The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 07, 1913, Image 1
afchm cm a no JSoutljrQn
THK Ht'MTKfl WATCHMAN, Established April, 1830.
l<Bt 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, 180*.
Consolidated Aur. 3,1881.
Vol. XXXVI. No. 30.
BUILDING BRANCH LINE.
NtrTIIWKNTEItN TO HVS TRACK
FROM SKALK'S SlDINCi Ti>
HEHIOT.
i m ?
Force of Hands now Employed In
Uradliig Road lied?New llruncli
line will Im? Complete I by First of
iHifmlxT?Extension of Northwes?
tern Enables that Line to Hold its
I ? niii'?Rotid May he Extended to
Roar Hill.
That a new branch lino of the
Northwestern Kailroud of South Caro?
lina will be extended from Seule'? SI I
iiik to llerlot'M Cross Houds during
the year Is now a certainty unless
some unforeseen circumstances
should prevent the execution of plans
which have been formulated und the
completion of work already under
way.
Col. Thomas Wilson, president of
the Northwestern itallwuy. stated
Monday to a reporter for the Daily
Item that he now hud a force of bunds
employed on the proposed branch lim*
of the Northwestern between Seale's
*ld?n#; and llerlot s Cross (toads and
that be would endeavoi to curry on
i he w.*rk steadily until the brunch hue
waa completed, lie expected to com?
plete the Um l?> the tlrst id Dei em?
ber of this year, possibly a little be?
fore that time. If weather conditions
and other ? in umstames were favor?
able.
The for-of hands.had now been
engaged in the grading of the roud
bad for nearly two weeks und were
getting along mccly with the work.
Croaa ties and rails had been secured
and at preaent so far as he could see
there waa nothing to prevent his car?
rying out hl? plans as the> hud been
formed. The tlrst survey of this IJno
w*a made in the summer of 1911 und
a number of surveys were m ule .-;ub
teguent to ihn tun. I - fore ii?e tin il
route waa decided on.
The present plain* . on em plate the
tthe romxfng "i a northeasterly di?
rection from Seale'a Hiding, und ex
landing out In a straight line must
Of the wuy to Ileriot's Cr ohm Itoad-i.
The line is aix and -early a half miles'
long and extends tin ..ugh the Wil?
liamson plantation, now owned by Col.
.Wllaon. the llurroughs Colclough
plate, the Daw place, which is als.?
owned by Col Wilson- Maj. Dm
rough'a pla. e. the plantati? gg belong?
ing to Mrs Colclough and * W Kel?
ly and Aahby Dick. The r*ght of wa/
hai leen secured and mere seems no
oliHtucle to the extension of the lim .
' 'ol. Wilson, in speaking of the
building of the branch line, stated
that he had been forced to build it be?
cause of the coming into this llel 1
of the South Carolina Western Kail
road. In order to hold his traffic in
this section he had to extend the
branch line through it. liefore |*gg
South Carolina Weatern wus built'und
established Ita stutlon, Seale's Siding
hu-*. been the nearest station to the
people of this section und they tiud
secured '.heir freight there Hut witu
the eatabllabment of u nearer sta?
tion b> the South Carolina Western
Itoad he considered it necessary to
meet Ition. and in self-defense
had . i bis line Me did not
expect to haul mm h cotton on it, gfl
this was generally hauled by wagon
to Sumter. hut he hoped |g Keep the
freiaht trurb.- la i-rtili/.er ami otb.i
kinds ..f freight truffle which he had
handled formerly on bis r- I
At llerlot'M Cross Koads u sta; Ion
will bf built and an agent will be
kept th#?re. Alreacy the timber for
th?* station Is being prepai.d ggej the
station will be erected as soon us tIn?
line reaches this pi ice.
In iMlking of Um matter Col. Wil
ion atated that he had noticed in OM
of the paper., tin article staling I hat
Ihe contra?, had been let to a % ? -11
known railroad contractor He hid
no Idea who this contractor was, fof
he wa* building the road himself ami
es|m< ted to hu\e his levee of men do
all the work. The line, he stai d.
Would not extend further than H. ; ad's
at prenent. but it might be extended
on to Mggt Hill at some time in fu?
ture, ir he deemed the traffic suftl
? lent. This Mould probably not he
an> linn- so.,n. h<>\M er. he stat d
l \Kl n Ttl FARM.
.h.lua J Join - Suffering From Inb.i
< g|oa|a,
Orungehurg. June | John
Jgaaagj the laranchvlllf attorney, who
Wan l i.llVH i il of killing Ahe Peat I
eCa* and iwntosjicrd l<> eer\e a term in
the State penitential v. b.is been
brought to ? ?i angetan g to go upon the
gajajggj farm He will be kept at tin
? ounly poor house. The reason fot
lb* bringing of Jones to Mrangchurg
county ia that he is snfteiim-, from
tuben ulottet.
BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF AGRI?
( ILTI KAL COMMITTEE.
.\l?|M>iiitmcnts m Committees of South
Curol'im i 'ongrcssmau?i?. S. Murph
und .Morris Lumpkiii to Be Asso?
ciated wiih Lerer.
Washington. Juno 2.?The follow?
ing are I he Committee assignments
of the members Of the South Carolina
delegation in the house tor the Sixty
third congress as given out here to?
day:
Whaley?Merchant marine ami
lisherica, invalid pensions, industrial
arts and expositions.
rtyrne*?- Koads, war claims, mines
and minng.
AikenDistrict of Columbia.
Johnson?Appropriations.
Lever -Agricultural (chairman).
Kan*dalc?Banking and currency.
I'lnley?Dostottlce and post load-,
Mr. Lever bCCOmOf chairman of the
Important committee ou agriculture.
ilis work in this position wili have
a very dire? t and important bearing
not only on the agricultural activities
of the South but also on the prosper?
ity of the entire nation.
Mr. Whaby. as a member of the
merc hant murine and fisheries com*
mlttee. should be in a position to look
after the particular interests of his
district.
Mr. Finb-y is ranking member of
the postotii. e committee, next to the
(hairman. and preferred that assign?
ment to the chairmanship of the
printing committee, which he hold
previous to the reorganization. Cu?
tler the new rules of the CAUCUS, ?
member of one of the more important
committees is not SjMoWCd to serve on
another.
Mr. Johnson holds his position on
the appropriations committee, and
Mr. Aiken remains on the District of
< olumbia committee.
Mr. DTync? become* a member of
the new roads committee and also has
war claims and mines and mining.
It will be seen that Mr. Hryms
goes off hanking and currency, as
noted some time ago, and Mi Kags
dale goes on the latter Committee,
Mr. Lever will at once move his
headquarters from his pres< nt room
in the oapitol building ove- to tin
house otfici- building, where the work
of the committee on sericulture is
carried on. With him will be asso?
ciated I). S. Murph of St. Matthews
as clerk of the committee, Mr. Lump
kin of Columbia as assistant clerk and
J. Brooks Wingard as private secie
tury.
When the members of the South
Carolina delegation who are now In
Washington wore seen they seemed to
be well satisfied with their assign?
ments.
Discussing the mattet, Senator Till
man said:
?'I consider Mr. Ilagsdale's appoint?
ment as a member of the committee
on bunking and currency as an espe?
cially fortunate one for him, ss hs has
just come to Washington and had no
Influence SVCept BUCh as he has gained
since he arrived here.
' As the tariff hill is already out of
the way. the banking and currency
committee will have the most im?
portant Work that the house of repre?
sentatives will have to deal with the
remainder of this session, and, in?
deed, its importance will continue for
several sears. He can accomplish
more for I he country a hundredfold
than he OOUld have brought about
had he obtained ;i place on the livers
and harbori committee.
Mission TALK \T PI NE WOOD,
Baiter District Missionary Convention
1*. Held at i'incwood.
PtneWOOd, June 1, The combined
convention of tin- foreign ami home
departments of missionary work held
Its annual district convention here,
beginning May III ami continuing
through June i.
Mnny visitors were present, ami 31
auxiliaries sent delegates, who re?
ported their societies very much In
lereated In Ihe mission work.
Miss Jesse- I'tiltlS of the tol'cign
and Mrs, W. <J King "I Ihe In.no de?
partments presided, They gave en*
couraglng reports of their work.
Meadames It. L. Klrkwood ami i>.
N. Bourne and Misses Marlu Capers
ami Bertha Attaway gave instructive
addresses on the different phases ol
the mission work Mission work is
steadtlj advancing and gaining
strength, ami the women ol the
Southern Methodist church feel ?n
< oui nged.
The people ol I'm. wood greatly en
Joyed tin preaem*e of this convention
an.i feel thai Ihey were blessed bj
ita ? omlng.
A
CHARLESTON PEOPLE TF.Lb
STORY <>r CITY'S SHAME.
Social Service League Protest to May?
or Grace and Specify Particular
Cases ol' Vice and Depredation and
Lawlessness.
The revelations Of the vice condi?
tion In Charleston, made by the Bo
clal Service League of thai city In
its committee's letter to Mayor
Orace, urging him to take the initiat?
ive by enforcing the laws, exceed
anything we have seen or read of any
other city, and would be incredi?
ble except for the responsibility of the
gentlemen making them, and but for
Ok mayor's admission of the substan?
tial truths of the committee's state?
ments.
In view of the two documents made
public?the committee 's letter and
Mayor Grace's answer to\it?it would
seem that Charleston had sowed the
wind and is reaping the whirlwind.
The high water mark of vice appears
to have been reac bed, and the neces?
sity for house-chaning, to be imper?
ative. The committee appeals to the
mayor "to lead in a movement which
will at least give our young men and
boys ami young women and girls an
even chance to be decent and to do
right,'' declaring that if the city au?
thorities "cannot remedy the situa?
tion, it will be but a : hot t time before
citizens do BO in no uncertain man?
ner."
In his answer, Mayor Crace prac?
tically throw up his hands* and con?
fesses his helplessness to enforce the
laws. Not only this, but he goes fur?
ther and declares it to be his settled
policy not to enforce the laws against
violators of a certain class even if he
could do so. He believes it to be his
duty in fact, to nullify the law he is
sworn to uphold.
The committee in Its letter calls
the mayor's attention "to the remark?
able it."/ease of blind tigers," that
are with unprecedented "brasenness"
have established themselves in
tin- "quiet residence sections of the
city; to the full-fledged gambling
houses," which Charleston has the.
pr?stig? " of be ing among the feW
cities in the country to tolerate; to
the presence of "slot machines"
Which even children are allowed to
play, making them "the kindergarten
for full fledged gambling;" to the
"elice* throwing' 'in cigar stores; to
"the regular lotte ry drawing conduct?
ed at plac e s by which the- school chil?
dren pass from day to clay; to the so
ial clubs where high class law break?
ers moral!?** on the vlclousness of
the* commoner sort; to the- existence
in "supposedly respectable- sections of
the c ity of assignation houses * * *
?u teal menace to the morals of the
city and a feeder to the white* slaves
of the tenderloin;" to "the fact that
since the advent of racing Charleston
enjoys the distinction of having street
walkers and her tenderloin has ex?
panded recently t?? its greatest de?
gree- of growth;" to "the brazen ef?
frontery of this element," as instanced
in the advertising of one lewd house
among the high school students and
other boys by the device of a match
box. hundreds of which had bee n
handed them; to the disgraceful us?
es to which the public parks are be?
ing put; to the- fact that ladies have
m?t only been followed, but Insulted
on such prominent streets as King
street by nu n who never saw them
before e?r at last whom tin- ladies
never saw before," that pool rooms
have been opened ami frequented by
boys as well SS men, constituting
Schools for v i? e- of every sort, and
.'hat "literally scores of ordinarily
homst young men and women are
turning crooks through this agency."
LOIN rilROl (.11 LIMlM.I
Train Plunges Through Trestle With
Fatal Results,
Han ford, X. C. June ? Mixed pas
senger and freight train No. In of
the- Kalelgh, Charlotte A Southern
railroad wenl through a trestle at
Deep Liver bridge m ar Cumnock, N,
?V. this e-ve-ninr, at ?i o'clock, Killing
Itaggagemaster Louden stunt of
Hemp, n. C, ami Injuring eight oth?
ers, Tin- injured were- brought here
this evening on a special train over
tin- Southe rn railway. The- injured
are: Fred Hurns ol Osgood, seriously
hurt, Knglneer lllalock, bruised and
scalded,' tleorge lllalock, Hctiousl>
Braided; Conductor Deacham ??l Bis
eoe, seriously hurt in buck, legs and
head; Otis Johnson ami Milt John?
son, tw<? passengers, hurl In back and
on legs, nol seriously; Fireman Ar?
thur Leak, scalded on head; Hpenccv
Tyson, aim broken und hurl in headj
serious but not fatal; Fletcher L
?? i ami. b '? bUI't.
MATAMORAS CAPTURED BY REB?
EL FORCES AFTER ALL DAY
BATTLE.
Dealll List Large on Both Sides ?
United States Soldiers Hit by Stray
Bullet*?Mexican Official Killed.
Brown8Ville, Texas, June 3.?While
a handful of men were still offering
dogged resistance to the rebel troops
of (Jen. Lucio Blanco, constitution?
alist commander-ln-chtef of the state
of Tamaulipns, at 10 (?'( ha k tonight,
Matamoras, Mexico, is practically In
the hands ?l the revolutionists alter
a battle waged without interruption
since 10.30 this morning. Col, 10s
chaaereta,, With 100 volunteers, rem?
nants of the federal garrison, is mak?
ing the last stund from the roof of
the cathedral and theatre in Hidala
plaza, l*n t their subjection before
morning is regarded as certain. Early
in the night flames from burning
buildings in several sections of the
battle scarred city lighted the sky for
miles around and for a time it was
feared that the town was doomed.
At io o'clock, however ,the tire /ones
had decreased.
The toll of death on both sides has
been heavy. Maj. Bstadan Ramos,
federal commander, was wounded
earls' in tin- engagement. He was
brought to a Brownsville hospital.
His condition is reported critical.
Private B, Davis of the United
States cavalry was wounded by a
?tray shot while patrolling the bor?
der on the American side of the Rio
Grande, and rumors are persistent
that Miguel Harragan. mayor of Mat*
amoraa, was shot and killed late
today. Authentic estimates of the
dead and wounded will not be avail?
able before tomorrow. One report
brought by refugees was that betwVen
200 and 106 of the combatants bad
been killed ami double that number
Won nded.
The United States consulate, where
Consul J. ll. Johnson and his statt
remained during the fighting, was in
the direct line of tire the greater part
of the day, but it is slated that none
of those in the building base been
wounded.
One hundred and twelve of tin
federal troops crossed to Brownsville
this afternoon and surrendered to
the United States military authori?
ties.
Shortly aller 1<> o'clock tonight fir?
ing decreased but the rebels contin?
ued to hurl dynamite at intervals in
an effort to dislodge Kscarreta and his
force.
The rebels began a general advance
towards the main part of Matamoras
at :;.;!<? this afternoon. Wi'nin an
hour they had taken the customs of?
fice at the terminus of the interna?
tional bridge and almost simultane?
ously the customs house at the ferry
connecting Brownsville ami Santa
Crus, a suburb of Matamoras. Af?
ter that the fight was gradually nar?
rowed to Hidala plaza.
Among the buildings burned, set
afire by rebel shells, were 12 dwell?
ing houses on the plaza De A ram as,
including the home of Mayor Harran
gan.
it was estimated that Blanco's
army numbered about 1,800 nu n,
while the federal garrison was com?
posed of less than a third of that
number. *
Several thousand spectators viewed
the battle from the United States
side of the Rio Grande, but were
kept at what was regarded a sale dis?
tance from the boundary by the sol?
diers of Troop M. Fourteenth cavalry,
who patrolled the border lor a dis?
tance of six miles. An automobile
bearing a party of sightseers was
Struck by a bullet atnl put out of com?
mission bin none of tin- occupants
were hurt.
GOVERNOR or CANAL KOXE.
Rlcliard Metcalfc Selected for <i\il
Governor.
Washington, June S.? I'ichard l
Mei. ul Lincoln, Neb . editor ..t
The Commoner, was today selected
by President Wilson to be civil got -
ernor of the I'unutmi canal /one. This
was announced by Socretury Garrison
after be and Secretaries Bryan and
Daniels bad conferred With the pies
1.1. nt.
Although Mr Metcalfe wai llrst
recommended by Secretnr> Hrynn,
Secretary Daniels ami Scerclnn Gar?
rlson joined in urging ihe appoint
ment. Mr Mctcnlfc bus been In news?
paper work all bis lite and came int..
national prominence in the cam
paign ?.t IsiMl a.s spokesman for Mr.
Hryan, La ~t year he ran In the prl
maries on the Democratic ticket foi
governor of Nebraska, but lost.
CHESTER COUNCIL TRIES NEW
CLAN FOR REGULATION.
Ordinance Imposing "Occupation
Tax*' on Managers ol* Clubs where
Liquors ore Kept?Heavy llond Re?
quired, which is Forfeited Should
Liquor Law bo Violated ? Oppo?
nents or Plan Declare same Virtu?
ally License System, which Consti?
tution Prohibits.
New? and Courier.
Chester, June ;{.?Chester seems
to have hit <m the problem of how to
regulate the so-called "social clubs,"
by imposing an "occupation tax" on
the managers, which has resulted In
the closing of the three clubs said to
be of this order which have been run?
ning and nourishing in this city. The
ordinance, passed unanimously by the
new city council, lias resulted in put?
ting on tile lid tight and fast and it
it works out successfully it will like?
ly be tried by other cities and towns
in South <Carolina.
Tin- distinctive feature of this new
ordinance is the requirement for the
manager of any club where intoxicat?
ing liquors are kept, to get a license
from the city clerk, the amount be?
ing Used at two per cent of the gross
income <>l the said "manager" for the
first twelve months. The manager is
also required to file an approximate
statement of the probable gross in
come for the twelve months and to Hie
a bond of |5,000 that he will not vio?
late any city, county ?*r State law, in
reference to tin- sale, storage and
handling of intoxicating beverages.
Upon violation of any of the liquor
laws tin* bond is forfeited to the city,
three sureties being required on Un?
born!.
No loophole is left in designating
just who is the manager. Says the
ordinance on this point: "For the
purpose <-l Ibis ordinance the term
"manager" of any such SSOClatiOU
shall be held to include any person
or persons having or exercising any
part in the manag? ment, direction or
control of any such association, or
receiving or expecting to receive any
salary or compensation, or deriving or
intending to derive ans Income or
profit therefrom."
if the Chester ordinance stands the
tests i ' the courts <?ther places will
more than likely write it in the ir or?
dinances, for the regulation of the "so?
cial" clubs has grown to be a vital
issue all over South Carolina. With
the v<?ting- out of the- dispensaries in
all Inn eight counties, locker clubs
sprang up. It is gem-rally understood
that locker clubs?-Where individuals
buy and keep their own intoxicating
beverages in their private lockers?
are not contrary to the dispensary
laws. But it has long been found that
just Where .he dividing lim- is drawn
is hard to determine and as a result
"social" clubs have sprung into ?-x
istence in practically every county in
the State, both in those ofAcialy "dry"
and in those having dispensaries.
The constitution of the State for?
bids the- licensing of liquor selling e x?
cept by the State or county to the
dispensary to sell in original packages,
absolutely taking away from the in?
dividual the right to engage- in the li?
quor traffic. Any attempt to license
an individual or set of individuals to
store and retail liquors is against the
constitution ami statute- laws, accord?
ing to the opinion of a high State* of?
ficial, and this sann* official expressed
tin* opinion the other clay that the
Chester ordinance was in effect a sys?
tem of licensing. "If any of the
clubs affected would come forward and
pay the tax Imposed it would be para?
mount to a confession that they were
engaging in the liquor traffic in viola?
tion of tin- State law and WouTd im
mediately be subjected to its provis?
ions." was his view, Bui the Chester
people differ. In the Opinion heard oil
the street tile "occupation tax' is
placed etn tin- manager's income ami
is not a license measure. They are
confident that it will stand tin- test
Of t lie coin is.
"Is ?he ordinance Imposing an oc?
cupation tax in effect a system of li?
censing liquor selling or not?" is the
question at issue, ami on its decision
rests the result of whethe r this nn-as
itre provides a solution of tin* vexed
problem of tin- regulation of the "so?
cial" clubs or whether it will fol?
low tin- tat?- oi tin- doxens of riher
attempts to stamp out this problem
Which has bee,.no- to be State Wide.
None of the three Chester clubs, so
it was stated by a member of the e ity
coumil, had complied with the ordi?
nance and they had all closed tight
ami fast on Sunday last No attempt
bus so tar been made towards testing
the legality or constitutional!!) of tin
ordinance in tin- State court-;, and it
i < b a11\ up to (In- i lubs a- to
SLAYER OF POLICEMAN BAR
WICK SENTENCED TO DEATH.
Negro Will Be Electrocuted on June
l!7th. if Stay of Sei t once Is Not
Granted?Charles Svenej Being
Tried as Accessory.
Manning, June 'i.?Sam Dukes was
today convicted of the murder of Isa?
dora Harwick at Pinewood last Feb?
ruary ami was sentenced to electTOCU
tlon on June 27.
Mr. Harwi< k, policeman Pine
wood, walked up to Dukef asked
him his name, Dukes * 1 lately
opened fire on Mr. Harw
Tin- trial of the case med but
a couple of hours and ^ ,ury de?
liberated but a few c es on the
case. Mr. \Yid?man appointed
by the court to dele kes. and at
ce.
the end of the chan ' judge spoke
M
in a very compllm ^ manner of
Mr Wideman's e t of the de?
fense. Dukes is ing negro, not
QUlte 22 years o?.
Charles Steney is now on trial as
accessory after the fact, being charged
with ha . ing assisted Dukes to escape
after killing Mr. Barwick. Dukes at
first escaped and was afterward
caught in Charleston and sent back,
lie claimed to have been shot and
robbed at the Junction and was taken
to the hospital, where he was recog?
nized upon his request to have his
mother telegraphed for. in the trial
he went on the stand and made the
defense that he shot Harwick be?
cause he thought Harwick was about
to shoot him.
De County will try to have an
election to re-establish the dispen?
sary, petitions having been filed Sat?
urday.
Obscurity parted its tufted curtains
the other day and reminded us tt?e?M
".lim" Garn eld was still in exiatence.
?Houston Post.
whether or not this will be done.
Prohibitionists in Chester, and some
who are no Prohibitionists, are satis
tied that the ordinance will stand any
court test. They are severe in their
condemnation of what they say is the
wide-open manner in which the "so?
cial'" clubs conducted their affairs and
the veritable streams of people which
constantly poured through the club
doors. They made no special charges,
but they seemed to think that the pas?
sage of the ordinance would bring a
needed relief to the community and
? hec k whiskey drinking.
The ( lub sympathizers do not admit
having violated any law and think
they have a right to run as they did.
"They consider the ordinance an in?
vasion of their personal privileges
and clearly look on it as being un?
constitutional. However, it shut them
up for the time being, and whether
they will remain tight or not is clearly
up to the result of any action the
clubs might take In the courts to pre?
vent the carrying out of the ordi?
nance.
The BO-Called social c lubs liave in?
vaded practically every county in the
State and only recently a great pro?
test went up from Lexington county
against the Secretary of State Char?
ten ig any of the clubs. Hut that of
ticinl is powerless for the clubs us
ually apply for charters giving as
their purpose "To promote the social
welfare of its members and the up?
building of the community."
Involved in all this problem is the
eternal question of the best method of
the regulation of the liquor traffic.
There are only eight counties out of
the forty-four in South Carolina where
dispensaries are located, the others
being ofnclaly "dry.' Many of these
latter counties are now m the midst
of the preliminaries to getting ? vote
on the return of the dispensaries in
August ot this coming year and the
old battle of the liquor regulation will
be fought anew in many places in the
Palmetto state.
The decision of the state Supreme
Court that there was no law on the
statute lumks forbidding the importa?
tion of liquor for personal use, but
that the Weld, act passed by Con?
gress ui\es the legislature the right
to pass :. law forbidding sm h impor?
tation, promises a hitler struggle be?
tween the opponents of the old dis
pensar> and its frienda In the next
General Assembly. The next state
. ampaign will likely be pitched large
i\ on this issue, whether such ? law
will be enacted or not, and the whole
liquor tight, which h;is been kept In
the background in the last two cam?
paigns, will probably again take its
place in Ihe 11\ ? - "issues" of the day.
it v said that Chester g<>t the idea
of its "occupation" ta\ on club man
:tc? rs ft 'in ?'hai lottc. N. c.