Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CURRENCY BILL M? JH CHANGED KKNATK NANKING COMMITTU im ouroit \ i i:s u um \L y I HAN(,KS DI MKAS. Mil.. Party Cum ut to lie Called for Whip? ping Member* of Committee Hack Into Line. t'nhxH They Put Hack i? lllll Feature* Which They Ha\e Altere?! or I liminatetl. Washington, Nov. 6.?Democratic leaders In the senate late today de elared that unless the senate bank? ing and currency committee voted back Into the administration currency bill some of the fundamentals it had alienated u party caucus would be called for the beginning of next week to consider the subject. Telegrams were sent to absent Democrats, urging them to at once re? turn to Washington. The senate com? mittee had continued to make i banges In the house bill to which the sup? porters of the administration took ob? jection snd a number of Democratic senators at the White House during the day told President Wilson that no progress would be made by permitting the house MM to be buffeted about in a committee wheieln a coalition of Republicans and ' insurgent" Demo? crats would alter the entire theory of the measure. It is not known what Position the president took. Newspa? per men who asked the president whether a caucus would be called were told by him that it was a subject for the senate to decide. Tonight it became known that four staunch admin Is* ration supporters on the committee?Senators Owen, Hol? Iis, Pomerene and Shufroth?had been quietly working on a report which they probably will submit to their Democratic Colleagues, Senators Reed, O'Qerman and Hitchcock. Should they decline to sign it. It is believed that the plan will be to submit the re* port to the Democratic caucus or con? ference. ^ Senators who insist upon some kind of party action take the position that the Democratic party will be required t?>t stand sponsor for whatever legis? lation la enacted, whether in the ex? tra session or the regular session of congress, Many senators still were in hopes that a change of sentiment would yet develop in the committee and an agreement be reached before Novem? ber 10, the date on which It had been expectd that a bill would be reported to the eenate. President Wilson has not relaxed In his determination to have the currency blll passed during the present session and many Democratic senators have indicated to him that th*?y are restive under the delay and wan*, to make the bill a party measure. The committee today voted Into the bill the following affirmative provi? sions: That the regional banks to adminis? ter the new currency scheme be cap? italised by public subscription, the stock not taken by the public to be taken up by the member* of the bank ey sterna That earh regional bank be con? trolled by nine directors, live to be named by the government through the federal reserve board and four to be chosen by the member banks. That the new curren? y to be n aued be treaaur> notes. obligations of the I'nited States, lent to the bankj and not bank notes guaranteed b\ the governmen'. This sustains the ad minlatrati >n ? ill as It passed the house. That the new BjatSSJ be redeemable In "gold" by the rei; ion a l b .nk ami the tietsury and not in "gold and lawful nn.n*v 1 ss provided by the administration bill. With the asWSpMOS of the proposal to Indorse the administration provi alon making the currency government not. < . . h umendmen split the Democratic aide of the eommitee. On the proposal t > ebminat.? the Words. lawful sjasjsjej ' ffosg th-- redemption (laute of the bill. So?tof 0*QoTaiaH Joined Senators Heed und Hltchcu. k with tho RsjpsjMli ?ms. leaving only Senators OWSa\ Holla*. POSE Steal and Hhafroth behind the administration piovlalon. All the Democrats and Senator Crawford trees the Republican side voted to sustain the ,,-lu im.? .atloii for treasury n-dea When the eomm.tf. . .idjuuned to i ufh* n.' r.- |m riding .i propu gl to allow th#? ragioaal banks to do a general Cuomor b.inkiui; buSifl Thin with the anv ad menu adopted ' ii.iv, CIsbIi ? in (I, got htre i. would alter the entuo plan of the bin. Senator (?wen said tb.it ho faf aj hS knew no ??all h ol hSSg kSBU? 'I fol I I>emocratlc caucus on tho curren? y BfA "If a caucus Is called," he said, "I suppose It simply will be t ? Ssjg out what ihn committee Is bdng, and why affinaatlve aetlon hus not been taken on the lull. It B/tll be an id vlaory Sjsjgjleri R Mr. J I' i?out. >t. of P itself a*s Vtaltor I" the illy Saturday. McM ASTER SAYS Ol ST AGENTS OF PROSCRIBING STATES. Insurance Commissioner in Report to tiencrul Assembly will Itccoin meiul Legislation Forbidding Li? cense to Institutions Seeking People's Money Which lias oil Statute Hooks of Home State Any Matntc Proscribing South Carolina Securities. Colombia, Nov. 7.?In his forthcom? ing annual report to the General As? sembly Mr. F. H. McMaster, insur? ance commissioner, in reviewing the work of his department for the year, will say in part: ' Search has not been made to dis? cover them, but it is understood that several other States have statutes sim? ilar to that to be found in the Insur? ance Code of Connecticut, which for? bids its savings banks from investing' in the State, county or municipal bonds of any State south of the Dis? trict of Columbia, and which prevent .foreign insurance companies from using any of such securities for pur? poses of deposit in that State. Stu b statutes were passed about thirty or forty years ago. "It is well enough to recall some of the facts of forty years ago. The South Carolina State debt in 1868, when the negro rule commenced, was $5,407,000. K. K. Scott, of Ohio, was elected Gov? ernor that year, with Niles 0< Parker, of Massachusetts, as State Treasurer, and 1). II. Chamberlain, of Massachu I setts, as Attorney General. These three constituted the financial board of the State. J. J. Patterson, of Pennslyvania, was ring master and partner on the side. "After four years of control by these creatures an investigation committee reported to the legislature n 1872 that South Carolina was "facing a total of $28,977,000 actual and contingent Ua> ? bllitles of the State." The next year the ragtag and bobtail legislature re* pudiated one-half of the actual debt, because of "Inability to pay." But really, was this any worse than the action of the Federal Government it? self, which, in 186C-68 had by Act of congress prohibited South Caro? lina from paying a debt of $2,241,000, contracted in 1861, for the military j defence of the Sude. Tho difference between the two debts was that the j debt of 1861 represented dollar for J dollar money loaned by the people of this State to the State under definite and certain authority of the legisla? ture; the debt of 1872 was repre ' sented by fraudulent issues of bonds j bought by persons in the North at scandalous discounts. "Not only w?\s the State robbed di? rectly, but by many indirect means, as the sale of stock In the Columbia and Greenville Railroad, which represent? ed value to the State exceeding $400, 000, but sold to Patterson and his gang [for less than $60,000. Likewise, with the municipalties. The $850,000 debt I placed upon Columbia, the capital, during those days, represents less than $100,000 actual value; $400,000 of it was for a City Hall, contract price $65 000, and when completed had no roof because the architest had not stipulated for one in the specifications. Columbia has never repudiated one dollar of this greut debt. So with Charleston's $4,150,000 debt, not a dollar of which has ever been re? pudiated. Of It $2,750.000 represents nothing on God's green earth nor the waters beneath it.' "During the forty years that the credit of the old secession States have had this oar sinister written across it l>y the -ttatutes of Northern and K?st? eln States, tbe agents of the Insurance companies from those States have boon most assiduously seeking South Carolina money to be sent to trustees In the North. Out of the money col lootod here have boon paid all tin losses incurred here; ill of the ex pense Incurred here and, after taking out the toll for homo ofllco expenses In tho home States of the em (panics, there have remained over millions of dollars, which for the most part have baofl in\ tatOd elsewhere. ' And. sad to rel ite, many Bgontl employed by thoeo foreign corpora? tions to gather South Carolina mon ? y. rarely hesitate to disparage or throttle domoatlo companloa which ?ought t<> hoop part of this money at home. "S< , whlli South Carolina's credit h is boon damaged abroad, her own institutions have been Stifled and the money of h?-r people has boon sent to I make great and ^tiii greater inatlu 1 tions in unfriendly aoctona, and to en? m b iMM.pi?' there and elsewhere, "if su< h atatutei ait an expreaalon of the blttemeai ami bat.- ol forty years ago South Carolina's self re? ?pect demandi that she hold i*?? com? merce with BUCh States until SUCh in? sults disappear from their statute beoks. Jf they are evidences of dis? trust in tho Integrity or capacity "f the trustees of public funds in those states to Invest properly and securely the tan.'; which belong to the people of (hose States, then South Carolina should not permit trustees in those Htat< I'- in .? un< ontrolled use of tin FELIX Dial ARRESTED. ACCUSED OF MAKING ATTACK ON YOUNG MEXICAN. Diaz, Denies Knowing Anything of Shooting. While QUOiTCTO Claims Thut He Was Shot by Mexican Rev? olutionist. Hahana, Nov. 7.?(Jen. Felix Diae was arrested here today and accused ' of shooting Pedro Guerrero, the young Mexican wounded by a bullet during; last night's altercation, In the course Of which Diaz was wounded slightly. , Gen. Diaz is said .o have handed the revolver to one of his companions alter he had shot Guerrero and se? riously wounded him. Guerrero was the man who had stabbed Diaz with a knife. His condition is serious. Gen. Diaz looked downhearted when interviewed in prison by the As? sociated Press today. He showed two slight stab wounds in his neck, just behind the ear, us the result of his en- j (counter last night. He siad that he; suffered no pain, but had spent the forenoon resting. The court will not decide until next week as to whether he shall be placed on trial or released. Describing the attack on him last night DIM said: MJ was sitting in Malecon park lis? tening to the concert with friends. Suddenly I was struck by an unknown ! party. I defended myself with an um - j brella. During tho scrimmage one " shot was tired?I do not know by whom. A man who later was identi? fied as Pedro Guerrero fell to the ground and a policeman took him to a hospital. "1 was taken before a judge at 4.30 o'clock this morning and was placed under provisional arrest. I know nothing further of the incident, but I believe the attack on me was pre? meditated. "I have nothing to say with regard to my future plans. I was waiting here for Mexican developments and now will be compelled to stay until this case has been cleared up. Several friends called at the prison this morn ' ing and offered to testify that I am in? nocent of the shooting of Guerrero." Manj contradictory versions of last night's incident are current. It is not known exactly how the affray started. Some say Gen. Diaz pro? voked followers of Gen. Carranza, the Mexican rebel leader, while others de? clared that Diaz was suddenly at? tacked by his enemies. Julio Ortez Casanova, a Cuban lawyer, said today he would petition the court for the indictment of Gen. Diaz for attempted manslaughter, adding that several Mexican and four Cuban witnesses would testify that they saw Diaz and his friends attack Guerrero. Guerrero accuses Diaz of beins the assailant. He is a young newspaper man and a strong adherent of Gen. Carranzu. He was shot in the back, the bullet penertating the abdomen. He was operated on this afternoon. Several Hahana newspapers recently published the statement that the Mex? ican charge de'affaires, Domingo Na Jera, had accused the Cuban police of favoring friends of Gen. Carra ua. Senor Najera this morning called at the Cuban state department and denied having made such state? ment. FAMILY NOT LOCATF.D. Paul McGlonl Probably Came from Massachusetts. ah efforts to locate tho family of Paul McGloul. who was killeil Thurs? day afternoon by Atlantic Coast Line freight train No. .'52l>, have i p to the present time proved unavailing, it has been learned that the man had been employed by W. Lee Harbin, the Contractor, Until recently. An answer to a telegram sent to Robert Kose, at Worcester, Mass., conveys the information that Paul M? - Gloul was a member of the Worcester Bricklayers' Union, Further efforts to locate members of his family have proved useless. funds of the people of this State. It BUCh statutes, under a plea of Self righteousness are for the purpose of limiting the market of Southern se? curities, and thereby forcing a higher rate of interest on Southern securi? ties, then good business demands that South Carolina and Virginia and North Carolina, and all the (Uber old sec cession States, offset this by exclud? ing from their border the agents Of financial institutions of such States, and reserving Southern funds to be Invested In Southern securities. "it matters not from what angle the subject Is viewed ,seif respect, safety of public funds, or market for Investment of home securities de? mand that South Carolina no longer lest quietly under Buch Insulting stat? utes. "it is recommended that legislation be enacted forbidding license to ;???> financial institUlon seeking the peo? ple*.- money, which has no the stat? ute proscribing South Carolina state, county or municipal securities." URGE M'LAURIN RECONSIDER. SPARTAN IH'RG BLFASElTES ASK HIM TO ENTER RACE. Senator McLaurin is CongratuHated ?>n His Reply to Senator Tillmaii? Bleaae Leaders in Spawtanbnrs Think People Would Back Him? Major Richards' Friends, Like Supporters of Other Constamants, Profess Confidence in Their Candi? date. Columbia, Nov. 7.?That certain ele mente of the Administration support- ! crs, hitherto uncompromising op- ! ponents of any suggestion looking to putting up Senator John L. McLaurin for Governor, have come around Bines the publication of the McLaurin reply I to Senator Tillman and are now urg? ing the Marlboro Senator to enter the race is known. Information received in Columbia from Spartanburg is to the effect that yesterday several telegrams went from ; Blease leaders there to Senator Mc? Laurin congratulating him on his re? ply to Senator Tillman and urging him to come out for Governor. They j told the Senator in their telegrams I that the people would back him, they I speaking, of course, of their own poli- j I tical views. Senator McLaurin retired from j the race after the chilly reception his j candidacy met with at tho hands of i the Blease conference, held here dur | ing Fair weed, but it would not sur j prise those in touch with affairs if the I Senator would reconsider and re-enter 1 the race. If he comes back in and the Blease organization would BWing around to him it will add confusion to the already chaotic outlook in next year's Gubernatorial race. Friends of Major John G. Rich? ards, Jr., the chairman of the rail? road commission, and candidate for Governor, profess to feel confident at the way matters are developing in tha race for Governor and state that they believe Major Richards is gathering strength. The same view is taken by practically all of the candidates and the field is still open for guess and I speculation. The Seaboard. ; Manning Herald. Sunday's paper brought us news of the projected extension of the Sei' board to Charleston, presumably from I Andrews. The junctional point of the ? whole Seaboard system is Hamlet, N. C. From Hamlet a new line runs ! through Mullins to Poston and by traffic arrangement with the George? town road, from Poston to Andrews. The proposed road will go to Charles? ton through Williamsburg and George? town counties. Shall we make an effort to get the ,Seaboard ? Would not the benefits to Manning from the road, if secured, justify al? most prodigious effort to get it? We regard the question of improved facilities as being vital. Eeither we must ho abreast of progress or we surely decline. We have absolutely nothing to lose by making a resolute effort to get this new road. The Seaboard does not even see Manning on the map. We must throw off our apathy and unite for this ben? efit. I Those of our people who have not informed themselves about conditions may find the truth in this stntem?nt; Either we must get better tacilitics, or this will be a straggling villag3 in twenty-five years. Above all, we need to look at conditions squarely. i The richest part of this county is link? ed with Suinter by rah, while 1 >ng miles of miserable road separates it from Manning; the rich and progres? sive Salem territory is as convenient to Sumter as to Manning, while al? ready much of its business goes to Timmonsville, Lake city, Klngstree, as well as to Sumter. When the Alderman road taps the Coast Line and tho Seaboard near Timntonavllle bow much of the Salem business will come here? 1 With Summerton, Jordan, Davis j , Station, lMnewood. Paxvllle, and all Salem, directly connected by rail with Sumter and other good trading points is it likely that sentiment will p ay any part to bring them to Manning ' j Railroads are not built every year. Nor is it easy to induce them t<> change their plans. But we must use all the resources of argument, por I suasion, and support. Sometimes a town learns too late. In agricultural potentiality, in the l>p? of manhood it has. Anderson Is the greatest county of the Piedmont. I ut its neighbor, Greenville, la a gr? at city, relatively. Why? Railroads. Nothing else. Years ago Anders "i had a Kip Van Winklelan nap. Today the elty of Anderson alone would give a half million dollars for just the com-, plot ion of the Blue Uldg< . This is our opportunity. Cause of Insomnia. The most common cause of in? somnia is disorders of the .stomach ami constipation. Chamberlain's Tab-1 lets col lect these disorders and en- j uhle you to Bleep. For sale by all dealers.? Advt. STREET RAILWAY STRIKERS TO RESUME WORK WITHIN TWELVE HOURS. Traction Company Will not Recognise Union of Its Employees, but All Disputes Between Employers ami Employees Will bo Settled by Pub? lic Utilities Commission. Indianapolis, Nov. 7.?The strike of the employes of the Indianapolis Trac? tion and Terminal company was set-! tied late today thSpugh the efforts of i Gov. Samuel M. Ralston. The em? ployes won their demand for arbitra? tion but nothing is said about rccog nitlon of union or terms of settle? ment. Street ear service is to be resumed within 3 2 hours, according to the terms of the settlement, which also provides against any further inter? ference with the operation of cars. All the men who were in the em? ploy of the Company Friday night, October 31, when the strike was call? ed, and all employes who had been discharged on account of joining the union, are ot be reinstated by the company with full seniority right and without prejudice. The company, however, is not com? pelled to reinstate men who engaged in violence during the strike, out those to whom reinstatement is re? fused may appeal to the State public utilities commission. ? Disputes and grievances as to wages, I hours, conditions and service will be referred to the utilities commission for arbitration if the company and em? ployes fail within 10 days to reach a mutual agreement. Tho company must take up these grievances witi employes within live days afler *-h??? resumption of service. Tha utilities ? commission by the forms < f settlement must render a decision which for three years shall be binding on all parties interested and shall date to the re ' sumption of work within 30 days from the date of the first hearing. I In addition to union and traction company officers the agreement was signed by Ethlebert Stewart, repre? senting the federal government, and \ Gov. Ralston for the State. The settlement of the strike means \ that the 2,000 members of tho Indiana National Guard who were called to Indianapolis yesterday by the governor i for strike duty will be dispatched to I their homes as soon as possible. The strike began a week ago to? night and has resulted in four deaths and injuries to 100 or more persons, including several police officers. Un til yesterday, when the city quieted '? down. *he down town streets have been tho scenes of almost continuous rioting and much damage has been done to street railway property. Union officials declare that, while disappointed in not obtaining recog? nition of the union, they obtained their j main contention, arbitration of all dis? putes betwee employes and the com? pany. The railway company assorts ! it won in its fight not to recognize th-3 union. Credit for settlement of the strike j is given to Gov. Ralston who \\as been 1 untiring in his efforts to bring the company and its employes together. INDIANS MENACE PEOPLE. Threaten to Massacre Force at Ship rock?Rescue Party is Sent. Santa Fe, N ,M., Nov. 7.?An ap? peal to prevent the massacre of the Indian agency force at Shiprock on the Navajo reservation in northwest? ern New Mexico today was received by United States Marshal A. II. Huds peth from Agent W. T. Shelton. A telegram from the agent says the Indians threaten to kill the whites at the agency on Monday unless the gov? ernment drops prosecution of 11 In? dians outlaws indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of riot and assault. Upon receipt of the appeal the United sttaes marshal telegraphed the sheriff of McKinley county to go with deputies to the reservation. Hudspetll also plans to leave with a posse for the scene tomorrow. After the indictment of the 11 out? laws Marshal Hudspeth spent three weeks at the reservation and secured a promise from the child's of the tribe that tiie indicted men would surrend? er on November 12. Thinking the mat? ter settled, he returned, reaching Santa Fe last night. There are about 500 Navajos In the vicinity of Shiprock who never visitt l the agency or acknowledged the au? thority of the United states. Nearly Every Child Mas Worms Paleness, at times a flushed face, unnatural hunger, picking the nose, great thirst, etc., are indications of worms. Kickapoo Worm Killer Is a reliable, thorough medicine for the removal of all kinds of worms from children and adults. Kickapoo Worm Killer m pleasant candy form aids digestion, tones system, overcoming constipation and Increasing the action of the liver, is perfectly safe for even the most delicate children. Kickapoo Worm Killer makes chil? dren happy and healthy. 25c. Guar? anteed. Try it. Drug stores or by mail. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., Philadelphia and St. Louis.?Advt CHANGE FROM FORMER STAND OF DEMOCRATS HACK TO ADMIN IST K ATION VIEWS. O'Ciorwn and RMd Cio Back to Side of Wilson's Supporters. Thus Mak? ing Division Six to Six, Hitelieoek Supporting Republicans. Washington, Nov. 7. ?A shift in the lineup on the currency bill today strengthened the position of the ad? ministration forces, but left the sen? ate committee in a temporary dead? lock. Senators Reed and O'Gorman, who have been opposing administra? tion proposals in the committee, re? joined the Democrats and the commit? tee voted to reconsider the decision which cut down from ] 2 to four the number of regional banks in the pro? posed new system. Senator Crawford (Republican) voted with the Democrats to recon? sider but a discussion, w hich at times ' waxed warm and which lasted^all af I ternoon, failed to force a vote on a j proposition to fix the number of banks at seven. Senator Crawford /jaid he had voted to reconsider solely as a matter of courtesy. He made it clear that he would not support a resolu? tion to increase the number. Senator Hitchcock made it plain that he would not swing into line with the other Democrats ,and with a six to six tie in prospect the admin | Istration forces avoided a vote. They succeeded, however, in obtaining a vote on the amendment retaining the ; secretary of the treasury on the pro : posed supervisory board. Tho committee voted down a pro? ! posal to force a double liability simi? lar to that of present national bank stockholders on the stock of the pro? posed regional banks. The section of the present bill which would force all national banks j into the system under penalty of los [ ing their charters within a year was 'changed. National banks under the amend? ment would be required to signify their intention of entering the system within CO days. Banks which at pres? ent are reserve agents, and others which fail to enter the new system within 90 days, would forfeit their reserve agencies. With the committee hard at work on the fundamentals of the bill the movement fcr a caucus of Democrats today gained momentum. A petition was circulated calling for a confer? ence on the currency question general? ly. No details were included in tho call. It wa* understood that the real subject of the caucus and its scope in relation to the work of the committee would be decided after it met. Administration senators, including Senator Owen, declared they had taken no part in starting the call for a conference and that the administra? tion was not behind the call. Senator Kern, chairman of the Democratic caucus, to whom the call is directed, left Washington today. He will not return until Monday and the call then will be presented to him. Talk of rather bitter feeling among committee members and reported heated outbursts during the session.] c ropped up today. It was asserted one member of the committee on the Dem? ocratic side had threatened to leave the committee room and refuse to par? ticipate In the deliberations after Chairman Owen had made a sjneoea urging support of administration pro j posals. WANTED A LITTLE EXCITEMENT. Young Woman Binds Herself and Lights Her "Funeral Pyre," Chicago, Nov. 7.?Gertrude Han? son, sixteen years old, who today was found bound and gagged la the cellar of the home of O. V. Jans, with a pile of rubbish burning near her, confess? ed to the police that she had set fire to the rubbish and bound and gag? ged herself. She said her object was to cause a little excitement The girl was uninjured by the blaze, although nearly unconscious from smoke. The police were called by Mrs. Jahns, who smelled the smoke and discovered the girL After she had been released Miss Hanson told the police she had been attacked by a pyromaniac, whom she had discover? ed tiling the house. To prevent an outcry the man had bound her and left her near the fire she said. Sumter Beats Florence. In the bowling match at Florence Thursday night Suirtter was victor? ious over her rival. The Gamecocks won by a majority of seventy-five pins, getting two of the three guinea in the first game the Florence men won by a majority Of two Pins. The second game went to Sumter with a majority of Sixty-two pins and the third' was warn with I majority of fifteen pins. Walsh made the high? est score for Sumter, making an aver? age of It;. 1-2 pin*, a Rite average for an alley which he bad not practiced on.