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?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.