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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 "His was Withdrawn, Says Court,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.
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SENATOR soli) VOTE.
West Virginia Jurors llrlllg in Ver?
dict Against Ren, \. Smith, t barg?
ed with Bribery.
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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