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TI1K 8UMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. *??* Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Tru!h'a." THE TRUE SOt I IIHON, Established June, 184?*. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. Vol. XXXVI. No. 34. flUEHT? HUES SHALL GAINS. HHMMM 00 HBJUOQ has lots of TicoriiLi : in mm his After Three- Months In Ogtre Cractt i-alljr no l^rogxcHr. I* shown In Bring? ing About IVtM'o In War with Heb? el???iovcmnKMU'H I .arge Army H? l ??b <l to Tut iKmn Ko\olt. Mexico City. June 14.?In the three months Oen. Huerta ha* been presi? dent of Mexico he has made no sub? stantial headway against the rebels, according to tb > opinions of ? lose and impartial observers of the situation In this republic, t'nless there is made a radical change In the conduct of Che government campaign against its ene? mies, or unless the rebels become much weaker than they are today, foreign observers believe that Huerta will have great difficulty in restoring peace to Mexico. As for the rebels, they have grown steadily stronger since Oen. Huerta ? became president, and now there is scarcely a State In which their mobile columns have not been operating In defiance of the g<>\ - eminent s superior armament and or? ganisation. "The country is plunged In an? archy." said ? I Mario, a pro-govern? ment paper, recently. "Brigandage holda sway In a large portion of the national territory; defeated In one place, the bands reappear in another, and they carry their audacity to the point defying the federal divisions in their headquarters." The usual ex? pression in the local papers, how? ever, Is of a different character. For the most part they reflect the care? fully studied optimistic tone of the officers at the national palace, who make much of defeats administered here and there, and often fail to make any mention at all of rebel victories. The military operations of the gov? ernment have been divided into three general campaigns, one In the south against the followers of Zapata, con? ducted by Uen. Juvenlco Kobles; an? other whose centre Is Ouaymas ,ln Sonora, and the third, directed from Mowieeey against the rebels operating fa the States of Coahula, Nuevo Leon ani Tamaulii.%4. In addition to these defined campaigns the government troops are riding here and there over a dosen States, forcing their way from one point to another, only often to tind, when they arrive at their desti? nation, that the rebels have cut in behind them, or have torn the coun? try to pieces on either side of their line of march. In the South Kobles promised to exterminate In a few weeks the "ban? dits" led by Kmiliano Zapata. He was instructed by the war department to u??? the methods of Weylcr In Cuba; to concentrate in a few points all non combatants, and then devastate with Are and cannon the remaining village and towns, killing his prisoners, ex? cept whose physical strength appealed to him as material for the regular army but before Hohles could get his plan under way. Zapta was attacking him In his headquarters, and since then it has been an open question which side would be the victim of the Weylrr method The ragtag to the sour.i already is | ra< fbally devastat? ed. Ha< iendas on which enormous sugar < r?q.s fofgaafly were grown are t<??lay fast returning to Jungle growths aiol the warfare in wbi* h the follower* of Zapata have engaged now for almost three years appears It hi sensing them to revert to som< wild snd sa\ age t pc. Th< QggqW) cs , unpaign begun well, ?i'fi Medial Iturron mar? he.I forth, but only to return after defeat, and It was almost two weeks after tin battle at Santa ReOO before the gov? ernment admitted the reverse, mean? while ha . terlslng as untrue tie i ggegg gegen tenet fr ?m the border. The eegeaaign directed from Mon? terey has resulted in the recall of ?on Trucy Aubert. who. apparently, was unable to suppress the rebels un? der command of Verustiuiio CafTaaSS or even to retake and reopen the rail? road setHteeg Mentore] ami Inredo. T?"*as His su. <-es*or has done no letter The retail have extended th.tr geM ?f operations until small towns from the golf cost to Chihua? hua are entere.i. seemingly, almost at will. Conditions in the c, ntral States are little If any bottee, In its desire to clear up the "boardei situation" and open the railroads in order th the I'mted States may have a higher opinion of th?- general situation), the government has confined most of its energies to the two northern ? am paigaw Oannwd to the rebels Is the srmv of Huerta. a more numerous organisa? tion than any Meako has ever secu LAW NR THE ZONE. PANAMA CANAIj GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUS? Not ViitJl Formal 0|x?nlng of Bitch Will New scheme Be Put in 0|>cra tlon. Washington. June 1**?.?Plana for a permanent government on the canal zone will not be put into effect un? til the formal <?penin? of the ?anal In January. 1915, Secretary Garrison announced today. In the meantime the zone government will continue as heretofore, with such modtflcattoni as changing conditions may demand Sr. retary Garrison has conferred frequently during the past week with Col, Goethals, chairman of the isth? mian canal commission, ami he has asked the colonel to submit from time to time recommendations as to the organization of a permanent gov? ernment. It is practii ally certain that the government will continue to op crate the Panama railroad after the canal is completed. Secretary Oarrl non said. as it would be necessary to have a means for the transportation of troops and supplies in the event the canal should be out of commis? sion at any time. The future of the railroad will be considered at a meet? ing of the directors to be held here next Thursday. HAS COIN; DOESN'T WANT IT. Owners of Gold and Silver Left Pro|>crty ami railed to Ilcturu. Washington, June 15.?More than half a century ago Uncle Sam was handed three bags of gold worth about $600; he is still holding them Some 30 years ago he was handed a i ba|f of valuable silver bullion and the owner has left it with him ever sine<>. This gold and silver has been a great nuisance to the accounting ofliccrs of i the federal government. The comptroller of the treasury has Just decided that to convert it into the treasury to the credit of the men who presented it would require an act of congress. In 135? H. J. Peters brought $127 ?7 1 wcrth of gold bullion to the San Fran? cisco mint; Id 1858, Joseph Baker pre? sented $333 27, and in 1863. J. M. Souther handed over $156.06. They never returned. In 188?! Thomas r. Davis brought 180.90 ounces of silver bullion to the New York assay oftVe to be made Into Hne silver bars, and has not been seen sinee. - BULGARIA ACCEPTS PEACE. Willing to Take up Demobilization Plan of G reeve ami Servia. Vienna. June 17.?The Bulgarian government has accepted the de mobtltiatkm propoaali made by Ber via and Greece, according to today's Niue Freie Presse. The condition It made, however, that the Joint garri? sons composed of equal numbers of the soldiers of the . tates concerned ?>?? placed in disputed territory before demobilization begins. Bulgaria also demands that ?II the parties submit to ine arbitration of the Russian em? peror on the basis of the treaty ex? isting before the Balkan war broke out. GARRETT GETS REPRIEVE. Governor Stays Sentence of Condemn? ed Muideieil Until duly I Ith. Columbia, June in.?m. |(. Garrctt, convicted for double minder in County, who was sentenced lo be eloc? Iroeuted oit July 11 was reprieved by the Governor Ihlr. afternoon) to July l Ith. before, but In its ranks as "volun? teers" arc thousands of men "recruit? ed" fr<?m the jads of the country and prlsoneri eaptured In battle. The reeenl success ol the government it. ?souring a b-an. however, will enable u to pay ?ts soldiers, buy ammunition and other supplies and otherwise con duet its military campaign! with greater rnergJ ? result conditions in lflexl< o are bound to be disturbed for some lime to come The press of tin capital, which bristled with sntl Americanism In lh< sari) days of Mai following recogni? tion by several nations and tin- failure of the Washington government to fall in line, has suddenly changed from. Wiser consel seems to have prevailed! ami now m conciliatory tone is dis? tinctly noticeable A campaign to bring about a boycott of American products has fallen dat. and a proponed popu lar demonstration of disapproval of Washington's non-recognition of tiu Huerts government ha* been called off Today there are no evideneei of an) a nt i - American agitation m steal <-o city. . . . fc _ . , JAILOR AVERTS LYNCHING. - SINGLE-HANDED, FOILS FLANS OF C OLLI.TON MOB. crowd or Fifty Attempts to Take Obbfte Boges from Walterboro Jail, ?Would-be Lynchers Retreat [However, Before Dgtmtf ShcrifFs Pistol. Walterboro. June 1?.?What came near bring a lynching at the county jail here on Friday night just came to light this morning. On account of the taciturnity of the officer! of the law, the attempt to take Obble Boges, colored, from the jail and lynch him, was not made public until this morn? ing, after the prisoner had been trans? ferred to the penitentiary in Colum? bia, for safe keeping. Lucas Padgett, deputy sheriff of dOlleton County and keeper of the tad, had quite a stirring time with the WOUld-be lynchers. when, in the early hours of Saturday morning, a . rowd of ebout fifty came to the jail ami, by sending forward one of their number who was well known, received admission into the jailer's quarters of Ihe prison. Threatening to enter the room, Where the wife of the jailor was sleeping in order to secure the keys to the cells, the crowd was held hack by the deputy sheriff at the point of the gun, and seeing th determination of Mr. Padgett, they finally desisted in their efforts and left the jail, but threatening to return later. OIL INSPECTION STARTS. ? NO FINDS AVAILABLE HIT SLOAN DOES THE WORK. Agents Will he Fngagod as Receipts Come in?A Conference Tialay. Columbia, June IT.?Looking to the going into effect of the oil inspection laws July 1, E. J. Watson, State commissioner of agriculture, will this morning confer with representatives of the various oil companies operat? ing in the State, explaining to them ihe rules and regulations incident to the inspection, and assure them of the cooperation of the department in carrying out provisions of tin- act Passed at the last session of the legis? lature. "The inspection of oils will be made July 1 just as if the. law had been ef? fective ten years," said Mr. Watson yesterday. "Inasmuch as the oil tax will be one for revenue, 1 can not, un? der the constitution, appoint regular Inspectors until sufficient revenue has come in to pay their expenses. This will not prevent inspection .Inly 1; fol inspection will be begun at once by S. M. Sloan, chief feed inspector, who will continue to make the inspection until sufficient revenue has come in to warrant my appointing regular in? spectors." Mr Watson laid that as fast as the revenue comt b in the oil Inspectors will be nppointed. The men to hold these positions have been virtually de? cided upon, but tin- commissioner is not in a position to give their names as yet, BS be said. "The laboratories will be ready to make the tests of oils July 1, Bald Mr. Watson. "Chief Chemist Summers will he in charge." roll RACK SEPARATION. Color Line Ordinance is Passed in At? lanta. Atlanta, ?Ja. June 16.-? Race segre? gation in city blocks where the ma? jority of the VOterS favor it is the ob? ject of an ordinance passed by the At? lanta council this afternoon. The measure is .-aid to have resulted from recent actions ol negroes in one of ttm wards, in buying, reultj adjacent to prominent residential sites. The ordi? nance does not seek lo force the re? moval of negroes w ho have already se? cured property, bul to prevent others from gaining, u foothold if the ma? jority of tin- voters in any (dock do nol desire negroes to own property there, The ordinance provides for the appointment of a committee to con? sider any amendments which may be deemed necessary. Messrs C. M Hurst, II 1. Sear borough and llartOW Walsh took an automobile ride to \Visa< ky Tuesday where Ihe) visited the boy seoul camp. The visitors too;, dinner with their voting friends, some few ol whom the) found ;?t home, and all ol whom were reported to be In excellent spir? its, returning to this city shortly af? ter dinner, The camp is reported to be ail ideal place for such a crowd ol boi a WILLIAM CELEBRATES 85TH AN? NIVERSARY. Is General Holiday?Throughout C ountry Bay is Made One of Re? joicing?Music GreetH Awakening Ruler. Berlin, Juno 16.?The 25th anni? versary of the accession of Emperor William to the imperial throne was celebrated today throughout the Ger? man empire as a general holiday. The commemoration. which had been deferred from its actual date out of respect to the memory of the em? peror's father, Frederick, coincides with the 42nd anniversary of the tri umphial return of his grandfather at tin* head of Ids victorious army alter the Franco-Prussian war and was marked by considerable military dis< pis v. Emphasis, however, was laid also on tiie peaceful aspects of the em? peror's quarter century reign indus? trial and civic developments and the prosperity of the country. Presentation of an address from the American Peace Societies by Andrew Carnegie, K. S. Brookings of St. Louis and J. S. Schmidtapp of Cincinnati gave the emperor an opportunity of bringing out this aspect of the occa? sion. He responded to Andrew Car? negie's congratulations with an em? phatic "I hope we shall have 26 years of peace." SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS. _ MANY IMPORTANT CASKS RE? MAIN UNDECIDED UNTIL FALL. Samuel Gompers' Appeal for He-hear? ing Continued?Railroad Hate Cases and OH Land Suits Involving Im? portant Interests Will not Be Be? eide?! Until Next Fall. _ Washington, June 16.?When the KUpreme court adjourned today until October, some 'J5 important cases were left undecided. Among these were the cases of Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Prank Morrison, the officers of the American Federa? tion of Labor, who are asking for a review of the decision of the District of Columbia court holding them in contempt for alleged violation of an injunction In the Bucks Stove and Range company case. Execution "f the sentences thus will be delayed at least until fall. Gompers, Who was sentenced to a month in jail, has been very ill for several months. Other cases on the left-over list in? clude the Intermountain rate case, the citrus fruit rate case, affecting the Florida East Coast railroad, the Ken? tucky and Indiana State rate cases, the Nashville-Atlanta reshipping priv? ilege ta.se, the New York harbor sugar Uterage case, and the California oil land suits by individuals against railroads. Among the State laws in questions are those of New York giving the right to ? ity officials to tax national bank stock, regardless of debts of the owners; the Georgia law regulating headlights on locomotives the Ken? tucky law taxing those who furnish information to commercial rating houses, the Vermont law taxing sav? ings deposits in national banks, and the Massachusetts foreign corporation tax law. COTTON MAN ON TRIAL. Gin Owner Accused of Forming Com? bine. ?Juthiac. Okhl., June 16. William 11. Coyle, millionaire cotton gin ? ,vncr, charged with forming u combination to raise the price of cotton gins as a means to destroy competition in cot? ton buying, was put on trial here to? day in tiu* district court. Attorney General West sprung a surprise by Introducing letters and otin r papers said ?? be from the ides of tin w. II Coyb- company. He then called witnesses w ho were former em? ployes oi the concern. < ine witness said be received Instructions from his compan) to raise the price of ginning at a branch gin to |C a bale, .Most of the letters were admitted as eviuence, Hearings in $I>?.0IMMMM1 suit*. Dallas, Tex., June 16.?-Hearings in the Texas $99,000,000 penalty suits began here today, Dallas is tin- head ol the marketing department of the Magnolia Petroleum Co of Corsicana, a Texas oil refining concern, involved. State's attorneys said the> would In? vestigate prices and selling contracts vv bile in Dallas. JUSTICE HUGHES REAFFIRMS MINNESOTA RULING. Relteratm Principle Contained In) That Decision and Kettle? Other state Rate Cases In Accordance with It?No Hint of Divergence From Theory That State has Power to Fix Hates. - Washington. June 1???Without varying a dot from the. principles laid down last week in the Minnesota rate eases, the supreme court of the United State? today upheld State railroad rate legislation in Missouri, Arkansas, Ore? gon and West Virginia. This legisla? tion Included 2 cenl passenger laws in Missouri, Arkansas and West Virginia; maximum freight t?te laws in Mis? souri and Arknasas and freight rat<>a out of Portland in the Oregon case. The only exception to the sweeping approval of State statutes was in the case of several weaker roads in Mis? souri. The Kentcuky case was not de? cided. It involves an attack upon State rates from river points to ir land distillery cities and involves, in addition, an attack on the constitu? tionality of the form of the McChCjrd act. enabling the State railroad com? mission to lix reasonable rates on in trastate business. A decision in this , case may be forthcoming w hen tin court meets again in Oct( jcr. Justice Hughes announced the de? cision in the rate cases today, as he did in the Minnesota case a week ago. Whenever the point wa.s raised that the State laws interfered with inter? state commerce the justice referred to his Minnesota rate decision. He dis? appointed any who believed the court might in some way modify that de? cision. "We need not review the arguments addressed to conditions of transporta? tion in Missouri and the relation ot intrastate to interstate rates," he said, "for while the case has its special facts by reason of location of the State, and the use of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers as basing points in nite making, the controlling prin? ciple with reference to the authority of the State to prescribe reasonable in? trastate rates throughout Us territory, unless limited by the oxercise on the part of congress of its constitutional power over interstate commerce and its Instruments, is not to be distin? guished in any material respect from what was considered and decided in the Minnesota rate ease." The Oregon and West Virginia cases were decided in favor of the States in a few words, the only point raised by the railroads being that the laws in? terfered with interstate commerce. Justice Hughes went fully into an examination of claims in the Mis? souri and Arkansas cases that the property of the railroads devoted to intrastate bu-ineso would be confis? cated. As a result the State rate would become operative on the Chica? go, Burlington and Quincy; the Atchl BOn, Topeks ? Santa Fe; the Kan sas City Southern; the Missouri, Kan? sas ft Texas; the Chicago, Rock Is? land & Pacific (including the St. Louis, Arkansas City & Colorado); the st. Louis ?\: San Francisco; the Pacific; the st. Louis, iron Mountain ?v Southern; the Wabash; the Chi ago, Milwaukee ft st. Paul, and the Chit ago ft Alton. For the present the rates will not become operative on the st Louis ft Hannibal; the Kansas City, Clinton ft Springfield, the Chicago Great West? ern; the Quincy, Omaha Kansas City, and tin- St. Joseph & Grand Isl? and. The court refused to accepl the val? uation placed upon railroads in Mis? souri by, the Stale as a basis for lixing the " fair value" for figuring whether the rates confiscated prop? erty. Justice Hughes took the case of the Rurilngtnn, and showing that by applying the assessment value (multiplied three times as was done by the Federal Court in Missouri) to tin whole system a result would be obtained $115,000,. in excess ot tic capitalisation ol tin- system. Itesides, he sank there \Nas nothing to show Upon what tin- assessors Hxcd their valuation, nor was it demonstrated that the asessors avoided the mis? takes criticised in the Minnesota late decision. Apportionment of property values between interstate and intrastate pas? senger and freight traffic, according to gross revenue, was disapproved for "reasons stated In ihe Mineeota rate case." Coming to an apportionment of e\ p. uses. Justice Hughes said the plan adopted by the lower court of ap? 1 lying ihe revenue boats was open to the same objection as in the Minne SUNDAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE. INTERESTING MEETING TO TAlii: PLACE AT WELLS* CHURCH ON JUNE SfJTH. First Sunday School Conferenoe of Churchm in tin* J.ynehhitrg I ircidt ?Programme of Exercises an In? teresting One?Rev. J. s. Pctaw Asks All to Annul. The following programme of the Sunday School Conference of the Churches in the Lynchburg Circuit is an Interesting one. The conference will be tieM at Wells' Chun-h, of which the Rev. J S. Bethea is pas? tor, on Saturday and Sunday, June 28th and IfC The program is jus follows: ^ g 10 A. > tuning session, June j*. Song ?j Devotions! Service con? ducted ? ?? perlntendent s. N. Welch. 10.3 ?7 tnday School Work in each v ur four Churches as I view it i ?p King my rounds?S. J. Bethea, P f s SO?Roll call of Churches and ?llment of delegates. 11.06?<>rigin, nature and purpose of the Sunday School?Ashley J. Strother. 11.30?Two Minutes Report from Superintendents and Delegates. Adjournment for dinner. 3.00 P. M.?Prayer and Song Ser? vice, conducted by1 H. W. Scott. 3.50?What Constitutes the Ideal Sunday school.?Was. Thos. Mc Leod and E. T. Mims. 4.20?How Can a Church Best Ad? vertise its Sunday School??W. E. Du Rant and J. Thos. Dennis. 4.50?Who Should be Members of the Sunday School?W. E. Lemmou and Miss Annie Griffin. 5.20?Should the Superintendent Individually Greet each Scholar?? Mrs. W. E. Du Rant. 5.4 0?How Can each School Secure a Library??Mrs. J. F. Tallon. 6.00?What Will the Teachers do to Secure Good Lessons??Ernest L. Gibbs and Miss Jennie Lemmon. Third ueelnn>?Sunday Morning, June 2?a?. 1.30 A. M.?Children's Day E?..r glses Wells Sunday School. Fourth Session?Sunday Afternoon, June 29th. 3.50?Prayer and Song Service, con? ducted by Thos Welch. 1.00?How Can We Secure and Keep a full and Efficient Corps of Teachers??Mrs. J. W. Player. 4.50?How Can the Sunday School Spirit i?e Introduced and Maintained in a Church?- Miss i^ena Player and Miss .Mary Lemmon. 5.00?What Are the Necessary Qualifications of the Superintendent? Win. Baker and Col. J. A. Rhame. 5.50?The Relation of CraJle Roll to the Sunday School.?Mrs. W. J. Me Leod. The conception of thit; conference was born of a desire to do the church? es of Lynchburg circuit all the good I may as their pastor, and I am ful? ly persuaded that if the leaders and official members will give their co? operation, with alt prayerfulnesc, we will see the pleasure of the Lord prospering in our hands as never be? fore. Bro Superintendent and Delegate ff you are not at Wells' on June 28, 29th, 1 hope you will have an excuse that will stand when you give a final account of your stewardship. S. J. BETHEA, Pastor. Mr. J. Prank Williams, president of the Sumter County Farmers1 Union, chairman ??f the committee on county fair from til Farmers Union, and one of the chief workers on the special committee from the Chamber of Cosa metee on county fair, as well as the chairman of the Chamber of Com? merce committee on farm ' iprove ment, expects to spend se\ ral days in the Shiloh section of the county between now and July second, work? ing up interest among the enterpris? ing farmers of that section in the county fair project. However, as to the st Louis & Han? nibal, and the Kansas City, Clinton Springfield, he said the experts of both tin- State and the tailroaas united in Stating no hasis could t?e found upon which the proposed rates wooi.i yield an adequate return. As to the Chicago Croat Western, he said, the errors of valuation and apportionment were not sufficient to warrant s reversal of the finding of tb? lower court that the rates wer? conflscatory. The rates as to the Quincy, Omaha A Kansas City and tiie sj Joseph a. Grand Istann, were annulled because of a stipulation oe twecn the State and the railroads that the finding as to the Chicago Great Western should control them. . _