The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 17, 1911, Image 1
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.