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ftftJC It)mmlW WATCHMAN, getOBehed April, ISM. *Be Jut Ud Pe*r not?L*?t mil the ends Thon Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SO?THHON, tejj|j||| June, n 8?MTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 41. * PROVING BMFT flUBGES. DNsTMTIYI-: BIH.NS HAS look 1.1 > l*V hi.f \si"s lU (oitl). Be?t K IK mil in.I Most Successful t>c uvilir of the Bay Say* He IIa? the Fnoi-? to Prove That Cole Blea*t? a *>?tor and Governor Ha> Been a Graftrr. Augusta, Ga? July 12.?Backed by William J. Burns, the detective ot ^International fame, and the dicta? graph that has played such an im? portant part In the conation of gratfers in the United states. Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attoi ney. today began his official attack on the r? - ^frd of Cole L. Blease. governor of -wouth Carolina. We are going to OtaaM out the Augean stables today." he said. Previously Mr. Felder had prom? ised the people of South Carolina that be would, when he got on the wit? ness stand, "lay Cole Blease's record ?feare to the bone." William J. Burns. the detective who put the Log Angeles dynamiters behind the bars, uncovered a dvna mite conspiracy extending across one side of the United States, and has fig? ured In the apprehension of more big hg rim Ina Is than any other one man In the United States, wast quoted from the witness stand as declaring that the gan Franelsco graft case was In? finitesimal "compared with the con? ditions which have existed in South Carolina," ^ Piece by piece Felder, In his testi? mony, charged alarming and startling conditions of official corruption In Houth Carolina. For five hours or more he was on the witness stand and In a connected story made the charge of unlimited graft, legislative "syndl tJ^Ates" controlled by Blsase as sena ^^err. or money demanded by the "syn? dicate" to block legislation, of par? dons alleged to have been purchased from the governor, one in Charleston having cost 12.000 of corruption rsUroads for 7ut of the legislature li the railroads didn't want, oi frame-up made In Atlanta by Bis I and Hub" h. Kvans with Bluthen thal A Btckert. ? wholesale vvhbkev house, fur adding rebates to the COB' "f whiskey gold ihe BtatS tttptMaT) ^*o the ret> if- - I OVM ht turned over t ? ^f? hoard <>t eoatrol by the whole* salers; of tt.ono In one lump sum paid Into the hands ??f Oole L Bbu-e and Hub II laam by Monroe Btckerl when the deal was first trained on the occasion of a visit to the ItqttOf house In Atlanta; of the schedule <d' ^BssAim iioii i i\ levied on Ihs Charles)? in blind titters by l; . ami ot his share with ? hlef Coaatablt Mothall In that monthly tax. Finally the asantoti ? laaed toalsjht with the testimony of William J. Burns, who*, partinu shot v\a.s a di dj^#. t statement in re| |\ to i question from Bep; . s.-ntativ .? Cu v, that t'nie L. Blease la a graft sc. The commltteeman had asked: "Will JSJSSJ i ceoi d (referring to the dteiasraph record* and nthduv it-) -h- w that Cole I.. Bh a-e lias grafted, ^i- ?enator slid ftg goxcruoi, under the *f*vm)uor law** of South Carolina."' Mr. Burn-' reply was plain, short him! pointed: "Yes, iltcy will." The hearing had adjourned until la |... k tomorrow morning when ludertlve Be. u. of telephonic device fame. *a II1 ft at tha stand. IfV \ .?r 11 nt.iiIons for the islon lomoirow wie prom i -"d tonight by Mr Felder. More of the dl- ta*ia|di testimony wlll.be presented, and it is known that -everal wall-kmeaii South Carolinians will be Implicated. The session will be resumed tomorrow Jmornlng at 11 >>'> I The committee has restricted 1.1 der to the offP l.i I foe Ofd ??f Gov. Bleu??., and h is cimUtently refused to hear testimony beafiSgj on the pri? vate life of the < hlef executive The legislative . ommiMce arrived in W\a UMMJst I fr?fj| their hones In South Carolina l?-t nu!.:. TtM RMjUlbani ul the conniltt.e her. afi Beanlars t'tr lid?\ Clifton and MulIB mi and Rente* tga4gdJKaM Cmf} ind Brans Mr, Dan? lei was detained it hat home on ..< - ait of seen, Mr Kei.b-r was repri anted il the hearing ??> Burh-n Sn.dh ind Carl M.it-h.-on s4 \n mi !. Boykln Wright w. K. Mm. i iad C B. 1 htiib ir, all ol Augu-ti . .mi W ?i Els Is of Waynes. \ arev The no-, tu, - I ? ill< I t order ?t w gdjt h f.riii.tn. There v ia irr? ?? lUtRCt |g II.art r.n w hen Mr P dd< I if lit le d danga Ho- .on, it? Hi Introduced rm ? asjtaaal i ad i ,: that I ha he i r? ? j i . . j d mtll nooj,. "Gentlemen," said ml Felder. "Wil? liam J. Hum*. Whom you all ha\. doubtless heard ot as a great detec? tive, was placed In charge "f this case several months ag<>. He was ?Hon entire charge ol the South Carolina situation. He will arrive in Augusta s..me time before noon. I desire that he bf the ti 1 >t witness, in the QOUrsS of the testimony you will see why 1 make this request. Mr. Hums will arrive in Augusta from the East." The request was granted by Senator Carlisle ami the several hundred anx? ious spectators left the court room. i Mr, Felder arrived in Augusta last night from his home in Atlanta, a< - ompanied by BttttOH J. Smith. In his preliminary statement he promis? ed a sensation and declared that he would prove every charge that he had I made against the governor of South , Carolina. He declared that he would expose the official and private record of Cole L Biegst. The committee adjourned at 11 o lock until noon. Mr. Felder re- j turned to the court house at noon, accompanied by several of his ;it torneys and a man whose name was given as E. 8. Reld. Col. Felder said that the real name of the man would be given later in the day. He declar? ed that his friend was the chief lieu? tenant of W. J. Hums. The first witness to he put up by Mr. Felder was Heid. The witness was put up to give a practical demon? stration of the working of the dicta? graph. Mr. Felder *ald that it was necessary to give the demonstration to prove certain records to be intro? duced. While the apparatus was being prepared William J. Hums arrived. He was loudly cheered by the several hundred spectators in the office. De? tective Hums was Introduced. Heid devoted several minutes to the preparation of the dictagraph. Two Sgagsbgffg of the committee. Senators Sullivan and Clifton, went to a dis? tant room in the building to test the dictagraph. The other members of the committee heard distinctly the voices of the comtnitteemen in th* distant room. Th* voices were reeog r.;/< J. The members Of the commit? tee reversed positions with the same result. This was done to show the correctness ol Ihe dictagraph and its reliability. Tin- newspaper men pres? ent SlSO tested the apparatus. The dictagraph a m accepted by the commutes. ? I think that Is all light." said Sen itor lCarlisle, Detective Bums Teatlnea, Augusta. C?a.. July 12.?William J. Burns, who has uncovered moi graft schemes than any other living Amer? ican, tonight took the stand before the South Carolina legislative Inves tiuating > otnmittee and told of his work in investigating the record of Gov, Cole i.. niea-e in connection with tin- affairs of the old state dispensary. Severe] hundred persons crowded the Richmond county court room lo suf foeation, and there was supreme si h ue.' as the lit. it detective told his story. lb- said that he bad gone into the affair, made a thorough Investigation. ami that he did not propose to stop until every mattet had been thorough? ly aired, He recommended that the entire matter be placed In the hands of i m y. ii.- lold of laying before Senator Tlllntan the testimony he had ei liected, He promised ihe use of hi* men until the "glatt situation" has been Snail) ( baled Up. "Give the committee, In narrative for in the history of your connection with this Investigation." said Thomas H. Cider. Home months igo I me! Col. Fel? der >?' Washington, i?. c." *ald Mr, Burns, "and he told me of tins situa? tion that he wanted Investigated. A year or two previous tu that hs had endeavored t<> securt mj service* In this mailer, but I was making the In? vestigation of graft in San Francisco, This la^t time, however, the colonel had endeavored to got ms lake II up personally, but I told him U would be Impossible as i hid a meat deal "i Work on hand, lb- then explained to in> what Ihe situation was. ind when 1 food that nu n itecilpyllig high pa'. i? position* a < i e involved I felt ihui n a my duty lo take it up, ind l??ld bim I Would. We nrrunged fur ? conversation it Augusta, and l canie down here and ii,< i Ho- colonel at..| i < ou de ol gen Iletneit front Hotith CarolInn and ? r? ni Ik gentleman f i mi AI into, Oa. We u. ni n\ er the ? i *e. Thi e gen llenieii m ole -t (t. i.,. n' lo me ?..heb I confess *ho ked me, not v ihstand lug the fact i on making Im ? llga I Ion? ill the i line Invol in - m< n In high plaei *. I fell from the. state? ment thai b id been m ide that II 1 absolute!-, true b. iure it i- not dlnV cult to determine from the details of a case whether they are well founded or ie>t. l told Col. Felder i would take it up. 1 detailed Mr. Bailey. He is o<e of the men that made the In? vestigation at Columbus, Ohio, that resulted In the conviction of a num? ber <>i men In the legislature. I in? structed Mr. Bailey as to what he wa^ to do d<>wn there, and i particularly cautioned Mr. Hailey that I wanted him to learn for my personal infor- j mation whether or not many of the j things Col. Felder and the other gen? tlemen told me about were true. I was unable to take up the matter in the first place for Col, Felder and he was unable to get the best. A private detective sometimes falls down. All over tlie country in my public utter- j ances 1 am warning the public of pri- ) vata detectives, becauss so many of them cloak themselves with this call* ing solely for the purpose of robbing and blackmailing and selling out their clients. I was interested in the mat? ter, although not prejudiced against those I was investigating. "We always approach these matters with an open mind and even when we find our clients In the wrong we state the case to them and drop it. Just as Col. Felder told me I found that sit? uation was there. I then decided to take It from another angle and select? ed Mr. Heid. Mr. Heid has done some of the cleverst work in the country. He has just finished at Atlantic City, where he caught a dot of those crooks up there. I placed him on the case to take up ?x certain part of it. I think we will Ik? able to lay before thTs committee evidence as to the character of the work that we have e ivered fttlly In our investigations, fhere are facts, as I suggested to Col. Felder, that ought to be withheld for the present. 1 think that all ought to be shown up, because personally I feel that at this period in the history Of the country WS ought to show up these matters where men in high public position are Involved. Men representing the public should be made to do so in the interest of the people. That being true. I told Col. Felder I thought it was his duty to go to the bottom of this and prosecute. 'i was not particularly Interested whether he would ever send anybody to the penitentiary or to jail. I think it far more Important that light should be turned on rather than sen<| a thousand of them to the peniten? tiary. 1 think the day has come In this country when the people them? selves are becoming enlightened as to everything, i think they are taking tremendous Interest In everything public, The people are Interested thai just stub in Investigation as this should be t arried to its conclusion, i think it would be a splendid thing to the country it large If all this Is shown ap, because If you can succeed in doing thai it isn't any question but what man) of those men become use? ful cltlsens, it la when men are tempted, when they lake advantage of a situation Of this sort. I think all that should be shown up and shown I up thoroughly, i do noi think it well and wise to go perhaps as far as you gentlemen insist on their going. My idea is it would be best for fl grand jury to go into the matter. All the iincn I have detailed on this will be ac? cessible .'it any time, You can see the men a*ho made the Investigation Jost as you can see m r, 1 laid, J "I think the people themselves have become convinced that where there is [sufficient prool the day has gone i by when the personal Ceding of peo? ple themselves Will permit men to go unpunished. It has been <.\\<\ many, many times that a legislative investigation has never amounted to anything but to whitewash, in the Way you are going at this l am per? fectly sutlslled von are going to see that jllStlce Will be (huie to every 111 iIt and are not going to smirch anybody for spite. The evidence will be Ihere and if it does not ebnvlnce we will not participate in it. We ure going to continue in ihIs matter until the close." Question by Mr. Fehler; Son,.' months afa r mil meeting In the city ol Augusta, l met you In the city of Washington V "Yes sir." i i ailed your llttenlloii to in in toTvlow that wan published in several oi th. papers thai purported to i>. hy Si nator Ttllmu n"'" ? Yes, sir." i uggi st. d I?. you i hat a ? en II Upon I he seiiatoi and submit the in i.t lew to him." "Yes, sir." "The Inten lew was l he elTo? t thai ii the evidence uddi.I it lh 11 ihe senator lhat I In governor u South i *.h olitui had been ? ngaglns nt ic ' That Is COrTOl t ernor ?'What did we do with relation to that matter and th.- result?" "We continued our investigation after that, and it was after that We took up other features ol it. We sent Mr, Heid from Ailantic City." Didn't we call upon Senator Till - man in his ottiee at the capltol?" "Yes, sir." "And ask him if the interview was correct ?" "Yes, sir." "] then said: 'Senator, I have a very great admiration for you and you ewe it to the people of South Caro? lina to live up to the utterances you have made and that I have Mr. Burn^ here to substantiate it." "That's correct" I "He laid he was satisfied with it?" "I think his expression was just as Col, Felder has said; that if we had the evidence to substantiate the ? harge.? we had heard then he cer? tainly thought that Gov. Blease was i >t entitled to the confidence of the people of South Carolina." "State to the committee the name under whbh Mr. Bailey operated in the city of Charleston and the State < I South Carolina." "Wilson. My instruction to Mr. Bailey was to go into the community and use the subterfuge of wanting to start a high class Rambling place, where it would bring people from all parts of the country in a crooked gambling scheme. The people who were to go there would never get away with their money. He was only to play with men with large money, and that he would have to be ab? solutely protected; he didn't want to invest his money unless he had ab? solute protection. He did that, all but open the garrhling house. Many peo? ple do not agree with me in using those tactics. We are perfectly justi? fiable in using every subterfuge in or? der to determine whether or not they are the character of men they are charged with being." "How long did Mr. Bailey, alias Wilson, remain in Charleston?" "He was there a number of months; a !or < time, and as you say he spent a lot of your money." Question by Mr. Cary: "Mr. Burns, enlarge on this Interview with Senator Tillman. The evidence that you sub? mitted to hin , was it satisfactory to the senator in taking a decided posi? tion ?" No, ire only gave him a verbal ac? count oi tin- situation and did not submit to him any written evidence. Col. Felder told him what we had and wdiat we could show. Col. Felder asked me if that was right. 1 am sure the senator will tell you exactly what he said to us. My recollection is that he said if we could substantiate the charges we related to him then cer? tainly the governor of South Carolina was not entitled to the confidence of the people." j Question by Mr. Rvana: ?Would this evidence connect in any way tin* present governor with the affairs of the stale dispensary?" j "Yea, sir. What Col. Folder stated to him covered the whole situation,*' l Question by Senator Clifton: "Mr. Burns, did your Investigation, and the reports made to you by the Invest Igo tors under your charge show whether or not the present governor of south l Carolina was guilty of grafting, cither gs governor or state senator, in con* jnectlon with the old state dispen? sary?" ? I would prefer that you wail until I you get the reporth on that." j "Rc|>orts made to von will -how that?" ? Ye-, sir." ??Will show the present governor iltltN been guilty of gruftlllg, either RS [governor or state senator, in connec? tion with Hie liquor law? of South I < arolina .'" "Yc-. -ir." The above Is the official report of the stenographer of the committee, j A great man) citizens m those sec? tions of rfumter where the drain pipes are choked with sand and trash be? cause of the absence of sand trap are making it rather warm for the of 'pi i.iis of tii,. health department, Thi i health officer staled t<> t 1 hilly Item i> porti i today that the ladles who ar. making complaints are using ehoiei ami select language, grammatical!) correct in each ")'' every sentence |f not complimentary-, A great man) of the gentlemen, however are no -io particular, and Borne are usin I i iiKtl igi ? hi- h i - let < \ i' Hy pari la meiitary, ind would stand disinfect inu. withoul spoiling what pure Kn glish there ma. he in the remarks Vlining other Interesting the c il ly life <', " \\ saying he sang tenoj to i ivvv. No doubl he sings a health) loafing bass now.?Charleston Poet, GOVERNOR NOT HEARD FROM. heard anything from Governor Blease as to what action he would take in the matter of the recommendations Of the grand jury, presented at the recent term of court, that Magistrates John F. Ingram of Privateer, and Geo. T. DesChamps of Mayesville be dismissed. He stated that he had on last Tuesday served all of the parties interested with certified copies of the presentment of the grand jury, among these being the governor, county commissioners and supervisor, sheriff, legislative delegation and can? didates for the legislature. Governor Blease will now, if he de? cides to take any action at all at this time, have to dismiss the magistrates or will set some time for a hearing of the case in so far as the magistrates are concerned as to why they should not be dismissed from office. Whatever steps he will take will be watched with the greatest interest in this county. It is understood that Magistrate Ingram, who had previously not been an avowed candidate, has come out in the race to supersede himself and that several of the other candidates who had announced themselves have since withdrawn in his favor. State Sunday School Convention to be Hehl in Suniter Next Spring. When the convention of the State Sunday School Association was held in Greenwood last spring, the Sec? retary of the Chamber of Commerce of that body called up Secretary Snell and asked him if Sumter would care to have the convention next year. This body is composed of all the Protestant denominations of the State. There was no time to confer with the various pastors < f the several church? es of the city and so Secretary Bne*ll took it upon himself to invite the convention to meet in Sutmer and the invitation was accepted, It was felt that the Christian bodies of Sumter would eo-< perate in making the con? vention a success and that the homes of Sumter would he thrown open to the delegates. At a recent meeting ?f the Men ami Ibligion Forward Movement, the pastors ami Sund iv School workers there present endorsed the invitation of On- Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and it was decided to leave the detailed arrangement* for the convention t<? the Executive Com mfttee, it was further deti rmlned to take up the matter of entertain? ment of the delegates with the In? dividual churches. The response has been hearty, proving Sumter's usual reputation for hospitality, it may he necessary t<? arrange for 50 to 100 mole delegates hut the eommittee I feels assured that Sumter will be able t.. pt o\ |de for these. Iti reply to t letter from Sumter t. King of the action of the meeting of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, the Secretary of the State Sunday School Association writes; Mr. A. v. Snell, Sumter, s. c. Dear Mr. Snell: We have just learn oil from Mr. Wood how generously Suniter has acted concerning the next state Sunday School Convention lu that city, We ire very anxious to make it the largest as well ;is the greatest convention in our history. Iti fart. we ate planing the most remarkable religious gathering ever seen in the state. We are trying to secure the presence of Mr. Marion Lawrence, the greatest Sunday Schoo] man m the world. The music ami ..th.f features will he of unusual interest. We at. working out our new let? ter heads which will advertise the convention across the top ol the sheet. Hefore doing so we want to decide "ii the date, and we want to consul! the convenience of SumtcT he fore deciding. Would March 'if*. and 2" suit local conditions? I want ' o ? upress to \ ou in l?eha \\ of the State Association our appre? ciation of your interest ami your promptness and courtesy in attend mil; til.-- first details concerning Ith.- convention, I am va.in< to use mv .-ti. i.mh um it a n marka i am .it>- I -hill tit '.?'Ii. ai opei ii on from thi l.o< kni?: forw ird t i iv mi I hoping to hear from \ 11!\. ,.P Is ibilitj ot dat Sincerely yours Grace W Vandb ? r Fi. id Secretary. VlUlJpff*' l>S TO FARMERS. ^.owart> Senate*? Attempt to ^"Change I otton Statist*? Bill. Washington, July 11.?Repre? sentative A. F. Lever, this morning turned a neat trick in the interest of the cotton growers of the country, when he appeared before the com? mittee on census at the request of its chairman, in opposition to the senate amendment to the house bill of which he was a joint author, authorizing the director of the census to publish statistics concerning the amount of cotton ginned, the quantity of raw cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments of every charcter, the quantity of baled cotton on hand, the number of active cotton spin? dles and the quantity of cotton im? ported and exported with the country of origin and destination. J The law now requires that statistic? of the quantity of cotton ginned shall be published ten times yearly and un? der the resolution introduced by Mr. J Lever and passed several years ago, i the quantity of cotton consumed in manufacturing establishments and jthe quantity of baled cotton on hand also should be published quarterly. A {number of members from the South, during the earlier days of the session collaborated the bill, which not only requires the publication of the full statistics as to the amount of cotton consumed in manufacturing establish? ments, and the quantity of baled cot? ton on hand and the number of active consuming cotton spindles, and the quantity of cotton imported and ex? ported, and that these figures should be published monthly, so that the farmers would be given the same in? formation, with respect of the con? sumption of cotton and the demand for it as the law new gives to the consumers, with respect of the amount of production. This bill passed the house without any serious trouble, but the senate amended If so that the statistics of the quantity ot COltdu consumed in manufacturing establishments and the quantity of baled cotton on hand should be published only quarterly in each year. But Mr. Lever was asked to Come before the committee and give his version upon the senate amendment, and he very strongly ob? jected to it on the ground that there could be no hardship upon the manu jfacturer of cotton to give a monthly I statement as to the amount consumed in h:s establishment, and the quan? tity of i ahd cott??n on hand. He al? so urged that it ^as only fair to tin farmer that the manufacturer should he made to give to the public the sit? uation with respect of the amount ol cotton being consumed in his estab? lishment and tili? quantity of it on hand if the farmer Is to bo com? pelled to give i" the world ten times a year the amount of cotton ginned from time to time. The committee unanimously disagreed to the senate amendment and will urge the bill as it passed the house. Mr, Lever ot course is quite happy over the result. believing! as he docs, that it means only fairness and justice to the cotton farmers and to the entire cotton trade. Mr. Panic! E. Turhevllle left Sunday morning in his car acompanled by his brothers. John arid Mike, for Georgia, where he married Miss Ethel Purd?. n on the 3rd inst, und after the cere? mony the coui le took a bridal tour.? Manning Times. rhe State campaign Is indeed reitchtng an odorous stage Unhap? pily we have reached the place in South Carolina where nun are no longer elected to office on their merits, and for this reason it i- impossible to get tlu \ery best men to offer for positions of publU honor and public trust. The demagogue goes about the state assailing everything in sight in oiahr that he might advance his own personal gain We believe that thousands of people are watching ami reading the reports of this high-hand? ed farce with utter disgust. We had hoped with man) others that when tin liquor question was eliminated that the polith i would turn their eyes to the east nd work on a high? er plant for the uplift of the people !t nil for the ad v mc< menl of the State v t *o, however, and the peo? ple ot a onee proud commonwealth t m irity bow their heads ?r. hm.. i .exfugton I dspatch. \ clergyman, after a sermon of (seventeen heads remarked "Br?th? en r'i i innot ivoid the conclusion!" Thank heaven for that!" remarked the \is?tor. 'Tve been afraid for th< past hour h< was going to.**?Es change