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v-V r ?? tl WTFIK WATCHMAN. Betabltahed April. 1SA4>. utd)man unu 'Be Ja*t and Pear ?of-~?Le* ail the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy Ood's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOTJTH.RON. Established June, 1 Consolidated Aug:. 3,1881 8UMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 11. AHOTIES SdTLAW IN JAIL. FRJftX. YOl'NtiHKT OF ALIdKN <;avo, Grvics hiwhfi.f 11?. ****** AJIrn and Wesley Fdward*. of ?teiMl H?ll dt Large, Will to the l>e*th. HllUwrUle. Vi.. March 2?.?Priel Al? len, a blue-eyed stripling of 17. young eat of the eight of the Allen gang, each Ii.dieted for the five murders la the Carroll eour.ty court house a fortnbrht ago. wao taken late today In a carriage shed at the home of his father. Jack Allen, eight miles from hero. Ho cheerfully submitted to ar reet, and tonight occupies a cell In the Hllktvtlle jail with his cousin. Claude Swaaeon Allen, who surrend? ered without resistance to the detec Ih s yesterday. Only 9ldao Allen, a man of middle ago. an>. I his young nephew, Wesley Edward?, both bold mountaineers of reckless daring, are fugitives tonight. They are the last of the outlaw band who** tustlade killed a Judge, sheriff, prosecutor. Juror and bystander on March 14. Krtel Allen two days ago deserted the two men still at large and brought hack tonight their ultimatum of de fiasco. Both are prepared to resist ? until death. A father's snxlety to have his ?ousgsst son spared a terrlbln death In the mountains is assumed to t>e the cause of FTlel Allen's capture. Jack Allen was got involved In the eo'jrt huuos shooting but it is known that since his son. Frtel. Joined the T?itlaws he hss been endeavoring to sdviso him to ? when It to the mercy of the law. Jost how the parent communlcat d with th? boy haw Bot been learned. Hitkrvtlle hag) Isudb digested the excitement Inctdowf to Claude Allen's hi so St SO* emptUTW jrSsterdav, when FrtsJ Allen g? IlSpsl lato town late todag. the SCiSSgSg Of Detective Thos. U fotts, busier OS* tho mounUIn cam outlaws, and De sjho ogether BSggPS1'. - young mountaineer, of slender belid and boyish face, was unhand eufTed and cantered Into town with ' smlleo and nodn to thooe who recog? nised htm. He showed, however, the III effects of two weeks with little food or shelter. The young prisoner talked glibly of his oonvernations with Sldna Allen and Wesley Edwards. The former, he said. admitted killing Judge Thornton L. Maaoie. while the latter acknowledged ahootlng Comm >n wealth's At ton ey William Foster. Hla own part In the tragedy he dis? creetly evaded dtecusslny. He brourh* however, first land information of the desperate straits of Sldna Allen, leader of the band, and his conscious? ness of guilt. In the dialect of the mountains he told his story, heeding interruptions and answering til queries. "Uncle Sldna told me," retated the boy w'th unrestrained frankness, "tlsst ho never expected to see his i family again. He hopee the detective* i i will get discouraged so that he can get away, hut If they keep after him I think he will be shot killing them. I Me will never surrender. He did not j like it when I l<ft him. He told me' T was making a mistake, hut I was tired aci hungr . "Sldna said he shot his pistol empty three times. He slwaya was angry with Judge Ma site. He* said he shot Judg* Maaale and that Wesley shot Mr. Foster. Owcle Sldna said b.< in? tended |t PM as many of the court officers as he could. When he wns shooting the people In the street, he really did not know h?? was firing at any of tbe fgg] Hi gsSa hi saw gggg running i.nd thought th??v ne?<d?-d shooting at "The day after the SJtSwttsSj l'n? HI Sldna and Cousin Wesley and I went to the mountains. Wesley had two pistols and CnSM BMSMI had a r.? volver and a ggotgun. We nil hnd plenty of shells. We g<?t plenty Sj| rations for a while. We were htdd. i under s ledg?? by leaves, from fkjgft ws moved to another rock and saw the officers raid my Aunt Alberta's of the detectives came with? in IK or 20 yards of us. I wanted to leave ?>ut OggSS Sldna said If the tlvee came lloser he would fire, i nele Hiag was shot In the arm st the court house and the same bul? let went Into his Sjgg and back. It I? still there. Ills hurts were fixed by one of the family. No doctor saw him so far as I know. At daylight Monday. I'nde fldna got some food In a sack. We r ad plenty of crack? ers sod butter stid *ugar and stayed In the Ivy and Uurel oushes for ten REPORIS Ol COTTON. SKNATK COMMITTEE FAVORS SMITH BILL ON STATISTICS. Measure Im to Give Cotton People Full Information on Consumption, Stock aiul Export*. Washington, March 29.?The sen? ate committee on agriculture has agreed that next Tuesday It w'.ll rec? ommend the adoption of the resolu? tion of Senator Smith of Souih Caro? lina amending the law regading the present method of securing cotton statistics very materially and will greatly Interest both the cotton con? sumers and pioducers is well as the various exchanges throughout the country. Following Is a copy of the resolution, as it will be passed: "That the director of the census be authorised and directed to collect and publish In connection with the ginners' report of cotton production provided for In section 9 of an Act of congress entered, 'An act to pro? vide for a permanent census.' ap? proved March 6, 1902, statistics of the number of ! Ales of cotton con? sumed In manufacturing establish nrmts of every character, the number of bales held in stock by such manu? facturing establlshmer ts and the number of bales exported. The sta? tistics shall be collected and publish? ed In the same manner, and under the name rules and regulations as the ginners' reports are collected and published eacepf that the stntlstlcs herein provided for shall be publish? ed monthly at the same time and in the same mat.ner that the monthly ginners' report Is published. The di? rector of the census ?hall furnish to the bureau of statistics of the depart? ment of agriculture Immediately prior to the publica tier of each re? port of that bureau regarding the cot? ton crop the statistics hereinbefore mentioned and the said bureau of statistics shall publish the same in connection with each of its reports concerning cotton." MARRIAGE LICENSE RECORD. Couple From New York and Charlotte Secure I/cense Here Sunday. A couple, the groom from New York city and the bride from Char? lotte, from the farthest, off of any couple yet to secure a mar? riage license and to be married In this city, secured their license here Sun? day and were married by Clerk of Court L. L Parrott immediately after : he Issued them the license. The names of the contracting parties were: Phillip P. Kel*>dan of New York, and Mary Ellen Burt of Charlotte. N. C. Other marriage licenses were Issued Saturday to Jefferson Nelson and Ag? nes Oary of Concord; Alexander Myers and Rebecca Miller of Sumter; Sen? ator Wilson and Mary' Jane Taylor of Sumter, all colored. Summerton, March 30.?A rather serious Are for a small village occur? red here today about 3 a. m. when the ginning establishment of Mayor HejUf A. Tlsdaio was burned to the ground. For a time it seemed as If the railway depot and other buildings near by would burn, but the fact that there was but little mud enabled the cltlien.-. |a confine the (lames to the one building. The origin of the fire Is unknown. The loss Is about $3, 000, partlullv covered by Insurance. Mr. Tlsdaio will build again, a larger :mkI better outfit, and will hi ready f?>r ginning next season"* 'Top. Mr. J. V. Wilson, of Cnlumh ?, ipenf Paturd ij In town. dayU, bat With nothing else to eat except ihoet crackers, The day be? t?r?, yesterday 1 decided lC leave and w >- separated. I was Just starved out. I It :t them on ihr mountain top about ?11r.?.* BJllfOC fron? Ptper'l Gap road ir wber?' \\-' \\.-re In the laurel ? * ? log ere bad planned la nee ti b\ mwork In case <?f attack." rrlel disclaimed' knowledge of the oart CtaOde Alb n took jn the shoot big, and denied knowledge of the ac? tivities of Mdac Edwards victor Al? len and Bad Marion, nou- In .lall at Ftoeeoka Both rrlel and his cousin, Claude, probably will leave here during the night or tit daybreak for Galax, tak? ing the noon traitt tomorrow there for Koanoke. where the two prisoners will Join their kinsfolk ir Jail. The detecttVCC thus far have won $1.600 of $3.100 reward offered by Oov. Mann for the capture of the outlaws. Fire at Summerton. DABBS ON CROP MARKETING. FARMERS' UNION HEAD URGES SCIENTIFIC1 PLAN AT STATE UNIVERSITY. Students Asked to Help Solve an Im? portant Question?Interesting un|| Instructive. Columbia State. "We must learn how to market," said E. W. Dabbs, president of the State Farmers' union yesterday, ad? dressing the students of the Univer? sity of South Carolina on the ques? tion of scientific marketing of crops. His address was one of the best and most instructive that has been de? livered at the university this year. President Dabbs made a strong ap? peal to the college of the State to help answer the question as to how the farmers shall market scientifical? ly all of their crops. "It Is a pleasure to me," said Pres? ident Dabbs, "to be In your presence today to speak to you In as few words as possible on a matter of practical import, and in asking your assistance In solving one of the greatest prob? lems that confront us in our social and economic relations. "In our declaration of the purposes of the Farmers' union we say. in the course of modern Industrial develop? ment we find It necessary that the farmer not only apply the principles of scientific agriculture, but that he systematize his business by coopera? tion and apply the principles of scien? tific commerce. Heretofore, our ef? forts have beer, along the line of saving In our purchases, not realizing that if we are an agricultural people, vie are producers, and should be more Interested In securing a Just return for the products of our labor and our soil than In the saving of a few cents or.dollars on our purchases. I have found In my experience that the % eateet reason why our farmers do not take kindly to a diversified sys? tem of agriculture is that we have no system of marketing our crops. Men will tell me that if they were to farm as the experts of the various departments suggest, that they would not know what to do with the corn, j the oats, the cotton and the hogs that they might grow. Feeling that we have been laying entirely too much stress upon the subject of pro? duction and none whatever upon the subject of marketing, I have made it the burden of the message that I he>Ve carried to the people of this State In the last three years that we must learn how to market. "Realizing that you gentlemen of the faculty are now the moulders of the opinions of these young minds, I and that you young gentlemen of the student-body will bo the moulders of the minds of the State in the years of the near future, it has been borne In upon me more and more that we must call you to our assistance and ask you to study this problem of scientific marketing, and give us the results of your investigations. Pro? duction without distribution is often? times a curse. We have an apt illus? tration of this in the tremendous cot? ton crop of 1911, when the South, as a whole, paid something like three hundreds ef millions of dollars for the privilege of producing three or four million bales more than a nor? mal crop. Greater evidence that we do not produce too much cotton is shown In tho trend of prices during thl last i?0 days when cotton that re? mained in the Held open to all the elements for six months has, In some Instances, brought as much as middling cotton ?iui last November when our people were demoralised. In my humble judgment there has never been over-production In the history of ths world since the dayi wh n Joseph was called into power in the land <?f Bgypt during those ?even years of plenty, And what did thea do with those bountiful crops? Did they throw them upon the mar keti of the world regardless of the demand? Rather ?11?1 they not build storehouses under the direction of the Almighty end keep tin- surplus of those crops for the b an years which He bad told them would follow? We do not now have direct revelation of what stse our crops will be. but >\c <iu know that years of plenty ere fol? lowed by ban years, and that yean of leanness are followed by years of plenty, and w\\\ probably continue so in the years to come, in our years of plenty let us prepare for our yean of leanness." Yes sir, the railroad from Harts VlllC to Sumter is being laid With *? pound rail. ThlH 1 ?oks mighty like a trunk line to Charleston.? Hartsvllb' Messenger. KILLS SHERWOOD MEASURE. - PASSES SKOOT HILL INCREASING PENSIONS 20 MILLIONS. "Dollar-a-Day" Proposition Already Passed by House. Turned Down by Vote of 51 to 1? ? Senator Over? man's Reference to South's Pen? sion Hurden Draws Tart Reply from Michigan Colleague. Washington, March 20.?The senate tonight, by a vote of 51 to 16, reject? ed the Sherwood "doliar-a-day" pen? sion bill, which had passed the House, and enacted the Smoot general age and service pension law, which, it is estimated, will increase the pension roll by $20,000,000 annually during the next five years. During the debate Senator Over? man's reference to the burdens of the Southern people because of pension legislation brought a tart reply from Senator William Allen Smith, of I Michigan. I ALARMING RUMORS SQUELCHED. ?, S. Government Denies Reports Hearing on Mexican Situation. Washington, March 29.?A series of 1 rumors concerning the Mexican situa- J tion. covering every possible phase of j activity on the part of the American | Government, from actual intervention ! and the assemblage of great military forces on the border down to the dis? patch of an embassy guard to the Mexican Capital, surged through offi? cial Washington today. I All the alarmist stories appeared to have had their inception at points where there would be naturally little information of plans of the two Gov? ernments. It is quite certain that they did not originate in Washington, and as the Mexican Capital has been cut off from telegraphic communication with the outside world since 7 o'clock last night, they were attributed to1 the insurgent press agents. Officials were kept busy today denying stories or ttmrTflerlng them with, additions of fact that deprived theYn wholly of sensational features. It was declared by one Government official, and denied by another, how? ever, that the United States had per? mitted a shipment of arms and ant munitions to go through to the Made ro Government. President Taft does not believe there is ground for Intervention and has not changed that belief as the re? sult of the battles in Mexico within the last few days. Consequently, it can be stated positively no steps have i been taken within that time to strengthen the American military force for operation in Mexican terri? tory. The supposition that anything of importance could be done in that direction without some knowledge on the part of the country at large and a direct appeal to Congress is declared by the military authorities to be absurd upon a mere inspection of the condition of the army within the Unl ted States at this time. In fact, the only action on the part (if the Government Which might be regarded as in any way connected with the Mexican situation was the j dispatch of 1,00 Standard Krag rifles from New York fo arm the American | colony In the <'ity of Mexico. Even this was done on the recommendation of Ambassador Wilson with the full consent of the Mexican Government, and with the assurance that the American residents were to act simp I ly as a police force and are not to support either Ilde in the present itruggls. Tn outside circles there was talk of the establishment of a small Ameri? can military force SS an embassy guard In Mexico, like that now main? tained in Peking by the American marines, but Ambassador Wilson has not asked for any stu b force and it will not be sent otherwise. BOB TAYLOR DEAD. Bona tor Prom Tennessee Dies in Washington, Washington, March 81.- Robert L. Taylor, Enited States senator from Tennessee. "Fiddling Bob" to all the South, died liefe today, unable to withstand the shock of an operation fur gall stones, performed last Thurs? day. Early this morning the senator began to fall to respond to stimu? lants, Mrs. Taylor, worn out by a [day and ni^ht vigil, had gone to her [apartments. At 3 o'clock this morn? ing the senator began to Sink so rapid? ly that she was sent for, She was at his side when the end came at 9:40 o'clock. BLEASE WOULD KILL CAMPAIGN WILL TRY TO STOP THE COUNTY TO-COUNTY TOUR OF THE STAE. Entirely Problematical Whether or Not the National Delegation Will go Instructed or Uiiinstructed?Bone t'trial Campaign a Problem, Too. Columbia, March 30.?The restric? tion of the primary, the abolition of the county to county campaign and the election of a delegation to the na- j tional convention will be among the | questions to be considered by the State Democratic convention, which is to be held in Columbia. May 15. Eighteen delegates, double the rep? resentation in the national Congress, will be elected to the Baltimore con? vention. It is problematical as to whether the delegation will go in structed. ^j5? For the past several days there i been a rumor to the effect that a c tempt would be made at the State I convention to amend the constitution of the Democratic party, so as to eliminate the county-to-county can? vass by the candidates. It is said that the forces In tho convention in favor i t'f the governor will try to put the I amendment through. It is hardly i probable that the attempt will be successful. The plan proposed is to let each of the candidates make an In? dividual canvass of the State. Very few of the voters would be reached under this plan. The county-to-coun? ty campaign seema to be firmK fixed in South Carolina politics. In the past when there were a number of candidates in the race for the United States Senate it has been customary to hold two campaigns, one for the senatorial candidates and one for the State officials. So far only two candidates have announced for the Senate, B. R. Tillman and Jasper W. Talbert, both of Edgefield county. It is said that Senator Till? man will not make a canvass ot the State, but that he will make only one or two speeches. Mr. Talbert has al T^ad^a^ndUiteed thaTTie wIK iffcxke a campaign. The two campaigns will be combined this year, is the opinion of members of the executive commit? tee. ! The Itinerary for the campaign will be prepared by the new executive committee of the party, to be elected at the county conventions May 6. The | committee will meet, very probably, j when the State convention convenes here May 15. and decide upon the itinerary. The first campaign meet? ing was held in 1910 at Sumter. June 22. The national convention of the Democratic party will be held in Baltimore. June 25. It has been sug? gested, as many of those directly in? terested in the campaign will attend the national convention, that the first campaign meeting be held this year June 17. Six meetings would be held and then a rest of one week, resum? ing the campaiern July 1. The indications are that few of the State officials will have opposition. All State officials, with the exception of Capt. R. H. Jennings, the State treasurer, have announced that they will ask for re-election. No opposition has developed to R. M. McCown, secretary of State; E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, commerce and industries; J. E. Swearingen. the State superintendent of education; A. w. Jones, comptroller general. S. T. Car.er. present chief clerk to .':;pt. Jennings, and D. W, IfcLaurin, State land agent of the sinking fund commission, have announced their candidacy for the position of state treasurer, and Senator D. a. Splvey will likely run. The term of John Q. Richards, Jr.. as a menu., r of of the railroad com? mission, will expire this year and he lias already announced that be will ask re-election. He will be opposed by John H. Wharton, member of the Senate from l.auretis a id former commissioner, ami James Cansler, who lias been in the race for the po? sition f??r man> years. Attorney (Jeneral Lyon hai an? nounced thai he will offer for re-elec? tion. He will be opposed by H. H. Evans, of Newberry. and T. li. Peoples, si member of the Hons,, from Barn? weil county. There will l>e only two candidates in the race for the governorship, Irs B, Jones and the present governor. Few announcements have been made as to the candidates for Con? gress from the various districts of the siate. it is very prol able that every congressman from this State will s*k for re-election. Thi tight for the control of the State convention between the BlCSSC and antl-Blease forces will start at FERTILIZER SHIPMENTS SMALL. Approximately Seventy Per Cent of liiist Years Shipment* at .^This l>ute. ^0 The shipments of fertilizer for this season are considerably less up to dale than they were last year at this time when approximately all of the fertilizer had been shipped out of Charleston. This information was learned Sat? urday when it was stated at the A. C. L. Railroad freight depoi that the fertilizer handled this season up to date was approximately seventy per cent of the amount of fertilizer handled he A year up to the same time. A' ,0 Southern freight depot it was ' gfw . that the amount handled by V W oad this season was about six' .* cent of the amount handled Vjr* Ar by the same time. The ^ unt handled by the Northwestern as approximately the same as that handled by the Atlantic Coast Line. It was further learned that this year, although the fertilizer season was very much later than it was last, there had been no congestion as there was in 19114 when everything in the railroad yards was tied up and de? layed because of congestion in hand? ling the fertilizer shipments. The fertilizer when placed on the side? tracks has been handled readily by the farmers and there has been no delay in the delivery like there was last year when the farmers had good weather for plowing and often re? fused to stop their plowing to haul their fertilizer. This year the rains have helped the railroad people in this respect for being unable to plow, the farmers employed every good day when the roads were not too bad in hauling their fertilizers. The shipments have dropped osT ?. somewhat in the past two days, but considerable more fertilizer is Sg-O pected before the end of the season. One thing that has tended to pre vent congestion this season is the use of the big new freight ^ard in Char*^ leston. where the fertilizer trains OS,Uk be handled easily and classified will be left, something thaf'Wk% Im? possible last year, owing to the crowd? ed condition of the yard there. This classification of cars before they leavo Charleston has aided the loeal people considerably for they have rot been called upon to do this' work which they had to do last year, but which should have been done in Charleston before the trains were shipped out from there. There has been a little trouble caused for a few days by the recent freshet, but as the water rapidly went down and the small amount o"f damage done was soon repaired this did not delay the sh'pments a great deal nor did it more than fill up the yard tracks for some days. SKYSCRAPER COMMENCED. Work on City National Rank Ruilding Started by Contractors. The work on Sumter s skyscraper building has commenced. The contractors Monday morning started workmen to digging down in the ground to a depth sufficient to place the foundation for the big seven story building which after November, 1912. will be the home of th~ City Na? tional Bank. From now on the work will be pushed as rapidly forward as possible until it is completed. During the past month the old building has been taken down and Saturday saw the last of debris re? moved from the grounds. Now the contractor, W. Los Harbin. Of Lex? ington, N. C.| has free spSOS to place his materials for the building which he will erect. Council has k! anted the use of the streets for piling the building materials and it is probable thai there Will be little delay in the construction unless it OCCUITS from the inability to get materials. B. Frank Kelly, of Blshopvtllo, wss (n the city Friday. the club meetings April 27. The question of tic : ??-dr ic5jon of the primary will very probably be discussed In the convention. This would mean the application of the State ? l.ction law to the primary and would require registration. The pres? ent voting strength is about 110.000. The adoption of the new rul \ in the opinion of many, would cut oown the vote by about r.o.ooo. it is said that this movement will be fought stren? uously by the Blosse forces in the convention. Reports received in Columbia in? dicate that there will be an abund? ant crop of county candidates for all positions.