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?. U MTV.il WATCHMAN. MaMlabed April. IHM Oonsolidated Auk 3,1881 ?Be Just and Fear not?Ix* ail the ende Thou Alms't at be thy (Xmntry'S, Thy God's and Truth's.' SUMTER, S C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established June, Vol. XXXIII. Nn *a WORKING FOR THE SOUTH. KI.I'KI Si VI \TI\ KS OK ih ST\TKS (iATHKK IN HALTIMOHK. fcouthem Srttl? rornl and Development < W*:ajitf.it on |4? t'rgc Immigration of lH<*drabl?> People. Baltimore. Feb. 10.?Represent i ttves) of li Southern States, beads of I railroads end steamship lines that " serve that section and men who have studied the agricultural and nvlus trisl problems of the *k>uth for years met here today and formed the Southern Settlement and Development organisation. Baltimore wax made tl <? headquarters with S. Davits War field this cltr as chairman and Eli Krank, also of Baltimore, sec re tnry It wss resolved to start at once 10 raiae funds to carry on the work Of the organisation to establish branch? es of the company where necessary and to carry on such work In the 16 Southern States as m.iy be deemed desirable with the view to procuring daetrable Immigration, colonisation and settlement as the needs of the eeveral States may require. It was further decided to recom? mend to the several Stetes of the South "the argent necessity of estab? lishing In each State a State Immigra? tion bureau for the purpose of dis? seminating reliable Information re? garding the resources, the possiblll ttea and opportunities of the South to be supported by the State's machln- I ery and money, under *h? Indirect supervision of the governor of each State with a good practical business rn*M n harge. whose duties shall bs to co-operate with the t'ntted States government, the transportation com f?anlea, the commercial bodies, the real estate men, the press and the Southern Settlement and Development organisation In placing the country properly before the people of t.e wer id." The establishment of a farm labor department, to be added to the func tfe*>. Stale bureau, was also found tt d *o do so. ; eeo ration that caused some dls n before It was finally perfected , null Ihe Ideaa of the delegates set h t nit Northern ports of entry are elvlng a very large percentage of of the desirable Immigrants, who remain In these cities and States and Oft lea adjacent thereto. The commer Seal Importance and possibilities of the South Justify the federal govern- \ meat "In providing adequate facilities for the reception of Immigrants at Baltimore, the South Atlantic and gulf ports, from lack of which said port* are now suffering." and called ' upon congress and the proper feder- 1 I al officials to "take such steps as may be necessary to provide such fa? cilities at Baltimore, the South At? lantic and gulf ports as to put th<?8e porv'i on a parr,/ with said North At- I lantlc ports. The meeting was the result of the conference on Southern Immigration , held here on December S. A commit. lee was formed at that time, with S. HHlfcse Warfleld of Baltimore as chair- I r .man. the membership to be constl toted as follows: One to be appointed by the govern ^Bfe ef'each Southern State; one to be Hlnisd by the president of each rall H^sjftd and transportation company In the South; on** fr ?m ??eh State to be [?appointed by <* hair man Warfleld. Delegates were present from Ala? bama, Arkansas. FiorloU, Georgia. KentucK\. Louisiana. Maryland. Mississippi Missouri. North Car Oklahoma. South Carolina. T. x.m. Virginia and West SjSj In addition, more than f?0 railroad and st?am*hlp companies sent PSjpfie* Sentattves. In some caa^s the presi? dents of the llnea acting In person. When Mr Warfleld called the meet pSff to order be faced the largest and toes* representative committee ever jgrganlscd to ennalder th? agricultural SaJ Industrial development of the South. In bis addreae Mr. Warfleld referred Is UlS SASl SfeS)i ?>( SSSJH ? proved farm lands In the South and declared that every MM OOUSSfMS* In IjS^pperty values In the South bad a W definite Interest In the promotion of thl* work. which, he maintained, could not be done without large ex ? pendltur-s ..f mfnt-v Liberal treat meat is necessary not only on the part of the railroads, loit the St i? governments ahn. Mr. Warfleld was of th ? h.Mcf that foreign Immigrants of n deslr n?de sort could be secured by s prop El Si; system which would reach Into f the homes of tbe agricultural clag# I SSL especially In Vorth rn Europe, mhreelng Kngllsh. Scotch, Irish nnd UFT'S REAL OPPONENT. KOOSFVFLT W 11.1, G1VF HIS DK (MOM MONDAY. Aimwt'M < lex eland Vlntlrer With Usual Cryptic Utterance und Prom? is?? of More. Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 21.?"My hat Ii In the ring." This is what Theodore loosevelt said here tonight when an admiring Cleveland friend sought to learn whether he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for the pres? idency. During the brief stay of Col. Roose? velt In Cleveland. W E. Eirick, well known locally in politics, greeted the former president, wht-m he knows well. "I want a direct answer, colonel," ! said Mr. Eirick. "All your friends | want to know and want to know now whether you are to be a candidate." | 'My hat is in the ring," replied Oof, <b>osevelt. 'You will have my answer Monday. - BOOK CLUB FXFX'TS OFFICERS. Mrn, C. l>. Cooper Kl?vt???l President ?Msg, W. S. (Iiaiull r feWtJS Club Went Book. Mayesvllle. Feb. 21.? U the regu? lar meeting of the Tuesday Afternoon M Cliil', hebl yesterdaj A the n d ? ef Mrs \V. W. Gardner, the retir'ng president. M s. W. Mayes. presiding, the annuil election of oft'icerv. was held. The following ssaj Uli result of the h illotlng f >r of? ficers: President, Mrs. C. D. Coop. r. Vlce-Fresident. Mrs. W. W. Gard? ner; Secretary. Mrs. C. N. Sprott; Treasurer. Miss Minnie Chandler After the election of officers, a vote was taken to decide which was the mojit popular book given the club during the year. "The Itosary." whic h was given by Mrs. \V. C. ('handler, received the majority of the votes and accordingly Mrs. Chandler was given the blue ribbon. This action la ta&all by the members of the ctdo lit ofrfer to raise the stan? dard of the books read during the v 'iir. The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday, March 5, with Mrs. Robert A. Chandler. The continual rains have about put a stop to all kind* of work and con? sequently business Is rather dull on all side*. The farmers are idle and wh< n they are out of work, the mer? chants are not very much rushed with T trade. Even the school is affected by the weather for so many of the scholars live In the country and do not come In bad weather, that the attendance U so light as to shorten the hours of school considerably. Sumter County ?* legislative delega- | ttOfj went back to Columbia Wednes? day morning to attend the final ses? sion of the General Assembly. The members. Messrs. J. II. Clliton, R. B. BSsnSff and Oeo. W. Dies left Wednes? day or; the second train so as to be present for all of the work which j 'ties up tonight German people. One of the most Important things in tillconnection he said. Is tfiat port facilities should be (.f ths bant character for hand? ling this class of people "This oeeupatlon of the vacant I nub of the South by people who Will \ be acceptable to our Southern peo? ple and who will not lower the Stand" nrd of citizenship, which si one of the proudest heritages of the South? land. Is now perhaps tho most Im? portant problem which that section of , our country faces," sard Mr. War i held. In conclusion. Mr. Warfield was unanimously 1 I chairman of the commission An address was rnad| by Orosvenor ? we. managing director of the Southern Commercial congreea, who discussed various pttaSSS Of the agri? cultural ami industrial problems of ?be South. \n executive commission consisting of represents ttvos of certain railroads Snd ?>ne man from each of the I ->'ate? was formed, with Mr. War he Id an chairman, to outline | plan "f or? ganisation nnd present it to Ihs gen* oral committee. Pending a report of lbs commis? sion a psjSSjO) SrSS taken until later In the da v The executive commission present? ed It* report at the afternoon meet? ing, it eras in the form of a si?!? i of resolutions, providing for a perms, nent organization, etc . gnd the report ami adopted nt a session of lew than an hour's duration. TbU evening Mr W rib Id enter t iln? ed the delegates at dlnm r at the Maryland club. T?FT WES LIABlUn Lit RBPOftT <>f commission EN DORSJED BY Plti:sn>K\T, Declaring Fmployors' Liability Act the Most Advanced Plc<v of Legis? lation on tli?? Subject, Taft Disposes of Objection ? Would Guarantee Quick Adjustment of Claims and Would Relieve Courts of Great H union. Washington, Feb. 20.?President Taft today submitted to Congress the report of the employers' liability commission and the cemmissions pro? posed emoloyers* liability and work? men's compensation bill accompanied by a messare urging the enactment of the measure which is the most ad- i vanced piece of liability legislation yet presented. The President sets forth that the proposed law not only would insure to employees of rail? roads engaged in Inter-State com? merce quick adjustment of their elaims for damages, but also would relieve the courts of a vast amount of work and enable them to administer judicial affairs with greater dispatch. "I sincerely hope that the Act will pass." said the President. "I deem It one of the great steps of progress j toward a satisfactory solution of an , important phase of the controversies . between employer and employee that ( has l eon proposed within the last \\o or three decades." i The provisions of the measure are sketched In the message and then Mr. Taft takes up and disposes of three objections that have been ad? vanced by its opponents. "In the tirst place." says the Presi? dent, "the question ai I whether un? der the provisions of the commerce ^ clause, the bill could be considered i to be a regulation of Inter-State and | foreign commerce. That seems to be j already settled by the decision of the Supreme Court in the employers' Ha- ' bllity case.' i "The second question is whether the making of these remedies ex- j elusive and by compelling of the rail? road companies to meet obligations arising from Injuries, for which the railroad would not be liable under j the common law, is a denial of the due process of law which is enjoin? ed upon Congress by the fifth amend- . ment to ?the Constitution in dealing with the property rights. This ques- , tlon the report takes up and in an . exhaustive review of the authorities makes clear, as It seems to me, the validity of the Act. It is sufficient to say that the argument of the commis ?ion is most convincing to show that the police power of the government exercised In the regulation of Inter State commerce Is quite sufficient to Justify the Imposition upon the Inter State railroad companies of the lia? bility for the injuries to its employees on an insurance basis. "The third objection is that the right of trial by Jury guaranteed by the seventh amendment, is denied. As , a matter of fact, the right Is preserv ' ed In this Act by permitting a Jury to pass on the issue when duly de? manded, in accordance with the lim? itations of the Act." President Taft then alludes to th>> alleged Iniquities attending personal injury litigation. He declares that perjured testimony, emotional juries and badly constructed laws limiting , liability, have tended to hamper the administration of asset justice while the heavy expense of litigation has rendered it almost Impossible for tha poor man to command hli rights, in i r t'etritur to the condition of the courts because of this form of lltlga ] tlon. the President .-aid: "The administration of justice to 1 day ll Clogged In every court by the I great number Of suits, for damages 1 for personal Injury. The settlement 1 of such oases by this system will serve to reduce the burden of our courts one-half by talcing the case out ot court and disposing of them by this short cut." The message concludes with the reiterated hope thai the bill may be pas ed before adjournment of the 1 present session of Congress, win lie \Uo Run? Sows nnd Courier? Former Senator McLaurln tells Edi? tor Grist, of the ITorkvllle Enquirer, long one of his admirers, thai if Gov? ernor niease vetoes the State cotton I warehouse hill he nnH' enter the race for Governor and stump every coun? ty in the State for the bill, even If he doesn't get ? vote, The question now Is as to whether Ihe Governor will regard this as a temptation or a threat, LEGISLATURE RECONVENES. BILL TO SAVE WATSON AMEND? ED. Oov. Blease Vetoes Befmuling Act ami Approves Warehouse I#nw? Commissinors to Be Elected Tomor? row. Pay for State House Archi? tect*. Columbia. Feb. 21.?The Senate to? night recalled the bill making the of? fice of commissioner of agriculture elective by the people from the en? grossing department, struck out the provision retaining the present com? missioner, E. J. Watson, in office un? til his successor is chosen, after a stubborn fight, and a long debate featured by a whole airing of the matter. The bill was sent to the House for concurrence in the amend? ment. A concurrent resolution fixing j noon, February 23. as the hour for j the joint Assembly for the election of : the three State warehouse commis- j sioners was adopted and sent to the House. Mr. Tobias* bill to enlarge and de? fine the duties and powers of Pro- j bate Court.s in relation to minors was j passed to third reading, as was the j bill to amend the law in relation to j the names and locations of voting precincts in this State. ' The bill empowering county boards to appropriate funds out of the coun- ' ty treasury to co-operate with work j of State official having charge of live stock, sanitary work and the , United States department of agricul? ture in the eradication of cattle tick and infectious and contagious dis? eases of live stock, etc., was passed with amendments and sent to the House. The Governor's message approving the warehouse bill was read directly after the Senate con? vened. It was generally thought that the bill would be vetoed and the message approving the bill was list i ened to with much interest. The bill relating to the taxation of ata^.l-eg tl^r^er caused prolonged debate. A motion to recommit the bill, in order to permit a hearing. i which was offered by Senator Clifton, ; waa lost and a similar fate met Sena? tor Appelt's motion to adjourn debate on the bill. After some more skirm? ishing the Senate finally adopted a | motion and continued the bill until i 11.05 a. m. tomorrow. j Leave of absence was granted to Senator Spivey, of Horry. The Sen? ate will recede from business long enough tomorrow to permit of the reading of Washington's farewell ad? dress. At 11 p. m. tho Senate ad? journed to meet tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Senator Hough tonight Introduced in the Senate, by request, a joint res? olution to reimburse Todd and Ren son for furnishing plans, models, etc. j for the State Capitol building. The resolution waa referred to the finance committee. The full text of the measure follows: ' That the sum of $2,r.on is hereby appropriated and that the Comptroll r General be in? structed to draw his warrant on the St'Ue Treasurer for that sum, on ac? count of tho claim of Todd and Ben? son, architects f?>r plans, models, etc., for the State Capitol building, as part remuneration of same. Provided that, if the work is ev r completed, a< proposed, then they are to receive the regular compensation as per their 1 contract with the committee en state I House and grounds; and provided, i further, that if the Improvements are 1 not made, then this amount is to be < oneldered as payment In full." This i i resolution will become s law Imme* dia< >ly upon the approval of the Governor. VETOES DEBT REFUNDING ACT. Blens* TMniks Provisions Not In Interest oi' state. ; Columbia, Feb. 81.?Qov. Bleasa J tonight returned to the General As? sembly the Act providing for the re? funding of the Brown consol state bonds with his veto and his reasons I therefor. The Governor states thai alter consultation with financiers he i is satisfied that ttu bill is not so ! drawn as to be for the best Interest 1 of the state in r< funding the state debt. The Governor also thinks that ia provision should be Inserted In the Act exempting thai part of the mon? eys or the state banks Invested In t hem from taxation, With the Incoming at lent, tho number nl card parties n nd dan< es will be greatly reduced snd the ro win be few social functions In town ; until after lent haa passed. j SEVEN CONVICTED, OHE IS NOT ! FIN KS AMOl NT TO $:il>5 OR MO DAYS IN ALL CASKS FOR STEALING. Reece Jinnies Gets Light Eine und Pays Out?Other NcgTOCS Take tile Days ? Arresti Liable to stop Wholesale stealing In city?Con? victed Negroes. The wholesale arrests Wednesday of negroes engaged in stealing articles from various stores in the city will probably put a stop lor sometime of the stealing which has been going on i in Sumter for some time. With th arrest of Willie Jones Monday mo- ^ ing for breaking into Shaw's st v and the arrests Wednesday, < , probable that quite a numb< ne? groes will be put where tb . not be able to do any more steai for at least thirty days?at least this is what the recorder told jpne of those up be? fore him Wednesday afternoon, when the party was lamenting over his troubles. The arrests were made Wednesday morning following the investigating of clews obtained by Policeman Ward when he was informed by Cuttino and McKnight that a negro working for them, Sam Vaughn by name, had stolen some goods from them. He followed up the clew and found where the negro had disposed of his loot and also found other loot which led to the arrest of other parties. Only one of thos. arrested escaped conviction and it is possible that he also would have been convicted if the necessary amount of evidence could have been obtained. The Degroes arrested were Dave Brunsen, Um Bracey, William Cab bagestalk, Sam Vaughn, Sam Rich- j ardson, Cephas Ford. Reece James and Tom Singleton. All of them were ' convicted except Sam Richardson. ! Who was arrested for receiving stol- J en goods, but against w hom there ' was Insufficient evidence to result In | a conviction. The cases were all call? ed Wednesday afternoor cfrer the ar? rests v.'ere made and disposed of by the recorder, several of the negroes I pleading guilty to the charges. All j of the negroes have been committed j to the gang except Reece James, who paid his fine. | Dave Branson, petit larceny, plead guilty to stealing five sacks of flour | from Croaswell and Company about Christmas time. Brunson was a \ driver for Crosswell and Company and sold the flour to Reece James. I He was sentenced to pay a tine of $r?0 or serve 30 days. j Jim Bracey and William Cabbage ?talk plead guilty to stealing two sets of lines from Boyle Live Stock Com? pany and were sentenced to pay $50 j or serve 30 days each for petit lar? ceny. | Sam Vaughn was up on three sep? arate charges, stealing lard from Cuttino and McKnight. stealing rice I from Cuttino and McKnight and | i stealing ginger ale from Cuttino and McKnight He plead guilty to tak-j ? ing the rice and the ginger ale. but stated that he did not take the lard. He was found guilty, however, on all three charges and given a total -en-1 I tence of 90 days or $100. I Sam Richardson was tried for re? ceiving stolen goods valued at less I tban He plead not guilty and was dismissed after the recorder had heard the evidence against him. I Cephas Ford, rn old acquaintance J of the police force, was tried for stealing silver knives from W. A. Thompson's store. lie plead not j guilty, but was found guilty and Sen j tenced to a fine of $50 or 80 days. Tom Singleton plead n<?t guilty to stealing a ham from .Toms and Jen I nlngS, but was found guilty of the theft. He also was given a sentence j of $r>0 or :?0 days. Next on the docket cam Reece James, another old offender against the city's ordinances, who stated thai j he had paved more of the city's I streets than anybody else In town He also, in leaving, thanked the re? corder and policemen for their kind? ness to him and stated that hereafter he would try and conducl himself in a becoming manner and not disobey the city's laws any more. Ho Stated that he had ret elved the stolen goods ?only because of his sympath tic na? ture, those w hom he had received them from having become Indebted to him In bis restaurant and h< j having agreed to accept payment through receiving the articles. He wah up on three separate charges of receiving stolen goods and plead guilty to each or them. Efla fine in each ease, which he paid, was |15 01 10 .lavs. GOVERNOR WRITES OF AC T HE APPROVED, Thinks it is Probably Uiiconstilution. ol. Says if Ad Fails It Will be Heavy Blow. Columbia, Feb. 22.?Gov. Hlease sent to the. house and senate last night a special message containing some ir'ormation and advice about the a' >tablish a .state system of cot* rehouses which he has ap p A 9^ special message follows: the Honorable, the Members of ^ the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. "Gentlemen: I beg to inform your honorable bodies that I have approv? ed the act entitled 'An act to create and op?rate a State warehouse sys? tem for storing cotton and other commodities.' "After a careful and as thoughtful consideration as I can give this act, I have serious and grave doubt of its constitutionality, or that it will prove as effective as it is thought; but, in view of the decided opinion, as ex? pressed by the large number of your bodies voting for it, I deem it proper to waive my views as to its doubtful (onstitutionality and effectiveness to give the relief to 'and promote the good of our cotton industry, and hope that it may be the means of saving the farmers of this State from the evils and wrongs which the SpeCUhV 1 tors in our largest staple crop have done, as well a.s the injury which menaces them -rom the cotton mill mergers in our State, which have bean formed within the last year and which are still going on. It may, I trlist, also be the instrument in the hand! of the farmers to relieve them from the oppression which they have endured from the allowance of the existence of certain monopolies, trusts and combinations not only at the North but in our own State. "If it should prove to be sufficient to supprea? of i-re/ent the?*? opera? tions and wrongs committed against our people, It will be welcomed by the wh?.le people as a glorious accom? plishment and the wisest of legisla? tion. As the future conduct and opera? tion of the system just inaugurated will most vitally effect the welfare and condition of the State, it Is but proper that I should suggest to you that in the selection of the commis? sioners to carry out this work that there should be an avoidance from making any one a member of such commission who holds and stock in any of the mills now merged, consoli? dated or combined with other mills of this State, or who may be other? wise interested in such combination or merger, or who has any stock or financial interest or engaged in any allied corporation which is or may be likely to affect his duty to the public and which will place him under any influence inimical to the farmers of I the State in advancing or maintain I ing the price of cotton. It seems to me to be most appropriate and wi.?e that three men, who are cotton planters and receive their living from this source, should be selected and who are free from expectation of political advancement or financial j gain >Utelds of the success of the 1 uslneas entrusted to their care: for this is a great experiment we are en? tering upon. Tf it fails it will prove i heavy low to the farmers of the , State and to the winde common* ! wealth." SEARCH FOR MKS. w. H. GREEV ER. Husband ami I rtends from < oiumbla .Vi?I itg Washington PoMeo, _ Washington. Feb. 20.?The Rev. w. H. Qreever. of Columbia. 8, C, I editor of the Lutheran Synod, is in Washington aiding the police in the search of his missing wife, who ila> I appeared laal are d> from the home of Miss Louise Ryan, a trained nurse of I Washington, \\ I h whom she ha t bene living for several months while und ergot I c medical treatment for mcia ncholla, Mr. Qreever eras accompanied in Washington by bis brother. E. I.. Greever; by Theodore Brueger, of Philadelphia, a brother of Mrs. Qreev? er. ind 1? Arthur Kohn. of Colum? bia t friend of the family. Up to a I late hoti! tonight the Increased efforts t.. locate Mrs, Greovei had been un? fit and th< re is growing ap J pre hem Ion Her three young chll I ?Iren are with relatives m Thxewell. I V:,