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THE S OfTER WATCHMAN, Establisl sjsolidated Aug. 2, V SHERIFFS POSSEj Race Clash at FayetteviHe, N. C.; One Mas Killed and Sev- j eral Woun?ed i ?;-? . j Fayetteyille; X.. C May 2.1?H. C j 33utler was killed Deputy Sheriff W.j C. Moore mortally wounded/two oth- j er white men shot and several houses, in the negro section of the city burn-J ed as the result of a clash here to- ; ;nfght between, whites and negroes.! At midnigh t the situation bsd calmed J jdown, although considerable excite- ; meat still prevailed. A call for, troops telephoned to the governor ear- j lier _n the night was cancelled. -' j The trouble began this^ morning j with a altercation between a white . girl and a negro woman in a snbur-i r ban mill village. The negro woman's j father, the police said, made trouble] jthroag&out the day in that section of i ,the towsl and when" officers went to ] arrest him tonight he. with several! other negroes opened fire on the party: from behind a house. In the exchange of shots Butler was killed and the other-members of the party wounded. Assistance was rush-1 . 45d from -the city. and the -house in! Which the negroes were hiding was1 fired. The negroes retreated, before the.fianes to another house which al 3?; wa? - fired. The shooting coniin ned. bat it is not known whether any ^ tike aegroes were killed or wound ??0&eor$$^ Hbbbsy leader of the ne- j ^roesv and two others escaped and w^re l^eing pursued with blood hounds, late tonight. - The entire negro popu ?i&?on of that section of town has fled.; ^ayetteville Qiriet Af ter a Night of Strife] Fayetteville, N-. C, May 22?Quiet j prevailed today after the trouble last ' ji^ti which resulted in the killing of j Sheriff Butler, the probable| fatal.: wounding of Deputy Sheriff., MOjo*e and the burning of three negro dwellings. George Hobbs, the' negro. <jbarged with shooting; the officers," is beiBig pursued with bloodhounds.^% |putof :3E^yingiTflii-j iiusV'Sumter county; has ! voted '^S bonds -for "bnUdlng- hard roads -some citizens? in . .the M?lt&g Cteefc""section 'havSe expressed desij^e to annex with Kershaw coun ty in, order to escape the heavy taxes which:" will' be imposed upon them. While we will be-glad to, have them, still theymay_be jumping out of thej *Mc$itig- pah int?^tbe fire, for we are j going some on-bonds, too... We havej just_started, ahdr before we are head- j ed ?'-off: we may be/hopelessly' involved, j ?Wat eree. Messenger, i V.- ::?:":- .. :. I t TIT ; South Carolina Legion Opposed to Pensions for Soldiers I Cofcrmbia, May : 2 4-^Work - ? ior .?wounded and disabled soldiers as "op-J \ posed to the bonus for all veteraiiBrofl Athe World War 5s to .be stressed by the ] , -Sooth Caxormajbranch of the Ameri- j -can legion, recording to announce- \ jneftt ?nade today by trym 'Belser, ad-j /jutant of the Legion for the . State, f ;.who, Ilas been appointed as a com-ji mitten for the'State to head up this special, effort, .... . j; > Mr. Belser announces the appoint- J' ment of a state connnittee for this:, same work, composed of John T. j ? Sloan, Columbia; W. _>. Workman,; -Greenville; and'L. K. I^gge^; Charles ton. ' ;. \\] Th? Legion has tafcen a stand which is not in favor of the bonus. The po sition of the most of the former sol diers in South Carolina is "that the money which Congress t appropriates i,hOu4d be for the'wounded and dis abled and not for all, including the' able-bodied veterans. Congress will ' have to appropriate millions for eith purpose. ; ;*Fhe committee Turned by Mr. Bel-^ ^^ will h0t only head up the efforts j In favo? ef the disabled and wounded j" era, but will also probably take! action to present tK position of I South Caroh'na Legion to members; 40# Congress from this State. ? ; _-__-;- ? - j RESIDENT OF PAl^GE INJURED Falls from Moving Train and is Fotmcf iiy Track^ Worker Montargis;. France. May 24?Presi- | ^dent Deschaneh of France, fell from; a moving train in the darkness last: night.' EL* walked,a mile until he met j a tracfc worker who telephoned for an | aotomobfles IN WRECK j Automobile Toppled Over North j Carolina Mountain ? ? .--: ... i ^ Aataeviller N. C, May 2.4?P.oy-Run-: moh, his wife, and two babies and j ,T<*+ter W. Massey were^ijlled when his Automobile?" toppled over a mountain ] er?baakment near Hot Springs. A si\- | year old boy. was the only survivor. ? tied April, 1850. "Be Just ! 881. I CHRISTIE BENET ASKED TO SPECIFY Sooth CaroIina\gnffragists Ac- ! c?se Him of Gratuitous \ Insult and Misrepre- j sent at ion Columbia, May 21?The officers of. Ihe South Carolina. Equal Suffrage.) ?League have addressed a pointed let- j ter to former Senator Christie Behet, j of Columbia, demanding that he pro-j duce proof to substantiate the charge; made on the floor of the Democratic) ?onvention Wednesday night that the j leaders of the suffrage cause in South; Carolina have been paid worker**, i They state that they consider it un- ? thinkable that a man' who has sat in | the United States Senate should make j such a statement. | The letter of the suffragettes, ad- j 'dressed to Mr. Benet, is'signed by Mrs. ) Julian B. Salley, of Aiken,- president] o.f the equal, suffrage league; Mr&d I^eBoy Springs,' first vice president;; Mrs. * Henry [Martin, second vice pre-j sident; Mrs. T. I. Weston, recording! secretary; "\Trs. C. Fitzsimmons, cor-j responding ^rcretary; Mrs. A. C.Ham-: raond, treasurer, and Mrs. .Walter ?uhcan; auditor. Mrs. Salley and Mrs. Duncan reside in Aiken. The other officers live ihr'Columbia. . The letter feUows'r . j - "The puhlic prints of Tbursday. May 20~, contain ?e^?iiegation made by: you on the ;fl?br of the State Democratic convention, that the women leaders in fee suffrage cause in Soiith Carolina have been* paid workers. It is un thinkable that one. who has been per \ mitted - to hold a seat in the United States * Senate, representing : Soai?t Carolina, would make a.,staten*ent-or bring a charge which he could not substantiate. Since, , however*, the charge as .indulged -by you, through, which insult has been-gratuitously of fered the women who have been and are still leaders- in the suffrage/ move jnentin this State, is without founda tion in fact, we demand of you the source of your information. It will, we assure-you, be very interesting to learn .by whom the suffragists.;'were. naidV who were the suffragists who re /ceiv^ed pay,, and ..from whence came the -funds. . . . ? "Except fo^this-i Charge as brought by you -against a large numberjof wo menAvho' have been; ceaseless' in th>irl e?orls to secure Nfor. wohten that right whdtob:;.has long, been denied, her,'the remainder^ of your- remarks: were suit ably.' and. completely refuted on the{ tioof ^otthe>on^entibn, but We woukJ4 premiss; in "p?W-self-respect^'and in our d uty, to our great, caiise which has j. our h^rtfeV'sup^rt.''. did ' "not'' we challenge your ?hin?nly and wholly unwarranted ? allegation.' "We demand, in the name of justice asd truth, that you produce proof* to Substantiate your charges, failing in which there appears to be but one other" resource for a gentleman to pur sue; ancl that, as it seems, would be to' publicly "acknowledge his public misrepresentation." DRAFT DODGER j DUPES GUARDS Bergdoll Escapes From His Home In Philadelphia Philadelphia^ May 21 ? Grover ^leVeland Bergdoll/ convicted draft dodger recently sentenced to serve five yeitrs on Governor's Island? N: Y? es caped from non-commissioned, army officers ?t his mother's home here to day and tonighr was still at large. The' wealthy * Philadelphian, who j evaded the government authorities ail over the. country for more, than two . years before he was. captured at his home in a sensational raid, disappear ed. In his own motor car while two sergeants from. Fort Jay, N. Y., \fho had him in charge, were sitting in the' drawing robin,of Mrs. Bergdoll's pa latial home. * . . The machine was driven by Berg doll's chauffeur, according, to the po lice; who believe the driver merely obeyed his command. According to information received here -from Fort Jay' tonight, Bergdoll came to Philadelphia yesterday on a three1 day furlough to attend to. "im portant business matters." It was said j by the military authorities that hej had left Governor's, Island on compe- j tent military instructions and was; supposed to visit' a city other than j Philadelphia. The nature . of Berg- j doll's business, the military auth?ri-4; ties said, was confidential. Bergdoll . made his escape about 3 o'clock. It was said the two- ser geants had spent the night at the Bergdoll home, which is on the out-. . skirts of the city. This afternoon he was entertaining the .sergeants with j recitations from- Shakespeare, accord- j ing to James E. Romig, a fried of the j Berguoil's. who was present. A tele-j' phone bell rang and Bergdoll said he; would answer it. He left the room, j and as the bell kept ringing the two \ sergeants became suspicious and in vestigated. .His car, which had been ' standing in front of the house, had disappeared and Bergdoll with it. The! draft dodger was dressed in. olive' army prison denim. The two sergeants telephoned police headquarters and every avenue of es- j. cape around the city was covered by the city authorities. MINERS HOLD STRIKE MEETING Wilkesbarre. Pa., May 24?Repre sentatives of 170,000 anthracite mine' workers arc meeting here to decide the; fate of the wage negotiations. and Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou A 3UMTEE, S. CM Montana - First; South Carolina Last Report of Sage Foundation ^Ort; State Education Sitows Rank of States m New York, May 23?Th?- State of; Montana has- the/best all-roui^iVpub^ lie school system in the UnitedU Stated according to the results of a com para** tive study of State school '^systeins'' made public today By the Hussen Sage Foundation. The report as signs second place to the'schools ofj California, third place ^o those of ; Arizona, fourth to New Jersey and, fifth t(fcthe State, of Washington! These findings are contained... in ai report by the "Department of Sduea-f tion. of the Foundation. T,he volume! is entitled, "An Index Numben^ &rj State School Systems," and thVau|n-i or is Dr. Leonard P. Ayres^. dfrec^or'] of the Foundation's Department \ot" Education. ; Other findings of the .report are tfcat| the school system of the United ^Sta&esj as a whole has doubled la efficiency in the last 50 years, having an index] or rating of 26 in 1870 and offe o?52 j at the present time. Since these^Jn dex- numbers are figured on tb/e basis j -of 100,. the school system of the. coon-j try has not an effectiveness or elfi^ -ciency of only 52 per cent, according to the report. [* The figures for the individual;Stages as given by the Foundation sfofcw t?at during the past 20 years the "West has, been coming up educationally wjuiej the East has been going ;down.-v Dur ing this time the; greatest increase among all the States has been rolade by Utah while, the State to vvnielv is at tributed the greatest falling oft: in re lative standing is Maryland, -la the. East only! on*e State that has 'gained instead* of losing is New Jersey. :fn .the West the State that has the best and most- consistently high record^ is California. . ? Among the interesting resnlte; >qf, the study is the conclusion that me schobt systems of the 'Uhited^tatfea* territorial posessions^ snch, as: iHaw^ the Canaf Zone, and Porto Bid^ hajve. higher^ratings .than those of majhy 'of the 48 States. That of Hawaii is re ported.^better<-than those of the maj^ ority %of 'the.: American. States; 'Ben ^outl^h States. have records, poorer j than that of J?o^o Rico'. '. : l The Fcoiadatibn's educational mea,sr j urement is worked out by takmg the.} official; -data showing the,. number -of j .el^en/.aiti?jdipg school, th^^inguttt j o^jtrain^g 'fh^;*'.mauke,. the. amounts. "^P,en3^4 for buildiijgs and supplies, the salaries paid their teachers, and other, salary items,' and .combining these factors into a single indes? number which shows,,the, general standing of effici ency of the school system. This me thod resembles that used by the Fed eral government in indexing .the cost of^ living, and prices for commodities. The ^Foundation states that; aU-..thef; results,are computed from data furn>x IshedI by-the States themselves to the] Fedexa^*g?vernment and that the/rec ords have been compiled and combin ed by exactly the same methods for all the . different States, and without 'adnaittmg Into the results any eter raents of personal judgment. The au thor of the report served durpg the war as chief statistical officer, of the .army. ? The standing of the 48 States," the District of Columbia, and "the three territorial possessions is shown in thej following table. Montana..75.8 California . 71.2 Arizona._. 66.2 New Jersey.:.65.9 District of Columbia .'64.3 j Washington. 63.71 Iowa ._-...... 61.9! Utah-.:...........-61.4; Massachusetts -......'- 61.0 j Michigan i. 60.1 j Connectictit ..'.......?_'.... 59.8 j Ohio . .T. 59.7 I Nev Tork. 59.41 Colorado. 59.2 j North Dakota ..'._... 59.1! Nevada .V. 59.0 j Tnxbnana. 58.9 j Idaho.r. 58.6 j Minnesota .. *. 58.4 j Oregon.-.. 57.8 !? Pennsylvania.- 57.7 f Nebrasl,a ?. 57.1 j Hawaii -.- 57.0j Illinoi?. 56.8 j Wyoming. 56.7 j' Rhode Island. 56.3; Kansas .<. 55.21 Canal Zone ....... 55.1 j South Dakota. 55.0 j New Hampshire . . 54;4 j New Mexico. 53;01 Vermont.'.. 51.5! Wisconsin.-. 51.3 Missouri. ? 49.6 _ Maine .:-- 47.4 ! Oklahoma .?-. 44.4 Mary-land .? ? ? 43.2-j < Delaware .?-. 42:3 i( Texas .?. 41.3 j Florida. 37/8 i West Virginia . 37.7 j Porto Rico .- 35.8 j Virginia .v..35J3t Tennessee .?? 35.1 j' Kentucky .\ 25.0 j Louisiana . 23.9 |1 Georgia. 32.6 North Carolina .*-.. 30.6 Alabama. 30.6 Arkansa ._ tfb.3 ( Mississippi.80.0 >' South Carolina.29.4 J j In addition figures are . given to | > show the relative standing of th?M school system of the States and pos-p lesions in 1890. 1900, 1910, 1916 and 1918. These indicate that California |1 has always be*n at or near the top of ? ' the list, while the Carolinas have *n j ! every case bean at or near the bottom.!1 Every New England State is shown by j< the figures to be losing ground while < i ims't at be tby Conntry's, Thy God's i BSDAY, MAY 26, 1920 MAY ANNEX . T0_SUMTER Turbeville Section of Clarendon ' Comity Has Moving Fever ? ? TWe learnj?w that. Turbeville, like Pinewood. , n?? the moving fever? 'Snmter has'. made the people of t that section a porposition which they are ise??nfily considering, and it would not surprise us at all if they do not call an election for the purpose of vot ing themselves into Sumter county. The.road from Turbeville to Manning is so terribly - had that they can scarcely, travel it; and it's on account of the turn-pike Sumter has promised ? them that triey may leave us.?Man irinf Times. . ? SPGR?EN . HELP SCHOOLS license Taxes Amounting to f $45V0Q? io Be Turned Over to Schools Columbia, May 24?Approximately forty-five thousand dollars of money collected from sportsmen' of the State will be distributed among the public schools early in June, according to a statement niade by ? W>- H. Gibbea chief state game ward en. . Mr. Gibbes states that-the game law money for ^hools is air in and wi ll be distributed among .the' counties the first.1 part of ?xe ' coming month, as soon as all. the details in, connection with the compil ation of returns are completed. The game law provides that of the money collecteci as fees for the issu ance of hunting licenses, nine-twen tieths of 'thai collected in: each- county shall be returned for school purposes. -The game T$arden's qjffice in Colum bia $r$ll?^iL.the moriey to the coun iy^trea^rera aiid each county's snare will .be-apportio ned, among the schools by thw bounty "educational authorities. MR AT UNIVERSITY Hundreds of Old Students Will . ' . ;.j. . . ment . , i ? ;\ ? ; ?' Columbia. ;J?ay 2 i.?Several hun 4reg:?orin^r sttt dents.- of-'tt^lCJa^e^ity ^>f South cSirol ina 'are expected'toTap dfed the col?'?^ncemenV exercises, at thermstit?tioii this yeatv;attracted es pecially by the special'* program; of "Alumni Day," for which extensive plans are'being made. Tbe; commence ment staffs June 6. Alumni Day will be June 8th:. ' ?' '?" Alumni ' will attend'** from many States, New York, California and other parts of the country being represent ed.! : The' program will'-begin with a business session at lO/o^crbck, follow-1 ed by.a ''st?nt*' program'^with a hum- j ber ?l comic out-door events, such as] potato .race, and the likef There will be a parade in automobiles through the streets of Columbia, a brass band headmi* the procession. This .will end at the Bdgewood couritry club, where a barbecue^ will be served. The after noon will b$ "jolly-up" smoker in the smoker in the chapel building. t Rut ledge L. psborne, State Comptroller General; ?? ?hairm?n ?f the commit tee .in charge of the pjans. Judge G. Ai Woods, of Marion, is to be the commencement . speaker at Carolina tills year. Dr. Henry Harms, of Philadelphia, former president of Newberry College, is to* preach the baccalaureate sermon. PUBLIC TO I BE TAXED Railroads Will Increase Freight Rates a Billion Dollars -: "Washington, May 24?The billion j dollars additional revenue the rail-j roads are seeking through i increased j freight rates does not take into ac- j count any w?ge increase the Railroad t Labor Board may grant the 2,000,000 , railroad employees, Howard Elliott of j the Association of Railway Executives i told the Interstate Commerce Commis-; sion today. MASONIC REUNION | AT SPARTANBURG; Spartanburg, S. C, May 24?Scot-' tish Rite- Masons * of the Southern j States 'trill hold a special reunion on j June eighthl... every State in the Far West has gain- j ed in relative rank during the period. ? in the Educational race Iowa has far j outstrlped Illinois, while North Da j kota has gone rapidly forward. Ne-1 braska is reported having gone for-] ward and Kansas backward during j the period of 28 years. The most notable change that has; taken place during the 50 years cov- I wed by the report, is in the attendance" in high Schools. There are now 100 times ?s many pupils enrolled in hisrh schools as thene were in 1870. The number then was 19,000 and now ft tS nearly 2,?0O"*,?OO. The high school? attendance has increased with great', rapidity but the new pupils have been j mostly girls. In the matter of teachers' salaries. Lhe States show most diversified pra6- ! tices. The lowest average salary is 525 p?r month for the State of North Carolina, while the highest is $88 in j California, both being based on a year j jf 12 months. 1 Mid Truth's." THE TRUE Si ! Benet Replies to Suffrage Leaders Says No Reflection Was Cast Upon Womanhood of State - Columbia, May 24?Christie Benet, former United States Senator, yester day issued a statement relative to thei fight over the equal suffrage amend j ment in the State Democratic conven-! [tion last Wednesday night and subset i J qu-ent statements issued. I J Mr. Benet says in his speech on thej I floor of the convention there was no! j reflection on the womanhood, of South j j Carolina when he said there were j j paid workers among those seeking tp j foist equal suffrage upon the State, i He contends that tho main issue is j whether South Carolina shall accept j an amendment to the federal consti | tution which carries with it provisions j for enforcement by bayonet rule on j election days as did the 14th ancLl5th 1 j amendments. Mr. Denet's statement ] 'follows: - j "In order to keep the record straight : ? as to what transpired in -the State] 'Democratic convention on May 19 inj I reference to woman suffrage, 1 here- j .With state what occurred, j "A resolution was introduced in thei 1 convention by the suffrage people and j referred Hb the committee on rules,] providing that white women should] vote in the primary this summer. This j was tabled in committee .by an over whelming vote. An amendment to j this resolution was then offered inj committee by the suffrage people pro viding that in case the 36th State rat ified the Susan B. Anthony amendment before our primary .that white worn-! en should vote in the. primary. This] ] was defeated in the committee by. ai vote of i8 to l+r and the matter cama up in the convention upon the adop tion of the majority unfavorable re port.* * To Coram 11 to Suffrage. "Some time prior to the introduc tion of the straight suffrage resolution Mr. Western introduced a resolution expressing sympathy with President Wilson in his illness and the hope for his speedy rc.turn ? to health 9 and strength "in order that he may again assume the leadership of the moral forces oil the world.'. This was unani^ m?usly adopted by , the convention I without b^ing referred-to a commit | tee. . -A. resolution^ was .introduced by j Mr. McLeod that the delegates, to San j Francisco' gb ?nin^uete^d, Mr CThris-. j tensenf offered an amendment to this S resolution that ther delegates to San dates*' but mi^c^e^/to'-';'Co^^;:'^"ei leadership and support this policies of of Colleton opposed this, resolution, stating in substance, that the conven tion was goirsgr to send good Demo crats to San Francisco, that he did not understand the effect of the reso lution : and that ourf delegates should* follow the policies of: ther Democratic party and should not be bound to sup j port the policies and leadership of I anyone man, even though, that man.be-' ! Wopdrow Wilson. I then obtained the [floor and stated that "the' real- reason of the resolution was to tie fhe hands of the delegation ahd of the State convention in favor of the Susan B. Anthony amendment The conven tion immediately killed the Christen sen, amendment by an overwhelming majority and the fact that this design was uncovered seemed to disconcert I the .suffrage people. "Later the unfavorable majority re port of the committee-on rules on the j amendment to the straight suffrage resolution came up for consideration by the convention. - Kot Many Workers. . "In the debate I stated that there was no widespread or spontaneous de sire for suffrage on the'.part of the ?white women of South Carolina. That I had stated formerly and repeatedly that, in my opinion, not more than ten per cent of the white women of thei State wanted the vote and that only about 25 women were active workers! for it. I further said that this group of 25 had busied themselves going- up and down the State advocating the adoption of the Susan B. Anthony amendment. I then pointed out the traditional position of South Carolina on State Rights, and on the adoption of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments, and. showed the similarity of the wording Of the Anthony amend - f ment to that of the fifteenth. I call-j: ed attention to the fact that anyji weakening on the part of South Caro- j Una in reference td this question 11 would not only be construed as an ad- j! mission of the right of the federal jj government to have passed thev four- j ] teenth and fiftenth amendments, andj; the force bills passed in consequence ? 1 thereof, but would also be construed 1 as ah- admission by the Democrats of s South Carolina that the Susan B. An- j < thony amendment would be passed j j before the primary in August and j < that this message would be immedi- j < ately sent to the legislatures of Louis- j < iana and Delaware, how in session, in I i an effort to have those States adopt !j the amendment. That South Carolina : i should stand firm in its position on the j 1 matter, and-that a weakening on thatji position would be bpund to have in- j t fluence on the other States. ; j 1 "Liter in the debate Mr Chirstensen j f had the floor and was attempting top nieet the position taken by me thatU not more than 10 per ceatr o? tile wo-' I men in the State wauted th*srote and|> that the movement- wa? ; wit wide- j t spread or spontaneous, I asked- him,?-. ? the question if he did not Jhww it^to(t be a fact that some of the most active { workers for the movement in thts^t State had been paid. Mr. Christensen' t emphatically denied this, arid i said t to him. 'Weir; it's true.* - . j i Says He^cor? Twisted. I d "An effort is now, being made tojs twist what I said to mean> < aj>. .-that! ' )LTHRON, Established Jo?? 1, 1866. VoLL. No. 30. MEETING OF ROAD COMMISSION Citizens Who Are Dissatisfied With Proposed Road Plans Invited to Attend Dr. E. S. Booth, the President of the Chamber of Commerce; has. .called, a speciaL meeting of . the officers arid directors of that organization, for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to discuss the matter of the proposed annexation of Rafting Creek township to -?'Xer shaw county, to see wj&tf, if anything, can be done to bring about a satis factory solution of the troubles Raft ing Creek citizens are ^supposed * to be. afflicted with. ; . *^ Since President-Booth issued bis call for the directors to meet, it was learned by Secretary Reardon that a section of Shiloh township in the^Iione, Oak and Norwood school dikricts are signing petitions asking for a special, election to decide amiexation^ of that section to Florence county. It^seems that the Norwood and Lone Oak sec-; tion citizens have been hearings^and' believing alt kinds of propositions^ about the' bond issue .funds, There appears to be a regular scientific, ahtl hard surface^ and r bond issneV propa ganda headquarters right in, Sjumfier city, with br?snch agencies scarred4n every township , to spread reported t^at each section of the county wik be;^iis cxhninated against ;Sa the;NiorWjS*d'. and Lone Oak proposed anness istsl have been r4nvited, like t^ej] ing .Creek citizens t? come ^'yf?fiBia?? meet, the Sumter County, Perm|t^^ Road Commission, fcxe to fa^'^ati& present their 'grievances, reai-w|d( imaginary. Mr.. L M. Truluck) of^S^ Norwood schoo), section, a director of the Sumter County Chamber of :0rph raeree has been requested to extend th e invitation xto ? all dissatisfied i loh citizens to meet the Perni| Road Commission :at 11, o'cfc morrow, 'at the Chamber of Coi when the .Rafting Creek' citizen?;^^g the commission. WOODS CAM? ? Of, - ? Hitchcock TellsJBfowMoney^ Was Spent t0;b)t Di^?;;^ Washington^ May M^Fj? Hitchcock, one; ?f; J^nerkl 1 campaign. manqigersV- told^ the ^seq?$fc /investigation Committee tb^g W^^k?ew^the- totgeflt^j any State by the Woodc was ^iS.OO'O. ii'?'Jers%'i_ the'jfext Jargest waV $i 2;5^jfc'in land. He said the campaign in:; Tork' and..'a mumberV.of>i other was financed . by Wood> -sqpporti^ without asking aid from. >the Woodx>r^ ganization. Situation Too Unsettled In Si beria Declares Empress ??rr. . . i Tokio.. May 24?The'situation in th?i; Far East is too unsettled to permit? the . Japanase to withdraw their tcoop? from Siberia, said the empress in' ani| imperial address before the annual meetingNa? the Japanese Red Cross DANIELS READS W AR P Washington, May 24-?-Secretary Daniels; today read to the senate inr*? vestigating committee the schedule of war plans prepared prior to April 1917. m M i. i i i j ? ? i ~ - ? a Ii. all of the workers, prbelteyers in suf frage in: the State were paid, or, (b) that not more than 25 women in the State were in favor of suffrage, or (c) that all the leaders were paid. I said none of these things. Nor did I say anything that in any manner what soever rejected upon the white wom an of South Carolina.' "I am opposed to the Susan Bl An thony amendment, /out Mr. Christen 5en and the. suffrage leaders In SoutK Carolina favor its adoption.. They are trying to cloud the issue which -is: rhe fourteenth and fifteenth -amend nents gave the authority to the fed-* yal government to. control by troops ihe ballot boxes in South Carolin?. from 1870 to 1876. The enforcement provision in the fifteenth amendment, imendment is identical/With-the same )0rvision in the fifteenth amendment, ind, in effect, the same as that in the., burteenth. K adopted it cap and will ye used by Republican administrations is authority for interfering with our Elections and as'*givirtg the federal, rovernment the right to send bayon ts or armed federal guards into South Carolina to attempt -to control bur elections. This is an issue that id moothed over by the advocates of-the imendment, but should not for one noment be lost-sight, of. In substan- V iation of this and to show that it is lot idle talk I called the attention of he convention _tp the fact that already >ending in the congress were two orce: bili?r one; introduced by Senator Vdtson, a republican from Indiana? nd the other by Senator Moses, a Re ?ublican from New Hampshire, by rhich the representation of the South rh States in congress is to be curtail* d and otherwise applying to Our elec ions. ... [ **The advocates of the Susan B. An hony amendment shall pot submerge i his great wrong: on the South, which hey propose, and divert attention rom the 'main Issues,. by convfcrtinsr nything "connected with it into a per-* mal Issue with me.** " . - CHRISTIE BRNET,