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THE SVMTER WATVHM.W, K?Mt>ll?lird April, 1850. . "Re Just ami Fear not?EM all Ihc ends Thou Alms'i at Ixi thy Country'* Thj Rod's and Trolh'a." T11K TRUE SOUTHRON, EatabUabrd Juni-, ?88?. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1913. vol. xxxyi. No. 31. HUGH LONG CLEARED. JVRY Kl-Tl R S N S VKKDKTOK NOT Gt'ILTY?NO AIM.t MKNT8 RF.\RI?. liken Legislator \i <(iii((( 11 on Charge of Munht of PI? ken* N. Gunter, K?>rmcr Mayor of Wagoner. Alken. June 5.?One minute and a half after the Jury which since Tues? day morning has heen hearing the' man of evidence in the Hugh Long cane tiled out of the court room this afternoon the 12 men filed back into the Jury box und rendered their ver? dict, acquitting Long of the murder of Picken* N. Gunter. The case was turned over to the Jury at 3.55 1-2. At 3.57 the charge which has rested over the legislator since a few days after his election last dtptember was declared to be without foundation and Hugh Long stood a free man. The defense closed Just before the morning recess. When court convened this afternoon at 3 o'clock the State put Up several i(nesb?es In rebuttal and as soon as the evidence was all In James H. league, foreman of the Jury, requested of Judge Gary that the Jury be excused for a moment. The Jurors filed into the Jury room and were sounded by the loreman. It was the work of a moment. Returning* to the court room. Mr. League re? quested Judge Gary to turn the case over to the Jury, thus dispensing with argument of counsel. "We have made up our minds.'* ho declared. "We are a& of one mind. We have heard the evidence and noth? ing the lawyers on either sicte can say can have any effect on the verdict we ?hall render. Judge Gary objected and Solicitor Gunter and attorneys for the prosecu? tion resisted the suggestion. Judge Oary pointed out that under the con aOURion th?- a< < used col u right to hm heard. whereupon Mr. <'roft of , IsfeJUrs counsel Informed the Judge ' t|Mi Mr. Long was absolutcl* willing ^^^HAfe****' ease over ?? the Jury ?e>?<ument and abiue by the clearly the *9Q^Neaaitse >*.??? m?<l? The so? licitor made two short arguments against the suggestion, but the fore? man Of the Jury inislsted, and Judge Gary began charging the Jury, both oa murder and manslaughter, after which the Jury retired only to record the verdict The State had Intended making three arguments and the defense two The verdict whs received quietly, but Hugh Long Sprang to the box and shook hands with each of the jurors. Mrs. Long, overcome with gratitude, the tears streaming down her cheeks, thanked es h Juror separately, after wMch fc^nethlng like a reception was accorded i<ong. WILL NAMb) t'ONSl LS. Preadent to nil Many foreign Nat* V - Washington, June f?.?It was learn ??d here toda> from those dose to the administration that Just as soon as Prem, nt Wilson sends to the scnat" the names of tin d-./.en men he has Just selected for tugh foreign posts, ?gsjsjular appointments and Bjffjgna* llone will be taken up in accordance with an gnneunficmsnl of Secretary Hr\an to this effe< t some time ag<>. There are many consular appoint* merits waiting to be acted upon and those who ba\ e been waiting for ap? pointment or for promotion have been forced to sit tdl> by while the more Important pla? e* were under advise? ment and malt r<>r their time t.HM This time is now at hand, it is learn? ed, and It Is confidently expe< led that thos who have been on the anxious t?ench waiting to serve their count r\ abroad in the foreign service of the government will have th. ir innings at an early date. st ||<MIL RONRH SOLI?. I niir\||lt< .Soon to Have a New HulMlng. Turlesilb. June S--Monds for the ere. lion of .( u< ? w school building have been sold to Coke, IL.lt/. A CO?t Ol Chicago. The bonds Here sold for ga.011 and will ret |a*7H.4t, Tiny will mature In l!?;i.1 and bear semi? annual interest it I l I per c tit. In View of the fa-t I hat I hi money mat ket Is tight at ioih time, the tnisfces feel that they have m ob ii g.I sab As soon as a site can b sc ared and plans for the building he selected, work will begin Kfforls will be m ids to have the building etat t. I m turn for the fall ?pernio:. ThlS Hill All a |,?ns: fe" nr..i in the community, as the old I- nlr1.ru-, is out ot date and entirely too small to accommodate the attendance. g g . , 2 SPECIAL TOBACCO TAH. MI-.Asima INTRODUCED BY BEN? * ATOIt HITCHCOCK WotLD ONLY HIT Tit I SIS. Introduced in Accordance with Views of Attorney Cicncrul McReyaMlldS ?Those Trusts Which Wouhl IVcl Uffccts of Law. Washington. Juno -r?-?In accord? ance with BtlggOSlioni t?f Attorney General Me Keynedds, Senator Hitch? cock of Nebraska introduced an anti? trust amendment to the Under? wood tariff bill, whic h would levy a special additional excise tax on a graduated scale upon manufacture of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff. The amendment, coming from a Dem? ocratic member will receive thorough consideration from the finance com? mittee. The proposed tax would not reach a manufacturer until he con? trolled about 25 Per cent of the total production of articles in his line, over that amount he would be taxed In a rising scale on tobaco, 1 cent a pound for the first million pounds, 2 cents a pound for the second million pounds and so on up to G cents a pound. These graduated taxes will be in addition to the regular 8 cents a pound tax that all manufacturers pay on tobacco. ^Companies of ordinary size woulu not be subject to this tax because it tloes not apply to a production below 80,000,000 pounds of tobacco or 4,000, 000 pounds of snuff a year; so that of the 2,700 companies In the country probably only three would be affected and of the 37 snuff companies, also only three would be affected. In the matter of cigarettes, the tax would fall only on two or at most Ihre ? companies out of 478 and of the 20.000 cigur companies only two have a product large enough to be ta,-ed. Seventy mllllo.i dollars was the amount of the total excise last year on tobacco products and Senator Httt hi o< k ha? estimated that if the tax had been levied on last years business "the following trust con? cerns" would have paid the additional tax as follows: American Tobacco company. $7,r>oo.000; Liggett & Myers $3.1on,OM0; Uortllsrd company, $114, MS)J American Snuff company, $77, 000; Cieo. W. Helms company, $H*>, oot); Wyman & Burton company, 1.000. "There would also have be en Other companies subject to this ta>x if it DSSjM be shown that they were un.b r the same ow nership or cont*. ol of any Of the big companies." said Senator Hitchcock today, "and in the case of the Lorillard company it would be uubject to a much highe r rate e?f taxa? tion if it could be shown that it is owned or Controlled by the same in? terest that is bach of any other com? pany, it is probable therefore that the tax in the aggregate would reach $ ir..ooo.i?oo a ye ar, which is so large that it WOUld soon force a read) seda? tion of the tobac c-o trust. If it did not it would yield ? handsome reve? nue tO the- treasury and so handicap the trust that it would not carry out its programme of crushing independ? ent companies. "The government already has the machinery to enforce this tax. To? bacco and snuff manufacture In all forme is under complete government COntroL The power |0 tax te? the point of destruc tion is unquestioned, It is summary, simple and irrcsistn ble, if it succeeds In tins line <n' manufacture, it may succeed in Oth" ers." Attorney General IfcReynolds to? day had an extended conference with Senator Simmons, Chairman <>f l!"' finance i ommlttee, about the- graduat? ed tax plan. Tin- senator expressed great interest in the idea and promis? ed that the Committee would give- ii cat sful conskderat lot,. Senator Borah Introduced an nmendment to the tariff which would bar from entry all goods manufactur? ed wholly or in part by children un? ch-r 11 yean of age or by children under II yeafS Ol age- win- are le iiulred to work more than elgh hours] a day or more than Is hours a week. It also would bar all Imports mude w ho|l> or in p.tri b\ convict labor. PROP, T?TE TO sci.xu. Will Make- \cblM - at NlWd) Side on June I?Ith, Prof? W. K< Talc, supervisor ol pri? mary rural schools In Houth Carolina, will make- an address in favoi til th< consolidation of Hlngleton ami Jordnn grhoola at Khsdy Hide cm .June- |3th \ pi- nn will be he ld at that place during the ebiv ami thoos Interested oi the two schools are urged In lie present In dISCUSS this important mat * ? * m g . ?4 . ? 4 1>J REBEL'S FATHER SHOT. COL, PA8CUAL OROSCO IS PI T TO DEATH BY SBAPATA, iiaiiMim or $20,000 Refused by In? surgent Leoder, who Declared Thai Justice Would not Be Sold?Sliot ns n S|?.,. Mexico City, June 6.?Disdaining a ransom of $20,000, offered by the friends of Col, Pascual Orosco, Br.J father of the former rebel chief, Bmlliano Zapata, caused the old man to be Put to death, according to a special dispatch from Cucrnavaca to El Impartial. The dispatch says Oroscoa body Was found by the federal soldiers' near Jojutla, in central Morelos, hanging from a tree and riddled with bullets. A commission of OroSCO's friends re* ently went to Zapata and sought the freedom of Orosco. To these men Zapata said he would not sell justice ?that if OrosCo was found by a coun? cil of war to be innocent of spying, he would be freed, but that otherwise he would be condemned. - COMMISSIONER HELD. Said to Have Carried Improper Mes? sage. Brownsville, Texas, June fi.?It was learned tonight that a commissioner -from the headquarters Of the federal army at Monterey arrivd at Mata moras today with a proposal which Gen. Lucio Blanco, rebel commander in chief, Considered "improper and without dignity." The commissioner is being held and will be given a hear? ing before Blanco and his staff to? morrow. Meantime his name and de? tails of his mission are withheld. ( ALL FOR PROTECTION. Americans Claim to Have Beeej Mis l rented. Tara pico, Mexico, June 8.?-Three hundred Americans located in south? ern Tamulipas representing ?>8 fami? lies, have demanded In a long mes? sage to President Wilson? sent throhch 'Consul Miller here/to T;nhw, "once fm all." whether they can expect pro? tection from their homo government, since they "do not desire to lake measures for our own safety which would embarrass our government without giving due notice before ha nd." The message of the Americans was transmitted by wireless through Con? sul Miller to W. W. Canada, the Amer? ican consul at Vera Cruz, to be for warded to Washington. GUILTY or WIFE MURDER. Negro Recommended to .Mercy. How? ever.?Charles Stoncy Acquitted ? Court Adjourns. Manning, June ?The court of general sessions adojurned sine die yesterday as Judge Gage had to go to the sitting of the supreme court en banc, John Boyd pb ad guilty of obtaining mone) under false pretense and was sentenced to eight mouths, j. a. Shorter was tried for assault with in? tent to kill and carrying concealed weapons; found guilty of tarrying concealed weapons and sentenced to <!?o or i'.'j days. Mackey Brallsford plead guilty to housebreaklng and larceny nnd given 18 months Charles Bteney, tried for being ac? cessory after the fact to the murder of Policeman Bar wick at Pinewood, was found not guilty. It was claimed and charged that Bteney bad assisted gam I hikes, who killed Mr. Harwick, to cs cape, but the Jury exonerated him ol the charge. ? Joe LevlnOi tried for storing liquor, Wai found not guilty. Bright Mack, a negro (who seems to be bright in name only) was tried for the murder of his wife. Netha Mack, and found guilty wit 11 recommendation to mercy. The recommendation was made on ac? count of ins feeble mental condition. Me was sentenced to life Imprison? ment. Tlu-rc arc quite a number of easel carried over for next court. SHIPMENT ni ARMS SEIZED, Sensation Caused bj Customs' Au? thorities Action in Confiscating Hilles, Dublin, Ireland, June 8.??A sensa? tion was caused by the sc is u re today bj the i ustoms authorities of a con Hlgnraettl of B00 rilles and bayonets on bourd h steamer from Liverpool Tin- arms were addressed to Baron Kam bant, an heb peer, at bis coiin Irj seat. Furnhara, t'ouutj <\i\;iu. The caaeg ol rifles und bayonets came from a London In m and it Is reported that the atlthorltU have dis? covered an elaborate organisation in London for supplying the Unionist cenu'ci in Ulster with anu s , i JAPAN'S LATEST NOTE. COMMUNICATION FURNISHES PROBLEMS WHICH NEGO? TIATORS FIND HARD TO SLOVE. Japan still Regards California Land Law Is a Violation of The Treaty With United states?Consideration Postponed Until Bryan's Return. Waahington( June 6.?Japan's latest note In regard to the California land legislation, admittedly furnishing problems calculated to tax the talents Of the American negotiators, was read at the cabinet meeting today and later was the subject of a conference be? tween President Wilson and John Bassett Moore, counsellor of the state t department. Consideration of the note by the cabinet was deferred until the return of Secretary Bryan from the farewell dinner in honor of the new ambassa? dor at Pittsburgh. There was some discussion, however, after the long document had been read, and Presi? dent Wilson, as a result of his talk with Ambassador Chinda yesterday, was able to illuminate the formal ar? guments presented with sidelights dis? closing international political condi? tions in Japan which arc powerfully influencing the Japanese foreign of? fice in the conduct of the negotia? tions. Officlala who have examined into the subject riave reached the conclu? sion that the Japanese foreign office has shown a remarkable knowledge of American constitutional law, and that the legal lights of the state de? partment will be taxed to the utmost to rebut the arguments presented. The assertion that the California law violates the spirit of the existing (treaty by discriminating against the I Japanese, however, is looked upon as a slight retreat from the original broad statement that the treaty had been directly violated. The principle that the right of Japanese to own or lease houses car? ries with it the right of ownership of the lands, it is contended here, holds 1 good only as to bouses occupied BS residences or for commercial purposes ami that such a ? laiin scarcely could be extended to farm lands, which alone are covered by the California law. Officlala say the suggestion that the alien land legislation is in violation of the 1 Ith amendment to the consti? tution may furnish a new line of at? tack Upon that much discussed amend? ment, although it hardly will be se? riously entertained by any court. They pointed out that the California act provided ' due process of law" for depriving aliens of property and sug? gested that the words "equal protec? tion of the laws" used in the amend? ment referred to persons and not to property. LEAVES r<?lt km iim? ?m>. [Judge C, A. Woods ( ailed to Take His Scat at Once as Much Important Work is lo Bo Done. Columbia, June 7.? C. A. Woods, whose nomination by President Wil? son to be United States judge for the Fourth judicial circuit was confirmed I by the senate Thursday, left yesterday afternoon for Richmond, much soon? er than was expected. Judge Woods was urged by Judge J. c. Pritchard of Asheville, presiding over the circuit court of appeals, now sitting at Richmond, to come at once to Richmond, as much work of im? portance had accumulated while the vacancy created by the election ol Judge Nathan Ooff to the senate re? mained unfilled. Senator Smith has arranged to base Judge Woods' coin mission forwarded t?? him Imme? diately at Richmond, so that he may at once take his seat. Tin- members of the Columbia bar were very much disappointed that Judge Woods should have had to l. ave the state .so shortly alter his appoint? ment. They had planned a banquet in his honor. III.WV WORK FINISHED. Concrete on Panama (anal Licks < cmplclcd. Panama, June ?;. h is officially announced that all the heav> concrete woik of the six locks of the Panama canal has been completed. The lower guard gates at (latun and Pedro Miguel and the tipper guard gates at Mirallores will be closed as soon as possible after June 15, the plan being to allow Lake Catun to fill. The lake will be an artiflcal one of lit) square miles. Maurice L Thatcher has forwarded io Washington his resignation as gov? ernor ol the canal /.one. It is lo be effective ill tin- expiration ol his vaca t ion lcav o of absence. HAS GOOD EFFECT ON RETAIL TRADE. Some slight Recession Noted in the< West, Though Otlier Sections Re port Progress. New Vork, June 6.- Dun's tomor? row will say: "Moic seasonable weather had a favorable effect on retail distribution throughout the country, and while a Blight recession In wholesale busi? ness Is apparent in some sections of the West, reports from several centres show trade to be more active than a year ago. Prices on the New York stocl: exchange fell sharply, but this weakness was mainly due to the un? loading of American securities by Eu? ropean holders as a result of the strained condition of the investment market there and in no way reflect any ? hange in the mercantile or in? dustrial situation In this country. " The government estimate of ^ condition of the cotton crop o 25 was much lower than c i, but it is generally believed the the situation has improved materially since then. Needed rains have great? ly benetitted the crops in the South? west. "New business in iron and steel still falls shorf of production, but the mills have plenty of orders on hand, and it is expected that active buying will be resumed before these become ex? hausted. Cotton goods are in good demand, although buyers are still operating conservatively. Woolen mills have reduced actively, owing to tariff uncertainty and silk mills on account of strikes, but stocks in all branches of the textile trade are ab? normally low, which will favor a prompt resumption of full time op? erations as the present restraining in? fluences are removed. "Trade in leather and footwear is quiet. "Railroad gross earnings for four Weeks in May increased 7.8 per cent; Commercial failures this week in the United States arc 236 against - ?7 'the correspondittg *woek last year. Failures in Canada number 31 against .1B last year." BULGARIANS WATCHED CLOSELY. Believed That Bulgarian Govern mcnt Is I r > In; to Gain Time in Order to Move Her forces. London. June 6.?-The resignation of the Bulgarian cabinet is now offi? cially acknowledged. According to The Mir, a newspaper published Sofia, which is usually well informed, the resignation took place May .'>*>. immediately after the news was re? ceived in Sofia of the signing in Lon? don of the preliminary peace treaty. Confirmation of the resignation has caused anxiety at Belgrade ami Athens, where the feeling is growing jthal Bulgaria is temporizing until her forces can be brought Up against Greece and Servia. The Greek delegates attended the peace conference today, but tlu> Turks remained stubborn and refused to agree to the terms of the protocol. IS WORSE THAN WAH. (?rim Vlsaged Militancy Wants Smooth Front. London. June ?'>. -Militant suf? fragettes today almost succeeded in interrupting the deliberations of the peace conference between the dele? gates of tin1 Balkan allies and Turkey by organising a demonstration out? sit.. St. James' palace during the ses? sion. The Women's Freedom league tail? ed a meeting to "protest against the govetnment'8 supposition that it was able to secure peace abroad while un? able to maintain peace at home." Tin- police warned the organisers that the meeting was illgal. A large crowd of hostile persons pulled the speakers from tie- wagon they were using as a platform and llnall) tin poijee arrested three of the spca k * i s. TO UECEIt i: DAN I II. King Will (.rant Viidicncc to Premier elcvt. Son.i, June 6 King Ferdinand already has received the leaders of the opposition pari, and soon will receive Dr. Dancff, who is likely to head the new Bulgarian cabinet. In the Police Court Friday John Dingle was tried t"t obtaining g.l> under false pretenses and released on payment for the articles received. Essex Wilder was given a prelimin ar> and bound oxer to the higher court tor u i.il on the . bai ge ol housebreuking and larceny. PARTY IN AUTO WRECK. MRS. MARGARET M. DICK AM) R. C. WILLIAMS SLIGHTLY IN JURED WHEN CAR TURNS OVER. Cole Machine Belonging to .1. J. Wil? liams Considcrabli Damaged when It Was Hun Into Fmhankmcut on Pocalla Road Sunday Afternoon? Party Escape Serious Injury. Mrs. Margaret M. Dick and Mr. Robert Williams were injured when a big Cole car, belonging: to J. J. Williams and driven by Hob Williams, ran into an embank? ment on the Pocalla Road and was overturned h a party of six persons in it. ^5> , TtlO? ? 0k car were Mrs. Mar? gare' Miss Ells McFadden, Mrs B. ?,-?' dlams, Miss Pauline Bland <w /Pert Witherspoon and Robert w .mis. All of the occupants were . .siderably shaken up and frighten ? " A by the accident but, besides re Jceil ing a few scratches and bruises, Mrs. Dick and young Williams were the only two to receive injuries. Mrs. Hick received a number of bruises and her back was wrenched. She is now a* the residence of her sister. Miss Ella McFadden. on Broad Street, recuperating from her injuries. R. C. Williams wa3 taken to the Sumter Hospital, where lie was Mon? day morning. He wag suffering with a sprained back, some scratches and bruise and was in a very nervous condition following the accident. The Cole car. which was purchased about two weeks ago by J. J. Wil? liams, was badly damaged. The The front axle was broken, the front parts of the car, where it struck tho embankment, were bent or broken and the top was badly damaged. It was due to the top that the party was probably saved from more serious In? jury, as this prevented the car from turning over further than it did. The car was brought in Monday morning and placed in the garage to be re? paired. of the long hill just on this side "oF Poccalla. near the railroad track. As the machine came to the turn In the load instead of turning to the left Mr. Williams turned it to the right. The machine was going at a low rate of speed and this probably saved the lives of the party. When the driver saw he had turned the car the wrong direction, it is thought that he lost his head, he was unable to right it and it went head on into the high em? bankment. The car stood still a sec? ond and then fell back, turning over on its side in the road. Those in the car on the right side were the ones injured. This road is much used on Sunday afternoons by persons taking rides to and from Pocalla and it was only a few minutes after the accident oc? curred that automobiles belonging to Mr. M. H. Beck and W. B. Upshur took up the persona who had been riding in the wrecked car and brought them back to town. All of them were taken home and will probably be better in a few days, as soon as they recover front the fright and tho slight injuries received. WOOD NOT GUILTY. Mistrial Results in Case of Zittaus ami Collins is Convicted. Boston. June 7.?After deliberating throughout the night a jury today acquitted President Y'illiam M. Wood, of the American Woolen Co.. of the charge of conspiracy to injure the textile strikers at Lawrence by "plant? ing" dynamite. A disagreement in the ease ol' Frederic k F. Atteaux was reported. Dennia J. Collins, who turn? ed states evidence, was found guilty on two counts and nol guilty on the other counts of the indictment The first count charged conspiracy to injure the textile strikers and the second count conspiracy to injure un? known persons. The other counts al? leged conspiracy against certain per? rons ami a plot ti> damage property. RILL t>\ IMMIGRATION. Senator I . 1?. Smith l*resewte His Smith <?! South Carolina today Intro? duced an immigration bill which is practb alh a duplicate of the Rurnett Dillingham lull passed by congress at the last session and Vetoed by Pres? ident Taft In going over the dispensary pe? tition not a great many names of un? registered voters have been discov* Mi astirc. Washington, June Senator ered.