The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 17, 1919, Image 2
DiaPs Private
Secretary
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Popular Newspaper Man Ac
cepts Washington Appoint
ment. Back from France
Columbia. May 13.?Capt. McDavid
Horton of Columbia will s be private
secretary to United States Senator N.
?B. Dial, according- to an announce
ment made by the senator in Colum
bia yesterday. The new secretary will
loin his chief in Washington Satur
day.
Captain Horton was commanding -a
battery of heavy field artillery in
France when offered tue appointment
?and he has preceded his regiment
home in time to enter upon its duties
with the beginning of the special ses
sion of congress opening May 19. He
has been in military service two
years and for the last nine months
has been overseas. His home will'be
as heretofore, in Columbia, where he
has been resting some days, with his
wife and little daughter. He has also
found time for a brief visit to his
father, E. R. Horton, in Anderson. His
three brothers were in military serv
ice and his two younger sisters have
recently welcomed home ir hus
bands from front line duty in France.
Captain Horton has had 15 years of
experience in newspaper work. He
has been with The State, Columbia,
i since 1912. serving at various times
as staff correspondent, city editor and
editorial writer.
Senator Dial will reach Washington
in time to attend the Democratic
caucus called for Saturday, which will
be more than ordinarily interesting
and important in view of the pending
reorganization of congress* Senator
Dial returned to Laurens last Even
ing.
Senator Dial has also named Miss
Margaret Clark' as stenographer.
Fight for Negroes
Association Plans to Wage
Campaign
New York. May 12.?Announcement
of a country-wide campaign to enroll
100,000 persons "*.o defend the consti
tutional and legal rights now denied
more than four-fifths o. the negro
race in America" was made tonight
by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People."
The . organization having . 50.0-00
members, hopes to double the num
ber before June 21. when it* will hold
& -national conference in Cleveland.
To make America safe for Ameri
cans the. association has adopted the
following program:
A vote for every negro man and
woman on the same terms as white
men and women.
An equal chance to acquire the kind j
of an education that will enable the;
negro everywhere wisely to use this
vote.
A fair trial in the courts for all
crimes oil ..which he. is accused, by
Judges hi whose election he has par
ticipated without discrimination of
race.
A right to sit on the jury which
passes judgment upon him. \
Defense against, lynching and burn
ing at the hands of mobs.
-Equal service on.railroad and other!
public carriers, including sleeping.j
dining and Pullman cars.
Equal rights to us?i of public parks.,
Ubraries and other community sor-i
-vices for which he is taxed.
An equal chance for a livelihood in i
public and private employment.
Safe in Senate
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McColl, May 13.?Arriving early in:
the afternoon Tuesday from Char- j
lotte. Vice President and Mrs. Mar- j
shall were met by President J. E. j
Parker and members of the Chamber i
of Commerce and welcomed to McColl j
and Marlboro county. Later in thej
afternoon 20 prominent citizens of the
community and of this section, in
cluding Congressmati Stevenson, call
ed on the vice president at the resi
dence of Dr. W. .J. Moore and from
there automobiled to Bennettsville.
Clio and over the best farming sec
tions of the county.
A large and enthusiastic audience
greeted Vice President Marshall at
the opera house in the evening.
Prominent citizens from every section
of the county were present.
. Congressman Stevenson of the Fifth
District, aft^r telling of the part In
diana had played in supplying vice
presidential candidates, introduced the
speaker of the evening. The vice
president spoke on the 'Tendencies of
the Times." advocating restricted im
migration, strict naturalization laws
and th<* real Americanization of all
incoming foreigners. He argued with
great force and earnestness for the
league of nations?ridiculing the ad
vocates of America's returning to h? r
isolated position previous to the great
war?arguing that such a condition
was now an impossibility. He pre
dicted that after much oratorical dis
play the senate would vote by a big
majority for the league of nations.
He predicted that nationwide wo
man's suffrage was very near at hand
but urged the people to see that the
State's right io control its election law
shall not in any way be abridged.
. The dry wit. the homely phiToso:>y
and the piain unassuming personality
of the vice president greatly pleased
the people of this section.
Additional Xainros of Delegates to The
Woman's Auxiliary Convention.
Aiken.
Miss Clare Seilung. Mrs. A. G.
Tanant.
Pino|*>1is.
Misses Charlotte Stonoy, Caroline
Cain.
Mi. Pleasant.
Mrs. Seabrook.
Charleston.
Miss Planche Causey. Mrs. W. G.
Albrech:.
Columbia
Mrs. TV 1). Tuber. Rev. Parnwell
Bennett. Mrs. John McCaw; Misse?
Cora Barflcki. Mary Kirk land.
(Large Railway Losses
Net Income in March in E:g
Figures
I Washington, May 13.?Railroad
learnings for March as tabulated by
i the railroad administration show a
;net income for the federal controlled
: roads for the month of Ma: ?Ch Of
J ^i.i,Ob5,l>09, although the average*
? monthly compensation amounts to ap
j proximately $74*6*7,000. making the
; net loss to the government for the
?month about $u9.:952,0.00. Figures re
; cently made public based on statis
tics gathered by the interstate com
j mcrce commission covering the fed
? era! controlled roads and a small
! mileage of non-federal lines gave the
jnet income for March as $10,8-12.000.
Operating revenues for the month
/of'March held by railroad administra
tion statistician amounted to $371,
I 330,000 or $103.465."00 more than
j during March, 1918. Operating ox
ipenses last March were $342,1 .".2.00U
lor ?63,104,000 more than in March,
j 1918. The net operating expenses
ithus are shown to be $29,368,000, a
! decrease of $52,639,0^0 from March
! of a year ago.
; The railroad administration explain
i ed thai as present rates are about 25
j per cent, higher than a year ago. the
! increase in operating revenues shows
i that the total traffic has fallen off
j approximately 18 per cent, in com
I parison with a year ago. Freight
traffic has decreased more than IS
j per cent, over a year ago, but due to
j a demobilization of troops the rail
| road administration estimates that
j passenger revenues have increased
I slightly.
i "The freight business shows a
slight increase over last month." the
railroad administation review said,
; "but this is not as large as is visual
at this time of the year under normal
! industrial- conditions."
State Crop Reports
Field Agent Hare Issues Crop
' Estimate
Saluda, May 10.?The government
report issued today through B. B.{
[Hare. South Carolina Field Agent ofj
! the Bureau of Crop Estimates. Unit- j
>ed States Department of Agriculture, j
I indicates that a record-breaking j
wheat crop will be harvested in the j
?United States within the next few]
months, the estimated yield for South
Carolina being one of the largest in j
the history of the State. Of the 205.- j
000 acres sown last f?Hv-2?4.o0 0 re- j
main to be harvested. Condition on
May 1, was XX per cent of normal or
4 per cent above the ten-year aver
age, the estimated yield being 2,351,-j
000 bushels. The condition for the!
entire United States is lft0.5 per cent!
or 15.1 per cent above the ten-year j
average, the indicated yield being!
899.915.000 bushels as compared with i
53x.4 49.00o bushels of last year. The1
latter estimates refer to winter wheat;
.only and do not include estimated.!
yields of spring sowing.
The acreage of rye In South Caro
Una to be harvested for grain is 5
ner cent less than last year, though
the acreage used as a cover crop
would show a slight increase. Condi
tion is reported at 90 per cent of nor
mal, or 1 per cent below last year.
While plowing and spring planting;
began from ten days to three weeks
late work progressed remarkably well <
during a greater part of Apil. Corn is
late and shows the effects of the cool
weather during the last week of April.
It is estimated that X5 per cent of
'? ->ring plowing and 8 per cent of
spring planting was done by May 1. j
Of the last year's hay crop 15 per |
cent is still on farms. The report on;
the corresponding date of last year:
showed 18 per cent of the previous j
crop remaining on farms.
The death rate among live stock j
for the past twelve months is shown j
to be lower than usual, due largely j
to the mild winter and ability of the j
extension department, through quar
antine regulations and the use ofj
serums, to prevent the spreading of
epidemics, it is estimated that 2."
mules and horses of all ages. 26 eat
tie. 22 sheep and 49 hogs out of every]
1.000 have died from disease during.*
the year ending April 30, 1919.
Market Agent for the Extension Sor- I
vice.
Clemson College. May l".? jjr. y j
L. Harkey has been appointed fielt! j
agent in marketing for the Extension)
[Service of Clemson College. He takes
j ;he place which has been vacant;
I since the resignation a year ago of
J Mr. Fred Hoffman, who resigned to
"enter the military services.
Mr. Harkey is a North Carolinian.
1 who has been with the Bureau of
; Markets of the Department of Agri
! culture for the past several years
j with special attention to the market
j ing of fruits and vegetables, is work
with the Extension Service of Clem
i son College will be the drecting of
i all the marke ting ? activities of thi
I Extension Service. His appointment
{becomes effective May 15, with head
quarters at Clemson College,
j With the greater attention being
! given 'o crops other than cotton.
; there is a wide held for service to tin
farmers in marketing surplus pro
i ducts profitably, and the Extension
? Service as well as the farmers of the
State are fortunate in securing a .y:<?o<i
. man who has had wide experience in
' marketing problems.
The Price of Wool
London. .March 20?The official is
sue prices of wool and tops '<.<> the
w<>ol trade have been reduced in
average 7 1-2 per cent from April I
These prices are to remain in force for
eight months with a veiw to stablizing
values. Sales are to be held May 6 to
L*:'; June 17 to July !. .July 1 ?'? to
S' pt. 11> 11). October ~ to 24 and De
cember 1' to 19.
According to official returns, iim
s*o,-k of wool held in the l'm'e.1
Kingdom on December '?> 1 las!
amounted to 3-0 J .". pounds in
the raw state, or 193.802.746 pounds
it; clean Scoured terms.
The government-owned wool in the
eo.lotvies on the same date was 1.
$90,0.00 bale--.
Coming Home Soon
Mannmgs To Sail from Europe
May 17
j Former Governor and Mrs. Man
j nine, who are now in France, where
[the ex-governor is a delegate of the
! League to Enforce Peace, will sail for
! home Saturday, May 17, on the
! Aquirania after visiting the grave of
'their falien son. Maj. William S. Man
;nin;r. who was killed in action in the
f Argonne offensive on November Ui
The governor and Mrs .Manning also
i visited their four sons, who are at
; tached to the "Wild Cat Division" near
! the German border,
i Of Mr. and Mrs. Manning's visit to
j the battlefields, where their son was
killed and where they have four oth
| ers now stationed, the New York
j Times in a special cable of May 9 has
jthe following to say:
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j Paris. May 9.?Governor and Mrs.
.Manning have returned to Paris after
I visiting the grave of their son. Major
j Manning. Three Hundred and Thir
j teenth Infantry, who was killed in
jthe Argonne offensive on November 6.
j They saw four of their sons, who are
! attached to the "Wildcat Division.'
j The governor and Mrs. Manning lo
cated the spot "where Major Manning
j fell, and learned from officers of his
I regiment an intimate story of how he
j met his death.
The accounts given them showed
that Major Manning's battalion suf
fered severely from heavy artillery
tand machine gun fire. He rallied his
j men and led them or until they reach
ed their objective on the top of a hill,
j Here Major Manning fell.
The governor and Mrs. Manning vis
i ited the Argonne and St. Mihiel sec
tors, and also went to the British ar-'-i
to see places where the Thirtieth re
vision, composed of National Guard
:roops from North Carolina. South
j Carolina and Tennessee broke the
I Hindenburg line in combination with
i the Twenty-seventh (New York Xat
I ion.ni Guard) Division. This exploit
j was performed at Beljicourt Tunnel,
ion the St. .Quentin-Cambi-a i line no;
far from Peronne Canal. The govern
lor was told that 25,000 Germans were
concealed in the tunnel, and that
these swarmed out after the two
American divisions had crossed tin
top of the tunnel and subjected them
'to severe machine gun fire,
j The governor today expressed great
I pride in the "achievements of the
American troops in France. After
seeing with his own eyes tlm country!
through which they fought, and hav
ing obtained some idea of the tre-j
mendous obstacles they were oblig
ed to overcome, he realized what a j
wonderful recordi the doughboys and
gunners had acjii/*ved.
President Wilson's work in - tin
peace conference has been extremely j
['pleasing to Governor Manning. He'
: showed fron: what he said that h"
j believed the president's presence in
;the interallied councils had a marked
j effect in the successful outcome of thei
[negotiations between the allied states
{ men and caused adherence to pri' -
?ciples which accorded with tie- Amer
' ican ideas. He spoke of the manner j
i in which the peacemakers had provid
ed in the treaty for dealing severelj
.With Germ.--.ny.
j The governor'and Mrs. Manning are!
j sailing from Southampton on the j
i Aquitania on May 17.
Germans Not Broke
I Report of the Reichsbank of |
; Berlin Makes Good Showing j
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I London. April 1 (Correspondence of;
! the Associated Press)?The military
land political collapse of Germany!
was not a costly experience for th<
Iteichsbank of Berlin, according K
copies of the annual report which
have just reached London. There
was an unexampled increase in mon
ey requirements, while the siock c:
j gold decreased.
The total turnover was 3.345.00O;.
000,000 marks, being 1:313.200.000. ?
000 marks more than the enormouf
figures of the previous year.. Gob!
stocks showed a total decline of 14 4.
j 000.000 against 1 14.000.0.00 .in 1017.
Money requirements found expres
j sion in a great increase in note cir
culation, the end of the year seeing
22,187,000.00 marks in outstanding
notes as compared with 10.270.000.030
! at the close of the year before. In
addition to this market loan bills
amounted to 10.212,000.000 as com
| pared with 3.97S.000.000 in 1017.
j The bank had at its disposal for
eign money to 'he vain.- of 13.21S.
' 000.000 marks an increase of 5.230,
? ?00.000 during the period covered by
the report.
Total profits show the record sum
I a" S14.000;000 murks against 364.000.
000 in the previous year. Of this
amount 330.000.000 was reserved for
war losses. The net profit is given as
111.000.000 marks from which the
stockholders received 15.000,000 mark
rn the form of ;i dividend of ^J>s
percent as compared with 8.72 percent
the year bet?re. The imperial treas
ury received in al! from the bank.
390.500.Ooo marks as compared with
207,000.000 in 1917.
Disturbance at Trinity
?ls n in. May l A serious race
riot was narrowly averted Sunday af
ternoon in the Trinity section, in
u:iiter county, about twelve miles
no rib west of ulan: a. ii seems that
yo.unfc Bradley! the son of Mr. John
Bradley, rural policeman, met a ne
uro boy in the road who refused to
give him room to pass. Bradley gave
tlie hoy a thrashing with his hugs?y
whip. Tie- lutter went on his way
a.ad Mr. Bradley went !?.< services at
Trinity church. The negro in tie
:neantime notified his father of the
trouble. 1*tter some ten or iwHve
armed negroes came up in a body to
:i;<- church and demanded yo:?VK
Bradley. A bom ihi^ time Policeman
' rad!'- arrived and after arresting
lie bunch of ncgroe;.' a t ried them !>;?.
trtick to Snmter where he placed thorn
in jail. No further trouble is antici
pated.
"Ready to Start
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Encouraging Reports Come
from Guard Ships Stretched
Along Ocean Course
i
I Trepassey. X. F., May 13.?While
Comndr. John H. Towers, in command
j of the CJnited States navy's trans
Atlantic Ih-h;. declined to state
; whether the big seaplanes would
I-ho}> off* tomorrow on the leg of their
j voyngr- to the Azores, reports today
from the guard ships stretched along
the ocean course indicated that fa
vorable weather conditions would pre
vail
Flight offieers ha v.- warned news
i 1>aper correspondents here ihai when
! the decision to start is reached the
j machines may get under way wi-o
! tie notice, but it was learned that one
;' indication of an impending start
would be the mooring of the XC-1 to
; he stern of the supply ship jr.;in
land the XC-3 to that of the mine
layer Aroostook in order that steam
from the vessels may be run through
the oil supply tanks of the planes to
heat their lubricants. It was found
on the 'trip here from Rockaway
Beach, X. Yv, that the oil used is in
clined to congeal and if the motors
j were started when the oil was cold
the bearings would burn out.
i It will not be known here until the
planes start where they actually will
take the air. If the water is rough
in the outor bay they will take
the harbor as the waves outside might
I stave in their hulls A fairly stiff wind
! is needed, however, to lift the heavily
j laden craft.
; The planes will carry regulation
j ships logs and the flight is expected
j to contribute important dat.. o aero
! nautics.
The guardship's flotilla commander
[ here has received orders from Wash
i ington to keep tl.c destroyers station
ed along the coast legs of the flight
' in position for the XC-1. which is
[awaiting favorable weather at Chat
j ham. Mass. to join the other planes
j there.
j Capt. Arthur Hrenshaw. command
I or of tlte Trepassey base, today gave
;;. dinner to the American correspond
ents here who recently entertained
him aboard the railroad ear serving as
their hotel, and which they Slave
christened .the XC-r,. The destroyer
Kdwards is due tomorrow with a doz
en seaplane propellers. It is under
stood she will continue to St. Johns
with a dirigible balloon engine pre
sumably fo rtlie big "blimp" C5'.
Lieutenant Commander Bellinger,
commanding the XC-1. expects a
young fox tomorrow from St. Johns,
which he plans 1o take with him on
j-.th'e- trans-Atlantic flight as a mascot.
[ Moritaulc. X. Y.. May 13?After a
i successful test flight to New ; London.
I Cohn., and back this afte oon the
! navy's big dirigible balloon Cr? was
j declared ready tonight to start for
j St. Johns, X'. F.. on her long coastal
Lair trip. Whether the flight will start
I tomorrow naval officers declined to
! slate.
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j Washington. May 13.?Weather- re
[ norts received tonight at the navy de
I partment in connection with prepara-J
i lion for the proposal trans-Atlantic
iflight show, it was learjied, that
: storms are probable during the next
I 24 hours over the route from""r.-epa<
?sey Bay, X. F.. where the seaplanes
XC-1 and NC-3 ar-^ awaiting the sig
nal to "hop off" to the Azores, the end
of the first leg of the real cross-ocean
trip. The weathor along the Xorrh
i Atlantic coast, it was said, probably
j would be favorable tomorrow. ,
The weather conditions, in the opin
>r)n et*-v:ii ofltc?-vs. rhsiTde it appear
tmlikely thai the iwo seaplanes would
start on?the lon.sr.* flight tomorrow.
Favorable weather along the coast, it
was believed, would enable the XC-4.
which has !;<"?!! laid no for repairs at
Chatham-. Mass.. since hist Friday, to
resume her High*:. It was learned from
an authoritative source thai should
the XC-4 be able to get under way
early tomorrow, the seaplane would
attempt to go direct to Tropassey Bay
to join the other two flying boa's and
the stop over at Halifax would be
omitted.
Weather conditions also were con
sidered favorable for the navy's new
dirigible :'-."? leaving Montauk Point.
W V.. tomorrow for the test Might to
:Newfoundland, upon which it has be?m
announced would depend the possi
bility of an attmep! to cross the At
lantic by use of a dirigible.
England Covets Ships
Proposition That Siezed Ger
man Ships be Pooled and
Divided
St. Johns, May 15.?Hary Hawker
Paris May 14.?Renewed efforts
[are being made by the British dele
gation to secure an agreement calling
I for the pooling of the former Ger
man merchant vessels and their dis
tribution on the basis of the tonnage
I loss during the war instead of the
I ]>:an of the United States for retaih
; ing those ships interned in America
[prior to that country entering the
Poland is laying claim to some of
[ the warships.surrendered by Germany.
She presented these claims to the
council of foreign ministers this after
: noon.
a n<: < :? pi. Frede
ish aviators who
more than
h
Rayni
ave l>e.
tonth V
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?nake a
Against Free Ireland
London. March 20?The executive
committee of the Navy League has
adopted a resolution calling attention
to what it describes as "the necessity
of preserving in imperial and allied
interests, both in peace and war, ab
Addhiona! Xsunrs oS Delegates to Wo-j solute cont.ol over Irish ports, har
nian's Auxiliary Convei.iioji. ? bors and
< h*angeburg.
trans-Atlantic flight, announced to
night that weather indications were
such that they probably would not oc
table to make their start h?
' end of the week
?fore th<
Mesdames .John Cart. il. L. Gelzer
Sum merv rile.
Mr. Thomas i:. Waring.
Columbia.
Miss V. T. Singleton.
Charleston.
Miss Helen Lee.
Rock Hill.
Misses .Louise ilul!. Josie Hull.
communications and for
maintaining inviolate the 'freedom of
the seas' m the British sense of the
term."
A preamble to the resolution shows
that it was prompted by the fact that
the United States House of Represen
tatives had adopted a resolution sug
gesting that the Peace Conference
give-favorable consideration to Ire
land's plea of self-government.
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he national Bank q! fouth Carolina
of Sumter
Capital. $200.000.00
Surplus and Profits. 207,000.00
The amount or surplus set aside for
the protection of Depositors estab
lishes lids institution, as lie strongest
bank in this section of ibis State.
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Cashier.
c. c. ROWLAND.
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more opportune time than the present
to cultivate that acquaintance, when
so many of "Our Boys" are return
ing from "Over There", after having
driven the Hun to his knees,
thereby saving the world and winning
honors which they will carry with
them to the grave.
It means much to-a young man to
have a checking account on a bank
like this.
If you have not thought about it,
come in and talk it over with us.
Capital and Surplus
$250,000.00
The First National Bank
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