The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 19, 1911, Image 1
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flir. HI MTFH WATCHMAN. BMa?U*J??d ApriL IHM?
'lie Just and Fear not??Let all the ends Thoo Alm* t at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1
Consolidated Auk. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, AU&UST 19, 1911.
Vol. XXXII. No. ?O
TERRITORIES SHUT OUT.
PKKMI>I NT TAFT VKTOKS THE
STATHHHH? HI 1 I
M.i.i ( onun-Hf* \oi>iii|n*iijrliu
Veto st?t?-* III* Objection to \rl
( oii.tltutloit?Veto HummI Kii
Urcl> t'pon Recall of Judges?-Has s
This IVaituv of Arizona Constitu?
tion sithi?*r*l\c of I*opulur <iovcru
aarnt.
Waahington. Auf. JT?.?President
Taft. in a special message to tin
house of representative* today. \?
toad the Joint resolution providing
for tha admission of New Mexico and
Arlsona to Statehood. His reason for
exercising the executive powor of
veto waa baaed on his thorough dis?
approval of the recall of judges
K clau e In the Arlionu constitution.
The fact that New Mexico's Htate
hood waa bound up with that of An
sona meant the same fate for it, and
??Ither territory can come Into the
Union at this time unless friends of
the resolution In congress can mus
'"ter the two-thirds vote necessary m
paaa tha reaolution over the presi?
dent's vato. This may be attempt
ad.
Tha president did not spare words
In condemning tha recall feature of
tha Arisen a constitution, which he
I aald would compel Judges to make
their decisions "under legalised ter?
rorism." The recall petition would
operate against all effective offices of
Artaona. Including both county and
State Judges. When 25 per cent of
th# voters of the previous election
I petitioned for a special election la
remove an official. si. . h an election
would be compulsory.
"This provision of Arlsona con- '
rtltutlor." the president says. "In its
application to county and State J
Judgrs. r?*ini to be so pernicious In
f Its effect, so destructive of Independ?
ence In the Judiciary. so likely to
?abject the rights of the Individual
to \he possible tyranny of a popular
Mtorlty ?ind therefore to be .?*.? in
ooa t? the < a use of free govern?
ment. I must disapprove a constitu?
tion containing It."
The message was received with '
great Interest t>y the house, Ian ttjf
because of the president's long asso?
ciation with the Judiciary.
The president devotes his who'e
message to a discussion of a recall of |
Judges. Himself a Judge for many
yaars. he speaks with evlden* feeling
at a pro?oss 1 which he regards with
sjajoonvealed disapprobation.
If ' *l?n this Joint resolution."
ha aald. "I do not see how I can es?
cape responsibility for the judiciary
recall I f the Arlsona constitution.
This provision of Artsona's consti?
tution In its applcatlon to county
and State Judges seems to nw so per?
nicious In It* effect so destructive
of Independence In the judiciary .so
likely to subject the rights of the In?
dividual to the possible tyranny of a
\ popular majority and therefore. to
ba ao Injurious to the cause of free
government, that I must disapprove
a constitution containing It."
Em?' ilalag Um ragst? m wfftttaa la
tha Arlsona c.nstlttlon, the presi?
dent declare* that six months after
f election any Judge, county or State,
may ? ? forced to go before the people
at a n**w election, when a petition
asking for bis recall, has been signed
by electors asjsjaj to 25 p r cent of
the total num'T of voteg cast for
? II candidate* for the office at the- pre?
vious general election. Within fr. e
daya after the tiling of the petition
the official may resign. Whether he
does fir doe* not resign an election
in which his name figure** Is t . he
held. The petitioner.* may print M
the ballots 200 words showing whv
they disapprove of the official and he
may also defend himself, within tag
tame limits.. If he r.-. eis. < the high?
est numher of votes he si Ntalaad in
office. If not lie \h reniosed m<l
who did re??lve the highest Minbaf
Is put In his place.
In making his veto the president
says that he Is discharging his con?
stitutions! function In respect to th<
enactment of laws and declares that
his discretion "Is equal to th it of the
houses of congress."
? i ?f course " Io? continued, 1 i mere
) difference of opinion as to the wis?
dom of details In a State constitution
ought not to lend m? to eet up my
opinion against *hat of the people
the territory. It Is to be their gov?
ernment and sihlle the power of con?
gress to withhold fir grant Statehood
Is absolute, the ,?eople about to con
gt It ate a State ihoald generally knoss
hatter tho kind of government and
constitution suited to their needs than
congress or the executive. Hut when
ttch fk constitution contains some
Uaa to destructl . of free go
ASKS FOR CO-OPERATION.
Lvrnm umckii n chamber
OF ( OMMI K( I TO COMMFJl
ClAIi MDUCf rmioK.ii.
1 IT Till! STATU.
\-ks That Hr|M>rts Be Sent in Stat?
ing t oiidltlon of Cotton Crop at
PPMNl Time and Sl/c of Crop to
IV* Ituiscd in Various Sec. Ion*.
In compliance with the request of
the Farmers' Union and the rcsolu
11?>n pa ssed by the executive commit
i tee of the Sumter Chamber of Corn
merer Monday afternoon at its joint
meeting with the representatives of
the Sumter County Farmers' Cnlon.
Secretary A. V. Snell of the Chum
bif of r^mni Toe has Issued the fol
I lowing letter to to all of the principal
papers in the cotton States and to the
J various commercial bodies in the
. cities In these cotton States:
Sumter. 8. C, Aug. 15, 1911.
OentleMcn:
At a Joint meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce and of the Farmers'
Cnlon of this county, held August
14th. the present condition of the cot?
ton crop was discussed. It was the
concensus of opinion that the crop
? had greatly deteriorated since the
I government report. The drought in
thi.4 section Is unbroken and the pros?
pects of anything more than an aver?
age crop are not hrlght. Similar re
ports have been noted through the
South.
In view of this situation and be?
cause of the general feeling of de
' presslon of the cotton planters as
to future prices raised by the goven
, mont report, which Is believed to be
' exaggregated. this Chamber was re
1 quested to Immediately correspond
I with the various commercial bodies
In the rotton States and to Invite their
! co-operatlon In allying, so far as pos-1
?Itle, this feeling of depression and
to request their aid In securing the
actual facts as to the condition of the
cotton crop. The Farmers' Unlor.
of the south will co-operate In this
effort.
We desire, therefore to submit the
following suggestions: |
First. That ? i< h commercial body
Immediately telegraph Its national
representatives requesting the I>e
| pariment of Agriculture to obtain
[the latest reliable Information of the
, true condition of the cotton crop.
I Secondly. That each body Im
^ mediately ascertain the present con
idlilon of the cotton crop in Its vici?
nity and communicate the result of
this Investigation to this Chamber.
These reports will be tabulated and
published.
Thirdly. That each body through
the local press and the direct In?
fluence >f it* membership, encourage
the farmers to adopt the plan of a
graduul marketing of their cotton in
order to avoid flooding the market
by precipitately selling and thus los?
ing i large part of their just earn?
ings.
We are confident that concerted ac?
tion at this time Is of great impor?
tance to the entire south.
Very truly yours.
Sumt. r Chamber of Commerce.
Hy A. V. Snell. Se< y.
Kll I I it BY LIGHTNING.
Mr. I?ress Moore Struck by llolt and
l>lc Instantly.
Of?nTiHo, August 15.? Prem
Moor<\ n employee of the Orr Cot?
ton Mill, at Anderson .and a promin?
ent secret society man, was killed
late this evening. Soon after the
storm came up Mr .Moore went on
his por< h and was leaning against
?in door, when he w;is struck Just
i . liin.l Uli left ,.(r by a lM.lt. killing
him Instantly. letting nre to his shirt
? nd burning his body horribly.
Pit Mat "fi" were in town from the
( oi)( or?l seetion this morning report
I.I r??ius in that locality .and seem
to think that the ?Tops will be bi.
' '' ? I fffi itlv from I h. w Biting re
? I I ? I this late in |hc MMon,
meni as the judicial recall, it should
be disapproved."
explaining the theory of popular
government, Mr* Tafl shows that
while government Well as this Is by
a maJori'\ <(f nil who enjoy lul
ffngi it is a government of Ihi
? noli i.pli - on.in. te.j b\ trial mi
Jorltv under sii'h rules as will s. < m
a wise, Just and bcncfl? Iii fi mil. Thi
truth of the maxim thai the l>> ope
?an be trusted to do right, thi presl?
d. nt ngmlti, if an t?,.. p. nple, nil
agreeing irt meant, but in it mi
Jorlty cf.n always I.. truste.l he
does not bel|..\e. Th't.f.r. lie ^ays
constitutions are ,p. . ,| check
hnsty netlon by the mi'uitv.
FUSRCfG MOB ATTACK8 TROOPS
IN ftTREET.
Htrtklaf Workmen Create lb'ign of
Terror in F.ngllsli City uiul Marial
Rceortetl to?Troops citing Rnell?
cd to the City to Protect lAtv and
Property.
Liverpool. Auk. 15.?A reign of
terror exists hero tonight and troop-?
are pouring Into the city to put down
disorder, A ?pool*] guard has been
detailed to protect the landing stage
Ol the trans-Atlantic steamers, which
it is asserted the rioters have planned
to destroy by lire.
Five prison vans, escorted by 50
hussars, which were carrying riot
prisoners from the police court to
Walthani jail, were attacked tonight
oy 3,000 members of the roughest |
class in Vaux Hall street in an attempt
to rescue the prisoners. The mob at?
tacked the soldiers with missies of
every description and in defending
themseives the hussars fired. In this
I n If ray one man was killed and ma ay ?
' persons were severely wounded. 1
j The troops then charged the mob
with drawn sabres and cleared the.
I streets. So daring were these rioters .
that one of them tried to unhorse an
ofllcer who was obliged to use his re- !
volver, killing the man. }
Another serious affray in which
these troops again were compelled to
fire took place In Bond street. Only
j {! few persons were wounded. |
I In each case before the troops were
ordered to lire many of their number j
i
had their faces streaming with blood
w
from Injuries caused by stones and
broken bottles thrown by the rioters.
i
i . . .
Taking T/mi.Miul .Measures.
i London, Aug. 15.?An Index to the i
extreme gravity of the labor unbeaval I
throughout the country may he found
in the unusual measures that have
been taken by the government to
meet an unusual situation.
Conferences were held today be*
tween Premier Asqulth and repre- ;
s ritatlve-s of the big Industries and j
the heads of the labor organizations ,
hetween officials of the board of trade
and the dockers' strike committee, I
and as a result Sydney Kuxton, pres- j
Id#1)| of the board, has invited the I
representatives of all the railway j
companies and the railway employes
to meet him tomorrow with a view
to adjusting differences.
That intervention by the govern?
ment with a view to ameliorating of
conditions has not come a moment too
, soon is to be seen In the fact that
I the Amalgamated Society of Hallway
Servants tonight, despite the agree?
ment entered Into with the railway
companies in 1907. decided to call
a general railway strike throughout
the country and gave the companies
24 hours In which to decide whether j
they are willing to meet the men and
negotiate their grievances. I
The situation has become 10 serious
that already there is talk of parlia?
ment prolonging Itt session in order
to pass special legislation dealing with
industrial problems.
King George is taking keen interest
in the situation ami today his secre?
tary, Lord Knollys, called ;it the pre?
mier's office to discuss the Situation
with Mr. Aeqtllthi
So acute is the situation in Liver?
pool that there are rumors thai mar?
tial law will be declared there. The
prospects is that there will be a com?
plete stoppage of trade which will
be followed by a Jump to famine
prices for the necessaries of life,
Manchester ll suffering from al?
most sin.liar conditions, except that
there has been no rioting, ii is esti?
mated that 25,000 carters and rail?
way men are oul there tonight. The
city li practically cul off from outside
rail communication.
Numerous other towns became ?f?
fe? ted by the railway strike today
while in this cltj th" dockers trou?
bles ire still acute.
POPE PIVS M l Ms WORSE.
Rome, Aiii-. IS, i 8*30 A. If, ?Pope
Plui Is no! so wt ii m? this hour ni lie
s/ai earl) laal (Monday) night, Uli
sleep has been leas tranquil ami he
twice awoke, complaining of palm in
1 he gffet ted knee.
I |||g temperature also h;is Slightly
Increased over that of the early noun
Of the nicht.
The children, and the grown-upi
too, miss the band concerts which
for the past several years have tak?
en plat e once a week during ihe sum -
ruer Oil the graded school green.
bUl Which this summer have i <* n
omitt. .1.
HOUSE COMMITTEE EXPECTS TO
FINISH HEARING SOON.
Woman Telli of Sewrc Examination
Conducted by Solicitor McCabe,
Enemy of Wiley .
Washington, Aug. 14.?The house
committee investigating the affairs in
the agricultural department and the
facts which suggested the threatened
reprimand or removal of Dr. Harvey
vv. Wiley, chief of the bureau of1
chemistry, i xpects to finish its invest!-1
gatlon before the adjournment of con?
gress and if possible to make a report
to the houS4 at this session. 1 >r. Wiley'
was ready to take the witness stand i
i
today, but Chairman Moss put on
other witnesses, it is probable Or.
Wiley will testify tomorrow.
Dr. Baldwin, assistant chief of the
bureau of chemistry, who also was
rlated for removal In the case in
Solving the agreement with Dr. H. H.
Busby of New York, completed his
testimony today and sought to show
tl at the agreement with Dr. Rusby
v. as modeled upon that previously
made between James Wilson, secre?
tary of agriculture, and members of
the Remsen pure food referee board,
employed on a similar basis of pay.
Dr. Baldwin declared that portions
of his correspondence, which would
show this to be a fnct, had been omit?
ted by the personnel board of the
agricultural department when that
body took up the charges upon which j
he was recommended for removal.
Miss Carrie M. Davis, stenographer |
to Dr. Kebler, chief of the drug di?
vision of the bureau of chemistry,
testified today |o the severe examina?
tion to which she had been subjected;
by Solicitor McCabe and special
agents in the effort to discover wheth?
er Dr. Kebler had relations with drug
manufacturing companies. She said
she was questioned In a private room
of the department in the presence of
Mr. McCabe, W. P. WTalsh, a special
agent, and a stenographer. In com?
pliance with Mr. McCabe's instruc?
tions the door was locked, she said,
and she was kept before the inqui?
sition for two hours.
Previous to thll Interview, Miss
Davis said she had been escorted by
Walsh from McCabe*! office to that
of Secretary Wilson.
"I have brought Miss Davis In here
for you to assure her that no matter
what the result of this inquiry, her
position will not be jeopardized."
Walsh said, according to Miss Davis.
"Not In the least, Miss Davis." |
was Secretary Wilson's reply. "The
truth is what we want. You can rest
assured you will not be molested." I
She said Walsh then took her into
? private room and questioned her
closely about the private correspond?
ence of Mr. Kibler. chief of the drug
department of the bureau of chemis?
try, to ascertain what checks he re
( I ived. Dater Mr. McCabe and the
stenographer came in.
Dr. W. B. Blgelow testified that the
personnel committee in charging that
on arrangement had la-en entered
With Dr. Rusby whereby the latter
was to work part of the time, but
diaw an annual salary, suppressed
correspondence showing that Dr.
Blgelow was proceeding upon the
precedent set by Secretary Wilson In
appointing members of the referee
board.
FIRST BALE FROM CLARENDON.
The first bale of this season's cot?
ton crop from Clarendon County
was brought to Sumter Thursday
by Mr, Ed. Hodge. The bale graded
strict middling, weighed Is" pounds,
and was purchased by Lev I Bros.,
the price paid being 12 1*2 cents .
Cotton is opening quite rapidly In
spots now and it will not be long
before the streets will he crowded
with cotton wagons awaiting the re?
sult of "trying the market."
i
The majority of those who have
been heard from on the question of
allowing the notion wagons to stand
on Main street, this question having
arisen by the request of some of the
cotton buyers to have the Main street
work suspndt i during the cotton
season, arc iti hope that an ordi?
nance will be passed requiring the
wagons to stand on llarvln or Sum
tor s- reets.
As a matter oi t.o t. the pa\ Ing
work i not going to b,> slopped until
completed, ami this facl may, of It*
?? if. prohibit the cotton c ig ?ns ft om
coming on M dn sr< el ,al l< nsi for 'ins
season.
aii of tii, school buildings nro be?
ing cleaned up in readiness for the
opening nexl month,
TWO AVIATORS KILLED.
FATALITIES ATTEND AlKsiiiP
MEET IX CHICAGO.
William Badger of Plttsburg Goes to
Death In it ami st. CroU Jolinstone
Plunges to Destruction Inder
Water of Lake Michigan, j
Chicago, Aug. 15.?Two aviators,
William Ji. Badger Of Pittsburg and
St. Crolx Johnstone of Chicago, both
young men, lost their lives at the
international aviation meet here to?
day. In dying both revealed the frail?
ty of the craft In which two score or
more aviators were curving and glid?
ing about the air, with scarcely a
pause f??r the deaths of their con-?
tern poraries.
Deaih in both cases was due to t.
exiplained accidents, probably the re?
sults of unsuspected defects in the
mechanism of the machines and was
in no way caused by carelessness or
lack, of responsibility of the drivers.
Badger, a wealthy young man, ca?
reened to his death in a pit in the
aivation field. There had been a flav/
in one of the wings of the propeller
of the Baldwin machine he drove.
Centrifugal force broke the propeller,
upset the delicate equilibrium of the
machine and Badger dashed 100 feet
to the bottom of the pit, his neck
broken. Johnstone fell 500 feet into
the lake and was drowned under his
engine as the result of an equally
unsuspected defect. Caught under
the heavy engine in the Moisant
monoplane, he was carried deep into
Lake Michigan and his body was not
rc-covered until three-quarters of an
hour later.
Badger lived for three-quarters of
an hour after he had been extricated
from the wreck of his machine.
N K\V ROAD FOR SOUTHERN.
Important Short Line .Tust Completed
and Opened for Trane.
Chattanooga. Aug. 15.?The South?
ern Railway Company has jtrst com?
pleted the revision and double track?
ing of the line connecting its Chat
anooga passenger terminals and
freight yards with Coltewah Junction
where the tracks of the Atlanta and
KnoxvlUe divisions meet. Through
this line is only 13.75 miles in length,
tt*l Importance la readily realized
when it is considered that over it is
handled all tarfllc between Chatta?
nooga and Knoxville, and Chattanooga
^nd Atlanta which includes, besides
local freight and passenger traffic,
through business between the East
and the Southwest via the Memphis,
New Orleans, and Vlcksburg gateways
and through business between the
West and Florida and the Southeast
Via Cincinnati, Chattanooga. Atlanta
and Macon.
In' addition to the advantage of
double track the new line i" a gn at
Improvement oxer the old owing to
the reduction of grades and straight?
ening of curves, thus greatly increas?
ing the facilities for handling traffic.
The entire Una Is now In service,
both freight and passenger trains be?
ing moved over it. The reconstruc?
tion of this Impotent link In the
Southern system Is In line with the
policy of the Southern Kailva> as an?
nounced by President Finley to keep
its facilities fully abreast i f the re?
quirements of the section served,
making important Improvements BJ
t: st as possible without placing too
great a strain upon the :'<nan? ial re
sources of the company.
MAKE TRIP ACROSS FKRRY.
Party Pass Through Town Going
From Kastovcr to Flor*?nec,
a party of automobllists from
Bastover passed through town Wed?
nesday shortly before 3 o'clock on
their way to Florence, where they
will sp.-nd the night. The patty made
p '-h?rt stop in the Pity before con?
tinuing their wa> on to Florence.
in the parts were Mr. and Mrs. J.
I.. Carroll, Mrs, John King and Mr.
J, B. Marl y of St. Matthews. Mr. ami
j Mrs. Harry Bates, with their two
children, Hurry, Jr., and Wilma, Miss
' May Seay and Mr. s. c. Auld ot East
over, The automobllists had madi a
stop just on this sale of the river Cor
11 ptc nlc dinner and a short rest
before making 'heir run to Plorence.
The river was crossed ;>t the rocenl
ly installed ferry without ant trouble
ami the cars wi re In fine condition
for the trip when the) passed through
town.
Alter upending the night in Flor?
ence the automobile party will msk
their return trip to Eastover and st.
Math-ws tomorrow. The cars used
by the party were the Everltt and ?in
Oakland.
PREPARE FOR FIGHT.
NEITHER SIDE WILL HELD Of
BRITISH RAILROAD CON?
TROVERSY.
Railway Workmen are ITrtriailTd to
Enforce Strike K Salerlea an1 Xot
Raised.?Managers Will Ran Their
Trains With tlx* Aid of <.o\einmont.
London. Aug. Ifoetinfl with
a view to sett1 'controversy be?
tween the -a companies and
their em f' ?vore held today and
tonlgr .. y(e board of trade, but
wh v% were adjourned late to
^^.e situation remained as far
?e* being solved as when they oe
.1. The railway managers declared
they had been promised protecton
in running their trains and would
not yield to their men; the representa?
tives of the railway men's unions de?
clared the strike would take place at
the expiration of their ultimatum to?
morrow morning.
At Aldershot the military authori?
ties are taking every precaution to
insure the working of the railways in
the event a strike is called. Every
soldier in the Aldershot command has
been placed under orders for duty.
If a strike is declared three regi?
ments of cavalry and three batteries
of royal horse artillery will first be
moved diect to London to be follow?
ed at short intervals by an infantry
battalion, field artillery, the royal en?
gineers and the medical units of the
commands. Only the barracks will
be left at Aklershot.
All the soldiers will be armed with
rifles and ball ammunition. They will
be stationed along the railway lines
north and south of London while the
calvary will be employed at stations
and also will patrol the lines so as to
be able to get quickly to any point
of danger. Trains wil be worked by
flag signals.
It is estimated 25,000 men from
Aldershot will be prepared to move
in a few hours, trains to accommodate
that number having been assembled
there. Similar precautions also have
been taken at all other military sta?
tions in England. Scotland and Wales
so that in case of need every avail?
able soldier will be on duty to insure
the continuance of railway traffic.
\ Though the government today
made an energetic effort to avert the
calamity of a general railwny strike,
present indications are that one will
materialize at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning when the ultimatum of the
employes expires.
In the conferences today and to?
night at the board of trade represen?
tatives of both sides met Sidney Lux
ton, president of the hoard, hut there
was no meeting between the contend?
ing partie.-:.
An adjournment of the conferences
until tomorrow was arranged late to?
night to enable Mr. Buxton to see the
executives of the three railway men's
unions who are now en route to Lon?
don from Liverpool. This fact alone
leaves a glimmer of hope that the
men's ultimatum may at the last mo?
ment be extended another day and
provide an opportunity for further
negotiations. This is the government's
earnest desire but up to midnight
there was no sien of any change in
the plans for a strike.
In the hon e of commons today
Winston Churchill, the home secre?
tary, declared non-unionists were en?
titled by law to work without moles?
tation, ami WOUld be protected in the
exercise of that right.
When the railway managers' con?
ference Rt the board of trade adjourn?
ed tonight Sir (luv (Irant. general
manager of the Midland railway,
aave out a written statemen in behalf
of the manager*, it said:
? The government having assured
the railway companies that it would
afford them ample protection to ? arry
on their services, the ret^aey conv
pa nies arc prepared even in the event
of a general railway strike to che an
effective, though restricted service.**
' Meetings of railway men were held
in various provincial centres tonight,
and at all of them resolutions were
adopted favoring a strike. The lead?
er^ of tin- Labor party said that the
sentiment shown in the present dis?
pute had been accumulating for years
and the laborers can not obtain jus?
tice without using force. Wages have
not Increased with the advance In
rents and living expenses.
The government is coming In for
blame for the i rlke by Conet rvetlves,
who do not hesitate to ascribe the
upheaval to the g?*claltsttc policy of
the ministers and of the Leboritee,
v ho denounced the cabinet for it?
reactionary splrll In employing the
military In-labor disputes*