The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 01, 1911, Image 1
.Iir. si Mil i. WAH IIMW, K.?lnli
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k MEETING BIG SUCCESS.
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A meeting of the Chamber ol Com?
mon o held in the Masonic hall VY? d
nesday night fl.lUO was raised to
meet the expanses of the organization.
Dr. 9. C. Haker M| fleeted chairman
for the comlng year and a committee
of ten was appointed to canvas the
?it>? f..r subscription* for the expen?
ses; of the chamber of Cosnsnerce In
order t ? se?? it the city could raise en?
ough funds to secure the services of
a live \ti?-1? ? -? l lie s? ? retary to run the
organization.
It was decided that the committ- I
?>f ten try to raise at hast $1,000 In
the next ten days by soliciting sub?
scription* from all of the business
m?*n of ihr city and the members of
the t'hanih*?r of OoSMMfCS who were
not present at the meeting to sub?
scribe st that time. There were
shout forts < it Isens present at the
meeting whi? h was a very enthusias?
tic one and ni" ' "f *h- .-? promis-d t<>
give amounts ranging from $100 to
$10 In the next few days for the gen?
eral expenses of the Chamber of
?'orntne .. \ t'eW of tho.s,- who Wei'c
present stated that they were not at
that time ready to say what they
wer?? willing to give. Not on. of the
men present f..und anything to smy
against th- effort that was being
made to l.oost the town or refused
to make a subscription.
Th?- no-, ting was called to order
about 9 o'clock by Chairman Jen?
nings. Mr. Jennings called for a
r. port of the program and nominat?
ing i ommittee which he had appoint?
ed sum. ?lav- ago. Mr. U. I. Man
nlnif. as ? hairman of this committee.
ma?h ih. r< port for the committee.
II,- Haul that lie- committee had b< ? n
appoint <l to make arrangements for
the ban<iu? f and smoker which was
held on last Tuesday night. He said
that tho*?? pres? nt knew what success
hsd attended the banquet and he
woul-l red in ?k? any report In regard
to lt. Rs StiMI that one of the du?
ties of his committee had been p>
nominate a successor to Mr. Jennings
which the\ h id pr< : <h d to do af?
ter they had found the determination
of Mr. J linings not to longer con?
tinue in his present office Irrevocable,
The committee had looked for a
man who was acquainted with affairs
In the eity and county and who In
following his profession was ebltyred
to go among th?- peopb.- of the county
a great deal. II.? said that after ma?
ture consideration the committee had
found I man whom they had consid?
ered sufficiently wise and well known
to fulfill 'lie duties of the offic with
honor and |?r ?fit to the body. He
said that th*' eeaa settles had goas to
this man and asked him to a? i.ept the
office which h?? had consented to do.
He th.-n stat* d that I ?r. S. c. r.ak.i
was the man ih-chbd upon to till the
position of Pre sident of the Chamber
of OeejMnefce f"r th?' cosalai year and
h?- h? p? d tie- nomination would meet
Hi- approbation of the members ?>f
th? t'h.iiiiiir of Puensaene.
He then in oh th.- motion th. t It.
Daheff be t bess ? President o( lbs
i'humi" T of Commerce, which motion
was .rid* d I'V Mr. Nell ??'I ??.nn? ll.
Th? not I -n was th< n put to the house
und l?r. i:.ik' r wa- declared t? ? I.
Th. m> tu'? i> > \ tin- nominating com
sslttee w? r? M- ira li i Manning.
Neil i ? I ?oi,n. Ii, S. ||, KdwiUllUs and
It. ?i- . \V In? k. Th. n- w pr< .
d.nt I h> n too*] th" ? bait ami n. id
a spi. ?, in ?h. wa. of in Inaugural
address, Ii? otitlis d th- court* ihtii
be thought th- ? 'ha mi* r aught >
th it he thought Humti i n? ? i|< -i m>
hnme.l .t. lv f..li, Wing Im. H?hl r
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H tied April, ih.-.o
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NEW RAILROAD PROJECTED.
Ml >l I III KM IN I I .1(1 ?> I I l> IN N I W
HOI I I 111 < IIAKLI STON.
Proponed Roiid Hcglns nl Norwood,
N. (. on XMiiliiiu Main Line und
tome-, bj WnUewburu, N. Clios?
lerttetd, Harts* llle, Hlnhopvllle mid
^iiintcr. Thence Ml Charleston.?
News Which Kswenntes from Hurts*
rills |i important, it True.
Hnrtnvllle, March It.?Communi?
cations have been Intel) received In
Hartsvllle from parties Interested In
a Southern railroad extension by this
place, it ?oeaifl that the proposed
routs commences at Norwood, on the
main line of the South, rn, and comes
by Wadeaboro, N, C, Chesterfield
Court House, Hnrtsvllle, Blahopvllle
and iumter, from whence it goes on
to Charleston, it is not olntmed
that the southern Railway officials
are behind this propos? d line, hut the
people Interested seem to have the
project much at hi art.
A glance at the proposed route will
demonstrate that it will op.-n up some
ef the .inest farming country in this
State. Also that it gtvei the Southern
a direct line from the North t<? the
son,
I ciui advertising fund, Ihs suine to be
' donated aside from the annual no m
Iberuhlp fee, Hs said that he was
prepared to thai much tor ids
? Urnil and that he thought that others
a*on willing lo give the same amountI
h>r the same purpose, Hi later
changed the condition upon which
I
Ihs money hail been donated, stipulate
I] l only thai it WOUld go Into the
Chamber ??t Commerce fund t<? be tx?
pended In some wise way for tie
lienoAt "f ihs < Ity, The gift was lo
be only for one year In the way of ?
trial.
Mr. I'. I?. Molac stated thai he
thought that the money ought all lo
be turned Into n general found for
[ snendtlurs as was seen tit by the ose?
?.?etary or president of tin- organls? i
atfton or other persona having the '
?'authority In do so, provided that it
i ii expended \sitb ? view of benefit*
hag ihs city.
Mr. Clack suggested that a com?
mitte?' tu- appointed to solicit BUb? j
Bcrlptlona from Ihs various firms and ,
business men of the city.
Mr. Manning then made an urgent
speech In favor of giving the money!
without any strings tied lo it. lie.
i i
did not think that the most good
would corns of money donated with
c< ndltlona attached to it. He than
stated that he nould glvs $100 for
i the fund although his business Inter*
I
sals were not situated here.
I Mr. Belaer stated that he would
I give I lei for a special advertising
fund.
j Mr. L. 1?. Jennings also stated that
he would glvs $100 towards tht- gen?
I era! fund fer the Chamber of Com?
nierce.
Tin- matter of whether or not tie
fund then being contributed covered
dues for Ihs year was brought up,
several of Ihs parties giving stating
[that they guvs the donation with tie
, undsrstandlnM that it did not cover
dues for the year, while others gave
the donation with tie- understanding
'that it would cover dues,
1 Mr. J, II. ?'handler moved that all
I persons giving $36 or over should
lbs exempt from duel for tie- year,
J This motion was carried, ihe present
donations being only fur u period of
oiis year,
Mr. .). M. Chandler ugg-sted that
vi those pre* m .state hue much
:th?> were, willing to give foi the
I <'hamber of Commerce, Mr, Her?
! i" i t Mos? s ne< onded ihe motion
which was- passed. All of those
, i ent a er< ihen .?iked a hul lh< >
ai*uld towards reorganising lh<
i bam Ik; r ??! Commerce and putting il
.i condition to do . tii. i nt wurk,
matter being wound up l*r,
. ; 11 led loi th< repol ll of any
? n ittt'< w/l h had ?? ) r< poi t ? i
Id har not-?Lc.' all the ends Thou All
3UMTER, S. C . SATUJ
Ml ? IBIIIMII II I III II n ? ?I** '-mv 4
THE COCA-COLA CftSE.
i:xi?i:uts n -in \ i \in im: i>
M)| \ |*OlS<>\.
One Has Changed hi> Ml lid?Has Itc
pudiatcd Beliefs a ? I.xili t?*??i in
Iii?. Hook?\-> in Tea ami Coffee.
Chatanooga, Tonn., March 28.?
Experts were again en the stand in tin*
trial of the coca-cola case in the
federal court today. I ?r. ES, H. Le
Contc, pathologist of Chicago, Dr, L.
Hektoen, professor <>t pathology of
the University of Chicago; i>r. Et, N.
WUCOX, a practicing physician of
New York and Dr, 11. N. Moycr of
Chicago t??ok the stand today.
Several of the witnesses t< stifled
that they did not consider caffeine
a poison.
Dr. K. C. Williams of New York
was recalled and asked regarding the
lcases of caffeine poislnlng which
ho had reported in his hook.
During the course of his testimony
the witness stat? d that since writing
the hook he had changed his mind
as to the properties contained in caf?
feine, Hi* was asked to state when
his change of mind occurred. He
was unable to give a date,
"Doctor, nan you state whether or
not this change of mind has ? ome
about since you were employed by
tin* Coca-Cola company to give testi?
mony in this case? " asked the dis?
trict attorney.
The doctor decline d to answer.
Court adjourned at 12.30 on ac?
count of a local primary ejection.
Dr. LeConte said lie had heard
read Monday several depositions as to
accidental and sudden deaths in Chi?
cago, lie said the cases showed evi?
dences of eaffe no poison from tea
ami coffee drinking.
Dr, Ludwig Hektoen said he had
participated in post-omrtem exami?
nation! of the five human beings re?
ferred to by Dr. LeConte, His opin?
ion was that no structural changes
in the organisms n suited from caf?
feine as in tea and coffee.
tloti >vas carried as Was the motion tu
re-elect Mr. D. ft, McCollum, Jr.,
treasurer for the coming year. Mr.
D. D. Molse was elcted tust vlco-pres?
nb nt and Mr. ft, Ik le iser second
vice-president. ,
Mr. D. I?. Molse moved that the
president appoint a committee of ten
m.11 to solicit subscriptions at once
and that they raise a fund of at h ast
$4,000, with which the Chamber
could secure the services of a paid
secretary, the president of the
Chamber of Commerce to be chair?
man of the committee. The members
appointed dll the committee were:
Messrs. D. D. Molse, J. H. Clack, J.
M. Chandler-. J. H. Chandler, ft. 1.
Manning. D. ft. McCallum, Jr., \V.
lk Upshur, 11. a. Moses, Nell O'Don
Tell and B. U Witherspoon. This
committee was to meet at the Hank
o! Bumter Thursday at noon to map
out a plan of campaign to raise the
{l.noo fund.
Mr. D. ft, McCallum. Jr., made his
report for the year, and his report of
the funds raised and expended in get?
ting up the recent banquet. This was
received as information.
Mr. If, L. Scarborough stated that
tie- Count) Farmers' Union at a re?
eenl meet in ir, had de Ided to confer
with the Chamber of Commerce with
the idea id' getting the experiment
station to be put up I \ Clemson Col?
lege for this- county. The members
on tin- committee to confer with the
County Karmers' Union with this in
view, were: Messrs, I.. D. Jennings.
S. (V Maker and It. Ik !'?? Is r.
it was ne <\ ed by M r. M- < 'allum
that a II due ; of members of ?he
Chamber of Commerce be llxed and
puyable in advance, and it was furth?
er nio\. d b> M r. I D. Molse t hat it
iis't ui be thy Country's, Ihv God's an
tiDAY. APRIL 1, 1911.
THE COCA-COLA CASE.
ATLANTA PHYSICIAN'S ON STAND
IN Till \L OF DRINK.
one Claims to Have Examined 7,000
School Children and Pound hut
Few Abnormally Nervous.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 29.??
Several Atlanta phylsclana were on
ih?* stand today iu the case of the
government against "40 barrels of
coca-cola."
Dr. Stewart K. Roberts of Atlanta
said that he had examined over 7,090
?chool children and had found in the
number only n?> who suffered from
nervous diseases. Dr Roberts was
asked how in- examin? d the children.
He replied that he examined their
eyes, throats, noses, took their tem?
peratures, weighed them, examined
their hearts, etc. He stated that each
examination required from 15 to no
minutes. Gen. Cox confronted him
with figures to the effect that it would
require the work of the doctor for
ten hours a day for 233 days to ac?
complish these examinations.
I Dr. Robert! then modified his state?
ment by saying that m some eases
the examination was completed in
from two to three minutes. He said
that h?- had paid some of the children
to go to his office for examination and
that he took their own statements as
to tin amount of coca-cola they
drank each day and as to the effect
' It had on them
I The w itness also stated that he had j
examine.1 100 persons in Atlanta. 8*i
* 1
men and 1 1 women, who were con
stant users of coca-cola, their average
consumption of coca-cola belnir three
and one-half glasses a day.
lie declare.i he could Und n<? harm?
ful effect! from th-- use of the bev?
erage, The people examined ranged!
I in age from 19 to years, lie stated.]
I ?r. E. B. Bio? k of Atlanta said he
was a specialist in nervous ami men
tu I diseases. II.- testified that he had
never know a ease of mental or phy?
sical disorder as a result of using
coca-cola. He had visited soda foun*|
tains, he said, ami uever discovered
children calling for coca-cola. He]
admitted on cross-examination that
many of his patients used coca-cola
and that he advised several of them
' to quit the use of coffee or tea be
cause it contained caffeine. He also
admitted that beverages containing
' caffeine were not suitable for nervous,
reStlCSS and sleepless people.
Allen K. Hamilton of New York
said that coffee was used for insane
patients in many hospitals, the coffee
I containing on an average <>f l 1-12
'grains of caffeine to the cup. On
1 cross-examination he said he never
knew of any one beintf benefited by
the use of caffeine-bearing beverages.
1 ?r. Block testified that he had
Te ver known of a case of mental dis
1 ease due to the use of COCS-COla. He
I said he had never seen children drink
! the beverage.
j Dr, Loull Sch?fer. manufacturer
I of "merchandise No. testified fur?
ther as to the process of mixing. He
said he used California wine of 20
1 per cent strength for the diluted al
' cohol when prices wer - not too high,
I otherwise he used grain alcohol of 25
' p? r cent.
LEAVES I nit i ?KIEN I
Dr. Stanhope Sams. Conner Literary
editor of The State, \? cepis Po?
sition a*> Cditor.
Columbia, March Dr. Stan?
hope Sams, for some years literary
editt r of The State, started this af
teruoon with Mrs. Sams for the
? >rh nt. I le Is to 1 v i he editor of The
Tokyo Tine ;i paper published in
l-ac.-ii h with a circulation ol about
10.000,
\ I I M M t I ''?!'.! <.
Mi-Hiuri Hort .?n Ii led foi
11ml. Fire i?> Her Home.
??IVSMITTEE GETS TO WORK.
sl |l-< < ?M Mil Iii WILL S IHT
Kl ltS< KI Kl ION I \MI'MI.\ 1<?
KAIsi; $.,.000 in <>n 1:
wirk.
Committee Holds Ft- ITrst Meeting
Today at Hank of Sumtcr und De?
cided Upon Plan of Campaign,
The committee appointed Wednes?
day night to solicit subscriptions for
the Chamber of Commerce held its
first meeting today at noon in the di?
rector's room of the Bank of Sumter
and at once g >t down to work. Pr? J
JO
dent B. C. Baker of the Chamo?
Commerce is the chairman ,
committee and the other v% *is
are: Messrs. 1). I >. Molse, ' ^ s'ith
erspoon, J. R. Clack, ' ^ AlcCal
lum, Jr., j, u. Chandl v A Chand?
ler, H. A. Moses, N Donnell, It,
[, Manning and W. Ik pshur. The
committee decided that it would
start out on its campaign Friday
morning bright and early and it de
cided that the effort. would he put
forth to raise $3,UU0 in one week's
time. The committee arranged it?
self in sub-committees in order that
more space could he covered in the
one week and it will endeavor to see
OVeryb >dy in the town in that time.
-v 11 of the business men of the city
will he asked to give toward tin.- fund
whether they are members of the
Chamber of Commerce or not .md
they will he given this ( banco of be?
coming members of the Chamber.
Subscriptions of any amount will be
received and it is hoped that all bus?
iness in- n will give liberally.
in giving th ? money the citizens
contributing will have the option of
giving whenever it will be convenient
for them to do so. Notes similar to
those used In the recent Y. M. C. A.
campaign will be used, the donors
stating on the note what he will give
and when he is willing to pay It.
Th.mmlttec is enthusiastic in its
work and went at the planning of a
mod,' of campaign In a systematic
way. They are all eagerly preparing
for what will tone- in the Initial
work tomorrow as they realise that
it is this beginning that will count
much In the end. Urains, energy and
enthusiasm ire being liberally put
forward In the preparations for the
work which 't is hoped will be as sucl
cessful as was the beginning of the
campaign Wednesday night when less
than forty c'tIsens contributed $!,
100.
The contributions will be put Into
a general fund for the Chamber of
Commerce and will be used for adver?
tising, the securing of the services of
an efficient secretary and other pur?
poses that will go to hcn< tit the town
and all of its enterprises. ?>ne
the things sought after In the raisin?
the money for this work is to. secur?
ing of new brains and blood to Sum?
ter and the bringing here of success?
ful enterprises that will build up the
town.
WOHKINt; ON Ci>MMITTKKS.
Names of Chairman ami Members of
i ach Committee Announced Fri?
day.
President s. <'. I taker of the Cham?
ber of Commerce was not ready today
to announce the carious committees
which he will app..h:t. !!?? stated
that he had made 1 Iis! of those whom
he wanted serve as chairman of
the various committees but that lv
had not yet seen all of these men and
learned from th< m wh< in the> \\ uld
appoint i" woik with them on the
committee. He was worwing on th"
matter toda> with other members of
the I 'hn mber of < 'ommer< 1 and he
thought that he Would be ready
announce the various com mitte - to
inoi row.
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SOUTH KON. Iviuhli-hcd June, 1
Voi XXXII. No i2.
PEACE IN MEXICO.
i vi mi.11 or ill i;i i. i.i \i>i:r
Pill m? i s ini? < ?i w \u.
Llmantour** Meditation and Mobilisn*
lion of Am licaii Troopti Given an
(^HIIW Of < (ill( <>>loil-.
San Antonio, Tex., March ? Ex
planatlon of recent governmental
changes at Mexico City, the recall of
Be no' man tour from Paris, the ar
riv /rancisco I. Madero, sr., and
I, Gustavo, and the departure
m?r de la Harra from the en*
ssy at Washington for his new pos?
ition at the Mexican capital were all
explained today in interviews* with
Francisco i. Madero, Sr., and Gustavo
Madero.
Tentative peace proposals 'iave
been mad.-, and on the administra?
tion side, have been acted en In
the view of Don Francisco peace is
assured; if n?>t within i 0 days, then
at the furthest, within a month.
President Dias . it is reported, in a
message tu the Mexican congress will
insist that peace be concluded.
I ?n the vital point of why they
were certain that the t. utetrve
arrangements would within a set
time result In s sealed compact of
peace, father and son were silent.
They answered freely other questions.
1 When the elder Madero and Lim
1 antour met recently, the very meet*
Ing was denied; not to speak of a
discussion of terms of peace. Today
it was almltted that the interview
concern* d peace alone,
j Senor Llmantour, the Mexican hn
anch r, familiar alike with the
bourse of Paris, with Wall street and
moneyed London, Vienna and tter
lln, n spond< l to the presidenttal
summons to come to the Unties]
Stat?s from Paris and Carrie I out
the orders of his superior Porilrlo
i ?las.
Llmantour agreed to obtain ever\
concession possible from the govern*
ment to the revolutionists to make
possible formal negotiations for
peace.
'the bash concessions included the
I
resignation of the Dias cabinet and
the appointment of younger men to
their positions. The next is the res?
ignation ef Dlas ami the holding of
' an election where the suffrage shall
tu- unconstrained and free.
I
I Dlas, according to tin programme*
w ill remain in otlice with his new and
somewhat unsatisfactory cabinet
I about htm, until the country is at
rest. When factory wheels are.
again turning and railroad trains
running without fear of wreck t
destroyed bridges, the "'iron man"
step down and out, it is believed.
Llmantour or de la Harra wall then
become acting president and within
60 days will call an election.
Despite evasions in the interviews,
which wer-' given with every courte?
sy, between every line it was ap?
parent that tin- mobilisation of the
American troops had played the maj?
or part in bringing the two sides in
Mexico together.
An . lection, for the time, would be
difficult of execution and problematic
a-j to satisfactory results, particular?
ly as to the workings of the ballot
Itself. In the last year an educated
class has arisen in the land of the
.'stecs and it is this class which has
been tii" backbone of the revolution,
i ut the greater proporltion is still il
literate and without views. It is this
i i ? more than any Other which has
eiiahl< l Diaz to retain his power.
n I \\ ( ('MMIssKA IN CIIAIti.l
I \-< !.airman \\ . .1. V u n\ Hand*.
0%er Funds and \uthorii\ to Vet*
t httii man Jam*** Sfackltou**c.