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THE BCMTKR WATCHMAN, Katal.Ushed April, 1830. "Be Just und Fear not?Eet all Ihe ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ans Troth's." THIS TRUE sovWiwx, Established June, IMS. Con jolidatod Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 101&. Vol. XXXVII. No. 16. Conti MARKE! IS WEAK. RHoKE FAST THE THIRTEEN CENT MARK. Last Free* for Day Were 1? to TA Point? Lower, With Tone Steady. New T >rk, Oct. 9.?The cotton mar ket today broke through the 13 cent level with January contracts selling at IS.?0, or about $4.66 per bale below the high records of last week. Relief from Atlantic storm apprehensions and talk of easier Southern spot mar? kets seemed to inspire general heavy offerings, while stop orders were un? covered during the progress of the decline. Covering and reports that trade buyers had ubsnrbed a good many of the contracts thrown over during the morning uteadled prices in the later trading and caused rallies of nine to ten points from the lowest with the close stead) at a net loss of It to 22 points. The market was under heavy pres? sure almost from the start until prices showed a net loss of from 26 to 2D points. The opening was steady at an ad Nance of three points on October, in sympathy with steudy cables, but later months were three to five points low ST, and after little Irregularity the market became very weak and un ?ottled. Weather advices Indicated that the Atlsntic storm had passed miund and that there was no serious damage In the Interior. Some light rains were shown in the Southwest, hut generally speaking weather condi? tions seemed favorable and evidently led to a renewal of the selling move? ment, which was checked yesterday by fear of Eastern belt damage. Of? ferings became a little less active be? low 12.96 for January, and the late rally was delped by the more favor? able spot iidvices from New Orleans, where private wires claimed that fac? tors were ' ovoring their tables and re? fusing to meet the decline. Houses w*.h Southern connection were among the sellers during the morning. BOLL WOltM AND HOLL WEEVIL. Mow to Delect ami Deal with the Holl Wons. Washington, Oct. 10.?The Depart? ment of Agriculture has recently re? ceived numerous inquiries about in Jury by the cotton boll worm, espe? cially In th.i eastern part of the belt. In many cases this Insect has been confused with the boll weevil, and several erroneous reports about the occurrence of that pest in new re? gions have fhus become prevalent. The boll worm is the larva of a moth, and is only very distantly re? lated to th" weevil which belongs to the large r.atural group of beetles The worm when first hatched is very tiny, but g-ows rapidly, becoming Mm 11% a little over an Inch long, and greenish or brownish in color. The weevil grub in white and found only within the otton square or boll. 11 never exceeds one-half inch in length. In the cum* of the present outbreak the Injury b?g?n so late In the season that litt) - c vn be done to protect the present crop Nevertheless, a farmer can Insure the crop of the coming sea? son against injury by the pest with comparatively little truoble and ex? pense. The action that should be tak? en srherever Injury hus occurred this yes;* la t>> pe k the BOttag as quick? ly as poMMitde und Immediately therc ?flsr to plag an,| harrow the fields. Thl?. work will result in the destruc? tion of the Immature stages of tho Vkorm v\hn h have pSSSOd J''st b? m ath tbe surface i?f thf BOtl In addition to th* effect m destroy leg the lasset the plowing und harrowing of the h#hl* will have very great valtM IS the w.i. <>t preparing for the crop of the following season. Mctlsgggj ,,f i t.ntrol g| the boll worm wbn h s- applicable In different Sn is id t he year are described. APPOINTED ON STATE HOARD. A. II? \ ties Hawkins Takes Pluee of J. D. BeSS an Penitentiary Hoard. < ksfesehie, i?. t. i \( --Governor Weese today appolntsd A. llaynes Hawkins o4 pi.aperlty ji membef el the board of penitentiary directors, vice J. I? I >ens, de< . u o i. Dr. C. S. Ilrltton Dead. fllsbops ille, Oet It, ? pr, C, Dftttoa, a popular physieia,, ,,f tin ftpring Hill section ,,f this eounty, died at hi* home this morning, after an lllneas of several months Or Ilrltton was 70 wars old. He Issjeee a wife ami i large famlt] of nons ami eeitghtsre The remains Will be burled at i IoIMI'M .\b (hodist Chureh lomormte murniiK. AGAINST TARIFF CHANGE. UNDERWOOD OPPOSED TO RE PEAL OF FIVE PER CENT CLAUSE. Following a Conference with House Leader, Folk, Solicitor of State department, Announces That no C hange Will he Made Now. Washington, Oct. 9.?Efforts to re? peal the tariff bill clause providing for a 5 per cent, tariff discount on imports in American ships met a set? back today with the return to the city of Representative Underwood, cha. rman of the ways and means committee, original champion of the clause. After Joseph W. Folk, solicitor of the state department, who advocates repeal of the provision, had talked to Mr. Underwood, he announced there would be no development in the matter for several days. It was also stated that President Wilson's mind I on this subject still is open. Represen? tative Underwood still emphatically favors the provision and had no hesi? tancy in saying so. 'Tho tariff bill now is a law and I am for the bill as it stands," Mr. Underwood declared. "If the presi? dent thinks ths issue is grave enough to send a messago urging tho rcpeul of the discount provision, or if he in ! dicates that ho wishes it repealed, I will call the ways and means commit I tee together to consider the idea. Hut even then I would not favor a repeal until a thorough hearing had been held and everything had been said on both'sides." Mr. Underwood stated that he be? lieved there was a misconception in the departments regarding the clause and that he believed it would work out advantageously to this country. CHARLESTON JURY'S TASK. Witnesses Arc Examined After So? licitor Hands Dig Hatch of In dktxaents to Grand Jury. I Charleston. Oct. 9.?With over 300 liquor indictments before It the grand Jury of Charleston has a large task in prospect. Since Solicitor Peurifoy handed the big batch to the Inquisi? torial body, witnesses have been ex? amined and consideration given to the cases and Judge Howman has charged twice as to the law. There is wide interest here in the wholesale move to bring alleged vio? lators of the liquor statutes to task, but with the cases running into the hundreds and failure heretofore to convict fresh in mind many are skeptical of results as the outcome of this activity on the part of the Law and order league. Whether the grand jury bring? in true bills or no bills eases given to the solicitor for trial will not Come up before the next term. The following is the grand jury facing the task of passing on the 300 and odd indictments: J. P. Devereux, foreman; W. M. Hums, Jr., Hugh Frazer. T. C. linker, L\ S. Foster, W. E. Nolte, C. J. Trenholm, C. H. L. Heinz. M. J. Moran, Joseph Roberta J. Tobias, John O. Hrandt. A. I?. Laroche, II. O. Withington, Charles Mteveai and W. G. Mazyck, Jr. _ WARRANTS FOR CONGRESSMEN. House Orders Arrest of Missing McinbeM. Washington. Ort. I,?When the bouse adjourned today 200 members ?nine short of a quorum?had re? ported.! A resolution was adopted re? taining in force an order to lite ser? jeant-at-arms for the arrest of ib Hellt members. Every absentee has been notified ly telegraph tbat a warrant has been issued and all who can be found ill Washington tomorrow who have not reported, will be brought to the bar of the house. Majority Leader Underwood, who returned today from Atlantic City, said he dbl not Wish to Criticise ab? sent members, because of the long grind t/lthln the legislative hall, but lie urged those who ran do sn to re? turn until the urgent deficiency bill m amended by the senate an !>?? sent to conference and flnallj disposed of, administration leaders txpeci a quo? rum will be found tomorrow, Will MOV? hi Columbia. : hnpy H ? Leader and Vindicator, Judge K F. Weils anil ex* Judge w. M. Rfdri of St. Charles were in town Is t Mot day. Judge Held expects ti> move ?'? Columbia, His many friend" v\iii Im Korr) t.? hear of ins content? ?iii> 11. Mr. Wells is a worthy ?Uccessot of Judge Ibid, who has made a s.i record for sound ludg" mint, fair deal inn nnd Just decisions. ADMINISTRATION 13 UNITED. CONCERTED ACTION AO AI N ST CRITICISM AND DELAY ES? TABLISHES FEELING OF CONFIDENCE. President Wilson Announces His Views on Hill?Does not Think Hunkers' Ideas Correspond with; Those of tho Public at Largo-*? Does not Desire to Have 1)111 a Party Measure Unless it is Found ImitoKsihlc to Pass it Otherwise? Early Action Essential. Washington, Oct. 9.?A concerted defense by administration forces against criticisms of the currency bill by bankers at tho Boston convention of the American Bankers' association and against what was alleged to be an organized effort to hinder ,4s consideration and passage, served to clear the air in Washington today and to inspire a new feeling of confidence tonight in Democratic circles. A senate debate in which the bank? ers' criticisms came in for sharp an? swer from friends of the bill found its echo later in the day when Presi? dent Wilson made plain to callers his own view of the recent developments surrounding the bill. The president let it be known that he did not think the views of the Boston Bankers' convention, as they bore on the currency bill now before the senate, represented the general ' public sentiment of the country. In the president's view the attacks made on the bill by the Boston conference represented the activities of men whom he believed to bf acting with sincerity, but who as individuals re j fused to yield their position of con? trol of the country's financial system. ( The expressions in the senate were more emphatic. "1 think the Boston meeting's ob? vious purpose was to work up oppo tiition to this bill," said Senator Owen, und "either to force the bankers' view ? >r to delay or defeat this bill." Senator Thomas talked of an "or? ganized conspiracy" to misrepresent the president and impede ledslatiou. Senator Overman declared the Boa ton conference did not reflect the \ lews of the general public; and Sen j tor Owen, answering a question by his Democratic colleagues, said he 1 elieved there was an organized pro? paganda, against the bill that found i s reflection In the Hoston confer? ence ind In the various State bank? ers' conventions, which have adopted resolutions criticising the currency neasu re. The results of the senate debate and of the later discussion by the president with White House visitors aers to develop the following facts: That no effort will be made to make the currency bill a party meas? ure In the senate unless it becomes impossible to get it through in any other way. That the president believes early ac? tion on the bill is essential, while many Democratic senators will op? pose any effort to unduly force the si unit Ion. That the criticism of the bankers' 04 nference at Boston has tended to solidify the Democratic ranks in sup? port of the bill. I President Wilson told callers that the time element was Important in the currency situation; that with the bin accumulations of business in the autumn and early winter, the busi? ness men were anxious that the bank? ing and credit question should be defi? nitely settled at once. While the president also took the position that the senate currency he irings had been unduJv prolonged, members of tho senate in the debate of the body Indicated general satis? faction with the facts and information dltclosed through these hearings. t was apparent whi n today's hear? ings ended thatt here had been no change in committee seniment of the committee work. Democratic mem? bers Insisted, however, that with proper time for consideration it would be possible to get a complete bill out of the committee in November and that its passage through the senate mlghl be accomplished in December! KING WD QUEEN THREATENED. London, Oct. 11.?King Qeorge ami Queen Mary, who attended a com? mand performance at a London music hall tonight, bad a narrow escape from being mobbed by suffragettes. The women, who bad gathered i" con? siderable numbers, made a lively dash for the royal carriage on Its arrival at the theatre, shouting, "Women are being tortured in prison." They hud almost reached tho car? riage when the police closed round and lhe suffragettes, defiantly shout? ing "Votes for women," were burled back. ?RBUMENT IN SULZER GASE. LENGTHY SPEECHES DELIVERED BY MARSHALL AND PARKER. I Believed tliat Verdict Will be Ren? dered Tuesday und Punishment will ho Fixed Then if Executive is Euuml Guilty. Albany. N. Y., Oct. 9.?Fifty thous? and words of legal argument, scath? ing denunciation of Gov. William Sul ezr on the one side and of his accusers on the other, delivered today by op? posing counsel, brought a verdict in the trial of the impeached executive I one day nearer. Another day will be occupied sim? ilarly tomorrow, at the end of which the h.gh court will go into executive session, it is expected, to determine ' procedure in deciding the guilt or in j nocence of the accused. The court 1 probably will adjoum until Tuesday. There is some talk tonight, however, , of taking a vote Saturday. The pro | cedure to be adoped will include the manner of deciding several constitu which was reserved Until the end of tional questions, determination of ! the trial. These include th* impeach ability of acts committed by the gov ) ernor before he took office and the questioi whether the use of campaign contribution given without restriction i constitutes larceny. These matters, it is likely, will he decided either .Saturday oi Tuesday in I executive session, after which the I doors will b? thrown open and the j public admitted to hear the vote on the verdict. Each of the eight arti? cles of impeachment vill be voted upon separately, it is expected, and there now being 57 members of the court in attendance, 38 ayes will be the necessary two-thirds majority to convict. In the event of a conviction a vote probably would be taken as to whether the governor should be re ' moved from office and another as to whether he should be disqualified from holding oflice in this State here? after. Louis Marshall for the defense and .Alton B. Parker for the assembly 1 managers occupied the attention of ' the court today, Marshal* impeaching the motives of those who brought the I charges against the governor as based on "passion and caprice" and Par? ker denouncing the governor as one whom the "uneontradieted proofs, which have been spread upon this record," showed was no longer "lit i to be the chief executive of this State" and for whom it was "absolu tely Impossible ever to regain the confidence of the people." LAND IN ARCTIC. Russian Government Expedition Re? turns From Ernzen North With Im? portant News. St. Michael, Alaska. Oct. 11.?The Russian government steamers Taimyr and Waygatch under Commander Willtaky, who has been engaged in Arctic exploration north of Siberia for three years, arrived here today for coal. ('apt. Wllltsky reports the discovery Of a body of land as large as Greenland, extending beyond lati j tUde SI north ami longitude 102 east. Admiral Peary and other Arctic I explorers have believed that a large body of land, almost a continent, ex? isted In the polar regions. The Can? adian government had SO much faith In the theories of Peary. Stefansson and other explorers that last summer it sent out Stefansson with the best equipped polar expedition that ever entered the ice. Three of Stefnnsson's boats are frozen in the ice pack near Point Harrow, Alaska. Stctasson himself with the whaler Karluk got away safely from Point Harrow and steared for the north.1 seeking the unknown Continent Which the Russian expedition Which arrived at St. Michael reported having dis? covered. FAIR WEEK ORATORS. Ollie .lames Will Come. While Glfford Pint hot ami Harvey Joi'dou arc Uncertain, Columbia, < >< t. 13. Senator Ollie .lames, of Kentucky, who presided over tin* Baltimore Convention was to? day invited to be speaker here Pair Week. Senator Hankhead of Alabama has accepted, while Clifford Pinchol and Harvey Jordan are uncerti in about coming. Columbia, Oct, 13. Judge R. O. Purdy of Sunder notifying the Gover? nor that it was impossible for him to ><i\,>, Oov, 11 lease designated It. R Copes to bold Orangeburg court. BUN OVER BY TRAIN. H, LEE DUTTON. A. C. L. CAR IN? SPECTOR, KILLED IX STATION YARD EARLY MONDAY MORXIXG. Coroner's Jury Places Blame upon Coast Line Employees?Seems Thai hilling of Man was Due to Engineer Banks Taking Wrong Signal ? Dead Man Leaves Wife and Two Little Children. H. Lee Dutton, an Atlantic Coast Line railroad car inspector, was kill? ed early Monday when he was run over by several cars of a freight trun. The accident occurred in the ptssenger station yard just in front of tho small buildings alongside the railroad track and opposite the pas? senger station. Dutton was engager* in coupling the cars at the time/ s was knocked down and run ov ^ cars on engine No. 981, pul" through freight botween Ch.. ?on and Columbia. The coroner's jury at the close of I th i taking of testimony at the inquest Monday morning returned a verdict I placing all of the blame on the Coa*t ; Li'ie and its employees, the verdict J of the jury being "That the said Lee I Dvtton came to his death by being I ru i ov^r by an A. C. L. R. R. train I th. ough the carelessness of signals on the) part of A. C. L. R. R. em , phyees, when Dutton was engaged in tho discharge of his duty." Mr. L. D. Jennings was present throughout the im.uest and prior to it, representing the heirs of the deceased. r.?he kiling as ascertained Monday mr rning seems to have been about as ' fol ows: The through freight from I Ch lrleston rolled in about 5 o'clock > and threw off some cars and prepared to >ako on others. The shifting engine carried the caboose from the cars which were thrown off to the rear of the other cars which were to be at? tached and it was coupled thenj, the air brakes being coupled by Button, thii being a part of his duty. Dut? ton then went on alongside the cars towaids the engine, examining them. I to Ree if all of the brakes were fasten? ed. Finding one unfastened he went in between the cars to fasten it. As he knelt to couple the hose, the switchman on the shifting ergine, seeing that the caboose had been mace fast to the cars, gave the signal to tie engineer on the shifting engine to Lack up. This signal was seen by Engineer Banks on the freight who thoi ght it was for him. He backed up and when the cars came together they failed to couple and lolled back, Catching Dutton between the cars and knot king him over. Four cars pass? ed over his body, which from the wais: down was fearfully mangled. The body was dragged for the dis? tance of two carlengths. Dutton still alNe was taken into the baggage room by Yard Master Bald? win and Station Agent Bostick, where J he died a few minutes later, before ! the coctor, who had been summoned, coule arrive. Th* accident occurred about 5.15 I a. m and the coroner's inquest was held at 10 o'clock. At the inquest G. J. Fritz, the Ragman on the train 891, was the only witness who had ?een the accident. Other witnesses were Dr. Archie China, A. c. L. physician; P. P. King, an A. C. L. employee and B. W. Baldwin, night . yard master. Und Hunter Hodge, another a. c. l. employed The tes? timony of practically ail of the wit-1 i \ nessei was to the effect that the acci? dent Ptras caused by the mistake in signal I H. Lee Dutton, the deceased, has been ivlng in Sumter for a number of years. The pathetic part id the killing is the fact that the deceased . haves a young widow and two little children, who depended upon his sup? port. A FIGHT WITH FLAMES. St. Matthews, Oct. 11.?Dr. B. F. Bruce, president of the state Dental association, met with a painful though not serious accident yesterday. While I idling tils alcohol lamp the flame was communicated to the vessel which contained the liquid. In his efforts to extinguish the flame a part of the burning liquid was splashed m his' left hand and arm. Dr. limce was up against the proposition of saving the office building, in which he was sit? uated, ind wbi< h was fast approach-, ing a burning building, and himself at the same time, he managed to I smother the lire on his arm first, and then proceed to attack the building lloor. Be was successful In both ef? forts, b it in the tight he came out with a badly burned hand and arm. Prompt aid was rendered and while sulTerinj considerable pain and much inconvenience, Dr. Bruce is able to be up and (Talking around today. GRIME CONTROLS CH?11LESTON SO BILLS RETURNED IN 42 LI? QUOR CASKS?OT1IKR INDICT? MENTS HANDED TO THE ACTING SOLICITOR. Farce Somewhere, Says Judge?Rep? resentatives of Law aiul Order League Say liiey are not Suprlsed at (?rand Jury's Action?Campaign Against Lawh>s Conditions in the Community to be Continued, they Say. News and Courier, Oct, 11. The grsVN^ jury for Charleston County y' pyt in open Court, re? turned ^ Jills" in the cases of ; forty/ ^ persons against whom evi d<> nich the Court charged was Y v i nt basis for true bills had been ^ nitted. Judge Bowman immedia ay asked whetaer the Jur yintended to go farther with the other liquor ea^es in its hands, remarking that there was evidently a farce somewhere I The foreman of the grand Jury, John i P. Devereux, replied that the Jury , had not yet voted on this. The mat? ter being put up to Acting Solicitor Herndon, Mr. II ?rndon answered that he would suggest, if the jury so desir? ed, that the jury be permitted to re? tire and prepare its final presentment. 1 This was agreed to. Later in the day the foreman of tie grand jury handed to Mr. Herndon all the indictments which had not been acted upon, about 275. In a statement given to the News and Courier last night, the Law and Order League, which instituted the eases, announced that the grand jury's action was; no suprise and that the League had played only its first and least hopeful card. One of the members of the g.*and jury cases, was himself under indict? ment on this list. It is likely that no further indict* ments will be handed to the present grand jury. It is understood that a large number of cases have been pre? pared against gamolers and others These cases are almost certain not to b, \\? pr? MMi;-.?(i befo-e next February* when the personnel of the grand Jur*' v* ill have changed. I Representatives of the Law and or? der League were asked what would be , the effect of the attitude of the grand jury on the future activity of the League and gave out the following statement: The In signs has not in any way been taken by suprise by the refusal of the grand jury to do its duty. One of the members of the grand jury was one of the persons indicted and there were a number of others on the panel with the lawless elements of the com munity. Such expectation of a more favorable issue as we have had was because of the unimpeachable charac? ters of some of the men who happened to be on the panel, and in view of tho fact that the charge of Judge Bow? man practically directed that the grand jury bring in indictments under ' the evidence submitted to them. However, the net results of the present situation is to impress upon the community the state of anarchy in which we are living. Greater than *.he law is the power of organised lawlessness, which plays with courts as it plays with laws. The League's work has beim planned with full rec? ognition of the possibility and even probability of such a situation as has been developed and will go stead? ily on. "A number of the men under indict? ment are also under Supreme Court injum lions, and one of the first things to be consldsrsd will be the feasibility of at once presenting to the Supreme Court the overwhelming evidence of violation of Its own decrees. The League shall not be inactive fe>r an instand and the action of the grand jury should In the end be a big asset in the immediate awakening of the community. "The League has played only its first and least hopeful cards. Those of (he community who are looking to it for definite results will not have lor."; tu wait for ev??ry concrete and convincing evidence of the careful work which has been done ami the far-rei-ehing plans which have been in the making for Several months 1 ast." SUFFRAGISTS OISITRII WORSHIP. Thirty Women in St. Paul's, London. Cham A| peals to Almighty. London, Oct. 12.?Thirty suffra gettes todaj disturbed the service in St. Paul'fl Cathedral They persisted in chunting appeals to the Almighty for their 'sisters being tortured bf forcible feeding In Hollway jail N The vergers tried to silence the women by putting Iheir bands over the singers' mouths.