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enassssi. .. .... - . and void within a reasonable time af tar pence la declared. Upon the advice and consent of th executive committee or the Stat Council of Defense and upon the rec ommendation of the Council of Nat? ional Defense, the governor should b< given authority to suspend the Btat? labor laws upon the following condi? tion*, as stipulated In a resolution re? cently passed by the Council of Nat? ional Defense: 1. Cpon a notice from the Coun? cil of National Defense stating that a war emergency or that public wel fare requires auch suspension. t. That such suspension should be made only after public hearing had bean held, reasonable notice (ejf not leas than five days) of such hen ringe having been sent to the state Hoard o Conciliation and Arbitration, to the plant, organisation and employees In the Industry affected, and to the pub? lic by appropriate notice In the press. S. That the particular provisions of the labor laws that are suspended and the length of time of suspension should be stated in a permit to is? sued by the governor. 4. That permits should be Issued for limited periods not to exceed six months and to be renewed only upon rehearlngs. I. That all permit* should expltf two months after the close of the war f. That the permits should be is? sued to individual plants and not *e en entire Industry; Provided, bow ever, that no suspension of outstand Ing regulations or ordtrs, herein pro? vided for. shall be construed to ap ply to State laws requiring installa? tion of protective devices. 7. That copies of all permits issued thould be t posted In conspicuou places in each factory or plant af feeted. over the proper official sign* tu re. While these measures are n&dlOfl departures from our accustomed pro eedure. I am confident that even af ter a Cursory' study of the needs of th" nation >ou will agree with nie as to their necessity. Each male person between the nges of 18 and 60 should be either at school or college, in the military or naval service, or at work. Idlers an i loafers hhould not be permitted dtir in*? the period of the war. Vice legislation. Another feature of the program Ol war legislation that I urge seeks to Improve vice conditions. In no better way can we prove our loyalty to President Wilson and to the federal government than to deal with the vice problem fearlessly and funda? mentally. Moreover, our earnest de s.re to serve the citizenry of South Carolina in constructive fashion can Und no better opportunity. Accord igly, I ask you to pass five laws to yrovlde the legal and Institutional fa? cilities now needed to combat this I evil. (1) In the life of many a prosti ' tute there was a time when reforma? tion was possible. The home and 1 neighborhood conditions were under? mining character, the tlrst step may fvcn have been taken; but had the State then helped her in her need . she might have been saved. But i South Carolina, be It said to our shame, has left the girl to the tender i morcles of the county jail, only to reap a harvest of degeneracy, disease . and crime. A reformatory for girls . would, therefore, still further reduce . the supply of women available for im . moral purposes, and, consequently fo . the spread of veneral disease. . (2) Sooner or later, practically al ? prostitutes become diseased?sources of infection for countless others, utti I mately of many innocent wives ami t new-born babes. The confirmed pros - tltute Is now usually tried In Bout1 ? Carolina In magistrates' and record? ers' courts. She pays her small fine I or goes to jail to rest, returning soon - to play her Iniquitous trade. To deal - with such cases, I ask you further to 8 define vagrancy, making it triable in Wo, lOSeo. Reserve District No. REFORT OF THE CX)NDITION OF Ite National Bank of South Carolina, at Sumier, tn tho State of Sonth Car ottne. at the Close of Business, on December 31, 1917. RESOURCES. 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown on b and o. $ l, 11;o7 LSI t. Overdrafts, secured, $221.5;',; unsecured, $63.81... 888.80 4. a Customers liability account of "Acceptances" executed by this bank and now outstanding .... 25,000 00 I. U S. bonds (other than Liberty Bonds of 1917): a U S bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value). 150,000.00 4. b .Liberty Loan Bonds, 3 1-2 per cent and 4 per cent, pledged to secure U. S. deposits. 12,000 0(1 7. Bonds, securities, etc. (other than U. S ): a Securities other than U. 8. bonds (not includ? ing stocks) owned unpledged. 1,000.00 I. Stocks, other than Federal Reserve Bank slock . 4,310.00 t. Stuck of Federal Ite serve Bank i 50 per cent, of subscription). 9,750.00 It a Value of banking house. 37,022.6i II. Furn'turs and fixtures. 4,100.10 IS. Reai estate owned other than banking house. .. 8,$25.00 13. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank.. .. x;,,184.19 14. Items with Federal Beserve Bank In process of collection (not available an reserve).(. 10,073.3J II. Cash In vault and net amounts due from nat? ional banks. 11,013.1 13. Checks on other banks In the same city or town as reporting bank (other than Item 17). 1,110.4? It. Checks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and gfJtOI cash items .. 1,004.33 2t Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. 8. Treasurer. 7,"?uo. Ml Total. |l,370,0lt.K LI a MI LITI es: j St. Capital stock paid in. 200,000.00 14. Surplus fund. 125,000.00 SI a Undivided profits.$84.350.65 Lees current expenses, interest and taxes paid 43,707.91 40,040.74 2t Circulating notes outstanding. 100,000.00 3S. Net amounts due to banks. ??a kers, and trust companies (other than Included in Items 30 or I!). ITiOtO.TQ Demand deposits (other than l*ank deposits) sub? ject to Beserve (deposits payable within 30 days): 33. Individual deposits subject to check. 111,114.03 34 <>rtHbates of deposit gsji in less than 30 days (othsr than for money borrowed. 11,408.01 86. Certified < hecks. 1,000.00 30. Cashier's checks outstanding . ?. 10,000.88 30. Dividends unpaid. 40.00 Total demand deposits (other th n bank de? posits) subject to Reserve. Items 33, 34, 35, SO, 37. 31. 3t. and 40. 100,000.00 Time deposits subject t<- icm-v ( payable after SO days, or suhjeet to 30 .lays or more notice, and postal savings* 41. Certificates of deposit (other th;?n for money borrowed). 104,700.01 44 other time deposits '. 219,50??'Pi Total of time deposits suhJ*M t t.i Reserve. Items 41. ?8. 43. and 44 . 184,001.00 41. United States DgfMgttO (ether than postil savl Ingsi s War loan deposit account ... 88,(. 13. a Acceptances exec uted for c\istomers. 80,000 00 Total. 0M1M8S ? OTATM: ok -'d Til I Mtol.lNa C.?ty of Sumter. ss. I. F. E. IBnnunt. CaihtOf er the above named bank, do solemn by ? wear that the above statement Is to t ie best of my knowledge and be. lief. 8?, OX bin \ A nt. Cashlei 8>ibecrtbed and sworn to before me tins Ith da* of January 1018. Notary Public. T v w i h Correct Attest mitch Kid. lf.vi. C D s.'HWABTZ. c <: Rowland. Uli ? ctoi the sessions courts. This is the simp? lest way we have of protecting our soldiers and civilians against the dep? redations of venerally diseased wo? men, confirmed prostitutes. Such protection is of urgent economic and military importance. To illustrate: (a) Dr. Williams reports that, to speak conservatively, the patients- In the State Hospital for the Insane, whose insanity was directly caused by venereal dls-ease, cost the State last year at least $10,000. (b) Of the 2,010 conscripted men rejected from Camp Jackson after be? ing mustered into service there, 144, or more than 7 per cent., were re? jected because of venereal disease in acute form. In fact, General Barth writes from Camp Jackson: "Fourteen per cent, of the colored draft were in? fected at ihe time of entrance, 4 per cent, of the white." (c) In one of the camp cities of this State the provost marshal writes that of the 23 young women under arrest at one time, all proved, on ex? amination, to be infected with vene? real disease. "This alarming propor? tion of diseased women among prosti? tutes under surveillance." he says', "i.-: cause for grave, concern to the mili? tary authorities." (d) Dr. M. J. Exner, who madt a special study of "Prostitution in its delation to the Army on the Mexican Dorder," reports that "the extent ol the practice of prostitution is in direct ratio to its accessibility. The most serious problem Is In connection with the mobilization camps- and home bar? racks. In the case of all the troops on the border, a vastly larger propor? tion of venereal disease was contracted before reaching the border than was contracted afterwards. This accords with the experience of the European armies in the present war. The re? liable facts at hand show that during the first eighteen months of the war one of the great powers had more men incapacitated for service by ve? nereal disease contracted in the mobi? lization camps than in all the fighting at the front." 9 (3) To decrease further the sup ply of prostitutes by reaching th< man side of the problem, I ask von to submit this year a constitutional amendment raising the age of consen: to eighteen years. In fty certain cour. ty in this State last fall, as related b\ a county officer, a young fifteen-year old girl, living in the family of her uncle, who was her guardian, he came the mother of a child by thi: self-same uncle. Thirteen States have fixed the age of consent at eightee'i years; so shoul'd we. (4) As long as so-called "re? spectable" people reap linancial gnh; by allowing their property to be used for immortal purposes we may ex pect a continual, selfish, underhanded promotion of commercialized vice Therefore, 1 usk you to pass an in junction and abatement law, similar to that on the books of twenty-ilx other States, to provide the legal means for handling sifeh people. (5) Lastly, the automobile has greatly increased the facilities} for clandestine prostitution. The bell boy in the hotel, conniving with im? moral women and lustful men. pre jsents a problem unsolvable under our present laws. Therefore, I ask you to follow the lead of the federal gov? ernment by making the principles of the Mann White Slave Law operative intra-State. 1 believe that our country is now righteously aroused, and stands ready for great endeavor. But the enor? mous resources behind this endeavor, the wealth of men and materials, must be brought together by careful thought, and then the fine spirit of the country can be put into deeds Tliis for South Carolina is your task, gentlemen of the general assembly to bring the resources of our BtatC together so that everything we have and everything we can do can go to help OUr men in beating down and Overcoming our enemies. Who ire lotir enemies?the Hohenzollern an 1 the Hapsburg? Yes, they and their Known supporters These enemies will find our soldiers before them in in? creasing numbers, ami we may IV i confident thai a certain fate awaits I hem. But shameless as have been the deeds of these enemies to human freedom and decency, and as unhlush Ing ai has been the obedience of their men. we have some enemies nearer home. Let us deal with them as on sons will deal with those in arms These sre enemies without the excum of blood relationship binding them !?> the Teutonic eaUSe?they t:i e n - i ivk in bat 11?'. they lack the phj courage of the I< user's avowed r talners and followers^ they ;ir<- sn< thieves for from the front, prohabl; Inking bribes from Germany, tryln t?. do behlltd our armies what ihr dare not do in the open. A year ago there was divided op i. ion ns tu our entering the war. ; objected to taking our soldiers th ?? thousand miles sway across tin- se.i, even though our honor was at stake. Do not forget lhn1 before we entered the war nineteen American ships V/OTO Conclusion. eoink by the German submarines, and two hundred and twenty-five Ameri? can men, women and children ruth? lessly submarined and murdered. Ger? many then issued an order closing the seas, which order would have closed , I the zone through which passed two thirds of our export wheat; five-sixths of our hog products; six-sevenths of our cotton, and seven-eighths- of our beat products. Could six and a half million farmers, could the twenty mil? lion toilers, could the one hundred | million people of this country submit j to this action? Could our countrymen | have maintained their self-respect had they submitted to such out? rageous conduct? But for our en? trance into the war France and Eng? land would have finally been crushed. The English navy and the French and English armies standing between us and our enemies- would have succumb? ed to Germany. With these armies and navies out of the way the Atlan? tic ocean would have been under Ger? many's control, and open to their ships of war and ships of commerce. We would have been attacked and our country invaded on the coast, through Canada on one side and Mex? ico on the other. This was Germany's hope and her plan; the Zimmerman note reveals the far-reaching intrigue and treachery, and the attempted marshaling of many forces against us. Civilization itself was threatened. To have submitted would have meant the loss of country, loss of liberty, loss of honor. Our children, along with thos? in Belgium, Northern France, Poland and other conquered lands would have become slaves, and our women would have been compelled to submit to the bestial passions of the soldiers* of the Kais-er. Our r'ght to share in a free government would have been lost, and militarism directed by the iron hand of one man would have taken its place. Righ*.s on land and sea would have been lost; freedom and patriotism would have been dead What more need be said to South Carolinians, part and parcel ol America? Wre are proud of our coun? try, jealous of our institutions, de? voted to our liberty, and will die to de i fend our ights. Today our patriotisn i hums with a new light, and our coun ! try stands united behind our presi dent and our government. Togethc we will light for all we holdf dear til - an honorable victory and a lasting peace to mankind shall prevail. There are men who oppose our pro gress in the war, who, to weaken oui i armies, seek to delay their progress j to block the highways by which oui i armies are fed. or to hamper tin high authorities responsible foi their efficiency. These men are no asserting their free-born difference o judgment. Let them remember tlia they serve in one army or the other Every man in America must give hi: whole-hearted support to our govern ment in every way, or he supports oui enemies by hanging back, and is, therefore, fighting for Germany. Thest men are traitors, the constitutioi gives them this name, and they shoulr I receive their punishment. To the su? perficial observer it may seem str?ngt that we align ourselves with England from whom we won our independence and that England should now be si<k by side with France, who helped ut then. To some with memories of the sixties it may seem strange to hail soldiers of South Carolina as soldien of the United States. But all clean up when we recall when England op? pressed us, we fought her; when the Fnion threatened local rights we were the first to take up arms, and now when freedom everywhere is in danger we rush with the hosts of our united countrymen to join Britain and to join France in striking a death blow at that mighty tyrant who dark? ens the world, and is a world-menace. That blow will be struck and struck mortally. To make sure of it we muri do our part here, as our soldiers will do theirs beyond the seas. To this great work, with all its urgency, L now commend you. May God give us th strength, the vision, the wisddni and the courage to do our duty. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. P. O. BOWMAN, Cotton Buyer. (Corrected daily st 12 o'clock Nona Good Middling 81 1-8. Strict Middling 30 7-8. Middling 30 5-S. Strict Low Mid.ling 80. Low Middling 29 1-1. NEW YORK COTTON MAR Fi Err. ? >|mii I'kIi I ??v? < >? VeWrin Jan. . 82.40 82.40 81.84 :n.st :i2.:ts Mch . . 31.87 81.92 81.40 31.40 81.01 May . .81.40 31.88 81.06 81.06 81.64 July . .81.06 31.26 ?*'.<>.7."? :i??.7."? 31.22 ion: YFAR TERM. I?811 Introduced to Lengthen Terms of Stale Office*. Columbia, Ian. |0. Representative Dtio wort hi of Anderson, introduced n bill In the house today providing for 4 four year term for "ill State officers ami making the governor Ineligible for iH-election. ?1 Mississippi first for prohibi? tion. Proposed Amendment to Federal Con Htitution Ratified 15 Minutes After Message From Governor. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 8.?Mississippi was the first Shite In the Union to ratify the proposed prohibition amend? ment to the federal constitution. Fif? teen minutes after Governor Bilbo had urged such action in his message to the 1918 legislature, which opened to- I day, both houses had adopted reso- ' lutions ratifying the proposed amend? ment. In the lower house the vote was 93 to 3 and in the senate 32 to 5. Ad? journment was taken after the vote on the prohibition amendment. The gov? ernor's message containing more than 25,000 words dealt largely with recom? mendations for improvement in edu? cational, financial and industrial mat? ters in the State. Notice is Hereby (liven That all "Questionnaire*" have been mailed to registrants, such mailing ihaving been completed on the 8 th day of January, 1918. Numbers of Questionnaires have been returned to this local board, unclaimed. Any registrant who has not re? ceived his questionnaire will be al? lowed live days from this date to ap? pear in person at t!m office of the lo? cal board. No. 88 North Main street, and claim the riebt to get his qUOSr tionnaire and till the same out. Upon I proper showing, the board will permit ; the man who has riot yet received his I questionnaire" to get the same, and allow him a reasonable ime to (111 out and return it. This applies to any roan who has registered and has not received his questionnaire, and they :hould make application immediate? ly to this board for their question* naire. Penalties by imprisonment, fine, or both, is provided for failure to apply for questionnaire if same has not beer received by mail. Registrants should conduct themselves accordingly, and make application immediately foi questionnaires if they have not re? ceived them by mail. JOHN H. CLIFTON, Chairman and Member of Loca Board, Sunvter County, Sumtor. S. C Bumter, January 9, 1918. BIO BRITISH CASUALTIES. lighting Around Welch Ridge Al most Doubles Ft.jrures. London, Jan. 7.?British casualtie reported during the week ending to day totaled 18,998. The losses wen divided as follows: Officers killed or died of wounds US; men. 3,8 32. Officers wounded or missing, 4 48 men, 14,605. EXEMPTS SOLDIERS. fllTw ? I m%m Body Eliminates Five Hundred ixt CUivip Wheeler. i Ma con, Ga., Jan. $.?The arnly tu? berculosis board, con posed of 15 doc? tors and headed by Tuaj. Orlando Da? vis of New York, has ocmpleted its investigation of health conditions at Camp Wheeler and, It was learned to? night, has eliminated 500 men. Some of these men, it is stited, had tuber? culosis before being drafted into the ? army, which bears out the charge of Lieut. Col. L. C. Duncan, division sur? geon, published at the time of the ? epidemic in the camp, that "50 per cent, of the men accepted by local boards arc physical wrecks." Those who had the disease ?efore entering the army have beer discharged and returned to their hemes, while those who contracted the disease in service have been sent to Fori Bayard, N. M? for treatment. The tuberculosis board divided into sections here tonight, members going to Part Screven, some to Jacksonville. Fla., md to other points to continue its work, j Three hundred and twenty-nine men left Camp Wheeler this after Inoon on a special ti in for Leon ! Springs-, Texas, where they will en? ter the officers' traini g school. The train is in command of Maj. J. G. Coxetter of the Thirt -first Division headquarters. \ Eleven new cases of pneumonia de? veloped today. There were six deaths'at the base hospital today. The victims are: Fred Capps, Waver :ss, Ga., pneu? monia; Martin Titus, Thomasville, Ga.. empyema; Lester J. Coleman, New Orleans, pneum :nia; Dee F. Youngblood, Norerose. Ga., pneu? monia; Henry M. Hodces, Company B, One Hundred and Sixth Engineers, empyema; William H. Harris, Supply Company, One Hundreo and Twenty second Infantry', blood poisoning. Shoe Sale at the Sumtcr Dry Goods Co. We will place on sale tomorrow about one hundred pair of ladies' shoes ranging in price irom $2.50 to $4.00, formerly. You have tY\e priv? ilege of selecting any y?air from the lot for $1.50. Of course early callers will have a decided ad ntage under these terms. Remembev at The Sum tehr Dry Goods Co.?Ac vt. Geo. H. Hurst, n I Undertaker and Embatmer Prompt Attentin b Day and Night Ca I A. J. 0. CRAIG 0M St d. N. Vain Phones: Sgjfc, H-f ?+++?????++? ?MM ????????????????????????' Everything in the Building line All Kinds of Feed BOOTH & McLEOD, Inc. EVERYTHING AT ONE PLACE PHONES : 10 and 631 ?? ?? ?? ?? u ?? ?? ?? - > ?? -? '? ?? ?? The First Issue of LIBERTY BONDS ???????????????????????WIHB Have been received .it The TMt ' i NATIONAL v. The National Bank of South Carolina OF SUMTER Resources over $1,600,000 This Bank owes its growth to the loyal support and heaty cooperation of its 2500 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is SERVICES, Its life is the Loyalty of its Patrons. XV e appreciate your business and are belter prepared than ever before to servo von. D. 0. ROWl AN?. President F . E. HINNANT Ca?.ier. _/