The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 28, 1917, Image 4
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MOW has the combined circulation and
ftaUhienoe of both of the old papers,
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Herbert C, Hoover, former chalr
sasn of the Ilelglan relief committee
and now chairman of the Amen m
Food Commission, has sent out an ap?
peal to the Boy Scouts of the United
wtatee to plant beans. He wants each
aae of the million Hoy Scouts to plant
And cultivate a patch of beans, so
that the bean crop of America shall
\W the greatest ever produced in this
eountry. Are the boys of the Sumte.
^Treop of Scouts going to enlist In ,Tt
Hoover's brigade of bean growers?
TUe hope Is expressed that Sumter
eo**nty will this year grow em
food to feed the population of too
county for twelve months, but there is
no real foundation for the hope Some
farms may be self-sustaining, but the
majority are not and the non farm?
ing population will continue to be de?
pendent for food upon other sections
of the county. Bumter county has foi
many yeare Imported the bulk of meat
products consumed, practically all ot
the flour, all of the rice, a large part
of the meal and grits, all of the c.vn
?ned goods, the greater part of tbu |
molasses, much of the butter, eggs i
and poultry. Of rice alone 30.000
?auks were sold by Sumter merchants
last year, and other foodstuffa in pro?
portion. As the direct result of the
food preparedness campaign that Is
now being conducted, the prod net ion
of food will be largely Increased in
Bumter county, but there Is no uso to
be too optimistic, It is follv to deceive
ourselves Into the belief that sufficient
food vtll be produced In Sumter rpnn
ty this summer to feed the entire
population of r.he county for twelve
months. It may be poaslble to sro v
on tho acreage planted, or yet to be
planted In corn, sufficient corn to e?pnl
the normal annual consumption of the
county, but there will not be enou; h
com, wheat and rice raised in the
county to meet the needs of tho coun?
ty. Bumter county will see some
hungry daya within the next eighteen
months should the supply from the
West be entirely cut off?unless the
acreafe of food crops Is still further
Increased v
WKATHFK AII?S FARMER*
vorn Acreage In South Carolina Wll
be Largely Increased, lliircuu llo
ports.
Columbia, April 26.?Synopsis of
weather and crop conditions In South
Carol 1: a for the week ending Apr 1
14.
The WMlh'i Murinr the we k hi>
been unuaually favorable for plowing
and planting, which have progre .sod
rapidly; but unbroken land Is gott I
hard Cotton and corn are eomlng
to good stands northward in the glMU
die counties, and cultivation has be
guo In the lower parts of the State.
There la still a very large acreage of
cotton to be plnnted, and the cots
acreage will tx largely Increased
though planting is delayed to some
extent, particularly In the northwest?
ern counties. Much abandoned oat
land wll be put to corn this
Oardons and field vegetables a?e Im?
proving, but are still backward In
msny parts; small gardens v III bfl
mnoh more numerous than in former
years. Wheat nnd oats are improvlr. ?
In the central fOSHlttOI where the
bulk of the crop is growing. ?MW?
osta will be harvested on the BOpSf
coastal plain In about three SfSeka
Tobacco setting contlnuos, and plants
are plentiful. Much of the land of
winter killed truck has been put to
white potatoes, and sweet potatoes ore
being planted in the lower comitlSi
Pastures are short, and warm r M
' are needed to stimulate growth 10
germinate seed now In and to soften
land yet to be plowed. Btrav/benioe
are excellent In the eastern counties.
Richard H. Sullivan.
Columbia. Meteorologist.
JUDGE ABSOLVES SOTTIH
HEARS EVIDENCE ON If. F. HO
WAN'S CHARGES OF ATrEMPT
AT BRIBERY.
Judge Bowmnn Says Mr. Stoncy Pre?
sented Uio Matter In Excellent
Manner.
Charleston. April 26.?The rule to
show cause against James Sottile,
president of the Charleston-Isle of
Palms Traction Company, as to why
he should not be adjudged in con?
tempt of court, and punished, as a re?
sult of charges made by H. Frank
Hogan, a Juror, that Mr. Sottile offer?
ed him a bribe to hang the jury
charged with a suit against the
traction company, If the accuser were
to be drawn on that jury, was dis?
missed by Judgo I. Wi Bowman yes?
terday. Judge Bowman stopped the
case before the defense had complet?
ed putting on the stand all its witness?
es and said that ho was not goin^ to
hear any more of the testimony. lb
then announced that the rule to show
cause was dismissed, which mean!
that the defendant was absolved of
the charge.
The case had been set for H
o'clock and when the hour arrived
every seat in the court room was oc?
cupied, practically all the members o
the local bar being present and many
of the leading business men of tl
city. Both Mr. Sottile and Mr. Hogun
were vehement in their testimony *z
times and frequently tho court had 10
rap for order. Questions and an
swers at timc3 caused laughter, .so
much so that Judge Bowman in?
structed the sheriff to bring the next
offender up before him.
There was much interest in th?>
case and fow words of the testimony
were missed by tho large number of
spectators.
Mr. Hogan adhered to the state?
ments made in his affidavit concei ning
the charge of bribery on tho pari of
Mr. Sottile. Thursday in open COUli
he accused the defendant of attempt?
ing to bribe him to har.g the jury if
he were drawn on the caso of Aaron
Fechter, as administrator of the
estate of Hyman Zerlin, deceased,
against the Charleston-Isle of Palms
Traction Company for $30,000 dam
ages.
Mr. Sottile denied that he had ever
mentioned to Mr. Hogan anyih n?
about the case nor had he offered hint
one cent of money, but on the other
hand charged Mr. Hogan with esklns
him for a bribe, declaring that Mr
Hogan said that he could get more
than $100 from Mr. Louis M. Fhimcl,
counsel for the plaintiff In the case
but that as he was friendly with M
Sottile he would rather work for him
There were several character wit?
nesses for the defendant and it W*A
while presenting these that Judge
Bowman stopped the case and render?
ed his verdict. M. Rutledge Rivers
Esq., was counsel for the traction
company In the case. He also repre<
eented Mr. Sottile yesterday and wa*
his principal witness.
Witnesses for the 8tate wore. H
Frank Hogan, Mrs. H. Frank Hogan
H. Frank Hogan, Jr., William H
Dunkin. clerk of court; O. O. W. Mar
JenhofT, Louis M. Shimel, John Sack,
Edward Escomer, J. O. Voss and Po?
liceman Fred Stender.
Witnesses for the defense were:
James Sottile, M. Rutledge River?. A.
Clifford Thompson, J. L. David, Wil?
liam M. Bird and Henry Schacht".
After dismissing the rule to show
cause Judge Bowman said that he
wished publicly to commend Solicitor
Thomas P. Stoney for his work in the
caso, sdding that ho had done splen?
didly hi preparing ahd presenting the
matter.
St SPHTOUS CH ARAi VEHS HELD.
Two White Men and Negro Arrested
at Timnionsvillo With Notes ot
Mimter Men hunt Houses.
Timmonsville. April It.?A see
tlonal arrest was made here ut a' OUt
2 o'clock this afternoon, when throe
a picious characters were arrcfte
by the town authorities.
\ An examination of papers m the
baggage of the two white men reveal?
ed note hooks containing names and
locations of business stores and bu Id
ings in Pennsylvania, Florida. Noi I
and South Carolina. The cities ?f
Columbia, Chester. Rock Hill, Bun
etc., were amour those fully driwi off
e/lth names of owners of all stores.
it is uncertain whether they are
spies or labor agitators, They wer?
a nested on tin* hitter charge and
were taken to Florence, where th?y
are now in jail awaiting trial.
WILSON ON THE CENSORSHIP.
Will Not Require any System Wide!
Will Prevent Criticism of OCeeJalfl,
Washington. April 20.-?The p
dent In a letter to Arthur Brisbane <?f
New York, declared he opposed any
system of censorship that will deny
the people of the United BUtes the
"Indisputable right to crltlclx* Una,
own public officials."
headquarters will be state
fair grounds.
Detachments for Guard Duty at Im?
portant Points Will bo Posted im?
mediately.
Columbia, April 2r>.?Headquarter
of the First South Carolina infantry
will be moved from Styx to Columbia
mr. ediatcly. This was definitely As
cided yesterday afternoon after a con
ference between Mayor l. a. Giiflith
and personal representative of Col. P
K. McCulb, Jr. The headquarters will
be on the State fair grounds.
Several days ago Mayor Griffith be?
gan efforts to have the First regi?
ment headquarters moved to Colum?
bia and he left no stone unturned to
bring it about. The Department of
the East wired Col. McCully to use his
judgment in the matter and Col. Mc
Cully was much pleased with th<
fair grounds as a location.
J>. E. Eflrd, secretary of the fair
society, told Mayor Griffith that ths
fair society would be Riad to cooper?
ate In any way possible and In the en
tire transaction the secretary has
joined with the mayor heartily in
every effort.
The fair grounds offer commodious
quarters for the headquarters. In
addition to Col. McCully and M; fi
the headquarters company, the mc-lb
cal detachment and .probably two
line companies will be on duty at the
fair grounds.
Mayor Griffith has been very dill
gent in getting the headquarters mov?
ed to Columbia.
Posting a guard detachment about
the State at points where the dlsnf
focte(' might damage federal prop
erty or interfere with facilities of
communication will probably be ?!n
tomorrow. Newspapers under their
voluntaiy agreement with the federal
rovernment arc pledged not to nvt'.y
public the places to which troops uro
assigned for such duty or the pei -
sonnel or strength of detachments
Travelers' on the railways can bmU
the necessarily onerous work of T^"
y?ung guardsmen posted at laifetv
bridges less trying if they will
thoiiLThtfully throw off at guarded
points newspapers, magazines k an<
igars or cigarettes.
Person! who have been accUStOrtwH
to walk the railway trac ?, will Art \ it
prudent in war times to use the pu^Uc
highways instead and it will be htffh
ly; inadvisable, especially after s'.qr
set, for civilians to hang about ? j>?
trolled bridRes. Already in States
where such structures have beeni.jpa
ler military guard, civilians hftVC
been shot by sentries.
statistics ox cotton seed.
Washington, April 24.?Cotton seed
and cotton seed products statistic
for the eight month period, AugU it
1 to March 31, announced today by
the census bureau show:
Cotton seed received 4,330,992 t?- ;
^rushed 3,863.185; on hand March 81,
482,066.
Crude oil produced 1,186,601.!74
pounds; on hand March 31, 144,12'J.
399.
Refined oil produced 955,348.9
pounds; on hand 320,930,168.
Linters produced 1,109,106 BOfl
pound hales; on hand 136.907.
Imports 6,112,022 pounds; ext?"?
96,480,617.
Linters exported: Unbleached lfi
001 running baler, bleached 9^.0 l
bales.
Hill-Yenning. !
Hartsville Mesenffcr.
On Wednesday afternoon. April (18,
at 6 o'clock, a beautiful wedding was
solemnized in the Hartsville Method?
ist church, when Miss Martha Esrje
Hill of Hartsville was united In mat?
rimony to Mr. Emmett Hahn Yenning
of Charleston.
Tim church was tastefully decorat?
ed, the color scheme being grt i a.
white and pink, while the beautiful
ifternoon added much to the solemn
Ity and beauty of the ceremony, i
The bride's sister, Mrs. Mi lpm
Brown of Stuart, c.a.. was damatof
honor, and Miss Rosa McFalHLof
Hartsville w;is maid of honor. ?jjth
were attractively gowned In pink ^ml
white, and carried P?"k hlllaittey
? sos. The ring was borne In :\ B n ?
v little Miss Marths HUI of Bis) bp
Vllle, The brlds attired in t ?jir!<
blue traveling costume, and bea Ing
'ho blidal bouquet of bride's if** ;
entered <m the arm of her uncle, ftfr
Take Hill, of BlshopVllle, by wffom
she was given away. The best man
was Mr. Ik ntley Gibson of Hartsville.
and Hie ushers, Mr Carey Murphy >'
Charleston; Mr. Edwin Cannon, Mr.
luck Hoover, and Mr. John T. LUClUS,
The ceremony was performeJL by
Rev, T. <;. Herbert of Florence, an
uncle of the bride. The wedd ;r
march wai played by Miss Ehjaice
Chambers, accompanied by Mlssltir
bytni. Atter the ceremony, the I le
and groom left on the evening ? un
for Oharleston, Atlanta and jp >"r
points. m
UPHEAVAL BEH1H0J.SNES.
JIGNS INDICATE THAT MOMEN?
TOUS EVENTS ARE ABOUT TO
OCCUR.
Strike Agitation May Hurst Forth in
Germany Any Day With Renewed
Violence ? Great Demonstrations
Planned in Germany, Sweden arid
Spain for May Day?No News from
Austria is Ominous?Turkey in Tliv*
Crip of lion Handed Autocrats.
London, April 2G.?Indications are
not lacking that momentous events
are about to occur behind the fighting
lines. The summary adjournment of
the Reichstag after barely opening
has been given added significance by
hints in German newspapers that the;
strike agitation may burst forth with
renewed violence on May Dav, the
great international Socialist holiday.
Nation-wide labor demonstrations
in Sweden are also planned and they
may have the counterpart in Spain.
No news of importance has come
from Austria in several days, and this
has given fresh vigor to the reports
"hat the dual monarchy is seeking a
?eparate peace.
Travelers from Turkey say that the
iron hand of Enver Bjy and his Ger?
man colleagues is the only thing that
is keeping the Turkish people ir.
?subjection.
FIRST LOAN TO ENGLAND.
Washington. April 26.?Secretary
McAdoo today handed to the Brit sli
ambassador a treasury warrant for
two hundred million dollars. This :?
the first loan made to any entente
eovernment by the United Slates, un?
der the seven billion dollar war
linance measure.
DR. A. B. MORRILL,
PHYSICIAN ANO BURGEON
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Have You Planted
That Garden Yet?
O wing to the high price of all
foodstuffs eve. vone that can
should have a garden.
Looking after it will benefit
you physically and as all food
is going up rapidly, the finan?
cial end will be an important
consideration.
Not only that but you will be
doing your "bit" for your coun?
try. Everyone who raises
foodstuffs is fighting for his
country?a nation's strength
is reckoned by its ability to.
live cn its own resources.
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