The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 11, 1914, Image 1
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 11. 1914.
Vol. XXXVIII. No. 14.
IK lEII'S Rillt MB
OF SUITER HI.
Enthusiasm Marks First Step in Or?
ganization to Further Candidacy for
Governor of Hon. R. L Manning.
ringing IMLBjCH MAM by candidate, WHEN Hi: is sent fob
and BROtOlIT tO MKETING-?ADVOCATES EXEMIMTON FROM
TAXES OF SMALL FARMS and HOMES IN TOWN?WILL
NOT REGARD rle \SEISM AS AN ISSl e?WOt'LI) be GOVERNOR
ALL tdk l?EOl>LE?GEO. I). LEVY, d. d. MOISE and J. a.
H'KMl.ht Ullltlll OF CLl'H.
A movement which is expected to
he Slate-wide was launched in Sumtcr
Monday night, when the Young Men's
Manning Club of Sumter was organ?
ised for the purpose of furthering
the candidacy for governor of the
Hon Richard I. Manning <>f Sumter.
Much enthusiasm was shown by those
who had gathered in the Chamber of
' "inmerce rooms, which were lllled to
capacity, and Mr. Manning himself
made a ringing speech when n dele
gatl< \ had been sent for him and
had ?.ought him to the meeting.
The whole object of the organisa?
tion Is stated! in the resolution which
eras Introduced at the meeting by
Judge R. Ok l'urdy and pass >d by ac?
clamation:
"Kesolved: That we r#cognize in
the Hon. Richard 1. Munn.ng a gen?
tleman In every sense qualified to
discharge the high functions of the
fovsrnor of this State; and we, the
young men of the city of Sumter, not
only earnestly desire his election, but
pledge ourselve# separately und col?
lectively to actively work for his
ejection '
The meeting was culled to order,
Mr Qeo. D. Levy having been asked
io act tia chairman, with about fifty
present and at once got down to busi?
ness. The chairman in a few words
stated the object of the meeting, the
furtherance of tho candidacy for gov?
ernor of Hon. Richard L Manning of
Bumter by the young men of the city,
who had come together to organize in
order to cooperate with each other in
this object.
His remarks were reconded by Mr.
Davis I?. Mid*.', who made a short but
enthusiastic speech of encouragement
in the work which the meeting had
before It.
A motion wan m ule for nomination
of officers and it was proposed that
a president, vice-president and secre?
tary and treasurer be elected. Mr.
Oeo. D. Levy was nominated and
unanimously chosen as president of
the organization. 'The Young Men's
Manning rl.b of Sumter." Mr. Da
vis D. Moise was ??Sitte' vico-presl
dent and Mr. j A. McKnight was
* hSJgSjg gSeretary and treasurer.
At this point It was proposed that
Mr. Manning be went for and asked to
come to address the meeting. A dele?
gation i ? nsistlng of Messrs. C. Klvin
Stubbs. j. A. McKnight and H. A.
Moses was npj minted by the president
to go for Mr. Manning. An execu?
tive comndttee consisting of Messrs.
W. i. hoNi.-, g, oijuimi, Q, L War
ten. < ,> o i; m Whort? r. and W. F.
Robertson was chosen.
A mm em was made and adopted
that a badge bearing tho photograph
of Mr. Manning with suitable wording'
be adopted as tho emblem of tho]
? Hib. This motion was passed, the
wording being left t > the executive
committee
Mr h. j. MeLaurta, Jr. urgee1 the
unremitting active worfc of the club,
ss did I?r Ooo. W. Mat, if it hoped
to meet with success.
At this point Mr Manning arrived
snd his appearance was th' occasion
of a burst of applause Hi IMS IS
formed of the ehjeef of the meeting
?n<i v.h?t | sf Issea state* being aahad
to nlmself give a word of eneourage
ment to these of his supporters, who
hsd gathered to ndvunce his Interests
ti
In the campaign
Mr. Manning seemed deeply moved
? t this expression of Haiti and ? onti
dence In him on part of "his friends
and neighbors among whom he \s i I
best known in his daily life" and
thanked them from the heart for what
thev were doing and proposed to do in
Ids b. h ilf
Mr. Muimn Ifcea stated some of
the things for v.he li lie would stand
In his campaign. A primary safe?
guarded from IrrcguUritlcs and 11- '
legality, but giiaranti ? Ing |0 every |
Democrat the right to vote. lie wss
going Into the race sins'le-handed an I
standing on his own bottom, got
swinging to any mans coat tail H<
advueated u progressist) ami Bgggtrtie?
' tlve administration. Ho emphasized
the importance of building up the
schools und colleges, especially advo?
cating State aid for the common
s? hools. He would advocate the
! equalization of taxes and the exemp?
tion from taxation of small farms and
j homes in the city, in order to encour
age the ownership of homes and home
building.
lie referred to the factionalism of
the past and asked that efforts be
made to smooth over this feeling and
have a united people who would drop
personalities and face the problems
which affect the interest and wolfare
of the people He had never support
I ed Governor Mease, nor approved of
his course. Ho would not inject
Bleasesirn in to the campaign, but did
not fear to face It, if It were brought
up by others.
In closing he stated that, if elected,
le would bo governor of all of the
people and not only of his supportors.
The close of his remarks brought
another outburst of applause, which
came at intervals during his speech.
Those present were enrolled In the
Vrunr Men's Manning Club of Sum
ter before the meeting adjourned.
Mi. Manning's speech in full is:
An issue before tho people of this
State is that of safe guarding the pri?
mary elections. The Constitution of
1895 restricted the suffrage so as to
eliminate, us far us practicable, the
nogro vote; questions between the
whites were to be settled by a friend?
ly family fight in the primaries in
which every white man, who was not
barred by ihe Constitutional and stat?
utory provisions was to vote. Under
Ihet'c conditions, differences among
the whites wero settled, but, being a
sort of family affair, no rigd rules
v.cio made or practiced; the rules
"\ er rung primary elections, loose as
they were, were often disregarded,
until it became the custom to let
them go in almost any way. When
differences arose, and feeling ran
high, and distrust of each other crept
in, dissatisfaction with prevailing
methodf erat manfaated, and charges
and counter-charges of irregularities
?nd Illegal Voting wero made. White
men's differences must be settled
lairiy. Party feeling and prejudice
often caused men to disregard exact
Justice and fairness. Under our pres?
ent party rule, the party elections are
I k m ly conducted, and abundant op?
portunity exists for repeating, and il?
legal voting. We should adopt such
charges in our party rule as will in
lirt to every wbite man the right to
\ot<> once, but to vote but once. It
should be made impossible to permit (
repeating or to allow non-residents
and citizens of other States and for?
eign! is not entitled to vote to kill the
votes of South Carolinians whose
m.ht and prerogative It is to vote. We
should see to it that only living South
Carolinians bo allowed to vote, and
Ii man only once, In order that the
primary may be prescr\ed ami not de
rayaA
lair \>M?H>mcntH. Kxcmptlon of'
??sail Homes and Farms from
'luxation.
i shaii advocate such ohangas In
m. nt ami taxation as shall inoro
falrli distribute thi burdens of tax?
ation) and m ike more equal assess?
ment*, ami uith exemption! of small
homes hi lawn and small farms of
llntttad acreage, ami 1 shall advocate
mich laW| as will promote ownership
of homes t" town, ami n horns, and
small farms ' the country. I shall
advocate ? la< d registration bill and
em oiirageinem to rural credits.
warehousing of cotton, bolter mar?
ketlng of crops, accurate grading of
cotton, ami protection from fraud or
adulteration of fertlllaers, which will
protect the tnrniei- ami honest fcr
iiiiz. ?? seaaufaoturer; ami by maklni
life on the farms more profitable and
more pleasant and comfortable, many
of our problems will be solved In a
safe ami sane manner. Self protec?
tion, and Ihe solution of rural prob?
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UNDERWOOD WINS EASILY.
HIS MAJORITY OVER HOBSON]
FULLY TWENTY-FIVE THOU?
SAND.
Played out Hero of the Merrimao
Carried Only Three out of Sixty-,
Seven Counties?Race for Governor;
Close With Comer in the Lead.
Birmingham, April 7.?The latest
returns indicate Oscar W. Underwood
has been nominated for senator over
R. P. Hobson by about 25,000 major-1
ity. Sufficicr. . returns have been re?
ceived to show that Hobson carried
only three out of the sixty-seven coun?
ties in the State. Eoth will leave the
hOUat March 4th next, Underwood go- (
ing to the senate and Hobson into
; private life. Frank White was nouai-|
rated for the short term senatorship j
over Ray Rushton. Though returns
are coming in slowly the best esti?
mates today indicate that Comer, the
anti-railroad and prohibitionist candl
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adte received a plurality for governor,
with Kolb and Henderson running
close for seconu place. Kolb or Hen?
derson will be in the contest in the
second prlmury against Comer on
May 11th. Kllby was nominated for
Lieut. Governor overwhelmingly.
Congressional winners now appear to
be Dent, Gray, Rankhead, Almon,
Huddleaton, Clayton.
The returns now indicate that Clay?
ton will retain his seat in congress. It
j is almost certain that a prohibition
legislature was nominated and if not
prevented by the selecton of local op
i
tionist governor on May 11, State?
wide prohibition will prevail next year.
lems, which confront us, require at?
tention to these matters. i j
I shall enlarge on these subjects!
later.
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Economy with Efficiency In Govern?
ment.
I I wish to stress the importance pf
the application of good business
methods to the administration of all
of the uffalrs of our Stale. I believe
i in efficiency with economy. The gov?
ernor can, by close study and atten?
tion to the affairs of the various in?
stitutions of tho State, insure economy
and greater effectiveness with an
ever widen.ng development, and, if
elected, 1 will give to my State a
clean, progressiv o business adminis?
tration.
Education.
I favor education at public ex?
pense. South Carolina stands nearly
bottom of the list in tho per centage
of illiteracy. 1 shall never be satis-,
tied until this per centage of illiteracy
is reduced. We have made great;
progress in our educational system,!
more and more money is being spent'
for the cause of education. As a par-:
ent cannot spend his money better i
than by educating his child, so the,
State cannot spend its money better I
than by educating the citizen. I fa?
vor the maintenance and support of
institutions of higher learning, and
provisions for their growth and de-;
velopment to meet growing needs, but
I emphasize the needs of the public'
schools. A liberal appropriation should
be made by the State of a fund to
supplement tho funds for the school
raised locally?thus to endorse and to
encourage the spirit of self help.
An educated citizenship is the real
Justiilcatlon for public education. We
must make parents realize the ne?
cessity for education; that senti?
ment must be so strong as to force
parents to send their children to
school. When a community reaches
that point, almost all of the white
children will be in school, and a law
requiring attendance upon school by
all children between certain ages
will be effective, and as soon as it is
.shown that a county can have ade
quatC school facilities, I would favor'
compulsory education with the local
option* feature, because any law, to
be effective, must be supported by
public sentiment. Mela- legislation is
not a cure-all.
No Factionalism.
I
I want to be fran'- with you, my
friends and neighbor.-,; 1 want to be
equally frank with my fellow cltlsena
throughout the Stato who do not
know me as well as you do?i will
not sail under false colors?I want
all Voters ti> know where 1 stand on
public questions, i want peace re?
stored in Smith Carolina; this state?
ment I made months ago. and have
had no reason to change lt. I want
good will, good feeling, I want to see
factional politics relegated to the past;
i want our people to unite in advo?
cating the policies which will build
up our State. Improve and uplift the
characl >r .>f the eitlsen, and give op*
portunlty to better conditions. I shall
TOLL BILL IN SENATE.
SENATE COMMITTEE'S DELIBER?
ATIONS TO BE IN THE OPEN.
O'Gormun Insists That There Will be
No Needless Delay in Presenting
Report on Free Tolls Repeal Meas?
ure.
Washington, April G.?Publicity for
the deliberations on the Panama toll
exemption repeal was determined
upon today by the senate committee
on interoeeanic canals, which tomor?
row will begin consideration of the
controversy in all its aspects.
.Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the
committee, decided upon open ses?
sions at the outset after a conference
with his colleagues. Whether hear?
ings are to be held has not been de?
cided. This will be determined when
the house repeal bill and various
compromise senate measures are
taken up formally. How long the
committee will deliberate no one
would predict tonight, but adminis?
tration leaders let it be known that
any effort to prolong the preliminary
consideration would be opposed even
to the extreme of moving to discharge
tho committee from consideration of
'the subject.
Senator U'Gorman, leading Demo?
cratic opponent of the repeal, and
I others who join with him ^n the fight,
still insist, however, that there will
bo no needless delay in committee.
Senator McCumber, Republican, of
North Dakota, a member of the for
! eign relations committee, who stead?
fastly refuses to to Join the party op?
position to President Wilson's policy,
Addressed the senate at length today
1 In support of the repeal bill.
He flatly declared that the toll ex?
emption from American ships was a
violation of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty, and that it was against the
spirit of the senate when the treaty
was ratified.
Senator McCumber's argument was
one of the most extensive yet pre?
sented in the senate on either side of
Hie controversy. Ho talked for three
and a half hours, virtually without in?
terruption, and at the conclusion of
his speeech appealed to all "right
thinking men in the senate" to sup
! port the lofty stand the president has
taken "regardless of party or political
expediency."
Tho galleries broke into applause
as Senator McCumber sat down. Half
a dozen Democratic senators crossed
the chamber to congratulate him.
The senator devoted his address
to the two reasons given in the presi?
dents message urging repeal?that
exemption constituted a violation of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and that ii
was an economic mistake.
Heading from the Clayton-Bulwer
a,id Hay-Pauncefote conventions, the
senator also went deeply into the de?
bates in the senate and the cor?
respondence with Great Britain to
show that the provisions of the latter
treaty had been understood on both
sides of the Atlantic to place Ameri?
can Ships, coastwise or foreign, on the
same footing in the canal as those of
any other nation.
Senator Brandegee of Connecticut,
at the conclusion of Senator McCum?
ber's address, introduced a resolution
re lUestlng the president, if not incom?
patible with the public interest, to
give the senate all information, rec?
ords and correspondence relating to
negotiations of the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. Senator Brandegee favors the
repeal bill.
Million Dollar Fire at DccatnT.
Decatur, 111., April 7.?The Powers
Theatre, the Linn Department store
and numerous smaller concerns were
burned this morning. The loss is es
tin ated at $1,750,000.
not, unless forced to do so, recognize
tho existence of two factions in this
State; I havo many friends and sup?
porters who voted for Please, and
many who voted for Jones. In the
governor's race, let us drop the per?
sonalities of the past, and, looking
ahead, take up those questions watch
affect the int? rest and welfare of the
people. It is, however, only frank for
me to statt? so that all may under?
stand me and mv attitude, that 1 have
f
never been a follower or supporter of
Governor Blease, nor have i approved
his course. Some have attempted to
Inject the issue of Bleaseism into the
gubernatorial race; while i do not
agree with them In this, if the same
i:i persisted in. then my attitude Is
known ami is as stated. I will have
no fear in meeting such an issue.
if elected governor, l promise to be
ihe governor of all the people, and
not of those only who support me. 1
pledge myself to do justly, and to love
mercy and to uphold and maintain
the honor and dignity of South Caro?
lina.
BEGIN BUSINESS SOON.
RESERVE BANK COMMITTEE TO
URGE HASTE IN FORMING
NEW SYSTEM.
Members Ixjok Cor No Trouble as
Result of C hange From One Meth?
od of Doing; Business to Another
?Would Move Crops.
Washington, April 6.?Every ef
fort will be made by the reserve bank
organization committee to have all
banks expedite the formal steps nec?
essary to put the new currency sys?
tem in operation.
Mt mbers of the committee appar?
ently do not expect that there will be
any financial crisis requiring the as?
sistance to banks which the reserve
; system will provide, but they are anx?
ious to have the 12 reserve banks in
the Held when crop moving time
comes around next fall. They hope
to be able then to demonstrate how
, easily and quickly the new system
will take care of a situation which
in previous years has caused finan?
cial worry, and which last fail led
to direst loans from the United
States treasury to national banks in
the farming regions.
Under the law steps to be taken by
the banks might be delayed so that
the reserve banks might not be set
up before autumn, but if the banks
respond promptly there is little rea
'son to believe the organization will
be deferred longer than a few months.
The committee has worked at full
j speed on its part of the preliminary
work, and tomorrow the formal no?
tice will be sent to the 7,538 banks
which have asked entrance to the
system, of the location of reserve
j banks and the limits of reserve dis
j tricts. With the notices will go
, blanks on which banks must apply
: for subscriptions for stock in the bank.
: reserves. Thirty days are allowed for
banks to meet the first payment oi
? the required 6 per cent of their cap?
ital and surplus.
As soon as banks in any one dis?
trict have subscribed the 14,000,000
capital necessary for a reserve bank,
the tihal steps of organization will
be promptly taken. The reserve bank
will be given a eharter and the mem?
ber banks will exercise their right to
' elect six of the nine directors of each
[reserve bantr.
j President Wilson probably will
name the five members of the fed
, oral reserve board he is entitled to
appoint by the time the reserve bank
(barters have been granted. The
: board reserve will then name three
I directors of each reserve bank and
j the banks then w ill be ready to op?
erate.
Officials here were interested in
j what limitations may be placed upon
clearing house associations through
the new system. The reserve board
will have much power over such asso?
ciations, but is not expected to in?
terfere with the local functions of any
such association. Its action, however,
! may take the line of lessening their
grip, particularly in the larger cities.
Secretary McAdoo tonight an
I nounced the results of the direct loans
' to banks at crop moving time last
fall. Treasury loans were de?
posited in 193 banks in G2 cities in
28 States to the amount of *37,3S6,
000. The last of the loans were re
. paid by April I, the limit set by the
treasury. The government received,
as Interest at 2 per cent a total of
I 1200,000.
INJUSTICE IX) THE PEOPLE.
, Uurdwick so Terms Action of Demo
I era tic Committee in Adopting Coun?
ty Unit.
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Washington, April 7.?Congressman
Hardwlck today emphatically erlttcle
! cd the action of the Cleorgia Demo
jcratlc committee in adopting tho
county unit plan In Democratic pri-j
matiee. "Candidates receiving the
highest number of votes should be1
chosen," said Hardwlck. "The people
of Georgia will be shown sn injustice
by the plan adopted."
NEW ORLEANS PROTESTS.
House Refuses to Hear Protest as'
Matter is Executive,
Washington, April 7.?When Rep?
r?sentativ? Du Pre attempted to pre?
sent to the house today resolutions
of a New Orleans mass meeting pro?
testing against not selecting New Or?
leans for a regional bank, Gordon, of
ohio, objected, saying it was an execu?
tive matter. The speaker sustained
the objection.
Kentucky Hotel Burned.
Eddyvllle, Ky., April 7.?The Galnea
Hotel was bvnned today with :? loss
of fifteen thousand dollars.
LEADER FOB TICK MM.
?
W. K. LEWIS NAMED AS INSPEC?
TOR.
Officer Chosen Jointly by clem-on
College and Federal Bureau of Ani?
mal Husbandry.
Clemaon College, April 7.?Clemson
college and the bureau of animal
husbandry at Washington have joint?
ly selected as inspector in charge of
the tick eradication work in South
Carolina W. Km Lewis. Mr. Lewis
is a native o' erson county, where
his people .-eside.
In 1900, .ewis was graduated in
veterinary .icine from the Onta?
rio Veter5 ^ college, which is afflliat
ated wit g ronto university, Toron
I to. Can *' In 1903 he was graduat?
ed at t C cKillips Veterinary college
i of Cr , one of the most famous
veter ? colleges in the world.
Af ? wis has had a wide and va
rie* ^' erience. For seven years he
W| ** charge of the National Stock
lyaru^ of Chicago one of the largest
stock centres in the world. For the
year following he was engaged in tick
eradication work in Texas. For the
last four years, he has been connected
with the bureau's office in Atlanta, in
which position he has come closely
in touch with eradication work in
?South Corolina, Georgia and Florida.
Into his hands the college and the
federal department will largely com?
mit their interests in the great work
1 to be done in South Carolina.
Durng his first six months of work
Mr. Lewis will have his headquarters
' at Clemson college. After that he
will choose his headquarter*, as will
i
best suit the progress of his work. .
Under the plan agreed upon by
the college and the government.
South Carolina will be made a sep?
arate district repoitlnj directly to
i
the Washington office instead of
through the Atlanta dstrict offices as
heretofore. Subject to the general
jsupervision of the college the feder
i al bureau, the inspector }n charge,
! Mr. L*w1m, will plan Ih? 5*crk of
< eradication, se4ect suitable meft ? for
ihis field force, decide upon the most
! efficient distribution of territory and
perform other administrative dutee.
The expense will be borne jointly by
j the State appropriation and by the
j federal funds at the disposal of the
' work.
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HAPPY OVER VERY LITTLE.
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Victory in Republican District In New
Jersey Cause Republicans to Re
i jw,ce- _ . tMi
Washington, April 8.?Though the
1 republicans are jubilant over the re?
sult of the congressional election in
the Seventh district of New Jersey
yesterday, the Democrats contended
that the district is normally a strong
Republican stronghold. It even went
Republican when Wilson was elected
governor in 1910. The White House
reiterates that the free tolls had noth?
ing to do with the result. The offi?
cial count gives Drukker over live
thousand plurality.
UNDERWOOD'S MAJORITY GROWS
Official Returns Increase His Great
Lead Over Hobson.
Birmingham, April 8.?Official re?
turns today only show an increased
majority for Underwood for the sen?
ate.
In the governor's race Comer is
well in the lead, with Henderson
ahead for second place. It Is now
probable that Henderson and Comer
will run off the governor's contest OB
May Uth.
Hobson admitted his defeat last
night and left for Washington. He
congratulated Underwood and pledged
him his support.
In llobson's district William Oliver
received six hundred majority over
Bankhead for congress, otherwise the
congressional delegation will be un?
changed, with the possible exception
of the first district Where Taylor's
success is still in doubt
DIG MERCHANTS TO LOCK UP.
New York Judge 1 ses Strenuous Meas?
ures With Mercantile Kings.
New York. April 8.?Henry Siegel
ami Frank Vogel failed to appear in
court today ami Judge Mulqueen is?
sued bench warrants for them and
i>rdered them locked up in the Tombs.
Conductors Threaten to Strike.
Savannah. April 8.?Conductors on
he Blinson Railway, between Sa?
vannah and Wayneshoro. threaten to
itrlkc unless the demands made upon
lie oliloers are agreed to today.