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I MOOT. Of TRADE. TAHIFF ON F.LFl'll \NT TFSKS IX JCRFS KOCTHKKN COTTON MILLS. rape. FJIlson A. Hmythc Ft plain* to senate Committee How a Duty on Ivory Will ll??r h iiMi-tufuI Effect upon \m?rl< "an l Tade In Vir u a and Will Injure South Carolina Cotton Mill* Dlrtx tl). Washington, May 21.?The question of the tariff on cotton cloth In its re? lation to ivory tusks from Africa was the subject of an Interesting dlscua sion before the senate finance com? mittee here today by Capt. Ellison A.' Smyths of Greenville. It is not gen- j erally known that for many years Southern cotton mills have had a practical monopoly on certain kinds of cotton goods In Africa. After these good* were sold Ivory was taken in \ lltu of money and this ivory was brought to the United States and man? ufactured into piano keys, knife han? dles snd other commodities. The present tariff bill has placed the duty on raw ivory at 20 per cent and Capt. Hmythe told the committee that if this duty should become law It would prevent Southern mills from com? peting with makera of the same class of goods elsewhere and that this trade would be entirely lost. '"Transferring tusk ivory (only pro? duced la Africa) from the free list to a duty of 20 per cent," Capt. Smythe said, "destroys our market on the eaatern coast of Africa for $1,000,000 worth of Southern cotton cloth and threatens to destroy a total trade In Southern cotton cloth of more than 11,000,000 per annum. "Since 1140 one firm has been ex? porting American producta to East Africa and Red sea ports In sxchange for the producta of those countries the chief of which has alwaya been Ivory. The chief imports varied in the past, but of lato years cotton cloth has supplanted other Imports. For tho collection and shipment of Ivury, etc., to this country and for the nah- and distribution of cotton goods in the east we maintain houses, lor example, at Zanzibar. Mombasa. Aden and Khar? toum or Omdurman. and are about to establish u house in the Congo. At such places the actual Collection of the ivory throughout the elephant country and the final distribution of the cotton goods is done by native traders, with whom we make the ex? change, and to whom sometimes we give credit as high as $50,000. They will no take our cottons unless we will buy their ivory. Cotton cloth for a long time has been a recognized me? dium of exchange and more desirable than money. Thus in Mombasa the trade is through an Indian. Sir All Viserman. who maintains many sta? tions up to the Uganda country; at Zanzibar, through Hassam Baladina, and at Aden, through Menhunhem Messa. "We would point out that the large export of American cotton cloth, prac tlcully all from Southern mills .used to facilitate the collection of produce to be brought back here is really a medium of exchange, and the Impos? ing of a duty of 20 per cent on tusk ivory (a raw material used for man? ufacturing purposes), is certain to cur tall the selling of cotton cloth in these semi-clvlllsed countries to the extent that the importation of Ivory is check? ed by this duty, and the judgment of those familiar with the trade is that the duty will operate prohibitive? ly on the raw material. In the read? justment of trade to the new condi? tions such ivory as still reaches this country will come as the manufac? tured article from Europe." "Why let your dog scratch himself to death when Osteen'a Mange Cure will quickly effect a complete cure. Oo to Sibert's Drug Store or Hearon's Pharmacy and get a bottle. Price 50 cents.?Advt. HAN DOLPH*MACON'8 CLOSING. Mi** Ka?ierlne McKeiver or This city One of Graduates. The class of Nineteen hundred Etandolph-Macon Woman's College retiueiti the honor of your presence commencement exercises May thirty-first to June third Lynchburg, Virginia. In the graduating class there are eighty-two young ladies, Miss Kath arine L. McKeiver, a daughter of Mr. and .Mid. J. W. McKeiver of this city. FAVORS TOLLMAN BILL. Senate Committee Decide* to Hecom mend Passage. Washington, May 21.?Senator Till man's bill allowing the secretary >r the navy to assign graduutes of the naval academy to the lowest commis? sioned grades in the marine corps or staff corps of the navy was ordered re? ported today ut a meeting of the sen? ate navul uffairs committee. The hill would also nullify the act of 1S0S, reducing the allotment at the acad? emy of each congressman from two to one anil would give each the for? mer number until June 30, 1919. PAH BNT RI X o v BRED. Took Forty-two GmJni of Iluiilorhlc of Mercury by Mistake. Wedgeileld, Muy 21.?A well known Wedgefield physician, discussing the case of B. Sanders Walker of Maeon surprised his auditors by telling them that he had a patient a few years ago who took, through mistake, six consecutive seven-grain tablets of bichloride of mercury four hours apart. The patient had a vomiting spell after taking each tablet, which is all that saved him. and thirteen at the One short week sees the close of a Great Contest If you are to Be a Winner you must work Harder in these last Few Days than ever before. Just Two ways to get Votes now One week from Saturday night the Contest will come to a close. Kvery hour counts now and if there yet remains any persons to the Daily Item or the Watchman and Southron seek them out and secure their subscriptions. The race is close?very close?and whoever the winners may be it is certain now that the winning margin of votes will be a narrow one. No candidate has a "walk away" from present indications. One vcte may decide the winner. So see that YOU are the one to have that one vote. i Now that the Free Vote Coupons have been taken from the papers there are but two ways for the candidates to secure votes. It will be effort put forth and results accomplished by either of the two ways during the next week that will win tor you. Here is how to secure votes and positively the only way they can be secured. On MUhMCTlptlon pa>monts to either Hie Dally Item or The. Watehmaii ami Southron. More vote* can la* secur ? hy KritiiiK your friends and your friend* friend* to subscribe to one of the** papem than In any other way. If you can think of a single acquaint? ance yoa have not solicited make It a |MHm to *?*e them at* early In the week an possible. Pass no one up In Mnir hunt for siitmrriptlon* for the very person you |m** up may ho the on*? who given the winning- subscrip? tion to your nearest coni|*>tltor. Instruct your friends to do all their cash trading with the Sum tor mer? chants who are Issuing votes on cash purchases. Impress upon them the necessity of asking for votes at the time the purchase is made. On every dollars worth of goods purchused you will get "-"(i \otes. Thousands of VOtai may Im? gotten In this wa> if a title time is spent among your friends in haOug them do their cash trading with the merchants who are issuing votes In the Daily Item and Watch? man und Southron contest. The Judges The nams* of the three gentlemen selected to make the final count o( votes of the contest will be published in next Tuesdays issue of the paper. The judges will be three disinterested business or professional men of Sumter whose integrity and character are above reproach. The judges will be present at nine o'clock Saturday night, May 31st and as soon as the con* test closes will start the final count of votes and will award the prizes according to the rules of the contest. The last vote coupon appears today. All vote coupons must be in the ballot box not later than Wednesday, May 28th. Coupons received alter that date will be thrown out and net counted, so to be sure to have all coupons in by that time Thi? is the last Free Vote Coupon. See Coupon Elsewhere In Paper. CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE TRAINS CON DEM N101), South Carolina Railroad Commis? sioner* Address Letter to I'tillniai*. Company Solicitor Condemning Practice of Solling Berthe to Ne? groes on Interstate Trains Where Whites Occupy Pullman Cure ? if Practice Continue* Appeal will he Made to Congress for Relief. Columbia? May 21.?Severe con? demnation <?f the Pullman Company for .selling negroes berths in Pullman ears along with white people was voiced by the South Carolina railroad Commission tonight in a letter ad? dressed to F. B. Daniels, the general solicitor of the company in Chicago, by John G. Richards, the chairman. Mr. Richards tells the Pullman Com? pany that he is aware of the fact that the train on wheh he found a negro man in a Pullman car was an inter? state train, but warm against the company continuing to aggravate the white people iti this manner or else an appeal will be made to Congress for relief. The letter, which was made public; tonight, follows: "On May 14, 1913, I boarded a Pullman car at Rock Hill, S. C, for Columbia, S. C, and was assigned by the Pullman conductor to a berth or sent No. 11, and was shocked to lind OUt that berth No. 12 was occupied by a negro man. Practically ever) Ireservation upon this car was occu pied by while ladies and gentlemen. "Southern Railway Train No. :n, as, of course, you know, is an inter? state train and is under national con? trol. South Carolina, however, bar on her statute books a law which un? dertakes to s. irate races in travel j upon all trains operating in this State There are "separate coach" laws in every Southern State through which this train operates and carries your Pullman cars. While we may not be able to reach your company for hav? ing violated the letter of our law, you most certainly are guilty of a viola? tion of its spirit and purpose, and the railroad commission of South Carolina feels that it should express to you In no uncertain terms its condemnation of your conduct in selling passage to negroes and affording them aecom- ' modations on the tame ccoaches upon which you have white women and white men passengers. "As vou are aware, the Pullman Companp operating in the South is sustained almost entirely by its white '; patrons, and these do not Propose t<? submit to conditions which will per? mit negroes to occupy the same coach? es "We know full well that national law requires your company to give equal Accommodations to both white and blac ks, but there is no law which prevents your furnishing separate ac Commodations for the races, just as our 'separate coach' law requires the railroads to do in South Carolina. There are many legal ways open to your company, that if restored to, would remove the necessity for your company forcing tnis indignity upon your white patrons in the South, and the people of South Carolina will most certainly expect you to provide accommodations in future that will effectually separate the races. "Through the exposure of this re? cent occurrence, it has been brought to our attention that your company has frequently within recent months ' violated the spirit of the South Caro- I Una law. With the opening and clos- 1 ing of the negro college at Orange burg, S. C#, we have been informed that your company sells to negroes reservations on the cars ttint you know are occupied by white ladies and gen? tlemen. "Tin* railroad commission of South Carolina Is aware of the fact that it ! may entail some additional expense upon your company to provide separ? ate accommodations for the races while you tire operating wthin this State, but we are of the decided opin? ion that if you do no! do so, and speedily, you will sustain far greater loss through those who will positively refuse to patronize your company. ' We wish to impress upon you this fact: That we propose to continue to give this matter our personal super I vision and Bee to it that the people of I South Carolina ate kept thoroughly Informed as to what your practice is in future, and it you do not volun? tarily give us the relief, We will ap? peal to our Representatives in Con? gress for national legislation that will compel >oii to meet the demands ?>i Ihe white people of this State, and of the South generally.' It begins to look as if one of the meat mistakes ol the lobbyists in tin past was in allowing the Department of Commerce to be created Indian a pol is News. It has been gentle iprlng this yeat despite tin- tact that she has caugbl ?oid several times. Nashville Demo BICYCLE T1IIKVKK < \l ?.II I. Pour Jfegroes Prom 1'rovhlcnce Sec llon Arrested and six Wheels Ii? covered. Wednesday was a hard day on th" bicycle thieves, who have been doing a good business about the county t' ?r the past year. Pour <d them were lodged in jail and a number <>f wheels and parts <>i wheels were recovered by the officers who made the arrests. The raid was commenced Saturday, when local police officers arrested Sam Lewis on the charge of stealing a bicycle, He was later tried by the Recorder and committed t?? jail for trial at the circuit court. Wednesday Deputy sheriff John Ep? person arrested Preston Mickens and recovered the frames Of five bicycles. Rural Policeman Newman arrested two negroes, James Bradley and Charley Robertson and secured tin frame of another wheel. Resides these frames other parts of wheels were recovered. All of the negroes com** from the Providence section. it seems that they have been In the habit of taking the wheels in town and carrying them Into the < ountry, where they exchanged the parts and made other alterations Which mfl le it difficult to Identify the stolen prop erty, Jt is generally hoped hata by thoee p/ho have suffered fron ?ho depredation! of the bicycle thlevea that the very active canvass, s/hich is b? inn carried on by officers' aguiast them will have the result of breaking im? the practice. The owners of several of the wheels e/hlch were reco\*srad have been found and their wheels rv turned to tie in. s|(.t.|v||\i Mi\i,s KIWREMm II?. < hicagu Police started on Cam? paign t<> I id on e Ordinance. Chicago, May Jl? Major M. L I Funkhouser, deputy superintendent of policet went to work vigorously today to enforce an ordinance against sug? gestive songs passed by the City Conn ell last night. Major Funkhouser stated that h*? had already succeeded in obtaining ih.? co-operation of moving picture people who promised to withheld films from any theatre permitting the singing of ??.smut" SOItga He expects all the tiim supplying houses to join in the movement and will next attack caffsj and other places of amusement. The ordinance provides lines of |5 to $100. Wire Fence We buy direct fro ntthe sto.-i mills in cur loads For cash with all discounts off, thin enables as to sHI you al the lowest prices, which we giiuruiilcc to do. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. Sumter, ... South Carolina VOTING COUPON. GOOD FOR 25 VOTES In The Dally Item, Watchman and Southron and Merchants Auto rf_ mobile and Drize Contest. m h ? _ 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 g.i after May 31. MUSLIN UNDERWEAR COVER the machine and roll it in the corner. Why spend these warm days in sewing when you can get MUSLIN UNDERWEAR Cheaper than you can make them ? Night Gowns and Underskirts, 50 to $1.50 Corset Covers, Brassires, Etc. 25c up. Gauze Undervest,'tkS.'"p 10-15- 25 O'Donncll&Co.