The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 05, 1918, Image 3
HPV %KS TO SOI.DIFIlv
Formet l'rrsicleut Taft iviu Men at
(?ap Dodge What United stales
ta nriuuic vor.
Des alotnes. Jan. 1.?Speaking un?
der tfce auspices of the Y. M. C. A.
war council. Former President Taft
today told 6.000 National Anny sol
diets a ('amp Dodge, what the Unit?
ed 'Hate* is lighting and why.
In opsnlng his sddress Mr. Taft
out.lned the series of outrages which
Germany committed egalnat the Unit?
ed States and showed that st all tlmss
1 he United SUtei acted within its
rights under international law.
The American people srs nat?
urally peaceable." he said. ' It does
not ca-e for war or the autocratic
methods which must necessarily be
udoptsrl during a war.
The United States will never adopt
a policy of permanent preparedness.
It." people are not Inclined in that di?
rection. It will always be found un?
ready to meet an attack by an ag?
gressive and prepared militaristic na?
tion, such as Germany.
It is for this reason that the Unit?
ed St: tea must flght this war to a con?
clusion snd demonstrate that no na-I
ti>.n. peacefully Inclined, need fear a
Oat dsn attack by derm.un
NOT UF1.I. Till Ml l>
Board of i harltles and Correction
Males Charges.
Columbia. Jan. 2.?"An outraging 1
Injustice." is the manner la \\ hi. j
the State Hoard of I BSflttSi SI fl (?0
recUms, in Its annual repot t. char
notarises the method pursued by tin
State In using the profits from V.v
1.4 bor of the boys confined at Dp;
ttoutn Carolina Industrial School m
Florence In paying for a fOSfl whtcu
cost In the neighborhood of SIM' 1
"We ca,n not recommend too earn?
est > thut one serious injustice th >
Htat* Is perpetrating against Isst I
boys be immediately discontinued."
says the board. "In 1914 the legis?
lature passed sn net I No* 508) an
thot Ising the board of trustees of this
seh*;?ol to purchaj?e ? farm and to pa:
for It oyt or aucb profits' as may ac
erwtx This farm was to cost around
Mo 000 . it Is worked mainly by the
aeys. This year Superintendent
Johns estimated the yield will be 80
to SO balsa of cotton. -1.000 bushels
off corn. 300 gallon* of sorghum, an.',
othar crops In proportion. In othex
wortla. the State la getting rich
through the labor of these boys. This
?
offttet much of the character build
ing value of the labor Itself. In fa<
Superintendent Johns has told us th It
several tlmss boys rsady for parol
have had to remain days and week 1
unUI some relative or some other per?
son would provide clothes and trans?
portation. What should be done, In
our Judgment. Is to compensate these
boys for their labor and make It SCaV
atbls for them to accumulate savings
Such would be Just, it would furth .
discipline, it would stimulate the boys,
and If properly admin stered it would
make It possible for them to start
life over again with a better chance."
The board says that while Increas?
ing the dormitory facilities of the
rho-l the pSSl year, the BSStSil IS*
se.nhly did not Increase the fund fo?
maintenance. and "Superintendent
Johns states that he has been having
Considerable difficulty In providing bli
beys with the quantity and variety of
food he feels they should have."
The new dormitory, which |g \<\ \ <
tlcslly completed, will provide for 84
hoys, contain shower bath roonn
locker rooms and day rooms uil on
one floor.
Ths board] says that on one of Us
full inspections It found th** boys
poorly clsd. many of them barefooted,
and many looking as though fhev
were cold. "A shipment of shoes
has since been received." says tha
board, "but we feel that thewe boys
srs not yet adequately clothed. A
number of smnll repairs needed
about the Institution had not been
mude at the time of our November
Inspection."
Th* board repeats its recommenda?
tion that the employment of one or
r ore parole officers Is absolutely nec?
essary, finch olhVeis would kvI Job*
r the boys before thev are parole!
v oukl seek to prepare the surround
ngs to which they would go so that
th#?y would start their new life und<-.
the best possible conditions and wool',
a ipervlse them while they wero 00
I? irole.
BJOI i\ t \l 11 OHN1A,
i >ur PersNvtiM Overcome h> Unit a)
PumkIcim
Pssadena. Cal. Jan. 1 Four pot
*> ns were oven ome by heat todav 1 1
the crowd of 42,ool? which witness'-I
the football team o* m irlms station
el at the Mare 1*1,ind navy y.ird <\
fest the army team from Camp I?w
Is, Washington, on) of the feetsM
of the annual tour mtnent of fOOa ?
bars. The score was 19 to 2. Profi ?
f'?m the gerSSS will %n to th* R ?
Croma
PACKING COMPANY READY.
Crungcburg I Enterprise Han Cupucity
of Three Hundred Jlog* and Fifty
Cuttle Dally.
-Imgeburg, Jan. 1.?The Orange
burg; Packing Company will bo ready
for business January 14. The delay of
several months was due to the fuel
that tln? machinery was slow in com?
ing. PTirylhlBg has come now and the
11l int will be ready soon.
The packing company !ias a capac?
ity for 300 hogs and 50 cattle daily.
The plant Is modern and wall equip?
ped In every particular, and is said to
? e one of the finest plants of Its kind
not only in the Smith, but In the I'nit
etl States.
M. P. Durt, lont; asiocl ited with
packing Interests in the West and
Middle West, Is superintendent, hav?
ing come to Orangcburg from Wilson
A Company, Kansas City.
FINE MILLS AT WORK.
Fnthu^iastU- Response to Request
From <.o\eminent That Little
rime lie litwt.
New Orleans. Jan. 1.?According to
1 an announcement made tonight by
tbe Southern Pine Pmerfconey Bu
n ,u gunthf a Pine Mills during the
week of December It, slipped 7,
tlt,0gtl feet of ship timber for gov
? ancient use. an average of 7:! cars a
day. including December .'1 and 2*
v ben the nulls were not operating
The shipments the previous week av?
erage d I ; CUgS a day with the milh
Operating six days.
The record of the pas' week nc
to the bureau's announce
m< nt. indicated the mills complied
the governmeat'e request to lose
as little time as possible during th"
bedidays.
\ III NS DRIVEN OVER ItlVKR.
Italians Now In Possession of Bridge
bead oil Fht VC.
Roma, ,ian. l.? The Austriani laai
night were cm;11>?d letl, in conse?|Ueae<
ei Italian operations to abandon th<
St-enaon bridgehead, where they had 8
lodgment on the western bank of th
Pinve river, and pass to the caster:
bank of the river, the war office re?
lax ts. All the Seenson bend is now
held by the Italians.
many 1 fkule-mindkd
Thirteen Out of Every Thousand so
-.MJpdgcil "t Cuniji Jackson.
Columbia, Jan. 1.?OutJ "5f fvery
1,000 men mustered into the sertic
of the United States at Camp Jackson,
thirteen were subsequently discharg?
ed from the serv Ice because they were
i.???hie hiimled. A thorough study o;
the medical records of rejection at
the cantonment, made for the State
Council of Defense and the Stau
Board of Charities and Corrections by
Dr. Hastings H. Hart, of the Kussel:
Sage Foundation, and Albert Sidn \
Johnstone, secretary of the Poard or.
Charities and Corrections, ascertain. I
this fact. Permission to study the
records was granted by Major Qen.
Charles J. Bailey, commander of
Camp Jackson, at the request of Qov.
Manning.
A statement by the State Board o;
Charities and Corrections shows that
out of every 1,000 men mustered inta
the service from the two Carolina*
and Florida 14.5 were rejected be?
cause of fseble-mindednesn. ."The re?
jections per 1,000 on account oi
i < eVde-mlndednes8 for the three State
j
separately," says the statement,
"were: South Carolina, 13; North
Carolina. 1G.5^ Florida, 11.4."
One thing that the statement did
not deal with, but which Is a fact, is
that everyone of these men rejected
for leehle-tnindedness must have been
passed by the medical authorities o
?sehe local board as nt for military
SerVlOOi otherwise th v would UOt
hare reached Camp Jackson.
The assertion that there Is so gran
<>n.petition between laborers in Bum
ter that many of them do not receive
a living wage is preposterous. Then
i Is so great earn petition aniOAg em?
ployers for all olaasea of labor thai
any person, old or young, male or f
m;ile can obtain steady work ever
day m the Weak at higher wages thun
ever paid before. The Magnate fa
, tory has between four and five hun
1 dred ncn. boys women and K.rl
new on the payroll and one thousand
re so urgently needed that the man*
? rer of the factory are pleading wltl
those who aan work to enter the far
lory, ah who sooepi employment k\
paid a living wage whilo they ar
learning the work, nnd after they at
tain proheiem y they are paid on
piece-work hen s i.y win h their I 1
and Industry are the only limit t<
their earnings. This Is only on<
?ample. Today in Munter then are
hundreds of pood Jobs open to a I I
?r* and no one need be Idle save I
prefaragge No man has to ben fc
lob. tin- employsri gee begging
to a de* and paging thorn \>?? i
lo do so.
What German Victory
Would Mean to America
(Contributed by MAHV At'S
T1N to the National Security
League's ranil?aii;n of Putrlo
11-in Through I id m a t ion.)
I do not see how any stu?
dent of human history can
doitbt that German victory In
this war would mean that
most of our tour hundred
yeai* tight for political liberty
has- been In vain
If you ask any number or
American? of foreign extrac?
tion, and we are all Of us that
at some date, why they came
to America, you will find that It
was to escape one of the
things that Germany stands
for, or to seek one of the things
that Germany denies,
With what risks and pains
our forefather! crept from un?
der the shadow of autocracy
and militarism, and with what
horror of darkness we see it
stretch across the seas to us
again! And behind the shad?
ow is another menace so far
removed from American
thought that even yet we
scarcely appreciate what it
means, the loss 01 all that
high ground of spiritual and
political co-operation on which
men and women meet togeth?
er Ifl America.
No one can keep pace with
the Gorman thought uncover*
td In this wer and not real?
IS ? that it thlOateni that nob?
lest purchase of the centuries;
the ri?ht of women to cxer
a their sacred function of
motherhood only at the dic?
tate of their own highest im?
pulses.
The deliberate subornation
of womanhood to mere breed?
ing of military units, now ko
Injg on In Germany, should
bring every woman In the
world up standing on the side
of civilization.
. MARY AUSTIN.
V_???_'
Mr. 0, a. ssvmmon narrowly escap
ed serious injury if not death Tues?
day afternoon when a big Hudson
l^ffarinj|' frae. driven by Mr. H. C.
1 It nd, struck the rear wheel of hi?
Pour Prosed car at the corner ol
Church street and Hampton avenue.
Mr. Lcmmon was driving at a mod?
erate speed on Church street, goiny
south, and Mr. Bland was going east
on Hampton avenue. Mr. Bland was
driving rapidly and when he saw
Mr. Lcmmon's car he attempted to pn1
on brakes, but accidentally put h s
foot on the accelerator, thus putting
on extra speed. His car shot forwar
striking the off rear wheel of Mr.
Lemmon's car, breaking it off, turne
the car completely around and cap
sizing it on the fire hydrant at the
corner. Mr. Bland's car left the
; street and struck the corner of th
ISynagogue before it could be stop
: pod, Mr. Lem hi On was shut up in
his car, but luckily escaped with onl
0 few briusea. The damage to his ca
in the Circumstances was remarkably
?mail, consisting of one broken whee
and a smashed wind shield. Mr
t Hand's ear was not damaged.
There was another collision on th<
corner of Liberty and Washington
streets at almost the same time. A
1 oid driven by Mr.-Barber col?
lided with a truck owned by tht
Shaw Motor Co.. both car and trucl
Ibeing damaged but the ooeupantses
Doping without injury. The collision
was due to Mr. Barber being on th
wrong side of the street, close to th(
curb where the Shaw truck turned
Into South Washington from Liberty
street*
ah of the merchants of Bumter
with one exception, have agreed t<
olosc al 8 p< m.. Saturdays' excepted
? ?nd i greed to ?lose at .30 P. M. on
Saturday except two who are wlllln;
to close at 10 P. m. Saturdays, if thi:
Dement is strictly observed th
saving in fuel effected will be constd
< cable nd ihould help to relieve th
fuel famine, The early closing will
hurl no one--there is, ;is a matter 0
fact, sufficient time for all neoeesarj
business between S A. M. and a P. M
during the week and I to B.SO P. M
I nturday,
When folks wont to bod Tuesdo:
plghi it w.is with the hopeful expec
i ition that the worst of the blisaarc1
had paesed and that With morntn
would come warmer temperatun
'?d letter weather, Therefore gros
'VMS their surprise and disappoint
? "nt when early rlpi rs saw heavj
now fail begin about ?> o'clock, Po
spproximatoly an hour the snow fei
ihlokly ami by 7 o'clock the ground
was covered with ;i thick mantle o
v. hi It-.
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iiettiin from france.
tens. Mann, Siliert and Blatchford
Will Assist in Training American
Forces at Home.
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 1.?Maj.
On. William A. Mann, Maj. Gen.'
William U Sibert, and Maj. Gen !
Richard M. Rlatchford, who have
been with the American expedition?
ary forces in France, arrived here to?
day on a French steamship. It 11
BhdtrttOOQ1 the officers have been or
1 dered home to ass-ist in the training
' of the American forces for overseas
duty.
General Mann, who left here In]
command of the "Rainbow" Division
made up of troops from practically
every State in the Union, said tho
ineii are now comfortably billeted and
?ra making satisfactory progress in
the intensive training.
They are in excellent health, he
said, adding that through him the
entire command sent home "a hearty
New Year's greeting to their home
I lain! and the American people."
NO ADVANCE INFORMATION.
Washington, Jan. 1.?Tncre hud
been no advance information of the
return of Generals Sibert and Blatch
ford. but it was announced recently
by the war department tha; General
Mann had been relieved Pea a use of
physical inability to stand field so-*,
vice. '
Secretary Raker tonight declined
to comment on the return of the gen?
erals and asked that there be no spec?
ulation on the subject.
General Sibert command the find
division of expeditionary forces sent
! to France and the understanding1 has
been that he would be the active field
commander of all troops under Perill?
ing' He has been mentioned frequent
ly' as one of the probable selections
for the rank of lieutenant general
when army corps are formed in t '
expeditionary forces. x
Our Patriotic Duty.
\_
This being our voluntary agree?
ment to help forward the cause of
the government, duo, to the shortage
of fuel, we, the undersigned agree to
I close our stores beginning Tuesday,
I January 1st at six o'clock during week
! days and at S.P.O o'clock Saturday
I night.
The Ladles* Shop,
Schwartz Bros.
Devi Dros.
McCollum Bros.
Levy & Moses, ^
Cuttlno & McKnight,
W. H. Shelly & Son,
The Misses Wilkes,
Wreck Store,
Ralph Hill,
E. W. Bloede, .
Harper's Grocery,
Bumter Motor Co.
Carolina Grocery Co.
Moran & Co.
Jenkins Auto Specialty Co.
People's Garage,
H. L. Tisdale,
H. A. Hoyt.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Krystal Optical Co. /
The Sumter Hat Shop,
J. Dcnemark.
Alex Averbuck,
H. Weeks,
The Battery,
The O'Donnell Dry Goods Co.
Cash Dry Goods Co.
The Sumter Clothing Co
M. Green,
L. Alpert,
Du Rant Hardware Co. \
The D. J. Chandler Clo. Co\ '
V. H. Phelps,
Ducker & Rultman,
D. beGrand.
' W. B. Burns & Son,
U. S. Woolen Mills Co.
Ii. W. Folsom,
Mclnvail & Zeagler Pur. Co.
Ceo. I*. Hp person,
J.\K. King & Co.
Ceo. H, Hurst,
Shaw & McCollum Mer. Co. G uie
il Sept. 10 o'clock ?>n Saturday.
The Sumter Dry Goods Co. G o'clock
i nt i 1 September.
B, J. Barnet,
The Cherry Co.
Spann's cash Grocery,
8f. H. Flaum,
Sumter Real Estate & Ins. Co.
jo. r, Taylor,
sh.iw Motor Company,
Bradford Bros.
W. (). Cain. Jr.
v. Baula,
McLellan stores Co.
\v. 14, bester,
c. W. Kingman,
The Boston Store,
J, B. Stoudenmlre,
it. w. Bradham,
E. \V. Vogel,
A. J. Ard,
w A. Thompson,
* ' ! mnnell ?\ Co.
V\. M. Folsom Co.
Bultman shoe Co?
The merchants of Sumter. with
three exceptions. have signed th ?
grcemenl to close their places of
business it o'clock, Saturdays ex
'IcopletL g
lUssiAN TEA< HERS m STRIKE.
Educational Walkout in Petrograd and
Moscow-?Former Army Office is
"Working us Laborers.
Petrograd, Jan. 2.?The teachers .n
the Petrograd primary and secondary
schools have gone on strike as a pro?
test against the failure to call to?
gether the constituent assembly. The
Moscow teachers have also gone on
strike for the same reason. Only 31
of the 4,000 working in universities
are unaffected.
Former army officers in Petrograd
have organized a union and are ac?
cepting work as baggage handlers and
street cleaners. Unemployed educated
men, especially lawyers, clerks and
former officials, are also organizing a
union and will offer their services as
laborers.
NEW REPUBLIC SET CP.
Novorobsysk Capital of Black Sea
Ttritory.
Petrograd, Jan. 1.?A new republic
has I teen set up in the Black sea ter?
ritory with Novorossysk as the capi?
tal. A coalition cabinet, including
Constitutional Democrats, has been
formed.
Delegates from Ukraine to the con?
stituent assembly will arrive in Petro?
grad tomorrow. No effort was made
i
to open the assembly today.
Tchernomorsk, or the Black sea
territory, is a district of transcaucaa
ia, consisting of a long, narrow strip
on the coast of the Black sea und on
the west slope of the Caucasus.
MANV PASSENGERS KILLED.
Va'itii Indians Held up Southern Pa?
cific Train.
Tucson. Ariz.. Jan. 2??A train on
the Southern Pacific Railroad was at?
tacked this morning thirty-two miles
south of Empalme, Bonora, and from
twenty to thirty passengers were kill?
ed, according to advices received to?
day. The conductor and an express
messenger were among those killed
Some of the passengers were from
Tucson, but their names have not been
; learned.
The attack was by Yaqui Indians
The train was the continuation of the
one which left Nogales yesterday,
morning and was made up at Em?
palme for the trip south.
Advices said the attack occurred a
la point known as Pitahaya. A mill
I tary escort of about seventy-rive fed
] eral soldiers on board was greatlj
outnumbered.
The Indians tore up the tracks, de
railing the train. They then attacke<
the rear car in which the passengers
mostly Mexicans, were massacred
The Indians then looted the baggag<
and express cars and rode away.
MADE BIG SALE OF COTTON.
_
I \V. T. Lescsnc, of Manning, Sells 1,<
700 Bales.
Manning, Jan. 2.?The biggest cot?
ton deal ever made In this part of th<
State was consummated here Tues?
day when Mr. W. T. Lesesne sold 1,
700 bales for thirty cents, basis mid?
dling. Allowing for some variation?
in weight and grade the amount pai?
will be In excess of $250,000. Mr
I Lesesne had been trying for severa
, days to sell, but found it hard to get
la purchaser for this size lot. The cot
I ton was- bought by Messrs. W. Gor
don McCabe & Co., of Charleston
through S. J. Smith, their agent here
As another item of interest, Mr
j Lesesne recently sold his farm oi
something over 2,000 acres to J. A
Weinberg, for $100,000. The farm Ii
(situated between three and five mile?
j northwest of Manning. Mr. Lesesne
has been an extensive stock raiser as
well as- corn and cotton farmer.
ICE STOPS TRAFFIC.
I Ferry Orer Watoree Bests in Bed of
Snow.
Camden, Jan. 2.?Traffic over the
Wateree River here today was su?
pended owing to ice In the river. Th<
j large Rat used as a ferry is fastened
BO securely in ice that it will probab
!\ be a couple of days before it can b?
operated, [ce cakes three Inches thick
have massed on the upper side and
'. the river is fronen on each side ex
lecpt for a narrow stream in the m?d
' die.
The large mill pond of the Watdrec
Cotton Mills, situated on the edge of
Camden. has been fronen for several
days. Many sightseers hi ve been out.
and a few have ventured to walk
across. Ice two inches thick covets
the pond and snow has fallen on to.>
of it. making a beautiful picture to
witness.
Bridgeport, Conn.. Jan. 2.?The col
lapse of the former Russian govern
men! and its failure to keep its part
Of contracts for war supplies, work
on which has been in progress her?'
for a long time, will cause the dis?
charge tonight of 2."),000 men by the
Remington Arms and Ammunition
Company, the company announced to?
day, i
COAL FOR StTTTHTHtS OStS.
SuniK r Brick Works Will IMvldc Ooal
With Families in Need Butt No
Business l inns Can Get A?!
Editor Daily Item.
From the many requests from bus?
iness firms, there must be some mis?
understanding as to whom we oCered
to sell eoal. We only promised amall
quantities to those Actually Buffering
from cold and unable to provi for
themselves. This does not apj. * to
office*,, stores or families able U. buy
wcod. We reserve the right fflfl our
Secretary, Mr. John P. Maurer, or
the writer to pass upon applications
for coal.
Yours truly,
SUMTER BRICK WORKS)
I. A. Ryttenbcrg, I'rts.
HOOVER AND REIB CLASH.
Senator Charges Food Administrator
With Usurpation of Author!? y.
Washington, Jan. C.?Food Admin?
istrator Hoover and Senator Reed had
the long expected clash today before
the senate committee investigating1
the BUgar and fuel shortage. The
verbal duel ranged from sugar to
wheat. Senator Reed charged Mr.
Hoover with "usurpation of author?
ity" In handling the wheat situation
"that would he criminal in normal
times," Mr. Hoover warmly ler.ied
the charge. Re said the situation hftd
b< en handled with the approval of
i resld< nt Wilson. "One thing is oer
taln, the farmers are now jetting
more for their wheat and Sota? is
selling for less," declared Mr. Hoover.
SUBMARINES SINK EIG?PPEEN
SHIPS.
Increase In British Isiskcs for Week.
London. Jan. 2.?ftighteen British
merchant men of 1,6 a o tons or over
have been sunk by n.ine or subma?
rine during the past week, accord?
ing to the admiralty statement to?
night. Three merchantmen r ider 1,
600 tons were also sunk, Tiis is a
material increase over the previous
week WtNSI the sinkings numl ered 12,
of which 11 were more than 1,600
tons.
Arrivals, 1,111; sailings, ".),07i.
British merchantmen 1,600 tons or
over sunk, 18; including iwo pre?
viously; under 1,600 ton?? three;
fishing vessels, none.
Vessels unsuccessfully ittx.ckcd,
eight.
20,000 MORE MEN
Force at Camp Wadsworth. Spartan*
hung, to Be Increase ;?
Camp Wadsworth, Sp. rtanburg,
Jan. 1.?That the soldiers at Camp
Wadsworth are to be increased by
20,000 or more within the aext few
weeks, when draft men will come
down from New York State to All the
depleted New York National Guard
regiments up to war strength, is what
Major Gen. John F. O'Ry in, com?
mander of the Twenty-seventh di?
vision, told members of tbe Spartan
burg Rotary Club at luncheon today.
BIG OOTTON DEAD.
Selma, Ala., Jan. 1,?Wh t was said
to be one of the most important cot*
ton deals in point of price over trans?
acted in Selma, was concluded today
when the Yaretzky Cotton Company
sold to M. Hohenberg & Company 500
bales at 31 cents.
Chicago, Jan. 3.?Approximately
fifty per cent of the pass'Mger trains
operating west, northwest and south?
west from Chicago will be eliminated
if the tentative plans- macle by rail?
road committees are put into effect,
it was announced today.
{t^^t ii it ii rtrff
i
We Grind Lenses, c imine the
eyes scientifically an ' fit eye?
glasses perfectly. L. t us work
for you.
Wo have all P > scriptlons
on nie. Bicken lonissg replac?
ed promptly. Grad ate Opto?
metrist and Optician in charge.
W. A. Thompson,
11 JEWELER & OPTOMETRIST.
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