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I Tin ^i Mil it v\\itil\?\\, I -1 11 ?I i -i i< 11 April 185?. He Just and IVar not?I ot all the ends Thou Alms'! ut ho thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's.' TILE TKUE SOUTHJU \ Established June, Consolidated Aup. 3,1881. SUMTEK, S 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1913 Vol. XXXV. No. 41. I'\^s Kl SMI I I |ON \sKIN(. KIK RK.HT TO VOTE ON CONST1 TVTION \| \M| \ I >. Ml N I laHbdauKc IV W?*? t Ion ltoo,uestcd (o IliUrtxIu.M Km _ |li?4>UHHl?ni on Wheaaor ntlwiw should I?h> all of i^mt or City Pay One-Third of ? bjgj?< Mhor Point? Brought out In l>l*ruw?ion?Those Takln? Part. The mass meeting of cltlxens at the Court Nouw Friday night to discuss a proposed constitutional amendment Allowin? a v. te to be taken at the gen? eral election two years from now on whether or not Sumter should be given the right to tax abutting prop? erty in order that the streets and sidewalks b* paved drew out a crowd of about ftft/ property owne**s, who set mod much Interested In tho propo? sition and wlillng to do what would be **qulr*d of them In order that they should have paved streets ^nd side? walks In the near future and not wait until the city could pave them at its present rate of progress. The meeting, while not so very large? ly attended as was desired, was a fairly representative gathering of Humter*! fr*e holders, and the general concensus of opinion seemed to he to have the streets paved. The meeting opened when Mr. D. D. Moise moved that Mr. R. D. Epps act as chairman. Mr. Epps then called the assembly to order and stated In a few words the object of .?e mass meeting. The streets, he said, were in a dread? ful condition at the present time and he thought that everybody would agree upon the proposition that bet? ter ones were needed. The city at the present time hardly had sufficient funds to keep up its present streets sad none to expend In building bet? ter streets In order to tax abutting property there must be an amendment to the constitution. This must be vot? ed on at the next general election and it was the object of this meeting to decide vsh-'het or not the legislative ^^Mf**b?n ^rnMild at? this time he Siren Instructions to prepare the proper legislation in order that this amendment to the constitution be voted on. other cities had Improved the streets and abutting property by paving them 'n under this plan an 1 Sumter should "keep up with t>n march of progress. The cltlsens of th*? town paid for the paving when? ever and wherever It was done And It was Just as fair and he thought ae easy to pay In th?& way as by the present methods of taxation. Mayor I. 1? Jennings was >.. 1 upon to further explain thin plan and to state its a^.antages. He thought that the pres.Tit sand-clay streets were not satisfactory as permanent streets. The city had no money to build anv more of them .or io more than keep them up. It would be nfty years or more before any further permanent paving could be done unless It was done b> the plan proposed, as the city was already taxed to its limit. The question wss whether or not the cltl s*ns were willing to ugree to the plan end would vote for the amendment in 1914. He thought that the majority ought to rule In any case and that the property owners ought to pay all of the costs. At the name time that a vote was taken on allowing the tax? ation of abuttin . property for im? provements, an amendment ought to '?e voted on giving tho city the au? thority to Increase its bond d In? debtedness. He thought the matter ought to he taken up now so bat a wait' of four instead of two years would not be necessary, necessary Mr. q. a. \v>ferman. ga retail of the Chamber of Commerce, thought that proprr precaution ouKht to be taken, us a business no isur? . to make the tM.nds which would be Issued a satisfactory Kuauintee,-, and a ton tract ought to be entered Into be- I tween the property owners and the city before the funds were advanced. ; This method proposed was something of a novelty and due precaution , should be taken to make it a success. He mentioned the unequal tax returns hlch wen current throughout this Htate and * d\ ?s d radical tax reform i legislation, in order that taxes could r?e made more equal and Just. Mr. I? I? Moise did not think that any of the points brought up should frighten ritlsens so that they rould be opposed to the plan Offered for street Improvement. All Si the minor points could be satisfactorily adjusted by council later on after the amendment waa granted. Bank aar? ?on. be thought, was willing to pay Mb proportionate share In order to ???t quick improvements. Th? im? provements. If they were made, meant COTTON PRICESJECLINE. Mom: OH UEM GEJfERAL UQVI? l>.\Tl<>\ DTJIUlfG WEEK. What lluxlng llu^ BMH Observed. At? tributed to t ailing by Spinner*. Some Xcrvousncss. New York, Jan. 10.?Cotton has de? clined during the past week under more or less general liquidation, with active spring deliveries selling about $3.60 per buje under the high records of last month. There "has been a ?jood deal of trade buying on a scale down, part of whleh, at least ,is believed to have red?ct?d "(ailing" hy spinners, but no general demand has developed and while values at the close of busl- 1 ness today showed moderate rallies, sentiment appeared of a decidedly bearish average. Southern advices have lndieated very little disposition on the Vpart of spot holders to meet the break in futures, but the recent advance in January is now said to . have attracted shipments of from II, 000 to 35.000 bales from the South for contract delivery, and the reports , for a continued slack spot demand, '? ...L'ned with the nearer approach 1 of th ? planting season, have encour- 1 aged increased confidence in predic- I tlons of ultimate selling pressure from ' primary sources, which are still sup? posed to be holding 4,000,000 or over. The decision of the supreme court in the cotton pool case of 1910 seemed to add to the nervousness of the scat? tering long interest, while the census figures showing 12,919.000 bales gin- j ned, to January 1, proved slightly in excess of general expectations. Liv? erpool has been relatively steady and, according to advices ,is more impress? ed by the activity of the goods trade . with small Southern spot offerings and the rapidly decreasing movement than by the predictions of greatly in I creased acreage or of possible weak? ness among remaining old crop hold? ers. a 'dg advance in property values and the quick growth of the town. air. L\ U. ltowlnnd ataf.d that AlL members of the city council were un? animously agreed upon the plan. He was in favor of 20 year bonds, which would make the Mum of the money easier. There was no other way to get paved streets in the life of this g? n? ration and he was w illing to get than now and lei them be paid for gradually. Mr. (Jeo. 1 >. Shore was in favor of the plan, it snent a big advancement in values along all of th.- street! which were paved, as had resub d from the paving on Main street. It was a Step for the upbuilding of the town that all should be willing to share In. .Mr F.dgar Skinner did not think that property owners should pay the same propotionab- shar- of ihr cost of the paving of the Street! abutting on ihelr property, when th?- property Itself was not of the same value. The i oat! of paving would he the same, but the Inequality of property values would make the proposed plan of taxation unjust. Mr. Ryttenberg and Mr, Dalaer e int. <i t.. hnoa erhether or not th? number of property ownen or s street should decide whet In , the street should be paved, or whether it should be decided by the property owners holding tin greatest number of linear lest og the street Mr. Bel? ief was in favor of the latttr method. Mr. Belief Also thought that proper? ty owners ought to pa1 two-thirds of the cost of the paving end the city the other one-thit 1. He thought that a block might tt b.- made the unit of paving. Mr. Ii. L ?carbon ugh wai in fav < i of the < ity paving one-third of the - eat of tin paving, He thought that the number of free-holders on ? block of street ought to decide whether or not they wanted the paving. i?r. f. K Holmnn thought that property owners ought lo be given ths right to pay cash for the paving, if the\ so desired, as hy so doing tiny would not have to pay the interest on the borrowed money, He stated that If gumter had good street! which were kept cleaned end watered thai much disease would be averted. Mr. Waterman thought that the number ??f free-holders ought to de? cide on the paving <?f the street and that the unit ought to be made larger than a brock, as by making it larger the contract pries would be reduced. Mr Jennings then proposed u res? oiuth.n In effect "That the Sumter county delegation la the General as eesnbly take the proper steps to pass an act ( tilling for rote ?>n I COnatltU I tonal amendment granting Ihs sum ter the right to t.(X abutting proper ty. it th! petition Of B majority o the property owners, for tie cost o REPUBLICAN am? DEMOCRATIC sEWI'oits STILL at odds. o. l*. Mm Refuse to Accept Com? promise hy Which Certain Ap? pnliitniciits Shall Im ConfiriiKHl. Washington, Jan. 10.?Efforts by 1 >? moeratic senate lea(iers to make an agreement with the Republican forct s for a Joint committee to go over Preslt ent Taft's recent appointments and select certain nominations that should be confirmed by the senate met with failure today. Attempt at a compromise was the result of a meeting of the special committee appointed by the Demo? cratic caucus in December to solve a method of handling the hundreds of appointment that have been sent In by the president since December 15. Leaders informally proposed to take up the task of "weeding out" the pending nominations. A numb? r of Republicans were called together to | consider the proposal, and promptly rejected it. The outcome of the failur * will be a renewal of the tight between the two parties next week. It is expected that an executive session of ? .e sen? ate will be held Tuesday or Wednes? day. The Republican forces then will insist that nominations be taken up in their regular order and that no dis? crimination be shown against any of the Taft nominations. A conference of Democrats will be held tomorrow to determine what action shall be taken. Republicans declared today there would be no attempt to filibuster against the Democrats or to keep the senate In continuous executive ses? sion; but an attempt would he made at once to force an issue with the Democrats as to the method of pro? cedure upon the various appointments. "To submit the question of nomi? nations to a committee would require the holding of a Republican caucus," said Senator Smoot tonight. "That was not practicable and we concluded for that and other reasons that the pre? ferable plan was to allow the nomina? tions to come before the entire sen? ate in the usual way. We shall insist that the calendar be taken up in the order in which the nominations ap? pear." The refusal of the Republicans to make any compromise upon the Taft appointments will have the effect of halting the plan that the Democratic leaders had agreed to support for the confirmation of army, navy and diplo? matic nominations. PATTERSON QUITS THE RACE. Plenty of Candidates Left, However, , in Tennessee Senatorial I'iglit. Nashville, Tcnn.. Jan. s.?Former Governor Malcolm R. Patterson, Dem? ocratic nominee for United states Senator tonight withdrew from the contest, having the Held to his sever? al opponents Tbe announcement was made at a c< nference attended by forty-one Democratic members of the Legisla? ture. Governor Patterson stated that his action was due to a desire to pro? mote party harmony and to render I more easy the election of a "regular 1 lemoCI it to tbe place. With the withdrawal of Governor , Patterson the Senatorial situation Is but little simplified. Congressman K. I?. McKellar, Chancellor John Alli son, li. D. Tyson ol Knoxville; At? torney General Charles T. Cates, Chief Justice John K. Shields, Kx-Congress man B. A, Bnloe and T. R. Preston, a Chattanooga banker, are considered the strongest candidates, Balloting a iii begin next Tuesday. paving the streets and sidewalk; and that also a constitutional amendment be voted on giving the city of Bum ter the right to increase its bonded Indebtedness solely for this purpose." Dr. Booth at one,- took exception to this resolution. He was In favor of the proposed Improvements, butthere were many property owners who! could not pay all of the cost of pav? ing. He thought that the city ought to pay one-third of the cost. May? or Jennings Btated that this would block the winde proposition, as the ( ity did not have the money to pay one-third of the cost, An earnest discussion of this point lasted for several minutes, when the matter was put to a vote and Dr. Booth's amend? ment was adopted by a big majority. Mr. Skinner thought that tWC thirds of the property owners ought to be required to sign the petition to have the stre? t paved, but Ins motion was lost Mr Jennings' motion was then of? fered w ith Dr. Booth's amendment and was almost unanimously carried. TURKEY ANXIOUS TO If OLD AO Rl AXOPLE?ALLIES DESIRE IT. Threatening Position Assumed by Roumania Nation Brings Another Consideration, Which May Event ually Save Holy City to the Turks ?Ambassadorial Conference Proves Futile. London, Jan. 10.?The pendulum of peace in the Balkan swings be? tween the fall of Adrianople and ac? tion by the powers of Kurope. Ad? vices, suggestions, good offices, pres? sure and friendly offers?all that dip? lomatic terminology includes?has been attempted by the powers to bring the conflicting parties to terms over Adrianople but the reluctance of Turkey to cede the "holy city" is only surpassed by the determination of the allies to win their point to "have it included in the territory of Bulgaria. Several so-called intermediate courses for solving the poblem by neither entirely separating Adrian? ople from Turkey nor entirely giving it to Bulgaria have been refused by both sides. As an indication of the stand the allies have taken one of the Bulgarian delegates said today, "Adrianople is the Alsace-Lorraine of our war." Turkey's hopes that she may be able to save Adrianople undoubtedly have been revived by the threaten? ing attitude of Roumania. In this attitude Roumania is believed to be backed by Austria, as otherwise she would not urge her claim so en? ergetically against Bulgaria in con? trast with her pacific position of a fortnight ago. The powers are await? ing the result of representations to be made, to the Constantinople gov? ernment by their ambassadors in the Ottoman capital. The note probably ; will be delivered Monday to the porte. The ambassadorial conference met at the foreign office today, but the only ! informtion given out was that the J meeting had arrived at no important decivlon and adjourned until, Monday. The ambassadors would not con? firm reports that a naval demonstra tlon had been planned as a last re- j sort to Influence Turkey. Turkey's threats to recall her peace j delegates from London and the men- ' ace of a Roumanian invasion of Bui- j garla tended today to give the im* presion that the Balkan situation had become more grave within tin last 24 hours. llUCh was expected from today's 1 meeting of the ambassadors who planned to reach a decision concern ing the collective attitude of Europe. ' Reehad Pasha, tin- leader of the Turkish peace delegation, today reiterated the immovable determina? tion of the Turks not to abandon I the fortress of Adrianople or the isl? ands in the Aegean sea. it is not likely that the peace con? ference will resume its sittings before next week. ROUMANIA THREATENS TO MOB? ILIZE TROOPS. Decides to ( all Army Together if Bui gaiians Do Not Consent to Rectlfl- 1 cation of Border. Paris, Jan. 10. ? Roumania decided today to mobilise her army it she do* a not (ddain within is hours satisfac? tion from Bulgaria in regard to recti? fication of her frontier, according to a dispatch from Bucharest to The i Temps. RUSSIA IS READY. Will Retain Prospective Army With the Colors. St. Petersburg, Jan. 10.?Orders are expected from the Russian war minister soon retaining with the colors all those time expired BOldiers who, under ordinary conditions should have been dismissed to the reserve two months ago. They will probably be retained until April 14. It is understood that tin- failure of the attempt to arrange a joint Aus? trian and Russian demobilization has forced Russia to remain prepared for eventulaltles. Nevertheless, despite the disquieting reports received from Warsaw, tie- ton.- in diplomatic cir? cles in the closest touch with the sit? uation Indicates marked optimism. Russia i mow acting in full accord with several of the other powers in the matter of bringing pressure to bear at Constantinople. URGE TURKEY D > MI LD. \mbaieiaclors Prepare Colorless Not?' to the Porte. Constantinople, Jan. 10.?European I ambassadors in the ottoman capital MUS. GROVER CLEVELAND DINED BY MR. AND MRS. TAFT. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Members of Cleveland^ Cabinets, Widows of Borne, Mrs. Cleveland's Fiance und other Distinguished Company Gather j,, state Dining, Whorei Years Ago Widow, then Bride, of Democratic Executive, Sut at Wed* ding Supper. Washington, Jan. 11.?Mrs. Grover Cleveland, as the guest of the Presi? dent and Mrs. Taft, at a dinner given in her honor, sat this evening in the State dining room of the White House, where more than 26 years ago she sat at her wedding supper as the bride of i resident Cele\land. It was Mr?. Cleveland's tirst visit to the White House, where she was married June 2, 1886, since she left there March 4, 189 5, after Mr. Cleveland's second term. As a compliment to Mrs. Cleveland, three members of President Cleve? land's cabinets and two widows of his Cabinet members were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Taft, as were also Mrs. Ben? jamin Harrison, widow of President Harrison ,and Prof. Thomas J. Pres? ton, fo whom Mrs. Cleveland is en? gaged to be married. Covers for fifty two were laid. Officials of the Cleveland adminis? trations present were: Senator Hoke Smith and David R. Francis, former secretaries of the in? terior, and Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy. Mrs. David R. Francis, Mrs. Thom? as F. Bayard, widow of Cleveland's Secretary of State, and Mrs. Daniel S. Lament, widow of Cleveland's Sec? retary of War, completed the circle of the Cleveland Administration guests. Others were: President and Mrs. John G. Hibbon, of Princeton University; John W. Griggs, former Attorney General and Mrs. Griggs; President and Mrs. John H. Finley, of the College of the City of New York; Dean Andrew F. West, of Princeton, and Robert T. Lincoln, fon of Presi? dent Lincoln and a former Secretary of War. PEOPLE CATCH ON SLOWLY. Xumber of Mistakes Made Daily h\ People Who Send off Parcels. The i.pie are gradually-, although slowly, catching ?>n to the regulations governing the parcels post law which is now In effect. Daily, however, mis? takes are made by those w* tiding off packages, mistakes due in large part to the fact that the senders have not inquired for Information at the post office or read any of the printed ar? ticles relating to the operation of the parcels post. The chief mistake made is the sending of packages by parcels post without the name of the sender in? scribed on it. This requirement must be complied with, or the person to whom the package is sent will not receive it. as it Is held and later sent to the dead letter office, stamps other than parcels post stamps are put on packages which < f course have 11> be turned back to the tender for the regulation stamps. It has been noticed at the local postofflce that not a great many of the parcels sent off are Insured, the senders evidently being Willing to trust to the malls without any extra precautions. The city forces Saturday and Mon? day ware engaged in repairing the streets where they had been damaged by traffic during the recent bad weath? er. As soon as the pipe can be se? cured it will be laid in the big ditch on Mary Street and the ditch will be cb st d. todcy succeeded in drawing up a col? orless note which will probably be presented .Monday to the Turkish gov? ernment. The document guardedly advises Turkey to ylel on the ques? tion of Adrlanople, but no suggestion Is made of pressure being brought to bear by the powers to Induce the ac? ceptance of this advice. GREEKS' LOSSEh HEAVY. No Fewer Than 7,000 Killed or Wounded at Janlna. Saloniki, Jan. 1".? Losses of the Greek troops fighting against the Turks of the vicinity of Janlna have been very heavy. To date tiny have lost no fewer than 7,000 killed and wounded. The sixth division >f the Greek army left here today un r orders to assist in the subjection of the Turkish fortress of Janlna. CHAMBER or COMMERCE RE? CEIVES MAN Y ANSWERS TO BULLETIN SENT OUT. Congnmmmn Lerer Writes That lie Will Vom for Confer-noo With Chamber of Cnsnmctci?.-iieaker of House. ? hump ( lark, Ininiiisl? Private CJtlacns Entfosslastic. The Chamber of Commerce is be? ginning to la ar in no uncertain tones of the advance copies of its pistol resolution: recently r * out. President Taft' .secretary has acknowledged th? Mjy sent Mr. Taft, with assurance ' j?*the President will give prompt e .ycion to the sugges? tions made. V the members of the Cabinet eXC ^ die Postmaster Gener? al have a? ? wledged, and the Post? master f ?b ral's delay may be aus? picious, among the many steps SUggtf by the resolutions, the singl i p that would go furthest to kill t i pistol traffic and the habit of pistol carrying is the suggestiom that the mails be c osed to advertise? ments and correspondence in con? nection \.th the pistol traffic. Speak- Champ Clark writes that he read the resolutions with great in? terest, and has referred them to the propei channels of legislative action. As far as the prohibition of pistol im? porting ?s concerned, that would be the ways and means committee, of which I Wear Cnderwood is chair? man. Mr. le er writes that he is inter? ested r. the resolutions, but that ne legtelatioa not already mapped out Is apt to be considered during this short session; ,Jid that before the regular session opens in the spring he will come 1* Sumter to go Into the pistol resolutions and plans, suggested, with the m< ?nbers of the Chamber of Com? merce. Seve'al letters have been received fron? pnvate citizens enthusiastically endors-ng the resolutions. They have all beer, in return asked to get behind their ounty members' of trie State legislature. COTTON MILL DEVELOPMENT 1 Sollt?.cistern States Ia\\ Ml Other ! Seeth os In Construction During am. Washington, Jan. 8.?President Finley of the Southern Railway Com? pany, commenting today upon the recor? of cotton mill construction dur? ing the calendar year litt, said: ?The Southeastern States led all other si 11 ? ns of the country in eoton mill development in 1912. There were ' . new mills built in the United State- during the year Of these 20 were u the Southeastern States, out .f " MOO new spindles 427.000, or 80 per cent, were in Southeastern mills, and out of 9,744 new looms, 6, 450, or ti6 per cent, were in south eastem mills. These QsjUreS refer only to m W mills and take no ac? count of the large additions made during the year to existing plants by which the manufatcurlng capacity of the section was largely nu r. seed. The ag^ gate increase has been so great as practically to insure the maintc nan of the record mads by the cot? ton-producing states in the year end? ed .UgllSt 11, 1912, when the mills of the South consumed more cotton tra'i those ,?f all other sections of thi United States.1 COLD \\ A\ I PREDICT! I> Wo k Will Open With Cold Wave i atf or the: Mississippi River and Lower Tempera tu rev. Washington, Jan. 12. The week v 1 open with a cold wave east of the Ittsisslppi river and lower tcinpere tu.i will continue during the A rat hall of the week, with gnerally fair w? ither. according to the weekly bul? letin Issued b) the weather bureau tod. y "In the Middle West? 1 says the bul? letin, 'temperatures will be rising by Tuesday, preceding and attending the eastward movement of a ow pressure over the Pacific const "Snow will ?? oinpany this depres? sion and b| T.ieedaj will cover the western portion of the West Gulf States to the rast word Lain and snow .ltd risinK temperature may be expei t after the middle of the week, while 111 the West there will be a r? turn to I kir and colder weather with the sast s ml movement. Another high prea ire area now is over Alabama. To? ward the end of the Week another dis? turbance will appear over the far f ort h cast, accompanied by rising i temperatures and unsettled weather.