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4? Hl'MTFJl WUVIIMVV FMubllshed April, 1850. MBfJ Just and Fear not?Lot all the ends Thou Aims*! at Ix? thy Country's. Thy God's and T?mth'a." TUE TRUE SOTJTHKOX, Established June, Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. CL SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 2, ?SENT BACK TO HOUSE AMENDED APPKOPItl \TI?>\ i;11 I PASSED UY THE MIN VI i: No i lu?ll^< M ult' ill MeuMIIV I \cept the.-. IC' ' <>11ii11? 11 I> 11 by lTnamv t "Uiriiiu?^^-*^ uiiiImt of I fonts Ko % in. . ,l from \inounti. Vixed by ^ House; '?Hu rs Increased, Some Urtckfn out and mwm Added? Hill t.o*s* t<> |tnu*e T*^luy. Columbia. F*?b, 26.?At the night session of the Senate all of the reeom mendattons of the finance committee to the appropriation bill were accept? ed and no other changes to the bill were made. The chairman of the finance com? mittee of the Senate and the ways and means committee of the House ^wtll terve on the board with the Gov ^ernor to borrow money to meet ap? propriations, these officers being sub? stituted for the State Treasurer and Comptroller General, at the request of the latter officers. The Senate passed Senator I^awson f motion re^ulr'ng all institutions and organisations for which appropria? tions are made to render an itemized report on the expenditure of their funds. Accepting all of the recommenda ' 'Ms of the finance committee and snaking one .?th?>r ch.i nge, which was ^not urged by that body the Senate thie morning pasiua nineteen of the thirty-nine sections of the appropria? tion bill on Its third reading. All of the sections passed. however, deal with the appropriations for. running ?db? various State offices aad it was ^Hpeoted that uo objection would bo nkls*d to an\ of these. When the budget of the University of South Car? olina was reached, then was consider able discussion and the Senate ad? journed to meet at 4.20 before any ^definite action hud been taken on any Wef its Items. The onVes of Governor, Secretary of State, insurance commissioner. Treasurer, State Superintendent jJtatc- librarian, ooramis IsfratttUv bo od of medi? cal examiner* and Comptroller Gen dgVrU %v-re#aot hU> ? ted by any junend mstits snd they will receive the amounts) epee'.tled by the ways and means e^mnsJstee of the House un? ions SOSge of the items should receive the veto of the Governor. On recommendation of tho finance Abemmlttec, >? n.ite increased tTe amount of extra clerical hire for the office <>f ?'? 'tnptrollvr General from $1.000, ae cited by the, ways and moans commute*, to $1,400. Two changes were made la the ap? propriation for the Adjutant General's ^office. The item srttmg aside $12 for the purchase of a camp site for the military companies of the Slat--, waa strick-ri out. as urged by Ins finance rornmittee, and the app**os?rla tlon for the maintenance of the militia was reduced from $20,000 to $l&.O0D. ?^So the twuU amount appropriate* for the office is reduea-d from $...?.T.:o to $ If.220, Despite tln> strenuous objection of Senator Appelt to the it. ski q| tin- At? torney General's ofBoo of $2,000 to pay for litigation in the Carolina g^titass Company easrw. on appeal in the United Stoles Supreme Court and $200 to pay tho expenses of that of? ficer in attending th#* annual confer? ence of Attorneys General, both of the Items were retained in the bill and no further change* were made. An amendment of $].,'? to pay Tor wRie printing of l^u aagdag of the rail? road coitin. - i. to r h report w is added to the appropriation for that offl< e. In order that the Stale Hospital co'.nmlssh- may pay the sinking fund commission the amount of Its indebi? ti edness. an amendment ?Otting I m f I 6 r>. H 1 7 : *.u< eld. d to tho budget of that b?d> The ftn.lfn e committee' x recnm mendatlon that $500 for repairing the fences snd out houses at the Gover? nor's Mansion and that the amount to ver the deficit for lighting for Un? reduced from $3,00?' to |g,H4.ISi Were adopted by the Senate. Senator Appelt took the lead in op? posing the amount of the appropria? tion for th? Catawha Indians, but || passed an It came from the House, < ?ne thousand ialsaffg for the Coin Breeders' Asse? I llfos und |l,6tf fur the Plant Bteedei I' Assx on of the Statu wer.- st re k. u ou( of tie- appro* print ion for the <?? >n< r of a kusro'g oil - , as >\ i i th? iinnne< eomm Tho Pennte ? ?? 4 t* n on ih< dvice of the Ana nee eomm I n Ii creasing th?? salary of librarian of tie Supreme Court from $??$ |q $1,000 and by addlm? th.? following Items: Deficit for bonks i.?r Supreme 1 ourt, $16$.55; the Hon. U. P, Kelly, SwtClal r t judge, |IS.IQ ami doptet ol Diota and Decisions, $750. On motion of Sena? tor Clifton, the salary of code commis? sioner was reduced from $500 to $400. There was much discussion on the appropriation! Ol the State board of health and the board of medic xl exam? iners, but both of the sections were passed as they came from the House. The appropriation for the Univer? sity of South Carolina was beintf dis? cussed when the Senate receded from business to meet thig afternoon at 4.JO. It Is thought that the entire bill with amendments will be in the I hands of the House tonight. At the afternoon session of the Sen? ate the appropriation for the Univer? sity of South Carolina wag passed without amendment though Senators Crouch and Appelt opposed several items. The item of $1,200 of the Winthrop College appropriation for paying the salary of school supervisor for York County was stricken out, and $000 for Tomato .Club work was added. Tonight tno Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institution, the State Negro College, the State Hospital for the Insane anil the South Carolina Industrial School were not affected by the amendment of the Senate. There were no amend? ments to the sections relating to char? itable and penal purposes, historical commission, interest on bonded debt, elections, expenses common to both houses and insurance departments, and these were passed as they came from the House. The salary of the chaplain of the l'? nitentiary was Increased from $?'.00 to $800; the amount for maintenance of the Confederate Infirmary was de? creased from $17,000 to $15,000, and for repairs to the lnflrinar> from $3, 000 to $500. UndOf the section providing for the exi enses of the Senate, the item of $J.t*40.20 for pay, mileage and Station? ery of the President and members w increased to $10,00v; the salary of the serreant-at-arms from $200 to $300; clerk of Judiciary committee from $200 to $240; clerk of finance commit? tee from $20S to $250; contingent fund from $l,?iOO t , $2,500. The senate reduced the salary of the reading Clerk of the House from $4S0 to $30*. Among the miscellaneous items, the one relating to lights on the wulks and grounds of the State House was strick? en out. a* wit* the item regarding a ? ommittee to Investigate the grater supply. 1 items sreea added setting tadde $>L ttl and $ l,t?00, respectively, for the State Com and Plant Breeders' As? sociation*. The amount for reunion Ol veter? ans was increased from $1,<>0S to $1, 500, and for paving a certain section of South State street from |ltd. 16 to $14,<>00. Tho amount to hi 11**1 >>\ the state Hospital commission was dsefSSaSOd from $Xi,000 f $20,000. The ?ssstss added the ssalowing Hems: Hot the State MssllOal OoUegO, $10,000; stenographer for committee to Investigate charges against tho Con? federate Home, $25"?, and expenses of the coirijuittee to inveatigate tho Pes> body fuad distribution, $343.15. No further cham.es were ajods and tho bill passed and was ordered sent to tho Hoi.se with amendments. Tie item of $2,500 inserted by the House In the appropriation bill to cov *r the expenses of the corps of cadets of the OtadVl In attending the inaugu? ration of President-elect Wilson Wet tonight stricken out of the bill i?y the n \' >? upon i-o oiinuend iti< >n ol the finance committee. Senators Young ami Clifton fought vigorously for the item and Senator CllftOI announced that he would ap? pear before i f??? i conference com? mittee In tho interest of the cadets. If such a committee acts favorably ,011 the matt? r there is a possibility of Us passage by both bouses. If it Is not pasted this State WlH have no official dele gat log in attendance on the inaug? uration. I - HOI > It) I t IB < "Ml IIKNCK, Rosses Won t tcrept Senate Cliange* in t'umpnlaocj KUuentlon Bill. < 'oiumbl i. I'eb |fl Th< House has received from I he sVnate the amend? ments lo the compulaoi education bill. Tb?? Hi nate omendnu nts wer< not agreed lo and tie I >lll will there? fore, on inoi ion of M t MeCl r. ? y, | t.? fi ? e conft t n< c. The - <>nf' i? net bill that will be sgre< ?? l< to 1 oth U t I live bran h< . i ord< * ? ni olb d r? adins DIPLOMAT WON'T RESIGN. AMERICAN MINISTER TO CHILE WOULD HOLD ON. Fletcher's Case May Establlshh Per maneuce or Transiency of Jobs in Foreign Countries. Washington, Feb. 26.?Rasing his position on the fact that he took the diplomatic civil service examination as a stepping stone toa career, Henry P. Fletcher, the American minister to Chile, will not tender his resignation before the inauguration of President? elect Wilson. This determination, made known here today, probably will form the basis for a test of the per? manency of the civil service as it ap? plies to the diplomatic branch of the government service. Fletcher entered the diplomatic service a? the result of an examina? tion and worked up from a minor sec? retaryship to the post of charge de'af- ! faires in Peking, China, where he came into prominence in connection with ? the Hukwang railway loan. Because of the ability he showed while in | Peking and his loyalty to the policies of the government, Mr. Fletcher was appointed to the post of minister to Chile. Although Fletcher always has been a Republican he has made public his intention not to follow the recog? nized custom of offering his resigna? tion before the Inauguration of the new president. A number of American ministers, including 12 in Latin-America alone, and one ambassador, Mr. Hockhhlll at Constantinople) have risen from the lower grades in accordance with the System of examination and promo? tion created by executive order. Many officials of this status, who Can assert that civil service principles have goverened their appointment, may follow Mr. Fletcher's example. Lars Anderson from Japan was the first of the American ambassadors to tender his resignation, so far as the official records of the state depart? ment disclosed. in the usual coarse the ambassadors and most of jthe American ministers tender tbeir res? ignations to the incoming president, especially where there is a change in the dominant party. This is done as a matter of courtesy, in order to af? ford the new administration full op portnnlts to adjust itself and learn of the State of business in each of the embassies and legations before mak? ing changes. It is said at the state department that probably this course will be pursued In th? present case and it Is believed that a number of sin }) resignations already have been addressed to President-elect Wilson and thrjt certainly they will reach him before March 4, though the depart? ment Officials ar?- toi informed of I hem. At the Y. M. C. A. Sunday after noon, young meals lecture, 4th of the series, just as interesting as the oiin rs?every max. come. sab- of unclaimed freight aad express. Mr. Crouch's bill relative to the main? tenance of telegraph offices in certain towns was continued. When the House convened tonight, the Governor, in a message making reference to the position of the Gen eial Assembly in agreeing to the pay? ment of James Henry Rice's claim for services rendered as chief game war dren, In 1911, announced the appoint - ent of A. A. Rl< hardson, of Barn well, as chief game warden. Mr. C. C. Wyche, of Spartanburg. Introduced a concurrent resolution to investigate the condition of the State Penitentiary and the conduct of its su? perintendent. 'lTie committee is to be composed of five members, one to be appointed by the Governor, two by the President of the Senate and two by the Speaker of the House. The committee is given power to serve pro ceases, The resolution was adopted and sent to the Senate. 'Hie attendance on tho Home lo? nicht was very slim and a number ol absentees were noted. it will bo a great pity If members who have been so faithful during the session Regle? t to rem iln on duty In tin* clos? ing, hours of the a< sslon, when go often mm b mist hit f Is likely to occur, and the good work Is so easily spoiled. ! a committee, consisting of Messrs. McQueen and Means, was appointed under o cue ni l . nt resolution looking lo ihe Stute mining and Belling pnoa phate rock and marl The committee i , r. porl ?'H H"' co t and practica - Mill y during I he noxl >??? salon. ? t 10 o'elor-K tonighl t he Houj e, n f ti-r w ? it:ng for aboul an hour to see If t; ,. pproprlation bill would gel hurl fi om t he ^- n ite, found that tb< re \wan no prospcel of getting Ihe bill lo nl f/h| und adjourn d. FOR ANTI-FUTURE BILL. . :N.\T0K F. I). SMITH PLEADS FOR REGULATION OP COX TRACT BUSINESS. South Carolinian Stirs np Hornets' Nest by Preening for Action on Measure to Place Cotton Buyers and Sellers on Same Level. Washington, Feb. 26.?Senator Smith of South Carolina stirred up a hornets' nest in the senate this morning when he endeavored to get action upon his bill to regulate con? tracts for the future delivery of cot? ton. After addressing the senate for more than an hour on the subject, Senator Smith moved to have the com? mittee on the judiciary discharged from further consideration of the house measure and his bill substi? tuted therefor, the two bills being of similar purport. This brought Sen? ator Clark (Wyoming), chairman of the committee on judic iary, to his feet w{ h vigorous opposition. to the mo? tion, claiming that the committee had not had an opportunity to give the bill prope r consideration. Senator Clarke of Arkansas ccime to the support of Senator Smith, urging that some action be taken upon a measure so important to the South and to the country at large. Senator lloke Smith and Senator Gronna, a Repub? lican, also joined in the demand for a vote on the motion. This was op? posed by Senator Percy of Mississippi, who said that while Senator Smith had not overstated the importance of the proposed legislation, he was op? posed to the measure on constitutional grounds. Senators Lodge and Warren object? ed to immediate consideration on the ground that the cotton exchange peo? ple were entitled to a hearing be? fore action was taken. This objec? tion was met by Senators Smith of Georgia and Gronna of Njrfh Da? kota, both memhers of the commit? tee on agriculture, who stated that the Xew York and New Orleans cot t< n ' xebange Inten ?hj had bean given j n full hearing before their committee. At this point Senator Warren still further pressed his objection by ref? erence to the pending appropriation bills and the brief time in which they have to he considered. It was agreed to allow the matter to go over until tomorrow for linal d isposition. Senator Smith spoke for more than an hour, elaborately discussing in detail every phase of the cotton sit? uation from the time the ground is broken for the seed until the white, fleecy Staple is carried to the gin, then on to the mill, where it comes out in cloth. There was no feature which he left untouched. In part he said: "We are reckon? ing with a force today that the law of heredity and habit and the consequent Inertia make us slow to realize. We are living in an age unparalleled by any other age; not that human na? ture has changed, and I am glad that it has not, but the means of express? ing the desire ai d hopes and ambi? tions of each heart are more perfect than ever. The facilities for trans? portation and communication and ed? ucation are so perfect that the man in the woods who ha* been the victim of the shrewd and the heartless be oorras like the man who Wallis the streets of the city and with better trainitig and with faithful work, with honest mother and father, he has had ground into bis bones the intrinsic principles of honesty and Integrity, lb- demands no more, he will accept no less, and the government has yet to reckon with that class of our peo? ple who established it. ?Thi- bill that 1 propose, reduced to its simple terms, means that a buyer am! seller shall have the same chance; that what a seller proposes to sell .-hall he speciticalh and def? initely named, both as to quality and price, and 'hat he shall deliver that and shall deliver it at the price agreed upon and of the grade agreed ii].on; that tie- Setting aside of fair competition shall cense and that so fur as Interstate commerce is con? cerned, and in bo tar as congress can regulate that commerce, the law of supply ?nd demand shall obtain. ??it is an easy matter, it seems, to dismiss this question and have the farmer to take ca.I himself. It seems t.i he the sentiment of Borne that la- Is doing very well; that ho ought to ho satlslb d w it h w h it he has '"d thank God that it is .10 worse. 1 ?ne ren #011 thai t h I sen! itnenl i: pr< \ <h tit (a I- ? ause tin former haa not \ < t realized thul on,' r. a: on t hit I*.. |h in th.ndition that he is, is tbal the leglslato a of tins country luv e been r< ally indifferent to his w ? 11 are. ONLY ONE BATTLESHIP. HOUSE CUTS DOWN ESTIMATES or DIG NAVY ADVOCATES. One Dreadnought, Six Destroyers and Four Submarines Included in Meas? ure. Washington, Feb. 26.?After four days of debate, accompanied at times by scenes of disorder seldom witnessed in the capitol, the house tonight pass? ed the naval appropriation bill carry? ing approximately $13S,000,000 and authorizing the construction of one battleship, six torpedo boat destroyers | and four submarines. An amendme to provide for one battleship ; of two as recommended by mittee was carried by a vot of 174 to 156. An amendment offered by Repre? sentative Calder of New York and adopted requires that the battleship shall be constructed in a government navy yard. As reported by tho committee, the bill carries appropriations aggregat? ing $146,000,000 and provided for two battleships, a transport and a supply ship. Points of order by Representa? tive Sisson of Mississippi in the com? mittee of the whole struck out the transport, and supply ship. Represen? tative Alder of Missouri, the chair man, holding there was no authority for the appropriations because no ves? sels of this type ever had been au? thorized before. Until today, the "big navy" men, headed by Representative Hobson of Alabama and Representative Ayeri of New York, had been confident that the two battleships programme would go through and the result was by no means certain until the final roll call on the amendment. It had 1 een con? tended that the Democrats were about equally divided on the appropriation and that the- Democratic leaders would take no active part in the light against the committee's report. Today, how? ever, Mr. Underwood spoke for one battleship and, when the- vote on the amendment came, 14 6 Democrats voted for the amendment and only 54 against it. Of the Republicans 102 voted against the amendment and -S for it. There was no roll call on the pas? sage of the? bill as amended but Repre? sentative R6ddenb< rry of Georgia held up the vote long enough to predict that the senate would send the meas? ure hack with the provision for two battleships Inserted. While the amendment for one bat j th ship which w as offered by Repre? sentative Tribble of Georgia was pend? ing, Representative Hobson introduced an amendment to authorize four bat? tleships, three battleships and one bat? tleship and a dreadnought cruiser. Each proposition was lost by an overwhelming vote. Throughout the consideration of the bill there were heated exchanges between members and frequent dis? order. The climax came today when Representative Murray of Massachu? setts, standing before the speaker's table demanding recognition by the chairman, was thrown bodily down four steps and dragged toward his seat by an assistant s. rge ant-at-arms. The Claremont Hotel constanly keeps full of guests and it is prob? able that The Imperial will also do a good business when it opens its doors In the not distant future. "It is an easy matter for B man in easy circumstances to take' an op? timistic view of things in general and of the individual or people who are In a bad fix particularly, but we are going to have this legislation. "in conclusion, I desire to say that the senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Lodge) tin othe r day stated a thing that struck me as being SO forcible that 1 recognised its truthfulness at once. He said that the poet by virtue of his high genius and his Intuition, saw deeper into the heart of things than another, and m verse hi was very often aide to express it more clearl) and tersely and powerfully than another. I came across this verse subsequent to that and H a - so appropriate that l shall quob it. We sit here in b< tt< r t ircumstan? < s and do not feel the cry ol poverty ami the humility of its attendant evils. We are optimistic In general, and we are forgetful of our more unfortunate fellows-. These were the lines that illustrate the attitude of those who can help tho fai nor. The at - titude of those who are indifferent to him Is aptlj expressed In th< e I nei "The toad beneath the harrow knows exact ly w hen the toothpoint Tie hutterlly upon the road pr< < h< ; < ontcutment I o * h< I >ad." PAKROTT MILLING COMPAN1 has OPHXED its PLANT for BUSINESS, Flaut Being Tested out Thursday, and Will Probably l>c Running Hoftular ly by Next Week?something of tlie Operation of Tl?s New Enterprfcig for sumter. The PaiTOtt Milling Company it tho latest additic the business en? terprises " vV> nga^ged in busi neee !? The plant was test? s' rttfP*' sday and will probably be ^ C ^ steadily by the last of this . ek or by the first of next week at latest. The Parrot! Milling Company has its plant near the foot of Sumter street and is convenient to all who wish to visit it to do business with it. Tho new prhnt will undertake an industry that is new to the State, their work being exactly what the name implies, the grinding of corn meal for the use of the people of the State. As the en? terprise is something out of the ordi? nary line it is well worth a visit. The new concern will probably mean much to the users of meal as it gives them a ?-hance of getting stuff which it guaranteed to be good quality at rea? sonable rates. The first carload of corn came in Tuesday and was unloaded Wednes? day at the plant. It was cleaned out and put.in big bins where it will be kept until it is turned into the mill to be ground into meal. By the first cleaning process several bushels of cobs, sticks, trash of various sorts and particles of dust, silk and bad corn were separated from the good corn, which was left clean for the grinding. Later when the corn is ground it will be again cleaned out I and then it will be bolted or turned ! out unbolted, as the manufacturer I wishes. The processer through which the corn goes before it is ground and dur? ing the grinding is an interesting one, although it must be seen before it can be fully appreciated. J*ne ishole ^tid? ing is provided with small elevator shaft? through which the corn is car? ried up and down, from one bin or hopper to another, and from place to place, until it finally descends Into the sacking machine and sacks placed I to catch it. There are ten of these ' shafts, live for carrying the corn or ! m? si upward and live for carrying the material downwards, through which the corn must pass before it it liiuJ ? ly sacked and ready to be Sold. Cofb* I veyora are placed from the milling plant to the Cats which unload the corn Into the first of these elevators The first car load <?f corn came In thiF week from Nashville, Tennesse, and a second car came In Thursday morn? ing from Indiana. The first car has , already been unloaded while the BSC I ond car will be unloaded later. As soon as the plant g< ts in steady operation it Is expected that a carload I of corn will be used nearly every dsy, [at least four Of fiw> ? week. Th\% I means thut ?tt company pays out dail> approximately $75*> for com Which is brought in here to be ground into meal, as the carload lots average about a thousand bushels each. If this coin could be obtained from local farmers it would mean that this money would stay here instead of be? ing sent off for western corn. Mr. L [. Parotl is anxious to use only loc.tf. com, if the local farmers will raise sufficient for his mill. In turning out its products the new company will use the utmost care te keep everything clean and sanitary. Mr. L. [, Parrott, the president of th* company, who will take the road as soon as the plant starts to operating steadily, stated Thursday morning that be would Insist on this in the plant and among dealers to whom he s?iis his product. Cars would be lined with paper bi fore they wa re loaded with the meal from the factory to be shipped out. First Class stuff', guar? anteed to be i l< an wo ild be senl out. even if less stuff was sold end s higher price ask< d. l.FF III I l? FOR KILLING. IUigirasTcninH< i to tu- Tried fm Shooting < nnductor. Columbia, Feb, LT?.?\ coroner*! Jury Investigating the death of Walter I. McNeill, a conductor of the Sea? board Air Line Hallway, w ho a*as u:11 - ? <l Fridas afternoon last by a. V. Lee., a baggagemaster, near Swans,.,, s. c. ruesda: afternoon reached ih< ver dl< t thai Ihe det eae< d ? ami to his ' 'i i j a pistol b. ! Bred t: a. Y I ?ee. The ea?? will b< tried in .1 un< ;t Lexington, S. C. 1 ?>? claimed tluii the killing \\ 1 acebb ntal.