Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m, I, r pi i r I II ^ ^ ' I I Will Bring Business to You that now Everj Corner oi the 1 own ami Country / A ^ ^ ^ A ^ ^ a ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ --~ I vilutiuu vlnromrlr i- ~ Volume 20 CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COIHTY, S. C.. JUNE 1, 1916 . Number 31 STATE CAMPAIGN DATES ARRANGED NO MEETINGS ON MONDAY Open- al Spartanburg Cioss at Winnsboro Three Days Defore . I'rimary i'u for the county-to-etMiaiiv* s\vi:i;. the State Democratic campaign party were announced Monday hy J? in Gnn Kvans chairman of the committee. The opening day falls to Spartanburg, June and the closing date is at Winnshoro, August id. The primary is on Tuesday, August I'h. Candidates for Governor will he required to pay an assessment of ;>lou; candidates for congress $200; candidates for railroad commissioner, and ail ofher State oftieials, including solicitors, will be assessed :>ot>. iiio lust days for tiling pledges with the State ehuiruiau and paying the assessments to the treasurer at Columbia is noon, June 1!?. the day previous to the oi?ening.ot' the campaign. On August 17 the meeting is held in Chesterfield. The complete itinerary follows: Spartanburg?June lit. Greenville?J une 21. Pickens?June 22. WaIhu 1 la?J une 23. Anderson?J une 21. Greenville?June 27. Abbeville?June 28. MeCormaek?June 20. Laurens?June 30. Laurens?June 30. Newberry?July 1. Columbia?July J. Lexington?July,^ Saluda?July 0. Edgefield?July 7. Aiken?July 8. Barnwell?July Is. Hamilton?July li). Beaufort?July 20. , Kidgeland?July 21. ' Walterboro?July 22. , Charleston?July 25. St /G?urgo--Ju]>- 20. St,'Matthews?July 20. Sumter-?August 1. Manning?August 1'. Monck's Corner?August o. Georgetown?August 4. Kingstree?August 5. Florence?August S. Marion?August i>. Conway?August lu. Dillon?August 11. Darlington?August 12. Uishoitv i 11 o?A ug ust 1 Beunettsville?August 10. Chestertielil?August 17. Cnuuleu?August IS Lancaster?August 10. Il'nion?August 22. 4 i;i ff ney?A ugus t 1'.'!. !' rk? August 24. Chester?August 2."?. Winnsboro?August 2(1. | AT l'AGELAMt SCHOOL Successful Venr Brought to Close. Pagelaud, May 28.?Thursday evening pupils of the high school gave a play, "The Turn of the Tide," in the r?. school auditorium before a large audience. The play was staged by Miss Boggan, high school assistant, and Miss DuBose, teacher of the seventh grade, and rellected credit to both teachers and pupils who made it a success. Commencement exercises Friday liigiit mained the close of the school year wait-h has been a decided success. The programme opened with the invocation by tue He v. B. S. Funderburg of Chesterfield, after which pupils ot the high school and others sang a beautiful chorus and about 7"> children sang * Vacation's Come." Miss Xetla Clark then delivered the i salutatory, the history was read by Ward Cato and the prophecy by Miss Grace Blackwell. Miss Virginia Rut* leuge, the member of the class leading in scholarsip, delivered the valedictory. The commencement address was delivered by Dr. K W. Sikes of W..ke Forest college and recently /?!.-. t iir.widiuit i.i Ci-.\:,r C'nllpffsi Dr. Sikcs was well i.cciwl by a large audience The diplomas were deliver* ed to the tour giaduulcs by L. L. Parker, chairman of the board of trustecs. The pupils promoted to the high school we-c called <-n the stage and present-'d with certificates of promotion by (i. 1. inikcs. principal of Jk m the school. The music medal was won by Miss Frances Crosswell and the second place was awarded to Miss Sallie Ingram. The declamation medal was a won by Miss Nctta Clark and the medal in oratory goes to Ruben Otis' ten. Austin Brewer, Rage-land's best 'j athelete was awarded tin- athletic IB medal for his excellent track record. The exercises were closed with the B benediction by the Rev. J. W. Elkins. TILLMAN HOLDS RECORD FOR SERVICE A. S. Salley, Jr., Prepares Interesting Data oil Wearers of Toga. A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary of the historical commission of South Carolina, said yesterday that Senator B. It. Tillman now holds the record for long service in the United States senate from South Carolina. Prior to Thursday the record had been held by John Baillard. Mr. (iaillard coin-t menced service in the senate Decem* Iter 0, 1S04. having been elected to lill tlie unexpired term of Pierce But! ler. resigned. His term expired March 3. 1807. He was reelected suc' cessively for the terms beginning March 4. 1807, March 4, 1813, March | 4. 1815). and March 4, 1835. He died I February 20, 1820, having served 21 i years and S3 days, or three full terms ! of six years each and two parts of ' terms, and having been elected to the position tive times. He was president pro teini?ore of the senate a.considerable portion of that time. Senator Tillman began his service in the senate March 4, 185)5, and passed his 21st year of service March 4. 101b. Thurslay Senator Tillman equaled the record of Senator (Jaillard and today he passed it. Senator Butler. The South Carolinan with the next longest service to Senator Gailiard was Senator Matthew Calbraith Butler with IS years from March 4, 1877. to March 3, 185)3. Next came Senator John C. Calhoun with 14 1-2 years, but not continuous. He i lirst took his seat in the senate DeI comber 12, 18.32, and resigned therefrom December 7, 1842. He returned ! to the senate December 2(5, 1845. and j screed to his death. May 20, 1850. i He had immediately preceding his I lirst sevice in the senate served as | vice president for nearly eight years, I from March 4, 1825. Next to Senator Calhoun in length of service came Senator Andrew Pickens Butler, uncle of Senator Matthew Calbraith Butler. He entered the seuate to succeed George Mcpuffie, resiiigned, December 21, 1844, and served'to his death. Mayjgi, 1857, a ^H^^S^^j^ervke he aroused the aucer oL' Charles Stunner who spoke very insultingly of liiiu ami of the .State which he represented during his uhsUice. Senator Butler was about 60 years old at that time and not in good health, liis kinsman, l'restuu S. Brooks, then in the house of erpresentutives, resented Sumner's laugunge and ended by caning him on the lloor of the senate after the 1 senate had adjourned. lien Wade Hampton, i Gen. Wade Hampton served 12 1 years in the senate, from March 4, i 187t>, to March 1891. William i Smith served ten years and a half, i hut not continuously, lie entered the i senate -December 4, 1S10, and served to March d, lsdd, when he was succeeded by the brilliant young Hubert Hay lie, who had just defeated him for reelection. He returned to the senate November IS, 1S20, having been elected to the general assembly to till out Senator Uaillard's term which expired March d, lsdl. Hubert i. Hay lie served nine years and niue mouths. He entered the ! senate March 4, lS2d, and was re-, i elected for the second term, beginning fda? h 4, Jsdll. He resigned in Decern i?n, ! >??, iijjuu utriiiq fivncu ciuui Gen. Sumter. Thomas Sumter gave a little mere than nine yours el' his talents to the service ot' his State in the senate, tie entered the senate December 3, IMH. t<> till uut the unexpired term of the Democratic party in South Carolina, Charles 1'incUney, and served to December lh, 1S1U, when he . resigned. l'ieree Duller also served a little o\ nine years, hut not continuously, lie was one of the two first senators from South Carolina, commencing his I first term of service, March 4, 1 TS'J. fie got one of the short terms of four 'years and at the expiration thereof was reelected for a full term of six j ears, hut he resigned in 171.KJ. In November, lsog. lie was again elected 1 io the senate to till out the unexpired term of John lhving Calhoun who had just died. He resigned iu 1S04 and was succeeded by John (Jailbird, as before stated. William C. Preston was another of this State's senators who served nine years, lie entered the senate Noveui! I .. .... Il-W I.. Oil ,...< H.i. fnuin .if nt'l i n? mi inn in*- in hi ui Senator Stephen D. Miller, who had : resigned. lie was reelected for a full term beginning March 4. 1*37, but crsigned in IN|J .'iliil was succeeded by iriii'W MclJuflic. Theiuas J. Robertson served nearly nine years. Me enteml the senate June 'J.\ 1 s(!s. and served to March '1. 1>?77. w hen he was succeeded by Men. M. C. Itutler. None of the j.j other liion who have served Soutli Carolina in the senate has reached so many as eight years, .Senator II. 1>. Smith being th?> next ( man on the senatorial service list with ju little over seven years. PERFECTS NEW ST STEM , FOR MARKING HIGHWAYS ) I State Department of Agriculture Will Make Auto Traveling Easier ?Work Starts This Week. g Columbia, May 29.?Plans for a new system of marking the main arterial highways of South Carolina have been perfected by the state department of agriculture, commerce and industries and will be put in operation, beginning this week. The telegraph po'es M along each road out of Columbia will * be marked in distinctive colors, visible ^ da) and night, along their entire route o* the main roads Jn this state so that j there will be no olia.uj of autoists ! Pu losing their way. ; "Commissioner E. J. Watson says tli that this system was first inaugurated fo in Connecticut whefe it proved such or a success that it was extended to the ^ entire length of the Lincoln and the Transcontinental highways. Later e( XI ft the system was adopted by the state tu of California. ve The old state road will be the first toto be marked. Commencing at the In' state house and ending at Charleston, ^ telegraph or other poles along the en- Bi tire route will be marked with broad J c bands of white and blue with the ini- jn} tial "S" in black painted in the cen- an ter. At Junctional and cross roads the tal nameB of the nearest towns and their id( distances will be printed on a plac- UP ard and the direction which to take will also be given. As quickly as pos- J sible the Washington-to-Atlanta high- tio way running from Augusta through . ?j Columbia, Camden and Cheraw to tJc Rockingham, N. C., will be marked of with red, white and blue bands with pa the initial "W conspicuously painted tin in black, red and white bands} upon ho which will be superimposed the ini- sal tial "A" will mark the new Appalachcit ian highway from Columbia to the ' coi mountains. The initial "P" upon a fir( field of green and white will designate the Peidmont highway from Col)mibia nix to Greenville. Aa swm as praqtlca- re?i bie Uia.'StaTtr ot agrlCU ture, commerce aod industries, will !>ii extend the marking system from Cam- er COl den into the Pee Dee section to Georgese< town, distinctive appropriate colors jllt to be used. pr, At the state house will be erected a coi sign showing the routes and distances '"1 to all the principal towns in the state and the road to take and the (l]) color to follow also will be designated, tin Commissioner Watson says that he in,' has taken up the matter of placing to' markers showing the places of his- ?1 toric interest along the various high- lo< highway nearest an historic spot tell " Daughters of the American lievolu- tll( tion already have responded. The Su plan is to have a sign at a point on a tin highway nearest an historis spot tell sa where the place is, its claim to fame inl and the route and distance to it. m: Col. Watson says that the new sys- ... I a tern will take some time for comple- ^ tion, but when finished will be of un- an told benefit to automobilists, particularly to tourists unfamiliar with the i road system of South Carolina. He ? is of the opinion that it will not only ^ cut down much delay and vexation in j traveling^ but will make the highways j of the state more and more attractive j to folk from other sections of the j country. | . In connection with the new system ' of marking the highways, the state department of agriculturej commerce ll01 and industries is getting out an en- ^e, larged edition of the map of South Carolina, which is issued annually.! jiQ| The new map will be the most com- 1 0lplete of its kind ever issued in this , , state and will contain data not hith- I erto carried. Commissioner Watson ! | i%.a contemplates, in addition to having ! n)c every highway and road in the state ,,{ distinctly traced, to show the town- t|,. ship lines in each county?a job of; raj such labor requiring accuracy and tje precision of detail, that i: takes a 0f long time to complete. The commie- u j sioner says that he has the co-oper- au, ation of the county supervisors and co the county engineers in the work; but n;t there has been some delay in getting ai, the required imorinauon mat is nec- in* essary. As soon as this information 1 an is assembled, he stated, the work of tildrafting the map, engraving and print- ] ing it can be speedily done. There ; a are some 10 counties of the state yet mi to be heard from, he said, and he sent tlm out a hurry call for the remaining NV data today. As ?oon as this is re- t?? ceived the map will be rushed to com- <li> pletion. cni Col. Wfctson says that he daily is 1 in receipt of calls for the latest state ,l" map. which cannot be supplied be- SI" cause of the necessary delay in the U1 compilation of the data wanted. When 1 completed the state map will be giv-1 en free. j sun If an honest man is the noblest nK work of God, It might be well to keep ;lll an eye on the self-made man. jSU( Flag Day Proclamation Issued By!ou 1 ;lean iiand f awntif uggestions FcBMaking < Town?Airman o SaAstart No1 Ap the Yei ^ IN'CE Hercules dl^Hcd the rtfer ^ to renovate tlic^^hftn stables J "Clean Up" place In the world's .vein^Llar. With iring the desire to reBbish comes 1 (consciously into the^B*rt3 of men d women, and comj Kilties,. But ithout direction and i^Bined effort e expression of thal^B3^, in the rt " ?" ?t/*iAn>lrTn T^av" mi or me oruiuary * w "Week," is apt to restm in * superial sally against filth, i'ears ago Allen W. Clartj, a St. Louis itor, made up his mlrii that this tural "Clean Up" lnsthjot could be rued to account, that it C'ould be deloped into a real campaign working nurd definite ideals anfrffiScomplisb? permanent results; Am so, In May, 12. Mr. Clark founded.iP0 National leau Up and Paint Upfr Campaign ireau, with lieadquarwS in St iuis. He hoped tha(f^*orouSh-goX movement, nations^! its scope d practical In Its pr^Hles, might ke the place pf tbe~^Bpual bath" :a as expressed in the W "me "clean day" or "week-" \ A National Clvfo (He1 ewsnt. "or four years the soojM of the Nannl Bureau's service bftj rapidly exided until this year It is, operating th more than 6,000 loq ! communis in the organization SK? direction real "Clean Up and PajJUp'' camlgns, not "days," or *w?ks.'r Coquous campaigns far'#?>mes and metowns beautiful* and Te, conducted by permflttnt commlt s, and involving tbe<odWl>eratlan of y and town offlclfliiuslub women, nmercla! organlzatlni^ Jhe children, * prevention inter$ajfe? H business n end property oWtra^l^hegMa at community the cltl^PMIMrcn-en a semblance In tbe Tiraunity, and that, strafe as it may ?m in a democracy, absence of this erest seems to be pretly generally pvalent In the averagu American mmunlty. Such a citizen would have he Town" pr "The Citywhatever sse names may signify when the dy of citizens is eliminated, keep e streets and alleys clean, preserve b public and individual tyealth, ellmite nuisances, make everything In tvn spick and span and satisfactory vbile the citizen sits back and >ks on. 1'1,/v > /?.,I i-CUiin I'n nni) Pnlnf TTn" mpiilgn, organized on the plans of c National Bureau, gives everyone liictliiiig definite to do to help make L'ir hometown beautiful, sanitary and fe. And the campaign's educational duenee should work steadily the nr 'round and year after year, autolticnlly ollniinntlng inqny nuisances used formerly by carelessness or oughtlessness of property owners d tenants, A Suggestion For Our Town. The methods for accomplishing all of w York to Omaha distanced, at 761-2 Miles per hour, by automobile, without changing a Tire. t is 900 miles from New York to Icago. The "Twentieth Century" nited covers these 960 miles lu 20 ins. with five stops for passengers, sides change of locomotives. That an average of about 48 miles per iir, over a nearly perfect roadbed steel rails. On last Tuesday, May 2nd; at the ecpshead Bay Speedway, N. Y., ( lph Mulford drove a Hudson Auto- I ibile 1,520 miles at an average speed 7<: l 'J miles i?or hour. That Is more ! in 50 per cent faster than the 48 le per hour speed of the "Twen- , tli Century" Limited on ua ruuuwa> steel. Mulford made this average tli ten stops for gasolene 11 oil?beating the world's rerd to a frazzle, of course; but the >st significant and Impressive thing out tiiis was the following?Malrord tde 3,520 miles at that prodigious rage of spued without changing a e. Sever in the world's history has such grinding, gruelling pace been inn lulled fur such a huge distance,?more in the 1433 mile distance between w York and Omaha, Neb., equivalent 12 1-2 hours' time for the 000 mile d a nee between New York and ('hide. which is covered by the world woiilieth Century" Limited in 20 urs: not sjieed alone, but average' eel maintained over 1300 miles? thout changing a tire. itreat is the Hudson Super Six; at Silvertown Tires, and great is iilord? (lie Speed-king of Iron nerve il endurance. Without hit: acliieve nt the world's greatest automobile <! tire test might never have found ^h conclusive expression, and witht .Silvertown Cord Tire ondurnnce AINT UP IUOUS CAMPAIGN Our Town a Better Homi f National Bureau w and Keep It ar Round. this suggested by tlie National Burea are well Illustrated by a brief deacrli tlon of the local campaign organlzatioi In St. Louis. With various adaptation tois hi. ixmis pian nas Deen ivuw practicable In any city, no matter ho^ large or small. The entire campaign Is under the dl rectlon of the Continuous St. Loui "Clean Up and Paint Up" Campalgi Committee, of which Charles M. Tal bert, director of streets and sewers, 1 chairman. On this committee are va rlous civic and business leaders, lnclud ing the leading club women of the city Each member of the general commit tee Is chairman of a subcommittee re sponsible for some definite departineu of the campaign's activity. The Dl rector of Streets and Sewers Is chair man of the committee on "Refus Clean-up," the . chief of the Fire De partment Is chairman of the commit tee on fire prevention and the head o the Health Department Is chairmai of the committee on housing reform. A partial list of theee campaign com mitteea, with notation of some of tb< objects of each, follows: Committees For the Work. Street Department?Household wastt permanent plan, Improvement of die tricts which will be center of Interes In coming National Democratic Con ventlon, smooth paving, signs on publl byUdlnga, rubbish boxes. Landscape Gardening ? Ordinances campaign among property owners, yari planting campaign among children. Fire Prevention?Clean up rubbish roofs, condemn shacks that are fin risks. HotUtfng?Insanitary yards, privies tenements, lodging houses, garbage re choc children and Real Estate Exchang( ^CSnthettUing, bird boxes. Flower Boxes?In congested dlstrl tj downtown and opposlto Union Stctlor Unsightly Advertising?Posters o: buildings, "For Rent" signs, ordinance! Appearances of Buildings ? Vacan buildings, painting, lighting of promi nent corners, Street Drinking Fountains? Genera and on downtown corners. Smoke Abatement Publicity?Billboards, posters, stree ears, circulars for children, buttons newspapers, moving pictures. Speakers?On gent rul subject, also o; special phases of campaign. District Organization?Report nu sances, see property owners and urg to clean up aud paint up and plan trees School Children ? Distribution c printed matter, school gardens. Police?Report nuisances, distribut directions for rubbish collections, r< quest co operation of residents. Tbe chairmen of these various con inittces should be the city or tow officials or civic lenders who are mos Interested in the work to be done b, the committee. could never have made such a recor< because the rending, tearing, wearinj gruelling strain of such a speed, fo such a distance, would have wor out several sets of tires of any otbe make, thereby cutting down the avei age speed through tire changes. This is where the two layers of sir ewy cables, or giant cords, anchoret find, in Silvertowu Tires, capable met sure of their strength and endurauci This is where the Black-Rubber treat] of Silvertowu Tires prove their wea; ing qualities, and their lasting coh< sion to the cord structure beneat mem. ijecause me worm s gieuie; sliced records, of 1915-10. would lia\ been impossible without that endui at ice of Silvertown Cord Tire coustriu tion ami tread. These alone eoul have stood up to match the euduranc of the man and the cars capable t taking such speed out of them. 01 serve the roster of other Silvertow Cord achievements. Some previous Silvertown Tire ei durance records. Indianai?olis Race May 31,1915; 500 miles, at 89 1-5 miK per hour average. De Paliua winne >n Silvertown Cord Tires. Chicago Race, June 20, 1915; 5( miles, at 97 3-5 miles per hour averag Resta winner,' on Silvertown Cot Tires. Chicago Race, August 7, 1915; 1C miles, at 100 1-5 miles per hotv? ave age. Resta winner, on Silvertow Cord Tires. Minneni>olis Race, September 4,191i >AA ..ilhu. Aaauah tfltinnt* Qllto town Cord Tiros. Kheepshend Buy. N. Y., October ! into; 350 nilles, at 102 miles per hot average. Anderson winner, on Silve town Cord Tires. Every big automobile race run sint 1014 has been won on Silvertown Cot Tires. Tb? Chronicle now only $1 a year. Swiss Captain Tells Congress of Benefits of Military Training The threefold strenghth of the J Swiss system of obligatory military training is that it provides adequate defense, that it increases the individual's efficiency beyond its cost? 'and that it does not cultivate a mili* taristic spirit in the nation. To give it further light on the system the senate committee on military affairs called as a witness D, Theodore Christen of Cincin-1 nati, a former captain in the Swiss ' citizen army. i "What, if any, effect, does it have | ? upon the efficiency of the man in in-' Q dustrial and commercial life?'" in- j a quired Senator Beckham, d "I think, senator, it has a good v effect," answered Dr. Christen. "A man in the army gets his rating.. An ; army^ if it amounts to anything, Is ' ^ a training school for the individual. j I. If he makes good it is acknowledged: j s if he does not make good he shows 1 i- it. If he does not make good in the { I- array his rating in civilian life is in' ferior considerably." "Does this system interfere much ^ with industrial life injuriously?" I ^ asked Chairman Chamberlain; "that >. is, does it take men out of the busie ness and industrial life and interfere i- with business?" "No, senator, it does not: The f fact that the original training ser11 vice of 67 days is in one year?that h is, the 20th year?and that there? ; after the man has for about seven years only 13 days, lessens what might be an interference." !, Does Jiot Disturb the Industrial i* Fabric. * "It takes him out of industrial life} '* ireally at a time before he begins?" "YeSj before he begins; that is, he }) knows years before that he has to d put aside 67 days in that year, and all the arrangements are made. He is i> not very far advanced at 20 in any e pursuit. If the man is an employe, many employers pay them part of [' their wages. All employers keep their places open. There is really no , hardship, and it does not disturb * jr'.Way ,ti? ?. country." "Does this Swiss system have the ' effect of cultivating an aggresive or 1 offensive military spirit, or is it a " policy which creates a patriotic spirt it and one of defense simply?" asked \. the chairman. "It does not create that spirit of >1 aggresion. I think it curbs it to a certain exeent. A man who has been an actual soldier?that is, has trainit ( ing and seen the effect of weapons and seen the difficulties and dangers a to which a soldier is exposed?loses the desire to expose himself, if he i- does uot have to, to any such danger. e It has a sobering effect^ according to * my knowledge." Compares Swiss Plan With Our National Guard. e Dr. Christen is especially capable y. of comparing the Swiss compulsory system with our American plan of a ' volunteer militia, for he holds an honn orable discharge from the Ohio ua^ tional guard. "I entered that some years ago to - see what it amounts to," he said. "I ^ have seen what it amounts to after J having been a Swiss officer. While the spirit is very good?I want to u speak highly of it?it is inadequate. ^ "It provides for inadequate train^ ing, for absolutely no reserve. These uuits are practically in the air; they ^ are not attached to any division; they j ^re uot attached to any army corps; ' they never see the man who would t eventually lead the whole body of Is them. They have u great many other intrinsic weaknesses which can not e_ be eliminated by the volunteer sys^ tern. The volunteer system, unfortu.j. uately, has inherent weaknesses to which I will not refer." Volunteer Plan Unfair, Says Former Cincinnati Mayor, j Former Mayor Henry T. Hunt of Cincinnati, who immediately followed Dr. Christen, emphasized the chief ' weakness of the volunteer plan. The j u Swiss system, he said, is democratic,: but "the unfairness of the volunteer system must be obvious to any man. s "Why," asked Mr. Hunt, "should I ?. cx?ect another man to voluuucr and r risk his life and expose his family to ( want, while I remain at home and j >0 amass perhaps a fortune, leaving my L> children well off, while his children .,1 perhaps are reduced to poverty? It strikes me that every man who is an ?0 American citizen^ every man who has , r- the right to vote and control or affect n the policies of his government, should "bear his part of its responsibilities; j i; he should be willing, and he should r- be trained to meet whatever may offer. A part of what is sure to offer !), is the aggression of some foreign ir power. r-1 "The volunteer system is really most I 14. * V?^ mnot no f rinHn 1 Uiii.au. xi iui\og tuc iuvoi. |/?u*vv?vi ?e the most intelligent classes of the cont'd munity, the most unseltish, the most enthusiastic, the very blood we ought to try to retain in being, and sends ! them forth, while the indifferent} the j careless and the ignorant remain a home to reduce the efficiency of succeeding generations." I Universal Training Increases National Efficiency. Mr. Hunt dwelt upon the efficiency ! phase of universal training and quot! ed from Henry C. Emery, who was a member of the tariff commission appointed by President Taft, as follows: "The efficiency of factory labor in Germany has been greatly increased < through the military education, and the young men who have been through this military training become much more efficient in later years than they would have been had they not been obliged to take this training." Advocates of compulsory training in this country want the benefits of German discipline without the evils of Prussian militarism. They contend Vl o tVt a DmiicicIa ..ont a t?i*n a?vi Ann n At ui?u cut; x i uaoia (;aaic ojaicm tau uui be propagated in a republic; that German militarism is a product of the Prussian type of absolutism in govern- * rnent and does not spring at ail from ' military training. And in proof of that belief they point to Switz- * .. land, to France and to Australia, and ' * to our own experience when we went conscription in the civil war. v M >* The will of Joshua IV. Ashley makes /* '* his wife his sole heir, lie ieft an estate valued at $40,000 and consisting of 400 acres of laud, iu his life lime he hud given aw ay 2,000 acres of laud to his children, lie carried neither lire nor life insurance. Procrastination is the thief of time ?and the plunder can never be recovered. Men know that they pay high for eperience, but they keep right on buying that commodity regardless of price. No Trace of Pellegra at Epworth Orplumage. Columbia, May 2ti.?"Our unanimous opinion is that there is no pellagra at the Epworth orphanage at the present time," said Joseph Goldberger, ItL D., surgeou, .Uuited States public health service, who hus been iu charge of the dieting of the 225 children in the orphansince the government took 111, . . vlntter, M. D., surgeou, and K. M. Grimm, M. D., past assistant surgeon, United States public health service, who were sent to Columbia by the surgeon general to inspect the conditions at the orphanage. When Dr. Goldberger and W. F. Tanner, M. D., surgeou, began their supervision of food given the children there were more tnuu so cases or pellagra at the orphanage, some advanced and others insipient. "It is not/.' said Dr. Goldberger, "that the children do not get enough to eat or that the food is not wholesome; it is merely that the diet was not balanced. There is no medication, whatever. We have fed them principally on milk, lean meat and cowpeas, and given them less starchy, cereal and sweet foods. "it should be clearly understood that the children are not cured for the rest of their lives, for an unbalanced diet will bring the pellagra back." Louisiana Fist Artists Forced to Cough L'p iu Court. Baton Kouge, La., May 25.?Adjutant General McNeese nnd A. D. Stewart, prominent New Orleans hotel men, each paid a $15 tine in the city court today for their prearranged list light on the capitol lawn yesterday, which they designated as "an affair of honor." Judge Odom, in imposing the fines, said: "Personally I approve of this method of settling a difficulty between gentlemen, but it is Hv.-iiusi the ia?- anu I will have to fine you." Still lias Lion Heart. Havre. May 25?The German authorities have offered to allow Gen. Leman. the defender of Leige, to go to Switzerland, according to news received here. Because the pertnissioil was granted on the ground of his ill health aud age, the general rejected the offer, saving that he did not wish to admit that he was unfit to fight lor his country. President Washington, .May JO.?President Wilson today issued a proclamation calliug upon the people of tlio United States to celebrate Flag Day, June 14, with patriotic exercises, giving expression to "our thoughtful love of America." The president declared that the people should rededicate 'themselves for an America which no man can corrupt, no influence draw away from its ideals, no force divide against itself." * ^ Prominent Charleston Merchant Pass* es Away. Charleston, S. C., May 30.?Otto Tiedeman, a wealthy wholesale merchant, widely known to the trade, died Monday afternoon in the 96th year of his age. lie came to Charleston from Brentcrhaven, Germany, In 1838. He is survived by five children, one of li'hnm 5a Conrora W TMoHoman fnrmer mayor of Savannah.