Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IHKSSJBJNBIESS. HmOMEXl \\ll.*<>\ DKUM US \\M \L MKSHAt.r. IN PKR *ON. sum .win Relative to Mfvia? (. aim ami Contort ati\e>?-Suagv*t Radical Change In Method of Nomliuitlng Presidential (aiulla.lto ? Vrgcs Arm*mimenl of Sherman l aw. Washington, Dot Asserting that there can bt no peace in Ameri? ca until President lluertu surrenders hia usurped authority, President Wil? son in au address to, congress de? livered in person toduy, declared that despite that fact he did not beluw the l'nlted States would have to al? ter ita policy of watchful waiting. The prealdent aald Huerta's power and preatiKe Is crumhlinK a little day by day and the < altapat Is not far uaty With the and <f the Huerta regime, he said, he hoped to see run Mtttutional order restored in Mexico. Ilesldes pleading tor the ?Witt en? actment into law of the administra? tion currency hill, the president tol I mfrHi that he believed the Sher? man anti-trust lav. should stand un? altered, hot that congress should aa rapidly as possible enact legislation which would clarify and make ex? plicit 'that great MtM fa* lliute ita administration ami make it fairer tO all < orc^erned. This Is the first expression of any kind that haa come |B)1 I'resi lent Wilson regarding the Sherman law. Huslness men and financiers have been waiting with a great deal of in? terest, not to say trepidation, to learn what the policy of the Wilson ed mintstra .on was to he with regard to the Shermuu law. about which haa arisen so much confusion. The pres? ident today suld it Is of capital im? portance that the husincas men of ?he country should he relieved of ail un? certainties of law with regard to their enterprises and a clear path indicated which they can travel without anx? iety. "It la as important that they should he relieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper as that private mo? nopoly should he destroyed," the preaident declared. President Wilson broached a new election reform plan during the course of his address, which would provide for the direct nomination of presidential candidates. He said that he urged the prompt enactment of legislation which would provide elec? tions throughout the country at which the voters of the different parties may choos* their nominees for the presi? dency without the intervention of nominating conventions. Ho pointed out. however, that he would not do away with party conventions altogeth? er, hut would retain them for the pur? pose of ratifying the choice of the voters and formulating the party platforms. Instead of the present delegate system for the aftatdtntlal conven* tlona iv.ie , resdi. . ? ri l . \. aid have the conventions contlsl of the nominees for congress 'he noinin' cm for vacant seats In tho senate, the nenators whose terms have not' yet ?tided, 'he national committees, ard the presidential candidates them? selves, in order that the platforms might be drawn by thoso responsi? ble to the people for carrying th? in Into . fT.k t Touching upon the problem of Philippine independence the presi? dent told his h?ar?rs we must hold Steadily in view the ultimate ffSSlOW of the islands. We can satisfy our obligations towards l'orto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands. he ired, by giving them the rights and prl\ lie;; Ml a. corded our own citisi-na. ladsptBd enc? in ibe Philippine* should bt r-achfd slowly, step hy step, he said. A string plea was made by I*r< >-i dent Wilson for the "unlocking of UM stonhous-? ot Alaska." Ht ur^ed full territorial form of government for Alaska. assert I ng thitt bSStdei this, for th*? dtVtlopaisnt ot that t??riit?ry. th?> government should build and admini ; i i illway sys? tem, and In addition eontro] the ports and terminals While tin- pre.; - id?-nt did not sa\ SO If g . . svldsill that he hid framed Ml Alaska de? velopment plan with an sap sola! vIpvv lo preventing that rnh ; errit 01 v ?0 ting under ttJKtfej gf a i iilio.nl ino inj di I uress was urged by the president to ? I. i t a fair and effective omploy ith hsbriit?. law. We ggft it. la mart ustice to the rallwa) employtt Of 111 I - MMrti>. lo sgit a Ian laa wt can IMttd by in this matter will be no KtJ to the aarraatasa ol those who ad ananlaltf tin- railroads ol las ooon? ti> thin to tlioj.. wh"in tlnv employ. The experien e .,i lt |.irgg n inber of the anafani tbnndaatly provtt thai*" \i?.t vt \ \i ni cm \\ in: \i? Hody Found on t.icen street IM Motasaaj Augustu. Has - Qtofg* Howard. Couacllraan -elect from tin- third ward was found dead tarty this morning tfl QfOtfl stieet. Apoplssj is assigned us thu OtlMW ol death. \i?.\Mso.\ INTRODUCES THio OF M easi iu:s. Aim of Measures is to I*revont Sup? pression of Competition by Octo? pus .Methods. Washington, Deo, !???A trio of bitta to regulate interstate railroads and other corporations were introduced today by Chairman A damson of the house interstate commerce commit* t e. The lulls strike at monopoly and suppression of competition by com? binations of capital. Mr. Adamson explained that his measures were in Uno with the idea Of defining rights and duties and prescribing rcmcK?" and penalties to pre ent diserimtna ton and unfair dealing rather man with the theory that to regulate com? merce of the government must take churgc ?f aitd operate it. The hrst 1?i 11 would require rail Ti ads (0 puhlish their schedules in every county trough which they run and authorize them, after contracting at regular rales for advertising, to , accept the receipts for freight and passenger fares. Another would authorise more OOmplOtOly the regulation and super? vision by the interstate commerce commission o\ issues of stoek and bonds, the disposition of the money I obtained from them and the preven? tion Of interlocking directorates. The third would provide for a com? mercial directory to be published by the secretary ol commerce, by which an Individual, partnership or corpora? tion qualified to do business in its <>wn HMO, territory i>r district might do so e\erywhere without .additional license or registration or restriction, except in compliance with police reg I ulatlons. \EWSPAPEH BUST* BBS tiliOWS. _ HtntistlcH Show That Americans are tiroatcst Nowsp:ii>er Headers in the World. Washington, Pec. 2.?Further >roof of the oft repeated statement thai the American public Is the great? est newspaper reading publici in the world developed today when the De? partment of Commerce issued a bul? letin dealing- with the printing and publishing industry of tho United States. In 1909 there were 31,145 ?separate establishment In the industry; 388, 446 persons engaged in the industry, of which 26S.4',4 were wage earn? ers, and the capital invested amount? ed to $688.345,708. New York State led ail others in printing newspapers pOllOdloall and books. It employed one-fourth of ar of the wage earn? ers and sent forth three-tenths of the total products. Illinois ranked sec? ond and Pennslyvanla third. There were 2,600 dally publications reported In 19??ti, as compared with 2,462 in 1904 and Mil in 1N99. Of these 2.600 dailies, 760 were morning papers and 1,840 afternoon or even? ing papers. The circulation of news? papers published in ten cities?New York, Chicago, Philadelphia. St. I.ouis, Hosten. Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Buffalo and San Fran . eiset??constituted 4 7 per cent of the total daily circulation of the entire country for 1909, as against 50.6 per cent In 1904. This change shows that the circulations of news pap"rs outside ?d' the great eente.a Of population has been increasing during the past few \eurs more rapidly than that of papers in those centers. The circulation Of the newspapers I published in New York City consti? tuted 16.9 per cent of the total for all dailies in the country in 1909 as comparod with d.^j par oast in 1904. _ DSM IN TEXAS HOME. Woman Was Hurt in South Carolina 1 Wreck at MoopOOfl Creek?Pushes Away at Texas Home. CfcaHOI, Dee. 1- .Mrs. C < >. Wil? liams, who was injured in the Lan? caster \ Chester railway's Hooper's -?reek wieek <n July :p>, died last night at her home at Corpus Christi, l ? \as. Her death runs the list of fatalities up to hve. Mrs. Williams one Of the moat painfully injured mem ban of the catrastrophe and tbat sin survived as Inns as she did was 'i surprint U> many. She left the hos? pital here several weeks ago and her bund onrrU d 11 r home in a ?pe? dal Pullman car and a special nurse accompanied then.. Everything Pon* sii lc was done b\ him to make the ; long and tedious trip easy for her, but the end earns shortlj after the arrival home. Tin. death was learned here today with considerable sorrow M 1 during her lllntai Mrs. Wilhams, through her Intense suffering, became a ,i inly attached to many ol Ches? ter's a< od gamarltam Cotton Hhlp Ifhre, Hnvnnnnhi Gu?, Doc, 3. Fire started if ihe hold of the Stenn er Norman ton I i The cargo ?I cotton waf badly damaged before the lire was < oiili oiled. LABOR UNION INDICTED. ATTEMPT TO monopolize la? hor cilvrgER. True Hills by Federal Grand Jury Re Hult Fruin CqaJ Field Troubles. Putblo, Co]., Doc. 1.?An attempt to secure a monopoly of labor is charged in indictments returned by ? the federal grand jury here today j against national officers of the Unit? ed Mine Workers of America. The men named are: J. P. White, presi? dent; Frank J. Hayes, vice president, and William Greene, Seeretary-troas urer. Conspiracy . in restraint of inter? state commerce in violation of the! federal anti-trust law is charged in' indictments against officials of the United Mine Workers of America, as follow*; Frank J. Hayes, John R I^awson, Adolph Germar, Robert T'l- j rich, A. M. McGary, James Morgan, Charles Jmtey and Edward Wallace, editor of a labor paper. Several other ind etmnets were re? turned against miners for alleged de- ! predations against property. The indictments resulted from de? velopments in the Colorado coal min? ers' strike. The jury recommended that the mining laws he mttl diligently en i I forced, that the governor be em ! powered to regulate or suspend the ? sale of ammunition and explosives ; during troubles, that in cases of dis ' pute both parties should be required by law to operate t ie mines pending | settlement. Financial interest of coal companies in saloon? was denounced. Methods of the United Mine Work? ers were severely condemned as "an Insult to conservative and law-abid? ing labor." "They have brought hore," says the jury's report, "experienced strike agitators and arm.'d hundreds of Irresponsible aliens who have be? come a menace to even the lives of citizens. They creitcd open insur? rection in southern Colorado and have resorted to measures which all fair minded labor organisations repudiate. The officers in chargo of many of the tent colonies confess their inability to control the men whom they have urmed and aroused. I "Evidently no qualification is neces? sary for membriahtyi in the United ) Mine Workers of America other than a promise to pay dues. "The lawlessness of many of the striking miners is ciused by radical agitators imported fVom other States who intlame them with incendiary speeches and exhortations of vio? lence." SUFFRAGETTKS DEMAND BALLOT _ Leader Servos Notice on Democratic Party That Constitution Must be ' Amended. Washington. Doc 2.?Notice was| j served on the Democratic party today ' that It must amend the constitution so j as to grant the ballot to tho women of ! the United States or risk losing the aupport of the women who have al? ready obtained the franchise. Miss Alice Paul, Chairma n of the Congres? sional Committee of the National American Women Suffrage Associa? tion who is leading the tight assert? ed that the women who have already gained so much strength that they need not appeal any longer, but may demand their rights. SUFFRAGETTES ARE PRESENT. Many of Them Seen in Crowded Gal? leries During President's Address. Washington, Dec. 2.?President Wilson appeared before the senate and hOUOS, in joint assembly, for the j fourth time since he became presi dent, to deliver his message today. The galleries were well Riled 'with! spectators, and many suffragettes Wars included in the crowds present! to hear the president's annual address i delivered. CUPID IS HI HY LAD. Illings 854 Couples to Hymen's Altar Since January 1st. D. Cupid, popularly conceded to he in charge of the tenderer emotions Of mankind, has devoted not a small part ol his time to Sumter county during the past year, a statement which is substantiated by the records , kept of the marriage licenses is? sued at the Clerk of Court's office. According to these records ,the bus) little lovemaker has seen that :{04 couples In Bumter county, since , January ist, were brought up to be asked whether it was "for better or !'.?r worse." Of this number there were 99 white couples, and 255 col* 1 ored. Hook Worm Work in Sumter. J. T. Howell, M. D., one of the tour field men under the direction of La Bruce Ward, state director of rural Hunitutlon, has completed ins work i" tleorcgtown count) and will now go to Bumter county, where he will as? sist i ". p. Ilodgers, M p . another of the Held men. NOTMNG Oil WHALEY GASE. _ ELECTIONS COMMITTEE DE? CLINE** 'IX) TALK. Body in Charge of Inquiry Will Con? vene This Week or Next. Washington, Doe. l.?"Absolutely nothing will be known as to the dis? position of the Grace-Whaley investi? gation until the committee holds a meeting either the lati^r part of the present week or the early part of '.e coming week. The papers in the case are now at my home in Ohio, and Until they arrive here, and a meeting of the committee is held absolutely nothing will he known concerning the future of this matter. The committee has taken no action and will take none until this meeting." In these words Chairman Post of the house committee on elections, which is now considering the charges filed against Representative Richard R. Whaley of Charleston by Mayor John P. Grace of that city, stated the preaent attitude of the committee to? day. There have been many rumors about what the committee would and would not do. Some of these rumors were to the effect that the committee had decided to hold an investigation, others wer?- to the effect that Mr. Gr?fe had . ost and that an end of the i matter was . n sight. It w ill be seen from the above that as previously stated in this correspondence nothing has been decided upon and nothing will he until the committee holds its meeting. ( HAMBER OF COOMMERCE NOTES i _ Director* Decide to Hold Smoker Night or Deoaaaher 10th. The board of directors of the Cham? ber of Commerce held their weekly meeting last evening. Those present. Davis D. Moise, President; R. D. Belser. J. Z. Hearon, D. R. McCol lum, J. W. McKiever, and President J. H. Levy of the Retail Merchants' Association. Messrs. J. Z. Hearon, W. W. Mc Kagen, J. li. Levy, and the managing secretary were instructed to make preparations for a ' get-together smoker and lunch on December 10th if that date proves suitable in the opinion of the committee. This smok? er is for the entire organization and the Retail Dealers Association. I The, meeting lasted more than two ! hours and many matters of import? ance to the city and county of Sumter were discussed. A membership cam? paign was decided upon and the mem I bcrship committee is to be called to i gether immediately by the secretary for the purpose of arranging for cam? paign. 1 The list of those members who have never paid their notes and sub? scriptions was gone over and the i membership committee, treasurer and secretary instructed to take steps to collect these notes at once. The directors and officers will co? operate with the Sumter County dele? gation in the question of the general assembly appropriating forty thousand i dollars for the eradication of the cat? tle tick in South Carolina. The directors have requested the i county delegation to support this pro I posed bill and the managi g secretary Instructed to circulate a petition ask? ing the county delegation to do so. I The proposition made by the man? aging secretary to parties who are ! thinking of locating a hosiery mill in this section was approved. There are quite a number of busi? ness establishments, of various kinds, and individuals who should belong to the Chamber of Commerce and Re? tail Merchants' Association and assist in keeping up the organized business interests of Sumter. Xo man can live off to himself and benefit from the enterprise, liberality, and efforts of his fellow men and feel that he is do? ing his duty to himself and his com? munity. The membership committee and others of the commercial organiza? tions are going to try and show these citizens who are not doing their share towards increasing or sustaining Humter's trade, and other commercial interests, why they should come into the organization. The credit bureau manager of the Retail Merchants' Association will send out rating blanks for a re-rating of the accounts of the association right away. It is important that these lists be returned this month. LACHENS PRISONERS ESCAPE. Six Negroes Hack Their Way to Freedom and Are Still at Large. Laurens, Dec. 1.? -Six negro pris? oners at the county jail cut their way to ?b? rty this morning some time af? ter midnight and made good their es? cape. Tonight they are still at large but efforts are being made to recap? ture them b> tin- officers and it is probable that the entire bunch will soon bo back behind the bars. ,\ license to marr> has been Issued to H. li. Lit uardaon, of Summer ton and Miss Elizabeth Richardson, ol Sumter. HI OVERRATED BEANS. SHARON PEA AND JAC.i REAN DO NOT STAND TEST. Agricultural Department Has Tested Doth Varieties and Warns Public. Washington, Dec. I.?There has re : cently been a considerable amount of advertising, by the press and other? wise, of two beans for which highly extravagant claims are made, and for the seed of which exorbitant prices . fire being asked. One of these is be i ing advertised under the name of Shahon pea, with the absurd claim that on three and one-half acres this ; plant produced seventy tons of hay ; and three hundred and fifty bushels ; of seed. 1 The Fhahon pea is nothing more ' nor less than the plant properly ! known as the asparagus bean, or I card-long bean. It is a close relative. Of the cowpea in fact, by most botan j ists considered a mere variety. Tn experimental tests with upwards of j twenty varieties of asparagus beans, this di partment reached the conclu? sion that none of them could pos | *ibly compete with the better va? rieties of cowpeas as a forage crop. The stems, as a rule, are much more slender and vining, and the long pods, which lie on the ground, cannot be. harvested by machinery. None of these twenty varieties is as produc , live either in herbe go of in pods, as ; the better varieties of cowpeaa. i The asparagus bean derives it name J from the fact that the young gresn pods, when used as a vegetable, have j somewhat the flavor of asparagus. As a vegetable, the asparagus bean may come into somewhat more general use than it has in the past, but as a for? age crop it has but little merit. Seed of the Shahon pea, which apparently j is the commonest variety of aspara? gus bean?namely, that, having pinlt j ish-buff seeds?is offered by the ad I vertisers at $5 per pound. The same variety la offered by seedsmen In ? France, where the bean is more or less commonly grown, for 25c a j pound. I Another plant which has been thor ! oughly tested, both by the department and the experiment stations?name? ly, the Jack bean?is also being ex ! travagantly advertised under the name j of the giant stock pod bean, or the Wataka bean, the seed being quoted at $15 per bushel. This bean has been lully treated of in bureau of plant in | dustry circular No. 110, which can ' be obtained from the department free I _ j upon request. While the Jack bean \ produces an enormous amount of beans per acre they are not relished I by stock, and no satisfactory means of j utilizing them has yet been discover ! DUNCAN ASKS REINSTATEMENT. i ? t Disbarred Lawyer IVesents Argu? ment for Himself?Lexington Li? quor Case. Columbia, Dec. 1.?John T. Dun ' can, several times candidate for Gov | er nor of South Carolina, who was dis j barred by the Supreme Court sever ! al years ago, bled a petition with the j caurt this morning asking that ho be reinstated in the profession of law and given back his place as a member of tho bar. He appeared in his own behaU and argued his side of the case. I Chief Justice Gary was disqualified f from sitting in the case, j Mr. Duncan was a candidate for ! governor last year and in 1?10. It is ; u -iderstood that he will be in the race aft sin next summer. The Lexington prohibitionists ar g led their appeal before the Supreme Court this morning against the decis? ion of the State board of canvassers, w hich upheld the election of the dis? pensary in Lexington county. Mr. D. W. Robinson appeared for the pro? hibitionists, while Solicitor George ; B dl Timmermen and senator W. EL Sharpe represented tho dispensary forces. At an election in August the, [dispensary carried In Lexington and ] a contest by the prohibitionists before the county board in upholding the j election for the dispensary. They to d< y carried the case to the Supreme1' ' Court and asked that body to passi ? on the matter. 1 1_ STRIKE TAKES SERIOUS ASPECT. : - I Three Thousand Ttsamstors Still OS) Strike, in Indiana City. I Indianapolis, Dei-. 2.?Three ttlOU-1 ! sand teamsters are still out on strike, j [Conditions In this city are serious.] I j During a shooting affray today Claude Lewis, a negro bystander was killed and J. 11. Mason, a negro barber, fa-1 t tal y shot. John Aspley, w hite, and ' An hie smith, negroes were seriously inj ired. ' "he shooting was done by three in - grces, two whites, strikebreakers, on an Ice wagon. All were arrested. Mr. Al Falfa, Mr. Harry Vetch and Mrs, Lu Cerne are pretty well agreed that there can be n<? greater IncresjH In arm production until the number of people who go back to the farm isj greater than those who keep their] i a ,v tu the (arm.?Wilmington star. I THE PROSPEROUS HE?. RIDK FROM (OLI MBIA TO SPAR? TAN BURG SHOWS THlb. Senator Smit j Appears to Rave Many Fricnd.s *n ttie Piedmont-?H uw Governor Bleaso stands. Colombia, Dec. 1.?The Piedmont section < f South Carolina has enjoy? ed a prosperous year, and especially are the farmers reaping lull returns for the labor of their hands. As a result business is tine, and that great manufacturing and agricultural sec? tion of the state is looking forward to Christmas with pleasant anticipa? tion. A ride from Columbia to Spartan burg on the "Carolira Special" en? ables one to get a good view of the work which the Southern Is doing to? wards improving and making it the finest of condition their Spartanburg j division. The roadbed all along the ! route is being worked on, much work being done in raising the roadbed along the river, and in putting in new i crosstles. Near Parr Shoals the plan seems to be towards laying a new ' piece of track to the right of the pres I ent and farther from the river. There ! are several forces of hands at work and it is evident that the Southern plans to put the Spartanburg division in first class condition. In "The City of Success' much new building is being done and the new commission form of government , is undertaking the work of putting I In modern streets on a large scale, j Solicitor Albert E. Hill is a good j Spartanburg booster, and when one j enjoys the privilege of a ride about j that thriving city with him he will get a glowing picture of the wonder? ful progress which has blessed Spar? tanburg. Greenville continues its amazing* growth and the improvements and I changes there in the past five years '? arc little short of marvelous. Its wido Main street reminds one very I much of Columbia, and Greenville re . sembles Columbia in push and energy, i New buildings are going up on every hand, and the streets full of happy throngs presents a picture of happi? ness and well being, which is a priv I ilege to see. In former days it was necessary to go from Greenville down to Belton by train and change there for the Blue Ridge Road into Anderson, but now one can take the interurban cars on ?the main street of Greenville and within a little over an hour get off in the heart of the city of Anderson. The Interurban is well patronized, has a convenient and quick schedule, and runs through the manufacturing towns and thickly settled farming communities, which are at once the glory and strength of the mighty up country. Anderson is getting her share of the progress of the Piedmont section. Lo? cated in the heart of a rich farming section and with an abundant number of paying cotton mills Anderson is holding her ow? and still refusing to admit supremacy on the part of eith? er Greenville or Spartanburg. The interurban lines have brought Ander? son into close and quick touch with tho rest of the up-country and the cars, which run into Anderson every hour, are usually loaded down with ; people coming in to shop or on other business. It was raining when the party reached Belton Saturday, where the Southern train for Columbia connects with the trolley from Anderson. At Helton the first dissent to the seem? ingly Blease sentiment in Anderson v as encountered. Two farmers waiting on trains vclunteered the in? formation that they thought Govern? or Please was losing ground. "He has lost lota ol farmers in this county," remarked me significantly. "His par? doning of some people lots of folks around here don't line, and I tell you he will see it in thfe race for the sen? ate next year." "How is tho feeling among the farmers of this section towards Sen? ator Smith?" the informant was ask? ed. "They like him," he replied. "He hasn't antagonized anybody and haa done a lot for the farmers, and we are going to stick to him." ) "Do you think any considerable portion of tho farmers, who voted for Governor Blease last summer, but wtio supported Senator Smith in 1U08, are going to vote against Mr. Smith m xt year," the newspaper man ask? ed. "Well, I tell you," he aaid, "the farmers like Senator Smith, but voters are a good deal like the verdict of a petit jury; you can't tell what they are liable to do." GEORGIA HANK HOBHFP. Ycggmcn Loot Town of Dudley and Make I '.scape. Dublin. Ga., Dec. 2.?Robbers last night looted the Hank of Dudley, Laurons County, securing four hun? dred dollars. Two hardware stores wer.> also burglarised. The robbers left no clue. A. P. Whipple was awakened i>y the explosion and fired on the bandita His fire was returned and Whipple nas slightly wounded.