Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GUY SOUKCIl MEETING. M Munt oi* M\ rn hs ( (?mi: i r FOK ftfl FATIIEIIS TO D1SCVSS. Kumtei Lighting Company Criticised ?Uwyrnt Ask Reduction of LI ?Tiw Eureka Ho?*? Salesman Present ? Onltnsn<*o ltcgulstlng Display of Fruit and Other Ar* iKiee AUo|>tcil nt Hoque*t off Board of Health?k lt\ Mtiimm r Iteports Mauers. City Council held its regular seml monthly meeting Tuesday night with all members of Council and the City Manager present. A number of un? important matters came up and were acted upon. One matter of Import? ance to the city and which will be felt hereafter was the adoption of an ordinance recommended by the Board of Health and adopted by sus? pension of the rules. The ordinance provided for the regulating of the display of fruit, vegetablea and other edibles and required all dealers to keep their food stuffs well screened from flies. There had been a number of criti? cisms of the Sumter Lighting Com? pany for not repairing a wire which came down Sunday night during the Storm, and Mr. K. H. Moses at the request of City Manager Worthing ton wss present to state the circum? stances. He stated that the com? pany had made the repairs as soon as possible. The telephones were not In working order at the time and It required some delay before the man? ager and his man could be summoned to the scene and make the repairs. The damage had been rpalred as Soon as possible, as the company was as anxious to prevent Injury to per? sons as much as the city was. A delegation of lawyers appeared to ask Council to reduce the mini? mum on the license for lawyers. They stated that the present license Was unjust to the young and small lawyers, as It made them pay out of proportion to the Income derived by them. Messrs. M. W. Seabrook, A. B. Htuckey. H. C. Haynsworth, K. A. McLeod and A. 8. Merrlmon made statements of their sides of the case. Council later took up the matter and refused to change the license. Mr. A. 8. Merrlmon, In behalf of C. W. Smith ft Co., asked council to consider the matter of reopening an account with Messrs. Beattle Bros., in order that Smith and Company might secure money due them by Beattle. Council discussed the matter with Mr. Merrlmon. but declined to reopen it. as It had been settled by a former council. This matter related to the paving of the Church street sidewalks, part of which had been condemned by the city engineer. The salesman for the Eureka Hose Company being present, thanked Council for past consideration and asred to be considered when Coun? cil decided to purchase more hose, which he was assured would not t ? until next fall. The matter of monthly payments for the band was mentioned, the City Clerk, at their request, informing Council that the year ended Juno j9, up to which time the payments had been promised. Dr. H. A. M.I. ity health ofti and Mr. j. w. :d< Keiver. a memher of the Board sj| Health. |sjought ordlnsnce to Council which the Board of Health hail prepared and Which that body asked Council to adopt Council suspended the rules and adopted the eedlnance The ordinance Is a lengtny one, relating ? . the prop? er screening of houses, stores and foodstuffs. It Is c opied after the I >? I Molnes ordinance. The heading and other parts were to he prepared by th* City Clerk and Treasurer. The report of the Chief of police for May was roeeeeed and read City Manage r Worthington reported the fact that the South CsWOllM West? ern Itailway had c? mph t< d Un? crossing on PtJhSSJi. Street. He be? lieved that the work had been done well and th tt Ho- pipe h id h. en mil - flrh?ntly pt stet ted. He reported that work of laying a ilmlli pipe on lien Street v\ us hemg completed, ami recommended. In view of the high price of lahor. that the same forc e of hands go kept to put In the sewer line on I?aw Hange The work at the pumping station was still going on. He had f..und dlf Acuity In testing the witter supply furnished by the well*, hut had bor? rowed a pump whe h he thought would prove HUuVlent to make gee essary test. He asked Council for Instructions as to furnishing inmates of the pest houne with} food Some of those ta? ken there were unalde or SUWlllUg to supply their food. lie was told to give them suc h a diet as the city health office or c ity physn lag inignt direct. It was decided to hulld a number of pent housen outside of t to- eit\ he used by the city and ? ount> and wh. h the two would SU] for. The reports of the City Clerk and treasurer for the city and water wnrk.i Were referred and referred In Mr WILL ASK INJUNCTION. Adjutant General MOOTC Protests Against Action of Military Hoard in (.ranting Fund to Liberty Hill Company. Columl)la, Juno 10.?"I pro tost vigorously against the ac? tion of the board and I intend to secure an injunction to prevent the comptroller general from paying the fund," said W. W? Moore, adjutant general yesterday, in discussing the action of the military board of the ^ National Guard, in honoring the ap? pointment of State funds to Com? pany B of Liberty Hill, Tapt. N. S. Hichards, commanding. The claim in qtestion is for $225. Adjt. Gen. Moore took the position that the ap? portionment from the funds, appro? priated by the State, should not be paid because the company had vio? lated section 15 of the military law by not having an average attendance of 60 per cent of enlisted men at drills. Adjt. Gen. Moore was the only mem? ber of the board voting to refuse the claim. Other members of the board, including the governor, Wille Jones, brigadier general, and Julius H. Cogs? well, colonel of the Third regiment, voted to honor the claim. It was the contention of the adjutant general that the 'daim would be paid in vio? lation of the military law of the State. He said that his reports on the com? pany showed an average of only 50 per cent of the enlisted men in at? tendance upon drills during 1912. O. W. Babb, assistant adjutant general, and a member of the military board, refused to vote on the question. A second matter brought concern? ing Capt. Richards before the board was that he desires to divide the ap? portionment of $225, after deducting $18 for armory rent, equally among the members of the company. The board, acting upon the opinion of the attorney general, decided that Capt. Ulehards did not have a right to dis? tribute the fund, but that it must be used for maintenance of the com? pany. Capt. Richards stated at the meeting that his reasons for dividing the money was that the men had spent considerable money, Incident? ally, while on encampments. The board held that this was not permitted by the military law of the State. DISPENSARY BALE8 FOR MAY. Report Shows That Count lea DM Business Amounting to $217,000. Columbia, June 11.?lMspensarie-i in eight counties of South Carolina sold $217.447.85 worth of whiskey during May, according to a statement issued yesterday by Harvey W. Mitch urn, State dispensary auditor. The operating expenses for all counties amounted to $11,871.65. The following shows the sales by counties and the operating expense.-;: Sales. Expenses. Aiken .. ..$ 15,018.95 $ 1,598.57 Florence . . 33,967.15 1,471.44 Georgetown . 12,555.15 4 70.0a Jasper .. .. 1,232.1a 12.14 Union .. .. II,025.77 . Beaufort . . 12,121.95 917 43 Kiehland. . 78,688.65 i,170.2o Charlattorn. . 50.942.1t 3,160.03 Totals .$117,447.11 $11.871.66 BIG VERDICT AFFIRMED. rarnwell Man Secure*, $ 10,000 From A. C. L. Columbia, June 11.?The supreme court in a decision yesterday, affirm Sd vcrdi' t for $40,000, secured by H. c Huggins in the Barnwell coun? ty court asalaat the Atlantic Coaal lane railroad company and Peter Wil? son, ? fireman for Injuries received. The decision was by Associate Justice H yd rich and concurred in by the en lira OOUrt. This was an action lor damages for personal injuries alleged f.. have I..mii sustained by H. C Hug gins on October 21. I$0$, He nlleged thai his injuries were caused .,> "negil .cut and wanton conduct <>f the company in furnishing him an in competent Amman, to assist in the dl barge of his duties as engineer " it was ehargd that the fireman start ed the engine. causing the plaintiff t<? fall. ADMITTED TO BAR. I . B. JenalagS Xppeurq Retort Su? preme Court. Washington, Jan. 10, L, i? Jen? nings of Sumter was today admitted i<? practice before the supreme noun of the United States. Rowland to In- checked OVcr. Mr Rowland called attention to the robbing "f birds nests ami naked that Steps be taken to baVC tlie laws against this enforced H<* reported thai the city Cl< rh ami Treasurer was preparing- an nlphahe? tial list of the n;tue < nt persons liable fur street t.i\, which would assist greatly in the collection ol the tax bei fter. A number of lulls were gone over ami ordered paid, SUPREME COURT UPHOLD8 ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY, Tribunal Maintains View Thai It Is Only Regulation of Mall, Not Re stfiction on Press. Washington, June 10.?The validity of the "newspaper publicity*1 law, en- \ acted in 191 Ii as a provision of the postal appropriation act, was upheld today l?y unanimous decision of the supreme court of the United States. Chief Justice White announced the court's conclusions. This law requires every newspaper, magazine or other publication to ttle ; sent i-annually with the postmasterl general and the local postmaster a > sworn statement of the names of the j responsible editors, managers, own- J ers, stockholders and bondholders, j and in the case of daily newspapers of the average daily circulation. Pub? lication of these statements is re? quired, and for failure to comply witl any of the provisions the publication j shall be denied tho "privilege of the mail." A second paragraph provides that paid for editorial or reading matter. I or "any such" publication shall be marked "advertisement" under pen? alty of a tine or imprisonment. About SN per cent of the news? papers already have complied with the law, many under protest. The Lewis Publishing company and The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin of New York led the attack upon the statute, bringing suits for in? junction In the federal district court of southern New York. When the law was upheld there they appealed to the highest court. They claimed that the law sought to "regulate jour? nalism" and to enforce a censorship of the press. in reply Former Solicitor General Bullitt contended that, notwithstand? ing a division of the provision into two typographical paragraphs by the senate, after the measure was passed by the house, the law was only one paragraph, imposing conditions upon the use of the low second class mull rates accorded newspapers and maga? zines The supreme court today adopted Mr. B?llltt's interpretations. The use In 'he act of the word "entered," a technical word employed only as to second class mail matter, showed, Chief Justice White held, that con? gress Ln passing the law had in mind only the second class mail and not the right to use the mail as a whole. The use of the words "privileges of the mail" the chief justice took to be a positive reference to the second class of mail because of the great ad? vantage newspapers were granted un? der the second class over other classes Of mail in order to promote the "dis? semination of current intelligence.'* He said congress did not intend to I exclude papers not complying with the provisions from the use of the mails other than the second class. The second paragraph, it was ex? plained, was but a part of the first, as shown by the use of the word such," an additional penalty being prescribed for administrative reasons only. The legislative history of the provis? ions, the chief Justice declared, up beld the Interpretation of the words given by the court. Atter intepreting the provisions as Imposing conditions upon the use of the second class mail, the chief jus? te,, proceeded to discuss why con? gress held the right to Impose such conditions. A study of postal laws from colonial days to the present, he said, showed a persistent adherence to a pollej of discrimination in favor of newspapers in the mails. He quoted Mr. Bullltl as stating letter mail was subject to a Charge S" times higher than news? papers and that letter mail produced an annual profit of $70,000,000, while the newspaper class entailed a $70,-1 000,000 annual loss on the govern? ment. As a further discrimination, he said, individual:; must pa) a higher rate for mailing newspapers than the pub? lishers or news agents. in return for this discrimination, the chief justice declared, congress had the right to fix the standard to be not by those who wished to enjoy the Privileg >s. As far hack as t s s 7. rules were promulgated for those who desired to enjoy the privilege of the cheap rates. He suggested that the COUri could not bring its mind to the conclusion thai the newspaper attorneys were i Hailing a classification of mails, wi*.h certain conditions attached to some classes, as an interference with the freedom of the press, when for n long series of years, legislation had spe< daily favored the press to its pe? cuniary benefit by classification. Alfalfa is growing successfully in Sumter count) and there is no reason why an alfalfa association should not be organised In this county. l>e county should ie>t be per ml tted+441 overshadow the ..id count) in this line of i't ngressh p f" mins 1st LIMESTONE FOR ALFALFA. Fifteen Hundred Tons to Be Shipped into Stute for York and Lee Coun? ties, Columbia, June 11.?Fifteen hun? dred tons of ground limestone are to be shipped from without the State Into York county this fall, and 500 tons into Lee. This is to be used in fertilizing the soil for alfalfa crops in these counties, about three tons being put on each acre. Three alfalfa clubs have been or ganised by A. O. Smith, agriculturist of the United States department of agriculture, with a total membership Of 170. Each member is pledged to sow as much as an acre, and more if possible. j Cherokee, Laurens and Oconee counties are dotted with limestone quarries. These were worked years ago for lime and cement. Because of i the distance from the coal fields and lack of transportation facilities, the operators were unable to compete with companies In other States, where circumtsances were more fa? vorable, and the quarries were prac? tically abandoned. ( Both the blue and the. white lime j stone deposits In the upper part of the State are rich In magnesium car? bonate. This property renders the limestone less tit for the purposes of quicklime and cement, but its value as a fertilizer Is increased In the same ratio as the amount of mag? nesium carbonate which it contains. The State of Virginia operates three grinding plants and provides ground limestone for the farmers at actual cost. A recommendation of this na? ture was made by E. J. "Watson, com? missioner of agriculture, when pre? senting his annual report to the legis? lature. LEFT FOR DISCUSSION. Japan Eliminates Constitutional Ques? tion From Reply. Tokyo, June 10,?It is learned that Japan decided to omit from the text Of Its rejoinder to the American gov? ernment's reply to the protest against , the California alien law the conten? tion that it violates the 14th amend? ment, and leave this point for discus? sion between Japanese ambassador at Washington and Secretary Bryan. Japan is convinced that her case as a nation would be stronger if based on the contention that the land bill vio? lates the treaty. WILSON NOT A DICTATOR. Simmons Corrects Impression as to President's Course. Washington, June 10.?Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee, issued a statement tonight relative to the position of the president on the free listing of agri? cultural products. "1 wish to say," said Senator Sim? mons, "that while the president has expressed to the members of the finance committee strong views and convictions with respect to placing on ! the free list both sugar and wool, he has not, BO far as I know, expressed any views as to the other provisions of the bill except w hen his opinion has been asked and has not attempted to dictate to the committee. ( "The view current to the effect thai a subcommittee of the finance com? mittee b.oi decided to recommend thai wheat and live stock, meat and flour Should go on the free list, at the in? star.??? and dictation of the President Is not correct." CLEMSON COLLEGE CLOSES. Seventy-Four Graduates Receive De? grees at Hands or President. Clemson College, June 10.?The most brilliant commencement exer? cises ever held at Clemson losed to? day with the conferring of the B. S. degree on 7 1 by Dr. w. M, Riggs, and tite reading of the military ap? pointments by the adjutant, J. I >. Seals The address to the graduating class by Joseph A, McCutlough of Greenville was a strong and convine ing presentation of importance of the community spirit. Two graduates from this Bcctlon were Francis Marion Mel let! and Henry Abbott lleriot. I.con LcGrand of this city was ap? pointed battalion Bergeant major. CAPT. JENNINGS RETIRES. Former state Treasurer Severs Con? nection With Treasure's Office. Columbia, June 1::.?Capt. IJ. II. Jennings for eighteen years state Treaaurer, who was appointed Chiel Clerk In the office by s. T. Carter, re? signed toda> and z li Vance was promoted to the place, from bookkeop er. w. T. Derleux, Jr., ol Greenville, was named as bookkeeper. The negro shot Saturday night by by Deputy Sheriff Rpperson turns out to have been John Wilson He has since '.'-fi town and his present whereabouts are unknown DEVICE TO TRAP HUGS. ( rival and Forage Crop Entomolo? gist, Stationed in Columbia, Con? trives Trap. Philip Lllginbill has designed a unique "hug catcher." The creator of this new insect snare is the federal government's expe rt "bug" man for ( the States of South Carolina, Geor? gia and Florida, One of his "traps" may be seen in the entomological lab? oratory in LeConte college at the University of South Carolina. i While the contrivance is extremely simple in construction, a cut of it, with its plants and angles, would give an impression similar to that which one gets from a cubist picture. There is nothing to it but two planes of tin-plate, each 2i by 30 inches, interlocked at right angles, with a lantern hung at an opening in the centre of the planes where thijj cut each through other. This is placed upright over a tub of water at night, with the lantern i.ghted. Moths and beetles, attracted by the brilliant lights, Hashed through a powerful lens in each right angle, beat theit wings against the planes until the) fall into the tub of water and are drowned. ' Mr. Luglnblll has four of these traps "set" near his home on Co? lonial Heights, and each morning he has captured hauls of wasps, beetles and moths that the average layman would think came from the four cor? ners of the earth. Although the "trap" was designed especially to catch the army worm moth, Mr. Luginbill has more faith in its possibilities as a destroyer of the 'depositor of eggs for the well-known cut worm, the latter being more of a night traveler than the former. Mr. Luglnblll graduated from the Ohio State university, where he spe? cialized in entomology. For two years tie was connected with the department i of entomology in Purdue university, at Lafayette, Ind. He then accepted work with the federal department of agriculture, becoming an expert in that branch of entomology which re? lates to cereal and forage crops. The laboratories were established in this State at the University cf South Car i olina last fall. When Town and Country Move Hand In Hand. Atlanta Journal. "There is abroad In South Georgia a spirit of get-together between the City and the country'- That is exem? plified in the efforts of trade bodies I in the county seats and in other cities to help the farmers find markets for their crops. Many farmers hesitate to plant things that are new to them because of a fear that they will be '< unable to dispose of their products. Trade organizations in many cities are seeking markets for such crops i and while helping to build up the country back of their cities, are build 1 ing up the cities themselves." This bit of editorial comment from j the Savannah Morning News reveals I ; the secret of much of the progress j now manifest not only in South I Georgia but throughout this and oth? er Southern States?the progress of , towns and cities and also the varied development of agricultural Inter* jests. The old idea that cities must ;grow at the expense of one another or at the expense of the farming ter ritory about them is rant being sup? planted by the broader and truer view that they can be permanently j prosperous only by working together t for their common fortunes. We are at length applying to our own Immediate problems the philoso ' phy that commerce and Industry de t pend upon agriculture and that the beginning and end of all our material endeavors rests upon the soil. Thus, asj the News points out, the alert boards of trade and ?hambers of commerce In South Georgia cities are helping the farmer find markets for his crops. They arc thereby making possible the development of truck [farming on a large and profitable scale. They are opening new Heids of enterprise and investment that will benefit merchants, bankers, real eblale dealers and business men in general no less than the farmers themselves. The distinctive success and useful? ness of the Chamber of Commerce is due very largely to the fact that it is continually promoting enterprises. SUCh as the Georgia Corn Show. Which Will advance agricultural in? terests and is continually striving t ? make Itself and its city of service to the entire State. The Brltsh want peace with the United States. They don't want it any worse than we do. They have ihe biggest navy .md they are our big gest Customers, so What's the use ol being disagreeable about anything that a "jolly g.1 fellow" and the captain of a British slop could settle in about live minutes In the captain's cabin"? Wilmington Star. Probably Job never bad occasion to fall over the same old chair when he got up at night to turn on the dec 111< light Wilmington star. EX-DICTATOR MAY RETURN. Brother-ln-Law of Portirio Dia? Leave* for Mexico to Look Ovar Situation. Paris. June 11.?A brother-in-law of ex-President Diaz left for Mexico today to discuss with the government there the question of the return of the former dictator. Oen. Diaz recently received a dele? gation of Mexican friends who had coma to request him to return to Mexico to assist by his counsel in the restoration of tranquility to that country. The reply of the old dictator is said to have been: "I should be pleased to return to reside in my country, but I am de? termined not to participate in its pol? itics." i at t. ? t m ???? Rebels Attacked. Xogales, Ariz., June 11.?Insurgent Sonora State troops guarding the town of Sacabe, 60 miles west of here, / ere attacked last night by a party of Mexicans from the Arizona side of the international line. The attackers were driven off only after two of the town's guard were killed. To Attack Juarez. El Paso, June 11.?Insurgent troops who today appeared in force east of this place declare they will attack Juarez. Americans who arrived hero today from along the Texas border re? ported that the rebels were driven into three groups, totaling nearly 1, 000, and all within 60 miles of the Mexican border town. Princes as Warriors. The war between Turkey and the Balkans has been noted for the num? ber of royal princes who have fought upon its battlefields. King Nicholas, the sturdy ruler of plucky little Montenegro, and his three sons were the first to engage In warfare, Prince Peter, the youngest, having fired the shot which began the momentous war, heralding, as events have turned out, the downfall of Turkey in Europe. The crown prince of Montenegro holds the most im? portant command in the Montenegrin forces, and Prince Mirgo has also served in the war with great distinc? tion. Prince Arsene, the youngest broth? er of the king of Servia, became fa? mous for his daring raid and capture of the important Turkish stronghold of Veles. King Peter's two sons have also fought bravely at the head of their regiments. As crown prince, tha. present King Konstantine of Greece vas command er-in-chief of all the Greek forces, and gained great renown for his many successes during the war. It is against the practice of modern warfare for a reigning sovereign to be seen on the actual field of battle, , but King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been practically commander-in-ctyief j of the allied forces, keeping always in touch with the vanguard of his army. The last battle in which a British sovereign personally led his troops on the battlefield was in 1742, when George II, at the head of his army. defeated the French at the Battle of ? Dettingen.?Eondon Times. Edwin Booth's Career. Edwin 1r mas Booth, the distin? guished actor, was born November IS, 1 S3;:, near Bclair, Md. When 16 years of age he made his first ap? pearance on the stage in the role of Tresse 1. his father, Junius Brutus Booth, acting hs Richard III. Two years later he himself successfully as? sumed the part of Richard in place of his father, who had unexpectedly re? fused to till an evening's engagement. Tin? following year the two went to California, where the son remained several years, visiting Australia mean? while. Meeting With little pecuniary suc cess Edwin in 1856 returned to the Atlantic States, and from that time forward was recognised as one of the foremost in his profession. Ha visited England in 1*6 1-62, and in 1864 pro? duced "Hamlet," in New York city, for 106 nights consecutively. In 186M he opened a splendid theatre in New Work city but the building of it cost $ I,? 06,000 and involved him in finan? cial ruin. He revisited California in IK76, and In the spring of 1877 was .iii,< to settle witb his creditors, hav? ing earned over $660,666 during the season lie visited Great Britain and Germany in I886-82, and was every? where received With enthusiasm. Mr. Booth was founder and first pres. idenl of the Playern' club, New York, where he died on June 7. 1863, President Wilson is making friends among the people because thoas wh-> are not friends of the President have never been known a* friends of the people - Wilmington star When President Huerts is aide to norrdW that |ie,0jH%400, he may be able to get some man to take his place so he can net away to "see America first."?-Wilmington star.