Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^months or iong iced rates. I? which subserve ^be charged for j mutes cff respect ihman was found True Southron in in and Southron led circulation and .of the old/ papers, e best advertising je: people here and daylight isn't worth * * \ >tis what orchards of rtrees arc being planted :gardener says that he ?re would make a good fter he had spaded* up j he declared that a j gCxhade an "acher." % * * if:mishaps are increasing! ?%ross the road like a; ?rt?w. Cross at the street! 8?.",' - ! Bg^where drivers are' on the, for human beings. * *? * i&s' country gets enough! built to house its popula-i ?-ik can Tet down the immi- \ 3>ars and start the crowding! * J again. And it probably will.; * * * ? ?if Great Britain" fails to; ?^e^ahd an independent nation! Cexenc^-'to the recent declaration! ^?ited Skates Senate, the Sen- j J^\wil?ng t? accept'a man-i foreland. W^?-::1* - * -: ? < j Nhas beejr'introduccd in Con-i mipose a tax of $10 an c"~eej ^?'go^b/used in the arts and n -! g&fefe." -It"would be more to the; to lay a tax*oh? gold used- forj >inagey<- There's too much gold in j ation now' for the country's; SPRING CXEA3P-UP. itu-A "spring .clean-up." which includes eajery house -^and yard? every vacant lot, every street and alley, and is car . ried, out completely in the business as in- thfe' residence section of a com m unity,- returns rewards far in ex cess of the labor %it involves. Winter almost always leaves a dingy, train of rubbish ^nd dirt that was unnoticed, and npt particularly harmful, so long as frost and snow covered or held! it in check; The sun of spring reveajs it in all its unsight liness; decomposition "sets in with the heat; the winds blow the dirt about, germ-laden and full of menace. For th'e sake' of appearance and sanita tion, the clean-tip becomes essential. The farm should not be neglected in the clean-up campaign/ Here too, there should be gathering of r ibbish. trimming, of trees and -shrubbery, painting and general renovating. The sources of water supply need, especial attention. Arc reservoirs, wells and cisterns clean, and is the j supply of 'water adequate and easily procurable for the always possible fireV \ The spring cleahing1 time is a time for individual and co-operative ac tion"; The private citizen and the au thorities are equally interested and equally responsible, and should work in harmony. Let every one take hold, set his own'place in order and dovhis share in those sections which must be a public charge. After the clear ing-up has been, completed let vege table and flower gardens he planted in every space available for the pur pose. Then, in the healthfulness, cleanliness, order and beauty of their community the citizens may take a just pride. TITK WORKER'S SHARE A statistician figures that if the railroad, employees are granted tho new wage increase they ask for, they they will be jrettin:-: about five limes as much every year as the owners of the roads. To* he exact, every dollar of the railroads' increase will be di vided as follows: For labor, 83 cents: for capital. 17 cents. Whether ?>r not this is a fair divi sion is a quest ion open to debate, and requiring a great deal of information before a satisfactory answer can be given. These figures, however, serve once more to emphasize a fact usually ignored.by socialist orators and writ ers and by employees jxi genej^tl. Most workmen seem to be sincerely con vinced that they receive a very small fraction of the receipts in^ their in dustry; that the "company" is mak ing so much that the funds available for wages are practically unlimited, ^TWI^jy tf&ey are justified in making any aviaand they feel like making. ? As has been pointed out many times, labor invariably receives the larger part of the gross income of in dustry. The division generally gives labor S5 to 90 per cent, to capital's 10 or 15 per cenfc. A more general appreciation of this fact would help much in promoting a better understanding between em ployers and employees. Fully grasp ed. it would enable the workmen to see that their chief hope of higrher wages lies in their producing more in a given time, so that there will be more profits available to provide their wages. ? There is a tendency at present not I only t<? ignore the question of the re i larion of the workman's share to the [employer's share, but simply to "pass i .the wage iucreasq on to the consum \ er," as if that settled the problem. The workman should realize that: j this^ method is bound to fail, because it fails to '"provide incentive? for in-~ creased production, because the added wage-cost is multiplied in being pass-"! cd on to the consumer, and because the workman himself is the chief con sumer. TURKO-BIUT1S1I "TREATY.*' [ ?> ? _ j ^ Until complete proof is offered, it] ? is well to discredit the "secret TurKo ; British treaty" recently given out at i . [ Berlin. This alleged treaty, as pub-1 j lished. is a most amazing document.; It purports to have been signed by the British and Turkish governments; [in April, 1913. It provides that Eng-! \ land shall .guarantee Turkish inde-j pendence, that Constantinople shall! remain the seat of Turkish govern- j ment. that England shall have con-1 trol of the Dardanelles, with posses- j sion of Mesopotamia and Syria, and! that England shall place at Turkey's disposal a nolice force to be used "in | order to suppress anv nationalistic! f ? ? ' ? tendencies." Not the b-ast interest-! ing detail is the article declaring that j "this treaty is ollicial, but has a pri-; vate character." . j " It is incredible that Great Britain.! at the very time when she was agree- j ing to the Versailles treaty,' should; have made with an enemy country a; secret treaty belying her own piedges. defying the principles of the Ver- j sailles document and in flagrant con- j y , v j Hict with the purposes of the League: of Nations to which .she subscribed, t It is also incredible that Britain; should have conspired with Turkey toj I rob an ally of Syria, which by gen- j era! agreement has been assigned to! France. It is little less comprehen- i sible ,that - Britain should undertake! to. grab the Dardanelles, and thus, j without the consent of her allies or ; of the Eeague of. Nations,- prepare to I dominate Constantinople and the Black Sea. That this document should have] been made public- in Berlin is in it self a ground *for suspicion. The Ger-1 I mans have their own reasons fori wanting to make all the trouble they j can among the Allies, and for some' time Turkish 'emissaries have been j busy in Berlin. General Leonard Wood, in a re-] 1 cent speech, took occasion to warn i i the-American public that there is as j conspiracy afoot, employing a wide-1 I spread ana intricate system of pro-1; ! paganda to break down the frieticN; j ship of the United States with the Al- ! j lies. The effort seems especially in-J tended to drive a wedge between -this! j country and England. Pei haps- this j i "secret treaty" is a part of the plot. ! i If so, the British government should repudiate it officially, without delay. ' j The Wreck Store was entered by I burglars-sFriday night and a large quantity of goods, aggregating in val j ue somewhere between fifteen hun dred and two thousand dollars, were taken. The robbers took the finest j goods in the store?dresses, waists. I skirts, etc.?and packed them in j trunks and suit cases, showing that ! they knew what they wanted and had ! time to make their selections. They entered the store by the back door 'and it is thought they had an auto mobile at hand to transport their booty and make a quick getaway. ? There is no clue to the identity of the t burglars, but there is some ground j for the suspicion that the robbery may I have been committed by members of ; the gang thai has been operating in I Columbia and m ighboring towns. A ! representative of the Wreck Store has I gone to Columbia to look over the i goods that have been recovered from , the gang there, it being possible that i he may be able to identify some of I the articles. Fine Mule Burned to Death. 1 Mr. H. F. Yates was unfortunate in getting unc of his fine mules 1?111-1i?-iI : up in his stable last Saturday after noon about i o'clock. Mr. Yates w;^ working in his garedn when he saw I his barn on fire and by the tim<- he j i^i't there the heat was so great he I could not get to the stable door to lei 'the mule out. ThcdoGr*1 to one stall was open and one mule escaped: He. i had just paid $900 for the pair. He l/aiteo lost all his fine oats hay aird choice, cotton sr-efl for planting. Total loss about $1.000. with $300 insurance The supposition is that some one passing threw a cigarette stump or match/ among the loose hay.- Bish opville Vindicator. STATEMENT j Of the Ownership, Management? Cir?? S cnlatioi^ etc.. Required by the Act ' of August 24; 1912. Of the Watchman and Southron, published at Sumter, S C. semi-week Jy. for April. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of Sumter: Before me, a notary public in and for the State and bounty aforesaid, personally appeared H. G. Osteen. who. being duly sworn according to j law, deposes and says that he is man ager of the Sumter I>pily Item and I that the following is, to the best of i his knowledge and belief, a true state | ment of "the ownership, etc.. of the ! aforesaid publication for the date. I shown in the above caption, requir ed by the Act of August 2 1. 1912. [embodied in Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the re verse of this form, lo-wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager arc: Publisher, Osteen Publishing Co.. Sumter, S. C Editor. H. G. Osteen, Sumter. S. C; Managing Editor, H. G. Osteen.'' Sumter. S. C. Business Manager, H. G. Osteen. Sumter. S. C. 2. That the owners are: Osteen Publishing Company. Inc.. C. P. Osteen. N.. G. Osteen, H. G. Osteen, N. G. Osteen. Jr.. Moneta Osteen. Lge & Moise, I. C- Strauss, Levi Bros., E. W. A. Bultman. Abe Rytten berg, Xeill O'JDonnell. H. L. Scarbor ough, R. I. Manning. Booth Live Stock Co.. G. A. Lemmon, all of Sum ter. s. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold ers owing or holdkig 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort-j gages, or other securities are \ 'Mergenthaler Linotype Co., of New York, N. Y. 4. That the two paragraphs nextj above, giving the names-of the own- ! ^ i ers, stockholders and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of: stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the' company but also, in cases where the I stockholder or security holder an- j pears upon the books of the company; as trustees or in any other fiduciary! relation, the name of the person or I corporation for whom such trustee is j acting, is given: also that the said: two paragraphs contain statements: embracing affiiant's full knowledge! and belief as to the circumstances and ; conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not apr | j)oar upon t ie books of live company! as trustees, hold stock and securities! in a capacity other than that of aj "bona fide owner: and this affiant has *no reason to believe that any other j person, association, or corporation has any inte2*cst direct or indirect in the j said stock, bonds, or other securities! than as so stated by him. , 5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publica-j tk>n sold or distributed, through the! mails or otherwise, to paid subscrib ers during the six months preceding j the date is j This information is required from, daily publications only' H. G. OSTEEN. ! Manager/ ' Sworn to and subscribed before mej this 3rd day of April, 1920. ? R. L. EDMUNDS. (Seal) Notary Public, S. C ! (My commission expires at pleasure j of the Governor.) GET NITRATE OF SODA Washington, April 2.?Several dayjs ago the Secretary of War promised Senator Smith of South Carolina that lie would release ??.OQ0 tons of ni trat'd of soda to the fanners, and is sued orders for immediate distribu tion *in carrying out. these orders, it developed that there was a legal hitch which prevented the nitrate being re leased. To overcome this obstacle Senator Smith jesterday introduced a senate joint resolution which pro vides that the Secretary of War is authorized to release immediately "ti trate cf soda for distribution, tlw re placement of it to be under such guarantee as the Secretary of War nvvc prescribe. On account of the scarcity of nitrate of soda and press ing need ior its immediate use. Sen ator So.'th was very insistent upon the passage of this resolution and ha 1 the Senate to waive referring it :o :? committee, and brought it up by un an'mcus consent, it was passed without a dissenting vote. As soon as it passes the House it will be a law and the nitrate of soda wil be avail able for the agricultural interests of the country. It is hoped that this amount to be released will tide over the emergency, until sufficient quan tities can be shipped in to adequate ly supply the needs of the country. ' SUFFRAGISTS HOPE FUL OF DELAWARE Effort to Be Made to Have Re jection Reconsidered I Dover. Dela., April 2.?The suffrage ! leaders announced today that they i make an effort to have the lower I house rejection of the Anothony [amendment reconsidered Monday, rle : elarirtg that Alfred 1. DuPonfc who : exerts powerful influence in Republi can state politics, would support the move. Mr. DuPont had previously been neutral. i STORE?Your car at the Clarmont Filling Station when in town for the day. where it will be safe. Ard & i Bradford HAVING?Purchaed the Clar^mont Filling Station. 'we will appreciate the patronage of our friends and the I public generally, when' in need of |. gasoline and oils. Polite, prompt service. Tree wat*?r and air. A. ,1 1 Ard. J. J>. Bradford, NEGRO LYNCHED AT LAURENS Mob Stormed the County Jail and Hanged Negro on Rail Road Bridge J Spatranburg. April L'?George Rob j ertsan, a negro, was taken from th( I jail at Lau met?, S. C last night b\ ! a mob and hanged to ;i railroac J bridge in the outskirts of the city. I? j is reported here that Robertson in I terferred in a fight between thret j white youths and an unidentified ne j gr.o man. inflicting knife wounds or. j the beys. Robertson was arrested and j while the police were seeking his j companion the mob stormed, the jail TAX EQUALIZATION j Columbia. April 1.?What is like j ly the plan for the equalization of as j sessments against real estate in j ?South Carolina was inaugurated o\ \ Columbia^Oity Council and the South j Carolina Tax Commission at a meeting ! held here Wednesday morning for the j purpose of putting into> operation a : new system" of getting Columbia' real I estate on the tax books. J The tax commission has just com | pleted the preparation of a map of ! the City of 'olumbia, covering an en J tire volume ; id showing every piece j of property for taxation, as assessed j by the city board of assessors will be ; recorded. ; j I City Councilman > named W. A. j Coleman as a special committee to op ! erate with the tax commission in put j ling the new system into effect, i These officials will meet wtih Rich i land County authorities, to get their i approval of the plan. Under the new system the value as; ! fixed by the city >board of assessors j will be taken as standard. This ! board has fixed a value for the prop ! erty in every block in the city, and on j the basis of these figures all property ; will be assessed for taxation. ! - Tlte tax commission has found some ' wide discrepehcies in the mivtter of tax j returns. One lot on Main street was found to be returned at fifty per cent \ less value than an adjoining lot of ; similar frontage. Under the new plan these two lots will be assessed on the same basis, state the commissioners. The result of the plan, they state., will ,be to eventually reduce tax levies or to in crease the returns from taxation without increased levy. After the system has been put in operation successfully in Columbia it will probably be inaugurated in oth i er cities ' of the state. Spartanburg tried it several years ago. but the war ! nipped it in the bud. Tax authorities state that such a system will result in [ah equalization of taxation and a con sequent lessening of (he tax burden j on many people who are now paying more taxes in proportion to what some other citizens are paying. LARGE DIVIDENDS ARE DECLARED Greenville. April 2.?Announce I mvnt was made here yesterday of j the action taken by directors of the I Marlboro cotton mills, meeting in j McColl, who declared a 100 per cent stock dividend on a capital stock di vidend on a capital of $963,S00. In j addition to this dividend the Marl ! boro directors ? are offering 4.879 ! shares* to stockholders at pur. at the j rat** of one-half share to eacn holder ' of one share .with two years to pay ; for the stock, during which time the i stock is mot negotiable, i At the close <?f the market here to-yj ! day Marlboro was quoted at 350/j j News of the directors' action did not I re.iCh the city before the market clos jecb Marlboro operate* seven mills, and Claude Gore is president of the company: This action increases the capital slock to $2,500.000. NEW AGREEMENT FOR COAL MINERS Increase In Wages Became Ef fective This Morning and Wiil Continue In Force For, Period of Two Years New York,' March 31.?The nego tiations for a new agreement for the bituminous coal miners were brought to a close this afternoon when the general scale committee of operators and miners of the central competitive field ratified a contract embodying the iward of President Wilson's coal commission. This new agreement which -involves i wage increase of 27 per cent, be comes effective tomorrow morning, md will continue in force for a pe riod of two years. One of the features of the new con tract is a clause which provides that .ill '?international differences" in the various districts of the bituminous coal fields will be settled by the, dis trict officers of the'mine workers and operators. There must be nothing done. however, in adjusting these matters that will increase the cost ofj production or decrease the earning; capacity of the mine workers. The j new agreement also "condemns" the; bonus system now used by operators: in competing with each other for em-1 pjoyes. The contract provides that all agreements in the various districts j should contain a???penalty" clause for! any stoppage of work" or unauthoriz-j ed strikes. The international officers! of the United7 Mine Workers also agree! to maTte the agreement binding inj every detail. The eight hour day as now in ef fect in the soft coal regions is con tinued by the new agreement. ? Camden News Items. . ] i ' I Mr.?R. W. Herfuth who recently purchased the equipment of the old j Camden Water Light & Ice Co., wfas| n Camden .this week and completed arrangements for the erection of an ice1 plant here at an early date. The plant will be built somewhere near the Southern passenger station depot in the vicinity of^the oil mill and will have a daily capacity of twenty-one ton*?. They expect to be ready for making ice the latter part of the summer and will have a cold storage plant in connection. At a preliminary hearing held be fore Mgistrate S. X. Nicholson Mon day the two Baker boys held in jail in connection .with the theft of cloth ing from Hirsch Brothers & Co., were remanded to jail in default of bond to await trail at the next term of general sessions. Oscar Baker's bond was fixed at $1.300 and the eld er brother at $1.000, which they were unable to furnish. The boys were represented by Attorney MeLeod from! Sumter. The boys' father formerly resided near Sumter and their father 1 lives there on a farm.?Camden Chronicle. (Harmony Presbytery. I Harmony Presbytery will meet with the congregation of the New Har mony church on April 13. Mr.^J. L. Haynsworth has been elected as the representative of the First Presby terian church. * Miss Linnie McLaurin is spending a few days in Columbia representing the Sumter high school at a meeting of the State high school teachers. Mr. Isaac Edwards, from Washing ton and Lee University, is at home for a short vacation. i . I Tisdale Motor Co., Chartered* Columbia. April 2.?The Tisdale Motor Company, of Sumter, has been j granted a charter by the -Secretary of i State. G. C. Propst. R. P. Monaghan. | George D. Shore. Jr., H. ,S. Rice, A. I E. Tisdale and J. B. Dillard are the] incorporators. To abort a cold #? ? ^ and prevent com plications, take alotak The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nauseales?, safe and sure. Medicinal virtuey retain ed* and= improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c^ SNOW IN THE SOUTH Winter Temperatures Reported From Many Places * Washington. April 5.?Snow and freezing temperatures are reported to day in many sections of the South. Work having been suspended for a I few days on the brick store building J that Col. Thomas Wilson is erecting at j the corner of Main street and Hamp I ton avenue, on account of the. delay I in receipt of steel girders, a rumor I haa been current that the stoppage of i work whs due to .orders of theAbuild i ing inspector. There is no founda l tion for the rumor aiul work will be j resuhied as sojpn as the steel girders are delivered by the railroads. It is expected that the building wi'l be completed by June 1. as the 'contract or will-rush tho work with all possi ble speed. l> . -T? DAYS OF DIZZINESS. j Come to Hundreds of Sumter People. i There are days of dizziness; Spells of headache, languor, back I ache; ~ . ' Sometimes rheumatic pains; j Often urinary disorders, j Doan's Kidney. Pills arev especially j for kidney ills. I Endorsed in Sumter by grateful j friends and neighbors: Mrs. E. B. Elam, 316 W. Liberty St, Sumter, says: l'About six years ago I had quite a bit of kidney trou ble and I felt pretty bad. Headaches bothered me so that I could, hardly stand up and dizzy spells annoyed me so, I thought I would fall over many times. My nerves were all unstrung land I would jump from the least j fright. My kidneys acted very irregu i Iarly and I knew they were in bad shape. Finally, I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills and started taking them, j I must say, Doan's positively cured [ me of all kidney trouble and I i haven't been Irathered since." Price 60c at .all dealers. Don't j simply ask for a kidney remedy?get (Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that j Mrs. Elam had. Foster-Milburn Co., !Mfgts., Buffalo, N. Y?-~Advti V (71) ~ THE UNIVERSAL CAR Let There Be No DiscordsK \ If your Ford car is out of tune, there is undoubtedly a very good reason for it. And the best way to find that reason, and have it remedied, is to jump in and drive to our Authorized Service Station, where one of our mechanics, who is thoroughly acquainted with the Ford mechanism and who knows the Ford way to adjust or repair your car, can tune it up in a garage that is properly equipped to give real Ford Service. Then, too, we never use imitation parts?only the genuine Ford-made, strong and durable. They wear from thirty to seventy-five per cent, longer than the counterfeit parts that are softer and more cheaply made. In fact, it is dangerous to ? human life to use imitation parts, and it is not fair to your Ford car or your pocket book. We are i part of the gigantic Ford Service organization, whose purpose it is to serve the owners of all Ford cars and trucks; we have more than a passing interest in your car. Prompt service is given on all work?from a minor adjustment to a motor overhaul. Drive in and see the facts for yourself?there's too much money invested in your Ford car to miss connections with the Authorized Ford Dealers. Shaw Motor Company Corner Hampton Ave. and Sumter St. Office Phone 553 Service Phone 814. Insist oni Genuine Ford Parts