The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 22, 1911, Image 1
atchtium and
nUE STMTFll WATCHMAif
April, IBM.
'Be Joe? ?ad Fear not-~Let all the emds Thon Almut at be thy Country's, Thy God's aad Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jojoa ,
Consolidated An*. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1911.
Vol. XXXIII. No. 25.
TO ARttUK CARHSLK QAfiE.
tiovrnxHr HI. u ^ to Appear at Rich
n>. n.l for Vi * (I Banker of New.
berry.
Newberry. Nov. 18.?Oov. Bleane
and Mr. Fred fct Domlnlck will leaw
Columbia od Sunday afternoon for
Richmond to attend the ssslon of the
United Stat'a a.urt of appeals next
week, for the hearing of the appeal
In the cane against M. A. Carlisle,
former president of the National
Bank of Newi.erry, convicted In the
United States court in this State of
violation of the national banking lews
aad sentenced to serve five years in
the federal prison in Atlanta,
The firm of Rlease and Domlnk-k
represented Carlisle In the trial court,
?before Mr. Hleaes' election as gov?
ernor.
R, P. D. MEN TO MEET.
Thank**!vine; l>ay Appointed at Tin',
for Holding Session.
The H. F. TX men of Sumter, Leo
and Clarendon counties are expect?
ing; to meet on Thanksgiving day in
the court house for a session n'
which mattters of Interest to the
R. F. D. men will he discussed.
A meeting was called for the Fourth
of July, but owing to bad weather,
there was only a small attendance
and the meeting was postponed un?
til Thanksgiving Day. At thla time
the session will be called to order In
the court house at noon with Mr. W.
T. L. Marshall.' president of the
Sumt??r County R. F. D. association
presiding.
AM ALL FIRE SATURDAY.
Mose Wagons Called to Building Sup?
ply Company Plant.
||| Alarm of fire was sent In from
-At Saturday afternoon about 1
B Aast the hose wagons respond- i
to the Are. However, by
they had arrived at the
Jp4 already been ex
ampfejfteae at *He
rjr wno' did some rapid work
when they saw the fire start
The fire burned a lttle ahed over |
the engine snd boiler, but did not1
do much damage an?1 was extinguish?
ed before It could reach other build?
ings. By some mischance the fire alarm
rang 31 when the alarm came from
box 36 and many of the firemen
went to the romer ai Bartlette and
Council Instead of the place whrre
the fire was.
Fl UK AT OLA NT V
of C. H. Hill Hunted?Origin
Unknown.
A no-aeage from Olanta received
yesterday after the Times had gone
to press, brought the news . of the
burning of one of Olanta's auccesaful
m?rvhandH??? establishments belong?
ing to C. H. Hill. The store with all
of its contents was destroyed on
Wednesday night. The origin of the
Are Is as yet unknown. The stock of {
merchandise was value*, at $8,00),
with only $4.000 Insurance.?Florence
Times.
KIRF Mi>V|>\Y AFTERNOON.
Small Damage Bone by Fire Smarting
From l>efretl*o Floe.
Small damage was done to 308 W.
Oakland avaenue by fire which orig?
inated In the celling of the building
from a defective flu?. The fire was
quickly extinguished by the hoao
wagons only one stream of water be?
ing turned on and this for only a
few minutes, the fire not having
time to spread. Some damage was
done by tearing off the Si Ingles to
gat at the fire.
The house has been unoccupied
for some time snd s family were
moving into It today, a fire having
been mad* up to try the house out.
The fire wagons ?? first stsrted lo
Cslhoun snd Wsshington streets,
hut later found that the number wie
14, the cornrr of Washington and
Bartlette. For some reason the fire
alarm did not ring, ?ithei t?>eause It
aas out of order or for some other
unexplalnsble reason
Hanted Odor with Lighted tftitcli;
Dead
Vivian. 1d\m Nov. 18.?While hold?
ing I- lighted mstch and hunting for
a queer ordor In th*? attlr of the
houeo of a relative. Vfrs F.llon Rives
Uned Injuries from an explosion
of gas yeaterdav whjrh resulted In
her death a few hours later. Hef
huahsnd. F. V. Rlv#?s. la Suffering
from severe burns. Th*? dwHIln* wns
MEAT PACKERS DENIED WRIT.
HABUAS CORPUS 1SSIE GOES TO
SUPREME COURT.
Federal Circuit Judge, while Ren?
dering Decision Adverse to De?
fence, Grants Time lu Order tlutt
Appeal May Go to Higher Tribunal.
Chicago. Nov. 18.?Counsel for the
Chicago packers, indicted under the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, succeeded
late today in getting a delay until
next Wednesday in the criminal trial
which was scheduled to begin Mon?
day in the United States District
court.
The delay was granted by Judge C.
C. Kohlaaat, in the United States
Circuit Court, where earlier in the
day the defendants had been def-a -
ed in efforts to make effective a writ
of habeas corpus An appeal to the
United Stntes Suprome Court was al?
lowed by Judge KohPaat in his de?
cision.
After deciding :o quash the writ
of habeas corpun and ordering the
defendanta remanded to their sure?
ties, Judge Kohlsoat agreed to de?
lay formal entry of his decision and
keep the order until Wednesday
morning. This, it Is assorted, will
postpone the opening of the crim?
inal trial of the packers long
enough to permit the Indicted men
to get their appeal to the Unltod
States Supreme Court before they
automatically accept Jurisdiction in
the District Court by appearing at
the trial there.
PACKERS FACE TRIAL.
Government Attorneys Relievo They
Have Them Now Wliere They Must
Face Trial.
Chicago, Nov. 19.?Aft^r the refusal
yester Jay by Judge C. C. Kohlaaat lo
take Jurisdiction in habeas corpus
proceedings on behalf of the indicted
meat packers, today, the first of the
three days allowed them by Judge
Kohlsaat before the v must appear for
trial before Judge Carpenter in Ute
Vnltod States fllstrict*fcutt was Y^e'it
by the packers and their councel in a
prolonged secret conference. The
government attorneys* attitude today
was one of gratification o/cr the
progress of events in the trial battle.
They believe they now have the pack?
ers where they must face trial, With
no more opportunity to obtain de?
lay on the Jurisdlctional or other
pleas.
The move of the packers today
was asserted to be the sending of
emissaries to Washington to file an
application for a stay of habeas cor?
pus writ before the United States
supreme court and simultaneous dis?
patch of one of the counsel to Can?
ton, O., to see Associate Justice Day
of the United States supreme court,
who Is there at the bedside of a
relative who is ill.
[ Proceeding on th;? assumption that
the packers' trial will begin in the
United States d'strir. court Wednes?
day, Judge Carpenter has ordered a
special panel of Jurymen to appear
tomorrow for preliminary examina?
tion. All those who have legal ex?
emptions will be excused In order to
weed out the panel and expedite the
trial.
Coupled with a report that the
packers Intended asking the highest
tribunal for relief on an entirely
new petition was a rumor that a
State court would be petitioned for a
writ of habeas corpus. District At?
torney Wllkerson met this with a
statement that if a State court at?
tempted to Intorfere he would call
for federal troops If necessary to en?
force the district court's orders.
The declaration before Judge Kohl
saat by Attorney Mayer of counsel
for the packers "that there was an
agreement In chambers of the dis?
trict court that the case should not
go to trial" was denied by Mr. Wllk?
erson today. "Any such statement la
an unqualified falsehood," Mr. Wllk?
erson said.
AUTO GETS VKTIM.
Columbia, Nov. 20.?Jny M N'ay.
tbe ('nee drPer. was kill* 1 today on
the irrarnl prise course at S.t\ann?ih.
He lowered the South Carolina fair
ground* track record here on No?
vember 1 to fi I 1-5 s? Onda, Just after
his partner, the Alstrallan, Joe Ja
gersberger, now in a Columbia hos?
pital, had beer, badlv hurt In a try
out.
Jasrersberg^r. it Is believed will not
los?* the leg whl< h was crushed
I h n his car vent through | ftMf*
McN'ay. the man kll' 1 today, was
to havn fc I m m-irrie<i bist after the
timeti raeet \y ran tho sa?
vannah '?>>;< !'?? ^SJ^p tr< Miss
Daisy je* ili.swltgf Son into .
COilMITTKi: VISITS WASHINGTON
Unpublished Bistorf of sumier Coun?
ty's Good R<*?d Campaign and a
Vi? it to Director Pafeo of Good
Rouds Bureau.
The use of the split log drag, af
iff heavy rains, on sand-clay roads, l
so approved und used throughout the
country, except in Sumter County, j
was under discussion a few days ago
between several gentlemen who won?
dered why it was that this simple
? and almost inexpensive article can
j not be made to work in Sumter
! county.
j One of the gentlemen discussing
I the subject smiled, and remarked
t that a rather funny thing had oc?
curred in the office of the director of j
I the bureau of Good Roads, of the
I United States in "Washington, several
I years ago, when a committee repre
jSenting the Sumter Chamber of Com-j
I merce, and City C( uncil was in that
city to request an additional apnro
| priatlon for Sumter's federal building,
' to invite Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson to visit Sumter and to
I see the Inter-State Railway Commis
; sloners about certain irregularities
' or freight rate discriminations against
Sumter compressed cotton.
ThiB committee consisted of;
Messrs. R. I. Manning, J. A. Mood, j
j Marion Moise, G?v>. D. Shore. W. H.
* Seale, and E. I. Reardon. Major
I Seale was county supervisor al that
! time. Mr. Manning v . i president of
i the Chamber of Commerce. After
this committee had appeared, with
. Cr ngrefsman Trevor, before the House
jComm'.ttee on Public Buildings, had
extended the invitation to Secretary
Wils? n, p.iid their respects to Presi?
dent Roosevelt, and met Secretary
. of War, now President Taft, and
J told the railroad commissioners the
rate trouble, etc, the committee went
over to the good roads bureau to see
Director Page and to find out some?
thing about Improved road machinery,
and get other information as to road j
building.
Supervisor W. H. Seale was anx?
ious to find out what w-s the best'
?srssf-** ?pend five thousand doggfV
appropriated for road machinery in
Sumter County, by special enactment
secured by the Sumter delegation, j
Major Seale and Mr. Manning
j made speeches lauding the progres
i slveness of Sumter county in im
IproVIng Its highways. Malor ?eale
Bald that Sumter County wanted the
very best and latest models of road
building machinery regardless of j
cost, and thought Director Page or |
some of his numerous road experts
ought to be able to tell him a few
things aibout road machinery. He
said the Sumter county commission-1
ers had delegated him to represent the
county In the effort to secure an ex?
tra appropriation for the Sumter
postofflce, and incidentally to interview
Director Page about how to spend
that five thousand dollars for road
machinery.
Director Page listened with much
Interest to the splendid talks by
Messrs. Manning and Seale. When
they had concluded the good roads
director pressed an electric push
button In his desk. A very pretty
and buslness-llke-looklng young wo?
man came In from an adjoining of?
fice. Mr. Page requested her to
bring in a certain photograph. The
Sumter committee awaited her re?
turn, with much interest indeed. This
committee expected to see the pic?
ture of some large and complicated
iron and steel road making engine.
But when the young lady returned
with the photograph the * Sumter
committee were somewhat "Jarred"
to observe the picture of a rather
odd looking and crude contrivance.
Director Page then informed them
that the photograph represented the
"Split Log Drag," which the United
States government road experts
found to bo the very best thing to
keep sand-clay roads In shape, if
used as directed, and that these drags
cost only two dollars and fifty cents
each.
He explained Its use in detail, and
recommended the simple "split log
drag" as the thing to use for numer?
ous reasons. The Sumter committee
thanked him for his attention and
Information? When the committee
reached the street thero was some
lengthy laughing Indulged in. Even
MaJ. Scale had sufficiently recovered
to smile and notice that they were
right near the Washington monu?
ment.
After the strenuous and nerve
racking \\<>r1c of the committee
In making speeches before different
departments^ and visiting numerous
oolobretlea Congressmen Lever
thought that the over-stratnedi ner?
vous Systems of the committee re?
quired a nttio "relaxation" which Dr.
Mood Immediately prescribed for the
entire committee after consultation
with Dr. J. B. Bonstcel, of the bu?
reau of Plant Industry, of the depart?
ment of agriculture, who was with
and well known to the Sumter dele?
gation, having recently visited Sum?
ter, in connection with his bureau
Work in Sumter county.
First, in order to give Major Seale
opportunity to recover his equilib?
rium, the committee visited the
Washington monument. Then the
"relaxation" laboratories were visit?
ed, piloted by Congressman Lever.
Every time the "relaxation"
treatment was administered, things
began to look brighter, and Dr. Mood
would offer the following toast,
"Here's to Major Seale, and the split
log drag."
But, Just why the "split log drag"
has never been used in Sumter coun?
ty is an unsolved, or unexplained I
problem. Perhaps somebody at the
Chamber of Commerce oyster sup?
per, and business meeting, to be held
tomorrow night, will enlighten us
; bout this matter.
Auto Driver Heavily Fined.
Mr. W. W. Long, the automobile
driver who drove his car into the
rear of Mr. Swift S. Sligh's buggy,
killing the horse and injuring Mr.
Sligh, was fined $50 In Magistrate
James H. Fowle's court Saturday
morning, being convicted of reckless
driving. He paid the fine. Mr. R. L.
Mitchell, who was in the automobile
with Mr Long, was dismissed under
tho same charge.
I Mr Sleigh is a rural ..airier and
was on his way to the postofflce on
the morning of October 26. Both the
automobile and the buggy were go?
ing southward and the collision oc
| cur ed from the rear of the buggy,
I completely smashing the body.
I Mr. Sligh has about recovered,
j having returned to work two WOtsfl
I ago.?Columbia Record.
Jack Frost Visits Dark Corner.
Dark Corner, Nov. 17.?All'e cairn
I and serene in these coasts at this
1time. This week has been "tatsr
felgging" tfme? irr thhV VhSfntty. <Mos*
of the farmers were expecting frost
i to come and kill the vines before they
i
J dug their potatoes. The frost sure
I did come down with a rush last Mon
I day and set up the poor man's ice
plant, when summer forced winter
I to vacate its seat in summer's lap.
I She (winter) certainly got around in
i a hurry.
There is plenty of cotton In the
I fields in places. Some few farmers
are about done picking, unless the top
j crop opens, of which there is a good
'deal that made after the rains set in
! this fall. I have heard of some
farmers who say they are going to
thrash their cotton out and plough
it in the land. 1 understand there is
one man near Plnewood who is
ploughing In his oats in his cotton
land.
1 was informed by a colored man
'the other day that the negroes in
Clarendon had a society called the
"Good Society" in which they (the
negroes) pledge themselves not to
pick cotton for any white man. I
don't know if there is any truth in the
report.
Mr. Editor, where are all of your
pencil pushers? Are they like me,
unableto find time or news to write.
After the first of 1912 I expect to
step down and out so you and your
readers ^an say, farewell,
"Old H. T."
One of the defendants In that case
in Lincoln Center Kansas where a
number of young men were charged
with tarring and feathering a young
lady teacher has entered a plea of
guilty, hoping that he might get off
light by reason of his confession. He
was tho young man who was hired to
invite the unsuspecting young girl out
to an alleged dance so that the oth?
ers might have a chance to get hold
Of her outside the town nnd strip and
tar and feather an unsuspecting girl
who had confidence enough In him
to consent to accompany him to a
gathering of young people who were
seeking innocent amusement. How
much mercy do you think he is en?
titled to. His sentence If suspen?
ded. Don't you think that the court
ought to suspend him with it??Flor
ence Times.
This has been a quiet month so
far In the Magistrate's offic. Up to
the present time no criminal cases
have been tried and no money has
beet) paid in fines.
Taxes nr.-> stil coming in slowly.
However, up to the present time the
reedptfl are about $1.000 ahead of
l 4sj^flRsVBH'ejji?MjUjnc.
Mr. ~ 200 to the
St'.<^i'W(lilha*:V.
MUST LEAVE TEXAS.
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS GIV?
EN 18 HOURS 7Y> LEAVE.
Gov. Colqutt of Texas Acts After Re?
ceiving Word From Washington to
Go Ahead.
Austin, Nov. 19.?Ail revolutionists
in the vicinity of Laredo must leave
Texas within 48 hours, read the spe?
cific orders tonight of Gov. O. B. Col- '
quitt of Texas to adjutant Gen. Henry
Hutchison, who is at Laredo to cope
with the situation there.
Gov. Colqultt has received a tele?
gram from President Taft stating
that he instructed Secretary of War
Stimson to co-operate with the Te
as governor in every way to sto? vv
movement within this Statr .a i
telegram came in respom e t .ies- j
sage to the president from Go.. Col?
qultt in which he stated that he had j
information to effect that there were ?
500 revolutionists in the vicnlty of
Laredo planning to divide into two !
attacking parties and begin the new
Mexican revolution at Xueve Laredo.
The governor notified the president!
that he did not intend to have a
repetition of the incident at El Paso, \
where Texas citizens were killed by.
flying bullets from the Mexican bat- j
ties at Jaurez. He asked what was j
the president's pleasure, and to this
telegram the president replied that \
the secretary of war is to co-operaie
with the Texas governor. A special
agent of the Mexican government j
is, to confer with the governor tomor- j
row. I
CAVALRY TROOP ON BORDER. I
I - i
. Gen. Bernardo Reyes to Make Anoth?
er Bond Today. !
!
San Anotnio, Texas, Nov. 19.?Be- ,
cause of the activity of alleged revo- .
lutlonlsts along the Texas-Mexican |
border, especially in the vicinity of
Laredo, Troop I, Third United States
cavalry, under Capt. G. B. Conley, |
has been ordered to that point for
patrol duty. The troop is now '
I^ou .-.auripflw.--,-?
Gen. Bernardo Reyes, arrested yes?
terday upon a federal grand jury iit
! dictment charging conspiracy against
a friendly nation, will tomorrow ap
! pear before United States Commis?
sioner Edwards and make another
! bond for his appearane at the next
; term of federal court.
j The general maintains his innocence
\ of the charge and expresses confidence
in the outcome. His son, Rudolfo
Reyes, left tonight for Laredo to look
after his fater's interest there.
Insurance Raters in Town.
Messrs. Roberts and Garrett, of
i
Atlanta, were in the city last week
re-rating the dwelling houses in the
city on behalf of the Southeastern
Underwriters Association with head?
quarters in Atlanta. The dwellings
In the city were rated several months
ago, but there was some dissatisfac?
tion at the rating given and Messrs.
Roberts and Garrett were sent to
re-rate the residences. They were in
the city at this work most of last
week.
Rejects Women Jurors.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 18.?Mrs. Sa?
rah Costello, defendant In a suit in?
volving $500 instructed her counsel
yesterday to excuse from the jury box
two women and accepted a jury com?
posed entirely of men. She did not
want women to sit In her case, she
said.
ASKS TAFT TO SAVE TALL UL AH.
Washington. Nov. 18.?Mrs. E. S.
Ilollingsworth, secretary of the Asso?
ciated Charities of Augusta, has pre?
sented an appeal to President Tail
to save Tallulah Falls from d.suuc,
tlon by the proposed erection of a
power plant. The President ha.* s*k
ed Secretary Fisher to investigate the
situation and determine if the gov?
ernment has any authority iti the
matter.
Invited to Mako Address.
Prof. s. H. Edmunds, superintend?
ent of city schools, has been honored
?>y President Henry Lewis Smith '?f
Davidson College by whom he has
been invited to make an address at
the 75th anniversary of the founding
of Davidson College. Tin time fcr
the address and the commencement
of the high school, however, are co?
incident and it Is probable that Prof.
Edmunds will have to decline the
invitation to h<>> one of the speakers
at the celebatrion,
Prof. Edmunds is one of the
alumni of Davidson College, h hav?
ing graduated from that tnstituton
Automobile Accident Sunday.
Su lay afternoon an automobile
driven by Robert Jones collided with
a bicycle ridden by William Wright.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Salem and Liberty streets. Both
of the parties are colored.
It seems from what can be learned
of the affair that the automobile wae
crossing Salem avenue and the boy
on the wheel was coming down Sa?
lem and turning *o Liberty. The
Wright hoy w? ^Tged for several
feet and his ie was considerably
damaged, aot so much that he
was no;^ to straighten it and go
on c^. it. The automobile waa
BMfir be the property of Mr. R.
^ >lgham.
Elks Memorial Day.
Plans are now on foot for the
holding of the Elks Memorial Day
exercises, which, as usual, will be
on the first Sunday in December.
The exercises will be held in the af?
ternoon at the Academy of Music
and cji interesting program is being
arranged for the occasion. The
memorial address will be delivered
by one of the leading members of
the order.
As to Street Work.
Florence Times.
'We have not a doubt but that the
city fathers are doing the best that
they can to carry on the street work
but trie people are impatient and do
want to see results. There is hard?
ly a ejection of the city from which
we have not had petitions to stir up
the matter and call attention to the
condition of certain streets and beg
for relief. The holiday season is
coming on fast, and that reminds us
that \ce have had some requests to
beg the city council not to undertake
to put down the bitulithic pavement
until after the holiday season is over
since the work has not yet been start?
ed. We have no doubt but that 'a
bor is scarce yet that does not ap?
pease the taxpayer, he wants the
streets kept, in good^condition, no
matter what the cost may T>e.v
man with a home on the outskirts is
fretting for his street thut was prom?
ised him when he bought and built
in the only parts of the city that hs
could find a place, and he has been
paying his taxes. We must havo a
good street everywhere and we do
not care for the cost of it if it has
to cost, it is cheap at any price, if
the money be not wasted."
This seems to be the general cori
d'tior. everywhere. Sumter can turn
'>ack to the time when the-Main street
p? .*ing was commenced and just a
little later when the work was going
on. There should be less kicking
and more work and more willing?
ness to undergo hardship in order
tiiat something may be accomplished.
Presence of Mind.
"Private" John Allen of Tupelo,
Miss., tells this one on himself:
"Court had been in session in Tupe?
lo and there were a lot of visiting
lawyers. They were rungenial souia
and naturally a little game of p?ker
started down at the hotel 1 Si. yed
out for several nights, but tin.i ly tho
breakfast table arguments go^ no
pointed that 1 had to promise lo be
in that evening by li o'clock.
"When 11 o'clock came I cleaned
up and could not leave a winner?
that would have been snide?so I
stayed u> give the boys a chance to
get their money back. Also, there
was plenty of the sort of drinkables
prohibited by law in Mississippi.
"Finally the game broke up, and I
looked at tlie clock; it was 2:30. I
started for home, making the best
time 1 could. 1 slipped off mysho^ss
at the front steps, pulled off my
clothes Ln the hall and slipped into
the lied room and began to slip into
bed with the ease of experience.
"Mrs. Allen had a blamed dog that
op. eold nights insist! on jumping in
tii, bed with 11 . So when I began
t?. slide under the covers she stirrei
in her sleep and pushed me on th 3
head.
"Get down, Fldo, get down!* she
said.
"And ntlenv n. l just did have
presence of mind enough to hc'< her
hand, and she dozed off again!"?Cos?
mopolitan Mage tins.
Agriculture is highly developed in
Sweden, one-half of the population
being euKaged in tilling the soil, and
the demand for artificial fertilizers
is extensive. Although there are
lar^o amounts of apatite in th
country, it is impossible to compet
with the raw phosphate broug
from Florida? Alglers and the I
cine.