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1 ??-??? GOV. MANNING AND OTHERS OF PARTY KILL MUCH GAMJC Sis^lk-cr Ragged. One of Which W?s t>oe by Chief Exerutt> e* Who alw> Killed Thirty-elf hi Dach?. Georgetown, Dec. 18.?Arriving here Tuesday at midnight a distinguished party from Columbia, consisting of Go*. Manning. Christie Hoi et. and Dr. Frejd Williams, has been enjoying two days of great sport as the guests of Mr, and Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch at Hofccaw on Wtnyah bay. This magntfl k ceq| estate covering many thousands f acnes of land 1? probabky the finest game preserve In the South for deer an| ducks. Wednesday was devoted to deer hunting, more than two dozen being Jumped in four drives of whlcti num? ber six were brought down. Gov. Meaning killed a huge one, making a 104 per cent score, using but one barrel of his gun. Mr. Benet won a doable red crons on forehead and face by bringing down two deer, and Dr. Williams came in for honors with a fat doe to his credit. The entire party 'of hunters consisted'of Mr. aal Mis. Baruch. Gov. Manning and friends from Columbia, Richard Lydeon and Dr. J. A. Wittson of New York, H. W. Fr?ser, Dr. M. P. Moorer, Dr. E. W. Durant. J. H. Donaldson and Col. Ii. u Oliver of Georgetown. At the conclusion of the hunt a re? past was served at the home ot the boot Wednesday night Gov. Manning and party epent in tho comfortable hunt? ing lodge near the ocean close to the Mbah marshes where myriads of mal? lards nnd their favorite habitat Par? taking of early breakfast the party re? paired to the blinds where for hours tie finest duct, shooting was enjoyed to which the scores will testify?-Dr. Williame 1*. Gov Manning II, Mr. Benet 11, Dr. Durant 7. Mr. Baruch's score, und he ie an exceptional shot, has not teen reported. The .visitors left for home on this afternoon's train. ?r?1?> ASSIGNMENTS OF LIEUTENANTS South Carolina la United Mates 3t.?Ordert and bjtee he** laaity ei leeae with their ret pect Ie as follows: Orot sa Palmer. Sixteenth cavalry; Barn well Rhett Legge. Sixth field ar? tillery; Oliver James Bond. Jr.. Third field crUllery; James Karl Bolton T^enty-fourUi infantry; Bohun Bakei Kla.loch. Eleventh cavalry ; Julius An? drew Mood. Jr.. Twenty-sixth Infan? try; George R. F. Cor.ilsh, Thirty fourth n fan try. James H. Dolman. Jr., Thtrty-iourth Infantry, and Wil eoa McKay Spann. Sixteenth Infan? try. The new officers have bee 1 or defed to report on January 3 to the Ofjcers' Training school it Fort L^OAenworth, Kan. Jame? K. Bolton. a Citadel grad ua|e, resigned a commission as sec? ond lieutenant in the marine corp* In order to become an officer in the army. It seems that after standing the' army examinations and whllo still uncertain of the result he tool: ad ventage of an opportunity'to anter the marine corps. But on receiving the appointment tor which he had first tried the young man decided to accept It In preference to the other Most. If not all. of the South Caro? linians expect to leave Charleston to? gether at 3:20 o'clock Sunday nfter noon. y eu > i.m 1 r LAND FOR STOCK RAISING. President Signs Rill for S60-Acrr Homesteads. Washington. Dec. 29.?President Wilson late today signed the Ferris bill opening up 660-acre homeUead* for stoe < raising and grazing pur? poses. It Is accounted of gree t Im portance to tho Western States. Can' of Seed. Clemson Colloge, Dec. 29.?A'tor | sufficient amount of need has been selected. It should be properly eared for Too often farmers after t iking the trouble and time to select seed, by car 'emncss In putting It f*way. loose It all. The rate and mice, and weevils play havoc with It unless It Is stored In a tight box or barrel. A clegn. dry, molasses barrel Is an ex? cellent thing In which to put th*> M l*qted seed. A piece of wire agejM pieced 01 er the top and fastonce sc cutely will keep out the rats and 1 iW < The barrel of seed should be placed Im a well ventilated and dry room II will >"? best to fumigate the *c< d with Carbon Bisulphide before Ie Ing. as this wdl kill the weevil* present and prevent them from mul? tiplying. The seed should bo ex smlned from time to time tin >u :\\ out the winter months, ami as so Ml sa weevils are noticed in it. firl on Bisulphide should be applied. RKMJ1KRT PERSONAL NEWS. Pleasant Dining at Mr. J. R. Atkin? son's Home. Rembert, Dec. 29.?Mrs. Mamie Oerbardt of Chattanooga, Tenn., Is visiting In our community. William Freeman, student at Car? lisle, Bamberg, is at home for the holidays. Mr. James Freeman of your ity \a vhsiting his brother, Mr. W. H. Free? man. Mr. Sum Gardner and family, of Lexington, are spending the holidays with his wife's * father, Mr. W. P. Thompson. Miss Ruth Thompson is at home from school. Mr. Ed. B. Watson is away at Lf.t ta with his mother. Rev. James Russell of Chester is with us again and will preach at Be thesda M. E. church Sunday, Decem? ber 31. at 11:30 a. m. Since writing the above we learn that Mr. Russell is quite sick, noth? ing serious, it is thought, at the home of Mr. J. L. Jackaon, whose I wife is on an extended visit to hei son, Bush Jackson in Louisiana. Mr. Russell is in good hands and will be well cared for. We are living seven days in the woek now. Yesterday together with Prof. Harld Langtry of Rembert, J. L. Jackson of Hugood, in fine trim for the occasion, T. R. Moody and fam? ily, Miss Eda Davis of Charleston, Mrs. Alex McCabe of Washington, D. C, Mies Jerusha Allan, Mrs. H. C. Bethea, we sat to a most sumptuous feafct at the home of Mr. J. R. At? kinson and sister. And the end is not yet. Hog killing time! Don't you town folk envy us tly. Miss Edna Davis of Charleston, premises one and a half years old, fat and pljimp, with great long spun, the largest cock on the place. Ho it ever busy keeping out of the way of the others, all because he hae no pluck* Wi've decided to put htm in the pot to end our disgust. Bud, if you have no pluck you are no good. Be a kicker, but kick for something. Stand up for your rights, contend for them. Some folks will not do this, and think it is goodness, but is downright eowardlce. We've never been, are not at present, ft German sympathizer, but we do ad? mire their pluck. All the way thrt ugh the terrible war they have efeowa admirable pluck and discretion. Tlee, '?iftt*neeV' ?ander my daddy VeVfi^nre Other gander **"Xhtf no" tought different from the others, but I never hesrd that they objected. They doubtless would have done the same thing lad they known how. There Aas the rub. Besides, he always took 'he Initiative, a great advantage. "Hagood." LEARN COSTS OF YOUR CROPS. Keep Accounts and See Where Vom Money Goes in 1017. Clemson College, Dec. 29.?The first of the year Is a period of neu resolutions, and to keep farm ac? counts would be a new resolution foi nearly all the farmers in South Caro? lina. If you sell a bale of cotton fot .$75, do you sell at a gain or a loss'. Mosr. farmers can only guess at the answer. The guess in this case might be correct, but there are many other cases In which the gues. will be wrong. What combination 0| crops seems to bo best for you: '.urn; ? In what ways can you cu'. down your cost of production? Ol marketing? Is your business better than it was last year, or the yeai before, or five years ago? These are some of the things a farmer ought to try to find out about just us earnestly as a merchant or a banker tries to find out about simi? lar things In his business. Keep accounts. This does not mean estimating what labor, or ma? chinery, or animal power "ought' to eOOt for a certain crop. It Is not much better to make a guess ai euch ol a few Items and then adi. them tr an it is to make one gues> at the Whole cost. The thing to dt :s to keep a careful, day-to-da> record >f every kind of cxpeiysc. At the end <>f the yesir, after deducting SSpenoee, plus interest on the invest ?lent, plus value of products used hi the home, one will have left th< farm labor Income, which is gen orally taken as an Indication of I in.m'H success or failure. If a in.in does not feel equal t< opening up a system of accounts foi his wholo farm, It is sugKested that he keep the records of Just one croj for the year, accounting for eaol detail. The result will probmblj open his eyes and lead tum to b< an a I i on ml business farmer an other year. Death. Died last Friday near Davis St .11 h i Mr. John C. Graham, one of the hoi citizens of this county, Mr. QmttaV had been ill for u year or more an the end came after some months o wasting confinement.?Manning Her aid. PROPOSED INSURANCE LAWS. GOV. MANNING REVIEWS FIND INGS OE BOAHD. Spirit or Give and Take Througlioiit Deliberations by the Commission? Personnel of Body. Columbia, Dec. 30.?Tho general assembly convening early in January Will give much time to the consid? eration of the Are insurance situation, ft is practically certain that several Bolt measure* will be enacted. Gov. Manning has received the rec? ommendations of the special commm slc'n which he appointed several months ago, but has made no state? ment as to the fire insurance laws to bo proposed to the legislature. The commission after a careful consideration of the situation was unanimous in making Its recommen? dations to the governor. The recom? mendations did not represent the mind of any one member. There was a spirit of give and take throughout the dellberatloi j and to a very large extent the minds of the committee were united on all of the main points. Tha governor appointed a represen? tative commission to consider the fire insurance situation. Lawrence M. Pinchney is an experienced insurance agent of Charleston. He is chairman of the ways and means committee of the Charleston city council and a man of broad bi aness experience. Alester G. Furman is an experienced Are in? surance agent, residing at Greenville. He is president of tho South Carolina Fire Underwriters' association, com? poser of the local fire insurance agents of the State. He is a man of wide business and public experience. F.. P. McCravey is engaged in the fire insurance business at Kasley, one of the smaller towns of the State. He was a member of the general assem? bly for several terms. D. D. Moise is a me nber of the Sumter bar. He has largo private Interests and has a con? siderable acquaintance with Are in? surance, both as an attorney and as a stockholder in one of the fire insur? ance companies of the State. Bright Williamson is president of the Bank of Darlington. For 25 years he has been president of one of the most successful county mutual Are insur? ance companies of the Sttae. J. W. Gasten of Duncan is a successful farmer. J. D. Harris is a successful farmer of Greenville county. G. K. Lauey has been a member of the State senate from Chesterfield coun *tf W Several terms. He Ts The autfioF of the Laaey-Odom act. ' F. H. Mc Master, insurance commissioner, is chairman of the commission. Tho last legislature passed the Laney-Odom as an antt-compact law, vhich caused the withdrawal of prac? tically all Are insurance companies doing business in the State. GERMAN PEACE TERMS. Reported That Ambassador Girard Han Made Secret Report to Presi? dent Wilson. Washington, Dec. 30.?Although it s expected tho allies' replies will de? cline to make peace except on their own terms, President Wilson believed the notes will leave loopholes by which the peace negotiations may be continued. Despite the secrecy main? tained by the White House and State department, it is learned that Am? bassador Girard has forwarded t( President Wilson an outline of the concessions Germany is willing to make to end the war. Although only the president and Secretary Lansing know the exact contents of the mes j -tage it is certain it has strengthened the piesident's hope of ultimate suc? cess in bringing an end of hostilities. Knowledge of a second note to Ger? many which Berlin dispatches say Ambasador Girard delivered to the foreign office, following the receipt of the first note, was denied hero. Sec? retary Irnsing stated that the report was probably based on the receipt by Ambassador Girard of tho Arabia I data. lit BUY CP RAILROAD HEARING. Congress Making El.'ort to Com? plete President Wdso:.' i Program. Washington, Dee. 30.?The senate nteretate commercs commute today ompleted plans to hurry up the icurlng on President Wttaon'l railway program on account of threats of n trike of ruilroad brotherhoods. The hearing on the compulsory arbitra lon measure will be begun on Tues lay despite the Opposition of the lu or organizations. It is feared in some quarters that i general strike may go Into effect If the brotherhoods see that the arbitra? tion measure cannot be defeated, thus forestalling the railroads* effort to force arbitration before the Adamso I law is put into effect. Washington, Dec. .'.0.?Villa is mak ng desperate efforts to get back Into the food graces of the United States. rfla representatives now declare that Villa Is Innocent oT th<> Collimbuf aid and was many miles away from the Santa Ysobel massgcro, RECEPTION FOR BRIDE. Mr. ?ud Mrs. E. W. Da Lbs Entertain in Honor or Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., at "Pern Park" Plantation. Salem, Black River, Dec. 30.?One of the delightful social events of the week was the reception given Friday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock by Mrs. E, W. Dabbs in honor of Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, jrM at j?ern park, the com? fortable home among the pines and native ferns of the Dabbs plantation. The rooms were tastefully decorated with smilax, holly berries and potted feme. Log fires burned cheerily in the ^.replaces of the spacious hall and each of the rooms, giving a homely touch that was very restful as the guests came in from the raw weather of the outside. In the receiving line were Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Jr., Mr. E. W. Dabbs, Miss Jui'a B. Warren ,?nd Mrs. E. E. Dabbs, the 9 0-year ofd grandmother of the family. Mrs. "^Vorkman and Miss Caroline Baker met the guests at the door and pre? sented them to the receiving line. Mrs. George Black veil and Miss Vir? ginia Warren took them to the dining room, where Misses Anna Workman, Annie Blackwell, Polly Workman and Elizabeth Dabbs served cake, cocoa and delicious home-made can? dies. As the guests went put they found in a corner of the back hail behind a 1 magnificent potted fern, a table where; Misses Isabelle Workman and Sophy ( Dabbs served refreshing fruit punch. Nor was it the k|nd that makes it necessary for the guests to say good? bye before drinking, lest they do not know how to say goodbye afterwards. The climax of the evening's enter? tainment was when the bride cut the bribe's cake with the gold mounted ?that was presented to the groom e Citadel recruit company of 1913-14 of which he was captain. Mise Sophy Dabbs got the slice that held, the thimble. Mr. Joe Wither spoon the ring, and the bride the lucky penny. During the cutting of the jrido's cake the sun dissipated the clouds and lit up the house with his charming rays, while outside the pine needles glittered like millions of diamonds. Then amid laughter and hearty congratulations goodbyes were said, over and over again as hosts and guests reluctantly parted, while the sun went down In a blaze of ,*!pry la the west 'ettlLfflfl* ?ia MJss Stella, Glasccck pf Cijester county. She graduate*' at Due West Women's College and took a coarse at the summer school/ of the University of Tennessee at Knox ville. ?he was for three years bo fore her marriage a successful teach? er and, is a welcome addition to the home of the community. The groom is on his "native healh" and is taking an active part in the com? munity life. Their home is at "?gypt Farm" on the Dabbs planta? tion. Hunan Interest Story of Thrift. Cba-tnson College, Dec. 29.?At the Victoria Mills, Rock Hill, lives n 'ormer operative who owing to rheu? matism was forced to give up mill .vork. While Incurably deformed xnd tent he is a wonderful example 'or the community in which he live*) His physical condition from every ippearance would warrant one in loubtng the following et element resulting from Intcnsivo work on ?he one-acre tract about his home a here he has lived for nine years. While previously fond of the soil, he accomplished -no extraordinary results until the Demonstration \Vork was placed at the Victoria mill In 1913. Since that time he has made a splendid living for him? self an?l family on the one acre cf land worked by himself. His assets consist of a cow, for which he raised all feed, except meal and hulls; 7 peach trees, 5 grape vines, 2 Hlmllaya berries, 5 llg bushes, a few raspberry bushos und straw? berry plants. Most romarkablo of all is his suc? cess with butter beans planted round his garden fence, and used for homo beautltication and shade on trellises at doors and windows of his home. While the regular vegetable garden is producing from one to three crops at a time, the fence is producing butter beans, from which source alone the following statistics have been gathered Sales of fresh butter beans during 1116.$15.00 Dried and ?old 7 bushels of butter beans during Ulf.. S3.40 Total? . MM? New York, Dec. 110.?On the arri? val here of Captain Congdon, of the coastwise steamer Nucces, he report? ed that a large ship, believed to have been ? war vessel, was blown up off the American coast during a storm Monday night. The Nuec.es was oft Cape Honlopen When u burning ship was sighted. Soon afterward an ex? plosion oecured and tho ship dis? appeared. A FEW MORE DOTS FROM THE DARK CORNER. "Hard Times," Heller from His Be BQMt Indisposition, Again Writes Interestingjy for Item and Watch? man Readers. Dark Corner, Dec. 27.?Once again I will claim space in the Watchman and Southron for a few dots. There have been some changes since my last letter of December 1st. 1 Mr. C. H. Johnston has moved here fiom Tindal in with Mr. W. J. Ar dis. Mr. Joe H. Geddings has moved from the "Dive Oaks" near Ramsey to near Pinewood. Mr. Basil Ged? dings has moved from near Pinewood to Mr. J. Dargan Osteen's place and I hear of others to move yet. Mr. Robert J. Geddings, formerly of this place, but who for the lust ten or fifteen years has lived near Pinewood, died very suddenly from acute indigestion Sunday morning, tho I7th\ The interment was at Bethel Church, Privateer. Mr. A. G. Stack lost a little sor last Saturday from diphtheria. Other members of his family who wer** sick at the same time were better when heard from last. I I hear measles are plentiful in cen? tral and eastern Privateer. . Mr. Geddings, mentioned above, was a Confederate soldier and was for awhile a member of Company H, Fifth South Carolina calvary. He was ! about 70 years old. His aged wife, one brother, Tim Geddings of Pax ville, one daughter, Mrs. John H. Timmons of Paxville and four sons, Joe H., W. Lee, R. B., of Pinewood and B. D., of Ramsey survive h in. Mr. Geddings was a man that attend? ed strictly to his own business. I have been intending to write for sometime, but have been prevented by sickness. I have had a real bad i sore on me foi* several w'?eks and 1 j am fearful it will never get well. And II have had ?' cold and cough unt 1 I j had to just i t and pant for breath. 11 feel a> little * better today. ' Christmas was very quiet and ; pleasant here. I never saw any ! booze the winde day. There was j plenty to eat though, I was remem jbered. by a few of my friends. A box of fine cigars, fruits, etc. was what jl was remembered in and to those ? who so kindly remembered me, I beg j to return my heart-felt thanks. May their. lives ever be drawn in pleas? ant places. Mr. C. H. Johnpton and son, Ar? thur, have gone on e^.yisit today^o, j Ma daughter, Mrs. Daniel Cooper, near Greeleyville. ., /. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnston visit* ed Mr. and Mrs. Joe II. Geddings last Sunday near Pinewood. Mr. John T. Childers of Paxville and Mr.! Lucius Geddings of Pine? wood yisited. in the Dark Coriur Christmas day. Well, I will now bid the Watch? man and Southron farewell for 1916, and may God's blessings rest on the forco of the paper, and upon all the readers of the same is the wish of old \ "Hard Times." (The Rom aud Watchman & South? ron, as .well as thp force, are deeply appreciative of "Hard Times'" good wishes and- extend to him the heart? iest of greetings of the season with kindest, wishes for his welfare and happiness during 1917.) AUSTRIA'S RING CROWNED. t?t*<rr* * I?rjprpe? Concluding Ceremonies Held in Buda? pest With Utmost Splendor. Budapest, Dec. 30.?The conclud? ing exercises attending the corona nation of King Charles were held to? day. Despite the fact that the coun? try is at war, the exercises were of the utmost splendor. The young king is popular and democratic. It Is believed he will make a strong ef? fort to bring about an early peace. GERMANS MAKING PROGRESS Strong Position in Carpathians Cap? tured?Still Par?e Russians. Berlin, Dee. SO.?Further progress has boon made by the Austro-Gor mans In the Carpathian mountains, the war office reports, strongly en? trenched positions being captured. In the Roumanian operations Gen. von Mackensen is delivering strong attacks and following up the re? treating Russians all along the line. RAILROADS EXPECT STRIKES. ? ?I".' ' ? Switchmen Expected to Qttft Work at Many Places. Now York. Dec. 30.?Sporadic strikes of switchmen throughout the Middle West are anticipated by the railroads as tho result of delav in putting the Adanison law into effect. Strikes are expected at Chicago. Cleveland, St. Louis, Kansas City, De? troit. Toledo and Buffalo. The strike is not expected to spread to the South Or East. ? " ? f1 ? Vigorous Allied Warfare. l/ondon, Dec. 30.?A now air min? istry will be created to carry, on a more vigorous aerial offensive against Germany. HOLD GERMANY RESPONSIBLE. Allies Refuse to Enter Peace Confer? ence Until Definite Terms are Stat? ed. Paris, Dec. 30.?According to the Petit Parisienne the allies' answer to the German peace note will be hand? ed to Ambassador Sharpc tonight. Tho allies hold Germany responsible for tho war and decline to enter a peace conference until the central empires offer definite proposals. FRENCH ATTACKS REPULSED. Germans Hold Ground Gained at Verdun Front. Berlin, Dec. 30.?Attempts by the French to win back the ground cap? tured by the Germans northwest of Verdun were repulsed today, the war office announced. Advances by Brit? ish and French patrols in other sec? tions were alsp repulsed. Firing in? creased on the Somme and Aisnc fronts. The Waste of Farm Lands. Notwithstanding the fact that the-e are already large areas of farm lands lying idle, and the gullies be? coming more numerous and larger in size each year, many farmers continue to look for "new ground. * This is due to the unproductiveness of the fields now in cultivation, and to poor methods of farming. The I land is cropped without any thought for the future, without any effort to preserve and improve the con? ditions and productiveness, and without any thought for the son who is to take his place and make an honest living. Instead, the de? sire for "new ground" gets a strong hold on the farmer, and away go the pines, and there appears in their place more land to likewise follow the fate of the other. The farmer often has more than he can attend to, and the result is that there are soon more gullies than before, and instead of bettering himself, he has a poorer farm than before. In a few years this "new ground.!" is soon in as bad conditon as the other. The cause of this waste of land 19 siip-shop methods of farming the fields now in cultivation. By con? tinuous cropping systems, without proper rotation.:, ? without effort to keep up the productiveness of the farm, and the carelessness of tho farmer who lets his soil get de? pleted of vegetable matter and ?Waa* mi?^m ifrwfW^ ftrfgfof ar -W3 raci ig. Is . it any wonder that ? the farmers' sons look to the city fon a living, instead of the farm? By letting the farm run down, and making It harder and harder each i year to make- a profitable corp. it I is no wonder that the sons turn I their heads towards the city, leav? ing the old home, in which they should be proud, and willing to re? main, instead of seeking some means of making a living which docs not appear so hopeless. . With the soil getting poorer, the hill? sides more ragged, and the build? ings themselves more dilapidated can the son be blamed? We should tri' to build up oyr farms, make them more attractive, and the homes more comfortable, give the chjtfdrea something of which they will be proud, and not be willing' to sacri? fice for a life in the cities. As lppg as we neglect to so care fftr our farms as to let them become . unr j profitable, and to make it more burdensome each year, and more and more unattractive, we cannot expect the son. to stay. * r " 1 ?? . ? t : RUNNING AGAIN VNDER FULL 1 HEAD OF STEAM. Sat tone rv Engineer of Dcmopolis, AJa. Light and Power Co., Delighted With New System. Mr. Charles Miller, the well known engineer at the Dcmopolis, Ala. Light and Power Co., says he has been undergoing some \yonderlul repairs. "I suffered torturep with indiges? tion for thirteen years and had rheu? matism In my left shoulder for six months," writes Mr. Miller. Some? times I would sit down to the table as hungry as a wolf and after eating a few bites I would feel all stuffed ny> and full of p)ailia and then 1 would have u spell of roni?ting< I had spent hundreds of dollars , for different medic ncs, but could never get any re? lief. .... "Mrs. Backus of this city asked me one day to try Sulfcrro-Sol and 1 got a bottle to try. and found to my great and glad surprise that it commenced j its great work almost at once. I have taken two bottles and feel that I am .mtirely cured both of the indigestion md rheumatism. "1 tell you it is simply great to :bo Able to oat heartily of. auytumg I Irani end never feel | pain or a sign >f distress. The fact is I feel line ill over, and 1 most heartily endorse -<ulferno-S.ol und Itfl wonderful work." Sulferro-Sol Is sold nnd recommend? ed by every Druggist in Summer and vicinity. Murray Drug Co., State Dis? tributors.