Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I^ARfy /or FEDERAL FARM AGKNTN AND CHAMBER. OF COMMERCE MADE AD? DRESS AT STRONG BETHEL SCHOOL. tsj THp co Raker und Oawcgo To? day Miss Edith Porrott, Head <>f Cnnarnsj Club Voi-k In State, is One ?? Forty?Various Subjects Discus* Miss Kdlth Parrott. State homo dissnonot ration agent, represntlng Win tlirop collef?. I? sr>. ling a couple of ??ya In Summer with Mis* Mary Lorn home demonstration agent for sounty. Parrott was with the party of and gentlemen mentioned in 'a Doily Item that visited Beta** lehoel, Privateer township. Want, a very Interesting meeting was hold w4th the teachers and more than 1st pupils of the Bethel School, and Iho girls* canning snd tomato clubs. I's hone demonstration club, soys' pig and corn club. Parrott made two very tn StrOCtive and inspirational addre.?se* tYftnsj the day. President Phelps of HUM Inter Chamber of Commerce, M Mary Lsmmon. home demon pUon agent. Mr. J. Frank W1I m demonstration agent, and Reardon also snoke to at and large audiences of ladles tog men and young women. II has built a modern and room especially fo- the and demonstrating do science and home demonstra ark, and this room Is well with the necessary faclli I slab!* feature of the pub i which prompted the erec the special demonstratio! feklfJl the donation by patrons 01 MsMol of the necessary building ila) of all kind, and i..e onl> far carpenters to put up th JfcgsYool district is one of the Broncos districts of thb 'yrttateer township, in which school sj situated, has set the hi general progressiven ess It during the past six or sev Bvery branch of dornestl< 9 data In this township sanitary science has been receiv much attention also with the pro people of this township. The people of Bethel school district oak Privateer township went into the government sanitary unit survey last onthustasticaly and did all In to help the national an< state government sanitarians to Im? prove rural sanitary conditions, and with splendid results. Bethel school district Is in favor l*T a big majority. If not unanimous? ly In foot, of the proposed complete county health survey. Miss Edith Parrott. State Home Demonstration Agent. Miss Mary Lem aon, home demonstration agent fot this county. Dr. J..H. Haynsworth county superintendent of Education; Mr. J. F. Williams, local farm dem 4 not ration agent, and Secretary E. I Reardon, are visiting Oswego and Ba ker ratal schools today discussing th< work of the girls' cannlag and toma? to, women's home demonstration, an< Vefs* peg and com clubs, and dtversi tcation with the pupils and patron? c f those schools and neighborhoods. The consolidation of two or more tne teacher schools Into one larg< four to five teacher school with a mod em and spacious school building, and the equipment of the new school with domestic sci<?? *e and home demon stra.tion rooms, and teaching ot agrl eolture and sanitary science in th. public rural schools are the foremost IMosjs advocated by the party o: iumter visitors at the rural school* ? CAMIXETTI LOSES APPEAL I i?hington. March 6.?The Hu Court today refused to recon ?Idsr Its recent ruling in the so celled "Dlggs-Camlnettl white slave" <aso In which it held th it the Mann white slave law appllss to private personal escapades as well as com raeeclallsed vice. The court denied the application of Drew Camlnetti for a rehearing To Ask for Pardon. San Francisco. Msrch 1/?President Wilson will be asked to pardon F Drew Camlnetti. son of Anthony Camlnetti, l'nlted State.? commission or general of immigration, whose ap psal for a rehearing of white slave conviction was denied today by tlu United BUtes supreme court. Marshall Woodworth, counsel for Camlnetti and Maury Dlggs, also con? victed, said a petition to the presl dent already had signed to It near? by 1.0 )0 nsmes. In Cnmlnettl's appeal for n re? hearing It was stipulated Dlggs should abide by ?hs result. Washington, March ?.?President Wilson today nominated Brig. Oen Hunter Liggett. U. S. A., as a major general to succeed the late Maj. Oen Frederick Funston PRESIDENT ANI> POSTMASTER GENERAL WOULD MAKE AP? POINTMENTS BY CIVIL SERVICE TEST. Elimination of Ofliecs from Patronage List Carries Dismay to Congressmen Who Have Had I Lind in (Jiving out jobs? Wilson s Plan Says Burlc nssa Washington, March 7.?The dla closure today thut all postmasters wherever located an? to he blank eted under civil service rules on April 1 has caused consternation among these official* all over the country and today telegrams poured Into Washington to the different South Carolina congressmen asking If the incumbents would be disturbed end what they should nke to hold their places. Telegrams were also received from South Carolina by many persons who have been nomi? nated but not confirmed asking for an opinion on their status. An Aprd Fool day gift of this sort is entirely displeasing to members of congress who have gradually seen their patronage plums taken away by the civil service. The postofflce appro? priation bill contained a legislative rider putting all postmasters under the civil service. The senate insert? ed the rider and it was understood that the administration approved it. Tho house .ejected the legislation and the senate yielded. There were re? ports at the time that if congress failed to include the legislation the president would Issue an executive order covering postmasters into the civil service. The legislators were loath to believe this but as the de? parting houso members began to drop into the postofflce department yes? terday for a farewell visit to the post? master general they are understood to have been flrm'y told that the executive order was coming. In fact, before some of the members started for home they received a note from the postofflce department suggesting that they call on the postmaster gen? eral and discuss an important matter "affecting your district." When the audience with the postmaster general waj held, the news was broken to them that all postmasters are to go under the civil service., Under the projected executive or? der, the three classes of postmasters will be required to pass examinations to Assist the president in making nominations. Whether the examina? tions will bo oenducted by the civil service commission has not been de? termined. Regardless of the change, postofflce officials said today, nomi? nations will bo made by tho president ind confirmed by the senate. Protests were Immediately reg? istered with the department, by con? gressmen, but It Is understood that :he mind of the president is fu|!v made up and the executive order will <oon be Issued. It Is understood that the plan calls for all future appoint? ments by civil service methods. Where an office has a postmaster whose commission has not expired, the civil service rule will not become effective there until the commission expires. Fourth class postmasters are now under the civil service, but in adding the first, second and third dasses the administration embraces all classes from cities like New York and Chicago to the cross-roads post offices where the stamp salC3 are less l than a dollar a day ANNOUNCED BY BURLESON. Postmaster (iencrnl, However, Indi? cates It's Man Higher Up. Washington, March 7.?Postmaster General Rurleson announced today that after April 1 the appointment of all postmasters of the first, second and third class woubl be subject to com? petitive examination?;. Nominations will be sent to tbo senate as in the past, but in making tho selections the president will be guided by tho re? sults of examinations and will send in the names at the head of the lists. Whether the civil service commis? sion, under which fourth class post? masters aro choaen, will conduct tin examination has not been determined Tho President? forthcoming order will provide for a form of modified civil service classification tmde r which all vacancies, whether caused by res? ignation, removal or rtralh wftl] ,,(. Illled by competitive examination. Those already in the sere be will con? tinue without examination until the expiration of four year terms btffhv ning with their last appointment and then Will, it in understood, hove to undergo the competitive teat, A hornets' nest has been stirred up by the announcement at the Capitol, where scores of members Ware In the i offices preparing to leave for home The order was roundlv denounced by some of the Democratic leaders and soveral members const re d it as ? move to get combine 1 Democratic and Republican support in a politically uncertain house. Representatives Ralney of Illinois. r'arteV of Oklahoma. Harrison of Mis? sissippi, Wilson and Aswell of Loulsl una, VlhsOO of Georgia, Carl In and Glaus of Yi-giuia, Dixon of Indiana, House, Johnson, Kinchelloc and Sher ley of Kentucky, Dinker of Missouri, Gray of Alabama, and Sims of Ten? nessee were in a group of Democrats who called on the post mast- f general today and who were told about tin plan. Democratic Leader Kitchln Of the house delayed his departure for North Carolina to go to the pOStOfllce department to register his protest. Most of tho congressmen who saw .Mr. Bnrloeon went on ttic lattefs invitation to discuss the new plan for systematlslng postal accounting by es? tablishing central auditing postOfHcef in county or district groups. This sub? ject was overshadowed, however, when the news of the civil service order was broken. One Southern member asked ifth< [ postmaster general had called them there to ask their views or to tell them what had been done. "I am telling you what is going to happen," he replied. The postmaster general is quoted as having told them that it was too late for protest, as the order had been determined upon and would be car? ried out. He intimated that he was not the author of it but that it wai a measure of efficiency and economy. Another member suggested that the order would put many Republicans in office as many of the more active assistant postmaste-s are Republi? cans retained by the Democratic post? masters, and still another wanted to know what would happen if ths on< man certified from the examination were a negro. The postmaster, accord? ing to those present, replied that th? examination would have to take place and there would be "no ?pedal priv? ilege to any one." A Western Democrat asked why thr order, if issued at all, should not pro? vide for certifying the three highest in the examination as eligible to post masterships, as was dono when tho fourth class postmasters were blan? keted Into civil service, instead of confining Die choice to the one per? son who happened to stand highest. The postmaster general said that con grow had had tho opportunity of leg? islating to that effect but did not do so. In the discontent voiced b> mem? bers after the conference some of them complained that the order would take out of political lifo some of th< most active supporters of the repre? sentatives in congress. A majority of the Republican.': joined with Democrats recently in re? jecting a proposition for putting all postmasters tinder the civil service, when an amendment to that effect was offered to an appropriation bill In the house, although Republican Leader Mann and a few others favored it. SCOTT IS CHIEF OF STAFF. Washington, March 7.?MaJ. ?Gen Scott was re" tailed as chief of staff of the army today by President Wil? son. Because of his intimate associ\ tlon with the secretary of war thfl chief of staff has to be reappointed when a new adminstration begins during his term. Gen.- Scott will serve until next Sep? tember under the ordinary procedure when he will reach the retirement age. In the event of war, however he would continue in active service without regard to the age limit. As chief of staff during the last three years Gen. Scott has led the tight on staff officials for reorganiza? tion of the army culminating In his appeal to the congressional commit? tees for universal military service. In the latter movo he acted on his own initiative, as neither President Wil? son nor Secretary Baker had readied any conclusion on the subject. Gen. Scott In a carefully prepared state? ment laid before the committee tin conclusions of staff officers that the volunteer system had shown itself in? herently inadequate. SELLING OLD CLOTHES, Berne, March 7 (via Paris).?At Munich, Bavaria, yesterday was be? gun the government sale of old clothes which has been ordered for the entire empire. Purchasers stood in lino for hours. The sals Of the Clothes was made only on presenta? tion of clothing cards, All the clothoi collected were disposed of on the first day of the salt- and it was necessary to give out cards for subsequent sales, Suits brought from 1 I to BO marks and shoes from i to 16 marks. There was an especially strong demand for second hand dress suits. Art Exhibition, Arrangements have been mads v.itb Bison Ait Publication Company to have an SXhlbH Of pictures at the Qlrls' High Rchool April 4-7. The purpoi e i of Ihls display are to create an appreciation for artlstli pictures and to provide sovcrnl ?>t the fine ones for the decoration bf the High school, Washington, March 6.?The const I - tutlonallty of the Adamson railroad law was not decided today by tic su? preme court, although a ruling on it had been expected In some quarters. NEGRO KILLED ON TRESTLE. struck by Southern Train at Wateroc ?Body Taken in Charge by Rich land Coroner?Not Identified Yet, The State. An unknown negro about 65 yean of age, Wat killed about G o'clock ye> torday on the Southern railway-trestle over the Wateree river, between Kingsvillc and Camden, by work, train, No. K.G. The train was headed for Colombia. An Inquest will be hold at MCCormick's undertaking establish? ment this morning. Coroner Scott went to the scene and made an In? vestigation. The train crew, Including Bmglneer Byrd, came to Columbia and Will be witnesses at the inquest. There is some question whether the I man died In Sumter or Richland county. The river is the county line The accident occurred on the trcrtle over the river. He fell on the Sumte." side but was carried over to Richland county side to a house. Whether he died on the Sumter side or the Rich land side it is impossible to tell. The dead negro weighed about 150 pounds. He was GO or G? years ort age. His hair was turning gray, and he has whiskers, which were likewise becoming white. There were no papers or identification marks. Every effort is being made to ascertain who ho was. Coroner Scale went to the place yes? terday afternoon, but took no action In the matter, when he found th?t the matter had already been taken up by the Richland officers. PAYS LIBERTY FOR TREASON. Minnesota National Guardsman Given Five Years for Furnishing Infor? mation to Germany. Minneapolis, March 6.?The officers of the First Minnesota infantry re? turning to Fort Shelling today from the Mexican border announced that Paul L. Schafenburg of St. Paul, a private in L Company First Minne? sota infantry, was sentenced to live veal's' Imprisonment at Ft. Leaven worti?, Kan., February 5 by a court martial at San Antonio, Texas, for furnffching military information to (Germany. A letter addressed to relatives in Germany asserting that 10,000,000 Germans in this country were ready to rise up against the government i?> the event of war with Germany, was intercepted by British authorities and turned over to Washington officials, according to statements by the otli cers. Scharfenberg is a native of Germany. Col. Erle D. Luce, commanding the regiment, and Capt. P. L. MeClay, regimental adjutant, in confirming the story of Scharfenberg nctivltes de? clared he had predicted in his letter that President Wilson would "soon be put out of the way" and had stat? ed that "the 100,000 troops on the border would not stand up if pui against an efficient force." HOW "JOKER" GOT IX. skillful Scheme Worked by North Carolina Tricksters. Raleigh, N. C, March G.?A legis? lative investigating committee today failed to develop who was responsi? ble for the clause which, placed In an amendment to North Carolina's State-wide primary law passed last week, repealed the primary law and was not discovered until the amend? ment was handled for final disposi? tion in the odice of the secretary of State yesterday. Announcement of the discovery of the "Joker" created one of the greatest sensations in legis latlve circles In recent years and the assembly last ni.uht repealed the measure and took steps to institute an investigation. The investigation today indicated that an enirely new bill had been substituted for the amendment after the measure* had passed both houses and was on its way for ratification, it was said. Tho "joker" was not in the bill when it went through com? mittee and was acted on by the sen? ate and house, legislative loaders de clarcd. NAMED AS SECRETARY'. ?Washington, March 6.?Congress? man W. F. Steven ion ban named as his secretary A. E. Hutchison <>i' Kock Hill. Mr. Hutchison is in Washington at tin- present time ns i member of Gov. Manning's .staff and I ready to assume his duties, w. h Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Hutchison I reading; clerk of the South Carolin:' house of representatives. B?KER RETAINS PLACE. Washington, March ,:?The sen? ate Democratic caucus today annul mounly re-elected James M. Baker of South Carolina secretary of the sen? ate, und this action will be ratified In open sgsslon within the next few days. far. Baker was first elected to this oflsCe four years ago when the Democrats reorganized the senate. MOVEMENT WITHOUT ACCIDENT. Boil then) Railway Carries Thousands of Visitors to Inauguration and Hack. Columbia, March 7.?As tho result of the careful arrangements made lu advance by the Southern railway for tho handling of passengers out of Washington following the Inaugura? tion, the movement of this large vol? ume of travel was accomplished in an excellent manner and without any un? due delays. During the evening and night of March 5 tin- Southern rail? way ran out of Washington eight reg? ular trains and six special trains, of Which seven left on time, none was as much as an hour late in departing, and onjy three more than 30 minutes late. To accomp'.ish this result the Southern mobilized at Washington a corps of expert operating and pas? senger officials, while special uniform? ed police officers were assigned to tic protection of passengers and baggage. For the Inauguration, in addition to the heavy travel on its regular trains, the Southern railway operated 1^ special trains into Washington, all of which were handled very success? fully. TILLMAN SHORT TO LA EO LLETTE. Wouldn't Allow Wisconsin Senator to Sit in His Scat. Washington, March 5.?An inci? dent which was much noticed in til senate chamber during tho ceremony of swearing in the vice president was the brusque manner in which Senator Tiilman repulsed Senator La Follettc. leader of the filibuster, which de feated the presidential empowering bill yesterday, when La Follettc came into the senate late and attempted to take a vacant seat by which "Pitch? fork" Den was standing. Senator Tiil? man thrust the Wisconsin man aside, remarking with vehemence: "You can't sit here, this is my seat"?and perhaps something more. Real Estate4 Transfers, Ella Lawrence to W. T. Brogdon, % acres in county, $600. L. C. Epperson to Isaac Strauss, iot in City, $25. Geo. W. Elmore to L. s. Vlnson, lot in town of Rembert, $'50 and other j considerations. S. H, Kress, and Company to John Franklin Corporation, lot on corner Caldwell and Main streets, $100. Mary B. Lyles to T. E. White, three lots on Broad street place, ?'J50. Mrs. Eva MeFaddin Witherspoon to T. Jefferson Keels, 50 acres on Pud? ding Swamp, $1,250. I. C. Strauss to Henry Curtis Ed ens, two tracts of IS 1-2 acres each, $1,000 and other considerations. Mary E. Lyles to J. A. Scale, lot on Monagan Avenue of Broad street place, $71.25. Henry Curtis Edens to Claude Din kins, 53 acres in county, $3,ISO. Mary A. P. Kirk to J. L. Gillis, 168.1 acres in county, $6,656. I. C. Strauss to Henry Curtis Eden:, 53 acres on public road from Sumter to Dalzell; also 63.42 acres on same road, $1,000. Marian A. Osteen to Martha C Smith, lot on Harby Avenue, $4,000. Master to Mary F. Emanuel, 60 3-1 acres in county, $50. Master to Sumter Trust Co., as trus? tee, 115 acres in county, $2,700. Sumter Trust Company to Mary O. McColl, 115 acres in county, $3,500. . Horace Harby, Isaac Strauss and H. Weinberg to John Burrows, lot in town of Mayesville, $1. Mary E. Lyles to Mrs. Meta H. White, lot on Woodlawn Avenue. Broad street place, $168.15. R. O. Purdy to Mrs. Louise S. Wilson. 100 acres on Plowden's Mill road, $S,000. Harry L. Bradford to L. B. Brad? ford, his interest in 65 acres in Providence township, $2'JO. Meta H. White to Angel Chiala, lot on Broad Street Place, $100. Meta H. White to James Nichols, lot on Broad Street Place. $11S. J. C. DuRant, Jr., to Edgar P. Du Rant, his interest In lot on Liberty street, $476. J. U. Prescott, et ah, to Ellen D. Prescott, 15 l-r acres in couniy, $?.00 J. R. Prescott, to Samuel VV. Pres? cott, 15 1-5 acres, $300. W. W. Prescott, et al, to .'. Rear don Prescott, 45 :t-5 acres, $900. .J. H. Prescott and others, to Wm. E. Prescott, 15 1-5 acres, *::oo. J. Reardon Proscott, et al , to W. W. Prescott', Ja 1-5 acres, $S>00. J. Ji. Prescott, et al., t>? Pannlo C. Prescott, 15 l-"> acres, 5:'<iil H, J. Harby to Willie Rembert, strip of land running from Sumter Dalsell public r< ad, I 100. Nancy Vaughn to B. ?V. A. Bult man, 12 acres in county, 1943.71. T, r. lenk ns lo Annie Shaw, lot on Rni tlette street, $25. B. W. McCullum to T. B. Jenkins., lot on llartlelte street. $25. Amy Jefferson to T. M. Partin. 12 1-2 acres near Green Swamp, $1, 260. Via v !:. I .yle i lo R ilpll Hill and H. M. N'abers, seven lots on Broad street place, $ 165.50, A. H. Molsc lo Harry Wilson, one acre in county, .> i . ? ?. \\. i;. Stafford to Bva K. Burkette, lid In Providence township, $1.400 B. W. McCalltini to W. H. Walton, tracts containing 7 3 1-1 and D; acres, i cspectively, $2,300. Mary E. Lyles to P, M. Ramsey, lot on Broad street place, *lO(i.87. FEDERAL COURT FOR FLOR? ENCE. Roy Pleads Guilty to Charge of Stc.il Ing Letter From Summerton Post ollicc. Florence, March C.?In the United States court today Joe Clark, a hoy, ! pleaded guilty to the charge ol steal? ing a letter from the Summerville postoiliec, and was sentenced to a term of two years in the National Training School for Boys. Judge Smith directed a verdict of not guilty in the case against Sam Wolffe, ac? cused of concealing assets in a bank? ruptcy matter. He also directed a verdict of not guilty in the case of Boyd Stein, charged with illicit dis? tilling. The Mihalvotch brothers of Cin? cinnati, doing business under the name of the Universal Import company, were found guilty of transporting liquor into the State of South Carolina without branding it as such and were lined $100 and all costs. There were two cases against the corporation of this nature, the line being applicable In each. WILL PLANT PEANUTS. Lexington Farmers Embrace Promis? ing Venture. Lexington, March 6.?The latest venture of the Lexington farmer is the peanut, a peanut club having been organized within the past week With a large and growing membership. This new venture was started by Judge C. M. Efird, through* whose efforts and influence every member of the club will have his crop thrashed with a machine free of charge. Jude Efird started out to get as many as 25 acres pledged, but since the matter has been pushed it seems that twice that many acres will be planted. The club will plant the Spanish va? riety, said to be the best peanut for marketing and also the best for yields. The seed will be bought in large quan? tities and at the lowest possible price. The Poll Weevil May Cover South Carolina in Two Years and North Carolina in Five. With a movement for 191C unpre? cedented In Its extent the boll wee? vil has now established itself along the shore of the Atlantic from the mouth of the Savannah River south? ward to the Florida line, a distance of some 125 miles. From the mouth of the Savannah River, north by north? west, the river is the eastern limit of infestation until Richmond county, Ga., is reached, where the line turns more to the west, running diagonal? ly across north Georgia to Floyd county, where it enters northeast Alabama. Two years ago, so far as is known, not a boll weevil had been found in Georgia; today full four-fifths of ths cotton-producing area of the state is infested. During the same period Alabama has become entirely infest? ed, as has a considerable portion of Tennessee, and nearly all of the cot? ton-producing areas of Arkansas and Oklahoma. For some unknown rea? son the weevil during the past two years has broken all records in the extent of its migratory movement and new areas invaded. If its rate for the past two years is kept up, two more years will find South Carolina wholly covered, and live years will suflice to put the weevil all over North Carolina and well into the cot xon-growing counties of southeast Vir? ginia. The outlook, while alarming, is by no means hopeless. Cotton has been and is being produced at profit un? der boll weevil conditions, but in most cases the Aght has not been an easy one. Farmers have failed and mortgages have been foreclosed; mer? chants and bankers have gone down because of crop failures and bad col? lectors. But there have always been a few farmers who have succeeded in spite of the weevil, and the example of these has been followed by others, with a gradual return to prosperous conditions. Nearly all of Texas and Louisiana are now In better condition than before the weevil came, and tho only regret they have Is that a sound policy was not agreed on by farmers and business nun in the beginning, and then adhered to. Instead, there was much floundering about, one man advocating tins and one that, Without any sort of concerted effort. Cotton will very probably continue to be the mam cash crop of the South despite the boll weevil, bnt it must be made purely a surplus crop after all needed food and feed crops have been grown, along with an abundance of winter and. summer legumes to main la :n and Increase soil fertility. Fol? lowing such a policy has put many weevil-ridden sections on their feet, and every thinking farmer and busi? ness man in newly invaded territory should aim at a similar policy in his own section.?Progressive Farmer. it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but it's better still to lose one and love another1.