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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-09-30
A Splinter Through Ills Head.
Newberry Herald and News.

Newberry Herald and News.
Mr.. Roy Dominick, of the Chappels
community. who was I'm town on Sat
urday, has had a rather peculiar en-
perience. He says that some time in
January he struck the side of his hea Il
against the limb of tree and that a
stick was run into his right ear. He
summoned u physician, but the physi-
clan was never able to get all the stick
out. He has suffered constant head
ache since. lie says the other day he
had pain i'm his left ear and there
felt as IL II contained some en-
traneous article and when he had it
examined by physician he drew
from the left car the same piece of
stick that he could not get from the
right ear in January. Mr.. Dominick
says the stick worked through his
head and after more than six months
was lken from the left side of the
ear. Rather remarkable.
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Plague In Sicilian Towns.

'atania. Sicily, Sept. Seven
persons have died here from the
pldguc. and, although the authorities
have taken "EcrgctiC measures t.
check the Infection. ten other cases
nave been reported ia suburban towns
The American consul has declined
to give clean hjll of health to "A
steamer bound for the United states
because u case of the plague was
found ON board.
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lane no CAPITAL CUT.

Vera Cfuz Isolated from Mexico City.
Vera Cruz. Sept. 2i.--Ail the tele-
graph and telephone wires and the
one railroad line linking the capital
and Vera Cruz were cut today.
A force Of men under Higenio
Aguilar. n former federal general.
tore out the railroads north of Es-
peranza, about 100 miles west of Vera
Cruz. today and at the same time cut
the land wires.
After the destruction of the road
to make sure troop trains would not
crowd him from either direction, -, n.
Aguilar sent two light locomotives
over tho undisturbed portions of the
track under full heads OF steam. He
then made up a train load Of troops
and started southwark toward Orizaba
whence two troop trains loaded with
followers of Gen. Carranza already
had movet toward the north.
Five hun dred men of the forces just
beyond th - American lines have been
sent north to support the Carranza
forces.
ON account of the situation Consul
Canada has recommended to the state
department the advisability Of retain
Ing American troops In Vera Cruz un-
til conditions are more normal.
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MORTALITY IN BATTLE.

Editorial In the New York World. }
To read of battle in which 3,OOO,-
600 men are engaged naturally raises
visions OF wholesale slaughter. All
the appliances of modern warfare are
designed to that end; all the skill and
science of the greatest military en-
perts are directed to that purpose.
Yet. basing estimates on authentic
hitorical records. there is good rea-
son to assume that the number Of men
killed in any one battle in France
will be surprisingly low when COM
pared with the death rate under nor
NAL circumstances among the same
number Of men. At Gettysburg, for
instance. the death rate per 1000 was
55.5. the highest in 21 battles in the
Civil War. According to the figures
published by the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Company in the American
experience table of mortality, for
every 1000 men living at the age of
40 there will be $50 deaths before
reaching the age of SO. For all pur-
poses, this is exactly the same rate
of mortality as that on the field of
Gettysburg. That Is to say, each
soldier had the same chance of sur
viving the battle of Gettysburg that
a man now 40 years old has of living
to be 53. At the battle Of Chancellors-
Vile the death rate among the soldiers
engaged was 20.3 per 1000. Accord
ing to the life insurance tables, the
death rate per 1000 among men in
peaceful pursuits ranging in age
from AZ to A is exactly the same
Every soldier ut Shiloh, where the
death rate In battle was 42.2 per 1 1000
had the same chance Of escaping alive
as the average man Of 80 has of reach.
ing the age Of 35.
These figures are surprising In
showing how far we are likely to be
led astray in calculating the relative
mortality in battle.
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Captured Larc Gator.

Mr.. w. H. Truesdel, of the Adams
pond section, reports the capture of
an immense alligator at the pond one
day last week. He had set a hook
in the pond several DAYS before and
not thinking of going to it until sew
eral days later, he found the big fel-
low dead, it having swallowed the
nook. 1t measured over eleven feet
and was one of the largest ever seen
in these parts. 1t had been dead SO
long until no use could he made Of
It's hide and had to be hauled away.
-Camden Chronicle.
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Gcrmany's War Color.
brooklyn standard Ea gle.

brooklyn standard Eagle.
An invisible gray is worn by Ger
man soldiers. 1t is a gray with a
greenish tint, and is said to blend with
the ground, or with houses; or in
fact, with almost anything better than
any other color. Not only are the
but their rifles, the cannon and field
pieces and carriages upon which they
rest are similarly colorcd. The Ger
man war chiefs are confident that
their troops are the least easily seen
and therefore offer the poorest targets
of any soldiers i'm the world.
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WILL STAND BY VILLA.

Nogales. Sept 2i.--Jose Maria
Maytorena, governor of the state Of
Sonora. today proclaimed the al
legiance of Sonora To- Gen. villa. who
refused To recognize carranza.
Maytorena charges that Carranza
seeks tho election of congress of
hts own choosing and that "by pre-
tending that the Office of first chief
and of provisional president are sep
aratc he will not be prevented from
entering the race for president when
the elections are called"
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Don't Fight Russia Abdul IIamid
Warns,
Petrograd, Sept. 25.--Abdul Hamid
former sultan Of Turkey, has warned
the cOmmitte of union and progress
that Turkey will be lost if it enters
into war against Russia
Word has reached here from Con-
stantinople that Adrianople is short of
provisions.
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New Wireless Station.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Marking the
opening of the new wireless station
at Marshal, Cal, which will work with
Nahuko, Hawaii, President Wilson
today sent the following message to
the governor of Hawaii:
May God bind the nations together
III thought and purpose and lasting
peace"
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To HOLD CONFERENCES.
villa Officers to Meet Diaz and Car
balul.

FL Paso. Texas. Sept. 2i.--Francisco
carbajal. provisional president of
Mexico from the time OF Iiuerta's res
ignation until Gen. Carranza assumed
the place, and Felix Diaz. the first
rcvolutionist against tho Madero gov
ernment. are ON their way TO III Posu
to confer with officers of Gen. VILLA
who yesterday announced his indie
pcndCnce of the Carranza central GOV.
crnucnt This was announced today
by Carranza's officers on adviccs from
agents at New Orleans and Sau An-
tonic.
Telegraphic and railroad train,
south OF Juurc2 was suspended today
and the movements Of Villas troops
were unknown.
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Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and a
member of the buy a Bale of Cotton
committee, purchased last Saturday
ten bales Of cotton from farmers who
were really in distress. at 10 cents per
pound, four colored and six white
farmers. The money for the cotton
was sent directly to the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce by various
persons in different States, already
published. This money is paid over to
the treasurer and receipted for by him
to the secretary, who in turn receipts
to the parties sending the money.
The policy of the Chamber Of Com
merce is to carry out the expressed
wishes of those sending in the money,
that ten cents per pound, in absO-
lutte cash, will be paid to needy farm
crs for cotton.
In some instances those sending
money insist before sending the checks
that affidavits be attached to the cot
cents per pound has been paid, in cash,
and some even insist that the farmer
selling the cotton make affidavit to
this effect, and that the affidavit be
attached To the warehouse certificate.
The policy Of having a central bu
reau Of cotton purchase avoids any
60
bale Of cotton.
Unless otherwise ordered by the di-
rectors Of the Chamber of Commerce,
all monies received by the secretary
will be turned over to Treasurer Hear
on, and the cotton purchased by or
under the direction of the Buy
Bale" committee Of this commercial
organization. In the meantime the
Sumter Trust Company, acting for
the Chamber of Commerce will also,
purchase cotton for any one and draw
on the purchasers for the amount
needed, and will mail warehouse GER
tificates to purchasers. The Sumter
Chamber Of Commerce is purchasing
only from those farmers in distress,
and makes no discrimination between
farmers Of this class, except that every
applicant is thoroughly investigated
and must prove by others that he or
she really needs the cash, and can not
otherwise secure same. There are no
funds now in the hands of the treas
urer or the secretary, but they are
pursuing President Wilson's watch
ing waiting policy with "hopefur'
added thereto that more will come in.
Hearon's Pharmacy has received an
order from Swindell Bros. Of Balti-
more to buy bale of cotton for them
at 10 cents pound.
The Chamber Of Commerce has re-
ceived an order from the Grimes-Strit-
matter Grain Company to buy one bale
at ten cents.
Bales bought Saturday and today
were:
Brockton-Heel Company, Brockton,
Mass, from j. b. Rafiield.
Morris & Co., from Sam Newman.
Crane and Breed st. Louis, from
| Mrs. r. e. Blanding.
w. r. Grace & Co., New York,
! from i. f. Ardis
Toledo Sale Company from Z. c..
Weatherly and from c. b. Weatherly.
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Coy. Blcasc has appointed the fol
lowing commissioners of election Ton
the general election which will take
place on the second Tuesday i'm No
NCmhcr:
sumter Federal: II. e. Outline, C.
T.. Jones j. W. Harper. all Of sumter
W. Green, all of Sumter.
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Garden Gains.

liiram-"Sol Sodbustcr claims to
nave discovered the best way TO make
money with his garden" Henry
whats the systcm?" This summer
he Is going to put n house in it," but
isn't he going to raise anything?"
Yes. just as soon as he can he is GO
ing to raise tho rent. y oungstowD
Telegram.
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0 0 o o o 0 0 o o D o 0 o O o O
O. o
''Buy Bale of Cotton" o
0 0 900 900 900 100 0

The Buy a Bale of Cotton" move
ment is still in progress in Sumter
with unabated energy and daily ad-
ditional names are added to the list of
those who have bought cotton and
paid the farmers for it at ten cents a
pound. Nearly a hundred bales, prob
ably in all have been sold in the city
at ten cents in accordance with the
Buy a Bale of Cotton movement, the
City National Bank taking the lead in
the number purchased through it's ef-
forts. This institution has bought
from farmers thirty-siX bales, many of
the purchases being made by the bank
as agent for Northern or mid-western
firms.
Addition bales bought at ten cents
are:
II. w. Waties from Sam Brock.
q. f. Crimes from John Mack.
Mrs F. d. Knight from Fate Brown
George II. Hurst from H. b. Fraser
Through City National Bank, Brock
ton Heel Company of Brockton, Mass
from G. f. Nelson; Robeson Cutlery
Company Of Rochester, n. Y, from
l.. l.. Fraser; Arnold Constable Com.
pany Of New York city, from w. w
Skinner; Rochester Stamping Com.
pany of Rochester, n. Y, from A. j
Stafford.
Mrs. Hattie DuRant from \. J
Jones.
w. NJ. Stepachcr Company from A
M. Outlaw.
Excelsior Company Of Portsmouth
Ohio, from Mrs. Nj. A. Chandler.
Mrs. w. I. Hardy from M. l.
Hodge and from G. A. Nettles, one
each.
pany: Young Schackleford from Chas
Compton.
An announcement in connection
with this movement is that Of tht
Willys-Overland Automobile Com
pany, as follows:
I'm an effort to further the nat
iOnal campaign recently started to bet
ter business conditions in the cottol
belt Of the South John y. WHY'S, pres
ident of the Willys Overland company
has purchased bale of cotton fo
each Of his 400 dealers in that section
of the country. Mr.. WHY'S has alst
declared his intention Of buying al
additional bale Of cotton for eacl
Overland car purchased during tn,
two months ending November II an(
also trying to persuade all Of the prom
inent concerns in the price leaders o
the world association to form some
similar plan.
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WILL HOLD VERA CRUZ.
Cen. Funston Ordered to Make n
Preparations to Evacuatc City.

Washington, Sept. 25.-Secretary of
War Garrison today wired Gen. Fun
ston not to make arrangements to
evacuate Vera Cruz for ten days.
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dollars from the Doehlcr-Die- Casting
Company, Of Brooklyn, New York, to
pay for nine bales of cotton at ten
cents per pound for the following citi-
Zens Of that city:
Mr.. II. II. Doehler, 2 bales.
Mr.. o. A. Schroeder, l bale.
Mr.. r. n. Dollin, l bale.
Mr.. II. b. Griffin, l bale.
Mr.. T.. w. Coffin, bale.
Mr.. w. l.. Wadleigh, bale.
Mr.. w. G.. Gutmuelrer, / bale.
Mr.. Herman Rau, bale.
The McKinnOn-Dash Company, of
Buffalo, New York. have also sent
check for $50 to the Chamber of Com
merce through the Rowland Buggy
Company, of Sumter, to purchase one
bale at ten cents.
The organized bushes interests of
Sumter and the farmers of Sumter
county are highly appreciative of the
patriotic and generous acts Of the
gentlemen and business concerns
above mentioned. The Sumter Cham
Der of Commerce buy Bale" cir
culars are getting the results and the
still mailing out these circulars.
The ID. j. Chandler Clothing Com
pany has received check for $50
from -Golddstein & Company Of
New York city, one Of the large cloth
ing establishments Of that city, to buy
a bale of cotton for them. The cotton
has been bought from w. W. Wrinkles.
Associate Justice r. Il. Fraser has
bought Il bale of cotton from A. r..
HaynswOrth at ten cents a pound to
aid the movement.
The Chamber of Commerce has re-
ccivcd a check for $50 from Strenker
Bros of Marietta, Ohio to purchase a
bale Of cotton for them.
Strauss Bros. Of Baltimore have sent
Stubbs Bros a check for $50 to buy
them n bale of cotton
Mr.. Geo. f. Epperson has received
notice from the Gulf Refining Com
pany that it will instruct it's agents
throughout the country to buy n bale
of cotton each. The order will prob
ably amount to about 1000 bales i'm
all. Mr.. Epperson states that he cx-
poets to get the order in the merit day
or two to buy the bale of cotton.
The sumter Trust Company reports
the following sales through f.. H.
Moses for parties i'm the North:
j. =. Baker from T.. l.. Newman.
&. l.. Ayling from L. T.. Rcams
Philip Young from a. II. I,cams.
w. w. Brooks from II. II. Wrinkles.
G. y, Fiskc from Wiley Davis.
Miss Theresa Murphy from-------
IL. L. Hartman from a. w. Brunson
j. W. Swain from ~ / \,vn,n
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Secretary ReardOn, of the Sumter
Chamber of Commerce today received
check for four hundred and fifty
dollars from the Doehlcr-Die- Casting
Company, Of Brooklyn, New York, to
pay for nine bales of cotton at ten
cents per pound for the following citi-
ZonS of that citv.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-11
-Four New Pineapple Packing
Plants Are Reported to Be
In Contemplation Sc

Haiku district on Maui will boast of
four new pineapple canneries within the
next few months, according to reports
circulating on that island.
First there is the homesteaders. CO.
operative cannery, on which a large
amount Of mental force has been ex.
pended during the past several months,
and towards which some $4,000 or
$4,000 has been subscribed by the set
tiers. Whether or not the promoters
will be abe to raise enough capital to
actually build q factory however, IS
still a matter Of uncertainty.
Another eannery is said to be con.
teinplatel by local financial interests;
while Libby, McNdhl ( Libby Is re.
ported TO be trying to break into the
Maui field. The fourth project is still
more vague, but has TO do with out
side capital.
Much Land TO Be Planted
In the meantime the Maui Pineapple
company, locally known as the Iapa-
nese eannery, has made arrangements,
il is reported, to take care Of the prod.
uet of 100 acres of land TO be planted
this coming year by the Haiku Ranch.
The ranch company has already con-
tfacted FOR the clearing, breaking and
planting of this aereage. on a portion Of
It's holdings just east u the Japanese
tannery, and on the makai side Of the
government road.
The work on the new plfnt Of the
American Can Company, Is well under
way. The buildings, il is said, are con
siderably larger than necessary TO house
the machinery at present necessary 70
supply The district with containers, al
iowanee having been made for a large
increase in the pack In the next few
ears. 4 6a
Better Prices Expected
Whether ipstifesl or not, the feeling
is strong among the growers ON Mau
that prices for fruit viii be much bet
ter next year. II Is known that alreadS
there is a serious shortage in certain
grades Of the pack, which cannot b,
supplied, aud II Is believed that thil
hugurs good markets for next season
, pack. At all events, whore fix months
ago or less the Gamers wera sppninl
offers Of frhit, they are now gratbins
eageilyat all the scattering pines they
can find, and are making ovortures fol
new contracts.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-11
They All Demand It
Honolulu. Like Every other City and
Town, Receives It.

People with kidney ills want to be
cured, When one suffers the fortunes
of an aching back, relief il eagerly
sought for. There are many remedies
today that relieve, but not permanent
III. Doan's Raskache Kidney Pills have
brought lasting results to thousands.
Here is proof Of merit.
Harry Kessling, 600 Poland St., New
Orleans, La, saws; - WIS so sick from
kidney complaint that ! despaired OF
ever being cured. | had terrible pains
through my kidneys and at times be.
came faint | was stif and lame, and
could hardly stoop over. i did not
sleep well and got up in the morning
feeling tired. Finally used Doan 3
Baekaehe Kidney Pills and felt their
good effect at once They went to the
root of my trouble and in a month made
complete cme.'l
Doan 8 Backache Kidney Pills are
sold by an druggists and storekeepers
mt 80 cents ref box (six boxes 80. SOY,
or will be mailed on receipt OF prize
| by the HOLSTER Drug Co, Honolulu,
wholesale agents for the Hawaiian Is
lands.
Rememher the name Doan's, and
lake no substitute.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-11
SLAV ADVANCE on
gRAG0W ADMITTED


= ofrnoN n. 4 fA...,,.. -.
II 49,. e ~. -n''o !, ~ ~ ~.
<y ! w y Y S n 'eayy hshs
X ms i3in pragfess pptwoen the Aus
TRANS and russians In western uaiieIk
ana the Russiala ronorts Of an advsne.
4. ~ 49, y N N. "a ~
I. 49, 49, >'ass'T Ahe sonls'nee -
tn ~. . ArsHFlen omelal annopneeiient
which. however, elaine 4 victory over
The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-12-11
WILLIAM ". H0GkHHL
IS CALLED BY Death
(Fr0m Wednesday Adyertiser.

IL d
MINERAL, serviees over tbe hodv
Rockhill tba Ameriean ainlomat
who died ~ the Kaniolani Sanir6rium
on Beretania stree. Yesterday fiornine.
from henrt Feature were beld M the
st Andrew n Cathedral ~ thfee
| O'Clock YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS Follow.
| inc the serxlees the Indy was eanvev-
"a "a The NUM- nj cemaferv.
y The services. Conducted. ~ the Right
Rev Bisbon Hhnrv Bo6d Restariek and
canon Anti were sim6Ie INF inpTSs.
sive ana soIAmn AZ nntahIe enn,nanvs
was gathered 81 the cathedraI ~ a.
honor ~ the man Who has served his
aountrv N aistinouished eapseitv ~,
many years l-,7IT7f lrSs
Tba wife 20 recently widowed .leaned
FOR supnort nnon ths arm ~ canine.
doye Iiannis Il fNfaha3 II ssN ~.
tired himself vvea ,iny nonyning .eret,e
nnoh his arm for fhe death ~ ia late
hrotber tbe eeIebratea admiral who
! died but ! few Iava. aoos'l, d.
liof3cialdonn Repras snted sNh9
cialdom-c federaI,I territorial and
municipai--and the aiplomatic Service
were renreseDted Goyernor Pinkham.
attended nv CAPTAIN j. Is, Douhheftv y
bis tnflitary aide was present Major.
General Carter me army commander.
and Rear. admiral Moore commandant
az the naval station. were presenE 10th
attanaad ~ tba;r a;des n esramoniaI
unieorr, !, fbinesa consni Tsz.ang WOO.
100, ,arv IN 90 .he 49, d.ys 5raeoi
bis aove,,nant f,am ,ssSeb Stbc aaceas.
~ M 1atoIv ssaaStaa an bi.h not *
"a I ~ ~ 4o seIiSent ~ 49, f,his NJ.
M ~ NJ 49,
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- ', ~ - = "a, 20
~. ~ M Nm ~, ~ w" 70 ? y,
NJ, III 49, III s sn,. as
pya.h was RI" aa..h ,.,,... :. 49,.
-. = , ~. - !,
minutes peiore one o.elosk yes1erIhy
inoIniilg. =. WIS nery suussn. iie hAu
been very ~ ior. the Two days pfeceeu,
ing, ana ms heaIt aeVi9n naa .ossh ~
low tnat oxygen was aplll lnsItp m Thn
/ aftineial stllnulatioa resorted 70. Lhe
patent resp9naea 70 tnese measures
ana lew hours before nis aea.h aP-
peared 70 be IN better eohuitloh than ny
any time since ne hau taken 70 MS SICK
bed IN Honolulu iast FRIDAY.
| About midnight, however, ne sustalns
/ cd another heart attack, failed rapidly
and heroic measures were OF no -aVaii.
His wife, with the physician and nurses,
were at the bedside when he passed
away quietly.
Mr. Roekhin's Career
MI, Rock hill had been IN me aipie-
i II l.