The watchman and southron. [volume], October 11, 1913, Image 3

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CAPTURE HEBEL CAPITAL.
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MM AS I I l?l KM; SOI,.
DltlltS KNTK.lt I'll hit AS
NIM. HAS,
Mty In Taken Without u Single Shot
llrtttg I in (I?Movement of lu Im I
Tr*>??l??? not Known?I'nltctl States
TriM?!*? I'ry;!* Measures of Pro tec -
tlon.
ri?Mira? Negras, Oct. 7.?Without
llrmg a shot federal soldiers late to?
day took possession of Piedras Ne?
tra*, erstwhile provisional capital of
ths> constitutionalists. Culminating
the march of the government's army
under Qen. Maas through the State of
Coehulla, the home of Venustiano
Carranza, revolutionary commander
ln-rhlef. With the exception of four
etn.gglers who were cut down by
federal cavalry while attempting to
?scape across the border, all the con?
stitutionalist troops in Piedras Negras
marched away with the approach of
the government army. They were not
pursed, the victorious troops content?
ing themselves with a search of the
city for rebels who might be in hid?
ing.
The federals were first sighted
shortly after noon on a hill south of
the city. Cannon were planted and
when all was made ready for a bat?
tle, troops of cavalry was sent over
the hill at a gallop and Into the city.
In the meantime the handful of con?
stitutionalists had shouldered their
arms and marched away. The feder?
als, encountering *?o reslsttance,
marched into Piedras Negras through
the Alameda to the deserted consti?
tutionalist administration building
and took possession. Tonight the
city Is polked by troops, and so far
there has leen no looting.
While the clty^was being cvaf uated
and Pefore the federal* took posses
ajagi panic prevailed among the resi?
dents, who made a rush for the Inter?
national bridge. As an act of mercy
r<> t? i r??r stricken women and children
Chs quarantine established by the city
or liable Pass was p iriially raised and
several thousand persona were per?
mitted to cross the boundary and were
man-hod un ler guard t?> quarantine
camps outside Eagle Pass.
I it ports us to the status of the rev?
olution?r n-ov fiuents were conflict?
ing Some di-tpat? hes indicate that
the rebel army is badly scattered and
broken In ?pint, while others are
that the. different hands are still in?
tact and are marching towards a com?
mon point t<- renew the campaign.
Moinblvh and Coatro Cienegas ;m
Htill under rebel control, wh le advice*
at Laredo report tbat the importan
elty of Torreon in the southern pavt
of Um State has been takt n by the
constitutionalists. No reports arc
glVtn Um to the whereabout* of the
constitutionalist leaders.
Venustiario Carranza, who was gov?
ernor of t'ouhuiia whan he proclaim -
ed a revolution against th< govern
inert of President Huerta, left Pied
ras Negras three month* ago, osten?
sibly to take command of the rebel
forces mobilized near Torreon. From
that point he*went westward into the
state of Sonora. Anumber of his
lieutenants, including Jesus Carran?
za, his brother and second in com?
mand, remained in Piedras Negras
until a few days ago, when they left,
presumably to direct the troops in
battle at Peyotes, 2f? miles south of
the border, where it was announced
a determined effort would be made to
check the northward advance of the
government army. However, no re?
sistance was offered at Peyotes and
from that point to Piedras Negras the
federals met with no opposition.
United States military authorities
at Eagle Pass immediately will urge
Qen. Maas that measures be taken
to insure the protection of life and
property until the reorganization of
the municipal government. No one
is permitted to cross the boundary
into Mexico.
REBELS TAKE TOWN. ?
I El Paso, Oct. 7.?Gen. Manuel Chao
of the rebels forces reported to the
constitutionalist junta here today that
Gen. Bravo, federal commander of
Torreon, surrendered the town to
rebel forces October 5. Gen. Emilio
Campa escaped.
The battle lasted 13 days, according
to the constitutionalists.
An official message from Gen.
Joaquin Teiles at Neuvo Laredo re?
ceived here today denied tht rebel
report of the fall of Torreon.
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If juu want to contribute directly
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medicines that conta ns codine, mor?
phine, heroin and o^t sedatives
when you have a cough or cold. An
expectorant like Chamberlan.'b Cough
Remedy is what is needed. That
( leans out the culture beds or breed?
ing places for the germs of *>neu
inonia and other germ disease*. That
is why pneumonia never results from
a cold when Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Is used. It has a world wide
reputation fcr its cures. It contains
no morphine or other sedative. For
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BRYAN VISITS STATE. I
THOUSANDS HEAR GREAT COM?
MONER AT KiNt.'s MOUN?
TAIN CELEBRATION.
Victory of Panne; is subject Which I
S<?orotary Chooses for His Address
on Historic Battleground.
King's Mountain, N. C, Oct. 7.?
Decidedly more people than have
ever been seen in King's Mountain
since the memorable battle of loo
years ago today gathered to celebrate
the anniversary. Various estimates
have been heard as to the number j
in attendance, but it is certain thatj
there were not less than 20,000 peo-I
pie here throughout the day and it is!
probable that oO.OOO heard an ad?
dress of William Jennings Bryan, sec?
retary of State. Mr. Bryan was the
drawing card of the day, and his
presence here was responsible for
the large number in attendance. The
failure of Gov. Hooper of Tennessee
and Gov. Craig of North Carolina to
be present caused no little dissapoint
ment, as did the absence of Senator
Lee S. Overman and Secretary
Josephus Daniela,
The early part of the day's exer?
cises began With the parade over one
mile In length, headed by the Seven?
teenth infantry band, U. S. A., of Fort
McPherson, Ga., followed by a car?
riage in which was seated Mr. Bryan,
j escorted by E. Y. Webb, congressman
from the ninth congressional district
of North Carolina. Immediately fol?
lowing the carriage bearing the secre?
tary came the floats representing the
13 original colonies, in each of which
j was a young woman representing a
colony. North Carolina led with her
j sister State, South Carolina, immedi?
ately in the rear. Behind these came
I the floats representing the present 52
States, filled with little girls gaily
attired in the national colors.
At the grounds the ceremonies
were most interesting. The speaker
of the day was introduced by Yates
1 Webb, while Max Gardner presided
as master of ceremonies. The secre?
tary was in i excellent form and de
1 livercd a splendid address, i uule up
, ot several of his best efforts together
with much original matter. It was
pronounced by all who heard it to be
a gem of oratory and logic. One of
the most striking statements made by
the secretary of State was bis pre?
diction that at an early date the
present system of nominating candi?
dates for president by cor. vention
would be abolished and the system
I similar to the -direct election of sen
ators would be adopted, by which
the people would have a direct vote
in the choice of the man for the
chief office of the nation.
Mr. Bryan had announced as the
subject of his address 'The Victory
of Peace" and the entire effort large?
ly followed out this line, the speaker
urging education and prohibition as
two of the greatest necessary factors
in building up a great country.
The day came to a close tonight
with a mammoth display of fireworks
and a splendid band concert by the
army band; during the afternoon
there had been numerous athletic
race and hill climb. Directly after1
events, including an automobile
the address was finished Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan were guests of Congressman
Webb at luncheon at the Mountain'
View hotel, following which they de
parted In Dr. E. P. Bell's automobile
for Spartanburg, where the secre?
tary spends tonight as the guest of
John Gary Evnns. They were accom?
panied on the trip by John F. Floyd,
mayor-elect of Spartanburg, and Mrs.
Bell.
They Make You Feel Good.
The pleasant purgative effect pro?
duced by Chambei Iain's Tablets and
the healthy condition of body and
mind which they create make one feel
joyful. For sale by all dealers.?
Advt.
COL. GAILLAR1) SKRIOCUKLY ILL.
Washington, Oct. 6.?That Col.
David DuB. Gaillard of South Caro?
lina is dangerously ill at Johns Hop
j kins university hospital in Baltimore
1 was the story that reached Washing
, ton jday and this seems to be borne
out in the following printed in to?
day's Washington Star:
"Col. David DuB. Gaillard, engi
J neer corps, U. S>. A., now a patient, in
' Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore,
is in a precarious condition, as the
result of an operation performed
some time ago in Boston. It is fear
1 ed that he can not recover.
i
"Col. Gaillard was one of the as?
sistants'of Col. Qoethali and was in
! special charge of the- excavation ol*
Culebra cut. It is thought that his
condition is the result of exposure to
the intense tropical heat of the isth?
mus."
A Marvelous Escape.
"My lltt'c boy had a marvelous es?
cape," wr!).?s P. F. Bastlams of Prince
Albert, Cape of Good Hope. "It oc?
curred in the middle of the night. He
got a very severe attack of croupe.
As luck would have it, I had a large
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem?
edy in the house. After following
the directions for an hour and twen
| ty minutes l e was through all dan
i ger." Sold by all dealers.?Advt?
NO CRIMfl TO ACT AS GO-BE?
TWEEN FOR KLIN I) TIGERS.
Supreme Court Iteverse* Decision of
Circuit Court und Holds That tlie (
Person WIio Purchases Liquor from
a Blind Tiger und Delivers it to An
other VioiatCll no Law?Justice
Fraser Dissents.
Columbia, Oct. 8.?The Supreme
Court today decided a vital question
with regard to the liquor tra?ic, but
Justice T. B. Fraser, of Sumter, dis?
sented from the decision, which de?
clares the person acting as the agent
for the purchase of whiskey is not
guilty of violating the law against
I transposing contraband liquors.
Milton Fant, a negro in Anderson,
j was sent by two white men to buy
j liquor from someone he knew was i
illegally dealing in whiskey. Fant
was found guilty of transporting con?
traband liquor and the circuit court
I held that he bought from one he
knew was not authorized to sell and
was the contraband agent of the pur?
chasers.
Justice Hydrick, rendering the ma?
jority decision, which is concurred in
1 by Chief Justice Gary and Justice
; Watts, holds that the statutes do not
penalize the purchase of liquor and
there is no inhibition against buying,
although maybe, from a moral in
standpoint, one is sometimes as
guilty as the other.
Briefly, the majority decision holds
that one who acts in good faith as the
agent of the purchaser and not as a
I guilty participant with seller cannot
i be held for transporting contraband
! liquor; that the holding guilty of one
transporting in such case as Milton
Fant would bring buyer as well as
seller under condemnation an 1 de
i prive the State of the right to com?
pel the buyer to testify against the
seller.
Justice Fraser, dissenting writes in
part: "If the legislature sees fit to
hamper the unlawful sale of liquor
by forbidding the transportation and
not th^ purchase it does not lie with?
in the courts to say the thing is illogi?
cal and, therefore, not the law."
Citing criminal code sections against
transportation of contraband liquors
and prohibition law, Just ce Fraser
says the view is presented of saying
liquor is contraband in the hands
of the seller, contraband in the hands
of the principal and not contraband
in the hands of the go-between, fie
concludes: "I fail to see that this
I view is technical. The Stat e has the
right to prevent Of sale of contra?
band liquors, or hamper it, by any
means allowed by the constitution,"
*** MM it be true that the consump?
tion of contraband liiuors is fraught
With peculiar danger to the health
and morals of our citizens, then the
State and city have the right, to
hamper the sale of it. It has the
right to forbid the sale, the purchase,
the storing or even the possession and
transportation of it. It may forbid
them all. It may forbid one and not
the other. The fault may be with the
writer of this opinion, but I cannot
see it and cannot concur."
The case from Anderson is in the
nature of a test and affects the whole
Statf under the prohibition act. Tho
majority decision reverses the lower
court and, in effect, frees the Ander?
son negro from the charge.
Cotton Prices in Charlotte.
Charlotte Chrontcle.
"I would like to .. sk the cotton buy?
ers of Charlotte why they can't pay
as much for cotton as the other mar?
kets," writes a man from the country
to the editor of The Chronicle. 4T
carried a bale to Charlotte last Sat?
urday weighing 596 pounds," he con?
tinues, " and got 13 1-2 cents, which
brought me $80.4 5. One of my neigh?
bors carried cotton to Concord the
same day and got 14 1-4 cents for his.
Now the difference would be $3.97 in
favor of Concord. The greater part
of the crop in the eastern part of
the country is going to Concord."
That's the point. The farmers are
not going to come to Charlotte Just
for the sake of the name of selling
their cotton here when they can get
better prices at other points. If
Charlotte offered only equal prices
with Concord or Monroe or Gastonia
or Lancaster, the farmers would pre?
fer coming hen because of the diver?
sity of stores lrom which they could
1 make their selection of goods, but so
long as higher prices are available at
other points they are going to take
their cotton there and we have no
right to censure them. It would not
be so bad after all were it not for the
fact that where their cotton is sold
there ilso is their trading done.
Chronic Dyspepsia.
The following unsolicited testi?
monial should certainly be sufficient
to give hope and courage to persons
afflicted with chronic dyspepsia: "I
have been a chronie dyspeptic for
years, and of all the medicine I have
taken Chamberlain's Tablets have
done me more good than mything
: else," ?ays W. G. Mattison, No. 7
i Shernun SL, Hornellsviile, N. Y.
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No. 500?Tlsdalc Place"; 97 acres.
hs Ju*t two ndlo* from Sumter, on
I ui( li< ill I (on (I. 60 acres open. Four
room dwelling, largo burn, rich luml
Price $f,;>oo.oo
No. 54)1?'?Stuckcy Place"; 370
urnx. .It* five miles out und fronts
on two good roads. 270 acres open.
H room dwelling; and four tenant
dwelling*. Land lies Isautilnil> .
IVIco ?ih.Mii.
Nn 502?"LiiwrciK c Plm-c'; I HU
acre*. Tlib* Im oh tin- Manning Hoad
ami onl> four miles from Sumtor.
12"? acre* o|h h ami In high state of
ciilllwttion New 0 rooui dwelling
an I four teiuint dwellings. I*rlee
$1 1,000.00.
so. ?VW.?"l*ce Place" too acre*.
If* on tlie llrewlngton Hoad. M 1.2
mile* from Mimter. 5 mile* from Ma>
tWtMPf? About hair o|N'ii. One old
dwelling. A neglected place but a big
bargain at $2.000.00.
No. 50 4.?"KpfM Place" : 11)2 acres.
This Is u In nit 2 miles from < llama in
the tobacco country. Two tenant
dwellings. About 75 acres open. Price
$5,700.00.
No. 503.???Shaw Place": 8"0 acres.
It's about Ihren miles from Mayes
ville. on the Muldrows Crossing Hoad.
225 acres open, 5 room dwelling and
Ave tenant dwellings. This Is a de?
velopment prupoeltton that will make
big money foe you. Price only
$16,000.00.
No. 507?"W. S. Iloykln Place": 1)5
a< res. This is a very choice little
place and is situate right at DnlieU.
05 acres open. 0 room dwelling ami
three tenant dwellings. It' cheap at
$100.00 per acre, but immediate sale
will take $?,500,00.
No. 508?"McCaskill Place": 92
acres. This is right at Pickneys X
Koads in the pretty Stateburg coun?
try. 05 acres Opetl, nice 5 room
dwelling ami two tenant dwellings.
A giMKl home. For immediate sale
will go for $3,600.00.
No. 509.?'<1) ink ins Fliice1': 120
acres. It's on the t up ball Hoad
about 0 miles from Sumter. 90 acres
open, 2 tenant dwellings. Good land.
Price only $1.200.00.
No. 510?"Dick Place": 80 acres.
It's is right at Providence Springs,
that famous resort, and includes a
desirable 0 room cottage and 2 ten?
ant dwellings, about 2-:t open. Hur
gain at $3,500.00.
No. 511.?"Dick Ilace'': 120 acres
right on the road from Halzell to
Camdcn. Nice location and a beauti?
ful home spot. 100 ncres open, 4 ten?
ant dwellings and one 5 room dwell?
ing, large new bam. A fine place and
a line place for a home. Price
$10,000.00.
No. 512.?"Cuttlno Place": 226
acres. Just two miles from Puxvillc
in Clarendon County. 110 acres open,
6 tenant dwcllngs. Place just dram
ed. Fine land. Prix- $11,000.00.
No. 513.?"Jane McKlnncy Place":
300 acres. This is near Oswegn and
only two miles from Aman Station.
175 aeres open. With cxpciidltnrc of
a little money will mi ke a good pro
tit for you. Price $12.000.00.
No. 511.?"It. P. Weldon Place":
126 1-2 acres, 90 acres open. !,arge
dwelling, barn and tw > tenant dwell?
ings. It's only one ?die from Iler
riott's X Heads. Price J?50.00 |>er acre.
McCallum Realty Co.,
124 S. Main St. REAL ESTATE HEADQUARTERS Sumter, So. Carolina