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?ffttTER WATVIfMAN, Etitabtlsheel Avrtl, 1850.
"Be Jost end Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alrna't at be thy Country's, Thy God's aad Trab*'*'
THE TIt?E bOt'TIIltON, Established JOne, 1
Oonaolr.lated Au*. 3,1881.
SUMTER. S. C.f WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1913.
Vol. XXXVI. No. 46.
TO UTE DISPENSARY ELECTION.
.M I H.I W1LK4*N DISMISSES IN
JVNCTION I IKM I l IHM.s
l
Knowing MhiU' by Attorney* for RIs
pewsary Considered Sufttctcnt and
Order Issued to Tbl? Kffect?
UroundN Stated by Defendant* Why
Injum ti?'n should not be Isnued. .
A hearing at chambers at Manning
Friday. Judge John 8. Wilton refused
to grant the. intunctlon requested by
the prohibitionists of Sumter coun?
ty calling off the election of whether
or not 8umter county should re-estab?
lish the dispensary. At the close of
the hearing fudge Wilson stated that
he considered the showing made by
the defendants sufficient and Issued an
order dismissing the proceedings.
Mssara I. D. Jennings, R. D. Epps,
J. H. Clifton appeared In behalf of
the defendants and Mr. R. O. Purdy
for the plaintiff*. The Injunction to
prevent ths election was asked on the
grounds that Supervisor Pitts did not
hav*> any authority to revise the regis?
tration books and that certain names
appearing on the lists of the petition
asking for an slection which should
have been stricken off wei ! allowed
f to remain on ths lists.
In the return It waa stated that
' the complaint does not show that one
third of the qualified voters of the
county have not petitioned for an
election, that there are no grounds
for equitable Jurisdiction shown in the
oosjslaint. that no irreparable injury
te shown or slleged In the complaint
and that the plaintiffs fall to show
that they have no adequate remedy at
Law; that the defendants offer In good
faith to stand responsible for what?
ever Injury the holding of the elec?
tion will do the plaintiffs Insofar as
paytii-j* back to them the amount of
their taxes going towards the st ac?
tio s, in ease it is finally decided that
the flection waa Improperly ordered.
It tr furth r stated that the plain
. tiffs fill to Hh v, authority to purge
* |Kms of petitioners signing after
rebroary that the plaintiff* fall
IS) swow autfcor.tr for striking off the
names Of fifty petitioners who also j
Signed the county petition and that
these mime?, wers not stricken off by
' th ? supervisor, but were Included In
his list of the petitioners. That the
feiaervlsor used every means at his
disposal to get at the correct number
sf qualified voters in the county and
found the number to be 2.365. On
the petition were ?43 names of quali?
fied voters with the names of the fifty
who h.-d signed the counter petition.
In either Instance making more than
a one-third qualified voters of the
county petitioners for the election.
A part of the return was an affi?
davit from the Supervisor stating that
he had used every advisable means
at hin disposal to ascertain to number
of qualified voters in the county and
of one-third of them had petitioned
for the election, the method of his
procedure in obtaining his results and
the results obtained being set out In
foil.
Ths argument of the defendant set
forth tha law In the various phrases
of the ease, the greater pert living an
argument to show that persons who
paid their taxes after February ivh.
should have the right to vote in this
election. It was further shown that
no outlined methods of procedure
wore set forth by the law as to how
the supervisor should obtain the
names of all of the registered voters
In the county snd If one-third of
them the qualltl" I v oters had petition?
ed the election and that the Supervi?
sor had used sJ Just and reasonable
means of obtaining this information
The dismissal of the inj im tion pro
sssdings by Judge Wilson leaves the
dispensary situation where It wan
when Supervisor Pitts flrnt ordered the
slection. It Is possible that an (appeal
Will Ihs taken from Judgo Wilson's
decision to the Supreme Court, but
Judge Purdy wa* out of town and this
point could nut be learned this morn?
ing. It Is probable that the election
will bsj held and the matter decided
la that way.
The dispensary sdhcrentn seem te
think that the legal proceedings ta?
ken out l-v the prohibition!*'* haNc
proved helpful to their side of the
cause, while the adherents of the
other fide way that thev ? annot see
where it will hurt their caUSS in any
Srav
Mumter should have I mail let
place and regular market da\s. It
Would simplify and fa' IlltatS the
marketing of country produce of nil
klsdn and he a great convention e to
hm*w?k^epern The Chamber of
Commerce ?ml K?rrner*' I'nlog could
ro.t work together to bettet purpose
than for the establishment of a mar
ket for thH city.
LIVE STOCK EXTENSION.
I > E1 ? AI IT M E N T OF AGRICd/TCIlE
?MQIIl VEW WORK IN I II IS
?T?TE.
Trained Live Stock Men Will lie
Sent by Department to Work In
Co-operation with Farmers of South
Carolina In Development of In?
dustry.
Washington, July 26.?Representa?
tive Lev??r today completed arrange?
ments with the department of agri?
culture by which live stock raising is
soon to be begun in South Carolina.
The department, in pursuance of
the Plan agreed to, will at once send
an expert to St. Matthews to confer
with J. A. Banks of that place, one of
the best known advocates of live
stock raising in South Carolina, on
the possibility of forming co-operative
organizations to Increase interest In
live stock and bring into use the best
methods of animal husbandry. The
department's idea is that the best
results can be obtained through a
self-governing organization, with the
aid and advice of experts to be sup?
plied by the government.
Assistant Secretary Galloway's let?
ter to Mr. Lever, explaining the plan,
follows:
"We are very much interested in
this proposition of yours to encour?
age the greater production of animals
In South Carolina. I have discussed
the matter somewhat fully with the
secretary, and he is of the opinion
that much can be done toward stim?
ulating interest in the subject- of ani?
mal husbandry and has made a num?
ber of suggestions as to how the
work might be carried out.
"As I understand it, your plan
is to encourage the production of live
stock by organizing co-operative live?
stock societies or associations and
have them develop the work on a
community basis.
"Such a co-operative society, while
making live stock the central feature,
would, of course, necessarily have to
consider practically all phases of ag?
riculture*?rotation of crops, kmds of
crops to grow, marketing, rural credits
and so forth.
"Before proceeding in a matter of
this kind it would seem highly desir?
able that We should have some first?
hand information as to the conditions
In the region where the work is to be
organized. There should be a sort
of reconnaissance study of the situa?
tion, so to speak, by some experienced
man In the department, who could
visit the section and confer with the
people to the end cf shaping up a
definite plan or project for the organ?
ization of a co-operative live stock as?
sociation or industry. The functions
of the department in this tleld would
seem to lie in the direction of proper
supervision and direction of the work
rather than attempting to do the
work itself. The department in an
educational way can first determine
the condftlons as they exist, can point
the means of organizing under these
conditions, can Indicate to a largo?
measure the proper procedure in
handling such an association as is
under contemplation, but could not
very well assume the responsibility
for the direct management of such an
association. This management should
he left to the association itself, which,
fet ling the direct responsibility of
management, would in all probability
, move along more prosperously than
If the government should assume that
responsibility.
"As explained to you, we will take
immediate steps to find a good man
to aend to St. Matthews to get in touch
with Mr. Banks, and I will give you
the name of this gentleman within a
few days."
Mr. Lever is enthusiastic at having
been able to direct the attention of the
department to the great problem, as
' he expressed it, "of reinforcing our
cotton CfOp with a strong right arm."
"The live stock lnduotry( not only
cattle, but hOg raising, has been Wo
fuiiy neglected In the South, duo to
the character of our labor and to the
mistaken idea that it is more profit?
able to urnw cotton and buy meats
and other home necessaries than it is
to supplement the cotton crop bv the
production of these essential neces?
saries to ever> farmer." is the waj Mr.
LSVCT argues the proposition. "The
meat auppl) of the nation Is falling to
keep pace with the number of mouths
to be supplied, and we ai>- up against
the proposition ?ither of eating leas
meal supply of the nation Is falling to
port trade in beef has practically
(eased, ami we can no longer depend
for our iM-ef upon the large ranches
of the West, This will continue to
supply I large part at the demand.
vom ?i can not be ?applied under pres.
ent Conditions Tin- Older settled com
munttlea which heretofore have de
Beaded upon the West for their meat |
BIMESON STANDS FIRM.
DECLINES TO BACK DOWN ON
PARCELS POST.
Senatorial Criticism Did Not Move
Him ami Following Committee
Hearing He Announced That final
Orders Would bo Issued at Once.
Washington, July IS.?Despite Sen?
atorial criticism of the proposed re?
duction in parcel post rates and the
increase in the size of packages. Post?
master General Burleson today an?
nounced he would issue the final or?
ders at once, putting the changes in
effect August 16.
The announcement came after the
wisdom of making the changes had
been subjected to a searching review
before the senate and postoflice com?
mittee in the presence of the post?
master general.
Chairman Clark of the interstate
commerce commission, explaining why
the commission had sanctioned the
proposed changes, said he believed the
postmaster general had ample power
under the law to make the changes.
"I am convinced that the postoflice
department ought to, can and will ex?
tend the parcels posi until it will car-,
ry all packages up to 100 pounds," i
he added.
In answer to criticism of his admin?
istration of the parcel post, particu?
larly his proposed reduction of rates
and the increase of the size of mailable
j packages, Postmaster General Burle?
son today appeared before the senate
postoflice committee. Chairman Clark
of the interstate commerce commis?
sion also was present.
In the opening of his statement Mr.
Burleson replied to the criticism of his
abolishing the distinctive parcel post
stamp. He asserted that widespread
complaint arose against the stamp and
that the stamp prevented the ship?
ment of many articles.
"Don't you think those who drafted
the law were better able to interpret
it than departmental officials?" asked
Senator Bristow.
t "No, sir," responded Mr. fturleeohi
Senator Hoke Smith asked if the
solicitor of the department had given
an opinion on the matter.
"No, sir," said Mr. Burleson. "It
seemed so clear to me, being a corn
fed lawyer myself, that I changed it
without an opinion."
Mr.1'Burleson declared nothing had
been lost by the abolishing of the
stamp-'because he had been able to
; approximate receipts of the parcel
post by having accounts kept at 50
large postofllces where 60 per cent of
the mail business was done.
Since the introduction of the parcel
post. Mr. Bmleson said, the revenue
of the Chicago postoflice had increased
21.63 per cent. He believed that due
to the parcel post and added that was
the greatest increase in the history
of the Chicago office.
"That's because the big mail order
houses are located there," Interrupted
Senator" Bristow.
"Yes. and they were honestly in
' favor of abolishing the parcel post
stamp," said Mr. Burleson.
Postmaster Oeneral Burleson pro?
duced "the latest figures" to show that
on 20-pound packages the government
would make a profit of 10 cents. Sen?
ator Brown declared there would be a
loss of H cents.
Why have a county dispensary
when the multiplication Of social
clubs, town and country, provides all
and more than the dispensary can
furnish?
supply must be taught to supply this.
The Eastern and Southern farmers
mst be made to become entirely self
sustaining if they are to he developed
to their full capacity of productivity.
1 am firmly of the opinion that with
the rapid eradication, of the cattle
tick and the Introduction of the serum
for the prevention of hog cholera, the
South and East will shortly find them
setvea able to supply fully the de?
mands of their people for meats. The
necessity for our people to get away
from the one crop idea la accentuated
and emphasised by the rapid approach
of the boil weevil upon our borders?*>
thll pest being now within striking
distance of the Georgia line. No way
of checking its advance has been
found, and it is my opinion that the
Carolinas and Georgia must make up
their minds that if cotton is continued
to be grown, means must in- found of
growing it under the boll weevil con?
ditions, We are face lo face with a
very serious problem, and we can nol
afford to shut our eyes to the facts
We must reinforce our cotton crop,
und we cnu do it most profitably with
the Introduction of live stock raid?
ing, ami I think this must he built
up through the co-operative methods
auggeated by Assistant Secretary Uai?
_. _*??**.
WHAT TO DB ABOUT IT.
washjnoton folk talk of
mexican problem.
W ilson Will Take No Further Action
Until After Conference With Am?
bassador Summoned.
Washington, July 24.?Develop?
ments in the Mexican situation today
were confined to Informal discussion
of suggested plans for a definite pol?
icy on the part of the American ad?
ministration toward its neighbor re?
public.
Every kind of plan has been sug?
gested to administration officials from
a mediation board of Americans to
adjust the dispute and supervise the
holding of an election, to a tripartite
commission composed of representa?
tives from the United States and two
South American republics which
would attempt to bring about peace
between the warring Mexican fac?
tions.
There will be no expression of pol?
icy, however, until after the confer?
ence between the president and Am?
bassador Wilson which may not take
place until Monday, as word was re
Icelved at the White House today that
I the latter could not reach here before
Saturday night.
While the plan of mediation was
j scouted by the constitutionalist rep
| resentatives here as insufficient, as
* they do not believe the Huerta gov
1 ernment, now in possession of the
electorate machinery, can guarantee
an honest election, the idea has been
I given some consideration by mem
j bers of the senate and by President
i Wilson as pointing the way to a so?
lution.
The question of arms also was dis?
cussed today, and while neither side
Is getting war munitions from the
I United States, it is believed possible
that a change of policy might follow
the conference with Ambassador Wil?
son. It is thought eventually the em?
bargo may be lifted and both sides
permitted to buy supplies, subject to
the risks of contraband transactions
During the? day the tyemocrats of
the house committee on foreign af?
fairs conferred about the Mexican
situation, sounded out sentiment
among members of the house gen?
erally and recorded a decided feel?
ing against intervention and in favor
of backing up any diplomatic move
President Wilson and his advisers
may feel disposed to make.
Discussing the proposal to prohibit
entirely the shipment of arms into
Mexico from the United States, Fran?
cisco Escuidero, a member of the con?
stitutionalist cabinet, who is in Wash?
ington to explain the purpose of the
Carranza cause, said today that his
colleagues were satisfied with the idea,
but hoped soon both sides would be
permitted to get arms on an equality.
jail for carlisle.
Newberry Ranker to Serve Sentence
In Home Town.
Washington, July 25.?As a result
of constant efforts on the part of Sen
i
i ator Tlllman, Representative Alken
, and other members of the South Car?
olina delegation in congress President
I Wilson today signed an order to the
proper authorities for Milton A. Car
lisle, the Newberry banker, who was
some time ago convicted of. misman?
agement of national bank funds, to be
confined for the present in the New
, berry county jail. During President
Taft's administration Carlisle's sen?
tence was commuted from ilve years
' to one year and one day and it is
learned from the department of jus
tice that efforts have been made still
further to reduce thin term of impris?
onment.
Recently stories were sent out to
the effect that Carlisle's sentence had
been again commuted, but these were
incorrect, as learned hire today, af?
ter the South Carolina congressmen
had seen President Wilson and from
What the pardon attorney of the de?
partment of justice said concerning
the matter. In a word, the rase
stands this way: Carlisle is under
sentence of a year and a day in the
federal prison at Atlanta, but in ac?
cordance S/ith President Wilson's
promise and order today he will, at
least for the present, be confined In
the Newberry county Jail and will
not be sent to Atlanta. What further
action may be taken by the president
looking t<? more cutting down of the
sentence is a matter that has not yet
been announced.
Real Estate Transfer.
M. .1 Minis to II, A. Mos,.-, lot on
Wright street. $1,850.
Rdward Haynesworth to Honoris
I.. Phillips, lot on Waahlngton street,
12,500,
FORMULATING MEXIGAN POLICY.
?
PRESIDENT WILD CONFER WITH
AMBASSADOR WILSON.
The Appronh of Crisis in Mexi ?an
Affairs Renders it Imperative That
Pulte?! States Have a Settled and
Definite Plan of Action for Emer?
gency That May Arise.
Washington, July 25.?While ad?
ministration officials here believe the j
crisis will not be reached in Mexico
until the Northern rebel armies pres.
closer to Mexico City and the federal
strongholds, indications tonight were
that an effort would be made by the
Washington government to pursue a
well defined policy before events
reached a critical stage. ^
The fir&t step In the formulatior
a policy will be taken tomorrow w
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson pfftl
? bring to the president and Secretary
! Bryan first-hand information of the
I situation in Mexico. Mr. Bryan to
day announced emphatically that
I there was nc, disposition on the part
* I
1 of the administration to interrogate
Ambassador Wilson about the nu-i
merous reports alleging activity on
his part in connection with the down?
fall of Madero and the establishment
of the Huerta regime. He added that
the ambassador had been called mere
! ly to throw light on present conditions
in the troublous republic. After Am?
bassador Wilson confers with Sec?
retary Bryan he will probably talk
further with President Wilson and
probably will be asked to appear be?
fore the senate committee on foreign
relations.
That Ambassador Wilson has ex?
pressed, on his arrival in New York,
opposition to the proposals for media?
tion and indicated his sympathy with
the desire of the Huerta government
to be recognized were communicated
informally to Mr. Bryan, who made no
comment. He said he would await
his personal interview with the am
I bassador before discussing these sub?
jects.
Immediately after his conference
with the ambassador, Mr. Bryan is
scheduled to appear before the senate
committed on foreign relations fur?
ther to present the administration's
plan for a protectorate over Nica?
ragua, but on the same occasion, it is
expected, he will be asked to outline
the developments towards a Mexican
policy. Members of the committee
j and the senate geaerally are strongly
, inclined toward some executive action
! by which all factions in the Mexican
dispute can get arms from the United
States.
It was apparent tonight that the
present policy of the administration
was to prevent all shipments of arms
to either side pending final determi?
nation on this point.
It is believed that after the presi?
dent and Secretary Bryan have ob?
tained from Ambassador Wilson his
own ideas and interpretations of the
political situation in the Mexican cap
ItaJ, the American government, in a
measure, will reiterate views express?
ed i.i the Latin American statement
made by President Wilson shortly af?
ter his inauguration, in which he pro?
claimed that the United States has
nothing to seek In I?atin America but
the welfare of its sister republics.
With thi-H In mind, the recent sug?
gestion may he followed as an evi
dence of the good intentions of the
Washington government. Information
from federal as well as constitutional
forces today, however, was to the
I effect that neither side would con?
sider mediation by a foreign govern?
ment The national pride of the Mex?
icans, it was pointed out, would not
submit to interference in international
politics.
Should it develop that OVCrfUres of
the I'nited States towards peace were
not favorably received, it is expect?
ed that the Washington government
would thereupon pronounce Itself on
' the subject of arms and ammunition,
in all probability lifting the embarvo
I so that all sides can buy munitions
of war. Such a development, it is be?
lieved in Mexican circles, would
strengthen the constitutionalist cause
so as M bring matters speedily to a
crisis ami a quick overthrow of the
Huerta government, a contingency
I which many believe is inev itable,
though efforts are being made to
strengthen the federal army.
INDORSES SMH LASff.
(dinners' Association Head Ne Grade
Specification.
Washington, July LT).?J. A. Taylor
of Atlanta, president of the National
<linnets' association, today wrote Sen?
ator K. l>. Smith indorsing his bill to
regulate cotton exchangea by requir?
ing all cotton contracts to specify the
grades of cotton proposed to be de?
livered.
ROUMANIANS DICTATE TERMS.
BIG POWER* MANIPULATE BAL?
KA > AFFAIRS.
Russia ami Austria Support Roumanla
in Coercion of Greece and Servia??
By Playing First one ami Then An?
other of Small States Against Oth?
ers Great Powers Exhaust Fighting
Ability of Balkan Allies.
London, July 25.?The important
development uday in the Balkan sit
nation wa v$ Winand presented by the
Austria***' iesentatives at Athens
and P^' de for an immediate cessa
tlor^ tostilities, together with a
w 0 g that Austria will not allow
<iria to be too greatIv humiliated.
0*
' ,t was declared in Vienna tonight
.hat should Greece and Servia still
oppose an armistice a Roumanian
army, acting as a mandatory of Aus?
tria and Russia, will prevent any at?
tack on Sofia, and that Austria will
a
take even more energetic steps- if
necessary to stop the war.
Should it be. true that Austria and
Russia thus have agreed to cooperate
the pressure exercised doubtless will
be effective.
In military circles here the princi?
pal news is that the Servians have in?
vested the ancient fortress at Vldln,
Bulgaria, 130 miles south of Bet
grade. The fall of the fortress can
not long he delayed?in fact, a Bel?
grade dispatch reports that Gen. Kut
untcheff'f .troops already are begin?
ning to surrender
A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph
from Bucharest, timed 9 o'clock Fri?
day night, says:
"News has been received from Sofia
of a terrific battle between Servians
and Bulgarians near Tsarevoselo, on
the river Brogalnitza, in which the
Bulgarians were victorious. The
Greeks helped the Servians, whose
casualties were 10,000. It is probable
'.he story is greatly exaggerated."
A dispatch to The Post from Bu?
charest says that owing to the appeal
of the king of Roumania the Ser?
vians and Greeka have suepewrlasf
their forward movement.
Greeks Take Fort.
Saloniki, July 26.?The Greek fleet
has occupied Dedeagatch, the term?
inus of '.he Adrianople-Saloniki rail?
way on the Aegean sea. The Bul?
garians set the town afire before
evacuating it.
To Occupy Armenia.
London, July 25.?A dispatch to
The Daily Express from Rome says
the powers have authorized Russia to
occupy Armenia in order to compel
Turkey to withdraw behind the Enos
Midia line, the new frontier between
Turkey and Bulgaria as fixed by ths
treaty of London.
MRS. YOUNG QUITS.
Chicago's School Superintendent Re?
signs as Result of Friction With
Board.
Chicago. July 24.?Mrs. Ella Flsgg
Young, superintendent of public
schools in Chicago since 1909. an?
nounced her resignation today. Mrs.
Young gave no reason, but said her
intention had been known for some
time to members of the board of edu?
cation. I^ack of harmony between Mrs.
Young and the board is said to bs
the cause.
"I can fight for a principle; I can
light ioi mother person, but I am too
old to ught for myself." said Mrs.
Young today*
Mrs. Young is 6S years old. She had
been a school teacher since 1862, pres?
ident of the State board of education,
president of the Education association
in 191(1-11 and is one of the most
prominent women educators in the
United States. Her appointment as
superintendent of the Chicago schools
at an annual salary of $10,000 was a
sensation at the time.
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ALL TEAMS CHALLENGED.
Slogging Highlanders Willing to lie?
llniSJBSsl with Any Short Pants
Team.
The Slugging Highlanders, glorious
In their Victory oxer the Bantams of
Friday, are anxious to conquer other
toes and issue a ?hallenge to any
other short pants team in the city or
elsew here.
The game Friday was too one-sided
to he very interesting, the score of it
and t showing the case with which
the Highlanders won The feature of
the (came was a one-hand stab by
Richardson. The bateries were:
Plugging Highlanders, Triblde and
Barrett
Bantams. Flowers. Burns. Broun
and McLeod.
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