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?*HV\TOR SMITH INTHODlt 'F.S Mil.I. ?IHM TIM. SF.CHKTAHY OF tOMMHUI TO IN \ I STIG VIT POOL. Would Secure- Information Which Would Lend to VtSJeWMetw of ?MM Who Sought to Hcpre** Price of < otton. Washington. Mav It.? The secre? tary of commerce will do some in? vestigating at an eurlv date to de? termine who sold cotton to a "pool" in 191') and leather other important fact* In regard to the matter. Sen? ator Smith of South Carolina |pd? Introduced a resolution authorizing mich an Investigation to he made, after a consultation with both Secre? tary Hedtleld and Attorney General Me Reynolds on the subject. When this Information is secured. Senator Smith naUI. It will be laid before the attorney general and probably used as a \>asls of a suit against whoever the proper parties may be. This resolution Is as follows: "That the secretary of commerce be. snd he 1? hereby, directed to in? quire fully US to thft names of the party or parties or corporations that ?old the cotton alleged to have been bought In the year 1910 by a pool of purchasers who are now under Indict? ment by the department of justice anil at what prices these parties sold this cotton to the alleged pool and whether of not the parties selling this i otton owned the cotton at the time of the sale thereof and the price of spot cotton In the markets of this country on the date of the making cf these contracts for this cotton, and to report the same to the senate at the earliest possible moment." FOIt I.FGAL ACTION. Washington. May 26.?Demand for legal action against those who sold cotton to* James A. Patten and others of the cdfton "pool" indicted in 1910 for runnsfeg a corner, was made in the senate today, by Senator Smith of South Carolina, who said he had been assured taut the department of com mere*. If the senate would pass a proper resolution, would thoroughly investigate the selling end of the fa? mous pool. If the department of commerce doea Its duty thoroughly." he de ' - I "v? will indict the men who e contracts of sale In the keep the price of cotton ' \t?." ? , General Wickersham brought no action against the sellers, but indicted the buyers. A resolution instructing the secre- | tary of commerce to Investigate was carried over to the next session of the senate at the request of Senator Clara of Wyoming. i. \ \ I < gjfr.t KS WITHOUT FI NDS. < M. 11 oft* 11 Held for Trial at Circuit < ourt-fcieuro Given Preliminary for ll?e> le Mealing. C. H. afogan was given a pi elimin ary Wednesday morning on the charge of giving check with ut funds in the bank to cover it. The warrant was sworn out by C. Matt hiand Ho gan at the close of the hearing was bound over to the clrcut court for trial, his homl being fixed at $300. It is understood that other war? rants will be taken on on the same ground by other parties, for giving h ??<? ks without ummy to cover them, against C. It. Hogan. Hogan at the preliminary was rep r.s.nte.l h> |{. l> KppS, Ksq.. who presented three lt4tOM 'or dlsrntss ing the case, all of which were over i lied by the Heeorder. Ills reasons wer? that the city had not proved 'hen- was not MUfTlcient funds In nank at the time it was given to '?. ??? the an.mint of the (heck, that I I* Hogan could not beheld person ally responsible for a checH Of Hogan and Son and that It was not a cash transaction. ;is the elu-ek had beefl given half an hour after the cows, for which Jt was given in p.tvimmf, h id l>een transfern .1 to Hoggg Arthur Trottv was given .i prelim Inarv for Msg I. st.-.ilim,'. He alleged that be had only borrowed the wheel, | '?ut Wallnce Cantey. the negro from whom 'iif wheet was taken. Ihoitglll differently about It Trotty was held for trla at the circuit court. ItltnWHI It s IUI! (.It W i l l?. lather ami daughter Are Hclca?ad I min Manning Jail. Manning. May II ?.1 W. Hmwdcr ami ins dnagatei Mrs. Tuekeri who have been in tail foff nearly two *eeks. ton.ther wMh Tfo) ItloWlbr. on a <hsrse ..' 'ssaiilt ami batter] with intent to kin, ha\?- been granted ball and wer.- todav released on bond to appear for trial In tb.art of SJSSJpral sessions > onng ??IIa- I I.|, * no wag shot bv Troy Itrowder, has so far recovered that he was gbls Iti I.n the s'reet last Sainrdav. TNiJ Hrowder has not yel furnished bond and In sGi: held in J ?il IS BLE&SE CRAZY ? III. s\Vs Hi: is GETTING EVEN WITH (Ol l MIH.V Governor Adds Three More Men to City I 'nn*tnhulur> b| Way of R*> tulliitlon lor Fining or Ills ( haul four lot Exceeding Speed Limit? Columbia, May If, -"He who laug ha last laughs boat," remarked Qovemor BISSSS this morning- in saying that as a result Of the fining of his negra ? hauffenr by the elty of Columbia for speeding he had added three more men to the Columbia constabulary, each Of them drawing a sal. y of $90 per month, hall of which is paid hy the county and half hy the city. The added expense, the Governor explain? ed, was put on Columbia for filling his negro chauffeur. "I told tlvn at the [time it would he a dear fine and you ran figure out for yourself just how much ttlOOS lines arc COStillg the City of Columbia," continued the Gov? ernor. Columbia now has a force of eight I onstables, the increase from five to eight being added because of the fln inir of the Governor's chauffeur, as a result ot those three occasions on which ColomblS fined the neg ? ? chauf? feur of the Governor the olty Is now paying additional salaries to constables amounting to $135 each month and the county of Kichland is paying an equal amount. It will be recalled thai the Governor's chauffeur was lined oil three occasions for speeding, the first time $3.75, th? second. $15.7.", and the third t'me $3.75. An appeal was tak en in the last case to the Circuit court, and it will come up at the present term before Judge Gary. The Governor announced this morn? ing that he would retain the Columbia eonstabulary, the county board of OOfttrol having requested this COlirsO. The Governor, following the decision of the .Siate Supreme court on the Webb liquor law, had announced that he would "fire" all of the constables on the first of June. K. L. Kibler. Is the chief of the Columbia ( onstabul ary. and he has seven men Working under him. "Every time they fine my chauffeur I am going to add another oonstabb remarked the Governor in discussing this matter thin morning. News ami Views From Flsgah. I'isgah, Mai 1'?;.?This section has had fine showers, which will greatly help the crops. Full stands of cot? ton will now come uP. The old cot? ton has been chopped out . <>aH cutting is now going on In some places the oats are very good. If the boll Weevil increases the cot? ton Stap as it has done in Texas. Mississippi and other places, we hope it will stay away as there is too much made for the good of the country. The cry that it will ruin the country Is all bosh. In the planting of cot? ton our people will not or cannot learn by experience that it is financial loss to plant cotton at the expense of other crops needed to sustain the farm. All the spring the farmers have been hauling fodder, shucks, hay, etc., instead of raising them at home. I have seen Northern hay sohl In this section. One man said he cleared more on his dry feed this spring than he did on his cotton last year with one-tenth the labor to raise it. If Mr. Jenkins wants to make a full investigation of the liquor Sold and used *ut the present time he has got a big job on his hands. How about the valises full from Columbia that have been brought and scattered around this section and other near sections. The writer has seen at Co? lumbia near the union station a lol of it bought and brought away on the trains. If it all could be accounted for. blind or open illicit sales would In one year he largely in advance of HH sab s of the dispensary for OUS year. Miss IIa Mae Evans' school at Cleveland, Kerahaw county, closed Saturday with a picnic. The write; acknowledges an invitation to be present. No dJOUbl it was a Very en? joyable affair. Mrs. J. U Gillis and daughter, who, have been to Darlington visiting rela? tives for sometime, returned home Saturday. Little Miss Cornells White canu through this section last Week, She w is with net uncle, Mr, white, and paid the writer a Pleasant call. She is I tine little gill. Petition* tor the dispensary have ma shown up here. We hear of somt signing two petitions, one for and an other ngslnst, it would be wise to not sign a petition unless you thought it would be best lu do so. Then stick to the one you signed This Would simplify matt, 11 The arrtlei acknowledges Ihe re relpt from Benatoi Ktlhu Itoot of Neu York, former secretary ol state, hit speech on tolls of the Panama Canal It is an able one ami would repay an) ?ne for the reading. Advertising In Ihe Watchman and uihi..ii pavs Ask any merchant w ho has nod it. DR. O'CONNELL BAYS l\oci LA TION HASTENS WORK OF DISEASE. laks Thai it Be Prohibited in New York Until a Pull Inquiry Can be Made?A Warning Agalnsi SchenteH of Unscrupulous. New York, May ?Dr. Joseph J. O'Connell, health officer of the port Of New Vurk. sent a letter today to Health Commissioner Lederle, re? questing him to suhtnit to the board of health at lu ?i?*xt meeting a res? olution prohibiting the administration Of the Friedmann treatment fol tu? berculosis in New York "until such time as those interested affirmative? ly in its administration shall satisfy the health department of its Inocu ous character." "Reports of the Investigator of your department," reads the letter in part, "are that dangers which might be apprehended in such a form <?f treatment are actually present therein. He finds that patients sub? jected to this treatment have not im? proved but have lost ground. "He finds that white the tubercu? losis condition had affected one side prior to inoculation with the serum (sic) there was after such inocula? tion an unnatural rapid development of the tuberc ilar process on the hitherto healthy side, which indicates that the operation of tin- alleged cure had a tendency to accelerate rather than retard the progress of the dis? ease. "It stems to me that it would be culpable for ua to longer hesitate and that our duty now is to insist upon such a regulation ami supervision of this enterprise as shall prevent the perpetration upon the public of a dan? gerous and cruel fraud. "The wide advertisement of the serum has had an affect of awaken? ing a Anal pitiful hope in the breasts of conscienceless men might turn Into an immense financial profit. There has been time and opportunity ii. plentiful measure extended to Dr. Wiedmann and those who propose similar remedies for tuberculosis to demonstrate the therapeutic value of their treatments, but there has been no such demonstration of value, on the Other hand, we have before us report! of the Bravest character." WHY NOT CONFIRM WOODS'.* tVlOHdl of .lustice liiahlc to Account for Delay?Nomination Took Place Two Weeks Ago. Washington. May 27.?Friends ot Justice Charles A. Woods of South Carolina, who was recently nominated to ?UCCSed Judge Nathan Hoff on the Fourth circuit federal lu nch, are un? able to understand why his confirma? tion is not forthcoming by the senate. The nomination was favorably report co by the senate committee on judi? ciary about ten days ago, but as yet final action has not been taken. Today, when Representative Carlin of Virginia undertook to sec what COUld be done in the matter, objec? tion was made and his efforts were balked. As the situation now stands. the senate has passed the Chilton bill, providing for an additional judge lot the Fourth circuit, and has also adopted an amendment to a house bill, thus substantially passing the same bill twice, or providing. BO far as the senate is concerned, that two I additional judges be authorised. This was the tangle which the Virginia congressman attempted to straighten out today by disagreeing to the sen? ate amendment when lu* was blocked by objection. It has been hinted lure that Jus? tice Wooda might not lie confirmed under his present nomination at all, that no further steps would be taken until the additional Judgeshlp bill hau passed both houses of congress and become a law. and that then the nom? ination of e South Carolinian would be withdrawn, the Carolina jurist to be subsequently renomtnated, and. Congressman Davia of West Virginia getting the nomination which has been riven tu Justice Wooda. However this may be. not only the friends ot* Jus? tice Woo.|s but lawyers throughout tin- Fourth circuit are puzxled at tin act the* Justice Woods has so far not been confirmed. The duckets oi the Fourth circuit are said to he already considerably 'ongested, and as Judge Golf is now H the senate, tin- circuit Will be with? out the services ol one judge until lustice Woods ?an be confirmed ot tome way found to get out ol the West Virginia end of ihe congress oitnl tangle. Sin-riff F It Gamble of Clarendon nunt) was in Sumter Tuesdu> to ar? rest ? ' negro, Allen Pugh, loi dispos? ing; oi properl y under b in. I it the Farmers' ITnlon of Kuntter I Count) will solidly hack President ! Williams In bis effort to organize a I county tan the success of the nit Idcrtuking li assured, foi ihe co oper Ititlott oi ihe mhoslness nun ol sum 1 i i Is guaranteed, RETIRING MINISTER THINKS IN CLE s\M WILL CARRY THROUGH PROJECT. Proposed Route Will Shorten Distance Crom Ea ? to West l>> Two Thotis and Miles?Central American tJov ernmem Willing. Washington, May 2~>.?Anothel great Atlanta -Pacific waterway mak? ing a ship route between the eastern and Western coasts of the United States 2,000 miles shorter than through the Panama. Canal ?Will be built soon by the United stales, in the opinion of Dr. Salvador CastriUo, retiring- Nlcaragtian minist",-. Dr. CastriUo, who leaves this week toi Europe on an important mission for his government, declares in a state? ment tonight that he believed a canal treaty would he negotiated between the United States and Nicaragua ami that a canal would he constructed | across the country. The Nicaragua!! diplomat ]'. is been a frequent caller at the State depart? ment since Secretary Bryan canu into office, and the latter, after an exten? sive study of the problems involved in the proposed treaty negotiations has said that his mind is open. The canal treaty, an inheritance from the Taft administration, was negotiated by Minister Weitzel last Winter and has received the approval of the Nlcaraguan government. Jiy its terms Nicaragua, for $3,000,000 would grant the United States the ex? clusive right to construe! a canal across Nicaragua by way of the San Juan river ami Lake Nicaragua. This government also would have a right to acquire a coaling station in the hay of Fonseca, on the Pacific side of the coast. "I am greatly encouraged by Mr. Bryan's assurance that he has a broad view of the subjec t," said I >r. CastriUo. He believes the Nlcaraguan canal Is i a Commercial necessity. "After all," he said, "the Panama ('anal is of mil? itary and strategic Importance, but when it is realised that the Nlcara? guan canal would shorten the route to the Pacific coast by an additional' 2,000 miles, l am convinced that it1 will be built. When the flrsl of tin great Pacific railroads was built across the United Btates it was thought that it would i>e sufficient for all commercial needs. It, however, only served to emphasize the demand, for other lines which were speedily built/' Dr. Castro has not been able to, reach an understanding with the state department in the Nlcaraguan loan negotiations. Secretary Bryan has favored the deal with the New York bankers, but he has not given assur- j jance that will satisfy tin- New York financiers The doctor's European mis slon wil take him to Prance, Spain, Belgium, Italy and probably other ? ?untries. His successor in the Wash? ington ministry, Gen. Chamorro, Is already here. SHOWS DIVORCE DECREE. Young White Man i* Brought Before Spart an burg Magistrate. Spartanburg, May 24.?Jesse Paris, a young White man, was arrested to? day on a warrant sworn out by his mother-in-law, Mrs. I). M. Brown, charging desertion of his wife, Mrs. Hattle Paris, whom he married May 1?;, 1909. When he was brought a magistrate's office to give bond for a hearing, Paris exhibited a copy of a decree issued by Judge O. B. Allen' at Wlnston-Salem, X. C, December 14, 1912, granting him a divorce. Simitcr Plan Subject of Oration. Mr. Oliver Hart, of Yorkvllle, a senior at Hobarl College, New York, won the speaker's contest at thai place today, having as his subject: "The Sumter Plan of C!*y Govern? ment." The "Sumter Plan" is very Widely known and has attracted a great deal of attention over the winde country and it is Interesting to the people here t<? Know thai it is being studied and used as the subject of debates and orations by college stu? dents. it will be remembered thai Tom Felder is the man who put the graft in dictagraph In this State. Now it seems to rise and smite him in tin neck. Florence Times. [Lice Murder J| i I, .c I, vk KO>* t l> RUtl ig I tiJi |)l IXlUOl 1011 K tli. HI ^1 . on fo? \m or rhnl I wit LT fife LICE |?0^K1LLER (powiPwd) The rnrnl.ir <>f l hl? itwd>i mi-ho'h |m?rfre rone m lor n?uff Wrd?; in?ii?s profli f<t >>"i " Your monev ha< it ?? isiu" j.Sc, 50c |A0-|MM{6 Doilltl > hook , Kill I Ust 1'r.i'1 * l*rottl >tuu in* UouM?Q . . . W. r Brngdon, llrogdon, S, C. ANTI-SALOON LFAGUE OF SUMTER COUNTY "And Thy Ntitkhr as Thyself" We listened for a moment to a dispensary argument on the street this morning, ami were reminded ol ? 1.1 tor received recently from ? gentle? man of foreign extraction who is en gaged in the garage business In Char? leston. The letter follows: "Dear Fron: i got the Valva which I buy from you slrlts but why for god's sake you doan sen me no handle, wat the use the valva when she .loan have no handle, i loose my custom* March & April, It It. Gal. Value. Express, Sumter .. l.iisr, I2.41t.aa A. C. L. Freight Sumter?beer and whis r.7 l,t71.0| Sou. Ry Freight Sumter, Heer.46 bids. .'.Id.10 Whiskey.i'lt. <; 7 400 Dalsell.4 2?; ?; ??o Remberts.210; 141.60 Mayesvllle.r?:tx 7 2?;.uu Lynchburg.ti lt.tt WedgeAeld.si ItS.Ot Hogood. 4411.50 Total.$S,utb).O0 er sun-ting, you doan tieet mo rite, is my money not so good as the ottta folia. I wate ten days and my cus? tomer he holla lor water like hell, for ih?- valva. you no ho is h(it summer an tin- win he no blow the well, you doan send me the handle pretty ?jUeek I sen her back and 1 order some valva from krains Co*. Oood by your Fren. iince 1 rite these i lind the handle in the box. ESxcuae to me. March & Net dUferettce in April,, value of liquor IMS between years It 13 & limit. Gal. Value. Gal. Value. ."?.? 1-1! $12!?.25 |,2<f 1-2 $2,2*9.73 7s S3 4.00 571* 1,737.00 i 540.00 ?74.00 35.00 604.00 22.00 421.50 35.0U Itl.tt 4.00 78.00 7.00 115.00 22.00 421.50 Mtt.SS $7.571.75 Dispensary Salea March and April, litt.$24,568 30 i Percent decrease in consumption in money valuation.t% Per Ct. Ai rests for drunkenness during year ItM.212 Arrests for drunkenness during year lull.hi Percent decrease, arrests for drunkencss.62 Per Ce.t Note: The above record includes Lynch burg, Which Is in Lee County. No allowance is made for increase in population. You have a friend who disagreed with you <?n the dispensary question. He wanted it hack. Thi se figures arc the handle for his box. You have been trying to < hange his mind. Im? possible. No man s mind was ever Changed by force. A man changes ids own mind. God himself holds the power to ? hange a man's mind by Cores or will or mattet, ami uses it not. Certainly man may never sue* Deed. IJe.it a inans brains out, and you swerve not his opinion the mil* lonth part of an Inch. Present him with the facts, and he will change his ! own mind. Your friend begins to 'algae on his side. Assume a com j portable position! aud be a good listen? er. Let him talk himself limp. Then serve him up a cold fact with no dressing. Are you for drunkenness. * or against it. He is against it. Very Well. It has been proven by the->e figures that consumption of liquor has decreased To per cent without the dispensary, and the arrests for drunk? enness have decreased *'>'~ per cent. Think it over. You leave him. He thinks it over. He changes his mind. Take gnothei instance. Your friend says: This event happened on Tuesday, the thirteenth. You say no, it was on Tu? eday, the fourteenth. You argue. Von get red in the face. You waste your time. You are unable to change your friend's mind. You hand him a calendar. He looks up the date, aud ? banges his own mind. Criticise not your friend for his at? titude. One great poet sank "No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns." Your fxl n 1 overlooked the devil's horns in this liquor traffic, but show them once, he bi as loyal on four side as you. A mans capacity for good is increased only in proportion to his knowledge of facts. Whon we widen our horizon of thought, we live for and with cur fellow men, and in no other way may Kiavplneas be gained. The smartest man living might compile statistics World without end, tending to show that liqUor is a boon to mankind and civilisation, and all of his statistics that would appeal to any intelligent man could be stuffed into your eye, and it would not be enough to make you wink your eyelash one time. No argument to that. Our brother SjetJB leraay drunk, ami con \W express our disap ing our brother's life, himself is the innocent greatest crime that society itself was ever guilty of. Doubtless this poor drunkard and murderer inherited a weakened will from a father who was als,? a drunkard. His lather began with the social glass in the r*ar room days. His father was an upright man who never tasted liquor. The whole scheme is wrong. This is purely a matter of cause and effect. There Is but one cure for it- Remove the cause. If removing the dispensary re? moves To per cent of the cause, Re? move The Dispensary. Keep it Re? moved. In No Other Way May We Hope lor Relief. Friend, in the name of the spirit of charity that lies deep in your heart, if your name is on that petition, go and take it off. Do It Now. J. H. Chandler, D. W. Cuttino, T. B. Jenkins, Publicity Committee. Cheap Rates -VIA Atlantic Coast Line "-ff- ? ( ISLE OF PALMS, S. C. ? w i SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S C. $4.55 to j MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. I Ticketh gold May Sill anil on each Saturday to and Including September I Hill, 1913, limited to resell Slimier returning prior to midnight Monday next following date of ante, <jt*r? r\r\ * ( WRIGHTSVILL BEACH, N. C. %4{>%J.UU lO j WILMINGTON. N. C. Ticket* Mold oaeh Ttiumla)?June frttt to ami Including Septem her IIth, IUI8, limited lo reach Munter ret in ning prior to mid night of the >econd Monday following date ol -ale Excursion Rates North and Fast Tor any Inform* tion, address T. C. WHITE, Gen. Pass. Agt. Wilmington. N. C. 0. V. PLAYER. Ticket Agent, Sumtar. S. C.