The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 07, 1917, Image 3
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CRNK.ST FIKLD. Cotton Buyer.
Good Mtddlmg 17 3-4
Strict Middling 17 6-8.
Middling 17 l->.
Strict Low Middling 17 1-4.
Low Middling K 8-4.
8UpU cotton 10 to 83c
Oomotod Doily by
BAR BT a CO.. Cotton Buyer*
Good Middling 17 7-8.
Strict Middling 17 3-4.
Middling 17 8-8.
Strict Low Middling 17 3-8.
Low Middling* 16 7-8.
hew YORK COTTON MARKET.
YesTdyt
Open High Low Clowe Clew
Mch . .17.78 18.03 17.62 .91 .55
Mey . .17.68 .87 .63 .76 .43
July . , 17.63 .83 .42 .63 ,63
Get . .-16.60 .82 .62 .65 .4i!
Dec . .16.75 .86 .(I .76 .00
Twice Proven.
If you suffer backache, sleepless
night?, tired, dull days and distress?
ing* urinary disorders, don't experi?
ment. Read this twice-told testimony.
It's Sumter evidence?doubly proven.
W. M. Folsom. proprietor di>
goods store, Main Street, Sumter.
ssos: "My back ached nearly all ot
the time, and if I made a quick move
sharp pafns started through me. Af?
ter sitting down for awhile, I hr.d
to lift myselt up by force. The
kidney secretions were discolored,
and full of sediment. Doan s
Kidney Pills relieved the backacb*
and pains and I could rest much bet
tsr." (Statement given March 17.
1809.)
On Jan. 11. 1?1G, Mr. Folsom said.
"The benefit Doan's Kidney Pili
brought mo has lusted. Another of
my family has since used them wit
good results."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same thai
Mr. Folsom has twice publicly rec?
ommended. Foster-Mllburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. 7.?Advt, 31
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Berne, March 2 (via Paris).?A
Vienna dispatch says that Austria has
agreed to lend Turkey 240,000,0?>0
crowns for an unnamed period. The
money is to be used for purchases in
Austria-Hungary.
Blfi NAVAL BILL TO WILSGK.'
FINAL ACTION ON APPROP1UA
TION TAKEN BY CONGRESS.
rill ma a Patriot k-iilly Yields on Sta?
tion Providing for Enlargement or
Dry Dock In Cluirlcstou.
Washington, March 4.?The DAVul
appropriation bill was sent to tliL
pit Vdent shortly after 1 o'clock this J
morning when final congressional ac- j
tion was taken, the senate agreeing
to tho conference report previously
accepted by the house.
The'senate then adopted the hou: <
resolution providing for a bond issue
of $150,000,000 to expedite construc?
tion of naval vessels. That complete
approval of the administration naval
programme.
The separate resolution for a bom"
Issue of $150,000,000 to provide f< r
hastening construction of naval ves?
sels was passed by the house with?
out opposition.
Without a roll call the house later
agreed to tho conference report on
the naval bill Itself.
Only senate approval and the prcr,- j
Ident's Signatare was needed then
complete enactment of the measure
but it was uncertain when the sen?
ate would act.
Conferees on the $535,000,000 KM
agreed on a report at 7 o'clock last
night. They reduced the extra num?
ber of submarines to be built on' the
Pacific coast from 50 to 20, making
the total number of submarines pro ?
vided for in the bill 38.
The senate conferees yielded alr;o
the provision for enlarging the Char?
leston (S. C.) dry dock, Senator Till
man declaring that he would rather
the dock never should bo built the.:;
to imperil passage of the bill at thlfl
time.
Makes Excellent Address.
i j
Bev. Watson B. Duncan, D. D.,
made an excellent address Sunda\
afternoon at the Rex Theatre, h ?
subject being "The Shadow of th'
Soul." The speaker was heard I y ?
fair sized audience, which war, mucK.
pleased with his remarks.
Marriage License Record.
A license to marry has been Issued
to M. J. Davis, Manning, and Ml w
Lily Douglas, Winnsboro. Lloi na
secured by colored couples w r
Elijah Jones and Annie Weeks, Bp.oj
don; Sandy Dens. Dalzell, and Bertha
States, Rembert.
DETERMINED TO MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO MAINTAIN RELA?
TIONS WITH UNITED
STATES.
The American Embassy at Vienna Evi?
dently Not Expecting Immediate
Break?Negotiations In Progress.
Derne, Switzerland, Thursday, liar.
1.? (Via Paris, March 2.?Recent re?
ports that the Austro-Hungarian gov?
ernment has determined to make ev
; \ rff ort to maintain diplomatic re?
lations with the United States is cor?
roborated by information reaching
hero from Vienna.
The strong impression prevail* that
Austria-Hungary intends to make
? cry sacrifice which it regards as
reasonable to avoid a rupture, al?
though such action apparently would
mean Hying in the face of Germany.
I An American in close touch with
Austrian diplomatic affairs, who ar?
rived in Berne today, said that opin- j
ion was divided among those who ex?
pect Austria to attempt to placate
j America as to the onuses underlying
j tho divergence from the policy of ?er
1 muny. One group, he said, bolioved
j Germany was acquiescing for the pur
i pose of preserving unbroken an Indi?
rect bond between herself and the
United States, while the other group
was convinced that Austria was as
setting" independence of Germany,
j That tho American embassy at VI
! enna is not expecting an immediate
I break la perhaps Indicated by the ac?
tion of~ Joseph C. Grew, counsellor of
the embassy, who today telegraphed
to Mrs. Grew to go to Vienna. She
will "depart tomorrow.
The Basler Nachrichten reports
from Vienna that It Is officially con?
firmed that negotiations with the Unit?
ed States still are In progress and
that It <s announced semi-official! y
that the data for Austria's reply to
the American memorandum has no1
been settled, as the examination/ o!
questions of international law brought
up by the American note has not been
concluded by the foreign office.
New York, March 2.?According to
Tho Journal of Commerce figures tei
per cent, of the world's merchant m;i
rine has ben destroyed since the Wai
began. The statistics record the de
struction of two thousand, five
hundred and seventy-three vessels o
four million .eight hundred and elever
thousand, -one hundred gross tons
more than ftalf of which was owner
by Great Britain.
Arriving Tuesday, larch 6th
CAR LOAD
24 MULES
31 HORSE
We have in this car .some of the nicest Mules
shipped here this season. We will be glad to
show you what we have. We can please
you. See our other lines.
W. B. Boyle Co.
ICE CREAM PROFITS.
Whole MJlk is Next, Cream Third,!
Cheese Fourth, and Butter Fifth, j
Say Figures. |
Clemson College, March 2.?
From the viewpoint of largest re
vjjujj;hs, ice cream is the most profi?
table form in which to market milk,
with whole milk second, cream
third, cheese fourth, and butter
fifth. At the same time, individual
conditions are frequently such as
to make it most profitable for a
dairy farmer to dispose of his pro?
duct in the form of cream or of
whole milk. In fact, in South Car?
olina it may be said that the latter
condition is almost generally true.
For example, a dairy farmer on
the outskirts of a city will in most
cases find it mo^t profitable to sell
the bulk of his product as whole
milk. A farmer on one of the cream
routes of a cooperative creamery
will generally lind the sale of his
butterfat In the form of cream to
the best. Nevertheless, figures com?
piled at Clemson College ior the
sake of those who make inquiries
on this subject show that where a
man is equipped to manufacture and
sell ice cream the returns from his
milk are largest.
, Calculations are based on the fol?
lowing average prices: whole milk,
8 cents a quart; 20 per cent, cream,
90 cents a gallon; butter, 30 cents
a pound; cheese, 20 cents a pqund;
ice cream, $1.00 a gallon. Manu?
facturing and marketing costs are
not considered. j '.<t
On the basis of the prices namedi
100 pounds of 4 per cent, milk may
be disposed of In the following
forms for the amounts named be?
low:
1. As 4.2 gallons of ice cream
and 75 pounds of skimmilk, selling
for $4.41.
2. As 46.5 quarts of whole milk,
selling for $3.72.
3. As 2.5 gallons of 20 per cent,
cream and 80 pounds of skimmilk,
selling for $2.49.
4. As 10.4 pounds of cheese and
residue of whey, selling for $2.20.
5. As 4.60 pounds of butter and
95 pounds of skimmilk and butter?
milk, selling for $1.67.
"DRYS" LOSE JCDESinPS.
Tammany Democrats Apparently
l Keep Their Threat.
'jjWasTilngton, March 2.?Tammany
Democrats from New York today
made good to some extent their prom?
ise to "get even" with Southern
"bone dry" prohibition members.
These New York Democrats muster?
ed enough votes against the bill re?
tiring federal circuit and district
judges at seventy to encompass the
defeat of the measure, which would
have cleared the way for the ap?
pointment of several Southern con?
gressmen to judgeships.
One of the "dry" leaders who
would have been appointed If the bill
had passed, according to a current
rumor, is Representative E. Yates
Webb, of Charlotte, N. C, chairman
of the house judiciary committee, and
I joint author of the Webb-Kenyon act.
BOYCOTT HELPS MXCH.
Causes Sharp Reduction !n Nctv York
i Prices. \
N'ew York, March ^.?The "common
.senu?" of the poople oi" New York city i
"who established an automatic I boy?
cott on potatoes arid on.(ms " has re?
sulted in abnormal dcretue:; in the!
prices of thOSO btaplCfl as coin pur? ;
with the prices February 23, Joseph
Hartigan, commissioner of 'weighs'
and measures, announced tonight. i|!a
statement Bald that the decrease iladl
saved the people of the greater city:
approximately $5,000,00.;.
Mr. llartigan :-:vi '. producers and \
shippers in all parts of the counts ? i
had offered large quant.ties of all
kinds of foodstuffs a: prices in coxae
cases 30 per cent, less than N'ew vo.li
wholesale prices,
STOCKHOLDERS SURPRISED.
Bat Agreeably so at Spartan Mills'
Extra Dividend.
Spartanburg, March 2.?Spartan
Mills Company, one of the largest cot?
ton mills In Bpartanburg, has declar?
ed an extra dividend of 4 per cent,
and this amount has been sent to the
stockholders. This was a surprise ti?
the stockholders, as few of them knew
thai the extra dividend had been de?
clared. The capital stock of $1,
000,000 is held for the most part by
Spartanburg people, but some is In
hands of Kastern capitalists. The
extra dividend probably means that
an entire dividend of 12 per cent, will
be paid this year. Walter S. Mont?
gomery is president of the company;
B. M. Matthew secretary, and VV. J,
lhitton superintendent.
London, March 2.?Lieut. Cen. Ji\n
Christian Smuts, former commander
of the British forces in German East
Africa and a member of the South
African cabinet, has been made a
privy councilor.
!
DENIAL BY VON ECKHARDT.
German Minister Professes Complete
Ignorance.
i
Mexico City, March 1? H. von Eck?
hardt, German minister to Mexico, de?
clared today that he knew nothing
about the instructions alleged to have
been sent to him by Foreign Secretary
Zimmermann regaridng a German
Mexican alliance in the event of war
between Germany and N the United
States. '
Von Eckhardt made this statement
in replying to the question whether
he had followed the instructions al?
leged to have been sent to him by
Dr. Zimmermann:
"You must go to Washington for
your information," the minister said.
"If you must say something, you may
! say the German minister knows noth?
ing about all this."
Tamekichl Ohta, charge d'affaires
for Japan, declared he had not been
approached in any way with a pro?
posal for any alliance with Mexico
or Germany against the United States.
Garza Perez, subsecretary of foreign
affairs, now in charge of the foreign
office, declared he knew nothing of
the proposals mentioned. If the pro?
posal had been presented by Minister
von Eckhardt, which he personally
doubted, he said, it was presented di?
rect to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Aguilar or Gen. Carranza.
Henry P. Fletcher, the American
ambassador, left hurriendly today
with Foreign Secretary Aguilar for
Guadalajara, where Gen. Carranza
now is.
It seems to be the general opinion
among well informed public men hero
that the proposal outlined in the Zim?
mermann note probably has not been
definitely presented to Gen. Carranza
by Minister von Eckhardt, although
this is only a surmise on their part.
to provide Titrate supply.
Senators Would Use Naval Vessels for
Trade.
Washington, March 2.?After a con?
ference tonight with Secretary Dan?
iels on the crop shortage in the South
Atlantic States, Senators Smith ol
South Carolina and Shields of Ten?
nessee said they would introduce a
resolution authorizing the. presidenl
to utilize naval transports and col?
liers not needed for naval duty tc
transport nitrate of soda from Chih
to South Atlantic ports.
The resolution would put the trans
ports at the disposal of nitrate im
porters under government supervisiot
and the ships would bring the nitrate!
supplies for farm fertilizer througl
the Panama canal.
"With the crop shortage, the greai
necessity for fertilizer in the Soutl
Atlantic States, with freight at $SJ
a ton and the living cost very high,'
said Senator Smith tonight, "some?
thing must be done to r .mcdy the sit?
uation. We believe congress should
authorize the use of naval vessels in
this crisis to transport the nitrates."
SUGGESTS "QUININE DAY/'
How Dr. Brabham Would Rid Or?
ange burg of Malaria.
Orangebug, March 2.?Quite a nov?
el method of exterminating malaria
In Orangeburg county has been devis?
ed by Dr. V. W. Brabham, director
ol" rural sanitation, and it will be put
j Into offect as roon as practicable. The
i plan is to induce every person who bus
[Buffered with maipr-ia to Utke a do.;
of quinine every . rn -.-u y from
i pdarch 1 to Aufrurt ir.-. i*-rah|viii
i declares that thiu plan, properly car
| ried out, win titl the tounty ( t;r. l
lot malaria, lie preaerlbct; graduate
Ido.ics as follows: Children up to fi
years, live r.raln?; f em five to tci
y.mra, ton grains; over t'.n years ftf
teen Krainr. Saturday will I;e knowi
"Quinine Day" over Lite co'tnty
is HELD \s PLOT'fEU.
Man Suspected of Attempting to Con?
spire..
Birmingham, Ala., March 2.?Thi I
a man named Frederick was arrested
here last night by agents for the de?
partment of justice on charges of at?
tempting to conspire againtt a num?
ber Of large industrial plants in tue
Birmingham district, was learned to
?lay from what is considered to be n
reliable source.
J. Heese M;;rray, agent for the de?
partment in Birmingham refused to
talk^when questioned about a report
that plots against Kcal plants here
been unearthed by federal author?
ities.
DANISH WEST INDIES BILL.
Measure Agreed Upon in Congrcs
(iocs to President.
Washington, March 2.?Enact?
ment of tho administration bill pro?
viding for* a temporary government
in the Danish West Indies and appro?
priating the $25,000,000 the United
States has agreed to pay Denmark for
their cession was completed by con?
gress tonight. Both houses adopted
the conference report and sent the
measure to the president.
VISITS SUMMERTON* PASTOR.
Editor of Baptist Courier Pays Call
on Rev. Gordon and Make? Trip
to Churches.
Baptist Courier.
The senior editor had a delightful
visit on the third Sunday to Pastor
IC. W. Gordon and his two churches,
Summerton and Calvary. These
churches are about ten miles apart,
both in the Santee and Pastor Gor?
don gives his Sunday mornings to
Summerton and the afterooon to Cal?
vary. He preaches to both churches
every Lord's Day and the good Ford,
presented not long ago by his devoted
people, makes the arrangement ideal.
Calvary is one of the oldest churches
in the State and the second oldest in
the Association. It was organised in
1768 and the High Hills, which is
also in the Santee, in 1755. Calvary
has a great record. It has not only
ministered to all the interests of its
community for a century and a-half,
it has also been the mother church
of all its section, again and again
sending colonies to this new church
and that; and it has also blessed the
State and the denomination with
statesmen, ministers, deacons and
useful laymen. This church Is the
home of the Tindals. In its member
ship Rev. R. B. Mahony, now of
Minnesota, was raised. His father was
pastor here for sixty-five years. As
to size, the church is a mere shadow
of its former self. The old house is
there with its ante-bellum associa?
tions and the graveyard with its for?
gotten graves, Its unmarked graves,
its crumbling stones and its great
monuments. The membership new
is only forty-two; but this small num?
ber holds choice spirits and the work
of the church is kept well to the
front. There are seventy-nine In the
Sunday school and the church Is
blessed with an efficient W. M. S.
Last year the church gave $1,022.65.
This is the smaller of Pastor Gordon's
churches. Summerton has a mem?
bership of 103 and there art 124 In
the Sunday school. Last year the
church gave to all objects $1,609.62.
An examination of the minutes will
show that both of these churches
have regard for their apportion?
ment obligations and contribute to ff>
L ery cause and in due proportion. This
1 is as It should be and the time will
" come when every church In the State
) will have this kind of conscience. It
? was an unalloyed pleasure to be in
the homes of Deacon and Mrs. Gentry
" and of Pastor and Mrs. Gordon.
1 U-BOAT MEETS MATCH*
3 .
1 New Orleans, March 2.?A German
submarine was sunk in t* Atlantic
1 ocean some days ago by the British
1 steamer Knight Companion, which
' arrived yesterday from England, ac?
cording to a story told by the steam?
er's officers to government officials
here today. The steamer was sev
1 eral days on her way to New Orleans
according to the story, when ahe
sighted the submersible.
The undersea craft fired Jlvfj shots
which missed the steamer, before the
latter got her defensive gun into ac?
tion. The Knight Companion's sec?
ond shot, at about 7,500 yards, struck
the submarine which, it waa stated,
immediately sank. Nothing was seen
of any of her crew.
The exact date and location of the
fight were not given and the me
light were not given and the mwtor,
Captain John Kendall, declined to dis?
cuss the incident with newspaper m.r.i,
The Knight Companion is loading a
cargo o: grain for Europe.
Profitable Potl; Production.
Ctemson College. ?. C, March 2.?
February 18th to March 15th is the
( proper t;me to sow spring grazing
'. crops for hogs if they were not sown
I in Hie fall. One plot in oata and
j Dwarf Essex rape sown now may
j be grazed through May. Another plot
j of oata may be allowed to mature
j and may be grazed in June. A plot
i In early corn and early cow puas
planted March 20th to April 1st will
furnish grazing during Ju'y. gaset
potatoes of an early variety cot
about April 20th will furnish Au?
gust grazing.
Spanish peanuts and Soy Beans
planted with corn in May will be
ready for September, while com and
late rowjKcs nay be made to sup
pb ihe fintehUlg period in Octobor,
when porkers will be ready for
slaughter or sale. The Orangeburg
and C: cenville packing houses will
be ready for work by September, and
there should be no trouble, with
the present arrangement as to
freight rates recently arranged, to
dispose of any quantity of hogs
properly finished.
t Hops produced in this way may
he made to bring in a ready ca:m
crop twice annually. Sows should
be bred to farrow in March and
September. The March litter may
be slaughtered or marketed In Sep?
tember, October or November, and
the fall litter in May or June.
Telephone troubles in the tropics
are largely due to the wires becoming
covered with air plants.