Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BLEASE COMPLIES > *“ WIRES PROPER LETTER TO SEC RETARY OF WAR WHO ACCEPTS THE SAME FARMERS TO MEET HOl’TH (W HOLIN'A TILIiKftH WILL HOLD ANNUAL SESSIONS. The Governor Promises Compliance on Part of South Carolina Militia With Terms of Federal Law and Secretary Garrison Replies That Former Relations Are Restored. A dispatch from Washington on Wednesday said that apparently the unfortunate South Carolina mil itia situation is as much of a puzzle as it was before the two senators and several members of the House held conference with Secretary Garrison last week in the hope of having fed eral appropriations continued. It is evident that the war depart ment is not satisfied with the situa tion as it eixsts at present, at least to the extent of authorizing appro priations to be continued, as shown by a letter just sent the governor of South Carolina by Secretary Garri son, of which the following is a copy: \\ haf Garrison Requires “I am in receipt of your letter dat ed July 2, lhl2, which, however, did not reach the department until July r>. In the latter part of your letter you quote a portion of my letter to you, in which I stated what I was willing to do and you said that you presume that I am willing to do that. 1 am. "However, you have overlooked, or omitted to respond, to that portion of my letter In which I said that this was promised upon your resuming proper relations with this department by a proper communication address ed to this department Hy this, of eourae. I meant that I must have your assurance that I can count upon your co-ojieratlon and assistance in bring Ing about a compliance on ’.he part of the organize ! m.lifia <>f your State with the provisions of the militia law as enacted bv congress » I ndrr that law I bare no power to continue '<j ei'. nd federal aosis' a nee to the organ'rej tn; ' a of any S'ate wh b 1 'es not comply w;tb the law ' I pon the ’e. e pt f r orr. You of 'he asaurance jte>»e a’ uded to federa assistance will he a' once resumed and I shall he p eased to do so and the proposed State ramps . an then be carried out under the rosnl.’icna l»id down In mv le-'er of June ’u 1 V. J t.<iye*-n«w IUetwwr (••mplkew A dispatch from \\ ash ngt. n on Tharsday says GoYernor Mlease has tnet the requirements of the Her r** tary of War br ofTh ally eipreasing b'a dtapositWvn to bring about a com pliance on the part of the South Car ollna mlbtla »'th the terms of the Federal law and SerretarY Garrtaon baa accordlnglY laaue«1 orders an’hor 111 ng the d'sburaemen• of funds 'or the coming encampment and the as s'gnment of K*deral officers to du'v In connection there*'.tfi as per orders recently countermanded The cor'«»- • pondence which closes the inclden Is as follows both Governor Mlease and Secretary Garrison's communica tions having been aent by telegraph <;<*ven»or IllesMse's I’n»tnlse, "Columbia. S C . July in. 1913 "Hon L M Garrison. Secretary of ■War Your letter of July S received In which you atate "By this, of course, 1 meant ,hat I must have your assur ance that I can count upon your co operation and assistance in bringing about a compliance on the part of the organized militia of your state with the provisions of the military law as onacted by Congress.’ All South Car olinians endeavor to do their duty. If these boys are allowed the chance they will do theirs, and you can oount upon my co-operation and as sistance in bringing about a eompli- C.uard of this State with the provt- alons of the militia law as enacted by Congress under conditions of your former letter and my reply thereto. Wire orders for encampments begin ning July 17. (Signed) Cole L. Blease, "Governor.” Secretary Garrison Replies. The following Is the telegram sent by the Secretary of War to Governor Blease: "Washington, D. C., July 10.-19Y3. ‘Governor Cole L. Blease, Colum bia, S. C.: Replying to your tele gram of the 10th I am pleased to re ceive and accept your Excellency’s as surance that the war department can count upon the co-operation and as sistance of yourself and of the organ ized militia of your State in bringing about a full and complete compliance on the part of all State aofflcials and troops concerned, with the provisions of the militia law as enacted hy Con gress, and I assume also with the rules and regulations established in accordance therewith for attaining the end we both have in view—the efficiency of the militia of your State. T have, therefore, directed that Lieut. Cahaniss and Capt. Greig. relieved as per special orders No. 147, June 25. 1913, resume their former duties; that requisition for funds be drawn to-day and made special, and letter to AdJuUnt General explanatory. Disbursement of theee funds follow. Requisitions for f^nds and supplies OPENS CAMPAIGN RKMRFRT DECLARES HIS POSI TION IN SPEECH AT CHKRAW. At the Isle of Palms on July 23 and 24—Cotton Marketing and Fertili sers to be Discussed. General discussion of the problem of marketing crops will feature the annual 'meeting of the South Caro lina State Farmers’ Union to be held at the Isle of Palms July 23 and 24. "We expect a large attendance es pecially from the Pee Dee section and coast counties of the state,” said J. Whitner Reid, state secretary of the union, in announcing the program for the annual meeting. E. W. Dab,hs, president, will call the union to order at noon, July 23. The address of welcome will be de livered by A. V. Snell, secretary of the Charleston Chamber of Com merce. The response will be made by R. M. Cooper, member of the exe cutive committee of the union. Dr. Bradford Knapp, head of the United States farm demonstration work, will deliver an address on the marketing of cotton, which will lie followed by a general discussion for one hour, when all members wi'.l be asked to express their opinion on the situation. At the afternoon session Commis sioner Watson of the state depart ment of agriculture will speak on "The Misuse and Purchase of Fertil izers.” Tills address will be follow ed by addresses from the oflor on cotton markeMng and the use of fer tilizers, limited to five minutes each Executive session will be held Wednesday evening, July 23, when the report of the executive committee will he made and the addreas of the president heard Thursdar morning C J Brand will deliver an addreaa on the marketing of cotton W W Long, state agen* for the I’nlted Statea demonstration work, will di«cu«s "The Cse Misuse and Purchase of Fertilizer*" The member* of the union w'll be aske<1 to enter In’o a general discussion °f 'hi* all speei'hea to be limit- el to ft v e minute* t r ,-r* 'of t V «> \ • a ’ w I i! lx' el or t an ! t *’e n e Y ’ n e*-'!nr p v •• *eVc'«-.l a’ ’he a'ti rno. n *••». m J H affiv wl'l '.••ad \ geri«-»~sl on on the r 'o.l < f the order Members of ' * •• ur on * v > attend * '! ■ 1 scusa p'an* ' r ■ -re»»!r, * the pinr it on a sound ‘ u«tne«s -aals Is Against Prohibition — Praises Blease and Considers Himself Com plimented by Charge of Imitation. George R. Rembert, a Columbia lawyer, opened his campaign for gov ernor in a speech over an hour long to about 1,600 people, mostly from Chesterfield and Marlboro, at Cheraw Friday, Rembert devoted most of his speech to praising Blease and criti cising the newspapers in general, and the Columbia State in particular. He read and commented on the in terview with "Bull Moose Beard” on the gubernatorial race, published in the Pee Dee Daily. Referring to Beard's statement that Rembert is not gubernatorial timber, he said: "If you all knew Beard you would think he is about as well qualified to judge of the qual ifications of a governor as a flea on a hound dog is to judge the qualifica tions of the Pope of Rome.” Beard was present in the crowd. The edi tor of the Daily was also present. As to Beard’s charge that he was imitating Blease, Rembert said he considered that a compliment, as the rest of them did not have sense enough to imitate him. He said he did not deem it necessary to read Gov. Blease's reply to Beard's inter view In the Daily, but Blease said Beard was not telling the truth, as far as he was concerned Rembert said h** heard that one candidate for governor has said he would get all the respectable Blease votes and Rembert would get the rest Rembert said he would tell the candidate this to his face when he got into his county Rembert discussed briefly his in heritance tax bill and hla taxation bill He told of Blease standing on the S’ate House steps and telling the people of Richland county to vote for Rembert for the legislature, and we licked 'em to a frazzle." he aaid When Rembert declared himself against prohibition he eleclted the loudest applause 'hat ha! been given him He an> restrictions a* to \ >Mnc in 'he pmiarv He yy as ap p's idei! when he r'.o*et Governor Blease a'ao made a short • pee. h S' the Cone! l.B ofl of H'MIlbert t adders* AMERICAN ARMY FIGHTS EXTERMINATES MORO RAND AF TER DESPERATE BATTLE. BUY LAND TOGETHER RACKS SHOULD SETTLE RURAL SOUTH IN COMMUNITIES. H||.\ UK PLATE ** AA Us KKAIV UG«.H UKOZUN Ui»K THUUU A U AICs Mark*-* as "AAbnle- Nrv» Jef-seJ lnserte<1 f<>c Piece of wb<1 Man Frontal Howe AAlll Recover. G.lhert Kgan of Syracuse S' Y s clv.l snglneer will re'ain hi* reason as a reauM of an o;>era:ion performed at Sit \ Invent s Hospital bv Dra D 1 McCarthy and Grover (' Sweat. In which a piece of the frontal twine on* and one half in' he# long and half an 'n.-h wide was removed and a stiver plate inserted The hraln was expose*! half an hour while fragments of hone were remove-! The outcome has been in doubt all week It was feared tka* if Fgan did recover hla mind would be a blank He was Injured a week ago In Westport, when he fell down a flight of stair* He was unoonscloua four days and then became delirious. The oi>eratlon haa attracted much atten tion in surgical circles Prefer* Death to l^rison. A naval priaoner from Port Royal while being taken to Boston Monday night on the steamer City of Mem phis. from Savannah, broke from his guards and leaped into the harbor be fore the ship reached her dock. Searchlights from the steamer; the revenue cutter Gresham lying nearby and from an Incoming excursion boat failed to locale the man, though the marine guard fired one volley at what they thought was a head bobbing in the water. Gettysburg Reunion Over. The serving of the last breakfast and the departure of the last train of veterans Sunday morning marked the actual closing oi the big camp which during the past week held between 50,000 and 55,000 civil war soldiers from every section of the United States, at Gettysburg for the celebra tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. filed with the division militia affairs will be filled at once. An inspector of Infantry in place of Lieut. Boswell will be detailed on receipt of request from you. (Signed) "Lindley M. Garrison, "Secretary of War." Cause of the Trouble. The whole cause of the trouble was Gqvernor Blease’s declaration that the militia need not obey the Dick law. The action of the War Department cutting off the South Carolina militia from a share In the Government funds followed an interchange of sharp letters In which Governor Blease declar ed he would be glad to be rid of Fed eral aid or espionage. There are thirty companies in the State militia, twelve of which are said to have Ig nored the regulation*. May H< Put <>■ li Th* slat* board of b*>a! 1 h of New terse* is considering releasing for sale 4 1 1 cans of froien seliwd bv the federal governmant a! Tfen ton threw eyar* ago Prof AA G S«*dgw!rk of Htevens Institute of Technology appeared as an expert witness Thursday and furnished sur prising tes'lmony by declaring that the three year old egga sere atill per fect'.y wholewome As evidence he told of feeding them to members of bis family with no 111 effect* He Joined to the cus torn of t'h'.neae, who preserve eggs for Indefinite period*, and recalled that when 1.1 Hung ('hang vlalted America he brought with him egga "a hundred years old", because there were no egg* In thla country old enough to suit him HKTTLK ( HI HUH DIFFERENCE. Four Men (*<) Outside sod Fight. Klll- Izxg Two. Henry Sandera was shot and killed and hla father Matthew* Sanders, a former sheriff of Cherokee county. Okla . was stabbed and probably fatally injured at Dykes Chapel, a county church five* miles south of Lahiequah Sunday as the result of a difference with Henry and Will John son, members of the church, over the management of a Sunday school class. The disagreement arose during the services. The principals left the building, the audience following, but when the congregation reached the scene the tragedy had been enacted. Young Sanders died In a few minutes and his father, suffering from sev eral knife wounds, was found lying on the ground. Official Report Tells of the Destruc tion of the Last Considerable Re bellion Element on Jolo Island. A hair-raising story of hand-to- hand conflict with spear hurling Mo re savages in a battle to the death on an isolated mountain top with no quarter given or expected was cabled to the war department for the Phil ippines Tuesday by Maj. Gen. Bell. It was the commanding general’s re port on the campaign of Gen. John J. Pershing, which resulted in the exter mination of the last considerable band of rebellious mWos and the complete disarmament of this warlike tribe. Long ago moat of the Moros gave up their arms peacefully, but the fierce tribesmen of Latiward, embrac ing about twenty square miles on the northern coast of the island of Jolo, made ready for war whenever there was a suggestion of depriving then, of their weapons. Recently nearly 1 0,000 of them stampeded to Mount Bagsak, a wild peak which they be lieved unpregnable. Many confer ences and patient diplomacy drew most of them away and sent them to their homes, but 300 or 400 of the most desperate fortified their strong hold and prepared to fight it out with the American nation. "When no reasonable hope of a peaceful conclusion remained," says Gen P^ll in hla report, "Brig Gen Pershing arrived at Jolo with boats during the night of June 10, secretly embarked his command, and. landing nearby, surrounded Bagsak the same night to present a stampede of the wome* and children and non-com batanta to the mountain again As "null began at daylight and there was fierce fighting, part of It baud to hand, during five days, marked by tenacious resistance and counter at tacks from Moros rushing on troops *!th barongs and hurling spears at the storming lines "The ron'rn! of troops by the off! errs was admirable thus preventing x great num’e-r of casualties The enemv vt as cotnpletr!) <]* # e«(ed and all the slrongho', * *»err fnall) taken None of the Mor<>* «ou\J nirrendcr a«'tne escape.! hut the remainder • ere k 11 e*t Including Amlt and his principal Heutenan*s. during the en casements <'.r mountain gun* »ere dragged up the mountain bv block an! tackle finally reached commanding pos! • ons and rendered material assist snee Apparently officers and men ,’>ehaved without exception with ad mtraMe courage and determlnsMon though constantly on duty five day* and night* of little rest and torrential ralna The district commander has commended t'apt Taylor A NIchul* and < apt Oorga < harfon of the Philippine srouta. and First I.leut Kdwtn H Kackley of the aam* organ tatlon for conspicuous courage and leadership Brig Gen Pershing personallv planned and conducted the Bagsak operations commanding the force# In peraou and sharing all hardships and dangart of the troopa From all in formation obtainable the ordeala un dergone are 'ieMeTed to be surpassing He has been subjected to much cttl- • i*m because of patient negotiations, forbearance and effort* to avoid a re tort to fighting, but succeeded In avoiding unneceasary Injury to non- combatants and minimized casualties in his own command " k BIG FOREST FIR THE ATUB TIKE TIUiKS « CAUflMIA MDHTIH Present Conditions Give Negro Ad vantage for Driving WRite People Off the Farms of the Sonth. Chairman Clarence Poe announces that the Program Committee of the National Farmers’ Union has asked Local Unions at their next meetings to discuss the problem of segregating the races In the South’s rural dis tricts as is already the policy in the towns. It is asserted that thousands of .white farmers are being driven from their homes by the growing number of negro farmers around them and the consequent lack of adequate white social life. The hope is to develop a public sentiment which will require negroes to buy land in communities to themselves In stead of breaking up white commun ities by indiscriminately sandwich- ng white and negro farmers together. In discussing the matter further, Mr. Poe said: "For the good of both races, the negroes should buy land and settle as largely as possible in neighbo’-hods of their own. For example, flftv ne gro families and fifty white families together in a district can have only half as good schools for either race as they could have if all the hundred families were of one race; and with regard to churches, libraries, eo-opfir- atlvo societies, social meetings, and nearly all other agenclea of vital civilization the satne thing Is true To have half the community compoa- ed of a separate race cuU In half all the social power for prograaa. "The big fact we have to faoa is that In thousands and thousands of rommunltlaa in the Sonth, tha negro farmers are not only subjecting the white farmers to more or leas disas trous economic competition by their lower standards of llvlac. but- in many sections the growing number cf negroes is driving the whit# people to the towna for social reasons When the white population In a community become# too amall or too arattered. when the white farmers wlf# and rhlldren find more negro neighbors than white neighbor* arounl them a • remmdone motive la given for moving awav end If th» farmer move* som# negro will probably buy hla land at a sacrifice because other whit* farmers have the same faaliag and do not care to buy land la a pre dominantly negro community Such t* the negro e flagrantly unfair *4 vantage for drlvtng whits poop is off th* farms and 'akin* th* rnral Sou '* for himself Public sentiment must find ua a remedy " BUININf TIKE lAH DECLINE TO RK8IGN. Fell From a Train. Albert Dillick, a Russian, said to be unacquainted with the English language, is in the Spartanburg Hos pital with a fractured skull as a re sult of falling from passenger train No. 3 5 on the Southern Railway at Blacksburg Monday night. Little hope Is entertained for his recovery. How he came to fall from the train was not learned. Fight Over Dime. In a quarrel over ten cents in a skin game Luther Haris shot and killed Sam Wiley Saturday afternoon at Anderson. Wiley was walking away leading his shotgun when Har ris shot him twice in the back with a Colt’s revolver. Harris will claim self-defence. Both men are colored. Pens Wife Letter; Drinks Acid. After writing a letter to his wife In which he declared he could not en dure life any longer, John D. Letter, of Macon, Ga., drank acid and died, to Up. Republicans Want to Hold On Under the Democrats. A Tampa, Fla., dispatch says the resignations of United States Mar shals John F. Horr of^the Southern district of Florida, and W. A. Mc- Gourin of the Northern district have been requested by Attorney-General McReynolds. Marshal Horr stated Wednesday morning that as his term of office will not expire until next February he does not intend to re- slgp. As no charges have been brought against him, the only way he could he forced out of office would be for the president to appoint some one else and the senate confirm the ap pointment. Horr has served a term of fifteen years. It is likely Mr. Me Gourin also will decline to resign. Father and Son Marty Together. Judge Howard Carrow, a New Jer sey lawyer, and his son, James Rus sell Carrow, who is also a lawyer, were married in a double ceremony in the Holy Trinity church, of Phila delphia. Judge Carrow was married to Miss Margaret A. Helm, of Tren ton, N. J., and Miss Hilda MacDon- nell, of Philadelphia, became the bride of the son. Messenger Boy Confesses. Charles Bell, a massenger boy of Kaqsas City, nineteen years old, has confessed to the police that he mur dered George Howard, another mes senger, two weeks ago in a quarrel over the possession of a straw hat Bell aaid he had been in Denver, Cheyenne and Pueblo since the kill ing. bat that his conscience forced hia return. ItlFK HKKM HI MIAND KILLED. Hh«< Hits I/ooked Calmly Ow. Ths roroosr of Saw Hava#. Coes.. Thursday hald Jamas Plsw. of M14- dlebury. and Mrs Hernia J AA'ako- fleid. of Bristol, criminally rsspoaai bl* for th* dsath of AA'illlaai O Wakefield, th* somaa's husband H* found that th* dsath wound* w*r* ia flirted by Blew and that Mrs Waks- fleld was an accessory to th* commis sion of th* rrlm* Wakefield's body was found In atrip of woods in Cheshire on Jun* 2ft He had been ahot and stabbsd and strangled, ths coroner says. Plsw and Mrs Wakefield wars arrested The woman confessed that sh* had plotted with Plsw to get Wakefield out of the way, so that they might live together. Col. George Bell, U. 8. A., Directing ( Fight of Six Thousand Sailors, Sol* diers and Citizens, Who Labor Side by Side to Save Towns Five Are Reported to Have Been Killed. Forest fires are blazing fiercely on three sides of the Mount Tam&lpala, a landmark of California and play- ground and park of all the elites clus tered about San Francisco bay. Three villages are threatened. The moun tain waa cloaked Wednesday by a mantle of white smoke, which stream ed across the bay like a wind blown scarf, but as darkness fell the moan- tain blazed above the bay like an enomous beacon, illuminating the aky for miles. Each morning since the blase start ed, it haa seemed that danger waa passed, but each afternoon the trade wind blustering in from the Pacific has whipped the flames into life and driven them across canyons and trenches laboriously cut through ths nderbruah, and Into fresh timber on the far side of the areas burned bare by back fires. The fires are believed to have re sulted from careleasneas of campers. Every available soldier from the Sou Francisco presidio and Port Winfield Scott on thla aid* of th* boy *od Forts Rak*r and Barry sfroos the golden gat* la fighting th* fire, side by aid* with civilians and sailers from the United Statea war afciy I.OOfi m*u are oe the Making to beet heck or wear >1*m which broke out with lag fsry late Wodmaoday and *d Thursday morning over a H •weep Shops era closed and standstill throughout the thi •d section Col Ooorgi altod State* Infantry. fHatrlrt Chief Dubois, of th* Mrvlc* l* directing th# Sght. Five sel- 4l*ru are reported hum*d to dunth Thursday sad a half do sue ttttl* ham let" sad tows* at th* foot of Mount Tamaipai* await their deotrurtloa. while the Sr* ■wept th* mountain for thi reaching toward the plain* and yards to tha north, and th* >od* uautrai park *u the Mount Thmalpnln Kuo on the north hy furry and ulaotrta on* *f the bun sty spats of its foothill* bar* bom cm** and vllingua, while ee Up are hundreds ef seejlse ef Californians Every weak -end swarms ef •iw thread the trails ef the tale, sad tourists from nil ev country are familiar with Its i tka deep mviuea hid# grw giant suquetnn. th* ■ ttonal park, named Muir Woods, tar John Muir th# aaCeraliet. The mesa ■ tain ia covered with henry nadar brush of hay. laurel, chappaml and scrub oak For two days the fire charged through thin brush. elhnMng to th* highest peak, where It threat ened to Tamaipai* Tavern and West Poln Inn hoetelrlea. Wedbeeday the fire at* Its way to the sea on the west and Into the red RENT GROUND GLASS. Rome Person Forged Doctor's N in Attempting Harder. A letter recently mailed to Mrs. Nellie Nye, Schuylkill Haven, of Pa. to which the name Dr. J. A. Leeslg, a well known medical practitioner o:' Schuylkill Haven was forged, con tained a powder with the written ad vice to Mrs. Nye to take the contents at once. Mrs. Nye was undergoing treatment from Dr. Lessig, but was suspicious because of the urgency of the note. Investigation shows that Dr. Les sig never sent the letter to which his name was attached, and that the pow der contained ground glass, which would cut up the intestines and cause a certain and painful death within month. "Conscience Fund” Small. Fewer penitents, tortured by the “still, small voice", surrendered "conscience money” to the Federal government during the fiscal year of 1913 than for many years. The "con science fund" received during the twelve months ended Jane 30 was $2,814.44, the lowest amount since 1901. Invitations of Gold. St. Petersburg society has been very much surprised over the invita tions sent out by a Russian merchant for.his goldan wedding. All of t hundred invitations are on cards o pure gold, each weighing three-quar ters of an onneo with two words wrought ia le at Ifith by woods at ( the head of the two yoas on the east and north, loading to the towns of Mill Velloy. Corte Made- re and Lake Spar. Fire at the edge of Molr Woods was under temporary control. Reliance on saving tho mill valloy and the other towns lies precariously on a trench varying la width from 15 to 135 feet, which it is hoped, will stem the fire from farther progress down Baltimore and Blythedale can yons. Once the canyons are fairly ablate It would take superbnman work to save the habitations at their mouth. » o #■ — — Accident at Pleasure Park. i Two men were killed and between twenty ana thirty persons in j area tn a rear-end collision of two trains Sunday night on a roller coaster at Palisades park in New Jersey acroes the Hndeon river from Uptown, N. Y. The accidents occurred after the first train of two cars had ascended the first Incline and descended to the dip beyond where H stopped when the electric propelled cable failed to carry it np to the next stop. A second train of cars meanwhile reached the top of the first incline end dashed down the dip into the stalled train. Storm Creates Havoc. Three men were killed and prop- rty damage estimated at $50,000 was done hy an electric storm at Elgin, 111., Tuesday. Four stores were un roofed hy the wind and mnch damage was done to telephone and telegraph wires. o—o—o All the Confederate V< attended the came away more than the reception seaarfisl them kp tho Union Veterans whe were thar* M a tact, the