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She mm >r MTKH WATCHMAN. Established April, IHM. 'Be Just and Fear not-?Let ill the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's. TILE TKUE SOCTHKON, Established .luu?, II Cou-oiidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0M WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. Vol.XXXlV. No. 25. WARRANT ISSUED TO GREEN. r.vrr r\> * $jn \ mit rinuu 11 n coro nt womt, Kxpritsv Virouilt ?s Itcnti/.cit Wn \*s.m?|?to?t Yesterday b> ('oni|*ro|ler (h wtnI .Ion?-?*?Statement Kmum!. Columbia. May ls. ?< ,omptroller General Jonee yesterday laaued a war? rant for $.160 to L M. Oreen. Ueteu ant colonel on the atari of the gover? nor for 31 day*' aervlce aa a special datvctke of the ofhY*? of the chief . v ecutlve. The i.count la Itemized bf < I Oreen and was accepted l?y the uptroller general. On April 1" Col. Oreen filed an account vs'th the comptroller general fee? $Mf for one month'a services. Of this amount 1105 wr.4 for expenses and $100 sal? ary. The account was turned down by the comptroller general on the ground-* that it was not Itemized ac? cording to law. Col. Oreen on May 13 filed a second account for $360 which was accepted Vecause the date* < f the eervice were given. In his first account ?^ol. Green charged the State of South Carolina $30 for Investigating the Olar lynch? ing. In his second account he charg? ed $10. According to the expense ac? count of Col. Green he spent five days tn Berkeley county from May 6 to 10 for which he received $100 or $20 per day. In ids first account submitted Col. Green charged the State $1*.1II for Investigating the Tolley-Muldrow Cheshlre affair in Anderson and in the second account this Investigation was put down at $20. The report shot*,* that Col. Green received on an aver? age of $10 a day for his work as a detective. TV.? servcle* were rendered between March 18 and May 10. The follow'tig statement was issued yesterday by Comptroller General Jonea: "Col. U M. Green haa filed the fol? lowing itemized statement dated May 13. account for services rendered ns special detective: March 18-23. inclusive. Inves? tigation niir h ncblng. 6 days at $10 per day.$ 60.00 March 15-27. Inclusive. Inves? tigating killing of Hryson. at MountvUle and with regard to negro lodges around Monntvllle. 3 days at $10 rer dav. 30.00 March 2<?-2^. Inclusive. Inves? tigating !\ ro lling it Blaeks 1 urg. 2 days at 10 per day. 20.0(' April irlng Informa? tion nn to Inforcemcnt laws at Anderson, and aa to Cheshire affair 2 days at $1? per day. 20.no April 8-12. inclusive. Inves? tigating Inf >n , mcnt of law In Hampton ard as to Fair? fax, ft. C, 5 aHyi nt 10 per day. GO.00 April l*>-20. |nelv*lve. Trip to ganfSjfcOOVef ? ? nntv Investi? gating whiskey situation nnd law Infop eno i t. 6 days ni $10 per day. 60.00 April 22-21. Inclusiv?. Second trip Into Porcbester county to make further Investiga? tions as to liquor situation. 2 days at II pat I ay. 20.00 Mav 6-10, inclusive. Trip Into f!erk? h y to ? ,m to burn <ng of property of Messrs. Thorn'' y nnd Brlttingham nt Monck's Corner. fi days at $20. 100.00 Total.$nr,o.OO Inasmuch as |}iti account It N Itemized that It shows what particu? lar work was heing done on the days named by Col. Grei r and the amount wh'< h the governor agreed to pay him. with his approval thereon, tho comptroller general will Issue his warrant for the paynu nt of the emount. "Tb,. eoatsatlea of the eomptmller iren?Tal Is that iccouiits mum' be SO itemized that the auditing officer md tb*? pahtte may know u*r trhat par tieui ir ser>ieeg ihe ? uhttc fnads ar. b*dng paid oat. to whether or not the aaniraala aa whleh such ser? vires wero ren.'ered wer. or- w.-r. not reasonable \a a natter Wtlleh the ? omptroiur geaseal eaa aal revlewi .?? it u left by the leerlslatoe la tie* discretion nnd sound Judgment of the governor or disbursing ofllcer. "It will appear, however, that th." sffrtoai stated |a have been rendered in Mr . uint Ph-d May 1'! mn?| .?m ? r f .. ner\ leeji for which Col. Green hud previously claim.-.I payment on an entirely different l?a.M|j?. THE G?BtRH?TOHi?L RAGE. I'M.Ill BCTW?l \ CANDIDATES wiii W Hinrui sT SIXCE tili.m \n I? ws an D will BE WATCHEu with INTEREST. i'orn^ of Hlra-i- M and Anti-lllcu>iMii Will Bf litUCd up Throughout Statte ?lOSUI Will Make Tight on "A ?invcrnor for All the People" IMat form, uli?- BMSM Will lla\e Ills 1 ?ioioniio?. bs NtfOOg Plank in Iii*; l'lai toi in?( ggeJMtign Itinerary. Ti i Columbia correspondent of tiie Atlanta Georgian has the following to <-f the coming gubernatorial cam? paign l?etw?-?-n Governor BleSSS and .1 ige Jones With the State COnventU r. ovtf the c urse I* now r?. Ing cleared f??r the grt >' i ics. In South 'arollna between G \ern<?r Cole I* Bleas< . id former chief Justice Ira B. Jonei far the gov? ernorship. The race between the Democratic presidential oendldatei WaS but a side Issue compared with the Interest in this race, which will be decided by a ptifnSFy in August. Uy long eftal llshed custom f<?r State otnces Governor Bleaas and Judge Jone? will meet r Joint debate in the aosjnty seat ol every county in the State for a lotlf th I ? II take some? thing like ^. i ? v. v. .. gi t< complete. The Itinerary ef the campaign will be fixed by a meeting of the sub-com mlttee of the State executive commit? tee, which is composed oi W, r. Stev? enson of c:>? sterfleld county; R, i Manning, of Sumter. and John Gary Evans, of Spartanbure This meeting will be held within the next week or *o, nnd the campaign will begin about June 15 and will continue with little Interruption until the last of August. The issue will be "Bleaselsm," and " Antl-Hleaseism." Judge Jones will contend that the governor has not been the governor of the Wholi State, but only of his friend?; that he has need Um pardon newer for political purposes, und has thereto- encouraged lawlessness and anarchy, and that nieaselsm has become ? reproach to the State. Governor Blesse, on the other hand. will contend that he has been a vigor? ous governor and let no one boss him, and f<?r that reason has msds enemies, that his pardon record has been In the interest of j tetlCf and mercy, and that his program of State economy has been rigidly carried DUt, The campaign grill be ths hottest fought in the State sirne th.' early d.iys of Ten Tillman. It bids fair to be l Itter and personal from the starti Ths people of South Carolina are awaiting Its opening with interest. "For Instance: On April i? he nied the following itatementi State 0l SOUth Carolina |C L, M. Gr. . n special detet ttve. Dr. To sxponee, Investigating Olar lynehing, including trip to chari.ston. Denmark and Olar.$ 30.00 To expenses, Investigating kill? ing of Bryeon at Mountvllls looking Into certain reports in refer, ii' e to ti?-gro lodges around Mountvllle. 20.00 To expense. investigi titig lynehing i? i lacksburg. .. 15.00 j To expense, Investigating burn? ing of newspaper oflb t at Hampton, and looking into the gere-ral condition <?f the enforcement ol ihe law at to the sale <>f \n blahey .etc.. at Hampton and Fairfax.. .. 13.00 To expense, Anderson, for ie? curing Information In refer* encc to the enforcement of the law and obtaining infor? mation in j*e Mutdrow-Chee hire snTnlr, and investigating the condut t ami work ol I)< - lectlvs Senden... is.go Total.$105.50 To one ntont i s* at rvlce, as special detective, fr-m March 10 to April 15, Inclusive 100.00 Totnl.1905,50 state of s<.uth Carolina, County of i: bland, Personally epp< ired before me l \r. Green, who, upon he' duly ?worn, deposes und pays lhal tri? within account of 1105.50 and MOO respectively are correct, and that ?in services wert rendered under com mission from Ihe governor, and that no part of njihl claim has been paid. U If, Green. Sworn to r?nd sul i bed before me ATTACKS COFFEE TRUST. wki:ksii \m rn.i s si n TO IN VM.IlATi: BBAZIUAN VAL? ORIZATION PLAN. Claim That Attempt to Keep Down Supply and .Maintain Prices Is Vio? lation i>r Nhcrman Law. New York, May is. Attorney Gen? eral Wlokeraham today moved against the socalled coffee trust or Brailllan valorlaat on scheme. In a petition In equity filed In the United States court here, the valorisation plan is declar? ed to b< a Violation Of the Sherman anti-trust law. The court is asked to decree the Scheme unlawful, to enjoin the val? orization eommlttee from withhold? ing OOffee from the market and to appolnl a receiver to sell the $50,00 ha^c. valued at $10,000,000, now al? leged to be stored In warehouse a of the New York Dock company. The government also applied for a tempo? rary Injunction restraining the valor? isation committee from removing or dlepoatng of the coffee until the ter? mination of the issue. The members of the valorization committee have agreed and conspired among themselves the government Chargea, to Withhold from the market largo quantities of coffee under their control for the purpose of raising the price to an unnatural and unreason? able extent. Thoy have thus attempted, it is de clat. I, to restrain the coffee trade throughout the world. Including int. r State and foreign commerce of the United States, and to "injure and de? fraud the public for tin lr ow n en net ment." The suit has a distinctly Interna? tional color. The Brazilian State of Sao Paulo, the greatest coffee district in the world, is party to the agree? ments which are declared unlawful in America. The fact that the alleged agreements and conspiracies were not unl iwful in Braall and were partici? pated in by a foreign State, the gov? ernment holds, can not justify the commission of any act in the United States to restrain trade. The defend? ants are: Herman Bleiben of New York, Baron Bruno BchTOeder of Henry J. Bhroeder & Co, of London. Edward Bunge of Antwerp. L. B. VI oomte des Tourches of Havre, Dr. Paulo 1 ?a Silva Prado of Sao Paulo, Theodore Wille of Hamburg, the So* clef.e General of Paris and the Sew y? * ? K i?ock' Company. All the de fendants except the last named are members of the valorisation com mltee. Tin- immediate effect of valorisation was to withdraw from commerce 10 - $?1,264 bags of coffee, says the peti? tion. The price of Rio No, 7. it is pointed out as an Illustration, has risen from 7 1-1! cents per pound to it 8-4 cents, an Increaae of nearly too pet cent. Ai the United states consumes 40 per cent of all coffee sold in the world, the petition declares that every net which prevents its Importation In normal quantities or Increases prices is a direct restraint upon foreign and Int tratate trade Cheater Poster, n young white man employed by the Bell Telephone Co.. was electrocuted i" Newberry Frida} by coming it contact with it live ? trie light wire while at work on telephone cable on Main street, this K,th dry of April. 1!?12. "This statement was approved for payment by the governor, but the comptroller genera] refuses to issue hi- warrant in payment, for the rea? son that the dabs on which the ex? penses were Incurred wa re n<>t stated on the claim for services rendered and secii pervtce not itemized. This stt tenru nt was then returned to Col. Green who undertook to correct same by Inserting, from memory, the dates when these expense.-; were Incurred W hen these dutes wer.- Inserted pay mont was still refused, for the reason Hi it th salary claimed for one month'? service wo* imauthorls<d by law. Those prior ntatoments appear to be Inconsistent with the final statement filed Ma} covering all these mat tors, Bui rs the statement of May 13 is correct In form the comptroller g< neral hn felt it ids duty to Issue I his warrant on the state treasurer f". payment of <ame. it having received tie approval of the governor, who is responsible to the people for the ? tracts authorized b\ him." W, P. Blackburn, X. P. s. C. \\ \ KM IKiHT OVER E. I>. SMITH'S INTI-OPTION BILL. South Carolina Senator*? Measure, introduced In January, Emerge* from Committee with Recommend? ation that Same be Passed by Sen? ate?Result of Cntlrlng Efforts on Pan of Author?Provision of BUI. Washington, May 19.?After a warm I contest In the Senate committee on ai.r rlculture Senator E. i>. smith, of South Carolina finally succeeded in geti ng a favorable report <?n his bill to regulate contracts for tin- future rivr >ery ><f cotton. The vote was 7 to :<. At one time it looked as if there WOUld he Q tie vote, but the arrival of , Senator Page, of Vermont, who voted : to report the measure favorably, turn i i ?1 the tide. The Vermont Senator re? ived the right to oppose the bill on the floor of the Senate, but did not | -It to prevent its coming out of committee. The bill Was introduced by the S'.>u;h Carolina Senator on the l^th of last January. He trie,] repeatedly to get it up in the committee on agri culure, to which it had been referred, and of Which he is a member, but he ? n< ountered a sere s of delays. On March 2<; Senator Burnham, of New Hampshire, who is the chairman of th-- committee, suggested that the bill be referred to the Secretary of Agri? culture for his consideration. To this Senator Smith agreed, but he did not know until about a week ago that the Secretary had on the 1st of April written Senator Burnham a letter en? dorsing the bill in very definite terms. As soon as he discovered this the author of the bill pushed the matter with renewed vigor. About a month ago Senator "Rrun ham appointed a sub-committee to consider the bill. The personnel of this sub-committee is interesting. Sen? ator Smith, of South Carolina, was made chairman of it. but hi*1 associates \.er< Senators Guggenheim, of ''do? rado; Percy, of Mississippi; Craw? ford of South Dakota and Page, of! Vermont. Senators Percy and Gug- . genhelm are warm opponents of the J bill, and Senators Page and Crawford i have taken no active part In the pro? ceedings, thus leaving it Impossible to get any report from the sub-com mitt. e, except that it could not agree. Senator Smith brought the matter, up yesterday before the full commit? tee and fought it out, He hail vigor? ous support from Senator! Qronna, of North Dokota; chamberlain, of Ore? gon, and Gardner, Of Main.-; and af ter a lively session he and his sup? porter! lucceeded in defeating effort*! for further delay, | in the progress of consideration in committee the original meaiure hai be. n entirely rewritten, but Sena? tor Smith says that it is now stronger than ever, although the penalty for each offence has been reduced from imprisonment for three years or a fin*' of $5,000, or both, to "a fine of not more than $1,000." The text of the bill as favorably reported to the Sen? ate is as follows: Be it enacted, etc.. That any per ion, partnership, joint stock company, society, association, or corporation, their managers or officers, engaged In Inter-State commerce, In making or offering for sal.- any contract or con? tracts for the future delivery of Cot shall specify the grade or gradei contracted for In euch and every con? tract; and such grades as is, or grades as are, contracted for shall be accord? ing to United states Government standardisation: Provided, thai the seller of suh contract as herein provided for may have the option to deliver one grade above or one grade below the grade contracted for. And the difference in price between the grade delivered ami the grade contracted for shall be the actual commercial difference be? tween such grades as obtained tin day previous the settlement of such contract, And it shall be the duty of the department of agriculture to standardise the grades of "upland" and "gulf" cottons separately; and such grades a- are established for both "upland" rind "gulf" cottons .?hall n-'t be below good ordinary or above middling fair, It shall be the dutj "j- ihe department ol ngriculture also to standardise according to grnd - s. -taIn and tinges, Section '-'. That in casi <<( long stapl.(tons ,,re bought or sold for future delivi ry the length of t hi staph shall be designated In the con? tract, nnd the cotton shall be, when SENATE PASSEH BIM, FOR ACRE? AGE FIGURES TO BE ISSUED EARLY IN JULY. Senator Smith Think- Thin Will <.i\o Better Line on Amount of Land in Cultivation. Washington. May IT.?The bill in? troduced In the house by Representa? tive Lever of South Carolina and pass? ed by the body February ?". llil, changing the date of the issuance of cotton acreage reports by the do partment of agriculture to the nrst .Monday in July of each year, was passed In the Senate today. The sen? ate lull by Senator Smith of South Carolina, member of the committee on agriculture and forestry. There was no opposition to the measure, which provided, first, that ths secre? tary of agriculture be directed to cause the bureau Of statistics of the <b partment of agriculture to issue a report on or about the first Monday in July of each year, showing by States and in total the number of Si res 0* cotton then in cultivation in ?' United states: second, that the 1 tary of agriculture shall cause v j bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture to issue each year im? mediately following the publication of ginning report of census bureau, De? cember I, an estimate of total produc? tion of cotton in the United States f'?r the current crop year, Dlacuaaing the bill tonight, Senator Smith said it would accomplish two 1 important results?namely, the sim? plification of the preparation and la suance of the cotton acreage reports and establish accuracy of Informa I tion. This last feature leemed to be uppermost Senator Smith s mind. He explained that every year the cotton planters find it necessary to abandon approximately 1.500,000 acres of cot? ton acreage because of Inability to cultivate it at the right time or for other reasons of equal force. The May and June reports he said, did not take in to account the million and a I half of abandoned cotton acreage be i afkuna the department Af aviculture complied its cotton acreage d d i lie? fere the abandoment bad taken place. i The postponing the issuance of th t reports to July, the actual number of acres in cultivation could lie ec euratel ascertained. delivered as of the grade and length of staple designated In the contract. Section That the use of the mails, telegraphs, express Companies or any other method of Inter-State communication shall he denied any i? irson, partnership, joint stock com piny, society, association, corporation, their managers or Officers .in making] such contract or contractu not con-J forming to the provision of this Act. | And that any owner, officer, man ager, agent, or employee <>f the means of communication prohibited In this Act who knowingly uses or allows the u:<e of stu b means of communication for the transmission of sny message prohibited by the terms of this Act shall, upon conviction, pay a tine of not more than one thousand dollars. Ami the sending of each message in violation of the provisions of this Act shall constitute n separate offence. Section I. That any contract or contracts for the future delivery of cotton not having the specifications herein enumerated -ball be deemed null end void: ami any person, pait nershlp, joint stock company, society, association or corporation, their man? agers or officers, who shall make >r sell, or attempt to sell, sny contract or contracts for the future delivery >f cotton not conforming to the provis? ions of this Act shad be deemed, up? on conviction, guilty of a misdemean? or and sentenced to Imprisonment for three years or pay a fine of five thous? and dollars, or both. In th. I *eretlon of t be < 'OUH ! Provided, that nothing in this Act shall affect a wile mode by type: And provided further, that this Act shall only apply to Inter-State com? merce. Amend the title so n i to rend: "To I'euulate trading in cotton futures and provide for the standardisation of up? land and gulf cottons separately." Last fall, when there was an effort to indue,, tin- cotton exchanges to a< oept the Government stridards, they protested on the ground that Govern? ment Standardaktion did not coincide with cotton exchanges standardisation ami that the Government allowed for fewer grades. The exchanges declared that they could not do business under the Government standards, There will be a \''nz fight against the Smith bill ?r BAPTISTS Wil l. RAISE Sl.ooo.OOS I'Oi: I |>l cATION IN MtlU K.N FIELDS, st. Umm Setooicid for ItII <? mention After Pailianmntar> 1-igln. Com natures Named. i Oklahoma City, Okie., May 18.?To? day will go down in the history of the Southern Baptist Convention as s daf of momantoua undertakings. The crowning event from the foreign mis? sion standpoint w;.s the decision til raise $1,000,090 for foreign misslotffl educational work in comrnemoratioii, of the centenary * f Adoniram Jud? son, the pioneer Baptist missionary who sallied from America for India In IIIS. The ti ]" *he committee ap? pointed ? ago waa read by Sec- | retary ^ .g B. Burrows. One mil? lion Si is to \ e isied as an educgfj tie sjr^d in foreign hands. $200.000 ?>' ying for the education work in s<e v orelgn fields, it u to be made ^ able in three years, the final pay .'out to be made in HUB. Provision also is made for 1251 0 00 to be known as the Judson fund. This will be used in building missionary homes, meeting houses and hospitals. Dr. S. B. Kay. educations! secretary of the 1 foreign board, was nominated to look after raising this fund, with the power to select his assi. ?ants. The report of the committee was adopted by an en? thusiastic rising vote. Following this report the committee on apportionment recommended that $1,030,000 be raised for mission work during the coming year. Of this fund $412.000 is for he me mission work and $<? 18,000 for foreign mission work. The apportionment by States includes: Alabama?Home mietton, $28.500; foreign mission, $28.500. Florida?Home mission, $20.000; foreign mission, $10.000. Georgia?Home mission, $54,000$ p foreign mission, $36,000. South Oropjm?Home m:<-cv~ 136,000; foreign missu n. $52.000. T. J. Watts of Kentucky read the report of the Baptist Young People's union work. It showed a total of 2,432 unions, with a combined en? rollment of 76,063 members. YY. YV. Hamilton of Virginia was choeen president of the union. state secretaries in l?de: Georgia, W. R, (?wen; Florida, Lee McDonald; South Carolina, S, P. Mathias. The report requested the services of one of the Held set r< taries of the sun day school l oard to give his whole time to Sunday * h< < 1 work east of the Mississippi river, The request was granted. S. if. Campbell Ol T.ittle Renk, Ark.. made n report on woman*! work. Der* Ing the 24 years of women*! organiza? tions |2,C07,t#0.?S had bees contrib? uted through that channel. St. Louis. Mo. was s? 1? ted :is the convention city r 1913. TO ATTEND RIFLE PR \< ttCE. <>\er 2.">n Men of National Guard tO Participate In shoot tor Ten l>a\* The annual title practice of the- Na? tional Guard ef South Carolina will begin this morning ..t the Charleston range, continuing until Ma\ Jib Over 250 officers and men will engage in the practice, details of one officer and si\ men being sent from each torn puny. Col, ' >. yv. Bahn, asalstant ad? jutant general, will ad as rhief mart officer, th." practice being under the direction of Maj. T. T. Hyde, ? u atlve officer. Tie team to represent the Sumter Light Infantrj :it the practice left this morning alonp elth other teams, it is composed - f the following mem* hers: Capt. George ?'. Warren; sg*^. r. 1 it ad ford, B. Bradford; Prlvntesi Julius Phelps, lack Owen, and Law* n no Colsom. n.i m- 11 i Itnlta?, l>all is, Texu*. M ty 13.? Tonight 2,100 11 ? 1 1 registere I hei? to attend the tintS annual co*l* vent ion of the K\? latcd Advertising Club.? of America, which 'ommencea Moud >rnlng. Tlu attendance if on the floor ,as it undoubtedly pro* vldes for a radi^c! change ? the methods which hnve hing prevailed* Cut the opponents 1 f the Smith MH verj much hoped thel tb?> could Keep it pigeonholed in committee, rs they ?re afraid of a tight In the open