The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 29, 1914, Image 6
BUT SUPS, SltS WILSON.
PRKKll?r;vr IfUit.S PLAN PUR
H iiam HAMMS.
Bill Introduced to Provide for $10,
000.000 t'on?|>aiiy Coder (io\cro?
sses* Control-?4 ?o\eminent Wouhl
tmhsvrthr for Not Lea? Tluin 51
Per Out of Stock.
Washington, Aug. 24.?Plans for
building up a permanent nierrlmnt
marine by !???? purchase of foreign
shlpo to be operated by the govern?
ment went forward today in congress
and at the white house.
In ths house Representative Alex?
ander Introduced the administration
bill for the establishing o a tlu.UOo,
?00 company to own and operate
ocean steamers under supervision of
a shipping hoard, composed of the
president, the secretary of the treas?
ury, the postmaster general and the
secretary of commerce. The govern?
ment would subscribe for not less
than 5 1 per cent of the eupltul * oek
by an appropriation. Ships would be
bought by ths sale of ISO.OOo.UOu Pan?
ama canal bonds.
President Wilson reiterated bis de?
termination to urge ths ship purchase
plan, and aaid he expected It to be in
operation within two or three weeks.
Reports that he had considered the
advisability of absndonlng the pro?
ject, he said, were without founda?
tion. The fact that private capital bad
shown no Intention of a deslro to act
unless the government guaranteed se?
curities, he declared, merely mude It
necessary for the government to take
the Initiative.
The president believe, ne govern
meat will be able to develop new trade
routes and mako the project desirable
to private capital, and to meet that
possibility the bill would provide for
sale of the government's stock In the
company at any time the shipping
board deemed that advisable.
Other plans for fostering American
shipping mads little progress. The war
risk bill, which also has passed the
senate, was halted In the house bv
ths failure of the rules committee to
get a qitorum. Representative Alexan?
der later introduced a bill us u special
rule for Immediate consideration of
ths measure, with debate limited to
one hodr.
The daw law opersing American reg?
ister to foreign bullt craft on modi
fled terms,.**)* first of the emergency
measure? passed since the outbreak of
the European war. awaited the presi?
dent's decision as to suspension of
certain sections of the navigation
laws. Advices, however, came to of
Actals today that fleets of the Stand?
ard Oil company, the United Fruit
company and the United States Steel
corporation would come under Ameri?
can registry.
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TAKK* HIM OWN LI PK.
< ashler of Rank of Hemingway Shoot*
Himself?(Wiiist h Inquest Held.
stlngtsree. Aug. 24.?J. llogan
Merrlman. cashier of the Pank of
Hemingway, was found deud early
this morning at his home in Heming?
way, a pistol shot through the body
having caused his death. The coro?
ners' Jury, meeting today, found u
verdict that the wound was self-in?
flicted. I>eepondency over a quarrel
with his mother snd sister is general?
ly given ss the cause of the deed.
The books of the bank, examined to
dav. were found to be absolutely cor?
rect
Mr. Merrlman's body was found
skis morning on the piazza of his
home here.
Mr. Merrlman bad been married
only a few weeks to Miss Eva Ven?
ters of the Hemingway section, bis
ssrohd wife. His first wife was a
daughter of Capt. Oordon, who for
years ran the hotel at IsMMsV Py
his first marriage Merrlman had sev?
eral children. He wan born and
reared In Oeorgetown and had his
early training as banker m the
banks of tbut city. He was m<>st
popular there, as was his yuinm wife
Mr. Merrlman's death has can e.l
a great shock through all that see
tion of the country, when- he s/m
particularly popular with all 'hisses
of people. ?
Solicitor P. II Stoll went from
Klngstree to assist In the ln<iu-st and
clear up what seemed to be .something
of a mystery.
Mr. Merrlmon will be remembered
here as having married Miss Flor?
ence Oordon. daughter of Oesj, James
Oordon. f?>r ma?ev \e.irs a i?snbni <.f
Sumter. He bad many HP :: I* in
Sumter.
OOrX TO LYN* Hill HO.
?enstor Smith U at Home? No Com?
ment on l leetlon.
CmI..n.?.i i. Am; 'J7 i: I). Smith,
who has been re nominated n* Pnlted
Htates ?ogjgfgf from s..u?b Parolina,
left ?Columbia \c*terd.n "i hi bone
at Ia ni hburg. He bad rm statement
to ms'<e yesterday relative to the elec?
tion Senator Smith came to Colum?
bia Tuesdav nlsht. nftcr voting at his
home, to receive the e|e< tlon returns
SOUTH CAROLINA'S PART.
has ni l t o \ n<>\ at cotton
OOMFKHKMCK,
Their Opinion K That PRnMnI Han
Ma., Im- Worked out for llcnclit of
South.
Washington, Auk. -I.?Determined
to cooperate in every possible way
with the ^overturn nt authorities in
the hope of saving the cotton crop
from low prices because of the pres?
ent war situation, a representative
delegation ()f South Carolina business
men reached Washington early this
morning and were at the conference
with Secretary McAdoo and other
members ot the federal reserve
1 board. This delegation was made up
of the following: E. W. liobcrtson,
Columbia; llenr> F. Williams, Char?
leston; J. 1*. Matthews. Columbia; D.
U. Coker, Darlington; Henry Glenn.
Anderson; L. W. l'arker, Greenville;
M. C. Heath, Columbia, and Ii. G.
Khett, Charleston.
After the morning session of the
conference Mr. Matthews and other
members of the delegation from
South Carolina said they believed it
would be only a short time before
a practical plan would be worked Jut.
They also thought thai a considerable!
time might be saved if the vlewi of
many of those present could bo sub?
mitted in the fonn of i?riefs for con?
sideration by the board.
While it is recognised that the sit?
uation Is a critical one, it is not at
all hopeless, in the opinion of those
who came to Washington today, The
government will act In such a man?
ner, it is believed, thai the greater
part of the present trouble may be
averted us soon as all plans have
been submitted,
W. A. [AW, formerly of Spartan
burg but now of Philadelphia, and
w. a. Harber of New Yorlrwero also
#
among these present ftt the confer?
ence.
?UMTElt TEAM WINS.
Defeats Durant Team by Score or 8
to I,
The Bumter team defeated the team
from Durant yesterday afternoon on
local baseball grounds by the score
of S to ?. The game was an ex?
citing one and Is the first that the
Sumlcr team has won from Durant.
Batteries?Durant, Brunson and
Reaves; Sumtcr, Lev! und Craven,
Mr. A. P. Burial has returned to
the city from High Point, X. C.
TUBKEY MAY JOIN MB.
s i hu t < i :\sohsiiii? ii \s hi :i :n
PLACED OS all niaysiw
PEH8 in TURKEY.
Would Assist Germany it' She En? !
tered?Russia and England En- '
denvoring to KeO|l Turkey Neutral.
Washington, Aug. 10.?Tension Is
so acute In Constantinople that diplo?
mats fear that Turkex may at any mo?
ment be drawn int?? the general Euro-1
poan war on the Hide of Germany and i
Austria.
A strict censorship has been placed
on nowspapers in Turkey, which are
I now controlled by the military, and
arc being used, according to diplo?
matic dispatches here to create a
strong Pro-German feeling.
The Turkish cabinet is wavering be?
tween a declaration of war and the
preservation of neutrality. .Diplo?
matic representatives of the various
powers are in constant conference with
the government officials, Great 1 ?rit?
ain and Russia endeavoring to keep
Turkey neutral. The German am?
bassador, it is understood, has inti?
mated that, while Germany wishes
Turkey to remain neutral, he believes
the Ottoman Empire should mobilize
to prevent an invasion by Russia.
Keeling Is most acute ??vor the en?
try into the Dardanelles of the Ger?
man cruiser Goeben and Breslau. '
(3rout lirltuln, Itussla and France ten
days ago requested that If these ships
were purchased by Turkey the cre ws
bo sent to cither Germany or Austria,
and promised them safe conduct. To?
day many of the German sailors are
still on hoard and ISO or more are
said to have been distributed among
Turkish torpedo boats.
Tbc British government Is observ?
ing these incidents with much dlsfa
Vor, and the situation has been ag?
gravated by the inability of several
English merchant ships to pass
through the Dardanelles and return
afterjthe Grand Vizier had given the
requisite permission. Subordinate of?
ficials disobeyed the instructions in
u way as yet unexplainable.
Great Britain has let it be known
that if the Goeben and Breslau enter
the Mediterranean With German
crews aboard they will be bred on by
the English licet.
Neither Great Britain nor Russia
has assumed a threatening attitude,
diplomatically hoping to persuade
Turkey to remain neutral. A few days
ago the Russian ambassador was re?
quested to cease using the w in less
on a Russian vessel In the harbor. He
acquiesced.
STATESMEN'S TENDER SPOT.
Hearts Towctied at Pvosfiect of Losing
Pay and lOMgTCIfirnscn Return.
Washington, Aug. 2C.?Prospects of
losing a (lay's pay for each day's ab?
sein c brought congressmen trooping
back to the house today and the roll
showed L't>7 of the lo5 in their seats,
the greatest number in weeks.
"This is the second line of reserves
arriving/' announced the leader of one
returning party, "the third line is on
the way."
Many applications for leave "on ac?
count nf illness*' were handed to the
clerk. Majority Leader Underwood
announced that the sergeant-at-arms
I would have to be satisiicd of the valid?
ity of every such application.
LOSS IN SUGAR CHOP.
Condition Due to War is Responsible
for the Rise in Sugar.
New York, Aug. II5.?Serious loss
in the European crop of suj^ar directly
due to the war is responsible for the
rise in sugar in this country accord?
ing to the American Sugar Ilellning
company which today issued a state?
ment telling why it had advanced the
price of sugar here.
A Few of Our Nearby Stores
Florence, S. C.
Chester, S. G.
Rock Hill, & C.
Lancaster, S. C.
A Few of Qur Nearby Stores
Columbia, S. C.
Union, S. C.
Anderson, S. C.
Gaffney, S. C.
HIGH CLASS TAILORING
ESTABLISHMENT
9 t
Will Be Opened in Sumter About Septembert 15th By
_ COLDim TAILORING COMPANY
^ The Columbia Tailoring Company of Baltimore, one of the oldest and largest concerns in
the country manufacturing clothing to measure for individuals, will open a branch estab?
lishment in Sumter about September 15th. This store will be located at
Crosswell Block, S. Main St.
(J Here at all times will be shown the newest and best in all kinds of fabrics for men's cloth?
ing; here your measure will be taken carefully by an expert, and the highest grade of cloth?
ing tailored to your measure and supplied at a price very little, if any, larger than you
would pay for an inferior ready-to-wear suit
The immense advantage of buying from The Columbia Tailoring Company consists in being able to get tailored clothing fron, the
wholesale manufacturers direct, through the local store, thus saving the cost of middlemen's profits to the buyer. The Columbia
Tailoring Company buys cloth and materials in large quantities and maintains a large establishment where system enables the product
to be turned out at the minimum cost. Then the direct selling plan, eliminating the middleman, places this concern in a position to
sell the highest grade tailoring at prices lower than any any local tailor can offer and lower than a majority of the concerns do offer.
You arc invited to visit our store, inspect the nifty woolens, study the styles, learn the prices, and place your orders if yon are
convinced that every word we say is true.
Suits and
Overcoats
SI3.50 to $40.00
Suits and
Overcoats
COLUMBIA TAILORING COMPANY,
Crosswell Block, S. Main Street Sumter, South Carolina