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Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 39. I?\MI> LAM Ali. WALL ST HEB?! OI'KHATOH l'OM.D \s MLM HKK 1>F CONCRKSS. f (T-.hh to Secure Place fov Friend AIno Made In N .?in. of Me? nnilKH and nihriv ivt| < ir.ih.r of \\tnd?- Sv rtoa? lloiiv SeCltl* to I 11 i' ' > |||<4 No tociety. Washington. July 2.?A story of misrepresentation, impersonation of public men and organised effort to Influence Wall street tlnum bis, piob aldy without parallel in the history of congressional investigation, was unfolded today before the senate lob? by committee. A prosperous looking, self-possess? ed individual, calling himself David Lamar of New York, self described as an "operator In slocks' and admitted? ly the bearer of several assumed names, was the principal in the re? markable session. With entire aban? don, arousing the committee to laugh? er at times by his naive admissions, ha told of his impersonations, his participation in attempts to inttuenec Wall street operations and his asso? ciation with Edward lauterbuch. a New York lawyer, in efforts to have Lauterbach retained by the Morgan Arm, the Union Pacific and id her great Interests to head oft congres? sional activity In Washington. He telephoned to financial men and lawyers in the names of Representa? tive Palmer and Representativ t Rlordan. He assumed the guise of Chairman McCoinhs of the DfSgO cratlc national committee to tele? phone to Chairman Hilles of the Re? publican national committee. Lewis Casa Ledyard of New York, for the Morgan firm, was one of his attempted Victims. Mr. Ledyard came to the witness stand today armed with almost a veberatim account of all the conversa? tion* held with Umar, who had rep resented himself as Congressman Pal? mer. As he read the record of Up eoav?r?atl.>n*. themselves unusual in their tone. Lamar sitting nearby laughed and nodded, saying, "That'* right." and slapped his leg with ap? parent enjoyment. % The purpose of his impersonations, Lamar contended, was to sec ure rein? statement for his friend l.auterhach In the good graces of the Morgan firm. Members of the committee to? night demanded that lamar remain In Washington for reappearance to? morrow. Kdward lauterbarh, who recently testified before tin* commiteee, was re? called from. New York by telegraph tonight and Henry K Martin, a local man who has ligured as head of the "Anti-trust league," was also gab poenaed to appear. lamar declared he prepared the resolution for the Stanley investiga? tion of the steel trust; that It was given to Martin, who gave It to Con? gressman Stanley. Subsequently, go mild. It was Introduced in the house by Mr Stanley with but a few ' tech? nical c hanges ' from Its original form Lamar denied that there had been any attempt at extortion of num. \ from any of the New York financial men. The story evolved during the day. nutinlv through Chi Ledynfd tes? timony. Indicated thai the latter had been to vain.us members of the Mor? gan firm to pll of ihe 'steel trust' in lion resolution which L.unai had prepared, hut that none of tin Morgan tum members would pay an) attention to the matter or make anv effort to stop it. lamar pav?d the wav fop LgUtOf baeb to i all upon Ledyard, accofd? Iiik to testimony givog by Ledyard und corroborated by lamar. In an Interview February M, between Ledyard and Lamerba? h. the lattOt dec lured he came direct from Senaon Stone. who represented Speakei Clark, and thut he had I proposal lit make- to the Motgaa interests for tin beading off of congressional sjOtltflty again O tin- steel corporation. Senator Stone took the stand be fore I.e.Iv aid had linished ami go Besges ed the whole Ihlhg as I "ma ggdsssj flakes iiii.n" ami a "commas lie." Meenheri of the se nate committee agreed in the belief that it was a fabrication and Lunar bjMlghlngl) ellnehed tfie matter |.v breaking lU and admitting there was no truth in the allegations He admitted that In had prepared to OSItHne of the con* dltlons that should be submitted 111 the Steel corporation attorney, but he could give no explanation of he purt???*e. except that the w hol, ihm; was a faree. The Htory of how Ledv.nd had k* I" lamar on tin* telephone lime gftei time until f?.uld loeatl the real Congressman Palmii Ig fTaahiagton, .1 18PEK MAN 1*11111? Charlie Mears is Shot hy Willie Harn hill. Ilidgcland. July ?.?Charlie Mcars, one <*f the largest truck farmers in this section ff|| shot and fatally vvoumle,! by Willie Harnhill at Tillman yesterday afternoon, a small station on the Southern Railway about eight miles from here. It is said that had blood had been existing between the two for some time, and that about a week ago, Mr. Harnhlll, who is from Georgia, was requested by some of the citizens to leave the community, on account of some ads alleged to have been cont 1 mitted by Mr. Harnhill, but he re I fused to leave. Yesterday afternoon, It is said, Mr. Mears walked up to Mr. Harnhill and placing his hand* On his shoulder, suid something to him, which words are not known, whereupon Mr. Harnhlll drew ?iis pis? tol and shot Mr. Mears ic the left side, the ball passing thr.tugh Ids body just below his bottom rib and coming ant at his right side. Immediately Mi. Mears drew his pistol and shot at Mr. Harnhill three times, but miss? ed him each shot. Immediately' afterwards doctors were summoned and they rushed Mr. Mears on the first train to a hospital in Savannah, On., in hopes of saving his life, but he died toduv. Mr. Meats was a man about 3i years of age, and considered one of the best nun In Jasper county Mr. Harnhill at RrSt resisted arrest, hut llnally surrendered to Magistrate Boyles of Tillman, who turned him over to Sheriff Porter of Jasper coun? ty, who brought him to the county jail at Ridgeland, where he is being held. WOMEN ARE VOTING IN ILLINOIS. Husbands and Wives Go to Polls To. get her ami Cast Hullot. Chicago, July ?.?Exercising the right of franei.se for the first time in tltls Tttate women voted Saturday for municipal offices in Wamac, near Centralia. and on bond issues In two other cities, Llbertyvllls and North Chicago. At Wamac Mrs. Q. W. Coh> man appeared before 7 o'clock and waited for the polls to open so as to be the first woman In the State to vote. At Llbertyvllls ami Nor%|i Chi '?ago, family unanimity seemed ap? parent in most of the married pairs, who came to vots together. Resulti <>f the elections arc not announced yet. Interest in the county fair is grow? ing and all that is needed to make it a big success is an organised effort. had once succeeded In getting Pal? mer OVOr tin* long distance telephone when the bogus "Palmer" was on an? other phone; ami how he had finally traced the impersonator to a tele? phone in Lamar'i apartment on Riverside drive, held ths committee and spectators almost dumfounded for mote than an hour. Paul I >. Cravath, one of the attor? neys for the Union Pacific, ami Max? well Everts, counsel for the South? ern Pacific, testified briefly as to their acqualntanos with the telephone im? personator. I ?ui ing his testimony early in the day. I.amar injected an attack upon ths Union Pacific, claiming there had been falsification in the books of the company in IPO] by whi? h about |80, aee.aef had disappeared from its sur? plus. Mr. Cravath immediately denied this, terming I.amar a "liar," a char acterlgatlon which the committee in Slated should be withdrawn. Mr. Cravath declared the attack had been expected for several years, as a part of a bear raid to depress the value of tIm* stock for speculative purposes. While Lunar was on the Stand Chairman Overman endeavored to make him give his real name, but the witness refused. He admitted that he had been known in Denver under the nai.f David 11 I .< a Is but denied he had used the name of Klmon Wolf, lie said I.amar was not his name, but declined to glvi the committee fur? ther Information. Representative William M. Calder i?f New York asked permission to tes? tify as soon as (he committee assem? bled, lie said his name had hceu men? tioned in the Mulhall charge as one of the congressmen who could be readily reached" through business, commercial or sympathetic channels. "I simply ask your committee to te quire Mr, Mulhall to produce uny let (? is. telegrams, paper or information of any kind that he may have. ' said Mr Calder. 'I never saw Mr. Mul? hall in my life, never talked with him and never talked with any aipnt of the .National Association of Manufac? turers/1 - I Wim GLOVES OFF, GOING AFTER LOBBYIST AM) GRAFfKIL Kumilicntioiis of Lobby Inquiry lias Startled Both Houses?House (iets into tlie Hunt ? Patriotic Con? grcssmon Determined to Gcj to tie* Bottom and .Make uu Example Where Guilt Out be HstubUslied* Mousures Considered to Outlaw Lobbies. ! Washington, July <5.?When Presi? dent Wilson issued his statement about an "insidious lobby," which w?s work? ing against the Administration tariff bill, he had no doubt that plenty of material would be found to justify Iiis remarks before the public und to checkmate those intereati which were working through the lobby. Congress and most of Washington outside of the White House was con? fident that, while the President'? bombshell would accomplish it.s pur? pose of weakening the attack on the tariff bill, little of a really sensational nature would be revealed. Certain Republican Senators thought that they were very clever in pushing a lobby-investigating resolution In or? der to embarrass their Democratic colleagues; and it Is a fact that some of the support the resolution obtained was given in the belief that the Pres? ident himself would be humiliated by the small substantiation discover? able for his assertions. Tlie rflindications of the lobby in? quiry have startled Congress more than tin y have startled the President, but they have unquestionably pro? ceeded farther than the information or SVSn conjecture of the Chief Exe? cutive extended at the time the Charge was made. This has been admitted by Mr. Wilson in his talks with the new. paper men. But ti?e attitude of the President towards the senational developments which tue follow ing ea? h other sp rap Idly in the lobby chase is that of a man who rejoices in leaving bSSSI in? strumental In turning the light of publicity on a great evH and nuisance, and who sees in each new revelation an additional assurance that the Vmerlcan people and their Represen? tatives at Washington arc going to be relieved of a fearful burden, a goodly portion of which they have been car? rying without knowing it. In Congress the prevailing spirit in which the revelations are tuet Is one of amaaement, tempered with humilia? tion that BUCh a state of tilings should have existed. Demonstration of the ease with which well-meaning Con? gressmen and Senators have been im? posed upon and fooled by the direct or indirect operations of such sharpers as "the Wolf of Wall street," is more disturbing than the suggestions of downright corruption, because it is generally admitted that the majority of Con* ressmen are beyond deliberate bertayal of their trust. Following the publication of the Mulhall "confession" as to the alleged Improper actlvltlei of the National Association ??f Manufacturers, as well as the brasen admission of "David Lamar" that he had been imperson? ating Congressmen over the telephone in conversation with Wall street brok? ers, it was inevitable that the House of Representatives should arise from its lethargy with p yell of pain and get Into the lobby hunt Itself. And it is a patent truth that members of Con? gress ought to have protection against such methods as those of "The Wolf," and also some way of knowing' that a lobbyist is a lobbyist. "Where did you ^et It?" applies now to an Idea w hich a Congressman or Senator champions as much as to Wealth Which he amasses. Senator Cummins, lor Instance, expresses sur? prise and chargln when he learns that in- has been unwittingly the Con? gressional medium for the ideas and schemes of l>;ivid Lamar. w hile Uepre. sentatlvo Stanley of steel Trust Inves? tigating fame, is not a little disturbed by tin- tostl.ny of Henry B. Martin, secretary of t ho "Anti-Trust League," that the resolution for the Investiga? tion of the steel Corporation was Worded by Lamar. It Is well known hero thai the so-called money tivuwt probe, which was conducted by a committee of the last Congress, owed i?s inspiration to Samuel Untermyer, a man who i- regarded as far above the "Wolf of Wall Street," typ, bu* who i-- by no means tree front tin suspli ion Whether Just or unjust, of having lin? stock market somewhat on his mind. So, what was begun as a mere for? mal concession to the proprieties has come to be n serious business, and somebody Is going to get hurt. Not only are the enr-to-ear-ground politicians aroused to the expediency of vigorous action, but the genuiuoly patriotic and conscientious men In TillXIi OF COTTON AND KEEP COOL. - I Secretary Daniels Declares Warm Weather is Ideal for Crop which Boosts Exporte. _ Washington) July 4,?Think of cotton, says Secretary Daniels, and forget the warm wc-ither. That is the prescription which the Secretary of the Navy Viands out to the people of Washington and to the people of the country. it is a prescription which lie dec lares he has found to be an in? fallible remedy as far as lie is con? cerned* "Do you realize?" he demanded to? day when some one deplored the Weather In his presence, "that this is the finest possible weather for raising cotton? Don't you know that on days and nights like we have been having you can almost see the cotton growing? And do you realize that it is the cotton export crop of this coun? try that keeps the balance of trade in favor of America? "Think of it, during the first eleven months of the fiscal year about end? ing. $635.566.000 of the total exports of 12,302,000,000 of exports represent? ed cotton. Subtract the cotton figure from the total exports, and the re? mainder is about $1,760,000,000. Compare this result with the total im? ports of approximately $1,680,000,000, and you can see what an important part cotton plays In preserving the balance Of trade, and bringing more money to this country than we pay out. Think of this and keep cool. That's what we do down in North Carolina, and it he lps a lot." FLORIDA CROWD LYNCHES NE? GRO. Pays With Life for Killing Sheriff. Jacksonville, Fla., July 6.?Sheriff Cherry of Clay county was shot and instantly killed by Itoscoe Smith, a negro, at eYllow River this morning, the negro later being captured and lynched by s mob of infuriated citi? zens. EXAMINATION FOR W EST POINT. Senator Tiilinan Announces Vacancy at .Milit?r.\ Academy. Columbia, July 6.?Senator Tillman announced a vacancy in the United States Military Academy at West Point which will be filled from the State at large. Any bona fide resident of South Carolina, possessing the requir? ed qualifications, Is eligible to ap? pointment. The examination will cover the us? ual subjects, and any graduate of a llrst class high school, or any student of a standard college, should have no difficulty in answering the questions. Applicants should be familiar with arithmetic, algebra, geometry, United States history, geography, spelling, punctuation, grammar, literature, compoeltion and rhetoric. The examination will be held at Da? vis College, on the campus of the Uni? versity of South Carolina, Columbia, beginning al A. M., Friday, August i>. Young men entering the competi? tion must bring their own writing ma? terial. Fach applicant must also submit a i ph>s*clan's certificate of good health and good bodily condition. The examination will be in charge of j. E. Swearingen, E. D. Basterling and If. c. Davis. Inquiries should be addressed to the state Superintendent of Education, Columbia, S. C. i _ Many Sunder people depend upon North Carolina for their supply of spring chickens. This is not from preference but of necessity. Why cnn'l Sumter county raise enough c hickens to supply the home market? There are too many dogs running at large on the streets. congress are determined to ^o to the bottom of the evidence ami make an example where guilt can be establish? ed. One or more members of Con? gress may suffer expulsion If the Mid hall charges do not collapse on Inves? tigation, and evidence sufficient for expulsion from Congress mlghl also be sufficient for conviction tu the pen itenl iary. As to the regulation of lobbying, measures are ladng considered which would amount to its being outlawed. If a lobbyist must wear a button to show his pro Tension mid protect Con Kress:?: ;, who converse with htm, as some of the most level headed nu n In Congress are now proposing, and it lobbying without due registry and lagging is to be made severely punish able, then the lobbyist will eithel be In the class of the smuggler or the Btage supernumerary. Congress han been caughl nappillK and is mortified and angry, Look out tor Areworki | LESSONS OF THE PAKT HAVE AP? PLICATION TO PRESENT Soldiers of Peace Have ar. Greal a Duty to Perform for the Country as Did Those Who fought and I ?11 in Battle Array on tin* Field or Gettysburg;. Gettysburg, Pa., July 4,?A call to service for the reunited nation that today through Its regular army paid tribute to the fallen heroes of Gettys? burg, blue and gray, was the domi? nant note of tip- speech of Wood row Wilson, president of the United state* at tin- s? mi-centennial reunion op v> held where 50 years ago the ^pS and South strove for the ny ? -** struggle for supremac y, ^sV Res? ident, was forgotten o for the a, priceless mernor* ? - heroism. mm Still, said the ' V .ead, there ex? ist opportunity need for service to tin; nation .inch produced the men who laced death and pain on the stricken held 50 years ago. The president said: "Friends and Fellow Citizens: t need not tell you what the battle of Gettysburg meant. These gallant men in blue and gray sit all about us here. Many of them met here upon this ground In grim and deadly struggle. Upon these famous fields and hillsides their comrades died about them. In their presence it were an impertinenc e to discourse upon how the battle went, how it ended, what it signified! But f.O years have gone by since then and I crave the privilege of speaking to you for a few minutes of what tho f 50 years have mean "What have they meant? The> have meant peac e and union and Vigor and the maturity and might of a great nation. How wholesome and heal? ing the penc e has been! We have found one another again as brothers and comrades in arms, enemies no longer, generous friends rather, our battles long past, the quarrel forgot? ten?except that we Ml all not fore t the splendid valor, the maul, devo? tion of the men then arrayed against one another, now grasping hands and smiling irdo each other's eyes. How comple te the union has become and how dear t<> all of us, how unques? tioned, how benign and majestic, as State after State lias been added to this our great family of free men: How handsome the vigor, the ma? turity, the might of the great nation We love With undivided hearts; how full of large und confident promise that a life will be wrought out thai will crown Its strength with gracious justice and with a happy welfare that will touch all alike with deep con? tentment! We are debtdfs to those 50 crowded years; they have made us heirs to a mighty heritage. "But do we deem the nation com? plete and finished? These venerable men crowding here to this famous ' Held have set us a great example of devotion and utter sacrifice. Tin y were willing to die that the people might live. But their task is done. Their day is turned into evening. They look to us to perfect what they estab? lished. Their work is handed on la us, to be done In another way but not in another spirit, i lur day is not over; it is upon us In full tide. "Have affairs paused? Does the nation stand still? Is what 50 years have wrought since those days of bat? tlefield finished, rounded out, and completed? Here is a great people, great with every force that has evei beaten in the lifeblood of mankind And it is sec ure. There s no one within its borders, there Is no power among the nations of the earth, t?? make it afraid. But lias it yet squared itself with its own great standards set Up at its birth, when it made thai first noble, naive appeal to the moral .illdgmenl of mankind to take notice that a government had now st last been established which was to serve everything except the satisfac tion that its life Is right, adjusted to the utter? most to the standards of righteousness and humanity. The days of sacrifice and cleansing are not ? los. d. We have hauler things to do than were done in the heron- days of war, be ? cause harder to sec clearly, requiring more vision, more calm balance of Judgment, a more i andld searching of the very springs of right. "Look around you upon the Held of Gettysburg! Picture the array, the fierce heats and agony of battle, col umn hurled against column, batter) bellowing to battery! Valor? Yes! Greater no man shall see in war; and self-sacrlllce, ami loss to the utter moat, tin- high recklessness ??t ex? alted devotion which does not count *h.si \\ ?? are made i>\ these tragic, ? pic things to know what it coat lo make a nation the blood and saeri lice of multitudes ol unknown nun PROBLEMS. DRIVING THE BUM?ARS. Greeks Successful in Bevwtl Minor Kngagcaaenia. Saloniki, July 4.?Since their vic? tory over the Bulgarian* at Kilkish the Greek troops have been success? ful in a number of small engage? ments In which the fighting was very severe. They are driving the Bul? garians before them tov ard the north and the east. During the fight which resulted in the occupation of Ghev ghell by the Greeks, the Bulgarians became panic-stricken and hundreds of them Jumped into the river Vardar and were drowned. The railway between Ghevgheli and i P niki via Karasuli has been re 1 and is in operation, oout 2,000 wounded Greek soldiers xrrived today to Saloniki, furnishing evidence of the heavy fighting which has taken place. i ? | g No news has reached here as to the result of the fighting which began yesterday between Greeks and Bul? garians north of Kilkish, but it is known that the Greeks were success? ful in another fight at Matsukovo in if Which the Bulgarians suffered heav? ily. v Th* Greek authorities complain that the Bulgarians have looted some Greek villages and have tortured the inhabitants who will not sign a peti? tion asking the Bulgarians to continue their occupation of the district. lifted to a gnat stature in the view of all generations by knowing no limit to their manly willingness to serve. In armies thus marshaled from the ranks of free men you will see, as it were, a nation embattled, the leaders and the led, and may know, if you will, how little except in form its action differs in days of peace from its action in '.ays of war. "May we break camp now and be at ease? Are trie forces that fight for the nation dispersed, disbanded, gone to their homes forgetful of the com? mon cause? Are our forces disor? ganized, without constituted leaders and the might of men consciously j united because we^wfkteittr, iwT^WrtCi armies, but with principalities and powers and wickedness in high places. Are we content to lie still? Does our, union mean sympathy, our peace con tentment, our vigor right action, our maturity self-comprehension and a clear confidence ir choosing what we ' shall do? War fitted us for action, and action never ceases. "1 have been chosen the leader of the nation. . can not justify the choice by any qualities of my own, but so it h is come about and here I stand. Whom do 1 command? The ghostly hosts who fought upon these battlefields long ago and are gone? These gallant gentlemen stricken in years whose fighting days are over, iheir glory won? What are the or ders for them, and who rallies them? I have In my mind another host, whom these set free of civil strife in order thai they might work out in days of peace and settled order ;hej Ufa of a great nation. That h st Inj the people themselves, the great and the small, without class or difference of kind or race or origin; and un? divided In interest, if we have but the Vision to guide and direct them and order their lives aright in what we do. <>ur constitutions are their articles of enlistment. The orders of the day are the laws upon our statute books. What we strive for is their freedom, their right to lift themselves from day to day and behold the things for still better days for those whom they love who are to come after them. The recruits are the little children crowding in The quartermaster's Stores ere In the mines and forests and fields. In the shops ami factories. Every day something must be done to push the campaign forward; and it must be done by , Ian and with an eye to some great destiny. ? How shall we hold such thoughts iti our hearts and not be moved? I would not have you live even today wholly In the past, but would wish to stand with you In the buht thai ?in ams upon us now out of that great day gone by. Here is the nation God has buitded by our hands What shall we do with it? Who stands ready to act again and always in the spirit of this day of reunion and hope and partiotlc fervor? The day of our ? ountry's life has but brosdened Into morning. Do not put uniforms by. Put the harness of the present on. Lift your eyes to the great tracts of lift yei to be conquered in the interest of righteous peace, ol that prosperity Which lies in a people'^ hearts ami outlasts all wars and errors of men. Come, let us be comrades and sot* diers \.t to serve our fellow men in U'.llet counsel, Whore the blare of trumpets ?s neither heard nor heeded) and where the things are done which make blessed the nations of the world m peace and righteousness and love.'*