The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, June 23, 1910, Image 1

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^ The Dillon Herald j Ha ESTABLISHED IN 1825. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, JiHO- VOL. 16. NO. 21. ] f fl llfnni n nru ah i?irn fnUKLV KtHUWNtU RETURNS T( Cordial Reception Given to First Citizen of America THE SPEECH OF A PATRIOT thousands of Friends and Admirers of the Ex-President Demonstrate Their Joy When He Comes Back | Home?Gladness of the Mighty Man Expressed Just Like a Boy. jL - uummdiy oi iour Made by v r? =* Roosevelt. March 2, 19U9?Sailed from * PW New York 011 t lie S. S. Hamburg * Luk " accompanied by his soif Kermit * hW and members of the Smithsonian * "? Institution expedition. Ry April " 4, 1909?Arrived at * Naples. April 5, 1909?Embarked 011 S. * lip* * S. Admiral for Mombassa. April 21, 1909?Arrived at * M|, * Mombassa, terminus of Yganaij- * ^ * da railway, where they started * IP * * for Nairobi. * ^ * April 24, 1909.?Spent first * t * night under canvas at Kupiti " " Plains. m * April. 20, 1909?Established * camp at Nairobo and plunged * BP, * into jungle. * ' December 18.1900?LeftNairobi * |p * 011 the second stage for journey * into interior of Africa by earn- * Pebruary 17. 1910?Arrived at * IK "* Oondokoro, after completing hunt * in Belgian Congo. mL February 20. 1910?Hunting * expedition practically over. Party * IP leaves for Renk. * March 11, 1910?Arrived at * Renk, where the party boards steamer for voyage down Nile * B- to Khartoum. * " March 21, 1910?Col. Roose- * B ~ vclt meets his wife and daughter * ' in Khartoum. * ' * B * * MnioJi Klin?T?--1.~ ?n.vU 4UAV iitmuirs vuiio* * where he staved one week and 9 * made famous anti-Nationalist * " speech. * f March .10, 1010?Sailed from * " Alexandria. Egypt. * 9 a " April. 2.. I'JIO?Arrived at * ? * Naples. ;] * April .1, 1910?Makes public * * correspondence in which lie re- " fcjj fused audience at the Vatican. * 2? * Arrives in Rome. * fca4*' * April 12. 1010?Meets GilTord "* Pinchot in Italy. Hs^ * April 14. 1910?Entertained by ' Emperor Franz Josef. * 1^ April 23, 1010?Delivers lee- * " ture at Sorbonne in Paris. Rj * May 4, 1910?Delivers Nobel * "* prize at Christiania. ^ May 20, 1910?Receives degree * "* of doctor df philosophy. * *53 * May 10, 1910?Meets Emperor " * Wilhelm of Germany. * May 12?Delivers lecture at * [rap ' " Berlin university. Receives de "* gree of doctor of philosophy. J * May 20*?Acts as special am * bassador of the U. S. to the * Jf " " funeral of King Edward VII. ? Xfo,. rw ?;? J - mv? iivvci v cn ucglCtJ OL " ' doctor of laws from Cambridge * j? m university. j,?. * May 31?Recedes freedom of * city of London and delivers fa- * ' "* mous Guild hall speech. A * June 7, 1910?Delivers last * * European lecture at Oxford uni- * , * versity and receives degree of lmJ "* dootor of civil law. " June 10, 1910?Sailed for JtJ * home on Kaiserin Augiiste Yic " toria. ' ifc' * June 18, 1910?Arrived in New York. . ?A hundred .thousahd welcomes. I j A could weep, teal \ And I estu 1 d laugh! I am light and j \ heavy; welcome; A curse begin at every root of his | J heart l?*il That la^/ glad to see thee! ' M ?Shk^Ct.: Coriolanus, act 2 sc. 1. ' New York, Special.?"This beats Africa and Europe," said-Col. Theo-' c; nuuscvcii ue stepped DnsKiy 7 -up the gangplank from the raven ue -?utter Manhattan to the larger cut<er Androscoggin, as it lay off quargti. A shout and a cheer greeted the ?ex-president as he came aboard the .Androscoggin, and was welcomed by yK>; 'Chairman Cornelius Vanderbilt, L "'President Elbert II. Gary, of the iSteel corporation, and scores of men prominent in the world' of finance, industrial and politics, who composed -the large reception committee. /'Well, this is just bully," con KUUStVELT IJilS NATIVE LAND tinned the colonel, who, with his silk hat in hand, was soon engulfed in a swarm of admiring friends and political associates, who hastened liim to the after deck of the Androscoggin, where the first reception of the day was held. Chairman Vanderbilt presented Mr. Roosevelt with a welcoming medal on behalf of the city of New York, and Mr. Roosevelt replied : i ? I i-11 * " * - x < it11 v n-n you now deeply I appreeite this welcome.'' To Captain Crosby, of the Rough Riders, who introduced him to the reception committee as the various members passed, lie said: "This is just the hind of thing T expected. 1 am so pleased. This is all so fine and magnificent," meanwhile waving his hat at a fleet of steam yachts and vessels, the raucous cries of whose steam whistles nearly drowned his wordsGen. Geo\ ire W. Wingaie, who is a distant cousin of the sirdar of Egypt, was warmiv welcomed by the returning hunter, who, seizing Gen"cral Wingate by tlie hand, said: "By, George! The sirdar told rae to be sure to give you Irs regards!" Jacob Riis. one . of the . colonel's. closest friends, was seized by both hands, Roosevelt saying: "Oh, Jake, I'm so mighty glad to see von. I liad a delightful, revel in Denmark. In fact. I had a delightful 4nte all around.'* The welcoming committee sot up a r : *~tjj^ - n I [IH |TIHEe- ROOSEVELTj shoi.i when I > *. Lyman Abbott. editor of The Outiook, with which Colonel Roosevelt is now associated, stepped forward and grasped Mr. Roosevelt's hand. Colonel Roosevelt sorted a laugh by saying: " Well, by George, partner, this is the real thing," whereupon some one in the rear cried: "Don't talk circulation," and Mr. Roosevelt quickly taking advantage of the point, cried aloud: "Well, may be you think we are getting up a piuk sheet snorting sunnle ment." To former Secretary of the Treasury the colonel said: "Oh, George, this-'is just fine of you to come out here and meet me." A young student of the University of California stepped up to the exhunter, who greeted him, saying: "You ought to be here to welcome me. I have given an elephant to yout university aud all I can say is it is not white." Congressman William S. Bennet, of Brooklyn, as he stepped up to grasp the hands of Colonel Roosevejt, was drawn close while the hunter said: "I got something to say to you but I can't say it before these newspaper men." "Oh, this is just fine," said Colonel Roosevelt as he edged his way through the crowded companionwaj to the deck, where he was escorted tc the grand stand at the battery, whor? Mayor Gaynor otboially welcome J him. When Roosevelt met the Rough Riders at the battery he arose in his carriage and called out to them: "I certainly love all my boys." Roosevelt's Responsive Speech. Replying to Alayor Gaynor's speech of welcome, Colonel Roosevelt said: "I thank you. Mayoi Gaynor. Through you 1 thank voui committee and through them I wisl to thank the American people foi their greeting. V need hardly say J am most deeply moved by the recpj> tion given me. No man could receive such a greeting without bein;. made to feel both very porud a he very humble. <4I have been away a year and t quarter from America and I have I seen strange and interesting thing: 1 alike in the heart of the frowning] wilderness and in the capitals of tin mightiest and most highly polisher of civilized nations. I have throughly enjoyed myself and now I am more glad than I can say to get home to be back in my own country, bacl> among people I love. And T air ready and eager to do my part sc far as I am able in helping solv? problems which must be solved if we of this, the greatest democratic re public upon which the sun has evei shone, are to see its destinies risi to the high level of our hopes anc us opportunities. "This is the duty of every eiti/.en but it is peculiarly my duty, for ani man who has ever been honored Ip being made president of the t'nitec States is thereby forever after rcn dered the debtor ?d' the America! people and is hound throughout hi: life to remember this as his prinn obligation, and in private life as much as. in public life so to condiic himself that the American (teopli may never have cause to feel retire: that once they placed hiui at tlieii head." THE NEWS MINUTELY TOLD The Heart of Happenings Carved From the Whole Country. Evelyn Xesbit Thaw's engagement ring is" in pawn; she is living in a flat; she can't pay her tailor bills. Secretary Davis of the National Farmers' Union announces that the next convention of the union would he held at Charlotte, September lt?. 1910. Th latest move to secure mor. revenue for the railroads is a plan to charge an excess fare for all passengers riding in l'ullman and parlor cars. The German Government ordered ail investigation of the iluud conditions in the valley of the river Ahr, where between 200 and 250 people have been drowned. Death cause;! by a rattlesnake bite ended nearly a week of torture endured through religious fanaticism by Oliver Pugli, UU years old, of Zion City, 111. The first change made in dressed beef prices iu three weeks by win lesale, of Chicago, went into {effect Friday, and it was a reduction of half a cent a pound. The official inventory of the estate ; of the late E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin.! filed in the Los Angeles probate j court, fixes $10,9:10.801 as the total ; value of the estate. The two lions which the late King J Menclik of Abysiuia presented to the Pope a year ago, died from the effects of poison which, it is believed, some visitor to the Vatican deliberately gave to them. A representative of a moving picture concern has made an offer of $150,000, it is said, for the .JeffriesJohnson fight picture privileges. The promoters and principals have the offer under consideration. Cromwell Dixon's dirigible balloou broke away from its mooring at I Cliillicothe, Ohio, carrying with it a | 10-year-old boy to a heigbth of half mile. The balloon landed several miles-distant. The boy was uninjured. Fremont Johnson, a trusted young clerk in fhe otlice of the York, Pa., Carriage Company, was arrested by Chief of Detectives White on charges of taking more than $1,000. Johnson, whose salary was $9 a week, is accused of padding the payroll. lie wa9 recently married. A concerted movement, looking to the entry of W. J. Bryan in Nebraska Senatorial race, was begun when certain Democratic leaders sent all over the State petitions asking Mr. Bryan to enter the contest. These petitions are to be signed and returned by the time Mr. Bryan returns from Europe. As a result of having a sore bunion on his right foot treated five weeks ago, Peter Morgan, aged 60, foreman of the machine shop at the Pennsylvania South Altoona foundries, is dead. Following the treatment gangrene and blood poisoning developed, and he suffered great agony until he lapsed into a state of coma prior to death. ])r IT T I* ... - ... .... Dinner, oh years old, bin eator and yeady digester, died at Marion, Ohio, of diabetes. brought on hy his many eating contests, it is said. In one contest he ate a double steak as heavy as a roast, 12 large potatoes, two dishes of onions, two loaves of bread and a pound of butter and finished with three dozen hardboiled eggs. At the field day meet hold in connection with the graduation exercises of the Ingleside School for Hiris. New Milt'ord, Conn., Carolyn Hale, J of the class of 1911. of New Yoru | City, broke the world's Tecord for girls in the running high jump by clearing the bar at 4 feet 7 5-8 inches. She also won five of the six events en the program. r ,;? : .... ..:. .... - PATTERSON FOR 3RD TERM Renominated by the Democrats With Wild Enthusiasm. Nashville, Tenn., Special.?The State convention Thursday nominated uov. Malcolm R. Battel! pit for a ihird term as (iovcnier and former jhovcrnor Benton McMillan for the United States Senate in opposition :o Senator James B. Frazier. Kominations were also made for otheF State offices, including Supreme and livil appeal court judges. Governor Patterson accepted his aoruination for a third term, before i crowd that packed tho immense mditorium to suffocation, in a lengthy ipeech that evoked the wildest enlhujiasm. i Aiwoui 11 a ?iuu|mrn cuiuiunni i no jompulsory prohibition law ami declare for an amendment '*wher?in it iffccts the communities of NashvLlle, Chattanooga, Memphis and Lufolhette, and further pledge our party to the restoration to the people ,of those particular connnnnities the right to control their own local affairs as they existed prior to the passage of that measure." They declare unreservedly against lie unrestricted liquor traPie in the 3omtuunities mentioned and in the ?vent these affected should conclude to take any action under the laws amendment, "we favor the enactment of laws strictly regulating and ?ont rolling such trallic and we are unalterably opposed to return to open and unrestricted saloons in Tennessee." The law prohibiting the manufacture of liquor in the State is condemned and its repeal pledged. Jeffries-Johnson Fight Talk. Jeffries" Training Camp, Kowardenan, California, Special.?James J. Jeffries?1 intend to stick to Hicknrd and fight on July 4. I don't care if we have to tight down there on the river dam. Jack Johnson?I am just naturally sure this fight is go'ng to come off on July 4. hut 1 don't see how we can fight in Frisco. Governor Gillett?I have ordered Attorney-General Webb to stop this "prize-fight," and 1 expect him to obey orders. Attorney-General Webb?T am lnoki"g into the law and will do as uirccieu, it the law sustains Governor Gillott's contentjpns. Mayor McCarthy, of San Francisco ?The law makes me the only man ! who can stop this* fight. ami I certainly do not intciul to interfere. The light will he liehl in San Francisco, (lillett cannot stop it. District Attorney Kiekerts. of San Francisco?The laws are more powerful than the Governor ami 1 still believe the light will be liehl in San Franeiseo. on July 4. Tex Ricknrd?Wo will pull the fi-_rht oft* in Nevada if necessary. San Francisco will lose a golden opportunity. Why Not Rural Letter Carriers? Washington, Special.?Postmaster General Hitchcock has issued instructions for the promotion on July 1 of nearly JO,000 postotlice clerks and City letter carriers. This action was taken under the authority conferred on him in the postotlice appropriation bill passed at the present session of congress. He paid a high tribute to the efficiency and faithfulness of postal employes during the past year, giving them full credit for their cooperation in carrying into effect certain reforms through which he expects to show a reduction this year of fully $10,000,000 in the postul deficit. Another Date Set For Adjournment. Washington, Special.?Congress is expected to adjourn one week from Saturday or June 25th, according to plans made public by Senate leaders Wednesday, after consultations with House leaders, a careful canvass v. 1? --- ? win uioin-inrs, ana a revision of the Senate's legislative program. Big Missourian Gets Office. Washington, Special.?"The biggest man in Missouri," Edward F. Regenhardt, who is six feet four inches tall, built in proportion and tipping the scales at more than .'100 pounds, has been nominated by President Taft for .he ]iosition of United States Marshal for the Eastern or St. Louis district of that State. Extra Session in Texas. pistil), Tex., Special.?Gov. Campbell has issued a call for a special session of the legislature to convene July 10. four days before the Democratic primaries. The specific purpose ot' the special session as named in the call is to repeal the lire insurance rating hoard law. li is charged by anM-pvohibition leaders that the governor's real object is to forestall the possible election of O. 1?. Colquitt, the candidate of the antiprohibition faction, for governor, by raising and bringing about the enact meiu 01 restrictive legislation that will practically put the saloons our I of business in Texas. ' mrnrn WILL FIGHT IN NEVADA Jeffries and Johnson Decide to Leave California Sail Francisco. StlPciaL?l'rntiinfprs Rickurd definitely announces thai the Jeffries and .Johnson tijjlit will be held in Nevada. July 4. RiekarVl Raid that a number of '"big men*' had been working hard to help him secure the battle tor San Francisco, but Sunday night they definitely informed him that there was no chance. Lightning Follows Gov. Ansel. Louisville. Ky? Special.?Governors of four Slates had narrow escapes Sunday while riding from Versailles to Frankfort in an automobile when lightning twiee struek near them. Those who were in the party including Governor lladley of Missouri and wife; Governor Stone of Arizona. Governor Ansel of South .Carolina, and Governor Willson of Kentucky and ltis wife. At one point the lightning struek a railroad rail and sparks were thrown over them. Square Deal for Shipper and R. R. Washington. Special. ?In talking with a delegation ot shippers representing the entire country, who called to congratulate him upon his course in the recent railroad negotiations and in preventing increase in freight rates, presid* u< Taft again expounded the doctiine of the square deal. lie told the (shippers that unless the railroads were given a fair profit it would affect the shipping interests, lie declared that flic prosperity of the shippers and the carriers must he mutual and that neither could move ahead without the ot her. Four Hundred Religious Workers. Motif rent. N. tSpecial.?The leaders in the religious life of the colleges of the South gathered Friday 4ii<) strong at Moutreat for a ? . ivii miiiiinuT ll | if >11 ir.P VPligious problems t> 1' college iuoii. Practically every V. M. C. A. in every Scut hern college was represented by a strolls' delegation.* l>r. iienry N. Snyder, president of WolYord College at Spartanburg. S. <lectured upon "The Appeal of the ruble." Cannot Block Legislation Now. Washington. Special.?The House has adopted a new rule by which" a majority of iis membership may at any time recall from a committee any bill or resolution referred i<> it and place the uunsurc upon the caleudar for consideration. Advocates , i>f the new rule claim that it will effectu.illy prevent the pigeu-holding <?i any proposed lcgislat ion which his the approval of a majority of the House. The adoption of the new rale was by a unanimous vote. Exposition Contestants Disappointed. Washington, Special.?San Francisco and New Orleans, which have been engaged in a spirited contest before congress for the honor of holding: the inter-national celebration of the opening of the Panama caual in are doomed to disappointment as far as legislation at this session is concerned. At least that is the almost unanimous opinion of those who have knowledge of the subject. A. C. L. Working for South. Wilmington, N. C., Special.?The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad company announces the establishment of an agricultural and immigration department for the Slates of North and South Carolina and Virginia. The agent will have his headquarters in Wilmington. E. N. Clark of Albany. (!a., who has been connected with the Coast Line for the past 31 years lias been named as agent in charge of the bureau and will assume his duties Monday. Preacher and Saloon Keeper Sight. Minefield. W. Va.. Special.?The Hev. I). R. Alexander probably fatally stabbed .J. W. Thomas, a saloonkeeper at Godfrey, W. Va., Saturday night. The preacher is said to have accused Thomas of improper relations with a member of his congregation. It is said Thomas hunted the preacher ui> and a tight ensued. Pursuing Alleged Cotton Speculator \ New York. Special.?The government has cone out in the open in ils attempt to prove that manipulating the cotton market is against the law. dames A. Patten of Chicago and seven lesser figures in the speculative fiaid have been indi? ted. charged w ith icnspir.icy in restraint of trade undei <he Sherman anti-trust law. Two Important Bill;; Pasrcd. Washington. Special.?Two of the r. ost important oi the administration measures, namely the railroad and atatelicod V.iils. were acted upon final ly by Centres? Saturday anil will hotonie law? as so<;n as they receive President Tafi's signature. PATTERSON FOR 3RD TERM, J Renominated by the Democrats Witt Wild Enthusiasm. Nashville, Tenn.. Special.?Thr " State convent ion Thursday nominated (jov. .Malcolm ({. Putteijim for a third term as (iovemor ami former (Jovernor Ronton McMillan for the I'nited States Senate in opposition to Senator .lames B, Frazier. Komi- " nations were also made for other State oflHees, including Supreme atid . * civil appeal court judges. (Jovernor Patterson accepted his nomination for a third tern., before a ernwd that packed the immense *" ' auditorium to sulVoeation. in .1 lengthy ' speech that evoked the wildest cnlhu- ;; -.1 siasm. * Resolutions adoiited condemn lb# compulsory prohibition law ntoj ?le clarc for an atuciKlmcni * wherein it affects tlic communities of Nash- ... vilie, Chattanooga. Memphis ami La- ^ follette. ami further pUM_'" our parti to the restoration to the ample oJ those pattieular coiuiiuiuities the . riirht to control their own local affairs as they existe?l prior to tkf passage of that measure." They lecture unreservedly against the unrest ri< ted liquor i rathe in tht communities mentioned and in llii event these alVeeteil sliouhl com !ud to take any action under the "law * V amendment, "we favor the enaet * ment o! laws strictly reaulatino and cont rollim.; such t rathe ami we arc unalterably opposed io return to open . \ and unrestrieted saloons in Tennessee."* The law prohibitiiii <he manufactnre jf li?juor in the State i? coiltlemned and its repeal pledged. Jeffr..es-Johnson Fight Talk. Jeffries" Training Camp, lhuvap denan. California, special.?James J J? tfries I intend to slick to Kickuri? ami hjrht on July 4. i don't care il we have to Ih'ht down there on tin river dam. Jack Johnson?I am ju-t naturally sure this liirht is noinir to come ofl on July 4. hut I don't see how wi can fiuht in Frisco. (iovcrnor Ctilleti?I have ordered Attorney-General Wchb to stop this " prizc-liirht." and I expect him t< . obey orders. Attorney-General Webb?I ait looking into the law and will ilo a; directed, if the law sustains Cover- * ' nor Gillctl's contentions. Mayor McCarthy, ??f San Franeiscc ?The law makes rise* the only mac who can stop this liui t. ami I eer- - liiitily il?> in'1 i111< :?11 11> ii: rI -r; . J In tiulit will 1)'' held S;ui Francisco (iiilett ci niui >|.?|? i:. "* I listi ii t Attorney |{ii-kiTl>. of Sxi ' * " Frami-cu? Tlii' law- an- inoic pnwci* , 1 t ill than t n' <io\iTiinr and I still believe tin- tiu'lii will be InM in Sat Francisco, mi .Inly 1. . Tex Wickard We will pull tin ? fight (.If in Nevada il necessary. Sat Francisco will lose a golden opjor ' " ' tunity. Why Not Rural Letter Carriers? Washington. Special.? I'ostmriStet (ieneral llilciicock has issued instruc- _ _ . > tions tor the promotion on duly 1 ot nearly .10,000 postoliiec clerks anc City letter carriers. This action wnt taken under the authority conferred -* on him in the postoffice appropriation -4?bill passed at the present session 61 congress. He paid a high tributf \ * to tlie efficiency and faithfulness ol postal employes during the past year giving them full credit for their co , . operation in earrvinp into effect cer v tain reforms throuph which he e* pccts to show a reduction this yeai ?V of fully $10,0IH).t)00 in the posta r' deficit. Another Date Set For Adjournment Washington. Special.?Conpress if expected to adjourn one week from Saturday or June 25th, according to plans made public by Senate leaders Wednesday, after consultation; with House leaders, a careful canvas* . if of both branches, and a revision ol the Senate's legislative program. Big Missourian Gets Office. Washington. Special.?"The biggest man in Missouri," Edward F Regenliardt, who is six feet fout _ ? a inches tall, built in proportion and *.? * X tipping the scales at more than GOC * a pounds, has been nominated by Pres- r. * & ident Taft for the position of United ?Vfctl States Marshal for the Eastern 01 St. Louis district of that State. 1 7 " i Extra Session in Texas. Austin. Tex.. Special.?Gov. Camp hell has issued a call for a special session of the legislating to convene July 10. four days before the Democratic primalics. The specific purpose of the snccial session as named in the call is to repeal the tire insurance rating board law. It is charged by anV-prohibition leaders that the governor's real obje? t is t? J forestall tie possible election of ?). IL C-.lqv.itt. the candidate of the anti prohibition factiou, for governor. by raising and bunging about the enactment of restrictive legislation that.. ' will prActicaily put the snloons out of business in Texas. aniA.i ?