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1 - v THIRTY-EIGHT GUILTY IN DYNAMITE CASES CONVICTION SECURED ON EVERY INDICTMENT. Tragic Scene in Court Room at Couclusion of Trial?President Ryan Among Convicted. # Indiauapolis, Dec. 28.?The United States government with stern and decisive swiftness, today took into its Ai'nr iminn 1Q hflt" rtf posstssoiun urn uiiivii iuw.^. wfieials convicted of conspiracy, of promoting explosions on non-union work throughout the land, of aiding in the destruction which brought loss of life at Los Angeles, Cal., and of carrying on a "reign of terror" declared to be unparalled in the history of the country. Almost the entire executive staff of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was convicted. Only two officials of that union now remain out of jail. At th$ r>k Thp lkf. of these convicted stands Frank M. Ryan, uie president. It* was of this union, with twelve thousand members, that John J. 31cKamara was secretary treasurer while he conducted the dynamitings out of which the present convictions grew. Today's convictions, coming on a scale unprecedented in a federal court, were an aftermath of the killing of 21. persons in the blowing up of the I^os Angeles Times building on October 1, 1910. McXamara and his brother, James, the Times dynamiter are convicts in California; Ryan and his fellow officials, former associates of McNamara are federal prisoners here awaiting sentence. Two of those convicted were not affiliated with the iron workers union, but they were found guilty of joining with the iron workers in promoting the conspiracy. One of these is Olaf A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco, a recognized labpr leader on the Pacific coast, the testimony against whom was that he aided in causing explosions at Los Angeles, wrote letters about them and referred to them as "Christmas presents," after the fatal Times explosion and that he aided in concealing evidence wanted in California. He is secretary of the California building trades council. Hiram R. Kline, Muncie, Ind., the other member of another union convicted, was formerly an organizer for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in Detroit. Another token of the Las Angeles explosion came in the conviction of J. E. Munsey, who was charged by the ? ^ -ix-ith >i?rhori<ne: James B. gu V CI LALLL^LH, niw McXamara for two weeks in Salt Lake City, while tliat dynamiter was fleeing from the scene of his crime. Many of those convicted were charged with knowing only of local explosions on the works oi contractors who refused to recognize the union, but were thus brought into the general conspiracy. Ryan, John T. Butler, vice president of the union, Buffalo; Euj|. A. Olancey, .San Francisco; Frank C. Webb, New York; Michael J. Young, Boston; Philip * rwkbv Vp-w Orleans: Henry W. ny A. VUVivj | v .. r Leglitner, Denver, and Chas. N. Beum, Minneapolis, were all convicted as having appropriated cut of the unioj funds $>i,000 a month with which McXamara paid for explosions. Herbert S. Hockin, who resigned as Secretary of the union only a few weeks ago and who was branded as the "iago of the conspiracy," in having helped to instigate the plots and employing Ortie E. McManiga! to carry them out, while afterwards "betraying his fellow conspirators" to promote his own interests, stands among the most prominent of those convicted. He figured almost daily in the testimony. Sixteen minutes was all the time required by the court to receive the jury, read its verdict of "thirty-eight guilty and two not guilty" and dismiss the jurors. That verdict brought to an end the historic three months "dynamite conspiracy" trial. It meant except in the cases of Herman G. Sief fert, Milwaukee, and Daniel BucKiey, Davenport, Iowa, who were the two men out of forty to be adjudged "not guilty" that the government's charges about dynamite plots extending over six years had been sustained. It meant also that thirty wives, many of whom with their children patiently had set through the long drawn out ordeal, were ut last to be separated from their husbands. Important details yet remain in consequence of the verdicts. Punishments are to be imposed upon the thirty-eight men by Federal Judge Anderson on Monday at 10 a. m. Prisoners who receive terms longer than one year are to be taken to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan. A special train will go by a secret route. Details as to its time of leaving Indianapolis and its arrival at Leavenworth are not to "be made public. It was learned that United Slates Marshal Edward Schmidt, who will ac-, company the prisoners, already has ( prepared tor a special train, which will j leave as soon as possible after the ! sentences. A delay in the arrange : ments may be occasioned by appeals ; which' may act as stays on the execu' tion of the court's judgment. ; Thirty-nine and one-half years is , the maximum punishment for any one, j prisoner. It may vary from that | maximum to any shorter imprisonment i . j or money fine the court may wish to 1 1 impose. ? EVIDENCE IN MILEAGE CASE. j 1 Commerce Commission Examiners j Open Hearing?Three Witnesses- j Testify. ? j ! j Charleston, Dec. 2~.?After a delay j S of more than three hours to allow At- | torney General Lyon to arrive here today to represent the railroad commis- ; sion at the hearing on the mileage books regulations and rules, the inter-1 ; state commission, represented by W. A. Ryan and H. Elder, special examii . i ! ners in the absence of Commissioner 'Lane, who was to hear the case, but j ' \va-< unable to co.me to Charleston, I * ? gave a hearing on questions involved .ouay, but it wili probably be some ! days before the commission will re- j | view the testimony and make known : j its decision. The hearing is of much importance 1 to the railroads of the southeastern I territory, affecting 79 railroads and i. the hardest kind of a fight is being j | made to sustain the contention of the! roads and prevent an extension of the present movement. * * * u ^^ T'nifpH 1116 Hearing was iiciu m j States court room and the room was crowded with lawyers and traveling i men who have special interest in the I case. South Carolina was the only . State wrhich /was officially represented at the hearing for it appears to he only in this State that the pending questions about the hooks have been raised. In a nutshell the proposition hinges on whether or not the system of handling mileage books as employed by the railroads is a burden to interstate ; commerce amd whether or not there is I discrimination in these regulations, j The recent act of this State, making it ] obligatory for lines in this State to pull mileage on trains on intrastate trips, came in for elaborate discussion and also the inconvenience to the traveling | public as urged by Mr. Schirmer, secretary of a traveling men's organization, of having an exchange mileage! for tickets on making trips, interstate in their character. The Specific Case. The specific case that opened' the hearing was the necessity that Mr. Schirmer faced on a trip from Charleston to Washington of having to pay i the cash fare between here and Flori ence, because he did not have time to! get his mileage exchanged at Charles- | ton for a ticket to Washington, and j having to make the exchange of mile- j ' #1 x 17*1 ,r\ r*ci r\r\ fn ! age for a ucKei uum r wi w, Washington. The railroads affected are represented by leading counsel and officials, and \ the interest is keen, the main proposition being the mileage exchange regulations. The railroads argue vigorously for the necessity of this rule, on several grounds, while the railroad commission of this State argue that the intrastate books issued for South : Carolina should, in some way be made | good for trips beyond the State lines, and there is also the contention ad-i vanced toy users of mileage books of the interstate type that they should be available on trains, doing away with the necessity of having to exchange mileage for tickets at railroad stations, on the ground that this is a burden to the traveling public in general and that one of the former conveniences of mileage books was the ability to present them to conductors in payment! I for fare. The examiner will take all1 ! tpctimnnv available here on the ques-: I tions at issue and also make up a file of all documentary evidence in arriv- ; ing at a ruling on the mileage book' system. . i An Open Shop. The labor unions of Chicago have i purchased a cemetery, where only members of the union may be buried.?News item. All his life in a union shop ; He'd daily earned his bread, 1 They buried him in a union grave When the union man was dead. He had a union doctor And he had a union nurse; He had a union coffin, And he had a union hearse. ' They put him in a union grave When he was good and dead; They put a union monument Just above his head. ' I - And then he went to heaven, > I . \ * JUit l" st;?y he didn't care; i !c kicked because he ;11?i that >* ?:** ,j . A< >ii-unMii men were there. He went <l<>\vn to the other nla.e. Ami there produced his card; Then Satan drew an earnest face And studied good and hard. \nd then lie latui'hed. his hands did rub. I Til! he thought lied never stop: "Lord bless my soul," said Bee'zelu;:). j "Why. this is an open shop!" What Hate You Done Today J We shall do so much in the years toj come. ! Hut what have we done today? j We shall give our gold in a princely sum, i But what did we give today? J We shall lift the heart and dry the tear, J We shall plant a hope in the place of j fear. j We shall speak the words of love and j cheer, lint what d'id wc speak today? ' - - - - 1*1 W e shall 1>e so kind in the arter awiuie, i But what have we 1)een today? We shall bring to cach lonely life a smile, i I 'tit what have we brought today? W e shall give the truth a grander birth. And the steadfast faith a deeper worth,!) We shall feed the hungering souls of i earth, 11 But whom have we fed today." i We shall reap such joys in the by and by, j But what have we sown today? j We dial] build us mansions in the sky,| But what have we built today? 'Tis sweet in the idle dreams to bask. But here and now do we our task? Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask, What have we done today? I ?'Nixon Waterman, -j ! If all who hate would love us, and all our loves were true The scars that shine above us would * * ? t t brighten in tne diuc, , If cruel words were kisses and every scowl a smile, A better world than this is, would hard- j ly be worth while. |. If wampum belts would untighten to i meet a brother's need, The load we bear would lighten above j the grave of greed. If those who whine would whistle, and j those who languish laugh; j The rose would rout the thistle and the j grain out run the chaff. If hearts were only jolly, if grievings} were forgot, And tears and melancholy were things that now are not, Then love would kneel to duty and all the world would seem A bridal bower of beauty, a dream with- j in a dreata. , If men would cease to worry and women ! cease to sigh And all be glad to bury whatever had to j die; If neighbor spoke t? neighbor as love demands of all, The rust would eat the saber, the spear stay on the wall. Then every day would glisten and every ?rrviiM chine I. cy?_ And the Great Spirit would stop to lis- j ten. and life would be divine. ! CHICHESTER S PILLS TJtE DIAMOND lJttAND. A Ladle*! Ask yonr Drurcist for /j\ ?- {( Clil-ciies-ter'a Diamond Iirand^V\ Pills in Red and Gold metallic^V^ boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ j i~~i Take no other. Buy of your ^ 17 ftf DrnjffNt- AskforClII-CIIESUTERa ! W Jjf DIAMOND KKAND FILLS, for XS | Ja years Icno-vn as Best, Safest, Always Relia>~l? ! ?h SOI n PV rwjfww n/Povu-HFOf NOTICE TO PENSIONERS, I will be in the auditor's office each Saturday in January to prepare pension applications. Will be glad for any one,to send in notice oi me ut:<*m i of any of the pensioners. W. G. Peterson; Pension Commissioner for Newberry County. STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING. The regular annual meeting of the share-holders of the National Bank 'of Newberry, S. C., will be held in the president's office on the 2nd Tuesday of January, 1913, at 12 o'clock m., for the election of directors, and such other business as may come before said meeting. R. D. Smith, j Cashier. >OTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, as administrators, of the estate of Mrs. Alice Kinard Aull, will make final settlement of said | estate in the Probate Court for Newl berry county at 11 o'clock a. m., on Friday, January 3, 1913, and* immediately thereafter wil lapply for letters dismissory as administrators of said estate. E. H. Aull, J. K. Aull, -10 ? ** Administrators. I I JL^-O-TC. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERBY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. George S. Mower, Treasurer of Erskine College, Plaintiff, against Hugh T. Ren wick, Defendant. By virtue of an order of the Court k ? m The N< I Capitals I I II You may or it matters some of you I save tor; I be able to e "The Ban! I Four Per I JAS. McINTOSH, 1 I I f herein, I will sell to the highest bidder before the Court House at Newberry, South Carolina, #n Monday, January 6th, 1913, the same being saleday: All that tract of land in the county and State aforesaid, containing sixtyfive (65) acres, more or less, and 1 -3-1 ' 1 ~ -rl ? UUUIiUt<I U y iitilUS UJ. \Ji hi of John S. Ruff, P. G. Glenn, Hugh T. Renwick and J. S. Renwick, the same being land conveyed to the said Hugh T. Renwick by Marcellus A. Renwick by deed dated November, 1909, a2id known as the Glenn place. Terms of sale: One third cash, the j balance in two equal annual instal- j ments, with interest from day of sale j at the rate of eight per cent per annum. Davable annually, with leave to I - - I anticipate the credit portion in whole | or in part; the credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises sold, which mortgage shall contain a stipulation to pay the usual ten per cent attorney's fees for its collection in case it is collected by suit or is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. Purchaser to pay for papers and for recording the same. H. H. Rikard, Master. Master's office, Dec. 11, 1912. FOR SALE. tho nndorcicrn^H ix-ill coll rm ?? W4AV C?iiU'VlWifjUVU II Xii \JVii vu salesday in January, 1913, being Monday the sixth day of said month, during the usual hours of sale, before the court house door in the city of Newberry, S. C., to the highest bidder for cash three shares of National Bank stock, of the National Bank of Newberry, S. C. W. S. and J. H. Atchison. December 3, 1912. 12-6-8t. CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BRAND. A Ladles t A?fc yoar Urnutit for A\ CM IfSa Chl-^nea-ter sDiamondBrond/VvS ^IiQPR P1IU la Red and Gold roetaHic\V/ I %*. ?TVitW boxes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \ / Jake bo other. Boy of jour v I I / - (t ?ra*rl?t. Ask for CuI-CtfES-TER 8 I W jf DIAMOND ISEAND PILLS, for 25 yP* ff years known as Besi, Safest, Always Reliable SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE , | NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR NEW CERTIFICATE OF SOCK. | Stock certificate No. 39, of the Farmers' Bank, Silverstreet, S. C? dated February 15, 1912, to Gilder & Weeks <-for five bhares of the capital stock of I 2n222I?E2 ewberry Savings Ji-J. <ten - %p%jv AalterWh be a Farmer, or a Miller, or a i not what yoor trade or prol r money in the bank. It wi i rainy day or a day when yi arn as much as now. k That Always Has The ? ? ? 1 rt o Lent Interest Paid on Savings President J.JE. NO! said bank, has1 been tost or destroyed,' and notice is hereby given that the j owners thereof, Gilder & Weeks, will j nictke application for a new certificate ? ? 1 iA^nAf 'II JiCU UiCl CU1. Gilder & Weeks, i H. 0. Long, President the Fanners' Bank, Silv r-j street, S. C.. 12-20-ltaw.30d f NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make & final settlement as Administrator of the personal estate of J. A. Bouknight, decased, in the Probate Court of Newberry County, S. C., on Thursday, January 23, 1913, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for Letters Dismissory as such administrator. All persons indebted to the said estate will make immediate settlemnt, and all persons holding claims aerainst the said estate will file the same, with Eugenf S. Blease, attorney, Newberry, S. C. , , D. P. Bouknight. 12-20?tf. Administrator. >OTI E TO CLAIMANTS. Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the County Board of Commissioners for Newberry County will be held on Thursday, the ninth day of January, 1913. All persons holding demands of any kind against the County, not previously presented to Rnnrri. will file the same with the I LJU^ xy ^ Clerk on or before the first diy of January. L. I. Fea gle, County Supervisor. J H. C. Holloway, j Clerk. Dec. 6, 13, 20 and 27. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY?IN | COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. j John Stockman and Belton Stockman, Plaintiffs, against H. T. Renwick, J. S. Renwick, J. A. Burton, and E. A. Griffin and B. F. Griffin, as partners doing business under the firm name and style of E. A. Griffin & Companj, Defend ants. By virtue of an order of court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder before the courthouse at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, January 6th, S3 n i 6 ^ Dank I (| ,000.00 I ll I I 1^' I Carpenter, j r f iJ tession, put >11 help you ' * ou may not 1, 1 i Money" ^ IWncifc t'W|IVUllV B. _ RffOOD, Cashier I I I*1 8 1913, the same being salesday, the | fniio-orinor Hpsoribed tract of land,, to / iViiwniiijj _ wit: \ I All that tract, piece, parcel of plan- I tation of land lying and being situate j in Newberry county, State of South jl Carolina, containing Six Hundred and Eighty-nine and three-fourths (689 3-4) acres, more or less, bound- j ed by lands of Emma E. Carlisle, lands ^ of Mrs. Rosa A. Carlisle, lands; of Hillary L. Felker and other lam's. J This tract will be sold in subdivWed u tracts, plats of which will be exhibit-^J ed by the Master on day of sale. J ^ Also all that tract, piece, parcel plantation of land lying and being situate in the county and State aforesaid, containing Two Hundred (200) acres, more or less, being a part of the place known as the Mayes Place, and bounded by a public road separating it from lands of P. G. Glenn, j by lands of H. T. Renwick, Emma E. Carlisle, Hillary L. Felker and other lands. Said two tracts of land being All nf the land pnnveved to us by M? A. Renwick by deed dated October 2nd, 1902, and recorded in Book No. 10, at page 440, except the tracts heretofore conveyed by us to J. A. Burton by deeds dated October 27, 1909, and December 12, 1910. Terms of sale: One-third cash, the i balance in equal installments of one ! and two years, with interest I j credit portion from the day of sale^ | t at the rate of eight per cent ! annum, interest to be paid annu^jy 1 | the credit portion to be secured*^ ! bond of the purchaser and mortg^ of the premises, which said bond af^ fl mortgage shall provide for ten p*.r cent attorney's fees in case of ccj. 1 lection by suit or by an attorney. J ) with leave to the purchaser to aaflC_ ipate the credit portion in whole or in part Purchaser to pay for pap?ers and recording same. H. H. Rikard, | Mastey I December 11, 1912. * XOTICF. TO CREDITORS. % All persons holding claims against\ the estate of H. S. Graham, deceased, are notified and requested to present the same, duly attested, to the undersigned executors of the last will and testament of said deceased on or De- j fore December 25, 1912. B. C. Matthews, Olen Graham, ^ ' ll-26-4t.ltaw. Executors. ??bm