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Uttttwrs?? of &. ?? mi; St M 11 It WAIl UMAX, lCMnldlfchcd April, 1850. "De Jost and Fear not?Ect all the ends Thou Alrns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE sol I ilKON. TsiablUhed June, ISM. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0? SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1914. Vol. XXXVII. No. 52. NO PRIMARY REFORM AT THIS SESSION. Ho vise Kills Senate Judiciary Committee Bill By One Vote, 54 to 54. n\i . m sMi m i:mk)H8K1)?PHAcru 'iiiiY only ARGUMENT OF (?1'1'uMTliiN MM mumahy Of Itll was ABOVE BV8PIC io\ \M> WHA1 WAS GOOD IlIfOVGH TIOEM Is GOOD ENOUGH sow?\ on:. ( -.himhia. 1 < i?. In F<-r ft* k of one vole. alm<?st ail hope of the pas? sage of legislation by the general as ? > in i. in ifaguard Um priaaan alao ? l??n system vanished im<? thin air MM night, when the nnuso hy a vote of u4 to 54 refused tu pass to third reading the primary i lection reform hill now pending In the serate. Th" senate hill was substituted for \hv house hill by u volo of 51 to 5.1 on the motion of Mr. Stcvensot of t'hcs terheld, who led the livdit to enact legislation wlii h would guarantee to Sooth Carolina bonesl primary ? lections. TIM Mil whdi the house killed Mat night did not Huron any restrictions sround enrolling for primary elec-, tlons other than those now required ..It the rides of the I >t>mccratic party. It would not have disfran? chised a Mingle white man had it been gggMggtf into law. Tin- no mbers who urged Its passage claimed, though. thut it would aflpUaats "ropoatlnit1 and other forms 1,1 llMgal and fraudule nt voting, said to have been practiced In the primary eMCtlOW gl 1912, and whose ocourrcm . in . in - untie* at leafll u in admitted on th* flour of the house last night. The jaaMsMMftOSiU o#**? 1 ill, hard ituptn ind argumenta agalnat its passage, con? tented lhemselveB in tho main with claiming that the present system wua above suspicion and that the primary elec tion of was fair und MJUATO, Although the Miley and Nicholson primary election reform bids ar?? now pending on the calendar of the house on second reading, there is little like, llhood that at this SMtg* Ol the ses- j sion, should either of them be p:.sa ed. the senate will ratify the mtlon of the house. Mr. Stevenson explain? ed to the house last night th; t prac? tically the oidy chame ..f tnactin; legislation at this session to safe? guard the primary was for the honre to substitute for the hill by its judic? iary committee the measure now pending In the senate, which would be almost the same M SfTOCt ??n the motion of Mr. Stevenson the bouse asreed to nmend the bill by substi? tuting the senate bill for the judiciary rommittees' hill by a \<?te of "> I to S3, and then promptly fOfUSOd to pa SI the bill as amended by a vote of 5 1 to Gt. None of the members of the hous*? changed th dr vet, a The li" was brought about by the fallere of Mr. Wittenberg of ?'halbsten to % ote on the ip stion of suhM luting the senate bdl for the hoi ??? bill and t h- n voting against |lM passage of the amended house bill. Mr. Uittenberg intr? .1 im ? d a bill In Ulf house this ggggMg pr. p. ii. to rafomi the pri? mary eh . vlag s\st< in in Charleston by nun It more drastic provisions than tho.;- proposed in the bill which he \otid against Mal night. Mr. Miley, of Hamberg, a no has a primary elcc Ugg reform Mil Ml the sab ud.ir of the, house now. glgo VWtod to kill the pri-] nun y refoi m gill mm alght hi View of the fact that | In | ?? Is little possibility of tin pa . i.| |. .. Islatlon to i f rin the primary ?b- . iton gfglMMj Um Dosnoeratk eonvt a< tlon next May will tal e on new im portance. The convention will huve In Its power to amend or not in amend the rubs t um part] SO Bl tti safeguard the prin ur> . lect Ion tesn. The admin^tiation Sore-at th May gagflMgjtlag gttll dou'tl.ei use tie nrauimnt th it th? ruh ? ad .pt? d b) Ibe last convention, win Ii was an I? administration I y an o\< rt\ in litd'u; mnjorlty, ought to .?? go ?I pfiotlgh la govern th? pi inar> in Auguit, I'Jli The members of the bo ise \\ ho \o?ed in fgtrOf Ml ggf lag the piimt ? reform bill to third H ??? geN Ihe follow Mg Ayi s \?\ i n. |: ii iiv . p. I:. b r. flolt. It. yd, Ih.w. rs, 1 i . BttT? gess, I'ha'h ? '?inline, Hanta? |er. I>el?nu.'h?' r. Dlek, Kppe, ? ans, i-'i pp, i'i Way, Orot r, II gfggf, M' I i ib. Mo.it, i |u|i bin son. HmMmIi Johns'..n. KlMor, Kirk, 1.lbs. I.iimpkin. Mef?ravoy, Meie.ii aid. Me.Master, M? M illan. M ? > . Malpiss. Mean-*. Mit- hell. MnWei Nb holaon. Fat?-, IV^nes, l?\att, ItSttdy, Riddle, Kiloy, L. M. Rogi rs, Sanders, \v. m. Scott, Bhtrwood, Bhlrley, Stan? ley, Btevenaon, Vander Horst, You i mm, Zolglei?ji. The naainbtra ol thi houae who voted agatnat the paitmrti of tha pri mary reform bill to third reading were Um following: Naye?Speaker smith, Addy, J. W< Aahley, II. J. Aabley, Baakln, Blaek well Bushbec, Clement, Clowney, Creeek Daniel, Fortoer, Cray, Halle, Mali. Ilardin, II. F. Ilarrcls? n. If. C, ! lain lx?n, Harvey, Holley, Hunter, Irby, James, Jonee, Kellehan, Kelly, IKlrby, Long, Mein, lllley, Miller, Mix* si.n, Moore, Ifoaeley, Murray, Neleon, RtUenberg, Robertaon, W. s. Rogers, 'Jr., Bapp, W? w. Scott, Benaeney, Smiley, Strickland, Bturkle, summers. Thomi?son, Todd. Warner, Welch, White, Whltehead, Winburn, C. C. .Vyche? 54. pairs?Bothea, aye, with Brown? IBS, nay. Not \'otin??Croaa, Casque, Good? win, Kennedy, Lee, Lybrand, Martin, Walker, Warnn, C. T, WyelM?14. At 8.30 o'clock the house took U] the primary reform bill of tho judi? ciary ? ommlttee. Tin- pending motion w. s tha by Mr. Btevenaon to substi 'rote tr. * Ml! nntv iiendlns in the aen? ate f<?r th?> kouac bill. Both bills were Identical In providing for dupli? cate i nrollmerlt of all votera in tho primary, one roil to be need Bi ? pre? cinct roi iind the other to be filed with tho Clerkl of court. The senate bin leavi i the enrolling of the votera to tic aacrotarlea ?>f party clube, Mr. Mlley of Daniberg said, since .\1r. Btevenaon wanted to anbatltutc tha aenate Mil f?>r the judiciary com ntltteo*a M1V he Intended to pfoai th prlman reform bill ha Introduced In the house, believing that it was sim? pler than t he senate bill. "1 believe if I voted to change the primary i would gtultlfy my State, my county and my neighbor/' declared Mk. .J in, I of I.e. . Ha said that people who talked about no! voting In the primary un leai ;t were reformed were ?linpl., bluffing. Uc praised the present rri mary ayatem and declared, In effect, ihat In its operation! it was ae spot h ss anil pure gg the driven snow. "i am appoaed to 'monkeying' with Ihe primary,*1 gale Mr. Jamea "Be a sport nnd play the game." Mr. Btevenaon of Cheaterfleld Bald he obj< nted to playing n game In Which the cards WON marked. "\*>k\ were on the Inveatlgatlng committee In tiie gummer ot lilt," Interrupted Mr. Fortner? "Did you And arc>- fraud T" HWhen the olectlon Inveatlgatlng committee called for the club rolla In 1911 it ^ot about out of 1,200,*' ?aid Mr. Btevenaon. "The reaaon we ? b i not 'ri"t the roUs was because namca wert on Ihem which should nol have been there." Mr. Btevenaon explained how the enutc bill would < nabh> the executive ? ommlttee t<? check the club roils with ttit* polling lists, by providing for duplicate rolls in the hands of th; ?lerks of court, THE MORE DAMAGE M il. t a*e Will to, to Hie JuT) Thlg Yit?'i - ix,i,i,?thldk hi l axor of Core. Oklahoma City, Feb. iw-.?Argu? ment! |g in., nun by lira, Bond again I Kcnatoi (lore will be conclud? ed tin . afternoon nnd it la expected Ihe caae will . to iht pury at 4.30 o'elot K Attornt y llogi t i made an Im ?aa? doned appeal for (lore durlnti ihe af ? rnoon, pi onotim ing "the Idea i f a blind loan, m-i knowing it ihcy were clone in ihe room, ur ir the door was l< i ked i.s i Ultculous.' ( bldn at o b Ing otti n ?I oi four lo one that in*' i d|< t ?. ill be ng mi t i he w oin.in. Oklahomn City hae been selected Ii thg bo.il.| ol ?Iii, clo|M of the South. ??:, Commercial Congress, In Us nnntml meeting, as the place of the Sixth An? nual Conv< nii'-n of ih,< congress, to he held in tin tail ..i r.'i i. Ml LEY BILL ADOPTED. HOUSE PASSES PRIMARY RE? FORM MEASURE BY SMALL ! MAJORITY. Tlte Responsibility of Defeating the Movement to Purge Tho Primary <>f Fraud and Corruption la Now i*ut Up to the Senate and Governor j Bleaae, Columbia, Feb. 18.?Leading In what appeared t<> be a forlorn hope, the advocates of Primary Reform legislation this morning put through the house, by a vote of 67 to 61, the' Miley bill to safeguard primary elec? tions. Unlike the Senate Primary Reform Bill, Which the House killed by one vote last night, the Miley I in docs not request duplicate regis? tration of voters in primary elections, but does require that voters apply in person for registration. It creates th" county office Of supervisor of primary registration, requires him to attend at least two days In each town ; ship and provides for a review of the i.ooks of i Imary registration by the county executive commltee ten days let ore a primary. The paasage of the bill was due in a large measure to the fact that Char? leston county was exempted from Its provisions; then too about four mem? bers Of ihe House, known to advocate primary reform, were in their stats today, who wi re absent last night. i Cnleea the Senate agrees to substi? tute the Miley bill for the bill drawn up by its special committee, which the ib u.-e rejected last night, there Wll be no Chance Of primary reform legislation by the General Assembly. If the Governor keeps his promise to veto any primary reform act it feemi probable that the house will not be abb to master the two thirds ma? jority necessary to pass the act over his veto. Anyhow, should the sen? ate agree to the Miley bill and pass !'., the bttrden OJ bloekng prinr.ijj^ reform will he placed squarely on the governor. PLOT AGAINST Y1LLA. Reported in Juarea That Constitution? alists Would iviu Commanding Gcnoi at, Juaret, Fob, 18.?A plot to assassi? nate Qen. Villa Is alleged to have just been discovered. Beveral constitu? tionalists army officer^ have boon ar rested and it is rumored that Oov. Carrnnsn i connected with the plot. Gen. Villa Is icing strongly guarded. GOTHAM STILL SNOW BOUND. Twenty Thousand Street Cleaners Make Little Impression on Drifts. New York, Feb. 18.?Though 20, thous&nd nun have been working since Sunday, day and nicht, only fifty of New York's 3G5 mllca of streets are clear of snow today. Traffic condi? tions will not be normal before to? morrow night. The river is full ice floes. Bhfpplng is using great caution In navigating the harbor. Dynamite is being used to open the channel of the Hudson river to the north. H has been years since the harbor has been so completely clog? ged. LOKD WEARDALE DOG-WHIPPED. Young Suffragette Makes vicious As? sault on Anti-Suffrage Peer, London, Feb. 18,?Lord Weardalo, an unll-suffrage member of tho house of lords was badly beaten with a do;; whip in the hands of u pretty suffra? ge tte ul the ESuston railway station today, Lady Wonrdule screamed loudy, bringing policemen, who ar !? I d Ihe woman who wilded tin whip. PREPARING FOR ADJOURNMENT. The House DcH'hles to Adjourn Bine Die February Sttli. Columbia, Fob, it.- The House passed this morning a concurrent res? olution. Introduced by Mr. Htevenson, providing for adjournmenl of tin (Jtncrul AsHcmbl) sine die on Feb? ruar) B4th. SENATE PASSION WAREHOUSE HILL. Hut it \\>\\ lie Submitted to People HI the Next (?ciicrul Election. ColumblOi Feb. is Th ? Mcl^aurin wit rehouse bill passed the senate to ditj with ihe iimcndmcnl to submit ii to tho people tt the next geni tal election nnd if a majority of th? '111? i approve it tho appropriation of I 50,00(1 v, mi i et omo available, The vote on tin llnal passage of the bill was 27 to 17, SYNDICATE FORMED TO HANDLE AMERICAN TELEPHONIC & TELEGRAPH STOCK. Intention is to Underwrite Merger's shares in Western Union Company to Those Who Have Stock in Par? ent Wire Organization. New York, Feb. 16.?For the pur? pose of underwriting Western Union Telegraph company stock to the amount of about $30,000,000, now owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph company, a syndicate, at the head of which is Kuhn, Loch & Co., have been formed, according to announcement made tonight. Details of the underwriting plan have not as yet been made public, but it is un i derstood that it is designated to car j ry out the agreement reached recent , ly between the federal department of [justice and the American Telephone and Telegraph company, providing for the segregation of the interests I of the Western Union and the Amer? ican Telephone and Telegraph com? pany. It is>the intention of the syndi? cate to underwrite the s eek to pres j ent shareholders of the Western Union. It is said that on October 21, 1911, j the American Telephone and Tele? graph company owned $20,cr>7,ii00 worth of Western Union stock of a total of $110,000,000 then outstanding. , Due to tlie fact that the st?ck of the American Telephone and Telegraph company was voted on in block, this one-third holding gave the'company control over the Western Union, it was charged by the government. The stock in question was acquired by the telephone company through purchase of the Gould, Sage and Morosini hold The American Telephone and Tele? graph company was under nvestiga | tion by the department of justice for a number of years, it being ( barged H>'\ the various independent '.elephone Interests that the trunk lines of th< combination were closed to them and competition stilled. The Mackay companies complained "f unfair treatment in the matter of rates charged on messages transferred from its system to the Western Union ami alleged that*the telephone, com : any Instructed operators to switch ad subst ribors Wishing to send a tel? egram on to lite wires and offices of tin- Western Union, which complaints w< iv. sustained by the public, service commission. In addition to its promise to re I llnquish its Western Union holdings, the telephone company's agreement with the department of justice also provided that "neither tic parent company nor any oth< r company in the Bell Bystem hereafter will acquire dominion or control over a competing telephone company." The agreement also stipulated that arrangements would be made promptly by which all other telephone companies could se I cure for their subscribers teil service over the lines of the Dell companies. FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. _ Stephen Llndler Killed when Car Turns Over. Lexington, Feb. it.?Stephen Ltnol ler, a young man of the Hollow Creek section of this county, was instantly killod when an automobile driven by [loss A. Harre, with whom in- was riding, turned turtle in the public highway a mile and a hall north ol Gilbert between ll and 12 o'clock last night. Ross A. Harri? escaped with a probable fracture of a rib and a few other minor bruises. The car?a four-passenger machine was com? pletely wrecked. Mr. Barre and young Llndler weir en route homo from Co? lumbia, where Mr. Barre purchased the machine, The ear was going at a high rate of speed, down grade, when without a second's warning it began to skid, according to the statement of the driver, and in an Instant it had turned a double somersault, pinning Mr. Llndler ben< ath tin- b it front wheel ami throwing Mr. Barre in the air. Mr. Barre was rendered uncon -< lous by the fall, but when he regain? ed his senses in- wa nt to a nearby res id nee tor ;i ||gh*t. In company with Kacharl Taylor In- w. i,t back to where ihe wreck occurred only to find his companion pinned be n ath the ma? chine, life extinct, The ie.ee of the machine crushed the rlghl < in st of young Llndler ami he was otherwise injured. 1>I V/j TO JOIN \ II I \. Havana, leb. 18, FeWi, Dlax, who sailed yesterday for the United Htates, will join Qen. Villa's constitutionalists army, according ??> the announce? ment oi his i riends lu re. I |e w ill take command of a division. BANDIT AND SIX or MEN TAKEN BY TROOPS. I il> Prom McCormick Leads to Ar? rest of Perpetrator of Cumbre Hor? ror?Had Dotoured to American Side. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 17.?Maximo Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged with responsibility for the Cumbre tunnel disaster in which ten Ameri? cans and 11 Otherg lust their lives, was captured today, 38 miles south of Ha chita, X. M., by Airierican troops. The information was conveyed to? day to Gen. Hugh L. Scott, comman? dant at Fort Jiliss, in an official tele? gram from Capt. White, Ninth United States cavalry. With the 1-audit were six of his fol? lowers, who, according to Capt. White's brief dispatch, surrendered without a light. They will be brought here. Castillo, to avoid a range of moun? tains on tho Mexican side, made a de? tour which brought him into Amer? ican territory. Capt. White was on the watch, having received informa tion yesterday from Walter McCOT mick, Ann rican manager of Las Pal ornas ranch, on the Mexican side, that the much wanted man was in the vi? cinity. Whethci tho prisoner shall be gur )rendered to the rebels is a legal ques? tion which remains to be settled, if this is done there |g no doubt that he will be executed lor the Cumbre disaster. He is not charged with any crime on this side. Castillo get lire to a freight train in the Cumbre tunnel two weeks ago. The cars were burning when a pas? senger train clashed into it, and every lifo aboard was lost. The tunnel still is burning. A special to The Times from Hu Chita, N. M., says the. capture was mad'- by Lieut. Rothwejl of Troop A. it containues: "The band of outlaws, under heav> guard, is marching overland to Ha Chita and should arrive about mid? night. Charleg McDow, a prominent rancher w ho knows Castillo, Identi? fied them and the latter made no at t< mpt to deny it. "Capt. White will ask that Castillo and Capt. Emello Qarcia, a member of th band previously captured, be transported immediately to El Faso Qfl the number of soldiers on duly here is limited." Previous reports of Castillo's cap? ture, made to Gen. Villa, proved un? true. The latter tonight expressed his gratification at the capture. Gen. Scott was no less jubilant. Castillo's capture was of peculiar In? terest to W. B, Itoxby, an American, now in this city. Castillo ami his 1 audit force threat* ned lioxby with 'bath if he did not ray a ransom for his liberty after he was captured Feb? ruary 'J west of San Pedro, Chihuahua. Roxby, who is manager of the Frm Bton ranch of western Chili lahua, laid $1,<H?0 to the bandits. He was forced to go to the headquarters of I Urmston ranch, Bcveral miles distant, and write out a cheek for the amount. i Castillo sent a guard with him to in? sure the receipt of the check. Then '? he was forced to write a letter to the City National bank, at Hl Faso, order? ing the payment of the chick to a representative of Castillo. The check ? has not been presented. RETURN BANDITS TO MEXICO. Ilclleved Probable That Castillo and His Followers. Wdl Have Short Shrlfc. Washington, Feb. 17. Considera? tion has i'c? n given by officials hen to the question of what should be done witii the bandit leader Castillo. As the tUnr I disaster oeeurred in Mex? ico, no crime can be charged against tho bandits In the United States, and tonight ?t was regarded as certain that I hey would be returned to Mexico. How to accomplish this has not o",n decided. United States immi? gration authorities might deport the prisoners as undesirable aliens and this probably would result in Heir Immediate capture by Gen. Villa, w ho has announced his intention of exe? cuting them publicly at Juarez, a special treaty between the United States and Mexico authorises bordei States ol the two countries to deliver fugitives io .?ee another without ref? erence to the federal governments, i nder this, Castillo and his followers, i tin n? d over to tin- governor of New Mexico, nic ht ho d< livered to Manuel i huo, constitutionalist governor of Chihuahua, the Mexican Stute lu tvhich the crime was committed. No official report .a the capture of the bandits hud reached Watdilngton tonight. Mi?TlIE MUSES SM. ACTION or LAURENS BOARD OK HEALTH SURPRISES NEW BERRY. [mpresfiioH iti Xcv.bciry k That Lauren*, Wanted to Avoid Carnival Show and Not Due to Smallpox Sit? uation. Newberry, Feb. 16.?The special in the News and Courier this morning from Lauren* that Lac had quar? antined against Xc y created some Burpriaa her* <a iere are a number of cases o ^ llpox in New bi rry and in the ty, as there are all over South ma, but there is no epidemic ^ e disease and all cases in the < q .e under quarantine. Nothing ha Co n published about it because l? generally understood that the ise is scattered all over the StS o be exact, Health Officer Adams s?. s that there are at present fourteen cases la the city, and that all on the edge of the city limits. All the cases are among negroes except three. Since the 13th of January, 1913, there have been sixty-nine cases in the city and no deaths. The peo? ple are being vaccinated and the trus? tees have been rigidly enforcing the rule as to school children and none are admitted to public schools who cannot give evidence of successful vaccination. The general opinion here is that Lauras wanted to keep a carnival company from that place this week and the quarantine waa put on as an excuse to keep the shows a way. The , fourteen cases now in this city are convalescent and will he d.scharged from quarantine this week. There are a number of cases in the county, but just to what extent the dlseaae prevails it is impossible to as? certain. In the township in which Proeperity is located it was stated 1 some time ago that a school election had been called off on account of the prevalence of smallpox. r'e? county superintendent of education states that about 7 5 per cent of the school children had beep vaccinated. The sentiment here is that there ? seems to be no six clal reason for Lau ? rens to luarantine against Xew'jerry as to smallpox any more than against 1 any other section of the State. In fact, if quarantine la to be enforced against communities In which the dis 1 ease exists Laurene Will probably be a community all to herself, and the Information here Is that even that city Is not now immune from .he dis? ease. The carnival which was here has left and it Is understood that it started fn m here to Clinton. Ai t ion Commended. Laurens, Feb. 16.?The city board of health today received a message from J. Adam IlAyne, of the State department of health, commending the action Laken yesterday in estab? lishing a quarantine against Newber ry county because of the prevalence . .' smallpox In that section. Dr. Hayna assured the local board that he would back it up in the position taken as it was ihe proper step. At a meeting of the board this af? ternoon an order was authorised ma King vaccination compulsory in the city, the eider going Into effect at once. PANAMA TOFFS EXEMPTION. HoilMC Leader I nderwood Favors Ex? emption of American Ships ami Op? poses Repeal. Washington, Peb. is.?Majority Leader Underwood told President W ilson today that it will be extremely difficult to procure the repeal of the. Panama canal toils exemption for oa: twlse shipping. Mr. Underwood ??ppo.es the repeal and told the presi dent that moat ??t the Democrats who voted for the ex< motion last yeai are Inclined to stand by their vote. Mr. Underwood sale ho believed the coun try at large will support congress in this matter. DANIELS LET CONTRACT, For a Suppl) Ship and a Transport. < ?>>i Over Two .Million. Washington, Feb. 17.?Contracts to? day o'ere awarded by Secretary Dan? iela to the I ?>M< n navy yard for the construction of a supply ship at $1. 171.713, and to the Philadelphia navy ard for a transport at |l,<t*S,seg, The ? . ? ? rnmcnt plants submltt?sd esti? mates considerably below the lowest : id from private shipbuilders seeking the contracts. These vessels will iv the Ural of their types ever bull! for the navy. Their designs a'ore developed to em? body militari characteristics recom? mended bj the nav} general board.