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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
VAWTER CLEARED OF KILLING.
Y. II. 1. Professor Not Guilty OF
Murder Of Heth.

Christiansburg, Va, May O.
CHARLES f.. Vawter, former professor
of physics at Virginia Polytechnic in
stitute was declared not guilty to-
night of the murder Of Stockton
Iioth, Jr, whom he shot to death in
the Vawter home early on the morn
ing of March 13. The jury was out
two ana half hours and, according
to one Of its members only one ballot
was taken.
AS Deputy Clerk Walters read the
verdict Nawter sprang from his chair
and clasped his aged mother in his
arms. 4. l.. Jordan, the only men,
Der of Vawter's counsel in the court
room, sank into his chair and sobbed
Mrs. Vawter broke down when a
newspaper man telephoned her the
news.
Prof. Vawter issued the following
statement
II thank the jury for their verdict,
of which 1 have felt sure from the
lirst. | greatly regret the whole sad
affair and sorrow caused. The injus-
tice done Ms. Vawter by the prose-
cution and. press is the greatest blot
on the whole sad affair. While 1 am
blamclcss as to Stockton's death 1
realize that have been c,iltv of
weakness when L should have been
strong. The future stares me darkly
In the face. but with Gods help I
shall endeavOr to build somewhere q
happy home for my children and wife.
My immediate plans are to rest"
The verdict brought to a close one
OF the most sensational cases in the
annals of Virginia criminal history.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
The Leader.

tRobert Underwood Johnson, in the
New York Times.j
This is the man they deemed of Ian
guild blood.
A schooinan versed in books, who,
Hamlet-like,
Showed but heat-fashes powerless
to strike
HIS resolution blighted in the bud.
They knew him not-nor we, who
trusted him.
See! how his brooding purpose,
taking form.
Falls like swift lightning from
long gathered storm.
While fateful thunder shakes the
round worlds rim.
His country. stirred by him to lofty
strife,
Sharing his vision. with high pas
sion thrills;
1t climbs. rcnouncing minor goods
and ills,
IND stands beside him at the crown
OF life.
To new krigl,thood he Crdains the
brave,
TO be sOul-worthy of freeman's
Not 'for our wrongs alone, but that
None shall be master. none shall be
q slave.
Eut yesterday a secret of his heart.
Ills welcome message floods tho
globe like light;
1t cheers the farthest darkness by
its might;
Its holdness makes the undissccptcr-
cd start.
Whore it has spread, hy sep or noun
tain side
Or by the bivouac of the caravan,
The lowlicst feels n part of Heav-
ems plan
And stands erect with newly awaken.
cd pride.
Icleagucred Liberty takes heart
again.
Hearing afar the rescung buglcs
blow;
And even in the strongholds Of the
foe
His name becomes the whispered hope
Of men.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
LiBEItIA BREAKS WITH GER.
MANY.
Sewers Relations With TeutOnic EN-
pire.

Baltimore, May 9.-Announcement
that Liberia has severed diplomatic re-
lations with Germany was received
here today by Ernest Lyon, consul
general of the negro republic, in a
cablegram from c. ID. b. King, Sec
retary OF State. No reasons were
given.
Consul General Lyons has notified
the state department at Washington.
He said the break carries an advan-
tage to the allies, because it will re-
move from German control the cable
and wireless stations in Liberia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
BATTLING FOR BIG PRIZE.
Germany Using Many Fresh Divis-
ions in Effort TO Hold FresnOy.

The great battle for the possession
OF the German positions in and
around the village of Fresnoy contin-
ues with n fury that recalls the bloody
struggle at Verdun. The great i'm
portance of the position is due to the
fact that it forms the last important
defense on the northern end of the
Drocourt- line and also covers
the only remaining railroad to Lens.
which connects this important coal
city with the main German line i'm
the south. The enormous concentra.
ton of fresh German divisions on the
British front adds significance to the
report that Won Hindenburg is with
drawing men from the Russian front
The disorganizatiOn Of the Russian
army at this time is. therefore, ap-
parently adding burdens to the
French and British.
London reports that the British ad-
vanccd last night in the regions about
Bullecourt, east of Gricourt and south
of Soncheze.
The French war office claims the
capture of German position on the
Vanclerc plateau.
While little has come through
about the fighting around Fresnoy.
the British advance south of the Sou
chez river means the pressing back of
the German lines to the south of
Lens. Ballecourt is reported as near
~ surrouned, but the Germans are
ciinging stubbornly to the town.
Two miles north Of st. Quentin the
British are pushing eastward to Gri-
court and are right atop the ST. Quen-
tln-Cambrai road at this point.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
SEYMOUR CARROLL FREED.
jury Finds Young Negro Not Guilty
of Arson.


Orangeburg, May 9.-Seymour Car
roll, son of the Rev. Richard Carroll,
The well-knOwn negro leader, of Co.
!umbia. was acquitted of q charge of
Grson in general sessions court, Judge
l. w. bowman, presiding, here late
this afternhOOn. The jury delibcrated
about an hour. Carroll was accused
of attempting to burn Morrill, Hall,
one of the buildings at the State Col
ored College here, i'm January, 1915.
lie was a student at the institution at
the time. The case was begun yes
.erday.
Arthur Burgess was acquitted of n
charge of housebreaEing and lar
ceny, .Mackey Palmer, the Young ne
gro who killed Police Sergeant Frank
lin some time ago. testified against
Burgess. Palmer has been kept in the
penitentiary pending his trial on the
charge of murder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
PEACE sTIIEKENT MONDAY.
BETiIMANN-HOLLWEG TO AN.
SWER INTERPRETATION
limited That Official Declaration by
Grcmany Will Anticipate Chancellor
VIII nc Definite Step.

Copenhagen, May (via London)
A special dispatch received here
from Berlin says DR.. Won Bethmann-
Hollweg. the imperial German chan
celior, will answer a peace interpella-
ton in the reichstag Monday.
The dispatch adds that the reich
stag will adjourn in the middle of
May but not to autumn as is Gus
tomary. Parliamentary objections to
leaving the government uncontrolled
from May until autumn have resulted
in plans for a short session i'm Julv.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
CONSUMPTION BOARDS AP.
POINTED.
EOv. Manning Sets Machinery In Mo-
ton for Enlistment OF Every A!a.,
i'm state Between Ages Of II and 80

Columbia, May 0.--Machinery for
he registration OF all males i'm South
'arolina between the ages OF 81 am
II years was set i'm motion this az
ernOon when Gov. Manning an
,ounced the appointment of county
federal boards of registration and
;onscriptiOn. The boards will he in
7tructed to begin work just as soon as
President Wilson signs the conscrip
ton proclamation. The boards are
made up of the clerk of court ana
Judge of probate and one representa-
tive citizen from each county. Def
mite instructions will he mailed i'm
mediately to all counties and an ef-
tort VIII be made to have every one
liable for military service listed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
BROTHER VICTIM OF U-BOAT.
Spartanburg Man Also Lost His Faith
er Recently i'm Fighting i'm Europe.

Spartanhur". May 81. F. Jones,
of this city. has received word that his
brother, Edward Jones, who was
chief engineer on a cargo steamer,
which was struck April % by a tor
pedO from a German submarine, is
dead. Mr.. Jones was killed by the
explosion of the boiler. He was a
native Of England and had been an
engineer of the Lamport and Holt
lines for long time. A few months
ago he was in port at Charleston
and Savannah. In addition Mr.. Jones
lost his father i'm the war q few
months ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12

PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS
PLANNED.
Questions the Registration Office Will
Want Answered,

washington, May 1O.-A war de-
partment statement says that many
'Ssates plan to make registration day
hor new army conscription the occa-
sion Tor patriotic demonstration.
Inc statement says questions to be
answered are: Name, age, place OF
plrth, home address, quality of citi-
Zenship, occupation, married or sim
gle, dependents, if any, former mill
tary service and lastly claims of eX-
cmptiOn from draft"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
Payvillc School Commencement.

Manning Times.
PaXville school commencement will
be held i'm the school auditorium
Monday and Tuesday evenings, May
18th and 18th. Monday evening will
ne the exercises of the primary and
grammar grades. Tuesday evening,
the graduating exercises. the delivery
OF medals, and the literary address
by Mr.. ]. w. Wideman Of Manning,
beginning at $50 o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12

The white man and the two negroes
Who were arrested near wedgeileld on
sunday night as suspicious characters
have been released by tho county of
ncials. as there was no charge agains.
them on which they could be held
The mon had divining rod and n
compass with them and alleged tina,
they were searching for some golj
ana silver which had been hidden ir
the locality where they were found
IL is presumed TINT they were endcov.
ofing to extract the hidden gold and
silver from the hiding places whcry
the coIorod owners were keeping it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW
YORK.
City Hall Building Damaged ami
Many Relics and Paintings Narrow
ly Escaped Destruction.

New York, May 1O.-Fire broke out
I'm the New York c..y hall at one
O'Clock, but an hour later was got
ten under CONTROL 1t started on the
upper floors of the building and
threatened many historical relics and
paintings of great value. A defective
wire was believed to be the cause, as
tho building had been specially illum-
mated for the French commission re-
ceptions. Only the shell of the Gu
pola Is left standing. The structure
was n hundred years old.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
MAY PRECEDE STATEMENT

Amsterdam (via London), May O.
The Tijds correspondent in Germany
reports that parliamentary circles
there expect the chancellor's reply to
interpretations with regard to Ger
many's peace aims will be rendered
unnecessary by a more official state
ment on the subject.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
RCNl Estate Transfers.

RI. a. Brunson, Judge of Probate,
to Evelyn, Julia Clark, Tomlinson, ct
al.,."212 acres in Shiloh township, IS
and other considerations.
H.. a. BrunsOn, Judge of Probate.
10 S. j. TOmlinson. 176 acres in Shi-
loh township, IS.
Derry Vaughn and Horton Vaughn
TO l.. d. Jennings, ct al, lot on Green
Swamp, 1921.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
STORM DOES DAMAGE.
Tears Top from Car, Blows Down
Trees, and Capsizes Boat and Occu-
pant HAS Hard Time Reaching

Land.
Manning Times.
This community was visited by a
very heavy wind and rain storm last
Friday afternoon. Several trees were
blown down in the town, and consid-
cradle damage done throughout the
county. w. T.. Lesesne, Jr., and his
little sister, Sarah, had started to
Manning, and when within about two
miles of town the storm struck them.
The top of the car was blown off,
and large tree fell in a few feet
Of them, but fortunately they were
not hurt. A house on Mr.. Allen
blown away. 1t was a severe storm,
and our people thought it a repeti-
ton of May Z, 1915. Messrs. DIR. G.
l.. Dickson, Wilson Dickson and w.
NJ. Plowden were fishing at Martins
Lake, and when the storm came up
the Messrs. Dickson got to the bank
and anchored, but Mr.. Plowden was
caught out in the middle of the lake.
The wind capsized the boat and Mr..
PlOwden had a very narrow escape.
After a hard scuffle he managed to
kick the string Of fish from his leg,
caught the upset boat, then drift
ed to n tree and held to that until
the storm had passed. He suffered
no injury, but lost his fish, hat and
had a general good scare.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
THE DINKINs' MILL PICNIC.
Cmmittecs from Various Churches
gAppointedI by Secretary Reardon to
Talk up Gathering.

ihe oirec'ors or the sumter Cham
y her OF Commerce. and of the Retail
{ Dealers Association of Sumter are
very anxious to have as many sum-
ter city people as possible accept tho
very cordial invitation of the hos
pkable people of the rural districts
o. Sumter county who have invited
the people cf Sumter to join with
them In a big get-togethcr city and
and country basket picnic at Dinxins'
NH pond on Wednesday. May 1Gth.
Tho directors of the Chamber of
Commerce have instructed the secre-
tary. II. I. Reardon. to use every pos
stbte means to have hundreds of
Sumter men. women. boys and girls
attend this picnic.
Secretary Reardon has appointed
tho following Sumter ladies to serve
az an auxiliary committee to talk up
tho picnic and induce a large crowd
OF sumterites to attend. The picnic
10 to be a very democratic affair and
all Of the citizens of Sumter are in
'stted ~ attend and to bring baskets.
Committees from Churches.
Trinity Methodist church-Mrs. r
III. witherspoon. Mrs. L. I. Parrott,
Mrs. w RI. Phillips. Mrs. H. NJ.
Flaum.
Broad Street Methodist church.
Mrs. Joseph s. Rice. Mrs. Rowland A.
MeCallum. Mrs. e. b. waggoman.
Congregation sinai-Mrs. 1. c
Strauss. Mrs A. c. Phelps, Miss Ethel
Green.
First Baptist Church-Mrs. j. p.
Commander. Mrs. r. X. Wilder, Mrs.
J. r.. Ligon. Miss Jennie Walsh.
81. Anne's Catholic Church-Mrs J.
J. Brennan. Mrs. Willie Bultman, Miss
Franceska Teicher.
Presbyterian Church-Mrs.. Henry
Spann. Mrs. w. L. >Brunson, Miss
Mamie Edmunds.
Grace Baptist Church-Mrs. Johr
A. Brunson. Mrs. ID. p. Kelly, Mrs
Bertha 8. Haynsworth.
Salem Baptist Church-Mrs. John
ID. jennings. Mrs. c. M. Phifer, Mis-
Lurline Griffin.
Christian Church-Mrs. s. p. Mil.
Ter. Mrs. Gwynne Pitts. Miss Alice
TfsdaIe.
Church of the Holy Comforter
Mrs ". ID. Graham. Mrs. T. III. Sid
dall. Mrs. II. q. Osteen.
Sumter Civic League--Mrs. Nina
solomons. Mrs. n. s. Hood. Mrs. w
Ia Brunson, Mrs. John II. Sumter
Miss Armida Moses. Mrs. Louis VIII
hanson. Mrs. II. Warren Noise.
Sumter Chamber OF Commerce
Committee-A. c. Phelps. u. C. Wal.
Gce. III. q. Osteen, RI. ". VanDeventer
II. A. Moses. w. Percy Smith, T.. u
Cole. J. Y. Hcaron. II. f.. Wilder. T.. I
Reardon. chairman.
IL has been suggested that every
automobile owner who attends Tho
Dinkins' Mill pond picnic decorate hi,
car In the national colors so that th,
social gathering will SAVIOR OF n pa
s triotic demonstration. as well as n So
cial and preparedness against a food
famine meeting. Several fine addrcssc.
VIII be dellverd during the day.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12

A falling off in the loss of British
shipping Is shown in this report.
Lust weeks slater. ent gave the num-
Dor OF lost ships of more than 1000
tolI as 3s. under 1000 tons as 1s.
and fishing vessels as eight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12

London, May "A dispatch TO the
Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam
dealing with The Tijd's statement
concerning Germany's peace proposals,
says ii has been confirmed that Ger
many Is about to make another pea ce
offer in conjunction with her allies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
Puts Road i'm Good Condition.
Manning Times.

Manning Times.
Supervisor Kelly is putting the road
from Manning to the Sumter line in
first class condition. Now if the
Sumter supervisor will work his end,
we will have a boulevard from Man.
ming to Sumter-the two best towns
in the State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-05-12
Big Business FlOurishing.

New York, May 1O.-Unflled or
ders of the United States Steel corpor-
alton up 10 April 30th amounted to
12,1S3,0S3 tons. This increase is
about 100000 tons over previous
months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-20
William E. Jones Is
Ordained a Minister
of the Baptist Church

Impressive ordination services were
held in the Shiloh Baptist Church,
York, on Thursday, when William E.
Jones, of Harrisburg, recently called
to the pastorate of that church was
publicly ordained to the gospel min
istry.
Churches of the Pennsylvania Bap-
tist State Convention on the invita-
ton of the Shiloh Church organized
for the examination of the candidate,
with the Rev. DIR. E. Luther Cunning
ham, of st. Paul's Baptist Church,
moderator and J. Edward Jenkins,
clerk. After passing a satisfactory
examination the council advised the
church to proceed with the public
ordination of Mr.. Jones. The follow
ing was the order:
Ordination sermon, the Rev. DIR.
Warner Brown, Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Section; ordination prayer
with laying. on of hands, by the Rev.
DR.. L. l.. Taylor, Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, Altoona; presentation of
Bible and Hand of Fellowship, the
Rev. DR.. E. Luther Cunningham,
st. Pau's Baptist Church, Harris
burg; charge to the candidate, the
Rev. o. P. Goodwin, First Baptist
Church, Steelton; charge to the
church, the Rev. w. H.. Roosezell,
Baptist City Missionary, Harrisburg;
benediction, the Rev. w. E. Jones,
pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church,
York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-20

tive, stupid, boresome, or so restless
and incapable of staying put that
when opportunity rings the doorbell
they are never home to hear the
summons.
Most of us have a stupid way of
thinking that life owes us our de-
sires, so we trot around looking SO
unattractive that life mistakes us
for flotsam and jetsam instead of
for real ships, capable of carrying
cargo. If we don't err in that
direction we may make the blunder
of sitting with folded hands, wait
ing for the tide to carry rich cargo
right up into the little backwater
where we have anchored. 1t won't
The man or woman who makes up
his or her mind what he or she
wants and then goes after it gets it.
Given someone a strong soul wants
to attract, he or she doesn't talk
the beloved to death, doesn't dis
play his or her nature as restless
pleasure-seeking and spendthrift OF
energy, vitality and all the big
qualities which ought to be turned
to real use.
The tragedy of many a man OF
woman is that he or she gives false
impressions. The really fine, deer
woman thinks she has to cnaItef
and giggle and fluff herself up like
the little, empty headed eighteen :
year-old, who is forgiven because OF
her youth and prettiness.
The gentle, charming, quiet mar
imagines that he must bluster and
swagger like the cave man. He is
completely startled when people
don't like his poor limitations OF
something that would not be COM
pletely attractive, even if it were
natural.
The point is to find out in what
qualities you are attractive and then
to cultivate them. Being poor im-
itation of Helen of Troy or Elizabeth
Browning or Nine. de Stael isn't hall
as love-compelling as being an hon.
est, earnest, friendly, warmhearted,
generous and well-groomed little
Mary Smith.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-20
A CENTRAL TOWER AND
SPIRE; OR, SEVERAL SPIRES?
A Question of Great Moment to the Sky Line of
New York

The Cathedral of ST. John the
Divine, which is rising from one of
the most elevated spots on Manhat-
tan Island, is very naturally a sub
ject of considerable anxiety to the
art-lovers of New York. Years will
pass before it is finished, but it is
of great moment that in outline
and mass it shall justify the enor-
nous sums of money spent on it and
the prominence of it's site, which
causes it to be seen from a large
part of Greater New York.
In the October number of The
Art World one of the architects
who took part in the original COM
petition for the plans-Mr. Huss-
takes bold issue with the change in
design that took place when the win
ners of the competition, Messrs
Helms and La Fargo, were set aside
and a new firm of architects put in
their place. Nobody seems to know
what influences were at work to
cause such n radical change in the
plans long after the choir had been
erected. The original plans called
for cathedral in the Romanesque
style of architecture. After crypt
and choir were built the design was
abruptly changed to Gothic. Mr.
Huss maintains that the change
from the broad and lofty central
tower of the design that was ac-
cepted to that proposed by Messrs
Cram and Ferguson, the new archi-
tects, will hurt the appearance of the
building. Says Mr.. Huss:
Not only do they substitute two
spires for one thus weakening the
total effect, but they suggest build
ing a sort of decapitated tower over
the foundation in place of the single
spire suggested by Messrs. Helms and
La Farge and Messrs. Huss and Buck.
Thus they cut up a dominant, sim
gle mass into a conglomerate of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-20

smaller masses, reducing as 1t were
mountain to q forest That this
is a serious mistake is proved by the
fact that 1t is positively questioned,
not only by some of the strongest
men in the profession of architecture
both here and abroad, but also by in
telligent laymen and members of the
other artistic professions. Many
believe that If this matter were sub
mitted to large jury composed of
leading architects, sculptors, painters
and critics of Europe land America,
they would reject the suggestion Of
Messrs. Cram and Ferguson and re-
turn at once to the original plan as
shown on the final and accepted
design of Messrs. Helms and la
Fargo because they feel that the
carrying out of the original design
of the latter would result in a more
sublime cathedral. Therefore, those
who ordered the departure from that
plan have assumed a responsibility
for which they will no doubt be
severely criticized by posterity I'M
less a return to the original design
is made.
THE error of departing from this
Romanesque design and switching
over to a Gothic is emphasized by
the fact that New York already has
IL bolnlc is eIlpIldslzeu ny llle IaSI
that New York already has Gothic
cathedral in st. Patrick's and that
also has two spires which will COM
pete with st. John the Divine; but If
the latter were built in the Roman
esque style with only one tre-
mendous spire the result would be
individuality to both cathedrals and
variety to the architecture of New
York. For the building of another
cathedral with two west spires would
establish a perpetual comparison be-
tween the two edifices and lessen the
individuality of both.