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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
HEALTHY BUSINESS OUTLOOK
Railroads Ask Shippers to Aid Them
i'm Maintaining Adequate Car Ser
vice.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 10.-Healthy
business conditions throughout the
Southeast during the fall and win
ter are indicated by the action Of
the railways of this section in calling
upon shippers to aid them in main
tanning an adequate car supply during
the crop moving season. Anticipat-
ing heavy demand for cars, the rail-
ways are themselves doing everything
possible to increase their car sup
ply. Shops are being run at full ca
pacity to put every available car in
repair and car builders are being
urged to turn out new equipment as
rapidly as possible. Steps are also
being taken to provide for the most
expeditions handling of cars at termi-
nails and transfer points.
While the railways are making
these preparations for the rush of
heavy business, it is recognized that
shippers can render assistance of
the greatest importance by loading
and unloading cars as promptly as
possible, thus avoiding unneces-
sary detention of cars, and by loading
cars to their full capacity. AS an ade-
quate car supply is as important to
shippers and the general public as it
is to the railways, an appeal is being
made to shippers individually and
through trade and commercial bodies
to aid the railways in their effort to
secure the maximum efficiency in the
use of cars
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
DEMOCRATS LOSE IN MAINE.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE WINS
SEAT IL CONGRESS.
Peters Elected I'm Third District nv
40 Plurality-DemOcrat Charge.
Trcachery.

Portland, Me-, Sept. 8.-Speaker
John A. Peters, Republican, Of Ellis
worth, was chosen to fill the congress
siOnal vacancy in the Third Maine
district today by a plurality of $50
over Mayor William A. Pattangall,
Democrat, of Waterville. with Edward
NJ. Lawrence Of Lubec, Progressive, a
poor third ir the race.
The returns in this special election
from all but small island plantation
gave: Peters 1906, Pattangall a.
553; Lawrence 6,4S7.
The vote for president in November
was: Wilson, Democrat, 1852;
Roosevelt, Progressive, 1926; Taft,
Republican, 7,159. Mr.. Pattangall the
Democratic candidate, gave out the
following statement tonight:
From the returns which 1 have re.
ceived 1 should judge that Mr.. John
A. Peters was elected to congress
- Oaii SAiiS oAS'SA ~ w pau oiAty VI oVV
to 400 in a total vote of about 35,-
600.
'The result should not be con-
strued as a rebuke to the national ad-
ministration. 1t is wholly to be at
tributed to Democratic treachery. Be-
cause certain men failed of success in
the primaries they deliberately sac
rificed the party in this election. The
Democracy Of Maine is loyal to Presi-
dent Wilson and will present a united
front in the next presidential cam
paign. Personally l want to thank
the $1,000 Democratic voters who
supported me at the polls and to
thank, as well, the State and nation.
al Democracy for the part each took
in the campaign. We all made the
best fight we were capable of making
and. while the result is disappointing
we are not discouraged and only tenn
porarily defeated"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
Negro Dangerously Wounded.

A negro named Chancey, an en-
ployee Of the Sumter Transfer Com
pany, was shot and seriously wounded
Wednesday evening in the Gregg
store on Manning avenue. The
shooting occurred about 9 o'clock and
seemed to have been caused by a
previous trouble between the two me-
groes, as nothing passed between them
at the time to cause the shooting.
From what has been learned of
the occurrence, Alex Martin was sit
ting in the store when Chancey en-
tered. Chancey came in the back
door and as he came we'll within the
building Martin drew his gun and
fired, the ball entering the abdomen
and passing practically through the
body. The wound was examined by
Dr. Birnie. who was summoned, and
the negro was found to be in a dan
gerOus condition, SO was taken to
the hospital, where he is still in dam
ger
Martin ran off Immediately after
the shooting and was not seen again
until Thursday when his father
induced him to give himself up to the
officers, who had been out all night
searching for him. He lives at Hoyt
Heights, but could not be found
there by the officers. Martin is now
resting in Jail awaiting the result Of
the wound inflicted on the other ne
gro.
No one seems to know what dis
agreement or trouble the two negroes
had prior to the shooting, or what
motive Martin had for doing the
shooting.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
MOON IN ECLIPSE NEXT MONDAY
BY Getting Up at $50 O'clock You
Can Witness 1t.

On Monday, September 18th, there
will be Total eclipse Of the moon.
The eclipse will be partially visi-
bic in Sumter. According to a repu-
table compilation, the moon will be-
gin to enter the shadow at 33 min
utes after o'clock on the morning
of September 18th. Inasmuch as the
sun does not rise until "A minutes af-
ter 8 o'clock, it is not likely that the
spectacle will be an especially fine
one. The total eclipse, in this section
of the country ill not be visible, in
asmuch as it will not begin until af-
ter the moon sets. On the Pacific
coast, however, much of the pheno-
mena will be visible especially in San
Francisco. where the beginning and
end of the eclipse may be watched.
A partial eclipse OF the sun will oc-
cur on September 29th, 3Oth, but will
not be visible on this side OF the
world.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
WILL OPEN MONDAY.

Manning, Sept. 10.-The Manning
graded and high schools will open for
the fall term next Monday morning,
September Is. Superintendent d. r..
Riser has returned from his summer
vacation and is busily engaged in per-
fecting all arrangements for the open-
ing CT the schools and it is hoped that
there will be a full enrolment on the
first day. Both patrons and pupils
of this cschool are year by year show
ing more and more an appreciation OF
the value and importance of prompt
and punctual attendance and each
year shows an increasing number OF
pupils with a record Of regular daily
attendance throughout the term and
Of not being tardy single time. A
number of pupils have such a record
covering four to eight years, and they
were not striving for any special
prizes either.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
UNDERWOOD MAY SEEK TOGA.


Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 9.-Urged
to become a candidate for the Unit
ed States Senatorial term beginning
In March. 1915, Chairman Oscar w.
Underwood, of the house ways and
means committee, today sent the fol-
lowing telegram to- Victor Hanson, of
Birmingham:
II am disposed to enter the race,
but feel that my first duty Is to stay
with the tariff bill until it becomes
a law. ] am reasonably certain that
1t will become law within the next
few weeks. Should it fail 1t would be
my duty to remain in the house. Short
ly after the president signs the bill !
will make an announcement Of my
intentions in reference to the sena-
torial situation"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
HELD ON MOVED CHARGE
George and Will Cannon Said To
Have Stolen Augusta Communion.

George and Will Cannon Said to
Have Stolen Augusta Communion
Service.
Columbia State.
Two young men, aged IS and I9
years, giving their names as George
and VIII Cannon and claiming Savan-
nah as their home, are held nv tho
Coinmoia police on the charge of
roboing ST. Pauls church in Augusta.
me SILVER communion service, valued
at several hundred dollars, was stolen
several nights ago.
AT o'clock last night the boys
Were arrested on Gervias street as
suspicious characters. They were
locked up. Later in the evening, two
young men, who refused to give their
names, went to the police station with
a copy of an Augusta paper which
contained an account of the robbery
and description of the suspects.
several men were detailed to keep on
the lookout for the boys. About
midnight the police said that they had
identified the boys, held as suspicious
characters, as being those wanted i'm
Augusta.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
REVOLT IN SAN DOMINGO,
DOMINICAN GUNBOAT SHIELD
PUERTO PLATA.
United States Sends Cruiser to Scene
to Prevent Danger to American
Lives and Property.

Washington, Sept. S.-News that
dominion gunbOats were shelling the
city of Puerta Plata, endangerirg
American lives and property, caused
hurry orders to 60 from here today to
the cruiser Des Moines, which had
peen preparing to sail from Guantana-
mo, Cuba, for Santo Domingo since re-
ports of the latest revolution there
were received several days ago. The
cruiser was coaling today and was ex-
pected to sail tonight directly for Pu-
erto Plata.
In the meantime communication be-
tween Puerto Plata and the outside
world has been broken and no word
has come to the state department
since the brief message early today
announcing the bombardment. In
order to make certain the reestablish-
ment of communication with the arri-
val Of the Des Moines, the treasury
department was asked to dispatch
the revenue cutter Algonquin from
San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Monna Pas
sage, 9. point On the coast midway
between Puerto Plata and Santo Do
mingo city. The cutter will reach
there tomorrow and will serve as
wireless relay station between the Des
Moines and the commercial station
at Santo Domingo.
Long conferences were held today
by President Wilson, Secretary Bryan
and Assistant Secretary Osborne with
James NJ. Sullivan, the newly appoint
ed American minister to the Domini-
can republic. The new minister will
sail Friday or Saturday for Santo Do
mingo city with assurances for Presi-
dent Bordas that he has the moral
support of the United States govern
ment in his efforts to suppress the
Puerta Plata rebellion.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13

and borrowed SAT from my boarding
mistress. because I knew IL I blew a
lot Of money I would be suspected of
something. 1 played cards about two
and half or three hours, 1 guess, and
had some supper at restaurant next
morning. 1 got a grip Of whiskey,
about 20 pints. and two quarts of
Old Kentucky Spring; went to
Branchville on % and returned home
ON lat which time 1 met Brick
man. and We had three or four drinks
between us. He says. What do you
think about that holdup last night
said, Il only seen an account of 1t In
the paper this morning before 1 left
Charleston
while on No. IL Friday morning,
brickman made me promise to 20 to
Augusta with him, stating that he
wanted to go to see a girl he met on
the train coming from Washington.
have known Brickman about 10 or
IL years. l went to Augusta and
blowed in my money. had at that
time about $1S5 in my grip. / paid
one bill OF $14. another OF $27-both
barroom expenses. The rest I can
not account for However, / spent
IT. and 1t will take about 25 men to
ma out where it went to. / did not
get Coieman's gun. He had only one
gum and 1 did not see any gun in
|oieman's car on the packing chest.
am positive Coleman opened the
safe with the keys and left them in it..
l have about $40 or SIS left. All the
balance i blowed in. did not see
or use any carbon paper. have
known Messenger Hartness ever since
Hardin was taken off the Job. | think
he is a pretty good fellow. One night
at Branchville, when / was firing.
Hartness and / had some conversa-
ton relative to the money i'm his safe
Coleman has asked me in the car
several times to ride with him. The
other night, at Summerville. he called
me and told me to come ard ride with
him. This was on the night of the
robbery and after all above stated
transpired. he says. Keep your
tongue and / says. You keep yours
and keep mine
This state ement Is made of my own
Tree will and accord. and without any
promise Of immunity, and is to the
best OF my knowledge and belief
true.'
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
JEROME CLEARED OF GAMBLING

Coaticook, Jue., Sept. S.-William
Travers Jerome was acquitted tonight
Of the charge of having gambled on
Thursday last on the station property
of the Grand Trunk railway here
while waiting for the immigration
authorities to pass on, the case Of
Harry X. Thaw. In discharging him
the court spologized for the humilia~
tion to which he had been subjected.
The hearing before Magistrate
Henry Mulvena Of Sherbrooke lasted
less than an hour. 1t began at 7.35
o'clock and at $40 the court sadi
"Sir. you are honorably discharged"
An attempt to hold an afternoon
session failed, because the magistrate
felt he had no authority to take prece-
dence over James Mckee, the justice
of the peace who signed the warrant
for Mr. Jerome's arrest Tonight, how
ever. the magistrate said he was con-
vinced Of his authority to act and the
hearing moved with dispatch.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
McADOO TO HEAR FARMERS.
Will Receive South Carolina Dele.
cation OH September II.

Washington, Sept SIN response
to a telegraphic request from Presi-
dent E. w. Dabbs, of the South Caro-
lima Farmers Union, Senator z. d.
Smith said that he had today arrang-
ed with Secretary McAdoo for a hear
ing, September II, for a delegation
of farmers desiring to discuss the
regulations under which the treasury
crop moving deposits are available.
1t will be argued before the secre-
tary that the requirement that none
Of this money is to be loaned to
farmers except upon proof of actual
shipment Of farm products Is too
stringent
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
WINGARD, SMITHS SECRETARY.
Lexington Lad to Take the Place
Formerly Held by Charles NJ. Gal.
lOway.

lOWdy.
Washington, Sept. f0.-Brooks j.
Wingard, who for the past five or six
years has been acting as secretary to
Representative A. F. Lever, today sew
cred that connection to accept a SIM
liar one with Senator E. D. Smith.
Since Charles M. Galloway, now one
of the civil service commissioners. left
Senator Smith, short time back. A.
M. Carpenter has been serving the
senator as clerk in a temporary ca
pacity.
AS Mr.. Wingard will now take up
this work permanently, Mr.. Carpen-
ter will reurn to his place in the house
library. Mr. Wingard has recently re-
turned to the United States from u
trip abroad with the American rural
credits commission, and is quite popu-
lar in Washington. His South Caro-
lima friends, while they will doubt.
less be surprised to learn that he has
left Mr.. Lever. will be glad to know
that lie will hereafter be found with
Senator Smith.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13

Columbia, Sept. 8.-The Supreme
Court this morning upheld the con-
stitutionality of the Act passed by the
legislature in 1912 providing fox the
refunding of the $5,500,000 bonded
debt of the State. The decision is a
sweeping victory for Comptroller Gen.
eral Jones and former Attorney Gen.
eral j. Fraser Lyon. All Of the points
on which Governor Blease has at
tackled the old sinking fund commits
sion, which was charged with the re-
funding Of the debt, were overruled
by the court. The Governor joined
in the request to have the act set aside
on the ground that it was illegal and
unconstitutional. On both of these
the governor lost.
1T is, therefore, ordered that the
commission be at liberty to carry out
the provision Of the act of 1912 in
accord with the views and principles
herein announced" is the verdict of
the court, which was written by AS
sociate Justice Fraser. In concurring
in the result, Associate Justice Watts
says: while 1 do not think that
there was quorum present at the
meeting on December 13, 1912, as the
Hon. w. l.. Mauldin, chairman Of
the finance committee OF the senate,
was dead, and the Hon. L. j. Brown
ing, chairman Of the ways and means
committee of the house Of represen-
tatives, term had expired and his
successor elected as a representative,
yet, for the reasons given by Mr..
Justice Hydrick, think this was not
fatally defective. I concur in the re-
suit Of the opinion"
The suit to test the validity of the
Refunding Act was brought in the
name Of w. w. Ray, a taxpayer
against Governor Blease, former At
torney General Lyon, Comptroller
General Jones, former State Treasur-
er r. H. Jennings, former Chairman
L. j. Browning, Of the house ways
and means committee, as members OF
the old sinking fund commission. The
resent State Treasurer, S. T. Carter
the present Attorney General, T. III
Peoples, and P. L. Hardin, chairman
| of the senate finance committee, and
G. w. Dick, chairman of the house
| ways and means committee, compos-
ing the present sinking fund com.
mission. in addition to Cover lol
Blease and Comptroller General Jo 1es
were made parties to the suit.
Governor Blease in his return join
ed in the prayer to declare the act
unconstitutional and raised most OF
questions advanced by the petitioner
The act. when passed, was vetoed by
| the governor, but the general assem-
bly, Overrode the veto and ten he
took to the courts his fight against
1t, losing out, however, in every place
The court declared that member
ship in the sinking fund was not all
| office, but only duties incident to the
officers composing the commission
and hence did not come under the in.
hibitiOn of the constitution against
holding two offices.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13

On Saturday there were Goa bales
of cotton sold on the local market
making a total of 1929 for the week
ending Saturday. The receipts are
steadily increasing and the hot wealth
er is making the bolls pop open faster
than the cotton can be gathered.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13

Quite q large number Of college
students left Tuesday morning for
Lander College and other institutions
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-09-13
REFUMD|NG ACT IS VALID.
IMPORTANT DECISION BY STATE
SUPREME COURT.

Sustains Comptroller Jones and For
mer Attorney General Lyon, Over
ruling Governor Blease's Argu-
ments in Fight on Sinking Fund
Commission Governor Vetoed
Act, Later Joining in Petition to
Have Same Declared UncOnstitu.
tiOnal.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13

Last Monday some sixteen Odd
Fellows from Corona, the charter
members of Corona lodge, came
down and had a group picture
taken at the Niles gallery for pre-
servation in the archives of the
lodge. The camera stood the
test, and after the photographer
does some effective re-touching
it is believed that on the whole,
punching the fairly good looking
with the homely, the composite
will not be so bad that the pic
ture won't hang on the wall with
out extra fastening-but even at
the worst, Odd Fellows are sup
posed to have learned that men
are not always to be taken for
what they may appear, and that
the rough unseemly exterior may
hide a tender sympathetic heart,
and that the fellow with captiva-
ting manners and appearance
may be destitute Of all genuine
principle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
ROBEI.-HOLBROOk.

Rev. j M. Tibbets was sum
moned to Webster last Monday
afternoon, where he performed
the marriage ceremony for Miss
Emma Robel and Mr.. Wesley
Holbrook, both of this city. The
bride is the daughter Of Mr.,
Frank Robel, of Melrose town
ship, one of the pioneer settlers
of the county, and a young wo-
man of estimable character. Mr.
Holbrook is the supply agent OF
the Standard Oil company, hav.
ing recently purchased the bus
mess from his father, Joseph
Holbrook, and is a young man OF
steady habits and excellent char.
acter, and a large circle o1
friends extend congratulations
and wish them . happy married
life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
TAYLOR-SAYER ERS

Milbank friends have received
announcement of the marriage
of George F. Sayers of Pierre to
Miss Nellie May Taylor, the cere-
mony taking place on the 4th
inst at Pierre, and the newly
married couple will be at home
to their friends in that city after
July 1st. Georges many friends
at the old home here unite in
wishing he and his bride every
happiness and long and happy
married life. The Pierre papers
in speaking of the wedding calls
attention to the fact that the
bride is an active worke: in the
Congregational Sunday school,
of which Mr.. Sayers is superin-
tendent. At the evening recep-
ton given the young people be-
fore they left for a two weeks
trip in the Black Hills, Mrs. A.
NJ Abbott Of this city, an auut
of the groom, was in the receiving
line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
SUNDAY school Convention

The annual convention of the
Sunday schools of the county
will be held in Milbank tomor-
row and Sunday, Parties from
the other parts of the county will
be assigned places of entertain
ment among Milbank friends,
and visitors are requested to
register at any Of the meetings
that they may be properly cared
for. The first meeting will be
held at the Evangelical church at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon
The second meeting will be
held at the same church at "A.
In the evening.
The regnlarpreaching services
will be held at al Of the churches
on Sunday morning, and in the
afternoon at 2.30 O'Clock the
third session of the Sunday
school convention will be held at
the 6 congregational church. and
the closing session at tile Metho-
dist church Sunday evening.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
Daring Western Girls
As Much at Home on the Back Of q
Horse Is City Girl in
Trolley Car

In no part of the habtable globe
are there better lady riders than can
be found in the west. A girl must be
able to ride ii she wants to visit her
neighbors often. And how some of
these young creatures can manage a
horse! What pictures Of beauty, dar.
ing and health they are as they come
dashing along at full speed, play ing
games, chasing each other or. racing
just for fun. Indeed, horseback riding
is as common and easy pastime to q
wild Western girl" as trolley riding
is to city girl.
The Western girl goes everywhere
on horseback. She can join q set OF
equine quadrilles or Virginia reel and
gallOp twenty miles on an errand with
out feeling the slightest fatigue. She
keeps "company." goes to school, Wis
its her "next door neighbor' may be !
fifteen miles away all on the back of
her favorite pony. Yes, the Western
girl can certainly ride, IS you will
readily perceive when you witness the
perform ance of q bevy of Western
Beauties with Kit Carson's Buffa
Ranch Big Three Ring Wild West
Circus. Watch them ia the Hippo
drome Races: note their skill and fear
lessness, be enchanted by their beauty
spell-bound by their achievements, and
awakened to the pleasures and enjoy.
ment Of the competition by their sill
very ringing laughter.
There are many things worth seeing
with this splendid attraction, but not
one prettier or more likely to be .
gratifying after thought in your mem
Ory than the lovely wild Wostern yirl
with sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks
who dashed by you on the back of .
plunging steed.
Will exhibit at Mi,bank afternoon
and night, on Tuesday June II.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-13
Isaac :. Gist Died

At the home of his nephew Jesse
Gist, on the Fairchild farm west Of
town, Isaac s. Gist passed away after
a lingering illness of several months
due to tuberculosis Of the kidneys.
The deceased man was born in
Green county, Wis, Jan. Is, 1S47. and
was 66 years Of age. He lived for %
years IL Fayette county, Iowa, com
ing to Grant county about eight years
ago. living near Troy until about five
years age, when he moved to this
locality The deceased man was
bachelor. His only living brother,
George Gist, Of Clear Lake, Iowa, ar
rived here yesterday to attend the
funeral. The deceased was Of quiet
unobtrusive nature and exemplary
life. He was baptized and admitted
to membership in the Congregational
church shortly before his decease.
The funeral services will be held at
the home at 2 O'Clock this afternoon