Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TIIF si M I KU WATlilMAN, i:*tabll>h?Ml April, 18?0. "Bo Just anil Tear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Consolidated Au*. 3, 1881. SUMTER. S. 0., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1913. THE TRUE SOCTHKON, Established June, KM Vol. XXXV. No. 62. MAY BE "MR PRESIDENT." vii w or povnIiii i Tl un in Ml \l( \N SITUATION. Intervention In Mexico Meld to In CwkuIii In Cour*?? of Time-Olicv VcTo*.., -Iv Klo (.ramie "(Hi to Pan? ama"?Wll*"n's Ahn Tow an I Kconomi? Imprmemciit?Last Two Week* ?>f Tuft?IHrcvtor Ilurrett miuMhiI. Washington. Keb 1 * ^Probably the last thing \V oilrow Wttson w >uld wish, along the lines of successf il ad? ministration Mould he to he re.liem ? ijerod as a "war President" The evident tenor of his thought and tem? perament Is towardH achievement along economic and political lines Within the present bounds of our na? tional dominion. Tet the pn?*pect Is developing Steadily towards a consummation whose approach nas been previously mentioned?a condition of such in? tolerable turmoil and incompetency in Mexico that the forcible Intervention of the United -1 it es cannot be averts I. If that Intervention e rnes, and most of the authorities here believe It must before the Wilson administration Is very far advanced. the stupendous task of subduing aad controlling Mex? its will take pr? (???<? nee of all other In the mind of the average lean of the time. This threat turn of fate must be exceedingly vexatious to a statesman like the Pres? ident-elect who knows that our groat Is correction of the Ills that our own system. I our troops ever cross the Klo Is to restore order in Mexico, it Is believed by many far-seeing men ^ta Washington that the flag of the Usdted States will never be withdrawn TL? same prediction was made three score in 1 ?. b rears 0*0 *s in Um s/ni which was the* brewing with our neat door neighbor on the south. The prophecy was not verified, b-t it came or verification than most of us realise. Under the same condl? as exist today to the north and the south of Mexico, we should made orr conquest not only com . but permanent We have now south of Mexico the ma Canal, a ?400,00^0.000 tnvej&r.J P.etween the canal and' oar land lies Mexico and three or little m?rnl-anarchi*tic republics principal contribution to civi? lisation from the date of their est;>?> Hahment has been trouble. If we ac feajutre control of Mexico after a war into which we hud I., ri I ?r ?? d by that eeantry's own barbarity and folly, the cry of ? >n In 1'anamaf" with only these little squirming scorpions in the Way. would be wellnlgh irresistible ' Practically every disinterested per? il Son who has studied t'..e Mexican sit - nation agrees with the proposition that It will be a genuine calamity If we have to intervene. Nobody can tell how long pacification would take or how much it would cost and the ma? jority of the estimates ma V even by the opponents of Intervention are doubtless too low. That is why Presi? dent Taft has h Id out so long agaln?t Intervention, and that is why he M Striving to maintain the policy for the few days remaining t > his admin? istration. tl Is well recognised at the White House that it would be undesirable tar an outgoing Administration to Start a war a few days before turning the rein* of Qovernssent over to Its successor. Not only would It be em harr. r< t., the new coming Presi? dent to Inherit a week-old war, hut the retiring Kxecutlve would be sub? jected to all sorts of uncomfortable swfoh ions as to his motives In con? senting at the last moment to pre? cipitate the conflict. Which he had consistently avoided so long as the -responsibility for its maintenance would have fallen upon himself. Therefore, the closing days of Mr Taft's administration. WhtsJl bade fair to be so peaceful In view of his own philosophic and good-humored ac< ceptance of defeat, are full of anxiety It Is easv enough to maintain the sta? tus quo as to M < > .' he trotihb grows no worse t, ? .. March 4, but If there should be a mm x r r 1 of \mer Icnn rlhxen? or If then* should be a malicious find sustain- d attack upon American property with a view to Its destruction, more aggressive notion on tho part of this Government wo lid be demi nded Washington h> t.i.n much Inter* est in the eanlonlon which resulted laat week from Ilm loas>nont up die esteem t wletlng between the depart ment of State nnd Mr John Barrett, director of th?? pgii?Amerl an 1 n in Who has shown a rsndtnoss to <l: rn ? matters whhh ihe department 11 nl peculiarly Its n* | PRIMARY RILL POSTPONED. SENATE CONTINUES MEASURE UNTIL NEXT mission. General .Vssembl> May Remain in ?sjgsjssj Next Week to Hear Iran All Hill?. CoUunbtai Feb. 10.?After refus? ing bf a rota of 23 to lfl to table the measure th? senate lust night after prolonged dehnts continued until next session the Nicholson t>i 12 to throw raatrlCtlOM around the primary sys? tem of the Stab-. Ti e Glifton amend? ment was killed hy a vote of 29 to 11. Tlie s. nator from SiimN r then pro? posed a second amendment to strike out till aller the emitting words of the Nicholson bill and insert the ciif u>u amendment to keep open the registration hooks for two months this fear and two nest rear. The senate rejected the second of the Clifton ? memlments hy a vote of 23 to 15. The sen it,, passed over the head of the governor last night the Hall hill Ig ony to supervisors in Cherokee county certain salaries, and the Car lisle hill with reference to the com? mission form of government in the city of Spartanhurg. The Strait pension bill was con? tinued until next session yesterday. The house one mill tax bill was re? ported In the senate last night with? out reference. There sygl talk yesterday of the general assembly remaining over next week until all bills are heard from. two HILLS VETOED. Governor I >Uappro\ od Kxpcnscs for Circuit Judges. Columbia. Feb. 20.?The governor has vetoed the act to allow circuit Judge** $3 per day for expenses while actually engaged in holding court. The bill was introduced in the house by air. Rembert of Richland. The veto message was received by the. house last night. The bill and the message were refererd to the judi? ciary committee. ? The governor sent the house a mes? sage vetoing the act to permit the au? thorities In Greenville county to de sn f contrband liquor they seised. Another act hes been passed to give ^v^rr^miml liquor t- poor housVs an<" hospitals in the various counties. De i bate on the vetoed act was postponed. HILL BENT TO HOUSE. House BefSSSSg to Recommit Hosiery Mill Hill. Columbia, Feb. 19.?This morning the House refused to recommit the bill to abolish the hosiery mill by a vote of ?'?6 to 4 2 and sent it to the < Senate. I City Manager Worthington is find I ing that his efforts to improve the streets and keep the gutters and drains open are seriously handicapped by the carelessness of drivers of au? tomobiles and other vehicles, who make a practice of driving too close the curb and thereby filling the drains as fast as they are cleaned out. If driv? ers cannot keep in the middle of the road all the time, they should at least f > to keep out of the gutters Mr. Barrett ha* been styling him? self "the only international oflicer In Washington" and cannot be said to hart t. mptod his admitted ability with ? rerjf great amount of shrink? ing modesty. In addition to this, the St.it. d. partmsnt during the Taft ad? ministration has failed to cover itself with glory and may be peevishh. Mr Barrett brought forth a plan of settling the Mexican trouble by the meditation Ol this and nil the other American Government*, but he omit? ted the formality of asking the Pres!- I dent and -eeretare Knox for their Opinion before making his views pub lie. The result was a protest from Americans in Mexico Gity .mainst Mr. Barrett's "amateur polities," and an1 official explanation by the state de? partment that the Interference of the dim tor ol the Pan-American Union did not have the approval of the Prt 1 Idept or Mr. Kt ox. Director Barrel! Issued Sunday an apology to the President and the Secretary of Htate, That has been widely published, For some reason, he did tot gel the same publicity for an utterance In very different tons which he mad Saturdas evening, when lo def< nded his course, express cd surprise and thlnly-velled anger at the Htate department's attitude, and I quoted an annmymoua letter, which, he said, he had reeetrcd with regard I t.. ibe ho tility n hieb his SU< t h id i in eertaln Quaiters. Mr ||t.iti-!t n?rt have heard vojnethin; ? be ov. might, M I I L McCORMACK'S BODS POUND IN CLAY HOLE AFTER TWO HOURS SEARCH. Fight-Yoad Old Son of C. F. MeCor mack Drowned at Hrick Yard Wed? nesday Afternoon Will Ik.* Hurled Friday Morning?Services at Ceme? tery. The body of little Xeill McCormack, t"he eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. McCormack, who was drowned Wednesday afternoon at the brick yard, was found at a quarter to five o'clock by Mr. J. R. Mercer, af? ter two hours had been spent in the ?aaroh for the body, and was brought on t<> town and left at the residence of its parents. There Were many persons prodding in the water-filled clay hole at the time that the little body was found in tli<> wat* r only a few feet away from the edge where he had attempted to wash his hands and had fallen in. The body was at once removed from the water and the face and hands washed Off, when It was placed in Mr. J. A, Schwerin'! car and brought to the city. It was after 3 o'clock when the news of the drowning of a little boy at the brick yard spread over the town and in a short time dozens of persons re sponded, going at once to the scans and doing all in their pow? er to find the body. Long poles, hooks and prods were used in feeling about in the water which was between live and six feet deep, but it was move than two hours after he had fallen In that the body was at last found. It was about two o'clock in the day that Mr. McCormack left his home to return to his store after dinner. At this time the little boy was riding his bicycle Up and down the street in front of his house. Mr. McCormack bad told Nstll not to come up town, but to stay near the house. This was the last time that he was to see his little son alive. It was not more than half an hour later that he received a message to come out to the brick yard, that his little boy had been drowned. We'll with a little playmate, Clarence Kennedy, went to the brick yard, and it wa^ only ^ '^w minutes1 after he reached the p ace that he lost his balance as he v as stooping over the water and he fell in. The little boy could not swim and his friend was unable to give the neces? sary assistance to save him. Clarence then gave the alarm and workmen at the brick works responded, but they did not go into the water and could not find the body with poles which they used in feeling for it. A raft was made and launched and the search from this was continued. Later hooks were sent for and two boats were brought from town and launched, but still the body could not be found. It was after the searchers had been at work for nearly two hours and the body had been in the water long? er that it was found. The news of the drowning of the little boy caused considerable excite? ment in town and there were many to go out to the scene in automobiles, buggies and on bicycles. Several la? dies were present, among whom was the mother of the little boy. The tragic death of little Nelll McCormack wits a great shock to the many friends of the family, whose sympa? thy went OUt to the sadly bereaved parents in this terrible calamity which had beeu visited upon them. Tin- brick yard has long been a popular, although extremely danger? ous, resort for small boys from town. It has been shunned somewhat since the three little boys were drow n al there live years ago, but it is still fre? quented by numbers Of them, although the owners of the brick works have frequently warned the boys and tried to keep them away from the place, ''here fire quits a number of these I holes from Which the clay has been dug and In whloh the water has been turned. In most of them the water Is Horn four to six feet deep and as the banks arc extremely slippery, it would be hard for anyone falling In to get out without assistance, even if he knew how to swim. Prof M . I loodc I loin, s of tht ini Verslty of South Carolina came over I to the city Monday to visit the me? morial tablet recently erected at the newiy constructed Dingle's Mill bridge Prof, Homes came for the purpose of polishing off the stone and set Ing that it was properly set. He returned to Columbia Monday night. Id- \> n convicts w> re t iken out to the county chain guns Tuesday morn? ing to servo oul their term on the public r< m ds of 1 he count y. MAY WHO TRANSPORTS PUR? CHASED CONTRABRAND HELD GUILTY. Ruling on Anderson Case, He Gives New Teeth to Law Against Whis? key Sidling. Anderson, Feb. 19.?In South Car? olina the purchaser of whiskey from a blind tiger is guilty of a violation of the law and is punishable just as is the seller. This is the substance of an order handed down by Judge Shipp in affirming the judgment of the recorder of this city in several liquor cases. Several weeks ago the authorities of tliis city employed two white detec? tives to work up liquor cases. These detectives stopped as guests of the several hotels and managed to get some of the porters, waiters and bell boys to get whiskey for them. About 1 5 cases of this kind were the re | suit. When the cases were brought to trial the offense charged was trans? porting eontrabrand liquor rather than the charge of selling liquor. Each of the defendants admitted delivering whiskey from a blind tiger and several that they were acting as the agents of the purchaser; that they themselves did nothing more than carry the whis? key from the olind tiger to the de? tectives. They stated they got the whiskey from a blind tiger and several of the defendants named the person who they claimed let them have the whiskey. The person named had skipped when the officers went for him. The cases were tried before juries in the recorder's court, and verdicts of guilty were returned. Appe. "s were made to the circuit court, and were heard by Judge Shipp. The attor? neys, arguing the appeals for the de? fendants, admitted that the whiskey came from a blind tiger and admit? ted that so long as the whiskey was in the hands of the blind tiger it was contrabband whiskey. They argued, however, that the character of the whiskey changed when it passed into the hands of the defendants because they had obtained possession of it for a lawful purpose, and that it was not, \l#rTefc?re, eontraband whiskey, - and that the recorder erred in sentencing them for transporting whiskey. Judge Shipp said that in his opinion the whiskey, which was admitted by the defendants to be contraband at one time, ?emalned contraband after it had changed hands. He, therefore, banded down the following order af? firming the judgment of Recorder Frierson: "The defendant herein was convict? ed in the recorder's court of the city of Anderson for the offense of trans? porting contraband * liquors in viola? tion of section 51 of the code of laws of said city, reading as follows: " 'Section 61, It shall be deemed a misdemeanor for any person to transport, handle, st?r.? or conceal within the city of Anderson any illicit or contraband alcoholic liquors. "My findings of the fact from the evidence are that the defendants, either as agent or principal, purchas? ed and obtained intoxicating liquor in the city of Anderson from a person whom defendant knew was not au? thorized by law to sell same, and that this defendant thereupon transported ?said liquor from one place to another in said city ami delivered it to a third person. ? 1 hold as a matter of law that the transportation In this city of this liquor by this defendant, after ob? taining 't through a sale he kiu w was unlawful, \as a violation of the ordi? nance against transportation of con? traband Uquoi. (Stale vs. Bookard, 87 S. C, 444.) Let the judgment of the recorder be affirmed and the ap? peal dismissed." This point will very probably be taken up to the supreme court for a ruling by that tribunal. ti. \Y. C. LEE DEAD. I i !<>.< Son of Great Confederate Chieftain Passes Away. Ravensworth, Va . Feb. 18.- O. i w. C, i.e.-. ebb si son of den. Robert E, Lee, formerly an aide-de-camp on the staff of Jefferson Davis and presl d< nt emeritus of Washington and Lee university, died here today, aged 80. liar Colored Teas, Washington, F< b. 17 The l'nit. d States government will continue to bar all colored teas from this country during the new tea season, beginning May ii t, and : he Ii c isury depart m< nt will cont Inue to . mploy the " Re id i test" for the d< U ction of < olot Ing I matter, it was announced today. IMMIGRATION BILL EAILS. ADVOCATES UNABLE TO MUSTER QUITE TWO-THIRDS. By Vote <>t -M3 to 111. House De? clines to Override Wishes of Execu? tive. Washington. Feb. 19.?The house today refused, hy a vote of 213 to 114, to pass the Dillingham-Burnett immi? gration 1 >i 11 over the president's veto. Five votes changed from the negative to the affirmative would have been given the two-thirds necessary to ov? er-ride the veto. lief ore the result was announced, Representative Gardner of Massachu? setts, one of the leading advocates of the bill, changed his vote to "nay," and after the announcement moved to reconsider the vote. Speaker Clark overruled the motion, going back to the time of Speaker Jones of Virginia (1844 ) for the only recorded precedent on the subject Representative Gardner appealed from the decision of the chair, but a motion by Mr. Underwood, Democratic leader, to lay the motion on the table blocked the attempt to continue the contest. , The fight centered on the literac.. test feature of the bills. President Taft s veto of the bill went to the house today with the bill, repassed over the veto by the senate > t sterday. Democratic leaders who conducted the original tight in the house over the measure predicted they could muster the nec essary two-thirds vote to repass it today, although the!.' look? ed for vigorous opposition from a minority of Democrats and Republi? cans. Opposition to the measure was re? newed as soon 'js Representative Bur? nett of Alabama, chairman of the im migation committee, moved that the hill be reconsidered ana passed over the president's veto. Representative Goldfogle of New York and Curley of Mosechusetts de? layed action for about two hours by demanding the reading of the bill, covering 26 printed pages, the presi? dent's message and the mesage from the senate. HUNDREDS PAID GR AKT. According to District Attorney Oxer 300 Saloons. Hotels and Disorderly Houses We're Mulcted. New York, Feb. 19.?Additional figures to show the enormous propor? tions of alleged graft paid to the po? lice were obtained by District Attor? ney Whitman today. Twenty saloons and hotel keepers were questioned and one, Leroy Wilkins, appeared be? fore the grand jury, where he i he paid $60 to $80 a month to the police for protection. The evidence that the distri." at? torney has been gathring from hotel ami saloon keepers in the district commanded by Capt. Walsh, whose confession followed that of Policeman Eugene Fox, and led to indictment of Capt. Sweeney, formerly inspector, on graft charges will he laid before tho extraordinary grand jury oeginning tomorrow. It will show, according to the district attorney, that more than 300 saloons, hotels?many of which violated no law?and disor? derly resorts paid regularly everv month for freedom from police in? terference. The total revenue from these places is estimated by the dis? trict attorney at about $250,000 a year from this one Inspection district Capt. Sweeney, who was reduced from Inspector after his indictment Monday, was arraigned today and of? fered, through his counsel, to plead not guilty "with leave to withdraw" later. This pleading the' court refused to accept ami reset the hearing fe?r Mon? day. The Indictment of an<>th< r poll* e Officer Who, it is allege d, ae-teel as a collector for Sweeney, is expected to be returned by the- grand jury tomor? row. 7.000-MIFF W ILK \ TEST. \ratj Sergeant Exjierlitieiits With the Regulation Shoe. St. Louis. Fob. 18.- Bergt, .lohn M Walsh. IT. s. A . arrived last night from Jefferson barracks on foot, af? ter a 7,000-mllc tramp across the con? tinent and back und.:- orders to test army shoes. The sergeant left New York on Apt il 1 ?nd i i eturnii i fi om Ci Ii? fot tua. 11. plans to :. ime his jour n. \ today v. ii h Fori i ? n I larrlsi n, I n dlana, his objective point. Walsh Is we.it lng the fourth i air i f -b ? * he is t. st in r. WOMEN DYNAMITE FIEIIS. LLOYD-GEORGE'S COUNTRY HOME DESTROYED BY BOMB. Perpetrators of Deed Against Brit? ish Chancellor <>f the Exchequer Unknown, bat Probably Part of -Militant Suffrage Campaign ? "Undoubtedly the Wo:k of Wo men,*' Declares "General" Flora ' hrummond, while Mrs. Pankhtu-sf. Boastfully Assamcs "Full Respoo> slbility." London, Fo* 19.?The country residence of Chancellor of the Ex? chequer David Lloyd-George, at Wal? ton Heath, was practically destroyed this morning by a bomb, which the police say was daced there either by militant tuff' j or their male sympathizer .body was Injured, a as the res had not yet b'^en oc cupid. 't An ( ? of the Woman's Social and 1 s. t Union told the police that w .ciety had no krowledge of th * trators. "Gen." Mrs. Flora T .W and, however, declared the ex v i was "undoubtedly the work omen." She exclaimed: It was a fine act and shows the u -termination of the women. I say all power to all kinds of militancy In the direction of harassing Cabinet ministers short of taking human life." Mrs. Pankhurst Elated. Cardiff. Wales, Feb. 19.?"We have blown up the chancellor of the ex? chequer's house," said Mr. Emeline Pankhurst. addressing an enthusiastic meeting of suffragettes here tonight. "The authorities need not look for the women who actually did it. I personally accept full responsibility for it." Mrs. Pankh'-.rst declared that if she were sent to penal servitude she would go on hunger strike. "The Government will then either have to set me free," she added, "or let me die. If I drop out a hundred women are ready to take my place." TO REBATE TIPS. New York Hotel Has Scheme To jfc, '""tSllu'i, < lus ks to.- 5't ' cuts Or <>\cr. New York, Feb. 17.?A ,dan by which it hopes to solve the tipping problem was announced by one of the larger hotels today. Assuming that a majority of its guests would resent a request not to give tips to waiters and recognizing the impossibility of enforcing an or? der that the waiters should not accept gratuities, the management hit upon the plan of making a reduction of Li per cent on all checks over 50 cents ?a reduction equivalent to the aver? age tip?thereby relieving the guests of the necessity of paying for service twice. A line printed at the top of the menu card.-, announced that the re? duction would be mad*, and while nothing was added about tipping, most guests, it was said, recognized that the reduction was being made in an effort to solve the problem. $75,000 WORTH OF DOGS. Chicago Special Brings Blooded Ani? mal* to Now York show. New York, Feb. 1^.?The "tOW hundred'" of Western dogdom arrived here late last night, traveling in un? usual luxury for d?>i;s on a Cast trail from Chicago. There were SO crates of blue blood" ed animals valued at $76,000. A spec? ial WSJ attached '<> the train for them. Tiny wi\\ be the Western ex? hibit at the Westminster Kennel club show here this week. KHOOTLXG 1 \ CHEROKEE COUX? I \ CImin E. Smith Wounded bj W. I\ Duggin?i \pevied to Recover. Gaifuey, Feb. iy Charles E. Smith a well known n'hlte man <>i the coun? ty. Was slnit thl? aft* !.l about 4 o'clock b> w. K ' ' The af? fair occurred in ; h tlou her section of the county, where both nu n live and are ?t some prominence. A shot* gun was the \\? ipon u < d, and the ? n tire load took effect in Smiths bacl ami b< ad. l>r .1 C. Pittman, the at tending physician states that tin ps tient \\ recov? i si't riff Thomas went ?<> the i ? ? und arreeted Duggins and ,tonlgh lodg< <i bun in the counts ? I. i' ?