The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 23, 1917, Image 3
NOW THE READY-TO-WEAR CLEA
At the SCHWARTZ STO
FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK, TUESDAY, MAY 22nd to SATURDAY, MAY 26th,
We Invite Everyone to Participate, For Regardless of the Higher Prices We Propose Holding this Our ESTABLISHED CLEAN UP SALE.
Entire Stock Silk Dresses, 65 in lot
$12.91 Silk
15 00 Silk
18.* Silk
20.00 Silk
22 50 Silk
25 00 Silk
30.00 Silk
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
Dresses
will go at
will go at
will go at
w ill go at
will go at
will go at
will go at
$ 6.25.
7.5?.
9.00.
10.00.
11.25.
12.50.
15.00.
1=2
PRICE
FOR ALL.
Entire Stock Goat Suits, 80 in lot.
$15.00 Coat
16.50 Coat
18.00 Coat
20.00 Coat
22.50 Coat
25 00 Coat
27.50 Coat
Suits will
Suits will
Suits will
Suits will
Suits will
Suits will
Suits will
go at
go at
so at
go at
go at
go at
go at
7.50.
8 25.
9 00.
10 00.
11 25.
12 50.
13.75.
SIO Trinuii(Ml Hats Will Go at . .$."?.00
$8 Trimme?! HaU Will Ho at . . 1.00
$0 Trimmed Hats Will Go at . . 8.00
$3 Trimmed Hats Will Go at . . 8.80
All Hats Go Same Way
it Trimmed Tats Will Go at . .$2.00
8.80 Trimmed Hats Will Go at. .1.75
3.00 Trimmed Hate Will Go at. .1.50
3.80 Trimmed Hats Will GO at . .1.25
Nothing Reserved?Every Dres s Coat Suit and Hat Goes at Half Price.
No Goods Charged?No Approvals?Come Early and Get First Pickings.
SCHWARTZ BROTHERS.
CpMfllMAN HOOVER CALLS ON
PEOPLE TO AID HIM.
prnmrnwrnt, Believe* it win Rare
* Necessary to Apply
Methods.
: Washington Miy 19.?President
^gjbjon. in a statement tonight outlin?
ing the administration's food control
polioy. announced he hud asked Her?
bert C. Hoover to become America:,
administrator mil that Mr. Hoo
would accept the place.
A statement given out by Mr. Hoo
after the White Hou.no announce
gave his plan? for food admin
ftstratlon and called on the country to
render voluntary assistance In carry
M| It OUt
Mr. Hooyer prop, me ti that the food
"^MggfnrsUration be divided into four
gisat branches. Most of the work
'Would be carried out by men and wo?
men of the country on a volunteer
"If this cannot be done," said
Hover's statement, "I shall cer
and willingly surrender the
to some other method of enter
I hold that democracy can
yield to discipline and that we can >
this food problem for our own
and our allies in this way, auf
that to have done so will have been
U greater service thru our Immediate
object, for WO will have demonstrate 1
the rlghtness of our faith and our.
ability to defend ourselves without
Prussianised."
President Wilson outlined the ad?
ministration's food control program i
In a statement tonight, and declared
that the powers asked for the gov?
ernment are no greater than thos?
ether governments at war have t?ee".i
compelled to take. Tbero is no Inten?
tion, he said, to restrain or Interfere
with normal processes of production. |
It Si ver> desirable, In order t"
prevent misunderstandings or alarm
and to Insure coperatlon In a vital ,
matter thst the country should un
nnd exactly the scope and pur
of the very great powers which I J
have thought It necessary in the oh - I
rumiUncfN to ask the congress to put
la my bands with regard to our rood
rupplips Thon* powers are very great ^
Indeed but they are no greater than tt I
has proved necessary to lodge In Iki
other governments which ure conduct- ,
this momentous war. and tholr ob?
is stlmulutlon and conservation,
not srbltrary restraint or Injurious
lutsrfmenre wllh the normal process
e% of product! n They are intend" I >?>
benefit und uMslst the furmer and all
these who plsy a legitimate |>art In
the Sreperutlon. distribution and mir
?otJng of foodstuffs.
"It to proposed to draw a sharp line
of distinction between the normal ac?
tivities of the government represent
?d In the Department of Agricultur<
In reference to food production, con
servatk>n and marketing on the on
hand and the emergency activities ne
cecnitited by the wsr in referenc?<? t I
the regulation of food distribution on .
ooasutnptlon on the other. All meus
urea Intended directly to extend the
normal activities of the I >epartm< nt o
Agriculture in reference to the pro
ductlen, conservstion. end the mar
ketlng of farm crops will be admin
Istered, es in normal t:nir? through
that depnrtment and the powers sskc I
for over distribution and consumption,
over exports, Imports, prices, purohn.
end requisition of commodities, sto.
Ing, and the like which may require
regulation during the war will lie
placed In the fennOs of ft eommlseione
of food administration appointed by
the president and directly responsible
to him.
"The objects sought to be served by
the legislation asked for are: Full in?
quiry into the existing available stock
I of foodstuffs and Into the costs and
practices of the various food produe
inj and distributing trades; the pre?
vention of all unwarranted hoardim;
of every kind and of the control oi
foodstuffs by persons who are not in
any legitimate sense producers, denl
oih or traders: the requisitioning
when necessary for the public use of
food supplies and of the equipment
necessary for handling them proper?
ly; the i censing of wholesome and
legitimate mixtures and milling per?
centages; and the prohibition of the
unnecessary or wasteful use of foods.
Authority is asked also to establish
prices, but not in order to limit the
profits of the farmers, but only Im
guarantee to them when nscssini i ;?
minimum price which will Insure them i
a profit where they are asked to at- 1
tempt new crops and to secure the
consumer against extortion by break- ;
ing up corners and attempts at spec?
ulation when they occur by fixing tern- j
porarily a reasonable price at which
middlemen must sell.
"I have ask .-(I Mr. Herbert Hoove,
to undertake this all-important task
of food administration. He has ex?
pressed his willingness to do so on
condition that he Is to receive no pay?
ment for his services and that the
whole of tho force under him, exclu?
sive of clerical assistance, shiill bo
employed so far as possible on tho
same volunteer basis, lie has ex?
pressed his confidence that this diffi
eu't matter of food administration ca 1
be successfully accomplished through
voluntary cooperation and direction of
legitimate distributors of foodstuffs
an 1 with the help of the women of
the country.
"Although It is absolutely nces
?ry that unoufsUonoble powsrs shall
be 'placed in my bonds in order to in
:;ure the success of this administrativ:?,
of the food supplies of the country.
I am confident that the exercise of
th< sc powers will be necessary only
in the few cases where some small a'.vl
.'?.elfish minority proves unwilling to
put the nation's interests sbovs. per?
sonal udvantagc and that the whole
country will heartily .-up port Mr.
Hoover's effoi ts by supplying neces?
sary volunteer agencies throughout
the country for tho intelligent control
of food consumption and securing the
eopcration of the most ca p;i bp- b id
ers of the very interests most direct?
ly affected, Ihol the exercise of the
powers deputed td him will rest very
lUOOOOlfllHjf \ipon the good will an 1
cooperation of the people themselves
und that the ordinary economic ma
chinery of the country will be left
substantially undisturbed.
"The proposed food administratio i
is Intended, of OOUfSOi only to meet a
ntaillftOt emergency ami to continim
only while the war lasts. Since it
Will be composed for the most par*
of volunteers, there need be no fear
of the possibility of a permanent bu?
reaucracy arising out of it. All oon?
tif?1 of consumption will disa ppen r
whon ths oiuorfjsnoy has pssssd. it
is with thut object in view that tb
administration considers It to be ^><
preetninent importance that the exist?
ing associations of producers an I
distributors of foodstuffs should hr
mobilized und made use of on a Volun?
teer basis. The successful eondtl I
of the projsctsd administration hj
su< h means will lie the finest possible
demonstration of the willingness, the
ability ana the ellkieucy of ?eiuQcrilc) .
I und of its justified reliance upon the
freedom of individual initiative. The
Last thing that any American could
?
! contemplate with equanimity would DO
the introduction of anything resem- j
?ding Prussian autocracy Into the i
food control of this country.
"it in of vital interest and Impor?
tance to every man who produces food
and to every man who takes part In
its distribution that these policies thus
liberally administered should succeed
and succeed altogether. It is only In
that way that wp can prove it to be
absolutely unnecessary to resort to the
rigorous and drastle measures which
have proved to be necessary in some Ol
the Buropean countries.
With the president, Mr. Hoover be
Hoves it will rarely become necessary
to apply large powers.
Five Cardinal principles of food ad?
ministration outlined by Mr. Hoover !r
his statement arc:
"That the food problem is one of
wise administration and not expressed
by the words dictator' or 'controller,
but 'food administrator.'
"That this administration can be
largely carried out through the coor?
dination and regulation of the oxistin;',
i i
legitimate distributive agencies, sup
plemcnted by certain emergency i
bodbs composed of representatives of
the producers, distributers and con
i
?urn ore,
"The organisation of the commun?
ity for voluntary conservation of
foodstuffs
"That all important positions, SO far
as they may be, shall be tilled with
volunteers,
?*Thttt independent responsibility of
.tha food administration shall be di
' rectly under the president with the
cooperation of the organisations of
the Department of Agriculture and
\ Department of Commerce, the Feder?
al Trade Commission and the railroad
! executives."
"I conceive," says Mr. Hoover,
J "that Urn essence of all war adminis?
tration falls into two pb'tSes:
! "First: Centralised and single re?
sponsibility.
I "Second: Delegation of this respon
i
Slblllty to decentralized administra?
tive organs."
The four branches of food admin*
nitration are described by Mr, Hoover
OS follows:
"In the first branch we should set
Up a certain number of separate ex
ieCUtive bodies for regulation and nd
ministration Of certain critical com
[ modi ties and these should be organiz?
ed fin the normal lines of our com?
mercial institutions with a board of di?
rectors, a president and executive of?
ficers who will work o'il problems In
I vol< <*d in thest commodities ami will
1 Institute such measures as may be
necessary to establish prices and dis?
tribution and that these bodies should
I ho constlttltod Of the leaders of the
tountry producers, distributors, hank
? ors and consumers alike.
! "l; has beon Ihe experience of nil
i
Buropean food control that results
ran heel be accomplished by acting
(through Or by regulation of the or?
dinary distribution agencies In the!
community, placing such restrictions
which will cause n minimum sacrifice
on the p u t of the legitimate distrib?
utor and will eliminate broad national
\ u de. unnecessary hoarding and th"
she"! s] SCttlrttor in foodstuffs. With
Ihe good will of the distributing com
nunlty it Is porslhle to do this with
out disruption of the essential com?
merce of the country.
"The second branch of the admin
i
Istratlon lies In the cooperation Or
the governors und St:;te administra?
tions through the establishment oi
'stale food administrations who will
'act on behalf of the national execu-!
I
? tive In national matters and who will |
themselves handle local problems;
through them and their assistants to j
secure coordination in distribution
fron one section id" the country to
another and to use the powers against
illegitimate handling which congress
s being asked to vest in the food
? dministration. Furthermore, it de?
volves upon the States to stop waste
n public places,
"These powers being asked for are
?onsiderable in order* that we may
orce into the market every form of
'oodstufffl over and above such stock
is normally and legitimately belongs
0 any particular business for its
proper conduct and to prevent any
vithbolding, directly or indirectly, of
*OOd supplies from the market.
"The third department is one of
lomesiic economy. As SO per cent, of
j he ultimate food consumption of the
j ountry Is In the hands of the women
>f the country we will shortly place j
before them a plan of organisation !
including policies as to the elimina- J
iion of waste, the reduction of con- |
sumption, the substitution of iocal j
commodities for those from further
?afield, the substitution of over abun?
dant commodities for those which we
wish to export to our allies and in?
struction in the intelligent purchase
and use of foodstuffs and to set public
opinion against waste and extrava- j
gancs In public places.
"Wo do not ask that the American
i
people should starve themselves l>ut j
that they should eat plenty wisely and
without waste.
j "It is my present idea to propose
a plan to the American women by
Which we ask every woman in. control
, of the household to .join as an actual
j member of the food administration
and give us a pledge that she will so
' far as her means and her circum
!stance! permit cany out the Instruc?
tion which we will give her In detail
- I
from t|me to time.
"There is no service in this war on
( behalf of our own country and our
jallies in which the women of thecoun
' try can so well enlist themselves as
1 in this service and the success of tho
I food administration will rest very
? largely upon the support which wo ro
| ceive from them.
"The fourth branch of the admin
1 Istratlon must be that of cooperation
With our allies in many important
i questions involv ing exports from this
country and our common imports
from other countries."
STATUS OF RED CROSS.
j It is Ihc Only Volunteer Society Rec?
ognised by the Government.
_
i "The American National Red Cross
I I
j is the only volunteer society now au?
thorized by this government to ren?
der aid to its land and naval forces in
time of war.
"Any other society desiring to ren-1
tier similar assistance can do so only!
through tho American Red Cross?i
I General order No. 17a, \yar Depart
' ment. 1011.
! Washington, May l!>. It Is nsrer
talned officially at the war depart
I ment that one of the great canton?
ments for training the war army veil!
be located near Columbia, .lust what |
site vv ill be chosen fi 'oni omoni! those j
offered in the Columbia neighborhood
will be left to Gen. Leonard Woo l to
ideelde. The cantonment will ac?
commodate about 22,GOO men and v\il!
1 neenpv nboul one square mile of
ground.
AN UNFORTUNATE OCCUR?
RENCE.
Rev. J. W. Mmiltile Arrested by Mis
lake for for a Labor Agent, but
Promptly Released.
Rev. .1. \v. Moullrie, colored, pastor
of Emmanuel Methodist church, one of
the oldest and probably the largest
negro congregations of Sumter, was
arrested at the Atlantic Coast Line
station yesterday afternoon by Rural
Policeman Sam Newman on the
I charge of being a labor agent engag
j ed In enticing labor to leave the
I State. The arrest created consider?
able excitement and not a little re?
sentment on the part of the negroes
and lor a little while there was the
llint of trouble. The excitement sub
hided, however, when Rev. Moultrie
was reelased on bond and subsequent?
ly the charge against him was dis?
missal, as it was established that the
arrest was a mistake, Rural Police?
man Newman having taken the wrong
man into custody. The facts, so far
as they could be ascertained, there
being an evident disinclination on the
part of .Magistrate Moore and Rural
Policeman Newman to discuss the in?
cident for publication, were about as
follows:
A few days ago a negro from anoth?
er town came here ami volunteered
his services to locate and cause the
arrest of the labor agent who has
been operating in thin vicinity for the
purpose of inducing negroes to go to
Northern points. Sunday afternoon
this man notified the officers that he
had located the man and that he
could point him out at the station.
Rural Policeman Newman was sent
to the depot to make the arrest. The
spotter described the labor agent to
Officer Newman and in addition point?
ed out Rev. Moultrie as the agent.
Acting on this information Rev. Moul
trie was arrested. Sometime after
I the arrest and after Rev. Moultrie had
j been released on bond the spotter
turned up and stated to the officers
I that Officer Newman had misunder?
stood him and had a rested the
j wrong man. tint the labor agent
: was standing near Rev. Moultrie when
, he pointed him out. In the confus
; ion attending the arrest the real la
I bor agent slipped away and boarded
the train going to Florence.
The arrest of Rev. Moultrie. in the
circumstances, was most unfortunate,
for lie is well known in this city and
I apart from his position as pastor of
j a church, is generally regarded as one
of the most intelligent and worthy
negroes of this community.
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8UMTEK COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dally by
ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer.
Good Middling 20 1-2.
J Strict Middling 20 1-4.
Middling 20.
Strict Low Middling 19 1-8.
I Low Middling 18 7-8.
IIARBY & CO., Cotton Buyers.
I Nominal. %
NEW YOIIK COTTON MARKET.
YeeMys
Open High Low Close Close
.May . . 20.81 .04 Si .84 .76
July . . 20.75 .S5 .t>9 .69 .73
!Oct . . 20.55 .OG .40 .41 .62
New York spots, 21.15.
Death.
_
?
Mrs. Jack Player died at her home
j near Camden Sunday night, in the
I 71st year of her age. She is surviv
1 cd by her husband, several children
(and a sister, Mrs. T. B. Reynolds, of
j this city. The funeral services and in?
terment were held at Antioch church
at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon.
WAR BONDS
We will be pleased to purchase them for
you, Free of Charge.
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The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
LADIES' ACCOUNTS.
C$ A pleasing (feature of our business is the
large number of ladies banking with us. This
features modern banking, for w omen are real?
izing moie and more the wisdon of handling
their funds through banks. It gives system,
and their checks are receipts.
W o invite your account, whether large
or small. Make your initial deposit todsy.
Don't wait for a larger amount. It is the sys?
tematic handling of small things that count.
We have a bank hook, a chock book and a wel?
come for you.
The Kaiiona! Bank Of Soutb Carolina
C. G. ROWLAND. Prts M. 1. McCOY. Alst C*thi?r.
F. C HINNANT, Cash er. EARLt ?0WI.AN3. Astt Cath'r