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maw Mir. ?I MTKIt WATCHMAN. KetablLshod April. 1850 ? m 1 ?? ? mm? ? ? ? ? ? east - - Consolidated Au*. 3, 1881 ?Be Just and Femr not?Let all the ends Thon Alms t at be thy Country's, Thy Hod's and Truth's." SUMTER. S C, SATURDAY, APRIL 13. 1912. THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, l Vol. XXXIV. Nn 14. COLOMBIA BOOZE DIRECTORY. i?kim\n \r.i ntKvM im in r NO "Ol l N <, WIKS. ' Knill,? of INikrr Chl|e* and Whirl < f Roulette W l Said to bo I n know n? -IMm '-s I'or'v KqtilpiMHl. The State. April 10. Nobody hears the rattle of poker chips on Main street and there are very few who can say that "It Is easy to set a trink *n Columbia." It Is sesy to get s drink In Columbia If one 'knows the ropes." but a stranger In the "square meal town" would not And the clinking glsase?. th. restau? rants with their screen doo-s In the rear, and signs Masoned on the white way as a guide to the thirsty. Visitors to the city are perfectly safe and will not be Insulted by the osTer of alcoholic stimulants should they go to any reotaumnt on Main street In Columbia. Investigations have shown that at no restaurant on the principal thoroughfare can whis? key be obtained and there Is a stand? ing order that drinking Is not allow? ed either at a table or In the kitchen. Walters In some of these restaurants know where to get the "stimulants.** but permission must be obtained to drink anything brcught In and per? mission Is refused If a woman Is present. On the block between Lady and Washington streets on Main street there are four hallways kept open until midnight, and ?omeMmes until 1 o'clock. On the second floor n stranger, if properl directed, would face a pine counter bar and the man behind said pine counter would serve said strsnger with a drink of so-called whiskey or a bottle of beer. The beer Is taken from an Ice box. the whiskey Is taken from a shelf and the water, served free with th? whiskey, is taken from a cooler. In some of these place* there are lemons, cigarettes and towels. On the block there Is not a pool table and no racing charts, al? though It Is stated by those who have ept up with the "ponies'* in the City / the **a. It Is possible to place bets by telephone x ??**?raph or by word of mouth at v. A opposite the Skyscraper whet ?ne newspapers and some soft drills sre sold. There Is very little doing on As? sembly street. If open games are con? sidered signs of prosperity. During the gathering of the horsemen almost anybody (anybody means those who da not wear blue oats or the signs ? >f authority) could stroll up stairs over a livery stabb? not far from Lady street and place their bets If strollers understood the game. Now, however, the place Is dark anil those who wish to tack a high or lo * card or care to play tre festive whajl are In Char? leston er elsewhere where the "sport of kings" Is a feature. Probably the best equipped club, or plsce where drinks can be obtained, In ths cltv. Is on Washington street, not far from the Carolina National bank. This club is comfortably fitted, mis? sion furniture being the design, and there Is little difficulty In getting not only whiskey or beer, but mixed drinks with (berries on the side. It has been raided several times when the clubs on Main street were taken In. but. seems to be a paying proposl ? tlon. No games are conducted there, and the place Is chsrtered. On upper Main street, not far from the postofflce. there is snother club, well furnished SSl equipped, supply? ing the refreshments other than straight whlakey or :old beer. With the excepticn of four places on Main street, between Lady and Washington streets, a place on Wash? ington street, not far from Main, a place on Main street, not far from the postofflce. nothing was found that might be called offen*ive. These places are on the second floor of the hi.tid? ings occupied: no gambling was seen and the equipment seemed to be crude, sp* In the language of pro? hibition territory were "speak easles." 1AIT. FINN WINs s| IT CVcalt Court of Ap|m*aU at Richmond \ SirniM Verdict of laVgesy Court. The Ft-derr 1 Circuit OoUfl of Ap? peals Tuesday affirmed the decision of the lower court at Charleston In tne case of Capt. P. P. Finn against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad com? pany. A verdict fur $10.000 was awarded Capt. Finn by th? Jury which was reduced to IS.000 by the court on the condition that th?? imount be paid In twenty days. T? | was appealed to the clrci.it nuirt of ap? peals and heard at Kl hnx.nd. the de? cision being announced from th.?r< Tuesdsy. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS 1'OltM \l. CALL FOR STATU DKMO dATK (OWKNTION. Practically nil Counties stf|SJSSjmM d ut Meeting in Col umhin ? Now state F.xwutlvo Committee to Meet Night Heffore Convention, which will ho Held May 13?Tit adorer's Report Shows lla la on Haiul. Columbia. April lfl.?Outside of adopting the formal call for the State Convention for noon on May 15, hearing the report Of the treasurer and adopting i resolution requesting the ehairman to call the new commit? tee together on the night of May 14, the evening before the meeting of tVw State Convention, the Democratic ex? ecutive committee, at its meeting to? night in the Secretary of State's of? fice, was purely formal and adjourn? ed in leas than an hour. Practically every county was rep? resented. Senator Tillman. the na I tlonal executive commltteernan, be? ing absent. The report of the treasurer show? ed receipts from assessments for the last campaign amounting to $4.493.88 and a balance on hand of $1,403.88. I The committee adopted a resolu? tion, offered "by Oen. James, request? ing Vhe chairman to call the new Stale committee together on the night be? fore the State Convention, after It had voted down a substitute, offered by Senator "Llde, fixing 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the State Convention as the time for the meeting of the new executive committee. Major Daniel 81nkler, from the sub-committee appointed to look In? to the revision of the by-laws and rules of the Democratic party, report? ed that on account of the nearness of the State Convention the committee unanimously decided to leave this mattor to them. The report was agreed to and the committee discharg? ed. Governor Rlease presented resolu? tions on the death of Col. T. B. Crews, who represented Laurens for many years on the committee. I On motion the resolutions were adopted and spread on the minutes. den. Wille Jones, the State chair? man, presiding at the meeting to? night, declared that it was probably the last time he would meet with the Democratic cenmlttee in this capacity, as he declared his Intention of not seeking re-election. He spoke of his tblitv years of connection with the committee, fourteen of them as State chairman, and told of his interest in the work Tie expressed a willing? ness to remain as .Rlchlnnd's member of the committee If the County Con? vention no willed. I A suggestion was made that the State Convention elect eight delegates at large to the Baltimore Convention instead of four, and grve each a half vote, but this was not considered. At 9.30 the committee adjourned. The formal resolution calling the State Convention follow*: "Resolved. That a Convention of the Democratic party of South Caro? lina be and Is hereby called to meet In the city of Columbia In the hall of Representatives, at 12 M. on May 1R, next, for the purpose of electing dele? gates to the National Democratic Con? vention, a national commltteernan. and to transact mich other business as may properly come before It. j "The county chairmen throughout the State are hereby directed to as? semble their clubs on Saturday. 27th day of April, for re-organlzatlon and for the purpose of electing delegates to the county conventions, which will assemble on the oth of May. In their respective counties, each county being entitled to representation In the State Convention equal to twice Its repre? sentation in the General Assembly, based upon the representation now flxed by law for the election of rep? resentatives during 1912." MK.llo \ltm sll l> in MARION, \dain Washington Wanted Here for Theft of Qfflp lUMl Clothing. Adam Washington, I negro, was aW*?IsJ in Marlon Wednesday night on the charge of Mealing a grip full of clothing bstonsjinsj to anothaf ne? gro by the name ef J<>t- Davis, who sw<-r?> oMt ;i warrant fer Washington*! arrest Davis alleged tb.-t Washington took the suit case off |h? A. C. It, train at Hetts' Lumber company plant a f?'W mlb's out of the city and a ttli phone message bad him nrre-ted in Marlon. This morninic .Tailor Owens left for Marlon t<> SS4 Washington and brine: him bj>ck to Sumter for trial. THE BEACH CASE. solkitoK RATHER INCENSED BUT RATHER DETERMINED. His Wltncssci Examined by Attorneys for Defense Immediately After Be? ing Bound Over ? This Gunter Thinks Unfair. Alken, April 10.?Solicitor B. L. Gunter was very much incensed this morning when he learned that nearly all the witnesses for the State who have been bound over In the Beach 1 ease bad been corraled by the law- I yen tor the defense, their million- i aire employers in some instances j having appeared in person at the magistrate's office and stood their, bonds, then openly advised these wit- | nesses to go direct to the office of j Beaoh'a lawyer. "1 consider that an unfair ad? vantage,' declared Solicitor Gunter, j who stated that he had shown Beaoh every consideration in this matter I and had been disposed to accept any reasonable sort of a guarantee thai Beach would return here In 90 days' time in lieu of pressing the matter of his extradition from Europe." We don't want to cause Beach any un? necessary humiliation. He said to? day's developments however, may mean a change in tactics. One of l'.cach's lawyers stated to Mr. Gunter today that Mr. Be?ch would be back In Alken when he was wanted for trial, to which Mr. Gunter significantly replied: "i am positive of that." However, the solicitor, who wus not in a very aminble mood over the mat? ter of the witnesses, did not care to state this afternoon ju3t what he is doing toward bringing Beach back nor what his next move will be. "You may rest assured that we mean business," he 3ald, "we mean to have him here." Solicitor Gunter also stated to some of Beach's friends that should Beach return to Alken and express a willing? ness to enter a plea of guilt to the charge against him at the June term of court, he would recommend to the Judge that the plea be accepted, In which event the judge would assess a small fine, probably less than $100. All the evidence In the case has been turned over to the solicitor. Solicitor Gunter was aroused from bis bed at a late hour last night when a dispatch from a firm of New York law/yen who have been retained in the case for the defense was read to him. The New York lawyers wanted to know what steps the solici? tor would take to bring Beach back to Alken, but the solicitor would not ?t?te. Special Agent Baughn stated this afternoon that be was at work on a newly discovered trail, which prom? ises, he sa'.d, to develop additional testimony but would not say what it was. He did state positively, however, that if Pearl Hampton, the negro woman, persisted in her refusal to give any information concerning the events of that night in February when both she and Mrs. Beach were attacked by the same man, she will be prosecuted at the June term of court as an accessory before the fuet. CAPERS A CANDIDATE. Republican National Conunittoeman Will Make Race Against Joseph T. Johnson of spnrtunhurg. sjpartanburs, April f),?Capt, John O. Capers of Greenville, South Caro? lina member of the Republican na? tional committee, announced here to? day that be would be a candidate for Congress] against Joseph T. Johnson, the present representative. In an interview at the Gresham hotel where be was conferring with Republicans from several counties of the Piedmont. Capt. Capers' declared that he would give Mr. Johnson a hot race. "There are 12 0<>0 voters in the fourth congressional district," said Capt. Capers, "who have come here from North Carolina and Tennessee and are working in the mills. These men will vote for a Republican can? didate if he is ? clean, decent white man. There has beim no opportun? ity here to vote for a Republican of food repute for 16 years. These men are naturally Republicans and would VOte the Republican ticket if there w;is a Republican organisation and Republican candidates of which they were not ashamed. As there has been no respectable Republican party, these tin n have had to turn to the Demo t ON tic primary." Ifaj, Abe Lev I, of Manning, spent Wednesday night in the city, TAFT AND STIMSON SCORED. HOUSE MILITARY AFFAIRS COM? MITTEE CRITISE8 SUSPEN? SION OF AINSWORTH. Goes Further Than This, and Claims That Charges Against General are Bred of Determination to Drive him From Service. Washington, March 9.?President Taft and Secretary Stimson are se? verely arraigned in a sensational re? port on the Alnsworth case presented to the house today by the military affairs committee. Secretary Simson is charged with having committed a 'great and ir? reparable wrong" and "a flagrant misuse of official authority" when last February he suspended Gen. Alnsworth from his duties as adjutant general of the army and charged him with insubordination. That the president and Secretary Stimson pre? judged the case, that the accusations against the general were based upon prejudice and that the secretary of war has "an erroneous idea" of his relation to congress are some of the other conclusions reached by a ma? jority of the committee, of which Representative Hay of Viriginia is chairman. After Gen. Ainsworth's relief from duty and when a court martial seem? ed probable, the president permitted him to retire from the army because of his long service. The report fol? lows an investigation of Ainsworth's relief from duty, set afoot by a reso? lution by Representaive Watkins of Louisiana. Criticising the relief of Gen. Ains worth. the report declares the "worst feature of it was that this officer of long and distinguished service had no tribunal to which he could appeal with any hope of justice or fair treatment." The majority of the committee con? cludes that Gen. Ainsworth had been guilty of no act which justified the letter of suspension from Secretary Stimson and "that the charges had originated in a determination to drive Gen. Ainsworth from active service and have nothing to support them but that bare assertion coupled with mis? representations and suppression of the truth." The report then goes on to say that it is incredible of belief that Secre? tary Stimson believed Gen. Ainsworth guilty of the charges, and adds: "Some other reason must have ac? tuated the secretary of war and that I reason is not hard to find. Your I committee being familiar with all the phases of the legislative features in the army appropriation bill can read? ily account for this violent assault on Gen. Ainsworth." It Is pointed out that Gen. Ains? worth favored the five-year enlist? ment plan in the army bill, which was opposed by other officers of the gen? eral staff, and that Secretary Stimson's letter of suspension to the general was sent on the day that this feature of the bill was being discussed in the house. Secretary Stimson's comment to the house when be sent the papers in the case, to the effect that his action "was not to bo construed as a recognition of the authority of the house or any of its committees to require of the chief executive a statement of reasons for his official action." is severely criti? cised. Gen. Ainsworth's stand upon a cer? tain letter to the secretary of war, upon which much of the charges was based. Is defended. HAVE PURCHASED WAGON. ? Mr. J, H. Forbes Has Gone to Monroe I to Make Final Arrangements. At a meeting of the Are committee Wednesday afternoon the purchase of a racing wagon was definitely decided on, following the action of council to this effect, and last night Mr. J. H. Forbes, one of the active members of tin- lire department, left for Monroe, N. C? to make tinai arrangements concerning tin- manufacture of the wagon and its delivery In Sumter. The members of the Are department want to have tin- wagon here in plenty of time for them to practice in it before they ^r<> to Rock Hill, and every effort t<? this end will be put forth. The colors for the wagon will be decided upon later, as will the let? tering. A few minor parts will be ( hanged and left off from the regular .wagon which Is sent <>ut by the Pied? mont Wagon Company, from whom the vehicle will i?- secured, Mr. Forbes will make the Anal arrange? ments so that the contract can hi sent on here to be signed at once. TEMPORARILY HALTS ITS WORK OP DEVASTATION. Crisis not Over However as Tide CN>n tinues Southward Many Points in Levees Subjected to Terrific strain. The Mississippi river's angary tor- j rent has temporally halted its work Of devastation. Aside from a con? tinuance of the break in a cut-off j embankment above Natchez, Miss., ' no further crevasses were reported last night along the threatened stretches of dykes. j Despite this temporary abatement of the danger caused by the torrents which sweep down the valley, the crisis is not past. As the tide con- ^ tinues southward, many points be? tween Baton Rouge. Ba., and Helena, Ark., must stand a terrifllc te3t. Ik they fail, then hundreds of square I miles in some of the world's richest agricultural lands will be flooded, many bustling cities will be inun? dated and life will be threatened. As the rise of the Mood continues from Arkansas City downward, the stress on the threatened embankments has Increased and anxiety grows among the myriad of workers toiling to rein? force the dykes. Army engineers de? clare they have the situation under control at Miller's bend, the dyke ennrdlng Greenville and the southern delta's fertile acres. This point was regarded yesterday as one of the most menaced in the danger zone. The crest will not reach Greenville for three days or more. If the rise continues gradual, it is believed the dykes can be sufficiently strengthened to contain the flood. Portions of country were flooded north of Vicksburg yesterday b] back? water from the Yazoo river. The gauge at Vicksburg at 7 o'clock !ast night stood at 50.8 feet, a rise of two-tenths in 12 hours. This is one-tenth of a foot less than the rise in the preceding 12 hours. CGI NTY SCHOOL DAY NOTES. Dr. Haynsworth Points out Some of the Importen! Features of the Event. _ Th?- dinner Is to be on the order of an old-fashion basket picnic and so all are asked to bring their baskets of good things that there may be a plenty. The City of Sumter is indeed hospitable, but it would be impossible to furnish dinner for all the folks that we hope will come on this occas? ion. The town folks are Invited to bring thei. baskets and join with their kin and friends from out of town for truly we are one people, and there is no better way to feel this than to gather together around the festive board, this one time in the year, where the opportunity presents it? self. Any of the town people who can not be present are asked, if conven? ient, to send baskets anyway. We don't know that this will be neces? sary, but. to avoid the slightest pos? sibility of a scanty dinner this is ask? ed. This will show your intei?est in a good and great cause, and that you are indeed hosp'table and neighborly. Coffee and lemonade will be furnish? ed by the committee, any contribu? tions by the merchants to this feature of the occasion will be appreciated, by the merchants who have not con? tributed already. The management of the dinner will be under the gen? eral supervision of the county super? intendent. Committees of both ladies and gentlemen, representing as nearly as possibls each committee of the coun? ty, have been asked to serve. A com? mittee of ladies from Sumter will also serve. Mrs. Richard Hood has been asked to be at the bead of all com? mittees of ladies and Mr. R. Eugene Wilder will be at the head of all committees. He is energetic and ob? liging but be will not be run over. Look him up. A1 i members of these committees Will meet in the superintendent's of? fice immediately on their arrival at the court bouse. Let us make this the pleasant day of the year. Respectfully, J. Herbert Haynsworth, County Superintendent of Education. it is understood thai a concrete foundation about nine feet deep will be placed for the sky scraper, a fact that will probably Interest tbo?e who had thought piling would have to be used In the foundation of the build? ing. BREAKS THROUGH 1>YK KS GUARDING FERTILE ACRES. OfeVMMe M MUM North of Memphis Lets Hood in on Lands in Arkan? sas. Memphis. April 9.?The yellow tor? rent of the Mississippi river rushing southward yesterday tore another great gap in the dykes guarding the fertile acres of t ^ valley. The crev? asse occurred t s north of Mem? phis in the/ ^ .iknient that held the stream/ Ma central part of St. Francis If jj* rritory in Arkansas. / w This ne* >' .ch that had been an j tieipat ^> a week or more, simp? ly a' C the great flood reach in no? ^ Arkansas. Already part of C rict had been inundated be? ef a break 150 miles below the en Lake crevasse. Apparently t> re will be no loss of life. In the fastnesses of the northeast Arkansas country are settlements that the outside rarely ever hear of. There is a possibility that many such places on the inundated districts of Arkansas have been overtaken by the tide. ' Doubtless there has been tremendous suffering among those water impris? oned people. Th< situation in the river reaches south of Memphis seems unchanged in the last 12 hours, up to 10 o'clock last night. The crucial point in the fight was at Greenville, north of Vicksburg. Here the flood water threatened to top the levee at any moment. The dyke proved strong and gov? ernment engineers directing the fight say they will hold their own against the oncoming crest. ' A great many persons have left the city of Greenville, which lies al.tvst directlv under the levee. In the out i lying country farmers and villagers have taken to higher land and live stock has been driven out of the dan? ger zone. i The possibility of loss of life is re , mote. If the break were to occur, however, a great t^iTttory in.C/?e rieb? est section of the country woTlM be iflooded. 1 The result of the Golden Lake break will be to stay the crest of the flood in the lower river. It will give thousands of laborers strengthening i the dykes a chance to mnHe their work more secure. DOTS FROM TINDAL. An Faster Kgg Hum at the Provi? dence School?Farmer* Hard at Work. Tindal, April 9.?The farmers are making good of their opportunities now. as their work has been very much delayed by the bad weather. Some corn, and a few acres of cot? ton, have been planted in this sec? tion. The Providence school gave an Kastei- egg hunt, which was enjoyed by tht children on Friday afternoon. Mr. J. M. Hodge has been sick for several days, but is better now. MiMtl Murphy and Edna Ridgeway of Columbia are visiting in the neigh? borhood. Mr. Frank Stafford and daughter Of Dalaell spent last Friday v\ith Mr. A. I\ Stafford. Mrs. Hattie Pack of Fennettsville is spending sometime in tlu neighbor - ;hood. * Chamber of Oosnnarree Notes. Department of Commerce Appoint? ments, Neill O Donnell Director. Thi.- department is organized for the purpoae of encouraging and de veloping all established business, en? larging Su inter "s trade territory, im provlng the credit business and co? operating With the committee on Freight Ratet and Traffic in secur? ing Hi favorable rates and batter freight service f>r Sumter. Wholesale?AI i Ryttenberg chair? man: H. J. Harby, W. O. Moses, W. Percy Smith, E. i>. Wlthersoon, w. W. Sibert, w. p. Bunch, John Crosswell and D. W. Cuttlno. Retail?J. H. Levy Chairman; Isaac Schwurti T. 11. Clark, J. W. Shaw T. w. Blngham, George Hurst. General Business?W. B. Upshnr Chairman: J. W. Jaeksen. C. P. Kxum. h. c. Cuttlno, g. L. Warren. Flnam and Hanking?c. G. Huw land Chairman; Thomas Wilson, F. D. Barnett, J. L. McCallum, B M. Mc Leod, Isaac Schwarta and George D. Shore. The industrial trip to the north has been postponed until a later date. Several matters are pending that make it impossible to make the trip at this time.