The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 10, 1915, Image 5
PEEPLES ANSWERS MANNING.
ATTORNEY GKNKHAL SAYS IS.
yiK WAS MADE RY (GOVERNOR,
t*ny* That Ho Will K< mm Domlnk V
a* \f..tN(.iiit. itiul Static Tliat H1n
Previous Utters Gl\e Kcu*oiw.
Columbia. Fob. 6.?Thomaa H.
r-fpie?. attorney general, gave to the
prooa yesterday copies of a letter
which he had addressed to R. I. Man
mug governor. The letter follows:
M.?n. Ttlcshrd I. Manning. Governor.
Columbia. 8. C.
Dear Blr: I notice in the morning
paper of this date a letter from you
to ms. dated February 4. 1915, In
reference to the appointment of Mr.
ttntck as assistant attorney gen?
eral. I received this morning by mall
this letter from you. postmarked
"Columbia. 9. C. Fib. 11 p. m.,
ItU."
My office was open yesterday from
t.3? a. m. to 11 p..m., except from
1.41 to 1.30 p. in., when It was
closed for d.'.iner Heretofore the
coreepondenco that has passed be?
tween us has been delivered by hand.
This letter, however, was handed to
the newspapers and published by
them before Its receipt by me, and
without giving me the slightest op?
portunity to make any reply In the
same Issue in which the other letters
were published. As to what motive
actuated you in handling this letter
as you have. I will leave It to the
lie and any fair minded person
to Judgs.
I have answered your letters as
promptly and respectfully as person?
al and official conduct would permit.
Tou have taken six days to answer
mv letter to you of January 22. 191.0.
an J six or seven days to answer my
let tor or January 18. 1915 to you. For
what motive you had in delaying your
replies. I leave that to the public and
any fair minded person to Judge.
Tou took the initiative in the ques
tion that is between us and made the
issue, oothwithstanding the words that
fell from your lips in the closing para?
graph of your Inaugural address,
which are as follows: "I am con?
fident that I voice the desire of a
large majority of South Carolinians
when I urge our people now to turn
their backs on past factional bitter?
ness and u'soension, to look forward,
turning thsir faces resolutely to the j
My position In reappolntlng Mr.
DomlnJck so assistant is clearly set
out In my several letters to you and
gelhssantlates the conversations I have
had with you. sll of which conversa?
tions were had st your request, any
statement or statements to the con?
trary notwithstanding.
As long aa 1 am attorney general
1 do and will Insist that I appoint
as assistant who Is my choice and will
retain Mr. Domlnlck as long as it in
my pleasure to do so and he consents
to serve In the position, notwithstand?
ing your letter of the 21st of Janu?
ary. Very reepectfully,
(Signed) Thos. II. Peoples.
Attorney Genera'.
February I.
I'HoriTT Is 111 I KASFI)
l?ur?ni. Feb. I.?O. L. Proffltt.
who wee arested In Greenville yes
ierd?y along with O. L. Long, for tho
alleged robbery of the Bank of
Waterloo, was released from the Lau?
ren* jail this afternoon as he had
RjOOstskj to do with entering the bank,
arrording to Long. He had joined
Long on the trip to West Virginia
after I^ong had proffered the loan of
$30 to pay his way Ti e officers to
dav found ISO in the underclothing of
Long, making a total of $121 recov?
ered of the 111! taken from the
bank.
\ Now Back for an Old One?How n
^ Mounter lte*l?cnt Mario a Bad Back
wmm*
The hark srhes at times with a dull
Indescribable feeling. making you
weary and restlos*. piercing i i n
?hoot across the region <>f UM kl.l
neys, and again the loins are so Iajsv
that to stoop Is agcn\ No gejf to rnl.
spply a plaster |e Ihi ssstfe if the
kidneys are weak. You ia..1 reaei
lbs cause. Follow the exampl?? of thkf
JunVr MtlFen
Mm ? J Phillip*. 117 Kendrlck
?Neef Humtrr. my* "I had a con?
stant, doll pain In the ?null of my
nack that kept me from renting well
1 could not atoop or lift without se?
vers pain* atosftc unina DtasVl Ki i
nay Pills mv hack has stopped itch
pa mg i have been i?b|?? t<> ????? bOttOF
and have laVfW , ? ,\ |s| e\??\
iniatement given .Inn 9, 1911.)
Over four vnr* lst?-r. Mi*. Phil?
lips, said "I atlll stA? Ooan* Kid
asv Pills snd thev keep my kidneys
In fin* shape. Thev MTtt fail ?<? re?
lieve me."
Price 60c. al nil jjjllll Dt?*l
Slmpl> aak f?>r ?* kMi?, rOltd ?'
Doan's Kidney Pill? the sum* thai
Mrs. Phillip? had. 1*404*4 MtllNJrs
tu . rYtfsV? UufCalo, Hi V. I
HALF MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED
II I ItlUN<. TALKS OF MODKHMZ
HTATK HOSPITAL.
Ail\ls<? SiK-<1al Levy of Hull Mill IW
Five Yours ami Suggest* a Joint
supply Furchuae Board for Institu?
tion.
Columoia, Feb. 7.?Such law should
be enacted now as will tlx a definite
and permanent policy for the govern
irent of the Stute Hospital for the
Insane, in the opinion of A. P. Her?
ring, M. D., of Baltimore, who made
the report on the institution for Oov.
Kichard I. Manning. Dr. Herring
said yesterday that the bills which
have been introduced in the legislature
to provide certain changes in the con?
stitution of the asylum should be
made laws at the earliest possible mo?
ment. He said that unless these
Changes were made, an appropriation
for improvements at the asylum would
be almost useless. He urged that in
rebuilding the asylum the legislature
"?tart right."
Friday afternoon Dr. Herring at?
tended a conference with the ways
and means committee of the house
and the finance committee of the sen?
ate when the financial side of the
asylum question was discussed.
It is estimated by Dr. Herring that
$500.000 will be necessary to make
the needed Improvements at the hos?
pital. The expenditure of this
amount, he said, will make the hos?
pital modern in every respect and
there will be plenty of room "for all
time."
He estimates that $100,000 will be
necessary for the development of the
farm colony idea. .This would give
employment to the patients. Uy usin?
the patients for making the improve?
ments, he says, a saving of about S
per cent, "f the total expenditure can
bo effected.
L>r. Herring told the committee
that a special tax levy or one-hair i
mill a year will be necessary to raise
the money required. This would bring :
in about $ 150,00a a year. The work
would be completed in about live
years. Dr. Herring believes that an
i annual appropriation of about $360,
000 will be necessary ror the main?
tenance or the institution.
I>r. Herring has completed ii i>
work. MS left yesterday afternoon
for his AO BBS in Baltimore.
in his Spsnlsl rSpOH tu QoV. Man?
ning, Dr. Herring called attention to
an act. or the general assembly, pass- j
sd at the till session, providing that
no supplies be purchased except by ?
competitive bid. ami after such pro?
posed purchases had been advertised.
Yesterday he proposed a j<dut com*
mission, to be formed of Ihs superin?
tendent of the asylum, the superin?
tendent of the Confederatt home, the
superintendent of the State penlten
itary and tin- heads of oi her State in?
stitutions, whose duty it would be to
purchase all supplies for the State
government. He said that the State
should buy supplies in large quanti?
ties and that a great saving would be
effected. "By purchasing all supplic
ror all State institutions, there would
be a saving of from ft to I per tent.'
?nid Dr. Herring,
st mti:k y. H C, a. wins OAWB,
I mm the Daily Item, Fol). ?.
Porter? ls. Suinter 2S. The souv
tells the story of tlie fast and SXCltlng
K?me between the Charleston cadets
and the loeni Y. M. c. a. basketball
teams at the v. M. c. a. gymnasium
last night.
There was ? good attendance of
'spectators present, who seined highl;.
'delighted with the contest. The Bum
I ter men got ahead in the first half
|and remained SO throughout the eon
i test with little trouble. The Porter
team was fast, but the men were tm
ftbto to shoot goals when they had
! the chance. In the second half there
I was a change of referee from Physical
I Director White. Who acted in the drs!
half, to the Porter Coach, who called
numerous fouls on the local players,
thus giving, the Porter men twelve
Chances it foul foals, of which seven
Wort made. In this half the Kami
was somewhat rougher than neces
?H?ry, but there were n > injuries.
DeLaney was the particular star
o| tin- Porter organisation, msklng five
HoMj i?o;iis ami making some excellent
Idrlhblsa Chandler for Bumter play
ed h Mar Kniii?'. Rotting away with
?ornf geod dribble* und ?hootlnfl Ihree
hehl goal* Hllli two foul foals.
Th.? linr up of the two team* was
i*"i t??r Militari Aeadeno si Inner,
rf; smith it ttmmone, ? Delaincey,
rg; Hawk.i, |r. Sumter: ruttino,
rg; Dteveasledt, rhandter, i^ Nuelt
e; Chatthum |sj; Bryan, I 'ltinau rg
duals Drevenatetff, I; Chandler,
Nash. 4; llryan i Hultman, i i?.
ljtnre>, Coil *???als DreVenetedl
If] t'haii'lhi I; Smith. I out ol I
tiinex.
Knuxville Trim., l eh. 4. I ?i. I,el
Q itioimhtun. forraarly ?>f atlunia
! who yesterday resigned the pas', i .t
..i i 'tu ist eliuroti, baadon? Bnn hu
.i rail t?? the pant, ratr |h
First He pt I A ehureh here, 11 In ??
1 aucc OaWl by table tuduy.
MARYLAND ALIENIST INSPECTS
?TAT I: PENITEN 11ARY.
Says South C arolina Treat* Convicted
Criminals Better Than Iis Insane
Wan Is.
Columbia, Feb. 7.-?South Carolina
tares batter for It! convicted crimi?
nals than for its insane wards. Such,
in substance, was the opinion ex?
pressed yesterday by A. P, Herring. M
D., secretary of the Maryland lunacy
commission, after he had made an in?
spection of all department! of the
state penitentiary.
In*. Herring complimented peniten?
tiary officials on the manner in which
the prison was operated. He admired
especially the tuberculosis hospital,
and said that in this respect the in?
stitution was far ahead of many other
state prisons,
The buildings at the prison were
commended by Dr. Herring. He said
that the ventilation and sanitary con?
ditions were excellent. His only criti?
cism was that all of the prisoners
should be given work. He thought that
some kind of a shop might be openod
to keep every able-bodied prisoner
employed.
"The prisoners here are really bet?
ter off than the patients in the asy?
lum," he said. "This is due largely to
the efficient work of Superintendent
Griffith. He is a man who substitutes
kindness for cruelty, and there
set ins to be a spirit of reform rather
than of punishment at the institu?
tion."
Dr. Herring said that the "death
house" was modern and that the
method of execution was better lhan
In many other prisons.
POTATO GROWERS MEET.
l>i?ciiMdoii of Mattel's Relating to
Proposed Organization.
From the Daily item, Feb. (1.
Matters relating to the proposed
organisation of the potato growers of
Sumter county were discussed at a
meeting held in the court house to
day. The meeting was attended b)
about thirty farmers and the general
object seemed to be to secure further
Information about potato planting an :
about what kind of association It
should be and how expenses were to
be met ami who should pay them, j
The by-laws Of the Timmonsvill
association were read and discussed
and the committee <>n by-laws was
given more time In which t<' draw up '
these by*laWS i<> sun tin- Sumter coun?
ty Organisation, it was stated that
pamphlet! on potato growing could he
obtained from Clemson College farm,
extension department of the agricul?
tural department of the united States
government at any time, ii' they were
desired. Mr. C. J. Xalls of the Se;.
board Air lane stated that his road
would have a man on hand, at any
time n meeting of tin.se .joining the |
elub was hebl. to tell them all about
planting, cultivating and growing
potatoes. The matter of ordering
Seed potatoes was discussed, it being
stated that it was necessary to order
the seed at once to have them here
by the propei- time for planting, but
no action was taken <m this Important
matter.
Mr. J. Frank Williams gave some
important information as to the plant?
ing and preparing of the soil for
plantlngi laying that the Northwestern i
RoSC and Cobbler were both good po?
tatoes t?? plant.
St'MTF.H COTTON MARKET.
Cl rrected dally by Ernest Field
Cotton Buyer.
Oobd Middling 8 1-8.
Strict Middling 8.
Middling 7 7-8.
Strict Low Middling T :'.-S.
Low Middling G 7-8,
Staple Cotton. Nominal.
New York Cotton Market.
Open 'Mose.
March.8.82 *.<">l
IMay.M1
July.3.o(i |.09
Oct.t.H Ml
Dec.1.40 . MC
Savannah, Qa., Feb. 7. 'Five steam
are loaded with cotton sailed today
for European ports. Nearly 30,000
' bales Of COtton made up the ioi;<l
cargoes ??r the Laura Maersk 11 tun
ish>. the Tunis (Brltllh), the Per
genhus (Norwegian), the Hfyanthes
(Urltlsh) and the Adour (Norwegian).
The Hyanthes will put in at Wilming?
ton, N. c., before crossing the Al?
ia nt ie.
??7.
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Eir.balrcer.
Prompt Attention to Oay or
Night Call?
II I, 0. Cralg t Id Stand. N Main
Phones Sl2*ttot
fcon "FIRESTONE" TIRES
f IT You can now buy this well known brand of quality tires at ? substan
tial reduction. You know of their worth. These new prices do their
own talking:
SIZE Round Tread Clincher Cases Non-Skid ClinGher Gases Gray Tubes Red Tubes
31x3 $9.40 $10.55 $2.20 $2.50
30 x3 1-2 11.90 13.35 2.60 2.90
32x 3 1-2 13.75 15.40 2 70 3.05
34x4 19.90 22 30 .90 4.40
34x4 1-2 27.30 30.55 4 80 5.40
36 x 4 1-2 28.70 32.15 5 00 5 65
37 x 5 35.55 39.80 5.95 6.70
38 x 5 1-2 46 00 51.50 6 75 7.55
We give "Travel Slips" with tire sales too.
Don't forget our Repair Department - in charge of an experienced mechanic.
SUMTER MOTOR CO. !S=Z2
GERMAN VICE CHANCELLOR
EX PLANS REGULATIONS As
TO AMERICAN GRAIN.
Former Rule Revoked. Government
Quite Willing to Entrust Kale to
American Organisations During
War.
Berlin. Fei>. 7 (Wireless to Say
ville).?Positive assurances that grain
imported from America will not be
used for the army or the government
were given by Vice Chancellor Clem?
ens Delbruech in a statement today
to the corespondent of the Associated
Press. The vice chancellor declared
the regulations under which imported
grain was subject to sale only to mu?
nicipalities or the gain monopoly or?
ganization had been revoked. He an?
nounced the government's willingness
to entrust its sale to American organi?
zations for the duration of tho war.
The absolutely non-contraband char- i
acter of such grain shipments then
would be established, lie sajsY The
vice chancellor said:
"The bundesrath's regulations for
dealings In grain and flour promul?
gated January did nol contemplate j
the exportation of grain supplies In
favor of the government or German 1
army, but solel> its equitable distril u
tiun for private consumption, it ^
therefore a measure of protection for
the individual against speculation.
"Furthermore, paragraph 45 of this
regulation reads: Tin- stipuations of
this regulation do not apply to grain
or flour imported from abroad after
January 31."
"Governmental supervision of t]
grain trade under this ruling is con
fined to the homo supply, while trade
in Imported -rain, now as before re?
mains unrestricted. The provision
whereby Imported grain may be gold
only to municipalities or specified or?
ganizations has been rescinded. Al?
though these organizations were it
tended solely to direct Imported grain
Into channels which would lead to pri?
vate consumption, it was thought best
to assure neutral powers that under
no circumstances would grain Import
od Into Germany be destined for Ger?
man forces or German administrative
bodies. Under these circumstance.-!
therefore, according to the principles
of international law. such grain can
not be regarded as socalled "relative
contrbrand.' In accordance therewith
the German government has commu?
nicated i ?rtnal assurances to tie
American government thai food pro i
?icts Imported directly or lndlrectl>
from the lTnited States Into Germany
will In no wise he placed in this posi?
tion by the German forces or German
administration, but will be placed al
11m disposal of the German people
through free and unrestricted chan?
nels of trade, government agents be?
ing debarred from participation
therein. The German government also
has declared its readlocss to deliver
Hade In stu b imported food producta
to American, organisations for the
duration of the war."
Make a 1W
Resolution
To let us do all your Jew
elery and Watch repairing.
Then you will be insured
of getting a good job done
by an expert.
W. A. Thompson,
JEWELER AND OPTICIA*.
? s. * II." stamps Glee**
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Bcoth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successors to Booth-Harb y Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co.
Goo. Epperson's Old Ste^nd Opp. Court Houet
SEXOBQ
Time
j is money
j only when
}|>yy converted
^/M11 into doSfars
^jl Ml/ effort and.
fpart of the
srg the Bank?
^ We extend a welcome to every man
svho works hard for his money to
come in and learn the many advant?
ages behind a barking connection.
U We want such men to make this
Bank their Bank and you can easily
do it if you will save just a little of
what you earn. Don't be backward
about coming in with a small begin?
ning. SI.00 starts you.
''4 PER GENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS"
The National Bank of Sumter
ESTABLISHED 1889
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I Capval3 I TAMPA, Florida.
I Mardi-Gras I New Orleans, Mo
Celbbration\ bile and Pensacola.
Excursion Tickets will be sold for the above t
occasions from Sumter on Feb. 9. 10, 11. 12. 13. 14 f
and 15, at fares named below, by the
Atlantic Coast Line
The Standard Railroad of the South
TAMPA. FLORIDA . $17.30 1
* NEW ORLEANS, LA. . $23.15 1
? MOBILE, ALA. . $18.95 1
% PENSACOLA, FLA.. $18.30 t
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Tickets will be limited, at ti n- ol p in h ise to February ][!
26th, but an extension of final return limit t?? March 15th ??
ma/be obtained by depo itinj* tickets prior to expiration <?
and upon payment 01 S;.??
For Schedules, reservations, itc, inquire of Atlantic
Coast Line Ticket Acents, * ^address
W. J CRAIG. T C. WHITE,
Pass. TrafF. Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
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