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>r\nm watchman. ?UmImm4 April. 18?vi lie .lust ?ml Fear not??Lot all the ends Thon A lins't at he thy Country's. TMj Coil's and Truth's.' Co?tolidat?d Aue 8,1881 8UMTER. 8. 0.? WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1912. THE TKUK SOUT11KOX. Established June, II Vol.XXXlV. No. 7. Ml HOM> \PPItOPItlAT10\ 1?\H? n\ Hi IM CITY 1'liKHK I Kl \M 1 I It. Maiu r was > >tu'u*M-4l in nil lu As poets by Membor* of County Hoard. Mni'tHT> of the I.? i;Ulai uri' and Ref>re?entatlvc? of lU ( IuiiiiIm r of (Vwnmrnr Motion Ttiat $12,04)0 be Paid over |o Clerk and Troanuror of City of Knutter Immediately, as Au? tltortsod h> Act of licgislnture, Ad? opted Without a IMs-wittlng Vote. The County Board of Commission? er* mt . in apoclal session today to take action on the appropriation of $11.000. to a^aiat the county and city of si unit er In extending and Improving their railroad facilities, us authorised by act of the legislature. All members od the board were present. The ob? ject of the meeting was stated by Su? pervisor Pitts and the clerk was di? rected to read the supply bill for Sum? tes county. In which the county com misaloners are authorised to pay the ?mount above stated to the City Treasurer for the purpose set forth. He than read a communication from e grand Jury, conveying the resolu? tion adopted st the special session of that body held Friday endorsing the proponed appropriation and recom- i mending that It bo paid immediately as authorised. Next was read a state- . ment from County Attorney L, D. Jennlna*? reciting the hungry of the efforts to secure the Seaboard rail? road for Sumfer. the work done by the committee of the Chamber of Commerce, of which he was chair? man, and the appropriation of $20, ?0$ b- the City of iumter. He also stated the reasons for asking the county to make an appropriation for the same purpose* Ha declined to gtve an opinion on the legal aspects of the matter on account of his con n action with the railroad proposition. ' hy air. R. O. T. Manning, repre? sent trig the Cht m her of Commerce j and the olttsens of Sumter. In which ; ho reviewed the whole railroad sl'.u atlon. Messrs. J. H. Clifton. I. C. MCrauss and D. D. Mot** discussed the legal and butlnoss slds of the sp- 1 peopHatlon. | Mr Manning submitted a proposit Ion to Indemnify the Supervisor and ] < 'ommlwlonur* against any loss or harm In tha event that any questions thould aver N? raised to the legality of the ?v tlon ,?f the board In currying out *ht authorisation of the legisla? ture. Commission, r W. J. Toung moved that the appropriation be paid over Immediately to the Treasurer of the City of Sumter. as authorised by Act of the legislature on the conditions set forth by Mr. Manning. The mo? tion was seconded hy Commissions/ Mima, and being put to a vote was adopted without a dissenting vote. The necessary papers were Imme? diately executed and the check for 112.000 drawn In favor of City Clerk and Treaeurer 0? M. Hurst. The de? livery of the check to the repre? sentative of the city concluded the matter and the financing of the plan to bring the Seaboard Air Ldne to shunter wts successfully consummat? ed after months of effort on the pait of the progressive clttsens who consti? tute the Chamber of Commerce, the organisation that It doing to much for the d ?v#lo?>m?nt of the county and .f Sum Mill MnMUl MOIIMM., Trunk and Clothing Burned In llou-e <.u \\ i-lilngton Mn?et. The hose wagon* v*? r ? ? al!?d on* Monday morning by mi alarm from S uth Washington ttr- et at a hon a owned by the estato of T. c. Wi II im? ind occupied by u negro Woman by the name of Rachel Convers. The extent of the Mi" ? ih small, a trunk and a good d?uil of th.< cloth? ing of th?> woman being buried In the Hr?\ The fireman su< < . ede I In ex? tinguishing the br.> without u-lng the h??se. |?r S linker I* uio\|ng hou-.* on th? property r- ?vntl> |?ur< It d on Calhoun street by him to the rear of the lot so that tig v * ill f.I Mvrtb- areet which will probably he opened up at some time In the fu? ture. I?r. Itsrker ex|"?'-< t-? build I rapiden?, on Calhoun *tr?.-t it Mom ? time In the not distant future V u.l fcBLE LOT CHANGES II\NI?s. A. Ii. Jackson Makes Sah' of Corner lyot. Main and llurtlctte Streets to J. K. lYoHsuell. A change in the ownership of val? uable property in this city recently was list sale consummated Friday when Mr. A. L. Jackson sold his lot on the. corner of Main and Bartlette streets to Mr. J. K. Crosswell for $30. 000, an increase of several thousand dollars ever the price paid for the same about eighteen months ago by Mr. Jackson when ho purchased it. The lot is on the northwest corner of the two streets and is 106 1-2 feet facing on Main street, and 24 7 feet on Bnrtlette street, being one of the best lots in that portion of the city. As Mr. ('rosswell already owns the ad.'acent lot on Main street his prop? erty will he extremely valuable, lo? cated as it is in this desirable section. It has been understood for some ttmt that this deal was on foot, but th ? par.< interested in 111 ? d?-al would give out no partieuars until the sV ? was eompleted Friday. SUMMARY OF WHISKEY CASES. K?-art* of Quotl Which Have Been Tried up to l*re*ent Time. Al I result of the whiskey eases whe a have btSfl tried up to Monday ?cases resulting from the work of the two negro deteetives. hir- d t?y the cit>. and who ha\e been working here for st-wial Werks und?: direction of Policeman McKagcii?by the re? corder, with or without juries, there lavr la-en thirty-one convictions, one mistrial and one case of not guilty. Tho cases were all worked up by the detectives after Officer McKagen had directed them to those persons whom ha had reasons to suppose were blind tigers and he with ths de.' tectlves In every case have given such testimony as led to the convlc tlons. Of those persons who have been | their fines and , ace now oat on j bond pending the hearing of their ap? peals, and nine have been committed ^ to Jail or the connty chain gang. It is probable that some of these will pay out before they serve out their terms. It Is also probable that those who have appealed will also pay their . flnea. If they lose in the appeal in the higher court. The city has received $390 revenue from the cases and has done some ef- | ticlent work towards running the blind tigers out of the city and keep? ing them down for some time to come. J Besides this it has driven some of the worst characters out of the city, per? sons who heard of the deteetives be? ing in town before the city was ready to make its raid on the blind tigers and who took themselves off to more salubrious climes. The total num? ber of days imposed on those who were convicted amounted to 870, whllo the lines imposed amounted to $1.820. Thore are still several more cases before all of those arrested have been before tho recorder and the city Juries which sit on the cases for trial a^ to their guilt or Innocence. CIVIL COCItT L\ SKSSION. Dnnf of J. A. Miller vs. Atlantic CVMkM Line Commenced. The cast- of J. A. Miller against the AtlanUt Connt Line railroad com? pany was the tirst c;wm tak. ? up when .rt was convened Monday morning. Court was called to order at 5* ;!" o'< lock and after some time the case win called. Judge H. F. Hie* of Alk? n, who reoeutry pesnidid hers at the Sprlmr Term of the Court ? f General Sessions, presided. I Tin- enge taken up has elicited l 'ohfemhle Internet from the public, it w i ln ard here last year before Judge Shlpp und a non-suit was ordered, the Stat.- Supremo Court reversing 'bis derision und remanding th ? ease b ick- 10 th< lower court for trial. Cp to the lime of adjournment for dinner on ? one wltios.; had been put up by the plaintiff. Mi. Miller, and ItlC de? fendant! had just eompleted their [orons esemloeHon There woe tiults I on array or lawyer! on both -id-1 of Ihe ease erhlen is a suit for ITB.MO, M sari iv \. Willen*, L W, m? U mori .? ?I Mark Reynolds representing lh< rallrood and Meeem L D. Jenntnga J. Ii CHfton, It I? Rpps und B. ? Beet "f Columbia repreeenting th< I plaintiff. Among the out-of-town members o \h* st ?te Bar preeenl at court Mon any wore afeeem i*. \. Wlllcos am U W? McLemore of PTor< n s ind i < I Beet of Columbia. ed, six have paid I M. G. ft. BUILDING OPENED. APPROPRIATE i:\i:itcist:s BUN PAY \ KilIT MARX OPENING OF nURADQUARTERI FOB YOVNG HKS AND hoys. Prof, 1>. W? Daniel Makes eloquent Address?Ifjir rotste Sunday Night Murk Formal Opening Tl?is After* noon?Kvery Creed Represented in fjglge Audience at Academy of Mu? sh?I'nlvcrsai Rejoicing in City Over Bit out, Coming together with one purpose in view and universal rejoicing in their hearts at the event which was abo\it to take place, persons of every religious creed, Protestants, Catho? lics and Jews, men women and chil? dren, united in the exercises bold at the Academy of Music Sunday night which marked the formal opening of the Young Ifen'f Christian Associa? tion building In this city. Tin- ? \ Toises \v? re short, bus im. preserve, and were heartily Joined In by the throng of people who filled the building to overflowing, so that many turned away unable to .-??eure ?eatS in the crowded theatre. Begin- I nlng promptly at 8 o'clock the ex- ! erolsen, presided over by Prof, j S. H. Edmunds, chairman of the Board Of Directors of the Y. M. C. j Association, were solemnly and i There was not a hitch In the carry? ing out of the program, tho address of Prof, l>anlel of Clemson College be? ing the feature of the occasion. Prof. Daniel spoke In hin usual eloquent and forceful style, the prin? cipal theme in his address being "un? selfishness." Ho brought out how the erection of this building was an act of unselfishness which would in the future more than repay the city in the training of its future citizen? ship. He stated that it was much bet? ter to prevent a man from "going to the bad," than to cure him after he had "gone astray." Seated on the rostrum were the Board of Directors of the Y. M. C. A, the ministers of the various churches in the city, the active officers of the Y. M. C. A. and the choirs of the va? rious churches, the members of which Joined together In singing the various songs. The exercises were appro, prlato and brief. Prof. Edmunds etated in his introduction of prof. Daniel that that gentleman had come here to help the citizens of Sumter to start the campaign to raise funds for a Y. M. C. A. building and It was fit? ting that he should again be present when the work was consummated, to congratulate the people of Sumter upon the results of their efforts. The exercises held Sunday night marked the formal opening of tho building which will from henceforth bo a common home to the boys and young men of the city for their moral, religious and physical training, but the formal opening will not take place until this afternoon. At that time the doors of tho building will be thrown open and everybody is invited to visit and Inspect tho young men's and boy's headquarters. The event will be one of great rejoicing to tha peo? ple of Sumter and will be one on which the citizens can look with pride and self congratulations, for the building Is one that any city could well be proud of, a magnlfloent monu? ment to the progressiven.\ss of Sum ter'l citizenship. Within its doors Sumt.T's young men will be given the benefit of all of tho accumulated knowledge concerning those things that go to mako them more manly and strong and that will in the fu ture make them better citizens and men of whom their city can well feel i?r- ?und, Qaffney Ledger, Did you ever notice how really beautiful chewing gum makes a girl appear? Tell her do facto, and gating ? lily, one can not Und s mote Ideal picture, With a sharp ollok, olaok, her leeth so white and pearly, are clashing together, and with oowlsh glee, she mastrtcates her cud. Then too. ono can note her health tinted, well rounded cheeks and they grow s lerlal asalstance of a big "hunk" of gum, And really who can Imagine ;> fairer spectacle thai thai her dainty upturned noae, i it gently Iis.-? and f Hi in wave like undulations over the abysmal depths revealed nt inh pressure against tho maw, Oh, how dellclously tempting thai rosebud mouth Is as lh< maiden fills it with a mfi pliable chunk, and champing like s festive goat revealing In the luxuries of tb- succulent tomato can, ?hs greets you in tones husky with gum. Impressively carried through. A Beautiful Picture, BLEASE HOLBS LETTERS. LEGISLATIVE IW>I>Y REFUSED RIGHT OF INSPECTION. Chief Executive Telia Committee That Order From Clrculi Judge Will hi Necoeaarj to Make Him Surrender Felder Let tors. Columbln, March 16.?"The gov? ernor said that he would not turn over the letters to the committee ex? cept on the order of a circuit judge." This statement was made before the legislative dispensary investigating committee yesterday by Senator Clif? ton, a member of the committee who called on the chief executive with Representative J. J. Evans, to make request for the inspection of certain letters alleged to have been written 1 to H. H. Evans by T. B. Felder, th? Atlanta attorney. i "I think that we can get that order I from the circuit judge," said a mem? ber of the committee. It is expected that the matter will be carried into the courts. ; H. H. Evans of Newberry. appear? ing before the committee Thursday and yesterday, told of receiving cer? tain letters from T. K. Felder, the At? lanta attorney, offering to form a , "whiskey corporation" to secure the buelneea of the old State dispensary in South Corolla. These letters, he said, were in the hands of the gov- j ernor, H. Hi Evans said that he would try to secure the letters. He ( failed and tho committee yesterday appointed Senator Clifton and Rep-1 resentative Evans to call on the chief executive and ask for the letters. The I committee met with a refusal. H. H.I Evans, in his testimony, charged. wrong intentions on the pert of Fei- i der, and said that the letters would substantiate his statements. He said j that he was anxious for the letters to be presented in evidence. The com? mittee desired the letters for inspec? tion. H. H. Evans and L. W. Boykin, former members of the board of di? rectors of the penitentiary were the j only .witnesses to appear before the J committee yesterday. They told the; committee in a general way of the Work of the board of directors. Many questions were asked as to the meth? ods of purchase. John Bell Towill stated Thursday that the board would meet and place i small orders and that during the time j between the quarterly meetings, large quantities of whiskey were received. Both witnesses denied that they were , responsible for the shipments of whis- j key and charged the practice to G. IL I Charles, clerk of the old State board, now deceased. Both witnesses charg? ed that T. B. Felder, the Atlanta at? torney, had tried to "frame up a whiskey corporation." Few material points were brought out at the hear- j ing. Both witnesses denied the insinua? tions that Attorney General Lyon had been paid sums of money to stop j prosecutions or for immunity. They paid high compliments to the work of the Ansel commission and thought that the members were honest men. The governor, in his special message number four, said that some money was paid to the attorney general. He j also dismissed the Ansel board for Incompetency. Evans and Boykin were asked directly concerning the charges of the governor. The committee took a recess yes? terday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock, until J next Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The first witness called at the ses Blons yesterday morning was L. W. Boykin, former member of the dis? pensary board of control. He vas questioned by the committee ?to the purchase of whiskey by the hoard lie was asked by the committee con? cerning the statement of Towill that small orders were made at the regu? lar meetings and that large quantities came in between the regular ouarterly meetings. He said that he complain? ed to w. <>. Tatum concerning the large shipments of wbi-key which were made without ?.rder from the board. "Po you know e/ho ordered His large quantities?" "I do not." "Did you protest against the Illegal shipments ?" "I did." " i Md the oth< r nv mb ?rs prote< I ?" "Yea." "Who was responsible?" he was nsked. He said thnt the orders were placed by G. H. i 'h tries, t he clerk. Mr. Charles dead, W, O, Tatum. mon. tinned by th" witness, was the com? missioner of tiie dispensary, Mr. Boj kin d el ired thai Mr. Tatum e/ni verj much worried over the action of Charles In ordering the largo amounts of whiskey, The sntlre blame for the large orders were placed on Mr. Charlee. The witness said that he had met T. B. Felder on one occasion while in Columbia and that ho had received several letters and telegrams from Felder. Ho said that Folder was "al? ways worrying him" for orders. He did not know the business of Felder. The witness told of a conference In 1905 at the Jerome hotel in Columbia between Folder, Towill, Evans and himself. He thought that Evans had introduced him to Felder. Ho said that Felder questioned him as to who Wae goinp to run for the positions on the dispensary board. "Felder outlined a plan, stating that he controlled several of tho largest whiskey distilleries in Amer? ica and he wanted to get some busi? ness in South Carolina," said Boykin Mr. Boykin said that he left th room, refusing- to discuss the an offered by Felder. "I /ards told Towill that Felder . * lot of gall to come here and rnaku- a propo? sition like that," said tho witness. The witness denied that ho knew of any State official receiving graft in connection with tho dispensary. He had heard of some graft by the whis? key companies. Boykin said that he had been called before the Blease commission. He did not give testimony, but made an affi? davit, which was furnished to the leg? islative committee. On question by tho committee) he gave a list, so far as he remembered, of the "reputable liquor houses." Reverting to the Fel? der letters and telegrams he said that they merely asked for a conference, He said that he had never heard of a row between Folder and H. H. Evans. The witness did not remember how "Hub" Evans received the alleged proposition by Felder to get business in South Carolina. "Does it como within your knowl? edge that money was ever paid to At? torney General Lyon or any other State official?" "No eir." / The witness denied that he had ever received any money outside of his salary. "I would not doubt but that they are the men of highest honor. They are upright." This statement was made by Mr. Boykin when asked as to his opinion of the mombers of tho Ansel commission. Ha thought them to be competent men and well able to wind up the affairs of the dispensary* H. H. Evans was recalled by the committee. He continued his story of the relation of T. B. Felder to the State dispensary. Ha said that Fel? der was alleged to have become the owner of the Sidney Lucas Whiskey company of Nashville. He said that during one conversation Felder had told him that he had his (Evans') stock in the Sidnev Lucas company already paid for. Evans said that he told Felder that the plan to form a whiskey corpora? tion was impossible, "because It would have been impossible to place the goods." He said that the conversa- [ tion was after the conference In 1905. Evans told of the conference in Co? lumbia between Felder, Towill, Boy? kin and himself. He said that they all left the room together after Fel? der had outlined his scheme. Evans said that he knew of no of? ficer in the State of South Carolins that received any money in connec tion with the State dispensary other than the compensation allowed by law. He said that he heard of some rumors that gifts had been given. He "tried nil kinds of parliamentary ethics on me." He stated that M. A. Goodman had offered him "the cold hard cash" to get business for a new company. "There is John Black. He has been pardoned, he is free to come up here and testify. Ask him about thes< mattere." Evans said he kicked M, A. Goodman down some atepi for offer? ing a bribe. He said that Goodman afterwards received some business. All whiskey, he said, was bought on re queatlon of tin' commission* of the dispensary. Evans was questioned by the committee as to houses repre? sented by Goodman, "Hi.I you give the governor any Information set out in meesage No. 4 ?" "I diil not." ??Hid you tell the governor thai the statement that you held a conference with Attorney General Lyon, John Gary Kvans and T. B Felder was a mistake?" "I did." replied Cv ins. "1 think that l did discuss the alcohol with him," said Mr. Evans. ? i did not know anything about the price "f the alcohol." he continued. "Do you know anything either by tin* record or otherwise of any of the charges made by the governor in mee? sage No. l ?" "i do not," replied Evane. OUTLAWS WELL FOIUIFIFD IN VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. Service* of the state Probably Nec ? ssury to Capture Assassins of Court Officials, Powe so Far Fail? ing to Apprenhcnd Fugitives?? Camping Site Selected Should siege hy Militia Ik- Decided on Many Visit Scene of Tragedy. Hiilsville, Va? March 17.?Two thousand feet above sea level, among the crag3 and caves of the Blue Bidge Mountains, the Allen gang, who dem? onstrated their contempt of constitut? ed law by a massacre of the Judge, the prosecuting attorney and the sher? iff of Carroll County court last Thurs? day, continued today, to defy capture. The day's search by a posse of 75 detectives and citizen volunteers demonstrated that unless the militia is sent here to begin a systematic siege of the hiding places of the out? laws they may never be brought to j answer to the indictments for mur [der returned here yesterday. For such a plan a camping site was selected today by representatives of Governor Mann. The county authorities are j working in harmony with the State, and orders may soon be issued for I companies of militia, if not for the search, certainly for the formal ar raignment of the prisoners, which is scheduled here for March 2G. The ar? raignment is likely to be postponed. ) Those who know the paths and passes of the highland and the polntn of vantage from which outlaws could ward off an attacking force with, least hurt to themselves, say that the Aliens unquestionably are concealed behind the overhanging precipices of Denvil's Den, half way between here and Mout Airy, N. C. There, with provisions and ammunition, of which It is said they have plenty, an at? tacking force would find approach al? most Impossible. Some think it may be necessary to dynamite the moun? tain citadels. Quiet prevailed in Hillsville today. The village pastor preached in favor of capital punishment at all times and there was no mistaking whom he meant. From the countryside came the curious on horseback, muleback by ox carts and rigs of even' descrip? tion, fording the high water of the creek and climbing the steep hills to the summit., where reposes the ham? let of Hillsville. DR. WILEY RESIGNS. Balked in His Work He Decides to Lenne, i ______ Washington, March 15.?Dr. Har? vey W. Wiley left the laboratories of the bureau of chemistry tonight? where for nearly 29 years he had been chif chemist?no longer a gov? ernment official, but determined to champion the cause of pure food from the ranks of the people. Friction with his superiors and ir? reconcilable differences of opinion as to the enforcement of the pure food and drug act were the reasons given by Dr. Wiley for handing in bis res? ignation to Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture. Dr. Wiley will devote the remainder of his life, according to a statement issued by him today, to the "promo? tion of the principles of civic right? eousness and industrial integrity which underlie the food ; nd drugs act, in the hope that it may be ad? ministered in the interest of the peo? ple at large instead of that of a com. parnttvely few mercenary manufac? turers and dealers." MORE BLIND TIGER CASES. Flora Brown ami Alice Fisher Con? victed Of selling Whiskey. The work ol Police Sergeant lie* Kagen ;|"?l Detective Glanton has again resulted in the conviction of blind tigers. This time the offending parties are Ale Fisher and Flora Brown, two dusk) denizens of the Epperson houses on Sumter street. Both wer - indici <i f< r u Hing whis? key and tu.- tih the recorder Thursday wltho I a |urj resulted in their conviction. Bach was given the choice between tervlng SO days in the county jail or paying ? line ol $7". 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