The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 04, 1916, Image 3
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me hyer by forcer
"Not onion ye make
kejrdly like to do that"
To* a saomsat too
Ho CM not
almi tor bole
ate. I wouldn't
missionary do*
t the threat
m* SaM the Attorney, "Thle
Need fa Bo Ixpe
Ho hollered tn
the form of rtqoost
tto urgency,
led hie head. TUbehyar]
ha eali.
lift his houoo that nicht netth
ejr by front nor hack, hnt tn the dark
at one sMe, and hie talie*
yen o< hsofc set ale e am lint foot safe*
Ij^ nn^a^^o^^^Jn^\ * e^fc^^ es^Qs%?de*Hr^^^ . e9^tae^an^P*ns>
?wem watching h? dwelling to
?fat. ,
fschool hoUdtagn fiept * tllent
we, except that from the open
of the room whom her piano
them came n soft flooding of
Ight?a single dank of orange
m the nocturne of silver and gray.
Me went ap Tory quietly, pausing to]
drink of the fragrance of the honey*
suckle, and them drifted out to him,
on he paused, the music of the piano
and the bettor music of her voice.
She was singing e lore song.
Though ho had sent no word of his
earning, she wee once more In ere*
Eines, all black ears for a ciim
fewer at her breast and one tn
heir. But this time the sight of
nor tn a costume so foreign to the
Mim did not distress him; It wag a
night that called for wonders.
She rose as the man's footstep
ided on the floor, and then, at
of their last meeting, the
mounted to her cheeks and he
look her again In his arms.
She raised her hands to his shout*
dem end tried to push him away, but
be held her firmly, and while she
sought to tell him that they must find
their way back to the colorless level
of friendship, he could foal the wild
flutter of her beert.
"Listen/* the protested. Ton must
MM."
But Bad Anse Havey laughed.
"?Tver since the first time I saw
ye." be declared, "I've boon HstenhV.
It has been a duel always between
you and ma But the duel's over now,
an' this time I win."
She looked up end her pupils began
to widen with that Intense gase whleh
Is the drawing aside of the curtains
fron a woman's soul, end as though
ehe realised that she could not trust
herself to bis eyes, she turned her
face away. Only In He profile could
he read the struggle between mind
and beert, end what he read filled
him with elation.
"Anse." she said tn a very low
voice, "give me a trace. For one hour
lot me think; It Involves both our
Uvee for always: let me at least have
the chance to bo sane. Give me an
hour."
The man stepped beck end re?
leased her, end she turned end led
the wey out to the porch, where she
senk down tn the hammock with her
face buried In both hands. When at
length she looked up she was smiling
rather waaly.
"It can't be, dear," she seid. But
while she argued vlth words end os?
tensible reasons, tie night was argu?
ing, too-?arguing for him with all its
sense steeping fragrance end alluring
cadences and appeals to sleeping Ores
to their beertet
And while she Ulked he mode no
response, but set there silently atten?
tive At last he looked st his watch
and pat It back la his pocket Ho
rcee and said quietlr. but with a tone
of perfect finality:
"Tour truce is ov?r."
answered one of my arguments.
Ante Harey lkUftoert once more.
"I didn't coma to argue," *? smUT;
1 came to act" Ho draw from bit
pocket Uta license and the ring.
"Brother An so Talk* It waithV oret
tt my house to marry us. Will you
go orer there or shall I go back an*
fotch him heref
Juanita rose from ti e hammock and
stood unsteadily In the bint moon
light?an image of ivory and ebony.
The man clasped both hands behind
hit back and gripped them there
waiting. But despite hit teaming of
confidence and calm hit brain reeled
gloriously with an intoxication of the
soul. Ha taw her standing there,
straight and lithe and slender, with
the moon-washed sky tt her back and
the inky shadows of the porch throw?
ing the picture into a vivid relief.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ASK COURT TO SETTLE ISSUE.
Mandamus Will be Sought in Supremo
Court Against Comptroller General
Sawyer.
Columbia, Psb. The hoard of
regents of the Stati Hospital for the
insane will lnstltute\hiandamus pro?
ceedings against the comptroller gen
oral in the original Jurtitdictlon of the
i upreme court to test the validity of
the appropriation bill in regard to the
1160,000 for the hospital, which was
emitted from the ratified act Solici?
tor Cobb of the Fifth circuit will rep?
resent the regents and Attorney Gen?
eral Peeplee the State.
This decision was reached yester?
day at a conference at which were
the governor, attorney general, comp?
troller general, members of the board
oi! regents and C. Fred Williams, M.
D., superintendent of the State Hos?
pital for the Insane.
Pending the disposition of the en?
tire matter, work at the hospital has
been suspended.
Relative to the queetion that has
arisen as to the validity of the appro?
priation for the continuance of im?
provements at the hospital last week.
Attorney General Peoples in reply to
a letter from the comptroller general,
decided that the appropriation of
$100,000, which was agreed upon in
both houeee of the geneml assembly,
wan not properly enacted. Mr. Peeplee
in this totter also suggested that the
boot way to settle the matter was to
have it decided In a lourt of compe?
tent; Jurisdiction.
ENTERS RACE FOR GOVERNOR.
Griembta. March 1.?John M. Des
Charnps of Columbia announced yes?
terday that he will bo a candidate for
governor In the approaching Demo?
cratic primaries,
Mr. DesChamps Is a native of South
Carolina, a farmer and is an author
and lecturer. He has an extended ac?
quaintance in the State, having re?
sided at different times In his Ufa in
five South Carolina counties. For the
lust few years he has been living In
this elty. Mr. DesChamps Is opposed
to factionalism and belUves that
Democrats should exercise the right
of independent thinking, as his plat?
form of principles Indicates.
TO DISCUSS MARL SUPPLY.
Columbia, Feb. 2?.?E. J. Watson,
commissioner of agriculture, left last
night for Richmond, where he will
appear before officials of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company in the in?
terest of making arrangements and
signing a contract for the furnishing
of crushed marl. Commissioner Wat?
son was authorised by an act of the
general assembly to enter Into con?
tracts with firms to furnish crushed
marl to the farmers of the State at a
price 'as near the cost of production
as possible."
TO OVERCOME BOLL WEEVHi.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 28.?Meth?
ods for overcoming boll wee .'11, pre?
valent in many parts of Alabama, were
outlined to a gathering of farmers,
bankers and other business men of
middle and southern Alabama here
tonight by Dr. Bradford Knapp, in
charge of the work being done in the
South by the federal bureau of farm
demonstration work. Dr. Knapp, the
chief speaker at the conference, which
began today, advised that to destroy
boll weevils the cotton stalks should
be cut directly after the cotton Is
picked, and the stalks either burned
or ploughed Into the soil. The latter
method was preferable he said, a8 It
was just as efflclous, and would en?
rich the soll. Dr. Knapp also adviseil
farmers to plant crimson clover or
other legumes between cotton crops,
and In this way enrich their fields
without having to buy lurge quantities
of commercial fertiliser.
FOR DEFENCES IN HAWAII.
Washington, March 1.?The war de?
partment asked congress today to
appropriate $40,000 for land defences
In Hawaii, Including the installation
of searchlights and acquisition of
rights ot way, characterised as im?
peratively necessary for defensive pur?
poses,
MEMBERS OF SOUTHEASTERN
UNDERWRITERS URGE GOV?
ERNOR TO TAtfE
ACTION.
Plea of Defence is That Business Will
be Driven out ana Rate? increased?
Matter to Bo Considered by Execu
tlve. ?
Columbia, March 1.?Two score rep?
resentatives of fire insurance compa?
nies operating: in South Carolina, a
majority members of the Southeastern
Underwriters' Association, appearing
before Qov. Manning at a publie bear?
ing today, urged that the Chief Exe?
cutive veto the Act passed at the last
session of the Legislature to put the
Association out of business in this
State. The hearing was begun et 11
o'clock In the Governor's office. It
was announced at the hearing that the
Southeastern Underwriters' Associa?
tion had already ceased business in the
State.
One of the representatives of the
Insurance companies making argu?
ment, incidentally remarked that If
the bill become a law the people would
rise up and cut off the heads of the
men responsible for Its passage.
"This is not a political question. It
Is a business proposition, and I wish
that you would confine your remarks
to the business side," said Governor
Manning.
F. H. McMaster, Insurance commis?
sioner, defending the Act, stated that
right or wrong, the people of the State
were demanding that the Act be
paesed.
The general defence of the insur?
ance companies was that many con?
cerns will be driven out of the State
by the passage of the Act and that an
increase in rates would certainly fol?
low the withdrawal of the Underwrit?
ers' Association.
It was argued that each company In
the State will now be forced to do the
work that has been done by the As?
sociation and that the rates would
have to be increased because of the
extra expense. It was pointed out
that the rates had been increased,
while the Mauldln Act was in force
and that the same conditions would
prevail under the Laney Act.
Among the agents attending the
hearing were: S. F. Cannon and B.
W. France, Spartan burg; W. B. MldV
dleton, John B. Reeves, F. M. Rob?
ertson, 8. U O'Neill, Charleston; W.
R. De hon, Summervllle; G. E. Hayns?
worth, R. D. Graham, Sumter; Geo.
U Reeves, R. Deal* C. L. Kelly, & L.
Miller, W. B. McNulty, C. J. Bruce, R.
M. Davis, C. A. Brady, W. M. Burney,
R. M. Jones, T. L. Wardlaw, J. D. Dial,
Geo. U Dial, James A. Cat heart, Co
Lumbla.
While the hearing was In progress
the following telegram was received
from a South Carolina insurance
agent, who Is attending a meeting in
New York:
"Executive committee in view of
provision requiring affidavit March 1,
1917, covering twelve months preced?
ing, regardless date of Governor's sig?
nature, adopted resolution withdraw?
ing Jurisdiction Association, February
29. Buice instructed to discontinue
any further action disposition of office,
an dother details determined later.
General meeting of Association and
non-Assoclatlon companies held this
afternoon. Declared sense of meeting
that no company could safely do busi?
ness In the 8tate should measuro be?
come law."
No opposition to the Insurance
Brokers' Act was expressed at the
hearing by the agents.
After hearing all arguments by the
representatives of both sides, Govern?
or Manning took the matter under
consideration and will later announce
his decision.
In declaring that it would bo In the
nature of a public calamity for the
fire Insurance companies to lose the
services of their rate-making bureau,
Mr. John B. Reeves, of Charleston,
presented to Governor Manning on
Wednesday morning a written state?
ment of his objection to the bill to
drive the Southeastern Tariff Asso?
ciation out of the State.
Mr. Reeves is president of the
Charleston local agents' association,
ex-president of the State Association
of Local Agents, a member of the ex?
ecutive committee of the National As?
sociation of Ljocal Agents and is pres?
ident of the State Savings Bank, of
Charleston.
Following are the reasons which he
presented, being, in fact, the senti?
ment of all the underwriters of the
State:
Section 1. The nature of the agency
system, through which nearly all the
fire insurance in South Carolina is ef?
fected, makes it necessary for the
rating to be done by a central office,
In order that exepenses be minimised.
The expense would be too burdensome
for any one company to carry. The
idea that any anti-compact legislation
could or would promote or bring about
open'Competition among the compa?
nies and agents Is visionary, and
would only result eventually In higher
Tutos to the insuring public. Tompo
rarily it has been attempted, and for
a little while rates have been thrown
open, but only for a little white, caus?
ing confusion and unrest, and then
sanity returns and the proper and in?
evitable adjustment of rates is made
and the ascertained cost of insurance
is demonstrated. Fire insurance, un?
like agricultural or manufactured pro?
ducts. Is governed largely by the taw
of chance. One cannot arrive at Its j
cost until the contract expires. Hence
it Is that capital invested in the fire
insurance business cannot afford to al
^low their contracts of policies to be
.sold like merchandise. Should it*
come about that in any State rates
become excessive and profits abnor?
mal, there are many outside compa?
nies that would rush In to share these
[good things, and rate adjustments
I would naturally follow.
I The companies have spent thou?
sands of dollars and are continuing
to spend big money in organizing rat?
ing bureaus and maintaining expen?
sive machinery for rating and for ad-,
vising the assured as to fire protection
land reduction of the cost of fire in?
surance. The E. E. U. A. employs me?
chanical engineers, electrical engi?
neers and other experienced experts
at large salaries for their services,, and
these are freely given to the insuring
public free of charge. The proviso in
the first section of the bill admits by
are plication all that we contend for,,
?therefore, instead of shutting out.
the .Association It ought to be encour?
aged and rewarded as a public bene?
factor; and every effort should be
made to hold up its hands. Surely the
experience of companies in South
Carolina does not show that the busi?
ness has been profitable; on the con?
trary, the losses and expenses have
for several years eaten up the prem?
iums received and the business has
been conducted at a loss. To bring
about a more healthy condition; to
teach the people how to Improve
their risks and reduce fire losses and
thereby reduce the cost of fire insur?
ance Is the mission of the & E. U. A.
To, , excommunicate so beneficial an
institution is short-sightedness of the
worst sort and reflects on the lntelll*
gence and business sense of the State.
It would be as reasonable to put an
exflnguisher on chambers of com?
merce, boards of trade and like as-"
sociations. Theae are to a certain ex
tgntorganized and conducted for the
benefit of their membership and in?
cidentally of the communities In
Which they operate. The a E. U. A.
is engaged in a propaganda for the
conservation of the resources of the
State 'by reducing the fire waste. A
dollar destroyed by fife is gone; Is
annihilated. The work and mission
of the 8. E. U. A., therefore, deserves
the ''well done." of every patriotic clt
Isen.
Section 2. The provisions of this
section are oo drastic as to suggest
venom of a glaring type. The privi?
lege to agree upon an uniform scale
of rates for. the protection of their
business Is denied under a penalty of
heavy money fine and imprisonment.
How the companies can be imprison?
ed is a problem which the advocates
of the law do not explain. The bill
places the companies in the category
of criminals and by its extreme meas?
ures seems to justify a wholesale
withdrawal of these organizations
upon which the citizens and property
owners and business interests of the
State are Indispensably dependent for
Indemnity against the calamity or
loss by fire.
REDUCE RATES OX LIMESTONE.
Short Lines Agree to Freight Rates
on Ground Limestone and Marl Al?
ready Enforced by Longer Roada
Columbia, March 1.?Announce?
ment' was made by the railroad com?
mission today that the short line rail?
way companies of the State have
agreed to a material reduction in rates
on ground limestone and marl In South
Carolina. The larger railway lines
and their connections have already
agreed to the reduction. The new
rates become effective today.
EDMUNDS'OUT FOR PRIZE.
Stunter Man Contestant In Code of
Children's Morals.
Washington, Feb. 28.?Superintend?
ent of Public Schools S. H. Edmunds,
of Sumter, Is the South Carolina con?
testant who has been officially desig?
nated as one of the seventy writers
from the whole United States who are
to try for the $5,000 prise which will
be given by the National Institution
for Moral Instruction for the best
code of children's morals. President
Currell, of the State University, and
State Superintendent of Education
Swearingen are on the advisory board
for South Carolina, the former as pat?
ron and the latter as the co-operating
educator who appointed the code
writer. Parents and all others who
are Interested In the preparation of
this code, and think they can make
any suggestions that are worth while
as to what It should contain are Invit?
ed to write their views to the code
writer or the Institution's hendqunr
ters in Washington.
(LOSES BUREAU IN STATE.
SOUTHEASTERN UNDERWRITERS'
ASSOCIATION WITHDRAWS.
Decide in Atlanta. That Brokerage Act
, Renders it Unpossiblc to Do Busi?
ness Safely.
Atlanta, Ga., March 1.?At head?
quarters of the Southeastern Under?
writers' association here today it was
announced that the association had
ordered closed its inspection bureau
at Columbia, a C, and would with?
draw all its field agents and other
employes from the State of South
Carolina.
This action was taken, it was stated,
because of a recently enacted insur?
ance act in that State, which the as?
sociation claims "prevents insurance
business being done there."
At headquarters of the association
it was said the law provides that each
insurance agent in South Carolina be
taxed $25 annually for each company
he represents, and that he pay a
tax of 4 per cent, on all premiums
paid In to him. The act, It was
said, applies only to companies or?
ganised outside the State.
The association is made up of a
large number of insurance companies
operating in the Southeast and, ac?
cording to its officials, today's action
means that many insurance compa?
nies* will cease to solicit business in
South, .Carolina. The association an?
nounced that its employes now in
Sou$v Carolina would be brought
herd and work in other sections of
the Southeast would be found for
then).
U. C. T. TO ENFORCE ANTI-TIP.
PING LAW.
Traveling Men's Association Will
Probably Offer Rewards for Con?
victions.
Spartanburg, Feb. 28.?Announce?
ment was made at a meeting of Spar*
tanburg council U. T. C. Saturday
night that the traveling men's organi?
zations throughout the State are now
raising funds to enforce vigorously
the anti-tipplng law, passed in 1915 at
the Instance of the traveling men. The
organization's plan is to employ spe?
cial agents to enforce the law under *
scheme whereby a reward of $100 is
to be paid for each conviction.
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POPLAR LOGS
Will pay market price*
for good logs delivered
our Mill. Gall or write us.
Phone No. 679
Penn-Sumter Lumber Go.
Sumter, S. C.
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LISTEN!
To what Dr. Johnson, ?. S. Physician at Macott,
Ga., says about
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?wpftr*^ to me lor exaird
1 "TL ieitoa ttoc m)mmm%Mwn^^ IftBSlogl which, it contain*.
After a careful consideration, I find it to be a healthful nutritious
' drink, and cordiallyreconunendt it for the tablem jweU as fl|u(fl|?i
era! use It is a pre-digested food, tonic, as weil an a laxative. I
further recommend it as a mild nutritious, refrcebing drink for
those who are convalescing, as well as for the sack in proper qua?.
tlttee. C. Johnson, ML P., Macon, Go*.
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'?If you are at aU particular, drink "BLUDWINB."
Sumter Bottling Works,
B. F. ESTRIDGE. Proprietor.
* You Get Them All Here
You are entitled to every courtesy and
consideration from the financial institu?
tion with which you do business.
This you get at
! The Fir& National Bank
Together with Efficiency
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The National Bank of
South Carolina
The Bank with the Big Clock.
The Bank with the Big Capital, and
Surplus.
Correct Time and Correct Methode
Resources ?905,000.00
We want 1000 new accounts
during the year 1916.
Let yours be among them.
C. 6. ROWLAND, G. L WARREN,
Pree. Caeh'r.
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Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
BOOTH & McLEOD,
Successors to Booth Shuler Lumber A Supp'y Co.
Goo. Epporoort'o Old Staad Opp. Court House