Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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rllK 8lMTI.lt WATCItMAX, lMablislu-,1 April, 18*0. "Ue Just and Fear not?Lot all the ends Thou Aims'! at bo thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1914. StCi A* TUE TRUE BOCTBRON, Established Juno, 1 H*S. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 4. SUPREME HEAD SAYS O&RRANZA l>i < l UUM \ ILL I \< 11\<. VNOKR Ills OltlH LM 1 S s|'OPI>|\(. C t?MMI^|o\. i ? i l*J_ej| stand I hat I nit ,1 Mab*. MiM II ognl.c ami Deal With Him in nil Matter- t< nt am:);' Foreign lb lutions. ___________ Nngales. Mi x . Murch 2.?(Ion. Vtn jMliano Carranza. aupri im ehief i f the constitutionalists, today up lit Id the uctlon of Gen. Villa in halt? ing the commission Investigating the tbaih of the british suhjet t. William I ? nton. lie took the stand that requests for any Information regarding Den ton's death should tome to him as directing head oi the revolution ihn ujth tho diplomatic agents of Great Britain. This had bfJtSJ ex pln;i d an h stand in the matter In tne last communication to the state ? I partment at Washington which had asked and tii en I t' . ,| i:it rmatien about the llenton < a Me. In a statement issued by Ysador Fabela. acting Heeretary of foreign relations. Gen. Carranza's stand was ylun us follows: "Gen. Villa has received orders from Mr. Carranza not to deal in bus? iness of an international character. In view of this order. Gen. Villa sus? pended all negotiations with the .\merkar. and Knglish repi?< BOBtatiI'OS and suspended the purs for the com? mission to go from Juarez to view the body of Benton." The Benton incldenl held ull th* attention of the eonslitutionalist com mander-ln-chief during the day. For the first time he summoned the en? tire membership of Uls provisional cabinet to i onsuler the matter. it was understood that 'Jnrranza's pre? vious stand in the llenton affair had been taken without discussion before the entire cabinet, although some of his Individual udviuers had been SOU* SUllvO. It was said that Users was a di? versity of opinion in regard to the halting of the Benton investigatt ?n commission at Fl Paso. Gen. Car rnnsa issued no statement throwing any new light on the matter. Translations of the Associated Press dispat? to s .nun Washington dealing with the attitude of the Wii son administration were read With much Interest. It was said that no answer had been received from the state depart* ment at Washington t-? ttM last note sent through l^tliSJluh Simpich, con? sul a Xegales Gen. Alvato Obr< Jon, commander of the northwester' Miiltar> /.one. left tonight for Hermt ..Ho. It has been ann .uneed he will a- - company Gen. Caran/a into Cn.hoa hua, which State Is Included in Oh regon's command. Obrcgon, it wa said, would conduct an expedition along the w eat coast to the south. M \ i i I \HM Wil l. <;<>. \'>t liiinllgh < t?ll\it Is to Continue t al that on of Land. Anderem. March 1. -W. II. C nn one of ib?- dir . tors of ibe /tat pen .tentlary. deelar. d P.,lay that be? cause of the commuting of many life senten'es by the governor, ti; I Y enabling him to gsfjd the prisoner, to the eounty roads throughout the st ite. the directors of the penl en tlury will hi Nffjed to curtail the cultivation of the smt. farm til Na good as the eonvb t help deer ssea and that the live stot v Wagons, St< would be sold us the us. ? , ^ ,;, - crease*. .Mi Olenn snys that seil] 7^ convicts ure on the farm now and that it requires between !?;?) and 1 men to keep up the cultlvutmn of the usual 1.60o acres of land Mr. Qlonn says the mutter of di |?u lag Of th. Mt..ek not needed *ill be tuUt 11 i . ami considered at the met ting ol t! board of ?lir? i t'?i . |e hi b-Id on th* ?Sjeegfi Wednes.la> in March. sii.n i*i m i i in \n Brian and I'm igim>\ Minister A< < ? p; I'm t. Washington, Map h ::. St cr? t i Bryun for the United States and Min? ister Velasquez i,| 1 'a t Ugtl t V ' U?lda.. signed a conv attoa renewing for ar i 'her pere.tl of ll\ e yeari ' be pyfl ? 11 irbltration treat, between the two countries. The chamber of Commerce me ? 1 Its hcud pi ii n r 4 from the <> t | building, where II his b.<n for the past two yeara eg sm.. \\, nrgnalaa tlon. to th?> Clly National B nk build ing Tuesday, and is now Situated Og the second Ib.t.r of the building. ... - cupvlng t*.? rooms on the south' ist corner of the flooR < o\NU ! i TIONALIHTH APPOINT commission to INQUIRE i nto im vi ii OF BENTON, GffM, i arrun/a Main; ?ins an Indopoml MM Attitude ami Anilines All the I'HTo^uius o| Legally Elected President? N( i ties, Mex., March 9.?a com* mission t<> Inveetlgate lhe Beaton case was appointed tonight i>y Gen. Car ran/.a. The decision was taken after! a h)i i ate ion of tho provisional cab? inet. It was said the death at Juarez. of the Brttlnh subject, William B. Benton, had occupied virtually ail tho attention of I'arran/a and hi: advisers. Memheri of the nommlsalon are Ramon Praustro, eonatltutlonallet military attorney general; Miguel Bllva, phyalelan and sx-govornor ol the Htate of Mlchoacan, and Miguel Lara, attorney and ex-governor ol Hidalgo? Them Ihree men, it was ex? plained, already are on their way to Juare/ l?v wa;. Of I'd PasO, although they have not Aeen advlaed of their mission there, > Nothing was announced regarding the disappearance of Gustav Bauch, n American, it was said that 10 hi age had boon made in Carransn's land that the death ot BentOn, a Briton, should be taken up by the English government and not bj Wash? ington authorities, Qeorge C, Carothers, American consular agent st Torreon, arrived today, but he said his mission was n"; [connected with the Benton Incident it had been expected here thai Mr. Carothers would be commissioned hy the American state department to treat directly with Gen, Carransa. The attitude of the Washington government in making no reply to Gen. Csrraasa's notes seemed to puz? zle those surrounding the Insurgent eadt*r. Xo aar..>ura meat Wai made regarding the state department's re? quest for Information about the dls appearaucs of CUistsv Bauch, an I merit in, promised by Gen, Carran? sa at the tim of his refusal to give Infoi m itlon about Benton, JAMES PLEW EXECUTED. Murderer Hanged at flartford, Con? neotlewl?Woman Accomplice Get* May on Appeal. Hat foi d. row.. March 4 ?Ten non it'.; and Ihlrty^elghl s OOndl were required to exeouts James Plew this morning. \'\< w was handed for the murder of William Wakefleld, Mrs. Bessie Wakefleld, the paramour of the hanged man, whose appeal to the !. fher oouri yeeterday prevented her execution with Plew, oeoupled a cell a hundred foot away apparently un? moved. sot IETY IN BCMMERTON. t iu*l Pre-Lcntcn Unities In EvhUmec in That Town. Summet h-n. .March 8.?-The usual pre-lenten social activities have been In evidence during the past week in sommert on society. Complimentary to Miss Whaley of Charleston, who was the guest of Mrs, n. C, Masyck, Mrs J. M. Plowden entertained at oards on Thursday sv nlng, Five tu bles wore arranged, at which auction and whist were played. Aft.r sev? eral Rubis is had been played, de . ?pfui refreshments In two courses wore served, < >n Monday evening Mrs. W. II, An lemon Informally entertained n few frl nda Auction was playi d, three tabU having be n made up. Quite an enjoyable feature of the evening was the music rendered by Mrs. An? il ! >n on ;i piano player, < okc and win were sen ? d. '.! >s Mildred Jana s was hostCSS on Krida) ? ? nlng the Embroidery eluh, in honor ol Washington, the t mbroldery feature wai done away with, and contests appropriate to the celebration were engaged In. Miss Lucle m.I. whose verse en Wash? ington re< i i. sd i he greatest number of rotes, wsi presentd with a hatchet. Miss Anns Davis of Mar? lon was awarded a prise for guess? ing nearest to the number of cherries upon a tree in tie- room, After ? hour or s?? thus pleasantl) spent. Miss J unes served a delicious bw*h ootire. No RACE HVICIIIE THIS, TesmesMee Woanan Ot%es lllrtli t i l our Health) Children. F-'l itwo-nl. Term.. March I. Thren Kills and a boy Wort born biv;' nl| hi to Mrs Corbett Copllnger, the wl ? ol a farmer near here, ah are doing weii Tio babies sre perfect in form and healthy. REBELS m CAMPAIGN. CARRANZV PREPARING FOR AT? TACK ON MKXKO CITY. Largo V. iuy Will bo Moved South to Uol BCtWOCIl Torreon und Capita! City ami Both Federal Strongholds w ill bo Assaulted. Douglas, Aii/., March 3.?An at? tack on Mexico City bj 8,00*0 men striking from Teplc territory Is the next move on the constitutionalist programme, according to announce? ment here tonight. Francisco ISlllas, 1 order representative of tiio constitu? tionalists, who roturned to Agua Prlets today after a conference with Gen. Carransa at Nogales, said the defec? tion to tho rebels of tho federal gun I . at Tamplco had caust d the rebel chief to drop his plans of concentra? tion along the border and throw southward neurly halt the rebel forces In the fh Id. Ellas said the rebeis were confident the gunboat Guerrero would follow the example of the Tamplco, making the capture of Masatlan and Guaymas :t ilmple matter, the Gulf Of California then would be open i<> navigation for the constitutionalists, giving them i great advantage In shitting theii [army 100 miles southward, Aside from this the movement, If I successful, would force withdrawal o? the federal garrison of 12,000 men at Torreon, where they are reported strongly entrenched, because it would place the enemy between them anv? M< xioo City. For this reason tYw new campaign here Is thought to ex? plain In Borne degree why constitu? tionalists In Chihuahua under Gen. j Villa have en holding off, allow? ing the f derals to fortify and pro-1 vision Torreon against a siege. 'l'h Torreon attack, however, will be pushed, It was stated by F.IU13. ' There are pl< nty of troops In 1 Chihuahua, ' he said. "Gen. Carransa will e..? into Chihuahua with only too men, Fifty would be enougjh" li v US announced here today that Gen. Carransa would be at Cananea tomorrow, at Naco tomorrow night. nd at AgUfl PrlCta Thursday. Agua Prleto has triumphal arches erected and bunting spread In honor of his coming. PLOT AOA1NST VILLA. Roth rted That llucrtn Has Offered $150,000 for Assnsslnntlon of R?bel Chief. Jua res, Mex., March I.?Col. Avila th- commander ol the constitutional forces here announced today that he had secured full proof thai a plot has be n hatched In El Paso to assassi? nate Gen. Villa. Col, Avila declares that Huerts sympathisers have raised a fund of $150.000 which will be paid 11. anyone who kills Gen, Villa and es? cape) t ? claim tin- reward. Gen. Vil? la.; bodyguard ins doubled. SPINNERS BUY LONG STAPLE. : uy it.'. i-:t CciUh for Egyptian Type Developed In Arizona by Depart? ment of Agriculture, We ihlngton, March 3.?A portion of the 2,100-bale 1913 crop of a 1 i - it na long staple cotton of the Egyp? tian type developed by the depart? ing nt of agrl< ultur 1 sold in Liver? pool recently at ?:i 1-:'. cents a pound, netting tho Arltona growers -i 1-2 ci nta a pound at their shipping point In Hall River valley, it was announced today by Secretary Houston. This wan tuken to Indicate that ESnglluh pinners consider this cotton equal to the best grades produced In Bgypt. a quantity sold to American splnnors brought prices which make this a profitable crop for Irrigated lands of lhe Southwest. HUH VTE < II VUG 108 COLLAPSE. The Wolf 01 Wall Street Cannot Make (Jood Case Agalnat steel Trust. Washington, March I. The charges made hy David Lamar, the Mwolf of Wall street," that the United states Steel Corporation received $7r..<>"". 000 In Illegal rebates from the rail? roads within lhe lasl six yours col? lapsed today und the hearings ?vere 1 ..nd abruptly bj Interstate Com? merce Commissioner tlardln, when U'imar admlled that lie bad no doc? umental y evidence to sustain IiUj h 11 .. , other tb.in what had already hi 11 mad ' public bj the Stanley mi * iHlgating eommltteo and lhe iuu.au of ^ orporallons. 11 is u ob r t< nd Ihat n number ol lhe m< n but king the llarvln and Ki n drlek st reel h deal were In the cltj on Mondto looking over the property. Ttie in n were said to have been northei n capitalists. URGES LIBERAL POLIC Y ON PART OF GOVERNMENT. Opens House Debate by Explaining Importance of ' rjrlcultural Bill Which Carries Total Appropriation Of $10,000,000. Washington. March 3.?A vigorous appeal lor liberality on the part of the federal government in aiding the American farmer to meet the nation's increasing demand for food was made today by Representative Lever <-? South Carolina, opening the house de? bate on the agricultural appropria? tion hill, which carries about $19,-, 000,00(1. The measure was before the house all day and the debate will be resumed Thursday. Discussion took a Wide range, some of the speakers debating the bill, Represt ntatlve Mondell of Wyo? ming criticising the Mexican policy of the administration; Representa? tive Collier of Mississippi arraigning interlocking directors tes; Represen? tative Sloan of Nebraska talking tar? iff from the Republican standpoint, and. Representatives Borland and hackleford of Missouri arguing over road development questions. FIRE CAUSES HEAVY DOSS. Destroys 4,000 Bales of Cotton and Several FVcighl Cars on the Water? front. New Orleans, March 4.?Two Bheds pf the Louisiana Railway and Navi? gation Company on New Basin canal, between Howard and Robertson streets, containing 4,600 bales of cot? ton and several freight cars, were de- i stroyed by fire early this morning, causing a loss estimated at $.50,000. , The amount of insurance is not known Huge tUftS of blazing cotton, blown by a northerly wind, threaten? ed surrounding property and kept the beemen and yolunteei squads busy ex? tinguishing Incipient tires on shingle roofs. Several schooners, laden with lumber, lying In the basin caught flr s several time, but they were Anally towed to a safe distance with slight losses. CLIFTON LIQUOR BILL PASSES. House Passes BUI for Voting on Dls?i penaary in Kershaw and Sumter, Columbia. Mar h 4.?The Clifton bill to authorize the holding of an election on the dispensary question in Sumter and Kershaw on the second Tuesday In June was passed by the house last night. Mr. Dick, Mr. Epps and Mr. Belser of Sumter made statements in re? gard to the bill and the tangle which resulted over the last dispensary election in their county. The result of the last dispensary election in Sumter has not yet been determined by the supreme court, to which it was appealed. LESS PEAR OF FFLOOI>. Weather Bureau Gives Out Snowfall Bulletin. Washington, March :>.?Fears thai today's springlike sunshine would bring Roods t<> the Ohio valley aud other snow-covered regions were modified tonight, when the weath bureau announced in a special snow? fall bulletin that the warm wave i \ tending eastward from the Middle West would not be sufficient to start a general thaw Immediately. Tin depth of the snow In the Ohio draln uge now ranges from eight to len inch* s, HOBO ARMY HIKES. Fifteen Hundred Unemployed start for Washington. Oakland, Cal., March 4.?-An armj it I,C00 unemployed m< a 1? it last night for a hike to Washington. One division of the army of nearly one thousand under "General" Charle_ Kelly Is still here, refusing to march ,vith Kelly. The other division is marching with William Thorne of the Industrial W< ? kers "f the World a leadt r. ASKS PUR IXJFXCTIUN. Lou isla itn Oflichtl Fights Sugar U*?dtii* t io||. Washington, March 3.?-Attornej General Pleasant of Louisiana toda> l'i rmally applied t.? ihe supreme court for an Injunction to postpone the op? eration of the 20 per cenl differential ion Cuban sugar under the law, pend? ing litigation. Tho differential In - came < fleet Ive on March 1. WORK TO REMOVE SHOW. THOl'SAXDS OF NEW YORK STREET CLEANERS TAKE UP TASK. Trains Run Lato, Though Tracks arc Kept Open for Regular Service? Fresh Supplies Of Food Short. _ New York, March 3.?New York partly dug Itsell Horn under its deep blanket Of snow and ice today and reestablished something like normal communication with the outside w< irld. Within the city 16,000 Bnow 3hov elers, -',500 extra teams, the entire equipment of the street c leaning de? partment, millions of gallons ot water for thawing and flushing, about six hours of warm sunshine and the cooperation of many citizens and public service corporations made it possible on the trunk thoroughfares to regain a semblance of normal traf ?c. l?ttle, however, could be done on th< side streets. Except in a lew eases railroad tracks leading into tin- city wer? available for regular use, bot trains continued to be late. The Lak* wood Atlantic City express, stalled for 36 hours in an IS foot snow bank near i:<>d Bank, N. J., returned with if~ 96 passengers to Je rsey City late to? day. Trolley ear transportation was still badly crippled in suburban and rural districts. Such perishable food supplies as milk, butter, eggs, fresh vegetables, and in some cases meat, were still in short supply, due to disorganized train service and interrupted street traffic. The same conditions stiil hampered coal deliveries. The* eight seagoing barges and their crews reported still in danger mar Fire Island early today, to? night were proceeding to their des? tinations, seven of the bages having I een picked up by tug.; and the eighth by the United states revenue cutter Acushnet, No loss of life was reported. WINDING CP LEGISLATION. [Gov, Bleaso Vetoes Certain Items in Supply Hill and Speaker Smith Hui s Ti m Balance of BUI is Not Affected. Columbia, March -1.?The governor returm d to the houss this morning with his veto, the act relating to ne? gotiable instruments. No action was la'.;-, n on tho veto. The house received a message in Which th- governor vetoed certain io n.;, in tho county supply bill relat? ing to Beaufort and Greenville coun? ties. Th-- message said that the gov? ernor did not Intend to veto the en? tire county supply bill. The message emoted a section of the constitution, Which the message b i:d. ^ave the chief executive the right to veto separate items of any bill without vetoing the whole of it. Mr. Nicholson, of Greenwood, ask? ed for a ruling from the chair on the question whether or not the vetoing of an item in the bill af? fected tio win e- lull. Speaker Smith ruled that, in I is personal opinion. the vetoing of ait item in the supplj )>ill did not affect the entire bill. On motion of Mr. Klbler the suppl) bill With tho Veto message Was re? ferred to the judiciary committee with instructions t<? report t'? tin- house at 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. CARRAN2A ON BLACKLIST. His Refusal to Permit Prompt Inves? tigation cd" BontOll's Death Destroys Confidence in His Kootkudc. Washington, March 4.? to n. Car? ransa has been placed on the "black iist' by th*- American government alongside VTctorlano Huerta. Tin- apparent eleventh hour repent? ance of tin- constitutionalist leader in appointing a committee to Investi? gate the death of William Benton, af? ter demanding that all negotiations looking to a complete Inquiry should be conducted through inn' alone, will iaii to restore him to the good graces of the Washington administration, ac? cording to tin- opinion of high officials today, it the neral belief that an examination now, after such long de? lay, would be fruitless. There i.; no Indication, however, that the administration will abandon us polic) of "watchful waiting." Hit. COTTON l lHC. Forty Six Hundred Bales Hinn d in New < M loans. y< w Orleans, March t. Two ware? house shed.; of the I .on isi ? n.i Llull wuy and Nuvigtatton company, con? taining 4,600 bales of cotton und sev? eral freight cars were burned today. The loss Is 1250,000. WILL PERSONALLY ADDRESS A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS ON THURSDAY. Will Point Out That Other Nations Will Question America's Disinter? ested in ss Unless This Country Ad? heres Closely to Its Pacts. Washington, March S.?President Wilson Will personally address a joint session of com r Thursday, advo? cating repeal ie clause in the Panama act v exempts American i < Btwise shi ? from the payment of tods. J White II ? officials today arrang? ed with t ?# tajority leaders in the two houi C ?r a joint session at 12 30 p. *c 'hursday. The president has O i a brief address in which he set GO <h his opinion that con? gress ^ Ad reverse itself and keep jthe j.tions of the Hay-Paunce fote tre-ty, which, he believes, were violated by the Panama canal act. The president hoids that natioral honor Is at stake and that European nations should not be allowed to be? lieve treaties made by the American government are aot adhered to bo:h In letter and in spirit. The exemp? tion c lause, he pointed out, -*as pass? ed on the assumption that while the I Hay-Pauncefote treaty guarantees ' equal treatment to all nations in the matter of tolls, tne document was to be Interpreted as meaning ail nations except the United States. The president believes there should be no debatable ground on treaties once made. Originally he had not intended to deliver a message on this subject. He had conferred with sen? ators and members of the house and sentiment In favor of the repeal ap? peared to him to be strong. Some leaders, however, were of the opinion that International phases of the situa? tion should be emphasized in a com? munication from the president to con? gress to Impress upon those who had voted tor the exemption previously the necessity of Changing their votes, regardless of any domestic question involved. Since Uie tolls question was before ongress last the president has told senators that Europeans generally were taking the view that the United States had violated the Hay-Paunce? fote treaty. The governments of the world, he made it clear, were beginning to be? lieve the I'nited States was not sin c. re in construction of treaties. The message to congress will open the fight in earnest. Senator O'Gor man, chairman of the inter-oceanic in als committee, is expected to op \ ose the president's view. Lately it I een said a majority of the com? mittee would favor a repeal. The White House is confident the repeal will be passed, Republicans joining Democrats in making the change. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British I ambassador, discussed the Mexican ituation with the president tonight, but White House officials said the <anal tolls subject was not mentioned. RAILROADS PRESENT PETITION. Ak Inter-State Commerce Commission to Permit Continued Ownership of Steamship Lines. Washington. March 4.?The Central of Georgia, Maryland-Delaware and Virginia, and Pennsylvania systems applied w> the Interstate Commerce commission today for permission to continue their ownership of ferry ear and steamship lines after July 1st. when the Panama Canal set becomes 1 operative. These roads operate steam? ship bnes on Lake Ontario, Chespeake Hay and between Savannah, New v ork and Boston. ONE-STEP PARTY. HIkh Holly Brown Entertained oa Monday Evening for Her G nests. Miss Holly Brown was the hostess at a one-step party on Monday even? ing In honor of lu r guests. Misses Emms McCrearj of Ashevllle; Julia Withers] oon of Vorkvllle and Netta Cooper of Wlsacky. There were about tw nt> couples present and the evening was V,T> pleasantly passe?! in dancing, delightful refreshments being served. AGAINST MAY DANCES. *: i-^aehi; >etts legislators Plan Pro? hibition of Them. Boston, March I.- Modern dances were denounced by a legislative com? mittee today at a hearing on a bill introduced by Representative I* K. Sullivan prohibiting specifically the tango, lino- duck, Argentine, chicken i dip, iiuiitij hug and grissly slide.