The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 19, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII.
CAMDEN, 8. 0.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1909,
NO, 45.
3acVo-?ctnlorn.
In the ple&aant cornfield.
All tho lummer through,
Such a funny playmate
Waited long for you.
Bnuuly housed and hidden
Where the gay, green leaves,
Rending elose together,
Mado bin rustljng oaves.
When the?orn Wftfi gathered,
When the flowers were dead,
From the lonelv hillnido
Peered his gAldcn head.
Now at last behold him,
With hw open face, *
Smiling broad and cheery
In the. darkest place.
Hear him forth in triumph
Through the autumn night,
Jollv iacK-o'-hintcrn
Wjth his eves bo bright.
Comie little fellow, ? >. ?
Come to make you fun,
When in gray November
Bummer spoils are dona.
HANKSGIVING IN
OLD NEW YORK
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER |
L.oiik ueforo Now York boro its
English narao it was worthily christ
ened New Amsterdam by the brave
Dutch colonists who were Its earliest
cottiers. In 1613, the vast cosmo
politan city now known as Greater
New York had for its nucleus four
little houses, occupied by people
whose business It was to collect beav
er and ottor skins and sell them to
traders from Holland, whose ships
had dared the wide ocean in search of
profitable ventures. At that period
Holland led the world in commerce
( and the Dutch, then as now, were dis
tinguished for shrewdness, sagacity,
enterprise and an unconquerable love
of liberty. The word "Dutch" signi
fies folk or people, and contains,
strangely enough, a prophecy of the
cosmopolitan character of the town
that in 1614 was named New Amster
dam. In 164 4 Now Amsterdam was
taken by tho English and re-named
Now York. ?
Archbishop Fenelon said long ago
r of New York: "When one beholds
this city, one is inclined to believe
that it la not the city of a particular
peoplo, but the common city of all the
peoples of tho world, and the centre'
of their commorce."
New York itself is a collection of
' cities, as it were, merged Into one,
under a single government. It is cos
mopolitanr and tho stamp of Its char
acter was given it away back in tho
early days of New Amsterdam. A
Itone's throw from thoao residential
parts of tho city that are the chosen
-Rhodes of wealth and fashion we And
crowded quarter? where the older In
habitants speak foreign tongues, and
the children piiljr are familiar enough
with English to use It In preference
to the language of their parents.
There are French, Swedish, Danish,
..Finnish, Italian, German and Hunga
rian quarters in the great city of New
York, and more and more in~ recent,
years has it become sought by an im
mense and steadily increasing rein
forcement of Hebrews, who And here
a refuge from the persecutions of
centurieB, and a place where their
peculiar commercial genius may And
room for expansion. The beneficent
agency of the public schools, more
than any other, brings to bear upon
the children of the foreign population
tho spirit of American liberty and
trains them in the elements of good
citizenship and in ardent love for tho
flag of thQ republio.
One is sometimes tempted to won*
der what Father Knickerbocker would
think, could he visit to-day the city
of Peter 8tuyvesan{. Fancy the
ghosts of the people In our picture
trying to find the localities with
which they were once familiar. Few
Uaces linger In the New York of the
twentieth cenfury of New Amsterdam
In the seventeenth. The hurrying,
bustling crowds, the hurling forwat-d
of the motor cars like the rueh of me
teors fiercely projected through space,
the dcmorriac clang of electric cars,
the nevo^eeaaUte ebb apd flow of pe
destrians, and moro than all else, the
towering structures twelve, fourteen,
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sixteen, twenty stories high and more,
woult? amaze any visitant who left
the earth when New Amsterdam wan
a little trading village.
Imagine such a ghost in tha neigh
borhood of the Flat iron Building. It
might feel more at home on the Bat
tery, but Broadway., through lis en
kept In America f?oui tlie tlma of 1U
Introduction by devout Now Kngland*
or?, hap boon not only an occasion
when we recognize what we owe to
Almluhty Coil, but as well a time of
good cheor end abounding hospital"
Ity. Kinsfolk hatdon from fftr and
near thai thoy may sit together at tho
family board on Thanksgiving Day.
Parents and children, grandparents,
uncles, uunts and cousins and mom
Ili'iiiging Home a Fine Thunltfglvlug
Turkey,
? \\ ill (J. Ilchvig, Ohio, iu l.eslie'fi Weekly
bora of the clan to the remotest do
gree unite in the colebrntlon of this
peculiarity American festival, rather
Knickerbocker again, and any of the
Immediate circle of the Pilgrim Fath
ers, would he horrified beyond meas
ure could they observe the absence
from church on Thanksgiving Day of
younger peoplo who have seized upon
the holiday as especially appropriate
to outdoor games. College football
Interferes not a little with the mid
day dinner once universal. Notwith
standing this, which we may hope Is
transitional, our churches are open
and goodly congregations assemble
OLD-TIME MINSTRELS IN NEW AMSTERDAM.
tire length, would prove n bewilder
ing spectacle. What wotild a matron
or maiden of the leisurely ways and
generous hospitality of that quaint
period think of modern apartment
buildings, rich beyond compare in
their appointments, but often stinted
for air and sunlight, whero families
live In successive layers of brick and
stone, like the cells In a vast hive,
and where a guoat chamber or any
provision for entertaining friends has
become traditional? Maiden Lane
was once the favorite haunt 6f young
people, and many a troth-plight was
changed there. The Bowery was a
place of gardens and farmsteads. The
most rapid growth of the city, how
ever, and its almost miraculous
changes, have taken place in the last
100 ye&r?. Instead of bridges span
ning the E&ftt River, a century ago
people crossed in row boats, and as
for tunnels beneath the rivers and
underground railways they were not
thought of In the wildest dreams of
those who lived In New York so late
?8 1807.
Certain characteristics bestowed
[wpon the town by the Dutch are still
'Ineffaceable. The city Is fearless,
friendly an J far-sighted. It plans a!
ways'TdF the TutimFf It rtHt-*eepr|
Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New
Year very much as those days were
kept by tha fathers an$ founders. In
? one sees minstrels going
|o door, slngtng to the
of Almighty God, while their |
over the threshold to
a Hearty
the
to listen to patriotic addresses frore
the lips of eloquent clergymen, ahd
to sing with heartiest devotion, "Mj
County, 'Tls of Thee." House par
ties fly from tho city to the countr>
to spend Thanksgiving, but they sel
dom lose the distinction of belonging
primarily to kith and kin.
The life of the Dutch In Manhat
tan was full of homely Joy. Domes
tic fidelity was the rule and there jWai
a great deal of wholesome hllaflt>
around the fireside. The ladles wert
fond of rich dress and wore It ot
state occasions, as did their good
men. Mrs. Amelia E. Barr, In hei
beautiful story, "The Bow of Orange
Ribbon," has painted a realistic pic
ture of social life In old New York.
The book. Is of perennial attractive
ness.
In this year of grace shall we not
And that the list oF mercies sent to
us straight from God is by no means
shert? Wo /thank Qod for health
and strength, /ror honest, work and
honest wages, for free schdols and
open churches, for good .government,
for the love of kindred, for the smile
on the face of the mothor and the
clinging hands of the little child.
Alike for the son who reaches his l
manhood and thebaby who laughs]
fn the cradle we offer thanks to our
Father In Haavan.
When the bsrn sad hire are safe, when
have bowed 'neath harvest's told.
When cluster* rich haw drooped from
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p^iiSsr*wful ***** ** toM
To Bfiywho ovm the waiting earth the
'..1.?. ' *t*-The Christian Herald. *
asxyraagiaaa
BBSS
11 II I Jill SIM
Sheriff Stvpp et al. to Serve
Term.
END OF FAMOUS CONTEMPT CASE
As tho Result of tho Lynching At
Chattanooga, Tonn., of a Negro
Who Had Been Convicted of As
saulting a White Woman and Sen
tenced to Hang, Former Sheriif
Bhipp, His Jailor and Four Others
Must Serve Terms For -Contempt.
i .
Washington, Special. For i be Hint
time in A* erica u history, six men
uro in prison 1'or contempt of I In*
Supreme Court of (lit? I 'nii?*<l States
For the first time, loo, tlio Federal
government lias placed iihmi behind
(he ham as an outcome of the lynch
ing Of II liegJO.
At the I'nited States jail in this
city, Captain F, Shipp, former ulier
itV at Chattanooga, Tenn., Jeremiah
Gibson, his jailer, and I. nt her Wil
liams, Ni'ek Nolan, llenr.v Padgett
and William Mayes of the same city.
Monday nfiornehii began serving
term's of imprisonment imposed a few
hours before by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Bhipp and Gibson had been found
guilty of failure to protect from a
mob Kd .Johnson, whose legal execu- |
lion for rape bad been stayed by the
Suftreino Court until it eon hi- review
the ease. The others had been found
guilty of pnrtiejpat ion in the lynching
of a Federal prisoner. Shipp, Wil
liams and Nolan were given sentences
of 00 c'ayfl' imprisonment each, while
Gibson( Padgett ami -Mayes each re
ceived 00 da.\ s.
As the big barred doors of the jail
swung open to receive I ho prisoners
Monday afternoon immediately after
sentence had I ecu imposed, Warden
McKce stood before them.
"At least we are in the hand of
a soldier," exclaimed Captain Shipp,
as he espied a CI. A. It. button in the
lapel of Warden Molvee's coat. Then
turning to bis five fellow prisoners
lie said:
"Hoys, it will be all right."
Warden McKee has inaugurated
methods c^L punishment nt the jail as
hurnanihirmn as the various classes
of prisoners will allow, and he was
prrpaicd for the reception of the six
men from Tennessee.
?About a year ago, <1 u ii n^r the im
1 piisonrr.ent of an unusually large
lumber of women, the warden had
fitted up a store room on the fourth
floor, of 1 1.* jail as quarters for fe
male prisoners. It was in this large
loom perhaps twenty by thirty-five
feet that he locked the six prisoners. !
Origin of C.se.
The tase. originated in the court's
decision in March, 10015, to consider
the appeal of Johnson, from a ver
dict of the Tennessee courts holding
him guilty and sentencing him to be
hanged c.il a charge of assault. Tho
night after the determination of the
Supreme Court to review the proceed
ings was wired ^Jo Chattanooga, a mob
8tormed .lheja.il, took the prisoner out. I
and lynched him.
The cpurt was much incensed by I
the lynching, and nt its instance t ho
Attorney General instituted proceed
ings against Sheriff Shipp, Jailer Gib-.,
son and twenty-five others supposed
to have been implicated in the lynch
ing, charging them with contempt.
Many of the accused were exonerated,
and in the end only six were found
guilty. - .
The Lynching.
In investigating the case, the Su
preme Court found that Johnaon was
removed from Chattanooga to Nash
ville before his trial, because of fear
that he would be lynched. He wan
brought back for the l,egal execution.
When the Supreme Court stayed the
execution, the court has held, Shipp
made no effort ami gave no orders to.
have the deputies or others guard t lie
jail, but left the night jailer, Gibson,
there alone, That evening a white
male prisoner was removed from tho
upper floor of the jail, leaving only
Jahnson and a white woman on .-.that
floor. The couit pointed out , that
this same man had been removed in
the bame way at the time of the first
attempt to lynch Johnson, which had
been frustrated by the removal of
tlip negro. * *
Imprisoned Miners Dead.
Cherry, 111., Special. ? The throe
hundred or more miners who were
entombed in the St. Paul coal rnino
by last Saturday'*! fire are dead. Somo
of the hodiea lie buried beneath
44HMt*and?-of- 4<m?- of earth which
raved in Mpi them, aud it is doubt
ful whether many of the bodies can
ever bo recovered. Thin was the opin
ion expressed Monday night when
reseue work wu temporarily aban
doned. Fires in the miue, which broke
out with" renewed n fierceness early
UoncTay "made- TurTbev descents by
rescuers Impossible. ...'-....'sU.
whif itafif fn 1
Dcnble Murder.
Rttssellville, Ala., Special. ?Tom
Robertson, who two weeks ago killed
his wife and his mother-in-law and
dangerously wounded his wife's fath
er, was Monday found guilty of mur
der in the circuit court here and sen
tenced to be habged December 16.
r?TUatV too long -tot me to UrtJI
CTcWM^Hdbinwn, when tb^lat?;
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THE. COLORED STATE FAIR.
Attendance is Large, Kxhibita A.r<\
Qood ?nd Crowd is Well-Behaved.
Mateshnrg, Special. Tin* colorcd
Sink' Fair took 1'nlcr.lnug by Mlnrui,
Tint whole tiling was o success. Tlio
town was full of colored prople.
Wednesday wjis the third day of the
Koir and a mow orderly ciowd of peo
ple never assembled in any pla<e.
There had not been an arrest of auv
one so fur. (Jood order is the watch
word, and it is being carried out to
porfeetioit, There are quite a num
ber of prominent negroes here from
various parts of the State, and they
seem to be prosperous and well be
haved.
There was a <o.loied man by the
name of Walker here fiom Sumter,
lie is a credit to his race; every time
ho speaks he says something that has
a meaning to it. liis (ouu>el io the
negro** is alon;< the proper linen. lie
tells them t<> stick to agriculture and
try to piodut e something, lie takes
the. position that towns n:ul cities
have a tendency to lower and demor
alize tho colored race.
The Hev. Richard Carroll is one
of the moving spirits a t the "Fair, Ho
its president, and what lie says lias
weigh I. lie is opposed to siile shows
arid carnivals at the fairs, lie takes
the. position that carnivals and side
shows are a menace lo any town. The
exhibits at the Fair are very good,
and speak volumes, for a rare of peo
ple that have heen free for only a
little over forty years. The field
props of all kinds were Ihere in abun
dance. The stoek was goodr-such as
horses, mules, rattle and hogs. The
ait and household department was
well represented. President Carroll
sele< ted ? judges from the white citi
zens .of the town to pass on the mcr
its of tlie various exhibits.
Fi. D. Bigham Declarer Phyelcian Has
Not Left Greenvillo.
Greenville, 8pe.eial.~- Dr. (1.
Righam, ronvicte<l of manslaughter
for tkejiilling of his wife near
Gr org to why who has heen out on bond
of $lj.r>00 pending appeal of his ease,
but who has been searched for in vain
for the past few days by the sheriil
of Florence county, who wished to
arrest him, is at present- in (Jreen
ville and has l:een here for the past
three weeks, lie has a number of.
relaitvcs in this section and has been
spending the time visiting them. On"
account of a delay in tiling the notice
of appeal in the rase, which delay
caused the notice of appeal to be void,
the sheriff of Florence county was or
dered to apprehend Bigham and
Avant, who jointly were convicted of
the killing of Mrs. Bightyn. Avant,
lcarninir that lie was wanted/ <ame
in and surrendered, and is now in .jaii,
but the sheriff's search "Tor Hicham
was fruitless. At that time it was
supposed Unit he had (led the State,
but it now develops that he is in
Greenville and has been here for some
tlmp past. Bigham was convicted
and sentenced at the last term of
court to three years and a half at
hord labor. The bond fixed for the
men while they were waiting appeal
in the case was each, having
been reduced from $'2,500 after the
conclusion of the trial.
Killed on tbo Track.
Newberry, Special. ? Logan Berry
wart killed Thursday about 1 o'clock
by n Columbia, Newbeiry an<l Laur
ens passenger train while walking on
the track abont four miles east of
Newberry. Joe Lawrence, who was
with him, was at ruck by tlu? train,
but not seriously injured. It seeing
that Berry and Lawrence were walk
ing on the track just below Mr, F.
P. Wicker's, where the Southern and
the Columbia, Newborrv and Laur
en8 tracks are very close together.
They were making their way from
Columbia to Clinton. ?'
Hughes Will Go to Penitentiary.
Bamberg, Special ? After being out
two hours in the case of Peg Leg
Hughes for t\> killing of W. B.
Causey, clerk of tbc court of Iiamp
ton county, the jury returnod a ver
dict of guilty of murder, with reconw
mendation to mercy. A motion tot a
new trial was made, but withdrawn
foon afterwards, .Judge Gage im
mediately sentenced Hughes to liftr
imprisonment in the penitentiary. K
is understood that the jury agreed or.
the first ballot, tho foreman merely
stating his opinion and asking all
who agreed with iii mto step, on the
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Big Ingar Plant For Charleston.
Branchville, Special.? Tho Amerl.
can Sugar Refining ~ compa wil[
establish a plant at Charleston to cost
some millions of dollars?that is the
rumor that one hears on rai
trains. The rumor may be a
one and exaggerated, but it is ..
that even n<rw arrangements are
ing made to obtain sncl
I by way of charter or
I 1* ncccv
*ate>
Prison For Former Hunker.
Now Orleans, l.a.? Wyatt II. In
gram, defaulting trunt officer of the
Hlbernla Hunk and Trust Company,
wa? sentenced to serve twelve years
In thtf penitentiary. Ingram's abort*
ago amounted to about $100,000.
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T. IV O'Connor Iteaclio* St. I.ouifl.
St. Louis. ? T. P. O'Connor, leader
of tho 1 1 lull Nationalist movement,
who in touring the United States ou
bebalf of tho Home Hulu movement,
epoke at a mass meeting bore.
Flames ltou.st 11,000 Chicken*.
IiutchinsOn, Kan. ? Eleven thou*
sand chickens wore burned to death
when fire destroyed tho plant of the
United States Packing Company here.
j,okh, $r>o,ooo.
Xnh< Chinese Smuggled ?h Freight,
I St. Louis.- Four Chinamen, who
had been smuggled into the United
I States Hlid Canada and billed to St.
Louis as "mpi'cbnndlae," wore taken
from a freight car in the yards of tho
Wabash P.aHroad here. They told
th? police that < hoy had bccu placed
in tho car at Montreal.
l!elt Kills Flying Hurler
Chlllicol.hr. Mo.- A freal; of light
ning at thu .homo of Jacob liruuer, a
farmer residing eouth of town, killed
;i flock of wild ducks that was flying
pant. lOvery duck was klllrd, Mr.
Uruncr picked, up fo;ty-?ix birds.
Virginia 1 tie Insurance Tax Void.
Hichutoud, Va. ? Judge Daniel Qrl
nan. of tho Caan'cery Court., hu hand,
cd down a decision in whlcljf^he de
clares ' unconstitutional tho act pro
viding for a tax of ono per cent, on
the revenues of Are Insurance compa
nies doing business in Virginia, tho
tax to.g'j to tho support of disabled
11 rent en and their dependent families.
Grcjitckt Halllexhlp Afloat.
Qtilney, Masf. ? H was announced
. hero that tho new battleship North
Dakota was in a class by herself as
far as steaming radius is concerned.
Sugar Trust Man Arrested.
I'rooklyh, N. Y. ? James F. Render
nagcl, former general superintendent
of the American Sugar refinery, was
arr .itfd on t'. chargo of conspiracy in
connection with the sugar weighing
frauds, and Inditfments wero found
against other former employe?,
(j'otnpcrs Attacks Wright.
Toronto, Canada. ? Samuel Gom
pers, who Is attending tho convention
of the American Federation of Labor,
mad a an attack on Justice Wright,
who sentenced him to jail in tho
Suck's stove case.
Henry T*. West Resigns.
Washington, D. C.? Henry Litch
field WcBt, one of the three Commis
sioners of tho District of Columbia,
handed his resignation to President
Taft.
Coast Kprvey Suspensions :
Washington, D. C. ? Officers of the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey, Assistant Superintendent Frank
W. Perktps and .John Gilbert, (tU.e hy^.
drographle- and top
were chained Tvlth lrreguiaritlpB.
For Navy' in . ?
Washingto^ffc- C. ^Assured of
President!*^ a jrpifev at ofpila genera!
plans for tiffc icorganfaatlon of the
navy yards and the bureaus ot the
Navy Department, Secretary- Meyer
began In earneet to work-out the d*?
tails,
Theft in Postofilce.
Washington, D. C. ?Fifteen letters
containing paid money orders And
91500 in cash disappeared from the
desk of H. L. Johnson, superintendent
of the money order division of the
city poBtofflce. l
Forbes Takes (Governor's Chair.
Manila. ? W. Cameron Forbes has
assumed the office of Goyernor-Qen
cral of the Philippines.
Kngliwli Cotton Curtailment.
Manchester, England.? The Man
chester Spinners' Federation has rec
ommended tfcat the time curtailment
now in force In the cotton mills be
continued until the end ot February.
I
Bribery in Philippines. , "
Manilla, P. I. ? Protests have been
made in several provinces, the spe
cific allegations including the misuse
of money In South Manila and
throughout the Province of Laguna.
The Nationalists were generally suc
cessful, in the election of Assembly
men and provincial Governors.
For a Hi rd Reserve.
Honolulu, 1f?%alt7wc&s Japanese
and other poachers were slaughtering
large numbers of birds for their skins
on Laysan Island, an order was re
ceived from Washington. D. C., di
recting that the lighthouse Under
Kukul proceed to Laysan to patrol It
and other Islands northwest of Hono
of Hono
Wus tiUsMn ytiutt*
the birds.
Japanese Baron to Tour V, B,
Victoria. D.
FOOTBALL MIES FATAL
University of Virginia Student
Dies of Concussion of Brain.
Young OlirJrtlgn, tifglttem Years of
Ag?*, ? Harrlflcr to I lie (.'.uac ?vt
Georgetown Uulvntji}.
| Washington, D. 0. ? Archer .Chris
tian, Jr., eighteen years old, the UnU
verslty of Virginia footbull player
who was Injured in the gamo with
Georgetown University, died without
regaining consciousness for laoro
than a few moments. Death was duo
to cerebral hemorrhage following
concussion. The uthlotlc authorities
of both Institutions have cancelled
their remaining football gataer.
Mr. Christian's father, mother and
brothor wtro with him at the lavt.
Mr*. Christian had not witnessed the
game, but had cdme ovov. simply to
be present in cgso of accident having
a premonition that her ion would b"
Injured. 8bo was at the Uaiet) 8ta
tlon, on the poln of returning to her
home in Rqanoke, Va , when ojf*
called up the university to make s.iro
all wbh right. She was told that her
con had been Injured and huiriod to
tho hospital. Mf. Christian was turn*
moned from Richmond, Va.
Young Christian died JYoot con
cussion of the brain, sustained by a
fall after ho was tackled by cno pf
(leorcgotown's man. The play was a
inaa?r^>jutBldo of tackle, and. It Is
rbjtfught that the dead man was fatal
ly hurt when ho waa first thrown end
not was made. Ho
w^r p^^d>"-e)Jr tfre operating tablo
afid for, three lioura tho physicians
worHSfea over*. him, removing at least
three blood clots from the brain.
Ills parents. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew '
Christian, and tiis brother \ver<j with
him when tho' end came, Sincere
sympathy is manifested for them, and
in the university 'chapel th& eaijnr"
undergraduate body. knelt to, pray for
tho repose of tho souVof yougg
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Columbus, Ohio. ? In \ho toa#f0!O&.
Kamo between Ohio State University
and Vandcrhllt Untvarelty teams
Meizgor, of Vandcrbllt, waa injured
in the first half, his leg being broken
Just above the ankle.
Grand Rapids, Ohio ? Roy Vogel,
\ schoolboy, Injured two week? ago
In a football gamp, is dead.. A bipod
vessel In his head was ruptured and
he waB unconscious for thirteen days.
Chicago, III. ? Tho Chicago Tri
bune's annual list of football acci
dents, which Ib not yet completed, al
ready shows twenty-three dead and
forty seriously Injured. * "*/?
Money F?? F ortlgn Mlntoiw.
Tht flmirdT commlt^Ue ogfore1
mm * Aibloy fwont ***;*"
tan $126,000 for work in U? m
onar f ftld* of tho world. ?