The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 06, 1915, Image 1
VOLUME Lin, M7JCBER 45. . NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, $1*0 A YEAB.
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Wound
SHOT TWICE B/ j
COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR !
THE WOUNDS, HOWEVER, FAIL TO
HIVE DESIRED EFFECT
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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
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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*
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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-|
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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. *
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NEGRO STILL \ ELD
IN PENNSYLVANIA
GOV. BROriUTGH WITHDRAWS
REQUISITION FOR JOE GRAM
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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
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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.
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: 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.
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"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
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Washington Outrage Perpetrated by
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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
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