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he i tTMTCR WATCHMAN. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881 ?fashed April. IBM. ?Be Just and Fear not?Let all tho ends Thou Alms't et be thy Country'*, Thy Uod'l and Truth's. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 30. 1912. THE TRCK SOUTIIKON. Established June, M Vol. XXXIV. No. 10. I WM LOSER Itter VIC V* LT LOHKN BY MORK THAN Jl TO 1 IN NKW YORK. Tuft llOtk?) With I rmul ami Ilm? Methods Reported to tali New Yjrk, March *6.--1 days sjute-wUie Republican primaries for delegate* to the Republican National Convention at Chicago reeulted In the creation of organisation candidates in nrnetlralljr every district where thero a eonlest, according to unofficial fairly complete In many In at hand at a late hsur to aagfct, Claims) that at leant eighty-three of the ninety delegates will be for Taft aa4 not more than seven for Roose? velt Srere made by State Chairman Wttftsiu Barne?, Jr.. and John Hutchl eee\ dlraetor of the eastern branch of tl**ojMton*l Taft bureau. a Charlea H. Duell, of the city eOmmlttea, declared snarftee wer? characterised ejle breakdown of the elec I sjfi&fcrasry and had been a farce sfe eaeerted that en effort would be ^ndgJP.C>? Roeeevslt forces to "se csern CyfonJ primary in thie city with a> fm% d^Msntpn of Republican opln RoooeveJt. SC ?-Theodore today oa hie Wee tour, pro testing wrfcoi he declared way the "coun? ts eonnec a, It oos* - speech tenvtht. Chart xl did York yes^Jrday his speech and Wtafowr of InsUnoee In he said hla opponents had re evrted to lit proper practices to de? feat htm. Ito enpressesf b. lief that in the great rnnJorVv of districts of the country the people were with him and that the opposition was attempt? ing te defeat him by methrj^ which he chsua< ssri?ed as "infamous." NOMlVVnv. CONVENTION HEM) XossMsm Quk?tly toearted hi Mayc* vllk? I'Section April 1. M*y*cvi))e, March 28.?The nomi? nating convection to select municipal onVtalt fcr the ensuing year passed ort quietly laut night with a good at? tendance of oierr This meeting is rtrtual'y the election. The election proper takes place on next Monday. April 1. The following are the nomi? nee* Mayor N. I?. Womble; for warden fcard ::. M. C. Mayee; Ward S. B. C ?^sandier; Wa d 3. H. C. Bland; Ward 4. K. C. Spencer. There nas no op? position i except In Wsrds 3 and 4. The fo lowing were the nominees for tb* lb.tr,I of Health: C. K King. | rhalrmun; J. It. Mayee. R. J. Mayee. j Jr.. C. N. Syr?tt. F. J. Bass. Mayor Wombli has served four terms. M. C. Mayee has sei-ved on the council several terms before, ictm< i- rk and treasurer. B. C. Cl m i! t H now serving his first term as warden, while 11 0 Hland end K. <; Sp. n? , r ha\.? never before acted as town official The ahveeo nereonnel give* a ir<<" i strong counellmani? t.<?;?rd and tie town's Intercom ?b,?uld ?>,? well anted f..r. PATKM INsiiu i ? i : - ? i ?. ? NEXT.' ( oncrrM^iiNii Make? < hartes Aga)dm We^t<*ru \ew<.|Ni|h r lHlon. Washington. Mar.)? ?Min. that a ' holler plate" printing trusi exists. K?-pr.?*enMtl\e Titfi/irt. -?f SCansaj*. Demo? r it, <.ff,r. d a i,*?du ? n In the House today for ji <'-?n rrpMionvi Inrenttgntlon int<> th< Western Newspaper Union, "f Omaha, >{eb.. whlih furnlshe* "patent In stdes" for smsll weekly newspapers Mr. Tsggart char*. .1 that the Oms ha sondern was retort Im; t,? unlaw? ful means to drlv? nut of business the Publishers' Newspaper Cnlon, ?>f Kansas Cfty. Kmsas Neat year there should be f,.ur hundred sctlve members on ih Chsmbet of Commerce roil WILSON CHARGES CONSPIRACY (OMBINK TO I'll FAT HIM OUT OF NOMINATION. Line-up of Demo? xa tic Candidates in Various States, Indicate*. Ac? cording to Woodrow Wilson Head? quarters, a Presidential Candidate Combine to Prevent New Jersey Governor's Nomination. New York, March 27.?The Wood row Wilson headquarters issued today t statement declaring that press dis? patches last night from Tampa, Flor? ida, carried "conclusive proof of the existence of a Presidential candidate combine, having for Its object the pre? vention of Governor Wilson's nomina? tion." The dispatches which are thus interpreted by the Wilson headquar? ters, stated that the Clark and Har? mon headquarters have announced that the n.tmes of these two candi? dates would not be on the primary tickets in Florida, and that the con? test there probably will bt between Wilson and Underwood.. "In Oklahoma and Kansas a free field was left to Speaker Clark with? out interference by either Governor Harmon ?r Mr. Underwood," the statement reads. "The same is true in Iowa. Arkansas and Wisconsin; In Harmon territory Speaker Clark and Mr. Underwood are apparently work? ing In perfect adjustment with th? Harmon forces. The following line up Is significant: "Clark vs Wilson: Iowa. Wisconsin Arkansas, Kent ucky, Oklahoma. Kan sas, California, etc. "Underwood vs Wilson: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina. South Caro? lina, Mississippi and Louisiana. "Harmon vs Wilson: New York. Delaware, Maine and other New Eng? land State. Ohio and States conting uoua thereto." PRA1SKN sumtkr spirit. jhoohsnM Meat There are Working Ttaac+hti, 8?ys McKeand. h^?ST""" ? ???? Unqualified praise for the hamron lous effectiveness and strong co-oper? ative spirit of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce was expressed yesterday by Mr. A. W. McKeand, secretary of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, upon his return from the Game Cock City. Mr. McKeand. accompanied by the Meistersinger Quartette, attended the annual meeting of the Sumter or? ganization Tuesday night. That the Sumter people are in? tensely interested in the development of Charleston, and especially in the methods now being Inaugurated In the way of a publicity campaign, to bring this port into greater prom? inence as the best port on the South Atlantic coast, was undoubtedly at? tested, according to Mr. McKeand, by the fact that at the close of the ban? quet the 410 business men of Sum? ter, who had each paid $1 each for seats at this affair, gave three rous? ing cheers for Charlenton. Mr. Mc? Keand is very modest and reticent re? garding his short speech to the Sum? ter people, but from what can be learned, ho spoke of the efforts now being made in Charleston to bring South Carolina's port into greater prominence, and It Is probably safe to say that his remarks had some? thing t<? do with the strong Charles? ton spirit evidenced. T* ? Meister? singers also mad.- a decided hit. it is said. "I can say this for Sumter," said Mr. McKeand yesterday. "The ? ity is absolutely together on whatever the exeentlv. eom m i 11 c?> Of .he Cham ?,,t of Commerc ? decides to 'atari.' There is ae dleeord In their move* meata, and a spirit of harmony is ep parent on overj hand** As evidences of tb*? effeetlveaeei of the sumter or? gantaatton, Mr, McKeand mentioned a numher of things which had been ? mpllshed by the ahjmter people through N recently. SOCh as tbe se enr'ng of the Seaboard Air Pine con? nection, the new hotel, a Shoe fac? tory, and "lots of other good work." in \ itom iu v Yoi M.i HEAD. Wcii-knouii Methods*! Minister Saasas Iwai In Cheater Connty, Cheater, Maren The Rev, Robert .v Tounge, i well known memhor of Ihs South Carolina M, B? Confsrenco, ?ii*>?i ;it his home at Heatn chapel, near Fort Pawn. Saturday even tag after a sort lllneee, Mr, Moses Qrech'i hi the second name to be put on Ihs honor roll ol Ihoaa Who have Installed sub-surf It e dra i ns from their buildings to the streets ie 'fiat Um water can aeeape without Inoonrenlonci to pedestrians, FACTORY INSPECTION MATTER Cot I* M. Green Sots Himself Clear Beton the Public. Editor The Yorkville Enquirer: The editorial appearing in the York? ville Enquirer of March 22 with refer? ence to my work as factory inspector last year and with regard to my re? cent appointment, affords me the Ant real opportunity of making public any statement as to these matters. The Enquirer has always been regard? ed a paper that seeks the truth and, notwithstanding my previous inten? tion to ignore the unjust newspaper attacks that have been made upon me, the following language used In The Enquirer's editorial has caused me to make this statement: "It is a fact that Mr. Green used in his re? port quite a lot of matter that had bean prepared by Mr. Watson, and to this extent Mr. Green was being paid for work that had already been done. As to what original work Mr. Green may have done we do not know, but somehow we have never been very much impressed with all this talk that has been going on about Green. He used to be regarded as a j bright, able, high-principled young man, and we are not inclined to think that he has undergone any change of character." It is not The Enquirer's kind refer? ence to me that leads me to have 'something to say at this time, but it || your evident desire to know the whole truth about the matter and your offering of this opportunity of making reply to your editorial that presented upon reading, an opening to me of which I am glad to take ad? vantage. At the outset I wish to impress that I have never been asked for a statement by the morning paper tn Columbia that printed the first story of the factory Inspection matter. 11 have been in the newspaper work for a number of years and not once have I ever written an article "about a man without offering him the opportunity of making reply to anything that he desired. Even prisoners taken to the penftontlary under-life sentence, ha w been asked whether they wished to say anything'for publication. This is a rule among newspapers of the right kind. Throughout the range of criti? cism that I have received from the press of this State?biased as It is in a large majority of cases?I have been asked only once for a statement of any kind and that request?rather offer of th" columns of his papei ? came from Col. William Hanks of the I lolly Mall of Anderhon, with refer t nee to the published statement in an up-State newspaper th it I was the campaign manager f'.r Governor Blotto, Of course, when I say that the offer |s made to men about whom articles are written for them to make replies, I mean in cases where some reflection is cast. However, it is usu? ally the custom In all cases to per? mit a public statement to be made In the paper publishing the original article. The people of South Caro? lina may get Just a little glimpse from this of what Governor Blease has been up against. So far as the gen? eral public is concerned only one side of the picture has been held up to the light. Except for those who have seen the official record of pardons that has been printed, In accordance with law, 1 wonder how many people have been permitted to know the rea? sons for the governor's pardons in a large majority of the cases, particu? larly since last summer. Hut, this is Just "by the way." Those Statistics. Now with reference to the factory ms|.tlon: I was appointed factory Inspector last summer, my commis? sion bearing the date: "Plrat <ia\ of August." 1911. Th. commission gave me the fol? lowing powers: "A B] > c.al agent ami hereby empower you to make arrests; to enter buildings; to Interview per? sona; to ?-:111 upon any officer or of? ficers in this state to give you aid and assistance and. if necessary, to sum? mon s posse comltatus to as-isi you In tin- discharge of your duties," etc. I *h;iii add the following section of the commission; "You are to re? ceive a salary of two hundred ($200) dollars per month, payable monthly. from the special appropriation for tin* enforcement of the laws." The com mission was in force during the pleas ore of tfte governor, ami. a* already utated by Governor Blease, I retired from the service December 31, 1911. i have no reaaon other than the de? sire to set my frlenda, Including The Enquirer, exactly rlghl In 'lie mat? ter, to explain the situation as to the Watson statistics, for Governor Blease, from whom i received my commis? sion, has Officially stamped my work with a "well done." it will be seen thai i served only five months in the work of factory inspection. In that time I did the best I could. I merely wish to call attention to the fact that I did not serve for an entire year. Beginning on page 27 of the senate journal of Wednesday, January 17. 1912, will be ~ound copies of my re? ports to Governor Blease and his message conveying the same to the senate. These reports were sent in to the governor monthly. The reports run from page 27 of the senate jour? nal of date mentioned above, to page 51 (including part of page 51). That is to say, practically 22 pages of printed matter make up the reports. In the permanent senate journal these reports will also appear. There haa not yet been done the justice of printing my reports by any paj^er that commented upon the biased report in the Columbia morn? ing paper! What did that paper print? It printed some statistics that it alleged were obtained from Com? missioner Watson's annual report. Those papers, for the most part, ?hat commented (and many of them in this State, and one or two in Geor? gia did comment) upon the matter, based their conclusions upon the story in the Columbia sheet. I Now let's see what I actually did do with regard to those statistics: In the first place statistics as to child labor, number of persons em? ployed, capital of the mills, etc., were furnished to the department of agri? culture, commerce and industries by the mill managers. I^ast year, it should be explained, there were no factory Inspectors under the act as to mill inspections, that is from the de? partment of agriculture, commerce I and Industries. The statistics sent in by the mill managers covered certain points In the inspection that I need? ed in pursuing my own work in the mills, and openly and above board I 1 wrote to Commissioner Watson from time to time for statistics as to mills In certain counties. These statistics, in nearly all cases in which I made the request, were furnished me. Du? plicates of these statistics were on file jvith the managers, auperintend ents or presidents of mills, as the case I might be. and in some instances I made comparisons between the ones sent Commissioner Watson and the statistics on file with the several mills. This was for the purpose of keeping tab on some of the mills as to statistics furnished. In some in? stances Commissioner Watson's sta? tistics, even if furnished me, were not used, as I examined the statistics on file in the offices of the mills and from these obtained the data I wished. I have never denied asking Commis? sioner Watson for statistics to aid me in my work, however, and I thanked him for them in my letters which he chose to make public during the leg? islative session. The statistics that were used were Incidental parts of my reports and in the one case where I used a form of the department of agriculture, commerce and industries I included the statement that the matter was compiled from reports made out and signed by the mill ! managers. Hence, there was no ef I fort to conceal the fact that 1 was seeking to co-operate with all per? sons charged with the enforcement Of the laws relating to the work that I was doing. The same thing is true of tho yearly summary which was ap I pended to my last monthly report. I endeavored to have this statement read as it was given out from the de? partment. The summary of general statistics begins as follows: "Ac? cording to reports that art' on tile \\\ the department of agriculture, com? merce and Industries for the year 1011," etc. Newspaper men w ho have handled capital correspondence know that often (and, from some offices, practically alwavsi statements are given out ready for appearance In Ibe newspapers. To bring this home l,i the matter In band. I was und' r the Impression, which I have verified as far as possible. tbat the short summary tit took up a half nage, or little over, In my report) was given out In that form from the depart men! of agriculture! commerce and Industrie s, and so appeared In all the papers. This public information should not be Used as an incidental put of my report? if 1 had wished to conceal the source of my Informa? tion I should have < banged the n*ord inu and not given credit to tin- de? partment at the very opening sen? tence, it is extremely difficult, In the con? fines of a statement stu b as 1 nm seeking to make, to explain to persons [who may red i"- familiar a*lth the laws In tin-- stat- for the inspection of manufacturing plants, just what the situation was as to these statistics, To sum up. with regard to <; ? Bta* tiostlcs: STORY OF LEXINGTON BANK CREATES SENSATION. Bunk Examiner Will Answer Ques? tions Propounded by uiea.se. Columbia, March 27.?Quite a sen? sation was created here today by the ?tory which appeared exclusively in The News and Courier in reference to the Lexington Savings Bank, which is now in the hands of a receiver, and whic h was owned and controlled by | Mr. W. P. Koof, of Lexington. Not least among the matters of interest involved was the letter addressed by Governor Blease to State Bank Ex? aminer B. J. Rhame, in which the latter was caiKd upon to make ex? planation of why the reported shaky condition of the bank had not be reported to the Governor and w. action had not been taken to protect the interests of the depositors. The development, which is attended with much interest is the reply which Bana Examiner Rhame will make to the Governor's letter. Mr. Rhame came to Columbia today, in reference to the matter, but as yet has no state? ment to make. Efforts to get a state? ment from Attorney General Lyon were unsuccessful, as he is not at present in the city. These were used merely as an incl I dental part of my report. The statistics were duplicates of compilations on file in the offices of the mills throughout the State. The statistics were obtained by let? ter in several instances from the de? partment of agriculture, commerce and industries and were not obtained by the scissors, as has been erroneous? ly stated and, in some instances, de? signedly misrepresented. In some cases the statistics .vere not used at all in my report, bu* data obtained by me were given. Actual Physical Inspection. The greatest misrepresentations that have been made as to the work j done, consisted of the impression sought to be created that the sta? tistics constituted my entire reports i Only briefly has it 'been mentioned in the press that my reports consisted of j 22 printed pages. What then consti l lied the bulk of my reports j Any one familiar with the inspec ! tion laws knows that it is required j that inspections <if mills be, made as to: 1. Hours of labor. 2. Child la bor. Sanitary conditions and oth? er Important phases of the manufac? turing industry in this State. Of course the actual physical Inspections of mills are the most important fea? ture of the work. Statistics constitute only a part of the matter, as I under? stand the laws. In my reports 1 dwelt particularly on the question of child labor and upon physicial condi? tions, etc.. as mentioned above. This statement can be verified by a read? ing of the reports in the senate Jour? nal, As to my authority to visit mills: It will be noted in the quotation from the commission fiven In the firet part i f my statement that 1 was exprc sl> given authority to "enter buildings." etc. The commission, of course, was SO framed as to give me tho author? ity needed to do the very work that l was tO be engaged in. Yet some Hf tin- newspapers have stated thai I did not have the authority to make Inspections. The insinuations of "long-disiance" Inspections hardly deserve to i>e no? ticed. My reports in a general \va\ showed what inspections wer- made. In many cases the authorities 111 charge of mills probably were not aware that I was making Inspections. j It suited me In some cases not lo make my presence known In advance and. sometimes, not at all. In all of which I was guided by the desire to do what was right by the state In making the inspections worth While. As to the work thai 1 am now do? ing I have nothing to say, except to suggest that your own statement might well be seriously consider* d by some of the biased newspapers of South Carolina when you say, "And whether we like Mr. Blease or not e*e cannot ? <? why he Is not i 111i11???i t-? ib.- same rights as other governors." That is the crux of tho winde mat? ter. ! might add thai the people of oar State are beginning to awaken to the fact that thi press has made an effort to shut out ??no side of the propositions that face our people, am speaking of ihe large majority ot the newspaper* of this State that have taken such ;< bitter stand In politics that lh< ii news columns arc often nothing short of editorials. i am glad to see thai The Enquirer Is not in tbi^ list. And Some of tie things The Enquirer has written late STEPHENSOR ON TRIAL. FIGHT OVER Wisconsin sena? tors seat formally re? gln. V: souriaii Bitterly \n;u k- Lse of Money in Primaries and Demands Expulsion of Accused. Washington, March 25.?Isaac Stephenson. the octogenarian mil? lionaire lumberman and banker of Wisconsin, was today formally placed on trial on eh' s involving the validity of h' .t in the United States scna* e entire session was taken ur mw /nator Reed of Mis souri, . speech in opposition to Senr ^F .-phenson's retention of his sc w * tgh Vnal action must be taken .tie "legislative day of March 25," .at parliamentary expression per? mits indefinite discussion by substi? tuting recesses for adjournments and it is expected the final vote will be reached about Wednesday. Friends of the Wisconsin senator say they look for i safe majority for him. but admit the loss of one or two of his former adherents. His oppo? nents contend that the vote will be close, some even saying the result will be against Mr. Stephenson if his colleague, Senator L>a Follette, who has been away for weeks, should re? turn and vote in the negative. All through the debate Senator Stephenson. the first to enter the sen? ate chamber, sat quietly back in the rear tier of seats. Clc*e by him sat Senator Lorimer of Illinois, giving close attention. Mr. Lorimer's elec? tion is similarly under fire. There was a large attendance of senators and the galleries were crowded. Senator Reed said if the senate ac? quitted Mr. Stephenson "we ought to be brave enough to hang on the door of the senate the legend. 'Those who have the money can enter here.' " Mr. Reed said Mr. Stephenson was not the political novice he had been represented to be. Mr. Reed de? nounced the use of mone> Itl th*- W.* consin primaries as "the open door to wholesale fraud, an appeal to cupidity and not to reason." The main effort today was to con? trovert the theory that Mr. Stephen son was innocent of wrongdoing be? cause he had not violated any Wis? consin statutes, and Mr. Reed stamp? ed M absurd the claim that the sen? ate could not go back of the legie lature'a action. He contended that the violation of a specific law was not necessary to invalidate an elec? tion. He was not willing to accept any such contention that "unless a man has Qualified himself for the penitentiary he has not disqualified himself for the senate," for that "brought the senate and the prison too close together for comfort or re? spectability." "This was not an election." he add? ed, "it was a revelry of crime and corruption; a campaign in which the barrel was the controlling figure, a contest of dollars, t. conSest of the long green." nol pros in dispensary < ask Snits Against Blacks and Rernheim Bropipcd ? Letter from Attorney General. Cheater, March 27.?Acting under Instructions contained in a utter from Attorney General Lyon a nol pros was this afternoon entered in the State dispensary case pending here against the Blocke, of Ilaeon? Ga., and [, W, Bernheim. Of Louisville, Ky.. the Attorney General enclosing a check for ?-."> >0 and directing that a le.OOe bond PUt up to guarantee BenrhetnVs presence aa a orttneae be escheated, the entire $T,r.oo to be given t<> Cheater county. It is not known here Jnsf hew tbe case was compromised, as th. Attor? ney Genersl merely wrote directing that SUCh action be taken. Tiie cost of Chester Connty in con? victing .lohn Block was $?.*uO. so tbnt the county is *?;.?;oo to lh< good as a result of the state diepensary cases. it is understood that the queatton ss to wheth r or not th< old regtotra? tlon supervlsora under the law have the right to hold over or must give pi. t-> the new appointees of Gov? ernor Blease has been submitted to the Attorney General and no st?nv will he tak< n in the matter until bo has been heard from. |y have certainly Rone home, Judging from the howls that have been set up i>\ some of those upon a?h< nn your pa? per has trodden, Tyeon M Green. Sumter. S. C, March 24, 1912.