The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1919, Image 2
EQUIPMENT FOE
LIGHTING PLANT
Orders for ?88,000 Worth
of New Machinery
A meeting of the City Council was
held Thursday afternoon for the pur
^.poSe. of formulating: plans to re-equip
vv^e electric light plant recently pur
chased by the city.
; The following apparatus was order
One 1*000 kilo-watt turbo?genera
tor unit and an, exciter and switch
boafd, set for. this generas*>r unit.
These articles were purchased from
the General Electric Co.
-One surface condenser for the tur
now in the plant and one new
turbine and condenser from C. H.
"Wheeler of Philadelphia,
> A new water tujbe,boiler was., order
ed from Edge^-Moor Iron Works, of
Edgemore, Delaware.
r.^ The .contract for the construction
ygjCick work for the setting of the
was-awarded to Russ Engineer-;
vs^Cb^ of Washington, D. C.
' AT stoker 'for the new ' boiler was
* purchased from Underfeed Stoker Co. j
of "America. '
. Sr>ick chimneys ,f or all boilers will j
"erected by Alphons-Customdee j
Chimney Construction Co. of New;
?"/"'One Spray coaling equipment was.
vc-rdered from E. /B. Badger & Sons Co. j
?f Boston.
"Boiler feed pumps are to be shipped |
from Plat Iron Works of Dayton, O. j
?5f&k- boiler is expected in the immedi-1
a^f future.. The balance of the equip- j
fn^nt will arrive as soon as possible!
at^d be put in working order at once.j
"The council is spending $88,000 inj
improvements on the plant.
ii?rT'ST WOMEN TO RAiSK
'V. $l,100,0?Gt IN CAMPAIGN
'Greenville, Aug. 1., (Special). .An- ;
xjouncement has been made here by ?
;?5c^W.. J. McGlothlin, Furman's new j
president, who is state organizer for ;
^e 'great Baptist 75 Million Campaign j
t^t- the members of the Woman's]
iCfea^hary Union, with the other wo- j
*n workers of South Carolina j
tes have agreed to shoulder the i
sibility of raising one-fifth of j
?fi-vt*. and a half millions to be]
by South Carolina Baptists in j
this tremendous drive which is to be
hejhi to November 30 to December 7.
jThis. means that the Baptist women
"efrihe Palmetto State plan to obtain
$*;i00,000 in the e,ight days of the
campaigni this amount to be paid in
during the next five years, and to be;
by the denomination in work i
the borders of , the local j
church. . The Sunds obtained, will go j
tor; missionary, educational and bene^- >
pieiGt work, except that of local!
churches.
->For tlbe first time in Baptist history!
ili the various causes fostered by the;
Baptist denomination are. united in j
? hne- -great appeal. While the figure j
set as the goal is the largest the de- j
nomination has ever attempted to at-j
tajn, Baptist leaders at State head- j
quarters here express the confident
belief that the state will go well over)
- the top in*the drive aud that the fina* i
'total will probably exceed sis millions, j
V/M:*aaco City, Aug 9.-?Seventeen per
S^nk Were killed by a dynamite ex
plosion- at Rosario mine, Pachuca,
jrhen. two trains collided.
i i WAR ON DISEASES
Campaign By Public Health Ser
. vice to Prevent Needless
j Deaths
The Chamber of Commerce has
; mailed out hundreds of these to Su Ki
lter County land owners for County
; Heal th Survey experts,
j 98S9 children under five years of
?l?ge died in South Carolina last year,
iIsn't that appalling? How can you
I help?
By installing sanitary closets at
[.your own home and at the homes of
tydur tenants you can save the lives
?of thousands who die each year from
(intestinal diseases caused by bad sani
! tation.
j Give your tenants the necessary
I time and material to build these clos
I ets NOW. It, won't cost much. Dr.
Ii>. T. Rankin. Sumter. S. C. who is
your health officer, will show you how.
The babies of your county appeal
to you for help.
j They have the right to live. Give
! them a chance,
i ,_i_
NO THREAT
OF VIOLENCE
Washington. Aug. 9.?Leaders of
fifteen railroad workers' unions have
issued a joint statement that they
have no desire to force the national
ization of railroads by violence or
threat. They said that the wage dis
pute is separate from the railroad
problem. . , -
COAL FREIGHT
IS EXCESSIVE
Washington, Aug. 9.?The inter
state commerce commission held that
rates on continuous coal carload lots
from Allachia?Dante districts of Vir
ginia to Spartanburg and other points
in South Carolina were unreasonable
in 1916, to the extent that they ex
ceeded rates contemporaneously in ef
fect from Coal Creek district, Tenn.
The Cotton Manufacturers Association
will be awarded reparation when the
transportation charges paid' by them
are offered as proof.
ENGLAND CON
TROLS PRICES
London. Aug. 9.?The British food
controller announced today that the
government will resume control jqf the
supply, distribution and prices of ba
con, ham and lard imports.
ARE READY TO
FOLLOW WILSON
Washington, Aug. 9.?House Lead
er Mondell declared today that con
gress is ready' to act on legislation
carrying out the President's sugges
tion to reduce living cost
PANAMA IS UNEASY
Panama, Aug. 9.?Dr. Porras," pres
ident of Panama, expressed anxiety
over the attitude of the United States
toward the first article of the Ameri
can-Panama treaty guaranteeing Pan
ama independence as the result of the
objection of the American senators to
article ten of the League of. Nations, j
We have the best equipped 9hop
and the largest stock of monuments
that has ever been in Sumter.
Now is the time to place your
order for work you want erected
this fall.
Sumter Marble &
Mande Company
J. P. COMMANDER Proprietor
KING PLUMBING CO.
Modern Bath Rooms Installed
V. &. K. Pumping Systems
Plumbing and Lighting For The Country Home
Estimates On AH Work Furnished Free of Charge
KING PLUMBING CO.
7 W. Hassptoa
Sumter, 9. C.
Phone 7tt?
profitable
cooperation
Farmers Mutual Insurance Com
panies Doing Well
Columbia, Aug. 8.?The reports on
the examinations of the mutual fire
insurance companies which arc now
being filed in the office of the insur
ance commissioner, make remarkable
showings of low costs for fire and
windstorm insurance. These costs for
the combined fire and windstorm in
surance on country dwellings, tenant
houses and barns vary from 20 cents
to 70 cents for the past year. When
it is understood that the. stock com
panies charge $2.25 for such insur
ance on dwellings and $2.50 on ten
ant houses the showing made by the j
mutual companies becomes the more
striking.
Only one of. the mutual companies j
make differentiations in rates between
the several classes of risks covered.
The Anderson county mutual makes
six classifications and charges a differ
ent rate for each. Its rates for the
last year were: On shingle roof dwell-;
ings occupied by owner 50 cents per j
$100 insurance, on metal roof dwell
ings occupied by owner, 40 cents; on
shingle roof tenant dwellings. 66 2-3
cents; metal roof tenant; dwelling, j
56 2-3 cents; shingle roof barns, 66
2-3 cents; metal roof barns, 56 2-3
cents. It paid losses last year of
$9.07,7.
This company has $2,274,44 0 insur
ance on its books, and $10,205 ca.~h
surplus to policy holders. Its salary
list amounts to $1,998.31.
The Farmers' Mutual of Winnsboro
paid losses of $2,040, levied assess
ments of 60 cents, paid salaries of
$350, insurance in force $697,000, sur
plus to policy holders $4,522.38.
The Farmers' Mutual of York paid
losses of $857, salaries of $1,232.5,0,
levied assessment of 35 cents, has in
surance in force of $1,507,000 and
surplus to policy holders (of $10,
660.69.
The Farmers' Mutual of Walhalla
paid losses of $1,859, salaries of $1,-1
450, levied an assessment of 50 cents,
has insurance in force of $1,263,000,
and surplus to policy holders of
$5,45*5.
The Farmers' Mutual of Union paid
losses of $1,284, salaries of $660, lev
ied assesment of 25 cents and has
surplus of $3,051.
The Farmers' Mutual of Chester
paid losses of $7,061. salaries of $806.
levied an assessment of 50 cents, has
insurance in force of $1,482,000 and
surplus of $759. s , ^
The Farmers' Mutual of Newberry
paid losses of $945, salaries of $915, |
levied an assessment of 20 cents, has!
insurance in force of $701,000 and j
surplus of $549.
The Abfceville-Greenwood Mutual!
paid losses of $11,488, salaries of $?.- j
430, levied an assessment of 70 cents
and has insurance in force of $5,- {
370,000.
The Farmers' Mutual of Darlington j
paid losses of $4,503, salaries of I
$1,135. levied an asessment of 50 j
cents, has insurance in force of $1.
337,000 and surplus to policyholders
of $12,413.
The Florence Cotinty Mutual paid
losses of $600, salaries of $1,437, lev
ied assessments of 25 cents, has in
surance in force of $576,000 and gnr-j
plus to policy holders of $2,686.
eight year , j
old murderer!
Buster Cooker of Woodruff;
Shoots Little Brother
Spartanburg. Aug. 8.?Buster Cook- j
er, eight years of age. of Woodruff, i
Spartanburg County, was lodged in
the county jail yesterday on a charge ?
!of having shot and instantly killed I
his little five-year-old brother Wed- j
nesday night. From the evidence I
brought out at the coroner's inquest j
it appears that the two boys were j
alone in their aunt's home, other mem- '
bers of the family having gone to j
church and the young Fred Cooker
dashed a glass of water into his
brother's face while asleep. The older
boy was awakened and it is believed j
crawled up stairs into an attic secur- i
ing a single barrelled shot gun with
which he almost completely blew his j
brother's head oif, it is stated.
Responsibility for the crime was
fixed upon Buster Cooker by the Cor
oner's inquest. This is believed to be
the youngest defendant ever arrested
in this county charged with a capital
offense.
EVERY STREET IX SUMTER
Has Its Share of the Proof That Kid
ney Sufferers Seek.
Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want reliable kidney remedy?
Don't have to look far. Use what
Sumter people recommend. Every
street in Sumter has its cases.
Here's one Sumter man's experi
ence.
Let W. 13. Costin. prop, of grocery, j
113 E. Calhoun street, tell it. He says:
"A good many years ago I was j
troubled with my kidneys and I had \
all the symptoms of that complaint.
I certainly was in bad shape. All the!
family had used Doan's Kidney Pills:
and had great faith in them, so I got,
Doan's and used some. I never spent}
my money better, for. after I had ta
ken three boxes, I was entirely cured ,
of the trouble. I gained in weight
and felt better in every way, so it is
a great pleasure to recommend such j
a fine remedy."
Price GOe at all dealers. Don't
simp'.y ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Costin had. Foster-Milburn Co..
Mfgra., Buffalo, X. Y. 73
SHIPS BUILT ON
PACIFIC COAST
Three States Built Nearly Four
Million Tons
San Francisco, Aug-. 7.?The three
'Pacific coast states of Washington.
Oregon and California will have con
tributed 3,721.524 dead weight tons
of ships at the ctose of the 1919 build
ing program according to the approxi
mate figures given out here today by
the United States Shipping Hoard. In
all. 472 ships will have been added to
the American merchant marine since
the intensive war time ship building
to "bridge the Atlantic" in the battle
waged against the German subma
rines.
Steel and wooden ships to the num
ber of 31S wtih a tonnage of 2,336.
9Sfi, is the estimated production of
the 1919 program. Of these 245 are
steel and 73 of wood.
In California the total tonnage of
steel vessels to be constructed to the
end of 1919 is 1.192,538. Of wooden
vessels, cons:ructed or under construc
tion, California's contribution is 28,
with a ^otal dead weight tonnage of '
177.000. Concrete ships are repre- J
sent cd by 15,000 tons.
White and Black in Chicago.
The Chicago Tribune.
It is possible for whites and negroes
to live in peace in Chicago. They
have done so for years in normal con
ditions and in normal times. They
have managed to live without much
prejudice. There has been good feel
ing. The negro has had political
equality. There has been an attempt
to give him a fair representation in
public affairs and not to resent his
presence there.
We admit frankly that if political
equality had meant the election of
negro mayors, judges and a majority
of negroes in the city council the
whites would not have tolerated it.
We do not believe that the whites of
Chicago would be any different from
the whites of the South in this re
spect.
We have been able to extend the
essentials of citizenship to negroes
freely because the whites are domi
nant in numbers. All the essentials
are in the possession of the negro. He
is not Jim Crowed by law. A line is
drawn by usage. The law in fact for
bids what is actually done. It is at
futile law because it encounters in
stinct.
Legally a negro has a right to serv
ice anywhere the public generally is
served. He does not get it. Wisely he
does not ask for it. There has been
an illegal, ^onlegal^ or extra legal ad
justment founded upon common sense
which has worked in the past and ff
will work in the future.
The fact is that so, long as this city
is dominated by whites whether
because of their numbers without
force or by their force if they were in
the minority, there will be limitations
placed upon the black people. They
will be limitations which will not
work an injustice to the black peo
ple who have a right to their own
development.
There is no objection to economic
equality. There is a decided objection
to the exploitation of black labor.
During the war many negroes were
brought from the South. Thousands
of them went into the stock j-ards.
The war shut off the supply of com
mon labor. The South supplied the
want.
Thus the population of blacks
doubled in war times. Concerns which
brought the negro here to exploit him
damaged, the community by throwing
a race question upon it. Concerns
which needed the negro and put hirn
upon an equal basis with the whites,
without importing cheap labor to take
the jobs of whites, were legitimately
supplying their need of labor.
The race issue in California grew
out of the fact that the Japanese were
cutting under the price of white la
bor. That will produce race troubles
as quickly as anything.
Concerns may have been derelict in
not considering the housing problem.
The imported negroes could not live
in/ the streets or vacant lots. They
had. to get under roof and in getting
under roof they suddenly established
new contact with white neighbor
hoods.
In this change there was bound to
be trouble unless precautions were
taken. In the present case there is no
evidence of precaution and some of
provocation. It is possible for that
question to adjust itself. Such realty
movements cannot take place without
triction, but the friction need not lead
to riots. The city is steadily shifting
in residential character. Some of the
people affected by the shifts do not
like it, but in normal times the read
justment is net disturbing to the com
munity. A spread of factories may
change the character of a section. A
spread of negroes may do the same
thing.
A writer once summed up the negro
question by saying "the North has
the principles and the South has the
negroes." We are coming to have
the negroes and we want to keep the
principles so fair as they are ap
plicable.
Industrial radicalism, expressed in
the I. W. W. Propaganda among the
negroes will not help us to keep them.
Thuggery will not help us to keep
them. A rebellion by the negroes
against facts which exist and will per
sist will not help us to keep them, but
we are confident that the situation in
Chicago is susceptible of being handl
ed in the fashion it always has been
handled.
The Mannings in Saluda.
Former Governor Manning was
among those in attendance yesterday
on the inter-church council meeting
in Columbia. Hi- came down from his
summer home in Saluda where Mrs
Manning and three of their sons are
spending the summer. Columbia
friends will be glad to learn that the
gracious former mistress of the execu
tive mansion is beint; greatly benefited
by the mountan air and the cheering
presence of her boys, and expects by
fail to be entirely restored t<> her ac
customed excellent state of health.?
The State.
POTASH EMBARGO
LIFTED BY BOARD
Senator Smith Wins Fight for
Farmers
Washington, Aug. 7.?Senator Smirb
of South Carolina, who appeared lasi
weo!< with Senator Frellrihiaysen, of
New Jersey, and a delegation of farm- |
ers before the war trade board to
urge ihe lifting of the embargo
against imports of potash from ene
my countries, was informed by the
board today that from this date such
imports might be freely made from
every source except Hungary and such
parts of Russia as remain under Bol
shevik control.
Retention of the embargo until Oc
tober was demanded by the producers
of trona potash and other American
potash interests, their expectation be
ing that by that date congress would
have, provided a protective tariff and
that their own production would be
equal to domestc demands. Farmers
opposed this policy on the ground
that prices of potash were ruinous
and that some of the American" pot
ash had wrought damage to crops.
William Panks, of the South Caro
lina Department of Agriculture, ex
hibited photographs taken in the Pee
Dee region of his state, showing man\
instances of such damage. Hereto
fore potash could be imported only
under certificate of non-enemy origin.
The board has also by the order is
sued today raised the embargo on
sugar and on wheat and wheat flour,
the control of the latter two* items be
ing passed to the wheat director.
Representatives of the American
Potash Producers Association told the
war trade board that to lift the em- I
bargo now would enable German syn- ;
dicates to make contracts for supply
ing the American ^demand years in ad
vance at lower prices than the Ameri
can infant industry could meet, al
though with a minimum of five years
protection the American producers be
lieved they could supply at least half
of the home requirements.
Nebraska produers said that if the
embargo were continued until October
and freight rates put into effect which
had been practically agreed to by the
railroad administration they would be
able to resume operations immediate
ly and would eventually make Ameri
can agriculture independent of Ger
many in respect of potash .
NEWSBOY A HERO
Pat Ryan of Des Mbines Won
Croix De Guerre
Des Meines, Aug. 8.?Pat Ryan,, a
newsboy who returned to his old cor
ner after an absence of many months
overseas. He wears the Croix de
Guerre.
-How did I get it?" Oh. the big
chief gave me some papers to deliver
to another fellow," he said. The rec
ords show that Corporal Ryan, Com- j
pany B.. 168th Infantry, went delib- j
erately through German barrages and
machine gun fire to deliver important
orders and that his conduct was an
inspiration to his comrades.
Ryan also introduced' American
newspaper enterprise in Paris where
in a single day he sold 120,000 copies
of the Stars and Stripes. Then he J
was made Paris circulation manager f
of the paper.
Now Pat is back at his old corner j
here.
Paris. Aug. 9.?The supreme conn-1
cil of the peace conference received a j
message from Archduke Joseoh an-1
nouncing his intentions to execute thej
terms of the armistice and asking au-1
thority to send delegates to Paris.
The nest time
you buy calomel
ask for
otabs
The purified and refined:
calomel tablets that are
nausealess, safe and sure*
Medicinal virtues retain
ede and improved.> Sold
only in sealed packages*
Price 35c.
MANY SHOPMEN
RETURN TO WORK
Officials of Organization At
tempt to Persuade Strikers
to Resume Activity
Washington Aug. 8.?ReportSibegan
to arrive at the railroad- administra
; tion late today; from all over the coun
try saying that striking shopmen were
returning to work pending the adjust
ment of their wage demands by Direc
tor General Hines.
At all places where men are out,
local offices of the' railroad adminis
tration are co-operating > with union
chairmen in explaining the necessity
for going back to the job at once,
which President Wilson made a pre
requisite to the opening of negotia
tions. !
Union headquarters were confident
that the shopmen would make it'al
most a 10G per cent, return.
About 40,000 out of the estimat
500.000 men in the shop crafts ha,
walked out to date, according to u?i
ion estimates . Union officials woSild
not discuss the possibility which#the
organfc laws of the associatibn^?ives
for disciplining recalcitrants* who
strike without authorization -of cen
tral bodies, but it was pointed out
j that the single factor of strike bene
l fits would influence a quick return.
! These are not made available for pay
ment to unlawful strikers.
GAS WAR BEGINS
Gasoline Brings Different Prices
in Columbia
Gasoline was ' bringing different
prices in Columbia yesterday. One
of the large distributors and their
branches were selling the fuel- at 27
cents per gallon and the other agen
cies were charging 28 cents for the
same quantity.
Motox* car owners were on the still
hunt to save the brownies and cut
price sales brought increased trade.
Last night there was. no change in the
situation. The distributors who were
serving the trade at 27 cents per gal
lon were holding the field alone?The
State.
He
YOUR farm land, subdivided into small farms
and sold at auction by our method will pro?
-y duce quick and profitable returns for you.
Many South Carolina owners realize the advantages of our me
thods and are selling their farms through us. Here are a few.
South Carolina Sales made last year. I
Date of Sale Owner Location
Aug. 31,'18 _C. O. Dixon, Esq.Near Mullins, S. C.
Sept. 10/18 _H. N. Singletary,Esq.
Sept. 11,? 18 _Durant,Horton&Flovd
Sept. 13,'18.Mrs. Marv J. Harrell
Sept. 14,'18_J. IX Coker, Esq_
Oct. l.'18___F. L. 8c John Wilcox.,
Oct. 9,*18_W. T. Wilkins, Esq.__
Nov. 19,*18.York Real Estate Co.._
May 7,'19___Catawba Real Estate Co.
Lake City, S. C.__
" Manning, S. C_
" Darlington, S. C. _
" Hartsviile S. C.._.
" Tiinmonsville, S.C.
" Kingstree, S. C._.
York, S. C.i_
Rock Hill, S. C._
Arn't Sold For
.$42,999.16
66,723.66
35,294.62
25,134.56
10,116.20
71,589.85
19,206. 72
11,331.25
17,500.00
South Carolina Farms can be sold to better advantage now than ever
before. Money is plentiful and there is a demand for small farms.
Quick Action?Satisfaction to Seller ?
?Satisfaction to Buyer
are three principles that have made our organization the largest and "nost
in demand for felling city, farm and tuburban property.
We have hundreds of endorsement leturs that emphatically express
the satisfaction of our customers. Write for copies of these and booklet.
explaining our methods.
Farm Lands Our Specialty
?Territory Unlimited
Atlantic Coast Realty Company
"The Name That Justifies Your Confidence"
r ?Ii??.
Offi
ces
Petersburg, Va.
Greenville, N. C.
Reference: Any bank in Petersburg, Va.
or Greenville, N. C.