The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 16, 1913, Image 8
SOLDIERS' HOME SCAHOAL
COL. DK'KKKT, A SIF.MBFIt OF
llOAHl>. Ill A II WS S1TI -
II?- !'<?*< u>M -. Conditions at Homo and
guodx I? tlmom to show Tliut
Ttwsnr wm* MiMiuinat;cntrnt If Not
Worrtr*--Dl*Tep*iM Irs l'ointcil Out.
To the EoVor of Tho State:
As was to ho expected, the new
board of the obi soldiers' home found
the books All o. K. and the old man?
agement Is kept In the service. If
after all that has been done and said,
the taxpayer* And old soldiers Are
satisfied, no one else has a right to
complAtit. However, it is a known
fAct thAt men hAve been known to
be steeling And grafting for a life
time, yet their book* showed up all
right Not meaning thAt such was
the csse with the books at the home,
but merely as a possibility. We will
appeal from one of the board "drunk"
as the majority Oaim to that same
member "sober" and let the public
judge.
I always contended that the books,
If any were kept, would be found
strslght Nothing was ever thought or
said about the system of bookkeeping;
It is a solid, uncontroverted fact. The
people want an itemised accounting
of the disbursement of that 125.000
appropriation. They would like to
know. too. why the vast differences
in the sworn testimony of those in
charge. It would be rather tar fetched
to contend that because an old
soldier k? an Inmate of tho home he
would not toll the truth. Neither
would it be Just to say because MaJ.
Richardson was An officer in the Army
all his assertions should go unchal?
lenged. Some of his sta ements have
been very careless, to say the least.
The tax payers are entitled to the
whole truth and let the blame fall
where it may. Let us look at some
of the discrepancy in the statement
made by the two men in control. You
will find them in a pamphlet In which
the legislative investigating commit?
tee published their proceedings. On
page 31 MaJ. Richardson stated that
the home had 30 nogs and they killed
half. Capt Caldwell says three. MaJ.
Richardson said bfore he took charge
there were complaints as to feeding.
Now, the old soldiers get three sub
stAnttAl meals And a lunch every day.
Capt Caldwell and the Inmates deny
this.
On DAge 65 MaJ. Richardson says.
"I went before tho bosrd of regents
of the asylum and got 13 more acres
(the home Is on the asylum land)
making 17 acres in all. I fenced that
with new cedar post, etc. etc. Capt.
Caldwell. who superintended all work
on the place says 'no such a fence
was ever built." If MaJ. Richardson
Included that fence in his contrAct.
And paid for it out of the appropria?
tion, the 8tate simply dld'nt get It,
for it Is not there. He claims to have
done many other things, such as "re?
pairing the whole roof." Capt. Cald?
well says It was only patched in a few
places. Many other of MaJ. Richard?
son enumerations, Capt. Caldwell
seems to know nothing of. MaJ
Richardson claims to havee fed 70
Inmates dally and sometimes 80
or 90. Capt. Caldwell, who kept
An account, ssys thero were only
19 as an average. If provisions were
bought for 70 and 80, when only 59
Ate. why was there a complaint of not
enough to eat or "plates for eight, with
food for four."
On oath MaJ. Hlchsrdson told the
Investigating committee that sine.
March. It 12. he had not been ubsent
from the home for 24 hours. Capt.
Caldwell And tho inmates, on the other
hand, stated (flat he was absent two
thirds of the time, and when he did
come to the home it was only for a
few hours.
Upon that hypothesis can these dis?
crepancies in the testimony bo ac ?
counted for, allowing, of course, it Is
possible for I miandant and the
inrntses to tell the truth occasionally.
To show that MaJ Richardson*
statement should not be taken t"..
seriously, I refer the curious to page
27 of the testimony. Now listen to
the major: worked there (in the
home) four years, without any COSA?
pensation at all." Ah a matter of fact
MsJ. Richardson has not aSSg con?
nected with the board or home only
for a little more than two yeafS Dur?
ing those two y?-ars h- had resigned
snd cone to PsjfgjWOll for aSTStal
months. With th? eaoosdlos of MaJ.
Mlxon s enoumben? y i>t\ or seven
months) there never was a time that
he was not Issuing to MsBSelf payrolls
for $10?) per month. The record will
nhow It. Now wan this sjSM of those
simple thtna* tttat Georg?? WaMulngton
never toid. u attp up. or a lypogranh?
IcaI error * If the hitter, he has hol
Ampin time to eegTOCi it. but mo fat
as i know he i?<?m ratios' to <b> as, * i
worked there four years for nothing
At All." This SI perhaps what the
court had 'n view, when it said In el
feet: "Mayi y,?" atnysd isjaiast the
old soldiers, with the nurds starked;
you held a loo lag haad and nun,
but remember, a loo loo band is not
good twice In th?? name Bitting."
A* to the |f,#td appropriated for
\Tlo.N.
SUCK 10 PROGRAMME.
immfmatk Hl moyad of duty
voted down hy PARTY
(AKIS.
I "n_ Period of Argument Minis With
Sup|H>rt for Programme of l*ro*l~
dent and House Loader*.?boaleU
uiut Mau Clamors for Protection.
Washington, April IS,?Immediate
froo sugar was rejected today by the
I house Democratic caucus by an over?
whelming vote after an appeal of
Democratic leaders to stand by the
president and the ways and means
committee.
This leaves the sugar schedule un?
changed from the compromise form
in which it was presented to the cau?
cus by Chairman Umlerwood and hla
colleagues of the committee after con?
ferences between the White House
and leaders of both houses of con?
gress.
The Democratic members of the
committee, including such free trad?
ers as Representatives Harrison of
New York and Rainey of Illinois,
stood as a unit for the three-yoar
gradual reduction to a free sugar
Ibasis. ,
Besides this action, the caucus left
open the exact date when sugar would
I go on the free list in 1916. An
i amendment proposed by Representa?
tive Hardwick of Georgia proposed
that the date it should take effect
should be May 1, 1916, so as to bo
effectlvo before the beginning of the
canning season. The caucus agreed
to leave the matter to be decided up?
on by the ways and means commit?
tee after all the rest of the tariff bill
has been disposed of in caucus
FARMFRS* UNION TO MF.FT.
Last Meeting of cYar to Re Held at
Statoburg First l>uy in May.
The County Farmers* Union will
hold its next meeting the first Friday
in May with the Stateburg local union
at Stateburg. A full delegation from
all of the locals is desired and visiting
brethren from all the locals are cor?
dially invite j to attend this meeting.
Those living in the eastern part of tho
county who prefer to come on train,
rather than drive through the coun?
try, will be met at Wedgefleld and
carried out to tho meeting. There are
two trains, one arriving at ten o'clock
and the other at a quarter to twelve.
There is only < no train returning,
leaving Wedgefleld at 5.00. All who
wish to come on the train to Wedge?
fleld will please communicate with
either Dr. F. M. Dwlght^ Wedgefleld,
or J. Frank Williams, It. 3, Sumter, in
order that conveyances may be pro?
vided for all.
At the lust HISOtlng of the county
union in Sumtur a resolution was
passed requesting each local to bring
j or send by Its delegation a written
statement of the two thing.* most
needed by the members of that local
and what had been accomplished by
the union for the local.
This is the tlrst mooting of the
county union this year out in the
country and the first time that the
county union ha.-; ever met with the
Stateburg local, therefore, we hope to
have a good attendance at this meet?
ing.
J. Frank Williams,
County President
repairs, has there ever been an Item
liad account rendered? That would
So interesting reading. The only items
of any conquence are four rooms
and a stable. Any carpenter would
be glad to build such size rooms for
$250 apiece and the stable should not
have exceeded $400 or $500. This
would only be $1,500. How is the
Other $1,500 accounted for?
If any contractor got more than
$2,00o or $2,500 for the work in sight.
I < an only say, he got the better of
the major in a trade or he had not
studied bis tlgu res, or his calculations
were at fault when the major stated
ha fed the old soldiers for 25 cents
per day. Well, perhaps that is so, but
it leaves tOO big a balance to be ac
i oantod for In the way of clothei
and help hired. Allowing the To in
matos, ai he i lalras he fed daily, then
would yet be between 111,000 and
lit, ft I t?. bo accounted f??r. Give us
an Itemi/ed Statement, please.
Tell us, too. about how the appro*
prlatlon is managed Twenty thous?
and, deposited in a batik, should draw
* or ."? per lent. There would be tit
least |s,itf lying Idle for six months
and more; does the band allow no
rake-off? if not, why not? if the)
allow interest, who gets it One-half
? ?f tie- $17.Mm allowed last year was
not ail used till the i nd of the year
One-half remains untouched fof six
months; then who gets the ruke-off, If
there is any*]
When .ill Ihear matters are explain?
ed, let us hope the old home a ill i tin
smoothly, With Todd ruling the board,
Richardson ruling Todd, all will i"
lovely and the gooos bums high.
11 \ i ?i. kert
New bet ry. April 7.
FIELD DAY AT B1SHQPVILLE.
LEE COUNTY school CHUjDREJJ
ENGAGE in CONTESTS AT
cofntl BEAT.
Second Field Day Proven u Most Suc?
cessful Affair?List 01 Prise Win?
ners and school* in Contest*
Blshopvllle, April 12.?Field Day,
the second wen held here today. The
attendance was possibly somewhat
fewer than last year, but that was at?
tributed to the threatening weather
condition, which indeed did set in
raining during mid afternoon and eon->
tinned until night fallt causing an
abbreviation Of the programme to thp
extent of several numbers.
Good humor marked the proceed?
ing of the day and lino acquiescence
was evinced by all in the awards made
by the committees and judges.
The standard of tho public pen
formancei was high and very eredi.
ta'de to all the contending schools.
The capacity to accommodate such
a meet is woefully lacking at this point
and up-to-date thcro 1b no suggestion
proposed to cover the need,
A most interesting event was the
fifty yard dash for girls. The winner
was expected to bo Miss Mary Haw?
kins of Lynchburg, who was a high
favorite and most dreaded competitor
as she easily won the honors last year.
In getting off today she had some?
what of a bad start and to win she
had to exert herself to the utmost
and that only by a hand's breadth
from her valiant opponent, Miss Play?
er.
These meetings are beneficial In
making the schools and the children
prominent, welding community senti?
ment, developing neighborhood pride,
prompting teachers to bring out all
there is in a child, extending the ac?
quaintance among tho people of the
county; increasing self respect, mutual
respect and tho benefit to tho com?
petitors cannot be measured up
with Field Day.
The following are the winners in
the tests:
Spelling No. 1.?Roberta Shaw, Bt.
Charles.
Spelling No. 2.?Hallle Lee, Elttotts.
Reading No. 1.?Fanny May, Car?
ter, Elliotts.
Reading No. 2.?McLeod Tilmmons,
Lynehburg.
Reading No. 3.?Wynona McCoy,
Harmony.
Arithmetic, No. 1.?Lorena Dennis,
Lynch burg.
Arithmetic No. 2.?Vernon Caugh
man, Hickory Hill.
Geography, 1.?Ruth Anderson,
Lynehburg.
Geography, 2.?Marian Manning,
Blshopvllle.
Colored Maps.?Lila Boykin, Spring
Hill.
Outline Maps?Klleona Welsh,
Sylvan School.
Essay?Mary Perrin, Blshopvllle.
Declamation?Carrlo Dell Wilson?
Wilson School.
Oration?Hugh Colclough, Hcriots.
Domesrtic Soloncv.
Button holes?Corrino Hancock,
Rock Hill.
Shirtwaist?Connel Andrews, Ash?
land.
Light bread?Carrie Belle McEl
Veen, Lynehburg.
Candy?Mary Moore, Blshopvllle.
Boys:
30 Yard Dash?Robline Mathis,
Spring inn.
ion Yard Dash?Conyers McElvccn,
Lynehburg.
Running Broad Jump?Leo Reams,
Blshopvllle.
Running High Jump?Leo Reams,
Blshopvllle.
Sack Race?Woolsey Wood, Hebron.
Tug of War?Blshopvllle.
Relay Race?Blshopvllle.
Butter?Ada Dixon. Hickory Hill.
Axo Handle?Wadell Player, Pine
Grove School.
Plow Singletree?Edwin Beasley,
Hebron.
Athletics?Girls.
f>0 Yard Dash?May Hawkins.
Apple Race?Belaska Welsh, Sylvan,
i >ay's Order**-Blshopville.
CHINA'S DECLARATION.
Address From New Republic, Cabled
to Washington, Wins Praise Prom
High Officials.
Washington. April 11.?The Chinese
declaration <>f Independence, which
took the form of an address to the
world, was cabled here from Peking
today and after being read in th<
cabinet meeting today was made pub?
lic State department officials de
dared that it reflected the Influence of
the young Chinese members who have
been educated in American colleges.
The president ami his cabinet praised
it pnf husiast i< liy.
Peru and Mexico today recognised
china ami tin Hraslllan ambassador
? tld loday ins government was read)
t<> welcome Chins to a family ol na?
tions end was only awaiting action by
tio- l'nited Hintes in compliance with
the request of Secretary Bryan (or
WOMEN POLITICIANS SCRAP.
DAUGHTERS OP THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION IN ARMS.
On Eve of National Congress Presi?
dent is Riled i>y Letter from Mrs.,
Wm. C. story. Candidate for Gen
eralahlPi Calling for a Fair Elo< .
tion?Election Machinery Must be
Overhauled, says Note from Leader
Of Conservatives.
Washington, April 13.?Factional'
"bitterness in the Daughter! of the
American Revolution waa intensified
on the eve of the 22d annual Conti
nentlal Congress of the Society, by
the sending of a letter from the exe?
cutive committee of the conservative
party, headed by Mrs. William C.
Story, a candidate for the president
generalship, to Mrs. Matthew T. Scott,
retiring head of the Society, urging
that steps be taken to insure an elec?
tion fair to all candidates and a
quick denunciation of this action by
Mrs. Scott.
In a statement issued tonight Mrs.
Scott said: "I was amazed and shock?
ed beyond words when I was con?
fronted today by two attorneys sent
by Mrs. Story to demand that I ob
-serve the most elementary rules of
common honesty and fairness in con?
ducting the forthcoming election."
She added that the implication of
this demand was "gratitously of?
fensive and insulting," and that she
did not feel it was incumbent upon
her to enter into a detailed discus
' sion of the matter.
The letter sent by the executive
committee declared that the member?
ship of the Society was restive un?
der a fear "that the high ideals upon
which the Society was founded, were
being to some extent set aside for the
lesser considerations of political ad
! vantage," and urged that steps be tak
! en to insure fair treatment to every
candidate for president general. It
criticised members of the credentials
I Committee for making an advance
poll and for singing a circular advo?
cating the election of Mrs. John Mil?
ler Horton, of Buffalo, popularly re?
garded as the "administration" can?
didate, submitting that they should
not be permitted to pass upon dele?
gates' credentials, and asked:
"That fair representation be given
each candidate on the credentials
committee; that no delegate be al?
lowed to vote out of order; that
prompt recognition on the floor be giv?
en conservative leaders; that a copy
of the financial reports be given each
delegate before the election; that the
i voting machine be examined before
j placing in it the names of candidates
I and that each candidate be allowed to I
: have a representative witness the op?
eration of the machine; that a report
be ordered on losses involved In the
operation of the Society's magazine;
that members of the credentials com
i mittee be barred from the teller's
room and that the room be kept open
j at all times.
Smith-Rogers.
A young couple from Bishopville
was married by the clerk of court in
his office Monday morning imme?
diately after he had issued them a li?
cense. The contracting parties were
Mr, Clarence L. Rogers and Miss Re?
becca Smith, both of Bishopville.
A license was also issued to Joseph
Billy and Eva Green, colored, of
Mayesvllle.
Marriage License Record.
A license to marry was issued
Thursday to Mr. C. H. Cleapor and
Miss Mattie L. Newman of Sumter.
Licenses were also issued to James
Wiley and Ellen Johnson, Sumter, and
Levy Strange and Elsie Smith, Man
ning.
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN
Learn tile Cause of Daily Woes and
, End Them,
When housework is torture.
When the back aches and throbs.
When night brings no re3t nor
sleep.
When urinary disorders set in.
Women's lot is a weary one.
Do&n a Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Have proved their worth in thou?
sands of eases.
Read this Manning woman's testi?
mony.
Mrs. Joseph Welle, Manning. S. C,
says: " I was afflicted with kidney
complaint and l suffered Intensel)
from dull, nagging backaches, head?
aches and dissy spells. Doan'S Kid?
ney Pills proved to be just what l
needed and 1 had not used them long
before 1 was relieved. I ehoerfull)
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., IJuffab?,
New York, sop* agents f<.?- the ITnlted
States.
Remember the namf Doan's and
take no other. No. 3fi.
TEACHERS HELD MEETING
Talk of Prof. Carberry on Elcmon
tary Agriculture.
The sumter <'?mnt.\- Teachers' As?
sociation hold a meeting in the
Hampton Street School Saturday with
a good attendance present. Plans for
County School Day were discussed SOd
matters relating to events on that
day arranged.
An Important matter which was
passed upon at the meeting was the
decision to have a school journal
published in the county next year.
Contributions to this publication will
be submitted by the various schools
of the county and it is expected to do
much to aid school work throughout
the county.
An interesting talk was made by
Prof. J. L. Carberry of Winthrop col?
lege on elementary agriculture and
the need <?f beautifying school yards.
Other matters were discussed in a
general conference which lasted some
time.
Piaj MayesYille.
"The Heroic Detch ??t '76,*' a play
staged by the Oewego Dramatic <*1 ut>.
will be presented at May es vi lie, Fri?
day, April lsth.?Advt
Geo. H. Hurst
UNDERTAKER AND IMHM.Ml.il.
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calls.
AT OLD J. D. CRAIG STAAD, 202 N.
Main Street.
Day Phone 539. Night Phone 201.
We Now H&ve
a Complete Line 2=
Millinery, Dresses. Suits, Corsets,
Automobile Dust Coats and Caps
and Novelties.
When You are in Sumter Let us Show you our Stock.
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however strong in Cap?
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