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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.
!
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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