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TnK SVMTER WATCIIMAX, Establis Consolidated Aug. 2,1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Honors for Veterans ? Road Bond Campaign Com mittee Sumter county is going to prove that no other county ever had a more enthusiastic reunion of the South Carolina Division of United Confed erate veterans than Sumter can pull off. In fact, it might as well be ad mitted now a-s it will be demonstrat ed on May 5th and 6th, Sumter is go ing to put on *'the best ever" reunion and then some. In elaborateness of detail, social functions, decorations, music, parade, and other features, it looks as though the Sumter program will eclipse any heretofore attempted during a re^ union in South Carolina. j The committee on homes for enter taining veterans now has reason to feel more encouraged, but it must be borne in mind that time is short for! the requisite number of homes to be offered and registered, and that if in a given time sufficient homes are not offered thai the- committee will have to necessarily take it for granted that sufficient homes will not be offered in time to guarantee the committee not going to the trouble arid expense of providing other forms of hospital ity. . ! Remember this, there are hundreds of hospitable citizens X-ho are not averse to entertaining veterans, pos sibly would be only too glad to do so if they realized that their homes are needed, but who doubtless candidly think that there are plenty of other homes already offered. Here is where the "over confident" habit causes trouble. Practically no one absolute ly feels that there are so many inhos pitable homes in Sumter that all of our gallant and much loved invited Confederate veteran guests will not, be entertained gladly if it is just known that more homes than those secured are required. That is why this scribe is writing so j much of what many people call '"hot air" about these homes that are need- j ed. We must lei our citizens knowj that their homes are neded. and that j these citizens must get busy offering homes right now. It is necessary in j stirring the public up to a full reali- i zation of its duty occasionally, to fur- j nish what the domestic.science people call "a balanced ration"?somewhat! varied from day to day. Therefore j one day the so-called "hot air artist" j furnishes a bill of fare sufficiently i embellished with sugary enconimus and variations, and then perhaps* the ne^t day hands out some "hot stuff" to make you sit up and take notice ?tha you are not exactly "on the! job" as a hospitable and public -spirt- I ed citizen should be. A good "hot roast" some times will cause the goods to be delivered, if followed with a little dessert the next day. The Sumter Chamber cf Commerce on last Saturday appointed 150 citi zens throughout the western section of Sumter county as special commit teemen to advertise and assist in get ting the voters out to the meetings this week in the interest of the $2. 50?;.0f?0.00 hard surfaced, concrete bridged, well drained, permanent main highway system bond issue to be voted on at the special election on May 11th Meetings wil be held this week at the following places: D?lzell School: Wednesday. April 21. at 8 p. m. Rembert School: Thursday. April 22. at 8 p. m. Wedgefield School: Friday, April 23. at S p. m. The objects of these meetings are two-fold; first, to explain the legal provisions of the proposed bend is sue, just how this money will be spent, and for what it will be spent, if the citizens decide by a majority of the votes cast to issue the bonds, the kind of hard surfaced roads that, will be built, and the business-like meth od of maintenance, the permanency fin dthe economy of hard surfaced roadS over dirt or sand-clay highways ?the commercial, social, and educa tional values of a systematic road system to the farmers in the amount of money saved over and above the increase of taxes by the saving in wear and t^ar on the teams and ve hicles, the time and money to be sav ed by being able to haul farm prod ucts in greater quantities at much less coat per load or ton, the amount <>f money saved, over and above the in creased taxes in avoiding so much automobile and tire deterioration and repair costs, the increased value of farm lands in every part of the coun ty, the time saved by farmers and ih< t;r.io saved in labor ami :nu cs ar?0 horses in quicker and mere sausfac tory highway transportation; etc. The committee in charge of the campaign sincerely tru-'x that every vcter who is opposed to 'he bora! is sue, and there are. some. w?l be re tain to attend at least one <>f these meetings. The speakers for the advo c ites of the bond issue are worn...? ?open and. above-board, the supporters of the bond issue hi**? absolutely rxtning to conceal, but m-ch to be proud of they think, in their advocac y of the progressive step to make Sum tor county a more desirable place in which to live, notwithstanding most Sumter county people believe that Sumter county ix iho besi in which to live. A free, candid, friendly discussion of the two sides of th<- question is wanted, and ihe committee sin< ? -i?< '? trusts that every voter, whether for or against the bond issue- will attend these meetings, and hear first-hand, from men who have given the subjcci much serious thought, and in order that all may intelligently vote upon INLAND TRANSPOR | TATION NEEDED America Cannot Retain Place In World Commerce Without Greater Facilities St. Louis. April 19.?America must develop inland water ways transpor tation in order to retain! her position in the world's commerce, speakers at the Mississippi VaHey Waterways As-! sociation declared'! They said the railroads- have reached the limit of their capacity. RED CROSS SUS TAINS LOSS Ship Load of Supplies for Con stantinople Burned at Saloniki Saloniki, April 19.?American Tied Cross supplies en route to Constanti nople were destroyed when the ste-im er Leye was burned in the harbor here. WELFARE WORK ER IS DEAD Body of Miss Mary Ellen Appel Found Near Versailles Paris. April 19?The body of Miss Mary Ellen Appell, the Allentown. Pennsylvania Welfare Worker, who had been missing since April 7th, was found near Versailles. There was no evidence of foul play. KILLED BY TORNADO Fort Smith. Ark.. April 19.?Mrs. Charles Zachary and two children were killed and a score of persons are reported seriously injured as the re sult of a tornado at Hickeytown. the issue. Those who oppose the bond issue?and it is believed that comparatively few voters are opposed should be willing to hear what the advocates of the issue have to offer? the opposition owe it to themselves and to their fellow-citizens to hear both sides of this most important pro position presented, and if the opposi tion has anything better to offer then; it is their honest and patriotic duty to present their plans, open and above board, in a public meeting for the: benefit of their fellow-citizens, be cause neither those who favor orj those who oppose the bond issue have anything to hide or to be ashamed of, every man being clearly entitled to form and express his opinion on the matter under consideration. But it is generally conceded among all fair-minded men that it is more demrocratic. and many think much more manly and business-like for those who oppose any such important and far-reaching movement as the j $2.500,000.00 bond issue, to come out in the open and light for their cause, and to be willing to stand up in a meeting, among their fellow-citizens and show the votres wherein those who favor a proposition are wrong. If a man's cause is just or if he 1 thinks it just, he ought to be manly enough and sufficiently public-spirited to enlighten his fellow-voters to their faces in any public assembly, and not slink around, trying to prejudice vot ers against the opinions of those who favor the bond is*ue. Many a voter ! has been elightened and converted to a proposition by going to a mass meet ing and hearing an open, fair and ?square, detailed and comprehensive ; explanation of the subject, instead of i listening t<> some man who is opposed i to the proposition just because the op ' position would not hear both sides of I the issue. The $2,500.000.00 bond ix ; puo is an issue in which every man should think and act for himself, af j ter full investigation and after hearing J what both sides have to offer. No man j who feels that his way of thinking is the only way is competent to advise any other main how to vote. Because the suporters of the bond issue be lieve this to be true they have adopted the open and above-board, democratic, fair and manly method of calling mass meetings and inviting their op ponents to meet them on the hustings, hear what th?? advocates have to of fer, and to present what the opposi tion has to put forward in refutation. When yon meet a man fighting a pub lic issue in the dark, but who is not willing to face a crowd of his fellow citizens to enlighten them?you us ually strike ;i man who is incompe tent, or if competent to dictate to his fellow-men how to vote, js lacking in inerve to go ai it in the way that will carry conviction to the greatest num ber in the shortest possible time. Therefore let every voter, for and against the bond issue attend the mass meetings called by the advocates of hard-surfaced highways- t'<>r those who favor and for those who oppose the bond issue. Nothing is to be lost by attending these meetings even if you are opposed to the bond issue except, however, that perhaps some few who are trying to induce others to vote against the bond issue do not favor an open and above-board dis cussion, or do not favor yon. if you are undecided and want to approach the matter with an open mind attend ing' a meeting because you might hear something better than the bond Issue fighter lias to offer, and you might rlso hear something from some speak ers who have as much brain, and who ir< as great or possibly in some in ;ta.neos more successful business nmn than the man who is seeking to make you vote his way?against the bond is uul Fear Xot?Let all the ends Thou A rjMTEK, S. C WEDNE UNLAWFUL STRIKE j PLAYING OUT I Railroad Employees Are Return- j ing to Work and Traffic is Be- j ginning to Move Again The speedy termination of the! transportation tie-up by unauthorized j strikes of railroad employes seemed! assured today. The switchmen, yard-j men and other employees of the Pennsylvania. Leading, Baltimore &! Ohio returned to work under orders; of their strike leaders, in a district ex- j tending from Washington to Boston. .: The men are returning to work rap- i idly in the New York district. Re-: ports from all sections of the cohantry j indicated that the swing hack to work i is gaining rapidly. This was reflected,] both in the increased amount of traf fic and the loss of enthusiasm for the j strike, apparent in the attitude ofi , many strikers. JENKINS DE NIES CHARGE! _ I Man Held In Lexington, Ky., Jail Says He Did Not At I tack Boy Lexington. April 19.?Lucien K. j Jenkins, who is held in jail here forj (safe keeping, protests that he is in-i I nocent of the charge that he assaulted little Willie Tremble. ! ROCHESTER MURDER TRIAL Man and Wife Charged With Murder of Edward J. Knepp I Rochester, X. Y.. April . 19.?The ; trial of Jas. L. Odell, c harged with i the murder of Edward J. Knepp. was begun today. Mrs. Odell will be tried on the same charge later. MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Railroad Labor Has General Wage Situation Under Consideration Washington, April 19.?The Rail road Labor Board met today behind closed doors 1<> consider the general wage question. FLOCKING BACK TO WORK Traffic Conditions at New York Approaching Normal as Strikers Desert Rad ical Leaders New York. April 19.?Srtikers con tinue to flock back to work despite ef forts of the radicals, and railroad offi cials assert conditions are approaching normal. CLEVELAND STRIK ! ERS AT WORK Two Hundred Switchmen Re turn to Their Places Today Cleveland. April 10.?Two hundred stinking switchmen returned tu work today. RIVER GIVES UP DEAD One More of the Ten Drowned In Savannah River Re covered Anderson, s. C. April 19.?The body of Im/. Manning, a member of the party drowned sometime ago in the Savannah river has been recover ed. Eight bodies are still missing. Paris, April 10?Relief workers have discovered tin* bodies of six Am erican soldiers who were killed on th?' battefield and subsequently buried by shell explosions near Verdun. A reli gious ceremony was held and th ' spot marked. New York. April 10?Messages from th-> steamship E. A. Morse said that they no longer needed assistance, the Storni having abated and she was re turning to New York with one boiler w < -rking. Agua Prh'ta. April 10?Sonera State Government officials continued the disposition of men and munitions to meet, possible invasion. Son b ra forces are far south of the border pressing through Smalon to attack Mazatlan, the principal seaport. Paris. April 10?Allied occupation of the Pchur basin was considered by the allied premiers a1 San [temo. ac cording to the Pel it Parisien. Pre miers Lloyd George. Millerand and Nitti ngri 'd as to Ihe necessity of forcing Germany to disarm, but were not agreed as to the best means of procedure, the newspaper declares. I ims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's a SDAY, APRIL 21, 1820 FIRE INSURANCE CONFERENCE; Underwriters to Meet In Co I lumbia to Adjust Rating Bureau Dispute - Columbia. April \ G.?What prom- j inent Columbia insurance agents say may result in an end to ..11 the fire insurance company troubles over The; rating bureau, troubles which havoi covered years, is a conference to be! held in Columbia on April 21 between j high officials of the thirteen tire in-1 Surance companies doing business in this State, which are not members of; the South Carolina Inspection and; Rating Bureau, and orficers of the un-j derwriters' association. The inspec tion and rating bureaus has sent a ? circular letter to all its members and J to the non-members, stating that af-j ter May 1 the bureau will discontinue! . . . . i giving service to fir*"- insurance com-! panics which are not members. This; notice is bringing about the confer-! ence, state insuratice men. and the! conference on the 21st will likely; bring about some solution of the sit-! uation with regards to the rating bu reau troubles. J Insurance men state that the pur pose of the conference is to work out ? some plan whereby the non-subscrib- j ing companies may become members' of the rating bureau and secure the services of that office. The. thirteen insurance companies which arc not subscribers to the rat ing bureau and which will be repre sented at the conference here next week are the Southern Home, of j Charleston: the Equitable, of Charles Iton; the Southern Stock Fire Under J writers; the Southern Underwriters; the Underwriters of Greensboro; the Bankers and Shippers, New York; the National Ben Franklin, of Pittsburgh; the Guardian, of Salt Lake City; the ! Peoples' National. of Philadelphia: the Pacific; of New York; the Pru dential, of Greenville; the Fidelity, of j Sumter and the Palmetto, of Sumter. A great many insurance companies i withdrew from South Carolina after ! passage of the Laney-Odom act of j 191?. and ever since then there has j been trouble with regard to member ship in the rating bureau. The rating I bureau is operated by the Southeast ern Underwriters' Association, "di cers of the Sofuth Carolina Underwrit ers' Assoeiation will meet with the officials of the non-subscribing insur ance companies in the conference j next week, over the situation. I FILIPINO OFFI CIAL DISMISSED ?Governor General Ousts Vin cente Morento for Misbe havior I Manila. April 17.?Yinc-cnte Mor | ente, under-secretary of commerce, j has been dismissed by the Governor ? General because he hadn't lived up to ! the standard of propriety and high \ minded care required of government ! officials. i ? ~ - ? _ - I RED CROSS SURVEYS I _ Community Studies for Purpose of Mapping Out Campaign i - Atlanta. Ga., April 17.?Southern ! cities and towns, all of them growing ] and waxing prosperous, are showing a more decided interest in their own futures than ever before in their history, according to officials at South ern Division headquarters of the j American Red Cross. Included' in the peace-time pro I gram of the Red Cross is a plan for community studies whereby the peo I pie of any town or county, assisted by i the Red Cross, can make a thorough : examination of their resources and ; their needs and, based on this survey. ; map out definite courses to pursue ; for their improvement along educa j tional. physical, reactional, social and I spiritual lines. It is much the same i idea, save that it is smaller and sim j pier, which such big cities as Cleve I kind. Pittsburg, Atlanta and others j have carried out with city planning ; commissions. ! As proof of the ambition of S^uth I ern communities to better themselves, ? Red Cross officials point out that : within the last few months workers j from headquarters have assisted eight ? towns and counties to make these j studies, while requests for assistance have been received from a score of others where there are Red Cross chapters. Where the community studies were made, definite plans for future progrss were mapped out and in several instances trained workers were retained to supervise the launch ing and operation of such plans. Denver. Colo.. April 19.?The bliz zard that swept several Stales yester day has abated. Several passenger trains have been dug out of the snow. Three ministers who were passengers on the stalled Mains conducted ser vices on ihe coaches. Belfast. April 19. -There was re newed fighting between unionists and Sinn Fehlers ai Londonderry Sunday. The police clubbed both impartially. Chicago. April J9?Eight thousand handlers and thirty thousand clerks employed on all railroads entering Chicago will meet tonight to take strike vote. There is continued im provement noted in the switchmen's unauthorized strike, and traffic condi tions in the central and far west are better. ml Truth's." THE TRUE SC students exhibit themselves | Carolina Boys Parade Columbia j Streets Attired in Latest Thing In Overalls Columbia, April 17.?A lino ofj students more than a city block inj length, marching two abreast, more than four hundred strong, and headed* by a brass band, marched through tho principal streets of Columbia Fri-j day afternoon, in celebration of- the1 inauguration of the Overall Club at, the University. Every student wore; brown overall trousers and khaki j shirt, with the exception of the CO-1 oils. There u-ere more than a hun-j dred young women students of thej University in the line of march, and! they wore gingham dresses. The students carried banners and j streamers, these depicting their hatred j for the II. C. L. "The Overall Union j knocked the H?1 out of the H. C. L." | read one banner. i i After the parade in overalls the | I students marched to the baseball field] where the game between Carolina and : : Clemson was plaved. i j Thursday night at a theater per formance here four rows of seats j near the front were reserved and j were not filled until after the first act. ' Then several score of students, each ! with a voting lady on his arm. filed I into the theater. Each man was dressed in blue'denim overalls and the [audience in the theater cheered loud I l.v. j There is a sentiment. however, against the overall club idea, and this is developing strongly in Columbia. One prominent Columbian from a nearby town was in the city Friday. Ke stated that he was a member of jan overall club in his county, but i that he was exempt while in Colum bia?he. wore a woolen suit. While I in Columbia he bought a new suit of ! woolen clothes to wear to a concert jat Rock Hill Friday night. The news i paper man had a good laugh on him. ? because of his inconsistency. I freight war on the south I ?: ? Big Business of North Atlantic Ports Making Strenuous Effort to Keep South j In Bondage ! - Columbia. April 17.?Business in ? terests of Columbia. Charleston. \ Spartanburg, Greenville. Anderson, ; Rock Hill; Sumter, Florence. Augusta, .Savannah?in fact, all of the principal Unties of the Southeast, are watching j with great interest the outcome of the fight over export rates from other i parts of the country to South Atlantic j ports. Advices have reached Colum bia and other Southeastern points of ;a conference held in New York City ?last Monday, between representatives of commercial organizations of the I North Atlantic region, the result of I which was the appointment of a com l mfttec of five to appeal to the Trunk j Line Association for suspension of the j present preferential freight rates to I Southern and South Atlantic ports, jpending formal application of the jTrunk Line Association to the Inter | state Commerce Commission. ! The special committee is composed ; of L). W. Cook, of the Chamber of i Commerce of the State of New York; IJ. C. Lincoln, traffic manager of the ; New York City Merchants' Associa tion; N. B. Kelly, of the Philadelphia' Chamber of Commerce; C. S. Hen 'derson. ofi the Baltimore Chamber of 'Commerce, and R. N. Collyer, chair ! man of the Trunk Lino Association. The rates on exports through Smith ; Atlantic ports from points west have in recent months been reduced, so as to be on a par with rates on exports ; through North Atlantic- ports. The 'North Atlantic interests are now wag : ing a strenuous tight to have the rates increased again, and the business in : terests of the Southeast are waging :a.n equally stubborn light to maintain, ! the rates. I The lower rates to the South are opposed by the shipping interests of 'the East on the ground that vessels' from Southern ports return without complete cargoes; that tne territory [.served by the Southern railroads is not as productive as the Northeast; 'and the low export rates were a war measure, and now with the war over ? the roads of the Bast should not have their earnings cut. These were the 'chief arguments presented at the con ference in New York city last Monday. A train load "f business men of the Southeast will leave Columbia on May ; 15 to visit many cities in the West, one aim being to attract the West to the Southeast, with a view to creating ? a demand for maintenance of the low er rates. It is stated in advices from I New York City thai the [nterstate Commerce Commission will probably decide this rate question at an early date. germanyIn" bad shape Treasury Minister Predicts Fi nancial and Economic Collapse Berlin. April 17. -A financial and economic- collapse confronts Germany within a year if the people don't real ? !?/..? the situation <>r the country and reform their methods of living. Trea sury Minister Wirth declared bet?re I the national assembly. lUTHKOX, Established Vol. L. FARMERS N CORP?I Montgomery Meeting mends Organization 1M nance and Market; Cotton Montgomery. Ala., April ganization of a strong financial tution in each cotton state South, the stock to be taken, by the farmers, all to be co-ordh to form an export cotton corpoj to handle direct sales of the stai foreign interests, was unanimp'i dorsed tonight by the Ameri< ton Association. This action followed an address Governor Dorsey of Georgia,'"^ cussed the plan he had develbj forming such an institution State, and which, he declared*, i tirely feasible, and if underta&ei every cotton growing state, ereate a powerful financial: Hi permitting the grower to deal, directly with the spinner. ? J. S. Wannamaker, of St. Mat S. C., was nominated for re as president of the association in. report of the committee on elect submitted this afternoon. A vote j the recommendations will be cast day afternoon. Other officials' nated for election include; B. C. Pot ell, of Arkansas, vice president; vie Jordan, of Atlanta, secretary^ P. McLeod, of Charleston, 5. C, chah man finance committee, and T. Schackleford, Georgia, attorney., v In line with the adoption: of the r< port of the committee on>'^market and warehousing, which rieexmimend cd a commission to make'a study;' t&\ national and foreign needs,;in the cot?. ; ton world, President Wanain?ker .'$6ir& night named: D. S. Murph^ Washing-f: ton. D. C, specialist in warehousing;-^ A. F. Lever, chairman of: the federal ? farm bank board; Clarence^'Poe, ed-/" itor of the Progressive' Fanner; ? J. F? Dugger, dierctor, farm extension, Ala- V i bama. and Harvie Jordan,-Atlanta, to ? ! that board. His duties permitting,/ I Gov. W. P. G. Harding of the. federal'; j reserve board, will also be placed on j the committee, which is called on to j report by June IS. j Speakers today included Represen j tative Heflin, Alabama; T. J. Shackle-. i ford, Athens. Ca.: H. D. Wilson, com-1' j missioner of agriculture, Louisiana," ! and J. R. Alexander, of Scotts, Ark, :.. At the morning session,- thfiL report-; ; of the committee on acfeage t?W lJric? j recommended that a minimum of %i) cents per pound middling" grade' b9 demanded by the cotton growers,v?ii? urged the production of good crops Ih "large quantities. The report was" uri animously adopted. A recommendation that commt j warehouse movements be mauguratecl j throughout the cotton states also- was j indorsed, together with a resolution (indorsing the Comer amendment ttf. the agricultural bill with respect to ! deliveries on future contracts. . RAILROAD WAGE HEARINGS BEGUN Railroad Labor Board , Opens Session in Union Station In Washington I Washington. April 17.?Hearings^ ? the wage demands of two million rafl I road workers was begun today by the j Railroad Labor Board. Vice President j Doak of the Brotherhood of Railway i Trainmen, presenting the employees^ ?case. Ternporar.woffices have been es tablished in the union station. The ; Labor Board will establish its head j quarters in Chicago. COURT TACKLES STRIKE PROBLEM Judge Curran of Kansas Orders Union Leader to Call Off Strike % Pittsburgh. Kans., April 17.?Judge Curran ordered Alexander Howat and ? other miner officials, to order back to ; work miners who have been idle all \ this week, lie ordered union officials to take this action or show cause on April 27. OVERALLS IN THE PULPIT Portsmouth Pastor Siezes on Fad to Advertise Himself and His Church Portsmouth. Va.. April 17.?Rev ( tend Denton. pastor of the Elm Ave nue Methodist church, announced to day that he will preach in overalls tomorrow, if he can obtain a pair. STRIKE LEADERS ARE OBSTINATE Outlaw Union at Chicago Reit erate Original Demands and Add New Ones mediate settlement of the railroad strike here was apparently definitely lost at noon when officers of the out law union reiterated their original de mands and added new ones to the list. The strikers are holding a mass meet ing this afternoon.