The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 15, 1917, Image 2
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Halifax Again In (.msp of U y Wind
From Sot tlK-a.Hi. Hearts or Hm\t<
Worker* Almost CYushcd b> Purv
?f Storm Checking Relief Work.
Halifax. N. 8.. Dec. 10.-?A roarim;
nhtsard, (he third to strike this sore?
ly afflicted city vtnee the blast fro*..
? I exploding munitions steamer mad
000 persons homeless four days
eg ?. burst fiom the northeast late to
Katrin? with all the fury tor
? I .v h these northern winter storms
i noted. It all but crushed th
i. it* of the brave bund of woikttf
ucgllng against ovcrwhelmlm:
h to alleviate suffering.
>r a while the contingents of the
. adian Army stationed here toil" I
? /godly nmld the Ice shrouded rul
the unn- rVSTSd dead, but when
wind veered suddenly to the sout!<
and blew with redoubled fore
soldiers were obliged to wlth
- ?w.
4%UK? bearing hospital supt lies ml
i >d to the numerous relief station
i
PI stormbonnd. The crippled liahl
. tg system broke down again, leaving
the city In darkness.
Murial partien w ho had volunteered
thwir service* when the med?eal au?
nties announced that the recover?
ed dead must be disposed of at one",
were driven to cover. From the do?
nated area of two and a hah
? ire miles, hundreds of men and
Women patiently weeking their de id
e Up their tcsk.
Kelief trains bringing workers and
piies reached the city In the
height Of the bll/.card but those so
? gor to he p fau ul themselves help
? ?s and knew m.t which way ro tura
the confu.-tion of the storm, the un
btOd cltv and the wreck of fumillo"
d marks.
In tents, bs i racks, private homes
.1 public buildings the homeless
h ?ve been given shelter. Keport s
fltSSJ the S.U00 wounded stated that
them at least the storm brought
no added dunger, so well hod tin?>
a provided for.
:io serious Is the problem Ot hons
?ind feeding those already in the
sfty that a strict emt),irr.? was fcSStted
tonight against tho admission of all
persons not connected with relief or
mstruetl' n work. Military guards
e detailed to stop nowcome *s at
Truro. A mom.: the Hrst to feel this
c,agent hut necessary step were
?v Americans who were halted at
tip John. ; w
The citizens and the authorities
generally recognize that Hw ?nultitudB
of visitors who have heen Hocking in
ance railway communication was re?
established, ure moved by the best of
intentions. The city appreciate* their
generous desire to help. but there
simply is no accommodation for their..
In a community of t>;,.mjo inhabitants,
11,0041 ha\e been made suddenly
hemettas. These must first be provid
? l for, as well as the army of work?
men needed to clear away the debris
and rebuild the city.
CUTAIX SAVKS DIVISION
PftM Mag*) stick and Two Revolvers
to Dispose of Haled 11 uns.
British Army Headquarters in
I ranee, Dec. 10 (by tho Associated
I'ress. >??A staff captain is mentioned
in the orders of the day issued by
lhe general UOUlBIOIIdinS ? certain
1 lit sh divisM.?n on the Cambrai fron',
as follows:
i
"Vy his heroic conduct he saved the
whole brigade, if not the division."
This little note hides the story of
the remarkable bravery displayed by
thiv captain under the stimulus of
hutrod aroused by tho crippling of his \
baby girl by a Gorman air raid on
England. During the attack near
MurooJng on November ao, stogie
handed and armed only with u heavy
stick, he attacked end killed or dis-1
period a group of Germans who wer1
in poeeeealon of an ammunition dump
near his headquarters south of Mar
coir,, He. then collected a small and
h< ten geaeous force and pushed on
to hen Rue Vertes, where. In des?
perate hand-to-hand lighting, he ef?
fectually cleared tho place of Ger?
mans. He himself, armed with two
revolvers, shot down eight German
<n;ii bine gunners and held the posi?
tion: until relief arrived, Other thril.'
ing incidents are told of British com?
manders in desperate situation goln
Personally among the tuen in the
front I nes to cheer them. In ore c;c *
a colonel, nlready blinded, was lei
antOBg his men by an orderly.
German Bread Captured.
?
I i.ris, Nov. 1.?Slices of bica I
found on board the Zeppelin brought
down at Bournonne-les-Balns wer ?
shown at a meeting of the Academy
of Agriculture. Home were grey in
color, and covered with lard, these
were for tho men on bosrd. The offi?
cers had bread much whiter and
honey to spread on it. The officers'
bread contained ten percent of Jav i
rice which, it was stated must have
reached Germany through Holland.
Bone Valley
BRAND
3l*j Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed.
BONK VALLEY PHosphaTF. WHEN prop?
ERLY USED, WILL GREATLY INCREASE TI1K
PRODUCTION of FARM PRODUCTS. phos?
PHATE ALONE III not A COMPLETE FER?
TILISER it DOBS NOT CONTAIN ammonia
or POTASH. lit it does contain a high
l BRCENTAQE OF PHOSPHORIC acid. which
? oni OK Tin: THREE ESSENTIAL plant
rooua IT MOULD be USED n connec
tion WITH SOMETHING that WILL SUPPLY
amnm-ma and potash, ' cover CROPS OF
k'BLVET BEANS, soi BEANS, COWPBAS, CLOV?
er OR any of th B LEOt'MlN< ?cs chops
PLOWSID into THE BOIL WILL SUPPLY A
IENT AMOI \t OF ammonia and i>i>t
A8H, IN 'PilK ABSENCE OF COVER CROPS, use
COTTON SEED MEAL TANKAGE OR STABLE
I \ n RE on Mick LAND or LANDS WELL?
riLlRO with HUMUS (daeaylm organic rnntter)
PHOSPHATE ALONE IS SUFFICIENT.
\n average crop of velvet Brans will
pply PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IM
POUNDS OF amm<?n'l\ AND :>? POUNDS of
povv-n Tins is EQUAL to MORE POTASH
\M? NEARLY POURTIMEEAS MUCH ammonia
as is SUPPLIED IN a Ton of COMMERCIAL
FERTILISER of THE USUAL FORMULAE'
COMMONLY KNOWN as 1*1 I
at Till' PRESENT MARKET price < 11? 17 >
of FERTILISEH MATERIAL a CROP OF
. i i.vkt BBANI PLOWED in is WORTH in
NITROOKN APPROXIMATELY |St,00 and in
POTASSIUM ABOUT $14.01 or a TOTAL of
ItO.OO in INCREASEIJ FERTILITY, DUE TO THE
PLOW i NO UNDBB of a CROP of THESE
'lans t<? s\> NOTHING of the VALUE OF
THE HUMUS IDLED TO THE land. BUT am?
MONIA and POTASH ALONE is NOT a com
IJ5TI FERTILIZE ii *H08PHOR?S or PHOS
PHOH1C \< id, as it IS COMMONLY known.
i h ESHRNTIALTn PLANT li i i ? this ELEMENT
tan RE si Pl'LlBO from a NUMBER OF
SOURCES; a ton of II pbb cknt acid
PHOflPRATE will SUPPLY 1*0 POUNDS OF
PHOSPHORIC amd cost of APPROXI
k i ELY lit 0 \ ton Ol || per cknt BONE
MEAL WILL SUPPLY II 10 POUNDS of PHOS?
PHORIC ACID v D \t a CQST of APPROXI?
MATELY 116.00. a ton OF bone VALLEY
PHOSPHATl: will supply 6H> POUNDS OF
PHOSPHORIC \< id at a COST of $!?.<?o de?
LIVERED.
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I) stribu'ors fi#i Mist- rn South Carolina.
CHARLESTON'S WATER PRO NT.
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Secretory of Stute Grants lYipetual
Charter ia Charleston Terminal
Com pun,v.
Charleston, Dee, If.*?The charier
1 or the Charleston Terminal Company,
Charleston, was renewed perpetually
yesterduy afternoon hy W. Banks
Dove, secretary Of State, after a hear
(ing at his ollice between the reprcson
Ilathes of the, terminal and the repre
, at ntative of the city Of Charleston.
' who opposed the extension of the
company's charter.
The company was chartered in iRSi
under the name of the Bast Shore
Terminal Company, but through liti?
gation In the federal court it becaim
the Charleston Terminal company.
The Original charter expires on De
?'-ember 39 of this year. Claud N.
gappi assistant attorney general, and
\V. H. Townsend appeared for the
[secretory of stato; p. a. Wlllcox, as?
sistant general counsel of the Atlantic
Coast Une Railroad, and Julian
Mitchell, an attorney of Charleston,
'represented the terminal company and
W. Turner Logan, city corporation at
torney of Charleston, appeared for the
city of Charleston, the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce and the Mer?
chants' Retail Association of that cii;.
Mr. Logan presented the opposi?
tions which the city of Charleston
wished considered in the matter and
he said that the terminal company
had virtually controlled the industrial
growth of Charleston and had allowed
the waterfront to go into wreck and
ruin and had ignored the pleading of
the city and civic organizations askin?
ir. to improve its property. Messrs.
Willcox and Mitchell explained tha,
the terminal company was under ?
mortgage and that B 1om8 of consider
able amount of money through liti?
gation would ensue should the renew
al of the charter be refused. Assist
ant Attorney Townsend voiced the ve"
bal opinion that as the office of secre?
tary of State was of ministerial
countenance there remained no other
discretion under the statutes than to
renew the charter as requested. The
attorneys for the secretary of Stab,
consoled the attorney for the city of
Charleston with the explanation that
If the property rights of his city were
being jeopardized the citv could insti?
tute quo warranto proceedings in the
SOUrtS against the terminal company
and could do so under the name of
th? State with a representative of
the State appearing for the city.
CAUSE OF SUGAR SHORTAGE.
More Than Oik; Hundred Thousand
Pounds Carried to "Stills'' in Geor?
gia.
Atlanta. Dec. 11.?Investigation Into
the causes for the sugar shortage
from which Atlanta has Buffered for
levoral weeks has brought to light an
inusual angle to the situation, ac
,'crding to announcement there to
light by Mnj. D. F. McClatchy, exe?
cutive secretary of the Georgia food
idminiatration. In tracing unusually
arge sales by sina'l merchants in the
icighborhood of Dawsonville and
Ireenvllle, in the northern part of the
stnte. it was discovered by food ad?
ministration representatives tha'
docked* distillers in that section had
luring the past 60 days bought more
ban 100,000 pounds of sugar for us*
In making contraband whiskey. Ten
thousand pounds was recovered h
one lot.and the investigation had led
to the seisure of several OOntrabandI
whiskey outfits by revenue otfieers, it j
was stated. -???
REGULAR ARMY GROWS.
Unprecedented Proportions Reached
in Recruiting.
Washington, pee. H.?Regular
irmy recruiting increased yesterday
10 unprecedented proportions, a total
6,540 men being accepted through
?> it the country, Pennsylvania leading
with His.
The rush Is due i" the de*iro of men
oi draft age to enter the service voi
untarlly before December IB, after
which date they no longer can enter
- volunteers.
DISASTER FOR KAISER.
Hest ruction <?r Chemical Work*
Proves Severe Blow.
London, i >oc i l Germany suffer'
sd a disaster comparable with S very
terlous military defeat In the explo
?ion last month which destroyed the
Griesheim chemical works near
Frankfort on the Main, one of the
greatest munitions factories In the
world, according to n statement ts
sufd today by the press bureau it i
sai i to be Impossible to reconstltutt
the work during the war.
The destruetlon of the ilrlesheln
works by an explosion on Novembet
91 was reported 111 a Zurich dispatch
The Germans are said to be trylni
to fores ? decisive battle In the wei
That Is a purpose in which the Allies
should not \h> unwilling to aceommoi
duto them.?News unu Courier,
I WHITER JOINS ARTILLERY.
I
Crantland Rico ISfclistl in Toimess sc
Regiment Now Training at Camp
j Scvier.
Greenville, Dee. 10.?Grantland
lllce, Well known sports writer, who
I recently enlisted r.s a private in thoj
one Hundred und Fifteenth Field
Artillery, reported for duty today at
headquarters of his regiment, which
is a part of the Thirtieth Division in <
training at < amp Sevier. He passed
the physical examination at the dlvis
i lonal base hospital i>ut has not yet
I been assigned to a company. The
One Hundred and Fifteenth Field Ar?
tillery is a former National Guard
regiment from Tennessee, Rice's na?
tive State.
ATLANTA SOCIETY EVENT.
' llojru* Army OlHccr Courts and Mar?
! rics Society Girl In Quick Time.
! X(w York, Dec. 10.?Warren G.
j'jrcy, " Kcrgeant In the United States
army, who is alleged to have posed us
"Lieut. William Alwyn Jennings" and
to have married a young woman
prominent in soeial circles in Atlanta,
Was arrested when he arrived here
today with his bride on la Clyde line
steamship. Agents of the department
of justice who made the arrest said
Grey was wanted in Atlanta on a
Charge of having passed worthless
(hecks amounting to $f?U0. Grey was
held in 95,000 bail pending removal
'to Atlanta after a hearing before a
United States commissioner.
It is said that Sergeant Grey ob?
tained lenve of absence from a train?
ing camp in Alabama and that in At
i lanta he represented himself as a son
o! James K. Jennings, vice president
of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation
; and as a nephew of William Jennings
Bryan. "Lieut. Jennings" gained
(quick access to Atlanta's society, the
federal agents said, and after a brief
courtship was married at All Saints'
Church here.
COURT UPHOLDS LIQUOR.
North Carolina Statute Held to Be
Good.
Washington, Dec. 10',?Constitution
ality of the North Carolina liquor law
requiring railroads and express com?
panies to keep for public Inspection
records showing liquor shipments re-1
ceived in the Stute was today upheld 1
by the supreme court.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company, which was convicted of vio?
lating the act, contended the law wus
unconstitutional, alleging it was an
attempt on the part of the State to
regulate interstate commerce and con?
flicted with the interstate commerce
act prohibiting the disclosing of In?
formation regarding consignees.
The State supreme court denied the
-aintention, declaring it was merely S
pollco regulation necessitated to make
effective power given the Rtutos by
the federal government. Justice Van
Devcnter dissented.
RECALLED TO SERVICE.
Well Known Retired Naval Officers In
Active Service.
Washington,'Dec, D?.?Among some
00 retired navy officers recalled for
hity today are many of the best
Known commanders of recent years.
Hear Admirals Wir.slcw. Hadger.
Howard. Osterhaus ami Fcatty, all Of
whom commanded iieets, are among
?he number, as is ('apt. Templln Ai.
Potts, who was the storm center of a
raging controversy when he was
?plucked" under the old system In
1?JI3.
Nearly HO resigned olllcers have
returned to the service also.
The retired officers* who have re?
ported for duty. Include twenty-two
roar admirals, eighteen commodores
and thirty-four captains, nearly all of
whom had prominent commands of
fighting ships in the Spanish war or
since.
IIURLESON REPLIES TO SAM I'LL
GOMPERS.
Postmaster General Issues Btatemym
Quoting From RCDOM Oil Question '
of Employees.
Washington, Dec, 1*0. Postmaster
lenernl Burlcspn Issued a statement
tonighl in reply to Samuel Gbmpers'
attack upon his recommendation thai
congress deprive postal employees oi
the light to organise for other than
social and mutual welfare purpos
and to affiliate with the American
Federation Of Lahor. He quoted para?
graphs from his report pointing to
the difference between employees
working for private interests ana
those working for the government,
whose officers are merely executing
the will of the people and added:
"The issue is not whether the gov?
ernment wtnkers should have th 1
right to maintain organization bit
whether it |S wise that they should af
nilate with an outside organization
and use the strike and boycott SS H
lust rwuuit to enforce their demands.
NEED OF MKDK Ali EXAMINA?
TION.
Over ao Per Cent. or Population
Diseased Declares Tuberculosis As?
sociation in Calling tor National
llenltli inventory.
??.Sixty per cent of those called to
the new United States army have
been rejected by the army doctors for
physical unlltness," said the National
Association for the Study and Pre?
vention of Tuberculosis in designating
December 6th as National Medical K.\
am (nation Day. "Of the l.TOO men.
women and children recently given a
general examination in Framingham,
Moss., 8 2 per cent were found to be
suffering from various- disease condi?
tions. Most of these defects wero
these which early discovery and treat?
ment would prevent from becoming
serious trouble or a cause of early
death."
These facts are urged by the Nat?
ional Association as reasons for plac?
ing greater emphasis than over on
Medieanl Examination Day.
The National Association, in cooper?
ation with other organizations, is ad-'
vr.ee ting an annual medical examina?
tion for every person, sick or well,!
Anti-tuberculosis Associations, state I
and local boards of health, women's
clubs and other societies are cooperat?
ing to interest everyone possible in
the subject of at least one medical
examination a year to prepare to re?
ceive those who cannot afford to pay
a physician.
The compulsory examination of
10.000,000 of our citizens for army
draft purposes has given a new im?
petus to the annual medical examina?
tion idea and particularly to the anti
tuberculosis phase of the movement.
For tuberculosis alone from 1 per?
cent, to 6 per cent, of these men are
being rejected, which means a sharp
revision upward of previous expert
estimates of the prevalence of the
disease. On this basis at least 200,
000 of these men will be found to be
tuberculous. Most of these cases,
the experts declare, wfould never have
developed had the preliminary symp-]
toms been discovered and treated in
time. These results, it is pointed out,
clearly indicate the wisdom of ex?
tending the periodic examination to
all citizens.
The examination at Framingham is
an intensive experiment in connec?
tion with the three year demonstra?
tion In community tuberculosis con?
trol, being carried on by the Nation?
al Association. Among the 1,700 per?
sons examined there last spring, 71
previously unsuspected cases of tu?
berculosis were discovered. Of all the
1,377 cases of sickness found 84 per
cent, were entirely preventable when
taken in time. The majority of thes?
people supposed themselves perfectly
well.
JAPAN ESS-: IX Rt'SSlA.
Said to Be in C? ntrol of VuM Quan?
tities or Suppi at Vladivostok.
Washington, ) ec. 10.?Unconfirmed
reports that Japanese troops are in
control of the g .>at quantities of sup?
plies piled up ai Vladivostok for the
Russian government created no sur?
prise at the Rti te department today
wheer official a-e under the impres?
sion that small numbers of Japanese
troops have been there for some
time. It is said that there are now
piled up at Vladivostok more supplie*
than the trans Siberian railroad in
j its present state ?ould move in many
months.
Before the Bclsheviki got into con?
trol American railroad men had been
dispatched to take charge of the sit?
uation and moAe the much needed
?supplies to the Russian army. Th-?
(concern now is to see that the sup?
plies do not faU into hostile hands.
j REAL POOR CONSERVATION.
Synopsis of Exports Crom Home
Demon ? ration Clubs.
I The women's nd girls' home dem?
onstration and anning and tomato
clubs of Sumte;- county put up pre?
serves, vegetable s of various kinds
during the year 1917, up to a few
weeks ago, one hundred and three
thousand five hundred quarts, and
this does not im hide many thousands
of quarts of good things to eat put
up by girls and women who are not
members of any regular clubs of
which it is impossible to estimate, of
course.
The reports f/om the different clubs
by the ladies who took the trouble tfo
ascertain the amount each club mem?
ber put up are at follows:
Concord Clubs . 14,000
Providence ClubB.. IS,000
Bethel Clubs. 11,000
j Dalzell Clubs ., . ?,200
Wedgefleld Clube. 7,100
8hiloh Clubs. 5.OQ0
Stateburg Clubs. 5,300
Oswego Clubs . . 4,500
Trinity Clubs. 3,800
Hagood Clubs. 4,200
Rembert Clubs. 3*000
Salem Clubs. 2,800
Graham Clubs. 8,000
j Janie Prescott of Concord, put up
1,4 00 quarts. Ethel Ardis, of Dalsell?
put up 841 quarts, and Neva Green,
of Shiloh, put up 700 quarts.
POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION
RILL.
Committee Aeks for Three Hundred
and Thirty Millions,
Washington, Dec. IL?The debate
on the postoflP:* appropriation bill
began in the hoose today. The meas?
ure carries sn agirregnte of three hun
Sumtet City
20,000
I dred and thirty three millions.
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The National Bank Of South Carolina
Of Sumt.r
Resources over $ .600,000.00.
This Bank owes its growth to the
loyal support and heart y cooperation of
its 2500 patrons.
A bank is a COMMT NITY INTER
KST. Its mission is SKUY1CE.
Its life is the Loyal t\ of its Patrons.
Wo appreciate your nisiuess and are
better prepared than ever before to
serve you.
C 0. ROWLAND.
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Surplus and ProtiU fearoedj>150,000
NEILL O 1X)NN.;LL, President
O. L> YATES. Cashier.
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