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THK Sl'MTKR WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. ."Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 18tt6. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 26. OIL MILLIONAIRE DEAD, i _ HENRY M. H\(.l.l H PASSES AWAY IN FLORIDA. He Was On* of the Pounder* of Standard (Ml Trust and I'sed Many of Hin MUUona In the Development of Florida?WUI be Hurled In St. Aagusline. West Palm Beach. Fla . May 20 ? Henry M Flakier passed quietly aw ly at Ocean View cottage. Palm Beach, at 10 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Flag ?er and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Flagler ware with him at the time of his death, as were officials of the Florida East Coaat railway. The body will be sent by special train, probably tomor? row to St. Auguatine. where the fu? neral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In this city all business houses were closed during the after? noon and flags were flying at half mast in respect to his memory. The funeral Friday will be attended by hundreds of prominent men from va? rious aectlona of the United States, and from all along the east coast of this State, which was developed by Mr Flagler. At Mr. Flagler'a beside were his son. Harry, who arrived yesterday from Europe, the Rev. Dr. George Morgan, his pastor, who will conduct the funeral services at St. Augustine, where the body will be buried in the Flagler musoleum In the ? yard of the Flagler Memorial church which he gave to the Presbyterians of that I Ity. Henry M. Flagler was born at Can andiagua. N. V . In 1830. Little Is known of his early life except that he was clerk In a country grocery In Orleans county, Mtehigan, while yet In his teens. Later he removed to Saglnaw, Mich., where he engaged In the manufacture of salt. Becoming Interested In the possi? bilities of the petroleum Industry, he removed to Cleveland, Ohio, whore he erganlsad the company of Rocke? feller. Andrews sV Flagler, engaging ,^ln tha refining of nfl iThe* Standard* Oil company was th? outgrowth of thin venture, ami Mr.' Flagler has re? mained actively connected with the management t>f the great Corporation since its Inception. In 1816 Mr. Flagler paid his first visit to Florida and became impress ad with the business possibiltles pre? sented there by the railroad field In connection with the development of Wlntwr resorts Entering actively into the work of turning Florida Into one vast winter resort Mr. Flagler built the Florida East Coaat railroad and later erected the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar hotels at a coat of, $3,000.000. His greatest achievement, however, was the extension of his railroad from Miami to Key West. For many years his plan was rulicueld as im? practicable and was called "Flagler's Folly.* 1 The opening of this "oversea" line la listed aa one of the engineering triumphs of the age. Mr. Flagler was vice president and director of the Standard Oil conipuny. president and chairman of the board of directors of the Florida East ('oust railway and Jacksonville Terminal company, director of the Western Union Telegraph conipuny, Morton Trust conipuny and other corpora? tions. TRUCKING AT LAM \lt. E. B. Boykin Makes sue ??-,? of the Industry. Umar, May 20.?E. H. n..>kin. for o number of yeurs an agricultural ex? pert for the I'nth'd -States-govern? ment, tried Ms hand at trucking last >ear on a small scale and wuh \erv successful. He Suld several thous? and cans of beans and tomatoes, all of which were very line, in fact, mu< h superior to those canned pfooV ih ordered ffdm otn?*r pbirtrs. Tnia year Mr. Boykin has gone Into the trucking business In earin I I.ast week he Shipped 70 crates of onsp beans to the Northern rnurkets and will ship in th. aOSt two weeks several bun h. .| l-arr Is of Irish pota? toes besides a lot more beans. He Will also Sag a number of garden PfOSjSM ts this season APRIL DISPENSARY SALEM, lot?| of gJ17..%71 A7 ?Hit K?|M>iiH4* of $11.281 ^4 < olumhla. May 2i??The toful sales isT the til sp an war lea In the ? wet - cesuMtaa of the Stai- during April were t/l7.571.67, anu the operating expenses for the ran?** period, $11 211.24, accordm* ?toi tlw? monthly re? port made public toda> ?>\ DHpcn sarp Auditor II W. Mit. hum. CHURCHES WILL NOT UNITE. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY DE? CLINES TO CONSIDER MAT TKR AT THIS TIME. _ Spirited Discussions Cause Excitement In Atlanta Meeting? Home and For? eign Missions Causes Dispute. Atlanta, Ga., May 19.?By ac? clamation, the Southern Presbyterian assembly this afternoon declined to consider at this time the question of union with any other ecclesiastical body in the United States except the United Presbyterian church, with which negotiations looking to union had already been taken up. The re? port of the committee, of which Dr. R. F. Campbell is chairman, deemed "this an inopportune time to raise the question of closer relutions with other bodies." Spirited discussion which at times approached acrimonious debate today caused flurries of excitement at the sessions of the three Presbyterian assembles now convening here. The Northern Presbyterian assem? bly opened the day in a turmoil result? ing from the reproduction hero of a New York newspaper story charging that Dr. J. T. Stone's election as mod erator of that body was brought about through "a deep-laid political i scheme." No less excitement prevail* ed during the afternoon session, when Poignant charges were made in discus? sing the report of the special com? mittee on the Union Theological sem? inary of New York. Restoration of previous relations between the seminary and the North? ern church was favored in the ma? jority report, but was opposed in two minority reports. In presenting one of these Rev. F. C. Nonfort of Cin? cinnati declared: "The time has come for the church to draw the line. The^ Issues He be? tween true faith and a Hindu philos? ophy masquerading in the guise of Christianity." Definite action on the reports was e?eferred until tomorrow. A lively tilt between the support? ers of home and foreign missions In the Southern Presbyterian assembly this afternoon resulted in several minutes of prayer before a vote was taken on the impending question. The standing committee on "systematic beneficence" in its report*- advocated the apportionment of 00 per cent of the income to foreign missions und 21 per cent to home missions; an ap? portionment of &4 per cent to for? eign missions and 27 to home mis? sions was strongly urged by the per? manent committee on the same sub? Ject. Sharp exchanges took place be? tween the supporters of ?he two schedules, led by Dr. S. L Morris of Atlanta for home missions and !Dr. A. \V. Smith of Nashville for foreign missions. After several minutes of prayer the recommendations of the permanent committee were adopted. The first ripple of dlssentlon that had appeared at the sessions of the United Presbyterian assembly came this afternoon when Dr. W. B. Smiley, secretary of the Sabbath school board, charged that polities was at the root of a move permanently to shift the Sabbuth School extension work from the bourd of publication to the board ot bonoi missions *. iki AT MlfKWOOD. Three Frame Buildings Belonging to J. II. Harwick Destroyed. Pinewood. May 20.?Fire this morn ing destroyed three wooden buildings on East Railroad avenue. The blaze, was discovered about 3 o'clock inside tin- store of the pinewood Pharmacy, maunged by Mr W L Drunson, and the building was falling in when the alarm was turned in. The two ad? joining buildings burned very rapidly. OnSJ bad be< o used as a barber shop in the other Mr. J II. Harwick con? ducted his furniture and undertak? ing; business. Tin loss on the buildings falls heavy on Mr L n. Berwick, the owner who just a short time ago i enrolled some of bis insurance. Mr J H, Berwick saved some ol ins furniture and caskets, tin rest is a total loss, as he had no insurance Mr Bruneon Is out of town, but it is said that in- carried some Insurance on his stock. In the Police Court. Sam Lewis was found guilty in Ihe police court of carrying concealed weapon* and neutered to p?v u tine of t-te or serve Mi days on the elm in gang. He was also r.iven a preliminary on the charge of larceny of n bicycle and committed for trial in the cir? cuit court, i II. S. REPLIES TO JAPAN. BRYAN RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GUARD TREATY RIGHTS. Nature of Protest und Reply to be Kept Secret ? Understood That While Nippon*! Protest Alleges Technical Violation or Treaty by California Law, Weight of Objec? tion is Against Spirit of Whole Legislation as Heing Dlscrimna tory Against Japanese. Washington, May 19.?Secretary Bryan late today handed Ambassa? dor Chinda the reply of the United States government to the Japanese protest against the California alien land legislation. The amtmssador im? mediately cabled it to Tokio. No inti? mation as to the nature of the reply was given out. Upon learning through press dis? patches that Governor Johnson had signed the Webb Land Act, Secretary Bryan telephoned Viscount Chinda and invited him to come to. the State department to receive the reply which he had been anxiously awaiting since the presentation of his note, May 9. When the answer had been deliver? ed, the Secretary and the ambassador conferred earnestly for an hour re? garding the general aspect of the Prob? ien?. Of course, the opinions ex? pressed were tentative. As for his part the ambassador felt that he must be guided entirely by the directions of the foreign office at Tokio and he could only surmise what might be the attitude of the officials at home. Meanwhile it was understood that both tho Japanese protest and the State department's answer would be with? held from publication for the present at least on the ground that it would be injudicious to submit the delicate question at issue to heated discusion in the newspapers and at possible thane meetings, the negotiations be? tween the two Governments are ex? pected to proceed in regular fashion, without further reference to what takes place In California. i Viscount Chinda dispatched? the State department's reply to his Gov? ernment, and it is assumed hat sev? eral days may elapse before the next step is taken. In view of the understanding be? tween the two Governments regarding withholding of th^ correspondence from publicity none of the officials a? the White House, the State depart? ment or the Japanese embassy cared to indicate the nature of the Japan , ese objections or of Secretary Bryan's reply. From other sources, however, it was gathered that while the Japan? ese allege technical violations of the treaty of 1911 by the California law these relate to minor provisions, such as that prohibiting Japanese from in? heriting property in California. The real weight of objection is against the spirit of the whole legislation which is regarded us distinctly discrimina? tory against the Japanese. The spir? it of the convention as well as the general principles of international law are regarded by Japan as outrag? ed by this Act, The fact that the United States has entered into treaty relations with Japan is cited as an admission of equality. in his answer Secretary Bryan is i understood to have recounted at length efforts made by the Adminis? tration to guard against an infringe? ment of the treaty rights of the Jap? anese, Officials here believe that this substantially has been accomplished and that at any rate, if the Japanese Government takes a contrary view, it ill be an easy amtter for it to test the matter in American Courts. This is pointed out to seem to remove the issue from one of treaty construction If the Stale department's view,is cor? rect, to the broad held of Internation? al law. It is realized here that the Japanese Government Is nol much concerned about the exclusion of its subjects from America, for they are much needed In Manchuria. Cott a and For? mosa. Underlying the whole objec? tion, it is said, is the intense national pride of the Japanese, which has been tom bed to the quick by the general development of Anti-.lapato'se feeling on the Pacific Coast. Official circles realise that the negotiations from this point forward must be conducted with extreme caution, but there is a gen? eral cou\i?tioti that an amicable so? lution of the problems involved even? tually will be reached, Secretary Hi van said loday he had nol communicuted with Governor Johnson since the receipt of the Gov? ernor's long message explaining his reasons for approving the A< t and probably would not do so W II. Hoover was shot and fatallv wounded at Horse Bridge, Aiken coun? ty, Saturday by m. l pawls. NO STATE LAW TO PREVENT THEIR RIDING ON INTER? STATE JOURNEYS. Attorney General Peoples in Giving opinion Urges Congressmen to Have Federal Laws Change<l. Columbia, May 20.?Attorney Gen? eral Peeples yesterday gave the opin? ion that there Is no State law to pre? vent negroes riding on Pullmans on interstate journeys. The opinion was given in reply to a letter from John G. Richards, Jr., chairman of the rail? road commission, in which it was ask? ed that an Investigation be made of a negro occupying a berth of a Pull? man on the Southern's early morning train from the North. The Letter of the attorney general to Chairman Richards follows: "I am In receipt of yours of the 14th inst., in reference to a negro riding in a Pullman car on the 14th day of May on Southern train No. 31, which runs from Washington to Jacksonville, I note that you say that this negro had secured his ticket and berth In the city of Washington and that hl.s destination was Savannah, Ga. In reply thereto I beg to say that being a native of South Carolin and believing in the separation of the races and holding the personal opin? ion that 1 do in regard to same, I would be very glad fndeed to be able to give you an opinion that the Pull? man company could not allow mem? bers of the negro race to be passengers In their cars within the borders ol South Carolina. This, however, is a matter absolutely beyond the control of the general assembly of this State when it eorr s to interstate travel, ana therefore ik absolutely beyond the Control of the courts or executive de? partment of this state. "We have no remedy at law in a case such as you mention, unless it should be perhaps a personal remedy, to which, of coursOi as attorney gen? eral I can not advise you or any other man to resoft. "There is no law upon our statute books which would reach such condi? tions as you set out in, your letter, and if there were it would be inoperative on account of the fact that it would bo In violation of the federal constitu? tion, which gives to the American congress the sole right to regulate commerce between the. states. "I would respectfully suggest that you take the matter up with the Unit? ed States senators und congressmen from this State and request them to do that which they should have done long ago?make sumo endeavor and try to get through some federal statute similar to our State .statute providing for separate accommoda? tion for the different races upon Pull? man cars and a'l interstate trains, or at least ask them to attempt to get a bill pusscd similar in some respects to what Is commonly known as the Webb act, which applies to shipments of liquor, leaving to the respective States the right to regulate the carrying and transportation of interstate passengers In this particular, as is done as to the regulation of shipments of liquor. "Personally and officially i would rather see the Pullman cars taken off lall together than to see negroes riding in them along with white people; but 1 can not make the law, 1 can only construe it. "in this connection 1 think that your commission should promulgate a rule that iri the future in taking ad? vantage of the exemption as to nurses riding in the car provided for white people that there should be required a certificate that the nurse is a bona Ilde nurse In order that those of us who travel will not be subject to some o fthe annoyance ; and Inconveniences to which we are now subject on ac? count of proper restrictions not being thrown around thi* exemption.'' Ill .PnttT FAVORABLY ON WOODS. Senate Judiciary Committee rind Nothing in Duncan's Charge. Washington, May r.<. -A favorable report was made to the Senate loda> by the Judiciary committee on the Presidents nomination of Justice C. A. Woods, of the South Carolina Su? preme Court, to succeed Senator Nathan Goff on the 4th Judicial cir? cuit bench. The committee found nothing worthy ol its uttention in the charges made by John T. Duncan, of Columbia, ugalnst Judge Woods, and i here is no doubt of the lotter's con? firmation. York County 4 1-2 per cent court house bonds to the amount of $7.',, 000 have been sold to Well, Roth & Co.. of Cincinnati, O., for $7'J,4:.o. their bid being the highest reeelved, FOREIGN COUNTRIES PROTEST. ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES OF UNDERWWOD BILL DO NOT PLEASE ALL. England, Germany, France, Italy and Austria and Others Oonuttttlllcnte with State Department and Finance Committee Concerning BIIL Washington, May 19.?While era tic senators are wrest' home manufacturers, .g against numerous rates ^ der wood bill, they are j& .1 also by protests from countries against admin ist r ^ .ires of the bill, and the ? . v Uiat would grant a 6 p* < lnotion of the duty on ' ?h American bot V toma Protests . England, Germany, France, Italy, Austria and other countries have been sent to the state department and communicated to the finance committee, where they will lirst be considered by a subcommittee, of which Senator Williams |j (hair man. Attention of the committee has been called to a meeting of the Na? tional Association of Industry and Commerce of Francs a few days ago, at which the Underwood bill was con? demned, the administrative features of which, it was claimed, would ar? bitrarily increase the hindrances to trailing with this country. From many countries have* conn protests against that new provision in the bill which Would give the secre? tary of the treasury authority to ex? clude from entry goods of merch;> V or manufacturers who refuse to sub? mit for inspec tion by United States agents their accounts pertaining to valuation or classification of mer? chandise whenever disputes arise. The attitude of the committee and the administration is to adhere x?, this provision( the c laim being that it will not be abused and will servu as a bar to professional defrauders Foreign governments maintain that it will result in unusual trouble. On* *requr?t of the foreign-govern? ments is for a return to a provision of tarilY laws before the Puyne-Ald rich hill, which in cases of disputed valuation would give the appraiser the right to increase it 5 or 10 per cent. Such a provision was original? ly included in tin- Pas ne-Aldi ich bill but it was not then* when the bill passed, the claim being that it was unintentionally omitted. Considera? tion of all the.se protests will be tak? en up by the finance committee soon. Subcommittees today listened to protests from thread and wire manu? facturers. Tomorrow the full finance committee will meet to determine, among other things, how much more time subcommittees shall give to pri? vate hearings. The matter of send? ing out Senator La Kollette s series of questions on tariff to manufactur? ers also will be considered. ENTER SOCIAL SERVICE WORK. Southern Baptist Convention Appoints Committee to Cooperate With Northern Church in Fighting Evils, St. Louis, May 19.?The Southern Batist convention decided before final adjournment this afternoon to enter social service work and ap? pointed ji committee for that pur? pose which will cooperate with the committee from the Northern Baptist convention. The Southern committee includes E. M. Poteal of Greenville, s. C, Z. T. Cody of Greenville*, S. ('.. T. 15. Ray of Richmond, Va., .1. T. Hender? son of Bristol, Va., and a. C. Cren of Atlanta, Ga , and Boyce Watkins and j. N. Prestridge, Louisville. a. j. Dickinson of Birmingham said the Baptists could mu afford longer to keep out of social service work. Since the enactment of the Mann law. he said, the social evil has be? come a local question. He said the segregated district of Birmingham contaminated the entire state ol Alabama because all women there were recruited from Mabnma. Simi lai conditions, he said, prevailed In other Southern States where the in? mates were natives. The Rev. A .1 Barton ** Dallas, Texas, reported for the tesssjsvance comtnitee thai the passage of the Wehl? bill bj the national congress was the greatest victory for tem? perance in half a century. The convention favored endowment oi a seminary in Louisville to train negro preachers ami appointed a com? mittee to work out details Prince Rlpley was killed ;tt Tren? ton Monday by Mb.; Bessie Davis while scuttling for the possession of a i< >aded i hol g un. ALIEN LAND BILL MADE LAW. GOV. JOHNSON. OF CALIFORNIA, ADDS HIS SIGNATURE. Act Becomes Effective August 10? Oovcrnor Issues Statement. Saying that BO Man Who Wishes an Alien Law Will Sign a Referendum as to this Law ? Act Has Encountered Triple Hostility Within Slat*'? Visiting Japanese on Hand. State Views on Measure. Sacramento, Cel., May 19.?Califor? nia's alien land bill became the law of the State today. Against protests of Japan and representations of President Wilson and his personal envoy, Secre? tary of State Pryan, Governor John? son signed the bill, ami ninety days af? ter the adjournment or the Legisla? ture, or OH August 10, the Act becomes operative. While the Governor was signing the bill the steamship Korea was passing in through the Golden Gate, bearing two distinguished Japanese, one a former pupil of President Wilson, on a mission of investigation. Within California the Act has en? countered triple hostility, which may delay its operation until November 1, 1914. Democrats opposed State legis? lation at this time as a matter of par? ty regularity. Nevertheless, so plain to them seems to be the demand for the bill that, after exhausting all par? liamentary tactics, the Senate gave only one adverse Democratic vote and the Assembly only two. As an expression of this opposition, Theodore Hell, late Democratic can? didate for Governor and former chair? man of the Democratic State central committee, has issued an invitation to his party to submit the issue to the people by invoking the referendum against the bill. He grounds his op position on two contentions?one that th*e bill is insufficiently drastic, be? cause it permits bases running three years; and, second, because it embar? rasses the National Administration. The Asiatic Exclusion League, an ot gatisution -of which the president is Olaf A. TVeltmoe, recently convict? ed of complicity in the "dynamite c onspiracy,' announced last night that it would invoke the referendum purely because it opposed the bill as faint? hearted. Thirdly, the powerful Panama-Pa? cific Exposition Company, backed by many Chambers of Commerce, has placed itself on record in opposition to the bill on the ground that it is a Violation of faith. In reply to this threatened hostil? ity Governor Johnson said today, in signing the bill: i repeat what I have said before: "That California for the lirst time in its history has an anti-alien law. Any man who wishes another kind of law may consistently invoke the initi? ative. No man who really wishes an alien law will sign a referendum as to this law. "If another law is sought it may be presented by means o? the initia? tive and in the meantime the present law win be in operation. To tie up the present law means no law until November, 1914." THE SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT Secretary Bryan Preparing to An? nounce Its Kathie ation. Washington. May 20.?Secretary Bryan la planning to make ihe formal announcement of ratification of the 17th amendment to the constitution, providing for the direct election tt United states senators, a memorable event, marking as it does the culmi? nation of a movement first instituted in Congress *7 years ago. Tire date for the signing of the proclamation will be agreed upon with Representa? tive Rucker of Missouri, who was chairman of the house committee which repotted the resolution sub mittted to State legislatures for ratifi? cation dining the last congress. Al? though the first resolution for the popular election of senators was in? troduced into tin- house in 1*L'?;, such a measure did not reach the senate until I860. Then the proposition met with senatorial disfavor during the next till years The amendment will he the second one promulgated this year, the ilrst being that providing for the Income tax. Which was announced b\ Secre? tary Knov Until then the constitu? tion had not been amended since the famous lT.th amendment was adeb , n the conclusion of the War Be? tween the Sections. it has been suggested that if the lights m front and to the side of the poKtofnce wer?- turned on at night it would make the building very much more attractive and add to the ap? peal ant e of the : treet.