Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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hue of sei? ttMJrr ARTILLERY AT FORT MOULTRIE. IW Onsnaenlf* of South Cum Una N? ?M Guard In Camp at Charleston ?**etyftag Bis; Guns. / Charleston, Aug. 11.?Commanded ty MaJ William P. Robertson of Cbjeeavltle, the five companies of 4Wh Carolina National Guard, coa.d artillery, from tlreenville, Spartan ethnic Gaffney, Greenwood and Jones ?tHe, are encamped at Fort Moultrie and began thla morning a program of tuous activities, having arrived on lal trains Saturday afternoon and fester day morning. The encampment ?amber* over 300 men. Advance d? tats* from each of the companies ar ftvel last week and prepared for the apnint by pitching tents, pr? ag kitchens and attending to oth? ers matters of this nature. The com If**}** had little to do when they ax Mess /but arrange their belongingu. avoided much confusion an 1 the men opportunity to enjoy Wl leave yesterday. Adjt. Gen. re Is in attendance. TUe civilian artillerymen will bo an opportunity to learn what big guns look like and how they handled* before beginning target Ctee about the end of the week. Is their first encampment and wltt have to learn their duties the ground up. The big guns se manned by the regulars at first the State troops will be "broken ~ avwdually. , Ggmp headquarters has been ee taMtihed near the Atlantic Beach It Is here thit MaJ. Robertson hie staff, composed ot Capt H. B. fsyle, adJuUnt. First Lieut. Chailes M. Lindsay. Electrical En finer and Second Lieut. G. C. Cat arrtpjht, quartermaster, will be found. Tie second company of Spartan and third company of Gaffney encamped near th( 12-Inch mor te which they ha\e keen assign? ed* The first compans of Greenville and the fifth company of Greenwood ate hastened to the ?-lnch guns and <*icamped near the 6-inch gun rles while the fourth company of He, Is encamped near Fort being assigned to man the h guns. Bach of ?:he companies, will have practice with all of the various types of guns at the Battery drill ofened the pro i?ee of exerclM? thi? morning. Iptffwgklsrs, th4 volunteer arttl jtari Wre-tayHrlt tl.ie tiomenchv action end purpose of the sev btg guns Non-commissioned oh4! Were Instructed In the school of ; fee 'soldier, giving ommands and ex Vpit|lg movements In squads and IsaSiaslefl Paraden dally In the I as , e?*fftnon will be fo lowed by 20 mtn afes company drill li close order. The brogramm? tomorrt w is practically tVe same as for todj y except that the men will be Instructed In the handling of high explosives snd protect lies for the guns. & ? ^ mm wovm Carolina boys. f-r. . ] ? i i? Vow OrmtHbated to v. m. C. a. Work on Hordes ? 1 army T. M. C. A. work on the hatder Is already retching large pro pertSoas as 130 secretaries are now bit stork serving 116,900 troops. Each station or camp has Its building or teat with a seer et a r) and if necessary aa taststant. The United States En veiev* Co. contributed 2.000,000 en ?attspss and the American Writing Pa? per Co. ?.000,000 letter heads to be dtatfibuted In the various Y. M. C. A. bandings. There are already 15 secretaries at work with the troops at El Paso. Tex. South Carolina troops are stationed there. Hum tor's Company L la there. The Interstate executive committee of the V. M. C. A. is placing a sec ro? tary with our State troops. Have you made ycur contribution of 11 toward the support of the work our local boys? CAMPAIGN I- Its \T REMHERT. laty Campaign Closes With Speech? es at Court House Friday Night and Saturday. ???--? The county offlco seekers are at imbert today, where a largo number frtertds accompanied them In or r to encourage them In their speech ling and to share with them the dinner which Is to be served by the bidle*) of McLeod's church. A de? lightful day was anticipated by all when they left the city this morning. There are three more gats* for the oniwpalgn meetings. The voters of Delsell will be given n rhnnce Oh Thursday to hear the office seekers ol Muinter county, when another big dinner will be served. On Friday night the cltlsens of Sumter are given Sn opportunity of hearing the voters who speak In the court house at that tlnvr On Saturday morning the csn dtdates will again speak In the court house, closing the campaign. GQYERNQR GAINS VOTES. > _ BELTON MERCHANT AND PLANT? ER SURVEYS PROSPECT. His Strength is Increasing and Man? ning Victor la Well Within Sight, D. A. Goer Believes?Gives Ills Rea? son*. Columbia. Aug. 22.?"I am satisfied that those persons now claiming that Qov. Mannnlng la weak In the Pied? mont will be greatly surprised at his strength when the voto is counted," sin ; D. A. Ocor, a large farmer and merchiint of Belton, In reference to the political situation in the Piedmont, with especial reference to reports that Manning has lost ground In that sec tUn. "I firmly believe that Gov. Man? ning's strength in this section of the State Is growing dally, regardless of wild claims to the contrary," said Mr. Geer. At no time has his chanee for reelection been brighter. Should he not be nominated in the first primary over all his opponents I am satisllod that he will repeat his splendid vic? tory of two years ago, when ho de? ft atcd Mr. Richards by an over? whelming majority in the second lirl n?ary." Mr. Geer has largo farming inter? ests in the Piedmont section of the State, and has a wide acquaintance. His knowledge of the political situ? ation comes from Intimate touch with the people. Mr. Geer's statement'In reference to the political situation in the Pied? mont follows In full: "Being In Intimate touch with the political situation In the Piedmont, I flimly believe that Gov. Manning's strength In this section of the Stat? Is growing dally regardless of wild c?alms to the contrary. At no time bus his chance for reelection been brighter. Should he not be nominated In tho first primary over all lilt com? petitors, I am satisfied that he will re? peat his splendid victory of two years ago when he defeated Mr. Richards by an overwhelming majority in the second primary. So far as my own county, Anderson, is concerned, I be? lieve he will run a strong second In the first primary. The other Pied? mont counties will give him a sur? prisingly large vote and I am satisfied that those persons now claiming that Gov. Manning is weak In the Pied? mont will be greatly surprised at his strength when the vote is counted. Why shouldn't he run strong In the Piedmont? Ho has .certainly prt.\i in himself worthy. ' "Oov Manning's hard but unceas? ing fight for law und order and his success In restoring confidence In the forces making for civic righteousness in South Carolina, his earnest ad? vocacy of social and Industrial justice, his successful efforts for better edu? cational facilities for the white boys and girls of the State, the economic measures passed under his adminis? tration for improving the conditions surrounding our rural population, and tho reorganization of the State Hospital for the Insane, with its mod? ern, Improved methods of treatment for the unfortunate inmates and the large saving In dollars and cents as a result of the economics practiced there by the new administration, have caused me to give my undivided support to Gov. Manning. I believe that the majority of the people of South Carolina agree with me that Ids progressive administration should he continued so that the great work that he' has so well begun for law, ordur, education and humanity shall be ret? ried forward by him to a successful conclusion." DECREASE IN DEATHS. Now York Epidemic Seems to be Wan? ing. New York, Aug. 20.?Another si b stantlal decrease In the number of deaths from Infantile paralysis and In the the number of new cases today strengthened the belief of the health authorities that the epidemic is on the wane. There were only 20 deaths hero today and 108 new cases, *he lowest figures for several weeks. Vo- | tal fatalities to dato are 1,167 end the total of cases 7,110. Cases now In hospitals number 3,740. Further experiments confirm Indica? tions, It was announced tonight, by Dr. Abraahm Zing her of the Willard Parker hospital, that the scrim made from the blood of persons who at one time suffered from Infantile paralysN Is highly effective when the first symptoms of the disease appear. It Is also effective, Dr. Zlnghcr assert? ed, in a later stage when the muscles have begun to weaken and paralysis i* anscrtlng Itself. The typhoid rate measures accurate? ly community intelligence? WhooplnK cough annually kills over ten thousand Americans? Bad housing produces bad health? Hoeky Mountain spotted fever Is spread by a wood-Uck? FEED MEAL SOLD AS FERTILIZER Clemson College Presses Cases Against Dealer* Who Defraud Their Cus? tomers. Columbia, Aug. 22.?Clemson col lego authorities are proceeding vigor? ously against persons who sell as fer? tilizer material cotton seed meal lit ( nly for cattle feed. A judgment re? cently obtained in magitrate's court at Brookland, opposite Columbia, in the case of Clemson college ex rela tione L. V. Mack against Dempsey George is typical, The buyer recovered the value of his purchase plus $3 the iteck penalty and kept the meal be? sides. Mack, it was testified, asked for a ton of fertilizer meal. He paid $31, which was not excessive for the grade cf meal he wanted, but what he got was feed meal worth only $19 per ton. It Is likely that a scheme will be put into effect soon whereby pur? chasers may readily distinguish be? tween fertilizer meal and feed meal. A sack of fertilizer meal will carry a tag issued by Clemson college, a sick of feed meal carrying a tag is? sued by Commissioner Watson. The difference is principally In the per? centage of ammonia. Company Banquets Agents. / The Life and Casualty Insurance Company of Nashville, Tenn., gave a banquet to its agents of this district, comprising Clarendon*, Lee and Sum ter counties, at the Claremont Hotel Monday night, a dozen men being present and all spending a delightful evening as the guests of the company. Mr. W. d. Smith, district, superin? tendent, acted as toast master. An interesting address was made by Mr. H. b; Folk, of Nashville, Tenn., the secretary of the company. Others present who responded to toasts were J. T. Green, F. M. Clenrent, W. H. Troublefleld, Y. W. Scarborough, b. d. Mitchell, W. J. Troublefleld, W. P. Norman, T. E. Richardson, S. M. Nabers, Sumter, and R. b. Kennedy, Manhlng. " . Nature Guards Secrets. Greenwich, England, observatory was founded by Charles II, mainly for the purpose of investigating the move? ments of tho moon in tlie interests of navigation, but though generations of astronomers have in the intervening two and a half centures been working at the problem, the moon ha not yet been made amendable to their mathe? matics.'.The astronomer royal, in hlSj roport of tho work at Greenwich dur-" ing the last year, calls attention to the increasingly big deviation between the calculated position of the moon in the sky and its real position as shown by the Greenwich observations. This deviation has lately been in? creasing in a serious manner, the er? ror last year being mo^e than 12 times as large as It was 20 years ago, the average annual lncreaso amounting in the two decades to half a second df arc in longitude. The cause of the failure of astronomers to make the moon amenable to their exact mathe? matics, based on the dynamical laws of gravitation, is believed to be some attractive force of which we are at present ignorant, though in all prob? ability one factor is the true shape of the earth, which still awaits accurate determination. Fortunately the oron omctcr and wireless telepraphy have made seamen virtually independent of lunar observations in ascertaining their position In the trackless oceans. ?Now York Times. Keeping Social and Business AITairs \ , Separate. Christian Science Monitor: "Can you be called to the telephone at your oflice?" a business girl was asked by an acquaintance. "I can, but I do not wish to be. I have this arrangement with all my friends; that, If it Is necessary, really necessary, you know, they can telephone to my homo during business hours. At noon, I tele? phone to the house and lind out If there are any messages for me and then, when 1 am ready to leave the office at 5, If 1 am not going directly home, I call up the house again. This takes only a moment or two out of my day, and does not take any time which really belongs to the firm. My J'rlends all understand this, and it re? quired only a short time to get ad? justed to this arrangement. Besides being a relief to me, I am quite sure hut it is the rlghtt hing to do by the firm. There are ten women in the OtheS where I am. and you can see that If we all used the telephone free? ly, much time would be taken from our work. Calls over the wire are at ?lines a great convenience, but they ?an become a nuisance, too. and T Started ??>?t this way when 1 first went Itto an office. 1 keep my social and business affairs entirely separate, and I llnd that way Is much more consid? erate for all concerned." The United States Public Health Service has reduced malaria 00 per cent. In some localities? The Scientists and the South. ]_O ? fil The Manufacturers' Record points out that the chemist has a broad field of opportunity in the South and it em? phasize!; the fact that the South has unlimited need for the chemist. We have long since realized that, and we want to add that the South is a great unexplored field for the geologist, the ! mineralogist and the botanist. The day that we have practical and applied j science in the South, it will begin the ' dawn of a new revelation, in all these Heidi there is a wide expanse of op portunity in every portion of the South, and the Manufacturers Record doei well to especially elaborate the subject of "The Chemist and His Rela? tion to the Chemical Potentialities of I the South." That great publication ! i has a constructive purpose in making these Intending and timely re I. arks: "This is the age In which chemistry is supreme. It is an age in which we are beginning to get a faint concep? tion of how little we yet know and how little we have yet achieved. "As we study what the chemist has been doing in metallurgical develop? ment, in the saving of waste products and turning them into profit; as wo note how all the resources of nature are for the skill of the chemist be? coming the raw material out of which he creates products whose value to mankind knows no limit, out of whicli he produces wealth beyond the dreams of oldon. days, out of which he fash Ions new worlds of infinite activity, we more and more realize that all that has been done Is merely the forerun? ner of greater things to come. "As the qhemlst In his laboratory brings forth new and hitherto unsus? pected sources of wealth and power, he, too, more and more realizes that he is but working in the infant stages of his science and its relation to all the material activities of mankind. "Back of all human progress in manufactures, in agriculture, stands the chemist. He is the mighty power which is opening up for the manufac? turer, the capitalist, the agriculturist and the physician new worlds of mar? velous and amazing results. But the chemist knows that his work has scarcely begun. "In all the broad world there is /robably .no field which offers wider opportunities for the profitable de? velopment of industries, for the ultill zatlon of raw materials in the creation of Wealth, and for the development of industries essential to the prosperity of; the country in time of peace,,and to its safoty In time of war, than the South. .. "Here is an empire which knows no limit for the ehemiet. Here is a section which, o? all others, should be the most active In enlisting the co? operation of the chemist, for the chemist Is the pioneer who precedes the successful manufacturer and farmer, and here is an empire of op? portunity where the chemist must be the leader. ? "As important as is the chemist to this field, the field is equally as im 'portant to the chemist, for here he ttuds a combination of resources that cannot be duplicated In any other sec? tion of this or any other land. "The South should become the chemical producing section of the na? tion and here the chemist should find his largest opportunity of usefulness and activity In the utilization of truly marvelous resources." Tho foregoing is not only a hint to the South and her chemists, but it is an invitation to rtie chemists of Amer? ica? The main purpose is to interest the South in the chemist and chem? istry with a view to urging Southern representation at the second National Kxpositon of Chemical Industries, to bo held ill New York September 25 30. Whether or not each State will be represented by its chemists at the exposition, the South will be repre? sented there by a special edition of the Manufacturers Record, devoted to "The Chemical Potentialities of the South." In order to make known as widely as possible the facts which will be presented, a copy of that cd*4 tlon will be mailed to every one of the ;',,000 members of the American Chemical Society and to many lead? ing manufacturers and capitalists throughout the country. The Manufacturers Record is en? gaged in giving publicity to a matter I of the greatest importance to the I South when it gets in touch with the most eminent chemists of America and of the world, perhaps, through its special edition. They will be pointed to an exhaustlcss field. Nevertheless, as Editor Edmonds says, it is import? ant that the South should be awaken? ed to its own potentialities for chem? ical industries, it is probably more important that the chemists and man? ufacturers of other sections should understand the resources of the South the development of industries into w hich chemistry enters as a vital fac ? tor. That, of course, includes both I manufacturing and agriculture. The United States Public Health Service maintains n loan library of stereoptlcon slides? Poor health is expensive? CHANCK TO SI X U Uli If4MkM>S. Danes Taking Active Steps Toward Forming Coalition Cabinet. Copenhagen, Via London, Aug. 21.? After a lengthy meeting today, at? tended by delegates from all parties and members of the government, the situation With regard to tho sale of the Danish West indies to the United States seems clearer and the belief prevails that a coalition cabinet can be formed und the terms of the sale of the islands settled. The new cabi? net would Investigate Immediately the quCstlon <?f tho sale of the islands to tiic United States and meanwhile a plebiscite would be held to obtain the Ideas of the people on the subject. INCi. 1 ? j_ - ? . f , . ? ? ? ? . . ? <? i A. M. Brogdon of lirogd^u pOOBJ Building and CoutCOtS by l'ire. A. M. Brogdon of Brogdon lost his store and contents and his automot)ile house about 5 o'clock Sunday morn? ing, when the store caught tire and was burned to the ground. The cause of the tire was unknown, but it is supposed that it caught from rats get? ting some matches. There was no insurance and the loss of about $G00 is a total one for Mr. Brogdon. For jtunately negroes saw the lire and ar ! rived in time to roll the automobile out of the house and away from the fire, saving it from the llames. I Carolina Special SOLID THROUGH TRAIN DAILY TO CINCINNATI ?TIA? Southern Railway Mi MM fAHIKl ow to boutm. QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE WKHTKOCWD ?y. Charleston Dr. SomiBKsrTille ? Lt. BranohTtlle ? Lt. Orangeburg.. Lt. St. Matthew*. Lt Columbia . Ar. Cincinnati.... Ar. Chicago _ . # wa ? I. M AM ..S.41 AM .10.10 AM ... lO.sS AM II. 14AM ll.ia PM .10.11 AM S.1? P. M. KABTBOUN?, It. Cnlaafto. Lt. Cincinnati^ .C.ttPM Ar. OoloBina^ .4.4a PM Ar. St. Matthew*. ..?.Ol PM Ar. Ornnbegurg_i ll PM Ar. U ranch rill?.. ..7.11 PM Ar. SmrrmarrUle^ .1.41 PM Ar. Charleston.. ..?.40 PM Pullman Sleepia? Cars, Da? Coaches, Dining Car nerrioe. Kxeelleni ooaneotlons at Uhlcago with thro ugh trains for San Francisco, Los Angeles, Onsaha, Dearer, Portland, Seattle, Mil? waukee, st. Paul ami other points West and Northwest. For paaeenger fares, soednles. tickets, etc.. call on Sonthern Rell waj Ticket Agent.. W. H. CAFFEY, Div. Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. G. siiimiiiMmiiiiiiiiiiimiiwmm munuuniumnnm mtn:mt:?iiiintm}{ini!MiiniMinnn}Mnt!inii?niiiMMn?ni THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN It's the man behind the gtin who makes it formidable; and it's the men behind a Bank who make it conservative. In all our business transactions this Bank seeks not popular? ity for itself, but satVty for its depositors. We seek to be accommodating -we are always courteous?-but the main toliance of our standards of conservatism arr. ever and al? ways w ith us the ft>nt consideration. ?If you admire standards of conser? vatism, may we be favored with your business and honored by a personal c. 1? THE PEOPLES BANK. The National Bank of South Carolina $950,000.00 LEADERS Our steady growth and new accounts tell the story. Safety and preparedness first and at all tines. \ Your patronage solicited. C. G. ROWLAND, Pi es H. L. McClY, Acting Cash'r. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to Booth'Shulcr Lumber & Supply Co. Geo. Epperson'* Old Sta^nd Opp. Court House EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. BLU0WINE, w Uio Hobble skirt bottle, Is made from Fruits end f Cereals. % SATAN ET ts the new and celebrated Fruit Juice drink. HIRES, the genuine Rootbeer. is made from Hoots, Berries, Harks, etc., gathered from all parts of the globe ALL ARE PURE AND HEALTHFUL. Sumter Bottling Works. * Phone 84.