The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 22, 1912, Image 1
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>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