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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14
IMPORTERS SEEK ACTION,
CALE FOR PROMPT STEPS
AGAINST BRITAIN.
Listen to HOkc Smiths Settlement of
question and Then Adopt ResOlu-
tions-Tradc Will be Stopped if
blockade is Not Removed, He SAYS.

New York, Aug. 11.--After listening
to speech by Senator HOke Smith
or Georgia, more than 800 New York
importers today adopted a petition
TO president Wilson urging prompt
ana strenuous action to relieve Amer
lean importers of conditions caused
by Great Britains refusal to allow
German and Austrian products to be
shipped from neutral ports to the
United States.
Senator Smith declared the British
blockade was one Of the most fragrant
and inexcusable violations of neutral
rights in naval history.
Il have determined the only thing
to do,' said Senator Smith, 'is to tell
Great Britain to revoke the blockade
order, or she can have no neutral
trade with us.
The excuse that Great Britain
seizes vessels carrying goods pro-
duced in Germany or Austria, or of
goods intended for Germany or Aus
tria but consigned to a neutral port
as retaliatory measure against Ger
many does not make the seizure law
full.
There is no justification for the
second contention that the British
are justified in their action because
the United States had violated Great
Britain's rights during the Civil war.
The United States never committed an
act nor did our courts ever write O.
line that justifes the British action.
Senator Smith declared that dur
ing the RussO-Japanese war Great
Britain asserted the right of India
to ship cotton to Japan. He further
declared that the British first placed
cotton on the list of articles that were
not to be claimed as contraband.
A committee representing various
importers associations was appoint
ed to draw up a petition, to be
voted on later, asking President Will
son to call "a special session of the
congress to discuss ways and means of
relieving the importers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14
Bit by RattleSnake Pilot.

me siX-year-old son of Mr.. Sammy
Davis, who lives in the Brogdon sec
ton of this county, was bitten by a
rattlesnake pilot on last Saturday af-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14
First Bale of New Cotton.

Barnwell, Aug. 1O.-What is per-
haps the first bale of 1.-The new crop
grown in South Carolina was market
ed here today. The cotton was grown
by John Owens, share cropper on
the plantation of J. A. Porter. The
bale weighed, $40 pounds and was
classed as good middling. 1t was
bought by j. w. Porter for Is cents
a pound. The bale was shipped to Y.
w. Wagener & Co., of Charleston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14
NEWS AND VIEWS OF PIsGAH.
cotton Discussed at Meeting Held at
Camdcn-DuPrc, McKcnsie and Nc
Laurin Speak.

Pisgah, Aug. 9.-After the rains,
the crops show the result of the severe
drought. There is no middle cotton,
the bolls are only on the bottom and
few on top in this section. So the
big Weed don't count for much, even
If 1t looks like it will make a bale per
acre. The early and late corn will be
success. The drought struck that
which natures in July.
Miss Sadie Rogers, who has been
visiting in Stateburg, returned home
Saturday
Miss Bessie Hatfield, OF Cassett. is
visiting relatives here. and will go
to Rocky Bluff from here.
Children's Day was observed at
Pisgah church Sunday. The program
was interesting and the children car
ried it out with much credit. 1 would
like to note the recitation of each one
but 1t would make this communication
too long. Miss Ruby Robertson pre-
sided at the organ.
There was large Farmers meeting
At Camden Saturday in the interest of
storing cotton for protection. Hon.
Newton Kelly presided. He made a
fine speech. after which he introduced
the following speakers: j. E. Du-
Pre-. Isaac Mckenzie, former superin-
tendent Of education, and John L. Nc
Laurin. Mr.. DuPre spoke on the at
titude Of Great Britain towards cot
ton. Mr.. Mckenzie spoke on the ex-
pense Of warehousing cotton and Mr..
McIaur'r on the state warehouse sys-
TEN. showing INC advantage Of hold.
Ing cotton how 10 build warehouses so
rs ~ meet tho requirements Of the
federal UpNrruTIpi4f ireI1vou moo r1r, ,f
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Democratic administration was TAX
ing care Of the situation. 1t is reas-
suring to have this statement froa
headquarters.
1T is also gratifying to me to see
the utterances I'm the press from the
federal reserve board in reference to
the financing Of the cotton crop.
There was some disappointment in
the operations of the new banking
and currency law last fall. took
occasion tn speak TO those charged
with its administration about that
disa appointment | was very frankly
Informed that the prime reason for
this disappointment was because they
were not prepared to put 50 enormous
and radical "a movement into prac-
tical operation i'm so short "a time.
II was stupendous thing TO change
so radically from the old order TO
the new. Now. however, the inter
Nening time has given opportunity to
the officials to familiarizc themselves
With the working Of tho new system
and II is gratifying To hear that it is
proposed To Use IL in relieving the
very conditions for which II was
created
1T Is especially gratifying To me
that the particular section OF the law
that makes II possible for the officials
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14
New York Cotton Market.

There We're forty-eight tickets for
points north sold on Wednesday af-
ternoon, the majority of them being
to Washington. About fourteen per-
sons took advantage Of the low rates
to go up to the mountains of Western
North Carolina Wednesday morning.
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interest and SO on. His speech was
quite long and took q wide and in
teresting range. He spoke of the Eu-
ropean war. its effects upon our COM
merce. Said Germany would eat
Thanksgiving dinner in Paris and
Christmas dinner in London, which
was applauded. Said the sentiment of
the United States was rapidly chang
ing towards Germany, especially in
the South and by the winter, all that
the yellow journals say to the con-
trary. Notwithstanding. At the close
of his speech he received an ovation.
Judge Smith, being present, was call
ed on, and made a few remarks. Said
he was with the farmers in their figh,
to protect themselves. Would have
said more, but his physicians forbade
him to work or talk much, until he
got well. His friends will be glad to
Know that he is recovering from his
spell of typhoid fever.
Mr.. McL4aurin said the main cause
of Germany's success was her finely
educated people, urged us to do like
wise, IL we ever expect to get in the
front rank Of nations along that line
Disclaimed all political aspirations
and was not in the warehouse business
for politics, which to say the least
was disgusting. Judging from tho
sentiment OF that meeting, McLaurin
is going to be forced to the front be.
fore long. Sentiment is rapidly
changing i'm this State towards him
Spoke Of how he had been abused and
lied on in past years, but thanked
God that what he advocated and done
at Washington has been realized in q
way to prove he was right. Said his
heart was for his State, and if he
erred it was Of the head and not OF
the heart. The many friends of Mr.
ii. III. Evans, Sr., will be pleased tc
hear that he is in good health.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14

uon or this county, was bitten by q
rattlesnake pilot on last Saturday af.
ter, the snake striking him on the
rect aud !nncting % very painful
"ound. 4 physician was tclephonc5
to at once and following his natruc.
lions tne les ",.S corded and The poi
son prevented from spreading. He
reached the scene in a few minutes ir
his automobile and treated the un.
fortunate little boy, who today, three
days, after he was bitten, was report.
ell to, be. getting on we'll with a good
change Of recovery. The little fellow
had gone out looking for eggs, and
was in the chicken coop when the
snake bit him.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-14

WE ARE permanently located at
Bakers Old Infirmary, prepared to
examine eyes, fit and furnish glass;
es. Lenses duplicated and frames
repaired. Highsmith Optical Co.
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so
SUMTER COTTON MARKET,
Corrected Daily by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.

Sumter, August 10.
Good Middling, 8 5-S.
Strict Middling, s 1-2.
Middling. s 3-S.
Strict Low Middling, 7 rs.
Low Middling, z 3-S.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-24
GOOD Time AT THE
STATE Y. N. c. A. CAMP

Two of the Bath delegation which
went camping for a week at the State
Y. NJ. c. A. camp on Lake Cobbossee-
contee at Winthrop, returned Wednes-
day and report the best experience ever
had under canvas. Marshall MacDon-
aid, Percy Low and w. A. MacCor-
mick, all representing the local Y. M.
c. A, left one week ago Wednesday.
During the week that they were in
camp, over SO different boys enjoyed
the outing. Since the camp opened
last June, over $50 different boys from
the towns and cities of Maine have had
a fine taste of camp life. The camp
is under the auspices of the State COM
mittee of the Young Mems Christian
Association and under the direct SUI
pervision Of Jefferson c. Smith, State
secretary. Among the many things
held at the camp outside Of the regu-
lar program was baseball, swimming,
boating. fishing, hiking. lectures on
farming and poultry, Bible study talks,
mock trials. minstrel shows and stunts
Of various kinds. Macdonald and
MacCormick returned by automobile
Wednesday to Lewiston and from there
to Bath by train. Low was so pleased
until Saturday. The camp will break
up Monday of next week for this sea-
son.-Bath Times.
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RockIand Bridge Case

In the matter of the petition Of the
mayor and aldermen Of the city of
Rockland requesting certain action by
the Public Utilities Commission con-
corning repairs on Maverick Street
Bridge claimed to be necessary. the
Commission reviews the Information
it has been given and then advises:
While the statutes make 1t the duty
of this Commission to determine final
ly what repairs are necessary, we feel
that the city and the railway should
be given an opportunity to suggest
what is really necessary and practical
to be done. We. therefore, direct the
city Of Rockland and the Rockland,
Thomaston & Camden Street Railway
within IS days either to jointly or sep
arately submit to this Commission, in
writing, suggestions as to the manner
and extent of the repairs, renewals
and strengthening of parts deemed
necessary to make said Maverick
Street bridge safe for the uses to
which 1t is put. Final order will later
he given by the Commission, and the
case is not now closed"
The Commission follows the estab-
,ished precedent for its handling, Of
bridge repair orders
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Thirty. Two Cents per Pound for
Wrapping Paper.
(Aroostook Pioneer Hon

(Aroostook Pioneer, Houlton.)
A certain woman in a town not
more than 1000 miles from here
went into meat market and calle1
for two pounds Of meat that sold for
thirty-two cents per pound. The
clerk in weighing the meat tore from
the roll heavy piece Of paper,
placed it on the scales and put the
meat on 1t. When the woman ar
rived home she found that the paper
weighed one ounce and half, also
that she had paid three cents for
wrapping paper. If she bought this
amount Of meat each day for 800
days she would pay $500 for paper
to wrap it up in. The Rumford
Falls Times in regard to the subject
rays:
Now we don't believe in this
sort Of thing. Anyone can buy
wrapper paper at four cents per
pound and Irvine at ten cents a pound
and why in the name Of common
sense should any marketman make
us pay 80 cents per pound for the
same? We don't believe that !.
marketman has the legal right or
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CHURCH NOTICES

SAINT MARKS church. Pleasan,
street. 18th Sunday after Trinity: Holy
communion, 7.3G A. NJ; morning prayer
1890 A. NJ; evening prayer. 7.30 P. NJ
! Rev. Thomas Burgess will officiate at the
early celebration. Lay reading at morn
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Society: Sun
day services at 1880 A. NJ. subject.
Truth; Sunday school at 1920 A. NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at o'clock
Heading room open to the public
Wednesday and Saturday from 3 to s.
PENNEY MEMORIAL FREE BAP-
fist church. Rev. c. G. Mosher, pastor
Church closed during July. To be open
during August. First service after vaca.
ton Sunday, August LIST. The pastor will
preach.
WATER STREET GOSPEL MISSION
Sunday school at II noon; preaching al
evening; meeting of the Ladies Board
at p. M. Tuesday; services every eve
ming in the week.
FRIENDS church. 12s Water street
A. \. Smith. pastor: Preaching at 1875
A. NJ; Sunday school at u noon; prayer
meeting at $50 Wednesday evening.
The monthly meeting Of Friends will be
held on Friday at 10 A. NJ.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL church, Is
Green street, Henry E. Dunnack minis
ter, residence Ii Green street, phone SOL
W: 1920, morning worship with sermon;
subject. fourth in the course on the
Founders Of John Calvin and John
Knox" 11.45 A. NJ. Sunday school, Will
liam D. Hutchins superintendent. This is
six departments. each with a director:
$50 p M. young peoples service; 7.30,
evening worship with sermon; subject,
1.-The Test"
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.LEzIUM BLQuIN BURIED
WHEN DITCH CAVES IN

Lezium Blouin, a longtime en-
ployee OF the Augusta Water District,
was caught by cave-in inside a ditch
on Willow street in front of the Stur-
gis wood yard. The Water District
is putting in new 16-inch main at
this point close to the gas main. The
ditch caved in between the two mains
and heavy volume of sandy loan
topped with crushed stone struck
Blouin between the shoulders thrust
ing him forward on to the water main
and ,burying him up to his hips.
He struggled and shouted while he
was being freed. apparently in pain
from the pressure Of the crushed stone
against his body. but upon arrival
at the hospital after a hasty trip in
the ambulance it was found that his
only injuries were painful but not
serious bruises. Blouin is trusted
and faithful employee of the Water
District, about so years Of age.
Octave Jacque, young workman,
was also caught by the cave-in. but
youthful agility allowed him to escape
before he was buried deep and he
succeeded in freeing himself without
aid.
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NOTHING IN SUPERSTITION
OF IMPURITY OF NIGHT AIR

Breathe all the fresh air you can
get. night and DAY. That's what fresh
air is for. The fearsome legend about
the baleful influences OF might air.
is only another of the carefully nurs-
ed insanitary requests from our an
cestors, according to Senior Surgeon
Ranks, Of the United States Public
Health Service.
Whence this superstition arose
may only be surmised. Perhaps it is
a survival Of the primeval cult Of
Sun worship, which led the ancients
to classify anything outside the sphere
of solar influence. Our forbears were
wont to caution their offspring to BE
careful about the night air" or child
rem were ordered to come in out Of
the night air." 1t Is perhaps fortunate
for the children living in the arctic cir
Gle. where the nights are six months
long. that the Esauimaux mothers do
not entertain this crude notion about
night air, else their progeny would
spend half the year indoors.
This idea is generally prevalent and
even one Of our well-known flowers
is loaded down with the horrible name
of Deadly Nightshade" as a sort Of
verbal relic Of this old notion. The
Iow-lying mist or fog that sometimes
gathers about the surface Of the earth
under certain atmospheric conditions,
after sunset. was held, is held. TO be
''miasmatic" and pregnant with lethal
possibilities. This is worthy of all the
respect that should be put to any
hoary superstition. but it's place il
in the specimen. jars Of an archaeolo-
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gical museum, not in the show room
of modern intelligent life.
The night air, minus the sun, is no
different from the atmosphere Of a
sunless day. The atmospheric en-
velope of the earth does not change
from benign to malign in the twink
ling of an eye after shutdown. 1t is
still composed of oxygen, nitrogen,
argcn and carbon, dioxide in the nor
NAL proportions for the given locality.
The open air treatment of tuberculosis
and its kindred allies had first to
combat this venerable jargon about
the deadliness Of night air, and only
the remarkable results Of this hygienic
aid to its cure brought the supersti-
ticus to a realization of the Stiffness
of their ingrained noctophobia.
This generation has witnessed the
emancipation of human beings in re-
spect to the value of fresh air, whether
in bulk or in smaller drafts" From
being people immersed in hermet-
ically sealed rooms at night, breath
ing our own bodily exhalations over
and over again, a constantly increas-
ing number of persons are sleeping in
the open, or at least with open win
dows, summer and winter, to their
great benefit. In the morning they are
refreshed with the pure oxygen Of the
air breathed during sleep, not stew
ed" nor "seedy" after eight hours
spent in respiring and re-respiring
secondhand and shop-worn air in a
closed bedroom.
A story from the trenches in France
is that a soldier wrote home to his
wife to open her windows at night as
he had found that the night air didn't
hurt one Bit That is the experience
of all the advocates of this sensible
custom-once tried the old custom Of
sealing ones self in an air-tight bed
room is never renewed. Diseases
which involve the lungs can usually
be traced to their beginning in poorly
side rooms that do not have a share
of the atmosphere. Nothing can 1--we
well or long without oxygen in the
air. and it was given to us for breath
ing, night and day, not to be taken
in sparingly. as If 1t were dangerous
potion. Some people are actually
afraid Of ordinary, common air.
Those emancipated persons who
open their windows at night will tell
You, unanimously, that they cannot
breathe in a chamber unless the win
dow is raised, their sense Of comfort
and vigor demands the life giving
qualities Of fresh air. No greater pro-
phylactic advice can be promulgated
than to breathe all the fresh atmos-
pheric air you can get. night and day.
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July 20. 1915.
E. ]. Eddy, Treasurer, Fidelity Trust
COMPANY Portland Maine
.Jn,v On 1q15

July 20, 1915.
E. J. Eddy, Treasurer, Fidelity Trust
Company Portland, Maine.
Dear Sir:-The action Of the Fidel-
ity Trust Company as reported in the
Portland Evening Express. Thursday.
July 18TH allowing any Of its en-
ployees who are enlisted in the Coast
Artillery Reserve of Maine the privi-
lege Of attending the annual tour Of
duty and while on such duty shall not
sacrifice their salaries is most COM
mendable and is greatly appreciated
by this Office and should be by all
patriotic citizens.
That man should serve his coun-
try in time of war is very noble and
patriotic but observing our neighbors
across the water the new spirit seems
to be in time of peace to prepare
against war.
Assuring you again that your action
is greatly appreciated by this office
and the Department of Militia Affairs,
I am,
Yours very respectfully,
GEORGE Mel. PRESSON,
The Adjutant General.
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STATE HOUSE
Maine Business Organizations
Take Patriotic Stand in Re-
gard to National Guard Duty

Despite laws intended to preclude
such an attitude. many Maine BUSH
ness organizations employing men who
are enlisted in the National Guard of
the State Of Maine have in the past
discouraged their employees in their
attendance upon the annual muster
and have not favored their member
ship in the Guard. The tide is turn
ing apparently, and two Maine bust
ness organizations have recently TAX
en- a markedly patriotic stand in re-
gard to men in their employ who are
interested in the work Of the Ma
tional Guard. The following letters
are self-explanatory:
Bath. Me-, July Is, 1915.
Capt. Henry w. Owen. Jr., Command
ing 4th Company, c. A. c., Bath.
Maine.
Dear Sir:-For the period of the
annual encampments Of 1915-16, this
Company will not only cheerfully
grant leaves Of absence, as it has in
the past, without prejudice, to any Of
its regular employees who are enlisted
in the 4th Company, National Guard
Of Maine. but will allow one-half per
diem pay for such period, not includ-
ing Sundays and holidays. 1t is in
tended that this shall apply only to
employees who actually report for duty
with the 4th Company and actually
perform such duty; and in order that
no injustice be done either employee
or the Bath Iron Works. that we be
seasonably notified by the Officer in
command Of any tour Of duty and be
furnished with list of our employees
who have actually performed such
duty to his satisfaction, with the
number of days of such service.
Very truly yours.
Bath Iron Works, Ltd.
JOHN S. HYDE
President.
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The Santa Fe trains carry the mails to
Atchison, Kas.. regularly and peacefully
these days. But 50 years ago. before the
railroad had crossed the prairie. the
mail arrived at Atchison at long inter-
walls and under difficulties. In the Atchi-
son Champion Of March Is. 1865. was pub
lished the following: ''The Santa Fe mai
is due. The last mail was followed fof
100 miles by band Of Arapahoes and
Cheyennes. At the crossing Of Cimarone.
which was made in the night, the pas
sengers could distinctly hear large war
party singing and dancing, Parties Of
hostile Indians were heard Of after pass
Ing the Cimarone. evidently intending 70
form junction with the band spoken of.
II these vaSabonds should combine there
win be general war on the plains. -
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HUNDREDS. ENJOYING
THE CARIBOU RACES

Caribou, Me-, July o2.-The first day OF
Caribou's circuit races proved a success
as was expected with fair weather, and
the day was all that could be desired,
clear skies and bright warm sun. Hun
dreds of people from all the nearby towns
made Caribou their objective point
Wednesday and autoed here to attend
the races.
The races were called shortly after
o'clock and proved to be well worth wit
Messing. The different heats were close
" contested, in no race. with the excep-
ton of the ZIG class. did any one horse
have its own way throughout. r. j.
Mckee of Fort Fairfield acted as starter
and gave entire satisfaction. The judges
were r. J. Mckee, John -. Daniel and
]. B. Kelley. The timers were F.. j.
Briggs, Herbert Hackett and Russell r.
Ryder. Summaries:
2.29 PACE-PURSE $500.
Texarkana. g m. John Willard ,
Ada Todd. blk m, S. E. Briggs.
Peter Pan. ) h. T. Carpenter, ,
Reidara, G. W. Reed. Fort Fair
Time-2..iis; il, 2.is ia. 2.2l, ia.
PIG CLAsS-PURSE $500.
Don Wilkes. g. Jerry Smith. Car
Deli Patch, b &, G. B. Hayward.
Ashland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Arion Todd. blk 6, G. w. Reed.
Time-2T "a, lis IA, 21s IA.
a25 TROT AND PACE-PURSE $500.
Robert W.. blk g, J. A. Dewitt.
Pressure Isle NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ada Todd, blk m, S. E. Briggs.
Caribou Observation-Disclosures. d s
Goldstein, blk s, Nathan A. Cur
rier, Caribou ....................1 l