The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 01, 1921, Image 6
CRIES "ENOUGH"
London Newspapers Ex
? jpr^gs Anxiety Over
Naval Program of
> United States
London la-c. 4*. -?'alls for the
I'nAtftH StUteH. Ole.lt i'.lil H.l IIIKl Ju
I pun lo curl ul n i\ aI expenditures l?>
mutual HjrrtM in-mi ae t"? ??: u? ? ! by I
k'viiiil Utn I hi newspap? ih .oduy.
The** Jourm.U express tho nnxetv
prevaltlnK hen ?I cr the fOcelpI of
reports of 11\? ? new American naval
pros/mm and nay that < -l ? if P.ritain
must du likewise.
E?omicidesIn
south carolina
The Number of Killings Twice
That of Last Year
Columbia. !>??<? j ? The homicide
rots in Sotth <*srolina for the full
months whh twice what It was f"i
tho year IIP?, according lo a state
ment Issued t<?duy by Secretary it.
Oroft WillL ms. of the State I'.oard
Of Public Webau Imm ! mi reports
u?r the mo Ihs uf Keptcmebr, 1>C toil?
er and November. r< ( elved Hunt
tWSilty nine counties of he state. The
figures are lurnlwh d by the coroners.
'In the twenty-nine counties re
pottlng." H.ns Sir. Williams, "there
were twent: -two homicides in Sep?
tember v \ Mitei n i.: Ociohcr, and
lOrehty-one in \'o i inbei, m ik UK six
?r aomlcbb h for ihree months." Ks
iHuattng thn nouii? ob h for the whole
Stute from be reports received from
ths twen \-i iru counties "there niUSL
htve U"ii," lo welfare board roll
etudes, "about ninety-five homicides
In th?* state during September. Oo
tbber and Ni>vcmln?r, At this rate
there were about three hutidia d and
eighty honihnbs for the yer r. Cut If
we take only the figure* *n received
from the txx eat\ nine i our.tu s, we And
thst an alarm mir state of ;iiTaiis ob
lalas in South i' irollna."
According to the reports of the bu
reob of Mini statistics there w re
Oaf handle t .?ml eight) three homi?
cides In this state in \9X9, and this
report covered .ill of the counties. "It
Wit)' tie easilx seen therefore thai
^ gn'ess Sr*?ie if the (i'i/en- of our
State use a hale more self-control.
We shull outdnftanci our former rec ?
ords." the statement of the welfare
hoard stive.
The statten at from the welfnn
board set rotary inentioni certain
f causes for tlie crime situation. "There
.age munv < mse* to winch this high
h eate of homicide ntay l>e attributed."
says the stateroom, such as ceo
nomlc Instability, reaction from wat
Mnd a standard of luxury that has
reeent)\ bei n established and that
ensny Und themselves unable to
ffejsj|ob Bui the mam sources of bom
teldn sre the reeling imong our. peo?
ple that lo avenue VNith death is the
only wa> to satisfy one s honor and
the prevalent habit of earning pis?
tols.
**A still more remote, xet powerful,
cum*? of homicide Is the lightness
with which human life is regarded
among us.' if our people nrtnhj de?
termine to put down hogilclde, horn
id* would be banished from South
Carolina. Several of the counties
this year will doubtless^show a larger
v ountbei i?r homicides than tin city of
ndon records in ,i normal ye.iv, .md
1. ndoi ?< popnl !*i r / 11 about four
tunes that of tfouth Carolin i
THK \IKMORI \I. |U II.DINjJi.
As chairman of the Mi mortal Build
Ing for Sumte, pount... I wish to.say
that Mr \\ I Whlb head, acting for
. Jdr. I C Strauss, treasurer of thi
fund, reports that the canvass that
was made several months ago resulted
in i total eubecrlptlon of $?.?;.'?i !Ci
Of this amount then- was paid $ ?.
UI.7S aedhrdlisj t?> the Instruc?
tion* of (lovernor Cooper .md Form
or Uovernor Manning, this amount Is
being held In t. nst m the savings de?
partment of one oi the banks, until
propel |\ ? all? d hu
l lespectfully submitted,
S. II I'.l'MI N US,
Chairman for Sumter County.
\ cnlU l for Malpractice Ib vi r-ed h\
Supreme Court
Columbia. I ?ei so.- On sccOunl of
?'.* far reaching effect, more tjian or
? tinary Interest atta hes to the deels
on r? I t>y the stat. supreme
???art In a ease from McCormtek
county. Involvlug the liahilh . i
physician to ds patient ill to he
the first cane of the kind evei pa
? d upon b\ tin South i uolin.i HU
pi Sgas 1 oiirt.
Mn, J T ilh.iMhaw sued In I >.
A I. ludi lor n.Iure i eat slh
ii f malpractic . In that an llljut lo
h< i K. was lucoi n rtl) 'b iguoei I
,.mi| ?i. atfd I i the circuit i o n t M
ISflashsw received a verdict of <
but the supi out reversed Ihc
decision.
TAX NOTICE
T ^?Hi sttt nd i" rsot i1 . ?r I? depu?
ty at the follow ng named pla ?*-* and
on the dates gtVSQ lo IhS pOTpOSS Of
receiving tax r tiiin? tor th ? llscal
eat tail:
Privateer. Tnisslay, Jan It i
l^-vl Sultnv. V'ednesda\ I in. .Mb
W.da -iioid r i.|:iy, Jan. 71 h.
* I.it ???ne "if. Tu sd.i \ Jan. 1 I.
Hag.i \\ edm s?bi) Jan, i i
Hassbert, Thu"S4b%>', Jan.
Dalsen. Tuewlay, Jan. IS,
llrogdon. Wednesday, Jan 19.
Ifayeovllle Tbui - I i l.m -'o
f lesatint flr??v< Tues<laj Jan
Ihtluh, W< dn "I i i ... ?,.
Nurwtwxl .\ Roads, Thursday Jan
?l
Itetaffis should '"% made on .n pi r
sonal propei t>. poll ami road tux.
It. ML WlLtMBR,
County Audlt-a,
ROUND-UP OF
BOOTLEGGERS
Thirty-Five Open Sa?
loons Raided in Wis?
consin Town
CMcuiro. l>ee, is. ? Forty-eight
armed prohibition agents ore todn>
? oute to Hurley, WH, to clear Ihr
??wn of alleged bootleggers The i
part) has thirty-eight vurrnnts, with]
)r*stru< Ions lb arrest c> cry man I
named I
Hurley, w ; I He. 2S.~ Fifty pro- :
hlbitioa agon I from Chicago surpris?
ed thirty-five open saloons here to?
day. They arrested tin men and
.i .i targe quahtlty of liquor. The
tgents were armed, hut there was no
shooting.
FARM LABOR WAGES
Farmers of South Caroline t\iid
Higher Scale in 1920 Than
Before
Sahn!:1. Dec. 28.?Acording to re?
port of 11. D. Hare, agricultural sta?
tistician for bureau crop estimates.
L'nlted states department of agricul?
ture, farm wages in South Carolina
during the year dj-'o were the high?
est of record. Details of the report
alt shown belOW for the years 1880,
1818, d.?J0:
Wag? s p. r month with board: 1820,
880.80; 1010, 187.00: 1810, $18.00.
without board: 1020, $41.80; 1810,
$88* 10; dmo. $ie.&6.
Wages per day other than haryost
will? hoard: 1880, IKtO; lOlO, $1.00:
i".?i<?. :oe. Without board: 1080,
$1,30; If 1?, $L'.le; |81 I, 80c.
Tlio average wage per daj for har?
vest WOrg wrs $U.-'.. With hoard,
ami $8.78 without board, While the
average trage for etmtyar work la
year was $1.04 with board, and
without board,
% The report shows that the eatU
mated wheat acreage in the stale is
4 per oenl greater, and rye aoreage
3 per ?ant greater than last year.
The (Stlmated yield of wheat Straw
pi i- acre this past season was u.5o
tons; oats O.T.. and ryo 0.00,
Tlie prohaide average yielt) of seed
cotton this year Is lbs pox acre,
with an avorage yield of 8e4 pounds
Of lllll per acre. The average price
of eoiton on De- ,?tuber I, 11? 2 o was
I 1,8 cents p i pound, wbllo on the
eorrespiuulinng date ,,( List yt ar the
average price was ?':.">.7 cents per lb.
The average number of cords of
0/ood sonsumed per farm In the state
during the past year was If.8 cords,
Th< average price of four fool wood
Ibeing $4 per cord and stove length
$?*, per cord,
_
si M i l It l.osi.s TO IlKXMXb
Last n|ghl in the gvmnasium of
tif local ?V" tin- mtpnter v. if, c.
a. team went down before the strong
basket ball team from Camp B?nning,
DJ a score Which doubled the SCOfe
made by the local boys. ,
Thi.-i was Samlet's se oud game of
basketba'l for this season, they having
placed their hist game in Columbia
on Tuesday night. This game In n?>
way affec ts Sumter's chane.es for the
state qhamplonalilp of this season.
The game last night was in every
way a good (ban game in spite of
tin- tum of the tide of fortune. T he
t imp B< mini lean) has unite a rec?
ord B ball and can easily be class?
ed a mn of the best teams that has
visited ti is section. Thoy brought
wait them huge squad and did not
fail to malte frequent Substitutions
from their supply of material. Sum
tor on the other hand made pa sub?
stitution! but played her original team
throubgoui the game to the finish.
Both lea mi worked hard and fast
but it sot med tha he vtaiingtshrdlu
but it Seemed that tin visiting team
pOOSlbly bad Ji little rill? on the IO?
pals The goal tossing of Druntnn of
the Damp team was imbed phenoml
nai. Tb? basket seemed to possess
a magnetic attraction for the ball
whenever it left bis hand going any?
where In the general direction of the
Jbnakot, The Bumter team worked
hard and Staad) doing their best at
a'l times. At the end of the llrst
half the seme was i'atiip Denning 1'?:,
Bumter 10, The big seme was piled
up against Sumter in the seeoml half
so that at the end of the game the
more was Damp Banning .'?.", Bumter
'jr..
Dump Henning. Position Sunder
Smith . . . . forwards . . . . Heidt
i Ts noton .. .. I 'or w ardi .. .. Bhaw
McQuarrle .. Center . ?.. McKifIghl
Paker.Guards.L*vl
QraMsnM .. ..Guards .. ..Crawford
Subslit uliocs: Camp Dennings
Johnston, MuHell and Dudder. ftef
I vre*?, Flowers; ITmplTO, Wilson.
Me lint) sale ami Sane Polity For
Cotton tlroerers Nest Year,
(Manufacturers Ileeord, Baltimore),
The Wall Sneer Joiirmil fiii.vs: ' Dy
reducing cotton acreage "i0 per oont
, in soul hern ft i mer, hating lost in
the ib i lit ? ? w ill eul htms If. Off from
profiting b; Ihe im vitable rally.' In
this position the Jotirnul Is nlsmlutoly
wrong, for bj reducing his acreage bj
"t.i half and raising his own food?
stuffs tin- cotton grower would get
more for G.ooo.oi.o bales than for 12,
tfOO.OOO bales, ami would nt the sann
time keep "his cornoiib and smoki
house at home'' instead of in |he west.
The only safe amis ane policy foi
southern farmers next yqnr will be to
out cotton aoreags at bast one half
m l ralSe every pound Ol foodstuffs
ami feeds!uhTs needed, Then the
000,000 baled raised at half the cost
at 18,000,00$ bales Would bling tit
lease twice as much as would 18,
sOO,oi i ue le<. Tin? farrni r would
thus ent in seost in half ami at the
Mime time double bis Income, Lai
such a proposition be offered on $
feasible basts legal h and ethically, to
any hanker or manufacturer, ami we
would it, how vm!', tiny would jump
lo get opt it.
Hearing By Census!
Committee Developed
Excitement South
Resent Hearsay
Slander
Washington, Dec. 89.?---Chorges by
representatives of%he association for
advnnoemenl o( Colored people thai
in groHii am unlawfully prevented
from voting In the south led to some
what exciting scenea Southern mem?
bers; of ii1" committee took issue with
the witnesses and Representative nee
of Texas (helmed that he was tired
at stat?s being insulted on the
strength of hearsay evidence. <>ne of
the spectators Insisted en getting into
the discussion and Chairman Siegel
finally told him that it' he did not sit
loWn If must leave the room. De?
claring tho Where is nothing in the
:aws of tin- southern states discrimi?
nating against neuro voters, repre?
sentatives from the south suggested
to the spokesmen or the association
that they take their complaints of al?
leged discriminations against the ne?
gro to the courts rather than to com
greaa
WOULD CUT TO?
BACCO ACREAGE
Warehousemen Warn Growers
Thai 30 Per Cent Reduction is
Too Small
WT.son, pec. -s?The folio whig
! DSOlUtlons were passed by th* North
Cut linn TobacCO Warehouse, asso?
rt ion on the occasion of the recent
n - etlng here:
"Whereas, the m>rmnl Supply Of
night tobacco is approximately three
hundred million pounds annually and
Whereas it is evident that there will
lie carried over from the 1920 (top
fully 80,000,000 pounds, enough to
supply the needs of the world if not
a single pound is raised in 1921, ami
"Whereas the interests of the ware?
housemen ami the farmers ate identi?
cal in respect to the amount*of tobac?
co to be planted, and we can U el it
our duty to give the growers the facts
in our possession that they may be
laved from bankruptcy which may
follow the planting of evon a normal
crop in l?L'l.
? T'.u r. lore, it is resolved by the
Vorth Carolina Tobacco Warehouse
sssocMl Ion;
"1. That the proposed reduction
of one-third in acreage as recom?
mended by the Tobacco Growers' as?
sociation is md in our opinion a sulli
nt 11 eduction thai the recudctlon
Should be at hast .".0 per cent and
thai any amount planted In excess of
om -half of tin normal crop will inw
vite disaster.
MI, That we feel it is the duty of
the tobacco warehousemen to reach
the tobacco growers in pt rson and to
urge upon them;
"(a) The absolute necessity of
I cutting their tobacco crops ;?t least
one-half?and that if they plant to?
bacco at all they should not plaid
"Make All." "Big ?lern" and ' IMnk
l ey Arthur"'but should confine them*
?elves' to the staple varieties which
have given Bastern North Carolina
its reputation in the past.
"(b) That they abandon the west
is their "smoke house and corn crib"
and pledge themselves honestly to
make an effort to live at home in
1921. -
Thai the tobacco warehouse"
men of North Carolina pledge them?
selves to cooperate with the Tobac?
co Grower's association t<> form com?
mittee of their strongest men who
shall Visit every mower and landlord
in their respective territory and se?
cure pledges to carry out the recom?
mendations herein submitted. And
that the week beginning January A,
1021 shall be set aside lor this pur?
pose.
"N. C. TobaCCO ('.rowers' Assn.
' S. H. Sanderson. President,
"85, 11. Cosart, Secretary,"
COTTON MEETING MONDAY.
The cotton acreage reduction meet?
ing on January 3rd, at Sumter Court
House, a) II o'clock, called by the
Bumter County Chamber of Com
merce in coo|>ertalon with the South
Carolina Division of the American
Cotton association is evidently attract?
ing widespread attention Judging
from the number of citizens who
say Ihey will attend,
A preliminary conference of one
hundred farmers, bankers, mer?
chants and oi heg business men Ins
been called fur 12 o'clock, Decem?
ber 80th, :il Sumier Chamber of
Commerce to formulate preliminary
plans to be presented to the cotton
acreage n duel um meetlt g.
Ii now looked like the heaviest re?
duction of cotton acreage ever wit?
nessed in this county, for 1921. it
is reported that all of the Sumter
banki have agreed in advance of the
meeting next Monday to do their full
share in bringing about reduction of
acrt am'.
Tin meeting of January Brd, like
'he preliminary conference, will be
attended by farmers and other busi?
ness nu n of every line of business as
well as by professional men.
Two hundred ami llfty delegates
have lieen appointed by the Bumter
Chamber ot Commt?rce for the cotton
acreage reduction moetlnn and ?ach
of these delegates, representing every
township in this county, and fhe Pine
wood section of Clarendon county pa?
rent 1y voting to join Sumter coun?
ty, have been asked in serve as
committeetm ii io bring others lo
the meeting, Tins meeting. Is open
to I hi pen era! i ? u 111 i ? .
London I ?ee. 29 A mOVCIlU lit |0
place the full weight of British or
lanlSOd labor in support of tin- Irish
lelf-determlnatlon claim began with
i confsrence of the parliamentar) |a?
?or party today.
ATTACK ON SOOTH
IN CONGRESS
_ j
Agitation Renewed For!
Reduction of Repre- J
sentation in the
House
Washington, Doc. 20.?The houst
eet.sus committee today continued its
hearings on the congressional appor>
tiiiui.onl bill. Among the witnesses
expected "wore representatives of nat*
lonal association for the advancement
of colon ;i people who arc expected
to urge the reduction of representa?
tion from the southern states on the
ground of alleged refusal to allow tin
negroes to \ ?to. A bill which was
recently Introduced In the house pro
rides for the reduction of represen?
tatives from ilo- southern slates where
it is found the enfranchisement of
the negrO has been deniod.
PECULIAR
, SITUATION
Depot Agency to Bo> Closed Be
cause Patrons Object to Crap
Shooting
Columbia, Dec. 29.-?Request for
the removal Of a railroad ag? at, at a
little station In Lee county, because
he playe l oraps and crackaloo and
gave s< rylces only to "erapahooters,"
has I ft n received by the South Car?
olina Railroad commission, being in
the forni of a petition signed by a
score or more of citIsens,
The- joko iu tii * cam Is in the fact
that crossing ihc petition; it. the mail
j was a I dler to the officials of the At?
lanta- Coast Li e railway, signed by
Chairman Frank Bhealy, of the rail
road commission, authorising the
abandonment of the depot agency at
the same little town where the eiti
sens objected t?> the crap-shootlng
? gent.
"Only lbs pet.-, gel real service,"
said the complaint against (he agent.
"Crapshooters he serves with great
[interest." The petition ;*iso alleged
that tii-- agent was neglectful of the
j public and that often customers call
ling at the freight office found the
! agent Off p'aying "at crackaloo 01
erap-shooting."
i ACREAGE REDUC
TION CAMPAIGN
I _
Meetings Will Be Held in Every
County of State Monday
Columbia, Dec. 29- The campaign
j to secure a heaV) reduction in the
cotton acreage in South Carolina will
be launc hed nev Monday, with meet
lings ut practically every county seat
I in the state. These meetings have
i been (.alhal in the various countiei
f l?y the presidents of the county
branches of the South Carolina di?
vision of the American cotton Asso?
ciation and every effort Is being made
to have a large attendanhee in every
county.
II. ft Hauler, president of the
South Carolina division of the Ameri?
can Cotton Assoclaticri, said yester
|da\ that reports being received at
jthe state headquarters of the asso?
ciation in this city Indicated that the
sentiment among the farmers was.
such that a very heavy reduction
was absolutely assured.
"We are receiving voluntary let?
ters from farmers all over the state
announcing their Intention to cut
their acreage in half," said Mr, Haul?
er. "Reports from our county chair?
men indicate that the sentiment pre?
vails in every county that this step
Is absolutely necessary and thai
farmers appear to have made up their
minds to make this reduction."
"The president of each county
branch of the cotton association has
been requested t?? call a meeting
a| the COUnty seat of his county for
next Monday and at this meeting to
launch the campaign to secure pledg?
et! to reduce the acreage. These
pledges have been printed and will he
mailed out this week to the various
counties, We hope to secure the sig?
nature of every farmer In South Car?
olina to one of these. The banks will
also he asked to cooperate with us In
refusing financial assistance to any
farmer who refuses to reduce. Mer?
chants will be asked to assist in a.
similar w'y.
"The bankers of Marlboro county
at a m< cling ba ld last week unani?
mously decided to give no financial
Assistance to any farmer not reduc?
ing his cotton acreage. Other banks
OVO!' the slate have indicated they
will follow suit and we CXpeCl this
action to be unanimous on the part
of the lankers."
"The temper of the farmers is in?
dicated in resolutions in York county
recently when they asked the bankers
of the county to refuse financial aid
to any farmer not signing a pledge
1o reduce his cotton,
"The pledges that Will be used 1*1
South Carolina are the same as those
Ilm! Will be used in t?VCry 'bate of the
cotton belt. These pledges were
adopted at Ihc reccnl cotton acreage
reduction meeting held in .Memphis.
T? mi. There is one for the land
owin-r. one for the fanner, mie for
tic men bant and one for the bank
D'ANNUNZIO IS
DOWN AND OUT
Reigtl of Italian Filibuster Came
to End This Morning
Flume, Dec. 20, A conference for
rrauging the final cessation of 1ms
iltiies between the Italian forces and
Li'Annuhlio'H troops has been sei for
hin morning.
IfAnnunalo has relinquished iis
in'hority to the communal council of
";i rae<
i
CONGRESS KILLED
TIME TODAY
I
Work Suspended While
Hurrah Over Joe Can?
non Was Staged
Washington, Dec 29."?The hous<
stopped work nn hour today to pay
n tribute to Uncle .!<><? Cannon. His
establishment o< a new record of ser
Ivice in congress was the occasion of
the celebration, He set the new mark
yesterday, surpassing the service of
(Justin Smith Morrlll, of Vermont, win,
'previously held the record with for
I ty-three years, nine 'months and
twenty-four days In the house and
? senate.
TIGITTENIJPON
I LIQUOR MEN
To Reduce Number of Permits
For Handling Goods
Washington, Dec. 29.?Plans for re?
ducing the number of federal permits
for the handling of liquor In the next
twelve months were announced today
by Prohibition Commissioner Kramer
who said the new issue of licenses:
Would be held to a strict minimum in
an effort to cheek illegal liquor sales.
' The greatest reduction will be lu
I wholesale permits under Mr. Kramer's
program, but ethers dealers entitled to
operate upder the Volstead act will
'also be considerably affected. The
commissioner said it was his Inten?
tion to refuse to'reissue "between c<>
and 75 por ecu1" oi the wholesale
j licenses now in effect.
! The enforcement staff Nis been en
Iggffed for several months In studying
j the records, of the 7,',0Gu-odd permit
holders to ascertain who have com
rutted overt at is under the prohibi?
tion statutes wih the view of ellml
nalng them from ho list of those who
may handle intoxicants next Near.
! The bureau has been aided in this
ask, Mr. Kramer said, by the failure
of many to apply for new permits.
(This is especially true of tho whole
. solera, he.added. The number who
tdesire renew;'Is of retail licenses,
II however, has not decreased markedly,
,1 according to the commissioner, nl
, I though hundrt c.s of them will be re
.{fused because of their records during
? the first year of operation of the Vol?
stead law.
Atlantic et aboard areas apparently
j have provided the prohibition enforce?
ment agents with their greatest prob?
!> ms and it is expected that those dis
Irlcts will h'st the largest number of
' liquor dealers under be plan. Mr.
Kramer said the Illegal traffic Id
liquor hl d been particularly menacing
, j in the cities from Boston to the Poto?
mac river and he Indicated that the
i J house cleaning would be thorough In
Icommunities of that section.
Great Lake eiti< s and border points.
,! both Canadian ami Mexican, also have
,?given trouble for the enforcement
] corps', according to the bureau's rec?
ords, and Mr. Kramer said he planned
to see that fewer permits would he
.{granted In those regions hereafter.
, 1 The prohih.ition bureau was said to
ho Riving some attention also to the
sale of liquor by retail druggists. Al?
though enforcement agents have ex?
amined records of druggists in some
I communities a nd for the most part
have found little reason to revoke or
cancel permits, it wa*s indicated that
( in ths future the druggist who strays
from the regulations prescribed for re?
tail sale will rtnd himself unable to
handle distilled spirits of any sort.
Scrutiny of this class of dealers Is ex?
pected to be conducted more closely
1, the next year,
SCHOOL OF
JOURNALISM
Second Meeting of Association
Held in Columbia, Missouri
I Colombia, Mo., Dec. 29.?The sec?
ond meeting of the Association of
American Schools and Departments
Of Journalism opened here today and
will continue through tomorrow.
Megns of establishing definite stand*
ards for Instruction similar to those
adopted hy the American Association
Of Law Schools and the American
Association of Medical Schools, will
be considered.
Ten universities with developed
schools of journalism are members of
the association, the list comprising
Columbia University and the state
universities of Missouri, Wisconsin,
Oregon, Montana, Ohio, Indiana, Tex?
as and Kansas.
! Dean Waiter Williams of the Uni?
versity of Missouri is pre ulenl and
Professor? Willard G.UIeycr of the
i University of Wisconsin, secretary
laud treasurer of the association, it
Was organized at Chicago in PJ17,
with ;i view to co-ordinating the work
oi the d iff en nl schools and to estab?
lish fixed requirements for gradua?
tion ami the amount ami character
of Instruction.
Topics of the chief speakers at the
meet in;: follow:
"Journalistic Writing rn Secondary
I Schools ami Its Relation to University
j Instruction in Journalism," Will H.
I Hayes, Unlverstly of Texas,
"Relation of Schools and depart?
ments Of Journalism to Professional
Organisations of Newspaper Men,"
Dean Waiter Williams, University ?>f
\i kssourl.
"Standardised Requirements for
Graduation for Schools and Depart?
ments of Journalism," Professor J. YV.
Cunllffec, Columbia University,
?The Proportion Of Technical In?
stitution to General Courses In
schools of Journalism." Professor L.
M Flint of University Of Kansas.
"Research Work In Journalism."
Professor Bteyer, University of Wis?
consin
Willows, Calif., Dec. (9. An earth?
quake shock of so Severs, a nature
that the Inhabitants were aroused, on*
Curved at 2;lfi this morning. No
damage has been reported thus far.
CI? COUNCIL
HOLDSJEETING
Samuel O'Quinn Elected
City Manager?Peo?
ples ttank Declines
Exemption
At i regular meeting cf city council
held Tuesday evening, there were
present Mayor U i>. lenningg, and
Counciimcn j>. Ii, MeCallum and J.
A. LtsJIIeld.
'ii)< minutes of th i regular moot*
ling ?>r December Itth wen.- rend and
approved.
Mr. Q, \v. rhaw's letter oC No*
vember loth relative to placing a sign
over th.- sidewalk, at the Bumtsc Sales
company en V/. Liberty Street was
agaiu taken up by council, and after
I some discussion, the sign was allow
jed to be placed, subject to the will of
Icouncil. Mayor Jennings opposed.
statin- that In was noi in favor of
[having any signs suspesjdsd over the
sidewalks ?d the city.
Mr, B. O'QuInn wss elected city
Manager, subject to the will of coun
|cil at a salary of I2S0 per month. Mr.
1 O'Quinn will take up lbs duties as city
I manager oa or about January l?th,
ft 11.
Tim matter of a license for pitching
|tballs, was taken up and after due
jconsidetstmn, the licenSS waa lixed by
'council at $7.5? per month, with a si*
j month minimum. Council also decid
i ed, ..i the case of licenses for contrac?
tors, plumbers, tinners and brick ?
masons, to make Uoanses for non-res?
ident firms double that of resident
i firms, as the license as it now stands
j Ik construed to mean resident firms.
I The bill of Clifford and Morrisey,
I for 0U0 steam carburetor installed,
On India ia truck, was ordered paid,
also to have more of these carbure
Itors Installed it' the present or.e proves
: sotlsfsctot y.
I The letter Of Mr, I' dames Winn
Jin which he requested council to deed
I book to him the land which he had
given to the eity, on the lower end of
West ('album street, was presented at
this meeting. Mr. Wlnn's request wus
i et used by council.
At tin regular meeting o!" council
j December Itth, it w as decided to al?
low a.l of the banks of the city 58
j per cent tax exemption on the electric
light bonds, which said banks had
? purchased from the city. Mayor Jen
i (lings representing the Peoples' Bank,
I stated that his bank would not accept
t the Bl per c? nt exemption, however
I they would (Wcoopt s per cent interest
f< r their im nay d wring ike actual
lime thai their funds were invested
in the dty'S bonds.
Mayor Jennings' letter is as fallows:
'City Council of the city of Sumter.
QentlemenI This bank was in?
formed by the city clerk that a ma?
jority of council had allowed an exem?
ption from taxes of ?s per cent of the
bends purchased by this bank. Un?
der the contract entered into with the
city at the time of the purchase of
InOSe lends it was provided:
'That so long as the bonds pur?
chased under this agreement are own?
ed and bona fide hold by the party of
jthe second part, the same shall be tax
; exempt to the extent of aS per cent of
j par valttS thereof as against the share?
holders ot the party of the second
part, and in order to make the same
j tax exempt as aToresa^d, the party of
; the first part agrees that Bl per cent
jof the par value of the bonds pur?
chase i! under this agreement and bona
j fide In Id by the party of the second
part may be deducted from the assess?
ment tot taxation lixed and levied by
the .-t?te tax comsntfsjfjon against the
party of the SOCOttd part in each
year hereatter that the party of the
second part may continue to be the
owner and holder of said bonds."
This hank did not hold any of said
bonds on the first day of November,
11* 20. when I he city taxes were due
and collectible, and under said agree?
ment the l ank docs not consider tnat
it WOUld be entitled to be exempted
from taxes as referred to* in said
agreement, as this bank only owned
said bonds from the first of July until
sometime ia October, and t> take the
exemption permitted by council would
be collecting from the city something
over 13 per BOM per annum for the
ui.-.4 of the money during the period
I whic h this bank held said bonds.
This bank, however, knows thut
during said period from the first otf
duly until sometime in Oofobei'*ut0n
ey was quite tight, and that if the
hank had not had its money invest?
ed in these bonds it could have obtain?
ed ? Ight per cent discount on same,
'while the bonds it held only bore In?
terest at the rate of six per cen:,
land that it would Ik? fully repaid for
jthe use of the money should the vlt>
make up to the hank the ilifliiiesjue bo*
it ween ?i per tent and H per c?nt. and
ithe bank could not have obtained] le?
gally more than S per cent for its
money, and this bank sees no reas >n
Why it should charge the city. 5 per
cent bonus above the legal rate for
the use of said money while it held
jaaid $S4,0e0 of bonds,
I Wiiile the bank appreciates the po?
sition of the imjorit.- of council, still
It must decline to accept a great*a*
rate of Interest than is permitted by
hiw lo be charge by a hank in this
state, and especially When this extra
rate of Interest must of necessity be
paid by the whole people out of tho
taxes collected; and. of osjurga, some
of these taxes are collected out of
people who have to make a sacrifice
in oi ib r to pay taxes, and this bank
is perfectly satisfied with, the city
paying :t the same rate of interest that
the banks charged other people lor
moot y. I
The Peopb s Bank,)
By lt. V. Jennings. President.
Sumter, Dec 2s.
Council then adjourned.
Atlanta, Dec. 8S.?Hobest W,
tox. president, of the r.engna
ion of the American assoctatl
himself last night at New*
The n:i< dc wa?? due to desn
over his wife's death, and Iff
business conditions.