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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
NEGRO CHARGED With crime.
SWEET TAYLOR ACCUSED OF
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
Arrested in Greenwood. Brough. 20
Columbia and Placed in Pcnitcn-
tlary.

Columbia, Feb. 9.--Crimin0l assault
upon two little white girls, the one I
years of age, the other .. in a Co,um-
bla suburb, is charged against John.
alias sweet" Taylor, q negro chauf-
feur who was arrested early ycstcr-
day in Greenwood and was commit
ted last night 10 the state pcniten-
u1ry for safckceping.
Taylor was taken shortly before day
break yesterday, near Greenwood, by
II. w. Mcmillan, sheriff of Greenwood
county. John G. Mccain. sheriff OF
Richland county, was informed by tel
ephone OF the capture. tie left Column
bia yesterday afternoon at 40
O'Clock and sinclehandcd brought MS
prisoner back TO Columbia last night.
arriving at l1.SO o'clock on train &c
OF the Southern railway. due at 1910.
Hardly dozen people knew of the
affair. so that there was no excite
ment. r.. Alex Hcisc deputy sheriff.
had an automobile i'm waiting and the
sheriff and his prisoner were conveyed
quietly and swiftly to the pouitentiary.
The warrant under which Taylor H.
held was sworn out before James II.
Fowles. Jr., magistrate Of Columbia,
by the father Of one OF the little girls.
The girls are named in thc warrant as
witnesses. 1t is alleged that their
mishandling by tho negro occurred
some three weeks ago. The matter
was put into the hands OF Sheriff Mc-
Cain about q week ago. Taylor hal
left the city and on inquiry cXtcndine
over several counties of the Piedmont
was made in the process OF locating
his whereabouts.
Taylor has been employed a. chaut.
four by :. r. Carter, state trcasurcr.
The day after the date on which he /.
said to nave made his attack on the
little girls he sent 20 Mr.. Carter q key
which was i'm his possession, with a
'.'N os'SN " NiN tlACCl lltl lC Vas
leaving town and would never return
Mr. Carter had no knowledge of any
wrongdoing on the part OF the negro
Taylor's wife was employed as cook iii
the family OF one OF the children and
lived on the premises. Taylor there
fore was known to the children and is
said to have cultivated their conf
dence. 1t is alleged that he enticed
them into n room and there brutal!y
mishandled them.
Taylor is about 25 years or age. He
is about 8 feet 6 inches i'm height
weighs about 1856 POUNDS and is OF
ginger cake complexion. Hc affects
rather foppish dress and has pom
pous manner
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
SHIP PURCHASE FiLEVsrlI;.
Republicans ~ Making ~ stubborn FTsht
in the Senate.

Washington. Feb. The Republic
can flibuster against the ship pur-
chase bill dragged wcarily through
the night. remaining unhrokcn today.
Senator Jones Of Washington taking
the floor at Gas last nlght spoke for
thirteen hours and nfty-nvc minutes.
when at $40 this morning Mc"umbcr
succeeded him. Several times Scu'-
tor Fletcher called for quorum and
sleepy-eyed senator's were rounded up
for a roll call.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13

Whom he knew and who knew him,
those whom he loved and who loved
him. And the scamp fed with .lis ILL
gotten gains to safer quarters and left
us TO shift the best We could and
meet the storm of an outraged man.
hood. Today l wish you to celebrate
the release of our friends from
worse slavery, a more CALLING yoke,
than we ever Wore. And let us cele-
brate by returning to our first and
best love. and let us join hearts and
hands with them and sing with ali the
soul:
l never will leave or forsake thee,
Where You live I Will live, your God
shall be my God
And where you die there will 1 be
buried
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
TENNESSEE SHERIFF KILLED.

Chattanooga. Feb. 1O.--Shcrin Hon
ry wagster was shot and Killed and
Constable Knox badly wounded by
sam Taylor who escaped from ILc
workhouse at Trenton this morning.
Taylor was captured after lou.
badly wounded.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
NOW IN REVENUE SERVICE.
Nock Hill Man to Have Headquarters
at Greensboro, n. c.

Washington, Feb. Sam johnson,
Jr., of Rock Hill, formerly secretary
10 Congressman Finley, was today ap-
pointed inspector in the internal
revenue service. His headquarters
VIII De at Greensboro and his territory
will include parts of both Carolinas.
Paul n. Z. Sloar, Jr., was today
nominated to be postmaster at Pendle-
TON
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
N"nou:crS C3rpcti,aggcr.

and when old master came 10 his
di'apidated home from the war. he
said amen 10 every word that OLD mis-
rosS had said. ANA all was Wei. un-
I'll TIE carpetbagscr came and. with
ms damna' ic practices preaching and
promises Matched the nell into when
the south was plunged from 'G5 to 10
ard cut Of which tho ucsro carlc ref,
% the friendship and hcip of those
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
BUDGET CARRIES SIX MILLS.
LEW REQUIRED BY ApPROpRTA-
TiON Bill REMAINS UN-
CHANGED.
iic,!c for Extension Work
Under Lever Act, Tick Eradication.
Winthrop Gymnusium and Main
tcnancc OF Warehouse System.

Columbia, Feb. 11.--The general ap-
preparation bill as prepared for the
house provides for levy of five mills
for general State purposes and a levy
OF one mill for pensions. The lew in
the appropriation bill of 1914 was six
mills. Consequently, the levy this
year has not been increased.
The appropriation bill carries 2
total OF $2.212, 2,o65.5O, an increase Of
$65,S12,+G over the appropriation bill
OF 1914. The increase will be taken
care Of by tho rise in the value OF
property returned for taxation.
An appropriation OF $15,G91 for
farm extension work under the
smith-T.evor federal act has been
placed in the bill by the ways and
means committee. If this item is APP
proved by tie house ana senate. tho
federal department Of agriculture un-
der the Smith-Levor act Will eXpend
AN equal amount in South Carolina
'or farm extension work.
The ways and means committee is
in faVcr OF continuing the cattle tick
eradication work in the state in CO.
operation with the federal bureau Of
2nimal industry. III tho appropria-
ton bill there is an item OF $50. 600
for carrying on the crusade against
the insect that causes Texas fever.
Winthrop college Was he only
State educational institution receiving
an appropriation from thc committee
for a new building. The bill provides
That the co!l'~c bc ei,cn $4,000 in
1915 and $1,000 in l9lc Tor a new
aymnasir;n, On condition tina; il raise
$4,000 from outside sources for this
purpose.
For continuing ,no state cotton
warehouse system, the ways ana
means comGnitte" has provided an
item Of $17,337.c3 in the appropria-
ton bill. This amount is far below
the sum asked for by the State ware
house commissioner.
Tho ways and means committee de-
cidcd to divide the State levy Of six
mills for 1915 by setting aside five
mills fer general state purposes and
one mill Tor pensions. This action
''as in accord with the adoption in
the house Of bills increasing the PEN
Sions given Confederate veterans and
their widows by the State.
For maintenance of the State Hos
rital for the Insane the appropriation
bill provides $309,TO0 This amount
Is not to he used for carrying out the
changes in the hospital plant pro-
posed in the report of :. p. Herring.
NJ. y. The house committee on state
Hospital for the Insane has intro
d"ccd in the house Il bill providing
Ter a special state levy Of one-half
mill Tor five years to raise the money
20 make the improvements recon-
mcndcd by DR.. Herring.
The general appropriation bin as il
goes TO the house from the ways and
means committee contains tho fol-
rowing anloUnta for state colleges:
Winthrop college, $G5G,249.32; Uni
vorsity OF South Carolina. $fo3,-
2jl.!!; South Carolina Medical COL
le Gc S37. 900: SOufh Coroiir, rr,.;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
Tho Real Freedom.

Il. this celebration shall mean this
to Us, then there long we shall have
occasion 10 shout free at last This is
the on!y kind OF blow that we may
strike which Will mean liberty and
freedom. 1t is in this way, and in this
way only, will the negro in America
ever be free. Let us first free the
White man from the impressions we
made on him under vicious leadership
Of false friends, and then we may
hope for him TO free us from the bonds
which our own hands have welded
about our feet. And not until that
day arrives can we have an emancipa-
ton celebration that will mean any,
thing.
"'.c; Is regain the love which we
forfeited for the few political husks
on which We fed, and that love will
make us free. At present | think we
ar" foolish for celebrating an event
which has meant nothing to us but
humiliation, persecution and aliena-
don, degradation, obloquy, scorn and
contempt. We are celebrating an
event that has never taken place. and
\"u know ii as We'll as !. But some
'"ino# did take place on that me-
A"r'"I" iirst day of January. The
ruined southern white man gave MS
nome" and food. He fed us whom
h"nEi}' clothed us when naked, ad-
mi'hHtSrcd unto us when sick and
visited us when in prison. And our
LOT" says for one to do that. is to do
1t Tor liiin. Let us not forget it. but
celebrate it. Remember all We who
'hihN that Lincoln's proclamation set
Aou FREQ, that if it is so. our white
friends were our saviors."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-02-13
SEEKS GL0TunE On SHIP BILL.
REED ANNOUNCES VNpRECE-
nENTItD MOVE ~ SENATE
FIGHT ON NEIIASUI.H.
HCpU6HCaNs' TEivty-siX I{cur EiliGust-
cr Brings iOrth Announce Cmci.i
1lla, Democrats Will Demand lInai
N0tC Oh Proposal ON February 10.

Washington. Feb. 9.-Formal no.
tic" in whiting dat ne would seek q
c!oturc' amondmon; to the senate
rules to end debate on the adminis-
;rotion shipping Lill at > p. m., Feb
ruary 10, and cause a final vote to be
taken three hours later Was given
by senator Reed late tonight, when
che senate had been in continuous
session for more than 30 hours.
Under the rulc the proposed amend
ment must lay over for "onc day"
and if this is construed to mean a
legislative day" there can be no ac-
ton upon it until the senate adjourns
ard ends the legislative day OF Non
day.
Senators GollinScr and Smoot vain
Is made points or order AGAINST Scna-
tor Reeds notice and the Republi-
cans generally let il be Known that
they would nsht to the last ditch
against an attempt to adopt any form
Of cloturc rule.
Senator McCumber, who had WELD
ed 10 %cator Reed on the under
standing that nc would not lose the
floor, resumed his speech. Senator
81 man interrupted with some re-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
FLASHES

BOSTON-Twenty men mar
rowly escape death in a fire in
the dying and print works of the
Cochrane Manufacturing Co. s
plant at Maiden. Loss, $4,000.
LUSANNE, Switzerland-Ger-
marines in Mediterranean ordered
to blockade Greece.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cabinet
resigned, says unconfirmed re-
port.
BERLlN--Food prices in Ger
many are soaring daily. Fol-
lowing scarcity of bread, milk
famine is threatened. Prices of
milk and butter are soaring.
PORTLAND-A. ]. Kingsley
46, prominent business man and
president of the Manufacturers
and Land Products show, dies,
after brief illness. Director OF
Chamber of Commerce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

''The nurses of Tacoma and Pierce county believe
that the time of municipal Development and humani-
tarlanisln has come when secret maternity shall be
abolished" explained Mrs Agnes r. Fletcher, pres
ident0f the nurses association after the meeting
Mrs. Fletcher, besides heading an organization
comprising every trained nurse in the city and
county is head of the medical corps of the Mountain
View sanitorum, the county's tuberculosis hospital
at Lake View. She formerly in charge of the
city S eontagiOn hospital.
1--WE are in a position to see probably better than
any one ese the evils Of secret maternity. We
demnit in no light manner and we intend to fight
for betetr conditions she continued.
"Our fight here is directed towards the White
Shield Home than towards any other hospital
or hoAe. The White Shield Home originally was
sort ofschoo Of correction for hayward girls 1t has
become a secret maternity home.
b young girls 60 to the White Shield Home, to
hide their shame and to bear their babies Often
times they are girls who never before knew right
from wrong-who never before mingled with evil
persons. Girls whose love had blinded their sense of
VIRTUE.
''Those girls are herded together in the maternity
home with girls of the other class-bad girls who
sometimes tough that they glory in their badness
-alsosbroken girls who are detected and see no
e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

all. OF course, there would have
to be some secrecy about their
identity in order to help the good
work along"
Miss Donaldena Macdonald,
district nurse for the city of Ia
coma, who constantly comes in
contact with unfortunate young
girls, and who has studied the
results of cases at the White
Shield home, heartily endorses
the nurses ambition to abolish
secret homes.
Il attended the meeting of
nurses yesterday afternoon and
am heartily in favor of this cru
SADIE" said Miss Macdonald. "The
poor girls leave the White Shield
home without a hope in the
world. Many of them never rise
again. What the nurses want to
do, is to save these girls who
have made a mistake once. They
can be saved, and we intend TO
do it.
"A county maternity hospital
for unwed mothers, under com
petent care, will save the girls"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

are detected, the public safe
ty department intends to sit
back, fold its hands across
its breast, and mumar:
"Well, what can we do about
it?"
Such was Mills attitude today
He lay all blame at the feet oi
the school board. He declared
that he realized certain schools in
Tacoma would be death-traps il
fire ever started. He said that
some of the fire escapes were
rotten. That kiddies would new.
er survive If certain of the build
ings ever caught fire.
But what can we do about
it," demanded Mills. Can we
arrest the school board? We've
reported condition to those men
and women, but they have con-
tinued letting the condition OF
the schools jeopardize the lives Of
our children.
And il a school burns up, and
lives are lost, I'll bet a dollar
that everyone in Tacoma will hold
me responsible. Well, I'm not,
and / don't intend to be. I'm
going to show the people by this
inspection today just what our
schools are, and then It's up IN
the school board to do some
thing"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

fled. There are never any COM
plants. l don't care what any
body says-I defy them to prove
their charges"
Mrs. Stewart said that she and
one nurse handled all the cases
in the hospital. I'VE don't need
any more, and we don't need a
lot of trained nurses fussing about
either" she declared.
Mrs. Stewart positively refused
to permit Times man to visit
the home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
The ardy


Right now, while Tacoma is wrought up over
reports Of the fire danger in some of our school
buildings, let us stop to consider moment
Why is it that it was not until after big
school fire in Massachusetts that We discovered
all these shortcomings here?
Why is it that now, in a long interview, our
building inspector Mr.. j. Scott Snyder boldly
announces that schools are dangerous, fire es-
capes are faulty, garage exists under the Cen
trail school, and in fact, garages exist under
hotels and other buildings, ALL IN VIOLA
TON OF THE LAW?
What have we been paying Mr.. J. Scott Sny-
der for these past few years?
What would have been his alibi if one of these
faulty schools had caught fire and % Of our chill
dren's lives had been snuffed out?
If schools were dangerous, it has been Sny-
der's duty to close them up until the dangers
were removed.
If fire escapes were faulty it was his duty to
condemn them.
If garages exist under the Central school, it
has been Snyder's duty all along either to board
up the garages, or to close up the school, Same
with the hotels and other buildings.
This "rigid investigation" today is Mr.. j.
Scott Snyder's way of evading any questions
that might be asked of his past conduct He
knows the law and he knows that he has failed
in his duty if he has been aware of these condi-
tions and yet took no drastic action.
Snyder did know.
For The Times, two years ago, told all about
the garages under the Central school. And The
Times, less than year ago, told all about the
garages in hotel and public buildings.
It looks as if somebody down at the city hall
had shown himself up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
Find Lost
HuntSIIlaIl

Harry Atkinson, 1898 South
Thompson avenue, who has been
lost in the woods near Shelton
since Friday has been found.
This message was received today
over long distance telephone from
Frank II. Atkinson, the boys
father, by his mother.
The father was one of the
searching party which has been
hunting the lost boy since it was
first learned he was lost. A seq
ond party entered the woods this
morning with a three days sup
ply of food. A third party nm
der the supervision OF = Deputy
Sheriff Frank Longmire, is some-
where in the vicinity with the
,county's bloodhound, Torger.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
IS DIE IN
n. Y. FIRE

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-The
bodies of four children and six
adults have been recovered today
from the ruins of a three~story
tenement house at Sc North eth
street, Brooklyn, which was der
stroyed by fire last night.
Twelve survivors, of the 2S
persons in the building when tho
fire broke out, have been account
ed for. The other 10 are believ-
ed to have persisted.
All means Of escape were cut
off for those on the top floor.
The fire started from a gas ey-
plosion in the lower part of the
building and spread upward rap
idly,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
Matron Denies
Muir ses' Charges

Mrs. Cora Prescott Stewart,
matron at the White Shield
Home, today emphatically denied
that the environment of the nome
was rot conducive to proper ma
ternity, as alleged by the nurses
association.
Il defy anybody to say that
this institution is not run prop
erly," said the matron.
THE environment is entirely
Christian. The girls are salts
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

somehow, I didn't. You know,
I'm only an apointive officer. l
take orders from my superior,
and only do what he tells me to. y
Snyder is appointed by Com
missioner Mills. A section Of the
building code specifies emphati-
cally that no garage shall be un-
der a school, hotel, roomtng
house, or any building in which
there are persons working, living
or sleeping.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

Yet that is exactly the situation
for which Attorney Harold Pres
ton, chief counsel for M. & x.
Gottstein, prime movers In the
fight against the prohibition Law,
eontended In his argument to the
supreme court. II was his main
line of attack that the Initiative
and referendum amendments to
the state constitution were not
properly presented to the people
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
Snyder Admits
His Negligence

Building Inspector j. Scott
Snyder today admitted that he
had been negligent in permitting
the lower floor of the Central
school to be used as garage.
in defiance of city ordinance.
Il approved the plans of the
building, but at that time they
only referred to the garage as
a store-room, and l never knew
1t was going to be used rs a
garage.
II guess ! ought to have done
something about 1t later. bat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

Shall I spank my child!
teaching home it all to the public
p
Shall smart aleck' tendency?
What about that inclination to grossly exaggerate?"
chids mind be overtaxed?
a vel
will be answered
Wined Sackvile
remarkable educator of her
the mother of 13year-od Wnifred Saekvle
scientists
respect the besd n United States.
This girl college the
of
musical and in
outdoor sports.
product Mrs stoners system of Natural Educa
tion :.
How education made Wned a child
amazing applied in training all children will be
told by The Times.
The first one appears today IN page eight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
China AGAIN
A MONARCHY

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2.-Elect.on
returns today continued to indi-
cate that China has registered an
overwhelming vote for q mon
archy to replace the present re-
public.
Northern China accepts the re-
suit as fair, while southern China
threatens disorders. The govern
ment is taking precautions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
DEMOCRATIC
LEADER DIES

NEW YORK. Nov. Herman
Ridder, editor of the New York
Stats Zeitung and a prominent
democratic politician, died sud
denly last night in his New York
home from kidney trouble.
Ridder has held big offices in
publishing circles, being president
of the Newspaper Publishers as
sociation and an officer and
stakeholder in the Associated
Press. He was suggested In
1908 as a teammate for Bryan,
but refused.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02
} CITY NEEDS A SHOCK,
, in OPINION OF MILLS

o Here's the reason Com Z
Q missioner Mills gave today 4
= for the lack of adequate
= fire protection in the schools :
o and for the unsafe condition 4"
o of some of our buildings: &
= "Tacoma's got to have a ;
8 big shock before 1t wakens I
9 up. We never had a school {;
o fire or big fire disaster 4
. here, therefore the people
q seem to think there's no use (
o preparing against the flu 4
. ture. 4
. "Unless something awful 4
. happens, the public won't I
D get walked up to the dangers Z
o that exist. If we'd ever hal
. big fire like Seattle or 4
. Chicago, 1t might have help :;
D ed some. Why, we've only
o got four real modern, fire .
o proof office buildings in the !:
o whole city. What can we I:
. expect of our schools, 4
q them" 9
o 9
o o @ . o o o O 8 8 . q o o . q
Commissioner Mills this after.
noon instructed Fire Chief Nc.
Alevy, Building Inspector J
Scott Snyder and Fire Marshal
Harry Chantler to make an in.
vestigation of fire danger In all
public and private schools Of Ia
coma.
The trio started on theil
rounds at 1 o'clock, riding in
Chief McAlevy's automobile.
II any exit doors are fount
opening inwardly, or any fire es.
cape gates are found locked, OF
any other minor violations are
reported, Mills will demand cor.
rection, he said today.
But IL any rotten wooden
fire escapes are found, any
decrepit "fire-trap" schools
are reported, inadequate fire
protection Is discovered, or
amy other serious dangers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

In any event. the net result Of
Preston's contentious. II sustain
ed. would be that the state would
be turned into the greatest whirl
OF political battle II has ever
known.
BUT
The supreme court may decide
the case for the "drys," lust NJ
the Thurston county superior
court has already done.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-02

Employment agencies will
he allowed to charge fees
again.
The state will remain wet.
The seven legislative
measures on which u refer
endum was obtained this year
will automatically become
law at once.
Such a situation would presen
most interesting upheaval.