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Cll* ?l'MTF.Il WATCHMAN. EMaallshed April. IHM) Consolidated Aur. 3 1881. He Just and Pear not?Let aU the ends Thon Alins't at he thy Country's, Thy >iOd*i and Truth'aH SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911. THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone, ? Vol. XXXIII. No. 8 lit Rt?lPHOGITY ELECTIOI BOTH FART I KS CONFIDENT IN CANADA. Believe That Cities Will <?o For Con MTV? rive*. With Rural District* supporting Liberal*. Montreal. Sept. 20.?This election eve. when a great question mark lie* serosa the Canadian map from At* Untie to Pacific, finds the dominion more Interested in itself and the' wnole world more Interested in it than ever before. Tomorrow will answer questions vitally affecting the country and nearly as deep concern? ing the United 8tatea?snail the Laurter regime continue and shall Canada, by giving the government party of the last 16 years contin? uance of power, put into effect the reciprocity agreement already rati? fied by the republic across the borll sr? On this "night before" the lenders on both aides are expressing est. em e confidence. The government papets this evening assert that the Liberals will win by SO majority thus Increas? ing their strength In the 12th parlia? ment's house of commons by seven seats. On the otb*r hand the opposi? tion papers claim an uC?ual majority for the party of R. L Borden the conservative leader, and point with unequivocal certainty to the gov? ernment's defeat and Its realisation that defeat is impossible. The Montreal Star, which hai conducted an especially aggressiv? antlrsclproclty campaign, prints In large type tonight the statement. "Government defeated." Newspapers on both sides support their claims try detailed jtatements telegraphed by ths party organlssrs In the capi? tal* of each of the 10 provinces. Others who claim the opportunity Imperial survey say they expect the government to be returned with a reduced majority, ranglr* from sO to SO. It Is generally conceded that the province of Quebec holds the key to the situation. During the II years that Sir Wllfrde Laurlor has been In power this province al wsys has rolled up a majority suffi? cient to offset adverse voting In oth? er provinces. Bo consistently has this been the case that It nas come to be regarded as a certainty and ^ In recent elections the Conservatives have made but Infrequent and spas? modic attempts to gain any seats here. The National party in Quebec has paid but little atentlon to recipro? city. It has conducted Its campaign upon opposition to government's navi.l programme rnd the record of tile government In general. It has beer led by Henry Bourassa. a form? er Liberal member of parliament, who Is not at this time a candidate. The . 'atloneltsts also have the support of a number of French and English newspsp*r*. On the question wheth? er this enthusiasm \ SJ been coined Into votes sgslnst the government probably hangs the fate of Laur Isr's political future. Extreme Na? tionalists are cl. .tmlng that th?lr party, together with th? straight Conservatives, will elect 50 members from Quebec at tomorrow's election. || they do. it Is generally conceded that the government will be defeat? ed. The election of one-half this number would have the same resu t. In the last parliament the Cons * r vrtlves* seating was 12. The Llbersls. however, have | ' overlooked Quebec. They have con dueled *? re n ? i o n * campaigns there and claim that th* old province will roll up the < .i<e<>mary majority I t Its favorite aon. Sir Wilfrid Laurler. The premier hlrnnHf. ordlnarllv not much gl\*n to boasting, has declar? ed hlmeelf thoroughly confident of wlnrlng while lt. L Borden the Conservative leader In a formal proclamation l*su?d on the eve of the election. 'H? th? prospect* SJSi er looked brighter for a return of the Conservatives to power. HCfrTTV Itoiis i i? \o\IN. "Death VslleC Miner Suddenly Ap. I* ?r?i With \nolher Fortan??? Spend* I mi-Hit flan Bernardino. Cab. Sept. 20.? *Sjse ry" of |?e>ith \'tII-v. I.* at It again. He hi* npp'.ire.l if Barlow wl'h more money thin I ?fSjf( la spend? ing It lavishly us c\i?r and still re f"'l where he got It. Lancaster, Repe 0. ?At a negro camp meeting last night at Mount Cam el. ?hls countv. i d Jurcn was Shot and killed by Paul Crawford. WAR SHIP WRECKS & LINER. CRllsLK HAWKS K.VMs Tin; OLYMPIC. \\hlt?- Si er l iner Is the Largest Ship Ever liullt?Had 3,000 Passengers Abourd?N'o Lives Lost. Southampton, Eng.. Sept. 20.?The grea*. steamship Olympic of the j White Star line which left South? ampton shortly before noon today with a large crowd of returning American tourists, lies tonight off Calshot castle at the entrance to Southampton waters with a gaping bole in her side as the result of a collision with the British protected crulaer Hawke. No lives were lost, and of the 2.000 or more passengers and crews of the vessels, not one was even Injured. There also was no panic. The accident took place a few mil *h from the spot where the Amer? ican liner St. Paul and the British cruiser Gladiator collided nearly four years ago. The Olympic left her dock at 11.SB o'clock this morning steaming at a moderate rate eastwsrd on her way to Cherbourg to pick up the contin? ental passengers. She already had on board nearly 1,700 persons, ex? cluding the crew. The first cabin passengers were just answering the call to lunch when attention was at? tracted to the Hawke which was undergoing steam trials. The warship, moving at great speed, followed the liner, but ap? parently was quite clear of her but suddenly she swerved and before the passengers could realize what was happening, struck the liner on the starboard quarter near the stern, tearing through a section about 40 feet in extent. The miracle is that the Olympic was not sunk, as the Hawke is ftted with a ram especially designed to sink a vessel in spite of rrs wHTemgTir" compartments. The > liner's frame stood the shock well, and the watertight doors, which auto? matically closed, held the compart- | , rnents hermetically sealed. I The Olympic listed slightly to starboard but not to a sufficient angl* to cause any serious alarm. So far as can be learned the Hawke suffered no more severely. Curiously enough 12 feet of her up? per deck was twisted out of all rec? ognition. The stem appears to be | completely gone. The engines of j both ships were stopped immediately, j and as soon as the watertight doors were secured the engines were set astern and the vessels drew apart. The Hawke sent wireless mes? sages for tugs and remained along? side until they arrived to convey her to Southampton, where she dropped anchor. Many theories are advanced as to. the cause of the collision, but gen- j erally the warship in blamed. It is j suggested that the cruiser's steering gear failed to act. The naval officers and the officers of the Olympic are withholding comment until the In? quiry which the admiralty will ins:l tute immediately. The cruiser proceeded to Ports? mouth under her own steam. Spartan Woman Aboard. Snartanburc. Sept. 20.?Miss Mar? gerite Manning and Miss Marie Har? ris of this city were passengers on th.? Whi'.. Star liner Olympic which was In collision with th.-> P.ritish cruiser Hawke anil beSChsd in Cowss roadstead of the isu of wight today. MWY Boos DYING, - I i Health Ollloer Culled on to Itemo\c so\erul (.'unities. From Tils Daily item. Bsp! II? MssJUl OfflcSf L B. H. I*arr w;^ called upon this morning to have the bodies of St leas! four dogs removed from various premises in the city. lav desji ha\mg been klllsd, poison? ed, or jo-* 'natehuiiy died" Wednes? day nig it. < >rn of the dog! S ' ^ OS East Llb? srty Mre??r, one on South Main, on* on O'ngle street and one on North Stats str.et the latter having I.n klll ?d by the> SollCS this morning. This last msntlonsd dog was most P0< Bllar In his a< tlon. H<> decided Mondav that the steps of a negro rsatsorsni on North Main it reel s <s I gOOd PSsee tO stny, so b?< took UP his abode th.-r.-. in ihs day tlms ths dog sositd not os lndu< sd I.mis out froui his shelter, i>ut at night he w mid son.ut atid ohast ths cms wow h w.t.< in ths habit ,,f frsqnent ir | th" vicinity, ii" srsi ipp > tsd In he going mad and so was Killed, STILL A MYSTERY. MYRTLE HAW KINS' DEATH UN? SOLVED, Tom fYasjsnentS of Paper are Now Aufhorlties' Hope to Obtain Clue to Identity of Guilty Persons. Hendersonville. X. C, Sept. 20.? The testimony of 50 witnesses has not solved the mystery of the death of Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was found in Osceola lake 13 days ago, but wbo was not drowned. The coroner's jury today found "from the testimony introduced that jshe came to her death at the handa of some unknown person or,persona in a manner and by means un? known." This differs from the verdict In the first Inquest by making the case one of murder. Immediately after the verdict was rendered it was announced that the Hawkins family offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of Miss Hawkins' slayer. Added to the other rewards offered or promised, this makes a total of $2,500. ! Dr. Wr. R. Kirk, coroner, said the I investigation would be continued, 'and if any additional evidence is dis? covered a special grand Jury will be empaneled to consider it. There remains three possibilities of new evidence. Torn fragments of ! paper bearing an unfamiliar hand? writing were found in Miss Hawkins' room and have been sent to Wash? ington to be put together. On the shore of Osceola lake, near where ( the body was found, there has been , discovered a piece of manlla paper, blood-stained and bearing finger prints. The finger prints may be identified as those of somebody con? cerned in the crime, f It is thought that Mrs. Bessie Clark Guice will be arrested as shs. is thought to know something aboutj Mis* Hr^kins* death. A warrant has been issued for Mrs. Guice In anoth* er county, accusing her of having performed the same kind of crimi? nal operation, as it is said was at- , tempted on Miss Hawkins. One of | the principal efforts of the inquest ^ was directed toward finding who was responsible for Miss Hawkins* condi? tion. I Testimony that she was seen with ? George Bradley, a recently married1 man. after she disappeared from ' home was contradicted, as was the' ?cstimony concerning other suspl- ' clous circumstances. ? BUGGY FACTORY BEGINS WORK Rowland Buggy Factory Now Pre-1 paring Buggies for Market. | The Rowland Buggy- Factory, now | located in the old Sumter Cotton Mill, started up active constructive I work this week and a small force of' workmen are now busy painting, 1 varnishing and sandpapering the parts of the buggies preparatory to putting the parts of the buggy to? gether for sale on the local market, or to be Skipped out to markets else? where in this State or other State?. Tat several weeks the old cotton Rill] building has been undergoing i number of repairs and renovations before it OOUld be made into an up to-date buggy factory. At present the building Is much improved and ' is well suite.! for the work it Is used for. The Stock <>t goods. costing I several thousand dollars. is now Stored away in the building and ready to be turned into modern bug-1 glss. The parts of the bugglei which are to b ? mads are all of best grade, and the buggies sent out on the mar? ket will be as good or better than those manufactured anywhere else In the State. Mr. S. K. Rowland | stated this morning that now that work had been commenced it would not to i.e long before vehicles would bs put on the marke?. He said that be though! tome would be completed and ready for sal ? about October 20th. RENEWS COTTON FIGHT. I Clarence J, Owens Takes chart Question Before The Southern Coiiunercl.il Congress. Washington. Sept. 29.?An attack renewing the controversy over charts on oott<.ti production Issued by the President's Tariff Board s/ai mads by Clarence J, Owens, commissi..net- of agriculture of the Souther-, Commer? cial Congress today. Owens said tin board should bo criticised for using a censns report on the production of cotton In the United Btatefl In 1109 while the fimins for 1110 wore avail able, SPANISH GOVERNMENT SUP? PRESSED TH R EATEN E l> OUTBREAK. Warlike strikers Overawed by Pinn stand of Government and Genera] Strike Deferred?Army Hold in Iteadiness for Any Purther Trou? ble. Madrid, Sept. 20.?The strikes in many cities of Spain continue, but the revolution seems to have been completely confounded by th3 prompt and energetic effort of the government. The postponement of the general strike until tomorrow is regarded as indicating that the back? bone of the movement is broken. The government, while preparing to take the most drastic measures, does not lose sight of the democratic ideals which have inspired its pro? gramme. Premier Canalejas said the government would respect the right to strike if legally called but gave warning that if the employees of the public service strike without giving the previous notification as re? quired by law the promptest measures would be taken to end the strike. Other strikers, he added, who step? ped outside the pale of the law would be mercilessly prosecuted and at the slightest sign of revolt the troops would use their arms without hesitation. "All those who wish to demon? strate in the streets will have their chances tomorrow," s^ild the premier. "I am determined once for all to finish with these mutterlngs of revo? lution." According to official news receiv? ed tonight the situation generally has impnved and the government believes tiat the movement will end by Monday. Bilbao Is quiet. At Saragossa work was resumed this afternoon. Madrid presents its us? ual appeardnee etfeep. for the prom? inence of police in the streets. TRUST GIVEN A CHANCE. Harvester Monopoly Allowed to Re? form Voluntarily?Threatened Suit Deferred. Washington. Sept. 20.?Th'i government is ready to permit the International Harvester company voluntarily to readjust its organiza? tion to conform to recent enterpreta tions of the Sherman law became known here today. Pending the result of conferences between Attorney General Wicker sham and attorneys for the company, the threatened dissolution suit is be? ing delayed. Negotiations locking to an under? standing between the government and the company have reached the stage, it is said, where it will bo necessary for Mr. Bancroft .counsel for the company ,to refer the ques? tion of organization to the Company s board of directors. Financial circles recently have heard persistent reports that the government was ready to bring an anti-trust suit against the company. Some papers necessary to court proceeding! were prepared. The understanding here is that the government at no time has been in? clined to be precipitate so long as! the company showed a disposition to meet the demands of the federal au? thorities. The attitude of the board of direc? tors of the Harvester company is expected to be communicated to the department of Justice in about a month. It is said to have been an Impossibility to present the situation t,. the board Of director! before, be? muse many of the members have I.n In Europe. The next regular meeting is scheduled to be held on October 21, A. C, L. STRIKE ENDED. Men Who Walked Out Saturday to Resume Work. Wilmington. N. C, Sept. 20.?Pol lowing a conference here today be? tween i?. E. Smith, general superin? tendent of motive power of the At? lantic Coast Line and B. M. Doughty, chalrmsn of the grievance commltee of the car workers of the company, with representatives of the men from tin- Rocky Mount and Wilmington shops*, it was announced that the strike of repairers and inspectors of tie- system hid been settled and that men who are no! out would return to work tomorrow morning. So de? tails of the Settlement were given out 10 FINANCE COTTON. FOUR MILLION DOLLAR CORPOR? ATION FORMED Df MACON. Work Has Already Begun In 1,000 Counties of the Cotton Belt?Plans of Corporation. Macon, Ga., Sept. 20.?The organ? ization of a $4,000,000 concern known as the Southern Cotton cor? poration with an eye to controlling the marketing- of the cotton of the South was announced here today by George Dole Wadley of I3olingl>rooke, one of the wealthiest men In Oeorgia and representing- financial interests of great extent. Associated with Mr. Wadley, who will be president, are John E. Wadley of Waycross and John T. Moore, Leon S. Dure, Jesse H. Hall. John Mockey and W. E. Dunwoody of Macon. The concern will work in connec? tion a string of banks operated by the National Bank Audit Company, of which William Barrett Bldgely, former comptroller of the currency, is president. The Southern Cotton corporation will advance farmers money up to'75 per cent, of the nor? mal price on cotton deposited in warehouses. This cotton will be held, and when the time arrives each year when a correct estimate of the crop can be made a price will be fixed and the cotton held until such price Is paid. Organization work, it was stated by Mr. Wadley today, has started in 1,000 counties throughout the cotton belt. In each county will be an ad? visory board, all stockholders In the corporation, composed of five busi? ness men and bankers and 20 farm? ers. This county board will watch I the crop and report to the main of? fices which will be in Macon. Mr. Wadley announces that Eastern cap- \ ital has already been secured to in-1 sure success. Propaganda will "start, at once. MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BONDS Various Banking nouses Desire In? formation Concerning the Issue of Good Roads Bonds. Mr. John R. Sumter, the clerk to the county board of commissioners, i was kept busy for a while this morn I I in? snswerlng letters asking for in | formation concerning the issue of the fir.o.ooo road improvement bonds In this county. Mr. Sumter was obliged to inform all Inquirers, of whom there were a great many, that there had been a tie in the election and that the elec? tion has been declared against the I issue of the monds. Many of tha en I quirers had made similar inquiries concerning the $50,000 road im? provement bonds which were issued I last spring and some of them had Ibid on the former bonds. I Wrhile some of the letters came in quite a while ago. others are still I coming, although the fact that the [election went against the issue of the bonds has been published in all of I the road and trade magazines and papers, it was only recently that the final settlement was made after the election had been passed on by the State Hoard of Canvassers and it was decided not to contest their de? cision. CAPITOL TO LAST 500 YEARS. Stone structures Seldom Endure Over TOO, Builder Sa>>. Prom the Washington Post. "One thing i learned during a re? cent visit to Burop ' was that the average life of a stone building is not more than 700 years," said John H. Bryan, a builder, of Chicago, at the Raleigh, "Naturally 1 was Inter? ested In construction work, and ga\.' more attention to this part of Burope than 1 did to the examina? tion of art galleries and the tombs of fatuous men. The buildings of Ku , rope arc no better in their construc? tion that those of this country, 1 don't think 1 saw a building in Eu rope that ;s better than the Capitol In Washington. * * l ti nearly all of the older cities of England I noticed that the town halls which nail been constructed, In many cases 500 years ago, were b > ginning to collapse. All of them had been patched up. and it was evident that they would not last a great many years longer. T do not think there It any doubt that the Capitol Building here will be standing 500 years from now if it Is not destroyed, but it will not last longer, nor will the treasury building, which is th finest exampl i of its style of archl lecture hi the I'nlted tSates. ANXIETY OVER DISPUTE WITH GERMANY SUBSIDES. Casnboa's Report of Isjlmim Witli GernsBBj Foreign fflnlitfT Indicates Peaet tul Settleinent. Paris. Sept. 19.?The long A of national anxiety attend the Moroccan negotiations ej^irawing ?V toward a satisfac .s- .-onclusion. The French peep' * / been slow s in accepting t> % aism which has prevailed lr for several days, and it was . today, after a semi? official communication to the press based on Ambassador Cambon's tel? egraph report to the foreign office of his interview with the German foreign minister yesterday, that suf? ficient reasons appeared for the con? viction that the six months' uncer? tainty is nearing an end. A semi-official note issued this afternoon says that the French ne? gotiations with Germany entered a new stage during the conversation between the German foreign min? ister, Herr von Kiderlen-Waechter, and the French ambassador, M. Cambon, yesterday, promising an early settlement. The note says that Herr von Kid? erlen-Waechter did not give Mr. Cambon a written reply, but talked over with him certain modifications in a spirit of conciliation. No docu? ment was handed over because time would have been lost in transmitting it to Paris and in transmitting the reply to Berlin. The conversation, the note adds, makes a satisfactory issue probable, but It would be pre? mature to consider all divergencies as having disappeared. Another in? terview will take place Thursday and it is hoped by the end of the week the negotiations will have reached a decisive turn. A second semi-official communica? tion tonight says that although the question of the economic interests of Germany in Morocco appears to be on the eve of settlement there re? main other disputed points still to be settled. Among these are the questions re? lating to consular courts and a sys j tern whereby the legations and con? sulates take certain natives under their protection. France desires in this regard that Germany shall ac? cept in principle the eventual abro? gation of the convention of Madrid concerning the question of jurisdic? tions in Morocco, and that Germany shall not undertake to increase the number of her proteges while await? ing such abrogation. The French people, particularly the business world, have become weary of daily agitations?the doubts, the rumors, the confusing reports of what was happening or likely to happen. It is the most ser? ous controversy France has ever had with Germany since 1 8 70, and the untiy of the people in supporting the firmness and tenacity of the govern? ment toward a formidable neighbor, with Great F.ritain always as a friend in the background, is regard? ed to foreitrn observers worth the strain and worry that have been un? dergone. France's position in Eu? rope, it i^ generally considerea. has Iben greatly strengthened. MRS. KLMIRA McLEOD DEAD. Aged and Estimable Woman of Man? ning Parses Away. Manning, Sept. 20.?Mrs. Elmira, McLeod, wife of Mr. J. W. IfcLeod, died at 11 o'clock last nicht at her ! home, two miles from Manning, aged I 7?; years. She had not been in good ihealth for sonic time, having stiff cr? ied a stroke of paralysis about a year ago. but latterly she had consider? ably Improved, and only returned from an extended trip North. BITCHFREB IN THEIR BEDS. Brutal Crime Committed In Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. 20.? Butchered in their beds by some per? sons .11 \ t unknown, who used an sxe, the bodies of six persons, three tu each of two neighboring houses, were fount! here today. The heads of all the victims had been smashed in and the appearance of the bodies indicated that they had been dead several days and that death came while they slept. I A report says that the murderer has been caught ami that he has confessed, but this is denied by the police officials, who, it is intimated, fear a lynching might follow such an annuoncement.