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She n and I MTEK WATCHMAN. Established April, ISM. ?Be Just end Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Alma t at be thy Country's, Tliy (iod's and Truth's.' THIS TRUE SOUTBRON, Established June, isat Consolidated Auff. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 46. IB. JENNINGS RE-ELECTED. ROWLAND \M> BOOTH WILL HE i ol MILMEN FOR FOl R AND I Wo \ KARS, bWlC* TIVELY. lle?ult of Election Awnik-iI with hi u-n^i by t undulate* and Their Friends; SHcvtlon of C ity Manager Lie* with Council?Result of New Plan of City Government Wau lml by Whole Country. Mayor L. I?. Jennings * as nominat? ed for mayor in the party primary held Tuesday over his opponent. Al? derman R. L. Wright, by the decisive Vote of 299 ;o 115. As the nomina? tion practical y means his election Mr. Jennings win serve us mayor for four years from the tint* of his inaugu? ration which will probably take place st the first council meeting ufter the election which ? comes off Tuesday, August 13th. The result of the puit;- primary election as declsred by the executive committee of the city democracy at a meeting hi Id Y/ednesda} morning was as follows: For ma>or. L. Djj Jennings. 28?, R. L. Wright. 115; for councllmen. J. p.' Booth, .28 2 J. W. McKeiver. 21)1; C. O. Rowland, 311. Mayor L. D. Jennings and Messrs J. P. Booth and C. Q. Rowland . ere de? clared the nominees of the party for mayor and aldermen, respectively. The total voti cast in toe election was ?itS. The general elcctl >n on August l.lth will simply be a confirmation of the result of the party primary. The three gentlemen named above are the ones who will be on the coun? cil which will set In operation the Commission Form Government with a city manager, a form which Mr. Mc? Keiver called in his speech Monday ntgtst an Ideal form of city govern? ment. These gentlemen will have the ' Job of selecting the city manager, a essences which will be awaited with the l'gresttest Interest by ?.he people of feflbiter. The city manager will have Peharge the executive departments ? *ha city and will have to see that ?pother city employees do their duty. PneJl be subject to the council and MsJUsV liable to removal at any time BsVsmH prove himself efficient. The plsn of city government which will be Inaugurated by the new council la already known far and wide as the ?smter Plan and Its operation will be watched by the whole country until it proves a success or failure, as is ?very experiment In city government whlcn is Introduced In any city in the country. Much has been said and written about the plan of city govern? ment and It Is now up to the city and its new officials to prove it what it, in appearance seems to be. an ideal, or nesr ideal, form of city government. s\VEI> LIFE OF PRISONER. Abbeville Mob, Foiled, Leu\o After Searching Jail. Abbeville. Jpjy 31.?An unsuccessful attempt at lynching was made here early this morning by an armed mob of 100 men. from t'ulhoun Falls The Intended victim was Will Willeford, a 15-year-old negro, charged with cut? ting a white boy named Ayers, at Calhoun Falls last Saturday. Jaib-r < ox warned of the attempt, fpirit?*d the prisoner away in time to sav? his life, i ml there being no pris? oners m the |a||, the mob was permit? ted to search the building. Falling to find Willeford. the mob dispersed There was M divider. Sheriff Lyon k?-pt his prls ner under strong guard iH imcnt ami serried him la Columbia tv ,- gtejgejlgej fag gala keepinf< A\?*r* Is r p'.rted at a h??^p ml In god Reis b "f WlllhTord tlalrn the negro Is weak minded. president k. w. Dobhs\ of Ihe - Ml Cgfothsl Farmers I'nloii. has prlteag to all the ??.unty presidents In his State asking that a committee of three be appointed to ine? t the tank pre-ldents and chambers of coni gesjfcej of llie different counties and ?rcle'\or to reach an agreement as to the marketing of tbe cotton crop. Th.mm It tees will also report to a State eommlttce. The Pointer Coun? ty ?omnilltee has already had it* ? ? etftgej and reports that the banks will prolde ample funds gt per cent to carry from ???tober 1 to May 1 . , itrh oltOg to Insure gradual tnar k?t'ng llM warehouse capacity will ? |< o?.l? d. and farmers are urged to take Ihe most care possible In pick- I ,? tt i ilftng and st?rt na ?e as la secure .rf..n Of tto hOOi grade possible, and i, have p as preventable a* possible. A > fids Jooks to Of like real business, nr. I *e command this county's ex p . to nil other* In tbo cotton belt ?Th#* pfs>gjroaa|vg Farmer. ROSE> 1 HAI/al Ml'KBF.K WAS l'L\N.\FI> KOK I VKl II H DATE. Jaik Rose and "sVtdtte'' Webber Tell Dleteki Attorney Some More As? tounding rule* of Vice. New Yoik, July 31.?Police Lieut. Charles Becker, head of the "Strong arm'' squad of gambling raiders, who is charged with instigating the mur? der of Herman Kosenthul, was to? night turther implicated in the plot to get rid o' the gamhjer When "Bald Jack" Bose and "Bridgle" Webber added another chapter to their al? ready amazing allegations. They told District Attorney Whitman that Rose enthal was tO have been killed at the instigation of Becker ten days before he actually met his fate, and that the plot failed because the underworld thugs selected to do the murder lost their nerve at the last moment. The district attorney spent the greater part qf the afternoon with Bose and Webber in their cells at the West Side police station and un? der the promise of leniency which the prosecutor has given them they talked freely. They gave little additional in? formation regarding the $2.100,000 fund which they alleged Illegal resorts paid for police protection in the city g*Ser9 >ear. but their story of the al? leged arxlety of Bleut. Becker be? cause of Gambier Bosenth d's threaten? ed exposure Was amplified to the dis? trict attorney and in the prosecutor's opinion he strengthened his e> ider ' against Bc< ker. The 4 p'ot that failed'' was subse? quently brought Its climax at the Garden restaurant on Flfty-tirst street Saturday night, July 6, when Rosen thai and his wife were dining there, according to the account told by Rose to the district attorney, as spokesman for the two gamblers. With Rosen thai an 1 his wife at the time was Jack Sullivan, the newsboy, now un d*?r arrest for alleged complicity in the murder. Roae himself engineered the "Job" and brought to the restau? rant "a fleet" of thugs who were to do the actual shooting, according to Rose. Two of tbe hired assassins were "Gyp the Blood" and "Ltfty Louis.'4 who are wanted by the po? lice as two of the men who actually shot Rosenthal ten days later in front of the Hotel Metropole. liecker at that time was down town. Rose said, waiting for the murder plot to be consummated. "Becker had talked with me every day," Rose said. "He kept saying to me. 'Why don't you kill this fellow off?' Rosenthal would have been killed off that night If the bunch had not lost their nrve. They got the notion after they reached the restaurant that a detective was on to them. After giving up the assassi? nation we went to "Bridgle" Webber's place, and there we met Becker. He denounced us all up and down. 'You are all a lot of cowards.' he said. 'I'll have to do It myself.4 " Roeenthali it was recalled by the district attorney when he heard the Story? had but a few days befon this made his first complaint against Becker, (barging that tin- police lieutenant was partner in Iiis gam? bling house. Although Herker gtlll in the Tombs, has thus far refused to make any statement further than that he Is innocent and that his plight is the result of a frame-up." on part of his enemies The district attorne\ expressed con? fidence tonight that if Becker would talk frankly his evidence would open the door of the larger phase of the Rosenthal ease. namely, the general . Stent of th? police graft system in which Roae has declared several high police oflloiafi are Involved, Bo far Mr, Whitman has obtained little real evidence against the men mentioned by Ross si loads of the "four graft bureaus" through which Roae alleged thai about ifoo.tOO each area collected .is rice protection money tnd dis? tributed. Tin- district attorney i- not relying solely upon Bos,-'- story, He expects to call bef.ua' the grand |ury ?cores of witnesses who may have knowledge "f graft relation-- between the gam bier a ami the police "Bridgle" Webber told the dlstrld attorney today that bis own payment to liecker for police protection of Ids gambling bouse was |S0Q a month, but that this rate was a small one compan d with the sums Jevled Upon larger eetahllehmenta, He ami Bose both BS Id that in Manhattan ahme there were probably u hundred gambling houses paying tribute 10 the police ami that tie total of ian.ooo paid annually was i? conservative figure, Webber Inci? dentally said today that Becker was pre--' 'if whom the moiic> was pro CHARGE FALSE SAYS HAMPTON RAILROAD COMMISSION KU IS si KU A BRIEF STATEMENT TO PRESS, Knows Nothing About Railroad's Mon? ey?At Proper Time He Will Refute ;!?<? charge. Columbia, July 31.?"The charge in lie allocation that I received any mon? ey from the Southern railway through (lovernor Blease or anyone else la falee, 1 can refute this charge at the I I proper time in the proper way. I have no further sta.cment to make at this lime." The above statement was dictated by McOuftie Hampton? railroad com? missioner, when asked this morning concerning the charge by Mayor Grace that Blease had stated in pri? vate conversation that he, Blease, had paid the campaign expenses of Mr. Hampton out of money furnished by the Southern Railway to be used in the race for railroad commissioner. Mr. Hampton had just entered his of? fice for a conference with officials and said that t'.ie press of duties forbade his going into the charges fully at this time. It is probable that a more de? tailed statement will be issued in a Ifew days, a That he preferred to await some statement by Governor Blease before ! replying NtO the allegations since the I chief executive should be given some opportunity to affirm or deny the tcharges is the position taken by Mr. Hampton. The commissioner says I thai, he has v ouchers that will show ! where every cent of his campaign ex? penses came from and how the money i was used. If necessary these will be produced by way of refution of the 'alleged statement by the governor. If 'Governor Blease had acted as his par- , l ticular guardian throughout the cam- I paign. he had done so without the knowledge of Commissioner Hampton, said the commissioner. The part of the statement of Mayor Grace dealing wdth the Southern rail? way and McDuffle Hampton appears elsewhere.?Columbia Record. MOON SHIN KliS AR 10 FREK. iHerenUO Officers Must Rest Until Con j gre>*s Supplies More Kumts to Con 1 tin lie Work. I Washington, July 20.?Illtot stills among the Southern Appalachian 'mountains will simmer steadily for a time, undisturbed by the internal revenue service, because the service I has exhaueten its money for raiding : purposes. The revenue officers wdll I ride on their raids no more until Icongress supplies more funds. Lack of departmental appropria? tions has forced the service to recall I 4?) revenue watch dogs who for years have prowled the mountains of the .Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee, West ? Virginia and other Southern Appa? lachian States. sham BATTLE SATURDAY, Troops at AnnJaton will Meet at Make-Believe War?South Caro? linians to Piglit. AlUllston. Ala., July 80.?Orders were Issued at Camp Pettue, it was I stated, for the sham battle to be . fought Saturday between the "North? ern" and "Southern" divisions of the 'state troops now engaged in summer [manoeuvre! here. It is understood 'the First. Second and Third Ken? tucky, reinforced by part of 'the Sev? enteenth United States cavalry, will tppoae the balance of the troops, Comprising the First Alabama. Sec md South Carolina and part of the regulars. Today tin- National Guardsmen were put through attack and defense by battalton, while the officers were given Instructions in fortification. duced which went to thugs hired to kill Rosenthal. Soon after the niur der, be ?ald, Becker met Rose ami W. I'lc i in front of the M urray 11 ill baths and said: "Now, Brldgle, von will have to give these boys -one- money to get out of town. I'll tix it up with you later." Webber - mi thai ho then handed $1.000 in large bills to Rose, who ht.-t transferred it so Sam Schopps, and "ti tb it afternoon Bchepps gave it to "Gyp the Bl.I" and "Lefty Louis" in front 'I The Tino s building. In oorroboratlon of this assertion of Webber's the district attorney has the names of two wltnoaeea, one a woman, who, he said would testify that thej ^ ?w Webber and Rose talk? ing to Becker in fr uit of the Murray ihn h ith. shortly after the murder. REVISION SHOULD BE GRADUAL BUT THOROUGH. Rep'reeerflutive From New v?>rk Gave New Jersey Governor Facts ami Agreed in Views. Sea Girt, X. J.. July 81.?Revision ol* the tariff should not be made at one sweep, but should be gradual and thorough, is the opinion of Gov. Wilson, announced tonight in his first discussion of the question for publica? tion since he wrote his speech of ac? ceptance and after a long conference his afternoon with Representative Redfield of Brooklyn, w hom he con? siders one of the best informed men Jn the country on the tariff, j "We are all agreed on that," the governor said when interivewed and r as asked if his views coincided with I r. Redfield: "I found Mr. Redfield i remarkably interesting man. Most ! 1 ople that talk tariff talks general 1 inclples; he talks facts. He knows * many facts about the tariff. He is a manufatcurer and has sold goods .11 over the world so that he knows what he is talking about." After the conference Mr. Iledfield told reporters he and the governor had talked on three topics: the tariff the trusts and the scientific training of young farmers as a means of low? ering the high cost of living. On the tariff, he says, the governor's views coincide with his own. "We talked of the downward re? vision on almost every schedule in the tariff," Mr. Redfield said. "The revision should be thorough, should make progress slowly, in my opinion, instead of trying to clear too much at one jump. We want to re? form the tariff but we do not want to io more h.irm than good. Business I men have money invested in their plants, machinery and stock, and this money can not be turned over like a department store turns over its goods. A store gets rid of its stock quickly, a manufacturer slowly. The work need not be less thorough If done by steps instead of by a single leap. I think the governor's views are clear and steady and that he has no thought of actiryj rashly or hastily. "The governor has his own views as I to thorouhgrness and moderation In dealing with the trusts. We talked considerably about them. It is my opinion that the governor believes the government should first establish it? own policy so clearly that it car be readily understood. j 'Business men and lawyers and everybody else have been divided as to what the Sherman anti-trust law really means. What this law means should be established clearly, then it should be enforced impartially. ( Gov. Wilson's speech of acceptance is not quite ready foi he printer. The governor revised it in typewritten form tonight. Tomorrow it is ex? pected it will be put in type. I Among the governor's visitors to? day was a delegation of young men, headed by J. E. OToole ??f Wilming? ton, president of the First Voter's club of Delaware. Mr. O'Toolo told the governor the membership of his or? ganization consisted of 800 voting i men. all of whom had yet to cast their first vote, and that they would all \ote for Wilson. Gov, Wilson played golf for two hours this afternoon with Col. Arch? ibald Alexander, his personal aide. Travel Toward Mountains. The tide of summer travel seems to have set in in earnest now. For the past few days there have been more and mon persons going from here or through <?n their way to the mountains and the springs. This morning both trains going west w< re crowded to their capacity and tin re was seemingly occasion tor another coach on the train from Charleston to Greenville, although one was not added. Up to the presold week tin- pas? senger traffic to tin- mountains and springs and to the seashore has been about equal, but with the opening of tins week it seems that the seashore is being somewhat deserted for the mountains, which ire now attracting tbe crowds Miss llaynsworth Entertains. < Mi Tuesday evening Miss Mary llaynsworth was the charming hostess nt a lawn party given at the residence of lo r parents on Bast Calhoun. More than fifty young people were invited for the occasion and all spent a very enjoyable evening in conversation on the lawn which a*ns nicely arranged for the convenience of tin- guests Refreshments were served during the evening and the guests remained Until a l ite hour. ST?THART DENIES CHARGES. TELLS GOVERNOR HE COURTS FULL INVESTIGATION. Chief Constable Expresses Willing;* n*^> to Accept Proposal Tint If Any Two Men Whom Rhott Will BeUeve Will Swear the} Gave Him Grnft, the Governor Dismiss Him? Blenee in Reply Fivprcsaoa Belief 1 that Stothart Is Honest, hut Says j He Will Have Solicitor Make Inves? tigation. I _ I Columbia, July 21.?B. H. Stothart, ' chief constable at Charleston, whom J. 1 P. B. O'Neill, a liquor dealer, swore he I paid "protection" money to by slipping under the door, says, in a letter to ' j Governor Blease that he is willing to 1 accept the proposition that if any two 1 men can be found who swear that they 1 'gave him graft, and Ex-Hayor Rhett I states that he will believe them on oath, the Governor dismiss him from 1 office. He says that he will not tender his resignation, for that would be re- j tiring under fire; that he has done ' nothing dishonorable. "The cowardly i liars, who have attempted to injure j you over my shoulders, know it," says Stothart in his letter to thi Govern- j or. I Replying, the Governor says that he ' believes that Stothart has done his 1 duty in an honorable way, but that at the proper time he, the Governor, Is going to lay the whole matter before Solicitor Peurifoy, with instructions to make a rigid investigation, and when the solicitor makes the report "I t,nall take such action as is best for the best interest of the enforcement of the laws of the State," concludes the Gov? ernor's letter. J Stothart's letter to the Governor i follows: State Detective Office, I IW-n H. Stothart, Chief, I 69 Society Street, Charleston, S. C, July 26, 1912. j Hon. Cole L. Blease, Governor of i South Carolina, Columbia. S. C.? I Dear Sir: I notice that Judge Jones in his speeches, or what he calls . speeches, is continuously referring to I me. and saying that I should be remov? ed from office. I beg to say that I court from you or any fair and just tribunal a full and free investigation of all my acts as chief constable of the county of Charleston. 1 have absolutely noth- j ing to conceal from the public and I j have not received one cent or one dol- | lar or any other amount from any source or sources for illigitimate pur? poses, or to attempt to persuade me ^ or to control me from doing my full j duty. You know the reports that 1 have given you any money are most ma i licious and foul lies and no rmin can tell me so to my face. I am proud of my reputation and I am glad that my ^ character is clean and I am jealous j of both, and for that reason at the proper time I shall demand a hearing J and a full investigation of the charges . preferred against me. 1 know and you know, and all the j people of South Carolina know , that j those charges are trumped up just at j ibis time to endeaor to injure you po- . lltically. 1 am more than willing to accept your proposition that if any two mon be found who will swear that , they gave nie graft, who Bx-Mayor Rhett will state that he believes on their oaths, that you immediately dis? miss me from office. I shall not tender you my resigna? tion, because that would be consider? ed retiring under fire, i have done nothing dishonorable and the coward? ly liars, who have attempted to injure you ..i my shoulders, know it Yours respectfully. (Signed I B. H. Stothart. j The Governor replies as follows: July SO, 1912. Mr. B. H. Stothart. ?;?? Society St.. Charleston. S. C,?Dear Sir: Tour letter of July 20 received. The same would have been answered earlier, but, as you know. 1 have been out on the campaign and have been very busy l have never believed you dishonest, but, on the contrary, believe that you have always done your duty ami In an honorable way. I think the proposi? tion is entirely fair. At the proper time I shall turn this entire matter over to Solicitor Peuri? foy and ask him to make a thorough Investigation thereof, with Instructions to prosecute any violations of the law . whether it be those who have bribed or attempted to bribe you, or you if y.'u have accepted bribes. After Soli? citor Peurifoy makes his report to me l shall take such action as Is best for the best Interest of the enforcement of the laws of this state. Very respectf u ly, (Signedj Sole Blease, Governor. w. v Caldwell. MANY REFUGEES ARRIVE AT EL PASO. Men Remain In Rebel Territory, Al? though Insurgent* Have Deprived Them of Their Arms. El Paso, Tex., July 29.?Nearly 60? American women and children, hun? gry and fatigued, refugees from the Mormon colonies ir the Casas Grandes district, 200 miles south of the border, arrived here today by special train. Ottiers are expected to? morrow. I That the exodus of Americans from I Mexico will be thorough is evident. There are already more than 800 re? fugees in this city. They are from three large and three small colonies, each with .\lmost an entire American population. Dubh * with 1,200; Juarez with 800: with 750 and three minor Mc settlements with from 250 to ^ population. I According j& conservative figures given by .. on church men here, I more tr ^ .< 50 Americans in Mex j ico cr ? themselves in grave (dam Only the women and chil dr 4 being moved, the men re v g disarmed and helpless, e situation was epitomized today bj Enrique E. Bowman, Sr., a promi? nent merchant of Colonia Dublain and a high Morman church dignity. He appeared before a meeting of El plan aid for the helpless ones who Paso business men in the local cham jber of commerce building called to I have come to this city. I He told how the rebels have begun to drink heavily and to threaten Americans, saying all who remained would be killed. "For many weeks the rebels on their horses have ridden on the side? walks of our little settlement ~nd we have been compelled to take to streets," he said. I El Paso la housing the refugees, and city and county physicians are attending the sick. i The Mormon settlers in Mexico are the last to send their families out of the country. ! ???????? BLEASE ISSUED STATEMENT. Governor Says Mayor (iraee of Char? leston is at Liberty to Tell All. Gov. Ulease yesterday made the following reply to the statement by Mayor Grace: Columbia. July SO, 1912. ! I notice in The News and Courier, In large headlines, "Grace Dares Blease to Bet Him Tell All." and iu the article purporting to be from John P. Grace he says that there are things which 1 have told him in confidence which he would love to tell if 1 would release him. 1 desire tu state that 1 have never made a confidant of John P. (iraee is any manner, shape or form. I know that he opposed me In the first pri? mary two years ago, and 1 have neve* believed that he supported me 01 even voted for me in the sec ond pri? mary, and. as I have before s ated, he was appointed upon my staff upon the request ami upon the Insistence of Mr. Roesler. 1 have never made any statement in my life to John P. Grace that 1 am not willing for the world to know, and he is at liberty to tell any? thing he pleases 1 have ever said to him, but 1 hope that he will confine himself to the truth. He has never been in the mansion that 1 know of but one time, and that was when he tame to get a line gamecock which 1 gave him, and to request me to ap? point his brother to ? position In case war came on with Mexico. 1 have never had any confidential talk with, him on any subject; hav? ra v er trust? ed him because his eyes set too close together In his bead and any man who is any judge of human nature knows that that is a fatal sign to veracity or striet honesty. So he is at liberty to tell anything he pleases ami when he belches it forth. If it la the truth. 1 shall glad!) admit, it; if it is false 1 shall sure brand it as 1 did his Charleston falsehood to his face and in meeting were be was surrounded b> hi* police force and by many ol his friends and support? ers, and when he s,ai silent and grinned. The state. In The Police Court. only one cast was tried bj the Re? corder Thursday. Preston china wa? hp for assaull and lattery, carrying concealed weapons and cursing. He was found guilty and sentenced to pay a line of $16 or serve 20 days each, for cursing and assault and battery, 'and dismissed on the Other (barge