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SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1913.
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, l;
Vol. XXXV. No. 51.
MADERG SURRENDERS.
I'HFSini nt nr Ml \ |( () yi its
?il*e? the K?ln* to 1)?? lo? Hurra.?
Vi Ith his |'.,n ?s. I nable to Drl\e
I>U?? from 4.1tjr. Chief K?CCUtl\e
hmjn Down III* Power. Announc?
ed at the Itr'Uah Legation.
Mexico City. Feb. 14.?Affair* In
Mexico City, the theatre for almost a
week of an innovation of modern war?
fare, took a sensation?J turn tonight,
when It wm authoritatively Hate I
that President Mudero had agreed to
realen if the Mexican senate so wish
ad. The senate was called Into *
?ion at I o clo k tonight to take action
on this Important situation It Is be?
lieved the resignation of Madero is now
la the hands of the Mexican congress
At the Hrltlsh legation, where Senor
da hi Barra took refuge Thursday, it
I* stated that Madero'* resignation
practically had been arranged for. an 1
that d* la Harra likely would MM I
him in the presidency.
Later Senor de Is Harra, while pro?
ceeding throi rh the streets in an au?
tomobile, stopped and made a brief
a Id res*, assuring- the crowds that a
peaceful settlement was certain, and
probatdy would be reached before
morning. De la Barra had been in
consultation with both Madero and
Idas regarding* a quick settlement to
avoid Intervention.
At 7 o'clock den. Huerta. the fed?
eral commander, gave the order to
ceaae firing. Soon detachments of
federal troops were seen marching
from their positions to the govern
t ment base near the palace, their guns
?lang on their backs.
The laws of Mexico make It neces?
sary for the abdication of the presi?
dent to be submitted to congress, and
for this reason announcement of the
resignation of Madero would be con?
siderably delayed, even If already de
elded upon.
Another development of the early
evening was the resignation of Rafael
Whether hostilities will be resumed
tomorrow naturally depeads on the
action of the president and congress
or upon the rebels.
In case of dilatory tactics it M not
imposstbtte that Dlax may decide to
force the action. He repeatedly h is
said that nothing short of resignation
of the president would satisfy him?
that Madero must resign or he him?
self would die fighting
Another interchange of notes took
place today between Qen. Huerta and
the rebel oommander. That of Huerta
was of a conciliatory character. It
offered Dlax permission to retire in
peace with his men. Dias replied thai
he would continue to fight.
His army repulsed with great |*M
and after his absolute failure to sub?
jugate Dlax with aot half the number
of m* n Madero was subjected to the
pleading of his closest friends, many
going so far as to demand his resiic
ntloa.
The government has not >>.-. n
whipped, nor have the rebels. Dlax in
not attempting to whip the govern?
ment at present, but merely to resist
it. and for six days he and his fo
have done that in an eminently bril?
liant manner, although the method*
employed resulted In a ruthless bom?
bardment of the capital by two heavy
forces of art llery.
The damage done today was not M
great as on previous days, but this v. i
due merely to a change of tactics. <
Mexicans hitch In public life, know?
ing that continuation of hostilities
In the city easily might result in in?
tervention, spared no efforts to brim?
about a settlement. To those watch?
ing the battle It was no surprise t ?
hear the bugles sound the order for
the federals to cease firing.
The tired soldiers obeyed with al e -
rlty but the effect on the rebel bind
was different. The small arm fin- in?
creased In volume, as if the gduvafed
were expr* spirit? defiance. Ten min?
utes later all firing along the federal
fines ceased but that from the rebels
continued
DurlnK Ho- day the rebel.* bad not
been relnfor ed. as had been the fed?
erals, and tie < I iim w,h made by the
government that it had 6.000 sTACJI
available. The fsjfcetf. gUlberol 3,000.
The federal forces were Increased by
700 brought by Qeg BsBUOjUel from
Tolu^ii early In the afterStOOU.
De hi Harri accompanied to
the arsenal ami t ? the atalaeg by the
Spanish minister. He did not dlVUbje
the nature of his oottVCfrUetIon but
??pressed the hop- lhat hostility
were SPUOOel
Mr. Harnett Fhshleotsli has returi
ed to the cilv after a pb mire trip to
New York.
mm minister cf tha Ulterior
MADERO REFUSES TO RESIGN.
DF.< l.Wtl s HC WILL DIE BKTORE
Q1YIXCI It BflIGNATION.
Mt \Ichii President Declines to Sec
* mm unit irr from Senate, which Fa
vorn Ills Abdication, ? fiiliccxlful
Kvcn of I>c 14i llnrra's Adv let* ?
Still Appear* Confident of Victory
In Conflict with Diaz.
Mexico City, Feb. 15.?While the
I . dsfsj guns pounded the Diaz for?
tifications in the arsenal and the reb?
el* sent back shell for shell, the Mex
l< in Senate sat today and discussed
the QSJtSang of Francisco I. Madero
from the Presidency.
t "nfldent of ultimately defeating
i 1 ii. Madtr<? defied the Senate and
tmiored the counsel of Francisco de
la Harra and other friends. He ab?
solutely refused to resign, but did not
take the trouble to make known his
islon personally to the Senate.
The fighting In the streets today was
as savage as on any other day of
the week's battle. The American
? mbasay again came directly within
the line of fire and the American am?
bassador. Henry Lane Wilson, hal a
narrow escape from a ritle bullet
which whistled close to his head with?
in the embassy. Shortly before 5
o'clock the German legation was
struck by a shell.
The situation in Mexico City apart
from its terrifying aspect is a re?
markable one. Friends of President
Madero fully expected his resignation,
but us the day wore along he became
fixed in his determination to retain
his position. To the Spanish minister,
Senor Cologany Cologan, he said:
"1 will not resign. I was elected by
the people. I am the constituted
P- esident. I will die before I resign."
And amid all the confusionb and
alarms, at 5 o'clock the Mexican Gov?
ernment applied the censorsh'.p to all
dispatches and cable message. This
will necessarily vastly Increase the dif?
ficulties of Informing the outside
world of the operations within the
Mexican Capital, and will effectually
suppress Incoming dispatches regard -
Irg conditions in other parts of tho
1 lepubllc.
During the night messengers went
about the city banting Senators and
asking them to attend a special session
to discuss the situation and attempt
a solution of what is recognized by
almost all Mexicans as a critical point
in the nation's career.
More than a quorum of Senators
was present at the meeting, which
t<?ok place in the Chamber of Depu
tles instead of the Senate chamber of
the National Palace. Discussion last?
ed a long time and a great crowd
surrounded the building.
The scene sjrgj almost identical
with that when Congress met to con?
sider the advisability of bringing
about the resignation of Protlrlo Diaz.
In one material respert it differed.
Thv're were no mounted police or sol
( lers drawn across the streets and it
was only after a considerable time
that a detachment of rurales, spared
from the fighting line, appeared and
dispersed the i urious. This required
little effort, overawed already by in?
cidents of thr week, the hundreds
moved qulekly away from the build?
ing, behind the closed doors of
which the Senators were frankly ad?
mitting the Imminent danger of in?
tervention. If the conflict in the Capi?
tal were continued.
A resolution was adopted providing
that a committee of the whole wait
upon the Preatdeal at the palace.
Twenty Senators proceeded there, in?
cluding the President of the Senate,
They were Informal that Madero was
not In and ir * as Intimated that he
was on the firing litte with Gen.
i luerta.
f>nly a few minutes before, how?
ever, Madero had been In conference
with the Spanish minister, to whom
he mads his declaration of defiance
to the rebels,
Mexican attorneys says the Senate
has no power IS fores thS President
to resign Joint setlon of the houses
practically Is Impossible, because
there are not enough Deputies in the
city to make ? quorum, it Is also
considered questionable whether any
action of thr Senate would be valid
in view <?f the pro? la mat ion of martial
law
a Methodist! pt< byterlan, Unita?
rian and Mohammedan have all In?
dorsed Oovernor Wilson's use of the
ward ??damn." And it Is ix" tly true
lhal there are limes In every earnest
man's Hw when ???? other word will
do so well, 'i b.. Houston Posi Is dls
I onl \% h? n plnh< ad* who don't
?no* the flrsl principles of cussing
use l' without Justification of ss>
cuss ? a ugusts * ?hronU?ls.
BATTLE TO DEATH.
MADERO A\l> DIAZ RESUME
FIGHTING AFTER BRIEF
TRUCE.
Aj?Ti'omiit Was Signed for Twenty*
four Rottm Armistice Hut Battle
Wae Renewed After only ivw
1 lours IVaoe.
Mexico City, Feb. 16.? Hostilities
between the Mexican rebels and fed?
erals were resumed today with re- j
Rewed fierceness in the Mexican cap- '
ital after a truce which lasted only
a few hours.
Tin- armistice, singed at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning by the representa?
tives of both sub s agreeing to suspend
Operation! for 24 hours, was broken
before noon. Soon the sound of
b< a\y cannonading and the whir of
machine t,rims announced the return
of the federal troops to their posts in
front of the arsenal.
it appeared ae if the words of Pres?
ident Madero and Gen. Diaz might
prove prophetic and that this time
the battle would be to a finish.
President Madero this morning reit?
erated his refusal to comply with the
suggestion ot the senator.- ihat he
resign. He declared that he was still
able to dominate and that if given
time he would crush the rebel forces.
Gen. Diaz had not shown himself to
be greatly In favor of the armistice,
but consented to it out of respect for
the* efforts of the American ambas?
sador and the ministers of the pow?
ers to bring about a cessation of hos?
tilities until foreigners and other non
combatants, still within the zone of the
fighting, could be removed to a posi?
tion of comparative safety.
Diaz regarded the truce as merely
a delay In the accomplishment of his
fixed purpose to drive Madero out of
the presidency. The fight Saturday
had undoubtedly gone In favor of the
rebels, who had resisted all assaults
against them; had received into their
ranks several federal deserters and
had obliged the federal commanders
to admit that for the present at least
ihe rebel position was impregnable.
Gen. Huerta, the commander of the
government troops, a hard fighter who
has been through campaigns, also
was opposed to the armistice and
chafed under the terms which it
Imposed tipon him. Nor did he will
ln*1y agree to the sending <>f a large
body of his forces back to the fed?
eral base near the National palace
last night.
President Madero's attitude was one
of exasperation but as he had re?
quested the American government to
withhold intervention he could do no
less than consent to an armistice when
the question was submitted directly
to him, but he let if be known with?
out equivocation that he was determ?
ined to retain the presidency.
The American ambassador and the
Oi rman ambassador called on the
president and Gen. Huerta and asked
that the military dispositions of the
government forces should be so ar?
ranged as to render unnecessary the
filing over the residential quarter;
that a free zone be fixed and that the
government unite with the American
committee in the establishment of cen?
tres for the distribution of food *o
the poor, this having already been
agreed to by (Jen. Diaz provisionally.
Early this morning the embassy
Was tiie scene of intense activity. A
Closed automobile moved swiftly to
and fro carrying refugees, provisions
and messages. The work entailed
necessitated hiring of a corps of extra
clerks and stenographers. The em?
bassy building was besieged by hun?
dreds, all of them Americans who
at ked for advice or assistance. There
13 little actual suffering from lack
(>f food or shelter within the city but
tluic is a vast amount of discomfort
And great danger to those who re?
main.
I \CO\l 1RMK1I, BUT SWORN IX.
Blenae Magistrates In Spartanburg
Take Oath of office \nytiow.
Spartanburg, Peb. it.? although
the Supreme Court, sitting en banc,
held last year that magistrates ap?
pointed by the Governor could not
legally hold office unless their ap?
pointment was confirmed by the Sen?
ate. <;. p. Anderson, of Cowpens, and
SS \v. Vandlvcr, of Glendale, have
In ? n sworn in ns magistrates for their
respective communities. They were
appointed by Governor Rlease on the
recommendation of hli supporters In
the Spartanburg County legislative
delegation, but the Senate has no!
confirmed their appointment. Sena?
tor Carlisle has recommended othei
no n for t be posts
NO CHANGE IN ATTITUDE.
KXOX DIRECTED TO SO INFORM
PRESIDENT MADERO.
Situation Discussed at Another Special
Session of Cabinet at White House, '
Resulting In Keaflirmatlon of Atti?
tude Already Frequently Stated.
Washington, Feb. 17.?Secretary of i
State Knox was directed by President |
Talt to reply early this morning to |
the request of President Francisco 1. .
Madero, of Mexico, for a definite j
statement of the policy of the UniteJ
States toward Mexico.
The Cabinet, which was in session
for more than two hours, adjourning
at 12.40 o'clock, spent the time dis
cussing the terms of the reply. Though
no official statement was given out, it
wai declared that Secretary Knox
would state that the attitude of this
Government would remain just as it
had been for two years past.
The exact nature of the reply was
not disclosed and it was said that the
note would be dispatched to President
Madero at once and probably would
be made public today.
Upon leaving the White House
Secretary Knox reiterated that inter?
vention was not now contemplated
nor would there be any change in the
naval or military plans relating to
Mexico.
GOMEZ INVADES MEXICO.
Proclaims Himself Provisional Pres
dent.
El Paso, Tex. Feb. 15.?Emilio
Vaaquei Gomez, recently released on
bond at San Antonio, Tex, today
crossed the border at Columbus, X.
M., and proclaimed himself President
of Mexico.
It Is reported that Gomez was met
below the line by a band of rebels,
led by Col. David De La Fuente, Gen.
Salazar'e chief of staff, who always
"has been a Vasquista. Emilio Vas
quez Gomez and his brother, Dr.
Francisco Vasquez Gomez, played
prominent parts in the Madero revo- I
lution. Emilio was a member of the
De La Barra Provisional Cabinet.
During Orozco's occupancy of
Juarez, during the Orozco revolt,
Emilio came to Juarez to become Pro?
visional President, but was put in
jail by Orozco. The estrangement of
the two rebel leaders never has been
explained. Later Gomez was released
and came to the United States, where
he was arrested on charges of neu?
trality violation. Recently he was re?
leased on bond at San Antonio.
in telegrams sent here today Senor
Gomel said he would appoint his Cab?
inet at once, declaring himself Pro?
visional President of Mexico by virtue
of the plan of San Luis Potosi, which
was reformed at Tacubaya and Ayu
la. The Tacubaya amendment to the
original programme of Francisco I.
Madero proclaimed Gomez President
and was accepted at the time by re?
bel Gens Orozco and Zapata. The
Vasquistas assert that this stand of
the rebels for Gomez has not been
altered since and that now they will
rally to his call.
The difficulty with Orozco, it is
pointed out will not matter now, as
Orozco has disappeared and Salazar
is the acting eommander-in-chief of
the Northern rebels. It is conceded
that the influence of Col. De La Fuen
ta will be sufficient to bring Salazar
and Gome/ to a satisfactory under*
I standing.
"CHIMNEY AND WELL SAVED.
Fire Destroys Gaffney Residence ?
Work of Auto Truck.
Gaffney, Feb. 16.?The two-story
dwelling of Mr. J. li. Beason, on West
Frederick street, was completely de?
stroyed by lire early yesterday morn
j ing. The lire was discovered shortly
after 5 o'clock- and had made s<>
' much headway that the family bare?
ly escaped from the burning building
With a few artic les of wearing appar
! ? i. None of the furniture was saved.
Although the new nre-flghtlng ap
! paratus, recently purchased by the
city council, has not yel be< n put Into
use, the automobile truck answered
the alarm and a ehitnin r\ and a well
were saved,
The need of concrete walks In tb<'
A. C. L. passenger Btation yard
more and more evident as the damp
weather continues, Ladles and gen?
tlemen, alike, have criticised the con?
ditions now prevailing. It Beems that
the matter should be one which would
Interest the Chomber of Commerce,
tin City Council or some authoritative
i body In the town
TAFT VETOES IMMIGRATION BILL
DISAPPROVES MEASURE BE?
CAUSE OF LITERACY TEST.
- j
President Himself Pens Brief Mes?
sage to Congress Giving Reason for
Vetoing Dilliiigham-Hurnctt Hill?
Endorses S?*cretary Nagel'g Views
in Opposition to Proposcxl Test for
Aliens.
Washington, Feb. 14.?President 1
Taft today vetoed the Dillingham
Burnett immigration bill, which '
would revolutionize the immigratio
policy of the United States by imp'
ing a literacy test upon all forcig c
seeking a home in America. /
in a short message to the Se." JF i
his own handwriting, the nt
announced his disapprove^ the '
mea<uie solely because ^ pro?
vision which would lock ^ jors of
the United States ag;> o'.te alien
who could n<?t read s? vnguage or
dialect.
The veto message was accompanied
by a lettei to the President from Sec?
retary Nagel, denouncing the literacy
test as a radical provision "based up?
on a fallacy in undertaking to apply
a test which Is not calculated to reach
the truto and to find relief from a
danger which really does not exist."
The President adopted the Secretary's
position.
Senate and House leaders lost no
time in arranging for an effort to
override the veto. As soon as the
message was read, Senators Dilling
ham and Simmons, and Representa?
tives Purnett, leading the Congres?
sional supporters of the measure,
made arrangments to take it up In
the Senate on Monday and in *he
House on Tuesday. With Senator
Lodge, they were confident that the
bill would be passed easily in both
houses by the necessary two-thirds
vote.
Opponents and proponents of the
proposed law waged a vigorous con?
test in hearings before the President
for the last ten days. Organized labor
warmly supported the bill, while sev
j eral organizations, practically Jewish
societies recommended Ks veto. For?
eign nations protested against the
provision for detailing immigrant in?
spectors and matrons on vessels fly?
ing foreign flags, but Secretary Nagel
held that this was not a controlling
objection to the proposed law.
This is the second time that a lit?
eracy test for immigrants has been
vetoed by a President, Grover Cleve?
land, in 1897, likewise having refus?
ed to approve a bill barring aliens
who could not read and write.
MULE'S KICK RESTORES MEM?
ORY.
Injury Made Farmer Forget Where
Treasure Was Hidden.
John Allen, a farmer living near
Enid, Okla., as the result of an ac?
cident forgot where he had buried
$3,865 during the panic of 1907, and
as a result of another accident re?
membered where the money was hid?
den and recovered it.
In the panic year Allen lost faith
in the banks and kept his money safe?
ly buried in his pasture. A few days
later he was seriously injured in a
runaway acident and lost his mem?
ory. Last Saturday while Allen was
hitching up one of his mules the ani?
mal kicked him on the side of the
head. He was sent to a Kansas City
hospital and the physicians removed
a piece of his skull.
Allen at once recovered hit memory
and when he returned to Enid today
went tO the pasture, locating the
stone which marked the burial place
of the treasure.?Exchange.
A. C. L. WRECK AT BEXXETS
VI I.I.F.
Passenger Crashes Into Box Cars?
Several Seriously Hurt.
Bennettsville, Feb. ir>.?Last night
at 7:30 the passenger train on the
Atlantic Coast Line ran into some box
cars on the main line, in front of the
passenger depot, the collision result?
ing In serious Injury to several passen?
ger! and damage to the engine and
cars.
it seems that the ward crew was
engaged In shifting freight cars and
rnn these freight cars out on to the
main line and allowed them to remain
there until after tin- r< gular schedule
of the pass- nger train and that a by?
stander called the attention of one of
the train crew to the fact that It was
time for the passenger train, it is
further said that an employee of the
railroad company then told a negro
that ii"- pa ?enger train might come
in soon and for him. (the negro) to
go dow n the track and fl <?? it but the
neuro failed to discharge tie dntv
COTTON USED IN JANUARY
AMOUNT l sl l> LAST MONTH 533,
251 RUNNING BALES.
Supply on lliind in .Manufacturing
Plant* 1.ft 11.157. With 2.(ift9,000
in Independent Warehoum m.
Washington, Feb. 1 I.?Cotton con?
sumed in the United States jring
January amounted to 533,15_ run?
ning bales, compared with 4 45,287
bales in December, the census bu?
reau announced today. Cotton on
nd January 31 in manufacturing
.ablishments- was 1,911,157 bales,
ompared with 1,704,420 bales De?
cember II, and in Independent ware?
house 2,669.079 bales, compared wdth
3,200,615 bales December 31. Im?
ports were 52,253 bales of 500 pounds,
compared with 25,075 in December,
and exports 900,8 4 4 running bale:%
compared with 1,391,385 bales in De?
cember.
Of the cotton consumed 270,937
bales were in cotton growing States,
and 262,314 bales in other States.
Of the cotton on hand January 31
in manufacturing establishments
916,414 bales were in cotton growing
States, and 994,743 bales in all other
States; of that in independent ware?
houses, 2,462,192 bales were in cot?
ton growing States and 206,SS7 bales
were in all other States. Of the im?
ports 4 7,098 bales came from Egypt
1,586 bales from Peru, 3,132 from
China, and 437 bales from all other
countries.
Of the exports 355,750 bales went
to the United Kingdom, 240,097 bales
to Germany, 97,818 bales to France,
49,8 71 bales to Italy, and 157,31$
bales to all other countries.
During January' there wre 30,335,
563 cotton spindles operated, 11,720,
727 of which were in cotton growing
States and 18,614,836 in all other
States.
j F. B. HAYNS AND THE SOUTH.
Cotton Farmers Urged to Pay Legal
Expenses of Mr. Hayne and His
Friend*.
To the Editor of The Xews and
Courier: In reading some of the
circulars sent us by the various bro?
kers in New York. I noticed this ex?
pression in referring to the advance
in cotton last month in the New York
market: "Put the tail and wing
feathers of this rise were clipped by
the decision handed down by "tbe
Supreme Court in the cotton corner
case." In other words, it means that
any attempt to advance the price of
cotton, especially by cotton men in
the South, is? subject to arrest by tbe
Federal authorities, but, so far, we
have heard of no arrest of any par?
ties endeavoring to depress the price
of cotton. On the surface, it seems
that it is criminal to attempt to put
cotton prices higher, but legitimate
to put them as low as possible. It
i.s an admitted fact that if it hai
not been for the nerve and brains of
Frank B. Hayne and his friends we
would never have seen the present
prices for cotton, anil the farmers'
children would still be "picking cot
i
ton' instead of "attending school.'
All men interested in cotton remem?
ber the magnificent stand Mr. Hayne
and his friends took some years ago,
when they were being flooded with
cotton, by the bears in New York
It is due in great part to Mr. Hayns
that cotton is not selling today at the
same old prices of 7 cents. S cents
and 9 cents, and the present prosper?
ity of the South is due in a groat
measure to the stand these men took,
when the attempt was made to beat
down tbe price of cotton and t ? keep
it down.
In view Of these facts I wish to sug?
gest that subscriptions be opened all
over the South, at the various cotton
centres, to receive contributions t<>
pay his legal ? xnenses, but more than
that, to act as a protest against the
action of the Federal Government,
and to show that the South publtCl)
recognises the services of Mr. Hayne
and his friends; subscriptions o> bs
accepted ranging from 2' cents up, 1
think that every cotton nan in the
South would gladly c< ntribute to such
a cause, and I hope that the paper
of the South will take this idea up
and publish tins ? ?.. n in tin-ir
various communities. Yours truly,
Cham P. Mlddleton
?'barb Mton, Ft b 14.
tt.vooo rim: at cam pom i do
<>tl Mill Ihnroyed In Kpartanbarg
(bant) I'own.
Spartan! irg, Fcb it The Camp
. hello < Iii Mill v d( iroyed by Hi I
of unknown orlii rlj lb i morn 1
The loss >i 11 ?" ? nly covered by
instu am ?