi and another Ivo >f the N? w York firm ia of their recent visit _J? mtdtlnf yesterday afternoon of jnOShUH temmltte* Of tho South Ipttmta Warohooos association, the IfOdssn anU-oempeot law was MaMastsr left last tor Mow York city. WAXT>tl TEST. all Danger That Do Assert* es Han Ism, March Id.?Carransa flood tho tost ami ? mVlals be that aU danger that his forces tho Americans is past it dispatches eta to that Gen. hi gathering Ave thousand Oar tfOOfo In Sonora. neos the but his reported determlna desort Carransa and Join VH? k not officially confirmed, order that no precaution may be iked the war department turn attention io the mlllUn today. It fa not anticipated that State troops will ho colled on. hut nevertheless th? d>t>?;tment of war In in clone touch Wtth State officors ant know Just how mony troops are available lf they sswuld ho neodod. Tho ssnats miilrnry committee is tu Work mg hard to present the pre hill pr< vldtng for an army twm ^ondred tnd fifty thousani to the senat* before night. 19 VILLA? Conflicting Kieperts as i Whereabouts, i Antonio. March II.?Many re as to the whereabouts of Villa received today. One s that ho headed for Bouquilla, Sonora, others state that ho Ig making and Cases Grande*. VILLA WOULD MCRDEU MOR MAK8. to ?atermniale Colony Report Says. Paso, March II.?Villa forces to massacre five hundred Amer Mormons at Caias Grandee are In that district and are threat -., attack, according to a<lvlces to Bishop Hurst, of the Mormon church hero. He hurriedly conferred with the Collector of the Port Cobb who Immediate'y dispatched the Informa? tion to Osn. Pershlng. Hurot stated that the Mormons are In immediate danger of ma see ere. Battleship Making Ready. Philadelphia. March II.?The trans? port Hancock and th? battleship Min? ers being hurriedly provision for departure to Mexico. VAN TIHPITX RKflRKr?. Chief A poetic of fVightfulness Leaves German Navy. v Terlln. March II.?It was officially snnounced today that Admiral von Tlrpits has retired as head of the German navy on account of III health. Loll at Verdun. Paris. Msrch l? -Thor* la a lull In the infantry fighting at Verdun. The artillery combats continue violent ig mm m. m. Al'TIM. GOVERNOH UAHDiXCi sttffs) APRIL 15 AS DATE. Gtnrruor tiocthals Asks to lie Retired and lYobubly Will bo Allowed to flgjsfeii Hein? Bncceedcd bi Himi ^ Wa.shlimton, March 15.--An oillclal [prediction that the Panama canal will ^jc reopeae^l by April 16 lor r.he pas suge OH i*eP drait vessels was an* j m 'Mfimi tonight by the war depart- j inent <'ondltlons In Gaillard cut, scene of the principal earth movement which blocked the waterway last fall, are regarded as Justifying the forecast. Col. Harding, acting governor of the canal sone, telographed the war department today as follows: "Conditions in Gaillard cut Justify predictions that canal will bo avail? able for ships of 30 foot draft on April IB subject to probable tempo? rary delays thereafter to meet ex? igencies of dredging fleet in complet? ing canal to full depth and in remov? ing shoals that may possibly develop." Earth movements in the canal be? gan in September and were at first regarded aa comparatively unimport? ant but later became extensive. Ma). Gen. Goethals. governor of the canal sone, has asked to be retired under the act of congress granting him that privilege, believing his work done, but when he found that a huge new task had been set him by nature he promptly withdrew his resignation. Oen. Goethals was in Washington today.' His future plans are not known, hut it la anticipated that he will again offer his resignation as soon as deep water traffic is moving through the canal. Col. Hardlng's tel? egram is so positive that It Is thought probable the governor may not return to the sone at all. Col. Harding wdl succeed him. . Reopening of the great waterway is regarded as an engineering feat sec? ond only *.o the construction of the canal. Millions of tons of rock and earth have oeen torn out of th? co? llapsed excavation* New dr*Cgos of a alas and capacity never before em? ployed have labored night and day for months. In the meantime the ) ... ectlon froth at the terminals and about the locks has proceeded without pause. When the canal is reopened facilities for Quick handling of ships win be ranch beti er than they wero when the slides ttejan and the gnat project iloecr to final completion in nil de OTATE*S CREDIT HIGH. Hosten Hanker Congratulates Liov. MuitninjC on Selc of Large Horn I Is? sue. Columbia, March 14.?"This Is not remarkable, particularly In view of the fact that your Slate enjoys such a high financial standing." says John P. Martin, president of the Exchange Tru>t company of Boston, In a letter to Guv. Manning, discussing the re? cent sale of South Carolina bonds. About $5,000,000 worth of bonds wero sold at a premium. Mr. Martin said: "I have learned with pleasure of your succoes in placing your bend issue about which you spoke to inc. "It would have given me keen pleasure, personally, to have placod the bonds lor you, and 1 think you are to be congratulated, especially in view of the fact that the largost banking house in Boston and a simi? lar firm In New York agreed with me In the position which I took, vis., that because of the relatively low yield their sale In the market In Boston and elsewhere In the North would have been more or less difficult. This condition, you will understand, is due largely to Massachusetts laws which have very strict regulations governing investments of Insurance companies and savings banks, whereas In the South the prices which you would be j able to get will undoubtedly be more advantageous to you." _ TO MAKE MOTOR CAR DEVICE. Inventor, Marlon Smith of Cameron, Will Make Radiator Cap Attach? ments. Columbia State, Marlon Smith of Cameron, tills State, has arranged to munufaetu.ro at Cameron a device of his Invention, a revolving lnitUl plato adapted for at? tachment to automobile radiator caps. 11?' expects to place the attachments on the marken within about a month. Each la fitted with ball bearings. Mr. BgeJUl is In connoction with attorneys regarding protection of his rights in the Invention. GREECE REJECTS NEW DEMANDS Berlin. March II.?New demands made on Greece by the Allies have Kecn rejected. The Allies asked to be allowed to administer the rail? roads in northern Greece, and Mace? donia and that Greek troops be withdrawn from Florena and Kavala snd that the Alllos be permitted to occupy the Corinth Straits. CITY C?UHdL METING. j TIUtEE ORDINANCES ADOPTED AT SESSION TUESDAY NIGHT. ProiK'ity Oun< rs Must Connect With Sower Lines, if Practicable, and Must Keep Closets Inaccessible to Files?To Keep IVr.-<?im Away from Fires and Give Wre Apparatus Right ol W ay- -Number of Matters Acted on. City Council held a regular meet? ing last night with Councilman Row? land absent. The adoption of three ordinances was the chief business oi* the session, although a number of other matters of general interest were acted on. One of the ordinances was to re? quire all property owners to connect with sewer lines, when the property abutted on streets which were provid? ed with sewer lines. Those who have to make the connections wero given until May 1, 1916, in which to comply with the ordinance. The ordi? nance further required .those proper? ty owners whoso property did not abut on streets where there are sewer lines, to provide their privies with night soil containers stipulated by the Board of Health and to make their privies inaccessible to flies. Reg? ulation of the use of dry wells was also provided in the ordinance. Viola? tion of the ordinance is punishable with fine not moro than one hundred dollars or Imprisonment of not more than thirty days. The next two ordinances had to deal with the regulation of fires. AH persons, except firemen, police, and property owners or their agents, were prohibited from coming within on* hundred feet of a fire and vehicles from coming nearer than a block of the fire. The police were authorised to enforce this ordinance, which im? posed penalty of pot more than one hundred dollars fine or 30 days im? prisonment. The next ordinance gave the flro apparatus right of way When going to a fire over all other ve? hicles, and required all vehicles and persons to keep out of the way of the fire apparatus. A similar penalty wan imposed for violations, as in the oth? er ordinances. G. A. Leinmon and P. Mosos ap? peared in the interest of the flour mill. Council agreed to lease them the old building at the C. S. A N. depot for ten years, the first year to be free of rental and the company to pay ren? tal cf $10.a month during the other nine year? A letter from Secretary E. I. Rear don of tho Chamber of Commerce in the interest of a hardwood industr^ asking for a grant of land at the old, C. S. A N. depot was received and considered. The clerk was instruct? ed to inform Mr. Keardon that It would consider a lease of any of the land, except that required for the flour mill. STATEMENT BY PATTERSON. Barnwell, March 14.?Dr. A. B. Patterson gave out tho following statement today: "In regard to the Indictments against me In the United States court for violation of the Harrison act I will i say that I am not acquainted with jthe particulars and am wholly ignor? ant as to the nature of the charges, j I have always regarded the Harrison act as a wlso law and any attempt on my part to evade It or any law is en? tirely foreign to my nature or desire. The writing of prescriptions for a few habituals who huvo applied to me has always with a few exceptions been without remuneration and I have never neglected an opportunity of Im? pressing upon this class tho necessity of treatment for permanent relief and am constantly refusing to administer tho drug. "The unfriendly relations existing between Mr. Burckhalter and myself would preclude tho poslbility of my entering into any business arrange? ments with him." DOMINICK RESIGNS OFFICE. Columbia, March 15.?Fred H. Domlnlck of Newbcrry, for throe years assistant attorney general of South Carolina, resigned yesterday. Mr. Domlnlck announced that ho had re? signed immediately after appearing in tho supremo court in tho caso of the asylum regents against tho comp? troller general. "I havo no announcement to make for the present," said Thos. H. Peep les, attorney general, when asked if ho had appointed Mr. Dominlck's suc? cessor, j j Mr. Domlnlck said that for tho next igVSjral months ho WOUld devote his attention to his candidacy for con? gress from tho Third congressional district. a messagt received by the police hero notified them that R, II. King, who 1m wanted In Florence on a charge of murder, wan not present when OOUrt Wai called yesterday and could not be located. The local police wero asked to bo on the lookout for him lor the Florence authorities, If ho was found. ?Irl m i* mm. PRODUCTION FACILITIES ARE TO BE INCREASED. Pulverized Material is Made Available at Almost Cost Under State Con? tract, Columbia, .March 14.- -Hnce the announcement of the signing of the contract under the act of the general assembly for the furnishing of pul , \<rized marl to the farmers of the ! State, to be supplied through the de ' partment of agriculture, commerc; and Industries, there has been a rush for the material. Commissioner Watson stated yes i terday that the demand for the marl 'had not only been gratifying, but had ! been so general as almost to exhaust 'the supply accumulated since the 'opening of the mine. Inquiries, he 'said, have come from alt parts of the I State for quotations, and shipments jare now being made to points cover? ing practically the entire State, as far north as Gaffney and Oconee county, and as far south as Tillman. It has been necessary to scale down odors, and to ship one car where two were wanted. In the meantime, every possible effort has been put forth by the contracting company to increase immediately the capacity of the plant, and additional machinery in the shtdjle of 60 foot long driers Is now en route. The plant will be shut down April 1 for a week or ten days to per? mit the installation of the new ma? chines and extension of the buildings. When this is accomplished it will i bring the output up to 350 to 400 tons ?per day. By that time also the elec? tric plant will have been installed, and the entire plant will be operated day and night. Borne few of the railroads have been somewhat slow in issuing the new tariffs, applying their ground lime? stone mileage rates to marl, but tele? grams have been received from them through the State railroad commis? sion that this will be done without further delay, and the low mileage rate? will then cover the entire State. 4 ? Pulverized marl, while best broad? cast in broken soil and harowed In, can be applied to growing crops of cotton, corn, etc., the latter cultiva? tion, mixing it thorough with the top soil. This means that pulverized marl In this quickly available form will be usable throughout the year. It can also be applied on oats, particu? larly where covpeaa, peanuts and soy peuns art to be planted. It is the ideal form of lime lor peanut crops, and the great peanut growers of the Suf? folk, Va., section invariably use marl for this crop. * In view of the frequent inquiries made as to the quality of this ma? terial, Commissioner Watson said yesterday that pulverized marl is the raw material from which' the mois? ture has been driven without cal? cining, and then powdered to dust. It analyzes 74.58 per cent, of carbo? nate of lime, of which 68.01 per cent. Is calcium carbonate and 8.57 per cent, magnesium carbonate, the lime being quickly available. It also con? tains 9.37 per cent, bone phosphate of lime, equal to the phosphoric acid in 535 pounds of 16 per cent, acid phos? phate. This phosphoric acid must be made available through the decaying of organic matter in the soil, and is ideal for application to acid land. Every seven tons of pulverizod marl contains, therefore, one ton of ground rock phosphate or floats of 65.69 per cent, of bone phosphato of lime, the equivalent of 29.8 per cent, phos? phoric acid. Pulverized marl is the most readily available form of the raw or untreated lime products. "At the price at tho mine that this material will be furnished under the contract to tho farmers until June 1," said Commissioner Watson yesterday, "we are practically making the farm? er a present of the lime. Plus the freight, it is only at very distant points in tho upper portion of tho State that tho delivered price amounts to more than $2.50 per ton." CLOTHING FOR EXPEDITION. Philadelphia, March 13.?Twenty carloads of clothing and equipment to supply tho n*eds of ten thousand United States soldiers in a campaign in Mexico were shipped late last night from the Schuylklll Arsenal here to tho Mexican border. K. OF P. TO MEET AT PINEWOOD. Pinowood, March 15.?The Fifth District mooting o:' tho Knights of Pythias will con veno at Pine wood on tho evening of March 30th. All lodges are urged to furnish Uro. Leo W. Felder tho numbers of delegates from their respective lodge. Wc hope to have Uro. Derrick on this occasion. Mayor La-V rence hau consented to turn the keys over to the Visitors. Dr. H. N. Snydor, president of Wof ford College, will make an address it Trinity Methodist church under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. on Sun? day, March 26th. Some Facts of Value For The Perusal ot the Many Interested C itizens of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. Wealth of Information About it-How The Prizes Will Be Awarded?What is Necessary to be Successful in 1 he Campaign Now is the Ripest l ime to Enter. The Daily Item and Watchman and Southron Golden Festival and' Voting Campaign, has been arranged along the simplest lines; it is under the direction of a reputable man of long experience who makes a spec? ialty of campaigns of this kind, and he has an absolute perfect system of recording and counting the ballots so as to insure you absolute accu? racy for your own votes, and for each candidate in the campaign. "It is ut? terly impossible for you to beat the system, and the system cannot beat you." How to Enter. To enter the campaign, it is only necessary to clip the nomination pub lished in this issue, nil in with your own name and address or that of a friend and mail it to the Campaign Manager, care of The Dally Item, Sumter, S. C. You will be supplied with simple and easily understood forms necessary for your campaign, also we will send a representative to assist you in getting started. All you have to do is to get your friends in? terested in your campaign and the re? sult will be to your liking. Get your friends Interested; let them kndw you are in earnest, and they will rally to your support In a manner that will stagger you when you And your score advancing. There Is absolutely nothing more to It; simply utilize your spare time in securing votes. Two Campaigns in One. One of the most satisfactory fea? tures of Khe Golden Festival and Voting Campaign is, the fact that in spite of it;; magnitude, candidates on the rural routes are not In competition with those who live in the city of Sumter, except in the instance of the grand prizes. After the automobiles have been awarded the candidates having the highest number of votes In Sumter will be awarded $100 In gold, and the candidate living outside of the city of Sumter* having the highest number of votes will also be awarded ?100 in gold. Division prizes No. Two. The candi? dates having the second highest number of votes will be awarded $50 m gold. There Is one of these prizes for the city of Sumter, and one for the outside of the city of Sumter. Division Prizes No. Three. The candidates having the third highest number of votes will be awarded $25 in gold. There Is one of these prizes for the city of Sumter and one for the candidates living outside of tumter. Every candidate failing to secure one of the above prizes, and turns in ten New Subscriptions to the Dally Item or new subscriptions to tho Watchman and Southron to the amount of $45.00 will each receive $10 In gold. Candidates falling to secure one of the $10 prizes will be awarded 10 per cent, commission on all business thoy turn In on both new and old sub? scriptions. Every participant who compiles with the rules will positive? ly receive a reward. How tho Votes are Issued. Votes In this campaign aro secured in two ways, by clipping those found in each issue of The Daily Item and Watchman and Southron. These votes 'must be neatly trimmed, and sent into this department on or before the date printed thereon. Votes on subscrip? tions will bo made out and mailed back to each candidate, with instruc? tions to chock them over with their records in order to bo absolutely sure they arc correct. Should you find an error, advise tho manager at once and ho will cheerfully correct any error. Tho subscription ballots are re? served votes, and may bo voted any time during the campaign, in accord? ance with the voting limit. Remem? ber votes Cannot Do Bought but aro only secured as above mentioned. About the Closing. Many people, judging from rumors and gossip of other campaigns held in nearbp cities, have o,n entirely erron? eous idea as to the closing of this Campaign, and aro under tho im? pression that it is possible for some persons to have a little inside knowl? edge which will enable them to turn in enough money to win out on the last day or night. To insure absolute fairre.ss the campaign management hns adopted the following precautions to govern j tho last day. A sealed ballot box will I bo in a convoniont place in the offlco ! o Duty. Cn>sv 1 to duty that Jatt of the Campaign Department. This ballot box will bo locked and sealed with a lead expires seal. The key will be delivered to the judges, who will be selected from among the most prominent business men of Sum tor and vicinity. Send in Your Nominations. Now is the ripest time to enter the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign. No one has such a lead that it cannot be easily overcome. Your oppor? tunity to secure the prize of your choice is exactly the same as any oth? er candidate, and it '.s you who will count among your friends. No one else is going to have quite as much influence with them as yourself. If your name has been entered start out today and secure that first subscrip? tion. If you have not entered send in fryour name Today. Dont wait, bvlt ! Acc* Now. ;-v it A Martyr to ' News and Courier. It is as a martyr to duty Robert A. Cooper comes before the public as a candidate for governJh Liong has he resisted the pleadings If his friends that he sacrifice himself Id save the State. In his announcement it is stated that they have been ap? pealing to him from all sections for the last six months. This Statement? we are sure, is over-modest. Eighteen months would probably he more neat? ly correct. This, however, is of ho very great moment. The main point is that Mr. Cooper has yielded, undo* a sense of duty, to the importunities of his friends. Who these friends are the public has yet to learn. Their names and views and affiliations will be worth studying. So also as to Mr. Cooper's platform. There are many who as yet are puzzled to know just how Mr. Cooper is going to save the State and just what it is he is going to save it from. Mr. Blease's case is different. We all know what Mr. Blease stands for, why he wants Gov. Mannning de? feated, what policies he would substi? tute for those which the present Ad? ministration has enforced. Mr. Blease and a part at least of his former fol? lowing have just and abundant 'cause for dissatisfaction and disgust with the way things are now being run in South Carolina; but who art these friends of Mr. Cooper who shard this feeling so strongly that they are determined to sacrifice him upon the altar of duty? i For of course Mr. Cooper's claim, that he is to be a candidate upon his. !own merits alone, however honestly put forth, will not be able to stand the strain to which it must presently be subjected. Ho can win, if at a\j, only by beating down Manning or by I conniving at the arraignment of Mail* ning by others. Unless Mr. Coo par and his friends are prepared to de? nounce the Manning administration, and its achievements how can they insist that it is Mr. Cooper's duty to oppose Gov. Manning in his race for re-election? What is their case against Mr. Manning? Wherein do they claim that he has fallen short of what the people had a right to expect of him. Let us hear the indictment. Gov. Manning's record Is his only claim to re-election. It Is a legitimate object of attack. Mr. Blease and Mr. Coop? er are within their rights. There is no doubt but that Mr. Blease will say plainly what fault ho has to find with tho Manning administration. He has a positive alternative to offer for those who like the kind of govern? ment of which he is the exponent. What of Mr. Cooper? Why does he contend that public endorsement should be refused Gov. Manning? What does he offer the people that Mr. Mannning has not given them? Senator R. D. Epps announces in today's paper that he has opened an 0trice on law range and will in fu? ture conduct a general law practlco for himself. Mr. Epps has lived in Sumter for a number of years and has for the past six or seven years as? sisted Mr. L. D. Jennings with mark? ed success. He served in the house of representatives for one term, and is now serving his first term as senator from Sumter county. Mr. Kpps has made many friends throughout Sum? ter and adjoining counties and will Undoubtedly make a success of his law practice.