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m\W A j <EI)e watcljniiiB and Stantfyroii* ?r ifTl it WATCHMAN. EfttafcltMint April. IH.VI 'He JWM and Fe?r uot-~Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country*I, Tliy God'l and Truth's." Tiff: TM7H BOUTHROM BtwMWwl Anne IHM C vi r, idated Auk . 1881 'UMTEU, S. O , WEDNB DAT. FEBRUARY 7, 1912. Vol. XXXIII. No. 47. DIU METHODS AGAIN. KKJlUs WIM. UK SHOT (i|( |>t ?-OKTI I? Nnrlft PunUI.ni? ni k to he Portion of \ll Agitator-. Who Ci?n be Captured by tfadero. Mexico Cltjr, Feb. 4.?Without Mart, of trumpet and without official proc? lamation, the federal government prepoasa to employ the drastic meth? od* of Pias m restoring peace. Im? mediate application of this new policy will he the nation's only apprtsal of It This is the substance of a statement by a cabinet minister today. Swift punishment Is to b? the portion of all agitator* who can be reached, whether of fun or pencil. A few newspaper wrt.era will he deported. H la said, under that provision of Um constitution which provides for Ih expulsion of undesirables. Public pa. radea and street oratory are to prohibited In caaes where the pine pane Is In any manner connected with ?political affairs. Thla prescription Is in accordance with the government's diagnosis of the revolutionary disease which ha* broken out In so many parts of the country. Official figures placed the losses In death, both north and Mouth slnco January St as follows. Federals 34: rebels from 222 to 172. and non combatanta l?>. I nofficial report*. Apparently well founded, add to these fgores 16 fed? erals dead and 46 rebels dead. Just how many men now are In anna against the central government te probably known to no one. certainly not by the president and his cabinet. One rebellion la recognised, that of Kmlllano Zapata. covering all of the State of Morelos and portions of the fttates of llldulgo. Puebla, Tlaxcala. Ouerrero and Mextco. and the federal district itself. In Ouerrero. conditions are not try better than It Is In Morelos. the direct leader of the revolt ins H. Halgado who. Mke Zapata, a* officer In Madero's revolu foree. Me had been more Mi deolaraUnn* tha' he Ig for the er>use of Kmlllo Vas Gomea, but there Is little doubt it he and Zapata are working fa? ther. The first cause of the Zapata re* ?hellion was an attempt on the part I of the de la Barra government to make him conform to the general or? der of disarmament following the close of the Madaro revolution. He had fought for Madero and fought well. Madero attempted to shield him and waa greatly surprised when Za? pata fa.I. 1 to Murrender. The presi? dent temporised for week.* and then ordered the army to light him. but Zapata * forcer steadily grew. As a basis for his rebellion h? declared . Madero had not carred out the prom- | laes made In the 'plan of Han Luis Potosl. " He declared he was fight? ing for Vasques Gomes, but he also announced a socialistic propaganda, the Immediate division of the Morelos lands, a thing never publicly advo? cated by Vssouex Oomes. Zapata's efforts were laughed a t a few months ago. but not only has he gained a following large enough to stand off a considerable part of the Mexican army. hut. far from being re? garded as a puny brigand, he has ootns to be characterised as a patriot the antl-.Madero element. A COM? WAVK WTTIIOI T COAL. No Hard < <?al to lie Had. but Plent> at Soft Coal on Hand for Cold Weather. ahamter has experienced a ?<dd wave, while at the same time she has exrurlenred a scarcity of < oal. The cold hit the city at an unfortunate time for those who us. oal iitogeth er In keeping their homes warm. f o at the present HfjM ?Mfl el ' "f bit ..f hard ? "ul to ?..? hud fr?>m ?ns -.f tha dealers In the city. It Is not the fault of the dealers for they have been striving hard for sag** time to get the coal, but without being successful. Tb- r. is at present bo coal In Florence. Wilmington or any other nearby city that It can be obtained from. It was stated by one of the dealers this morning that MM dealers In the n .rth dtt-d that .ill <f the ships on which the coal was sor t .Mouth were Icm bound and could no' get hero now. and It was Impossible to say wh*n ?he de.ii. i- eonM g**t Ina coal here. However, there Is plenty of the soft at ii on n md ind the Mumter people will probabls m t suf far from the cold. DEMAND FOR COTTON. M SIRI 1X>K sl?(>TS RUXD8 PKHls I I'WAHD. short llgg Inclined to Combat Argu? ment* Tlint Weight on Market Is ItClllOYfd. Nrw York, Feb. 3.?Cotton was marking time much of the week un? der ihe Influence of conflicting fac? tors in the situation, but within 48 hours has advanced sharply. The str 'ft at Lawrence. Mass., it is true, was for a time something of a damp? er. Then many in the speculative world refuse to bull the market in the presence uf a record-breaking crop and of prices which they think insure anohter big acreage and un? der ordinary conditions another Dig < rnp, especially as the soil at the South, owing to abundant winter ra'ns, I? said to be In tho best condi? tion known for years past. Further? more, the cost of living is still high, so high that the district attorney here has instituted an investigation. This it 1? tin.ught, means decreased con? sumption of cotton goods, ns food BRUSf come first. Then this is the year of a presi? dential election, the tariff is being overhauled, economy is noticeable ?ywhere and reports cf an lm pr \ . tm>nt in the dry goods trade, it is . lt d. at" exaggerated, else why ? I.t New Kngland spinners buy raw cott->n more freely? And so on. It was noticeable, however, that the pr? (??? refused to decline. Neither, for at time, did It advance much, it Is true, but large s|ot houses and ex? porters h'tVe been voracious buyers at the South of tho actual cotton and lately of "future*" here. Liverpool, the continent, Memphis, New Orleans, and Waldof-Astoria operators have bought heavily In the last two days. Spinners have been buying here. A good many hedges for home and for? eign account. It Is said, have been liqulated la New York. Indeed, some think It was this kind of buying which halted the decline six woeks ago. In two days price* rpave risen at a rate that surprised everybody. The rush to All January shipments **e>n tresH s has lM?en>-g m?M eable fea? ture. Close students of the situation in? sist that the weight o'.' the crop, largo as it was, is now off the market and llUII the price Is now low. even after this advance, though a good many people do not suspect It. They think that the American spinners will take 5,000,000 bales this season and the Kuropean spinners 10,000,000 in ono way or another. As to another crop, they think that in all probability the foar of another big yield will cause a decrease in the acreage and that be? sides a big acreage in Itself does not Insure a big crop. The spot sale at Liverpool of late havo been 10, 000 to 15,000 bales a da v. At Manchester yarns are Arm and cloths In good demand. In this coun? try there is a sharp demand for white cotton and It is considered not un? likely tha 1,000.000 bales of the low grades will go Into channels of con? sumption similar to those opened to tho poorer sorts of cotton in the sea? son of 1904-05. The ravenous demand for the ac? tual cotton at home and abroad Is the sheet anchor of the market. IWPAYKKS SltOt'LD MARK MB* TVKN8. Penalty of 50 Per Cent. Added if Re? turn** Arc Xot Mode by February 20th. Tax return* are coming In very slowly, especially In the city, and It - ems at tho present time that there wll be a number of persons who will have to pay fifty per cent, penalty ne\t f;ill for not making their returns SS they should. The auditor's hooka OlOSS on Feb? ruary L'Oth and If the returns uro not mad" at that time an nddltlonnl pon ? lt\ of fifty per rent W'il be attacle.l |g tie gslSjgi Auditor Wilder has paid hit annual visit to all Of the town? ships In tho countny and g great many Of tb?> persons III the seetloUS visited bf bun made their returns while he ? I in thelf neighborhood i.iit the people of the town have seemingly forgotten about making thelf returns, being much slower this year than usual about making them. _ Tho crowd in attendance upon court Monday morning was rather siim. Ve ?>? little interest seemed t'? be shown in the proceedings and most of lb-- rrowd dispersed ss soon as it was known that the ease against 3, w Harper would be continue i COTTON CANVASS COMPLETED. Farmers still Picking Cotton at MajreovlUei Important Ordinances Poaeed. Mayeavllle, Feb. 2.?Mr. B. W, Raf field has Completed his canvass in ltf*ti tectlon for Ihe "Roch Hill plan" of cotton acreage and the planters generally have agreed to support the plan. As seen from the report pub? lished in The Item, the farmers, both white and colored, large and small, will cut their acreago considerably. Some of the heaviest planters in :he State live In this township and th'i reduction here will amount to some? thing. If all agree to stand by their pledges, Cotton picking is still go? ing and quite a lot of cotton is being ginned on Fridays and Satur days. The cutting of the stalks and /dcklng are being carried on at t;ie same time in some fields. Little oth? er farm work is being done now. The town council passed several im? portant ordinances at its meeting on Wednesday night. One ordinance prohll its the shooting of sling-shots, parlor ritles or air rifles within the town limits. This action of council will meet With general approval for there has been much of this shoot? ing of late, especialy by the small boys and the use of such arms is un? doubtedly dangerous. Another ordi? nance relates to the placing of mer- i chandise on the sidewalks or pave- J menu for display by the merchants. . This act should be generally approved tot In .jeme instances this display of good! has been carried to an extent that became a nuisance. Mr. C. E. Mayes, cashier of the Hank of Mayesvllle. returned this af? ternoon via. automobile from Colum? bia, where he has been on business. Mr. Chalmers McKlnney, of this place, but who has been In Timmons ville for several months In the drug business, has gono to Maeon to take a course in pharmacy. Mr. K. A. Chandler and family have returned from a few days' visit to Society Hill. Mrs. Chandler's for? mer home. ARCHHTJECTS CLAIM OF $13,500. ... -?^-?- ??., V.. ? A Big Hill for State Hou?o Plan* Now Before House Committee.. Columbia, Feb. 3.?The ways ami means committee is considering a bll for 50u for plans for re? modeling the State House. The plans we re made by Mr. A. W. Todd, of Charleston. The claim for the fee Is based on tbs agreement: State of South Carolna. This agreement entered Into this 27th day of September, 1911, by and between F. M. yryan, chairman and W. W. Dixon, secretary, acting as a sub-committee, under authority of the committee on State House and grounds, commissioned by his Excel? lency, the Governor, for this purpose, party of the first part, hereinafter for brevity styled the committee, and A. W. Todd and J. D. Henson, co-part? ners, doing business under the name of Todd and Henson, parties of the second part, hereinafter for brevity styled the architects: Witnesseth: (1) That whereas, the committee, acting under authority vested in them by the general committee on State House and grsunds, have by this agreement commissioned the said or chiteets to make up plans, estimates, etc., for the Improvements to the State Capitol building, and to per? form such other duties as are usually required of architects in such work. Now this agreement. Wllnosxeth: That In consideration of the services heretofore rendered and so to bo ren? dered that the architects tiro to be I paid for such services in accordance with the feei established by the American Institute of Architects. As per schedule hereto attached. In witness whereof ,tho putties to tht.se presents have hereunto set their hands and Seals the day and year above Ural written. f. m . Bryan, t U B. I Chairman. w. w. i dxon, Secretary. The claim li now before the ways and means committee, and there is a question being raised as to whether the committee had authority to make a contract Involving $18,600, As a p;irt Of the general proposition a resolution has been offered looking to submitting to the voters of the statt- a bond Issue of a million dollars for tb proposed extension and im? provement "f the state House, Miss Maria Boyle spent the week? end at home from the < College for Wo men at Columbia. SKYSCRAPER CONTRACT LET. W. U HARBIN GETS CONTRACT FOR SEVEN STORY EDIFICE. Seven Bidden for Work?Work Wilt Be Commenced nn March ist end la to Be Completed by Nov. t? Cost of -Building to Be Approxi? mately $?0.000. Tho contract for the City National Bank building was awarded Friday night to W. Lee Harbin of Lexing? ton, N. C.i a contractor now engaged In this city In the erection of the First Methodist church and the reno? vations and changes In tho Sumter Lighting Company plant. The work on the building will be commenced on March firs* and will be completed by November first. The material will be of the best, substan? tial varieties and the building will be completely equipped with .'ill mod? ern appliances and conveniences The cost Of the completed building will ba approximately $G0,000. The bids for the contract were opened Friday afternoon and were gone over thoroughly before the con? tract was awarded. There were sev? eral bidders: for the work, the bidders being as follows: J. J. Cain, Columbia; Whitney Steen Company. New York; W. Lee Harbin, Lexington, N. C; Wlee Granite Company, Wise, N. C; King Lumber Company, Charlotten Vl|l6 V? : J. A. Gardner, Charlotte, 1 N. C; J. J. Keller and Company, Kock Hill. S (\; John Lowry, New York. Thu work on the building and the j elevator, and steam heating appara? tus are let under different contracts, I Harbin getting the building proper and the Otis Elevator Company get? ting the contract for installing the elevator service. The contract for the atoam heating apparatus has not yet been let. The elevator will be equipped with double screw and will provide for 4.000 pounds at 200 feet per minute. The building now occupying the corner will bo sold and moved away I and the new building erected in Its place. The building will be sever, stories high and will be of sandstone ' : f.* ? <M hrtek. ABDICATION QUESTION SETTLED. Indicated by Latest Edict of Chinese Dowager Empress. Peking, February 4.?The Empress Dowager issued an edict this evening instructing Premier Yuan .Shi Kai to establish a republic in co-operaii >n with the southern republicans. The edict has not yet been published and it is expected that it will be kept more or les secret so far, as the public is concerned, until arrangements in '.he south have been completed. Yuan Shi Kai is now endeavoring to persuade the Nanking government to hand over the control of affairs 10 enable him to carry on tho adminis? tration of the whole Empire, until the National Convention appoints a per? manent government and adopts a constitution. It is doubted here that the re? publicans in Nanking will consent to this. It Is believed that the only thing possible is the creation of two pro? visional governments and the con? tinuance of temporary control. Yuan Shi Kai is opposed to the transfer of the capital to Nanking, but there ap? pears to be a close understanding between the Imperial premier and the icpublicans who have again offered him the Presidency. The fact that the abdication of the throno has been decided upon is not known to tho general public in ?e king. Many of the Imperial princes are leaving Peking. Prince Kuag. leader of the Mongolian anti-abdlvi tionlsts, and Prince Su, of the board of dependencies, have gone to Man? churia. Gen. Chao Brh Shun, viceroy of Manchuria, has espoused the r? public, nut Chang Chow Lin, commandant of troops. >* Irreconcilable. Ohl Negro Drops Dead. Monday afternoon as he was re turning from the gin, ?borge Single ton, an old colored man living In the Concord section, suddenly drop? ped dead, his body falling back against the rack "l* the wagon in Which he was riding. Mr. John Chllders of tho Concord section was driving the wagon at the tune, He called to the negro as he fell and re* i celving n<? response Investigated and I found him ?<? b? dead. It was sup J posed thai he dl d from hear! fail? ure. He was reported to be one of tin- best negroes In the Concord see tlon of the countj. measure urged m t. i?. a. goes To third reading. Overwhelming Vote of 7:i to 10 Re? corded After Debate Over Propose*! Law Requiring Strips on Trait,| Instead of Requiring Exchange for Tickets. Columbia, Feb. 2.?The House to? il Ight, rather unexpectedly, took up and passed the Carlisle hill. whicn seeks to rt uire railroads to pull on trains mileage strips, instead of hav Ing the same exchanged for tickets before hoarding trains. The vote was 73 to 10. The bill that was last year buffeted about was passed tonight in double quick order, with practically no fight. The K. P. Smith substitute propo? sition was withdrawn on the ground that he hoped it would suit all in? terests and, being objected to by the T. P. A., he was done with the whole matter, having tailed in an effort to compromise. The mileage bill has been ;l bone of contention for some time and the contest tonight was briefer than many expected. As many as forty live members were not voting. The opponent! of the Carlisle bill in no teal received over 17 votes. state warehouse b?x p\ss ed. Other Proceedings of Senate ai Last Night's Session. Columbia, Feb. 2.?The Senate to? night passed the bill to create a State warehouse system for storing cotton and to provide an appropri? ation of $250,000 for the establish? ment of the system. There was much opposition to the hill. the chief ground far this being the heavy ap? propriation. A message was received from the Governor, in which he gave his rea ' sons for vetoing a bill to order the supervisor of Greenwood County to draw his warrant in favor of Magis? trate Kerr, concerning whose office there was so much comment through? out the State last year. The mes? sage wa> r ipalyed as mfornjaCon 1 The Senate sent to the House a bill to n'low solid freight trains to pass through the State on Sundays. The Senate also passed a bill abolish? ing the office of supervisor for Kich land County. A lull to provide for B dispensary election in Orangeburg County was set as a special order for Wednesday, after third reading bills, j The Senate tonight concurred in a House resolution approving the erec? tion in Washington, by the National Government, of a monument to the signers of the Declaration of Inde? pendence. The Senate received a message from the House in which it was stat? ed that concurrence had been reach ; ed to a Senate resolution to request I the State Treasurer to state in writ? ing, to be spread upon the Journals of l oth houses, his side of his "con? troversy" with the Gove:n*ir. J The House also informed the Sen? ate of concurrence in Senator Whar ton's resolution as to a peace memor? ial. j Senator Green's bill to provide for 1 a State warehouse system, was call? ed in order on the Calendar. Senator Young spoke for many minutes in ' opposition, charging that it is not wholly constitutional. He wanted the bill postponed for a few days to al? low for the preparation of amend ' ments. Senator Green urged im ' mediate consideration of the bill. I He urged that if the bill be uncon? stitutional the Supreme Court will test it before It becomes operative. Senator Karle opposed the bill as it stands, but offered an amendment to make it suit hint. The amendment was tabled. Senator W. i* Mauldin said he deemed it his duty to enter a I "solemn prot st" against the bill. He advanced the belief that the I warehouse system would not at all j better cotton price conditions and would be an expense on the people. j Senator Young accused the sup? porters of the bill of trying to 'rail? road it through the Senate. He held that the bill will give taxation to the farmers. 11.? said the bill orig? inated in New Orb-ins. being copied from tlie Louisiana warehouse bill, hut thai it lacked many of the im portanl ?letalis of the Louisiana bill. I Senator Lawson moved to adjourn debate till Tuesday night and Sena? tor Clifton moved to table the mo? tion. The motion was tabled by a vote of 13 to 0. The bill was then sent to the House. Senator Clifton asked that the bill GEORGIA III LIKE. THE KOCK mi l PLAN ADOPTED, Ooiioti Acreage Redaction Campaign Will Be Vigorously lYosaeafi d Un? der Dltectiofi of stat.^ Supcriutcnd out Lore?Mr. Anderson Accom? plishes Good Werk in Empire State. Rock Hill, Fei?. :.?A telegram from Mr. J. G. Anderson, who is now in Atlanta, says that. Georgia has joined North and South Carolina in the vigorous campaign that is being made to reduce the cotton acreage under the Rock Hill Plan, ?t?te Su? perintendent Love will h charge of the work in Georgia , press it vigorously. A c ijr of the .-'tat i will be start' ^"^^diately. MAINE ' vvX . RAISED, v _ Protract* ^. of Raising Sunken War V at Leaf Crowned With rlabana, Feb. ;>.?The protracted task of raising the sunken battle? ship Maine was crowned with success this afternoon when the after sec? tion, which was not injured by the explosion and comprises approxi? mately half the total length of the ill-fated vessel, was set afloat. Harely enough water was admitted within the cofferdam to free the hulk from the mud in which it was deeply inbedded, but tonight iloats almost on an even keel, though some? what down at the stern and much above its normal line of flotation in consequence of the removal of the heavy weights on deck, especially the afterturret and its guns. The hull, into which a bulkhead has been fitted, proved perfectly watertight. MaJ. Harley B. Ferguson, chief en? gineer in charge of the work, in? tends now to cease admitting water within the cofferdam until the por? tions of the shattered forward section of the battleship are removed which will be a matter of a few days. Af , ter this it will be a simple matter to admit sufficient water to raise the hulk to the harbor level. Tbr.^e bodies vwjre found ths? even? ing during an exploration of tho ex treme bow section of the Maine, TEAM AND WAGON PURCTI \SED. Fire Committee Decides to Get Team I from Asheville?Undecided a- to Chemical Wagon. The Fire Committee met Thursday to discuss the purchase of a chem Icel h<>se wagon, but after talking over the matter for a couple of hours no decision was reached and the purchase was postponed for the I resent. However, the committee has made a trade for the hose wag? on and team now being used at Aslie ville. N. Cm and this apparatus will be sent on here from Asheville at the first of March. The decision to purchase this wag en and team was made following a report made > y Mr. J. P. Booth, who went to Asheville to inspect the ar? ticles which the committee was con? sidering purchasing. The wagon .s reported to be as good as new. Pe I tee Advocate. Ira B. Jones has got into action and it is evident that Blease will have no weakling to deal with in the coming campaign. Jones' state? ment about the special judge coa.?*o versy Is a strong presentation of the law, and a convincing Indictment of Blease's "lawless" acts. be sent to the House at once, before it adjourned for the night. The bill calls for three commissioners to con? trol the system and for the employ? ment of a manager, weighers and cotton graders. s nator Carlisle's hill to regulate the employment of children In the delivery of go, ds and me SlgSS and in theatres ami other placeeof amuse? ment, amended SO as to apply to children under 11 y ars of age, with a promise of an amendment to strike out section as to theatres, was pass ed on second reading and put OU tho Calendar for a third. Senator Lide opposed the "rail? roading" of this bill through and questioned the source of the MIL Senator Christ noon's hill to fur? ther provide for the registration of trained nurses, an outgrowth of the late controversy between the trained nurses Of Columbia and the nurses of the State Hospital for the Insane, w... passed to third leading. The Senate adjourned until Tues? day ? ight