Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A Ktoift ftgsl Jpsnfikk Pledge of Loy 1 ftHy ajsd rferffrw to America's Time Mi-. Editor Mr. Seymour Carroll, of Columbia, wot quoted In your paper of April 2. ?f dot rearing an addreae to the ne? groes of this City at Emanuel M. 13. Chucah. ftouth Main street, on "Pa tHoUssa and Preparedness." As pai tor e< tue ehureh I wish through your oosftsllas to deny that the addrnw was delivered at the tlaie and place, and ftt tho same Urne express my senti? ment on thin grave subject. 1ft PMOanttnt the announcement of Use ?tont epeseh of his father, tho ??V. Richard Carroll at tht nana,* by his own i-eguost young Carte* .tfmpry la a half dosen sen tOftoes. opoke of negroes enlisting for war. R? said that the agitation was sa* eat las;' sr?h disfavor among many of Columbia and Ho wanted them to en? list. Mow, Hr. Editor, I do not know I do know that lb ?ft that occasion there was ?ft angaipi tote Palm 8unday sermon ftetrreied and tho same waa followed ?* ftOOSf iftOftlon service. There was ?ft ? iMi oaf only an announcement a patriotic charge. young Seymore Car IftM Of T. V. C. A. work was not the or preacher on "Pre here, it Is true that them ? awhile meeting of colored for. Ulla purpose. Nevertheless polpit and school and personal ap \a tag stalwart young blood of Mbtood a helping hand to Wlloen and Qov. Manning mm In training tbo nary or army. Of tfO rightfully ask that the no bo decent and sanitary as Monitor to gamecock. We ^Ust otare and stripes" just '. Ww bare colored oltlsens Who siaat roady, in a meeting If oalled to de? es In too open on this .as g> mm later of Christ lhanee from my and from men of my cloth I are some foro itVe??olnto tOr?--?nen who able to doftmd and who both die. '?tales history has a bright ftO#* of negro chivalry, patriotism and .fSigowttoti. Col. Theodore Roosevelt pass yostsrdfty told of tho glorious fftwUh not at BunkerhUl. but of black ' goon wtto stood on Use battlefield in front of the Rough Rider?on Han Jvsta Ali and shared In the victory lof? tftsf%nanlsh-Amerlcan war. They, 'toft. tos;w roady for Mexico (who haw00 yet what will bo ehe program ' tft treacherous Mexico with Car ran so swaying to German entreaty.) Mr. ?dttor. In a heterogenoua re the outstanding problem in the negro will stand the will not blow up any factory ftot he will work and ?gat for America. Thia la his home, a sot ose know that they have not ft frnr chance. They have not. In plftBSs. been treated right. They nave been outraged and outlawed; siek at heart and alek In purse, but say roos stood true to his slaveholder and family In tho Civil war. He has worked bard since the war and hel ped K ''to snake this beautiful Southland i nftooba and blossom Uko the rose.' In Scatter he owns a UtUe of the and irealth. He has something ftht lor. Tho race has produced "fWy" who can meet the bel?g its on the high sea. Yes we start the sen. bot who can prophesy the t On the land we have homes and ?d one*. We are Americans with .your civilisation. We wUl fight hard whoa tho pinch come*. No foreigner can displace us. We have prayed for peace. We cried "peace." but it Is not forth? coming la any way. Perhaps It |h o was that International Amer 1s to join In the drama long h. with a ?afe president nt the to aottls all disputes amicably the cross of Jesus, even the soreeader of life and Stood and property, to bear upon tho see not ones of mankind. . f This expression is the joint dim tion of bo h our patriotism nrn! mir self respect. This te no timo to talk of past lonues and "old scores." To the front boys, to the front' ProHi.b u? Wftwoii has asked congress for 5?m < ntoft at once mm a starter. How m my will enlist? Echo answer. Jost new with now openings in the and West for labor made por? ky the war In the East; with the ,^mm preaching the gospel of work. t too gift to the slave, followed by in? dustrial education in most of our ofhooto and college*, with the soil weevil spreading; eastward ra(udlv, wmm tbo him of Industry and bow day for tbo farmer and laborer r in which he must receive better living ? bsgOS to m*e%.the h gh coot of living I ? WHO can fatfrto see hand of God Democrat y's stronghold sentimcntn faith, courage, Datience?these virtues with our wrongs repeated and recited on the high seas, while laying our fresh blood on the altar of service, make us surrender to the Prince of Peace and hail with prayer and long? ing the dawning of a better day. J. W. Moulcrlo. Sumter, S. C, April 4, 1917. NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH WEEK. Regina Monday, April U3?Public Meetings to be Held to Discuss San? itation. National Negro Health Week, be? ginning Sunday, April 22, will be ob? served by the colored people of Sum? ter, under the auapices of the Nation? al Negro Business League, local col? ored civic, ohurch, and school organ? isations cooperating to make this big clean-up week a great event among the negroes of Sumter to educate them about the importance of person? al and public hygiene. A public health meeting will be held at Lincoln school auditorlm on the evening of Monday, April 23rd, at which it is hoped Dr. L, A. Riser, the director of rural sanitation of the State Board of Health, will deliver one of his illustrated health lectures. The secretary of the Sumter Chambe. of Commerce has been requested to Invite Dr. Riser to be present and has extended the Invitation. Well known local speakers, white and colored, professional and laymen, will be Invited to address the public health, meeting. The complete pro? gram will be announced In a few days. The object In beginning the negro public health week on Sunday is to give the colored ministers of even' church in Sumter the opportunity of talking to their congregations about the advantages of participating and having a general clean-up of tho premises of every negro in Sumter. and otherwise educating the colored citizens of Sumter along lines of bet? ter sanitary conditions. This is a very commendable move? ment on the part of Sumter's colored citizenship, and It is deserving of the intelligent and hearty support of the people of Sumter, white and colored, because there can be no more import? ant and progressive movements than the improvement of the public health, from a social, moral, financial, or ec? onomic point of view. HUE DINK INS MILL PICNIC. Ulg <;ei-together Mooting to Be Hold on May 10. Rev. H. C. Bethea. of Bomber*, Sumter county, acting chairmen of the committee of farmers of the wes? tern sections of Sumter county, em? bracing Stateburg, Hagood, Horatio, DalseU, Borden, Dlnkins Mill, Provt dence, Wcdgetleld, Pisgah, Prlvatoo", Claremont and other neighborhoods, has requested the Sumter Chamber o? Ccmmerce to extend a cordial invita? tion to the people of Sumter city and such other sections of the county who might be interested, to partici? pate In the second annual Dlnkins Mill pond get-together basket picnic such us was held at that pond last spring. The 1917 get-together picnic will be held on May 16th. The object of these annual picnics of the people of the county at Din kins' mill pond is to bring the masse* of the white people, city, town, ham? let, and rural sections together for social Intercourse, and to discuss at a meeting tho economic problems of the times. Mr. Bethea said. among other things, that this will he a peculiarly appropriate and timely occasion to dsc.uss the problems confronting the farmers, business men, and the mass? es of the people particularly in refer? ence to increasing the amount of food and feodstuffs, economy in the homes, and raising sufficient food to feed the people during the threaten? ed war between Germany nnd tho United States, and to feed the armies of this country, livery county should take up and continually discuss and formulate plans whereby the leaders of the people might be kept supplied at something like reasonable living prices. He felt also that this Dlnkins mill get-together picnic can be made the occasion of a national patriotic dem? onstration. Dr. W. W. Long, of Clemson Col? lege, has been invited to discuss the cotton boll weevil, diversification of field crops, home gardening, and oth? er home economies peculiar to the exigencies of the times. Other speak? ers will discuss Important topics of the times. New York, April I,?The Britten freighter Trevoac, which Germany re? ported to have been sunk, wus torpe? doed without warning on March lHth and twenty-four members of the crew are unaccounted for, according to of? ficers of the steamer Vonezla arriv? ing with five membors of the Trcvose's rew. HELD FOR ENTICING LABOR. Four Negroes Arestcd by Florence Po Hcc on Charge of letting Negroes to Leave Sitae. Florence Times. Four negroes were placed under ar? rest by the city police yesterday charged with violating the immigra? tion laws. They will be tried before Magistrate Royall tomorrow. From what the police have been able to gather the ring leader in the business is Julius Brown, a negro from New? ark, X. J. Brown's plan seems to have been worked to a finish here. He claimed that he wanted thirty men to work in a silk mill in New Jersey at fancy wages and collected a dollar each from the thirty negroes that agreed to accompany him. Three lo? cal negroes who are said to have as? sisted him in the work, George Mason, James Brown and Ephram Black, were placed under arrest also. The case is of particular interest in view of the many train loads of negroes who have recently left here for the North. Chief Brunson said that he found it hard to get Information on the cas^ from the negroes who were "close as a clam." -1_ GERMAN COMMENT ON MESSAGE. Berlin, April 3.?The Tageblatt says "President Wilson's message is not surprising, but do the people of tho United States have the same view? That is hard to say." It says the action means the end of the Monroe doctrine and calls it a proclamation of imperalism, the re? sults of which will be greater for the United States than Germany. It also says Germany is paying the penalty for not concluding the Bryan treaty with the United States. Other news? papers do not comment. ORSEUVE PART OF TREATY. Washington, April 4.?Germany's reply to the American note which re? fused to accept German interpreta? tion of the old Prussian treaties states that Germany will observe that part of the treaty dealing with Amer? icans in Germany. SENATE RESOLUTION* ACCEPTER. Washington, April 4.?The house foreign affairs committee accepted the senate's war resolution and favorably reported it for passage. If it is not taken up in the house today, it will be considered as the first business tomorrow. Shackelford, of Missouri Democrat, and Cooper, of Wisconsin, .Republican, were only committeemen who voted against It. FRENCH STILL ADVANCE. New York, April 4.?The French announce that their patrols reached the southwestern outskirts of St. Quentin last night. Fighting con? tinues south of the Alllette river. The French made additional gains east and west of the Somme. Russia announces that the Ger? mans have forced a passage of the Stokhod river in Volhynia. PAYING FOR DARLINGTON. Darlington, April 3.?Major Loring Lee, of Sumter, has been elected by council as engineer in charge of the paving which is to be done on the public suare and the streets adjacent thereto. Fifty thousand dollars In bonds will be issued for this work and the contract will soon be let. Stateburg School Honor Roll. First Grade?Hope Williams. Third Grade?John Frank Williams. Fifth Grade?James Brown, Wil? liam Brown. . Pays Twenty Cents for Cotton. Mr. P. G. Bowman this morning purchased a lot of 250 bales of cot? ton from the MeSween Mercantile company of Lamar at twenty cents, basis middling. The price of cotton Is gradually advancing and much is boing turned looso on the local mar? ket of late. Mr. Bowman has pur? chased several large lots of cotton re? cently, the price paid for this being the highest yet paid. Much cotton from suroundlng points has been sold on the local cotton mar? ket of late, other points not being jable to pay as much as was offered here. The MeSween cotton which Mr. Bowman bought today had been of? fered for sale at all of the neighbor? ing Pee Dee and central South Caro? lina towns before it was sold here. Mr. Parsons, the fourteen-day man of the Redpath Chautuqua arrived In the city yesterday and then and to? day he has been busy posting the town for the big Chautauquu which opens here April 19th, for one week. Placards, posters, pennants and streamers arc helng put out by Mr., Parsons, who has 1 een quite busy dur tug his Htay, which will continue through tomorrow. REDP1TH GH?UT??QUA COMING RETUtN OF l'OPl'Alt ANXVAl. EVENT HAILED WITH DE? LIGHT BY SUMTE I: CIT? IZENS. Grow Musicians anil Favorite Actors Fcuturc Numbers of Program? Princess Wataliwaso and Marie Mayer Two of Chautauqiiu People Who Will Create Human Interest Among Their Auditors. The announcement of the Red path program for this spring has evoked much interest in local circles. The great Creatore and his band of forty men, the light opera company of thirty giving "The Mikado' with spe? cial seerdc effects, the Oratorio Artists I which were related the beautiful wierd tales that for a haunting charm Rive the Indian legends a place occu? pied by no other literature. The oth? er tells of .snow-capped Alps, and rushing torrents, the shadowy valleys. She describes the quaint little village where in solitude and quiet the citi? zens have learned to know God even as the rednian knew his Great Spirit ? ?each worshiping in his own way? j "each in his own tongue.' Princess Watahwaso gives by le? gend and song the epic of a noble, fas' vanishing race?the American In? dian. Marie Mayer tells the story of the Passion Play and the little village of Oberammergau. Princess Watahwaso is a true In? dian princess, the daughter of a well known chief of the Penobscot tribe. Her father was a man of groat talent. 1 rkoto by Uvlttmt, Uhlvayv. ' " <?* PRINCE8S WATABWA30. with Reed Miller, and the other fea? tures of tie program all point to an even higher standard of excellence than the high calibre of attractions presented n former years on the Ked path de luxe circuit. Two numbers on the program that deserve special mention for their un usualness as well as their merit is Princess "Watahwaso and Marie Mayer. In the diversity of their stories and lives lies the significance which makes it interesting' to compare the two. The one tells of the sea, the woods, and peaceful, winding streams. She tells of the hum:, and the campllre around His ability and progressive ideas brought about his election to the State legislature of Maine. He lived with his family at their tribal island home at Oldtowli near the coast of Maine. As a recognized authority in Indian his? tory and i!olk-lore and a speaker of distinct charm, he was often called to speak in public. Often accompany? ing him was his little princess, charm? ing and demure, who with remarkable skill sang the tribal songs and chants and gracefully danced the cer? emonial Indian dances. Up to this time, her only tutors had been Sis? ters of Mercy in their Indian school. Photo ly lia'ceuu, WmWm " . MARIE MAYER, THE MARY MAGDALENE OF THE PASSION PLAY AT QBE RAMMERGAU IN 1910. A professor from. Cambridge, in? quiring among the Penobsoots for in* formation concerning an ancestor whom that tribe Had taken prisoner in the French and Indian war, discover* ed that Watahwaso's ancestors had befriended h;s relative, the prisoner. In gratitude for this, and in apprecia* tion of the remarkable talent dis played by the little princess, he ar* ranged for her schooling at Cam* bridge, including study with masters in musical art. Thus she has come to her own* an artist supreme in the portrayal of In* dian lore and in the interpretation of Indian music. Mr. Thurlow Lieurance, the well known pianist, vocalist, composer and student of Indian music, will appeal* with Princess Watahwaso on the Red path tour. The highest musical and ethnological authorities have honored Mr. Lieurance with unstinted praise, for his v ntiring efforts and splendid success In permanently recording so many of the real Indian melodies, chants, songs and prayers. Ths he accomplished in some instances by; phonographic impression, but more often by actually writing down the music as it was sung or played to him from time to time while living with the Indians. Mr. Charles Westman, flutist, is the other assisting artist. No adequate program of Indian music could be presented without the flute, whose plaintive notes oft sung of love or sorrow. It is the universal and prac* tically the only instrument of the* American Indians. Thanks to the ef? forts of Mr. Lieurance, Coleridge Taylor and Charles Wnkefield Cadman for many of these melodies and chants are re-incarnated in the art music, of this day and woven Into works of Immortal fame. As the Mary Magdalene of the 1910 Passion Play, Marie Mayer held the highest honor that can come to any Oberammergau woman. She is the first participant In the Passion Play to appear before the American public. ( She has taken part in the Passion Play three times; first, as one of the children of Jerusalem in 1890, ten years later as the Angel in the Oar den of Gethsemane, and then in 1910 she realized the greatest honor which can come to any girl of Oberam mergau. She was given the part of Mary Magdalene, the most important woman's role In the Passion Play. Thirty years before her own mother had dreamed of playing the same character, but ths coveted honor went to another. She married, and in 1910 enjoyed the supreme happiness of seeing her dream realized in her lovely daughter as Mary Magdalene. There are six main characters in the Passion Play. They are Christus, His Mother, St. John, Mary Magda? lene, Peter and Judas. Anton Lang and Josef Mayer, the famous Christus of the. past, are cousins of Marie Mayer's and her brother Paul is often mentioned as the probable Christus of 1920. Marie Mayer has a fine stage pres? ence. She is tall and slender, with heavy, chestnut brown hair combed simply back from a broad, white brow. Her eyes are a clear blue. Her voice is thrilling?magnetic in its holding quality. She combines a rare womanly beauty with a simple dig? nity that is powerful in its appeal. The essence of her message is reflected in the serene peace that marks her ex? pression. She commands attention tho instant she appears on the platform, and the hush that falls over the aud? ience continues to the end of her sim? ple and compelling message, save for the sympathetic laughter that greets her quaint touches of humor. Her English is excellent, marked only by the slightest and most delightful of. accents. Copenhagen, April 4.?The war graft trial in Vienna which suddenly resulted in the resignations or the ministers bf war, justice and finance, has developed into the most sensation? al political event in Austria since the beginning of the war. The ministers were accused of altering the report of the commission which investigated the charges of graft on army supplies by Dr. Franz, the government purchas? ing agent. Saves Doctor's Bills Instead of calomel and other violent purgs Uvea, whiuh are dtnsurous as wall as sauaaaUn*, it is better to uto it reli&Mo medic ine like Granger Liver Regulator _Under data of Oct. 87,1915. J.W. Clark. Lafayette-. AU.rrw.F.DrNo.4. write3: "I have been Ssfeg C ranger LKor Regulator in my family for ycTUf and find it to be s fine family rerr.edr which has saved numerous doctor's bill*. I always keep it in Bay houne and would not.ba with? out it." i Sola by drug* gists, 25c m box. Refuse all substi? tutes. Cranaart'adlclncCo . C .-ttanooca. Tosa)