Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V< VOI (I V/\ 7 Ltl.'M 11'T1T7 "* \ I" rc^j^ ^ ^ KLY. LANCASTER, S. C., ^O'SC^Iht SYLVIA PANKHURST " "? '< ? A.ij.??r?. CHAINED UP IN PARK incut July l.'i Improbable'?A p. propria!ion Measures. Washington, May 24. whe ther Militants Give London Police tigress will adjourn in July or Exciting Sabbath. niggle along until late in the full Dbably will be determined during WOULD Dl ' K SUFFRAGIS 9 present week. Democratic lead < have predicted for several weeks Suffragettes tlifer Prayer in W it they would be able to put minster Abbey for Louder rough the legislation asked by ot- ??|.ul.jes esident Wilson and still get away July 15. Developments in the London. May 24.?Suffrag it few dnvs. however, have led gave the po,ice and Church offlc ne of the leaders to rev'sc this a busy Sunday> and they themse in ion, and it was admitted today ln som" ca8es recelved rough tr it if the senate undertakes to put meI,t from crowd8 who sbowed 11 rough anti-trust legislation of a rebutment at the reGent interfere mprehensive nature. such as its wlth the King and UlR damage d mmittec in charge of the subject to ph'tuies. ,poses, adjournment can hardly be Sylvia Pankhurst. who was arr ton for several weeks after the ten- ed a8aln under the t at and Moti ive date mentioned. Act, and her Kast End followers i l-\\ HiJI ENTHUSIASTIC GOOD 5 ROADS MEETING Representative Gathering in Kershaw Last Fridays str E. J. WATSON THE SPEAKER pr 2 th' Object ??l" Meeting to IHkcuss I'litus to ' '' Make Ci?niden-<'harlot te Highway l'art ol' National Highway. "" A number of our leading citizens, ' r headed by Col. Leroy Springs, presl- l,y dent of the Lancaster 'chamber of 'a,i commerce, attended the good roads so1 meeting in Kershaw Friday afternoon. Tlte following detailed account of the meeting appeared in ,ln Sunday's State, written by its Ker- ro' ^ shaw correspondent: ,to' One of the most enthusiastic meet- ?>r< ings was held in the town of Kershaw Friday afternoon of its history. lat when delegates from Lancaster, Camden. Heath Springs, Kershaw and nu other towns and villages on and near )s' the Camden-Charlotte highway met 'ts in a good roads meeting. Kershaw and Lancaster counties' most prominent men turned out en- (')' masse to hear Mr. E. J. Watson on ol the subject of good roads and national highways, the object of the ,s meeting being to discuss plans for/")1 petitioning the national government " to make the Camden-Charlotte highway a branch of the national high- ?" way from Washington to Atlanta. The meeting was presided over by ' E. 1) TMakeney, president of the on Kershaw chamber of commerce, who stated the object of the meeting and introduced E. J. Watson as the ,,u speaker of the evening. Mr. Watson opened his address with the remark that it was gratifying to him to see such an enthusiastic good roads meeting in the state of South Carolina, the n??K- i... said, that he lists attended in tills W( state where so many interests were r.( represented. He spoke of the pr<*s- j)U ent and future undertakings of the tj,( National Good itosids Association, of which he is vice president. He pre- tu Rented some of Senator Bankliead's ideas on the subject of good roads, He stated that about 14 0-odd meas- no ures were taken on goods roads and jn from those was developed a com- p{ posite bill, known as the Slinkleford pa measure, this bill to carry an appro- j? priatlon of something like $25,000,OOOfor the development of national highways throughout the I'nited an States. Ih Mr. Watson.spoke of the old na- tjv tional highway built along the foot- WJ hills of the Piedmont section as lie- ta| ing good enough for summer travel but entirely too clayey for winter travel. He stated that the highway -pj in order to get best results will have aj, to he built along the sand ridfie, the )>0 route being chosen Washington to ? ? sn Richmond to Cheraw to Bethune to tjj Camden to Columbia to Augusta and fc thence to Atlanta. He stated that ro this would be the main national highway front Washington to Atlanta and iri that as the Camden-Charlotte road joins fhis road sit two points there should be no reason, if the people ru living along that route would work th for it, that it should not become a jo: branch of that national highway, lie presented an ideal system of 27 roads for South Carolina as one having Camden and Columbia as basic cit points and extending in branches to er ^ the Important towns of the state. He va said that he believed that if the peo- ou pie of Lancaster and Ker-ltaw conn- tiv ties would put the Camden-Charlotte w! road in proper condition that the go, - rtei ernment would accept it and provide be for its maintenance. ? Mr. Watson was enthusiastically L. received by the 50 or more delegates I,, besides the town people assembled st< in the Masonic hall to hear him. Hi At the conclusion of Mr. Watson's of address delegates were apointed sh: from each township of Kershaw and T. Lancaster counties for a meeting Cu which is to be held in Kershaw next Ni Friday, May 29. These delegates will He meet In the early part of the day and '('a draw up a pldn for promoting jnd putting the Camden-Charlotte road be In such a condition that the nationnl shi government will receive it as a off branch of the national highway. They Hp will then submit, the plan to the en-jPil tire delegation to be assembled in Kershaw at 3:30 o'clock of the saint: shi day. , ha The delegates are as follows: K. D. ld< Rlakeney, chairman of committee: ha DeKalh township, J. T Mackey and sui Tuesday the senate interstate rem- vided the day's biggest excitmeni ?.roo committee will determine great procession that marched lether it will report to the senate Victoria Park, on the. way, picked omnibus trust bill, or wait until Sylvia Pankhurst and chained house sends over its three bills on handcuffed her to fifteen won same subject. If the committee This party was surrounded by ot rides to go ahead with its own sort supporters armed with slaves. trust legislation and reports out a The police allowed the proces: 1 framed by a sub-committee, there to proceed, but when the park every prospect for debate which reached they got the militant let a hardly end in ie.-s than six weeks, and those chained to her into it decides to wait for the house park, then shut the gates against is it may conclude to report only 1 rest of the women. The womer e of them to the senate. ?lie bill chains put up a stiff fight, but oviding for a trade commission, police finally broke the chains though the appearance or litis bill arrested Sylvia. They allowed the senate floor would also lead others to go. much debate. Democratic leaders Outside the gate the police, > abably could force its passage in great difficulty, broke up a fur tcli less time than the omnibus struggle between male suffragists i anti-suffragists. WOl'Ll) DUCK THEM. IIOT WEATHER COMES u nanipstead Heath sufTraj! oil HistriliufoTTTiocal Rains Pro,,,. ' aU;"1 on th<' ?,0? for *[rot/X' - against a mob, which rushed t ikciI by Hm-enu. , A, 1A1 , ........ ... plattorm with cries of Dark til "Washington, May 24 Warm , ... ,, , we will teach them to insult >ather with well distributed local t ,, Ins were forecasted by I lie weather ,, , . , ..... . ...... The police surrounded the surf reau tonight for the tirst half 01 . . Ists, most of whom were women, e week. ... ,, .. . ., . finally got them away In safety. Indications are that the tempera- . , ... , .. , , Many women chose Westmin re will average above the normal in ... , ? A. . , . . 0 .. _. . ., Abbey and New' Castle Cathedral p Eastern and Southern States, the* ,. . .. ? ..... . . day to make pravers. The At lio vallev and the Central West and . . .. .... .. prayers were chanted for Mrs. Ps ar or somewhat below tho normal . .1 . ,. . a. . .. hurst, protests were uttered aga the Northwestern States, the . ... . ., the apathv of the church in the i ickey mountain region and on the . . . ...... ... ,, . , ,. ... , , ter of the forcible reeding of woi icific slope, liaitifall will be genernl . . . ? . ... .. I*.,, , i ., and an appeal was made to the II local, but well distributed over the . .. , ... . _. . op of Down, who was preaching, irthern and Western States. ' ....... , prevent the torturing of women. A disturbance will cause showers , n . . ,, protest also was made against woi d thunderstorms the first half of ' . . . ... , . . , being turned out of the Housi e week in the Northern States from , . . . ... (!ofl >111(1 thnro ? o^ i Mississippi valley east- * '" " . . . Shame on the Church! The irds, and locally In the Rocky moun . , . , ... . " men fought against their romc in and plateau regions. . . ? ..... .. . . .? and it was a considerable time be Another disturbance will cross the . .. . .. ... . . tht> disturbance was quieted. Sir eat central valleys Wednesday or . ... ... o" I scenes were enacted in New Csi lursday ami the Eastern States ..... . ... . ... Cathedral, where some of the wo out Friday. This disturbance will . ... ... had to be carried from the edi accompanied by well distributed . .... .... . and then were compelled to seek owers and thunderstorms east ot * ... . . , ... . protection of the police from the e Hockv mountains, and it will he .. . . . . tile crowds outside. Mowed by a general change to _ .. ... , .. Suffragists raided numerous str oler weather. in the West End of London early isb Home Rule Hill Passes Third dav- smashing windows. Severa Heading in House of Commons. them were arrested. London, May 25. The Irish home 'populace rushed a suffra le bill passed its third reading in meeting in Hyde Park today and e house of commons today by a ma- <'own the platform from wl rity of 78 speeches wer being delivered. The vote was: For 352. against police escorted the suffragists 4 safety. The house was seething with ex ement from the moment the speak- MONUMENT TO KIMTOKK. took the chair. Members of the Hons parties indulged in loud out- Congressman ltartholdt Makes rsts of cheering when their resji^c- dress at Unveiling. e champions entered the chamber, ^t. Louis Mav 24 "The il lile at the same time mocking ban- gpectre of Puritanism is beclout was shouted from the opposite the sun of fre?dom. It is the lo nches. pre8P?t generation to defend sovereignty of the individual aga T. Mills, Flat Hock township. R. tyranny of the majority." Hell, town of Kershaw, John T. With these words United St; ven?- and J M. < arron, Pleasant congressman Richard Hartholdi II township. R. B. Mackey; town Missouri, prefaced a declaration 1 Lancaster and (.ill < reek town- today that Carl Sehurz, Kmil 1 ip. W. T. Gregory. ( . I). Jones and tortus and ,Car' Haenzer would fir Y. Williams; Cane Creek. J Roy n??.. ? -*? - - in-** iif.hi iin uwuiun to r.e w?g? nnlngham. Indian Land, J. E they were living in this epoch, sbet; Waxhaw, J. A. Hyatt. T. W. Mr. Bartholdt spoke at the un\ crest; Waxhaw. N. <\, W. B. Mo- jp^ Df a monument to the three ( in. man editors, erected in oommemi The three presidents of the cham- (ion of their support to the Ur rs of commerce of Lancaster, Key* , during the. War Between the Sta aw and faniden were made , ex . "if it is right for society to con ico members. They are Leroy ^e tastes and regulgte the perse rings, E. 1). Blakeney and H. It. conduct of men in ouerespact, it its. l,ft considered righjjw*;ill other The two supervisors. West of Ker- gp9rts. We hohhJlB'hver, that aw and Blackmon of Lancaster, q?iy part of th JDJEuucr of any ve entered enthusiaHtically Into the for which he is able to soclet a and say they think they will, that which cone'erda others. In ve no trouble raising the required part which concertos himself, his m for the project. dependence is, of right, absolute. ? ' ;? *"t ' i j i - " - TUESDAY. MAY 2<>, 15114. READY FOR ACTION H0W?2 ON HOME RULE BILL - - K<ksi^iis \ Satis! an Likely to Pass Third Reading in Hartsviiie Short While. Stale. May reived this al ITS ALL EYES TURN TO PESTER *??? ry * _ tees of Coker est- Possibly Civil War in Ireland lie- Howard Deo fore (aoverniiient is Set lp at the Citadel S< Dublin. Charleston. ists London, May J4.?In forty-eight j as pastor of t ials hours, perhaps less, the home rule will become Ives bin w|u pass its third reading in the lege, beginnin ' at~ house of commons, barring accidents, 1 lege on June heir (nce and in due course become a law, de- Dr. Jones one sl>ite opposition by the house of lords. Hall, who rt whose veto under the Parliament act few weeks ag est* is limited to two successive sessions, ed Dr. Jones lse There will lie a long, hard fight, how- jNashville lai ever, and possibly civil war In Ire- upon the Sou land before a Parliament is set up in tion. I Dublin for the I'lster men. deterniin- While Rem and e<* t',at 'Totestant portion of the the resignatin uen. province shall be excluded from tlie accomplished tlier bill's operation, threaten to establish dor whose tli a provisional government as soon us tion the collei the bill leaves the house of commons, a satisfactory was ider ' third reading was interrupted Dr. Jones wil the Thursday, when the speaker suspend- ?>d with genui the ecf the sitting because of the obstrue- ty. student be t in tive tactics of the I'nionists. /.ens ot the u U'? LAWS AMKNDMKNT. . "" and 1 lice a year ; tju, Andrew Uonar Daw. leader of the a ptist bam opposition, tomorrow again will ask December 1 vith Premier Asquith to acquaint the cleared hint t ious house with the terms of the aim nd- coming, it is i and inent whieli he lias proposed. If the ward the con premier refuses to do so the I'nionists t'oker Collegi may leave tlie chamber in a body. In lists which case the government would T. R. DEC tion pass the bill and adjourn over tin GE1 heir Whitsuntide holidays. em! It was thought that the lp-\vich Will Start t the election, in which ('. ! '. G. Master t'onfereu nian lately appointed chancellor of rag- the Duchy of Dancastoer. was defeat- Oyster Hay and ed by the I'nionist candidate, mieht Roosevelt's n influence the cabinet to take a dif- on new signi ster feren. course, but this hope waa dis- known today to- slpaled tonight by a letter from the dent wollld h< >bey itt. Hon. Herbert Samuel, postmaster |ence wlih ink- general, in which the minister, ?juot- there inst lug the figures of forty-two bye dec- This oonfei nat- tions since the bill was introduced in a large measi men l'?12, sets up the claim that 226,000 ;in starting t ish- electors voted for candidates pledg- fall campaign "to ed to home rule and 201,000 elec-1 Uol. Uooee A j tors voted for candidates oppricd to many of his men home rule. turn from So 5 of WATCHING I'LSTKR. time in takii s of The eyes of Kngland are turning Wilson, with< wo- on Ulster, where arrangements have nial opening >vel, been made to assemble the provision- said a few di fore al government and mobilize the well- to keep out nlar armed force of volunteers. Arms and possible until istlo ammunition have been distributed Spain, but re men and plans are completed for t ailing him 1? consid lice, out volunteers at a moment's notice. it'K into the the According to orders to the commend- He alreadj lios- ers of the volunteers these steps have tion to tlie been taken "to assist in keeping advocacy of eets peace in the event of disturbances tton act and 1 to- arising out of the passage of the S2f>.000,000 t 1 'of home rule hill." , stood he will Londonderry and Tyrone are dan- tacks upon t gist ger points, for here the Nationalists J?oli<y and uf tore and Ulster men are evenly divided. Underwood t; hich Nationalists rejoicing over the pas- " has ben The sage of the hill might easily lead to a. maining silc to clash, and extra police have been permit the | drafted for service in those districts, the field first and if necessary the military would the Wilson pi lie ordered to proceed to the assis- has had cons! jtunee of the civil authorities. The j former I'resi Ad- belief is held in some quarters that1 probable that all this threatened trouble might rope at the e lark havo heen avoided b> the government f'rp the open ling "unouueing the terms of the amend- pccted to be . , tug bill and making further mmw. career. 1 sions to Ulster. Many radicals, how- Another pi } ( ever, think the government has pone Washington "1H far enough. 'tween Pol. R< 'leaders. Rej: Btos AN AI'I'KAI. IS III.KI) Jing might tal ^ <)f Hay today lere in Case Against the Lancaster Jt meeting the i t're- Chester Railway. 1916 and the id a Chester Special to Colunihia State, j vnlt on a jol d if May 24. The case of Mrs. Isabella;s|Ve ticket wil F. Clifton, administratrix of the: toy suggestio 'eil- estate of James Leroy Clifton, poosevelt. I] Jer- who met his death in the Lancaster ally, howevet ora-'^Chester railway Hooper's creek Kepublican lion wreck on July 20 last, and u rich was.w|,|]e Was t?s. trhed several weeks ago in the court i trol of opmmon please and a verdict iu Jurors >nal the sum of $20,000 given by the Clerk of th will court against the raiway and Leroy quests ns to re- Spring* its president, and which later once with rh? the Judge J W DoVore ordered reduced other court ol one to $15,000 and which the plaintiff ao- to draw eitli y is cepted, has been appealed by the at- Jury for the the tortieys for the defendants. Tlie will convene ; '.n- amount originally asked for was $50, ters not tria " 000, taken up. $1.50 PI DE, CLOSES I tor three \ ours of factor.* Smice. Special to Columbia Pt'pitlilicjin St'nntoi l'4. a telgorani re- lucky Passes 'tornoon by J. J. Law of the hoard ot trus- LON(i POLITIC.\ college, from the Rev Jones. 1> I) . pastor of lat^t Speech Was on |Uare liaptist church of Repeal ot loll , , .. . . tion Lav states that re resigned ... ... . Washington. May 2 hat church today and . . . , ? , , Hradley. United State president of ( oker col..... ... . Kentucky, died here g Ins duties at the col. t( night after a lingering ... . vated by a fall, will succeec; I>r. a. J. , ... Senator William O signed as president a ? .. . . . , one of the most distini o. Mr. Lawton mforni... ... . ., . 'lean leaders of Kentu of his election while in .... eration. An orator of d week in attendance ., ., .. . ty, for forty years he h tliern liaptist convcnII Oil f hofnPo t - " JM-II || nil regret is felt over an<1 "u" "n,,onii of Dr. Hall, who has ,,or? 184~. he a great work and uu- yoars nf aK"' w'"'n th< no yoars' administra- 'he stat,'<! broke out. go lias gone forward at away ,n"u home to pace, tho nows that army. <)n,v to bo fa I sun-cod hint is reoeiv- r,l"'<s ''> hi- father no delight bv the facul- , x,reni'' youth. As idy and by all tho eitl- '?wor house of the F ?w". laturo he attracted > ed a series of meetings hat at the ago of ll igo and was ore^ont it . , , ' In was passed hv the met her on tlie night of . The visits have on- h,ni lo >>rac <? all hearts, and his Proved his cjualiflcati olt. will moan much to- examining oommitte. tinned ad vain emont of ">c committee of his and tlii- community und the law became hi On niiinv occasions 1IDES TO '<> ?u s selected to (| r IN THE FRAY "" of he tat, th" dedication of the | lie Hall to Kolling at "lg at the Columbian ice in Washington 18h:i; unveiling et Today. statue in Louisville; . N. Y., May iff.. i;0|. ."'onumcnt at f'hlckat ip io wasnington took nunc rap flcanre when it became i!,P?'t'ch was delivered < that the former Presi- 'u> *poke against tlte )ld an important confer- ''anania canal tolls i prominent Progressives Senator liradley's taken toworrow to 1 renee will determine in where funeral servict ire plans to he followed Tuesday from the hon he ball rolling for the tor- Mr" John (! So' i# will he accompanied velt has been urged by "'ora both houses of supporters since his re- > uth America to lose 110 BIG LUMBER ] ig issue with President AT CONWi nit waiting for the for of the campaign. He l ire l.os> Kstimati ays ago that he desired Willi KM.iitio Iiimi of politics as much as Rebuild at t after his return from Conway Special cent events have caused \?.ws and Courier, or the question of Jump- Conway Lumber Com tray at once. South Conway was in has expressed Oppesl- by j,re this at term Wilson administration's tos.- of *7r?.noo. with tlie canal tolls exemp- aiice Fire broke out to the proposal pay Qf th< saw mill nbot 0 < olumhiu. It is under and within a few mint 1 make his severeH at control. The local fl he President's foreign sponded to the alar ion the operation of the thus saved the plainii arilt law ; rj-? tock of lumhi suggested that hy re- from destruction. T 'tit. the < olonel would was stationed on tin tepubltcans to net into Waceamaw river, nc with their criticisms of plant, and the 1 <I< 1 i olicies. Thi?- suggestion |onll\ and with excel iderahle weight with the several hours. The n dent and it is not ini- the company and the before he sails for Eu- were destroyed, the o nd of this week he will L'etlter with the new ing gun in what Is ex- process of construe the hardest fight of ins minted by the oonflag Mr II. \V. Ambros ossible outcome of the (,f the company, whe trip is a meeting be- correspondent, stated nose volt and Itepublican .< <,.:ld be rebuilt ami >orts that such a meet- them would begin si te place reached Oyster It was said that at this Woman Commit (residential campaign of Spartanburg Specia c andidacy of Col. Itoose- May 2f? Upcoming Int Uepublican-Progres- cause of ill health. II be broached. The lat- pard. aged 22. comra n was scouted by Col. her home in Iteic le did not deny specific- morning by shooting \ that he might meet head with a .28 cal members of Congress She leaves a husbani ihington. pard, and a 7-raonthf Not to Attend. Mr. John G. Stai e Court Paul Moore re- Mr. John G. Starnet state that after conter- Itilf section. Union r attorneys, he and the died very suddenly ; Ificials have decided not was f. 1 years of age, ter the grand or petit veteran and a substan June term. The cotirt was married four t as usual, but only mat-1his last wife, he leave? ble by a jury will he ten children and thre five sisters. / SR YEAR HH BUSY LIFE r From KonA way. L CAREER. May (i Apuinsf. s Kxerpi. 4 William O. s senator from at it:4f) last ; Illness appra. Bradley was guished RepubcKy In his pen' unusual ablillad been promllo of Ills state was only 14 > War Hot ween Twice lie ran Join the Union ken from the beenuse of his a pajrr of the Centurky lrnisoioh attention B a special art lepislature mitico law. If he oiib before an lie satisfied qualifications Is profession. Senator liradloliver orations i 1 spoke at Kentucky build> Exposition in the Jefferson the Kentueky napua and the itol. His last >n May G, when repeal ot' the exemption law. body will be Frankfort. Ky., s will bo held ie of his daueh ith. The body by committees Congress. PLANT BURNS Ml at 975,000 ranee?Will (Mice. to Charleston May 2 4. The patty's plant in ntially destroy3011, entailing 1. ?4ti.;t00 insurin tlie lire room it 11'.;!n p. m., ites w .is heyond re company rein quickly and it; mills and the it in the yard hi' lir?? engine > banks of the ur the. burning s worked herolent results for ino dry kilns of lumber therein Id saw mill, toone, which was Hon. were conration. e. the manager n seen by your that the mills 1 that work on lortiy. x Suicide. 1 to The State, despondent bed's. Kdna Leoit ted suicide at lsville Sunday herself in the libre revolver, il, I,eland Leoi-old boy. rnes Dead. ; of the College county, N. 0., yesterday. He a Confederate tlal citizen. He inies. Resides ; surviving him e brothers and