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n?r *rMTKK WATCHMAN. April. ISM. ?Be Jost and FVar no*-~>Ijet all the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God'n and Trutii'a." THE TKUK SOUTHKON, Established Jane, 1*44 Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. 8UMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, 8EPTEMBER 16, 1911. Vol. XXXIII. No. 6. iliuii a HtnUUNYILlt MYSTERY. CORONER .MAKES STATEMENT IN MYRTLE II VWKINS CASE. Mis* Haw kin* IMcd of Criminal Op ecstJon. Declares Coroner, who Says Hoch Verdict was not (ilvcn at First In Order to Assist la Ap? prehension of Slayer ? second Hearing Friday. HendereonvtUe. N. C, Sept. 13.? The second coroner's Inqueet over the remains of Miss Myrtle Hawkins, mysteriously murdered and later placed in Lake Osceola. will he held on Friday. A stenographer will be present at this second Inqueet and a most comprehensive inquiry conduct? ed. Any ene suspected of knoweldge of the girl's movements on Thursday will be railed before the Jury- The list includes many prominent per? sona / Mr. Hal Cooper, the fiance of the murdered girl, arrived here this morn? ing from Johnson City. T*nn. He was met at the depot by a married sister of the deed girl, who strenuously ob? jected to Mr. Cooper talking- to s newspaper man and was driven di? rect to the family residence. He will appear at the coroner's second In? quest. Mr. Cooper expressed a per? fect wlllngneao to tell all he knowa but hie frank answers to the many questions asked him shed no light on the mystery. He said he cams to Hendersonviii<\ as soon as possible, after the killing of his fiancee. Re earnestly opposes the theory of iuI clde and naturally appears highly vrought up over the terrible death of t Is sweetheart. The day's developments are those: TtK operation was performed not in tlte woods surrounding the lake, but was performed In a residence at ao treat distance from the lake where the body was found, and the detec? tives believe they know the house. The operation was performed In this house: the bed? was removed to the woods, where It lay exposed to the mm for .days and was then placed in tile lake not more than elgrtt >iours before Its discovery* Sensational developments mors startlins than any yet made public may confidently be looked for with? in the next twenty-four hours. The eise? leading to the developments In nowise conflict with evidence already In hand. The stste of public feeling Is intense. No tragedy has ever ex? cited such bitter feellna as this which resulted In the dreadful doing* . to death of Miss Myrtle Hawkins, by sonne unknown murderers, almost on the eve of her wedding day. MAIN ELECTION IN IHM/BT. With Most of He turn* Revised. Ques? tion U Unsettled. Portland. Me.. Sept. 1*.?80 close was the vote in Monday's special election on the question of the re-' peel of the constitutional prohibition that even tonight when most of the first unofficial return had been revised by mall reports from town clerks the result Is still In doubt. Kftwt'n the Associated Press re? turns and the figures of the secretary of State there Is a marked discrep? ancy, the press returns Indicating at a 1st? hour tonight a majority of 347 against repeal, while those of the secretary of State Indicate a major? ity of 156 for repeal. (Oil Mills WINS SECOND OAME Close ami Pretty Exhibition In Sal. ly Series. Columbus, Oa.. Sept. 13.?Hlllh-s home run in the sixth Inning won for Columbus the second game of the championship series between Co? lumbus anu Columbia here tod?v the score b?ing i to I, It was a pretty exhibition and was fr? ?? fffjSi wrangles. T -day's victory places Columbus In the same position the team would hav.* occupied had yesterday's for? feited game been counted. having won two of the three games sched? uled to be played here. The third gams will be played here tomorrow, after which the teams will go to Co? lumbia for a series of three games. Some one stated on the street Tues? day that It was a mistake about <'h ir< h street being a raca course for sutomohlllats It was. In fact, this person stated, only the home stretch, for at.out th?? time *hat the automo hillsrts reached It they had Just work Si themselves up to the right pitch of enthusltsm and Imagined the handsomo houses were the grandstand crowded with spectators and tho drivers always wasted to if Ilk If best with so many spectators looking on. FORFEITED GAME THROWN OUT. f OM'MBVS WILL NOT PROFIT MY UMPIRE'S ACTION. Tomorrow Will See last Came Abroad and Then Come (iauies In Columbia Friday and Saturday. Columbus. Qa.. Sept. 12.?After a fearful dlapute that for a abort while threatened to prevent the continuance of the series for the championship of the league and Incidentally the future of the South Atlantic league, it seems that the situation is saved. The game this afternoon was forfeited to Colum? bus, 9 to 0, following the introduc? tion of John Coveney into the name. The Columbus club claimed that Cov? eney was not eligible and Preaident Joyner aent a message to the umpires to the effect that only 12 players named on a list he sent could be al? lowed to play. Columbia insisted on the playing of Coveney. alleging that it had not fur? nished this list and claiming that Coveney is perfectly eligible. After Coveney had taken his position be? hind the plate and two halls had been pitched to Becker the game was de? clared forfeited to Columbus. After the Intense excltemdnt fol? lowing the forfeit of the game cooler heads got together end straightened out the unfortunate tsnglo. It was readily seen that if prompt action were not taken the end of the South Atlantic would probably be the re? sult. After a conference between repre aentatlvee of the Columbia club, the Columbus club, and N. P. Corlsb. vice president of the league, an agreement has been reached. The consideration | of the subject occupied from 9 o'cloc1. until IS o'clock Finally E. S. Wil? liam*, acting as president of the Co? lumbia club, and F. H. Lumpkln, president of ihe Columbus club, sign? ed a statement agreeing that the sec? ond game of the series shall be played tomorrow afternoon. The forfeited game this afternoon (*oos not count. Beos- club has tonight submitted a list of players eligible to participate in the games. In this list John Cove? ney is Included. The name of Lonnie Noojin does not figure. The Columbia club makes the concession that Noo? jin will not play in further games N. P. Corlah, vice preaident of the league, E. S. Williams, acting presi? dent of the Columbia club, F. O. Lumpkln, president of the Columbus club, and Charles E. Walton, secre? tary* of the Columbia club, have worked hard tonight In an effort to reach a satisfactory agreement. The stand of the Columbia players throughout the trying situation has been most commendable. Each and ft try member of the Columbia club has been absolutely loyal throughout. Kol a player has considered for a minute taking nny stand not in ac? cordance with the position of the Columbia club. Bill Clark especially has ahown courage and clear lnalght Into the difficulties of the situation. Tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock the second game of the series will be played. Another game will he play? ed Thursday. The tlrst game at Co? lumbia will be played Friday. The following players are now eligible to play for Columbia: Powell. Coveney, Fulenwlder, Barenkamp, Wagner. Clark, Harbison, Delahanty, Krug. Beck, Burke and Duncan. For Columbus the following can play: Krebs, Reynolds. Radahaugh, Sltton, Weems. Fox, Oaston, Rreyette. Hills, Lea'Is, Slsaon. Becker. The Hat exhibited here may be a Hat of players sent in under the league rule regarding the salary limit. If so It was sent In while John Coveney was Injured and out of the game. Bill Clark says the Columbia club would have given no list of ell glhles that did not Include the name of Coveney. As th?? Columbia club drove away from the grounds this n/ternon It was cheered and hissed by turns. Many fans agreed that the course the club pursued was the only thing to do while others said the game should have hern played with Covenev not participating. In The Police Court The following cases were tried Wednesday by Recorder Lee: Francla M. Molse, riding bicycle on forbidden sidewalk. |2. fjnura lloyce. creating a disturbance ? 10 or 20 days. Tom Wilson. non-payment of taxes. $ I Charley Merges sad Wiley Jones killed each other Monday nlghl neat Trenton. Carrie Morgan, moth? i o Charter, was fatally beaten In th< now that sauted tho double ? i redy BRUTAL TURKISH RULE. OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT CHARG? ED WITH SECK Et k', DES? POTISM AND CRUELTY. Turk Mi Government Wants $ 100, 000,000 Loan Antl Hopes To Secure It From The French. Constantinople, Sept. 12. ? The present ?ituation of Turkey in regard to its internal polities is most singu? lar. The history of the country of? fers nothing that is analogous to the consequences of the revolution of three years ago. Strange and mag? nificent in its commencement, the existing regime has come to be both absurd and revolting. The power which the Turkish peo? ple obey is secret. It resides in a committee, the personality of which has never been clearly known, end which remains hidden in a provincial village. The power that it exercises is as despotic as that of any of the successors of Mahomet the Great. A farcical constitution masks, though In part only, the real condi? tion of things. The press is said t"> be free, yet journalists who displease the occult ruling power are assassi? nated In the open street In Constan? tinople, and the assassins are never pursued, although their identity is known to everybody. There is an elective Chamber of Representatives, but Deputies who do not satisfy the occult power are cast into cells, whence they come forth paralysed or deaf, or with fingers minus the nails, which have been torn out with In? strument*? of torture. What the de? throned Sultan could not have done without arousing the unanimous pro? tests of the nations of Europe the commtttee does, and civilized Europe tacitly permits it. Nobody knows what passes In the conclaves of the governing com? mittee. Its members may change from time to time, through Internal Intrigues which remain unknown to those outside* The ferocloue schem? ers who surrounded the "Red" Sul? tan took good care not to engage in any open struggle after his fall. There was 1 simpler way. The Grand Vis? ier, who is now the chief representa? tive of the executive power, was for 2f> years. I am Informed, one of the most trusted agents of Abdul Hamid. Only the vaguest responses can be obtained when one asks regarding the composition of the secret commit? tee, whose seat is at Saloniki. There are seven members, among whom, it Is reported, are a retired army cap? tain, a retired under prefect, a former customs director and four associates who nre probably merely the tools of the others. hTe only clue to this strange mys? tery of the retention of power by the committee is the fact that Germany is behind it. and Germany is closely associated with Abdul Hamid. The revolution was at first believed to have ruined the influence of Ger? many at Constantinople, but she has re-established herself there stronger than ever, since men who are de? voted to Abdul Hamid have obtained practical control of the anonymous commitU o. That Germany should make, herself the prop of the present odious sys? tem of barbarism seems almost in? credible, but It is true. It is natural that such a state of thing** should carry with It violent hostility toward France. England and Russia, which the semi-official press continues to cover with every sort of Insult. Here is a summary of some of the more recent crimes commit? ted by the present Government: A journalist named Zekkl Rey was assassinated near Constantinople. He possessed, it is BAld, some documents which if published or exhibit.>d would have injured the Government, The assassination furnished the occasion for the seisure of these pa? pers at his home or office, In other words, it was smong the effecti of a man who had just been murdered thai search was made by the crimi? nal authorities. Another Journalist, Pound Chukrl Bey. was condemned to deportation for five years because he had written that the Minister of the Interior was an Illiterate, g fact which was known to everybody. Rlzanour Bay, ., Deputy, was thrown into a dungeon, from which he emerged deaf, Another Deputy, Loufti Flkri Hey. was subjected to t<-rtur?-. And what before was un? heard of -even the agents <>r foreign diplomats are nol spared. An employe of the Greek Consulate was no! long ago arrested He was required to disclose the namea of parsons who had received from him certain moneya that wore charged to CONSERVATIONISTS' MEETIN6. THUM? NATIONAL CONSERVA? TION CONGRESS MEETS. I President K. W. Dubbs of tbe State Farmers' Union Appoints Any Del? egate Who Can A tend. To the President of the S. C. P*armers' Union: The Third National Conservation Congress will be held in Kansas City, September 25, 26 and 27. Advance indications point to a great national meeting with a notable attendance from all parts of the country. ' Vice President of the Lnited States has accepted an invitation to be pre? sent and address the congress on the evening of Monday, September 25. The Congress this year will give special attention to the soil and the maintenance and improvement of that fertility which brought settle? ment I and wealth to the Interior States! and Inlluence of the farm in the development of the highest type of American citizenship. I have the honor to extend you a special Invitation to bo present and to name five delegates with alter? nates, to represent your organization at the Congress. I earnestly hope we may count on you and your delegates to be present. Sincerely yours, Henry Wallace, Pres. Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 8, 1911. The above letter of Hon. Henry Wallace, President National Conser? vation Congress has been received by me. I shall be pleased to appoint as delegates any members of the Union who can attend at their own ex? pense. I regret that private business and official duties will prevent my ac? ceptance, but 1 trust that the South Carolina State Farmers' Union will be represented by five or more of its public spirited members at Kansas City, Mo., on the, 26th of this month. E. W. DABBS, Pres. S. C. State Farmers' Union. Mayesville. S. C. Sept. 13, 1911. Tn The Magistrate's Court. C. C. Wooten, the automobile me? chanic who was arrested Wednesday for running a car without a number \ on It, was tried in the magistrate's Court Wednesday afternoon. He stat? ed that there was a number on the cor he was running, but. that it was on the front of the car Instead of on 1 the rear. Upon this showing Magistrate Wells dismissed the case as an effort had been made to obey the law. The plea was also made by Mr. Wooten thnt he did not know that the num? ber had to be on the rear of the car. Quite a number of the young men and ladles of the city went out to the dance at Providence Springs pavilion Wednesday night. They report hav? ing a very enjoyable time. the account of the Greek Navy. On his refusal to answer he was lirst beaten, and then little wooden wedg? es were driven under his fingernails until overcome by suffering, he gave the names Which were demanded of htm. It Is believed here that France will be the first power to take any prac? tical steps toward the checking of the cruel tyranny of the secret commit? tee. The Turks at present hate the i French, and the feeling was aug? mented when Paris bankers, many months ago. refused to loan the Con? stantinople Government $40,000.000, a sum which was afterward obtained from German sources. But official pillage and Incompetent wastefulness have already used up the $40,000, 000. The eyes of the Turkish spend? thrifts are again turned toward France, whence they now hope t?> borrow $100,000,000. j It Is pretended, it is said, that this money Is to be used in profitable railway construction In Rumella and Asia Minor, but the greater part, ex Icept only the millions which will be stolen by officials, will surely be de [voted, if the loan is effected, to pressing Governmental needs, it is expected thai duties on Imports will be Increased to meet the expenses of the loan. I Borne quasi-French banking houses which are really more Levantine jthan French have Indicated a wil? lingness to engage in the financial [operation, hut it can hardly be safeguarded unless the French Gov? ernment approve it. To gain thai approval Turkey would have to 1 hange Considers blj her attitude to? ward France, and without doubl France would demand thai ? certain Influence be restored to her in the Internal ns well a-i the foreign affairs of the Ottoman Bmptre This would, of oourse, mean a humiliating setback for Germany* charged WITH prinking, dc morality, extravagance; gambling. Chicago Manufacturer Scores Stu? dents Of Harvard, Yale, Prince? ton And Other Institutions. Borton, Sept. 11.?Ninety per cent of the students at Harvard drink in their freshman year, 95 per cent in their senior year and 15 per cent of them go irretrievably to the bad, ac? cording to an investigation, report of which has just been made public by 11. T. Crane, a wealthy manufatcurer of Chicago. The report, which is printed in the current Issue of the Valve World, owned by Mr. Crane, describes un? sparingly student dissipation in Bos? ton. It is fully as much an arraign? ment of the municipal government of Boston that permits such amazing conditions as it Is of Harvard. It is a story of drunkenness, im? morality, brawling and the reckless jspending of money in Boston cafes that seems almost incredible in con? nection with the high character of America's most noted college. The remorseless indictment is not I directed against Harvard alone. Co? lumbia Is worse and Yale, Princeton | and Cornell are nearly as bad. It is declared. j Not only in the cafes In Boston is the dissipation carried on, but in the clubs in the shadows of the famous educational structures. Mr. Crane has spent much time and money investigating college edu? cation. So bitter Is he as a result that he declares that colleges do more harm than good. He gives a large number of examples and says his proof Is irrefutable. Clubs at tht various colleges, and particularly at Harvard, are said to he nothing but breeding places of wrongdoing. Ho furnishes a list of statistics and asks readers to draw their own con? clusions. I Brawls In ' hotels are but ??art of , the training of college youths, asserts Mr. Crane, and in a number of them the participants have been badly hurt. Gambling houses are patron? ized, and the amount of money lost is estimated at a large figure. College club life does not appeal to I Mr. Crane, and In his investigations he found that they amounted in the [greater number o/ cases to nothing I more or less than bar-rooms. One of the Harvard clubs had a wine cellar that outdid anything in Boston, he ' says. I Mr. Crane says in his report: j "An outsider can scarcely realize [the amount of drinking that goes on in the club rooms of the college. Ac? cordingly the percentage which is found in town must not be taken as final. Furthermore, Boston, as an environ of Cambridge, must not be blamed as the sole cause of the ruination of the vast majority of stu? dents. I presume that the same con? dition of affairs would exist at a col? lege of Harvard's dimensions, regard? less of its lcation. "The poolrooms in the square can hardly be called schools of crime, al? though many hours during the day are wasted by the average student of Harvard. Although it is not general? ly known, 1 have positive proof that so much on the 'spot' ball is often the order Of tho day. The man who puts the T ball in the designated side pocket, according to the game, re? ceives a quarter from each of the players." Mr. Cram- employed one student to aid in the investigation and of him he says: "In response to my Question wheth? er he could not j;ive some Idea as to j the percentage Of students who car? ried drinking and debauchery to ex? cess, be replied as follows: "After conferring with many friends in different walks of college I life al Harvard, and after making numerous observations, and examin? ing reports, I am able to give you the j following estimates, which I believe bit the nail on the bead and Should iiou put you on a sure footing. " 'These figures. I believe, are as accurate >?s any figures could be, short of two or three years of the most painstaking Investigation. On the Basis of lOO Students?p C. Who drink liquor of some kind in freshman year.sg Who drink liquor of some Kind in aentor year.if Who combine In a mUd degree wine and women. ?!."> Who drink heavily.35 Who have two or three "bats" a > ea r.41 Who Irretrievably ?o to the bad < drunkards).is " 'i do not doubl thai an ? ren CROSS-CO rx TRY AVIATOR HAS DANGEROUS FALU. Machine So Badly Damaged That Two Days Will be Necessary For De? lays. Alta, Cal.. Sept. 12.?"Bob" Fowler, en route from San Francisco to New York, met with the first mishap of his cross-country aerial voyage here thla morning, when in try* to make a landing necessitated , refractory engine and steerir ^ '/, his biplane collided with tv ^<^.s. hu'ling it to the ground ? * /htly injuring the birdman. r yianes and the two propelle?- q s broken and Fowler will b ^ /ed here for at least two day ng Auburn at 9:37 o'clock _*r rose to a height of about 400 tv A and followed the route of the Southern Pacific track through the rolling approaches to the foothill district. For almost 40 minutes he sailed along without mishap, easily distancing the special train and au? tomobiles that started from Auburn at the same time. As he came into view in this section, however, it was apparent, that something was wrong. About a half mile from here his course deviated sharply. He did not slacken speed and his machine dashed full into the trees At a height of about 50 feet from the ground the right plane struck one tree and the force of the blow sent the craft careening against the other tree. This second blow crush? ed the left plane and both wings thus crumpled, the areoplane hovered for a second and turned turtle as it started on its fall to earth. Fowler remained in his seat until the machine struck the ground when he was hurlc* against the motor and through the uebris of the rudder to the ground. Many persons who witnessed the fall from a distance rushed to his aid and his injuries were quick'y given attention. His mechanicians were soon on the scene, having arrived on the special train that is following his course. Some of the broken pieces of the aeroplane were replaced with substi? tutes carried on the train, but others had to be sent to Reno for repairs. In explaining his mishap Fowler said his steering gear had suddenly become blocked when he was a few miles from the scene of the accident and he was helpless to direct his course. At the same time his elevat? ing plane refused to work and his efforts to control the biplane resulted In the disconnecting of the defective magneto wire which had given trou? ble earlier in the morning. Fowler declared tonight that he would con? tinue his journey within three days. His injuries are not serious. \ WARNING TO MERCHANTS The merchants of the city are rc nested to clean up the premises di? rectly to the rear of their stores and keep them clean, as it is only by so doing that it is possible to reduce the extra 10 per cent penalty on insur? ance in the city, because of insuffi? cient fire protection. The tire committee from council is doing all in its power to have this ten per cent penalty removed, but as long as the merchants allow old boxes, and trash to accumulate In the neighborhood of their stores, the work of the fire committee will prove ineffectual. in the near future Insurance Com* missioner F H. McM'aster will I? nd a man here to inspect fire conditions here and if he finds conditions such that there is danger of (Ire?more so than ordinarily would be looked for ?on account Of the piles of rubbish and trash which are so easy to Ig? nite, it will not only he impossible to reduce the insurance rates, but It m:iy !??? necessary to advance them. worse state of affairs exist at other colleges, I have been around the other universities t>> a considerable extent SS manager of two Of the uni? versity athletic organizations, and I known to a certain extent the existing conditions. At Princeton it is beer, beer, beer. " 'The town Is licensed, and the body of Students, in my mind, drink oven more than do Harvard students. On one occasion i believe there m ist have been over 2no students dead drunk, " \\t Yah> drinking is recognized to so great ? degree thai clubs have their tsbles at the barroom* I was n< rer so struck hi my Ufa when T found New Haven the dissolute, de bauched and whiskey iown that it " ? Baltimore Sun.