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WM \l. SCHOOL DAY. Count} Teaclwrs' Association Decides i<? Make Hh> Dii> a Patriotic Rally With Parade of School Children To the Teachers of Sumter County: 'meeting The Surntcr County l'oard ut Fducntlon und the Sumter > ountv Council of Defense heartily approve of the aetlon of the County I Teuchels a<?.n..i, m decreeing that instead of the usual Field Day exercise* the schools of the county use the occasion an a means to fur? ther patriotism hv having a big rally ..f all the school children of Sumter ( ounty: It is also felt that this will meet with the approval of all the patrons of the schools and with every loyal rtttten at this critical time, when the very foundation of democracy is shak? en to the utmost. Ia there one among you who has not eaught the spirit of the times, and doea not have burning within you that Are of patriotism and love that would raune >ou to do anything best to serve yon* beloved country at this the time of her greatest need? I shall answer for you. Mot one. I believe that ? ou .ir?- .ill tin.- t.? the ver\ heart, and that we shall make of this occasion the greatest event of the kind that Is permitted to any community in this great land of ours. As you are true, so we expect your pupils to be, and believe that they are. Will you not then impress upon them tho great opportunity that this occasion will the to show that burn? ing love and loyalty that only eternity itself should nnench? Remember that every teacher In Sumter county Is not only asked but sspected to do his or her best. Tou and your pupils have already done a great deal. Your country ex? pects you to do a fcieat deal more. Wi congratulate you on what you and your pupils have done for the Junior Red Cross We sinceielv hop' that every school In the county will he organised by the ltally Day, an 1 that each school will bring Its Red ' ioss banner. ' ??rtituates and an\ Information will be gladly furnished by the County Superintendent of Ed? ucation. A special feature of the pa? rade will be the displaying of the Red t'rusa banners, ho your best to have a banner, but come with your pupils anyway. The programme for the day is vor> short, but you can make it most 1m prsaslve. It follows: Friday. April 19th-Patriotic Rally Day for Sumter County Schools. Parade, 12 o'clock?Formation at Monumental Square. Addrrao Dr D. W. Daniel. Dr S 11. Kdmunds will have charge of the formutlon of the parade. He expects every one to be on time, an I will hand out detinue Instructions as to the formation of the parade on th" morning of the Dally Day. We are sorry to say that there Is no h i n I in Sumter at this time, and to get one from off would cost at least fl.'m uii At this time when mon? ey Is needed for so many causes both at home and abroad, the County Hoard of Fducutior, the County Coun < d of Defense ami the business men of Sumter deem It unwise and reall> extravagant to spend such an amoun just for a band, as much as it Is felt that music would add to the occasion. We gsjpgsji |fj have the parade, foi with the assistance of several good drummers it can le a success, pro? vided we are loyal enough to our country to march for her, und not for our own glory. Vou are asked to bting your sc hool banner, your lied Cross banner, and aa many flags as you can. Mr. Mols? of the (My Schools will have the singing m sjanfpja, Amarlos i?nd the Star Spangled Itanner have been eeh.te,i fej Ihe touchers' associa? tion as the songs. Mish Annie Ke. U v ill send out m slfuctlons Bjg hi the part the Canulm; Chjfa girls will take in the nsg ide This work is a great feature in ou: schools ut this ami all times 11?1 eueourag? your girls to respond t?? Miss Keels' request. ??ne tequest from the County Su pei intendent Is most Important, md it la that you let him hear b\ April the ftth. whether you expect to| join in the parade, ami with how many pupils. This information will be very valuable, in making the ar I illgemeotS. Itememhei the date, April 19th Time || o clock. Sincerely. J. 11 HAY N'SWi 11 IT 11. Chjnjnrt] ?njpsn tanmient or i:.iu. i tlon. Ml < II 1.1 ? It IN ? ..I I HI .c. I'oltieinen \ppi? licndiiiu DeM-rtei \it.ickcd h| OtfJNaam Quehei . March II Serious di <?( ders o< rurred her?- tonight wln n a x'iund ol Dominion police, engaged in a ppreh ndliiK deserters Under the BjgSJI Isions of the Military Service Act was attacked by a crowd ol OlvlllaM Tho disturbance rapidly a uao? alarming propoitmns and al a lale hour toiuxht was itill in prom v. - rin: sin i'm 11 i>i\<. situation. Chairman BftftOJ Tells What lias Bcxmi DggXJ and What Is Doing. NOW York. March 27.?America's SffOTt to BIOSl German submarine war. whose lull nicna.ee has Just been re rcaltd in British Admiralty figures on sinkings of ships was outlined here tonight hy Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping l>oard, in a frank statement Siting forth the shipbuilding situation in the United Stabs. Before the National Marine LsagUf Mr. Hurley dtaeloned that despite de? lays, the country Hoon will have 780 ?tool and wooden ways turning out ships and that the government's mam? moth steel shipbuilding program o! eight million tons on March 1 was 2* per cent on its way to completion This does not mean that 28 per cent, are in the water, hut that construction as a whole had advanced that far Eight per cent, of the vessels actual? ly have been put in service, Mr. Hur ley said. The three government fabricating yards near Philadelphia, when in full operation, will be able to produce, Mr. Hurley said, more ships in a year than all the yards of England, heretofore the greatest shipbuilding country in the world. The high point in the curve of pro? duction has been delayed, Mr. Hur? ley pointed out, hy a number of caus? es. Gradually, these are being over? come, he declared, and before man\ months, the peak will have been i ach ed. ' Wlu-n the hiKh point of the eurv< finally has been reached and th? magnitude of America's shipbuilding program is realized," he mild, "it will be a continuous performance of pro ductiou and launching." "Unless we get out men to the bat? tle front, we will not win the war. and therefore it all conies back to ?whips," said Mr. Hurley. "Upon th' Shipping BOAfd has devolved the re sponsibillty of supplying this need an?: supplying it under the most extraor? dinary conditions that ever existed, a a time wh?Mi every other industry i l??'ing taxed to its utmost capacity li the matter of materials ami labor b provide war necessities. "The handicaps have been many We were not a maritime nation. With the exception of a few widely scatter ed yards, merchant marine construe tlon had almost become a lost ar; with us. Then came this sudden cab at a moment wfcen the navy was un? dergoing the greatest expansion in its history?when most, if not all, of the established yards were feverishly en? gaged in rush construction on dread naughts, destroyers, submarines, fuel -?hips, tenders and other auxiliary craft and when munition makeis wer? absorbing that part of skilled laboi which had not "been calle?! to Rovero nient navy yards or private shipbuild? ing plants. So it was a case of no only working from the ground up but of first securing the ground upot which to make a start, some of i marsh laml which had to be tilled in before launching ways could be laid. Therefore, we who are engaged in the work appreciate the magnitude of the tajk. I doubt if the magnitude of the task is generally appreciated, I am not here to emphasize that man nilmle. 1 am her** to tell you of th? situation as it is. "I wish to remind you gentlemen, that ships are not built overnight. When we took hold of this job of ship building, we found there was no ship? yard in existence with which we could piaee an order. The old yards wert tilled to capacity. We were faced with I Re neessity of creating an entirelx new industry. We had to establisl :h?' yards hist, get the ghlpbUlldsfS t< takS charge of them, and train tin men to build the ships. "There wore -'i stool shipyards in America at the time of our entrance into Ihi war. W?- haw located 81 ad? ditional steel ami wood yardi whlh II other yards have boon expanded We am bttlkUllfl in the ROW ami ex ponded iteel yards 2:1.") new steel ship ways, or 2?; more than at present ex. ?st in all the shipyards of Bngland 11 we had boon oontenl with doing IhS Job In a small w: v. WS might hav? built a f? w new yards ami added u httic to out oapaolty, a few ship mu;ht havs boon finished more quick ly; put it was the spirit and will ?> a merles t<> do Ihs .i??b in a big wnj and Ho (udgmonl ol the oountry will i>e vindicated by the result! when all thess now w tyi art completed and an turning out ships Many of fites? wayi havs actually been finished. Th< n? w industr) we have created will make Amerlcs the greatest maritime nation In the htstor) ul the world, "It took Uermanj m years to build up her mighty military machine, in less than Sight month* WC bOVC built up a ?hlpbulldlng machine, which, when it getii Into full swlngi will de? ieat tie- military machine ol (Jormuny "it took Henry Ford, with all bit genius for organisation and standard* heat ton, 14 years In Which to develop his enormous production, it bun re? riulred _'?> years for the United Htatei Steel Corporation to develop its netlvl ue. t?i the point where the) represent au organization one-half as large as < has been undertaken by the lhner geney Fleet Corporation. "It has been an uphill struggle. 1 am willing to confess there have been times when we have been discouraged, not at the magnitude of the task, but through a doubt of human ability to accomplish the stupendous work in the short time a'lowed. "There are two methods for com? puting the construction of tonnage to j show what is accomplished. One is by showing the tonnage in the water; the other is by showing the tonnage under eonstruction. Hut when a great many ships are put under construction at the same time, the question that should he asked is, how are they all progressing; how near to completion is the vast program. Here is the an? swer: "The total amount of our steel Con? struction program on March 1 was 8, 205,70k deadweight tons. This is made up of S* 1 ?9,864. deadweight tons under contract with the Emergency Fleet Corporation and 3,04.r>,408 dead | weight tons of requisition vessels. "Of this total steel construction, 2,121,508 deadweight tons, or approxi? mately 28 per cent, has been complet? ed. That means that in addition to the building of our big new yards, we have also been building ships. That is, the program for steel ships has ad? vanced 28 per cent., toward coniple tlon. Of the amount of steel ships un? der contract and under requisition, 965,461 deadweight tons, or approxi? mately 8 per cent, were actually com? pleted and In service on March 1 ol this year, nearly a month ago. This amount of floating tonnage exceeds our total output in 1111, including Steel, wooden and sailing vessels, but approximately 50 per cent. "In the yards Which we have al? ready completed and those which are nearing completion the progress will Ik? cumulative from this time on. Thus, while we have been building the yards and training the new forces necessary to construction, we have also been building the ships. "Notwithstanding the difficulties of organization, the handicaps of bad weather conditions, transportation embargoes and railroad congestion, nearly as much tonmtge has been con? structed in American shipyards in the past three months as by all the other maritime nations of the world com? bined. "I have referred to the necessity of providing additional facilities for the building of ships. At the outset l the 37 old steel yards began Increas? ing their capacity until they now have 195 ways as against 162 eight months ago. Other parts of their plants have increased in proportion. We then made provision for additional steel yards, some of which have been given financial assistance. Thirty ad? ditional new steel shipyards are thu being erected with a total of 203 ship? building ways. Thus we now have in the aggregato 6 7 steel shipyards either wholly or partly engaged in Fleet Corporation work. These yard?? will have a total of 31)8 steel building ways, of these/- 35 yards with 258 ways, tire on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. Nineteen yards with 66 ways are on the Pacific, while 13 yards, with 74 ways, tire on the Great Lakes. "our program, for building wooden diips lias been beset with many dif? ficulties and handicaps which could not well be foreseen. A year ago. WOOden shipbuilding in the United States was almost a lost art. We found 2 1 old wooden shipyards with 73 ship ways. The capacity for wooden ship building lias been increased until we now have 81 wooden shipbuilding yards with 3 22 ways completed or nearing completion, "Assuming that these ways will each produce two standard ship", per year, WO should turn out about 2, 800,000 deadweight tons of wooden Shipping annually. These 322 wood? en shipbuilding ways, now nearing completion, added to our 3118 steel bttlldlng ways, will give us a total of 7 30 berths upon which to build steel and WOOden vessels. When you con Older that we had only 162 steel build Ing ways a few months ago and 73 wooden ship building ways?a total of 286?an Increase is shown of 403 Woden and steel be.'h.s oil wllieh We can build ships. "With our total of 730 wood and steel ways, we will have 681 more berths than Sir Rric Oeddes in his re? cent Speech stated Kngland his at t be present time. "Our program on wooden ships ?.v.r.. delayed by the fact that we were nn ible to provide the necessary big tim? ber in sufficient Quantities from 'he forests east of the Mississippi Ulvor. The situation, which has been ;, se? rious handicap, 1 am hapy to say, is steadily Improving, 'Ihe situation giving us the most concern Is the completion of turbines and englnea The very rapid ex pan Ion ol the shipbuilding progl in cuughi the turbine and engine manu? facturers tolaliy unprepared. "The proposal to build ships ot con crete was at Ural regarded ;>s a fas* rinn! Ing nbsurdity. 1 in March I 1 lu re was launched from the yards of ; the Sun Francisco Company the first 1 BOni '?tte steamship, a vessel which the builders christened Faith. We hope ?hi? will exemplify the name. "-y?w as to labor:?our strong right arml There has been much talk of conscripting labor, of forcing it into shipyards as our soldiers have been brought into the camps. I am fully aware that I am Dying in the face of a growing popular sentiment that men should be drafted into the indus? try which supports the battle lines but I wish to put myself on record as being opposed to conscription of la? bor. 1 do not believe conscription necessary, for I believe labor itself will produce conditions which will render idle all thought of conscripting workmen. The vast majority of out workmen are men of intelligence and when they come to a full realization of the fact that any defection on their part now will not only imperil the na? tion, hut will injure their fellow workers in almost every tield of in? dustrial activity, I feel sure they will respond to all demands made upon them. Unless they fully do their part, their brothers will suffer. "It would be useless to manufac? ture material and supplies and pile up the products on the wharves if there are no ships to transport them: Ho, unless our ship workers do their best, other Industrie! must slow down or halt completely with the result that thousands of workers throughout the country will suffer for lack of employ? ment. "1 believe that labor has begun to realize that fact, but 1 want to drive it home to them; for there are some, 1 regret to say, who do not yet sense their responsibility. There are many who are not working their full ca? pacity. There are many who, because of the high wages they are earning, are prone to take too many holidays. Labor generally throughout our ship? yards is today receiving the highest rate of wages ever paid for similar work in the history of the world. The additional cost of our ships, due to in? creased wages in shipyards covering the program we have mapped out, will be in excess of $800,000,000. We ex? pect, and we have a right to expect: the country has a right to expect, that labor will render for this Increase of wages a corresponding increase in production?that is, the output of ships. "All has not gone smoothly In la? bor situation and there have beon times when this phase of the prob? lem was enough to cause discourage? ment. The vast majority of laboring men are patriotic; the leaders, whom I have known through close contact in Washington, especially Mr Gomp ersjjud his immediate associates, have my confidence and the country recog? nizes their patriotism. With only one exception, the leaders of the shipyards crafts generally have shown a spirit of co-operation, ready to sink their per? sonal differences in the common pool of patriotism. "We have established a labor ad .... ? i I Justinent board whose complete fair? ness cannot be questioned. The scale of wages awarded by this board has been most liberal. We have not blam? ed labor for the reduced average out? put in various yards. There are some labor restrictions which we would like to have removed?restrictions against output. We would like to see the whole body of labor put forth its max? imum elTort, encouraging each indi? vidual, workman to db his best, with? out any fear of establishing new aver? age standards when they increase the output. When all the leaders and all the men take this view of the nation? al emergency, the efficiency of all the yards will be measuraby increased. "There have been Inefllclent ship? yard owners as well as inefficient workmen. Where there is an inefll? clent owner who does not understand the viewpoint of labor and who thinks only of his profits, labor has a right to complain. In tin speed that was necessary in the early days when tin plans wei*0 being made and the first contracts were being let, some of the work was given the men who have not proved their ability to ?et results. As we have strengthened our contracts and distributed the work with great? er deliberation and care, we have likewise had in mind the weeding out of tin* employers who are not getting the results which experience has .shown us we should get from efficient men. We intend to know what the costs ami the profits are in every yard. We feel that the public is entitled to this Information. "In 1916 there were less than 16,000 men employed in all the shipyards of I he country and on March 2, 1918, WO had increased this number to 000 of which 17<?,;>>!? were working on actual ship construction ami the re? mainder ia yard construction, ami other branches of the industry. Thousands of others are employ? ed in taking out tin- timber for our wooden construction and at the scores of Inland Steel plants which are fabricating the parts for steel \ esse Is. "I desire '<> make a brief reference ; to what have been popularly called 1 mir three fabricating shipyards. The KO-culled fabricated ship is almost a i.eu method of .--hip construction*?u.1- ' most GUI new to England as it is to US. But from the progress of the work as it lias thus far developed, we are confident that it will he the means of adding millions of tons to our mer? chant marine. "These three assembling plants, with their 50 ways at Hog Island, 28 at Newark Bay and 12 at Bristol will, when they are in full operation, pro? duce in a single year more ships than England has ever been able to turn out in the same length of time. Al? ready at the yards of the Submarine Boat Corporation at Newark Bay, 15 keels have been laid and HI more will he put down as soon as the remaining ways, now in course of construction, are completed. By the time the lad. way is finished, the vessel on the first way will he well on towards comple? tion; and as soon as it has slipped into j the water, another keel will ho laid in its place and we will thus have a continuous series of vessels dropping into the water from this yard at the rate of two a week. Even greater, ton? nage will he produced at Hog Island with its larger number of ways and the bigger type of vesels that are be? ing constructed there. "There is no doubt but that we are destined to he one of the leading ship? building nations of the world. "We will have the largest number of ship? yards, the materials and the labor and when our shipbuilding plants are com? pleted and are well organized on sound business lines so as to produce ships cheaply and rapidly, we will not only produce sufficient ships to be? come the leader In the commerce of the world by furnishing transportation at reasonable rates thereby perform? ing a service to the rest offthe world, hut we will build ships in such large numbers and at such fair prices that we wdll become the meeca of the ship? building trade of the world. "I have outlined the entire situation ? in utmost frankness-concealing nothing, for e/e have nothing to con? ceal. Shipping is the essence of the struggle in which the world is now engaged?the eVntral beam of tho whole war structure. If that fails, all else fails. We are engaged in a race with the submarine. The whole gov? ernment in Washington is alive to it and there is complete co-operation to bring success In this greatest task to which America has set herself." COOPER-8AN! EE CANAL. I'iIIinan Introduces Bill in the Senate for Columbia Concern to Construct Waterway and Big Power Station. Washington. March 29.?Senator Tillman has introduced a bill grant? ing permission to the Columbia Kail way and Navigation Company, its suc? cessors or assigns, to construct, maintain and operate a toll-free canal connecting the Santee and Coop? er livers, between points at or near Moncks Corner and Ferguson and to construct such locks and other struc? tures as may be necessary for the proper operation of the canal. The measure carries provisions that the project shall be subject to the ap? proval of the chief engineers of the army and the Secretary of War and that It shall include provision for the* diverlsen of one hah* for the How of the Santee river into Cooper riVOf at or near Biggins Swamp. In consideration of the construction and maintenance of the canal without cost to the United States of tolls or charges of any kind, and in a manner I satisfactory to the Secretary of War, the Tillman hill grants to the con? structing company or its assigns such rights as the United States possess, to use the water power produced by its said canal and convert the same into electric power or other utilities, sub? ject to the approval of the plans and facilities for such utilization by the Secretary of War and to the condition that the proper and complete navi? gation of the canal shall not be Im? peded or retarded. It is the senator's understanding that Mr. T. Y. Williams, of Columbia, and associates are ready to provide the large amount of capital necessary to construe! the canal if the govern? ment grants the right. The drop from the Santee to Cooper is about forty live feet, so that a vast water power would be afforded near Moncks Cor? ner. As to navigation Senator Tin? man understands that heavy barges could ply between Charleston and Urn Santee by way of the proposed canal, connecting with a line of lirdit barges from Columbia to Ferguson. Eight barges, of course. could make the complete trip. SPIES IN AIRPLANE PLANT. Woman \dmils That Group of <?er man Agents Wer?' in Curtlss fac? tor }. Newark, .\. J., March SO.?An ad? mission that a group of German spies have been employed in the plant of the Curtlss Engineering Company it Hempstend, Eong Island, has been obtained from Mrs. Eydia White, the woman arrested with blue prints of lirplanes in her possession, the polite in re have announced. i>i:fi:xkf, o rvcir MAY UM MEMBER**. Sapp Defines i<wly as Stale Oflicci?* ?Kvenly Already Hold State Offices. Columbia ilarcb Id.?Fourteen members of the Sta|p Council of De? fense will be denied membership in that body unle-s they surrender other State offices, if the opinion of Claude X. Sapp, assi; tant attorney general, obtains. Mr. Sapp holds that provisions of the act creatll ? the State Council of Defense clearly dellne Uie council members as State officers. Member? ship to 11 w? lid thus be denied, in that that number already hold State offices. The second ioss is ihat women are Ineligible to State offices and can not, therefore be commissioned as mem? bers of the State Council of Defense. Mrs. F. Louis? Mayes of Greenville and Miss Euphemia McClintoek, form? erly president of the College for Wo? men, have bee< i members of the coun? cil since its organization early last year, long bes ore the act creating the council Mi s passed. A third wo? man is Mrs. JT. Otey Reed of St. George, recom mended by the delega? tion of Dorcht ster County to Govern? or Manning for appointment under the new act this week. Among the M men who would be disqualified under the act, without resigning Stat I offices already held, are David R. Coker, State chairman of the Council of Defense, since its or? ganization, ani John G. Richards of Liberty Hill, chairman of the State railroad commission. Others disqual? ified and the offices held are: Christie Benet, Columbia, board of regents. State Iluspitr for the Insane; J. R. Sirrine, Greeiunlle, board of regents of the State Lospital for the Insane; B. Hart Moss. Orangeburg, chairman of the State nsuranee commission; Dr. R. B. Hu?.hes, Laurens, board of trustees of the South Carolina Medi? cal College; N. G. Kvans, Kdgefield, member of ti e lower house of the genera! assembly; Dr. W. M. Riggs, president of Clemson College; Dr. James A. Hnyne, secretary of the State board of health; Dr. F. II. Mc Leod. Florence, board of regents of the State Hos >itnl for the Insane, and Charles O. Hearon, Spartanburg, member of the State highway com? mission. The issue w; s raised when the gov? ernor Taursdrty afternoon added 19 new members to the council by the provisions of the act and upon rec? ommendation iy the various county delegations. WHfc these appointed, the quention oi! commissioning a wo man was pre$- nt.ed. The opinion of Mr. Sapp follows: I am in receipt of your request by. your private :.ecretary to be advised as to whether or not a woman can be commissioned >y ybu as a member of the State Coun.ril of Defense, and fur? ther, whether >r not the members of said council of defense are required to take the c uiHtituional oath as is required of other State officers. In reply thereto I beg to advise that by the terms of the act creating the State Council of Defense its members are cleat ly made State officers, and Section 1 of Article 17 of the con? stitution in declaring the qualifications of officers pro 'ides that "no person shall be elected or appointed to any office in this Stite unless he possesses the qua libations of an elector; pro? vided, the pro\ isions of this section shall not apply to the offices of State librarian and <iepartmental clerks, to either of which offices any woman, a resident of the State two years, who has attained the age of 21 years shall be eligible." It will therefore be seen that from the provisions of this section of the constitution a vornan would not he^ eligible to a position on the State Council of Defense. Section III of Volume 1 code of laws of 1912, Makes it unlawful for any person to assume the duties of any public office until he has taken the oath provided by the constitution. It will be sei n, therefore, that In order to qualify for membership on the State Counell el Defense it will be necessary for those persona commis? sioned by you to take the regular con? stitutional oath, as required of other State officers. In th!a connection I call your at? tention to Section 2 of Article n of the constitution, which prohibits the holding by the 11 ne person at the same time two offices, and 1 ...ii of the Opinion that any person now holding an otlice in thi: State who lakes* the oath and is con missioned as a niem ber of the Statt' Council of Defense would thereby vacate his title to any other office be may hold? AUgUSta, (hi.. March 29.?Alfred J. James, a farmer, was phot through the ' od> with i three nub shell today on bis farm during practice firing by artlltesry at the Camp Hancock range. His farm bad been rented for range purposes. He bad be.en s? n on the rangsj and warned ol bis danger. Liter lvb< body was found Me is survived by his w idow and io children. |