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M MTKM WATCHMAN. BttnMMicd April. IHM) ^^?"?i^ ? *> Co?B,0 3. Thy God* and Tra?,-./ ra^TR?E SOUTHRON, EsUtol^ Jime, 1MC Consolidated Aur. 3% 1881. SUMTER, S C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 191L Vol. XXXII. No. 46. MONOPOLY RENEWS GRIP. KT %M? Uli? OIL IU VOYI HS Ut TRAt>?: htH.MKRU WITH * HKLD, Before l>l***olut?on * of Trust, AVai Department Kookcs Order Prohib? iting Purvli?*o from Vnlawful A Combination ? Why Corporation ^ Coamnl^loiHT Ref u?tf*d Information to Steel Trunt Pro ho r^? Mysterious Dor-umentsn I U>appearan< *s from Pikr* of Various Departments. 6 Washington. Auf. 1.?One concrete f act ehowina why the standard Oil opis and the quotations of their. stock ha\> not suffered seriously a* a result of the Supremo Court decision | "dtmolvlng" the trust, is to be found i In the follow in < circular recently Is? sued by Oen. rer, Acting Secretary ?War In view of the opinion rendered to the department by the Attorney ?Sarai June IS, 1911. that the ndard oil Company, of Indiana, can. under the decision of the Su? preme Court of the Crdted Statea re i|f>*r,y entered in the caae of the Unl W? Statss agslnut the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, enter Into ( vslld contrset for the delivery of II? and may be required to execute ?ond for the faithful carrying out of such contrset. war department clr j ^culer dated December 11. 1909. dl j&Ktins; that no purchase be msde rVorrT^rVsi and other companies named la the otrsular. is hereby revoked." Thus oven before the Supreme Court has passed upon the sattsfsc toryn?*e? of the manner In which the *ndard Oil Treat has divided It | I up Into three dosen parts of It? self, fh ? >?<?? rn gets back the Gov? ernment business It had lost while the great, prosecution wm In proa ??*? I B-hnd the refusal of Herber* t mlth. < >mmissioner of cor 'lor*. to turn over to the com f the House of Represents which Is Invsstlgatlng the Steel the data which the commls aacorsd m-hlle he sts fermux *ils report lately published n steel business. Is that abnost ?r . \nn of the corpor? is puMP-ity statute which requires thst dsta tbus secured by the com? missioner aVettt'aot be divulged with? out the approval ?f the President of the United Sistes. 8o strong Is the statute on this aejglr' that it is beyond the power of ^ae commissioner of corporations to divulge all the Information obtained In his Investigation even to the de- j partment of Justice, unless the Presi? dent gives hl? sa M<>n. i S) The argument made by the ad\ > Lit-s ef the law when It was urged and passed during Col. Roosevelt's administration ws? that a great deal of Information not otherwise likely to be secured wouM > ? available for the Executive"* information If the corporations knew that It would not ^o into the hand* of the puMI< or of Jlhe department of Justice without hie approval, ind that the Rxecutfe*. would be able to protec t the publh Interest bv ooasesslng "Inside facta" i which would enable him to formu- . Iris proper remedlsl legislative |SjO? mmendstlons. Opponent? of the law. | of that provision of \t. contended j thst It was ssalnst public policy to put such enormous power over the ' corporations In the discretion of one man. an<*> th*se opponents declare that the evei.t la Justifying their j^snw* Commissioner Smith Is not regard? ed as desiring In any way to favor ths corporations, ami tie natural con ' elusion from his refusal to give ltep reaenta'.lvs Stsnley's sOe-el Investiga? ting committee the facts on which jthe steel report was baaed, is that Prenuhnt Taft haw ffcttOtf | . r .tit the n>mml?l'?nf th.< re ir% p. r mis? sion. The publle can draw Its n?n d*?du<tl..n- nm to whether or not the trust Is likely to appreciate ?he Chief Executive's course In the premlse.-t. Whatever msv be the truth as to the allafsd "Dirk-to-Dp k" letter, which Ml?? A'ott s.?\* j?h.? naw In the file* of th*? Into riot depart meat, but Which the Secr? tarv of the Inter* lor end the President de. i m? i-* ie>? there now. evidence I* not Inckl?.^' I I that the pr- ..f On v *Vk>u* departments sre by no imnnx conclusive ss to what they have eoti tslned prevbHiKi.. The my-tcNous dlssppearsnce gml re I pp?>iranc?. of the voucher In the l>ay portrait saaW Is fre<?h In the public mind] bnt ,i ? !i nr.?ry evnnlshrn? r,t far rm-re extensive n tailk hos ?? ' r. . iv? d much sttertlon. A House c ?mmlttpo hi* heen look Ing Into cburs"* thai Mijoi It. Bay. of the army. has been for sev? eral years the bssjeflcisry of rnsnnrk? PRAYERS FOR RUN. I I WM I? union HOTM AD. DRKSS to people. Ministers und All Devout People Aftked M Unite In Plea to He l!c\o lArtig Drought?Next Sunday Set \pan. Following the long drought in S juth Carolina, the worst in years, E. W. Dabbs. the president of the South Carolina State Farmers' union, has Issued greetings to all ministers of the gospel, the officers of all churches in the State and devout men and women in the State to set aside next Sunday as a day of prayer for rain in South Carolina. The greetings follow: ' To All Members of tho Gospel and Officers of All Churches and De? vout Men and Women In South I Carolina: ''Greetings. From the Information that has come to me from many sec? tions of our beloved Stato a condition of drought prevails that is* in many ] loc alities as bad as 1881. The Farm SJSf union, recognizing as It does in our ritual our dependence on Al? mighty Ood for all of the blessings of life, and for life Itself. I tru3t that the good people of this State may not think It amiss In me. as the head of this body of farmers, to request that nexc Sunday, August 6, be set apart as a day of prayer for rain. Those who have been blessed with rains are requested to Join us In our prayer for rain, and all In thanksgiving for the showers wherever they have fallen. I "E. W. DA BUS, "President S. C. Farmers Union, Mavesville, S. C. "Atest? "J. WM*** Held, "ftoc'y S. C. State Farmers' T nl..n. Columbia, S. C. "Augist 2. 1911." SORRY FOR TIIF. PRKSIDFNT. Mournful Comforters" Democratic Member lulls TafC* Advisers .Washington, August 2.?Declaring i that b. Ired t" (b fend President. Taft because the latter "had no one In his own party to say a word In his behalf" K.prvs.ntatlve Burnett. ??f Alat ama. Democrat, said In the Ileus - tod iy that "the only trouble with the President, is being honest himself, he. Is too credulous." "No honest man. as I believe Mr. fail Is," si.I Mr. Burnett, "ever bad such mournful comforters since the days of Job. I have no doubt that! his dally prayer Is that Wlckersham and Hitchcock will do as Balllnger did." Mr. Burnett said Secretary of Agri? culture Wilson was another honest man to fall victim to bad nd\lsers. and that consequently the downfall of Dr. Wiley who has often stood be? tween murderers and the people, had utmost been accomplished." HA BY I AM INF. I be Stork Huh Almost Boycotted Cull forii1.1 City. Pasadena, Cal.. Aug. 2.?This city, said to be the home of more wealthy i.i>ie than any of Its sisters In the world, la facing a baby famine. Statistics for July, completed yes f? ? nI,iv, show* that 4* babies were born during the month. Local health au? thorities say that 200 babies per month would be a minimum normal ?atli h Int tfci otty which has 40.000 inhabitants. able favoritism. Among the charges against Major Kay is one that be acte I as an ntfent for the national Re? publican chmpalgn committee in l'.?0-> while holding his OOmmlSSlOll and drawing his pay from the war q> pirtno nt. Be that as it mav. the Mouse committee desired otllclal in? formation from the department ?s to Whal w is finally done bv the military authorities al Manilla is to allega? tions of false CeftHteatefl and financial Irregularity in the m iJor*g work OVOT tb't", but the war department reported 'bat the papers containing Ods information w< re no lunger In the ilei, The eommitfee will DOl bfl ?alWIad with that answer, but win ? 1 if something t snnoi be d ?ns Uf der th?? law Whlcll Rinkes It a puil offence to remove or mutilate such ofnetal records, it is probable thai tie- case will not OOme to S head, however, tit 1?I? On foxt regular sion. The administration b< anxious fur the Monas committee to dispose of tloir grist quickly, btti there is a f- sling among many Democrats that too great hast? WOUld bo inadvisable. OPINIONS ON THE ELECTION. WHAT WOUM OF THK PRINCIPAL PROPONENTS AM) OPPO? NENTS' HAVE TO SAY OF THK ELECTION. Why the People of Some Bectlone i>id Not Vote for the Bond Issue and Why Some Voted for Hie Issue. Wednesday morning the election results were all that were talked'of by the proponents and opponents of the bond issue. As every precinct had been heard from except Manchester, diligent efforts were made to learn the result at that place, but without avail. It was finally learned that only four voles were east, but it could not be learned how these went?for or against the issue. Mr. W. B, Beyle, the chief oppo? nent of the bond iMtle and by whose I influence and work the issue was de I feated, stated that he had nothing to siiv f<?r publication about the result, of the election, except that he was j glad that the farmer** of the county I had shown their sense in voting the moktUfO down. He said that ho I wanted roads in this county and more and bettor roads, but that he did not j think that Mr. Belsers plan was the I proper method of getting the good j roads for the county. i Mr. L. D. Jennings, Mayor of Sum ter, and one of those who worked hard with Mr. Heiser for the pas? sage <f the bond issue for a county wide system of good roads, character? ized that defeat of the bond issue as "The most deplorable thing that had ever happened for Surnter county. Nothing possible could happen more to the disadvantage of the county and to show It up In an unfavorable light." He said that In his opinion the bond Issue was the only feasible plan whereby the system of good roadi could be made county-wide, and for this reason and because wo needed the roadi now he declared it the beat method of getting the roads. Ho said that the Boyle plan would nq,t carry a*, it meant, a change of legislators' every two years as the people of the county would not send l ark to the legislature men who had put on them a two or three mill ta\ levy. I Mr. M. Bi Beleer. who was elected I to the legislature on the good roadi tlokel and who li the author of the Act ordering the election on the ques? tion of Issuing bonds to the amount of Sif.o.ouo and who has worked hard? est for the passage of the bond is? sue, said, in answer to the question as to what he had to say about the defeat Of the bond Issue, that be ad- ! mttted the defeat, but that he had not lost hope. He thought that the bond issue would still carry at some further time this or next year, when tho promoters of the measure would be prepared to meet open opposition and would go to the farmers of the OOUnty and tell them exactly how the measure worked out. Mr. Bi I. Beard OB was much sur? prised when he heard that tho bond issue was defeated. He said that it was a great surprise to him as he had expected that the city would go at least five to one m favor of tho measure and defeat any majority that the county would have against it. He said that he had decided to ac < ept the advice of the Kdltor of tin1 Item and if it should be submitted to the people of the county again for their consideration, he would be in the van of the party Sfhtoh was work? ing for its passage. In going about the street during the day the reporter for the Item heard many pe< uliar reason J ad? vanced by various parties, whom it will not do to mention, why they voted for or against the bond issue. The managen of the elections at Shlloh and Concord stated thai the reaaon that the election went so overwhelmingly agnlnal the bond la sue was because the people of thoae p< Hons were opposed to putting such a heavy debi upon tin* county, (Surn? ter county i< one of the moat prosper? ous counties in the st ite at present and has a comparatively small bond? ed Indebtedness,) Others voted against the meaaure beci use they had never had to ols built for them wd they .lid ma think that tiny would if t h? v v oted to bond I he county to build a complete system of good i ? ads. .\? Proi idence end Romh< rt the opponents of the good roadi stated tint tie- county chain gang had not don< any work for tht m for some time and they, therefore, would not \ote for i.I mads. Ont gen? tleman thought that the Royle plan wan the bi st to get the m >ne3. bo ? tune by the other no tho.l the, mon Oy Would he wasted by th - county i hoard and dome who did nol do any THE NEGRO REPUBLIC. LATEST REVOLUTION SUCCEEDS ?PRESIDENT DEPARTS. Capital In Charge Of Committee of Safety and no Genet*] Disorder Pollowe Flight Aboard Haytien Cruiser. Port au Prince, Aug. 2.?Revolution In Hayti has triumphed here. Pres? ident Anotine Simon left the Capital today and took reluge on board the Haytien cruiser Se\enteenth Decem bre, formerly the yacht American. With him are his wife and a num? ber of his followers. The Seventeenth Decembre lies in the harbor tonight, and it is believed Simon is awaiting the arrival of a foreign passage for St. Thomas, D. W. I. or Jamacla. On all sides, the Capital is invest? ed by followers of Gen. Firmin, one of the revolutionary leaders. The city itself is in the hands of a com? mit tee of safety and there is no gen? eral disorder. Tonight numerous sh< ts were heard, but these are be? lieved to have been fired only in celebration of the overthrow of the Simon administration. Foreign in? terests are believed to be secure. MANNING OR SVMMERTOX ? Clarendon Towns Working for Sea? board, but it pi Scarcely Probable That Both Ca?. Be on Main Line. The chairman of the local commit? tee to communicate with the Sea? board authorities has received a communication from Mr. Bonsai, say? ing In effect that the company has j not as yet decided on what move It I will make after reaching Sumter, but that he hoped he would be able to see him in Manning soon. As we have said before* in another issue, we j believe if the Seaboard intends to go If vor the Santee on the bridge built1 by the Cypress Lumber Company, the' probability is very strong that the' load will come to Manning, true, Manning Is not a bee iine from Sum 'Fei ,#r4rtH feHtfeei brut *what lew drs-? advantage may bo by not being a di-l rect line, It more than makes up in tbi? way of business which after all; the projectori of the road are look? ing for. The writer has recently had a talk with a gentleman who is so I situated as to be in touch with par? ties largely interested in the Santee Cypress Lumber company, and in re? sponse to a Question from us, he was Of the opinion thl t the road was making its way towards the bridge to j Teach Charleston. He further said j that between Ferguson and Charles? ton there is a vast amount of the fnOSt fertile lands in the State, which j if developed, would furnish a great [amount of traffic for the road, In hiSj 'opinion, some of this land, if not the' j larger portion of it, belongs to persons 1 connected with the railroad scheme. J As to coming to Manning the gentle l man said it depended largely upon I the people here, if they show a dis? position to want the road, not in mere words, but a willingness of showing their faith by their works, that is to go down into their pocket3 to help the scheme along, it will have Its Influence upon determining wheth? er or not a deflection will be made to reac h this point. The outlook we be? lieve is enocuragtng. j It is said that Summerton expects to get the Seaboard railroad, and will du it If President Bonsai gives the mayor of that town a fair chance to talk with him. Mayor Tisdale really believes Summerton is the greatest place in the county, and no argu? ment can convince him to the con* ? trary.? Manning Times. Isaac Bethune aged 8B, a negro living mar Paxvllle, ate and drank copiously of watermelon and corn whiskey and death ensued within an hour. work would gol some of the money. One gentleman stated thai hs vot? ed for the bond issue because a friend of bis Intended getting an automobile and wanted good roads to travel on when be went out rldlng? Still an othor stated th <* he did not h \ e any taxes t'- pay oXC< pi poll tax and Mr. Jennings had ? tab d thai the bond Is? sue did not effect the poll t i\. Ilo had. therefore, voted for it. bb he some? time went flshltlR and wanted a good road to and from the pond where he wen! fishing. The concensus of ..pinion of those who voted against the Issue wae that Ibe money ought not to be spent until i* wns In the tr< isury and of those who voted f,,r it was that they wanted the roads now and the bond Issue was the best >r only practical plan by which they could be secured, UNDERWQf111 pnnnr"n" - Lib. : i Univ. -??*e HOUSE LEA! ?*?. _.m,^ m;ij. ELECTEJi dictator. Col. Bryan of Nebraska Who Arro? gates to HlnUKtf The Authority to Say What is U ?mocrncy and What Is Not and Impugns the Motives of! Members of C mgress is Houndly : Criticised by . )omooratic Lender Underwood in the House or Rep? resentatives. Washington. Aug. 2.?Standing upon chairs, Wi.vlng handkerchiefs and yelling at the tops of their voiees, Democratic representatives today ac? claimed Kepreseni ative Osour W. Un? derwood, leader of the house, when he fired a verbal 1 roadside at William I Jennirms Bryan ft r criticising his po? sition for an exten don of the tariff re? vision programme It was the most t remarkable seeno in the house since ( the beginning of he extra session of congress. Excoriating the three-tirrm* candi? date of the Denocratic party for I presidential hono *s. Leader Under? wood denounced Mr. Bryan's state mens as false, de'ended his (Under? wood's) attitude a i to revision of the iron and steel tariff schedules, and said Bryan had p aced upon every Democratic memb r implications un? founded in fact. le called on his Democratic colleagues of the ways and means comm ttee for eorrobor atlon of his at'itud ? in committee and in caucus. Mr. Underwood was backed up in a similarly striking speech by Repre? sentative Kitchen X. C.), long a de? voted friend of Biyan. Mr. Kitchen expressed surprise that any Democrat should so malign Mr. Underwood and the party. It all came ahou: from a published Interview, which pi rported to be "au? thorized" by Mr. iryan. declaring it was time Democratic Leader Under* I wood was "unmasl ed;" "The act; n "f Chairman Und.r w-ood in opposing iu immediate effort to 'rcdiK'e'the 'Iron and steel SCmVdUIe' reveals the real Unlerwood," said the Bryan interview. ? Speaker Clark and other tariff reformers tried to secure the paasage of ? resolution instructing the wave and me: ns committee to pass a resolution i icludlng the Iron and steel schedule but Underwood and Fitzgerald?tht Fitzgerald who saved Cannon in the las* congress? succeeded In defeat ng the resolution. "The unmasking of chairman Un? derwood will serve a useful purpose." a.dded the Interview "If It arouses the Democrats to an urderstandlng of the mistake In putting n Mr. Underwood at the head of th. committee if he solidlies his policy of delay." I The house listened intently as the entire Interview WSi read from the clerk's desk. Word of the mswer that Underwood vas to make to Bryan had been pat Bed among Demo? crats and almost I full membership on the Democratic side greeted the majority leader. Cheers and applause that lasted for fever il minutes greeted him as he rose to tpeak. As the clerk fin shed reading the Bryan Interview, Mr. Underwood in calm and even tone I, opened the vials of his wrath. If Underwood's attack was remarkable for its bitterness and vigor, It was rot more than the general applause which greeted his sarcastic references to tro Nebraska leader, and bis spe< Iftc and complete denials of the char tee made by Bry a n. Tie declared he was interested in iron and steel mill* in his own State of Alabama, and ie had urged the ways ami means committee at the be? ginning of the se slon to save him from embarrassment by taking up the iron and steel sehe lule at once. This had not been dorn by the commit? tee, he said, heeaus ? it had determin? ed that the textlb schedules over which there is the rreateat complaint from the public she ild be the subjects of earliest revision. His opposition in the recent case calling f<or a re* vision of the iron and steel schedule, he said, had ben d ie to the fact that i: had been detern Ined no further tariff programme fhould be worked out until it was c, ri tin what would Im di He by the pre- [dent. Mr. Undorw.l i id read the pub* lishi d Bryan Btatei tent, and speak? ing very deliberate y said: "Mr. Speaker, the statements con? tained In that pan r are absolutely t'i?. if the re flee ions which that article contains rest ?d only on myself I would not tak. hi time of thl* house to answer t lern. Bui those statements reflect n t only upon my? self, but upon Democracy In control on this side ..f the capltol, and as b ad' r on this floor would be untrue to my fellow Demo? rats here and to I did not reply to this at plO ..... Interview charges that there is a difference between the speaker of this house and myself as to legis? lation in this house. That statement is absolutely false. We have been to? gether, we are together now, and I predict that we will be together to the end." Mr. Underwood had read a tele? gram from Mr. Kryan to Representa? tive James (Ky.), transmitting con? gratulations to Mr. Underwood "for his great work." ' The gentleman from Nebraska did not think I was trying to proteetionize the Democratic party then." said Un WOOd. "It was not until I differed with him on the wool schedule that he changed his mind." "The gentleman who has issued that statement, William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska," said Mr Under? wood, "charges that the chairman of the ways and means committee standing in the interest of a protective tariff, has led this house Into Unas that were urworthy of any Demo - rat In the land. "I know it is false, Mr. Speaker. You know it is false, so do the Demo era ts of this side of the house. But we must let the country know it is false. The gentleman from Nebraska says that my leadership of this side of I the house could not stand In the open, j There is not a Democratic member here that does not know that If for one moment I misrepresented the Democracy of this house in bearing my commission, I would send my res? ignation to the speaker's desk." Both Mr. Underwood and Mr. Kitchen were greeted with deafening cheers. Speaker Clark repeatedly pounding his gravel to restore order. Mr. Kitchen confirmed Mr. Under? wood's statements in evey respfcct, and declared that Mr. Bryan had j launched his criticism without hav? ing any specific information as to what the committee had done. "Mr. Underwood stated the facts (dearly to the caucus." said Mr. Kitch? en. "He did state before the com? mittee at the beginning of the ses ieion that lnv was interested in the Steel ar.d iron business and it woc'd relieve him of embarrassment if the committee would take up that sched? ule at once and get rid of it. But II was the judgment of the committee that the most IttOittitOUS schedule that had ever been put on the statute ! books, the woolen, sc hedule, ought first to be revised." j Mr. Kitchen referred to Mr. Under i wood's frank statement about his iron company holdings and said ho had ea> I pected that might be made "an occa? sion by our opponents to slander and libel the Alabaman and the position of his Democratic house, but I never dreamed that any Democrat in this country would attempt to malign Mr. Underwood or the Democratic party." "Mr. Bryan is not responsible." said Mr. Kitchen, amid great laughter from the Republicans, "for he was n<?t In our caucus; he must have got i- n his information from somebody ; nd he was the most badly informed man in the world." BOOZE ISSI I. IS GEORGIA. Bill Removing "Near Beer" Prctcwtod by nilibustor?Another Soeks to Lenge Use Bale* Atlanta. Ca.. Aug. I,?A filibuster to prevent the second reading of the Tlpplns bill removing "near beer" from QeorglS today marked the liquor tight In the general assembly. Those who npje.se strict prohibition it hi said, will urge the bill sponsored by Representative Hall, leagllslng beer saloons and privileges for the estab? lishment of - pat king houses" under restricted local option. During the afternoon the minority members of the temperance committee held, a meeting and framed a report adverse 10 the Tlpplns bill, which was at once tiled with the clerk of the house. \ resolution Rettins the second i reading, of the Tlpplns bill as the or der of inisines- Friday was referred to t he rides committee. Wil l COS! t.1.1 00 I \ \N I I K. Pull Itlver Iron Works \>i'i Shut D<?wn Tomorrow, Fall River, Mass., tug. ?. Notices were posted in tin Pall Itlver Iron Works company mill todaj that af? ter Aug. t they will be shut down un? til further notice. The shut down af? fects R.000 operatives, snd Idleness will cos! them $56,000 a week in w at:cs. I The drainage pip >s are now being laid on Marvin street, from ECendrick to Liberty street.