Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOUSE PISSES TARIFF. IM>ERW(H)I) BILL KENT TO THE M l'NCIIANt?UD. Measure l?ul Loyal Suppcrt rf Entire Desaocratic Majority Kx^?ept One ' New York and l our Louisiana Men. bera?Two Republican* a id rive Progrc?*dve? Vote for tU> BUI. Washington. May 8.?Tie Under? wood tariff bill, proclaimed by the Democratic party us the answer to IU platform pledge to revise the tariff downward, was pawed by tl.e houee late today. The vote was 271 to lit. Ave Democrats voting errunst the bill and two Republicans voting for iL Four Progressives supported the bill and 14 opposed It. while one Independent Progressive Joined with the majority. When Speaker Clark announced the vote In loud tones that revealed hl? satisfaction In the arrival of the day he long had sought, exuber? ant Democrats hoisted a stuffed J>#mv?cratlc donkey over the heads of their colleagues in the rear of the chamber, a faint ripple of applause followed and the gavel fell on the first chapter In the history of Presi? dent Wilson's extra session of con With ?he bill, alter a month's con? sideration, on Itg way to the senate, there was a rush of representatives for their homes tonight. In the house adjournment will be taken three dayn at a time, beginning next Week, unt 1 June 1. In the meantime the eenate finance committee will study the bill, while the house ways and means committee will organise committees preparatory to the trans? action of business next month. Republic in? and Progressives, led respectively by Representatives Mann and Murdoch, protested to the last against the measure, the lowest tariff bill ever written and proclaimed, as the Democratic avalanche bowled them over, the virtues of the defeat? ed tariff commission Plana Republicans who voted for the bill were Carey and Stafford of Wiscon? sin. Democrats who opposed It were: Broussard. Durpe, Lasaro and Mor? gan of Louisiana, on account of list schedule reducing sugar 25 per cent and sending it to the free list in three years, and C. B. Smith of New York. Progressives who voted for the bill were Kelly and Ruply of Pennsyl? vania. Nolan of California and Bryan of Washington. Kent of California, formerly a Republican but now an Independent Progressive, also voted for the bilL Representative Murdock and 11 of his Progressive followers voted with the minority. Represen? tative Copley, a Progressive, did not vote, answering "present" to his In the final consideration of the measurs Representative Mann made a lengthy speech on a point of order by Mr. Underwood to rule out the provision for a tariff board in the motion by Representative Payne of New Tork to commit the bill. Speaker Clark sustained thd point of order. Representative Mann appeal? ed from the chair and a roll call was taken on Mr. Underwood's motion to table the appeal, the Democrats win? ning, 274 to 143. Representative Murdock also moved to recommit with Instructions to provide for a nonparttzan tariff commission, but he failed to get a roll call, ami then the Payne motion to n >mmit. minus the tariff board provision, was lost, 121 to lit. Tomorrow the tariff light shifts from the house with its overwhelm? ing Democratic majority to the sen? ate whsre the par" a slim majority of six al.eady has boon reduced, as far as this bill is concerned, to four. I'nleas senators familiar with the progress of such legislation are mis? taken, there is now little prospect of a final vote on the bill before Au? gust L The bill's psssage through the sen? ate will be fought at e\ery step by a Republican organization apparently entirely in accord on this subject and entirely willing to sp? n \ unlimited time and energy In an effort to defeat! It. Leaders of the Dsjsjmi ngftl eg the senat? flnan?M ? | nmittee, which will handle the bill, expressed tin hellet tonight that It would go through in practically the same form as it pass? ed* the house and that their small ma? jority will stand firm to the last. Mubcommittncx of tlm tinam e com mfttee which have beeg investigat? ing the schedules of tin* hill for th? last few weeks plan to make a few changes In several s? h? doles, hu weed and sugar and other schudub a which brought out the hard lighting In the house are not to bo touched, according to tho present plan. Ttr Income tax and admintstratloi fea? tures also are to stand. Demokratie leaders acknowledge that fh?? two senators from Louisiana will not ac? cept the sugar sehedulo and that th?v might be willing to eosablne with others to defeat the* whole hill. A change of two mom democratic votes would bring about the end the Loutelanlans desire. Although there have been reports about the sen-' ate that the Democrats intend to allow one moro senator to vote' against sugar and another to vote against wool, leaders of the finance committee today refused to confirm it. Republicans who have canvassed those Democrats who looked at all doubtful, agreed tonight that they had but little hope of success. The Republicans are convinced that Pres? ident Wilson will carry the day and the party platform will be followed and that, with the exception of the two senators from Louisiana, they can not count upon a single vote. The Republican tight against tho Mil, however, will be conducted In vigorous style. Senator Smoot will offer amendments to every schedule In the MIL These will be debated at length and a record voto probably will be required on each. Senator LaFollette is credited with an intention to enter into tho fight independently. It was expected he would offer a substitute bill or at least submit many amendments. He declined tonight, however, to detlne his position on the Underwood bill and said he had not decided upon a course of action. The bill will bo laid before tho sen? ate tomorrow and will be referred to the finance committee. The first plan of the Republicans was to move that the committee be Instructed to hold oral hearings and to get a record vote on this question. This plan has been abandoned and no attempt will be made tomorrow to order hearings. The flnanco committee, by a strictly party vote, already has turned down a pro? posal to hold hearings, and Chairman Simmons said tonight it would be beaten again if Republicans insisted Upon bringing it up in the senate. The finance committee has been considering the bill ever since its in? troduction in the house. Chairman Simmons had hoped to be able to re? port It from the committee In two weeks from tomorrow, but he now (thinks it can not be reported under three weeks, even if hearings are not held. Opinion In the finance commit tee Is that at least five weeks will bo spent by the senate in consideration of the bill after it is reported. In conference the senators do not expect much time to be lost, and they hope for a final adjournment not later than August 1. TWO BURN TO DEATH. Negress and Child Perish In Flamefc Near Rlchhurg. Chester, May 8.?Nancy Hall, a negress, and her granddaughter, about 7 years of age, were burned to death In a fire early this morn? ing, which destroyed the old Sandifer dwelling, near Drowns bridge, about nine miles from Rlchhurg, Chester county. The bodies were burned to a crisp, only the charred skeletons being dug out of the ashes. REPORT OX FRIEDMANN Cl'RE. Dr. Anderson to Make Statement as to Tests by Public Health Service Washington, May 8.?The first pub? lic announcement of the result of the public health service investigation of Dr. Frederich F. Fricdmanns* tuber? culosis vaccine will be made tomor? row morning before the National As soetntlon for the Study and Prevention of Ti bereulosis. holding its ninth an? nual meeting here. Dr. John F. Anderson, who, with Dr. Arthur M Stimson, composed the board appointed by Surgeon Gener il Hlue to investigate and report upon l>r. Friedmann's vaccine, has been designated by Mm treasury department t > make a statement relative to the tests and operation of the German physicians treatment in response to a request from the anti-tuhcrculnsis association which has asked the de? partment for the facts dlclosed by the inquiry. It will be read by Dr. Anderson and will, it is understood, outline the pres? ent status of the ''remedy" so far as the public health service is concern A Card. Bdltor Dally item: I desire to say that acting upon re? peated requests from citizens from all parts of the county, T prepared for consideration the petitions re uueHtlng an election, etc., and that I haVS not been paid or promised pay by any one and do not desire or ex any compensation of any kind r*hataOaVer for such work, and 1 am sorry that the Rev, John L Harley ?hould fool himself called upon to make such a wholly false and un? founded insinuation. JOHN H CLIFTON, May Ifll, it i ; reported thai one of the dogs thai are positively known lo have been bitten by the mad dog thai Was killed last weak by the police Is run? ning at large Several of the dogs were killed by their owners as soon as K aas established thai the dog thai bit them had I;i(u<s. hut lWO "l inole dofjs were not killed and s( least one of them Is at large. This is the way kydropaobia is spread. JAPAN PREPARES PROTEST. SECRETARY BRYAN WILD RE? CEIVE BARON CHIXDA'S EX PLANATION. rruimiiir That Japanese Government Will la* Mode Officially Acqnalntod With situutton. Referendnm Plan Ma) Brim Relief in Time. Washington, May 8.?The Japan-) ose government! through Ambassador I hlnda, will acquaint Secretary Hryan early tomorrow of the nature of its! objections to the anti-alien land bill awaiting Gov. Johnson's signature in j California and by no m it is expected I that the position of .he United States government will have been defined to the ambassador. This understanding was reached in conference which Secretary Hryan had late today with President Wilson at the White House and with Ambassa? dor Chlnda at the state department. Secretary Hryan had to hurry away to Baltimore to attend a dinner there j and he talked with Ambassador Chinda only a few minutes, arranging | to meet him at 9.30 o'clock tomorrow, j immediately after which, by special j arrangements, the president and his cabinet will meet, one hour earlier than usual, to discuss the Japanese protest. Afterwards Mr. Bryan will Confer again with Ambassador Chin da, explaining the attitude of the ad? ministration. This was a busy day for Secretary Bryan on his return from Sacramento, but he gave most of his time to the California situation, discussing it at length with John Bassen Moore, coun? sellor for the department. It li believed here the referendum movement being urged by Theodore Bell, a prominent Democrat in San Francisco, may have the effect of postponing the entire question for a period long enough for the United States and Japan to arrive at under? standing or perhaps negotiate a new treaty covering disputed points. While Secretary Bryan declined to discuss the referendum and White House officials were equally reticent, it is known that friends of the admin? istration have told thu president there will be no difficulty in getting suffi? cient signers in California to com? plete a referendum at the poll, on the anti-alien bill. In the meantime it is expected the president or Secretary Bryan will ad? vise Gov Johnson of attitude of the federal government. The governor has agreed to withhold his signature from the bill, at least, until the return to Washington of Secretary Bryan. He hai until May 13 to act on the meas? ure. It is not known whether the views of the Washington government will be transmitted tomorrow or until after Secretary Bryan returns here on Mon? day on his trip to New York. He went to Baltimore tonight to address the banquet to the commission arranging for the celebration for the Treaty of Ghent. Neither at the state depart? ment nor at the Japanese embassy can any statement be had as to the nature of the ambassador's forthcom? ing communication. The field of speculation, however, Is not broad, the recognised probabilities being a contention by the Japanese government that tho California legis? lation Would violate the spit If not J the letter of the treaty between the United States and Japan In Cali? fornia privileges of land bedding and leasing necessary to the transaction of their business and a general propo? sition to negotiate a new treaty of trade and commerce. Secretary Hryan may meet these propositions With a suggestion that their consideration be deferred until the California law has been signed and I the United States courts have passed upon Its constitutionality. St'MTEK BAND PLAYS. Concert no School Green Friday Af ternoon Was Much Enjoyed. I The concert given by the Sumter Band <>n the School Green Friday af? ternoon attracted a good sized crowd of lovers ??f music and young folks who spent an hour enjoying the music Which was rendered for their pleas? ure. The band played quite a number of selections, all of which were of a high ( lass and which seemed to de liKht those who heard them. The weekly concerts on the green on Friday afternoons should attract a much larger audience than has been In attodanco In tho past tew weeks. Fridas morning a colored woman by the name of Johnson was found dead In her bed at her home on Dob son street. The woman was very old and had been sick for some time. As there was no suspicion of foul play no Inquest was held. The Grnnd Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Juris? diction of South Carolina, will meet in the City of Anderson, S. C, on Wednesday, May 11 Messrs W. P. Crowson, Sr. and \v. a. Thpmnaofl ar?? representatives from Dlcit;Almfjr) son Ledge, No, 138 of this city . 20 BRIDES ON STEAMSHIP. Find u Score of Groonil Waiting for Them on immigration Pier. Now York, May 7.?Twenty blush Ing brides ran down the gangplank of the steamship California today into the arms of 20 eager bridegrooms. Gladness reigned until the immigra? tion authorities found that eight of the girls did not have papers to prove their identity and told them they could not remain unless they were married iirst at Bills Island, the im? migration detention station. When the Other 12 heard this they said they would all stand together and the 20 couples left for the island to find a clergyman. The prospective brides came from Scotland and Ireland and the immigra- j tion authorities said they were the j prettiest as well as the largest com- i pany that ever came here to be mar? ried. TO BUILD $3o,ooo CHURCH. Methodists of Blshopvlllc Soon to Have New Edifice. i Blshopville, May 7.?Biahopville is to have a new $30,000 Methodist' [Church. The contractors arc at work moving the old church from the present site to Mr. O. C. Scar? borough's lot, which is just across the street. Mr. Scarborough will convert the old building into a hotel as soon as the new church is completed. In the meantime the Methodist congregation will continue to worship in the old church. The new structure will be of brick and will be one of the handsomest churches in this part of the State. A PORTLAND NED JOB. Ycggmen Blow 0|>cn Safe In Store at Barr. Lexington, May S. ?The store of the late George H. Roof at Barr, four miles south of Lexington, was en? tered by robbers at an early hour this morning who blew the safe in which the United States i postoflice money was deposited, secured $80 in money and made their departure. The rob? ber or robbers gatfned entrance by means of sawing into one of the heavy iron rods across the window. The safe was torn to pieces by the ex? plosion and is a complete wreck, the ; door being carried for a distance of several feet. The robbers were con? tent to leave with the; money, nothing else being missed, ^The work was evi? dently done by; professional safe ! crackers. Near the safe was found a lot of soap. Tho supposition is that nitro-glyccrine was used. MILITARY AVIATOR KILLED. Lieut Joseph I). Park Loses His Life When Biplane Turns a Somersault. Los Angeles, Cal., May 9.?A big ; military biplane today plunged its ? nose into a gulley rimming the base j of a hill at Olive, 39 miles southeast I of here, turned a somersault against a tree, and its radiator, wrenched from the slings above the motor, crushed i out the life of its pilot, Lieut. Joseph D. Park, IT. S. A. The accident occurred at 7.4 0 o'clocki according to testimony of a ; little areoplane clock, which was stopped by the shock of the wreck. [ but otherwise undamaged. This was I 2 hours and 41 minutes after the army officer had started from San Diego on a 115 mile flight to Los An? geles. Lieut. Park, who had been detailed recently from the Fourteenth cavalry Ito the army aviation corps, was mak . ing an experimental long distance aerial SCOUtlng trip, and had traveled approximately 108 miles when killed. I His machine, brought to earth be? cause lie had lost his way in the morning mists, merely made a series j of short leaps down the clodded slope of the hill when he tried to start again and in the crash that followed swiftly the heavy radiator crushed his skull. Little girls on their way to school wei<? among the horrified spectators of the tragedy. The lieutenant had but a moment before warned them away from the machine and had laughingly added: "You might do something to it that would cause me to be killed." Among them was Hazel Qrecnleaf, aged 13, to whom Park had given a half dollar with instructions to tele? phone to aviation headquarters in Loa Angeles that he had lost his way. instead of this message the nhi telephoned to Coroner Winblgter at Santa Anna that Park had lost his' life. BMiopOllc Votes Railroad Bonds. Biahopville, May 7.-?By a vote of 00 t<> I, the town ,,t Dishopvillc voted yesterday to issue bonds for $15,000 In aid ol the construction and purchase of the right of way of the i'ot|th Caro? lina Western railway. This carries out the pledge of the town to neeure the railway. CALLS POR REFORM IN SO ITH CAROLINA POLITICS. Points Out Wrongs Specifically Re? ferring to ITrst District in Exhorta? tion That State's Name Im? Kept 1 Clean. Washington, May 8.?Senator Till man today gave out the following on political conditions in South Caro? lina: "Some people in Charleston and Colleton counties will not understand just how or why Mr. Murray has he come postmaster at Walterhoro, while Mr. Storen has lost out in his light for the position of collector of the port at Charleston. The situation was just this: George Legare while living in? dorsed both of these men for the re? spective offices and I promised him I would do what I could for both of i them. "While the second primary was still pending in the congression \1 district both names were sent to the president for appointment, but no action was taken. Senator Smith and I indorsed both men and had the appointments been made when the names first went to the president, both would have been In office now. For some reason which I have never been able to un? derstand Mr. Murray's name eame to the senate for postmastei at Walter? horo while Storen's name hung fire. "When Mr. Whaley came to Wash? ington and urged his right to make the appointments in his congressional [district, as we all had agreed that the ! congressmen should do, the 'situation was as T have above indicated. "We had indorsed Mr. Murray and to our surprise the name came to the senate the day after Mr. Whaley ap? peared here and after the second pri? mary had been held. Although he : was not a congressman he was to all ; intents and purposes elected and we so recognized him. "Realizing that it would be unfair to Mr. Whaley to press Storen's ap? pointment under the circumstances we held It up and waited for news j from Charleston. "I wrote to George Legarc's bosom fr.ends there and asked their opin j ion and advice. The replies were that if George Legarc were living they be? lieved he would be against Storen I rather than for him. "Mr. Whaley had indicated a pref? erence for Mr. Harvey first anJ for Mr. Peters second. Finally it was agreed that Mr. Peters should be rec? ommended for appointment and his name was sent to the president and is now before the senate. "Murray's appointment had been made and was out of reach before Mr. i Whaley arrived in Washington. The j senators would have stultified them? selves had they tried to recall it. With Storen the case was different and we did recall his name and substitute Peters. Mr. Storen's activity against Mr. Whaley is the cause of his failure to get the office. ; "I think it worth while and indeed my duty to warn the people of the First Congressional district if half we hear in Washington is true, somebody ought to be put in the pen pretty ^oon. An examination of Jie penal code shows that sections 360, 362, o6S and "65 have all been violated by more people than are aware of it, perhaps. Promises to give otficet. ac? tual payment of money for votes and other serious crimes are mentioned. Many men. not in one county but in several, are liable to go to the pen. or pay heavy tines. The papers of the State would do well and render the public a service if they would print these sections of the code as a warn? ing to office seekers and their friends. "I sincerely trust that the next ses? sion of the legislature will throw such safeguards around the primary as to make the corruption which is charged Impossible to occur again. We iave laws enough to punish fraud ami brib? ery if they are only enforced, but laws are mere waste paper if there ate no officials ready to carry them out. Pub? lic opinion must compel the officers to do thlr duty or else the State will be corrupted throughout its borders. "it will be remembered that these statutes were enacted after a con? gressional race in the Second district, where much money was used. It is very clear to my mind that the Demo? cratic party must take active and ag? gressive steps to stop euch transac? tions. We can hope for good gov? ernment otherwise to maintain the State's fair name. "It is enough to make any South Carolinian ashamed of his State to hear of so much rottenness an?! cor? ruption in the First Congressional dis? trict." Till: CAROLINA HAIL INSURANCE - Company has paid 1,600 loaaes amounting to $135,000.00 sine? 1 oo?;, and every one of these losses settled satisfactorily to he assured. Q. B. Haynsworth, Sumter, s. c, Is the agent for this excellent South Carolina, corporation and our farmers nud planters* ahotrjg]iscn t?> It that their crops are protected at once. PROSPECTS FOR COTTON POOR. Corn C rop Leeg Than for Last Year and Cotton Crop Greater?More Staple Cotton Planted. Wedgefield Corresondence to Colum? bia Record. Wedgefield, May 9.?The writer has just returned from a trip through sections of Sumter county, and dur? ing Iiis trip there saw much of the work done by the Sumter farmers throughout the cotton section of the county. Driving out from the little station of Wedgefield on the line of the A. C. L. from Columbia to Wilming? ton, N. C, one finds one s self in the heart of the cotton growing section of the county. This is also one of the oldest nettled sections of the, State. Here we tind the old homesteads of many of the members of the Pickney, Anderson and Sumter families, names that are associated with the prosperity and the best history of the past. These great old plantations are all under cultivation. The only difference one sees that has taken place since the time when the original settlers lived on the plantations in lordly ease is the change from slave to hired la? bor, and from the old fashioned im? plements and methods of farming to the new and more up-to-date way. These farms stretch out for miles on all sides and present one of the most beautiful sights to be seen anywhere in the way of farm beauty. In talking with the farmers of the section travelled over the writer learns that the corn crop planted is probably a little shorter than that of last year while the cotton crop of the county is about five per cent greater than the crop of last year. Of this crop there has been a decrease over last year in the acre? age of short staple, and the acreage devoted to long staple has been in? creased over last year anywhere from 30 to 100 per cent. This means that while the entire acreage devoted to cotton has been increased there is still less of short staple planted by quite a per cent than was planted last year. The farmers of this part of the .-t?te are beginning to get very anx? ious for rain. They say that the cot? ton crop is already suffering less from continued dry wee eher. Some of the farmers estimate that the cot? ton crop is off already one hundred pounds per acre on account of the lack of rain. This loss is explained in this manner. The earlier the cot? ton the greater is the tendency to fruit well, while the late cotton tends to go to weed. The lack of rain has made the cotton late in coming through the ground, in fact in many sections of the county and other counties cotton is being planted the second time in order to get a stand. The small grain crop is also suffer? ing from dry weather. This is the season when the small grain is just maturing the seed or grain and much moisture is needed. Every day of continued drynees mtans further loss, and all through the section the farm ere are anxiously looking for rain. Touch on Dispensary. At several of the churches in the city on Sunday morning the pastors in their sermons touched on the dis? pensary petition, warning the mem? bers of the church against it. The dis? pensary issue was not itself mentioned out right, but members of the congre? gation understood that this was one on the subjects included in the forms of vice mentioned and warned against. Geo. H. Hurst, UNDERTAKER AND E MR ALM ER. Prompt attention to day or night calls. AT OLD J. D. CRAIG STAND, 203 X. Main Street. Day Phone 5S9. Night Phone 201. Shaving" For Pleasure You don't shave for pleasure, but still it can Ih* made a pleasure as well a* a nexv* sily. 'Pry our tonaOfial work ami be -at lotted. The Sumter Shaving Parlors, Dan P. Mosely, Prop. OLD SOCTHERN EXPRESS OFFICE.