The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 17, 1920, Image 6
4fe Candidates Hope
Fur a Great Victory
1VKLT CONFERS
WITH CHIEF
Being Completed to Wage
Campaign
York. July IS?Prank Trum
the Chesapeake a Ohio Rall
?Ued last nicht at Hanta Bar
California, of heart trouble.
log ton. July IS?Cox and
tho democratic nominees
r with President Wilson at
White house. Sunday morning,
thirty.
ISSbuS, Ohio. July It.?Frank
IV K oc sere It Democratic noml
fnr Vice president announced to
to Ho wtog a conference with Oov
Cox. the presidential candidate
fhe governor's mansion here that
gad the governor had decided that
we* lid consider no State as being
and that they would carry
fight Into every state In the union
the coming campaign,
was the first definite an
?Stent to come from the heads
the ticket since their nomination.
.the governor and myself are
ttjohag to consider any state hope
Wo lotend to go Into every
Mr. Roosevelt said.
Boteevelt also reiterated Gov
Ir Cox's recent Intlntar.on that the
in will be carried into the
gt aa early date. He said he ex
TO take the stump Immediate
a"Wr hts official notification . The
it Ion ceremonies, he said, he
would be at hts home at Hyde
31. f., and that he expected to
?Intent secretary of the
about August 1. His desre to be
are pa rations of his notlficstion
>h, Mr. Roosevelt said, would
ho> resignation. He will go to
l?ort. Me where blaj family
ftgetf is. to prepare the speech
'. Vhe vice presidential nominee stat
#4 tfnat b* expects to be in Dayton on
ijky 1? When the Democratic nstton
11 otsnmlttee meets there and also
ttfet he hopes to see the president
addsV HO said the Unto of his confer
SWlth the president would de*
solely upon the desire of the]
executive.
Oovervor Cox did not discuss the
with his running mate
th??n to say they ' ad talked"
?free som ? of tho campaign plans and
ttut ' hey expected to continue the
jpsforence tonight until Mr. Roose
gelt have* for the K?st at 9 3?.
It wan Governor Cox's flint day at
tJ>0 eterutive offices slnco bis nomi
gfisttosi. Ho srrlved on an early train
fresn Dayton this moaning and went
direct ty to the capitol. At an in
fbrrufciil reception, the governor spoke
ft em Um steps of the State-House to
Swnl thousand people asserting he
feed "nt-'ver broken confidence with
tho people of the commonwealth,"
wad ividlng that he had the "deepest
Men that the guarantee of pro-,
live government would be adopt?
ed] by trie people of the nation In the
eigJtion of Mr. Roosevelt and my
T?? ffovemor received a telegram
from San Francisco from Wilbur
Hirst* treasurer of the Democratic
a at Jo a* I committee, stating that i:
If. lyoore of Toungstown. Ohio. Go*. -
W Cos's pre-conventlo i manager
irlously 111 in a hospital there
fette s nervous reaction. The mess
lafje sbUed that he was under a
taweae's care and that no one was per?
mitted to see him. R added, how?
s'teg, there was no occasion for
alatpss . (The governor tnumedtately
mmt m\ xseeoags ?f sympathy express?
ing/ tn>9 hope that his manage.* would
be able to be out ston.
Sport Day in
Birmingham
?ftaWw Division Have Day of
Fun at Reunion
Winning ham. July 13?A sport car?
acal was the feature of today's session
Wl two rainbow division with business
sessions In thw morning.
Farmers Prices Drop
Still Muck Higher Than Those
of Last Year
Washington. July IS?The level of
p' tcse paid the farmer for the prin?
cipal Or one decreased 1.7 per cent dur
log June, but sre still twenty per cent,
higher than a yesr ago.
Negro Murderer
/ Is Captured
If ontgroirwry. Ah.. July 18?Race
Berry, a negro whe was rushed away
from the local jail for ?afe keeping;
?wing to Hi feeling over th< killing
e# a white boy. und wounding another
toy was captured 11> thli mom
tng after an attempt to escape,
China Defeats
Universal Suffrage
Tokio. July II.- -Universal ?uffrage
e*e# defeated in the lower house of
pediment when a rssolutlon Intro?
duced by the opposition was rejected.
Bolsheviki Take Misk
IfOwdon. July II?Misk has been
awotursd by ths flolshevikl. accord?
ing o a Moscow official statement,
?/he Soviet trnops occupied the tonn
July Uth
isrift '
LABOR PARTY
WON OVER
i
Will Combine With Committee
Of Forty-Eight
MUCH FEELING SHOWN
IN DEBATING
Many Concessions Are Made To
Get Both Factions Together
Chicago, July* 13?An agreement
for the amalgamation of. the labor
party and the committee of forty
eight wfta reached toduy in a confer?
ence, the committee reported to the
labor convention of nationalisation
of banks and credit facilities and the
democratic control of essental ndus
triee.
Chicago. July 13?An amalgamation
of the principal groups attempting to
form a new party was effected to?
day. A large non-partisan group and
a delegation of single taxers entered
the labor convention announcing
their intention and the committee oe
I labor convention. The committee of
forty-?lght conferees yielded to the la?
bor party on the question of nationali?
sation of banks and credit facilities
theand tho democratic control of es?
sential necessities.
The league of nations issue was
mentioned before the committee ot 48
convention for the first time when it
reconvened tonight. Oscar Maddaux,
introduced to speak on tho subject of
world federation, asserted that Presi
dent Wilson had "run counter to every
Amev.*M.i instinct" by the league
structure he created and the manner
in which hs presented it.
"Nevertheless," Maddaux continued,
'he made an issue which cannot be
evaded, on which there can be no pus?
syfooting. It is something about which
the people are thinking."
Tho convention applauded both the
criticism of the president's attitude
and the declaration that the league
was an issue which had to oe met.
In answer to a question propounded
by u member of the New York dele?
gation. Mr. Maddaux said:
"I would reject the league of na?
tions with or without reservations."
Charging that the committee of 4 8
is composed ol intellectuals and
?i'plutcs," as "suave, subtle and slick
as you make them" and has "spilled
the beana by ^elay. LA bor party dele?
gates tonight voiced demands that
their convention proced wl*h business
tomorrow with of without the 48-ers.
American Admiral
Calms Fight
Report That Officer Was Killed
Has Been Denied
Rome, July 13?The American ad?
miral controlling the coast outside of
the armistice zone was responsible
for the ending of the encounter be?
tween the Jugo Slavs and the Itali?
an!, in Spalato it was recently semi?
officially announced. When the Ital?
ian officers attacked the wounded
during the Jugo Slav Nationalist de?
monstration, the American boat went
to the rescue. Tho officers' boat was
fired upon by the Serbians, and a naval
lieutenant and three sailors were
wounded and a mechanic killed.
Trieste?American officer is report?
ed to have been killed at Spalato.
Negro Fight Tuesday
Jack McCoy Has Difficulty With
His Wife
A real scrap was staged out on
Harvin street Tuesday morning e/hOfi
Jack McCoy, colored went to tho mat
with Ms wife tn a free for all. Dur?
ing the little difficulty, Jack cut his
wife in the iirm pretty severely and
left lor parts unknown. The polled
are on the trail of the dlssatiHlied hus?
band and cjrpcct to apprehend him,
eohrtly. His wife is suffering very
much fron) her wounds which were
inflicted by a knife.
Germans Given Time
Will Not Be Forced to Reply to
Allied Ultimatum Today
Spa, July 13.?The allied leaders
have decided not to Insist on tho <J* r
mans replying to the ultimatum re?
garding the coal deliveries at 3 p. in.
today The Hermans will be permihd
to defer th<?ir reply until tomorrow.
Spa. July It?The Kussian Soviet
government has not replied yet to the
request of tlw .. 11 i?-s that armistlee '>r>
arranged with Poland.
Harding in Retirement
Is Busy On His Speech of Ac?
ceptance
Marlon. July 13?Senator Harding
beg.n. in Mine St to finlnh his spee? h
U i jdlng the it* public,in presiden?
tial nomination He expects 10 dvny
himself to all viaiton throughout the
week.
Revolution in Peru
Government Overthrown and
Minister Assumes Power
IAuSi IVru Jy|y || a revolution
has broken out in Bolivia a. ordlng to
snitches from Lap* Tin- gOVtflt?
ment baa been overthrown. Bautiatal
Savedra. formet minister Of Instuu
tion hss assumed the power and is
enPfieffed i?> tin* ami)
COURT OPENED i
HEREMONDAY
Many Cases Come Up For The
Summer Session
JAMES JENNINGS WILL
BE TRIED TODAY
Grand Jury Has Returned Many
True Bills
The Court of General Sessions con?
vened for the summer session Mondav
at 10 a. in. Judge John S. Wilson, of
Manning is presiding und Solicitor V.
A. McL-eod is conducting tlve cases i*"i\
the state. The Grand Jury, with S. O.
Quin acting as foreman, has returned
the following tru" bills:
The State vs. Willis Jones, murder.
State vs. John Dickson, alias Tom
Dlckson, car breaking and larceny.
State vs. Robert Brock ington and
Dennle Bethen, privily stealing front
the person.
State vs. James Servant, murder.
State vs. Herbert Carter, gran 1 lar?
ceny.
Slate vs. Rowland James, grand lar?
ceny.
State vs. Jessie Gaillard, house
breaking and larceny.
State vs. James Jennings, murder.
State vs. Willie Gadson, indictment
fcr assault and battery with intent to
kill.
State vs. Marion Blanchard and W.
,M. Whlttakcr privily stealing from
the pvrson.
State vs. James Morgan, breach of
trust with fraudelant intent! and grand
laiceny.
State vs. Knt'e Buddln and Joseph
Buddin. larceny from the field.
State vs. Arthur Howard and Ta?
in in Poarce, railway car breaking and
lprceny.
The grand jury returned No Bills
tor tho following:
?State va. Henry Brunson, larceny of
bicycle.
State vs. Marion Johnson, alter Al?
len Johnson, assault and battery with
intent to kill.
The first case to be tri-ed was the
State vs. John Dickson, alias Tom
Dickson, who was charged with car
breaking and larceny. The state had
several witnesses to show the guilt of
the accused. Dickson had no wit?
nesses and the jury brought bock a
verdict of guilty. The accused was
given two years.
The sceond case was that of Jessie
Gaillard. accused of house breaking
and larceny. The state has thnee wit?
nesses who told of being concealed in
the Palace Meat Market and seeing
Gaillard enter the store and open the
cash register. The light was turned
on and the accused was sild to havo
.lumped through a plate glass Window
and escaped, lie was apprehended
later on. Gaillard conducted his own
ease and denied that he was in town
on the day the robbery took place. The
Jury returned a verdict of guilty and
Gaillard was given 18 months.
Two boys wero tried tor privily
stealing from the person. Sam New?
man, rural policeman, testified that
as he was taking Joe Wells to Co?
lumbia. Sunday, he was called to the
negro coach to look into an alleged
1 robbery. Ho arrested th* two defend -
anta Other witnesses showed that
the two boys took the money. The
defendants acknowledged the theftj
but denied that they had taken as
m.uch as the prosecutor said. They
were found guilty by the Jury but
have not been sentenced.
James Jennings, accused of mur?
der, plead not guilty and his case has
been set for today. James Servant,
accused of murder, plead not guilty
and his case will be tried Thursday.
The court was considering the case
of Julius James, when it adjourned
and the case was carried over until
today. Court will convone at 9:30 a.
m., every day and will have a recess
of two hours at 1:30.
Prisoners Escape
in Asheville
Jerry Dalton, Double Murderer,
Among Those That Got
Away
Asheville. July 13.?Seven prison?
ers escaped from the Humcombe coun?
ty Jail early today sawing their way
out of the cell and dropping from the
third floor of the window with the
aid of blankets tied together. Jerry
Dalton, a convicted double murderer,
and sentenced to die, was one of the
escaped.
English Labor
_Hands Off
Will Not Interfere With Irish
or Russian Question
London? July 13?A motion to em?
ploy direct action if necessary to force
the government to Withdraw troops
from Ireland and to cease manufact?
uring munitions for Ireland and Rus
sla was defeated in a special trades
union congress called to consider
labor's attitude on the Irish question.
Critical Situation
in China
Martial Law * Proclaimed in
Tien Tsin, Admiral Gleason on
Hand
Peking. July 18 >Bfforti are con?
tinuing to la* made to persuade the
rebels to obey the government man?
date not to inarch on Peking. Marti;. I
law was proclaimed in Tien Tsin
where Admiral Gloaves of the Ameri?
can Pacific Squadron is reported to
have arrived.
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GRAND JURY
MAKESREPORT
Reports Action On All Indict?
ments Placed in Their Hand*
RECOMMENDS REPAIRS
ON ALMS HOUSE
_
Results of Investigation of
Court House and Schools
Hon. John S. Wilson, Presiding Judge.
All indictments placed in our hands'
hy the solicitor have ben duly consid?
ered and returned to the court with
our findings endorsed Hiervon. The
Grand Jury presents herewith such
other matters as appear to he of public
importance and In acordanee with the
instructions of the Presiding Judge.
The Committee appointed to inspect
the county jail, court house and Alms
house have reported to the following
effect; The jail now In) uso has been
condemned time and again as unsafe
and unsanitary and the lapse of time
finds no improvement of a permanent
nature. Mr. ?. W. Owens, the jailer,
is an efficient, faithful and humane
'officer. He does the best he can
under the circumstances. Sumter
count:/ needs a new jail constructed
In accordance With modern ideas
hygiene and safety. The lands avail?
able at this time arc inadequate for
such a building as is necessary to
meet reasonable requirements. We did
urge upon our legislature to pass an
act providing the necesary funds to
build a new Jail, and they failed to do
so.
Tb*? alms house, a collection of small
houses used by the inma.es are all in
need of repairs, as is also the case with
the Superintendent's cottage. There*
are some leaks htat should be stopped
in order to prevent raptd deteriora?
tion, to say nothing of the heath and
comfort of the people occupying them.
Liberal use of whitewash inside and
outside is recommended. The steps
of some of the houses arcrotting down
the fhirnneys are in had condition the
fences need repair, in act. there id
much work that should be done With?
out delay. There is an annual appro?
priation of $5r>00 for this purpose and
only $28ti2.27 was spent, leaving a bal?
ance of $2637.73 from 1019 appropria?
tion. It was recommended that this
work should have been Jone last year
and unlcs it is done at once, the entire
building wil rot.
We investigated the court house and
found it in the same condition as In
our hist report. We are informed that
the county board has employed an
architect to make an estimate of the
needed repairs, to the c >urt house.
The report of the e ormnittoe em ru?
ral schools is <o complete and of ne?
cessity se? lengthy, having gone into all
details. w*c are attaching it hereto as a
part of this presentment. <>n account
Of the Importance attacheel by tho
grand jury to this document anel with
the hope that publicity will tend to Im
pre>ve conditions, the grand jury re?
commend that this report be published
in full in all the papers of the county.
The committees on finance anel
reads was duly appoint eel at the
spring term of court, but are not yet
ready to ma lee their report and have
been continue d until the next term of
cenirt.
It Is a known fact that the speed
laws of the OOUntv and state are being
1 violated with ?impunity by motor ve?
hicles daily. The records show that
within the past six months only five
arrests ave been made by the rural
police for speeding, #four of those in
the past thirty days'and the fifth on
the first of May. That; this violation
of the law is dangerous to lives of the
citizens, and to property, apd all vio?
lations of the speed law should be
prosecuted.
The four rural policemen are em?
ployed at an -expense of over $7000 per
annum to the county. We lind that
these i>olicemen are i nder the elirec
tlon of the county board. The granei
nry feels that better results will be
?obtained (without reflection upon any
one) if these officers were under the
direct control and orders of the sheriff
of the county, and the grand jury so
recommends. We feel that all the
law enforcement officers (deputy j
sheriffs and rural policemen) tf com
blned under one head coulel and would
produce better results.
In dosing, we wish to express our
appreciation of th?> courtesies and as?
sistance rendered us by your Honor
and all the officers of the court.
CANDIDATE SEES
PARTY LEADERS
-.
Progressives Make Extended
Call and Many Matters Dis?
cussed
COMMENTS ON OPPON
ENTS STATEMENT
Marion. July 12?Senator Harding
today devoted till entire day to Con?
ferences With Republican and Progies
sive leaders as well as agricultural ex?
perts With whom he discussed labor,
transportation, economic and social
problems.
In adition he also replied in a state?
ment to the announcement of Gover?
nor Cox, the7 Democratic Presidential
nominee, that if elected a "real dirt!
farmer" would be appointed secretary
of agriculture. The Senator said that
if the Republican policies of "practi?
cal usefulness" under which that de?
partment was originally created had
been carried forward by the present
administration "half ourl problems of
high cost of living would have been
solved for us in advance."
The principal conference today was
with Raymond Robins, of Chicago,
and Walter F. Brown, of Toledo, O..
prominent as Progressive* in the 1912
campaign, with whom he discussed la?
bor ami economic problems especially.
After having ben closeted With hinv
for about four hours Mr. Robins an?
nounced that the conference had been
very satisfactory. Matters involving
the part the Progre^ives would take in
the campaign, he said, were also dis?
cussed.
London, July 14?The German
hangmen have gone on a strike for
increased wages according to a Ber?
lin dispatch. The execution of a
murderer at Meiningen could not
be carried out owning to the strike.
LAFOLLETTE
HARD TOPLEASE
Will Not Consent to Run On
Proposed Platform
MUST REWRITE
MANY PLANKS
Labor and Committee of Forty
Eight Meet Snag in Wiscon?
sin Senator ,
Chicago. July 14?Hopes for the
survival of the new fusion party
were at ebb tide as the ?all nigh: con?
ference of the new bodies' resolu?
tions committee dragged along today
in the effort to agree on a pk.tform
acceptable to Senator LaFollette.
Bastile Day Was
Observed
American and French Flags
Float Together in Washing?
ton
Washington, July 14.? French and
American fh.gs floated together over
government buildings today :h com?
memoration of Beastile day. Presi?
dent Wilson sent a message of con?
gratulation to President Deschanel of
France.
Storm in Spokane
Spokane, July 14?A viol ant wind
storm, accompanied by cloudbursts
last night wrecked buildings and
damaged grain to the extent of one
hundred thouasnd dollar* in the
Palouse district
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