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THE SVMTER WATCHMAN, Establis Consolidated Aug. 2,J WILL MEET IN CHATTANOOGA Southern Baptists Select Ten nessee City as Next Con vention City Washington, May 15?The choice of a convention city is before the South ern Baptist Convention with the com mittee recommendations favoring Chattanooga. . Hot Springs and Birm ingham are strong tcontende.rs. The committee on temperance declared that the convention cannot relax its effort in the interest of prohibtion be cause the liquor traffic seeks to com pass heaven and earth and circum vent the law. It declares that Bap tists must see that only the friends of law and order are elected to office, whether President or constable. Atfer a spirited contest Chattanooga was chosen. PILING UP PROOF AGAINST SIMS Daniels Brings Evidence That Charges Against Navy De partment Were Wan ton and Unfounded ">-' '.*??. - ? ' ?? _ ? \ v. Washinbton , May ' 15?Secretary Daniels today attacked Rear Admiral Sims? , charge that the Navy Depart ment lacked plans and otherwise was ?mprepared for war. Before the in vestigating committee of the senate Secretary Daniels said the charge was aminformed and wanton," and de clared that the testimony of the mem Ix'rs of the General Board had proven Ihe statements unfounded. COUNCIL CLOSES ANNUAL SESSION Episcopal Body Will Gather In Special Meeting Next Fall In Columbia * iSpartanburg, May 13?The council of the Episcopal church of the dio cese of Souih Carolina closed its three day session here today, adjourning to meet in special session at Columbia, October 12, for the purpose of elect ing a bishop coadjutor. !-iPter' 'routine "business matters "were disposed of this morning. Bishop W. j A. Guerry made a personal statement to the council with refenrnce to the much mooted question of dividing the diocese into two sections. The bishop stated \hixt though be believed it .to be to the best interests of the church to make this division, in view of the .greater efficiency which would result from cutting the diocese in two, it was impossible for him to face the situa tion without the greatest pangs of ? sorrow. The division of the diocese must mean his separation from the close friends he has formed in this Beccion of the State, he said, and ho could not part with them without feel ing the deepest grief. The bishop was visibly affected when he began his speech, and at this point he was over come completelyN and was utterly un able to continue his address. At this Juncture some one in the audience re lieved the tension by starting the hymn, "Blessed Be the Tie That 'Binds.'* After singing of ihe hymn the benediction was pronounced by Ithe bishop and the council came to an end. CONFERENCE POST PONED BY PREMIERS Meeting With Germans With Supreme Council Will Be Held June 21 \ Hythe, England. May 13?Premiers I?oyjJ George and Millerand after a conference, decided that the Spa con ference of the Allied Supreme Coun cil be postponed to June 21st. HANDS OFF LA . BOR DISPUTES JJead of American Legion Rules Against Taking Part in Controversies Indianapolis. May 15?National Commander D'Olier. of the American Legion, in a letter l<> the New Jersey adjutant, .declared for a policy of ?hands off in all disputes and cbntro versies between employers and em ployees and capital and labor. OPPOSE STOCK DIVIDEND TAX Republicans Do Not Want to Force Capitalists to Pa;-* for Soldier Relief Washington, May 15.?The lax o:: stock dividends to rais money for soldier relief \v .s rejected by the Re publican members of the ways and means committee. Moscow, May 13.?The cent ex ecutive committee has decree. ar fial law in the provinces of centra] and northern Russia and Archangel. ?hcd April, 1850. Be Just L881. j THESE TOWNS GREW SOME j ?_- I j Detroit Suburbs Break all Ree ?rds in Population In creases ? - j j Washington, Mav 15?All records 1 i I for increases in population in the pre- . j sent census were broken today by j j Hamtramck and Highland Park, sub- j j urbs of Detroit, which showed 1,266 I j and l,03i per cent respectively. The! I increases were due to Detroit's auto- j I mobile factory workers settling in j these towns. Both exceed 45,000 in- j j habitants. HOOVER TALKS ! j OF SUGAR; i - j Food Administrator Discusses Conditions In Sugar Market j . _ . j ^ Washington, May 14?Herbet Hoov- j j er. former food administartor and ] candidate for the Republican nomina- i tion for President, gave his views to congress today on the sugar situation. * Appearing before a house commit tee investigating the sugar situation, Mr. Homer declared that the world shortage of the product was likely to continue-two or three years. The pressing need was rationing^ he said, with immediate government action to j I control the supply through commer-i Icial, not legislative methods, j Although the hearing related pri I marily to the. action of Attorney Gen eral Palmer in approving a maximum i price for the Louisiana crop", it reach ! ed out" into a broader field after Mr. j i Hoover said he could give only on "off : jhar.d" opinion as to- that proceeding. I Mr. Hoover, said, however, that the j government should have bought the I Louisiana crop last year, pocketing I the loss or else selling to the luxury trade at an advance. Earlier in the day Mr. Hoover, who was a member of President Wilson's second industrial conference told the senate labor committee he did not be lieve that the relationship between ! employers and employees could be j settled by any form Of legal repres- j ! sion. whether it be by injunction, com- I ! pulsory arbitration or industiral courts; j While a large audience heard . .r. j j Hoover's views before both commit- j ! tees, the greatest interest -was dis-j played by crows that sought enlight- j eninent on the shortage and high price of sugar with its resultant tax j on the family pocketbook. Answer ing a multitude of qusetions bearing) j on the Louisiana crop and price sit-; J uation Mr. Hoover explained that he j had no knowledge of his own on the ! I subject but that it influenced Cuban j ! producers to stimulate prices, and that; ? except for it, the rise in prices would j I have been less rapid. I Mr. Hoover frankly disagreed with | ; the policy adopted by the Attorney ! j General, saying that if he bad been in I 1 the latter's place he "certainly would j I not have attompted such an opera- [ j lion." Prices never could be fixed by; j threats of jail, he said, adding that I i 'he proper course was through com- j j mercial process. j In making reply to members who j ! wanted to know what should have j I been done to keep the present high | ? costsVoff the people Mr. Hoover reit-; crated that the government should j j have bought the Cuban crop as well j as the Louisiana crop and that even .now there^was a chance to help by j i 'imiting the supply to non-essential ! : indutsries. In this connection he told ; J the committee that prohibition had j i stimulation the use of sugar in manu-| i facturing of sweet drinks, and thus had added to the (drain on stocks need- j led for home consumption. j REDUCE FORCE ! j AT LAND BANK: Only "Skeleton" Organization i to Be Maintained Columbia. May 1"?About 20 em- j ployees of tin- Federal Land bank, in cluding stenographers, bookkeepers and tile clerks, have been released by that institution pending the decision of :the United States Supreme Court in the case brought by the American [Mortgage Company to determine the j validity of the farm loan act. While the eas< is pending, the land! bar.k will dispose of no bonds and i there is no longer any necessity for [maintaining the large force which the bank usually employs. The 12 land] banks, located in the principal <*itics of tin- United States, are nil reducing their forces to "skeleton" organiza-! tions. merely retaining a sufficient number of employees to attend to thei business already on the books. At the; .'and bank in Columbia, a force of 12 including the four officers is being maintained. It is not known when the Supreme j ?'onrt will render ii< opinion in the! case, though several months may! ? lapse la-fore it announces its decision, j Cntil the decision is announced it is I understood there will be no activity in loaning operations. EX-VICE PRESIDENT DEAD. Lori P. Morton S:i<"ounibs at Advanc ed Age. Poughkeepsie. X. V.. May 16.?Levi P. Morton, former vice president of the I'nited States and former gov ernor of New York State, died at his ! in.me. Ellersiie. Rhineboek <>n the ? Hudson, at S.30 o'clock tonight on the, 'i'Gth anniversary of his birthday. md Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTES, S. C, WEDN HOUSE SUSTAINS THE PRESIDENT Attempt to Override Veto of President Wilson Defeated In House Washington May 14?President Wil son's veto of the legislative appropria tion bill us containing an infringement on executive authority was sustained in the house today against the efforts of the Republican majority to over ride it. Though aided by a handful of Dem ocrats, the Republicans failed by 28 votes to obtain the necessary two thirds majority to re pass the bill over the President's disaproval. The meas ure then went back to the appropria tions committee for elimination of the sections objected to and will be re turned to the house on Monday for passage in its modified form. The Republicans rolled up 170 votes! to overcome the veto, but the Demo crats cast 127 votes to sustain the! President. The vote carries with il I a denial of-opportunity ?or the senate! to attempt offsetting the veto, for the redrafted measure will leave the house witho: t the provision relating to pow e/o of the joint committee on printing at which the veto was aimed. While the house was considering the questions. Senator Smoot. of Utah.' author of the provision and chirman of the joint committee, told the sen ate that the President had been mis informed as to the effect of the pro-, vision which would have given the committee control of all government publications. Roger Babson, formerly' connected with the committee on pub lic information, and others attackinp the joint committee were accused by Mr. Smoot of having misled the pre sident. Chairman Good of the appropria tions committee, declared that 155 publications would be compelled tc cease next June 30 and the blame, he asserted, would rest entirely with the President. Representative By^ne. Democrat, of Tennessee, replied that the blame would be with congress for failing to authorize the continuance of the publications. Representative (Disson. of Missis sippi, was the only Democrat to urge that the veto be voted down. He con tended that congress had not exceed ed its authority in adopting the pro vision because of its constitutional power to limit < xpenditures. In the vokv however*. -Representatives Galli-1 van and Olney. both of Massachusetts; ; Evans of Nevada and Lea of Cali-j forma joined the Republicans as did ' Representative Randal] of California, j prohibitionist. and Representative Keiler, Independent, of Minnesota. ! CARRANZA HIDING IN THE MOUNTAINS! - j Fugitive President and SmaF Body of Followers Escape Vera Cruz. May 15?President Car rdnza, who has been fighting against the revolutionists near San Marcos for the last live days, has escaped cap ture. Accompanied by a thousand men he broko through the insurgent tines rnd is believed to :>?? in tuei mountainious country between Pue- ! bia j-j.d Oaxaca. NITRATE TO BE SOLD One Hundred Thousand Tons Will Be Released Washington^ May 13?Under au- j thority of a joint resolution \ adopted recently by congress, the war depart- j ment today released 100.000 tons of! nitrate of soda for sale to the public, j The sellini,' price has been fixed at j $SS.30 p< r ton, which is estimated to] '.)0 the price cost to the government j The stocks from which the nitrate' will be drawn are at Brunswick. Ga.; j Fernandina. Fla.; Galveston, Texas; i Jacksonville, Pensacola. Tampa. Lit-1 tie Flock, Hopewell, VaJ and Nitro, J \V. Va. SOVIET DENOUNCES DIPLOMATS - Chinese Government Asked to Banish Representatives On Old Russia ! Peking. April 23.?The Soviet au thorities at Irkutsk', Siberia, have; asked the Chinese government to banish from China the diplomats and consuls of tin- Old Russian govern-; ment who have continued to live in China since the overthrow of Em per-! or Nicholas. The request is signed by M. Jansen, delegate of the Coun-! cil of Commissaries in Siberia and the Far East. The Soviet note declares that these diplomats and counsels still are be ing supported by the payment to j them by the Chinese of that portion ; Of the Boxer indemnity allotted to] Russin, but this source of support would be cut off by the Soviet gov ernment's renunciation of further payments of that indemnity. The Soviet note adds: "The powers given to these offi cers of the former Emperor have Ion?; ceased to exist, but the officers continue to live in their houses and to fool the Chinese with the assist-] ance of .Japan and the Allies. The Chinese people should take cogniz- 1 ance of t lis fact and banish these I liars and fools from their territory."' ims't at Ikj thy Country's, Tliy God's i ES DAY, MAY 19, If 2C MILLION DOLLAR THIEF ARRESTED Nickey Arnstein, the Brains o: New York Bond Plot In Custody New York, May 15.?Jules "Nicky"' Arnstein, the master mind of the New York million dollar bond theft plot, was arrested in the district attorney*!? office when be appeared with his wife. Fannie Brice.. an actress. Arnstein said he had been in Pittsburgh all the time the police were searching the continent for him. Arnstein was imprisoned in the tombs in default of $75.000 bar.. SULTAN MAY RESIGN Ruler of Turkey Talks of Quit ting Job as Protest Against Treaty i ???? Constantinople. May 15?The Turk ish Sultan will resign the throne in protest against the severity of the peace treaty presented to Turkey by che Allied powers, according to ru mors, which are credited in many quarters. NEW INSURREC TION PLANNED German Communists Plotting for New Outbreak and Wholesale Murder London. May 15?German Commun ists are planning a new insurrection which may he attended by wholesale murders, according to a Berlin dis patch to the Exchange Telegxaph. quoting a statement by Yon Graefc. a Conservative member of the Reich stag. HEMP GROWING IS PROFITABLE Free Seed for Planting is Of fered South Carolina Columbia. May 14?Seed for plant ng hemp is offered to the State of South Carolina or t" any citizens with in jthe State, free of charge, for the planting, by Joseph Dixon, an officer of the United States Merchant Marine. i vho has written a 'otter from New j York to Governor Cooper, in which lie offer is made to get the seed if some one will plant It in some of 'Outh Carolina's wet soil. The sailer who offers the seed expresses the be lief, based on information that he has gathered from all parts of the world, ".hat the raising of hemp will be worth millions of dollars to the SVate. "The United States imports mill ions of dollars worth of hemp yearly from Me::ico. Manilla. New Zealand and other parts of the worHd," writes Mr. Di>>on. "all of which could be grown in the United States. In all the eastern parts of the Carolinas there ^re large tracts of wet and swampy j land, also plenty of poor land, that ! could he made to pay as well as tho finest farm land in the United State** j All this land could he made to grow I fibre, without any cultivation, what wer, and every acre to produce from ! $5<? to $1 00 each year." j Mr. Dixon is chief officer on one of I the United States Shipping Board's ! ships. lie is a native of Xew Zealand I rind states that he knows what he is writing about. He states that he has secured, at some trouble, enough seed to plant a thousand acres of j swampy land in hemp. Fie tells Gov. Cooper that ho will furnish the seed to any South Carolinian who wants to plant it. He also states hq is giving some of the seed to botanical gardens in the North, to f-st its ability to stand cold. "We intend to have the largest mer chant marine in the world." Mr. Dixon writes Governor Cooper, "and the only thing we have to import is the rope we use on our ships." BARS STILL DOWN No Legislation This Year to Keep Out Undesirable Im migrants Washington. May 17?Chairman Johnson of the honse ?mm!cr**at''**1 committee announced today that no attempt will be made at tnis sessio.i of congress to enact legislation sus pending the immigration laws. STATE HIGH SCHOOL FUND Columbia, May 17.?An appropria tion of $250.000 or $260.000 will be needed for State High School aid next y< ..r. as against the $175.000 appro priated this year, according to a state ment issued today by the State De partment of Education. This will be needed to pay adequate salaries to High School teachers for the 1020-21 session. During the session now closing there have hern 5->?j full-rime instruc tors in High Schools, and 33 part-time teachers. The Stale supplies an av erage of $326 per teacher. This moans that two-thirds of the High School expenditures must be derived from other source*? than State appro priations. md Truth's." THE TRUE S( K annuity for old preachers! I Baptist Convention Makes Pro vision for Retirement of Ministers at 68 I Washington. May 14?What South-I j ern Baptists arc doing in providing' relief for their aged ministers and! j their families and establishing an an- ? ! nuity for ministers after .they reach the age of 68 was set forth in the an-! tiual report of the Relief and Annuity' j Board, as presented to the Southern. | ! Baptist Convention today by Dr. Will- J [lam Eunsford, of Dallas, correspond- j i ing secretary. i I From the recent $75,000,000 ' cam- | ! paign, $2,500,000 was porportioned to \ this board and a movement will be I ! launched to raise the sum to $7,500, J 000. The maximum annuity will be; i 55500 a year for those who have en-! i gaged in active denominational work [ for as long as 30 years, prior to reach- : ? ing the age of 68. Where the pastor j or other worker has been serving the I denomination for a lesser period than' ! 30 years, the annuity will be reduced (according to a regular scale, i In the-event of the disablement of a j minister prior to reaching the age of i 68, the annuity becomes immediately j available and in the case of his death fhis widow or orphan and dependent j cniidren will receive 60 per cent of ; the annuity which the husband and father would have received. The an f nuity received by members is in ad ! dition to the relief funds that, are giv en/ them in case of needi . There are 10,000 Baptist ministers in the South. ! dublin police ! intimidated Sinn Feiners for Whom They Have Warrants Go About Streets Unmolested (Correspondence Associated Press) Dublin. April 30?Scores of men in this city are "on the run" which, in the parlance of the land, means that 'he police hold warrants for their ar rest, let they go about the streets unmolested by policemen. Sinn Feiners here, and incidentally few men will admit they are members >f that organization, say that the po lice are afraid to .arrest one of their members on the streets because a ?rowd collects, often shots are fired ind usually the prisoner is rescued. It is at night and at home that they i ire in danger of arrest. The police I !o not admit they are afraid to make j in arrest in public but say they dis ! ilce to create a scene where many peo j >Ie may gather quickly. One o~ the "runners" confided some ">f his i.oubles to a newspaper man He is 38 years of age. has a wife and hi'.dren and has served several term? as a political prisoner. He said: "My wife and the kiddies are get ting rather tired of the suspense of not knowing whether I am coming home or going to jail. I have four places where I sleep. It is only at infrequent and irregular intervals that T go home and then never to sleep in a bed. If they come for me. which hey have several times, i get out of ; he house and they find no evidences j that I have been there. "I do not have j to lay out- along a hedge or hide be i hind a tree as long as I might if they i knew I had been there- and instigated j i thorough search. "This is only an outline of the sort j of life many us are leading thos< j days. We all follow about the same system in which much is left to chance ; but it really has kept many of us out j of- jail for intervals at least." ! This informant said nothing would suit him but an Irish Republic and ! he would fight for it as long as he | ; lived. philippine trade | is depressed: i - Many Ships Leaving Manila j Without Full Cargoes _ i Manila. P. I., April 24.?Cargo! ? ships are leaving Manila frequently; with their holds practically empty,; I shipping agents say, because of ad-! verse market conditions in the Unit-; ed States. The law price for hemp I and cocanut oil. two of the leading j articles of export from the Philip-j pines, is one of the principal factors i in causing the surplus of cargo space,; shippers assert. Because of the large stocks of these i products accumulated during the war,' both here and in the United States. I a surplus has been created and it is; said that they may now be purchased; at a lower price in the United States! than in the Philippines. > is charged with contempt Five Million Dollar Bond Thief Defies Federal Court New York. May 17?Jules W. i "Nicky" Arnstein today faced charges; of contempt in the Federal Court in! the first move in what is expected to; be a long legal battle in connection j with the five million dollar bond plot.' -. A religious census of the city was; t iken Sunday afternoon for the pur pose of ascertaining the church affil- ! iations of the residents of Sumter, and also to find out how many arc not! church attendants. i Ii? )CTHRON, Establisi -d June 1, 1866, VoLL. No. 28. DECISION MADE AGAINST GARAGE Judge Woods Wins Damage Suit Against Automobile Re pair Sliop Columbia, May 14?Judge Charles , A. Woods, of Marion, formerly a mem ber of the South Carolina Supreme Court, but now judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, i at Richmond, won a damage suit in the Richland county court yesterday af-'1 ternoon, against the Thrower Auto motive Co., of the capital city, involv ing1 return of an automobile, or the payment of its value, $1,500, actual damages of $350 and punative dam ages to the amount of $250. Coupled with the suit for damages' was a claim for and delivery action for the car. The plaintiff set out that the automobile concern offered to; re^' pair a car for $100? and presented a bill for $231.20, with an itemized statement for repairs." The plaintiff*; set forth further that-the Thrower. Company failed.to return th% auto mobile after several requests had been made for it. Mr. Thrower, of the de fendant company, set up the defense 'that Marshall Wallace, driver- foi? Judge Woods, agreed to leave the'ear fat the Thorwer shops for repairs,t-the ' cost of which was to be approximate ly $230. MORE PAY FOR THE PREACHERS Baptist Convention Goes On Record for Living Sal aries Washington, May 14.?Pastors of Baptist churches must have larger sal aries if they are to do their best .work! and the churches are to serve thei.htr man family as they should, declared the annual report of the Laymen's Missionary movement of the Southern Baptist convention, as presented to the convention today by Dr. J. T- Hen derson, general secretary. While the Laymen's Movement'has' been in .existence for twelve years and has for its objects the bringing abOut of greater religious activity on the': part of the lay members oC the churches, a special, program -has Ve'en^ formulated for better payment of pas tors, adoption of the tithe as the min imum of giving to religious purposes and encouragement of men of means to make bequests to religious institu ions and causes. Much activity on the part of men dentified with the Laymen's Move ment in the 75 Million Campaign was reported by the general secretary. Twenty-eight members of the esecu 'ive committee of that Organization contributed $144,870 to the causes ?'cprcsented in the campaign. Local md general members of the commit tee were active in every phase oLihe campaign.^while' the general secretary ^raveled 24,675 miles in the interest of the campaign, made 120 addresses in 12 States in its behalf, and assisted the men; of more than a dozen cities >f the South in the organization of ac tive men's unions. Many laymen who had never been active in religious work were reached in that way and became leaders in the promotion of the denominational , program. Mount Pleasant Se lected for National Guard Encampment Columbia. May 14.?Mt. Pleasant has been selected, after weeks of con sideration, involving the advantages in the two places. Camp Jackson and' ML Pleasnt. as the place for the Na ional Guard encampment in June, ac cording to Col Roudiez, instructor-in pector of the National Guard in >outh Carolina, who has word from the Southeastern Department head luarters in Charleston that the en campment will be held at Mount Pleasant. Official orders regarding he selection of the place for the en mcampment are expected by the ad jutant general's office in Columbia at an early date. The National Guard encampment will be for4 about four hundred civil ian soldiers, from all the companies of the State. The camp will begin June 15th and extend through the 29. The government will pay the expenses of the men attending the encampment, which is for intensive military train ing. It is stated that this two weeks of soldiering will prove a pleasant summer outing for the Guardsmen who take the course. The Southeastern Department con sidered the advantages of Camp Jack yon, but it is stated that Mount Pleas ant was considered the, best location. Mt. Pleasant is the rifle range for the N'ational Guard in the State. SHIP NAMED FOR ARCHIE BUTT New Bern, N. C, May 17.?Named in memory of Archibald W. Butt, the young Georgian army officer who was aide to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and who lost his life in the Titantic disaster, the concrete passenger-car rying steamer, Major Archibald Butt is being put in shape here for service in the transportation division of the War Department. The vessel was launched recently at the Newport Shipbuilding Corporation's plant here ? and was christened with champagne by Mrs T. F. I Tin es. wife of Briga- . dier General Hines. . ... . -. i ? . .