The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 06, 1918, Image 4
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Ths Sumter Watchman was found
in 1160 and the Trua Southron m
lit*. Th? Watchman and Southron
oow haa the combined circulation and
influence of both of the old papers,
end is manifaatly the bast advertisi:ir
otedium in Sumter.
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War Savings Pledges Still Coming.
Although June 28th was War Sav?
ings Day and the campaign for
pledges nominally closed then, they
are coming in yet. ami will continue
to come In for several weeks. In this
OOfJnty canvassers have been asked to
keep right on the Job, and every time
en unpledged person ia found to get
a pledge for War Savings.
The receipts of pledges Saturday
numbered 16?l for $7?.688.00. To
handle all these, to sort them, to la?
bel them, to count them and to add
them, required a deal of work and it
eras late before the total was arrived
at. This showed there were 6,463
pledges for $3 31.1'.m oo. The sales
for Sumter "ou n t y before the cam?
paign opened amounted to about $40,
?00. Part of this was Included in
the pledges made for the year, so the
sales and pledges together will amount
to between $350.000 and $360.000.
New totala will be given every two
or three day a aa they come in.
?tateburg War Savings Society No.
36 reports Its stamp holdings for June
In cropped from 1147.71 to $ 164.25.
Dlnklns Mill Popular.
One of the most beautiful in all tin
'country, certainly the moat beautiful
artificial ^^ Sumter county, Is Din
kins' mill pond, situated in the west
am part, four miles, as the crow Hies,
west of Horden, three miles southeast
of Hagood. Think of a body of water
more than one and one-half miles long
by half a mile wide, without tree or
stump save one small chump, called
ihe island, which is always covered
with water save In severe droughts.
And this Island, instead of detracting
from, but adds to the beauty of the
lake, having us it does, a thick
growth of gums, which, in their lux?
uriant and abundant foliage, present?
ing a strong contrast to the gray moss
which hanga In long festoons from
their branchea, make an inviting place
to one seeking quiet or to lovers who
would be alone.
The entire lake la surrounded, save
on the narrow mill front, by forest,
all festooned in the same gray moss.
Kor those and other reasons, It Is be
eom ng glgHi a plca*ut- tesoit. A few
years ago a company of young peo?
ple camped there, and were ao web
pleased that they came again and
again I*t?t year the boy scouts
from Camden came down, returning
thla summer As was noticed In The
State and other papers, the Y. M. C.
A. boys of Columbia, 35 strong, under
Mr. K. L. Alexander of the Y M C
with Mr. Joe Travnlck as aaaistant,
arrived here June Mth. returning to?
day. July lat.
Aa waa to be expected one and .ill
are dalighted. and would if th> y
could prolong their alay.
At the camp every day bad its reg?
ular eaerclses. for > < n bung all
the work, the boys helped In the
eooktag. Euch day a routine waa car?
ried out. and each tent In charge of
a leader, had acme specific duties to
perform. Some time was given each
day to Bible study, and discussions
were had around the camp tires, and
several timea Inspirational talks wer?
Riven
t?n Frtdav. June 21, Mr Withers of
The State Company of Columbia ad?
dressed the boys on the Importance of
Manhood, taking Christ as the per?
fect model
Thursday. June 11. Mr. J. 11 Pen
land, merchant of Columbia, visiting
the camp, was the victim of a mock
trial, which proved both pleasurable
snd helpful.
Measra. Shrift and Penlnnd. aa did
the other visitor*. dSSSlXSd this to be
Ihe finest camping site they had seen
In a long time, and Mr. Penlam! said
it waa probable that he would spend
hla vacation here. The boys are \eiv
grateful to tin- people around for th -
consideration and attention given
them, and this is espeo iilv true oi
the Camp Munter and bis wife. Mr IM
Mrs. Alexander, who feel gre.itiy in
debted to the people for their coop
eration in making the Sjajag a splend.d
success. It K. Atkinson and A H
Sandei<* came out and helped to catch
some tine tlsb l.esbbs the visitor*
above named we might mention Mr
Moblev ?nd son. v. holexab* men oi
l oiuaib. i. Meanfaaieri n v and w v
Hann II K IlttatOQ V. J. Stom nm
Maater Meldon Hodges. "Haajood H
llembert. Julv 1. 1>M8.
AI'U/s dl7AIj role.
Cheshire Exposes Iiis Double Heuling
und Crookedness.
V. Ii. Cheshire, editor of The Ander?
son Tribune, adds another chapter to
the McUtuiiri-idca.se scandal by ex?
posing John K. Aull in the following
signed statement:
I regret that I have been brought
into this controversy, but since it ap?
pears that the letter written me by
John K. Aull is the foundation for
the whole r6w, it is up to me to make
a statement. In doing so, it is neces?
sary for me to tell some things that
I would not tell but for being placed
in this awkward position. As is my
custom. I am going to be plain and
come clean, .regardless of who it
helps or hurts. He fore doing so,
however. I want to state that 1 am
? friend to both former Governor
MtMi and former United jNotOI
Senator McLnurin. BoonUM tlu\
are enemies is no reason why I should
fall out with either.
In making this statement. I am go?
ing to show that John K. Aull is ft
double-crossor, a liar and a spineless
coward and a traitor to his friends.
Tribune readers have often won?
dered how I get hold of so much dope,
knowing that I remain in Anderson
and put in eighteen hours a day in
tho office, but know what is happen
ing in Columbia and other points. 1
would not tell this secret and regret
that Aull has forced me by his own
blockhendedness to do so, as wel) as
expose him.
A ill 1 uses the office of former Gov?
ernor Hlease as his Charleston
American" headquarters. In fact, he
is and has been since Gov. Hlease
went out of office, his stenographer.
Gov. Mease has from time to tiim
written editorials for The Tribune. I.
tie se editorials met with our approval
tad we cared to "daddy" them, art
don't see that It was anybody's busi?
ness but our own. These editorials
that were sent us by Gov. Bloaat
were dictated by him and wrote on
Governor Hlease's typewriter by Aull.
The account of the light between Ad?
jutant and Inspector General YV. \V.
Moore and Col. I^ewis in which it
uns stated that the Columbia corre?
spondent of the Charleston American
(who is Jno. K. Aull) acted cowardh
In not reporting It, was written b)
Aull himself and sent to The Tribune
for publication. Now, our readers
will wonder why Aull should write n
article branding himself a cowan:
Tins is easy to explain, Thi Tiibune'i
circulation in Columbia is wide. Hv
ery barber shop in Columbia, wheth?
er Hlease or anti-Hlea.se, subscribes for
the paper for the political news it
contains.
As will be noted by Aull's letter,
he and the other Columbia newspa?
per men had a meeting and agree 1
not to mention the fight between
Gen. Moore and Col. Lewis. Aull,
being hostile to the Manning admin?
istration, wanted to strike it but
wanted to do so under cover in this
particular case in order to keep the
other Columbia newspaper man in
the dark as to his double-crossing, so
he sent the story to The Tribune in
order to give it publicity, yet save
his own pork. I hadn't been m Co?
lumbia and knew nothing of the
tight between Gen. MOOTS and Col.
Lewis until Aull sent in his story of
the affair.
After it's publication, I received
the letter from Aull (ensuring me
for its appearance and knowing that
everything sent me passed through
Gov. Hlease's hands, I wrote Gov
Hlease in regard to the matter, at
the sinie |lme eAOlOOlBS Aull's letter.
Gov. Bit e dt* missed the matter
by writing SIS that Aull had proba?
bly signed the letter while under the
InflnonOi Of King Corn and that it
was probably written and mailed by
Cormack.
When I raegffOd the typewritten
t itomoni from Aull, signed by him?
self and Cormack, 1 believed he w
drunk wlu n he signed it. because i
urn familiar with his handwriting
and could tell by his signature tha j
he was In the same condition when h
signed the statement as he was in
w , - hlngton a hen McLaw In e
forood to abandon his trip and brln
him hack home.
I could go aln-ad and reveal sonn
facts that would cans" a political
i. nsutlon in this si ito, but will lei
matters rOSl where they are until
foreed to say more in self-defence.
V. B. Cheshire
ItAlUIOAIl i:\HMNLs DECBEASi:
Operating Income been This %'c:v
Ittan Last.
I Waahlngton, Jut? I, A rodoctlori
ot more than *ias,000,000 In the op
II alerting income af I.*:: of the largest
? saltroadM < urlng tin m-t i re months
? jumbo government control, as OOIO"
>Ipored with the Mime period one year
ago wan announced lodns "Hie
1 Southern roads alone i m sedlns. Ihelr
operating Income for ihr previous
j ear.
LIE PASSED AT NEWBtRRY.
<)U> TIME POLITICAL UPROAR
REVOLVES ABOUT DES?
CHAMPS.
First i:\tritriiicnt of present Campaign
Comet as Surprise to Nowborry
I Audience.
i
Newberry, July 2.?Newberry, al?
ways fruitful in political surprises,
heard the direct "lie" passed today for
I the first time in a somewhat drab
?campaign for State ofliees. John
j Madison DeeChampe, candidate for
governor, was the center of attrac?
tion and around Him revolved for a
time what looked like an old-time po?
litical knock-down and drag-out fight,
with a continuous uproar as a back?
ground. Mr. DeeChampe, barking
back to the HUG campaign for the
gOVernornhiPi accused Attorney Cen?
tral People! Of using tile chief legal
Offlot of the State in defense of D*.
u C. L Adams whom Mr. DesChampfl
Ottlled "a common criminal." Claud"/
x. Sapp, Assistant Attorney General,
now in the race for Attorney Generali
who WU acting in the capacity of
prlvatt attorney for Mr. Adums at the
time of the incident mentioned by Mr
iKs.'hamps, gave the direct lie to the
gubernatorial aspirant and Mr. Des
ChampS handed it back with a "damn"
attach d. The two men were sepa?
rated before they got in striking dis?
tance. Kol satisfied with his at
I
tacks on Mr. lVeples, Mr. DesChamps
turned on Major John G. Richards
candidate for governor, and tried tG
get him to declare his preference foi
the United States senator. This Majei
ftlchardl refused tO <lo. The dialogue
incident to this caused another Up?
roar and many cheerSf and countei
cheers.
During the 1910 campaign Dr. E. C
Ij. Adams, candidate for lieutenant
governor, and Mr. DeeChampe, who
was running for governor at thai
time, became engaged in a fisticuff a'
Manning in which Mr. DesChamp:
was blooded about the face. He pros
ecuted Dr. Adams for assault and bat
tery and the trial was held at Man?
ning last summer.
LIVELY ORANGEBURG MEETING.
Candidates for Senate Speak liefern
Enthusiastic Crowd.
Orangeburg. July 2. ?Orangeburi
easily qualified today In providing not
only the largest crowd t<> hear the sen
storlal candidates of the entire cam
paign, but one which simultaneously
took first rank in enthusiasm. Tie
Ween BOO and 600 voters heard th
candidates and expressed their pref?
erence In positive manner. The court
house, in which the meeting was held
was filled to overflowing, and about
the entrances a jam of eager listen?
ers hedged each other for standing
room.
x. v.. Dial, of Laurent, was in splen?
did fettle. Throughout the half hou
in which he spoke he kept the ami
lence in rollicking good humor with
particularly applicable jokes, and hii
stunning blows on Chase's war rec?
ord drew hursts of spontaneous up
plause. At the conclusion of hi
speech he was generously applauded.
The most ardent supporters of Ben
ator TUlman are accepting the in?
evitable with equanimity, should the
senator for tin time being be able to
withstand the thock <>f the paralyti?
stroke, they realise it would bo a los
ing game in a perilous hour to press
his candidacy. In consequence a shift
ing of political preferment never b?
fore surpassed in the St;,te has take;,
place In South Carolins the last two
days. Today's crowd was an eloquent
testimony of the definite line of cleav?
age, and with the Issues clear-cUt, the
agony will not be deferred until a Bret
prlmnry has smashed the triangle, a*
it was necessary two years ago.
TURN OVER EXCESS PROFITS.
Washington, July 1.?-Flour millers 1
who made excess profits durin? the
lust fiscal year, as charged by the
Federal Trade Commission In Its re?
port Saturday to the senate, must re?
turn tin- amount of such profits to the
government in the form of milled
tiour, under regulations made pul ii<-1
today by Pood Administrator Hoover.
The Federal Trade Commission
[charged thai the millers had made u
profit of IS cents h barrel on U<?u:
lespits the rood administration's reg?
uf&tlon* limiting the differential t"
?j.. oentt. it develops that fin- com
? iisslon's report was anticipated, as
? the administration's regulations were
m*nl OUt last Jene 17. Millers whose
profits at the close of the fiscal yenr
June* HO lire In excess of the maximum
? permitted pre requir< l i<> credit the
Dmount of the excess to the food sd
I ministrati??n, to be liquidated by dour
id, be sold to the army, navy, mu
I rlne corps and the food administra?
tion's grain corporation In New York
I ;,t si barrel. The millers' hooks will
i*< balanced nn June 80 and again on
.tub l to show the amount of the e\
', i <s proflL
CHARGED WITH HOARDING;.
Clicstorfteld Merchant Taken to Ben
nettaeJUo in Custody of Unltoil
Stairs Marshal.
< hosterfield, .July 2.?A United
Rtatea deputy marshal arrived n Chcs
terftold today and arrested H. w.
Prusser. one or the leading merchants
01 this town, on a charge of hoarding
food, and carried him to Bennetts
vllle before Food Administrator Jo
siah Kvaii^, where he gave bond for
his appearance before a United States
commissioner, in Columbia July ;<;.
The charge against Mr. Prusser in
that he had a member of his family
purchase flour from five separate
?tores in Chesterfield on June 8 after
haying obtained five millers' certifi?
cates from a corn mill near Chester?
field.
TOO Hl SY TO VERIFY.
J. K. Mayfleld Tells of Meeting J. L.
McLaurin.
To the Editor Of The State:
Blnoe l have been quoted ii your
columns as making certain stat >ments
lo ex-Sentitor J- L. McLaurin. l would
?ke for you to print the conversa?
tion in substance.
on the morning after the Bamberg
campaign meeting, Cant J. B. ouess
stood in front of the Hank o' Den
monk, and as I came out, introduced
:ne lo ex-Senator McLaurin. 1 told
Mr, .McLaurin as a farmer and i sup?
porter of B State warehouse system,
i appreciated tho lighL and efforts h
(McLaurin) had made for it, that I
had not decided who I was going to
cast my vote lor. Hut that the public
wac> due an explanation or denial of
a Statement being circulated, namely,
that in the Bank of Denmark that
morning. .Melton K. Zorn, a farmer of
this community, said: "Cooper told
Wei. Crum and also myself he had
documents to prove McLaurin offered
sell out to the Republican party,
but was not going to publish them
now, but would Bpring them later."
ESx-Senator McLaurin erred in quot?
ing me as saying Mr. Crum had told
me of this mutter as ho (Mr. Mc?
Laurin) states. The week before Mr.
Crum' had told me of a rumor to this
effect floating around the campaign
meeting at Barnwell, Mr. Crum In
his casual conversation stated this
was a rue..or only and he did not re?
call its author or whom this informa?
tion came from. I suggested to Mr.
McLaurin he step across the railroa I |
10 Mr. Crum's Office and verily Mi*.
SSorn's statement! and possibly Mr,
Crum might have fuller Information
by now. Mr. McLaurin said that he
must catch tho next train, i told him
f the information was worth using
and he intended using the same, it
was worth taking the time to verify.
S.nce the matter appeared in print.
I talked the matter over with Mr.
Crum and stated Mr. McLaurin had
erred in statin;; Mi-. Cram was my in-i
formant, but that Mr. Zorn was my
informant. Mr. Crum replied that he
had not told mo or talked with me
since tho Bamberg meeting, but now
we wore into it. lie had conversed
with Mr. Cooper in his law oflh e at
Denmark, but did not care to be quot?
ed unless Mr. Cooper mentioned i.
lit st. This Mr. Cooper did in Mom
day's Stat". I now feel that i can
mote Mr. Crum as to his con versa
!i n w,th Mr. Cooper, Mr. Crum said,
n substance, "Mr. Coopor told me ho
htvd a damaging letter or document
>i Mr. McLaurin, but did not intend
Using it UnleS8 Mr. McLaurin attacke<
him first, which now seems likely."
These are the facts.
.1. Kcnm-dy Mayfleld.
Denmark, July i.
HlTMTjKH COTTON M AKKF7#
Cori^ctetl iJttby it \t ?:i4M?K ;?-????!
r . HnW'MAN fvi'um i*uy?i
Good Middling
Strict Middling 29 3-4,
Middling 29 i-^.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Vee'djr?
Open High Low (Mose Close
July . ? 27.00 27.12 26.70 26.70 27.00
net . . 28.07 28.07 83.71 1M.77 23.81
Dec . ? 83.53 23.62 23.25 33.42 23.47
Registration Notice.
The County Board of Registration
will be iti til'';'1 office at tho Cour
lions-. COntinUOUSlj from July 1st t<
August 81st! excepting July 4th, foi
the purpose of registering all qualified
voters Of the cotin'y of Sumter. as tin
law requires.
T. I). DUBOSB,
.1. M. x. WILDER,
.1. A. RE VME8,
Supervisors of Registration
Panama, June 29. Upon orders
from Washington American troop*
began policing Panama and Colon id
? o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
tiction was taken under the treaty of
1904, authorising Ihe United Rtatea t i
assume policing when necessary foi
ths maintenance of <udor. The Pan?
ama bo\ ei ntnent has protested t??
l Woi hingt on again.
War Has Multiplied the
Value of Good Tires
Never were cars so necessary?both in
business and domestic life.
Never was their continuous and eco?
nomical use so imperative.
Never was freedom from tire trouble
and tire expense so absolutely essential.
The rapidly growing demand for
United States Tires prove their war-time
worth.
Thousands of motorists each week are
turning to United States Tires to get de?
pendability and economy.
United States Tires last longest and
carry you farthest at least cost.
They enable you to make the most of
your car?passenger or commercial?
nozv, v/heijL it is more than ever a vital
wctr-time necessity.
There is a United States Tire for every
possible need.
Our nearest Sales and Service Depot
will :zA you which ones you should have.
nil
s Tires
are
A complete stock of United States Tires is car?
ried by the following Sales and Service Depot :
SUMTER MOTOR CO.
A t aid of Thanks.
Mrs. Uosc Entertain*
<m Tuesday evening Mrs. \V. E*
Rose entertained, informally, a few
[guests In honor Of two newly wedded
eouph m who will make their home in
Bumter, Mr. and Mm Cartih of Co
As vice chairman of the Bumter
chapter a. u. C, i wish to extend our
sincere thanks to the Bumter Tol< -
phone Company for installing a tele?
phone In our surgical dressing room,
(hereby saving the ladies who work I lu?WbM ?"?d Sir. and Mrs. Bdou of DU<
there much running up and down lon? Tl!<' evening was pleasantly spent
stairs -and as captain of the Canteen ', wrlth ? onversaUoU. JUght refresh
Workers for one installed in our can- served .1 | gueetO by lit?
te? n house. Mbss Augusts Jennings and
Also our thanks to the Chero-Cola Blbrabeth Rose. AI *he dose of tho
Co., for 824 bottles of Chero-Cols glv- *venin* lh' R?v. Dr. Thnyer present
en us for the soldiers, and to the / i,olh brtd^ ?rtth 1 handsome cut
Bumter Lighting Company for too Kte8a watep 11 CWt from tho oth"
poUndH Of Ice for icing same. ,,-nun\>-s boaniiniT with Mrs. ROO
? J only wish every one could see how
the soldiers enoyed it. and how pro- t?KOItt?E cri.L TIMMERMAlf,
found lv they thanked us. _
Lexington. S. C.
Mrs. a. c. Phelpi
July 2, 1d1s. c AND1DATE FOR CONGRESS.
Western Electric
fcvver and light
On Your Farm
ASK. HE HOW!
FORSHEE & CO., J
Sales Agents' Sumter, S. C.