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atchman anft 8CMTF.R WATCIWAN, Established April, 1850. 4,Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be t hy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 184?. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 6. SUMTER COUNTY ELEC TION WAS ILLEGAL State Board of Canvassers Threw Out Election on Ground That Ballots Were Illegal Size. Decision Announced Wednesday Night After Executive Ses? sion of Board?Vote of Board Not Given?Dispensary Wins in Lexington County and Williamsburg?Problem Not Yet Solved Columbia, Sept. 11.?State board of canvassers, after an executive session of several hours hist night, announc? ed that there had been no legal elec? tion in Sumter county on the dispen? sary question. It was also announced that the board had affirmed the ruling of the Lexington county board of canvassers, which declared in favor of the dispen? sary. Vote on the protest from Willlams burg county showed that three mem? bers were in favor of sustaining the ruling of the county board in favor of the dispensary, while three favored the prohibition advocates. Session of the board will be re? sumed thin morning at 10.30 o'clock Hi the office of the Hecretary of State when the consideration of the Wil llamsburg appeal will be resumed. It was held by the board in the Sumter case that no election had been held on the general ground that the ballots were of Illegal size. The voto In Sumter was 4Ci to 470, according to the return of the county board. Several illegal votes were charged by Ihe attorneys for the prohibitionists. The vote on the Sumter case by the State boa'd was not announced lust night. Hearing on the contest from Wil .jMatorg county ai a res; it of the IttAlon given by the county I card of rantusser* on the dispensary election was held before the State board of canvassers yottterday in the otTlee of the secretary of state. The State board took the contests from Lexington, ?lUnttf and Williamsburg counties under consideration, intending to an? nounce its decision later, perhaps in tb course of the evening. Dispensary advocates were repre? sented at the hearing of the Wil llamsburg cuse by Leltoy Lee and Ed? win L. Hirsch. The prohibition forces were represented by Charlton Du 1! ant and H <>. Purdy. Supplemental return, sent by the county board through the attorneys for the dispensary forces, was thrown out by the board, after a spirited dis? cussion. An executive session was held and it was announced that ' the return was not admissible, because it had not been filed within the time al? lowed by law. Tight before the State board of canvassers hinged principally on two boxes, which had been thrown out by the county board on the ground that voters were not required to show their tax receipts and registration certifi? cates. The dispensary forces contend? ed that the voting without receipts and registration certltlcates invalidat? ed the election. It wa? also held that the board was right in allowing the managers of the two boxe* to give testimony. The attorneys denied that! the county board was biased. TRIBUTE 10 DISEASE. AN NC Ali 14 WS KSTIMATKD AT TWO HlNDiti rt MILLION. l'ro|N*r Sanitation und Legislation Newleri to Sunt People from lleni ? Tas They now hn to Preventable Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 10.? A money bum of $200,000,000 yearly from diabase can be prevented by im? proved sanitation and proper legisla? tive action, according to Dr. John H. Andrewe of New York, secretary of the American Society for Labor Leg? islation, who addressed the American Public Health association here today. Dr. Andrews spoke on "Occupational Diseases nnd Legislative Remedies." The curing of rabies by the use of quinine was the subject of an address by Dr. L D. Harris of St. Louis be? fore the American Health association today. Dr Harris submits d the ri suits of a treatment with quinine in h? in with the theory of Dr. j Virgil II Moon recently announced, and gave as his opinion from exhaus? tive >, that medical science within a short time will have btatl entirely re, olut ionized with respect to th? treatment of tins malady. Hi tobi of adrAtntataring injactloni of quinine to a- patn-ut a short time ago and said that within a traib tic patient was di*? bargt ?! from hit ? are Dr. l\ K. Terr... health Offlotf Of Jacksonville, Flu., In a paper Oil * "Drug Habitues and Their Hearing on the Pu?di. Health and W. hare. 1 Raid the Maine f..r drug vi< tuns ipOH phy HiniitH. Rg said II per ihiiI of drug Users be< ..me so through taking dmgl prescribed during illness and dc lnrtd that ahyatclana art more dangerous than druKKisIs In this respect. lie favored Si.it, legislation against phy gfc i ms and drill inmiini/ing tin praetlce of presenblng strong drugs to thorn* Uddn I d to their ose. Kugt-lir K HoVSe of Welicdy < o||egi road a paper on llyslani and Phi I chI Kduc.itb?n " * Marriage l.b cn->c RctfM ll A lb ense to marry was Issue I Thursday to Mr L. I.. I'.reswell of ? irang? borg and Miss Anna \V 11 Ivj of Sunder. Mr. P. P. Manning Is in the eltj |gf a few duvs from the central ntl western Mates a here he tias been in the Interest of I ie Sunder : M mag* ufi<> Hi reports ths outlook tu 1 m #*ceedln?<ly K.I for the .ale ol the buinter product. PHODFtTlox HUB GREATEST AND PltlCFs THE HIGUB8T. Total Sales on Nineteen Markets. Containing Forty-two Warehouses, In Soutli Carolina for July and Au? gust Neurly Thirty Million Pounds, rutting Almost Four Million Do|. lars in Pockets of Farmers.?Aver? age Msg 11.18 t ents Per Pound. Columbia, Sept. 10.?The total gglfg of tobacco in South Carolina during the months of July and Au? gust were 27,939,215 pounds, bring? ing $3,876,27 |,|7, an increase over the same period of last year of 6, M6.75."., and has netted the farmers $l,.r.86,671-14 more in money than the crop for the corresponding period of last year. The average price per pound for tobacco this season has DOOS 14.48 cents, us ugalnst 11.70 cents last year. "It looks now as if the State is to break all records for tobicco pro? duction," said Commissioner Watsou, in making DtthllC the sales figure*. 'The quality has been and is good ?nd the pri? I has gept up well," he statod. Thon are 19 markets and 4 2 to I l CO war? houses in the State this Mason. The production has Increas? ed from I?I44,IH pounds In August, of IS10, to 11,101,171 pounds in Au? gust, of this year, ar.d from $728,? ItO.ll rtcolvod i'? money for the Au? gust, ISIS ? top, to $S,7S0,S66.0a re? ceived for the tobacco sold in August, 191 The whole State la enjoying the re? sults of the wonderful tobacco In? dustry and ita Increase In the p.?-st year Is little short <?f marvelous, store and more of the countlei surrounding lilt pee Dee and adjoining Bectlon are planting tobac<and with Ihe gratifying results, especially ihe eplendld price received for 'his year's crop, it is safe t.i predl< I that next year will see Ihe greatest nereago yol devoted ?? lobacco planted "> Houth Carolina, Awaiting lins Trolley, rjoi en< Thnea We had hoped and undei ?.??><>.i t hat as goon as commlsab n form of go> - ernrw ni came Into existence In Flor ence we would base that much need? ed Indie) line, There is not n town <>ii ihe map that needs a trolley lim more ihon Florence dot s, ami not ont ere believe where a trolley would Is produ< Ive <'t more good of greatei general de?, slopinent, JAPS ANGRY WITH CHINA. MOBS CONTINUE DEMONSTRA? TIONS IN TOKYO. Premier Says Government Will Not Mobilize Army but Will Deal With Situation Firmly. Tokyo, Sept. 8.?The anti-Chinese demonstrations continued today in the form of window smashing and tram car wrecking. Premier Yamamoto informed the political deputations which called on him that the government would not mobilise the army, but intended to deal with the Chinese problem with a firm hand. It is reported that Choso Koike, councilor of the imperial embassy at London, will succeed Mortlaro Abe as director of the political bureau of the Japanost foreign office. The members of the Japanese cabi? net are being constantly protected by detectives. < The police arrested the ring lead? ers of the mobs which were assem? bling to hold another mass meeting here today and the meeting was not held. Pr?mier Yamamoto received the organisers of'yesterday's meetings and informed them that there was no ne? cessity of sending armed forces to China at present. According to another version the premier dec lared that Pit sending of troops to China might biing about the partition of that country by the powers. This el y is filled with unsubstan? tiated rumors that the occupation of Chinese territory Is impending. Gen. Viscount Yoshimichi Hazegawa, chief of the general staff, and Gen. Vis? count Kageaki Kawamura, command? er of the Tokyo garrison, conferred today with Emperor Yoshihito at Nikki. . The Chinese government has apologized to Japan for the murder of several Japanese at Nanking and has ordered an investigation. The Chi? nese^ note voiced the desire that a peaceful solution of the affair J>e ruiched through diplomatic chantfbls. CHINA IS CONCERNED. Fears Results of Agitation in Tokyo. Peking, Sept. 8.?The Chinese gov? ernment is much concerned over the agitation in Japan in connec tion with the killing of several Japanese dur? ing the fighting at Nanking, and de? siring to mako reparation, has In? structed the charge d'affaires at Tokyo to express regrets to the Japanese for? eign office. The Chinese foreign of? fice here has alerady expressed re? grets to the Japanese legation, The commanding general at Nan? king has sent a message of sympathy to the Japanese general and has of? fered to compensate the families of the victims. The newly appointed Chinese minister at Tokyo has been ordered to Nanking to conduct a full inquiry. Three weeks ago, fearing the pos sibillty of untoward incidents the Chinese government urgrd tho Japa? nese legation to withdraw Its na? tionals from Nanking and only a few days ago the Japanese legation noti? fied the Chinese officials that the Jap? anese who had served the Southern guns had been returned to Japan. MaJ. Gen. Shiba, wh > was com* mlsioned by the Japanese govern? ment to investigate the matter, ad? mits In S published report that Japa? nese officers and soldiers, without their gonvcrnment's consent, acted as local commanders among the South? erners. OUT TOBACCO, URGES BISHOP. Many Preachers Loath to Follow Ad? vise, However. St. Charles, Mo., Sept. 8.?Bishop E. L\ I loss, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, urged ministers at? tending the Missouri Conference of that Church lure today to refrain from tobacco, and characterised total abstinence from the weed ns one of the distinguishing marks of a gentle? man. While lie was speaking several preachers were smoking on the lawn in front of the churuh. The Bishop asked those who attenu ed the General Conference in Okla? homa City next year especially to re frain from Btnoking, lie then usked for a vote endorsing his views as to the General Conference, but Beveral ministers voted "no." The llishop then told a story to il lustrate how some people-smoke on the sly, and he not a unamlnous vote endorsing his views, Several sections of the county have had ram recently, but i niie has come to Sumter and the immediate vicin? ity, HOUSE PROVISIONS RETAINED. RILL P \SSi :s SENATE WITH FFW IMPORTANT CHANGE FROM HOUSE. Sugar anil Wool Kates Remain the Same?Ad Valorem Rate Reduced Two Par Cent?Income Tax Rate increased?Changes Made in Sen? ate. Washington, Sept. 9.?The tariff bill is it passed the senate today re? tained the principal house provisions, including free sugar and free raw wool, but revised other rates still further downward. The average ad valorem rate in the bill is now ap? proximately 26 per cent, a decrease of 28 per cent from existing rates and nearly 4 per cent lower than the rates of the house bill. The senate's additions to the house free list with 1912 as a basis will cost i the government more than $44,000, ! 000, but by adding a tax of one-tenth 1 of 1 cent a pound on cotton for future '? delivery, a tax on bananas of one i tenth of I cent a pound, restoring the , requirement of a full internal revenue ! tax of $1.10 a gallon on brandies used ! to fortify wines, and by increasing the surtax rates on large incomes, senate leaders believe they have pro? vided an actual increase. That is a point disputed by Majority Leader j Underwood of the house. The senate j made these other Important changes: Lowered the normal exemption i from the 1 per cent income tax from 1 $4,000 to $3,000 for single persons, ; with exemptions for wives and de I pendent children; exempted the in? comes of mutual insurance companies which revert to the beneiit of stock? holders; increased graduated surtax on large incomes to a maximum of 6 per cent on those more than $500,000; exempted incomes of municipalities derived from operation of public utili? ties and changed the date from what . the tax shall be computed for lirst ! year from January 1 to March 1. ? 1913. Free listed cattle and other live 'stock, wheat, hair Of"the angora goat' and some other agricultural products; restored oat meal and rolled oats to the dutiable list and provided an elaborate inspection of meats. Reduced house rates on woolen manufactures to become effective January 1, 1914. Provided in the sugar schedule for immediate abolishment of the Dutch standard test; postponed operation of j proposed reduced rates until March 1. j 191 leaving the provision unchanged \ for free sugar III May, 191G. Slightly increased rates on finer cot? ton goods, reclassifying the whole cotton schedule and changing the silk ] schedule from an ad valorem to a 1 specific basis. j Provided for an administrative force to handle income tax collections without regard to requirements of the civil service. Struck out a countervailing duty on ? wood pulp. Greatly reduced rates of the metal 1 schedule. Struck out many reform provisions in the administrative section; reject? ed the anti-dumping clause; the 5 per cent tariff reduction on imports In American vessels and the requirement for Introduction of books of foreign manufacturers in under valuation cases. Added a provision giving the presi? dent athority to retaliate against na? tions which are against American goods by proclaiming increased rate.; on certain goods; adopted a provision excluding goods manufactured chiefly by child labr and provided for the creation of a commission to revise the ! customs laws. HOUSE BURNS ON OAKLAND AVE Handing Belonging to Z. F. Walker Destroyed by Piro Wednesday Af? ternoon. A building on Oakland avenue, the property of Z. K, Walker, was destroy? ed by fire Wednesday afternoon, the lire department sav ing an adjacent building, which was threatened sev? eral tinns by tin- blaze. The lire had a good start, it having caught in the roof and burned very slowly at lirst as the Are box was some distance from the tire and the run was a long one for the louses. At the sann time the water was very slow in com inj; after the line of hose had been st! etched out. At one time, alter the first build ing bad lallen in, il seemed thai ill" second house would go also, A sec? tion of lose burst and the water v..\ cut off until a new section could im put In. I >urlng this time I he sec und bouse caught and had a good headway before the water was igaln tinned on. It was then speedily ex tinguished. TARIFF RILL PASSES SENATE. DEMOCRATIC MEASURE RE? CEIVES FORTY-FOUR VOTES FOR AND THIRTY-SEV? EN AGAINST PAS. SAGE. La Follette ami Poindextor, Progres? sives Republicans, Vote for Hill ami Two Louisiana Senators Vote Against It. Conference Committee Appointed by Vice President Slier man. Washington, Sept. 9.?The Demo? cratic tariff revision bill passed the senate at 5.43 o'clock this afternoon amid a burst of applause that swept down from crowded galleries and found its echo on the crowded floor of the senate. Its passage was at? tended with surprises in the final mo RientS of the voting when Senator r ?) Kollette (Republican) cast his "5?" with the Democrats and was .io' few moments later by Senat/ dexter (Progressive.) Until the names of Senators La Fol lette and Poindexter were called no I one knew definitely the stand they would take and their votes were greeted with applause. President Wilson tonight expressed great gratification over the end of the long struggle in the senate. Senator Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, who piloted the bill through the finance committee, the Democratic caucus and the senate, predicted its passage would bring im? mediate stimulus to the commercial life of the country. As it passed the senate the tariff bill represents an average reduc tion of more than 4 per cent from the rates of the original bill that passed the house and nearly 82 per cent from the rates of existing laws. In many important places the sen? ate has changed the bill that pass?1 the house and a conference commit? tee of the two houses will begin work? ing Wednesday or Thursday to adjust differences. Leaders of both houses predict that the v-onfercn**e- will cont sumo less than two weeks' time. The senate named its members of the conference committee as soon as the bill passed. Vice President Marshall appointed Senators Simmons, Stone, Williams and Johnson (Democrats) and Sena? tors Penrose, Lodge and La Follette < Kepubicatts). Senator Stone withdrew from the committee and Senator Shivley was appointed in his place. The house :on j ferees, It was reported tonight, will be Representatives Underwood, Kitch in and Uainey (Democrats) and Payne and Fordney (Republicans). The llnal struggle began at 4 o'clock when under a previous agreement votes began on the pending amend? ments. During the closing hoursof debate Bean tor La Follette had be? come the centre of interest, proposing final amendments on the cotton and agricultural schedules and discussing some features of the bill he deemed favorable. It was nearly 5.30 o'clock when the vice president put the bill upon its passage. The roll call proceeded delib-?r?vcly until the clerk called "La Follette." The Wisconsin senator, seated It tne front row, hesitated a moment. Hla head was bowed and resting on his hand. He leaned forward a tritle and vigorously answered, "Aye." Instantly applause broke from the galleries and senators on the Demo? cratic side joined In hand clapping. When the name of Senator Poindex? ter, the only Progressive senator, was readied and he had contributed his vote for the bill the applause was re? newed. Tonight Senator La Kollette had a few words to say of his vote, after many Democratic senators visited his desk and shook his hand. "1 realize what I did was a political sacrifice but that something within me compelled me to vote for the bill The tariff act of 1SSS was but little short of a crime; the bill passed today is not a Democratic measure but is a protective measure. (live the Demo? crats time and they will put everything on a free trade i>asis. but they have not done it in this bill." Senator Poindexter said of his vote: "i Noted for tile senate tariff bill because it Is as a whole a better bill than the Payne-Aldrlch law now ?n force. Furthermore, it contains an income tax which we have been trying l<> get for years." When the vote had been announc.nl Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire, leader of the minority, congratulated Senator Simmons "for his courteous, kindly and considerate manner." In the conduct of the debate. 'The bill Itself is bad," be said. "! ui its management has been in every way creditable to the majority no mm m mi AMERICA FROWNS ON DOMINI? CAN REVOI/T. Res Molncs Should Arrive at Puerto to Protect United Sttat s Interests. Washington, Sept. 9.?James M. Sullivan, the new American minister to Santo Pnmirgo, and Charles M. Hathaway, consul at Puerto Plata, left Washington late today for Puerto Plata to tell the Dominican revolu? tionists there that the United States has no sympathy with their effort to overthrow the Bor las government. The m' ^r and consul will go to Key W ^ f embark directly for Puert /L. The minister will take stei protect the customs houses , ip /evolutionary section, which, I ^s ji in the republic, are operated ^ ,f American supervision. ) /he cruiser Des Moines was due at . uerto Plata late today, and should / it be necessary marines will be land > ed to guard the customs houses and American interests. If the police are still are in possession, an effort will be made to persuade the belligerents I to do their fighting outside the city limits. ELECTION IN SPARTAXBURO. Johnson in Second Race With Former Mayor Floyd. Spartanburg, Sept. 9.?Complete but unotliciul returns, subject to revis? ion, indicate that a second Democratic primary election will have to be held to choose the party's nominee for mayor of Spartanburg under the com? mission form of government None of the three candidates received a ma? jority today. Mayor O. L. Johnson led, receiving 7C7 votes. Former Mayor John F. Floyd received 508 votes, and Ben Hill Brown was eliminated, receiv? ing only 340 votes. Johnson lacks 81 votes of a majority and will run a second race with Floyd. It is conceded that Floyd will re? ceive., most e5 Brown's votes* beth ran on a platform calling for vlgor 3us enforcement of the laws against commercialized vice and "blind tig I ers," while Johnson, though silent on the subject, is generally understood j to have received votes of those wh< ! favor an "open'* town. ACQUIRES INTEREST IX SUMTER Fx-Mayor of Marion. S. C, Will Be Identified with Boyle Live Stock Company. Mr. S. O'Quinn, formerly mayor of Marion, and at the present time mem? ber of the house of representatives 'rom Marion county, has come to ^umter to be associated with the Boyle Livo Stock Company as mem )er of the firm in the horse depart? ment. Mr. O'Quinn has for the past 18 years been with the Holliday Company, of Marion, as manager ot '.he horse and vehicle department, and understands thoroughly this bus? iness. Pending the removal of his famiiy to this city, Mr. O'Quinn will >a located at the Imperial Hotel. Uld eminently fair to the minority." Just before the voting on amend? ments began Senator La Follctte added a few minutes of his time to Senator Thornton of Louisiana, who was about to desert his colleagues on the roll call. 'it is hard lor me to vote against this bill," said the Louisiana sena? tor. "It is made a party measure by the party with which I cast allegiance 46 years ago. It is harder still that 1 am forced to vote against it be? cause my own party seeks now te strike a vital blow against the great sugar industry of my State." The senator said he was charged with a duty from his State higher than any duty owed to the Demo? cratic party and vot ng against the bill, he continued, was keeping his pledge. lnc.?me tax amendments by Sena tors Bristow and La Follctte, similar 1.1 tin ?sc they introduced several day* ago. were defeated. An amendmcn 1 y Senator Gallinger that proposed to send the whole tariff question over until December, 1114, and submit the 'nil to a popular referendum next fall als.? was defeated. One Important change made on the recommendation ??f the finance com mittee gives the secretary *?f the treas? ury power to censor ail Imported mov? ing picture films. Senator James, acting for tho finance committee, obtained the adop ? tion of a?? amendment modifying tho provision of the bill that authorises the secretary of the treasury and col lector of internal revenue to employ income tax officials without regard to the civil service laws.