The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1915, Image 2
FneUebed Wednesday end Saterday.
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Coatrectg for three months, or
Renter will be made at reduced rates.
All communications ?hieb sub?
serve private tntereete will be obarged
tar aa advertisements,
OMtuarlea aad tributes of respect
aiU be charted for.
The tusater Watchman waa found
Mi tn lilt and the True Southron In
lift. The Watchman and 8outhroa
a?w baa the oomblned circulation and
mfleene* ef both of the old papers,
aad Is manifestly tbs beet advertising
Una ha Burnt er.
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Weekly Weather Forecast.
Isaued by the l\ s. Weather Bureau,
Waehlniton. I). C.. for the week be?
ginning Wednesday, May 19, 1915.
For South Atlantic and East Oulf
Statea: Fair Wedneeday. followed by
showers Thumday and Friday In Beat
Oulf Htates and prob?My from Friday
to Sunday In the South Atlantic States,
fallowed by generally fair weather
thereafter. Moderate temperatures.
M W PiHVd o V* \HKIHH ^1
W. W. Him In ml and J. ML
fttratham of llrsiderson to Operate
Ttkhacro Sales House.
Secretary Heardon of the Chamber
ef Commerce mid yesterday that he
could now positively atate that Messrs
W. W. Rowland, of Sumter. and James
tL Cheatham. of Henderson, N. C,
will operate a new tobacco warehouse
Id Sumter thla summer.
At a meeting held at Chamber of
Oaaamerce rooms a few days ago. ar
rangemeata were made with the direc?
tors of the Sumter Cotton Warehouse
Osmpany whereby Messrs. Rowland
and Cheatham will be permitted to
aea such space at the cotton weighing
plat forme as may be necessary as a
warehouse for leaf tobacco,
gentlemen will fix up In con?
venient shape the necessary arrange?
ments on the cotton platform for
handling tobacco.
The Chamber of Comm^rr* h.na
Tar sometime endeavoring tu In
Messrs. Ko?la>ml uaul ( heat
In going Into the tobacco ware
business in Sumter. Both of
gentlemen are experienced and
aasmeaaful tobacco warehousemen,
and also have had extended experience
ae tobacco buyers and graders. They
know the tobacco business from the
ground up. Mr. Cheatham operates
a tobacco warehouse at Henderson.
M. C. Last season he came in see?
med for the largest amount of tobacco
kindled on the Henderson market
which Is one of the largest tobacco
markets In North Carolina.
Mr. W. W. Kokand Is well known
In Bumter as a successful business
man. and one of the most progressive
and enterprising cltlsens of this city.
He Is peculiarly quatllled to be con?
nected with the active management
of a tobacco warehouse because of
als clever, honest, and sociable per?
sonality. He Is i good mixer, a gen?
tleman In whom every one who knows
klm has the greatest confidence be?
cause of his well knVwn personal and
business Integrity.
Mr. Cheatham was In Sumter sev?
eral days ago, and with the commer?
cial secretary Investigated the pros?
pects for a big tobacco crop tribu?
tary to the Sumter tobacco market
this Nummer.
The prospects for a fme crop are
goo ! v . to- ith mo 11 I come back
lo Sumter In several weeks and will
make a thorough farm t<> farm can?
vass of the tohm ( xrowers In Sum?
ter. I.ee. Clarendon. Kershaw and
Calhoua countlea In the lot neat of
the new tobacco warehouse for w hu h
a name will he selected later on.
In tne meantime his partner. Mr.
W. W Rowland will be looking after
the necessary building arrangements,
and equipment for the new ware
Other parties outside of Sumter
were thinking of entering tin- Sumter
tobrtno noes' its war?-hou*r eporetore
but the Chamber of Commerce were
particular^ desirous of getting Messrs
Rowland and Cheatham to manage
the new war* boos.-, if pos.-uh|e. be
cauee Mr. Rowland Is no well known
throughout Sumter county and Is
gererslly liked and trusted. Mr.
Cheatham la one of North Carolina s
best and successful cltlsens. He Is
also. Ilk* Mr Rowland, a gentleman
of considerable p< ?, ? >n (| magnetism
ami will take well will, the IoImaccu
growers and business men of Saint? i
Washington \\ w I:? I .Ines of
steamships under the st us and
Stripes sailing regularly BOtWOOB ISO
Fnlted States and South and Central
America are uggested as one of the
benefits which may result from the
I'io American financial conference
here next week. In a slat* no nt to?
night by the treasury department.
CHIEF SUMTER MAKES REPLY.
\\>\Vi:itN nTVIKMI.NTS OF QOV,
M \nmm. AND MQCHOTARY
MOSES.
s?vm That Ho Fully KlpMf4 to Ho
\p|m>iutcd Chief Constable, of South
< 'a r* ?llua?-Wus Offered Another
? M.i. < Sheriff Martin and Refused
to Aix-cpt It.
rhlef of Polio? J. lt. Sumter on
Wednesday afternoon gave out a state?
ment in reply to those of Oov. Man?
ning and Secretary H. A. Moses de?
nying that he had ever heen appointed
Chief Constable of South Cnrolina and
giving his reasons for thinking that
he would be appointed to the position.
Chief Sumter gives a detailed state?
ment of inter iews with Gov. Man?
ning at which the matter was men?
tioned. Me winds up his statement
by saying that Gov. Manning alone
knows what his intentions respecting
the appointment were up to Saturday.
May 16th. The statement in full fol?
lows:
"While disliking to enter into a con?
troversy with the Governor of South
Carolina or his private secretary, 1
cannot suffer myself to lie under the
Imputation of these gentlemen that I
tried to pitchfork myself bodily into
ttie exalted position of chief constable
of South Carolina. Therefore I sub?
mit the following reasons for the con?
sideration of the public.
'Having' never been a close personal
or business friend of Gov. Manning, I
was, to say the least, quite surprised
when, some short time after the Gov?
ernor was nominated, or elected, I
forget Just which, he approached me
In church after service one night and
said: 'If I should need you, are you
willing to consider an offer.* I replied
'Yes, I am open to the consideration of
any position which will add to my
salary or advancement In any way.'
He said i will let you know mere
about the matter later.' He ulluded to
this conversation a second time with?
out mentioning what position he in?
tended offering me. The third time he
remlnd?d mo that I had said I would
come with him, saying 'I suppose you
know what I want you for,' I replied,
'The only thing that I can think of Is
the position of chief constable.' To
this he assented, and asked if I would
Accept. I said, in reply, that it would
depend ?ntlrelv upon whether the amj?
Rry Wu. ?irge enough to warrant my j
gl\ln*- up my aeejepf position and
making several other sacrifices which
would he nee<*aeary. fie said that he]
was unable to state the salary and
would have to And It out later. He
then said. 'I want you to accept this
position for my r.ood and the good of
the State of South Carolina.' I replied
that he assigned very flattering rea?
sons for offering me the position.
"Gov. Manning several times after
this spoke of his being unable to find
out what the salary of chief constable
under Gov. Wense had been, as there
wero r\o records to be found any?
where.
"Subsequently Gov. Manning re?
quested me to meet him at the Hank
of Sumter and there stated to me that
he had found out that the last chief
constable was paid five dollars per day
and his subordinates four. I asked
him if that was his offer to me. He
replied, 'yes.' 1 then said, 'Governor,
that ends the matter as far as I am
concerned. I would not for a moment
consider it at that price.' He said. 'Do
you not consider that good pay? Do
not for a minute misunderstand me.
I am not trying to cheapen you or
your services.' I replied. 'So, not for
that position, which is a man's Job
and will be a very disagreeable one."
He then said 'What are your lowest
terms?' I replied 'Twentv-four hun?
dred dollars a year ami all expenses
when away from headquarters.' He
then said that he was not sure wheth?
er he had the power to fix the salary
or not, but that he would look further
into it. and added, 'Do not make any
tuber arrangements which will pre?
vent you coming to me.' At some
subsequent meeting he mentioned hav?
ing consulted the attorney general,
also another legal adviser .one of
whom said that he could use in that
wav part of the ffi.000 appropriated
for enforcing the law, but the other
party did not think so. He would
Inquire still further into that matter.
To come d<?wn to mor? recent history,
on or about May 4th. I got a telephone
message asking me to meet Gov. Man?
ning at the Itooth Live Stock stable
lit 7.:io IV M. I did so. Gov. Man?
ning called me aside and asked me
how short a notice would suffice me it
he wanted me shortly. 1 replied that
1 had several personal urang?-incuts to
make, also that 1 had to give Clt)
Cotanetl aoine time. Ha replied, i
have spoken to Mayor Jennings ami
asked him If he would not relea? f you
When I needed you and IM has prom?
ised me to do so. I ?xpeet to mad
\ cry shortly and want you to com.
at once w ben I call upon you. I am
returning tonight to Columbia and ex?
tent to find there ? letter from the
Charleston Hoard of Control inform
111 v- me what funds I hey will be able
to furnish tor carrying on tills woik
lalaywr Urses will uliu La? in Columbia
and I will see him upon my arrival
tonight ami talk with him. i feel
quite sure those fellows are not going
to do anything in Charleston and that
I will have to handle the situation in
another way and that you will hear
from me In a short time.' I did not
hear for some day*, On the 11th or
12th of May I went into the Bank of
Sumter and asked Mr. Bernard Man?
ning" if hla father was not in Florence
attending Council and would be there
(in Florence) on the following day.
He said that he thought he would. I
said that I would run over and see
him. Mr. Manning asked me ii h
wa sa matter of any importance. 1
replied 'I am about to order uniforms
for the police force and would UK* to
know about what time your father
expects me to leave here, as I do not
wish to order a uniform for myself, if
I am to leave shortly. 'He replied,
'Mr. Sumter, do not order a uniform.
I know that he will need you shortly.
He knows that they are going to do
nothing in Charleston and I am sure
he will want you to go there, and I
am sure if he will give you five or sl'x
good men you can succeed In con?
trolling the situation.' I was prevent?
ed from going to Florence, so wrote
Gov. Manning to fix the date for my
leaving here as soon as he could pos?
sibly learn of It. This letter I held
until I learned that he had returned
to Columbia, mailing same Friday,
May 14th. Saturday morning, May
15th, Gov. Manning called me up by
telephone and said 'I got your letter.
When can you come?' I replied that
I could arrange by June 1st. He re?
plied 'That won't do. I must have you
by Wednesday, as I have something I
want you to do then.' I mentioned my
desire to give the City Council some
notice and that I had some private
matters to arrange. He replied: 'You
can straighten your own affairs later.
Go over and sec Jennings and tell him
I want you. He promised to release
you. King me up later tonight?call
'till you get me.' I saw Mayor Jen?
nings on the street and said to him:
'Mr. Jennings, Gov. Manning has just
telephoned that he wants me on Wed?
nesday, that he had made arrange?
ments with you to release me when he
wanted me.' Mayor Jennings said that
he had told Mr. Manning that he
would do so, adding that he sympa
thlied with him in his efforts to en?
force law and order. I then turned
away and Mayor Jennings called to
mo *T don't suppose this need ba a
secrat ary longer,' and turned and
spoke to a friend about it. Shortly
Mterwards a number of people came
Up and asked me if 1 hau received
the appointment. I said: 'Yes, I ex?
pect to get It.' Saturday night I call,
ed up Gov. Manning according to
agreement and said: 'I have seen
Mayor Jennings nnd it is all right. I
will be over on Wednesday.' He re*
plied, 'That will not do, you must
take the 11 o'clock train on Monday,
which will put you here at 1 o'clock.
Come directly to my office. I want
you to go down to Charleston on
Tuesday.' I replied: 'Very well, I will
arrange to do that, and added 'this
thing has got out around town.' He
said 'I am sorry for that. Well, we
will have to make the best of It. Ask
the reporters not to wire their pa?
pers the news.'
On Mond y, according to appoint?
ment, I saw Gov. Manning. He asked
me if I was ready to go to Charleston.
I replied, 'Yes. ' He then said, 'I
have seen Sheriff Martin and spoken
to him about you and of my confi?
dence ard trust In your integrity, and
I want you to assist him.' (This is
the first time 1 ever learned that 1 was
to be the subordinate of Sheriff Mar?
tin or anyone else.) I asked Gov.
Manning If he meant me to under?
stand that he did not have a commis?
sion for me as Chief Constable of the
State, the position he had offered me.
He replied 'No,' that there was evi?
dently ? some misunderstanding be?
tween us as to the position. I said
there was no misunderstanding on my
part, as to his request to me. I then
absolutely refused to go to Charles?
ton, as Sheriff Martin's subordinate,
stating my reasons for so refusing. I(
will add that the above mentioned
meetings and discussions between us
of the position offered and the plans
for carrying out the prohibition laws
in the State, and especially In Charles?
ton were by no means the only ones
W* had on the subject. Since the in?
anition of Gov. Manning he has
rarely, if ever, been In Sumter with?
out sending or telephoning me to meet
him ami has repeatedly stated that
he felt sure the authorities in Char?
leston WOttld not put the blind tigers
out of business and that he would
hnVt tu send mo there to take charge
of the Situation sooner or later.
Whether Gov. Manning really meant
to appoint me Chief Constable up to
Saturday night, May Iftttl, ?>r not. he
alone knows.
tsigued) .1. It, Bumter."
COM MIHAN TO HI N,
The State.
John M. DesChampi of rj'.c: Gads
den street, Columbia, In **. letter to
Mayor Griffith announced that he
would be a candidate for the Demo?
cratic nomination for governor in the
primary for ntxt year.
Death of Mrs. Nullit? MX all.
Manning, -May in.?Mrs. Sal lie Mc
Call of this place died yesterday at
Workman where she had recently
gone on a visit. The body was
brought to Mannin? this morning ami
buried in the old RldgH family bury?
ing ground, two miles west of Man?
ning. She was the widow of the late
G. W. MoCmll, and was about 58 years
old and was a daughter of the late
Monroe Kidgill. She is survived by
five sons and two daughters, and also
by one brother and three sisters. Mrs.
McCall was widely known as the keep?
er of a boarding house in this town
for several years past, but for the
last two or three years she has not
enjoyed robust health.
SUMTEK COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by Ernest Field,
Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 8 G-8.
Strict Middling 8 1-2.
Middling 8 3-8.
Strict Low Middling 7 7-8.
Low Middling 7 3-8.
Staple Cotton, Nominal.
Now York Cotton Market
Opened. Close.
May. 9.38
July.9.41 9.68
October..9.77 . 9.94
December.9.98 10.17
DR. II IG I ISM ITH, OPTOMERTIST,
is here every Saturday and Monday
to examine eyes and lit glasses.
Highsmith Optical Co., 106 West
Hampton Ave. (Baker's Old In?
firmary.
THRESHING?I am prepared to
thresh oats, wheat and rye this sea?
son and Will be pleased to receive
orders. New steel "Case" threshing
machine with re-cl?aning attach?
ment, automatic weigher, Stacker,
etc. Saves the time of two labor
era to the farmer. Best machine in
the* county and a money-saver to
you. See me or write at once. E.
F. Miller, Sumter, S. C.
Geo H. Hurst,
UmUftiUr aj Ertilrar.
Prowpt Attention to Bay or
Might Cells.'
AT I. 0. Crtlg Old Stand, ftVn
Phone* ggS?i
REVERO GARDEN HOSE
THZ HOSE THAT DOES NOT KINK.
For thin reason will last lii times as long as cheap hose that will.
We give lawn sprinkler with 6U feet or more of hose.
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 WEST GERVAIS ST.. COLUMBIA, S. C.
Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co.
Successor* to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co.
Goo. Epperaorv'e Old Ste^nd Opp. Court Houee
The House-Kept Dollar,
It doesn't stay in the house long. It is so easy to spend money
when you liuve it at hand. It's easy going?and when it starts it's
gone. You've tried a lot of times to hold onto the House-kept
dollar?li' *en't you? Why not bank it here You can get It
whenever you want It, but you won't spend It when you don't
want to do so.
THE PEOPLES BANK
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?A ROLL OF HONOR BANK."
CAPITAL
$100,000.00
EARNED PROFITS
$125,000.00
THAT'S WHY
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