Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?l)c {Datchjnnn emJ Soutljron. rti?. ?CMTBIl WATCHMAX. ??????Ii II April. IW. 'Be Jost and Fear not?Iiet all Ok ends Thon Almart M be thy Countrjra. Thj God's and Troth s." THE TRUE SOCTHRON, Established June, 1MM Consolidated Aug. 3,1881._8TJMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1911. Vol. XXXIIL ^io. 10. ~ ITALY WANTS WAR WOI LI? PROVOKE OTTOMAN EM PIRK TO OVERT ACTION. Govfnunt at Hour, Moved by Ooti rtltlows et Honte end Abroad, r***j That It Meet Uaeleo Begin? ning <>f HostiUUe*. Chlssso. Switzerland, on the IUI lan Frontier. Sept 17.?The latest despatches from Rome indicate that Italy is trying to put Turkey on the aggressive. In an endeavor to provoke an incident whirh would amount to a oeuaua oellt. justifying a declaration of war or ihe sudden occupation of Tripoli. Turkey la determined not to give ?ny auch pretest and la ready to do almost anything while the much-talked-of Muses I man fanaticism has *iot ae yet manifested Itaelf. 1 The Italian government la preaeed by public opinion and by Interna? tional consideration and aeee the ne eeeaaty for hurrying thing*. The Aral expedition of 13.000 men will sail Oc? tober 1. it la understood, and will be fallowed by a second expedition of 11,000 men, if nothing occurs to i change the present plana The dead? lock in the negotiation a between Italy and Turkey la causing great unseal* nsss, eapeeially In Germany, which la divided In duty towards its ally and . the desire not to loae Turkey, where Clem ny has powerful Interests at work with the object of replacing Oreet Britain commerlcally. In Milan. Rome, Florence and other large cities, trooos are held in readiness. Oroupe of carbineer* guard the streets and squares and the outskirts are patrolled by cavalry, la the Industrial town* railway eta Uone are occupied by the military. Thee* plaoe* are practically In a state of ale**. A few encounter* between rwantfestanta and the pole* aud troops have occurred, but the eaaa aitlee have been few. The town authorities everywhere have been instructed to do all possi? ble te avoid bloodshed, which would ee*MP*M*J*e Mm easeeessskswel elewoeesev with ? issue* home trouble*. JEXCTTEMKXT Ef TRIPOLI. Tal hash Hhip Eaters Port rnmolestod j hw Isaaks aw fending Prora Fleet Es pec led Soon London. Sept. 17.?The correspond? ent of the Chronicle *ends a late dis? patch from Tripoli. It says: "All business here has stopped and great excitement prevails. The Tur KWh steamer Drena entered the har Wr within view of the whole liest, which apparently had been watching her for many miles. She landed 100 soldiers, aeveral boxes of ammuni? tion and rifles. It la expected that the laset will now take steps to oc? cupy the place. At aiy moment the fleet could have stopped the Drena but refrained, rt Is understood, under orders from the Italian government I ? "The news aprcad Uks wlldfiri. Turkish soldiers swarmed about the harbor yelling threat* agalnat Italy and the Italians. The latter are momentarily In fear of attack. The Italian consul is withholding all news? paper* from Italy to avoid Increasing the anxlsty. Turkish families were preparing: to flee but the local com? mittee of the union of progress la sued sn order that Turkish subjects must on no account leave the town. They would be forcibly reatralned If necessary. "The Turka are endeavoring to In? duce the Arabs to contribute to the defense of the town with men and goods, but have not met with much eucce**." Chinese Cruiser Visits Charleston. Charleston. Sept. 27.?Without warning of her coming, the Chinese cruiser Hal Chi. en voyage for Ha? vana, came Into this port Just befor? noon, with the dragon flag snapping from her mainmast. Identified by *he harbor forte, the coast artlllerymtn exchanged the customary aalutes with the Oriental floating fortress. The Chlneee admiral had requested th* commandant of the navy yard t i aend him weather Information by the wireless, but there wan no expecta? tion that the cruiser 'vould atop In Charleston harbor. Tlttman To Continue Running. HpHltn* s few r?4*s words through ho Interview. Hen*tor Tlllmsn not onlv reiterate* his Intention of run pgagj for the senate attain if he I* liv? ing, hilt goes some distance further fa declare that, though dead, he will %* glsd to have some vote for him. ITe seemg^ to appreciate the popular? ity ef lead candidates In South Car .?Charlettr. i r. C.VSr: IUUIII CITY COMES CP. M. W. Scabrook, II. C. Haynwnrth and Arthur W. Morrlll Sue City To Recover License Fee*. From The Dally Item, Sept 28. The case against the city made out on September Sth by Messrs. Marion W. 8*abrook, H. C .Hayntworth, Ar? thur W. Morrlll Is a live issue in the magistrate's court Just now, for it ha* come up several time* and the finishing touches to the first part will come off Thursday afternoon at 4:10 o'clock. The case is one where Mr. 8eabrook and his sssociates sre suing the city to recover $25 paid to the city in license fees. The around for the suit is that the license ordinance as paased by Council last October for the year 1911 Is illegal. The ground j that It la illegal is that the licenses are not graduated according to the in* come received by the persons prac? ticing virlous professions in the city. The case is brought under the decis? ion of the Supreme Court in the Winraooro case, where it was decld- | ed that all license fees must be graduated according to the amount of bustnesa done and the Income de? rived from that business. The suit was met by a demurrer on the part of the city, which is represented by Mr. I. C. Strauss, the grounds for the demurrer being that the several separate and distinct I causes of actlc must be brought separately and lot combined, as they were brought. In an argument be? fore Magistrate Well*. th.? demurrer was sustained, Magistrate Wells holding that the sctlons must be brought separately. A motion was then made by the plaintiff to amend the action so ss to bring It separately and It is the argument on this point which will come up before Magistrate Well* Thursday afternoon. Mr. I. C. Strauss will represent the city and Mr. M. W. Seabrock the plaintiffs. SCHOOL BATTALION ORGANIZED Fowr Casaii antes Erased With Brown, ttoucherty, Slddall sad Des* Chsssps Captains. 1 The high school battalion was or? ganised Tuesday for the ninth time In it* history. The officers for the year were appointed by Capt. W. M. Scott, commander of the school, and was put in shape to do good work for the coming year. The high school company was formed first voluntarily by the boys in 1901 or 1902 and since that time has been in existente as a distinct and market jfsatttfg of the school. All of the boys In the grammar and high school are expected to Join the companies and all of them take much Interest In their work and the mili? tary feature of inelr high school Ufa, I The compsny is run very much on 'the plan proposed by some of the high officials In army affairs and been of much service to the school \n fur? nishing men for the mllltla. While the Oliver plan of high school mili? tary organisations is apt never to meet with approbation in the South because of some of Its features, the ! plan at the high school has been commended by the officlala of the mllltla all over this State. The formation of the battalion with the recent appointment of officers it: Commandant and Major, Capt. W. M. Scott. A COMPANY Csptaln. Allen Brown. 1st Lieutenant. Moultrle DeLorme. 2nd Lieutenant. Edward Wright. 1st Sergant. Julius Jones. 2nd ftergaeant. Robert Reeves. 3rd Sergeant, John Lucius. B COMPANY CaptAln. Robert Dougherty. 1st Lieutenant, John Haynsworth. 2nd Lieutenant. George Bultman. 1st Sergeant. Jame* Scarborough. 2nd Sergeant. Henry Cuttino. 3rd STgr-ant. Archer Wilder. C COMPANY ' Captain. Roger Slddall. l?t Lieutenant. Wilson Spann. 2nd Lieutenant, David D?.ar. 1st Sergeant, George Stroth' r. 2nd Sergeant, Robert Mc\ny. Srd Sergeant. Barno* Boyle. D COMPANY Captain. Wllc.x IvsCrnmps. 1st Lieutenant, JspJISf Shaw, '-'nd Lieutenant. John Moore. 1st SeiKfant, N.uward DuRant 2nd 0*rgi <:. '.r*,- Rnam?. 3rd Sergennt. <'hnton Lawn r It Is snld that the new p| ml ,,r th D. W. Alderman Sons ?'?,., u{ lu. whllo not the J.n ? wont Of th best equipped plan's |i, th.. ? ? Manning Times. CHARLESTON BOOSTER TRIP. TOWNS THAT WILL BE VISITED BY BOOSTER TRAIN. Local Merchants are Displaying Lively Interest in the Fall Excur? sion Through South Carolina and a Part of Georgia, and Success of the Trip Seems Already Assured. News and Courier. The preliminary arrangements for the second annual trade excuralon have all been about completed by Secretary' A. W. McKeand, of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, snd from all indications It would seem' that the boosting trip through South,Carolina and a large portion of Georgia will be highly successful in every' respect. Between fifteen and twenty business men and merchants of the city have already announced their definite Intention of being on board the special when it pulls out of the city on the morning of Oc? tober 23. Secretary McKeand ex? pects no less than seventy members of the Chamber of Commerce and other commercial organizations to make the trip. A number of people will make the trip simply for the I novelty there is in it. The excursion will be mnda lrf Pullman cars and and reduced rates will be authorized i for the occasion by the railroads I . I over which the train will pass. The boosting Journey will be considerably over one thousand miles In length and will cover a portion of six days. A tentative schedule has been map. ped out by the committee on trade ex? tension of the Chamber of Com-' merce, of which W. H. Mixson is | chairman, and has been submitted to the various lines over whose tracks the special will pass. It is believed I that the schedule will be accepted . with several slight alterations. 1 The following towns and cities will be taken lrf by the trade boosters on the coming trade excursion: First day, via Atlantic Coast Una Railway. Lanes, ? Oreeleyvlile.- Fur* rest or Manning, Alcolu, Sumter, Dalsen. Rembert. Camden; via. Southern Railway, De Kalb, Ker shaw, Heath Springs, Lancaster, Rock Hill. Night stop. Second Day, via. Southern Rail? way: Chester. Blackstock, Wood? ward, Wlnnsboro, Rock ton, Ridge way, Blythewood. Kllllan, Columbia, Lexington, Gilbert, Leesvllle, Bates burg, Monetta, Ridge Springs, Ward, Johnson. Trenton. Vaucluse, Granite vile, Augusta, Ga. Night stop. Third day, via. Georgia Railway: Grovetown, Harlem, Dearlng, Thomp? son, Camak, Warrentown, Mayfleld, Culverton, Sparta, Devereaux, Carrs, Mtlledgevllle, Haddocks, Macon. Night atop, , h Fourth day, via. Central of Geor I gla Railway: Byron, Towersvllle, Fort Valley, Marshallville, Montezu ma, Oglethorpe, Andersonville, Amer icus, Smithville, Leeshurg, Albany, IBaconton, Camilla, Palham, Melgs, Ochlocknee, Thoma.?viile. Night stop, Fifth day, via. Atlantic Coast Line Railway: Boston, Dixie, Qultman, Valdosta, Naylor, Stockton, Dupont. Homersville. Waycross, Blackshear, f>fferman, Jessup, Ludowlci, Savan? nah. Night stop. Sixth day, via. Southern Railway: Hardevllle. TMhnan, Tarboro, Pine land, Furnian, Lena, Barton, Allen dale. Kline, Barnwell. Blackville. Lees. Denmark, Bamberg, Midway, Branchvllle, Charleston. Home. CHARLESTON TEAM EXPECTED TO WIN HONORS. Seven States Semd Their Crack Teams. New York. Sept. 27.?Crews repre? senting seven ItStSS Will compete on the Hudson river here on Saturday In the second annual regatta of the na? tional naval militia. Ohio, South Carolina. Michigan. Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York are the States repre? sented in the list of entries. Great interest centers In the r.'" e of ten-oared outters over a two-mile eourse. The trophy Is a silver cup, which mug! be won three time! f"r permanent possession, Last year Ohio wan Victorious after a ban! strimnle with South Carolina. The Istter state Is expe< tod to car? ry off again the sis-oared boal race, which it won by i big margin last year. O'Donnell 4 Company hsvs sstab* llshed a reputation on their lines of I Shoes and there srr thousands of people In Bumteri Leo and Cl?ren don counties who never hoc foot* w ir from any otftei store Bee the ? <h ertlsemenl toddy. PROGRESS IN LABEL CASE. ATTORNEYS CONSUME TIME IN NUMEROUS TILTS. Senator Chxi.stensen Principal Wit? ness In Case Against Towlll. Boy kin and Tatum in what i* Known as Label Case, One of Many Dis? pensary Graft Suits?Comparative Bids on Label? Offered In Evidence. W. H. Cogswell Testifies. Columbia, Sept. 27.?The court to? day, by legal arguments, spent about five hours in getting about half an hour's actual testimony. In oth? er words, about all the testimony that was presented to the jury In the "la 1 bei case" if offered continuously would hardly have consumed more , than half an hour. The remainder of the time was spent in argument, I more or less acrimonious, as to whether this line of questioning was proper and whether this or that evi* dence or record was admissible asj evidence, counsel suggested that if the matter kept up that there was danger of getting into a debating so? ciety on the rules of evidence, but with it all Judge Wilson was patient and heard arguments pro and con and then briefly decided the issue In? volved. All of this means that the I case is being hard fought, and that ' Is no doubt right and proper, but It is slow work in reaching the verdict. Up to this time the real and vital Is? sue involved has not been touched upon In any way by the evidence. There has not been a scintilla of evi? dence of wrong as yet. Today prac? tically the entire session was devoted to the identification of the famous Niviaon-Weiskopf labels, with a few momenta being given to several mi? nor matters that were necessary in the development of a case that le be? ing contested to the shadow of an 'inch. I The question was asked today: "How far hae the case progressed" and the reply was that it had just started. Tomorrow will be the third day of the trial and perhaps then the real heart of the matter will be reached. During the morning Mr. Jno. Bell Towlll came Into court with menders of his family. The court worked from 9 until af? ter 2 o'clock today and then adjourn? ed until tomorrow. I In lese than thirty minutes after j court opened this morning there were half a dozen legal tilts between legal counsel. The chief Issue was wheth I er Mr. Thorpe, the State's witness 'could testify as to Mr. W. O. Tatum's I good character and reputation for honesty and Integrity. Mr. Thorpe testified that Mr. Ta tum's character was good from what he had heard, and he reached this conclusion from his own dealings. Dr. Wm. J. Murray, former chair? man of the wlnding-up commission, testified that he turned over to his successors all the records of the dis? pensary. Mr. Edgar M. Thompson, secretary of the present winding-up commis? sion, was recalled for the purpose of identifying a letter from Governor Klease to Attorney General Lyon. The letter was not read In court, but is supposed to be the letter requesting the "Immunity" list. Senator N. Christensen, of Beau? fort, who was so active and diligent in the legislative investigation of 1905, modestly described his part in looking into the label transaction. He explained how he secured samples of the labels and had Walker, Evans and Cogswell and the State Company make estimates on the various sets of labels and incidentally he has kept a complete set of the labels since 1905, when he undertook the com? parison of prices on the labels and to know why. The labrls were offer? ed in evidence, whereupon Col. Nel? son said this was heresay evidence nnd thnt neither Walker, Evans and Cogswell nor the State mnde the esti? mates thomsPl^ es nor were the labels really wanted, but the Inquiry was merely for Information. This he gathered from the testimony from the printed record. Mr. Chrtstensen said he knew the labels offered in evidence were the tfivlSOn-Welskopf labels himself from the Invoice and shipment, Mr. Christensen said he was told by Mr. Ehrhardt whore tb<> labels were stored and this Uroughl forth another till as to whether this was hearsay . vid >nce or no! all on the point whether the labels offered were really Ho? Nlvtson-Welskopf labeli <>r not. The labels were compered with the original hi of Nivlson Welskopf, I ? I The Introdut lion of the Invoice was objected to becuuse M w;t.s typewrit? ten an i not written; because 11 s/ss unsigned and because it was not prov? en by the bookkeeper who made it. The State contended that it was an official record coming from the proper authorities, as having come from the dispensary and from the of? ficials charged in the indictment. The State contended that the bill was prima face evidence and could be submitted as such. "Well let it go in," was Judge Wilson's brief decision as to whether the bill for the labels was admissible as evidence. The labels were also given the of? ficial "O. K." It was finally permitted to ge' through the legal firing lines tha' bid on tha labels was made h ^ State and Walker, Evans ar t well. Mr. Johnstone, in c' N>P' to some of tr ?idence, sug,. that no possible g^ >d could con.<; from counsel "sassing" each other. On cross-examination by Col. Nel? son, Mr. Christensen said he was paid $5 a day, while actually en? gaged. Mr. Christensen said while faywers were getting good tees he was simply getting hie expense. no more. He was asked why he was so positive the labels exhibited were those gotten at the dispensary, and at the dispensary hearing he "be? lieved" they were the same labels. The cross-examination continued up and down, merrily chasing who, when and where certain papers came into his possession. He was insistently asked if the stale and Walker, Evans and Cogs? well did not know he did not want the labels. He said he simply asked for bids. He never intended to buy labels, but he simply wanted com? parative prices. He offerod no in? ducements to the bidders, but simply wanted to know what it would cost to duplicate the order. Very likely the bidders he asked for figures knew why he was asking for prices. Mr. Johnstone brought out that there were pencil marks on the Nivl son-Weiskopf bill In Mr. Christen sen's handwriting. Mr. Lyon pro? tested against any Improper imputa? tions being made against the witness as the figures merely showed the footings of the number of labels. He made the notations while working on the famous investigating committee. He did not, of his own knowledge know whether Mr. Boy kin had seen the invoice in question. He went out and secured evidence and became a witness before the committee on the label matter. He asked for bids from the State and Walker, Evans and Cogswell, on the labels, because they were practical men and were in that line of busi? ness. *? T Pi SB S)' He and Mr. Lyon and Mr. Hay were on the sub-committee to investi? gate overcharges and prices. There was a prolonged legal de? bate as to using certain testimony ad? duced at the previous investigation regarding the identity of the labels. The court held that the question in the record could not be used, but that Mr. Christensen could give his testimony* by refreshing his memory. The pencil memorandum in no wise changed the original bill, but were footings. ? He figured, as shown by the pen? cil memoranda on the bill, that the twenty-one million labels would la? bel $6,350,000 worth of liquor. Merry legal tangle number forty seven, nore or less, as to whether it was rermi8sible evidence as to whether the witness could explain his pencil figures on the original invoice which were made to show how much liquor the labels would brand or market. Mr. Nelson, Mr. Johnstone. Mr. Welch, Mr. Timmerman, Mr. Raysor, all took a turn at the kick against Mr. Christsnssil going Into the pur? pose of the pencil notations on the original bill and that the figures are not a part of the invoice, and then an hour op more was .spent arguing on the competency of the prosecu? tion offering the evidence of Mr. Christensen, In It! entirety, as of? fered before the Investigating com? mittee. Col, B. L. Abney, of counssl for the State, took a turn in the Isgal gymnastics today on the question of admitting Mr. Chrlstensen's original testimony on the labels In Its en? tirety. The court decided that the ques? tion asked by Mr. Stevenson was ad? missible and It was SO Admitted. Mr. Stevenson Anally read Mr. <'lit iwirnsen's entire evidence as to the Identification of ths labels, whsn the samples wer,' taken years ago it ths starting or the Investigation* Mr. Lyon resented the sugguestlon iof Mr. Nelson thai Mr. Christsnssn was a "professional Investigator and thai he had stirred up this Asylum matter.' Mr. Christ onsen said be LUMBER WEN INDICTED. GOVERNMENT ALLEGES CON? SPIRACY AND UNDUE RE? STRAINT. Department of Justice Makes Fourth Move in Campaign Against Asso? ciation- of Lumbermen. Denver, Col., Sept. 27.?Charges that th' vista a spy system, black liste a of territory and other aj a' ^ ?egal methods conducted .1 a central agency in Chicago, d the Lumber Secretaries' Bureau w A Information, are made in an anti? trust suit flkd in the United States court here today by the department of justice. This is the government's fourth move in a nation-wide fight against the lumber "trust" in addition to the criminal indictments already stand? ing against the secretaries of 14 lumbermen's associations. The secretaries' bureau and the Colorado and Wyoming Lumber Deal? ers' association are defendants in the action filed today. The government asks the court to enjoin the bureau from continuing espionage upon lum? bermen by paid spies and circulating "black lists" and other "confidential information." It asks that the Col? orado and Wyoming association be enjoined from contributing to the aid of the bureau. LECTURES TO COUNTY FARMERS Col. J. B. O'Neal Holloway to Lee turo in Sumter County Next Week. The farmers of Sumter county will be given a treat next week when they have the opportunity and privi? lege of listening to at least one of a series of lectures to be delivered by CoL J. B. O'Neal Holloway, of New berry. State organizer for the Farm? ers' Union. Col. Holloway is a fine apeaker and it will do good to the farmers who come out to Tiear him. He will at each lecture and meeting try to show how it pays th# farmers to stick together and how much more they can accomplish by organizing themselves into a combination which can work and act together. All those interested in the organization of farmers are requested to attend tha lectures and those who care to come are assured of a good talk. The dates and places at which Col. Holloway will meet and address the farmers of the county are as fol? lows: Monday, October 2, 7:30 p. m. Jordoh Union at Mr. J. M. Kolb's res? idence, near the Mellette school house. * Tuesday, October 3, 7.30 p. m., Providence school house, near Tin dal. Wednesday, October 4. 7.30 p. m., Graham's school house, Brogdon neighborhood. Thursday, October 5, 11 a. m., Daisell school houte. Friday, October 6, Col Holloway will address the county meeting of the Farmers' Union at the court t house, Sumter. H. W. BEALL. Countv Organizer and Lecturer. Xearlly every stranger that strikes Manning who does n'H have the ap? pearance of a drummer or a preach? er is spotted as a prospector for the Seaboard Railroad, which the people are daily praying lor. There are some few on the wfUch-out for the road with the hope they will have the chance to pray.?Manning Times. Had done his duty, that he had done 'so at personal sacrifice and never had received a cent more than his expenses, often not that. Mr. W. H. Cogswell, of the Walker, Bvans and Cogswell Company, was presented as a witness. He had pre? viously testified that their firm would supply the twenty-one million labels w.uild 1'.. |0,lt?. The bill from Nlvi son-Weiskop( was $:ifi,S00?a differ? ence ot over |26,00. Judge Wilson held thai it was competent for the witness t.t testify for what he would supply the labels. He testified that there wsa no tfreat fluctuation in prices, lie was wil? ling to exactly duplicate the Xivlson Weiskopf order for 10,181 and there was a profit of $2.000 |gj 1t fer his firm. Objection was made to the question because the hid was not brought to the attention of the de? fendants si the time of the pur . base, but months after when the in? vestigation start* d. Mr. CogSWell was not started on his cross-examination before the ?ourt adjourned for the day. after ? day of hard legal fl::htinc.