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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

'olumhi.. June l.-"lts only a
cdmpai,.n lie; there's not Il word of
truth in it, ann i'm the governors
race to the finish" This WAS Cover
nor ll"1ScS statement today when
aShcd Ihnut the story that has been
."iuE the rounds to the effect that
IA" would hh,iE Withdraw from the
SUN'lUrr'S T"cv and enter the race
FOR tnr United states Senate against
Hcuiamin Il; Tilman. Thc story was
first heard "l three or four weeks
ago and had recently gained great
currency. The governor returned Yes
t"rdaN from a speaking trip To Green
wood ana Ninety six.
My "trip" hc srid was most en-
c"uraging. spoke at C;rccnWo"d to
about 5000 pr"plc. / WAS surprised
at the ~izr of tn" crowd. spoke
at Ninrty-SiN at night to about 900.
I hay" great hopes now of carryinp
Greenwood county, which has always
been AGAINST me"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

thought efficient men could be found
To be placed at the head of the city
government under the new system.
lie thought il Very desirable to have
Il change from the present system as
the present one could not go on with
out serious disaster to the city. Bust
ness methods should be applied and
even if the new form of government
was an experiment, the experiment
should be made. I'VE should not be
bound down by tradition," he said.
efficiency and ability" are needed and
efficiency has not been obtained un-
der the present form of city govern
ment. He advised the people to vote
for commission form of govern
ment under the departmental system.
and then, afterwards. the business
manager could be obtained if he was
needed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12
THOUGHT WOMAN MYRTLE
HAWKINS.
Sp;UtanbulG Man Had Onccr to Come
From IcndCrsOnyiiic to Identify
Woman.

1t WAS learned Thursday that
Wednesday night two men. whose
names could not be ascertained. one
supposed 10 be from Hendersonville
and one from Spartanburg. tried to
secure warrant from Magistrate
Wells for the arrest of woman
staying in Il house in the southern
part Of the city whom they claimed
was Myrtle Hawkins, the woman
who was supposed by many To have
died under very peculiar conditions
in Hendersonville, y. c.. last summe.
and for whose murder Il number of
persons are now on trial at that
place in the circuit court.
However,. the men. it was learned.
found their search fruitless. for the
woman who was taken To be Myrtle
Hawkins was found to be another wo-
man. 1t was reported Thursday that
the mis- take WAS due to the fact that
the two women did look something
alike and the further fact that the
man who made the mistake was not
familiar with the real Myrtle Hawk
ins, but had only seen her two or
three times
The particulars of the matter rs
reported are that travelling man
from Spartanburg arrived here sat
urday night and seeing the woman
mlstook her for the Hawkins Wo-
man. He spoke to her and his opin-
ion was strengthened. He then i'm
iheuiateIE wrote on to Henderson,
'''"" fnr S"meone who knew Myrtle
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

a city manager-a business man-to
look after the affairs of the whole
city. He did not believe such Il man
could he obtained. He thought that
the departmental system was the
less harmful of the two forms of com
mission government. He did not be-
lleNc the people would adopt an act
with the flaws in it which Mr.. Epps
had pointed out. He did not believe
that the ptop.e could get changes
made i'm the act by the legislature.
He did not think that manager, or
that three men We're able 10 run the
town. He did not think that the city
these officers To eXpend all of their
time on the city's affairs. He was i'm
favor of continuing the old form of
government and paying the chair
men of the principal committees a
sufficient remuneration for their
time.
Mr. Helser did net have any crtl
cism 10 offer the old form of govern
ment. but lie was in favor of the pro-
posed form. He was in favor of the
officials being paid for their services.
as he believed that they would give
better services if they were remuner-
ated He thought the city able to pay
for the proper discharge of its duties.
He was in favor of the departmental
system. as opposed to the manager
system.
He stated that all parts of the bill
were the same as the bill for Colum-
bia which had existed in force for
more than two years. without any of
the defects pointed out by Mr.. Epps,
proving it to be DISASTROUS The Of
ficers should keep regular Office hours
and meet constantly to direct the af-
fairs Of the city and correct defects
which crepr i'm. The statute had been
drafted by twenty-one of the best
lawyers in the state those on the
Judiciary Committee. and he did not
think that this able body of men
would pass an act which would not
stand legally.
Mr.. II. II. Noise thought that as
no other lawyer of the Sumter bar
agreed with Mr.. Epps on his points
of law of the act that it was n good
sign that the bill was go. X" He
thought it should he put before the
people on the grounds of whether or
no 1t was the best thing for the city
and not as to whether or not it was
technically perfect however. The
present council was anxious to pass
over 10 the new form of city govern
ment, there must be something in this
and it was good reason for chang
ing. He did not think that there
rH. 'i iil''Cnl't :. = .a'.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

Ter not do likewise. lie nau come
up to the meeting before without any
preference as to the forms Of gov
ernment. but he now, after a careful
and thorough consideration had de-
cided that this new form was the best
and he hoped the people of Sumter
would consider the matter carefully
and earnestly and adopt this proposed
form of government next Tuesday, as
the cities under it had been shown TO
be more prosperous than other cities.
Mr.. McLaurin said that the affairs
of the city were now i'm a serious
condition and in the near future sit
uations would have to be faced which
the present form of city government
could not deal with. The time was
coming when Il business man. Il man
of proved efficiency and ability. must
ne placed in charge of the affairs of
the city. man who would give his
whole time and energy to the affairs
of the city He was i'm favor of "A
general manager. He believed that
a man could hc obtained to fill the
position at Il suitable salary-a man
who could deal with all problems To
the best advantage for the city. lie
was anxious to get away from the
present system with its slip-shod. un-
systematic methods and adopt some
newer and better form Of city gov
ernmcnt. Get commission govern
ment and t1cn decide ON which form
was best fer the whole city. at any
rate" he said
Mr. j. y. Warren stated. at this
point, that the people had come to
near about the CommiSSon form oc
government and not about technical-
ltlcS of the law. The minds of tn"
people were confused and he thought
II best to let the matter rest until a
law which the ordinary layman c"ull
understand was passed
MI L. J. Manning stated that in
thc SCnat" the procedure had always
h""n To have the lawyers ON the com
mht"" explain tn" law first. but gen
"rAllN there W"r" s." many differences
IN opinion that th" laymcn ou the
'"inlhltt"" could not understand the
law when il was explained He WAS
IN iaNor of settling the form of city
government now. the time ought not
he delayed. "" Thought that the city
needed a chang" ANA then, after "A
change had been made ne thnurht if
would hC tim" To decide which ut the
w" system was best. The mcrtinEs
"i touuCu now We're too far apart
someone should bc i'm active chnrpN
"I TN" aitailS of tn" city at all times.
Tn" present trouble was i'm the system
ana not IN the men as Mr.. Gihhcs
had stated. He Thought the city
should pay for what il cot ana he
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

ed unsuccessful. the city could return
To the old form of government after
six years, or before then by special
enacment of the legislature. if il was
thought necessary and best To do so.
There was some discussion as to
who would make the next speech. it
heing finally decided To have Mr.. Clif-
ton to speak. although he was to an
swer the arguments offered by Mir.
Epps concerning defects i'm the act
without having heard these argu-
ments. except through conversation
on the streets.
Mr.. Clifton stated that there might
be some minor defects, but that there
was certainly nothing dreful or dis
astrous for the people of Sumter in
the act. as Mr.. Epps would have them
believe. These defects could be cor
rected. however. if they were in the
bill at any time. as great part of
the work the legislature was. in pas
sing bills remedying defects. He stat
ed that the sumter people were in a
through as the governor had stated
he would veto any commission form
hill which was passed and had already
vetoed several 1t was finally de-
cided To attach the special amend
ment referring to sumter To the gem
eral bill which was up before the Gen.
eral Assembly. This simply gave the
people the right to vote on the form
of government they wanted. the new
or the old system. and. in case the
new system was chosen, whether they
wanted q manager or not. The sec
tion referring To elections was in
tended simply to refer to elections
on the adoption of the commission
form of government. He then stated
that the law itself made it mandatory
for its Interpretation according to
wording. He did not see any real
need of the initiative, recall and refer
endum. as they would probably never
be used. The people wanted some
thing done despite technical objec-
tions. and this new form of govern
ment offered change which might
result i'm great good. but. If 1t did
not, II might he changed back To the
old form at the end of six years.
Mr.. Clifton stated that ne thought
that all would agree with him when
he stated that they all wanted to do
what was best for the city. In speak
ing of the benefit which Columbia
had derived from the commission
form of government. Mr.. Huger
stated that Columbia had a source of
revenue which Sumter did not have,
q. which Nlr. CLIFTON r,t-~.ca that IL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-12

N' 70 Ni'r. NI..f .4IF |''fll ~. fai f.f
of government so that funds wou,u .c
spent judiciously. Sumter had done
well in the past under the old system,
but how much better it would do i'm
the future with the commission
form of government.
He thought the departmental sys-
tenn best. as he thought ii best To have
q head for each department of the
city government He thought that
Sumter had good men who could fill
the positions efficiently and we'll He
did not believe that there was any
defect in the act which should pre-
vent any person from voting for its
adoption at the election next Tuesday
Mr.. Epps stated that he had come
To the first meeting for the purpose
the city at heart. This new form Of
government proposed was a cOmbina-
/ tion Of the Galveston. Des Moines and
manager system which they were
'NhlS l" CTdW DOWN the tnfoatS or
the people" He maintained what ne
had said previously about the de-
fects I'm the law concerning the or
dcrtng of elections. and other points.
lie pointed out that the council
I might do this and 1t might do that"
there was too much freedom of ac-
tinp IL fssh
after an election to investigate and
convict the councllmen of fraud. but
would an attorney appointed by them
seek To- convict Of fraud those who
had appointed him To office? He un-
dcrS,ood that the act had been drawn
up i'm two hours and ne did not be-
h"vc In "vcrthrowing the govern
mcnt Of a hundred years with the
work uf a fcW men during that brief
time. lie was opposed tu the man
agcr system. as a man could not hc
found who could do all the things
that would bc required Of him and.
besides. probably, Il man from out
sidc would hc obtained who would
try 4" rcVolutinniZc the affairs of the
city without urSt learning the tra-
litionS "f the city. lie did not sec
how "a system which began with the
increase OF TIA" expenses of the city
y per cent could hc cheaper for the
city.
He pointed out that the man re
c"iving the highest number Of votes
might run over with the man re-
cctving the lowest number of votes.
referring To- the section of the act
that required the mayor ana the can
didatc receiving the highest number
of votes I" run over in case the recall
was used at any time
Mr.. Eoylc Thought that MIR. Jcn-
uiugs had CoutrHdictcd himself. IIc,
Mr. Jennings had first stated that
they needed specialists To- run the city
and had then stated that they wanted
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-12

tR LOCKOUT STANDS !.
Day Book understands it: The 4
lockout of the pressmen and the 3
strike of the stereotypers are still D
on but the newsboys and drivers Il
have returned to work. So have J
many of the pressmen and stereo- ,
typers, although they left their Y
unions when they went back.
The charter of the old stereo- .
typers' union was Cancelled by1
President Freel, of the INTERNAL
tional, and charter issued to a l
new union, made up of men who
left the old union and went back l
to work while the strike was on.
1t is understood that the publish
ers will not permit the new uniono
to give cards to members of the
old union who conducted the
strike. d.
So far as the pressmen are con- 4
cerned, the open shop exists in all
newspapers that are members off,
the publishers association, and 2
no pressman. carrying union cards
are at work in any of these Offices. v
AS for The World being on sale
on scab stands, there really are I
no scab stands; all the newsboysY
went back to work. There was
no money for the strike benefits,
no funds to carry on the fight. ,
And both union and non-union
papers are on the same stands. Sot
the open shop exists as to stands.
The Chicago Federation of La i
Dor, after careful Investigations
placed the blame for the trouble !
on the Hearst papers, and placed 2
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-12

newspaper lockout and strike.
The letter follows:
Gentlemen:
Being union man 1 would
like to know where we stand in
the newspaper strike. l know
that the drivers went back and I
hope that does not make the
strike oyer, as long as the press
men are still out.
81 belong to the molders' union
and we meet next Saturday night
and l want to bring the strike
question up, as you know there
are lots of union men who will go
back to the scab papers the first
chance they get. 1 have heard on
all sides that the strike is over,
and lots of people are not going
to take The World any more.
The World is good enough for me
and l am going to do all l can for
that paper. L want to try and
have all the union men stay
with it.
81 think The Day Book and
The World ought to come out
with statement so that we will
be able to put up a fight for the
paper.
81 am going to do all I can to
put the Hearst papers on the bum.
The World is being sold on the
scab stands all over town and 1
haven't seen anything in the
paper why they are'there.
Hoping you will favor US with
something in The Day Book, and
ask The World to do the same, l
beg to remain"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
FINGERS OFF

Too great a feel for fight"
spirit on the part of Steve Peters,
who mixed it, with two women
at 1913 Opera alley last evening,
landed him in the county hospi-
tai where he is today suffering
painful bodily injuries. One of
the women is minus an index nm
ger, bitten off, it Is said, by Pet
etrs during the encounter.
About 1915 o'clock last night
Peters entered the hotel bristling
with beligerance, according 10
the women's story. He became
so troublesome they ordered him
out. Instead or doing as they re-
quested, they say, he attempted TO
GUST them into the street. They
resisted and in the scuffle one
of the women lost a finger.
The "deadlier" feminine. how
ever, came through victorious, for
Officer Royal appeared on the
scene and placed Peters under
arrest after he had been sufrl-
GENTLY "beaten up to require a
surgeons attention. A charge of
disorderly conduct has been p1ac-
ed against him at police head
quarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
BRAMBILLA AND RAGTIME
DON'T LIKE TO MIX, BUT Do

1t wasn't because a Pittsburg
hotel bartender didn't like Wag-
ner that Monsieur M. G. Bram-
bills picked up his fiddle and
came west.
Monsieur didn't come west un-
til he had converted the bartend-
er to Wagnerianism and had him
whistling conatas and rhapsodies
and intermezzos endlessly, inces-
sanity, and persistently while he
wiped the dust from the back bar
and pasted cobwebs on the cham
payne bottles.
| But just the same Monsieur did
come west, and after wiping the
Pittsburg dust out of his eye and
listening to the brand of melody
that sizzled out into the atmos-
phere, he decided that Tacoma
needed a musical education, I'M
packed his fiddle, and got a job
at the Tacoma hotel.
Just now he's holding down the
double pastime of conductor of
the Tacoma theater orchestra and
head musician at the Tacoma ho-
tel.
The popular squawk about the
perverted people" who demand
ragtime, Monsieur says, is tom
myrot. In fact, Monsieur declares
the "perversion" of the people is
toward he classic.
"But they like what they get, "
he says.
Probably the first hobbie skirt
you ever saw, you put down as
the most abortive display of fol-
ly, but when your best girl began
wearing them--?
, well, that's the way with the
public and it's old wardrobe of
ragtime. Ragtime's doom is here.
People are beginning to ask for
good music, real music, because
that's what they're getting and
that's what they're beginning to
like"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
RETURNS CONE
IN VERY SLOW

Democrats are getting suspi-
cious over the delay of the coun-
ties to get in their vote on the
governor. 1t is four days now
since the election and still 50
precincts are out, most of them
in the republican strongholds.
They are not large precincts
either which would take long to
count.
This discrepancy in the returns
is making the democrats view
the situation with suspicion.
"They will count Lister out If
they can, depend on it," said
Harry Collier, candidate for lieu
tenant governor, this afternoon.
State Republican Chairman
Rupp said this afternoon there
was nothing further to report
since this morning, wnen there
were still 60 precincts missing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
ONE BANDIT
KILLED.; 2
ESCAPE
(By United Press Leased wire.)

Wy AAbeNSsh
REDDING, Cal, Nov. 3. - A
lrain-soaked posse, guided by
bloodhounds. today is hot on the
trail of two of the three bandits
who last night held up the north
| bound Shasta Limited near Delta
and escaped into the hills with
three sacks of registered mail.
The third bandit, whose first
name Is Frank, was shot anu
killed by James Yoakum, head
brakeman on the Limited.
The robbery was one of the
most daring since the days OF
the Evans and Sonntag gang.
Delta, little village in the Sierra
foothills, was the spot selected FOR
the holdup.
The three men boarded the
train shortly before $50 O'Clock,
when it stopped for water iust -
fore entering Delta. AS the en-
CINE entered the town a torptuO
exploded and Engineer Henry
Wentel brought the train to
standstill.
The bandit, who was later kill
ed by Yoakum, crawled over the
tender and covered the engineer
The other two forced open the
doors of the mail car, threatening
to kill the clerks if they sounded
an alarm.
Brakeman Yoakum rushed 70
the engine and took in the sit
uation at a glance. Crawling un-
Ger the cars, he ran to John Nor
tons saloon.
Followed by Morton, the brake
man rushed back to the engine.
In the light reflected from the
engines open fire box, he saw
the position of the bandit. With
out giving the robber an oppor-
tunity to surrender, Yoakum
opened fire. A third shot sent the
highwayman tumbling from the
cab, MORALLY wounded, but he
kept up the fire until he had emp
tied his revolver.
Snatching three sacks of regis-
tered mail, they fled through the
open door. They saw their COM
phantom pitch from the cab, and
then made for the foothills. The
wounded bandit lived only a few
minutes. E..
A posse was Immediately or
ganized and the search for the
two men continued all night. 1t
is not believed they can escape.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09

Buried under a slide of rock
and earth where the construction
of the Northern Pacific tunnel
near Point Defiance is under way,
Lewis Devine, a laborer, aged
25, was instantly killed at 5
o'clock this morning, while his
working partner. John life. who
was standing within few feet of
Devine, escaped unframed.
1t took a crew just 10 MIN
utes to reach the body OF Devfne,
who they believed might be res
cued in time to save his life. His
body was crushed, however, by
the rocks that rolled down tthe
embankment.
When the slide started other
members Of the crew shouted 80
Devine and Ife to run for their
lives. Ife dropped his tools and
got out of the way but Devine
was caught. His body was remov-
ed to the South Tacoma Funeral
Parlors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
TACOMANSHONOR
THEIR OWN CITY

Tacoma did not do so badly in
the election.
Mrs. Horace G. Scott is one
of the Roosevelt presidential
electors, the first woman in the
United States to sit in the cleo
toral college.
Besides that, Tacoma gets the
governor of the state, the lieu
tenant governor. the state treas
urer and the secretary of state.
The only thing she lost she
had a chance to get was a con-
gresham, or rather two of them,
for Dewey and Warburton are
both from Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09

'I sincerely appreciate the magnificent received
the election Tuesday cannot but feel that this
for the principles stood for during the
and that / stand for rather than personal
81 realize great responsibility
and will spend time during the coming four
deavoring the administration that will
only reflect credit myself but also the
Washington
"The votersof this state conferred their
the highest within their gift
honor deeply and will give administration
make of the close
office that mistake them."-Ernest Lister
Goyernor-Elect of Washington
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
TAFT LOST IDAHO

(By United Press Leased Wire
BOISE, Ida, Nov. 9.-Unless
President Taft in the complete
returns can show gains enough
to overcome the lead of STA votes
now held by President-elect Will
son in incomplete returns from
rs out of the 81 counties IN
the state, Idaho will go to VIII
son. Latest returns swept away
all Of Taft's first advantage. The
total vote to the present is Wilson
2S,663, Taft 28,0S9.
Adams and Custer counties re-
main to be heard from.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09
IS
GIVEN A JOB

After getting his ordinance
through the council for the APP
pointment of street car inspect
Or at 500 month, Commission
er A. u. Mills decided to let the
police department enforce the
ordinance IS well as other laws
in the city and he has deputized
Detective d. o. Smith to take up
the work. He will begin his new
duties Monday.
The street railway company Of
ficials say they will lend every
assistance possible in enforcing
the ordinance to give good SER
vice to the people.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-09

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. 8. =
After celebrating six hours. a
jury here awarded a verdict of
$17,2S3 damages to Miss Ethel
Townsend, a trained nurse, In
her suit against DR.. e. A. FLIP
pello. DR.. Mark Hopkins and DR..
K. w. Thomas because of an In
durable third degree X-ray burn
which she received in the operat-
ing room of q local sanitarium.