The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 07, 1912, Image 1
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