Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ACT KILL LOWER DUTIES. cvim>m? cornT sustains rvk i*i r < i at iiFja'cnoN clause. Apollos to Ship* of Other Nation* u ? Writ am Those of United Sttnea? Art Will Co to Supreme Court? Decision Mean* ttcfundlng of It 000,000 of Duties. Washington. May 1$.?Tho socallcd ?"flvs per cent." clause of tho tariff law, granting a reduction of duties to that amount on goods Imported In American ships, was sustained to? day by the customs court, which held also that the I per cent, rebate must be granted on all goods Imported In ships of those countries with which the United States has "favored na? tion" treaties. As such treaties exist with the prin? cipal countries of the world the vir? tual effect of the decision is to re* duce tbe customs revenue by 6 per eent. If tbe decision is sustained by the Supremo Court of the United Stuten, approximately $16.000.000 In duties al? ready collected must ho refunded. In a dissenting opinion Judge Dev rise pointed out that tho majority decision means that goods imported to about 1.590 foreign vessels of fa? vored nation countries shall receive this reduction In customs duties. Five per cent of the estimated customs would exceed 111.000.000 and in years to come this total would grow to even gra or proportions. Moreover. It was pointed out. the decision, if it stands the test in tho supreme court is retroactive to the extent that It epplles to importations into the United Sttaes since approval of the Under* ood-Simmons law more than two roars ago. Including goods enterd In bond and subsequently withdrawn without payment of this rebate. officials realised that the decision may have a profound effect upon tho fiscal policy of the United States. At the present the actual working bal? ance In the treasury Is under 115, eee.000. though possibly $40.000,000 Is available to bo added to this If nocosoarjr. With an announced deficit In the postal revnues, and no Increase In . Internal revenue or customs receipt* la sight, talk of the necessity for an . Issue of Panama canal bonds was re? vived In view of the prospect of ro dosed s sots me revenues and tho ne? cessity of refunding ml'V'tia uiready ce4leoeeeV? Ta<> ^hvw?? ?it <?t ? *hm? $?c -? ooo.eos Into tho treasury due (mm the Income tax. how?\ ? i, is counted on to delay any such emergency for ssv era I months. Today s decision of the customs court in part sustained the ruling of the board of general appraisers and' In part reversed that body. In ad dIUon to Its findings regarding goods from abroad, the court held that mer? chandise from Cuba Is entitled to a reduction, of 20 per cent, ad valorem, as provided by the Cuban preferen? tial treaty with the United States and to the further discount of 5 per cent, from that amount. The government. Importers and American and foreign ship owners were parties to the suit. The govern? ment held that the clause applied to goods Imported In ships of favored nations as well as those flying tho American flag, therefore that section must be held entirely Inoperative un? less the favored nation treaties were abrogated. The importers were In? terested particularly In the granting of the rebate. Former Attorney den eral Mclteynolds held the clause in? operative because of tho conflict with existing treaties and In conformity with this opinion the rebate has never been puld In any cusc. although im? porters accepted the asacsad duties In many Imt.uw < * under protest. The m i in plea before the court on the part of the Am? rlcun ship owners was that the fa\ * >r ed nation treaties wer*, in fun, Inoperative. In this* connection the majority decision said "By no department of the govern? ment have these provisions over boon repudiated or den<>un? ? d us unconsti? tutional, or denied force mid effect, so fsr as we can ascertain, fjsj the contrary, they hive during ill the time sln-e their negotiation been recognlied. resp?-rt? d Mal enforced. To now hold them Invalid for any reason. In view of theee circum? stances, would In any event bo to assume a grave responslbllltv, and to defeat them In the fac- of the con? tention of the department of state, the treasury und department of jus? tice would be little less than usurpa? tion Fortunately the duty of repu dieting them can bv no stretch of au? thority rest alth us. fur the very ststute which we are now construing In turn recognises their existence and binding force and declare* In effect that th??y ?hall not thereby he abro? gated nor In any mannst giftete?1 or Impaired. It Is a matter of some gratification to know that the execo tlvs departments of our government uncompromisingly Insist that our treaties shsll be observed by us." In his dissenting opinion. Judge I N riso said the majority opinion of the ways and means of the house w hlch framed the UadOVWood Slmmoni law Indicated that there are at least 5,500 treaty national Vissels in the American foreign trade. "It is cer? tain." sahl Judge Devries, "that ther are not OTM II American vessels and such as might in the course of years, necessarily few under this interpreta? tion, register under our flag Imme? diately give an equal bounty to 5,000 other vessels. If so, where was ihe 'favor* to our ships?" WOULD ANN FX, TO St MTFH. Petition riled with Governor on He half of Part of Clarendon County? ItcqulHltloit Prawn. Columbiu, May 20.?A petition was filed with Qov. Manning today for an election on the question of annexing a part of Clarendon to Sumter county. A requisition was drawn by the gov? ernor today on the governor of North Carolina for the ret? ;n to this State of George and Jas. Smith, wanted in S.^artanburg to answer to a charge of housebreaklng and burglary. They are under arrest at Murphy. DIST1LLFB1FS DESTROYED. BevCuue Officers Make Haid In Grecn nIIIo and Oeoneo. Greenville, May 26.?Eleven ??wild-cat'' distilleries were demolished, four alleged blockaders were arrested and criminal prosecutions will be started in the United States court against four other defendants as the result of a raid conducted by Deputy Collector K. Q. Merrlck and his men In Oconee and Greenville counties mat week. Revenue officers ran Into a nest of stills in Oconee county, and because of the convenient location they complet? ed the Job by "cutting" the plants within two days. They worked In Greenville for the remainder of the week and destroyed seven stills. The revenue men report destructive tires in both Greenville and Oconee counties and say they have done more damage than any in many years. Jn somo places all vegetation has been killed and entire mountain sides have been burned off. The Dark Corner section of Greenville has suffered considerably in the past few months. CONKTAHLF UN Fl) FOH ASSAULT. Officer liurton of Columbia Drew l'ls tol Upon Negro. Columbia, May 26.?J. L. Barton. irho for aeveri v has beeta a pence officer und deputy under Magistrate Beuchel. Wf?i found guilty yesterday in criminal court of simple assault on N. J. Frederick, a negro, several months ago. Mr. Barton was charged with is.yiult and battery of a high and ag? gravated nature, the indictment al? leging that he struck Frederick with the palm of his hand and drew a pis? tol from his pocket. Mr. Barton ?itated In court yesterday that Freder? ick had slandered him and Magistrate Heuchel. In administering the sen? tence of f 25 fine or 30 days' imprison? ment, Judge Itlce cautioned peace of? ficers generally not to resort to means of force in keeping order. Mr. Bar? ton said that this was the first time during his service that objection had been raised to his conduct. CAN'T SFB VF AS NOT ABl FS. Ho Decides N. C. Supreme Court as to Women. Balelgh, N. C. May 25.?The law passed by the last legislature grant? ing women the right to servo as no? taries public in North Carolina today was declared unconstitutional by the State supreme court. The court held the State constitution must first be amended. The doclslon was rend r d on an appeal of Mrs. Noland Knlgnt, of Ashevillc. the first woman named under the new law. from a decision of the Ashe\ille superior court. Chief Justice Clark and Justice Brown dis? sented. _ BAD COTTON WFATIIFB. lb.in Has Not Peru Well Distributed in Belt. s '.iMhlrm'ton, May 2?;.?Too much ruin In Oklahoma and Arkansas and too HUN In Mississippi. Texas and Louisiana retarded cotton somewhat during the past week, according t<> the national weather and crop bul letln. The bulletin today s:\ys: "Warm weather prevailed and but little rain oeeurred in the cotton bell during the week except in Oklahoma and portions ot the adjoining States, where the rainfall was generally heavy. HOWOVOr, the soil in those portions of the Pelt where little rain oc< urn d is, in most cases, supplied with sufficient moisture for present aeeda ami ne harmful effeeta were produ ltd escepl locally In Mississippi and southern Texas, where the late planted needs nu>re moisture for sat lafoetor) germination and In Loula* lana where the crop is sulierinn from the lack of rain. "in Oklahoma und portloni of Ar ganaai the soil was ton wei for cul? tivation md the crop is becoming ?many, but In all other portion* of the belt the effrlj planted la up to n good stand und well cultivated." KNIGHTS CLOSE SESSION. man grand lodge conven TION AT CHICK springs. Gyles of Alken Elected Grand Chan? cellor?Alva M. Lompkla Next in Line. Orangcburg, May 16.?The grand lodge of Knlghta of Pythlne adjourned this afternoon, after two days' ses? sion In Orangeburg. This was the largest attended convention of Knights of Pythias ever held in South Caro? lina. This not only speaks well for the grand lodge, but tor Orangeburg, the city on the Kdlsto, the ideal place for a convention. Orangcburg is fass becoming one of the big convention cities of the State. At the business session this morn? ing the elections were enterd into with the following results: Supreme representatives: B. A. Mor? gan, Greenville, and Prof. A. ?. Rcm bert, Spartanburg; alternates Geo. S. Mower, Ncwberry and Frank K. My? ers, Charleston. Grand chancellor, Herbert E. Gyles, Aiken; grand vice chancellor, Alva M. Lnmpkin, Columbia; grand prelate, W. E. Derrick,. Orangeburg; grand keeper of records and neal, C. D. Brown, Abbeville; grand master at arms, E. II. Cox, Darlington; grand Inner guard, H. A. McCormick, Nichols; grand outer guard, W. A. Fewell, Hock Hill. Chick Springs was selected as the place for the holding of tho 1916 ses? sion of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias. Clinton was the only other place asking for the grand lodge for j 1916. Tho proposition looking to the es? tablishment of a tuberculosis sani-| tarium, which was sent down by the j supreme lodge In Us convention at Winnipeg, Man., was considered by a committee consisting of the Rev. i .?>wis J. Bristow, chairman; Prof. A. G. Hembert. Georgo S. Mower, Frank K. Myers and Dr. J. L. Valley. This committee reported a recommendation advising that the question be con? sidered through tho year, and that action be taken next year. Consider? able discussion developed, und there appeared a divided sentiment. The report was adopted and tho whole question was referred to a commit? tee to report next yoar consisting of Louis J. Bristow, Abbevillo; Frank K. Myers, Charleston and Joseph A. | Bei/y, < ?ringobarg. This committee will gather; data and publish u during] the yeai tad make a report next! yoar. IJurtweh M. Ayer of Florence, for tho committee on state of tho order, made an unfavorable report on the question of admitting ministers of the gospel without fee. Tho unfavorable report was adopted. This committee also reported un? favorably on the proposition to make the terms'" of grand lodge olllcers two years. No change will be made in the law respecting one year terms. Ex-Gov. i). c. Heywaru reported for the board of publication, paying high tribute to the editorial elllclency of C. D. Brown. It was evident that the Pythian Journal has attained ft permanent place In the esteem of tin members of the grand lodge. Mr. Brown was heartily and unanimously reelected editor of the South Carolina Pythian. The Rev, Louis J. Bristow was elected on the board of publi? cation for a term of five years. Marion Bonnoltt of Darlington read the report of the ways and means committee, which showed the flnan- | cial condition of the lodges to bo good, At the nfternoon session B. A. Mor- I gan made a striking address tellln | something of the work of the supreme lodge. William Goldsmith of Greenville of? fered a resolution of thanks to the people of Orangeburgi the aewepapen |and railroads for the hospitality and courtesies extended. which was adopted by a rising vote. The last business of the grand lodge was the installation of the officers. For this work Past Grand Chancellor B. A. Morgan presided. Grand Chancellor GylOl made an j Inaugural address upon assuming the chair, which evoked much applause. The following committees were appointed: Grand Tribune?O. J. Bond. Char? leston! W. W. Johnson, Marlon; A. Barle Dooser, Columbia, Judiciary- Thomas F. Drantley, Or? angeburg; Henry C, Tlllman, Qreon I wood; j. F. T. Doar, Charleston. I Ways and Means?M. Bonnoltt, j Darlington; Win. McNab, Barn well; 11. A. Smith. Charleston; J. L. Mc Cartor, Spartanburg; w. K. Gunter, Gaffney, state of the Order?Alva M. Lump kin, Columbia; liartwell at. Ayer. Florence; J, M, Bargle, Grnnitevillo; W. W. Harris, (Minton; l>. W. Hiott, Basley. ' Credentials?A. B. Adams, Groen i\\ood, J. c. Wiet, Ninety-Six; J. ?? Cnger, Batcshurg. . Print In* It, L Dargnn, Abbeville; Herbert F. Gyles, Alken; C, D. Brown, AblM \ llle, es officio, Libraries and Heading Boom Arthur (?. Rembert. Spartanburg; II, M. Behroeder, Alken; Aha m. bump? kin, Columbia, ex officio. I*ist night at the opera house Judge Mendel L. Smith of Camden and Prof. Arthur O, Rembert of Bpartanburg delivered Pythian addresses. The 'large auditorium was crowded to over? flowing. Judge Smith delievred a j wonderfully worked out speech on "Pythian Symbolism and its Signifi? cance to Us." Prof. Rembert ably 'presented his topic, "The Call to [Pythians." This address was masterly [in language and expression and Prof. Rembert charmed his audience. These were two of the ilnest addresses ever delivered in Orangeburg. M. Rut Iledge Rivers of Charleston and Prig. S. Young, supreme grand chancellor. ; were to have been present at thlj public meeting to deliver addresses, but Were unable to attend. After the addresses at the opera .house a social session was held at the |Star theatre, where the master picture j "Damon and Pythias," was shown the 'Knights of Pythias. A big ball ran given last night by the young mer of Orangeburg to the visiting knights and ladies. The oe icasion was a most delightful one. The number dancing was large and everybody had a good time. Over 1,000 people witnessed the ball. Hun? dreds of chairs were provided. Excel? lent music was renderd by the Orangei)urg Military band, O. K. Wil? son, director. The ball was held at Sifly & Frltll'a hall, which is one of the largest In the South. The dance was a big success in every particular. Tonight at 8.30 o'clock the grand a noual banquet was spread. The ban? quet was served at Silly & Frith's hall. Music was furnished by the Orange ? fburg Military band. Among the spea t iers were: Henry K. Osborne, Boar tanburg; D. C. Hey ward, Columbia; B. A. Morgan, Greenvil'e; the Rev. Louis* J. Bristow, Abbeville; Jas. r\ Byrnes, Alken; Hqrbert E. Gyles. Alken? LOCAIj news OF egypt. Mother's Day Observed?Several At? tend Jones Revival Services in Sum tor?Crops Looking fllMI flrlMklll Closing?Personal Items. Egypt, May 25.?And Bob Jones has finished his campaign and gone from Sumter. Well, from all signs, ho wdll arWgya be pleasantly remembered by I I Surritcr people and by people of ad* j joining counties. We had tho pleasure t hearing hhtI talk to men Sunday afternoon and again that masterful sermon Sunday night. He is one of the most forceful and magnetic speakers we have ever listened to. Truly Sumter should be congratulated bn securing such a party as the Jones party for such a revival. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. White spent Sunday at the hospitable home of Mr. T. A. Bradley. Mr. L. A. White was one of the speakers at Plagah Sunday afternoon. Mother's Day being observed there at that time. Among those to attend the Jones meeting from tills section Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kirkley, Messrs. Claude Wilson, Tom and Olln While. Last Sunday night we had a very fine rain, not a hard one, but a gentle shower. The crops are looking well despite the fact that there is much ? cotton not chopped out and that grass is pentiful throughout this section. The grain crop will be unusually short this year. Oats are ripening fast and some farmers have already begun har? vesting. ! Mr. S. X. Welch, county farm dem jonstrator, was in this section last week. Most of the school! of this section haVe dosed. Last week Miss Btgby returned to Columbia, Miss MeCJill to i Kingscreck, Miss Rogers to Bennetts Ivllle and Mrs. Pruarton to Charleston. Dan Cupid still plays his pranks. Sunday morning at Salem M. E. Church Miss Mary Culler and Mr. I Peter Cook were married by Rev. J. P. Attaway, pastor of the groom. The! bride Is a member of one of Orange-j burg's most prominent families. The groom is one of the most popular young men of this section. We ex? tend heartiest congratulations und 'wish for this popular young couple many happy and useful years. They left on o trip Immediately after the ceremony. Messrs, U H. White and W. T. Mc Lood spent Sunday in Columbia. Mr. J. K. Richhurg was in Bishop \illo Saturday. Mr. Wylic Ilogue and sister. Miss Margaret, visited In Egypt Sun-| day. Mr. A. R. White spent last Friday in Camden. Misses Mac Bradley and Sadie White rue to attend tlu- missionary conference at Klloree t his w eek. ('hildren's l >a> will be obsen e<l at Sah in next Sunday morning, com? mencing, at 10.30 o'clock, Kev. It, C, Morrison filled his reg? ular appointment at New Mope Pres? byterian church Sunday afternoon. We h.i \,? no sick t-> report. The health of Egypt is perfect, REVERO GARDEN HOSE THB HOSK THAT DOF.S NOT KINK For tliis reason will last six times as long as ehoap hose that will. We jrive lawn sprinkler with 60 feet or more of hose. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 WEST GERVAIS ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. DENTIST 'Do Not Neglect; IYOUR TEETHI COME to us for a FREE [EXAMINATION IN selecting your Dentist be sure you go to one with an established reputation. , For over 3 years in Sumter we have turned out the very finest dental work at the lowest pos? sible prices. We have the lat? est painless methods. ALL WORK GUARANTEED 25 J \ Our Motto : "Good Dentistry at Live and Let Live OFF FOR THE NEXT THIRTY O DAYS. Prices." THE OLD RELIABLE The Sumter Dental Parlors Over Shaw & McCollum Telephone 536 A Dollar or Two Saved Weeklv isn't much at the start, but kee it up for one year, and you i have quite a sum to your credit. Fortunes have had their start from such savings? isn't it time for you to be? gin? 4 per cent interest al? lowed. The National Bank of Sumter ESTABLISHED 1889 "SAFEST FOR YOUR SAVINGS" Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Central Lumber Co. Goo. Epporaon's Old Stand Opp. Court Houee ++++++++++++ H4"H ?????? "Savings Banks" Have assisted thousands of people throughout this country to he? roine Imlcpendcnl and wealthy and have been the means of saving thousands of others from becoming objecth of charity (luring times uf sickness, reverse and old age, start a HAVING ACKU NT with this SAVINGS BANK. Uefru lar deposits, ntdetl i?v the i per <ont. Interest, which ma eom|>ound \ quarterly, Will soon htiihl lite account up to a substantial propor tton ami stiimi between you ami HnancJI rmhn rrciiaatnL wiiv 1 NOT TO-DAY? T !; The Commercial & Savings Bank, GEO D. SHORE, J. K CROSSWELL, R. A. BRADHAM. President. Vice-Pres. Cashier.