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THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, l
Consolidated Aur. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S c, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911.
Vol. XXXII. No. 49.
IIMtt KtVISION SITUATION, j
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CUuN FKRKEf? RH Vi II C OM PRO
MI s| \(,IUK.MKNT ON
Wool,.
Wool Big Will tie Reported Today .
a ad Probably Will be Accepted.'
Free l.Ni I n?Irr Dlsru-Muoit.
Washington. Aug. 11.?Dofflnrf
their coat* and for the first time in
history ln\ittng the press to be pre*- I
ent. the conferees of the two houses
of congress on the wool tariff revision
and farmers' free list bllle sat down
In conference today to compromise
their differences. Finally at s o'clock
they affected a complete agreement
on wool and began a consideration of
the free list bill. The conference be?
gan at It o'clock this morning. The
wool bill as agreed upon will be re?
ported to the senate tomorrow by
senator La Follette and to the house
by Representative Underwood. As the
house has the papers bearing upon
the bill that body will have to act
first.
The bill was so amended as to re?
quire that the proposed law shall
takt effect October 1 Instead of Jan?
uary 1. aa provided in the senate and
houne measjure.
The conferees hope to have the re?
port adopted in both houses tomor?
row and the bill quickly started on Its
course to the Whits House, where the
president Is expected to veto It
The free list bill was under consid?
eration for about 16 minutes, but the
conflict between the representatives
of the two houses wss so pronounced
that It became neceeeary to postpone
action until tomorrow sftemoon.
Af at fixing 29 per cent ad valorem
aa the duty on raw wool and chang?
ing i he wool classification so as to
i cm ' in to the language of the house
Mil. the agreement on other features
became s matte? of detail.
The change of classification has the
effect of fixing a flat duty on all wools
snd while it reduces the rates on or
giner wool from se per cent and
Ineresoee those of the house bill from
ft per cent it also Increases the rates
on carpet wools from 10 per cent as
provided in the senate bill, to the 29
per cent fixed by the conferees. J
In moet respects the duties on the I
manu fact uree of wool were Increased :
over the rates of the house bill and
reduced below those of the senate
bill ae as to make them correspond
with ths raw wool rale, but in some
instances they were made higher than
those of either measure.
A rate of 29 per cent on oils and
wastes was sgreed to. while a rate of
S4 per cent was determined upon
for combed Wool and tops. Including
roving and roping, and of S9 per cent
ea yarn.
There woe a compromise in the -
msiter of classification >n cloths, dress j
goods, clothing, webbings, blankets
sad flannels. In the house bill these
schedules wsre covered In five pars- ?
graphs, weheras Mr. I a Follette in
the bill adopted by the senate em?
braced all In one paragraph.
As the subject will be covered in
th,- i.f'Tfnce report, blankets and
flannels will he treated In one para?
graph with a rate of 30 per cent, the
house rate, while the other articles
ere made dutiable at th* rate of 49
per cent, which la an Increase over
the house rate of from 4 to 14 per
cent and a reduction from the senate
rate of i per cent This paragraph
will rover cloth, knit fabrics, unwo?
ven fells, women's and children's
dreee good*, coat linings, ready made
rolthlne. ahawl*. webbing, flouncing*,
fringe*, laces and embroideries. A
stmMar compromise was effected on
carpets resulting in making three
rlaeses Instead of one as In the sen?
ate bill, and nine in the senate bill
snd nine in the house bill. Class one
of today's comprotnHte Includes au
l ueaon. axmlnsters. mouquotsa, che?
nille. Saxony. Wilton, tourney vel\?-t
carpets snd Orlental Herbn. und simi?
lar rugs, fixed at 60 per cent, which
la 14 per cent bisher th in the senate,
snd 19 Msber than the house rate.
On the second clae* of ctrp.-u the
rate was made 40 per cent. This In?
cludes flrusael* carpets and velvet
and tap?stry velvet carpets against
ISO and 36 per cent In the house bill
snd 35 Iff the senate bill.
The third-rlas* rate of 30 per cent
Is msde to cover tapestry hrussels,
treble Ingrab dimrxet* and carpet
in** i t * icruise provided for. These
are the eh*aper cnrp ?ts and the hou^o
fixed a rate of from 2f> M 30 per cent
on them, wnlle the senate rate was
86 p*r cent.
After t^dny's conference, the free
list was laid before the ronferem ??.
Mr. t'nderwood annoiin cd the slem
lute refuns* of the bouse to srrept (
the ?enst* smendment confining ths
BIG FIRE IN CONNY.
FOREMAN TISDALE MAY NOT
SCRVIVE 1NJI RIES.
Without Warning. Explosion, Fol
lowed by Rapid Spread of Flame?
in southern Wood Product* Com?
pany Plant. Results In Serious
Burning of Several Emplo>e**?i and
Total Destruction of Property.
Conway, Aug. 11.?As a result of
a serious tire, the causes of which are
unknown, which suddenly broke out
last night in the plant of the South?
ern Wood Products Company, tht
day foreman, Mr. David W. Tisdale,
lies in a critical condition, several
other employees are injured and the
Urge new plant of the company is u
complete mass of charred ruins. The
loss is $40,000.
All of the employees were at their
posts and the work was proceeding
seemingly. In perfect order, when
there was a slight explosion and the
flames flashed and spread over the
whole building; all materials con?
tained therein were highly inflam?
mable and there was no Hope of sav?
ing the factory.
In the explosion and first breath of
the fire. Mr. Tisdale was completely
enveloped In the gas-laden flames. A
negro workman, near at hand, re?
ceived serious burns and other minor
Injuries. Except for the coolness of
other employees, who, recognizing
their danger and the necessity for
prompt action, seised those who had
been most seriously burned and
plunged them into a tank of water,
the results would have been far more
serious.
Mr. Tisdale. who was almost craz?
ed by his burns, broke from his
friends, and closely followed by a
burning negro employee, ran all the
way to Conway ,a distance of nearly
a mile, where he was cared for by
physicans, who extended every at?
tention to him. His condition is now
considered critical, while the others
STEAMER SINKS NEAR GIBRAL?
TAR.
SP Pawtenger* and St Seamen Drown.
Gibraltar. Aug. 9.?The French
steamer Emir foundered today five
miles east of Tarife, Spain, in the
Straits of Gibraltar. Ninety-three
persons were drowned.
The ships sailed from here at 3
< 'dock this morning for a Moroccan
rort. An hour later in a dense fog,
she collided with the British steamer
Sllverton. bound from Newport, Eng?
land, for Taranto, Italy. The crew
of the latter rescued twenty-seven of
the Emir's passengers and crew. The
Sllverton later put In here with her
starboard bow caved In.
The Emir eonk a few minutes af?
ter the collision. Sixty-nine pass?
engers and twenty-four of the crew
went down with the ship. Twelve of
the crew and fifteen passengers were
saved. All the passengers were
French.
j The Emir was a ship of 1,291 tons,
and was owned at Marseilles by the
Compagnie de Navigation Mlxte.
STAND CITADEL EXAMINATIONS.
Mil Applicants for Scolatstiip to Mili?
tary College of the State.
There were six young men present
this morning to stand the examina?
tion f?>r the Citadel scholarship.
There Is on \aean? y and tho winner
will have a hard time defeating his
Us e eompehtors. Off thOSX who took the
examinat ion there were four from
the elty, uric from \Wok'Hield, and
one from Shlloh.
admission of meats and cereals
to those < oming from countries with
Whieh the United States had recipro?
cal trade agreements which would
eonflne the free Importation of those
articles to Ige put Sj from Canada.
Hg Stated ?l?*? that the house Would
Insist upon adding lefJIOM to the
fpes list.
I will to ver sign a OOgjfl ren<m re
port on those lines." said Mr. Bailey
almost before the chairman of the
house OOafSCOSS had had opportunity
to eomplete his outline of the hOUSe
position, with this derided different e
'?t opinion whieh marked the ospres?
logi of all the i onferoei making
' 11 seaaesri Impeeslbls si I in- time,
Mi i 'ud. t s ood w ids an effort lo ob?
tain the consent of all parti- s to re?
port ? dtssksjretjfcu nt. .dr. Bailey was
?l iIn obdurate.
"I am frank gnousjli to iay," hi
saKt "that i nm never going to ggvee
lo I dl?aureement unless I nm sure
that we can sustain ourselves in |ki
sennte."
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ENGLISH WORKERS RI?T.
POLICE AM) strikers FIGHT in
THE nAlt How STREETS.
Outbreak Followed Speeches by Agi?
tators und One Policeman Was
Killed and Several Hurt.
London, Auk. 13.?Great l.ritain
appears tonight to be confronted by
a grave labor movement, compared
with which the London strike just
ended would be a small affair. To?
gether with street battles in Liver?
pool of a most furious description
and serious riots at Glasgow comes
the news of meetings of the railway
employes at Liverpool, Glasgow, Man?
chester, Krlstol, Sheffield and other
large cities at which threats were
made of a general strike of all rail?
way men, transport workers and lock?
ers unless existing disputes are set?
tled promptly and satisfactorily.
Everywhere the strikers were en?
couraged hy the success of the Lon?
don strike to take energetic steps to
secure better terms for their service.
In London itself both a railway and
a street car strike still threatens.
The men held a meeting today and
discussed the situation, but have not
yet taken active measures for go?
ing out.
A serious feature of the situation
13 the deep resentment the strikers
display at the employment of mill-!
tary and of police from other towns
to mitigate the effects of strikes on
the supply of food and other neces?
sities. The Socialist party is doing
Its utmost to fan thi3 resentment.
At a meeting of 2.000 London rail?
way men belonging to the Midland,
Great Central and Metropolitan lines,
It was decided tonight to call a gen?
eral strike on all the railways and
tubes In the London district next
Saturday unless their grievances are
remedied in the meantime. It Is
rumored that the London tramway
men also have sent an ultimatum to
the county council.
MELEE FOLLOWER KILLING.
Strikers Dispersed Only to Outlier
Again.
Liverpool. Aug. 13.?Serious riot?
ing growing out of the strike In
progress here occured this afternoon.
One policeman was killed by being
struck on the head with a brick and
many persons were injured.
An altercation between a police?
man and a striker during a transport
workers' demonstration at St. George's
hall started the trouble, which culmi?
nated In a general melee. When, af?
ter this disorder had been put down
and the strikers dispersed, they
gathered again in the Islington quar?
ter and resumed their attacks on the
officers with serious results.
One hundred thousand men were
gathered In groups about St.
George's hall listening to speeches by
lnbor agitators, and the scene of vio?
lence following the attack on the
policeman necesslted the calling out
of police reserves. When they ar?
rived one party of II policemen were]
surrounded and disarmed ,the rioters,
attacking them with their own ba?
tons. In the fight the commanding
officers of the police was dangerously
wounded.
St. Ocorgc's Hall a Hospital.
I So great was the disorder that the
I riot act was read and troops were
Milled out to assist the police. The
mob fought desperately with Stlckks
and stones, and, in fact. With any
ihandy missis, Gradually, however,
by the OOmblnad efforts of the troops
gnd police, the crowds which were
surrounding seven speakers' plat?
forms created on the plateau front?
ing the hall were cleared away. Many
policemen and rioters were injured
In the lighting. After the light St.
Qsorgo'i hall was converted Into n
temporary hospital antd ths wounds
of many persons were attended to by
physicians.
, Driven from the centre of tiie city
the crowd sullenly repaired to the
Islington Quarter, one of the loweel
and roughest in Liverpool, Rere the
I police were baffled In the narrow
streets for th<- desperate rioters bar
rtoaded themselves In ths houses and
volleyed down bricks, slates and
' hlmney pots from the roofs.
it |i rumored leveral houses were
i on tire during this disturbance,
The outbreak, it is alleged) was
largel) due to ths strikers resentment
of the indiscreet conduct of polb e
brought hers from Birmingham to
in st it in maintaining order.
THE WENK DK8CRIRF.R,
London Newspaper Correspondent
Nn- Kit Was Full Of MlMllCfl.
Lond,,n. Aug. 1 '\. The Dally
Telegraph's Liverpool correspondent
CONDITIONS ARE UNSETTLED.
WIDE FLUCTUATIONS IN COTTON
EXPECTED THIS WEEK.
right Between Faction* Endcuvor
ing to Gain Control of Market Con?
tinues, with Neither Side Making
Much Headway?Effect of English
Luhor Troubles on Situation?Crop
Scare Confidently Predicted.
New Orleans, Aug. 1.3.?The com?
ing week in the cotton market will
probably see a continuation of the
erratic fluctuation! of the last few
days, chiefly because neither of the
two big factions that have been try?
ing to manipulate the market into
their control have been able to make
much headway. Manipulation, there?
fore, and apparently unreasonable
fluctuations are to be expected.
In the opinion of the cotton tr.tde
on this side of the water?and the
opinion has been formed by special
cable message sent over by prominent
Liverpool houses?Monday will be
the critical time in the English labor
troubles. It has been threatened that
if no satisfactory adjustment between
employers and their men should be
brought about by the first of this
week, a shipping lockout would be
declared.
Traders on the week-end, however,
were much encouraged over the|
agreements reached on the London
docks and went home confident that;
similar agreements would be made
at Liverpool.' At the best, however,
the situation is uncertain. A bad
slump may be expected if a shipping
lockout is declared and the market
ought to do better if the labor trou?
bles are settled. ;
August is the critical period of
the growing season and the first two
weeks of the month hate passed
without any exceptional develop?
ments either way. During the past
week there was some little com?
plaint of high temperatures and high
temrrtfratores again this week would
I have a few favorable effect on prices,
j Should hot winds accompany high.
I temperatures in the West it would not
be surprising to see a crop scare de?
velop.
If the experiences of past seasons
is anything to go by, a crop scare Is
bound to happen sooner or later, no
matter what the final outturn of the
crop is. This is well known to the
bolder element In the market and
[many experienced operators are close?
ly watching the weather for signs of
anything unusual.
j The period of tropical storms is at
; hand and at the end of last week one
of these disturbances did more or
less damage In the south central sec?
tions of the belt. These storms are
I to be expected from now on. It looks
as If the movement of new cotton this
week will be large enough to affect
statistics. If this happens, one of the
weapons that the bulls have come to
look upon permanently as their own
will be taken away from them.
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BIG PROFIT IN PEACHES.
Cot It. R. Watson of Ridge Springs
Tells of Money Making Orchards.
Col. It. B. Watson of Ridge Springs
was In the city yesterday looking hale
and hearty. He was In fine spirits
and talked Interestingly of his suc?
cess this year in marketing peaches
grown in hi* orchards. Tie says from
lees than 25 acres he has alreday
made a clear profit of $12,000. In
all of his shipments he did not lose
B Slngls bushel of peaches.?The
State.
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POPE PICS RESTING EASILY.
Change lo Third Floor of Vutlcan
Revives Pontiff.
Koine. Aug. II.?Pope Pius early to?
night enjoyed several hours of rest In
his new room on the third floor of
the Vatican, tO which he was moved
today from his small bed chamber
on the fourth flour. The change
seems to have revived the Rope's
trength somewhat ami cheered his
spirits.
describes Sunday's disorders as one
of the bloodiest battles ever fought
between the pollCO I Mil hOOltganS,
"The violence of the mob is Inde?
scribable," he says, " The air was
filled with bricks, broken glaes and
bottles, which must have been brought
to the scene intentionally. After
every baton charge by the police, the
si ene u i sickening. There were
scores of prostrate victims bleeding
from the head snd face, some of
them Insensible. When the rioters
dispersed the place was like a sharo
bles, Blood everywhere. Ambulan*
res ami cabs were used In removing
the wounded, The police force was
totally Inadequate to the situation.
CONGRESSMAN DECLARES THAT
SMITH EVADED POINT.
Human Denies suying Johnson
"Hud More Sense thun all Other
South Carolina Cuilgiessim'ill l*ut
Together," while smith Admit*
Speaking "Complimentary of Con
grcSMHSH Johnson," to Governor
Blenee, but Does not Recnll Exact
Language Used.
Washington, Aug. 12.?Represents
tive Wyatt Alken, of South CarolP '
has given out the correspond ^
which resulted front his per/ t
conducted investigation concr V a
statement reproted to have I aade
recently by Governor Biet?. . in a
speech at Spartanburg, for which
the Governor gave as his authority a
United States Senator.
The statement, as reported, was that
a United States Senator told him
?
(Governor Blease) that Congressman
Joseph T. Johnson "had more sense
than all the other South Carolina
Congressmen put together," which,
the Governor Is reported as having
said, confirmed his own judgment.
Representative Alken, In an effort
to find out what Senator was re?
sponsible for the remark quoted by
Governor Blease addressed on July
7 this note to Senator Tillman, also
enclosing newspaper clipping of Gov?
ernor Blease's reported statement:
"Surely Senator Tillman did not
say this. (Signed) Wyatt Aiken."
A similar note and clipping were
sent to Senator Smith, from whom no
reply was received.
Senator Tillman replied as fol?
lows:
"Trenton, S C, July 10, 1911.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken, House of Rep?
resentatives , Washington, D. C.?
Dear Wyatt: I have received the en?
closed which speaks for itself. I do
not know from what paper you took
the clipping, nor even do I under-,
stand who was speaking. Hut that
does not matter. I have never said
that Joe Johnson has more sense
than all the other Congressmen from
South Carolina for it would not be
true. He is not naturally brighter,
if as bright, as several of our Rep?
resentatives. 1 have complimented
him on his industry and persistency
in working for his constituents. That
is all. I am surprised that you ap?
pear so thin-skinned, and the hot
weather must be getting in its work
on your brain, for heretofore 1 have
never found you very sensitive or
willing to *fiy off' like 'his. I hope
you will soon be well a*tl in and will
settle dow n and resui le the even
tenor of your way.
"Have just returned from Orange
burg, where I had a delightful time.
All the people there seem to be Till
manltes now. Very sincerely yours.
(Signed) "B. R. Tillman."
The following letter was sent to
Senator Smith by Mr. Alken on the
Srd of AugUOt, 1911:
"House of "Representatives,
"Washington, D. C.
"August ?, 1911.
"Dear Senator: Not long since
when Governor Please spoke at Spar?
tanburg, the newspapers stated that
'When Congressman Joseph T. John?
son Cntnt upon the rostrum he said
that a United States Senator had told
him that Mr. Johnson had more sense
than all the other South Caroline
Congressmen put together, and this,
ho said, confirmed his own judgment.'
"While I am not thir. skinned at
all, I felt that it was nothing but fair
to you and to Senator Tillman to in?
quire if the above report emanated
from either of you gentlemen. Sen?
ator Tillman promptly replied deny?
ing the statement SO far a* he was
concerned and stated further that he
did not believe the Governor s asser?
tion to be true.
'About that time T also sent the
clipping to you pinned t*? a separate
sheet of paper and wrote on the pa?
per something like this: 'Surely Sen?
ator Smith did not say this,' and Sign?
ed my name. I have heard nothing
from you, and thinking perhaps you
' did not receive the dipping and note
1 have concluded to write you again
and ask that you tell me whether or
not you made such a remark to the
t lovernor.
"With regards, yours ver> sincere
ly.
(Signed) -Wyatt Alken.
"Hon. Q. I?. Smith. U. S, Senate.
Washington, i>. c."
The following reply was ten! by
8< nator smith to Representative
Alken
"Washington, i>. C, Aug. 10, 1911.
"lion Wyatl Aiken, House of Repre?
sentatives, Washington) D, c. Dear
Aiken: < In account of illness at
home and. having Just returned te
the city, this is my ?r>t opportunity
KEGRO BURNED IT STAKE, i
i?i:n\slyyant\ mob applies
the torch.
Negro Hod Shot a Policeman?As
Many Women as Men Among Ex?
ecutioners.
Coaf Pa., Aug. 13.?Zacariah
Walk negro desperado, was car?
ried ^ i cot from the hospital here
tr and burned to a crisp by a
?V .ed mob of men and boys. The
ro, who last night shot and killed
* dgar Rice, a special policeman of
the Worth Iron mills, was first drag?
ged to the scene of the shooting, beg?
ging piteously for mercy.
He had been arrested by a posse
late this afternoon after a search
which stirred i country. The posse
finally found him hiding in a cherry
tree. The negro with the last bullet
in his revolver shot himself In the
mouth, falling from the tree. He was
removed to the hospital and placed
under guard.
A few minutes after 8 o'clock a
crowd numbering almost 1,000 per?
sons appeared at the hospital. The
leaders were denied admission but
they quickly smashed the window
frames and crawled through the cor?
ridor. When Walker wa3 first taken
to the hospital he was strapped down
in order to prevent his escape. The
mob, seeing this, grabbed up the bed
and placing it on the shoulders of
four men, started for the country.
When half a mile from Cie hospital
thev eD*^red a field and quickly gath?
ered up a pile of dry grass and weeds,
placed the bed containing their victim
on it.
A match was applied and the
flames shot up quickly, entirely en?
shrouding the screaming victim.
That not a vestige of the murder be
left, the mob tore down the fence
along the road and piled the rails
on the burning negro. After waiting
ior half- an hour the ttiob disp erred.
A curious feature of the burning was
the fact that there were almost as ,
many women in the crowd as men.
During the march from the hospi?
tal to the scene of the burning of
the negro, not a policeman was en?
countered by the mob. Even the
man on duty in the hospital made no
effort to stop the leaders who gain?
ed admittance in the institution.
The only masks worn by the
members of the mob were handker?
chiefs drawn over the faces.
Coatesvllle is a town of about 10,
000 population and is located on the
main line of the Pennsylvania rail?
road, about 30 miles west of Phila?
delphia, sj m
SUMTER COUNTY CITIZEN.
Buys Large Plantation in Hamberg
County Known as The Brabham
Place.
Denmark, Aug. 9.?Mr. w. m.
lirabham, of Bamberg, recently sold
his fine plantation near Denmark
to Mr. John B. White, of Sumter
County, for $14,500?$45 per acre.
Mr. White expects to take possess
slon of his new purchase about Jan?
uary 1. Mr. White sold his plan?
tation in Sumter County for quite a
lar>;e sum, something over $?J0 per
acre. netting him $20,000. Mr.
White contemplates making bis re?
sidence in the town, going from here
< very day to his farm.
Mr. Brabham has just returned
from South Georgia, where he has
re-invested his proceeds and more in
a lin< body of land at $12 per acre.
There are 1,100 acres in the tract.
The grade of land is said to be fully
equal to the lands around Denmark.
In The Police Court.
The following cases were tried in
the police court by Recorder Lee:
Julian Lucky, preliminary bearing
on the charge of house breaking, was
bound over to the court of general
sessions.
Lizzie Ifouson and Wilhelmina
Moore, creating s disturbance! for?
feited bond of $r? each,
Qeo. P .ICpperson, Jr., riding mo?
tor cycle on the sidewelk, $3.
of replying to your U tter of recent
date.
"In reply I beg to say that 1 re?
member, in the course of s casual
conversation with the Oovemor .on
the cars. >,' speaking complimentary
of Congressman Johnson, .lust what
language 1 used i do uot now recall,
"I did not re< elve your newspaper
clipping, your letter being the only
communication l bad from yon on
the subject,
"With kindest regards, 1 am, very
sincerely yours,
(Signed 1 to. r>. smith."