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Abbeville Press and Banner ,iM ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 16,1916. established a year. _____ _ _ GIVES PORTRAIT OF GRANDFATHEI COLUMBIAN PRESENTS CANVA OF LATE JUDGE M'GOWAN TO SUPREME COURT. William C. McGowan, of the C< lumbia law firm, Shand, Benet & M< Gowan, has presented to the suprem court a handsome oil portrait of h grandfather, the late Gen. Samui McGowan, of Abbeville, who was justice of the court. U. R. Brooks, clerk of the cour sketches briefly, as follows, Gen. Mi Gowan's career: ' Samuel McGowan was born c Scotch-Irish parents in Laurer county October 9, 1819. He w? graduated with distinction from th South Carolina college in 1884. H read law in Abbeville with his frien< Col. T. C. Perrin. He soon gav promise of being distinguished in h profession, but in 1846, filled wit the fire of patriotism he entered th famous Palmetto regiment an started for the Mexican war as private soldier. He acted as volui teer aide to Gen. Quitman at th storming of Chapultepec and th capture of the Garita de Belen, leac ing into the City of Mexico, and ws complimented for his gallant servicc on that occasion. After the treat of Guadaloupe, which terminate the war, he returned and resume the practice of law with Mr. Perri at Abbeville. He married the eldej daughter of Judge D. L. Wardlaw c that town, acquired a lucrative pra< tice, became major general of th First division of South Carolina mil tia, and represented the old distric of Abbeville for 12 consecutive yeai in the lower house of the State legi: lature. On the secession of South Carolin in 1860 ten volunteer regiments c infantry were raised by the publi< authorized for State defense and d vided into four brigades. Capt. M< Gowan was appointed by Gov. Picl ens to the command of one of thes brigades and in that capacity he a: sisted Gen. Beauregard in the captur of Fort Sumter in April 1861. Soo after this, his State commission laps ing by transfer of his command t the Confederate service, he joine Brig. Gen. Bonham at Antrevill* Va., as aide-de-camp, and sreve with him in the battles of Bull Ru and Manassas. Immediately afte these bf.ttles he returned to Sout Carolina where he was elected lieui enant colonel of the Fourteent South Carolina Volunteers. In th spring of 1862 Col. James Jones, th commander o:c this gallant old reg ment, resigned his commission an Lieut. Col. McGowan was promote to the colonelcy. Col. McGowa was appointed brigadier general t succeed Gen. Gregg and in that C? pacity he commanded the brigad until the end of the war. Gen. M< Gowan distinguished himself in a the great battles of Virginia, Marj land, and Pennsylvania. He was great orator and leader of men. Bu it was as a magistrate of the suprem court, holding the scales of justic with a firm hand, that Judge M( Gowan was most distinguished. 1 has been well said that 'the office o judge has always been regarded wit respect and consideration. Great an good men have at all times in Sout Carolina performed its duties an won its honors.' " ?The State. LESS AND LESS. WHISKEY SUPPLY IS REDUCE] AGAIN. Columbia, Feb. 9.?The senate t< J J 1 linn? uay ikuul'cu uie aiuuuui ux uvjuu that may be imported into South Cai olina from one gallon a month t two quarts. The vote was decisive, being 26 fo reduction against 18 to continue th law in its present form. The bill by Senator Verner t prohibit the lending of money a a higher rate of interest than ths provided by law received third reac ing and was ordered to the house fo confirmation. The drastic: featur< which would have cancelled the chai ters of banks and other corporation violating the law, was eliminate< and a fine of twice the amount o the interest involved or twice th amount of the fee charged is to b imposed instead. Another bill relating to the lent ing of money was also passed. Thi is by the judiciary committee, to r( lieve the banks or other money lenc ing corporations of usurious charge when the borrower has agreed to pa exhorbitant rates to an agent or ai torney of the corporation. BOWDEN-SIMPSON DRUG CO. The storeroom recently occupie by C. A. Milford & Co., is now occi pied by the above firm. The stoc of goods purchsed by Dr. Simpso has been sold to the new concern, an the stock is being filled in daily. M Bowden, who is a brother-in-law c Dr. Simpson is the new Manager c the store. Dr. George Penney i prescription clerk, and he will hav an assistant. An advertisement of this new bus ness house appears in this issue, an further announcements may be e: pected from time to time. The nemanagers will deserve and receive portion of the business of the peop] of the city. [CITIZENS WANT } NEW COUNTY NOW S CITIZENS OF M'CORMICK ASK i LEGISLATURE TO ACT AT ONCE. )- Seventy citizens of the McCormick section appeared before the house ie committee on privileges and elections is yesterday and urged that the bill proel viditig for the establishment of Mca Cormick county be passed at this session of the general assembly. The t; election was recently carried in favor > of the new county by a large majority. The case has been appealed to >f the supreme court by the opposition is following a decision by the State is board of canvassers that the election ie had been legally held. e "The act will be effective or not, i, depending upon the decision of the e court," says a statement filed with Jc- fVio cnmmiffpp "Nn harm f?nn onmp h to either of the counties by passing ie the bill now. If the decision should d be in favor of the new county, then a its formation will be legal and it will i- begin its county functions at once. If ie it is against the new county, then ie that is an end of the matter. 1- "The new county project should is not be postponed one whole year, for >s the court will before its spring term ,y decide the case and should the decid sion be favorable it would be an und necessary hardship to have to wait n so long. This is the general election st year and it is highly desirable that it if be formed, so that if its existence is declared legal, it can hold its elece tions along with all other counties i- and thus elect its full quota of county :t officials this fall. If it is not formed s for a whole year, then this will throw 5- all of its elections in an off year and all expenses attached thereto." ? a The new county is to be formed ?f from portions of Greenwood, Abbeville and Edgefield counties, i CHARLESTON MAN HEADS ^ NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BODY e Washington, Feb. 11.?R. G. Rhett former mavor of Charleston. S. C.. today was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United * States. ' a All other officers were re-elected, "i the vacancy as chairman of the executive committee, caused by Mr. Rhett's election, being left open un^ til a later meeting of the directors. 5 GRANTS REPRIEVE. e d MANNING REPRIEVED ALBERT d .TALBERT FOR SIXTY DAYS n o The Columbia Record. i- Governor Manning yesterday grante ed a reprieve for 60 days to Albert C. Talbert, of Greenwood, S. C., who 11 was convicted at the spring term r- 1915, court of general sessions, a Greenwood county, on the charge of it murder and sentenced by Judge e Thomas F. McDow, to be electrocuted e on April 2, 1915. This sentence was stayed on appeal and the appeal was [t later abandoned and Talbert was reif sentenced to be electrocuted on Deli cember 10, 1915. The governor has d received a large number of strong peh titions urging him to commute the d sentence of this prisoner to life imprisonment, because of the prisoner's iow mentality and imbecility. It is urged that this man's mind is weak and that he was not responsible for his action. The governor upon rec? ommendation of the pardon board is making a full investigation and ex). perts are making, at the governor's ir request, an examination of this prisr_ oner for the purpose of advising in 0 reference to his mentality. The petitions in this case are very ir strong and numerously signed by e citizens of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield counties. Governor Mano ning referred the whole matter to the board of pardons for investigatt tion and the board in their report, j_ dated January 7, 1916, made the folij. lowing recommendation: "We would suggest to your excelr. lency that you have Talbert examined lS by experts in lunacy so that in reaching your final decision you will have ,f all the light possible. We will state e further that we think that this should e be done so that no possible mistake will be made as to the man's being }_ of sound mind. We would suggest is that you ask the expert whom you get to examine the prisoner, to not J. only inform you as to his sanity or >s insanity, but also as to his mental y responsibility for moral acts." t- Governor Manning granted a reprieve until February 12, in order that an investigation and examination by experts might be made in accordance with the recommendation of d the board of pardons. This examin-i: 1 ~ nnmn ofoH in I- cl LIU H licit) I1UL UCCJ1 tVllip.vvvu %*..V ... k order that the matter may be gone n into thoroughly and a full report d made, the governor granted a rer prieve yesterday of 60 days, f !f OFF ON BUSINESS. is e Mr. M. T. Coleman, the Hamilton i- Brown man for this part of the j 4.? ? /Mif +<-> Qt- T.nnis last. u cuuiitry, went. vuw iv ^v. M? ? c- Thursday to get up his line of samw pies and to attend the meeting of a the salesmen. These meetings are e always pleasant affairs and are looked forward to by the tra%-eling men. HOW TAXES A History of Tax Levi Since Below we give to the readers of t levies in this county for the years 18 tnese figures we have confined ourselv< the payment of current expenses, tha of the county, and the levy to pay amounts spent in previous years ovei some of the years there have been spi such as the building of the old court 1 county poor-house building, the genei .".re special, they do not affect the gene These figures speak for themselve thought, and in the next several weeks pos? to analyse the figures, as we rea> county, and to show them "where th The figures commence at a time \ charge of the county machinery, and c ^890, when the reformers gained the gcod day. The tax-payer of Abbeville Coun welfare is invited to read the figures a Coi 1873-4 1874-5 1875-6 1876-7 1877-8 1878-9 1879-80 1880-1 1881-2 1882-3 1883-4 1884-5 1885-6 1886-7 1887-8 1888-9 1889-90 1890-1 1 QQ1.9 1892-3 1893-4 . 1894-5 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 190 1 1902 1903 1904 1905 - 1906 1907 1908 - 1909 191 0 - 191 1 191 2 191 3 191 4 191 5 NOTE:?In last week's issue we g to the readers of this paper a statem moneys spent in the county. We stated in the article that the eluded not only the money actually i ditions thereto as the Supervisor was ; of fines, penalties, licenses, road-taxes Some misapprehension seems to 1 to correct the same, we aesire to suite Assembly did not appropriate the ful but a lesser amount than that stated, county which the Supervisor expends included that in the amounts marked of the paper wishes to have the amou delegation in the General Assembly, w Ed. MARSHALL WILLING TO RUN 1 FOR SECOND TERM Portland. Ore., Feb. 10.? Vice President Marshall is willing to run ' for a second term, according to a let- ] ter made public here today by Post- : master Frank S. Myers, of Portland, J from Mark Thistlewaite, secretary to ' the vice president. 1 Mr. Myers wrote to the vice presi- ' dent some time ago asking if he j nnrniit- th0 ,1CP nf hjs name or WUU1U ptiuuu the Oregon primary ballot. Mr. Thistlewaite's letter says: "Replying to your letter, I am saying that the vice president will gladly accept renomination if the Demo crats want to renominate him, and that he will gladly retire to private; life if they do not; that the vico , president is unwilling to seek renomination and that he does not think a man holding the office should be riding around or running around requesting Democrats to vote for him | \ again. j, "The vice president could not bring | -1 himself to ask anyone to file petitions I ( for him, but if petitions are filed , for him, he certainly will not repudi- I, ate the action." | ( UPWARD GO es in Abbeville County 1873 his paper a short history of the ta? 73 to 1915 inclusive. In givinf js to the levy made each yaar foi t is, the ordinary running expense: past indebtedness, which mean: the income of the county. Ii ecial levies for different purposes louse, the present court house, th< al fence law, etc. As these taxe: ;ral running expenses of the county, is. They furnish ample food foi , and from time to time, we pro d i:hem. for the voters of Abbevill* e money goes." vhsn the Republican party was ii :oine on up through 1876, througl s ascendency, up to the presen ty who is interested in the publii nd digest them for himself. mty Current. Past Indebtedness. 3 None 3 3 - 3 % 3 None 3 1 3 % 3 1 % - 3 Vz 3 l y2 3 1-10 3 None 3 1 % 3 1-4 3 1-4 1 % - ? ? 3 2 3-4 1 3 1-4 1 3 None 3 1-4 3 3-4 3 % 2 3-4 None 2 3-4 None 2 3-4 None 2 3-4 % 2 1-2 None 2 1-2 None 2 1-2 ' None 2 1-2 None 2 1-2 1 1-2 2 1-2 1 1-4 2 1-2 1 1-4 2 1-2 1 2 1-2 1 11-2 None 3 None 4 11-4 ~~~ 6 1 1-4 4 H-4 5 3-4 5 13-4 ... 5 1 3-4 ave to the voters of the county am lent of moneys appropriated am amounts marked "appropriated" in appropriated, but also all such ad able to make from the collectior and other income. )e had of the figures and in orde: that the delegation in the Genera 1 amounts marked "appropriated,' But there is certain income of th< from the sources indicated, and w( "appropriations." If any readei ints actually appropriated by th( e shall be glad to give the same.? - ' PRUSSIAN LOSSES OVER TWO MILLIOIS London, Feb. 10.?The Amsterdam Souiant states that the Prussian caS' laity lists numbered 420 to 429, show L9,339 dead, wounded and missing ind Prussian lists numbered 4av pc 139 show 18,349 dead, wounded anc nissing. The total Prussian losses ire computed by this newspaper as 1,377,378. The German militarj osses include also 335 lists of casuilties of Wurttemburg forces, 241 Bavarian lists, 248 Saxon lists, 6C lavy lists, and some lists concerning jerman officers and non-commission;d officers in the Turkish service, ac'ordiner to the Courant. MANS SCHMIDT TO DIE NEXT WEEK Albany, Feb. 9.? Hans Schmidt ;he former priest convicted of the nurder of Anna Aumuller in New fork in nineteen thirteen, will be jlectrocuted at Sing Sing sometime lext week. Governor Whitman tolight declined to interfere with the ixecution. > NORTHERN FRANCE / , SCENE OF WIS ENTENTE FORCES REPORTED U EXTENDING THEIR POSITIONS c AROUND SALONIKI r r Activity on the major war fronts is confined mainly to northern France B 3 the intensity of the battling being N 1 most pronounced in the Artois dis- li' trict, where the Germans claim to a] > have made notable gains recently. p< 5 In the Balkans the entente forces a] 3 are reported extending their posi- p] tions around Saloniki, concentrating hi troops as far as the Bulgarian fron- G r tier. In Albania the situation continues mixed. Bulgarian troops are sc said to have advanced in the south f< i as far as Fieri, 16 miles from Avlona, rn while an Austrian column recently g was reported at Tirana, about 20 p] 1 miles west of Durazzo. ir \ The Italians have been in force at p] l .aviona ana seem 10 nave aiso a con- p( siderable body of troops opposing the n: Austrians in the Durazzo sector. s] : Reports from Athens credit the vi Turkish government with the inten- fi tion strongly to reinforce its armies in Mesopotamia, where the British on the Tigris are struggling to push ti their way to Kut-el-Mahr and the re- tl lief of their beleaguered little army c< there. Turks in formidable numbers, s it is said, are being sent to the Meso- is potamian war theatre, some from the b' Dardenelles and some from Thrace, g Recent Turkish official accounts tl have indicated no important change ti in the situation near Kut, but the p, latest one contained a report that di "insurgents," probably irregular ti a i _ j* -1 at AraDS, were active aiong me Dnusn lines of communication. C) Military observers in Petrograd jr and elsewhere have pointed out that g there were possibilities of the Rus- o: sian operations in the Caucacus and d( Persia being linked up eventually with those of the British along the r, Tigris. Whether this possibility or 0] other reasons have caused the in- b, crease in Turkish attention to the f( Mesopotamian field has not developed r) All single men of military age in jr Great Britain who have not been exempted under the military service act were called to the colors by an a; official proclamation issued today. Ui It is unofficially stated that the ^ next British vote of credit soon to be v. introduced in parliament will be 250,- p' 000,000 pounds, making the total war w credits 1,912,000,000 pounds. C( QUITS CABINET. ? ti SECRETARY OF WAR GARRISON tl RESIGNS FROM THE CABINET S( Z Washington, D. C., February 11.? ^ President Wilson is considering two ** or three men for the vacancy caused f* by the unexpected resignation yesterday of Secretary of War Garriosn. p The appointee will not be a southern- J* er, well informed circles say. Secre- " tary of the Interior Lane is being a' considered. The appointment will a not be made until the qualifications are carefully considered. Secretary Garrison resigned because President Wilson would not insist that congress pass the continental army scheme without compromise, ni He also differed regarding Philippine P1 independence as outlined in the tl Clarke amendment to free the islands S * within four years. Assistant Secre- r< i tary Breckenridge also resigned P' through loyalty to Secretary Garri- t\ son. tc President Wilson's supporters said M . he and Secretary Garrison agreed on A the underlying principles of both the tl 1 military and Philippine questions, but H differed on the methods. E r Major General Scott, chief of staff ir of the army, automatically becomes a1 I secretary of war ad interim. in ' It is known that one of Secretary th , Garrison's principal reasons for his H ' conviction that only a federal conti- ti - nental army, instead of a reorganized fc - national guard, would be the main military dependence of the nation 1 was his belief that some day the SI United States may be called upon to defend the Monroe Doctrine, and in ; that event he foresaw that the national guard might not be available for use outside of the United States , [ before a declaration of war. ^ Resignation Was Surprise. jn 1 Upon the contention, on the one G hand, that the continental army or M r ultimately universal service was the cc ' nation's only reliance, and the posi- in | tion on the other, that no one plan gi ' could be enforced upon congress, w; J President Wilson and his secretary of 5 war parted official company. r Mr. Garrison's resignation was a fu complete surprise to official Wash- te ington generlaly. He made no per- ac 1 sonal explanation. Several hours before the official announcement he had th boarded a train with his wife for New se York, and word had been passed at pi the war department that he had gor^e la for an indefinite stay. pi The acute differences cf opinion ec which led to the break began early cc in the vear. when onnosition to the b? continental army plan began develop- bi ing in congress. ca , There had been indefinite rumors H t of the possibility of the secretary of nc r war leaving the cabient, uut they gr s never were countenanced in official i quarters. The secretary everywhere ch was regarded as one of the strong th j men of the administration upon ot! whom the president leaned in the dif- w< tRMOR TRUST I BY TILLMAN NITED STATES ROBBED IS THE CHARGE IN REPORT OF COMMITTEE. Washington, Feb. 10.?Senator en Tillman, chairman of the Senate aval Affairs Committee, today devered a vitriolic denunciation of the rmor plate manufacturers in- a reart urging immediate passage of the rmorN plate plant bill. The armor late companies, he said, were like ighwaymen in a position to force the overnment to "stand and deliver." The armor plate manufacturers ;rved notice Tuesday they would >rce the Government to pay $200 tore a ton for armor plate if Confess passes the Government armor late plant bill. Tillman demanded nmediate passage of his armor plate lant bill in order to minimize the oportunity of the armor nlate cnmnn ies to squeeze the Government into lending $24,000,000 more on its naal building program for the next ve years. "Monopoly of Worst Type." "There are only three manufacirers of armor in this country, and le result is either a monopoly or a imbine of the worst t^e," declared enator Tillman. "The Government : compelled to buy their products ecause the law does not allow the ecretary of the Navy to go out of le country to buy it. The manufaclrers have no fear of private cometition, for there is not sufficient emand for armor to justify the en ance of other parties. "As long as the present conditions jntiue the armor manufacturers are i a position to force the United tates Government, in the language r tne nignwayman, to "stand ana eliver." "It suffices to say," concluded the iport, "that the committee is of the pinion that the Government has een charged unreasonable prices >r its armor plate and that the only ;medy lies in the Government ownig and operating a plant. Rallies Support to Bill. "Should the Government build it tid then lock it up, and it never be sed, it would be wise to erect it, as would serve as a warning to priate manufacturers that there is a oint beyond which the Government ill not be driven and where patience sases to be a virtue." Seator Tillman to-day was rallyig the enemies of private profits om war to support his bill. Allough a few Democrats will oppose le measure, the Senator expects to ;cure enough votes from the Proressive-Republican faction to pas? . Senators Clapp and Poindexter, eDublicans. members of the Naval ffairs Committee, voted to report le bill favorably. Senators Penrose, odge and William Alden Smith, also epublican members of the commit:e, are preparing a minority report gainst the bill and promise to lead fight against its passage. NEWS FOR THE FARMERS. Saturday, Feby. 26th, has been amed as "Farmers Rally Day," and ublic speaking at Abbeville will be le order of the day. W. W. Long, tate Agent, of Clemsoi, has al;ady accepted the invitation to be resent and it is hoped that at least vo of the following men will come > Abbeville for this day also: Gov. _t Phili Camnbell. State <""""61 ? 4 , gent of Georgia, Clarence Poe of le Progressive Farmer, and I. W. ill, former State Superintendent of ducation of Alabama. The meetig will be held in the Court House : eleven-thirty. Before this meet' ig Mr. Cheatham, Demonstrator for lis county, Will be at the Court ouse and anyone wishing informaon as to fertilizers can get the >rmulas worked out for them. PEAKING FOR THE COMMUNITY CLUB Farm Demonstrator J E Cheatham ent over to Calhoun Falls last Monly where he met with the Communy Club of the Mill and read an teresting paper on the "Spring arden." Mr. E. M. Lander of the ill, and Miss Saidee Saunders, the immunity worker, are interested the formation of two classes in irdening at the mill and this paper as helpful to them. :ult situations both domestic and inrnational which have marked the Iministration. The circumstances which led up to ,e resignation are detailed in the cretary's correspondence with the esident, which was made public st night by the white house. The esident, the letters disclose, believ1 that the training organization and introl of a military reserve should ! under immediate federal direction, it it not "irrevocably or dogmatiilly committed to any one plan." e wrote Mr. Garrison that he could )t force any specific plan on coness, and added: "I must welcome a frank interlange of views and a patient and orough comparison of all the methIs proposed for obtaining the object e all have in view."