Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rn*; hi mtrk watchman, bmwi Consolidated Aug. 2, U 'crowds throng white house Hll.VI K \\H?I>I\(. t F.LKBRATION BKII.I.I \NT AFFAIK. Probably Five Thousand In\ 1?. ?I <U?*e?M? \tteud t.orgcous lUnvpllon And F.* tend Congratulations In Predni, in ami Mh, Taft. Washington. June 19.?The silver ling celebration of the President Mrs. Taft, the aeconrt that has held in the White House, came end toniKbt with the reception the White House lawn. Invitations *en aent to nearly 12.000 per and It waa estimated that at 6,000 person.? were present. Maurer In the htf.tory of the nation, ibly. has there been such a rep ilfjapfctatlon of the various depart of the Government at the House. Hundreds of repre Ittvea of the army and navy were ?nt and their brilliant uniform? a splendid touch of color to the About '?.500 people crowded it the Iron fence that surrounded grounds and looked longingly at display. Washington tonight >wed its Interest In the anniversary the President in unmistakable lion. ? Promptly at 9 o'c'.ock, to the strains the Wedding March. t?.e President lira Tsft CAine slowly down the preceded by the six Presi ital aides f.ad followed by the ilnet. The> walkeO slowly out on lawn. The, took * heir stand be two tre. s, vrh*x?e branches were isd together by electric lights Ung "18*6-1911." The guests paseed through the cor? n's of the north wing of the White onto the lawn. Down the raiding walk they passed in two lines where the President, his face ithed In smiles, wss waiting to them. Above the walks the Itrlcians had filled the treea with display of magic and thousands of White and blue lights twinkled, the rear portion of the White another flag In red. white and blue light shimmered and waved. The, fountain in the centre of the grounds, plsyed upon by a search? light, sprinkled forth all colors, brought into relief by thousands of i lights, stood out sharpir against the f sky. The White House Iswn resembled a carpet of ?oft green, over whieh lightly stepped the gnyly ( lad women and men. The Marine Hand played With vigor and in the White \' use the Engineer Rand vied with them. Every corner of the mansion had its particular light Tue reception was just as Informal as the President could make It. Those who could waited In line for hours to shake hands, but many slipped out r- of the line and sought the sidewalks. I Many turned to the East Wing. Pre? paration had been made for 6,000 guests and the sumptuous luncheon wan served to thousands In the Htate dining room. Mrs. Tsft remained by vhc Presi? dent's side In the receiving line all the evening. She wore a gown of white satin, brocaded with silver flower*, with a Court train. Miss Helen Taft, who was near ;it hand, wore a trown of pink satin with s tunic of *?ink chiffon. In spite of the unusual crowd, the machinery had been ho perfected that everything worked smoothly. The automobiles, under th? watchful eye of the polfc e. deposited their occu? pants, half a dozen at a time. The police arrangements w. re splendid, and Intruders found access to the ^ground very difficult. More than 100 r policemen in uniform wars on guard around the fence and the usual plain clothe* men und secr??t servlee men were within the ground Nine o'clock had BOOS named f-?r the beginning of the reception, hu! no hour had been s? r for the ending until thf Marine Hand played "Home, gweet Home." as the last dancers swept on the floor of ibe Kast Room and the President felt that he could retire. I .?>t nil i: \ l IM i K M I N HTICIKI Hundred Men <.<> Dili it S|MMleer, N . i . ton K.illro.ol s.i I ill 1 h. o A?he\iie. x. ??.. lung It. Beeanas of a demand for an lie rennt of II cents per day In WUgjSl aai r?'fused. 1?0 trip kmen. employed by tbe Sooth em Hallway eompaay >t its sheds In Hpeneer. N. ?'.. went out on a strike today. Within two hont! the South? ern shipped tnno carloads of men ^ fmm Oreensboro tnd oth^r points to take the place of the strikers, and the freight Is being handled as usual uAi. . <Ikn] April. 18M. lie j.wt ma 981. WOOL MEASURE PASSED. Uli: UNDERWOOD DILL GOES THHoK.ii without AMEND Mi: nt. Twenty-lour Republicans Join Dem? ocrats in Mip|m?rtlng Hill Which Strike* nt Schedule K." W shington, June 20.?The house <>f representatives, by a vote of 221 to 100, today parsed the Underwood iMl tariff revision bill providing for a reduction of tho duty on wool and manufactures of wool. Twenty-four Republicans voteu with the Demo? crats for the passage of the measure, and one Democrat, Representative Francis of Ohio, voted against It. Many amendments were offered and voted down, the only one adopted be? ing a slight change in phraseology. Almost live hours %\ere spent by the house in debate under the five minute rule. Immediately preceding the final vote, a molion offered by Representative Payne (N. V.) that the bill be rcsubmited to the ways and means committee with instruc? tions that it await a report from the tariff board on the woolen industry before making final report of the bill was lost by a vote of 189 to 118, I Representative Underwood, chair? man of the ways and means commit? tee, and in charge of the bill, kept his forces well together in their op I position to all amendments. While some Democrats proposed amend? ments, with one exception they voted with the party when the bill came to passage. I Representative Murdock, one of the I insurgent Republicans who finally voted for the bill, proposed several amendments placing certain grades of wool on the free list. His purpose in these amendments, he stated, was to give to the American people protec j tlon from the worsted trust by mak I Ing freo "those articles which enter into th<? manufacture of trust-con? trolled woolen products." Mr. Murdock appealed to Repre? sentative Harrison (n. y.) ,a Demo? cratic member of the way* and means eommRtee, and to others of the party who had favored placing wool on the free list, to support him. Mr. Har? rison replied that "he would vote for the bill, although he would have placed raw wool on the free list If his personal desires had prevailed.'* The bill places a duty of 20 per I ? in ad valorem on raw wool Im? ports aj against an average duty of a little more than 4 4 per cent, ad valorem under the present law. On partly manufactured wool and on products manufactured in whole or In part from wool the average duty un? der the proposed law would be about i 42.5 per cent ad valorem as com-' i I pared with the present average ad I ilorem duty of more than 90 per ' cent. The ways and means commit? tee has estimated that the bill would reduce the annual revenue under the | woolen schedule of the present tariff law by more than $1,000,000. The bAI prescribes that it shall be . In effect January 1 next, but It !?? not believed that the bill will pas.? the senate at this session. NO \MIM!K\T THIS YEAR Soldiers Will Not Have Chance for Instruction. I _ Columbia, June 2<>.?The hOZMM of I the main bar* of the National Quard I ol South Car< ,;na have gon? glimmer* , inj, no far as an enenmpement is (concerned, while no official state menl has been made by Adjt, Gen, Moon it is vary doubtful as to wheth 1 er either of the three regiments of the National Quard will go Into camp during the summer. I Rack of funds Is given as the rea? son, it Is probable that one of tho regiments would have, font into camp near Columbia if an imitation had ?.tt extended by this city. The tatament as made at the office of tin adjutant general that an invita? tion bad not been extended by the city of Columbia fof the regiment to ' encamp here, Ad i. Den, Moore Ik expected to make Rome definite announcement in i (> a da) i aboul the matter, Rt ^111 I? l?? II \i\i.lo\ .1 Ml \'rgrO in < -1* .I at swan-en < hai gi ,1 \\ lib i lows ? rime i- Hurried \wa> in \utomoblle< Swansea, June It,?Bam Carter, a negro about II yeari old, attempted lo commit rape upon ,( white child about i:t yean of age here this ? veil? ing. The negro was arrested upon a Wnffaat and, under tile watchful ? are of a constable, carrb d in an au tomoblte to Lexington, wher< he n < ? lodged In Jail for safekeeping. A Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aim SUMTES.. S. C, SATUI BANKERS NEED MORE DATA. CAN NOT ACCEPT "CENTRAL OF? FICE" PLAN IN DARK. Hazy Part* of Plan for Cotton Hill of Lading Verification Must he Elu? cidated Before Acceptance. New York, June 20.?Bdnkers I from the South and Southwest and representatives of other cotton in? terests decided at a conference here today that further elucidation of doubtful points in the Liverpool "cen? tral Office " plan lor verilication of cut ton bill! of lading Is necessary be- ! fore the plan can be given proper j consideration. Definite approval was given the methods of safeguarding bills of lading embodied in the agree? ment now being signed by the rail? roads. The concensus of opinion of those at the conference today was ex? pressed in the following resolution: "The conference thoroughly dis OUSned the plan submitted for verili? cation through a central otlice pro? posed to he established by the Liver? pool cotton conference committee of 1907, and concluded that the .method carried with it certain vague respon? sibilities, which are likely to lead to litigation and contention in the fu? ture, and that these elements of doubt must be cleared up by the Liverpool committee to the entire sat? isfaction of the American committee before it can be considered." Mr. B. C. Trlppett and Miss Eliza? beth Trippett, of Boykln, were in the city Tuesday. STILL WINDING OP. BLEASE'S COMMISSION MEETS IN NEWBERRY. Edgar M. Thomson, the New Member, Elected Secretary?S. W. Scruggs Asks for $1,000 Which He Says He S|>eut on G, II. Charles. Columbia, June 21.?The dispen? sary wlnding-up commission is in ses? sion at Newberry today. The first business was the election of Edgar M. Thomson, of Columbia, as secretary to succeed Secretary Frank B. Kell^y, resigned, whose place on the com? mission was tilled by the appolutinont of Mr. Thomson. Messrs Brantley, Thomson and Dominicll are attending vhc meetin r Mr. Brantley presiding in the ah sence of Acting Chairman John V. Wallace. Various matters were gone over with the new members. Attor? ney C. C. Wyche of Spartanburg ap? peared In behalf of S. W. Scruggs, who claims $4,000 due him, alleged to have been spent In holding "Lodl Charles, as witness against the dispen? sary grafters. Governor Blease is in Newberry. H*> expects to return this afternoon and has asked the State board of edu? cation not to adopt any text books until he returns. NAVY YARD TO BE ABANDONED. Department Plans to Have Only Three Yards on Atlantic Coast Instead of Six. Washington, June 19.?It is believed the ?-nd of the Charleston navy yard is not far away. I Secretary Meyer, appearing before the house committee on expenditure in navy department, today told the committee that at the next session of congress he will recommend the abandonment <>l all navy yards on the Atlantic coast excepting three, and that the concentration of all docking and repair facllitlei will be urged for these points. Mr. Meyer said that he believed three yards on the Atlantic coast and three on the Pacific coast will give the maximum efficiency in time of war. He declined lo say which of three great yards on the Atlantic will be abandoned and which main? tained, These als yarda are at Portsmouth, \f \ YoiK, Philadelphia, Boston, Nor? folk and Charleston, He said that h< had tailed over to ;i joint army and navy board the determination of the question, 'When the Panama anal la open? ed," said Mr, Meyer, "it will become -till more evident that ail these navy yards are not needed on the Atlantic coast, because the fleet will be a pari of tin- time in tin' Atlantic and pari of ihe time in the Pacific." "The great naval bases in time o( war would he Pearl Harbor on the Pacific side and Quantanamo on tin* Atlantic side." Mr. J, B, King spent Tuesday In ('olmnhla. is't at be thy Coumry a, Thy God's ar tDAY, JUNE 24, 1911. BOARD NOT READY TO REPORT TARIFF STUDENTS WILL GIVE IN? FORMATION DECEMBER 1. In S|MH'ial Mosjim? to House, Presl tleni Tart Tells of Works or Com mission on Wool ami Cotton. Washington, June -0.?In a special message to the house of representa? tives today, President Tuft stated that the tariff board would not be ready to ?ubmit a comprehensive report on wool and cotton schedules of the tariff law until December 1, next. He declared the board vas instructed, when reorganized in April last, to be ready to report in December, and that in the meantime it was not in a po? sition to transmit anything except some figures already sent to the house ways and means committee. The President's message was called out by a house resolution rec.uestiig him to transmit at once all of the in? formation procured by the tariff i' ard relating to wool ano the man? ufactures of wool. Mt, Taft included in his message a statement from the tariff board as to the status of its in? quiry, and also a statement by a com? mittee of the National Tariff Com? mission association, which recently conducted an investigation of the methods of the tariff board. This report wa.^. highly commendatory* of the board 'a work. The tariff toard declares it is con? ducting an inquiry which involves original research work that is world? wide In Its scope. A large amount of material has already been obtained. [PRIMER PROBERS AT WORK. CYRUS McCORMICK FIRST WIT? NESS AT HEARING. President of International Harvester Company Tells of Request Made to ( ompanCs Secretary for Contribu? tion to Alleged "Stash Fund" to EsSOt Lorimcr Senator?Principal Information Vpou wliich Famous Illinois Bribery Case was Reopen? ed by the Senate. Washington, June 20.?Through its first witness, Cyrus H. MeCormick, of Chicago, president of the Int? rnation ai Harvester Company, the Senate Lorimcr investigating committee suc ceeded today in introducing into its record the principal allegation upon Which the Senate was Induced to re? open the case against the Illinois Senator. It was to Clarence Funk, the manager of the Harvester Com? pany, that Edward Hines is alieged to have made a reouest for a contri? bution of $10,000 as part of a fund of $100,000 to be used in Lorimer s behalf. Mr. MeCormick said Funk told him of this proportion and said that he had refused and by his refusal had won his (MeCormick'.-?) commenda? tion. Mr. MeCormick testified that he held aloof from politics. The counsel for Senator Lorimcr sought to show that in many States the company had made an effort to prevent the passage of bills consider? ed objectionable to it. The witness admitted th it the company had made general opposition to legislation pro? viding for -he manufatcure of bind? ing twine ir prisons. For the day, Mr. Lorlmer was rep? resented by William J. Hynes, of Chi? cago, whose primary purpose in at? tending the meetings i? to represent Edward Hines, the Chicago lumber? man. Whose name has been brought Into the case as that of the originator of the alleged fund of $100,000 In Lorlmer's Interest, in view of the absence of Judge Elbrldge Hancy, Mr. Lorlmer's personal counsel .the com? mittee permitted Mr. Hynea to rep? resent the Senator at today's hearing. By his course Mr. Hynea made it clear that it Is the Intention of Lorl? mer to neglect no line ?-f defence. Although Mr. McCormick'a testi? mony against the accused Senator was of hear- ay character only, the a t torney sough! by evt ry means In his power to break it down. The evl h nt purpose was to phow .1 general motive for the opposition to Mr. Lori? mcr and to conned ihe Harvester Company with it. Among the onlookers waa former Senator Hopkins, whom Mr. Lorlmer succeeded, and Manager Keeler, <>i the Chicago Tribune, which publish? ed the Ural charge of Irregularity In 1,0rimer's election, ? The committee will n.t next at 1 I p m. Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon McNalr and little child are visiting Mrs. McNalr'l mother, Mrs. M. J, Hill on Church ' street. 0tt ul Truth's." THE TRL REPUBLICANSJNJHE RUN. MAW si;\\toks VOTE with DEMOCRATS on TARIFF. Republicans of West Now Demand Revision?Declare Tiiat if Red proctty i> Adopted, There Host be General Chances In Tariff?House Wool Hin to be Reported Today. Washington, Juno 21.?The throw? ing of the Democratic wool revision bill into tile senate today drove the insurgent. Republican* of that body I into an open coalition with the Demo? crat.! in a demand for a general re? visit n of the tariff, and brought about the threatened crisis in the finance committee in the control of the senate. At the end of a bitter tight the reso? lution by .Senator Gore requiring the finance committee to report back the wool bill before July 10 was passed by a vote of 39 to 18. Western Republicans who have fought the reciprocity measure, tak? ing up challenges thrown down by the Democratic leader, followed each oth? er in rapid succession in their ulti? matums to the senate leaders. These ultimatums were invariably that before the reciprocity bill is permitted to pass a Republican sen? ate will be forced to undertake a re? vision of other schedules of the tariff, including much more than the woolen revision bill and the free list, which have gone through the house of rep? resentatives. Of the affirmative votes cast for the Gore motion overthrowing the finance committee, sixteen were Re? publicans. They were Senators Bo? rah, Bourne, Bristow, Brown, Clapp, Crawford, Cummin.?, Dixon, Gronna, Jones, Kenyon, La Follette, Nelson, Poindexter, Townsend and Works. This included the full insurgent strength of 13 and in addition Sena? tors Jones, Nelson and Townsend. Senator Myers was the only Demo? crat voting with the Republicans against the motion. P K NITK N TIA R Y DIRECTORS MKKT Question of Abolishing Holseiy Mill Will Conu* Up for Discussion? May Go to Court*.. Columbia, June 21.?The board ol directors of the state penitentiary will meet here today in special ses? sion for the purpose of making ar? rangements to abolish the contract with the management of the hosiery mill, which is located at the prison, and which employs several hundred convicts. J. M. Graham, the man? ager of the mill, who holds a contract for five years with the State, was ask ed as to what course he would pur? sue. He had no statement to make It is expected that he will appear be? fore the board and make some state? ment as to his position. It is very probable that the ei.Mre m itter will have to be decided by the courts, as there is some doubt as tc the legal right of the board of di rectors to abolish the contract. DETECTIVES TO BE REMOVED. Blease Will Remove Dispensary Con Stahles in Drj Counties where Slier, ill's and uSpcrvisors Ask It. Columbia, June 22.?Following th< receipt of replies to his Inquiry bs letter as to the sentiment in dr\ counties on the Question as to wheth? er dispensary constables should in retained there, Gov. Blease said thll afternoon that the constables wouh remove from counties where the sher? iff's and supervisors reported thesi detectives unnecessary for the en? forcement of the liquor laws. Governor Rlease sent his Inqulrlei into 2o counties. Gov. Rlease modi? fied his statement afterwards by say? ing it was his present intention t< remove the detective* where tin sheriffs and supervisors ask it. except In two or three eases where his piv vate information indicates that thej are Heeded. sheriff Epperson, of Sumter tayi he has conferred with Supervlaoi Rtts and they have no doubt Iocs oflicials can handle the liquor situ? ation to better advantage than ipe < ial constables. Mm I SS < <> IK >\ RH.LS LADING New York, Juno Is.??Bankers, rep resenting New Orleans, St. Louis an? other cotton interests of the Soutl and the Southwest, were In conferetie. here todaj with members of the bllU of lad g committee of the Amerlcai 111 nkers' Assoelat Ion. Various technical details were dls < ussed relatlni t" the proposed es? tabttstunent ol a clearing house foi bills of lading, but no conclusion wai reached, it Ii understood that th< conference will be i ontlnued thll month. IK SOUTHRO.V. Established June. l*M Vol. XXXII. No. 36. POWDER TRUST BUSTED. DECREE <)N LINES OF OIL AND TOBACCO DECISIONS IN Ol PONT CASE. Court Announces That It Suggestions October If Individual Defendant *V .ml ?lear y One Not Guilty?Fourteen * J? Convicted. - & Wilmington, P O^une 21.?The ^ c court for the United States district of 1 ^ re today handed down ad ^. declaring that the alleged DO. / trust, which is domi? nated by the E. [. Dupont de Nemours company, is a combination in restraint of ititerestate commerce in powder and other convencies in violation of section 1 of the Sherman anti-trust law; that it attempted to monopolize ! and monopolized a part of such com? merce in violation of section 2 of the aame law, and aec/^elng that the combination shall be enjoir.c? from continuing this violation and that it shall be dissolved. The action against the powder trust was t>egun by the government in 1907 and was directed against 4 3 corpo? rate and individual defendant*. The suit as to 15 of the defendants was dismissed because of some of the con? cerns are out of existence or it was not shown that they were parties to the combination. The court in an interlocutory de? cree fixed October 16 as the date to hear both of the injunctions to be granted and consider a "plan :!or dis? solving said er r ibination, -vhlch shall be submited by the petitioner and the defendant or any of them, to the end that this court may ascertain and determine upon a plan or method for such dissolution which will not de? prive the defendants of the opportu? nity to recreate out of the elements now composing said combination a new condition which shall be hone3tly in harmony with and not repugnant to the law." This followed to some extent the decree Issued by the United States suprrme coutt in the ctunduixi Oil - and the tobacco e&aes. NEGRO SHOOTING NEAR ELLO REE. |Jo?' Fairnott Dies at Hands of John Foglc?Liquor ? Elloree. June 19.?Joe Fairnott was shot and killed by John Fogle, both colored, near Oak Grove Color? ed Church, about six miles below here, at 2 o'clock yesterday after? noon. It appears that these negroes had gathered, as has been thiir cus? tom, to dispose of whiskey to each other. Fairnott. the deceased, with anoth? er negro, bought 12 quarts of whiskey to sell among the negroes, it is said, and he was secluded in the edge of a woods near the church ground, when four negroes purchased a quart, and after imbibing freely, refused to pay for the whiskey. Fairnott seized Fogle, who was un? armed, and told him if he did not pay for the whiskey he would kill him. Another negro standing nearby .slip? ped a pistol in Fogle's hand and he fired upon Fairnott. the ball striking him in the neck, severing the jugular \ein. Fairnott died before medical aid could reach him. Magistrate T. M. Felder empanelled a jury yester? day afternoon and the verdict was rendered In accordance with the P hcve. Fogle and the accessories to the sl leged crime are now in the custody of Ml castrate Feld? r and will be lodged in the Oranpobr.rg jail this after? noon. hot - McFABBEN I N .I I RED. Rock Hill. June 20.?Mr. Ralph McFadden, better known as "Doc,*' was pretty seriously hurt here this afternoon during i prai tlce of the hose reel company, who arc practic? ing to enter a i test Columbia shortly. lb- was in th? roning the ins struck on the u ling, the ? low ft < and knocking s< ?r ictlee and in un from a reel, was r lip with a ? oup n ihe Jawbone I ' I teet h out. He w.i- taken t'? 'he Fennel Infirmary, where he j? resting eas> tonight. Columbia, June 21.?The state ex? hibit will be moved during the week from tie1 State fair grounds to the University of South Carolina. The exhibit will be placed in LeConte col? lege at the university, and will be open to tlie public. The exhibit Was shown at the Jamestown exposition and a resolution b) the Issf general assembly placed it under the super \'ition of Commissioner Watson. The < xhibit will be permanently arranged.