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fH*. SCMTKIl WATCHMAN, EstablJ Consolidated Aur. 2,1 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. IW IU I*\IU MI NT IX KIN H()UN (UNDHION \M) SI M rut LOW DOWH IN IN M K \\( 1 K \TH& When the Lights Will be fsj) Phi rusalon of Church Street l*u\lng? Opening I'p of t ouncil Street? Turkey Creek Matter to be Pushed? Another Kiev t Ion for Honda Neces? sary. "Heap much talk" would well de? scribe the meeting of the city fathers for the meeting lasted well on to? wards midnight and the work done wa.4 not couimensureate with the time consumed in the dolus. How? ever. 0 'uni il did do some things In the meeting that Were of great Im? portance. Among the things that Council did at the meeting was the decision to secure $600 from the interested pro* party owners ggf the Turkey Creek work and to go ahead with the work, getting what assistance they could from the county. Mr. Glenn Mated that Mr. Wild r had a few facu about the fire depart? ment that he wanted to lay before Council ar.d Mr. Wilder stated that he had a few comparative figures to give, showing what few things th-? fire department needed ind what it would cost to get an up-to-date tire department for the city. The up-sh ?t of all his figures was Igest Bumter had a fire department that wha in equip ment next t?? none. Wagons were needed, new horses were n--. essary, the present hose was worn out. the I department bouse was not Well kept and various little matters that could be attended to at un approximate c Mg of something over $5,000, while th coot of one new wagon and horse and a new up-to-date combination auto? mobile and Are engine could be se? cured f?>r something srec $9,000. The maintenance of the wagons and hordes wax estimated to he something over $1.000 more annually than that of the wag'>m.and combination^ engine and automobile. Mr. Glenn had Mr. Fr?ser James, chief t tb.e tire department i-f Oarllngton, who has for sometime been securing informa? tion ghoul the Are departments In all of the eitle.? in the Carolinas and Georgia for the firemen's association, atop over for the purpose of tell? ing what he thought of Sumte;-V the department and Its equipment. If?? said that he had SOSBi information along the line of fire department! and that In his opinion Sumter had an old equipment that was actually dan? gerous to the firemen Wh#U brought Into use. H?> said that the wagon | were w orn out. the hose was dirty snd not kept properly, that the de? partment was not a nice place for any >ne to stay in as It is. and a great many other thing* that were n >t nice ab( H? Sumter's fire department, but all of which were true. He stated further, in answer to questions gg to the Insurance, that Sumt. r was rat? ed a.? a town with second glass rir> department with a deficiency, the de? ficiency being due to bu k of wat? r pressure and Insufficient equipment. He then stat. .1 th.t he thought tl 1 the best thing for Sumter to do was to get a combination automobile and fire engine, which ??arrb d with it 1.500 feet of hose, forty feet of ladd* rs ?something which Sumter a depart? ment absolutely lacked now?which. In conjunction with a single hofi wagon, was unite sufficient for Sum tor's n*ed. Flo said that he th ?UKht that one well puld man -thould he put In charge of the tire engine and house and that he should be made to keep It In a spick and span condition. He talked for .sometime along th! ? Une and answer.d the mmv <pi><s<:.>n> thai were asked htm about the in? surance rates when the combination aut ?mobile and enaine was used. The matter was referred to the ore committee for them to tind out ;he exact cost of the combination auto, mobile and tire engine ind up mi whr terms It c Mild be secured am) at tie same time to See if th v o uild di* po-e <.f the .1. me 1 i)..v. ifi tie and at uhtt Pirns, a report to be made at Ho- m-\t meeting of Coun? cil. <?ne of 1 he points ntr< sad In Ihs tft*rU*Ston was that th u i if mi- tc w in use were nsssufe and I hat the fire? man were unwilling t-- ride upon them. Which was the Surest v. ? ?" >t killing out the enthusiasm of the volunteer firemen In the d< partim nf. frank Kdwards SpB. 1 i befni Council to ask that a Street ... open* ed up so that the person* li\ing In the part of the city Where he lived could secure ghssef aeceai t the 1 This Is about the third Of fourth tin ? that he had been up before CJUfl 'I with his request and It was decided shed April, 1850. lit* Just ai 631 that Council would Inka nn nutomo? ??iu- ride lo tie pinna Thursday afternoon to SSS What Ihsy should de tide to l?e lbs bSil thing to do. .Mr. Booth reported for the street . snmlttse that work had practically stopped on the streets for the past t i wcrks ni all of his laborers had left him and gone to the county gang where they were paid better wages. He said that various part* of the city had been cleaned up while efforts were being made t:> get more bands, and that work had been re? sumed on Cnlhoun street, but that the force of hands were very ^mall, al? though lbs work was being done on Ills contract plan. He reported that the pipe for the storm sewer on Main a od Kendrick streets was now being made, but that he had not been able as yet to get information about Ma'n street so that bids could be called for. rli was instructed to get information from the city engineer for the special street committee s*> that bids could he secured from contractors at once. The matter of connecting | sewer line with the wholesale house of ('rosswell & Company was brought up and Mr. CrosSWSll was given pcnnls-J slon la put In the line under the dl? rection of the city engineer, who was dire ted to fnTnlSh all information' needed for the line. Mr. MeLaurin, for the tinance com? mittee, reported the hooks of the city i clerk to be In good shape. I M . It. Ii. Wright, as chair.nan of the police and light committees, made1 his report of the number of arrests and tines during the past month. He also made a report as to the light! ? d'd at various placet In Ihs city, He was Instructed with his committee . to arrange the additional lights at the places that they were most needed* The matter Of placing the arch 1 on Main and Liberty Streets as prom? ised by the Bumter Lighting Company) ares neat brought up and the light committee was instructed to let the | company know where the arches were to hi placed and the committee was aUo to look into the matter of the el -*, trie sign for Samt -r and tind out the cost >f erecting it and what was Hit best kind <*t display to he secured! and report thU information at the next meeting of council. The next matter brought up was the ? paving on Church street and it was. thli matter that took up a great part J 0| the three and three-quarter hours that Council was in session, f >r it wai discussed pro and con hy every mem* bet of Council, except Mr. Gleim who had left previous to th<- bringing up of the matter, and Mr. Rh?sas why was not present. Mr. Heatty wanted 10 settle for the work at some price, even if he was n >t paid the full price for it. Ho bad been to the smret com? mittee, who at two different msStiagS bad falbd to come to an agreement With him. The Street committee was not ready to make any recommend" atloti as to the acceptance or rejection ?f the work. It was stated i>y them that they had not seen fit to settle for the work on any terms as they did not think that tbev had the authority to do so when the > ity engineer had eon* damned the work a< riot up to specl? tieations. It seems that the part Of th? WOrk condemned Is that between Broad and Calhoun street on the oast side of Church atfsjet Mr. Lse examined the work b> drilling holes in it every fifty fast and reported it not to comt up to specifications in the thickness of Ihs upper layer of cement and BJ 10 tb st >to used in the foundatl ?n, Mr. Realty cosrsfndsd that Ihs work was good In some phues as was seen by the ??<>. K." marks made at t, ut half of the bob s ami that all ought not t i be condemned because some of it was defective, He did not seem to think that Mal. Lea could furnish a thorough Inspection by no an? >f the holes drilled at regular Intervale. He was ready to allow If per cent off t" the property ow ner- and Ihs same t > the city, provided that the claim was paid, and at the sane time he Would rover the work with ? l&Ofl bond for t < \ ears. The matter was discussed fully, but rxi satisfactory Conclusion WUS n'a'h ? d i ? Wim Nnnlly settled f r the ev< n itig by Counc I passing a resolution I i he effort th it the matt, r be n fern d l?a< i. lu the street commltce with pow ' i to ,,, i ihey to settle the matter a*; they saw fit or lo refuse to pay for the Work, if |||. \ sa w that ! \ So doing, i11 pa rtlea would secure Justh e, Judgi T, i:. Richards in asked I hat i 'oun< II silo* him to pay for n v leno? ? i tpher for inking t\ ld< n< ? In th< \\ ? n \ ? t case which had come to him i ?r i h< ii Ing, Council d?*ci ned to d< so i ? Ihey d. ? med that I h< y d d no1 ha v. authority la d i s< ?. The matt, r of Turkey r eek ana was brought up and discussed, A re port was made t.? ?*..nr.. i thai nolh id Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Ali SUMTER, S. C , SATT inu had been achieved by the meet in:; with the county board. Mr. W. M. Graham, who had brought the matter ui? at the Aral part of the meeting, w as asked as a committee of one t > sec the property owners interested and to get them to subscribe as much as $500, when the city would get to work to reopen the canal with what assist? ance they could get from the county, the work to be done under the super? vision of the city engineer and count.* supervisor. Mr. Hurst stated that the Main street bonds were found to be correct except for one minor detail which had bean unknown to him prior to the time at which the election for the bonds had been ordered and which called for a new election. He said that the State law required that books Of registration be opened for ten days prior to any special election ? and that this law had not been com? plied with In the election. He said that the first notice that he had re oelved <>f the fact that the election was void, was when he was asked by tin attorney for the Boston house which had purchased the bonds, If ' this law had been complied with. He was obliged to say that it had not been oomplled with and it was now necessary to have a second election j before the bonds would be valid. The I matter was looked Into and It was found that the election was neces? sary. Immediate steps were taken to order a new election so that no de? lay would be caused in the laying of the pavement of the street. The fol? lowing resolutions were drawn up and adopted: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Bumter. j WHEREAS, a petition from the ma? jority of the free holders of the City of Bumter, was filed praying that an election be held for the purpose of issuing bonds not exceeding Twenty live Thousand Dollars In amount for the improvement of Main Street; and WHEREAS, an election was order? ed holden In pursuance thereof on February 14, 1911; and WHEREAS, said election was held, and the said election was void by rea ?on of failure to provide for registra? tion ot voters, THEREFORE, BE IT RE80LVED, That an elect ion be, and is hereby ordered to be holden in the City of Bumter, S. C. on June 1st, 1911, where? at the Qualified voters of Sumter shall determine by ballot, as provided by laws of South Carolina, whether or not the said bonds shall be issued. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor and Clerk and Treas? urer of said City of Sumter be and they are hereby authorized to cause said election t > be h<dden, to publish notice of said election, appoint man? agers and to do all other things ne? - ' nary to be done, according to the laws governing such elections. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Supervisor of Registration of tin- City of Sumter Is hereby directed to open books of registration on May 11th, r.?ii for the registration of the names of qualified electors, said to keep said books open for B period of ten days, and thai in opening said books and conducting said registration, the said Supervisor shall comply with ail the requirements of the statutes of aaid State with respect to registra? tion of voters, etc. The reo immendatlon of a county public cotton weigher w as postponed intll the first* meeting In June. The claim of the Atlantic Coast lane railroad for expenses incurred during the placing of the sewer line under their track was postponed until the n \t meeting. The request of the Building and Loan associations of the city was als.? p< istponed. The Postal Telegraph company was granted permission to settle on term', of $50 for last year and $5u for this year, this being a rebate of $25 an this year's license, and asked for by t hern. The requesi of the Pullman com? puny for an extension of time In which to pay their licen.se was granted on condition thai they be ready to pay the license or to make some aatisfac n?rj arrangement by the next meeting ? t ('ouncll, Mr, J Fred Wise was granted p? r ml I Ion to send out two Ice cream wagons on the streets, subject to re? striction *t Cltj Council, The license on tln sc two carls Aas fixed at $10. Wesley Hossard was granted a re t ate ,,r $::.no .,n t)ie hack license glv< n his son Ahrnm, w ho had n?;? ,i \\ r,.. only a few weeks. The fact thai some of th is< w ho had uh < rlbed to gel the tank of stn et od to be us< d on Llh rty sti ? el between Magnolia and Harvln streets a ? re ohJ< cling to pas Ing \\ hat th. y ha<i subscribed for the oil because it had been put down ?n other parts BaVt at be thy Country 'a, Thy Gcd'9 and RDAY. MAY 13, 1911. DECIDES TO INVESTIGATE. POSTOFFICE AND SUGAR TRUST Tin: TARGET OF PROBE. One of Resolutions Adopted .by House Would Find Object of Postoffice Department. Washington, May 9.?Two resolu? tions for important investigations were agreed to by the h~?use today. A complete investigation of the post office department, proposed by R.*pre ! sentative Saunder3 of Virginia, to de tsrmihe whether political influences are operating in the department, whether it is used for political pur? poses, whether the employes are dis? charged for political reasons, and cov? ering other features of postal opera-1 tlon, was authorized bj the adoption of one resolution. The other, that of Mr. Hard wick of Georgia, provides for a sweeping in? vestigation of the American Sugar Refining company, to determine what Influence it has had or is having upon the prices of sugar or the control of competition. COMDEX HOLDS FXFR< 1SFS. | Two Memorial Fountains Unveiled at t r unden?l ?d. Dart;an and Mr. Mc liood Speak. Oamden, May 10.?Six Confederate generals, all of wh >m entered the service from Canuhn, are commem orated by a fountain, the gift to the i town of school children, who rai3Cd j the funds for its purchase under the direction of Superintendent R. M. Kennedy of the Camden public schools. The generals conmemorat 1 ed are John B. Kennedy, Jas. B. j Kershaw, James Cantey, Zach Cantey Dead, J. B. Vllleplgue and James Chestnut. Another feature of Me? morial Pay In Camden was the un? veiling of a fountain, presented by thr Humane Alliance through Mr. Kennedy, in honor of Richard Kirk j land, a Confederate soldier from j Camden, who at Federicksburg cross ? ed the battle front under heavy fire to fc*\e wate to a wounded Union private. At the exerc ises in the opera house ' Col J. J. Dargan of Stateburg, pres? ident of the South Carolina Peace I society, delivered an oration, and a j silver goblet was presented to Mr. ! Kennedy on behalf of citizens of i Kershaw county, In recognition of I his services m preserving the hls i tory of the community. The graves of Confederate veterans will be dec? orated this afternoon, and an address will be delivered by lion. T. G. Mc Leod of BlshopvUle. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COT? TON. Congressman Introduces Resolution i ailing on Department of Agricul? ture to Extend Scope. Washington, May 0.?Congressman id wards of Georgia today introduced the following bill affecting ths han? dling of cotton* "That the dep irtment of commerce and labor, through the bureau of sta? tistics, shall be required to collect and issue accurate monthly statistical re? ports giving true statements of the amount and value of raw cotton and manufactured cotton goods la posses? sion or control <>f all persons or cor? porations In the United States, and, as tar as is possible, of other countries engaged in the manufatcure of cotton goods of any kind. ;is well as the amount and valu? <>f manufactured cotton articles suhl each m mth by s n h manufacturers; such reports to h" published monthly with what Is commonly known as the glnners' ro? ll >rts, so that the producers may have Information regarding the consump? tion as the speculator has of the pro? duction of cotton." Palmer Cantey was given a pre? liminary In the Magistrate's court Wednesday and return* d to jail to await the next term of the upper court. The case was one In which he i< charged with stealing timber from Mr. H. J, MoLaurln's land and sell? ing it for croastles. N ? further ai r s*t3 have been made \ el for the stealing of the fe 'tllixer from Mr. R. !'?. Reiser's storehouse i?n t he old ?'ah In ?'ha ndler place. of the sti ? el v? as brought up, I a,is shown In the dls< iisstnn that thos< parties had no grounds upon which p kick as they had go! the oil at .i oh" aper prl< e than w is < xpo? u <l am thai n had been put down Hi ;t when it was secured to be pi I down nnd thi balance was i ? n t down on the stree as a test to see how the oil would d? for clayed streets. Otttt) I Truth's." TJIK TKfJ MAIL CARRIERS GET TOGETHER WILL IMPROVE SERVICE BY CO? OPERATION. An Enthusiastic Letter?Tbos C Wicker, President of Association, Issues Cell to Workers in south Carolina. Thos. E. Wicker, president of the Rural Fret? Delivery Carriers' asso? ciation of South Carolina, has issued an address to the carriers of this State, urging Increased interest In the organization. Mr. Wicker, in "his ad? dress, says: "Brother Rural Carriers of South Carolina: Below you will find a list of rural carriers whom 1 have ap? pointed special oganizers for their respective counties. See if your name i3 on the list, and if it i3, then go tD work wth a vim for your county as? sociation; if it Is not, then write your county organizer at once and tell hi' your services are at his command .? "In several counties I have -? ? no appointments because 1 ^jP'.n't know who wotVd be will! .d in? terested enough ta under* .ko the work. 1 should be glad to have the names of hustlers from those coun? ties, so that the list of organizers could be made complete. The ap? pointment of special organizers doesn't mean that State and county otlicers may become less active in their efforts to secure members. "The State convention at Neu berry last July was the largest and best In the history of the association. The question now is. Will it be excelled by the convention at Florence n?xt July? What does Florence say about it? What does Rurch say about it? What do we all say about it? Our presence in goodly numbers will make it a success; our absenc ? will make it a failure. "Now let US all get busy in the in? terest of our county conventions on the 30th of May. Remember tre na? tional dues, as fix?d at Little Rock last year, are 75 cents and State dues 25 cents. Your county tlu^s, If any, av what you choose t j make them. "Let us all join the association for the good of the service and for our own good, if by getting together in conventions and exchanging ideas, we are benefited, then, of course, the ser? vice will be benefited to the same ex? tent. The carrier who refuses or neg? lects to join the association, Isolates himself and pockotj his salary at the end of the month This is the sum total ?i his interest in tha rural mail service. The carrier who joints the. association manifest by that very act, a ieslre to learn, through the association as a medium, ttlS wishes of the department officials in the con? duct of the service. He Is wide-awake and mare efficient than his isolated brother, becaus? he is in touch with the department and in sympathy with those who are trying to Improve the service. Eliminate Imperfections. "There may be some among us who think that the recent salary increase was not as largo as it should have been. From our viewpoint i>* rhaps it was n ?t; but from the viewpoint of the government it was solely a question of economy. We most not forget that our branch of tht service is young and. in i ime respects, Im? perfect, th xefore, looking at it in this light, let us who are in the field co? operate with our superiors at head? quarters, to the end that th- Imper? fections In the s r\ Ice may be elim? inated and that we may become more efficient and deserving. When these things have been a< sompllsh ?1 there need be no doubt tb.it our compensa? tion will be as generous as we could wish. Uncle Sam is not stingy, but, as every good business man should be, he is conservative. "In closing, let me again urge upon you the Importance of your presence it Fl irence, July 3, b and G?three lays. Come, win th a- a member of the association or not, "Fraternally > ours. "Thos B, Wicker, "State Pr< ildent." special Organisers. The speeial organizers as as fol i ?w s: Abl ? vibe < JountV Milton p, m, ? . in. IhmaldJ. A lk< u t lounty <;? n-u ? T. McC law i home. Anderson County?J. J. Trussell, |ot?ea Path, i tarnwell < bounty E. c. Ficklit :iac kvllle. Chester Count) J, <'. m> oi. Ch er. Che derfleld Count) 11 M. Mc v'air, Patrick. < Mar. ndon t ? uint) Silas l< 'ohh, Mm wood, I !oll< ton i 'ount) Thos. P. Black, tuffin. E SOCTHJtCX, Established Juue, IUI Vol. XXXII. No. 24. YOUNG MINISTERS GRADUATE. DIPLOMAS AWARDED TO BEVRM YOUNG MIN LAST NIGHT. Board of Direction Met and Formally Fleeted Dr. Whaling Tli wtiliirat of Semlna ??>. Columbia, May 10.?The closing ex? ercises of the 83rd year of the Colum? bia Theological Seminary were held last evening at the chapel of the sem? inary. Diplomas were awarded to 3even young men and th< address of the evening was made by Rev. J. T. Plunket, D. D., of Birmingham, Ala. He is a member of the board of di? rectors and his remarks were well be? fitting of th' ^asion. Those C oeived diplomat: Palm aimers, Charlotte, X. C, Ersk ^O Jllega; Thomas Walker G j> Ph. 1)., Mansfield, Louisiana, mff ' ~ western Presbyterian university; ^v.m MacEachern, Savannah, Ga., Davidson college; Wiley Rankin, Pritchett, A. B., Greensboro. X. C, Guilford college; William J. Roach, B. S., Rock Hill, Clemson college; Albert Emmons Wallace, St Elmo, Tennessee, Soddy high school; Louis Trezevant Wilds, Jr., A. B., Columbia, Davidson college. The order of exercises for the e\en ing was as follows: Devotional service. Addree* by Dr. W. J. McKay of Sumter, and awarding of diplomas and certificates. Address by Dr. T. T. Plunkctt of Birmingham, Ala., member of the board of directors of the seminary. Benediction. The board of directors met yester? day morning and formally elected T. C. Whaling, president of the Columbia Theological seminary, the first presi? dent the historic institution has ever bad. Dr. "Whalng is pastor of the Second Presbyteran church of Xorfolk and married Miss Muller of this city, outside of this, only routine business was dispensed with. A meeting will be held ths morning to finish up the matters before them. r Baa rne.muc=s af the boajfd. addresses and the synod they repre? sent are: South Carolina Synod?Rev. B. P. Reid, Reidville; John MeSweem TimmonsvUle; Rev. J. G. Richards. D. D., Blenheim; J. Allen Smith, Abbeville; Rev. W. J. McKay, D. D., Sumter; W. H. Townscnd, Co? lumbia. Georgia Synod?T. T. Rrantley, Blackshear. Ga.; Rev. E. L. Hill. Ath? ens, Ga.; Rev. A. A. Little, D. D., Altanta, Ga; Rev. F. K. Sims. Dalton, Ga. Alabama Synod?Rev. T. J. Plunk? ctt, D. D.. Birmingham, Ala.; Hon. J. A. Planck, D. D., Mobile, Ala. Florida Synod?Rev. T. P. Hay, D. D.. Gainesville. Fla.; Rev. J. F. Mc Kinnon. Sanford, Fla. All of these were present except j. T. Brantley, Rev. A. A. Little, D, D.. J. X. Miller and Rev. D. A. Planck, D. D. The year coming to a I I OSS has been mie of the most BUCCesful In the his? tory of the school. There were 22 Students registered and the W?lk haS been highly creditable. Darlington County?J. M. Grav, i Darlington. Florence County?J. M. Cray. Dar? lington. Wllltamsburg County?J. M. Gray, Darlington. Dare heater County?J. A. Murray, Summerville. Bdgefleld County?Sam D. If ay 10. Edgt tie hi. Falrfleid County?Clark Lang for d< Blythewood. Gretnville County?P. st iiuft, Piedmont Greenwood County?L. B. Aull. 1 Dyson. Kershaw County?J. B. Bosh, Cam? den. Lanchaster County?C. J. Si-taro, Riverside. Laurens County?A. C. Owings, i Iray <' lurt. t*ee County?J. E. Campbell, Cam? den. Ia xington County- L. B. Addy, Lex? ington. N abrrrs County?McD, Itetts, Whltmire. ' Orangeburg County?L. B. Llde, North. iMekens county?c. o. Masters, i 'entral, i!i? bland County?Jno, \. Jennings, Snluda County?James Herbert, Saluda. Spartanbursj County?It. Bryant, spartanburg. Sumter County A. J. Ard, sumter. Union County H. J. Thomas Car? lisle. York County W. T. 81ms, Sharon.