Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JUUUsVJI CLOSsT MSBTITJfQ. ?id Stay In fifejoyed?Result of Spertanburg, May 17.?The 16th annual meeting of the South Caro Mae State firemen's aeeoelatlon this morning with the pletion of the raeee itaged for thai rear. The tournament waa suc sceeful from beginning to end, and the fir taten were given a delightful Msae while hero. Today's raeee reoulted aa follows: Hose wagon root' New berry, first float: Orangeburg, second. Consola tton heoe wagon rate?Marlon, first: Miggsatu sooond. Hand reel race? OnjjpjlU, first; Nowberry, second; third. Foot race? Thayer, Columbia team, first BgfSjs: , Harvey Starling, Columbia oanga, sooond prise. In the oonsola ^tapa raoe this morning the Swamp fa* Bogt company of Marlon won Srsg place and broke the track rec m*k\ both in time to hydrant and In gj^aolag water. The time was: hy .ftgjgjt. If wate-. 3! 1.5. Bishop WtOO waa sooond and Darlington third the opnsolatlon race. , 'All the visiting firemen will leave it with the exception of the oomjtfupr. which will stay over tJofliorrtiw. ?hglpeereo Optimism. todatry's greatest problem at lgggenent is management, resources In men and supplies for porpooto are practically limitless, the conditions are more or less Wise decision, effective plan? ning and prompt action are the great needs. Inevitably there will and must hO mistakes, especially In the earlier But there Is isss dangsr from tea In management than from apathy grounded in confiding kj la a noticeable disposition to to wait, not only pending i\ decision as to selective iptton or volunteering, but be? ta e allies are winning and Oer? ie said to bo on the verge of sags i at ten. "Perhaps this country ?AsVnet need to go to war at all," gjgjgoy ore think ras and saying, forget tjksi thai well-informed Ambassador o^emdtL fresh from Germany, has a long, hard war even for led States, ami falling to ob optfrQtsm is hoing encouraged by the German with a view to delay the participation of the United la the war as long as possible. Another danger, perhaps. Is that our allies, heartened by the ac of the United States, may tend to relax and ease up on thslr great edmrte, depending on the aid of this soon try. Obviously It is the part of prudence to turn our backs on seduc? tive optimism and push our prepare tteeo In every possible way as intelli? gently aad effectively as ws can, for the need will exist up to the day the tear ends and tr e right kind of peace to secured. Ths copper producers of the coun? try have offered to sell thslr product to the government at It or 17 cents a pgejnd. where they have been getting from tl to 30 cents and even more from the Alllea. That is fine, even pa tesetl?. for these concerns to be will? ing to take lees than they can get, notwithstanding ths fact that some of the big copper producing concerns state in their annual reports that pro OOOtt* a costs them 5 cento a pound, tiling of selling the government at only 300 per cent, profit is In patriotic! It is certainly more la than the conduct of the manufacturers because their reduced prices to ids government them a profit of from only 1, to 1,500 per cent. But it is not fair to msntlon in the same day the Ohes of the humble country newspa? per. Take country newspapers and not one of a hundred has Income so Ac lent to pay actual expenses, yet tt Is seriously proposed that they eheeld do all advertising required by the government absolutely free of charge. There Is provision In the re eaatty passsd war measures under which the government has the light to take over and manage such busi? ness as will not sell to the govern? ment at prlcss the government con? siders reaeonsble. We are of opinion that the government could operate the copper mines and smelters and the steel plants at somewhat lees cost than to being demanded for the pro? ducts of the same; but when it comes to producing advertising space In the aewspepers cheaper than the publish? ers are doing It. there is some prob? lem even for the government. How? ever. It Is quits sure that If the gov emmsnt wsrs publishing The York vflle Enquirer, the paper would not be carrying any paragraphs like this. <?YorsvUle Enquirer. Tb* aocfMtlon ha? beep made that aa effort be made to revive the Curb Ator>l^L<2r th* ml* Qf v**etable? and mmmwY fWuoe. why not 1 I 4 GERMAN ATROCITIES. Teutonic Soldiers Out do Goths and Vandals In Savagery and Cruelty. "When I hear Americans doubting the truth of the stories of German atrocities in Belgium and France, I don't know whether to laugh or swear. As ons of the first hundred thousand English sent to battle I not only saw atrocities committed by German sol? diers, but am myself a victim of tbem.H 80 said A. H. O'Connor, a Brook? lyn boy, who, with his father and five other members of his family, crossed the Atlantic and Joined the English army. O'Connor Joined the First Life Guards of the Household Cavalry and ssw service In Belgium and France, taking part in the defense of\the road to Calais, the battle of Tpres. Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Hill 60 Hohenzollern redoubt, Armentieres, Arras and the great Somme offensive. In the latter he was permanently disabled, and re? tired from service. He was decorated by the king for bravery. Back in America, he expects to deliver talks on his experiences. "Over in Brooklyn," said he, "I had many German acquaintances and when I read of German atocrities in Belgium I could not believe them. Now it makes me shudder when I think uf what I have seen. "My regiment was helping in the great light to keep th" Germans from going Calais-ward. It was during the battle of Tpres. We took a little Bel? gian village from the Germans. "As, with my comrades, I charged through the streets, I saw the naked bodies of women, girls and babies. They were terribly disfigured by bay? onet Jabs, even those of helpless babies. 'You know in those village fights we had to chase the Germans out from one house to another like ter? riers after rats. In one house we saw two Germans ransacking the drawers of a bureau On the floor were the dead bodies of two naked girls horribly mutilat? ed and cut open. "No Germans got out of that house alive! "The next time I myself saw Ger man atrocities was latsr in the cam pslgn when we finally took their fa mous Hohensollern redoubt. These works were wonderfully strong. The Germans had dug down 50 feet be low the, surfacs and had comforts down there approximating those of a hotel?real rooms with beds, carpet on the floor, mirrors on the wall lights, etc. ' We subjected this redoubt to a terrible artillery fire for a long time. Probably an hour elapsed between the ending of the artillery fire and our going over, as we say, and taking the place "In that hour we Life Guardsmen could hear a constant screaming in the redoubt. It was the terrible, an gulsh crying of many women. In the sector of the redoubt which our regiment captured, I saw the bodies of at least 50 women many of them stark naked. The ravages, who had taken these women away from their French villages and held them cap tlves here, hid committed awful crimes. I saw dead women with their breasts hacked off. In this same sec tor they had buried 20 of their poor victims. "In the first Somme offensive I per? sonally experienced the chivalrous acts of our German enemy. I was put out of business by bayonet wounds through my left arm and side. It was in a field over which the rival forces fought back and forth. "During one of these scrimmages a German came along and, seeing me lying there helpless, hacked through my boot, cutting off three of my toes. By will power alone I remained con? scious. "When I saw the Germans retreat? ing, I cloeed my eyes and played dead, knowing the Huns have a habit of clubbing wounded men to death as they retire. Perhaps I did not look dead enough. At any rate one of the Germans clubbed me across the jaw with his rifle butt. "When I woke 1? ten weeks later I was in a war hospital in London be? ing nursed by- ex-Queen Amelia of Portugal. The war office records show I and others had been burled partly by debris thrown by a huge German shell. They found life In me, but It took all those weeks to bring me around. And even then I could not talk. ?The tap that. German soldier gave a wounded and prostrate foe kept me dumb for six months. Even now any sudden nervous shock keeps my vocal cords paralyzed for from five to six hours." HONDURAS AGAINST CJEHMANY. Ono More Latin American Republic Dreaka Heiatlona. Washington, May 18.?Honduras haa severed diplomatic relations with I Clermany, following the lead of Quate ?mala. REGISTRATION DAY. Patriotic Demonstratf ns All Over Country Will Mark Enrollment of Young Men. Washington, May 17.?Registration day for service under the war army bill will be the occasion for patriotic demonstrations all over the country The date soon will be fixed by, a proclamation of the president , and Secretary Baker, as chairman of. the council of national defense, has asked the State councils of defense to take the lead with the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the national committee of patriotic and defense societies in making it a memorable occasion There will be celebrations in honor of those who register, with talks bv governors, mayors, presidents of chambers of commerce and others, all sounding the high note of patriotism The place of honor In local parade? will be given to young men of regis? tration age. Committees of men and women will be at every registration booth to pin an emblem on each man who regis? ters. This may be a red, white and blue ribbon drawn through the button Hole or possibly a button bearing the words, "I am registered?are you?" Pit-falls In Marketing. ? - Clemson College, May 3.?It is de? plorable to note how susceptible many growers are to the bait that is bung for them by unscrupulous mem? bers of the trade. Farmers and growers complain of being imposeu upon and robbed and yet they are ac? tually to blame for the existence oi certain evils in marketing. Instead 01 being loyal to their interests and giv? ing it their wholehearted encourage? ment they continually listen to bribes that are offered them by individuals who are trying to keep the farmers disorganized. i The State Market Agent was es? pecially struck by an incident that took place In the asparagus dis? tricts. The more enterprising grow? ers have been organized into, a splendid cooperative association ana have adopted the best method of marketing in existence, taking, ev? erything into consideration. This step Among the growers has 01 coarse broken Up the highway rob? bery that they were exposed to in past scusons. Never before have the growsrs been so successful as; now, aftet having organized and adopteu a mtfdtrn system of marketing. Certain interests in the trade oi course saw that their past lucratiw methods s.-^re almost eliminated i. they decided to do everything to break up the association. Their fa? vorite method of breaking up a association is to get a weak-knee individual and pad his sales, that give^him a little inoie than?tin lUUOjoVI price. This v\euk-kneed, in dividual goes about the members o: the association and brags about how much he received from such and such a party. The parties who pad theso sales hope to bring about dis? satisfaction among the members of the association by the reports that the weak-kneed grower spreads. Growers should be very careful of such bait. They should realize that any one handing a bribe has an ulterior motive and will get all his bribes back and a lot more, to the detriment of the growers' en? terprise. Growers should fight shy of any reports that are not in keep? ing with that of the government's. Only last week some very honest and loyal members of the Soutb Carolina Asparagus Association were almost fooled. Reports were com? ing in to these growers that a cer? tain firm sold packing house refuse asparagus for more than the best grades that the association members realized. The State Market Agent produced the original copies of the wires for that day in the market where this inferior grade was sup? posed to be selling so high and con? vinced the growers that this was not the market quotation but the quotation of only one individual who wished to get the growers to ship to him. If this individual was so anxious for asparagus why did he not order through thn association manager and get the best grade of asparagus for the same price that he offered for poor "grass." Any grow? er with the least bit of intelligence can easily see when quotations arc offered out of the association which are out of line with the government wire, that something is wrong. Growers should be loyal to their associations. In fact growers who are not In associations should boost an association for when an associa? tion {h present prices are toned up. Take out an asociatlon and growers will quickly see how easily they will bo Imposed upon. New Yo:'c, May 18.?The federal reserve bank of New York announced that It has been requested to receive subscriptions for an additional "issue of two hundred million treasury cer? tificates of indebtedness, .*(|f VETERAN NEGRO SOLDIER. Joshua Stuttlc of Sum tor Who Has Sci-red Thirty Years In Regula Army Writes Interesting Lett r Joshua Stuttle, formerly of Sumtti a negro in the United States army has just written a letter to a gentle man in Sumter. He is now station on the Mexican border, but says he expects to be mustered out in tht fall, after thirty years of service, am to return to Sumter. It will be note from his letter that when he is re tired he will have a nice monthly in come for the rest of his life, whic seems to show that being a regulu soldier is not such a bad propositio. After the personal part of his lett Stuttle goes on to say: "Well, I shall not mention the gree war at length as you are ,probabl well versed on that. But I am con fldent that we are bound to win a all cost. My regiment is as hard a nails, all good shots, excellent march ers and 200 to the company. As yoi know an infantryman must walk an shoot or he is no service to the army only a burden and must be gottc rid of. As you know, we canont hav a war all loaded down with sentimen Was it Gen. Lee or Sherman wb said it takes a man to be a soldier I have been on many campaigns i America and out. I have found the all far from a summer's picnic; ii fact I am just out of one; since Marc1 1916 to February of this year w have boon on Villa's trail. He wa luek) we never got in touch of hi Water in Mexico is as scarce as it on the great desert in Africa. La? June we made 34 miles with one ar ?een of water; not a man fell out an full marching order. The day wr very hot; there may have been hot ter days but I can't believe they ar. In this world. What do you think o conscription? I am strongly in favo of it as the volunteer system is to slow for these modern days. I see very little southern paper and don't know what part the negr will play in this mighty conflict be fore us. There need be no for however; I am satisfied he will r a splendid account of himself a when the war is over he can look ba upon his th'nned ranks and say 'I h* done my part' with pride along w every loyal American. Well, as f me, I shall retire on the 6th of Octo' er after 30 years service, so tl chances are I won't go to France. Mj pay on the retired list will be $51 . a month at my present rank as coc I wull be nenr 46 years old." T!io letter from this negro sold!( comes in at a time when r ./uitin? going on and causes ihe reflec' that not many men after 30 years work and yet under 50 years of a can retire with a comfortable month income of over $50. Robert Washington inrt O'Neil .<,,? son. colored, who live on Mr J. Harby's Rivers place on the Stat burg road engaged in a cutting sprf this morning In which both wer rather painfully mutilated. None o the wounds was serious and both ar expected to recover. They wer brought to town for medical atten? tion and after having their woun dressed were able to return to the homes. Betting on End of War. i It is reported that there is mud betting in London as to the end of th war, or when Lloyds are In the gam ble it is then called "insurance." La test: reports are that the Lloyds are wagering 10 to 1 that war would enc within ninety days, but this wager i* more in the nature of a jocular bet than with the desire to risk 10 to 1 on the probability. When the war started in the sum? mer of 1914. few people thought it would extend into the years it has With so many different nations at arms, comprising nearly all of Europe, it was believed that the affair was so gigantic in scope that it just could not last; long. Sometime ago sentiment was so strong that the war would soon be over that ammunition manufacturers, wishing to protect themselves against the probabilities of being loaded with supplies in case peace was declared, sought insurance to offset any loss in thin direction. The rate was so high, however, that it was just as cheap for them to carry their own risk. It appears, however, that this year thcro arc good reasons for believing that the big conflict will be over be? fore many more months. Germany evi? dently played her last card in the un? restricted submarine policy, and lined up against her the United States and several other American countries. Considering this, und the world short? age of food, the apparently waning spirit, of the Germans, and the British and French successes within the past fow weeks, no doubt everybody would be glad to see peace restored shortly, so that millions now engaged in kill? ing each other and destroying proper? ty, may be returned home to rebuild the ravages of gunpowder, shot and shell.?Southern Underwriter. ? TAX BIG INCOMES. ?enry Ford Says Wo Osgbt Hot l>t ^n? our <irt V.',tA , _ ,_ Detroit, May '7. "i epi heartll? . Ol Ol t Xing i lg . oIII?'? I the funds ne ess;uy to can*! > rnr.' eatd Henry or', to "Munj o: nui beet tnd 1 h igh<? ?? 1 yt ung men hre going to ihe fr i if to k their lives, and in the same spi.- ; ;t we should give freely of our In omes that they and our government may lack nothing in the way o uipment and supplies to carry on lie campaign. 'They are going bravely, an 1 vhile they are doing so I don't thin iff business has any right to try t munt the expense on some one else id we ought not to let anyone ge? way." Mr. Ford at present is putting in Oft of his time at his farm tracto lant, perfecting the macine for us; by the governments of Europe as /ell as this country in the campaign 0 increase the world's food supply. The Negro That Goes North. 1 lanta Constitution. Reports from northern centers to ach negioes in considerale num ? rs have ventured from the sout l ring the last few months should be nythlng but encouraging to others jntemplating such a change of habi it. Still, they go, singly and in roups, and there is no law to stop em. It is safe to presume, however, that it' the negroes generally could be i.ade to realize how well off they are t home and what awaits them in the >rth, the exodus from the south ould die out in short order. Dr. Ferdinand King, M. D.. Ne i ork, years ago a Georgian, has sent ?? The Constitution a page from tiu ew York health department's week Ibulletin, dated April 7, showing the ppalllng death rate among negroes l that city as compared with that inong the white inhabitants; and he that it be published in the no e of a warning to Georgia ne^ to keep away?to stay where th re. im in re^osnt of manv commit t'ons," says Dr. King. Mfro I roes in Atlanta, Rome Ca ho d other cities, villages and towns here I was know 30 years auo 'erging me to find posit:ons in th; y for their smart, ambitions o*r -?> ing. To these requests T have bir ! nswer: 'Stay whore you an "?e's nothing here for you on 1 yu e not wanted!' " r^ gors on *o s"iy th ? lack, or social line loo ?fined here, and although a certain s of loafers will dnnk -? >h rh 'v arrived negro ->s lor*? tl r' , , : i ?? #?nn p*>^ will ??' fo * * >'?? In- M i invf- 1 i le< ( , nu* Irs vat' I l?i ???t If he nossesses such equip i ent?when his coin is all spent, an kvtll have nothing more to do with i '-?e Southern brother.' " ? The health department bulletin in ? uestion, announcing a proposed !,<*alth educational campaign among I " negroes of the city says: "In order to combat the unneces I rily high death rate among the ne i r oes of this city, the department of rtalth. in co-operation with the Na ^ i onal League on Urban Conditions I Among Negroes, will conduct an edu j ational campaign during the last two I veeks in April. "Figures prepared by Dr. William I, Gulifoy, director of the bureau of ? ecords, show that the general death ate among the colored population Is ?lmost double that of the city at 'arge. Thus, in 1916, out of 77,710 leaths, 2,628 were among the color? ed population. Inasmuch as the col? ored population is estimated to be slightly over 107,000, this gives a ne ?ro death rate of 24.4 per thousand negroes as compared to the general ?ity death rate of 13.7 per thousand during the same year. It is also well established that the colored babies born in this city have only half the chance of living through the first year that white babies enjoy. Last year out of every thousand white babies born 91 died in the first year; out of every thousand negro babies born, 194 died in the first year." From all of which it would seem that, could the southern negroes be brought to a comprehensive under? standing of relative conditions here and there the trek north would lose Its allurements. Of course, this Is a free country, and a man can go p-ctty much where his fancy leads him; ami if a negro is determined to go north, he cannot legally be restrained from doing it Rut he should post himsef fully be? fore making up his mind, and then If he goes he will go with bis eyes open and will have nobody but him? self to blame if he comes to grief. Rome, May IS.?It is officially an? nounced that the Italians havo taken six thousand, four hundred and thirty two prisoners in their offensive on the Julian front. PRODUCE INFERTILE J.i.i.s. 1l> Rpfffingg Thai Co:n< s Fro . I pit illg H?lC Uli I Rtfgi ? In* i \< Ii fh< ' i ? ? t ?-?,,, i., .' ii oMna lose h -?. Iarg< gums because of im l?i ipor i hod ot producing ami .. r,g . .. ,. . i. d ii least of hi r< itaole It is a> ihe puit.al huUhii.g ot fertile egge, The egge laid by a hen r ay be eltl er fertile or infertile, depending on whcthc r or not the male bird has been lowed to run with the female. A ffl t e egg 8 one in which the germ '? een fertilize! by the male bird. Bx< ept for this process of fertilize t on. the male bird has no influence upon the eggs which the hens lay. Egg production is equally great in flocks from which roosters are excluded. A fertile egg does not keep as well as an infert le one, because the fertilized germ responds more read? ily to high temperatures than the unfertilized one. It is impossible to hatch an infertile egg or to cause a blood ring to form in one. Such eggs are much more likely to reach the table in good condition and there is much less spoilage in shipments composed entirely of them than in mixed shipments of fertile and infer? tile eggs. After the hatching season, there? fore, the male birds should be sold, cooked, or confined. In approximate? ly 14 days after this all the eggs laid by the hens will be infertile. These can be marketed much more success? fully under the adverse conditions that frequently prevail in the hot ummer months. Heat is the great enemy of eggs, 1 oth fertile and infertile. Farmers nre mged to follow these simple ?mIos. which cost nothing but time nd thought and will add dollars to the poultry yard returns: 1. Keep the nests clean; provide one nest for every four hens. 2. Gather the e^gs twice dally. 3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry ? i >?> v lor Isrket i ? ?? eggs a eel twice Reil kill, o" confine all Mile i hi i . as ??? ? the hatch Qg sen son 8 over GERMAN INTERNMENT CAMP. Plan to Ese it hi Development of Hi ? North Carolina Mountains The plan to locate several tho mar interned Germans on Ka-ura Inke. e thrt outskirts of H'nd s n ills been broken up K ?onetdersl le body o ?;t r thai b been collected by means off an irtl einl dam across a c?*ee!v. t 's I e 1 <n s l^r^e property ? fi ' '? ! oil 1th3 stockholders, who some iv. i- built a fine hotel on the I !?' ? nid ;?!? n With t au leftMM handsome cottages. Some Henderson vil'e people wanted the Germans there and others did not. The project was broken up as the result of protests from the owners of the Kanuga lake property. However, the probability is 'hat the Germans will be located in he nearby mountains in large num I ers. Editor Wade Harris of the ^harloite Observer, writes to his pa? ter froSn Washington, as follows: ! "The proposed movement of Ger? man prisoners to Kanuga was but an initial step. It seems pretty well un? derstood that as soon as arrangements can be made a large number of Aus? trian prisoners of war will be brought over to this country, end the expecta? tion was to colonbse them during the term of their captivity in western North Carolina. The Observer learns quite direct that the Germans who were intended for Kanuga will be placed in the vicinity of Mpunt Pia gah, on the government's reservation. They will build homes for themselves ?picturesque mountain cottages which will become a state asset?and meantime they will be utilized in building a government system of good roads through the reservation, so that when the war ends, the mountain sec? tion in that part of the State will find itself equipped with the same sort of roads which have opened up the west? ern parks to the world. If the Aus? trian prisoners are brought over the pioposition is to locate them in the Mount Mitchell section and build a system of good roads for that part of the government, so that the Appa? lachian National park in this Sttac will come into posscsion of a net work of good roads year* before such a re? sult otherwise COO Id have been hoped for. Next to putting these Germans to work on the farms no better sys? tem of development could be devised than to put them to building houses and opening up the foreot reserve to the world by building good roads. This was the programme under con? sideration Friday utd the Observer believes it is going to be carried out." Ixmdon. May 18.?It is announced that a British heavy artillery corps is co-operating with the Italians on the Julian front.