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% -U VOLUME LI, SOfBEB SLT1VICB A YfIEK, |llM A TEAR, " WILL GOGGANS GETS . , A MONTH'S RESPITt WAS CONDEMNED TO DIE FOR MURDER OX APRIL 25. Respite Until May 27?Other Colnmbia Items in Brief of Somewhat Local Mature. Special to The Herald and .News. Columbia, April 17.?Gov. Blease on Wednesday afternoon respited Will Goggans, the Newberry negro sentenced to die on April 25, to May 27, which is the fourth Tuesday of May. Goggans was convicted at the March term of court in Newberry of murder in connection with the killing of Mr-. Spurgeon Johnson, near the Laurens line of the county, and was sentenced "hv Tu h Geo. E. Prince to death by electrocution. The respite was grant-,, ed in order to give time for a full showing in the negro's case. Mr. Henry C. Holloway, of ilie Newberry t bar, defended Goggans, by anpointm-:nt of the court. * * A big time is being looked forward to in Aiken next week, on the occasion of the annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans of the State. The gov ernor will attend, with his full staff. * * Assistant Attorney General Fred. H. Pominick jumped straight into the work of the attorney general's offic-e as soon as he reached Columbia, and has been steadily at it ever since. Col. j Dominick in addition to being an able lawyer is a hard worker and fits in j the attorney general's office as smoothly as if the groove had been made for him. * * -Governor Blease has suspended | three magistrates this week?two in Anderson county and one in Spartanburg county. The two Anderson magistrates suspended were B. F. Wilson, at Anderson, and C. F. Martin, at Belton, and the Spartanburg magistrate was E. Potter, at ('owpens. In the cases of the Anderson magistrates their suspension was unanimously recommended by the members of the! house of representatives from Anderson. In each of the two cases, however, one member of the house asked to be excused from voting for personal reasons. * The case against B. B. Evans, brought by J. Fraser Lyon while at -torney general, to disallow Evans to | practice law, on certain charges preferred by the then attorney general, will come up in the supreme court again on next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. As stated in the last issue of The Herald and News, this case was continued on last, iYiuuua.? uu count of the illness of the defendant's brother, Mr. N. G. Evans, of Edge neld. * ? ?The many friends in Columbia <?f Miss Anne 0. Ruff, of Newberry, join with her Newberry friends in congratulations to her upon her success in f winning the News and Courier trip k to Europe. I * St. Paul Votes Tax. The election held in St. Paul school house district Wednesday resulted in ten for and two against the levying of a special school tax or two nuns. The sp?tial levy being carried, the tiuste-s will *oon arrange to either i t pair the pr? < f*nt school building or build a new one p Death of Mrs. .Han A. Sligrls. The State, 17th. The funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Sligh, was h-eld at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her late residence, about 10 miles from Columbia, on the Winnsboro road. The pallbearers were: Edward Eookter, George Taylor. John D. Frost, John Ix>omas, Ruff Lever, L. ?r t : . vnnapdru t Prost Wal 1*1. .Lapacumu, iiuaum.,., - . ker, R. H. Jennings. K. J. M. Graham, ^ ^J. B. Friday, and David Moore. W Mrs. Sligh, widow of the late Capt. B Sligh, died Tuesday night at the home of her son, S. S. Sligh, on the WinnsV boio road. She is survived by two [ sons: S. S. Sligh and L. Hume Sligh. the latter being a resident of Columb;a and a brother. J^tcob F-Hers. of Newberry. / ) SECOND PRESBYTERY. Profitable and Enjoyable Session of A. R. Presbyterian Held In Newberry. A. R. Presb-eryterian. The meeting of this Presbytery took place at Newberry in the A. R. P. church. Rev. W. C. Kerr, the retiring 1 moderator, preached the sermon, tak- j ing as his text, John 10:10. "I am come that they might have life ana that ye might have it more abundantly." Rev. E. B. Kennedy made out the roll, discovering forty delegates present. All the ministers were present save two, Revs. P. A. Pressly and J. P. Pressly. J rni-- ?? niftdarotnr rpv t v. Ken-1 1 lie new iliv^uw aivi , . . .. ... n-edy, was then introduced, and after a few appropriate remarks, took the chair. Routine busines^ was taken up. Revs. H. B. Blakely and W. B. Lindsay were given letters of transfer, the fornver to the Tennfssee and i Alabama Presbytery and the latter to the First Presbytery. The two students of Theology, Messrs. W. E. Snipes and' R. C. Grier, the latter after being formally re- J into the Presbytery, preached i trial sermons. Mr. Snipes preached from the text: "Never a man spak-e like this man." Mr. Grier preached from the text "Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone, but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." These efforts! were heartily sustained as specimens of progress the brethren generally taking part in remarks on the trial sermons. Rev. H. B. BiaKeiy resigucu uum , board of Erskine College. This place! was lat-er filled by the committee Oxi nominations, presenting the name of Mr. J. C. Xeel, of Prosperity. Rev. L. T. Pressly was e'ected moderator for next meeting and Ora, S. C., was selected as th? place of meeting. On Saturday morning trial sermons | were heard from the students, W. E. Huev and C. H. Xabers. The former ' ",r- noco nvpr taking ins texi: i e puuo ~ the Jordon to go into possess the land." Mr. Xabers pr-eached from the text: "Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister'." The Presbytery was very kind, not to say very complimentary, in all that was said about these sermons. One brother said that the statement often heard that the young men of talent and promise were going into other callings, was not true, so far as the A R. P. church was concerned. The report of the finance committee was regarded as encouraging. A brief discussion took place on the renort of the committee touching the work at Greenwood. A special com-j mittee was appointed to bring in a re- j r>ort on the Greenwood mission. Dr. F. Y. Pressly, Revs. X. E. Smith. Ira S. Caldwell and Mr. E. C.* Stuart constitute the committee. " * Til? report 01 tne cuiununc un nim utes of Synod asked that the churches be called on to know if the orders of Synod had been obeyed. The responses were generally favorable: those who had not obeyed promised yet to do so. A special committee consisting of Revs. I. X. Kenedy, L. T. Pressly, Ira S. Caldwell and r^"1 \ ^ r - v." ^. of Smr -? - ---I tanl-urg, was aprn'nTran o *imi t'ord, S. 0., and in^-^ti^te with regard to the church p-o'5or*y fhcre. with power to act. The special committee to r?com rend action in regard to the Greenwood church brought in a report pledging the solid support of the ?i_?i. +rv oATivmittpp who has I rresuyteiv w mr ? been raising funds for this cause and suggesting that a special collection be taken up on the Second Sabbath of May in all of the churches of the S- cond Presbytery for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the mission until next meeting of the Presbytery. and requesting that Mr. W. E. Huey be assigned to the work at Greenwood. Presbytery adopted this report and appointed Dr. F. Y. Press]y, Kev. T. S. Caldwell and Mr. E. C. Stuart to visit the field at once nn the mirchase anu ut niiitfijr ulviuv ^ of a lot?two lots being available. The meeting of Presbytery was very pleasant indeed. Bro. Carson's people exerting themselves to make the whole stay of the brethren every way comfortable. Hp has a good people. On Sabbath the pulpits of Newberry were filled by the following brethren: At eleven o'clock In the A. R. P. church Rev. W. S. Reid preached and Dr. F. Y. Pressly conducted the communion. At night Rev. W. B. Lindsay occupied the pulpit. At the Lutheran church Rev. E. B. Kennedy, at the Baptist church, Rev. W. H. Millen, at the Methodist, Rev. I. N. Kennedy, at the Presbyterian in the morning, Rev. W. B. Lindsay, at Unity, Rev. L. T. - _ i Pressly,/ at Prosperity, Rev. s. .J. Hood, at Cannons Creek, Rev. 0. W. Carmical. R. S. G. PHENOMENA OF AIR. 1 Connor Explains The Eccentricities I of the Wind Family. I I I Kansas City Star. What is a tornado? A cyclone? Ai hurricane? A gale? And why? I Pol P. f!onnor. of the Kansas City! Weather Bureau, has received those' inquiries many times of late. "It's all a matter of barometricpressure, " Mr. Connor elucidates. | "There are very few violent atmos- j pheric disturbances in the winter! time, because the atmosphere is pret ty well chilled to the same temper- J ? Tl.,4. ; v. f Vi cnvin o-+irY"> Q tho Tint i (tlUI'C. DUl ill IUC gpiiu^uuiv I.UV uvv | and cold strata of air become ner- j vous. Then folows a rarifkd centre J in some locality. "Now it must be known that air par- j tides are very sensitive and selfish as { well. So that when such a rarifica-1 tion takes place all those air particles on the outside want to get in there | and take the seats in the front row. When they all get started toward the centre a gentle whirling motion is set up, always moving in the opposite di| rection of clock hands. "That movement is a cyclone. It | sweeps over an area of 1,000 miles on 1 so at a rate of 30, 40, 50 or 60 miles j an hour. Those movements drop an j ! occassional thunder storm or two J along the way. Were it not for these! cyclones this great Western country j 1J 1 ?* ^ ri f r\r tVlOV ?1 1 - wuuiu ue <xi xu emu. *?. , ways carry the clouds along with them that contain the rain. "The tornado? Well, down in the southeastern quadrant of the cyclone 'probably 100 or 200 miles from the I centre of the cyclone, Old Sol is warming up the earth. The earth's | heat is thrown back in turn and | warms the atmosphere and it be! comes light. And all the while this I whirling motion of the cyclone continues, bringing down the colder, heavier air. When this light, heated air bumps into the cold wave there .is nothing left for the cold air to do except drop. And with he dropping [it sets off along the earth at a fast ?ni A mAVDTTlDnf [ pact* 111 <X YVUllllIlg, I CX^IVX mviv>uvu?, j while the warm air goes scooting up j to the clouds. That is the tornado. It shoots , along at the rate of an express train land roars like 100 locomotives puffing [ and snorting together. And woe betide the house that gets in the way. I Finally the disconcerted bunch of air I layers go on up into the northern part of the cyclone. There they get cooled off and calm down. "A is just a plain old bre-eze -hat n-rts rp a sf^dy, hard speed. It changes to a hurricane when it passes the "0-mile-p.n-hour mark. Never 'vr-t frightened at a cyclone?but look "i t for **-fle fight between the air [ layers when they bump." The city board of education of Xashville has decreed that the sw-eet girl graduates cf the Nashville city schools must wear a simple uniform of white and carry only a small bouquet of flowers on graduation night. """"" ! The Diamond Ring Contest. The leaders in the Arcade ring contest are as follows: A A Miss Geneva Thornton -*-< Miss Sarah Fant 320 Miss Ruth Digby 285 Miss Woodie Bowman 150 Miss Dosia Franklin 150 M'ss Lucy Hill 65 Miss Verna Summer 54 The votes will be counted again on Friday and announced Friday night. About 2,000 votes not in as yet. The Arcade. Adv. r DR. HARMS' ADDRESS. Large Audience of Men and Boys Hear Interesting Talk Sunday Afternoom. Sumter Item, 14th. There was a large audience of men and boys present Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock to hear the address delivered by Dr. J. Henry Harms, president of Newberry College, at Xewberry. The address proved a most eloquent * _ j i.1 ? ana inspiring one ana inr spedKei heM tlie undivided atention of his audience for the fifty minutes that he sr>oVe. The title of 'Dr. Harm's talk was moot I'nimie. "The House That .Tack Puilt." and many in his audience were orwir.no +/-> coo v>nTr lto TvrnilH pYnnrHl it into a religious lecture. His subject " ic ^imrnfter building and hp showed how every man was what hp made hi'rnq^if. to the material he used in his building. Pr. Harms commenced his lecture hv tilling his andienre that the men rf thp nresent dav were too far removed from childhood, th?v were sep A -J Anl~ or/1 nmV*iflAr\C araifjll t rum Uic lUCais emu aiiiuiuuu>. j nf rhiVho'vl, wp'd too far rpmovpd from their children and did not take sufficient inter?st in those tVnorc thnt interested their children. Wp told of how onp could find enjovrpent in the reading of the old "Goodie" rhvmec which wnre so dear to childish hearts. He told one of his friend5? had b?fn forever freed from pessimism bv reading one of thp- little .iinsrles. and how the same treat' ^ ? ? A To ^ V\ 111 o c* TOPTlt WOU1Q cure Ollltirs ui me uiuci). He then went on to show how the little jinerle about "The House That lack Puilt" was v*xnanded and applied it to the building of one's character. Oood material must be used, tho timbers must be solid, they must be straight and snuare, he said. The tools must be purpose, a plan and perseverance. The speaker quoted frrvn many authors and brought into his talk many interesting anecdotes pnd incidents, throughout a wide! range of subjects, applying th-pm to his points in an apt and interesting manner. Dr.. Har ris made a deep impassion on his audience by his address, which no doubt will be the means of much future thought in the minds of those who heard him, as there was much to think about in what he said. Tf he ever comes to Sumter agaia he wil1 meet with an extremely favorable reception, so heartily was his audience ' 1 nf+omArtn pleased wun mm suuuaj College Entertainment. One of the most instructive and pleasant entertainments that the peo in nf V'\r?iorrV h?*ve bad ttiis scason will be given by Mr. Arthur Delroy? thp r^Pcntly arrived Tendon Psychic entertainer?in Holland Hall, College, Friday evening, April 18, beginning at 8.30. This unusual performance?as series of astonishing actual demonstrations of almost every branch of the subject?caters to the growning desire on the part of thinking mankind for an entertainment which, while it amuses, throws light on both the genuine and 'faky' side of life's greatest* mystery? th^ phvchic. Mr. Delroy. with ro knowledge of sleight of hand, without the aid of trick cabinets or any mechanism, in the full light, as c'ose to the audience as possible, and. not necessarily upon a stage, gives all manners of 'spookv' demonstrations under such conditions thnt fplrprv could be argued as "Iin possible although, some of his work hr fr^n]-1v rippiqres to bp trick rv. A partial sketch of his program as eivpn hefp. will insure you in advance of a most enjoyable ?ntfrtainm nit. The Psychic versus the pseudo- psychic; some demonstrations of spirit writing; the reading of character from handwriting; is slate writing a fakc? is there such a thing as hypnotism? the power of developed intuition: is palmistry fakerv? does clairvoyance I ?f o/iinff ,-vf fa ops.' a final I fc?X-ltoL: Lii*r i~auiiig ui ii..v ~, -- demonstration of the pseudo?psychic. If you want to spend a pleasant hour Friday evening, don't miss this entertainment. It is given solely for the entertainment of the students, faculty and friends of the city and surrounding country. Admission twenty-five conts at the door. Xo ticketc will be issued. f MRS. GRACE REAMS FOOfD IX 'FRISCO Eloping Spartanburg Woman is Held In California on Serious Charge. Spartanburg, April 16.?Following a telegram which arrived here last night, stating that Mrs. Grace Reams, tvifp nf Tlr T W Rpums. nf this r.itv. had been found in San Francisfco, Cal., after a search of eighteen months, and [ arrested on a charge of adultery, word came today that she was seeking her ' e^ase through a writ of habeas corpus. C. C. Wyche, attorney for Dr. Reams, askel: Gov. Blease by telephone to request the San Francisco authorities to hr>lr? ATre T?oomc until a fnrmfll rip mand could be made for her extradition to South Carolina. Gov. Blease promised to do so. Warrants were issued here on June 12, 1912, by Magistrate Robert J. Gantt, charging Mrs. Reams and J. Rodgers McCaslan, an insurance agent with whom she is alleged to have elop| ed, with adultery. Dr. Reams was a pharmacist in Spartanburg. He and his family lived ! in the same boarding house at which McCaslan resided. Taking her little son, Orlando, Mrs. .Reams went to Hendersonville, X. C., in the summer of 1911 for a visit. It has since been learned that she took $4,000 in cash with her. McCaSlan went to Hendersonville at the same time. They vanished but were traced to Ashville. The trail was then lost until June, 1912, when word was received that they wer? at Xorcross, Ga. When efforls were made, however, to apprehend the couple, they again departed. Dr. Reams was grief-stricken at the loss of his son and has employed detectives and adopted other means suggested in an effort to recover the child. Mrs. Reams' family, who live in Prosperity, S. C.. received letter frpm her indirectly and no assistance couid j be obtained from them. It was learned, however, that Mrs. Reams was in communication with somebody in Spar- j tanburg (whose address has not been i disclosed) and through this source,! W. C. Cash, a Spartanburg policeman, I i employed in the case by Dr. Reams, 'learned recently that Mrs. Reams was ; in San Francisco. She was arrested i at the San Francisco postoffice as she j was calling for her mail. I Mrs. Reams has been calling herself Mrs. Janie B. Rogers. In San * j . I Francisco she was employed in a ae| partment store and supporting her son by her wages. She owns property in Newberry county, however, valued at $15,000. Mrs. Reams told the San Francisco police that she left home because of her husband's intolerable cruelty. Spartanburg people acquainted with Dr. and Mrs. Reams assert her statement is incredible. The police could find no prooof that she came to San Francisco with any m^n ! and believed her story, a telegram from there said. Mr. Wvche said that if Mrs. Reams McCaslan was in San Francisco, basing his belief on the fact that she calls hjrself "Mrs. Rogers," "Rogers" being a part of M>Oaslan's name. Mr. Wyclie said tha if M'-s> Ream? procured her rebate through a wrir of habeas corpus and c;id not. 'eav-. San Francisco Dr. Roams would try to recover the child through habeas corpus proceedings. Orlando is six years old. T)r Reams has almost exhausted h:s resources Tn The search for his child. He is at present employed as n drug clerk in Winston-Salem. X. 0. Mr. Wyche telegraphed to him today to come to Spartanburg, wii? a view to going from lrr-> to ?ncisco to Hand If in person the proceedings against Mrs. Reams. Mrs. Reams is 23 years old and v-rv beautiful. Before h^r marriage, which was at an unusually youthful age. she was Miss Grace Harmon, of Prosper^ ~ ri ? ? i? 97 voars nlr? liy, S. L'. :vicv. asiciii, - ? came to Spartanburg from Greenwood. S. 0. Dr. Reams before coming to Spartanburg, conducted a pharmacy at Johnston. S. <*\ All three moved in the bsst social circles in Spartanburg. Attorney Wyche received a telegram tonFFFIt from N. D. White, chief of police at San Francisco, stating that ? HB PROSPERITY ITEMS. Prosperity Citizens Buy Automobiles And Motorcycles.?Personal and Otherwise. Special to Tke Herald and News. Prosperity, April 18.?Mesdames A. M. Counts and S. M. Mathis have gone to Mountville to visit their father, Mr. Wm. Werts who is very ill. Dr. 0. B. Simpson spent Tuesday in Char-in Mr. A. L. Wheeler has returned from a short stay in Columbia. Mrs. .John Grant and little son, of Andrews, are visiting at the home of Mr. W. T. Gibson. Mrs. A. Z. Counts, of Greenwood, is iricilinrr Vior cictor \Ttc Tro flihcnn > JOitlHJ, OlU X f AUI hj 11 Gfe VI1UWVM. Mr. H. L. Slrealy has bougbt an automob !e. Mrs. G. Y. Hunter is spending a few days in Columbia. Mrs. J. A. Simpson has returned from a visit to Newberry. Mrs. 0. S. Miller spent Tuesday in Columbia. Ivfiss Tnez Wessinser has returned to Peak after a visit to Miss Alda Ray Wheeler. Mrs. J. Sidney Wheeler had as her guests Monday Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller and Mrs. Oscar Mayer, of Jalapa, and Miss Dolly Reagin, of Newberry. v Mrs. H. P. Wicker has returned - it rrom me uuiumma uuopnai. Mrs. J. A. Rowland and children spent the week-end in Columbia. Col. George Johnstone, of Newberry, was In town Wednesday. Mr. L. L. Shealy, rural carrier, made his first rfpr Wednesday on his new motorcycle. Mrs. John Schumpert, of Mount Pilgrim, is spending the week with Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Mr. W. E. Moseley is in Columbia for & few days. Mr. .T. Willie Long, one of the leading farmers of Xo. 9 township and Mr. W. H. Caldwell, of the progressive insurance firm of Brown and Caldwell, have each purchased a Paige automobile from Bedenbaugh garage. Newberry college minstrel will be given here Friday evening at 8.30. Half the proceeds will go for the benefit of the school piano. Admission 15 and 25 cents. . , RECALLED SXOW OF YESTERYEAR Anniversary of tfemo^ahv Fall of 1849?When Crops Were Wiped Oet < The State, 16th. Reports of low temperature generally over South Carolina, sleet in CoHi o 1 nd snow in the Blue Ridge m/Minfoino T" O Q11 orf tVlO fiipt that VPS' UIUUUtaiMO I V4.V/ terday, April 15, was the 64th anni- \ versary of the phenomenal snowstorm which occurred in 1849 and was general along and north of the 33rd parallel. The facts were recalled yesterday by W. P. Houseal, the "Dutch Weather Prophet." "Everything was springlike," said Mr. Houseal, "and the vegetation was unusually far advanced that Sunday in 1849 as people went to church. Wheat pnd other grain crops were nearly heading. The foliage of the trees was full grown yet tender. When r^rHi v-'s over the good people were on their way home again snowbegan to fall, and there followed the biggest snow that the inhabitants had ever seen in this section at this season of the year. Nothing since has compared to it. "The destruction of the grain crop wrs complete The sickle was not used that year. Corn was the onl.vcereal of which there was anything like a harvest; and as in those days March 10 was the time'to plant corn, /.mn u-9 5 fllsn destroved. though tU|?7 Vi vp ?? v%~ , it was planted again. "Compensation was had only in the fact that in those days the farmer did not depend upon the crop of a single vpp.p. His bins were filled from the harvests of several preceding years." Rogers McCaslan was supposed to be in Southern California and an effort was being made to locate him. The Reams case was continued until tomorrow the chief said, and expressed the opinion that he would be able to detain Mrs. Reams. bbbbbbb mamHkH