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?Be Just and Fear not?Iah all the ends Thon Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHKON, Established June, 1
Consolidated Au*. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1912.
Vol. XXXIV. No. 19.
TEDDY IS THE LIAR.
i \ri n i IM mi: ut:< olti? o\
IK >? ?HF.VHI/r.
President IV n ? - ?!?* V.wr Heard
HarwMcr suit l>lM-u?e*ed by Cabinet
??Ml Quote-. (MImt K?nner McihImt?
? f Hrtwi-u-U'-* Cabinet to samr l'.f
fi^i. \Va<? not In C ountry. Record
*ho*<?, Mt l lmr of \lcs*tlnx liefernd
In n> Colonel?Personal SnilrniciU,
Washington. April 29.?President
Taft. fetfefg leaving the White HOUSS
todsy for his retirn to Massachusetts.
ImuhI a personal statement, denying
r,.| Roosevelt's allegation that he.
whi Nflftry of War, had. a? a ?'ah?
met meeting approved Mr. Koose\ . It's
decision not to Immediateh prinfiiitr
the International Harvester Company.
President Tuft's statement says he
never heard the International Har?
vester Company discussed at any Cab?
inet meeting and that the records of
the war department will show that
he was out of the country when the
Incident referred to by the Colonel oc?
curred.
President Taft's statement was Is?
sued as follows:
The following personal atatement <>f
the President was issued from the
Whlt?) House this evening:
"Mr .Roosevelt, in his speech at
Worcester, as reported by the public
press, referring to the Harvester Tru?t
suit .said:
' As a matter of fact. Mr. Taft
wat a member of my Cablnent when
thU identical case was fully discussed
before the Cabinet and he cordia '\
approved ths action taken; and. In
desd. as a m tter of fact, my memory
l? that he himself made the motion
that there should be no prosecution of
ths Harvester Trust pending the In?
vestigation Into the trust by the bu?
reau of corporations.'
"Mr. Roosevelt's memory Is very
much at fault. I am authorised to
mv hy Mr. Root and Secretary Wil?
son, bath of whom were members of
fHi^i ttit time, that they
whatever of ever
the Har-.
matter discussed In the
net. And Mr. Root is very certain
that he never saw or heard Mr. Her?
bert Knox Smith's letter to Mr.
Roosevelt under date of September
21. 1107. on the subject.
'I am able to say the same thing.
8? far as mv recollection goes. I
ne er heard ths Harvester Trust mat?
ter mentioned In any Cabinet meet
tag that I attended; and I cannot
h* mietallen In the statement that I
never saw or knew of Mr. Herbert
Knot Pmlth'4 letter of September 21
to the President, until after my ad?
ministration had begun and the time
wb*?n the qiostlon of the prosecution
came up In 1910 or 1911. And I
never saw or read the letter ? II about
Hi . month** ago.
This correspondence ,hows that tho
subject matter of tht prosecution of
the International Harvester company'
ca ne before President Roosevelt Au?
gust St. 1907. which is the date of
hia letter to Attorney General I'.on i
parte; that Mr. \\> r? ert Knox Smith's
b tter discussing the question and ad?
vising against suit .was dated Septem?
ber 21. 1907; and that Mr. Smith? let?
ter was forwarded by direction of
President Roosevelt under date of
Beptember 24. to the Attorney General
Ii bring the b'tter to the President
that week. It talk over the matter.
The official record* show that
President Roosevelt left Washington
In June. |f#f, for Ojrstef Ray. and
returned from Oys'er I'.ivto Washing?
ton on Septeinb, r J4: th.t on Septem
I .-r 2** h.- I' ff W. shlo/ton for a trio
a 11 M -1 ->i?I river, returning
Ig Washington M Octobff 2-, 1^7;
snd that he remained In Washlngtn i
from that time on.
The official records of the war do
i irr-nent -how that I b-fi WHlshlttftotl
In June of th** same year ?nd went
?.I Murray fb?v. r\?nada: t int I re
malned there until August, when I
vMted Oyster Ray OR AuguM 19. and
then went to Washington on August
II for a Western trl|> through f'all
forMa Missouri, the Yellow-ton
P.irk. Oregon and Wuhington. r, o h
Ing Heattlo on September * ii.nl sali?
Ing from Seattle for the Phi !'i opines
on September IT I did imf faltlPH to
the I'nlled States until the 2"th o|
I < -mber. 1907.
'I ba\e n letter from Heib. rt Knot,
ftmbh. rommU.iuM, r of the I n? u <.f
corporations, wrift. n at my r- i'ie t. in
?? hl h he use- the fo||owill | I 1*11 iff*.
'?On November 7. l'?"*?*. whhh
I Mx from mv Besannt 1 diirv. I
telephoned Mr. I'.-rllnM if -h.. I'ie?*!
den?'s order tb.it tin- PPMMeiM f,??d<
tho view that the bureauln< lallga?
? .n Mh'.-iM MM Mibft the i ift '
"This Indicated with certainty tho
tun.- uhrii iii.' matter was decided
nnd ihowi ii? ?t II the matter did com?
before tin- Cabinet at ail. it must
ha Vi been nfter September 81a snd ?>ii
or before November ". IfOT, a period
whon i wai out "f tin* country! end
could nol h is.' been present ami cer?
tainly could m?t ha\e Nlbd* a motion
or suggestion in ti>'" Cabinet that no
suit he presented until efter lh? In?
\ ? stlgation.
?Mr. Roosei -it eski why lull ha
n?>t been brOttsTht In this Administra?
tion against the Harvester Trust, A
r??|?ort trade t.? no- t.y the Attorney
General ihowi that shortly tfter the
decision by Iiis luprems Court ol tho
Standard Oll esse, tnd rtiortly before
tTM Attorne) General WM about to
hegin tult agntnet the Intsrnatlonal
Harvester Company, its repres?-nta
Irres requeeted an opportunity, in ap?
parent pood faith .to submit a reason
al>h? plan of reorganization or dissolu?
tion .which would meet every just
causa of complaint. With my approval
the Attorney General delayed hringing
suit pending the consideration of this
proposition and during negotiation!
which ensued looking to th ? accom?
plishment of such result.
'"These negotiation! were delayed
? first by reason ..f th,- time required to
make an examinati >n of the hooks of
the Harvester Company, and second,
because of delay in completing the re?
port of the examiners, due to the
I fat i that they were ohliged to suspend
I work on It. In Ofdef to complete their
j work on the Steel Trust investigation.
I These negotfations had continued un?
til April 21. lilt, when, as I have he
fore mentioned, they ''?atne to a con
I
I' cluHlon, and It was determined that no
agreement could be reached which the
IGovernment could accept; and <>n
that date the Attorney General was
directed to hilng suit. (Signed^ Wil?
liam Howard Taft."
WHICH AHE FIFTY YKAHS OLD?
Convention in Nashville of Firms
which Have Been Contlnnonsly in
same Lsas of Bentnees Over Fifty
Wir*.
How many firms in this -ity ore
over lift* years old and h*V ? been
continuously in the same lin" ? f 1 ?usi
nem for over ftfty years?
I This is a queetlon which the B< aid
of Trade of Nanhvllls wanti to know
and they would Appreciate an answer
<?f those firms in the (ity which cun
m ike an atHrmath. p< |!y. Nashville
sspex Ii t > bold a convention of nrmi
in this class in Nashville on jim?- |,
ind 4. only those firms which have
been in the same line i f t lelnesi for
fifty yentl Ol over being admitted to
memhershlp.
I The matter Is in a general Way in
the ham.' : of the t'haraher of Com
meres ami answers may he filed with
.that body. The Charle*ton News and
I Courier has the following to say of
this class of firms:
"Needleej to say, an opportunity si
offered all iuch tlrms t?. get in some
gOOd free advertising. A firm which
I has lurvlved the depression following
the war. the terrlhle day.-; of Hecon
struction, the earthquake ami the
several severe hurrlcanei that have
visited this city, ought to he pretty
proud of the fact, and ought to he
I glad to have it known. All firms In
Charleston which meets with these re
J qutrements will ohiige Mr. McKeand
I if they will notify hint of the sfet."
Wnteeworhe Noten,
The Commissioner! of Public Works
have placed an order for one new
1 pump ami boiler which havs become
neeeSSJUee, The old machinery has
been In ectlve operation for more
than twenty yeSN and is much worn.
it will not be discarded however, but
will he kepi In rsSSH'S ?! an auxiliary
i" the ?yxtetn In com of emergency,
Ths cold weather In the first three
months i f the year, caused many
broken pipes nnd treat waste of wa?
ter, corresponding Increase of
I expense lo consumers, in n few en
i sssivs enses the commUslnneT! have
compromised with patrons, but have
I adopted a rule ngalnst future conces?
sions, R very body will be required lo
paj socordlng In metre readings, and
there w ,n be no i> I itlon fr >tn <h<
I rule.
MM Wllllnni?oir* i:< - Itat,
Tomorrow evening MI? Minnie
Williamson w \V \ ? h. r rradll kte
pian<? recital -t ih? Co))eg< for Wo?
men ?I %M '>'? lo< k, In * hi. h the put
lie Is cordially Invited Mlil William
?*on is n talented Columbls v it I ami
will present a pr-.g? n mme < f e\< ?? p
tiomii ititerest.?Columbls State,
MYSTERY IN COLUMBIA.
.!. I), KTTC'KEY'H THROAT ( I T IN
SANITARIUM.
,?. \. DllBoftC in Custody?Hold Af?
ter Coroner Complete* Inquest*
Denk'* Killing?Head Man Well
Kiew ii.
?lumbia, Apr. -i??J. A. DuBose of
BlshopvUle, a traveling .salesman, was
. rrested last night iti connection with
the death of ins friend. .1. i >. Btuckey
i?f Blshopvlllt, a wealthy planter, who
was found lying on his bed with his
thro.it (ait. in a local sanitarium last
night About 8.18 o'clock. After an
Investigation by sheriff Coleman and
Coroner Walker, whic h lasted for over
three hours. Mr. DuBoje was arrest?
ed.
Th? r?- was every Indlactlon that Mr.
BtUCkey had committed suicide except
that the knife with which ho cut his
throat could riot ho located anywhere
in his room. The knife, a double
hladed bone-handled instrument, was
found :??) a pocket of a coat belonging
to Mr. DuBose in his room on Lady
street. There were two small splotches
I of blood on the blade,
After the knife was found Mr. Du
Boee said that ho lent it to Mr. Btuck
oy and picked it up when ho found
him dead in his room.
An Inquest over the remains of Mr.
Stuckey. who was a prominent and
widely connected citizen of Kishop
vllle, will ho held some time today.
Kef ore his arrest last night, Mr. Du?
Bose, who seemed deeply shocked,
talked very freely about the affair. He
said that a relative of his friend, Mr.
Stnckey, told him at the Jerome Hotel j
yesterday afternoon that he was un?
dergoing treatment at the sanitarium
and would like to see him.
Mr. DnRoso came to the sanitarium
about 7.30 o'clock last night and talk?
ed to his friend in the sitting room.
Mr. .Stuckey had been suffering with
delirium tremens, according to Dr. M.
M. Rice, and had told several people
at the sanitarium that he was afraid
of being arrested. Mrs.-Stuckey, who
had been at the sanitarium with her
husbnd ever since he came to Co?
lumbia a week ago, left for her home
In BlshopvUle yesterday afternoon,
after telling those in oharge of the
patients to keep a close watch over
Mr. Stuckey. as she was afraid he
would do himself Injury.
Mr. DuBoae said last night that Mr.
Btuckey, whom he had known for
years, told him about his hallucina?
tions and ho advised him to think of
something els,-. After they talked a
while and made arrangements to
spend the night together, Mr. DuBose
?ayi his friend asked him to lend him j
a pencil.
I told him I didn't have one and he
walked out of the room," said Mr. Du?
Bose. He was gone some time. I
found the negro porter back in the
hall and asked him to show me Mr.
Stuckey'* room. Which he did. I open?
ed the door and saw him lying on the
bed with blood all over the pillow. I
walked over to the bed and put my
hand on him to see if he wore alive."
Mr. DuTb.se then informed Dr. O. K.
Thomas, manager of the sanitarium,
thai Mr, BtUCkey'l throat had been
cut. Dr. Thomas telephoned for a
physician first and then for Coronet
Walker, who arrived about S.20
o'clock.
The coroner found Mr. Stuckey
lying full length on one of the three
beds in his room at the sanitarium.
His left arm lay across his chest and
his tight arm was straight down his
side. There was a long deep gash on
the left side of his throat, but there
was no knife in his hand, nor could
one be found on the bod or in the
room. A window, opening into a light
well, was open, and it was thought
that the knife might have been thrown
out of it, but a search was made with?
out Ruccess,
A note, written In a scrawling hand
with pet eii on :i scrap of pasteboard,
was found lying on table In the
room. The note read: "I am Innoeenl
I Clod Knows it." The latter part of
, the signature on the note was almost
Illegible, but the first name. MJlm."
could be easily rend. The |ns1 name
I begs n wit h I) n B.
The fuel thai Mr, Btuckey was sub
Joel to hallucinations due to delirium
II reinen*, the finding of the note, the
position of the body and the dlstrlbu
t lion of lh* blood about the bed, all
b d b. the belief thai he had commit?
ted suicide, but the knife with which
the deed w ns done could not be found.
Poronei Walker nuesttoned Mr, Du?
? '.ose. the negro potter ami others in
Ihe sanitarium, afterwards Mr, Du?
Hose said thai if ho were nol i.ded
he would go to his loom on Lady
street. He rame back in ;i short while.
in the meantime, after he had made
i futile search for the knife, Coroner
iVaiker notified sheriff Coleman. An
ndertaker removed the body <?f Mr.
tuckey to the morgue where it will
he held until the InQUOtt.
sheriff Coleman and Coroner Walk?
er questioned Mi1. DuBose in a private
r<M.in in the sanitarium. Exactly what
he told them is not known. Tiny
went down on the sec ond floor of the
building t., search for the knife in the
bottom of the light well again. Then '
they held another conference with I
Mr. DuBose. They went with him to
hi! i"oom on Lady street, and the
knif.- was produced from a pocket of
a coat. i
Mr DuBose told the officers that
I
he had hnt Mr. Stuckey his knife,
Which he had asked for with the pen
ell, When he went In search of his J
friend and saw him lying on the bed
with blood all over the pillow. Mr.
DuBOSe told the officer! he took the
pocket knife up and put it in his pock
et. Then he notified Dr. Thomas of
what had happened to Mr. Stuckey.
Several who saw the body last night
commented on the fact that, although
parts of the fingers and the back of
Mr. BtUCkeys* right hand were blood
smearedi his palm ar.d the lower
joints of his fingers had no blood on
them. This was taken as an indica?
tion that he held the knife in his hand
and conforms to Mr. DuBose'S final
statement to sheriff Coleman and Cor?
oner Walker, made only after much
questioning.
It is expected that the inquest today J
will go far toward clearing up the
mystery which surrounds the knife
with which Mr. Stuckey met his death.
Relatives of the late James D.
'tuckey were expected to arrive in Co?
lumbia last night from Blshopvllle.
They were notified as soon as the trag?
edy was discovered. Mr. Stuckey was
apparently a man of about 40 years of
age and weighed over 175 pounds. He
was a wealthy planter. He returned
only a few weeks ago from Hot
Springs, Ark., where he went for
treatment.
He came to Columbia about a week
ago with his wife for treatment in a
i4.i r...r cure sanitarium.
LEAVES LARGE FAMILY.
j. i). Stuckey Was Prominent In Blsh
opvllle?Death a Shock,
Blshopvllle, April 2*.?j. I?. Stuckey
who was found dead in Columbia to?
day, was a Well known and prominent
citizen of Blshopvllle. Until the first
of the year lie w as engaged In the fur
I iture business w ith J. I?. Hill, under
the firm name of the Blshopvllle Fur
I niture company. < >n January 1 he dis?
posed of his interest In this business
and since that time has devoted his
entire time to farming.
He haves a wife and several chil?
dren. Before marriage Mrs, stuckey
Was Miss Ellfl Davis, daughter of T. E.
Mavis, vie*- president of the Peoples'
bank of this place. Mr. Stuckey was
a nephew of A. I!. Stuckey of Sumter
ami c. L, Stuckey of Blshopvllle.
The new s of his death will be receiv?
ed here with surprise and many
friends will be grieved. He was in
excellent financial circumstances and
only recently had* completed and oc?
cupied one of the handsomest resi?
dences In the town.
political Straws,
Qov, Please was a candidate as a
delegate to the county convention and
was defeated in his home club In
Newberry, After his defeat he with?
drew from the club and was sub?
sequently elected g deb-gate by a mill
club near dewberry. Mr. Qeo, H.
Rembert was also defeated as a dele?
gate in Columbia. Mr. Rembert was
the leader of the Ph ase faction in the
Legislature. In Beauforl the Please
faction carried everything their way.
Win Chrlstenson and other antl
Rlease leaders being defeated as dele?
gates to the county convention. In
Rdgefleld county Pleas.- and Jones
lines wi re closely drawn In the club
elections and Jon.-- won out, v. to ,.,".(
delegates elected being Jones men.
Jones Is also said to hav< won In An?
derson county,
Harlinge Mcoiim* Reo??rd.
Marriage license* were issued Sat?
urday 1" Mr, s. \. Hopkins nnd Mrs.
Horten In Myer. Sumter, and to Mr,
Preston Itrooks Raggett, Wedgefleld
and Miss Rssle Catherine Wood, of
Sumter. Also, lo John Williams and
Annie White, colored, of Sumter.
Tb.- Mississippi flood passed the
previous high water mark Sunday and
the levees are being put to the sever?
est test since tin y were built,
GOV. BLE?SE AT SHILOH.
MADE INTEHEKTIXG EDUCATION
Ali SPEECH AT PLEASANT
(fROVE school HOUSE.
Did not Mention 11U Opponent?SaV?
Newspapers Ila\e Done Him fnjii
tlce?Defended His Pardoning IWe*
ord?Lange Number <>f Voter* and
Others Heard Speech I Yida y.
Governor Cole L. Bleute rpoke at
Pleasant Grove school house Friday
afternoon to a crowd of about five
hundred people. He made a most in?
teresting address along educational
lines, not touching on political mat
t rs at all, except in defending his
pardoning record. Ho made a few
remarks of an uncomplimentary na?
ture concerning the newspapers, In
that they had not, he stated. done
him justice in attacking him on his
pardoning record.
The speech was well received r
Governor Blease w as cheered a ^ v
her of times. He seemed to ' v>
V
crowd in sympathy with hi. agh
there were no indications * l they
were wholly for him. Education was
his main topic and he .-tuck to it all
?he way through, except when he
branched off to defend his pardoning
record, of which he stated he was
P'ov'd. He spoke for almost an :K-ur'
and gave some very interesting edu?
cational statistics.
In his speech he laid that he be?
lieved in colleges and also in the
schools, but he believed that the col?
leges were getting too much money
and being too extravagant in a num?
ber of ways, while the rural schools,
which needed the money more and
were the backbone of the country,
were not getting enough to run on so
that they could do the best work.
When he came to mention his par?
doning record, he gave a number of
reasons why in particular Insta *C*i h,
had pardoned people. In some
it was sympathy, in others it was be?
cause prominent people of the com?
munity from which the prisoner came
petitioned it. In other cases it was a*
the request of the solicitor, in or?
der "that citizenship might b? restored
and the person might testify against
others at some trial. TTe gave one
touching Instance of why he had par?
doned one boy. which brought tears
into the eyes of his hearers.
It was while mentioning hi-- par?
doning record that Governor rdea.ii?
made his attack on the newspapers.
The attack w.is a very mild one ?f ?r
the governor. He merely itated that
the newspaper* had judged him and
found him guilty when they did not
Know the reasons for his pardoning
the convicted persons, or his motives
for doing so. They had mlstrated him
in this way numbers of times with?
out hearinir his side of the case and it
was for this reason that he was down
on these papers.
On the seventeenth c>f next month
J ml go Jones will speak at Trinity
school house, about three miles from
the place at which Governor Please
spoke Friday.
Y. M. C. A. Note-.
The Ural game of volley hail will
lie played Wednesday night ;it the Y.
M. ('. A. gymnasium. This is a new
sport for Sumtcr and is expected to ;tt
tract a great deal of interest.
The boys Interested in baseball have
their first try-out Wednesday after?
noon on the local baseball park. All
interested in baseball- ate invited t"
attend the first practise whether they
are on any of the teams or not.
Death.
News was received in the city Sun*
day morning of the death in Colum?
bia Saturday night of Mr. Drank G.
Haynsworth, a native of Bumter, and
a brother of Mr. .T. IHaynsworth of
this city.
The remains were Interred Bunday
afternoon in the cetnetcr) of the First
Presbyterian church at Columbia, it
wa< first d< elded to bring them l>3 rk
to Suniter, bat later these arrange?
ments were changed and ll was
thought best to have the funeral In
< \ dumbia.
Mr. Haynsworth had for many year?
lived at various places, never staying
Ing in one place long, lie spent the
greater part of the winter in thll city,
but bad gone to Columbia some weeks
ago to \isit his sister. lb' was tak?
en <i- u while in Columbia and died af.
ter being at the hospital for about a
Week. He leaves one brother and one
hister. Mr. .1. P. Haynsworth of this
city, and Mrs. R S. Marks of Colum?
bia.
PUtls BANDIT KILLED.
SctiKatioiiul Battle Between tpacftses
and Police Ofaecr?.?Garage Was
Blown up When < spture Was
Made.
Peril, April 21.?Bonnot, the leader
of an organized gang of automobile
bandits, who have been tern rizing
Paris and the surrounding districts
for months past, and Duboise. a noto?
rious anarchist. we*. sh'.t to death
today in the most thrilling encounter
in the annals of French crime.
A garage at Choisy-Le-Roi, six
miles south of Paris, in which the
bandits had taken refuge, was blown
up by dynamite after ihese two men
had kept at l ay fur hours a large
part of the Mice f i s of Paris, a
contingep' ndarnus, two com?
panies jtoltcan guards and c
con- A engineers. Ten thousand
- ytT s viewed the battle from
v
>? ; of vantage.
_
rtKTAIL MERCHANTS' A880CEA
I TION.
-
Meeting of Advisory Board Held?Ad?
vertising and Trading stamps Dis?
cussed.
Almost the entire membership of
the Advisory Board of the Retail Mer?
chants' Association of Sumter, con?
sisting of nineteen members, attended
a meeting of that board held at the
Chamber of Commerce Friday. The
merchants who are members of this
organization have entered into agree?
ment among themselves not to do ary
advertising except such as may be en?
dorsed by this board. While the
Chamber of Commerce, as a whole, is
not subject to this pledge, yet many
of the members have refused to ad?
vertise in any way except it first *e
ceives this endorsement. This has r3
sulted in the saving of a considerable
i sum of money for the merchants and
the city as a whole.
[| should be understood that the
merchants do not in any v ay interfere
with any particular concern or per?
son who may wish to solicit advertis?
ing provided that concern or person is
sole to show proper Ctwdentfali cf
character and ability to carry oat hi
contract. The association does, how?
ever, lay down general rubs as to
what character of advertising it will
approve and disapprove no matter
j what particular concern or person
I may he affected thereby. The purpose
is to cut out all fraudulent and wa?oc
i ful advertising, thereby securing for
j the mere bants of Sumtvr the largest
. possible returns in direct results f.?r
thebr advertising and directly bring?
ing to Sumter more trade, if a mer?
chant is sure that $."? >p?nt in advertis?
ing in a certain publication will bring
sure results while he is not sure of
J another $5 in another publication, he
is advised to advertise only where it
will bring the best results.
All current and regulsr publications,
I such as the regular dailies and week*
. lies are endorsed. These have a
known circulation and are published
regularly. The same is true of per?
sonal circulars and letters. All spe?
cial cases not coming within the
above are passed upon by the board
or a comi ilttee of the be ard. All
programs of whatsoever nature ate
not endorsed. The same is true of
special booklets, folders, etc.
Fach case is carefully investigat >d
and wherever it does not I ome Within
j the rules stated is subject to close
scrutiny. If it is a case that appeal*
on its face as good advertising, then
the character of the concern advo
I eating it is looked into so that it
! may he determined if the contract will
j he carried out.
The Advisory Board discuss, .1 the
Trading stamp queetlon. A tepre
sentatlve was recently in the ity. but
so far as is known no contra ts were
secured hero. Fortunately the busi?
ness men of Sumter long Sa*o i ut out
the trading stamps as a very poor
business investment.
The state Rj llroad Commission will
hold a bear Ins in Bumter on May s
in the Court H< use at 10 a. m, A
numiter of merchant* w ill be request?
ed to testify at rhi* time. \ny who
may have testimony to offer will con?
fer with the s. . .. ? ry >t r< e or
with Mr. Ii. C. Haynsworth, Chair?
man of the committee >n Railroad
Extension and Passenger Service,
who will conduct the hearing, Repre
sentatiws from th. ?? merclnl bodies
of Camden and Su nn erton will be
represented nnd a numbei f ratroni
along the line. It is hoped that some
decision may he arr ? 1 1 that will
i?e mutually satisfactory lo sll par*
I ties c -n< erned.
Mis- Marion Doar, f Georgetown,
i* visiting Mrs. William lonea, n
Wright Street.