The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 14, 1920, Image 6
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t Forty Weeks]
June Tenth
ITC WILL I
I THIRTY DOLLARS
ling Nicely on
Washington School
He
ganounced, tha school*
ifpf the full session on Sep
Hi nr dsy* curlier than ur
?vdfool* thin year 'Pill ev?
il, period of forty week*,
he tenth of June This
>een folly explained. The
\egejth*iong the ^s*ton I?
do more work e|id to do
oughly. without unnsora
?ltd hurry. The psychology I
wdl he euch es to ma We the
the pupil* leas of a nervous
?over, the teacher* can
mere for the pupils und
Ire*s l* the sole reason for
,; the benefit of the MUlreO*!
?I* uf the South hive been
r.entag* in compart* ii with
the North. In thut the school*
run for *t least forty
'h year and have two sessions
if The Southern schools have
compete with the Northern
although thr school* of the
>* been running thirty six
erdy ort? session a day
schools have long 1*eOw|
>p under which they
The only Advantage*
have had have been the
Mr pupils are wisely pre?
nt entering echool until
?t la* at ats) year a of age. pre
and the winter climate
to tar snore conducive
attendance. The
> or log to lcngtheii
becauea the Southern
Increasing their require
' Owtteg* entrance and thoae
gag go to collage are grven
advantages in school. Stice
is to or a prosperous
mothers are selecting
is that can be found in
Moreover, the better
schools become, the better
OOr Southern institutions. But
factor la that In Sum
to do everything within
Kr. consistent with wisdom,
welfare of ear boya aod girls,
ironta, we know, will back us
Isaak Promt
PS end mot
? on
announced last spring, t he
feeo for Igte pupil* below the
win be thirty dolars for
In the high school thero
ftt.dtton fees: for both high
sjre) Slate high school*, ft nan
by the State of South
, fad for that reason there are
. feeo in the htgh school The
?ducalIon has found it nee
tgfCrea** the tuition feea for
he below the high sc ho. I. be
icrease In the cost of ed
^?t BSSbUc expenae. A ay tax
lew* not live In the city,
to send a child to the
t] r any elan? below the htgh
wtil pay ISt.SO a year for auch
If. however, he owns prop
ttfto city his account for tul?
les credited for th* tasea that
as the elty for educational
/
? 0 0
as progre?elng nlcelv on th*
Ion School bulking- The
of Education has atudled his
whh coosidarable care. The
centre w*a to move this build
on a line wit! the other
on the school square. While
huHdlng could he mooed without
to the building, still It waa
Investigation thjat the coot
g it would bo very great and
this plan was abandoned,
ting la an old one, having
use for nearly thb t>
It St to* valuable a building n
|SWats and modernise. The build
Originally *U ooo 00 and to.
It I.* taaured for $'o? a.o. 'VJ^
a > leftnkt* Idea of wnat^*^>ul<l
to nahwild this h^mtnT preaent
The Board fs nov. having the
hldgrtg *oo*nUd. an additional
^??sn r'+m*'*. and ? new heating riant
iltejn The purpoae of the Board
add four additional room* next
Wham thla bulging Is finally
.id It will he on* of the beat
.a in the Oity. Even for this
it session it will be very greatly
d In many partlc jatra.
owe
|n th* Palhoun School if room Is he
add ?d In th* basement for the de
Ifejagoet of Setencs It 1* unfortu
Ik at rooms in the basement of
Calhoun School aid the Olrlf
SV.hool have to bo used for reel
purpose*; hut we are crowded
tl*> limit and relief will come only
w* have been able to add the
er room* propo*ed to the Washing
Ion a*, h ?ol building.
/see
With one exception all of the teach
ng plaiee have been arranged foi It
? hoped that this may be done thla
geek sad then the list of the teach
Srs w.lI b* pUhllahed. We co fidently
it to best yssr'a work next
Tnwi* has nsver b*en greater
among the pupila of the
ysar. Already they are es?
lg wishes that school might be
The Inaplrotlon of the pupils for
week comes to a great extent
the fourth year of tt* High
?I and ws ars expecting excellent
If from the class of this year.
f
.jii, Aug. 19.?Ar< hbiabop
ihx arrived in London toduy. On
few reporter* *nd a hadful of
Is were at the station and there
sjo untoward lltefclenta. Only a
ew/e*ne knew that he was com
FOREIGN TRADE
FIRM INDORSED
American Banker's Association
Organize Corporation
JOHN McHUGH CHOSEN
AS CHAIRMAN
Will Maintain and Develop For?
eign ' Markets For American
Goods
New York, Aug. 8?The organiza?
tion of a foreign trade financing
corporation on linen Indorsed by the
American Hunker's Association and
(he selection of John McHugh, Newj
York banker, as chairman of the
board of directors of the corpora?
tion, are urged by the Administra?
tiv Committee of the American
Bankers Association in a resolution
made public today.
The purpose of this corporation
will be to maintain and develop for
elgn markets for American pro?
ducts, according to a statement is.
sued h' *e by William F. Collins, sec?
retary o? the Association's Commerce
and Marine' committee. of which
Mr. McHugh is chairman.
With "amply sufficient" resources
and an efficient personnel, the state?
ment continued, it is planned to en?
list cooperation on a "wide and ef?
fective scale' by banks of the coun?
try, exporters and importers, man?
ufacturers and* producers generally.
The capitalisation of the proposed
coporatlon may bA $100.000.000, It
was said and the tentative date for
its organisation is January 1 ,1921.
Representation on the board of di?
rectors, the statement added, will
reflect stocks subscriptions In various
sections of the country, and the cor?
poration win give the foreign trade
Interests of the different sections at?
tention proportionate to their absorp?
tion of the corporathVs debenture*.
The personnel of the board of di?
rectors and officers of Die corpora,
tin will not he announced until Mr.
McHugh returns from Europe.
Cotton Manufacturers
Make Protest
Against Greatly Increased As
sessments Against Them By
Commission
? ' ' . I ' u?C I
Columbia. Aug. 11? F. Barron
drier of Oreenwood. attorney for the
South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers'
Association, ami a delegation of about
20 cotton manufacturers from the
Piedmont section a'e appearing be?
fore tie South ('aroima tax commis?
sion this moti leg to urge reductions
[ In the ass**snr ents sgainst cotton
I mills.
The cotton mill assessments have
been Increased about $l?,Ci)0.000. a
greater Increase than in any other
line of business in the state. No de
cislon will he announced by the taxi
commission but following a previous
hearing It wrs announced that no
adjustment would be made.
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Express Company Em?
ployees Receive Raise
Company Will Be Allowed To
Raise Rates, to Meet Added
Expenses
Chicago. August 10?The Cnlted
States railway labor board handed
down a decision Increasing wages of
th*? employees of the American Hall?
way Express company l-lO.OOO.OOn
yearly. Eight thousand men not Pro?
vider for by the recent f?On.ooo.OOO
wage award are affected by the raise.
The increase in sixteen cents per hour
retroactrive to May 1st.
Coder the terms of the Esch Cum?
mins act the express company will
be permitted to raise their rates sufli
ptteentjly to meet the increased labor
ooet. '
Interstate Comission
Grants Permission
For Railroads to File Blanket
Schedules
Washington. Aug. 11.?Tlu? inter?
state commerce commission has
granted the railroads special permis?
sion to file blanket schedules that
make effective the new passenger
Pullman rates. Similar permission
was previously granted as to the
freight rates and the roads are pre?
paring to put all new rates into effect
August :<>
Russians Want Peace
Leave To Go To Moscow To
Consult with Soviets
Two members of the Itusslan mis
sion hay* departed on a British de?
stroyer en route to Moscow to urge
the Soviet acceptance of the British
terms regarding Poland, says the
Times today.
Bandits Rob Store
Hold Up Cleveland Jewelry
Shop and Make Big Haul
Cleveland. O., Aug. 10.?Three ban
dlts held up a downtown Jewelry
store ami shot and seriously wounded
two employs ,,,?1 looted the ?afe of
120.000 worth of Jewelry. They es?
caped in an automobile.
YO?MAN STILL
ACTING CRAZY
To Face Trial For Murdering
Brother-in-Law
HELD PENDING ORDERS
OF THE COURT
Physicians of State Hospital
Hav<? Him Under Close Ob?
servation %
Columbia, Aug. 11?Dick Yomans,
tho Allendalc county man charged
with killing his brother-in-law, John
Dun bur, about the first part of Ju?
ly, is still acting the part of a harm?
less crazy man at the State hospital,
according to advices from that insti?
tution today. You mans is yet to
face trial on the charge of murder?
ing his brotber-in-law, announce?
ment of the trial date having as yet
been made. Advices from the Hos?
pital are to the effect that Youmaris
spends his time singng and talking
loud and making other noises and
performing funny unties; the bear?
ing he assumed about two weeks
ago. before being brought from the
Allend.ill- county Jail to Columbia.
Physicians of the State Hospital
have the man under close observa?
tion, with a view to determining his
exact mental condition.
After killing his brother-in-law,
You mans was kept for several weeks
in the Allendalc Jail. He was very
quiet. All of a sudden about ten days
or two weeks ago he began to act
strangely, singing and dancing and
Imagining all sorts of peculiar things.
He was brought to Columbia, for the
purpose of bcipg placed* either in the
?tate penitentiary or in the State
Hospital. He was refused at both
idaces, on the ground that he did
not come with a court order for his
admission into either Institution,
st week he was again brought to
lumbla, without court order, and
ie was again rejected. He was tak?
en to Charleston, where Judge Mon
minger Issued the order for his con?
finement in the State Hospital. He
entered that institution last Saurday
and is now under observdlon and
treatment. He will be held pending
orders of the court .
Frierson and Aycok
Ready
Sumtejr Men in Carolina Law
Department Expect a Great
Year
Columbia, Aug. 11?Announcement
is made by J. Nelson Frierson, the
newly elected dean of the law school
at tho University, that ho will have
the same classes this year that he
taught last year as' a member of the
Jaw faculty and that Prof. W. T. Ay
2ook. newly elected as a member of
the law faculty, will have the classes
taught by Prof. Thomas in years
by. The' new dean of the law
school Is making plans for the open?
ing of the law school and the term
which begins Sept. 15 promises to
unusually successful. This is true of.
the entire university. The law school
faculty will make another appeal to
the trustees and through them tq .the
legislature of 1921 for appropria?
tions sufficient to warant a Ihre?
je?r Jaw course beginning in the
Fall of 1921 .it is stated today.
France Recognizes
Wrangle
Russian Gives Promise of De?
feating the Bolsheviki
Warsaw, Aug. 11.?Concentration
and regrouping of the Polish forces
for an extensive counter-strike on
the Warsaw front is reported In to?
day's newspapers.
Paris. Aug. 11.?The French gov?
ernment has decided lo recognize
General Peter Wrangel of the defac
to government in South Russia. In
making the announcement, the minis?
ter of foreign affairs said the recog?
nition Implied the rendering to Gen?
eral Wrangel of all possible military
assistance.
A large Russian foroc is pushing
across the Danzig border to cut the
railing of the Warsaw-Danzig rail?
road, the French foreign office an?
nounced today.
The Poles plan to begin a counter
mov'? In u few days and military men
believe this is a propitious time to
strikt* back in an effort to drive off
the Soviet forces that are endeavoring
to encircle the capital.
The reason for France's recogni?
tion of Wrangle were given as his
promise to recognize Russia's' foreign
debts and to wt up a Democratic
government. France believes that
Wrangle shows more promise of ove r?
turning the Dolsbeviki than did the
Poles, Dsaiktfie or Kolcbak, and they
DOtnl out his success in turning all the
Cossack tribes ugainst the Bolsheviki.
Carraway Maintains
Lead
McCrea is Leading Terrell For
Governor of Arkansas
Little Hook, Aug. 11. ? RepiN?senta
tive Caraway maintained his lead of
9.000 votes lodhy over Senattor Klr
by for the Democratic senatorial
nomination, acucrding Uf the Arkan?
sas Demorrat, and T. C. McRea is
still fi.Ooo ahead of Tom J. Terrall
fur go\ernor.
MAYFIELD HFAR
1NGT?EIDAY
(Governor Will Consider Extra?
dition Proceedings
CHARGED WITjrF IMPERSO?
NATING OFFICERS
X ________
Bamberg Farmer Chaiged with
Kidnapping Two Negroes
Columbia, Aug. 10?Governor
Cooper will probably next Tuesday
or Wednesday honor the extradition
warrant from Governor Rickett, of
North Carolina, for the return to
Anson county, of W. I). Mayfleld,
Jim Breedin and Henry B. Sanditer,
the three Bamberg county planters
charged with having kidnapped two
negro farm hands from Anson coun?
ty. The governor will do this un?
less attorneys for Mr. M-aytield and
the two associates with him in the
alleged kidnapping, can submit
court authorities to show that Gov?
ernor Cooper must go into the ques?
tion of the sufficiency of the affida?
vits supporting the extradition war?
rant. Governor Cooper stated at the
hearing before him lad Saturday
that he would consider only this one
point and that he would allow the
defendant ten da>s in which to
quote their authorities.
Previous court rulings, it is stated,
have held that the sufficiency of the
affidavits supporting the extradition
does not have to be considered in
this connection, the truthfulness of
'the affidavits being a matter for the
Jury. However, Mr. Mayfield's coun?
sel stated to the governor that they
could submit authorities to the con
rary and the governor deferred hie
decision in the case for ten days.
Messrs. Mayfleld, Breedin and
Sandifer submitted affidavits at the
hearing before the governor Satur?
day to refute the charges made by
the two farm hands that they were
kidnapped. The affidavits of the
defendents were to the effect that
the negroes had willingly left the
farm of If, K. Zorn, near Wadesboro
where they were employed, to come
back to South Carolina, despite the
fact that they were wanted en a
criminal charge in South Carolina,
preferring, it was stated, to face
these charges and have their minds
eased* ?
Mr. Mayfleld is a prominent plant?
er of the Denmark section and is well
thought of in his community A large
number of affidavits as to his stand?
ing were submitted by his attorneys
before Governor Cooper last Satur?
day.
In their affidavit* last Saturday
the two farm hands charged that
Mr. Mayfleld and his associates had
eome. to their homes near Wades?
boro and had, impersonating offi?
cers, taken them into custody, hand?
cuffed them and brought them by
automobile, against their will, back
to Bamberg county. .T. A. Lockhart,
representing the North Carolina
side, of the case, in the absence of
Solicitor Brock, of the 11th North
Carolina circuit stated to Governor
Cooper Saturday that hi had evi?
dence sufficient to convict the Bam?
berg planters of impersonating offi?
cers and of entering a duelling house
forcibly, the last offense, he said,
being capitul in North Carolina,
though he did not propose to push
the case to this extent. Mr. Lockhart
dated that it was the desire of his
solicitor to have the case against
Messrs. Mayfleld. Breed in arid San
lifer come up at the next term of
court at Wadesboro. starting the
first week in September. A prelimi?
nary hearing of the caiv-1 had been
set for Friday, of this week, but this
will have have to be postponed, due
to th dlay In the extradition pro?
ceedings.
Postponement Fails
Tennessee Legislature Tables
Motion Putting Off Vote
Nashville, Aug. 11.?The attempt in
the lower house of the legislature to
delay the consideration of the ratifi?
cation of the federal suffrage amend?
ment until August 21? when tt was
proposed that the citizens of the state
should gather in mass meetings to
express their views, was tabled by a
vote of 50 to 37.
TWO STATES CON-'
SIDER SUFFRAGE
m
North Carolina and Tennessee
: Bodies Gather
1 _
ROBERTS AND BICKETT
\ ADVOCATE RATIFICATION
Suffrage Leader Received Tele?
gram From Cox Wishing
Them Success
Raleigh, Aug. 10.?The North COT- j
olina legislature met in a special sea
siorf to consider taxation and woman
suffrage. The question of suffrage, it
is believed, will come up Thursday.
Governor Riekett has recommended
a reduction of the tax limitation for
state and county purposes from 6*>
2-3 on the hundred dollars to 15
eents. not Including the school tax
It has been announced that h?- gov?
ernor will submit the suffrage amend?
ment with a special inessagt urging
its ratification.
I
Nashville, Aug. 10.?Suffragists
were encouraged to?\ay by the mes?
sage from Mr. Cox to Miss Charl Wil?
liam?, Democratic national committee
vice chairman, saying that be hoped
the legislature* would ratify suffrage
at once. Roth bouses of th<i legisla?
ture mef at L0 o'clock to take up the
measure.
Resolutions were introduced and
all business went over until tomorow.
Woman Identified
Wealthy Lady Found im River
Was Wife of Automobile
Manufacturer
Dertoijt. Aug. 10?The expensively
gowned woman with $2000 worth of
diamonds on her fingers found in
Jhe Detroit river yesterday was
identified as Mrs. Margaret Callle,
former wife of a Detroi: motor
manufacturer. The police says she
was placed in the river after her deatfy
and they haye no clue.
Latimer Succeeds;
Decker
In Command cf the Seventh
Naval District
Washington, Aug. 10?J. L. Latl
rr.^r of the Naval War College at
New Port R. I., was appointed com?
mandant of the seventh naval dis?
trict at Key West to succeed Rear
Admiral Decker. Daniels said that
Desker's removal was a matter of
routine.
No Troops Sent
to Poland
jRussians Cut Warsaw Off From
Railway Connections
Paris, August 10?The foreign office
has announced that the Hythe confer?
ence has decided that it in impracti?
cable and unnecessary to nend troops
to Poland. The integrity of Poland's
west frontier will be guarded "meaning
any effort on the part of Germany to
use the present crisis to regain former
territory will be negatived and that
lot iVmeasures against Russia will pos
sibly^be taken later.
Paris, August 10?The Russians
have captured Ciechanow thus cut
tjng Warsaw off from the Danzig
railway according to reports from the
French military mission 1.0* Warsaw.
i Warsaw, Aug. 10.?A Polish official
statement indicates that the Soviets
I were driven back after the capture of
Grese. They are now 35 miles from
I Warsaw. There are no significant
changes in the remainder of the battle
front.
Lloyd George told the House of
j Commons today that ha was still
I hopeful for peace. The tension was
I high in the crowded house gathered
I to hear the premiers peace or war
j statement. It w as declaied that the
I Polish attack was not justified and
. was delivered despite the allied
I warnings._
MUNITION SHIP
Crew Had to Fight Day ar.1
Night for Lives
EXPLOSIONS TOOK
PLACE CONSTANTLY
Boat Reaches Honolulu Safely
After Eight Days of Struggle
Honolulu, T. July 27?For eight
days and nights Captain Eugene Mc?
Carthy and the crew of the nlm
United States army transport If&rica
fought and finaaly conquered a fire
in the ship's cargo of munitions,
while small arm, ammunition, shrap?
nel, grenades and bombs burst, it
was learned here recently ony -the
transport's return from Manila,.
Smoke was seen first issuing from
one of the forward hatches at ten
I o'clock at night during the ship's
last voyage to the Philippines. 'The
I officer of the watch sounded a gen
leral fire alarm and water was turn?
ed into the hold, where 4.000 tons
of ammunition of all sizes were
stored. .
"Explosions of munitions in /hoe
hatch were taking place every little
while," said Captain McCarthy. ."The
cargo there included sharpnel shells,
hand grenades, detonating, fuses,
bombs and small arm ammunition.
My men carried case after case of
munitions likely to explore st any
moment from hold and tnrew them
overboard. The boxes were too
hot to handle with bare hands, so the
men wore gloves. Lieutenant Bow?
man, transport quartermaster, was
overcome by powder fumes and was
confined to his room for several
days.
"I, bvi to maneuver the Marlca
hc'ite the wind to ke. p the fire
from spreading. (in tr? ? ighth ?
night it got so bad wc hr. t to leave
We fjooded the hold with wftter nnd
the hold, batten down the hatches
and turn on the smothering pipes,
two nights later the blaze was extin?
guished.
Captain McCarthy said thd explo*
sives weio loaded at Hoboken In
March and he declared it Sa bis be*
lief that spontaneous combustion
started the fire.
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Greenville Leads
The State
In Automobile Licenses Col?
lected for the Year
' Columbia, Aug. II?Greenville
county leads the state, in the amount
of money collected In automobile
licensing. Anderson is second, Rich
land third, and Spartan burg fourth,
Charleston is fifth and Orangeburg
sixth.
A statement of the automobile It
cense fees to be used for road con?
struction has been prepared by the
state highway department covering
the first six months of the year.
Eighty per cent of the license fees
on automobiles collected in a coun?
ty goes back to that county for road
construction jandj maintenance.
Green villas' eighty per cent is $27,
972. Anderson's eighty per osnt is
$25,780; Ricland's $23.994; Hpurtan
burg's $23,014. Charleston4? eighty
per cent totals $18.705. The share
for Qrangeburg is $17,777. Flor?
ence in next, with $14,060. York
county's eighty per cent totaled; $1?
000. Sumter's was $10,455.
m
Harding Sees Hays
Discusses Subject of Campaign
Speeches
Marion, Aug. 10.?Williams H. Hftys,
national chairman, conferred With
Harding on the major questions of
political strategy today.
It is understood that the subject oi
his speeches away from Marion wore
discussed at length.
' Cox Casts Ballot
Dayton, Aug. 10.?Mr. Cox cast pie
ballot in the Democratic primaries at
Carrimonte, a village near-his Trails
end home. The booth was in combi?
nation with a barber shop, printing
office and stationery store.
LUMBER
LUMBER
Flooring,
Ceilio*,
Siding,
Caning,
Moulding**,
Fruming Lumber,
Hod Cedar shingles,
Pine and Cypress Shingles,
Metal and Composition Shingles, Canienter's Tools,
Doors, Sash and JllUids, Paint Brushes,
Poivh Columns and Dal lasiere, Dumts ami Oils,
Locks,
Hinges,
Nails,
(.rates,
Saws,
Hntcliets,
Hammers,
Door Hangers,
BUILDING
MATERIAL:
HARDWARE
PAINTS
OILS
Brick,
Jjlme,
Cement,
blaster,
Fire Brick,
Fire Clay,
Sewer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Terra '""tin Thimbles
Mortar Colors aud Stains
Water Proofing Mineral,
Corrugated Metal Roofing,
A _?- --
Beaver Uoard, Inside Becoratloas. .4.ltt.
Valley Tiu am] Hldge Roll, Calsomlues and Cold Water Patnta,Asbetos and Composition Roofing.
WIRE FENCING. IRON AND WOOD POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA