The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 26, 1911, Image 3
SMITH M W HF.SH.N SOON.
Reported la Vtlanla That lieorgias
Kwu?ir Will Ulve I'p Job
AU?u? Ot'tohvr I.
Atlanta. Aug. 20.?According to a
report In circulation here tonight
?i M .k. gtnlth has practically de?
cided to resign the aovernorehlp
about October 1. While th-> governor
has not Indicated definitely when he
will resign. It la stated on reliable
author!-v That he desires to get out
of the gubernatorial harness in time
la take a rest and arrange his private
affairs before going to Washington
to assume his duties as senator, to
which position he was elected recent?
ly by the legislature to succeed the
late Senator A. S. Clay.
IM)KRU(M)I> IKt.FS FUH.ICITY.
Democratic Leader Favors Abolish.
Ing Heeret Caucus.
Washington Aug. 19.?Democratic
Leader Underwood, of the House, In
answering criticisms made by mem?
bers during the extra session of Con?
gress regarding the caucus which
framed the legislative programme of
ffc# Democrats, declared today he fa?
vored the radical change of opening
party caucus to the press In future.
^ Mr. Fnderwood urged that publicity
waa essential to good legislation and
administration of laws. He emphat?
ically denied anything had occurred
in the House Democratic caucuses at
the present session which could In
, any way embarrass the party.
Mr. Fnderwood was a member of
the conference on the committee on
the wool tariff revision bill, and cast
one of the votes on which the con
farasa opened their final session to
the press. That was the session in
which the wool bill waa agreed to.
I* The bill later waa passed In Congresj
and vetoed.
It la probable that caucuses during
the next regular session of Congr'-ss
will not be behind closed doors, as
has been the custom always in the
past.
Kt'MTFK l\ I'ltOSF AND PICTt ItK.
Work started on Booklet Deacrlp
::>c of Surater County.
The advertising committee of the
gChamber of Commerce decided at a
recant mteting to prepare an illustra?
ted booklet descriptive of Sumter
County and giving the facts that
farmers, manufacturers and other
business men. who are looking for
new locations, and capitalists who are
see ting a field for profitable Invest,
^m eilt? will want to know. This book
ylet will toll the truth conclseh' and
clearly and the Illustrations will be
reproductions of photosra) hs made
especially for the purpose. Mr. J. II.
Wit bum has been engaged to make
the photographs, and view* will be
* tak?n In the city and varlojs sections
of tie county from lime tu time dur?
ing the next month under direc?
tion of Secretary Snell and the Ad'
vert)sing Committee.
I 'n Monday several pictures were
?gjdjt of fields of cotton and corn on
Kfhe farm of Mr. Joe White in the
l'rogdon section that are typical >f
the ? venese of Sumter Coun?
ty lands. Mr. J. r>. Shlrer took Mr.
Wtnhum and Secretary Snell out to
Mr White's farm In one of his Max?
well cars and the trip was pleasantly
|, snd quickly ma le views will be
-taken In other sections of the coun?
ty In order that the viro tv of soli
and t ?pographv to be found In Simter
County may be shown In the book?
let.
TWO kILI FD. OTHFIts INJl RFD.
Fatal CollMoit on Atlantic Const
l umber Corporation's Itoad.
Klnigatree. Aug. 21.?The Atlai n<
Coast Lumber Corporation's train
No. 101 was wrecked the morning at
Cooper s siding, five miles east of this
i I T Dirkeley, white, of
Trio. , n ! w gjg| MeCre.i, colored,
were Killed outright and four others
badly, if not seriously Injured.
Wat-, of the I a tan sharks.
A \lgoroti? ?ru?ade aualriM the sal?
ary loan sharks I* being waged In
Boston, and some gglsmtggdggi fgsti
have been hrouaht to dght about the
methods pursued bv the blood sin k
era.
An almost unbelievable case Is that
, of a man. 20 years ngo. borrowed
I If. from nn#> of these vampires.
Since contracting the loan he In
gold hark $2.163. and still owes the
original $15. Can you 'eat that?
Another case Is that of an unfor?
tunate who got Into the grip of a logg
y shark five years ngo by borrowing
1100. He has to date paid hack $1.
?00 snd hh creditor snvs there Is still
$*R0 due on the $100 loan.
Massachusetts is preparing to
r .ake It sarm for this etggg of human
vultures. Hi d .? erv State !n the f'nlon
; should follow the good exami b .
It Is the very poor who nro the
victims rf these heartless extortion
era?a chins which Is the least able t ?
bear sacb crushing burdens?N'nsh
vllle Tennesseesn
No INSPECTORS SEEN HERE.
\\ holc?ale Houses Ready for In
??IMS'tor? to Investigate Their Food
stuff.
No Inspectors hare yet been seen In
the city since the recent disturbance I
about bad meal being sold was raised
in Columbia.
A reporter for the Item visited most
of the wholesale houses In the Olty
this morning for the purpose of find?
ing out what they had to say concern?
ing the visit of an Inspector to their
establishments, but found that the
Inspector had not yet arrived. At
most of the places visited it was stat?
ed that the meal handled was the
best obtainable from the mills, and
that there would be no loss to the
wholesalers If the Inspectors visited
and examined their stocks. One
house was out of meal and corn
products at this time so it could
neither help or Injure them If the
inspector called now. One or two j
places thought that it wouid be a
kind of advertisement for their places
of business to have the Inspector ex?
amine and pass on their stock of corn
products.
It was learned that the Inspector
had last visited Sumter aboit two
months ago, but at that time he had
not thoroughly Inspected any of the
tOVS products, contenting himself
with asking from what house the
goods came from and upon learning
passing on to some other place.
LAR<;K NrMBKR ATTEND RE?
UNION'.
I Two A Idltloi.al Cars Put on Train
in Order to Accommodate POSS
engcrs.
, There was quite a number of per?
sons at the station Tuesday to
go \o Columbia to attend the Confed?
erate Reunon which is in session at
het place thU week. In fact, so
latge was the crowd that it remind?
ed one of fair week, two additional
can. having been attached to the
train In orer to accommodate the
number of passengers and then when
it left the train was crowded.
The number of Confederate Vet?
erans who went to Columbia Monday
was not large, but it was indication
of what was to follow Tuesday. So
large was the number of Confeder?
ate Veterans to leave for the reunion
(that it seemed as if all of them from
this county were on ther way to Co?
lumbia. Resides the veterans there
was a large number of friends and
relatives of veterans who went over
to take part In tho reunion of the
Sons of Veterans and to attend the
Entertainments which were to be
given for the occasion.
Some of the veterans to go from
this county were: Messrs. E. W?
Talker. W. M. Graham, Felder Dink
Ins, Perry Moses, Sam Newman, J.
j K. White, J. I. Rrogdon. W. R. With
I erspoon. R. J. Kennedy, W. I. Cox,
J. A. Lewis, and others.
Ituy It now. Now is the tin *. to
buy a bottle of Chamberlain's ClOtO,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It
Is almost certain to be needed before
the summer la over. Thla remedy has
no superior. For sale by all tteal
ers.
In The Police Court.
There sroti only two oases tried by
Uecorder I.ee Tuesday morning.
Singer I?a\is was triod f<?r dis a -
dsfty ooaduet and discharging uro?
arms in the eity limits. He ?gl rep?
resented by counsel, j. Frederick) be?
ing his attorney. Frederick asked for
a jury and one was summoned for
the occasion.
Tho case came out of some trou?
ble that started Saturdav night when
SjMgfrOe Hoff mi in went home from the
haifl gang from which he had Just
I.n released and started in to gi\e
aal wife trouble for "fooling" with
other nigger-;. Davis stated that he
had gOBS to the house as a poeci
SJUtker and had been admitted by
i :itz i. Hoftsaan's wife, while Hoffman
Waited otl the outside to See what W.l.-t
the result of bis efforts at brir.glng
about aoaes between the hus ?and
and Wife. Davis stated that he bad
found another man in the room and
Use! Hoffman had started lo break in
when he heard the other man t alk?
ing to him. kiiz.i stated) hoe. ever,
hat DaVkl had tired at h- r and \s hen
?Iii Pan out of the hones her hui band
h oi tired at her tlao, i loffman a as
trhd Monday and sent to the gang
f< r so days, one ..f the charges
against him being for Iks tiring
of i pNt.,i Aftef the jury knd
io mi ail of the evidence in I he case
they brought in I verdict of not
guilty and then- was nun h rejoli Ing
among DaVaV friends.
Nat Nathaniel tried for driving
a wagon on the sidewalk and found
gS lt\. He w m gh sn I 1.06 or I
d I ?
i'u'k and t rulse* may healed In
about one-third the time required by
Ike aanaj treatment bj applying
Cham bar Iain's Liniment, it la ?n an?
tiseptic and causes euch Injuries to
heal without maturation. This Uni?
mont aiao relieves soreness of Ike
meeeles and rkenmatic palna Fot
sale by ?Ii dealera
A DRAMATIC MOMENT.
Per kin*, On The Stand, Passed From
Menacing To Melting Mood.
From New York Paper Stories of
Steel Trust Inquiry.
"Tf what 1 am about to road had
appeared in a newspaper I should
have regarded it as a miserable piece
of Imagination. But I llnd it in this
book," said Mr. Stanley, the chairman
of the House committee that is in?
vestigating the United States Steel
Corporation, in the last half hour of
the day's session.
Mr. Stanley lingered the heavy
brass hasp of a large book, which he
had unlocked earlier in the day with
the brass key belonging to the Steel
Corporation. The book contained the
minutes of the executive committee
of the United States Steel Corpora?
tion. It was the statement to the corn
mitee by George W. Perkins, former
chairman of the finance committee
of the United States Steel Corpora?
tion, at a meeting held at noon, March
4, 190 2, showing how 40 per cent of
the preferred stock, or $200,000,000,
which had then been depressed down
to about 52, and requiring u fixed
payment annually for Interest at 7
per cent of $14,000.000, could be ex?
changed for $250,000,000 of 5 per
cent bonds, which would require a
fixed annual expenditure of $12,500,
000, and the corporation thus make
$50,000.000 of "cash without cost" and
save an annual expediture of $1,
500,000.
Mr. S anley Ir an actor of no mean
degree. His elocution offered no open?
ings for criticism as he rolled out in
sonorous periods the explanation of
the manipulation which told of "get?
ting $50,000,000 without costing us
anything." The disclosure, which one
commltteoman designated a "corpo?
rate soliloquy" never intended for
outside ears to hear, caused a sen?
sation in the room.
Perkins sat bent over white in the
face, his eyes fixed on Mr. Stanley's
lips. All the afternoon he had been In
high feather, as he had defied the
commlt'ee's power to make him an?
swer questions designed to find out
to whom the United States Steel Cor?
poration had given political campaign
contributions. The corporation law?
yers were startled by the extract?
with the exception of Mr. landabtiry
?whose habit it Is to smile profusely
when he gets into a tight place. The
tighter the place the more radient
the smile, and now he smiled with all
his might.
Mr. Bancroft, the Chicago counsel
of the Steel Corporation. was evi?
dently distressed. He had not. look?
ed for such a ruthless uncovering of
Steel Trust secrets. Mr. Reed and
Mr. Lindabury put their heads to?
gether, but made no move to restrain
the chairman from reading as far as
he liked in the minutes, and he con?
tinued until he had closed the inci?
dent. The minutes showed that there
were present at the meeting Judge
Cnry. Charles M. Schwab. Q. W. Per?
kins, Charles Steele. Perclval Rob?
erts and E. C. Converse.
Mr. Perkins In almost Inaudible
voice admitted to Mr. Stanley's
questions that he had presented the
plan to get $50,000.000 for nothing.
and answered In equivocal sentences
two or three more qtr^stions, and the
session was adjourned for the day.
The IVltou Incident.
Wo do got see how any one can
paas over lightly the affair at Belton
in which Governor i-lease figured so
conspicuously as eopled from The
Helton Tinos in his! week's Messen
gar. The statement of Editor Willis j
Is backed by affidavits The young
lady win, was offended would not
have i omplalned without she had
.list cause. The reputable gentle?
man would not have sworn that the
account as published In The Times
WgS true unless it was, We do not be-r
lleve that the story was manufacture
? d for political reason.-.-. Tin- Gover
nor denies the truth of the churgei
fut applies his venom chiefly to the
newspapers and hurll the lie directly
at Bdltor Willis, who, we understand
Is a good man. Mr. .1. A. Morton,
with whom the writer is personally
acquitted, we know, is a gentle?
man who has a reputation in his
community for honesty. We believe
the people "f South Carolina will at
ta< h more Importance to the incident
than to some other charges which
have been puhllehd agalnsl the Chief
Executive, We noticed an account in
'ric \. w York World on the front
page in which It was stated thai Mr.
Rice, attornej for Mr. Willis, stated
thai Mr. Willis was preparing to in
?tltute Impeachment proceedings
ngniti I th. Governor, We ihall await
with Interest further development.?
I larts> llle Me monger.
Morsnod i?? Give Him a New Stomach,
"i suffered Intensely after eating
and no medicine or treatment i tried
?oomed to .p. any good," writes H,
M. founk peters, Editor Qf The Sun,
Lake View, Ohio, "The ?irMt few
doses of Chamberlain's stomach and
Liver Tablets gave tue surprising re?
lief and the eecnnd bottle seemed t<>
glvs me a new storna? b and perfectly
g.i health." For sale by all dealers,
An ordinary case of diarrhoea can,
aa a rule, be cured by a single dose
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy ha?
no superior for bowel complaints. For
aale by all dealers.
Swift and Company, the Chicago
packers, have purchased the Taylor
Oi'. Mill, located in Columbia.
A well known Des Molnes woman
after Buffering miserably for two
days from bowel complaint, was
cured by one dose of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem?
edy. For sale by all dealers.
In Tho PollCC Court.
There were quite a number of
cases tried by the recorder Monday.
Harry Cantey, for creating a dis?
turbance, was sentenced to pay a
fine of $5.00 or to serve 10 days.
Albert Davis, vagrancy, plead not
guilty and was ordered to leave town
at once.
Eugene Hoffman, disorderly con?
duct, discharging Arearmt, petit lar?
ceny, was found guilty and sentenced
to pay a line of $30 or serve 30 days
on each charge.
Pauline Anderson, creating a dis
turbance, $10 or 20 days.
Mary Wright, creating a disturb
.ltice, $15 or 30 days.
Mr. J. B. Williams, an Edgefield
county farmer owes his life to a ne?
gro boy. He was overcome in a well
by noxious gausses and the boy des?
cended, tied a rope around his boiy.
Ha was drawn up and revived. The
men present did not have the cour?
age to enter the well.
Spartanburg has been designated
as a postal saving bank.
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The Story of the Liberty-Brush
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motor: Single vertical cyl?
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cooi.inc.: Water; Briscoe
Ihermu syphon nyslem, with?
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TRANSMISSION 1 Selective
Internal pear typ?-; multiple
dlscclutcneii r>?r all upeeaii;
? nclosed unit running in nil.
mm i ns : Two forward
? Mi? reverse.
and
DRIVE ; Bhefl i" differential;
double side chatni 1?? mir
wheels; universal joint in
shaft! bevel {ear different la
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on ball bearings
STEERING (?kar 1 Internal
reducing spur Kfar. enclosed
and oll-tlgbt. Its slow and
powerful action utralght
ahead and accelerating action
as when iurns i> ;i featun .
BRAKES Intt rnal < xpand
ins Id rear wheel aprockel
hubs Larger than on most
cart of t ss Ice Its wetiihl.
SPRINGS: Four spiral
aprtngSi one at each corner.
< .isy riding and mechanically
Impossible to break
control: Spark and throt?
tle levers under steering
wheel: tide band lever for ,tii
speeds, selective type: loot
pedal releases clutch without
touching hand lever, and alto
applies the brakes.
WHEELS and tirfs Ar?
tillery wheels; tt > 9 Inch
piM'uiuatif Urea.
whih BASE : M inches.
1 ri ad : M Inches; for the
South inctn a.
i QUIPMI n r Too s. re re
pair kit. three oil I am pa horn
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hour.
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126 N. Main St.
Sum tor, S. C.
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