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TOR WATCHMAN, Wished April. 1856 Be Jiwt and Fear not?Let all the ende Thon Alms't mt be thy Country's. Thy (iod's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTH UO\. I .sialilHi. .i June, oiidated A up. a. 1881. SUMTER, S C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1912. Vol. XXXIII. No. 46 FOB SfliTEB'8 GOOO. AMI1KR OF COM Ml K< I PLANS POIl PROGKESS. it Enthusiasm Shown at Booster Meeting?Booklei 4o Be Issued Showing City's Resource*?Discus. t*ou of Matters for Good of Game Cock %xlty. ?a mtn hammers were in evidence at the big booster meeting of the Cham Br uf Commerce Tuesday night, the ily things in the hardware line vis rts. being a boa full of booster but? tons which were freely distributed to those present. For the meeting rss "all boost," numberless sugges? ts for the future good of the One Cock City being made and act upen. Of the suggestions made, ; My*nearly all have had their share disvusakn before and it only re dnod for the Chamber of Com lerce to approve officially the work of various committees done in ad? vance of the meeting. ! ?JPhe South Carolina Western rail? road, the pamphlet for .dver*'?in? v Sumter. the hotel, the shoe factory . and the gas plant all came up for dissuasion. Mr. Manning, for the railroad committee, stated that i ' ce of over ana hundred men wer<> iUng impatiently to begin at any route on the Seaboard extension to a c!ty, and would begin to get busy soon as it. Was positively settled which of the tWo routes, as already j L outlined in those columns, would be used, and the titles to the land for the right of way and terminals could be secured. He explained to the chamber that the "wostern" line r would of course be used, this having already been agreed upon, provided j "how sr, so obstacles too great 1* fit be encountered in obtaining j rights of way for this line, a unanimous vote of those pres- ' -It was decided to further the ad- 1 of the 'Gamecock City by ance of a pamphlet, contain cuts and necessary literature, the m?htet to oast no more ihan e\ Mr. Snell stated that he had * In communication with several companies who put out these pam? phlets and that a very attractive pamphlet could be gotton out at a coat not exceeding the above amount. As regards the gas plant and shoe factory. Secretary Snell read letters ? from the parties interested in both enterprises stating that they would be here early In February with a view to beginning work soon, al? though further action will of couise have to be taken before the shoe fac ? tory becomes a certainty. A telegram was read by Mr. Snell, answering an Inquiry which ho had made in regards to the establishment of the new Lutheran college for wo? men, and more may be heard of this later. In speaking generally of the work accomplished by the Chamber of Commerce during the past year. Mr. Snell told of the excellent work of the retailers' association, and of the ', various committees, and showed the Chamber to hc on a good financial footing. Just here he read a proposed amendment to the constitution, which was later, during the meeting, unani? mously adopted. The object of the! amendment, primarily, is to reduce! the number of the executive commit- ! tees from Is to 9, so large a com- j mittee being found disadvantageous for various reasons. The amend? ment further provides for a division of the work of the ('hamber into Uevten distinct departments, giving j each member some active work to be , kept busy at. During the course of last night's meeting, it was decided to aid the traveling men by requesting the A. C. I L. to make some arrangements ' whereby those who wished to leave on the early morning train for Aug? usta could phone and tind out just how late the train might be, and If this plan Is perfected it wlll/io doubt be a great convenience to many not of the traveling fraternity. After the business part of the meeting, (which by the way was strengthened with about 99 4 4-100 per cent "pep," "boost"' or Whatever you might want to call it,> had been disposed of, Tom Morgan, Secretary of the Florence Chamber of Com? merce gsve the Cham hot g res1 ?nap? py booster talk. It would be unpardonable how? ever, not to mention that in between these two parts of last night's boost? er programme was sandwiched one of the most appetizing luncheons thai can be produced by long years of skill In the cullncry arts. Hot coffe and aandwlches ware served to those present by the Ep scopal ladles, after CHILDREN'S BILL PASSES. BOKAH MEASURE DfiSIGlfKD TO HELP LITTLK ON KS. Fp|KT House Amends Mcmiw Bo As to Prohibit Officers From IfcOB. i^i i iiii on Privacy. Washington, Jan. 31. ? After amending the children's bureau ? so as to prohibit the invasion of pri? vate residences in queat of informa? tion, the senate passed the measure today. 54 to 20. The negative votes were cast by Senators Bailey, Bryan, c'hilton, Culberson, O'Gorman, Over? man. P .voter, Smith (Maryland). Stone, Thorton. Tillman and Watson (Democtets), and by ? Burnham, Clark (Wyo.), Gallinger, Heyburn, Ni::on Oliver, Wetmore and Works (Republicans.) The bill authorizes the creation of a bureau in the department of com? merce and labor for the v^r.e.iion of information pertaining to the wel? fare of children and child Rfd. Spe? cial authority IS given to investigate questions of infant mortality. Juve? nile courts, desertion, diseases, acci- 1 dents, occupations, legislation and kindred subjects. | The provisions expressly forbidding the invasion of domestic privacy by agents of the bureau furnished the principal subject of contention. The point was raised by Senator Thorton j of Louisiana, who offered an amend- ' ment prohibiting agents of the pro- : posed bureau from entering private j dwellings without the consent of the I occupants. In presenting the modi- i flcatlon Mr. Thorton spoke in strong ! .anguage against the right of an of- j fcial to enter private homes. "Law or no law, it is not going to j be done In my home " he said vig- ! orojsly. The amendment wat lost by the vote of 30 to 4 2, but it was followed immediately by a similar provision offered by Senator Culberson, which failed by the close vote of 36 to 37. This advance in the affirmative vote encouraged the supporters of the amendment, e?.d while Culberson was framinr, the provision in differ? ent language, several brief speeches were made. In Its new form the Culberson amendment prevailed, 39 to 34. It reads: "No official or agent or rep? resentative of said bureau shall, over the objection of the head of the fam? ily, enter any house used exclusively as a family residence." HELP FOR CORN SHOW. Scvretary of Agriculture Pledge*- His Co-operation. Washington, Jan. 31.?Cpon the re? quest of persons in Columbia that he ?t3 Secretary Wilson of the depart? ment of agriculture regarding the matter of making the National Corn show, to be held in that city next Jan? uary, a success in every way and to tenors the government's co-operation. Congressman Lgver today took up the matter with Secretary Wilson. As a result of this conference it was an? nounced that the department of agri? culture would co-operate and that everything possible would be clone to make the show a success. An exhibit will be made. However, on the advice of Secre? tary Wilson. Mr. Lever introduced B resolution authorizing the department to take part, in order that there might be no Question of its right to do so. Andrews Chapel, a Methodist church four miss from Bummerton was horned Sunday morning. Rev, Rev, J. B, Wilson was pastor of? this church. which cigars were passed which were enjoyed while Tom Morgan told of the work a chamber of commerce BBOttld accomplish. Mr. Morgan's re? marks were all upon subjects which BTC just at this time stirring the en? tire South. He want- manofacturing plants in the South, good roads, more real farming done, and he said some things in regards to COmmlsfon gov? ernment which should < erta.nly help some undecided ones to make up their minds to vote for this method of city government when the time cornea. Altogether Mr. Morgan's re? marks coincided with the booster spirit of the meeting and attracted the favorable eommenl ol his hear erj. After Mr. Morgan had finlstu d hli talk. Mr. Brown of the Davey Tree Expert Company told of the ne< <i of preserving the beauty of the cltj by preserving its shad.- trees, and told bow this ne^d could !>?? accomplish? es 1 THE HOUSE COMMISSION BILL ELECTION MEASURE AS AMEND? ED GOES TO SENATE, By Vote or 89 to 8. House Re-enacts Commission Form of Government Bill, Practically ai Vetoed by B7m aae, with Provision that Throe Months be Allowed for Registra ton Prior K> All Such Flections and that Incumbent Mayors Serve Out Terms, Columbia, Jan. SO.?By a vote of 89 to 8 the House of Representatives to? night paaaed the amended bill pro? viding commission form of govern? ment. At the night session the House took up the Stevenson amendment to the Act relative to the commission form of government. The judiciary com? mittee bill was taken up and advo? cated by Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Vander Horst. Mr. Ilembert took the opposing view and held that in Spits of whatever action the judi? ciary committee took there was a Constitution. He said the House had done an unconstitutional thing in expung'ng the Governor's veto mes? sage. He said be loved to fight with minorities but some day the minor? ity will be the majority. "You eighty-six gentlemen who do not think the Governor amounts to a pinch of snuflf," said Mr. Uembert. "are called upon to act upon the com? mission form of government mes s :tc." The majority, he held, had no right to pigeonhole the veto mes? sage and offer as a subterfuge the proposed bill of the judiciary com? mittee providing for registration. If the Governor was wrong in his veto say so, but do not overcome the veto by a subterfuge, he demanded. It was, he felt, a mere scheme to have the newspapers come out and say "the Governor's veto again overrid? den." All he wanted was the veto to be considered and not pigeonholed and not overcome by a subterfuge. He ask? ed the House to have the manhood and act courageously and manfu?v and say what it ought to and not sidestep. Mr. Stevenson said it was charged that a subterfuge was being sought The measure was vetoed and Char? leston's representatives almost came to blows over-the matter. Then Mr. Stevenson explained the situation and the claims of the people of Charles? ton and that a great many people would be disfranchised by not being registered. The committee did not approach the matter roughly and the bill was framed after due con? ference and careful thought. The proposed bill allows three months for registration and allows all Incumbent ofllcers to serve their terms. The idea was to let the pro? posed bill and the vetoed bill go hand in hand as companion bills. If t.iis measure becomes law it is well and good; but if It does not the com? mission bill can be killed. He stood hs much for the Constitution as any? one but he could not for his life Fee the constitutional point raised. Mr. Dixon was fearful of the bill and opposed restricted suffrage. Any whit ? man ought to be allowed to vote. He wanted no demarcation except 'hat of colo*\ The House by an overwhelming vote refused to k'll the bill as pro posed by the Judiciary committee. The original bill provided chiefly that both municipal and county reg? istration be provided for three months prior to any commission government election. After the House refused to kill this registration bill. Mr. Steven? son proposed as an amendment the entire bill providing for a commis? sion form of government The amendment was in toto the bill that had been vetoed providing for com? mission forms of government and incident elections. I>r. Sawyer and Mr. hoar wanted time In which to consider the amendments, and the House refusing to delay, they wanted to adjourn, and this the House also refused to do by a vote of 19 to 78. The House then adopted the com? mission form of government bill anew. The \etoed bill was then enacted Into law as far as the House is concern? ed. Tin bill enacted tonight applies to cities of from 10,000 to 80,000 and cities from 60,000 to 100,000. The bill as ordered to Ms third nailing provides for three month's registration prior to any election, und thai should the commission form go Into oper? ation i' must be at the ? ? i'.ration of the term of office of Hi" Incumbent mayor. With these amendment the original commission form of govern? ment bill will go OVer the Senate. Georgetown was exempt from the 1 RUMORS FROM CHINA. i_ l,MI?Ki:ss DOWAGER DECIDES ON SOLUTION OF TANGLE, Premier is Making Arrangement.-, to Control Situation When Manclm Dynasty Abdicates. Peking. J;;u. H.?The imperial foreign board announced that the empress dowager informed the mem? bers of the cabinet at their meeting In the palace today that the throne had decided on a solution of the sit j nation which would Insure peace, s'he instructed the ministers to ar? range accordingly. j It la believed Premier Yuan Shi Kal and the republicans are now in c -r.iplete agreement. An imperial edict tonight foreshadows abdication* According to dispatches the revolu? tionaries propose that Yuan Shi Kai . hall be president of the republic; an Yat Sen, vice president; Tang Shao Yli premier; Li Yuen Heng, minister of war. That he may be able to maintain order before the abdication of the throne is announced, Yuan Shi Kai ! L bringing troops into Peking, where there are now 11,000 at his disposal. . An edict has been issued approving ! Yuan Shi Kai's request that the mar ; uuisate offered to him by the Throne >hall not be conferred until the crisis I is over. EDICT SAID TO BE SIGNED. ' According to Dispatches From Tien Tsin Throne Has Prepared Decree o* Abdication. London, Jan. 31.?The edict of ab? dication of the Chinese throne has I been fdgned, according to a message from Tien Tsin. The court will not quit Peking for a month, as the Manchu troops of the garrison threaten to shoot the royal family and the princes If they attempt to leave the capital. Panic among the officials in Tien Tsin has caused many of them to seek I sfs^Ker today in ?.he foreign conces? sions. Martial law has been proclaim" ed in the native city, according to a dispatch received here this morning. The mayor has resigned, and. fearing that the lives of the members of his family are endangered, has sent his wife and children and other relatives to take refuge In the French conces? sions. FIRE AT MATES TILLE. Hain Rullding of Lowry Institute To gether With Furniture Destroy cd. Mayesville, Feb. 1.?Fire on Wed? nesday completely destroyed the main building of the Lowry Institute, a colored boarding school at this place, together with all of the fur? niture and piano. With the furni? ture was lost all of the bedding. One of the small buildings also was pretty well scorched, although it did not take fire. The boys build? ing was not damaged by the fire. The main building which was destroyed contained eight large living rooms and five large class rooms. It was occupied by the girls ef the school. Delinquent taxpayers will have to pay an Increased penalty it they Walt Until February 1st to settle. provisions of the bill. The new com? mission form of government bill as amended was adopted by a vote of s;t to s. The bill will, of course, go to the Senate, and ii 'here passed will go to the Governor, and it is expected to pass the gauntb t, as it provides for amide registration before an election is held to determine wheth? er Charleston or any other city Wish? es the COmmlSSOn form of govern? ment, and it provides that no tenure of present officials be interfered with. After the House had passed the commission form of government bill. Mr. Rembert offered a resolution thai the lions.- insist upon a report on the vetoed bill on tin- commis? sion government bill b) noon tomor? row. Mr. Vender Horsi opposed as un? necessary any su< h resolution, and moved to tab! tb< resolution. This was done ami the resolution calling for n report on the vetoed bill killed. Then Dr. Sawyer moved that the ? nmmlttee be Riven lnd< Unite tlm<. and this was Killed. The Speaker ?aid the ? nmmlttee had Indefinite titu \\ 'tii io Instruction! to tin- con trary. The vetoed commission bill will go Into the wast.- basket In tonight's legislative ? na< tment MEXICO NOT PACIFIED. GARRISON AT CI?DAD JUAREZ RISES AGAINST MADERO. Cham Reigns as Maddened Military Fire Promiscuously?United State* Gavalrj Ready'for Trouble. B] Faso. Texas, Jan. 81,?The gar? rison of Juarez, across the river from here, rose in revolt at G::'0 o'clock to? night and in half an hour the muti neers were in possession of the city. Looting and promiscuous shooting prevailed for hours. The commander of the garrison was thrown into prison with the chief of police, while other prisoners were released. American residents and many Y S leans fled to the American side. Americans, Gus. Ruhke and Fred u. Leyva, employes in a gambling re? sort, were shot when the building was riddled with bullets. Other gam? bling houses were fired upon. A passenger train about to depart over the Mexican Central for Chihua? hua and the City of Mexico was de? tained by the malcontents. Four troops of cavalry from Fort Hliss were rushed to the American bank of the Rio Grande to protect citizens and preserve neutrality. Guards were stationed at the street car and thp railroad bridges and at the two bridges at the smelter, a mile west of El Paso. Refugees were as? sisted across the bridges and at the fordable places alang the river. As near as can now be ascertained the uprising was due to a report printed in a Chihuahua newspaper wh'ich arrived today stating that Gen. Fescual Orozco, one of the leaders of the Madero revolution, had re? signed bil military position at Chihua? hua nnd to the discharge today of 100 men of the Juarez garrison. The dismissal of these troops was taken as confirmation of the Orozco report. 'Hie fleeing refuges brought wild rumors into El Paso. There were re? ports that 20 persons had been killed, but when the shootng and looting hnd subsided reporters were unable to confirm these repotrs. It was said that troops were being embarked at Chihuahua for Juarez. Fpon hearing this the mutineers de? clared they would fight the "invad? ers." Their voices rang with cries ' of "Down with Madero!" and "Viva i Zapata." I An Italian surgeon, holding a oom i Iseion in the Mexican army, who bus arrived In El Paso, said he had counted 15 dead, including two Americans,, a man and a hoy. The hoy had been shot through tho breast. Most of the dead wore near I the customs house. The revolt In Juarez is regarded as I the most serious episode which has occurred since Madero was inaugu? rated president. Col. Augustin Estrada, commander ? t the garrison, and Scnor Gallo, thief of police, had been on the look? out for trouble, but their suspicions bee me less acute after the arrest of Gen. Reyes, so the revolt tonight ! took them somewhat by surprise. i ''apt. Martinex. who was chosen by the "revoltosas." as their leader did what he could to subdue his drlnk inflammed followers, but at midnight th. re was still desultory Mi 1hg and some looting. it was reported thai a detachment had been sent to blow up bridges be? tween Chihuahua and the border. The Aniei tans who ware aboard the detained passenger train were es? corted 10 the International bridge by those of the mutineers who retained their coolness. Americans who were caught In tho uprising also were sent bach to El Pa*o, Martinez explaining that this v as done to prevent their i?,-:nu In? ured by flying bullets. Reduction in Acreage. The additional reports sent In Wed? nesday from Rafting Creek, State burg and Mlddleton townships in? crease the percent of the reduction in cotton acreage In those townships, in Rafting Creek township the ad? ditional report shows I MM acre:' planted in 1911 and 1189 to be plant? ed In 1912. From Stateburg end Mlddleton townshlpa the additional reports show 749 acres planted In 1911 which will be reduced to 501 In 1912. The totals for the townships with these additional figures mnkes :; I per ? int of i ? duct Ion In SI iteburg .ind Mlddleton tow ii hps instead of 29, as gireod) reported, and 'i pel cent reduction for Rafting Creek township inst?:nl of L'T. a* air ad\ re* port* d MARSE HENRY DECLARES WIL? SON DARES NOT PACE PACTS, Kentncktan Says Editor of Harper's Has Backed Him Up in His Side of Controversy. Colombia, Pen. 1.?Following the publication of ttu correspondence be? tween Woodrr .i.son and George B. If. Har1 ~ iitor of Harper's Weekly, ' j}* .enry Watterson, who was in ej^.ioi i yesterday to deliver an ; , on the arbitration treaties ie v^ iding in the senate gave out Q ^ thorizeii interview yesterday af aft? aoon, in whi.h he declared that .us course had been throughout au? thorized and supported by Col. Har? vey. Kurther. the colonel asserted that Qov. Wilson's refusal to submit the issue to a "court of honor" would be "regarded by all fair-minded peo? ple as a eonfession that he dare not face the facts." The statement, dictated by Col. Watterson in his apartments at the Colonia, follows: "Touching the Harvey-Wilson let? ters, I have to say that from first to last I have been acting not only with Col. Harvey's full knowledge and ap? proval, but upon his insistence; that, from the beginning, he was most im? patient of delay, sending a personal representative to me at Atlanta on December 24, and again the same representative to Richmond Decem? ber 31, urging me to take the Initia? tive; that he was unqualified 'n in? dorsing my statement of the u hattan club incident, writing forth I w!th to declare it 'perfect,' and that he was with me at the New Wlllard in Washington up to last Sunday night, sharing all 1 did and had done,. "The refusal of Gov. Wilson to sub? mit an issue of veracity raised by himself to a tribunal having due re? gard for the rights of third parties, which I proposed, should and, I think will be. regarded by fair-minded peo? ple as confession that he dafe not > face the facts. "As to those Democrats who have made a hero of Wilson, becauso of his break with Harvey, how shad they square themselves with the eternal eritles now that they learn that Wil? son and Harvey are weeping upon one another's bosom?" GOV. WILSON REFUSES To AN* SWER. New Jersey Executive Declines td Comment on Wattcrson's Latest Expression in Controversy. New York. Jan. SI.?The latest statement of Col. Watterson in the Wilson-Harvey-Watterson controversy reiterating that Gov. Wilson f Now Jersey, "dare not face the fac \" was read over the telephone to Mrs. Wil? son at her Princeton, X. J., home to night. Mrs. Wilson insisted upon hearing the substance of the Wat? terson statement. She reported to the governor ::t dinn ?? *nt back word that he p< t! no answer to make whatever. The governor will loa.? t-1 night Ur Richmond, V HARROW WANTS * 2. IfcNamnra \tu i nej. v Fixing. Will \-li '? mom be Delayed. i _ ! Los Angeles. Jan. ' -V net r j . nee S. 1 arrow, the '1 Qfl 'o 1" ?f former chief ounsel for tb< a i mars brothers, Indtcte | h ?"? ay I on charges of jury I t i rs j before the superior court f " : ' m" men! tomorrow, he will ask f< r I ther Ums in whit u to enter hi 'a. according to Btatementi of his > r 1 ney today. i ___ STANDARD ?RADES OF COTTON. i Department Places Santpics Uia ire to i?c Itaet?Win not Chang* hi < 'enturj Washington, Jan, 36, Graded cot? ton which would h unchanged in .' i or t< ??:m < ,: kept and opened a thousand years from now. Is be i i placed I" hermetically sealed vacuum ^lass cases by th? depart* menl of agriculture. These officially graded and tested samples are to serve as the st?nde d by which the ? otton of *he future will be graded. Altogether about fifty st ts of samplea will be preserved, and these, it Is esti? mated may last .i hundred years, as i.p ?? ? i vy two years will be as often, it Is believed ds It will bo noc > to compare current grades wl?h the it mdard