Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"?ssssssssssaras?f?m? MEANS TO GIVE SERVICE. ? ? II I titoi in \ mi \ mo \\<> i ? N \TI I Mi MM TIN,. < HMJ IN 0>M Mill \ I, tii i? r Ptcdilng Ihr Various I? ?? !..?*? Campaign* IHmiihmmI ami \c Ihiii Taken. umhiu. iVt. 4. - Hcprescntut \\? men ati'l women from every jectinu of South Carolina met here today In a tiloloty of meetings, at \vhl< h plans, wen discussed and foi initiated for Lent .serving the government In ihc war Food coiimi rvation. prevention o waste und the Moating of the rum > llhei'ty loan issue Were the three me >>r propositions de.tit with. Mr* ling* of the Stute Council of Dt* fsns*. ??Saldos' over b David ft C >U , ir. of llartsvllle. an chuirmun. and o the women's hranch of the count 11. presided over n Mr* F. Louise Mayes., I ? ? u'.?hv .i* ? haiiman. were bei 1 ( i.. the ion noon At noon the two or I .jiii/a: ?on*t combined with county and Wi -te ofTleets of the footl adniinlstru ?'?oii in an open conference, held in th ? supreme court chamttr. at lilt Mate rapltol, wheg the gsasral phi sen of the war work were dis-j gVJgftd Hovrrnor Manning. John Mood, of Koano\.>, \'a.. assistant di rec'or of the r 11 ion al food administra? tion, und A. V. Sn? II. of Charleston.' .1 representative In South Carolin I, delivered ml dresses Prior to those1 ' ..?lies H. Hart lett. a meinhe.- of the volunteer start of the national fon.l admint 4ration. spoke to the Btatoj Council of defense on the necessity of! II luginc home to the people the dan? gers of the war in which tin- Unitt : Ltatts is sngiged. The sped..era emphu-?zed the mil of close cooperation with the gOVOFh mint in the prrsnt atruggl**, parluu ily in the router at<on of food an-l the Motatton of the liberty loan. FOOd la one of Ihc prime essentials of the ? ?IdU rs and money must )>e fume he I " ?he Government to perfect Its plans for the winning of the war, the . in- j variably clelined. The tatnpa.i; out j of German autocracy that democrat y n?.;y i> ? vv 1 nni' ill Lome to thus attend.nr; the . nnous meetings, a ad f h ' f.. ? . : \\ or instructing t be peo ? !. In the meaning of the war and th ? rretrievahlo disaster to America should Germany he triumphant 'Ah .. the people re alize th-se th'.nga. raid j the Sprakel a. they will help in cverv wsy. Mr*. F. Louise Mayes pledged th nt'ppcrt of the women in tin- pro ?er - tK>n of i)h? cumuu.gi *? fur both fo > i conservation and for the flotation oS the liberty loan h >nd i. Hhe said that the women had done phmlld work in getting pledge cards in South Caro? lina in the September campaign, as had Men attested hy 2"?.000 card; already having heen FOPOttSsV Lin rsstcr. Ch??ster. I ,cx ingt on. Williams burg and Charleston were the only eountlea over which she lost sleep In the rumpnlpn. ?he stated. I wwnt Mr. A. V. ?MsV said Mrs .Mayex in speaking of Charleston, t put a bomb under those gracious ladiei In Charleston s ho bow and refus? while we of other parts of the State work snd perspire?" The Ignoranci of the people In t.v meaning of th* food campaln ahou to be undertaken was emphasized by >lrs. Muye*. who said tliat a rampa / of education should he undertaken h the churches and the schools to struct the people In the meanlm: o the pledge cards before they are p sented for algnlng. The State Counc il of I >e f c m - ? nii.ri ? nioualy endorsed the suggestion < ? ovsrnor Manning that the next gen eraly a sembly be niemoralixed to r> amend the banking laws of the Btatf Usal at least II per cent of th 4 capital sml turplus. put In the second llheily bond irsuc. ??? ? \ ? .. >; >t > I from t , ?. . t on. He explained that South Caro lim* Is one of the few States of tin union which do* * not exempt anv gov? ernment I onds from taxation. lb thought that should the tax cominc: kion nnd the State Council of l>? fen d* clde to iwgc amendment on the !< If' itur ? at I. a t i l.iioo.uoii of t .. h< mlu would h< sect pled by the ban'. I I Made It pi iin that the aim ridine || was to e-.eniot th** l-.nil h from sal 1 lloa only oa the Mfcerty loin bonds that tn*y pai h med Th*' gcnc.nl conference wus opi ne, fhortls .111? i noon hy Governor M i i ning who det.t rlbed Ihs sncriflcs o>' the mothers In glvlm: up their sou l#? the war and the p itrmttsm of 111 lesjtgei srhe win gswi i i ?* in ssjfgstri gf th hi i . that America i*? tight fi*r?the suppression of autocrac> lb t the "world will he made safe f demo? ra< v " ll*? told of the i.i sinrr n Iks srmif.i and theh rooperati hranchi n. hut said that |hO] mil t rationed arid mom v nupplli d for th i fi uii l i m ?? ..ml emnp oent Th two things, he staled, is while fie peni le at ho .e |fi of the mo t \ r i SSMlstanre. In speaking of the HhOftf Nslg Ik Governor anld that it i onl) itsj i 1*i *ariy home to each man th ? PS I ? > for aur at rlMnit ami he wlh ,<t >.'. - ' ii.is' of tin-in. He claimed that the Man ol email means should Invest In 11m security, which hi the soundest method ??f Saving money, as it has ih> entire backing ol the government behind it and Is free from taxation. In If I. an. hl Said, ."?7 per centum (?. the amount WSJ subscribed by IhO " ens ami Institutions which could irrj 1 rgS amounts i ??! dunnlng said that it is tho lirst <luty of eve ry man t(? pay his debt* Then, if bi has any sur? plus, he ihouM put thom in llberu It an bonda The ohlef executive saki that, yesterday, in tin stress of feel? ing he had called those who eoul 1 af? ford te do so and had refneed to sub? scribe te ihe libert] loan "elaekcra and traitors." ' i aid not mean to sail these men trat tore,H he explained. i was thlna? ing of Certain men in the I nltcd Mates Ik nats who are bringing disre< - |m-? t i.-.i tin Ir e niutiy and 1 inadvor tentiy need tin- word traitor.' How? ever, referring to those nun In con? gress, i regard them and their actions as traitorous to iheli country end i hook] i 1 rebuked." it wax lhen that Qov, Manning ret ommendod .i memoria] te the general a.semhlv to chilli;;!' the hanking g*W o! this Btate, in contending thai iho banks would largely subscribe to the loan, he said that the State banks have Meteee,ecc on deposit, iso.ooc, . whteh are la the savings ?io partment. These same beaks show a lanital of lli.cec.oeo and s surplus ei |8f00e(#Ce, The national banks show larger amounts, he claimed. John Wood, insistent food director, : ild that he knew South Carolina would do her i art In the casjipalgn foi food conservation. The \ory prcu< em i of :v> manj representative people I ihe conferenoOi he continued, wae a stronj testimonial that they realised the crl I which the country was fac? ing. The Btat* Council of Defence eon nldcred s number of matters at a toual I Ion held ju: t before th C] Snlng of the joint session of the liberty loan and food administration workers. Tb? report >>f the committee sp< pointed t?, consider the ?i'** Ht;c>n o. luLU hm': military training in the pu dio schools was received, but uc lion on it was deferred for furthei I on ah ration. The executive committee roportoi thai the defense handbook, just com? piled by Keed Bmtth, executive sv cre ti-ry. was off the press and thai :!.a i i OOplSS Word now ready for dlBtribU tion. it was decided that others shouh be i rlnted in lots of ft,00f as needs i ': he hnndVoOk Will be distributed t. Council of pefenot workers through' out the Mate end is expected to fur nleh a guide tor their Bpeeches, work etc. A committee composed of Ohr.stu Denet and Robert hfcDoug?ll, of Co? lumbia, end John T. gt evens, of Kcr shaw. icporiel results of an inv.sti gation into alleged waste at Camp Jackson. They st ited thai these r< ports bad la mi greatly exagge >atcd in regard tc to-oalled extravagani weges paid there t was learned that the contractors paid these high wages i . .iiise tin- job was a rush one. Th Council of Defense voted to DO] iis part of a survey to determine rea? sons for rejection of such a lar imber of men at Camp Jackscn be? <ause of physical defects. The I ropo ion was pu*. before the council b. Albert s. Johnstons, secretary of ti,? i. Board of charities and Cor? rections The survey will be made bj Dr Hastings H. Hart, of the ttusgoll foundation, tin exponss being norm II IhC government, the bond of char? ities and corrections ami the Council of Defence. It was stated that as toundtnej fach in regard to the ie.ee ti n of drafted men woubl he revealed i avid R, Coker, Rtate food sdmlnls 11 at or. ut id t h it the work of t h< lats conm ii of i left nee, the wo men's hi inch ol it. the food ndmtnU I ration end the second liberty loa?i has bei a eoordinaiod for efficient*) . .ni econonl y of effort. in response to a query from Bright Wlltarason, of Darlington, aa i< > heth r he had personal knowledge of any C. rman atro? dies. Mr. Bert ilrtt slated that he know of an Instance ill v. In re tin- h m ol a wealthy in 1 r< fined Landon woman wan mutilated i v flerman soldiers as he lav wound m| on Ihe field of battle. Both hand* Were cut oft* at tin- wrists, he slated. ifr. I'anbtp of York county, med n shoil talk in regard to plans th % commitl ol ? tt ii county had forme la te? I to further the liberty loan movement. He stated that if every county WOUld place ItS allotted QUO thi re would be no trouble whatOVCI in raising the state's quote of fi". egg,CCO0, or even $'J0.turn.turn, .lohn I. Mel num. of Bennetts villa told tin defence council that a ci latti can* of farmt re would put their sur pin. money into Fords unless th \ to. re pursunded to purchaoe libert!) hi id < lb- "t t ?1 tint he had ir ? I returned f< on a trip to the Norths'. .i i t the farmers of south cero i 11 ? ) mn? h bettor condition flnan le.ui'y ift? it tin* great wheat growlnc laiiaeis, nhe were supposed to bw rcaphlg ?tlctl a harvest from war prices, This surplus should be put in bonds, he declare d, lor hard times arc coming Liter. .Mr. McLaurln stated that In didn't think the war was any? where near over. MEETING AT DUBOBE, Well Attended CknrunuuJty Meeting Held Thin-day N ight. The community meeting at DuUoa? I SChOOl house ast ni^ht was well at t. in led. The Buinter county Council oi Defense had representatives at th< meting. Mr. Btanyarne Durrouglu presided and welcomed the visiting speakers. Dr, B. n. Edmunds, Mr. w I?. Jem in;,B, Mr. P. O. Bowman, and Mr. J. prank Wilhams delivered vorj Interesting practical and patriotic talks about the caueei which led this ? i UOtry to enter the war. the neces? sity for united action of every part oj Ithis country, the importance of diver? sification and conservation or food, tin port the men, women, boys and girls should tuke, and explalnod Ho- atro? cities ngainat innocent women and - hlldren and helpless prisoners of war ! in tin hand:- of the ruthless and bar ! baric German soldiers; The speakers stirred the hearts ami enthusiasm of their audience and awoke within tholr hoarers a deter? mination to do something for their COUntry. The DUBoee section of Su al? ter county is one of the progressive and patriotic, Intelligent sections ol our State. The in on ami wo? men of that section are natur? ally patriotic and loyal to their State and their country. Hut last night*.' meeting kindled afresh the fires o* natlanl, State and county patriotism. Liberty bond purchases, Red crow work, and food conservation were touched upon particularly by the speakers The County Council of De? fense and the Bumter county managers of the food conservation campaign ol the week of October -ist to 28th ar< satisfied that the people of DuBOSe ftchool and intermediate sections- will do their full duty to their government. Heturned Alter Fifteen Years. ? - .:t Mr. c. v. Marchall of Fort Cobb Oklahoma, brothe r *?f Mr. Hart Mar ? ball. v\ ho left South Carolina 80 yea It afJO, out cm a Visit to his old home And re latlVOB for the first time since ii" left to seek a livelihood in the far west. Ho was a .young man then and mads up his mind to rind a country where he could make a crop without using artificial fertilizers. ib talks most interestingly of Texas ami Okla? homa, where he has spent his last *lt? years. He ttrst want to Texas where he lived for ::a years at Colorado CU end Is jrt irs ago he removed to Port Cobb) ?>i lahoma. He married in Tox AS a Florida lady and has three sons living in Oklahoma. The drought, h says, out west is so great thai fifty or so re counties in Texas have already applied for government aid. He pass sd through thousands upon thousands t of gCrCS in Texas on his way here Where the Holds are as bare of crops as th" public roads. Have not ha i rain enough to oven bring the crop:-. up after being planted last spring. Cattle. mulCS and horses on the ranch i I nave died by the thousands owinr to IbC streams drying up and the railroad facilities so poor that half could not be shipped. In Oklahoma where he lives, Just a lout a-third of a corn crop will be made but since the rains started in June, the kalir corn and late planted corn will save the farmers. Although he lives about 12 miles from the Reil live, famous cotton lands, very little is planted in ins section, because they cai gel it picked and live stock grain nays so well. When they do have anything like a season they ma: ? enough one year to i m two or throe He is amazed at the great transfor? mation around hi; old home and coun? ty; says every country had its advan? tages and disadvantages. Mr. Mai diall says ho will be OUt icveral weeks before in- returns? ; !'..: h >|.\ ill*' Vindicator. ' _ w nll*Flcmlng. I , Bcranton, 8. C, Oct. I.?Quite a sur? prise to their many (r.cnds was the marriage oi Miss Frona Wall, daugh? ter Of Mrs. T. D. Wall, formerly o' Marion, s. c, but now residing hero lo Dr. John Miller Fleming of King* tree, B, C . Wednesday evening at th liaptlat parsonage, Florence, s. c, Th ceremony was performed by i>r. Mai tin and Immediately afterwards the young couple left on the south bound train for a short honeymoon trip. '?nly a few ?lose friends and rclatl' were presnl to wltnecu the c< ,? ..<? .. Mrs. Fleming la a lovable and ? tractive young woman. Mr, Flein Inn i ii anally from Sumte r. but now ho a responsible position with ihe rcot f rue Cu in Klngstree, at which pis tin y e ill make their borne. Married. M Rusle It a (field and Mr. Morris < o\ were married at I ho home <d' the hi Ide's father, Mr. n a llnmcld, at 7 n'elocli Wodneaday morning, Rev, J i'. Marlon performing the peremougi M '.Ulli I S LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC . Impirii'.^ Mas> Meeting of Negroes to Hid Pnrewell io Their Von?; Ifen Who Hove Ik en Drafted. - i Thn Court House wan illled to the doors today with an earnest and pa? triotic assemblage of negroes from ail sections of the county who had gath? ered at the call of a committee of the leading ministers, tea* hers ami pro I? ki lonal men of that race, to say fare? well to tii" uist Increment of negroes culled for serviie in the National Army, who left for Camp Jackson : o'clock, The meeting was an Inspir? ing one and Qvety speech breath-. ed tin- spirit of patriotism and a wil? ling ness to nerve the country when? ever ami Wherever called. Ti e speak? ers, also tool; occasion to give the young men (ailed to service in the army wholesome advice as to their conduct as Boldlers and as Individual*) on duty ami off duty. They were re? minded that there bad been negro sol 1 ilieri in every war tin t this country had waged, n-om the Revolutionary struggle when three thousand of thorn fought under Washington, to the in-1 VOSlOn of Mexico last year, and that In every war they had won the com j nicndatlon of their leaders for faith ful service and gallantry under fire. The men were reminded that military service In defense of their country was not an Imposition upon them, but an honor and a privilege thaJ: citizen-j ship carried with it. Addresses were : 1:c made by M'-ssrs. C. M. 1 hirst aid I. C. Strauss, who both made patriotic! ? pee. hes, commending the m< n win. bad I icon called to military service for 'the spirit With Which they had re# sponded, and ixpressed their confl | dence thai all of them would do theli duty as men and loyal Americans. I The meeting WM called to order by M. J. Frederick, ESQ., chairman of the committee of arrangements, who act? ed as master of ceremonies and intro? duced the speakers. The speakers were as follows. C. M Hurst, Dr. C. W. Hit nie. [. <\ Strauss, Prof. C. A. Lawson. E. A. Walters, it. W. West berry, Rev. I D. Davis. E. B. ioncs. The speaking was interspersed with patriotic songs by the pupils of the Lincoln school and Morris college. The meeting was closed with a for? mal farewell and Qod-epeed by chair? man I'ri dorlck and the benediction by ttev. .!. Al. Harrison. When the meeting was dismissed the drafted men man bed in a body to Bast Liberty street where dinner was terved for them under the direction of '.he committee, after which they marched to the Southern depot where ney entrained for Camp Jackson. There were sixty-nine (ailed in th\e Increment, but it was impossible to Obtain a list of names today. Tili: WOHLDS SERIES. Chicago Folk arc SG1I Intensely Inter ested is ituscbuii. Chicago, (let. 5. - Hundreds planned to stand in lino for the sale of un? reserved seats for the first world se? ries game. Interest here is- intense What bets have been made arc at about SVen money. Scalpers are short Of tickets. Pair weather with slight ly lower temperature is forecasted. Rain, so frost bitten that it looked like, snow, fell for a short time this morning. The WOathOr man maintain? ed that it w 11 he fair tomorrow, how ever. Tick' c scalpers are apparently clearly o\. -maneuvered. I ids for box seats range from sixty to seventy-five dollars for the three games. j Till. Hni l.l\ INVESTIGATION. ' House Coin in i tu v Begins Probe oi Charges Against Congressmen. mmm Washington, Oct. B.?The bom committee began an investigation of the Eieflln charges that certain mem? bers "acted suspiciously" in connection with war plan . Hearings with Hetlin as the first witness were disarranged when Postmaster Oi m ral Burleson suddenly appeared at the capital and took Heftln away. The committee hoard tWO newspaper men who testi rted that 11? Hin gave the interview he , afterwards repudiated. - i MYSTERIOUS AIR POWER. Committee to Investigate Discovery Made by Armenian. _ Washington, <>?t. 4.?Whether Gar abed is the most marvelous scientific idiscovery of the ago, destined to play] ? great part in winning the war for! America, is to he Investigated by ? 'Or.imltteo Of scientists appointed by :hc Secretary of ihe Interior. Th" m n le today passed a resolution already 1 dopted by the hou&e authorising the Inqtitr) and guaranteeing government (Meet Ion Of t be process. "Oarabod" Is sdmethlng discovered oi invented by Clara bed T, K. (llragoi Bian, an Armenian inventor, of Boston who believes he has the secret of tak? ing from Ihe air a mysterious power which will drive aeroplanes or batth bhlpe. NEWSPAPER PLANT SKtZED. lofl <? department to show sense why _ thin paper should not be barred from LCditnr* of tiertwin Paper Arrested by the mails. Benedict Prtetli eras to Government, have appeared la Washington tomor _ ;io\v. and it is not known what ef Newark, x. J.. Oct. *j?Agents otlfefet today's action win have on this the federal government today seised Phase of the c ase. After their release on bail the* pub Ihe publishing plant here oi tiie New ?hn-h Ushers issued a statement, in WMCn Jersey Freie Zeltung and arrested its , , * , , j. they said they always had been lo^ai two proprietors and three editors on - . 1 , , .. . to the United States and denied having1 chargee of publishing seditious and . . / published treasonable articles, treasonable articles. I he five men, _ * ?"d ^,ln R I''-'"''-. I'-'-i TAX GASOMNE Ushers, and William von Katsler, Frederick J. Hartman and Henry n1I#. ? Rcliucr* Told Thai They Would lta\e Waechter. were arraigned In |5,00<i to Bear Share ol Wae. i ail sach for a heating October u. Agents o. the government are In Woahlngton, Oct. :.. --<?:i and gneo* charge of the plant. line rellnere In e meeting with tho The Freie Zeitung has been under | federal trade*, commission were told) surveillance of the government for that tho government would meist that several months and September 2G the they bear their share In the mux ju ices publishers were notified by the post-'that are to be fixed. WJi Itt?XttiltLVXIxiXttSX^ I Eveiything in the Building line ? Ail Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEQp. Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONK PLACE 3 Phonos 10 ? 63! it ::::n:iu::;:::jn:::;u:i:::T::.:tH;:xm To The Teachers Oi The City Schools If you have not yot opened a Bank Account we will be glad to have you open ad account with us. Oar institution is most conveniently located, being on the principal corner of the city?Main and Liberty. The bank was established in 1889 and has a capital and surplus of $250,000.00. Every possible courtesy and accommo dption is shown to our customers?May we not add your name to our rapidly growing list? The National Bank of Sumter. J P. BOOTH, Pres. D. D. MOISE, Vice Pres. W. J. CROWSON, Jr., Cashier. A Convenience. A checking-account with a bank is a *(reat convenient*; not only to the business and profes? sional man, but to the farmer as well. More peo? ple would keep such accounts if they knew just I hov/ to go about it. We gladly assist those who need help in getting started. t THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK The Oldest Banking Institution in the County | ?oee~oeee< * t m set ? ?AH0NAL OUR COUNTRY AT WAR Our Army already lo the field?We must reed, clothe au< provide for it till victory hu? been won for us?Shoe our brothers and soes who have ataked their lives, that our hearts are with I hem and our money behind them. Thesecond issue of l iberty Bonds is now being olfcrcd. We srill gladly furnish you eith them and heljt yon finance them if desired. We make nocharge for our work. Today is the time Your Country Calls The KaW Bank 01 Souui Carolina V. G. ?OWLANO. I'residtnt.