The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, June 30, 1920, Section One Pages 1 to 12, Image 1

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4.Section One Pages 1 to.12 Section One Pagslt.12Pagesl1tol12 VOL. XL MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 1920 HIGHWAY COMMISSION ' STARTING TO WORN In an interview today with Capt W. C. Davis, the Clerk and Attornet of the Highway Commission, it ap. pears that remarkable progress hai .been made in the four months since the appointment of this Commission In a few days after the'approval ol the Highway Act the commission mel and organized, and at once took stepE for sale of $300,000.00 worth of the authorized $400,000.00 issue. Ori May 15th a sale of $300,000.00 of the bonj was made, netting the Cqunty $295, 000,00, or 98%. Just the day before Florence Coun. ty sold $350,000.00 worth nt around 90, or, at a cost of some $33,000.00 According to information, the best bi( Sumter has been able to get for $500, 000.00 of its two and a half millior issue was 83. We congratulate the Commission on its excellent salt $105,000.00 of these bonds have beer ,aid for, and the remainder are to bc ken up as needed, the County getting the benefit of the accrued interest. Messrs. Lee, Pennell and Murra5 have been elected as the engineers and they are to start a force of sur. veyors on the road from here to Tur. beville next week. Messrs Pennel and Murray have been connected witl the State Highway Commission foi several years and all our people knov Major Lee's experience. A superintendent of construction who has been building sand-clay roadf on the East Coast of Virginia, an< highly recommended by the engineers has been elected by the Commission and is expectedao report on July 8th. Notwithstanding the high cost o1 everything the Commission is deter mined to go ahead at once and giv< the people of the County the best roads obtainable with the money a hand. We believe if Pinewood wil give the Commission a chance to better theii roads, they will hesitate a long tim< before burdening themselves wit -Sumter County's big debt. -0 ADDITIONAL LOCALS Surveyors will commence work nex Monday on the road from here to Tur beville. This road will be made o: sand-clay, and an expert road builde1 will do the work. The Home Bank and Trust Co., haE just completed installing their nev fixtures. which makes this enterpris. ing Bank one of the most complete ir the State. There are two entrance and the business can be handled mued faster than heretofore. Beginning tomorrow, July first, th< Manning post office will be rated as i second class office, and after this dat< the general delivery window will nol be opened at night. In other words the office will close at 6:30 in th< afternoon and not open again unti morning. The evening mail will b( opened and 'distributed, giving thos holding boxes an dpportunity to gel their mail. The iion posts for the white way have been placed, but it is to be hoped Council will not accept the job. Prac. tically every post is out of line, whicl makes a very ugly appearance. Th posts to our mind should he placed or a line, and we call the attention of Council to this mater so as they catn have it remedied. It would be much better to do away with the white way, than have it messed up as it now is. A county-wide attendlance contesi has been organized in connection with the approaching County Sunday School Convention to lbe held at Brewington Presbyterian church on F'riday, July 9, according to Leon C. Palmer, Gen. eral Superintendent of the South Caro lina Sunday Sc hool Association. At this convention an attractive 'lbanner will be p)ublicly awarded to the Sunday School having the largest number of dlelegates (over 16 years of age) present at the Convention, ini proportion to the distance traveled. Under this lahn, ten delegates coming ten miles each to the Convention count the same as twenty dlelegates traveling only five miles each, thus making it fasir for all, both near and far. The banner becomes the property of the Sunday School winning it and may be takdh home for permanent display in the Sunday School room. AGAINST SINN FEINERS London, .June 28..With a view to forcing the government to dlisclose its compilete financial pr'oposals for Ire land, the Oppom'ition leaders in the House of Commons today moved amendmelnts seeking pos5tp)onement of the clause in the home rule bill re pealing the 1914 act. The amend ments, howvever, were rejected. Premier Lloyd George, taking parhlt in the debate, was again conciliatory toward Ireland, but insisted that no. body now would be satisfied with the 1914 oct. and that it was impossible toconsent to. the extreme demands of the Sinn Feiners. ie said that Amer h ica wotild not support the demand for an lnlndenIeandnn.ne WILL NEW ZION GO TO SUMTER COUNTY A meeting was held at New Zio last Saturday afternoon to discuss th advantages and disadvantages of tha section voting themselves into Sum ter County. About one hundred and fifty repro sentatives citizens of that sectio were present at the meeting and gav close attention to the arguments o both sides of the question. The onti rdpresentative from Sumter count was Mr. Reardon of the Sumter Chain ber of Commerce, while Clarendon wa represented by Messrs W. C. Davi and R. J. Alderman of the Connt Highway Commission and J. W. Wide man, G. T. Floyd, and C. R. Sprott. It developed in the discussion tha Sumt-er offers this section, if they vot into Sumter county, a sand-clay. roa< to Sumter and the privilige of helpinj Sumter County pay for the hard sur face roads which she expects to buil( in the other portions of the counts t also came out during the discussioi that when the Sumter county High way Commission opened bids last wee for the sale of their bonds, the bes bid they had was about 81 cents o the dollar and they decided that the! could hot afford to sell at this price Consequently Mr. Reardon was not i position to say when the road work i Sumter county would commence. Capt. Davis, speaking for the Clar endon County Highway Commissior said that Clarendon County ha already sold $300,000.00 of her roa bonds for $295,000.00 net, that $105, 000.00 of this amount had already beet paid in, that the Commission had em ployed Messrs. Lee, Pennell, Murra and Palmer as supervising engineers and a gentleman from Virginia wh has had years of experience in the ae tual construction of sand-clay roads He also told the New Zion people tha the Commission had decided on th Manning-New Zion road as the firs road to build in the County and tha they had arranged to begin work o this road in a very short time. The overwhelming sentiment in th meeting seemed to be to remain it Clarendon County and to cooperat with the Highway Comissiioners an all other citizens of the County wh have its best interest at heart. It wa clearly shown that while the presen plan for road improvement in Claren don is the most progressive step th County has ever taken, we are at th b same time pursuing a safe and aani pohcy in respect to roads and we ar not undertaking a project which wil entail a cost far beyond our presen financial resources. ---0 SOME BOND SALE At the meeting held at New Zio last Saturday the statement was mad by some of the Clarendon speaker that the best offer which Sumter hat received when they opened bids fo the sale of $500,000 of their road bond was about 81 cents on the dollar. Mi Reardon of the Sumter Chamber o Commerce replied that since that tim Sumter had been offered and had ac Pcepted a* bid at par for $500,000.00 o 5% per cent road bonds. Mr. Reardot was questioned closely by Mr. R. J Alderman about this sale in order t ascertain whether or not there weri any commissions or other strings tie to the offer. Mr. Reardon was ver' Positive in his staternent that th County would receive $500 00.00 it cash for $500.000.00 worth of bonds !The only thing he was in doubt abou was whether the bonds were to boa 51/ or 5 per cent interest. If this is correct, it is, as Mr. Alder man stated, the greatest achievemen in finance that has been pulled off it the United States within the last si: months. If Mr. Reardon's statemen is correct, it m11ans that Sumiter coun ty road bonds are selling in the opei market at considerable higher pie<i thani Unite< is tates Government Bond anid this means, of course, the highes price of any bonds in the wvorld. Tfh name of the gentleman who put thi deal over should certa inly be given ti the publ)1ic andl an effort madec to havi President Wilson appoint h im Secre tary of the Treasury of the Unite< IStates at once. TO CLOSESTRSMNA Wethe undlersignedl agree to closm our stores on Mondlay, .July 5th. Abrams D~ept. Store. S. Katzoffl. Sam Richmian. L.. D). Nettles, per C. E. Chestnutt. J1. E'. Ariantii. Sunday hours. T1he Battery. per J. P. Yassney. J1. II. Righv. The 5-10O-25e Store Inc. by S. L,. Hluggins. IT. D) Duhrow. The Newv Idea Co., bmy IH. E. Ness. D). Hlirschmann. Wells-Levi Co. Weinberg Co. Alderman's by J1. HI. Wall. P Ilowdon~ IUnw. Co. L,'on Weinherv. Man' ning Fuornitumre (Co. Dickson Orer & I""ed Co. lsomonn WVholesale Grocery. G. TI. Floyd. M. Slnvis & Son, by M. S. IB. IB. Breer"lin. Ron.R.Jkion Th'le Manning Grocery Co. Cohimbia ar" in Manin sn"'n"in- q and is wel Mr. C""k nce lived here andis ellremembered. Platform Wo IBehind - Subconimittee Breaks Away Fron Howling Mass of Would Be Dictators and Gets Down to Business I BRYAN 18 LEFT ON OUTSIDE Declines to Take H1is Proposals Be fore Inner Circle But Gives No tice of Fight in Full Continittee. San Francisco, June 29.--Actua work o nthe Democratic platform wat: begun tonight by the abbcommittee o: i nine after last-minute suggestion - front many sources had been heard a an all-day public hearing. The committee met behind close< doors. Just before It was called to or *der, Chairman Glass announced tha nothing would be made public regard 1 ing subcommittee recommendations a - to platform planks until the full com mitee had passed upon them. Spe cial precaution to guard the subcom mittee deliberations from interuption were taken and it looked like an all - night session might be in prospect. When the subcommittee met th most serious problems confronting th convention, including prohibition, th . league of nations and the Irish ques t tion, still were far from solution am it was a pparent that some of thesi t subjects at least would develop fight: i in the full committee and probably o the convention floor regardless o what action the subcommittee migh take. Since the platform committee head ed by Senator Carter Glass, of Vir ginia, an administration man, has i . clear majority for many administra tion policies, most of those holdinj views not in harmony with the Whit< IHouse decided not to ask for subcom mittee consideration for their propos t als. One of those who declined to tak, his proopsals to the inner circle o platform builders was William J Bryan, who said he preferred to wai fand make the fight for his league o 4znations and bone dry planks in thl full committee after the subcommittei had acted. Senator Walsh, of Massa chusetts who also had a league plan C of his own, also made a similar deci - sion. In their- deliberations tonight th subcommittee had as a starter the Vir ginia platform written by Senator Ca ter Glass and al)lroved by Presiden Wilson. It also had a mass of testi .1mony collected at the day's public ar 3 guments during which feeling on th. 'rohibition aniid Irish questions severa times approached the boiling point. l At the conclusion of the hearings to day the full platform committee ad journed until 10 o'clock tonmorrom morning, but members of the subeem imittee generally )redicted that despit< the long night session they would b< -unable to report by that hour. A momentary defeat was adlminis toed~ thme Bi'yan dry legions in th< full laltfo'rm committee when a pair liamentary battle for p)osition onth speCakers list was dcidied irt faivor 01 tees by a vote of 27 to 25. Th< gnrlinclination, howvever, was t d tiscount the significence of the vtet which was taken to dlecidle which sidt, should speak first. In the skirmish both wet~s andi dry. argued that their opponents were try ing to reopen the prohibitionm issue and therefore should p~resent theh case first. When thme drys were forced to go ahead. Mr. Bryan took charg( of the t imeo allotted to that side, bt d tividled all of it among other speak. ers rep~resent ing the A nti-Saloon' League. church associations and othem prohibhition organizations. For the wets W. Bourke Cochran, of New York, was the chief speaker dutr. ing a dchlate in which Mr. Bryan was called upon to explain his connections wvith the Anti-Saloon League. ie de niedl that he ever had1( receivedl comn p e'saition from the league except foi ''four months of last year for certain peblic sneeches." Th'le Irish issue was argued in sichm militant fasqhion that the crowdedi committee room was in almost con statnt iunroar., Oulponents of the pro posml for iecognition of the Irish re nubl ic were? kent uinder a hail of hmeck li'e a nd derision from Irish sympa thizer's and o''ce or twvico were called short andl ugly word(s while the conm mtittee chairman poun-led unheedod with his gavecl andi sergeant at aim rk Starts Closcd Doors i tussled with the crowd im an inef feetual effort to keep order. The argument of the Irish recogni tion plank as led by Frank P. Walsh and the opposition was handled by Damarest Lloyd, of Boston, president o fthe Loyal Coalition. Labor's platform was presented to the committee by Samuel Gompers, who declared the Republican party had written reaction on its banners and] that the labor vote must find some avenue for the impression of its de sires. The league of nations, another sub ject threatening a floor right, was not mentioned during the day's hearing but there were many suggestions on almost every political subject, pro longing the comm ittee's deliberations into the evening. Representative Sabath, of Illirfis, asked President Gompers, of the - American Federation of Labor, wheth er the ol'ganization had voted down a recommendation for modification of the Volstead law as alleged by pub lications. Mr. Gompers replied that by a vote of 26,000 to 4,000 the organ ization had voted in 1919 to ask Con gres sto permit 2.75 per cent beer. At the recent Montreal convention, Mr. Gompers said, it was announced that the 1919 declaration stood. He said "libelous reports of the Men treal convention had been sent out." W. Bourk Cochran, of New York f closed the prohibition hearings. Premising his argument on ar as sumlption that the saloons had disap peared forever, Mr. Cochran said he - had an abhorrence of the word proihi bition in a free country. -I "My objection to prohibition," he continued, "is that it assumes that the people are not capable of self-irm - provement and must be driven in Lwvi, - morals and daily life. "Either our constitutional theory of legal self-government is sound or else f it is not. If you desire real sobriety . and real sanity, trust to the locality, t'which has always shown itself capable r of (leciding local and personal matters for itself. "Democracy is a mockery ad a snare if people in one locality are to be goveriled in their most intimate relations by the votes of people 3,000 miles away under different conditions and incapable of understanding local conditions elsewhere." The speaker sugestel that wh ile the States should have been left to - leal with the whole subject, a solu . tion of the prese(nt situation could be found by having Congress fix a rea I sonable alcoholic content and then re serving to the State the right to fix any lesser figure they dlesire. Each side was given thirty minutes and Fraink P. Walsh, of Kansas City, pre sented the plank of the Irish sympa thizers proposing recognition of the "'republic of Irelanl." D~emariest Jioydl, of thle loyal coal-. it ion, annliouncedl that he would oppose t he recognition phi n. - Twenty imill ionis of liberty-loving citizens, Mr. \Valsh deehi red, favor the lplhmik priopo)(sed ini behalf of Amer ican conmmission of Irish freedom. Ea monn de Va lera, pr-esident of the "Irish repulic."' Mr'. Walsh sa i, was in the city but deemedl it iminproper to appeiar before the comm it tee. Tlhat. recogniition of Ireland woul (listnri b British relatioiis was dlenied by Mr'. Walsh. 'Tha t its adoption,' 'he sa id, "wouhi be a cause of war wi th England has no basis in A merican tradition of ini-. einational law. Thme Irish republic was established by more than a thiree fourths vote of the people of I reland.'" 'The political parties of A merica," samid Mi. Walsh, 'have al ways dlecla red for the liberties of the oppressedI peo jiles of the wmol. "We respectfully submit that the D emocratic pa rt.y ought not to depart from the age-oldi policy of our gov ermient andl withhold the word omf ree('P'nition 'ar the Irish republic which meamn, so much for human nit.." Sen-itor P'helan of California, also argued for the Irish plank and asked the c-omm itte(' not to lbe "'fearlsome of an plan duty lest it might involve us ~nm inter-national discourtesy.'' O (noosing a pl atform decla rat ion for' ishly reogition, Representative Co'~n nelof Texas, said that such action "mII on!y be consideed by Great Br-it ain ais an a ffron t to her d igin ty and a challen'ge to hern authority with in her own dominins" 1iplomatic recognition was consti tutionally a power of the Presidlent, he said, and not a pIoper subject for partisani politics. Irish sympathizers in the crowded committee room persistently heckled the speakers opposing a recognition plank and the meeting was kept most of the time in a tumult. "You're a liar," someone yelled in the midst of one of the speeches and there were many groans and hisses mingled with cheers as the protest t aaginst Irish recognition were pre sented. There was another angry outburst when Randolph W. Smith vice presi- t dent of the Loyal Coalition, said $10,- 1 000,000 had been collected from "Irish servants girls" and other by Irish sym pathizers for propaganda in America. A woman started down the aisle shout- I ing, "Take that back; I'll not stand for that." When a sergeant-at-arms failed to stop the woman, three policemen led her to her seat. t Several epithets were shouted at Mr. I Smith and Chairman Glass finally warned the crowd that spectators were present only by courtesy of the com mittee. Mr. Smith emphasized the argument t that friendly relations with England were involved. le was frequently in terrupted by jeers, hisses and hostile ( interjections. Upon conclusion of the Irish hearing he committee recessed until 3:15 when hearings were to be resumed. I Approval of coperativ1 marketing by farmers also was urged by Dr. W. 11. Walker, president of the California Farm Bureau Federation. le also disapproved of government ownership t operation of railroads. Resolutions for compensating ex-ser vice men presented by Richard A. Jones of the Washington delegation, provide for selective or optional com- r pensation "and condemned the hypocri tical conduct of the Republican Con gress," on the bonus bill. A plank to dcal with Japaneon im nugration and land ownership was sub Illitted by V. S. MeClatchey, of Sae ramento. It would "favor laws pro viding for the exclu"ion of n1on)-as simlilable peoples and forbidding those already here ownership and control of the soil." Mr. MeClathey had calculated, he told the committee that at the present I rate of increase, there would he 100, 000 000 Japanese ill the country at tile end of 140 years. t The plank was supported by Sena tor Phelani, of California. A Philippine independence phink was asked by .1. P. M elencio, repres eiting tile Filipino mission and by President Commissioner Raffery. They contended the 'lh il ippines had demon strate d their capacity for imI)ImedIiate indepildentee. The appeal of Mr. Me lencio brourh t the comm ut ittee and slc tators to their feet inl cheers, the first R ED CROSS NOTES Tie Red Cross (iha pter hits beeni fortuna t( enouight to seenrie the seir vices (If Miss Ru th Moor if Cin( cin0 ntati as5 Pubtlie IHealth Nutrse in this Cotnty. Miss Moor(le has recen itly been doing comm lluni ty work ill th'e mloutaitlns (If Kentucnky. "Te Rahy~ ('on ferences hteldI at. rable and(1't Trhev'i lie r'ecentoly wetr' en t irelyv successful, both in the number(1 of chil1 dren't brioulghlt to tile con ference for ms5pect ion antd tile splend id reptlis of' ipeir phytsicalI contditi .'n. At. (Gable lheire were't mlore thant sixt y ciiren.( Chla i rmecn in ot her' sec(tio'ns oif tile Coutn ty will have Io be1stitr themnselves if theiri c'onlferenlces are'( toi keep up the pace'L set by~ these5( first two. M~4iss Mloor'e plans to hold C'onfeteit ((es at Summlilertont and1 Mlanniing dur-' mii thte mlonth of .July. Dates for thtese mteetintgs wvil Ihe4 annoaluncedl later'. Membe)(rs of thte Ce'ntralI Nur'siny ('ommtit ttee are~ temtindledi thIat thle nextS mleetinig (If thle C ommi1tte'e will b e bhl at Manning at thte Red Cross Room on the a ftetrnoon of Tuesday thte si xthI of .July at 5 o''lock. M\Tiss Moot'e is anxmu itis to4 meet. th11 mleimbIers of t he comml llitte an ttd it is lioped thiat thIere will be a goodl a ttendantce. MORE TI'lAN 2,0001 1(II, .Ei Silyrnal, Juntel 28.Anl oflicial coml mica ('itionl issuedl i at the Gr(etek artmy hteadquilatersl' todaty ays with Itetgar 'l to tile lightiing aigaiinst the 'lurks: r "Thle very hteavy enemtiy losses at 1. Ala U~hehr (Attcient Phlilaelphia) on ' June 25 Itave been c'lt onf i. More I than 2 000 dead weire c'ounited inl the1 s r'edli fteha i vall1ey of Hermtitos. A la rge a numbilietr (of thle prisoners taken hIta t oiabei woounds. Ourtt havalrty pursued c th env:to (i'ly 1 thte Ged iftehtai valley. n MONSTRATION COURSE A BIG SUCCESS New Zion, June 20.-Our Short :ourse opened here on June 24th in the 'vew Zion school auditorium with bout.sixty-six county girls register ng. After the announcenieis and as ig"iing of girls to the homes, Misses Pruluck and McMurray gave a very nteresting sewing lesson. Then heir recreation period began with the dending of many Voices in the ap >ropriate club soup directed by Miss lenrietta Dargan. The ladies of the onmiunity met the girls here and ook them to their respective homes vhere they enjoyedi a restful night Ifter their long journeys. The girls all assembled promptly at line o'clock the following morning 'ery much enthused over the program or the day. The general diretcions were given >y Mrs. Plowden after which Miss )argan continued the directoring of lub songs. The chapel exercises vhbich wvere conducted by our Presby erian minister, Mr. Fvalls, were fol owed by a very interesting talk on eadership by Miss Truluck. Then the ,irls marched in couples to the class '00111 where a very instructive lesson im stenciling was given by Miss Laura 3ailey, the State agent. A very at ractive display of fancy work done y the girls during the year was ex ibited in the auditorium. Then sand vitches and tea were served in the ,Ollllnity Club room by the serving ommittee. A fter lunch all assembled n tell auditorium where a lesson on rood dressing was given by Miss lailey. Then the girls went to the )omestle Science room, there a very mpressive lesson on stein pressure anning was given by Miss Trulucs md1 McMurray. This canning is on xhibit in the County agents office and an be observed by any one wishing o see theill. The girls went. to their homes, re reshed themselves and came back at 'ight thirty o'clock where about a undred and twenty-five people enjoy d i recreative hour in games and nusic after which the serving commit ee served pineapple ice. This con luded the program for the day. At the appointed hour Saturday nornimg the lesson o1 stenciling was ontinued by Misses MeMurray and Pruluck. The girls marched into tne tuditorimil in clubs and sang the club igs directed by Miss Dargan and ,ave their club yells. The chapel ex Ircises were again conducted by Mr. .ans assisted by Rev. Guy. Miss )nider the assistant State agent, de ighted the girls and ladies with a very nstructive Demomstration of Bread laking and Table Service. A pi-nic oilIh was served after which Miss hiuder continued her Demonstrations iti salads and salad dressings. We were very much disappointed hat our program could not. have been oncldled hv Miss Torney, tlw dairy nIcialist.. TIlt' ladies and girls of the oimillunity thoroughly enjoyed the Ienefits derived from this county short 'o''rse. We were indeed glad to have had the elcasure of meeting the girls and adits d11 enterta ining them ill our omes. Wev wish to think the apents %ho assist I and the people who so renou uv con tributedtl toward this vhich Iinabled us to make it a glow ng success. We were veriy sorry More '11lnot attend. lIe'Ih day there vre aboiut one hundred :110 fifty peo d preselt. Ainl w. wisli to evpress our- ap wO*,lint ion th1iak to every one vh1o aided ill making the short ourse ai success. Whereas. Ahnllirh tv God in Ii is all. Vise Pro'(vidlence' ha~s seen fit to takce r0on1 our nuldst. our Blro. Sovereign, 1E. Thertefe' hei ii Risolved. by tile l1(mber~es ot' I .ve Oak Camp No. 181, ,l'That ill thI ''e iethI oF 'obverleign1 1. B. ,alel (our1 W. C). W.T (amap hasl lost a iuc anid liiyal mlember.i a faithful rienid tio the( needy'. It wa nai honor ndl a pl(easur1eI to know~ Soivereignl .imlet as a trie iinan anid at true VoodmlanI. i tile wvill of' God, kniowmieu that i~e OcthF all thiingis for thelu best Thlat. we' tender1 to hlis loved ones uri dlenit syonumithyi inl thiis hour of ci cavemenlt. nd0 prav' thait thely may ru1st inl II jn who wvill binilg r'ehe(f to Thal~t,. a copy 'if thlesse resoluon he(111il " 0 Fil the fily of\ utuir ('tcieeme overeign, aind that a pagile ill ouri unuiiteI biook I h( weit. l to his F' 'o i. ' ed a eonny, of sjune het' pub-i shedl ill Tie Manine Tim l'n' J1. x1. Wli: l \ C. W. Witl.:. Commiilittee. P'antry, irelando. Jurc :8.. Refiisail f thbe t rainmnen to work trainils car Viul' solihru's aud po'iice has been Vol.. 's of the lHintry' lav st camer L.'idy lie. Whein tile ve('ssl was ready to) iar iF r Via' 'i' teown -I ert'ha'vem Iwel ve rmedc~ pol ice enmle abl rd andl refiiseid >leav e, whereu ipon thle ofieers de i''ed to man11 lier. She( is now at the i('r with1 ll noiCC nhnord