The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 29, 1907, Image 5
CITY COUXCLL MEETLXG.
Dog License Ordinance Passed-Sew?
erage Commission Makes Report
Complaint From Geo. F. Epperson
City Council held a regular meet
mg at 6 o'clock p. m. Wednesday.
Present-Aldermen R. F. Hayns
worth, presiding; H. D. Barnett, J. H.
Chandler, E. H. Rhame, R. K. Wilder
and R. L. Wright.
Absent-Mayor W. B. Boyle, Alder?
men H. C. Haynsworth and P. P.
Finn.
Minutes of the 8th and 10th instant
were read and approved.
A letter was read from Mr. J. F.
Reid thanking council for his reap?
pointment as cotton weigher.
A letter- was received from Mr. J.
J>. Smithdeal stating that he had exe?
cuted a new bond as lessee of the
Opera House, aid forwarded to Mr.
Geo. D. Levy? who is absent from the
city today.
The following ordinances were read
for the second times, adopted and or?
dered published ,(1) "An Ordinance
requiring unused open wells to be fill?
ed or covered," (2) "An Ordinanace
requiring dogs to be registered and
to wear badges, and forbidding cer?
tain dogs to go at large."
Mr. Barnett, for the finance com?
mittee, reported that claims referred j
to them had all been approved. In
refereuce to the letter from Mr. X. M.
Salley suggesting action by council in
regard to the valuation of railroad
trackage in cities and townsto the end
. that they shall be assessed at higher
rates than in country districts, the
committee stated that they had con?
sidered the question, and did not
think favorably of the suggestion, and
-would advise that no action be taken.
The report was adopted.
Mr. Chandler, for the committee of
pnblic works, reported that they have
not been able to do any work on Sar?
atoga branch for lack of a surveyor,
bat will proceed as soon as a surveyor
can be employed. They were not pre
isared to report on the Phillips savan?
na drainag? and requested further
time, which was granted. Drains
bad been laid on Hampton avenue,
but nothing done with the Richard?
son lot.
Mr. E. H. Rhame, for the special
committee, reported in reference to
.stable licenses as follows: "Tour com
-^mixtee appointed to consider the re?
quest of stable men with reference to
reduction of license covering their
line of business, beg to report. We
have carefully gone over the situation
and given the matter considerable
thought and discussion, and have
reached the conclusion that it- would
be unwise at this time to make . any
alterations in the license ordinance,
hut would suggest that '. i framing
our ordinance for another year this
license be taken up and adjusted."
The report was adopted.
Mr. Haynsworth, as chairman of
the sewerage commission, reported
that the commissioners had visited
Florida cities to study sewerage con?
struction in flat towns like Sumter,
and had been very favorably impress?
ed with work done by Mr. W. W.
Lyon, engineer, on these systems. He
further stated that Mr. Lyon had bee*?
highly recommended by the people of
several cities, and the commission had
concluded to employ Mr. Lyon on a
^commission of 5 per cent., subject to
approval of council. This action of the
commission was approved by unani?
mous vote, and they were commend?
ed for their careful investigation and
conclusions.
Complaint was made through Mr.
Chandler, by Mr. Geo. F. Epperson,
that the city has been buying coal for
waterworks at higher prices than he
could offer, without allowing him an
opportunity to bid. The complaint
was referred to the commissioners of
public works, as council has no con?
trol of the matter presented.
The following claims were refer?
red to the finance committee:
Geo. D. Shore & Bro.$^2.00
Sumter Machinen.- Co. 11.70
Council then adjourned.
WORXIXG FOR SUMTER.
Member* of Council and Chamber of
Commerce Confer With Congress?
man Lever.
A joint meeting of the City Council
and officers and committeemen of the
Chamber of Commerce was held in
the council chamber Tuesday after?
noon at 5.30 o'clock f >v the purpose
of consulting with Congressman A.
F. Lever in reference'to the appropri?
ation for the postoffice and the ap?
propriation for a monument to Gen.
Sumter, which it is proposed to erect
rn this city.
Mayor Boyle presided and Mr. E.
I. Reardon acted as secretary.
President R. I. Manning of the
Chamber of Commerce stated the ob?
ject of the meeting and outlined ?
briefly what the people of Sumter de?
sire Mr. Lever to obtain from eon- j
gress in the way of appropriations for
this city.
Mr. Lever stated what he hoped to j
accomplish along this line and what ;
assistance in the way of statistics and j
other information it would be neces- I
gary for the Citv Council and Cham- j
I
ber of Commerce to furnish him to ;
enable him to make a full and con
vincing presentation of the case in
Sumter's behalf. He made it per?
fectly clear that there is no positive
assurance that he will be able to ob?
tain from congress all that Sumter
asks, but fc-aid there was a fighting
chance and he would use his very
best efforts to succeed.
In respect to the appropriation for
tlie Sumter monument he said that he
felt more confident of success than he
had at any time since he began work?
ing for the appropriation when he
first entered congress. He believes
that the next time there is a bill car?
rying appropriations for monuments
the Sumter monument will be on the
list.
It was agreed that the statistics
and other information asked for by
Mr Lever should, be compiled and
sent to him when needed.
On motion of Mr. Geo. D. Shore a
resolution was adopted requesting
City Council to have a census of the
city taken in the early fall.
There was an informal discussion
of several phases of the matters be?
fore the meetin, in which Messrs. j
O'Donnell, S. H. Edmunds and others
participated. * !
DISC?SSLNG AGREEMENT FLAX.
A Hot Debate in Presbyterian General
Assembly-Hon. T. B. Fraser Talks.
Birmingham, Ala., May 21.-The
articles of agreement took up the
greater part of two business sessions
of the Southern Presbyterian general
assembly to das*, closing the five hours
allotted to the debaters on each side
with exhaustive addresses. The ques?
tion is the order for all of tomorrow
and it is hoped that by night will be
reached.
W. S. Fl?ming, of Columbia, Tenn.,
opened the debate against the adop?
tion of the articles and was followed
by Egbert TV. Smith, of louisville,
Ky. He said the arguments against
the articles were based on unconsti?
tutionality coming from suspicion of
the Northern church, from self-com?
placency and from fear, all of which
were in his opinion unwarranted, as
he believed the Northern church safe
and sane and more advanced in many
matters than the Southern.
T. B. Fraser, from Harmony pres?
bytery, said that the question was
one of life or death of the church of
the living God, and closing dramati?
cally crushed the copy of the articles
which heh eld in his hand and Hung
it to the floor.
S. W. "William Alexander, of New
Orleans, who was a member of the
Charlotte conference which drew up
.the articles claimed that his purpose
in-favoring adoption was that the ar?
ticles would erect a barrier, close the
draw-bridge between the Southern
church and orgavic union; that as
long as the articles are in force no
union with churches would be possi?
ble and added: *T consider organic
union a crime until we have light."
. Dr. Hussen Cecil, of Richmond, Va.,
based his arguments upon the ground
that the articles are absolutely use- I
less and needless so far as bringing
about the desired purpose of unity
and co-operation is concerned, since
the Fan-Presbyterian alliance fills
that function already. He said the
articles are dangerous because indef?
inite, a mere non-descript born into
the world, dangerous because they
tend to form entanglements which
might result in organic union.
In discussing organic union he said
the Northern church is divided into
two parties, a comprehensive party,
which wants a big church, and is
loose in the confession of faith, and a
conservative party which wants union
with the Southern church in order to
strengthen its ranks. For these rea?
sons he did not believe that the
Southern church could ever unite
with the Northern church and con?
tinue to be loyal to the Calvanistic
dictrines of its faith.
Allen G. Kail, of the Vanderbilt
university very minutely described the
constitutionality of the articles, claim?
ing tha: the constitution authorized
their adoption.
PRESBYTERIANS AGREE TO CLO?
SER UNITY.
Bj a Narrow Margain Adopt Articles
of Agreement-Sessions Extremely
Exciting.
Birmingham, Ala., May 23.-Ey a
vote of 94 to 96. the genei'al assembly
cf the Southern Presbyterian church
today voted in favor of adopting the
Charlotte articles of agreement. This
result was reached only after one of
the most heated discussions in the
history of the church and a historical
scene was enacted as the assembly
placed the church on record as favor?
ing closer unity with other churches
holding the Presbyterian form of wor?
ship.
It is the younger men of the church
who have achieved this result, th'"'
older commissioners being for the
most part in opposition. The vote on
the adoption of the articles was taken
shortly after noon and the closeness
of the final count shows how badly
divided the assembly was on the ques?
tion. When first announced, the re?
sult was 95 for and 95 against. Al?
bert Motoy, of Indian Territory, stat?
ed that he had voted under a misap?
prehension and asked leave to change
his vote from no to yes. John W.
I Faxon, of Chattanooga, explained his
vote, saying that he could not vote to
place the church of his fathers in the
hands of strangers, even though his
presbytery wished it. He therefore
voted no.
By the adoption of the Charlotte
articles today the Southern Presbyte?
rian church agrees to enter a council
of reformed churches. The council
will be made up of representatives of
all the churches holding the Presbyte?
rian system and can make recom?
mendations to the general assemblies
by which it was created, but will have
no legislative power. It is the inten?
tion, however, to let the council work
out a general plan for home and for?
eign missionary work, so that the
churches will work in harmony and
not in conflict, as has been the case
in the past.
At the afternoon session arguments
were heard in favor of Houston, Tex.,
and Louisville, Ky., as the meeting
place for the next general assembly.
The commissioners are already begin?
ning to leave the city as the disposi?
tion of the articles of agreement re?
moves the most important subject
that was before the assembly for con
hid eration.
Greensboro, X. C., was chosen over
Louisville by a vote of 90 to S 2 as the
place for holding the next general as?
sembly.
Tonight's session was devoted al?
most entirely to consideration of for?
eign mission work and the as?
sembly formally recommended that
? ?
the churches raise $1,000,000 for this
work during the coming year.
A committee was named to nomi
nate the 12 men who shall first rep?
resent the Southern Presbyterian
church in the proposed council to be
created in accordance with the
Charlotte articles of agreement.
PRESBYTERIAN" ASSEMBLY EXDS
Meeting Dissolved and the Delegates
Go Home-Polgamy in the Foreign
Fields Discussed.
Birmingham; Ala., May 24.-Mode?
rator J. R. Howerton dissolved the
forty-seventh General Assembly of
the Southern Presbyterian Church at
half-past 5 o'clock this afternoon, and
with the singing of "Blessed be the
Tie That Binds" and the pronouncing
of the benediction a memorable ses?
sion of the body went down into his?
tory.
The commissioners are leaving for
their homes on every train tonight. A
few of them will remain in the dis?
trict over Sunday and will occuppy lo?
cal pulpits.
Today was taken up for the most
prit with overtures on various sub?
jects. One of the most interesting
brought up was that which had to do
with polygamy in the foreign fields.
The Assembly reasserted its position
taken in 1906, which leaves the ques?
tion as to whether men with plural
wives shall be taken into the church
largely at the discretion of the mis?
sionary, although the church places
itself on record as unalterably op?
posed to polygamy. The missionaries
are instructed to do everything in
their power to break up the practice
in the fields in which they are at
work.
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Greenville. 001 005 OOO-6
Sumter.100 102 201-7
Summary: Two-base hits, Wagnon,
Reinhardt, Lindsay 2.-First base on
balls, Laval 3; Drumm 3. Struck out,
Laval 3, Drumm 6. Hits, off Laval 8;
off Drumm 7. Sacrifice hits, Laval,
Lindsay, Springs. Stolen bases,
Wynne 2, McLaurin, Shaver, Laval,
Reinhardt, Gilmore. Time of game,
i.;35. Umpire, McGrath. Scorer, Dar?
gan.
Anderson Lost Again.
Anderson. May ' 23.-Weak box
work and lack of team work cost An?
derson the game this afternoon. The
game started off well, neither team
scoring until the fourth inning.
About 1,200 persons witnessed the
game, and many fans are sore tonight
over the Anderson team but several
new players arrived tonight and the
city will hereafter be better repre?
sented.
Darlington. 000 231 110- S
Anderson.000 000 020-2
Four in Succession.
Orangeburg. Maj- 23.-Today's
game was the prettie.-t played here so
far and a better game than the error
cobar: n makes it appear. Th<> ground?
arc in b?.d c~'U?*:r:on. both infield an-cl
out fiel:", and ir ore than oh? -.rror war
made by the players" inability to ow
?r rough spots.
Orangeburg.001 0C?: 0?*- S
Spartanburg. 000 110 000-2
Greenville, May 24.-In a beautiful
game this afternoon Sumter won from
.Greenville. Greenville was charged up
with one single error, while Sumter
made only two. Greenville was a lit
ile off in batting this afternoon, which
'.- unusual for the home team, who
re generally heavy hitters.
Armstrong, for Greenville, and
Richardson, f<>r the Game Cocks, both
pitched good games. On tho whole
the exhibition was of the first class ,
order, and while the local fans would
lia ve bern better pleased had the
-core been reversed, they are not
kicking.
The score:
Greenville.000 010 ono-1
Sumter.000 100 001-2"
SATURDAY'S GAME.
Hie Game Cocks Lost in a Fine Exhi?
bition of Ball Playing-Score Three
to One.
Greenville, May 25.-After taking
the first two games of the series from
the locals in major league style, the
Game Cocks lost here today in a
plucky fight, score 3 to 1.
The score by innings:
Greenville.0S0 000 000-3
Sumter.000 001 000-1?
SOFTER SHUT OFT ORAXGEBURG
TS FIRST DEFEAT OF SEASON.
Flushed with six successive vic?
tories, the Edistoes trotted out on a
foreign demand Monday for the
first contest away from home expec?
tant and confident of victory. A large
contingent of rooters for the visitors
had seats on the grand stand, and
applauded the boys heartily as they
went to the field for practice.
At 5 o'clock Umpire McGrath an?
nounced the batteries for the game,
and while the Second Regiment Band
played "Dixie" and the 1,250 rooters
cheered lustily, Maj-or W. B. Boyle
threw the first ball over the plate, and
the game was on.
The decided and very conspicuous
features of the game were the battery
work for Sumter and the heavy bat?
ting and fine base running of Allison.
Tribble, the big southpaw, had every?
thing. The reputed heavy hitters of
the Orangeburg team could do noth?
ing with his delivery, as is evidenced
by the fact that there were 19 assists
to iirst base. Stephens, though in
peor condition, caught a beautiful
:?n;e. and is easily the best back stop
ia the league. If Allison keeps np his
.".n^ stick work and heady running of
';ases. he will break up many a good
r;-:ae before the season is over. All
the other Game Cocks played bril?
liant ball, every man on tlte team was
a star, and they all deserve equal
credit for the victory.
Cook and Beusse did the best work
for the visitors.
Following is the line-up:
Orangeburg-Rickard, rf.; MoXin
zey, 2b.; Smith, lb.; Tiedman cf.:
: ;: sse. cf.: Cook, ob.; Glaze, rf.;
Connelly, ss.; Stowers, p.
Sumter-Hill, 3b.; Wynne, 2b.;
Gunter, If.; MeLaurin, rf.; Lindsay,
ss.; Murrow, lb.; Stephens, c.; Alli?
son, cf.; Tribble, p.
Score by innings:
Orangeburg . .00000000 0-0
Sumter.02201100 *-6
Summary:
Earned Runs-Sumter 4.
Two-base Hits-Allison 2. Cook.
Total Base on Hits-Sumter 13, Or?
rin go burg 6.
Firsr Rase on Balls-Off Tribble 0,
off Stowers 3.
Left on Bases-Sumter 6, Orange
burg 5.
Struck Out-By Tribble 1, Stow?
ers 5.
Hits off of-Tribble 5. Stowers ll.,
Stolen Bases-Wynne, Allison 2,
Cook 1.
Time-One hour and twenty-five
minutes.
Umpire-Mr. McGrath.
Attendance-1,700.
Anderson Defeats Greenville.
Anderson, May 27.-The game thia
aftc-noon wasche best that has been
played on the local grounds and ev?
erybody ia v*Sv."' ?f the local ^ team,
as Anderson won from Greenville- by
a score of 7 to 6. The fans of Ander?
son would rather win from Greenville
than any other team in the league
and about 1,500 persons witnessed the
game, which was an interesting one
from start to finish.
Darlington Won From Spartanburg.
Darlington, May 27.-A large and
enthusiastic crowd was at the ball
park this afternoon to see the Spar?
tans go down in defeat
Score by innings:
Darlington.. .. .. ..OOO 200 20*-i
Spartanburg.000 000 010-^1
Where They Play.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes?
day:
Orangeburg at Sumter.
Spartanburg at Darlington.
Greenville at Anderson.
On Thursday Friday and Saturday:
Anderson at Sumter.
Greenville at Spartanburg.
Darlington at Orangefcurg. , ?
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The Little Bantams and the Broad
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go on record alongside the Orange
burg-Spartanburg game of Friday.
The Bantams had on their batting
clothes and the Broad Street team
used up three pitchers but still lost
the game by a score of 10 to 0. Bat?
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