Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Published Wednesday and Saturday. ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8UMTER, 8. C. Terms: tl.&V per annum?In advance. Advertisements: One Square first insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made st reduced rates. All communications which sub? serve private Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of rsspcot will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found? ed In I860 snd the True Southron In lift. The Watchman snd Southron now has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old pupers, and Is manifestly the best advertising medium In Sumter. Senator Smith's bill to require the l'ullman 1' Car ("oinpany to op? erate Jim Crow 1'ullniuns in States that have the separat, coach law should prone a popular plank in his platform In the campaign for re? election next summer see Every furmer who planted vet*h last fail is satisfied with the results, ??veral have harvested more than four tons of ttrst class hay from every acre planted. The cost of the crop is merely nominal and is more thun counterbalanced by the improvement of the land, leaving the hay clear {?rollt. Next winter the acreage in vetch will be greatly increased. Pro? gressiv? farmers in all sections of the ?. iints .ir ? adopting progressive meth? ods, and with them cotton is becoming a side issue. For these men the boll weevil w. Ill have no terror i when It invad.s South Carolina. ess ? >ne d. t.ul of the Hampton SSflhet) celebration of the capture and killing of Henry Austin was omitted by some strange oversight. If the celehrators hud toasted over the coals and eaten a few slices from the mutilated body of the dead desperado the function woiod have been t und In ac? cord with high class savagery, see at i and ? few good citi sci leston are discussing the the and lawlessness in . hjfl discussion thus far to nothing su< e the conclusion that conditions are vile because a nmjority of the people of the city wink Sl the situation because they believe that It Is good for business. . . . Secretary I rvan will never be able to get several hundred th.o. and dol? lars wo.nh of fre? adv.rtising by suing an obscure newspaper '"?' slander, unless he cuts out grape Juice. see Florence U said to be so deeply In d?-bt that they cannot aff< rd to vote out the dispensarf ar ?. no effort will bo made to do la\ Sumter is in debt also, but not so hopelessly Involved that thi* dispensary is a necessity. Id KM OIU.WI/\T|OV SFKVICF. New HraiMii O-mmmhI in l>c|>nrtniciit of \ ,-l? ultorc?DUislon of Mar? kets i Olef Object. Wa Mngton, June 1 ?The "rural organization nervi- | i new brunch of the department of agriculture, which in< ludea a division of markets as on* of its principal activities, will l?egin actual operation tomorrow with th* arrival of Hr. Thomas N Carver of Harvard university. Selected some time ago. is head ?to- service, An* nouneesSSfla was made today that two of I ?r. Carver's assistants w ill be I ?r. i'arl W Thoi.ip-on sl Minnesota, who has been making studies in that State of rural, ?o i.il ami economic condi? tions, and f.. II. Uoddard, who has bflflSJ Studying fatm management in ??hlo. I?r Car ef has been here for a ntimlrt-r of eonferem es in the past few monthx. i,ut comes now to start the new work. ba\ing just finished his teaching ut Har\ tu i The department announced today that the efToits to sttolv the farmers' needs and then meet then; would fall into three main groups There will be 'surxeys. to gl the base facts regarding various kinds of orgam/.c.I rural sgcncles that already have been tried to discover how ind wh\ tlov have faded or why Hoy nre BSjCFSSd? ins: there will be investigations In certain regional ?? n 11 m and SSSOW1 sgfflgflg kinds of agricultural Interests to gsaesvef tin reenwssi f??r ssssHng rural conditions und then icrl.nn units of t? i r11 ??ry w ill be sslsctod ??? whnh to asaks deaaosest rations and eiperiments wuh s netnes designed to Improve the farmer* llnam lal. ph) ? < ul and social ???million Found Head In III- in rib Heaufort. X. C., May ::?? Capt W ii Shinault of the lighth ?. . tend Sfl Juniper flhafl f??nnd <b v.I in his bt T%% i odi v I'eiith was suppose,I to be dSjS to apopleXV WERT VIRGINIA coal STRIKE wh CURRENCY REFORM al? so RECEIVE MEASURE of ATTENTION. MtCh Attention QlVfja to Search for Numerous umt Insidious Lobby, Said to Ik* Iii C apital?Fach Mrin Iht of InMl Will Testily?House Oolog Slow. Washington. Juno 1.?Tariff and currency reform will go into eclipse tomorrow w In n ths senate begins its hunt for "the numerous ami insidious lobby*4 which President Wilson has said is at work in Washington threat? ening the 1'nderwood bill. Some attention also will be de verted to the senate investigati n of the West Virginia coal strike which also will take form this week. Work on tariff and currency will go on, how? ever, with subcommittee grinding.-? on the schedules. The leaders hope to present their work to a caucus soon and get the bill into the senate not later than June 2J. Preside!.t Wilson's correspondence with Senator Tillman which developed that the president thought currency reform imperative at the extra session, to prevent opportunity for any artl tlcial financial dlstrubanees after the tariff bill becomes law. probably will be followed soon with a special mes? sage to congress conveying Mr. Wil? son's Ideas on the general subject. The lobby investigation will begin tomorrow morning at 10.:i0 o'clock In the big judiciary hearing room in the senate office building. Senator Over? man's investigating committee plans to hear four senators an hour. Fach member of the senate will bo OS lied on to tell what he knows about a tariff lobby and to go on record as to his personal business affairs and professional associations that may re? late to any Item in the tariff bill. All are expected to respond willingly to the quis, but many of them are won? dering Just what to say about the scores of business and professional men who have been to see them about tariff matters since the bill passed the house. Just where the Investigation will b ad the members of the Judiciary sub? committee, headed by Senator Over? man, do not know. What part Presi? dent Wilson will take In the inquiry they have not learned but the presi? dent openly stated he welcomed the inquiry ami that he had information regarding a tariff lobby which he wil? lingly would submit to the investi? gators. Whether the president will appear personally before the commit? tee or communicate information in writing remains to i?e developed, The Committee has notified him that tho inquiry is on and will leave to his judgment the part he is to take. Senators are to he called alphabeti? cally in blocks of four, beginning to? morrow morning, and asked a series of questions prepared yesterday by the committee. The first witness will be Senators, Ashurst, BtlCOn, Hunkhead and liorah. Work on the tariff bill will be re? sumed tomorrow, Subcommittees ex? pert to complete their revision ? f tho schedules In time for ths full com? mlttes to begin preparation of a rs port by June tt. The programme Is to submit the bill to a Democratic caucus by June l?i. and to report it to the senate by Juno 23. Meanwhile President Wilson is working on his currency message and house and senate leaders are pre? paring bills on currency . dorm to be taken up after the tariff bill is passed, provided it is decided to pro? long the extra session. Kven should congress decide to adjourn when the tariff bill is enacted the banking com mittags would be directed to oontlnus work on currency Pills to be submitted immediately after the Opening of con? gress in regular session next winter. Ths West Virginia investigation au? thorized to be conducted by the edll ?ation and 'labor committee of the senate, will be initiated tomorrow by a subcommittee, composed of Sena? tors swanson. Hhlelds, Martine, Borah ? ud Kenyon it w 111 meet first In Washington to Inquire into matters of record concerning conditions in the strike /.one am) later ma) proceed to the scene of the strike In ths Pam Creek coal region. The inquiry prob* ibjj will be extended over many W ? ek.S. i?, mot i.'ii' leaders of the house are planning to restrict BS far as possi? ble, the legislation at this session to tariff, current') and any appropria? tions that may be deemed impera? tive, 'rids plan Is favored by Itepre* tentative Coder wood of Alabama, the maturity leader, ami he will propose p in a resolution lu be presented i t ? mucus uf the house Democrats to? morrow, All the house committees will be named ami I hey may consider m i ding matters with a view of action ut the next regular session of con gi cms in I lecember The caucus lomorrou Is primarily foi the purpose ?>! pas Ing upon the entire committee organisation ot the house Some of the new UOinbeis, gngloUS PROBABLY UNSETTLED FIRST PART OF WEEK BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT RE? PORT. First Cotton Condition Report Comes Todnj?Holiday on Tuesday will i Prevent Rush of Trade at Outset of Week. New Orleans, June 1.? The local cotton market will probably start off in an unsettled way because of the condition report by the government tomorrow and a holiday Tuesday. To all appearances the market Is fairly well evened up In preparation for the condition figures and, because of the adjournment Tuesday, it is likely that no great amount of fresh trading will he attempted on the opening session. The condition report Will be issued at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning and will take the crop down to May 25. This is the hist condition report of the sea? son and is not regarded as of any grant importance because it is gen? erally considered that May 25 is alto? gether too early a date on which to draw Conclusions of any value. At the same time, it has caused rather np?re speculative comment than usual this year and any departures from expectations will probgbly cause price fluctuations one way or the other. As opinion stood at the end of the week the trade was looking for fig ; tires around 8 2 to HA per cent of the normal. Some bears put out esti? mates as high as 8 5 and some hulls did >? believe that the ten-year aver? age of 79.9 would he exceeded. Few traders, even those who entertained extremely bullish views of the crop, expected as lov, a report as that made last year when the percentage was put at 78.9. on the other hand, only a comparatively few bears expected the figures to equal the conditions of two years ago when it was 87.8. It is likely that a report under 82 would caUSt Sn advance while figures over the level would cause a decline. After the condition report and the holiday the trade Will probably go to studying the question of acreage more deeply than ever. The tendency if late has been to Increase estimates in this direction smd to place the in? crease in the area planted up arotiml r? per cent. A short time ago the average trader was inclined to put it around 3 per cent. Opinions concern? ing acreage may grow more pro? nounced this week and have some ef? fect ??n prlcea about patronage at the Capitol, are talking about a plan to get their share. All of the 25U oapitol appoint? ments were made when the Democrats took control of the Sixty-second con? gress. House Democrats have been mark? ing Ilms since they sent tariff over to the senate and most of the mem? bers are In their home States waiting until there is real business before the body. For several weeks the house has been perfunctorily meeting every three days and that programme will be continued until there Is business ready. Not a week passes that President Wilson di.es not start something to shake up the precedents and keep congress astir. His denunciation of the tariff lobby in the week just pass? ed marked the climax in a series of unusual executive acts and has pre? cipitated an Inquiry, the like of which never has bee. known in legislative annals of the nation. When the president told the ways and means committee that he wanted free raw wool and ultimate free sugar in the tariff bin the committee wrote the bill that way. When he declared that he wished to deliver his tariff message In person to congress the house hind senate met in joint session to hear him. Later his decision to go to the president's room in the cap itoi to talk business with senators and Congressmen was carried out without hindrance or friction. His vigorous announcement the week ago, in the midst of rumors of party weakening on tariff measures, that he would ac? cept no compromise on wool and su? gar, served to tighten the administra? tive lines ami now- his declaration that the country should be rid of the bur? den ol an insidious tariff lobby has aioUSed the Senate to investigate. Both Democrats and Republicans of congress are busy now planning reorganisation for the coining cam? paigns. The Democratic congressional committee expects to reorganize to? morrow night. Itepresentatlve John? son ol Kentcuky Is being strongly hacked for the chairmanship, A lively coldest |S looked for OVer the post of treasurer, now held b) Pep resentatlve Flood ol Virginia Repre? sentatives of the congressional com mlttee will discuss with the Demo eratic national committee plans for |olnt campaign effoi is The Itepubllcan congresisonal com mlttee will meet soon to organise ami Itepubllcuit leaders a I read) are con? sidering what course to puisne First i conference will be held looking to cooperation between tin national and HITCHCOCK "SHOWN UP." CHARGES OF tTN JUSTIFIABLE METHODS OF BOOKKEEPING USED BY FORM ER POST? MASTER GENERAI?. [False I'Aonomics and Peculiar System of Accounts Responsible for Show? ing of Self Support?Was Actual Deficit or $750,000 In Office??Reve? ts tion of Investigation. Washington, May 31.?Postmaster .General BurP-son today made public the report of B special investigation Into the fiscal affairs of the postal service, charging that during former Postmaster General Hitchcock's ad? ministration the service did not he come self-supporting as was often as? serted, but that In 11*11 there actual? ly was a deficit of more than $750, 000. The report charges that "an ap? parent surplus was attained by un? justifiable methods of bookkeeping" and that the efficiency and morale of the postal service were sacrificed to a "ruthlessly enforced policy of false economy, that a showing of self-main i tenance might be made.' The re? port attributes to that alleged condi? tion complaints against the service. Mr. Hitchock during his adminis? tration und In his reports claimed that In the year 1909 a deficit of ap proxlmately $i7,f>oo,ooo had entirely been eliminated and that in the fiscal year 19 11 a surplus of more than $200,000 was attained. The report of the "survey" made at the direction of Mr. Hurl.-son says that at no time has there been a le? gitimate surplus In postal revenues since 18S.'{ and that the postotli?e de? partment under Mr. Hitchcock's ad? ministration in 1911 actually was un? der a deficit of more than $750,000. "it is pointed out by the committee in that connection the report says: that the published financial reports of the department state the revenues and the cost of the service on dis? similar, and therefore, incomparable bases. Revenues Of the postal service are almost entirely collected in cash and consequently relate properly to the fiscal year for which the report is made. But the committee finds it has been the practice to compare these only with payments actually made during the fiscal year, regardless of obligations incurred in that year but not to be paid until succeeding years." Just before President Wilson took Office, the report says, Mr. Hitchcock filled longstanding vacancies, made postponed promotions and assumed commitments to fixed charges for long terms' In such a way "as to saddle the new administration with the greatly increased expense during months, if not years, to come. More than 100 rural mail routes were au? thorized In three days. The fiscal statement of the postal .s. rvite for 1912 purported to show a deficit of $1,785,523, but that sum. the investigators sap.-, was under- I stated by nearly $100,000. Delay of promotions and tilling of vacancies that lapsed salaries might be returned to the treasury, the. re? port says, caused dissatisfaction among employes and lowered the standard of their efficiency. Bmployos were transferred from other depart? ments to the postal service, it Is Charged, at salaries in excess of the entrance grade and many certitica-j tlons to the civil service commission that such positions could not be filled by promotions "were unjustified." Daniel Roper, Joseph Stewart, A. M. Pockety and James M. Blatlkes less, the four assistant postmasters general, ami Merritt (>. Chance, chief clerk of the department, made the survey ami signed the report. BULGARIANS PUSH FIGHT. Greek Headquarters F.njoiu Com* menders to Avoid Engagements but Bulgarians are Pugnacious. Saloniki. June l.?Although Greek headquarters have strictly enjoined all commanders to avoid engagements, the Bulgarians are trying to push back the Greek forces and several en? counters have ensued. The Greek mitdster at Sofia has been ordered to protest and to inform the Bulgarian government, which de? clines responsibility of the results of| Bulgarian provocation. A h>ng conference has been held bete by the Greek minister at Bel? grade, the Servian minister at Athens and several Servians officers, with M Venlselos, the Greek premier. The Servians are concentrating a large force at Pilot .ten miles from the Bulgarian frontier and 50 miles from Sofia. t congressional committees In managing campaigns. The conferees ft r na lional committees will be Chairman C l?. Hilles, Senators Crane of Massa? chusetts, Jackson of Maryland and Sandels of Tennessee. and for the congressional committee, Senator Weeks ol Massachusetts and Kept'.* I tentative Burke ol .-south Dakota, Woods of I..w.i and Pail'child of New York, ROYAL Baking Powder is the greatest of modern time helps to perfect cake and biscuit making. Makes home baking pleasant and profitable. It renders the food more digestible and guarantees it safe from alum and all adulterants. |WOl'LD RESTRICT IMMIGRA? TION, Senator Dlllngham Introduces Hill Which Will Halt Influx fron .South? ern Europe and Asia. Washington. June 1.?An attempt to eliminate immigration from south? ern European and Asiatic countries without (he use ol* the "literacy" test ipon which President Taft placed his j llsapproval the last session of con cress Is embodied In a bill to be in roduced i'? the senate tomorrow by Senator Dilllngham, joint author of the Burnett-Dillingham bill vetoed by President Taft. Senator Dilllngham's bill will pro-! >ose u restriction upon the number d* immigrants from any country to he fixed at 10 per cent from the number of persona of similar nation lity who wer?- shown to be reside nts if the United states at the time of the last census. The senator esti? mates that his m w method of limit n*., Immigration would greatly reduce the annual Influx from Italy, Austria Hungary, Greece and Turkey, and Would at the same time allow an in rease in the number of immigrants who might ttiter from Germany, Qreat Britain, Sweden and Norway tnd all countries of northern and vestern Europe. A Statement issued tonight from the office of ths commissioner geii ?ral of Immigration declared that the present immigration law 'scarcely ex? cludes any except those afflicted with terlous mental or physical defects," ami has but little effect in reducing the great Influx of aliens. "Notwithstanding the mandatory provisions of the law," said the state? ment, "it has been difficult in the past to deport even when aliens are mentally or physically deficient, it has become customary for friends or philanthropic- societies to appeal In behalf of rejected aliens and in tak? ing smh appeals little or no con? sideration Is given to the merits of the 'as**." Inning the last fiscal year. the statement added, 1,032,212 aliens ap plied f??r admission and only one fourth per cent were excluded for all causes, while the indications were thai an even greater number would be admitted this year. THE NEWS OF WISACKY. Crops Looking Well?Students Re? turn from Cottage?Personal New*. Wlaacky, Has 10.?Farmers are very busy harvesting the oat crop, which is very fine, notwithstanding the dry weather. Cotton is being chop? ped to a stand on many farms an 1 the outlook is very promising. The fruit crop is good in this section an 1 the gardens are flourishing. The health of the community is moderately good. Mrs. K. J. Williams has just re? turned from a visit to her son, W. C. Williams of Summertun, her health seems slightly improved. Miss Sallie ladingham, of Con way, has been spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. Shirer, of St. Steph? ens, and is now on a visit to relatives in our midst. Miss sida Williams left last week to attend the commencement exercises of Limestone College, where her niece,, Miss Idol rie May Smith, of Bishop ville, graduated with high honor They will return to their respective homes tomorrow. The boys and girls of the differen* colleges are returning home looking forward to a happy vacation. Misses Eunice and Annie Williams ctf Alcolu spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Williams. GOING TO LOOK FOB BLONDES. Arctic Expedition to Sail from Vic? toria About June 10. Victoria, B, C, May .{0.? The Arctic expedition to be led by Vilhjamar Svenson, discoverer of the blonde Eskimos, probably will sail from here June 10. Workmen began today stow? ing stores for a three-year stay in th* north In the old Whaler Karluk. Mr Svenaon is expected to arrive here from Ottowa Monday. Don't Suffer! * 1 had been troubled, t little, for nearly 7 years,* writes Mrs. L Flacher, in a letter from Peavy, Ala., "but I was not taken down, until March, when I went to bed and had to have a doctor. He did all he could for me, but I got no better. I hurt ail over, and 1 could not rest At last, I tried Cardui, and soon I began to improve. Now I am in very good health, and able to do all my housework." TAKE The WomanST?nic You may wonder why Cardui is so successful, after other remedies have failed. The answer is that CarduJ is successful, because it is composed of scientific ingredients, that act curatively on the womanly system. It is a medicine for women, and for women only. It builds, strengthens, and restores weak and ailing women, to health and happiness. If you suffer like Mrs. Fincher did, take Cardui It will surely do for you, what it did for her. At all druggists. Write to: Ladles' AdvUory Dept. Chattanooga Me dicta* Co. Paanianngi, Tai lor Special Instructions, and 64-page book. "Hone Treatment lor Woaea." sea* tree J ? Wire Fence o We buy illrtHi fro intlio Merl mills In mr loads for vm*h ulili all \\ lllwolltltH oil. tills nialili's um to si'll von at ||ie loWPtil priced, which y O i%t' guarantee lo do. o !j Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. : !? Stun for, ... S?>uth Carolina \\ ?????????????????????????????