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rMr. MI'MTKIt WATCHMAN. EMM Consolidated Aur. 2, 1 POPULAR VOTE FOR SENATORS I 1*1*1 It IKUM \l?olTS DIRECT KI.MTION Ml \M Kl! AI.KKADY ACCKITFD BY LOWICK. in's Vol??e, Knu. ,1 For Federal Wstptt ?lelun. Effect* Adopt Um of Tiwl Srvtlon. Washington, June IS.?The senate tonight by ?4 t > 24. passed the reso? lution amending- the constitution to provide for election of senators by direct popular vote. The Brlirtow amendment giving to the federal government supervision of euch elections was adopted 4 4 to 41. vice president carting the de? bil lot. The house already has the t ??Solution. Senator Hood of Missouri protested k ag-Unat the vloe president casting his dec!d!nic v?ta. An amendment by Bans tor Bacon qualifying the Brlstow amendment to prohibit federal super? vision of elections unless the State legislature refused or failed to act was defeated 46 to 43. The resolution as amended was then finally adopted ?4 to 14. The debate >n the resolution look to the direct election of Urited senators by direct vote of the people began shortly after noon. It soon drifted Into a political affair. Democratic senators criticised Senator BrtstoWs change of attitude. Mr. Brlstow framed the principal amend* ment. In the nature of a substitute to the main proposition, and he sought to continue the supervision of sena? torial elections In congress Instead of delegating It to States as proposed by the house resolution. In the last es sei on the Kansas senator voted Inst an amendment offered by Sen itor Sutherland of Utah which would ive hed the same effect as his own irovlslon of this session. Mr. Brlstow Ml that In both Instances his atti- | tude had been decided by his desire to that which most certainly would ire the success of the popular elec- | ?n resolution. Mr. Borah, in charge the resolution, spoke In support1 It, and Mr. Bacon opposed the1 itow amendment. Mr. Stone of Mseourl arraigned Mr. Brlstow as "snatching the amend? ment" from Mr. Sutherland. Mr. I Brlstow said he fir.* believed the j measure would be stronger without J the provision and now believed it would be stronger with it. Mr. Davtn of Arkansas arraign..I Mr. Brlstow. Uoferrlng by name to Senator Cummins, Clapps nnd La Fol? gte* he declared "the lnsurget t crowd never had been sincere on any sub? ject they have borught before the country." The chair called Mr. Davis to order Mr. Cummins denied Mr. Davis' ( statement of an alleged Instance as ' untrue. j Mr. Brlstow refuted the charge, saying that only under great provoca- ' lion "would he pay any attention to what the senator from Arkansas said." Mr. Beach aroused feeling by de? claring that great Interests had been ' bringing enormous pressure to bear to defeat the measure. Senators Works, Ouggenhelm and Cummin-* arose to refute the allegation. Mr. 0gQOn explained that he was Imput? ing no Impropriety to any member. The direction of the progressive was scored by Senator Reed of Mis s ?uri. who declared the conversion of Mr. Brlstow to Senator Sutherland's viewpoint was "because of the n-'gro ( vote in Kansas. Adoption of the Brlstow amend? ment which omitted the hou*' pro? vision transferring supervision >f sen- 1 atorlal election from congress to the State legislature was made possible ' by Mr ' lark of Arkansas casting th* only Democartu- vote for the propo^l- ; tU?n. The tie on that ballot would have Ue??n pre\?-nted if th?? vote hud' been cast with his party, with whom he Inter Noted on adaption of the r?s ? lutlon. on the resolution as amend? ed, the vote wns ?'? I to 2i, was s?x more than the necessary two-thirds majoritv ? ?f the ? negative vote*, eight w. rr by Democrats and 1''? ).-. U? p iMstMM The resolution as amended and pasted follows: "That In Mgg ?f the tir*t parau; iph of gectlofl J Ol ar'i. I. 1 o| th. < in? stitution of ||m United Motes ond in lieu of so much* of p.t:i*raph two of the warn** section hm relates to th. till? ing of vacancies, the following I ? pr ?posed as an emetsdmenl lo 11m constitution w ilch shall bg valid to all intents and purpose* I part ..f the constitution v. Io n niHth-d )>< th.. |.gi?|,?tur ? <-f th; ? ? I" t'i ? .,f Hie Statee "The nennte of the 1'iilt'd States shall he e.imposed of two senators from eoch State?elected by the peo? ple thereof, for six years and each Islied April. iH.-so 'He .hist ui 881. ! NO Hist IlIMINATION IN SERVICE. Su|M-rinteiidciit of Rml l>cll\cr> Set-, vice Says This Section Is Not Get" tiim Haw Ihn I. Washington, June 12.?The pos* t flier department Is not discriminat? ing ugainst Southern States in estab? lishing; rural mall routes, declared Oeorge O. Thompson, superintendent of rural postal delivery, before the houf-j commltte on expenditure In postofflce department today. He der riled that politics figured in the mat? ter. Representative Oldfleld suggested that of the 1,700 petitioners for rural delivery now pending before the post office department the great majority are in the Southern States. Mr. Thomson said this condition was due to the scarcity of population, bad roads, or similar factors. SAYS iMiOTKCTIOX NOT NEEDED. Democratic Member, a Manufacturer, Atttucks Tariff System. Washington, June 12.?An attack upon the protective tariff system by an American manufacturer, who claimed to have, studied labor and manufacturing conditions In various countries of the world, held the close attention of the Housa for two hours today. Representative William C. Redtleld, of Hrooklyn, a new Demo? cratic member, a manufacturer of machinery and long connected with export trade, declared to the House that Am.cr'.can manufacturers are abandoning the protective principles as unnecessary'! as they develop more scientific developments of their busi ness. "The protective tariff has simply enabled American manufacturer.* 10 sell at such high prices that they have not studied their own conditions closely.*' said Mr. Redfleld. "They have relied on Government support rather than upon close management, it* effect has been to stimulate the de? velopment >f plants until they are now so large that products must be sold abroad. In this condition the manufacturers no longer want to pay the high prices uOatfMUry for material under a protective tariff." Mr. RedhVld declared that instead < f foreign labor being cheaper Ameri < an lab >r is really the cheapest In t)< World, that from personal investl irM "ti in many parts of the world, ho Uti.'w that no labor produced as much product. In proportion to the waffS! it rOCCtVOd af Americans. ii? said the American laboring man i nly wants ta be freed from old rt strlctions and outgrown systems. Mr. Redfleld acknowledged the protective principle was ' good for the producer at home, in some few ways." "The American tariff board is worthless unless empowered to call for the cost sheets of the factories en? gaged In the line of manufacture it is studying," said Mr. Redfleld. "Give It that power and what a howl goe3 up. The truth Id that often the Ainer' can cost of production is lower." FIRST HALF. mUICGS $1,015. Pronounced All New Cotton?Sold on Houston Exchange. Houston. June 12.?The year's first bale of cotton was sold here today for $2 05.84 per pound, the total weight being 493 pounds and the price $1, 111, This was the highest price ever paid on (he Houston Exchange f(?r ? bale of cotton, S. Jesse Jones, who Ul not in the cotton business, was th" ?UCCOavful bidder. He says he does n ?t know yet what he will do with the cotton, He had three inmpetltorj un? til the $1.000 mark w is reached, when the others dropped out. The bale was carefully examined and pronounced to be entirely new cotton, and classi-d as strict middling. m natof shall have one Note. The ? i.-? t .rs in each Statt .-<haii have the f i ua I in cat tone requisite for elector* of the most numerous branches of the ? its legislatures ? When racanole! happen In the representation! ol any state In tiie n le the executive authority of su< h ? t?e shall issue writs of elect! >n to till -u< h va< nicies, provided that the legislature of any state maj empower tiie executive thereof to make lern? imrary appointment until the people nil the vaconclei by ? lection as the legislature may direct. "Thle amendment ?hall not be eo construed m to effect the election or term ?f any senator choeen before it becomes valid ae pan of the consti? tution." The amended resolution now goei Into conference before the senate end house, ami some senator! have pro? dieted that the house wim refuee le spl it. id Fear not?Let all tue ends Thou Ain SUMTER, S. C, SA.TrJI PAVING OF VITRIFIED BRICK. Mit. GRO. P. WARING <)F COLUM? BIA GETS CONTRACT FOR MAIN STREET PAV? ING. Five Contractors Bid for Work; Brick, Asphalt, Blthullthic and Wood Block Buying Materials?Question of Weights?J. B. Ha Hit Id Re-eloct od Cotton Weigher. City Council met Tuesday evening to decide upon the material for the paving for Main street with Aldermen Wright and Glenn and. City Clerk Hurst absent. Incidental? ly a few other matters were attended to at the meeting. Main street will be paved with Bessemer vitrified brick and work will begin within the next thirty days, if present expectations are car? ried out as it is probable that they will be. Mr. Goo. P. Waring of Columbia secured the contract for the work, over four other bidders, his bid for the same kind of work being less than that of any of his competitors. The other contractors to bid were: The Charleston Engineering and Construction Company, of Charleston; J. J. Cain, of Columbia; The Palmetto Paving Company, of Columbia; and the Atlantic Blthullthic Company, of Richmond, Va. The resolution to accept the War? ing bid and to award the contract to him for the Main street paving was made, after much discussion of the subject, by Alderman McKelver and was seconded by Alderman Cuttlno. The paving put down will be of vitri tled brick on a concrete base on top of th* otu base of macadam. The cost ,f the work will be $2.26 1-2 per square yard. Mr. Waring is given ten days in which to sign the contract and thirty days more in which to begin work on the street. The street Is to be paved with the brick from Bartlette street to Canal street, there not being suf? ficient funds to pave more than this stretch of the street, and the co3t of this amount of paving being slightly more than the $23,000 voted for the Main street paving bonds. The first matter taken up when Council met was the discussion of the Main street paving and council went into executive Pension while the discussion was going on. Mr. Mc Kotvor told )f the various kinds of pavement that he had seen at differ? ent places and of these kind he thought that the vetrified brick on the present old macadam base was the best pavement, especially as this Wag a business street and had to un? dergo considerable- traffic. Major Lee made a statement as to the best kinds of pavement on different kinds of base. It was shown that the asphalt and otry_r preparations were better pavements for residence streets, but that the brick or bithulithic were the ? est for business streets. After a discussi ?n lasting consid? erably over an hour the matter was decided by the motion made by Mr. McKelver. A letter from H. C. DesChamps in which he requested that something be done towards rectifying the use of false weights in the city was read. The letter referred especially to the weights made by the parties selling |C6 from their wagons. The matter was referred to the city attorney for information as to the law on the sub? ject. Mr, McLaurin reported, for the fin? ance committee, that he had checked over the city clerks books and found them correct. it was decided on a motion made by Mr. McKelver that hereafter alt work done in the city be done by coii tract, if by having it done that way it i?e to the city's advantage. The City Council put itself in rec? ord as endorsing any movement look Ing t ? the betterment of health and sanitation in Sumter. Mr. B. Raffleld was unanimously relected to the position of cotton weigher during the year 1911*12. Mi*. McKelver moved that the Commissioners of Public Works be Instructed tM lay a two-inch water main on Corbet! street for use in the manufacture of drain pipe and for the use of clthteni on thu .stivut;? Ths motion was carried. it was deoldod that ail water and sewor connections ought t" be put down before tin street waa laid us a measure for the preservation of the Street and a> R measure f.>r the COU venlnce and economy of citlxens, in this connection it was ordered that notice he given t ? the public that the rates of making these connections will be raised from $1.00 to J'J?.OO for each connection after the paving is laid. The clerk was Instructed to m t at be thy Country's, Thy God's a IDA.Y, JUJfE 17, 1911. BEATS WIFE TO DEATH. Tale of Barbarous Cruelty Told at Coroner's Inquest Held at Spartan* burg. Spartanburg, June 14.?Because she objected to her husband's Solling1 whiskey, Mrs. Mary Lawter, who re? cently came to Arlington in a remote section of this county, from near Sa luda, N. C, was so severely baaten by him with a hickory stick that she died from the effects of it, according to t*he finding of the coroner's jury, which rendered this verdict at the in? quest held by Coroner J. S. Turner Tuesday evening: "We, the jury, find according to the evidence that Mary Lawter came to her death from a whipping at the hands of Andy Lawter. her husband." Lawter was at once arrested and committed to jail. As the alleged whipping occurred in Polk county, N. C, the authorities of that county have t een notified, and Lawter will be held here until the sheriff of Polk county comes for him. The witness told a tale of bar? barous cruelty on the part of Lawter. He whipped his wife several times, they said, and once seized a gun a.nd tried to kill her, but was restrained. Mrs. Lawter finally left him, s.iying she would live on dry breac. and water before she would live with her husband and take the beatings such as he had been giving her. She went to live with her sister, Mrs. Lucy Owens, at Arlington, and it was at her home that she suddenly died Tues? day morning. The most severe whipping had been administered two weeks ago. Broadus Lawter, her 9 year-old son, testified at the inquest: "My father whipped my mother with a hickory as big as a fiishlng pole while she was making up the bed. He got the gun three times to shoot moth? er with. Ben Garrett kept father from shooting mother." Tildye Hendrlx, Mrs. Lucy Owens and W. E. Owens, the latter's hus? band, testified that Mrs. Lawter told them, she was beaten because she ob? jected to her husband's selling whis? key and having it in the house. Dr. W. F. Brockman, who perform? ed autopsy, testified that he found Mrs. Lawter had been enclente. An examination of her heart showed It to be normal, but there was a small clot of blood on which the physician said: ?It drifted to the right side of the heart, thereby stopping Instantly the heart's action, death resulting. I be? lieve some Injury to this mother while In health has caused such an abnor? mal condition to exist." Solicitor J. C. Otts said tonight that although Mrs. Lawter died in Spar? tanburg county and her husband was arrested here, Lawter would have to be tried in North Carolina, since It was there according to the testimony, that the beating was inflicted. INVITED TO WHITE HOUSE. Governor and Mrs. Blease Asked to President's Silver Wedding. Columbia, June 13.?Governor and Mrs. Blease have received an invita? tion to attend the silver wedding re? ception at the White Iluse, on June lit, the occasion being the 25th an? niversary of the wedding of Mr. and MrJ. Taft. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Taft took place June 19, 1886. Governor and Mrs. Blease may not be able to go to Washington for thin reception, owing to the meeting here of the State board of education on the 17th, the meeting continuing for some time. Sil) SMITH INJURED. Well Known Ball Player of Caniden Hun at Cleveland, Ohio. Columbal, June 13.?Mrs. Sidney smith who is at Camden, received a telegram today from Cleveland, ??.. itatlng that h?r husband, catcher of the Cleveland ball club had been in? jured. She left :tt one-' for Cleveland. The extent of the injuries are un? known. prepare an ordinance to this effect. The ? ate of the Main Btrcet bonds was changed from April first to July Urst. The terms of ? .!?? otherwise im iv allowed to stand ;>s they were. The city clerk and treasurer was authorized i i execute m> bondi and io turn them over to E, Ii. Rollina & Sons, of Doston, Mass., the purch isers, Mr. Rooth reported that the worV ot cleaning out Turkey Creek had been completed ;>? a i osl of $ 131.35 ind Mr. Hurst was Instructed to call upon Mr. \\. M. Iraham for the pro portion due by landowners, Recording to their agreement. A number of bills were referred to the proper committee!! to be paid up un approval. ad Truth's." THE TH? SEEKS TO RESTORE POWER. DEMOCRATS THY TO KECONSll) ER DIRECT ELECTION MEAS? URE. Attempt to Strike Out Bristow Amend meitt Besten by Defection of Clark of Arknsas. Washington, June 13.?Strenuous Democratic efforts to secure senate re? consideration of the direct senatorial elections joint resolution on account of its inclusion of the Bristow amend? ment for federal supervision tacked to the house measure by the senate last night were defeated on a tie vote, i After long discussion Mr. Reed of Missouri moved to recall the resolu-' tion from the house for the purpe of reconsidering the vote by v ^ it was adopted. The motion was K 33 to 33. Senator Clark of Arkan? sas voted with the Republicans. It was his vote yesterday which made possible the adoption of the Bristow amendment. Today's debate was precipitated by Senator Bacon of Georgia, who ar? gued that Vice President Sherman had no right to cast a deciding vote on the Bristow amendment yesterday, such a right being confined to ordinary legislative business. Those opposing Mr. Bacon argued that the vice presi? dent's constitutional authority to vote In case of a tie was absolute and unequivocal. Although the Republicans of the house voted today to support the Bristow amendment to the joint reso? lution pased by the senate last night providing for direct election of sena? tors, the Democratic leaders of the house insist that they will refuse to accept it and that the senate again must vote on the provision. Rep? resentative Underwood, the Demo? cratic leader, said the action of the hov.se in voting down a similar amend? ment providing for federal supervision would indicate that the resolution would have serious opposition in con? ference. UNKNOWN' MAN KILLED. Body Found by Woman on Hal! road ?Supposed to Be From Florence. Blacksburg, June 13.?It was re ported here yesterday morning that a tramp had been killed on the rail? road, about eight miles north of here, and <>n further investigation it was found to be true. The name of the unfortunate man could not be learn? ed. Me was about ~r> years old and fairly well dressed and had a tobacco label on his person bearing the initials "H. J." and postoffice box-, Flor? ence, S. C. He was seen by a livery? man as the train passed here early yesterday morning, lying on top of a freight car. Apparently he was asleep at the time that he was seen here. The train was a through freight and only stopped here to get water, hence he was not seen by any of the train crew. The body was found by a negro woman and she re? ported the matter and the body was taken on to King's Mountain and will be buried there. From information from there he was a tramp. TREASURY IN BETTER CONDI? TION. End of Month Promises to Find Fed oral Fise in Better Shape Than in Two Years. Washington, June I t.?The end of the month promises to find the fed ral treasury in a better condition than for two years. While the fiscal year already shows an ordinary' sur? plus of more than $8,000.000 as against a deficit of $13,000,000 a year ago :it this time, there is pro? mise that the total dein it now stand? ing .it $21,000,000 may be much re? duced before the next fiscal year be gn 3, All corporation taxes should be In by the end of the month. Nearly $2,000,000 h is been paid bo far this an nth. Th-> estimated total ln< ome fr< m thai source is $26,000,000. All sources of Income except cus? toms receipts have produced more this year than last year Expendl t ires w ill show li"le chang<, 11 Ml, DESTROYS CtVTTOX. J \boni 1,200 \eie?. Being Iteplanted Near Benncttsvllo Bennettsville, June 12. The hall storms Sunday and Monday evening did great damage to cotton and corn in sections. In this vicinity about 1,200 i res were so badly injured that re? planting was Commenced at ein e. Others have begun t-i plant over by running tin seed in the present fur? row. Where the cotton had attained .-. m< size the damage was less. B SOUTHROX. Established June, ISO* Vol. XXXII. No. 34. NOW A BREAD TRUST. Twenty-one Lnrje Concerns in i a^t ami South Consolidated With Cap? ital Stock of $20,000,000. New York, June 14.?Twenty-ne big baking companies in cities dot? ting the Ea-st ann* South from Boston to St. Louis and New Orleans threw in their lot together today, marging under the name of the General Bak? ing company, with total capital of $20,000,000 in sf id $5,000,000 in bonds. Tr chain of baker? ies will be o in 15 cities. "In tV x* -tion of the General Baking ^T^ny," the announce men' w4 "there is no thought o** p- ? * of the establishment of a C .oly in the manufacture or sale ^read. Such a monopoly would bo >r .n possible, as in most localities, wtCi few exceptions only one bakir g capital has been acquired, leaving competition open to hundreds of oth? ers." VALUE OF COTTON CROP. Product of 1910 Announced to be Worth $963,180,000. Record for United States. Washington, June 12.?The cotton crop of 1910 was announced today to be the most valuable ever produced in the United States. Estimated in the census bureau's annual bulletin, the crop last year was valued at $963,180,000 compared with $812, 099,000 for 1900. ROMSHELL AT LEXINGTON. Grand Jury Makes Sensational Re? port in Magisterial Muddle. Lexington, June 14.?The tide turn? ed today in the magisterial muddle in the fourth district, when the Lex? ington County grand jury completely exonerated E. H. Addy, the primary nominee of having committed any wrong, and presented II. Z. Adams for offering bribes to secure affidavits and George Er Caughman for per? jury. The finding of the grand jury is as follows: "That one H. Z. Adams did offer briber to certain parties as an induce? ment for them to sign certain of the affidavits now before OS, and that D. EL Price and A. P. Jumper are the witnesses to prove this fact. "Wo also find that George E. Cautrhman has committed perjury by swearing to a certain affidavit now before us, that Bron IV Shealey. A. B. Jumper, J. Z. Taylor and J. Ansel Caughman are the witnesses to prove this fact. "We, therefore, recommend that bills of indictment be preferred against these parties, charging them with these violations of law. "We also conclude from this in? vestigation that E. H. Addy should be exonerated from the charge of par? ticipating or engaging in any irregu? larities in the conduct or manage? ment of said primary election for said magistrate, or in any manner violating law and rules governing sai l election." H. Z. Adams is one of the largest planters and merchants in the county, and has always been prominent in the community where he resides. George E. Caughman is also a farmer and is well connected. These parties will, it is understood, fight the case to the bit .er end. The finding of the grand jury means that E. H. Addy will now as? sume the duties of magistrate in the fourth i istrict, as Governr Blease will doubtless issue the commission as soon as the papers in the case reach the Governor's office. The sentiment of the general pub lie has been With Mr. \ddy all along, because of the fact that ho was elect? ed only after a third primary had been ordered. Mm h feeling has boon engendered In the cave, and the hot? test part of the light, it seems, has just begun, it Is said on reliable In? formation thai ? warrant will bo is? sue,! at an ear', date, ? harming an outside party, who is slso prominent, with "treating" with whiskey on the da) f th. third primary election, wh!< h ? 111 be the r\r I sse <>f the kind e\ er tri? d in th ' rf this Rtate. Court adjourned for the term this afternoon. II Fit I ?ER TRIAL Vi XFAVBERRY. While and Xogro Face Jar) on Joint i name, Columbia, June i ? At Newberry this morning the trial of Bam Boom r. colored and John Hipp- white, for murder was begun. There Is Intense interest and the court room li crowd? ed. James s. Qtlilam, the oven* * r on Hipp's farm WOS kl ed on March :trd. Hipp, it is alleged, hired the negro 11 do the killing.