Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KV,. , . u ; .. .... ... A GALA TIME I Battleship Sooth Carolina Presented With Silver Service l AND PALMETTO FLAG % Brilliant Presentation Ceremony at ^ Charleston on Tuesday.?Captain i Feehteler Accepts Silver Service ' from Gov. Ansel.?Palmetto Flat; Given by I). A. K. Stute Chapter. Crowning a period of gayetles and pleasure almost unexampled in the history of Charleston, the most important event of "battleship week" took place at noon Tuesday at the academy of music when Governor (M. *F. Ansel presented to Captain A. F. Fechteler, of the battleship South Carolina, a magnificent silver service as the gift of the State. The presentation was made in the presence of an audience which completely filled the large building, and which throughout the exerciseB displayed the utmost enthusiasm. Governor Ansel delivered the presentation address, and the response was made by Captain Fechteler of the battleship. An interesting, feature of the exercises was the presentation by Mrs. R. Moultrie Ilratton, state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of a Palmetto flag. Commander J C. Leonard, in accepting the flag declared that no foe should ever take it away from the South Carolina. Since the arrival of the South Carolina in this port early Sunday morning Charleston has given itself over to a serleB of elaborate entertainments in honor of the ship, which is the largest vessel of war that has ' ever entered the harbor. These cul minated Tuesday aixernoon wnu a i reception aboard the vessel, and on a Tuesday night with another reeep- f tlon tendered by the governor at the s Charleston hotel. S This hotel was the scene of one of t the most notable banquets ever giv- v en in Charleston, all the city's distinguished guests being present. Among the speakers were Captain Fechteler, who Bald that the Charles- , ton Navy Yard has the best plant in the country; Congressman George E. Foes, chairman of the House committee on Naval affairs, who stated that the dry dock and buildings were e not surpassed anywhere and Assist- j ^ ant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop. j The battleship will remain in the harbor until Friday, and until her departure, the round of entertain- a ments will not cease. Wednesday r night the Carolina Yacht club was t the host at a grand ball at the Navy ] Yard, while Wednesday morning and i today was devoted to the entertain- t ment of the crew of the battleship, i The Mascot, a game cock of the < famous South Carolina strain, who .< distinguished himself by killing I another oock which accidentally en- 1 tered" hiB enclosure, was presented I by the Mayor to the crew of the battleship. ECHOES FROM THE DEAD. Interesting Things Found in the St. Paul Coal Mine. "All alive 2 p. m.. Novemebr 14." This the latest message from the fatal St. Paul coal mine fire was brought to light Monday at Cherry 111., with the recovery of 31 miners' bodies which had been entombed since the disaster of last November. The bodies were taken from the lowest level, f>00 feet below ground. The men hnd retreated to a space 20 feet square and had constructed a rr.ie fan of board to keep the air circulating. On the fan in big letters were chalked the words quoted aliove, indicating that the men had lived at least until the day after the fire started. Evidently the men hnd taken turns at the crank of the fan, for one of the bd^Ucs had fallen over the handles as thmlgh he had died while struggling to maintain the air current. Thnt the miners were in the habit of keeping their savings on their per- < sons were shown by the large sums 1 of money found on the bodies. One 1 miner had in his belt $1,400. In < the belt of another was found $190, I and another had $172. < It was declared by the mine com- ' _ ..m t 1, ., t all thn naorlv 1 f I It II > S UIIIICID iu?t .... v,.g ?v>u. 300 miners killed by the disaster I had been accounted for. A few IkmIes are still in the mine, but within a few days, the mine will be ; cleared and ready for work. Blew Up Ills Family. At Neguanee, Mich., Frank Haar inan, a miner, aged 31, placed a stick Jk of dynamite Eaturday under the bed g) In which his wife and three-year-old daughter were sleeping, and another stick under the couch, where he slept with his five-year-old boy. When the dynamite was exploded, the man, I woman and l>oy were blown to atonm. 1 . "the little girl had seemingly a miraculous escape, being found practif cilly unhurt on the floor of the room. NOTED TRIAL ENDEu DR. MILLER AND MRS. SAYLER ( CONVICTED OF Murdering Mrs. Sayler's Husband, and Given Twelve and Three Yearn Respectively in Prison. lAt W&tseka, 111., Dr. W. R. Miller and Mrs. J. B. Saylor whose lames have been coupled In the Sayer murder trial, Monday were found ?ulty of manslaughter for the slayng of J. B. Sayler of Cresent City, lusbnnd of the woman, last July, lohn Grunden, medicine vender from Oklahoma. Mrs. Sayler's father was icquitted. i Punishment was fixed by the |ury i n Dr. Miller's case at twelve yearB i imprisonment In the penitentiary ' vhile imprisonment for three years ' vas allotted to Mrs. Sayler. When the verdict finding Mrs. Say- < er guilty was read, she threw herself Into the arms of her daughter, 1 ft'ho sat beside her and Bobbed 1 roncluslvely. Mrs. Miller clung weep- ' ingly to her husband and be clasp- i ;d her to him. I Attorney F. P. Morris made the ! formal motion for a new trial for i Ihe prisoners. State's Attorney Jno. P. Pallissard agreed to the setting >f the motion for argument April 10. For the first time since he was "trreBted, Dr. Miller felt the grip of inndcuffs as he was taken from the jourt room to the county jail after in affectionate farewell to his wife. Mrs. Sayler. somewhat reccovered Trom her emotion, walked unshacked to the cell which has been her Home for many months. John Grunlen. with squared shoulders, went 'rom the court house a free man. The crime for which the defend- ( mtB, I)r. Miller sad Mrs. Sayler, were ound guilty was the slaying of .1. 1 J. Sayler in the parlor of his home. The State in the trial brought out ? nuch evidence concerning alleged in- , lmacy of Mrs. Sayler and Dr. Miller t ind scoffled at the plea of self-de- ( ense advanced together with the , tory of the defendants that Mr. ? iayler precipitated his death by at- < acklng Dr. Miller with a hatchet irlthout prevocation. ) RIDDLED WITH BULLETS. > fegro Who Loaned Anotlier a Pistol to Murder a Man. i The body of Stuart Holland, broth- , r-ln-law of John Seay, a negro, who \ s in the county jail for the shoot- ] ng of James Armstrong, the time teeper of the Tennessee Company, it Ishkooda, Ala., Saturday afterroon. was found in the woods near hat place riddled with bullets. Holand advised Seay to * shoot Armttrong, it is said, and loaned him he revolver with which the crime was committed. Another negro who lid considerable talking after the shooting of Armstrong, was taken . Into the woods of the night of Holland's death, stripped of his clothing. buckled over a log. and whipped. m m m HID MONEY IN HER RAT. Woman Conceals Sum Which Husband Had Lifted. At Greenville Bob Duncan, Ralph McCall and C. Williams, three white men are under arrest charged with Jruging and robbing James Aiken of $350 at a house in the eurburbs. Aik^n had just gotten the money in pajment of insurance for a hous? lost by fire several weeks ago. Officers had a hard time in fastening the robbery on the men under arrest. Finally, however, in searching Dncan's home and the members of his family they found $50 in money wound up and hid In tne . ,v" ?n Mrs. Di ii ?.c's head. Another *' in was found i ailed down in tae l> 'lom of the well bucket. A YOl'NCJ MOTIIKH. A Chicago Girl Ten A'ears Old Gives Birth to a Cbilil. The officials of the Chicago Juvenile Court began on Tuesday on investigation of the case of Annie Rpps, 10 years old. who gave birth to a girl baby at the county hospital several days ago. It was reported that the young mother and child were doing well. The young mother's turn woe In vi?et i rot/irl an/I It hoc Kpnn found absolutely true that she is just 10 years old." a physicians at the hospital said. "She is one of the youngest mothers known in this pari of the world." Found in a Trunk. The body of Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell, a wealthy widow, who lived alone on a farm near Palmyra, Me., was found Tuesday In a trunk at her home by the sheriff. A club was found in the room but the body bore no marks of violence. Mirny Goats I/>st. A dispatch from San Antonio. Texas, says eighty thousand goats perished in Frie Nusces valley as the result of the recent heavy rains. WAXES WROTH Speaker Cannon Gets Mad Because Refused an Automobile and ABUSES INSURGENTS Hccnuso These "Outlawed" Republicans Joined the Democrats in Voting Against Appropriation for K.\- ! pense of Autos for the Speaker 1 ( and Vice-President Recently. j Old man Joe Cannon is mad, very ' mad, again A Washington dispatch ' says, almost the entire "Insurgent" ( strength of the House was joined ! with the Democrats on Friday in what was generally acknowledged to he an additional rebuke to Speaker I Cannon. A conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appro- ' priation bil< contained an agreement to appropriate for the expense of 1 automobiles previously provided for ' Speaker Cannon and Vice-President ' Sherman. The House reiterated Its disapproval of these expendituies and ' by a vote of 111 to 132, refused to agree to the preport, sending it back to the conferees for further consideration. After this action had been taken Mr. Crfnnon, leaving the chair, went to the Republican side of the House and there delivered a speech that contained much of sarcasm and invective. He again defied the "Insurgents" and intimated that they lacked courage to join with the solid minority in deposing him. Encouraging his Republican colleagues and admonishing the Democrats, he de- 1 Glared he beileved a Republican majority would be returned in the coming election. 'Minority Leader Clark made a J speech, in which he insisted that if ?iven an opportunity the Democrats would endeavor to realize the suggestion of Senator Aldrich that the expenses of the Government might be ' curtailed to the extent of $300,000,)00 annually, Mr. Sims of Tennessee was among 5 he leaders in opposing the appro- s prlations for automobiles for the f Speaker or the Vice President to the 'lnrintr it pnst Hnilv tr? hrinc tho ' Speaker of the Vice resident to the ?apitol. With intense Interest the roll call was ilstened to In order to ietermine how the insurgents were 1 voting, as it was iealized their attitude would settle the outcome. The result was soon forseen and the announcement provoked applause on ( the Democratic side. Then Mr. Mnnn, of Illinois, arose 1 and said in sarcastic tones, that "thiB <. is more than child's plav." "If this is a Democratic leadership." added Hr. Mann. "I hope to be delivered from it in the future." You will," came from a Bcore of Democratic members. Minority Deader Champ Clarke gave the House a statement of his' purpose to work for economy, whether that was denominated "child's play or anything else." Mr. Clarke said he would come to Congress if there were no salary attached to the office. "If we ever get posesslon of the Government." he said, addressing his colleagues. "I propose to make good Senator Aldrich's declaration that this government can be run for $300,000,000 less per year than it now costs." Speaker Cannon then requested >ir. maim, ui iinnoi^, xo xaKe ine chair, after which he addressed the House. He abused the insurgents roundly. It was evident that ihe old fellow felt sore over being denied the appropriation for operating his automobile. A YOUNG MURDERER. Killed a Young Girl and Will Hung for His Crime. At DeLand, Fla., the jury Tuesday brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree against Irving Hatchett, a young white man, who, on February 12, stabbed to death Clevie Tedder, a 14-year-old girl. Judge Minor Jones pronounced the death sentence. Hanchett met the girl in the road, and when she repulsed his improper advances and threatened to expose him, he stabbed her f>3 times. The murderer had been imprisoned in Vermont for crime before he went to Florida. Humeri in Kfiigy. Covernor Patterson was burned in effigy at Athens, Tenn., Thursday night, this as an expression of disapproval of the pardon of Col, Duncan R Cooper immediately after the State supreme court had affirmed his sentence of 20 years in prison for the murder of Senator E. W. Carmack. There is much feeling in Athens over the pardon. killed by Pitched Hall. Baseball claimed its first New York victim of the 1010 season in the death of ir>-year-olri Rudolph Ruhling. who was struck on the head with a pitched hall Monday 'n that city. I AIRSHIP HITS AUTO AVIATOR AT MEMPHIS MEETS WITH ifvnnivT looses Control of Cnrtlss Illplano and Plunges With Terrific Force to Forth. Losing; the control of a Curtiss biplane at Memphis, Tenn., which he was operating at a height of 75 Teet, J. C. Mars plunged downward with terrific speed into the infield of the aviation course there late Tues3ay. alighting on top of a touring automobile, in which were seated three women and two children. The :anopy top over the touring car sav?d the lives of its occupants, only :>ne of whom was slightly injured. The biplane smashed into bits and Mars was caught under the wreckage, but escaped with slight injuries. The accident brought to a close Memphis' first aviation meet in a thrilling manner. Thousands of people followed the aviator in his flight across the mile course, saw his machine caught In a sudden gust of wind, spin around like a top to an angle right of the line of his original course and then plunge downward. Its flight was too quick for the occupants of the car to jump and they huddled on the floor of the tonneau. The biplane struck squarely on the engine hood of the automobile and then crumpled over on the canopy top. Mars had shut off his engine when th<- aeroplane started down and in a few moments scores of spectators were dragging the wreckage from the automobile, first taking out Mars and then the k/wupanio \J i mc iuui Hi)) WQI A few minutes after the accident Mars explained It by saying that tils airship was swung around In a ?ust of wind striking him at right ingles and causing him to descend. He said he would have landed safely f he had had a clear field. iMsars' first public flight was made it the Memphis meet and Tuesday le carried off the honors by his high lights, skill and daring. He also nicceeded in equalling CurtlBs' quick itart record of 5 4-5 seconds. Only short flights were attempted by Cur:iss and. Mars owing to the weather onditions. Oily OF JOY AS COAL OIL. ilarrel of Booze Seized Hearing that Brand. Whiskey is sometimes called the "oil of joy", but it is selodm that it figures as coal oil. A case of this 3ort has Just arisen, however, at the little town of Hamlet, N. C., where the United States revenue officers have Just laid bare an ingenuous fraud. A barrel which came to Hamlet marked "coal oil" was found to contain a smaller barrel of whiskey. The larger receptacle of the two had a 50 pollen capacity and that containing the ardent spirits a 20 five gallon capacity. Of course, the scheme was designed primarily to evade the prohibition laws of North Carolina, but it is also violates one of the United States statutes as to the shipment of whiskey. ItEMOVK TAHLK KNIFE. * t From Stomach of an Iiisaiie Woman Successfully. Seventeen physicians of Los Angeles, Cal., assisted at an operation recently for the removal of a table knife, nine inches long. from the stomach of Mrs. Sarah Carlson, an insane woman. The operation was successful and Mrs. Carlson is recovering. The knife had been in the stomach of the woman for several hours before the physicians could he induced to believe that the woman, who told of having swallowed it. was not joking about the matter. Killed tier Husband. A quarrel at Pittsburg, Kan., on Monday, said to have been started over a woman terminated in Mrs Walter Caldwell killing her husband. According to Mrs. Caldwell, seh saw her husband on a street with another woman. When he came home she upbraided him. Mrs. Caldwell sur,1A CK- ...III n-lf ' ? I CIIUC1 CU. put? Will pirn u Dt'i l"UD* fense. How to Sro the Comet. If you will got up just before sunrise or thereabouts, you will get a glimpse of llalley's Comet irt the eastern sky. It will rise earlier each morning until April 18, when it will he visible for two hours and a half before sunrise. After May 18, we won't have to loose any more beauty sleep to see it, as it will be visible in the western sky after sunset. Will See Comet Twice. Nine Inmates of two institutions for the care of the aged and infirm in Savannah, Ga., have lived to an age when within the next few weeks they will have twice witnessed the appearance of the same comet in this planetary svptem after an Inter| val of three-quarters of a century. V CALL ON TAFT Sooth Carolina Bleached Republicanism in Washington. THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME Palmetto State Adherents to the hilly White Republican Party, to the Number of Fourteen, Make a Most Favorable Impression on tlsa Man of Dough in the White House. The white Republican pa ty of South Carolina, fourteen strong called on President Taft Monday a-'d received the congratulations of the administration on the general pulchritude of its personel. Zack McGhee In nis Washington letter to The State says at a formal meeting of the party Monday night, there was a spirited race for the most pulchritudinous gentleman, in which Col. Purcell, postmaster o. Newberry, dominated the situation. With a strong tendency to insurgency on the part of Col. Tnonris Hester of Gaffney, and J. P. Little of Clinton, Col. Geo. H. Huggn-s, postmaster of Columbia, is a near | insurgent, but will vote with th-> ctI ganization if only they will work j for a new postoffice building in Columbia. Mart Floyd takes his defeat | with becoming grace, knowing that as he has the goods he is not worried over the poor judgment of.his peers. The party, which is under the leadership of Capt. John G. Capers, is in Washington to make a forma', demonstration of the respectability of the Republican party in South Carolina. After n brief "audience" with the President, they were given a luncheon at the Metropolitan club, the most fashionable of such lnsfitutions in Washington, by John Hays Hammond, chairman of the League of Republican Clubs of the United States. In the afternoon they visited, en masse roRimasier ueneral Hitchcock, the political niBnanT of th>e administration, who received them with great cordiality and evidences of increased respect for the new Republicanism of South Carolina. President Taft was apparently well pleased at the looks of the party and was intensely interested in their representations of the prospects of increasing their numbers in South Carolina. And the chairman of the League of Republican Clubs, John Hays Hammond, in lunching them at "so smart" a club as the Metropolitan, showed that he whs not indifferent to the charms of real pulchritude. Now there is another bunch of fellows, which, at times, represent themselves as being the true exponents of Republicanism in South Carolina, the same being this Charleston bunch, composed of the Hon. Harris, postmaster. and the Hon. Durant, collector, strongly indorced and sponsored by such personal friends of President Taft as the Hon. Hemphill, formerly of Charleston, now of Richmond, and sometimes known as the deacon, and the Hon. Rhett, mayor Charleston, but these are simply buttinsters. Maj. Hemphill is a Democrat; Rhett is a Democrat, and Harris and Durand are carpet baggers. The sure enough friends of the administration, the ones who are going to carry South Carolina for the Republican ticket next time, are the ones who called on the President. The fourteen are: John G. Capers of Greenville and Washington; C. J. Pureell of Newberry, W. M, Floyd? that's "Mart" you know?of Spartanburg, Jas. E. Hunter of Union. Chas. Dudley, J. F. Jenkins and Thomas Hester of Gaffney, Geo. II. Muggins. Dawson D. Melton and W. Doyd Evans of Columbia, Thomas Blalock. of Goldville, Allen D. Webster of Orangeburg, J. P. Little of Clinton and Charles Burns of Westminister. After the formal reception by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Capers and Blalock remained to talk over the situation. What was said is not known, but it is supposed that they talked over federal patronage and the general good of the Republican party in South Carolina. There are several postmasters in South Carolina still unsettled, and something Is to be done about them. Notable among these are those at Laurens and Union. James E. Hunter is the son of Postmaster J. C. Hunter. Geo. MeCravey of Laurens, whose appointment is also held up, was not present. But those who were are his friends. The others are , not seeking anything for themselves. They are in Washington solely In the interests of the party and the country. Yet, of eourse, the postmasters are taking this opportunity to put in a few licks for the improvement of their offices. Mr. Hugglns is worklntr in the interests of the new building at Columbia and other improvements. Ilefore he leaves he will confer with a number of congressmen whom he hopes to interest in the building appropriation. Mr. Floyd is working to get some needed improvements and exetnsions in the service at THEY HAVE A CLUB BUND TldHKKS ORGANIZED TO HELD ONE ANOTHER. + * A Wilmington, X. C., Member Confesses that He Puid Five IK>Ilars Per Month in Hues. Marion L. Winner, a middle-aged white man, convicted in the superior court Saturday night of selling whiskey at Wilmington, N. C., and sentenced to six months on the roads, Judge Cooke sustaining the judgment of the recorder's court, Tuesday made a sensational affidavit in which he made the confession and declared that there are more than one hundred holders of government liquor license in Wilmington; that the blind tigers have a thorough organization known as "Association Number Six;" that he has paid regularly into the coffers of the association $r> a month to be used for political purposes and otherwise, that the members had been given to understand that if arrested and carried before the recorder the severest punishment would be a tine and costs; that in case public sentiment was such that it would be necessary to give road sentences the members were to be warned 'n ample time. The affiant then sets out that he was not warned and that he has been made a scapegoat of by his former pretended friends. In conclusion the affiant says that the confession and exposure of those he says have deserted him iH made for the sole purpose of aiding him in his efTort to have his sentence stricken out or reduced. Winner's attorney will go bq(dre Judge Cooke and ask for a heariug of the matter. It is understood that many rank prohibitionists will give Winner their moral support in view of his affidavits. We wonder if any of the blind v tigers of this city who have recently been brought up before the Mayor were members of this club. BITTERLY CRITICISED. Patterson Justly Roasted for Pardoning Cooper. Capt. (J. T. Fitzhugh, of Memphis, Tenn., assistant counsel for the prosecution in the Cooper case, whose speech at the famous trial attracted widespread attention, characterized the pardon of D. B. Cooper as an outrage. Wednesday he said: "The disgraceful haste displayed by the Governor in pardoning D. B. Cooper before the ink was hardly dry on the Supreme Court opinion . convicted him of murder, shocks every sense of decency. ."Sworn to execute the laws as mnirtrnoH hv t hn Kitrhnct rt t hn Governor, without even a petition from any one, tramples law under foot and sets aside the Court's decision for the benefit of a cold blooded murderer, whose influence with the Governor is, and has been, far more potent than the interests and safety of the people of this great Commonwealth." DEATH OF Jl'lKJK 1IASKHLL. A Gallant Soldier and Good Citizen I'asses Away. Judge A. C. Haskell, for many years one of the leading men of the state, both in public life and in business affairs died Tuesday morning at Columbia. Monday night Judge Haskell was operated on for an obstruction of the intestines. He stood the operation well and his condition was such as greatly to encourage his physicians and friends. Later in tho night, however, he grew rapidly worse and early Tuesday morning the end came. He was 71 years old. Judge Haskell served with distinc1 tion in the Confederate army during the civil war. GALLFItY FALLS. Slv Persons are Seriously Hurt in the Accident. At Now Orleans six norsnns were Injured, one fatally, when the gallery of a building at Canal and South Rampart streets collapsed Thursday, precipitating a dozen or more persons into the street. Loosened bricks from the building fell on top of the wrecked gallery and an unidentified boy about 14 year of age was crushed so badly that he was found to be in a dying condition when taken to the hospital. The other five, all residents of Now Orleans, were not seriously injured. Policemen Must Pay l>ehts. Atlanta policemen must either pay ' . iw.:^ 1 < i /> Ti i iiit-u ueuin ur n-iive iiie lurce. roilowing tlio suspension of two patrolmen several days ago the hoard of police commissioners announced that similar action would he taken in all eases where policemen were found to he delinquent in meeting their obligations. Spartanburg, and Mr. Webster has been putting in a few licks in favor ' of an Increase for the new building at Orangeburg.