The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 12, 1916, Image 6
Or METROPOLIS TO
ADOPT MILITARY SYSTEM
SIMILAR TO THAT
OF SUMTKR.
Of Whody City feVhooia Goo
Favor gosno Kind of Military
for Pupils Committee
Appointed to Investigate
?natter's oystsm of military training
It the put-He schools will bo investl
amtad by a Chicago committee before
mlltary training la introduced Into
tba eehoola of that city, according to
a Chsssgo newspaper, a copy of which,
wae roootvtd In Bumter Friday. Prof,
at M. Bdmu.*ds of the Sumter eehoola
ilsaiusoi 1 the Sumter ay stem of mili?
tary training before a gathering of
*dneaters la Chicago last year.
In addition to making inquiries as
to the plan in the Sumter schools
thee committee will visit other cities.
TTfce committee." aayn the Chicago
Tribune, "will learn what has been
use* by other cities In the way of
military training in the high schools.
1? svtn consider vurlcu i plans suggest
ed tor the Inauguration of such a ays*
tees here. Then If the eommltee re
IfOtts ta favor of military training and
the whole hoard approves, the details
wfjl be worked out by Mr. Shoop."
st ssas pointed out by the Chicago
assjooopsi that a vote was taken by
Ties Tritons amcna the patrona of
Uie eohooht, and It was found that
favoured military training and a
?>f widowed mothers
i t sehool indicated
their sons to have
at rails mry instruction,
have 30WIS to the prln
ehejde of the high schools In Chicago
ft ess heye in the schools that coin
eantss for sailltair drills be formed.
?spe ehabs have teen formed by the
hey* onteide of tht school work.
. That military tteiaiag without ths
Idea?as suggested by th<
plan?will be put Into eff<
In O?oago schools Is Indicated by the
leBearrag from The Tribune.
, i*For the purpose, apparently, of
ptassilnr or sflendsg the opponents
ef anything that approaches milltaiy
ajrflh the physical Instructors have
heea Inatroeted not to use rallltaiy
.terms of any hind lp their work."
Tie probability rs, therefore, thitt
whoa the military training Itself Is)
Hi the Chicago schools, as now
ttke|y. an effort will he madoi
hag been done in the Sumter
te keep tht? Military Idea out..
LM.O.
MIMM COTTON.
Bay
New York, Ian. 7.?Reports fro
Oalveston today that the British gov?
ernment had fixed a cotton freight
rode of ft per hundred pounds on
British! ships, coupled with ths in
few mallen that Great Britain was fac?
ie* a eerlone cotton shortage, caused
an advance of several points on the
I
TJbe reports In regard to ths freight
Njre afterward denied from
Where it was stated that the
Arm at II. This denial,
r, did not shake the confidence
of cotton brokers that ths British
government wae planning some steps
to tnorsast ths Importation of cotton.
Accord La g to official flau res publish*
Od today, the actual cotton stock now
held la Uvsrpool Is only 1*4,900 bales
ae against 1.US.000 ut the beginning
of the season. Ths cause of the de?
crease ia stock snd trs gsnsral short-1
age faced by the British manufac
tsrers Is attributed to difficulty In se
ewrtng ad squats shipping facilities.
Onsen freight brokers believe, how
r, that If any limitation in rstes Is
i plated by treat Britain it will
he applied first to focdstuffs.
An order is now reported In force
that British vessels must carry a csr
taia percentage of grain In their car?
goes end this has h?lped to restrict
exports of cotton 1rom Southern
APPROPRIATIONS Elt'EKD REVE?
NUE.
swrcsnr of State Leas Than
Amount Asked "by $1171,101.
Columbia. Jan. 7.?The ostlmated
revenue for ordinary enpenses of the
State government for 1111 will be
11,119,110. according to a statement
Issued yesterday by Carltqn W. Saw?
yer, comptroller general. The va?
rious Institutions and departments of
th? government are asking for ap?
propriations smounting to 13,147,
711.11. Ths estimated Income is on
a basts of 7 mills as a State levy. The
total amount asked exceeds the ac?
tual revenue by 1971,40 1. An appro?
priation of 1420.700 Is b<>ing asked for
the public schools of tho State.
Major W. F. Robertson, formorly
city manager of this city, has been
elected captain of the recently organ?
ised company of coast artillery at
Oreenvllle.
?'_TU'
Bouji ma is Hum.
HUNDRED ANI> THIRTY PKRSON8
PRESENT FOR CHAMBER'S
SOtTAI; SESSION".
Much Enthusiasm In Work of Com
merclftl Body Aroused by Dinner?
fiosie of Pla^ for Futur?; Worte
are '> '1 by Mr. Holser and Dr.
Steel
The Dollar Dinner given under the
auspices of the Chamber of Commerce
at the Claremont Hotel last night
proved a highly enjoyable social func?
tion to the hundred and thirty per?
sons present. A very palatable meal
was nerved and the several talks at
the cloae of the dinner served to in* j
[Ject ginger and to arouse enthusiasm
in the workings of the Chamber of
[commerce and no doubt the dinner
I will be the Instrument of securing new
I members and more interest in Sum
Iter's commercial organization and
I the work It is endeavoring to do.
I The dinner waa not confined to
I members of the Chamber of Commerce
land a large number of thoae present
I are not affiliated with the organiaation.
I These were given a moat co-dial in
I vitatton to join and with the members
(were asked to offer suggestions aa to
I what c bjects beneficial to Sumter city
land county the Chamber should work
J to accomplish. /
I Mr. Herbert A. Moses, aa chairman
I of the entertainment committee, pre
I ruled at the meeting. He stated that
I Its chlof object waa that the citlsens
I of Sumter1 might rub elbows together
land come nearer together in thoir so?
cial life, in order that there wojld bo
I Imbued Into them a feeling that their
leooperatlon waa needed in the ??fforts
I of the Chamber of Commerce to build
I up a better city. Mr. Moses stated
I that he had Just received a mossage
I from Oov. H. I. Manning, who stated
I that he very much regretted hie ln
I ability to be present on thla occasion,
la statement which was liberally ap
Ipiauded.
I Dr. Geo. W. Dick put the crowd into
la good humor by telling some of his
I Jokes and called en all of those pres
lent not to "knock" the Chamber of
I Commence, but to assist It In every
[way poteibtv.
j Mr. 8. U Krasnoff made a yitty talk
tin which he touched on the relation
I of Woman suffrage to the neutrality of
I the United States with the belligerent
I nations of Europe and other such
I timely and important topics. He stat?
ed* thai the Chamber of Commerce
erat? not an organisation to give a man
a job, er a place to hear a man butch?
er the English language, aa some had
suggested, but It waa an organiaation
of business men bound together for
mutual effort to advance the interest
of all and to benefit the oommnity.
Mr. E. I. Reardon, after telling
some jokes, stated that he saw 'a
number of persons present who were
no\ members of the Chamber of Com?
merce, and aa he believed | that they
were Interested in their city and com?
munity, he cordially Invited them to
become members of the Chamber of
Commerce and help it in its construc?
tive work.
Mr. R. B. Belser, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated that
the commercial organisation wanted
to make Sumter'a better city, it want?
ed to build up a better trade and it
wanted to provide better facilities far
marketing of farm products, especially
grain and live stock. The support and
cooperation of the business men of
Sumter was needed in these efforts.
In place of the indifference of the
past he wanted to see citlsens lake
hold with an intelligent Interest and
work together for the advancement of
the community. He referred to the
building of the Sumter-Sardinla-Olanta
railway aa one of the most important
mutters on which the Chamber was
working and the great benefits it
would bring to Sumter, If the plan
was successfully executed.
Dr. H. M. Stuckey in his talk re?
ferred to the fact that the Chamber
of Commerce was endeavoring to se?
cure a park in the city as a playground
for children. Another thing was the
necessity ot establishing a market for
grain and livestock. There were more
hog* and grain in Sumter county this
year than ever before and a market
must be afforded, or the farmers
would stop growing grain and ralslnic
hogs and revert back to cotton. ThM
plan needed a leader to put it into
auccessrul operation. He stated tha-.
a man might "knock" the Chamber
of Commerce, but ho thought that /ic
did not have any right to "knock" un
jtll he came inside it.
I tioveral delightful selections were
played by the Hex Orchestra during
the evening which added much to the
pleasuro of the occasion. Mrs. Clif?
ton Brown sung a beautiful solo
which was also a very pleasing feature
of the evening.
Mrs. J. P. Grant, who is acting as
assistant secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, upon whom developed
much of the work for the dinner and
whose efforts were largely responsible
for its success, through her sale o?*
tlokcts, was unnblo to bo present for
the occasion, much to the regret o
those pieaeut.
AGREES ON 6000 ROADS BILL
HOUSE COMMITEE FAVORS
BYRNES' PLAN.
Believed Tfiat Measure for Federal
Highway Aid Has Good Prospects of
Passage.
Washington, Jan. 7.?The roads
committee of the house has agreed
upon a bill which it instructed the
chairman to introduce tomorrow, au?
thorizing him to file favorable report
recommending its passage. It is prob?
able that the bill will be taken up in
the house within the nest two weeks
and the chance of its passage is very
good. The house has twice passed a
federal aid bill, but on each occasion
it has ueen killed in the senate. The
features objected to by the senate
have been eliminated from the bill
now proposed in the house, its pro?
visions being practically those con?
tained in a bill introduced by Repre?
sentatives Byrnes two years ago,
which bill at that time met with the
approval of the secretary of agricul?
ture. It provides that the federal
government cooperates with the States
in a sum not to exceed $26,000,000,
apportioned among the States accord?
ing to population and mileage of ru?
ral routes. In this apportionment
South Carolina would be entitled to
$416,000 a year; the roads to be con?
structed would be selected by the
State highway commission and the
work done under the laws of the State.
The contribution of the federal gov?
ernment towards the construction of
a road would be not greater than 60
per cent, of the total cost nor less than
30 per cent. To i.articlpate after
1920 a State would be required to
have a highway commission.
I TO RAISE FUND FOR ERSKINE.
|Exeuctsvo Committee of Board of
Trustees Sounds Call for Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
Chester, Jan. 7.?W. J. Roddy of
Rock Hill, Dr. J. a Moffatt, president
of Erskine college; John A. Jenkins
of Bpartanburg, 8. N. Boyce of Gas
to nia, N. Cm the Rev. R. G. Miller, p.
D., of Sardis. N. C; and T. H. Whffe
of the city, members of the executive
committee of the trustees of Erskipe
college, met at the Associate Reformed
church in this city last night and for
mulated plans for the Tailing of the
$100,000 endowment fund for Erskine
college. These plans were fully out?
lined and agreed upon and President
Moffatt will start to work at once.
Local alumni of Erskine college, of
whom there are a number In this
county, expect to organize a local
chapter at an early date. An organi?
sation of this character was effected
in Charlotte a few days ago with an
initial membership of more than 90
and is expected to prove a pleasant
and effectual means of keeping old
college mates in touch with one
another and with their alma mater,
and the same will prove tyue here.
ONLY STATE TAX ALLO WED.
Attorney General Rules That Munici?
palities May Not Levy oi? State
Warehouses.
Columbia, Jan. 8.?An opirion has
been handed down by Thomas H.
Peoples, attorney general, that ware?
houses incorporated in the State sys?
tem are not subject to taxation by
municipalities. The opinion was ask?
ed by John K. Aull, secretary to John
I* McLaurin, State warehouse com?
missioner. The opinion is appended:
"I am in receipt of yours of De?
cember 10, in which you ask tor an
opinion from this office as to whether
or not the cotton warehouses operat?
ed under the State system are sub?
ject to license by municipal authori?
ties. It appears from your letter that
the warehouses aro leased toy the
State for the storage of cotton upon
which State receipts are issue.1, said
cotton being stored by the State, the
insurance thereon running hi the
name of the State and the managers
being appointed by the State ware?
house commissioner.
"In my opinion, no municipality
has tho right to tax any department
or instrumentality of the State gov?
ernment by direct taxation, license
ta;c or otherwise, and I am, therefore,
of the opinion that these warehouses
I are not subject to any llcensa at?
tempted to bo Imposed by any mu?
nicipality."
JAPAN NOT AN ENEMY.
Shafroth Reports Only Friendliness
There.
Washington, Jan. 7.?In a speech in
the senato today advocating the ad?
ministration Philippines bill, Senator
Shafroth of Colorado declared he be?
lieved Japan would join in an inter?
national agreement to respect the au?
tonomy of the islandH if they ul?
timately were given independence as
promised in the pending measure.
Mr. Shafroth said he had spent ?auch
time In Japan in the past year and
had found only friendliness there
both for the United States and Phil*
Ipplnee.
CALM GOMES TO BRITAIN.
GOVERNMENTS BIG VICTORY
QUIETING INFLUENCE.
Discussion of General Appeal to
Country, However, Gains Less Aud?
ience Among People.
London, Jan. 7.?The political sit?
uation today was calmer after the
overwhelming vote obtained by the
government in the house of commons
Thursday on the first reading of its
compulsion bill. The reassuring size
of the government's majority in the
lower house of parliament offset to
a considerable degree the anti-con
scrlptionist vote of the Labor con?
gress, which also was partly dis?
counted by the attitude of such im?
portant labor leaders as Arthur Hen?
derson, who resigned as president of
the board of education, and John
Ward, George Nicoll Barnes and
John Hodge, members of the house
of commons.
The position of these men is that
the vote of the Labor congress was
too hasty and ill considered to be
regarded as reflecting the actual
feeling of the labor men of the coun?
try.
Parliament did not meet today and
will not sit again until Monday. The
indications are that the conscription
bill will be passed through the house
of commons in order that it may reach
the house of lords in ample time for
passage before the end of the month.
Talk of a general election is still
heard in some quarters, but this is
diminishing.
Herbert A. Samuels, at present
postmaster general, is the man most
talked of as Sir John A. Simon's suc?
cessor as home secretary but there
has been no general agreememT In
the gossip aa to the probable man
for Mr. Henderson's place.
To the American reader one of the
most interesting suggestions heard in
London today was the proposal to
Introduce the referendum as the al?
ternative for a general election, If
dangerous hostility appears to be
developing in the country during the
later stages of the conscription bill
before parliament. The referendum
was adopted as a part of the Union?
ist programme of constitutional re?
form five or six years ago.1 ,
, A bill providing for the use of the
referendum in disputes between the
blouse of lords and the house of
commons was introduced in parlia?
ment with influential backing in
1911, but was not pressed to the
final stages.
' The advocates of the referendum
now plead that the question of com?
pulsion, being isolated from all other
questions of domestic politics, is
particularly suitable for the test of
a popular vote.
Moreover they say that the vote
even of the men in the trenches
could be taken, whereas the ordinary
parliamentary ballot would be im?
possible, i
WOULD KEEP MEMBERS.
Efforts Made to Retain Laboritc Of
cers.
London, Jan. 8.?Attempts were
made yesterday to induce the Labor
members of the government who have
resigned to reconsider their position.
Arthur Henderson was invited to see
Premier Asqurth and the two men met
late in the afternoon. Afterwards
Mr. Henderson had an interview with
Andrew Bonar Law, secretary for the
colonies.
Various suggestions were discussed
at these conferences, but late last
night it was understood that Mr. Hen?
derson and his colleagues, William
Brace and George H. Roberts, who
resigned Thursday, respectively, as
parliamentary undersecretary for
home affairs and lord commissioner of
the treasury, adhered to their deter?
mination to quit the ministry
SPECIAL JUDGE FOR CIVIL
COURT.
T. G. MoT vend Assigned to Tttko
Place of Spain at Charleston.
Charleston, Jan. 8.?The January
term of the Court of Common Pleas
will convene on Monday morning with
Cae Hon. T. G McLeod presiding, Mr.
McLeod having been appointed to pre?
side in place of Judge Spain, who was
disqualified on account of sickness.
FREIGHT ON COTTON CARGOES.
Two Dollars a Hundred on staple;
Sliipped to English Ports m Engw
lishj Vessels.
New York, Jan. 7.?The British
government has fixed an ocean freight
rate of two dollars a hundred pounds
on cotton shipped from this country
to England in British vessels, with
confiscation of the offending ship as a
penalty for overcharge, according to
advices received by cotton traders
here today.
The prevailing rates on cotton to
Great Britain from American ports
now are said to range from $2.60 to $3
[a hundred pounds, the high rates be?
ing Induced by shortage in tonnage.
PREPARE FOB THE FUTURE.
AMERICAN INDUSTRY MUST LOOK
AHEAD.
Secretary of Commerce Redfieltl Calls
Attention to Need for Securing
Peace Orders.
Washington, Jan. 7.?Secretary
Redfleld of the department of com?
merce in a memorandum on business
conditions transmitted to President
Wilson pictures the country as in the
most prosperous state of its history.
The warning is added, though, that
war's inflation of commerce will
last only until the war's end and
that business foresight alone will
prepare the United States for peace.
The slump that will follow the war
abroad, the secretary's summary de?
clares, must find Americans ready to
take their share of the world's trade
unhampered by provincial notions.
"It is not to be expected," the sec?
retary says, "that our business move?
ment will continue in its present
form. No one dreams that we can
now or in the future maintain an
export movement of more than five
billions actual value, or that we may
sanely expect a trade balance in our
favor of $3,000,000,000.
"It ia alike impossible and undesir?
able that these things continue. It
is impossible for no other reason be?
cause the world has not the power to
pay to any one nation such vast sums
for any long period in addition to the
Waats of war. Tho nations are not
spending their incomes in our mar?
kets, but their capital."
Opportunities for a normal pros?
perity after the war are outlined, the
secretary pointing out that the Unit?
ed States has jumped to first place
among the nations in international
trade.
"Whether we shall remain the
first," the memorandum continues,
"depends upon the vision and energy
of our bankers, manufacturers, mer?
chants and farmers. We have for
the first time in our history a sound
system of finance. In this one re?
spect our preparedness is complete.
Our finances can be mobilized on
demand to meet the needs of trade.
Enterprise and investment may move
with a certainty never before known
as regards the financial system. We
hold the greatest reserve of history.
"Both financial power and effective
means of using that power are in our
possession. Together they may form
a basis of commercial and financial
opportunity."
Prosperity has grown general and
no particular class is benefiting at the
expense of others, the secretary de?
clares. Opportunity being opened to
the railroads to take up long deferred
development work will give work to
thousands, he continues, and by its
indirect effects, "will keep many a
factory busy."
"Students of the railway probelm
know that in the past hard days much
needed work has been left undone and
that vast expenditures are needed
soon to keep our railways abreast of
the national needs," the secretary
writes. "The earnings now exist for
these imprDvements and the financial
system is available for the fiscal
power to cary them out.
"The economies forced upon rail?
ways, industrial corporations and in?
dividuals in recent years are a potent
factor in maintaining prosperity. Our
business is better done, less waste
fully done, than heretofore. There is
a new tone of efficiency in factory, in
office, on the farm and in the work
of the railway manager. We shall en?
ter the revived world's arena better
trained for the struggle than we were
when the former game closed.
"Our horizons are wider. Our re?
lations with the whole world is more
conscious.
"If I am correct in this analysis the
buying power of the United States is
greater than it ever was. The selling
power of the United States is greater
than ever. The loaning power of the
United States is greater than ever and
the saving power of the United States
is greater than ever before and all
more widely distributed.
"Back of all these lie resources well
developed indeed, but relative to their
total extent untouched and the power
and the resources are in the control
of a people awake as never before to
opportunities which these give them."
Of the change to come at the end
of the war the secretary says:
"The war order must be replaced
by the peace order, and, as has been
said, the whole foreign trade must
readjust itself to a more normal basis.
Certain good customers have not
bought much of us in the last year
and their business must in a large
part return with war's close. We sold
to Germany, Austria-Hungary and
Belgium about $440,000,000 in value
annually. Much of this must return
at the coming of peace. Our annual
sales to Mexico should increase by
$300,000,000 to reach their limit.
"We are further the source from
which purchases for rehabilitation
must be made. Already from both
groups of belligerents there is assur?
ance of heavy purchases of munitions
of peace to offset in part at least the
CONSTABLES NOT RELEASED.
GOVERNOR WRITES SHERIFF
MARTIN THAT HE EXPECTS
OFFICERS TO CONTINUE
IN WORK.
Suys Prohibition Law Has Been Rati?
fied by the People and Mu*t he Up?
held?Cites Peeples' Opinion.
Columbia, Jan. 6.?Advised by At?
torney General Peeples that the sec?
tion of the dispensary law providing
for the appointment of constables was
not repealed by the adoption of pro?
hibition, and that such constables as
held commissions from the governor
when the prohibition law went into
effect on January 1 were still in office,
and also that the magistrates still had
the right to issue search warrants,
Gov. Manning tonight addressed a let?
ter to Sheriff Martin, of Charleston,
enclosing him copies of the Attorney
General's opinion and telling him:
"I desire that there, be no let-up what?
ever in the activity of the officers. Our
duty is plain under the law and the
law is supreme."
In another part of this letter to the
sheriff the governor says:
"I desire that the constables now
on duty in Charleston continue the
work that they have already begun,
with even more vigor and vigilance.
The law has been enacted by the repre?
sentatives of the people in the gen?
eral assembly. The people have rati?
fied the law by a tremendous major?
ity. It is now clearly the duty of the
officers to enforce this law. The con?
stables appointed by me have, under
the ruling of the attorney general,
full authority under the code to en?
force the law. The magistrate has
full authority under the law to Issue
search warrants for the purpose of
assisting the officers in the enforce?
ment of this law."
The attorney general also advised
the governor that the law required the
sheriff to pour contraband liquors
and beer Into the gutters.
Magistrate Cooper, at Port Royal,
wrote the governor to know what au?
thority he had over steamers plying
between Savannah and his port re?
garding the liquor laws, as they ran
their bar while in the ocean, but clos?
ed it down when they arrived in port.
The governor referred the matter to
I e>
the attorney general, and he advised
that the magistrate had jurisdiction
over the steamers when within the
three-mile limit, and if he had knowl?
edge that while within that limit they
were violating the State prohibition
laws he could proceed against them.
Beyond the three-mile limit, the at?
torney general pointed out, the au?
thority of the State did not reach,
and when the steamers got that far
away from the shore they could do as
they pleased, so far as the South,
Carolina laws are concerned.
The governor forwarded the opin?
ion of the attorney general to the
Port Royal magistrate.
UNION PHYSICIAN UNDER AR?
REST.
Dr. Theodore Maddux Charged With
Manlsalighter in Falling to Render
Professional services.
Union, Jan. 7.?A warrant was
j sworn out before Magistrate Mann
Wednesday for the arrest of Dr. Theo?
dore Maddox, charging him with
manslaughter. Dr. Maddox was ar?
rested by Deputy Sheriff Harris and
was immediately released on bond.
I The warrant charged "manslaughter
by feloniously and negligently failing
to render professional services to
Hurley Stoddard against the peace
and dignity of the State and statutes
provided." Dr. Maddox, when seen
by The State's correspondent, said he
had no statement to make for pub?
lication, that he had done his duty
, and did not fear the consequences of
the fullest investigation.
Boston, Jan. 8.?Albert P. Miller, a
fugitive Providence, R. I., broker,
who is charged with defalcations to?
taling nearly a million dollars, was
arrested in a hotel here today.
[gales of munitions of war.
"If my analysis bo sound we shall
lose the abnormal part of our export
trade and shall fall back to a basis
which wo may fairly expect will be
larger than that before the war. We
may keep if we will the first place.
It depends upon ourselves.
"Meanwhile other enterprises now
in a large part deferred by abnormal
export conditions will come into life
and effect. There must be readjust?
ments from present conditions to fu?
ture ones, the stress of which will
depend upon the wisdom with which
the present is utilized.
"But there seems nothing that
threatens the continuance of a gen?
eral prosperity based upon sound and
well understood economic forces. Our
merchant marine is larger than it
ever has been and is growing. Our
commerce, therefore, is increasingly
under our own control and we may
hope will soon bo freed from the re%
striction which the necessities of
those upon whom we have had to de?
pend have placed upon us.-'