The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 14, 1917, Image 2
UraO LOVKR8 OP SUMTER DE
IdOHTED WITH SPARTAN
BURG SINGER.
Rentieret] by Artist
A SSfcM mut\ Who ore I lea it i
Phflhartoonk' Club
99) Success of Their Kn?
it
It 10 seldom that the people of
fkgJateS have the opportunity of hear?
ten* eoeh delightful music as that
h wee rendered last night at the
by Mra Annae Kramer
aad her vary oftlclent aaslst
Tbe Philharmonic Club waa
With their entertainment and
at the reception which Sum
gave the visiting artists. The club
gratified at the succcas of
Ei entertainment from other view
nta* The attendance was exoel
t (fend the receipts wero accordingly
9%t9M
Msdara* B'otrky proved herself
of the greatest vocal artists who
eeet* come to Sumter. The tones
her eaeso-ftopmno voice are smooth
t fleh, and her Interpretation of
tin. carefully selected progrum was a
revefutkm to many of her audience.
Although Mra Blotcky has sung at a
number of ptecee in this State, the
fcertsvlllo and Spartanburg festivals
nmone* them, this Is the first time
that she has ever been in Sumter ami
teat many Sumter people have heard
Ullfc'4 ?H' Wtio wore heard to express
themasiveft after the concert were de?
lighted. Her encores wore charming
simple numbers calculated to relieve
a serious program from monotony and
to make more popular, as anyone,
whether a student of music or not,
could appreciate their lighter num?
ber*
Miss Marie Bpton Is a young ar
tng with a winning talent and a sweot
senile, which adds to her attractlvo
nesa Her part of the program wum
decidedly pleasing to all.
Prof. Carl Joan Tolman. head of the
music department of Coker College,
played one selection and was recalled
for another. His interpretation and
touch were magnificent and his num?
bers were strong features of the pro?
gram, l'rof. Tolman made a state?
ment concerning the music festival
which will be held at Hartsvlts this
spring. He assured his audience
that it would bo better than ever be?
fore With Anna Cane, the greatest and
moat beautiful primn donna in Ameri?
ca, as the leading -action. There
wculd also be otht . excellent attrac?
tions. He apologised to Mrs. Blotcky
for assuming a place on her program
und assured her and the Philharmonic
Club that he appreciated being al?
lowed to make his statement and *o
participate In the concert.
Mlas Kthel Oreen of this city was
the capable accompanist of Mrs.
Blotcky.
At the conclusion of the program
Mr. 1. C. Strauss stated that Mrs.
Blotchy requested that the andiene?
Stand and sing "The Star Spangled
Banner" with her. This wan ?tone, all
joining In the National unthem.
Honor Roll of Raker School.
The following Is the honor roll of
the Baksr School:
First Orode--Felicia Krvin, Hdrry
Hudson.
Advanced First?Clifton Hudson.
Third Grade?Irene Whlto, Annie
Dennis.
Fifth Grade?Belle Evans. Agnes
White
Seventh Grade?Thon. (?dorn.
Eighth Giade? Bryan Odom.
Ninth Grade?Annie White.
Washington, April 12.?President
WtHoa has nominated Wm. C. Fltts,
of rirmlnghnm. Ala., to '-e aiskdani
attorney central.
INSPECTS CAMP SITE.
Adjutant General Acts 011 Request
From Gen. Wood,
Columbia, April 10.?Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, commanding the de?
partment of the East, U. & A., has
requested W. W. Moore, the adjutant
general, to inspect the site which Co?
lumbia has offered for the army can?
tonment and make comparison with
Camp Moore at Styx. Tho 3ite to nc
selected, it is understood, will be
used for the mobilisation of the Nat
lonal Guard of South Carolina. Gen.
Moore viaited yesterday Columbia's
site, which is located near DentV
Pond and will make report to Gen.
Wood.
PASTOR GOES TO MANNING.
Rev. E. M. Light foot Preaches Fare?
well Sermon at Clinton.
Clinton, April 7 ?The Rev. E. M.
Light foot, pastor of the First Bap?
tist church of this city, recently ten ?
dered his resignation and will preach
his last sermon Sunday. He has been
called und has accepted tho pastor?
ate of'the First Baptist church of
Manning, and will leave early next
week for his new flebi of work.
Mr. Llghtfoot came here three years
ago from Paris, Ky., and under his
pastorate the church has constantly
grown. Ho is held in high ostecii by
his entire congregation and general
regret is expressed on all sides in his
leaving. As yet no statement has
been given out aft to his successor.
Now is Tho Time.
None is so deaf as he that will not
hear. The farmers of the South have
been deaf with that wilful deafness.
For many, many years the gospel of
"hog and hominy" has been preached
to them. But most of them have
turned a deaf ear to it. They have
preferrod growing cotton, because It
could bo readily convorted into aioney.
It is true that the farmer here,' there
and yonder, who, regardb?S3 of the
price cotton was bringing, has al?
ways raised enough food and feed
stuff to supply his needs has pros?
pered more than his neighbor, Who
depended on cotton to buy the food
and feed stuffs ho needed, but this
unanswerable object lesson has been
ignored.
The South does not feed itself. This
was unwise in past years. It was
poor business. But, if there be no
change this year it will be a crime, a
crime against the nation as well as
against this section.
This country is going into a war.
a world war, the greatest world war
this sad old earth has ever known
And it now looks as if the outcome
of that war will be determined by the
food supplies of tho combinations of
powers engaged therein.
Germany recognized this fact before
any other nation involved in the world
war. Fron? the beginning, it exerted
every effort to Increase its production
of food and feed stuffs ami to prevent
any waste thereof. it went on the
ration basis practically at the ver>
outset. The people of Germany arc
not eating near as much as they
were before tho war, but tho result
does not seem to have been any les?
sening of the fighting qualities of tho
Oerman soldier nor of the productive
energies of the civilian population.
But for this prescience, the entente
blockade, which shut off imports into
Germany and her allies, would have
Marved them and ended the war be?
fore now.
Recognizing as fully a:* the gntent e
the value of hunger as on ally, the
Germans Instituted tho submarine
campaign to cut off supplies from en?
tente nations. What llttlo has been
nllowcd to a-'op through the censor
offices shows that this submarine, cum- ]
paign has been frightfully effective.
The United States is going to the
rescue of the entente. This country
has about as many men as Germany
and Austria-Hungary had together at
the beginning of the world war. Its
woalth is infinitely greater than the
combined wealth of those empires. Its
natural resources infinitely surpass
theirs. But this country has no sur?
plus of food and the whole world
seems to be in the same condition.
Money can do much, but it cannot buy
what does not exist. Ammunition
can do much, but it cannot win vic?
tories for armies or peoples who have
not enough food to sustain life.
Tho entente nations lack money.
This country can supply it. If they
lack ammunition, our resources for
producing it are unlimited. They do
not lack men, but if they should, we
can supply millions of soldiers to be?
come "cannon fodder." But, they do
lack food and this country can give
them no greater help than by so mobi?
lizing its farming as to supply that
lack while assuring plenty for our?
selves. This may sound prosaic, but
It is true, nevertheless. The man who
raises a surplus of food will be doing
his share toward winning the war just
as the man who follows the stars and
stripes into battlo on land and sea.
And that brings us back to the
Fouth. This section has not been
feeding Itself. It is conservatively es?
timated tbat the South sends six hun?
dred million* annually to the West tr
buy food and feed stuffs that it could
easily ralso at home, did it devote B
little leos attention to cotton. Btrt
the South must have its smokehouse*
and granaries at home and not In the
West if it is to be fed an? lot ham?
per this country in the world war
All that the West can raise will Im
needed to feed our armie's and help
feed our allies. If two million men
are put under arms by this country
many of them must come from the
farms, which will cut down our crops
Tho need of tho hour is plain. Onl>
a fool can fail to see it. True patriot?
ism in the South will manifest itsel'
not only by enlistments for martial
set vice but also by making the South
self-sustaining. The South must feet
itself. Failure to do so will handicap
this nation and its allies.
Not only must our farmers grow
more grain and raise more hogs ant1
cattle, but every person who has v
little plot of ground must raise on It
something to eat. Every little will
help. Backyards and vacant lots cat
be made to help feed the South and
sustain the nation.
Now is the time to start this work.
?Greenville Piedmont.
Paxvillc Personal News.
Paxville, April 10.?Miss Bethen
Edwards went to hor home at Mullins
on Friday to spend Easter with her
parents. Sho icturned on Sunday
night.
Bev. T. I!. Owens and Mr. Richard
Boston motored from Chesterfield last
Friday for a short visit to his son, Mr.
T. Reynolds Owens.
Miss Jessie Curtis hns returned
from a short visit to the Misses Ed?
wards at Elloree.
Mrs. 1 adgo Curtis returned to her
home at Chesterfield last Saturday, af?
ter a lengthy Stay at the home ot
Mrs. S. E. Cur*is.
The pupils of the Methodist Sunday
school are rehearsing their Children's
Day program. "A Child in the Midst."
It will be given on the f>th Sunday
morning of this month.
Miss Lizzie Bradham has returned
to Millen, Ga.. after spending the
winter with her sinter, Mrs. Joeh
Bryant.
Quite a party of folks from Ben
nettsville are expected to come to
Sumtcr on April Hat with John L
McLaUrln. During their stay in the
eity, Mr. and Mrs. MoL-iurin frill lie
tht guests of Vi\ David Klein.
AUSTRIAN VESSELS HELD.
Treasury Department Announces That
They aro Merely Taken Over for
Protection.
Washington, April 10.?Fourteen
Austrian merchant vessels In Ameri?
can ports were taken over today by
the government coincident with the
announcement that Austria had brok?
en diplomatic relations.
Telegrams to the collectors of cus?
toms at ths ports concerned were sent
personally by Secretary McAdoo late
lest night instructing that the crews
aboard tho vessels be removed and
that customs guards be placed in their
stead. The status of the removed
crews will be determined by immigra?
tion authorities.
In a formal announcement of the
government's action tonight Secre?
tary McAdoo made it clear that the
government had not confiscated the
vessels but had acted for the purpose
of protecting them "from further in?
jury." From this statement was in?
ferred that the ships were damaged
by their crews as in the case of the
German vessels taken over by the gov?
ernment upon the declaration of war
with Germany. The vessels thus tak?
en in to the government's keeping were
all at Atlantic or Gulf ports as fol?
lows:
At New York, the Dora, Himalaya,
Ida and Martha Washington; at Bos?
ton, the :3rncy; at Philadelphia, the
Franconia; at Newport News, the
Budapest; at Pensacola, the Lucia; at
Tampa, the Borneo; at New Orleans,
the Anna, Clara and Teresa, and at
Galvestor, the Campania and Mora
witz.
The tonnage of the 14 vessels totals
ai proximatcly 67,000, the largest of
the fleet is the Martha Washington
at New York, of 8,112 tons, and pas?
senger accommodations for 1,100 per?
sons; the smallest is the Anna at New
Orleans of 1,576 tons.
F. Ii. PLAYER DEAD.
Passed Away Unexpectedly Monday
Night?Apoplexy Named as Cause.
Fleetwood L. Player, for several
years magistrate at Shiloh, died ver>
unexpectedly Monday night, his body
being found dead in his bed Tuesday
morning, when he failed to got Up at
the usual time. Mr. Player was a
merchant and farmer of Shiloh, in
addition to being magistrate up to the
first of 'he year, and was well known
throughout the county.
The funeral services were held ai
thi: Methodist Church at Shiloh this
afternoon at 4 o'clock and the body
was int?srred in the church graveyard.
There was a large attendance of rel?
atives and friends present for the
services, many citizens going from
Sumter to attend the funeral.
Coroner W. J. Seale was at once
notified upon the finding of the dead
body of Mr. Player and he and Dr.
W. S. Burgess at once left for Shiloh
There a coroner's inquest was held
und the jury, upon the evidence ol
B>r. Burgess, returned a verdict that
(death was due to apoplexy.
Mr. Player was fifty-eight years old
As magistrate he made a very efficient
officer, and was a leading citizen of
bis community. He married three
times, his third wife being formerly
Miss Jones of Oswego. She with tCl
children survive him.
Panama to Help Defend Canal.
Panama, April 10.- The preslden
I Of the Republic Of Panama. Dr. Ua
mon Veldes, signed s proclamatloi
this afternoon committing Panam
unreservedly to the assistance of th
United States in the defense of th
CO nal.
The president also cancelled th
exequaturs of all the German con
suis in Panama.
PRIVATEER AT WORK.
Campaign to Make Sumtcr County
Self-supporting Received With En?
thusiasm.
Editor Daily Item:
Pursuant to a call issued by Mr. S.
A. Harvin, chairman of the Privateer
Committee of Public Safety, a meet?
ing of the farmers of this commun?
ity was held at Bethel school house
last evening, which was probably the
largest and most enthusiastic farmers'
meeting ever held at this place. Cer?
tainly within the memory of the writ?
er. The chairman of the committee
elso acted as chairman of the meet?
ing and after calling to order, request?
ed Rev. Wm. Haynsworth to state the
object of the meeting. This he did
in a most explicit manner, inciden?
tally delivering a most urgent plea for
pieparedness on the part of every in?
dividual. Mr. J. M. Kolb next spoke
on the "Necessity of Cooperation"
among all of the farmers to meet the
War conditions.
Mr. H. D. Tindal called attention to
the importance of changing our pro?
gram from that of cotton planting to
one of "self-preservation." A number
of gentlemen were called upon to
make talks, all of whom responded
earnestly, some proposing definite
plans of action. Among the other
speakers were Messrs. W. E. Kolb, R.
I. Kolb, W. O. Cain, Sr., and Jr., Will
McDaniel, Cap McLeod, Samuel Mel?
len and H. H. Wells. All of the
speakers acquitted themselves well
and were given the closest attention.
It is quite evident that the seriousness
of the situation is fully realized by
the people of this section and is com?
forting to know that a supreme effort
is being made by them to meet what?
ever crisis arises.
By a unanimous vote of this large
aggregation of farmers it was decid?
ed to hold another meeting two weeks
hence for the purpose of reporting
progress along the lines undertaken.
Every one present arose when Mr. H.
D. Tindal asked who would plant
more food and feed crops than they
had previously planned.
The following resolution was pass?
ed with enthusiasm:
Whereas, a state of war now exists
between these United States and the
German government, caused by the
repeated unlawful acts of the German
submarines on the high seas, in de?
stroying lives of innocent and neutral
American citizens, forcing our Presi?
dent and Congress to declare a state
of war exists and that all the re?
sources of this great country be used
to suppress these great evils,
Therefore, lie It Resolved:
That we, the people of Privateer,
while we deeply deplore a war, yet
the protection of our people and the
good name of our country we hold
sacred, and shall stand to our Presi?
dent and country.
That we do our utmost to carry out
the suggestions of the Sumtcr Com?
mittee of Public Safety by planting an
abundance of food and feed crops our?
selves and by encouraging every one
else to do likewise.
S. D. Cain, Secty.
Sumter, S. C, April 10.
About Eighty Fire Companies in S. C.
April 1 began the new license year
for lire companies in South Carolina
Commissioner McMaster says thai the
present number operating in the State
is around eighty, or tive or six below
the number doing business when the
Lancy-Odom law was enacted.?
Southern Underwriter.
April LSth is set as the date for the
campaign meeting authorized in this
cit> by Uie Commission for Civic Pre?
paredness for War authorized by Gov.
Vanning! Rev. H. R. Murchison 1*
he speemer appointed for the meet
nig. /
BANKING SYSTEM STRONG.
Federal Reserve System Prepared for
All Emergencies and Depositors
Need Have No Fear.
Circular letters have been sent out
to all banks which are members of
the federal reserve banking system
calling attention to the fact that de?
positors need have no fear in these
war times concerning their deposits.
The announcement states that the
Federal Reserve Banks are ready at
all time to exert their great power
and tremendous resources in aid of
members whenever and wherever nec?
essary to preserve sound financial
footing and that bankers may pursue
their business with entire confidence
and tranquility.
This is information which will be
pleasing to bank customers, as it as?
sures the country that panics will be
averted, even if war does come.
Another feature of interest in the
announcement is that foreign custom?
ers of banks, no matter of what nat?
ionality, need have no fear of the gov?
ernment confiscating their funds in
banks, reports of which have been
circulated. The government an?
nouncement is: "It having been re?
ported to him that there is anxiety
in some quarters on the part of per?
sons residing in this country, who
are subjects of foreign states, lest
their bank deposits or other property
should be seized in the event of war
between the United States and a for?
eign nation, the president authorises
the statement that all such fears are
entirely unfounded. The government
of the United Sttaes will in no circum?
stances take advantage of a state of
war to take possession of property to
which international understandings
and the recognized law of the land
give it no just claim or title. It will
scrupulously respect all private rights
alike of its own citizens and of the
subjects of foreign states."
THE "SOLDIERS OF THE SEA.
Washington, April 10.?The great
American public 's realizing now
more than ever the fact that our Ma?
rine Corps maintains separate and dis?
tinct recruiting stations from the oth?
er branches of our national defense
and that although the Marine goes to
sea, he is a soldier?not a sailor?and
does not serve his country entirely on
the' ocean wave, according to Major
General George Barnett, the comman?
dant of the "Soldiers of the Sea."
The present crisis is causing many
patriotic young men to investigate
the dilferent avenues in which they
may protect the freedom which they
enjoy, and those undecided as to
whether they would "do their bit" as
a sold er or a sailor are enlisting in
the M irine Corps as a "Soldier and
Sailor, too."
ALL COMMUNICATION SEVERED.
Berlin. April 10.? Gei .i.any has
stopped all mail and telegraphic ser?
vice between Germany and the Unit
i IS) SSV '* ? ?;,' ??
ed States.
Auto-lntoxicafif
Causes Death
Do you know why you hovo sick
headache, diabetes, neuralgia, rheu?
matism and liver or kidney troubles?
It's because you are being poisoned
by products of your own Body. Your
organs of elimination are not work?
ing properly. I Waste material that
hould be thrown out is being retained
o poison and intoxicate your system.
Chat could not happen if the bowels
vere kept open vita Granger Ltver
lepulator. This splendid preparation
a purely vegetable and non-alcoholic,
demand Granger Liver Regulator at
'our druj? rtore?25c a box?and take
a other. '.lUio i3 BOtging "just as