Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4|f tthklpnin anb ^outbron WedncMtay and 8at unlay _BY? PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTEK, 8. C. Terms: tl.M per annum?In advance. Advertisement a. fifes Square llrst insertion .. . . fl.nn JNsij subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or laager will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub atrve private interests will be charged far as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect WlB be charged for. The Bumter Watchman was found 1150 and the True Southron In T.ie Watchman and Southron as the combined circulation and ice of both of the old papers. manifestly the best advertising im In Sumter. urvrraa visit to Carolina. Ho|tes Kngllnh ami French SSfkmerM Will Traverse Oolumhis. .May 10.?Oov. Manning isrday addressed telegrams to MaJ. Wood. Secretary Irnsing and Ltor K. D. Smith urging that invl to vlsl Columbia be extended (he French and British commis ""South Carolin/, earnestly de a visit from the official commis of Groat Brltai? and France," message read. 'Their presence be an inspiration. I request that ?stend to them this invitation, rasorees i.nd our people are of freely fcr the war for the do? of liberty. Please urge them to to us." MKDICAL MEN GAT II EIL Sanitary Association Meets In Greenville. reenville. ttay 9.?The Southeast Hanltary association convened here tats morning, a number of physicians and medical men from five Southeast? ern States being present Officers will bo elected tomorrow, the closing day Of the fifth snrual convention. Dr. Joseph Goldberger, who was to have spoken today on the subject of pellagra, was unable to attend. In hol stead Dr. Tolliver Clark spoke on "Child Hygiene " The sctlvltlet of the day came to a eloss with the Informal banquet at the Ottaray hot el tonight. Dr. James A. Hsyne. State health officer spoke on the subject of "Pub? lic Health Progress in South Carolina" t the morning session. He was fol? lowed by Dr. )?. A. Hlnes of Seneca, whoso subject was "The Sanitation and the Infsnt Mortality." There fol? lowed a generai discussion indulged in hp many of the delegates which elicited many matters of importance to the profession. Recess was then ta<< on until ths afternoon session. "Some Observations Concerning the Fire Major Clauses of Preventable Deaths In the South" was the opening > at the afternoon session, de by II. H. Shoulders, Mali reg? istrar of vital statistics of Tennessee. ?r. Carl V R?yno'ds. health officer of Ashevllle. spoke on 'Tuberculosis In the Negro l.aco" He was follow? ed by Dr. P. A. Prcssly of OreenvllK Whose theme v as "Relation of Oral Hygiene to Ideal Sanitation." Miss Rllxabeth Summers was also one of the speakers. The association then adjourned un? til tonight, when the informal ban? quet was tendeied at the Ottaray ho? tel. The programme tomorrow Includes sei eraI specti.lists from different branches of the department of agri? culture. Washlr ston. and nlso Dr. F. M. Routh and Dr. L. A. Riser of the South Carolina State board of health. May Join South Carolina Bureau. A conference of the representatives of South Carolina companies and I committee of the S B. C. A . was held m Atlanta on Msy I, at which Cic question of having nil companies op- ! orating In that State join the ration bureau was fully considered It Is un derstood that a favorable proposition has been msde to the non-board lo? cal and outside companies and that in the near future practically every company In South Carolina will be cooperstlng with the bureau.?South? ern Underwriter. Harrteburg. Pa.. May 9?Oov Brumbaugh has refused to extradite Harry Thaw to New Tork, where he Is indicted for assaulting a Kansas Oily school boy. POPULAR SALESMAN KILLED. B. O. RICHARDSON, OF COLUM? BIA LOSES LIFE WHEN TRAIN ANB AUTO COLLIDE. Accident Near Barnwcll?Remains Token on to Columbia by Southern Tr?te?Machine a Total Wreck. Columbia, May 8.?B. 0. Richard? son, traveling salesman for the E. M. DuPre Company, of this city, was in? stantly killed at 1.30 this afternoon about four miles from Blackville, when the automobile in which ho was driving was struck by Southern train No. 30. The car was completely demolished and its lone occupant was dead when reached by members of the train crew, according to a long dis? tance telephone message received In Columbia late this afternon. Mr. Richardson was 26 years of age. He is survived by his wl:*e, who was be? fore her marriage Miss Bertie Thack ham. and by a daughter seven months of age. He had been connected with the DuPre Company for more than two years in various capacities, but had been traveling since the first of this year. Mr. Richardson left Blackville this afternoon, going to Barnwell. About four miles from Blackville the road crossed the Southern tracks and there it was that the accident occurred. It is presumed that the noise of the ap? proaching train was not heard by Mr. Richardson when his machine started across tho track. The body was pre? pared for burial at Blackville this af? ternoon and will be brought to Co? lumbia tonight. The residence of Mr. Richardson is at 2203 Park street, this city. THE DIN KINS' MILL PICNIC. Chamber of Commerce Directors Ir ? dorse Project ami Urge Citizen? % . Attend. At tho meeting of tho directois of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce held yesterday resolutions wero unani? mously adopted endorsing the big get together between city and country basket picnic to be held at Dinklns' Mill pond on May 16th. The president, vice presidents, ami directors of the commercial organ? ization expressed the opinion that the meeting of thousands of men. wo? men, boys and girls of the rural dis? tricts with the citizens of Sumter and their families on occasions of this kind will certainly prove not only very pleasant, but also profitable to city and country. The directors instructed Secretary Keardon, the chairman of the city of Sumter committee on Dinklns Mill picnic, to call his committee togeth? er and get the committee to do its best towards having as many of Sumter's men, women, boys and girls as possible to attend this picnic. The report that this picnic date has been changed is erroneous and it will positively bo held on next Wed? nesday, May 16th. Hon. D. D. Molse, of Sumter, mem? ber of tho general assembly and Lieut. Gov. Andrew J. Bethea will deliver addresses and other speakers ore expected to touch upon import? ant economic problems of the times. JOFFRE CAPTURES NEW YORK. Metropolis Surrenders Unconditionally to Him. New York, May 9.?New York sur? rendered unconditionally to Joseph Jueques JofTre, marshal of France, and the French war coin mission at l:3fl o'clock this afternoon. Not only did the world's largest city capitulate to the hero of the Marne and to Rene Vivian!, former premier of France, who headed the war mission to the I'nited Slate.:, hut it accorded them a triumphal entry. Never have visitors to New York been given so tremendous a welcome. At least a million of its citizens turn? ed out to pay homage to the great soldier and the great statesman of a sister republic. Accustomed as they havo become to demonstrations of esteem slnco they set foot on American sod, the French? men were overwhelmed at the demon? stration accorded them by New York. Their coming was u historic event and It was celebrated In a historic way. The men whom the city honored did not try to hide the emotion they felt. Prom the moment they alighted In Jersey City from the closely guarded special train which brought them from Philadelphia until they retired lonkfhl in the Tifth aveQUe mansion Of Henry ('. Prick, they were not per? mitted to forge! that New York was proud to have Within it* gates U)0 representatives of tbe I taJ loved ally of the I'nited States. Washington. May !? Senator Wil Hams is leading tbe attempt to Invokl the senate's new OlotUrs rule to forci through the administration's tsplon age bill with the SSSjQOrshlB and em but go sections. TO MAKE CHAIRS IN PRISON. CONVICTS IN PRISON TO WORK UNDER SAFE CONDITION'S. Directors Enter Into Five Year En? gagement srith Kontucklan, Charles Irlon. Columbia, May 10.?Manufacture of chairs and kindred articles of furni? ture will he undertaken by the State penitentiary immediately. The board of directors, at their regular monthly meeting yesterday, entered into a five years contract with Charles Irion of Frankfort, Ky., and the plant should be in operation within 30 days. The proposed step is not relapsing to the "contract lease system" in pro? viding employment for the convicts. The penitentiary will furnish the raw material, the labor, which will be under the immediate and absolute control of the penitentiary officials, and the building. The penitentiary will also have charge of the funds derived from the sale of the furni? ture. The contractor will provide the machinery and will sell the pro duet. The building that housed a former chair factory, operation Of which was suspended upon the out? break of the European war. will be occupied by the new enterprise. Fore? men are to be employed by the peni? tentiary to instruct the prisoners in the work. Guards will enforce discip? line as in other departments. Proposals to lease prisoners was made simultaneously by J. M. Gra? ham, who formerly operated the hos? iery mill at the penitentiary. Mr. Graham's plan was to employ the convicts in the manufacture of over? alls, shirts and mattresses. This plan was relected by the board. A. K. Saunders, superintendent of the penitentiary, has had under se ous advisement the idea of intro? ducing some form of industrial work for the prisoners since his election last January, and yesterday's culmina? tion was to him very gratifying. "It means not only the employment of the prisoners in a very useful way," he said. ' will also teach the men a profitable trade, which should help materially to make them useful citi? zens upon the expiration of their sentences." Those attending the meet? ing with Mr. Saunders were: Gov. Manning, who is a member ex officio of the board; H. H. Arnold, Spartan-, burg; W. H. Glenn, Anderson; A. Hayne Hawkins, Prosperity; P. L. Bethea, Dillon, and J. M. Smtih. Smoak8. Immediately upon adjourn? ment Mr. Glenn resigned as a mem? ber of tho board of directors. Mr. Glenn war, recently appointed an ap? praiser of the federal land bank at Columbia. The State board of charities and corrections also met with the peni )i. i tentlary board. A joint conference was held relative to the reformatory for negroes in Lexington county. Both boards expressed themselves as being strongly in favor of making the State reformatory for negro hoys really a reformatory. That U was anything but a reformatory was clear? ly emphasized and a determination to make it a helpful factor in reclaiming the negro boys sent to it was ex? pressed. Chairman Smith, with Messrs. Haw Kins and Bothca of the penitentiary board, Superintendent Saunders ajul Warden Lindsay for the reformatory, with Secretary Johnstone of the State hoard of charities and corrections will visit the South Carolina Indus? trial school at Florence next Tues? day, to study the work of that 'insti? tution for suggestions in behalf of the institution for the negro boys. CANADIAN LOSSES IN WAR. Ronen Total of 80,843, With More Than 21,000 Dead or Various Causes ! Ottawa, May 9.?Casualties among ' the Canadian expeditionary forces from the time the war began up to yesterday had reached a total of 19,- i 148 killed, wounded and missing, ac? cording to a report made today by the WOr records ofllce. The report in detail follows: Killed in action: 774 ofllcers. 14,559 men; to? tal 15,329. Died of wounds: 212 ofll? cers, 5,000 men, total 5,24 2. Died of sickness. 49 ofllcers, 1,191 men; total 1.240. Presumed dead: 38 officers, 1, 4SI men; total 1,519. Wounded: 2 74 3 officers, 60,913 men; total 63,05?;. Missing: 105 ofllcers, 2,751 men; total 2,857. More Liquor Cases Tried. In the recorder's court this morn? ing Willie Frierson, colored, was tried by the recorder and a jury on the charge of selling liquor, the jury re? turning a verdict of not guilty. Monday afternoon Adam Tindal plead guilty to two charges of soiling liquor and was given $50.00 or 30 days on each count, and was tried by a Jury on a third charge and found HUllty, a sentence of $100 or 30 days being imposed by the recorder. These cases were sonn? of those re? sulting from the recent work of local detectives. I SPRINGS JOINS AVIATORS. LANCASTER ROY BECOMES LIEU? TENANT IN UNITED STATES ARMY. <ictH Diploma i? Advance at Prince? ton in Order to Begin Service With Uncle Sam Immediately. Lancaster, May S.?Elliott W. Springs, only son of Col. Leroy Springs, of this city, has been accept? ed a* a lieutenant in the I'nited States army aviation corps. Mr. Springs passed all examinations perfectly. Mr. Springs is an honor graduate of Princeton University, with the de? gree of A. B., having been graduated in advance of his class on account of his acceptance as a vlounteer in the aviation service. He is the youngest member of the senior class, graduat? ing at the age of twenty. He is also an honor graduate of Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind. Mr. Springs is one of the first from Princeton Uni? versity to start Hying at once, and is r?t present stationed at Princeton with the Princeton Hying corps. Hit hun? dreds of Lancaster friends will watch his car?or with interest. ANOTHER BRAZILIAN VESSEL SUNK. Press Calls For Brastlc Action From the (Government. Buenos Aires, May 10.?Ixical news? papers here assert that the govern? ment has received information that the Argentine sailing vessel Oriana has been sunk by a German subma? rine. They say the Incident is graver than the sinking of the Monteprote gldo and demand that the govern? ment act at once. Germany has offer? ed reparations for the sinking of the Monteprotegido, and that incident is closed. Maj. Sprat t Promoted. Columbia, May 10.?Maj T. B. Spratt of Fort Mill, commanding the second battalion, has been appointed lieutenant-colonel of the First regi? ment, to succeed P. K. McCully, re? cently appointed colonel. NOTICE?For the benefit of our pa? trons, our corn mill will run daily from now on. Any one wanting a pure, high grade meal will do well to bring us their corn to grind. Mill at the foot of Sumter Street, near Southern Railway. Sumter Roller Mills. Eveiything in the Building Line All Kinds of Feed a I BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. f: EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE I Phones 10 ? 631 ?TtiiiMintimiiiin.??MiiTiMMiii??*??#TTTtTrfTfin The Secretary of the Treas? ury wired us as follows: Lwvcrnmont will receive subscrip? tions until June fifteenth for two bil? lion dollars, three and one-half per cent. Liberty Loan. You can render inxaluablo sen ice to your country b\ receiving subscriptions and COO iterat? ing with Ifoderal Reserve Bank roar district. Will you kindly do tl?s and telegraph me, government exi>ensc, soon as prac ticable rough estimate amount of bonds you think will he suhscrilKMl by you ami your custom? ers. \V. G. M ABOO, Rcciy. of the Treasury. There will doubtless be Bonds of such small de? nominations that all can buy. If you wish to purchase any, please advise us? We will handle all purchases withont profit. The National Bank of Sumter. GOOD SHIRTS We are offering a really good line of Shirts at $1.00. The patterns are attractive and the tailoring is correct. Shirts at this price are scarce, so Come and make your choice at once. We have a beautiful selection in better grades at $1.50 to $5.00. See Our Window Display THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.