The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 26, 1911, Image 1
?? M MTl.K WATCHMAN. Ma?Jk4?d April, ISM.
'Be Jost and Fear not?Ix* all the ends Thon Alms t at be thy Country'*, Thy God's and Troth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June. 1
Consolidated Auk. 3, 1881.
SUMTER, 8. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1911.
Vol. XXXII. No. 62
WHAT CONGRESS DID.
M'l VKM! WFI.I SATISHKD WITH
AC II1F\ FMKNTS.
Democrat* Have Confounded Their
Fuemies and Kven Surprised
Friend* by Steadfast Campaign.
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Washington. Aug. 22.?Champ
rk, speaker of the house of repre?
sentatives, in a review of the work ,
diesis by the Sixty-second congress,1
declared that the Democratic party!
sat a g<?od example for Democrat*
everywhere, and that the party had
? I
redeemed every promise It made In
the campaign of 1910. when the
Democrat* wrested control of the
houae fr >m the Republican*. 1
"At thta session the Democrats
have made a record which has sur
mggtsed our frtenda snd dumfounded
"our enemies," said Speaker Clark.
It has put heart and lo p.- into
Democrats everywhere. The extra
session was extraordinary, not only
In the sense of being a special session
called by the president, b it also tn
t the amount end quality of the work
done In the' house by the combined
Democrat* and Republican Insurgents 1
In the senate, and especially by the
unanimity of action developed by the .
house Democrat*.
It was predicted freely, vocifer
usly. enthusiastically and confident?
s' by the 'stand-pat' press and ora?
tors that we would go to pieces. On
that account and by reason of that
hope rhey rejoiced that the extra aes- j
slon of congress was called, so that \
we might go to pieces at the earliest 1
possible date. But we have sorely'
* disappointed all their expectations. I
They even set the date when we!
would go to pieces which waa the j
day of the Democratic caucus on Jan- I
nary IS. but unfortunately for them
hi that case everything was done
f| unanimously. They then said surely
? we would go to piece* aa soon as we
I reached the tariff question, hut again
they were doomed to disappointment,
j and we did not go to pieces at all.
We nr- more thoroughly united In
the house at the end of the session.
r
If possible, than at the beginning.
^ "We have sat a good example to
Democrat* everywhere, Sneered at ?
for years as a party of mere negation ,
and as being utterly lacking In ability
for constructive statesmanship, we j
passed through the house more con- I
structlve legislation, and better, than ?
has paassd through any house In UM
same len|th of time bj 20 yoara. We
have set the pace In that regard for
future houses.
"We redeemed every promise made
In order to carry the elections In
1910. We have economised, we pass?
iv ed the reciprocity bill, the wool t ?ruf
"till, the free IM bill, the cotton bill
with the senate amendment*, which
Included the ktog and ateel schedule
and the chemical schedule; we sub- J
milted for ratification a constitution- j
al amendment providing for popular
J election of t'nlted States seaators;
* ws psassd a bill for the publication
of campaign expenses before the
election; we liberalised the rule*,
making the committees elective by
the houae; we paassd a resolution to
admit New Mexico and Arixona, and
I* we pseud a large number of other
bills of more or less import in. . . It
la a record of which we may be
proud an? on which we will sweep
the countty In 1?12.
'To show how i rnpletely the
"stand-pat" Republicans are demor?
alised, it Is only necessary to quote
the newspaper statements thut there
waa great rejoicing and congratula?
tion at tho Whkta Houae because we
failed by a scratch to get the tWS
thirds majority to override the pres?
idents vet >. although we have only
? 3 majority in the houae. To this
eomplexlor. has It coma at last, that
the preetdtint, who rode Into power
by a huge majority. Is glad to escape
the humiliation of having his agggag
overrlden In a house containing a
majority of only ??... Small flejfSjfg
are thankfully received b> the i i
ministration.
"Notwithstanding the fact thut four
cabinet members were on the logg gl
the houae lobbying in f r or of the
veto, ail their power, allurement.; and
patronage ot the administration o
I help them influence votes, 22 Insul
gent Republican* had the courage
and manhood to override the presi?
dent's vetoes What's writ Is writ,
snd whatever the future may have
In store, the honor of having perfect
unanimity among the Democrats and
of achlevelng an extraordinary
amount of constructive statesman*
ship at this extraordinary s??s.-don can
never be taken away from us. K\ ? rv
Democrat In tho house md evoi r In?
surgent Republican who stood up |g
CHANGE INSURANCE LAWS.
commissioners i'rgf lkgisla
tion for in Dl STRIAIi coN
tFRNs.
Allege** Illtrvntmcnt of Policy Holders
In Industrial Companies and Ree?
oiiuncnds Regulation.
Milwaukee. WIs., Aug. 23.?Im?
portant legislation for the control of
Insurance companies doing industrial,
heulth and accident business is pro?
posed in the report of, the special
committee of the Immrahce commis?
sioners of the 1'nib'd States, wh.ch
ajaj DU id.' public at the session of the
?oayrantlon here today. The basis
for the legislation proposed Is given
In reports on the examination of 14
companies In which nearly 2.000 set?
tlements made by the companies are
examined. In discussing tho settle
no -nt of the claims the report says.
"< ?f the hpecllu: claims examined,
where the amount Involved Is usually I
considerable, tho percentage of scaled j
benefits was high?either because of
error of judgment or carelessness.
Indeed, the committee feels warrant*
I in concluding that when dealing j
with companies doing an Industrial, *
health or accident business, tho pol
I'-yholders?particularly those who
through Ignorance or poverty are un?
able to protect themselves, and,
therefore, are peculiarly the wards of
the government, as reported In this
convention?have been the victims of
unconscionable practices In the claims
departments of the companh'3 criti?
cised in this report.
Promises of reformation made at
the hearings are therefore; not enough, j
This convention shouli take action
which will guarantee the Just treat?
ment of policyholdera m the future." j
The list of companies whose exam?
ination was the occasion for the re?
port follows:
Standard Accident Insurance, De?
troit, Mich.; United States Health and
Acc dent Insurance company, Sagi
naw, Mich.; Massachusetts Accident
I ompany. Roston;^ Great Eastern
Casually company, New York; Feder?
al Casualty company, Detroit, Mich.;
F.qultable Accident company, Chi?
cago; National Casualty company, De?
troit. Mich.; Fidelity Accident com?
pany, Saglnaw, Mich.; Oonoral Ac
evident F. & L. Assurance corpor?
ation; American Assurance company,
Philadelphia; Phoenix Preferred Ac
i klaat company, Detroit, Mich.; Ger?
man Commercial Accident company,
Philadelphia,
The report on one company says:
"It Is Impossible in language lilted
to an official document to character?
ize what is apparenrly the practice
of the ir dustrial department of this
oorpocatl m In settling with Its poli
i'I holders. It appears to have re
sortod to every possible means, not
merely to protect Itself against im
! .ni p,n- far whicn It could not bo
rttl t/ed?1 ut to cut and shave down
(Mains, apparently without conscience
and certainly without right."
The report further says that only
two or three of tho companies ex
amiced have been found to be sub
stun tally underservlng of any criti?
cism.
Hal report concludes with 24 rec?
ount < ndatlons. the most important
of which are as follows:
"That a standard lnduetrl.il. health
and a< eldent provision law he enact
l that prorating for change of
Oi 0 -atlon should bo permitted only
w !o*r the Insured hi i- tnally 'hing?
ed his occupation."
I lorere o Is getting up a big Oslo?
bratloa f<?r her firemen on Labor
Day, Tin re are t?? hi firemen's 1*008,
autornol.il,. nues, baseball and oth- r
attratctons to brin* the orowd from
aaarhy towns. Tho railroads will
grve red need rates for the occasion,
Th.> pin- which spool Wednesday
ai Pooalla report haTlni an sicollont
t me.
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the rack Is entitled to his full share
of cr dit.
Wo honestry and persistently an*
d?a\ored to relle\o the poopls of
some (,f their htlfdSl of taxation, but
UM president would Hot have it. To
ass i sporting phraas, tie Mocked Ihs
game/ ? >n thes,. lasoes \\o appeal to
tho country. fsOMpfJ absolut,dy SOI -
tain that n? we have stood manfully
for the best Interests of tho people,
the people will stand by us."
Tin- four oahlaol officers to whom
tfic speak of referred :is having been
OP tb floor Of the holJSe Wlltn lb"
tariff revision Vetoes were pending In
that bodv wort, Attorney Oonoral
Wiehorn ha at, Postmastsf Oonoral
nitf hcock. ?oerotary of War Btlmton
and Secretary of Commerce nnd lM*
for Nagel
READY TO MAKE CONTRACT FOR
WIE APPARATUS AT NEXT
MEETING,
Mr. <>(???in Brings up Mattet of Tost?
Ing Brick?Board of Health Wants
City to Establish Comfort Stations?
Pi I IHg Work Progressing?Other
Matters,
Counc il met in regular session Tues?
day with Just enough members to
make a quorum, Aldermen McKelver,
Wright, MeLaurln and Wilder l>eing
out ol town and the other members
of oounell being present.
A number of matters were discuss?
ed and acted upon. Mr. Glenn report?
ed, for the fire committee, that he .
would have Oontrsoton present at
tho next meeting of council to make
bids for the npparatus which was ;
needed for the flro department. A {
request was made by the Board of
Health that public toilet houses bei
sstabllshsd by the city which may
be used by the negroes that come to|
town. As a motion had been mads
to this effect previously Mr. MoKelver ]
was requested to carry out the reso?
lution, j
Perhaps the matter of mos'. Im- .
portancS that came up was the ro
Qaost for a franchise which was made
by Mr. E. I.. Kieha, a contractor and
engineer of Baltimore in behalf of
the Baltimore Utilities Company.
This was the lirst matter which came .
up when Council was called to order, j
Mr. a. V. gnell of the Chamber of j
Commerce introduced Mr. Kieha to
the members of Council and Mr.
Kieha Stated ii) it he had been over
the city to see Jf a gas plant would
l e a paying proposition here, at the
request of capitalists of New York
and Baltimore, and would make a1
favorable report to these gentlemen
Upon his return provided he could get j
a satisfactory franchise for his com-?
pany from council. Council asked
him t< submit any franchise which
might be satisfactory to him and
they WOUld take pleasure In consid?
ering It. The result of Mr. Kieha's
conference with Council is stated
more fully ?dsewhere "n this paper, j
Mr. C. D. Lide wanted to know
whit license would be required of
him as the representative of a Cities
i
go house for soliciting orders for lo?
comotives and machinery. . ter tho
imvter w as discussed, Mr. L do war
informed that his business, as
stated by him was that of a sales?
man or drummer, and that there was
no license on this kind of business.
.\n spplloaUon was received from
Mr. C 14, Mai tin for a position on the
police fo. As there was no pres?
ent vacancy the application was filed
for future reference.
a letter from the Rowland Buggy |
Company was read In which thanks
i
were returned to Council for their '
gOtUM In exempting the company
from taxes for the next five years.
A large number of claims were
read and ordered p ild,
The report of the City Water
Works was read and received as in?
formation.
M*\ W, I* Lee, < ity engineer, re?
ported for the street committee, that
the paving work on Main street was
progressing rather slowly owing to
the fact that the contractors had not
yet gotten their steam mixer in oper?
ation as they had expected to do,
and gl labor was very scarce. He
reported that the brst block of pav?
ing had been completed and would
be ready to open for traffic In the
next ten days, He said that the
brick on thS first block had not been
tested before they bad been laid,
but thai before the work had been
oommenoed he had written to Mr.
Warum that he must give B guaran?
tee |n writing before the laying of the
brick eonld be commenced thai the
i
brick would come up to the test.
Mr. Waring had given this guarantee
th tt the brick would come tip to
i
?peclflcntloni and he hSd allowed him
to ga ou with the paving.
He said thai a "rattler" had just
been pul up and would be ready by
\v- dns <iay for the testing of the
brick, bul thai he did not think that
there wan any ohance of the brick
m>t (tuning tip to specifications. Mr.
Qlenn seemed to think it best that
to* more brick be laid until they had
been tested In the "rattler" and made
i motion to this effect, He was
heartily seconded In hie motion by
Mr. Booth, who said thai hs wanted
In go on r.rd as being against ths
laying <<t the brick without their be?
ing tested, Ths motion was paassd
unanimously and Mr. Lee was in
Htructad lo lesl the brick Wednes
dsy morning before any more o
them were laid on the street, Mr
Lee stated lhal each carload of brief
would be tested hereafter is the)
EXTRAORDINARY BITTING OF
SIXTY-SECOND COMES TO
PEACEFUL END.
Veto on Cotton Rill Arrive* as Ex
pected?With This Measure Re?
ferral to Committee. legislative
Husiness is Concluded Until Regu?
lar session Begins December i,
Next. i
Washington. Aug. 22.?The first!
session of the Sixty-Second congress j
ended today and immediately the |
?xodus of members began. President'
Taft joined with several hundred
tired legislators in the hegira and to- !
night ofhVial Washington was com- j
paratlvely deserted. Every outgoing
train bore senators and representa- i
Uvea on their homeward journey, af?
ter an extraordinary session that:
stretched over 121 days and set the
liveliest pace of any legislative ses?
sion in years.
The adjournment was featureless,
d< spite the strenuous activity that
bad gone before. The president ve?
to td the cotton tariff revision bill
Just as he had vetoed its two revision
P -deees^ors, the wool and free list
bills. The veto Went only to the
housr, in accordance with custom,
and there its reception was marked
by Democratic laughter and Repub?
lican applause.
t>. W. Underwood, Democratic
Nader, amid a Democratic demonstra?
tion, formally thanked the few Re?
publicans who voted with the Demo?
crats to pass the tariff revision hills.
Democrats ran across the aisles to
shake hands with the Republican in- '
surgents. The cheering and pound?
ing of desks on the Democratic side
was prolonged. As soon as he could
be heard Mr. Underwood announced
that as the Democrats did not have
the two-thirds majority necessary to
pass the bill over the president's veto,
he would merely move the printing of
the veto and accompanying papers
and refer It to the ways and means
committee, of which he is the chair?
man. Th,e house cgreod to this fixed
course. Y\'Ith the committee the mat?
ter will rest until the whole subject |
of tariff revision legislation Is re?
newed at the regular session of con
gress. which will convene at noon on j
Monday, December 4.
S/ere taken out of the car.
Mi. Lee then reported that the
claying of Calhoun street was about
completed. He also reported that
the work of putting in drains had
kept ahead of the paving work and
that a drain was now being put in
on Main street as far up as De
Lorme's Pharmacy. At this point
the subject was brought up it' the
drain Pipe from the roofs of build?
ings could not be made to run under
the Concrete sidewalks. instead of
emptying on them as many do now.
but it was shown that this would be
impossible owing to the depth of the
concrete, which extended down be?
low the surface drain. Mr. Booth
Stated that tin* only method that
could be used was to have trenches
OUl in the concrete with iron gratings
over them as was now the case at the
p< ?atofflee.
Mr. Lee reported that he had or?
dered an 18-inch mould for the
making of drainage pipe, as by hav?
ing this si/.ed pipe considerable
would be saved the lily. It was
shown that only about 8,000 feet of
pipe had been made up to this time
when L7<?e had been ordered. Mr.
Booth reported that he had been ob?
liged to purchase another carload of
cement. He also reported the sale
of a mule lor $125, the mule having
become unlit for service.
Mr. Lee reported that there was an
old tire engine and an old gasoline
engine at Skinner's shop which would
soon be totally decayed, If they were
not disposed of at once. The fire
committee was instructed to look In?
to the matter and to dispose of these
articles to the best advantage.
Mr. Cuttlno reported that he bad
canvassed among the merchants on
South Main street ami had found
them unwilling to contribute towards
a fund to be paid the contractor for
stopping work. He stated that most
of the nu r? bants were in favor of
tin- work continuing. The commit?
tee wbi' li b id been appointed to con?
fer with tin- contractor along this
line had no! yet done so, but Mr. Jen?
nings stated that Mr. Waring bid
told him that he would not agree to
stopping the work for less than $2
000 and he did not think that the
merchants would be willing to pay
this amount and he knew that the
city was not. Mr, Cuttlno wanted to
know how lone it would be before
the work would be done up to Du
gan street and Major |. stated that
. FACING BITTER BATTLE.
TAFT PROPHESIES A STRUGGLE
AGAINST FORCES OF WRONG.
President Has Faith in Power of
People?Plead! for Arbitration
Treaties.
Rochester, N. v., Aug. 23. ? Presi?
dent Taft made an address to the G. i
i
A, R. here today. The president ?
spoke to the veterans of the G. A. R.
and in the struggle which they went
through 50 years ago, and the one
which he said DOW Confronts this na?
tion he found a striking analogy, al?
though the struggle of today, he de
clared. Will be bloodless. In the end,
the president said, the peace loving,
Straight thinking people of tho coun?
try will be victorious, but the light it- |
self may be longer because it will be ,
fought out to the end without blood?
shed and the mar of the battlefield.
"Those of us who are charged with
the responsibility and sobered with the
difficulties, find ourselves in the mid?
dle of the road, resisting the tendency
to socialism on the one hand, and the
Inertia Of reactionary contentment
with political activity and greater con?
centration of financial purpose oh the
other.
"Its solution will be the preserva?
tion of our ancient Institutions of per?
sonal liberty and private property un?
der the constitution.
"The message that you bear, with
your experience and your success, to
those of us struggling now with the
problems, that however dark at times
the situation seems, so long as we re?
tain in this country a Clod-fearing,
sober, Independent people, we count
In the long run upon their working
out safely and sanely the problems
set before them, no matter how many
mistakes In the form of "nostrums'
they may have been led Into by the
speciousness of half baked theories
Of progress, no matter how often they
may have been distracted from their
purpose by temporary success of un?
due and corrupt influence of concen?
trated wealth."
From the moment he reached
Rochester at 9 o'clock this * morning
until 9 o'clock this evening, the presi?
dent was surrounded by veterans.
He stood on a reviewing stand for
more than two hours in the morning
while thousands of Soldiers filed by.
Maj. Gen. Fred D. Grant. Mayor Ed
gerton, and Commander in Chief Gil
man, of the G. A. R. Stood with the
president.
The president also discussed the
general arbitration treaties with Gr.
I'ritain and France which the for?
eign office Will amend, labeled "breed?
ers of war" In tho senate.
President Taft made an earnest
plea for the ratification of the treat?
ies by the senate in the same shape
as they were signed.
The president In referring to objec?
tions that have been made against
the treaty brought up a question of
Interest to the South when he said:
"With reference with the right to
Involve the United States In a contro?
versy over the obligation of the cer?
tain Southern States to pay bonds is?
sued during reconstruction, which
have been repudiated, it Ii sufficient
to say that America is wa ll within the
treaty, for the treaty only affects cases
hereafter arising. and the cases of
the Southern bonds all arose years
ago."
MISS CLEVELAND TO WED.
Xew York,* Aug. 23,?A dispatch
from Tamworth, N. H.. this afternoon
says it is reported that Esther Cleve?
land, ebb st daughter of the late Pres?
ident Cleveland, is soon to marry
Randolph O. West, son of Prof. An?
drew West, of Princeton University.
Miss Cleveland Is about 20 years old.
he thought that the street up to
that point would be ready for trahic
by the 20th of September, Mr. Cut
tino state?l that the only thing that
COUld i'e done now was the pusTdng
oi the work on ai rapidly ;?n possible.
Mr. Glenn, chairman of the fire
committee, reported that he would
by tin next meeting of Council have
persons present to submit bids and
be ready to make a contract to pro
vide the apparatus needed bj his d< ?
pa i t merit.
Mr. Jennings stated that tin
Board Of Health was anxious to have
public toilets of modern design built
at convenient places in order that the
use of surface closets and stables for
totlei purposes may be stopped, ss
this use of ths latter was, in many
places, becoming a nuisance. The
matter was referred to Alderman Itc
Kelver, who bad been previously ap?
pointed to look sfter the matter, and
he was requested to build the houses
ai soon a? possible.
DETERIORATION IX AXiL SEC?
TIONS OF COTTON BELT.
Secretaries of chambers of Caan?
meroe Of South Sending in U<-ports
to Secretary BweM?BvMoaoo Ac?
cumulates That Drpartsacat of Ag?
riculture Report! are Unreliable.
-
Replies to the circular lett t^t
out by the Sumter Chamber ytr\
merce on the 15th instar ^?ting
the .Secretaries of all Jf ^*? ?f
Commerce in the or " growing
Stotefl to make : j^\ydxe report on
the condition V cotton crop, are
(??- inning t . in. A number of
the Beer' ^P"- merely acknowledge
the r- of Secretary Snell's let?
ter anc . omise to make a thorough
investigation of crop conditions in
their territories and report at an
early date. Others promise reports
and pledge an active and hearty sup?
port of the movement inaugurated by
the Sumter County Farmers Union
and the Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce.
The reports on crop conditions
show that in all sections the crop has
deteriorated during the past three
weeks and that the estimates of an
extraordinarily large crop are un?
supported and gross exaggerations. A
few of the letters, quoted below, give
an idea of the nature o* the crop re?
ports received:
Yazoo City, Miss., Aug. 18, 1911.
Mr. A. V. Snell, Secretary, Chamber
of Commerce, Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sir: I have your circular fa?
vor of August 15, relative to the cot?
ton crop conditions. Last year's cot?
ton crop with us was short, getting
only about 41,000 bales, when the
usual crop Is about 60,000. The most
reliable estimates here are that the
cotton crop will be only about two
thirds of what it was laajt year, or
not more than 25,000 bales.
Excessive rains, boll weevil in parts
of the county, have reduced what was
a fine prospective crop 60 days ago
to a very poor crop .
We have cowVirttlnteated with* out
representatives in House and Senate
along the lines you suggest.
Yours truly,
YAZOO COMMERCIAL CLUB,
By E. L. Tarry, Secretary.
Belton, S. C. Aug. 22. 1911.
Mr. A. V. Snell, Secretary, Chamber
of Commerce, Sumter, s. C.
Dear Sir: Referring to your let?
ter of ir?th in>t, we tind after care?
fully questioning the planters in this
vicinity, that the consensus of opinion
is that the cotton crop in this im?
mediate section has deteriorated in
the last thirty days about fifteen per
cent and continued dry weather will
do inestimable damage. .. i
Yours truly.
JNO. B. ADOER, President.
Abilene, Texas. Aug. IS. 1911.
Mr. A. V. Snell, Secretary, Chamber
of Commerce, sumter, s. c.
My Dear Sir: With reference to
the sound suggestion made by you
in your circular letter asking for the
prevent condition of the cotton crop
In this section, allow me to say:
Two weeks ago the outlook for
cotton yield in Taylor County and
vicinity of Abilene, was expectionally
good, as reported by the farmers of
this County. Since that time the in?
tense heat and hot winds have caused
the crop to deteriorate. The present
outlook is not at all so good. A con?
servative estimate now is that it will
take f^ix acres to make a bale. This
will give Taylor County approximate?
ly, if not quite, :>5,000 bales, whereas
we anticipated two weeks ago 50,
000 bales. Should we have a rain
of general character within ten days
or two weeks this yield would be con
siderably increased from the fact that
the crop in this soil yields/rapidly to
favorable conditions.
Yours truly.
B. E. Looney, Secretary.
BrownWOOd, Texas, Aug. 21. 1911.
Mr. A. V. Snell. Secretary Chamber
of Commerce. Sumter, S. C.
Dear Sir: Your favor of 15th. beg
to state that wc are in hearty accord
with the movement, and have ar.Ked
our congressman to aid. There is no
doub! but that cotton in Texas, has
been cut no less than a million bales
In the past two weeks.
These reports we believe should
come offener at this reason of the
year.
Tours truly,
D. F. Johnson.
The second arch of Sumter's "Great
White Way" has been erected and
will from DOW on help to make Main
street as bright at niuht as it is in
the daytime.