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UlLfiT S1ME TIK?iEIU SfcRIOl 8 SITUATION DUE TO THE MOVEMENT BY BROTHER? HOODS. Mem Voting on Demand*? Railroads Say ihn Increnac? Would Aid Mil Sonn to Their Pay Rolls. New? and Courier. That a railway strike, tying up ev? ery mils of track in the country, is one of the possibilities of the next few months, and that the situation is much more serious than is generally understood, was admitted yesterday by railway officials who are acquaint* ed with the terms of the proposed de? mands on which the members of the engineers', firemen's, conductors' and trainmen's brotherhoods are now vot? ing, and which are expected to be pre? sented .0 every railway compi.. / In ths United States early In March. This Is ths first time the fo \r or dsrs have ever joined In a concerted demand, and It la also the first time that a movement of this character has covered the whole country, so that it Is an entirely new situation with which the railways and the people of the country generally will have to deal. The demands of the brotherhoods are that eight hours shall be consid? ered the basis for a day's pay !n nil Had freight, road switching and beetling service, and that time and a half shall be paid for overtime. Their ofacial' are referring to this sr. a de? mand for ths sight-hour day, but rail way officials claim that this Is not a demand for the eight-hour day as the term is generally understood, but Is i Steeply % demand for a change In the saeia foi computing ths rates of pay . Which will result In great increases in the wages .of ths engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen, who, thsy say, are already not only the best paid employees In the railway ser? vice, but among the highest paid class? es of labor In ths world. , Ths men In passenger service are not Included In theee demands, as they are already paid on a basis of less than' eight hours per day. The demands, if granted, would ?* - ersasi wages to such an exte railroads say, as to add milil of dollars to their pay rolls. Such an in eieaee, they declare, they would.be Utterly unable to pay without a cor ?responding Increase In their freight and passenger rates. As the rail way 1 say they cannot possibly meet the dornende of the men, a critical situa tton Is likely to develop. Officials of Che brotherhoods have been quoted ac saying thst there would be no arbi? tration of this question; that if the de? mands of ths men are not granted t^cy will walk out. In an official statement Issued a few days ago the head's of the four brotherhoodu de? clared that, while they are not op? posed to arbitration, they are not . pledged to accept It If a strike st.ould come It would paralyse the transporta? tion agencies of the country and tie up every industry. No one knows just when the vote ejdtl be counted and the demands pre eentsd. but an announcement may be expected at any time now. Aftor the iemsnds sre presented the railways, under their contracts with the differ? ent brotherhoods, will have thirty daye In which to reply. It is consid? ered a foregone conclusion that the men will approve the demands and that ths railroads will refuse to grant them. i ? RETIRE STATIC BONDS. ? Leglssatssm Provides Aecumulatl Sinking Fund. Columbia. Feb. 23.?Various recom? mendations of ths sale of|$4,8^,000 In bonds by ths sinking fund com? mission have been received by state officials recently. Tho bond issue was made in pursuance to authority vested In the commission by an act passed in 1 ?12 by tho general assem? bly. This act provided for an annual appropriation of $26,000 as an accu? mulative sinking fund for the retir? ing of the bonds and stocks. This appropriation was made for the first time this year, as It had been the opinion of those Interested In the bo id Issue that an appropriation was not ? necessary until the Issuo had beon sold. Ths bonds and certlllcatcs of stock bear interest from tho dato of their leeue until their maturity at tho rate sf 4 per cent, per annum, payable eeml-annually. ACTORS BURNED TO DEATH. Spectacular and Fatal Fire In Brook? lyn IfoUMP. Now York, Feb. 22.?One woman and four men perished in a fire wbich destroyed a theatrical boarding houno at If I West Forty-fourth street today. Thousands packed in adjoining Streets watched the thrilling rescue of twenty five chorus girls and actors by fire? men. One girl walked a twelve-Inch ledge) along the fourth story to an ad? joining building. All the dead were theatre people. support Liquor im. ATTORNEYS GENKRAL PXXJB COMMON ARGUMENT. Deny Any Guarantee?Claim Tliat There is No Inherent Right to Ec ceive or Drink Intoxicants. . Washington. Feb. 22.?Fifteen Southern and Western attornoys gen? eral joined today in filing with the sium me court of the United States an argument in support of the West Vir? ginia liquor law prohibiting the re? ceipt and possession of intoxicating liquors for personal use and of the federal Webb-Kenyon liquor law pro? hibiting the shipping of intoxicating liquors Into States for use in violation of State laws. The attorneys genoral were Wiley E. Jones of Arizona, Clifford Walker of Georgia, J. H. Peterson of Idaho, George Cosson of Iowa, S. M. Brew ster of Kansas, Ross A. Collins of Mis? sissippi. T. W. Bickett of North Caro? lina, Henry J. Linde of North Dakota, S. P. Preeling of Oklahoma, George M. BroWn of Oregon, Thomas H. Peo? ples of South Carolina, Frank M. Thompson of Tennessee, John Pollard of Virginia, W. V. Tanner of Wash? ington, William L? Martin of Alabama. I The decision In the West Virginia j liquor cases, now before the court for oral argument, is expected to be the most Important of its kind in a de? cade. The cases were to be argued this week but the presence of only seven Justices at the court's sittings resulted in a postponement. "It seems strange at this late day," the attorneys general stated in their brief, "to hear a claim made that tho State and national governments guar? antee to a citizen the right to possess and receive liquor for personal vie and to drink the same in unlimited quantities. If such had been the case, it is difficult to see how any sort of prohibitory law could ever have been sustained, since all of them have a direct tendency to reduce or prevent the use of Intoxicating beverages, ami it Is the purpose of all of them to pro? mote temperance by the prevention of the consumption of intoxicants. This p . pose has found repeated expression a adjudged cases." Decisions were cited to ehow that ^1)0 supreme court has held a State . may prohibit the manufacture o' liquor by a citizen for his own use." "If a citizen of a State has a righ. i to obtain intoxicating liquors for hin: i own use in any quantity, or In un limited quantities," It was argued, "Jtj ' would eeem to follow he should av, least have the* right to manu cturc such liquor for his own use from the products of his own labor, and yet it is settled ho has not such right." Turning to the Webb-Kenyon law, the attorneys general urged that to accomplish tho valid purposes of pr> hibiting the traffic In liquors it is nec? essary for a State to have the right to control interstate shipments even for personal use. "This is a step which has a fair relation 'to the end to bo accom? plished," they contended. "What is the difference in principle between the denial of the right to manufacture And a denial of the right to import?" PARTY AT SALEM. School Improvement Association Holds Entertainment. Salem, Black River, Feb. 21.?The Salem School Improvement associa? tion gave a very enjoyable entertain? ment last Friday night at the resi? dence of S: J. Blackwell. The pro? gramme was a topic play in which the boys and girls discussed ten sub? jects, two minutes each, with differ? ent partners. This paved the way for tho proposal play in which each girl was to propose to a boy in two min? utes and then on to another. After? ward the girls voted for the boy who made the best answer and the boys for the girl who made the best pro? posal. Miss Caroline Baker won the first prize for best proposal and Miss Wheeler the booby prize for poorest proposal. Mr. Bultman won first for best answer and Mr. Player for tho poorejt. The next entertainment will be at the school house on March 10, when the school children will give a play and Prof. Thomson of Winthorp will lecture on what the rural schools are doing. Disastrous Crash on New Haven Road. New Haven, Feb. 22.?Ten are re? ported killed and many injured when the second section of tho Springfield Special crashed into the first section near Milford on the New Haven road. A freight train on another track is said to have dashed into the wreck i?iV\ Physicians and nurses were hur? ried from here and Bridgeport to the scons. % Marriage License Record. A license to marry was granted to Willis Davis, Horden, and Seresa Alls ton, Hembert. List of Nominations To Be Published Soon Now is the time to Enter The Golden Fes? tival and Voting Campaign. Every reader of the Daily Item and the Watchman and South? ron is waiting to see these names that they may Select their favorite?Get your name in At Once so it will be among those first published?Every active person gets an award. "Within a few days the Daily Item and Watchman and Southron will publish the names of those who have been nominated in the Golden Festi? val and Voting Campaign. Your name in that list will be seen by your friends, as a result it Will become known, that you have entered the Campaign, to secure one of the auto? mobiles or one of the Qold cash awards. ' I The publicity thus obtained by read? ers of The Item afid the Watchman land Southron will keep your friends (posted as to your standing. Every [reader of the two papers are anxious? ly waiting for the appearance of this I list in order that they may select [their favorite, and send in votes to be [placed to their credit. To enter the Golden Festival and [voting Campaign and the assistance [we will render you will not cost you [one cent. When the list comes out [there will be a large number of [names, even that will not signify that all of them will become active. There j will be plenty of room for others and [it will not be too late, for you to en [ter, as that will be only the starting [time for nominations. The best way, however, is to get [your name in at once in order to have it published in the first list, as every? thing in a campaign of this kind tends to help theI entrants who are capable of getting around first to the opportunities that exist. Each per? son who is nominated and accepted receives ten thousand votes. In addi? tion to this, free vote* are issued by [a vote coupon good for ten votes {which now appears in each issue of [The Item. You may secure as many of these as possible and send them In for [yourself or your friends. I The Daily Item and the Watchman [and Southron today appeals to every reader, to heed this great offer, and to send in your own name/ or the name of some particular friend at [once. The awards are the finest any mortal could have assembled for the people of Surest er and adjoining counties. The conditions are the most liberal, inasmuch as every participant i will positively receive a reward, in ac? cordance with the amount of energy they put into their campaign. The management of the Golden Festival and Voting Campaign knows you can secure one of the valuable awards, and if you do not know the same thing, it is our request that you allow vis to send a representative to your homo and explain every detail of this wonderful campaign. It does not matter in what part of the territory you live or how far from the railroad, we will send a representative to ex? plain the details and assist you in get? ting started. For this service there is no charge. This is a liberal propo? sition, and conducted on an entirely new plan, and should not be compared with similar campaigns conducted In the past. We are willing and ready to help you. Bo why not just as a matter of speculation?your spare moments against the Dally Item and Watchman and Southron's great offer, which probably will prove the most pleas? ant and profitable it has been your privilege to experience in a long while. Enter today and gett he benefit of having your name appear in the first list which will appear in a few days. The necessity of entering as soon as possible, lies in the fact that, "He vho hesitates is lost." Knowing that hesitation would lose one of these awards to you, should be sufficient to spur you Into quick action, j Just figure, you may be shy a few I thousand of securing one of the auto j mobiles, by delaying the entry of your I name today, and by sending in your r.ame at once may obviate the possi? bility of such a thing happening. Al? ways feel sure that one of these ivsards will be yours, but just to make it doubly certain, don't wait un? til every one else has entered before you start. A 80 vote coupon appears in to? day's paper. Cut it out and send it in. Call your friends by phone, or write tl em a postal card and ask them to save these coupons for you. Get busy now sind when your name ccmes out In the list In a few days, be one of thoso whose standing looks as though victory were certain. Ev? erybody loves a winner, and it is a simple mattdr for you to be one. If you like tho looks of the enter? prise, <l<?n*t hesitate. At any rate if you do not care to enter, tell one of your friends. He or she will get the award you could have received by entering. REMBERT NEWS NOTES. Last, But Not Least, is Crackling Bread. Mrs. Spencer does not rally fast, neither does Mrs. Bcthea. j Grip continues to trouble the people. Mr. Hastings Freeman, whose con? dition was somewhat critical awhile I ago, treated by a specialist in Colum? bia, is rallying. Everybody is busy now. What fine weather for plowing! Small grain, because of the severe cold, the bleak winds and dry weath? er, does not show up well.. And gar? dens are all in the future. The writer had some promising young cabbage plants, but the cold killed them all. Is it not time to plant Irish potatoes? What kind do you plant. Wo prefer the Cobbler. We are eating last year's potatoes grown on our farm. Yes. that is brag. "Uncle" Paul Brown, a worthy colored man once living in this community, died yesterday in your city and was buried today at Rafting Creek Baptist church, colored. Why are negroes so fond of going fo a funeral? v Miss Carrie Mitchell Is with us for a few days. Mrs. Grade Lee is in our commun? ity among her relatives, the Aliens. Miss Leo McLeod is visiting Miss Ruth Thompson. That oyster supper at Miss Courte nay Atkinson's was quite an affair. Folks from Dalzell and beyond to jHagood, from Stateburg to Pisgah j were there and some pretty girls too. It was a large gathering, and all en? joyed themselves as they usually do here. The oysters were fine for your I writer tried them. I understand ;they realized more than twenty-eight dollars. Even nails have advanced in price 1 because of the spelter used in their manufacture. They need It over yonder to kill one another with, j Some folks never seem to realize they once were young. You say "That is bad." But o\her folks never seem to realize they are old. Do you say that is sad? I do not. Do you like eld family names? I do. I have often wondered, for In? stance, how many Dick Lee's there have been. The late Mr. Brownfield one night I spent with him (I never Will forget that night so enjoyable) told me tliat a relative of his far west seeing his name, an old fam.'ly name, wrote him, and on examination It was found they were near of kin. "Hagood." Uembert, Feb. 21. REPORTS ON SEIZURES. Consul Tells of Invasion of Steamer. Washington, Feb. 23.?The Amer? ican consul at Shanghai today sub? mitted a partial report to the State department on the recent seizure of 38 Germans aboard the American steamship China by a British war? ship. The report gave no details, but fixed the location of the incident as "10 miles off shore." Secretary Lansing characterized the report as "indefinite," and said tha: he had asked the consul for more in? formation and details. Should it be established that the seizure took place on the high seas, as the consul's report indicated, the state department is expected to pro? test to Great Britain, reasserting its contention that persons on American vessels outside territorial waters are entitled to the same protection due them on American territory. That principle has been maintained in sev? eral similar cases. PAY FOR COURT ?LYRSHALS. Washington, Feb. 23.?Senator B. D. Smith introduced an amendment to the Overman bill, revising tho ju? diciary laws so as to retain the pres? ent salaries of $4,500 a year for the marshals of the two federal District Courts of South Carolina, which the bill reduced to $3,500. Several days :igo Senator Tillman offered amend? ments to keep tho salaries of the dis? trict attorneys at the present figure of R 1,500, and to keep the present com? pensation of the clerks in force. STATE lEIChW GGMKTIQN ANNUAL ?MEETING TO BE HELD IN COLUMBIA MARCH 16 TO 18. Principal Address of Convention by President Payne, of Pcabody Col? lege, at Opening Session?Full Pro? gram. Fr. Henry Nelson Snyder, president of the South Carolina Teacers* Asso? ciation, has made public the pro? gramme for the convention of teachers in Columbbia, March 16-18. The pro? gramme is a very attractive one, one j that it Is believed will appeal to every teacher in the State. The principal address of the Con I vention will be by Dr. Bruce A. Payne, president of Peabody College for Teachers, at Nashville, Tenn. This will be delivered at the general session on Thursday evening, March 16, begin? ning at 8.30 o'clock. Dr. Snyder's ad? dress will also be delivered at this session. On Friday afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock a reception will be tendered the visiting teachers by the University of South Carolina at the University gymnasium. There will be other so? cial features, although the teachers go tov these meetings for work and not for play. NEW JAIL AUTHORIZED. County Board Authorized to Borrow Money to Erect New Building. The following bill, which was pass? ed through the General Assembly, will be of much local interest, as the mat? ter of a new jail for Sumter County has been discussed for several years land is at last assured: A Bill to Authorize and Direct the Supervisor and County Commissioners of Sumter County to Build a New Jail and to Provide the Necessary Funds 1 Therefor. Be it enacted by the General Assem? bly of the State of South Carolina: Section 1. The Supervisors and County Commissioners are hereby au? thorized and directed to build a new I jail on the present jail lot in the city of Sumter at a cost not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. Sec. 2. A building commission to consist of the Supervisor, C. G. Row? land, J. P. Booth and J. F. Glenn is hereby constituted and empowered to employ architects, contractors and take necessary steps to secure plans for and construct the said jail building in an economical and businesslike manner. This commission shall serve without pay, but their expenses arc to be paid by the county from the county ordinary funds in case they deem it necessary or advisable to in? spect other jail buildings before de j elding on plan for the jail to be built. Sec. 3. The Supervisor and Coun? ty Commissioners of Sumter county are hereby authorized and directed to borrow on the credit of Sumter coun? ty to be repaid from the funds to be raised by the levy hereafter provided the sum of twenty-five thousand dol? lars in the aggregate as the same shall be needed to meet the payments which jhall become due to the architects and contractors constructing the said jail building, or in such manner as they I shall find most advantageous, the said sum to be borrowed at a rate of inter? est as low as possible and not to ex? ceed five (5) per cent, per annum. Sec. 4. There is hereby levied a special tax of (3-4) three-fourths mill on the dollar on all taxable property in the county of Sumter for a period of four years and the funds so raised shall be kept by the Treasurer a3 sep? arate account for the jail building fund and applied annually to the re? tirement of the loan authorized in Sec? tion 3 for the construction of the jail. Any surplus resulting from the levy after paying off the said loan shall be turned into the county ordinary funds and any deficit should there be any shall be made up from and paid 'out of the county ordinary funds. Sec. 5. The County Supervisor and County Commissioners are hereby au? thorized to execute a note or notes for the purpose of the loan herein be? fore provided for and the (3-4) three fourths mill levy and so much of the county ordinary^und as may be need? ed shall stand pledged for the pay? ment of the said note or notes with annual interest thereon not to exceed five per cent, per annum. Sec. 6. This Act shall go Into effect immediately upon its approval by the governor. The following letter from Mr. C. K. Stubbs, chairman of the committee of the grand jury which took up and pushed this matter, will also be of in? terest: Sumter, S. C, Feb. 23, 1916. Mr. Peter M. Plttflk Supervisor Sumter County. Dear Sir: On the behalf of the for? mer members of the Public Buildings commute of the Grand Jury I desire to express to you our thanks for the valuable service which you rendered the committee toward securing a new jail for Sumter county. Very respectfully. C. 10. Stubbs. mm of cuss company SUPREME COURT DECIDES SOUTH CAROLIN A CASES. County Dispensary Funds Due to Glass Company Ordered Paid Into Public Treasury. Washington, Feb. 21.?The right of South Carolina to require county dis? pensaries to pay to it any money in their possession due the Carolina Glas3 company was upheld today by the su? preme court of the United States. The court also upheld the judgment of the disper<sary commission against the glass company for $28,419.24. When the Carolina Glass company made a claim for a balance due under its contract with the directors of the South Carolina State dispensary to furnish bottles for the dispensary the commission appointed to wind up dis? pensary affairs held that the State owed the company $23,013.76, but also found that through a conspiracy be ltween the company and som* mem? bers of the dispensary board the com? pany had charged the State at least 10 per cent, too much for glass bot* ties. The commission therefore found jthe company owed the State $51332,98 las overcharges, making a net balance [due the State of $28,419.24. . yt I After th^s decision on February ?4, 1910, the legislature passed a bill glv ling ths dispensary commission power to maxe decisions as to indebtedness due the State and directed that where any corporation was indebted to the State any dispensary auditor of a J county dispensary Indebted to the j same corporation should pay the If mount due the corporation to the State. It also made such indebted? ness alien on the real estate of the corporation. j The glass company attacked the constitutionality of the law and the State courts held it invalid only as to the real estate provision. The com? pany appealed to the supreme court (contending that it should have been lheld invalid as to the county dispen? sary prDvision. In the opinion of the court ren? dered today by Justice McReynolds, the four cases of the Carolina Glass company of Columbia against the State of South Carolina were decided, three of them being affirmed and one re 1 versed. The three which were affirmed were the glass company against William J. Murray, chairman, et al., constituting the State dispensary commission et al.; the same against the State of South Carolina; the same against Murray, McSween, A. N. Wood, Avery Patton and James S. Brice. The reversal was in the case of the same parties against Murray, McSween, Wood Patton and James S. Brice. The Carolina Glass company was duly Incorporated under the laws of the State of South Carolina In 1902, and from the date of its incorporation until April, 1906. it furnished bottlfes and demijohns to the State dispen? sary, in accordance with the provi? sions of the act of 1900. Demand for the payment was made In the sum of $23,013.75 and the dis? pensary officials claimed an over? charge of $28,419.24. Upon this Issue was made and the litigation begun. SCHOLARSHIP TO ANNAPOLIS. Lever Announces Vacancy to Be Filled by Examination on March 25th. Congressman A. F. Lever is just in receipt of a notice from the navy de? partment to the effect that he will have a vacancy in the naval academy at Annapolis and that this appoint? ment must be made by April 8th. Mr. Lever will hold a competitive examination at Columbia, S. C, on March 25th, and Prof. E. S. Dreher, superintendent of the city schools will hold the examination. Young men be? tween the ages of sixteen and twenty years and bona fide residents of the Seventh congressional district* are eligible to take the examination and the standing of the applicants will decide Mr. Lever's nomination. Those desiring further information can ob? tain the same by writing to Hon. A F. Lever, member of congress, Washing? ton, D. C. . !V ? c ? ? COKER'S NEW PRESIDENT. Dr. E. W. sikes, of Wake Forest, to Accept Position. % Florence, February 21.?News has been received here to the effect that Dr. E. W. Sikes. dean of Wake Forest college, Wake Forest, N. C, has ac? cepted the presidency of the Coker College, at Hartsville, S. C, and will enter upon his duties the coming ses? sion. Dr. Sikes is a prominent Baptist, In North Carolina, and this news will be a pleasure to his, as well as the thou? sands of friends of Coker College. Union, Feb. 23.?The grand jury here today returned a "no bill" in the case of Dr. Theodore Maddox, recent? ly charged with manslaughter for al? leged failure to properly attend Hur? ley Stoddard, a boy accidently shot by a companion.