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OFFICES UNDER CIVIL SERVICE.
FOURTH CLAHM POHTOFFICES TO
BE PILLED BY COMPETE
1IV!. EXAMINATION.
Fifty Thousand Postmasters Fndor
Order WtU Have to Take Civil Ser
vh* Tret?Statement rrom Post
m*- ?r General.
Washington. May 7 ?All fourth
class poatm isterehipa, except those
paylag h?Mj than $180 a year, were
thrown open to competitive examina?
tion* by order 'esued today by Presi?
dent Wilton. These positions sre re?
tained In the classified service, but
about 10,000 Incumbents who were
"covered" In the classified service by
executive orders of previous adminis?
trations, will have to meet civil ser?
vice protection.
In a statement making this order
public, Postmaster Oeneral Burleson
announced that it was the purpose of
President Wilson snd himself to ex?
tend the classified service to Include
presidentlsl postmasters of the sec?
ond and third class, probsbly within a
year. This may require legislation by
rongrese. he ssld. His plan, which
will bo laid before the president, will
provide for a qualification test for
Incumbent* snd applicants "In keep?
ing with the Importance of the of?
fice.*
Under President Taft's order of Oc?
tober IK. It IS. fourth clsss postmast?
ers were divided Into two classes,
clsss A. those drawing more than
HOC. and class B. those drawing less |
than $100. Competitive examinations
were prescribed for future applications
for class A appointment*, while class
B positions were to be filled upon re?
commendation of post office Inspec?
tors.
Today's orders leaves only the of?
fices ieying SlftO or less to be filled
upon fospeetors' recommendstlona
Rules and regulations to govern
the administration of ths now or?
der will be worked out snd announc?
ed by the civil service commsson as
soon ss possible.
In his ststement the postmaster
said:
"I feel that President Taft's order
of October II. last, did not go far
enough In that It failed to apply a
merit system to the* entire service It
was aimed to cover. It had the effect
of placing within the classified service
a laree number of postmasters who
have not boon required to demonstiate
their i : eas for such appointments.
Fundamentally a reform movement
has for its purpose the righting of an
existing error. Therefore, if the ap?
plication of the merit system to the
postal service was needed in order to
correct an existing evil, then the scope
of tho order affecting the change
should have been broad nough to
have corrected as far as possible the
condition then existing ss s result of
the firmer system ss well as to ac?
complish ths desired results in the
future.
"Political considerstlons have In the
past very largely controlled the se?
lection of fourth class postmasters,
and under this order Democrats must
be held responsible for the wise and
safe administration of these offices
"Tinder the e Ire urn stances, the Taft
order violated at least the fundamen?
tal purpose of the civil service law be
cauae It placed permsnently In office
without exsmlnatlon or other tests as
to merit or efficiency a greet host
of persons. If left In this condition
and permitted to operste without pro?
per exsmlnstlon Into Its workings,
ths order would mske honest civil
service s farce and prove a setback
to Its proper administration snd fu?
ture progress. My effort Is to correct
the evil and save the merit of the or?
der and duly safeguard civil service
snd efficiency."
FAN NOT Mill* ARMS TO MEXICO.
Arrest* for VMatbm of Neutrality
Laws May Follow Court's l>eclsion.
Wahington. May 7.?Many arrests
|gf violation* of neurality laws of the
Fnlted States by shipment* of muni?
tions of wir to revolutionists in Mexi
ro s?* erpected by the department of
Justice as a result of the Supreme
Court s decision on Monday that the
mere starting of arms und ammunition
to forbidden territory waa a violation
of isw.
Cost** of the Court's decision reach?
ed the department today snd prepara?
tions werf? made to Instruct Govern?
ment sx?*nts on the border to enforce
rigidly the President's proclsmation
prohibiting exportations to the Mexi?
can rebels.
In two cases the Fnlted States Court
|fg the Western dsHttel Sf Texas had
de< Ided that It was necessary f<?r the
Government to prow* \Unt exportation
bad been < on*uininated and tho war
material* landr-d in Mcxice before vio?
lation of law eouid i?? eaaaeJIeaed
Chief Just?' I White ? opinion reversed
thu finding snd held the actual be?
ginning of a shipment intercepted in
thl? country w;?? si llMM V*g <".?
sary.
R. 8. I. ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED
To Undertake Improvement for
WcdgehVId School?The Liquor
Question.
Wedgetteld, May 7?Tho Rural
School Improvement Association has
been reorganized here, and celebratod
the new birth on last Firday even?
ing by serving ice cream and salad
on the school lawn, from the salo of
which quite a nico sum was realized.
Late In the evening addresses were
made by Miss Mary I^emmon and
Prof. W. K. T?te. Prof. T?te in his
lecture did not hesitate to call atten?
tion to improvements which should
be undertaken at once, and there is
no doubt but that this necessary step
will he taken to carry out his sug?
gestions.
The writer, along with others, re?
gretted to learn last week that a pe
tf ion was being circulated to order
an election on the dispensary again.
One was opet.??d in Eastover last week
and on Saturday a negro from above
here was kilcd by the train at Acton,
Just beyond the river with two quarts
of liquor in his pockets. On Sunday
morning after services at one of
our churches hero another one was
seen that could not walk in the center
of the public road, and then on Satur?
day night two young white boys were
locked up at Eastover. This is just
a sample of what we might expect in
this county.
I can't believe though that enough
citisena or voters In Sumter county
have changed their opinion as to the
evil effect and influences of the pub?
lic sale of whiskey in our county seat
and believing this with organized ef?
fort on the part of those opposed to
the sale of liquor for revenue or other?
wise. I believe it will be defeated by
even a larger majority than before.
MITCHELL SUCCEEDS LOEll.
Nomination for Collectorship Will
Prevent any Embarrassment to Ad?
ministration.
Washington, May 7.?John Purroy
Mitchell, independent Democrat, and
president of the board of aldermen
of New York city, was nominated to?
day by President Wilson to be col?
lector of the port of New York to suc?
ceed William Loeb, Jr. This selection
brought what the White House term?
ed "a hsppy solution" to a contest
in which New York State leaders of
every wing of the party had taken
a lively part for the last two montrs.
Candidates for the post, which pays
$12,000 and carries with It the ap?
pointment of an army of employes in
the country's biggest customs house,
were numerous from the start. Re?
cently the president practically deter?
mined to appoint Frank K. Polk, a
friend of Secretary McAdoo of the
treasury department, but Senator
O'Gorman interposed objection, de?
claring a more active Democrat
should get the place.
THAN SYLVAN IA WON CONTEST.
University of South Carolina Secured
Second Place.
Columbia, May 8.?To Alvin La
mar Wfillls of Transylvania university,
Lexington, Ky ., was given first place
in the Southern Intercollegiate Ora?
torical association contest at the Co?
lumbia theatre last night and to
Lloyd Hollingsworth Smith of the
University of South Carolina second
place was awarded. The subject of,
Mr. Willis' address wan "American
Waste." and tho subject of the ad?
dress of Mr. Smith was "Tho United
States of the World." Both address?
es attraeted much attention and
comment, as did those of tho other
contestants.
The speeches all showed marked
preparation and reflected credit upon
the speakers, both as to tho thought
and style, the delivery being remark?
ably good.
PUTS VP DESPERATE FIGHT.
Henry John, Captured In Savannah,
South Carolina Murder Suspect?
Savannah. On., May I,?Henry
Johnson, a negro, suspected of kill?
ing two negroes and one white man in
South Carolina in December, and who
ran amuck on the Louisville road, nar?
rowly missing killing several more, is
now safely In custody, following a des?
perat? tight between the black ami
the Chatham County police.
Johnson, drunk. 1>*m1 an entire com?
munity in a state of siege when the
poll' o arrived He had alreadv tried to
kill several, escaping suoh not onlj
because of the uncertainty of his aim
He tried to kill the officers that ar?
rested him. On the way to the city In
sn automobile he leaped from an tu?
tomobile going thirty indes an hour,
?sith both handl shackled He landed
on his head instead of his feel end
was so stunned that he could offer
no further resistance. The man tal?
lies e\a< tiy with the description <?f the
negro wanted in South Carolina
A drain has been put in at the pas?
senger station in the rear of the build
in to drain off the water which has
heretofore occumuluted at this pond
BILL GIVING WOMEN RIGHT to
VOTi: is DEFEATED HV com?
mons.
Fifty Dish Nationalists Cast Ballots
Against Mcusure and Insure Its
Defeat?The Leading Supporters of
Dill.
London. May 6.?The fate of the
women's suffrage bill was sealed to- i
night by the votes of more than 50 1
Irish Nationalists, who voted against
It. The bill, whereby it was sought j
to enfranchise six million women, was
rejected by a majority of 47; the vote
stood 2t)6 to 21?.
Whether there Is any chance that
the present parliament will pass a bill J
of more limited character may be I
doubted. Possibly the Nationalists fear'
that if they allow a women's fran?
chise bill to pass the second reading
It will lead to a parliamentary struggle
which would not unlikely end In dis?
solution of parliament before the:
home rule bill becomes a law. Fur?
thermore, the debate today proved
that the militant policy of tho suffra?
gists has done the cause great harm :
as far as parliament is concerned. The
conciliation bill of last session was re?
jected by only a small majority com?
pared with the Dickinson bill under
discussion today. Previous bills giv?
ing some measure of enfranchisement
to women have passed the second
reading, although they never survived
subsequent stages.
Recent police disclosures of acts of
incendiurism planned by tho mili?
tants far surpassing in magnitude
anything heretofore attempted and
the burning of St. Catherine's church
at Hatrham today undoubtedly in?
fluenced many members to vote
against the bill.
Announcement of the result of the
vote was greeted by cheers from all
sides of the house.
The debate which, on Monday, pre?
ceded an extraordinary apathy, was
today characterized by intensity and
brilliant speeches. The house was
crowded and pervaded with an at-!
mosphere of electrical excitement.
The strangers' galleries were pack?
ed and many anxious faces peered
from behind the grill-guarded gallery
devoted to women.
Neither Andrew Bonar Law, leader
of the opposition, nor A. J. Balfour
voted in the division. Among the
ministers who voted against the 1)111
were Premier Asquith, Reginald Mc
Kenna. Lewis Ilarcourt, J. E. D.
Seely, Winston Spencer Churchill and
C. T. Hobhouse.
Supporters of the bill included Sir'
Kdward Gray, David Lloyd-George,
RuftM Isaacs, Augustine Hindi, Sid?
ney Ruxton, C. F. G. Masterman, Sir
J. A. Simon and F. D. Acland.
DR. SMITH ASSFMFS OFFICE.
New Head of Washington and Lee
Tolls of tho College of the Future.
i
Lexington, uV.. May 7.?In the
presence of a distinguished gathering
of educators. Dr. Henry Louis Smith
was formally inducted into office to?
day as president of Washington and
Lee university. The mission of the
American college of tomorrow formed
the theme of Dr. Smith's inaugural
address.
The exercises were held in Lee
Memorial chapel at 11 o'clock this
morning. A procession formed at
Carnegie library and marched to the
chapel, headed by Dr. Smith and Dr.
Givens B. Strickler, the rector, of
Richmond, Va. They were followed
by the board of trustees, representa?
tives of various colleges, visitors,
alumni, faculty und students.
Dr. Strickler presided at the exer?
cises and the Invocation was delivered
by the Rev. William M. Morrison,
African missionary The opening ad?
dress was made by Dr. George II.
Denny, former president of tho col?
lege. Dr. Strickler then delivered tho
charge and turned over tho keys to
Dr. Smith, who 'followed with his in?
augural address.
"If the American college is to re?
peat in the twentieth century the In?
estimable Service it rendered to Amer- J
ban civilisation in the nineteenth'
century." declared Dr. Smith in his;
address, "it must recognize the dawn
of a new era, bring this period of tur?
moil and readjustment to a close be?
fore its place Is usurped or its virility
weakened, and replace Its aim and
function to the need and the call of
a new social and civic order.
"The master word of the eigh?
teenth century was liberty.'' lie con?
tinued; "of the nineteenth, knowl?
edge. The master word of the tewn
tleth blends both int<? a richer and
nobler Ideal It is citizenship, the
keynote of a new eta, in which hu?
man duties ami the rights of others
ihall take precedence of individual
liberty and the power of knowledge
and the gains of research shall be
dedicated to the common good."
Following the formal ceremonies
an Inaugural lun< heon was en
When speeches were made hy \ is: .:"
university and college presidents
Tonight i ?i Smii h held n public t e
ceptlon at his residence.
LABOR FIGURES SECURED.
STATISTICS ISSUED HY COMMIS?
SIONER WATSON.
Textile Concern! Do Not Employ as
Many Children M Formerly?In?
crease in Totals.
Columbia, May 9.?A report on the
child labor situation In South Carolina
was issued yesterday by tho State
department of agriculture. The sta?
tistics were compiled by inspectors
and show the number of employes In
mills at time of inspections. All
plans in the State with the exception
of 4 6 have been inspected and the
total figures arc given with the sta?
tics for last year on these 46 mills.
The total number of employes Is
shown to be 46,881 or an increase of
147. There was a decrease of 896 in
the number of white males between
the ages of 14 and 16 years
employed In tho mills. There was a
decrease of 102 white females between
th ages of 14 and 16 years.
The following summary of the child
labor situation was made by the de- !
partment:
"If one will study fhe statistics,
gathered by tho State factory inspec?
tors ,of the labor In the textile plants
Of the State, he will observe that
more labor and less children are be?
ing employed from year to year. Al?
though many of the mills are con?
stantly increasing their plants, the
change from coarse to fine goods calls
for less help, but more experienced
people, consequently the actual de?
mand for child labor is on the de?
crease.
"On comparing statistics for the
years 1911 and 1913, it has been found
that the mills employed this year 308
grown males and 74 8 grown females
more than last year. At the same
time \rc tind a decrease of 933 negro
males. These negroes were mostly
employed during 1912 on new mills
and additions and general improve?
ments. An increase of 24 negro fe?
males shows that the mills are paying
more attention to the sanitary ar?
rangements.
"The year 1913 shows a d.crease of
896 males and 13 females between
the ages of 14 and 16 years employed
In the mill3, and In checking the chil?
dren between 12 and 14 years of age
we tlnd a decrease of 102 males with
a small increase of of> females.
"The report on a whole is very grat?
ifying to those of us who have an in?
terest in the labor conditions of the
State."
DEATH.
Mr. Oliver Plowden, who l. ft here
several years ago for California seek?
ing health, died here last wreck. He
was about -7 year old. -Manning
Times.
Another residence is being built on
Sumter street by Mr. .1. K. Crosswll,
this being tho fifth he has placed In
tills section within the year, the ??Ib?
ers being on Bartlette Street.
The changing of tracks ami the
making of Improvements in the A. <'.
L. Freight yard is still continuing, al?
though the work is proceeding slow?
ly.
SCHEDULE
SOUTH CAROLINA WESTERN'
RAILWAY.
1
No. 7. No. 5.
5.00 P. M. 10.40 A. M. J,v. Hortsville
5.24 P. M. 11.04 A. M. Lv. Lydia.
5.32 P. M. 11.12 A. M. Lv. Young.
5.37 P .M. 11.17 A. M. Lv. Alcot.
5.33 P. M. 11.33 A. M. Lv. B'p'ville.
6.07 P. If. 11.47 A. M. Lv. Mamille.
0.12 P. If. 11.51 A. If. Lv. Meredith.
6.21 P. If. 12.01 P. IL. Lv. Aman.
6.28 P. If. 12.41 P. M. Lv. DuBose.
6.37 P. M. 12.17 P. If. Lv. Brent.
6.55 P. IL 12.35 P If. Ar. Sumter.
No. 6. No. 8.
B.3S A. If. 3.00 P. M. Lv. Sumter.
8.53 A. IL 3 18 P. If. Lv. Brent.
9.02 A. If. 3.27 P. M. Lv. DuBose.
9.09 A. If, 3 34 P. at Lv. Aman.
9.18 A. If. 3.4 3 P. If. Lv. Meredith.
8.23 A. If. 3.48 P. M. Lv Manville.
1.31 A. If. 4.<>! P. IL Lv. B'p'ville.
9.53 A. IL 4 18 I?. IL Lv. Aleot.
9.58 A. M. 4.22 P. M. Lv. Young".
10.06 A. M. 4.31 P. M. Lv. Lydia,
10.30 A. M. 4.55 P. M. Ar. Hartsvllle
No. C having Sumter 8.35 A. M.
connects from North and West, and
for Darlington and Florence.
No. 8 leaving Sumter 3.00 P. M.
connects for tho North and West and
from Florence and Darlington.
Note that this schedule is not effec?
tive until March 9, 1913.
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