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he to?MttiMi and outljroiu THIS HI'MTU 11 WATCHMAN, 1 *t*nllshed April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Alms't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth'*." THK TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ?2, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 17. CUT COUNCIL MEETING. M Mill It OF MI NOK MAT! KRS actki> rroN iiy (orn< iL \t Tlll ltHDAV night session. Council ln ? hh s t'pon Appropriation for sinutiT Hand?i hange In Sala? ries of Health < >m< < r and Superin? tendent of II? alt 11?LU-ense und Tux Orrilnenoe? Adopted?Number of ordinances K?nm\stcd by Board of HYelthr-? Other Orril miners Adopted ? Number of Matters Postponed. City Council held Its regular semi? monthly session Thursday evening with aJI members present. A large numb?r of mutters of minor Impor? tance came up for consideration and the majority of them were acted up? on, a number being; postponed until the next meeting ?f Council. Per? haps the most Important mutters pass? ed upon were the granting of the an? nual appropriation by tho city for the Sumter Band und the adoption of the tax and license- ordinances for the ensuing year. Mr. W. H. Boyle a*ked permiud<>n for the extension of a railroad truck across Green street to his warehouse at that point. The matter was de? ferred until Council could look into the matter and go over the ground. The report of the waterworks was rsferred to Mr. Kowlund to be check? ed up. Dr. H. A. Hood, superintendent of health, on behalf of the board of health, asked that council adopt an ordinance designating what is gar? bage and the proper methods of dis? posing of liquid garbage. He fur.her asked that an ordinance be pawed abolishing all dry wells and requir? ing the Installation of sanitary eew er closets, where connections could be inad? with the Hewer line. A committee of Messrs, J. H. Chan? dler. It. I. Munning and S. H. Ed? munds asked that Council muke the annual appropriation for the Humter Hand, stressing the value of this or? ganisation to the city A numerous? ly signed petition was handed to JQ$gfMi? requesting this appropriation S/nd the' donation wo* approved. A request from Ii. L* Tied ale for the use of Main. Calhoun. Church and Liberty streets for bicycle race* on November 6th was granted. W. W. V Kagen. superintendent of water works, had a number of bills for water rent which he asked Council to consider and give him the proper Inatru -tlona. The bills related to amounts due for water where leak* tfl.d developed In the pipes on the consumers' side of the meter. Coun? cil Instructed Mr. McKagen to collect the bills or cut off the wuter In each case. as the leakage was not the city's fault. Chief of Police J. ft Sumter, re? ported on the police ruids on blind tiger*, showing the serving of twenty-four warrants and tho arrest of thitteen persons. He slated that while the rases bail not all DOSS completed yet. that it was probable that the city would NM out ahead In the cash part of tho transucii >n and at the same time accomplish u good moral effect. He ssked if colored women accus? ed of selling liquor should not be made ti work on the streets, as other IHM In the past had been made to ?I-., ha It might huve u better effect In stopping tho sale of liquor than simply keeping the women In the jail. This muuter wus not acted up? on. Mr. VYorthlng'on reported that a six hMh water mum was needed on Oakland Avenue to extend for a dis? tance of ?60 feel and < oUld he built at a t oMt of f.'J... He stuted that a hydrant should he erected at tin tad of this six inch line. No n< tern was taken in the mutf-r at the present time. It was decided upon the report of Mr. Worthingtou that the drain from Wall street to Hampton Avenue would m,m approximately $100, to ha\e t?? j* install* d at MM | . Mr. WofthJnsjtOg i.ported that the telegraph pobM had been changed h> the Western Union Company an 1 that proper r air* to th?- st reel? would be mmhv Ha reported the re? pair of Hartlette mihi eoncrsti and also on Mftftg Street. He reported Mm i ..Mt i,f recent arorl at the purnpinis' station. before and since his arrival In the < u \\,. ported ev??r>fhmg t<> l?- Work i mi smoothly at present. The Ml oidlnaneo f??r the \e.n I !? I I was then taken up end i- > < and adopted. I thai ? duple ate of the one of 1!?1H. The li< enes ordinance cams next and was read and adopted, the out) change from l?]t, being 'be plaein. of printers and Jon printers on tin <du*s with lie. r h ints, reum?tig them CAPI. AND MRS. FINN HURL BOTH THROWS roOif BUGGY BY > RUNAWAY BOMB THUHS DAY AFTFHNOON. lit m Ii Hud ('?Mar Hones llrokcn ami Were Slightly Bruised, but Were Not Otherwise Injured?Doing Well Friday Morning?Little Philip Finn IIa- Manching Escape. Capt and Mrs. P. P. Finn suffered painful injuries and both had narrow escapes from death Thursday after? noon, when a horse they were driving became frightened and ran away, throwing 'hem out of the buggy ami breaking the right collar bones of each. Little Philip I inn, their grand? son and the son of P. F. Finn, had a most miraculous escape from death at the same time, although he actually cwaped with one slight bruise on the back of the head, where he hit the ground when he jumped out of the huggy. Capt. and Mrs. Finn both suffered considerable from their injuries Thursday night and spent a sleepless night, but Friday morning they were reported to be getting along very well and in much less pain, a fact which their many friends will hear with pleasure. The runaway occurred as Capt. Finn and his wife were driving along Oaklnnd Avenue east of the cemetery. The horse became frightened at some small negro boys who were playing on tho sidewalk and making a great dcai of noise. They dashed up be? hind the horse, it is understood with a small child's wagon in which were some articles which rattleJ. This frightened the horse which dushed off. As the horse came to the North? western Railway track it turned sharply down this track, tilting the buggy and throwing out both Capt. and Mrs. Finn. Little Philip Finn was sitting ll the bottom of the bug? gy and remained in while the horte followed tho track for about a hun? dred yards, when it turnod into Walh? er Avenue. At this place the little boy, who is only four years old, jumped out. He fell beside the road and hi*> head hit something as he fell, whlclt bruised it, but not severely. Capt. Finn had his right collar bone broken, the same bone which was broken several years ago in a railway accident and which has never fully healed. Mrs. Finn also had her right collar bone fractured and wa* bruised on tho knee and elbow, but an examination by the doctor reveal? ed no other Injuries. from the class in which they had been placed last year. A request, from D. It. McCallum for permission to remove a wooden building from Main Street through liaivin Street to Caldwcll Street, where it would be brick veneered and not increase the tire risk, was refused im the ground that it would set a bad pre<-cdent. The matter of the Installation Ol arches OH Main Street, which had been discussed by Mr. K. H. Moses of the Sutnter Lighting Company at a form? et meeting of council, was again tak? en up and discussed. Mr. Moses stat? ed the approximate cost of installation and maintenance. Council seemed in favor of the project, but were un? certain about certain points and de? cided to postpone notion until they had further information from Mr. Moses on certain points. The matter of the basing of tho Academy Of Music tame up, but ac? tion was postponed) The police report for September urns rend and received ni Information. A letter from tbe board of health was reed In Whit b it was recommend? ed thai tbe salary <d the superintend enl of health be reduced from $01) to ||fl i" ? month end th" salary of the health ohleer In rented from $?'?o to *t.". per month, it was also recom? mended that the henlth officer be al? tered i" devote bis whole time to tb<* duties ot tin henlth department. Council approved Ihe former recom* mendntlon ami dei Ided that the sec? ond matter eras to be left entirely w Ith the board of henll h, An ordinance ngelnsi begging on th?? streel was eylopted, making it ? pun lehn etc offenf ? to do so. An ordinance against rruely to animal*. Ihe same as the Stale statute, v es adopted by council. a n Mi. i 11..in ifipi. P. P, Finn for an Ineroase of snlary was referred to Mi i11 i?>r laveetlgatlon nnd re? port. A re<|tu t w.o* received from Rd? gei HkInner asking thai he he al Inf i i i. im i to lud ? n supplies for th*- water works Was road. \ number "i bills were then gone o\ er ami ordered i'uId, TWO KILLED IN FLAMES. CRUSHED UNDER FALLING WALLS AND FIGHT OTHERS IN J FRF I) IN ANDER ?ON. Explosion Occurs in Automobile Garage When Man Strikes Match, Causing Fro und Death?Thought That Third Man Perished in Flumes. Anderson, Oct. 17.?Two firemen were killed, criiBhed under a falling wall, one was probably fatally injured, an unknown man is believed to have lost his life and other people were injured this morning in the lire which followed an explosion in the garage of Archie . Todd. The explosion came when Ebb Lay ton, a Spartanburg man, struck a match while the tank of his auto mobile was being filled with gaso? line. The loss of life and most of the injuries were caused by the col? lapse of the front wall of the two story concrete block building in which the garage was located. The dead are Robert Dodd, Jr., and W. H. Campbell, firemen, fatally crushed when the walls fell. They died on the way to the hospital. Tom Davis, another fireman, was probably fatally injured, being pinned for a? half hour under the debris of the walls. He was taken from the ruins and cairied to the hospital, but physicians have no hope of saving his life. Archie L. Todd, proprietor of the garage and adjacent repair shop, and Ebb Layton, owner of the automobile which was being supplied with fuel, arc at the hospital suffering from se? vere burns. Hi C. Townsend, owner of the building in which the garage was lo? cated, was struck down by the falling walls and his left leg was crushed from the knee to the ankle. It will have to be amputated, physicians say. Heed Fowler, M. 13. Smith and Isaac Fein, firemen, were severely burnec. by the gush of flames from the front of the building. Anderson Johnson, a negro helper, also was badly burned. The building in whloh the fire oc? curred was a two-story structure, of cement blocks. It was completely de? stroyed, together with all its contents. The building was probably worth 000 and the contents, including auto? mobiles and Mr. Townsend's supply of tiles, about $6,000. Layton came from Spartanburg Thursday to operate an automo? bile hack to help handle the crowds expected for circus day. He put in a busy day and when night came found that he needed gasoline. Mak? ing his way to the garage about mid? night he called for fuel. While the gasol no tank In his machine was be? ing lilied he struck a match to light the front lamp of his automobile? In an instant there came a tierce explosion, and the entire garage be? came a muss of (lames. Lajton and Todd were hol h severe? ly burned by the belching lire that shot UP around the automobile. They were hastened out of the building by bystanders and rushed to a hospital. Meantime the lire department had been summoned and had responded I In haste. The liremen directed their 1 first fforts toward suppressing the llamcs in the front part of the build? ing so that they could reach tho in? terior and thus get better results from their battle. Bodily they press? ed up ugainst the building, and seem? ed to be making great pr ?greis In subduing the llamcs. Hut they were building too much on the, strength of the* concrete walls, which yielded to the heat of the tire. As the Are mcn .stood close under thell shadow the front walls of the buildll g slowly bulged out and the top came down with a crash, followed by t ic lower portions. Crushed under the twiftly falling upper section, Firemen Dodd and Campbell went to the ground, cover? ed with the mass of masonry, They Were taken from beneath the mass but were fatally injured, bo h dying on the way tu the hospital. Others ?urroundlng the two fatally injured men were struck down and Injured) these Including Mr, Townsend, Fireman Davis, standing close to the wall, pscaped the deadly rweep of concrete blocks, but was bulled be-' neath the ruins, and probably fntnlly hurt Kor a half hour his vol e could !??? heard, raised In appeal for help and directions tn the searchers, When he was taken from the ruins, he was rushed to the hospital, where it Is feared h? ean not recover. Il WO* In this pile of ruins hat the unidentified man is supposed to have ! lost his life. for loans the si an hers dug in the smoking concrete, hunting I for tin- body, but up tu - o'clock thi* ZEPPELIN BALLOON EXPLODES TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS KILL? ED IN DISASTER AT BERLIN Members of Admiralty Board, Crow ami Invited Guests Whelmed in Common Fate as Great Craft Conies to Ground a Mass of Wreck? age. Berlin, Oct. 17.?Twenty-eight per? sons were killed today near Johan? nisthal in the explosion and fall of Count Zeppelin's latest dirigible bal? loon, tho "L-II." The 28 men rep? resented the entire personnel of the admlrnlity board which was to con? duct ihe final trial of the dirigible, looking to its acceptance by the gov? ernment as a new unit of the German aerial navy, the pilot and crew and invited guests. Every person that went aloft in the big airship is dead. Twenty-seven of them were killed almost instantly by the explosion of gas in the balloon or burned to death as the flaming wreck fell to the ground from a height of 'J00 feet and enveloped them. One man, Lieut. Baron von Bluet of the Queen Augus? ta Greiadier Guards, a guest of the admiralty board, was extricated alive from the mass of twisted wreckage. His eyes were burned out and he suf? fered }thei terrible hurts. Begging his rescuers to kill him and end his suffering, he was taken to a hospital where ho died tonight. The ?L-II," had it proved success? ful, would have been attached to the aerial corps of the navy, which after today's fatalities now has only two men trained to command airships. The official report of the accident says the explosion was due to the ig? nition of gas in r above the forward gondola, but not within the body of the airship. The navy was not the only sufferer today through aviation accidents, foi three army officers were killed in aeroplane flights?Capt. Hesseler, Lieut. Koch and Sergt. Mante. FINDS TRACE OF PREACHER. Deputft Sheriff Gets Information That I nttoi-wn Man slept at Carters vine. Deputy Sheriff John D. Epperson on Friday made a trip through all of the Shiloh country through parts of Sumter, Lee, Florence and Clar? endon counties seeking information concerning the unknown preacher al- j leged to have been the slayer of Frank Pye. At only one place was any information obtained concerning the man. This was at Cartersville, where he had slept, tho night after the shooting. The morning after the shooting he had been found alseep or. tho cotton platform at Cartersville, but he had later disappeared and nothing was known of his present whereabouts. At the time the man was seen at Cartorsville, the news of tho killing had not become known. At all tho places visited Deputy Epperson put the olllcers on notice and asked them to arrest the man, if he turned up. Ho seems to be gen? erally known throughout the country visited by the oflicer as a religious fanatic, but nowhere could ho dis? cover tho man's name. Real Estate Transfers. D. R. McCallum to J. L. McCal lum, lot on Chestnut Street, $S00. Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to Lily Wilson, lot in county $150. Surah Ann Cherry to U. L Burkott, lot in town of Dal/.oll, $160. Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to Moses Cha vls, lot on Sumter Street, $150. Mrs. M. C. Stubbs to L. J. Ran? dolph, lot In county, $100 morning they had found no trace of him. Observers have accounted for all but one Of the crowd In front of the! building when the walls fell, and it is considered impossible that there is more than one body burled In the ruins. Spectators say that the concrete structure did not collapse suddenly, but gave way gradually, giving the firemen time to escape bad they no tieed their danger. In tin* excitement of the assault on the (lames with the smoke pouring in their faces, the fire? men lost si^iit of everything but their immediate object and continued their struggle, without retreating, even when the wall was trembling above t heir hea< s. Mr. Townsend, who occupied an of? fice in the building which was de? stroyed, is one of the wealthiest ?? it i - Kens of Anderson. Me owns a twine mill and a lumber plant and is inter? ested In oiher enterprises. William II. Campbell, a fireman, bas a son. Joseph \Y. Campbell, who Uvea in Columbia? I SULZER FOUND GUILTY. HIGH (DI RT OF IMPEACHMENT RETURNS VERDICT AGAINST EXECUTIVE ON THREE COUNTS. for Removal of Governor Will Be Tu ken today?Acquittal on Pour Charge*??Penalty Does not Dis? qualify Him From Holding Office ?Presiding Judge Cullcn Votes for Bolter und Eight Jurist Divide in Opinion. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 16.?Gov. Wil? liam Sulzer was found guilty by the high court of Impeachment on three of the article}- preferred against him. They were articles 1, 2 and 4. He was declared innocent of charges in article 3. Tomorrow he will be remov? ed from office, but not disqualified from holding office in this F:ate in the future, unless there i3 a substan tlal change in the informal vote * ported to have been taken toda a the court on these questions in j? et Hession. ^ For the same reason it v a* xpect ed that he would be fou"^ >t guilty on the other four articl C ll remain? ing to be voted on w* ? ne court ad? journed tonight. *W Lieut. Gov. Mr H. Glynn, who has been acting governor since the im? peachment of Sulzer, will become chief executive of the State. He is an Albany newspaper owner. Robert P. Wagner, a New York attorney, will become lieuterant governor. He is the majority leade? in the senate. The vote on articles 1 and 2 was 31) to 19, a bare two-thirds majority. The former article charges that the gov? ernor falsified his statement of cam? paign contributions; the latter charges that he committed perjury in so do? ing. The vote on article 3, which-charges that the governor bribed witnesses to withhold testimony from the Frawley investigating committee, was unani? mously in favor of the governor. The vote on article 4 was 4 3 to 14, six members' changing their votes on articles 1 and 2 from "not guilty" to "guilty" and two from "guilty" to "not guilty." This article'charges" that the governor suppressed evidence, by means of threats to keep witnesses from testifying before the Frawley committee. Among these was Dun? can W. Peck, State superintendent of public works, who testified at the trial that the governor had asked him to commit perjury. The secret vote to remove the gov? ernor was said to be 4 3 to 14. the same as on article 4, and the vote not to disqualify him was said to be unanimous. Article 6, which charges that the governor committed larceny in spec? ulating with his campaign contribu? tions, was said not to have been sus? tained in the secret session by a vote of 50 declaring the governor "not guilty" to seven against him. Article 5, which charges that he prc\ented a particular witness, Fred? erick L. Colwell, from attending the sessions of the Frawley committee; article 7, that he threatened to use his office and influence to affect the vote or political action of certain as? semblymen, and article 8, that he corruptly used his influence to affect the prices of securities on the stock exchange, were reported also to have been decided In favor of the governor in the secret session by a practically unanimous vote. Presiding Judge Edgar M. Cullcn, who will shortly retire from the bench, voted "not guilty" on every article and rendered a long opinion in explaining his votes. The other eight judges of the court of appeals were divided. On article 1 and 2 Judges Willard, ILhirtlctt, Emory A. Chase and William E. Werner voted for the governor, and against him voted Judges Collin, William Cud deback, John W. Hogan, Prank H. Hiscock and Nathan L. Miller, making a division among them of 5 to 4 against the governor. On article 4 Judges Bartlett, Chaw and Werner changed their votes from "guilty" to "not guilty," making against him ? division of 6 to 3. Presiding Judge Cullen held thai the offenses charged In articles l and 2 were not Impeachable and that the governor neither falsified his state? ment under the provisions of the elec? tion law nor committed "legal per? jury." Practically every member of the court explained his vote <>n article I, although those who voted In favor of the governor did not enter nt length i111?> n discussion of the merits of the case or of the matters of law ami precedent Involved, a^ did the others, Including sll the judges, The latter filed with the court lengthy opinions hi support of their votes. One of the judges, Nathan L. Miller, who was A K1NDHEARTED GOVERNOR. BLEASE LBN CONVICT GO HOME TO ATTEND TO BUSINESS Aiken Man, Serving Sentence for Manslaughter GcU* Leave of Ab? sence from Pen, in Order that Ho May Look After his Business at Home. Columbia, Oct. 17.?Gov. 13 lease on request of Judge H. F. Rice, let J. G. Siegler, of Aiken, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to seven years, go home today for an indefinite period in order that Seigler might endeavor to save his property which is to be sold in November under fore? closure. Seigler is to return on or before December 1st. WANT LONG STAPLE. ??kwright Club Members Confer With Agric ultural Authorities as to Possibmties. . . Washington, Oct. 17.?Three mem? bers of the Arkwright club of Boston, representing a number of large cot? ton spinners in New England, today had a conference with Secretary Hous? ton, Assistant Secretary Galloway and members of the cotton committee of the department of agriculture in re? gard to the growing of long staple cot? ton in the South. The New Englanders said they wer? anxious to secure as much of this va? riety of cotton as possible. It was de? cided that they should appoint a com? mittee to consult frequently with the department's committee. PUBLISH BLIND TIGER PROOF. Charleston Law and Order League Seeks Light as Beet Preventive of Evil. Charleston, Oct 17.?The La'*r ;nd Order league held an informal meet? ing tonight, deciding to adjourn until i Wednesday night. The evidence sub? mitted to the grand jury in the 300 liquor indictments is being compiled and prepared for printing. It will be rrfadV public at a MMl iit^lje^W| J date to be decided upon perhaps Wed? nesday. ,4 ^jjiaj Miss Carrie Hicks, who, for the last six weeks, has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. L. O. Shearer on East Liberty, has returned to her home in? Charles? ton, W. Va. designated to the court of appeals ' bench by Sulzer, denounced him as "totally unfit for office." Several of the senators also ex? pressed harsh opinions of Sulzer. Sen? ator Page declared that the $10,000 of Thomas F. Ryan was given to the gov? ernor because he was "useful" in con? gress and as a retainer for "services to be rendered in his new position." . Senator Wagner, Democratic leader of the Senate, rendered a long legal opinion in which he sought to refute tho contention that the offenses charged in articles 1 and 2 were not impeachable because they are acts committed before the governor took office. Senator Elon R. Brown, Republican leader, read a similar lengthy opin? ion, in which hi defined his vote in connection with the fact that he had i been politically opposed to the gov? ernor. Senators Wende and Duhamel ?teunch supporters of the governor ' ever since he was impeached, spoke briefly. Senator Duhamel announced that he might file a statement of his position at some future date. Senator Frawley, chairman of the legislative investigating committee which first brought the charges against the governor, announced that he would attempt to "pass no opinion as to the rights of tho court of im? peach or not." on article 2 the vote was rapid. Most of the members in recording their votes announced that they did so on the same ground that they had expressed on article 1. There also was comparatively little expression of opinion on article 4. Judge Cullen, however, delivered a lengthy opinion in support of his vote of "not guil? ty." The procedura of the court was conducted with much solemnity and formality. To each member of the court, Presiding Jiei^e Cullen put tho question: "Senator <or judge) how BSy you, is the respondent guilty or not guilty as charged in the first nrtl< le of Impeach im nt V" in answer each member of the court rose to deliver bis remarks In support ot bis \ote and there would be scarcely another sound then that of his voice i?i the court room Utttll he bad finished.