The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 12, 1918, Image 1
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LEGISLATURE IN SESSION.
imm Din 1 \\\ ? lltSl HUi MKAS
i M to m:< l ivi: notice.
I mi n |.or.ilK n ol Mate Council of Dc
feiwc U> Be First W.u- Legislation
to De Taken l p.
Columbia, Jan. 8?The legislature
convened in regular session today.
Efforts will be made during the ses?
sion to paas a "bone dry" law us a
substitute for the present law permit?
ting Individuals to receive a quart of
liquor a month.
0*)* of the tlrst steps* toward war
legislation will be the consideration o:
the bill prepared by the State Council
of Defense Incorporating the council,
and providing for Investigations in
emergencies.
Thomas P Cothran. of Greenville,
a as elected speaker of the house.
PEACE WITH BIEGARIA.
Ku*ttiu sml Balkun State Conclude
Separate Agreement.
Berne. Hwltserland. Jan 9.?A sep?
arate peace agreement between Kus
at* and Bilgarla has been signed,
the newspaper Bund reports.
The Bulgarian correspondent of the
Hund says that Premier Radoleavoff
read the following dispatch from
Brest-Utovsk In parliament: "War
between Russia and Bulgaria ceases
and diplomatic and economic rela?
tions between the two countries will
be resumed Russia recognizes Bul?
garia's right to name a delegate to
the international Danube commission.
The first peace is thus concluded with
the consent of Bulgaria's allies."
WEEKS SUBMARINE TOLL.
Tweaty-one British Ships Sunk Lost
Weak.
London, Jan. 9.?The British ad?
miralty reports the sinking in the
past week of 18 merchantmen of 1.
<00 tone or over by mine or subma?
rine, as well as three merchantmen
under that tonnage. Four fishing ves
sei? also weo? sunk.
The admiralty statement follows.
Arrivals 2.015. sailings 2,244.
ghiMah aa^rchsntmen of over t.?rSt)
tone sunk by mine or submarine in?
cluding two previously. 18; under l.~
400 tons. Including one previously,
three.
"British merchantmen unsuccesa
fully attacked including two pre
vlously. 11.
"British fishing vessels sunk, four.'
The admiralty report of January i
gave the sinkings of British mer?
chantmen for the current week as 21
ii vessels of 1,800 tons or over. Thi
was a material Increase over the pre -
vlous week when the sinkings num
bered 12. 11 of the vessels more than
1,100 tons. Thus the Increase in th<
submarine sinkings has been more
than maintained In the past week, a
they comprised 21 merchantmen ami
4 Ashing vessels
PrUutccr New?? Notes.
Privateer. Jan. 7 - Although th I
weather hua been unusually cold
there h*a been the usual amount of
moving about. Mr. P. B. Harvin has
sold his plnce near ('aln'e Mill to Mr.
J If Myers and Mr. Harvin has re?
moved tr, the old l.ynam place. Mr
R. L Geddings has moved from near
Tourney to his farm In Clarendon
county near Calvary church.
out the same amount of oats ami
whe.it were planted ss was last year,
but it looks now as If all oats on
lisbt land is killed and the severe
cold has the wheat looking badly, too
but I do not think the stand is in
"n??d i.i'. m is somewhat scarce In
this section
Misses Ben ? and Oussle Johnson, (?'
Humter. spent the week-end at Mr. .1
B osteen's
Mrs. e W. HfOOfl is visiting In
8t Osorge.
Mrs T I, Wlmberlev. vbo has been
spending sometime at Mr E. W
Rhera' returned to her home in
Alaehua. Fla.. Saturday.
Mr E W Tisdale. of Rock Hill,
has been spending some time In the
neighborhood visiting friends and rel?
atives.
Mrs. Bryant, of Hendersonville. N
C. has been visiting her sister. Mis
R B Furman.
Miss Kate Gunter, of Pendleton. Is
visiting at Mr. J. M. Jackson's.
Mr Florence N**hltt, who has been
qu te III for some time Is not Im?
proving.
Afra J. B Osteen. who has been
qu.te nick for the past two weeks I*
?till In a critical condition.
Washington. Jan in -Anotlo i eel l
wave is predated t.veep th?" South
this week.
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881. Vil
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE. I
I
STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR
09 SHORT SESSION.
Elections Ordered to Fill Vacancies in
the BOON?Attempt to Abolc-Ji
State Svhobirsliips Renewed. ^
Columbia. Jan. 10.?One week'
from tomorrow has been designated
by the legislature as the date to fill
the two vacancies in the Rlchland
? nunty delegation. The election will
bg held to choose successors to Jas.
1 A. Hoyt and Morris C. Lumpkin. re?
signed. Mr. Hoyt has transferred his
nsidence to Detroit, Mich., and Mr.
Lumpkin holds a commission In the
National Army.
Two vjn'aneies are also to be filled
in tho Sumter delegation. Ono Of
these Is to be a successor to Col. a.
K. Sanders, now superintendent of
the State penitentiary, and the other
tO till the place vacated by Represen?
tative Mcrutchcn, now holding a
commission also in the National
Army.
Hard sledding for ratification of
the federal prohibition nmendment
s indicated last night by the nar?
row margin In the majority report of
this amendment from the Judiciary
committee ' The vote was* seven to six.
there being much sentiment In favor
of leaving the issue to the States.
The majority report was made by
Representative Hamblin and the mi?
nority by Representative Young.
Resolutions were introduced in
hoth houses ' yesterday calling for
submission of the amendment Xp the
voters of South Carolina.
Representative Domlnlck's bill call?
ing for preventios of dogs running at
large was killed by a vote of 4 3 to
26.
The enacting words of tho bill, call
up for two cents passenger rates
were stricken out by a vote of f?9 to
26. It was regarded as a more than
useless task to vote a reduction of
rates since the government has taken
over the roads.
Two veto messages were sent up
by Oov. Manning last night, apply?
ing to certain modification of the
gams laws, as to Greenville and Hor
ry counties. The acts were passod
Inst session.
The bill hy Hall of Anderson to
ive trial in cases relating to eject?
ment of tenants at Will and domestic
servants was passed to third read?
ing.
By a vote of 4 2 to 38 the house
struck out the enacting words of tho
Hall bill to make It a misdemeanor
to smoke in certain public places.
The bill to prohibit white nr. rses
from attending negroes in hospitals
was similarly disposed of.
A resolution Introduced by Repre
, sentatlve Bills cf Greenwood, was
..adopted, granting leave of absence to
. all members in the military service of
, the nation.
I The Senate.
At the incht session of the senste
. bill was passed providing that it
\ shall he a misdemeanor for anyone
, under the ape of fourteen years to
drive or operato an automblle on any
street or highway. The original bib
i of Senator Friday, of Orangeburg,
made it a misdemeanor for anyone
urder 16 years to drive a car. but by
consent the age was changed to 14
ye.rs.
Tim resignation of Mr. J. Rion
MrKissick, ns code eommissioner, was
presented through Uov, Manning. A
duplicate art relative to the fiscal
yesr for railroad accounting was ve?
toed and the veto was sustained. The
game warden veto is pending.
A nit Of lionham's bill to amend the
( enstitution relative to the pardoning
power of the governor was then ta
Kaa up The sugestion is that there
}<* a pardon board and that pardons
and reprieves be eontingent upon the
findings of this board rather than on
the decision of the governor alon
l'pr n an explanation by Mr. Honh im
the measure was unanimously passed
to juhmlt the proposed amendment
to the voters
sjsnator ifcCown of Florence had k
bill whn h sought to transfer the col?
ored reformatory, together with thl I
for whits boyii to one central board.
There v/ai no opoaltion to tins meas?
ure.
Senator Ruigell of I^exington wan;
ed to abolish scholarships at the
State . ollegcs. The bill had an un?
favorable report Tonight he propose i
that all scholarships be In lieu of
notes to be paid within live pear I
The fund pal l for these at hol.i i shuvi
sh ill be kept as a lean fund for t)e?
serving students Senator Rldgell In
sisted that the present system was
unsatisfaetory and that bis plan Ql
? iting a loan fund would be better
Senator Ridgell argued at length <m
ad F?*r uot?lie* ail the ends Thou All
JMTER, S. 0., SATURD
the scholarship system and sta*.e<\
that 22 per cent of the students at
State colleges were fed and clothed
by these scholarships. Senator Bon
ham asked if the board of charities
and corrections had not weeded out \
all the undeserving cases. Senator
Bidgell wanted the present plan con?
tinued, but with the proviso that
those getting scholarships must in
time repay the loan fund. Senator
Luney thought it best to let matters
stand and saw no reason to further
deny sehool boys and girls education.
Ho thought only deserving boys and]
girls competed for the scholarships.
Senator Shelor of Oconee argued
in favor of Mr. Uidgell's amended
bill and had many facts in support
of his views-. The bill was killed by
a vote of 21 to 10. ,
Senator Laney had the senate agree
to meet in the morning at 10 o'clock.
The senate has certainly put on its
working clothes. It worked fiom 10
o'clock until the dinner bell rang,
and then took a recess until night;
and the committees are all to hold
meetings in the afternoons. It look?
ed very much as if It were the last
days of the legislature rather than
the beginning of the session. Some
have suggested that so much discus?
sion is probably not conducive to an
early adjournment.
I The senate passed two resolutions
today indicative of a desire to do
what is to be done and go home.
First, it passed the Kelly resolution
expressing the legislative sense that
the tession be restricted to 20 days,
and then it adopted Senator Whar
tOtl'S resolution llxing Feb. 2 as the
day of tinal adjournment. Of course,
either resolution can be effective if
tho legislators so elect, or they can
be inoperative by simply paying no
attention to the expression.
Most of the legislative day was ta?
ken up in the discussion of a bill sug?
gested by the committee which per?
mits the investment of trust funds in
. farm loan bonds. After considerable
discussion the bill was passed am',
ordered rotilled, and will become u
statute of the State.
Another, and most interesting
; discussion, was on the proposition of
I Senator Padgett to require partner
1 ships to file the names of the indivl?
i uals comprising such partnerships,
j There was very much interest in this
I suggestion, and the bill was finally
passed by the senate, with three
QQlsndmonta, that were more or lesd
vital: First, that the bill should not
apply to contracts made relative to
agricultural operations. Second, that
the certificate of partnership should
be filed with the clerk of court and
I not the secretary of State. Third,
that if. upon soiit, the information as
to the membership of partnerships bo
given within ten days, that then
need be no record with the clerk of
I court, and, fourth, that the partner
i ship declaration need not apply
where the agreement is for not more
than 60 days.
Senator Laney of ? Chesterfield in
the disCUSSlon of the bill looking to
the licensing of fire insurance agents,
took o. c.ision to romp on the Soutb
? stern Tariff Association. He argued
that this rate-making association had
' acted very badly towards the peoplo
of South Carolina and that it had
j fooled the people and the legislature;
jthat It was depriving the State of in?
surance independence and that it was
altogether a "bad egg." He heartily
i approved the pending bill; first, be
j cause it would insure more care on
the part of ngenU. in not over-writimr
i insurance, but principally because it
had a, clause that he suggested, that
would allow non-resident brokers to
j write insurance in South Carolina. He
insisted that if non-resident brokers
were not allowed to write Insurance
in South Carolina that some sort of
Oltlb ought to be provided to hold the
Southeastern Tariff Association in
control; the present legislation was
not sufficient, and Ineffective. No ac?
tion was taken on the bill during tho
morning.
The senate killed the sugwestion of.
Senator Kvans that B steering com
mltee be provided to expedite the
work of the senate.
BOLSHEVISM claim VICTORY.
Petrograd, Wednesday. J&n. 8.?
I Generals Kaledines and Dutoff, the
Cossack I leaders, the OlAolgl news
BgenQy announced today, have been
defeated. Gen. Dutoff is in flight, pur?
sued by revolutionary soldiers of the
Red Guard. Gen. Kaledines is re?
treating. The workmen's and soldier's
OOUnOll at Rostov have been liberated.
Amsterdam. .Ian. 5.? Hamburg
Germany's second largest city, is now
entirely without Street illumination at
night, in consequence of the shortage
of coal Which has curtailed the out?
put of gas and electricity.
net at be thy Country**, Thy God's aa
AY, JANUARY 12, 1918
ALLIES NEED FOOD.
NINETY MILLION BUSHELS OF 1
Will:AT TO BE SENT
AT ONCE.
Situation is so Critical la Eujf?pc ' i
Tluit Wheat Must be Sent and
Americans arc Asked to Save
Eli on gl i to Supply ??eds.
Washington, Jan. 10.?The food sit-,
uation in Europe is regarded here as
so critical that the food administra-!
tion is planning to release an addi?
tional ninety million bushels of wheat,
t?
Americans will be asked to save to
make up the deficiency.
FIRE AT WEDGEFIELD.
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Five Stores, One Dwelling and Two
Warehouses Burned.
I . Fiie made a clean sweep Of the
row of stores north of the railroad at
! Wedgefleld Thursday night about 9
o'clock. Five stores?J. B. Ryan. S.
Weinberg, B. L. Burress, Walker's1
and Hair's?Ryan's and Woinberg's
warehouses and the old DuPont resi- j
dance were destroyed before the fire
i !
could be checked.
The Sumter fire departemnt was
! called on for help and the truck,
'with chemical extinguisher, was sent!
lover, but when it arrived the fire had
almost burnt itself out.
No reliable estimate of the amount
of the damage is obtainable, but it is
tiUite heavy. There was insurance
that partially covers the loss but the
hat loss over and above the insurance
is considerable.
LEGISLATIVE EIJ5CTION ORDER?
ED.
Successors of Representatives A. K.
Sanders and W. L. McCutchen to
Be Elected January 23rd.
The Speaker of the House of
Representatives has issued a writ of
election directed to the Election
Commissioners of Sumter directing
them to hold an election Wednesday,
January 2Srd, for the purpose of
electing two members of the House of
I Representatives to fill out the unex
1 pired terms of Representatives A. K.
jSandors and W. L. McCutchen, whose
i signations created vacancies in the
Sumter county delegation. The Com?
missioners of State Elections for
' Sumter county were F. A. McLeod,
L. S. Vin8on and T. IS. Hodge, but Mr
McLeod having been appointed so?
licitor and Mr. Vinson having been
elected magistrate of the 7th District
' since the last general election they
cannot serve as election commlssion
' ers. Mr. A. S. Harby and Mr. S. L.
Roddey have been appointed to fill
' the vacancies and they, with Mr. T.
I E. Hodge, wdll conduct the special
1 election on the 23rd inst.
STATE WAREHOCSE REPORT.
Two Hundred and Fouv Warehouse*
in System Helping Small Fanner.
Columbia, Jnn. 10.?In the annual
report prepared by W. G. Smith. State
warehouse commissioner, it is shown
that the department was operated
' during the year just closed at a total
cost of $9,992.51, which leaves a bal?
ance from the appropriation of $7.19.
The warehouse system now has cash
and accrued storage more than $10,?
000.
There are 204 warehouses in the
system and Mr. Smith makes a num?
ber of recommendations for the de?
velopment of the plan to its highest
stage of usefulness. Grading and
stapling has been one of the chic:*
efforts of Mr. Smith and no part lie
had in the war last year meant more
to the success of the system than the
public grading feature. Growing of
big boll cotton generally is- recom?
mended and the organization of mar?
keting associations among the farm?
ers is suggested.
Duck Hunting Costa Lifo of Throe
Men.
Ceorgetown, Jan. 5.?Thursday
night the community was shocked by
the news of the death of the three
young men, Harry McNaron. J. T.
Schroder and Dozier Misbjow, while
duck hunting.
These young men had been out
hunting all day. Nothing was known
of the accident or at what time of
day it took place until another
hunting party returning home saw the
boat with one lifeless body Stretched
across it. The supposition is that the
other two were drowned, the third one
reaching the boat but afterwards suc?
cumbing to exposure and the intense
cold. Sean thing partial have not yet
succeeded in finding the. olher two
bodies.
id TrmtaVm** THE TRUE
SUFFRAGE FIGHTIWOtU
'RESIDENT WILSON THROWS IIIS G
INFLUENCE IN FAVOR OF
AMENDMENT.
\dvisos Congressmen to Vote for Con- 11
sitnionnl Amendment (.anting
Suffrage to Women?Relieve! Tluit
This Will Insure Passage.
Washington, Jan. 9.?Presidents
Wilson tonight threw his support to
th? f?deral amendment for woman'
suffrage. On the eve of a vote on1
suffrage in the house 12 Democratic
members called at the White House
with word that many of their col?
leagues wanted advice from the head
of their party as tr* the position (they
should take. There was a conlerence
of 40 minutes, the result of which was
described in this statement, dictated
by the president himself and made (
public by the delegation:
"The committee found that the
president had not felt at liberty to
volunteer his advice to members of
congress in this important matter but!'
when we sought his advice he very
ftankly and earnestly advised us- to
vote for the amendment as an act of j
right and justice for the women of the
country and of the world."
In these few lines suffrage cham
pions saw certain victory where a few
days ago most of them privately were
conceding defeat. A large majority or
the Republicans in the house have
been counted upon to support the
amendment and enough Democrat
are committed to insure a close vote.
With the weight of the president's in
tluence to line up doubttul Demo?
crats. Representative Parker, chair?
man of the suffrage commltte?. jubi?
lantly predicted tonight that the ne?
cessary two-thirds would be exceeded
by 15 or 20 votes
Opponents of suffrage were claim?
ing a safe margin against the amend?
ment during the day in spite of inti?
mations from the suffragists that a
trump card yet was to be played.
: There were no formal predictions
I from tho opponents tonight but a trc
j mendous fight is promised.
? The news of the president's action
I came as a complete surpriso to nearly
j everybody in the capital. Until now
j in all public utterances the president
I has held to the view that suffrage was
J a question to be determined by the
individual States and not by federal
action.
Xo statement was forthcoming from
the White House tonight to explain
his present stand. Members of con
1 gress who participated In the con?
ference, however, said the president
told them he still believed that the
I j
proper and orderly way of dealing,
; with the question was to permit each
State to take its own action but in
view of conditions now existing in the
j United States and the world generally!
; he felt free to advise submission cf a j
1 federal amendment to the States.
In emphasizing this point he is said
, to declare that the United States as a
lender in the great family of nations
cj>n not disassociate itself from the
family and can not be reactionary on
any great worid question. When his
.callers talked of tho Stuto rights is-,
sue the president is said to have told
them he did not feel that this compfi-j
cnted the situation at all; that.suffrage
was a policy and not a principle. He
pointed out that the federal constitu?
tion now deals with the qualilloa
tions of electors and prescribes the,
qualification of those entitled to vote1
for members of congress.
All of the members who went to
the Whits House were Democrats and
most of them supporters of the
amendment, but there were several
uncommitted. In the delegation were
Representatives llaker. Taylor, Bark?
ley and Cantlill, Hayden, Gregg ami
Jones (Texas), Ayers, Caraway,
Mayes, Linthicum and Rrumbaugh.
After Mr. Raker had explained the
object of the call each told the presi
dent of the situation in his State. One
said the president's advice would aid
him In determining the question and
that many others were similarly situ?
ated.
The president is said to have re?
plied that while he had felt it was
not proper to send for members- or to
volunteer his advice he was glad of
the opportunity that the visit of the
delegation gave him. He indicated!
that he had not felt at liberty to go
beyond the party platform which had
declared woman suffrage to be a
State issue, until changed conditions
mafic it necessary.
Patterson. X. .)., Jan. 10.?The
( losing of the Dupont Powder plants
at Pomp ton i^ake and Haskell, en?
gaged exclusively in war work, is- de?
clared to be imminent, unless fuel is
received promptly.
SOUTHRON,
Vol. XLV. No. 43.
THE ANh JALiMESSAGE. a
;ov. manning; reviews years
WORK ANl> RECOMMENDS
LEGISLATION.
Ie Vrgos Every Citizen to Give Patri?
otic Service to Their Country
Needs of State Institutions Outlin?
ed.
"entlemen of the General Assembly:
As Chief Executive of th? State. i
leliver my anivaal message to"you as
in obligation iir.posed upon me by tho
?or.stitution, and in conformity with
in unbroken custom. I also desire
o discuss with you measures imme
Ilately affectin. our State government,
he welfare of our people and the de?
velopment of cur nation, of which our
Stale is an int gral part.
I extend to you a warm greeting.
Phis year you come from homes and
from duties that need you and your
services more ihan ever before. But
18 the effective operations of the State
iml its officials depend upon you and
me, together we must -see that the
business* of the State is carried on ef?
ficiently and economically and that tho
part we shoule. perform in this crisis
of the nation Is viewed with a broad
vision.
Let us fervently thank God for our
blessings and p:ay to Him for strength
a^id guidance to realize our responsi?
bilities and for courage to meet them.
The opportunity for great service to
the State and to the nation
urgently presents itself, and in the
work that lies before us I desire to
assure you of my earnest and hearty
cooperation.
Since the ge ral assembly adjourn?
ed last Februar.' our country has been
drawn into the world war, but of this
and the tasks 'aiposed upon us there?
by I shall speak later with definite
new. Just now, however, let me re?
call that some of your number are
now following ;he flag. With me you
honor their pa riotism and consecra?
tion to a nation il duty which prompt?
ed them to go into the service of
their country, /hose paramount bus?
iness is war: They are Senator
Christensen of Beaufort and Repre?
sentatives Lloyd B. Harrison and a*
W. Horton of Spartanburg, Morria JD.
Lumpkin of Rie iland, Elmer M. Tripp
of Beaufort, ( scar K. Mauldin of
Greenville. F. Marion Whaley and Ed?
ward P. Passailaigue of Charleston,
W. R. Ritchie, Jr.. of Laurens, W. L.
McCutchen of fumter and Herbert I*.
Smith, Jr., of Georgetown. These
vmosen representatives of our peo?
ple from various sections of the State
are participant- in the fight for de?
mocracy, freedom and liberty against
irresponsible governments, who, in
mad lust for -.corld domination, re?
gard not the sanctity of treaties, who
destroy our ships and mercilessly
murder innocen\ non-combatant men,
women and children. These members
of our preneral assembly deserve and
have our honor and our grdtltude.
In order that our State may play its
full part in cooj?rating with the nat?
ional governmcrr. it is imperative that
we enact laws covering these objects.
There are, however, other matters di?
rectly affecting OUT State, to which I
invite your attertion. I shall speak
of some of thes< measures here, and
in a subsequent message I will deal
with education, State institutions, fin?
ance, taxation, enforcement of law
and other State natters.
Among the RU ny urgent calls and
Pne opportunities for war service dur?
ing the present I mergency, there is
grave danger that the yearly internal
needs of South Carolina be lost to
view. This must be prevented at all
cost. Never has Mtere been larger
necessity for inc ased vigor and en
ergy In pushing forward the construe
tlve elements of :itate progress. Th
severe strain of shaping a great de
mocmoy for war. the presence of
three large army camps and two na?
val stations in South Carolina, the
rapidly mounting cost of living, the
disorganization of transportation and
uncertainty of labor, the ever-closing
grip of a war-rub d scheme of life
all combine to bi nd our eyes and
close our ears to the appeals of ed?
ucational, sanitary charity and pen?
al conditions in South Carolin.
The world war 1 a conflict of intel?
ligence and skill, far which the
schools are the recruit lag ground.
These works are internal, and unless
Ahoy sre pushed orward our State
wn not prepress. The necessity for
them is greater by reason of war con
litions than ever b< fore.
luatraliatt Ballot.
In a democratic form of govern
n( it is essential that the untram
neled, Independent will of the elector*
>e expressed at the ballot box. Ev
ry safeguard should be thrown]
i round our elections, so that eactt
i