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THK 8CUTKK WATCHMAN. I Mnldissaftl April, 1850. *'D? Just and Fear not?Lol all the endl Thou AlSAS't at he thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE S< ?ITIIKOX, Established June, 1H#4. Oonsolidated Aug. 3,1881._SUMTER, 3. O, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 38. T. U. VAUGHN MUST DIE IN CHAIR HI I'KrMK i Ol kt KI M VNDs cask to fix fxfci tion Ml l t? 11< i.1111 . Attorneys Fulled to Show Abose of Inkretion on Part of Judge? At Time I'I. i of \*>t < "His was Withdrawn, Says Court, t>* u u.i.nii Had M I11 for Sup poainff Jury would lt< ml' r Any Other Verdict Thun 'Uiitlo." Columbia. June .UK?In the case of t. U. Vaughn, former superintendent of the State ? ?.l<l Fellows' Orphanage ?t Hreenville. who confessed to un? lawful relatlomi with girls placed un der hla care and was sentenced to be elect ro< uted last I>??<ember ?O, the Supreme Court tooay affirmed the Mdejrnent of t? ? Circuit t '..art and the case wa*. remanded fur the pur? pose of having another day for exe? cution set. The opinion was written by Chief Justice Kugene it. (Jury and < oncurred in by Associate Justices HydrlcJt. Watts and Fr?ser. The next term of court of General Session? of Oreenvllle County will be held in Oc? tober. Concerning the exception*, the court held that the attorneys for Vaughn failed to show un abuse of discretion M the part of the pre? siding Judge, and that the right to inssjt upon the afffen assigned was waived when the defendant withdrew the plea of not guilty. Concerning the penalty Impose,) upon Vaughn, the court says that the same question ha* been decided in the case of the State against Malloy. The court refused to sustain this exception to the sen? tence providing for electrocution. With reference to the alleged con feaelon of Vaughn, the court says: 'Conceding that the defendant would have been entitled to all the rights claimed In these exceptions. If he had Insisted upon them in the manner provided by the rules of pm ti? e. nevertheless, it clearly appears that he waived sueh rightH in ex? pectation that the Jury would recom? mend him to the mercy of the court, .?.thereby enabling him to escape the death penalty "At the lime he withdrew his plea ? not mi lit v he had no i r.i on 11 ?l? grounds f??r supposing that the Jury aculd render any other verdict than that of "guilty." and the Method lilch he adopted, it would seem, might have naturally be?- n expected to Increase his chance of appealing to the sympathy wt the Jury, and. there? by, Indeed, Induce them to recom? mend him to the mercy of the court." "Nothing waa omitted." says the de< Islon. "during the trial ot w hich the defendunt has Just cause of com? plaint. He, his attorneys, the presid? ing Judge and the jury unquestionably understood fully the nature, force and effect of the plea made by the defendant. 'He was represented by an exceed? ingly able counsel; the plea was not Interposed until two days nft?-r the commencement of the trial, the pre? siding Judge clearly state.* |hi nature, fon e. and effect of plea, to which neither the defendant nor his counsel maile any objection. The testimony whh h had been introduced ln?H< and that there were no reasonable grounds f'*r hoping that the Jury would render any other \erdtct tk an that of guilt\ g.tno IMtoi ll on \\ At III of cohn. Juvenile I arnw r, j. \\ Heining. lu*m thU at Mount I'leasant. Newa and Courier. That the next g? ii. r it i..n of f irm era In this section Will be giant ol agriculture is u j ? i >.?i ? i. t i ? s I he mat velouW results that tr?<\v are obtaining In their corn clubs ind other con? tests In whi? h Um l?o. m mi' ? nracii. One of the most tema kalde achieve* ?To tits heard of mrohm Chafle Ion county planters for a hmg tlMC- m lb*l of John Weele) Fleming, oi llounl Pleasant, who has chared $:*."'?? on an acre of corn land. John kfl | Member of the Heys" Corn Club. of Mount Pleasant, organized by Agricultural Secretary Frampton, of the Chamber of Comuo rc?.. Young Fleming had his acre of ground measured off to him for the corn conteat. He set to work lo pre? pare for a r..rd yield. He believed that, at the MM time, lie might make something out of his pn pai Hon. He planted tin* ground in cu? cumbers and ? b ar?d a profit of 1 I Of on the cucumbers. After thin stroke of work, I I'lu? tea planted bis I.mil in tore, aaxl now has an Imposing array of ?talks all feet heigh With every Indication ol i| i."?nste. yield The ho> ?? of the Jerry "w ore section are warned to look sharp to their laurels. 1 M i l l) STATUS COURT AP? PROVE! CLAN OF PACIFIC KAILItOAD DISSOLU? TION. Huts Und to 1'lght for nilfill Hp of llurrlnian Merger?Mcltcynolds Plea for further Delay flOjerUtd by Court at K<siii<?Nt of Hallway At? torney.. - m St. Paul, June ;iu. ?Federal Judge* Walter H. Sanhorn, William C. Hook and Walter I. Smith, .silting fs the district court i?f the I'nited States for the district of Utah, approved late to? day plans agreed upon by the attor? ney general and attorneys for tho 1'nion Pacific railroad, and the Union Pa< itlc-Southern Pacific merger, known as the Harriman Combine, practically came |q an end. The tie ?roi signed today will become effective with its tiling in the federal courts at ?alt Lake City, which probably will take place next Wednesday or Thurs? day, With the handing down of the Anal decree year, of litigation came to an end, the Drat suit of the gov? ernment to dissolve the merger hav? ing been tiled at Salt Lake City in 1908. The decision today came as a sur? prise. There was a brief hearing this morning, at Which the government was represented by (J. Carroll Todd, special assistant to the attorney gen? eral, and the road by X. 11. LoomlS and 11. W. Clarke. The court then took the case under advisement. A number of times the judges called In attorneys for both sides to question them further, but there was no hint that a decree WOuM be given today. Shortly before 1 o'clock Judge Sanhorn, presiding, announced that the eourt had decided to elder a filial decree approving the plan with only one important exception. This excep? tion was the naming of Louis C. Kruuthoff of New Yoik as | commis? sioner of the court to see to it that tin b tter and spirit of the plan be car? ried out. The court also directed him to report to it from time to time. In brief the plan, which has the ap? proval of President Wilson, provides that the Union Pacific ehall exchange $St,aO0,tai of its $ 1 lt,OO0,OOQ hold? ings in the Southern Pacific for the Pennsylvania railroadsf entire hold? ings in the BhltlUlore <fc Ohio, virtual? ly an equal amount; that the remain? ing $S8,OUO.UOO Shall be sold to the general public through the Control Trust company of New York; that no present stockhobb rs in the Union Pa eitle, continuing as sm b. may buy any of the Southern Pacific stock so sold; that the transaction should DO gin November l, lu 1:{, ami if not com? plete by January 1, IHK., the court should direct the disposition of anv Southern Pacific stock remaining un? sold. By the decision today the court dis? regarded the desire of the attorney general that linal decision hi* with? held for the interposing of objections by Interested parties, to which portion of the attorney general's plan Mr. Loom hi made objection at the hearing today as unfair to the railroad. The attorney general also had asked in this connection that there be publi? cation ??f the plan as in the American Tobacco company case, calling the at? tention of Interested, parties thai ob? jection might be made, but this als ? was overruled by the handing down of I IM de. I ee b.V t he COUTt. ? We deem a decree of dissolution more necessary at tin* present time than any other action," said judge Kan born after announcing the decree. The government, however, in the plan presented today and approved bv the court, expressly stlpuated thai ?hould any dhgai conditions nrlse from the exchange of stock, either un? der existing or future legislation of future Interpretation by ihe courts of preeenl statues, the government would have the right "'reel) |o assail" the at rangemenl silt Lilt hi ii> OF UK AT. Qmngiburg Man la Prostrated on street and Dies on Way to Hospital. Cleveland, Ohio, June SO.? I?. Wes* ton Bhuler of Orangeburg, s. c, died here today HeWe|| to the pavement unconscious ami da d while beinw lak< n to a hospital. Meat is believe I lo ha\e caused Ihe collapse, He e a ; x isit .ng In I ieveland. Tiie crltlclsmi passed upon Presl? dent Wilson come from a sonic,' in Mplred by special interests. If they paced Wilson it would plaee him under SUSplelon, Condemnation id Wilson In certain circles Is a com pi I menl in ihe eyes ol tin iieople Wll mim ton Star. . \ ?* - sal MOTHER AND DAUGHTER RE? PORTED K> BE DEAD AT LIBERTY HILL, LEE i OUNTY, Two Woiikmi, by ihe Verne of Galney, Are sabi to Have Been Booten to Death by a family by the Name of Gmnthnm About Noon Today-? Slierilf (.one to Investigate. Blshopvllle, July 1.?News was re? ceived here shortly after noun to? day that a young woman by the name of Gnlnoy was lying doad and her mother was In a dying condition, no the result of a beating which they bad received at the hands of a family named (Irantham, at Liberty Hill, Hill county, near the Darlington county line. The cause of the tragedy is unknown, although rumor has it that it was started by some quarrel about a man. Vary little information has been obtained up to this time, 1.45, but Sheriff Ifuldrow ana a poate left here about one o'clock, immediately after the receipt of the information, for the scene Of the crime and informa? tion is expected from them as soon as they arrive at the scene and can communicate bac k to this place. The information received here stat? ed that the young Woman was already dead and that the death of the older Woman was expected at any time. The beating is supposed to have been administered by the Qrantham, family about mam. The Christian names of the partial concerned could not be obtained. Very little is known about the Galney'a lu re, but the Grantham'a are known to have been a prominent fam? ily in their neighborhood. LMM.TMM. KILLS TWO. Demos Cant is Killed While Homer Davis is Seriously Injured. Dickens, .(une 30.?Dem US Cant, the 16-year-old son of John fJant of^the Neben* mlH village, was killed'dud Honor Davis was knocked senseless and seriously injured yesterday even? ing during a thunderstorm which visited this section. The boys were coming Into town just as the cloud ..as nearly up and thinking that they could get hot no before the rain, began to run, an i running near the home of Cralg i:.\ker the fatal bolt came. The Cant boy was killed outright and the Davis boy knocked uncon? scious. Before any one reached them the Davis boy had regained conscious? ness ami was trying i<? get to the Qanl boy and extinguish tin- tin- that had been kindled by the lightning, but was unable to do it for he had no use of his limbs at the time. The "Davis hoy will probably recover. NEGRO OlKL is KILLED. Lightning Strikes Home Where Girl is Sitting Near the Chimney, Lnmar, June 30.?Sunday afternoon B< le McLean, a negro girl, 16 years old, a daughter of Henry McLean, who lives near Laniar, had just returned home from church and was sitting near the chimney during a thunder storm a bolt of lightning struck the house knocking a large hole in the roof ami killing the girl Instantly. The rest of the family was in the same loom, hut no one was even stunned EXPOSE SHARPERS' SCHEMES. Newspaper Can do So Without Danger. Federal Court in New York Holds. New York, July I.?-A newspaper has a legal right to expose business turn's, methods of doing business, provided the motives of its publisher are open to the belief thai they arc in good faith exposing these who are over-reaching the simple ami abusing the confidence of Ihe credulous." This was the substance oi an opin? ion handed <l< vvn today by Judge Hand in the federal court, denying a motion made by the L. A. Strout farm agency for an injunction re? straining the Iturul Publishing com pany from publishing threats to ex? pose the plaintiff's business methods and from writing letters to the firm's customers. 'While editors are not exempt from th.mm on motives of other inen," wrote Judge Hand, "they mav. ami In this case Ihey do, entertain ;< general desire to help their readers ami expo.se stich as may practice upon their credulity, That Is a very admi? rable purpose 111 a newspaper The refusal ol the plaintiff's advertising I ? < 11' be fori this controversy became a' nie is a eoiToboratloll u| thai no> DEATH DEALING BEAT, HEAT WAVE iiAs cost SEVEN? TY-FOUR LIVES. Suffering is Greet In all i^uko cities in tlie Torrid Wave. Chicago, June 30.? Reports received up to a late hour tonight .showed that at least 71 persons died today as a result of the heat wave in the Central West. The heat wave which has continued uninterruptedly lor six days extended from Denver to Pittsburgh and as far north as Lake Superior. Chicago with a temperature of degrees was ihe hottest place in tiie United States except Tucson, Ariz., where the temperature also was 102. Intense suffering was reported in all the large cities enveloped in the heal wave. Thirty-nine persons are known to have died in Chicago today as a re? sult of the intense heat. This num 'ber includes only the cases reported by the coroner and the police, and it is expected, will be increased by re? ports of private physicians, of these deaths, 32 were the direct cause of heat strokes, Ave pensions committed suicide as a result of the heat end two deaths were of children seeking relief. This was the hottest June day recorded In this city since the gov? ernment records were first kept in 187 2. Ninety-two degrees was the official temperature but the government ther? mometer on the street showed 102 de? grees. The heat last night and today was not tempered by a breese. The record breaking heat today was the culmination of a six-day period in which the thermometer dropped below 90 degrees only for a few hours In the early mornings and for a time at night. Up to the last 24 hours more than 40 persons are known to have died as a result of the heat. More than 100 cases of heat prostra? tions were reported to the police to? day. Hospital ambulances handled as many more and all the hospitals in thf rity are Idled tonight with these stricken in the streets. Extra police crews were detailed to ambulance duty, and patrol wagons as well as tho regular ambulances were called into use to cany he it vic? tims to their homes or to hospitals. Reports from Coroner Hoffman in? dicate that few persons under 40 years old had been seriously affected b.v tin* heat. The average age of those who died was T?0. Slight relief arrived tonight when the effect of thunder showers along the upper lake region was felt here. At 8 o'clock the temperature fell from degrees to Sj in little more than an hour. A special forecast issued to? night declared distinctly that tile Cud of the heat wave was not in sight. It will be cooler tomorrow, the fore? caster declared, and the humidity will be less, but there is no Condition to indicate any decided lowering of the temperature until there is a radical change of wind. ELEVEN HEAT DEATHS. , Detroit, Mich., June 30.?Eleven deaths from heat and nearly a score of prostrations were reported in De? troit today. Of the dead, three were adults ami eight infants. Officially the maximum tempera? ture was 96 degrees but the thermom? eter in the stret registered 103. At Qrand Rapids 13 deaths and nearly 50 prostrations have occurred since Sunday morning. Intense heat prevailed all over hew? er Michigan today, death and pros nations being repotted from several other points. - SENATOR soli) VOTE. West Virginia Jurors llrlllg in Ver? dict Against Ren, \. Smith, t barg? ed with Bribery. - Wester Springs, W. Va , July 1.? State Senator Hen A. Smith Aas con? victed of bribery tonight in connection with accepting $2,200 to vote for Col. William Seymour Edwards as a candi date for tin- United states senate. Af? ter a prolonged trial the case went to ihe Jury shortly after t o'clock this afternoon. The verdict of guilty was retrned at !?.."..'. o'clock tonight. Sen? ator Smith is the first member of the West Virginia legislature ever to be cotiv i? ted of stu b a ? barge. Senator Smith and his wife were oVefcoUle when the verdict was sign i ll. Smith was taken into custody. The penalty Is from live In 10 years In Ihe penitent lary. Six members of the lower house of tin legi lature charged with a similar offense are under Indictment and awaiting t< ial, EXPLANATION OF MYSTERY. JACOBS WAS IN GRIP OF SUI? CIDAL MAMA. Dutch Fork Cltlicn, Whom Whole, Whole Family WM Wiped out Sat? urday Morning, Had Given signs of Deranged Mind?Under Treatment for Some Time. Peak, June 30.?That John D. Ja? cobs, found dead with l?s wife and (Our children In their burned* home near Peak early Saturday morning had been of uns? and mind for two years is tin- sta men! made by I>r. H. <J. Bleaser, AI physician of Peak. .This revelatio c^i? made to the press today . mj "John * i.- has suffered from disorder ^N ? brain for two years or motf Ci ' ?d Dr. K leaser' today. "Full) *9 years ago he cam* to me for cation. I found his condi tio i as to make Llie services of a dist necessary and on my ad \ i( v Jr. Jacobs went to a Columbia physician for treatment. This con? tinued for some time but for six months he had not visited the Co? lumbia specialist. "In 30 or 10 consultations Mr. Ja? cobs has mentioned suicide to me, saying many times, 'I would rather he dead than in the condition I am.' After each of these consultations l went to Mrs. Jacobs, told her of her husband's condition and urged her to Watch him closely. She lived in mor? tal dread of her husband's taking his life ami has told me that she never saw him leave her sight without fear? ing that She would hav~ ? ? all in the neighbors to make a o- arch for him and for them to find him dead. "Iiis last consultation with me was j not quite three weeks ago. 1 have seen him since then but not profes? sionally. His most emphatic state? ment of tlm many he has mad*' t<? me was uttered when he Bald: 'I don't mind dying, but I can't b-ave my family behind. This thing can't last much Longer with me." " l>r. Bleaser ami Mr. Jacobs were dose personal friends in a'ddition to the professional relationship between tin- two of physician ami patient The physician had been deeply concerned over his friend's condition ami had many times discussed it with Mrs. I Jacobs. This .- itire community is still deep? ly i.e.. K,.,i over tin- tragedy. The ? iti zens of the countryside, with the burial of the ill-fated family done, can only speak of the terrible affair in whispers and wonder. It has been learne?! that the life of Mr. Jacobs was not insured nor was there any insurance on his inane and household effects. NRW VORK GOVERNOR SUED. Breach of Promis*? Case Against Wil? liam Hill Snlaer. Philadelphia, July i.?William Sui? ter of New York was named as de? fendant in a breach of promise suit when a summons Intrespass was is sued here today. According to the plaintiff's attorney the defendant is <ii?v. William Sulser of New Vork. The plaintiff is Miss Mignon Hop? kins, an attractive woman, about 36 years of ag?\ who formerly lived in Brooklyn but who now is employed in a department store In this city. No papers have been filed except a pre? cipe giving the name of the plain? tiff and the defendant. Counsel for the young woman rust ! applied for a capias, which would have permitted SuUser's arrest should in- appear in this State. The judge ; before whom the application was mailt? refused to order a capias ami suit was then begun in the ordinary manner. Tonight the young woman's coun? sel declined to discuss Ihe case but it is reported that the alleged contract of marriage was made September 1"?. 1903, m New York city. Miss llop klns, who resides here with two sis ters, also refused to say anything more than that Gov. Sutler Is tin- man referred t?? in her suit. "\tdlll\b TO IT. Suiter Declare** Case i** a Dodge of Enemies. Albany. N V . July i "Nothing to h. Merely another story started by my enemies," This was Gov, Sulzer's reply today when uuestioned concerning the suit brought ngainst him by Miss Mignon Hopkins of Philadelphia. Tin governor refused to discuss the i use furl her. Kcal Kstnte Transfer*. Jam.; I: Wells to .lohn I? Jen nings, ha on Salem avenue (600, M.olto <>N ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER OPERATION Drs. Mclnnes, Prarlnilnc a d Fdger (4iii Perform Surgicnl Peal seldom Successfully Xecomwommmm? in the World ? FlOgCC Kept in Klchard Bailey's Heart while Stitches are Made. Npws and Courier, June ?>Q. Five stitches were taken in the heart of Richard Bailey, colored, Sat? urday night at the K?per Hospital, the extraordinary operation being performed by l>rs. B. Kater Mclnnes, Klvy Pearletlne and N. B. Edgerton. The wounded man was last night re? ported to bo doing wry nicely, with excellent prospects for his recovery. Bailey was stabbed in the left breast by Jameu Waring at Calhov.n and Washington streets at about 7 o'clock Saturday night. A lr?rge pocket knife inflicted a very ugly wound, the heart being injured by the point of the blade. A hurry call for an am? bulance was made and Bailey was rushed over to the Hospital, where the gurgeona hastened preparations to operate on him. Waring made his . - ape and is being sought by the police. The wound was in Bailey's left cen tride. It was about an inch in ex? tent. The man was unconscious from tile shock and loss of blood before reaching the Hospital. An examina? tion showed the grave nature of the wound and the surgeohs decided that the only way to save his life was to sew up the nasty gash in the heart. This difficult operation was perform? ed within half an hour after the man reached the hospital. It was stated that Bailey would recover, it being expected that his progress will be unite swift considering the nature of his wound. Because cf the great amount of blood which the patient had lost and the resulting weakness, Dr. Mclnnes decided to Inject, through the man's veins, a quantity of normal salt so? lution, to replace the lost blood. Ai - ter this was done and the man was made ready for the operation, the woik done by Dr. Melnnes and Drs. Pearlstine and Edgerton was of the swiftest sort conceivable. One of them held his linger in the hole in the man's heart while the stitches were being taken in order that the blood might not flow at each pulsation in the arteries. The operation is the first of its kind ever to have been per? formed successfully in Charleston ami one of a very small number that have been performed successfully in the world. The surgeons did not care to dis? cuss the operation, though they ad? mitted that it was an extraordinary operation. Unless complications set in?and none are anticipated ? Bailey will leave the hospital as strong and vigorous as when he entered on a stretcher Saturday night. The fact that the man is alive after an oper? ation on his heart is considered most remarkable and their cplleages were yesterday congratulating the three young surgeons on the SUCCOm of the delicate and dangerous operation. When the stitches were taken Bailey ivas very weak from the great loss of blood tlue to the break in his heart, bid, in onler to save his life it was necessary to proceed immediately, ev? ery minute counting in the tight against death. TIDAL WAVE** LEAVES SUMTER Mr. Geo. D. Shore Sells His Champion Flve*galted Saddle Horse to j. A. McLeod of Darlington. Lovers of fine horses and those in? terested in horse shows who live in Sumter will regret to know that Mr. Geo. D. Shore has sold his handsome live gaited saddle horse 'Tidal Wave" to Mr. J. A. McLeod of Dar? lington and that the animal lias now gone from the city. It will be one of the line louses on exhibit at the Dar? lington horse show this week. While Mr. Shore would not state what sum was paid for the horse, he gave the reporter for The Daily Item to understand that it was a good substantial sum. considered from a standpoint of values in horse flesh, and fancy horse Aeah at that. Besides "Tidal Wave," the cham? pion flve-gaited saddle horse of the South," "Foxy Phil." the three-galled saddle horse which was the wonder of the Greenville show, has also been purchase.l by Darlingtonlnno and will be seen at the horse show there this week. Will Collins, who iode Foxy Phil ami Tidal Wave at the Hreen vllle shoe passed through the city Tuesday on his way to Darlington, ahere be will be one of the exhibitors < t the ? how . ? ? ? . I ?kirnI sal an