Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfce B?latcjjman an? SMuljjion PabLUhod Wednesday and Salurdii) ?BY? OSTEKN PUBLISHING COMPANY IUMTKH, 8. ? ll.lt par annum?lo advance, Alt-. i'i: One Square tret Insertion.fl.Ou ?very eubeequeot Insertion.60 Co?tract* for tore* months, 01 loiurer will be made at reduced raten All communlcatlone ahlch sub eerre prlva.e interests will be ohargsd fee ae advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of reaper, trill be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found si tn 1110 and the True Southron In SIM. The Watchman and Southrou low has the combined circulation and Influence of both ti ths old papers. (Jfrd Is mtnlfsstljr the best advertising asedlum in Sumter. M NHs ol 1 M \\ Ligi OK VCT. Copies of Gallon-a.Month Law Sent Out to sheriff* by Oo\croor. Copies of the gallon-a-month law. recently passed hy the legislature of South Can..Ina. were received I y ; Sheriff Bradford Monday mcrnlng from Oov. Manning to be placed with each of the magistrate* In the coun? ty. Oov. Manning stated in his let ter which accompanied the copies of the law that ho hoped ? the sin riff would see that the law was enforced. Sheriff Bradford in ills reply stated that he had eent out the copies to ? each magistrate in the county and he would see that the liquor law was on forced in this county. The new law is as follows: AN ACT To Hog-o late the shipment of spirit? uous. Vinos Pcrmonted or Malt Li? quor* or Hevcraere* Into The -i i;. and to Proiklc Penalties tor the Violation of TIiLh Art Seetlon 1. Be it enacted by the general SSSf fee state of >outh Carolina: That It shall he unlawful ' for any person, firm, corporation or company to ship, transport or con? vey any Intoxicating liquors from u point without this State into tall State, for the purpose of delivery, or to deliver tho same to any person, firm, corporation or company within this State, or for any person, tlrm. corporation or company to receive or be In possession of any spirituous, vinos, fermented or malt . quors or beverages containing more than ant per cent of alcohol, for his, hers. 111 or their own use or for tho uso of any ether person, firm or corporation, ex? cept as hereinafter provided. Section S. Any person may order and receive from any point without the State not exceeding one gallon within any calendar month, for his or her peraonal use. of spirituous, vinos, fermented or malted liquors Of SOt ersgee, Section I. It shall be unlawful f< r any railroad company, express com? pany, corporation or other common carrier to deliver any package con? taining intoxleattr.g liquors or bever? ages containing more than one per cent, of alcohol, to any person otlur than the consignee and In no c is* shall any railroad, express company, corporation or common carrier or per? son or agent of such railroad, express company. cor:?oratlon or other com? mon carrier or person he liable for damages for non-delivery of ouch li? quor or package, until tho ?OSjsjfjaOt appears in person at the plaeo of bus Inesa of the common carrier and signs In person for the package. Section l. Any person obtaining any such package under false or fraudulent pretext of any kind or any agent of any eommon cnrrlOf de? livering a package contrary to the provisions of this Act. shall, upon conviction thereof, bo fined not leas than Ono Hundred Dollars, or StOft than Five Hundred hollars, or ho im prisoned In tho county jail for not I than thirty days, or Start than Six months, or both In the dtaeiv i. n o the court. Seeth n 5. It shall be unlawful for any Intoxicating liquors or beverages to be stored or ROSf M any place of business or club rOOtl or house In tnlf State whether for personal use 04 otherwise, and the liquor or bever.rg. horoin allowed to he imported. If stor? ed, mo*' hi. stored In the home or private room of ths person or per? sons s?> ordering. Section i?. Nothing In this Act shall pn-v-Mit UM shipment or tram portatlon of aleoholie liquors or bev? erages to or from any dlsp. usury au? thorised by the laws of this State to sell sum-, in the county oi such dis? pensary Section 7 .\nv sefaoa violating any of the provlsoin of this Act shall be subject to a fill*' of imt lens th'?l three month i. Of both, in the II . cretlon of the ourt. Section I. Nothing herein contain? ed ahull prevent tho Salt or transpor? tation of al? ohol under and in ae cerdance with the StatOft of tins ?t?te, as contained In Criminal Cod of 111*. Sections 7tt. so?), tea to 3 1J inclusive. Approved February iV. 1915. insurance mix DISCUSSED. Commissioner McMustor Says That It Wfll Bring Money into State. The 'state. The bill now in the band? of the ??fftlSOI1 "to regulate the writing ol certain classes of insurance and to provide for the division of the com? missions" having become a matter oi newspaper controversy and my attl tudo towards the bill Laving been drawn into question. 1 ask for publica? tion of this communication. This bill was drawn and enacted at tho Instance of the South Carolina association of local insurance agents, It was intended to make perfect the resident fire Insurance agents' law, ap? plying only to fire insurance, passed in 1900 and to extend its provisions to till other forms of insurance except life. When my attention was called to the bill by the legislative committees on banking anil insuiance 1 applied to It the test I try to apply to all leg? islation; how will it affect the inter? ests of the people of South Carolina at large? I found tho bill, as drawn, would practically fofOO every company do? ing buainess in South Carolina to do buslnes* through agents. So 1 asked for an amendment to correct this. The amendment was agreed to and the bill as enacted applies only to "any insurance company doing business through agents in the State of South Carolina." So amended the bill if it becomes a law will bring annually to ^outh Car? olina some thousands of dollars which now go to agents in Atlanta, Balti? more. New York and other insurance centres. Thise thousands of dollars will go, first, to local agents here, and from them to other people in this State, instead of now going to local agents in other States and then to peo? ple in other States. The bill will not add one cent to the cost of Insurance to the people of the State. It has nothing whatever to do with rale*. Any company can make any rate it pleases without being affectod by the bill. It does not regulate the commis? sions paid to agents. Each company J can fix its own scale of commissions j to agents, but it does say that If a company does business through agents in South Carolina it must do it* hit* Iness through those agents and pay them the commissions and not do the business through Its agents in other States and pay them the commissions . on ?outh Carolina business. This Is the sole purpose and prac tk illy the only effect of the bill. The bill can not affect any reinsur? ance deal by the sinking fund or any company. Reinsurance has a definite. Well determined meaning in the trade and in the law books and to all in? formed and exact persons. Klre insurance companies arc for? bidden by the act of 1904 to make discrimination in rates between South Carolinians on risk3 Identical in character. Life insurance companies a. re ho forbidden by tho act of 19'8. It cidentally tho present act may prevent all other companies from so doing. If it has this effect ho much the more commendable the bill for it Is against equity and fair dealing for any kind of an Insurance company to treat individuals of the same cla^s differently. A company can make as many classes, founded on reason, that it Wishes and it can mak" what rates it plat ert for each class and It can : ty what commissions it pleases to agents or it can operate without agents. Hut when it does business through agents in South Carolina it should pay them the commissions and should treat thOOS agent! and the per? ?one whom thorn agents insure of the ???>? eiass Identically alike. The bill will not Interfere with the trade mutual Insurance companies which d > not have agents. It will not Interfere with citizens who place their Insurance beyond the borders of the ite. Its sole effect will be to bring thousands of dollars to South Caroline winch now ?o elsewhere and : r >vl Is for equitable treatment of the agents as grell as the Insured. F. |t McMasler, Insurance Commissioner, FOR TOP DRESSING. Director Long .\d\isos Using Nitrate on ?gSJ?I <;rains. ! _ W, W, t?ong, Stats demonstration agent, is urging In bis plea that top drfSSlng ti t OatS and wheat be sup? plied with dispatch. Mr. l?ong thinks tins sap ciaiiy advisable this spring In ? onsequenOS <-f the excessive rainfall. Which has depleted the soil of its nl iraten 11 ? ? advisee thai nitrate of soda be used. both bOOBUM of its trendy availability as a plant food and besjgsjna the prlcea this spring at e not unreasonable, Marriage Linon o Itrconl. A license to marry has been grant? ed to Samuel Anderson, Wedgelleld, and Ab ba How en, Sumtor. COTTON HAT I IS NOT AFFECTED. Objcottoii of state Warehouse Man agoe to Resident Agents' Act Withdrawn, The Stat-.-. John L. McLaurin, state warehouse commissioner, in a letter to Gov. Man? ning yesterday, reversed his position relative to the approval of the aei relative to certain Classes Of insur? ance. The commissioner said that the bill will not affect the rates upon cot? ton In state warehouses, Several days ago the commissioner protested against the approval of the act. Mr. MoLaurln'S letter follows* "Since writing you a letter on the IIth Inst, In reference to the 'bin to regulate the writing Of certain (lasses of insurance in the State pi South Carolina and to provide for the division of commissions,' upon a more careful Investigation and reading the letter of Mr. BulCS in this morning's paper. 1 am of the opinion that his bill would not affect the rates upon [cotton in State warehouses. It seems to be a lljrht between the agents over the division of the spoils, and no mat? ter which way it is decided would be , of no effect to the persons whose property is insured. "I find an act passed In 1900 very similar in character to the present act, but confined to fire insurance. This act would govern so far as cot? ton is concerned anyway. The act under consideration simply adds the casua'ty lines. I desire to say that it is a matter of no concern to me whether same becomes a law or not." TO BUY AOOEFTANCBS! New York Banks Handle Such Document- Extensively. Bearing on the statement of John L. McLaurin, State warehouse com? missioner, on his return last week from New York, that what are called in finance "acceptances" against cot? ton stored in State warehouses, could readily be marketed in New York, is tho following from the market sec? tion of the New York Evening Post: "Acceptances are becoming popular with the banks. Of the national banks, the National City shows the largest amount of acceptances, the March 4 statement to the controller of the currency putting the item at $7,22G,853. Other banks showed: First National $750,000, American Exchange National $1,415,C00, Me? chanics and Metals National $S15, 337, Naional Pank >f C< mmerce $3, 599,720. This. a take* $13,907,621 lur five national " arks. The Corn Ex chango bank report |l 171. T First National Pank of Chicago has $1,111,010, and tho Continental and 1 Commercial Naional $359.748. The reserve banks have invested about $7.000.000 In acceptances, and the movement Is growing. A. D. MANNING IDENTIFIED. Young Mun Who Posed us Governor's j Son. Charleston Post. Chief of Police Cantwell has re? ceived letters from Alabama In reply j to his inquiries concerning A. D. Man- ^ nlng, the young white man who was | sent to thirty days in jail for obtain- ! ing money under false pretenses. Tho letters bear out Manning's statements as to his identity made to the chief of police following the young man's arrei t. A letter from Chief of Police J. C. I lanford, Talladega, Ala., states that Manning is the son of Judge M. N. Manning, who was form? rly a circuit i judge, and who now practices law. The letter continues to the effect that Judge Manning has from time to time spent considerable money to get his S'Ui out of trouble similar to that in which he was caught hero, and that tho boy Is believed to be mentally unbalanced on the one subject of caahing bogus checks. Another letter is from the Alabama Medical Hospital at Tusealoosa. and ?tales that Manning was confined In that hospital In January. 1915, after 1 his mental condition had been inves? tigated by a jury of twelve men. His * scape from the hospital on January 25 of this year is spoken of, and the l latoment made that no effort would he undertaken to have him returned, j Manning Will bo released from jail here about the middle of April. For two days, he successfully posed as the son of Governor Richard I. Manning, and his duplicity enabled him to cash worthless Checks, He was arrested at the union station alter he had pro I?01?< d to leave the city. i Chantntuiua Tickets. Tickets tor Bumtsr's Chautauo.ua, April 'J l-L'S are here and it Will jrcatly asslsi th<> committee if those 1 ordered tickets will send mono) for same to the V. M. C, A. building and got the tickets. Only those who signed plodge cards last year can be accommodated now as WS are limited to 1,000 tickets at the $2.00 price and practically > II of Itese are signed for, it. J. Bland, , Chairman Chautauu,uu Committee. JEWS OBSERVE PASSOVER WEEK Celebrate Redemption of Children of faecal from Egyptian Bondage. Prom The Dally Item, March no. The Jews of Bumter together with ' all orthodox Jews throughout the world are this week observing the week of Passover, one of the most sacred <>f the Jew ish holidays. Pass- ; over week is different from other Jewish festivals in that symbols are largely used In its observance. The week begins today and lasts through next Monday, the first and seventh days of the Passover being solemnized by the regular services set aside for , these occasions. The week is ushered in by the ob- ' B4 rvance of a domestic service, gen? erally held in the homes of the mem? bers of the congregation. Last night, j I however, all of the families of the I congregation of Temple Binai, gather? ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hen ry D. Eamett on Warren street, and there observed the domestic service, as ono large family. The symbols of the lamb and bitter herbs were ob? served at this time by a lamb bone I ' and by parsley. Services were held at the synagogue this morning and will be held on next Monday morning, ;and tho evening preceding it. these final services being in celebration of the passage over the Red Sea of the ; children of Israel, tokening their com? plete redemption. Chamber of Commerce Note?. The Roush Brokerage Company, of ' Macon, Ga., are in the market for two carloads or more of yellow sweet potatoes, and want the names of ship? pers of sweet potatoes in bulk. Any farmer who can supply sweet potatoes 1 in any considerable quantities may get orden by writing the above men? tioned firm or notifying the secretary of the Bumter Chamber of Commerce ; stating the kind of potatoes, the quan? tity to be furnished, and the price. While it is rather doubtful that ! sweet potatoes can be secured in such great quantities at present around Sumter, nevertheless the fact that j there is a demand for sweet potatoes for shipment In bulk to distant mar? kets is an indication that it will probably pay to raise potatoes in buIB cient quantities for shipment. tee The business men of Sumter are sleeping over their business oppor? tunities in not subscribing sufficient capital to put the Parrott Milling oration, and . . re the of this plan: by the addition of a Hour mill. There are hundreds of men in Sum? ter, and at least seventy^flve mercan? tile establishments who can afford to take Kome stock in this enterprise. But the business men of Sumter. with comparatively few exceptions ap? pear to have given up the ghost, have j "cold feet" and are doing practically nothing to help to readjust trade con? ditions. Most of them are crying and bemoaning the loss of business due to the European war, and most I of them are sitting back waiting on and hoping that a few public spirit? ed m< rchants and bankers, lawyers, and doctors will put up the money to furnish marketing and manufacturing facilities that will put money into the pockets of tho masses. But it looks now like the few who have boon put? ting up the money heretofore for the benefit of the overwhelming majority of "tight wads" either haven't the money or are very much "short" with the cash. When thousands of bushels of wheat, corn, and oats, are marketed in other towns and thousands of dol? lars In cash trade go to other markets the Sumter business men will have none to blame but their own short? sightedness and penurloutness. Plain talk, but facts. The emergency and the exlngencles of the occasion call for plain taik. "Boosting" and optimism are all right and help out wonderfully, but it requires cash, hard cash, to buy milling plants, and money has to be spent to make money, to induce trade, and to ke.ep trade. W RECK ON SOUTHERN ROAD. I _ Two Slightly Injured in Collision Near Charlotte. Charlotte, V. C, March 3<> ? South? ern Railway local passenger train No. , 8 was in head-on collision with a freight train at Coddle Creek, twenty ! miles north of here, at 4 o'clock this j morning. T. V. Williams, of Char ? lotto, and two negro trainmen were I slightly Injured. The train crew s es? caped by jumping. The collision OC icurred on u stretch of single track. S? Geo H. Hurst, Undertaker and Ertilwir. erompt Attention to Dej or Mq'il Call? ?'J U. Cralfl Old Stund. S Ma n Phones niqmzoi 64LVANIZEQ COMGATEQ ftS5 V CRIMPED ROOFING 1,000 Squares in Stock Write at For prices. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 323 WEST G.RVA'S ST.. COLUMNI, S. C \ ,;4 ^ v *r #2? v 4t: *5 ?2**2*'I*'l*tI>v ****** 4*4**1* <8>*I*'I'*It*I"i**I>'>"i**I>* X ?5 Tobacco Flues rugssnazsTK Owing to the fact that i am crowded for room f to store the great amount of tobacco flues I have % on hand, I will give a discount of 1> per cent to all % parties getting flues in the next 30 days. i Call at my shoj, near the Seaboard Depot where you can get any information as to the Best Kind of Flues, also Raising and Curing Tobacco, from a man who has had 30 years in the Flue and Tobacco I Business. I 16 Foot Sets, any style . . . $12.50 18 Foot Sets, any style . . . $13.50 20 Foot Sets, any style ... $14.00 R. H. KING, Z Near the Seaboard Depot Sumter, S. C I I 4 With Age Knowledge! (J This bank is 26 years old, during each successive year it has learned the needs of the. people of this city and vicinity, and ca? tered to them, thus becom? ing more useful to Firms, Merchants and Farmers yearly. Cf Your account invited. ''4 PER GENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS' The National Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED 1889 Helping a Young Business Man 1 I A certain young man started in with a Hank Aoeount. lie kept it up: was a young man of steady and industrious habits and con? vinced l?is Bank that ho would make good. Tho other day a splendid business opportunity cease his way. He had almost enough In the Bank to take advantage of it and Iiis Hank loaned him the balance. Why not start in to bank here and establish a solid and substantial basis for credit when you neod it? A num bcr of prominent men carry accounts here. THE PEOPLES BANK Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successor* to Booth 11 srby Live Stock Co ?nj Central Lumber Co. Gea. Eppet %ot\'u Old Stund Opp. Court House