The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 07, 1917, Image 4
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ail In IsftO and the True Southron In
IMtf. The Watchman and Southron
now has the combined circulation and
Influence of both of the old papers,
and Is manifestly the best advertising
niedhim^t^
The seasons thus far have been fa?
vorable to rice and the crop on the
Urge acreage planted In Sumter coun?
ty Is In a flourishing condition. It Is
reported that the outlook for a heavy
and profitable yield Is excellent, and
that those who are planting rice this
year for the first time as an experi?
ment are much encouraged by the
prospect.
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Interest In the trip of the Sumter
County Boll Weevil Commission to the
?eevtl Infested districts of Georgia
end Alabama, about the middle of
August. Is growing and it Is now he
lleved that not less than 50 represent?
ative farmers and several business
men will compose the party. It will
be worth much more than the cost of
the trip to each and every man in the
pcrty. since flrst hand knowledge will
be gained of the destruction of the
cotton growing Industry following the
advent of the boll weevil and also o'
the methods followed to combat the
weevil. There are many farmers who
still regard the boll weevil as more
or leas of a myth, others who do not
begin to realise the damage that the
weevil does to a farming country that
depends upon cotton, and the major?
ity have no knowledge of practical
methods of farming successfully and
profitably under boll weevil conditions
This Information will be sought end
obtained by tlrt.se who make the trip
with the Svmter County Boll Weevil
Commissi?, nd the larger the num?
ber of farmers in the party the more
widely disseminated will be this in?
formation among the farmers of Sum?
ter county. The trip la Important as
a preliminary to the campaign that
is being planned to save this count*
from the disaster and loss that have
followed the appearance of the wee?
vil in unprepared sections. The farm
era who u.ase the trip and then apply
the lessons they learn will be the flrst
line of defense against the boll weevil
and their precept and example wir
save millions of dollars to the col ha
live farming Interests of Sumter and
adjoining counties.
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The treatment that negroes are re?
ceiving In Rast St. Louis. III., Is brutal,
abominable and without reasonable
excuse. The situation in that cltv
where repeated attacks are made on
the negroes by blood-thirsty mobs Is
worse than anything that ever hap?
pened in the South, and the negro
loviag South-haters In all sections of
the North and West should make haste
to do something about It. They have
been advising the South for 50 years
bow to treat the nes.ro and they are
not living up to their preachments,
now that they have the negroes close
at hand, where It would be easy to
treat them as friends nnd brothers.
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If Congress had given President
Wilson authority to do whatever is
necessary for the defense and safety
of the country and then adjourned
months ago. the country would toda>
be safer and conditions would be bet
ter thsn they sre. It is time for con
gress to quit killing time, It is time
to quit playing politics, It is time for
11 to do something and then quickly ad?
journ. War Is a serious and terribly
dangerous affulr and not n matter for
office seeking politicians to Juggle
with. War is the bUHiness of trained
soldiers and since we are nt war the
conduct of the campaign from start
ito finish should be committed to the
care of the men the country has
trained for that purpose. Congress?
men are fairly good men as a ride,
and useful In their place, but they arc
dangerous nuisances when they under?
take to interfere with the management
of a mllltarv campaign. We favor
delegating ull necessary powers to the
president and u war council and the
adjournment of congress for not less
than one yea**, unless sooner called
together, so that those of that body
who Imagine that they possess mili?
tary abilities may Join the army,
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The effort is being made to have
It appear that the State Press Asso?
ciation went on record an opposed *o
prohibition. State and National. Tills
is not a fact. The Association, by a
majority vote, refused to adopt a BO
lltlcal resolution, propsed by the Antl
Saloon league, a political organisa?
tion, on the ground that Htttte PrSS
Association is a non political organise
tion and that by rule and precedent
It In debarred from considering 01
taking action upon political issues. |i
is iruo that the attempt was made i
put the Anti-Saloon League resolution
through tit* a war measure, and hm
it not been fathered by the Anti-Sa?
loon League, there is little doubt but
that the Press Assoeiaion would have
endorsed prohibition us a war mens
ure. The Association was decidedly
opposed to being made use of by the
Anti-Saloon League, but we are satl.s
lled that a large majority of the mem?
bers present were not oposed to pro?
hibition.
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The Kaiser's offer to give tho Iron
Cross after the war to German pris?
oners of war who can prove that they
did not surrender voluntarily is proof
that Germans have been surrendering
to escape from the horrors of the
Hlndcnburg trench fighting, and is
also both an offer of a premium to the
soldiers to tight on and a threat of
punishment for those who do sur?
render. If a German prisoner of war
cannot prove that he did not sur?
render voluntarily he will be a self
confessed deserter and coward, and
If he falls into tho hands of the Kais?
er and his apostles of frightfultmss af
ter the war his fate will be a terrible
one.
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The offer of Mr. Henry J. Harby
to donate a site and endow an anti-tu?
berculosis camp with an Income of
$10,000 a year, on tho sole condition
that *he county of Sumter erect the
necessary buildings, would be Jumped
at by almost any other county In the
State, and the rejection of the bene?
faction by the County Board of Com?
missioners would be the cause of sur?
prise, bordering on amasement, were
it not for the fact that the action of
the Hoard in rejecting the offer of tho
State Hoard of Health to put on a
health surve<v of the county, provided
the county pay $2.000?one third of
cost of the survey?is fresh in mind
A discussion of the matter would he
without profit, since it is not probable
that the County Commissioners would
recede from their position, their minds
being apparently firmly fixed against
any expenditure of public funds for
the improvement of health conditions
We, therefore, will not undertake to
?how how necessary and valuable to
the entire population of the county
the anti-tuberculosis camp woubl'
prove Itself to he. We shall simply
go on record as deeply regretting that
Sumter county is denied the benefits
of a sadly needed humane institution
endowed with an Income of $10,00?) ,
through the far-seeing philanthropy of
t ne at our own citizens. We I mat
that other public spirited citizens of
Sumter will unite and provide tho
funds to erect the necessary buildings,
no that Mr. Harby'a offer may be ac?
cented for the people of th? comity,
even though their official representa?
tives have rejected the offer in the
name of the county.
MAY ST ILL fin MOP OH.
Ilut Only One Quart a Month, as
Medicine, Too.
Columbia, July 2.?"Issue liquor
permits as heretofore, federal law
makes no change." The above tele?
gram was sent today by Claud N.
Sapp, assistant Attorney General, to j
J. E. Stewmnn, Judge of probate, of
I^ancaster county, with reference to
the effect of the Heed prohibition
amendment In this State.
Mr. Sapp explained today that the
provisions of the quart-a-month act.
under which in this State that
amount of alcoholic liquor per month
may be ordered for medicinal or sac?
ramental purposes, were unchanged
by the federal law, which went Into
effect on July 1. The only effect of tho
law Is to make violation of the law a
federal as well as Strite offense. The
Initial penalty inflicted in the fedora!
court Is $1,000 line.
It Is thou cht that the existence of a
federal statute with its relatively se?
vere penalty will make prospective
npplicnnts for llouor permits be very
sure that they are suffering from a
bona fide and recognizable Illness.
AM Kit ICANN IN IWHIS.
IVtachmcnt of Army in Trench Cap?
ital for Celebration.
Paris. July I.-?The American sol?
diers who are here for tho Fourth of
July celebration were wildly cheered
as they marched through the streets
?hop girls kissed them. And the sr
phan children knelt as the Hag pass
ed. Their soldierly bearing impress
ed all observers.
Paris Street* Blocked.
Pari?. Wednesday ( Delayed )--The
crowds that greeted the American
soldiers In the Fourth of July cele?
bration were ho dense that the au?
thorities had difficulty In keepln
enough open space for them t<
inarch. Flowers were .trewn In tin
path of the soldiers The olhcial em
of the celebration was elaborate am
impi es-Jivs.
BRANCH OFFICE LEGAL.
PROBATE JUDGE MAY ACT BY
PROXY.
Attorney Reneral (?voh Opinion as to
Issuance of Permits to Order Wills
key.
Columbia, July 5.?The probate
Judge for Riehland county has the
tight to open a branch office for the
issuance of affidavits and certificates
to secure Whiskey under the quart a
month law, according to an opinion
rendered by Thomas H. Peeples, at?
torney general. That such an office
had been opened was brought to the
attention of Qov. Manning by T. J.
Smyrl, chief of State constables. Gov.
Manning referred the letter of Chief
Constable Smyrl to the attorney gen?
eral and asked for an opinion as to
the legality of the act.
Mr. Smyrl asked the following ques?
tions:
"I will appreciate it very much if
you would advise me if the liquor law
passed by the last general assembly,
is being complied with in regard to <
the affidavit and certificate which has
to be issued to parties before they
can obtain whiskey from a transpor- '
tation company.
"The Judge of probate of Richland
county has opened an office at 101 5
Gervais street and has a Mr. Owens
in charge of same; and Mr. Owens is?
sues certificates to parties who apply
for same, and applies the seal of the
probate judge to these certificates, but
It is not done In the presence of the
judge.
"Parties In other sections of the
county claim that if this is legal, that
each town in the county should bo
given an office and seal to accommo?
date the people, without having then:
to travel several miles to the judge
of probate's oftlce to obtain these cer?
tificates."
The attorney general's opinion to
the governor follows: % iu<
"I am in receipt of your letter o
the 30th ult., In which you ask:
*' '1. Whether or not a probat
Judge may appoint a doputy to Issue
permits for the importation of intoxi?
cating liquors under the terms of the
quart a month act.
" ' 2. Whether tho issuance of such
perm'ts at another place than' the of?
fice of the probate judge In tnS court
house is legal.
" 'If so, may not the probate -
judge appoint deputies to issue-perm its
at different points In the county.'
' In replv thereto I beg to advls^
that the power given the probat1
Judge to issue such permits under the
terms of the quart a month act is
i
ministerial rather than judicial. Hen?
derson vs. McMaster, 104 S. X2i. 26$.
273. This has been held in other
States as to the issuance of marriage
certificates, In which ense the pro?
bate Judge is to issue them upon pre?
sentation of certain affidavits similar
to those on which the permits in ques?
tion are to be issued. Cotton VS
Rutlcdge, 33 Ala. 110; Wood vs.
Farnell, 50 Ala. 548; 2G Cya. 853 and
854, and other cases there cited.
"A judicial officer, such as the pro
hate judge, may he required by law
to perform ministerial acts and they
do not become judicial because per?
formed by him. Throop, Public Offi?
cers, Sec. 539.
"At common law public officers
may appoint deputies for discharge
Of ministerial duties. 29 Cyc. 1395;
Throop, Public Olflcers, Sec. 070;
Small vs. Field. 102 Mo. 119.
"I am, therefore, of tho opinion
that the probate judge may appoint ll
deputy to issue permits under the
terms of the quart a month law, and
authorize such deputy to issue them
In the name of the probate judge and
under his official seal.
"The probate Judge is not restricted
to the court house building as the
place for transacting official busings'*
and may, under circumstances re
quiring, act elsewhere In the countv
In Rlehland county it was found tha*
the room given the probate Judge in
the court house was too small to per?
mit attention to both Judicial and or?
dinary business of the office and also j
to the issuing of permits. For that
reason, an additional office in the citv
of Columbia is used for the latte
purpose, where a deputy is placoi in
charge.
"The furnishing of sufficient office
room to the probate judge at the
county seat Is the duty of the 'county
commissioners, but they are not re
quired to furnish such office at other
points, and as the statute requires the
probate judge to keep his office open
at the county scat, it prevents his
giving his personal attention and su?
pervision to an office elsewhere- this
is a reason why offices could not be
placed In other towns.
"Cor these reasons, the opening of
the special office in Columbia at which
permits are issued by tho probat.'
Judge, through his deputy, dries not
require him to open an oftlce else
I where in the county."
COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
SHERIFF BRADFORD FILES BILL
FOR LARGE SUM.
Claims That County owos Him Jji2,:;72..
05 for Feeding Jail Prisoners, Boned
or Commissioners Having Changed
system or Dieting?Board Decline*
Offer of Mr. H. J. Harby to Give
Site and $10,000 a Year for Tuber?
culosis Camp on Condition That tile
County Ercot Building*.
On Tuesday. July 3, the County
Hoard of Commissioners held thell
regular monthly meeting in tho of?
fice of the supervisor. All the com?
missioners wore present with the ex?
ception of Mr. H. J. McLaurin, Jr.
Mr. S. K. Nash appeared before the
Board and on behalf of his client
Sheriff J. K. Bradford, asked tho pay?
ment of a claim of $1,371.91, which
amount he claimed was due for the
feeding of the inmates of the jail from
February, 1910 to April, 1917. In Feb?
ruary, the board had decided to
change tho method of feeding thos'
who are confined in the jail, doing
away with the 30 cents per diem al?
lowance to the sheriff and feeding the
prisoners at tho actual cost instead
The sheriff, however, still claims his
par diem allowance for each prisoner
and presented his claim, which war
refused by tho board.
Mr. II. P. Moses was present and
asked for tho insurance on the new
White motor truck which has been
bought by the county.
An application was received from
J. W. Player .asking for a pension
Action on this matter was postponed
until an investigation could be made.
The estimate for repairing the Rad?
ical road and tho Plowdon Mill road,
as furnished by Mr. MoBellan, was
$1,379.00. Tho board declined to en?
ter into the arrangement at present
Application was received from B.
C. Chandler for the position of cot
ton weigher at Mayosville. E. O. In?
gram applied for tho position of cot
ton weigher in Sumter. He had the
rndoisement of the City Council. Ac?
tion on those two applications was
postponed until the next meeting, it
having been found that both the ap?
plicants- were related to members o!
the board while the law requires tha
no relative of any member of thv
Board be appointed.
It was the opinion of Mr. L. P. Jen
nlngs that the operation of a slot
chewing gum machine out at Pocalln
by Mr. M. H. Beck was Illegal.
Smith Woodard, an invalid negro,
was allowed $3 a month by the Board
in lieu of his being sent to the poor
house.
A letter was road from H. J.
Harby which stated that he contem?
plated tho establishment of a tubercu?
lar hospital in this county and asked
the Board if thoy would erect the
buildings and make all sanitary ar?
rangements, provided he furnished th<
site for the buildings and endowed
the hospital with an annual income
of $10,000. The matter was discussed
for some length. Finally, upon mo?
tion of Mr. Minis, it was decided to
decline the offer for tho reason that
there was no fund available for such
purpose and for the further reason
that t**o Board fools sure that charity
patients of Sumter county can be
eared for at some camp already estab?
lished at less expense than would bo
Incurred by the erection and main?
tenance of such a camp for this coun
ty. Tho board expressed their regro*.
that they could not accept the goner
ous offer of Mr. Harby.
After tho Board had ordered the
payment of several elaims and ap?
proved the minutes of tho last meet
ing, thoy adjourned.
UUMTER (XrPT??N MMtM^f
P. C. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer.
(Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon.
Good Middling 23 1-2.
Strict Middling 23 3-S.
Middling 23 1-4.
Strict LOW Middling 23.
Low Middling 22 5-8.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Yes'dys
open High V<aei Oes* Close
July . . 2!.!?0 25.03 2 1.77 25.00 25.3S
Oct . . 24.50 24.<m 24.20 24.53 21/.KS
Pec . . 24.25 24.79 24.23 24.07 25.73
New York spots 25.4 5.
TROUBLE IN ARIZONA.
Mi ike. at Globe Requires Presence of
Troops.
Phoenix, Aiiz.. July 5.?A telephone
message from the county attorney at
Globe said the mine strike situation
there is beyond control. United States
troops from Douglas wore ordered
there on recommendation of the gov?
ernment representative.
Farm Loan Applications.
Washington. July 5.?Up to July
1st, South Carolinians had applied
for $495,000 first mortgage loans to
the Farm Loan Associations ( bartered
by the Federal Loan Board.
II AK KR i:si AliUslH.s t i.xsOK
ship.
Secretary of War Say> He Raa Au?
thority to Safeguard the Army.
Washington. .July 5.?Secretary of
War Baker sahl the censorship ar?
rangements over messages dealing
with American troops in Prance wer?
temporary and will he supplemented
by a method which will not delay
their delivery. He aiade no effort to
tind legal authority for his action,
saving that the secretary of war is
empowered to take any steps neces?
sary to protect American soldiers. He
promised that an adequate force
Working twenty-four hours a day
would he provided to read all dis?
patches which are diverted to Wash?
ington first. Brigadier General Mc
intyre Will finally pass on all ques?
tionable statements.
I Sod LVosu Sowing.
lied CrOM R'Orkm wdto arc willing
to help with the eewin gwhich can bs
done at home pleas* call ut headquar?
ters. St X. Main street, Dixie Elec?
trical Co., at once as work must b - In
Immediately. Anyone wanting to
know anything regarding the tied
Cross may call at same address.
\
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Ernbalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day and
Night Ca'**.
At ? '. CR A ic Old Stand. H. Main.
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Business as Usual
The participation of America in Iba
great world-war requires increased
diligence fro:n patrntic business
men.
The wheels of industry and com?
merce must continue to revolve.
There must be no break, no hesi?
tation. Business must go ahead.
This institution urges all its friends
and patrons to increased effort at
this time. It believes that cool,
level-headed judgment will carry
our conutry to success. The slo?
gan which it commends to all is
BUSINESS AS USUAL.
The National Bank
of Sumter.
Banking By Mail
A pleasing feature of this bank is the
rapid growth of its out-of town business.
Every mail brings us deposits from dis?
tant customers. We give particular attention
to this class of business.
YOUR ACCOUNT IS INVITED
L
r The National Bank 01 South Carolina
NOT TOO LARGE NOR TOO SMALL
This Bank is not TOO BIG, nor TOO LI TTLE
It is BIO ENOUGH to give confidence and assurance to its
customer*.
It is SMALL ENOUGH to give careful attention to YOUR
?(Tains.
YOUR little account will not be neglected.
And no matter how LARGE your account, we can take
care of it.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK I
United States, County and City Depository
The Oldest Banking Institution in the County
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