The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 12, 1916, Image 3

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lfi<M>l> HilUKF FUND. Ckmmht?t of (?mmcnv Taking Scops be ??emrr' Help fo* Sufferers In Sum? te? family. Replying tu a telegram prom Secre? tary . %*nrdon of the Sumter chamber of Commerce relative to relief for flood mifferers In Sumter eouhty, < *on gressenan A. F. Lever has written the following letter to the Secretary, pub? lished below. Tplj directors ot the Sumter Cham? ber Of Commerce have instructed the managing secretary to write Major Toua#berg. diatrlc*. engineer, at C ?Ur leeton for full Information as to what ere the necessary ?top* to be taken by Individual* Who feel that they are en? titled to portion* o this fund. All Sumter county citizens who feel that they ai ? entitled to relief under this fund should Immediately see or write the secretary of the Sumter i'hember of Commerce who will find out whether they are entitled to any portion thereof or not. Prompt action with full particulars and certified to by some well known cities ns o4 each community from which applications are sent will great? ly facilitate matters If Sumter coun? ty li unfitted to any portion of this fund, and Chamber* of Commerce offi? cial* belle vo that Sumter county is, and will do their very best If the prop? er kmd of Intelligent cooperation is given the commercial organisation. Iir. K. I. Keardon. Sumter. 8. C. My Dear Kmmett: 1 confirm my wire. Major Young berg-, district engineer, war depart? ment, located at Charleston, S. C, has In nand at this time $75,900 for tho relief of flood sufferers In South Caro? line, ass* 1 under? tand he I* author? ised to expend during the noxt 20 days for this purpose an much as $134,000. The maximum limit set for South Car? olina out of the appropriation of $140,000 carried by the joint resolu? tion* Is $200,000. All applications for relief from this fund should como through the Individual through some organisation such as your Chamber of Commerce, the Ited Cross, or like or? ganisations and nbould be made to Major Youngberg. He has the largest authority as to tho methods of dis? bursement. I suggest that you take this matter up at once with him and If tlere la anything further that I can do. It will be a pleasure for me to do It. Your friend, j A. F. LEVKK. V if ^ THKKF. CASKS RKPORTED. Infantile Paralysis at Chcnncc and Swansea. Columbia, Aug. 7.?Three cases of Infantile paralysis, one from Chesnec, near Spartanburg, xand two from Swansea, In Ijexlngton county, were reporteil to the State Hoard of Health today. Dr. J. A. Hayne, State health officer, today examined the young ne? gro who died in Columbia Saturday and stated that the cause of death was not Infantile paralysis. Many physicians. Including Dr. Hayno. at first pronounced the case infantile paralysis. The situation Is not con? sidered serious. FAUMF.it snoots Alf OTHER Wllltem Water* surrenders Alter Tragedy Near Clio. Dsnnettsvllle. Aug. 7.?William Wa? ter*, charged with having shot and killed Neal Mclnnls, came to B\>n nettsvtlle thin afternoon and surrend? ered to the sheriff.! The tragedy oc? curred near Clio in this county. Wa? ter* has a wife and four children . u I Mclnnls was not mnrrled. It Is un? derstood that the, t> hud been moro or lea* friction between them for sev? eral month* on account of the way in which the work of the crop was be? ing done. The shooting occurred In the house and was done with a shot? gun. It being stated that Mclnnls was trying to shoot Waters at the time, with a. pistol. <; It F.F. N VII. LF FMtOLMKNT. Increase of Over Thousand For Coun? ty Since Itl I. Orsenvllle, Aug. 7.?Greenville county's total enrolment In all the Democratic clubs Is lt,PS4, an In? crease of over one thousand in this county two years ago. A number of aew clubs hnve been formed. BRITISH CAPTVHF ROAD. British end French Press Germans Rack. London, Aug. H. - The British make falns east of Trones Wood, near an Important n?.d lunct'on of ComMe end press the Germans hack where the Orltlah and Kreuch force- join on the Bommo fsesjt T!)*J are still light ing at Gulllemont. APVANCF. <>N SOMMi:. Paris. Aug. ?.?The French ad? vance north of the Somme on tin* right of the British troops In an at? tack sgslnst Ouilicmout. The French sre trying to drive the Germans from the foothold they gained et Thun mont Monde*,. TO HKIiP FLOOD SUFFERERS. Southern Railway Offers Free Traus |K>rtatiou tor Belief Shipments tu Needy. Washington, Aug. 7.?Notwithstand? ing its own losses from the recent Moods in North Carolina and with the desire to see the entire fund contribut? ed by citizens go to relieving actual necessities in the storm-stricken dis? trict of Western North Carolina. Pres? ident Fairfax Harrison, of the South? ern Hallway, has authorized the free transportation of shipments from the State lit lief Committee of clothing and other supplies consigned for gratuitous distribution among those who suffered. and W. S. A. Smith, the other ap? pointive mombers, In the olilee of Secretary McAdoo, who is ex-offlcio chairman. Mr. McAdoo pointed out that the Farm F^oan Act was the first legislation to provide financial aid for farmers on long time and easy terms enacted since the foundation of the government, and declared it meant more prosperity for >the farmer. At a short session afterward, W. W. Flanagan, of Montclalr, N. J., was chosen secretary of the board. The board wont over the applica? tions and recommendations of forty cities for federal land banks. Tho board probably will go West through the Northern States and return through the South on Its trip across the continent. READY FOR WORK. Farm. Loan Hoard Will Consider Hans for Districting the Country. Washington, Aug. 7.?-Organiza? tion of the new farm loan boar I, which is to administer the new rural credits system, was perfected here to? day, with the induction into office of its four appointive members, the designation by President Wilson oi an executive head, and the selection of a secretary. The board will meet again tomorrow to consider how ;t may best obtain inofrmation on how it may divide the country into twelve land bank districts with a federal land bank in each. President Wilson named George W. Norris as farm loan commissioner, or executive head of the board. The oath of office was administered to Mr. Nor? ris, and C. E. Lobdel, Herbert Quick AUSTRIAN'S DRIVEN OUT. ? Right Bank of Isonzo River Captured hy Italians. London, Aug. 8.?The right bank of the Isonzo river, the most important section of the Austro-Ralian front has been practically cleared of Austrlans, 'a Rome wireless reports. The Italians captured a number.of new positions there. GERMANS REGAIN POSITION. French Admit liOss of Part of Thiau iii out Works. Paris, Aug. 8.?The Germans after terrific lighting succeeded last night in penetrating Thiaumont works on the Verdun front, the war ottlec an? nounces/ Other uttacks on the Fleury Thiaumont line wore checked. Tho French advanced north of Hardecourt. Anderson Editor Arrested. V. H. Cheshire, editor of the Ander? son Farmers' Tribune of Anderson, was arrested Sunday afternoon on charges of reckless driving and being drunk. He, with his wife and two chil? dren, were driving his automobile down Hampton avenue, It is alleged, at a rato of speed estimated at about 45 miles an hour. Upon reaching the intersection of Hampton avenue, and academy street, he turned his ma? chine, throwing Mrs. Cheshire and the children out. Ho put up $2f. bail for being drunk and $2."? for reckless driv? ing. He forfeited his balls. Mrs. Cheshire and the children were not seriously Injured, though the Injuries were painful.?Greenville Piedmont. Because she refused to salute tho American flag, which had been raised to a staff on the factory of the Allen, Foster & Wlllott Shoe company, al? though her lather is a Civil war veter? an, Miss Rdlth Ximiness caused I Strifes of more than 200 women and lit men at Lynn. Mass., who refused tfl work with her. The owners of the factory ordered the building closed. letter the superintendent held a eon ? n ine wirb ohVtall of the United hoe Workers of America, whose ItnlpJgl cotnrol the departments of the ho)?, ami they ordered that the girl 'e dismissed. Tile superintendent m ied out their Instructions and on ifon lay morning the f#oo employes \ SRI back to their benches. Negro citizens of Springfield, III., decided last week to nie Injunction proceeding! to compel the park board i f:i lit them pc mi simi to use pilb .ie bathing places. A swimming pool in one of the UprlngflSld parks was iOsed. Tuesday Sitten three negroes at ' mpted to swim In It. A mass nie? I of followed, at which the negroes vutsd to begin proceedings at ones. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The Regular Bi-cuniul Election Cor Mayor und One Comicilniun Was Held Yesterday. It If a fact that an election was held in this city yesterday with polls open at each of the regular voting places in the four wards, and that tho election was for the purpose of electing a Mayor and one Councilman to serve for four years each. Few people seemed to know that an elec? tion was being held and of the few that remembered it only a small num? ber took the trouble to go to the polls to cast their ball s. The lack of In? terest was not fatal, however, for ?here was only one candidate for each ofltyce, and the election was only the continuation of the result of the re? cent primary: The result of tho elec? tion was declared as follows: Ward 1?For Mayor, Jennings, 13. For Councilman, Booth, 13. Ward 2?For Mayor, Jennings, 24. j For Councilman, Booth, 24. Ward ;J?For Mayor, Jennings, (J. For Councilman, Booth, 0. Ward 4?For Mayor, Jennings, 1. For Councilman, Booth 1. Total for Mayor, L. D. Jennings, 44. For Councilman, J. P. Booth,t44. PROMPT PAY GOSPEL NOW BEING i PREACHED. Gctail Dealers' Association Urges Peo? ple or Sumter to Pay Bills Promptly Guide in Preparation. "Pay as you go, or stop going." That Is the slogan recommended now by the Retail Dealers* Asociatlon of the Chamber of Commerce to the people of the city who have been In tho habit of running accounts. It Js not meant, ;of course, for those who always pay promptly; it is meant for those who, either purposely or other , wise, become addicted to the habit of j allowing their accounts to go over i from week to week, or month to I j month, and finally lose all sense of ob ; ligation to the man who has extended them favors in the form of credit. The warning Is sent out just at this time because there Is to be is.sued^ shortly in Sumter a Credit Experience ; Credit, guide, In which every man or woman carrying credit will be rated according to the manner in which they > meet credit obligations. It is thought j that such u system will eliminate ' much loss on the part of tho mer? chants, and nt the same time will pro? tect those who need and deserve cred? it by eliminating those who will not pay, thus maintaining a credit system j In the city on a more scientific basis. I The merchants interested in the publication of this, guide will send out communications to their patrons who carry accounts and are now slightly ! behind. These patrons were asked to j pay as promptly as possible In order i that their rating may be good. Now the Retail Dealers' Asociatlon is? sues a communication to clti/.ens of jthe city in which the gospel of j prompt pay Is advanced. This com jmunlcatlon follows: "The celebrated John Randolph said he discovered the true philosopher'": stone in the expressions, 'pay as you go,1 and 'out of debt out of danger.' "As a remedy for hard times, paste the above in your hat, write it on your cuff and commence each day by read? ing It and then practice it by paying your newspaper subscription, grocery tills, doctors' bill, druggist bill, et als. They all have mouths to feed, rent to pay, and little ones to clothe. II you arc unable to pay in full, pay a little; show a disposition to he honest and help the man who helped you when you were In need. Get in lino by practice before the merchants com? plete the plan of their organization; when a list of the 'bad pays' will be kept and it will then be 'no tickette, no shirtee.' " CAMPAIGN LIE EXPOSED. Charges Against Administration Re? futed in House. Washington, Aug. 8.?A fiat denial of the Republican charges that Cleve? land H. Dodge, one of WINon's friends and a large contributor to the cam? paign fund was given special favors In the shipment of munitions to Mexico was made in the house by Representa? tive Harrison of Mississippi. After White House and State department conferences Harrison usdertakes the refutation of Representative Roden? bergs charges that after the Carrl'/al battle Phelps, Dodge & Co., were per? mitted to sell munitions in Mexico by a special permit, Harrison also an nwers Hughes' criticism Of Wilson's Moxican policy. He says Hughes is Ignorant of the true Wilson policy and that Hughes' stand was prompted v Ren a tor Fall, Of New Mexico anl Henry l.ane Wilson, tho former am basHAdor to Mexico, who Harrison a; s i discredited. He denounces Hughes' rcoptance speech, saying Hughes would bring on war. The Fly Construction Company now IIts force of hands at work on rond street, which will be paved ? it h blthullthlc. The county Campaign meeting will 1 e resumed next week at Privateer on 'iussday the 16th instant. ?AD WEATHER IX EUROPE. March Conditions Prevailed Through- I out Month of June. Next to the war the abnormal weather which has harassed England so far this year is the most talked of thing in the country. A sunny day so far this season is an event. The same holds true of all northern Eu? rope, where weather of this kind re? sembling March has prevailed throughout June and July. In Russia there has been an unusual amount of rain and excessive cold in Moscow up j to the middle of July there had been no sign of summer or of the hot j weather which generally sets in before ! June. In Scandinavia the weather has been cheerless and very similar to that in this country. In southern Germany ; violent rains have fallen and I^ake Constance is abnormally high, while in Austria there have been trcinen- 1 dous- storms. South of the Alps excessively hot weather has been reported for many ' weeks. In Sardinia there has been a heat wave which has been followed by forest lircs. RROOM CORN MOVING. RJg Money Crop for Oklahoma Farm? ers That Could In? Grown in Sumter County. A full crew of carpenters are busy this week building a spacious broom corn warehouse for Mr. T. T. Eason, tho local broom corn buyer. Mr. Eason's in tendons were to have his warehouse completed in time to handle the very llrst shipments from thin place, but as he experienced some delay in securing a sight from the railway company it will not be com? pleted in time to handle all of the shipments. But will be ready for use tho latter part cf this v/eck. This convenient warehouse will hereafter alleviate all complication in the shipment of broom corn and will be some inducement for buyers to have their shipments hauled here for loading rather than elsewhere. Marlow is now recognized as one of 'the heaviest shipping points for broom ?corn and this county is now second in the State in the number of tons of broom corn raised. The price is good, corn is now selling from $100.00 to $125.00 per ton for the best grades and with the exceedingly high prices and large crop yield many thousands of dollars will be paid out here in the next two weeks for this product.? Marlow, Ok la., Review, Aug. 3. ARMV WORM'S APPROACH. Advice Eroni Clenison College for Combating Pest. Clenifon College has issued a warn? ing to farmers that the true army worm may invade this State in large numbers some time this month. Mr. Nivcn urges all farmers to watch care? fully for any signs of this caterpillar in their crops, and calls their atten? tion to the instructions sent out from .Clemson College so that they will be 'prepared to control the pest if ;t should appear. Especial notice is called to the spraying and ditching methods of lighting the worm. The following is from the official publication of Clemson College on the subject: A heavy outbreak of the true army worm Is expected this year. The ma? ture caterpillars will probably be cav? ing the grasses and crops about the second week in August. Where the worms have just been discovered and are still confined to a small area, spray with the following: Two pounds arsenate of lead. Fifty gallons of water. Where spraying will not do, use the following poison bait: Fifty pounds of bran. One pound of Paris green or two pounds of arsenate of lead. Thrfe to four quarts of low-grade molasses. Six finely chopped oranges or lem? ons. Mix the dry bran and poison, then add the molasses. Work into a dough and add the oranges or lemons. When the dOUgh is too thick ad a little wa? ter. Broadcast this bait over the In? fested field or among the worms while they are on the march. When the worms are moving in a mass they may be halted by digging a ditch across their path. The ditch liould be narrow with steep sides. When the worms fall Into It kill them I y dragging a log up and down I hrough the ditch. Died in Columbia. From The Daily Item, Aug. i). A telegram was received this after? noon by members of the family an? nouncing the death Of Mrs. J. A. Bp person. In Columhln today. The body will arrive on the *.?:t."? train tomorrow morning and the funeral services will !.<? held at the remetcry Immediately a PI er ward, The cotton market la advancing ev ry day and the outlook for the short OSt crop for years is counterbalanced by the prospect of higher prices. MANNING GAINS STRENGTH. Estimate Of Comparative strengt 1? Of Three Major Candidates for Gov? ernorship. (By w. J. Cormack, Campaign Cor-1 respondent, The Columbia Record.) Close observers of the political cam ft. I pulgn being waged in .South Carolina arc now almost unanimously agreed that the second race for the gover 9 norfship lies between Richard l. Man? ning and Cole I ... Blease with Mr. Cooper a poor third in the lirst pri? mary. If Blease and Cooper continue to lose votes as they have done dur? ing the past two weeks and propor? tionately Governor Manning** strength increases in the future as it has done in the past those "with their ears to the ground" unhesitatingly assert that the Sumter man will he re-elected in the lirst primary by a handsome ma? jority. The county to county campaign, now on the home stretch, unlike the canvasses of previous years, has de? veloped but few ??thrills," and these j incidents were isolated. The cam? paign, withal, has been extremely j quiet, and uniformly there has been I good feeling among the candidates. iThe only incidents worthy of note ? was the verbal tilt between Manning and Blease at Anderson, when the [latter was warned not to deal in per? sonalities; the hissing of Governor j Manning at Charleston; the interrup jtion of Blease's speech at Orange , burg, where he refused to continue his address to the populace, and the fis? ticuff at Manning between Dr. B. C. D. Adams, candiadte for lieutenant gov? ernor, and J. M. DesChamps, candi? date for governor. At the beginning of the campaign Solicitor Cooper developed consider? able strength because it was thought I he would stand a better chance of de? feating Blease than did Governor Manning. Also, there is a certain fi? nancial and capitalistic element in the State which is opposed to the present chief executive because it can not bend him to its will; and this op? position* as far as it has been able to ascertain, has gone to Mr. Cooper. Likewise certain disgruntled and un? successful office-seekers have regis? tered a decided opposition to Gover? nor Manning, who, from the lirst has show a disinclination to pat the po? litical spoilsman on the back. All those intricate elements against Gov? ernor Manning appeared, at first, to make his fight a doubtful one, until it was seen that the great body of the common people, whoso consciences are clear and whose hearts are sound, wore silently and unobstrusively working for him because the legis? lation passed in their behalf during his administration and his enforce? ment of the law, better securing from injury personal and property rights. Also, the passage of measures bene? ficial to the textile worker has gained him considerable strength among the cotton mill operatives of the State, cutting down Blease's strength there. The rcllex of this strength has caus? ed the swing of the penduhim back toward Manning in an ever increasing arc. The Supporter* of Blease con j cede that their man will have to cope with Manning in the second primary, and Cooper supporters say that Man? ning and Cooper will light it out in the second primary. Both sides con? cede Manning as their strongest op? ponent. The astonishing feature of Manning's gain is his continually in? creasing strength in the Piedmont, the logical territory of Robert A. Cooper and the section that Cole D. Blease hitherto has gotten such large votes. If the County Board of Commis? sioners have any doubt concerning the value of the work that has been done by the Home Demonstration Agent for Sumter county, they should make in? quiries of any of the patrons of any of the schools in which Miss Lemmon has organized clubs. This work is the most practical, the most beneficial and the most efficient educational work that has ever boon undertaken in this county, and the only criticism that can reasonably be made is that it has not been possible to extend it to every community and every school in the county. The County Board of Educa? tion has been so favorably Impressed will be the value of the work and tho importance of the results accomplished that they have arranged to give Miss Lemmon an assistant next, year, the salary of the assistant to bo paid, partly by Winthrop College and partly by the County Board of (education out Of funds that the board has avail aide for school extension wank. Tho petition thnt Is being circulated to call an election to vote an extra levy for school purposes Is being sign? ed practically unanimously by the freeholders. The people of Sumter have never been niggardly in their support of the schools. Tin? fact that more money is net ilcd to maintain tin* schools is all that is necessary to tell tin1 taxpayers. If the army wWm strikes Sumter county, as predicted, and destroys the peavlne has crop the farmers will ue in hard luck, sure enough. Law i:\foiu i:mt \t in grkkn VILMS, Four state Constables and Two Detec lives War on "Blind Tigers.*' Greenville Piedmont* Aug. 7. As the result of a secret investiga? tion that has been conducted for the pant month by State constables and detectives, a sweeping raid took the city ami county of Greenville Monday by complete surprise and by sarly af? ternoon the polite department had rounded up about seventeen eases for gambling and twenty for selling whis? key. Thirty eases have been worked up outside of Greenville city against persons charged with selling whiskey. The sensation was sprung Monday morning. When the trigger was pulled the net that was drawn tightly around alleged offenders if 11 thick and fast in them by the city police in Greenville an 1 the rural police and constables in I different tow ns and sections of the county. Of the twenty gambling cases which were worked up by two detectives vested with full authority, practically 'all the defendants had been arrested 'by Monday afternoon. Some of the defendants had two or more cases pre? ferred agalnatt hem. Defendants were charged with gambling in pool rooms, land cases were also made out against men in charge of these places. The two men who worked up these oases, as well as investigated the whis? key traffic, were employed by the po [lice department. Four State consta? bles handled the situation outside of the city. Negroes are charged in a large number of the whiskey cases, but the defendants charged with gam? bling are all white. On tho surface today was indication (that an effort will be made to have city licenses revoked for pool rooms where gambling is alleged to have been indulged in. The law, it was stated, provided for the revocation of a license under that condition. Inas? much as three of the leading pool rooms in Greenville are implicated, this light to revoke the licences will bo watched with keen interest. Defendants held by the city for sell? ing whiskey will also be held on State warrants that are to be issued. They will be turned over to the county af? ter the city disposes of its cases, which number about twenty. There are said I to be about Si cases for selling whis? key in the r|nmty, outside of the city proper. Some were worked up in Greer and in different parts of the country and suburbs. There was a big sale at Glenn's To? bacco warehouse today, more than 75, 000 pounds having been disposed of. The range of prices was high and the sellers were all thoroughly satis tied. Good grades sold as high as 29 cents and the average was about 14 1-2 cents. The prices at which to? bacco is selling this* year and the ex? ceptionally strong demand render the tol acco planters who succeeded in sa\ing their crops a very fortunate set ! of individuals. There is money in to? bacco at present prices and the large number of buyers on the floor at Glenn's warehouse insure competition and the best prices the market af? fords. The mosquito plague could be miti? gated to some degree, at least, by the a pi lication of kerosene oil to the pools of water that havs accumulated in the low lands within and in the vicinity of the city. A house to house inspec? tion with the view of discovering tin cans and other vessels that afford breeding places for mosquitoes would also help. BtttttttttBl THE SUMTER SUMTER. S. C. Beg to announce they have completed the Installation of their modern ."?0-barrel Flour Mill, and tire now prepared to grind wheat, and will guarantee the quality of their work equal to any mill in the country. We grind up each lot sep? arately ami in turn, and gunratit'cc f-? :;ivo back the actual product from each particular lot of wheat, so you POM eat your own bread. Mr. 1. W. McDonald, our Su|MTintondcnt. is an experi? enced mill man. having near? ly twenty years cspcclcsjt'e hi the manufacture of flour in Virginia and North Carolina. We charge only 1-8 toll and guarantee to give you A Fair Square Deal. We h.uo special aSJItlMg sg llgsjJl rates to all points. WK want voi'h MTgt m:ss and vor m f.d i s. Write for Full Information. .1. w. M'don'Al.D. Sii'N'i intcmlciit. PERRY MOsKS, sit., President. '?"">""tltl.1.f'TmtimiimriiHtt