Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KKMAIdV, CONVICTS TO WOHK ON amtKKTS |k\MAfTlt\ Hump* I \i I ie ng < <l f..I- 1 aini r One* Because of Urowlrtg l>. iii.mi,I for Waici?Water lipo Kx tension Ask ?Hi for?Mr. I. C. Sirmuss K< <r,( >,, <i to Make Statement of S. C. W. r*uiid ?Why Police Are not Wearing Khaki tnl forms?Other Matters. CM) Council held Its regular semi? monthly session Tuesday night with all members present. While quite a number of matters were attended to, there were none of them of great im? portance to the people of the city. The dlsucsslon of putting female MgeYHtts to work on the streets, cut? ting grass and sweeping the trash off the streets, which was commnced at a former meeting of count 111 was again taken up and a resolution was passed to this effect. Heretofore fe? male convicts have been placed In jail, where they were kept to serve out their time at the expense of the *lty. It Is thought by council that it will Le a profitable instead of a los? ing business to make them work streets hereafter. Mr. Rowland reported that the daily consumption of water at pres? ent was approximately 800,000 gal lone, lie advised that the new pumps be exchanged for larger ones, as they were only capable of pumping about 7X8,000 gallons of water daily and if, they were put in service they would soon have to be exchanged because of the steadily Increasing demand for wa? ter This suggestion was approved and it was decided to exchange the (rump* for larger ones. Mr. Worthington reported the es? timated cost for the requested ex? tension of a water main on Manning j enue as 1360 for 650 feet, with six or seven new connections, which would be out In at once. He stat? ed that there was a request for an extension of pipe from Bee Street down Main street for a distance of tea feet down the street, but he did npt consider this work a-. Important as the Joining of the Hoard and Wash? ington street lines at Church street with larger pipe than Is now in use. He estimated the cost of this work at $4,000. It was decided by Council to have the Manning Avenue line laid as soon as the city had available funds for this purpose Tt 1 was a discussion as to the use ??. gej donated by the city for the ? <?^g of the Mouth Carolina 7v>s o Sumter. In view of the fact until had not received a state? ment of the expenditure of this fund, the city clerk was instructed to write Mr. I. C. Strauss to give the city a sta? tement of the use of the Und und to return that part of the fund which had not been used by the rallro id. Mr. Worthington stated that ihere wss a large amount of dtsinfi .-tunt on hand, which he understood was not needed. He stated that he thought that this ought to be disposed of In some way to the advantage of the city, If the bosrd of health, who had ordered It. did not have any use for It. The clerk was directed to in? quire of the board of health why it was purchased and If it might be re? turned or sold. Thief of Police J. K. Sumter stat tsd that the khaki uniforms which had been ordered some time ago had come, but that as none of them tit the force was unwilling to wear them. Mr. Booth stated that he had order? ed the uniforms in good faith, think int IfefJl th y would prove service? able and ? oler for the members of the force ami if they did not care to wear them, he would return them anil stand responsible for any loss which might be occasioned. Mr. Sumter as? sured Mr. Booth it was only because the uniform** did not tit that the mem? bers of the force did not wear them. He said that the men had taken th> suits and would weur there Mrs I* N l.lgon asked that Coun? cil re-l-:.burse her for Injury done her store by quarantining a smallpox patient in It She stated that the stole hsd not been rented since It was ? los^d bv quarantine ami that she was unui>le to rent It ami she thought OsjSjgs il ghnnM pnj her for the rent for the time It went uniented. Coitn d refu-od tier request on the grounds thst she had been paid for one months rent and they thought that they hr. l gone far enough. A lett >r from Messrs. S Y. Pelgar and s. *\ m< Keowa anhing that water cert sprinkle the SlfSSl at the corner of Harvln and <'aklaml was read and the request was refused, us Coun? cil considered this a bad precedent to set. The report s4 the i It) i brk for WS ter works und city were referred to Mr. Itowland to ?..- gone over ami checked up. ? Mr. Worthington Stnted the? he had noticed a number of the lion gratings across drains on tin* street were loose and asked Council who -should keep up thsee drains. Tubd city or the properts owners Coined In formed torn that the drains should ng kept In repair l?v the prop. 11 owners Who hud put them down und POWERS HINDS OFF. WILL LET BALKAN STATUS FIGHT IT OUT. Tidings of Military Operations Scanty ?tireeks ( hum Great Victory ut Doiran. London, July H.?The Balkan war, having now been regularized by for? mal ?!??<? laration, it |l understood that the powers will make no attempt to mediute. The official gazette of Bel? grade published tonight notice of a formal declaration of war against Bul? garia. Military news was lacking today. Servian dispatches admit a strong Bulgarian column has invaded Servia at Konagevatz, which town they oc? cupied after setting fire to the adja? cent villages. Cholera has been brought to Belgrade by the wounded I Matal Greek dispatches claim a great victory at Doiran, where the Bulgarians, recently reinforced, were in superior strength to the Greeks. The hitter assert that a whole division of Bulgarians fled in such confusion that they even left behind loaded guns. This victory is considered Of great Importance because Doiran was , the Bulgarian iidialling centre and all the provisions fell into the hand* cf the Greeks. It is reported from Sofia that the Tenth Bulgurian division, Which re lnforced Gen. Invnnoff, was brought from the Tchatalja district. This would indicate compliance with Tur? key's demand that the Bulgarians evacuate Turkish territory. The Bulgarians are taking the of? fensive against Nish, according to an? nouncement from Sofia. The Turkish government today de? cided to occupy with armed forces all the territory within the Enos-Midia line, running from the Aegean sea to the Black sea, which had been vir? tually decided upon as the future boundary line between Bulgaria and Turkey, according to a Constantinople telegram to the Exchange Telegraph | company. The Bulgarians are fiercely .^Back? ing Pirot, on the Belgrade-Sofia rait"' way, according to a Belgrade dispatch to The Mail. A Sofia dispatch to the same paper says the Bulgarian army aptured 10 guns at Konugvatz north of Nish. The third army has destroy? ed seven bridges on the railway con? necting Macedonia and Belgrade. It Is reported that the fifth army1, marching from Kustendil, has sue-' ceeded in joining the forces near Kotchana. A Sofia dispatch to a London news agency says heavy fighting occurred Monday, the Bulgarians attacking the Servian centre at Kotchana. The Servians WOfU repulsed with very severe losses. The Bucharest correspondent of the Mall says a member of the govern? ment is authority for the statement that war between Bulgaria and Rou manla is inevitable. The Poet'I Bu? charest correspondent, reporting that the mobilization of the Roumanian army will be completed Wednesday and that a few days more will be re? quired to get the army in motion on the frontier, intimates that Roumania intends to fight in order to prevent Bulgaria from crushing Servia ami Greece, and that the most intense enthusiasm for the struggle is ap? parent among the Roumanian people. No "Cussing" by Atlanta Police. Atlanta. July 8.?Chief Lanfnrd's j order to the detective department that all "cussing" must ce.se has now been In operation for one week and the strongest words that are heard at police barracks now are "shucks," "tut, tut" with an occasional "gosh dern" from members of the force who used to live on the farm. The order came as the result of the declaration that entirely too many members of the department were giv? en to ornamenting their slightest ut? terances on the moot trivial subjects with long strings of profane adjec? tives. >t l*lciilc at /oar Church. There will be a picnic at Boar Methodist church, mar Brltton's ?tore on the Manning toad, on Satur dav, July liMh, for tin- Zo.ir Sundav school All bring their baskets. In the afternoon refreshments and dell Cm les will he sold as long as the crowd mny stay, the proceeds lo be used on the church building. A. W. Newman. Samuel Newman. . unter, S. ? ' . July I? It Is a wise Congressmen who knows why he is Invited out to dinner. he must see that these in need of it were repnlred at once, as there vas. dnnger of act Idenf If thw were ai lowed to remain loose. The police report for June was read showing one bundled arrests with penalties amounting 10*188 days and flL'-'.r.o. A large oumbei of bills were gone iind ordered Paul. HAIR RAISING STORY OF PHILIP? PINE FIGHT, Mono Hand Wiped out?ham Consider* aide Rebellion Element Exterminat? ed after Struggle of (ireut Fierce Washington! July 8.?A hair-rais? ing story of hand to hand conflict with ?pear hurling Iforo savagei in a bat- j tie to tin* death <>n an isolated moun? tain top with no quarter given or ex : pected waa cabled to the war depart-; men! from the Philippines today by I MaJ. (Jen. Bell. It was the com? manding general'! report on the cam palgn of Qeri, John J. Pershing, which resulted in the extermination of the J last considerable band of rebellious Moros ami the complete disarmament of thil war like tribe. Long ago most of the Moros gave up their arms peacefully, but the Aerce tribesmen of Latiward, embrac? ing about 20 square miles on the northern coast of the island of Jolo, made ready for war whenever there w vs a suggestion of depriving them o.' their weap< ns. Recently nearly 10,000 of th m stampeded to Mount Bagsak, a wild beak which they be- 1 lleved impregnable. Many confer-' ein es and patient diplomacy drew | most of them away and sent them . to their homes, but :500 or 400 of the' most desperate fortified their strong? hold and prepared to light it out with the American nation. "When no reasonable hope of a peaceful conclusion remained," says Gen. Hell in his report today, "Hrig. Gen. Pershing arrived at Jolo with boats during the night of June 10, secretly embarked his command, and, landing nearby, surrounded l'.agsak the same night to prevent a stampede of the women and children and non combatants to the mountain again. | Assault began at dayligi t and there was tierce lighting, part of it hand to hand, during live days, marked by tenacious resistance and counter at? tacks from Moros ''ashing on troops with barongs and hurling spears at the storming lines. "The control of troops by the offi? cers was admirable, thus preventing 'a greater number <>f casualties. The enemy was completely defeated and all the strongholds were finally taken. None of the Moros would surrender; some escaped. Hut the remainder were killed, Including Amit and his princi? pal lieutenants, during the engage? ments. "Our mountain guns were dragged ;v.? the mountain by block and tackle, linally reached commanding posi? tions and rendered material assist? ance. Apparently officers and men behaved without exception with ad? mirable coutage and determination, though constant*:' on duty live days] and nights of little rest .and torrential rains. The district commander has! commended ('apt. Taylor A. Nichols and ('apt. George Charlton ??f the Philippine scouts, and First Lieut Edwin H. Rackley of the same or? ganisation for consplc; >as courage and leadership. "Big. Gen. Pershlng personally planned and conducted the Bagsak operations, commanding the forces in person and sharing all hardships and dangers of the troops. From all in? formation obtainable the ordeali un? dergone are believed to be ..arpassing. He has been subjected to much criti? cism because of patient negotiations, forbearance and efforts to avoid a re? sort to lighting, but succeeded in avoiding unnecessary injury to non combatants and minimised casualties in his own command." DAILIES HAVE RIGHT or WAY. Roper Instructs Postmasters to Hur? ry Them Along. A dispatch from Washington says: Instructions went forth today from First Assistant Postmaster General Daniel ('. Roper to all postmasters directing them to handle daily news? papers sent to subscribers through the mails with the utmost dispatch possible after disposition of first class matter, "Man;' Of these publication! con? tain market quotation! and other commercial data which are used fre? quently us tile basis of the subscrib? er'! dally buelneas operations ami ti?e value of this Information is lost if it is unduly delayed In transit," explained Mr. Roper to tho post? master!. He directed thai on re? ceipt of mail at a postofllcc all Backs labeled "dall) paper!" should be dis? tributed promptl) und every efTorl made to effect their deliver^ <>n the first cat t ier ttip alter (be receipt of tlie mail of tlie office, provided the delivery ?'f Rrst class mail was not delayed. Charlotte to Florence, Florence to Charleston! a direct line via See board Air Line sounds like n pretty Mood routing to us. it is coming In spile of what Sumte! und "'lier towns may say. Florence is the logical stop? over point between Iheae two eitle!, j Florence Tlm< n HE'LL BE GOOD. blease writes government for military support, Request*) Order for South Carolina .Militia Encampment and Promises to Support Military Law. Special to The Dally Item. Columbia, July 10. ?The governor this afternoon addressed a tame note to the war department requesting an order for the South Carolina encamp? ments and promising his support to the military law. it is believed here the note will be acceptable to Secre? tary Garrison of the war department and that the South Carolina ' soldier boys" will be aide to ^o mi their en? campments as usual, and that the government will also extend support to the South Carolina militia as was the ease before Governor Blease not "huffy." WILL VISIT ORAN/GEBURG. Mayor Jennings to Tell Dwellers on Edlsto How Commission Govern? ment Works in Suintcr. Orangeburg News. Mayor Jennings, of Sumter, has accepted an invitation to come t<> this City on Thursday evening of this Week and address a mass meeting of the voters of this place. Mayor Jen- j nlngS will come to this city upon the j invitation of the gentlemen here in? terested In the adoption of the Com- j mission form of Government for Or- ; angeburg, and it is the intention that as large a meeting as possible be , held to hear Mayor Jennings. It Is well known that Sumter, a city of equal size to Orangeburg, Is now working under the Commission plan of Government. The manner In which Sumter Is now governed will be almost identical with the form of gev- , ernment which the advocates of Com-, mission form desire for IJrangeburg. Mayor Jennings is in position to tell In dollars and cents how the new form of government has work? ed out in Sumter, and it is hoped that tlie voters of Orangeburg will bo present to hear for themselves just what Mayor Jennings thinks of the (?Immission form, whether he would advise its adoption for or angeburg. Every man who is interested In the advancement of the city of Orange burg should he present at this meeet lng. E. 1). SMITH TO Hi: IN SENATE RACE, Surprised at Blcnse/s statement thai He was After Another Job. Washington, July 1?.?Senator E. D. Smith's attention was called today to tho statement which Governor Blease Is quoted as having made at Dallas, X. ('., to the effect that Presi? dent Wilson was going to give Senator Smith a good j<d>, and that former Governor Heyward would be the man whom Governor Blease would have to, beat for the Senate. Senator Smith said: "I have a j<d> given me by a greater power than President Wilson. That same power recognises what l have done, and am still doing, and I propose to seek no other job than the one the people have given me." The junior senator was in the best of humor, and seemed to be amazed at the suggestion that he would not be in tlie campaign. The demonstration to be conducted by Miss Elsie Caring at the Gas Co/S office tomorrow evening, beginning at S.lfi should attract the attention ol all Sumter housewives seeking to bet? ter their kitchen comforts A sentence to labor on the streets I net ad of free board In the jail will render lawbreaking, by women less popular than it bus been heretofore. There Is no reason why female crim? inals cannot be made to sweep the streets and keep them dear of trash. VOTES PAVING BONDS. Kpartanbtirg Authorises the Issue of $100,000. Spartanburg, July 8,?In n special election today the people of Spartan burg authorised a bond Issue ot $100, 000 for street paving and sidewalk 'building. There was little or no op posit ion. The Tobacco Crop, The outlook for a good season for the tobacco people Is the lines! In many years and the local buyers ore making every preparation to Induce the weed to this market. All of the ! best concerns In the ITnlted states will have representatives upon this mar? ket and the competition bids w? ll t<> be strong. Wb.it has become ol Ihe Society for the Prevention ol Cruelty t- Anl nulls'.' The attention of the Item lias been called to cases where this so t del) might take a bund. HOUSE WANTS TO KNOW. INVESTIGATION OF LOBBY WILL UO TO THE BOTTOM. Speaker Clark Has Under Considers ilon the Appointment of Commit - lee to Investigate the Lobby and Its 0|ieratioiM in the Houae? Washington, July 7.?nM question of who will la* appointed > 'man of the house lobby investigation commit? tee by Speaker Clark elicited consid? erable interest at the Capitol today. Among the names said to be under consideration are thoee of Represen? tatives Clark of Florida, Hay of Vir? ginia and Garret! of Tennessee. It is not a place that any of the house members especially w ants?that of j delving and probing Into the affairs of his colleagues. Those, however, who now the strong personalities of Mr. ?Mark and the others just named, are satisfied that should any olio of i them he made Chairman the investiga? tion will he so broad in scope that a report will not he made for several months, it is believed today, follow? ing the t "cisive matter in which the I house boiled over at the suggestion that the investigation committee should report by September 1. It is also understood today that the inquiry will pay specific attention to the activities of the liquor and an? ti-liquor organisation during tin probe. Mr. Mann, minority leader, upon several occasions, referred to the necessity* of looking into the opera? tions of the Anti-Saloon league, as Well as t'heir adversaries, and he also thought the committee COUld spend some time profitably investi? gating labor and anti-labor organiza? tions. Congressman Small of North Caro? lina wanted to instruct the house { committee to report is findings by September 1. A howl of protest went up over the house, and the Small amendment was overwhelmingly de? feated. Those in touch with the sit? uation believe the house committee I will not have have half completed its work by September l. Under the resolution reported by the rules com? mittee the house probers have prac? tically unlimited Inquisitorial powers, and they may go into the question of all lobbies, large and small, insidious and Innocent. Not only will the Mul hall charges be probed to the bot? tom, but the house committee, under a blanket resolution of authority, will seek to chase to its lair every lobby which may exist now or may have ex? isted in Washington. TOBACCO MARKET OPENS. Everything in Readiness and Good sales Expected?Town Streets < leaned?Personal News. Mayesville, July it. ? Everything is in readiness foi the opening of the tobacco market here tomorrow. The buyers from the hading manufactur? ing concerns are arriving and will he ready and eager for the golden weed win n it is placed on the floor for sale While it is m?t expected that there will he an unusually h -ivy "break" on the opening day due t ? the lateness of the crop, yet t.ie managers look for a good sale and expect to handle as much a-s any of the neighboring markets. The warehouse and other buildings arc in excellent shape and everything will be done for the com? fort of man and beast. The mana? gers, Messrs. Motley and McElveen, guarantee the best of treatment and prices. The following are the mar? kets that will open tomorrow : Mayes? ville, Tlmmonsvillc, Florence, Lake City, Olanta, Kingstree, Manning, Hemmingway, Johnsonvllte, Darling? ton ami Latnar. The board of trustees of the Mayes vllle school will soon announce the teaching force for the coming ses? sion. Only one teacher has been an nouncd as yet. Miss Pugh of Virginia, who comes highly recommended, she has taught lor several sessions in the well known Bethel school of this county* The street force has completed the clearing of the streets of all weeds and grass, and the railroad people have cleared up the right-of-way through the town, so that now the town has a very neat and thrifty ap? pearance. Misses Corm iia and Gertrude Oliv? er of Greeleyvllle spent the week-cud With Rev. ami Mrs. It, ICrier. Miss Mamie Itlackwell of Claren? don is visiting Mr. ami Mis. .1. D Blackwell. I Mr. and Mrs. (V N. Sprott and Mrs. E. W. Mayes have gone on a visit to relatives and friends at Manning. Mr. and Mrs. U. C Grittln and chil? dren have gone to Monroe, N. c , t<? j visit relatives of the former. M. <'. Mayes Is attending common Pleas court In Sumter this week as . I ? jtirj man. M rs, 11 A Wi Us of Florence i \ isil ing In tow n. Miss llattie Mayes has returne? , from a visit to relatives in Florence. KHNATOR F. l>. smith ii vs PRE? VENTIVE PLAN. Soulh Carolinian Thinks Invasion < oui,i be Checked bj Pstsbl.nhlsjg a Barrier Belt. Washington, July s.?Plans for the federal government to raise a harrier against the boll seevII of the South? western cotton State* Invading the At? lantic coast States, arc being drafted by Senator Smith of South Carol!? Secretary Houston of the department of sgrl >ulture is said to have given the proposition his tentative approval* Senator Smith's plan is for the fed? eral government, with State coopera? tion, to prohibit the growing ol cot? ton it? S belt which WOttld separate the Atlantic Coast States from the Southwestern States. As the boll weevil migrates only from cotton field to cotton field, the senator be? lieves this belt would save the States to the east of it from the pest which has co'st cotton raisers to th*4 south? west millions of dollars annually. According to investigation already made the narrowest belt where a bar rir might be raised would be in Alabama, between the mountains near the Tennessee lin.' and the gulf. This would be a distance of about 15t miles. The boll weevil already has swept over Texas, Oklahoma, Louis? iana, Arkansas and is said to be trav? eling eastward into Alabama. Sena? tor Smith is preparing to urge upon the senate that this narrow belt will be a practical barrier if immediate action is taken to establish it. If effective it would protect most of Alabama and all of Georgia, Clorida. South Carolina and North Carolina from the weevil. The* barrier to be effective must he 50 miles wide, it is believed. The urowing of cotton in that zone would be prohibited, but the farmers could raise any other crops. Senator Smith's plan is to have the federal government compensate the farmers in this zone for not planting cotton. He is investigating the ac? tion of the federal government in stamping out yellow fever in Louis? iana and in establishing forest re? serves for the conservation of re? sources in order to have precedents for his plan. Senator Smith today consulted Senator Kern of Indiana, the Demo? cratic leader, and won his promb approval of a feasible plan to complish the desired object. GOES TO JACKSONVILLE. Rev. William ( handler. Formerly of Maycsvillc. Accepts t all to First Presbyterian Church. The State. The Rev. William H. Chandler, who was graduated from Columbia semi? nary at the last commencement, has accepted a ?all to heroine assistant pastor of the Pirat Presbyterian church of Jacksonville, of which the Rev. J. B. Keuch, I>. 1)., is pastor. Mr. Chandler's family?his wife and three little children?left Colum? bia yesterday to spend a few days with relatives in IfayeeviUe before go? ing to Jacksonville to join Mr. Chan? dler, who w ill go in a day or so to enter at once upon his duties, preaching his ftrst sermon next Sun? day. Before entering the theological sem? inary Mr. Chandler built a residence at No. 1? Globes court and moved his family to Columbia, He has recently sold his home to his mother, Mrs. R. A. Chandler, of Mayeevllle. ill HP IN THREE FOOT FALL. Eseaped from Midair Peats of Many Kinds and Injured in Fall from Wagon. Hackensack, X. J.. July s.?Hodman Law. who has been shot out of a cannon, dropped from balloons and airships, dumped into the ocean on a speeding motorcycle and escaping un? harmed from a score of other danger? ous feats, came to ^rief yesterday in a three-foot fall from a wagon. His shoubb rs wer? sprained badly and a linger so lacerated that he will have to have it amputated. -? THE sot TIPS INMHt CROPS. Poorest of Anj Section hi the WOrhl Considering soil. Etc. Anderson. July S.? The South has the pi ores! crops of any section la the world, considering the soil and the intelligi nee of the people,'' said W. W. Long, State agent farm demonstration work, in an address here * ? i said in ten years corn throughout tin country ha in spite of the campaigns suggested Improved fartuii Tlie Best Medicine in the World. ' ""'Mv little gili had bloody dysentery Very bad 1 thought she would die. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and IManboea Itemedy eured her and I em truthfully say that I think it Is . the best medicine in the world." writes I Mr* Wilbam ?Ovis, dare, II Ich For all dealers. ? Advt.