The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, September 24, 1913, Image 4
STARTLING REPORT
OF SUVERY EXISTS
CHARGE THAT SAVAGE FAMILIES
SELL CHILDREN IN PHILLIP
FINES VERIFIED.
PROBE MADE BY AUDITORS
-Secretary Garrison Receives the Flndi
ings of Inquiry That Was Carried on
For Months By Phipps.?Informants
Names Not Given.
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Washington. ? Secretary Garrison
bad before him a Philippine slavery
report by W. H. Phipps, auditor for
the islands, practlc?aliy backing up
the startling charges of Dean Worcester.
It cites details of many cases of
boys and girls sold into slavery at
prices ranging from $60 to $100, and
that heads of savage families sell
their daughters and regard the prac'
tice as a right.
"I have no hesitancy in saying that
I think that the charges or Secretary
Worcester that slavery in the Philippines
are sustained," says Mr. Phipps.
j The Phipps "report is based upon
Investigations conducted under tne
direction of the Philippine auditor by
district auditors. It is accompanied
by a list of names of sixty-seven persons
held as slaves, some being hell
outright and some under the so-called
"debt" system, the fallacy of wjbieh is
shown by the fact that some of the
slaves so held are more than CO years
of age and have been held by the
present owners since birth.
All of the district autditors who
assisted Mr. Piiipps were obliged to
promise their informants that the
source of the information would not
be made public. The names of the
officials who helped in the preparation
of the report also are withheld.
One investigator stated in his report:
"There is a considerable traffic in
girls. I personally have had a number
of offers of this kind, and it is a
generally known fact that a large percentage
of the Chinese who have Filipino
wives actually bought them at a
stipulated price. A recent instance
;m which I was offered boys and girls
for the small amount of 20 pesos, 30
pesos and 40 pesos was in August of
last year at Cebu."
Sulzer Intends To Fight Case Out.
Albany, N. Y.?With rumors current
that Governor William Sulzer
would resign in event that his attorneys
lose their fight to prevent him
from being forced to defend himself
"before the high court of impeachment,
statements forthcoming from
his counsel seemed to indicate that
he has every intention of fighting the
case out to the end, be it bitter or
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-sweet. The statements were inspired
by the general interpretation placed
on the letter which Mr. Sulzer sent
to Lieutenant Governor Glynn, turning
over to him for signature requisition
papers for the extradition of a
prisoner.
Senate Committee To Hear Bankers.
Washington. ? The Banking and
Currency Committee of the Senate,
preparing to continue its hearing on
the administration currency bill as
passed by the House, decided to invite
Frank T. Vanderlip, president of
the National City Bank of New York,
to discuss the measure before the
committee. Later Vice President
Talbott, of the same institution, will
be 1" vited to appear. The committee
has decided to have in attendance
an expert from the office of the Comptroller
of the Currency to keep the
committee straight on technical ques.dunn?
the examination of wit
nesses in the future.
Lucero Charged With Bribery.
Santa Fe, X. M.?J. P. Lucero, Representative
of the first State Legislature,
was put * on trial in District
Court here charged with the solicitation
of a $500 bribe in connection
with the election of A. B. Fali to the
United States Senate last spring.
Conferees Take Duty Off Bananas.
Washington.?The Tariff Conference
Committee of Congress voted to
leave bananas on the free list. After
a controversy, in which the influence
of President Wilson was thrown in
favor of the continued free importation.
the Senate conferees receded
from their amendment, which would
have imposed a duty of one-tenth of
one cent a pound. The Senate gave
way as to duty on lemons, limes,
grapefruit and similar fruits, leaving
the rates as fixed by the House, based
on the measurement of packages.
Defense Procedure Undecided.
Concord, N. II.?A mass of information
bearing upon extradition precedents
in New Hampshire lay before
counsel for Harry K. Thay. ready for
presentation before (governor Felker
in an effort to defeat the attempt to
have the slayer of Stanford White returned
to Matteawan. The order will
be decided soon. Ic had been hoped
to submit an outline of the plaws to
Thaw's mother and sister, Mrs. Geo.
Lauder Carnegie, but at last report
no member of the family except
. ;..vry are here.
15 STILL II PUZZLE
WHO WILL BE APPOINTED IN
SOUTH CAROLINA IS THE
QUESTION?
HAVE TWO VACANT BERTHS
Selections Must Be Made For United
States District Attorney and Marshall
For the Palmetto State.?Looked
For In Near Future.
?-?
Columbia.?A special from Washington
states that the arrival here of W.
F. Stevenson of Cheraw and other
well known South Carolina men, and
the visit of John Gary Evans to the
White House and that of Senator
Smith to the department of justice,
has opened up again the question of
what is going to he done about the
appointment of a district attorney and
a marshal to succeed Ernest Cochran
and J. D. Adams.
I What has already transpired in this j
matter is now well known to persons j
in South Carolina-and those who are j
familiar w.ith what has teen done arc j
closely watching for any move indi- j
j eating a final adjustment of the situ- j
j ation.
i So far a sthe appointment of a dis- >'
J f l ~ ^r?or!
triCt 2,i.XOriitIJ> 15 :icu uuiu ,
tors -Smith and Tillman seem satisfied,
. each feeling confident, as far a3 can ;
; he learned, that he will get his man, ,
I W. J. Thurmond for Tillman and F. j
IT. Weston, for Smith, fixed in the de- i
| sired place,
: Regarding the question of the
. marshalship, Senator Tillman having ;
withdrawn the name of J. L. Sims, j
would appear to put the matter up to :
Senator Smith, hut the latter does not j
, seem inclined to take action just now. j
preferring it is presumed to wait un;
til the other place is filled.
"While it was believed here that j
President Wilson might settle the j
matter and send the names of a dis- '
i trict attorney and a marshal to the ,
i senate for confirmaton, this course S
was not followed and careful inquiry j
i made at the offices of both the South '
Carolina senators brought out no new j
i information. j
i However, the visit of Mr. Steven- j
! son to Senator Tillman's office and i
i the visits of John Gary Evans and j
n A/. +1-1 TXrVi Ho VI mi c o !
SeiMUUr OULlltll IU biio ??1XJLCW xavuiuv ?
and the department of justice, re- |
| spectively, give rise to the belief tbat
j something may be looked for in this
i matter during the next day or two.
i
j Lexington County Dispensary Board, j
j Lexington.?G. A. Goodwin, chair- j
i man; George K. Koon, secretary and j
j Walter F. Hook, comprising the Lex- j
ington county dispensary 'board of
control, held an important meeting, in
'Which many matters in regards to the
early opening of the dispensaries in
; this county were considered. It was
j agreed that the county should have
five dispensaries to begin with?one
; at Lexington, on? at Brookland, Feak,
| Swansea and one at either Leesville
; or Batesburg. The board will meet
I again on September 27 to hear arguj
ments of those seeking the dispen- |
j sary at Batesburg and Leesville in j
! order that the board might be advised j
i as to which place will be proper for i
{ the dispensary.
j
News From the Capital.
i Columbia.?Owing to the inclemency j
! of the weather Governor Blease and j
j Representative Rembert did not at- j
i tend the barbecue at Chapin, but ;
{ wired their regrets. The fertilizer !
1 tag tax from the sales of fertiliers
I from January 1 to date has amounted i
i to $224,332.86, according to the state- I
j ment from the office of the state treas- !
1 :
i urer. Commissioner of Agriculture
j E. J. Watson says that he inaugurated
! a special campaign against bleached
| flour and has issued instructions for
i the drawing of samples.
I Charged With Robbing Postoffice. j
Laurens.?David Hamilton, a young !
man of the upper section of this coun- i
ty, was arrested recently by Deputy j
United Stetes Marshal Hudgens and j
| carried to Edgefield, where lie is j
charged with breaking into the Tren- j
; ton postoffice early in this month. ;
v !
Gives His Version of Case.
I Columbia.?Governor Blease receiv- J
ed a telegraphic inquiry from lawyers j
i in Vow Ynrlr if ?!riii<h Pirnlim
had ever applied for* or given extradition
of escaped lunatic or of insane
i person charged with crime. In reply
; the governor said 110 such case had j
ever arisen in this state within his j
! knowledge and added that if the in- i
quiry referred to the Thaw case, if j
Thaw were in tiiis state, no papers i
would he granted for his return to j
New York unless local physicians first j
adjudged him insane.
Additional License Fees.
Columbia.?The insurant-" comnris- j
sioner has turned into the s'ate treas- :
ury what is known as an additional li- j
cense fe^s on premiums collected bv j
insurance companies during the six !
months ending .Tune .10. It'll. The
1 amount of such addi'lonal licence fees
; was $01,217.24. One-half of 'this
| amount goes to the state for general i
. purposes and the other half is divided j
' among the several counties in propor- j
i ti-on to the premiums collected in those ?
i counties. Richland's share is nearly i
i $3,000. j
FROM THE PALMETTO STATE
Latest News of General Interest That,
Has Been Collected From Many j
Towns and Counties. i
I
Columbia.?A. C. Sllgh, of Dyson,!
has been appointed as magistrate fo?<
Greenwood county.
Chester.?The Chester Baptist Association
will hold ts big annual meeting
at the Blaokstock Baptist ohurcih,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
October 7, 8 and 9.
Columbia.?Little of the advance In
the hJgh^cost of living can be attributed
to the price -paid for coal now as
compared with that of five years ago,
according to Columbia coal dealers.
Columbia.?Commissioner Watson
has accepted an Invitation to deliver
an address at the annual fair of the
Pendleton Fair Association October
8. The fair will be given by one of
the oldest agricultural societies In
the South.
Conway.?Moving In a northeasterly
direction and hewing a course about
onehalf mile wide, a terrible cyclone
swept North Conway recently and left
ruin and desolation in its wake. While
iio lives -were lost, several persons
escaped as though by a miracle.
Washington.?The house passed a
hill introduced by Representative
Byrnes permitting the people of Beaufort
to construct a bridge across the
Beaufort river. This bridge is much
wanted by the people of the town and
Mr. Byrnes thought it best to have
the bill passed by congress to prevent
any trouble hereafter.
Spartanburg.?In the fnce of the
positive statement ci" a respectable
white matron of high intelligence that
he had assaulted tmr, Will Fair, p.
negro, was found not gully at a special
term of general session court
called for the ' of his case. The
jury was cut ' ! curs. The verdict
caused r.o surprise and was quietly
received.
Washington.?Former Speaker. W.
F. fr. evens on, o: the South Carolina
l n. / . . *?' : .-ifooo'irirt'vaa on ]:w 'AM v
to his home in Cheraw, after a visit
to Atlantic City, X. ,T., when ashed
about his rumored intention to be a
candidate to the senate to succeed
Senator Smith, said that he had not
yet niado up his mind what lie would
do.
Florence.?A bank has been organ- |
ized at Pamplico, the most consider- j
able station on the new South Carolina
Western road between Florence and !
Poston, where a city is expected to i
be some day. The capital is to be
$25,000, and it was all subscribed in
a day by the men who live in that section
and those who own property in
Pamplico.
Anderson.?Four new school buildngs
costing together about $50,000 are
to be erected here by the 1st of January.
Contracts for all of the buildings
bave been awarded and work on
the construction of two of them has
already been commenced. A new
building for the colored pupils was
completed a short t^me ago at a cost
of $6,000 and put into use at the beginning
of the present school year.
Columbia.?Tfrade opportunity by
South Carolina with the score of countries
of South America and the commercial
possibilities of the Panama
Canal were outlined in an address at !
the Columbia theatre by John Barrett, |
director-general of the Pan-American
Union and Dr. Clarence J. Owens,
managing director of the Southern
Commercial Congress. Several hundred
Columbians were present.
Anderson?A Cleveland, Ohio, bank
has made a proposition to the agricultural
department of the Anderson
chamber of commerce to purchase all
the bonds that might be necessary to
float in order to secure funds with,
which to drain approximately 1,000
acres of land in the vicinity of Rocky
River, near the city, and the whole
matter is now toeing handled toy Z.
C. Ballentine, an Anderson county
farmer.
Lancaster. ? News reached here
that Walter Cauthen, the eldest son
of James M. Cauthen of the Dry Creek
section of the county, met with an exceedingly
painful and serious accident
recently at his home. 11 r was operating
a wood saw at the gin house w.hen
the box covering the mantle came
off and the saw flew up, wounding
the young man about the shoulders
and cutting a long gash from the left
shoulder downward, almost to the
heart.
Columbia.'?Unable to agree upon
a verdict in the case of J. G. Grant, a
young white man, charged with forgery,
the jury was dismissed and a
mistrial ordered in session court for
Richland county.
Winnsboro.?In response to the call
for citizens of the town and county )
to contribute labor for the good roads I
movement, many have deemed it !
more advisable to aid two weeks be- |
fore the appointed time and others j
havo promised to help. The whole I
scheme shoe's a spirit of co-operation !
and endeavor to do the best work for j
county's roads.
Manning. ? The Ions continued j
drought in this section has at last j
been broken. There were light driz- !
zling rains at intervals several days |
ago, hut in the aggregate there was
only about enough to lay the dust j
good.
Greenville.?The contract, for the
block of warehouses to be c?- a i
near the inlerurban Iivi*. V. station |
will be Jet within ilia r. ; -i / \\ lays.
1 he buildings are to he vo > >tf?ri. s
high and of most modert on',,j.j^.
Jt ].-> ;.a1nnc-d to establish a new
whoP- ;]: district, in tin- vicinity oi
1 bo ij {r'riii - ;t;i stitio.i. j
ROUND TRIP 1
Excursion Fares *
FROM 1
Lexington, S. C.
VIA
Southern Railway =
(Premier carrier of fhe South). B
$10.00. Knoxville, Tenn., and Return B
("Good in coaches only"). B
$0.75. Knoxville, Tenn., andjjreturn B
("Good in coaches, parlor or B
sleeping cars, pullman charges B
additional"). Account Na- B
tional Conservation Exposi- BB
tion, Sept. 1-Noy. 1, 1913. g
Tickets sold daily, A.ug. 30 to B
Nov. 1, good 10 clays from ?j
$1S.OO. Louisville, Ky. and return, B
account Centennial Oelebra- B
tion Perry's Victory, Septem- jj|l
ber 29-October 5, 1913. Tickets B
sold Sept. 27, 23, 29, with ||j
final limit returning October
$25.13. New York, N Y and return, B
account General Conventic n j ||j
Protestant Episcopal church. { ||?
Tickets sold October 4, 5, (>. j
1913, final limit returning
Nov; 4, J 913.
$29.35. Atlantic City, N J and re- j
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Pullman, sleeping and diniug car .1
service on through trains, good convenient
through and local schedules.
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GPA.; Washington, D. C.; W. E. wj
McGee, AGP., Columbia, S C; Magrader
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