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Eighteen Young Ladies and Sixteen Young
Men Complete Course at Sumter High
Schools and Receive Rewards.
Declaimcis Medal Awarded to Isaac Edwards?Misses Marga?
ret McKeWer and Muriel Hatiield Win D. A. R. and U. D
C Medals, Respectively?Medal for Penmanship Won by
Mise Jtanne Foreaman?Diplomas for Penmaoship and from
Statte Department of Education?Present for Superinten
dtnt Edmunds.
rVim The tally Item, June 2.
Thirty-four young- men nnd wo
?ion clad In the fray caps and gowns
betokening the high school welcom
ad the fruition of their of ort a when
they received at the hands of S.uperln
saitnt a H. Bdmunds their diplo
gsasj an graduates of the 8umier high
sefceel. Indicating that they hi id com-!
pjsted the prescribed course of that
mstltutlnii and were now rend y to en
tar hlgbir Institutions of learning or
te g? out Into the world to fulfill that
Bliest Ii ii for which they were Intended.
Saghteen young gentlewon.en and
atitsea young gentlemen wer? In the
graduating class of lilt anil they
were graduated in cap and gowns at
their own redueet, as such a step indl
caJsl their wish to avolc artificial
' dlstametV?ns get ween momben of the
t taugt and as It Indicated a greater de
; gas* ec den^ocfacy among Its mem
fa** ay aan ng all its memliers robed
gJttte. Am the custom dotag away with
isisjfrlng preaegU on the stage at
fsjgeansoiinnnt has been adopt?
ed by each succeeding casn, it is
geeaabte that this new custom will be
similarly adapted In future. The exer?
cises were held In the auditorium of
the new seliool at their request and
Svpt. Edmunds In his remarks stated
that the contractor and others engag?
ed In the work had hastened It on this
account In order that their wish
fgdght be gr.Uifled.
The minds of many In the audience
trete set at rest when the various
medals were awarded. The medal for
the beet demeanor among the boys of
the graduating class was awarded by
DY. J. A. at?*od on behalf of the don?
ee. Miss WUion. to Robert Marlon, Jr.,
who was vdted by his classmates to
t eceupy this )>eeUton In their esteem. A
medal grvsn by Mr H, U Bcarbor
etagh te the most womanly woman in
Ajpe ggmdaattag class was presented to
Wm Mildred Nettlee by Mr. C. M.
Burst. Musi Nettles was likewise chos?
en by her classmates as the member
of the class best entitled to this med?
al.
Tie D. A. R. and U. D. C. medals
were won by Misses Margaret Mc
Kiever and Muriel Hatfleld. respect?
ively. They were presented by Mr.
R. D. Kpps who stated that thore was
no question In ths minds of the Judges
as te which of the papers woe best.
Me stated thttt in the D. A. R. exami?
nation the super presented by Miss
Muriel Hatfleld wai> worthy of hon?
orable mention and that of Mlas Ruth
IIt evtl 1 la the V. D. C. contest.
Mr. Notll O'Donrell of the City
school Board presented the medal for
beet penmanship to Miss Jeanne
Foresman. The sevnn young ladles
winning diplomas for having complet?
ed the course In p? nman.thlp were:
Misses Jeanne Fertsiuen. Vet mellle
Pitt?, Car oil no Dick, Thelma Ramsey,
Cleaner Kleii., Mttrttt Hatflch and
Katie Reardon.
Mr. P. O. Itowman with a ft w ap?
propriate remarks presentod th< med
ale for declanr ation. The conteU was
wen by Isaac Edwards, and Henry
Bpann an.. Archie Richardson were
?warded medals for winning In pre?
views con testa
Ths exercises laut night were of a
high order and held the undivided In?
terest of the large audience, which
more than filled the auditorium The
hall outside was crowded and many
turned awsy because of their in iblllty
to secure seats. The front of the
stage was prettily decorated with
?owers and [totted plant?, and with !
the graduates seated on clthc- side
of the roHtrum. with the undergrad-!
uates (n the Inclined stage back of
them wa? an Inspiring picture for the
members of the audience.
The audience was liberal in i h ap?
plause and each of the participatory
received a full share. The pap? rs of
the graduates wero well com posed and
rendered In sn easy and effective man
I nor. The singing was a feature of
the occasion and was the most de?
lightful which has ever been heard
at commencement.
Hampton L#ewl*. who for years h;is
been the janitor at the Washington
school, placed the diplomas on the
roetr m end arranged them with his
. uaUv.1 csre for Hupt. Rdmunds, a fact
which was watched with keenest In?
terest by all. and generously ap?
plauded, ss thin In a function which
has been accorded to htm for many
years for his faithful service and
loyalty to the city schools.
Sept. Bdmunds in presenting the
diplomas made a few appropriate re
_?
marks. He pointed our. the effective
team work of the city board of educa?
tion, which had made the present sys?
tem of schools possible, and the co?
operation between the board, teachers,
parents and pupils, which had made
the work of the schools effective. He
expressed the thanks of the graduates
and others to the contractor and his
workmen for having the hall ready
in time for commencement and he
pointed out that the Kray caps and
gray gowns of the graduates were the
insignia of the high school, and not the
black caps and black gowns of colleges
and universities. The high school was
not trying to usurp any of the college
forms. He thanked Miss Kirk for the
training of the declalmers of the night
before, saying that to her was due the
crsdlt for what they had done. He
also thanked Miss Ethel Green for the
services which she had rendered at
the piano and her willingness to al?
ways help the city schools whenever
called on.
He read a. list of those who had
not been tard> or absent and in clos?
ing made a few remarks to the grad?
uates, telling them that they must
never forget their duty to their par?
ents, who had given them the oppor?
tunity of attending school, and to the
city for making possible the school
system. Ho asked them to always re?
member their duty and to be always
found on the side of civic righteous?
ness.
The diplomas were then presented
as follows;
Class of 1916.
Palsy Elolso Allen,
Dan Penlngton Allen,
Raymond Blending,
Leslie Lee Honey,
Mary Adda Booth,
Mary Ellen Bowman,
Edward McKay Brogdon,
John De Witt Brunson,
Helena Ard Bultman,
Thomas Hal Clarke, Jr.,
LeRoy Shaw Colclough,
Gladys Cuttino,
Hallle Carson Cuttino,
Isaac Allen Edwards,
Allen Ralph Flowers, Jr..
Hilliard ChrelUberg Polsom,
Jessie Lee Harper,
Muriel HatAeld.
Ruth Leonora Hussey,
Robert Marlon, Jr.,
Coleen McKagen,
Margaret Frances McKlever,
Mildred Mabie Nettles,
Louis Atwood Pitts,
Bernte Elna Ramsey,
Jane Elisabeth Reames,
Archibald Broun Richardson,
Ruth Revlll,
Paul Whitworth Shaw.
Henry McFaddln Spann,
Olive Myrtle Spann.
James Carlisle Stuckey,
Margaret Catherine Waggoman,
Maggie Uui White.
Those who received diplomas for
completing the full fourteen units of
work, some of whom had taken even
more, were: Leslie Lae Boncy, Mary
Adda Booth, Edward * McKay Erog
don, Hallle Carson Cuttino, Muriel
Hatfleld, Robert Marlon, Jr., Margaret
McKlever, Louis Pitts, Elna Ramsey.
Ruth Revlll. Several other members
of the class took almost fourteen units
of work, but none who did not take
the full fourteen units were given
these diplomas.
j As Supt. Edmunds completed the
pleasant task of bestowing diplomas
lo the graduates, Henry Spann step?
ped up and with a few appropriate
words presented him with a token from
the class, as an expression of the es?
teem in which ho was held. The gift
I as received In a gracious manner bv
o.ipt. Edmunds, who ex^cssed bis
l^tartfclt gratitude and appreciation,
The program of exercises was:
Involution ? ReV, J. 1*. Marion.
<'oinr\ Thou Almighty King?High
DhooL
Cirollns High school.
America - High School.
Word* of Weleorni -.Miss Helens
ultman.
Victory from Defeat Miss Marg.ii*
t Waggoman.
Hall. Smiling Morn --High School.
A Retrospect?Miss Mildred Net4
ea
Twelve by the Clock- -High School.
A Vision?Miss Mary Adda Booth,
A Warrior l'.o|d -High School.
Co-oporatlon?Miss Ruth Revlll
Ideal?--Miss Margaret McKlever.
In Summer Qo thy Fx>vc to Seek.
Class Poem - Mia Muriel Hutileld.
0.1. DANIEL ?EMS COLUMBIA
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF METH?
ODIST COLLEGE.
Prominent on Lecture Platform as
Well as in Educational Circles?
Head or English Department at
C loin son College.
Columbia, June 2.?David Wistar
Daniel, head of the English depart?
ment in Ctemson college, was elected
president of Columbia college yester?
day afternoon, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Dr. W.
W. Daniel several days ago, because
,of failing health. Dr. Daniel was
informed last night by The State's
correspondent in Anderson of his
election, but refused to commit him?
self as to decision until notified offi?
cially by the board of trustees. He
has been at Clemson since 1908, and
Is now at the head of the English
department. Other prominent edu?
cators were considered at the meet?
ing yesterday, but the election of
Dr. Daniel was unanimous.
The new college head has recently
had other attractive offers. He was
considered seriously for the head of
a large institution in another State,
which he refused that he might de?
vote his talent to educational work in
South Carolina. He has also received
urgent inducements to give his time
to chautauqua .work. He is an elo?
quent public speaker and has done
considerable platform work. Dr.
Daniel delivered the literary address
at the graduation exercises of Colum?
bia college last Monday.
Those who attended the trustee
meeting in Columbia yesterday were:
The Rev. E. O. Watson, D. D., Bam?
berg, chairman; the Rev. A. N. Brun?
son, Spartanburg, secretary; the Rev.
M. L. Carlisle, D. D., Greenville; tho
Rev. J. E. Mahaffy, Batesburg; the
Rev. 8. B. Harper, Charleston; the
Rev. A. J. Cauthen, Orangeburg; G.
H. Bates, Barnwcll; and F. H. Hyatt,
W. J. Murray, E. A. Hodges and L.
L. Hardln, Columbia.
PRESIDENT AT ANNAPOLIS.
[Tells Cadcta That They Are* Not
College Boys But Officers.
Annapolis, June 2.?President and
Mrs. Wilson arrived this morning on
the Mayflower to attend tho com
j moncemcnt of the military academy.
A twenty-one gun salute was fired.
President Wilson told the cadets that
they can expect punishment when
they violate rules as they will ijot be
treated as college boys because they
are more?they are officers of the
American navy and must conduct
themselves correspondingly.
PAPER MADE OP NEW WOOD.
Stands Test Made by Two Large
Newspapers.
Washington, June 1.?News print
paper made from hitherto unused
woods, under direction ot the forest
service laboratories, has been, suc?
cessfully tried by two large newspa?
pers and in all eleven kinds of wood
never used before have given prom?
ise of being suitable. A number of
others have been found suitable for
manlla paper and box cards.
This announcement was made today
by the forest service, which has made
(Seventy samples of paper by different
processes from practically unused
woods in its search for a substitute
for the fast diminishing supply of
pulp wood.
The announcement says that if the
price, of news print paper Is to be
kept at a reasonable figure more effi?
cient methods of converting spruce
into pulp must be developed or cheap?
er woods must be substituted.
BERKELEY BOARD UPHELD.
State Canvassers Declare That Elec?
tion Recently Held Was Illegal.
Columbia, June 1.?The State board
of canvassers, in a decision tonight,
sustained the Berkeley county board
in declaring that the recent election
on tho question of annexing a por?
tion of Berkeley county to Charleston
county was illegally held. The Berk?
ley board held that there was a sufli
clent number of votes cast to change
tho result. The decision was given
[after a long hearing. Charleston waa
represented by Messrs. J. X. Nathans
and linger Sinkler, of Charleston.
Tho Berkeley board was represented
by Messrs. w. c. Wolfe, of Orange
burg, and B, J. Dennis, of Moncks
Corner.
stoiim WRECKS TRAIN,
\\\st Mull Blown from Truck in mi
llols.
Tontine. Ml.. June 8.?A severe wind
storm today blew the Wabash Sys?
tem's Chicago and Bt. Louie fast nail
Iralfl from the tracks one mile smith
of Saunemln. Twenty persons were
injured, one probably fatally.
Words of Farewell?Miss liallie
Cuttino.
Preeentatlon of Diplomas.
Dom? Where the Lilies Worn.
Class Motto: Labor Omnla Vincit.
EVANS' RULING DISPLEASING.
DRAWS LETTER FROM RANKS OF
ST. MATTHEWS.
Commissioner McLaurin Comments on
Expressions from State Chairman
and Lieutenant Governor.
? ii i egweg
Columbia, June 2.?The State re
celved yesterday two letters, accom?
panied by a statement from John L.
McLaurin, as follows:
To the Members of the South Carolina
Warehouse Association:
As your president, I addressed an
open letter to the Hon. John Gary
Evans, chairman of the State Demo?
cratic executive committee, asking if
the State warehouse commissioner's
office was not a Stnte office, and if so,
should not a candidate for this office
be nominated in the primary, and if
so, should he not have a place in the
campaign. I received a reply, which
is published herewith for your infor?
mation.
The chairman rules that this office
is a State office. The law says that all
State officers shall be voted for In the
prmary. The Interesting question is,
can a political party convention re?
peal a law, and if it can, will not the
inextricable confusion ?'resulting there?
from render it exceedingly unwise to
do so?
We have been denied our lawful
right, but wo may still conduct a cam?
paign of enlightenment by arranging
meetings for discusion of the ware?
house system and the posibilltles of
Its extension and perfection, which I
feel confident you, as members of the
association, will arrange.
Respectfully,
J. A. Ranks,
President.
Columbia, May 31.
State Chairman's Reply.
Hon. J. A. Banks,
St. Matthews, 8. C.
Dear Sir: I have your letter in
which you ask me this question: "Is
not the office of State warehouse com?
missioner a State office, and if so, does
inot the law require that the commis?
sioner be nominated in the primary,
and if so, should he ndt have a place
in the campaign?" In my opinion the
office of State warehouse commlsloner
is a State office, but in view of the
action taken by the recent convention
of the Democratic party, held in Co?
lumbia on the 17th Inst, I am of the
opinion that the State warehouse com?
missioner has no place in the Demo?
cratic primary nor In the campaign.
An chairman of the State Demo?
cratic committee I am bound by the
action of tho State convention, and
that convontlon expressed more than
once, its desire that the office of State
warehouse commissioner should not
bo considered a political office, and
that it should be kept out of the pri?
maries. In fact, the sole object of
your resolution was to place this office
In politics and the debate shows that
the convention intended to keep it
out.
Mr. Graydon of Abbeville Is quoted
as saying in the debate: "If you want
to kill the system put it in politics."
He argued that it should be entirely
a business office. Mr. D. S. Henderson
of Aiken stated that "the question
is not the efficacy of the warehouse
system but the matter of changing the
system from a business organization
to a political machine. Don't let us
drag it into politics. We have not for?
gotten, that this man who wants this
system put in politics wanted to intro?
duce commercial Democracy in South
Carolina." It will thus be seen that
the opposition to your resolution was
not as you state, "that the State com?
mittee had the power to allow the
commissioner to carry the matter
into politics," but whether the ware?
house system should be endangered
and destroyed by the ambition of a
discredited politician seeking to carry
It Into politics for personal reasons.
I therefore, hold that tho action of
the convention was an instruction to
the State committee to keep this office
out of politics. There is no place in
the Democratic primary election or
campaign for the warehouse commis?
sioner and I shall endeavor to carry
out the intention as well as the ex?
pressed desire of the State convention.
Very truly yours,
Jno. Gary Evans,
State Chairman.
Bpartanburg, May 25.
Comment by MrLawrin.
Senator McLautin, when shown
the reply of State Chairman Evans,
said:
"The term 'discredited politician'
comes with poor grace from ex-Gov.
Kvans. I defeated him for the Unit?
ed States senate on tho issue of
'commercial Democracy,* and have
never been defeated for any office
for which I was a candidate, while he
lias gone down In defeat time and
again. Ho has never forgiven me the
terms, 'apist* and 'imitator,* 'the
speak of the stpiccndunk, trying to
imitate the blast of a trumpet.* That
showed him up, and the people of
this State, took his measure. He is
now lined up with his former ene-1
rAX REVIEW BOARD APPOINTED
J. If. RHETT OF BEAUFORT
HEADS NEWLY CREATED
BODY.
Majority Vote Can Reverse Decisions
on Assessments?One Member From
Each Congressional District Provid?
ed in Act as Passed at Last Legis?
lative Session.
Columbia, June 2.?Gov. Manning
yesterday announced the appointment
of the board of review for the South
Carolina tax commission as provided
by an act of the ldst general assem?
bly.
The members of the board are: B.
F. McLeod of Charleston, wholesale
merchant and president of the Char?
leston Chamber of Commerce; D. A.
Geer of Belton, farmer and merchant;
L. L. Wagnon of Union, merchant;
j E. M. Croxton of Lancaster, banker;
T. W. Berry of Latta, farmer; J. D.
Shuler of Parier, Orangeburg county,
farmer; J. M. Rhett of Beaufort, mer?
chant.
Mr. Rhett was designated as chair?
man of the board for a term of four
years. Each congressional district is
represeted on the board as provided
by the act. The board has the power
to review all assesments by the tax
commission.
ROOSEVELT FIGHTING HUGHES.
Bull Moose Crowd Making Determin?
ed Attempt to Control Republican
Convention.
Chicago, June 2.?The real effort
to curb the constantly growing
Hughes strength has begun. The
managers of tho numerous favorite
sons confer today to decide whether
they can safely head eff Hughes' nom?
ination without letting the Roosevelt
movement get beyond control. Geo.
Perkins and John W. McGrath, Roose?
velt's secretary confer with the lead?
ers and say that they will not accept
Hughes as the nominee.
If the Hughes strength grows, the
Progressives may nominate Roosevelt
immediately. Perkins has decided be?
fore Monday to ask for the appoint?
ment of a committee for discussing
plan of the two parties getting togeth?
er. The Progressives of the com?
mittee would demand Roosevelt's
nomination. The Hughes men are
booming Former Ambassador Her?
rick to France for vice president. ,
The seating of Jackson's Georgia
delegation Is only paper defeat for
Hughes. Jackson is strongly anti
Roosevelt and will vote for Root first
and then for the strongest man.
BRIDGE CAVED IN.
Five People Drowned and Eight In?
jured in Iowa.
Chicago, June 2.?Five are believed
to have been drowned and eight in
jured when the Rock Island train
from Chicago plunged through a
bridge near Clarksvllle, Iowa. The
bridge was weakened by yesterday's
cloudburst. The engine, baggage car
and smoker crossed safely, but the
others caved in. Two bodies have
been recovered.
mies trying to crush his former
friends. I am standing by the same
principles I started on, and will die
there.
"He owes his position as State
chairman to the fact that in 1912
some man not restrained by consci?
entious scruples was needed to over?
turn the verdict of the people at the
ballot box. It was a wise choice and
would have carried out its purpose
but that he was overawed by a peo?
ple's wrath.
"My friends in the convention
asked only a plain right conferred
by the statute law. He admits this
legal right. How, then, could a con?
vention repeal or Ignore Section 282,
saying 'all State officers shall go
into the primary?'
"It matters not to me personally.
I am trying to discharge my duty,
and will continue discussing these
issues. I am just back from Ander?
son and Greenville, and have plenty
of invitations to keep me busy. 'Let
the heathen rage.'
"Mr. Evans refers to my resolu?
tion. He is mistaken. I knew Mr.
Evans' crowd, and never even asked
for my rights. It was the resolution
of a body of representative farmers,
and his answer to this body is,
?Rather than give you what you re?
quest, we will violate the law to de?
feat it.' My proposition was to run
for* lieutenant governor, but the
warehouse association would not
consent, and so tho present lieutenant
governor may rest his soul in peace.
I shall run for no office. I agree
with him as to the long list of dls
tlnugulshcd men who have previously
held the office. They made the office
great. Everybody agrees that it is
big enough for the present occupant.
Times have changed, as well as lieu?
tenant governors. None of them be?
fore ever made it the basis of a
junkenting trip to Europe to advertise
a vulgar millionaire. They could not
af-Ford it"
TOUCH ACREAGE GUI.
SMALLER AREA PLANTED IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Number of Farmers Said to Be Re
placing Weed With Forage Crops
More Corn Planted.
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Washinpton, June 1.?The federal
reserve board, in its bulletin issued
here today, cites the following
with reference to tobacco raising and
cotton milling in South Carolina:
"Only about two-thirds of a to?
bacco crop has been planted in South
Carolina and some farmers are re?
planting tobacco fields in corn and
forage crops. In North Carolina and
Virginia normal planting is antici?
pated, i
"Cotton mills are reported coming
into their own again and are running
at capacity, with some on overtime.
Sales of finished products are yielding
good profits and many of them'are
sold up into the fall. Quite a number
of trade acceptances have been of?
fered of late for rediscount, given by
mills for cotton purchased." '
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STUCKEY MAY ENTER RAOftV-^
Reported Bishopvillc Man Has About
Decided to Run for Governor.
Columbia, June 1.?W. A. Stuckey,
of Bishop vi lie, has about decided to
enter the race for governor, according
to information obtained from one of
his close personal and political:
friends here today. Mr. Stuckey? Sen?
ator J. Arthur Banks, Warehouse
Commissioner John L. McLaurin, and
possibly others, were in a conference
here yesterday and last night at the
office of the State warehouse system,
it became known here today. It la
thought that the candidacy of Mr.
Stuckey was discussed at this confer?
ence, although no one admitted as
much today. It is thought that, defi?
nite, announcement will be made by
Mr. Stuckey in a week or ten dags'
of his intention.
Should Mr. Stuckey run for gov*
ernor it will be on a platform with
the State warehouse system as the
main plank, and he will iikely appeal
to the vote of the farmers and the
laboring people without regard to
faction. Mr. Stuckey is a successful
farmer himself and Is a member of
the Farmers' Union, the secret "Fernl
ers* Association and a member of the
executive committee of the Stabs
Warehousemen's Association.
Cole L. Blesse, of Columbia, filed
his pledge today as a candidate for
governor In the Democrs.tlc primary.
Pledges were also filed by J. Stokes
Salley, of Orangeburg, as a candidate
for re-election as solicitor In the 1st
circuit, and by W. H, Grlmball, of
Charleston, as a candidate for re?
election as solicitor in the 9th cir?
cuit.
DIAL CHALLENGE NOT ACCEPTED
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McLaurin Will Not Discuss Joint De?
bate
Columbia, June 1.?"I am not, Fer?
rying about Nat Dial," said John L.
McLaurin, State warehouse commis?
sioner, when asked yesterday if he
would accept a challenge to debate
the merits of the warehouse system
with N. B. Dial of the Laurens bar.
"I have absolutely no comment to
make," Mr. McLaurin added.
Mr. Dial has given out the follow?
ing:
"To *he Press:
"Senator McLaurin and some of his
friends seem to think he should have
an opportunity to explain the pres?
ent warehouse system and his man?
agement thereof to the public In
answer to this it could be said that
the law establishing the warehouse
is already in existence and he has
been elected manager for a two years*
term. Anyway, if he expects the leg?
islature to appropriate funds with
which to operate, I think the public
should understand the system .thor?
oughly. ~ igbfSJ
"I am therefore willing to join in
a movement whereby the facts can
be brought before the people, and to
this end I would suggest that Senator
McLaurin and I have one meeting in
each congressional district. We
could get the county chairman in
some centrally located county to call
a meeting at some time to be agreed
upon.
"I am strongly of the opinion
that a large majority of the people of
our State favor a warehouse system
properly organized, properly and
eeonomiaily managed. At the sam*
time I am satisfied they do not ap?
prove of the present makeshift of a
warehouse system nor the way 1t is
managed.
"If the above suggestion meets
with the senator's approval, it will
afford me pleasure to discuss the
matter with him."
Washington, June 2.?Justice
Hughes authorizes the following
statement: "It is perfectly well known
that Justice Hughes has no represen?
tative at all." The statement refers
to Hatcheock, leading the Hughes
boom In Chicago.