Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SMil? Mil Wi WE8TION WAR AMD PEACH EXPERTS. Oppose* Armies Urge* Need of Ex Washington, Jen II.?Two sKos of the military prepared aess problem heard today by congressional L Miss Jane Addams, ysreetdent of the Women's Peace So? ot America, urged the houee and senate military committees to make no Increase In the srmy at least until lese Suropean war wan ovsr, saying the preparedneae movement was due le senso on account of the war. Whan gfje lift the housa committee room .Hai. Oen. Bliss, assistant chief of I ed his statement aa mil tjs>ry expert in favor of ths adminls tsatlon's army* plena Addama. arguing that It would he- foolish to build more dreadnoughts ?geil It was.known whether they were ed any ess, suggested that a commie ted to study army and and also to look Into Use ssotfree and interests of those heavier armament for ths na Preparatlon against a "hypo* nsmy," she said, was need the United States should be to lead with clean hands the t for reduction of armaments thought must follow the Oeenmltteemen asked Miss Addams M eke had not supported formsr Pres g|eet Roosevelt In his last campaign them called attention to Col. t*B recent utterances on the sparednees. sot talking like this then," replied. "There waa of the sort in our platform, it IS my sober Judgment that he doee let speak for any large body of peo? The room wee crowded with wom esj while Miss Addams spoke and vig applauM greeted her sallies militarism. imittee returned to Its ex SB of Mal. Oen. Bites, asstst sef of staff of ths army, while went to ths White Houee with President Wilson Use possibility of restoring peace and maintaining It after the She seid afterwards that her iUk was a continuation of one aha with the president several sv eths one proponed a conference to propoee terms. Miss seared mgretfutly today saw ae inuaedsate prospect war. arsjtrtsent against an Increased and navy before the senate com brought forth a flood of quee Senator Fletcher asked whether %%% believed it safe te assume thero ereedg be disarmament, after the war. fjhe responded that ae nation would k*re enough money or men left to carry on another war. Senator neeaae setggeeted Bulgaria and AdTrsa were gctng through this third vmf kt a sheet period of Um?. , Jesse jests ma remarked that na jg< %$mm were like boys and that the n sBBjs wtth knuckles were the onee <? Mkee> ta get into scraps. ^hsen senator Thomas suggested . tfca|. If China had been prepared Ja \ Iksa would not have extended its ?ewer there. Miss Addams declared China had existed for 1.000 years Without an army, longer than the life ' eg taoet armed nations, and that af? ter Use war It might jo expected that kg g concert of nations Japan would be compelled to withdraw. The Real Need. Oen. Bliss told the house committee American plants could build 200 ?planes a month and that thero ao Immediate necessity of In ling the army aircraft fleet except to equip the new aero equadrons pro In the department's plans. Ho a balanced organisation wltn ir proportions of all arms of the was the vital need of the Replying to a question. Oen. Bliss It waa impossible to determine the relative value of tho navy, coast artillery or the mobile army In any plan of defense. It would bo as easy, he said, to decide which was most necessary to the body, the heart, l?ngs or brain. He arxued In be? half of the war department plan to add a number of new r iglments to thq army to make up the skeleton formations of the three Infantry di? visions contemplated as necessary by erev experts. To Chairman Ray's suggestion that the 31.000 additional men asked for be added to existing organisations, the genoral objected because he Insisted that the skeleton of nn adequate army was ossential to the proper handling of recruits in time of war. Oen. Bliss Indorsed tho continental army plan fuly and said he had been unable. In months of stu ly, to nee spy practical way of employing the National Ouard to meet the nation's neede. He disapproved suggestions thsji the regular srmy be concentrated at several large posts. EVANS ASKS EXPUHaIIOH. WANTS M*COMB8 TO TELIO OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. Farther Information Desired by South Carolina Chairman?Primary May Re Hold to Select Delegates to Na? tional Convention at St. Louis. Sparenburg, Jan. 12.?Former Qov. Joan Gary Evans, chairman of the Democratic executive committee of South Carolina, has asked William F. McCombe, chairman of the Demo? cratic national committee, for an In? terpretation of hie recent notice of ineeting of the national conven of the Democratic party to be In Bt. Louis in which It appears the convention plan of electing t?te? to the national convention have to be abandoned and a prl r held Instead, (airman Evans said today that he d make no announcement until tea heard from Mr. McCombs on subject, since the change would t> far reaching in Its effect in South ilina. South Carolina sends to the onal convention 18 delegates, four rhom are delegates at large, and In ths past have been elected by State convention meeting In Co? ble In May. If the new plan \a do enforced in South Carolina a nary will be necessary. A State nary will have to be held for the tlon of the four delegates at large congressional district primaries. ? estimated that the cost of such a nary will be In the neighborhood llO.OOf*. and since the expenses be met only through the sssess at of candidates there Is some ques 1 in the minds of those who have sussed tho ma n? as to whether honorti will be so highly prised, mother Interesting feature of the latlon la that the primary plan la for the election of the national nmltteeman by the vote of the peo Senator Till man holds this posi i and has represented South Caro i on the committee for years. To itlnue to hold It he may have to go ore the people In a preferential prl ry. authority for the preeldential prl ry la found in the following section the Democratic platform adopted Baltimore. 'We direct that the national com ttee incorporate In the call for the xt nominating convention a requlre mt that all expressions of prefer? ee for preeldential candidates shall given and the selection of delegates 4 alternates made through a party Unary election conducted by the rty organisation In each State where eh expression la not provided for State law.'* The election of the national com Itteeman la provided for In the same ly In the same section of the plat rm and It la upon this that the na mal chairman la evidently acting. QUESTION LEFT TO STATES. McCombe Gives Opnion on Election of Delegat e??Difference In Views. Washington, Jan. 13.?Congressman Bymee today received the following letter from Democratic Chairman Mc? Combe in reference to the selections of delegates to the St Louis convention "Your letter of January 8 was re? ceived In my absence from the city. I have just returned. I find quite a divergence of opinion on the construc? tion of the plank in the platform with reference to the States where no pri? mary law exists for the selection of delegates snd alternates to tho con? vention. The matter, of course, Is pe? culiarly one for the national commit? tee and the convention and of courne, In my official capacity, I should not attempt to foreshadow their action by a construction on the plank. I was erroneously quoted in 1 attic Rock. The local papers afterward made the cor? rection. Personally my opinion would be that If the State oiganlxatlon faits to make provision for the selection of delegates In a primary the conven? tion should recognise the delegates chosen under the custom of tho State. In other worda, I would not construe It as a condition precedent to tho seating of delegates that they must be chosen und>r tho primary system. "In my opinion, it lies distinctly with the various State organization?), select their delegates and members of where no legalised primary exists to the national committee in tho manner and form tholr best judgment indi? cates." WRECK ON VIRGINIA CAPES. English Steamer (Joes Ashore nt Cnpc Norfolk, Jan. 14.?The British steamer Prlestrleld went ashore off the. Capo Henry life saving station this morning. Heavy seas prevent the station life savers aiding in tho res? cue of the crew* Hanker Kills Himself. Philadelphia, Jan. 14.?A. Ashton Work, secretary and treasurer of tho Northern Trust Co., committed suicide at his homo today by shooting him? self over the heart. Ill health is said to have been the cuumc. PUB ON STATE HOSPITAL. GOVERNOR DELIVERS MESSAGE VERBALLY TO JOINT AS? SEMBLY. Tells of Needs of Institution a Year Ago and What Has Been Done to Remedy Defects During Year Asks Retention of Present Superin? tendent and Appropriation for Maintenance. Columbia. Jan. 15.?Past and pres? ent conditions at the State Hospital for the Insane were reviewed yes? terday by Gov. Manning before the joint assembly, on special invitation from the members. The chief execu? tive's clear and lucid exposition of I the problems met and conquered and [those yet to be dealt with effectively showed how near to the heart of Gov. Manning is the institution. The governor told of conditions ex? isting before the advent of Superin? tendent Williams and emphasized the improvement that has taken place un? der the present regime. More pa? tients have been added, yet by effi? cient administrative measures the ex? penses have been considerably cut. The inauguration of occupational training has been a decided success, as was attested by the many striking ex? amples that he gave. When Gov. Manning made his ap? pearance at the speaker's desk he was greeted by hearty applause from the representatives and senators. A number of persons were in the gal? lery and on the floor of the house. The governor prefaced his message, which was spoken, by saying that he was not critical of any one, but ho would deal with actual conditions. He said that when he became governor the conditions at the State hospital were intolerable; in fact the patients i merely were in the custody of the au I thorities. There is a decided improvement in conditions at present, he , claimed. During their visit to the asylum last year the legislators saw cold and un? palatable food; this year there was good food in abundance; last year the Are facilities were inoperative, be? cause of misfitting hose, this year the fire-fighting apparatus is in good con? dition. The care of women patients shows marked advancement, and the "restraint" treatment is no longer used, and the effects of the discon? tinuance shown benefits accrued. Gov. Me.nning urgently stressed the necessity of a continuance of the good work, which was inaugurated with the change In 1 he management. This change was necessary, he said. The chief executive then took up the in? crease In the isalary of the superin? tendent. He said that the salary of the offk'al Is fixed In the appropriation bill; there is no act specifying the yearly stipend for the head of the asy? lum. He then reviewed how he had worked to secure an efficient admlnls* trator for the S'.tate Hospital for the Insane, one of executive ability and humane tendencies. How it was im? possible to find such a man for tho $3,000 and the perquisites, which Iamount to approximately $1,300 an? nually. When he thought of the 1. 800 lnmat<$3 at the Institution, said the chief executive, he knew the highest type of physician and scientist was necessary to carry on the work. There was no provision for increasing tho superintendent's salary, and the ques? tion was whether he should make the personal sacrifice in securing the man that could fill th>) position. After he had made up his mind, Istated tho governDr, he found that he co lid borrow $2,<75 at 3 per cent, to insure the employment of the man he had in mind. Tho arrangement was made for one year, said Gov. Man? ning, and it was now up to the legis? lature to provide for the increase In salary. The salary of the year past the governor mad ) as a contribution, willingly and gladly, but he cannot carry the burden further. The ar? rangement hau proven satisfactory, he averred, and it Is now up to the gen? eral assembly as to whether the effi? cient superintendent shall bo retain? ed. Whllo there has been an increase at the Stato Hospital, yet there has been a saving In expenses compared with last year of over $14,000. Also there has been retained 22 more trained nurses and the services of 10 addition? al physicians have been secured. He explained how a large part of this sav? ing has been accomplished. By a re? distribution of labor, tho employment >t patient* In tasks to which they were adapted and were willing to pursue, a large part of this expense 'Tas reduced. Ho explained that where the former administration was wont to purchase whiskey by the barrel, now there was only one quart of Intoxicating liquors a month used It the instltutlor. This effected a con rMI' "able saving, ho claimed. .'. Manning gave many incidents, many of them brimful of human In? terest, where the present system of occupational treatment has immense? ly benefited patients?some of them Ifavlng the State hospital with Clear mental faculties. He showed that the AWakonlnC Ol the Inmates' interest in A. C. L. ADOPTS NEW SYSTEM REPORTED THAT AUDITORS WILL BE PLACED ON ALL PASSEN? GER TRAINS. Conductors Protest Against Plan? Send Representatives to Confer With Officials in Wilmington, North Caro? lina. Florence Times. The announcement that effective to? day tho Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company would Inaugurate a system providing for checking up its passen? ger train conductors while on their I runs, has caused a good deal of dis ? cussion among the conductors employ? ed by this :eat system on its various divisions. The plan, according to the informa? tion obtainable, will not be worked along the lines adopted by the South? ern Railroad several years ago, by which auditors, or ticket and fare col? lectors were regularly placed on trains, to relieve the conductors of this work, and to rendejr them respon? sible only for the running of the train. The Coast Line's system of auditing, Tho Times is informed, will consist of the appointment of auditors, au? thorized to board a train at any time, and anywhero, and to then and there take charge of the collection of tick? ets and fares, requiring the conductor to check in for the run from the time he took the train, to the appearance of the auditor. The conductor, it is stated, must be prepared to hand over a complete and accurate record of all tickets, passes and fares on de? mand. This is the system as explain? ed to The Times, by one in a position to know. It is not official, however. The notice of the change has been posted in various offices of the Coast Line throughout the system. The conductors, it is stated, will gather in Wilmington to protest, representatives from all divisions having been ap? pointed as a committee to appear be? fore the officials of the company. The conductors do not deny the Atlantic Coast Line's right to conduct its own affairs; and do not object, it is stated, to the placing of ticket takers regu? larly on trains, but they do object, it is declared, to the system of espionage, as they term It, as outlined to them in the circular* issued from the mam offices of the company. j KAISER RETURNS TO FRONT, i. ? ? . ________ Berlin, Jan. 16 (via London), Jan. 17.?The following official communi? cation was issued today: "After his complete recovery Em? peror William returned Sunday af? ternoon to the war theatre." various occupations had been the cause of the strengthening of their minds. In the asylum there are now 809 patients receiving occupational treatment, doing such tasks for which they are adapted and are willing to do. Gov. Manning said that the regents had found a balance of $17,886 and the board would drop the request of $20,000 for equipment. He earnestly urged the legislature to grant the re? quest for *625,000 made for main? tenance, stressing the necessity of ap? propriating every cent. He said that he felt justified in the employment of Dr. Fred Williams, which ran up to February 15, 1916. He explained that Dr. Williams received a straight sal? ary of $500 a month and no per? quisites. In conclusion Gov. Manning said: "I will leave this matter in your hands, with confident assurance that, with the full understanding of the conditions of this institution and of its imperative needs, you win dis? charge that obligation in such a way that it will be a credit to you, repre? senting the people of South Carolina; that it will be a credit to the State of South Carolina, and will show to the world that we are Christians living in a Christian land, and recognizing the highest purposes to discharge our duties, both to God and our suffering fellowman." Following the governor's message a resolution adopted thanking the governor for his words of advice. A mass of bills dealing with every kind bf subject were introduced in the house yesterday. The Wightman bill removing: the legal requirements as to time for the study of law before standing a bar examination was passed by the senate yesterday and sent to tho house. The bill requiring all railway com? panies to build and maintain crossings across the tracks passed third read? ing In the senate yesterday and was ordered sent to the house. After considerable debate tho bill creating the library commission for South Carolina and providing lor a circulating library, for which $3,000 was to be appropriated, was killed. In the extended debato on the bill the majority of the senators showed con? clusively that they were against the accumulation of public officers and tho piling up of additional appropria? tions. A number of new bills wore intro? duced in tho senate. WITH THE LEGISLATURE. WHAT HAS BEEN I>ONE AND WHAT BODY HAS TO COME BEFORE IT. Good Progress Has Been Made and Continuation of Application to Du? ties Expected of Lawmakers?Ef? forts of Finance and Ways and Means Committees to Keep Down Expenses?Governor's Message on State Hospital Interest Legislators. Columbia, Jan. 17.?When both houses of the general assembly re? convene tonight at 8 o'clock for the beginning of their second week of the second session, they will face plenty of work and will tackle the calendars with no delay. With one good week of work behind them the lawmakers are prepared to make still greater progress this week. The most outstanding feature of the first week was the message which Gov. Manning delivered in person be? fore the two houses on the State Hos? pital for the Insane. The frankness and whole-hearted manner in which the governor laid the details of the improvements which *have been made duriijg^Jthe past year at the asylum and the earnestness which characteriz? ed his impromtu remarks made a most profound impression on the general assembly. The recital of some of the conditions before the improvement? were made and the pitiful cases in the institution aroused the sympathies of tho legislators and the result of that message was clearly shown in the adoption by the joint assembly unani? mously of a resolution pledging their support to anything which is needed for carrying on the great work which has begun there of modernizing and humanizing the care of the unfor? tunate Wards of the State. Governor Manning frankly said that he had borrowed on his personal notes nearly $3,000 to supplement the salary of $3,000 appropriated by the State to get a physician for superin? tendent of the institution. There has been much criticism of the governor in regard to this matter but when he told the joint assembly that he knew they could not reimburse him for this extra r.*oney, and that he cheerfully gave it and was sat? isfied with the results of the great (work which had been done for the un? fortunates his friends say that he made a masterly stroke. There are some of the friends of the governor who believe that he should not be ex? pected to contribute from his pock? et to supplement the salary of the su? perintendent of the asylum, although praising his motives and his gener? osity, and so the Columbia Record in tta issue of yesterday called on the people to contribute a fund sufficient to make up this $3,000. Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry is in favor of this plan and said the other day that Newberry would contribute her quota and he stood ready to send a check for the amount immediately. Some money for this fund has already been placed in the hands of The Record by friends of the governor in the South? ern part of the State. What the attitude of the governor will be on this proposition no one knows. But his friends believe that the fund should be raised to show that the people of the State stand be? hind the high and noble aim which is being made to lift the State Hospital for the Insane above politics and make its one aim and purpose the care und comfort the well being and the im? provement of the mentally sick. Legislation for the enforcement of the prohibition laws is plentiful. The bill to make it a misdemeanor to be drunk on a public highway has been passed and is ready for the signature of the governor. Three members of the house introduced a bill making available immediately a fund of $50, 000 to be placed at the disposal of the governor 'to employ constables In as? sisting to enforce the prohibition laws. Several bills aimed at cutting down the one gallon a month now allowed |to be ordered from outside the State are about to be Introduced and it is understood that bills absolutely pro? hibiting the importation of liquor or Intoxicants for any use will be offered. Some of the prohibition leaders are beginning to fear that the legislation may run to the extreme and become fanatical. A conference of the legislators from 1 those counties which had dispensaries will be held en*iy tomorrow morning |to agree on some bill looking to the disposal of the left over stock of whiskey. It is understood that one element wants a bill passed allowing !the dispensaries to reopen for a cer? tain number of days and sell out at retail what whiskey is on hand. An? other section wants a bill passed al? lowing the left over stock to be sold at wholesale price to some Interest In one of the wet States. But several of the prohibition leaders are opposed to anything like this and say they will not agree to but one thing?treat the left over stock as contraband and pour it into the gutter. There is some? thing like $100,000 worth of whiskey on hand In the various counties and tho members of those counties Uon't A BIG LUMBER DEAL. BOOTH-PARK ER LUMBER COM? PANY PURCHASE TIMBER FROM W. S. MANNING. Last Tract of Unbled Long Leaf Pine Forest in this Section of State Nearly Thousand Acres with Esti? mate of Fifteen Million Feet of Lumber. The biggest sale of timber in this section in a long time was consum? mated a few days ago by the sale of the timber rights on a tract of 965 acres in Clarendon county, near Rem ini, by Mr. William S. Manning of Spartanburg to a concern organized as the Booth-Parker Lumber Company. Mr. J. P. Booth of this city and Messrs. T. H. Parker of Dalzell and H. E. Parker of Dillon, of the Parker Lumber Company, being the parties interested in the purchase. The price paid for the timber was not made known, but Mr. Booth stated that it was a large amount that the company had to pay before they closed the deal with Mr. Manning. The tract is a portion of a larger tract known as "Pineland" and is one of the very few pieces of unbled long leaf pine timber in this section of the State and probably the only tract of its size. The purchasers have a con? tract to remove the timber in five years, but hope to saw it up in the next two years. It is estimated that there are between twelve and fifteen million feet of lumber in the tract and most of this is of exceptionally good pine timber. Work of sawing the lumber will be commenced in the near future. TILLMAN WANTS NAVAL RE? SERVE. South Carolina Senator Offers Measure Designed to Build up Second Line Personnel. Washington, Jan. 14.?Chairman Tillman of the senate naval commit? tee today introduced a bill to create a United States naval reserve, officers of which would not be above the grade of lieutenant commander. Enlistment would be open to any eligible Ameri? can and for a term of foar years, and in time of war officers and men would receive the same pay as the regular navy. like to see the taxpayers lose that much money. Both the senate and house have in? dicated their determination to stand for rigid economy by voting over? whelmingly against all bills looking to creating any new offices or appropriat? ing money for any new purposes. The leaders are working with the aim in mind of cutting down the appropria? tion bill and the State levy and they are not concerning themselves about requests for new undertakings, the j sense of the members being that this I is not to be thought of. The one idea j is how and where to trim the budget without crippling any of the depart? ments or institutions and the ways and means committee of the house and the finance committee of the sen? ate are holding joint hearings each afternoon and giving the heads of the various institutions and of the de? partments the chance to explain their needs and finding out just how little they can get along with. It is the hope of the leaders to cut down the levy from seven mills and to keep down ap? propriations as much as possible. The general assembly will make known its position on whether or not they think this State should have a divorce law by passing on the propos? al of Representative Wolfe of Ander? son for a constitutional amendment allowing divorces for certain causes. There is very little likelihood of South Carolina abandoning its long established position against divorce, it being the only State in the Union which does not recognize divorce for any cause. It will be easier to take the exami? nation for admission to the bar if the house agrees to the bill passed by the senate removing the requirement of two years study under some lawyer or in a law school before an applicant can take the examination. This bill was introduced and put through by Senator Wightman of Saluda after a big fight. A bill to abate houses of ill fame by injunction has been Introducod in the senate. The desecration of the flag of the United States would be made a mis? demeanor according to a bill introduc? ed in the house by Representative Bsarson of Barnwell county. Several bills calling for reduction of the legal rate of money from eight to six per cent, have been introduced. Rural credits bills are increasing. The most important proposal along this line yet brought forward is the bill by Senator Sherard of Anderson for an issued of $10.000,000 in State bonds to be loaned to white people wanting to buy farms at long time on low rates of interest. Gov. Manning is very much interested in getting a rural credits measure through and strongly recommended it in his annual message.