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It.- Just and Four nut?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at bo thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, KstablMieri June, 186?.
/ Consolidated Aur. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1913.
Vol. XXXVI. No. 33.
HttW LOBBYISTS WORK.
iXJMMlTTK.F WlUfa SEARCH OTT
WURKINuS OF SYSTEM IN
A1X IIS PHASES.
Many Trull* Vn"ovcrr<l by Investiga?
tors who Will Follow Them Homo,
If Kroate Pet mils. Senator Gal
11 n? l if r Kay* t*resldcnt Came Very
Close to Lobbying.
Washington. June 13.?Lobbyin?
as fine art, how it is don ? and who 1m
responsible, what ends r?re sought and
what results are acrleved, probably
will be investigated by the special sen?
ate lobby committee before it con?
cludes Its work and submits a report
to the senate. For nearly two weeks
the five senators on the committee
have listened to testimony that has
deafl almost exclusively with the in?
fluence exerted on the tariff bill, but
It has uncovered enough trails to
lead members to believe that cam?
paigns of every sort, political, Indus?
trial and economic have been con?
ducted much along: the same lines,
through paid agents and efforts made
to create public sentiment favorable
to the causes concerned.
In executive session tonight tht
comrdttee decided to submit to the
?em I a the question of a further
broadening of the scope of Its inquiry.
It was believed tonight that the
time limit of 20 days placed upon the
committee would be extended and that
the Investigation would go into every
possible phase of what the committee
suspects is lobbying.
Legislation to Impose drastic re?
strictions upon lobbying and the "ac?
celeration" of public opinion may re?
sult
Tho committee's decision came at
the end of a day filled with sensa?
tions.
< >n two occasions President Wilson
figured In the testimony. Senator
Qelllnser told the committee that, in
his opinion, the president had once
at least come "dangerously near
lobbying" and Truman G. Palmer,
Washington representative of the
Usdte* Htales beet sugar Industry, 'de
elai 3d that a "plate matter" cam* 1
Palgn much similar to the one con?
ducted In newspapers by him had ac?
companied the campaigns of the pres?
ident and Representative Fnderwood
before the Baltimore convention.
Senator Cummins cross-examined
Mr. Palmer at length about details
of his newspaper campaign and de?
veloped that, to the best knowledge
of the witness, many of the big in?
terests of the country were engaged
In similar efforts to mold the opinion
of the country.
The question of who was respon?
sible for an alleged senate order for
the publication as a public document
of data prepared by Truman G. Pal?
mer in "Hugar at a Glance," bobbed
up sgaln before adjournment, when
Chairman Overman announced that
the committee Intended to call An?
sel Wold printing clerk of the sen?
ate. Statements made to him and to
Senator Nelson bj Mr. Wold, he said,
showed that only one order had been
made by the senate, although two are
allegfd to hit n made.
Senator Lodge, who secured an or?
der for the printi.ig of chart., m ide
by Mr Palmer, will take the stand to
explain his connection with "Sugar at
a Glance. ' If he desires, and Mr. Pal?
mer, whose testimony was concluded
io.|.t\. will bo hf'd here until this
mntter is cleared up.
Mr Palmer had been on the stand
for several hours when Senator Cum?
mins h d him into a discussion of what
he knew of other publicity campaigns
like hin gl
"I gggferstand tin- same - ore ern
that we used, the Americain Press as
?ociation. sms gaud a) bath Mr. Wil?
son and Mr fnderwood in (heir nom?
inating campaigns in the same way."
wsld the witness. "1 am ipsaklag ol
campaigns that are ma h to nflft I
publn opinion whifh in turn is in?
tended to intliienff leirislnfion."
Senator Cummins went on to ask
if the railroad and baking interests
in New York did not employ men to
"create a puMhl opinion "
"I have heard If so stated." said
Mr I'alm.t
"And Sfhat I have saM Ol the bank
In* Interests and the railroad inter?
ests Is true of all the lar?e corpora?
tions, in M Hat '' Senatot Cummins
aw kfd
"That is mv undei stundm? '
"We never would haVS Ihotsthl nl
It had if not Im*en thai of her?, were
doing It and seemed to be i peroral
Hin? with the Aimrlean Press uh<k>
i wtS>n." said Mi Palmer. ' Th< Use
gentlemen who came to me pare SSM
ttrtitar to Impress upon SSC ? it the)
were doing thin work for .Mr Wilson
and Mr. I'nderw.I. pr, ?I le the noai
ination.' u ^ m M # ^
LID ON j] ISLE Of PALMS.
han on scnday ?PORTS ami
LIQUOR sfijjng, BY OOV
I1HNOH.
Chief Executive Writes Letter* to
Sheriff .Martin and C hief C onstable
Stothart Assailing Conditions on
Island?Attacks Mayor (.race.
Columbia, June 11.?Governor
Hlea.se has ordered the lid to be jmt
on tight at the Isle of Palms. Strin?
gent and peremptory orders to forbid
all motorcycle racing or such like
sports on the beach on Sunday and
to stop the sale of liquor and beer
were issued by the Governor to Sher?
iff Martin and Chief Constable Stot?
hart, of Charleston. Violations of
law must stop and desecration of the
Sabbath Day must end says the Chief
Executive of South Carolina.
In his letter to Sheriff Martin the
Governor calls attention to the news?
paper reports of motorcycle races en
the Isle of Palms last Sunday and In?
structs the sheriff to arrest all taking
part in such sports on Sunday here?
after and prosecute them to the limit
of the law.
In his letter to Chief Dispensary
Constable Stothart to stop the sale of
liquor on the Isle of Palms, Gover?
nor Please says: "It is thought aloud
around here that John P. Grace's
ideal in closing up everything so tight
in Charleston on Sunday is to drive
everybody to the Isle of Palms, ami
that a bar room Is to be run open and
above-board over there. It is said
also that Mr. Grace is boarding at the
hotel in Charleston with the gentle?
man who owns the Isle of Palms bus?
iness."
The Isle of Palms Is the playground
of Charleston and excursions every
Sunday take thousands of people there
from all parts of the State.
BATH9I ARKS FRIGIITFN
lll'LGA Its.
Two Violent Shock* Oeeur at Grabovia,
Causing Some Damage.
Sofia, June lf>.?The earthquakes
of yesterday were renewed today in
many parts of Hulgaria. Two vio?
lent shocks occurred in the morning
at Grabovia, where much damage
was done.
The ft istim disturbances at TlrOIIVS
continued throughout Saturday and
the trembling of the earth had not
ceased this morning. At that place
many people were killed at churches
and houses were seriously dai taged.
Thousands are homeless and destitute.
"Do you mean In their campaigns
for nomination?"
"In their campaigns for nomina?
tion. That is whtit 1 was told."
"Are there any other such associa?
tions?" asked Senator Cummins.
"The Western Newspaper union in
Chicago is one. and the American has
branch offices in the different States."
A. G. Robinson Of Washington and
F. K. Hathaway Of Detroit were ex?
amined by the committee today.
Rohlaaon said he had written for
Cuban sugar men an article after
wards printed in booklet form Which
traf Circulated among senators, rep?
resentatives and others. He had alJO
written several magazine and news?
paper article! on sugar.
Mr. Hathaway said he was secre?
tary of the Michigan Sugar company,
a . om ern with six constltutenl com?
panies capitalised at 111,600,000, of
which about $11.000,000 has been is?
sued. He testitied that the American
Sugar Refining company owned he
Iween II ami ::i per cent of the
Michigan company's stock. He told
of his activities in Washington.
During the roneludlng hours of Mr.
Palmer's testimony Senator Reed
again tool him over the ground about
the printing Of "Sugar at a Glance."
SS a public document. He show* d him
the original charts and Mr. Palmer
agreed thai he had made changes in
? me ol the Charta left some out that
had appeared in the senate and modi?
fied the form of others When Mona?
tor Reed continued to press him ho
Iren Indignant
'Von seem lO think thai because
I represent the beet sugar Industry,"
he satd. * I am a liar I say there 1?
not a line on those rhartti that wa
not (lore when they tame from Iho
pubin printing nfflee."
Senator Reed and Senator Nelson
?ante mat a clash When Ihe Minne
nots senator Ihoughl Mr. Palmer had
talked long enough about "SlIK'tr at
a Glance."
"You are not trying, a criminal
cane here*" said Meaatoi Nelson, turn?
ing to Senator Heed. MWc don't te ed
such minutiae
"I have tried a few rasen myself, '
returned Henntor Reed "l think i
know \\\w\ I m doing."
INSTITUTE TO BE HELD.
INTINRRARY POR TUB BA8TERN
PART OF sol TU CAItoLINA
ANNOUNCED.
Two Slops in Sumter County, nt S. 9.
White's Farm on August 15th and
at Hot hel School on August iftth,
Clarendon will i>e Visited on August
ISlH and 11th and Lee on July 21
and 22.?The Work or the United
states Farm Dcsnoiislrailon Dcpnet
inout.
Field agents of the United States
farm demonstration work in South
Carolina, in conjunction with agricul?
tural experts from Clemapn ?(.liege,
Will this summ? - inaugurate a cam?
paign throughout South Carolina for
the improvement of rural conditions.
It will he the object of this cam?
paign to carry the message of intelli?
gent farming to thousands of farmers.
To that end practically all institutes
will he held on farms in the various
counties where demonstrations Will be
made and where the growing crops
will be used for illustrating tho lec?
tures.
Mr. I,. L. Baker of Lee County,
district demonstration agent for this
district was in the city Friday and
while here he told of the campaign
which would be carried on this sum?
mer. Mr. Haker is assured that this
work of the department in carrying
the tenets of scientific farming to the
farmers will accomplish results that
could not he accomplished througn
bulletins. Mr. Haker gave a list of
places the institutes will be held at
in his district, the eastern part of
South Carolina. The party will visit
Sumter on August Kith and Itttl,
spending the lirst day at Mr. S. J
White':, farm, about six miles south?
east of Sumter and the second duy at
Bethel School, about seven miles
southwest of Sumter. Lee County will
be visited on July 21st and 22nd and
Clarendon county will receive the in?
stitute on August 13th and 14th.
In speaking of the work Mr. Ha?
ker told ol what the demonstration,
work sought to'accomplish, as fol?
lows:
It Is the purpose of the officials of
the demonstration Work to divide the
State Into three districts and conduct
an independent campaign in each dur?
ing the present summer.
The object of the farm demons!ra?
tion work, is to teach the farmers
how to build up the soil. This is a
most important question In many sec?
tions of the state, but In the coast
counties the department intends to
teach not only soil building, but will
work to secure the appointment of a
competent drainage engineer who will
advise the farmers as to the best
methods of drainage. It was pointed
out that an engineer is needed In
many communities to give the farm?
ers expert Information. After the
land has been drained then the dem?
onstration agents will fell the farm*
era how to improve the soil.
The keynote of the farm demonstra?
tion work in the South is "coopera?
tion." It is the purpose of the
department to cooperate the work
with all of the agencies that are work?
ing for the upbuilding of South Caro?
lina and especially ,? link the de?
partment with the education system
of the State. If present plans are car?
ried out five schools in each county
will be selected to establish demon?
stration farms Here the children
will be taught the principles of agri?
culture and the growing crops will
be used for demonstration purposes.
The principles of soil building will be
taught to the young farmers and a
three year rotation crop planted on
the plot near the school houses.
it is the purpose of Mr. Long as
State agent tu give aid to the dairy in?
dustry in South Carolina. He has pur?
chased 12 Dabrock testors to be used
by agents 111 12 counties in testing
butter. This work wil be done under
the supervision of |: \, shields, ani?
mal husbandryman of Clemson Col?
lege.
\ ((stance Will als?, he given to tue
farmers who have planted orchard
Mi. Long has purchased ten spray?
ing outfits which ate tu be placed In
the hands of agents in various
t|o||^ of the State These OUtlltft Will
be used to kill insects that are de
Htroylng tin- orchards. This work will
Im? done under the direction nf A. IV
Conrad, state entomologist, and h w
Harre ami Carter C, Newman of
Cletnson college.
The farm demonstration work is
conducted by the ITnlted states <\<
partmenl of agriculture In conjunc?
tion with Clcmson e,,iicge Agents
have been appointed in nrariicnllv
pverj county In the Male and the
Woik is branching out into all phase;
of agricultural life. The nflleetis tin
, giv mg expert Information?
AMBASSADOR CHIN DA SAYS IIIS
COUNTRY WILL EXTEND AR?
BITRATION TREATY. m
Secretary Bryan Anxious f<?* Action
on Various Peace Treaties and Looks
for senate to Ratify Then?Treaty
With Japan Expires, July 2 Ith?No
Date Fixed for Signing Renewal.
Washington, June 14.?Viscount
Chlnda, the Japanese ambassador,
has advised Secretary Bryan that Ja?
pan is willing to renew for another
period of live years her arbitration
treaty with the United States, which
expires by limitation August 24.
Secretary Bryan, making the an?
nouncement today, said he expected
the senate would ratify the new ar?
bitration treaties already signed with
Great Britain and other countries, de?
spite the opposition against them. No
date for signing the Japanese re?
newal has been determined.
The senatorial opposition original?
ly was voiced by Senator Chamberlain
who insisted that in renewing a treaty
with Great Britain specific expression
should be made to remove the Pan?
ama canal tolls controversy from the
field of arbitration. The question of
arbitrating with Japan the issue of
the California alien land law also
has been a subject of discussion,
among senators opposed to renewing
that arbitration treaty.
President Wilson has had frequent
conferences over the arbitration
treaties with senators. Members of
the foreign relations committee have
been frequent callers at Secretary
Bryan's office. Mr. Bryan today
would not say upon what representa?
tions he based his expectation that
the arbitration treaties would receivo
senatorial approval.
GOVERNMENT LOSES SUIT.
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Midwest
Company involving Title to Many
i 3\cres.
Cheynne, Wyo., June 14.?The gov?
ernment's suit sgainst the Midwest
Oil company?a test rase involving
the title to thousands of acres of oil
lands In California and Wyoming?
was dismissed today by Judge Iiiner
of the United states district court. The
issues involved cover thousands of
acres of other California and Wyom?
ing lands withdrawn by President
Taft s sweeping order of 1909.
Likely to Appeal. ,
Washington, June l t. -Officials imrc
tonight expressed tin- belief that At?
torney General Mc Reynolds would
appeal from Judge Riner's decision
dismissing the government oil land
test suit. A similar test case is pend?
ing at Los Angeles, and the depart?
ment of justice is preparing to file
in the near future many other suits.
The Itinerary which Mr. Baker has
arranged for his district is ua fol?
lows:
Georgetown.
'< July is?Carver's bay.
July 19?Andrews.
Lee.
I July 21 i ?n farm of W. P. Baskln.
July 22?On farm of K M Cooper
Darlington.
July 23?Swift Creek school house
July 24?Dovcsvillc school house.
.Marlboro.
July 26 On farm of J. F. Fletcher
July 26?(>n farm of Marvin Lee.
Dillon.
July 28?On farm ol B. A. McCor
m lck,
July 2'.'?On farm of 11. B. Floyd.
Marlon.
July 30?Mulllns.
July .". I?Marion.
Ilorry.
August l i ?n farm <>r I ?r. Jos. i mj
senbtiry.
August 2?Myrtle Beach.
I lorenee,
August 1 Howe s spring
AtlgUSl Cow ai ds.
< harlcston.
August 6 and 7 lb?< kville.
Berkeley.
August 8?Motick's Corner.
August '.? Ilonneau.
William-burg.
Augtii til ('ii farm <d J .1 M
< iruhatu
a ugii i 12 ( mi farm or I > K M<
l 'uP'hcon.
< larendon.
atigiiKt l '. Stimmet ion.
August l i SardlniH
Kumtcr.
August IS i mi farm <d s .1 Whit.
August l ? Privateer Station
lllchland.
August 18 T? > lot s pin nta lion
August IH llorrell Hill
.\ m: ust 20 Wayside.
. August 21 Bcllcview. . *,
OFFICIAL OF SUGAR INTERESTS I
TELLS OF His WORK IN
WASHINGTON.
- i
Henry T. Oxnard Says He S|M*nt
g|ao,000 in Interest of Sugar indus?
tries During the Fast Twenty "three
Yearn?Not a Cent Illegally?As to
Public Printing.
Washington. June 14.?Henry T.
Oxnard, the millionaire vice president
of the An erlcan Beet Sugar company,
testified today before the senate lobby
committee that he estimated he had
spent on an average of $20,000 a year
in Washington for the last 23 years
in behalf of tin- beef sugar industry.
He declared not a cent had been
spent illegally. Each year when he
was at his horn3 In Washington, he
declared, he came to the caPitol
watch legislation and see his fri ^?
among the senators. C
Senator Heed demanded O ,ie
witness give the name of ser .vho
were his friends.
'?Most all the senators, .ied Mr.
Oxnard.
"You need not include me in that
list." declared Senator Reed.
"Well, I call Senator t H erman one
of my friends and Senator Cummins,
there and I don't know so much about
'Senator Nelson," said the witness.
Senator Overman promptly asked
Mr. Oxnard If he had ever called upon
him at his office or house, or if he had
ever attended Mr. < txnard's entertain?
ments.
Mr. Oxnard replied in the negative.
The committee adjourml until
Monday without finishing the ex
aminat Ion.
Mr. Oxnard Informed the commit?
tee that "Havemeyer or some other
person connected with the sug;ir
trust," informed him that the sugar
trust spent $750,noo in the Cuban
reciprocity tight. Mr Oxnard sug?
gested .some of it may have been spent
on subsidizing newspapers."
Ansel Wold, the senate printing
clerk, testified about the order for
printing "Sugar at a Glance," an anti
free sugar document, prepared by
Tinman O. Palmer, representing beet
sugar interests and circulated free un?
der the franking privilege of Senator
Lodge. The committee has developed
testimony on whether Palmer was
permitted to change the document af?
ter the senate had ordered it printed.
Turning to Senator Overman, Wold
referred to a previous conversation
about the Incident and added: "I told
you then somebody had been monkey?
ing With orders lu re und I still think
so."
CHILD LAHOR REDUCED.
Statistics Gathered by Inspectors
Show Improved Industrial Condi?
tion.
Columbia, June 16.?"The decrease
In child laboi has been remarkable,''
said Commissioner Watson yesterday,
In announcing the mid-year statistics
on the labor situation In the mills of
South Carolina.
"Statistics gathered to date by my
inspectors." he said, "show that there
are 6,936 children employed in the
mills of the State. Of this number
2,910 are between the a^es of 12 and
14 years. There are none under 12
years of age employed by the mills.
This is a bright situation. because
in 1 '.?*?!? the United States census
showed that there were B.919 children
employed by the mills, of that num?
ber there were '.',,11't between the
ages of 12 and 11 years, and T.*\i were
tinder 12 years of age. Notwithstand?
ing the decrease In child labor, there
was an increase of 161,902 spindles
ami 3,998 looms."
Statistics compile,! from inspector's
reports were contained m a state?
ment announced from 111? * department
by the commissioner. Last year the
total number of employes, acco: ling
to the statistics by the department,
was 16,913, and in 1913 there were
17,090, or an increase of 177.
Tlie number of white males between
li and 16 years of age in 1912 was
3.860; in 1913, 2,085; or a decrease
of 77.'.. The number of white females
between 11 and 16 yars of age In
1912 w e- 1,790; in 1913, 1.860. or an
increase of 70 The number of white
males between 12 and 14 years m
l 9 l 2 w as l.789. In 191 t.f 66, ..i r
decrease of 133 The number of white
females between 1 .\ ;li?,| 11 \ears m
l!?12 was 1.271 and \\\ 1913. 1,334, or
an Increase of
Acordlng to the reports there were
1,636,816 spindles In opera Ion in the
State In 1913 and 1,673.911 in 1912.
In 1913 there were 109,66S looms ami
I In 1912 106,670 looms.
CONGRESSMAN HENRY CALLS
TOR RE-OPENING OF MONEY
TRUST INVESTIGATION.
Probable Thai President Wshtoa Wll
Have to Assert IIIsaac If Most Posi?
tively or Carreacj Meassuno will not
Be Pnsaeel ?t ?pcrtal Benahm of
Congress?Mr. Heart's Reaosattoa.
Washington, June 14.?The demand
of Congressman Henry of Texas for a
reopening of the money trust investi?
gation and a consequent delay in the
enactment of currency legislation fur?
ther cum plicated the currency reform
issue at he capitol today, and no
one k what the result may be.
The* ven a prospect that unless
I>r a t Wilson asserts his iniluence
?osttively the differences among
ijr * n mocrats may assume such pro
.tions that it will be impossible to
yut through a currency bill at the
extra session. There is admittedly a
feeling among Democratic members
that it may be hazardous for the
party to rush into currency legislation
on the heels of tariff revision. Mr.
Henry's statement, issued yesterday,
makes it fairly certain that the Glass
currency lull can not be put through
the caucus as a strict party measure.
The members of the banking and cur?
rency committee are not united in
their currency views; the rank and
file seems to take little interest in the
subject, and it is declared there is no
popular demand for immediate action,
as there was in the case of the tariff.
Congressman Henry said today that
in introducing his resolution granting
congress vhtitorial powers over na?
tional hanks, which carries with it
the prospective reopening of the
money trust inquiry, he was in linu
with the recommendations of the
Pujo committee. The Pujo commit?
tee in its "preliminary"' report cited
the fact that it was impossible to get
from the comptroller of the currency
data regarding the inner affairs of na?
tu nal hanks, nor could congress di?
rectly call upon the banks for such
information.
The introduction of Mr. Henry's res?
olution is hut an incident of the grow?
ing feeling on Capitol hill that the
ways of the currency bill will be
rocky, and that the entire matter may
he forced over until the regular ses?
sion, unless President Wilson insists
positively upon immediate action.
Bven if a currency bill is put through
the house, it is doubtful that it will
pass the senate, because of the long
discussion which will result as soon as
the subject is broached in the upper
chamber.
WILSON ANXIOUS.
President Wants Monetary Legislation
Enacted at Present Session.
Washington, June 14.?President
Wilson still wants currency legisla?
tion enacted at the present session of
congress and will bend every effort to
acc omplish it. The doubt raised by
utterances of senators close' to the
administration that they were op?
posed to currency reform during the
present session was cleared when it
became known that the president
planned to write his currency message
to congress today. It will be present?
ed about June 2J or 24.
It is also announced today that
Secretary McAdoo and Chairman
Owen and Class of the senate and
house banking and currency commit?
tees, respectively, had reached an
agreement on the main features ef the
currency hill they have been drafting
for two months. The president, it is
understood, however, will not go into
detail in his message, preferring to
ba<k the Owen-Glass hill as an ex?
pression of his ideas. His argument
will be along the lines of his letter
recently to senator Tlllman. in which
he declared that "in loyalty to the
country" currency legislation was
necessary during the present session
of congress, 'so that any attempt to
create artiflcal disturbances after the
tariff shall ha\e become law may bo
offset by a fiee system of credit, which
will make it possible [or men. big and
little, to take care of themselves In
business,*'
OLINHA REACHES PORT.
IfMH'ks at Satannah \fter extinguish?
ing CircN.
Savannah, Ga., June 12.?The ftlua
-"ii hue steamer Glinds docked here
?it o'clock this evening, having ex?
tinguished the tire in her hold The
officers s?> that a thorough survey
W ill be made .>t lo t condition tOOtOl ?
ro* t" determine the amount of dam
aue done h\ tile lite An soon a** pos?
sible the vessel will proceed to her
i Cuban destination*