The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 23, 1913, Image 4
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ed la 1110 and the True Southron In
lfff. The R'atchn in and Southron
?ow has the combined circulation and
tBXtaen'.e cf bo** of the old papers,
sad Is manifestly the best advertising
medium in Surnter.
Congressman Johnson I ? ? Isjsjsg-mi?
ed vV U Inlllngham for postmaster
Spartanburg nnd it appeared cer?
tain that he would BSjCUle the Job.
but on the heels of the re< onmn mla
MgBj barges were tiled against bun
and he withdrew hat gpsdj bjUqsj. It is
alb'Ked that the most serious ghargS
was that, awav baek in lvjs, Mr. Inl
llngham skinned a man in i horse
trade. The moral of tbi?? stoiy is that
those Who expert to seek oltie.- .should
never trade In.me
? a e
What I? a primary pledge worth
after all'* llov. Hie ose took an oath
to abide by the result of the primary,
but now that it does not suit his con?
venience he refuse* to commission the
county offices of Georgetown county
who were nominated in the primary
last summer.
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rntttlsoi corruption in Charleston
has been a stench in the nostrils of
honest men for many years and con?
ditions grow worse instead of better.
The recent congressional contest from
all accounts was the worst that has
ever Keen held if reports are to be
accepted as true. Bribery, repeating
and false voting were open and braz?
en and those guilty of these corrupt
practices, although known to many,
go scot free. It Is a matter of such
general notoriety that corrupt prac?
tice* in Charleston elections ate dis?
cussed as a thing to be expected. A
few days subsequent to the lirst con?
gressional prlmury the writer was on
tolng to Charleston and in
n front of him three men
?wing the result of the elec
?y mentioned the large
annruniT of money the several
candidates had spent In the different
counties and one partlclarly strik?
ing statement was that the votes a
oertaln candidate received m one par
ular county outside of Charleston
cost him between seven and eight dol?
lars apiece. The amount of money
spent in the election was not us shock?
ing sm the off-hand and casual man?
ner In which the matter was dis
rueaed in a public conveyance.
ess
With all the unoccupied territory
that England has scattered in the
>ur quarters of the globe in the
range that some pleasaut and hap
y tale la not get aside for the mlll
int vote* for women suffragettes. ami
II of them transported thereto to
ve and vote as they see lit. Tin
ould be provided with shelter and
revisions for at least a year, and a.
big supply of hallota and ballot boxes
I'erh.ipa tleny would then be happy,
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Nothing that the Wilson administra?
tion has done since taking chars:* of
the government on March 4th calls
foe on lor s. rti.-nt by t In
j^eople at large than the positive an
uoun ? n > nt that no longer will ac?
credited representative* of the United
ft.'aten In foreign countries, and In
Latin-America especially, be permit?
ted to act as the agents of Americans
or American corporations in the set?
tlement of huHincH* dispute*, involving
the countrleM to which they are ac?
credited or citizens of those coun
* -II.ir diplomacy, which is but
name for frensled finance
? ne of operation* transfer
Wall street to a focslgs
was promoted and energeti?
cally prote. led by Republican ad?
ministrations, with the result that the
people of laitin-America. WhQ have
been the greatest sufferers, fed to?
ward the 1'nitcd Stiites. mm h SS the
people of this country feel toward
Wall street ami the freebooters of
frensled flounce who ba\e robbed and
nppremied them with the aid nnd con?
nivance of the sjuveruMieut through
operation of law framed and en?
forced fo? the xp. .ill I.enetit of the
men and corporation* that have. g|?
wa\H hid the ? at of Republican ad
mtulstrat ion**
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Tho trouble in Csdjifernli nvei .mit
Japanese legislation and the e\er
present djgggeSf of futuie trouble with
Japan in con*equen< ? of similar I? k
Islation iti the l\i? lie ? 'oast States
could be at nfJOt and forever alla\e.|
by the lej.rij law detain In. Jspug
?mc ami Chinese from American citi?
zenship. There is more reason to
refuse citizenship t<? Asiatics than to
Africans and the chances are that a
Jap or Chinese would make as <!??
?treble ottlson m ? native of Afrleo
et natives of some oountiiee of Eu?
rope or Asia Minor who are now ad?
mitted, if the South was not utterly
destroyed by granting Oitlsenahlp to
millions of ignorant negroes there Ifl
no probability of California being
ruined by ?b naturalization of a few
thousand Japeneae and Chinese. The
immigration laws should be amended
no as to encteds undesirable forelgn?
Ofl and then all that are admitted
should he placed upon absolute
equality, with a provision that after'
a certain number of years, gi residents
they he required to become naturaliz?
ed Off return to their native country.
All residents of the United States,
?aVf those temporarily resident bON
for business Off oth? r purposes, and '
timSS who desire to acquire property'
ami snjoy the benefits and protection
of our laws should be amenable to all
our laws. If the Japanese wish to live
In California, or any other State, they
should renounce their Japanese citi?
zenship, make themselves subject to
American laws and forego the right of
appeal to Japan, if these conditions do
not suit the Japanese they could return
whence they came. So long as the
Japs are admitted to this country and
are denied the rights of citisenshlp
they will be a source of trouble and
annoyance to the States and to the
nation.
CLARENDON FIELD DAY.
Annual Event* for County Are Given
t in I. i Mmt Successful Cli'cum
stanevs?The Winners.
Manning, April IS.?The Clarendon
county school field day exercises
held here today proved a gratifying
rueeess in every particular. The
weather was ideal and there was an
lmmen.se throng of people present
from all sections of the county. The
entire affair was under the general
management of Miss Katherine Rich?
ardson of the Manning graded school,
who was ably assisted by' Superln
intendent, E. J. Browne, C. A. Mc
Faddin, J. D. Gerald and Sam Ful?
ton.
In the declamation contest there
were 21 entries and every one of,
them proved worthy of a prize.
Among the girls contesting, the first
prize was won by Cora Thompson of
the Jordan school, and the second
prize by Garland McCutcheon of Sar?
dinia. In the contest by the boys
the first prize was won by Claude
Corbett of Paxvllle. and the second
prise by Frank Graham of Davis Sta?
tion.
There were a great many entries in
the manual work contests, ull of them
highly meritorious. In the sewing'
contest by the girls the first prize
for quilt scraps was won by Rosalie
Richburg of Manning and the best
apron by Nellie Haley of Deep Creek.
In culinary work th prize for the
bsgfl loaf of bread was won by Vir?
ginia Nelson of Summcrton, the best
cake by Catherln Arant of Man?
ning, and the best pound of butter
by Ruby McKnlght of Oakdale.
I'rtzes in manual work by boys were
won as follows: Rest table, Klbert
Hodge of Paxvllle; best axe handle,
llennie Raggett, Deep Creek; best
bread board. Jeff Lee, Trinity; best
chicken coop, Asbury Shorter, Davis
Station.
In the athletic contests by girls the
.r>0-yard dash was won by Addie
Weinberg of Manning, the hoop race
by Lillian IMowden of the PlOWdon
school, and the hopping relay race by
Isabel Frierson of Manning. In the
boys' contest, the 10-yard dash,
Smith Wheeler. New Zion; 100-yard
dash by Frank BoSJWSlli PorCStOnj
running high Jump, Eugene McFad
din, Sardinia.
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In the various spelling contests
from grade '* through grade 10, and
in the rending contests from ad?
vanced through grade 7. the entries
weir ao numerous that it would be
Impracticable to give a detailed ac?
count. Including these and the oth?
er contests already mentioned the to?
tal entiies were more than half n
thousand.
In the banner contest a handsome
banner to be awarded the school w in ?
ning the most prizes, five schools tied,
? follows Home r ranch, Deep
Creek, Sardinia. New Zlofl and Davis
Station. A drawing was held to de?
cide the winner and the honor was
Won by I >eep < 'reck.
A basket hall game w as played by
Bummerton and Manning teams,
Bummorton winning by a score of I
to g,
The last number on the varied pro?
gramme of the day was a hasehall
.game between Lake City and Man?
ning, which closed at sunset vdii a
?con ef 8 to 7 in favor of Lake city
Is your Annnelnl condition such
that you can afford to lose van crop
by hail* 0, F. I las Iis w or l h. agent for
Carolina Hail Insurance Company
will secure protection for you ut :|
veis small cost Insure now Today
is the best Ums sdvt
FARMERS'
UNION NEWS
Practical Thought* for Practical
Farmers.
(Conducted by BS, \V. Dabbfj, Pres?
ident ?>. C, Farmers Union.)
THE RICHMOND CONVENTION,
_ i
Some ltandom Thoughts.
Tiie conference for Education In
the South, held in Richmond, this
?Took was the most interesting, in?
structive and enthusing meeting 1 ever
attended. At first 1 was disposed to
And fault with the aim oat infinite
vnrlsty of the topics, ami the multi?
plicity of the conference all going on
at the sai ie hour hut in different
places. And if 1 had stayed hut one
day would not have taken the trou?
ble to attend another meeting except
for the trip to whatever City had se?
cured the eonventlon.
* S 'Is
But the longer I stayed the more 1
became impressed with the conpre
hensive grasp of the needs of the
South, especially the rural South, that
la In the minds of the leaders who
planned this meeting. All the con?
ferences that I attended, and 1 tried
to he at some part of many differ?
ent conferences, showed an earnest de?
sire to study some phase of develop?
ment not so much ol the mere
material resources of the South. Men
and women, boys and girls, and chil?
dren were placed above the dollar.
And the dlSCUSSlon Of the material
needed for the development In the
things was only insofar as they were
in tiie highest and broadest sense of
the men in their moral and spiritual'
i
nature.
SOS
Imperative work at home made it
necessary for me to return last night
and I had to leave before Mr. P. P.
Claxton, the National Commissioner
of Education had finished his ad?
dress which was a summing up <>f the
good things the convention stood for.
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It was the most inspiring address that
I heard, and I wish it could be read
in every home, and in every school
room in every corner of this beloved
land of ours.
? 000
As I have time 1 hope to write
more specifically of different sub?
jects that my readers may share with
me some of the practical suggi^stions
of how we may work toward th^ h^lgh
idealism that we must have if we
Would 1111 our land with happy home*
of Qod fearing people.
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Tfiore was a good delegation from
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South Carolina? I wish it had been a
hundred times more, and that a dozen
at least could have been there from
Surnter County. t E. W. JJabbs.
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FIRE AT B1BIIOPV1LLE,
E. I). Reames Suffers Severe I?iSK*t by
Fire Tucsduy Morning.
Blshopyllle, April 2'2.?Mr. E. I).
Reams of Blshopvllls suffered a se?
vere loss by fire at about 1.30 this
morning, when his barn and stables
wa re destroyed with all of their con?
tents. Five head of stock were lost in
the fire, all WhlCh were housed in the
stables.
The damage was estimated at $
0U0, Insurance amounting to $l,Ro(l.
Reuth of Mrs. John Maxcy.
Mrs. John Maxc y died at her home
at t? O'clock Monday afternoon at
Bradford Springs. She was more than
70 years of age and is survived by
one son, Aahley Maxcy,
The funeral services was held at St.
Phillip's Church, Bradford springs.
Tue.utay afternoo 1 at '? o'clock.
UNCLE SAM AS A PRINTER.
Two Employees operate Machine
Which Pilots 19,000 Stamps a Min?
ute.
it Is a fad not generally known that
the United States has at Washington.
IK C. one of the largest and best
equipped printing plants in this or
any other country. Uncle Sam may
be safely said to hohl the World's
record as a printer not only in size
of plant, number of employees and
extent of output, but also in Up-to
date scientific management, efficiency
ami economy.
An Interesting example of what
this sort of modern ctilcleney means
Is II mac hine which prints, gums and
perforates 12,000 postage stamps a
minute Figuring on an eight hour
day, ibis is a production of 5,760,
.? two cent stumps, worth $115,200,
H i day's work for the two operators
required on the machine. The stamps
are shot out there Is no other way
to express it--at Hu* rate of feet
a mlnub . This means over six miles
of postage- stamps a day,
Tin machine eliminates 19 separate
operations required l>3 the previous
method of printing a'?I has effected
a saving ol ."?7 per cent hi cost. The
whoi. apparatus, which is three feet
wide, twenty-five feet long and seven
ie4i high, is drlvn by n Crocker
Wheeler motor. One man and II girl
arc able to operate the entire machine
and the perforating device connected
with lt. Mr. H. Ii. Htlckney, me?
chanical expert ol the United states
Bureau of Printing ami Engraving, Is
the Itiventoi who developed the rras**1
chllle for Ihe special use of I he gov
[eminent printini plant *???*?*
POSSIBLE COMPROMISE IN CALI?
FORNIA LEGISLATION AC?
CEPTABLE.
Modification or Alien Land Ownersltip
Kill So as Not to Apply only to
Japanese will Satisfy the Japanese
Government.
I
, Tokyo, April -<?.?The announce?
ment that President Wilson and Sec?
retary Bryan are making efforts t<>
bring about a compromise In the pro- j
posed California legislation with re?
spect to the alien land ownership bill
and that Gov. Hiram Johnson is op?
posing ?he bill, has softened Jap?
anese ire and public opinion has now
become more optimistic. The alleged
unwillingness of the American mis?
sionaries to assist in resisting the I?i 11
is the subject of harsh criticism in
the Japanese papers, but after a con
ference with Count Okuma, th" for?
eign minister, had with the mission?
aries, the latter dispatched telegrams
to California, the exact nature of
which is not known.
Count Okuma Ironically reminded
i
the missionaries tl at Japan owed its
first lessons in foreing humanitarian
principles to the United States. "Now
the duty has devolved upon Japan,"
lie added, ' to teach the Cali fornians
the same principles."
The Japanese consul at Vancouver,
<\ Yada, who has arrived here, has
caused some excitement by the state?
ment that anti-Japanese legislation is
pending in the Canadian provinces of
British Columbia, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba.
WASHINGTON WAITS.
No Important Developments in Cali?
fornia Land Question.
Washington, April 20.?Further
consideration of proposed alien land
legislation in the California assembly
tomorrow is waited with deep interest
here. There were no important de?
velopments today in administration
circles. Secretary Bryan received
a telegram reported to be from Gov.
Johnson acknowledging receipt of
the secretary's message of yesterday
outlining the administration view
of the situation but did not make its
contents public. Representative
Raker, Democrat, and Kent, Progres?
sive, of California issued statements
discussing the demand in their State
for alien land laws.
BREAKS RIVER LEVEES.
Collapse on Both Sides of Waterway
South of Helena?Damage Will be
Slight.
Memphis. Tonn., April BO.?Mis?
sissippi river levees on both sides ol
waterway south of Helena collapsed
today under the pounding of the flood.
Neither break, however, Will mate?
rially affect the situation in the lower
valley and the area covered will be
comparatively unimportant.
Turkey and Allies Sl?n Armistice.
Constantinople, April ?Dele?
gates representing Turkey and all the
Balkan allies, with the exception of
Montenegro, signed an armistice on
Saturday at Bulalr.
THE CAROLINA HAIL INSURANCE
?Company has paid 1,000 losses
amounting to $135,000.00 since
1906, and every on*' of these losses
settled satisfactorily to be assured.
G. E. Haynsworth, Sumter, s. C,
is the agent for this excellent South
Carolina, corporation and our
farmers and planters should see to
it that their crops are protected at
once.
Would
You Like
to Know
Where you can get the best
shave, hair .cut .or .other
tonsorlal work?.
Its right opposite the Post
office. Drop in today and
learn about our excellent
t?or\ ice.
The Sumter Shaving
Parlors,
Dan P. Mosely, Prop.
Geo. H. Hurst,
UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER
Prompt attention to day or night
calls.
AT OLD J. D. CRAIG STAND, 202 N
Main Street.
? '? Day Phone r,:tft. Mcjit Phone em.
Absolutely Pubs
The only Baking Powder made from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
Makes delicious home-baked foods
ol maximum quality at minimum
cost Makes home baking
pleasant and profitable
.Masons Enjoy Banquet*
The members of Claremont Lodge,
Xo. 64, A. P. m. gave a supper Thins
day night at the Star Cafe with about
sixty In attendance, a number of them
being from out-of-town.
Previous t<> the supper five candhi
dates were given the third degree.
Are you B farmer? Don't you think
you should exercise the same business
judgment on your farm that the mer?
chant doea In the city? The mer?
chant protects his investment by in?
suring. Is your crop insured? B?t
t< r see ?1. R. Huynsworth, agent for
Carolina Hail Insurance Company, and
secure this protection at once.?Advt.
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We Now Have
a Complete Line
Millinery, Dresses. Suits. Corsets,
Automobile Dust Coats and Caps
and Novelties.
When You are in Sumter Let us Show you our Stock.
The Ladies' Outfitting Go., Inc
J. D. LEMMON. Mgr. MRS. L ATKINSON, Miliirer
SUMMER G001
Get a "Ymh
mock for real
'IIion you can t
afternoon on tl
and to make it ....???' en?
joyable you should have
sonic cream frozen in tin?
famous
? t
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quickest and easiest to
w >rk. We sell thciu in
all alaea ami prices.
Vudor
RE-ENFORCED
HAMMOCKS _
THE KIND THAT LAST -
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WE SELL LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER,
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LAND LIME.
We are prepared to furnish this product at prices that will enable
every farmer to use it. We have a very low price this year and
nothing* will do your land more good, especially run down lands,
or low and sour land. It Is necessary for all leguminous crops
such as Alfalfa, ckovor, vetch, peas, etc. Get our prices In car
lots or In smaller quantities. Samples on request.
BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER. S. C.
Seeking For Health ?
Did yon ever think of the facl thai sound teeth are just as much a
part .?i !-"<.rt health in* :i good digestion. In fad you can't have good
digestion unless you b*i\r sound teeth and keep them property attended to.
I?et Dr. Courtney attend t.. your teeth ills when in ftumter. Tree*
incut absolutely pain less,
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Stimlcr Dental Parlors,
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