The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 03, 1918, Image 3
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. |