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TELLS HOUSE SIMS
SHOULD BE OUSTED
BYRNES CHARGES HE ENDANGERS
PEACE TO GRATIFY SPITE.
Calls His Figures False.
British, as Well as Americans, He
Says, Resent Flattery by Slander
of Our Army and Navy.
The following is from the New
York Times of January 28, under
a Washington date line:
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Admiral Sims was sharply
criticised in the house of representatives
today for his offi
cial acts and his recent outburst
against the navy, by Representative
James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina.
Mr. Byrnes reviewed some of Admiral
Sim's statements to him and others,
called him an anglophile, accused him
of making false statements, and in1
sisted that if he had been told by a
superior officer that "this country
would as soon fight England as Germany,"
by his divulging this conversation
he deserved the condemnation
of every American and a dishonorable
discharge from the navy.
Mr. Byrnes's speech was interpreted
by some to be the Administration
reply to Admiral Sims's recent assertions.
The speech was frequently
cheered, not only by Democrats,
hut by Republicans, especially the remark
that thes most deadly peril Admiral
Sims had faced during the war
was the "dining tables of London."
When Mr. Byrnes concluded his re- *
view of the doings of Admiral Sims
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him and Admiral Wilson, and called
for his "dishonorable discharge from
the navy," the house cheered. .
r- "Admiral Sims wrote a book on the j
war," said Mr. Byrnes. "Read that
hook, and you will clearly see that the
Admiral has convinced himself that
he, and he alone, won the war. But
while this book was gratifying to his
vanity and the remuneration satisfactory
to his pocketbook, still it was
not sensational enough to win the
publicity for which he ever yearns.
"He therefore determined to spend
his declining years writing letters explaining
that his superior officers
were all at fault and that he had won
the war in spite of them.
"While the men of the navy, many
of wheftn had braved the perils of the
sea, were praising it, Admiral Sims,
who faced nothing more deadly than
the dining tables of London, began on
Dec. 17 the greatest battle of his career?the
Battle of the Medals.
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"He declared that the duties of the
men at sea must always he secondary
- in importance to the service of those
ashore who direct the operations. It
"was not surprising that Admiral Sims
; did not accept a medal from the Navy
Department. Having been decorated *
by the British Admiralty, no decoration
of the United States Government
? , -could have, any attraction for this
distinguished Admiral, who long
since justly won the title of the best
. British Admiral in the American
Navy.
"Sims was born in Canada under
the British flag and seems unable to
get over it.
"The admonition that Sims received
'not to let the British pull the
Wool over your eyes,' shows that he
could not be trusted. He must be
made to say who gave him the admonition
he alleges he received.
"If he now cared so little about
violating the confidential instructions
of his superior officers, does any man
believe that he has not long since told
officials of the British Government
that he received this admonition
when he left for Europe?
"I confidently believe that in all
the army and navy there is no other
officer who cares so little for the country
that has honored him that he
would endanger the peace of the nation
in order to-gratify his personal
spite.
"Sims not only belittled the
achievements of the navy of the
United States, but slandered the
army. I charge that he made false
statements as to both.
"Sims was so busy fighting the war
over the dining tables of London that
he did not know ho-w many ships he
had under his command, or else,
knowing the facts, he willfully misrepresented
them in order to pay tribute
to the British navy and belittle
the work of the Americans.
"Our navy needs no defense at my
hands. Mr. Daniels may have made
many mistakes, but his greatest mis
HOUSE REJECTION ADOPTED.
Final Action Deferred on Labor Bill.
Counties Ask for Bond Issues.
Columbia, Jan. 29.?Woman suffrage
had two additional body blows ,
today. The result was the same. At
no time was the Susan B. Anthony
amendment able to register more
than four votes in its favor. Senators
Duncan, Christensen, Shelor and
Walker were the only steadfast advocates
of woman suffrage. First the
senate adopted the house rejection
resolution by a vote of 26 to 4. Later
on it passed the Williams companion
rejection resolution. Senators Wharton
and Young voted against woman
suffrage in today's roll-call.
This action apparently disposes of
woman suffrage at the present session.
take was the appointment of Sims.
But the judgment of Daniels cannot
rest on a single appointment. Benson
as rhief nf oDerations: Mavo. as
commander in chief of the Atlantic
Fleet; Wilson, in France; Gleaves,
convoying our troops; Hugh Rodman,
with the Grand Fleet; Niblack; in the
Mediterranean; Strauss, Dunn, Andrews,
and the others who serveci
abroad with Palmer, Earle, Griffin,
McGowan, Parks, and Braisted, in
the department, unlike Sims, have no
press agents.
"They ask only the opportunity to
serve their country, but they made
the navy a fighting force of which
every American is proud. The breath
of scandal has not touched the Navy
Department, either in organization
or demobilization.
"While Sims is fighting 'the battle
of the medals,' let me say that the
navy in this war so conducted itself
that the uniform of the American
sailors today is the emblem of bravery
and efficiency of which every
American is proud.
Charged Transport Failure.
"While in Paris, on Oct. 30, 1918,
Admiral Sims told Representatives
Glass, of Virginia, Whaley, of South
Carolina, and me that the armistice
asked for by the enemy would have
to be granted becauSe of the failure
of Pershing to break through the
German ranks, due to tne disastrous
breakdown in transportation behind
the American lines," added Mr. I
Byrnes. "With pathos in his voice
he pictured this failure of the army 1
at a critical moment. We visited the
headquarters of the service of supplies
and found that only a few days
previous Pershing had written the S.
O. S., congratulating them upon their
wonderful work in supplying the
forces in the field. His statement was
false and for his inexcusable slander
he must answer to the American
doughboy.
"He not only libelled the army but
he deprecated the work of the navy.
The London Times of Oct. 11, 1918,
quoted Sims as having stated the dayprevious
at a luncheon at the Criterion
Restaurant, that: 'Another idea ;
was sometimes in the American mind,
that the American navy had been doing
the bulk of the business over here,
at least a half. That was not correct.
Ther? were about 5,000 anti-submarine
craft operating day and night,
and the American craft number 100,
or 3 per cent. The figures were
about the same in the Mediterranean.
Again Americans seemed to regard
it as a miracle of their navy that they
had got a million and a half troops
here in a few months and had protected
them on the way. We didr't
do that,' said Admiral Sims. 'Great
Britain did. She brought over twothirds
of them and escorted one-half.
We escorted only one-third of the
merchant vessels that came here.'
"This same speech he made day
after day. He made it to us in Paris
rnd again when we saw him in London.
It was false from beginning to
end. Records of his office show that
instead of there being 5,000 anti-submarine
craft engaged there were not
more than 2,000 that could properly
be so described. He counted every
English bottom afloat in order to
decrease the percentage of American
craft.
"Instead of our having only 100
vessels, he had under his command
on that day 323 vessels and on Nov.
11 there were in foreign waters 373
United States vessels, 262 of them
being engaged in submarine operations.
Sims was so busy fighting the
war over the dining tables of London
that he did not know how many ves~
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"His statement that we had transported
only one-third of our troops
was false. Department records show
that we transported 4 6.25 per cent,
of our troops in United States vessels.
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APPROPRIATION AND i
GOOD ROADS BILLS
$10,000 IF NECESSARY FOR "FLU"
EPIDEMIC.
Remaining Big Measures.
Dissatisfaction Among Many Regarding
Highway Provisions
Is Heard.
Columbia, Feb. 8.?The commencement
of the fifth week of the assembly
sees practically all statewide
measures of real import decided upon
or passed, with the exception of improved
highway legislation and the
general appropriation bills. The good
roads bill written by the select legislative
committee will be introduced I
the first part of this week and there
is not much likelihood of the finance
measure being completed before next
week.
The general consensus of opinion j
among those conversant with the I
methods and the work of the General j
Assembly is that it will run at least |
one week over its alloted forty days j
adjourning sine die probabfr Feb-1
ruary 28. It was hoped that the ways j
and means committee, having the report
of the budget commission before
it, would work fast this year and introduce
the appropriations measure
early, but this was a vain hope. The
excuse for delay given by the house
finance body is that its deliberations!,
have been halted and delayed by the
freq,uent prolonged recesses .of the
general assembly.
The real work on fuiancial legisla
ill 1 i- 1 J fkin
liuii win nave iu ue tiuiuuipiiaucu liuo
week, and the way has been made
clear for this by a resolution of the
ways and means committee, adopted
last week, not to hold any more hearings.
It appears now that the house
will adopt the ways and means bill
sometime next week, but only after
debate, unless there are changes in
some of the recommendations of the
budget commission, which are not altogether
agreeable to certain of the
members of the house. There seems
to be the usual disposition to curtail
appropriations which come up each
election year; those members desiring
reeelection do not want to go before
the people with a heavy levy staring
them in the face, regardless of the
urgent necessity of larger appropriations.
Good Roads Measure.
There appears to be some dissatisfaction
with the bill prepared by the
select highway committee among the
friends of a real state highway system,
which they claim this bill does
not provide for/ On the face of the
measure, with its tonnage tax on motor-driven
vehicles and two-mill property
levy, they say, large additional
revenue is provided for road construction,
but in reality there is a very
small increase in funds. The coun-1
ties are allowed to use the money
from the levy for the payment of interest
and the. taking up of principal
on good roads bonds, and practically
all the counties have or will have issues
for improved highways, they
claim, and this is but another method
of financing these bonds. The new
method of licensing motor-driven vehicles,
they aver, will give some additional
revenue, but not sufficient
for an adequate highway system*.
They are bold to admit that they consider
the present law superior to the
select committee bill.
Despite these objections, however,
it is probable that the measure as
drafted will be passed with possible
amendments. It is a compromise of
the various views held on highways in
the General Assembly, and will meet
the desires of the majority of the
members. It is not likely that there
will be serious opposition to it, as
the advocates of a hard-surfaced
state highway system realize tnat
tliey cannot get their wants this session.
This legislation all admit is
temporary, and is merely a nucleus
for a more advanced bill in the future.
The select committee is receiving a i
deal of praise for its expeditious (
work. It had.a hard task before it I
to reconcile the difference of the va- J
rious proposals and to bring in a bill
a.s a wrecking basis wlr'ch would be at
all likely of being accepted. Those;
who are not enthusiastic over the
present bill realize that the com-;
mittee did a conscientious piece of
work.
Another matter of large interest to j
come up in the house this week is
the dispos'tion of the concurrent reso-i
lution putting the members on rec-:
ord as to an appropriation of $150,- i
PLAN FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
Session at Orangeburg to Begin About
June 15.
The Bamberg, Barnwell and
Orangeburg county boards of education
held a joint meeting at Bamberg
Thursday for the purpose of arranging
plans for their summer school,
held every year at Orangeburg, in connection
with the state normal training
class located there, under the direction
of Mrs. W. D. Rice.
It was the unanimous opinion of
these boards that trained teachers
are needed more than ever before,
and to this end it was decided that
teachers should be given aid in attending
this summer school. It was
also decided that all near-by counties
should be invited to come in and
make this school a great factor in
training teachers for the schools of
lower South Carolina.
The personnel of the faculty and
the course of study was left for future
arrangements. It was decided
that the school would begin about the
middle of June.
To Open Vulcanizing Plant.
Courtney Brothers have secured
one of the store rooms in Mr. B. F.
Free's new building on Railroad avenue,
and will open on the 15th of
March a modern vulcanizing and tire
repair shop. These young men are!
experienced in the business, having
only recently returned from Akron,
Ohio, where they were empolyed for
some time in the factory of the
Goodyear Tire Company, and previous
to this they had taken a special course
in their line of business at a training
school in Akron.
Box paper at less than wholesale
prices at Herald Book Store.
000 to be expended under the direction
of the extension department of
Clehason College in efforts being made
to counteract the effects of the boll
weevil. The senate adopted this resolution
week before last without a dis?
seating vote, and it went to the houst.
the first of last week and was referred
to the ways and means committee,
where so far it has remained.
There is much opposition to the adoption
of the resolution, both in the
ways and means committee and
among the members of the house. It
is probable that the committee desires
to feel the pulse of the farmer before
it reports the resolution, and it is assumed
that is why it has been laid
in committee so long. The mslin opposition
to the resolution comes from
farmers in the house, who are suspicious
of the proposal to send experts
among the farmers to instruct
them on crop diversification.
The house Friday adopted a concurrent
resolution empowering the
borrowing of $10,000, if so much be
needed, to be used by the state board
of health in its campaign against the
influenza epidemic. The resolution
will be sent to the senate when it
convenes Monday night.
A bill which has created a deal of
interest is that of Dr. Barnwell, of
Charleston, providing for a board of
medical examiners to be appointed by
the Governor on the recommendation
of the South Carolina Medical Society.
The main opposition to the bill is that
it has no osteopaths, dentists, etc.,
among the personal of the board,
their contention being that these are
a part of the medical profession and
should be given representation. The
bill comes up as a special order Monday
night, after being recommitted on
a test vote last week.
Absent Voters.
An important bill on the calendars
of both houses is that providing for
absent voters to cast their ballots by
mail. This is to protect the hundreds
nf railroad men and traveling men
who are compelled by the exigencies
of their positions to be absent from
the precincts on election days.
The senate has passed the Ridgell
bill providing for a state administration
building to cost $500,000, and it
has been sent to the house and referred
to the ways and means committee.
There was a large majority of
the senate in favor of the building,
but it is probable that it will not
have such easy progress in the lower
body.
Among the important bills which
proDaDly will oe passea Derore ine
end of the session, one which Governor
Cooper has stressed the need
of, is that for the enlargement of the
powers of the South Carolina public
service commission. An administration
measure has been introduced and
has been presented to the house byMr.
Mears, of Fairfield. A similar
measure has been prepared by the
public utilities operators in South
Carolina and will be introduced this
week it is thought.
EPIDEMIC FOUND
IN MILDER FORM
INFLUENZA IN SOUTH NOT GAINING
GROUND.
Reports By States.
Public Health Service Notes Increase
In Only Few Centers.?Low
?- Death Rate.
Washington, Feb. 7.?While a review
of the influenza situation tonight
showed numerous cases of the malady
in the principal cities of the
South, health officials declared there
was nothing to indicate that an epidemic
of serious proportions was in
prospect. Reports today to the public
health service from 25 states in
dicated the epidemic was at a standstill
in most communities and that
new cases showed a decline in others.
Only in few centers in the South was
an increase noted.
Health officials agree that the malady
is of a very mild form, the low
death rate directly attributable to it
being pointed to as the basis for this
assertion. The greater number of the
fatalities incident to the present outbreaks
have resulted from pneumonia
developed while convalescing and this
is stressed by officials in urging that
patients be extremely careful during
that period and take all precautions
against contracting cold.
A resume of conditions as reported
tonight from various Southern cities
follows:
Montgomery: Few cases. No repressive
measure yet necessary.
Roanoke: One death from pneumonia,
105 new cases of influenza.
Peak of epidemic indicated.
New Orleans: No deaths, 91 new
cases in city, 114 new cases in state.
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ing. Schools and the theatres closed.
Church services and public gatherings
curtailed.
Atlanta: Four deaths, 463 new
cases. Street cars ordered ventilated.
Nashville: Two deaths. Twentynine
new cases during week. Street
cars ordered ventilated.
^ Mobile: New cases 135, highest
for any one day since outbreak. No
repressive measures.
Birmingham: Few cases. Repressive
measures removed.
Chattanooga: New coses, 17;
health authorities consider situation
does not warrant repressive measures.
Raleigh: Slight increase in new
cases. Theatres, churches, schools
and other public gathering places
ordered closed for ten days.
Charlotte: Situation not alarming
but schools ordered closed next week.
* Asheville: Two deaths, 70 new
cases. Public gatherings restricted.
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Honor Roll Olar School.
Following is the honor roll of the
Olar high-graded school for the
month of February, the first name in
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eacn graae Demg Buimeu iu mou uuu
ors: '
First grade?Grace Kearse, Irene
Chitty, Florence Sanders, Willis
Creech, Juanita Morris, Alpha Lee
Lewhern, Mildred Morris, Callie Tyler.
Advanced first grade?Florence
Sanders, Daisy Ayer, Cornelius Laird,
Sara Pearlstin.
Second grade?Lois Sanders, Aylmer
Morris, Jewel Morris, Merdrue
Creech, Gertrude Morris, Lois Creech,
Baldwin Kease, Ethel Hightower.
Third grade?Durward Cooke, Eunice
Morris, Maude Ayer, Henry Homer
Kearse, Eugene Creech, Malcolm
Drawdv, Lee Hightower.
Fourth grade?Helen Ritter, Pau
line Peeler, Alva Morris, Willie Cave,
Naomi Fail, Irene Laird, Ruth Sanders,
Attie Lee Milhouse, Florrie Sanders.
Fifth grade?Jerard Ritter, Jack
Harris, Walter Brabham, Henry
Kearse, Austin Wiegand, Asbury
Kirkland.
Sixth grade?Louise Kearse, W11ma
Morris, Lucille Wiegand, Esther
Sanders, Teddy Bennett, Ally Gray,
Willie Delle Hightower, Hazel Ritter,
Jeston Harrison.
Seventh grade?Birdie Sanders,
Edna Proveaux, Blanche Brabham,
Clester Morris, Williard Barker, Cleo
Creech, Carrie Belle McCormack, Jink
Lynes.
Ninth grade?Juanita Neeley, Inez
Kirkland, Maude Morris.
Eighth grade?Mildred Cooke,
Myrtle Barker, Freda Creech, Susie
Creech, Urban Milhouse.
Tenth grade?Edna Thain, Cove
Barker, Girlie Barker.
THE "WHOLESALE" DISTRICT.
Section About B., E. & W. Developing
Rapidly in Industries.
If anyone doubts that Bamberg is
a fast growing town, that person
should pay a visit every few weeks to
the "wholesale" district. For the
benefit of those Bamberg people who
have never heard of the wholesale
district, we will state that it is located
about B., E. & W. railroad terminal.
One now visiting this section
who has not walked out that way in
some weeks w.ould doubtless be surprised
at the activities going on there.
Within the past year a number of
new buildings have gone up in this
section, and more are to be built.
It is safe to predict that Bamberg
will soon have an industrial section
that will riVal that of any of the
larger cities hereabouts.
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Right , on the corner opposite the
B., E. & W. station is located the
warehouse and offices of the Bamberg
Wholsesale Grocery company.
This industry was organized last fall,
and has grown in even these few
months to a business of large dimensions.
The warehouse cbntains several
thousand feet of floor space, and
the building is full of merchandise.
A short distance from this concern
is located the temporary warehouse
of the Bamberg Lumber company,
an industry that has just begun
operation under the management
of Mr. S. A. Gardner, an experienced
lumber man. Within the near future
this concern will erect its own lumber
yard here.
Adjoining this is the Denbow Tobacco
Warehouse, which was built
last year, containing thousands of
feet of floor space. At present the
warehouse is stocked with cotton, but
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the cotton will be removed before the
tobacco season opens. The tobacco
warehouse will be perated by Mr. J.
Li. Knight, or KentucKy, wno owns a
string of similar warehouses throughout
the tobacco belt.
Just in the rear of the tobacco
warehouse is the new plant of the
Chero-cola Bottling company. This
building was erected during the fall,
and is modern throughout. The
Chero-cola company has grown into
one of the city's important industrial
concerns since its location here a few
years ago, and the old quarters on
Main street were found to be entirely
inadequate to the demands of the
plant.
Adjoining the Denbow warehouse
is the lot recently purchased by the /
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse com- N j
pany, and the lot is now being cleared
preparatory to the erection of a
tobacco warehouse there. For the
past few years Mr. J. H. Dixon has
been operating his saw mill on this
lot.
Just across the railroad from the
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse lot is
the Farmers Ginning company, one
of the biggest ginneries in this sec?
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tion. Tills concern aiso operates iuq
flour mill, and is an important asset
to the town.
The Bamberg Bottling company
has just erected its plant a short distance
from the Farmers Ginning company,
and is now ready for operation.
. The plant has been installed at a
cost of several thousand dollars, and
is one of the most modern establishments
In the state.
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As a further asset to this section,
Mr. B. F. Free is erecting several
stores across the street from the ginnery,
and these will be ready for ocu- *
pancy in the next few weeks.
Mr. J. L. Knight and associates
have recently purchased, also, a tract
of land on the B., E. & W., from Mr.
S. W. Sandifer, and it is understood
that some time in the near future a
third tobacco warehouse will be lo- cated
on this land.
Colston Clippings.
Colston, Feb. 10.?Mrs Copeland
Zeigler spent the week-end at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McMillan.
Miss Pearle Hutson spent Saturday x
night and Sunday in the Springfield
section with friends.
Miss Dora McMillan visited her
sister, Miss Cora McMillan, Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Williams, of
Norway, visited friends and relatives
here last week.
Miss Belle Nickles spent Saturday
in Cope.
Miss Aileen Hutto and Mr. Leighton
Kinard, of Bamberg, spent Saturday
night and Sunday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Isham Goodwin.
Miss Evie Kirkland dined with Mrs.
Joe Beard Sunday.
Miss Alice Pate is at home here
from Winthrop college, Rock Hill.
Waterman Fountain Pens always
' at Herald Book Store.
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