The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 21, 1913, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. . _