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SIMTF.K WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
"Bo Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at he thy Country's, Hiy God's and Truth's."
Till: TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1H??.
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. Os SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913
Vol. XXXVI. No. 24.
NEWS FROM COLUMBIA.
MclNTOHII AM) WILLIAMS ARE
GRANTED SI VV I III V.l.
Negroe* i onvkteri of Killing Ftnr
easra Lad Given Another Chance h.v
Supreme c ourt ? AhMmmiiI Attor?
ney General on Wehh Law.
Columbia. May 12.?A new trial waa
ordered today by the Supreme Court
in the case of Harry Mclntosh and
John Wilhams, two negro boys who
were convicted of killing Andrew
Jackson a little white hoy. In tho city
of Florence. The two negroes had
been sentenced to die in the electric
? hahr. The decision waa written by
Associate Justice Hydriek and concur?
red In by the entire court.
The body of young Andrew Jack?
son wsa found in an empty box car
on the repair track at Florence on
March S. of last year. Circumstances
indicated that he had been murdered.
The tracks of a man were found lead?
ing to and from the car. Several days
Utter four negro hoys, William Fox
worth, Freddie Mclntosh, Harry Mc
??.?osh and John Williams, were ar?
rested on suspicion. Freddie Mc
1ato3u and William Foxworth made
statements to the sheriff implicating
Harry Melntosh and John Williams,
which statements were reduced to
writing and signed by the two boys.
These two were used as witnesses for
the State, but when on the stand
Freddie Mclntosh denied his state?
ment and charged it had been ob?
tained under dureaa which the sheriff
denied. The statements were admit?
ted and the 8upreme Court holds that
the lower court erred In admitting it
Florence was greatly stirred by the
disappearance of little Andrew Jack?
son and for days scores of men
??arched every nook and corner of
Florence County, the body being found
a few days later In a box car.
The two negroes are now here In
the State Penitentiary, where they
were brought for safe keeping some
time ago.
Governor Blease late this afternoon
^j^tmi the following telegram to the
?herIff of Florence County:
"Harry Mclntosh and John Wil?
liams, subject to your orders for re?
turn to Florence."
That the passage of the Webb law
by Congress withdraws the protection
of the interstate commerce laws from
the shipment of whiskey from out of
the State to points within the State
Place? it on a parity with liquor ship?
ped from one point to another within
the State, which is forbidden by the
State laws, la the contention of As?
sistant Attorney General Dominlck in
a brief filed In the Supreme Court
late this afternoon. The Assistant At
t *rne" Oenerul holds that whiskey can
he bought only from tho dispensary
and any ordered from without tho
state for personal use or otherwise is
contraband and subject to seizure.
The brief was filed in the cases now
being tested under the Webb Act.
Governor Bleaae has stated that if
the Attorney Genera) says he hus tin*
right he will order every drop of
whiskey and beer seised v. hlch Is
shipped Into the Htate, except that
bought from dispensaries.
PINEWOOB SCHOOL CLOSES.
Baccalaureate Sermon to Ho Preach?
ed by Rev. ii. P. Watson of Man?
ning.
Plnewood. Mav 12?The closing ex?
ercises of the graded school will be?
gin on Sunday morning when the
baccalaureate sermon will hi preached
by the Rev. G. P Watson of Manning
In the auditorium. Og Momlav and
Tuesday nights the students will ren?
der their entertainments and Prof.
Roy Z. Thomas of Newberry college,
will deliver the literary address on
Tuesday night. The school ha* had a
tfgfj prosperous year with the fol?
lowing Mgjpgfg; Prof. II l> Ab \ iii
dsr. nrtaelanJ] Misses Ida H Moore of
Nm. i\ Mg Arw| Amur VN. Iis of Sum?
ter.
Mtltt H. VI'E JAPANESE TREATY.
\rUon? Would staff l < oVrul 4.oi nt?
ment ( bange Pact.
Phoenix. Arls . May 12?A Weier
lal to Congres.4 was Introduced in the
State Senate to.luv asking- that etSpS
be taken to abrogate the present
treaty between the United Mate* and
Japan, negotiate a new one vOu< h will
permit States to engl t their own alien
land law*.
Ts*? senate approved the nnti
?rwn sind 1*111 passed by the Hour
and It now goew to the Oovernor Tie
proponed \aw prevents aliens who
Nave not declared ? Ititensblp Integ
tloSN from owing real ?? a it,- or h i .n
It for mors than five year* 4
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED.
AXM VIi ADDRESS AT CEMETERY
IM LIYI IUI> 1IV hon. T. G,
McLKod OF liisitop
V1LLK.
( amp ITro Girls PoCOfBle QfttTCfl of
Departed Confederate Soldlftn ?
Salute Fired over OUTW by Sum
?|f Light Iiiruntiy?Large Attend?
ance l*re*cnt at F.xcrclses.
Memorial Day was fittingly observed
in this eity Monday. The elereises
held ut the cemetery in the afternoon
were more than usually interesting
and the address which was delivered
by the Hon. T. O. McLeod of Bishop
ville was an inspiring one. There
was a large attendance of men, women
and children at the exercises and all
paid the strictest attention while hon?
or was being l>aid in an appropriate
manner to heroes of a lost cause.
The exercises were held under the
auspices of Dick Anderson chapter,
United Daughters of the Confeder?
acy, who had made all of the arrange?
ments of the occasion, which turned
out so happily and successfully. Dr.
Oeo. W. Dick presided over the exer?
cises.
At the gate to the cemetery the
line of march was formed, the band
being in front and leading. Coming
next to them were the Confederate
veterans?the heroes of many a bat?
tle?who took their seats on the stand
as the line advanced. The Camp Fire
Girls of this city came next with their
beautiful wreaths and after them
came the members of Dick Anderson
Chapter, the Sumter Light Infantry,
the battalion from the high school
and the public generally.
The exercises were opened by a se?
lection from the Sumter Band, aft<?r
which Rev. J. P. Marion made a
short but beautiful pruyer. Another
selection from the band was then
?endered during which time the little
girls placed their wreaths of tlowers
on the graves of the Confederate sol?
diers buried in the cemetery.
Dr. Geo. W. Dick introduced the
speaker >?f the occasion, referring to
hi*n as the son of one of the most gal?
lant captains of the Confederate army,
and a son of Sumter, loaned to Lee
County for a time.
Mr. McLeod took for his subject,
"The Sovereignty of the State," and
made a most eloquent and beautiful
address. His address was afterwards
referred to by many who heard him
as one of the most Utting und splen?
did orations ever heard on Memorial
I>ay. The speaker, in commencing his
address, referred to the difference in
temperament und surroundings of the
New England Puritan and the South?
ern Cavalier. Puritan thought, Puri?
tan Literature, he stated, dominated
the North, while Cavalier thought,
and Cavalier Literature dominated the
South. He stated that he had learned
of the history of the war in the South
from the fireside, and it seemtd thut
it must always be taught there, for it
seemed that tho text books could not
teach it without prejudice.
He stated that the war was not
brought on by slavery, this was only
an incident of the war. The war was
brought on by the difference between
I he Puritan of the North and the
t avalier of the South. Its origin went
back to the strife between Puritan
and Cavalier in England, more than
a century before the war. The con?
stitutional convention was dominated
by Southern men and Southern brain
and these leaders had not once thought
of the State other than as a sovereign*
ty. This idea of State rights ,vas ad?
vocated by Massachusetts in 1H11!;
later It was again advocated by South
Carolina when this State had nulli?
fied the tariff. He referred t?? re?
cent CSSes In Missouri and Texa ',
when the United states Supreme Court
bad again decided in favor of State
rights in California at the present
time president Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were begging and pleading with
that State not to do anything to the
detriment of the nation. Tiny could
not commend the state riot to enact
these laws, because they recognised
the doctrine of st.it. i rights,
"But." said Ills Speaker) "OS Nor?
man ami Saxon united after thedr
clash to form a greater nation; as
Puritan and Cavalier united to form
a greater Rutland, so the union of
North and South today made possible
a greater nation of the United states. 1
Tim North had done its- pait in this
process i?> holding the union togeth?
er, while |he South bad also done her
part by upholding the sovereign!) ol
th<- slat*-, ami defending the prlncl?
ides of liberty upon Which the nation
was founded, those principles em laid
led in the ?oiiHlitiile.il ot the nut ion
it supremely disgusts me to hear
soms no 'i and womcen of the present]
?i.i. esc use their fathers, saving they
fought for what I hey believed to be
WAITING ON JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON is SILENT ON
CALIFORNIA SITUATION.
Diplomacy May Come, if Legislation Is
Delayed state Department Will
Take Question up With Japan.
WaahlngtODi May 12.?The admin?
istration tonight was awaiting a re?
ply either by message or by action
from Gov. Johnson to Secretary Bry?
an's telegrams of last night request?
ing that he veto the alien land own?
ership bill passed by the California
legislature and give the State depart?
ment an opportunity to deal diplo?
matically With the problems involved.
In some quartern it had been ex?
pected that the text of the Japanese
protest would be given publicity to?
day, but apparently the officials con?
cluded that full publicity at this
stage would only embarrass the nego?
tiations. Therefore the state depart?
ment declined to make any statement
as to the precise nature of the Jap?
anese communication and the secre?
tary in answer to inquiry on that
point simply pointed to his own mes?
sage of last night in which he refer?
red to the Japanese communication
as "very earnest protest."
Whether the protest went outside
of the treaty and claimed a violation
of the principles of international law
In discrimination against the Jap?
anese or was an allegation that the
: pirit if not the letter of the treaty
had been infringed by the California
legislation, the secretary would not
say. In fact, he had not deemed it
expedient to acquaint even Gov. John?
son with the details of the communi?
cation.
Secretary Bryan let it be known
that if legislation in California is post?
poned the state department will un?
dertake to deal diplomatically with
the Japanese government regarding
the whole subject of alien land owner?
ship as affecting Japanfee in America.
-Meanwhile he declines to indicate the
course that will be followed by the
department in the event that his ap?
peal is disregarded by the California
executive.
HOW MEXICO STANDS.
, Secretary of state Declare* People
arc Pnriotic and Published Reports
arc Untrue.
New York. May 12.?Alfonso L.
JImlneg, newly appointed Mexican
consul general, received today the
following telegram from Krancisco de
la Harra, Mexican secretary of state:
"The declaration of President
Huerta about the attitude of the
United States, which has not recog?
nized this government as yet, have
created a very favorable impression
in public opinion, as they embrace the
sentiments of patriotism of the Mex?
ican people.
"Published statements about sup?
posed want of protection lor Ameri?
cans are untrue, as this government
maintains friendly attitude towards all
foreign governments and has only
emphasized the desire that in all our
relations with foreign countries the
strictest principles of reciprocity be
observed.
J "General conditions are improving
rapidly."
TOTAL OVER 32 MILLION.
Columbia. May 14.?The tidal as?
sessments of the cotton mills foi tax?
ation for this year is l28.G16.h98. an
inert use over last year of $350,001,
and the total assessments for the cot?
ton (dl mills is $1,501,425.11, tin in?
crease over last year of $43,950, and
the total assessment.* for fertiliser
plants is $2,230,963, an increase
over last year of $651,620, according
to a statement Issued today by Comp?
troller General A. W. Jones. The fig?
ures were llxed by the state hoard of
equalization at its meeting here last
week.
right.1 They did not light for what
they believed to lie right, the) fought
for what they knew to be right and
was right."
In closing the speaker begged bis
audience of young people to do all
in their power to mcake life's pathway
eas\ for the ohi soldiers who were
i-it and who would not he with Ihem
long, although he hoped it would be
many years before th. v were called
aw ay.
After the oration a salute was lired
over the graves of the soldiers by
the Sumter Light Infantry, taps was
sounded and the assembly slowl) dls
)????? SSM I
Crosses of honor were bestowed by
tin I I?. t! opon Messrs. T II Con
yers, R, T Windham und W. H
TrosjMeSeld,
OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING FOR
MISSING PLANS.
Thieves Seem to Have Gotten In
Work on the Night of March 1.
I
Washington, May 13.?Special
agents of the department of justice,
officers of a nationally known detect?
ive agency and the local police have
been called in by the navy depart?
ment to investigate a "leak" through
which during the last four months
several relatively unimportant plans
of ships ami also minor documents
have disappeared. Navy officials are.
inclined to minimize the importance
of the losses.
The first losses were discovered on
the night of March 4. Some minor
structural plans of the dreadnought
Pennsylvania, now building, and other
ships were among them. Documents
not especially secret disappeared.
Navy officials said they are not much
concerned over the importance of
What already has been lost as they
are to find the leak and prevent fur?
ther losses. Each battleship has sev?
eral sets of plans which are sometimes
widely distributed among the bureau
and contractors. The general plan is
never very much of a secret.
The navy department late today is?
sued this statement:
"On the night of March 4 (in?
auguration day), when there were a
large number of people in the state,
war and navy building, assembled to
witness the inaugural fireworks, there
were taken, by persons as yet un?
known, from a room of the bureau of
steam engineering, uncompleted plans
of the electric wiring of the new
battleship Pennsylvania. These plans
showed the general arrangement of
the decks and hatches, but would be
of no particular viriue to any one
wishing to obtain naval information
not generally made public. A short
time after similar plans were missed
from the same draughting room. The
matter is still under investigation."
The rooms of the steam engineering
?bureau commanded a fine view of the
fireworks ami a number of visitors
were in them on {he night of March
4. For the most part these wa re
members of the families of officials
and clerks and no one was admitted
without a pass. The plans were ordi?
nary blue prints, lying on the draught?
ing tables, but were large enough to
make quite a conspicuous roll.
The fact that other plans for elec?
trical wiring were missed after March
4 tended to relieve the visitors from
suspicion and as this was the last oc?
casion upon which the rooms were
open to others than employes the in?
vestigation turned in their direction.
The plans were very simple and
such as could he prepared to order by
any compcnt electrician. They did
not relate to the fire control or turret
mechanism, and therefore had no
particular naval value.
The officials, however, were alarm?
ed at the occurrence because It dis?
closed the possibility of the theft of
really important secret plans. Conse?
quently extra precautions have been
taken to gua. against the entry into
the drafting room of anyone who
does not belong there, ami a system of
I checking and accounting will be rigid?
ly enforod.
HUGHES* BILL PROTESTED.
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Objection Conies to Allowing Special
License for Fricdiiiunn.
_
Washington. May 12.?Protest
against Senator Hughes' bill to au?
thorize a special license to practice
medicine in the District ol Columbia
for i >r. Prledcmann wns sent to con?
gress today by the District commis?
sioners. The commissioners Insisted
that the Oerman physician who claims
to have discovered a cure for tuber?
culosis should not be allowed to prac?
tice in the District without submit?
ting to the usual test of qualifications
prescribed by law.
"The efficiency of the system of
practice of the proposed license," tin
commissioners Bald, "does not appear
to he sufficiently established to justify
a recommendation that he be accord?
ed the special exemption sought in
bis behalf." They added that it the
tall should become a law it Would
establish a precedent that might se?
riously impair the administration of
the present statute
In The Police Court.
Two cases of Interest were tried in
the pole.- court by the Iteeordcr.
\\ .1 Andrews lor violation of the
health ordinance, selling spoiled llsh,
w .i fined $ l
Hen Ulenburg) for driving over fire
hose, was lined |2,
UNITED STATES AND GREAT
BRITAIN WILL CONSIDER
PECUNIARY CLAIMS.
Mori' Thun TIlTee Hundred Cases to
He Settled und Hoard Will be in
Session for More Than a Year?
All Claims to He Wiped out.
Washington, May iu.?With Bh
Cecil Spring-Rice, the British am bos*
sador, and John Basset Moore,
counsellor of the State department,
present to represent their respective
governments, the International tri?
bunal for the arbitration of outstand?
ing pecuniary claims between the
United States and Great Britain, held
its opening session here today. A
number of guests were present. Henri
A. Fromageot of France, president
in which he spoke of the desirability
?;?' arbitration In settling questions of
difference between nations and ex?
pressed the hope that all the delibera?
tions of the new tribunnl would lead
to happy conclusions. Earlier ir. the
day the members of the court M.
Fromageot, sir Char. Fitspatrlck, chie\
justice of Canada, and Chandler P.
Anderson, former counsellor of the
state department, called and paid
their respects to President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan.
Efforts will be made to settle on?
east- a day, so that the large number
of cases which are ou the schedule
may be disposed of. As there are
more than 300 cases on what Is known
as the "first schedule," cases which
both governments have agreed shall
be submitted to this judicial arbitra?
tion, it will take a year of working
days to wipe the slate clear of this
first list. By the time that is done a
"second schedule" probably will be
ready as negotiations are underway
looking to have a large number of
other claims settled In a similar way.
"We believe," said Mr. Anderson,
"that the best way to prepare lor the
celebration of the 100 years of peace
i.s to wipe out all claims between the
two governments."
HARBERS AM) POLK 1? ^ LASH.
Clubs arc Used by Olticers and Ar?
reste Made Following Attempt at
Rescue.
New York, May 13.?Striking bar?
bers, attempting to ? lose shops In
the retail district today, came in con?
flict with the police at several places,
causing great excitement among the
crowds of women shoppers. When
the mob tried to rescue two men who
were arrested police clubs swung free?
ly before a 'path WOM cleared to Ji sta?
tion house.
Later the barbers, augmented by
several hundred sympathisers, march
I
ed to Fourteenth street when* stones
were thrown through barber shop
windows. Strikers also visited sev?
eral hundred shops In the Bronx
where it was declared tonight on',
boss barbers would lie at work to?
morrow. Guards have been stationed
at the larger places to prevent strik?
ers from reaching the hotel barber
shopa
Members of the State hoard of ar?
bitration late today arratiged a meet?
ing with the strike leaders for to?
morrow morning. They declare that
the strike has affected between 7,000
ami 10,000 barbers. The men want
higher pay and shorter hours.
The strike also spread rapidly to?
day in Jersej City. Many shops in
the business district are closed.
NEGRO IS KILLED.
John Hill Sla>hcs Throat of Enoch
Hall.
Anderson, May 12-?A homicide
with horrible details happened near
Anderson, just across the line in Abbe?
ville county, yesterday afternoon
when John Hill used a razor on Enoch
Hall, cutting Hail in tin- neck, almost
severing his head from his body. The
jugular vein and the wind pipe were
cut in twain, ami the load was held
on the body only by a few shreds
of liesh. It is said that Hill was be?
ing chased by Hall, following a quar?
rel, I oth men had been drinking
Hull cot pretty ?lose behind Hill
when the latter drew his ruxor and
began carving Hall on the neck. Hill
has I o ii bulged in the county jail at
Abbeville. Both are negrooa
TWF.XTA YEARH FOR ItMOOKS.
.indue Bowman Sentences Negro
Convicted of Serious Crime.
Greenville, May 13.? Convicted in
the court of General Sessions today ol
assault with attempt to ravish, but
recommended t<> mercy, Noah Brooks,
.1 negro, was sentenced by Judge
Bowman lo aerve twenty years In the
state Penitentiary.
STATE TROOPS REPORTED TO
RAVE MADE HAIL.
Intimates of tho Dead Kennt in at
5oo With Note 3no Prisoners Tak
*Mi.
NogaleS, Aria., May 13.?The fedeial
forca hav?- been routed ami all are
fleeing toward the gulf, according to
Gov. Pesqusira Of Sonora, who ar?
rived toda> at Hermoglllo from the
front above Guayama.s. He said State
troops had captured rifles and am?
munition. Another report from the
front says that .seven cannon and
seven machine guns also have been
captured. Estimates of the killed re?
main at about 500. with 300 taken
prisoners .
Confusion is .eat throughout
the State, esp ^r at Ortiz, to which
point the t ^ ch is operating, that
SJ
only mep tails of the happenings
about .mas can be obtained. A
etro* C ?chment of federals under
C' ' . ran is reported cut off from
AwA and besieged in the hills by
insurgents under Col. Hill, liarron
\ia\M wounded.
Agents of the Huerta government
here assert they have received word
that more federal reinforcements have
arrived by boat at Guaymas and that
tlie main group besieged a few miles
north would be able to work its way
into the gulf town.
The Mexican gunboat Guerrero,
lying in the harbor, is expected to
assist the federal garrison.
The most conservative estimate of
the killed in the fighting about Guay
amas placed the dead at 4 00.
JOHNSON FOUND GUILTY.
Negm Pugilist is Comleted on
Charge Of Violating the White Slave
Law.
Chicago, May 13.?Jack Johnson,
champion heavyweight lighter, to?
night was found guilty of violating
the federal white slave law in trans
Parting Belle Schrieber from Pitts
thTrg to Chicago in 1910. *Jle was
convicted on all seven counts in the
Indictment. The jury returned its ver?
dict after an hour's consideration.
Taking of testimony was ended to?
day after the prisoner had taken the
stand in his own behalf and denied
the statement of the Schrieber wo?
man that he had paid for her trans?
portation. A night session was held
so that the attorneys could complete
their arguments.
Johnson admitted on the stand that
he had sent the woman money in re?
sponse to her request by telephone but
denied he had made any stipulation
that she should use it to come to Chi?
cago.
"If you should find this defendant
not guilty, knowing as you do the evi?
dence in the case," said Assistant Dis?
trict Attorney Harry Parkin, "I do not
see how any of you can go home and
look squarely into the faces of those
you respect and admire."
Attorney Bachrach, for the defense,
maintained that the general record
and behavior of the negro was not to
be considered by the jury.
"If he sent her the money to come
to Chicago for immoral purposes, he
is guilty." he said. "That is the only
thing to be considered by the jury.
The arguments continued until a
late hour.
Suit for $?'.:'..."? was tiled against
Johnson by an automobile company
today, alleging that Johnson had
failed to pay for goods he had pur?
chased from them.
UNIVERSITY SELECTED.
Carolina Roys Ma> Go to Gettys?
burg lor Military Instruction.
Washington, May 13.?Senator K.
IK Smith was today notified by Secre?
tary Garrison ol the war department
that the latter hail written Dr. s. c.
Mitchell, president of the University
of gouth Carolina, concerning the
question ol having a number of uni?
versity students no to Gettysburg from
July 7 to August 15 and receive mili?
tary instruction, it is proposed to al?
low ;t . ertain number of students
from some of the best known schools
throughout the country to have the
advantage ol this military llsclpline
and the letter .inst sen Dr. Mitchell
states that the South Carolina boys
have he. i) Included.
Another Improvement on West
Libert) street now m progress is the
erection of a three story budding by
W. T. Andrews There will be two
stores on the ground floor, the sec
ond door will be used for offices and
tin- third Itoor will be II ?d BS lodge