Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CROSS CAMPAIGN. IX COIfTRIIllTORN kfijih U??>N TO nwkm, U NO. Abtrat Nine Million Dollars Hesull of IMy'd Work, Pn>h?b|y Rcp Isirgr NhhiInt of Small ~*e*Olw?tlon*, . ~ I Waehington, June 20.?Heel Cross aamgalgiievo throughout the country today reported to national headqunr j tore here about f?,ooo,ooo in su<> ^eertetlona to the tloo.ooo.ouo fond to 1 he re hurt la a week, bringing the to tal reports of "humanity dollars" for three day? to approximately t<:i, eej#,et Big pledges were few today and of? ficials of the Ked Crot? wur council amid the day'* total nlthough murh Otnailer than thoee of tho two preced rN Mg days, represented probably more aetual canvassing work and a greater sat saber of email donations. On these eeatrlbutlona from persons of moder? ate mean* campaign leaders bus" I strong hopee of big returns betwe? a row and Monduy. when the campaign VI?.??'* ? * * , ry tonight tabulation at bend ters showed contributions to date I it. 100.00? from New York city $24.00?>,0oo from the remainder the United State?. Many eitle? sent no report. Campaign coin reported many novel method* pled to open the channels of of rings. In Cleveland llrms that hav e flted from the war were "assessed" the loeal managers nnd most of m reeponded promptly. Kmployes f a number of stores In Stamford feoa., agreed to give a week s wag? 'Inclnrmtl policemen and firemen rere authorised by the mayor to soli It funds on the streets. Elliot Wadaworth. acting chairm ? mt vthe American lied Cross, issued n Warning to chapters against solicit tton of funds by unauthorized per Outside of New York. Cleveland Wae the banner city In today's re ports, gaining nearly a million and gasklng the city's total $2.4311.000 T?te Cleveland campaign eonnnitfe voluntarily changed Its apportlontnen' from $2,6)0,000 to $5.000.000. Wll antngton. Del., voluntarily Increase ' He goal from isoo.ooo to $1,000,00. ita I. r an S hi st mi: diu vk. ?stack on AnMrinn* And Capture Thousand Prisoners. The Italians today resumed the of? fensive and captured Austrian po sttlons on Monte Ortega ra and nearly one thousand prisoners. There was heavy artillery fire o both the Alane and Champagne front hi France. Croon Work on Dltikms' Penin? sula. One day last weck I walked late "Rob Atkins' " (It. K. Atkinson) room ad found him busy with his pen. H ti a busy man any wny. and If you Want anything done put that sort nt h. not the fellow who has time V Waete ' What are you doing. Dob . *I am arranging for a Ked Cross meet lng at Hetheeda church next Sund afternoon. ' Then he stopped Ion ?nough to make me a nice little speech, When he again got busy with his pen How Hob has neither sons nor daugh sera. He la a bachelor, a good catch for a wide-awake girl; only su< [\ have a chance, and hin health, if no hia age. would exempt him from M vice. So here was my neighbor, wit) no axe to grind, not almply try to. but actually doing something for b's Country. A lot of us ire ready to a ?'Oh. I eonld have done that, but I Just never thought of It." Well, the meeting was arranged for. hurriedly It la true, and Sunday at t er noon people came In from Ho? ratio. Ilagood .not Item be rt, undo aesnpeny. and represent 111 ve. Tie > In rolled Mr. Phelpe. MM C L Stubbs and other ladlea from your city, m i efter a bit two more ears with Messr; O'Donnell ami Straus.*. . 'S il on m 1 Othera from your city be medic being called to order by Mr. O'Dmi nell, who presided, was opened with I <ver by II. C. Rethea. Then n ?ong. our national hymn was sun* Mlae Courtenay Atkinson at the Irt strunient. Mr ?? imnnell In a f? \ well -boeen words set forth clearb the purpose of the meeting when li Introduced Mr Phelps. then Dr. Wll son. followed b> Mi Stubbs and Mr Stratum. The meeting was a Miccev. Thiee chapter* wer? organl/ed, on for Hethesdn communitv. one for II 1 ? 0.1 I >nd one for K< u.bert aih<> they a imaged for h sseetlnn nt the Rpsaoaaal ehureb next ttunda; off? rnoon. June Ith. w In n the same unselllsh. untiring Suinh r toll will again address them Let eve, one take notice therefore th it Sun day. June 21th at I p. m a meetia In the interest of the Ked Croat So cletv of the Culled States will be hei ? st the Church ?>f the Ascension Ju fti.ove Hu good "fUgood ?? Rembert. June It. %$%% lllOSl'IIATt: HOCK PLANT. Commissioner Watson Announces sue UM of Kffort>?To lie Near Char? leston. Columbia, July Is.?An announce? ment of great importance to tue farmers of the State has been mad*. It is to the effect that arrangements hail been completed for the erection of a large plant of Uf.,000 tons an? nual capacity, to put out high grade South Carolina ground phosphate rock. Tho plant Is to be located neu: LoaoVa on the Ashley river, near Charleston, in the heart of the valu? able South Carolina phosphate beds. The establishment of, the plant II the outcome of efforts that Commis? sioner Watson, of the State Depart? ment of Agriculture, has been ma k ing for some months to get tin Charleston Mining and Manufacturing company, the contractors, with tin State for phospho-marl, to put in a plant and make It possible for tin farmers of South Carolina to gel ground rock without being compelled to purchase it in Florida or in Ten? nessee. The South Carolina rock I* regarded as the best in existence for aKricultural purposes, but it has been many years since any Opportunity has been given tho farmers of the Stab to secure It In ground form. It will I n available at a considerably cheaper delivered price than the Tennessee o. Florida roek. Mr. J. F. McOrath, of Richmond Vn., vice president of tho Charles ton Mining and Manufacturing Com? pany, spent Saturday forenoon hi conference with Commissioner Wat? son, and after the conference Mr. Watson said: "Ever since I succeeded in getting this company to mine thai admirabb product known as phospo-maii. which, under the law, this depart meat is furnishing the farmers a cheaply as possible. 1 have been en? deavoring t<> get the company to sup? plement its $7"),aoo Investment in that plant by putting in a modern grinding and pulveii/.ing plant in its adjoining phosphate heds. and give to our pOO pie this valuable South Carolina rock Recently, the undertaking was deter? mined upon, and the engineer! have completed the plans for a |I0,000 plant. The materials and machinery ate now being assembled, and it ii i x pected to have tho development suf licienlly advanced for OotobOff dcllv eries. "The product will be sold under con tract with this department, through tho department, and owing to short railway hauls will be available to farmers considerably cheaper than the product from either the Tenne: - see or Florida mines. "South Carolina ground rock, while slightly lower in bone phosphate of lime, Is for direct application (un? treated or rsiw), to the soil in a ( lass all to itself, and is not to be con? sidered with the Tennessee brown ro< I sohl In this State. South Carolina rock is a marl-lime formation, and con? tains 13 ggf cent of carbonates free and unu8soeiat( d with phosphoric Odd, while the Tennessee brown rock does not, due to its basic formation, contain any appreciably free carbo? nates. The Florida ground rock con? tains about 7 per cent fiee carbonates nut due to formation is not gggotuahlc In toll as the South Carolina rock. The South Carolina rock contains |9 to || 1-:; per cent phosphoric acid, ;! to 3.1 per pent carbonate of lime, as? sociated with phosphoric acid, and 13 to 1 t pef cent of carbonate not as o 0 in ted with phosphoric nold. All ol the carbonates, as in phospho-marl, am, due to their character, quickly ?Ohlbit and active, thus releasing the phosphoric acid to the action of toil acids for conversion into plant food. "Just as soon as possible an? nouncement will be made by the d< partnient as to delivered price:: that will prevail. Cmb r the contract the satire product of the plant will be handled by the State, upon the sine plans as is phospho-marl." Figures for May ami for War to Date, London, June IS.-?The Q er ma I casualties as reported in tin- Cerman casualty list in the month ol May fol lows: Killed and died of wounds or sick? ness, ||,gggj pri-oners and missing, It, lit; wounded, 11,111. Total, 1 10, These eaaualtles add il la Iho ? pre \ Ion i v report il give I h> following to t ? I sm. t be b inning of the war: Killed and died of wounds or Hielt at i . i .'??; 1,117, Prisoners and mis ing. '??> ?'. I in. Wounded. J.711,111, Total. 4,Yf.n. v? ttsrdaj afternoon, ax ? ntintb?1 of chairs were l?elng ra sed, by meai'i of a rapt, i" the third floor of the old Vfaaoalc t- mple, the large platt gin* front of ?In < 'In rry 1!.|HWy StON Was erat k' d. It seems that the rop< i ' ime entangled and when it wi h eg a hard pull, the chairs ntlactv A la the end were thrown into the pi '. u hi.low, crack inn it from lh< lop to the bottom. SECOND TRAINING CAMPS. Application Blank! a if Received ut (lest, Wood*! Headquarters* Charleston, Juno 20,?Application 1 lanks for admission to the second I irlei Of OfficeIV1 training camps, to commence August -7, have been re? ceived at headflUartOrSi and all inter? ested p< rson.s should write at once for them, us no applications Will he con? sidered which are not on these forms, Or which are received after July is, Aii applications which corns in alter this date will he promptly re? turned to the applicant, who will thus know that he has no further chance I ?r the second camp. Requests from till residents of South Carolina for these should be mailed to The Exam? ining Officer, Second Training Camp, Bouthtiiatern Department, Charles? toni to whom also the blanks should bs returned when properly tilled out. Blanks are being mailed out at once to those who have already requested them, Residents of the city should not call In person for blanks, hut should apply by mail for them, just HS must out-of-town persons. All nec? essary information is contained on the blanks, The second series of camps and methods of /valuing admission thereto Will differ In many ways Ire the drat. The principal difference U the number and location of camps, and in the number who will be in training. In place of sixteen separate camps, each accommodating 2,500 men, and locat? ed In sixteen different places, there Will indeed still be sixteen camps, but ei\ch will accommodate only 1,000 n en each, and two or more will be lo? cated at the same place, so that the t<dai number of separate sites will be reduced from sixteen to eight. All ex? cept one in these eight locations will b i in the southern half of the coun try, because of the appoach of coldei weather. Two camps will be located a each place, except at 1'ort lionja n In Harrison, Ind., which will have three, ami at the Presidio, San Fran olsco, which will have hut one. I >nc of the two camps at OglethorpC: will supply the same territory as th prest nt Co nip, namely, the States oi North ami fJoutb Carolina, and oi Tennessee, while because it will con? tain only 1,000 men, this State's quota oi that number will be only 2.">o, in? cluding the men appointed from th National Guard. < In the present ratio Ol two men to inch company, this WOUld produce about 70 men. and would mean that only about 180 would I be left to be chosen from the civilian I Population? but it is possible that th< ratio will he reduced to keep pac w th the reduction In the total nuni her. Entrance qualification! remain un changed and members of lino section of the Officers' Reserve Corps who through no fault of their own wer? unable to attend the first series Will bi allowed to attend the coming ones In distinct contrast to the present Campe, however, the greatest effort. Will be made to secure mature men, and for this reason preference will b< given to men over m years of age, all other things being SOUS T) mini mum ago remains ?xed at 20 years and 9 months, but with the few men allotted to this State it will be ex tremedy difficult for men under :'. 1 years to qualify unless they have pre eminent qualifications or unusual mil? itary experience. Men who applied for tho titst series and wero not accepted mius( reapply, whether or not they w? re certilicd to attend, but need not secure new physicians' certificate, Tho right to enter camp, If selected, will not be affected by the applicant's be? ing drafted either before or aftei camp begins. Other changes arc thai instead o< sei dim; three letters of reoommenda tio i with his application the applicant mi sl merely give tho names of three men who can certify to his character and standing, and who arc not rela? tives of his; that ho must undergo n physical examination and be passed i pforo applying, and must par- the cos' of this himself; and that the examin? ing ofltcera will /to to various placet lo -Nomine candidate:*, these cities t( he selected and announced later. This will take place shortly aftei .ftlly 15, and candidates .vho fron their applications seem Worthy 0 further investigation will bo notifle in ndvnnce to present themselves fo: personal inspection by the army ex timintng officer at the nearest poln \li eh he will visit. If thought do Iri He. he will then undergo n socon< physical examination at the hands o ?a army surgeon, Potwcen August ? ad I a all accepted applicants w ill b< not lied when ind where to go foi training, and no information as I whither they arc accepted or not wll be given out before August I, No fit Vorltlsm will be shown, and no oxcep lions whatsoever will he made. Thor? will be no waivers of physical dr qua lilieations. One small matter which (aus rome concern about the first cum] has now been Cleared Up, Accepted Up p) lean tu were required lo swear I accept any service in the army offer bd them, and ft was feared by somo j ihat this would be used as a means to force them Into the ranks it they were not judged worthy of commissions. The new blanks expressly state that the candidate must agree to accept such commission as shall be offered him and that his oath obligates him to this and to service at the camp only. Regarding the general policy of training camps, the memorandum ol information which accompanies each blank has the following to say: ??To provide officers for the drafted forrcs Of the National Army, the war department has adopted the policy ol commissioning all new officers of th< line (infantry, cavalry, held and coast artillery) purely on the basis of dem? onstrated ability after three month, observation and training In the Olli-| cars' training camps. Thus, the ap? pointment of officers of the new arm? ies will he made entirely on merit and free from all personal or other influences. "As an emergency measure to pro vide officers for the tirst 500,000 drafted troops the war department has put In operation sixteen officers' training camps with a total attendance of about 40,000. These 16 camps cor? respond to the territorial divisions In which it is planned to raise troops un der the draft act of May IS, 1017. These camps which began May 1"?. 1917, are expected to provide line of? ficers well qualified as to charactoi and training and sufficient for the flrsl Increment of 500,000 with a reserve for that increment. "Following the policy of commtn slonlng officers on demonstrated worth it is intended that, after the first Increment of 500,000 has been organised officers will be obtained bj promotion. Conference of Sunday School Officers. The first conference of the officers of the Bumter Sunday Bchool Associa? tion was held In the Y. M. C. A. building, .hme 9th, with four district1: represented by their presidents, the county president, the county secre? tary, and tho state secretary of Bun lay school work, Mr. Webb of Spar tanburg. The conference opened with prayci l>y Mr. Webb and then the conference discussed plam; for the year's work. Since Bumter has become a banner county we can expect nothing leas than a gold star b nncr next year ivhlch can be secured If the various schools e?f the county will cooperate, in older to secure this cooperation wo need a representative from every school in the county at the various dis t trict conventions, a report from every school, and an offering from every school during the year. if every ChOOl Will attempt to add just one point in efficiency to the work of last \ear we will be a front line county. A "Fanner School" (bait will be put up in every Sunday school in the county which will show the* require? ments ami the District President will endeavor to visit every school and he lp in raising the efficiency. A pledge e>f $125.00 was made for state and county work. This amount divided among the: more th in 3,000 members of the Sunday schools in the ounty should be raised easily. The edlioers hope that the work in he- county this year may be increased y the organisation of at least ten now trade rolls, ten 'teen age classes, tend ten aelult classes. Tlis work of thes? organised classes may become a fea *ure; of the life of every community. Each district will have a convention n July ami there will he a county convention the middle of August. The ounty Officers will help the local chools in these meetings te> stimulate the work. President Wilson has asked that Sunday, July 1st be Patriotic Sunday ? ml overy school should observe this day and have appropriate souks and 'Xeu'cises. Plans should bei decided upon even ;ow to make "fio to Sunday School (unlay, February 10th, 18th a ban? ter elay fe>r the work throughout the ?ntire country. Every school should dan for "decision day" Sunday. The lunday, February loth, 1918,"a ban thurch anel many children, and prob iidy grown people, may be waiting or an opportune time' to decide for he Christian life. The county officers have pledged heir best efforts for the work In the ?ounty and have Ideals which the> hope to attain for the work, hul tin animt he reached without tho cooper? ation e?f ench of the more* than forty ichools in tho county and the Individ ualfl composing these schools. Kumter county can become ?nie of the> "red letter ' counties of Ihe Stale If all the members of the Sunday schools In tin county will join hands in an effort <:i make it so. * Mrs. Ii. L Itlrcahrd, County Secretary. neeswas Wanted, See nie before you sell your wax. I Vill buy it for cash at the la st t hi Vi nt price. N. G. OSTEEN. ITU IT THEK AGENTS. County Agent l^ncs Warning Against Paying Excessive Prices for Nnrseri Stock. Mr. Editor: About this time of the yeai num? ber of fruit tree agents canvass the county and sell nursery stock for about three times as much as it can he ordered direct from reliable nurser- i ies. Clemson college has made out lists of trees adapted to this section Which 1 shall be Clad to supply to any farmer in the county. Also lists of nurseries making prices. These nurseries supply trees that will bear the same kind of fruit that the agents sell and mesmerise you with such gaudy pictures. From six to eight cents ought to purchase any variety of peach tree, ten to (iftecn cents for apples trees, and thirty-five to fifty cents for any variety of budded pc cans. It' you are from Missouri, 1 will meet you in Bumter and take- you in my <ar ami show you pecans living In good shape from six to seven feet tall that cost fifty cents each. I can also show them to you three feet tail I that cost thirty-five cents, i know lone farmer in the county who pur? chased tifty pecans from an agent last winter at a dollar and a-half that were not more than 3 feet tall; and ev ery one of them is dead. 1 know an? other farmer who purchased thirty five direct from nursery after the first of March, six to seven feet tall, and every one of them Is living. This last mentioned farmer mulched his trees with straw and trash and watered them some during the elr. spring. He has $35.00 In his pocket that he could give to the Red Cross and then be I et tor off than the man who purchased from an agent. The most expensive method of selling anything is through an agent, and I believe that it is the most unsatisfactory, to the purchaser as a general thing. As a usual thing the agent Is a Btranger and makes all ports of statements as to what results may be ohtainel, hut timl 1 that the agent is the only ono who can get the ;. -nils. These? nursery agents carry around pecans, that they probably have pur? chased in the market and tell farmers that their stock will hear fruit like that in from three to five years, when we all know that it takes from five e> eight years for a budded or graft e<l pecan of the host varieties to bo "in to hear enough to amount to any? thing. There has been enough money wast? ed In Sumtcr county by farmers being mesmerised with these highly colored fruits on a printed page to put the roads of the county in first class con? dition. About one-third of tho mono; spent would not have been wasted, had proper care been taken of the trees. Who will bo tho farmers that got caught this summer? A good or? chard Is a good thing to have on any farm, and every farmer can have one i If he makes up his mind to take th proper care of it, but be economical and buy direct from tho nurseries and let the agents go to France to help tight the Germans, and give the money you will save, by purchasing direct, to the Ked Cross and be a patriot. J. Frank Williams. County Agent. Mrs. Ii. Dosier T.cc Entertains. On Thursday evening. Mrs. 11. Do? sier Bee entertained in honor of her guest. Miss Jean Hagood, of Charles? ton. Most of the young set of tho city attended, all of whom greatly enjoy? ed themselves throughout the even? ing. Tho whole lower floor was cleared for dancing, music being furnished for the occasion by the Victrola. At Iractive dance ami conversational cards were distributed among the guests, who quickly filled them out and began to indulge in th terp sichorean art. Delightful refreshments, consisting of a salad course. followed by ice? cream ami cake, we?re served. Those attending wore: Miss Jean Hagood ami W*lton Wallace, Miss Edith Williamson and Geo. Rowland, Miss Molly Bowman and "Hub" Shaw, Miss llallie? Cuttino and Lawrence lirunson, Miss Sarah Edmunds and Robert Marion. Miss Caroline Dick and Milliard Folsom, Miss Ida Boykin and Ray Ulanding, Miss Mary Knight and Mac Stubbs, Miss Marian Bynnm and Aha Solomons. Mi s Vormolh Pitta and John Green, Miss Kitty stubbs ami Billy Mow inn n, Miss Eliza? beth Lucius and "Dump" Bens. Mi., Minnie- DeLormo and Whit Shaw. Miss Francis Smith and Billy Rynum, M s Frances DeLormo and Rowland Doyle, Miss Kathlene Walsh ami Vivian Mid dleton. Stags: Ansley Vales, I lent? Spann. Willie Mcllwnin, Are hie Rich ardson, James. Pitts. Bernard Snl dull, Uoberl McKay, Beiger Siddall, iiush Dick. Purls, June 20. The ndntlralty an nounced that n Herman submarine which recently torpedoed a Ha iti h ten no i turne d her guns on the hl> boats, killing eight of the crew. Is The War Popular? (By Henry i>. Bsdgwlck of tho Vigilantes.) Some persons, whether from a spir? it of fault-finding or merely of record? Ing an observed fact, say that this war is not popular. The remark is a little doubtful in meaning because of the two delinitions of popular; the adjective may mean "liked by the peo? ple,'' "generally liked*" or it may mean "for the people." If such critics use the word as meaning "generally liked," all Amori * a Will agree with them. We do not like this war or any war; we hate war. we think it wicked, we think it the crime of destroying the kingdom of Cod on earth, of ploughing up its foundations and sprinkling salt over its ruins. This war will never he "popular" In that sense. Hut the American people have been taught to do things they do not like to do, they nave been taught that, it may be right to do things repugnant to ordinary human nature, that it may be right to leave home and till that men love, to glvt up the pleasures and ambitions of peaceful life, to undergo privation, to submit to odious labors, to suffer WOUndS and to face death. These du ties will lo ver be "popular and yet, b t us hope the American people will always be ready and eager to p< rform Ihem. Hut the critics may have used this word In tho m nse of made "for the people," and fell that they were justi? fied in denying this meaning. In that ease they are wrong, and perhaps worse than wrong. A little knowledge ot history would show them that this war is "made for the people." Let them read not merely the doc? uments issued by the various govern no nts concerned and the reports by eye-Witnesses of what has taken place since duly 1, IS14; but let them also run their minds back over the last hundred and fifty year-. Hare they thought of our Revolutionary srar? And will they deny that that war was a step in the direction of democracy, and of self-government by the peo? ple? There were Tory critics at that time who found the war "unpopular." Nevertheless present day critics will admit that that was on our part neither a dynastic war nor a war for acquiring other people's territories. <>ne consequence of our Kevolution ary war was to give encourage? ment and Strength to the great demo? cratic movement known to history as the "French Revolution." Even those critics will not deny now, though they probably would have done so at the time, that the French Revolution aid? ed the cause of democracy, it abolish? ed feudal rights ami feudal WTOUgS of a most oppressive character, it took away hereditary privileges from an idle, self-indulgent class, it abolished the dominion of one man over the late of millions. This war is continuing the work ot the French Revolution. The German people are an admirable people? even while we tire at war let us be just?hut they are now engaged in a mighty effort to maintain and ex? tend the authority of a hereditary monarch, who claims to have a divine right to rule. They are doing all they can to maintain and extend the privileges of a landed aristocracy, to enforce the theory that a state should rest upon military power and use that military power to satisfy its ambitious appetites. Hound these feudal ideas ( luster all the theories and practices of imperialism?the comjuest of for? eign markets by force, the exploita? tion of weaker races, keeping the pro? letariat in its place. These are the theories ami practices that the spir? it of the French Revolution attacked. And ever since then the political his? tory of Europe and America has been a history of the struggles of democ? racy to free the many from thS bonds imposed upon them by the few, and of the struggles of individual nations for the right to govern themselves. This war is a direct continuation of these two great ttth century move? ments, nnd is most emphatically pop? ular in the sense that it is ' for the people." Those who are against this war are against democracy; tUOSS who are for this war are for democ? racy. And every man who con scientiously or unconseientiously, op? poses the most vigorous prosecution of the w t?, b act or word, slJs and gives comfort to toe enemies 01 de? mocracy. New Honey. I am now extracting the new crop of honey and am selling at the o d price, cents per quart, on draught, or in glass jars. tr. cents per quart. Have a limited supply ot' white comb honey in sections, about one pound, thai 1 am selling at 20 cents per section. Bend to my residence, 220 Wesl Hampton Avenue or Phone No. 2. N (1. (?STF. EX. Atl inta, June L'l Itev. F.. U Pld gcon of Winnipeg, Canada, was. elect? ed International president of the lo? ternational Association of Roten clul s today.