Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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it HC WC II R A/MAVI/T ON TWELVE z ifla*x front. MWe I? Badly Battered 4b Is*** ?ad Important Po j tUalnUisil 1* ? M Ii Pstoj A? |lreaeaee mre being made In |gy uadjy battered Oarman line taUtleueld by a heavy ssnmuit? hranched along a liilaV from Ulla morning. The |tal^reports announced that a D# strong Oermsn poaitions uhphvdy been captured. Unofn uauatiaf\apeclf) that the British ft jljugJUUt awards Fresnoy. aaama likely to force the Oer to speedily evacuate the town t'ftnpy. Also that the British 'ad V*s*Ja ^owarda Cherlsy and in the ?ullsosurt region which ure south of t|*V river Senses. The French are nun, greasing ahead on any wide front. , ,|hjl'"ufu( giving Germane no rest, em glsylng their artillery vlgoroualy. Iflnej captured a strong position In v tnu Champagne region laat night. faMtTKR CKllhJS INSANITY. Visninaa Trial Takes Now Turn. >urf. Va., May S.?At for the defense In the trial Charles R. Vawter of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, With the muredr of Stock? ig today Introduced physicians 0?-prove that Vawter Is insane. It Is 'satlsved, that the letters that the psVeaiiesj|%)LV introduced lata yesterday, 'he wheel} Vawter admitted knowledge nf Hetb't relations with Mrs. Vawter, n^-snjdf ht would not Interfere, and Seated )fy?th to pay Vawter's debts, u attorney to sat up the in ' The^atVorneys for the defenae In? sul tkAt they are seeking to show *JruC, Vawter was insane when >ruis the letter, thereby destroy the lelue of the letter. They will rely on the tnsanty plea as a de? l^ysfllaTDfr bishopric. jj^h Oynusgal W? Not go to Atlanta May g.?Dr. R. 8. Coup of Trinity Church. New Jslsmji\,b*a deeMned to become Kpls J esttftl aiahop af the Atlanta diocese. ! tn^U^Jfc'position the Macon diocesan eeunauw als stud him while he was ill . , h> Ifeu^^ Y^rteans. y.IJUll sa Rvery Home Garden. (foliage, May a.?There is4 fefcr no single garden crop so frown, and at the same time an itqual part In the winter] of canned goods, as the to Therifore. in the face of the prices of canned and uncanned stuff, the tomato being greatly In demand, more attention should be gtven to this valuable crop, thus pro? viding for an abundant supply for the home and local maraet. The to saato. prepared In one or more of Its sunny By-products or served In Its afcturuY state, Is readily recognised In every Southern home, therefore. It Is due squally a s much sttentlon In the garden' Successful tomato growing .Ig largely dependent upon Judicious anil eelection and fertiliser appllra Boll requirements for this crop Is atnetlcally the same as for other gnrdan crops?the well drained gar loam eoll being best. Tomatoes require a relative low cent, of nitrogen as compared h usat ol phosphoric acid and both of which are essential fruit development. Commercial UIsar should be spplled In the '<at the rate of COO-100 Iba. acre and thoroughly mixed with soil,'before the plants are set. te of so?la Is recommended as dresser, and should be ap au th* rgte of 76-100 pounds nuVe. Excessive applications of manurs la not advised, as It y prove harmful to fruit forma? tion aad development. Under some conditions, training ee single stakes and pruning Is ad? vised, however this Is Impractical on se extensive seals and Is only rec oexajteadftd to the Intensive gardener. The single stom method allows more PJuhta per acre, but u smaller per eenv af fruit ;oer plant; this being pj, a his her quality than that al? lowed to ripen on the ground. In this method, the plants are set in rewu t feet apart and 18 Inches In the drill, and pruned to a single ?rtem. The suckers are produced In taw axle of the leaf and should he remount urhen growth Is small. The fruiting branches are produced be? tween use leaves, and may be easily distinguished from suckers. For further Information add/ess the CausnMon Division, Cletnson Col Isgs, a C. f BRAZIL HEAR WaR. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BRITTO SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLIC STEP NEARER. Norway and China are Also Hovering on The) Brink of World War?Sub marine Campaign Arouses Great Bitterness In Norway. Brazil has drawn one step nearer war with Germany and is one of throe countries that are hovering on the brink of lt?o maelstrom which has convulsed two*thirds of the world. ? Norway and China also may shortly be added to Germany's ever lengthen? ing list of snsiries. Ur. Lauro Muller, the Brazilian for? eign minister, tendered hi* resigna? tion on the eve of the day set for the Brasilien congress to determine whether to declare war or . remain neutral. At the same time the pres? ident of Brazil upon learning that Germany had detained the Brazilian minister, ordered that the German minister be stopped 'en route to Uruguay. Dr. Muller has been persistently at? tacked as a pro-German. The possibility of Norway joining the allies is based on the havoc Ger? man submarines have wrought on Norwegian Shipping, and which has aroused great bitterness in N- '-way All reports from China agree that the advocates of war are In a majority. .?1 RESERVE LIST FILLING FAST. Four South Carolina Examiners Kept Busy; Columbia, May 8.?Orders received yesterday said that In the case of specially qualified applicants exami? nations for ndmlssion to the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, opening May? 14, might be held as late as May 7 and authority is given the camp commandant to grant a fur? ther extension to May 14 In reopect of such applicants if he shall deem this course necessary. Previous orders | wore that no examinations be held af? ter May 4. Yesterday the four examiners in South Carolina?Caj>t. J. M. Graham, Columbia; Capt. R. A.v Jones, Clem son; Lieut. George Bowen, Green? wood, and Lieut. fi\ B. Oarey. Char? leston?were kept busy handling ap? plicants, and Capt. Graham, espe? cially, had a busy day. Ho Interview? ed about 100 men. Three physicians had more than they could do in mak? ing the physical examinations at Co? lumbia. A greater rush is expected today and tomorrow. An effort will be made to arrange for an increase In the medical examining staff. Irvine Belser. agent at Columbia for the Military Training Camps as? sociation of the# United States, re? ceived yesterday a telegram from Capt. Cosby, executive secretary for the Eastern department, confirming in affect a dispatch in The State yes? terday In regard to the pay of $100 the month plus allowance* which it Is Intended that men attending the camp shall receive. Capt. Cosby wired: "Pay recommended In army appropriation. Still in committee'but fully expected It will pass congress." Mr. Belser, at his office on the third floor of the National Loan and Ex? change bank building, furnished blanks to many applicants yesterday, explained the requirements and as? sisted men la executing the/ forms He Is being assisted In the work by William C McGowan, John T. Sloan and hfeDavid.Horton. Some of the callers at the Train? ing Camps association office inquired whether, in case they failed of secur? ing reserve corps commissions at the end of the three months' training pe? riod, thOV would stand obligated to service as enlisted men. They were informed that at the end of the train? ing period such men as were not tendered commissions would revert in civilian status and would be no more liable^ to draft than other citizens of their age and condition. The oath signed by applicants merely enlists them for the three months' period and obliges them to accept such commls slon as may be.tendered them at con? clusion of the course. Time for qualifying is so short that men laterested are urged to present themselves |n person immediately be? fore the nearest of the four exam* ers. They should bring with thorn three letters of recommendation These should be not merely perfunc? tory. The examiners are under or? der* to maintain a high standard in respect of the following: Chuructei and sobriety; personality, address am force; reputation and standing In th< community; whether the npplicant If likely to command the respect ofoAV cers and men; whether he has adc quate education. Capt. G. V. Heidt, the recruitln officer for the Fort Oglethorpe train Ing camp, has appointed Messrs. T. D Kavenel and B. D. Hodges to act fot him In Sumter, and those wishing It secure Information concerning the Officers' Training Tamp c?n socur? same from either of these two gen tlemen. DHITISH REPORT THIRTY-EIGHT BIO SHIPS SUNK. Total or Sailings and Arrivals Durin? Week 5,706?I7nsueeess ful Attacks) Too. London, May. 2.?The British of? ficial announcement of the number of vessels sunk in the week ending on Sunday last shows that 38 merchant vessels of over 1,600 tons each were sunk. Those of less than 1,600 tons numbered 19 and eight fishing vessels were sent to the bottom by subma? rines or mines. The announcement says: . T^j "Arrivals of all nationalities ovei 100 tons 2,716; sailings 2,690. "British merchantmen sunk by sub? marines or mines: Over 1,600 tons including three not previously re? corded, 13. ' British vessels unsuccessfully at? tacked, including two not previously recorded, 24. y "British Ashing vessels sunk, in? cluding two not previously recorded, eight.0 . Last week's statement showed that 40 vessels of over 1,600 tons each were sent to the bottom by mines or submarines. ? M'DfJFFlE HAMPTON DEAD. Son of Gen. Hampton ami Member of State Railroad Commission. Columbia, May 3.?-George Mc Duffle Hampton, son of the late Gen. Wade Hampton and for one term a member of the South- Carolina rail? road commission, died last night at 7.4 5 o'clock at the Baptist hospital, after a brief illness. He was 58 years old, having been born at the old Hampton home on the Camden road In 1869. Mr. Hampton had been sick only a few days and was carried to the hospital yesterday afternoon al 4 o'clock. The funeral services will probably be held Friday. The inter? ment will be in the family plot In Trinity churchyard. Mr. Hampton is survived by three children, one brother and a sister. His mother Was Miss Mary Sing eton Mc Duffle, daughter of the late Senator George McDuffle. His brother is Al? fred Hampton of Washington, assist? ant commissioner of Immigration. His sister is Mrs. Randolph Tucker, wife of Judge John' R. Tucker, United States judge at Nome, Alaska. His children are: Mrs. Perronneau Brown of Lynchburg, Va., formerly Miss Corinne Hampton; Miss Mary Singleton Hampton and Miss Eloise UrquharVHampton, both of Columbia. Cousins In Columbia are Frank Hamp? ton and Mrs. John C. Haskell. Mr. Hampton married Miss Eloise Urquharl of Louisiana. Mrs. Hamp? ton died'January 19 of this year. Immediately after graduation at the University of Virginia, Mr. Hampton for several years was engaged in rail? road and civil engineering in many sections of the United States and Can? ada. He was for several years engi? neer for trie Mississippi levee com? mission. While a resident of Missis Ippl he engaged in farming opera? tions. He was engaged for several years as a representative of the Ten? nessee Coal & Iron company, with headquarters at Bristol, Va. in 18J?? Mr. Hampton removed to Columbia where he was engaged in engineerinr and real estate business. He resided at 1816 Senate street. Mr. Hamptop was elected as a mem? ber of the South Carolina railroad commission in 1910 and took the oath of office In 1911. He served for six years, having been elected chairman of the board in 1915. As a member Of the commission he waged a strong , fight for the elimination of grade crossings in the State How to Assist in Ant I-Mosquito Cru? sade. Punching holes in bottom of tin cans before throwing them out will prevent accumulation of water in which mosquitoes will breed. Clogged gutters and spouts are fa? vorite breeding places for mosqui? toes. See that they are kept free from standing water. Whteh chicken fountains and horse (roughs for wiggletails. It is surpris? ing how quickly mosquitoes breed in such places, A t>ottle with neck the least bit higher than the bottom will catch and letaln wmler, In which mosquitoes lOVf to breed. I'or Your Health's Sake. Keep flies out of your house. Keep them away from your foow. especially milk. Buy foodstuffs only where flies are not tolerated. Ha.e no feeding places where flies can load themselves with ejections from typhoid or dysontenc patients. Keep your fruits or confections covered and not exposed to the swarms of files. Alaska supplies the world with $60. ouo.ooo worth of salmon annually, VENIZELOS CABLES GREETINGS. Commends Countrymen in America for Repudiation of King Cons tan tine. Greeks in America are elated over the cabled greetings from E. Venlze los, president of the provisional gov? ernment of Salonica, Greece, publish? ed in the Greek Herald, New York, yesterday. The message was inspired by the recent repudiation of King IConstantine by Greeks in America. The Star Spangled Banner, the pro? visional president says, "has become the symbol of humanity s purest * ideal." The cablegram follows: "Yoti have expressed the unanimous sentiment of all liberal Greeks in re? pudiating the king, with whom since the tragic events of Dcember the nation has once and for all severed every tie. "I congratulate you on your resolve to devote all your strength to the no? ble task undertaken by the United States. "In your distinguished president's stirring and inslpiring declaration, de? fining America's aims in the war, the Star Spangled Banner has become the symbol of humanity's purest Ideal. Devotion to such a cause is hence? forth the duty and privilege of every free man. "I am convinced that the Greeks of the United States, imbued with this conception, will succeed in winning the active and highly valued sympa? thy of the great American nation."' PRIZES FOR THE BOYS. E. ^D. Cote Offers Rewards for Best Boy Farmers. Mr. E. D. Cole, a director of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and the proprietor of the Sumter Coca Cola Company, who offers $75 In prizes to be competed fof**among the white boys of Sumter county, has designated the following officers of the. Sumter Chamber of Commerce to act as judges and to formulate rules governing the contest: A. C. Phelps, President. E. S. Booth, 1st vice president. W. Percy Smith, 2nd vice president. J. Frank Williams, director and Farm Demonstration Agent. !iR. K. Wilder, Director and Treas? urer. *E: I. Keardon, Managing Secretary. *Mr. Cale's offer Is as follows: Twenty-five dollars to the boy pro? ducing the most peas Cany variety) on one acre. Twenty-five dollars to the boy pro? ducing the most corn on one acre. Twenty-five dollars to the boy pro? ducing the most velvet beans on one acre. The boys of Sumter county who wish to participate had better pre? pare their lands and sow their seed without further ado, as time to plant is short and the rules can be publish? ed later. What Mr. Cole desires to do' Is to stimulate interest in increas? ed production of the grains for which he offers prizes and increasing of soil fertility. Mr. Cole has been in Sumter but a comparatively short time but hoc evinced commendable interest in public affairs particularly in Chamber of Commerce circles. He is a great friend of the boys. Paxvtlle Local Items. Paxvlle, April 27.?Rev. J. D. Bowen and family left, on Monday for Aupex, N. C.i where they will spend two weeks at the home of Mrs. Bow? en. Mr. and Mrs. U. C. Tleynods are visiting Mrs. (}. c. Beatsen at Wilson Mill this week. Miss Jessie Curtis left Wednesday to attend the State confernce of the Woman's Missionary auxiliaries at Georgetown. She will return on next Monday. Mr. F. H. Geddings went to Kock Hill on Friday to visit his daughter. Mrs. Elms Tlsdale. Miss Alice Broadway spent the past week-end with her sister, MlSf Emily, who is teaching at Bryan. Mesdames Annie Walker and Maud Hodges left Thursday for their horn at Bandersville, Ga., after a visit to their relatives here and In the com? munity. They were accompanied by their niece, Miss Pearl Broadway, who will spend her vacation there. War Risk Insurance. ?The Automobile. of Hartford, is prepared to write war risk Insurance covering loss or damage to property caused by bombardment, explosions of any description (excluding boiler and or flywheel explosions originating within said apparatus) whether oc? curring on or off the premises, also covering loss by Invasion, insurrec? tion, riot, commotions, usurped pow? er and military power hostile to the government of the United States of America. I?ss of use can also be cowered against explosions occurring onLor off the premises. Rates are mAjerate for coverage given.?South suflunderwrlter. DEVICE TO SINK U-BOATS. Lortl Beresford Says British Navy Has Brilliant Plan. Lord Beresford, the admiralty ex? pert, in a speech in London last Fri? day declared that the navy had de? vised a brilliant plan to overcome submarines. He gave it as his per? sonal judgment, says a cable dispatch to The New York Sun, that the plan would succeed. Such an authority Inspires especial confidence that the crisis in the U-boat menace pres? ently will be past. Lord Beresford did not intimate what the plan is, but it is strongly believed it concerns an American con? tribution to the war. British publi? cists have long maintained that Amer? ican inventiveness could produce ef? fective anti-s\ibmarine weapons, and there are some reasons to believe that Lord Beresford's statement reflected confidence founded on a recent con? ference between British ana Amerl can naval authorities. It is now recognized that it is use? less to fight U-boats by building ships faster than they can be sunk. The number of U-boats is increasing con? stantly, because they are turned out by standardized processes and the parts are made all over Germany, be? ing assembled at certain naval bases. The only protection lies in devising means to destroy or render them in? effective. This is what Beresford mea*ht. England's problem now Is to live through 1917 and until the harvest of 1918, for by that time the increased domestic food production surely will be equal to supporting the people, with rigid economy. The Washington con? ferences are thought to have devised means to tide over this difficulty. In the meantime evidence piles up to show that Germany is making the submarine campaign more efficient. All commanders of submarines are taking photographs of the vessels they attack before and after the explosions, also of the crews of the vessels sunk, especially the officers. This systemat? ic campaign of photographing is prob ably useful In Instructing reserves for submarine activity. It is also a part of the plan to have double crews aboard the submarine mine layers, one for actual operation, the other made up of recruits who are getting their training under actual op? erating conditions. Consular reports reveal that, the submarines are adopting new tactics In f-ta?king merchant vessels and awaiting the most favorable opportu? nity for torpedoing them. In one case it is known that the submarine fol? lowed a bark several hours. The Ger? mans are taking few chances of wast? ing torpedoes. If during a chase a submarine sights a larger prey it chooses the latter and allows the smaller to escape. Sweet Potato, for Starch and Food. Clemson College, April 25.?Sweet potatoes have been grown by every farmer in the State but the market for them is so uncertain and at times so unsatisfactory that very little effort has been made to place this crop on the market as other standard food crops have been. At present the Ex? tension Division of Clemson College is working to have storage houses, built especially for this crop. There are several such houses in the State, but as soon as possible more will be built. The Improper methods of keeping sweet potatoes and the un? satisfactory markets is largely re? sponsible for the lack of interest tak? en in this crop. However, now that a campaign has been started to en ccourage the building of proper stor? age houses there is no reason why larger acreages of this crop should not be grown. Not only should this crop be grown in larger quantities for food purposes, but because of the possibil? ity of producing starch. There is al? ready a movement on foot to establish a starch factory and this will furnish a new market for this crop. A >;ood storage house can be built compara? tively cheap, and the potatoes kept in good condition until Is to spring. Farmers and others who are inter? ested In this should write to the Ex? tension Division at Clemooil College for information. Use the Swatter. on the authority of the United States government, we are informed that " a single lly at the end of the ninth generation may reach the num? ber of 1.95.1,000,000 female flies, to say nothing of the male flies." Figuring from this basis, a single fly killed in June means that several billions will never be born which oth? erwise would be on hand to annoy and destroy the human race. A fly killed in June means that mil? lions may be deducted from the July fly census returns. This is an encour? aging proposition. An ounce of gold leaf will cover a space of 14 square feet. In Peru the woman who has to earn her living is looked down upon. To a German-American. V You are a German by accident and an American bys^reference. Provi? de ce selected your birthplace, but you are a citizen of tttte country sole? ly through personal chol Had you remained in BJurope, re? strictions, prohibitions andv^ssump tions unknown to a democracy\would have been imposed upon cause you resented fixed inferiority, curtailment of liberty and tyrannical >. authority, you came here. Either Germany found you wanting or you fourd Germany lacking. In either case it was evidently to your advan? tage to leave. All these years the United States has guaranteed you freedom and jus? tice. By virtue of the Declaration of Independence you have been raised to the level of Kaisers?are "first among equals." We can quite understand that your sympathies should be vith your na? tive land In a localized European war. It would be unnatural if yo'ir heart did not instinctively side with blood brothers. Although the pre? ponderating majority of us are en? tirely in sympathy with the Allies, your opposite convictions have been comprehensible without seeming re? prehensible; standing in your shoes we, too, would probably have held, your views. The part you have played in the building of the Republic, your record for industry, sobriety and loyalty on every occasion which called for sac? rifice and courage, are not forgotten. It would be ungenerous, unjust to demand your allegiance before neces? sity demanded it. But that necessity is now before* us. We are at war witu Germsny. The Imperial Government which you have repudiated has repudiated? its agreements with Your country has unwarantedly destroyed the prop? erty of Your fellow citizens and haa> unjustifiably slain members of Your community. Because you have demonstrated for a century so many admirable quali? ties of character and mind, we are convinced that Germany is signally unfortunate in her present leaders and feel certain that the last choice of the people, as we have personally known them, would be the present policy of the Empire. You especially know the resources of an autocracy in an arbitrary mood ?the infinite precautions which it is able to establish against the discov? ery of facts and the expression of preferences. Far more than we can realise, you understand tne dastardly measures adopted by absolutism to insure the continuance of the dynasty, regard? less of national costs. If you could cast the vote today i which would decide whether Ger? many shall forever be free of Kais? er and junker, your ballot would read "Liberty." and no hand would bo quicker to grasp a g;un to support the revolution that would insure it. We faced such an hour at the birth of this nation. We died for freedom at Lexington and Concord before the muskets of kinsmen and we demand no more of you. We ask no greater sacrifice, no loftier nobility than we imposed upon ourselves in 1776 or 1861, when North and South, each convinced that the welfare of the land was at stake, re? spectively in the Federal and Confed? erate causes, placed duty above tho bond of consanguinity. Now do your duty?your duty to German traditions?by demonstrating to a universe horrified at the wanton, inhumane acts of an unrepresentative oligarchy, that every German by birth or descent with a God-given chance to assert his soul is an ene? my to barbarism and ruthlessness. Do your duty to America?your duty to your children and their chil? dren, by an unhesitating and whole? hearted support of the government under which they will live?a gov? ernment that will honor them and trust them and keep open its highest oftlcee to them, according to your conduct at the crisis hour in its his? tory. Let your sons be first at the re? cruiting booth. Let your decision in? spire the world with its old respect for the German character, and stim? uli from L?beck to Dresden thi* spirit of self-assertion which needs only such encouragement to burst into a sweeping flame that will for? ever cleanse the fatherlands of Hoh enzollern and Hapsburg infamies. To arms?in the name of Civiliza? tion! This is your splendid hour for vindication-?-seize it and serve it.? Herbert Kaufman in N. Y. American. Flies and Fever. Ninety per cent of the so-called "house flies" that make life miser? able and uncertain during the warm months of the year are hatched In stable litter. Keep stables and ma? nure, boxes screened or disinfected, and nine-tenths of the fly trouble woidd be solved. The rest could be ibntod by liberal use of traps and swatters.