Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t)t t?aicfotti 1 it outljron. NrMTF.lt WATCHMAN, EMtatillslied April, ISM. "Bo Just and Fear not?Lot all the ends Thou Alnis't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TruuVa." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, Ifta?. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C.f SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1913. Vol. XXXVI. No. 44. BUSY CALAMITY HOWLERS. siwn IV\T KKI'l MM ANS HAVE NO \mil .HKNT AGAINST TARIFF. Debate on Vintern<hk! Kill Is Not a Dtm*u*?ton Hut a Series of Hitter \n*< by Protectionists?M or nun l"rophet Smoot l*ropho>les I?Ina?tor. Washington, July 12.?Republican senators continued to bombard the Undernrod-Simmons tariff bill today, Senator Hurton of Ohio, exprcsing the assurance that It would fall in Its purpose to lower the cost of living, and Senate; Smoot of Uutah, In an ad dreee to be continued tomorrow, branding it as "the most Injurious tariff measure ever taken up for con? sideration by congress." tfm% is bill." said Senator Smoot, "is a >artisan and sectional measure, the oucome of secret caucus method* such as never ruled before in the senate of the United States. In his book 'Our New Freedom," President Wilson says that there Is no excuse for caucusing In congress and in a spech In Indiana preceding his elec? tion he emphasised that point by as? serting that there was no necessity for eecrecy In congressional proceeding. Yet not in the history of congress has there been anything equal to this record In the way of dark methods In the preparation of a tariff bill. "Gov. Foss of Massachusetts, who hss been three times elected to bis present office by the Democratic party, and who was supported as a candidate for president at the last Pemoeratlc national convention, denounces this oil! as a sacrifice of the interests of the nation. He has purchased a site in Canada for his large manufactur? ing plant in Masachusetts and says that he will remove his there If this bill becomes a law. Mr. William H. Hearst, a prominent Femocrat, men? tioned as candidate for president, agrees with Oov. Foss. We all know What Democrats of Louisiana. Color? ado. Montana and other States vitally Interested think of this measure. "A former Democratic United States senator from Colorado has denounced it In vigorous terms. How could he do otherwise when It sacrifices prac? tically every important industry in that State as well as other States, excepting possibly some In the South? "Manufacturing is developing all over the South; crops are more di? versified and there is every reason to believe that if left alone under the protective tariff Its prosperity will continue to Increase with great strides. Hut this bill will hurt, instead of helping the South, as Its originators seem to think will be the case." Analysing the bill from end to end, Senator Smoot declared that "of the many monstrous provisions of this tariff law, pcrhapit the worst is the one designed to annihilate the pro? duction of sugar in this country. "It seems almost Ineredlble that any party should make Itself respon? sible for such a great calamity as putting sugar on the free list to bene? fit a few refiners on the seacoast," the senator continued. "The per capita consumption of sugar is evet sl pounds annually now and Hi pat cent of that enters Into the manu? facture of confectionery, etc, making a per capita consumption of the re? mainder of M pounds. No one an? ticipates the slightest reduction in ? onfectlonery ami such things as a reioilt of the rt-uio\al of tlo- dots on sugar < ?n the remaining consump? tion free MSJPXI will appan-mly toake an annual pr capita saving of m assess, but whss 'to- beet 1 k m m dustry is satlasjatshsdi itu susjar re flnorn will control the business and the consumer will m>t SensAt, as ex P#?rien? e has shown Predicting dire results, when the bill becomes a law ami that the first Industries of th?< country to gutter from its passage. would not bg the great trusts and powerful eOTpors tiorin, hiif the thousands o| manufa Itjfsjti of small capital/' tssjstor Smoot said. "I have gesjsj so proud of my route trv 1 development of her people that I never get tired of singing her praises nor nevsi cense thanking tu] Ood that I was born ;ui American ' i gut interested Is maintaining net present standards of living and pre? venting if possible her working peo? ple from sgalng in dire< t competi? tion with the unfortunate working people of 1?^ favored countries There Is only one miy to prevent it snd that RJ Im a protective tariff and. therefore, 1 have bees snd sm still si protectionist without qualification," Four launches are used In patrol nod transportation work on mitiannl sjgjggsjg in Alggnsn, whs k ln< bid.' msnj Pirna II Irland-? and InlStl TEXAS PENALIZES TRUST. AM i KITS SETTLEMENT OF STAND? ARD OIL SUIS. MM Tay Huir Million mui Transfer Stock to Custody of Trustees. Oreenville. Texas. July 21?Half a million dollars as a penalty and tin transfer of ll,ffl of the 25,500 shares stoek in the Magnolia Petroleum company of this State from the in? dividual control of 11. (\ Folgcr, Jr., and John I>. Archhold to a trustee mutually agreed upon WSJ accepted by the State of Texas today in settlc ! ment of the Vl02.000.000 penalty and ouster suit instituted here recently by i the State attorney general against tho Magnolia and Corsicana Petroleum companies of icxas, the Standard Oil companies of New Jersey and New York and 2S Individuals. Judge F. A. Williams of Austin was named as trustee of the stock in ques tion. Th?* penalty was paid under telegraphic instructions from the Standard Oil company of New Jer? sey. The agreed verdict holds the Mag j nolla company, the chief Texas inter? est in the suit, not guilty of anti? trust law violations and it is privileg ; ed to do business with the proviso that the stock owned by Messrs. Fol? ger and Archbold shall be adminis? tered by the trustee under guaran? tee by the trusteesnip of complete and independent operations of the ' company. The Corsicana company also is given the right to continue operation. The penalty assessed is based on alleged violation of the anti-trust laws prior to 190?. Today's action is the fourth time in six years that oil companies have been penalized in this State but the first Instance In which any of the companies have been permitted to contmue in operation. ARMY WORM COMING. First exoneration Succumbed to Para? sites, Awarding to Philip Luginhlll, Entomologist. Columbia. July 22.?Philip Lugln bill, the federal entomologist of South Carolina, reports that the sec? ond generation of the fall army worm is now making its appcaraiu c. The tirst generation, which made NVtnl Sporadic outbreaks In different parts of the State, was brought to the attention of the entomologist about the tirst of July. It soon disappeared, as weather conditions were extremely favorable for the breeding of para sits. Mr. Luginhill does not expect a general spread of the pest at this time, but advises that farmers exam? ine the grasses in low, moist places, where the worm is first observed. Fl KIEN SECEDES ALSO. Canton Loral t.overiimcnt Arranging to Send TrtHips to Oppose Northern? ers. W ashington, July 21.?Fukien prov in< e ha see^ded from t In < 'tune: e re public, according lo a dispatch to the state department today from Con? sui Fowler at Fuchow. Fuhlen bor? ders' upon Klang Si anil Kwang Tung, the two provinces Which already have thrown off allegiance to the Peking government. The legation at Peking reports that the local government of canton In Kwang Tung province proposes tu SSWl It.feg troops Within a week to engage the government forces. The provincial assembly has con firmed Chen Chlung Ming as military g? e nor of Kwang Tung province ? cl appointed him enmmunder-in ? loef of the arin\. which is to proceed against the Northern troops. MIST HAVE FILL COMPANIES. Leu. Moore Orders Railways Not to Issue Trnnapotrtatlow tu sinnt com? panies. ColumbiS, July 2 ?W. W. Moore. adjutant general, yesterday informed the railWa) I Of this State, Which are to transport military companies lo the National Uuard encampments, that the) \s ||| I., expected to move no company thai hau not AN nun and rw.. olHrers read) lo board the train, This order den Moore said he ?\ pected lo be strictly enforced ami that transportation should ll. case he granted unless the contpun) could shoe tie- required number of men Thlrty*seven nun and three officer* hi men and one officer will no! do, The com pan) must have :s men and two officers to he granted iransnor latins end moved in the place of en? enmpment. The railways will of ? ..hi s observe I he ?egulal ions. WILSON MAKES ACADEMIC TI1E OKY AN EFFECTIVE INSTItU MENT OF CIVILISATION. Hoaslors Of Both Parties Endorse New Treaty with Pfli srsgna Which Glvea Practical Application to Monroe Doctrine Washington, July 21.?Strong sup* port has developed In the senate for President Wilson's new policy of pro? tection and supervision over Nicara? gua. An informal poll of the com? mittee on foreign relations today In dlcated that the treaty proposed Sat? urday by Secretary jlryan will re? ceive indorsement with a safe margin of votes and come into the senate with the backing of influential members of both political parties. It became known definitely today that the proposal does not bind the j United States to any obligation for the outstanding debts of Nicaragua. The rehabilitation from the republic's finances ll expected to come about through the stability that would be given to future operation! through the control to be exercised by the United States. Nicaragua would agree to make no debts in excess of her current rc ' sources, however, and the United States would be given the right to j intervene with troops at any time to insure Niearaguan Independence or to protect life and property. Nicaragua would agree to make no foreign treat? ies that would threaten her Independ? ence. The United States would pav Nicaragua $:t,000,000 for an exclusive right to build a canal route and for a naval base in the Bay of Fonseca. "The proposed control by the Unit? ed States over the financial opera? tions of Nicaragua is virtually an en? forcement Of the Monroe doctrine In advance/' said one member of the senate foreign relations committee today. Senators Hitchcock, Sutherland, Mark Smith, O'tJorman and Stone ex? pressed approval of the general prin? ciples of the proposal. Chairman Hacon of the foreign re? lations committee, who was strongly opposed to the original Niearaguan treaty, said he believed the new pro? posal by Secretary Bryan greatly ( hanged the situation and entitled the treaty "to the most careful considera? tion." The proposed treaty will be at? tacked In some quarters on the gmwod that it would put a moral obligation on the United States to see that Nicaragua refunds and repays her Old debts, even though the treaty does not make this country directly re? sponsible for them. Whatever the actual result may ho. the underlying purpose of the admin? istration in framing the agreement i with Nicaragua was to secure the concession for a canal route and the extension of the Platt amendment was merely an Incident in the minds of the negotiators. This was developed in the course of n conference be? tween the president and the White House correspondents today, in the administration viea*. the scope of the plan was not inSJFnded to be laid down as a general policy l for all Central America, but the affairs of the little republics .'ire to be dealt with separately as they may require attention. The attitude of the administration, it was said, is one of extreme friend? liness and there is no disposition to force upon them any Buch plan un? less it i;; thoroughly acceptable. in making this sort of an arrange? ment the administration, it was stated was animated by a desire to look after American interests, but only In ;i large way; it was not the purpose to exploit those countries. This state? ment was taken to apply to the sug? gestion that KJuropean governments may feel an interest in the tn-w Niea? raguan proposition and wish to as? sure themselves that the United states was not to acquire any advantage over them in thut quarter. Th< ad? ministration knows nothing of at? titude of the governments of Costa Ki<a and Salvador as no rep resell tat ions ha\ e j et been made. The president himself does not know how the proposition which he thoroughly approves, will be receiv? ed by the senate, having taken no steps to make a canvass, of Demo ? i t t lc sentiment. Senator Horah, a member of the foreign relations committee, attack? ed t he polu \ of t he plan. "This means the going Hp of the American Hag all the wa> to the Tan anitt canal," he declared In s state menf "It is the beginning of that nolle) whose Irrefutable logic is com pit te dominance and control rend ownership h) the Cnlted states from WILL TRY TO STOP ELECTION. -? PROHIBITIONISTS ASK FOR IN? JUNCTION TO STOP VOTE ON DISPENSARY QUES? TION. - Charge That Itcgistmtioii Hooks Wort Improperly Hey (sod and That Su? pervisor Did not Strike oft Names from Petition of All Unqualified Voters. Again the question comes up, will there be an election on whether or not there will be a dispensary in Sum tor county? Will Judge Wilson grant the injunction asked for by the Anti Saloon League of Sumter county or will he refuse it? These are two questions which are interesting a great many of the citizens of Sumter I county just now. While there are a great many persons in the county who are apparently Indifferent concerning the dispensary issue, there are just as many extremely interested ono way or the other and these are the ones who are anixous to know what ac 1 tion Judge Wilson will take at the i hearing Friday. A rule to show cause has been is? sued by Judge Wilson and the hear? ing has been BCt for Friday in Man J ning. The rule is for the supervisor, the supervisors of State and county elections to show cause why an in? junction should not he issued pro? hibiting them from ordering and hold? ing an election on the question of dispensary or no dispensary. The ! plaintiffs are Messrs H. Walsh and W. I'.. Boyle who are acting through, their attorneys, Purdy and Bland. Super? visor Pitts sated Tuesday morning that he would turn the matter over t ? the county attorney, L. D. Jennings, who would answer the summons he fore Judge Wilson Friday. The summons was made on the af? fidavits of a number of citizens and a number of reasons were stated why the Supervisor had no authority to order an election. There were two chief reasons, that the registration books were improperly revised and I that the Supervisor had no authority J for revising them, and that, a large number of names had not been stricken from the dispensary petition lists which should have been strick? en from the lists by the supervisor, as the persons had not paid their taxes six months prior to the elee i tion, as the law provides, these per? sons not being qualitied?voters and therefore their names should not he counted >n the petition. It is alleged that a third of the qualified voters of the county had not signed the dispen? sary petition. Supervisor Pitts stated Tuesday morning that he had followed out the advice of the county attorney in re? vising the registration books and took off those names which the attorney advised him to take off. He stated that he thought that there were a vgreat many points concerning the or? dering of the election that were not clear and he thought that this action on the part of the prohibitionists might help to clear up these points. 125 BUSHELS OF OATS PER ACRE. - Vorkvllle County Farmer Gets ?28 Hushels Prom Nine Acres. Yorkvllle, July 22?Latham Profil? ers, of Hoodtown, in this county, rc cently threshed 928 bushels of oats that were raised on nine acres of land. It is estimated that the product of several of the nine acres was not less than 126 bushels to the acre. lure to the Panama Canal. "it is not exactly in accord with either tj m conception;; of those who formed the republic or our own present professions of what it ought to be." in a statement expressing approval of the Bryan-Wilson policy, Senator Lodge said it would be an effective method of satisfying the world that tiie i'nited states Intended to enforce the Monroe doctrine. "If we aie going to maintain the Monroe doctrine," he said, "as we al? ways have and we always sh .11. it is absolutely necessary thai we should see to it that order is maintained in the republics bordering on the Carlb bcan sea. so thai not only our citizens and Interests, but the citizens and in? terests of i.ther countries may be pro tt " ted. "We s.i\ to all the world in the Monroe doctrine thai thej must no| colonise or take land on the Ameri? can continent, and in practice thai thej must nol interfere with Ameri ? an affairs, We can not lake 1111 ^ po? sition unless we are prepared also to s:t> t.. all the world thai w< will see to it that the rights of their subject* are protected In ihe countries affected bj the Mom oe doctl inc.'* ON THE RA?fiEB EDGE. I CONDITIONS IN MEXICO CAUSE APPREHENSION IN WASH INCTON. - i Wild Rumors Current In official cir? cles But Authoritative Statement Issued from White House That no Military Preparations are lining Made. Washington, July 21.?Reports ol conditions surrounding the Ilucrta government in Mexico have put ad? ministration officials in an attitude of keenest apprehension toward the situation, which officials believe to be perfectly trustworthy, and seem to in? dicate that the strife between the Huerta regime and the revolutionary elements is nearing a point whe' some definite conclusion is to > reached. 0 Information of this sltuath ?e* permitted to become knowr ^ ied With the authoritative sta* thai the United States was rr no ad? ditional naval or military prepara? tions. Ropors of impending collapse I of tho Huerta regime are being talk? ed freely in oth'-ial circles, though no official of the administration will permit his name to be coupled with them. All information made public] was with the stipulation that it should not be represented as reflect? ing the views of the administration. Meanwhile President Wilson is awaiting the coming of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson, hurrying north j from Mexico City to make first-hand reports of conditions. His reports will be compared With those President Wilson has received from oth *.t sources. Secretary Bryan, who has canceled some of his lecture dates that he may return to Washington Thursday or Friday, will participate in the con? ferences. Ambassador Wilson was at Habane today, and an indication of the desire to hurry him to Washington wag seen In a request by Secretary Bryan to Surgeon General Blue of the public health service to expedite the am basadora' passage through quaran? tine at Habana and Key West. While the first intimation of the administration's apprehensive regard for the latest developments came early today, there was no additional information later to supplement these semi-official announcements from high quarters that the govern? ment considered the situation a very grave one for the Huerta regime and looked forward to the developments of the next two weeks with the deep? est interest. Refusal of foreign consular repre? sentatives to hold a parley with Gen. Urbina, the Mexican revolutionary leader, before his attack on Durango. Is given as the reason for the out? rages against residents, irrespective of nationality, according to state de? partments advices received today. <len. Urbina sent the consuls word of his intention to besiege Du range and sought a conference with them. As a retaliation for their refusal to meet him. it is said, the city virtually was given over to the soldiers and the mob, who tired and plundered property indiscriminately. Money was demanded from the banks and from wealthy citizens. Prices are now extremely high and Consul Ham fears famine is ahead, although all Amer? icans remaining in the piece are re? ported well. The state department has been ad? vised that the government at Mexico <'ity has expressed its Intention ol preventing a demonstration upon the arrival of the new Japanese minister, which might be considered anti American in character. Transportation facilities in Mexico continue in a state of demoralisation. More than 200 bridges have been de? stroyed between Monterey and T??r reon. Prom Quaymas Admiral Cowles, commanding the Pacific squadron, re? ported today to the navy department thai the city is quiet alter the ar? rival of federal reinforcements, state department reports say thai all com? munication with interior Mexico wai cut off yesterday. The revolutionists have taken the principal towns to the west of Tuspam nnd earl) light? ing is expected at that place. Con sul Canada h;is reported that the bat? tleship Louisiana probaJslg will go from Vera Crux to Tuspam In order to guard American interests when the clash conns. Marauders are op? erating around Vera Crsa, and two American plantations near that port have I.ii attacked In a search foi .i i ms und pro\ isions Two Vern Crux newspapers have been suspended \>\ order of President lluertn. The wrecking ol a bridge on the National railway near Mon A THREAT OF WAR. SENATOR PROM NEW MEXICO WOULD COERCE MEXICO. Senator Call Move* the Adoption of a Strong Policy of Protection for American Citizens in All Foreign Countries Especially Mexico?Taft? Policy Denounced. Washington, July 22.?An attempt by Senator Fall of New Mexico to force the senate to enunciate a strong policy of protection for American citi? zens in foreign countries today pre? cipitated a lively debate which demon? strated , relation on the part of the .s of the gravity of the M<- ^ situation and the necessity f determined stand by the United ?/A The policy of delay on the ?C' t of the Taft administration was >> Oiphatlcally denounced by Senator Pall and blamed by him for the present critical s tuation, which he said could have oeen prevented by a sterner nationa'. policy. This decla? ration was approved by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts who expressed dis? appointment thai the new president and new secretary of state had not in agurated a different Mexican policy. That the delicacy of the situation was keenly appreciated was evinced by the insistence of many senators, led by Senator Bacon, chairman of the foreign relations committee, that any proposed pronunciamento be delib? erately and seriously considered before being acted upon. Senator Fall called up his resolution which calls on the government to give full protection to all constitutional rights of Ameri? can citizens in foreign nations. That the resolution was directed against Mexico, Senator Bacon declared, could not be concealed and in moving to refer it to the foreign relations com? mittee he asserted that "words are very serious things sometimes and this is one of the times." Senator Works of California, assert? ing the Fall resolution constituted a declaration that the United Btftss was prepared to make war on Mexico if Americans there were not protected, 'urged that no hasty action be taken, Senator Fall averred that evfry act of his had been prompted by the earnest desire to prevent war ami that he had vainly sought to bring tlie former administration to a reali? zation of the fact that a stern Mexi? can policy would have prevented rather than have precipitated war. The American policy of delay lb , Mexico was responsible, he declared, for the present critical situation, one which, he intimated, might yet de? mand intervention. Action on the resolution today was prevented and it went to the calendar for future disposition. SEVEN BITTEN BY DOG. ? Mad Animal Kuns Amuck In Ander? son. Anderson. July 22.?A mad dog ran amuck in this city this morning, biting five children and two grown persons before it was overtaken and put to death. Being of the opinion that the pub? lic welfare and safety demand it. city council today issued a proclamation requiring all dogs at large on the streets to be muzzled. Explicit in? structions were given the police offl cers to kll any dogs found at large on the streets without a muzzle. The residences of Dr. C. L. Klbler and John W. Lillard, of Co? lumbia, which are now in pro? cess of erection, are built of Sunder brick from the Sumter Brick Works. Columbia people as well as those living in other towns are beginning to prefer and use these rough textured brown brick instead of the red smooth brick. tery has interrupted transportation to the north. So delicate is the Mexican situation considered In official circles that the White House issued the following statement tonight to clear up the mis? representations: "On his attention being called to the following statements appearing In certain newspapers i I > That the president had stated that he would not recognise the HuertS administra? tion and that n would not last a Mar; (2) that the president had stated that this country would estab? lish a protectorate over all Central American countries to guard the Panama canal, Secretary Tumulty stated that there was absolutely no foundation in truth for cither of the statements and emphatically denied that the president had expressed any opinion todaj or at any other time regarding the Huerta administration or it* stability or stated any intention as to itaj recognition."