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OIY1CKHS KLFATKD AT A HI - CENT MKKTIN(i AM) PLANS M \ l ?I FOR IT Sit FRY. iL L. \YlttH*rw|MM>n to Head Local T. IV A.. Men During the Year?IH?lc gates elected to Vanned Slate Con? vention at S|Mirtanbiu*g?>-Otlier Matters, At a recent meeting of Poet O, T. P. A. officers for the ensuing year were elected, delegates chosen for the annual State Convention and other matters of Interest and Importance transacted. The following officers were elected: President, ft. L. Wltherspoon. Vice-president. W. It. Phillips. Secretary and Treasurer. Goo. C. Warren. Board of directors for the year: F. J. Henry. C. 8. Anderson. I* I. Par rott. C. ?B. Teadon. B. R. Compton, W. Percy Smith, and J. W? McKclver. Chaplain. J. P. Marlon. Surgeon. Archie China. It was found that there were seven? ty-one members of the post in good standing which entitled Post G. to 10 delegates to the annual State Conven? tion which meets at Spartanburg slay 7th. 8th tfhd 9th. The fol? lowing delegates were elected to go to the convention: C. B. Yeadon, I* 1 Parrott. W. R. Phillips, W. B. Poyle. W. Percy Smith. H. L. Wlther? spoon. Geo. C. Wnrren. F. J. Henry. C s. Anderson, and J. W. McKelver. It was decided that these delegates must notify the president, E. L. Wlth? erspoon. by May 1st, If they will at? tend the convention In order that their places may be filled by appoint? ment of oth'-r delegates, so that the poet will have a full delegation at the State Convention. The president and secretary were empowered to appoint delegates to fill anv vacancies which might occur. It was further decided to pay the railroad fare of the dele? gates to Spartanburg out of the post funds and to make reservations at a hotel In Spartanburg for them dur? ing their stay In that city. Another matter of interest which came up at the meeting was the hold? ing of the annual fish fry. It was decided to have the fish fry at Po ralla Springs on Friday. April 18th. In order to attend the members of the poet were asked to meet at the postoftlce at i o'clock in the afternoon in order tu be taken out to the fish fry. Those members who have auto? mobiles were requested to have them on haad at I*!* time to aid In taking out their !t>es fortnate fellow mem? bers of the post. The expenses In? curred In having the fish fry will bo paid out of the post funds. The following committee has the fish fry in charge: W. B. Boyle, C. B. Yeadon. W. Percy Smith. W. R Phillips. L. I. Parrctt, M. H. Beck aad K: L. Wltherspoon. Th.? post Is in a flourishing condi? tion and one of the strongest in the State TO AID STOCK GROWING. Southern Railway Makes Arrange? ments for Handling Live Stock Grown In the Sruth. Speurer. N. C, April 11.?To provide Improved facilities for properly handling the growing movement of live stock to Kastern and Virginia market** from the Southeastern States, the Souther:! Hallway Is now complet? ing a modern plant for resting and feeding stock on property adjoining the Spencer yards. The plant consists of 33 pens, 20 of which ure covered. All pens and alleys are paved with one foot of ( Indern and are located on a gentle slope, providing natural drainage. Kach pen Is provided with Water tiough and feed rack, and the entire plant Is elec trically lighted. Nine pens ale set apart for cattle from the quarantined area and are separated from the others by a solid hoard wall ten feet high As all cattle are un? loaded at Spencer for feed and rest, this convenient plant will prove an important fadl^y for stock growers The construction of this plant Is In line with the Southern Hallway com? pany's pole v of making every possi? ble effort to aid the live stock industry fn the territory ulong Its lines, in nc ? ordnnco with which it has provided special train service for live stock ffafg points where sufficient business Is offered und through its Live Sto. k .< r r ri,. 111 is endeavoring to inten s? faro disseminate helpful infor? mation, and to contribute In every proper manner to the upbuilding of the industry. The laving of the afag on Mary end Sumter streets har. been com pleted and the line has betfj extended for soms distance djgayg Bjsg street. However, it still has to he extended several hundred feet further before it reaches the lowest point on the Mreet, to which place Counell di? rected its extension. The big floods thst bhrt the towns helped the gfaggft Natur? is always en cpuma*l?Philadelphia Ledger. Think New Tariff Will Hollo c (on * tuner*. 11 i Ii im.m o Sun. Most of the local bankers who ate known to favor a reduction of tariff rates hesitate to discuss the pending bill until they have given the especial features of it more study. It was a subject of general comment among ? them, but so far what they think has not taken concrete shape. I*ouis Muller, a director in the First Nftttoaal Hank and a former head of Hal grain exporting tlrm of Louis Muller & Co., was tiiuong those who freely expressed his views. He said: "Merchants and manufacturers v\ ho criticise the tariff proposals of the Ways and Means Committee seem to think the large reductions will not benefit consumers, but that the mon? ey which the Government loses will go into the pockets of the middlemen. I think this is entirely a wrong view. Competition will regulate that matter and merchants will not be able in the end to hold out for larger profits than are required to conduct their business on a sound and reasonable basis. "Somo manufacturers will undoubt? edly have to adjust their business to changed conditions. If they cannot get labor cheap enough to compete with foreign fabrics, they will have to shift until they can. When they realize that the change is permanent they will have to do as many of us did when protective duties stopped importations and fight it out on other lines. "A just government ought to favor no one class at the expense of others unless the public good requires it. It certainly is a pity to pull down a fine structure thnt has served its purpose, but this Is a matter of common occur? rence when Its destruction is neces? sary to avoid obstruction In public Improvement or when It can be re? placed by another one that w ill com? pensate for its loss and be more use? ful in the future." J. William Middendorf, of Midden? dorf. Wilhams & Co., said he fully approved the tariff policies of the Administration. "All of us have known since the election," he continued, "that a tariff measure would be among the first of the new policies President Wilson would endeavor to put into effect. It does not, therefore, come in any un? expected and uncertain way. Having antlclapted it. it seems to me that those who think they may be affected have had time enough in which to prepare for any anticipated change. "President Wilson has said that ho intends to do nothing that will injure the business interests of the country, and t believe him. In all his acts he has shown the utmost conservatism, and I think wo can fully rely on him to be equally as prudent In this mat? ter. "I have no yet given the tariff bill the careful attention that I intend, but from the cursory reading I have made of some parts Of It I cannot think that it will have any unsettling influence. "The country needs reductions, and needs them badly, in many directions, lit seems to me that the pending bill I strikes rr>' at those commodities j which can best bear a Btrong tariff 'ity and takes this tax off those neces? sities which are most in demand. Surely this Is prudence and of a kind that will result in much benellt, in my Judgment. "I think it can also be taken as sig? nificant that this tariff bill is not going j to upset any settled and legitimate business enterprise because the New York stock market has shown no signs of distress since its provisions wcru made public. This is i.'.vvays a good barometer of how new policies are regarded by those most concerned, The market has advanced on the news and following the President's ad |'dress it had a firm Upward spurt. This |j index enough for me that no business harm will follow ihe enact? ment of a tariff bill i.long the sug? gested lines." Kugeno Levering, president of the National Hank of Commerce, believes that the enactment of the tariff will do more general good than it will work Individual injury to special in? terests. Wo all knew the change was coming." he said. 'therefore every careful business man. I should think, will have arranged to put his house in der to meet it There < an be no two opinions, to my mind, that a re vision downward in the tariff is ab solutely needed. Whether the present bill is goln? to tm et all these re? quirements perhaps remains to be iemonstrated At all events it is a Step in the right direction, Bo far as I have looked into the measure it seems le meat with the general de? mam.I ? The only point on which I would otggcst a difference of opinion with those who have framed the bin is in the matter of a sugar duty I know something of this commodity and the conditions surrounding its importation and list, and i do not think the lugat ?lanten tot Ltstibrtgns win ever be ible fo SUCCeSSfUlly compel,. With ft''? Uigur, 'l ie beet sugar makers would, with a few. more years of protection, be] Sole to stand alone without this aid or any other subsidy. But With the cane sugar grown here it is differ? ent, chiefly because of conditions of climate and soil. But tariff reduc? tion! are bound to come and the pres? ent bill seems to inert the situation.' POPE Pit's is BETTER. Complete' Absence of IVvo^ and Ro appcaranee of Strength and Cheer? fulness Are Encouraging. Rome, April 10.?The change for the latter in the condition of Pope PiUI X was absolutely certain today and the amelioration || BO marked to? night that if no complications inter? vene his speedy recovery to normal heulth seems practically assured. There was a complete absence of fever today and signs that the pope's strength is beginning to return and reappearance of cheerfulness in the patient are indications that the re? lapse from Influensa which the pope suffered April 8 has been mastered. The pontiff again was able to hear mass this morning and take com? munion. He even sat up in bed while hearing a report from the papal sec? retary of State, Cardinal Merry del Val. His holiness also granted a longer conversation than usual to his sisters and nieces, who showed unmistakable signs of relief at the apparent im? provement in the pope' health. DISCl'SS GIRL QUESTION. Problem-, AfTcoting Young Women Discussed at Convention of Y. W. C. A. in Richmond. Richmond, Va.. April 10.?Prob? lems affecting the welfare of young girls were discussed at today's ses? sions of the fourth biennial conven tion of the Young Womens' Christian association. How the association hopes to deal with the danger to girls was explained by Miss Mabel Cratty, general secretary of the national board. ASKS PROMPT RATIFICATION'. Bryan Calls on States to Announce Ratlllcation of Amendment for Di? rect Elections. i Washington. April 10.?Secretary Bryan today dispatched identical let? ters to the governors of States which have acted favorably upon the con? stitutional amendment providing for the direct election of senators and have not reported the fact to State de? partment. The secreary suggested prompt notification in ?oder that he may issue the usual formal notice of the adoption Of the 17th amendment. COLUMBIAN SUCCUMBS TO INJU? RIES. Hurt in Auto Smash UP in New York ?-Young .Man Dies. New York, April 10.?Lewis Barle, son of Judge William Edward Karle, of Washington, D. C, antl Columbia, ! S. C, died here today from Injuries received in a crash between an auto? mobile in which he was riding and a trolley car on Madison avenue last Monday night. Mr. Edward was a law? yer !5fi years Old, and was well known here and in the South. He will be buried here. - BELIEVE LEVEES WILL HOLD Those In Charge of Panic to Hold Back Flood Mroe optimistic. Memphis. Tenn., April 10.?Optim? ism marked the expression tonight of those in charge of the battle to hold the levees In the central section of the Mississippi Valley against the mighty flood-swoolen river. Condi? tions, while still grave, were generally more hopeful. Two gaps in the levee neat Wilson, Ark., are serving as out? lets for a great volume of water, re? lieving the strain on the embankments south of that point, and a day of sun? shine hits had its effect both on the dikes and the spirits of the flood fighters. North of Wilson, at Osceola, Lusora and Batficld, the situation is still critical, although not so desperate as last night. South Of Memphis pre? parations are being made for a hard light near Helen:? and the levee just north of the Beulah, Miss, crevasse of last February has shown signs of weakening. At Memphis the river fell one foot and two-tenths today, standing to? night at the high stage of last year, 11,9 feet .Mound City, north of Mem? phis, which was Hl danger of collapse last night, reported approximately the same fill. Since the pipe laving on Mary Street was completed part of that street has been opened for traffic, hut there is ?til' a considers hie distance that has not been opened up Into a street. There is ;iiso r big ditch lying along the street for sevcial hundred feet Which needs to be tilled up. The sale of law at Alban) is anoth* er "extra hnsardnus" business. Brooklyn higgle, ?RESIDENT AND DEMOCRATS OF ROTH HOUSES AGREE ON TARIFF, Except on Minor Points Democrats ere Now United in Support of Rill to Rev lac Tariff and Carr) Out Platform Pledges of The Party, Washington, April 10.?The senate's attitude toward President Wilson and the new tariff bill became fairly well confined today after another meeting of the Democratic members of the finance committee. Briefly, the sen? ate committee will agree to accept the view of the president and the house as to free wool and 1 cent sugar, w ith the free sugar in three years attach-j incnt, but it will assert its right to j amend other schedules and provisions as it thinks beat, The conference with the president yesterday brought a working agree? ment, under which both the executive and the senate leaders have yielded certain points. The senate Democrats i do not propose to make any geneeral incrase in the rates of the tariff bill, or to make the senate liable to the charge of having impeded the efforts ! of the president and the house toward tariff reform. Changes will be made in several schedules, however, the work having been started today with a considera? tion of the first schedule in the bill. Some of the changes regarded as nec? essary by the senate leaders may he carried over to the house and put into the bill in the Democratic caucus still in progress there. The senate leaders reserve the right to make changes i after the bill reaches the senate, , where they consider it necessary to make the revision what they consider more equitable and scientific. The de : cision to stand with the president on j the wool and sugar tariff issues has ; brought the forces of Democracy into practical unity, it is claimed. Should j the president and the house majority refuse to accept any changes in the wool and sugar schedule, it is under? stood the senate committee will lend its support to the same programme. The fight against free wool, how? ever, has become more acute at both ends of the capitol. and several State i delegations in the house are appealing to Democratic senators for support In the light to retain some duty. The DemocratiS caucus of the house bad received only the third schedule of the new bill at the end of today's work, Representative Cn d< rweod and other Democratic tariff leaders were making no apparent ef? fort to limit debate or hasten a party decision pn the bill. This deliberate progress has raised the hopes of the wool and sugar interests that they may be able to organize sufficient strenRth to Change the bill in the 1 caUCUS, so that it will pass the house with at least a small duty on wool and! without the provision to make SUgar free in 111*,. This opinion is strengthened by the attitude of the senate Democrats. Many of them Who favor at least a small wool and j sugar tariff arc lending their inlluence j to the fight in the house in the hope that the issue can be fought out there ? ami will not have to be settled in the I senate. Representative Underwood and his assistants of the ways and means com? mittee succeeded in piloting the tariff bill through another day's debate In the house without any change in its rates. Many phases of the tariff were gone into with demands for changes in duties coming from many quar? ters. The greater part of the day was devoted to work on the earthen-' ware schedule, which was finally ap? proved after a plea from Speaker Clark and Representative Underwood for party harmony. The schedule evoked a lively ex? pression of views. The present tariff is lit) per cent on most of the pot? tery and 25 per cent on cheaper classes. The revision would reduce Ihe present rate of 80 to ami 10 per r<,nt and the per cent to 1.". per cent. Representative Whltcare from the Bast Liverpool (Ohio) distric t plead J ed for retention of the ?'?0 per cent tariff and declared that on an invest? ment of $60,000,000 pottery interests profited barely G per cent last year. When the metal BChedulC was taken up Representative Webb of North Carolina and others tried hard to gel a reduction of (be proposed rate on card clothing, a material used on the machinery of textile manufacturers. The present law laxe? card clothing 58 per cent and the pending bill would make it I?' per cent. Repre? sentative Underwood said tonight he though the mucus would be almost through by Sunday night. Representative Broussnrd will pre ieni an amendment when the sugar schedule is taken up tomorrow, and it is said that four other Louisiana representatives tire counted upon to vote with him ngalnst ihe lull if it comes up m the house with anything like the present reduction on sugar The raucus adjourned shortlj after (1 o'clock until 11 o'clock tomorrow ^ morning. MISS VAN DIVER THANKS CITY. - Mentions Those Whose Efforts Made the Sunda) School Convention ??Our Greatest Convention*" - Dear Editor: Through the columns ??f The Item I wish to express i ty personal ap? preciation and that of the Sunday School Association ??f the state for the splendid way In Which Sumter took care of the Convention. It was great. The gracious hospitality of your people, the charm of the fair southern town, the vigilance of the committees, and even the weather? man, all formed a combination that made it the b? st yet in the history of our Association. I am sure every delegate of the four hundred, as well as the visitors from across the borders, has gone home with delightful memories of the days spent in Sumter. It gave me the keenest pleasure to hear every delegate to whom 1 spoke concerning entertainment, say "I have the nicest home in Sumter." We wish to thank the Chamber of Commerce, through which organiza? tion the original invitation was given to meet in Sumter; the Ministerial Union, for its splendid co-operation; the Y. M. C. A., and in an especial manner are our thanks due to the men who made the convention go? Mr. Bar tow Walsh, chairman of the executive committee, the Napoleon of the situation, for his untiring inter? est; Mr. G. A. Waterman, the gallant and accommodating secretary of the ('hamber of Commerce; Mr. H. L, Birchard and his assistants for the tine way in which they got under the burden of it all; to Mr. Marlon Scott for the parade; Mr. B. K. Wilder for the arrangements which made the music possible; to the choir, to the Hoy Scouts, to the entertainment committee and all others who con? tributed in any way toward the splen? did entertainment of our greatest Convention. In the name of the State Associa? tion I thank you, and may I hope that our coming to you has given in some measure the pleasure it has given us to go. Grace W. Vandiver, General Secretary. COL. HENDERSON TO SPEAK. Prominent Alken Lawyer Selected to , Address Veterans ut ciiattanooga Gathering. Aiken, April 8.?Gen. Be-nett H. IToung,, commander in chief of the United States Confederate Veterans of the South, has given South Caro? lina the signal honor of supplying the annual orator at the reunion to be held in Chattanooga the latter por? tion of next, month. Col. Daniel S. Ilenedrson of Aiken has been invit? ed to till that place and has ac? cepted. Previously this position has been filled by many distinguished men. among them John B. Gordon, John W. Daniels. Fitzhugh Lee and Ben i net H. Young. Columbia, April 11.?After hearing the defendant s motion for a new trial I in the case of Black against The State for libel, Judge Sease this morning issued an order granting the motion, unless the plaintiff would agree to ac? cept $5.000 damages in lieu of $20,000 awarded by jury. SOME LH ?HTM N't; PLOWING. An Aero of Ground Will bo Plowed in Twenty Mtn*t?H at The San Diego Exposition? San Diego, Ca!., April 11 ?To Pa:, that one has gel n an acre of ground plowed in twenty minutes, is a state? ment which, had it been made in the youth of the older generation, would have brought either the sa.rjjty or veracity of the person making it into aertoui question. It would have seem? ed beyond reason or truth, ami out of place beyond the pages of the feats of Baron Munchausen. Today it will be received with more or less wonder by some, but without question as to its truth by any. It is a process Which will he seen daily at The San Diego, California, exposition, in 1915. When President I). C. Collier of the San Diego Exposition announced to the world that the exposition was to he one of processes rather thanv of products?a demonstration of man's evolution?it was too far reaching a statement to be graseped in its en? tirety, and it is only now when prepa? rations are being made for the parti? cipation of various states and their constituent industries, that the idea is becoming apparent. i Plowing an acre of ground in twenty minutes is, of course, someth? ing not to be considered seriously ex? cepting by the use of a traction en? gine, driving a large number of plow shares. When one considers that the turning of a single furrow Is the work of a span of horses and at least one man. some idea of the power of . the modern farm tractor, turning twenty furrows at once, and controlled i by a single pair of hands, is gained. Careful estimates and calculations show that were the same work done, in the same length of time, by a single plow, as it is done by the larger tractor driven gang-plows, the single plow would have to be driven through the ground at the rate of thirty miles an hour. A3 can veil be imagined, such a speed would leave the most of the soil scattered about the land? scape in anything but agricultural use? fulness. CLARENDON DOCTORS MEET. Start Movement for Monument to Dr. Marion Sims. Manning, April 4.?The Clarendon i County Medical Association held its regular monthly meeting Wdnesday afternoon at Summerton. There was a fairly good attendance and two new ' members were elected, Dr. Pettijohn, of Pinewood, and Dr. Jordan, of St. Caul. On motion it was decided to issue an appeal through the county paper &u the women of Clarendon to raise a ..and to aid in the erection of ;i .-tatue or other suitable memorial to the memory of the great Dr. Ma? rion Sims, to whose pioneer work hu? manity is more greatly indebted prob? ably than to any other one man in hist.uy. A motion was also adopted inviting : Dr. Hagood Woods, of Florence, to tead a paper before the Association at its next meeting, which will be held in Manning on the last Wednesday in April at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The local members at Summerton regaled the visiting members with a delightful luncheon before allowing them to depart. VOTING COUPON. GOOD FOR 25 VOTES In The Dally Item, Watchman and Southron and Merchants Auto? mobile and Prize Contest. For (Miss or Mrs) Address District No. These coupons must be clipped out neatly and brought or sent to Contest Department of The Item, Sumter. S. C. Coupons of this issue not good after April 22. Nomination Blank To enter The ITEM'S PRIZE CONTEST, fill out this blank and send It to the office of tho Contest Editor. You may nominate yourself or a friend. The first of the.se blnaks received will cotint for 5,000 votes. I NOMINATE Mrs. or Miss. Address . . Nominated by. Pnder no circumstances will name of person making nomination be di vuiged. i. tvtrm