The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 19, 1911, Image 1
Consolidated Aur. 3,1
SWEARU HAS NOT CHANGED
<l \M>s f\\ hin (.INs IV TKXT
tt rook IXJUniUfTKMT,
RWcrrlng u? Revent Statement of
Elective M.niberx State Board of
l.d in -at hm. sti|H'rtutciident IVclarc*
lVtrrnnluatlon of Iwue Rests with
g People.
Columbia. July 12.?State Su?
perintendent of education Sweariu<>m
returned to Columbia laat night from
Rock Hill, where h* had gone Friday
to attend the Conference of County
iperintenJants of Education. He de?
clared that he had no intention or de?
sire to prolong the controversy regar
the text book adoptions made by
State board of education.
*1f the paopla of South Carolina
ajre willing to believe." he said.'that
slhey can now exchange old text books
for new onas at an additional coat of
oaly 4 1-3 cents per child each year,
they will be undeceived when the
Usns comes to' buy new books.
I have not counted the words In
Cprimer or in any other book, but
i aww basal second reader contains
1ft pages snd selb for 35 cents, the i
asw basal fifth reader contains 36$ j
pages and sails for 35 cents. The dif?
ference Is Interesting.
"Of ths old basal first reader. 131.
,*oe copies were sold from 1106 to
Well, and this book has been dlsplac-i
ed. Twelve thousand copies of the
physical geographies were sold and
this book hss been retained. As far
M the titles <>n the list are concerned, I
these two books are equal, but as far
the pupils and patrons of the
t?te are concerned, there Is a dlf
lorence of nearly 11 to 1, or more
thaa ?.000 per cent Illustrations
PH be multiplied indefinitely, for
kders. arithmetics and geog
iphles fcrm the moat important part
XjJCoC a text book adoption, and these
^?garee series show that 75 per cent of
msre titles even were thrown out.
c
rl r
than
mlgl
read
raph
"If the members had made up their
lade a .o the best and most destr
hea hooS% 1 am at a loss to under
1 why they were unwilling to
t out the poor books now In ose.
Is claimed that ample preliminary
discussion and comparison of sample
hooks had been made. This admis?
sion Is hUhly gratifying to me, be?
cause the absence of such discussion
snd comparison at the board meet
av ings lad me to suppose and hope for
wRhai condition. They, therefore, seem
to admit the fact that the real discus?
sion of text-hooks Wim had In the Je?
rome Hotel. I do not presume to set
my opinion against the opinion of
seven distinguished educatots. but be*
hug the secretary of the hourd and l
?Jpsember directly responsible to the
people, I thoui(ht thure should he a
frank, full and open discussion In
the meeting-* of the board itself.
"This admission proves that the ad?
option was decided on before the
State Superintendent of Education
a^wsa given a chance to express an
^opinion. It must not be forgott- n.
also, that my request for a record of
these changes was promptly refused.
1 was prepared to recom**???ml sever
sl changes snd to support these rec
lendations with argument. The
mads sweeping changes, hut
'declined t.? ladtoata, the Messages i s
these changes, hy pointing out the in?
ferior snd undesirable hooka now In
uae. The assertion thai better
>ks have been adopted does not suf?
fice, but should he supported by evl
Pdence. Every ? hange of text-booka la
m unnecessary, unless a logical reason
csn be asai?m-d t hn f u .
"I have not uuentloned the integri?
ty or impunged the motives of a ma?
jority of the hoard, because positive
*^ proof 4 Hi.pi ?pSf lafluence cannot
be adduced. The private chara* t.r
of every man belongs to himself,
alone, but hie public acts belong to
his conatltutentn. The oe\N policies of
the board were expensive, unexplain?
ed, snd without record, and against
these thre?r ? hararten.-ui< s I pro
? tested.
"There are other points Inviting In
tereatlns comment, but I lease this t.?
be made by others. The d.termina?
tion of the Isaue re*ta with the peo?
ple"
Mh> IKHITII PHOslH VI I I?
Salvation \rm> < omniamlcr Victim
of Intens?? Heat.
New York. July It?Eva liooth.
commander of the Si?\afl<oi Army. Is
altront prostrat. d bf the hot Weather.
It was stated tonlKht (hat she had
fallen a M< tim to th?- oppressing heat
of the laat few da vs. and that slo- hai
had several falatlag sp?IN. and found
It ImpotslMe to k."-p an appointment
to addre**" the Christian Bade
Convention In Atk?nti< City,
***** April. 1850
He Jost ai
881.
COMMISSIONER WATSON SPOKE
FolKTH OF GOOD MAD MEET.
l\t.s HELD AT WKDGEFIKLD,
Qoodlj Crowd Herne Ptee for The
(omhI Koad* I'...in! issue?Si au?
<'>mmi?*ioiicr WtttMUi Makes Co?,
wi- nt und Interesting Tulk.??
Other Speakers.
At Wedgeiield Friday afternoon
tii'- fourth of the series of meetings
beM In different parts of the county
in behalf of the bond election for
good roads took place, a fairly large
and representative audience being
present to hear the speakers.
Through the energy of Mr. lielser,
State Commissioner of Agriculture
and Immigration, E. J. Watson, was
present, and said a great deal to con?
vince the citirens of Wedgefield and
the surrounding community that by
voting for the bond issue they would
only be voting for the upbuilding of
?heir best interests.
County Commissioner F. E. Thorn*
I as presided at the meeting and after
stating the purpose of the meeting in?
troduced as the first speaker Dr. S.
C. Paker, of Sumter.
; Dr. Baker stated that while he was
I immensely Interested In good roads he
h?i? come to Wedgeneld principally
for the purpose of extending an in?
vitation to Wedgeneld in behalf of
the Sumter Chamber of Commerce.
MMt its reorganisation the Chamber
of Commerce had provided a hall
where any sort of meeting could be
held at any time, and where farmers
or any out-of-town visitors were in?
vited to make their headquarters
while in the city. His remarks then
tended show wherein the town and
country are necessary to each other,
and hence need a complete system of
good roads Intimately connecting each
other.
Supervisor Pitts was the next
speaker. He said that, before the re?
cent issue of $50,000 worth of bonds
for the improvement of the county's
roads, experiments had been made in
road building by contract. This had
Lmsv/i done very successfully, he stat
I. at a cost of from $425 to $450
p r mile. However, whore the road
had to be graded, carts and mules
would have to be used, thereby bring?
ing up the cost to about $500 per
it,II?'. He then emphasized Mr. Hak
Cf*1 remarks a3 to the needs and ad
uvntages of having a complete sys
m of good roads.
Mr. Heiser took up the greater part
of his sj)?-.M-h with his usual careful
trrptairiUiMi ?>f just how the bond!
are to bo issued, if the election is
tuoci cos fill, and jusi how the roadi
are I ) be built under supervision of
an engineer, ami the method ot main?
taining them when constructed. All
of this ground Mr. Bolur has none
OVtf at every meeting held thus far.
At the close of his talk he invited any
who might have questions to bring
them up at th?- end of the meeting.
' *ommissioner Watson, who was the
M speaker, at once caught the at?
tention of his audience hy relating a
funny anecdote, and continued to hold
their close atentlon to the end of his
interesting talk. He said that it had
always seemed exceedingly .strange to
him how people will oftentimes fight
I against their own interests; that w ith?
out investigation strong men put bar?
riers in the way of progress. He stat
-1 further that he could not under
' tpd hOW, knowing a thing to be
right, a man could Ivan consider a
OB? mill levy, (tills being the extra
levy which the bond leiUC will re
MUire.) lb- s.iid that It was no time
for us to b? considering the matter
of public highways, when the value
of good roads had been threshed outj
ever since Biblical times. Even in
j i
thOM times people realize I the need
of g.i minis for development. "All
I Mils l. d I ' I Lome" for the purpose
of barter and trade, but as well for
the soi i ll and moral development of
Kome.
He then took England as an ex?
ample to ?hOU how fast the wheels
of proffTOMI had traveled aft? r tile
- .instruction of |OOd public highways,
"'oming to our own country, he told
of our ancestors hunting, first of all,
for highways Into the country for the
purpose of harter and trade. In our
??wn St a to, be said, our forefather!
had known the need ol g<?"d road - as
li shown l?v the famous King's high?
way.
He said that the railroad Wai after
all only a "food*1 road: that '.?!? par
TO>uhlic h <?iv iya I.. tio- railroad)
I he main food road, He Mid lhat the
easy conveyance of artlclei of com?
mercc end trade lo and from the
marhel would Increase the value of
the soil leu p,.r cent. He aid thai
we have ? world monopij of "Kinn
Cotton*1 and that we need an wi
id Fear im*?Let all the ?nds Thoa Ala
SUMTER. S. C, WEDN1
FOREST FIRE VICTIMS.
NOT OVKH FIVE SCORE LOST IN
PORCUPINE FI Hi:.
Many of MUslng Unhurt?Probable
That Hundred* of Refugees Will
Straggle Ruck to Civilization Un?
harmed.
Toronto, (>nt., July 14.?-Although
the various relief expeditions covered
the greater portion of the burned Por?
cupine district today, they failed to
report any further loss of life than
was contained in yesterday's dis
patches, which placed the number of
lives lost at about 100. With the ar
rival of additional relief workers the
burned area 13 being covered more
thoroughly.
Many of the missing are believed to
have fled far into the interior and to '
have found refuge at isolated farm
houses and although safe, may not
be heard from for several weeks.
Richard A. Cartwright and his son,
R. A. Cartwright, Jr., who were re?
ported yesterday among the missing,
and probably lost, are safe at Hailey
bury. Report3 of the latest surviv?
ors indlvate that the llres started in
immense blotches instead of in one
place and failed to cover the whole
district.
Franck C. Coehrane. minister of
mines and lands, is convinced from
his investigation, that the loss of life
will not exceed 100.
The first refugees of the (ire-swept
district, horrorstricken by the disas?
ter, believed the flames must have
' swept a great area. The la3t of the
survivors say the devastated area was
confined to Whitney and Tisdale town?
ships.
I^atest advices received say most of
the fires are out. Three carloads of
provisions reached Porcupine today
and more are on the way. Shelter
i
tents and materials for houses are
also being sent. The work of rebuild?
ing the mine structures has been
begun.
The largest area burned was that
comprising the townships of Tisdale
and Whitney, where were leoatod the
towns of Porcupine, South Porcupine
and Pottsville and the largest mines.
The fire that destroyed Coehrane, 100
miles from Porcupine, It is believed
now, was Independent of those in the
Porcupine district.
WINTHROP S NFW SECRETARY,
Mies Gunter Succeeds Mr. Cunning*
ham?Rural Life Conference.
Rock Hill. July IS.?Miss Mamie
Gunter, of Alken County, a former
Winthrop pupil, has been appointed
secretary and bookkeeper for the
I College to succeed Mr. H. P.. Cunning?
ham, who has held that position since
the establishment of the institution,
and who resigned to take a position
with Agnes Scott College, near At?
lanta. Miss Gunter is a sister of Prof.
Luceo Gunter, now In Superintendent
Bwearlngen's office, bui who will take
charge of the Rock Hill schools in the
fall.
RESUME LAHORS TODAY.
Lorimer Investigating Committee to
Continue Hearing.
Washingtoti, July 12.?With thirty
or forty witnesses waiting to he heard
the Lorimer Investigation committee
will resume its labors tomorrow, after
a ten day's rest.
The committee expects to meet in
Washington as long as the present
session of Congress continues, and
there has been some discussion of a
suggestion to recess after the adjourn?
ment of Congress until next autumn.
way of getting this product to mar?
ket; thai by having good roads to In?
crease her capacity for hauling cot?
ton South Carolina could save herself
a hall' million dollars per year.
Just here he admonished farmers
to raise something besides cotton,
namely, corn, cattle, hogs and vege?
tables of all kinds as he did not like
the farmer having his garden on the
shelf of a store.
As an undoubted proof of the val?
ue of good roads, he asked a com?
parison of the price of any tract of
land Immediately before ami Imme?
dlately after the construction of good
roads in its vicinity.
in closing he asked the people not
to he afraid of a bond issue merely
because, as some had put it "II left
;i debt to posterity;" f<>r said he.
'Posterity will bless you, if you leave
a debt and With the debt, good
road |,M
At t)ie close of the meeting a num?
ber of practical questions iti regard
to t he l teue and t he plan of road
building were answered by Mi. Bel
i -r and the other gentlemen,
i
u't M be thy Country's, Thy God's an
SSDAY, JULY 19, 1911.
BUGGY COMPANY ORGANIZED.
._
OFFICERS ELECTED AND TWEN?
TY PER CENT OF STOC K
PAID VP.
\V. W. Rowland, President; s. k.
Rowland. Vice-President ? Hoard
of Directors,
At a meeting of the incorporators
of the Rowland Buggy Company of
thi3 city held Thursday night, the
company was organized and officers
and a hoard of directors were elect?
ed. A site was also arranged for to
he use! at the present time until a
permanent site can be secured that
is convenient to the factory.
The officers elected were: Presi?
dent, W. W. Rowland; vice president,
B. O. Purdy; secretary and treasurer
and general manager, S. K. Rowland.
The board of directors elected were
as follows: W. W. Rowland, S. K.
Rowland, R. 1. Manning, Neill
O'Donnell, Thomas Wilson, Geo. I).
Shore, Isaac Schwartz. R. O. Purdy
ard C. G. Rowland.
The meeting was called as soon as
Messrs. W. W. Rowland and S. K.
Rowland returned from a trip to
Henderson, their former home, and
was satisfactory in every way. Ar?
rangements were made for the fac?
tory to have quarters in the old Sum
ter Cotton Mill building for the pres?
ent and until a permanent site could
be secured for the factory. The com?
mittee which was appointed to look
up and secure a site lor the factory
have options on t>everal possible sites,
one of which will be purchased, but
it Is Impossible just yet to ley where
that site will be.
Parts'of the machinery that will be
used in the factory and a great part
of the stock for the buggy factory
have already been ordered and will
be here In a short time. Arrange?
ments have been made to have the
plant open up for work the first of
September and It is probable a good
business will come to the new concern
In the fall. The parts of the buggie3,
surreys and carriages, and such light
vehicles', will be ordered and put to?
gether here, this being the system in
all buggy factories in this part of the
country. If the factory meets with
success it will later put in additions
for the manuafcture of wagons and
other vehicle! and machinery which
are used extensively in the surround?
ing country.
The capital of the Rowland Bug?
gy Company, which has secured its
commission for a charter from the
Secretary of state, is t<> be $25,000.
Of this amount about one-fifth was
paid up in (ash at the meeting held
Thursday night.
AT WOOD FLIES OVER CAPITAL.
Lures Police Hither and Thither by
Pretending to Land and Then Flies
Away.
Washington, July 13.?Harry N.
Atwood .the Posten aviator, hew over
the city in his aeroplane today, play?
ed j.erial pranks with the Washington
moi ument. circled tall buildings, had
fun with an army of automobiles, bi?
cycles, pedestrians and police by pre?
tending to land at various points In
Potomac park, and finally, after a ee
rlea of sweep circles near the capitol,
soared in the gathering dusk to the
army aviation field at College Park,
Maryland, whence he had come. To?
day's trip will be followed by another
tomorrow, when Atwood will land
near the White House to receive the
medal of the Washington Areial So?
ciety.
Atwood'a most spectacular effort
followed his circling of the monu
me it. After Wheeling thrice around
the big shaft he sped away in the
direction ol the Virginia hills. Turn?
ing sharply, the aviator drove his
aeroplane directly at the top of the
monument, as though lie Intended t i
knock off the aluminum tip and when
almost directly over the apex, he shut
of his motor ami came sliding down.
The crowd and police, who had
been docoyed to the river bank, made
a rush toward the monument, but At?
wood laughingly turned on his engine
again and swept back directly over
their head . After a number of com?
plicated evolutions he turned the nose
of Iiis plane toward the Maryland
lield.
The weather was perfect for ths
flight and a great croud wltnessei
the demonstration. which lastet
nearly an hour.
We join in lb. lamentation thai
moving pictures of the actual corona
tlon were not permitted. The gnlet)
of nations would have revived m th<
flickering glimpse of John Hays am
J, Plerponl In the velvel knlekerbock
?i ? - Columbia State.
louthron
id Troth's."
THE TRUE SOCTHRQN. Established June, 1M?
Vol. XXXII. No. 41.
Three Days More to Get
Votes on Last Big Offer
Contestants Should Make Most of the Short
Time That is Le'
THE WATCHWORD FROM THIS T1/ r^JH IS "WORK"
_v* _
The Contest Will Close in F* <r /ays and Then the Race
for the Splendid P* ^ vVill be Terminated
With Siy v>v
py Candidates.
There was never a truer e. prcs
sion than is couched in the two lit?
tle words?"time flies." To 3uch of
you who are bending every endeavor
to get in subscript!3ns to apply on
the 100,000 bonus inducement, these
two word3 must appeal with peculiar
force at this time.
one and all realize that after to
, night there are but three brief days
before the last vote offer closes. The
sure that they will be ab!e to retain
their positions at the final counting,
for there is always a possibility that
someone may go ahead of you to
victory. Don't hesitate on the last
few moments whether you <ire go?
ing to try any more or not. Get a
hustle on and see all the promises
that gave you their "word of hono *"
to help you. Take nothing for grant?
ed until you know facts and believe
nothing in the shape of rumors, be
last two days of the race will come cause little rumors are often started
under the old schedule which was just to Incite you and make you sus
used during the first part of the con?
test.
At exactly 10 o'clock Saturday
evening, this great contest will be
brought to a close. Then it will be
determined .who are the six lucky
candidates who will enjoy these ox
oellent prizes.
The matter resolves Itself into the
simple proposition that there are but
five more days in which to either
gain or lose one of the six places and
satisfaction of knowing that you have
betn a success in your endeavors and
that you have won one of the high
class and valuable prizes which the
Item-Watchman and Southron will
give away. You can establish a rec?
ord if you so desire, but it means
that you must hustle every moment
from now until the clo^e of the bon?
us offer?Thursday evening at 9
o'clock?two days before the end of
in? content. Even those who* are
now occupying the very highest po
sltions in the contest are by no means
plcious.
The race is just as fair to one as
another and no candidate has any
claim on any of the handsome awards.
The contest manager has striven to
keep the race within the lines of
friendiy rivalry, but it is hard to
say how some of the candidates feel
tr>ward each other. There is no use
talking about "partiality" for there
is none, so do not fret because you
hear something that somebody else
said. Bah! Forget it. See if you
cannot get two clubs instead of one.
Those 100,000 ballots are going to
count big on the last night. Remem?
ber, there are but three days longer
in which to get them.
The votes will be counted by >hree
business men of Sumter so as to
give each and every candidate a fair
and square count.
Notice. There will be no more
vote coupons" published in the Item
and Watchman and Southron during
the contest.
SENATE TO TAKE IIP MATTER.
MAY DECIDE WHETHER SMITH
OR TERRELL SHOULD SIT.
Washington Times Lays Censure on
! the election of Hoke Smith has been
certified officially to the senate. If
any of the important measures now
pending in congress should he de
fe&ted or jeopardized by the vacancy
in the Georgia delegation, the blame
Will rest upon Terrell and the stiff
Terrell. Whose Friends Present Hu|necked reactionaries with whom he is
side of Controversy. I training."
Mr. Terre'l's friends
Washington, July 16.?When the
senate meets tomorrow it is expected
that a decision will he reached which
will settle the question of whether
Hoke Smith or Joseph M. Terrell
should come to Washington as the
here think
that his position in the matter is cor?
rect and that should he return to
Washington he would not he repre?
senting the State of Georgia, since an?
other has l.n chosen in his place,
hut simply Hoke Smith, reioka hie at
junior senator from Georgia. Little I tho wil, an<1 pleasure of tne latter
else was discussed around hotel lob-jany momen| ne might decide to come
to the senate, present his credentials
and take the oath of office.
CASTRO IN PORT LTMON.
I ies and other public places here to
day. Terrell's resignation will he for
mally placed before that body tor ac?
ceptance and the matter will he
threshed out possibly on the Moor and
by the committee on prllvleges and i |?rpo,.ts |? New Orleans as to Where
olections. ahouts of Fxilod Ruler.
Hoke Smith's party associates In
the senate want him to qualify at New Orleans. July 13.?According
once. There will be some close votes to private messages received here by
before adjournment is had. Mr. Dr. Maximo Soto Hall, of Guatemala
Smith as governor is looking forward City, formerly minister of Guatemala
to a number of reforms he has in to Venecuela, who is here for a few
mind and does not want to retire days, Gen. Cipriano Castro, the sa>
from the chief magistracy of his iled Venezuelan President, is in Port
State until his work in that direction Llmon, Costa Rico. Dr. Hall says he
s completed. Meantime, however, was Informed that Castro, from Eu
nis disinclination to come to Wash- rope, landed in the Costa Rlcan city
ington i-s embarrassing the Demo- several days ago.
? rats, and the State of Georgia will Dr. Hail believes that Castro recetv
be represented by one only man. A. ed strong support at Valencia, as he
,? Bacon. It is reported today that has a lar^e following there. The
the Smith faction is not altogeth- former minister declares that the
er satisfied witli the present Castro party is beim; reinforced from
condition of affairs, for the reason Cuba, where the major part of Cas
that if the senator-elect responds to tro's supplies ami ammunition have
the appeals of the senate Democrats come from.
it will compel him to give tip the' -
governorship and abandon some of BLKASF MAKFS NO REPLY.
the reforms he still hopes to work -
out. As the anti-Smith faction does| Waiting on Solicitor and Health
not geem to care for these reforms Board in Holder} Mill Matter,
they think that the sooner the gov- Columbia, July 14.?Gov. Blesse
ernor packs up ami starts for Wash- said to.lay that he would not reply
Ington the better for them. Bum-1 at this time to the letter received
mlng up the situation, the Washing-1Thursday evening from the directors
Penitentiary, regarding
ton Times says this evening:
"If the reactionaries in th
cratic party down In Georgia think
they are making a hit With the plain
people l y sulking over the election ot
Hoke Smith to the senate they are
making the mistake of their lives.
Kmple precedents have been broughl
forward to show thai Joseph M. Ter?
rell, appointed to till the seat?of the
late a. s. Clay, not only ma> contlnuo
to sit until his successor qualifies, but
La morally bound to do so, Beyond
all question It Is up to bin to dls
>. harge t he duties of hi
j of tin State
Demo-J the poison hosiery mill situation, nor
would ho comment on the letter,
"1 have called <>n Solicitor Cohh
and the State board of health to act."
he said, "and 1 am waiting to hear
from them. 1 had a talk this morn?
ing with Dr. Robert Wilson. Jr.. of.
Charleston, chairman of the State
board Of health, and be aid the hoard
was waltng an opinion they had ask?
ed the Vttomey General to furnish,
as to their authority In the matter.
I understand Solicitor Cobb Is looking
into the facts."
ci lee until