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68TH YEAR, NO. 98,SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR
NINE ARE KILLED IN
ARKANSAS RACE ROIT
Two White Men and Seven Negroes
Known to lie Dead
from Gunshot Wounds
TROOPS RUSH TO SCENE
Women and Children Fleeing
for Safety are Fired Unon
By Negroes?Riot May Spread
? To Helena.
!
Helena, Ark., Oet. 2.?Two white;
mei^ Clinton Lee, and J. A. Tappan.l
of Helena, and seven negroes are
known to be dead at Elaine, near here
as a result of clashes yesterday at
Elaine between a posse searching for
the presons who from ambush fired
upon and killed W. D. Adkins. railroad
special agent, according to reports
reaching here tonight. A third
white man, Ira Proctor, and a number
of negroes are known to have
been wounded. Troops from Camp
Pike, at Little Rock, armed with
machine guns, are said to be en route
to Elaine.
The situation at Elaine Is critical
and growing more so, according to a
message received here from Joseph
Meyers, who is heading tHe posses.
Meyers, is quoted as saying he expected
another clash at any moment
and requested that additional rein
forcements be sent. Five hundred
United States soldiers from Camp
Pike, Ark., are due to reach Elaine
at midnight.
when Deputy Sheriff Pratt. with A?1 kins
and a nnsro trusty were ambushed
opposite a negro church at
Hoop spur, two miles north of {Claine,
while on their way to arrest members
' of the Clem family, who were said to
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Tnppan who was a prominent business
man here, succumbed in a local
hospital to the wounds received in
fighting in the streets of Elaine. Pro
ctor, who was brought home, is not
expected to live according to physi
cians. The body of Lee, who died from
his wounds at Elaine, also was
brought to his home here.
Lee is said to have been shot accidentally
while Tappan and Proctor
were wounded during the fighting.
Diaries Pratt, deputy sheriff, who was
with Adkins when the latter was
killed, was wounded in the knee Lee,
Tappan and Proctor are members of
the local post of the American legion
and were deputized by Sheriff Kiteli
ins with a number of other civilians
when he received word the situation
at Elaine was getting out of control.
An engineer of the Missouri Pacific
railroad who arrived in Helena said
he pulled a gondola loaded with women
and children out of Elaine and
that his train was fired upon by negroes
from trees along the track.
The white prisoner was brought to
this city with a group of 15 negroes
who were placed in the county jail.
The white man is alleged to have
been the leader of the negroes who
fought the sheriff's posses throughout
the day. The jail is under strong
guard.
More than a hundred negroes and
a white man who is'alleged to have
had in his possession a quanltity of
questionable literature had been arrested
by posses operating in Elaine
and vicinity when he left, according
to former Sheriff Amos Jarman. A
number of the prisoners have been
brought to Helena and others, according
to Jarman, are on the way under
heavy guard.
Advices here said the trouble had
its beginning when the posse was
fired 11 null Iw ? I'r/.li-il mon ??l'l
In have been negroes. at Elaine. The
fire wax returned and in a few minutes
became general in the streets .of
Elaine, according to reports.
Hate yesterday a telephone message
was received here from Elaine stating
that the posse had taken 175
prisoners and was bringing them to
Helena.
Women and children of Elaine an 1
vicinity are being brought to Helena
on a special train for safety, it is reported
here.
The local situation is tense.^ut no
trouble has broken out here. Armed
men are patrolling the streets.
The trouble began with the discovery
of un alleged negro plot to rise
against the white residents of the
stmilh*?rn na rt r\t I>V?1111?
PRESIDENT VERY SICK
MAN, SAYS PHYSICIAN
Washington. Oct. 2.?President
Wilson is "u very slek man" and
'Ills condition is less favorable," It
.'as said by I>r. Cary T. ( rayson,
the President's physician, In a
statement issued at IO o'clock tonight
from the White House.
The following bulletin was Issued
hy l)r. Cirayson:
"The President Is a very sick
num. IIis condition is less favorable
today and lie lias remained
in lied throughout the day.
"After consultation with I>r.
P. A. Dercuni, of Philadelphia, and
l)rs. Sterling RulYiii and K. R.
!St It t, of Washington, which all
ngmsl as to liis condition. It was
determined tluit absolute rest Is
essential for some time."
I>r. tlrayson, it was learned today,
decided yesterday to call in
l)r. P. A. Dercum, of Philadelphia
neurologist, and during the week
lias consulted two naval doctors,
Rear-Admiral E. It. Stitt, head of
the naval medical school, and ('apt.
John 11. Dennis, diiector of the
naval dispensnry in Washington.
Dr. Dercuni arrived from Philadelphia
late today and went direct
to the White House, where he and
Dr. tirayson were jolmsl by Drs.
Stitt and Dennis, and Dr. Sterling
'HufTin, a Washington physician.
After s|M>mling some time with the
President, the five physicians ilisciissisl
tin* patient's condition, hut
departed without issuing any
statement.
PRISON HORRORS ARE
FOUND IN THE ARMY
Bland <>f Indiana Thinks High
I tanking Officers Sliould Be
CalInl to Answer.
New York. Sept. 2k.?Bringing a
report of "outrageous cruelties perpetrated
on American soldiers" in
prisons of the American expeditionary
forces in France the congressional
committee sent overseas to investigate
tales of army "prison horrors"
arrived here on the transport Aramemnon
from Brest. The party was
composed of representatives Koyal C.
Johnson. South Dakota, chairman;
Oscar K. Bland. Indiana, and Henry
I). Floyd, Virginia.
Conditions in army prison camps
were found "very bad" with special
emphasis laid on prison Camp 2, near
Paris, the committee stated.
"Conditions were appalling," Representative
Bland said as soon as the
Agamemnon docked. "Nothing like
this treatment of our men had ever
been known before in the history of
the American army. We have copies
I of records, reports and testimony of
' inspectors, courtmartial officers, so as
to he enabled to definitely fix responsibility."
Representative Bland held that
Colonel Grinstead and General
Strong were directly responsible for
the "unprecedented cruelties" at Prison
Farm 2, and that if General
Strong who was over Colonel Grinstead
did not know of conditions he
should have.
lie said that General Hart for
months was In the same building at
10 Rue St. Anne where thousands of
outrages were committed. Lack of
food, heat and air, and nauseating
sanitary conditions were before his
eves, and the reports showing their
condition were on file in his office,
Mr. Bland said.
The representative added that General
Hart was the military guardian
oMhr president and "no man in the
judge advocate general's or provost
marshal's department had the boldness
to recommend his trial before a
courtsmartial or efficientv board."
"Three fart* <a.imi nut " ooi,i vt.
and revolting cruelties existed second
that the higher officers responsible
have not been made to atone for these
wrongs; third, that no reasonable exruse
to the same has been offered by
the wnr department. It is clearly up
to them."
Congressman Bland added; "It is
the intention of the committee to see
that every man in any way responsible
for the outrages will be brought
to Justice before the forum of public
opinion."
Congressman Johnson sa'd the
party would arrive in Washington
early tomorrow mornlne ami wo"M
Immediately begin sorting the records
brought over by them.
NEXT 30TH REUNION
ASHEVILLE IN 192(1
Soldiers Pass Resolution En
dorsing the League of Nations
and Peace Treaty
GENERAL ORYAN SPEAKS
ejection 01 umcers and I'resen
tat ion of War Crosses Fea
ture Last Day of Firs
Convention.
Greenville, S. Oct. 2.?Selec
lion of Asheville, N. C? as the city ti
get the next annual convention,
dorsenient of the peace treaty witl
Germany and the league of nations
and election of officers for the ensvi
ing 12 months, brought to a elos
here Tuesday the first annual r<
union of the veterans of the Thirtietl
(Old Hickory) division.
Col. Homes H. Springs, formerly o
Georgetown, S. but now of Green
ville, was elected president of the as
sociation; Regimental Sergeant Ms
jor M. M. Frost, of Tennessee, firs
vice president: Sergeant John I
Williams, of North Carolina, secom
vice president, and Sergeant Kugen
M. Millford, of Anderson. S. ('., thin
vice president: Frank P. Bowen, o
Tennessee, secretary and treasurer
Lieut. John McSween, Jr., of Tim
tnonsville S. C. chaplain; Harry 11
Frear. master at arms, and Capt. A
F. Fletcher, historian.
At the session Tuesday morning ad
dresses were made by Maj. Gen. Johi
F. O'Ryan, of New York, commande
of the twenty-seventh division; Col
Robert Cox. North Carolina; Bri?
Gen. R. L. Faison, and Sergeant Rot
ert A. Fulton. The meeting was pre
sided over by Brig. Gen. L. I>. Tyson
An interesting feature of this poi
tion of the program was the presenta
t'on of D S. C.'s to Brig. Gen. I.. C
Tyson, who commanded the Fifth
ninth infantry brigade, and to Co;
poral Herman McManaway, of Greer
ville, a member of Company A Fig)
teenth infantry. The crosses wer
pinned on the two recipients by Maj
Gen. Edward M. Lewis, who con
manded the Thirtieth division.
At the business session followin
the speech-making, ofllcers were elect
ed and the meeting place for nex
year selected." Asheville had a larg
delegation and made a vigorous effor
for the next reunion and the sent!
ment was almost unanimously in fat
or of that oitv. A bid \vn? niit in i
behalf of Knoxville. but in view ??f t ii
strong sentiment for Asheville it wa
not pressed.
A number of resolutions wer
adopted, among the tuost importati
being one declaring it to be the sens
of the association that the treaty c
peace with Germany and the leagu
of nations covenant should be imnn
diately ratified without amendinen
or reservation and directing that
copy of the resolution be sent to Prei
ident Wilson, to the president of th
senate and the senators from Nort.
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennes
see.
lTnder 'lie terms of another resolv
tion the name of the organization wa
j slightly changed. The name will here
after be "Old Hickory association
Thirtieth division. A. E. F."
A resolution memorializing tii
members of (he division who fell i
action was adopted. Another urgin
the prosecution of good roads pr?
Jocts. another expressing gratitude I
French and British officers who work
ed with the division, for their spier
did cooperation, and another favoi
ing the granting of an additions
bonus to disabled soldiers, but not t
soldiers who were not disabled.
A resolution of thanks to CJreei
vllle for the entertainment given th
men was adopted by a rising vote.
Officers and men alike declare tha
the first reunion of Old Hickory ha
been an unequalled success.
The resolution endorsing the pcac
treaty favors immediate ratlfleati >i
without amendment or reservation. I
brought about a spirited debate bu
was finally adopted almost unanim
ously and it memorializes the i'nitei
States senate to do its part to ratif:
the treaty, Including the league of n:i
tions covenant.
i hp recorci or me rnirtietn divisioi
described by a speaker as "widtt?i
with lliimn, carved with steel an.
(Continued on I'age 3.)
COMPULSORY LAW IS
i HAVING ITS EFFECT
- Class Rooms AH Over State are
Crowded To Capacity as
a Result
I
?
> A SCHOLARSHIP MUDDLE
. Legislature Will He Asked to
Make Revision of Law Ret
luting To Award of ScholarShips.
Columbia, S. C.. Oct. 2. ? The State?
0 board of education met Saturday and
transacted much routine business,
h S. M. Rice, county superintendent
!t of education of Union, was requested
[. to continue in office until December,
e when the status of his resignation
will be finally determined. The low
ti salary paid the county superintendent
makes it difficult for the board to
f handle this situation satisfactorily.
Since the State Teachers' associaj.
tion will hold its next meeting on
Thanksgiving and the following Frit
day and Saturday the state board re
cominenueu mai teacners be given a
j holiday with pay, provided such
e teachers attend the meeting of the
1 association In Columbia. It is hoped
f that the trustees of the state will ac;
cept this recommendation and will
. insist that their teachers come to I
[. Columbia for this meeting. The association
has not met since 1!'17. and
the discussions ought to prove most
|. stimulating.
a Scholarship Awards Considered.
r Final disposition was made of ;.ll
' scholarship appeals. In (Jreenwi/fd
' county the board refused to make any
'* award of the Citadel scholarship. The
'* appeal of A. I). Calhoun for his son
' in this instance was dismissed without
prejudice. At the same time the
l" state hoard refused to confirm the re '
ommendatiou of the Citadel author;ties
for the appointment of Cadet
Sprott.
It is the opinion of the board that
'* the confusion, irregularities and
? complexities in the existing state
scolarship system ought to be correeled.
The legislature will pr< ha! ly
he called upon to take some a lion on
K this problem at it* next session.
L" A special committee was nppoint*
od to confer with similar ? ??i.i; 11i11:
*' from the Association of College Pr?siilents,
from .the Association of City
Superintendents and from the Associ"i
ation of County Superintendents ren
Raiding a state standard of examining
0 and certificating teachers. In the pul>s
lie school budget to he submitted 'o
the legislature will be included a spe?
cial item requesting a direct state appropriation
to improve the status of
education.
Many I'upils in School.
1 The compulsory attendance law requires
all private schools enrolling
children between the ages of six and
a
11 years to he approved by the state
board of education There are many
0
^ such yrivate schools in the state. Duly
x a few of these, however, had filed requests
for approval. The at'endance
officers In the various counties will
be compelled, under the law, to che< k
?
up the absences of till children,
whether attending public oi private
1' schools. These officers will he requested
to furnish the state sup rin*
tendent of education a correct list of
11 all private schools in their respective
fr
counties. Kvery such private school
will be urged to submit to the state
? superintendent a full statement showing
its organization, curriculum, en
1 rollment, control and teachers. The
r cooperation of the management of
' every private school will greatly
" facditate this work. All such uppliea
iiiiiiti w.ii ur IDIISllltiH'll IIV I II * SHIte
board at its next meeting in Herein'
ber.
Roports from all over the state
1 show that class rooms everywhere are
s crowded to capacity limit. Many children
are entering school who have
e never before been given instruction,
a At it o'clock the board adjourned,
t Members In attendance were: Gov
t emor Cooper State Superintenden
- swearingen. VV. .1 Modality, I'rosl
1 dent S. .1 Itorriek. I>r II VN. Snyder.
y R. A. Montgomery. W. 1*. Brooker
and l>r. 8. II. Rdmunds.
Lalxirili's Interested.
i The state board of education board
a with pleasure the reading or the sev
I eral resolutions recently adopted by
(Continued on l'age Six.)
STOLL DECLARED THE
NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS
Kiii)??tm' Attorney Wins Honor
Over Protest of l)efente<l 0|e
|K>nent, E. .F. ShrrmMxI.
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 2.?Tli
state executive committee shortly before
10 o'clock Tuesday night declared
Phillip H. Stoll, attorney ot Kings
tree, the nominee of the party tot
Congress from the sixth congressional
district by a majority of 26 votes
After purging the box at Andrews.
cn-urgeiowii county, in l:: illegal
votes, ttie protest of K. J. Sherwood,
of Horry, Mr. Stoll's opponent, who
alleged that fraudulent, Illegal, and
irregular votes were cast at the Andrews
precinct, was dismissed by the
committee.
The purged votes were not deducted
from either candidate and the result
as tabulated and declared, gave
Stoll 5,3 00 votes and Sherwood 5.
274 votes. If the purged votes, said
the report of the committee tabulat
ing the results, were taken from the
total of Mr. Stoll. it would leave him
5.288 votes or majority of 14 votes
for the district.
SUMTER CONCERN IS
TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
' Knterprlse, Formerly Teleidione
Plant, I/mi it ('(Hincclcd With In(Instrial
Lift* ?f Community.
Sumter, S. Sept. 29.?The an
nouncement that the Sumter Klectri
eal works would close its doors for
all times November 1 was heard by
Sumter people with deep regret. This
concern, which is a branch of the
Magneto factory of Newark. N J . has
been intimately connected with the
life of the town for the past quarter
of a century, being an outgrowth of
the Sumter telephone factory, tfhieh
had its beginning some dO years ago
in the experiments carried on by C.
I S. Mason on the premises of his South
| Main si root home,
i There was invented by Mr Mason
the Sumter telephone, well known at
one time throughout the country. The
success of the first factory for its
manufacture was so great that after
a few years a second and larger plant
was erected and these buildings form
j a part of the present Sumter Eeloct|
rical works.
In 1 9 I 2 Mr Mason and his nssoei'
ate- turned their attention to magI
'letics and before they had stopped
shipping telephones thev had inven*#
e?l and were making the 2-M magneto.
Soon after they perfected from
J this the Dixie magneto for the Split
J doi l" people, who had purchased the
! plant and who supplied extensively
I these magnetoes, chiefly used
| by the government during the world
war.
In the hard times period of lull1
"> the Sumter Klectrioal works was
a wonderful aid to the community. It
dosed down but for a few days when
th<- management, realizing how juany
day laborers were dependent on the
works for a living, opened again and
ran continuously through that period.
The plant lias been enlarged from
time to time until it covers two acres
I of ground and employs something
| more than 300 persons.
, The building and property have
, been purchased by the Carolina Majchinery
c mpany for $125,000, a
j price considered a great bargain as
| the land on which the building is located
is alone worth that It is valu1
able property on South Marvin street,
a block from Main street and separated
only by Telephone street from th?
Atlantic Coast line station yard. The
Carolina Machinery company is a loj?al
concern of many years' standing,
jthe managers of which are K. \V.
I Moise and F. M. Molse, progressive
j young men of this city Their brothI
er, David Mmoise, a prominent at lor|
ney of Sumter is a stockholder and
| managing director. The company
! handles farm machinery, automobiles
j and trucks and expects to enlarge
i its new quarters about the firfct of the
year. The buildings will be given up
by ?he Sututer Klectrieal winks November
1.
I'limcr Will Kutif.\ Trinity.
Paris. Ort. 2 It is the unanimous
opinion in government circles here
that the treaty of peace with (lermany
will be ratified this afternoon by the
chamber of deputies. November 9 is
'he date officially fixed for the hold.'tig
of elections.
PRINCIPLE OF OPEN
SHOP SALE ISSUE
So Judge Elbert H. Gary Tells*
Senate Committee Investigating
Steel Strike
STRIKE WITHOUT REASON
Head of United States Steel Corporation
Declares The Men
Didn't Want To Quit?Was
Forced on Them.
Washington, Oct. 2?Declaring
that the question of the open shop
?the right of a man to work irrespective
of whether he was a member
of a labor union?was the solo
issue in the nationwide steel strike,
Judge Elbert 11. Gary, chairman of
the board of the United States Steel
corporation, told the senate commitj
tee investigating the strike that his
corporation would never yield. Kvea
now. ho said, the strike is failing. .
"There was no reason for this
strike," said Judge Gary. "The men ^
did not want it It was forced on
them from the outside, by the organizers
of labor unions. The open shop
is the question here?the right to
bring about fullest production with
only the Interests of the employe Iho
employer and the public in sight."
Labor leaders, he told the committee,
were seeking 10 unionize all industry
in the country. Should their
efforts be successful, lie asserted, industrial
decay would follow.
"It means the condition I fear Fngland
is in today," he added, "though
I have hopes slo- will come out of it."
Judge Gary had not concluded his
testimony hist night and will he examined
again today. He gave way for
an hour today to several employes of
the corporation's mills who told tlio
committee they knew of no reason for
the strike. \11 agreed that tin men
who voluntarily responded to the
I strike call were mostly foreigners,
and one of them. John J. Martin, a
Y< ungstown. Ohio, machinist. : ttack
ed the leaders of the national stQel
i workers' committee. ,
"I think John Fitzpatrick (chair- i
man of the workers'committee), with
| \V Fester (secretary of th ? coinI
mi?tee) as an able assistant, is heading
a hand of buccaneers who will
overthrow this government If they
'are not stopped." said Martin, who
explained that he himself formerly
was a union man. The\ were engaged,
lie said, in "scuttling the American
Federation of Labor,"
Martin testified that the steel employes
at Youngsown. "American
and foreigners alike," had been "terror-zed
by threat to burn houses an I
kill children." Judge Gary also said
in the course of his testimony that,
the companx had much "hoarsnv e.vi.
donee" tlint such throats had been
made against tvn who would not
join in lho strike.
In the course of h!s testimony,
Judge Gary reviewed conditions leading
up l<i the strike and discussed
at length his refusal to meet the steel
workers' national committee, he said.
I would have been a departure from the
company's policy to treat tirectlv
with its employes and would have
damaged the prestige of the open
shop policy.
Mr. Gary brushed aside the charges
I of union leaders that the corporation
had mistreated its men with the state*
ment that in no basic industry in tho
world were the men better treated or
paid higher wages.
Although pressed by Senator Kenyan.
chairman of the investigating
committee, Mr. Gary refused to discuss
the efforts by President Wilson
to bring about an understanding between
the corporation officials and the
union leaders and avert the strik \
"When the President communicatee
v?un a privaip citizen," no said, "it
isn't courtesy for the person approached
to say what the communication
was."
Referring at the end of the day to
his general view of the situation,
Judge (iary said:
"The general public now requires
in "reused product on. That may even
neocssliat? increased hours, up to the
limit set by the willingness of workeis
and their health But there is no
use of talking about increased wages
and decreased production and at tho
same time roaring about rising prices.
T'ni in favor of high wages, hut then# j
comes a time when there is a limit.