Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iiv Adminis try McAdoo 's Energy wiadrina% Rescued Ti nation in Years?< in, in The State. April 22.?VV. P. G. iber of the federal rei a letter to J. L. Hughes, ;rn club, of Chicago, a i was made public here it icnglh wnat t-e V.'ili*i An :Kvrnoi m luiiiiix o rt-A-z-x, uii ou^u v - R.doo, did for til3 South during the Rt nine months, which he coarac. B^ed as one of the most '"desperate" ^iions that ie had eer seen in RzS years of banking experience. ^R.mong the things done by Mr. McKdoo, as enumerated by Mr. Harding, Rvere :Ms recommendation of a bureau of war risk insurance, his work for a government owned merchant marine ^ rn nnf nf tVlO ? r'<CTiU LHO niuui ocuiciii v/j. <-n\. -me^at of a cash fund of $100,000,000 to 'be subscribed by ti-e banks throughout the non-cotton producing I States, out of which loans should be r made on cotton. "Under the conditions that prevailed |kst fall," said Mr. Harding, "the keation of a fund of this magnitude Bo be loaned upon a commodity which *was then regarded as unmarketable, ?vas a iremenuous uiiuertaiviu^, uui BecretarV McAdoo devoted all of his ergyfand ability to the task. In the enormous odds -be was sucKl and as soon as it became evithat he would succeed in raising Bfund a demand for cotton, at prices Btly above the loan values fixed, Big up, and this demand has conBd without int-ermission, so that Best grades are now selling in the at around 10 cents per pound, Bee, which, in the opinion of ex ft is as great as would have obBhad there been no war. WMle Hnefit o^he cotton loan fund was ' Before cofifined to its moral e?ffect, MBER DEALERS I IN HUGE COMBINE K . JuLE .yL NATIONWIDE OKGAMZA ^ TIO > CHiAKGE D. j|-sive Legal Attack on Allegred ^ fconspiracy to Keep Up Prices Contejmplated. Itffcr;' in The State, ^^on, April 22.?Wholesale Ipns of retail lumber dealers [ctions of the United States khe result of a federal inin just completed of abnorbases in the pride of lumber klv for building purposes, quiry was conducted by the k corporations, woich the new ade commission recently abT* r\ mnnrt n/-v w Vioin cr nTC? 1? C X tyvx t, uu" * ? will be submitted within a The investigation was orwby a senate resolution and is ial chapter in t':e quiz t-:at exB through several administrajinto every phase of the lumber fry. >m an authoritative source it was ed today tJhat the report will IB Liiest* bLdi uuig uistiusuics. I Nationwide Organization. tail lumber dealers have a navide combination in violation of Sherman anti-trust law and in aint of trade. ie combination fixes prices, re Li. auv icmiui j vuuipicit stifles competition. Hhe retail dealers, by means of boy s against mail order houses, deHtment stores and the mills, make Klmost impossible for the consumer B buy lumber without 'paying tfie Knbinations percentage. ^Lumber mills are prohibited by the ombine from selling their products Kirect to thp T)nblic unless thev Dav Hue retailer of the district 10 per cent, of the purchase price. Mills ti':at refuse to recognize the 1 price schedule are subject to attacks and ruinous boycotts. B The report will show, it is asserted, ?that the price of lumber to t^e ultiBiate user has steadily climbed beBMhuse of the retailers' combine and vVio f fVi/% rr> iHo hdva Vioor* "nr\TV*nrlocc +A Hvaab luu AO ' w- ' v wwn yu ?* VA ivco bv regulate the market on the basis of supply and demand. K In great detail toe investigation will reveal t-he methods employed by Bthe middlemen to control the lumber output sectionally as well as generK Check Combination. uiupeuuuu is u-ecneu, accuiunig I the information gathered, 'by as<Joing trade territory to the dealers. > retailer encroaches upon the terriry of another and any mill that seeks, through selling agents or sa^m^n to sent^r the field of t':e retnilfr immediately is blacklisted. .. ........... Oration youth In Need % -y i 4 ?? A 1 ? TT 7 and Ability, According to W , his Section From Most DesCotton Loan Fund Valuable I it was unquestionably a great factor in restoring confidence and in initiating a movement of cotton whie'i has developed beyond all expectations. I "Having lived in the South all my iif<\ and navies ir. n enga-*?d i'.i th': banking business 2S years before coming to Washington last summer, 1 fee1 warranted in saying that I have never seen a situation in the South apparently so desperate as that w.:ic-h existe last fall, that was worked out so rap idly and as satisfactorily, and 1 wis to say t at never before within m recollection has a secretary of the treasury devoted as much time an:: energy to the solution of Southeri: problems, nor shown suc'.i knowledge of and sympathetic interest in the necessities of that section. The reliei afforded t;e South by Secretary WcAdoo was intelligent and effective and his spirit of helpfulness was restrained only by the limitations of law and the obligations of Ms oath of office. The deeds and motives of the administration will be more and more appreciated in the South with tf.e passing oi time." Head of Tuberculosis Hospital. Dr. Ernest Cooper, of Columbia, was yesterday elected medical superintendent of the Tuberculosis hospital in Columbia by the State board of ;health; which fteld its annual meeting ir. firoon n-nnrl V. vu ?? vwu( Dr. Cooper was elected over 30 applicants for the position of superintendent. He has received training in Johns Hopkins hospital and ot.':er institutions and is regarded as peculiarly fitted for the position.?*Greenwood Journal. He is a brother-in-law of Mrs. B. E, Julian, of Helena. % t | "Frightful" was the term used by ' tf:e government official in summing nrv fVirv in r oof l + i ATI i uy tiac l touii \sl cue .in ? coii^atiua. The situation undoubtedly will be reviewed by the federal trade commission under toe "unfair competition" | clause of the new act and as well will be subjected to scrutiny by the department of justice under the anti-trust i statutes. Five other reports also will be sub! mitted by the bureau of corporations on the result of inquiries authorized before the 'bureau was merged with the trade commission. They will deal with the farm ma! chinery trade, exclusive of the International Harvester company, now be, ing prosecuted by the department of justice; the tobacco industry; the Healdton Oil company of Oklahoma, and others. I ? j - ? WAMTS FILLER REPORT BY CHARLESTON'S MAYOR Grace Wires Manning That He is Having Chief of Police Prepare Same ? News and Courier. : Columbia, April 22.?Governor Manning this morning telegraphed Mayor i Grace, of Charleston, as follows: j "Your telegram received. Am 1 to un! derstand that it is a final answer to my request for a report giving names and places? Please wire answer." j In reply, Governor Manning received the following telegram from Mayor j Grace:. i "Answering vour telegram of today, | my telegram of yesterday was not I intended as a report, but as a reply. I ! am having the chief of police make up a detailed statement to be submitted to me as soon as possible, certain| lv within a few days, and I will then advise you more definitely and in detail as to what we ha've done." W. F. C, TREASURES PASS FROM APPOMATTOX Private Marshall, of Lancaster, Exhibits to His ComfUdes Parole Ticket He Received. The State. | Private W. A. Marshall, Company I, Twelfth South Carolina regiment, or Pleasant Hill, in Lancaster county, who is attending the reunion, ibas preserved the pass he received when he : was paroled at Appomattox Court House. ' Appomattox Court House, Va. "April 10, 186-">. "The bearer, Private IW. A. Marshall, of Company I, Twelfth regiment of South Carolina, a paroled prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia, has j permission to go to his home and j there remain undisturbed. (Signed) "J.C.Bell, | "Capt. Comd. Regt. T> \ j THOUSANDS CHEER ,| AS HEROES MARC! jGJEK. B. H. TEAtiUE KE-ELEC IE] COMMA >* DE R-i >' -CHIEF. ,1 (ii and Parade the Culminating Ever | of Annual Confederate Keunion in Columbia. ( i Xews and Courier. > Columbia, pril 23.?Columbia lai aside business this afternoon an | turned out en masse to witness tn . i:Lrade of the heroes of the sixtic wiiirh hrnne-ht ti p annual reunion c the South Carolina division. Unite Confederate Veterans, to a close. To veterans formed at the postolfice an marched down :.Vlain street to the Stat house, where fc.ey passed in revie b( fore Maj. Gen. B. H. Teague, the: t et.mmander-in-chief. The streets wei . lined with people and every Duiiam , and point of vantage along the line ( I mai cm was utilized by the spectator who turned out by the thousands t , witness the parade of the men wh . wore the gray. : Parade Formation. A nlstnnn nf nnlir-p hparieri the n? [ r;;de and immediately behind the] I came CV.ief \V. J. May wita the fii j brigade. Then came Maj. Gen. Teagu ? with his start*, and the sponsors an . maids of honor, followed by Brig. Gej . H. H. Newton, staff and official ladit ; and the First brigade. The Secon brigade came next, the commander c this brigade, Brig. Gen. C. A. Reec being detained at his ..ome'in Andei ; son by sickness. TYie local militar ' organizations, the Sons of Veteran and the Boy Scouts were all in tfie nn ? of march. The Boy Sc-outs were nc 1 in the line ot march as a unit, bi acted as escorts to the Veterans an were ready to lend assistance to an veteran who might be overcome by f? 1 tigue. j The veterans in front of toe Stat ' house witnessed the beautiful preseni 1 ation of a tableau by 850 school chi dren of Columbia on the steps of th . capitoi, the school c ildren formin the Confederate flag. To is was pleas ingly carried out and drew great ai plause from veterans and spectators. , The veterans were addressed froi the capital steps by former Go v. D. ( Hey ward in his usually pleasing wa; At the morning session Maj. Gei B. H. Teague, of Aiken, was re-electe commander of the South Carolina d: vision for the ensuing year. Mr. D. V CvlcLaurin was also placed in nomina tion, but it was on fe:.e motion of M: McLaurin that the election of Gei Teague was made unanimous. Union Wants Next Reunion. -'""''-'I TJT LT Vmrtnn /-> f T^nnTinttCvilll i. JTjL. XI. H/II, VI was elected brigadier general con: manding t:he First brigade after it wa stated that Gen. U. R. Brooks had d( clined to serve longer on account c | official business. Brig. Gen. C. A. Ree< of Anderson, was re-elected commanc er of the Second brigade to succ?e himself. The selection of the ne> ! place of meeting was left with Gei j Teague. Mr. J. G. Long, Sr., of Tnioi gave notice that ;:is city w^s goin to ask for the next reunion. i The matter of pensions for 'Confed ! erate veterans and widows of veteran | provoked considerable discussion t;'~i morning. Mr. D. W. .-.McLaurin re ported for the committee appointed b the Anderson meeting to memorializ the general assembly on this subjec that the lower house of t: e legisla ture had passed a bill introduced b D. L. Smith, of Colleton, placing a' Confederate soldiers and widows o the pension roll and removing th property qualification. The bill, sai ( Mr. McLaurin, was continued by til i senate until next session on motion c j Senator Alan Johnstone, of Newbern - which he termed the "deatfi knell" c the measure. He said the senate di t-Ms either through its wisdom or fo lack of sympathy with the Confederat veterans. Wants Explanation. ! Cel. Alfred Aldrich, of Barnwel wanted t. e names of all those senator I who voted to continue the bill printe i in the papers, and let the senators ex ! plain their reasons for t-.-eir votes : Spvpral sneakers criticised the senate j while others thought t'o purging c : the pension rolls would leave enoug , money for those who arc needy. TM ' view was taken by Capt. W. H. Ed | wards and several others, j >A motion by Gen. H. H. Newton, c j Bennettsville, that a committee be ap pointed bv tr.e general commanding i j one from each congressional districi ! with D. W. McLaurin as chairman, t | work for such legislation as the misrhr deem advisable for t' e better I ment and the increase of pensions wa ! adopted. This .is intended to includ ! the Smith bill wi'ich passed the lowe I J house 106 to 0, and is now pending i j the Senatp. Mr. Smith was introduce i and addressed t-he veterans. Mr. \V. A. Clark, of Columbia, wa i elected a member of the State his j torical commission for a period of te: | years. ! W. A. Clark reported that the table ! to the Sontr. Carolina soldiers wh I perished at the '"Crater" will be unveiled some day during the Richmond , J Teunion and -he invited all soldiers who * attend the reunion to be present at the unveiling. The tablet, for which the / 0 legislature made an appropriation, is of bronze and will be unveiled in old' i Blaton church, on t; e Petersburg batit tlefield. | A resolution eulogizing President i Jefferson Davis, introduced by Mr. X. I \V. Brooker, of Columbia, was adopted after the term "civil war" was d changed to rea-d "The War Between d the State," which the Conferedate vete erans say is the right term to use. 's i A resolution by Gen. C. Irvine! f1 n Walker to request delegates to the j ^ Richmond reunion to vote only for j e; those officers who had war records! d was withdrawn after several delega-; e tions objected to being instructed. vV j Memorial Exercises. Ir: ! ! Memorial exercises for t' e Confed- j '6 erate dead were held this morning by i rr i ^ the veterans. The address by Miss! Alice Earle, of Columbia, president of the V. D. C.. featured the program. Gen. I C. Irvine Walker paid a tribute to, .0 1 the women of the Confederacy. l.Mr. | , W. A. Clark, commander of 'Camp Hampton, presented several beautiful l" bouquets of roses to Miss Earle on be11 half of the S. C. V. Capt,. W. H. Ed-| e wards, of Chester, conveyed the greetle ings of the U. C. IV. to the U. D. C. ^ i Capt. John A. Larrisey, of Charles1* ton. flayed the federal general, ?W. T.! 's Sherman, his speecn being voluminous- 1 ^ ly applauded. The reunion festivities were brought, tr\ n formal rlnsp witn ernrtH ball 1 at t'-e Jefferson hotel tonight. The! * ball was attended by veterans, Sons of. IS .'Veterans, Daughters of the Confed-i e eracy, sponsors and maids of honor,' }t official ladies and visitors. The y^ung! it ladies gave preference to the veterans (I and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. l~ Snn? Flert Officers. 1 The South Carolina division, United j ^ Sons of Confederate Veterans, at their j business meeting this morning elected W. Rothrock of Aiken, division com- j ,e mander; D. A. Spivey, of Conway, com- ( s mander of the First brigade; J. M.' ~ Richardson, of Aiken, commander of the Second brigade, and E. M. Blythe, of Greenville, commander of tihe Third 11 , brigade. The Sons decided to adopt the Atlantic Coast Line as their of- j ficial route to the Richmond reunion.! Indications are for a good attendance j of ihe members of th6 division at I L. Richmond. /. The information bureau reported at 3 o'clock this afternoon that 850 vet V. ^ erans ; ad registered for the reunion. There are a few here for the reunion ! j \\\:o did not register, so the cttendance is about 900 veterans. This is said by 3 cnma tn ho tho attendance UVIXlt IU ~ . L- '' at ?a reunion in several years in the ? State and will not likely be exceeded again. The James D. Nance camp, of Xewberry, the fourth largest camp in ti-e South, had over sixty veterans in attendance on the reunion. | "Paid Off as of Old. 1 i j > After the parade this afternoon the j ^ veterans were paid off for the first! <= time since the surrender at Appomatox ; i The paymaster was stationed in a j 1 i s wagon near the Confederate monument s and each veteran was .given one month's pay, according to rank. The y men were paid, off in Confederate mon- j * ey. The monev was taken from a; chest which was used by the ConfedL_ eracy and whicn was in the vault of y the Confederate 'bank, which was [j burned in Columbia along with the n rest of the city by Sherman's army. e The chest had remained undisturbed j for fifty years in the basement 01 wnai: e is now Stanley's hall until a few days j ,f ago. It took four men to remove the! r-t chest and place it on the wagon. ? ' ^a* liAnic Holnpd. H j UVUIO UVIJJVUI d ! Toe Boy Souts are coming in for r praise on every hand for their work in j e assisting the veterans. The boys met ti':e veterans at'trains, piloted them to the bureau of information and then \t escorted them to the homes where the i s veterans were assigned. The manly j el little fellows carried the grips and j I _ suitcases of the veterans and were al! 5. ways on hand ready to &unt a chair, | get a drink of water or render any aid j ,f necessary for the aged visitors. The | h Boy Scouts are commanded by T. j 3 Keit'i Legare, and thirty-eight of the j 1 ? ? ? -3.-4--- nr.n n f 1 TT 1 I ion}- nave oeen uu uuiv *jvnoi.a,.m..i.7 ( ! ever since. They acted as escorts and if aids to the veterans this afternoon during Che parade and had the "first rt aid to the injured" ready for any 'vet eran who might have been overcome o by fatigue or heat or otherwise, v | Charleston was well represented at _1 the reunion. Among the old soldiers 1 ^ - n ^ 1 trom vjnariesiuii were; vxcu. n ?nic a ! Walker, Richard Morris. W. H. Hinson, r S. E. We!ft' . .John A. Larrisev, John n Ahrens, M. F. Kennedy, J. A. Dupis - - T * ,] and others, memuers ot L amp cuniei i Rhett and Camp Sumter. i s, ? -1 Anyone who remembers how the Conn federate soldiers lived 011 blackberries : must know that it will prove impossible t to starve Germany.?Florida Timeso Union.. 1 MANNING PAROLES LAl:RE\S PRISONER' j* Parrott Milam, After Serving Four, Ve-irc ic Vrt>pH Tlnrintr Behavior. jg The State, 2r>th. i a Acting upon the recommendation of d l the State board cf pardons, Gov. Man-; \ ring has granted a parole during good I behavior to Parrot Milam, of Laurens f county, who was convicted at the t spring term of court in 1910 on the f C-iarge of assault and battery with in- j t^nt to kill and sentenced to serve. ^ eigi'.t years in the State penitentiary, j. Milam was charged with shooting W. i s l??. Irby. a Laurens county farmer, in ^ November, 1909. i + t c The report of the board of pardons ' r on the case is as follows: "State' j i gainst Parrott Milam. Laurens coun-i^ ty, for assault and battery with in-! ^ tent to kill; sentence eig';t years. This i j party has served more tiian half of f I is sentence, and there is a petition ; _ which contains the names of moro [ than 3,000 citizens of Laurens and ? (Greenwood counties. We recommend' that this prisoner be paroled during | good behavior." Milam has been confined in the State J penitentiary for four years. A former ; governor of the State refused to grant j him a pardon. Yesterday Milam went: to the office of Gov. Manning, w;:o! talked with him for some time and ad- j vised him to begin life anew with a | determination to make good. Milam was convicted when he was 19 years old. It was said at the governor's office that Gov. Manning in granting the parole was not influenced by the large number of names on the petition.. Milam left for IMs home in Laurens county on the afternoon train. * ANOTHER PLEA FOR FRANK c c Request Death Sentence he Made Life r Imprisonment, Aflon + o A rvril 99?Attrvrnpv? fnr T.pn ? 1 C4 11 tCl, li^/1 li ?- ? A-w. ? v- v j M. Frank today filed a petition with! t Gov. Slaton and the Georgia prison j commission, asking that the sentence d of death imposed upon Frank for the j murder of Mary P-bagan be commuted to life imprisonment. j j Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your^ druggist will refund money if PAZO i I OLNTMISWT tans to cure any case 01 iicning, Blind,BleedingrorProtrudingrPilesin6tol4days. ! The first application gives Ease and Rest. 50c. g I C i-k JUUlllCI 11 PREMIER CARRIES annoui Very Low Exc fror Newben to Atlanta, Ga., and I Account Atlanta Music April 25 to 30, and for trair larita before 8:00 p. m., Mj May 4, 1915. RiVminrrliam Ala j Account National Bapt tickets on sale June 7, 8 auc 17, 1915. Chattanooga, Tenn Account Southern Conf Industry, tickets on sale final limit May 6, 1915. j Houston, Tex., and Account Southern Bapti ItJt'Ii OUCiUiUgJLUCU V^UIlgi COO, t inclusive, with final limit re Muskogee, Okla., ai Account Southern Com on sale April 23, 24 and 25, 1915. Richmond, Va.,anc Account Annual U. C. 29 to June 2, with final limi T i | sions. biae trip iares. Also low round trip far turn account Panama-Pacifii Expositions. For further ir agent or address L. D. Robinson, C.R & T.A, Columbia., SCORES WILSON'S SPEECH. iolicitor (ieneral of Canada Makes Sharp Comment. Ottawa, Ont.? April 22.?Arthur Mei hen, soiocitor general ior uanaua, m n address to the I^aurentian club toay, criticised the policy of President Vilson in the war. He declared the "nited States appeared to care more or party politics and dollars and cents han for the principles of justice and reedom and the cause of ..umanity. Referring to President Wilson's New 'nrl- cnoof'h .'ip cairi all thp world ;new Great Britain was fighting to ave humanity, fighting to save the 'nited States as w^.ll as the rest of he world from a tyranny which would ave overwhelmed all. Instead of giv - j ? J ^ ng moral assistance, ue aeciareu, lmc Jnited States was continually nagging ireat' Britain, and showed a distinct nclination to hamper her in her eforts for civilization. /MM M YOUR COKS WILL VANISH n k few days if yea will use our coro :ure as directed. And going to the ither extreme our scalp lotion will emove dandruff just as quickly an<7 iffectively. Those are only two of he good things to be had at this [rug store. We'll tell you the others t C you ask. Mayes' Drug Store 'hone 133. Newberry, S. C, Railway : OF THE SOUTH nces urcinn R afpc Ui Ulvrll IIUIVU ry, S. C. i Return - $6.00 Festival, tickets on sale is scheduled to arrive Atly 1, with return limit tnd Return $14.55 ist Convention (colored), I 9, with final limit June and Return $10 erence for Education'and April 25, 26 and 27, with Return - $35.30 1st Convention and Southickets on sale May 6-11 turning May 31, 1915. id Return $33.90 mercial Congress, tickets with final limit May 4, 1 Return - $8.10 V., tickets on sale May t June 10, 1915. Exten es to California and rec and Panama-California lformation, call on local . S. H. McLean,JD.P.A. t S. 0.