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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
NO ENCAMpMENT THIS YEAR
Soldiers Will Not Have Chance fOr
Instruction.

Columbia, June 2O.-The hopes Of
the members Of the National Guard
of South Car, Una have gone gllmmer-
lnS, so far as an encampement is
concerned. While no official state
ment has been made by Adjt. Gen.
Moore 1t is very doubtful as to wheth-
er either Of the three regiments of
the National Guard will go into camp
during the summer.
Lack Of funds is given as the rea-
son. 1t is probable that one Of the
regiments would have gone into camp
near Columbia if an invitation had
been extended by this city. The
statement "as made at the office of
the adjutant general that an invita-
ton had not been extended by the
city Of Columbia for the regiment to
cncamp here.
Adit Cen Moore is expected to
make some definite announcement i'm
a few days about the matter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
PENITENTIARY DIRECTORS MEET.
Question of AbOlishing Hosiery Mill
Will Come Up for Discussion
May Go to Courts.

Columbia. June 21.-The board of
directors of the State penitentiary
will meet here today in special ses-
sion for the purpose of making ar
rangements to abolish the contract
with the management of the hosiery
mill, which is located at the prison,
and which employs several hundred
convicts. J. NJ. Graham, the man.
ager Of the mill, who holds a contract
for five years with the State, was ask
ed as to what course he would pur-
sue. He had no statement to make.
1t is expected that he will appear be-
fore the board and make some state
ment as to his position.
1t is very probable that the eLtire
matter will have to be decided by the
courts, as there is some doubt as to
the legal right Of the board of di-
rectors to abolish the contract.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
STILL WINDING UP.
BLEASE'S COMMISSION MEETS IN
NEWBERRY.
Edgar Nj. Thomson, the New Member,
Elected SecretaIy--S. w. scruggs
Asks for $4,000 Which He Says He
Spent on &. III. Charles.

Columbia, June 21.--The dispen-
sary winding-up commission is In ses-
sion at Newberry today. The first
business was the election of Edgar M. T..
Thomson, of Columbia, as secretary
to succeed Secretary Frank B. Kellay,
resigned, whose place on the COM
mission was filled by the appo;ntInon,
of Mr.. Thomson.
Messrs Brantley, Thomson and
Dominick are attending the meeting
Mr.. Brantley presiding in the az
sence Of Acting Chairman jain V.
Wallace. Various matters were gone
over with the new members. Attor-
ney c. c. Wyche Of Spartanburg ap-
peared in behalf of S. w. Scruggs,
who claims $4,000 due him. alleged
to have been spent in holding Lodi
Charles. as witness against the dispcn-
sary grafters.
Governor Blease is in Newberry. He
expects to return this afternoon and
has asked the State board Of edu-
cation not to adopt any text books
until he returns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
REPUBLICANS ON THE RUN.
"ANh SENATOR'S VOTE WITH
DEMOCRATS ON TARIFF
Republicans of West Now Demand
Observation-Disclosures That if Reci-
procity is Adopted, There Must be
General Changes in Tariif-House
Wool Bill to be Reported Today.

Washington, June 21.-The throw
ing of the Democratic wool revision
OIL INTO the senate today drove the
lhsurgent Republicans of that BODY
into an open coalition with the Demo-
Gratis in q demand for a general re-
vision of the tariff, and brought about
the threatened crisis in the finance
committee in the control of the senate.
AT the end Of a bitter fight the reso-
luton by Senator Gore requiring the
Hhance committee to report back the
wool bill before July 10 was passed by
vote of 80 to IS.
Western Republicans who have
fought the reciprocity measure, TAX
ing up challenges thrown down by the
Democratic leader, followed each 9TH
er in rapid succession in their ulti-
matums to the senate leaders.
These ultimatums were invariably
that before the reciprocity bill is
permitted to pass a Republican sem
ate will be forced to undertake a re-
vision Of other schedules Of the tariff,
including much more than the woolen
revision bill and the free list, which
have gone through the house of rep
resentatives.
or the affirmative votes cast for
the Gore motion overthrowing the
finance committee, sixteen were Re-
publicans. They were Senators Bo-
ran, Bourne, Bristow, Brown, Clapp,
Crawford, Cummins, Dixon, Gronna,
Jones, Kenyon. La Toilette, Nelson,
PoindeXter, Townsend and Works.
This included the full insurgent
strength Of 13 and in addition Sena-
tors Jones, Nelson and Townsend.
Senator Myers was the only Demo-
crat voting with the Republicans
against the motion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
NEGRO SHOOTING NEAR ELLO-
REE,
Joe Fairnott Dies at Hands of John
FOgle-Liquor?

Elloree, June 19.-Joe Fairnott
was shot and killed by John Fogle,
both colored, near Oak Grove Color
ed Church. about six miles below
here, at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. 1t appears that these negroes
had gathered, as has been their GUS
tom, to dispose of whiskey to each
other.
Fairnott. the deceased, with anoth-
er negro, bought IL quarts Of whiskey
to sell among the negroes. it is said,
and he was secluded in the edge of a
woods near the church ground, when
four negroes purchased a quart, and
after imbibing freely, refused to pay
for the whiskey.
Fairnott seized Fogle, who was un-
armed, and told him if he did not pay
for the whiskey he would kill him.
Another negro standing nearby slip
ped a pistol in Fogles hand and he
fired upon Fairnott the ball striking
him in the neck, severing the jugular
vein. Fairnott died before medical
aid could reach him. Magistrate r.
M. Fielder empanelled a jury yester-
day afternoon and the verdict was
rendered in accordance with the
abCVe.
Fogle and the accessories to the al
ieSed crime are now in the custody Of
NJ" gistrate Fielder and will he lodged
in the Orangeburg Jail this after
noon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
DETECTIVES TO BE REMOVED.
Blease Will Remove Dispensary Con-
stables i'm Dry Counties where Sher-
ifs and uSperviSors Ask Ii.

Columbia, June 22.-FollOWing the
receipt Of replies TO his inquiry by
letter as to the sentiment in dry
counties on the question as to wheth-
er dispensary cOnstabl should be
retained there, Gov. Blease said this
afternoon that the constables would
remove from counties where the sher-
ifs and supervisors reported these
detectives unnecessary for the en-
forcement of the liquor laws.
Governor Blease sent his inquiries
into 20 counties. Gov. Blease modi-
fled his statement afterwards by say
ing it was his present intention to
remove the detectives where the
sheriffs and supervisors ask il, except
in two or three cases where his pri-
vate Information indicates that they
are needed.
Sheriff EppeYson, of sumter says
he has conferred with Supervisor
PITTS and they have no doubt local
officials can handle the liquor situ-
alton to better advan;age than spc-
cial conStables.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
NAVY YARD TO BE ABANDONED.
Department Plans to Have Only Three
Yards OH Atlantic Coast Instead of
Six.

Washington, June 19.--It is believed
the end Of the Charleston navy yard
is not far away.
secretary Meyer, appearing before
the house committee on expenditure
in navy department, today told the
committee that at the next session of
congress he will recommend the
abandonment of all navy yards on
the Atlantic coast excepting three. and
That the concentration Of all docking
and repair facilities will be urged for
these points. Mr.. Meyer said that he
believed three yards on the Atlantic
coast and three on the Pacific coast
will give the maximum efficiency in
time Of war He declined to say which
Of three great yards on the Atlantic
will be abandoned and which MAIN
tanned.
These six yards are at Portsmouth
New York, Philadelphia. Boston, Nor
folk and Charleston. He said that he
had turned over to a joint army and
navy board the determination Of the
question.
when the Panama canal Is OPEN
ed said Mr.. Meyer, "it Will become
still moro evident that all these navy
yards are not needed on the Atlantic
coast because the feet will be a part
OF the time i'm the Atlantic ana part
of the time I'm the Pacific"
Fhc great naval bases i'm time of
war would he Pearl IIarbor on the
Pacific side and Guantanamo on the
Atlantic side"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
r. s. c.. SATURDAY, JUNE % 1911
CAN NOT ACCEPT CENTRAL OF
FICE" PLAN IN DARK.
Hazy Parts of Plan for Cotton Bill of
Lading Notification Must be Elu-
cidatcd Before Acceptance.

New York. June 2O.-Bankers
from the South and Southwest and
representatives of other cotton in
terests decided at conference here
today that further elucidation Of
doubtful points IL the Liverpool cen
tral Office" plan for verifcation Of
cotton bills Of lading Is necessary be-
fore the plan can be given proper
consideration. Definite approval was
given the methods of safeguarding
bills of lading embodied in the agree
ment now being signed by the rail
roads. The concensus Of opinion Of
those at the conference today was ex-
pressed in the following resolutions:
THE conference thoroughly dis
cussed the plan submitted for verifi-
cation through a central office pro-
posed to be established by the Liver
pool cotton conference committee Of
1907, and concluded that the method
carried with it certain vague respon-
sibilities, which are likely to lead to
litigation and contention in the fu-
ture. and that these elements Of
doubt must be cleared up by the
Liverpool committee to the entire sat-
isfaction of the American committee
before 1T can be considered"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
WOOL MEASURE PASSED.
THE UNDERWOOD BILL GOES
THROUGH WITHOUT AMEND
MENT.
Twenty-fOur Republicans Join DEM
ocrats I'm Supporting Bill Which
Strikes at Schedule IA"

Washington, June 20.-The house
of representatives, by vote OF 221
to 100, today passed the Underwood
wool tariff revision bill providing for
a reduction of the duty on wool and
manufactures ot wool. Twenty-four
Republicans voted with the Demo-
Gratis for the passage of the measure,
and one Democrat. Representative
Francis of Ohio. voted against 1t.
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted be-
ing slight change in phraseology.
Almost five hours We're spent by
the house in debate under the five
minute rule. Immediately preceding
the final vote, a motion offered by
Representative Payne IN. Y.) that
the bill be resubmited to the ways
and means committee with instruc-
tions that 1t await a report from the
tariff board on the wooden industry
before making final report of the bill
was lost by a vote of 1S9 to us.
Representative Underwood, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee, and in charge of the bill, kept
his forces well together in their op-
position to all amendments. While
some Democrats proposed amend
ments, with one exception they voted
with the party when the bill came to
passage.
Representative Murdock, one Of the
insurgent Republicans who finally
voted for the bill, proposed several
amendments placing certain grades Of
wool on the free list. His purpose in
these amendments. he stated, was to
give to the American people protec-
ton from the worsted trust by max
ing free "those articles which enter
into the manufacture Of trust-con-
trolled woolen products"
Mr.. Murdock appealed to Repre-
sentative Harrison On. " "a Demo
cratic member Of the ways and means
committee. and to others of the party
who had favored placing wool on the
free list, to support him. Mr.. Har-
rison replied that "he would vote for
the bill. although he would have
placed raw wool on the free list IL
his personal desires had prevailed"
The bill places a duty Of 20 per
cent ad valorem on raw wool i'm
ports as against an average duty of a
little more than A. per cent. ad
valorem under the present law. On
parity manufactured wool and on
products manufactured in whole or In
part from wool the average duty un-
der the proposed law would be about
42.5 per cent ad valorem as com
pared with the present average ad
valorem duty Of more than 90 per
cent. The ways and means commit
tee has estimated that the bill would
reduce the annual revenue under the
wooden schedule Of the present tariff
, law by more than s1,000.000.
The bill prescribes that it shall be
, in effect January l next, but it Is no,
! believed that the bill will pass the
senate at this session.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
Ls'oUTHERN TRUCKMEN sTRIkI.
Hundred Men 60 out ~ Spencer. y.
g.. hut Railroad Soon ITlI Their
Places

Ashevile, y. c.. June t9.--Because
of q demand for an Increase OF 25
cents per day in wages was refused,
100 truckmen. employed by the South
ern Railway company NJ It's sheds In
Spencer. ~. c.. went out on a strike
today. Within two hours the South
ern shipped two carloads of men
from Greensboro and other points to
take the place OF the strikers. and
the freight Is being handled as usual.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

Washington, June 20.-Through its
first witness, Cyrus II. Mccormick, Of
Chicago. president Of the Internation-
al Harvester Company. the Senate
LOrimer investigating committee sue
ceeded today in introducing into it's
record the principal allegation upon
which the Senate was induced to re-
open the case against the Illinois
Senator. 1t was to Clarence Funk,
the manager of the Harvester Com
pany, that Edward Hines is alleged
to have made a request for a contri-
button Of $4,000 as part Of a fund
of 100000 to be used in Lorimer's
behalf.
Mr.. Mccormick said Funk told him
of this proportion and said that he
had refused and by his refusal had
won his (McCormick's) commenda-
ton. Mr.. Mccormick testified that
he held aloof from politics.
The counsel for Senator Lorimer
sought to show that in many States
the company had made an effort to
prevent the passage of bills consider
ed Objectionable to it. The witness
admitted that the company had made
general opposition to legislation pro-
viding for the manufacture of bind
ing twine ir prisons.
For the day, Mr.. Lorimer was rep
resented by William j. Hynes, Of Chi
cago, whose primary purpose in at
tending the meetings is to represent
Edward Hines, the Chicago lumber
man, whose name has been brought
into the case as that of the originator
Of the alleged fund of 100000 in
Lorimer's interest. In view of the
absence of Judge Elbridge Hancy, Mr..
Lorimer's personal counsel the COM
mittee permitted Mr.. Hynes to rep
resent the Senator at today's hearing.
by his course Mr.. ITynes made it
clear that it is the intention of Lori
mer to neglect no line Of defence.
Although Mr.. McCormick's tcsti-
mony against the accused Senator was
Of hear-say character only, the +
torncy sought 10y every means in his
power to break it down. The evi-
dent purpos" was to show a general
motive for the opposition to Mr.. Lori.
mcr and To connect the Harvester
Company with it.
Among the onlookcrs was former
senator Hopkins, whom Mr. Lorimcr
succeeded, and Manager KocIer. Of
the Chicago Tribune, which publish
ed the first charg" of irrcguIaritv i'm
LorimCr'S election.
TN" committee will meet next at
p. m. Thursday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

POWDER TRUST BUSTED.
DECREE ON LINES OF OH. Ann
TOBACCO DECISIONS IN
DUPONT CASE.
No"r' Announces Ihat Ii Hear
Suggestions October IL , " One
Individual Defendant ~ md Not
GuiIty-FOurteen { - Convicted.

Wilmington. 7 %,une 21.-The
United States y court for the
district of T o. re today handed
down a d y. declaring that the
alleged po, I trust, which is domi-
mated by the E. 1. Dupont de Nemours
company, is a combination in restraint
OF Interstate commerce in powder
and other convencies in violation of
section / of the Sherman antitrust
law; that it attempted to monopolize
and moGopolized part Of such COM
merce in violation Of section Of
the same law, and decraeing that the
combination shall be enjoined from
continuing this violation and that it
shall be dissolved.
The action against the powder trust
was begun by the government in 1907
and was directed against 43 corpo-
rate and individual defendants. The
suit as TO Is of the defendants was
dismissed because of some Of the con-
NAA' oAS Jul VI CAlSlSllCS VI II WIS
not shown that they were parties to
the combination.
The court in an interlocutory de-
cree fixed October 16 as the date to
hear both of the injunctions to be
granted and consider plan for dis
solving said coordination, which shall
be submitted by the petitioner and
the defendant or any of them, to the
end that this court may ascertain and
determine upon plan or method for
such dissolution which will not de-
prive the defendants of the opportu-
nifty to recreate out of the elements
now composing said combination a
new condition which shall be honestly
in harmony with and not repugnant
to the law"
This followed to some extent the
decree issued by the United States
supreme court i'm the Standard Oil
and the tobacco cases.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

New York, June 19.-Bankers, rep
f'Senling New Orleans. st. Louis and
other cotton interests Of the South
ana the Southwest were in conference
here today with members Of the bills
"f lac Y committee Of the American
Bankers Association.
Various technical details were dis
cussed relating To- the proposed es-
tablishment of clearing house for
bills of lading, but no conclusion was
reached. 1t IS understood that the
conference will he continued this
month.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

Columbia. JLnc 21.-The state eX-
hihit will he moved during the week
from the state fair grounds to the
University of South Carolina. The
exhibit will Ice placed in LeConte col
lege at the university. and will be
open to the public. The exhibit was
shown at the jamestown exposition
and resolution by the last general
assembly placed it under the super
vision of Commissioner Watson. The
exhibit will be permanently arranged.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
RUSHED TO LEXINGTON JNu.
Negro Arrested at Swanson Chorpcd
with Serious Crime il Hurried
Nway in automobile.

swansea, June 20.--Sam Carter, a
negro about % years old. attempted
TO commit rape upon a white child
about IL years of age here this even
ing. The negro was arrested upon
a warrant and. under the watchful
care OF constable. carried In an au-
tomobile to Lexington, where ne was
lodged In jail for safekeeplng.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon McNa;r and
little child are visiting Mrs. McNair's
mother. Mrs. NJ. J. Hill on Church
street
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

Mr.. b. c. Trippett and Miss Eliza
beth Trippett. Of Boykin, were in the
city Tuesday.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24
LoR|MER PR0BERS At WORK.
CYRUS MCCORMICK FIRST WIT.
NESS AT HEARING.

President of International Harvester
Company Tells of Request Made to
COmpany's Secretary for COntribu-
ton to Alleged "Slush Fund" to
Elect LOrimer SenatOr-Principal
Information Upon which Famous
Illinois Bribery Case was Reopen
ed by the Senate.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-24

MT j. E. King spent Tuesday in
Columbia.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-07-22

hat temperature of "a degrees be-
low zero had been gone through. On
this particular date the temperature
at Omaha, the starting point of the
balloon. was Al degrees above zero.
Another balloon registered an air
current travelling at a rate OF more
than 100 miles an hour.
The instruments used are so deli
cate that one of them-that for meas
uring the umidity-depends for it's
record upon the distance that a human
hair will lengthen on passing through
a stratum of air which contains slight
ly more moisture than did the stratum
Immediately below IT,
The records are made upon a SCOT
covered cylinder by a stylus point, OPP
Grated by a level, which in turn is
controlled by the instruments This
cylinder is slowly turned by a clock
work arrangement, and when the box
as returned to the weather station a
glance at the sooty covering will give
the atmospheric pressure. the humid
ity. and the wind velocity at any
height traversed by the balloon.
The strand of hair used in the in
strument for determining the humid
ity is chemically dried before it is
placed In position. Thereafter, upon
passing through a moist stratum, the
hair absorbs portion Of the moisture.
the hair lengthens and the stylus
point records the change on the cyl.
inder. II the next stratum Is dry
some Of the moisture in the hair Is
evaporated. the hair becomes shorter
and the cylinder makes the record
accordingly.
The AR pressure is determined, OF
recorded by the aid OF a small cyl
inder. from which most of the air has
been drawn. small plunger, tc
which is attached a stylus point
makes the necessary scratches on the
Soot-covered cylinder.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-07-22
lOR|NG THE AIR
Six Nations Interested in Series
of Investigations.
Mass Of Information Concerning Con.
ditions In High Attitudes 10 Be-
Ing Obtalned--W Gather Bal
looms Used for Tesla

Omaha--Six nations are Interested
In series of Investigations now be-
ing carried on in Omaha by the United
States government and elaborated In
by the governments of England, Ger
many, France. Italy and Belgium
These Investigations have for their OBJ
ject the thorough exploration OF the
atmosphere at height of more than
ten miles above the earth's surface.
and so successfully are they being car
ried out that mass of information
concerning conditions existing as high
as eighteen miles up in the air has
been secured. Similar explorations
are being conducted in the countries
named above and when these are
completed all information gathered
by each country Is to be exchanged
with all other countries engaged in
the Investigations
The research is being prosecuted
with the assistance of weather bal.
looms" which are sent aloft bearing in
attached baskets a number of delicate
contrivances for measuring whatever
conditions are met on the trip from
earth through the clouds and back
again to earth. The experiments con
tinue for two weeks, a weather bal
loon being sent up each afternoon
during that period by each of the six
governments. When the information
thus gained is properly arranged the
meteorological bureaus in each of the
countries taking part will receive tab
ulated copies.
The little balloons, which are six
feet In diameter, are so arranged that
that they will explode somewhere far
above the ten-mile level, the explosive
force being the hydrogen with which
the bag is filled.
One OF these balloons recently
reached height of Is miles before
bursting and at that altitude the tenn
perature was only So degrees below
zero, although at point between nine
and ten miles high the records showed
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-07-22

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