The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 15, 1913, Image 4
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laSusnce cf both of the obi papers,
sued Is manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.
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The Rembert N'ew sp i per Bill was
killed In the House of Representatives
Tuesday the opponents of the bill
winning by a narrow margin. On the
test vote the representatives of Sum?
ter county were divided. Mr. Belser
voting against tho bill and Messrs.
.Dick and Kpps for It. The attitude
>f Messrs Dick and Kpps in respect
t.o this mischievous and undemocratic
measure was a surprise and a disap?
pointment, for by their vote one would
naturally infer thr-t they have a gr.ev
anc? against the newspapers and
that they had been ?o unfairly and
unjustly criticised In the past that
they felt the need of a legal club,
such as the lb mhert bill provides, to
fores the newspapers to treat them
with fairness in future. So far as we
know, neither of these gentemen has
just cause for complaint against the
newspapers, and. speaking for this
paper, we know that they have al?
ways been accorded every consider?
ation to which they were entitled and
that nothlns has ever been printed
concerning them??Ither true or false
?that could bring them into disre?
pute or damage them in a business
or political way. We have heretofore
viewed the Rembert bill as a piece
Of cheap demagoguery, Introduced In
the House and featured for political
purpose i only, and have had no ap?
prehension that It would receive se?
rious consideration by the broad
guagc members, who. we believed,
would sea at a glance that it was un?
constitutional, in that It infringes the
rights of a free press; undemocratic.
In that It was special legislation dl
rected against a single class; and
needless. In that no reputable man
has anything to fear from the press
of this State, since the law now gives
any aggrieved person full redress by
criminal and owl uetion. When men
of the type of Messrs. Diek and Epps
are led astray by the clamor of the
demagogues again* the newspapers
one Is apt to wonder if the one-ti ne
belief in the fundamental principles
of Sesne natal government has not
been n 1 rmined by the con?
tinued and Insidious a.omults of the i
politician*, who place de*?re for pre*
ferment above principle at. 1
would rather bimbooz4e the people
than hohl fa*t to the faith of the
founders of our got .-rnmcnt.
sea
Brown and llayne of New Orb ans
and Scales of Texas, h tw bees lefl
with the bag to hold in the one-sid- I
sd fight again-t the Wall Street cot?
ton >? nr* ami the I ' d ral t.overn
ment. but u ?.in neeet be ssftahliebed
that t.o ir pool to advance the price,
of spot cotton was a criminal con?
spiracy if It is Illegal to boost cot?
ton prices, thereby forcing European
spinners to pay a living price for
American ? ott<>n. what |g it# to fof I
down the eftet and gttftul the Amer?
ican farmers out of tin- legitimate
fruits of th* Ir labor .'
? ? ?
Jowri Ashley's bill reuniting con
trsbrinl Ibiuor to be turned over to
hospit it* and poor houses is one of ,
the eur oftltieM of legislation. A< -
cording to common report the n*ei
aice run of Ml ml tiger ItSJUOC that Is
seised ami eontisejited b> officers of (
the |sm ...? a \ile end deadly concoc?
tion, unlit for human consumption
To d ? mm.I? I of hnspllatl and
paup- rs on the \.r fit ins with it
may not be legally ? I.noted as assault
and ?? i t< r\ with a deadly weapon,
but It would he Inking Unfair advan?
tage of h. I pleyft people
? ? I
Tfn 11 ? mtlon ? i the Winthrop
roii. ge4nj ith ?'ur-iiiii.: University
controversy mneernlng the distribu?
tion Sd the peabody fund, which w is
preeipit ted by charges eotjtaJned In
<Jov. Bl aae'l Inaugural, h is been pro?
due?i\> of no Important developments.
The implied charges against Dr.
Mitch. il h t\ ?? falbn flat w In n
brought out Into the lu-ht of day. and
Dr Jobn-on who appears from the
ssjsavd la news seen responsible for
the i harges made hy <JoV. Bleaae has
been k? pt busy hi confessions of er?
ror nnd avoidance. The winde at
fair has been unfortunate, especially
for Dr. Johnson.
PUT UP 10 CONGRESS.
TAIT wont inti:k\ i:m: WITH
ot r m approval.
Tro???-., Marine*, and ship-. Prepared
fOff Action in Troubled Mexico.
w nthingtoni Feb. IS.?President
Tuft and the cabinet are in accord
ih.it congress shall share the respon?
sibility for any Intervention In Mex?
ico.
A day of conferences between the
president end ins sdvleers,ended with
the understanding that should condi?
tions in Mexico City hoe..me so much
worse as to demand the landing of
American troops. Mr. Taft will lay be?
fore both houses of congress the full
facts of the situation in a special
message.
Today every preliminary was ar?
ranged for the action which might fol?
low such a course. Thirty-five thou?
sand men of the army, navy and ma?
rine corps were put in readiness for
movement.
The first brigade of tha first army
division, just created in the reorgani?
zation. 3.000 men in all, and the nu?
cleus of an expeditonary force of
15.000, was put on marching orders
ready to entrain for Newport News,
Va . where army transports wait un?
der steam.
Between 2,500 and 3,000 marines of
the Atlantic battleships fleet at the
Ouantanamo naval station were pre?
pared for immediate movement to
Vera Cruz where they might be kept
aboard ship ready for landing to
blaze an avenue of escape from Mex?
ico City for foreigners, as they did
at Peking.
Six dreadnoughts with approxi?
mately 6,000 bluejackets and officers
BOW are rushing under full steam for
lit vi? an ports?four on the Atlantic
and two on the Pacific. The first
should arrive at her destination Fri
lajTi the last Sunday.
Ten other crack fighting ships of the
Atlantic battleship fleet swinging at
unchor 70 hours off at Ouantanamo
are ready for sea. They have approx?
imately 9.000 officers and men.
Five other smaller craft in Central
American waters are within call of
the wireless. The navy's plans to?
day show:
Oeosgia?15,000 ton battleship,
Capt. Marbury Johnson, due at Vera
Cruz Friday.
Vermont?16,000 ton battleship,
flagship of Read Admiral Fletcher, j
commanding the second division of the
Atlantic fleet; Capt. Harry Md* P. '
Muse, due at Vera Cruz Saturday.
Nebraska?15,000 ton battleship,
Capt. Spencer S. Wood, due at Vera
Cms Saturday.
Virginia?15,000 ton battleship, j
flagship of Rear Admiral Usher, com?
manding the third division; Capt. John
1 >. McDonald, due at Tampico Sat?
urday.
Colorado?14,000 ton armored !
cruiser, flagship of Rear Admiral |
Southerland, commander in chief Pa?
cific fleet; Capt. William L. Gilmer,
due at Ifasatlan Friday
D nth Dakota?14.00J ton armor?
ed cruiser, Capt. Charles 1'. Plunkett,
dm- at Acapulco Sunday.
Within call to supplement this
force are the cruiser Denver, en route
to Acajulta. Salvador; transport Buf?
falo at CorlntO, Nie; cruiser Des
Monies, en route to Bluefleldg, Nie,
and due there Saturday; and gunboat
Nashville, en route to Puerto Corte/,
Honduras, and gunboat Annapolis, en
route to Amapala, Honduras.
The battleships Wyoming, Utah.
Florida, Arkansas, North Dakota, '
Michigan. South Carolina, Minnesota, j
I dan and Ohio, 17 torpedo boat !
destroyers and many auxiliary craft
of the Atlantic fleet remain with Rear
Admiral Badger, commander of the
Atlantic fleet at Ouantanamo.
It Is the feeling of the administra?
te, n thai these plans are all that can
be done at this time and that a suf?
ficient number of warships have been
I
dispatched, not only to observe de?
velopments but practically to create
neutral zone at ports where they lie
in winch American und other for
slgners in Mexico may And safety.
It has been suggested in some
I quarters that to land troops In Mexico
would be such an act of war as can
be Justified only by a resolution of con
l;!, ? Many military ofllcers fail to
e any distinction between such
? landing of troops on foreign Boil in
? ise of anarchy and the employment
of marines for 'he same purpose as
w i- done In Nicaragua recently.
To meet the constttu*onal objec
I tb>n, m case the transports were sent
to Vera CruS, It Is understood that
I the commanding omecrs would be In
I Stnieted not to land troops except
upon congressional authorization
Tie ir presence on Ihe coast, it i.-, felt,
Would doubtless have strong moral
effect upon the contending factions In
I Mexico and more than s week's time
. Would be saved in placing the Sohle I
iis? where they would be needed In
ca-e danger to foreign lives and
property should become more immi?
nent
One great element of danger In
Ihe situation arises from the presence
I In Mexico City of about 1 7,000 for
signers, whose home government! are
known to be recipients of many heart?
rending appeall for assistance.
A Wholesale evacuation of the city
by the foreign element would Involve
loss and looking to the precedents
established in the War Between the
Sections, it is doubtful whether any
compensation could be exacted from
whatever government may exist after
the close of hostilities in Mexico. Al?
together, it is apparent that the ad?
ministration is likely to find it very
ditlicult to adhere strictly to this de?
clared policy of non-intervention, L
the situation in Mexico City is not ma?
terially changed for the better in a
very short time.
buk; store issues catalog.
Hearon*i Pharmacy, Progressive
Druggists, Take Advantage of Op?
portunity Offered by Parcel Post for
Increasing Business.
An 80-page, neatly bound and in?
dexed catalog listing every drug store
necessity and giving other valuable in?
formation has just been issued by
Ilearon's Pharmacy, who believe in
keeping their name and business be?
fore the public and in supplying the
best quality goods obtainable to their
patrons.
The purpose of issuing the catalog is
to facilitate the odering of drug store
goods by parcel post by patrons on
R. F. D. routes and nearby towns, but
Dr. Hearon states that the book con?
tains valuable information for every?
body, and that he will distribute copies
in the city as well as in the county.
He invites callers at the Hearon
Pharmacy to ask for a catalog and
they will be piomptly supplied. In
connection with tho issuance of this
catalog Ilearon's Pharmacy is adver?
tising the convenience afforded by
ordering goods by parcel post, and
expect to fill many orders in this way
for people who have not the time to
call at the drug store in person, but
who can easily select what they need
from the comprehensive catalog fur?
nished them free of charge and have
it sent by the next parcel post de?
livery.
A Newspaper's Duty.
Anderson Mail.
We havo read very carefullv the
bill introduced in tue legislature by
Representative Qeo. It. Rembert of
Richland with reference to the publi?
cation of certain matter by newspa?
pers and we can find no fault with
the bill. it comes as nearly up to
what we try to practice as if we had
written the bill. We know not the
impelling motive behind the introduc?
tion of this bill, we do not know of
any necessity for it among the news?
papers that are members of the State
Press association, for each and ev?
ery one of them should have this for
the code of ethics now.
Tho hill merely requires a newspa?
per to make suitable reparation when
it publishes anything that improper?
ly brings reflections upon a person.
That is what a newspaper should do
Ofitl own accord, and what most of
them will do the moment their at?
tention is called to the error. The
code of a newsaper should be "Treat
othen as you would be served." Our
Views may be too altruistic on this
point, but we believe that a newspa?
per should permit any person with a
just cause to defend himself through
its columns.
Tlie only question is that the hon?
est, upright, courageous newspaper is
endeavoring to treat everybody fairly
may itself be imposed upon at times
by designing persons who claim that
they have a just grievance when they
have not.
We believe that the Rembert bill
is good morals. As to its necessity
We are not advised. But if it is good
for the newspaper. why not for all
Classes of humanity? Why not for
the lawyer m the court room who as?
sails the witnesses and others? Why
not for the candidate on tho stump
who maliciously or otherwise attacks
those who dii'ter from him Why
not add to the hill the following pro?
viso.
? Provided, That if any candidate for
?public office or incumbent of a public
Office shall in public speech make
false statements or unwitting misrep?
resentations lie be given the oppor?
tunity to make reparation publicly
and if he does not do so he is me
chancialiy removed from public office
\ipon conviction of said offense, nnd
must serve a term in jad.
if such a law were in force and
even applied justly to the past, there
, would be one newspaper man in jail
I to 100 politicians,
In Sex bicjno Vinces.
Judge--J u?es nnswered mi adver?
tisement and s< lit a dollar for four
pairs of socks When they arrived,
.Tones lookei Ihe-m over and then
wrote ibe advert i- tri
"Socks Received. The patterns are
vile l wouldn't be Been on the street
with them on." ?
Back came the answer:
I "What me you kicking about?
Didn't we guarantee that you wonldn't
wear them out?"
HOUSE PASSES McCRAVEY BILL
TO THIRD READING.
Vole of Ninety-one to Nineteen
sifows Sentiment of House Towards
Compulsory Education Law?Pres?
ent Hill Provides for Adoption by
Counties.
Columbia, Feb. 12.?the House, has
indicated that it is in favor of some
form of compulsory education. It
did this today after a throughly ex?
haustive debate and by a decisive
vote of 91 to 19 refused to kill the
MoCravey compulsory education bill.
Some members ebjected to the bill
because they were opposed to compul?
sory education in any form, and
others because they argued that the
pending amendment to the bill,
which provides for county adoption
of compulsory education, is simply
an entering wedge.
The fact of the matter is, how?
ever, that advocates of compulsory
education urge that if they be able
to have it adopted in several coun?
ties, the effect will be so satisfactory
that it will become general; and,
further, it Is agreed that this is the
only form In which the bill could be
passed at this session. At all events,
the opposition to the compulsory ed?
ucation plan showed less strength
than was expected, 91 to 19, and
there is now a decided prospect that
the bill will pass and become a law.
The following voted against the
bill: Addy, Ashley, j. W ; Browning,
Cross, Fortner, Grey, Harrelson, Har?
vey, Hunter, Irby, Kirby, Lybrand,
McDonald, Miley, Moore, Nelson,
Robertson, Hogers, W. S. Total, 19.
A BIX -YEAR-OLD PRODIGY.
George Cain of Silver Has Learned to
Read ami Write Intelligently in
One Month.
Manning Times.
Few persons in the county are aware
of the existence of a real prodigy in
the person of George Cain, the lit?
tle Six-year-old son of Mr. H. Cain
of Silver. He has attended school
less than one month, yet reads intel?
ligently, and if not too hard, fluently
in most any book you hand him. He
walked up to the counter in the book
store at Manning last Monday and
began to enter into negotiations for
the purchase of some of Horatio
Algers books. The observer thought
he should have been buying a pic?
ture book with the alphabet or some?
thing of the kind, and was astonish?
ed to hear him open one and begin
to read. It is said that he commits
to memory, what is read to him with
ease,?can add correctly, write pret?
ty well?spells well, and can write
letters on the typewriter. If this can
be excelled anywhere, let him be
"trotted"out.
Good Form.
Many girls have asked me how
they may become well-bred. This Is a
hard question to answer. The term
implies that it must come with train?
ing. Perhaps the most helpful begin?
ning would be to And someone who
can serve you as a sort of model. Wo?
men of ( harm and distinction are
unfortunately few, but it must be a
poor s< clety Indeed where at least
one woman of grace and refinement
cannot be found.
Having detailed upon one woman?
there may be more if you are lucky?
study her. Try to discover what con?
stitutes her charm and what are her
blemishes. He sure to let your charm?
ing woman serve as a "sort" of model.
Do not slavishly copy tones, gestures,
dress. It is only something of her
spirit that you are to try to catch,
for there are two rules which, if you
will follow them, will do more for you
than even your model can. You will
find that she is your model because
she followed these rules herself. The
first is, "Think about others, not about
yourself," and the second is the same.
Notes of s. C. Western.
Florence Times.
The South Carolina Western has re?
ceived some handsome new coaches
that are to be put on the Sumtcr
run. The> have passed through
Florence on their way. The 'fading
of the road from Lydia to Timmons?
ville is getting on fast and it will not
be long before it is in operation to
Timmonsville. The work is in prog?
ress now between La mar and Tim
inonsv ille.
The depot Is to be put on the old
iv C. McKachern place right at the
Coast Line station.
Surveyors are busy running the
line between Timmonsville and Olan
ta, and ii is expected that this work
w in be und? r \\ iv soon.
PmlsCH SlIlllter'H New Hotel.
VVateree Mesi - nger.
\ prominent traveling man, who
has been coming to Camden for a
number of years, was here Friday,
;ifnl while in conversation with him,
he asked us If we had seen Sumtcr's
lew hotel He spoke in the highest
term* of Bumter's new $100,000 bo
tel.
k\ U?P AM? HANGER FAIL TO
BRING RAILWAY Wii IT Hi:
MEN TOGETHER.
Ibad of Brotherhood DcclurcH Big
I liuutciers Are Causing Deadl?M I
in Employers1 Demands.
New York. Feb. 13.?Through tw<.
futile conferences Judge Martin a.
Knapp, ?>f the United States Com?
merce Court, attempted today to lind
some middle ground on which the
firemen of the Eastern railways, who
threaten to go on strike, could get
together with the managers' commit?
tee and thus settle through mediation
or arbitration the differences which
admittedly have brought about a
crisis between the railway workers
and their employers.
The net result of the conference was
that Judge Knapp wore himself out
physically and had to call off a third
conference, which was planned, in or?
der that he might go to bed for a lit?
tle rest.
The first conference was held in
the Broadway Central Hotel with the
40 men who comprise the executive
committee of the Brotherhood of Lo?
comotive Firemen and Fnginemen. At
this conference Chairman Carter ;
presided. The second conference was
held at the Hotel Manhattan, in Judge
Knapp's rooms, it was participated
in by the managers' committee, of
which Elisha Lee acted as chairman.
The disappointing feature of the
conferences, according to representa?
tives of the firemen, was that In neith?
er case was an effort successful to
pass beyond the matters that have
been thrashed over several times al?
ready without any visible results.
"The situation certainly is a grave
one," Judge Knapp said tonight. "It j
is much more serious than when I
wa.s considering it a few weeks ago.
At that time neither side felt the pres?
sure of a crisis. Tonight it is obvious
that the pressure of a crisis is being
felt on both sides."
W. S. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen. amplified today his
statement of yesterday that the rail?
roads were determined to "put fear
into the heart of Woodrow Wilson"
by a great strike as a means of se?
curing higher freight rates, and
added that in his opinion Wall street
was responsible for the situation.
The firemen's leader gave this as
his analysis of the deadlock now ex?
isting between 54 Eastern railroads
and their 34,000 firemen immediately
he had concluded a conference with
Judge Martin A. Knapp and G. W. W.
Hanger.
'I meant exactly what I said yester?
day,"' said Carter. ' The railroads are
trying to put fear in Woodrow Wilson's
heart. And that is exactly what they
mean to do. It is not the men who
run the railroads who are to blame.
It is the big men of Wall street back
of them. They are the ones urging
the whole thing, upholding the rail?
roads In their stand. If it were not
Tor them the railroads would not dare
sin adder the blame for a strike.
Mr. Carter and the adjustment
committee of the union discussed their
grievances with Messrs. Knapp and
Hanger for more than three hours
today, refusing to yield any points of
their demands for higher wages and
better working conditions.
LOST IN MOUNTAINS.
Fight College Girls Had a RoOgh Ex?
perience.
Greenville?Lost in the wilds of
Paris Mountain, eight students of the
Greenville Female College and a
teacher are said to have spent last
Friday night in the mountains under
conditions that were anything but fa?
vorable. Tiie night was spent in a
particularly dilapidated uninhabited
cabin in which there was nothing re?
sembling furniture, and was passed
by the young ladies with remarkable
composure, only two of them having
suffered from it according to reports
These two were made slightly Uli
but are reported to have entirely re?
covered.
Two Points of View
Young men tbink old men foots, and
ild men kno ? young men to be so.?
r. Metcsll
i. ( l. FREIGHT KI ns into
< I illl.kn FREIGHT train
at CROSSING.
Engineer on CoMMI Line Train Slight
I: Hurt?Roads Tora up und Par?
>? ngers Delayed.
News reached here Thursday morn?
ing of a wreck at Camden Junction,
where the Atlantic Coast Line and
Southern Railway tracki croon, Par?
ticulars of ill wreck could not be ob?
tained, but from what information
received, no one was seriously injured
although the damage to the cars and
tracks was considerable.
From the information obtained it
seems that the Atlantic Coast Line
freight train ran into the Southern
freight train at the crossing, although
it is not known whose was the fault
for the collision. The report stated
that the engineer on the Coast Line
train was the only person injured,
snd he was only injured very slightly.
All other persons on the two trains
escaped injury. Several cars on each
train were derailed and the A. C. L.
track was torn up for a considerable
distance, while little damage was done
to the Southern track.
It is understood that a special train
has been ordered sent out from Co?
lumbia to the scene to which the pas?
sengers and baggage could be trans?
ferred. The wrecking train from
Florence has also been ordered to the
scene and at 2 o'clock was on the
way. A. C. L. train No. 36 from Wil?
mington to Columbia w^g still at
Wedgefleld at 2 o'clocl waiting for
the other trains to arrive and the
transfer of baggage and passengers
to be made.
The News From \Ycdgefield.
Special by Telephone to Daily Item.
Wedgefield, Feb. 13.?2 p. m.?A
wreck occurred at Camden Junction
this morning when an Atlantic Coast
Line train ran into a Southern freight
train at that point. It is stated that
the brakes on the Coast Line train
did not work properly which was thej
cause of the wreck. Th^ A. C.
train was a through freight from
Sumter to Columbia and the South?
ern was a local freight The engineer
on th Coast Line train jumped and
was slightly injured, all other per?
sons escaped injury. The engineer's
name was given as Wells.
Two hundred thirty feet of track on
the Coast lane was torn up and four
cars were derailed, while only one car
was derailed on the Southern and
the track escaped injury. A special
train has been ordered out from Co?
lumbia to take passengers and bag?
gage from Atlantic Coa.^ Line pas?
senger train No. 36, which is still
waiting here, on to Columbia.
Winter is Really Gone.
I h angoburg Times and Democrat. I
Wild geese have been passing over
on their way north. This with the
croaking of the frogs in the ponds
and the blooming of some fruit trees
leads the lay weather prophets in
different sections to predict that wtav*
ter is really over despite the present
cold snap, which extends over all the
Atlantic States. We can tell better
later whether winter is really gone
or not.
LOST?Red and white spotted ox,
strayed Wednesday night, from my f
home near Dalzell. Reward for
return. Murray Sammons,
Dalzell, S. C.
WANTED?The following hard wood
in any quantity: oak, ash, hickory,
maple, locust, walnut, holly. Write i
me what you have and price per
cord or thousand f. o. b. Sumter.
D. China.
FOR SALE?Dixie Wilt resistant cot?
ton seed from 1911 crop, price $t
per bushel, sound and pure. E. B.
Colcolugh, Oswego, S. C, R. F. d/'
STAPLE COTTON?Sun Flower
seed variety. Only a few left. J.
M. Fraser, Oswego, S. C, Route 1.
A lot of no l DIXIE BLIGHT
RESISTANT COTTON SEED, I dol?
lar PER BUSHEL.
J. C. DVNRAR.
DALZELL, s. C.
The Little Necessities
That you need on your dressing table, such as
Powder. Tooth Paste, Dainty Perfumes and Soaps
can all be found at our store, and they are of
best quality.
Drop in today and have us supply your wants.
Our goods are all fresh and pure.
Watson Drug Co.
'A GOOD DRUG STORK'