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tXiic U)atci)man and rn?C MI'MTRR WATCHMAN, April, ISM. ?Be Jost and Vtmt not?L*x aB the ?od? Thon Alros t at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jnne, ie<SJ Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. CM SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 32. CUBA NEEDS PO?GtNe. UMITKI) STATUS MAKINFS PltF. PAKlNt. FOB LONG STAY. Sltsuuion |?i surli Tliat (iuard* Will Be Needed to Proteet Pro|>erty-? Settlement 0f the Trouble Is Dim eult ?ml Mm Call for an t'mplro. Washington. June II,?Naval offi? cer* are clearly of the opinion that their task of policing eastern Cuba will be a long one. for today's orders ?how that colliers are being made reedy to carry coal and other supplies to the vessels In Cuban waters suffi? cient to meet their needs for many weeks to come. The collier Hector Is scheduled to leave Hampton Roads nest Monday for Key West and prob? ably will proceed from there to Ouan Uiamo. The collier Celtic also Is usder orders to leave Boston within a fortnight and her cruise also. In all probability, will end at Ouantanamo. The little aunboat Petrel new on her way from New Orleans will re? ceive orders at Key West directing her to Cuban ports. Aside from these ad? ditions, the navy department docs not contemplate ordering any more ships to Cuba Just now or at all unlesj the disorders should extend far beyond the present limits. Thst this may be the case Is Indicated by a report from the commander of the gunboat Padu csh that great uneasiness exists at Santiago and In that vicinity, while the reports of the early day were of f ruinous movements on the part of r*e Insurrectie and of appeals for help from plantation owners. From one source came a rumor, thai touch? ed the Integrity of the Cuban govern? ment, to the effect that Cuba itself had fostered the Insurrection for ce"* | tsln political purposes, but that the movement hsd gotten beyond Its con? trol. The state department declares It knows nothing to confirm this ru? mor, huj It Is certsln that the report Is widely current on the south coast of Cuba.' There was more talk today at the war department about the advisabil? ity of sending some army olhcer of high rank to Cuba to make an Impar? tial Investigation there and if pos? sible to set ss Intermediary In re? storing peace between the factions. In addition to the name of Oen. Wood, which was first broached yesterdhy. thst of Judge Advocate General Knoeh ? rowder has been brought forward. He performed valuable service In Cuba while the Island was under American occupation and practically renovated the entire Judicial systei i. As It H, the common belief that It is In the end. Intervention in Cuba Is a necessity there must be sweeping changes In the organic law of the re? public to guard against the recurrence of th? conditions which have made the present Insurrection possible. For thl? reason Oen. Crowder's friends hsve urged that his legal ability would peculiarly fit hbn for the position of bend of the temporary government of intervention. < I.Htks W ANT A < TIANCF. Many Bu?dne?*, Men slid Clerk:* in Fa? vor of Store* ClotUng for Few Hours on <Wm|Milgii Bay. The reporter for The Item ggf been I nub- ?.y unite a number of business men an 1 clerks lately who have a'ked him to say something in th*? paper a beast I M stores closing for a coupln of hours or some time like that on , in palgn day ?o that all of tho*#? who w.iuld otherwise b? unable to hear the gj eg hes of the candl 1 < can g'-t i cha n? ?? b h- ?r at ggSSt some sjf the speeches. In Mew of the fact that Politics sr?* unusuall.- interesting this real and au?v ci many people ire vital? ly Interested In the men who are standing for office, this idea of ( los? ing th? stores for a few gOtirf gg campaign da* seems to be a good one. Bggge of thy clerk*. or no r ? haut-? who ha\?. -uggc*tcd this pl.t n of action can b??st o ? ompllsb Ihelr #nd by taking around a petition and getting the pjsOfl hggti to sign it. It i? pro. ?bie that the lash will not be a hard on*\ as so man\ are willing ? . . lose their stores. ami a great nianv of the voters of the town will In this way get Its] chance to barn mor#? of UM men who are running for ofTh e. The merchant* |ft*)gge*tVOI would not l?rs?- anything by closing their ||gfejg) If all Would agree to -Ign the petition. The jip. e.b.-* of most RstOf? est sre those |g gg m ob- by the gu h-material candidates iml every I idi g tntf In he ir UMjgf ??"! Ihe sgafsji win have to ??e gigged Mttle gsjgf an hOttf while thev are spe.iklnr. TWO AVIATORS KILLED. MNUC Tlll.lK UVU WHILE TI.st mac him: ran GOVKBJf mf. NT. idcul. Ha/adhurst and \. L. Wei h Fell to Death When Wings of Iii. plane ( rumple,! up?They Were Trying to Rise Two Thousand Fvcl In Ten Minutes. College Park, June 11.?Another fearful toll was taken by aviation to? night when the mutilated bodies of Lieut. Leighton W. Hazelhurst, Jr., Seventeenth infantry, I*. S. A., and Alfred L. Welch, a professional avi? ator, in the employ of the Wright brothers, were taken from under the debris of a collapsed biplane. The ac? cident occurred when they were at? tempting to make the test required by the government in a machine con? tracted for by the war department. Although an army hoard was imme? diately appointed to determine the cause of the accident, it is probable that the real cause of the machine's failure never will be known. The crash came so suddenly and unexpect? edly that the two men met their death without being able to make a single move to arrest their fall. Seven army Myers were among the score of spectators, but they can not explain the accident. It was shortly after 6 o'clock that the Wright machine was run out In front of the long l!ne of hingers. For sever] guyi AVlMOf Welch. whose home is in this c'ty. had been busy demon.-f iting the aeroplane. All of the war department's requirements had been met except a climb of 2,000 feet within 10 minutes, carrying a load of 4n0 pounds. Welch knew the machine was capable of making the test, for it had been tested at Dayton. Ohio, by Orville Wright before It was taken to College Park, and he had been made Impatient by several fail? ures. "I'm going to make that clfmb to? night or know tbe reason why." he said, as he began to tune up. "I am tired of fooling.' be added. A few minutes later he announced that he was ready. Ideut. Hazelhurst followed Welch Into the machine, taking the p-issensjers seat. The aero? plane went off steadily and flew the length of the field rising 200 feet. As It was turned towards the group of army officer* before the hingers Welch dipped sharply to indicate to the officials' that he was ready for the stiff climb. The dip caused to wing about 7.". feet of the ground. and it then straightened out sharly. too quickly the observing flyers thought. With? out warning the aluminum wings crumpled or collapsed upward so that they almost met above the engine. The machine dropped, then turned her no.e toward th* earth and dived. The a", ident occurred about 1.000 feet front the hangers, and when the first witness reached the wreck It was seen that both of the men were dead. Welch was burled In the d e? bris, but the body of Hazelhurst had been catapulted 20 feet away after the machine struck. Welch's clothes wer.- practically torn from his body, which was bruised and battered. Hazelhurst'.* skull was fractured, and bis he;o] badly disfigured. Denth to both of the men probably had i.n Instantaneous, gfany RSI* features were embodied In the machine evolved as a result of Orville Wright's experiments at Kill Devi! Hill. X. C, last Stimmer. Th, Wright brothers always built eomparntlvely slow ei ft. but the gov? ernment required that the new ma chin.- Should make 4f> miles an hour. \t its trial several days ggo, r.o.s mllei ? 11 attained, it was estimated ih.it it was making II miles an hour when th?- f.t.ti plnng. came. The wings ..f lbs eraff were nf nlumlnum Instead of canvas, buj in gppearanee it w;?s much iii<?> lbs earlier machines, IMH.lt I iti I'oitr FOB may. Number of Xiie^t*. Fine* and Days seeiircd by INdire During Mm. The following report made al ihs sound] meeting Tuesday nlghl shows th it th? polles have ndl been galaep during tin- pasl month: I ?fth ei : I, k. Bradford ii Q, m> Kagen .i. m Darn leg . A. D. < >wSM . . T. I*. W.rd w i \i< Kagen <;. D. Hatebell iv Cllaglo-r \ 11 ests Fines I bsys , . 1 $.'.0.00 1 171,60 128 . !? tl?00 . . 7 :i4.r?o SO . . 1n?:?.*.'? 110 || 71.00 270 .. ?; 11f. 10 . a g(O0 100 Tot ? ! m $K14.r,0 S00 FORMER PRESIDENT GETS His FIRST DELEGATE FROM COM? MITTEE <>N CONTEST. oalns Ma<i?? Yosicniay Give ^President loi Delegeitee Awarded by Commit? tee Since Beeelon Hegau?Day Saw Sharp Interchanges Between Room' vett supia>rtors and Taft Members. Chicago, June 11.?One delegate for Col, Rosevelt. the tirst awarded him since the national committee began the hearing of contest cases last Friday, and 17 for President Taft were the net results of today's ses? sion of the Republican national com? mittet?. In all 101 delegates have been accorded President Taft since the committee commenced its hear? ings. The one placed in the Roose? velt column was D. C. Edwards from the Eleventh district of Kentucky. The Taft forces on the commltee re? fused by a vote of 33 to 19 to seat both Of the Roosevelt delegates whose places were contested, but agreed to to a split which gave Col. Roose? velt and President Taft each one del? egate from the district. The half victory for Col. Roosevelt came at the end of a day in which all of the other much-discussed contests from Kentucky had been decided in President Taft*i favor. In some of these the Roosevelt men had ac? quiesced; In others they mustered a vote of from 11 to 17 against the Taft decisions. Senator Borah, the most active Roosevelt adherent in the committee, protested against the division of the Eleventh district delegates: "There is no justice in it." he de? clared. "If one is given both should be." Arthur I. Vorys of Ohio had made the motion to seat the divided delega? tion. John O. Capers. Senator Borah and Francis J. Heney led an effort to adopt n substitute to seat both Roosevelt men. but they could mus? ter only T9 votes. The split delega tlOfl was then ununfmously seated. I President Taft'*-ftVtir contested del? egates at large from Kentucky, head? ed by Senator W, O. Rradley. were seated with only 11 votes in the ne? gative. He was given the six from the First. Second and Tenth districts unanimously. The contest against the two in the Fourth district was withdrawn Und the five from the Seventh, Eighth ard Eleventh districts were won against the votes of the Roosevelt forces. Sharp interchanges between Fran* els J. Heney of Ban Francisco and Taft members of the committee char? acterized the long day's session over the Kentucky contests. Mr. Heney. who will appear tomorrow In the hearing of the California contest, re? peatedly referred to frauds In Ken? tucky elections and compared condi? tions to those that existed in Califor? nia under Abe Ruef. Early objections to his remarks were followed late in the afternoon by sarcastic replies of "Thanks" from Taft members of the committee when he criticised their decisions. QOV, Hadley of Missouri, who is to come before the committee this week as a Roosevelt contestant from Mis sour', was also in the committee dur? ing the day on the proxy of another member. Restriction! upon the time of argu? ment were abandoned in the Ken? tucky cases today, and all evidence was heard at length. As a result the committee tomorrow will begin its session at o'clock with the prospect of night sessions for the remainder of the Week. ? The committee adjourned at 7.:'..". alter nine and a half hour- of ion tin nous work. The California, Arlsonn ami Louis? i;inn contests will then be taken up. THE '?IMPERIAL" COMMENCED. (?round PlgltS Heilig Laid out Wcd nestlg) Morning for Sect nd Hotel. Wednesday morning Mr. W, Lee Harbin, the contract! r who secured the eontrael for the hotcd which is t<> be erected by Mr. V- L. Jackson, com? menced laying out his ground plans t..i th< hotel bullding und work will begin on the building at once, The hutiding* Is ? three story one and will have some flfty-tlvc sleep? ing room.--, in addition to the other regular features of ii modern hotel. The work "ii the building will he pushed as rapidly a Kpossible In or? der to ba\e ihe hotel ready by fall. [slab Pressly, colored, a mal] car? rier on the Btar route from Kings tree to Indian tOWn, has been attest? ed fe>r robbing the mall. COMMISSION lOHM OF CITY GOV? ERNMENT WINS OUT BY PRO? PORTION OF :* 1-2 TO 1. Manager System Adopted by Vote of 201 to 121; 327 Votes Cast in Flec? tion. 232 for Commission Form, "2 Against?People Seem Satistied with Result of Election?School Board Electee], As a result of the election Tuesday the city of Bumtor will have after an election on the second Tuesday in August a new form of city govern? ment. At tht? election Tuesday the com million form of city government won out over the old form by ?. vote of 252 for to 72 against; the manager system was also adopted by a majority of 80. There was no doubt of the result of the election after about eleven or twelve o'clock in the day when it was clearly noticeable that the vote poll ed was in favor of a change from the old system. The only doubt was as to the majority with which it should win out. There were many who thought that the result would bp as high as fivo to one, and that the manager system would win three to one was the prediction of those in favor of that form of the new gov? ernment. The exact result was still in doubt until the last ballot bad been counted by the managers and the re suit of the election announced by them. There were quite a large number of persons around the polls all day and I big crowd gathered around the place where the managers were count? ing the votes to hear the result of the election as soon as it was an? nounced. The total vote cast, as registered on the list of voters kept by the man? agers, was 327, but when the votes were counted in the boxes, it was seen that 3 24 ballots were in the box on the form of government and 323 in the box which was to decide wheth? er the manager system was wanted or not. The ballots we.re then counted and the result declared, 252 for com? mission form of government and 71 against, and 201 in favor of the city manager and 121 for the department? al system. At the same time the school board ! w;is elected :?s follows, there being no opposition: L. P. Jennings. A. P. Harby, J. a. Mood, R, i. Manning; and Neill O'Ponnell. MANY T<> HEAR CANDIDATES, I _ Opening of state Campaign mi Evcnl of Interest All over State. Many persons from this county and from surrounding counties will com*' over to Bumter on June 18th to hear the candidates in the State campaign. Report! coming in from the various places in the surrounding counties all indicate that the day will be a big one In politics, i it was stated Tuesday by a gentle? man from that place that Summerton Would be nearly depopulated on cam? paign day and a gentleman from Manning stated that that place would be well represented in Sumter. In this regard the following from the Orangeburg Sun will be of interest: "Several gentlemen ?>f the city are arranging to get one or two special coachej to go over t<> Bumter on next Tuesday to attend the opening State < impaign meeting. It is understood that about 100 will g< in the party and every one will be a supporter of Go v. Rlease, A special low rate will be allowed for tin round trip, and the coaches will bi attached to the Shoo Fly going and rel urnlng." The i nit im i Meeting. Manning Tinos. With the opening ol Houth Caro? lina's county to county campaign ?>t Sumter on the 18th, and '!>?? llepubli enn national convention at Chicago on the same day the newspaper read? ers everywhere will have u plenty ol political matter t" digest. We expect there will be o large attendance at Bumter on the opening da) when Jonen and Mease will meet for the first time t<? have m joint debate, and many think this initial meeting will set tio> pace for the future Itlnery, but we doub| this very much because it will ti"t I?'* possible, In the time al? lowed for the speakers, to tell the voters v. h it they Know of each other or what they propose ,o do if elected. The most that can he expected will be for both candidates to make a sort of h preliminary skirmish and warm up later a. the campaign pro? ceeds, ROBERT C. WICKLIPPE OP LOI?? ISIWA MEETS TRAGIC DEATH. Member of Lower House Strolled on Railway Tracks and Was Instantly Killed. Washington, June 11.?Representa? tive Robert C. Wiekliffe of Louisiana was run down on the tracks of the Southern railway in Potomac park to? day and instantly killed. Mr. Wiek liffe had been in the habit of taking long walks daily and was enjoying his customary stroll when killed. How he happened to stray on the railroad tracks has not been cleared up. The engineer of the train said he saw the congressman too late to avoid the accident. Mrs. Wiekliffe was ap? prised of her husband's death while watching the proceedings in- the house. The house later adjourned out of respect to the memory of the Southern represetnative, as did the senate also. Committees from the two houses of congress were appoint? ed to attend the funeral. SEVEN YEARS FOR SEIGLER. Remarkable Address] to Convicted Aiken Mao by Judge Rice. Alken. June 8.?Today James G. Belgier, charged with the murder of ; Polle eman ^Vade Patterson on the afternoon of the 17th of November, 1911, and convicted yesterday after? noon of manslaughter, stood up and received the sentence of the Court: "Seven years at hard labor in the State Penitentiary or on the public works of Aiken County.". This is the last chapter in one of the most noted criminal trials ever held in Aiken County, a trial that consumed prac- j tlcally the entire week of the Court j of General Sessions and drew unpar alleled crowds to the Court House. When the verdict of manslaughter was returned yesterday afternoon, at { 5.45. counsel for the defendant gave j notice of a motion for a new trial but when the matter was resumed at 12.30 o'clock today W. Q. Davis. Sei-| gler's father-in-law and an attorney for the defence, announced to the Court that after ?lue deliberation, counsel for the defendant had de? cided to Withdraw the motion and the i defendant stood ready for the sen- j tence of the court. I Some were surprised with this ac- | tlon on the part of the defence. How- i ever, it had already been rumored on the streets this morning that such a step would be taken. McKinley Scores Roosevelt. Chicago. June 10.?-Congressman William B. McKinley, manager of the Taft bureau, tonight issued a state? ment in part as follows: "By the unanimous vote of the Re? publican national committee today. I Including the votes of such well known supporters of Theodore Roose? velt as Senator w. E3. Borah, of Ida? ho; Cecil Lyon, of Texas; Pearl Wright, of Louisiana, the Taft dele? gates at large from Indiana were ordered seated in the coming Repub? lican National Convention over the Kooseveit delegates at large, who con* tested the right to their Seats. "Following the action of the In (liana Republican State Convention in selecting these Taft delegates, Theo? dore Roosevelt, in a spee< h at the I auditorium, Marth 21, said: ? 'As I have s;iid. such a primary contest (New York? is not merely a farce, but n criminal farce. What was done in New York is substantial? ly what was done in Indiana.' ?.May in a written statement Is* sued at Oyster Bay In reply to Presi? dent Taft s speech in Baltimore, The? odore Roosevell further said: " In Kentucky. Indiana and in New York city, and elsewhere. Mr. Taft knows well that the delegates elected for him represent bare faced fraud. He stands guilty of conni? vance and condonation of these frauds.' This in a moHl apt illustration of the unbridled manner In which Mr. Roosevelt throughout this entire cam? paign has assailed the Republican party, its President, its principles and its leaders everywhere. If Mr Roose? vell does not have his way. he de? nounces everybody and everything In sitfht. regardless of the merit of his cause, and in defiance of all square d. aling. ?The absolut.- bad faith of Mr. Ro,.seve!t in bringing contests such as these before the Republican nat? ional committee is again emphasised by unanimous decision against him." DIPLOMAS PRESENTED TO 92 GRADUATES. '.ban of University or Wisconsin Beeilte t<? Rrrorrt In i all keg c om nWIICIimill Crowd. Clemson College. June 11.?Under ideal weather condition? the largest crowd ever present at graduating ex? ercises at Clemson listened attentive? ly to a profound address to the class of 92 seniors and their friends from Dr. H. L. Russell, dean of the school of agriculture of the University of Wisconsin. Dr. W. M. Riggs -?resi? dent of Clemson congratulated n stitution and the great aud? / on the good fortune of havir , op I portunity of hearing so 4 Mulshed a citizen and so ac wished a scholar and speaker. Following Dr. F ?P A's masterly address, three re <^Natives of the graduating cl O made splendid Speeches, Th' re: J. F. Ezell of Spartanburg ^? "The Kingdom of !Utopia;" s of York, on "The Carolina ion." J. R. Crawford of Laurens on 'Progress." The manner ;n which these young men acquitted themselves showed that chey have taken advantages of the opportunities afforded by the training in the literary societies. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. P. A. Murray of the local Methodist church. Dr. Russell's address was on the service the college should render to the people as a whole. In the intro? duction to his address, Dr. Russell said that the University of Wisconsin had in its graduate school many Clemson men who stood foremost not only in sholarship but in leadership as well. 'When I see the history setting of this institution," he said, "it is little wonder that you send us men pre* pared for leadership." Launching into his discourse, the speaker held the attention of the au? dience for nearly an hour on the ser* vice of the college and "the college man to the people as a whole. Dr. Riggs then delivered diplomas to the 9 2 graduates, each of whom was heartily cheered as he received the coveted prize. Alan Johnstone, chairman of the board of trustees, made a shori but eloquent address to the graduates in Which he urged them to b( SS an English historian said of Washing? ton: "<>ne of the greatest among good men and one of the best among the great men." Col. M. L. Donaldson delivered the! trustees' medal given to the best speaker to J. L. Lasars of Barnwell county. B. H. Rawl, Chlel Of the dairy di? vision of the department of agricul? ture at Washington, delivered the Morris medal given to the most meritorious student to A. K. Qoldflnctl of Horry county. Adjutant J. E. M. Mitchell then read tht- appointment of cadet officers for 1912-13. after whi^h President Riggs thanked the corps f?>r their bearing and the visitors for their presence and attention. (>ne of the notable features of the closing days was the remarkable ova? tion given to ('apt. M. B. Stakes, the retiring commandant, on Saturday no?rning. when he hade them fare? well. He has greatly endeared him? self to all at Clemson and the Clem? son boys love Capt. Stokes, CAHDEN VOTES FOR BONDS. City Will Dense sioo.onn for Muni? cipal Water and Light Plant?Three CommiMdonerN Elected, Camden, June 11.?The question whether or not th< it\ ??f Camden would Issue |l lO.eed in bonds for the Installation of a watei and light plant was voted 1 today and carried by 111 to ??? "otes. There srere >>x names on the ticket t." commission? ers, three t<? be elected. These a*ere as follows: IV. Itrattoe DeLoach? Henry Savage, Dr. w. .?. Dunn, w it. Bve, Jr., David Wolfe and .lohn T. Mackey. Th< first three were elected* The .0/ recently ? ted down the franchise ?. tplied foi by the Camden Witter and Ice company, which has been doing business here for the past is years. This is a progressive step for Camden along the line with the other progressive ? Itles of the United States, a majority of whi h .ties own their own water and light plant. The three commIsaloners elected are good business men and have the Welfare of the city at heart and have the confidence of th? entire com? munity,