Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sum SUits Prohibition LEAD HfeW CRUSADE it Manufacture Main Source of lamaJc?. August 4-- War ^Bftrl*yc-orp hai? been I ,m%m\9 of 'Jamaica rum | t a*laeion*r??*, the van >hlon crusade, hove SCgaidontlon of the aialnat Alcoholism, fes to affiliate with the ?taust Alcoholism. Honor*bio Lsdf Jonen, Donald McLean, at. p.. AjSaorftcan missionaries to follow the Johnson, od? of to making Jamaica I hire of ? um. an In af ffahl to net the govsrn UaOO.OOa in revenue an Cifliiiiisf^sOai To Suniterl of State's it act' of the ltf1? a slate hW^wal dev. ta contained thi C?V] Highway ?^oafhiia. hT 1 tha hdvtce of thd engineer, lay out' a connecting higa*ara?a the State. donnectiog ev wlthln the But* arid loam avenues of trarvei tale aatd highway* com aanrn advisable." jJfC ?Ith the SlsOVS act the desartmswti ?bh> to ho hi ? public of the seven oonarse ml the Stats, to which an setrtiee who may he I the Mailar, a tentative rtha laid out by tos ^ tl?W*r|*?sfit after iofiT eoisalaeTsUon, aril ?sten this tentative . Maps of this lay ^ehtaWd at the sfftce of] StsperVlsor of roads of ev o( the ahove purpose ay ooro mission will at the county <*eortJ| of Sumter on Wed 11, 1st?, frem Id a. and a further hearing Court Noose in the city1 on Thursday, Aagustf, It a. ta. to l p. m., snd Seventh rongre-jstohal laves that the roads s laid oat on the said 'he" changed (s Invite* said time* and places and "?hi oomtntsston lie giving the reasons ' 'ay ? r * the department is l*%jfl?* th?'tiuty of laying out u? j ffahsm connecting the coonty ' afsJJ the roads of adjoining such roads a* cosld con properb he Incorporated a system can be takea into Rtioa. Demonstration Great Success ft? Advertise Bethel at County Pair demonetrstlon and girls' raj oiuh ^peeisl meet Ins held la*t lf? at INthr? ?< hool. nid a num #f U'lh-v ind ^rli -1* ",l several! ?en pe:.' ..a en htu elastic, -ceflfvj ?lai in* commnnlfy booth* <n?>of, r ? th? 192o Sumter iadj aikd girl brought sam 'thelr canril<s preserving and with oth<V articles for their school ia g^lns tnto the con fnrty and pUnv\ng and pre par ?rtth a prise winding demonetru >a. it?** other proai-easlve ichools sorting on thetr booths. Mym Cpro Trulm k, our efficient naiy ^lome demonstration ugent 1* "Bkasf hard to make tbV domestic and home economic depart ?ht of *h?* 1*30 county faJr excell otlt|r previous exhibition of kind. \ -County Agent J. Frank VvVlama stitvtrig very hard to have album? in? Individual fsrm exhibits.Vand hoys and pi* club exhibits >. as well as s general fleld crap, j tie, hog. poultry and feedatuff ek- j >hMt? with mighty tine proapects oil sucked log too N to larrease Atten?U?iwv. Spartanharg. August ft?A plan for dSRibltng the Sunday School enroll hastit and attendance of any Sunday "School hea )u*t been announced by the ^Mate Sunday Hchool Aaaoclatlon and may be secured by addressing ACIe?ersl Superintendent Leon C. Palm? er, K14 Allen 4s Law Building. Spsi urg. It stated that this new p'. i has tested out thoroughly in a large of Sonday Sehoola of all de ttoflia |a various States through the South, snd tho promotera of ajrs grstlfled at the result. Is attached to It. and the Tf literature ta fornl<*hed free he the South Carolina Hun Asscclstlou To Escape From State Peniten tiary in Columbia ONE NEGRO FROM SUMTER COUNTY Prisoners Found After Long I Search Under Floor of Build? ing, Two negro prisoners at the ?t?te I penitentiary gave ofh\ era of that insti? tution a thrilling episode of prison life when they "hid out" from Satur? day afternoon until Sunday afternocn. This ruse by prisoners is an old one and I? frequently met with by peni? tentiary Officials, but the two Satin**? day h?d outwitted the officers. lAte Saturday afternoon a negro woman came to the penitentiary to iges ,Walsh Smith who is being held for the murder of Magistrate Wiggins I st ?Hloree. Smith was sent for, but could not be located. Captain Day 'head of the guard foroea. then called the ml) and Instituted a close search for the negro. During! the roll cull it wag also discovered that Adam Griffin, who is being held for the murdor of Archie ftyx. a prison guard on the state /artn in Sumter county, was also absent.' After this discovery every avenue of escspo was closely guarded and onVers began a complete search for (be tvo negroes. Often prisoners hide out In the grounds In the afternoon with the hopes Of scaling the walls sat night, and penitentiary officials were conti? idont that Griffin and Smith had re | peet*d this trick. The negroes had beOn at work in the chair factory, and although Captain Day and Coloref Sandern believed they were some In the building, no trace could found of the missing men until tarty Sunday morning. Believing the legroes were In the building. Captain stationed himself there and wait until late in the night when h? Iff "The negroes mumbling under tip floor of the factory. ?ffer having discovered the men under the floor il took the officials nearly half a dap to got them out. iritffo and Smith had pulled ap danks in the floor and gotten under, tbat the officials had thought de. as they bad always cons.d floor of the building to be right on the ground. After getting Under the floor* the men had covet ed up their escape well and It was only by their talking did Captain1 Day get Wind of their whereabouts. Havini; located the negroes, the offi? ciate set about to get them out. This proved rather hard, as the building is s long one and every time the officers mould get through the flooring at one place they would Hud that the prison era had gone to another, many feet away. The rendesvous of the negroes was extremely dark and the. officers were forced to extend electric cords under the floor beforej they could lo? cate the men. After getting light un? der the floor some time elapsed before the negroes were brought forth. After combined efforts on the part of several guards and a trusty, the men were brought out and lodged in their cells, whei? they will find a hard time escaping The negroes f ad made prep? arations for a long stay under the floor uS they had severul large oaken, a g&one of sardines and other foodstuffs with them. The attempted escape gave prison officials considerable worry. Col. A. K. Slanders, superintendent! and Cap? tain i>ay were l oth continuity on the Job from the minute of tho missing of the prisoner* until they were found Sunday. Captain Day put In the whole or Saturday night watching for the men. OolonH Zanders said yesterday that LeRoV Micha I. a life termer front Charleston, Hide ! the guards material? ly In getting tin- nogroes. M<< hnl has often helped the officers and Saturday night he did splendid work, Colonel Sanders *uhl yesterday. Colonel nders and Captain Day were dis ? ovei the attempts'7 es ewpVvery mucn us the two negroes am being heid for murder. It was only b- fh.ii untiring efforts that the prison* re * ? r. urtH^ Walah Smiti- s as a resident of Sum fer county. Sumter Defeats Sum merton Pill Slingers Knock the Noted Hock Bland Out o' the Box and Pile Up Score ?umter defeated the fast Summer ton team 7-0 at Sumerton yesterday in a pretty gume of ball. Lndestro. pitching for Sninter put up a good sgrne allowing only three hits and ??ikln gout 14 men. Th efeature of the game was the hitting of the en? tire Sumter team, knocking the great Hock bland out of the box. Martin substituted for Bland was unable to check the onsfauht of tho Sumter Artillery. Sumter plays Heath Springs L,*iree games at the Fair Grounds be inning Wednesday afternoon. A good rrswd of tun? should be on hand for the local team i.s hitting a great stride then*, dnys. I {fore Loses Out St. louis, Aug. 4?Unoffietal news? paper r?tnrns Show that Core in still far behind Ferris In the democratic nomination for senator from Okla? homa. Davis, republican is leading Senator Sp^mer in Missouri for re. nomination and Long, democrat, hau S, email bad (?r Senator. Allen. of Kansas, is leafing for the repuhliean gubernatorial lamination by s nafe majority. Atkln?nn, republican, and Hyde democrat; are far ahead for fovprnor from Ml^ou'v both ure arys. GERMAN SHIPS IN FIGHTING Several Vessels Surrendered Have Seen Service WARSHIPS OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION _ I Will Send Them to Other Ports to Let the People See Them Washington, August 3?Four of the five German warships allocated to the I'nited States for experimental pur? poses were In the thick of the light? ing at the battle of Jutland, aceording to naval intelligence records here. The vessels are due at New York fromi ltrest, France, this week and under i\ clause of the' peace treaty they must be destroyed wb.bln one year after their arrival. The light cruiser Frankfort, now a wreck in machinery and being towed to the United States by the transport Hancock was the first ship in the Ger? man lAttle lino when ijt collided with tbe British grand tieet. while the 22, 000 ton drcadnaught Ostfriesland was the ninth ship in the line, immediately in the rear of the flagship of the Gor? man commander in chief, Admiral debtor. Of the three destroyers, all of which are being towed over as a result of their submersion with the GerVnnn fleet at Scnpa Plow, the G-102 and the V-43 were In the forefront of the fighting throughout the Jutland en? gagement. Ja'adbu: a division of four scout cruisers that bore the brun of the British tire at the opening of the en? gagement, the Frankfurt,, flagship of Rear Admiral' Hrodicker, was hit four times, but with a small ca ihre shell n each instance and stayed in tho .ghl to the finish. The third cruiser behind her was sunk at the opening of the engagement. The Frankfurt, which has a speed of 28 knots, is be? loved to have participated "also in aids on the British const. Although she was well up in lino ind her 12-inch guns worked throughout contact with the British fleet, the "dreadnought Ostfriesland, .flagship of Vive Admiral Schmidt; commanding battle squadron No. 1, escaped without a major blow, so ^far as naval records hero disclose, but was iamaged later by hittiitg a mine dur? ing the withdrawal to Wilhelmshaven, r, ? Of the two destroyers, the G-102 wag with the scouting forces, close to rbe Frankfurt, at the opening.of the battle. She took part in the destroyer attack on the British battle cruiser di? visions at 4:30 p. m., and later in the general engagement with British de? stroyers'sent out to cover tbA battle cruisers. The V-43 also was in the thick of the fight and was included in the flotilla that launched the destroy? er attack under cover of which the German fleet began Its withdrawal. The third destroyer In the group, the S12 2. is believed to have been com? pleted at the close of the war. The warships will he opened to pub? lic inspection shortly after their arri? val at New York and the Navy De? partment now is considering plans tp send then* to other ports. As only the Ostfriesland la able to proceed under her own power, however, she may be the only one of the group sent on an exhibition tour. The three destroyers are scheduled to go to Nor? folk in two weeks. During the trans-Atlantic trip Cap? tain Julius F. Hellweg, United States Navy, will be in charge of the fleet. Japan Replies Will Carry Out Arrangements Already Made Tokio, August 3.?Japan in the forthcoming reply to the United States, will amplify recent statements to the world powers regarding' the occupation of certain points in the Haghallen district, it is' understood here that there is no indication that Japan will refrain from carrying out tbe military arrangements already ttnade, but will tell the lTnited States that the occupation is only tempo? rary. Dr. Edmunds Pleases Olanta Audience -. Olanta,.August 3.?This community had the delightful privilege; yesterday afternoon of hearing at the Methodist Church Dr. S. H. Edmunds, superin? tendent of Sumter city public schools, deliver a most enguging address. A .representative audience greeted the 'earned speaker as he briefly, but with distinctly forceful thought, discoursed Up >n certain baneful conditions that follow in the wake of the great war. .tamely, lowering tho standard of man's ideal of womanhood, profanity, gambling, and an extravagant materi? alism. Deploring the fact that there is no reign of idealism, he insisted ?hat the people may recover In parti their loHt Inheritance herein by al? ways putting tlrst things first Thrill? ing tributes were paid Woodrow wn Hon and Rober( Edward" Lee. Educational Conference Uha t tanoogo, Aug. 1? Five hundred educators, business and professional men are attending the educational OOnfereitOe at Monteagle to gather practical examples of solutions to Southern school problems. Ty Cobb Will Take I Stump For Coxj NSW I ?rk. Ang. 4.?Senator Rar- ! risort of Mississippi announced today j that he proposed to take Ty QobPi the! baseball player. <m a swing around the circle to ppeak for Cox and Moose veil. I V. THRIFT IS MOTTO FOR CAMPAIGNS Managers Will Be Careful Of Expenditures REED SAYS ECONOMY WILL BE EN FORCED Will Not Go So Far As To Elim? inate Usual Trumpet Blare Chicago, August 1?".Presidential I campaigns this year are jroing to be | run; on a thrifh basis, in the opinion j of Heverai v members of the Senate, committee which has been investi? gating pro-convention expenditures of the various candidates who sought nomination by one or the other, of the major parties. Sei ; tors Kenyon (Rep.) of Iowa, Heed' (Dem.) of Missouri und Spencer (Rep.) (ft Missouri all declare that the campaigns this year v ill be con? ducted with more care and considera? tion for the financial end than ever before. The chairman of fl Srrato investi? gating committee, Mr. Kenyon, said the preconvention disclosures made through the committee, and the fact that it was instructed by congress also to investigate presidential campaigns will make the political inaragcrs care? ful of their expenditures and no dis? bursement which might cruse' unfav? orable comment, even f: om oppo? nents, will be made. "I don't mean to say that anyone is afraid of the committee," said Senr ator Kenyon, "but the politicians rea? lize that their expenditures are going to be scrutinized carefully and conse? quently they are going to cut outi many of the usual items." Senator Reed said that economy would be forced on the political di? rectors because they would not have so' many large subscriptions as hereto? fore. "Big business does not like t o be publicly mixed in politics find many of the customary large subscriptions will be cut down," he said. Senator Spencer, also ex pressed, be? lief that there would be considerable thrift in the campaigns 1 ut. declared it would never go so far 4 as to elimi? nate the usual trumpet blnro." ?There is a question, however, that the campaigns this yeai are going to ho handled on a very careful finan? cial basis," .he said. Provisional Soviet Formed For Poland Bolsheviki Are Pounding Lines of Enemy to Gain Warsaw London. August 3?A provisional soviet has been formed ir the parts of j Poland, occupied by the soviet troops according to a Moscow wireless. I Warsaw, August 3.?'Over a front of 120 miles the Polish armies are, being ! pounded to pieces before the rush of the Bolheviki hordes which are mak? ing a desperate effort to oapture War? saw before the conclusion of the armis? tice. Great masses of reinforcements have been flung against, the Polish breastworks defending B 'est-Ldtovisk, the last "great fortress del ending War? saw from tiie east and It has appar? ently fallen. ^he American consul has be-en swamped by Americana and otfters requesting passports. 1 -? London, August 3.?The Polish ar? mistice envoys were sent back by the' Soviets, who demanded that the em? issaries obtain a maielite to take up peace negotiations, a wireless mes? sage from Moscow says. Troops Disbanded AH is Quiet in Miami After Day mf Excitement Miami, Fla., -August 3.?The State troops mobilized yestenU.y because of the race trouble fears, demobilized today after the negro who was killed tin a jump from a train WOJ put aboard a steamer for Nassau, Bahama, for burial. The negro was charged with attacking an aged white woman and jumped to escape the ofleers. Tb re j is no disorder now. HARRISON ISSUES: STATEMENT On Recent Increase Granted By Inter-State Commission COMPLETES CIRCUIT OF MANAGEMENT Private Management Will Re? sume Practice of Competitive Efficiency Special to the Daily Item. Washington, August 3?Fairfax) Harrison, president of the Southern Railway system said today: 'The tre? mendous increase of railroad rates au? thorized by the interstate commerce commission seems to complete the j circuit of government management of the railroads industry. It was neces? sary to carry the scale of expenses set up by the railway administration but it must cause grave eoncern as to its economical consequences. ] | now re? mains, for private management to re? sume the practice of competitive effi? ciency Und self reliant initiative which distinguished the American Railroads during so many years and to justify the preference of the American people for that form of administration by making possible not only the success of individual companies and the pros? perity of their loyal employees but a constant and progressive re luct ion of rates accomplished by an enlargement of service to the public sin h as may be traced through the' old fasbioit railroad statistics, No one in expect this to be accomplished over nighti considering the present conditions but a start can be made at once relying on the cooperation and support of the employees the management of the Southern railway system wi'l make the effort." Martial Law in Ireland All Duties of Crown Tribunal Taken Over London, August 3.?The duties of the crown tribunal of Ireland will be taken over by courtmartial. even to the extent of settling civilian disputes, in? dicting lines and binding r.eeused per? sons over to keep the peace, under 1he terms of the new Irish idll, which was made public today. / Carroll Enters Race Will Oppose Turner Logan For Congress Columbia, August 3.?Francis F. Carroll, an attorney of Summerville, today tiled his pledge arid paid the assessment as a. candidate for con? gress in the First congressional dis? trict. He is seeking the seat held in the last congress by Hon. Richard S. Whaley, who recently announced his withdrawal from the raca. The books of entry for candiates opeened ten days ago by the .State Democratic executive committee, and were closed at noon today with Mr. Carroll, the, new eandidate, to enter the race against W. Turner Logan. -?r-' Locklear in Trouble Daring Pilot Sdffers: Accident and Passenger Killed Los Angeles, August 3.?An investi? gation has been ordered to deal with Lieutenant Omar Locklear. Milton Kliiott was killed last night in a sensa tonal airplane fireworks stunt for the motion pictures. Locklear, the pilot, set off a rocket and attempted to fol? low it in a nose dive with five search? lights playing on the machine, but was unable to right the plane. Lock? lear was the first man to change planes in the air. Wheat Goes Up Chicago, August 3.?European war wheat is skyroeketing today. An upward swing of 15 cents a bushel occurred in a single hour. SHIPPING BOARD IN TROUBLE No Buyers Found For Twenty One Ships OPERATORS SCARED ^ OF BAD RECORD Over Five Hundred Ships Have Been Delivered to Board - Washington, August 3?Disposal of more than 1,500,000 tons of wooden shipping?40t> vessels of various types ?built as a part of the government's war time merchant marine program is one of th? most difficult problems facing the Shipping Board. Twenty one of the craf:, aggregating 82,000 deadweight tons, were offered recent? ly, but no buyers were found. Only 194 of these wooden craft are now in operation. Seventy-three are tied up at various ports under manag? ing caretakers and 139 are in storage yards. One hundred and seven of those In "gtarage" are finished hulls while 3 2 an? cop verted barges. Officials Of the board say that when the serviceability of the wooden fleet has been demonstrated little difficul? ty will be experienced in turning it I over to private ownership at about j $90 per ton. These vessels were built in an emergency, many of them of green Umber, and some of them made poor showings a year and two yeara ago, but now that they have seasoned, officers of the board consider them, practicable cargo carriers. Because of the bad record of some of the vessels operators have con? demned them all, officials declar* . whereas, the records of those now i * operation show very creditable per? formances. One wooden shin out Jit^j six round t'-ips across the Atlantic, at sea 500 days and ir port an "equal number, was laid up for repairs only I 2 2 days. To date S32 wooden and composite ships, aggregating 1,946 260 dead? weight ton.j. consisting of 322 cargr. ships, one tanker, 115 finished hulls, ten sailing craft. 56 hulls converted into bargen and ::0 standard barges, have been delivered to the hoard. A total of 114 of tnese vessels, aggre? gating 397.285 deadweight tons, has? been sold ind 12 totalling 44,546 tons have been lost at sea. The total cost of the construction of this fleet, estimated by the board at $170 a deadweight ton. was approx? imately $3,33,000,000. Sale of the 1,500,000 tons now held by the bract at $90 per ton would yield $135,000. 000. Those already sold brought about $28,000.000 so that if the 406 remaining in the government's pos? session are disposed of to private owners the total loss through the wooden ship venture would be some? thing like 1170,005,000. V*w> Suffragists Alarmed Mrs. Baker Wants Cox and Harding to Act at Once t,-"~** Dayton, Augm.t 3.?Mra Abbie Scott Baker, chairman of the national woman's party, told Governor Cox today that unless efforts are increased the Tennessee legislature is certain to reject the suffrage amendment. She asked him to press the suffrage cause more seriously. She will make a simi? lar request of Senator Harding to? morrow. President Better Grayson Leaves ' For Vacation After Trying Time Washington, August 3.?Rear Ad? miral Grayson began his vacation to diiy, stating that the president's con? dition had shown such marked im? provement it was not neceosary to put him in the care of another phy? sician. Mail Plane Crashes Falls into Houses None Injured Omaha, August 3.?The transconti? nental mail plane, piloted by Captain Hartney, with Eddie Rickenbacker as upssenger crash ?d into a house near here. None were injured. LUMBER LUMBER Flooring, Celling, Siding, Cutting, Moulding**, I 'mining Lumber, Bed Cedar Shingles, Pino and Cypress Shingles, Metal and Oott|SlsHsoH ShlugleSfCarpeuter's Tools Doom, SumIi and tlliuds. Paint Brushes. INut h Columns and Hal l?stere, Paints mid ? nls. Bouve'r Hoard, Inside Decorations, Locks, Hi nges, Nails, Grates, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers Door Mangel?, BUILDING MATERIAL HARDWARE PAINTS OILS Brick, 3 lime. Cement, Plaster, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Sewer Pipe, Stove Fine, Terra '\>tLi Tld moles Morth? Colors and H ulna Water Proofing Mineral, . Corrugated Metal Hoofing, Valley Tin and Ridge Roll, Calsomincs and Cold Water Palnts,Asbetos and Composition Roofing. WIRK FENCING, IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA