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at dim an ana THK Nl'MTI H W ATI'1 CM AN, Established April, 1?50. MBt Just and lVar not?Lot nil tin* ends Thou Aims'! at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRI i: SOUTHRON, I>tahlMied June. ItM. Cont jlidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 18. tJHB OF JIBE MEETING. Annual Meeting and Banquet Held on Wednesday Night Much Enjoyed. INTERESTING TALKS MADE BY MI SSUS. H. I. MANNING, M ILL OIMINNKU,, MAYOR (? IHRES OF COM Mill A AND OTHERS ?HniUN Ulli INCOMING FHKSlhKMs I I 1,1, or WOKK MWI IN I* A ST AND TO ME DONG IN I I TI KH ? REPORTS OF COMMIT* TEES ? DFLKillTFl L BAN uvkt SERVED. Their artistic nennen pleased by beautiful flowers, the inner man com? forted with a delightful supper and rendered complacent by the effect of good cigars, the membership of the Chamber of Commerce or ut leant the 160 who attended the annual bunquet last night had their loyalty renewed and their patriotism fortified by the department heads on the work of the past year. The supper was spread in the ar mory, and Mr*. Hogan and the ladies who annlnted her were highly com? plimented on their mingling of artis? tic effect and eelinary excellence. The supper van nerved at half faint eight, and by nine o'clock sufficient progrenn had i.enn made to permit Mapgf CHVoes of Columbia to be call? ed on. He spoke briefly and inter? estingly on the relations between a city government and a commercial Organisation, pointing out steps by Which they might cooperate and drawing deftly the lines which neith? er should cross into the other's pro? per field of action. He closed with an expression of hope that all the cities Of South Carolina would work always In cooperation with the capital city. Which gnU In a way the property of the whole state and which had, he was sure, the interest of the whole state at heart. After Mayor Qlbbe's address, the raUrlsur president. Dr. a C. BAk>rrj| called on the department directors. Mr. D. D. Molse, for the department on membership, entertainment and conventions, reported the net renylt of the November mass meeting to have been the signing up of III three-year memberships representing $3219 a year. There were more than that ?Igned .up. but removals from the city and other coneellatlonn for sufficient cause had cut the figures down. In addition to this revenue of $3219 a year, other memberships not as yet on the 2-year basin represents $ S ?;."> OS a year?a total of $4024 a year indicated revenues counted as nafe and sure, though the hooks include others which may or not add to the revenues counted on and reported an certain. Mr. Molse's report included Sum ter's work, by cooperation of the churches and Chamber of Commerce, In handling the reca nt Sunday School convention more natisf: torlly to the convention itself than any other city had ever done; sjgjg busing his remarks In part on the two new hotels, he ad? vocated WM* Mai effort! to make Suin ter a convention citv. Mr. It. R Helser's report on the Rural Relations Department was my pectaly Interesting. It net forth the legislative results of the department's activities under the polic y of a more i onnec led and permanent system oi raods and an increa** In the funds available " I nder this policy the department set gfOd the commutation road tux, adding |t#td to the annual road tuml of the county, and the im? provement cd all roads hading out of ? the city. The popart wt nt into the coopera? tive ntepn of the chamber, local banks and Farmers 1'ne.n resulting in ar rungements for farmers to borrow got exceeding an lU'Ktegite of half a mil? lion at p? r < em to enable them to hobt cotton and arrangements tor warehousing other staple PTOpg in standard puckugc*. warehouses to is? sue certificates against the goods, and told of ntepn under way to arrange for modern marketing of melonn and oth? er perishables that could be \?TV pro fltsbly producfd ir thin immediate rent ion Mr Reiser also re no, * cd on Ibe faim lmpr<.\ein?D' and diversification work, ggjfftod on under the Ptimtef nplnt by gsjapofattog] of the Chamber, banks. and OOfg clubs and Other agencies, private end public, He cit? ed the newly ggtaMlahod Parrot! Mill Inx Company, an a I? ? ? fof tie- pro? eftsMUsen of gassier oors crops advu rated prteew lor uttructlvo loon, eon dttionn on farms and untnl th. giow ins gf alfalfa, which. It hun bOOO proved, cm be successfully done In thin gggUap gg properly prepared bind He exhibited Ig pioof of this a beautiful sample ot ulfalfa more than two fact high, grown on tho White Siding farm west of Sumter. Ho?.. L. D. Jennings's report on Civic and Public uffairs consisted largely of sketching the steps where? by the Chamber of Commerbe brought about the present svstem of city gov? ernment. He told of the enormous fa? vorable publicity that Sumter had received through its eontrolled-execu tive, or City Manager plan of gov? ernment; and cited as proof of its mer *lt a saving of nearly $2,000 a year In the operation of the water department alone. He attributed this to the fact of having a man "on the job all the time" whose training enabled him to ?OS smh opportunities. Mr. Jen? nings also went into the matter of paving, tolling of the steps taken successfully before the legislature to submit to the people an amendment permitting property owners to consti? tute streets and areas into paving dis? tricts for the purpose of providing funds for street paving, under a plan whereby the city will guarantee the BOgfJ and the property owners have Ifl ytgjfi to pay their share of the costs. Mr. It. I. Manning made a very in? teresting report on the work of the transportation department, lie advo? cated a union station, better conditions at the A. C. L station in the way of shedding and concrete walks, and ^sketched the history of the Seaboard road Into Sumter. He stated that his Information Indicated that It would be? fore long he extended to Charleston, and at his suggestion the special oin mittee in charge of ?onboard matters Was continued. Loth Mr. Manning, and Mr. O'Doil neii in speaking for the department of common e, said that Sumter had done so much last year, so many things rO0,Ulrfng Capital, that the business men Wort m?w taking it a bit easy, It was "the swing of pendulum." Mr. O'Donnoll, dlscuontng commerce said that the past two seasons had not been particularly good ones from tin crop Viewpoint) and that it WOUld not be unnatural to look for a reflection in business conditions. The general business conditions, however, hud been better than might have been expected from the basis of the cotton crop and cotton prices. The batiks, for in? stance, showed but a small lots of aggregate deposits, and some of them ?hewed an mci ease over a year ago. in the condition of wholesale and re? tail trade In general was much to con? gratulate ourselves on. He also spoke o fthe two new bank buildings and new quarters of s third bank as illus? trative of the strength of the local banks Mr. J. W. McKeiver. the head of the department of Industries, reported tin- new factories established during the past year, ths Parrot! Milling Co., tin- shoo factory, th ? broom and handle factory, the new 3-M magneto and tin- gas plant, and commented on ? he excellence of older Industrial en? terprises, He beepoke home support of bom.- enterprises, both in the way of Investment in stocks and purchas? ing oi their outputs. Stating thai in all likelihood the options on Telephone .Manufacturing Company stock at 50 per cenl premium would be taken up. throwing a large amount of outside capital into Sumter in addition to the local capital to ho repaid to tlie in? vestors, he urge.i intelligent Invest? ing tit of that money in home con? cerns, confident that Bumter afforded the best sott of opportunities for all legit Imale entet prises The report on Publicity ami Rducn? lion, Mr Q, a Lemmon, told of the uses to which the Humter folder had been put and of tho widespread re musts for information nltoul tin- Sum ter plan of government The - re? quests com?- from all over the eoun* ti\, from Maine to Texas and from Oregon to Florida Fifteen hundred copies of a i-ew pamphlet on the City Manager plan have been sent to new papers. Slid constant privat?- demand is lieinc mudv for them The report also told of the fine ri suits ot tin- exhibit of manufactures, pictures and sgrlcultural products m th< trcade ..t Columbia during the Com Exposition, and stated thai one ORATORICAL CONTEST WIM; BE HELD TONIGHT. Twenty*two institutions to be Repre? sented at Meeting in Columbia? Trnek Meet Tomorrow. Columbia, April 24.?The first ora? torical contest to be held under the inter-high School Athletic and Ora? torical association of South Carolina is an assured success, Twenty-two schools will be represented in the con? test. The preliminary debate will be held at the University of South Caro? lina in the chapel this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The final debate will be held tonight at S.IiO o'clock. At the preliminary debate this af? ternoon the speakers will be divided into four groups and from each one the tWO best will be selected to take part In the final contest. Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the preliminaries will be held in the track meet at the university. The finals will be held on the athletic field at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. There will be no charge for the ora? torical contest, but a fee of 15 cents for students and 86 cents general ad? mission will be charged for the track meet, one ticket admitting to the pre? liminaries and finals. Gold medals are offered for the hrst and second places In the oratorical contest and gold medals with athletic figures for the first places in the trac k meet. Ribbons will be awarded for the second and third places In the athletics. The students and faculty of the University Of Smith Carolina have been busy for several days making arrangements for entertaining the visitors. _ .Marriage License Itooord. A license to marry was Issued Tues? day to Mr. W. A. Shuler and Miss Ada bV Bradley of Rembsrt. lOCaJ manufac turer alone had 'Imok ? d orders because of this exhibit on which his profits exceeded the cost ol the exhibit. The corn show, but? ter contest and tomato Work proved of great publicity value as well as educational, and it is now beginning to look as If the Chamber will be- able to place a tine exhibit in the A. C. L. station For a while it looked as if such an exhibit could not be placed where the Chamber would want it. but the situation tit present is more < ncouraging. 1 >. R, McCallum. the retiring treas? urer, reported receipts: February 1, 1911 to April 1913, of I6.466.4S; dis? bursements 66,340.38, balance April 19, $116.04. The Secretary's trial balance, cov? ering the time he has been with the Chamber Of Commerce, showed $2, 79:1.50 handled since December 1, 1912. The Secretary reported that Dr. Baker, Mr. Manning and Mr. Jen? nings had drawn one-year terms, and the hoard, as constituted after the election in March of this year, con? sisted of the following members, with terms as shown: Retiring in 1914 ?1>. D. Moise, pres? ident; R. If Reiser, first vice presi? dent: I?. R. McCallum, Jr. Retiring in 1916?J. W. McKelver, second vice president; (J. A. Lemmon, Nelll O'Donnell. Re tiring in 191G (New members) ? J. Z. Hearon, treasurer; Dr. H. M. Btuckey, E. L. Wltherspoon. Following the secretary's report, Mr. L J. Parrotl at the invitation of the chair, discussed local patronage cd' new local enterprises, which he declared was less than the e nterprises deserved at the hands of their home people. I >r. Raker then delivered his ad? dress as retiring president. lb- con? gratulated Sc inter on Its past year, thanked his executive associates and the membership generally for their seal in promoting Chamber of Com? merce matters, congratulated the Chamber on its selection <d new di? rectors and the board on its selection of officers, ami turned the gavel over to Mr. Moise, who assumed the- chair. Mr Moise made a ringing address. Ills theme was "the Sumter spirit." Sumter already had, he declared, ex? cepting street ears and paved streets, nil ih< things that made modern life comfortable, und possessed u i|uulit> ot community life that dellghtes visi? tors IIS ntlteh as home people. SlltUte' i wb;it it Is, he declared, because of itie shouldei -1ii-shoubler, cach-and every-man for- Sumter all the time spirit. That .-pint must be fostered ami encouraged, and Bumter, with hci mans intages, natural and acquir? ed, will continue t?? grow in six* without lessening in the quality of life that mole the <itv the- best place in the world to live in. TERRIBLE DISASTER OCCURS IN MINK AT PITTSBURU. Seventy Bodies Recovered <>f the Hundred end Twenty Who Are Sup poeced to Hnve Lost Their Lives. Plttaburg, April 23.?The lives of I'M) miners, possibly 120, paid the toll shortly after noon today of D disas? trous explosion in the Cincinnati mine of the Monongahela River Consolida? ted Coal and Coke company at Fin leyvllle, Pa. Over three score of workmen In the mine made thrilling escapes, crawling most of the time on their hands and knees through deadly gas fumes and over debris. 1'p to 11 o'clock tonight 70 bodies of victims had been recovered. The bodies were located by rescuing squads of the United States bureau of mines, the Monongaheia River Con? solidated Coal and Coke company, and of the Pittsburg Coal company. As the rescuers found bodies they were carried to the entries. None of the bodies, however, was brought to the open. Preparations are being made to handle the dead. Box cars have been ordered to a mine siding. The vic? tims probably will be taken from the mine at daylight tomorrow and ?hipped at once to Monongaheia city where they are to he prepared lor bu? rial. Rescue work is hampered by af? terdamp. Plre, which followed the explosion, has been completely sub 1 dued, it is said. Rescue work was carried on with difficulty owing to the tire and deadly fumes The coal company maintains rescue corps patterned after the mine force of tin- United States government. Aid from the federal mining experts ,it is said, was declined by the coal com? pany. Only a few of the miners who reached the surface could talk. Suf? fering from burns or fright the min? ers only knew that an explosion h oi occurred and that o large number of men are either killed by the ex? plosion or asphyxiated by the after? damp. Several hours after the explosion seven foreign miners crawled from one of the entrances. All were serious? ly burned. They could give no con? nected account of conditions in the mine. They all said t,hc mine is full of dead. Relatives and friends of the miners beneath the earth are frantic, Many of them ha(^ to be restrained After B time a guard was placed com? pletely around the entrances to the mine and all persons except rescuers and mine officials were held at a dis? tance. (?IARGED WITH Ml RDKR. Coroner's Verdict Says Allen Kirk ley's Death Was Duo to Shooting by O. T. Horton. Camden, April 23.?Coroner Dlxon returned to Camden today after hold? ing an inquest over the body of Allen Kirkley, who was shot and killed about six miles from Camden Sunday night at 10 o'clock. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict to the effect that Allen Kirkley came to his death from gunshot wounds at tin- hands of Sidney Horton. Horton surrendered to Sheriff Hm kabee yesterday and is now in jail at Camden. Allen Kirkley was the son of 1). M. Kirkley, a prominent planter and owner of KIrkwood farms. Sidney Horton is the son of T. O. Horton, an? other prominent farmer, and neigh? bor of Mr. Kirkley, both residing ai out six miles from this place. Allen Kirkley and Sidney Horton, brooding over a family affair, met on the public highway Sunday night ami the shooting took place, Kirkley suf? fered injuries to which he succumbed while Hortoll was slightly injured. Kirkley was shot in the hip and ab? domen. A Rock Hill physician was summoned by telegraph, hut his skin failed to save the wound. ?1 youth, lie was burled today at Shtloh church, near his home. He was about 17 years of age und for a short time last Near was a student at Clemson col lege. Horton is about 19 years of age. PIRK VI MAVI\S\ 11,1.1 Residence of Mr, W, it. Hudson De? stroyed Thursday Morning. Maycsvtile, April 24.- -The resi? dence nt H. \V Hudson of this place was destroyed by lire about o'clock this morning, causing a loss of be? tween |3,000 and |4,000, The insurance was 13,600. The the caught in the celling from an unknown cause and the whole res? ident e wai d< itroj ed. ALL CRITICISMS OP TARIFF HILL TO BE RECEIVED BY SEN - ATE FINANCE COMMIT? TEE. Policy Adopted by Upper House in Order to Hasten Passage of Under? wood Rill?Opposition from The West. Washington, April 22.?By a strict party vote the senate iinance commit? tee today dcided Anally that no pub? lic hearings would be given upon the tariff bill when it reaches the senate. Interested persons will be given a full opportunity, however, to tile briefs or statements with the committee bear ing on any of the tarin schedules. The decision is expected to short* materially the time that will he < < sinned in getting tho tariff hill fore the senate tor consideration. Tariff debate opens in the ho? ?c* 11 (?Clock tomorrow and in th ?*? that general debate can he lir > live days Democratic Leader wood will attempt to hold th. ise to 1 li hours of continuous worl ,Hy. Another week of consideration under the rule permitting amendment will send the hill to the senate soon after May 6, it is believed. The tariff hill came hack to the house today from the ways and means committee with vigorous supporting report from the Democrats dn the committee and an opposing report from the Republican members. The general debate that begins tomorrow will he followed by concerted efforts on the part cd" the Republicans to amend the hill in all its important schedules While the senate finance committee has decided that further hearings are unnecessary the Democratic members of the committee wil con? fer tomorrow with Democratic sena? tors from Pacific ccKist and Rocky Mountain States who are opposed to the free sugar and free wool pro? visions of the new bill. A number of West/rn senators, in? cluding Senators Meyers of Montana and Ashurst cd' Arizona, will not par? ticipate in the conference as they have decided to support the free wool and sugar programme if it is ap? proved by the hous The conference tomorrow will dem? onstrate the strength against these features of the hill. Those who will participate insist .however, that there has been no effort to form an offen? sive alliance against the measure, as proof of Which they point to the fact that the Louisiana senators and oth? ers interested in a change of the free sugar and free wool provisions have not been included in the conference. CHILDREN'S STRIKE CONTINUES. Pew Demonstrations Mark Third Day of Unique Walk-out in Pittsbarg. Pittsburg. Pa., April S3.?Al? though a majority of the school chil? dren of the c ity remained away from their studies today there were few demonstrations in the unique strike inaugurated Monday against the re? tention of S. 1.. Hecter as superintend? ent of public schools. Attempts of the children to gather in front cd' the various school buildings we re discour? aged by police reserves. hi most in? stances the sight of the police was sufficient to frighten a majority of the children. An answer is expected tomorrow from each of the seven prominent citizens who have been asked by the board cd' education to investigate c barges against Heeler. DENIES IT IS THE ROY. Alleged kidnapper Declares He Is Innoc ent of Crime Charged. Columbus, Miss. April ?"Before Hod, you and me. i did not kidnap Robert Dunhar. Don't ask so many questions, hut if you want to see Jus? tice done, help me get tny witnesses to prove the hoy taken from me is not the missing Dunbar child. Von may string nie up. hut the wrong will he discovered latpr." This statement was given here to? day by W C Walters, the man who is held mi the charge of kidnapping the lumbar child. Walters insists that the child is the son of an unmar? ried Woman who lives at Rai Htm III X C. and that its lather is bis brother. He says he took the child one veai ago vv lu n it was three years of age. The frost of Monday Is reported to have damaged the young crops to a considerable extent in sandy land. Tomato plants were killed, and cotton and other garden It in k acre nipp'1 by the cold. FRAM MAY PASS CANAL PANAMA DITCH MAY BE TOED WITHIN YEAR Amundsen's ship ( an Go ThPoagh H Slide* ore Conquered ami Look (iau-h Finished. Washington, April 22.?CoL Geo thals, chief engineer e?f the Panama canal, in a report to the war depart? ment today reiterated the hope he expressed some time ago that he v.ould pass a ship through the canal before the close of the present year. The statement came in response to an i ? from Secretory Garrison as to r it WOllld be possible to grant * quest of ('apt. Amundsen, the rer, that he be allowed to take ,hip Fram through the canal when ? starts for the Ar. tare tic regions * ?in the west coast of South Aimr a next winter. Col. Goethals said: "The opening of the Panama ca? nal for the passage of vessels has al? ways been predicated on the question of slides and the completion of the lock gates. The present schedule contemplates admitting the water into Culebra cut early in October and the completion of one flight of locks at either end of the canal by that same date. The passage of boats then depends upon the condition of the slides. It is hoped that we will be able to pass a ship before the close of the year, and if this can be accomplished the Kram will have no difficulty in making the transit of the c anal and every faculty will be offer? ed for its doing so. No assurance, however, can be given in the matter at this time." SMITH STARTS WORK. South Carolina Senator Active in Behalf of Applicants for f ederal .!ol?s. Washington, April 22.?South Caro? linians who are waiting for federate places and in whose behalf Senatoj^ Smith Is working will be glsx? tt, km>w that the latter today started out Im? mediately after breakfast, while the senate was not in session, and visited a number of the departments from which these appointments are ex? pected to come. When Senator Smith saw the secre? tary of the navy, the attorney gen? eral and other department heads, he t tid that just at this particular time be did not care to say anything about these matters for publication except that he was much encouraged and believed that at least one good South Carolina appointment might be an? nounced when the senate meets again Thursday. STRONG ON SAMPLES. Georgian in Court for Distributing Liquor in Small Dom s Washington. April 22.?There will be a decided diminution in the sam? plings of liquor In Georgia if the su? preme court of the United States af? firms a case docketed today. It was an appeal of Boh Kirkpatrick of Car tersvllle, Ca., found guilty of violating the law against the sale or soliciting of sale of intoxicating liquor within the State. Kirkpatrick was charged With distributing samples for liquor dealers outside of the State. The case was brought to the supreme court on the ground that Georgia law Inter? fered with interstate' commerce in violation of the commerce clauaa ??f the constitution. MAYESYIIXE CUTTING SCRAPE. Dais) Benjamin Seriously Wounds Her Cather. Tom Jknses, Mayesvllle, April It,?What may prove a serious ?Utting affray occur? red h? ic this morning when Dais) Benjamin, colored, attacked her fath er, Theos Jones, an aged negro who is totally blind. No information can be gathered as to just how the trou? ble came- about, but Jones is painful? ly and seriously wounded. The wo? man was arrest, d and placed in the town jail without any trouble. Jones has been running ? restaurant here for years and is regarded as a good negro, having many friends among the white people. It is thought that the a?oman used ? rasor on her fath? er. He-al Estate Transfer! The following transfers of real es? tate have been recorded: Mrs L K. Wright to .1 M. Harri? son, jr., bu on Oakland avenue* |S#a, s .1 T Young to .i *' Dunhar, et si, trustees, two acres for Dalsetl school, }-leo. x - *