The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 13, 1919, Image 2

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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.