VOL XVIII.MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1916. NO 18
REBELS AT DUBLIN
ARE SURRENDERING
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED PRION.
ERS ARE TAKEN BY ENGLISH
TROOPS.
MANY INCENDIARY FIRES
Damage is Estimated at Ten Millions
--Conditions Are Reported to Be
More Satisfying.
Dublin.-All the leaders of the in
surrection are reported to have sur
rendered unconditionally. It also is re
ported that the Four Courts district
has been re-captured.
London.-An official announcement
concerning the situation in Ireland
says: "Seven hundred and seven pris
oners have been taken, including the
Cguntess Markieviscz."
"The general officer in command re
ports the situation in Dublin much
more satisfactory. Throughout the
country there was still much more to
be lone, which would take time, but
he hoped that the back bone of the re
bellion had been broken.
"Messengers were sent out from the
rebel leaders in Dublin to the rebel
bodies in Galway, Clare, Wexford,
Taouseth and Dublin counties, ordering
them to surrender, and priests and the
Royal Irish Constabulary are doing
their utmost to disseminate this infor
mation.
"As regards the situation in Dub
lin, rebels from the areas of Sack
ville street, the postoffice end the
Four Courts are surrendering freely.
More incendiary fires took place in
Sackville street last night but the fire
brigade is now able to resume work.
"It is further reported that up to
the present 707 prisoners have been
taken. Included among these is the
Countess Markievicz."
GEN. TOWNSEND'S ARMY
OF 10,000 TAKEN BY TURKS.
fit Fated British Campaign In Meso
potamia Ends With Surrender.
London.-Another phase of the ill
fated British campaign in Mesopota
mia has closed with the surrender of
General Townsend and the garrison at
Kut-el-Amara on the Tigris River,
about 130 miles below Bagdad. Some
10,000 men in all laid down their arms
to the Turks, after having destroyed
all their guns and munitions.
The British Mesopotamian cam
paign, waged along the Tigris from the
Persian Gulf northward, almost to the
gates of Bagdad, had as its chief ob
ject the capture of that ancient city.
To divert the Turkish forces from
Gallipoli was another object. When
almost at the point of achieving its
main object late last year. the effort
broke down at Ctestphon, 18 miles
from Bagdad, when the Turks, alarm
ed for the safety of the town of fabled
memory, rushed up reinforcements, in
flicting a defeat upon the British and
compelled their retreat 110 miles down
the Tigris to Kut-el-Amara, where the~
Turks had them securely bottled up.
General Townsend held out for 143
days, his sitpplies steadily growing
lower as he waited the relief of the
army which, first under General Ayl
mer, and then under General Gorringe,
battled its way up the Tigres toward
him. This army encountered strong
positions of the Turks below Kut on
both sides of the river and, although
several of these were carried, it has
not been able to work much closer to
the beleaguered garrison than a score
of miles because of the stubborn Turk
Ish resistance and flood conditions on
the Tigres.
PROSPERITY CONTINUED ITS
INCREASE DURING APRIL.
Washington.-The monthly survey
of business conditions throughout the~
country reported to the Federal Re
serve Board by agents in each reserve
district, shows that prosperity con
tinued to increase during April in vir
tually every section of the United
States especially in eastern manufac
turing centers. A synopsis of the sur
vey by districts follows:
Richmond-Business continues to
show improvement. Farmers are in'
better financial condition than for
some time past.
Atlanta-General conditions are un
changed; outlook for future conditions
favorable. There is a general selling
of the cotton crop.
Boston-Business continues to Im
prove; comparison with a year ago
shows that in many cases the im
provement is exetreme.
New York-The volume of the goods
produced and sold last month was
probably greater than In any March
record.
PERSH ING'S TROOPS W L L
REMAIN IN MEXICO.
El Paso, Tex.-Mexican and Ameri
can ceuferees over the disposition of
the Ameican forces in Mexico mark
ed time while Major Generals Scott
and Funston uwaited wced fro:: Wash
ington as to the next step to be taken.
In the meantime, the following facts
developed: That to date the appar
ent intenton et" the Washington Gov
ernment~ to keep General Pershing's
command in Mexico, has not been
chanrodl.
FruIt on the Farms.
The old family orchards are rapidly
1disappearing, so take more care of
them; if we dcn't, the future commer
cial orchardists will supply the rural
-as well as the city population.
StorIng Squashes.
Squashes should be stored in a dry
.place at a temperature of about 50
degrees. Do not lay more than one
aeen on shelves.
COTTON FUTURES
BILL IS ADOPTED
AFTER SPIRITED DEBATE HOUSE
AS A WHOLE VOTES
101 TO 23.
IDENTICAL WITH FORMER
Two Cents Pound Tax on Future Cot. 1
ton Sold In Exchanges and Other
Similar Institutions.
Washington.-The house, sitting as
a committee of the whole, adopted the
Lever cotton futures bill as an
amendment to the annual agricultural
measure, after a spirited debate. The E
vote was 101 to 23. The Lever bill i
is identical with the former cotton
futures law, which was held uncon
stitutional, by Federal Judge Hough
of New York on the ground that it
was a revenue bill which had improp- t
erly originated in the senate, instead (
of in the house.
Under the provisions of the meas
ure, a tax of two cents a pound would
be levied on all cotton sold for future
delivery in any exchange, board of
trade, or "similar institutions or I
places of business."
Adoption of this measure came af- t
ter the house had passed, by a vote 1
of 184 to 86, a special rule providing <
for consideration of the cotton future, 1
grain-trading, and federal warehouse 4
for agricultural products amendments,
as a rider on the agricultural appro
priation measure. Under the rule, a
little more than five hours' debate on 1
the amendments was permitted.
STORMY DEBATE OVER
NOMINATION OF BRANDEIS.
Committee Members Predict Unfavor
able Report on the Appointment.
Washington.-A stormy debate over
the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis 1
for the 'Supreme Court broke in the
senate, and, before it was over, pre
dictions were made by two members
of the Judiciary Committee-one a I
Democrat-that an unfavorable re
port on the appointment would follow
when the committee reached a vote.
Discussion was precipitated when
Senator Sutherland of Utah, a Repub- l
ican member of the committee, read
to the senate an interview published
quoting Senator Ashurst of Arizona as
charging that Republican members of
the Judiciary Committee were filibus
tering in order to delay a vote on the
Brandeis nomination, until after the
national political conventions.
Senator Ashurst stood steadfastly
by the quoted statement during the
heated argument, which followed, un
til assured by fellow-Democrats on
the committee that there was no such
filibuster. He withdrew the charge,
at the suggestion of Senator Brande
gee, after he had denounced execu
tive sessions and charged that the
Republicans were angered over the
Brandeis nomination because he was
a champion of the masses.
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
INDICTS EIGHT GERMANS.
New York.-The federal grand Jury
returned an indictment - against the
eight Germans recently arrested on*
the charge of engaging in a conspir
acy to place incendiary bombs on
ships carrying munitions for the En
tente Allies and against Dr. Walter
T. Scheele, president of the New Jer
sey Agricultural Chemical Company,t
the alleged leader of the conspiracy,
who has not yet been arrested.
It was at Scheele's factory that the
bombs were partly manufactured, it
Is alleged.1
The indictme'.it was found on testi
mony given by Capt. von Kleist, who
was employed In the Scheele factory,
and Ernest Becker, an electrician
aboard the Hamburg-American LIne
steamer Friedrich der Grosse.
The others are Capt. Otto Wolper
and Captain Eno Bode, of the Ham
burg-American Line; Carl Schmidt,
chief engineer, and Frederick Kar
baide, Wilhelm Parades and George
Praedel, assistant engineers on the
Friedrich der Grosse.
FRENCH AEROPLANES
SHELL GERMAN POSITION S.
Paris.-The following official com
munication states that:
"North of the Aisne the cannonad
ing has been rather violent In the
region of Bois Des Buttes. East of
the Meuse of a violent bombardment
was directed against our positions be
tween the Cote du Poivre and Douau
mont. During the night of 27-28 our
a~eroplanes shelled the station at Au
dun-le-Roman, some mmltary huts
ear Spincourt.
FRACTURED SKULL AGAINST
SIDE OF U. S. BATTLESHIP.
Norfolk. Va.-Coxswain Marvin B.
Hunter. aged 24. of the battleship
ew Hampshire, was killed here while
loading and officer's cutter. The
rables broke and Hunter was hurled
against the side of the warship, sus
tainng a fractured skull. Private;
Andrew Holstein, a marine, rescued~
Hunter frem the water, diving from
the dcel: of the warship. Hunter lived
nl a few miniutes. Hunter Is a son
f . B. Hunter of F'ryon, Ark.
His Mistaken Idea
"But, my dear," remonstrated Mr.1
Meekum, "there's a good deal to b
sid on both sides."
'No. there Isn't,' answered his
pue. "I've told you what 1 think
about it, and that's all that is going to,
be aid"--hicgoTribune.
If you don't know what you give .
your cows and you don't know what
your cenws give you, why do you keep
cows? Keep records.I
IRE INSURANCE
OT STILL IN FORCE
UPR ME COURT SUSTAINS LEG
ALITY OF ANTI-COMPACT
MEASURE.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
)olngs and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of South Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Columbia.
The supreme court refused to sign
a order enjoining the insurance com
issioner and the attorney general
rom enforcing the terms of the anti
ompact fire insurance act of the last
gislature. The decision dismissing
he petition of David B. Henderson of
Charleston for an injunction was sign
:d by all of the justices of the sn
ireme court.
The constitutionality of the Laney
)dom act was attacked at a recent
tearing by attorneys representing Mr.
lenderson, who has been engaged in
he fire insurance business in Charles
on for many years. The state offi
ials were represented at the hearing
>y Thomas H. Peeples. attorney gen
ral.
"The petition is dismissed and the
junction refused," said the decision
f the court. The opinion was written
y Associate Justice Fraser.
ew 60 Hour Law Misunderstood.
Concerning the new 60 hour law for
he textile plants of the state, E. J.
Watson, commissioner of agriculture.
,ommerce and industries, said:
"Operatives in some of the mill dis
ricts of the state in some manner
eem to have gotten the idea that the
jew 60 hour law, requiring that no
imploye except those exempted by
aw can work longer than 11 hours in
>ne day or 60 hours in one week,
neant that every mill should shut
[own absolutely at the noon hour.
;uch is not the requirement of the
aW.
"The law takes no cognizance what.
ever of the time that machinery is
un. It does emphatically require,
owever, that the human machine, the
perative, stafnotbe woikedexceed
ng 11 hours in one day or 60 hours
n one week. The purpose of the law
s to protect the individual man or wo
nan and to require the mill to employ
pare help for the operation of ma
hinery in excrss of hours. The law
equires that the time operatives shall
tart and stop work be posted in each
oom in the mill on prescribed forms.
nd if the operative is worked exceed
g 11 hours any one day or 60 hours
my one week he has the right to com
>lain immediately to the commitione~r
td prosecution will be forthwith in
itituted in every instance.
"Under the law the mill can be run
t hours out of every day if the man
ngement so desires, but the employ
nent of the help must be so arranged
:hat no man, woman or child is work
ad exceeding the hours prespribed by
suard Is Ready to Answer Call.
While no orders have been received
'rom the war department at Washing.
on the officers of the South Carolina
ational Guard are making plans for
Lny emergency. All necessary orders
'or the movement of troops have been
repared. The same steps are being
aken in other states, according to
>ress dispatches.
"This letter is written to you mere
y as a guide to show what would be
~xpected of you in the event of a call
.o arms," says a letter from W. W.
M1oore, adjutant general, to P. J
3rew, chief quartermaster of the
south Carolina National Guard.
In the event of a call for troops the
mntlre National Guard, except the
:oast artillery, will proveed to Styx,
be state camp ground in Lexington
:ounty, about 12 mie from Columnbia
ach company will be required to r,.
ruit up to its ngnimum strength.
"The regiments will remain at Styx,"
ays the letter. ',until the entire com
nand has been recruited up to the war
trength of 150 men per company and
ully uniformed, armed and equipped.
"Should the troops be mobilized,
u will report at once to the mobil
ation camp to receive, shelter, main
aa and supply at that camp the reg
ments ordered there."
The cost artillery would be order
dd to Fort Moultrie at Charleston for
u uty. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Newberry Student Wins In Contest.
Columbia.-John F. Floyd, represent
ngg the Newberry high school, won
lrst place in the interscholastic ora
orical contest held at the University.
[iis subject was "Lasca." Young
'loyd was the recipient of the beau
:iful gold medal donated by Will
Evans of Columbia and his school
sill hold the handsome trophy cup
lonated by C. H. Wiesepape also of
Dolumbia, one year. Winfred God
sinn i2ae Union (Rome) high schoc'
swas awarded second place and re
:eived a second medal.
Reprieve Granted Joe Grant.
Gov. Manning granted a reprieve to
roe Grant until Monday, May 15. The
governor took this action in order that
tie might have time for a further in
vestigation. Hie has referred the case
to the trial judge and to the attorney
general and the solicitor who prose'
cuted Grant. A large number of pe
titions have been received In the gov
ernor's office, requesting that the sen
tence of Grant be commuted to life
mmprac-.ment, the petitioners repres
enting that the evidence was not suf
fii a ent oant the dath sentancet
r
CLEMSON PROCESSOR DIES I
Col. Mark B. Hardin Passes Away
After a Long Life of Usefulness
to Fellowmen. I
Clemson College-Col. Mark Ber- g
nard Hardin, professor emeritus of
chemistry, died here after an illness s
of five months at the age of 78. He 1
was a Virginian, graduate of Virginia
Military institute before the war, ser- t
ved gallantly in the Confederate army t
as a colonel of cavalry, was friend t
and colleague of Stonewall Jackson E
at V. M. I., where Col. Hardin himself ,
taught a number cz years and was
most of his life a chemist and teacher
of note. t
For some years he was a chemist In t
New York city, but came to South t
Carolina about 1890 and was electedh
the first professor of chemistry of t
Clemson College. In this position he
served until about five years ago, t
when he resigned because of enfee-'
bling health. During these years he
was also director of the chemistry de
partment and state chemist; he was
also acting president of the college
and several times the presidency was
urged upon him but he would not give
up his profession to undertake new
work.
After his resignation the board of
trustees at once elected him professor1
emeritus and vice president. During
his cuarter century of service at
Clemson college he was known and
honored as a scientist of distinction, a'
teacher of unusual force, a gentleman
of higthest honor and a Christian of
purest life. Hundreds of young men;
sat un'der his instruction, practically
all wlio passed beyond freshman class: a
havin t been his pupils and bene
ficiaries. .
'C
Good Work of Crimson Clover. 1
Greenwood. - Approximately 1,000: s
farmers from Greenwood, Abbeville, C
Ande' Son, Laurens, Edgefield, Saluda 11
and other counties gathered at Hodges v
in this county, to see the wc..derful e
transformation wrought on ordinary s
lands by crimson clover, the great s
work done in the past few years by I
Bob S. Hodges, the banker-farmer of C
that little town. The meeting was r
planned by W. W. Long, director of v
the state extension department, and. a
the details arranged by C. B. Farris, a
count:' demonstration agent of Green- r
wood. It was a complete success In' a
every way. 1
Grand Chaplain of Masons Dies. I
Spartanburg.-The Rev. William 1
Pinckney Smith, Confederate soldier, c
graduate of the Southern Baptist Theo- t
logical Seminary and high in Masonry, t
died suddenly at West Springs, on the
edge of Union county. Mr. Smith, who
was born January 13. 1848, resided
here and was pator of-frBapist
churches in the county. He left home
two days before death in good health,
preached at Sulphur Springs in Union
county in the morning, dropped dead
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon after ad
ministering baptism to a class at West
Sprins. Coming out of the water he
walked to the hotel where he died.
He was in Masonry grand chaplain
of all the grand bodies of South Caro
lina and in this capacity was known '
throughout the state.
Newberry Takes Oratorical Honors.
Greenwood.-JameslO C. Kinard, rep-1
resenting Newberry college, won the I
South Carolina intercollegiate oratori
cal contest here speaking on "Millions
for Defense." Second honors went to
3. A. Brown, Jr., of Furman, whose
subject was 'The Fallacy in Prepared
ness," and third place -was awarded to
Thoms Hall Glenn of Wofford, who:a
spoke of "A New Ideal of Internation
The contest marked its return to
Greenwood after an absence since the~
spring of 1911, when the orators have I
been heard in the auditorium of Win- e
throp College, Rock Hill.
Gre :nwood people welcomed the C
State Intercollegiate Oratorical Asso.
cition's home coming and the large
auditorium was crowded with an audi
ence that listened attentively to the
nine collegians.
Cope section.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS. b
Strawberries in car load lots areC
moving rapidly from Horry and sur
rounding coulnties. The crop is the I
best in several years.I
Secretary Redfield believes there r
a- big things ahead for Charleston as
a result of the completion of the new
oal terminal there.
A military company is forming at:
St. Matthews.
Dr. R. D. Bennett of Atlanta uni
versity, Atlanta, Ga., will be the com-r
mencement speaker at the University
of South Carolina this year. It
School teachers of Gaffney will re
ceive an increase in salary next year.
Fairfax Harrison. president of the ,
Southern railway. bas promised to be .
a guest at the Spartanburg music fes
tival May 17. 18 and 19-.
Senator Tillman has introduced a
bll granting to Mrs. David B. Gilliard,
wife of Col. Gilliard, who died last I~
year as a result of strenuous work done
on the Panama canal, authority to
place to his memory a tablet in the
mmeorial amphitheatre at Arlington,a
VaV
Columbia's auto show was a decided
success.
Governor 3Manning and staff are at- 8
tending the reunion at Rock Hill this
week -1h
Two military companies from Flor
nce ra;e asked to be enrolled in the
N ational Guard. b
Fire destroyed the postoffice and
Two-Year-Old Trees Best.
t is a mistake to set out treeS
more than two years old. biany good~
orr-hrts prefer yearlings, but two
yar-olds generally produce the best.
Farmers wishing to know how to I
spray in spring and summer, and
what to use, should write to the South; 1
Carolina Experiment Station, at
Cllmson College, and ask for Circular
low Distributing House Journal.
Copies or the journal of the house
f representatives for the recent ses
ion became available, the clerk, J
Nilson Gibbes, .having done diligent
nd skilful work in compiling the vol
me of nearly 1,400 pages. Mrs. Vir
inia Green Mocdy, the state librarian,
s dispatching copies to members and
uch other persons as are entitled by
aw to receive them. Mr. Gibbee has
troduced several innovations, which,
hough they devolved on him much
edious and arduous labor, make the
look much more practically helpful
and more readily available to those
Laving occasion to use it.
Most valuable of the new features,
>erhaps, is the subject index, in which
he gist is given of each act. Prepara
ion of this section meant for the clerk
he careful reading and digesting of
very act. The arrangement serves all
he purposes in view better than the
id method of a mere collocation of
tles.
Another capital improvement is the
.ddition of a section wherein may be
raced easily the history of a bill, reso
ution or claim from introduction to
Inal disposition. There Is a useful
ersonal index of representatives from
hich may be ascertained each mem
er's record for the session. The vol.
tme contains also the usual standard
onveniences. The typography haa
een recast into a comely, convenient
end readable dress.
Announce Faculty for Summer School
The faculty for the state summer
chool for high school teachers, which
3 held annually at the University of
youth Carolina, has been anonunced
nd is as follows:
R. C. Burts, superintendent public
chools, Rock Hill, athletics; A. C
arson, University of South Carolina
hysics; L. C. Chamberlayne, Univer
ity of South Carolina, Latin; J. B
oleman, University of South Caro
na, mathematics; W. S. Currell, Uni
ersity of South Carolina, English lit
rature; H. C. Davis, University of
outh Carolina, English; C. A. Grae
er, the Citadel, French and German;
,ueco Gunter, University of South
arolina, high school work of the ru.
al graded school; W. H. Hand, Uni
ersity of South Carolina, high school
dministration; J. E. Mills, University
f South Carolina, chemistry; A. C.
oore, University of South Carolina,
griculture and physical geography;
Irs. Mary Martin Rucker, formerly
Maron high school, manual training;
teed Smith, Uriversity of South Caro
na, English; D. D. Wallace, Wofford
ollege, history; Patterson Wardlaw,
niversity of South Carolina, educa
[on.
Vatson Appoints Twenty Delegates.
Delegates to the National Conserva
ion congress to be held in Washing
on May 2, 3 and 4 were appointed by
J. Watson, commissioner of agri
ulture, commerce and Industires.
The following are the delegates:
L. C. Moore, Columbia; Earle Sloan,
:harleston; J. E. Wannamaker, St.
atthews; H. W. Barre, Clemson Col
ege; J. E. Sirrine, Greenville; Henry
. Snyder, Spartanburg; J. A. McCul
ugh, Greenville; R. M. Cooper, Wis.
.cky ;D. R. Coker, Hartgville; Bright
Villamson, Darlington; W. C. Whit
er, Rlock Hill; Samuel G. Stoney,
teid Whitford, Charleston; Frank
vans. Spartanburg; August Kohn,
~olumbia; WV. D. Morgan, George
wn; Niels ChrIstensen, Beaufort;
ohn B. Cleveland, Spartanburg; Joe
ph T. Johnston, Greenville; Alan
ohnstone, Sr., Newberry.
lany Charters Are Issued.
The People's store of Greenville has
een commissioned with a capital of
5,000.
The Wagener Supply company of
agener has been chartered svith a
apital of $5.000.
The Sumter Roller mills has been
ommissioned, with a capital of $12,.
A certificate was issued to the North
harleston Terminal company, with a
~inimum capital of $15,000.
The James M. Lumley company of
olumbia has been commissioned, with
capital of $10,000.
The accessory company of Colum
a has been commissioned. with a
apital of $500.
The Bryson Grocery company of
rewberry. has been commissioned,
-ith a capital of $5,000.
A charter has been Issued to the
le Stamp end Stationery company of
olumba with a capital of $2,500.
The Rogers Ice Cream company of
reenville has been commissioned
'ith a capital of $5,000.
The Farr-Barnes Lumber company
t Dorchester county has been com
iissioned with a capital of $50,000.
The Orargcbuirg Broom and Mat
-ess factory has been commissioned
ith a capital of $4,000.
The A. T. Collins company of Con
ay has been commissioned witjh a
apital of $10.000.
The Ideal Amusement company of
olubia has been commissioned
inn catl - - $5 000.
The P~ jle.: ~rug .company of Latta
as beeni commissioned with a capital
r $2000.
The Peoples Drug company of Or.
negburg has been commission.od
rith a capital of $2,000.
Evans, Watson & Co. of Marion hre
en commissioned with a capital o'
The Marlboro Seed farm of Cheraw
as been chartered with a capital of
Th. ".5mter Bottling works has
een chartered ~vith a capital of
"What Is your idea in reorganizing
he choir?"
I want to put it on a sound basis."
3oston Transcript.
Weather Note.
Looks like rain for our outing to.
norrow."
Just our luck! How would It do to
elephone the weather bureau?"
"No good. But you might make an
Lppeal to the clearing house."-Boton
Lrainsct.
S.Co VETERANS
CLOSE REUNION
TEAGUE REMAINS HEAD; CLARK
AND REED ELECTED BRIGADE
COMMANDERS.
TO MEET NEXT IN CHESTER!
Many Important Matters Discussed.
Spectacular Parade and Annual
Ball End Reunion.
Rock Hill.-At the concluding busi
ness session of the South Carolina
division, United Confederate Veterans.
held in Fredheim's hall Gen. B. H.
Teague of Aiken was re-elected com
mander in chief of the division and it
was decided to hold the next annual
reunion of the division in Chester.
Col. W. A. Clark of Columbia was
elected commander of the First bri
gade of South Carolina veterans, suc
ceeding the late Gen. H. H. Newton,
Gen. C. A. Reed of Anderson was
re-elected commander of the Second
brigade.
Many matters of importance were
discussed at the final business session.
The first question was relative to the
movement to have all veterans in the
state pensioned, regardless of their
physical and financial condition. The
sentiment was in favor of this move.
Another matter which brought on
lengthy discussion was the effort to
put the division on record as to the
desirability of holding the next gen
eral reunion of United Confederate
Veterans in Washington in connection
with the reunion of the Grand Army
of the Republic. It was stated that
this suggestion had been made by a
Washington camp of the G. A. R. and I
that the people of the city would ex
tend the invitation to the veterans at
the reunion, soon to be held in Bir
mingham. Final disposition of the
matter was made by tabling a motion
to send uninstructed representatives
to the Birmingham reunion from the
South Carolina division. Some of the
veterans favored accepting the invita
tion to Washington, if it is extended,
while others opposed holding the gen
eral reunion outside of a state which
belonged to the Confederacy.
A strong resolution endorsing the
movement to have the federal govern
ment refund what is known as the cot-,
ton tax, illegally collected from South- i
ern people following the war, the re
funding being in the nature of pen
sions to the veterans, was adopted and
all camps will urge their congressmen
to favor the measure.
Gen. C. Irvine Walker of Charles
ton introduced a resolution relating to
the proposed publication of a life of
Lieut. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson,
the ranking general of South Carolina
troops in the War Between the Sec
tions. Before reading the resolution
Gen. Walker called to the front of the
stage and presented to the audience
Miss Virginia Saunders of Stateburg,
a great-niece of Gen. Anderson and
sponsor of the South Carolina divis
ion, and her mother, Mrs. Saunders,
who is dame of honor of the division,
and who is a niece of the late Gen.
Anderson. Gen. Walker's resolutionj
was adopted by acclamation.
The reunion closed with the veter
ans' parade, in which the military I
companies of this city and Fort Mill,
the Boy Scouts and numerous bands i
and organizations participated with
the veterans. The parade was one of
Ithe grandest spectacles of the kind
ever witnessed in Rock Hill. It was
fully a mile in length, some 200 vet-.
erans marching the entire distance on-I
foot. Betwen two and three hundred
of the older and feebler vets were
taken in automobiles.
The reunion ball followed at 81
o'clock in the evening, in charge of
the local lodge of Elks, the crowning:
social event of the reunion, attended
by the sponsors and their attendants'1
and numerous visitors.
Suffers Fatal Fail.s
Union.--J. L. Jeton of Anderson.
employed with a shafting company fell
from a scaffold upon which he wasc
working on the interior of Monarcht
Mills here, and was instantly killed
Clemson Cadets Pass in Review. t
Anderson-Marching in columns of I
platoons the corps of cadets of Clem
son college passed in review before
Mayor Godfrew and Lieut. Col. P. K.
McCully, Jr., of the First regiment.
S C. N. G. The parade was down:i
Greenville and Main streets, circuling
the plaza and passing in review of the
offers stationed on a stand near the
court house. More tha~n 5,000 people
were on the streets to see the parade
which was pronounced one of the best
military exhibitions ever held in An-!
derson
State Education Board Meets.
-. H.I McCarley of Mt. Pleasant,'
elected by the stat. board of educa
tion at their meeting superinltenldent1
of education for Charleston county.
vice E. P. Paring, deceased. is a teach-'
er of professional training and suc
cessful experience. He is especially
interested in rural schools and indus
rial education- With the resources ad
his disposal, the state board hopes thati
the new c~uu.ty suxperintende~nt will ha
ale to -.alhe Charleston county a d
monstration field in educational effi
MORE MACHINE GUNS SENT
TO THE MEXICAN BORDR
San Francisco-Maj. General J.3
Franklin Bell, commander of t'n west
er department, ordered the cespatchi
of the machine gun -orpg meluding 30
men of the Twenty ice. Infantry sta
tioned at Vancouve!. Washington. to
Calexico, California. on the Mexican
border. No change in Mexican situation ]
has cased the despatch of the ma-I
chine gun corps of the Twenty-first it
ws said at army headquarters. I
RO
BAKING
~ Absolu
No Alum
BUD WORM O 0ORN
IS A SERIOUS PfST
Larva of 12 Spotted Cucumber
Beetle Kills Much Bottom
Lanb Corn.
Clemson College.-The bud worm of
corn, a serious pest to bottomland
corn, in South Carolina is the larva or
grub of our common twelve spotted
cucumber beetle. This beetle or pa
rent may be found at the present time
feeding upon small grain in the fields,
Bruit blooms about the orchard, or on
almost any other green vegetation
found about the farm.
The larva or grub confines its sc
tivity to corn and various grasses
found growing in low moist lands,
commonly known as- bottom lands.
The eggs are laid by the parent beetle
from about the first of March to the
middle of April. Corn planted on low
lands during the egg laying period is
ery often seriously damaged and
sometimes completely destroyed by
this insect. After the corn has reach
ed a height of about ten inches no
serious injury occurs.
Remedial Measures.
Avoid planting bottom lands infested
with bud worms until about two-thirds
5f the grubs have reached the
luiescent period. The planting dates
for various sections of the state has
been carefully marked cut and are fol
owed by many of our farmers. They
ire as follows:
For lower South Carolina plant after
May 5th.
For middle South Carolina, plant
ne week later.
For upper South Carolina or the
Piedmont region, plant two weeks la
:er or about May the 19th.
By carefully observing the planting
Cates a stand of corn may be secured
while the grubs of the first genera.
:ion are sleeping in the soil, then be
ore the second generation comes,
. corn is too large to be- seriously
ured.
W. A. THOMAS,
Assistant Entomologist,
Clemson College.
SWEET POTATO DISEASES
cme Timely Pointers on the Sweet
Potato Diseases Which Should Be
Kept in Mind at Bedding Time.
Clemson College.-As the time ap
)roaches for bedding sweet potatoes
e way in which some of the more
roublesome of the sweet potato dis
ases get in-to the field and spread
hould be kept in mind.
Black rot of sweet potato which Is
~robably the most common of the
weet potato diseases lives over win
er on the potatoes in the form of
mall black or dark colored blotches
rspots on the surface. Where pota
oes affected with this trouble are used
or seed the disease gets into the
prouts that come from these and is
arried directly into the field. Here
he disease attacks the roots and the
otatoes and after causing consider.
1e damage is brought back again
nto the- banks or storage houses the
ext fall. Potatoes used for seed
hould be free from this disease.
There are several other diseases of
weet potatoes that can be detected
n the seed and that spread in exactly
he same way that the black rot does.
n picking out potatoes for seed these
hould be looked for and wherever.
ound the sead affected with thiem
hould be discarded or If clean seed
annot be secured they should be
eatrd with formalin solution as i
ated above. These discases live on
he tubers and roots but do not at
ack the vines so where potatoes are
rowl later in the season from cut
ings from vines the disease wouls
e' be -resent. This is the reason
hy pottoes grown from vines keep
:'Wt than thosa grown from slips. It
swell to grow seed potatoes for next
e- , his way from cuttings made
rm th' vin
BLACK ROT OF GRAPES.
To control black rot of grapes the
lotany Division of Clemson College
-eommends spraying with Bordeaux
~:ixture. Apply Bordeaux just as the'
,uds begin to swell in early spring.
ake a second application as soon as
e leaves unfold and a ihird as soon
L the fruit is set. After this, weather
:onditions and the severity of the
isease will determine the number of
Lpplicatins. Ordinarily, it is advis
bl to spray every two weeks unti
he fruit begins to ripen. Black r.m
the mos5t cmmon and destructirn
Mease of gseei in South Caro";n
9!ace for the Fall Cal?.
A clean, well-bedded place, well
Ighted and well ventilated, Is impoPn
ant or the fall calf. The calf pen
~referably should be on the south side
f the barn and in a part of the barn
vhere the temperature does not vary
nuch, and where there is no direct
Avcid -Dairy Drudgery.
Do not make dairying or any other
'arm work a drudgery. Milking cows
i the early morning, and late at
lght, and doing a full day's work in
betwee during the day will eventual
ly drive the boys to the cities, and the
POWDER..
No Phosphate
MORE MEAT-MAKF RS
fEWfR RAZOR
"Piney-Woods Rc is Si :j
ing Way to E3tter
Members of Ho
The ungainly, unprofitable.-:
known as the razor-back is '.ast.'
ink way in South Carolina to a
ter type-a safety type that Ins
reasonable profits from reaso
care. The well bred hog far -e
the razor-back in both meat-and per
production and: modern farming come
ditions require that these two factors'
be carefully considered when
are being selected. Good farm
has no place for the razor-back,
cause good farming is first :of
economical. -
Market hogs are storehouses
which grain, forage, and other
are stored up in the form of i
The small granary is of compara -
ly little value; the profits ae
those having at least reasonable
pacity. - The razor-back is a
house" with very little capacity
can not make rapid gains. On tl
other hand, a pig of any of the
ular breeds is capable of attaining
weight of from 250 to 350 pous&
nine to twelve months old; 'ad
such weights are not unusual
Corn Belt.
The well bred hog far ot -
the razor-back in regularity of ._,
ing and ability to produce large
ters of pigs. This is one of the
important points to be considered
hog-raising. /
Finally, look at this picture of2
typical razor-back and then eal
mind the appearance of any wellr
hog. The differences are so
that a comparison seems absurd
A typical "piney-woo d rooter
year old. The kind of hog no
have. it is less common In -
Carolina than it once was.
However, one need not begin
an entire herd of pure bred ai
in order to succeed with hogs.
logical method Is to use pure
sires-whether breeding hogs
horses or cattle--and to grade up
herd at minimum cost. Decide on
breed of hogs you desire to rl&
lecting from the popular breeda,
only pure bred boars of this
sticking to the, breed chosen,-E
the same time~ avoiding inbre
give reasonable care in feeding
general management. If these t
are done, you may expect the hos
respond by bringing in steady .pr
R. L. SHIELDS,
Chief Animal Husbandry and Di
Clemson Agricultural Colle
During the fall of 1914 Chfe
wholesalers quoted the folow
prices per pound on named vari
of pecans: Schley, 45 cents; -ZV
Deman and Delmas, 40 cents; St
35 cents; Alley, 30 cents.
The wise gardener looks to his
in the first days of'spring so as.t
-eady when the rush comes.
Hogs Quickly Degenerated.
Purebred hogs receiving scant
quickly degenerate and are abot
worthless as the genuine scrub. -
SORGHUMS GOOD FOR SIl
Trouble Caused by Sourinlg May
Avoided If Plants Are Alow4
to Mature Sufficiently.
(By JOHN M. SCOTT, Vice Dr
Florida University Experiment -
Sorghums for silage should b
when the seeds are in the bard
stage or even when they are
There has been some objection to
sorghums because they are sup
to make sour silage. It is ifnely
this trouble will not be encot
If they are allowed to matura
ciently.
Silage made from cowpeas aun
giums is exceptionally good.
tein of cowpeas will counter
excess carbohydrates 'in the
and thus narrow the ration. C
cowpeas when the pods have ti
and before they have filled."
ratio half and half or two
sorghum to one of Co
weed will also make an excellen
ture with sorghum.
Japanese cane 'makes good si
but it is better when mixed w
material to give It bulk and to
eract the excess. of carbohydrate
is usually -out some time In Nova
Break a Horse Decently
It tdi~es from three to six mo
.ai a horse decently