The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 15, 1914, Image 8
CAIIIDATES AI LEXINGTON.
W. ?UEALEY GIVEN
OVATION BY HOME PEOPLE.
Make Thetr t sual Talks to
As Interested but L'mleinonstraUvc
Asjdssss i Manning Opposes Mr.
Compulsory Education
Lexington. July f.?Careful etten
loa was ilv?n the candidates for
Stete office* by a quiet Lexington an?
diene? today at the meeting under the
tree . of the court house square. The
audience . became enthusiastic only
once. This was when Frank W. Shea
ly of Lexington made a brief speech,
announcing his candidacy for rail
Xcommissioner. The campaign
was met at the station this
snornlrvc by a number of automobiles
wrth Sheely banners on them and
carried to the town where numbers of
ether Ihealy banners were In evi
Oeortte Bell Tlmmerman, county
chaHrnrwin, presided. The Rev. J. P.
I n* pi Oft offered the Invocation.
The four candidates for lieutenant
governor manifested a marked dispo?
sition to poke fun at one another
They spoke In th* following order.
B. Prank Kelley. Andrew Jackson Be?
thens William M Hamer and J. A.
Htm* sr.
Candfdates for attorney general de
. Vltoped little new In their speeches.
Mr. Peeple* said that his opponent
hod voted against a bill decreasing the
total rate of Interest, voted against
striking out the enacting words of
a compulsory education bill and re?
fused to support a free text-book
bill Mr. Brtce said he voted against
Use sentry bill because In hie part
of the State the banks obeyed the law
and charged only I per cent Interest,
Mr.. Peoples was given his first bou
James A. Hummersen, candldats for
comptroller general, criticised trie rec?
ord of a. VI. Jones, his opponent, who
In torn arraigned kit. Snmmersett for
hie port as regent of the asylum In
the rv -Insurance tangie last spring.
Mr. Jones was given Some Mowers.
W. W. Moore and M. C. Wltlls, the
two candidates for adjutant Mls#sa)
med* their usual speeches.
? ^Candidates for railroad commlslon
er spoke next as follows: C. D. Part?
ner. George W. Falrev, Prank W.
?Wry. J. II. Wharton and W. I.
Wltherspoon. James Cansler has not
rejoined the party.
The audience remained Impassive
until Prank W Shealy of Lexington
made a brief speech, announcing his
caaeUcHey for the railroad commis?
sion. The audience which on the
whole was very undemonstrative,
cheered and applauded this favorite
so** Admirers gave him lots of
flowers.
J. H A. Mullally. who was to have
spoken first among the candidates for
governor, was absent on sccount of
Illness Chairman Tlmmerman read
Mr. Mullally 's platform.
John O. Richards condemned com?
pulsory education.
"It Is fundamentally wrong," Mr.
RSchgmrds told the audience, "and re?
pulsive to the Anglo-Saxon senslblll
Mx- Richards' arraignment of the
enrollment rules passed by the last
Mate convention was cheered. Min?
led cheers for Blesse and Smith greet?
ed Mr. Richards' customary declara?
tion that he Intended to vote for the
present governor for the United States
senate. Mr. Richards was given a
bouquet
Charles Carroll Slmms ridiculed the
attitude of his opponents, referring to
It mm sanctified."
"You warn a human being In the
governor's office." insisted Mr Simnv?
when the crowd laughed.
He told of his activity In the Red
Shirt campaign and ol establishing in
the United States supreme court the
precedent that h fsrmer could not be
put Into bankruptcy.
Mr. Hlmms pledged himself to con?
tinue what he termed Ms tight for the
laboring man.
"If my rerord as lieutenant governor
for the last four yesrs has met your
approval I solicit promotion at your
hands." said Charles A. Smith, who
later ewmmended the work as chair?
man of the committee on agriculture.
at Congressman Lever, a native of
Lexington county.
Lieut. Oov. Smith urged the cm
forrement of law and the submission
to the people of the question of drlv
Ing the legalised sale of liquor out of
the State
Mendel L. Smith spoke of the tre
menoou" power inherent In the office
of governor.
"This Is no hm ? for cheap politics
in South Ctirollra." averred Speaker
Smith, who Instated that most of the
troubles * I the poor m?n were due to
the schemes of artful politicians.
Speaker Smith outlined his plan of
local option compulsory school at?
tendance, allowing each s< hooi dis?
trict to vote on I ne adoption of a
compulsory system.
"If you force a general system of
compulsory school attendance on the
state, you will bankrupt (00 school
SEMITE DEFIES WILSON.
DEADLOCK ON FEDERAL RE?
SERVE BOARD NOMINA?
TIONS.
Hanking Committee Stands Pat on
Cnfavorobte Report on Jones Nom?
ination and Indefinitely Postpones
Consideration of Warburg Case.
Washington*. Stfly 10.?The revolt
In the senate against the president is
on. The senators reached a deadlock
with the White House on the presi?
dent's demand that Warburg and
Jones be confirmed as members of
the federal reserve board. The bank?
ing committee stood pat today on the
unfavorable report on the nomina?
tion of Jones and indefinitely postpon?
ed action on the Warburg case.
I It is believed, however, that Pres?
ident Wilson will be able to muster
enough strength In the senate to over?
ride the banking committee's recom
mendatlons.
So strongly is President Wilson de?
termined to stand by Warburg, that
no other nomination will be sent to
the senate now. even though War?
burg's name Is pigeon-holed indefinite?
ly. Warburg has placed himself en?
tirely In the hands of the president,
but won't submit to an examination by
the senate committee. The White
House attitude now is to let the
force of publte opinion compel the
banking committee to retreat from its
position. The administration will fight
on the floor of the senate for Jones'
confirmation.
districts." said Speaker Smith, who
explained the difference between his
plan of local option school attend?
ance and State-wide school attend?
ance.
Speaker Smith s declaration that as
governor he would use the pardoning
power temperately was applauded. He
urged the establishment of textile
schools where the mill population
was sufficient to warrant them..
Speaker Smith was given two bou?
quets by as many little girls oh whom
he bestowed a pair of kisses.
Lowndes J. Browning, alter hu?
morous references to sortie Of his op?
ponents, went into his plan for rural
credits and told of his advocacy of
the abolition of the oersonul property
tag as a State levy.
Mr. Browning said that he resented
the Inference that the white people of
the State were not giving their chil?
dren every possible advantage educa?
tionally.
"Do you know any children in this
county who are kept out of school by
their parents?" asked John G. Clink
scales In the course of his argument
for compulsory school attendance.
Mr. CUnkscales said Mat the bur?
den of proof was on his opponents to
show that the enforcement of compul?
sory attendance would bankrupt the
State.
"If the State can appropriate $30,
000 to eradicate the cattle tick, then
surely It can find money to educate
the children kept out of school,'*
urged Mr. CUnkscales.
R. A. Cooper said that all tt ? can?
didates were agreed on the desira?
bility of education. He urged "an
equal chance and a square deal" edu?
cationally for children In the rural
districts.
"It would be a mistaken policy to
compel children to go to school when
there are not schools enough for them
to go to," said Solicitor Cooper.
The speaker urged that Clemson
college should begin to fight the boll
weevil before the pest reached the
hounds of the State. He charged Mat
the farmers were heavily taxed for(
worthless fillers In fertilizers.
"Agriculture will always he the
basis of our material prosperity," de?
clared Mr. Cooper, who said that he
hoped South Carolina would he the
very first State to take advantage of
the proponed federal rural credits
law.
John T. I >u nca n advocated the ap?
pointment of a public service commis?
sion to ussist In formulating legisla?
tion and talked about what he calls
' tho system."
"One fool st a time! It's your turn
next." Mr. Duncan told a heckler.
W. C Irby. Jr.. took a rap at Sen?
ator Sharpe of Lexington for oppos?
ing the passage of the 2-cent passen?
ger rate bill.
"The people have got to depend on
the government to help them hold
their cotton against the m. ulpulatlon
of the market by Northern specula?
tors," said Mr. Irby, who advocated
the appointment of a State commis?
sion to supervise corporations.
It. I. Manning, the last of the can?
didates for governor to speak, said
that he was glad that he had been
Instrumental In helping to elect A. F.
I*evcr to congress when he ran the
first time.
"The deficiency in our educational
system Is In Its foundation." declared
Mr. Manning.
The speaker took issue with Mr.
CUnkscales about Sti<*.e-v*ide compul
sory education.
"I want Mr. CUnkscales to define
what he means by State-wide com?
pulsory education, the length of the
CLOUD IN POLITICAL SKY.
CURRENCY COMMITTEE'S AD?
VERSE REPORT ON JONES
WATCHED.
Senate Likely to Concur?Same Action
Espected In Warburg Cane Unless
New Yorker Stands Questioning.
Washington, July 9.?Today's ac?
tion by the senate banking and cur?
rency commlttae in voting, an ad?
verse report on the nomination of
Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, as a
member of the federal reserve board,
together with the reiteration of the
comittee's demand that Paul M. War?
burg, of New York, shall appear be?
fore the committee to be questioned, is
regarded by weather-wise in Wash?
ington as the most significant cloud
that has yet appeared on the political
sky between the capitol and the White
House.
The prevailing opinion is that the
senate will stand by the committee.
That it will do this as to Werburg is
thought to be certain unless the New
Yorker reconsiders his refusal to ap?
pear before the committee. As to
Jenes there is some doubt, but the
feeling is very strong among Demo?
crats of the senate that the Chicagoan
did not make out a good case in h's
answer to the committee's questions.
Unless there is a demonstration of
the fact in this critical situation there
may be a clash between the executive
and the senate which will have serious
results. Many who endorse the nom?
ination of Warburg hold that the
eexcutlve had no right to expect his
appointee to be exempted from com?
mittee questioning, and they point out
that John Skelton Williams was ques?
tioned by the committee at length be*
fore being confirmed as comptroller of
the currency. The absence of Chair?
man Owen, of the banking and! cur?
rency committee in Europe at such an
Important time is the subject of much
comment.
' ?? ,1 j m
NO REPRESENTATIONS.
Probable That There Wil be No Of?
ficial Protest?.
Washington, July 9.?The refusal
of Uov. Blease to permit North Caro?
lina and Georgia militia troops to
pass through South Carolina en route
to the military encan\pni,ent at Au?
gusta, Qa., has not beqn the basis of
representations to the war department
and in the opinion of officials will
not be.
Although the State' troops will go
to the encampment on Invitation of
the war department they have no
federal status and officials said today
the department had no authority to
order their transportation through
South Carolina. f
It was pointed out that the militia
of one Sta?c may not enter another
State armed except on the permission
from the governor but the suggestion
was offered that the order of the
Houth Carolina governor might be
circumvented by the militiamen trav?
eling through that State as individual
passengers, unarmed. If this plan
were resorted to, the troopers' arms
could be sent by express or as bag?
gage.
SAY MEAT WILL SELL Hit;II.
Packers Declare Scarcity of Cattle
Will Offset ?iraln Crop.
Chicago, July 9?Meat prices will
rise above the record figures of recent
years despite the huge grain crops,
packing house representatives today
asserted. They say that the present
scarcity of cattle and the effect of dry
weather on grazing lands will more
than offset the enormous grain yield.
A beef price of 16 cents to the butch?
er was predicted as an early possibil?
ity.
Burned Hoy to Death; Electrocuted.
Richmond. July 10.?William Callo
way, convicted of burning his young
nephew to death to be rid of caring
for him, was electrocuted today. His
wife was given 18 years in the peni?
tentiary.
school term?" began Mr. Manning.
"Three months." said Mr. Clink
scales, who was in the crowd.
"Further I would ask Mr. Clink
scales to tell In his speech tomorrow
the minimum number of pupils h.s
would gleg to each teacher under his
compulsory system and nbove an how
he proposes to finance a system of
State-wide compulsory education.'*
continued Mr. Manning.
Mr. Manning in outlining his plan
Of local option Compulsory attend?
ance said that under it he proposed
that the State should supplement
eounty school lands where needed to
make the minimum term seven
months and to build school houses
where needed. Mr. Manning sah'
that the passage of the State-wide
compulsory education law now would
hurt the cause of education,
"If my plan Is put into effect, we
will soon have in euch county ? sys?
tem of compulsory school attendance
put there by the votes of the people,"
said Mr. Manning.
EHST OB DIE.
GEN. OBREGON GIVES FEDERAL
PRISONERS ALTERATIVE.
Capture of Second Largest Mexican
City Terrible Blow to Huerta?Ills
Loss Was Heavy and Avenue of
Eseai>c to West Coast Closed.
Guadalajara, Mcx., July 10.?Gen.
Alvero Obregon, who captured this,
jthe second largest city of Mexico, af?
ter forty-eight hours fighting, sei up
the constitutionalist government to?
day, ordered the bodies of the federal
slain burned and ordered the execution
of all federal government soldiers who
refuse to enlist under the revolution?
ary banner.
Gen. Obregon estimates the feder?
al killed and wounded at two thou?
sand. He captured five thousand
prisoners and expects to capture the
majority of the other five thousand
who fled, leaving their arms and am?
munition when they saw the city was
doomed.
The capture of Guadalajara cuts off
Gen. Huerta's escape toward Manzan
illo. If he leaves now he must go
eastward.
Gen. Obregon estimates his losses at
five hundred killed and wounded.
Many federal officers fled, leaving
their men to fight without guidance.
HUERTA'S LAST STAND.
Dictator Preparing for Desperate De?
fense of Mexico City.
Mexico City, July 10.?Federal
troops are pouring into the capital
today. Gen. Huerta is preparing for
his final stand and declares that with?
in a week forty thousand well equip?
ped soldiers will be concentrated here.
Many large siege guns have been
placed in advantageous positions.
The British commander is prepar ?
ing to send a large force of British
marines here when the rebels neu
the capital.
PLAN NEW TREATY.
America and Great Britain Contem?
plate Arbitration Pact.
' London, July 9.?The American
ambassador, Walter H. Page, speak?
ing at the centenary meeting tonight,
referred to a new treaty between the
United States and Great Britain.
Speaking first of the cordial rela?
tions prevailing between the two na?
tions and complimenting Viscount
Bryce on the part he had played in
clearing up difficulties, the ambassa?
dor said it was the policy of the
American people to have an alliance
with none where there was perfect
friendship; alliances were not needed.
The old arbitration treaty between
the two countries, however, had been
renewed for another period and he
was free to announce that a new
treaty was being concluded whereby
a commission was to be set up to
wheich either government could refer
any question arising between them.
Both governments, he added, prom?
ised not to begin hostilities until this
commission had submitted a report.
This treaty, the ambassador declared,
was virtually completed. The an?
nouncement evoked great outbursts of
cheering.
ALASKAN VOLCANOES ROARING.
All Fire Mountains Along Peninsula
to West of Seward in Eruption.
Seward, Alaska. July 9.?All the
volcanoes along the peninsula west of
Seward towards the Aleutian islands
are in activity, according to a report
brought in by Cupt. McMullen of the
steamship Dlrigo, which arrived today
from Dutch harbor.
Capt. McMullen said Mount Katmai,
the great volcano on the mainland
across Shelikof strait from Kodlak
island, h throwing out great volumes
of sulphu. laden smoke. The sea,
he said, was discolored by sulphur
dust and pumice for 100 miles. Mount
Shiadhaldin and Mount Pavlof, the
most active volcanoes in the Aluetian
islands, were smoking when the Dlri?
go passed them.
Capt. McMullen reported that na?
tives along the Alaskan peninsula
said the volcanic ashes in the air last
month were caused by eruption and
not by old deposits.
PARDONED FOR BRAVE DEED.
William Schulte, Convicted of Murder,
Saves Lives From Fire.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 10.?Wil?
liam Schulte, sentenced in 1910 to
serve 10 years for murder, was today
pardoned by the g< vernor because the
prisoner fought his way Into the
burning home of Eugene Johnson, a
switchman, and rest tied Mrs. Johnson
and baby.
Lightning Causes Big Fire.
Louisville, July 10.?Fire started by
lightning late last night destroyed the
Merchants1 ice and Storage plant,
rousing a loss of $100,000. The elec?
trical storm did much other damage.
KOSA RICHARDSON' IS LYNCHED
AT ELLOREE FOR CHIME.
Twelve year old Girl Is Murdered
by Negro Woman Who Confesses to
Deed and is Taken From Guard
House at Elloree by Angry Mob.
Elloree, July 12.?une of the most
brutal crimes ever perpetrated in
Orangeburg county, committed mid?
way between here and Vance late yes?
terday afternoon in a dense bay near
the Two Chop public road, was
brought to light this morning when
the body of little Miss Essie Hell, 12
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Bell, was discovered after an
all night search, foully murdered and
carefully covered by the confessed
murderess, Rosa Richardson, a negro
wl man, about 35 years of age. A
grim and horrifying spectacle it wit?
nessed today in that community. The
body of little Essie with her head beat?
en into a pulp by a lightwood knot
lies prepared for burial In the'quiet
home of Daniel Bell, while 200 yards
away near the scene of the crime
swinging to a tree is the body of her
murderess, Rosa Richardson, riddled
j with bullets.
Guilt was established, the murder?
ess confessed and a volley fired, in a
short time. Thirty negroes who gath?
ered near the scene of the crime would
have llred the volley if permitted, and
went to console! the the grief-stricken
family. While the crime has cast a
pall all over the community and
hundreds of people have gone to the
scene, there was no race feeling what?
ever evident.
The murdered ^irl yesterday after?
noon went to graze the family cow
In a Held on the public road a short
dista. from her home, which was
.hidden from view byj a dense field of
corn. Just in front of this Held on
opposite side of road is the home of
the murderess. Daniel Bell was read?
ing his newspaper and the mother,
Mrs. Bell, was leaving with her son
to board the afternoon train at Vance
(or Charleston. Mr. Bell was absorbed
in reading and presumed that little
Essie had gone to the station with her
mother and would return with her
brother. When the young man re?
turned home without his sister, Mr.
Bell Inquired for Essie and the young
man told his father that she had gone
to graze the cow when he saw her
last. Mr. Bell Immediately gave the
alarm and searching parties were
formed. The whole community was
scoured.
Rosa Richardson was suspected of
luring girl into the woods for crimi?
nal purposes and she with her sister
were held during the night by some
of the searching party. Sho told sev?
eral disconnected stories which indi?
cated her guilt.
A message reached Elloree during
the night that the girl was missing
and the penitentiary bloodhounds were
wired for but It wa3 later learned
that they were out of the city. The
suspects were rushed to the Elloree
f,uard house. The local telephone
I being out of commission, connection
was established at St. Matthews.
[Sheriff Salley was notified and Colum?
bia was asked to have hounds make
a cross country trip, but before either
reached here the body was discovered
and a dash was made for the town
guard house. Rural police, the mag?
istrate the Intendant and several citi?
zens of Elloree who did all they could
to protect the prisoner were choked
and thrown to the ground by the
crowd and held at bay by six shooters.
The victim was placed in a waiting
automobile and rushed to the scene
Of the crime. The woman was ex?
amined. Blood was on her clothing
and other evidences of guilt was es?
tablished. She confessed to the crime
WlthoMt giving any reasosj} for having
Committed it. The posse had tracked
the little girl and the woman into the
bay, both tracks fitting the shoes,
and the woman was tracked to her
home returning after committing tht
deed.
There is no reason assigned for the
deed except that the woman was a
bad character and had refused to work
for Mr. Bell on whose place she lived.
On several occasions, it is alleged
that she grew dissatisfied and sullen
and the theory is advanced that she
lured the little girl into the woods on
the pretext of showing her some?
thing and murdered her to get re?
venge. A negro man was at tirst
thought to be the guilty party but
it was later shown that n<? one else
had any connection with the crime
and that Rosa Richardson had plotted
and executed the deed alone.
Sheriff Salley of Orangeburg, who
was notified of the crime too late,
reached here this afteroon and view?
ed the remains. The body of Rosa
lllchardson was cut down and buried,
while the vh tim of the tragedy was
laid to rest at Gertslm Baptist church
In the presence of a large crowd of
irlef-Strtcken friends and relatives.
The community where this crime
Was committed Is composed of steady,
law abiding citizens, who have .always
Held themselves against mob violence.
BAD FREIGHT WRECK.
SIX BOX CARS LOADED WITH
W ATERMEM )X S SM ASHED.
11Of Ions Fruit Given Away and Pro?
vide a Feast in Darkytown?Main
Ltao C leared in Few Hours?-Still
Working on Wreck,
What was probably worst freight
wreck which has occurred in Sumter
in many years took place at the junc?
tion of the Florence and Charleston
lines on the eastern edge of town, at
the foot of Kendrick street, about 1
o'clock Sunday afternoon, when six
box cars loaded with watermelons
were derailed and crushed to?
gether, watermelons being smashed
j and the juice and meat of the lucious
fruit being scattered around in every
Ldirectlon.
The vvreck was caused by a split
switch, five of the cars taking the
Charleston track and not following the
train on the Florence track. The cars
were about the middle of the train
and when the wreck came they were
thrown lengthwise across the erubank
ment between Florence and Charleston
tracks. It was to these cars that great?
est damage was dore, one thrown
against the other with such force as
to crush the walls of the car and
practically all of then* were converted
into a mass of wreckage. In most in?
stances the trucks wer? torn out from
under the cars and rolled dowin into
the ditch at the side of the track, al?
though some of the trucks remained
under the cars taking, the long jump
with them. It was when the cars were
piled together this wry, one on top of
the other, that havoc was wrought
among the watermelons. Another car
following the main line track was de?
railed and thrown over to one side
(against the embankment. The track
on both lines was torn up for somo
distance.
The wrecking train from Florence
arrived here a few hours after the
wreck and by 4 o'clock they had
opened the main lino to Florence for
traffic and trains for Charleston were
run out over the old line, no delays
being caused by the wreck. The
wrecking crew were still working on
the wreck clearing it up this morn?
ing and this work probably will be
completed by tonight and the Charles?
ton line also cleared.
The wreck brought much happiness
to darktown Sunday afternoon. Not
that colored folks had ought against
the railroad, but that watermelons
were given away free to many of them
by the Coast Line officials. Nearly
everyone who stopped at the scene,
and there were several hundred of
them who did so, secured his water?
melon and went off happy. Nor were
all the watermelons ^iven to colored
persons, there wer.1, hundreds of
whites who ate matermelon Sunday
afternoon from the bounty of the rail?
road. There w ere six carloads of them
and all were gone when night came,
at least all which were not too badly
crushed to be taken off.
The train was the second section of
No. 210 from Augusta to Florence and
the watermelons were being shipped to
New York city and other points north
from Allendale.
No, Miss Cora, a man can never
claim to be himself these days. He
is only what is left of himself after
the other part has melted and flowed
away.? Vilmington Star.
Sewerage in the Country.
t>ne great problem peculiar to the
ru.al districts is that of the proper
disposal of poisonous organic refuse
and similar waste matter. In the
cities, such matter is completely and
satisfactorily tajken care of in the
modern sewerage systems, and thus
the city is enabled to preserve a clean?
liness which is its greatest aid in
lighting disease.
When such mattci is a.lowed to
stand in the open, Sf every rural res?
ident knows, it becomes a swarming
place for (lies and a" hot-bed for dis?
ease Kcrms; it pollutes the soil and
drinking water, and is always an un?
sightly and Embarrassing nuisance.
Such conditions are generally the
canse of sicknescs and disease.
The Sanitary Septic Tank, especial?
ly designed ab ng approved lines for
use in the rural districts, and manu?
factured i>y Weston ft Brooker, Co?
lumbia. S. ('.. completely solves the
problem of sewage disposal for the ru?
ral home. It is of small size; made of
reinforced concrete; simple, easy to
install, never gets out of order or
needs attention. Plated just beenath
the surface and connected with the
house by ;l short pipe line, it securely
keeps the poisonous organic matter
enclosed until, by natural process, it
disintegrates, and then seeps out into
the ground, harmless mineral matter
and water There is no odor, no soil
pollution. Approved by health author?
ities.
Its ?ost is small. Tt affords all the
conveniences and the full protection of
the city seweraue system. It is well
worth your while to know all about
this Sanitary Septic Tank, ami you can
do so by simply writing to Weston ft
Rrooker, Columbia, S. C,