The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 08, 1916, Image 4
was round
Sostnroa In
and ?outbron
old papers.
The furor that Is being made over
the staking of the British liner, Per
unoalled for In the
The ad ml?Ion of the
iMUeh admiralty that the Persia
an armed merchantman, acting
the dtreeUon of the admiralty,
aaa la an entirely different
from that of the Lusltania or
The fact that the Persia was
with sane of sufficient else to
aa a defense against aub marine
idtaea relieved the enemy from any
to warn, the ship before at
It. Fur the submarine eoin?
to have first warned the Per
would have endangered his own
and this the laws of war do not
The people who took passage
Persia, knowing it to be an
alga, voluntarily assumed the
?saaeat to traveling on a ship
\ of was*, asm no neutral government
has a fight to inttrfera The sinking
\ K of the Persia Mima to have been a
lagemwate act of war. ,
a
wbon It meets
week, will be i confronted with
for largely tnoi waned appro*
there being many worthy
onlling for more money. . It Is
Or ha extremely dtdlcult to hold
fee appropriations within reasonable
nad wo do not envy the mem
el the legislature the task they
aave if perform. The expansionists
and Ubers! spenders of public money
t sttl ha* ao problem to solve and It
WfHiatl he easy salllaf for them,
sines ii cir one Idea Is to make literal
appropiiaUono, without terlousiy con?
sidering the neceaHity of a wise econ
irdc the ad min Ultra .ion of the
finances. But tho other legia
Kto , a serious and difficult
to solve. There are so many
ve eaUs for men ay and still
money that it la extremely dim
eutt as draw a line between what Is
absolutely necessary and what is de
ssrahte. v It Is to ho hoped that the
Irghdature will be governed by a wise
dajsroftJoo and that It will be econ
emloaj without being niggardly and
that omauaen sense rather than sentl
ahall prevail.
MBU OROANIZE CLUB,
la Conjuactlon With Y. M.
to Increase Interest m As
\-.V V i i>;
At a meeting of a number of the
hers ef the business men's clam
the Young Men's Christian Associa?
tion on Wednesday evening a business
men's slab eras formed for the pur
poss of promoting tho Interests of the |
assnxislliiii One plan of the newly
orsMsdesd elub is to fit up ths large
froht room formerly used as a pool
room for a lounging room for the bus
I
?to
follows:
of ths elty and their friends
It In short a plscs for so?
las gatherings,
for the club were elected as
President, J. Z. Hearon; vice
pisstdsst, Oeo. D. Levy; secretary. W.
L Whitehead. Buch an organisation
as that formed has been talked of for
some time and wss originally auggeat
ed by Mr. Hearon. The matter was
furthered a few weeks ago, when It
eras openly discussed when Mr. C. E.
Hurst gavs a supper to hla volley ball
team. A committee conaiatlng of
Messrs. II. L BIcbard. C. E. Hurst and
H. C. Haynswortb was appointed to
draw up a constitution and by-laws.
AS a drat step by the newly organ?
ised club to Increase lntereat In the
Young Men's Christian Association a
supper will be given for the older
members of the association on next
Tnesday night by the bualncss men's
clsas club.
V ILLA A FUGITIVE.
Hading In the Mountains With Car.
ransa Troops la Pursuit.
El Paso, Jan. 6.?Oen. Villa's ef
1 fort to join the Zapatistas haa fulled,
according to advices received here to?
day, and the rebel chieftain Is biding
In ths mountains. He la being aought
by three thouaand Carranslatas. Oen.
Obregon aaya "It waa officially re?
ported to me that Villa on December
ST robbed and had executed 22 Chi?
nese at Cgndnd Guerrero."
MRS. JAMES CLARK WEDS.
Banker? Widow Becomes Bride of
Judge Joseph A. McCullough, of
Greenville,
Mrs. Janes Clark, one of the
wealthy women of Baltimore, was
married at 6 o'clock last night at her
home, 24)9 Goodwood Gardens, Roland
Park; to Judge Joseph Allen Mc
Colkmgh, of Greenville, S. C, former
Judge of the Circuit Court there.
The Rt. Rev. Collins Denny, of
Richmond, Va., a bishop of the Meth?
odist Episcopal Church South, came
up from Richmond yesterday to per?
form the c?remony. There also were
present seevral friends of the bride?
groom from South Carolina and
friends and relatives of the bride in
this city, Including Judge Henry
Stockbridge and Health Commissioner
John D. Blake.
The ceremony was performed be
fore an improvised altar in the big
parlor of the mansion, under a canopy
of smllax and ferns. The general
decorative scheme of the room was
white and|gteen. The bride, who was
unattended, wore a handsome gown of
orchid velvet and satin, with crystal
trimmings, and carried a shower bou?
quet of orcitda and lilies of the val?
ley. The best man was Mr. John K.
Croaswell, of Sumter, 8. C. Bishop
Denny was unassisted In the cere?
mony, though the Rev. C. D. Harris
and other ministers wer*? among the
guests.
A collation and reception followed
the ceremony. The dining room w?.s
decorated In a general color scheme
of pink and green, with a bower of
coses on the table reaching to the
chandelier. The bride and groom left
later, on a wedding trip to Asheville,
N. C, and will live In Greenville.
Mrs. MoCollough Is the widow of
the late James Clark, president of the
Drovers and Mechanics' National
Bank, and a Millionaire. She is a na?
tive of Baltimore and before her first
marriage war Miss Ella Lurapkin.
She. has. been prominent in tha work
of one Southern Methodlstt Church.
Jfcje unden tood that she met Judge
Md0silough for the first time last Sep?
tember at a nervioe In the little tem?
porary chapel now occupying the
church; site there.
Judge McC olio ugh la a handsorrte
man, more than six feet tall, and has
been prominent in the general work
of* the Southern Methodist Church, as
pell as in the public life of his State.
He was on the Vanderbllt commis?
sion In the big dispute between hU
churvh and Vandcrbilt University, of
Nashville, Tcitn., and is a trustee of
Wofford College at Spartanburg, S. C.
? Baltimore Bun, January 4.
Good Mlddl ng 11 7-8.
Strict Middling 11 6-8. |
Middling 11 3-8.
Strict Low MlddUag 10 7-8.
Low Middling 10 3*8.
Staple cotton 13 to 16c.
KKV YORK OOTIOW MARKST.
Yeet'dys
Open High Low Close Close
Jan. ? .13.36 18.36 12.32 12.28 12.30
Mch. . .12.68 12.60 12.44 12.60 12.58
May . .12.81 13.83 12.67 12.74 12.79
July. . .12.96 12.98 12.83 12.89 12.93
News Items of Privateer.
Privateer, Jan. 3.?Christmas pass?
ed off so very quietly that some one
remarked that It seemed like two or
three Sundays come together.
There has been considerable mov?
ing about, but every one seems to have
settled down and all are making a
start for another crop.
Mr. Alva Mellett of Sumter spent
the week-end at Mr. G. A. Nettles'.
Mr. and Mra E. W. Rivers spent
Christmas at St. Georges.
Messrs. C. B. Jenkins and Mr. Tom
James of Sum er were down trying
the birds one duy the past week.
Miss Ina Mellette of Chadbourn, N.
C, Is visiting Miss Talula Ramsey.
All the schools in Privateer are to
start up again today after a two
weeks' holiday.
We are glad that there is no sick?
ness to report at this writing.
JOHNSON'S NAMK GOES TO SEN?
ATE.
President Semis In Name for Con?
firmation as Judge.
Washington, Jan. 6.?President
Wilson sent the appointment of Jo?
seph Johnson as federal judge for the
western district of South Carolina to
the senate today for confirmation.
TEDDY FALSIFIES AGAIN.
Made Utterly Baseless Charges Against
Wilson ami Mo A do o.
Washington, Jan. D.?Col. Roosevelt
Is roundly denounced in the report
made to the senate today by the spe?
cial committee appointed to Investi?
gate his charges against motives of
President Wilson and Secretary Mc
Adoo In pushing the ship purchase
bill. Koosevelt'a charges ure termed
"utterly baseless.*
THE COTTON FUTURES BILL.
LEVER AGAIN INTRODUCES
MEASURE TO TAX TRADING.
All Doubt or Constitutionality of Act
wfll bo Removed, so That its Pas?
sage Would Have Immediate Ef?
fect, i I
Washington, Jan. 6.?Representa?
tive L#ever of South Carolina, author
of the cotton futures law recently de?
clared unconstitutional by Federal
{judge Hugh of New York, today re
introduced the bill. Mr. Lever said
he consulted many lawyers in the
senate and house and "their opinion
is substantially unanimous that the
(supreme court would not uphold Judge
i Hough."
"Judge Hough," Mr. Lever said,
"declared the cotton futures statute
of August 18, 1914, unconstitutional
upon the ground it originated in the
senate Instead of in the house. The
facts are that during the Sixty-third
congress, Senator Smith of South Car?
olina introduced a bill framed under
the postofflce clause regulating cotton
exchanges; I introduced a bill on the
same subject, seeking to accomplish
the same economic ends, framed un?
der the tax clause of the constitution,
Senator Smith's bill passed the senate
previous to house action on my bill.
When the matter came before the
house my bill was substituted for
Senator Smith's bill and in order to
get an advantageous calendar position
it was assigned the senate number of
the Smith bill. The government con?
tention is that constitutionally the
bill originated in the house.
"Nevertheless, if the supreme court
could sustain Judge Hough, the cotton
trade would be so much upset and dis?
organized, during the period inter?
vening between the supreme court de?
cision and a reconsideration of the
question by congress, that I have
deemed it the part of prudence in the
public interest to submit to the con?
gress the bill for the reenactment of
tho statute."
Mr. Lever said the immediate ef?
fect of the decision was to disturb
prices. The market was steadied,
however, by official announcement
that the act would be considered in
force pending an appeal to the su?
preme court. Should congress reen
act the law, Mr. Lever said, the only/
issue passed on by Judge Hugh re*
maining for decision by the supreme
court would be whether the plaintiffs
who paid tho government money un?
der protest in order to teat the valid?
ity of the statute were entitled to re?
cover thobc taxes.
"There has been every evidence
fro jo cotton producers, spinners, mer?
chants and the great majority of cot?
ton exchange members," said Mr.
Lever, "that the law was wise legis?
lation and has been beneficial to all
of them alike."
Mr. Lever said the bill embodies
no change in substance from the law
as originally enacted.
"There is only one respect in which |
there has been any considerable con?
troversy as to the value and wisdom
of the cotton futures act," said Mr.
I^ever. "Section 11 treats orders sent
from this country for execution on
foreign exchanges in substantially the
same way . s transactions on Ameri?
can exchanges. This was to avoid
evasion of the act and to prevent the
transfer to foreign cotton exchanges
of business which legitimately belongs
to American exchanges. A certain
class of cotton merchants engaged ir
exporting cotton have complained
that tho law has had a result of hin?
dering tho proper transaction of the
business of exporting cotton, by pre?
venting hedges on foreign exchanges
Nvhlch have not so altered their meth?
ods of doing business as to conform
to the requirements which the act
prescribes as a condition'to exempting
from taxation orders sent from this
country for execution on those foreign
exchanges." ?
Opportunity would be afforded to
the cotton trade, he said, to present
to the committee any facts or argu?
ments bearing upon this question.
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
John Morgan and Four Children Dose
Lives When Home is Destroyed.
New Martlnsville, W. Va., Jan. 6.?
Four children of John Morgan were
burned to death today when fire de?
stroyed his home. Morgan was fa?
tally burned and his wife and one
child escaped.
Peace Party Ready to Leave.
Copenhagen, Jan. 6.?The Ford
peace pilgrims are packing to leavo
tomorrow.
Geo. H. Hurst.
jnjajrts m. Esjgjsir.
Prompt Attention to 0?i ar
NlaM.Calla.
AT J. 0. Cralti Old Stand. N. Bain
Phones mJmmi
Fireworks Explode.
Dillon Herald.
Dillon had the most brilliant and
sensational display of fireworks in
its history Thursday night when
about $200 worth of Roman candles
skyrockets and fire crackers caught
fire in Alexander Couric's show win?
dows. It was 7:30 o'clock when the
conflagration started. The attention
of pedestrians was arrested by a
loud explosion, followed by the slz
zlng of skyrockets, the popping of
giant crackers and the spouting of
Roman candles. The plate glass win?
dows were blown out and the fire?
works began to shoot in every direc?
tion, scattering the crowds and creat?
ing almost a panic on Main street.
No one dared venture near the scene
and all the crowd could do was to
look on quietly until the conflagra?
tion had spent Its force. An alarm*
was sent in and the fire truck re?
sponded promptly, but the fireworks
exploded so rapidly that It was all
over before the truck arrived at the
scene. It was a sight never before
witnessed In DUon and seldom wit?
nessed anywhere else In the world,
and those who saw It were fascinated
by the beauty of the display. Mr.
Courle's loss was about $300, which
Is fully covered by insurance.
Un-American Institutions.
Very probably when the continen?
tal army and universal military
service come to bo generally discussed
they will bo denounced as "un
American." The holiday season just
past has very satisfactorily demon
started the great value to almost ev?
ery American citizen of that great
"un-American" institution, the parcels
post. The postal savings bank, that
other great "un-American" Institution,
has been In existence for some time
and is proving of increasing worth.
Congress is earnestly discussing the
Importation of two other "un-Ameri?
can" institutions in the budget sys?
tem and rural credits. As a matter
of fact a good part of the things we
have, from our constitution to our sox
are "un-American" institutions, bor?
rowed from Europe. That it is a Eu?
ropean idea will be neither an argu?
ment for nor against universal mlli
ftary service.?Columbia Record.
New York, Jan. 6.?The anchor
liner Perugia rescued ninety mem?
bers of the crow and the mails of the
disabled Greek liner Thessalonlka in
mid-sea and will arrive at New York
Friday, according to raldo-grsm re
elved tills morning.
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