The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 15, 1914, Image 4
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The Sumter Watchman was found
ed In 1850 and the True Southron In
1808. The Water man and Southron
bow has the combined circulation and
Influence cf both of the old papers,
and Is mtnlfsetly the best advertising
medium in Sumter.
Charleston and Columbia uro mak?
ing vigorous campaigns to secure a
branch bank <>r the regional reserve
system, and the rivalry is becoming
quite keen. It is not probj hie that
more than one branch bank will be
alloted to South Carolina, therefore,
either Charleston or Columbia must
b?. disappointed. Columbia, as the
geographical cent, r of the State, has
a slight advantage ovi. Charleston,
but In other rOggtOOtl I 11 'lesion's po?
sition is stroner. Hlnco th it city has
so long been the financial center and
her banks have established connec?
tions with bunks in all sections of the
State. Charleston also has a larger
tanking capital, a larger volume of
business and greater manufacturing
Interests. On the other hand Colum?
bia Is growing more rapidly In all re?
spects than Charleston and within ten
years the positions of the two cities
may be reversed by the development
of Columbia as a business and finan?
cial center. If the branch bank Is to
be located to sei pn lent conditions
Charleston Is the logical selection, but
If tho future is to he taken into con?
sideration and prospective develop?
ment and growth weighed against ex?
isting business and financial condi?
tions, then Columbia may stand a
chance of winning over Charleston.
Owen-Marcus .Marriage.
A marriage of Interest to many BOO*
pie In Sumter and other places was
that on Sunday evening at 9 o'clock
at tho residence of the bride's par?
ents. Mr. and Mrs. A. I). Owens, No.
- 2 Kallroad Avenue, of Miss Lula May
Owens and Mr. T. C. Marcus. Tho
ceremony was performed in the pres?
ence of the immediate members of
the families of the contracting par
tlee by the llcv. J. N. Tolar, pastor,
of the Washington Street Pnptist
Church.
1'oth Mr. and Mrs. Marens have
many friends In Sumter who wish
th m much happiness.
TO CAJIE roll REFUGEE*.
New Orleans, April 12 ?The United
States transport Hancock tonight ro
Celved gf b r* fr< tu Washington to
proceed at once to Tampico.
U In un b rst.1 lore th.it the Han
Cock will take at o.ud refugee* ,vh<>
are fleeing from the battle swept city
Of Tmopies., where pjaarfi lighting bo
Ifjejen Mexican constUutloniltstl i""1
federals hfcs bei n report >d.
Th" Hancock will take on 400 tons
of coal, filling her bunk, i . which
have an HOu-ton capoclty. and will
soil tomorrow afternoon ut 2 o'clock
Tho vessel arrr.-d lore two months
ago. Brtasjlajfl IM marines from the
first adv im e base regiment. The
marines will remain at the nuval sta?
tion here. It is slated
When Um H i:, .. uns south to?
morrow sho will probably he ttccom
i tie. r. s. hospn ?I ship
Solace, under orders to hasten tr I
movement of the Hancock. #
SI M I F It COTTON MAHKLT.
Corrected Dally lly Emeet Fluid,
Cotton Buyer.
?; l Middling II I I.
Strict Middling 13 Id.
Middling IS.
Strict Low Middling 12 fi-s.
Stapbi cotton II lo U 1-2.
New York Cotton Market
\. sj York, April 1 I.
opening Close.
Jan. in.'*
May .12 Oh 12.fi I
July.12!h 12.!7
Aug.II .20 12.13
o.t..11. fiS II.112
Dee.Ii.?? Ii. fio
The old n un nt water ualiis In tin
neeliori of I.II-el i | t ! ? et that H tO be
paved will be rcplaeed with standard
oist Iron mams. The iron piping has
been placed on the ground and the
work of removing the old mains and
laying the mw will begin in a short
t me. Tlo old in.mis h ive detertofatOd
from age and their removal is but I
question oi time and it was therefore
eV epled to replace them BOfon the
\ Rrttted pat mg is i.nd
Compulsory Education in Um Southern
Stan-,.
A vigorous pica for compulsory
school attcmlamc laws in the South?
ern States is made by William II
Hand, State high school inspector for
South Carolina, in a bulletin Just is?
sued by the United states Bureau of
Education. After pointing out that
the six Stat<8 still without compulsory
laws?South Carolina, Georgia, Flor?
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tex?
as, and the four States with compul?
sory laws that apply only partially?
Maryland? Virginia, Arkansas, and
Louisiana?are all Southern States,
Mr. Hand presents statistics showing
that although illiteracy has been re
dueed rapidly In these States within
the last two decades, they still havo
the highest percentage of illiteracy
among tho white population.
'The figures can have but one
meaning," declares Mr. Hand. "They
show that compulsory education re
dUCI illiteracy.
"The opponents of compulsory ed?
ucation insist that the peoplo will
send their children to school with?
out being obliged to do so, if only
they are shown ther duty and thoir
obturation to their children. These
opponents declare that the younger
generation of white children are al?
ready in school. Neither contention
is true. In 1910 the 12 Southern
States had 788,699 native white chil?
dren between the ages of 0 and 14
not in school.
"Who are these illiterato whito
children, and why are they not In
school? Some of them are the sons!
and daughters of parents themselves
ignorant and unable *.o appreciato or
to understand what an education
means to their chile1 re n and to the
State. Some arc the Children of sor?
did fathers and mothers who are
more than willing to make wage
earners and breadwinners of
their untaught offspring tit the ex?
pense of their future manhood and
womanhood. Many are at work on
the farms, sacrificed to the monot?
onous round pf planting crops, culti?
vating crops, harvesting crops, and
again planting crops. Some are at
work in stores and shops or engaged
as messenger boys, all at a small
1 age. Many are err ployed in the
nerve-dulling and blood-sapping en?
vironment of tho mills, receiving
good wages as children in exenange
for vigor of body and training of mind
as men and women; while thousands
of others are roaming the streets and
country lanes, the training ground for
idlers, vagrants, and enemies to
Jaw, order, and decency.
When the Stato has provided
schools for all its children, it has per-)
formed only a portion of its duty. If]
a universal school tax is justifiable on,
.he ground that popular education is
a necessity, compulsory attendance
by the State is also justifiable. The
state has no right to levy and collect J
taxes for a specific purpose and then
permit that purpose to be defeated at j
the hand of indifferent or selfish par?
ents.
"Objection is often made that
'inpulsory attendance would work
hardships in the homes of the poor.
U it not a fact that the poor child
is the very one who most needs the
alii of the State to bring him Into
possession of his own? He it is who
H lint soon fact the complexities of
n odors life and 'he insistent demands
of citizenship with none of the ad?
vantages OOmmon to birth or wealth.
The p..or child is the very one whom
Ce State ough* to help, because he
himself is helpless.
"The .argument against compulsory
dtendancc on account of the negro
bio* been worn threadbare; surely the
Limt has OOmt to drop it. Sono
phases of it are pathetic, is it wise
or expedient to p trail! thousands of
WhltC boys End girls to grow up in
Ignorant I test In forcing them into
;< hool tlM aspirations of the negro
OhlM should be awakened? Shall
b ? white man remain ignorant in or
def to entourage or to compel the tie
gf > to remain ignorant. Is it better
for white and blaek to remain Ignor
tnt than for both to beeome intelli?
gent?
1 >iehl to no one in the matter of
. ride over What has been aeeorn
plMhOd educationally in the past 40
yours, We have planned better
h( ols, Inspired the taxpaysn to
.'. e laXOs for schools, encouraged the
?sopls to build model schoolhouseSi
to lengthen their school trims, to em
plo) better teachers nnd to pay them
better salaries, and to make their
M'hools their pride. Bui what has
i?e. n eooompllshed In the way of ;i
? alstantial dscreSSt in the illiteracy
ui t he clt Isenshl] i ?f n hat value
ire all our school taxes, our olegant
rhoolhousos. our Improved schools
f.? the thoust nd I of boys and girls
a ho to \ off < ut'-r the door of a SChool
house?"
\ . s. HELPS SPAIN.
Maind. April 14,?Protection for
tpanlarda In llexlt o w as toda) pledgt d
to Spain by the government of the
I nlted Hintes, s. i rotary Bryan cabled
tbat the Constitutionalists \N"li't ("li
i i ? ? the proper!) t if expellt d Span*
larda
FOCHT II (OI NTY SCHOOL D.W.
\ mmai Event Opera with Big Parade
at 10 O'clock in Morning?Mental
Cottteata to be Held at Washington
School?O*bors at Court House.
Where Inhibits Will ho Placed?
Addresses by Judge I-Yusor and City
Manager Hohertson ? Athletic
Events in Afternoon*
The fourth annual School Day ex?
ercises will take plat e in Sumter Sat?
urday, April ISth, beginning at 10
o'clock. The drat feature of the day
will be a parade of all the children
of the rural schools. The parade will
he led by the Sumter band, if the
members can possibly get off from
business, the day being Saturday mak?
ing it difficult to get off. Right be?
hind the band will come the three
schools winning the flags last year,
Betheli Dnlzcll and Winn, the three or
more teacher schools, ihe two-teacher
and the one-teacher schools re?
spectively. Three South Carolina flags
Will be offered this year and it awaits
'to be seen if these schools will again
be the winners. The flags are given to
the schools winning the greatest num?
ber of prizes in all contests.
In the parade the other schools Will
come in alphabetically, according to
name. The children, with their teach?
ers in ( barge, will form' at the Court
House square. The whole manage?
ment of the parade will he with Mr.
Merrlman Of the Bumter Boys' High
School. Ho will have the children
March down Main Street to Liberty
street, thence westward to the Wash-j
ington Street school building, where!
those taking part in the scholarship
contest will be given work. The pa?
rade will end there.
The following is a schedule of tho
scholarship contests at tho Washing?
ton Street building:
10.30 to 11 o'clock?Geography.
11 to 11.30?Hygiene and Sanitation.
11.30 to 12?Writing und Algebra.
12 to 12.30?Spelling.
12.30 to 1?Heading.
1.30 to 2?Arithmetic.
2 to 2.30?English Grammar.
The teachers of the city schools in
charge of Prof. S. H. Edmunds and
Miss Elizabeth McLean, will act as ex?
amining committees. While these
contests are being held at the Wash?
ington street building the declalmers'
contests will be held at the Court
House. Both boys and girls win ue
clalm this year. A gold medal is of?
fered to the boys by the Sumter Bar
Association and one to the girls by j
the DuHunt Hardware Co. There will'
be a dozen or more of these young i
speakers on the program. A feature
of the day's program that will give
pleasure to the audience will be ad?
dresses by Justice T. B. Fraser and
City Manager Robertson.
Shortly after 2.30 p. in. the children
will all be brought to the Court
House, when all the prizes will be an?
nounced in the scholarship contests
by Prof. S. H. Edmunds.
At 3 o'clock an unique feature is
to be introduced in the way of an j
old time spelling bee. Any school may
enter three pupils. The school hav?
ing the last pupil to stand up in this'
Content will win a number 1 VTctTOla*
offered by Mr. Irving A. Hyttenberg,
the ViCtrola representative in Sumter.
This is a splendid prize, and there will
no doubt be great interest taken in
this contest.
Another school prize offered is that
of $60 by the city National Bank to
the school making the best average in
three fundamental branches, reading
?polling and arithmetic. This prb.o is
to go towards further school improve?
ment.
In tho court room will he the in?
dustrial exhibit, consisting of articles
of cooking, sewing and wood work.
Each school has been asked to fix
a. booth to display i dustrial work,
map driTWlng and anything of interest
made I v the children. A prize is of?
fer* ?i for the last booth to be given to
school. It will be seen that the prizes
are more and more being given to
the schools, so that some day the in?
dividual prlaea will be done away with.
In (barge of the program at the
Court House will be Prof. McBrlde,
principal of the Hoys' High school of
Sumter.
.\t .; ::?? p. m. the athletic events
will come off. Dr. E, P. DuHant will
' be chairman of the committee to
judge these events.
It is hoped that the weather will be
good and if such is the case there will
BUrely be a tremendous crowd to wit
| ness this popular event of the rural
,i hoola.
Heal Estate Aruusfers.
S. E. Turner, et al. to H. V. Reld,
their interest in lot and buildings on
Washington street. $2,700.
Master to II. V. Held, lot on Wash?
ington Btre< t. $3,600.
Ada .lames to John Brltton, Jr., her
Interest in tract of ; 1-3 acres it>
county $H?n.
Willie May Policy to Georgia IT.
Graham, lot on Hampton avenue, $3.
000,
Jessie 11. and W. A. I'.row n. to Chat!
J. I ,i mmen. lot Oil I 'hurch st reel,
; $x :0.00,
SHOOTING AT MECHANICSt ILLE.
White Man Xamod Driggers Accident?
ally Killed by Wallace Atkinson.
It is reported here that a white
man named Drlggera was shot at Me
Chanlcavllle Sunday afternoon by
Wallace Atkinson, a fifteen-year-old
boy, and that he died later from the
effects of the wound. The shooting is
said to have been accidental.
From what meagre information
c ould be secured, it seems that young1
Atkinson was showing Driggers, who
was about 22 or 23 years old, how to
work a pistol, which he had. While
handling the pistol it went off and the'
ball took effect in Driggers, who died
several hours later.
It is stated that the inquest was held j
Monday, but the coroner of Lee coun
ty could not be located over the tele?
phone Tuesday morning and the ver?
dict is not known.
THE COLOMBIAN TREATY.
Opponents of Repeal Claim England
Hus Hand in Bogota Treaty.
Washington, April 10.?Free use of j
the Panama canal by Colombian war-,
ships, troop ships and army and navy j
supply vessels is proposed in the new j
treaty between the United States and j
Colombia, signed at Bogota Tuesday,,
to seal the breach between the two'
countries over the separation of Pana?
ma. Secretary Bryan announced this
tonight, with the explanation that the!
clause in tho convention was identical;
with one in the Colombian treaty ne?
gotiated by Secretary Boot in 1909,
with the approval of Great Britain,
and ratified by the United States sen?
ate, though never accepted by Colom?
bia.
Mr. Bryan's statement followed a
conference at the State department
j
with Senator O'Gorman, chairman of
the senate canals committee, which J
has under consideration the bill re?
pealing the clause of the Panama Ca?
nal Act exemptir g American coast?
wise shipping from canal tolls. Sena-i
tor O'Gorman, who is leading in Dem?
ocratic opposition to President Wil?
sons repeal policy, went back to the
capitol, carrying new ammunition fori
his light. He would not discuss the'
matter himself, but other opponents
of exemption repeal pointed to the
fact that Grqat Britain in 1909 had
agreed to preferential treatment for;
Colombian vessels because of Colom?
bia's peculiar relation to the canal as
evidence that Great Britain and Pres?
ident Wilson now are putting a new
construction on the words "all na?
tions" in the clause of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, guaranteeing equal
treatment to the vessels of the nations!
of the world using i.he canal. Their
claim is that these words were not
intended to apply to the United States,
the owner of the canal, and they will
Urge the admission of Great Britain
in the Colombian matter as proof.
Mr. Bryan Bald the treaty signed
at Bogota employs the language of the
Root-Cortes ship canal treaty grant?
ing the use of the waterway to "tho
troops, materials for war and ships
of war of the Republic of Colombia,
without paying any duty to the Unit?
ed States, even in case of an inter?
national war between Colombia and
author country."
Mr. Bryan would not say whether
the acceptance by all concerned of
the triparite treaties would solve all,
of the problemi pending between
Panama, Colombia and the United
States.
Death at Wisacky.
Mrs. Henley McCutcheon of Wisacky I
died at her home near Wisacky Fri?
day morning about 9 o'clock, after air
Illness Of about two weeks.
Mrs. McCutcheon was before her
marriage Miss Tenie Montgomery of
Wisacky. She is survived by her hus
band and live small children, besides
several brothori and sisters.
BEESWAX WANTED?Cash paid for
good clean wax. N. G. Osteen.
PLANTS FOB SALE?Lettuce and
pansy plants, also sweet olive cut?
tings well rooted. The pansy plants
are fine and well grown and will
be sold at reasonable price. 310
W. ljampton Ave.
To Contestants In
Omega Watch
CONTEST only, we
will tor the next sixty
days make a 25 per cent
DISCOUNT on any
Omega Watch bought
for cash during this pe?
riod of time.
W. A. Thompson
Jeweler and Optician.
PARKER STORE BURNED.
Damage at Providence Elim?ted at
$5,500?Insurance $3. 100.
Mr. E. W. Parker of Providence
suffered a severe loss last Monday
night when his ttore and warehouse
were burned, causing a loss estimated
at more than $5,500. The insurance
on the store and stock of goods was
$3,400, although Mr. Parker stated
that the loss, considering the trouble
which it has caused him, would
amount to nearly $3,000.
The tire caught in the back of the
store at between 1 and 12 o'clock at
night and before anyone reached the
scene it had burned the back of the
i
store and was spreading so far toward
the front that it was impossible to en?
ter and save any of the office fixtures
or papers. Mr. Parker and others had
been in the store until about 8 o'clock
that night and had extinguished all
lights before they left. There were
no matches in the store, for Mr. Par?
ker had had looked for some to sell
shortly before the store was closed
and could not find any.
He thinks that some one must have
robbed the store and then set it on
fire to hide the robbery. Cartridges
in the store made it dangerous for
any one to approach the building, as
they were exploded by the lire. The'
store was one of the handsomest and
largest country stores in the county
and its destruction is a loss to the
community as well as a heavy loss to 1
Mr. Parker, who stated inat he would
not be able to rebuild at any time j
soon.
SEVENTY MAY HAVE PERISHED.
Xow Believed that Crew of Another!
Steamer Was Ijost In Blizzard.
St. Johns, Newfoundland, April 14.
?The steamer Kite and her crew of
seventy men arc believed to have been
lost In the same blizzard which d
?troyed sealers of the Newfoundland
and Southern Cross. A member of
the Kite's crew was found dead on an
ice iloe. There is no clew to the
whereabouts of the other members of
the ? rcw.
Marriage Licenses Record.
Licenses to marry have been grant?
ed to Mr. C. W. Mellette and Miss
Lorine Jackson of Sumter; Mr. T. C.
Marcus and Miss Lula May Owens,
Sumter.
Licenses to negroes issued were:
Joseph Andrews and Julia Bradford,
Tindal; Alex Bell and Ella Taylor,
Borden.
COPPER STRIKE ENDED.
Michigan Miners Vote to Call Off
Strike.
Houghton, Mich., April 14.?A count
vote today shows that the copper
mine strikers voted to call off the
strike. The result seems overwhelm?
ing in favor of ending the long con
Culpepper, W. Va.t April 14.?Fire
swept the business portion of this town
today, resulting in a loss of a quarter
of a million dollars. Carter, a mer?
chant, was killed by falling walls.
-"SS
CAN' T DENY IT, r ^
-n^fvi*^
If This Ilad Happened Elsewhere In?
stead of Sumtcr You Might Doubt
it. ft***!
The average man is a doubter. This
is not surprising-?the public have
been humbugged so frequently they
are skeptical. Proof like the follow?
ing will stand investigation. It can?
not be disputed.
C. EL James, salesman, 304 Coun?
cil St., Sumter, S. C, says: I had kid?
ney trouble and th? kidney secretions
caused me much annoyance by pass?
ing too frequently. Backaches and
sharp pains across my loins kept me
in misery and I couldn't rest well. In
the morning when I got up, my back
was so lame and sore that I could
hardly straighten. If I got up quickly
after sitting, sharp twinges darted
through me. A friend told me about
Doan's Kidney Pills. They .-emoved
the trouble and made my kidney* nor?
mal. 1 willingly confirm my former
endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills
given some years ago, for they made
a permanent cure."
Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. James had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, K. T. 46
TAKING A HEADER
usually means that both rider
ami wheel stand in need of re?
pairs. We cannot fix you np
but wo can doctor your wheel
into condition again with the
skill of an expert. This is a
bicycle hospital Where cures are
always assured. Bear that In
mind.
H. L. TISDALE.
45 S. Main St. Phone 482
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embai.iier.
Prompt Attention to Cay or
Night Calls;
AT OLD J. D C* ATG STAND
N. MAIN ST.
Phones Day 539 Night 2C1
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successors to Booth-Harby hive Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co.
Goo. Epperson's Old Ste*nd Opp. Court House
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EVERY DAY
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a little to your bank account, means
thut the money yv>u accumulato in this
ivu) will be worth double to you some
day In the future. Save with us.
The Peoples' Bank
You Are too Late to Join Our 1914 Christmas
Savings Club-But Why Not Do This ?
Keep a general or Savings Account with us
and form the habit of making a weekly or
monthly deposit, l ime flies swiftly, and with
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Established 1889