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boshed April. ISM. 'Be Just and Fear not?Let eil the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country'a, Thy t.od's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON. Established Juue, i Consolidated Au* 3,1881. SUMTER, S. GM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 9. CAPTURE MEMBER Of GANG. DKTK<TIV k.S ARINt. YOl NCi SII> NA Kl)WARDS HACK TO HiLLMVILLK JAIL. eTkUed m Kasy Arrewt of Mountaineer. Pnrsuecu Pnai on In Search of OUMTH ?'f <?ang. Hlllsvlll?. Va, March It Hi? Kdwada. a tall rugged mountaineer of tl, aat calmly In the darkness of the little brick jail here tonight the tlret catch of the poeeee who have been scouring the mountains for those of the Allen gang who got away after the court houese assassination of March 14, when a Judge, proaecutor. sheriff and two bystanders were killed and two others were seriously wounded. Tonight voung Rdwards. emalclated and worn from a week'a wandering In the thlct.? ts. protests hie Innocence of the Indictment of murder against Mm. and the hunters, apurred on by a day's success, are up In the Blue Ridge hunt ng. for the same charge, hie brother. Wesley Edwards his uncta. mdnn Allen end his cousins, < Stande and Priel Allen. | Ln Orando Felts and W. W. Phaut. ' heading a poses, came upon Edwards at 4 o'clock this morning, asleep In an empty hut a mile from hts horns. He wan unarmed, and when he woke the detective were st hts side. He made no resistance and went to a farmer's house. near Lambsburg, Va, and started for Hlllsvtlle with his captors sari) today. Jack Allen, his uncle?one of Ihr Allens who was not at the court hoar* on the day of the tragedy?joined hie nephew on the wa| la and galloped along with the geur'y. They cantered In and paused while the moving f tcture men clicked off a fee? hundred feet of film. Detectivee carrying rifle? fallowed closely. The eerriy turned fa at a ttttle sane where . fee raiders; a weak ago drew rein and left their ponies while they went to out the htinaan fahrte of Carroll court. Stdna letf hie mount I d to the Utile Jail across iMftlNNt ***** be* |ntaWreeTi led eraftted te oceupy the eorrldor, but hie keeper , wee stem %?4 locked him up. 1 Jeett AfWh name out and said to the aewspapet men: "My* nephefIHdna. le the most psncashle snai In the county. He wonldnt knon what to do with a gun if he had It." A little questioning angered Allen and ha declared his family was being grossly misrepresented. "Fists will fly pretty sooV he said, an two detect ves escorted him over tha hill. Rumors flew persistently at>out the country-side oday that the Aliens ?tili at large, discouraged by the tak? ing of Kdwanls and probably im? press* J with the ultlmste futility of their flight hfd eent a proposition to Oov. Mann offering to surrender if they were permitted to plead guilty to murder In the second degree. Much a propoaal was said to have bean made to W. O. Baldwin at Roa neke by a relativ? of the Allen*, but tha detective, refused to talk about it. It Is said ha tuned It down. Oov. , Mann In Richmond tonight dedir d he had heard of no such proposal. fttdna Edwards, the hoy in jail t<> night, and his brother. Wesley, were tha principals in an e*ciipado which started the trouble which culminated i In the assassination at the court housa. The brothers had attempted to ewat an uncle of theirs a minister named Garland, from his pulpit and were arrested for breaking the peace. Floyd Allen attempted to free them and had been convicted and sentenced for Interfering with an officer when the shooting on M m h I I I . < in The authorities began today round? Ing up those wh<> era charged with eompllcMv In holplntc th ? Allen gana; I make a get-away. Cordon F.dwat i and Alex. Thomas were hold for aid? ing and abutting criminals ami ro leaeed on $600 bonds. Prosecutor lAtidrtth that the trial* w. mid be Sailed up <>n Apfrii is. When ? wt\ seavegiei <m J Tuesday other Indictment for tho murderer of .fur r Fowler, Who died a few hour* aft r lh" fr>t\. \\lll bo reported. W. If. KUH. ?in ntiornr> *h?. ll r?^p. resenting the Allen*. *ald tonight thnt he probably would ask for :i < h'imr of venu?? for ??in.' of thorn. lit* ad mltted th.it Sldnu Altai pr.miMv 'hot Judge, M ?**!? Inbnt i'.n:i II v. but v. n turad the opinion that the < .nu t house battle wan n?>t premeditated hut thnt both aid'* were dm r- \< .t.'d by Floyd Allen';* refuanl *<? go t.. Jail. ^ In the presence <>f r>etectlve Felt* Edwards talked freely tonight. "I know nothing ef the cause <>f WAR IN MEXICO. MIMK HARD AM) DESPERATE FIGHTING. One Hundred Federals Captured and Machine (?uns Cltange Hands During Skirmish. Jeminez, Mox., March 24.?The re? bels, after three days of fighting, claim victory today, there are many dead on both side*. Gen. Gonzales Salaa, the federal leader and Mexican minister of war, is among the wound? ed. He resigned his portfolio to take the Meld. Sixty federal dead were accounted, for when the insurrectos loaded a light engine with 40 boxes of dyna? mite and sent it headlong Into an on? coming armored train loaded with federal soldiers. During tne fighting aroand Escalon Frl lay and Saturday the rebels captured two rapid firing guns. Last night Gen. Campa fell hack to the town of Cerralitos, which Is a few miles south of this city. The former is built on an eminence and more easily defended than Escalon. ' The federals entered Escalon ? 2,000 strong, loaded on three freight \ trains and preceded by an armored j train of three cars, began to follow | the retreating rebels. Campa secured a light engine and an engineer, who agreed to accept the , hazardous task of starting it after it had been loaded with the explosive. 1 i He ran It until a down grade was reached, and then opening the throttle, he jumped. The wild loco? motive tore down the track at ter? rific epeed. The engineer of the armored train saw his danger and stopped, but could not escape the oncoming men? ace. The latter telescoped the en? gine1 and first car of the federal train and derailed the last two cars. At the same Instant the dynamite ex- ? ploded. Gen. Campa Justifies this method by declaring that in yesterday's fight? ing the federals set fire to sage brueh. burning to death both their own and rebel wounded. < ' "ben. Campa says that hie force numbers 4.000 men and that the fed _ i eral column is hut 8,000. When the armored train was destroyed the main I body of government troops In the ' three trains detrained and prepared to defend themselves. Meanwhile Gen. Campa had sent a ?trot g detachment in a detour to get in their rear and destroy the railroad behind them. It was reported to? night that this manoeuver was sue- ( cessful and that tomorrow the fed? erals will find themselves hemmed in by a superior force. ( In the fighting of the last three days the rebels have captured 30 pris? oners, six of them wounded and an '?Ulcer captured two rapid ftro guns, and claim to have killed about 100 of the enemy. Judir- Jones Is going through the eountry talking politics and educa? tion so that no age can tell where the education stops and the politics starts. The truth of the matter ???ems to be that he has the too things pretty well linked together, and that his politics Is education and education is his politics.?Florence Times. tin egejH bouse shooting," he said. "I * ilked Into the eourt room when I I n ', Floyd Jump up and say 1 met hing! I OOOM ROI hear what It v Kitfht away somebody Ingan ti. ihoot from about Clerk Goad's dash, bed i don't khon who llred the Aral b.?t, l sa\s role sidna after the shooting began i did hot ate n y Ogatht or my brothers. As toon as I could With my lam ? foot, I got out of the e?>urt house and stood :<\ the bot i in of the .st??j>s. I saw I'nele Sidna and Mr. Goad Shooting at one an? other. After it was over i got my mother"- hoi He and rode home. I'e fore I left i saw ITsele Floyd on h horeOi and thai I ww him lying on Ihi ground, if he had been able to rub-, we w ould h ive taken him away with us. I saw mv brother^ W*sley. on |hf roaaV and thai afternoon i taw I fade Sidna at his Store. I have inever tool any of them or heard tell | I anything about them or where they ire since that evening. I stayed el home until Sunday and had started to a neighbor*! w1|en i taw the ofHcere. I wat In plain view from the road snd they could havt lahen me then but 1 Jid not go hack home because I heard lav officers bad ordert lo thool all Of Ot on siifbt. I went ebOOt and lived the beat I could until the officers ran upon me last Sight. I did not have a pistol at th?> eourt hOOte or vrhtle i was trying to keep from be ! hut arrested." COL RNOX UVIN6ST0N DEAD. PRESIDENT OF STATE BAR ASSO? CIATION DIES. Death Puts an End to Life Spent In Working for State and Sec Rennettsville, March 22.?Col. Knox Livingston, attorney at law, president of the State Bar association and one of the most prominent citi? zens of the State, died suddenly at 3 o'clock this morning. He had been In bad health for some time, but the end came unexpectedly. Col. Livingston was born in Madi? son county, Florida, January 1, I860, on the first day of the week, the month and the year. His parents were Col. D. J. Livingston and Rhoda Townsend Livingston. The father, a native of Glenn Deurnell, Argyleshlre, Scotland, a merchant and planter. The elder Livingston came to America in 1826 and settled in Rich? mond county. North Carolina, later moving to Malboro district, where he married and lived until 1845, when he moved to Madison county, Florida. The senior Livingston was a man of wealth and influence. Col. Livingston was educated at the University of North Carolina and read law with Judge Vann in Florida, where he was first admitted to prac? tice. He came to Bennettsvllle in 1870 and went Into the office of the late Judge Hudson. In September of that year he was admitted to the bar rf Fouth Carolina, and with H. H. Newton Immediately formed a part? nership with Judge Hudson, under the firm name of Hudson, Livingston & Newton. The partnership contin? ued until 1872, when Col. Livingston withdrew from the Arm and formed a partnership with Capt. Harris Cov ington. which continued until the death of Capt. Covlngton in 1876. After Judge C. P. Townsend retired from the bench Col. Livingston form ed a partnership with him, which existed about two years. He was part? ner at different times of Capt. W. J. McKerall of Marlon, Edward Mclver j of Cheraw, J. R. Gibson of Dillon and at different times with B. Wofford Wall, D. Gordon Baker of Bennetts-1 ville and W. H. Miller of Columbia. He was very successful in his | chosen calling and had a large prac? tice, both In Marlboro and other counties. He was counsel in many cases of large importance, as the su? preme court records will attest, and always managed his cases well and was considered a lawyer of fine parts. As a citizen he was found In the front rank in all enterprises which mado for the welfare of the commu? nity. He was elected warden of Ben nettsvlle In 1874 and was several times lntendent. Upon the renewal of the charter of the town he was chosen mayor, which office he held for four years. In 1882 he was elected to the leg? islature, but declined reelection In 1884. owing to the demands of his practice. Again in 1896 he was re? turned to the house of representatives, ' and in 1898 was elected State senator, ' and in both branches did distinguish? ed service. He was a member of many Conven? tions of the Democratic party, no? tably the "stralghtost" convention of 1S76. While a member <>f the house be was on the judiciary committee pnd the committee of privileges and elections and took a leading part In the debates and in the enactment of laws. He waa a member of the board of/ trust tea Of Marlboro Kducatlonal so dety and was very much Interested in the cause of education. In lKS:i be was appointed ?? member of the per? sona] staff of OOV, Thompson, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In l^ss, he was lelected as a delegate to represent the state at the first Southern Immigration convention which met at Aahevllle. i Col, Livingston was married in Co? lumbia, November ."?<?, 1x71. to htlas E 1 \. WOllS, daughter of Jacob j Wells. BeVeral children were bun to this union, but only two now sur Mrs. Rhoda Haynsworth of Greenville, and Vann Livingston of v 11 hi I. Ga. A little over a year .ago Mrs. Shadle Livingston Hamer, a daughter of Col, and Mrs. Livingston died leaving surviving her husband, \v. m. Hamer of Dillon, ami three bt t] ? k i r 1 - sine,, the death of bis daughter, Co!, and Mrs. Livingston have hern d- voted to these little grandchildren. Llvlngaton'a legal ability and ins standing in bis profession are evi? denced by the fact at the last State Bar association convention. be was mo Is president. This is regarded *?s One 0? the highest tributes that can I'm pa. 1 to an attorney by the moni? tion. IMPORTANT RATE DECISIBN. COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS DISREGARD STATE LINES. I>eoisJon Made- by Close Vote of Four to Three, Minority Thinking lit Usurping Congress' Po*vcr. Washington, March 24.?The inter? state commerce commission, in an opinion made public today, establish- | ed the far-reaching principle chat a railroad must so adjust its rates that justice will be done between com- j munltles regardless of State lines. If j J a railroad makes a low ra.te upon traf? fic wholly within the State, even when forced to do so by a State commit-1 sion, It r?ust accord the same rate to the interstate traffic moving under j I substantially similar conditions. I I The principle was laid down by a vote of four to three. The minority held that the powere of congress were usurped by the majority opinion, and' that the remedy for such a situation, should be applied through additional legislation. The decision was in the caae of the railroad commission of Louisiana against the St. Louis and Southwestern railway and other car-1 1 riers operating between Louisiana and Texas. j The case practically precipitated a conflict between federal and State au? thorities over the control of interstate I traffic. The opinion of the majority of the Interstate commerce commis , sion, prepared and handed down by j Commissioner Lane, is a definite aa , sertlon of the supremacy of national I regulatory authority over the powers I practiced by any State. It is the first I time this assertion has been made dis? tinctly by the commission. In mak? ing it, Chairman Prouty and Com? missioner Clark concurred with Com-1 missioner Lane, and Commissioners Clements, Harlan and McChord dis? sented. The proceeding brought by the Louisiana commission placed in issue the right of interstate carriers to discriminate In favor of the State traffic and against Interstate traffic. "The gravamen of the complaint," the opinion says, "Is that the defend? ant carriers make rates out of Dallas and other Texas points into eastern Texas which are much lower than those which they extend into Texas from Shreveport, La. A rate of 60 cents carries first class traffic to the eastward of Dallas a distance of 1615 miles, while the same rate of 60 cents will carry the same class of traffic, only 55 mi'es into Texas from Shreve? port." The low rata within the State of Texas was forced upon the railroads by the Texas railroad commission in furtherance of a policy to protect and promote the jobbing interests of Texas. The Louisiana commission and that State's commercial Interests de? clared that Lnulelana was being dis? criminated against because of the exacting of the higher rates of Shreveport westward and demanded an adjustment of the rates. The contentions of Louisiana were sus? tained by the commission absolutely. G AIBLINGER GLAD WILEY HAS (JONE. or ut Least, if he is He is Oppoeed to Senate Expressing Its Regret, I Holds up Resolution. Washington, March 22.?"The sen? ate has learned with profound regret of the resignation of Dr. Harvey W, Wiley, head ?>f the pine food bureau of the United States government." Such was ti\e tiit sentence of a resolution Introduced today i>y Sen? ater Martin fDemocrat) of New Jer? sey, He asked for Immediate con? sideration! but Senater Oalllnger ob? jected and the resolution went over after being read, The resolution pro? ceeded : ??\\'e feel that I >r. Wiley's service! have i"' 'ii of Incalculable value and lake tlii.; opportunity t<> express our confidence In his ability and the spien? dld service he has render- .1 this country." Right now Is the time t<> swat the files which swarm forth and begin the work of producing millions ef their kind. Swat the fly before he, she or it raises an army which it Is Impos? sible to connuer. Wilmington star. hers of the bar. During the pasl few years <'-d. Livingston continued to en? joy large practice in Marli"!.? coun? ty and in Dillon county, where he practiced under the firm name of Liv? ingston and Glbaon The burial will take place ;-t Ben nettsvitle Sunday rrmri ing. This ar? rangement will Mi\e time f"'1 his brother and two sisters In Madison, Pia., to attend the funeral. ERB OF LAWRENCE STRIKE. NEW BEDFORD DISPLACES MAS? SACHUSETTS CITY IX LIMELIGHT. Manufacturers Will Announce Imme? diately if They Will Agree to Addi? tional Increase of 5 Per Cent. Boston, March 24.?The great Law? rence strike, which brought in its train increased wages for 275,000 tex? tile workers In New England, was of? ficially declared off at all the mills in Lawrence today, having accomplished its purpose, in the opinion of the leaders. In this connection It Is generally believed, too, that advances In wage* or reduction In hours to paper p employes, bagging and burlap wv N ers, machinists and operatives in otL er industries are all traceable, direct? ly or indirectly, to the movement,1 I which had ii3 origin in Lawrence. The total number of persons thus to be j benefited is considerably upward of j 300,000. Advances Ln the price of | woolen and cotton goods which have been made or which are ln prospect, will probably place upon the ultimate consumer much of the burden of the additional cost to the textile manu? facturers. This will aggregate be? tween $10,000,000 and $12,000,000 during the next year. It is estimated. Mill agents in announcing advances in prices have frankly said that the upward trend is the result of wage ad I vances. The rise In tr*e price of cot? ton goods, announced up to the pres? ent time, Is comparatively small?a ' fraction of a cent a yard in moat ! cases?but selling agents predict the net advance to the retailer may ul? timately reach 2 cents a yard. Some j increased prices also have been quot? ed on woolen goods, and dealers free? ly predict higher prices for next sea? son. New Bradford, where the manufac? turers of the finer grades of cotton I goods have refused to accede to the demands of their employes for an ad? ditional 5 per cent., has displaced I Lawrence as Lie centre of interest in * the textile situation. Unless the mill owners give the increased demands within a few days, it is feared a strike of from 25,000 to 30,000 operatives will follow. Wrhlle an Increase of 5 per cent has been offered, the New liedford operatives are insistent that they receive 10 per cent. Secretary Devoll of the manufac ? turers' association has promised them I that the mill owners will decide early in the week whether this will be granted. ??THE END" HAS BEEN WRITTEN. _ Children Will be Returned to Law? rence Since Strike is Over and Landen Leave. Lawrence, Mass., March 24.?The "end" was written officially today upon the records of the long standing strike of textile workers. After con? ducting for 10 weeks the fight of the mill workers against the mill owners I and securing increased wages and im? proved working conditions all around the strike committee voted today to litt the ban on the half dozen mills against which the strike order was still In effect, the strike thus being declared ended, the strike committee voted itself out of existence. I The return of the children, nearly '300 of whom are now in homes III New York, Philadelphia and Carre, Vt., where they wer,- sent during the strike was arranged for next Saturday. At the time a demonstration, includ? ing a parade in which the children w ill participate Will take place. Lead? ers of the Industrial Workers of the World, including William I>. Hay wood. William E. Trautman and Wil? liam Vates. will leave within a few days for other fields. TO VITI.ND SUMTER MEETING. Chamber of Commerce Officers Going to Gamecock Town. News and Courier. Charleston*! commercial organisa? tions will be represented at the an? nual meeting of the Chamber of Com? merce of Kumter, which will be held In that city tomorrow evening, Mr. P. ll. Gadsdctt, president of the Char? leston Chamber of Commerce; Mr. A. \v. McKeand, managing secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, andl Messrs, I >. J. Voigt, J. I >. Matin w . j J, A. Uuddock and R, G. Bruesch weller, composing the Meistersinger Male Quartette, will attend the meet Ing of ib<- Sumter hod) In behalf of tb<- Charleston organizations. The secretary of the Sumter organisation is Mr. A Y. Shell, who is favorably known to a number of the Charles? ton business men. EXTENSION OF S. G. WESTERN DEPENDS OX GRANTS OF RIGHT OF WAY. Cro-tslng of Coast Une and Trestles O^er Creeks Make Lane to Allisons Very Expensive. Florence Times. The South Carolina Western road has a large nun* r of men engaged in the work ending the road from the er ne Y to the Coast Line trac Ja this has given rise to maf jea that the extension dow .e river would be under t?' ^O* once. It does not se ;m to 0 purpose of the compony, how *** . to make that extension at once F jr they have not yet secured the rights of way and it is understood that Mr. Bonsai will noV again be , caught as he was in the extension to I Florence, where his charter called for a certain line and the people were so sure of getting the road that they not only were not .r.lling to help the enterprise out, but made a strong fight for large payments for the right of way. In tne case of the extension to Allison, it is understood that it will be made if the rights of vay are given to the road, and if ihey are not there will be no exten jeion. It will prove a very costly piece j of work to cross the Coast Line at the transfer yard, and the crossings of Willow and Jeffries creek will be i very heavy. The proposed line, will go within a mile of Claussen, and near to the little town of Evergreen, and right through the new town of Pamplioo. In the case of the road that is > now being built from Hartsville to Sumter the 8. C. Western did not have to buy a single foot of the right of way, the Times is informed, but the people along the line realized that it would be a good thing for them and they gave th?e right of way and they gave some forty-five thous? and dollars in addition. That is the reason that that stretch of road was built in such a hurry. It is said that the. gang? working on that line now number something over six hundred men. In the case of the right of way in? to Florence the people who charged for the grant, and they were all, if the Time3 is correctly informed, are to have side tracks for the delivery of their fertilizers and the taking up of -.heir cotton, thus saving them hundreds of dollars every year, and it is a certain fact that the property along the line has increased in value since the road was built. The peo? ple down the country are going to find the same conditions true, and if they want the road th*y should say so at once and see to it that the road does not have to pay out extravagant sums for a right of way. It is believed that if this matter could be settled at once the road to Atlleona would be the next piece of work to be taken up. as it is the most promising, if it does not cost too much to get the road built. The Sumter people are certain that the line of Sumter will be the tnrough line to Charleston, but there is no assurance Of that as yet. To use the expression of one who has been very closely associated w ith Mr. Bonael, he is not a man who thinks aloud an 1 nobody knows what .he in? tends to do. There is another con? nection ja t to he made towards the other end of the line, and that may have a lot to do with it. The peo? ple of Ifullins were as cock sure as the Sumter people are now. and we In Florence Mt that way ourselves at one time, but the winde thing did resolve itself into the fact that the v ish was father to the thought, and we have all hi en attempting to do Mr. Bonaat'S thinking and figuring for him. S. c. TO Bi ll l> P\ssE\GFH STA? TION. To II?' Better Than \ny F\en on the Sen board?Work to start Boon, Florence Times. The new d. ?1 i >he South Car* ?Una West< ? ?. : to 1 ?? built very soon, i,; the reports that thi Times Ins ire true Work is to start in a fen weeks and the depot that is to he put up here is to be the finest mm that the Feaboard, even has. except probably at its terminale, for the plans call for one mv* n both r than was first promised us. The South Carolina Western people are pleased with Florence and with the share of the huslnees that they are getting out of this town, and they like the town anti they any that the depot shall be one that even crttclaL stuck-on-her scif. FTon nee, shall be proud.