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II Ii \\ ATI UM AN, RHtablUlied April, 1830. "Bc Just CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 1881. DISCHARGE OF CITY MANGER EXPLAINED BY COUNCIL Statement of F acts That, in Opinion of City Coun? cil Rendered the Removal of City Manager Howard Stillwell Necessary to Best Interest of the Municipality At u regular meeting of council helii in the council chamber thin day. there were present Mayor L. D, Jen? nings and Counctlmcu l>. R, McCal lum and J. A. Uattteld. . The minutes of the regular meeting of October 2?th, and special meetings I of Ovtoher *?th and of November 2nd were read and kpprovecl The police report for the month of October was read, starving 1?30 ar? ietta for various <? rase*., and a total collection or $l.?tb !tO in tines. Mi Huarove. representing the At? lantic i'onst Line, appeared before I INt il. seeking relief or the part of thsjv rottyd. from persin* riding biej ONP on rallroOd property In and around the passenger depot, and ne groee beating rides or. freight out of Shunter The mayor stated that he was not iure as to what m eps could be taken by the elty U prevent nxw\% matters, but would loot into same sad present the findings at the next raf/ular meeting of council, at which time further action would be taken. sfr. It K Wuder. chief of the tire department, made request for an in? crease In the salary of Mr O. II. Mr Kagen. senior truck drh er, hut the Increase was not entertained by council at this time. sir Gentry was present, and sub? mitted the proposition of opening a dance hall In the elty, two dances tu be given euch acek under his man? agement, and requesting council to as s l'eense covering same The mat? ter was discussJd at some length and Mayor Jennings favored making a Hat rate of $60 until January 1st. 1111. Councilman Kaffleld suggested that Mr. Gentry organise a soetsl club which was permissible, snd thereby aeolate the necessity for a license, which suggestion was accepted A letter from Mr. O. J. Winn. dated October 11th. in ?hieb he nakvs com? plaint about a certain oak :ree having t>eea cut down snd sawed up. sad also about the donation of, a certain caste* of land to straighten Purdy Phpet. was read to council and re eelVed as information. The clerk read a letter from farmer Street Superintendent. C B. tghggiits. asking to be re instated, which request was acted spon* Whan deciding the rase Of Mr. Teiry. the prrsent street superintendent, who is to las relieved by Mr. Huggms on No? vember 16th. Council directed that Mr. Terry be paid h'.s salary to Jan? uary 1. 192I lue to the heavy ex? pense IncurreJ by him In coming to Mum t er. Tho resignation of Howard Btill well as ritv manager. ws* read to council, but BS sueh resignation was eoucbed in lsnjiuige mlsleuding to he general publi. . in the acceptance of same, it was decided to make the following comment foi the benetlt of the eins? n* of S> inter: Mr ?ttlrweirt reMgnsllor was not Voluntary. ??u? after considering ee-v era! mattem in connection with his action* as elty manager, ccurcil m> lifted him that his services would no longer h.. needed, but permitted him to file his resignation. Some of the reasons actuating council taking this step were as foil ?WS! In one Instance, without consulting round), tbs ir.anagei trader, off one of the city's mulea for a torse (or the use of the street superi itrndcnt. Aoother Instance whs that the man? ag? r directed the clerk's office not to j ? b?rge any minimum for electricity, but only for the current actually con? sumed. This was jIko done without consulting conn II und when council j Isqulrrd of th?? < ity manager why this change was made he moat positively dented that be bad authorised the ! change, but the ?vlderce produced was absolutely con* u*tv<< against the statement of etty manager, and he j was notified that council did not sc- ( cept his word, and ir (net was abso? lutely satisfied th. t hi* statements in | reference*, to the ahai dnnutcn . o( the Miiiilmum charge (or electric current. I were absolutely falsi : and in muny j other Instantes, where the question of veracity came up. council was satis? fied that the manager had not ad- j hered to the truth, srd It had reach" I e?l the point *h?re council could place no confidence in bis statements All of this was bad enough, how? ever, and convinced council t.iat Mr. Mt ill well was not the proper person ; to hold the position of c|t> man- j ager. Further. It waa- brought to the | ttentior of council by the city clerk. , >lr J. W Rruusoii. that there were , rertsin elephone bills which Mr. Mttllwell had approved (or piyment | as proper charges against tte city, , and had directed the clerk to charge j such teh phone messages to different depart mints on the city's boo'as but >-< lievtng that ?hese churges wrre Im? proper, the ?biK submitted th.- mat? ter to mined *t,d r as Instructed to Invesllgoi e further, and upon com? pletion o such InvcNtigstton It was found that these messages referred to were messages phoned by Mr Httllwell to his wife in Atlanta, tia.. *h-reupon .Mr Htillwell h. log Inter? viewed by council In reference \r same eoUeg give no>g?jtsfartory es >l ikon, but ststed t rat the charge! were In error. hut ..ore i! was thor< ughl*. satisfied tbat \hfj wart not errors and to (online.i v fltlllwcll, directing his stteiittpn to uae (act that ? ? had approved each of these epecta tale phone calls knowing that they were of a persona! nature, ant! that he had directed the eleik to pay such mes? sages and charge thi m to the city's accounts. Council was thoroughly convinced that Mr. Stlllwell conscious? ly directed these obligations to be paid by the city and also was con? scious of the fact thot they were his own personal obligations. therefore council felt that if it had not been for the alertness of the clerk and treas? urer .these bills would have been paid by the city, and coui.cil was satistied from the evidence that Mr. Stillwell COUtd not I- relied upon to handle the affairs of the city and most es? pecially in connection with the dis? bursement of I he city's funds. Council now feels that the public should know why Mr. Stillwell was peremptorily discharged and should also know th?? real truth and not be misled by the terms of the resigna? tion filed, anr^ council can only say that the false statements contained therein are in keeping with many other similar statements made by the city manager, which council feels were equally as false. The letter received from the Prince Manufacturing Co., quoting a price on Bracefords for the two Ford pas? senger cars of the city, was read and received as information. One Cephua Ford who conducts a colored restsura it on Manning ave? nue was reported to council is main? taining a nuisance and council direct? ed the clerk rc summons Ford to appear before council at its next regular meeting on November 23rd. and show cause. If any, why his li? cense should not be revoked. Mr. Austin, representing the gas company, wag prieent. and again pre? sented to council his reasons for re? questing that the minimum charge oi his company be raisod. After dis? cussion council t greed to allow the gsi company to raise their minimum charge to tC.OO gross per thousand, Krinning with the I)eceml>er gas consumption?this increase, however, in no way to effect tho original franchise, and council also reserves the right at av/ time thereafter to revoke such minimum charge and es tanlifth a rate consistent with the iSilings of the gas company as shown by their monthly reports. Cm rent bilh r?n flic were audited ..nd ordered paid. > Council then adjourned. Auest: J. \\. BRUNSON. Clerk and Treasurer. Council Chamber, Nov. 0. Winter Weather Here Weather Bureau Predicts Freez? ing Temperature in Far South Washington. s'ov. 13.?Frost and freesing t? mperatures in the South At 'antle and iJlllf states. except in southern Florida, are predicted by the weather bureau in the forecast for to? night and Sunday. Temperatures wiP continue below normal throughout the eastern half cf the country. Fuel Famine in Buffalo Thousands Without Coal With Zero Weather Prevailing Duffulo, Nov. 13.?Doctors' certifi? cates w?n required to obtain coal here today, and with the thermometer around twentj nl?ove zero, there were thousand-, with einpf b. is clamoring for fuel A in i ? ted shortage of nat? ural |:.is intensified the situation. Less Cotton Used ?shut Down of Cotton Mills Re? flected in Consumption Report Washington. Nov. \\ -The curtail? ment of cot ton manufacturing was r< flected in the October cotton consump? tion statistics. announced today, showing the amount of raw cotton used for manufacturing last month Jst>.817 bsles. the smallest In any month in six years. Steamers in Collision Off Staten Island New York, No>\ lie?The Spanish mall steamer. Mogtserrat, trom Cadiz With 379 passengers and the steam? er San Marcos, from Oalvcston were in collision ofl Staten Island. Some of the Montsei rat's passengers leap? ed overboard and only one Is known to have been I e.seued. Tho San Marcos continued to the pier. Princeton-Yale Princeton. N .1.. Nov. 13.?The vanguard of more than fifty thou ! Spc< tsturs todn\ overran Prince ton for the annual Princeton-Yale , football classic. Tha lineup shows that Captain Cullshui, will plsy right isusid to* Yale end thus will not face jhtl brother wo i wi;i play center for rrmi eton. and Fear Not?Let "U the ends Thou A SUMTER. S. G\, WEDNESDAY HOME MADE BEER BANNED - I Prohibition Officers Issue Order; Against Sale of Hops and Malt I ONLY BAKERS MAY PURCHASE ! _ ! Enforcement Officials Will Not I i Discuss Details of Order Is? sued i -_ Washington, Nov. II?Homo brew? ing was brought actively under the , prohibition ban todaj when it was < learnedthat enforcement officials had j ruled agalns the sale of malt and I hops to other than bakers and con-** fectioners. Oreat secrecy surrounded j the prohibition bureau's action, but it was ascertained (definitely that such in? structions had been issued. Details of the order were lacking, \ The only admission made by prohibi? tion officials in the absence of Com mlsstoner Kramer was that the Vol- j stead act had been construed to mean that the sale of hops and malt j as component pru ts of home made i beer were without the pale of tho law and their sale must stop. En- ' ; force ment officials throughout tho I country have been notified of thhe government's determination but they have not been supplied with the tech? nical language of the decision. I The construction of the law which' resulted In the new order was made time, ofllolals having It. In charge started a document through the reg? ular procedure from its emergence na a treasury decision. l>ut it has i not yet been approved by Secretary Houston. Further than to admit ex ' istcnec of the proposed treasury rul? ing officials decline tc define it. Emphatic denial was made to the report that the bureau had coneld-/ ered or had Included in the order other articles used in home brewing. ! Officials likewise denied that pf'> , vision was to bo made for the llren I lhg of even the bakers and confec 1 tloners apparently the only persons who will be ablo to purchase hops and malt. There were persistent rumors at both the prohibition and internal revenue headquarters that scores of i complaints had come from the man j Ufacturers of cereal beverages, con? taining less thi?n one half of one per cent, of alcohol, against the tremen? dous growth of brewing a? a home ; Industry. On thi.i phase of the situa , Uon otllciala also refused comment, it was understood, however, that tho bevorage manufacturers had based a complaint on a steady but rapid de i crease in their sale: which they charged to the growth, of home brew? ing. Officials anticipated that the ban Ion mal and hops sales would bring la wave of litigation as to the govern ( ment right. They claimed, how? ever, that their decision has been preceded by a thorough' study of the I questions invlnwd and said they wore prepared to meet the attacks, i Sectohs of the act specflcally pro? hibited sale of integral parts of beer as well as ins formal advertslng of ; receipts for its manufacture were cited as one of the foundations for I the tilling. The point which they expect to be tested in court ' was whether the food value of the two articles banned would, in the eyes of a court, permit their continued sale as such despite their use as a basis for beverage making. The line . of demarcation between the use of ?he two articles which can not be void and fruits, sugars and syrtips was said t<> be regarded as rather , Indefinite, but those having the ques? tion In charge believed they were on safe ground. ; Columbus, Ohio. Nov. 11.?What, may be a dead blow to "home brew" was sounded today by J. A. Shearer, federal prohibition director for Ohio, In an announc 'ment that hereafter the sale of malt and hops may bo made legitimately only to bakers and confectioners and can n<?t lawfully be made to others. The ruling was made following re? ceipt of instructions front J. F. Kra? mer, federal prohibition commission? er at Washington. The ruling will make it impossible for the average citizen to concoct beverages front malt and hops it being held that thin combination produce.1 a mixture con? taining more than oi ? half of I per ' (cnt. alcohol. Geneva, Nov. 10?Germany will not make formal application for ad m'sslon to the leugne of nations, but would not ignore an invitation to be? come member, I>r. Hermann .Mueller. Ivice-preside! ot the foreign affairs commit lee of the German relehstag. I declared in a statement to the Jour i nal de Geneve. Anderson, Nov. 12.?Revenue offi? cers and rural policemen searched (for whiskey and found 19 gallons and arrested the man on whose premises the booze was and brought him to Jail in default of $600 ball. A keg ho'ding near ten gallons was found under some bushes, and the other In demijohns in the cotton house. W. A. Woodall, who lives on the MoClure's ght road, where the v hlskey whs found, claims that he did n ?t know the whiskey waatbere. l ut the officers have charged him with ?.ti.ring whiskey. The stuff was pour? ed out today and the smell brought many to the pouring. Jms't at lie thy Country's, Thy God's a r, NOVEMBER 17, 1920 BANK WRECKED BY MCLAUR1N I _ State Bank Examiner Closes Bennettsville Bank and Ap? plies for Receiver to Wind Up Its Affairs EXAMINER FINDS WORTH- j LESS SECURITIES President McLaurin Had Made Large Personal Obligations; With Banks and Other Parties j ! Which He Endorsed as Presi I dent of the Bank i ' Columbia, Nor. 13.?Tho Mutual Savings bank of Bennettsville, of j whic h Thomas B. Mcixturin was pres- I ident, will liquidate and go out of (business, according tr an announce? ment made Saturday by State bank j Examiner Craig. Sir. Cralg states thai the bank, j however, is solvent and that the fara [iiy of Mr. McLaurin will make good I alleged securities and hidden llablU I ties and the depositrrs will be paid j in full. Mr. Cralg tcday Issued the! following statement: ' "1 have applied, through the at? torney general, for a receiver for the Mutual Savings bank of Bennettsville. A Thorough eiamiatlon of tho affairs of the bank discloses the fact that the l>nnk was carrying as securities for loans cotton certificates of the Bennettsville warehouse that were cither bogus or worthless. In addi? tion the president had made large per? sonal obligations for his own account with banks and parties, which he en? dorsed as president of the bank, but concealed from the bank's liabilities. Aside from worthless securities pledg? ed in the form of warehouse certifi? cates and concealed personal liabili? ties of the president, the bank was found solvent. These, however, wore of such proportions that the examiner, with the approval of the directors, de? cided to close and liquidate the Institu? tion. If the president and his family should make good the alleged securi? ties and hidden liabilities the deposi * tors could be paid ir. full. ! Working on State Budget Legislative Commission Holding Hearing in Columbia i - j Columbia, Nov. 12?Hearings be? fore the state budget commission are now being conducted In Columbia ? The heads of every state department I have to appear before tho commis? sion, to make statements regarding the financial needs of the departments ; for next year. On the basis of these j estimated needs ofr 1321 the budget commission Will frame its report to the legislature, suggesting appropri? ations for the new year. i The legislature In January wll have to pet on the recently voted amend? ment to the state constitution, pro? viding a change In the fiscal year, leaking the year run from July 1 to June 50, instead of from January to January, as at present. The apro priations for 1921 will have to cover a year and a half, instead of only ! twelve months. Penned Up In the Crimea (ien. Wrangel in a Tight Place With Bolsheviks Crowding Him j Paria, Nov. 13?The Unas!an sov- j let forces have w< n control of Perek ?p , Isthmus loading to the Crimean pen- i Insuls and the all i d fleets are prepar? ing to aid in the evacuation of cer- j tain districts, ace- rding to dispatches j received today by tl <v French foreign office. Taken to Sanatarium .... i Bankrr Thomas B. McLaurin of Bcinettsville is in Asheville Under Treatment Columbia. Nov. lU?Thomas It. Mc? Laurin, of Bennettsville, the bank president who left home mysteriously last Monday, leaving a note on the bank of the Pee Pee river intimating | suicide, and who was later found in1 Atlanta, has been taken to Asheviilc, : N. <\, to a sanatorium, according to information received in Columbia. New Y. M. C. A. Worker Columbia, Nov. 12?Mason Cus? hion, of Iluntersville. N C. bus he? n added lo the staff of the state Y. M. C. A., with headquarters in Columbia. .Mr. Caahion s work will be the super vision of Inter-racial work, the aim of which is to promote a better under? standing, on tho basis of Christianity, I between races. Mr. Cashlon arrived in Columbia today and will take up his new duties on the 18th. He !s a graduate of Brskine College, ut Due West, and for a number of years was student Y. It, C. A., secretary at the ! University of Texas, Austin. I lid Truth's." TUjfcTRUt. SOUTHRON, Established Juuo 1, 181 VOL. LI. NO. 26 S?MTER POST OF AMERICAN LEGION CELEBRATES Armistice Day Observed by Chicken Stew at Cain's Mill. Many Telegrams Received ?Some From France. Officers Are Elected Sixty in embers i?? mc American le? gion, in spite of the l>ud weather, celebrated Armistice Day by pulling chicken Blew at Caln'u Mill. As the vets got together, and before the mea' was served song leaders started the | old I a miliar war songs that the boys j n.arched many miles in France and in America and the scenes enacted were J tamiliar to all who had ever seen | (.amp either in this country, or abroad. 1 There was a happy crowd that sat ! around the festive board, and the general conversation was the usual swapping of war experiences, and the never ceasing kidding, which is al? ways in good taste when ex-service men get together. Immediately after supper the Post Commander an? nounced that officers were to be elect? ed for the ensuing year, resulting us follows: Gen. 1). Levy, post com? mander; S. M. Rice, vice command? er; H. A. p.oykin. Adjutant. Executive committee: E. VV. Dahbs, Jr., 11. \V. Harby. J. Ii. Korbes. R. T. i Brown, S. K, Nash. Membership: T. D. Goodal, W. B. Levy, Z. Darr. Finance: O. S. Rice, J. B. Puffte, H. G. Brown. Ju-. ;?t Huh time the Western Union messenger boy, drenched with rain, I and about one-half frozen, arrived in a flivver and handed to Mr. George j D. Levy; the post commander, a \ batch of telegrams, which were read I amid applause and peals of laughter [ that u' Md all the !i>h in the urn to seek refuge under lilly pads. These telegrams are herewith reproduced: Sumter County, Nov. 11, 1920. Sumter Legion, Sumter, S. C. We are sorry we can't join you to? night, but honest!) we don't believe in war. Some of us were sent for n 1&18, but w<? were too busy attend? ing to our banks, our farms, and our stores to spare the time to soil our hands, and besides our lawyers help? ed us to wiggle out. We thought of joining you this evening, hut we've promised to close nir placet! of business early tomorrow to help celebrate a county fair, and hat s more important than ArmisireV Day. Do you know we havv: a few i nuts in Sumter county who thought [ the city officials should have declar? ed today a holiday? You admit now they're dead wrong. You know we ?saved our lives, and invested our mon? ey In everything except government bonds, while you fellows were enjoy? ing yourselves in France, so wo're on easy street now, plenty of dough, good jobs and everybody thinks juet as much of us as they do of you. SUMTER COUNTY SLACKERS. New York Nov. 11, 1320. Lieut. .T. H. Forbes, Sumter. S. C You're a dam liar, the M. P.'s didn't Win the war. They won a meo ? al for ?nitohing everything a fellow wanted. CAPTAIN KIDD. Baltimore, Nov. 11, 1920. Ensign J. A. Haynsworth, Sumter, S. C. Since you were released, all trans? ports wear crepe, there is no one but you who can tecite the stories of their lives so eloquently on the way over. When can we expect you? DANIELS. Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 1 1. 1920. Adju ?.nt .John Duffie, Sumter. S. C. You have been recommended for appointment to secretary of state. Please wire if will accept so can ar? range accordingly. This appointment on recommendation Major General Wood who writes all during your en? listment yon chewed aspirin tablets, spearmint chewing gum and pulled your eye-brows thus retaining spotless a ppearance. HARDING. Paris, Nov. 11, 1920. La m B. VV. Dabbs, Maycsvllle, S. C. I'm shipping you back the cow you sent me as it won't give milk. Mother says it ain't thai kind of cow. but I'm sure it's an American breed as d snorts every ;imcl go near it. Send me a go ?d man-cow. FLOPPY. LcMans, Frame. Nov. 11. 10'jo. Captain Wendall l^evi, Sumter, S. C. Dear Wendi: The pigeons arc darling. They rvmlnu me so much of you as they fuss and coo and coo and fuss but never accomplish anything. Love dear boy, try and grow up ko I can he true to you. FRANCOIS. Paris. Fr.tnee, Nov. tl, 1920. Lit ut George I?. Levy Sumter. S. C. Understand von have secured new partner and are now actively engaged in h-w work. Study hard, old hoy, you'll need soms "law'' when I get to Sumter. SUSANNE Paris. Nov. 11. li^'n Dr. Warren Burgess, A Sumter, S. C. A Tou little devil, said you jfl know anything about medicine, now I understand you're practicing again. Treat your patients better than you did me or there will be trouble. , LEVETTE. Paris Nov. 11, iy20. Di-ss Goodale, Sumter. S. C. Gracious, Dessic, we miss you. The other girls bollcc? everything you told I them, but I don't. 1 only believe you meant it when you told me you were (coming hack. Write me when to ex> I pect you. MARC ELLE. I^eaving time having arrived, the ' post commander announced that Mr. JKing. the manager of the Hex theatre, jand the only person in Sumter who> had any evidence of i thought to the i boys who had done their bit, bad no? tilled all ex-service men to attend 'this theatre as his guest. On motion, j It was unanimously decided to ad I journ and meet in front of the Keg Theatre and atteud the performance j in a body. This was done to tha great pleasure of the legioneers. Election Contest Filed Defeated Republican Candidate* in First and Seventh Districts Go in Line For Content Money Columbia, Nov. l-?Two election contests in South Carolina have been hied with Secretary of State W. Banks Dove,, and if they can be prov? en to be bonds fide they will net Ute defeated candidates a thousand dol? lars each. L.^ A. Hawkins, colored, of Columbia, Republican candidate for congress, defeated b' H. P. F'tlmer, of Orangoburg, Democrat, und M. St, John Sasportas. of Charleston, Re? publican candidate defeated' by W. Turner I>ogan, Democrat, are the two j contestants. If they carry thojr con? tests to congress and the committee of credentials decides that the claims tare prlma facie, even though the two j men are not seated they w 111 have j their expenses paid to Washington ?and get J1.000 each, j The two contestants allege certainl 'irregularities in th** recent election i especially that certain citizens were not allowed to register. Hawkins al ! leges also that the late o pening of the 1 ballot boxes In Columbia prevented '.certain voters from casting their bal ! lota. ! The protests will hardly be consid? ered by the state board of election I canvass* is, a?< they are nut tiers for the special committee of congress. I The state canvassers have not as ! yet declared th>' result of the recent j e'eetions. They held one meeting I but all returns were not in. and a sec? ond meeting within a few days will be necessary. No Trace of Robbers Men Who Made a Fluke of Rob? bing Columbia-Charlotte Train Elude Police Columbia. Nov. 12. ? Police of Rich land county and detectives of the American Kxpre^s company have been busy tor several days looking for aluos [as to the men who are said to liave thrown the safe off of train No. IS, between Columbia and Charlotte, arly Thursday morning, attempting 1 robbery of $16,000 in cash. After tho safe was thrown out of the car a freight train came along, headed the other way, towards Columbia, and picked it up. thi s saving the express company from any loss. R. W. Pe tcrnoin. the express messe nuer, sa> the two men boarded 1 he train, bound him with the bell cord an threw out the safe. They were ar ed. The case is battling the ru police. Resides the safe, which nothing of its valuabb contents [finalI packages wer? taining |32l. (S A Want Immigrati Res] Washington, Nov. the coming session the house commit to restrict the, a<Jn close blood ryli citizens. Reprcj chairman of tl |an interview Gen. Wj ''A