The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 20, 1915, Image 5
THE ?OSI Of GOVERNMENT.
USTIMVli: nut IHIVXHIMINTS
Wild, ki n to ?QMIIIfJilfO
I ovkh $1,200,000,000.
Muh| Meet I >< licit During Next Year?
Secretary of Treasury Has Author?
ity to Issue Itontls, hut This Mcdiv
May Not Im- Knot-tod to ir MMN
?'???'? ? Art* Permanent.
Washington, Oct. II.?Tho largest
estimate of government expenditures
ever submitted, to tho secretary of the
treasury of tho United States In time
of peace will be presented for the next
fiscal year tomorrow for discussion
by congressional committees in ad
vanoe of the regular session. They will
t>e aaamined in detail by President
Winon and his cabinet next week.
With an estimated increase for na?
tional defense of about $160,000,000
over last year, together with the cost
of new duties imposed on the state de?
partment and other branches of the
government by reason of tho war, it
Is possible the amount of the pro?
posed appropriation will be augment?
ed to a total of about $1,210,000,000.
If ivngress agrees to the administra?
tion programme for strengthening the
army and navy It will be obliged to
provide for additional revenue legisla?
tion or the executive branch of the
government must issue bonds.
Although no estimate of receipts
for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1916, In which tho Increased expendi?
tures will take effect has been made
by Secretary McAdoo, officials now
are convinced they can not count
upon more than $760,000,000 for the
twelve months, and some believe the
total Income will not go over $700,
000.000.
Congress Is to be asked to pass two
revenue measures eirly in the coming
ncaston. one extending the emergency
war tax which expires December 31,
I the other providing for retention
of the present duty on sugar. Passage
of these measures, however, would not
Increase the present revenues. With
both in effect at present there has
been a deficit of $35,000,900.
Estimates for government depart?
ments, except state, war and navy,
are virtually the same as last year.
Additional forces In the diplomatic
and consular service and at the state
department and extraordinary ex
n*n??? ?thrqsd In the work belne done
b> American embassies and legations
will require, an Increase of about
? I.HAO.Aim, f.r th< ?:?(? department.
The $M?0.000 appropriated '?y eon
grvw as an emergency war tum! im
use of that department has almost
been spent, but much of It already
h ii heen or :i l>e n itnburw d. SA
tbut the reapproprlatlon will not rep?
resent any real expense.
The ordinary disbursements of the
^overturn nt last year were about
$732,000,000. If the receipts aro as
much as $760.000,000 In tho coming
year and the appropriations of all
government de partments but the state,
w ir md n.nv remain the sane , there
Mill would be. vOth the added budget
f.-r national defense, an estimated
deficit of more than $135.000,000.
Tbc necretary of the treasury now
hOO authority to Issue PnnOJM canal
b .nds to the amount of $lu,000,000.
That would N ?i temporary remedy,
ho*. \t r. and may not be resorted t ?
If tho administration proceeds on the
theory that the government will main?
tain the H?mo rate of i \|.. udliuree
for national AofonOt during OOmtni
years as BOO Is being proposed for
next session of congress,
stlmatcs for the department of
merer, will show an Increase over
year's total?$16,77 I.0U??If they
gfX ? I upon In th" form now be?
fore Secre' UTf Kedtlehl. The princi?
pal re (of more money will come
from the bureau of foreign Md do?
mestic commerce, which desires to
take advantage of the opportunity af?
forded by the war to extend Its for?
eign trade organisation* The coast
and geo,p tic survey wants an appro?
priation for a thorough survey of the
Alaskan const.
The department of labor contem?
plates few changes In estimates,
which last year amounted to $4,
443,000.
(Intimates for the BOatOtSOt depart?
ment will be slightly above the $?'99.
ueS i?(M( estimated tor the present year.
The Increase Im gfOdHod lo the auto?
matic promotions of carriers and
clerks provided for by congress, in?
creased pay for railway transporta?
tion In the Middle States and the nat?
ural growth of the system. Esti?
mates for the department as a whop
were prepared with a view to resump?
tion of normal peace conditions.
In the Interior department, esti?
mates are less than the appropriation
of $j|o.o00,0o0 fur the current year
excluding $h.ooo.ooo for eonotmetloa
of the government railroad in Alaska.
Secretary Ifn.tston of the depart
ment of agriculture had n -t com?
pleted his estimate* tonight but the.
win not vary much Vom the present
ipproprlaMon ??f about * J I oaa n<m.
Mont of the cabinet officers or their
assistant* were st work tonbrht flnish
Ing their estimates.
I'OK.MAIi (MI\K(ii:s A(.AINST TWO
UYDfi Mi:\ BY POI4CK.
Grace Mni statt* That Henry J. Brown
and l.dwanl H. McDonald Plrod
first Shot* and Started Fusillade
?ktti rirrd shot Which MUed
Collen, Thc> Statt'?Conspiracy lO
Kill Is ClMirgr Against McDonald.
Charfc stun, Ooi it.?Formal
charges against Henry J. Brown ami
Kdward K. McDonald were placed on
ti?? pottd blotter lato today. Brown
Is charged with the killing of Sidney
J. Cohon and conspiracy to kill. The
charge against McDonald || con?
spiracy to kill several who were
wounded In tin- battle In the execu?
tive committee room Friday after?
noon. John K. Cantwell, chief of
police, has been served wit i writ
of habeas corpus requiring that he
P'oduce the men in court tomorrow
morning and show cause why they
have in ert arrested.
It is presumed that the above
charges which have been preferrod
?by the police will be the answer to
the writ. McDonald and BfOWB woro
still in the custody of the police at
a late hour tonight. An effort will
bo made tomorrow to have the men
transferred from the ity jail to the
county prison. It is also expected that
an attempt will be made to secure
i ail fof the two men.
W. E. Wlngate, one of the men
wounded Friday afternoon, was op?
erated on at a local hospital tonight
at 11 o'clock. A bullet was removed
from his head.
The other wounded men were rest?
ing well tonight.
Assembling of affidavits by Grace
interests appears to indicate an in?
tention on the part of that faction
to devolve if they can the onus of
proclpitatlng the gun light of Friday
noon uron Henry J. Drown ami Ed?
ward It. McDonald. Presumably
these depositions will be laid before
Judge Mendel L. Smith tomorrow as
part of the return by James R. Cant
well, chief of police, to the habeas
corpus writ sued out last night by
Frank R. Frost and Alfred linger as
attorneys for the prisoners.
Chief Cantwell swears: "I Baw a
sen tile In the southeast corner. I then
?aw Henry Drown against the wall
In tho northeast corner with a re?
volver ll his hand. Ho looked as If
in was reloading it. as I saw hin:,
wh?>\< I approached, Mir. w the barrel
in. before 1 reached him 1 saw V? 11
lium Wlngat< about live 11.<it away In
a reclining position, with his head
against the north wall and his feet
stretched in a southeasterly position.
He was bleeding and there was a
pool about three foot to the right of
him on the Moor near the wall. I then
said to Drown, who had his pistol
In his hand pointed toward me, 'Pill
that gun away,' and he replied, '1
am a deputy.' I turned to view the
south of the room and saw a man
stretched on tho lloor with one foot
partly reclining on an overturned
? hair. I asked, Who shot this man?1
and a chorus of voices shouted.
That man Brown, he did the shoot?
ing'.' I turned toward Drown and
Just then William O'Brien grabbed
Brown's revolver. Privates Murphy,
Lafourcade and Parrlneau came to
my assistance when I took hold Of
Brown b> the collar of his coat. Sev?
eral hands reached for his revolver.
I told him to surrender his rovolvei
as he was under arrest. He refused
to do M and Continued tO resist vio?
lently and struggle for its possession.
Together we forced him Into the mid
ill.- Window. His revolver at that
time was preened against my left side.
I had my revolver In my right hand
and bad Bred no shot. Some on?
reached his shoulder under my arm.
Some ette knocked my hat off, evi?
dently struck at me. Then sonic one
suddenly grabbed me by the w risi
and jerked my hand upward. Wo ha<i
Brown partly forced out of the win?
dow. My revolver was discharged
when WO Caught him by the wrist.
Brown then released the hold upon
his revplvcr and I took him with sev ?
eral policemen out of the building
and protected him against any as?
sault by the Incensed bystanders, als?
the nged father of William Wlngate,
who was thoroughly incensed and
accused him of COWardly shooting his
son."
chief Cantwell ?aid there were
?eVCral pistol shots in rapid succes?
sion in tin- Committee room before
he entered. When he returned to
the room after puttin? Brown in the
petrol wagon, he found Jerry O'Brien
In , |g helped OUt. "He had his shoe
oft and Mated to me that Mel Kinald
b id shot him In I he foot."
John i Coesgrove, n dace member
of the executive committee, says he
new George Rentiere being held by
William Wlngate at the door between
the roonvt, "on Ihe ground Hint he
hoi n |?|*to|," Mltontlern was taken
oif i.v a, policeman. An argument
then followed between Brown snd
Win got* and other* as to whether of
not Rentier? did have a pistol. Be
lleving Ihs trouble was over, i turned
to take my seat, which wan JUftt with
In tho doorway. 1 had no! sat down
when Into the room suddenly burst
Brown follwcd by Wingate and when
Urown got mar the table In tho cen?
tre of the room, 1 saw him draw a
i>istui and commence bring in the
.direction of the door hading into the
hallway. I saw Wingatc tall to the
lloor and after he had fallen saw
Brown deliberately shoot in his direc?
tion.*
"Just at that time McDonald. Who
was on the opposite side of the room,
jumped up and drew his pi.stol from
a holster pinned to his shirt. Several
tables were between McDonald and
myself. I yelled across the room to
Dr. Hancock to 'take that pistol away
from that man' ami Dr. Hancock im?
mediately grappled with him. I then
looked up and saw Black and one
other and young Mr. Cohen going out
of tho southeast window. By that
time several were grappling with
Drown and I ran to assist in over?
powering him. Before I reached
Brown I saw Mr. Cohen fall backwards
from the window, Chief Cantwell
then came in and we Anally overpow?
ered Brown and took his pistol away
from him and sent him to the wagon.*'
James Sottile has addressed a let?
ter to The News and Courier in which
he makes the Hat assertion that Drown
opened lire on Wingate and that these
were the ilrst shots he heard. His
letter is in part as follows:
"When I reached the upstairs hall
I found an oflicer placing Rentiers
under arrest for carrying concealed
weapons. There were quite a few peo?
ple near the committee room door,
consequently I could not get into the
room. H. J. Drown was in front of
me, endeavoring to get in and he
seemed to be very much aggravated.
I heard Wingate say to him, They
are clearing the room now, only com
mlttOemen allowed; you are a wit?
ness and you can't go in.' Some one
shouted, "Go In, Drown,' while others
shouted, 'Look out, Drown has a gun.'
Still others shouted, 'Place him under i
arrest, olllcer, for carrying concealed J
weapons.'
"Drown seized Wingate, simulta?
neously pushing aside an officer, and
backed Into the committee room, open?
ing lire upon Wingate and slowly and
determinedly bring upon the crowd.
These were the llrst shots I heard,
which were followed by a rain of oth?
ers from the committee room. I posi?
tively dtd not hear any shots fired
from the assembly hall where 1 was."
John P Mtchel, a commltteeman,
Hnyi be wai seated In the northeast
coi ner of the room, facing the door
leading t"tu the anteroom
"1 heard some commotion on the
outside and cries that Rentiers was
armed and to take him out. In a
few seconds Henry Drown burst Into
the room and with some exclama?
tion, Which 1 do not remember, drew
his pistol ami began bring, first in the
direction of the door and then, turn?
ing around, firing first toward George
street and then bringing his pistol
around to bear on the corner when'
l was seated. I am positive Mr. Drown
was the lirst man it) Are a shot, as
I saw him with my own eyes and no
Shot bad been bred up to that time,
nor was any pistol In sight. There
was absolutely no excuse or justifica?
tion for Mr. Brown's action and I
consider that he was responsible for
the whole outbreak."
"I am convinced that the first shot
was fired by Henry Drown," deposes
!. It, Duffy: "Just as I stepped f. m
the door of the oxoeutlve commit?
tee rooirl l saw George Rentiers stand?
ing in front Of William Wingate ar?
guing. Prank Hogan searched Hen
tiers, pulled a magazine pistol from
Rentier's pocket and placed him un?
der arrest. A very short time after
that Brown, bad an argument with
Wingate and threatened his life and
advanced toward him. Wingate struck
him; Drown struck back and Win*
gate grabbed Brown's coat with one
hand and knocked him with tho other.
In the SCUffle they moved in my di?
rection and for fear of being thrown
Into the window at my back, I turned
to the right and looking down so as
to place my foot in a good place to
brace myself, I looked toward the
Window and while my head was in
that position I beard a shot tired at
my left, Within a few seconds 1 heard
a fusillade of shots tired in the com?
mittee room, T suppose about a dozen,
and during the firing of these shots
I was standing in the north side of
the doorway.
"1 saw three men standing at the
southeast corner of the table and tho
lire from a pistol coming front behind
them. Where McDonald was sitting.'*
Edward J, Riddock, n Grace mem?
ber of the executive committee, who
operates a lunch room in Market
street, said:
' [ heard Mr. I lancock and Mr. Mc?
Donald having some words ami saw
M< Donald reach for his pistol and
draw it. I saw Brown come Into tho
room and begin tiring. 1 am pure
thai Urown llred the Urs! shot and
that the Whole trouble :taitod Mom
that."
J, C O'llrlen, also a cnmmittccmnu,
said: "I heard Mr. Hancock and Mr
McDonald having some word;. I saw
Mi l mnnld drnw his pistol, About that
lime 1 sav Wingate und Brown conn
in, Mr. Brown with a pistol In his
hand, lirin? at Mr. Wlngate. While
Wlngate was on the lloor Brown flrcd
again, but whether he struck Win*
gate I could not tell. 1 am sure that
Drown fired the first shot and that
the w hole trouble started from that."
Substantially similar statements are
made by two other executive commit
teemen, John J. Murphy and A. H.
i trout hers.
CHOPS NOT EXEMPT.
Supremo Court Holds That Obliga?
tions Oontractcdl in Production
should Have Protection.
In an opinion handed down Satur?
day the supreme court affirmed tho
decision of the lower court in the
case of Dean Farmer against Greer
Fertilizer company. The opinion,
written by D. B. Hydrlck, associate
justice, is as follows:
"Careful consideration of the con?
stitution and statutes on the subject
shows tho intention of the lawmakers
that crops shut! not he exempt un?
der the provisions for homestead and
exemption of personal property to
the heads of families, from attach?
ment, levy and sale to enforce the
payment of obligations contracted in
and for tho production thereof. From
the standpoint of law and morals,
such obligations are of the same na?
ture as purchase money obligations
and should have the same protec?
tion."
TOBACCO SEASON WAS RAT).
Large Decrease Shown for Year In
Skate.
The tobacco crop season has boon
a discouraging one, according to a
statement issued yesterday by E. J.
Watson, commissioner of agriculture.
From September of last year there
has been a large decrease, both in the
number of pounds of tobacco grown
and sold and in the price paid for the
commodity.
Coroner Called to Case.
Coroner W. J. Scale was called out
Saturday night on account of the
death of a small negro girl, Christine
Fraser, whose death, however, was
pronounced by tho attending physician
as due to natural causes. Therefore
no inquest was deemed necessary.
The girl died on Canal street just back
of the court, house, infantile paralysis
being one of the contributory causes
of death
I
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Hold-ovee Grand .furors.
The following six men were drawn j
before the grand jury was dismissed
last week as hold-over jurors on the
grand jury for the next year, accord?
ing to law, S. A. Harvin, .1. W. Kinard,
Willie Shaw, B. O. Cantey, E. A.
Terry, Nelll o'Donnell.
Civic League Donation.
Miss Armida Mosei?, treasurer of the
Civic League Nurse Fund, this week
received a check for $20.44 from Mr.
L. D. Jennings, which, he explained
was the balance remaining on hand
from the Uob Jones expense fund.
I**ist spring it was decided to give this
balance to the Nurse Fund alter it
had been held long enough to see if
there were any further expenses.
Notion*
A hot supper will be given on
Thursday evening, October -1st, at the
residence of Mr. J. L. G?lls, Plsgah, S.
C, for the benefit of Pisgah church.
The public is cordially invited to at?
tend.
Mrs. J. U Qillls
Mrs. J. W. Kenney,
Mrs. o. W. Blmore,
Miss lia Baker,
Committee.
Marriage License Record.
A license to marry has boon issued
to Mr. Harry E. Topp of Winston
Salcm, N. C, and Miss Laura M.
Richardson, Sumtor. Licenses have
also been issued to the following col
toed couples: Tom DuRant, MulUns,
and Martha Porter, Sumtor; Jim Win?
ston and Llxsie Mack, Bumter; Ed.
White and Hottie Porter, Mayesville;
Phillip Robinson and Julia Sumter,
Sunder; John Magazine and 1011a Mc
Brlde, Mechanlcsville; Silas Golden,
Manchester, and Blixo Qayle, Wedge
Held.
Wilburn-GlllcHple.
Union, Oct. 16.?A wedding marked
by beauty and Im press! veness was
that of Miss Kuth Martin Wilburn
and William Bryan Gillespie. which
was solemnized Thursday evening at
T.:;i? o'clock at the First Baptist
church. The ceremony was read by
tin' bride's pastor, the Rev. George P.
White, assisted by the Bev. Richard
G. Gillespie of Florence, a brother of
the groom.
Hl i m NE GRANTED REPRIEVE.
Columbia, l 'et. I 7. Additional <-\ i
dence in the cast- of Willie Bethune
lias caused Gov. Manning i<> roprlevi
Methtine's death sentenct for SO dayi
until tin- evidence can 1'?' investigate!
by the State board of pardons. He
Ihune was t?? have been Plectrocutet
> esterday,
Death.
Mrs. T. B. Plummer, aged -<;. ?iie*l
at the Tourney Hospital Tuesday, Oc?
tober 12th, alter an Illness of two
weeks. .Mrs. Plummer Was the oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U M. Pox
worth of Bossard. The funeral ser?
vices w? re conducted by Rev. J. P.
Inabinet at Bethel 'church Thursday
afternoon. She leaves a father and
mother and several sisters and broth?
ers and many ether relatives and
friends to mourn her untimely de?
cease.
Died at his home near Pine wood
last Friday of typhoid fever, Mr. Cllm
Geddings, aged about lit! years. The
deceased leaves a wife.and one child.
?Manning Times.
Lynchburg, Oct. 17.?Mrs. Ada
Hlnson Merrltt died at her home here
on Tuesday night, October 12. She
had been critically ill for several weeks
and her death was not unexpected.
Besides her husband. H. Ii. Merrltt,
she leaves several children, her fath?
er and mother, several brothers and
sisters to mourn her death.
Died last Thursday at her homo
near Summerton, Mrs. IT. C. Carrigan.
Sr. Tho deceased leaves a husband,
several sons and two brothers, besides
a host of relatives and friends to
mourn her death.?Manning Times.
Feler 13. Bradford died at his home
on Salem Avenue Saturday evening at
6.40 o'clock, after being sick lor about
one week during which time he suffer?
ed from a stroke of paralysis. He had
been in bad health for over a year.
The funeral services wore held at
Bethel church, Privateer, and were
conducted by the Rev. William Hayns
worth, pastor of Bethel church, and
the Woodmen of the World, to which
order the deceased belonged.
Mr. Bradford Is survived by one
son, P. B. Bradford, Jr.. and tho fid
lowing daughters, Mrs. u. Q. Wheeler,
Mrs. Douglas Carnes, Miss Ritas Brad?
ford, and Mrs. Minnie BradWeU.
Miss Alice Woods lAirKa.ii and I* R.
Jones, of Petersburg, were mar?
ried al the residence of Mr.* and Mi...
W. P. Dargan, Saturday evening, Oc?
tober at 7.:io, by Rev. U Is. Ueden
baugh, of the Methodist church.
After the ceremony the couple left
for points of interest In Virginia.?
Darlington News and Preen.
Miss Dargan has visited In Bumter
on several occasions and has ? num?
ber of friends here.
RCPTI'IIK EXPERT HERE.
KoolO} Patronised by U. S. Army and
Navy. Tatted to RUHStTT
F. H. Seeley ol Chicago and Phila?
delphia, the noted truss expert, will be
at the Imperial Hotel and will remain
in Bumter this Tuesday only, October
26th. Mr. So? ley says: "The Spermat?
ic Shield as now used and approved by
the United states government will not
only retain any case of rupture per?
fectly, affording immediate ami com?
plete relief, but closes the opening in
10 days on the average case. This in?
strument received the only award in
Bngland and in Spain, producing re?
sults without surgery, injections, med?
ical ' treatment or prescriptions, Mr.
Seeley has documents from the United
States Government, Washington, D. c,
for inspection. All chanty cases with?
out charge, or if any interested call
he will be glad to show same without
charge c:* fit them if desired. Busi?
ness demands prevent stopping at any
other place in this section.
Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker aj Eniilaer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Might Calls,
AT J. Li. Cralg 01(2 Stand, N. Main
Phones Swjht^ot
The Bailey-Lebby Company
Use "Queen
MM"
Corn Hi!!,
Gotton
Sinner's
oupplies
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1905
1915
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