The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 22, 1911, Image 4

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tttbiiaii airt *outj)re:t. Weduesdaj and .Saturday. ?BY EN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTKH. y. C. Ternut: $1.10 per annum?In advance. AdvcrUaaaucnte; One Square first Insertion.$1.00 ?very subsequent insertion.60 Co a tracts for three meatks, or will he made st reduced rates. All ossnmsitl^ations which sub prtvate iateresta will be charged far ss asTrortlseaaents. Obituaries and tributes of respect wtB be charged ter. The Bum ter Watchman eras found sal la lltf end the True Heu thron In MS? The Watchman and Southron new ha* the combined circulation and me* cf both of the old pagei? m manifestly the bast advertising ret In 8s es ter. Ihe Revolution la China. Kvente continue to move rapidly to China Wtfat seemed to be a long stop In the direction of constitution? alism 'vsa taken on November 3, * when Iho national assembly com platod a draft of the basis upon Which It proposed to construct the Bow Constitution of the empire and submitted It to the throne, which im median Iy accepted it. In this draft the retention of the imperial office and tho present dynsoty is made s it'tre, though the powers of the of are limited. It is declared.' for uce, that the emperor shall forever and that a person of the Cbing dynasty shall be emperor lolablo. but It Is provided that the ? >f tho emperor shall be 11m by the constitution; that the or of succession to the throne II bo prescribed therein; that the ItiBBTm shall fix the expenses of Imports! household snd any In or decrease therein; that reg? ulations in connection with the im? perial family must not conflict v.Hh the constitution, and that the two ho ease of parliament shall establish the machinery for the administration of the court. The emperor Is to be given direct control of the army nnd navy, but It la provided that when his power over tho public forces la used In eon licit I on with internal affairs tho emperor must observe special eonriitlnn? to be igtMtf If the par lie merit. ? ? It Is provided Ihtil hn pora) d?<? *? ? annot c isnued ?, \ - \ glare the law except In lb. ev i t ??' urgent n.?-?a?iry. in wl.t U ? h i suoo m aooorusnci a Ith ital conditions. The treaty power the monarch la also limited. It tag provided that International .ties thsll n<>t t><> concluded with the consent of the parliament, ?ugh a treaty for the conclusion of eto or a declaration of vwar may nade by the emperor If the pnr :ent Is not sitting. subject to subsequent ratification by that body The provisions of the draft touch the constitution and powers of parliament are not complete, but ithdent Is expressed to Indicate ? the control of the leglnl.nl, over governmental affairs -a to be very comprehensive, p- vlded that the members of upprr h'>u*e shall be sleeted by people from among thoee p.ir ularly eligible, but nothing Is s^ld ut the composition of the lower ?use. The weighty pMWwT -a!l-lm portant at the present Juncture? of amending the constitution Is to *>e lons to tho parliament, which body Is to Uct, while the emperor Is to er^vln? the premier. The latter of? ficial la to recommend the oth.r members of the cabinet, who will be appointed by the emperor. Incident? ally. It la provided that tho Imperial prlncee will be Ineligible for the of? fice of premier, and cannot ???? mem beta of the cabln-t or administrative hem' > of \ r v. iices. The premier is ' gaeject to Impeachment, in which event. If he does not dissolve par Msment. he mu?t rvslsn. < >io Inct, however, la not to be permitted fa dissolve parliament more than once. Alt ordinances in onneetloa With the administration are t?- n? Settled l y acta of parliament. Th ? provisions regarding the fin MM Hal administration are not clear. In csae the budget falls to receive the approval of parliament. It la provtd ed the governm''lit may n t ? t up >n the budget of the previous year, Beg sar> Itsms of expenditure not pro? vided f r in the budget b.? ippi-ndt'd thereto, and the government Is got to be permitted to adopt xt?.?...r?l i n - sry aganaures outside the budget On tho day these base* "f the eon Stitutlon were drawn up and at Sp4 ed It wss announc ed ?hat a Commltb of the national assembly would be appointed to frame the actual en stltufh n In etaVS? wor.ls. Ihe na tlonal ssaemblv aimed to take upon itself tbs functions of i? eonatltaoal ?mblv TbN attitude on the i of the 'tonal assembly was resented by a ?sgabsff of the proximal assem whlch telegraphed pr<>' such an ssaumption of au thonly as that involved in drafting a constitution. Moved by this crit? icism, the national assembly resolved not to assume the power to make n constitution, but to leave that task to a parliament to h%> elected In the i.ear future. At one time the assembly discuss. ,i tho question whether it should not dlsolve, owing to the attitude of th( provincial assemblies and of the Lan ( han troops who have showed mark ed activity In suggestions and de? mands of a political nature, but the members decided that they could POt lay down their functions until a new parliament wai ready to take them up. While the discussion was going on the government Issued an edict instructing the asembly to take steps for the election of a parlia? ment. Meanwhile Yuan-Shl-Kai has re? fused to assume the duties of the premiership, to which he has b,?en called, in spite of the most urgent appeals from the court and the na? tional assembly; the revolutionary leader, Ll-Yuen-Heng, appears to be Intent upon substituting a republi? can form of government for the pres? ent monarchy, and Generali Chang, the commander of the Lan-Chan troops, has declined an appointment to act as Imperial envoy to proceed to the Yang-Tse provinces and en? deavor to conciliate the people there. It tat apparently his purpose to play a> part in the scenes likely to be en- j acted in and about the capital. There t seems to be uncertainty and confus? ion. The emperor Is a child not six ' years old, the regent. Prince Chun. Is said to be incapable of connected thought, and the other members of ths court and the nobles appear to hsve no plan of action. In the south- ' ern provinces the revolution l.i mak? ing steady progress, city after city falling under its control, notable j among these being Shanghai and j Ct.nton. The outlook for the dy- I nasty is, under the circumstances, ! one of great uncertainty.?Itrad- ! tdreets. I The Markets | 8 >ew Vork Cotton Via ?-et. New York, Nov. 20. Opened High Low OlOgt /?n 9 04 9 07 0 00 I 04-\>:> Ksb Mob 9 U 9 1" 0 '2 9 ? ' !T April Mny ii %% o '2 V 10 i> ? ? Jon* July 9 ;i4 I ;:l i' ? 80 ft U I i ? v M u oo y z? a fci-ou Nov 9 18-19 Uej 9 aa I 25 9 18 9 24-25 Warehouse Stock, 34,734. Certiflcated. 53.830. 8pots, 9.46?5 off. Sales, none. Opened steady. Closed steady. * Port receipts today, 87,053 vs. ?8,- , 1*99 last year. Liverpool Market. Liverpool, Nov. 20. Open *JlOi?''i .'an- Feh 407 490 F?;b? Men 4'.)8 49?U? i Mcb-.\pril. 499 49V*o Mni-May 501 4?9ia ? May?June 502^a BOlh June?July 304 5o2'V, .iuly-Au? 505 Autz?Sept 504 504^: 8?-pt?tjet :>-34 aoiH Oct?Nov j0: 505 Nof D> 49S^ 4M*, Dec?Jsn 4.?7 495 ?:?Meipts. 41.000. Ani-ncn, all. Sales. 8.000. American, 7.300. Si?<>ts. 5.22?1 off. ? ned ?tuet and steady. t'losed quiet. II \( HI US HWT OFFICERS. Mrs. IW'H*?ie Itruiison I Jin led Prcsl <l?<tit?IH McQueen, Vicc-Prc-1 ? but. Vb- Rural school Isjiprovsnisni, Association not Saturday at neon In i) ? gl and Jury r.??mi of the sott?I .?ml llQQtsd OttOOfl for Ih4) coming School session.. This was the ? ?lily business tran*n-ted b> the *un.ill number of tea* heis present, who did riot s'ny In session more than twenty minutes. The udleers ??!??* ted wer?! Presi? dent. Mrs. Itcssic l'.runson; vlre-pres IdosJ Mtsj MoOs?si ssorslsfj and ? ? isur-r. Mrs. James Pagan; chair ? tMCttttVi eoaimitt***! Mrs, 1?. Krunson. The great heaps of refuse to bi ??- n ..'l.mining OOft] and Iron pits throughout Si i.tlarol. which have al ? ; been looked upon .as UBeh-S--J wa?t- proiliM-t are now fwund to bo rOtltlable in the inaiuifa< tut. of bricks. 'liking into OOflsj dfStlOB the double-tracking Of the Till ollhoi railway ami other Irnpr*?\ e ? niM of existing Urn* It Is thought 'bar Ml .'?00,000 H n?.w being sp ur for the development of new rfl di and Improvements. WHIM OF A WOMAN It Cost Her Her Life In the Wreck of a Submarine. DROWNED WITH HER FIANCE. Story of a Pathetic Episode That Wat Intertwined With the Tragic Loss With Ail on Board of the French Torpedo Doat Pluviosa. Underlying tbe tragedy of the loss of tho French submarine torpedo bout Pluvlose wltll twenty-seveu lives when she was simk in the bottom of the English cliuuuei by a collision with a surface steamship ou May U?, 1010, was a piteous episode, iuvolving the death of a beautiful and brilliant young French woman. Tho Fieuch government suppressed the story so thoroughly that to this day the name of the young woman is not known save to those in paramount authority iu the navy, but Aiuericau nival officers say tbe fact of the hap? pening has become knowu to other naval men all over the world. The Pluvio.se and a sister submarine bad gone out from tbe navy yard at Calais about l o'clock in the afternoon for a series of maneuvers. She was about two tulles from shore and was disporting in a series of dives aud ris? ings to tbe surface. The feat knowu as "porpoising" wna being accom? plished with great skill, the submarine being entirely responsive to every turu of a directing wheel In her inachiuery. The act of "porpoising" is an imitation of the action of tho porpoise in its leaps above water and prompt disappear? ance immediately afterward. In the submurine the maneuver Is made for the purpose of scouting, the boat be? ing brought toward the surface suffi? ciently for its periscope to protrude out of water, when the officer below is en? abled to make a general circular sur? vey of the water above him. Then the boat dives out of sight. In case of war she would have s&hted her enemy and be enabled to proceed closely to a bat? tleship or cruiser and discharge tor? pedoes directly at her foe. Tn the act of thus coming to the sur? face the Pluvlose came up directly un? der the channel steamship Pas de Ca lals. The keel of the Calais struck the submarine and tore a huge hole in nor upper casement, a rent fifteen feet long and two feet wide. Into this the wuter rushed. The submarine stag? gered along with her hull Just showing above the surface, her engines dis? abled, her crew unable to do anything to check the inrush of water. And sue went down. She had a crew of twenty-seven men Commandant Pros was tbe senior ?tu? et r. Then were two other officers. \v,; j, one of lb 1 three v wa? whose sweetheart was ? boon] i-? not del nlta* ly known T,.? ih< American naval ort? et**, but thoy declare there Is no doubt of the fact One of the three officers listened to tbe pleadings of his fiancee that she be allowed to make a trip in the sub? marine with him and shnre with him the peril that his duty so ofteu required him to bravo He must have had a consultation with his brother officers and got their cuusent to wink at It, for the regulations of the French navy strictly forbid women to make any trips In submarine boats. Perhaps the very fact that It was forbidden, that if she succeeded in making a Journey to the bottom of the sea in a submarine she would have eujoyed an experience ihe like of which no other Frenchwoman might 'aim. actuated her. Rut. whatever the conditions that brought it about, the young offl er did escort her secretly aboard the Plu vioai She wore a long oilskin coat and sou'wester hat l?e!ougiug to her sweet? heart, which sufficiently dlagulstd her sex to admit of her going aboard with1 out being challenged by any of the sentries patrolling the quay where the Pluvlose Iny tethered on the day that she was to make her fatal trip. And the girl, suiiling over her triumph, climbed down the ladder into the Utile gasoline filled room and heard the or ders given for the battening down of nil the hutches, the firm screwing into plu? es of these coverings and than, perhaps fascinatedly, watched the dial Indicator as it told how the Pluvlose was siuking deeper and deo|>er iuto the sea. IMverx who went down after the riuviose wan sunk, carrying boiow steel cables with which ineffectual at? tempts wer? made with huge derricks above to bring the Pluvlose to the sur? face, reported that ihey hoard rapping! in tho Interior of the submarine. In any event, when, days later, the Plu? vlose was raised and tugged Into shal? low water, none that had boon aboard Of her was alive. She had filled com? pletely With water. As she was raised the wider poured from the great gash that had been cut in her steel case? ment by the Channel itannahlp, Onct in shallow water it was the work of only a 111 tie while to remove the covering of the conning tower. In thnt tower they found the young offi- ' cer. And dead In his arms, with her own arms tightly clasped around his neck und her young face testing against his breast, they fouud the young woman. -New York World. Diplomatic. Bhe (coldly) T hardly know how to receive your proposal. You know I am worth a million, of course! Jack (dip* lomalleally| Tag worth a million oth? er gi.'s. Sho (rapturously)?Ob, Jack I It Is a miserable thing to live la rat' peueoj It Is the Ufa of a spider.?Swift Oeo, w. Waring of Columbia w 11 In the city Saturday, The Modem Attila Crushed by His Streak :.t Insanity. A VICTIM OF MESALOMAJIIA. Envious of Alexander the C.-sat, Hs Aimed to Rule the Whole World, and Franca Sacrificed a Million Men cn tha Altar of His Mono-nania. Were readers of history asked today what three bniuan characters bavi been most prominent In making the history of the world there could prob? ably be great diversity of opinion as to vtwo of such personages, but as to the third the general agreement conld probably point to Napoleon Bonaparte. T. P. O'Connor, who for many years has made a study of the modem At? tila, as he was called by hin contem poraries, presents in his London tnaga ziiie an article entitled "The Insanity of Napoleon'* Genius." in which h?? shows him to be a victim of megalo mania, that form of mental alienation In which the patient is possessed of gradiose hallucinations. Mk*. O'Connor discards the idea that Napoleon because of his gigantic pow er for work bad a perfect physique and Invulnerable health. He suffered as a child from extreme nervousness, later from facial neuralgia. He had a nervous twitching at the mouth and the light shoulder. After Toulon he long suffered from a painful and wast ing cutaneous disease, and at times he had fits of an epileptic character. As he was about to leave Strassburg in 1S05 on the way to the mighty victory over General Mack at Ulm he had one of these spasms. After dinner on th<? day he was leaving, says Talleyrand In his memoirs, the emperor had called him Into his room. There Talleyrand found him gasping for breath. "1 tore off his ravat, for he seemed like to choke. He did not vomit, but sigh ed and foamed. M. de Remusat, first . gentleman In waitiig, who had also j come into the room, handed him wn- ' ter, and I sprinkled him with eau de cologne, no was suffering from some . sort of cramp, which passed off in a quarter of an hour. We laid him in an armchair. He began to speak, put his dress right, commanded Di to ob serve the strictest secrecy, and half , an hour later he was ou his way to Cnrlsnihe." Another sign of the abnormal in N'a- \ poleon was his Intense Irritability, and often there came a nervous breakdown that reduced him to the condition of a hysterical woman. This Irritability sometimes took the form of tits of ; weepinir He would flv into a passion j f?n the sltgbi T provocation, f 2 ? bii bjipatient* lie tore many 1 garm rat to pieces because It inconvenienced him , In tome trifling ?raj Lie had en luner melancholy that never left him. While he talked of death. Napoleon never I had any serious Intention of taking his OWn life. He never lost bis grasp of | life. While t man of dreams, he was a man of action. Success did not make this dreamer more cheerful. He had strange moments of bitterness and hatred and j desire to intlict pain. For Instance, he would say to a lady after asking her name. "Dear me, I was told you were pretty!" or to an elderly gen? tleman. "You have not much longer to live." It was comparatively early In bis career that his Insane desire to rule not France, not even Europe, but all the world, took possession of him. The real reason for his crushing downfall Is to be found in this megalomania. He himself caused his downfall. Na? poleon alone could have conquered Na? poleon, and it was this megalomania that undid him. There was his dream of the control of Europe. "There will," he said to his Intimates while he wns still first con? sul, "be no peace In Europe till it is under the command of a single leader, under one emperor, with kings for his officers, who will distribute kingdoms to his generals, making one king i>f Povarla. em l:.*h<rman of Switzerland, unother strtdi holder of Holland and giving them all official posts In the im? perial household, such as grand cup bearer, grand chamberlain, grand mas? ter of the hounds, etc." Napoleon did place kings In several countries mid controlled the policy of nearly every country of Europe?a wonderful achievement for the pov? erty stricken charity boy who got his education at lirienne at the expense of his sovereign He might have re? mained the king of kings in Europe had he been satisfied with that awful height. Bui he whs uot satisfied; he never was satisfied After Europe there was Asia. On the day he was crowned emperor in December, 1804, he said to his min? ister of marine: "I grant you my career has been brilliant and 1 have risen hl"h But what a difference from nncient times! i?ok at Alexander the Great! After he had conquered Asia he <!<>< lured himself the son of ? |*er, and, except his mother Olym Ulstotle atul a few Athenian r be east believed him. Nows* iuys it' 1 were to declare myself the Noll of the Everlasting Father there Isn't a fishwife but would hiss me! Ths nations are much too enlightened DOW, and nothing great Is left to do." "And Franco," says Mr. O'Connor, in conclusion, "sacrificed ft million lives to the monomania of a megalomaniac. What tragedy in history is so gigantic, so sppslling, so pitiful. In a sense so ironic?*' None are less eager to learn thau they who know nothing - Buard. Mr. James Reaves of Du Rant, was in the city Saturday, ifh? ?h! ?.??.'.?'??fr:.--': Powder rr?ado fremPift* a? 0 rape Sream ofT artar ! ff? ?l Pf, NO ...::Vti: PHOSPHATS_j Farmers' Union Nc ?AND? Practica! Thoughts for Practical Farmers (Omdm 4<xl bv K. V? . Dabbs, Pre-n.cut Farmers' Union of Stumer Count v.) Sonic itandom i non^ln-. The uueation oi marketing farm produce is not alone confined to us of tne .South, ius the clipping from J'arm and b ireaide snows. Whether such a market system BJOU'ti auit us here where the city housekeeper is so accustomed to ba*'lug her sup? plies carried tu her do >rs either by the groeer'3 wagon, the huckster, or market garderner, 1 do not know. But I do know some co-operative system of buying- and Belling must be adopted?of buying by the house? wives to eliminate the wagte of nlClue purchases and of selling by the pro? ducers to lessen the cost of distribu? tion. ! (The clipping referred to above will appear in issue.) * * The statement made by the com- \ mittee of the Chamber of Commerce' IhflK live lirms would buy nil corn, j hay and oats, at the marh'ei price, | !dus the freight, that is, at the de? livered price by the carload, may be I made in good faith by the firms nam-I ed. But they are not the ^ood busi? ness men I take them to he if th< y live up to such a plan, further than to supply their immediate needs. | Suppose, for sake of illustration, i thai next June the farmers of thisi lection make a big crop of oats with the express purpose of supplying the b cal demand) Suppose the price is BO ents per bushel ddlivoi f car lots. The farmers begin threebln June ist and put ou the Sumter mar? ket during Ihe montl <* Tor> tQ% 0 00 bushels of oats. Does any sane man suppose the five firms named , will take 40,000 bushels each and i tie up $32,000 each in oats alone, to j help out the farmers? Well, If you; do, you have another guess coming. Tt would not be a week before the1 price would drop to TO ceuts, inj two weeks to 60 or 55 tents, and If such a condition prevailed all over the South and the farmers persisted j In puttin? oats on the market, the j price would ?be at ,4 0 cents the nu^h el before the first of August. And. i because on the grain exchange of Chicago and New York bear ?pecu? lators would be selling millions and hundreds of milions of bushels of bate in anticipation of the reckless selling of the Southern farmers, we would hear all the chants ring on "bear raids" and "elevator mergers " etc. ad infinitum, ad nau^vruvn. In this connection 1 want to re? print in these columns next week the address of Col. W. Thompson, president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, before the Conference of Governors, October 30-31, and T trust our people will read it carefully, for j whether we agree with him or nJt i i to all of his conclusions, or wheth? er \vi' agree with the Marlboro farm? ers that tho Louisiana warehouse plan is feasible or not. rr best for this State, his address is a conserve* tlve statement of conditions, and it j does not take the State warehouse 1 plan to make effective the remedies he pr ints out. And T want to quote j here and now the last sentence in his address: 'ToU may talk of valor I Izatlng by state, or of syndt?at< a guar? anteelng values, or of ?he prlce-ad I vanctng of holding and ware? housing combinations, or of the sup Of capital, or the exploits of the greet captains in the held of invest? ment; but wnen you ride along the road in the evening and meet a farm? er in his wagon hauling a bale of otton away from town?and you ask him 'what's the matter John. d >n't the price suit?' and he shakes his head and drives on homeward, you have seen and saluted the greatest and only real bill.1 of. them all." A man! and I take off my ha: to him. and say, may his tribe lit ( resse and multiply until it replenish a\:d subdue the earih with reul farmers?the kind the Farmers CTni?B as striving to encourage and ganize for mutual aid. 9 ft * 1 care not what promises V>u . man may make, what governmental aid we may invoke, it remains v.. k the farmers individually to fan*'' right and then collectively througo ihsir own sjfenciea to sell right, to put the farming Industry on a sale basis?conservatively and progres eively moving forward?keeping pace With the indust::<ii development of the South, and the larmers leading to the financial Independence of the South? Again repeat our slogan for 1912; Less cotton, less fertiliser; more corn, more hogs, and complete organiza? tion. E. W. l>. tho Ides that I am advising '.g&ifisi sowing ISrgf areas in eats, I SM merely warning that w ; can noi de? pend on the maraeting oi oats ?>i hay or any other product that we may grow in any quantity on the ex? pectation that buyers will be phil? anthropists. Bro. Dunbar makes a good suggestion (one I have made before in these columns) to use h3>f the guano money to buy wire sad fence up some portion! of our farms. < I advise ajl the farm to be fenced as soon as possible) and pasture cat tie and hogs. This is especiall good advice where cotton can m be picked out in good condition SC where blight and other diseases mal cotton growing very uncertain. In these fenced portions we can grow ?Oga beans, peas, sorgum and a doz? en other crops for hogs to harvest. But we still will need organization, and co-operative marketing. E. W. D. XXOTICE?All persons are forbi den to trespass upon the lands ( I the undersigned by hunting or in any other manner. W. G. Wells, C. E. Wells, Privateer Township. 11-21-ltbp FOR BALE OR RENT?The Hussey place, one and a half miles from town, on Bishopville road, contain? ing 121 acres, about 75 in cultiva? tion, new five room house, barns, stables, etc. Reautiful oak gT" and nice lot of fruit trees. One of mose desirable pla. e*?, where you can live in the country and still be in town, and just the kind of p'aee thut is seldom on the market. Ap? ply to r>r. C P. Oeteen, 3umter, S. C. 11 -21 -ifbp WANTED?To buy st once several carloedl 4-foot pine, oak and slabs. Apply Commander's Wood Yard. Bumter, B. C la-iM-tf. >Mead Mares, Horses & Mules-25 Sumter's Bargain Day, Commencing at 10:30 O'clock. This Stock can be seen at the stables of The Sumter Transfer Co.. on South Main St. All Stock Well-Bred and Well-Broken. This Load is direct from Indiana and Illinois. Don't fail to attend and Get a Bargain that you will always be prou I of, W. R. GAFFNEY, Auctioneer. ? To be Sold at Auction on Nov. 23rd.