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flir MUTER WATCHMAN. Bat?bli?h?l AprU. IHM THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, iMf Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. ? SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2,1911. Vol. XXXII. No. 46. WORK FOR TARIFF REVISION. DI M<H K\Ts \M> INSlRt.FAT Rr Pl Hl l< ANS M\Y EX mi) PRtX.RAM. termer* Frr<> l.M. Cotton Rill Su? gar snd Othvr Schedule*? Wool Bill t.. omc I i? In Hon?*?' Momlay or Twrwday. Washlncton. July 28.?Tn-* fight of the Democrat-progressive Republican coalition for broader tariff revision trained around today, and It was conn.I. fit predicted by both house* that a conference-created compro? mise wool bill, fha farmers' free last bill was possibly the cotton bill, with steel, sugar and other schedules, would be paused. Meantime the In? dication* are stronger than ever that President Taft will exercise his veto pow?r on tariff legislation prior to the submission of the tariff board report In December. The cotton bill will pass the house next Thursday probably. Democratic leaders assort? ed that If the present programme to carried out there hi nothing to pre? vent adjournment about the middle of August The plan contemplates a compro? mise wool bill on a SO per cent, ad valorem raw wool duty basis. This measure will go to conference etthar ?Mat Monday or Tuesday. The free list h II Instead of being handlespped with sugar, steel and ( other schsdules as riders, la to bo changed only by the Ralley amend? ment, which strikes out the provls- j Ion placing fsrm products on the free list This smendment Is neces-1 sary to Insure the Republican Insur? gent vote. Democrats of both tides express Ml sertalntv that the free list bill would be put through the senate Tuesday by the same combination that put the wool bill through. i The Intention of the free Hat bill a whole, as Republican senators regard It. la to compensate the fanner fer the loss supposed to have been inflicted upon him l-' the ac ceptance of Canadian reciprocity and they will not torment to an extension to other countries of the free Im? port proartotan on ths products of the fsrm Practically all the opposition to the bill on the Democratic side will be on 'int of this amend I ment. Ths wool bill will be sent to c?>n erence Monday or Tuesday. It will be celled up In th*, house then by O. W. t'nderwood. Democrstlc lead? er, snd both houses will appoint | conferees. I Chairman Penrose of tha senate finance committee firmly diavowed Intention of participating In tha con? ference, Senator? La Follette (pro gr naiv? Republican) and Simmons of North Tarollna (Democrat) 1 doubtless will be among the senate conferees. 1 Ths wool Mil reached the house today, thr? forrn ?1 ?nn .wurement of Its passage by the senste being greet? ed by Domocrstlc spplause. T o? bill now lies on the speaker's table where It will remain until called up next week for action as to a confer? ence. In The R<*conler'? Court. _ The following cases were tried In ths Police Court by Recorder Lee Monday. I ! if ton Wilson for vagrancy wa.' discharged, but was told that he must gst well of his alckness In the next thirty days and a job or he would get that many days on the gang. He waa reprsssntad by Mr. L E. Wood and his plea waa sickness. As ths city did not put up any testi? mony to ihow that he had not been gtek he aus dismissed. Willis Montgomery waa tried for stealing r pair of shoe* from the manager of Charlie's Cafe. He plead? ed guilty snd waa given $10 or 30 days. Wlllle'e shoe experiment got him Into some other trouble as well. \\ h.-n he went Into the restaurant to I \ hslf ( hl? k#?n the propr . tor no tired thst he hsd on the sho?.* and rslled the police. Willie hsd Just hsnded ovsr s 15.00 bill for the chick? en he wss sjoing to buy and did not wait for the change, so Laura Royce, to whom It . *'nnse? it >d him arrest? ed for e*.-al?ne* I' Hg told where he )?? ! ' ft It nnd tb.- . l iric?? ? ix dl.-o Mary Sea more was given $10 or *!0 d,i\< f#,r AM urban.f tin- pe.oe llooser Dosier v ,i4 tri- d f..r \a? r \ md ! j,-' h denials the evl iss * waa against him and ho V II sent back tr the ir ?n* from whb h ho had been discharged onlv about four weeks ago. WHO C.W UKFKAT 11LKASE? I Manning und Mclenil Regarded Am SwVOMXful O|)|H>n0lltH. Clorence, July 2&.?With election time ?tili one year distant, people in certain sections of the State, possibly In all sections, for that matter, hp. already discussing "possibilities." Cr. to be more accurate, they have con? tinued to discuss them ever since tho last election. But It may be paid with truth that in this part of South Carolina interest Is very deep, and ihe shaping up Is already takln** place?that Is, In the mlnas of the people, for the attilud" of the possibilities hi not yet known. Un? like office-seekers in Georgia lho3o who are willing to serve the South Carolina public are somewhat bashful about declaring their inten? tions so long beforehand. But th,e people generally do not object to thhs disposition, as '.hey are spared much that makes Georgia politics objec? tionable. Still, the people* are discussing mat I ters even without tho consent of ! those who will In good time appear on the hustings with remedies for all public Ills. It may be stated without fear of contradiction that the all-absorbing question which Is re? ceiving most attention Just now In this section is who can defeat Blease for governor.' The friends of the pres? ent occupant of iNit pinion ar? wall as those who oppose him are asking the question. Only It Is asked from a different angle. It Is needless to state that lines are very clearly drawn. Supporters of the present administration con? stitute one political party Just now; those who oppose It from the other. Just as surely as every effort will be put forth for the re-election of Qo\ ernor Hlease should he offer, will every possible means be used by the oppostlon to defeat him. It Is truo that no Inconsiderable number are of the opinion that he will not again offer for the governorship, and some \ ery plausible reasons for such a course are announced?those reasons of course, not coming from head? quarter", but finding their origin In the minds of a speculating people. The writer has met no one thus fur wh<> hetleves that Blease will not have strenuous opposition. The question wns asked bf *f ''What puM< art of the governor's J tayg him open to the most effect?, o j attack." In answer to this a icp I re?entati\citizen dec',?red thai (}OV* 1 ernor Blea.*e's position in the school I ' pur< ? hase was the most vulnei tibi.? of his public nc*.s. Another avowed that the pardon of Wish Hunter, a former client of the gov? ernor's was open to the most effect? ive attack. Still another declared that the governor's pardon record In l*s entirety was a point on which IM "ill be cfYVrtlwly opposed, giving as his reason that the people re? sented such g.meral interference with | thf work of the courts. "People pay t ixes to run the courts for their own ( protection." Raid h<\ "and when the fine ing of these courts nre so read t lly set aside, they ?ee where their tix s are going, and that is a sen? sitive point with the people of the state, especially since Governor Bletise's platform paid such especial attention to the saving Of taxes to the peoph'." j Who will run against Blease sho iid he again offer for the gover | nornhlp That question passes be . vi.nil the discussions in which the people alone are concerned, for there (enters the element of the reluctant candidate. It is needless to say, how? ever, that here In the Pee Dee the people are talking of two possibilities: U. I. Manning and T. O. Mcl.eod. Their discussions nre. in truth, con? fined to the two, both of whom ifi well known and popular throughout intern South Carolina, and tho pre? vailing opinion In this part of tho Statt hi that either of the two could make a very strong race, and the rna joritv who have discussed the mat? ter In th? ? n< e of the wr iter de? clare that either can defeat him. It should he rernernh* red that BlOM I 4M not draw any great strength IK tfltl MtUOH of the Stat', Florence ( ounty voting against him In both prlrn ir fl*OfgMj*fl ? Ir-t Bah . M< llae. Ca.. July 2f.?The MM ile - f the l#11 cotton prop to be f\ t\ |o4 Iff t-roiight lo-r.' today hy I. J, mlHIi, o| thl^ connt/i It ue|?:h ?d an <>?? nw' hundred pounds, and hought for J"? rents i pound by T. w. r.ooth. It -?vi* a r. ina11 ?l.lc line staple (town front i spec tally developed ? arlv MOl CANADA STARTS UP FIGHT. LIBERAL LEADER EXPLAINS RE? CIPROCITY TO THE PEOPLE, Reciprocal Relations With the United States, Ho Hectares, Have Long Rccn Desired. Ottawa, Ont., July 30.?The oper - Ing gun In the campaign which will determine the fate of the reciprocity pact between the United States and Canada was fired today by the Lib? eral leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It was in the form of an open address to the Canadian people and in it is set forth very clearly the issues in? volved in the present campaign. The question at issue is not a new one. Sir Wilfrid assert3, reciprocal re? lations with the United States having been sought by both parties for o? *r half a century. The present conser? vative party, he declared, is seeking to reverse this life-long policy of Its leaders of the past. The enactment of the agreement, the premier pre? dicts, would further improve tne friendly relations exislting between Grat Britain, Canada and the United States and would be an important fac? tor in bringing about a general treaty of arbitration. "All public men of any promi? nence," he said, "in Canada whatever thoir differences on other questions have been unanimous in the attempt to again secure the free exchange of natural products. Nor is this to be wondered at, seeing that In the in duatrles of agriculture, fisheries, lum? bering and mining Canada possesses advantages not enjoyed by any other j country* on earth and that upon the, markets secured for the products of j these industries depends the growth of our manufacturing and commer? cial interests and the prosperity of all classes In the dominion." Sir Wilfrid, after revolwing the ne? gotiations which culminated recently In an agreement for a freer exchange . of commodities between Canada and the United States, said: "This agreement was strenuously resisted In the United States by vo-! rious Interests on the alleged ground that It was all to the advantage of Canada and to the detriment of the other country, but the view that it i was mutually advantageous to both j countries llnally prevailed in congress, , and the agreement stands today as an offer by the United States to Can? ada of that very measure of reciproc? ity which for more than 40 years hat engaged the earnest and constant ef? forts of every leading Canadian statesman. j "The prOOont Conservative party In parliament seeks aboolutoly to re? verse the life-long policy of its great leaders of the past, declaring that it will oppose to the bitter end the very principles onWFsratsd by both Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir John Thompson in the last election ad? dresses upon which each of these statesmen ever appealed to the Ca? nadian people." The speaker then referred to the attempted obstructive tactics of the Conservative party In the house of commons to prevent any vote being taken In parliament upon the ag vo ment. and said: "Such pretenses are simply a clumsy attempt to give some color to unwarranted and undignified obstruc? tion. To overcome that obstruction after a session which hns already lasted eight months would not only Bioan the continuation of an unseem? ly spectacle presented be the oppo? sition in the house of commons, since tht resumption of its sittings on the lKth instant, but would also mean weeks and months of wasted time a'.d perhaps, in the end. the loss for thU season to the Canadian prudunei of the free American market. "In this condition of things, it has seemed more in accordance with the dignity "f parliament, with the tra? ditions of those British Institutions which all true Canadian! value so highly and Which 'he present opposi? tion degrade with euch a light heart; with the i?cst interests of tin* country as a whole, to remit the issue to the people themselves BO that the ne? pi may judge between the government and the opposition and declare wheth er they have Chang <i their mind or whether they still are In favor of re elproclty in natural products and whether they will or will not have ths American market for the prom* (wing crop soon to i>? gathered In * 'anada. "This agreement, >?>? opening new avenue- (.f trade hitherto closed, would further Improve tin frier.d'y relations which now so happily ixl I between this country and the mother rountrj ?n jajewje; hand ml ih - '("^^^ Iga^Agaw^' REPLY TO MR. REARDON. Why is Mr. Reardon s?> Concerned About Money With Which to Re? deem C ity Bondl and With W hich to Redeem the Road Bond Issue, if it is voted for? If the tax books are correct, then any extra levy to redeem the City j Bonds or to pay the Road Bonds, if issued, will not affect Mr. Reardon, as' extra levies do not increase poll tax-1 es, and the records ehow that Mr. j Reardon pays no other kind, it is a1 strange thing, hut it seems to be a faet, that most of those who are loudest against paying taxes are the one who pay the least, and sometimes who pay none at all. As a recent example, I was informed that thereJ was a certain man in the city who; was loudest against issuing bonds with which to pave Main street, ind I happened to be present when this citizen went to pay his taxes, and they amounted to only ninety-eight cents; therefore I hardly think it wi3e j to be guided by the opinions of thosa whose opinions, when applied to their own business, have not proved suc? cessful. Why should such be con? cerned about bond Issues, and fear so much for those who will have to redeem them? 1 feel satisfied that when the votes of the citizens of Sumter are counted tomorrow, j* will he seen that a large percent of those voting will vbe for the bond Issue, o.id they will not allow themselves to be influenced by an attempt to array Town against Country. I hope that every one voting in the City will now vote for this issue of bonds, and, once for all time, sit upon this attempt to array Town against Country. What would the City do without the Coun? try? What would the Country do without the City? We are Inter-de? pendent upon each other. We are one people, and any attempt to ar? ray one against the other cannot be too sternly rebuked, and it seems to me In this case, the only way to do this, and at the same time to show that Mr. Reardon does not express the -sentiment of the City, is ^bvtj*rTr nnlmously vote for the bond Issue. If Mr. Reardon were one of the lead? ers of the Chamber of Commerce, as BS he once was, perhaps he would be trying to establish a mutual tie be? tween the citizens of this city and country, instead of trying to array the one nganst the other. I notice in the article by Mr. Boyle in y >ur paper, that he first takes up Mr. Belter's plan and tries to fhow it's result in figures ,and then takes up his own plan and tries to do likewise. In figuring Mr. Belser's plan. Mr. Boyle does not give credit for the $14.000 now being used on ' the roads each year, while in his plan he takes credit for the said sum each year. This sum of $14,000 will j In twenty years amount to $2S0,000. ! Under Mr. Belser'a plan for the five I years considered, It amounts to $70, 000. I do wot understand how Mr. I Boyle overlooked so large an item in figuring Mr. Belser's plan, while he took care to Include it in his own. Mr. Boyle contends under his plan, t,hat at the end of five years, there will have been raised approximately $200,000, and that interest would then stop on all hut the $ HO,000 of bonds heretofore b .horized, wh'le he .says that linder Mr. Belser's plan we would have to continue paying it on $200,000 for the balance of the time, which is fifteen years. Now, let's see n who's favor Mr. Belser's plan will result. The Interest on $200.000 at 4 1-2 per cent for fif? teen years will amount to $135,000, and the Interest on $?.00,Ooo at 8 per cent under Mr. Boyle'l plan for the fifteen years will amount to $240, 000, which will be a dilYerece against us under Mr. Boyle's plan of $105,000. which we will be out in interest Which we will be out in nterest lost. Which plan IS the best? In tween th ? two plans, as Mr. Belter'i plan is the oi y on,' before the peo? ple. Shall W ? issue the bonds to blllld oiil roads, or Will We \\:iit and lei the adjacent counties build the roads, and take our trade to their County Beat? shall wo be progres sive, ..l- shall WS remain in the old rut? h is up to the people to an swoi this which i< is hoped may at no distant day eventuate, the effect of whl h would be to remove forever ail pos? sibilities of war betwen the great em? pire of which we are proud to form o part and the great naton which we are proud to have as i neighbor," The address declare! tin re Is no warrant for the claim that reciprocity will lead to ann? \ath>n and state! that Canada win continue the policy of British pretence. i?. Jennings. Mr. Boyle Replies. Editor Suriter Item. * AniWerll g Mr. Belser's criticism of my figu; es in the Item of the 29th inst. Inaccuracy is apparent in. his own figure; . It is absolutely neces? sary to levy a little over 2 mills to take care Of the $200,000 bond issue. According o his own figures, $6,500 being necessary for sinking fund anr $9,000 inte-est, whereas 2 mills only $15,00 I, ^? According to my plan w jf . have $195,8 5 to spend on ro ' ,d ing in 5 years, and accor > his plan we shall have $262/ w spend, all interest ind sinking deduct? ed from tot il inconv ^v In discrediting figures he state3 that t lere * be only $151,- j 775 avallab;e for road building. I defy him to prove his figures correct or mine wong. Furthermore our county shou d then be bonded for $50,000 inst? ad of $200,000, accord- j ing to his pl:.n. He figures necessary expenses yea *ly to be: Maintenance oi reads, $6,000.00 Retiring bonds, $6,500.00 ? Four and one -half per cent Interest i?n $200.000, 9,000.00 Total, $21,500.00; He has a r ght to use the $6,000 to | maintain the roads, but as he well. knows accorcng to the law, he can-, not use the < ther $8,000 regular tax j for the purpc se of paying Interest or . sinking fund. j Furthermor ?, Mr. Belser plans to . maintain the road3 with ^6,000 year? ly, whereas $ ",000 Is absolutely nec? essary to keer up present chain gang. If he uses $6,000 for his "Patrol System" what shall we do with our, chain gang? i i It would th? n take only three years longer for U3 o have only $1,250 less expended on cur roads than he plans. Wa should lave paid $80,000 more taxes in eight years, thus saving our? selves $11,625 each year for 12 years, or $139,500. Yours truly W. B. BOYLE. TAX PAYf?f ON BOYLE PLAN. Gtvea figures to Show Tha.. Bond Is? sue Vill Cost Losa, Mr. Boyla nieda $200,000 and pro posea to complete'work in 6 years. This makes per year, $33,333.00 I Add to this fo ? maintenance, o,000.00 Total for maintenance and conetructic u, $30,333.00 Less available from pres? ent sourcei for road work. 1 t.ooo.oo Leaving to be as.-d by di? rect levy. $25,333.00 One mill lev/ will produce $7,5^0 per year, there fore It will require 3.38 mills per vear to raise $25,333. Total levy in 8 years equals 3.38 multiplied by 6 equals 20.28 mills. Mr. lloyle's igures submitted in the Herald loo is a little more at? tractive, tirst bt cause ho has left out of account all provision for meinten-j ance and second, because he has there to raise only $150,000, by direct levy ?$50,000 havin.g already been raieed by bonds. In ot ler words his showing looks better jus In proportion to the amount of bonds Issued and direct levy cut off. I Mr. Belser's 1 gures show that the $200,000 of hoi ds can be obtained, the roads built and mantalned, and the loan and Interest repaid at the end of 20 years >y a one-mill increas? ed levy for 2) years. In other words, the $14,000 now available for road purposes plus $7,300 derived from the one ml l levy, will take care >f the maintena ice of the road, in tereat on the bonda and sinking fund to retire the bot ds at the end of 80 yea rs, in flhe ahall ?-<? gel $200,000 and pay it back one mill b year for 20 years, total 20 n ills, or shall we get the same amount and pay it back 3.38 mills per yei r for six years .total jo.js mills. TAX PA\ ER. Value of Slnglc-Mlntledness. .\ double-mind* <1 man, II is true ail the world ovet, "is unstable in all his ways," like a wave upon the streamlet, tossed hither and thither with every eddy o ! its tide. The rec? ognition oi ;i deti mtlnate purpose In life, and a stur ly adhesion to it through aii disadvantages, are Indis? pensable condltloi 1 of success. The outside world un< eratands this mat? ter well, Hence, In the great Ufa race, the vacillating are outrun by ii>.- steady, although the former may be fleet of foot, i 1 Aealu 1 ut><>n the moutalns of tara< I,?-Punshon. MR. WATSON ON THE BOM) IS? SUE. Balkier of Uir>t CJood Roads in Coun. try Thinks Bond Issue will Be Pass? ed. The following letter has been re? ceived from Mr. I. E. Watson of ' ?'enee, who was in the city a part at week to work for the passage the bond ssue and the securing ii Sumter county of a complete sys? tem of good roads. Mr. Watson was the builder of the first sand-clay roads in this country and knows some? thing about the buildng of that kind of road. He had expected to stay over in Sumter until after the election but was called away suddenly on ac? count of sickness. Florence, July 29, 1911. Editor Sumter Item: I was sorry to leave Sumter ji ?t when I did, but I feel that there is no doubt that the bond issue will be carried. I have for some time thought that this should be done. It will relieve the farmers of having nearly all the burden to bear in keep? ing up the roads as at present and they will have only one-third to one-half of the expense to bear. As to the objection that it will take the farm labor, I am confident and will make an especial effort to get men from abroad, then you will not have to take any from the farms. Yours truly, I. E. WATSON. EUROPEAN POLITICS ON COTTON CROP. With August the Critical Period Has Arrived?Government Report Wed? nesday. New Orleans, July 30.?The first part of this week in the cotton mar? ket will be devoted principally to an attempt to discount the August report on the condition of the crop by the government, which will be issued Wednesday, unless European politics take a turn for the woTso. A3 the market closed last week, the trade looked f<?r about 89 per cent of the I normal as compared with 8$.2 last ! month. Anything under 99 will un | doubtedly cause a rise, as disappoint? ed shorts will immediately buy cov? ers. A 'arge short interest will be carriea over the bureau report. The European political situation may dominate the cotton market this week, in spit of the importance of j the bureau report. The clearing up of the dispute 1 ?etween France and Germany might have a favorable ef? fect on prices temporarily. An unfa ! vorable turn in the dispute would im I mediately cause renewed talk of high ocean freight rates for cotton and unfavorable comment regarding trade the world over and would re? sult in high prices. There is a tmort interest being built up that eventual? ly will be the salvation of the mar? ket. The lower prices the gr?ater will be the selling and the longer the reaction that is now overdue is de? layed the greater will be the upheaval when It comes. Many bears claim that the new crops will sink to 10 cents a pound c>jfore a good reaction will be possible. , With August at hand, the critical time of the season has arrived and crop news will have its inflence when? ever the attention of the trade is not distracted too much by Other things, j As long as the crop does half way ! well, hears will he able to claim the advantage from this direction, but it seems Impossible that a crop scare will not develop sooner or later. Runaway Sunday. Sunday Shortly after noon a mule belonging to a negro man who had brought his sick wife to town for medicat treatment became frightened at an automol lie near the First Bap? tist church ami ran away down Lib? erty street to Itagnolta where the bug gy was overturned and broken up pretty badly. Mr, J. a. Schwerin loaned the negro another buggy, !*nd as the man v.\?s putting a piece of i< e in it to take home with him the mule became fright r.ed for the sec ? ml time and ran away, I This buggy w as bTokl n Up as STOU I as the inst one. The negro then went to Mr. Boyle*s stables and so* j cured a third buggy In which he ! drove home. The nogVO, who was name.i George Johnson, lives several I mtlea out of town. Ths negro wo? man was skinned up pretty badly, but otherwl 'n no injury was suffered except that to the two buggies. ?f. Wllej \v i11 bo admonished. UOt dismissed, "Admonished" here means 1 M Hal on the back, Charleston Poet.