The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 07, 1915, Image 3
Chautauqua Joy Night to Be In Charge
of Ralph Bingham, Well Known
Southern Humorist
RALPH BINGHAM.
JOT night of Ohnutauqua week, with Its fun and freedom from care, will
be In charge of ltalpb Bingham. widely known humorist and a prince of
entertainers. Mr. Bingham '* a sonthcrner?In fu?'t. Is one of the few
remaining southern humorists of national fame?and the south delights
to honor blai ss one of Its favored sons.
Mr. Blnghsm has !>een upon tin- platform for more than thirty years, he
ginning as a boy orator. It Is doubtful If any man ran speak for the Lycc.ru
and Cbautauo.ua In any more representative sense limit Mr. Bingham. He
founded the international Lyceum Anw* iatlon, backed by a little group of lec
taiem snd bureau managers, and was its first president. Today this organiza?
tion has a memtwrshlp of nearly 1,000 and lucludes senators, governors and
platform celebrities In many Hues.
Mr. Ringham was Just recently made a member of the famous Lambs Club
In New York, which Is considered the uroatest club of distinguished actors,
authors, composer* snd artists in the 1'nlted States.
in the Joy Night festlvltie* Mr. Bingham will bo assisted by the Christine
(Blew-Ringham Company of four members, win* play the piano, violin, cello
sod flute Mmc. Christine Giles Blnglunu headed her own company in the
Lyceum and Chautauqua before she l>ecaino Mrs. Blii-rhatn. She is the pos
s^ssor <?f a Iftas MJpfMg rolce of unusual sweetness and sympathy and an at
tractive personality
In addition to her popularity a* a singer, she is a violinist of marked
ability. A moat unique feature?of her performance is the playing of her own
violin obligato while she stnga
Small lire at Jail.
There was an alarm of tin* from t h?
jail at about * o'clock on Thursday
evening;, a ggf/gg woman having
supposedly by accident. m t tire
to an old skirt b?|onKinu to ImrseH.
The tire caught In her cell and burned
the akirt nnd mi it ot i tomfort? Ii
waa speedily extinguished i>> pouring
a couple of buckets of water on it. but
not before some of the prisoners had
let out a few yells of fright.
RIOT VI MASKHALL GAMK.
Om IoMIi r KIHrd, Three Woaaded?
Police Officer Jelled.
Washington. April :\.?Excited po?
||ee end civilians caused ? riot at a
busshall sjamc ai Panama yesterday.
One l*nl|ed Htal tidier was killed
and Ihroe aero, wounded, A police
li. uicnanl has been Jailed charged
v Ith murder.
AUTOMOBILE DIVES INTO WA?
TER.
Dr. \V. E. Flowers Injured When Ma?
chine Leaves Bridge anil I'leilgW
Into ( reek.
liasley, April 3,?Four Easley men
had i marvelous escape from death in
an automobile accident near here
about 11 o'clock last night when a car
driven by Bruce Fennell turned turtle
off the side of a bridge and shot down
Into the water about ten feet below.
The other oeeupants of the ear were:
Dr. W. F. Flowers. Harmon Williams
and Luther Brown. Dr. Flowers suf?
fered two broken ribs and severe chest
bruises. He was mashed beneath the
Wreckage* His wounds are not thought
to be dangerous. The other three
men were considerably bruised and
some bear small cuts from the broken
glaai Of the windshield.
The accident occurred about four
miles east of town on the Greenville
road near the home of J. A. Couch.
There is a considerable dip in the
road which crosses a small stream on
a wooden bridge. The road is per?
fectly straight and the exact cause
of the car leaving the bridge is not
known. The driver, it is said; stated
that* the shock absorber on the front
axle ggve way. thus causing the steer?
ing rodf to become fastened. The
right front wheel was lirst to leave
the bridge and then the rear of the
car turned completely over, striking
and holding the car some few feet off
of the occupants, thus saving all from
sudden death. The top of the car
is a mass of wreckage, in too many
pieces to even be picked up. The
windshield is broken into bits and the
radiator seems to have been dam?
aged considerably but otherwise the
car seems to have remained intact.
CAN MEET EXPENSES.
West Virginia Moratorium Muy He
Ended.
Charleston. W. Va., April 2.?A way
out of the difficulties which have be?
set West Virginia's financial officials
since the declaration of a State mora?
torium March 17 is pointed out in an
opinion handed down late today by A.
A. Lilly, State attorney general.
The opinion says the State auditor
is authorized to draw money to pay
the State's running expenses from
the State's fund provided for blank
appropriations, provided enough of
this special fund is kept on hand to
meet demands. Blank approbations
are moneys paid into the treasury for
?poctflc purposes.
By Attorney General Lilly's ruling
there is no further need of holding
up salaries of State ofllcials and em?
ployes and under the practice of for?
mer years, according to the ruling,
there was no need for the declaration
of a moratorium. ' Gov. Ilatlleld did
not draw his pay for last month.
Country schools and several city
sehools either curtailed activities or
closed altogether because of lack of
f unda
The unusual condition was brought
about by the legislature's refusal to
paae neceeaary legislation.
DIG SEN SPOT DISCOVERED.
Washington. April 4.?A large sun
spot has been discovered by the Naval
observatory. The disturbance show?
ed on a photograph taken at noon.
March L'9, and probably will be visible
until about April 10. It may be ob?
served by using one side of an ordi?
nary opera glass with a piece of smok?
ed glass.
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1 HEALTH AND HAPPINESS DAY1
A Big Feature of Chautauqua Week
Ttvo Great Lecture** by
DR. CHARLES E. BARKER 1
- ? = ===== I
Who was physical adviser to President Taft %
#* during his administration in Washington. X
1 THIRD DAY OF THE CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM 1
Morning Lec+*ire on ''Happiness/* g
y Afternoon Lecture on "Health/' with demonstrations v
?j of health givii \ physical exercises. |jj
CHAUTAUQUA WEEK HERE APRIL 21-28.
i.ettek from DALZELL.
J. C. PnnlMir Eiphmm His Admlra?
tion of Work of McLeurln?Does
Not Want Seasons to i hange.
Editor The Item:
Prom appearances winter has just
commenced. The snow fell thick and I
fast for a while this morning and the |
ground is now covered with a beau?
tiful mantle of white. You know
somebody advanced the theory when
we were having so much rain in De?
cember and January that the explos?
ives in the European war caused a
commotion in the atmosphere that
brought about the precipitation. I
wonder if that too is the reason for
so much cold weather. If you noticed
this morning, the snow came from a
somewhat easterly direction and you
know Europe lies in that course from
this country. Now, I don't object to
some rain at its proper intervals and
some snow in the winter, but I do
Object to a change of seasons, and if
that is to be the outcome of the war,
we would be glad for it to stop be?
fore its effect goes so far that it can?
not be recalled. 1 don't want the sea?
sons revolutioned by any such agency
and if Btirope has no more consider?
ation for her sister nations than to
thrust such an inconvenience upon
them, she must be a bigoted and sel?
fish continent.
Most of the farmers have planted
corn and some who planted several
days ago are apprehensive that they
Will have to plant the second time.
The oat crop is looking fairly well,
where put in early, but the major
portion of it was planted too late for
the best results. Cotton still holds
her sceptre and must have tho pre?
ference over all other crops and that
accounts for the late oat crop. The
big cotton crop last fall kept the farm?
ers busy gathering and getting it
ready for market until late in the sea?
son and other crops have to suffer in
consequence.
We wonder if anybody knows who
is president of Mexico. The head of
the national executive changes about
every time the moon does and I think
it. would take a Philadelphia lawyer
to keep up with them.
Well, I see Commissioner McLaurin
has been north and arranged to
finance the next cotton crop of the
State, when stored with the State
warehouse system at a low rate of in?
terest. When the enemies of the
system and his political opponents
?jaw in the news columns that he had
accomplished something in the way
of further relief to the cotton pro?
ducers of the State, I suspect they
breathed a sigh of chagrin and poli?
tical animosity, to which, if full oral
expression was given, would overawe
and strike with terror a band of Co
manche Indians, to such an extent
that the ferocity of their warwhoop,
while on trail of the Piute forces
with the assurance of their scalps,
WOttld not only lose its omen of sav?
agery and cruelty, but would convert
itself into a signal of affection for
their previously intended victims. I
hope they will survive the shock and.
by proper treatment and precautions
not to engage in anything that will
affect the nervous system, soon be on
tlie road to recovery.
J. C. Dunbar.
Dalsell March 31.
"BEST MEN" WANTED.
Manning Declares His Action in Dis?
pensary Matter was "Neither Per?
sonal Nor Politicul."
Columbia. April .">.?Gov. Manning
held a conference yesterday with the
members of the Kichland county dis?
pensary board relative to appoint?
ments by the board.
After the conference the following
Statement was issued by the governor:
"My action in regard to dispensary
appointees in Kichland county Is
neither personal nor political, but is
simply in line with my endeavor to
get the best men possible for all posi?
tions. I realize that it is the prov?
ince of the board to appoint, but I
Ihave not hesitated to tell the board
i that 1 expected it to name good men,
and I have In several instances given
Ito the board Information 1 had as to
I some of their appointees."
DID not UNDERSTAND.
Jusserand's Explanation of Aiphami
'?Interview.''
Washington. April 2.?-Jules .lusser
and, the French ambassador, Informed
the White House today thai there had
been "an absolute misunderstanding"
in connection with the publication by
Gabriel Alphaud, secretarle general of
the Paris Temps, of a quoted Interview
with President Wilson on ISuropeni
and Movie..a affairs,
M. Alpha ad w as Introduced lo Pres?
Idenl Wilson last Wednesday by the
French ambassador and the White
House last nielli stated thai what had
been published was unauthorised and
that the president had given no Inter?
view for publication, It was stated
that tin- president bad understood ii
advance Ihnt M. .Midland's \ i^it was
i? i be purelj a social cull.
?JONE8.MANNING I KPT I: RS.
Governor Tells Retired Brigade Com?
mender That Appoftntnseni as Ma?
jor General is Merited.
Columbia, April .!.?fiov. Manning 1
and Mai. (Jen. Wille Jones yesterday
exchanged letters concerning the re?
cent retirement of the latter.
"I feel." said Gov. Manning in his
letter to Gen. Jones. "that making
you a major general is a well merited
tribute to your long and interested
services for the National Guard, and
1 desire to say that they have received,
and deserved, the commendation of
the people of South Carolina.
"The rank of mojor general is a
high one, and I trust that you will
live many years to enjoy the distinc?
tion which this carries with it."
Maj. Gen. Jones wrote the governor
as follows: "I thank you very much
f?r having placed me upon the re?
tired list of the National Guard of
South Carolina with the rank of
major general. Of course the brigade
formation having been broken up by
the mustering out of seven of the
companies by your orders made it
necessary that the brigade comman?
der either be mustered out of ser?
vice or be placed upon the retired list,
and as you saw fit to place me upon
the retr od list, I feel it incumbent
upon me to offer my thanks to you
for having done so.
"I have been in the military ser?
vice of the State of South Carolina
for the past 41 years, having joined
it in 1874. During about one year of
this time I was in the United States
army, commander of the Second South
Carolina regiment during the Spanish
American war and went with that
regiment to Cuba. I had fully in?
tended two years ago to resign the po?
sition of brigade commander, as I
felt that I had served long enough
and the reason I did not do so was
because I thought there was a chance
of our country going into war with
Mexico, and I did not like to resign
under these circumstances."
Dots from The Dark Corner.
Dark Corner, March 31.?It is
snowing here this morning, so I can?
not, or could not get out, and I will
write a line to the Watchman and
Southron and the Sumter Daily Item.
Farmers have about finished plant?
ing their corn and some little fertiliz?
er has been hauled in. I got my first
scent of guano last Friday. I am
pretty sure there will not be nearly so
much fertilizer used as in 1914. And
the average of cotton will be cut from
one-fifth to one-third. I am afraid
all the fruit is killed, as we are hav?
ing so much cold weather. I don't re?
member ever having seen so many
frosty mornings in March before, as
we have had this year, and this morn?
ing it is snowing. We have had al?
most as cold weather since the sun
crossed the line as we had before.
But the old adage says "the darkest
hour is just before dawn." We will
have good weather in due time.
Mr. R. C. Lackey, formerly of Priva?
teer, but for many years a resident of
the Paxville section, died at the home
of his son Josh on Sunday, March
-1st. Mr. Ltfickey was an old soldier, a
member of Company II Fifth South
Carolina cavalry, Captain Richard
Skinner.
Mr. J. B. Johnson has had four
very sick children and Mr. W. R.
Lackey has been quite sick for several
days. Mrs. W. J. Ardis has been sick
for the last month or two. I hear of
a great deal of sickness, mostly grip.
Rev. W. G. Elwell preached at the
Held school house last Sunday night
and Rev. William Haynsworth will
preach on the afternoon of the second
Sunday in April at 4 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mein tosh of
Manchester, visited the latter's par?
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Weeks, last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ardis and two
children of Levl Siding visited at Elm
Hill (W. J. Ardis') yesterday.
Gardens are very poor on account
of the continued cold weather in this
neck of woods. The Manchester board
of township assessors were to have
had their last meeting today, but the
snow came, so it is not known now
when we can hold the meeting.
W ell, l think the closing up of all
the whiskey clubs in Sumter is a
grand thing and I hope my old friend.
I leb Bradford will see to it that they
are kept closed. For 1 believe it will
be the cause of many a man staying
home at night instead of spending it
in carousing at the club house. For
tell me the real good there is in
booze anyway? And then, oh my. the
harm. Bo here's hoping to keep the
whole booze family down.
"Hard Times."
Nabs Shad Traps.
Capt. W. I* Oliver, flsh inspector,
(raptured two shad nets Friday at
I.Mltlbar, on Black river. These nets
were stationary, stretching across the
river, an obstruction to navigation.
.Uni were submerged, in violation ef
the State laws. The owners took to
the woods. Capt. Oliver has been
acti\<" In enforcing the llsh laws.?
Georgetown Times.
i?)imi:ns IXSUOTED FLAG.
Incident Closed on Brazilian Minister's
Re|>crt Tliat There is No Ground
for Demands.
Washington. April 2.?As the dese?
cration of the American Hag (lying on
the home of John B. McMunus, the
American murdered In Mexico City,
was the act of lawless persons acting
without authority, the Cnited States
decided today to make no demand for
an apology.
Secretary Bryan announced that
the incident was closed with the re?
ceipt today of a dispatch from the
Brazilian minister in Mexico City.
"The Brazilian minister," said Mr.
Bryan, "did not think the facts in
the case showed any attempt by any
officer or authorty to desecrate the
flag and he did not, therefore, regard
I it as a case where an apology should
be asked."
Civic League Mectiug.
The Civic League meeting held on
March 31st was well attended and
much interest was shown by all pres
sent. In the absence of the president
and vice president, Mrs. J. R. Sumter
presided. Resolutions were passed, as
requested by the secretary of the
Chamber fo Commerce, endorsing the
curb market and asking that the coun?
ty commissioners build a shed where *
produce could be screened. Also by
request, a committee was appointed
to appear before the county commis?
sioners, together with the committee
from other organizations, to discuss
this matter.
The attention of the members was
called to "Clean-up Day" April 10th,
and all were asked to co-operate in
making this day a success.
A committee will be appointed lat?
er.
As usual, reports were heard from
standing committees. The chairman
of the library committee reported new
books bought since the last meeting.
The mother's club chairman reported
a successful meeting of the club held
the week before.
The City Improvement department
reported donations of ornamental
trees for the triangle; but reported
their work hampered by lack of funds.
The question of continuing the
contests for children's gardens wras
discussed and the league voted to
give their usual prizes, the City Im?
provement committee taking charge
of the contest.
, The treasurer of the nurse fund
reported on the mass meeting and col?
lections for this fund, the report ap?
pearing below at the request of the
League members:
Nurse Fund Report.
At the mass meeting for the bene?
fit of the nurse fund there was made
a cash collection of $55.08 and the
sum pledged for the year by means
of cards amounted to over $600.00.
Besides this, many good folks are
continuing their subscription from
previous years. Still there is always
a certain per cent, of the amount
subscribed that for one reason or an?
other (removal from town, etc.,) can?
not be collected, so it behooves our
members to continue their efforts to
procure subscriptions. The public is
interested, and we have no fear that
the nurse work will ever be allowed to
stop, if our league members will co?
operate. Let them all remember that
in soliciting subscriptions or calling
the attention of anyo >r tj this fund,
it is to our advantage to have these
amounts sent without paying a collec?
tor to go for them. Also will our
members impress on all, that our col?
lectors are only school boys work?
ing in their leisure moments for a
j 'nail commission, and will everyone
try to pay promptly and not have the
poor fellows call again and again
to collect small amounts.
Our committee is much interested
and assists the nurse well, especially
our very efficient chairman, Mrs. R. S.
Hood, who manages wonderfully well
to provide food, medicines, etc., with
the small amounts donated t0 her
for this purpose. All gifts to the
nurse fund may be sent to her or to
Miss Katherine Moses, acting treas?
urer.
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