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HCMTFIt WATCHMAN. Katabil onsolidated Au*. 2,1; i?INGEN SPEAKS PLAINLY. - i i i m M >K UKM'MfH WILL covr ri < ?ri i >n t ii M02f] \ * aWpvrint* ii*l. iii of education 1VhI> Vied With Ab lM-.regit.nl of ?*rt?U4?rty Rights IVopl. Hallo, * \\ ere secret JIo Risj-ord w >is h. pi. Jtasnbta Jun? Si.?"The State d of education with an absolute tgaru of the property rights of people has destroyed values and oead taxes representing an In snejsl equal in value to the cost he magnificent college at Rock * (meaning Winthrop college.) his statem. m was made yester" hy J. E. Swearlngen. the State sj.atendent <>f education, In stat ph*s4th?n with reference to the contracts. He criticises the Us* the sweeping changes ?* will mean a lose of several gbeuaand dollars to the peo ,the State. The State board of lou by Its action eliminated {N per cent of the text-books If the free public schools of * irollaa. A large per cent of at was awarded by the eduea hard to the American Book ky of New Tork. ? ^pointed out by Mr. Swearln the work of the board has led. but the ta> on the peo be felt untt. later. He he maintained that the efeaagea of text-books or tb? board were neither desirable. Called by Mr. Swearin* that the board re record of the votes m s -'by Mr. aVeariPgon thewHnureets of the ->Ua*v. record the re? made by the ugh my ies Ignored. T deetre to make a f statement. ^Urhty per cent of the books now ?mm have been thrown out of the Hkls, Not one word of explanation. ?on or excuse for this revolution action has been offered to the i He. Such sweeping changes are, tout precedent In the text-book ery of this State or of any other fie. The books mdd In South Carolina Ing the lest five MSgfl cos? more n $500.000. These books have n In th> Main displaced, and now nly an exchange value of 50 cent of their original cost. The e hooka adopted are higher priced. I every time a pupil or patron Is Hired to exchange an old book re must be a cash payment in Itlon. ? This cash payment will be a tax on cation, wdh an absolute disregard the proper!v rights of the people, every citlsen of the Stae. It may email In the ca*4 of any one book. It will j?...;.ant to thousands of are Ir the aggregate. Mr Winthrop ?ol lege should be I to tv., ground there would % universal lament from the rnoun m to the sea The State board of ed- j tlon ha* destroyed values; Imposed si representing an Investment al in value to the cost of the mag- ' ?#nt eolieg.- at Rock Hill. Kvery hange of books also Imposes labor Inconvenience In addition to ex be. Any man In charge of a text k depository knows what this In venlence means. A number of the oaltorles are conducted by county >rlntendent* of education. and i? officer* Will feel the strain be-j the exchange period has passed. *'| do not believe that changes lid be made unless the books In have proved Inferior or unsatls ory. The State hoard of educa d**< lined to Indicate In writing unsati^f.o t..ry book;* on the ent lint. The adoption of Iftnfl little short of a crime If Inferior is were imposed upon the chll I of the Stile. Three member i Ale present board took part In adoption and must have roted the i.k ? then selected. The nge of lo n t thnt h is taken m in these gentlemen is not qua sxl by me. hut if would l?e het aind< r-t< - d if It were full) e*? bed. If an- < it v oip. rint. mh lit A *pe. i.il .l -lliM exercising the ^t Of Ifob p. rob ii? t? \l I.a*l hn should enter upon hh v ? Ihanglni: ? ?? per i < nl ..f tin l ooks gy.- hand Ol Ho pttptla, I do I A (?Hre bis aetion would u*> tjeo. How much more i lid explanat.on h. offered when ? changes ?ff. , i th< whole Sta*e ??!?. ,1 April, IHM). ?lie Just ai 981. PULLMAN GAR PROMISED. < OMI OKT FOR TRAVELERS ON i II Mtl.l sTON AM) COL1M I11A TRAIN. Railroad Committee of Chamber of Commerce Secure** Long Needed Improvement Ir. Railroad Service? Pullman to He I*ut on No. 52 ami About July 1st. I halrman K. I. Manning of the Railroad Committee of the Chamber of Commerve Is in receipt of a letter fr m Mr. J. It. Kenly. Third Vic* letM ??f the Atlantic Coast Lint?, stating that a Pullman car will be added te train No. 52 and 53, the regular Charle-don-Columbin train. The matter of providing Pullman aceomodations for the passengers win travel on No. 52 and It, the trains more used by Sumt -v people than any1 other thnt pass t?.?? city, was taken up with Mr. Kenly several weeks ago by Mr. Manning In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, and after the need of the Pullman service and the general demand of the pa? trons of the road for better accomo datlons on thU train had been fully explained to Mr. K? nly. he decided to grant the req.ost of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and provide the improved service that has been so long needed. Mr. Kenly's letter follows: Wilmington, N. C. June 24, 1911. Hon. Richard I. Manning, Sumter, S. C. My Dear Mr. Manning: I am sorry to advise that we have been unable to secure from the Pulman people buffet chair cars for the Pullman line on trains Nos. 52 and 53. We have, however, secured a sleeping ear with buffet arrangements, and we will in? augurate the line between Charleston and Columbia on those trains on or about the first of July. Arrangements have not yet been made to extend the line beyond Co lumbla. Negotiations, however, are WaR under way regarding Its c*ten ifeT^g^^Keaffine^?r^ T Tfr\ afraid that Mr. Childs will hardly be able to pull the cars over his line owing to his small engines and heavy grades. 1 will let you hear from me fur? ther when it is finally determined. Yours very truly, J. R. KENLY. Third Vice-President. W. H. WANT I'.Rom.m HACK. Cann ron. Texas, Jon.- If,?Guv. O. H. Colqultt of Texas today honored requisition papers for W. B. Avant, alias William Benjamin, who is want? ed In Georgetown, S. <".. as a convict? ed manslaye-. Deputy Sheriff Ward of Georgetown left here today with A\ int. Avant was arrested here while engaged In selling machines. rid admitted he was tin- man want? ed. His wife wa.4 with him at the time. Avant was COttVlCted of man? slaughter for killing Mrs. G. C. Rig ham and sentenced to three and a half years. Pending an appeal he tied the State and jumped a $3,000 bond, which his bondsmen have al? ready paid. rather than ? small municipality! "I had prepared f?>r the use of the board a ballot showing the name of sach member voting and the title of each book rated for. This ballot the board declined to use, because ihs memberi <ini not wish to offend the sensibilities of the various book agents with whom they had estab? lished and wished to maintain pleas relation-. This is a laudable sen? timent, but it i. aves out "f the reck 1 onlng the sensibilities of the people. j It is a well-established principle of rsprsaentntlve government that the record <?f ? public servant belongs t<? I his constituents. As State BUperln I tendenl of education, I was anxious I for every cltlsen to know my position I In regard to every hook that was r. ? tiled, as well as to every book that 11 changed. I see no reason why the other members of the board xhould be unwilling to leave a slin I ilar record eveg though unsuccessful j bidders mtghl be disappointed in the idoptlon. The woik of the board has been finished, bul the tax the people w||| not l?e felt till later. I have pointed oi t w Ii it I eon oder the mi lustlftable dl regard of property rights, i nlso maintain tiiat the wholesale changes ordered by the hoard wer? neither ncn isry nor eP i together desirable . i nsked foi > full i.e.,id of the proceedings by which iiti^ roi nil i brought SbOUl and >MV i |tn ? e ii denied. ? i fru i thai t hese thr< ?? f icts have I? a made no plain that "the man who runs may read and undersl ind." nd Fear not?Let nil the ends Thou Alu SUMTER, S C, SA.TU WHITE CONVICT DEALS 11 BATH BLOW TO NEGRO AT PENI? TENTIARY. \< t Cosnmltteed by J. \v. sfeascrvcy, Wlio is Serving 10 Years From Charleston For Killing a Whi-'.ey Constable. j Columbia., June 27.?J. W. Mes . aervey, the Charleston county man } wlut was convicted two years ago I for killing a w hiskey constable at Kavenel, in Charleston county, and sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment* yesterday killed Vance Clanton, an aged negro, at the State penitentiary by striking him on the head several times with a spade. Clanton was serving a life sen? tence from Darlington county. Ac? cording to the story of Messervy the negro tried to kill him with a knife. Messervy was cut just above the heart and on his left arm. Coroner Walker made an investigation of the case and will hold the inquest today. No one witnessed the affair. Ac? cording to D. J. Oriflith, the superin? tendent of the penitentiary, several prisoners were 3ent yesterday morn? ing to clean out the basement of the hosital building, which is used as a i arl er shop. The two prisoners, Messervy and Clanton, were sweeping up some hair, Messervy held the spade while Clapton was using the broom. Messervy stated that the ! negro, without warning, attacked j him with a knife. He knocked the . negro down with the spade and the negro rising, cut him on the arm. He j then struck the fatal blow. A guard j was caled by Messervy and medical ' assistance was given the negro. He . died in a few moments. ? ________________________ IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE. RAILROAD COMMISSION* ISSUES ORDKK TO NORTHWFJSTKRN. Decision "tendered Sustaining Charg? es of Poor Service Made by Cam* den Chamber of Commerce?Rail? road Required to Provide Better I at I lee and to Install Telegraph Service on Line Between Camden and Sumtcr. Columbia, June 27.?An order is? sued by the railroad commission of South Carolina requires the North J western railroad of South Carolina to make general Improvements along ( its line. The complaint in the case was filed by the chamber Of com? merce of Camden and Several hear? ings were held. The order of the commission requires the road to in? stall a telegraph or telephone sys? tem along its line. The following ll the order of the| oomm leston; "On April IS, 1911, the citizens of Camden Bled a complaint with the I railroad commission against the Northwestern railroad of South Car? olina, charging Insufficient service and praying for relief, a date was appointed for a hearing upon this matter at Camden, and on May 2<>, 1911. ail parties Intereeted were heard by the commission, and the evidence taken stenographlcally and la upon t file in the commission's office. j "After the taking of the evidence a date for the hearing of arguments by plaintiffs' and defendant's .attorneys was postponed until June 22, 1911, and upon that date L, A. Wittkowsky, for the citizens of Camden, and J. B. s. Lyles, for the Northwestern rail toad of South Carolina, were heard. "After hearing and fully consider? ing the evidence and the arguments submitted In this case, it is the de? cision of the commission that the oharges preferred by the petitioners in this case have been largely sustained. We do not deem it necessary, how? ever! to enumerate the allegations her?>. as they are a matter of record ami arc familiar to all parties Inter? ested, "it Is an undisputed fad that since Ihe filing of the complaint in this ease and the hearing of the same, thai much of the service complained of has been correct! d by the defendnnt railroad company, and thai relief lOUgtll to thi^ extent has been i ? cured< "Tin- commission does not feel Jus? tified, however, In dismissing this ' i ? for i hi w res mis. feeling t hat thli K the most conclusive evidence that b canse of complaint did exist, in view of the facts brought out In the case, ii,, commission feels justi? fied in Issuing, and does hereby Isuuo, Intriietlons to the management of the Northwestern railroad of South) i' troll na that 11j published orders must be observed und the relief pray is I at Im* thy Country's, Thy God's aiu RDAY, JULY 1, 1911. LABOR LEADERS CITED AGAIN. GQMPERS, MITCHELL AND MOR? RISON ACCUSED OF COX TEMPT, Report of Lawyers Suggests That De? fendants Have Acted Within Their Supposed Rights. Washington, June 26.?President Samuel Gompers, Vice President John! Mitchell and Secretary Frank Mor-1 "'son of the American Federation of! Labor, under rules issued today by j Justice Wright of the District of Co- ' lumbia supreme court, were cited to appear Monday, July 17, and show cause why they should not be pun? ished for contempt of court, j The court's action followed the fil? ing of a report of the committee of lawyers appointed to Investigate the! i j charge that an injunction granted by i \ the court in favor of the Bucks Stove i and Range company had been Vio? lated, In case the labor leaders are adjudged guilty, it is yet an open question whether the court will im? pose a jail sentence. The committee's report submits that "there is reasonable cause to iharge each of these parties with wilful defiance of the orders of the court." However, it i3 suggested the labor leaders acted under belief they were within their constitutional rights, and the committee virtually recommends that due apologies *ind assurance of future submission if they be forthcoming may settle the matter. Mr. Gompers is dealt with as the chief offender, 22 of tlifc 27 typewrit? ten paces of the report being devoted to him. It is probable that the case will not be heard before the fall in the event another trial becomes nec? essary* MORTALLY HORT ? DUEL. FOSTER IL HARPER IS MORTAL? LY WOCNJ>F? BY WILL RIlXi-Tr WAY. Harper's Wounds Are Expected to Prove Fatal?Ridgeway Will Re? eover, it is Believed. Anderson, June 26.?Foster F. Har? per and Wrilliam Ridgeway, two young white men of prominent, fam? ilies, engaged In a pistol duel near Holllday's bridge, this county, this afternon, each firing 15 shots and each being wounded, Harper proba? bly mortally. The row was a result of some reports one of the principals started, so it is said, but the nature of the reports can not be learned lu re tonight Friends ol both men anticipated s fight and asked Harper and Ridgeway to meet at the home of Bub Holliday In order to adjust their differences. it Is said that both men began br? ing when they met and that each emptied his revolver three times, When th- ir pistols were emptied they calmly reloaded and began liriag again. Harper was shot through the li\cr and two other balls lodged In his stomach. Ridgeway received three bullets in hiS leg. He Was moved to his home, where he was attended by physicians. Harper was rushed to Helton in an automobile and was brought to Anderson over the electric trolley. He was carried to the hos? pital and this afternoon Doctors Har? ris, Haynle, Babb and Young operated on him. They say there is Very little hope for bis recovery. Ridgeway will recover if no complications set In. SEED CRUSHERS 1DJOURX. Of'iovrs Fleeted for the Ensuing Ycai ?J. \. Lipseomb President. Columbia, June ^s. With a bar becue at Rtdgewood this afternoon the annual convention oi the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crtishers asso? ciation came to a eins?-, officers elect? ed being as folows: President, .J. N. Lipseomb, Gaff n.y. Vice-President, F. 8. Evans, Greenwood; Vice-President, R. Sprott, Manning; B, F. Tnylor, Co? lumbia, re-elet ted as secretary and treasurer. Mr. Lipseomb, the new president, haa been vice-president, ?????11 ?? ?????????i' ?"* . d for in i he pet Ition granted. "The commission i very much im . Nil with the great necessity for ih. installation of either a telegraph or telephone service along the line .a; ibis road from Camdon to Sum thai the traveling public may be In formed s? to Ihe posting ??f trains. The management of this road i. hereby furtln r Instructed Lo Insl ill this service not later than October L l '? 11." ? Truth's." THE TRU1 ALASKAN SCANDAL HCT ENDED GUGGENHEIM SYNDICATE LOATH TO GIVE Up FIGHT. Matter not Cloned by Retirement of Bellinger, Plnoed in Cabinet Through Guggenheim Influence?j Delegate Wlckersham Persistent in Efforts to Prevent Spoliation of Rich Northern Territory?nninci ' Henchman of Syndicate Commits! Suicide I nder Chargen. Washington, June 27?Mr. P.allin ger has left the President's Cabinet1 and his place has been supplied by a I genuine conservationist of the Pinchot type, but the fight between the great, forces represented in the struggle of ' which these changes in the Cabinet! have been dramatic incidents is no* ended. The prize is still at staks. I Alaska is yet a tempting field for .syndicated exploitation, and the Fed? eral Government moves so slowly in th-i line of her protection that the delay seems almost to invite further efforts from those who would be her spoilers. It is an open secret that Mr. Bal linger was placed in the Cabinet of. President Taft at the suggestion of! Mr. John Hays Hammond, the mil- ! Ilonaire mining engineer, who is one ! ol the Executive's most cherished personal friends, and was chosen to represent this Government at the coronation of King George V of Eng lsnd. Mr. Hammond had been in the employ of the Guggenheims at a sal? ary said to have exceeded that drawn by any other private individual in the world. The selection of Bellinger by the Taft Administration to succeed Gar field as Secretary of the Interior De? li arment was a Guggenheim move. Nevertheless, there is no evidence that Prsident Taft entertains the slghtest hostility towards the Gug? genheims as a result of the hot water the Administration got into by the Baliinger appointment. Senator Simo.: Guggenheim, the lene repre? sentative of the State of Colorado in the upper house of Congress, appears yet to bask in Administration favor. Capt. David H. Jarvis, the former executive head of the affairs of the Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate in Alaska, committed suicide at Seattle the other day on learning that Judge Wickeraham, Alaska's Teritorial Dele? gate to Congress, had introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to charges on tile with the department that there had been a conspiracy to raise the price of coal furnished to Uncle Sam's Alaskan forts. This charge is understood to have Involved Capt. Jarvis as the alleged distributor of money in effecting the Illegal agreement whereby the Gov? ernment was mulcted. Delegate Wlckersham has also been making persistent efforts to arouse the de? partment of justice In the same con? nection, and it is believed that the majority of the members of the House of Representatives are In sympathy With his argument that there has been too much concealment about this Alaskan business. Moreover, the department of justice has been for some months looking Into charges that Capt. Jarvis was responsible for certain killings (murders, Delegate Wlckersham would call them.) which occurred in the furtherance of the advance of the Guggenheim railroad interests in Alaska. It was on such alleged occurrences as these that a young newspaper man of Chicago who hail been to Alaska built the plot of one of the "best sellers" among the novels of the past decade. The suicide of Capt. Jarvis In the face of the prospect of Investigation does not augur well for the innocence of the m irgan-Guggenheim Alaskan campaign, it doe-; not strengthen the claims of the members of this syndicate to be accounted conserva? tionists, itt the public acceptation of that term. And yet, when we glance ;tt the committees of the United states Senate, a-e find that Mr. Guggenheim, of Colorado, Is placed as follows: Philippines, chairman; agriculturi and forestry, census, conservation o national resources, military affairs 11 Ines and mining. 11 .orlmer, chair man;) postofflces nnd post roads am public lands. political Iron gi nholm udi four commit! ees even the mild* case of only one of the foui com mittees which might In? called con servatlon committees, the commttte I on the Philippines, there reall I SOCTimOX. Established June, ISM Vol. XXXII. No. 38. SCORES CARNEGIE FUND. AN ATTEMPT TO MONOPOLIZE HIGHER EDUCATION. Distinguished Catholic Educator Sees Danger in Success of Fuueationai Trust?Asserts That It Will Have Effect, Also, on I escalation Aimed at Steel Trust, Chicago, June \ scathing at? tack on the ai * id alleged ten? dencies of tr ^rnegie f ?undation id was the sorr >.t sensation 1 feature of the op' jr aewion of the conven ?/ <ion of . National Education as V sociaf >T<sre today. In an exhau.? tive ^ ess the Rev. Timothy Bres nr A, J., president of Loyola uni ^JP y, Baltimore, arraigned the foun .on, and his views were supple . .ented by a general discussion. In the course of his address Father Bresnahan said: "A fund of $15,000,000 in bonds of the United States Steel corporation providing retaining allowances for certain institutions will enlist the in? terest of influentiaal personages In the stability of the Pittsburg million? aire's industrial institution. 'These, we may reasonably suppose, would scarcely look impartially on legislative enactment that would im? peril the value of their securities. The result of investing the United State3 Steel corporation bonds in the foun? dation could scarcely have escaped the acumen of so acute a business man. "The Carnegie foundation affords a motive to university and college presi? dents for discharging professors when they have reached the dead line. "If the evils of despotism are in store for us should we permit monop? oly of education by the government, which after all, with us, can be called to account, what may we expect from a private, permanent, self-perpetuat? ing corporation backed by millions of dollars and irresponsible to the pub? lic, whose one aim is to bring into disr'upfe schools under definite religi? ous control; to bind together non-sec? tarian schools selected mostly for their actual or prospective strength; through them to get control of the higher education of the country, and finally to establish educational unity and coherency by an educational sys? tem necessarily hostile and skeptical in its attitude toward religious liberty?" The hot weather does not seem to keep away the crowd of specta- , tors from the court ro:?m. dangerous and experi?need Republi? can insurgent. And it has been ob? served that a little bill recently in? troduced by Senator Guggenheim to encourage the development of indus? try in the Philippine*, (by Govern? ment grants of franchises and Gov? ernment guarantee of interest on mon? ey invested therein,) v. as pruned con? siderably by the committee before it could obtain a favorable report. If the Alaskan scar dal is r- opened ?and it is plain that Capt. Jarvis believed the reopenirg at hand?we may expect to see Delegate Wicker sham, of Alas ka\ ssume a prominence in national affairs whic h he has not hitherto attained. He has been a member of the Federal judiciary of Alaska, and he is a Republican >n politics; but he is the antipode of his namesake. Attorney General Wickersham, with regard to the <ines i tion of conservation and the parts played by Alaska and the Morgan* Guggenheim syndicate in that great national problem. Delegate Wickersham does not be? hexe that justice has been done to or In Alaska with regard to natural re? sources and rights. He has been working with quiet persistence for years to get Congress to turn on the iight. He is a gentleman of pleasing appearance and address, with noth? ing about him to suggest frontier roughness, and he Is personally pop? ular among his Congressional col leagu< s. Though ?* hnleally a Repub? lican, Judge Wickersham by force of circumstances has been thrown rath? er more with the Democrats than with the r. gular iupl ' ? of the Ad mini -trail. >n. It Is altogether likely that In the next regular session of Congress the delegate from Alaska will play ? con? spicuous p ir*. In spite of ib.- fact that he is only n d< ;- g tte. He knows What I been returned '?>> rongjress In spite of the Admit Istration's unfriendliness. With a i ?emoeratie house b< hind him, I he h.i^ for the first time a fair chance to ( Alaska's case before the coun? try. The suicide of Capt. Jarvis in dleates whether or not the delegate has been proceeding with ability in that dlre< tlon.