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THE S?31TEK WATCHMAN, Establish CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 18J AMERICA CANNOT STAND ASIDE Former Premier Viviani Believes That United States Will Ulti mately Join the , League of Nations Paris, May C?Belief that the Uni ted States could not stand aside from the work of world regeneration if the league of nations covenant was dras tically amended was expressed by former Premier Viviani: "The League of Nations will by the September meeting be relieved of its cumber some objectionable features through amendment of the covenant. It will j become rid of articles which make It appear like a superstate: * When this is done I cannot believe a nation like the United States can k\>ep aloof from the work of world regeneration. MAYESVILLE BOY WINS CONTEST Sum! er and Chester Lads Also Take Medals in Declamation | Contest J - i Clinton, May 6.?Representatives of: Sine high schools competed in the! ninth annual state high school dec lamation contest under the auspices of the Presbyterian College of South1 Carolina tonight. Three medals were^ awarded. The first of these went to Mortimer Kahn of Mayesville, de claiming, "We Have Stoned the' Prophets", second, Donald Russell,; Chester, "Citi2enship"; third, Frank Clarke, Sumter, "The Patriot's Sac rifice." j Dr. D. ML Douglas, president of the college, presided. The judges were the- Rev. Edward Long, the Rev. L. E. Wiggins, Prof. J. M. Goodworth, Dr. J. B. Kennedy and W. W. Harris. Other pupils entering the contests and the schools represented were: Lee Crocker, Clinton; Charles Wil son, Thorn well Qynhana ? R^a.-fiaff? ney. Gaffney; Casper Watson, Simp sonville; Furman Simmons, Green ville; Charles Johnson, Gr.-.y Court "Owings. WORK ON BRIDGE BEGINS Sumter County Legislative Del egation Guaarnted Funds For Approaches Columbia, May 9.?Prelim inary work is starting on the construction; of the Wateree river bridge, between: Richland and Sumter counties, and actual construction will be under way! within a few days, according to offi cials of the Hardaway Construction Co.,*who >ave the contract for thei sub-structure for the span. The bridge will be completed, ac cording to the contract, within 2SS working days. Richland county authorities signed the contract for the bridge Friday, when they received a copy of a reso lution adopted by the Sumter legisla tive delegation, to the effect that they would guarantee the cost of the ap-j proaches to the bridge on the Sum j ter side. **? ? Pickpockets Victims of Dishonesty Charge That People They Rob Make False Statements to The Police - Genoa. May 9.?The chief of police has received a letter signed ? Tram way Pickpocket. Association." com plaining that persons from whom fhey abstract pocket books have the dishonest habit of invariably declar- , ing to the police a much larger fin ancial loss than they really suffered. Such exaggerations, the letter says, are likely to cause unfortunate con sequences and strained relations among the pickpocket fraternity, as when a member turns in a small amount when the loser claims to have lost much more, the pickpocket is suspected by his colleagues. Alleged honest persons should be more deli cate, the letter concluded. Allied Conference In Session Paris. May 9.?American represen tation at the allied conference was resumed today when American Am bassador Wallace took his seat at session of council of ambassadors, which took up the subject of the sit uation in Upper Silesia. Germany Will Submit to Demands Berlin. May 9.?Sentiment in Ger man political circles was showing a drift today in favor of agreeing to the allied reparations terms. It is now believed a parliamentary coali tion which will accept the allied ul timatum, will be mconstituted within the next twenty-four hours. led April, 1850. Be Just ; 11. MARINES GUILTY OF MANY CRIES Haitians Accuse Americans of "the Most Terrible Regime of Military Autocracy" in History of Country PEOPLE ASK REPARATION OF UNITED STATES Delegation to Present Memorial to President Harding. Names, Dates and Places Are Cited. Washington, May S.?Charging a long series of atrocities by American marines and the native gendarmerie in Haiti and demanding the with drawal of the United States military forces from that republic, three Hai tian delegates are in Washington to present a memorial to President Hard ing, the state department and con gress. The memorial was made public to night by the delegates. It reviews the five years of military occupation of Haiti and declares it is "the most ter rible regime of military autocracy which has ever been carried on in the name of the great American democ racy." The naval investigation of condi tions in the republic ordered by Sec retary Daniels last year and con ducted by a board under Rear Admiral Mayo is characterized as a "joke" and Rear Admiral Knapp accused of hav ing done "nothing at all" when he .visited Haiti under orders of Secre tary Daniels to make a personal in quiry. "The Haitian people feel," says the memorial, "that if the naval court of inquiry has not fulfilled in Haiti the broad mandate conferred upon it by Mr. Josephus Daniels, it is because it was faced with charges of such a hor rible ntaure that it thought best to pass them over in silence." Among the acts charged against the American occupation of Haiti are: Administration of the "water cure" and other tortures by American offi cers and marines and the commission Of ^numberless abnominabie crimes" Of which twenty-five cases, with names and dates are given in the memorial. Removal of $500,000 of Haitian funds which American marines carried off "and took on board the gunboat Machias, and whieh were deposited in a New York bank to "force the Hai tian government to accept control of the custom houses by systematically depriving it ot financial resources." Entrance by Brig. Gen. Smedley 1). Battler, June 19, 1917, with revolver in hand, "followed by American offi cers armed with their revolvers," into the Haitian legislative chamber and dissolution by force of the Haitian legislative assembly. Enforced ratification. June 12, 191S, of a new Haitian constitution, with marines presiding at the ballot boxes, only ballots bearing the word "yes" being issued. Witness Exlucded, Is Charge Exclusion from the naval court of inquiry of all Haitians who had any thing to say regarding the numerous cases of murder, brutality, rape, ar son, etc. is of Haitians who wished to convince the court of inquiry of the way in which the forces of occu pation had carried out their duty in Haiti. Furthermore it is charged that more than 4/?00 prisoners died in 1918. 1919 and 1920 in the prisons at Cap Haitian, and that ":-t Chabert. an American camp, f>,475 prisoners died during these three years." "The ghastly mortality in the pri sons", continues the memorial, "to gether with confirmation by survivors, reveals a record of atrocities, of bru tality and cruelty which defies de scription, it is a record that it would be difficult to find a parallel." The memorial concludes by stating that during the five years of Ameri can occupation, Haiti "has passed through such sacrifices, tortures, de struction, humi iations and misery as have never before been known in the course of its unhappy history." For these "wrongs and injuries." the Haitian people ask reparation says the memorial, and they also re quest Hatitian police and military forces, ami withdrawal within a short period of the American military forces. Abrogation of the convention of 191.") under which American military occupation began. Convocation within short period of a consistuent assembly with all guar antees of electoral liberty. The Haitian delegates sent here to present tin- memorial are I{. Pauleus Sannon. former Haitian secretary for foreign affairs and once Haitian min ister to tlie United Staos; Stenio Vin cent, former president of the Haitian S?-nate. and Perceval Thoby, former Haitian charge d'affaires at Washing ton. They represent the Patriotic Union of Haiti, described ;is non-par tisan organization founded at Port An Prince in 1920, in which, it is claim ed, every one of Haiti's twenty-tine districts is represented. Washington, May Republican bouse Leader Mondell conferred with President Harding again today re garding the legislative situation in congress. It is understood that tha talk was <-f a general character, touehiug virtually every important subject before the house. uid Tear Not?Let all the ends Thou A SUMTER, S. C, WED? Jap Prince is Guest of England Future Ruler of Japan Being j Made Much of in English Roy al and Official Circles London. May !).?Crown Prince j Hirohito of Japan today began a [three we.-Us" vfeit in England under j the most auspicious circumstances. (The prince landed from the battleship Katori in Portsmouth harbor, being [.escorted ashore by the Prince of ?Wales, while British warships thun jdered the royal salute. Prince pro jceeded to Buckingham Palace, where he will be the guest of tin- King and ! Queen several days. He will then j visit points of historical interest in j London and southern England. go ? ing to Edinburgh on May 19th. He will probably go to France about I June 1st. ! BRUTAL MURDER NEAR KINGSTREE J. P. Miller Shot to Death by Tom Poston After Automo biles Collided ' Kingstree, May 8.?Kingstree was j thrown into a state of excitement early this morning upon receiving ' information that J. P. .Miller, a well j known electrician, who has made his . home in Kingstree for several years ! with his wire and little adopted ! daughter, had been found dead by ' the roadside one mile south of Cades ' with a bullet hole through his head. Mr. Miller had been superintendent of the electric plant at Lake City for some time and it was his custom to j come to Kingstree every Saturda;. ! night to be with his wife over Sun ; day and was on his way here when . his car was run into one mile south I of Cades by another car going in op I posite direction and occupied by Tom ! Poston and a young woman. Both [ cars were damaged in the collision and were on the road at the scene : of the killing this morning. ! Mr. Miller's body was discovered about midnight by Rural Policeman Broekington, who brought the news to Kingstree about 5 o'clock this morning, informing Sheriff Gamble j who at once notified the dead man's wife and repaired to the scene. The car was soon identified and j it was stated that Boston was di iving it last night. Sheriff Gamble found Poston at his home i sho-*; dlrttance from where the tragedy took place, , and Poston at once admitted that h< had shot Miller. When asked why he shot him. he said that he ran into ; him and he then "got hard" and he ? "just shot hell out of him." It was evident from the position of the cars in the road this morning that Mr. Miller had g'von tie* right of way by driving his car very near the edge of the ditch, leaving 20 feet on his left. The girl is said to be the only eyewitness to the tragedy. Poston's revolver. of 4"> caliber, was empty this morning. He admits shooting three times. Only one ball ' entered Miller's body and that in tin top of the head, apparently tired while Miller was in a stooping posture at the front of his car. The ball coursed downward and came out just over the left ear, without entering the brain. The.body was brought to Kingstree and prepared for burial and was taken to Hartsville this evening where Interment will be made tomorrow morning. The body was accompanied by a delegation of Masons from Lake City, where Mr. Miller was a member. A coroner's inquest was held on the spot this morning and a verdict rendered to the effect that the de ceased came to his death at hands of Tom /Poston. who was brought to Kingstree, but was hurried off to Co lumbia later, where he will be placed in the state penitentiary for safety. Mr. M?ller is well known in the South. He was from Savannah, and for a number of years was a profes sional baseball player in the South ern league. He is survived by hb wife and little adopted daughter and one brother who lives in Savannah He was 4<> years old. New German Cab inet Being Formed Socialist and Democratic Parties Will Probably Agree to Participate Berlin. May ?The national com mitteemen of the majority socialist and democratic parties conferred to day on the attitude 'hose organiza tions wiil take relative to the inter national situation resulting from the allied ultimatum. Hop'' is expressed in some quarters thai an agreement may be reached between the two parties to participate in rhe forma tion of a new cabinet. LOSS OF $30,000 AT DARLINGTON Darlington. May 7 Fire complete ly destroyed the Darlington Auto and Paint Works and the City Garage late this afternoon. A number cf cars were destroyed by the tire, entailing a total loss of about $30,000. about ? ?-ma!!y divided between the two plac ? s of business. There was no in surance. The cause of the fire is unknown. It was discovered about dark and for a time it seemed that the entire town was threataned ' MM ims't at Ikj thy Country's, Thy God's ai JESDAY, MAY 11, 1921 MONEY FOR ; COTTON EXPORTS Meeting in New York to Arrange ! j For Making Several Million Dollars Available For Cot I ton Financing Columbia. May 9.?Several million dollars for financing the exportation' of the Souths cotton crop will be available, it is state.l here today, as a result of plans to be worked out by' a special committee, which is meeting in New York city today, of which ! Former Governor R. 1. Manning, of Columbia, is a member. Governor I Manning is in Xew York to attend this meeting, and before having the! ! city yesterday he stated that the plans' to be perfected at this meeting will be submitted to the war finance cor-1 poration, which will then advance the money to finance the cotton ex-! portation. The committee of which Gov. Man-; ning is a member was organized ;it a| conference in Washington j several I months ago. Later a meeting was held in Xew Orleans and recently a third meeting in Atlanta. The committee is j composed of prominent bankers and ; business men and planters of the : South. The purpose of the committee : wa sto work out, at the suggestion of ? the war finance corporation, a plan : for financing exports. this is ! now being made for final submission. ? Governor Manning says. ; The dirctors of the American Pro 1 ducts Export and Import Corporation. j which has offices in Columbia and of which Governor Manning is president. ; held a meeting in Columbia last j Thursday, and according to a state | ment made public today, the corpo ; ration has exported since the first of ' the year and up to May 1 the total of 1 30.000 bales of cotton. During last j week 8.000 bales were exported. Governor Manning is urging those who subscribed cotton to the stock of the exports and imports corpora ; tion to "come across". The cotton. 1 not money, is needed now. he says. _ NEGRO ATTACKS GEORGIA LAW Atlanta Attorney Files Brief ! With Supreme Court Alleging That Justice is Denied Negroes _________ Washington. May 9.?Charges that ; negroes are denied equal protection in the courts of Georgia and that the legal processes of the state conns are used to deprive negroes of their property, were made in a brief filed in the suprem ? court today by J. E. Sistrunk, an Atlanta negro attorney. SCHOOL TEACHER IS INDICTED Parent of Columbia Boy Charges Teacher With Assault and Battery - I Columbia. May 9.? K. R. Gustafin-I son. a teacher in the Columbia high school, will be given a jury trial be fore a magistrate Wednesday on a charge of assault and battery pre ferred by the father of .James John-; son, a student, who alleges that the teacher injured the boy in punishing him. The teacher claims in rep!;, that he was acting within his author ity in disciplining the boy, but that his resistance caused the accident. ITALIAN OFFICIAL COMMITS SUICIDE Minister of Finance Kills Him self by Jumping From Window Rome, May r>.?Francesco Tedesco, a former minister of finance and treasury and vice president of the I chamber of deputies, committed sui cid Ly jumping f \>m a wmdoiv". Pe had been suffering from nephritis. , 'MOUNTAIN BAD MAN' GONE Mob Takes Charge Following Mistrial in Court Knoxville, Tenn.. May S.? Berry Boling, aged thirty, white, alleged "mountain laid man," was lynched Saturday night at Huntsville. Tenn.. when fifty armed men forced their way into the Scott county jail, seized Boling and hanged him to a tree a quarter "f a mile away. Boling was charged with the mur der of Mrs. Mary .fane Hartness. aged thirty, who was shot and killed at her home May Her husband. Wil liam Hartness, aged eighty, was killed by Boling about six months ago. The victim of the mob stood trial at the March term of court for lins min der, but a mistrial resulted. No was captured on May -4, given a prelimi nary healing before 'Squire Terry in connection with the second murder and bound over to tin- next term of the Circuit Court without bond. Mrs. Hartness was killed in the presence of Boling's mother. Mrs. Nancy Boling. aged sixty, and his nephew, aged 11. She was a former sister-in-law of the mobs victim, be-j ing the widow of .lohn Boling when i she married ilartiiess. Etd Truth's." THE TRUE SO UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES MEET Election of New Members of Law Faculty to Be Considered i - Columbia, May 0.?The selection of! two new instructors in the law school of the University and the future of] the R. O. T. C-, the military depart-1 ment. are matters in the hands of two committees of the University trustee, which are meeting in Columbia this afternoon. The names of J. Stuart Dudley, Co lumbia, graduate of the University, of its law school and of Harvard's law school, now practicing with a Xew| York city firm, and of W. Campbell McLain, Columbia attorney, are mentioned in connection with the law school positions. A committee composed of B. A. j Hagged. of Charleston; D. R. Coker, j of Hartsville. and W. J. Cormack. of j Columbia, is today beginning a thor-' ' ough investigation of the R. O. T. C. j with a view to recommending wheth ? er or not it shall he continued next session There is said to be some dis I cussion of the idea of discontinuing ; the military feature at the Universi ty. OIL STOCK \ GRAFTER PULLED ! Columbia, May .9.?W. L. Edwards, of Waco, Texas, is under arrest here, charged by Miss Banna Green. of New berry, with obtaining money un der false pretenses. He is an old oil : land salesman and has made quite an impression on Columbia, especially with, his handsome red automobile with nickle plated disc wheels. His bond has been fixed by Judge Whaley Of the Richland county court, at $li'oo. and his counsel say he will get ! out of jail before tonight. Judge . Whaley lias issued an order forbid ! ding Xewberry authorities from at tempting his arrest prior to 3 p. m., ! Monday. "Dud" Explodes; Kills Young Boy Columbia. May S.?Rufus Roberts, of Lykesland, a fourteen-year-old j boy. was almost instantly killed and Edmund Roberts, the boy's father se ! riously injured this afternoon, when the cap of a "dud" picked up on the j Camp Jackson artillery range, acci dentally exploded. Mr. Roberts xwas brought to the Columbia Hospital im I mediately after the accident where physicians think that blood transfu sion may save his life. The large projectile, which had failed to explode when fired on the camp range, had been carried to the house nearly a year ago and the cap take noff. The boy. who was seated beside his father on a bench near his home, attempted to use the cap as a hammer to drive a nail and evidently] struck the primer to set off the charge of high explosive used as a detonator. The bench was complete ly demolished and the boy instantly I killed, his body being literally torn to pieces, while Mr. Roberts had his left side severely torn by the explosion, his left arm lacerated and his right hand painfully cut. May Discontinue Trains Columbia. May 9.?The Railroad commission will have a hearing ? on May 11 on the petition of the Atlantic,; Coast Line Railway to discontinue trains 6S and 69 between Columbia and Sumter. The mayors and Chambers of com merce Of the two cities and also of the towns between, have been invited to have representation at the hearing. No. OS leaves Columbia, at 7:4." a.; m.. and No.. 6S reaches Columbia on the return trip at 8 p. m. Telephone. Rate Fight Columbia. May 9.?The Liberty Trusr Co.. of Columbia, has been named 1 y the executive committee oi the recently organized South Caro lina Telephone Subscribers Associa tion, as treasurer of the organization, and A. L. M. Wiggins, of Hartsville. president, has today sent broadcast over the state his appeal for support in the fight against the increased tele phine rates. Mr. Wiggins is asking that telephone subscribers and users' s.-nd contributions of from SI to t<> aid in the phone fight. No con tribution of more than $1?"> is to f?e re ceived. Every subscriber is :ixked to give at least $1. Mr. Wiggins' statement attacks the American Telephone and Telegraph company as a monopoly and he claims the parent company manipulates the affairs of the subsid/ary companies, such as the Southern Bell. Ii-.1 claims that the higher telephone charges are not necessary to the Bell com pany's making reasonable returns on its investment. Jefferson ville, Ind.. May 8. John It. Grimm, fifty years ? Id. guard at the Indian: State Reformatory here, was beaten to death and two convicts wore >h"i in a mutiny here tonight. After killing Grimm the convicts took his revolver and compelled a captain of tbe guard to surrender his wean on. One company of the local fire department has been called out to assist in quelling the disturbance. Washington. May ?The foreign horn white population of New York city is announced by the census bu reau as :{."..! per cent of the total pop ulation as compared with 40.4 per cent a decade ago. Florence County Murderer Ap peals to Supreme Court to Set Aside Verdict of Jury CLAIMS THAN CONVICTION WAS ILLEGAIi Effort to Defeat the Ends of Jus tice is Baseu Upon Technical ity that Court Held Over From Saturday to Monday g ** J Columbia. May 0.?Edmund D. Bigham, of Pamplico, charged with murdering five members of his .amily and ander sentence of death, appear ed in the supreme court room today and argued, through his counsel, R. H. King, of Florence, for his release from the state penitentiary on the around that he was held illegally. The verdict against him being illegal. His argument was that the verdict and sentence against him were im posed on March -S. when the statute specifies that the court at which he was tried should end at midnight the I'm;1., which was Saturday. The court took the motion under advisement and will render a decision later. J3ig ham was of normal appearance. He wore slouchy civilian clothes and an army hat. He was in custody of Capt. Day o? the penitentiary guard. Convict to Serve Term on Gang Negro to Begh* His Term After Enjoying Two Years of Freedom ? Altamont Murray, a negro who was sentenced to the chain gang during a term of court nearly two yec.rs ago and who had skipped his bond, was brought to Sumter on Saturday morning by Sheriff Hurst and Rural Officer Newman and placed on the chain gang to begin his sentence. Murray was !u ied in his absence and convicted of the charges of as sault and battery with intent to kill. Murray had. while under the influ ence of whiskey, drawn a pistol on Dr. and Mrs. AV. A. Alston as they attempted to pass him in the public road near Hagood. Murray was recognized in'Bishop ville and arrested there on Friday. He stated that he had been working in Washington, D. C, prior to his re turn to Bishopville. Mittle Fo and Guilty ~ Orangeburg Jury Convicts Greenville Man After Long rsrv Orangeburg. May S.?Edward X. Mittle of Greenviiie. merchant, charg ed with murder of J. H. Patterson, was found guilty of manslaughter, with recommendation to mercy, by an Orangeburg jury this morning about 8 o'clock. Judge Bowman and attorneys in the case reached the court house at about 9 o'elock when the verdict was read. The case went to the jury about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and upon first ballot taken in the jury room it was found that the jurors were apart in views and a compromise verdict could not be reached until 14 hours deliberation in an all night session. Judge Bowman announced at re quest of counsel that as Solicitor Hydrick, C. L. 1 .lease. Mendel L. Smith. W. C. Wolfe. T. M. Raysor and J. Leroy Dukes, of counsel in the Mittle ease would, likely all be en gaged or present at the hearing of the appeal in the Carlos Corbett case before the supreme court on Monday, that the semen e against Mittle would n?>t be pr< nounced until Tues day morning, it is understood that Mittle will appeal to the supreme court, if a new trial is refused him bv Judge Bowman.. Catts is Still Missing : Starke. Fla., May S.?Sidney J. Catts. former governor of Florida, .min ted here las: week by the Brad ford county grand jury for the alleg ed acceptance of $700 while governor for his favorable vote on the grant ing of a conditional pardon to a convict serving a life sentence for murder, had not reported to Sheriff Kperson tonight. The sheriff, who holds a capias for the arrest of Catts still felt confident the former governor would come to Starke within the next few days and furnish bond in the sum of $5.000 set by Circuit Judge l*>ng. Deeds to valuable property owned by Catts in and about Defuniak Springs were filed in that city Friday, transferring the holdings to a daugh ter of the former governor, according to advices received here today. Maidstone. England. May 7.?Pre mier Lloyd George declared today that if Germany is disarmed in ac cordance with the Versailles treaty she was? entitled to i;sk that the allies insist on the d .?armament of Poland. He said he was delighted to see the meeting of the two national Irish leaders, "what will ? nsue 1 cannot predict, but it is a good sign."