The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 22, 1913, Image 1
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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.