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$k ?Uatchman and ron ?. *>t HTKK W.VIVHMAN, April, ISM. 'Be Jas? Mid Fear not?Let nil the ends Thon Aims't nt he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, Consolidated Aur. 3,1881 SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAT 29, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 27 CUBA 10 BRUSH REVOLT. TH(M?l?s \KI til IM. Kl sill |> tO 1 HUNT. ? 9 '.owruiii. hi Will Matt' ii.mm Tr?m.|^ la Pro* live of < ?rlente?Veteian In RessTve. Hahana. May President Gomes todaj sent a cablegram to President Taft In which he g#Otagtl I In friendly hut firm terms ?K iin.ni in? tervention by the Cnlted St.it?>?. 'It la my duty to way that so serious a resolution alarms and hurt.? the lad? ings of people who lost- and are jealous of their ImbiM-mbie ? Im fsya, after reciting that he had re? vived (rout the Cnlted States Min? ister Beauprle a note informing him that the Washington government had ordered a gunb..ut ? ? has and a strong naval eoncenti iiu-n at Hm Wesrt in anticipation of possible even ?tualities; and also In event that the Cuban government was unable to protect Amerh in property. It was the Intention t . land fsjfffjfjl for thai purpose. President ?bones says the gsjwfjfg ment IS doing Its utmost, having with ^ in four days sent 3,000 troops by htftd Fand sea to crush the rebels at Oriente, and In that short time having VWlOfWd order In all parts of the Island With that exception. Ha also says that l.ttO rifles with ammunition hftVt been distributed to loyal cltisens ami that the government Is prepared t.. ?rtood the comparatively small disturb ?d section with regulars and volun? teers. I appeal to you." he continues, a loyal fried of Cuba, respecting h??r rights, that yu will be ?onvlmed that 4^ is government Is capable and *utfl lantly supported by the valor and patriotism of the Cuban people 'o deal promptly with a few unfortunati and misguided person4* without rea? son or flag. . "If y?u understand thes?> conditions (BW^f1'''^? .lnal 11 tM |u>l tlu' ] SrvsarTt?Tir^Tendiy government to con? tribute, under such circumstances, to the embarrassment of a government and people such as those of Cuba, placed. It Is true, in unfortunate con? ditions, but not larking In Its meth Jrole. patriotism and < ourageV* Cp to a late hour tonight President Gomes had received no reply to this AdvKces from the scene of the military operations In Oriente pro? vince are meagre. The troops are I rtlll engaged In carrying out the carefully laid plans of Gen. Men dieta to avvfJap the fatal fare no, < lose In on all sides and compel a decisive mmtmt. In an engagement laat night betWSjtl regulars under Col. Marhada and ? hand of rebels, several ^ of the latter Were killed, tvv,, i i p I m <\ and the remainder dispersed. The loss to the troops is not given. The Cu?>an government tom. ?: r. >vv will have fully 3,odd troops of all any* in the province of (>h?-nt.- moat of them facing the main bodies of the ^rebels und? r Ivonet am) Kstenoz. It ss reported that Estenos has pro? claimed himself president of the new republic with Ivonet as comman.br ln-chlef of the armv of vindication. The Insurants ire rep<?rt??d to h ive adopted a flag of blue with white I stripe*. More troops were rush.-.I |e 4h? fr-ni from Mabanu today und als? many ? arl??ad- ?>f ammunition and a large consignment ..f rifles, the I ittOf Itended for distributing amomr tb ? . plantations and to the loyal citizens ^ Of th?? manv l-.wns within the /.on. ..? the Insurrec tion. The corps) of Htm v.r.ran*, ??rann Ised to pr"< ? nte un?l?r ? ??m - maml <>f ?;.n. Nun?-*, will not go at present, the military authorities Im ^Jtif de? lan d that fh?T?> vv.is rn> n.I P f aaslstance. Another ssjsjgsjg f..r this action la said to be th?> ?-onfuston which might be expected Ifl rO*uH from the fa? t th if almost th?? entire corps |s < ..rrl |>..s.-.| of ?>ffi- .'r s ln< I ol Ing foany gener ?Is. ^ |?r.. nt i iomes h is r?-. *-iv cablegram from the I'nlfod States of? fering the aervhMM of ltd awwhoyt to fight the, rebels. The president re? plied courte?oisly with thanks for l|M offer whl? h h?- declined Oen. MOsst sf/WOde will start for [ Orient?? tomorro* f" tak?> command of all government troops. Th?> prov - Inces of Plnnr I ???! Ith?. Mabana, Mai tansas and Camaguay are reported quiet. A skirmish has tak?-n pic | In Santa Clara, the casualties being I two killed. Strong patrols of rural guarde and police nightly guard all approaches to the capital, scrutinising RUNNINB 9N U WORK. WILSON WON'T 1 AN VAS IK ?ML si \ n: gECKUVti DELEGATES. tsareagggsj Tells New Jersey Voters Opposition to Him In Former Ho***' La?t Desperate Stand. Trenton. N. J.. May -4.?GoV, Woodrow Wilson toda> d :;n ad iiI* -?-? "to the VOterS Of New Jersey," in which he explained why he did not take the stump to ask for their ?,r?te* at the coming primaries and Attacked hll opponents who have or? ganized against him and placed on the primary ticket a full set of unin ?Iftteted delegates to the national con? vention. The New Jeraej governor is the only candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination openly seek? ing votes at the State primaries. AXtet ann ouncing h?J .-andldacy the governor says: I "I was unwilling to canvass the state for your vote. 1 have, spoken freely In the past few months in the other States because my friends thought l ought to make myself per? .'onally known there] but that should net be urged as | peejgog Ifl New Jer? sey. You know me. Lor II months I ha/e eought to serve you as govei - nor if the State w'th a full gggSe cd the r.?sp??n?itdiity you have Imposed on me, and my record ? he State knows. Nothing that I could say upon the public platform oould alter it. either tor better f? r worse. it would hg unbecoming in BAS to com? mend It to you or to seek to gi\- i> color by my own SXpOSty on "f It, what is hapennlng within the it< publican party is obvious to the whole country and a very unedif/ing Spec taci? it is. But what |i happening '? this<g3tate within the Democratic* part; is not so obvious. it is. indeed, be? ing done quietly and very secretly because it is being done by .hum Smith, Jr., (former United suites sen* ator), who knows no other way of acting In politics, and he n?i? ^. * sug? gest Ion to make to the voters f the State which he can quite venture to make in public. He does not, I un- i derstand, avow himself as in favor of any particular candidate for the Dem? ocratic nomination; he is only opposed to me; and the men he has induced to offer themselves as candidates to represent New Jersey in the national Democratic convention wish to be sent without instructions. "It Is interesting to note how large a proportion of them are men who were candidates for appointment to ottlce and whom I did not appoint. "What concerns us and makes the matter ve;y much larger and more serious than the more Incidental ques? tion of whether I am to be nominated at Haltimore or not is the fact that this is Mr. Ste'Ah's attempt to r? -es? tablish his control over the Demo? erg til party and put himself more in a position to make the Democratic machine an ad'unct and partner >f the obi Republican machine In serv? ing the special interests in New Jer? sey, It is the last desperate attempt of the discredited old regime to de? stroy and supplant the new." The Big Convention Job. Macon Telegraph. While each candidate for the pi. -- idential nomination in the Baltimore convention WOUld he Satisfied if he could seat 7Js men. the sergeant-at emts lots tbe almost hopeless task of secommodalag 100,000 applicants for IS.gee, seats, the l ud. "You havi written ? good, strong, I tglcal play," s;ild the young dram.it srt's learned frlead, efter he bad tin Ished the in. nuecrlpt, " I'or heavea'i sake don't toll ms I hat I i want it ie be ? success."? flu? gsjo Record-Herald? closely every oas coming Intu the city or leavlag it The women teachers of Ihe seat* tered schools In the Bacuranao dis? trict have petitioned for th?? closing ..i |he schooli The) sre taking refuge Is Iks tag n <.i < luanabat oa, tut the attitude of the negroes 'lore is be? i >miriK threatening. The Habens papers unite In prals* hag the patriotic action of Presldenl domes in sending ? cablegram early thai morning to Preeldent Taft pro? leetlag agalnsl Intervention by the United States, Oen< Gomes points out tu it there la no necessity of such ec? tlon In view of the brief period shies the revolt began and hSCauSS Of the ability of the Cvbgg government to cope with It. CONDITION or PANIC REIGNS IN ORIENTE PROVINCE. Rfuses to Give out Information About Negro I prising and Main? tain* Very Strict Consulship. Hubana, May 24.?Rep irts receiv? ed during (he day from Oriente prov? ince emanating from other than governmont sources leave no room for doul t that the insurrecto movo ment in the eastern pan of the in? land, the main theatre of the insur? gents, is growing with alarming rapidity. The reports apparently re? ceive confirmation in the extraordi? nary reticence of the government in Ihl increased severity of telegraph censorship, its activity in enrolling volunteers and the determination to dispatch Maj. Gen. Monteaguedo to take supreme command Ol the tr ips operating in Oriente. The only newa concerning the Uprising the govern I ment had vouchsafed late tonight was that various columns of the teg? ular troops were converging from u.f ferent point3 on the Cuba railroad on the town of Figuaybos, the prin? cipal town in the district between La may a and Guantanamo City where the forces of Gens. Estnoz and Ivonet, the insurgent leaders, are re? ported. The government professes ig? norance of the destruction by insur !gents of railways between Ban Louis and Qtiantl namo ind the latter place and Boupueron, Guantanamo Bay. It also says that nothing is known of the wires on both these roads hav? ing been cut, but admits there il some Interruption in telegraph to? night. It is imposhlhie to communicate with the naval station at Guantanamo from Hahana. Throughout the province of Oriente panic reigns. While inhabitants are taking refuge in the cities and all mills have suspended operation*, which will Involve great loss to the sugar Industry. The local authorities have been unable to protect the peo? ple. The troops are all massed in columns and the rural guards are too few and too scattered to make any headway against the insurgents. A great quantity of ammunition was shipped eastward from Hahana today. Volunteers ate enrolling rapidly at the recruiting stations at La Punta and Atares Castle. The presidential yacht Haturl will sail tomorrow for Santiago, carrying a battalion of volunteer veterans, un? der command of Gen. Emilmn Nunez, chief of the veteran association. Vol? unteer COrpi are organizing in the va? rious parts of the country and peti? tioning the government for arms. Small skirmishes continue to be re? ported between rural guards and ne? groes in the province of Mantanzas and Santa Clara. Tonight it was reported that there had been a renewal of the insurrec? tionary movement in Hahana City. a small band of armed negroei was seen near Mariannao. I All roads entering the capital are carefully guarded to prevent the in? gress or exit of nagroea suepected ?f being affiliated with the race move ment. TOWN CAPTURED BY INsl K GENT8. Hand or lila? U Rohela in Santiago Seizes R| fancy del Sitio. Santiago. Cuba. May 24.?a band of negro Insurgenta, apparently under the commnnd of Gen. ivonet. has at? tacked and captured Bl Cany did Bltlo, four miles from Palma Soriano, ??n the Bayamo branch of the Cuba rail? road. They sacked the town, com? mitting many outrages). a small detachment of rural guards etgtloned n( El Caney del Sltlo was unable to offer any effective resist? ance to the rebels. R| Caney del Bltlo is in the centre ??t a rich coffee and coca- region. The amount of damage done by the rebels is estimated at a high figure. A body of regular troops I? ft San Lull last night for Bl Coney del sum. on the receipt ?>f the report that th? Insurgents were mar? hing on tin place. They arrived loo late, how? ever, to prevent the sacking of the town, but Intend t<? pursue and at tnok the Inaurgents today. The newly organised corps of vol nnteers while pntrolllng the streets of Santiago last night captured h negro cutting flown the electric light poets near the power house. Apparently it was his intention t<? plunge the city BELOVED CITIZEN PASSED AWAY AT ORAXGEBURU. Served as Judge and Repreeented His District in Congress?Funeral Ser? vices Today. Orangeburg, May 26.?Jamei Fer? dinand Izlar, teacher, lawyer, soldier, jurist, patriot, statesman, financier and judge, died at his home. on Whit? man street, tl is city, today about 1:35 p. m. A gloom has been cast over this city because of the death of Judge Izlar, as his great promi? nence made Orangeburg prominent, and ??rangeburg has imbed lust an important citizen. Judge lzlar was universally beloved, and his death will be received with sadness by the many who knew him. Judge Jzlar has been in failing health for the past few years, and had : i'o\vn feeble in age. He was about years old at the time of his de? cease. He retired from the actual practice of law several years age and lived a quiet, inspiring life, leav? ing his home in this city very little. Judge lzlar is survived by his widow, who formerly was Miss Ma rion P. Allston of Charleston, and whom he married in 1906. Also the following children by a former mar? riage: William L. Izlar of Orange burg, Dr. R. P. lzlar of Waycross, Ga.; S. O. Izlar of Charleston, Mrs. B, P. Oliveros of Savannah, Mrs. George S. Legare of Charleston, Mrs. S. A. Oliveros of BalUdS and Mrs. L. H. Wannamaker, Jr., of Charleston. The following brothers and sis? ters survive: L. T. Izlar of Ocala, Fla., Thus A. lzlar of Charles? ton, W. V. lzlar of Orangeburg. L. J. Izlar of Orangeburg, Mrs. F. M. Green of Cope and Mrs. Cornelia F. Rarton of Ram berg. ! The funeral services were held from the residence to the Church of the Redeemer at ?"? o'clock Monday afternoon, of which church Judge Izlar wai'a faithful ami ,coianstei.t member. Farial tok place at Sun nyside cemetery. The services at the grave were in charge of the Masons. The grand lodge convened here today. The deceased was born in Orange burg county, November 2."?. 1832, After graduating from college he taught school at Branchville. in 1866 he began the. study of law a id was admitted to practice in the courts of this State in ls.'s. He began his prac? tice of law at Orangeburg and short? ly became eminently successful. Judge lzlar volunteered in the first South Carolina regiment raised in de? fense of the Confederacy. Filtering the service as third lieutenant of the EdiSto Rifles, he was later pr unoted to the captaincy when the company was transferred to the Twenty-tifth Seit Carolina regiment under com >mend ??f Col, Chas. h. Simonton. j James F. Izlar was serving till third term as State senator from Orangeburg county When he was (elevated to the bench. Judge lzlar ! represented this district in congress, j He was a member of the State Demo? cratic executive committee for 16 years and for ten years was State chairman. He was county chairman of the (irangeburg county executive committee for four years. Judge lz? lar was a thorough Democrat, being of the Jefteraonian school. He was a member of the national Democratic convention at Baltimore and at Chi? cago. At the Chicago convention when Bayard and Cleveland were the main Democratic candidates, the South Carolina delegation was di? vided. Judge Islar fought hard for Mr. Cleveland. Judge Islar was a trustee of South Carolina College during a number of years of bis life. He was more or less, during his life honored with office, He was once mayor of Orangeburg. Baseball Suit- Here. The baaeball uniforms for the play? ers of the Came Coek City Baaeball League have arrived In the city und sre now to be seen In the windows of the I'.urns Hardware Company. They are looking artlclea and will probably look g.1 on the players. SJSJ s into darkness in order to facilitate a night attack by the Insurgent forcea to be In the Immediate vicinity. Marines on tin* Win. Philadelphia, May 24.?The United Statei transport Prairie with a regi? ment of marines on board for duty In Cuba passed out to sea ai 4.10 (.(lock this afternoon. The Prairie sailed from thS Philadelphia navy yard last night. EXPERT so REGARDS STATE COTTON WAREHOUSE SYSTEM. William Whittam 1 \>rmoi|v Editor of Leading Textile Paper, Writea from England to Expreee His Ap? proval of Proposed Method of Financing tbe Marketing of the Cotton Crop, To the Editor of The News and Courier: One wonders how the cot? ton growers of the South, who have possessed for some generations a mo? nopoly of those gr ides of cotton which the world uses most largely, can have seen so blind to its own interests as to allow the multitude of speculators to make more money out of the work that they have done, than they can ever expect under present conditions to obtain for themselves. it is to one such as the writer, who knows cotton manufacturing not only in the New England states, but in the Southern States, Brasil and the heart of the world's cotton indus? try, Lancashire, a marvel that we can have been so supine for many gen? erations aS to allow a planter to have more or less ten cents per pound for his cotton, the middle man. and par? ticularly the parasitical speculator, to chip off $10, approximately, from every bale of cotton, on which not only the South but the whole of the United States are dependent very largely for the prosperity and the enormous balance of foreign trade in our favor. I am writing this because there has come into my possession a copy of a bill passed by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina "To create and operate a State warehouse sys? tem for storing cotton," and this was accompanied by a copy of a speech made by the Hon. John Lowndes McLaurin, former [United States Sen? ator. These two documents have brought so vividly to my mind the progressive step,that South Carolina has decided to take that 1 feel that our people, knowing me as tin y do. not only as a former cotton spinner and manufacturer, both in New England and the South, but also as editor-in chief of the principal textile paper in tin- South, ami subsequently as the special agent of the bureau of man? ufacturers of the department of com? merce ami labor, to investigate con? ditions and details of the cotton trade of the world in Lancashire, will at least know that it is only due to my still keen interest in this matter that 1 write this to encourage the people of South Carolina to proceed along the path they have started up? on and pioneer a movement which will result in tbe Inestimable good to both the grower, the spinner and the legitimate middle man: the ultimate result will be tbe eternal damnation of the speculator, who is usually wil? ling to confess verj frankly that he is merely a parasite and that the pro? ducer ami consumer of this great white staple are merely tools in his hands. Looking at the problem from anoth? er angle one cannot help arriving at the Conclusion that if tbe State of South Carolina follows the trial which she has by statute provided the means of blazing the way. there will be very shortly no reason for the bankers of e\ery cottcn producing, spinning and manufacturing country to concern themselves with the matter of fraudulent bills of lading and to provide Safe? tarda. My reason for being emphatic on this point la that If the power of the State of South Carolina and its integrity is placed behind shipments of cotton other cot? ton producing States will follow the lead that the Palmetto State has given them and bills of lading will be like Bank of Bngland notes, accepted on their face value throughout the world. When the Hon. John Lowndes Mc? Laurin made a speech at the ac COUChmenl of the Southern <\?tton Association in Ww Orleans years ago be pointed out in very clear and con? vincing language thai the cotton grower for his production should get in direct touch with the spinner, and that this should onl) be done by the Growers' Association or one or more of the several States send? ing a man of prominence. In not only industry ami finance, but also promi? nent in the social and political life of the Southern cotton belt. Faulty distribution of the staple results invariably in under consump? tion. Overproduction can. hardly be COB I Sidered when It Is known that the \N INQUIRY. Georgian Introduces IteMdution Lrook ing to Investigation ami Prosecu? tion of Alleged Combine. Washington, May 25.?Asking the house judiciary committee immedi? ately to consider the question. of whether the farmers of the South are under the control of a trust rrtanipu lating the prices of cotton bagging and ties and of c ommercial fertilizers and their chemical ingredients. Con? gressman Edwards today introduced a resolution calling upon the depart? ment of justice to take the matter up at once and if a monopoly is found to exist to dissolve it and prosecute criminally any and all persons con? nected therewith. As stated, the resolution was refer? red to the house commltee on judi? ciary. It is contended by Mr. Ed? wards that if these monopolies were run to cover and put out of business I that prices of cotton bagging and ties Would be controlled by the honest law of supply and demand, and that com? petition would spring up by which these commodities as well as ferti? lizers would be greatly reduced to the farmers of thelcountry. For many y.ars there has been a belief that suc h a trust has existed, but the price asked for bagging and ties and fer? tilizers has remained high in spite of the protests made. Now it will be shown who really controls the situa? tion and whether or not it is possible to secure such commodities at a lower price than at present exacted. NEGRO ESCAPES TEXAS MOB. Jail is Searched. Suspect Believed to be Safe in Penitentiary. Waco, Texas, May 26.?George Price, a negro for whom a mob of 2G5 Tyler citizens is searching, hju% been spirited awa\ when tile tj^fsh reached Waco at 2.30 o cloclsVtnis^ morning. A committee from the mob was permitted to search" the jail, I Sheriff Tilley escorting them through. i The mob tonight has gone to Axtell? fifteen miles east of Waco, where it I was reported today the negro had been taken. It is believed that Price is now safe in the penitentiary at i Rusk, though officers refuse to talk. Price was implicated in the asault upon a young white woman at Tyler a wee k ago w;th Dan Davis, another I ?7 ? I negro, according to the confession of Davis just before the was burned at the stake In Tyler early Saturday .morning. The victim of the assult la ! reported to be in a critical condition I in Tyler. Her skull was fractured by i a blow when she resisted her assail \ ants. j After searching the fat) this morn ling, the leader of the mob ?aid: "The ?negro is gone, but they-ve got to bring him to Tyler some time. We've i done our duty here." j What's become ? f the plan of j cleaning the street with water in ] stead of with brooms? The method with water was very much more cleanly and appeared easier and cheaper, why has it been stopped of late? average increase < f consumption of cotton for the las; ten years or more lias gone on at the average rate of half a million bales per annum, and any cotton planter from these figures can at once readilj see what this means to the South in the way of ex? tended acreage, more scientific cul? tivation ami Increased profits. l feel that - >uth Carolina, having enacted the Mil l have before men? tioned, should make an adequate and even generous ppropriatlon and that other states, either by their Ivgiela ti??n or by a ciliar subscription, should provldi fl i lent funds to send a gentleman ?fter the* type. Integrity and ability of the one who struck the? keynote In Sew Orleana to Great Britain and the Continent ?*f Europe, where he won'd c?Mtoubtedly secure the ftnancial end every other kind of co-operation that is nc< e?ssnry to bring the spinner and grower closer together, thus stopping the enormous leaks which have for so many years poured Into tbe> handa of the Prices, the* Sullys. the T.i\ermores, am* which, beginning With Morris H. er have done su? h Incalculabh age* to everyone who Is h* engaged in the i otti n trr Meli to the factory. Willia Manchester, Engten?