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ontljron.
STMTKK WATC1TJIA\. Established April, 1850.
??Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Trwtto'a."
THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, If**,
Consolidated Aug. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1913.
Vol. XXXVI. No. 42.
FOURTEEN KILLED.
PACIFIC ?ELKVTIUC TRAINS
CK ASH TOGETHER.
NumU-r of I Ml People Hurt Ht \ Ino
yard sii. Mm Die Ftoui the
Wommls.
Log Angeles, July 14.?Fourteen
persons are dead at the result of the
wreck at Vineyard Station last night,
when two Pacific electric trains col?
lided. The numbjr of injured was
?aid tonight to exceed 160, several
of whom are in a precarious condi?
tion. Two bodies, those of a man
end s> woman, have not been identl
OftVlals of the Pacific electric road
assert that the blame for the disas?
ter lies between Conductor Belli Bar?
tholoms^ of the standing train and
Motorman Jos, Forrester of the ore
that crashed Into It. The conductor
Insists he waved a red latcrn in
front of Forrester's iia'ri In plenty of
time lor the latte. to hv.ve stop tied
w
Forested, found todav at his home
only slightly Injured. ? eclared he did
not see the lantern x ntil within 500
feet of the standing rain. This dis
* tance. he asserts, wa< too short and
his lrakes failed to stop the train.
Before the State rallvsy commission
today, officials of the road stopped a
train of cars of the same type within
600 feet.
A coroner's inquest will begin to?
morrow.
FIGHTING THU In ?1.1? WEEVIL.
Farmers In Mississippi ami Alabama
Making lNtct mined Fight Against
Destroying Insect.
Atlanta, Oa . July 14.?Farmers In
Western Alabama and Mississippi
are making a determined and win?
ning fight against the boll weevil and
are being given loyal support by bus?
iness men. declares Mr. T. (>. Plun?
kau. Manager of the Department Ol
Farm Improvement Work of the
Southern Hallway and affiliated lines,
who in company with Mr. J. C. Wll
fchttns. As*'4tsnt to President Finlcy.
!."?? Ju*l ?omplcb'-l an inspect ion
farm conditions along the Southern
Railway, the Mobile and Ohio Kail
ro.vl. and the Alabama Great South?
ern Ksllroad in this territory.
"We did not find a community.'
asya Mr. Plunkett, "where there is
any excitement or the slightest sign
of panic but every one Is In lim- d? -
termtned to produce cotton under
boll weevil conditions. Thousands
of i dult weevils were destroyed
While the. cotton was small and win re
they escaped farmers are now de?
stroying infected squares. On ever>
hand we. found appreciation of the
efficient services of the agents af <?ur
department and f trmers are general?
ly heeding their in lighting the
weevil. I have been In njeua touch
with the boll weevil since 1900 and I
believe that farmers In this territory
have heeded the warning given them
and will not suffer as did farmer
further west."
"Farmers who have adopted the
methods advocated by our agents at
et pec ting Increased yields in spite of
the weevil, and with the determiend
flght now being waged, I see no rea?
son why the general yield in this
greet section should not Of normal,
though Individual farmers who base
refused to take the advice of cxpeit
are sure to lose heavily.''
HOSPITAL. NOT PRISON'.
RH hard M. Re Ig h le y Is Not Gullt>
of Murder by Reason of Insanity*
Chester. July 14.?faeetal Judge c
J Rejpjafli euterday night ordered
Rh hard M Belghb y, who - harg
?d with the saaedei el I reeman A
Wri.'hf at Oreat Pills this spring, end
for * hom Ine jury brought ? <
dirt of not guilty by ?ea.ion of msan
ID. 'that saul defetu'ant (Mr Heigh
lyI be discharged ,'rnm custody Ol
this court an a person "barged with a
crime and that he be ordered COM
mltted to the Ma'e hospital for the
Insane Tor treatment. OUtl and eus
tody snd there to i cm ?m until In SC
thrrpfrom discharged in accordance
elth the lawn or the stat,- of South
Carolina and I hi ratal and n . I
Horm of the inst it ut ioo."
The final Oaai heard Sa?urda>
night whm that of Charles Sims, a
negro, for efesaaaiat las lall and
?reaping thereby He plead.,) guilt
end was sentenced to four months pi
the count) roa
The hose wa?ons v, e i , 11)?-? 1 mil
Monday afternoon to satlag <ish >
nrr at the rewldem e of Qeo. Aldei
Brown Thn tire . mmbt on the root
end did little ,i uaegs at I? ?? i
extinguished.
GOVERNMENT ARMOR PLATE
FACTORY si <a;ESTED.
Daniels, Replying to Tlllmuu Ileso
lution, l*olnts Out Way to Prevent
l.xtortlon by Companies. i
Washington. July 1 I.?Naval ex?
perts' figures showing that a govern*
nient MPmor plant factory, costing
$S, 106,000 would save $110 a ton on
armor, or more than a million dollars
net a year, wen- submitted to oon
grcss today by Secretary Daniels.
The secretary's report was sent in
rOOPOOOi to a senate resolution, and
Supplemented previous statements
i ut il by him advocating a govern?
ment owned armor plant.
Millions can be saved either by op?
erating a government plant or by
compelling competition among the
private munula? t ur? rs, Mr. Daniels
declared. Therefore he asked con?
gress to make a full, thorough and
early investigation of the cost of an
armor plate fac tory and the cost of
manufacturing armour plate in fac?
tories owned by concerns dependent
upon government patronage.
Reviewing the situation in his re
port, the secretary said the accepted
plan had been that the Hethlehem,
Carnegie and Midvale plants should
he given the armour work at prac?
tically their own prices.
"This step having been taken," he
said, "it (dearly follows that the man?
ufacturers themselves, convinced that
one-third of the work i.s coming to
them without much reference to the
price they may bid, have not over*
looked the advantage of putting in
bids practically of the same figure
and at the same rate. They have
argued that should one of them put
in a'hid much lower than the others,
the- only result would be that the
Othef two Amis WOUld have to come
down on their price to that of the
lowest bidder in the eventual distri?
bution of the work.*1
II?? explained that three European
coantries. Prance, Italy and Kussia.
0OM c.f armour plate by the operation
of government owned plants, while
Japan has built two government fac?
tories. He found the same subject
agitated in England, where many
. barges of monopolistic agreements
and extortionate prices have been
ma da "The foreign manufacturers
appear to have bee n aide to keep Up
a highe r pric e- for armour than those
hi the United States," he added.
Although, mom y for an armour
plant was provided in an gppropria
tiofl bill passe el at the beginning of
the sce-ond Roosevelt administration,
after an Inveotlgatlon the1 plant was
never const ne t eel. In conseepience,
according to Secretary Daniels, "the
armor plate manufac turers were al
lowed to jump their prices from
- 141 a ton in It Of to 1430 a ton in
1001 and to keep at that tlgure till
? i year* When the y were advanced.
under Ihe excuse of Increased expon?
ent! d by the eight hour law,
I to $4f?4 a ton."
i As to the- expense Of a government
plant and the- saving te? be- thus ac
compllshed, Mr. Daniels said:
"The- coal "I a plant capable ed
turning out 10,000 te?ns a year, whic h
is about half of the armor needed em
a twe battle hip programme, is esti?
mated by the chief ol the bureau of
ordinance at 03-400,0000 and the cost
of ihe armor at |314 s ton.
"The e-.stimate- ot this officer Is eon
slderably In excess of the figures
given tin- government by the last
board which investigated the subjeel
But even at this estimated cost ol the
planl ami tb<- cost e.f $314 a ton cm
armor plate there would be effected
a saving ol $140 a te>ti over the price
j now paid, that is, $414 a ton.
? e >n io,000 toti^ the* government
j would save $1,400,000 pot annum
I Deducting t per cent, as the Interest
Ion the mane) used In building the
plant the re- still remains s m-t saving
th th*' government e?i $1,001,300, In
the case ed Ihe 10,000 Ion plant,
which it Is estimated >m\ produce ar?
mor plate at $-7!? a te.u the nel sav?
ing Is $3,048,40] Hurely this is, on
the face of it, an economy well worth
?in- serhuis consideration eu congress
it a committee, with expert assist*
a nee, Is given the authority t ?? ge-t at
the exact cost -?r constructing a fa<
or) and of malting armor plate-, it
is lielleved the- estimates f? ?r i?e?th will
be reduced. Bgperlencc has demon
st rated the wisdom ami economy ed
manufacturing guns ami powder In
?'e,\ ei nine nt factorica'
Today's report will be followed b\
a further presentation nl the reeults
? if .'.in Daniel's Inqutrlcn
The- County Summer Hchool for
Teachers will open Monday( August
ith, end will continue four weeks.
sought relief from the high
con sumption during month
was mtum Bales.
Cotton Juno 30 Amounted to 1,290,
?51 in Mills ami ?11,519 in Inde?
pendent Warehouse*. v
Wan ington, July 14.?Cotton con?
sumed In the United States during
June amounted to 166,914 running
bales, oompared with 610,516 bales in
May and 503,677 bales in April, the
? ??usus bureau announced today in its
monthly report
Cotton on hand June 30 was: ' In
manufacturing establishments, 1,- i
j 296,657 bales, and in independent
warehouses, 511,619 bales, compared
with 1,505,1257 bales in manufactur?
ing establishments on May 31 and
I, 746,614 bales on April 30; 938,809
I bales in independent warehouses on
j May 31 and 1,355,785 bales on April
? 30.
Imports were 1,022 bales, com?
pared with 13,820 bales in May and
, 20.732 in April. Exports were 223,
521 bales, compared with 467.929
j bales during May and 534,581 bales
j during April.
Statistics for cotton growing States
show. Cotton consumed during June,
243,263 bales; cotton on hand June
30 In manufacturing establishments,
502,367 bales; ii dependent warehous?
es, 491,250 bales. Active Iplnallos,
II, 988,265.
Statistics for all other States show:
manufacturing establishments. 794,
Cotton consumed during June, 223,
351 bales; cotton on hand June 30 in
r290 bales and in independent ware
houses, 120,259 bales, active spindles,
18,069,645.
Consumpton during the month In?
cluded 15.843 bales of foreign cot?
ton and 25,396 bales of Unters. Of
the COtton on hand June 30, there
Were 10,922 bales of foreign cotton
and 81,353 bales of Unten in manu?
facturing establishments and 2,329
bales of foreign cotton and 40,877
bales of linters in indenpendent ware?
houses. Active spindles in the United
States during June numbered 30,057,
910, compared with 30,559,943 op
perated during May.
Of the imports those from Egypt
were 8,022; Peru, 527 bales; China,
1 517 bales, and from all other coun?
tries 216 bales.
Cotton exported .to the United
Kingdom during June was 88,906
bales; to Germany, 60,804 bales; to
France, 7.935 bales; to Italy, 27,077
bales, and to all other countries 30,
199 bales.
lv I l.Ll l> TWO negroes.
Joseph Haue Forced Two to Stand
Before linen and Then He Shot.
Fori Motte, July 14.?Joseph llano,
a negro about 25 years of age, shot
his brother, Andrew Haue, and a
negro woman, Hertha Caldwell today
about noon at his home about two
miles from Fort Motte. Joseph Hane
came to Fort Motte and passing Sher?
iff Hill on the street went to the of
Acc of Mai. Jas. R. Crouch, attorney,
and told what he had done. Sheriff
Hill was immediately called In and
Placed Ham; under arrest.
The negro related the story to
Sheriff Hill, saying that he had killed
his brother and the woman because
they bad plotted to poison him. They
were in the house at dinner, when he
with his magaalne pistol marched the
two out to the yard to the barn and
lined them up, shooting both a mim
bei of times. Killing them Instantly.
TO ELECT SENATOR.
Georgia First to Act Under New
Law.
Atlanta. July 11.?The Urs! election
of a r. s. senator by direcl v?to
of the i.pie win i.e held In Georgia
((?morrow, when a successor to sena
tor Augustus O. Bacon will be chosen
under the provisions of the newly
ratified 17th amendment to the fed?
eral constitution. Senator Bacon,
who was nominated in succeed him?
self at ;i recenl Dcmoi atlc primary,
Is un< ppoi ed for reeled ion.
Rrtiou Case Continues.
All ol the morning was spent In
examining witnesses for Ihc railroad
In the rase of s M. Ut'oon against the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. There
were more than a dosen witnesses put
on Ihe stand who went over the same
groud which was covered ul the form?
er trial, the testimony belns subslan
II11II3 the same ns In the former trial
Most of Wednesday v\..s taken up In
the examination of evpert medical
witnesses, doctors who had examined
Hroon, \ number of the nurses from
the lios|?it;il being ailed in to testily
111 the case along the same line.
SULPHURIC ACID NOT NEEDED
iX>H MAN UFACTURING.
Interstate Chemical Corporation
Claims Process That Will Rcvolu
ttonlae the Industry ?* Higher
tirade of Fertilizers at Lower
Cost, According to state mrnt,
News and Courier.
According to a statement printed in
the current number of the Manufac?
turers' Record, of Baltimore, the In?
terstate Chemical Corporation, with
i headquarters in Charleston, has con
I
trol of a process by which fertilizer
j will be made without the use of sul
' phuric acid, thus explaining the or
I der for the closing down of sulphuric
i acid plants of this concern, which is
I capitalized at $7,250.000. William B.
Chisolm. of Charleston, is president
I of the company; he is absent from
Charleston. No statement was avail?
able last night from any of the offi?
cers now here. For some time it has
been understood that the Interstate
, intended to close its factories but no
official statement was given out for
publication.
The manufacturing of fertilizer
without sulphuric acid will revolu?
tionize the Industry, it is stated, since
a product of higher grade can be
made at lower cost. As Charleston
is the biggest point in the world for
the manufacture of fertilizer, the
claims made by the Interstate are of
peculiar interest here and the de?
velopment of the plans for changing
the factories in order to meet the re?
quirements of the new process will
be closely followed. The Interstate
has been doing business since October
1911. Its gross sales are reported to
reach very large figures. Its offices
are located at lil Broad street. Its
officers arc; President, William B.
Chisolm, of Charleston; vice-presi?
dent, F. B. Tilghman, of New York;
secretary, John D. M?ller, of Charles?
ton; treasurer, Charles B. Dry an, of
New York; general manager T?f the
sales department, William II. Tucker,
of Charleston.
The following is the article pub?
lished in the Manufactured Record:
"That sulphuric acid is no longer
needed in the manufacture of ferti?
lizers is the remarkable statement
issued by the Interstate Chemical
Corporation, of Charleston, S. C, and
New York. The company was orga?
nized in October II? 11, with a capital?
ization ot $7,2^0,000 and financed by
John Bkclton Williams, of John L.
Williams <fc Son, Richmond; Red
mound & Co. and J. & W. Seligman
& Co., of New York, and Midden
' dorf, Williams & Co., of Haltimore,
j and others. The directors Include
members of these llrms and other
prominent bankers and linancers,
with Mr. W. B. Chisolm, for many
years a leading phoophate and ferti?
lizer operator, as president. Mr. F.
B. Tilghman as vice president and
Mr. Charles B. Bryan, of New York,
as treasurer. The company has is?
sued a statement explaining why It
had closed down all of Its sulphuric
acid plants, and in this connection
makes the following announcement:
" The company's new process for
making fertilizers without the use of
sulphuric acid has proven so conclu?
sively successful as to render the fu
j ture making of sulphuric acid unnec?
essary.
" 'For the past year this com
I pany ha:; been making exhaustive ex?
periments on their process for mak?
ing fertilizer.1; without the use of sul
phuric acid, and are now doing so on
an entirely satisfactory commercial
scale.
" "Their product is very much low?
er in cost of production than the old
form of fertilizers, is greatly increas?
ed in grade, is in a perfect mechani?
cal condition, and is of the highest
solubility, analysing 15 per cent, of
ammonia and S to 6 per cent, pot?
ash.1
"Coming from a company of such
standing as this the statement will
attract far mote attention than would
l)D given to it if made by people of
less business and linancial responsi?
bility, for it is ;i revolutionising prop
osltlon. It sulphuric acd Is no long?
er needed under the system which
this company has developed in the
manufacture of fertilisers, and if un?
der tins system a higher grade ol
fertilisers can be produced at a lower
cost than through the us.' of sul?
phide ai id. then indeed a ? hange of
tremendous Importance has been
brought about calculated to be very
far-reaching In Us effect The stand- j
dm oi the directors In Ihe financial
world would Indicate that unless thej
fell absolutely sure of their ground
thej would nevei have Issued such
statement t'? their stockholders." [
SEES DANGERS OF FRAUD.
-
TILL MAX ISSUES WARNING AM)
PLEDGES EIGHT ON TAINT?
ED TITLE.
Senior Senator Prom This State
Urges Extreme Care in Administer?
ing Itoglsteratlon Laws uml Prom?
ise to Use His Influence Against
Seating of Iteprosoiitatlves Whose
Elections May Be Tainted.
Washington, I). C. July 16.?
A general warning against illegality
representatives from South Carolina,
and a personal pledge to right the
seating of any man sent to Washing?
ton "with a tainted title" were con?
tained in a statement given ^
Washington newspaper co' 3, ,1
dents today by B. H. Tillmar $ ?
United States senator froi jh
Carolina. The senator take* ^?n
to call on all supervisors o ? na?
tion to be very careful in & Min?
istration of their offices to ?0 /tne
letter of the election law 4* jfi\erv
eome a time when the tit aTy sena?
tor or representative, < ,n an
election tainted with f e re
I fused admittance to the halls- of con?
gress. "We cannot afford to take any
chances," is the way the senator puts
it.
"I notice," said Senator Tillman,
"that Governor Blease has broken
out again." He makes a. misstate
tnent, to speak mildly, and I feel
compelled to correct him. He went
to Hendersonville the other day and
in a telegram to the Columbia Record
he is made to say:
" 'Senator Tillman ruined himself
with the people of South Carolina in
just the same manner when he went
about lecturing instead of remaining
in Washington and attending to the
business in the Senate.'
"I have lectured very extensively
throughout the country, but I never
neglected any Senatorial work to do
it, as the record will show. 1 do not
recall ever having left Washington
while the Senate was in session ex?
ceeding half a dozen times to deliver
lectures. Then 1 went to nearby
points which I could reach after the
Smate adjourned for the day, dellv
! er the lecture that night and return
to Washington the next morning. I
have received otters time and ugain
to lecture while Congress was in ses?
sion.. But 1 always declined. I
could have n ole tens of thousands
of dollars had I believed it right to
do so.
"Governor Blease has recently done
two things about which I want to
say something. I have been amused
at the subtleness and cunning he has
shown in getting out of the militia
muddle. He double-somersaulted
Instantly, and was so anxious to com?
ply with the requirements of the war
department that he telegraphed his
acquiescence to the Secretary's de?
mands. The mail was too slow for
him.
"Another thing the Governor has
done recently is the letter he wrote to
the supervisors of registration order?
ing them peremptorily to register all
white men. His exact words are:
'Let no white man be refused.'
The portion of the senator's state?
ment dealing with the election laws
and the registration of voters fol?
lows:
"I have examined the law careful?
ly to see just how far the supervisors
ought to go ami I take the liberty of
advising them to obey the law, the
strict letter of the law. and register
only men qualified under the law w ho
will take the oath required That
oath is as follows: i do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that 1 am a male
citizen of this State and of the United
States, that I am 2\ years of age or
more, that I have resided in this State
for two years ami in this county for
one year and in the polling preelncl
in which I apply to be registered and
in which I will offer to vote if regis?
tered for four months, and thai I have
i not been convicted of burglary .arson,
obtaining goods or money under false
' pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery,
bribery, adultery, bigemy, wife beat?
ing, housebreaking, receiving stolen
gooda, breach of trust with fraudu?
lent intent, fornication, sodomy. In?
cest, assault with intent to ravish.,
miscegenation, larceny or crimes
.?gainst tile election laws.' 1 am ver>
anxious to have all white men who
can take the above oath register and
thus be able to fulfill their duties as
citIsens, um u will be a fearful
blunder and crime tor anybody in
South Carolina to i.?> the foundation
or give excuse for Ihe bouse of rep?
resentatives or the senate ol
the United states to throw
out a senator or congressman elected
from South Carolina because ol Ille?
gal registration. The Republicans
?re not n,?w in power and the ?langet
is not as great g* It once was, but ,
REPLY TO JAPAN.
? ?
SECRETARY BRYAN DELIVERS
AMERICA'S REPLY TO ?IA?
PAN S PROTEST. /
Another Stage in the < alifornia Anti
Allen Land legislation Dispute, Has
Been Reached in Diplomatic Ne?
gotiations?Japan Has Next Move.
Washington, July 16.?The Ameri?
can reply to the last two Japanese
notes on the California anti-alien
land law was delivered today by
Secretary Bryan to Ambassador Chin
da who at once cabled it to Tokio.
As in the case of the preceding notes,
the contents of the latest one were
withheld from publication.
Theer is some expectation in offi?
cial circles that the delivery of this
note will conclude the negotiations
on this subject between the two coun?
tries, for the present, at least, if not
altogether. It is declared that the
American reply to the various points
of objection to the California legis?
lation has been made so complete as
to remove most of them from the
field of discussion. Even in cases
where the Japanese contentions have
not been manifestly completely neg?
atived the expert diplomatists are
said to have so framed their re?
sponses as to reduce the points to
clear issues which probably can be
adjusted only on the basis of judi?
cial decisions.
The result has been reached
through the exchange of five notes,
i the negotiations beginning May 8 last
with the original protest by Japan
against the projected alien land own?
ing act by the California legislature.
This elicited a reply from Secretary
Bryan on May 1? as soon as he
, had been advised of the actual sig?
nature of the Webb act by Gov. John?
son. On June 4 the Japanese gov?
ernment filed Its rejoinder and on
July 3 this was supplemented by an
elaborate expansion of the argu?
ments.
Unless the Japanese foreign office
concludes that there is something itv
the American note delivered today
requiring immediate attention ahfl
reply, probably there will be no fur?
ther diplomatic exchanges for at least
another month. At the expiration of
that time the Webb alien land own?
ing act will become effective and the
way will be opened for a judicial test
of its constitutionality.
Tennis Team Coming. i
The tennis teams from Florence,
who will play the two Sumter teams
Saturday evening, will arrive in the
city Saturday morning. The matches
will commence at 4 o'clock and will
probably continue until dark before
the sets will be completed.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend the match.
? * ?
? . i
Marriage License Record.
A license to ma. ry has been issued
to Mr. W. F. Poplin of Charleston,
and Miss Juanita Trimnal, of Sum?
ter.
even a Democratic senate and a
Democratic house ran not afford to
tolerate anything smacking or illegal?
ity or fraud.
"The law as It stands now requires
the people co elect senators by direct
vote, and I do not want to see South
Carolina jerked up for illegal voting.
Until we ?^et our primary law amend?
ed by the legislature so as to remove
all possibility of the ( barges of fraud
and bribery in the primary, we can
not afford to take any chances.
"I want to emphasize this and I
say it with all due solemnity; if mon?
ey buys the next senatorshlp in South
Carolina as it may do and as it is
charged it has done in the recent con
gressional race in the First district .1
will feel compelled to object to the
seating of any man sent here with a
tainted title."
The senator then goes on to urge
the people to register. "While it may
be straining B construction of the law
In any other than a 'general election'
year for supervisors to go to pla?'es
away from the court house In ew h
county,*' he soya, 1 1 can see no harm
In that they ate permitted ami can go
to any places they see tit tor the mea?
gre salaries the) receive. But every
good cftlsen oughl to ace to it thai no
illegal registration Is permitted be?
cause, StS times are now in South Car?
olina, illegality, dishonest) er fraud,
either in the primary or in the gener?
al election, will prove vcrv dangerous
F.verv fan minded man wants honest
and fair play and every patriot will
abide- the result, ??f an election so
conducted whether his side loses Of
w ms.''