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man and Mil MM rill V AH II . AN, tMtttiltsluHl April, 1850. Coti' O ldattd Aur. 3, 1881. 'lie Just and Fear not-?bet all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Ttiy God's uid Truth's." IHK TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June* SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1912. Vol. XXXV. No. 13 GEORGIA STRIKE 111 SETTLES DR. NKII.I/S K.FKOKTS o I Mi I \ AV AILING. ????w iiKvr With Mail Cur on Kdr Worked ?I ?Kngtnc? Din ahUil Mt I'nlon Point. Augusta. Oa., Oct. 5.?No. 28. Geor? gia train, arrived at 1.40 thin morn? ing *tth glaaaea broken in the pas? senger coaches, but with the mall and Pullman cars unharmed. The con? ductor whs pulled off at Mthonl-i. where the mob allowed him to k< i back on the train. At I>earlng he was again taken off and flogged, his face showing brul.-es and gashes. Augusta, tea.. Oct. 4 ?So far there has been nothing to indicate Imme? diate eueres* of tho efforts of Dr. Nelll t < bring the Georgia railroad strike to arbitration. He has had three con? ference* today with the railroad offi? cials and the sane number with the union offlcisls. What the probable result wl'l be he say* he can not Indicate. Petit lot,s have been received by the road fron Sparta and Thomson ask? ing that every effort be made to oper? ate trains, and plendglng the support of the cltlsena la those pieces to keep order. The morning and midday passenger trains, cixrylng mall, moved today and no report has been made at the general offices of Interruption. The post office officials merely say that they centinue to offer the regular mall dis? patches and have no official knowl? edge of any delays today. It Is known, though, chat the government has taken official cognisance of a mall train being held up at Dearing last night. A freight train which was started out of Augusta this morning was hsld up and, at the point of revolvers, forced to take a siding and the switches locked. It Is still there. Bast and westbound passenger train" were permitted to pans the point without trotitfcle. Passenger train No. 2ft. due to ar? rive In Augusta i.t 10.10. eastern time, wss held up at Dealing again tonight, hut was not thrown Into the siding, as was the same train last night. The train wa* made up In Atlanta with mafl car on the rear end In or? der to prevent "cutting." and when the eng neer was ordered to stop at Dealing he was told he would be al? lowed ti uncouple and "drill" out the mall car, which could he brought on through to Augusta. but no other cara would be allowed to move. Super.ntendent Urand euys he noti? fied the train crew to "bring the whole train or nothing' to Augusta. At midnight th?y had brought noth? ing, and the Indications are that the train will remain tied up until day? light. No shoot ->g has been reported at I>earlng but the crew n No. 118 was )e*?red at Oreensboro snd the con? ductor hid In one of the can*. At 1'nlon Point about a don n sb? t? sfSjffl fired at the train, but were evidently directed in the air. since no ajasjgssj were broken and nobody in.ur??d Personal violence was not *tt?-mpted at Dearing. the train was no Pi If "held up" and the crew told not to try lo move anything but the mall car. Information from I'nlon Point by telephone tonight is that the || en? gin?? now I ri Hidings th? re an- en tir?ly disabled by all the water hav? ing been drawn from tenders ,md hsnsflPI Thr fieight train operated that f?r this afternoon was put into a aiding and the rnhh.-r hOSS pipes under the cars were cut. People along the t'amack and Maeon braneheM arc beginning to urge no... no rit of food supplies. to ii \ \ i f\ik ui \ l iii :h. no **>a ??? V* ohtlier Hur. au Prediction for the \\ . < k Washington. Oct. ??Fair weather and moderate temperature through out the Kastern and Southern St it en and th?? Pacific *lopt* are predicted f..r th** coining week by the weather bu reau The weekly bulletin sayy. h"w e\?-r. that a disturb in< .? will appeal In the Fai We-t Wednesday or Thurs? day and be attended by unsettled weather and rains, it will prevail over the Middle West n?-ir the close of the week. Following this dNturhince I pronounced area of high baronuter attended by colder weather will ap? pear In the North*?.? ?t 1 iid>\ Of Sit urday ami spread rapidly tgltWEPl and southward There are no Indien NMH ,f fh.? present lino- of | dts mre In the Went Indies." CROWD CflPTURtS 1ROLLLY. WILI? SCENF.S NFAH NORTH Al' Gl'STA. Strikebreakers Art? Floggeil and Forc? ed to 'Uamr."?.Yikcn Sheriff \Min:s AisslHtunce. Augusta, (la., Oct. G.?A trolley car, manned by four strikebreakers, was attacked Just beyond North Augusta about I o'clock this aflernon, all of the men SOVOfOlf Hogged and one of them shot In the hip. When the crowd had taken the strikebreakers off the car one of them was rushed over to a clay pit, where excavation bad Ken made and water wan standing. Tbe man was made to get down into the pit and "dance." while a number of pistol shots were fired over his h?-aU- Another )f the men was taken to the edge if the woods and dogged until his clothing was torn to shreds. Three of the strikebreakers are at the city hospital suffering from se? vere bruises and cuts. Superintendent Stoflord went to the spot, where the car was stoppet*, and attempted to have it brought back to Augusta. At the point of pistols he was driven back to his au? tomobile and told to "high baU" which he did. The cur is still standing in the line and tbe people of that community declare it is going to remain there until the strike Is settled. Sheriff Kabon of Alken county, South Carolina, who Is In Augusta, b.Lrt wired Oov. Blease saying that the situation in Alken county is be? yond his control and asking the gov? ernor to "glvo me any assistance In your power." Telephonic communication with the governor's office In Columbia tonight Is that no order has been Issued for troops In South Carolina and, so far as was known, Oov. Blease has taken no action In the matter of Sheriff Rabon's request for aid. MJCAH JENKINS TO CHARLESTON Hutunret Is Transferred to Ham wen and Pouche Stays In Colombia. Charleston, Oct. 3.?Major Mlcah J. Jenkins, collector of the South Carolina internal revenue district, until its consolidation with the Kastern district of North Carolina a few days ago, has accepted the posi? tion of deputy, in charge of this dis? trict, with Charleston, as his head? quarters. Collector Wheeler Martin, of the North Carolina district, endeavored Ut place a? many of the officials of the merged district as possible and Major Jenkins decided to accept the tender of the position at Charleston "nd here he will now take up his work and residence. He was accompanled to Charleston this morning bf his fam MoJOf Jenkins succeds 17? Bt Ham met who is retained In the service and agreeable to his wishes, will have Harn well, which is his home, as his headquarters. Deputy Pouche will lemain in the Service with his head? quarters ;it Columbia? Thors will be a redtvlslon of the counties, apportion? ed to the several deputies and Major Jenkins was unab!e today to say just what OOUntleS he would look after. DETAIL OFFICER FOR STATE, ?OfpOOJM In t'alted State? Army Will Instruct Militia. Columble, Oot? 5.?Sergeant Joseph Llebormann ??f lbs United States army nai been ordered to report to Column b|0 for further ??rtlers from W. W. Moore, adjutant general of South Car Ollna, Some t!m< ago the adjutant g< n< ral applied to the war department tor a noncommissioned officer for detailed duty In South Carolina to In itruct the Nation.i] Guard In matteri of drill, making out reports and the ears of equipment* The instructions win be of great service to both lbs officers and men of lh< organised militia of this State. Sofgeojit Llebermann was former* 13 in Company D, 17th Infantry, ata? Honed at i ort Leavenworth, Kanaas, He h i-i been transferred lo Company m. 2nd Infantry, Hi Ii expected to arrive In Columbia about October 10 Marriage License Record, William i.ouis Turbevllle and Ad* die Gibson, white, of Rumter, were b> s o d ii marriage license Sunday, Lteenoes wort aloe Issued to the fol? lowing colored couples, David Mc Coy and Mllllt Johnson of Clarendon County, ind Bmeol Harlot *nd Ger? Irude .lames of Stimter. II/. mmrn to amerisans. no DETAILS OF AFFAIR AT LEON HAM: been received. Loos*! Men Dispersed itebci Force En Route aad killed 13 of Fnemy. ?sjD Juan Del ur, Nie. Oct. G.? Th town of Leon has surrendered to the American forces. There is rea? son to believe that no fighting occur? red, but details of the surrender are lacking-. Thirteen arc Killed. Washington, Oct. 6.?In their march upon Leon, the lust stronghold of the rebels, the American forces, under Lieut. Col. Long, ousted a rebel mob at Chichigalpa. killing 13 and wounding many more. Five Ameri? cans were slightly wounded. Chichi? galpa is on the Nlcaraguan National rail wry, midway between Leon and Corlnto. In reporting the engagement to the navy department today, Hear Ad? miral Southerland said Lieut. Col. Long and his command were trying to take arms and dynamite bombs In Chichigalpa last Friday morning, when they were suddenly surround? ed by a mob of rebels and their sym? pathizers well armed with machetes and rifles. Disregarding the orders of their officers, several rebels fired upon the Americans. The fire was promptly returned, und, in addition to killing 13 and wounding many more, the Americans took four dyna- j mite bombs, which, it Is believed, were intended to be used against them. Col. Long's command consisted of about 1,000 marines and bluejackets from the cruisers California and Colo? rado and Denver. The capitulation of Leon, the beleaguered town from which reports of distress have been coming over since the revolutionists occuped It, complete Admiral South erland s aggressive programme which has been put through swiftly since the surrender of Oen. Mena at Gran? ada. With Granada fallen and Gen. Mena, the moving spirit of the rev? olution, deported to Panama, the ad? miral and his forces returned to Masaya, and it turns out that while one section of tho American forces was engaged in routing Zeledon and his rebels from the hill* at Barranca, Col. Long's command was already lighting at Chichigalpa. hard upon Leon. It is therefore believed here the strength of the insurrection has been dissipated with the capitulation on such quick succession of the prin? cipal rebel strongholds. Confirmation of the reported sur? render of Leon had not been received here at a late hour tonight. DEPARTMENT To CONTROL WIREIiWii Regulations Are Promulgated by Sec? retary <?f the Department?Are Far I teaching. Washington, Oct. 6.?Four bundled Wireless equipped American ships. nearly 100 commercial wir? less sta? tions, mote stations connected e/lth oolleges, school! and experimental laboratories and several thousand amateur wireless stations will be ef? fected by regulations promulgated by Atting Secretary Cable of the de? partment of commerce and labor to? day, to enforce the radlo-communica tion aci beginning on December 13, The set establishes a complete fed? eral control system over radio-corn Rtunlcation and requires licensing of all wireless operators working across st.it'- lines or In communication with slops at sea, The department will ad? minister the act through Inspectors at New York. Bultlmore, New Orleans and Sau Franciso, and additional In? spectors Will be appointed within a tew weeks for Boston, Chicago, Sa? vannah, Seattle and Cleveland. Tin Fnlted States has been divided Into nine districts with headquarters In those cities, The circular embodying the regula? tions announcing the eligibility of women at operators and that appllca? lions for licenses for ship stations must be sent t.. the departments radio inspi ctor at the porl of de pa rl ure Licenses for coast stations will be issued by the nearest inspector or by the commissioner of navigation at Washington, examinations of would* be operators will be held at the navy yards, naval stations, the naval acad emy, certain army posts and else wh< re, Amateur stations: are restricted in wave length of tranamtttal to n >| ? \ ceedlng 100 metres, except on special application to the department FINE ARTS IM FARMING. FARMING AND DRAINING BY MEAN'S OF HIGH POWER EX? PLOSIVES. Demonstration of Ditch Digging ami Stump Watting to bo Given by Du Pont Powder Company Experts Here on October li?i?What This Scientific Farming Means to the Fanne*?Astonishing Results Ob? tained by the New Method Where ever Tried. With the purpose in view* of teach? ing the farmers of this section the gentle arts of ditch digging and stumv> ?lasting sclentilically, the DuPont Powder Company will on Thursday, October 11th, have experts here to impart their knowledge of farming with high power exploshej While this scion ;hc method tf farming is not by any means new, in nost sections it is yet in the experi? mental stage, hence the experts are ?eing sent throughout the country to teach the farmers how they them? selves can obtain astonishing results with the aid of dynamite. Such i demonstration was made near here about a year ago, but owing to the in? accessibility of the place selected for the experimerts, and the inclemency of the weither, only a small crowd availed themselves of the opportunity offered them. This time It Is hoped that a large crowd Will be present where the ex? periments are to take placu promptly at the time appointed, and in fact it was only by assuring the DuPont Powder Company of a large crowd of spectators that Mr. E. 8. Des Champs, of the Sumter Hardware Company, who with the Durant Hard? ware Company, represent the DuPont Interests here, succeeded in having the experts return this year. As to whether or not it will be worth one's time to learn what the gentlemen from the DuPont fuctcry have to show, it might not be amiss to quote from a few of the many vol? untary testimonials received at the DuPont factories during the past year or two, A Maryland gentleman wait? ed a fish pond, some 60 per cent Du? Pont dynamite provided it for him, a pond 40 x 100 feet, and two to five feet deep. He says: "It cost to blast $55, a contractor wanted $300 to do it." From another letter: "Professional blasting is the great? est thing for sub-soiling I ever saw." Just here it will be seen what a great advantage ditching, blasting, etc. by dynamite has over the labor method* There is none of the incon? venience due to having an insutli ( clent force of "hands," and the cost is , reduced enormously. I In connection with their demon? stration, the DuPont Company get out i many Interesting and attractive book? lets, containing actual sxperiences of I those who have tried the "dynamite method," and numerous illustrations point to the excellent results obtain? ed. It is doubtless only m question of time before the farmer will be us? ing a stick of dynamite Instead of two lor three plows, or a hundred or so ?hovels, for the lame work is accom? plished at much less cost. The work of the men conducting the experiments Is certainly worthy of all praise and it is hoped by Mr. I ?es- ? I Champs, who had some trouble In Inducing them to return here, that a large crowd will be present when the demonstrations begin at the place of I which will be named In tin- next day or so, ! LOST LIFE 1\ RUNAWAY, Mrs. w. R. Lawrence Kill? d at West? minster When she Leaps from Ve? hicle. Westminster, net. 6, Mrs. W. It. Lawrence was Instantly killed heir this afternoon, when she leaped from )i runaway team and suffered a brok? en neck. Her husband and son. who ilso jumped from the vehicle, were 1 uninjured. ] Mr. and -Mrs. w. it Lawrence were returning to then- home south of liiere after attending services at the Baptist church here this morning. < >n meeting ;)n automobil, and after passing the car, the mules they were driving became unmanageable and bolted. When a line broke Mrs. I.iu r?>nce jumped, as did her husband and s..n. The work on "The Imperial" will probably commence again some time this week after a laps.- ?.t several weeks, owing to the lack ol material, Tin- material i-; now expected at any time and as soon us it arrives work will ntat t up Again, BULL MOOSE P?S ** - v MEETING V-v oMMHiA 'Independent Movement" idea Stress? ed By Those in (barge. Constitu? tion and Rules Were Adopted. Columbia Oct. 5.?Under the lead? ership of B. Sherwood Dunn of Aik en, provisional national committee man, the Progressive party was launched In South Carolina yesterday at a meeting held in a local hotel. The meeting was attended by about 40 South Carolinians from all parts of the State. The Progressives will put out an electroal ticket In the Novem? ber election, but will not have any nominees for State offices in the race against the Democrats and Socialists. A Sta ^cretary, State treasurer and seven members of the State exec? utive committee were elected at the meeting yesterday. The Progressive party will carry on an active cam? paign In South Carolina in the in? terest of Theodore Roosevelt, their candidate for president. At the meeting yesterday Mr. Dunn stressed the point that the Pro? gressive party is an independent "White man's" party, unatfillated with either the Republican or Democratic. The selection of a State c'hairman and State vice chairman has been postponed. The officers selected at the meeting yesterday were: W. P. Beard of Abbeville, editor of The News-Scimitar, Secretary; L, W. C. BlalOCk of Goldville, State treas? urer; members of the State executive committee?First congressional dis? trict, W. P. Utsey; Second district, Thomas Thomson; Third district, C. E. Gray; Fouth district, R. A. Han non; Fifth district, I. H. Norris; Sixth district, C. R. Taber; Seventh district, W. Boyd Evans. Among those who attended the meeting nt which the Progressive party of South Carolina was started were the following: E. E. Clemens, Inman; G. W. Mudd, Columbia; A. D. Palmer, Columbia; J. B. Odom, Bates burg; W. A. Reckling, Columbia, T. H. Wannamaker. Columbia; Dr. V. P. Clayton. Sheldon; C. E. Gray. West mnister; C. Ray, Inman; A. R. N. Fol? ger, Seneca: W. W. Bruce, Columbia; W. P. Beard. Abbeville; R. A. Han pon, Spartanbirrg; L. Coin, Camden; Law son D. Melton, Columbia; L. W. C. Blalock, Goldville; W. Boyd Evans. Columbia; Isaac H. Norris. Yorkville; John Cantey, Camden; Ben H. Har vln, Harvln; Dr. C. R. Taber, Dillon; Thomas Thomson, North Augusta; S. A. Murphy, Columbia; E. A. McGreg? or, Batesburg; W. V. King, Columbia; John McCravey. Columbia; H. A. Simons. Columbia; J. Bihar!, Ridge ; wood; S. T. Westberry, Columbia. I The meeting of the Progressive was opened yesterday by a strong ad? dress from B. Sherwood Dunn of Alken, who declared that the party had been formed to combat the in? visible and insidious powers which were robbing the people of their right to rule. The movement against the corruptlonists was dominated by a re? ligious spirit which was bound to I make the Progressiv e party a suc? cess. Dr. E. O. Watson, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist church, ottered the in oration after Mr. Dunn closed his address, W. P, Beard of Abbeville, ? hosen temporary secretary and afterward permanent State secretary, read the credentials of i'.. Sherwood Dunn, pro? visional national committeeman. from Senator Dixon, chairman of the na? tional executive committee of the Progressive party. Mr. Dunn told ot his conference in New York with leaders of the Pro? gressive party at which he insisted that only white men should be affilia? ted with the movement, Mr. Dunn said that when he found that the Pro? gressive headquarters were short of campaign funds he informed Senator luxen that the party in South Carolina would rely upon i ontrlbutloni fr individual members and not expect any nnanc al assistance from >the na? tional headquarters. Cash contributions from the Pro? gressives present at the meeting yes terdny made up a campaign fund of nearly $300. The work "ti the Claremont Hotel is getting on nicely now. Most of the heating, lighting, gas, telephone and other apparatus has been installed and the men are \\? II on with the work of tiling the rool The next st. p will be plastering, it now looks like the work will be completed in a little more than n couple of months, although it is extremely doubtful that anybody save tin workmen will eat Thanksgiving dlnm r In the budding. ??EL HAS FAUL ENDING. ONE MAX IS KILLED AND ANOTH? ER WOUNDED IX EIGHT AT KER&HAW. Edward Gregory lfl Dead and Oliver II. WatfOn is shot Through the Lung und Has Little Chance to Re oover? Lancaster, Oct. 4.?Edward Greg? ory is dead and Oliver h. Watson lies dangerously wounded as t!ve result'of a grudge of long standing. The dif? ficulty occurred near Kershaw. this county, today. It seems that Gregory and Watson, both in buggies, met in the public road and as they started to pr.ss each other the buggy wheels became locked and both commenced shooting. Gregory was instantly kill? ed, being shot through the head, and Watson was shot in the left lung, and hi3 physician states that he has little chance of his recovery. Gregory w* formerly a patrolman on the Lancaster police force, and is unmarried. He was about 25 years old. Watson is a man of 50 years and has a wife and six children. Both are well-to-do citizens. The tragedy is much deplored and has been the sole topic of conversa? tion in Kershaw today. FRANK ZEMP IS HELD. Young Spartan burg Man is Given Pre? liminary Hearing on Charge of Writing Threatening Letter. Spartanburg, Oct. 4.?Frank L. Zemp, assistant superintended of the Southern Power company, was bound over in $500 bail to await the action of the grand jury in a charge of send? ing a threatening letter, after a pre? liminary investigation this afternoon by Magistrate R. J. Gantt. Mr. Zemp was also arrested on a federal warrant, charging him with using the mails for an improper pur? pose. He furnished $400 bond for his release, pending a hearing before the United States commissioner, John P.. Atkinson, Tuesday morning. Mr. Zemp is accused of having sent Mrs. Fmma G. Cash, a widow of Oak wood avenue, a near neighbor and former landlady of his, a letter pur? porting to come from a black hand so i ciety in which she was directed to put J $150 in a cigarette box at the corner of Main street and oak wood avenue during the noon hour last Tuesday, j Mrs. Cash notified Chief Moss P. Hayes of the police department, and by his instructions put scraps of pa? per in the cigarette box. Policemen E. S. HaCabee and W. S. Bryant in plain clothes watched the place at the ap? pointed time. They lay that Mr. Zemp picked up the cigarette box and put it in hi* pocket without looking at it. They describe his actions as sus? picious. j j This was the case presented against Mr. Zemp at the, Investigate n. but there was also presented as collateral evidence a letter he was alleged to i have written Mrs. Cash s yesr ago, in which he said he understood she was spreading a story about him. and told her it was slander and that if she did not make "satisfactory ar? rangements" with him he would pros i ecute her. j SOMETHING YET TO LEARN. American Road Conference to city Agrees Thai Best Vieth? d* Ire not Determined. j Atlantic City, n. J . Oct ?.?The American Road congress today dis ! cussed the destrueiix en ess of the automobile and the use of asphalt j binders trap rock and gravel for I road construction and reached ? tad! agreement that the economical and ? durable road I est qualified to meet modern UraffU conditions yet t > be determined from the experiments now being coir.petltlvelj mad every W here. Highway Commissioner -j a. h. Macdonald ol Connecticut referred to the general outcry Against the de? structive fori e f the automobile," and said the greatest destructive force in the Tinted Btstes so far ss roads were concerned w ? n?*t the automo? bile but wrong ns iictl v.. it an audience of th.> overflowing ?Ise that attended the performance of "Mutt and Jeff" Thursday ri^ht WSJ a common occurrence there would be an Imperative demand from the the? atre going public tor better protei - tlon against Rre than the opera house now affords. The exits ar.- | ?! ?iirti clently large nor la the arrangement Mich as to facilitate the rapid clear? ing of the house In case of emergency This Is a matter that Cit> Council ahould consider.