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THE SUMTER WATCHMAN, Establist Consolidated. Aug. 3, 1 If Citizens of Sumter Are Not Satisfied. With Enumera % tion They Can Show Cause for New Count FIGURES ANNOUNCED ABE I SUBJECT TO CORRECTION] ?it to Obtain New Count There Must Be Evidence of Grave! Omissions and Facts Must be Specific and Accompanied by Proof Supervisor of Census* Julian S. Wolfe, of the 7th congressional dis trict has written to B. I. Reardon, . .'TOmging secretary of Jthte Sumter Chamber of Commerce, that the fig Urea regarihg the population of Sum ter'(9,508) are preliminary and sub ject to. correction. Mr. Wole says in part as follows: "If there are any complaints that: have been lodged with you, please have the ones complaining to give you fuU da'a so that a check may be made- in .Washington, and corrections, made, if necessary. Personally I be lieve those who worked under me m your city have accomplished the work j th an . honest w iy, but since none of j ns are perfect, and some dissatisfied, I I am willing to and ready to assist in j Jng; any. corrections that are well! ed." Secretary Reardon ks begun to Investigate probable pr:ma facia grounds for requesting a recount of the; population of Sumter. But This" w?l . be a hard thing to secure unless there are a considerable number of] . people who can positively show that ttiey were not enumerated. The increase in school enrollment i^ being-compiled by Dr, S.. H.. Ed-j mu?ids^- (increase in ten year?)^u for. ry Reardon, ' wh o hopes " to ?tbat' from 'that great increase fer with the .fact that, there ;h?s uoVbeen a vacant house in ^umter. in t^Qr Or three; years, that hundreds of;| , booses are packed to the limit, two, families to si house, and hundreds of ^usest renting out "rooms, hundreds of "new houses erected d?rmg the' ten years; and other facts .all of h win tend to shojar thatjS&mter ought , to have made*; more fhaii 17<? j>er cent increase irt population. Of course, as before stated, the secretary will ,have. to have some pretty sub stantial, unquestionable"- positive proof of -a. considerable.,.number, of omis sions in. the count to establish a prima facia-case of sufficient errors in count to: secure anotner- enumeration for Sumter,. If it is decided- that th*re is . sufficient grounds upon which to de mand.this recount; then Sumter's cit izens, at large, will have to make up . tifeirr.minds to do some work, and pos" sibiy. spend some money backing up the' request for a recount. " However, the opinion that Sumter has 10,500 . people without- any accu rate, tangible, positive proof of mis takes pr dereliction of duty on the .'part' of the census- enumerators, - will | count for nothing.r Thie ppinion^bf-pit- j izehs who. are just guessing, does' not i really <&?h( for much against the re^ | ports of. ' four census .: enumerators: whovcounted the rpeopie of Sumter,J not with ;the- tensus bureau--anyhow;- ; ?-? ,in-r, : . TORNADO DEATH LIST INCOMPLETE Today's Report Totals Hundred and Sixty-One Known to Be Dead I Chicago, March'30?The death toll j ?of Sxmadyia tornado stood today atj 181, with fears expressed that re-j pbrts from isolated regions and deaths] from injuries might increase the to- i t?i."" If reports that fifteen were kill-j ed^ ?t Stovall. Ga,, are verified the to-| tal will increase to 176, of which six-! ty-five are in Georgia and Alabama.! It is impossible to estimate the prop- j erty damage accurately, but $15,000," j 04)0 is reported from Alabama, Ohio.) Michigan, Illinois and Georgia. ? BKS FLOOD ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER Serious Conditions On Upper j Part of Great River LaCrosse, Wis., >farch 30?Flood conditions are assuming a serious as pect on the upper. Mississippi river, j Rowboats are being used at North La- : Crosse to remove household effects, j Thousands of-acres of farm lands arej under water and a milion and a half) dollars damage has already been done! in the Manistinue valley. j - Brazil Encourages German Immigration; Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 20.?President Fessoa has signed a decree opening a ! credit of $500.000 for expenses in con nection with the transport, reception1 and settlement of immigrants who are expected to come from Europe during the present year. Orte local newspa per estimates that 3,000 German set tlers will Jiave arrived in Brazil by ted April, 1850. -"Be Jost s S81. SOCIALISTS ARE i RANK TR?FTORS New York Judiciary Committee Declares that Socialist Party Is Disloyal Or ganization COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF PERPETUAL TRAITORS Committee Recommends the Ex pulsion of the Five Members Whose FJtnesst Has Been Un der Investigation j * Albany, St Y-.' March 30.-~-Charff ing: the socialist party of America, as now constituted a disloyal "organiza tion, composed exclusively of perpet* uaJ traitors, the Assembly : judiciary i committee today recommended the I expulsion, of the five socialist mei? I bers, whose fitness has been under myestigatipn. The minority report, by two Republicans and two Democrats; sai&s the exclusion of the members t jrould- be ? dangerous attack on rep resentative government and the as-' sembly had uo right to deprive the socialists of their seats. CHARITY OFFICER IS ELECTED First Meeting of the General Welfare Board Held Saturday ' Columbia, S. C, March 29?O. Croft Williams, secretary;of the State board of charities . and corrections, was elected secretary of the new general welfare board at its first meeting in the gWeniojrs office Saturday. The board also reelected B. O Whitton. superintendent of the school for the feeble , minded > at Clinton; H. W. Moo?j7" superintendent - of-; the f-indus trial -school at-Florence; Mrs. Ella rC." Perry, superintendent- of the indnsr trial school for girls ne^r. Columbia, and S. A. Lindsay, warden of. the re formatory for negro boys, near Co-* rumhia * Mrs. W. C." Cathear$ $nd Mrs. Woolen; x>f "the -childreh^s, b6iae society,.'lwere elected}, fiield agents of the child placing agency. This new. State . department "simpijt . takes over the work of"the children's home so ciety. ;. CHICAGO MUNICI PAL STRIKE Disruption of City Business Threatened by Walk Out of Employes - Chicago, - March 30 >? Municipal clerks, /stenographers and bookkeep er* ire on strike today for higher wages. - The strike threatened'the dis* r?pti?n of city business. The-garbage handlers'also sent out an order shut ting1 down the municipal garbage rcH duction plant, - : ?' j ...Concerted, strike by 18,000 city em- j ployees, the'reduction of the police | force:. and the wholesale resignation i of-?fifemen-.became a possibility when j ?the city council rejected the budget! ""c^rymgv salary .-Increases. GERMANY WILL ! OBEY TREATY] Government Pledges Itself Not; to'Send Unlawful Force : ; ^fete Ruhr District. ? ? '?" .C ?? i. '..-'J J Paris, M?rch 30.?Assurances havej been given by Germany that she will] not--send into Ruhr valley any. more i regular troops than are allowed by J the Versailles treaty. Premier Mill-' erard announced that if the Germans-i violated ihe treaty by sending a strong) force into th? district Prance would j occupy part of the neutral zone' whether the other allies agreed or] not. NEGRO RAPIST i IS LYNCHED} Grant Smi'.h Taken Front Offi cers Bv Kentucky Mob . ? : \ Paris,,- Kyi* March 30?The body ofj Grant Smith, rtefrro, charged with atrj tacking a white girl two months ago.j was found -late yesterday hanging on; a telegraph,-pole at Mayslick, Ky. He; was taken from the officers who ar- j rested "him earlier in the evening here; by forty masked men. FOR1SST FIRE j IN VIRGINIA] Residents of Gerradstown Forced to Flee Winchester, Va., March 30. ? Re sident of Gerradstown are preparing to flee from a forest fire that swept down Green Spring mountain, West Virginia, last night. Reports say that another fir** is burning on the moun tains of Warren county, Virginia? \ 1 md Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. SAT.UI MAY MOVE , MMFBE Atlantic Coast Line Said to Be Planning to Leave Wfl~ . ! mington Soon FLORENCE OR COLUMBIA \ \ NEW HEADQU?SraftS Rumor of Removal Current In Columbia on What Is Said to Be Good Authority (Wyatt A. Taylor) Columbia., March 30?There i? & rumor afloat in Columbia* base? on what seems to be good authority, to: the effect that the main Offices of the Atlantic .Coast Line JUilway -ire to be moved at an early date from Wilmington.. N. C, to some point in South Carolina, probably Columbia yorr'Florence. A high official of the' Atlantic Coast Line is quoted'as stat ;ing. that this transfer will be made at an early date. v If . Is not stated to what point the offices will be moved, but it iS thbfcght that if such a change & made by' the railroad Florence win be .the city t?.$ret.the headquarters, 3wr that city is already one of the tormina Is of the Coast Line system and is. on its main lineV ; This will mean quite an addition to the business life of'whatever town gets these offices, as the Coast Line headquarters in Wilmington occupy several large office builings and em ploy many men. - ? FIGHT OVER SHERIFF'S OFFICE Supreme Court Postpones Hear ing in Anderson County Case > Cql?mbia,: March'30.?The case! in volving 'the office of. Sherin!;?f Ander son county was postponed by the Su preme Court today to April 20, the nrst; day of the second week of the' regular court term. This was on mo tion of. M-- L; Bonham, of Anderson county, attorney for . Sheriff Sanders, on the ground that t?e- twenty days. aitowik:,&? defendant m . tjia order of tbA^court for filing his an&wer had "not; expired The pros.'eertinrg' are .brotcht by Guerdon King, appointed sheriff of Anderson county by Governor Cooper to oust J. Olm Sander.*-, who was or dered, by the Governor to surrender the office on the ground of immoral conduct^ . BASKET BALL GAME Sumter Junior Team Loses to ^?oiionhia' Saturday Night i - In a fast and spectacular game of ^basket ball the Columbia Junior team "defeated; the. Sumter team %by one field" goal. At the close of the game the; score was tied and an extra five minutes was" called for. . For more than five minutes there was not a point made- on either side. Time was really up when the last goal was made for Columbia, but the referee hadn't heard the timekeeper call time. ' . The Columbia' boys were much larger and- the Sumter .team showed up in fine shape. These same teams are- going to play in Columbia when the/ high school !? plays in ' Columbia, andN the Sumter team has warned Co* lambia .that.her team wuT be stronger. - On both of these' teams one could see the future contestants for the: ?State. High School championship hon-/ ors, .. Give these teams two . more years'and they will play a fast game, of basket ball. , The Line-Up Columbia (20). ? Burts. F, 10; Sampson, F, 10; Schumpert. C; Lea* Phark, G; Johnson, G.. Sumter (18).?Swann, (Bultman), F, 6; Green, F; .Wright, C, 10; Bland ing, G; Wray, G, 2. > HIGHWAY PROGRAM Continue Work Under Federal Aid, Says U. S. Official Washington, March 14.-?Edwin T. Meredith, newly, appointed secretary of agriculture, believes there should' be; active continuation of present fed eral and State cooperation in connect ing State road systems with the sys tems of adjoining States in order that the working out of an adequate high way program for the whole United States may proceed in an orderly raan-j nor. He also advocates the continu ance of work now going forward un der the federal aid road law. "As 1921 is the last year covered by the law," Mr? Meredith says, "it would be highly desirable, in my opin- j ion, for Congress to "make provision) as promptly as possible for the con- I tinuation of the work under the pres-1 ent system by an appropriation of at i least $100,000,000 for each of the four fiscal years beginning with 1922." LUMBER PLANT BURNED DOWN . Girard, Ala., Fire today destroyed the Butts Lumber Co. plant here. The/ loss was-4-100,000. iais't at be thy Country's, Oily God's ai tPAY, APRLI 3, 199Q. FREIGHT EM- " BARGO LIFTED Atlantic Coast Line Officials Is-j sue Orders to Move Car load Shipments ! GREAT RELIEF TO I FERTILIZER DEALERS i ?? IjBusiness Has Been Tied Up For; } Several Weeks and Farmers I ! Have Suffered Delay and Loss j j j j Columbia, March 30.?Announce ment was made by the officials of the Atlantic: Coast Line Railway here Monday, afternoon to the effect that] orders iiad been received from the WlJraington .offices of the road, lift ing the embargo on carload shipments which has been in effect for several weeks. ? The - lifting of the embargo, it is stated, will mean a big relief to stoppers, especially of-fertilizer, as the agrcultural interests were in need of this commodity. Recently a howl has gone up against the embargo. On Saturday the. South Carolina Railroad Commission sent a letter to .the general manager of the Coast Line at Wilmington,- protesting vi'ihnously against the embargo, and ordering him to appear , and show cause before the commission Wedr nesday of this week why there should [not be issued a" permanent order! against all. embargoes^ The hearing j will probably be held regardless of Ute withdrawal-of-the embargo. GENERAL HART TO TESTIFY . 2-; Brought Home From France to TeD* of Cruelty to Pris oners j - ? ? j .?* /' ' , ? . New York,,. March 30?Brigadier Genera)' .Wj?am wl.Hajrf,'command er I of thV'tajnerican'- trodpsr'iri Paris, arrived today on the steamer Lorr rairie' having- been ordered ^hbine to testify as to the cruelties charged. as having been- inflicted- upon prisoner^ in? the Paris district ??TF^mSes TO BE SUPPRESSED All Members of Faculty, at Uni versity Get 25 Per Cent Inerease In Salary Columbia, Mch. 26.?By-unanimous vote the board of trustee** of. the. ?University of south Carolina, meet ing here this afternoon, passed a reso lution --instructing Dr. WilliaihL-8.. Cur reib president of .the institution, to uphold the law of the State and vig orously suppress a?y "sub?rosa". ?'Greek Letter" fraternities which might'in the future be organized at the university. I The board apportioned the appro- ! priation for salaries-among the pro fessors and inspectors of the institu tion, each receiving a flat 2o per cent increase. Other items of the. univer sity budget were apportioned. STATE DIVIDED ON SUFFRAGE Mississippi Senate and House Disagree on Votes for Women -~ ? '\ Jackson, Hiss.. March CO?The | Senate of the Mississippi Legislature! today voted to ratify the suffrage] amendment, which the House ~m had j previously rejected. DANES DEMAND- I ING REPUBLIC! ????. j {Governmental Crisis Preeipitat-I ed In Copenhagen by So- j j cial Democrats j -? I Copenhagen. March 30 -r- King; (Christian refused today to comply j i with the ultimatum of the social I democrats' demand for the reinstat'e I ment of the dismissed Seaie cabinet, j [and the introduction of a more lib-j ! eral government in Denmark^ A gen- j ! eral strike is threatened. Crowds: ! packed the public squares through-j j out the night and raised cries for the ? establishment of a republic. ; iTROUBLE IN ; LABOR CIRCLES j Federation of Labor Suspends j j Brotherhood of Railway Employes : 1 Detroit, March 30.?The (JHted-j I Broth ort cod of Maintenance rf Way.: employees and railway shop laborer:' has been suspended by the American. |:Federation of Labor as the result of j i the union's refusal to relinquish jur- i 1 isdiction over certain members that! the federation contended should be-! long to the carpenter's union. Nego- j tiations will begin sooft irf an effort to settle the controversy- ! od 'Troth's." . THE TRUE SC WILL ACCEPT*^ NOMINATION Wants League of Nations That Will Establish WorM Peace San Francisco, March. 31.?Herbert! Hoover today telgraphed the Hoover Republican Club of California that he] would accept the Republican nomina-j tion for President. "If; it is felt that! the issues necessitate it, and it is de>-j manded of me," i The telegram,, addressed to Warren;. Gregorys, president of the Hoover Re-. publican Club, of California, follows: "I *had not wished to enter, norj could I hitherto see any real public 1 service in entering into partisan po litical discussion, more especially pending the clarification of the diver gent views of the different groups' irtj the parties in the greats itt? issues. "The recent developis/SBttPBver the treaty, stagnation in adjustment of I our great economic problems and j particularly the many urgent repre-j sentaiions tha* I have received as to ? the situation in my own State, con-: vince me that it is my. duty to con-| firm the action that my Republican friends there nave already taken without consulting me. In Favor of League. "I understand that there is a great wish among the Republicans of Cali fornia to have an oportunUy to ex press themselves ? in favor of the league of nations with proper reser vations safe-guarding American tradi tions and interests as opposed to the extreme view advocated against any league at an. I differ with the ex treme position taken by the President on participation in purely European affairs. This' issue is whether, with reservations protecting our position, we should -join the moral forces of the world to reduce the dangers again; growing up around us, or whether we will, by pretense of an insurality that we do not possess, sit by in the face of growing armies, navies, national an tagonisms, reactiom or in reverse, the spread of Bolshevism, through much of the world. This would be the de feat of the hopes for which our sons ' v. ere sacrificed in this war. v "Entirely aside > from this moral idealism of the league and the Gan ger to our own ultima!er peace, the 'so lution of our. domestic problems, such as the siaer of our arnt?ment, reduc tion in taxation and the, prevention of agricultural and Industrial depression and consequent ln^mplcynsfcn^ia de pendent'., upon stability .abroad, 'and upoa otir access to the world's 'mar kets, which, today are endangered by discrimination 'against' our~yet? tinder the treaty.. I believe it is the trans cendant service which the Repxtbiici?1 party can render to. the nation to set tle a league efficiently designed to give us these national protections. "No one should be able to dictate ?he policies of great parties, yet every man and woman, .has a right to de cide what issues and- measures he will support: If- the!R*paibUcan. vaxty? wHh the independent element with which I am natural ly4 affiliated-? aiiopts a forward: looking,1 liberal, constructive platform on-., the treaty and on our- economic issues, and if th? j party proposes measures- -for,. sound (business administration of. the coun | try and is neither reactions! or radi ! c?l in its aproacli to our. great, do mestic questions and ; is backed by men who undotibtely assume:. the con^ununation of these policies and j measures, I will give it my entire sup port. While I do not and will not -myself seek the non?naiion, if it is felt that the issues, necessitate it andj it is demanded of me,.I cannot refuse service. (Signed) ."Herbert Hoover." GERMAN INSUR GENTS STRONGER Government Orifer to Disarm Disregarded and Fighting Continues V. Berlin.,. March 31.?A - report from ! the rebel military headquarters a$; Muenister says the government ulti-i matum to insurgents to disarm has been disregarded, generally. Attacks on the northern part of the front are continuing and reinforcements have been brought up by the insurgents. y| MISSISSIPPI GEN TER OF INTEREST Battle for Votes for Women Shifted From t>elaware Jackson, Miss., March 31.?Interest in the woman suffrage light shifted from Delaware to Mississippi today, with Governor Russell appearing be fore the house to urge that body to concur in the senate action yesterday in ratifying the Anthony amendment, j Suffragists are confident that Missis sippi will reverse its previous rejec tion, but the antis point to the form en overwhelming defeat of the meas ure by the house which they say can-.; not be overturned. FOREST FIRE IN MARYLAND i Mountain Ranges Near Cumber- j land Ablaze Cumberland, Md.. March 31.?Hay-j stack. Polish and Knobly mountain* j are ablaze from forest fires, which j Sre difficult to fight on account of' high winds. ._^ I >UTHRON, SUB-R* Students of versity Columbia/ Ms able that Presi University, will; ha job of entorcinfe;vt ternities. -It%ib;e<* the Univez sub-rosas at fact that against them authorized Dr.;< law against -Gr? There is nothing this reportr excej members of the? I that the sub-rc said that te cat ; rosa fraternities? It is said that t State educational-^ lever, the ! is strongly [will not like jwill probably preventing their raaint? Wealth; NewJ Clevel ? youngs mi port foi draft lav years hv FL] RE; Admiral diets '?'?> . ', Sims ? v.. ?' . :? f; Washington, iMarcfc*:;3d^iaf^ lantic fleet/^^r.nevef -*tt?jr^ 4 for war than- 4h .the rmfe- of Admiral Mayer, ^c^mmander. of" Atlantic fleet,, told the n*Va*^iav day. ARE SHUT DO Strike Forces i. Suspension Business In Chicago Chicago, March ^.hic^gcr live?., stock market, ^ter]|^ T$Jhe ,wor\d, is at ? ^nd^lE-atffisfrjffOp >^|kfflK house* empk>yee?_vfaice' a> suspension of Work- as^the result of th^- ^r&eV ot 900 cattle f^ers a* th*. CANDIDATE i President Wilson Hfe !'' Name 'to- Be Entered in Georgia Primaary : ^ Atlanta, Ga , March 31.^-P?esW< Wilson's name has been filed wftb t State; Democratic Committee5 ;'8?'3fc;,. candidate in the preferential pr& The : pe?tioni ? with 118 najnes,\vr?m' filed by S. B. Baylor, of Atlanta. FtfefcT sident Wilson,. Robert Lansing aaaS^ Senator Reed had been asked if tie j desired their names to go on (h? bal* lot. The petition was ' nYed^witb the President's knowledge. . "! *" ' SOCIALISTS THREAT* EN GERMAN COFT Demand Made T^^J^^g Measures Be Immediately Suspended V Berlin, March- .31:?The Socialist leaders have sent an ultimatum to the government demanding, an im* mediate suspension of military - meas ures in the Buhr district, under th* threat of renewing the. general strike. Three o'clock Thursday Is the . tune limit sec I OHIO RENT CON FERENCE CALLED Governor Cox Calls Law Officers to Consider Excessive Rentals Columbus, Ohio, March Sl-^Gov ernor Cox has called*, the city solici* * of the State and the State Attorney General to meet him Thursday to con sider the rental situation as the result of complaints of excessive increases all over the State. PRES. WILSONS SUMMER HOME White House Staff Making Ready at Woods Hole Woodshole. Masai March 31.? Members of the White House staff ore b<*re arranging' for the arrival of ' President Wilson aad hfs etficial fam ily about June 1st: