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VOLUME Lin, M7JCBER 45. . NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, $1*0 A YEAB. J, Pierpont M Wound SHOT TWICE B/ j COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR ! THE WOUNDS, HOWEVER, FAIL TO HIVE DESIRED EFFECT i Assaiftmt Issues Statement Saying j He Did Not Intend to Harm Mr. Morgan. Glencove, N. Y., July 3.?J. P. Morgan, .head of the banking house of ~~ ? ~ ? -i?i.?: J. P. Morgan & <jo., was suui twice today at his country home near here v by Frank Holt, a native American, a former student and instructor at Cornell university, who was to leave become head of the department of French in the Southwestern Metho\ dist university at Dallas, Texas, next fall. Mr. Morgan was said by specialists at his bedsiQe to be resting well to* * L 1 ~ - ?" ? rvVer O C ! mgnt. ?no vnai organ, uc yu? oiljuiio announced, had been involved in his 1 injury. Tie physician, however, de-j clined to state the precise location of Mr. Morgan's wounds. Junius Spencer Morgan, eldest son of the finanfcier, was asked to define the exact nature of the injuries. After conferring with the physicians young Mr. I Morgan answered they had decided to add nothing to their previous bulletins. At 11 o'clock tonight, however, it was established, both ibulets penetrated the hip ana neither entered the abdomen. Holt was overpowered by Mr. Mor-| i gan and Henry -Fiske, the butler in the Morgan household. He was locked up in jail here. From his cell he issued a written statement, saying that he fcad intended no harm to Mr. Morgan, but had come to Glencove to persuade the banker to stop the shipment from this country of munitions of war. He went into the iM'organ home, he said, with a pistol in his Iband and a stick of dynamite in his pocket, intending to remain there till Mr. Morgan "did ijgwi i II 111 j Another loaded pistol was found in Holt's pocket. More dynamite was in a suit case which he had taken to the Morgan house. There were numerous newspaper clippings, all bearing on fcite European war, in the suit qase. The True An authoritative statement obtained here late today after many conflicting reports had been circulated gave the facts as follows: "Holt called at the Morgan home at 9 o'clock while Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were at breakfast. P;ske, the butler, answered Holt's ring at the door. Holt handed the butler his card, telling JMm to inform Mr. Morgan it was from a friend. As the butler started back through the hallway, Holt slipped a pistol from his pocket and pressed it against the butler's stomach. "See ti':is gun?" he demanded. "I have another one." The butler, pressed by the muzzle of the weapon, backed into the hall way, Holt following. As the front door closed behind them, the butler realized the determination of the assassin and spcke in a loud voice, so tl. at iMr. Morgan might hear: "Mr. Morgan is in the library." Holt was not diverted by this, but continued to press the butler backward down the hallway toward the dining room. As they neared the dining room door, the butler spoke again: "Up stairs, Mr. Morgan! Up stairs!" he shouted. Alarmed by the sfcout, Mr. Morgan - ? 1-f- IV. J ? w,. ana nis wire ieu me ammg ruuiu uj another door, entered a rear hallway and went up stairs. They found nothing amiss there and started back, using the front stairwaiy. Unwittingly they walked almost into the assassin's arms. Mrs. Morgan saw him first, screamed and drew back. Fired Two Shots. Holt turned and fired twice before Mr. Morgan could seize Ibim. Fiske, the butler, no longer menaced by the pistol, grabbed the assassin's right hand. Mr. Morgan with, two bullets e^ONTINUED ON PAGE 2.) forgan led By Fanatic ELECTED TO PROFESSORSHIP Rey. E. D. Kerr, To Fill Chair of rhrktinn FthiVs at (^lnmlil) Theological Seminary. The State. | The Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, A. M., B. D., of Newberry will assume at the opening of the next session the newly erected chair of Christian ethics and apologetics in Columbia Theological seminary. The president of the seminary, the Rev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., said yesterday: "The board of directors at its recent meeting founded the chair of i Christian ethics and apologetics, as an addition to the curriculum. It is believed that the founding of ti:is chair, marks a decided step in the progress of the work of the seminary and of this section of the church. The whole field of Christian eti-ics needs more thorough study and investigation than it has yet received and the full time of a professor ought to be given to this work. "This field includes not only the whole subject of theoretical and speculative ethics, but also practical AthiVc and in narhVnlar it is from ! this viewpoint, that the entire field of I sociology, as taught from the Chris- J tian and Biblical point of view, is to be considered. It is particularly important that this field should be taught from ti e well balanced and conservative and at the same time progressive point of view of a Christian leader, who shall canvass the whole subject with the Bibical ethic as the guiding principle that organizes 'his subject. Certainly this particular realm is commanding the interest of the church and of the public at large and this field should be carefully taught under the instruction of a competent and well qualified ' teacher. "The seminary is tc be congratulated upon securing for fcias work one of its most gifted tyoung alumni, the Rev. Edgar D. Kerr, A. M., B. D., now pastor at Newberry. He has a distinguished record at Davidson college and at the Columbia seminary and also as special student for some time at Princeton Theological seminary. He has the warm indorsement of all the faculty, has proven a great success in the ministry, and comes to this chair with every prospect of distinguished success in coaducting this field." GOETHALS CEASING ACTIVE DIRECTION norK on tanai Henceiortn, ne says, Will be Chiefly of an Advisory Character. Panama, July 1.?Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals today said that his connection with government construction of the Panama canal henceforth would be chiefly advisory. His resignation o? the governorship of the canal zone will take effect late in November. In the meantime Col. Chester Harding, who is slated to succeed ; him, has assumed active duties. Gov. Goethals said his plans were indefinite after his retirement from i the army. >ot Myer Mittle. The Pee Dee Advocate, published at Bennettsville, carried t!te accounts of the . " man without a stomach," and commented as follows: "When the paper containing the above was received by the Advocate, it was taken toibe Myer Mittle, who was busily engaged at his work in his store, and looking hale and hearty. He read tibe account, and then said that the announcement could be made that * iMi - - ^.-4. H/T14 ne SUH nas some sioiiiacu. aur. tle had an operation performed in Columbia several months ago, but has recovered, and is not the man referred to in the Bnltimore dispatch. ?The Associated Press correspondent in Baltimore, and tfte University hospital should clear the matter up by giving the correct address of the man who is living Without a stomach." i r . !m f 111 ~ WmM Dressed in His Own. T. J. Digby, superintendent of the i Oakland mills, Xewberry, S. C., dressed from head to foot in cotton goods made in his own mill. Cloth for It at, clothes, shirts, underslothing and even the j cloth tops of his shoes were made at Oakland. Even the ivars from wftich his tie was knit was made at his mill. ?iSoutitern Textile Bulletin. THE SEWS OF PROSPERITY j Local Talent to Present Minstrel on July ^Personal ami-Other-^ wise. Special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, Julty 5.?The minstrel troups of Prosperity will present a "Trip to Dixie leaner on rriaay nigni,, July 9C:. Read the following synopsis and bring your whole family to the town hall at 8:30 p. m. and let the "niggers" give you the .biggest hits in songs and grinds for 10c and 25c: Act I.?(a) All Aboard for Dixit Land, (b) Inexperienced Travelers Land at China Town. > Act II.?Big Meeting at Shiloh. Act III.?'Minstrel proper. The chorus will 'be composed of Misses Effie Hawkins, Marie Schum pert, Caro Wycne, n;ssie JtnacK, i.viary Lizzie Wise, Tena Wise, Mesdames Corrie McWaters, Warren Simpson, Messrs. C. G. Wyche, R. K. Wise, G. D. Harmon,' J. 0. Singley, W. J. Wise, Burr Barnes, L. M. Wise, J. C. Taylor, V. H. Wheeler. Interlocetor?Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum. .viusiCia.il?(Mrs. l. G. Wyche. Dr. C. K. vvneeier leaves Wednesday for a trip Nortft. His position, at the Prosperity Drug company will be filled by Dr. Huiett Caldwell, of Newberry. Mr. W. E. Moseley has returned from Columbia. Mrs. W. P. B. Harmon has returned to her home in Ninety Six, accompanied by Little Misses Rebecca Harmon and Ethel Shealy. Mr. Wta. Seel, of Columbia, spent the Fourth with iMrs. A. G. Wis#. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Werts visited their daughter, Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh, of Pomaria, last week. Mrs. P. E. Carroll, of Franklin, | Tenn., is visiting Mrs. Elvira Kibler. Mrs. Jerome Harmon has returned to Newberry, after a week's visit to relatives. Mrs. C. T. Wyche has been called to Lake City, on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Abner Julian. 'Miss Josephine May spent Thursday and Friday in Newberry. iMiss Clara Brown has as her guest Miss Kate Neel, of Newberry. Mr. Edward Etheridge, of Batesburg, j spent Monday and Tuesday in town. (Messrs. J. B. Hartman and B. T. Young left Sunday for Florence to attend tfce State Rural Letter Carriers' association. Mr. Herbert Boltman, of Sumter, is visiting Mr. R. K. Wise. Miss Isoline Wyche spent Friday in Columbia. * r . -r a 6 NEGRO STILL \ ELD IN PENNSYLVANIA GOV. BROriUTGH WITHDRAWS REQUISITION FOR JOE GRAM i Attorney General and Governor Wire Pennsylvania Officials Concerning Matter. Columbia, July 2.?Information was received in Columbia today that Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania has withdrawn the requisition warrant Issued by former Governor Tener of Pennsylvania for the return to South Carolina of Joe Grant, alias Fred Brown, a negro, who has been indicted by the grand jury of Edgefield county for the alleged murder of J. F. Durst at Johnston, April 14, 1906. Counsel for Grant liave made extraordinary efforts to keep him out of South Carolina, their major plea being that if brought here for trial he might be lynched. The federal district States court of appeals of the same State refused writs of habeas corpus to Grant, and the case was taken to tire United States supreme court, which sustained the lower courts. The mandate of the supreme court was forwarded to the United States circuit court of appeals at Philadelphia June 30. Thomas 'H. Peeples, attorney general, this morning wir.ed the attorney general of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg requesting a hearing. T:e wire says: "Have just been advised by Associated Press report that Governor Brumbaugh has withdrawn requisition warrant for Fred Brown held at Philadelphia and wanted in South Carolina for murder. This office wishes to be heard and asks that you kindly arrange for bearing before the governor and have -prisoner held pending hearing. Please advise me by wire if hearing will be granted and date of same." Governor Mannings Wire. Governor Manning this morning wired Governor Brumbaugh as follows: "I respectfully ask that (you grant the hearing in the Fred Brown case asked by Attorney General Peeples of your attorney general." When the attorney general's office became cognizant of the action of Governor Brumbaugfr, George Bell Timmerman, solicitor of the 11th judicial circuit, who represented the State at the hearings before former Governor Tener in 1913, was communicated with and was advised to be prepared to return to 'Pennsylvania should Governor Brumbaugh grant a hearing. -A deputy from Edgefield county was prepared to leave within the next few days to bring Grant back to .South Carolina for trial. G. Edward Dickerson, counsel for Grant, in it is pet-ition to former Governor JTener, contended that, because of public utterances of former Governor Blease, if the negro was brought to South Carolina for trial his . life would be put in jeopardy because of the probability of Hynching. To his return were appended newspaper clip pings giving extracts from Ex-Governor Blease's Richmond speech, >his offer of a reward for a portion of the body of Richard Henry Austin, tt':e negro who was alleged to have murdered Fred Bedenfield and others in Barnwell county during 1913, and other alleged radical utterances of the former chief executive. A man giving his name as Dr. William A. Sinclair and who swore during the habeas corpus hearing in Philadelphia that he is a native of Georgetown, this State, testified as follows in describing the alleged treatment of negroes in South Carolina: Sinclair's Testimony. "I know they were treated very brutally whilst I was down there, whilst i_ i : r l was in tne city, J?ux, your uouor, u I may say it, it would be utterlfy impossible for this man to have a fair trial in Soud'J Carolina. There is not a colored man in the county of Edgefield that would dare come to that court house if that man was being tried to say one single word in his favor, not a single one. If he dared do it, he would'nt stay in the town over night. If lie did he would be dead in the morning." Joe Grant, wl'^en he lived in Johnston, was a barber. It is alleged that Grant shot J. L. Durst to death in Grant's barber shop .on the night of April 14,1905." The negro made his esn cape and went to Philadelphia, where he followed his avocation. On Marcii 28, 1913, former Governor Blease made requisition on Governor Tener of Pennsylvania for the return to this State of Joe Grant, who wai under arrest in the county prison at Philadelphia. Grant has been under arrest since 1913 pending habeas corpus appeals. A NEWBERRY COUNTY BOY Rev. Edgar L. Halfacre Accepts Pastorate of Universalist Church at Sherley, Mass. The following is from the Sherley, Mass., News and has leference to a Newberry county boy who is doing , well in his adopted home. The Rev. Edgar L. Halfacre is a son of the late Perry Halfacre and Teas been living j ; in the north for several years: "Over 100 attended the reception on ] Wednesday evening tendered to Rev. j J Edgar L. Hairacr, ine newiy-caneu pastor to the Universalist church, j i The gathering was a representative ' one, as about all the churches of the ] town extended through people or pas- j ! tor ti-eir sincere good wishes. The : church, where the reception took i j place, was thrown open for the oc- J j casion. The decorations consisted of j potted plants and cut flowers, and the j ; spirit of hospitality and good cheer; | was a marked feature of the evening.! | In the receiving line were Rev. Edgar j i L. Halfacre. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. I ' . : Hazen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Wheel- ! I er, Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Lynch and Mr. and ;Mrs. Benjamin S. Binney.1 J.lLe ushers were Earl C. Merriman, J.1 ! Edwin Pomfret, Walter Badstubner, ' Arthur C. Annis and Austin Fish.1 About 100 passed the receiving line. "J. Edwin Pomfret, clerk of the parish committee, made brief but timely | remarks of welcome to all present and | introduced as the first speaker of the !' evening Rev. G. E. Woodman, pastor of the Congressional church, whose remarks gave evidence of good will and brotherly feeling on behalf of himself and his ciurcih. The well known retired pastor of Ayer, Rev. Richmond Fish, of the Unitarian faith, was the next speaker, whose remarks were confined mostly to reminiscences ' of t?e Universalist and Unitarian denominations and showed the progress made relative to the blending of all j faiths at the present time into one, great brotherhood of man. Rev. E. L. ( Halfacre then responded in words of gratitude for the hearty welcome he had rprpivpd and in language that gave unmistakable evidence of sincerity told of his desire to work in conjunction with the other pastors of the town for the good and general welfare of the community. "Mrs. Gilbert M. Ballou read letters from Rev. Everett S. Burkett, pastor of the Baptist ctiurcfc, and Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker of Reading, Pa., a former pastor of the Universalist church, both letters expressing re-. srets for not being present a t the, reception owing to the fact of being ! prevented by unavoidable circumstances. c "The following pleasing program of j "entertainment was then given under i the direction of Mrs. Gilbert M. Bal- i lou: Violin solos, Mr. Laprade of Boston, with piano accompaniment by Miss Harriet Winslow; song, Mrs. Ruby Felch Smith accompanied by: Miss Winslow; songs, iMiss Adele j Phillips of Leominster, accompanied by iher sister, Miss Manola PMllips; songs, Frank H. Harlow of Ayer and ' Mrs. Laprade of Boston. "Refreshments of ice cream, cake and punch was served under the di rection of Mrs. Hittie W. Evans, Mrs. C. A. Ford and Mrs. B. S. Binney. The servers were tl^e Misses Ha2el Ballou, Blanche Sawyer, Mary Badstubner, Agnes Lynch, Arthur C. Annie, J. E. Pomfret, Earl C. Merriman, 'W<er Badstubner and Austin Fish. "LMr. Halfacre was born in Newbei ry, S. C., and is a graduate of Newberry college, class of 1907 and is also a graduate of the divinity school of St. Lawrence university Canton, N. Y. He has served as sumI mer pastor at Webster, N. Y., for three years, and before coming to Shirley was pastor of a oburdh in Bethel, (Vt. He is a member of the j Masons, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.' He enters upon the duties of his new pastorate with the undivided^ support |, ' of. his. people and the best wishes of j the community." BOMB EXPLOSION IN THE CAPITOL GREAT WASHINGTON BUILDING SUFFERS DAMAGE Inquiry Will be Made Before Officii: J Statement?Reception Room Wrecked. Washington, July 2.?A tremendou ; explosion believed to have been cause by some kind of bomb or infernal machine wrecked the public receptic room on the east side of the capitc' building sl-ortly before midnight tc night. Xo one was injured. Officials believe that the explosiv was placed by a crank who desired t"> rrpnta a consatiAn iVicitnrc TX'oro 9 lowed In the room during today and ri timed machine might have beeg^lel: without attracting attention. ~ " The building had been closed sino dark and there was no one in it e? cept the water men and telephon switchboard operators. Watchma' Jones, on the floor below at the ear'", entrance, said he was blown from hi.s ehair. The report could be heard for a milo and in a few minutes a crowd of excited people had gathered. In th_* . meantime tl:e lights had bee.i switched on and excited officials wer> rushing back and forth on two floors of the great building. After the first rumors of a bomb, some of the investigators concluded that the blast had been caused by a spontaneous combustion in a gas pipe. The side;? of the wall were, torn out, however, and all the pipes apparently were Vjj intact. T:ere had been no gas fix- JT tures on the senate side since an plosion occurred there Dearly 20 yeaf:: ago, it was said. A strong odor permeated the building but none seemed able to detect just wh^t it was. No trace could be found of an exploded bomb or of any thing else which might have caused the explosion. Superintendent Wood said he hart examined the structural features of t3':e building and found there was no damage except in the immediate" vicinity of the reception room. While some ofhcials thought the* explosion was the work of an irresponsible crank with no other end in view than a sensation, others seriousfy suggested that It might fcave been perpetrated by some one desir ing to demonstrate his disapproval of some of the policies of the American government. It was apparent there was no intent to destroy life, as il is generally known the room is empty at night. Superintendent Wood of the capitol building made a hurried investigation and then telephoned -for an expert on explosives. Until the expert tas made his report no official state- i mont />aminor tVm inoiflent will hp Xm WliV^A * ** iig VU\< 1MVAVAVU V *? *** W - ?| made public. M Washington Outrage Perpetrated by *>y Hoit. 4 Glencove, N. Y.t July 3.?Frank M Holt, former Cornell university in-^ structor, who attempted to assassinate? J. P. Morgan at East Isle, Mr. Mor-? gan's summer home, near here todav.18 confessed tonight that he was tfce man? who set the bomb which explode* in the capitol at Washington . la-Jj night. Holt by his confession and the M tailed description of the bomb lie in the capitol outrage, siampri ? self as an expert in the use of^ plosives, the police assert. In* ately after his confession was < fl ed, the chief of the Washington m a squad of secret service optfl and New York city detection Bertillion and finger pij^ snmrnnnf^ here. Belief prevailed that u ? connected witii othe. which have :baffled the the finding recently of al the grounds of Andrew V Fifth avenue residence in 2^1 city. Detectives prepared tcM with questions all nig*it if nfl Used TMrd Degree.? Thomas Tunne/, captain of M unJ onannhiet cnil.Ort nf VpW VH ?uu auaiviuob 04UMU *> w ? tectives, and William E. liuystH justice of the peace before was arraigned late today, obtained confession. -To-do so, they intimfl - ' j ' * ' - 'i 'M /(CONTINUED ON PAGE S.) V * *>