Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 t Uir IN AWOUL FIX « A FEARFUL STENCH THE MANY DEAD HbRSES BATTLE RAGES FRIDAY If Was Opened by the Rebels in An swer to Madero’s Demand for Sur render—The City, WTiich Is in Darkness at Night, is in a Deplor able Condition. Battle raged again in 'Mexico City on Friday. That morning President Madero sent another ultimatum to Felix Diaz, demanding his surren der and the reply came in the shape of a number of cannon balls from the insurgents’ biggest guns. The first salvo, from the rebel lines was at 5:45 o’clock that morning followed quickly by a series of others in rapid succession. Then the machine guns and rifles began their whir and patter, the fire being concentrated where government troops were gath ering. The federal guns did not de lay in making vigorous reply. The city was in almost total dark ness through the night, owing to the cutting of the electric cables by fly ing shells. Friday provisions of all kinds were more scarce than ever and prices soared to unheard of hiights Ftobberies, burglarfes and petty crimes of all kinds ajT on the li crease, owing to the lacjt of police protection and illumination. The disposition of garbage has be come a serious problem and the changing breezes b/ing home to the people that of thf* carcasses of hun- str>'Ct fighting still lie in the gutters Foreigners of military experiences who have ca/efully followed the op erations in Connection with the Diaz revolt declared Friday that in their opinion. Diaz would be able to hold cut Indefinitely against the federal attack "The government has an al most Impossible task in subjugating direct assault," declared one military expert connected with the British !e gat ion The rebels have nmmur.itint. enough to continue the w arf.ve for several days at least They also have many more machine guns than they have vet brought Into use Their !oss»-s hitherto have been com paratively light Their food sup plies are sufficient The men are receiving regularly two dollars a dav an ! a large amount appears to be available The marks manship of the rebel artillery during all the fighting has been excellent and the'r positions with ma-etaoin and their ability to sweep all ap ] roaches to their positions wi'h ma- « tiin** guns makes it appear inevit able that anv attempt by the Madero 'ofcos to rush the arsenal would re sult In h.eavv slaughter Vn a”’ nr* of this sort was made In the ! (<• hour of Thursday night's battle, when a detachment of fed- < ■ i's mar. to ,) down the streets to ward the arsenal, occupied bv the r* he 1 s, and was repulsed with heavy loss It Is bolieved this experience will cau«e (letieral Huerta to abandon such tactics and confine future op erations to the bombardment of the rehl positions with the consequent destruction of neutral property and the killing of more non-combatants The death of another woman dur ing Thursday’s fighting further ex cited the foreign residents. Mrs C>reenfield. mother of Harry Green field. an employee of a power com pany, was killed by a shell In Vic toria street. This makes the third woman killed among the foreign res idents Mrs. Greenfield was a Cana dian. Conditions generally In the capital nre steadily growing worse. All bus iness, both public and private except that connected with the war, has ceased. Even the general post office has closed its doors and many of its employees are carrying rifles in the ranks of the federal army. Five days of fighting In the streets of the Mexican capital, has, in the opinion of close observers done more to change the sentiment of Mexi cans in regard to intervention thaip has the entire two-year period of revolution. Months ago a quiet feeling began to develop among a few of the better class of Mexicans in favor of outside assistance, but it found no public ex pression at that time. The senti ment has steadily grown, however, and the events of the past few days have strengthened it tremendously. The sulrect Is now frankly discussed by Mexicans and foreigners, and fre quently It Is a Mexican citizen who expresses the opinion publicly, that the United States or some other pow er, or powers, Jointly should inter vene. GIVE THEIR SIDE STATEMENT BY SOUTHERN RAIL WAY (TYMPANY. Relating to the Passenger Earnings and Operating Results in South Carolina that I^arge System. The following facts in reference to the business in South Carolina ot the Southern Railway Company, re lating to passenger earnings and operating results, was recently sub mitted to the General Assembly In opposition to the adoption of a two- cents per mile rate for railroads In this tSate. We publish this state ment so as our readers can have the railroad side of the question. We want them to read it carefully, and they will understand why the two- cent rate bill was not passed. Here the statement made by the South ern-. The Southern Railway lines run through and into the following states: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky. There is now no legislation pending in any of these States with regard to passenger rates, except in Soutli ti,„ , i Wood coursing through their veins. Larolina. The interstate passengopU , rate in force on the Southern in those states is 2 1-2 cents per mile, with, however, a 2-cent rate allowed on mileage books. The regular passenger rate pre vailing on the Southern in Virginia is 2 1-2 cents; in North Carolina 2 1-2 cents; in South Carolina 2 1-2 cents, fixed by the Railroad Com mission, a maximum of 3 cents be ing allowed by statute; Georgia, 2 1-2 cents; Alabama, 2 1-2 cents; Mississippi, 2 1-2 cents; Tennessee, Tennessee, 2 1-2 cents; Kentucky, 3 cents. It will be seen that there is a uni form rate by the Southern through these states, except Kentucky, of 2 1-2 cents per mile, but there are other large lines of road, trunk lines, in some of these states which charge 3 cents per mile; for instance, the Louisville & Nashville, Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis and Illinois Central companies This arises on account of the agreement male with the several states by Mr Finley of the Southern Hallway Company, in lfl"7 It is now proposed In South Carolina to uproot the agreement upon which this rate was fixed in Smith Carolina, and to substitute a rate of 2 cents instead of 2 1-2 cents Coder the Interstate Commerce Act. all railroad companies operat ing have to file a monthly statement of their earnings and operating ex penses, and other information with tiie Interstate Commerce Commission am! then, at the end of the year, an annual statement of the results for the preceding rear At the same time these statements are made, an annual statement is made to the Railroad Commissions of each of the -’.t'es through which the railroads run Them statements show earn- irikts ami expenses o f M"-iation In the various states T* • \ are. how ever, made out at it..- »ame time and from the statements prepared in con formity with the Federal law . so that thev are oi^isidered one and the same figures. All of these returns are sworn to, under the law, and are filed with the respective commissions, ac cessible to any person who desires to see them. These are the onlyl statistics that the railroad companies have; they are the only ones prepare.d. These statements also are verified by public accountants, employed specially for the purpose, and are certified to as correct by them. They- are furthtM’ subect to the constant inspection aifid examination of the Interstate Com merce Commission. The officers of the railroad com panies, therefore, have no other in formation from the Accounting De partment than that which Is furnish ed these public Commissioners. It Is, therefore, an error to suppose (as sometimes it is thought) that there are any private accounts, data or statistics possessed by the railroad companies that are not possessed by the public. Hence, the public have /the same sources of Information that the officials of the companies have and can draw their own conclusions from these figures. In the Instance of the State of South Carolina, these monthly state ments are made for the twelve months beginning with the month of July and ending with the month' of June, the fiscal year being from the 1st of July to the 30th of June. This is the record required by statute, and it Is a sworn statement by the Comp troller of the several companies, and these forms are specially provided and prescribed by the several Com missions. They also file an annual report, which, in the case of ths Southern Railwlay Company, Is an annual re port to the Railroad Commission of the State of South Carolina for the HONOR JEFF DAVIS ONE OF THE SOUTH’S PUREST AND TRUEST SON’S. What a Gallant Colonel of the Fed eral Army Said About Him at the Close of the War. To the Editor of The State; Those readers of your paper who, like the writer, are great admirers of Mr. Davis and regard him as one of the greatest men that this country has ever produced, ought to read the tardy tributes to his memory in the article by the well known writer “Savoyard”. It would be well for them to compare the splendid tri butes of Jos. G. Cannon and Col. Wal- ford with the denunciation of ex- President Roosevelt when he spoke of Mr. Davis as being a second Benedict Arnold, and it is humiliating to think tiiat this venomous slanderer, Col. Roosevelt, has been invited to make an address in the capital city of South Carolina. No retraction of or apology for this foul and Inexcusable insult to an old and helpless man has ever been given and the author of it should be criticised by every man and woman who has a drop of Southern Pass Act Over Veto. The house, by a vote of 93 to 6, passed over the veto of the governor vear ending u.Tne 30, and contains all the act to authorize the State Agri- n f operations for the entire svs- rultuml and Mechanical society to tom, aa well as for the State. Upon execute a mortgage on its property tnnuirv you will ascertain that this to the city of Columbia to secure cer- annual report and these monthly c'aternents are now on file with the tain bonds. The vetoed act, with the governor's message, was sent to the house by the senate. Rallrload Commission. We shall, therefore, use in our figures these Col. Roosevelt’s name should never he mentioned in the South except in words of execration. W. 1). Woods. Darlington, February 13. Here is Savoyard’s article which Mr. Woods refers to. It should be read by every man, woman and child in the South: Now, Davis had not only shed his blood for the flag in Mexico, but he had saved the day at Buena Vista And that is not all. He there pre served an American army from utter annihilation. Here is how that grand old hero, Frank Wolford, cammander of the First Kentucky cavalry, as fighting a regiment as there was in the entire Yankee army of 1861-'6f>, put it in a stump speech in 1 865 be fore an audience of 2,000 Kentucky mountaineers, of whom more than 90 per cent, were Republicans. When his competitor asked if he would en large the "arch traitor", Wolford ex claimed : "Fellow citizens, I was at Buena Vista I saw the battle lost and vic tory In the grasp of the brutal and accursed foe 1 saw the favorite son of Harry of the West', my colonel, weltering in his blood. I saw death, or captivity w rose than death, in store for every surviving Kentuck ian on that gory field. Everything seemed hopeless, and was hopeless, when a Mississippi regiment, with Jefferson Davis at its head, appeared on the scene I set* him now. as he then was the incarnation of battle, a thunderbolt of war, the apothesls o' victory, the avatar of rescue. He turned the tide; he snatched victrrrv from defeat his heroic hand wrote the words ‘Buena Vista' In charac ters of verlasting glory on our proud escutcheon I greeted him then a paladin, my rountrvman, my brother and my rescuer. He is no less so this day, and I would strike the shackles from his aged limbs and make him as free as the vital air of heaven and clothe him with every right I enjoy, had I the power But that in your pipe, Silas Adams, and smoke It.” "Silas Adams" was the liuetenant colonel of "Wolford's cavalry”, and now running on the Republican tick et for the State legislature against his old commander In a district ov erwhelmingly Republican, Wolford the Democratic nominee. No man ever appealeld in vain to the mag nanimity of a squad of Kentuckians That burst of audacious and heroii; eloquence elected Frank Wolfor 1 the following Monday—the vote viva voce, the poll absolutely! free, the count absolutely fair, by a majorty (f six votes, before an electorate with a majority adverse to him of at least 600 as the parties had politi cal strength there and then. GIVES UPM FIGH f PRESIDENT OF MEUCO QUITS JOB UNDER FIRE FAIL TO CAPTUTE DIAZ KILLS HIS OWN CHILD NEW YORK GAMHIJCR TRIES TO SHOOT HIS WIFE. reports. The Chairman of the Railroad Commission submitted to the com mittees at the hearing the compara tive monthly report of Southern Rail way Company for the month ending June 30, 1912. Ha elso filed a memorandum made by Mr. Laughton, Auditor of the Southern, but this was for June, 1911, and as it stands really shows nothing. The figures as to Interest and rentals are merely es timated figures for that year. We think that, upon examination of this memorandum, you will see there is a net loss for Intrastate traf fic. The memorandum may have been all right for the purposes it was intended, but as a statement upon which to make a basis of the condi tion of the road with regard to pas senger traffic or earnings in South Carolina la absolutely worthless and may be entirely disregarded. Peeples for Governor. Attorney-General Thos. H. Peeples announced positively Friday night at Columbia that he would be in the race for Governor In 1914. Gov ernor Blease has already announced his candidacy for the United States Senate that year, for the seat now held by Senator E. D. Smith, and it s expected that announcements of other candidates for Governor will be made shortly. Madero Unable to Drive the Rebel Diaz With His Forces From Mexico Oity.—He steps Down and Out From His High Office, Turning it Over to Another. Affairs in Mexico City, the theatre for almost a week of an innovation in modern warfare, took a sensation al turn Friday night, when it was au thoritatively stated that President Madero had agreed to resign if the Mexican Senate so wished. The Sen ate was called into session at eight o'clock Friday night to take action on this important situation. At the British legation, where Senor De La Barra took refuge Thursday, it is stated that Madero's resignation practically had been ar ranged for and that De La Barra likely would succeed him in the Pres idency. Later Senor De La Barra, while proceeding through the streets in ai/ automobile, stopped and made a bri/f address, assuring the crowds that a I eaceful settlement was certain, and probably would be reached before morning. De La Barra had been in consultation with both Madero and Diaz regarding a quick settlement to avoid intervention At six o’clock Friday night Gen. Huerta, the Federal commander, gave the order to cease firing. Soon detachments of Federals were ser*n marching from their positions to the Government base near the Palace, their guns slung on their backs. The laws of Mexico make it nec essary for the, abdication of the Pres ident to be submitted to Congress and for this reason official announce ment of the resignation of Madero would he considerably delayed, even If already decided upon. Another development of the early evening was the resignation of Raf- ae) Hernandez as Minister of the In terior Whether hostilities will be resumed naturally depends on the ac tion of the President and Congress or upon the aggression of the rebels This batallion was stationed along Independencia street The men sud denly turned upon their officers and shot them, but the sound of theae shots did not attract general atten tion tn the heavv fusillade,. Then the entire batallion broke for the rebel lines, reaching there In safety Thirty-eight of them were overpow- end. however, by loyal troops and were marhed to the palace Although the firing on both s'des was lighter, the total number of shells used was enormous and the incidental destruction of property great The loss of life among non- combatants as a result of the shelling probably was less than on the other days, because every one who had strength enough moved out of the districts near the scene of the opera tions. and by reason of the fact that the rebels confined their artillery ac tion largely to the streets likely to be used for an assault. Bullets whistled in all parts of the city. They were fired across the town by both sides from the house tops and other places wherever sbarjishooters could be stationed. On account of the efforts of Government troops to advance this fire was heav ier than usual and dePp Inroads must have been made on the arsenal munitions to keep the rifles and ma chine puns supplied. What was promised again by the Government to be a day of terrible punishment for the rebel commander developed into the weakest attempt at his subjugation. Madero’s artil lery conducted the attack half-heart edly, although his Infantry at times showed desperate courage. Rebel shells were thrown at the National Palace and occasionally hurled across the town toward the Federal battery on the Pasco Re forma, near the Coltfnla Railway sta tion, but for the most par tDiaz waited until the Federals moved well Into range of his guns guuardlng the approaches This took place in numerable times and as often the streets were effectually cleared in short order. Would Not Request Him . The concurrent resolution from the senate to request Senator John L. McLaurin of Marlboro to visit the legislatures of other cotton-raising states to present to them his plan for warehousing cotton was voted down by the house. It carried no appro priation. » ♦ ♦ Negro Hangs for Assault. At Troy, Ala., Albert Warren, a negro, was hanged at daybreak Fri day for an assault on a white wo man at Brundldre, Ala., December 23, last The n< gro refused to make any statement to the last minute. Rut Instead Shot His Thlrteen-Yoar- Old Daughter, Killing Her Almost Instantly. At New York. James Purcell, the veteran gambler, who testified before the ald^rmanic committee last week that he nad paid police graft over a period of seventeen years, quarrelled early Friday with his wife (n their apartment and began shooting. Mrs. Purcell fainted but wild bullets struck their thirteen-year-old daugh ter Agnes, who lay cowering In bed and killed her almost Instantlyl. Thinking that he hacr murdered both women, Purcell surrendered himself to the police and^as locked up. The gambler/was so hysterical when he staggeired into a police sta tion that he/was unable to give a coherent account of the affair. He and his wifb had quarreled nearly all night, he/sobbed until he at last lost control of himself and rushed at her with a/ revolver. Four shots were fired,/two of which stuck the girl. One/piorcod her breast and right arm, an/ther plowed through her left arm. The tragedy may have an irnporj- ,dnt bearing on the graft investiga tion now being pushed by District At torney Whitman. Purcell’s testimony, given last Friday, resulted in the sus pension of two police captains and his story was being counted on as the basis of indictments. With him in a cell charged with homicide, his tes timony may be invalidated. "Jimmie” Purcell was at one time a partner in gambling of Herman Rosenthal for whose murder Ex-Po lice Lieutenant Charles Becker and four gunmen are in the death house four gunmen areetaoinshrdluetaolnr at Sing Sing. Since his testimony against the system, Purcell told the police he had been shunned by his friends as a "squealer” and "hounded by the cops". Even his wife was ashamed of him He became morose, sullen. Early Thursday night they quarreled They were still at It at dawn; then came the shooting REPORT WAS FALSE. ELECTION IS DECLARED. SENATE AND HOUSE CANVAM ELECTORAL VOTES. M micro Din. Uree H e\\ ill Die Before Hr Will Healjfn. A dispatch from Mexico (’By Sat urday says while the Federal guns pounded the Dial fortifications In the arsenal and the rebels sent back shell for shell, the Mexican Senate sat Saturday and dlscuased the ouat- tng of Fanclsco I Madero from the Presidency. Confident of ultimately! defeating Diaz. Madero defied the Senate and ignored the counsel of Francisco de Lo Barra and otFier friends. He ab- solultelyl refused to resign, but did not take the trouble to make known his d. < islon personally to the Sen ate Friends of President Madero fully expected his resignation, but as the day wore along he became fixed In his determination to retain his posi tion. To the Spanish minister, Senor Cologan y Cologan, he said; "I will not resign 1 waa elected by the peo ple I am the constituted President. I will die before I resign” A resolution was adopted by the Senate providing that a committee of the whole wait upon the Presi dent at the palace. Twenty senators proceeded there, Including the Pres ident of the Senate. They were In formed that Madero was not In and It was Intimated that he was on the firing line with Gen. Huerta. Onlyl a few minutes before, how ever, Madero had been In conference with the Spanish minister, to whom he made his declaration of defiance tc the rebels. Mexican attorneys say the Senate has no power to force the President to resign. • CURES CLAIMED AT ALTAR. — ♦ Several at Revival Said to Have Re*- ^ covered from Disease. At Pottsville, Pa., the revival ser vices at the Wayside Mission, under supervision of Rev. J. D. Dougherty, are arousing the attention of physi cians, owing to the number of per sons known to be seriously 1H who have apparently been cured by faith while kneeling at the altar of the mission Rheumatism, neuralgia and heart trouble are among the diseases of which participants of the meeting have been cured. One aged woman is said to have walked to the ser vices on crutches with difficulty, and during the meeting the rheumatism, with which she was a afflicted for twelve years, is declared to have left her, so that she was able to walk home rapidly without crutches. Twenty Persons Drown. A totnl of twenty persons lost their lives when the auxiliary schooner Granda capsized on the bar at the entrance of the Colorado river, 75 miles south of Blueflelds. Card of Thanks. The Building Committee of the El liott Street Church desire to express their thanks to the public who so freely contributed to the erection o the Elliott St. Church. Any one rfe siring to help to complete the finish ing of the Church, can hand oxer their contribution to Mr. George J. Dexter. Secretary and Treasurer of the Building Committee. Woodrow WUaon and Thomas R. Marshall Officially Declared Elect* ed President and Vice-President. With elaborate ceremony the Sen ate and House Wednesday in Joint session canvassed the electoral votes of the various States of the Union and officially declared Woodrow Wil son, of New Jersey, and Thomas R Marshall of Indiasa, elected Presi dent and Vice-President of the Unit ed States for the term beginning March 4. Senator Bacon, presiding over the Joint session, proclaimed the elec tion, when, to the crowded floor and galleries of the House chamber, he delivered the following proclamation prescribed Ir. the official rules. “This announcement of the stats of the vote by the President pf the Senate pro tempore shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice-President of the United States, each for the term beginning March 4, 1913.” Democrats in the House and Sen ate greeted the announcement with a round of applause, a rew cheers and several shrill, long yells, the usual Democratic indications of approval. The galleries joined in the demon stration and the dignified Senate, led by Senator Bacon and'two pages bearing the wooden caskets contain ing the electoral vote certificates, re turned to its own classic confines, far from the noisy exuberance of the House. The proceedings were quiet ed by the advent of solemn Senator ial dignity when the canvass began, and even the galleries seemed to ap- preciat eseoelhsur Jconpa.dJ .d. .. predate the seriousness of the occa sion when Senator Bacon announced that no applause would be permit ted. The nature of the House eventnal- ly asserted itself, however, and there were cheers and handclapptng and yells as the canvass proceeded. The announcement of the California vote drew applause from the Rooeevelt supporters. A real Democratic outburst follow ed * hen Senator Msrtlne, ons of tbs tellers, announced New Jersey's four teen votes for Wilson and Marshall, and applause came from the Repub lican side when Utah and Vermont each gave Taft and Butler four votes. The recapitulation gave Wilson and Marshall 435 votes; Rooeevelt and Johnson. 8$ votes, and Taft and Butler 8 votes. The certificates of all of the State were received and counted and there was no response to the formal demand of Senator Bacon as to whether there was ob jection to the recording of the vote HUNTING W. H. ROBERTS. HU Wife and (Tuldren Are Very Anxious About Him. Information is wanted concerning William II Roberts He Is described as five feet seven Inches In height; gray-blue eyes, brown, wavy hair; weight about 170 pounds in 1911, has mark around left eye, due from eight stitches. The Information re garding Mr Roberts Is wanted by his wife, Mrs William H. Roberts, schuyklll Haven, Penn , who hsa not heard from him since last Au gust Mr. Roberts had been In the South and Mrs. Roberts had beard from him from Savannah, Charlotte and from South Carolina. He sent her a kodak picture taken In this State. Mr. Roberts stated In his let ter of August 30, mailed on the train, marked “Charlotte and Au gusta", that he would reach home In September, but Mrs. Roberts has not heard from him since. She Is very much worried and would appre ciate any Information that can be given by any one regarding his whereabouts. She and her three chil dren, the oldest 11 years of age, anx iously await news about him. Let ters may be addressed to Mrs. Wil liam H. Roberts, Schuyklll Haven, Penn. In his letters, Mr. Roberts had been complaining of not feeling well. DR. WILDS BADLY HURT. Dentist is Injured While Filing a Dynamite Cap Dr. R. H. Wilds, a dentist of Lan drum, was painfully Injured Thurs day night when a dynamite cap which he was filing, Ignorant of Its character, exploded. His right thumb was blown off and one eye so badly damaged that it is doubtful if it can be saved. Dr. Wilds found the cap in his office where It had been left by his predecessor, and thinking it to be nothing but a brass plug, started to file It down so that it could be used as a stopper for an alcohol bottle. Dr. Wilds was taken to Asheville for an operation He went to Landrum from Florence last September. Wafer Gate Fall-; Kill** Three. Three men were killed and six ser- louslv In lured In Detroit. Mleh.. when a water rate fell Into a trench where they were working. Severn! of the tn lured may die.