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TOE S MTV it WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not?Iiet all the ends Thou Aims'! at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." TUE TRUE SOUTHRCV, Established Jone, IMC Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1913. Vol. XXXVII. No. 22. McLaurin Answers Tillman Marlboro Man Discusses Tillman and Tiilmanism. HE IS NOW READY TO FIGHT FOR PEACE. lai 1)8 l?ITt IIFOltK l\K\ and tilmsfs iiimsklf? DKOLARKI HK IIas ItILN MISl'NDrJLST<M)d and has I'AID tiik l'kxaltv OF MOM \hl\d of his timf?indicates that HB may fmkiu.l lltOM kfcfn t MR IK BN fn t. H? nnettsville, Now 4.?Senator Tlllmans letter in so "Tillmnnesque that when I read It yesterday, 1 hardly knew whether to laugh or cry; cuss or pray. I expect a little of all la In order. He him Bleaae with a meat axe, pttchforka me, ignores Smith ami ?pits in Slmm's face. I am not going to let myself loose tlf 1 ean help it.) The situation Is toe serious, for from the way I feel and he feels, we'd be fighting In a pair of minutes and let South Caro? lina go to i. devil as wo did before. 1 will honestly acknowledge that I have never b.en able to get entirely '? er an early affection for Senator Tiiiman. I have said hard things my? self, but I don't like to heur other people say one word against him. It I had conquered and had him down, 1 would never have rubbed sand in hht eyes. His letter is distinctly of? fensive: "Johnny is smart, but he la a bad little boy, be sasted papa. Papa la sorry, but come here Johnny, hand m? the brush, now get across my knee, papa is goirg to spank you. but if Johnny la good the balance of the week, he can go to the "movies" Suturday. I feel like saying "damn,'' but I'll say ' Bless the Lord.'' That Iptter discloses why I couldn't get on with Tillmun, why Lutimec couldn't and why he and Smith can't agree. An Imperium* will that orooks no opgoa.lon. 1 could get on with him ?^^Ri^^rnnarid myself too seriously. 1 , will say. however, that Qod never' mad. a man big enough to talk down to me. My record In the senate needs no defence. 1 have done the "pen? ance" of the "very nearly great man,"1 who was too far ahead of his time. I have suffered the bitter fute that ("ires to all advanced thinkers. Af ter 'pitchforks" are forgotten and ' dung heaps' plowed under, the State warehou.se Ide.i with agricultural pro? ducta as a bankable asset will give me a place in history, where foul slanders and mv own weaknesses are forgotten. tio,i has been good. I do not need an office for-my name to live. \Yn? n Deli tm Hlease stood up before ft.000 people and said he is a "good man. In ? 11 make a good gover? nor he h badly treated b.. fie acurrlll'"is polmeians .,f South CBTO? llrra," he made a eOfBSHal friend th t will last him after the m:s? t tide I.t h? ks and *y< ophants have turned on htm, like those who used to lick Tiii? man s hand and at his bidding drovs th?? Mti into mv heart and are now ready to drive it into Tillman'i fOI Um f;i\or of afiother. genatot Till" m ui bus nSSVSd ?? great purpose, he i i "i need an otlke to perp?tuate bin fame, but he Is a man. poor weak ? lav. same a< I. In iih both is that imperishable spark, that after death ban washed the dro:s away, will shine char and bright. Why should he stdl neck to dim the in ,ter of my star? 1 env; him not the faintest ray of bl? own. I rejoier in all ?rue greatness, and sorrow in what is little, for are w- not all M KS. Qgd must Judge between us and the balance he strikes shall be for all eternity. I long uuo forgave him. his letter shows he baa in var been gt le to do that. Had gor.? not expect repentence ex c?pt from the "near" great. Idle Is a nsjgf to M net rent The world is a stage. Mv Hense of humor saves no? li gjgSgg lilf la.u;h la Sei how utt?rlv llM p ibln mist nt i lies the true char aaaaj gf both ntjraetl sad Tiiiman. it la the Joke of the een ..ry. Tiiiman s r. ffosg Do- beginningI has been bluff, brutal honestv. Pitch fork I'.en." "Hive 'egj loll ,ni,| rub It ?n Me ov. rpl.ived his band I lit tie. Pawl nndernsafh liven tin- moal aatutn player of tin- political game that ever dealt i card. The onlj man without college iralnlng thii i ever knew with a i lasse al edii'-m.,,, |-, der that roughio*wm\ CiquBlltf litersrj tastes. A giant mini that has read, digested ami assimilated the wisdom of all the SjgfCS) a id applied it to pra< th ai polite s. Benentg Mnater B the subtle genlm of a Tallyrandi he has nmde et try mm In S- uth Carolina ( vote for him one time of another. I laughed with him when the (Jon /al? s solemnly voted lor him last sum? mer. 1 am no politician, I haven't fooled anybody and Tillman has fooled ev? erybody except himself. I was the seeker for abstract truth, careless of personal fortunes. Tillman was the adroit political acrobat that could v'hange from a radical to a conser? vative. 1 tried to reason it out and was crucified for the reasons, not the result. Woodrow Wilson and Under? wood ore Just where I stood 15 years ago. His letter la so full of Tillmanism, his arrogance and dominant power <>\er men. thut I almost love him for being just what he is. It brings back gentle, brave Hugh Farley, the polished Tindal, dear old "Wash Shell," and "Curly heuded Johnny/' gathered around the fle-ce old "Lion," that dominated us all. I am not going to be swayed one way or the other by self. I am going to act for the best good of the State .?s I see it, not as directed by any? body. Hefore Tillman s letter came out or I saw Ulease's statement, 1 sat down and wrote a paper to my friends in various sections of this State ex? plaining my course and they are free to give it to the press. If it is neces? sary to right for peace, then I am ready to right. I will not be a "dog in the manger" no: be a servile tool to gratify any man's spleen toward Governor Hlease or to In any man? ner curtail the rights gained by the people In 1890. Good citizenship is not measured by loyalty to a man but to a princi? ple. Tillmanism spilt on that rock. It is tearing ragged holes in the ship that carries the high hopes of the many good people who are Bleaseites. i will always defend Tillmanism as distinct from Tillman. I place both Tillmanism and Klcaseism as higher and Kn ater than the personality of any man. 1 have regretted the evil dispensary graft, that prevented Tillman from leading the movement to its full fruition, ami 1 would like to see Bleaoelem accomplish that in which Tillmanism failed, and when it doe:: the State will be saved. I ?ur people must get together, i have eanvaaeed this entire state, und they will gc together. Seir seeking pretenders cannot juggle Almighty God, out of the progress he has de? creed for the human race. In the days of Armageddon In the lasv great tight of all; May our honooo stand together That the pillars do not fall." Jno. Lowndei McLaurin. 111. KCl. KT ANDERBON IM KB. Poteen Teilen by Mistake Proves ra? tal to President Southern Audit < ompany. Columbia, Nov. I,?Herbert ti. An? dens?n, formerly of Bt. Louis, presi? dent ;irid treasurer oi the Houtheaat ein Audi' Company, 1300 Washington street, died yesterday afternoon in a Columbia hospital, from the effects of polst n he swallowed by mistake lit his room at a Columbia hotel Bunday night, He was an expert accountant and Widely kfl IWII all UVei South Car? olina and Georgia, He leaves two daughters, Misses Luelle and Adelaide Anderson ot Colombia, and one broth? er of Toledo. Ohio, president of the National MiI!im; company. TCI I K.Il l HOME i t I.I rietet Bnslness Men Pledge Their < typxmltlotii Kelfast. Ireland, Nov, i. a reaolu< tlon to pay no laxes under an Irish home rule parliament and to maU< government unjder IIa rule impossible by untlim hing and continuous ob st met Inn of the law was pass il here Inda) at a demonstration of ll.oon business men of Ulster. Those pres? ent Included representatives of llrm* with an aggregate capltaj ol ovo? 9fM,000,OOOi DICTATOR HOLES CHINA. . YUAN EXPELS OPPONENTS FROM PARLIAMENT. President Issues Proclamation Expell? ing Three Hundred Members ? Martial Law Enforced in IVkln. Peking, NOV. 5.?The struggle be? tween the Chinese parliament and President Yuan Shi Kui has brought about drastic action by the president,, which In the opinion of many, will have a serious effect or parliamentary government. Lengthy presidential proclamations were itemed at mid? night expelling the K,vo Ming Tang party, numbering more than 300 members, from parliament. The proclamations recount the dif? ferences with which tie government has been struggling since the ManchU regime and describes disasters which are certain to follow if parties such as the Kwo Ming Tang are permitted to exist. A crisis in the sltttatino last week Was reached when the draft of the proposed constitution was made by the president absolutely dependent upon the parliament. Martial law is in operation in Pe? king. The authorities t.re engaged in making arrests; and summary execu? tions which have been numerous since the rebellion began, it is understood will continue. Preparations are un? der way for the elder ttatesmen who served under the Manchus to resume their positions in the cabinet. At various legations he opinion is held that only strong action could prevent the disruption of China by her own people. Very little has been accomplished by parliament, which has devoted its time to opposing the president since it convened, while dis? orders are spreading. SULIER GOES TO ASSEMBLY. BEGINS OVER AGAIN VPWAKL JOt It NEY IN POLITICS. Makes Fight on Tammany and People of East Side District Itully to Sup I Nu t of Former Lfcnl and Send to Legislature: New York, Nov. 4.?William Suiter, ousted from the governorship of New York last month by a verdict of a high I court of 'impeachment, was elected to the State assembly today from the Sixth district. The vote was unexpect? edly close, but party leaders tonight admitted his election at 10.o0. Sulzer ran on the Progressive ticket and ap? parently polled more votes than his Republican and democratic opponents combined. His old neighbors on the East Side rallied strongly to his sup? port, and it was early apparent thai he had overcome the opposition. There was Jubilation unbounded in the for? mer governor's headquarters as the count began to record his victory. Sul ler himself was all smiles. He regard? ed his triumph as a personal vindica? tion, he said, and issued a statement thanking his supporters and scoring Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam? many Hall, who, he declared, was condemned by the vote the dlatrici gave to William Sulxer as its ropre ' aentutlve at Albany. ?The people of the Sixth assembly district." said Sulzer in his statement, "think better of me than of Mr. Mur? phy They know why Mr, Murph) removed mo from the governorship. They knew when Mr. Murphy asked me to do wrong l refused to do wrong* They knew when Mr. Mur? phy tried to bribe me 1 refused to br bribed; they knew when Mr. Murphy threatened me I defied his threats. The voters have now condemned Mr. Murphy, reversed the judgment of his high court of Infamy and vindicated me by the verdict ol the polls, which, in ti e It st analysis, la the opinion of mankind, "From Mr Murphy's high courl of Infamy I appealed to the hiebet- eourl of public oplnon. Mr. Murphy says there was no appeal from hieb court, but Mr. Murphy was mistaken; .'n.<i, he knows now that the judgment of tie- people can reverse the Judgment of any court." Purser made bis Mghl for election to the assembly on the lines of th statement he issued tonight, Ms call" vnss was a whirlwind affair, demon? strative crowds greeting- hlin wherever he spoke, II - rarely went outside of bis district, but his speeches within that territory were directed ns much at the Tammany organisation in Its eitv vv Ule ami state w ide bearing* ns to iin :ipi>< >\ to his Immediate eon stltuency, Miss Carolyn Cromcr hns returned io her bom,- In Newherry after n stay of two weeks with her si ler, Mrs. I C. Molse. TRUSTEES DECIDE TO GIVE THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE MONEY. Ansel Understood to Have Urged That South Carolina University He RcinchilK'red. New York, Nov. 5.?At a meeting of the trustees of the Peabody In? stitute held hero today the report of the committee of five pledging $500, 000 to the George Peabody College for Teachers was adopted. This sum was ordered placed with the hank ? ing firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., with instructions to turn it over to the Institution as soon as the pledges, amounting to $1,000,000, had been converted into cash, Which will be within the next eight or ten weeks. Trustees were satisfied that President Bruce It. Payne hud made good his campaign to r.ise $1,000,000 and that there was no u >ubt about converting tho pledges he had received into cash within a very short time. The $500,000 pledged by the trustees will be turned over as soon as the last, penny pledged has been redeemed. The committee which met hero consisted of Joseph 11. Choate, Rich? ard Olney, the Rt. Rev, Bishop Wil? liam Lawrence, Former Gov, Ansel ot South Carolina, and Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. It is understood that Mr. Ansel argued with the Pea? body trustees for the endowment foi j the University of South Carolina. In? asmuch as the meeting was executive and no statement was given out on this point none of the committeemen Will confirm or deny the report. Mr. Alfred Scarborough was re? cently elected one of the sub-marshals of the Eumenean Literary society at Davidson College. COM BOARD MEETS. JAIL PROPERTY TO HE SOLI) FOR $10,000. Complaints from J. M. Kolb und Oth? ers of Methods of Cotton Weighers in Handling Cotton?New 'Convict' Cage to He Constructed, The County Board of Commission? ers held its regular meeting Tuesday and a number of matters of import ance came up for action. It was de? cided to sell the jail property for $10,000; a complaint from J. M. Kolb and others of the methods used 1 by the cotton weighers in handling I cotton ws!s received; and the authoriz? ation of the construction of a new convict cage were the principal mat? ters which were acted upon. The matter of disposing of the jail property, the jail at the corner of Ca? nal and Bumter Streets and the other property owned by the count}, which had been turned over to Mr. P, M. Pitts and Mr. D. 11. MeCallum at a former meeting, came up and was dis? cussed at length. It was decided to (urn the disposal of the property over to Mr. McCallum at $10,0nu. A petition from A. J. Goodman and others of the Shlloh section asking lor a new read between Pudding Swamp and the Lynches ltiver road Was received. Action on this petition was postponed as a previous petition had been filed for a new road in the same section and it was deemed ad? visable to investigate before taking ac? tion. A petition from Mr. J. M. Kolb and others was received In which a com plaint was made of the methods used by the cotton weighers in handling coti on. They alleged that it was not done expeditlously and that therefore ?he farmers who had cotton to weigh suffered a loss of much time and were greatly Inconvenienced. The matter was referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. YV. B. Cooper, \v. s. Burkett and Jno. i. Brogdon, who are to look Into the matter and report the result of their investigation at the board's next meeting, Mr. Pitts was authorized to take the necessary preparatory steps towards the construction of n new convict cage, The new enge was needed, Mi. Cuts stated, because of the foci that the chainn gang had greatly Increased in numbers of late, and the convicts could I"' deal! with more conveniently and better sanitary measures en? forced. There was some excltemeni ;'i Itlooinvllle last Suturday caused b> what Lvai suspected to be n mad do-. The dog appn ached to r. I Dwell White, u loi pulled his pit tol and ?hol t he ani? mal in th?- mouth' then the dog ran over to Mr. Henr> Cell's and bil throe hogs. Mr. Hell Killed him. There is ever) evidence the dos was nvid and no telling the damage he may have done before he rea< hed hla end. GROSVENOR SAYS HARVESTER TRUST POINTS TO THIS. Attorney General's Assistant De? clares That Unless Combination is Disintegrated Cyrus MoCormick and James Heering Will Control Situation?Says Defendants De? mand Permission to Break Laws to Expand Foreign Business. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 3.?Edward P. Grosvenor, concluding the first por? tion of his final argument for the government in the suit to dissolve the International Harvester Company, this afternoon declared to Judges of the United States District Court that un? less the "Harvester Trust" is disin? tegrated two families within a feer years will own a monopoly of every implement made in this country for the American farmer. The special as-, sistant to Attorney General McKey nolds specified Cyrus McC' -'nick and ! James Deering, of Chicafft as the heads of these families s/J> .aracter Ised them as "willing *9 .so their great power to fix ices and intimidate local deale ^ ? means of crushing competition * Then with dotted P > of the agri? cultural States of 00 country Mr. Grosvenor showed ^ bcation of 40, i 000 local agents i alers, which he declared were bu jrtion of the vast selling machine ominated by the International ester Company. Through the medium of general sales commission, said Mr. Grosvenor, act? ing directly through a district man? ager, the local dealer was forced to accept the dictates of the "trust" or be crushed. Also, the Federal lawyer i said, the local dealer was used to keep the corporation informed of compe , tition. The Federal prosecutor, touching on the answer of the defendants as tiled with the court In the Harvester Com 1 any brief, said: "The answer of these defendants is solely the naming of an intent to ex? pand their foreign business. Or in other words, they demand to be per i mitted to break the laws of this coun I try *o that their btrsiffesv- ffray ex? pand. That, I insist, is the sum and sui stance of their answer, and as th* I court well knows, this is no justilica' tion." . Mr. Grosvenor quoted precedents in the Union Pacific case, the Trans Missouri freight case, the Northern Securities case, the bath tub case, the cotton case and the anthracite case as substantiating his contention for all lack of justification. (bung into that portion of the de? fendant's answer labelled "growing competition," Mr. Grosvenor directed the court's attention to the evidence of Matt Sprule, of Sparta, 111., called as a witness to substantiate claims of competition made by counsel for the Harvester Company. "That case of Matt Sprule, if it please the court.*' said Mr. Grosvenor, "k; fairly typical of the sort of com? petition that this powerful monopoly has met since its organization, i "Let us read the testimony of Mr. Sprule. 1 shows that in the year oi' 1907 Mr. Sprule's concern manufac? tured one machine, in l'.Mis, two ma? chines, In l909 three nun bines, in 1910 three mat bines, In 1911 three machines and in 1012 two ma? chines. Tie se figures, compared with j the more than one hundred thousand machines that the International Har? vester Company sold annually, will give an ideas as to the sort of com* petition the 'trust' was forced to meet." Mr. Grosvenor completed the first portion of his argument and yielded to .hide McHugh, of counsel for the defence, shortly bef< re the close ol the afternoon session of court. Judge McHugh bad just begun his argument a hen co irt adjourned for the day. SUCCEEDS MADMAN TO THRONE. Ludwig. Prince Regent? Assume Crown In Place of otto of Ravarla. Munich, Nov. R,?The insane Klnr mto of Bavaria was deposed today from the throne of the kingdom of Ravarla, w hich he has occupied for 87 years without being aware of his po? sition, Prince Regent Ludwig pro? claimed himself king tb:s morning In pursuance of the provisions of a lau just emu led by the two houses of the Bavarian diet. The pew monarch i to be known as Ludwig III. Mo will take the ponstlttilonnl oath probably on November 8. \ royal proclamation which was posted throughout the kingdom today declares incurable the insanity which ha : kept Otto from ruling and states that in i msequenee of this Prime Regent I udwlg has brought his re? gency to an end. lias ascended the throne and nominated himself king. REDUCED RATES BY EXPRESS. NEW SCHEDULES ARE EFFEC? TIVE THE 1ST OF DECEM? BER. Inter-State Commerce Commission Al? lowed the Compuiuos M Days Ex? tension of Time. New rates by express, orderen by the Inter-State commerce commission, become effective throughout the Unit? ed States on December 1st. The re ductione were first scheduled to apply after October 15th, but more time was asked and this was granted on petition from the express companies. The action of the commission in ordering sweeping reductions in rates followed complaints filed with it by a number of leading commer? cial organizations. New rules have been promulgated by the commission in a accent decision on the subject of express rates and practices. The adoption of the block system of stating rates. The establishment of a uniform classification f simple character. The publication of a joint direct? ory of express stations, fixing the location of every such station by block number. The publication jointly of tho pickup and delivery limits of every station. The adoption of a new form of express receipt, the terms of which ' ore clear, specific and reasonable. The adoption of a rule fixing sec? ond class rates to apply on articles of food or drink (except where oth (erwise specified in the classification and ruled) at 75 per cent of the first-class rate with certain addition? al provisions not possible of ex? tended mention. The adoption of a rule for aggre? gating weights on two or more packages forwarded by one shipper at the same time, upon one receiot to one consignee at one local ad? dress, fixing the application of the rate upon the actual weight of each such article when about 20 pounds. This is in reality a rate reduction in weight, on which the reduced ra?es in the table supply,- writ!"TWO ''^oTBStl-"" tuting a double reduction. The adoption of rules providing for valuation charges, C. O. D., ship? ments, returning shipments, prompt settlement of claim and prompt dis? position of undelivered and refused .shipments. j It will be seen that on packages of 100 pounds for short distances the commission has made a few re? ductions; in fact, In a few instances rates on packages ranging from 50 to 100 pounds have been slightly ad? vanced. The material reductions have been made on packages of 50 pounds and under, and by the rule governing aggregated weights men? tioned above which constitutes the preponderance of express traffic, and is where the relief was most needed. The commission has so simplified the express traffic that any person of ordinary intelligence can under? stand it, and can ascertain the rat? between his office and other places, a fact heretofore absolutely impos? sible. As a result of this order of tho iterstate commerce commission the number of separate rates published by the express companies through? out the United States will be reduc? ed to Shout C50.000. ONE DEAD, ANOTHER MAY DIE. Five Men Said to He IntoUod M Shooting Bciwpe at Piedmont. Anderson, Nov. :>.?Span Aiken is dead. Street Allison In a critical con? dition from gunshot wounds, and T. (I. (Ulbert, Koni Springfield and John Allison are under si'rest as the result of a sbootmg at Piedmont Sunday night. They are said to have been drinking together, when Bprtngfleld and Street Allison had an altercation in front of Gilbert's home. Gilbert. fat* lowlng tins, with a view to ending the. trouble, took Springfield toward the \.: id and house. The others an said to have followed and breaking the door, entered behind them, when the tmooting occurred. Gilbert and Springfield used ? shot? gun and pistol, inflicting terrible wounds upon the men shot. It is said that there was Shooting On both sides, but none of the men arrested had arms when they were taken. Alken died today about noon and VJlison may not live through the night Corotu r llardln and Sheriff Ashley are investigating. Aiken i* a brother of Policeman If. S. Alken of this city All of the men involved In the trouble w ere w ell knows*