Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ii? Saudis M ^m?cm Entered at the Postr v. at Sumter, S. C, as Second-class Matter. PERSONAL. Miss Marie Kammett has returned home, after spending the Easier holi days at Barnwell. Mrs. Frank Brigman and cf.Idren arid Mrs. M. H. White -ind children, who spent Easter with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brunson, returned to their homes today. % Capt. A. C. Phelps, manager of Harby & Co.. left Wednesday morn ing for New York, whence he will sail the iatter part of the week for Liver pool on a three months-business trip for his firm. He will visit Rotterdam, Bremen. Ghent. Antwerp. Stockholm. Copenhagen, Havre, Paris. Genoa and -Barcelona, in.all of which places the firm of Harby & Company have busi ness connections in their cotton ex porting > business. Mr.- Howard Jones, of the Univer sity, is spending a few days at home. Mr. Doc Jones spent last night at Brogdon. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Williams, Misses .Martha Williams and Reha Spann left by auto this morning for Win ston-Salem, X. C. Mrs. Paul D. Aman, of Columbia/: is visiting her parents, Mr. ,and Mrs. j W. J. Crowson, on Broad street. t Mr. W. B. Burns left Saturday for Tucson.- Arizona, where he wil spend I a few days with his son. Hallet Burns, j who will return to Sumter with Mr. iBurcis, his health having been com pletely restored by his stay in the southwest. Mr. and Mrs. Neill O'Donnell leave j this afternoon for Washington, where j they will make, an extended stay. Dr. E. s. Booth has been in >Phil- j adclphia several days this week. Mrs. E. O. Black, of Colombia, is; spending o few days with her mother. I Mrs. S. M. Shirer on South Salem; avenue. / Mrs. W. Sinkler Manning and chil-i dren. of Washington, D. C. are visit- j ing Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Manning. | Home Demonstration Work. Miss Truluck, county demonstrator, has arranged with Mr. Horres, of the Palace Meat Market, to have the next j meeting of the Sumter Home Demon- j -'st?aticn club held, at Mr. Horrc'si Market, the Palace; on Friday the j 9th, at 4 o'eock. Anyone who would like to see how; the meat is cut and hear a talk on j the cheaper cuts is asked to come. Thej high cost of living is a very vital sub- j ject, and if there are a few of us so | lifted above the problems of life as: not to care whether meat, as well asj other things, may be t>ought reason-; ably, they should, at least, smpathizej 'with less fortunate persons. The con-j tention has been that if enough of the ! less expensive cuts were bought th?; butchers wrould not* have to ask such : Jhigh prices, hut with prosperity has' come a terrible wastefulness, and a number of peoplebuy very best cuts, i .when they can malte just as good and j ?nutritious dishes wth cheaper f ore; j quarter meat. The government haSj asked the women to try the cheaper; cuts. At no expense and very little. trouble to the women who attend.; this opporunfty is offered. No one! should be backward in trying to help.j "bring down prices. This meeting US open to all women who care to learn j vanother lesson in thrift Tomorrow.; 3?riday. at 4 o'clock, at the Palace Market.. Party for Miss Ilnghson. One of the social events of the week was a party given by Miss Sophia Brunson on Saturday afternoon com plimentary to Miss Iva Bell Hughson, whose marriage will take place April 10th. The afternoon was pleasantly spent by the guests writing telegrams of good wishes to the bride-elect. A delightful salad course was served. Have carload Ford one-ton trucks in transit, still have one or two un sold. See us at once. Shaw Motor Company.?Adv. chamber of com^ * ! merce finances I . - Statement of Receipts and Dis bursements Jan. 1,1919, to March 1, 1920 ? ? The folowing financial report of the | Chamber of Commerce for the period j between January l. 1919 and Ma-eh I 1, 1020. was submitted at the nnaul i meeting- Wednesday night. Gash Received I In bank. Jan. '., 1919 .% 121.42 I Dues collected 2,S4S.00 I Paid in by. Secretary E. I. j Reurd<>n. as federal nitrate I distributor.3,560.00 j Sundries from State Council i of pefense*and other am'ts refunded which were paid ! out in organization anj in I co-operation with County Fair Ass'h, S. C. Cotton As sociation .: . . . . ' 204.2<J From City National Bank? net amounts from notes discounted. 1.004.24 z $S,397.92 Paid Out. Sal.it> of Secretary ..$1.7."?0.00 Pvt;:t . 409.00 Postage, telegrams, telephone stenographers, bookkkeep e r s, b a n k exchange charges, commis s i o n s to distributors cf nitrate, supplies, typewriters, en tertainment. Shiloh Ttail road note "$175; City Na tional Bank note $1,700; standing chamber deficit. $600; Cotton Ass'n, Co. Fair Home and Farm Demonstrations: depts. etc. 4,550.26 . .0,805.26 Bal. in bank, Mar. 1. 1920 . . Sl,592.66 Note?This Chamber collected and paid out for U. S. Government for 3.560 tons of nitrate, freight, etc., $310.000, and including Chamber funds, County Health Survey, Sumter Stemmery Company, County Fair As sociation, Cotton Association, Tobacco Market and various special funds, a total of $334,000 during 1919 /md to March 1, 1920. We netted approxi mately $2,600 for Chamber treasury by nitrate distribution. Respectfully submitted, E. I. Reardon. Managing Sec. The above statement is taken from the books and records. I have check ed and audited every item. All monies wore paid put by vouchers and checks signed by the Sec rotary and the Treas-j urer. All funds received were depos ited in bank. Hazel G. Hcaron. Bookkeeper and Asst. Managing SecJ traffic tie-up is predicted - Switchmen at Toledo Quit Work In Sympathy With Chi cago Strikers Toledo. April S?Six hundred switchmen have walked out in sym pathy with strikers in other cities, I: is predicted thai there will be a com-' plete tie-up of traffic within twenty four hours. cause of in dustrial unrest; Demands of Labor for Greater Share in Control of Indus try at Bottom of Trouble Washington. April S.?The flat re jection of the plan of the second in dustrial conference for settUng labor unrest was urged before tin- senate labor committee by W. Jett Lauck, "secretary of the old war labor board: He said that the labor demand for a greater share of control of industry has caused the ] resent unrest. Present iTiOMAL BATIK i \ ^^^^^^^^ O. L. YAT1&. The End of the First Quarter of 1920 Finds us in a very healthy financial condition. Our deposits are well over the mil lion mark. Our loans arc over a million. And we <>\vc nothing except to our depositors, to whom u-c are very grate ful. Hie First National Bank sumter, s- c. ? . ?.: ? a sah ? im; >! ,1 The National Bank of South Carolina of Sumter, 8. C. Resources $2.600,000. Strong and Progressiv? The Most Painstaking SERVICE with COUUTES5T Give ns the Pleasure of Serving YOU The Bank of the Rank; and File C. G. ROWI-jAND, President EARLE ROWLAND, Cashier ?*?*?*??y???+?y???^ a?t ^ j^jT. t% ?t 'THE GOSSETT TRIAL: j Prisoners Are Transferred From j Greenville to Abbeville Jail j Abbeville. April 7.?John and Ken neth Gossett, the two young men who; jare to be placed on trial here tomor row charged with criminal assault, i j were brought here this afternoon from : j Greenville and lodged in the Abbe-! i ville county jail. Four deputies ac-; i eompanied the prisoners. Although it; was generally known that the Gos | setts would be brought here tonight, i there were only about half a down' persons loitering around the passen jger station whe^n the train arrived. I The boys walked through the streets: [Vurr.otin.ded with deputies. and were] j delivered to Foster McLain. the jailer.' 1 at the jail, which is about three] Mocks from the railroad station. Sheriff Burts and a squad of depu ties will sleep in the jail tonight as a! precaution against any possible mob; violence. i The deputies who were dispatched to Greenville to bring the prisoners were: T. L. Cann, deputy sheriff of Abbeville county: C. J. Bruce. United; States deputy marshal: p. F. Finleyj and W. T. Cason. No effort was made' to conceal the movement of the pris * ?ners. '< Coming down from Greenville there were many acquaintances at several j stations to greet the boys. j At 10 o'Oloek. The trial will begin at 10 o'clock lo-J morrow morning and while Judge S'ease is hopeful of concluding the case in one day, there is little pros-; pect of such brevity. M. L. Bonham. of Anderson, father] of Proctor A. Bonham. attorney for! the defense, has been engaged to as-1 sist the defense, as will also James H.: Price, of Greenville. Solicitor Black-! well will be assisted in the prosecution \ by George Bell Timmerman and J. j Howard Moore, state senator from Ab- j beville. / Another venire of jurymen will boj called tomorrow morning. The de-; ferisc is allowed 20 challenges and the. State five. Of the venire already drawn : live are disqualified or have been ex cused. This leaves only 31 jurymen j to draw from of the first venire, hence i i he necessity for the new venire. i An open court will bo held and the; young women will testify. The que's-j ?.ion was raised this morning of "hav-1 ng the testimony of the young wom-J en taken outside the court, in. the] presence of attorneys for the defense j and prosecution, but the defense ob-j "Voted and the young women will tes- i ify in open court. M. P. Gossett. of Honen f'ath. father j ?>f Kenneth Gossett. was in court all; day and went to meet the train. He] accompanied his son to his cell door: his afternoon. Four .Motions Denied. Four motions by the defense each, of which would have meant indefinite] delay were overruled Py Judge Seastfj ;his morning. ?One of these was to; 'litash the venire of jurymen. Argil-j nent in support of this was-that the venire was unlawfully drawn in that | it least ten days must elapse after th<>; "ury is drawn before the convening of j be court. The law also"requires that; '.wo weeks notice must be given that ' ?? jury is to be drawn by the jury com nission. Notice that a special term j >f court had been ordered for April r?! j was received here March 15 which.j ?ave a lapse of only about 17 days for; [ public notice and the drawing of the ury. Another contention for quashing f the venire was that the jury com-; nission had set aside four names: lrawn from the box. Two of the ?ames were relatives of the two young vemen connected with the case. One nan was dead and the fourth w?s! erving already as grand juror. Mo ion was made fo, a continuance of * he case on the ground that the coun el for the ?efonsc had not had ample imo to prepare for trial. Counsel vas engaged from Greenville and no ncniber of the Abbeville bar would oin in the defense. This had greatly tampered the defense in its efforts to ssemWe data and procure witnesses vho might be in a position to throw mich lurht on certain-tacts in the ease >ot hitherto brought out Another contention by the defense vas that the act under which the gov rnor ordered a 'special lerrii of court vas unconstitutional in that it per nits the executive department to as sume I be prerogative of tlie judicial lcpartment and is therefore violative of the separation of departments or . lained by the constitution. On these grounds the defense moved to quash the indictment and also lo have exception taken to the jurisdic | tien of the court. None of the points raised by the defense was sustained bv the court*. I IS URGED TO MAKE HASTE i _._. President Advised to Appoint Railroad Labor Board at Once Washington. April 8?In view of th? Chicago siriko advisors urged Presi ; dent Wils.ni to send the nomination I of the nine members of the Kail road I Labor Board to the senate at once. MILITARY TRAIN ING DEFEATED l?ill for Universal Training Comes to Show Down In Senale Washington, April 8. The oppon ents and supporters of universal mili tary training will have a final show down. Informal canvasses an said to indicate that forty democrats .mi.! thirteen republicans will \<?t<- u%, ?im th<- plan, assuring its defeat. Under these circumstances efforts have been begun to substitute a voluntary train ing plan, the details of which have noi been announced. cMlMS SIMS MADE BAD BOTCH OF JOB Admiral Wilson Criticises Man agement of Naval Forces In Europe Washington. April 7.?Vice Admiral Sims! employment of American des troyer forces in European waters dur-' ing the first year of this country's par ticipation in the war was severely i criticised today by Admiral Henry IJ. Wilson; commander of the Atlantic | fleet, in testimony before the naval board investigating Itear Admiral' "William. B. Fletcher's removal fron.; the Brest command by Admiral Sims.' Basing of all destroyers used in cori-j voymg American troops and supply; transports into French ports ortj ^uenstown instead of Brest up to the} spring of lots. Admiral Wilson de-! dared- meant that the destroyers; "worked only one way" and "wasted j mileage." in the long trip back tc; Queenstown for refueling. If original-j ly based on Brest, he declared, these destroyers could have worked "both j ways.'' convoying transports out as; well as into the French ports, and; thus made to render the.r maximum: service, as was demonstrated some' eight months U:ter, he added, when! this plan was permitted. Disagreeing with the testimony ofi <'apt. Byron C. Long, Sims' aide fori operations at London, who said Ad miral Fletcher's request that destroy- i ers be based on Brest was denied be-! cause of lack of oiling facilities there, j Admiral "Wilson declared that at the j time he succeeded Fletcher facilities; at Brrst were adequate for "quite a large force." j Admiral Wilson declared the five ' converted yacht? which it was testi fied had been the only force available for outward convoy of transports, dur ing Admiral Fletcher's command at ilrest were '"worthless" for that ser vice. Capt N. C. Twining, counsel for Ad miral Sims, questioned the witness's; "ccmpentency" to pass judgment upon the adequacy of Admiral Fletchers' forces when you were not acquainted in detail"\yjth what he bed to do with: ;t." "1 need no details," replied Admiral '? Wilson." I know that he had to es- ? eort troop ships to sea, and that he j had only a worthless force to do it with." There ii no question under' heaven about his forces having been . inadequate because I had to suffer un [er the same thing for months." Tcstimnoy thai he took three staff; ?facers and a considerable office force. a j Hi him to Brest, Admiral Wilson do-j ?la red that he "found practically lOthing to work with" ir. the Brest or ganization when he got there. Work is the Last Resort. The world seems to want a couple >f hundred billions* of dollars to .'??? ihin^s the' only work can accom plish, and .. i* .vill do the work it .vor.'t need the- money. - - - May July Oct Dec NEW YORK COTTO?i MARKET. yes'td'ys' Open High Low Close Close! 41.00-4X.15 41.00 38.P0 39.28 OA ''" O '?. -J ?> S 38.98 38.98 Railroads duced ( Columbia, Aj ; \ rales will be alltfl ~ 33.34 35.28 i i lion ol* the Amei 34.48 34.45 lion, to be held in j Marriage License Record. W?te [May 13-16,. accordii j ment made today ? lina Railroad Com3 j The Railroad Co] j with the railroads tl j cial rates to the Cot ! convention. This attended by between, I people, it is stated. ! has just received adi Charlie R. Compton and Ruth R. Jackson, of Sumter, S. C. Colored. Harvey Tomlin and Bertha Davis,"j roads, stating why they3 <>f Sunxtrer, S. C. i the special fares for the' Robert Thompson and Mary Choice. I Planters, of Dalzell. S C. j The roads, state the of J. B. Elliot, of Columbia, and Lusi-j<,ratin*? ?"der unusual circ ana M.. Richardson, of Wedgeville, S. I for the six months following C. private ownership, March; Sam "Logan and Zenie Thompson, of j government has guaranteed., Stateburg. S. C. ! return to the railroads for ilj? Vander Gregg and Elda Smith, of!1111(1 th?> railways take the Sumter. S. C. I it would not be fair to th< David Williams fand Flossie Fortune I ment to do anything that <>f Mayesville, S. C. j <kr the. lines from making'^ Folly smiling and Irene Smiling, of j Possible showing, for. the-: Sumter. S. C. i vested. For thus, reason. Houston Thompson and Halter!-or reduced rate$ was rejgctl iJyrd, of Pine wood. S. C. Leigh ton Sumter, of Sumter, S. C;, and Ethel Thompson, of Dalzell. S. C. j stated. Calvin Beckum and Maria Williams.! _[_ -~ of.Tindal, S. C.. ,. Calvin Brown and Lula Davis, of I The Atlanta, Constitution Sumter, S. C. j mends A. Mitchell Palmer ?p; its. Welder Boykin and Carrie Bell i' tituents, calling him the", f'cott. of Sumter. S. C. i valve of the situation." , Bat,., Petrov Dunham and Bertha Lcc j^'alve docsn-1 -furnish -.any.power; requests for special .fares, declined by the roads - now, \ nd rews. &t Sumte*, S.:C tmamm me rely ^ h-lows- o?-.;BteaaL^?ii.w~; -siA-grrfSg Pf?? BICYCLES Wc have cvei^h?ijjf for ffie-' ?.* ? ? ?' .? ? ? : ? '? Bicycle. Rcpairiiig a Spffe-X V ialty. See us. \VE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY 8 H. L 37 W. Liberty St Phon? Fine we?tk&f far certi? 1 a ixie We?if?s The farmers like to see this hot weatxt- ; er, and you won't mind it if you'll wear | Dixie Weaves. We're ready to fit you out in jthese cool, j comfortable clothes. The best way to tell you they are good and stylish is to say Hart, Schaffner & Marx make them; you know what , that v means. DID you get your STRAW? There are plenty of them here, stylish, good quality and good values. All the new braids and shapes. summer mmtsi stylish ones Some have soft collars' to fnatch the shirt; all the new patterns and collorings; all materials; best values in town. HOME Ol- HAUT SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHES