The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 12, 1913, Image 1
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VOL. 8, NO. 38, SEMI-W:
4MN SHOW '
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Great Agricultural Exposition
Open For Another Week, the |
Exhibits Remaining Intach?
Action of Officials Follows
Urgent Requests From All
Sections.
Columbia, Feb. 9.?Fully
realizing the wonderful educational
advantages combined
in the National Corn Exposition,
prominent men of this
and other states have prevailed
upon the management of this
great agricultural event to hold
it open for another week. Tho
announcement was made definitely
last night that the exposition,
which was to have closed
Saturday at midnight, will
remain open until 6 o'clock next
Friday ave&ing. This action
was taken after several days of
careful consideration, and only
upon urgent requests communicated
by telegraph, reciting that
the people are just beginning to
realize the vital purposes and
fundamental significance of the
?. exposition, and the fact that
^ many who have just begun to
realize what the exposition is
and means, will not have an opportunity
to take advantage of
its opportunities unless the time
be extended.
STATEMENT ISSUED.
The official announcement
that the exposition will remain
open for another week was isRued
IflAt nicht. hv F, .T Wntann
i?uc>n< Jfvvci 1IIIICIH niu uur sister
states have so splendidly
combined to accomplish for the
elevation of the citizenship of
the nation. I want the farmers
of this state, by their atten
dance, to show the world how
much they can appreciate an
effort to aid them when they
know that the thing is real.
"I can not too strongly, too
earnestly urge every person to
come to this exposition before
it has passed into history. I
have seen nothing in this or
commissioner of . agriculture,
commerce and industries, who,
in view of the strong local sentiment
to have the exposition
remain open, sent out inquiries
qg4 to sound the general sentiment
throughout the country in reference
to such a move. The re,
sponses were placed before the
exposition management, and the
statement issued by Commissioner
Watson last night is concurred
in by them, and is looked
upon as an official statement
V from the exposition authorities
in this connection.
His statement is as follows:
'To the Public:
"The Fifth National Com
Exposition is to continue another
week, closing at 6 o'clock
next Friday evening. The exI
position is to remain intact.
Tllio in in *
xujo is in jcnce 01 my
request of the exposition officials
based on the chorus of approval
of the suggestion that
has reached me from the leading
men of the nation, including
Secretary Wilson, Senator Tillman
and scores of others in all
callings and from commercial
organizations, municipal authorities,
educators, merchants
and farmers representing the
various states, cities and towns.
"The exposition is proclaimed
by all to be too great in its
educational value to the masses
of the people to be closed before
those who have just realized
its magnitude can have the
opportunity to visit it. Their
proclamation is right.
"It is costly to retain the exposition
for a week, but all of
us believe that it is worth the
cost to give the people the full!
*. benefit to seize an opportunity
rb that may not com eagain in a
generation.* The motive is not
mercenary.
"I trust that the action taken
will be met by a spontaneous
response from every point and
that the people of the South
and of South Carolina particularly
will show to the world
their appreciation of what the
7 . V, ^ ~ i\ .
BEKLY.
any other country which offer
so much of profitable know
edge for so little of effort.
I "Already advices are read
ing me by wire of action take
in several South Carolina cei
ters that is gratifying; and sif
nificant of the spirit of the pec
pie. The people are arrangin
to come on special trains an
bring the farmers of the sui
rounding country with then
Such parties will be most coi
dially welcomed.
"The railroad rates will cor
tinue in force. Every exhibitc
and attendant has caught th
spirit that has prompted thi
most remarkable and unusw
-f 1.1 1! -
i ciiucai iui me t-uniinuance c
an exposition already a crowr
ed and glorious success, an
many of them remain at cor
siderable inconvenience, bi
without complaint.
"Special programmes as al
tractive as any yet given will t
announced and the people wh
come will participate in whs
promises to be by far the mos
notable week of the expositioi
"I feel certain that the pe<
pie of the South are now full
awake to this rare opportunity
and will be seen at the expos
tion in daily increasing nun
bers.
"Every constructive force i
this state is co-operating in thi
matter to the fullest.
"E. J. WATSON,
"Commissioner of Agriculture,
EXPOSITION IS GRAND
SAYS HARTSVILLE MA]
T. H. Coker, Jr., Editor of Th
Messenger, Pays Tribute 1
Great Acri**iiltiir?l Skn
- . -0 ?* uiivn*
T. H. Coker, Jr., of Hartsvill
editor of The Messenger, visi
ed the National Corn Expos
tion las Saturday and the grei
agricultural show roused him 1
enthusiasm. He made the fo
lowing comment on it:
"The com show is sho a sh<
It is grand. A long line <
eminent and distinguished pe:
sons f.om here, there an
everywhere have voiced m
sentiments in regard to tt
greatest of great expositior
now on in the Capital City <
South Carolina (the bestei
town, by the way, on the ma
'ceptin' Hartsville.) I went 1
the show and saw so much 1
interest, so much that is tru]
educative, that I hardly kno
wiiere 10 Degin in describing 1
The decision to continue the e:
hibition intact another week i
in my opinion, wise. I woul
like to spend the five remainin
days in the big steel buildin:
To appreciate it every ma
must see it himself. To negle<
visiting and studying the grea
est agricultural exhibit ev<
held in this county?the Ni
tional Corn Show?is oppo
tunity wasted and perhaps
fortune in money and inform)
tion thrown away. Next wee
should be noted for the crowc
in attendance."
MRS. GROVER CLEVELAN
WEDS SUDDENLY MONDA
Wife of Ex-President Marrk
Professor Preston Earlfc
Than Was Expected.
Princeton, N. J., Feb. 10.Mrs.
Grover Cleveland an
Thomas Jay Preston, Jr., wei
married at 10:30 o'clock thi
morning by President Joh
Grier Hibben, of Princeton Un
versity in Prospect, the execi
tive residence of the university
No preliminary announct
1 1 1
I uicuif iictu oeen made of th
marriage and the utmost sirr
plicity was observed in the cere
mony.
Because of the recent illnes
of Mr. Preston, the weddinj
was private, the other guests i;
addition to the members of th
two immediate families beinj
President and Mrs. Hibben
Miss Elizabeth Hibben and An
drew F. West, dean of Prince
ton's graduate school.
The bride wore a simple sill
gown and carried roses.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston wil
spend the remainder of the win
ter in Florida.
The ceremony was performet
in the main drawing room 01
President Hibben's home.
aura
LANCASTER, S. C., 1
i- BOTH SIDES SUFFER
n IN BLOODY BATTL1
i- .
f" Capture of Hill at Scutari Cost
g Montenegrins 2,500?Turk
d Leave 4,000 Dead?-Turkis
c~ Defenders Being Driven Bac
r- by Enemy.
j Podgoritza, Montnegro, Fel
" 10.?The Montenegrin army b<
11 m.?i-.*-e??.
oci2?iu? me j. urH.mii ionress c
| Scutari carried the great Bai
da 'joli hill by assault at 10:3
.. this morning after seven
hours of severe fighting. Th
7 victors lost 2,500 men killed an
wounded. The Turks left 4,00
men on the field.
Xhe infantrymen on seven
t;_ occasions came into such clos
(e quarters that hand-to-han
0 fighting was general along th
it lineit
Bardanjoli hill dominate
i. Scutari from the eastern sid
)- and the Montenegrins ai
y mounting seige guns on th
heights to bombard the city
i- principal points,
i- Fighting has gone on sine
early morning all around th
n city. The Turkish defendei
is are disputing the groun
against the besiegers with fierc
determination and courage.
" A Montenegrin attack on th
heights of Tarabosch, whic
dominate Scutari on the wes
N has been going on for thre
days. This onslaught is belies
ie ed to have been as sanguinar
;o as the engagement at Bradai
joli.
e,
I ALMOST READY FOR
* TAFTS SIGNATUR
o.
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r- Senate Passes Webb Measui
;d Without Roll Call?Woul
[V
ie Prohibit Interstate Shipmei
is of Intoxicating Liquors Ii
^ tended for Unlawful Sale.
p, Washington, Feb. 10.?T1
:o senate today, by a viva vo<
1? vote, passed the Webb liqut
w bill already passed by the how
t. as a substitute for the Kenyoi
K- Sheppard bill.
The Webb bill would prohib
shipments of intoxicatir
^ liquors from one state to ai
in other when intended to be r
ct ceived or sold in violation <
the law of the state to whic
the shipment is made.
r_ Friends of the legislation no
a will sippV Viqwo iVio Vi/vni./. ""
? ww <aurv tllb nuunc LU
a- cur in the senate bill, which di
jk fers from the bill passed by tl
*8 house only in number. Shou
that be done the bills will n<
U be considered in conference, bi
H the measure passed by the sei
ate will go to the President f<
s his signature.
,r The substitution of the Wet
bill for the Kenyon-Sheppai
bill came at the close of pr<
longed debate and was by vi\
l<* voce vote, no roll call being d<
e manded.
is The vote was first upon tt
n perfection of the Kenyon-Shei
. pard bill. By a vote of 61 to 2
1_ the senate agreed to the con
m it tee amendment adding
section to the bill which provic
?- ed in terms that intoxicatin
e liquors should become subjet
to state laws as soon as i
crosses state boundaries.
Senator Hitchcock's ament
i iiiciil wo except liquors intende
s1 for personal use was defeate
K j without a roll call and one b
n Senator O'Gorman exceptin;
e ; liquor intended for personal an
Z j for sacramental use was like
, 1 wise defeated, 81 to 50.
- | Senator Kenyon succeeded ii
- having the measure amende*
to become operative July 1
< 1013. Thereupon Senator Gal
linger asked for the substitu
1 tion of the Webb bill for th?
- senate measure. He likewis*
I succeeded in having the titl<
1 amended so as to bring th<
f house in accord as to the num
ber of the bills.
istcr
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUA1
SUNDAY BLAZE
17 nAMAfro ruiror
j i/niumibd muni
ts
Methodist Church Narrow
^ Escapes Destruction, Consi
erable Damage Done?Fir
men Do Good Work.
On Sunday, about 1:30 p. r
the usual stillness was brok<
^ by the alarm of fire, whi<
r- proved to be in the handsor
0 new First Methodist churc
11 The customary morning servi
had been conducted by the pa
iQ tor, Rev. W. H. Hodges, and tl
congregation had dispersed t
il fore the fire was discoverc
le Several persons had noticed i
d unusual amount of smoke abo
ie the building for some time a
ter the service and thought
[g strange, but not suspicio
-e enough to warrant giving j
ie alarm. Finally smoke began
3 issue from the basement of tl
building, whereupon he alar
ie was immediately given. Tl
s fire wagon and hose were so<
d on the ground, but the smo.
:e was so dense in the buildii
that no flame could be disco
16 *
ered, so a stream of water w
t, poured into the baseme
?e where the furnace was locate
?r- upon the supposition that t
y fire was there. But the den
smoke continued, showing th
the water had not reached t
flames, so the hose was turn
into the auditorium of tl
church and also into the Su
Eday school room, but still wit
out result. Finally the wi
dows were raised and when t
smoke was partially dissipate
re the fire was seen about midw
of the building, directly over t
'd furnace. A hole about five fc
it square had been burn
through the sleepers and flo<
?" Several handsome pews we
burned and the floor und<
heath the Sunday school roc
le was charred to a consideral
Ie extent. After the flames we
)r discovered it took only a she
while to extinguish them. T
costly velvet carpet was ve
much injured and it is fear
that the newly installed $2,0
it pipe organ may have been hi
ig by the water. The walls a
n_ floor of the church were al
e_ very much damaged by smo
- and water.
The church is the newest a
one of the handsomest edific
in Lancaster, having been bu
w in place of a smaller structi
on the same site destroyed
f fire February 22, 1907. T
loss on the building is estim;
ed at from $3,000 to $4,0
W covered by insurance. T
?t other denominations of t
Jt town have offered thi
churches to the Method
)r brethren until the damag
building is repaired.
^ Much praise is due the lo<
"d fire comDanv for th#?ir nrftm
^ response and efficient service.
ra
b- BILL TO CHANGE
THE PRIMARY LAY
le
> Registration May he Require
13 But There are No Restr
!- tions to be Placed Upon t
a Registration.
1- Columbia Special to Sparta
g burg Herald, Feb. 10: The jut
:t ciary committee reported in tl
it house this mornincr n oiiKoftfn
- ^ *? uu'./iTum
bill for the four measures r
1- latin# to changing the primal
(1 law, which have been referr<
d to. The substitute bill, whi<
y will be the one passed if ar
g pass, by the general assembl
(i provides for registration <
t- voters for the primaries of t
political parties which cast j
n many as 20,000 votes in Soul
d Carolina. There is no restri
, tion on registration, such as
- thrown arour. .1 the gener,
- election. Any persons no
e qualified to vote in primarit
p have the right to register f(
b the next primary and will r<
B ceivt a blank upon the present.*
- tion of which at the poll he wi
! be allowed to vote.
A .
IY 12, 1913.
MADERO SENDS MESSAGE, j |
Declares Condition Not as Bad
Has Reported.
Laredo, Tex., Feb. 10.?Mexican
Consul Antonio Lozo, of
this city, was in telegraphic
ly communication with President 1
if ? *- ' "
Muaero at Mexico Uity tonight
at 8:30 o'clock, the President
e" personally dictating to a telegraph
operator at the capital,
replies to a series of questions
propounded by the consul. Maden
ero denied rumors of his flight 1
ch and said that General Blancquet a
ne has arrived. ?
, President Madero said: j
"It is not true that General ^
ce Blancquet has refused to fight
ts- for the government and at this c
he minute he enters my office to
announce his arrival in the city. a
? "The report that Felix Diaz *
' ' controls the points of vantage J
an in and about the city is inexact. *
ut He has not dared to leave the s
if- La Ciudadela, or powder and 1
it arms factory, which occupies
one public square and which is ?
really in his possession."
an Madero denied a report that *
to Monterey was in possession of
he the rebels.
m "It is a lie that Zapata is any- a
h where near Tlapam," declared a
the President. t
on "Perhaps the people have r
Ke confounded his force with a I
rig small body of bandits which has r
lV_ been operating in that city. It j
as is not true that the cabinet has \
resigned and the proof of this s
nt is that the minister of war, as a
sd, well as the others, have been
he doing all in their power to assist [
se the government at the present e
t time."
Advices received in Laredo s
"e from Monterey at 9 o'clock toed
night report everything quiet
he in that city. Two bridges on ,
n_ the national line between Mon- ^
terey and Tampico have been
n burned.
? ?
^ EATS WITH GLASS 1
ay TUBE IN STOMACH
bp
t Doctor Puts Electric Light in k
' , Tube and Watches Man's Di- \
5r gestion.
,re Chicago, Feb. 10.?Ferd C. {
ir_ Vicek, who for 16 years has t
swollowed no food, is giving aid
)]e to science through observation
ire of his digestion process, accord)rt
ing to Prof. A. J. Carlson, assishe
tant in the department of
ry physiology, at the University of 1
Chicago.
00 By means of a glass tube
irt through which an electric light
n(| is introduced into the man's
|ao stomach, Dr. Carlson last night
ke said he had been able to observe
j and photograph the food at
n{j every stage during the process 1
.es of digestion. ,
lilt Since he was eleven years old,
ire Vicek has taken food through a j
by tube leading from the abdomen ,
>he into the stomach, the oesophaat
?us having been completely 1
I0O closed when he swallowed a '
he strong solution. The man was '
he found working at his trade here ]
ejr as a barber several months ago.
Although it was intended only 1
.e(j liquids should be taken through
the tube, Vicek developed an
3a| appetitie for meats and vege- '
Jpt tables, and after masticating ;
them successfully, introduced !
them into the stomach through .
the tube. 1
vs
"DISGRACEFUL PLOT."
?d,
ic- Acquitted New Yorker Com- 1
he ments on Recent Trial at f
Aiken.
n- New York, Feb. 10.?Mr. and *
li- Mrs. Frederick O. Beach rehe
turned from Aiken, S. C., from S
te the trial of Mr. Beach, at which I
e- he was acquitted of the charge e
ry of attacking his wife with a d
2d knife. Mr. Beach was wrapped V
:h in a big fur coat and looked o
iy haggard and worn. "The ver- S
y, diet was none other than we all A
of expected it to be," he reiterated, F
til "and the whole affair was noth- f<
mg out a disgraceful plot." P
h jd
c_ Joel Brunson Drops Dead. b
is Sumter Special to Columbia e<
nl Record, Feb. 8: Joel E. Brun-i
w son, a candidate for governorIh
is on the prohibition ticket injlu
>r 1906, a well known prohibition-jpi
e- ist and prominent citizen of J v
this county, dropped dead at] p
11 New Sumter, about five milesi tl
from here this morning. 1 t(
?. I
$1.50 PER YEAR.
iXPLORER SCOn
AND PARTY LOST
Vfter Reaching South Pole,
They Are Overwhelmed by *
Rlizzard?Were Waiting Arrival
of Rescuers.
Oaharu, New Zealand, Feb.
0.?Captain Robert F. Scott
ind his party were overwhelmed
by a blizzard on their return
ourney from the south pole.
The entire party perished.
They reached the south pole
>n the 18th of January, 1912.
This was just forty-five days
ifter the date which Captain
toald Amundsen is reported to
lave reached the southern exremity
of the globe. Amunden
reported that he found the
>ole on December 14, 1911.
The records of Scott's discovery
and a partial history of
lis expedition were found with
he perished party.
SIXTY-SIX DIED.
The news of the appalling disister
which befell Captain Scott
ind his companions was
irought to this port by a siglalled
message from the Terra
>Jova, the vessel which had caried
the explorer and his exledition
to the antarctic, and
vhich late last year went once
igain to the south to bring him
tnd his companions back.
The total number of deaths
nvolved in the calamity is not
exactly known, but it is believ
v? vnub oiAtjf *i5ia ociciiiisvs and
ailors lost their lives.
Captain Scott's party reachd
the exact point where Roald
Amundsen planted the Norvegian
flag at the south pole.
They found there the hut
.onstructed and left behind by
Vmundsen's party. J
These facts were recorded in
he documents found on the
>odies of the deacj explorers
vhen they were recovered.
SERIOUS RIOTING i
IN TOKIO STREETS
? I
follows Resignation of Katsura
and Cabinet?Casualities Are
Six Persons Killed and 65 Injured.
j
Tokio, Feb. 10.?Six persons
vere killed and 65 injured in
political rioting here today. The
utuation tonight is serious. The
Premier of Japan, Prince Kat?ura
was stoned by a mob in
the streets. His resignations
has been demanded by the peo--.
pie. Mobs attacked the offices ,
[)f the bureaucratic newspapers
and threatened dwellings of the;
ministers. They burned anu
wrecked police stations, tram
i;ars ana private buildings.
Detachments of troops patrol
the streets. Each newspaper
affice is protected by a guard of
50 soldiers, to whom ball cartridges
have been served. They
have their bayonets fixed for
nstant use.
The minister of the imperial'
lousehold announces that mar;ial
law will be proclaimed if
here are any further attempts
it incendiarism.
.ittie Hoy Fell Into Harrel of
Boiling Water.
Uimter Special to Columbia
tecord, Feb. 10: News reachd
here today of the terrible
leath of little Willie Hays
Vorkman, the six-year-old son
f the Rev. W. H. Workman of
ialem Brick church, near
layesville, at his home there
'riday afternoon. The little
ellow was watching his elders
repare hogs for butchering,
iiv11 ne leu into a barrel of
oiling water which was intendi
for scalding hogs.
He was terribly scalded and
is pam was intense.? Medical
ssistance was summoned at)
nee and all that could be done/i i
as done for him, but all to n<>;
urpose. Death came during)
le night and put an end to tl/o
urible suffering. '
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