The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 18, 1911, Image 1
Stie 'tOutdjmaw and
outi ron.
fK*: W MTKIt WATCHMAN.
April, ISM.
'Be Just end Fear not?Let ?11 the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Jone, 1SW
Vol. XXXIII. NO. 24.
IMRtll bATS HDLU CUM UN.
PR*:SM)KN r RUtRKTT i.IYKS Ol T
n immnr.
National I Dion President Lauds Oom.
mt**k>ner \V?N>h for Werk In Till*
fckatr.
Columbia. Nov. IS.?"See the en?
closed clipping. I, am right in be?
hind you with ihm work. More than
Z.tSs paper* carry these communica?
tions was the statement contained in
a letter received at the State depart?
ment of agriculture by E. J. Wataon.
^ the com mission or.
The following statement accom?
panied the Isttsr:
"President rj.es, H. Barrett of tho
National Farmers' Unton. In an .??1
dress to union members, today says
hold cotton. lie urges farmers to
(rtfarm as If cotton were not in exist?
ence. He says at this critical stago In
the cotton situation, with the Farm?
ers' Union snd scores of business
leaders and general Southern faccors
- batthnjr to stem ths tlds of unfair
prices, the first duty of the farmer is
* to hold his cotton. Those who sell at
present prices sre simply giving away
a margin of several million dollars to
spinners snd speculators Quotations
after the first of the year will estab?
lish ths truth of that assertion. The
most difficult part of the campaign 1.?
now upon us. To wavsr Is to loSe the
of ths splendid work already i
accomplished.
"In South Carolina, under the lead,
srshlp of E. J. Watson, president of
taa Southern Cotton congress, they
are Instituting a system of plsdgea
p watch binds ths planter to hold his
present cotton for II cents; snd fur-,
ther, not to sow more than to per
cent of ths arable acreage In cotton
for the coming season. The plan Is
an excellent one. Statistics and our
own common sense tell us that the
S^ crop now In hand is worth more than 1
Is bsing offered for it But if clvllisa 1
Uon needs the sharp session of a short
crop to emphasise ths wisdom of fair
dealing with the farmer, then so bs
ie siouth Is In better position to'
'fW*l?Vsolfctefty independent than any!
y other section of the country. Just ss~ '
sums, for ths sake of Illustration, that'
soil conditions were such that we
could not produce cotton. We would
i
then proceed to real la* upon the
South s heaven-sent heritage by pro?
ducing the great staple crops raised
f in svery other section of America, the
crops they rely upon to sustain life.'
to bring In revenue, to promote pros?
perity.
"Think what Southern sol; can
ylsld: Corn. what, oats, barley, rye.
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes tur
I alps, peas, vetch, burr clover, alfalfa,
ribbon cane, sorghum, watermelons,
ill kinds of vegetables, cows, hog,, I
;iheep, goats, mules, poultry and poul.
try products dairy products and all'
manner of fruits.
"We could simply wipe cotton out
>f consideration, still maks a ll/lrsr
and bring In enormous sum* from
the world st large for Southern crop*.
"In the face of these tremendous
assets. It is nothing less than crim?
inal folly to concentrate on cotton
Cut down on It ruthlessly!! Make it
f strictly a surplus crop. Produce any
or all of ths other crops I have enu- '
mere ted. Then ths perennial cot - '
ton problem will cease to he one. the
cotton we do raise will bring a fair
price, and It will not hs Incumbored |
by the large amount t how Insanely
sent outside of ths section 1st staples
thst should be raised here."
MR. JAMFN MtVIV WILSON DK.\I)
Prominent Farmer of Mayevvllle Sec?
tion I of ,1 Thursday Morolng.
Mayesvllle. Nov. 16.?Mr. Jam***
ICrvin Wilson, a prominent farmer
and substantial < ttlsen living about
thres miles below this place, die.!
this morning after an iMness of a h.. u t
two months. The fum-ral Bervtesi
i?lll bs held Saturday morning it
ths Presbyterian church at this piers
of which the .leressed was a ru?
bel.
Mr. Wilson wan | natl\e of tins
section and hml i h.ir ill ?.f h...
life. He w#s fifty-eight years old
snd had many friends and relative*
throughout the conn'- Me leaves a
Wife snd f.Mir SP ns Mini two daugh?
ters Th? whole 'ornmutilty grieves
st Mr. Wilson's death and his loss to
the community will be ions fell
here.
Mnrrlsgc I b . n-?- Record.
A marriage license was4 Issued
Wedneedsv to r harlcs W.
Yoaaa* of Re ^ r ind ?Ire Margaret
M. Char : r of t ut.,ur.
city cocncil BMFUWUI FIRE
HEPARTMBUT COMMITTEE
to PURCHASE TWO HOSE
WAGONS AND OTHER
NECESSARY FIRE
APPARATUS.
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lengthy Session and Much Discus?
sion before I)<h lslon Is Arrived at
"?Mayor Cast* Deciding Vote In
Favor of the Horse Drawn Appa.
re tu* ? Committee Recommend*
Purchase of I* France Auto Pum;>.
er.
The "City Fathers" Tuesday night
decided upon the purchase of two
new hose wagons and three new
horses and other needed apparatus
for the Are department after a
lengthy discussion which was Joined
In by Aldermen Glenn. MeKelver,
Mel^nurln, Cuttlno and the Mayor.
The motion was made by Mr. Wright.
The action of Council In ordering
thn purchase of ;he horse drawn ap?
paratus was In effect a reconsideration
of the resolution to purchase a com?
bination auto pumper and hose wag?
on which wan passed at the last
meeting of Council when the purchase
of fire apparatus was up for discus?
sion and camo after the fire depart?
ment committee had made their re?
port recommending that the La
France machine be purchased.
Tne decision of Council was not
reached in a few minutes, for It was
well on towards midnight when coun?
cil adjourned and the greater part of
the evening was spent In the dis?
cussion of what fire apparatus it was
best to purchase for the city. Mr. Me?
Kelver told of his trip to Norfolk
where he had seen both the Webb
and the I .a France machines tried
out and had decided that the Im.
France machine was the better of
the two. He had later been to the
U France factory at Elmlra, New
York, and there seen the machine
put together and tested and he had
been impressed with Its practicability
as a fire fighting apparatus.
The discussion commenced when
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Mr. G!enn for the fire department
committee made his report. At this
time Council went Intc executive ses?
sion of the representatives of the var?
ious companies which were trying to
sell auto apparatus to ?ho. city were j
asked to retire. Mr. MeKelver loid of
his trip and the tests which had been
made of the two machines. His
report was similar to that which he
had already made to the fire de?
partment committee and was strong?
ly !n favor of the 1m France machine.
The pressure from this machine was
greater at all times than that from
the standplpe here and was more than
that obtained from the Webb ma?
chine.
At the close of Mr. McKelver's re?
marks Mr. Mcljaurln stated that be?
thought that Mr. McKuivor was due
the thanks of Council for the way In
which he had conducted his lnvsstl
gations and he had no doubt hut
that all of the members of Council
were Impressed with Mr. MeKelver'^
report. However, he thought lhat
Council ought to go slow In the ex?
penditure of so. much of the city's
money, especially as this was not
anything like the building of streets,
whleh would be here years from now
to show for themselves how the mon?
ey had bee pent. He thought that
It would be a bad day for Sumter
wh*?n the pumper whs purchased as
It might give out at any time and the
city would then be wholly without
lire apparatus. He made a very
impresfdve talk along thlj llr.e and
stated that he had beeg to the fire?
men, or at least one of them, and
asked what the firemen wanted. This
fireman had told him that the fire?
men Waffe In favor of horse drawn
apparatus. II - then produced state?
ments from the chief of the fire de?
partment where i comparison w;is
made, shotting that the horse drawn
ipparatus would cost something like
$2.?>no or more less than the auto
apparattm and eoubl in the opinion
of th.> chief be run for less.
Mr. MeKelver stated that \\>>
thought thai Ihei ? ought t?? ?>?> a
reorganisation <>f i?te tre depart tuen .
The department *?s now managed
by the ?>id Monagunn oompany and
nelfh r the fire department commit?
tee nor the 'ire ggdsf wer.? actually
In charge of It. II? gav.? out a state?
ment as to wh-? vrege mssnnari of the
fir.' department, showing that there
wer.- several of thent who iini not
to fires and were not Interested In
the workings of tbo department. He
also made a statement as to who
went |0 fires and worked at them,
several of whom \\ >w n<>t members of
the fire department. R? thought that
a reorganization of the department
was In ord*?r and that a man ought
to be stationed at the department
headquarters, who had charge of
everything connected with the de?
partment
Mr. Cuttlno thought that there
was need for the tire apparatus
right now and as It would be three
months before a pumper could get
here he did not think it a good thing
to get it at this time, while It was
necessary to put the steamer In ser- j
vice right away and he thought that j
the heater which was needed now
ought to be purchased right away.
He then moved that Council defer
action In securing other apparatus
until next meeting. He said that he
was still opposed to the purchase of a
pumper.
Mr. Glenn and others were opposed
to Mr. Cuttlno's motion. Action of
Council was wanted at once as Coun?
cil had already delayed action too
long. The apparatus was not kept in
proper readiness for fires at the de?
partment house now %nd Ito agreed
that a reorganization of the depart?
ment was wanted and stated that a
foreman ought to be placed in charge
of the building and apparatus.
Mr. McKeiver moved that the re?
port of the committee he adopted,
and that the La France machine he
purchased with 0 five year guarantee j
hond on It. This he thought ought to
satisfy Council concerning the prac?
ticability of the machine and its
durability.
Mr. Glenn was opposed to the pur?
chase of a machine without first go
! ing Into the specifications of the iv/o
machines furnished by the com?
panies when they submitted their bids
tb the city.
Mr. Jennings stated that he was
still of the same opinion concerning
the pumper as he was when the
matter was up at a former meeting
I of Council, but tha* hen the discus?
sion was as to the choice between the
pumper and the auto Tuck. He con?
sidered this the weightiest matter
that had come up for consideration
during his administration and he
wi nted to see it decided properly.
H? hat' given the matter much
thought since the former meeting of
Council when the matter was dis?
cussed and he had come to the con?
clusion that at the present time the
horse drawn apparatus was what the
city ought to buy. He thought, that
the pumper was a good thing and all
that, but on account of the present
financial condition of the city, the
fact that Sumter was n-H such a large
town that the horse diawn ap?
paratus could not run to flres In the
limits, and because Sumter could not
at present afford to keep a paid tire
department, the hose wagons and
horses were what this council ought
to buy. He bad had trouble with
automobile tires himself and he knew
what an expense it was to keep ther
I In repair and he did not think that
at this time it would in the end be a
saving to buy the pumper. He had
talked with the chief of the fire de?
partment about the matter and
thought It over fully before arriving
at this conclusion.
Mr.- Wright then made a motion to
purchase the wagons and horses. Mr.
McKeiver thought that the former
resolution of Council ought to be re?
scinded before Mr. Wright's motion
was in order. Mr. Glenn here again
suited the need of a hired foreman
for the fire department house and his
statments were endorsed by Messrs.
Mcl^aurln, Cuttlno and Booth. Mr.
McLaurin especially spoke in favor
Of placing a well paid foreman In
charge of the department building.
Mr. Wilder seconded Mr. McKeivei's
motion to adopt the report and rec?
ommendation of the fire department
committee. This motion when put
to a vote was defeated by ? vote ?f
three for and four against it. Mr.
Rhema not voting.
Here a question of parliamentary
law came up for the Mayor to de?
cide. Mr. McKeiver stated that he
thought that the former action af
Council In deciding upon the pur?
chase of an auto pumper should be
reconsidered before ? motion could
be In order for the purchase of oth?
er tire apparatus This motion for i
reconsideration must come from the
affirmative aide of the question and
no one on that side was willing to
put the motion f??r a vote, The May?
or ruled that this was true, but he
thought that n motion COUld be made
to huy the horse drawn apparatus
without reference to the furnier reso?
lution Of Council.
It was upon this decision that Mr.
Wright sgsJn put his motion that the
lire department rjomtti ttee be em?
powered to purchase horse dawn
apparatus as In their opinion was n .?<?
sssary and that they further be em?
powered to purchase the heater which
was needed In putting the steamer
Into service and that ? reorganisa?
tion of the tire department be brought
BEATTIE TO DIE.
GOV. MANN REFUSES TO PRIS?
ONER CLEMENCY OR RE?
SPITE.
Will be Electrocuted In Stute Peni?
tentiary November 24?Executive
Has No Doubt of Prisoner's Guilt.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.?With the
frank and emphatic statement that
he believed in the prisoner's guilt,
Gov. Mann today declined to grant
a respite to Henry Clay Beattle, Jr.,
convicted in Chesterfield county,
September 8, of wife murder. The
refusal of the governor to interfere
with th sentene which the supreme
court declared on Monday to be
plainly right, means that Beattie will
die in the electric chair at the State
penitentiary on Friday, November 24.
Being aware that a final decision
would be reached in hia case toda>.
Beattle, in the death cell, waited ex?
pectantly for some word from the
governor's office. His gray-haired
father, utterly broken in spirit and
strength, who notified him on Monday
that an appeal had been denied, was
spared the ordeal of conveying a sec?
ond message that all hope was lost.
The Rev. Benjamin Dennis, an Epis?
copal minister, who had interceded
In the young man's behalf,"1 went
quickly and quietly to the prison to
Inform him that every possible effort
to save him had failed.
Beattie heard the announcement In
silence, though he was visibly af?
fected. Later In the afternoon his
father, brother and young sister
called to see him.
Unlike the Supreme Court, which
filed no written opinion in refusing a
writ of error, Gov. Mann gave out a
statement, in which he said that
Beattle's appeal was made with "the
purpose if possible of avoiding the
consequences of a crime of which he
knows he is guilty."
The governor also stated that the
so-cplled affidavit of Paul Beattie
was not worthy of consideration as
evidence.
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SAVANNAH RECEIVES 1,000,359
I BALES.
\ Tills Breaks All Records at That Port
?G rowel's Holding tor Bet?
ter Prices.
Savannah, Ga? Nov. 14.?Exactly
I one month and a day earlier than
any previous time In the history of
this port, Savannah has overtopped
J the billion hale cotton mark with
329 bales to spare. This establish?
es another record for the season.
The actual receipts are 1,000,329
bales.
I The earliest date on which the
million mark was reached before was
Swell into December, the mark having
been reached In 1905 on December
10, with recejit years ranging from
December 14 to 28. The largest total
receipts established for any one sea?
son was In 1904, when the entire sea?
son reached 1,881,000 bales.
Factors have been Instructed by
the growers to hold their cotton un?
til prices are more satisfactory.
about as soon as could be convenient?
ly arranged for. This motion was
voted on and resulted in a tie, Alder?
men Wright, Booth. Cuttlno and Mc
I aurin being for it and McKelver.
Glenn, lihame and Wilder being op?
posed to It. The Mayor broke the
tie in favor of the purchase of the
horse drawn apparatus.
Mr. Glenn here rose to a question
of personal privilege. He stated that
he was glad that Council had at last
ordered the purchase of Something
for the fire department. He had
been laughed at ever since he had
been on Council by other members,
whenever he suggested the purchase
of apparatus for the lire department,
and now nt last he had got something
that he had n?>t asked for. The May?
or stated that it was due to Mr.
Olenn'l insistence that something be
done in the way of securing appa
ratui for the fire depsrtmenl that the
presenl step had been taken. Both
Mr. McLaurln and Mr. Booth en
dbrsed this statement, one of whom
remarked thai Mr. Glenn had wen a
victory alter ail. for he had got
?omethlng for the department! Mr.
Glenn retorted that it was a very dear
victory at that.
Mr. Wilder stated that a man S IS
needed to run the steamer and he
thought that it would be a good thing
to get stnh a man who should be
foreman at the depsrtmenl headquar
ters and in charge of the place. He
also asked that Council and others
not .bulge whal the fire dei artmonl
WS! going to do In the future when
it had apparatus by what they had
done In the past when the department
did not have apparatus.
YUAN RULES CHINA.
ACCEPTS PREMIERSHIP OF THE
EMPRIK.
"Strong Man" Announces Thut Ho
Will Do His Rest to Win Rack
Erring Provinces.
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Peking, Nov. 16.-r-l:35 a. m.?
Yuan Shi Kai has accepted the pre?
miership and will resume office prob?
ably today (Thursday). Yesterday's
"official gazette" ontatned an ex- 1
pression of thanks from Yuan to the
throne for his appointment, but the
truth is that he did not undert?'
the task without receiving guarantee
that he would have practically a free
I
hand in conducting affairs while he
retained the official position.
The new premier yesterday re- |
ceived several ministers, including
the United States minister to China,
William J. Calhoun, who only re?
cently returned here. In conversa?
tion with a foreigner, Yuan Shi Kai
said he intended to form a cabinet
immediately and endeavor to carry
on the government by gaining the
support of as man/ provinces as
possible, allowing the remainder to
retain their independence for the
time being. It would be his en?
deavor also gradually to win back
their allegiance to the throne.
Another Important development in 1
the capital was the Issuance of an J
edict yesterday ordering Hsl Liang, I
formerly viceroy of Manchuria, to as?
sume command In Jehol. where the
summor residence of the emperor is
situated, In place of Pu Ting, the
Tartar general. This appointment
bad led to belief in certain quarters
that the court may retire to Jehol,
leaving Yuan Shi Kal a3 chief execu?
tive until the opportunity arrives for
the court to reassume a measure of
athority.
San Pao Chi, viceroy of Shantung,
has been elected president of the
republic which has heen proclaimed
in that province. His acceptance to
this office is in accordance with the
government's advices. Several other
viceroys have gone with the people
in hope of influencing the provinces
later to renew their allegiance. The
provincial assembly of Chi LI has
adopted a memorial to the throne in
favor of the establishment of a re?
public with Yuan Shi Kai as presi?
dent.
Wu Ting Fang, secretary of foreign
affairs in the provincial government
of Shanghai, and other noted i ^form?
ers have sent a telegram to the Arier
lean charge here asking the go..d of?
fices of the United States in connec?
tion with the delivery of a demand
for abdication.
This telegram is signed by Wu Ting
Fang, Tang Wen Chili of Klang-Su,
former vice president of the board of
commerce; Chang Chi En. former ad?
visor to the board of commerce, and
Wen Tsung Yao, former assistant im?
perial resident at Lhassa and now as?
sistant foreign secretary.
The legation made no acknowledg?
ment of the receipt of the telegram
and did not deliver It to the regent,
but unofficially permitted Yuan Shi
Kai to peruse it.
Adlvces from Lanchau say a tele?
gram has been received from the
rebel leader, Gen. L. Yun Heng, in
response to a message from Gen.
Chang Shao Tsin, commander of the
Lanchau trooi>s, requesting a cessa?
tion of hostilities and outlining pro?
posals for a monarchist constitution.
Gen. Li says that the terrible condi?
tions prevailing are due to the cor?
rupt government which there is no
hope of reforming. He asks what
guarantee is there that the promisee
of the government will be fulfilled
and adds:
"The overthrow of the governihenl
is the only conclusion."
America to Send Troops.
Washington. Nov. 16.?The State
department has practically decided to
send a regiment of troops from Ma?
nila to Chlng Wing TSO, a seaport In
china about 260 miles from Peking,
on Hie Quit of Pechtlt. The purpose
is to perform an international duty
under the Boxer treaty in keeping
open the line of communication be?
tween Peking and ihe sea.
It was said at the State department
thai request for the troops bad ret
yet been made on the WSI d part
menti but was momentarily expected.
The officials wore careful to make it
appear that the dispatch of th< SC
troops to China would be absolutely
Without any political meaning, and
the movement was not to be con?
strued as Intervention.
John T. Duncan, of Columbia, has
announced his candidacy for Qov r
nor.
PRISON THE ONLY CURE
UONGHEssM AVS l .11 I AIMED AT
"TRUST CRIMINALS."
Make Violation of Anti-Trust I^aw a
Felony, Carrying Penitentiary Sen?
tence; Eliminate "Rule of Rea?
son" and Unmistakably Define
what Constitute Trust, Contem?
plated in M' ? Democrats Ea
|>ect to P m House, Amending
Present ,tun Act.
Was* ^ a, Nov. 15.?"Felon's
s* ^ as punishment for "trust
x>? nals" in the United States, to
j "commercial piracy under bene?
volent 'rules of reason, " are pro?
posed in a bill amending the Sher?
man anti-trust law, drafted by Rep?
resentative Heniv, of Texas, to be in?
troduced in the House upon the open?
ing of Congress, next month. Its
introduction probably will mean its
passage in the House.
The bill speciticially defines just
what constitutes a trust, legislates
from the present statute the "rule
of reason," as interpreted by the Su?
preme Court in the Standard Oil
and Tobacco cases, and provides as
punishment for violation of the law
imprisonment from two to ten years.
It will be referred to the judiciary
committee for deliberation.
Representative Henry, who has been
conferring with Representative Cay
ton, of Alabama, chairman of the
judiciary committee, and other Dem?
ocratic leaders, completed the draft
of the proposed changes In the much
discussed statute today. In explain?
ing his bill, Representative Henry
declared that actual imprisonment of
great industrial offenders was essen?
tial to a cure for the trust evil, and
that a law to be rigid must of ne?
cessity define a trust to leave no
I room for controversy.
"My Mil" said Mr. Henry, "nulli?
fies the alterations written Into the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act by the un?
warranted and purey legislative de
1 cislon of the Supreme Court in the
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust cases
of last spring.
'"that Is, the bill'legislates the^suP)
of reason' out of the law .and It de?
fines specifically what a trust Is so
that there can be no room for con?
troversy. It makes the violation of
I this law a felony, with Imprisonment
[for not less than two years nor more
than ten years.
"Fines and dissolutions seem to he
Chlld't play for the trust magnates.
Felon's stripes, where the violation
is knowingly or wilfully dorn, will
prove a potential remedy for these
flagrant acts of commercial outlaws.
The Chinese anti-trust law provid?
ed:
" 'Those who Interrupt commerce
are to be beheaded.' To l*>head such
offenders in our country would he
entirely too extreme, but to compro?
mise witfi a penitentiary sentence and
a felon's stripes as a punishment is
mild, and should he administered to
1 trust criminals in the United States.
"My bill justly exempts 'members
Of organizations or associations not
ifor profit and without capital st ick,
anc also agricultural products or
I live stock in the hands of the pro?
ducer or raiser.' The first exemption
j as to labor, was intended In the orig?
inal legislation and the Second, as to
agricultural products and live stock,
is found in some State laws. These
exemption! are right and should be
made."
I The proposed bill amen Is the
three sections of the Sherman Act,
leaving, as they are. Sectio WS to 8,
inclusive, and adding two nw sec?
tions.
A POLITICAL ROW.
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Mayor Rhctt and Alderman Phiekney
Locked Horns in On?ell Meeting.
Charleston. Nov. 14.?City council
Witnessed another sensational dis?
cussion tonight for the third suc?
cessive meeting between Mayor
Rhett and Abb i man Pinekney, in?
volving the Submission of ? report of
Expert Engineer Herring on s muni?
cipal water plant, ih i alderman con?
tending that it was not a report since
it was not eomplet I ihd the adminis?
tration endeavoring to force its pen*
v. ntattoo on the theory that Alder?
man Pinekney was delaying it for DO*
lltiC&l reasons, he being ? member of
the now Grace administration, which
defeated the present admtnlstT tion
alderman last week.
Alderman Pinekney refused, eVSM
after passage of the resolution, to pre?
sent it. The motion to discharge the
comi 'ttee was rejected. FlnaPy
II r Rhett's copy, obtained over
t" ad of the committee directly
rr> ng, wss ordered to be
I ttinted