The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 06, 1918, Image 6
BRYAN HOWLED DOWN.
Toronto HF.n m:s to iii:ai:
PROIIIBI HON KI'KKt'lI.
lUt timed I iiiiMdiun Soldier* i 'rented
iMsitirtmiuv In Mull and Drowned
Chu Voice of rent omuinmcr."
Toronto, Feb. II.?William Km
nlng* Itrvan w.?h r-fu.^1 a bruins
when he appc ' Mas??' Hall her I
tonight to address a prohibition meet?
ing on l? i Um auspices Ol UM DomhV
lon alliance.
Returned soldiers caused the dis?
turbance by shouting various epithets.
* What about the ISJOtlSOloT they
alee demanded In chorus.
The first disturbance came before
Mr. Bryan's entry when the ?hairman
told the audbn. o they were to be
honored t'v listening to the fraternal
delegate of the Anti-Saloon league of
America." one of tho foremost citizens
of our ally "
The chairman refrained from men
tlontnK Mr. Hryan 's name as long as
be could, but when It came out at last,
It waa greeted by a chorus of cat calls
and crlea of "We don't want him." The
chairman appealed to the audience. It
was aot a good thing for the city the)
were doing, be said, and ' a bad thing
for the cause We represent."
Then Mr. Hryan came In and pan?
demonium broke loose. Mo>t of the
audience atood up, and waved hand?
kerchiefs .ml l hOOred bun, but the
\ answering hoots from the galleries
outlasted the cheers.
For five minutes Mr. Hryan tried to
make hlmeslf heard, but it was no
use. The Interruption kept right on
end the intcrruptors sang "Rule Hrl
tania,'1 forcing the audience to join
In that and "God Save the King."
They inquired about the Lusitanla
and sang "Over There" and "Wr
Won't Oo Home Until Morning." Men
stood up and shook their fists at the
American ex-secretary of state. Sol
dlera showed the service button on
their coats and shouted ded nice at
thoae who pleaded for a hearing for
the visitor.
Enthusiastic prohibitionists who
wished to hear Mr. Hryan. hurled
across the hall counter calls of "Put
them out," and "Where's your fait
play?" The chairman was heard to
say something about ejecting the in?
terrupters. He was greeted with
cries of "Who's going to do it?"
Mr. Bryan took his seat.
John H. Roberts of Montreal mad
an attempt to speak, but was told to
"get the khaki on."
Then a man of the army medical
corps dresaed in uniform was hoisted
on the platform.
"Boys, they arc fighting for freedom
at the front, they are also fighting for
freedom of thought. Why should we
Interrupt the meeting?" he appealed
to the galleries.
The appeal was In vain. "God Save
the King" was sung again and the
soldiers in the galleries shouted "Tako
Aryan out and we'll walk out. We'll
let any man speak, but not a pro
German."
After the band had played another
air. Mr. Hryan made a brief, but fu?
tile attempt to make himself heard.
Then he took a chair to the edge of
platform and talked to the reporters,
the not?? ne\cr ceasing for an In?
stant.
I "I am here by Invitation," said Mr.
Hryan. I come as the representative
of I.?.ooo.ooo of the American people
who have banded themselves together
la various organizations for the pro-1
motion of prohibition. I have spoken
in one hall tonight before an audience
that gave me not only respectful but
enthusiastic uttentlon.
"I find that less than I per cent.,
probably more nearly less than 2 per
cent, of this audience refuse to allow
the rest of the auditors to hear me
speak. Ordinarily, those who Interrupt
u meeting an put out because they
refuse a majority the right to hear
In this caae. I urn not willing that
forco should hjj used to eject the men
from the hall. I would rather that
the meting should break up.
"My patriotism is satisfactory to
the president of the UPJtOd States, is
satisfactory to tho cabinet of the
I'nitod States; u is satisfactory t< the
congress of the I nlted States. There
Is not one single person in the I'nit?
od States who can say that one drop
of blood In my veins is not loyal to
my country."
Mr. Rrynn told the reports* that
his daughter was married to a Hrlt
Ish engineer Officer, that one of his
grandsons was a Hrltish subject and
tha' another was in the navy depart?
ment at Washington.
"I say this." he added, "that you
may know that I do not have to
apologize t.? an\ one "
Mr. Hryan announced his readinffal
to stay all night In the ball ami try
to talk to the people. Me said he
a.add have no coercion, however.
"Knough men," he added, "are he?
lm in lined III our fighting to make
fhe world safe for dogasjtIfgtOf without
anyone being Injured tu give me n
bearing."
The former secretary of state
?poke for qulto a while on the prog*
rcss of prohibition to those who
crowded down to th ? platform but it
is doubtful If mary of thOUl COUld
Iw.ir him owing to the noise.
His remarks orori punctuated by
?he gallery spelling out ? e-c-s-i-t-a
n-i-a" yelling "What about tin1 Loo
It mi I m and t&ngillg "Hail, Hail the
< l?ng s AM Here." The meeting broke
up when the audience joined once
more in singing "God Save the King."
Mr. EftryaB Wag given an attentive
hearing at the American Metropolitan
I'hurch during the early evening, the
audience listening attentively to his
address . ml offering few interruptions.
At the conclusion of his address Mr.
Bryan Wai greeted with hearty ap?
plause.
In nl Administration Notes.
At the public meeting of women
Friday/the City food administrator was
requested to lake Bp with state Pood
Administrator William Billott litres
matters. First, why it was impos?
sible to obtain rye Hour here; second,
to what extent was graham Hour a
Substitut?'; and, third, why was the
Chief substitute we have, corn meal,
so very high. Mr. Elliott was wri?
te n, and has replied as follows:
"Replying to your letter of the
2 2nd, I beg to say that the reason
?M1 rye tlour is hard to get is because
very little of'it w as used in this State
until its use was demanded by the
pound-for-pound rule in the purchase
oi tiour. Immediately there were
shipments of rye tlour started toward
this State, but they have not been
distributed yet. There is much rye
Hour coining into Charleston and if
your DOOPle Will communicate with
the wholesalers in Charleston 1 think
they can get rye Hour without trou?
ble.
Graham flour is a substitute to this
extent: Purchasers need buy only
1-10 of a pound of substitutes with
? ich pound of graham Hour bought.
The cornmeal situation is having
the earnest attention of the adminis?
tration In Washington and the ad?
ministration here. The trouble is al?
together on account of transporta?
tion. As soon as the congestion of
transportation is relieved I think the
price will be stabilized, since really
there is no justification for it except
transportation.
The "Food Administration, as you
see by the papers, || stirring up the
railroads on this subject."
Mr. Elliott was sent a copy of the
meatless and wheatless program re
OOntly Adopted by the ladies here, lb
has this to say of It:
"The program which you sent is
line. 1 am turning it over to our pub?
licity people to be used. Please com?
pliment the ladies on it. 1 think we
shall send it out as a bulletin."
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.Beginning the spring drive for ex
; iordinar> production and conserva?
tion of food stuffs, and to completely
organize Sumter County under the
thrift and economy plans of the Food
Administration, National and State
Councils of Defense, and War Stamp
Savings Administrations, there will
be held meetings at practically every
white rural school in the county bo
ginning next Tueeday and Wednes?
day as per schedule below.
The speakers selected by the gov?
ernment to talk to the people next
week on iis follows:
J. Frank Williame, County Farm
l ?emostrator.
.1. II. 1 laynsworth, County Superin?
tendent of Education.
H. A. Moses, Chairman of War Sav
IngS Stamps for Sumter county.
E. I. Keardon, Assistant County
Food Administrator.
Schedule of meetings:
Tuesday, March Sth.
Graham school at 9 A. M.
Concord school at 10.30 A. M.
Trinity school at 12 noon.
Pleasant Grove school at 1.30 P. M.
Wednesday, March Gth.
Salem SOhOOl at I A. M.
Shi loh school at 10.30 A. M.
Norwood school at 12 noon.
Lone 1 ?(lk SChOOl ?'?t 1.10 P. M.
Tbo Food Administration and
Council of Defense have asked that
ever] OOUnty DO thoroughly organiz?
ed, by school districts, to induce ev?
er v family to plant plenty of vege
? Ides, grains, and to conserve every
peesiMs OUnCt Of perishable food
Hid feedstUffS tor man and beast. Im?
portant RieesageS from the govern?
ment. State and National, will be
carried by Iheoe gentlemen who gre
?Ving of tluir time and ability to
help organise the county to help win
'be war, end tlx rofort every man, wo?
1,1 ?". 00) ;iml girl should attend tins,
meetings throughout the county.
?THPlClOVg i \ < 11 ?1 NTs REPORT
1 1?.
Mnc Men Been in New Mexican CMol
Hlne.
Denver. March \ - Nme men, oil
equipped with oxygen h?hnet? are re?
pot te.l to h ive been M,.n hl |m|11.
Ol Bog Antonio. New- Mexico Let nigh!
The rOpOl t W as mods h. Ofllcl Is of
the government boren u or mines her?
today.
BABTILLERYBIN TRAINING.
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CARO?
LINA REVERBERATING WITH
DEATH KNELL OF
AUTOCRACY.
Commander Phillips Comments mil
the Barrage Exhibitions on Hog
Rack I tango.
Bpartanburg, Fob. 2s.?"Those ore
glorlOUS days for the work of the ar?
tillery," said (Jen Charles li. Phillips
commander of the 52d brigade, today
as he stood on Hog Back mountain.
surrounded by a hundred or more of?
ficers Of the lUlth field artillery su?
pervising the afternoon's tiring pro?
gram. The three batteries of three
Inch guns now on the range are being
tired almost constantly by the officers
ami men of the 104th, Under the
command of Maj. Seymour, the 105th
field artillery completed its work on
Tuesday. The 106th oloserd its pro?
gram with barrage fire. The creep?
ing barrage, the standing barrage and
the box barrage were their graduating
performances, so to speak, and it is
no secret that their performance was
highly satisfactory.
According to the program the
104th is going to finish its work and
be followed by the 106th, heavy field
artillery, after which the whole of
the brigade will go to the range. The
work Of the artillery is the most spe
tacular of all the army training. At
present the guns are a little distant
from the station occupied by the of?
ficers directing the tiring, while the
targets pitched about over the moun?
tain arc in view of the officers. The
commanding Officer announces the
nanu? of the officer to fire the problem
and he steps forward to transmit his
tiling data to the guns over the tele?
phone. The guns speak at his word
to fire and all the company see in the
bursting shell just how well the of?
ficer is on the job. Sometimes when
the performance is particularly clever
the Officer is greeted with applause.
Another election Is to lie held at
( amp Wadsworth. Charles W. Taft.
Assistant Secretary of state, of New
York, arrived today to supervise the
voting of the men who come from
the Seventh, Eighth, Twenty-first ami
Twenty-second congressional districts
It is said there will be approxin ite
ly 1,800 votes cast. The election will
be held Monday.
Hoy Sind, Near Union,
Union, Fob, 28,?While two negro
boys, Webster Duncan, about 16 years
ot age, ami Bud Talley, age about IT.
were handling a single barrel breech
loader shot gun yesterday afternoon,
tin gun was discharged, killing the
Talles boy almost instantly.
A CALL TO ARMS.
Soino Russians Prefer Fighting to
Murrender.
Vologda, Friday, March I.?-'the in?
terior of Russia, following the exam?
ple of Moscow, has declared strongly
against a separate peace with Ger?
many, The Workmen's Soldiers
councils In many provincial centers
are Issuing mobilisation orders, and
proclaiming a right to the finish in
behalf of the revolution.
Pnxvlllc W. v. T. U.
Paxville, March 1.?The Paxyille
Woman's Christian Temperance Un?
ion held a communicative service in
tin- Methodist church on last Sunday
evening in honor of Frances E. Wil
lard, founder Of the organization. A
large crowd was present, and a good
donation for the Memorial Fund was
received. The church was artistical?
ly decorated for the occasion in the
national colors. A handsome framed
I portrait of Miss Willard stood in the
' center, and was draped with United
(states Hags; temperance posters and
J flags were also arranged in places.
I The following program was beautiful
ly rendered:
I Hymn?America.
Sc ripture rearing, 1 chapter Daniel,
I by W. E. Keels.
Prayer?new J, D. bowen of the
I Baptist church.
Talk?Some Temperance Facts?
Bey, Bowen,
Piano Solo?(The Palms?Mrs. W.
I. Keels.
Heading?Memories of France*
Willard?Miss Jessie Curtis.
Pec. a Stray Sunbeam?Miss Lu
clle Geddings,
Violin Solo?In the Lamplight?
Miss Vivian Curtis.
Memorial Fund Quiz?Leader, Mrs
j.Toe Minis, Jr., Mesdames Ralph Rey?
nolds, Henry McLeod, T. W. Gunter
and Miss Leila Corbett.
Recitation?The Lips That Touch
Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine?
Miss Barle Perritt.
Piano Duet? No Surrender March
?Misses Lucile Geddings and VarnU
McLeod,
Talk?Experiences in w. c. T. U
Work?M iss Can oway.
Piano Solo?Woodland Echoes.
? Miss Emma Hrown.
Presentation of the Memorial Fun?
??Miss Leathee Edmunds.
Vocal Duet-Mftar Spangled Ban
ner?Misses Daisy Corbett and Emme
Hrown.
idiring which the offering was re?
i ? Ived by two little girls.
Song?Blest Be the Tie That Hinds
Dismissal?Rev. J. D. Bowen.
Mrs. T. W. (Hinter,
Ppbllcity Bupt
Thrift Stump Agencies.
The little thrift stamp is hustling
about, and is growing in popularity
every day. He is entering our rich"
est homes, and hs is taking ip his
abode too in the humblest houses. Ho
eosts but a quarter hut he is in great
demand.
As an illustration of how much the
thrift Stamp ami the war saving stamp
is in demand one canvasser in Sumter
in his leisure time, talking among his
Iiiends lias placed fifty dollars worth
! of Stamps in the last three or four
I days. He does it simply because he
j is convinced that the stamps arc su?h
a good proposition that every one
should buy them.
A young ladies' club in the city has
become interested In the stamps, has
had them explained to its members,
and they have declared their inten?
tion of all buying and of going out and
selling the stamps.
Nearly all the stores in the city
have now taken out agencies and the
stamps can be obtained from them.
Headquarters for the stamps of course
is the postofllce.
The army and the navy teans are
still conducting their canvass and are
placing the stamps all about. If you
are not informed about the Stamps,
ask almost every one on the streets
and you can get information, or go
to the postofllce and get it.
j Hardships of the Palestine Campaign.
London, Feb. 25?Some of the
'hardships experienced by the British
j forces in Palestine are described in
5 a letter received here from a priest
The letter, written shorly before the
? fall Ol Jerusalem, tells of a day early
in November when a camel convoy
- from Beersheba was unable to reach
the men then fighting for the deliver
. ance of the Holy City from the Turk
"There was a hot wind blowing,'
, wrote the priest. "A tumbler full ol
water was left in my bottle which 1
i divided between four olliccrs whose
- lips were split and covered witl
green slime. That afternoon 1 had G
. burial service, and, literally I couh
! I not articulate without keeping my
hand to my mouth and pulling my
. lower lip off my teeth, while bullets
I from a concealed sniper whizzed pas
08. In the evening water came in
enough to give each one bottle?quite
l: inadequate.'
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Berlin, March 2.?In the Germar
i attack yesterday to the northeast ol
Belcheprey the Americans suffered
? heavily, and at least twelve prisoner!
? were taken, it is officially announced.
Start off your boy or your girl on a
thrift stamp book. They will do the
rest. .
THE GOOD HOARS CAMPAIGN.
Mayor L. R. Jennings Receives Im
port am Appointment,
In according to the Sumter Aubo
mobile Association the privilege of
naming the member of the legislative
committee from South Carolina, of
the American Automobile Association,
the South ^Carolina Automobile Asso
Ciation has bestowed on the local as?
sociation its highest honor, said Mr.
C. T. Wootten, field secretary. Not
even the United States senator has a
Held of greater usefulness to the
State.
This honor comes to Sumter because
of the interest manifested in the
movement by its representative citi?
zens.
In naming Hon. L. D. Jennings for
this poet Sumter has availed herself
of the services of one of her most
capable sons, who has given and is
daily giving evidence of his ability and
willingness to serve his State and com?
munity unselfishly.
rianttm: Castor Beans.
Editor of The Item.
It strikes me that the people in gen?
eral and the farmers especially, have
not appreciated the importance of
helping out he government in fur?
nishing the castor beans which are
required for making a lubricant
which is necessary for properly run?
ning the new liberty motors required
for the aeroplane service. There are
B great many waste acres and garden
spots in and around Sumter, that
could be planted in castor beans pro?
fitably.
I have been in touch with Mr.
"Evans, the government agent at Ham?
let, N. C, and have all the necessary
data in regard to successful cultiva?
tion of these beans, and would be glad
if anyone who wishes to plant from
one to ten acres would call at the of?
fice of the Bynum Lumber Company,
and any information will be gladly
, I given. A. J. BYNUM.
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Honor Roll of Stateburg School.
Pint Grade?Elizabeth Boyd, Julia
Neyle, Frances Richardson.
Second Grade?Gillespie Boyd, Julia !
K. Simons, Hope Williams.
Third Grade?Franser Neyle, Eliza?
beth S. Richardson.
Fourth Grade?John Frank Wil?
liams.
Fifth Grade?Charles Boyd, Henry
Neyle. !l
Sixth Grade?James Brown, Wil?
liam Brown.
Seventh Grade?Marion Boyd.
Eighth Grade?Marion Boyd, Ro&w^*:
lie Neyle.
Buy a thrift stamp; quarter does it.
You
a Patriotic
Farmer!
You will make every acre produce its ut?
most in. food crops, cotton and tobacco, all
greatly needed by our country. You will
best serve your country and yourself by
fertilizing each acre liberally with
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brand rCBIllULLlfo
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