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Z\)t Utatcliman and rii?C 8UMTER WATCHMAN. Ee?bjUhed April, lftM. *Be Just and Fear not-?Let nlll the ende Thon Alms t nt ho thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUimKON, Established Jos*. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 47 THEY HOWL GRACE DOWN. *:?.<.* thrown If (HAIUIMih mayor l\ si?\ht.\mumu, Mill '>|rt.?ll\cs Kof u-c to Permit S|KMik?>r Make Himself Hoard. Police I'm Hi m; to Preserve Order? County sheriff Tri???* In Vain to guell ruinult ? Grace PtHtnara S|tsriMiiburg Police are WorM1 than tlio*c of New York und \d? \ gftHI May. ?r l*ro Teni Leonard la Ke~iun. Spartunbu-g. August Rotten egg? were trrown. Hlease tuen shout? ed and the police force failed to p'? nerve any semblance of order tonight in a theatre filled with rweive hun? dred representative voters of Spartan burg and one hundred mill operatlvof who hud congregated In the building to hear Mayor John IV Grace, of Char? leston, who attempted to speak. Af? ter trying from v:'.'> to 11 o'clock to get a hearing and during this time ?peaking only about fifteen minutes, the Charleston Mayor gave it up as a hopeless task, and the hundred mill operatives who hud howled him down congregated outside of the building and continued their rowdy tatties, Mayor Orace quit trying with tin statement that he would s? ? llle o tiled, (onvnted and put behind Jo bars Vf the State Penitentiary. The meeting opened at 8.30 o'cloek. ? Ii Johnson, mayor of the city, -mine nay. was out of town; others say Io? was not. At any rate. Alderman O, W. Leonard, mayor pro tern, attempt? ed to preside and made a failure. He managed somewhat to get through Ktl introduction and then Mayor Grace arose. " Hurrah for Coley." and "We want Blease. "Who are you?' "do back to Charleston." "Tour eyes are too close together."' and the like resounded y from the gallery where perhaps a hundred Blease supporters were con? gregated. Mayor Orace, who was suf? fering from a cold, several times got a start, only to be stopped on the com? pletion of a sentence. He uppeuled to the men who live within a stone's throw of Cowpens and King's Moun tain, where their ancestors fought for liberty, to accord him the privilege of free speech, for which their fore? father* had died. Such a plea. of course, had no effect on the men in the gallery and the Jeers continued After some time. Mayor Grace u is permitted to utter a few ser nces, while some of the leaders >>f C ,mwl mg down brigade Were outside, it is said. He assailed Hbase's reference 0 the Constitution when the Governor Is said by tir o ? to have said. To hell with the Constitution." He appealed , to the mill hand* on this ground and pointed out that In I'.. JOSMS sat on the Supreme Hem h Wtltctl upheld a decision giving on ? A their number a verdict of $7.000 against Lewis W. Parker's mill beeauaa the mill black? listed hin? and prevented him fiom se? curing work. Then tin- near!e*i down returned. 1 ? ''?!'' ais growing fast. Tim would-be presiding oHoof asked ever) cltlsen who would VOlUBtOOr to be >worn m i , i -\>>- i {\ ..r11? . r to r?nn? en the stage. Hundreds responded. . But the sheriff of the counts appeared and In Inn 9$ I | ?i.e.- fofec said he would keep order. He did for a fen minute, but 'inn paadorannJurn again broke loose <\?use thin e\? r. This eon tinued until Mav??r Grace stopped try? ing On one occasion, some one threw an o\er-rlpe egg on the stage, Thi> was quickly followed Lv another. Mayor Grace dared tin "Bigger*1 who threw it to tease ng 11m itage, He thea e pol? ogix.-d to the several negroes in the gallery for referring to the monster who threw the egg n u member of their race. OrSee assailed lt|ea?*e'?? record, but only got him as far as the alleged Stolen essay In college before he was how led dow a The g| N11 11 n bu rg poHCe force came In for mm h bitter criti? cism for the part it played The Charleston Mayor reiterated thai ItlN could never happen in his city, and an ITOire eOOaOeOaS than one advised M i\ or Pr<? Ti'ni boaaafd la resign He said the Spartan burg polba w ? i worst* than IhuM' in \eW fork Several lights no mil d outsiib ||h building. ? Mie young oi m soaked a I'deasite In the fac and Loth w ie .,r rrsted. The young man put up bond and the friends of the other eutitrlti uted to his bond and then paraded him around Ho treeis |g .? hero, whib' the police department looked on. sr\KT\MH it<. NT! RR I i? t iv retitb.ns |gg- for Resignation of Ma .or .IoIiiwmi. IpgrtaaUUfg, Aug. 4 ?Though AI.Li ..I S IVUli 1AKY MM HIM l?ll< >!'!?:< TS t.A.MULL KS. \cw York Police Commissioner IlccommcmK Fair and Impartial Imostiguilon of Iii?. Department in statement Made Kelutlve lo tiic ii<>>4Mithai Mustier las???Uum? Mars Cun <>nt> Kslsi Because they ('an <?ot what Amount* to Protec? tion fro in the CoWla, New Vurk. Aug 4.?Police Com? missioner Uhienlamhr Waldo, in a statement tonight, relative to the Roeonthal case, recommended an im? partial and thorough in\estiga ion of the charges made regarding the alleg? ed connection between the police and gamblers. At the name time he de? clared that gambling can exist only be? cause the gamblers can Obtain what amounts to protection from the courts, and inserted that gamblers do much of the corrupt election work of the political parties who placed the ju? diciary on the bench. While the Issuance of this state? ment was the most important develop* ment today, it was reported at po Jlce headquarters that the detectives will close upon the trail of "Lefty Louie" and "Gyp the Blood." the two regaining gunmen sought in con? nection with the murder. Inspector Hughes spent his third day in person? al charge of ,: force of detectives near Taanerevllle, In the Catskllla, It is known positively that "Hyp the Blood." "Lefty Louie" and "Whit S] " Lewis wore in TannersviiIs last week. Lewis left the others to go to Pletnhmanne, where he was captur? ed. "Hyp the Pdood" and "Lefty Louie." however, ate believed to have remained in Tannersville. Hoth "Lefty Louie" and "Hyp the Blood" are knoen as desperate men. reputed to be dead shots. They art believed to be armed. A hard tight is looked for by the police when the de? tectives finally attempt to arrest the alleged murderers. District Attorney Whitman, who has been spending the week-end at Man? chester, Vt., will return to this city to? morrow and resume his work in the case. Lieut. Ch%rles Becker, deposed bead of the "strong arm squad," was today preparing himself In his cell In the Tombs for his ordeal tomorrow, when he will be arraigned to plead to the Indictment charging murder. Neither he or the other eight prison? ers held made any statements today. Commissioner Waldo declared in his statement that at no time In Its history has the police department been so well prepared to stand an investi? gation as at present. Curing July the County physician hai had considerable vaccinating la do around and above Dal/ell. The smallpox cases are all better now. however, One death was reported from the disease. there has bean no <q>? n rupture of the penos the most Intense undercur rent of political excitement has ex? isted here today a- the result ol the urn h.-ck. d disorders at the Harris theatre last night, when Mayor John P. Grace ol Charleston Ipoke, de? nouncing Qov, cob- l. Blease. Petitions placed m circulation last glghl calling upon Mayor ?>. I.. John? son to realgn bis office, have been argely signed by citizens who feel hat his attitude is responsible for the miserable spectacle the police force present' ? ' last night. Johnson wus not present .'t th i.tinu i i-t night, having previous ? announced thnt he would be "out Id the < ity." whi< h. however, was m-t tie ease, as the mayor was in town until t o'clock this morning, when he |ef| for Ashevlllc, The morning paper here demands the resignation of the mayor ami calH for the retirement '>t the chief of po? lice along with him, The mayor'* resignation Is not expected but there H a strong probability that the OOUn Cll will reorganise the police force o> er the ma vor*.- head, it |s snld a meeting of council will be held toaiorron lo Investigate tie whole Hunt Ion Affidavits are in ex? istence todaj to t|te effect thai Mayor Johnson said yesterdaj he did not tare bow much thej cried Ornce down and that he gave tin police to un? derstand that they need not Interfere * Ith any dlsordet - The business section of the cltj this afternoon Is the scene of street cor ner gathering* >n which 11. - popular Indignation fell over the event of the lit 11 hour* ij heatedl) expressed The result of I he experience at the theatre is In arouse and strengthen the lupporters of Judge Jones, Ml GRACE "NOT GUILTY." FREED WOM AN SH AKES HAN PS WITH JURYMEN. Atlanta Society Woman on Verge of Collapse ? Demonstration in Hof Ca\or Nipped in Hud?(iocs to Pi iiudclpliiu to Visit her Siek ami Dllml Sou?Jury Deliberated Two Honrs Over Verdict, which was Received in Perfect Silence. Atlanta, (la., AUffUlt ?"Twelve good nun and true," today declared Daisy Ople Grace "not guilty" of the charge of shooting her husband. Eu? gene li. Grace, with intent to murder. The verdict was reached after two hours' deliberation, during which the accused woman underwent all the agonies of one in her position. When she was supported into the Court room just before the entrance of the jury at 5 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Grace appeared to be bordering on collapse. Trembling from head to foot she was assisted to the ( hair she had occupied all during the trial, which began last Monday, and awaited the verdict. As the jurymen filed in, one by one, Mrs. Grace straightened herselt in I her chair, then sank back and grit? ted her teeth. "Gentlemen of the Jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?" Judge Roan's inquiry broke a silence | siir liar to that of the tomb. We have," responded the foreman. 'We find the defendant not guilty." Several seconds elapsed before a soul in that court room stirred. Mrs. Grace bowed her head and uttered a fervent prayer. Then the newspaper men making a mad scramble for the door to get the news to the world, transformed the scene into one of activity. Some enthusiastic spectator gave vent to his feelings and shouted. There was some hand clapping. Judge Hoan raised his hand and any dem? onstration that might have occurred was quickly suppressed. "She Knows She Is Guilty." X?wnan, Ga., August 2.?In her heart she knows she is guilty." de? clared Eugene H. Grace at his home here this afternoon, when informed that his wife had just been acquitted of the charge of shooting him. "It's pretty rotten. I don't see how they .ould have even had a mistrial. She may be innocent In the eyes of men, but she is guilty in the eyes ol God. "It is bad enough to lie here help? less even if 1 had been shot in a good cause, but it is almost unbearable when I ha\e beet) shot in (add blood. ! "If they will prove that 1 so much as flirted after my marriage, poor as 1 am. 1 will be willing to give them $5,000. She was lying about rny trying j to push her from a steamer and I never asked her for money in my life. "When she testified lhat she had taken an oath on the llible to keep this shooting a secret she told an in? famous lie. it was Baerl 1 Ige on her part to bring in God's name." , Grace declared that he reaffirmed his statement of how h? was shot, in every detail. becaUl it "is true." HORSELESS PLOW IN CSE. One CluirlcMon Concern to t'se Dig Traction Engine in * HI i voting ! Parin?Dig Pecan Company. ' Charleston( Aug. ''..?--The horseless plow has reached Charleston, and in a short lime, the Horlbeck Pecan Companj will bave in operation on their large tract, near Charleston, a forty-live horse power traction engine, .which will haul ploughs and harrows through the earth like so much straw. The new machine cost about $3,000 and is expected to revolutionise farm? ing methods in this vicinity. Al? though the fat in engine Is a familiar siglo. in the West, it is a novelty in this pari of the country, and h<- suc? cess of the experiment with tie- new horseless machine will be closely watched. rTorencc und Orangeburg Counties have trod traction engines ol a lighter make with excellent results, and the Tldcwuter Section should lind no trouble in using it. This lli'teen ton fort) ti\? hol'Mc power gasoline mai'hiiu lx rupithb; of pulling ten disk ploughs and an equal number or disk cultivators, rutting furrows four to fourteen Inchon in depth, it can be used on road . ditches atid provides power for farm uses, Its lirst task will be to plough 100 ueres in Christ Church Parish, Columbia men are llnunclng the HorlbooK. Pecan Compa? ny enterprlsi s. There is so much dirtiness In this campaign thai h man charged with ust lylns looks like an angel.-?Dar* llngton News ami Press. GRACE AT PAGOLET. CHARLESTON MAYOR GIVEN RE? SPECTFUL HEARING. Charges Blease With Buying it* Wilson Should Im' Nominated He Would Vote foe Taft. Bpartanburg, Aug. 2.?John l*. Grace, mayor of Charleston) spoke to an audience of ;100 persons tonight in the Pacolet cotton mill village, which has the reputation of being one of the strongest Blease communi? ties in the county and where pre? viously this summer speakers op- | posed to the governor have been | howled down. Although he said harsh j things concerning Gov, Blease Mr. j Grace was not only given a respect fu) hearing but was heartily ap- ; plaud'ed when he had linished. Mayor Grace charged that Feb? ruary 22, at the Commercial club in Charleston, Gov. Blease declared in the presence of a number of witnesses that if Woodrow Wilson shou.d be nominated he would ?vote for Taft, .Mr. Grace had with him one of the gentlemen who heard the governor make this remark?E. Mitchell Sea brook, a cotton planter of Edisto Is? land and former member of the leg? islature, who corroborated Mr. Grace's statement. Mr. Grace said he could also prove the statement by 'Postmaster Harris of Charleston and United States Marshall, J. Duncan Adams of Charleston, men of unques? tioned veracity. Mr. Grace explained to the audi? ence that in voting for Taft in South Carolina, Blease would be voting for negro presidential electors. Mr. Grace spoke of the graft which he charged the governor had been re? ceiving from the "blind tigers" of Charleston through his chief con? stable. Ben Ii. Btothart, and told of the executive's alleged corrupt con? nection with the Southern railway. He said that in posing as the poor man's friend Blease was a hypocrite and that on the. contrary his administra? tion was against their welfare. He de? clared that Blease was utterly unfit to be governor. lien. Montgomery presided at the meeting, which was held in a hall over the company store. He intro? duced Mayor Grace. Mr. Grace Will speak at Gaffney tomorrow after? noon and in the opera house in Spar tanburg at night. He will be greeted by an enormous audience here. Fears are entertained that ther%> will be dis? order, but a large number of pi.lice men will be on hand. SILENT ON TAFT SPEECH, Speech at Convention Will Define His Position on Ail Sides?The' Negro Question! < lyster Bay, x. v.. Aug. 1.?Col. Roosevelt declined tonight to com? ment on President Taft'a speech of acceptance. He said he would re? serve any reference to it until he made his speech in Chicago, which will he the most important address he has ever delivered. In that speech, he said, he would be able to state ex? actly what he felt in a way that he Could not do before, upon the trust question and labor problem and many other important topics. Col. Roosevelt's statement of his attitude toward the negro question would be made public Saturday. The 'colonel has received Inquiries from negroei In several States at to what I he national progressive party's atti? tude towards them will be. It is probable that no negro delegates from Southern States will be seated I n the convention. There, will, how? ever, b<* negro delegates from n num? ber of Northern States. si :\ \ i i : TAKES LEAD. Bill Reported Placing Limitations on Contribution* to political Cam? paigns. Washington, Aug. Further lim? itations curbing contributions to po lltieal campaigns, were incorporated In a bill agreed on and reported by th< Senate committee on privileges and elections today, Predictions won made that it would be passed al once By the new bill all corporation Would he prohibited from contributing money or anything oi value to tin nomination or election ol Prcsidcntiu electors, Representatives in Congres; or State legislators who elect Sena tors. Contributions of individuals la stiel nominations .,i ??'??< Hons would be Ilm ted to $5,000, bul tin- provision wouh not apply to candidates themselves Under the present law, candidates fm Congress arc limited to spending $"?, 000 in nomination and election am candidates for the Senate 110,000. NOTHING ELSE IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO FIGURE. Heavy Rain Seeded to Insure Pall Crop and Rainfall Will Bring Selling. New Orleans, Aug. I.? With the August condition report a thing of the past, the cotton trade this week will be aide ti> give full considera? tion to current weather and crop de? velopments. The market probably will be a weatlnr affair, pure and simple. Anything important enough to outweigh weather as a factor in determining the course of prices can not be foreseen now. Showers this week will be general? ly accepted as favorable to all parts of the cotton region. To some extent the droughty condition in Texas and Oklahoma have been relieved but the relief can not be called more than temporary. Heavy rains are needed to insure a full crop and any rainfall there this week will be the signal for selling from both sides. Other sec? tions of the belt do not need rain, but crops are clean and the theory is that August rains tend to make a big crop and therefore rains in the central and eastern sections of the bolt will have a bearish effect on prices, The movement of new cotton will be closely watched this week. There has been a promise of late that the August movement would compare quite favorably with the mo\ement of late years, in spite of the latenCM of the crop and the slender receipts thus far when compared with last year, Any marked increase in the move? ment will encourage the short side, but it may call out spot buyers for, according to the bull side, a strong spot demand still exists and buyers are anxiously waiting for the new crop to move. Developments in this direction will be waited with interest. OTTON ( HOP HAS ADVANCED. >nly in Texas and Georgia \Va? Fail? ure to Move Noted?Dry Weather in Lone Star State. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 4.?The Com? mercial Appeal tomorrow will say: The cotton crop advanced in all sec? tions of the belt save Texas and Geor? gia dining the last week, in Tea J there was considerable deterioration on account of dry weather, with ex? traordinary high temperatures dur ng tin- first half of the week. The j plant shed many blooms, squares and young bolls and many of the older bolls were caused to open premature? ly. During the latter part of the week I temperatures were lower and scat? tered light rains fell over on the i north and eastern portions . f the 'State, checking the deterioration but j not stopping it save in the extreme i north and east, where crops are good. Reported rains from other lections were light ami i.y many correspond? ents as harmful to t lie crops, as they I tended to produce scalding. In Georgia perhaps *?<> per cent of the crop advanced, while the other 50 per cent deterlorati d on account of dry hot weather, making the condi? tion of the State as a whole at about {a stand off with last week. In some 'localities where Improvement was no J ted the limit of advancement was reached without rain. Tins is true l I of nearly all sections in the east hav? ing no rains during the week. Local I rains fell in many localities, benefit? ing Hie ctop. J Save for Louisiana, the \v? st 1? re? markably free fron? boll weevil and Us appearance east of the river has been mainly confined to th< central valley. ; No complaint i-; made of the cotton caterpillar and the army worm has almost totally disappeared. CLOVER VISITED BY TORNADO. Mill Damaged and Several Person* In? jured. Yorkvllle, Aug. I, This afternoon at about 5.30 o'clock i'lover, ten miles above Yorkvllle. was visited by a \?t\ lestruetlve tornado, part <u the rool being blown off .i mill building. Th< aachinery was so badly damaged thai operation will have to be suspended for some time. A number of i i" homes of the operativ? were blown down and many persons weer injured, though none seriously. The lost ol the cottages w.w covered by Insurance to the extent of ??!!? ha f theii value. Hampton sav- what Grace said Blease said in did he didn't. Nice rain wasn't it' Darlington Men's and Press, s\Y* HE FEARS EFFORT TO KEEP Ills FRtKNDN FROM VOTING. Governor IWIm state < hutruann I'Aiiu* that it' Latter Does not Grant Rssjeeut, II?'. MsShBS, will be "forced to Believe lit perl? of In? tended Tricker> til Poll* ? Also Asks lor Representation on Irlach Hoard ol' Managers. BO that be Cannot be Counted Ont. Columbia. August 2. ? Charging that he believed that an effort r/OllId be made to count him out if he couldn't be beaten otherwise. Gover? nor Blease today addressed a letter to State Chairman John Gary Evans, requesting that he be allowed 25.000 extra ballots for himself, for which he offered to pay the printing cost. The Governor in his letter says: "If you decline this request 1 shall be forced to believe the report that there will be an effort mad' 'ceep my friends from having ^ .ficient number of tickets with <^ ? to cast their ballots." ,,?r The Governor als ^i.- Jesses to ??? that managers of Cr on are hi! ene? mies and **fw^ the rSBPSOUvs county chairr v. j allow my friends representa* Vs ,i the boards of man a-gcrs." WAl. A NATIONS OF WORLD. V. S. Against Encroachment on American Contitients. Washington. August 2.--Th.* Cruted States Senate today passed a wani? ng to the nations of the world against encroachments upon the con? tinents of North and South America. The United States will not see with? out grave concern." said the Sena'-' any suitable naval or military site pass into control id a foreign Power, when sm h possession "might threaten the communications, or the safety of the United States " So vital were the issues discussed in the I.iodge resolution, which set forth the polity of the United States as to points situated like Magdalena Bay, in lower California, that the doors of the Senate were closed for three hours, while the resolution was do bated In secret session. It finally passed with only 4 votes agains1 it. Notwithstanding the comparative una* animity Of the Senate upon the note of warning, it is understood th^ mea? sure will not have the official endorse* ment of the Administration. It PfSS framed entirety outside the Renate department and it Is understo >d ths executive branch of the Government was not consulted with regard to the Senate's pronouncement. The resolution arose from the w ? ported attempt of a Japanese -yndi eate to secure land about Magdalena Bay. in the form Anally adopted by the Senate it declares against tlo> ac? quisition of any threatening location of a foreign corporation "n hi< n has such a relation to another Govern? ment not American, as t?? gtv< that Government practical power ol con* tro| for naval or military purposes.' Those who opposed the resolsytoi on its tinni passage were Sen ttors Cummins. Mc< umber. Per - ind Btone. Demand was made in leeret session for the designation of the country toward which the r - ?' 't? was directed. Those who supoorted ii n tluded Senators Loot. l?odge, Burton. Hitch* coek and others. They declared it was not a warning to any nation In partb ul r but a definition of this country's position "before embarrass* ng situations might arise.*' Renacor Cummins opposed ths reso? lution because he believed it a is not direct and specific enough. he -aid. In its reference to the control >f land by foreign corporations. senator Lodge insisted that the opening ef th Panama Canai made it nece*s&r} foi the United States to make clear it once its opposition to the establish* ment of any f ?relgn Power .? Iher direct!) or through n commer? il cor* Iporation. wher? I might threaten the safety of thi^ country. j ?_ _ A stmnge TIiIim: in sooth t nru4*na gpartanbut k Journal. I leaving out the men Who h i ? beep won over to biiu in the 9*ate l>j ?p polntments nnd favors and his p i ? d pardon of viola DCS of las if convicted, it Is strange that many, u bo have been hroue'it up to respe< honesty, truth and best manhood, should believe that Blease is the best man in all the state and that he Is the highest t \ pe of honor. Intelligence and exalted virtues that has ever been In public life