The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 18, 1920, Image 6
Cofimiisaion Holds
If This Week
FOR
A.45.K WILL APPEAR
Fmw Increase Not Ef
tn Founds of State
W/att A. Taylor
August is-?A number
again at the Increaae of
under the new Increased
recently announced by the
Commerce Commlslon will
be filed with railroad com
tee consideration at a hearing
by the commission, at
date. It la understood a
j?* Of complaints are already be
[dered by certain claaaes of
commission will proba
a public hearing on the new
ratee at an early date. In Co- 1
Ii. 04 Which the protest >* will DO I
AH Chamfcer* of Commerce
notified of the hearing, and
representatives will be heard
hearing. If they care to make
tj
fktuth* Carolina Railroad Com
been lay bed to attend a
by the Georgia flail
Ion. In Atlanta, on the
onvh. at which the ship
eetnmercial organisations of
eri| be heard regarding the
stem. The railroad commla
all Southern states have been
to attend the Atlanta hearing,
saao the announcement of the
% and It Is likely that out
tale hearing will effect the alt
St ether states In South t 'aro
?ew rates have to have the
Of t**e railroad commission
can become effective
snbta Chamber of Com
Just la receipt of the r<m\
of the interstate com
i?n s action In promul
aew ratee. and thla givsa
by which the increase**
According to the new
Sue lamas* In freight rates
a blank* *t 13 1-1 per c*o? lo
Cs> published through rates,
taVe rasa operates in more than
of territory. The In
ties SS othern territory alone
fga/ cent; for the Western ter
s> laarsaie la 15; for the Rast
1 aerejantiige of advance la 40.
4 rat? In necessary from one
rto another and there Is no
rate puUllshed. the increase
gaade for each territory in se?
ll With the Increaae announced
territory ?
WlllCox of KI or one e. counsel
? Atlantic Coast Line, telegraph
that he would appear for
iterance with the railroad corn?
ea hi Columbia Friday, and It Is
that following the confer
tho date for the hearing on the
rsfae wfti bo announced. Mr.
g St representing the railroads
petition for Institution of the
fare increase la 20
However, this will not he
Sal re In Sooth Carolina on fares
the bcumts of the state, a
ante la the maximum mileage
by act of the legislature, and
? Is now In effect.
fer
He, Aug. 11?-P. A. Wllcox
Qeneral Counsel and
its, rreight traffic mgtna
the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
appeared before the South Car
Railroad Commission today and
U?d a petition on behalf of all
.railroads of the state for an or
aJk wing the operation in South
Ilm. as intra-atate ratee. the
I? advance In Interstate rates aa
?d by the Inter-state com
oommiaalon. The railroad
heard the representatlvea
railroads and took the petition
advisement, announcing that a
? hearing iron id be called wit li?
fer* days. Only the freight rates
allowed within the state,
?ring a law again* passenger
Of more than three cents.
.-. .
France Win's
American Member of Olympic
Dismissed
Aug. 13?France won the
la road classic in the Olympic
Sweden, sseong; Belgium.
Denmark, fourth, the United
fifth.
Venizelos Better
lUnU Acted From Personal
Motive
is. Auf. 11?The Orcek assail
<f Premier Veniaeloa. who was
Hied yeeteruay. acted through
iral motives, the Ureek legation
They wer* removed from the
I army and navy i>ecauae of
pro-Ore man sentiments. It is
that Ventseles Is In no danger.
Conflict atTriest
Council and Dictator
nnunio Have Falling Out
Aug l*??An Open break has
ltd between national cot ncll of
and Oabrlelle D'Annunslo, ????
.puet. whose irgent tTOepg
In pose* on of the city
rtf a year. D'Annunslo has de?
nt that the* seta*1 *shment of A
end Independent state at Flume
Ittit/nent and he plans to extend Its
r along the so-called Wilson
demarcation between Italy and
It***
RAILWAY GIVES
NEW RATES
Shows Influence of Added Price
* on Coal
BE<X)ME EFFECTIVE
SEPTEMBER FIRST
South Carolina Rates Show
Smaller Increase Than Sur?
rounding States
Washington. Autfust 13?In order
that consumers of domostlvc coal at
points where a considerable portion of
the fuel supply is received over the
lines of the Southern railway system
may pnow to what extent the price of
coal I? influenced by the in reascd*
freight rates which are to become ef?
fective by September* bst. the foliow
ing information as to rates per ton
from coal fields, for which ty.e sup?
ply to each of the r op res? ntativeA
points named is normally moved, is
given out by the Freight Traffic De?
partment of the Southern railway sys?
tem :
Charlotte, N. C, Coal Creek Appa?
lachla and Dante, old rate $2.<*0, new
1-2. > I
Ashevllle. K. C, Coal Creek, old rate
$2.10. new rate $2.62 1-2. Appalachla
and Dante, old rate $2.20, new rate
$2.75.
Greensboro, Durham and Raleigh.
N. C, Coal Creek, Appalachla and
Dante, old rate $3.00, new raft; $3.7b.
Wlnston-Salem, N. C, Coar Creek,
and AppalachUt old rate $2.90, new
rate $2.62 1-2.
Charleston, 8. C, Coal Creek. Ap?
palachla and Dante, old rate $2.50,
new 13.12 1-2.
Columbia, 8. C, Birmingham, Jef?
ferson county,-Coal Creek. Appalachla
and Dante, old rate $2.76, n ?w rate
$3.44.
Spartanburg and Greenville, S. C.
Coal Creek, Appalachla and Ds nte, old
rate $2.40, new rate $3.00.
Atlanta. Ga., Birmingham and Jef?
ferson county, old rate $ls70. now race
$2.12 1-2, Walker county, old rate $1.80
new rate $2.25. Coal Creek, old rate,
$1.85. new rate $2.31 1-2; Appalachla
and Dante, old "etc $2.20. new rare
? 2.75.
Maco , Ga., Birmingham and Jef?
ferson counly, old rale $2.20, new rat?
$2.75; Walker county, old rate $2.30
new rate $2.87 1-2; Coal Creek, old
rate $2.35. new rat' $2.64.
? ? ? mm**.? i. - ?? ??? i ? ?
Where Every
Dollar Goes
Gov. Cox Says that Dollar Dem?
ocracy Fund Will Be HM to
Fight Honest Battle
Columbia. Aug. 13.?Governor Cog,
r esldentlal nominee, has wired Joe
Sparks, director of the "Dollar Dem?
ocracy" campaign in South Carolina,
that he wants every Democrat o know
where every dollar of the campaign
fund comes from and wher* every
dollar goes; that the money is to bo
used to I ht "an honest battle."
Bickett Makes Address
Calls on Legislature to Accept
Suffrage
Kaleign, Aug. 13?Declaring that
women should havo the first right to
speak when th<< Issue is whe?
ther the world shall hence?
forth bo ruled by reason and
righteousness or by blood and
iron." Governor Bickett, in a special
address, today called upon th I North
Carolina legislature "to accrpt the
inevitable uad ratify the federal suf?
frage amendment." Jle said that the
most the opponents of the measure
could do was to delay for six months
i movement we are powerless to de
Vat.
Six Killed
In Explosion in Virginia
Crabam. Va , Aug. 13.?Six are
Unown to have been killed and four
others are believed to be dead as the
result of the premature explosion of
a limstone crusher at the pjunding
mill here today.
jDemocratic Enrollment
Club Lists Will Probably Total
140,000 Secretary Says /
Wyatt A. Taylor
? Columbia, August 14?The Demo
cratlc enrolment in South Carolina
?<?ll pro?,al> ) reach 140,000. a? cn-divg
to an estimate made today by H. N.
IMmunds, of Columbia, secretary of
the state "Democratic executive com?
mittee. Already (ill of tbo count lea
except six, have reported then enroll?
ment, and llM numlw-r of voters al?
ready a* o< tit led for foil . tppr9X*<
mately 13O.00.
The six counties that haw ho far
not reported their enrollment uro
Bamberg. Dillon. K?r*h;iw. Marlhon
Marlon ami I'n kens. Their report*
are MpOCf d by Monday.
Mr. Edmunds states that tho ballots
are being printed now and will Ih> sent
to) the count) chction otlb lain within
s short time With an enrolllni<Mit
larger than In past years, tin- \
polled at the Augusd :tn primatv ,n .?
expected to reach a large total, de
spit* tbc t o t that there is not as
nine h int- rest, apparently, in politic*
this yen .in in past years.
New York l*r?vision l?rl<v*.
S> \v York. August 12- Butter, .;? a
dy. creamery, firsts, 51 to r? 4 I-'*' l-Ygs
firm- fresh gathered, firsts, 48 to ?:?.
Cb? sc. firm ; average run, 25 t<P 2t? 1-2
live poultry firm; broilers by express,
87 to 4?; fowls, 35; dressed poultry,
?Mty and unchanged.
TO BRIDGE
THE SAME
iHighway Department And Toll
Company Plan
TO SPAN RIVER
AT TWO POINTS
Citizens of Summerton Hold
Mass Meeting to Organize
Bridge Company
Wyutt A. Taylor
Columbia, Aug. 12.?Tho first high
way bridge* eger to be built over the
Santee rtvef arg planned now. one by
tho state highway departmnt, as a
county project, and the other ai toll
bridge to be built by a corporation.
At present the Santee divides the low?
er part of the state in half, without a
highway crossing it.
The toll bridge is to be built in the
vicinity of Summerton and to this end
a mass meeting of the people of the
community is to bo held at Summer
ten on the 2Otli of August, to discuss
plans for the formation of the com?
pany which will construct the toll
bridge. Several prominent Colum?
bians art interested in this bridge, as
well as citizens of Orangeburg und
Clarendon counties, the two counties
to be connected.
The location of the proposed toll
bridge has been f>< lected as Pinckney's
landing, and the state highway com?
mission has male a survey of the
proposed site. The report of tho
commission is that this is a good loca?
tion, at a "high, and dry point, and
that the bridge run be built here for
much less money than at any other
point on the Santee. Pinckney's
l.andthg is one of the narrowest
places on the river, being only two
miles in width. In many places the
Santee is five or ten miles wide.
Mayor Dukes Carson of Summerton
'?.as issued a call for the August 20
mass meeting. It is stated that tho
citizens would prefer for the counties*
interested to build the bridge, but
that if this is not decided upon, the
people of tho sections t > be benefited
will ? form the corporation and erect
the toll bridge.
Tho bridge to be erected under di?
rection of th<* stute highway depart?
ment, authorized by the 19 20 legis?
lature, will be near St. Stephen and
will cost between a quarter and a half
million dollars, bonds being issued t)y
several counties to finance the con?
struction. It is not known which
bridge will be erected first, bill tihssip
will bo the first to span the great San?
ft ee.
Oovernor Cooper and Tt. Ooodwln
Khett. member of the stale highway
commission, have been Invited to at?
tend the meeting at Summerton on
the 20th. The meeting will be held In
the Summerton school.
Harding Talks Shop
Makes Speech to State Editors
At Luncheon
Marlon. Aug. 13?The Republican
fellow editors of Senator Harding
from throughout the state came* to
Marlon today to talk shop and poli
nomlnee. The delegation gathered in
tics at luncheon in honor of the
a downtown hall where it was ar?
ranged for Senator Harding to make,
a speech instead of on his front
porch.
Miss Martin Runs
________ ?
For Senate on Independent
Ticket in Nevada
Reno Aug. 18?Miss Anne Martin,
has filed a petition for nomination,
as an independent candidate for the
United States senate. She has begun
a mouth's campaign trip through
Nevada.
All State Ball
Team Pieked
Greenville. Aug. 11.?"Picking an
all-star baseball team Is about as easy
as picking off fleas] with a pair of
boxing gloves," says J. Carter Lati
mer. local newspaper man, who es?
says to choose an all-star club in the
South Atlantic League this season.
Mr. t^atlmer, who has hgadled sports
for various papers and who began ob?
serving the national pastime as a writ?
er 10 years ago. writing in the Pied?
mont today, says it is a toss up be?
tween certain players in the Sblly
League this year, but in some posi?
tions thd players stand out conspicu?
ously by their surprising general abil?
ity. Ills selections WSrg: Lew Won
deli of Columbia, and Fritz Von Kol?
?tz. Charleston. Utility; Pitoheri
Whltehlll and Cheney of Columbia.
"Lefty" ToWnsend Of Charleston, and
Doyle and Thompson of Greenville;
First base, Harry Bwaciha of Colum?
bia; Second base, Uecy of Columbia;
Third base, 11 ubcr of Greenville;
Shortstop, McMillan of Qreenyillej
Outfielders, Waifcer Of Augusta, Arch
deacon of Charleston and inn of
Vpartanburg. Manager, Reek of Co?
lumbia.
Gorgas is Buried
At Arlington With Highest
i Military Honors
Washington, August II Final re
?pects were said today by official
Washington to Major Oenera] Oor
gas The runeral services wert si
tended by ojeert of the navy and army
and prominent government OfnOlalS
; ml representatives of various nations.
The military pall bearers Included
Genera OfRoeri Ol the army and ad?
mirals of the navy, beaded by Per
?hing,
SENATE RAT1FYS
SUFFRAGE
Tennessee House Will Vote On
* Measure Next Week
GALLERIES ARE
PACKED FOR DEBATE
-
Woman Suffrage Wins First
Battle and Make Plans For
Next
Nashville. Aug. II.?A long debate
was in prospect when the Tennessee
senate began the consideration of the
woman suffrage amendment. Not one
inch of space was available in the gal?
leries or on the floors and pro-Auffrage
members had prominent suffrage
workers with them :it their desks. The
house is not expected to vote on the
measuiv nnVyl next week. The BUf?
fragists were victorious In the prelim?
inary skirmishes.
/
.Nasnvnio, Aug. is?a letter from
Senator Harding was read to the
legislative committee hearing today,
quoting he nominee as saying tnat
' memhers of the general assembly
cannot ignore the state consitution,*'
The letter is in reply to one sen Hard?
ing by G. N. Tillman, the republican,
leader of the anti-ratification faction
who outlined the contention that the
state constitution prohibited action
by the legislature.
Raleigh, Aug. 13.?Suffrage won the
initial battle in the North Carolina
legislature when, by a vote of 7 to 1,
the constitutional amendments com?
mute of the upper house made a fa?
vorable report on the suffrage resolu?
tion.
Nashville, Tcnn., Aug. 13.?The
senate ratified the suffrage amend?
ment by a vote of 24 to 4.
Antwerp, Aug. 13?Dan Ahron. of
Illinois, the World's rt cord holder for
the bop. Step and jump, has been
dismissed from the American Olym?
pic team. He is charged with in?
subordination.
Scholarships to Medical
College Announced
Many Boys of State Receive
Free Tuition
Wyatt A. Taylor
Columbia, Ang. lit,?Scholarship*
for the South Carolina Medical Col?
lege, were announced by Governor
Cooper yesterday afternoon. There is
1 mod loa) scholarship and 1 schol
inrship in pharmacy for ???ach congres?
sional district. The scholarships are
as fpllowy:
In medicine: First district,* J. G.
Murray, Glebe street, Charleston;
Second district, no application; Third
district, J. P. Garrett; Liberty; Fourth
district. Alfred G. Taylor, Jr., Taylors;
Fifth district, W. M. .Tones, York;
Sixth district, .John McL. WHlcoxi
Darlington; Seventh district, J. Frank
Woods, New Brookland.
In pharmacy: First district, B. C.
Smith, King street, Charleston. Sec?
ond district, .las. (1. Belgier. Bamberg!
Third district, A. G. Kennerly, Green?
wood; Fourth district, DO application;
Fifth district, H. H. Foston. Cheraw;
sixth district, Frank W. Henderson;
Convvay; Seventh district, M. S. liiley.
Ijcesville.
Russian Royal Jewels
Arc Found Today by Customs
Officials
Washington. Aug. 1';.?More than a
hundred diamonds supposed in have
been a. part of the famous Russian
royal family collection, addressed to
"C?merads Martens," were intercept*
od by the custom olllclals, according
to evidence taken at the deportation
proceedings against Martens.
Red Cross Depots
Burned
London, Aug. 14. ? The American
Red Cross depots at Podporit'/.a, Mon?
tenegro, have been burned, according
to a Rome dispatch.
RUSSIANS ARE
NEARING WARSAW
Reached Point Twenty-Five
Miles From City
FRANCE SENDS NOTE
TO AMERICA
Position of British Labor on
War With Soviet is Voiced
Lxmdon, Aug. ia?The position of
British labor In respect to war with
soviet Russia was voiced with cxtra
ordinary vehemence and unanimity al
a special conference hers represent
ating ail elements of workers.
l'ari.s. Aug. 1:j?France is sending
a note to the United Btaes expressing
pleasure that the French and Ameri?
can views un the Busso-polish situa?
tion me "in complete accord" it was
learned today. It was also learned
that plans arc under consideration
for a renewal of the conference re?
cently ncid between the British and
French premiers and that others
might attend.
Warsaw. Aug. Ut.?The llussiaia
forces have reached a point within
twenty-five miles of Warsaw and B
state of seige has been declared here.
Civilians are not permitted on tin
streets after ten o'clock at night. Po?
lish successes are reported on the
HOUtnern trout, wberc the Kusstans
are pushing on Lemberg. Authorities
with power to negotiate a preliminary
peace treaty will leave Saturday night
to meet the Bolshevik plenipotenti?
aries.
Dan Ahearn Reinstated
Insubordinate Athlete Rejoins
Olympic Team
Antwerp, August 14?Ban Ahern,
who was dismisad yesterday from the
American Olympic team on the charge
of insubordination, was reinstated to?
day.
Ponzi in Prison
Held in Middlesex Jail in De?
fault of $25,000 Bail
0
Boston. Aug. 14.?The financial
ship piloted by Charles Ponsi was high
and dry'on the rocks today and feder?
al and state officials made a deter?
mined -effort to salvage tin- cargo of
millions of dollars entrusted to Ponsi
by thousands of investors in Iiis 00
i per cent, profit on three months
Isoheme. Ponsi ats beakfast in the
l Middlesex county jail as a prisoner of
1 the United States government in de?
fault of $25,000 bail.
Canadian Crook
Deported
Former Member of Parliament
Was Implicated in Big Bond
( Plot
New Vork. Aug. H.- Arthur Incre?
ment, former member of the Canadi?
an parliament, whose name was
drawn into New I York's live million
dollar bond plot, was secretly deport?
ed to Canada last night, it was learned
at B1US Island today.
Salt Lake City
Moral Ordinance
Salt Lake City. August 14?Seilt
Lake City's "moral ordinance" which
has been the subject of considerable
comment lately, has finally become a
law. fcnr hereafter public dances and
transportation lines running to nearby
resorts will be under strict regula?
tion. The darcc ordinance prohibits
all immodest posturing or gesturing.
! bars from the dalices to which the
: public is admitted all persons under
18 years, unless accompanied by a pa?
i rent or guardian, and abolishes the
I "moonlight" dance. The ordinance
regarding transportation lines requires
'that all cars used in transporting per?
sons after dark shall be brightly light?
ed.
JAPAN SENDS
LONG REPLY
Rejoinder to American Protest
Against Occupation of Sag
halien
POC?MENT RECEIVED AT
STATE DEPARTMENT
Said to Go Fully into Details of
Japanese Policy in Siberia
Washingtonn. nAnungn. 14-?The
Japanese reply to the American note
protesting against the Japanese oc?
cupation of the northern part of the
Island of Saghalien was received ? to?
day at the state department The note
is described as lengthy and it is un?
derstood that it goes thoroughly tnto
the question of Japanese policy in Si?
beria. The document may be made
I public next week.
Conditions in Far East
Former Premier of France, Ex?
presses His Opinion of Situa?
tion
Tokio, August 14?Former Premier
Paul Paftileve of Fram e who stopped
here on his way from America to Chi?
na, was quoted as saying:
"The peace of the world has nothing
to gain from an Americanized or an
Anglocized China. Without in anv
way meaning to offend our friend? or
Allies, we feel that to the French be?
longs the moral obligation to encour?
age and develop the intellectual,
scientific and technical relations which
exist already between China and
Frame.
"France must not fail, at this tinie^,
while China, seeking to modernise her?
self, is calling for intellectual guides
and technical counsellors, to answer
that ca.l. Anything that fails to pre?
sent French culture to China leaves
the way open for German kultur, to
our hurt."
M. Painleve said his mission to
China, which is his destination, had
nothing to do with finance, but was
purely educational, scientific and tech?
nical, with the idea of laying a founda?
tion for a more thorough knowledge
of the far east. Above all it was his
aim to guide toward France the Chi?
nese who are seeking a higher edu?
cation.
His visit is deemed here to be Im?
portant in view of the preparations
already under way in France to re?
ceive Chinese students who ane In?
creasing in number. A projedt hhS
been started at Paris by Senator and
Mum. Hugues Le Roux to found a so?
cial club for visiting Chinese.
I ~
Boy Criminal Reprieved
Gov. Cooper Grants Time For
Investigation of Mental Con?
dition
Columbia, August 11?Governor
?'ooper today reprieved for three
weeks the death sentence of Mac
Thompson, a Lexington county youth
fourteen years old. who was sentenced
to die in the electric cair
Friday for criminal assault on a
young girl of Iiexington. The re?
prieve was granted at the suggestion
of I>r. Fred Williams, superintendent
of the state hospital, who advised that
he would need at least a fortnight to
make the investigation of the boy'a
sanity, as requested by the Oovernor.
The boy has been pronounced a moron
but the hospital authorities desire to
make a thorough investigation, in?
cluding a trip to Lexington, where
the boy lived. T'.te electrocution hXB
been postponed three times.
Indiana Population
Near 3,000,000
Census Buerau Announces Fig?
ures Showing Small Gain
Washington. Aug. 14.?Thx; census
report of Indiana issued today shows
a population of -,9"0,G44, an increase
of x.05 per cent.
LUMBER
LUMBER
Locks,
Hing??,
Nails,
G rates,
Saws,
Hatchets,
Hummers,
Door Hangers,
BUILDING
MATERIAL
Flooring,
Ceiling,
Silling,
Casing,
Mouldings,
Tram lug Lumber,
Hod Ce?lar shingles.
Pine and Cyproai Bhlnajtet,
Motel and Composition Shingles,Cgrpentar'a Tools,
Doom, Sash and Hliuds, Paint Hrushos,
Porch Oolumill and Hnllasters, Paints and Oils,
Denver Hoard, Inside Decorations,
Valley Tin and HiiltfO Holl, Calsomincs and Cold Water Paints.
wihf fencing, mox and wood
HARDWARE
PAINTS
OILS
Brick,
Lime,
foment,
Plaster,
Fire Brick,
Fire Clay,
Sewer Pipe,
Stove Flue,
Terra Hotte Thimbles
Mortar Colon and stains
Water Proofing Mineral,
Corrugated Metal Hoofing.
Aebetee and Composition Hoofing.
POSTS
EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE
Booth & McLeod, Inc.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA