Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C * BIRDS SAVE HIS WIFE IS ARRESTBfc PRODUCE FINER STRAINS ^CANARIES ARK CHIEF RELIANCE OF RESCUING PARTIES. DOCTOR WHOSE PATIENT WAS jf SLAIN IN HIS OFFICE. At Trast of Men Placed iu Birds of the Cage, Who Were Selected After Mice and Other Animals Often Keeled Over When "the Atmosphere Around Thom Was Pure. Canaries are the chief reliance of the United State Bureau of Mines, and it is estimated that during the few years they have saved tnore than 5,000 lives. Canaries were chosen for this work after other anintals were found to be unfitted for it. At first the bureau tried mice. It was found, however, that these little creatures were too untrustworthy. They were inclined to be sulky at times and.to keel over, even when in good physical condi tion. — , The canary, on the other hand, re mains cheerful and lively as long as Us physical condition is good. All that it requires is fresh air. For this reason the canary was selected for this kind oCwork, and the suc- sucess which has attended its use has resulted in its being made a perman ent and most valuable addition to the rescue staff. Since canaries have been-used, the pH among miners has bden reduced 3,000 to 2,000 or from 7 to 4.- r. men for every million tons mined ■^anin ually. When there is an explosion or a cave-in at a coal mine, and miners are entombed, word -ie, sent immed : Federal Bureau ot MLae* to rush to the scene of the disaster owe of its specially equipped life-sav ing railway cars. Each car is equip ped with an oxygen helmet and with other chemical preparations for con tending with the deadly ‘‘after damp.’’ In addition the crew al ways carries several canaries in heavy metallic cages. Upon the arrival at the mouth of the mine where a disaster has occur red, the first thing the rescue crew does is to look after the miners who have managed to crawl to the surface injured or otherwise, and to admisis- ter first aid. Part of the life-saving crew attends to this line of work, while the other8“try to penetrate the mine in an effort to reach the unfor tunates beneath the surface, many of whom are probably overcome by the fumes of the deadly “coal damp.' There are various places in the pas sageways entering the mines where the air is pure, and if the victims could be dragged to them there would be no necessity to carry them further. The difficulty which rescue parties in variably encountered before canaries were used w’as in finding these pure air spots. The leader of the rescue party, however, is now equipped with an ordinary brass bird cags in which a wide-awake canary hops. This canary is kept in good humor during the trip to the mine, and every effort is made to keep it active. The bird is taken into the mine under the ever-watchful eyes of the leader qf^ —the WWvfe. phrfy Nmg^srar^trre bird continues to chirp and hop ttbout in the cage the reseu,e party " itinues on its way. But . just as as the bird's activity begins to 5ver, the progress of the party js halted. The leader tightens his heh met to make sure that no breath Of the death- carrying “coal damp” gets into his lungs. The fact that the canary begins to feel “wobbly” is an indication.[hat the air is impure, and that such victims.as they' find will have to be carried beyond this place if they are to recover, r The party retraces its steps, care fully watching the physical condition of the bird in the cage, until they reach a spot where the bird, revives, with the bird to refresh it with .his supply of oxygen and to await the re turn of the rest of the party with such victims as they may be able to find. . -'*• The rescuers then proceed, minus the bird, penetrating info the furthest depth^ of the mine until they come upon the ^entombed miners. The cought miners, usually unconscious, are p^ried to t- e place w here the canary, ^again apparently perfectly lively, is stationed. The victoms are later taken to the^surface to be taken in charge by doctohs^ This work is continued until the rhsAie crew is satisfied that all of the miners have been taken opt. . Story of Attempted Assassination of Dr. Carman is Now Generally Dis believed. Mfs. Florence Conklin Carman, wife of. Dr. Edwin Carman, was ar rested" Wednesday, accused of being the assassin who a \teek ago Tuesday night murdered Mrs. Louise Bailey, wife ot a Hempstead manufacturer, by firing a bullet through her'i»«art as she stood in the physician’s oOice The finger of suspicion has pointed at Mrs. Carman since the discpvery that she had installed a telephonic instrument in her husband’s office to hear conversation between him and his woman patients. The related at tempt on the life of Dr. Carman sev eral days ago by a man on a bicycle is not believed. The immediate cause of the arrest was the testimony given Wednesday morning by Eli wood T. Bardes, .an insurance agent, whom the authori^ ties called the single reliable eye wit ness of the crime. Bardes also is under lock and key, detained as a material witness for his Story Is of such importance that the authorities feared an attempt would be made to get him out of the jurisdiction of the New' York courts. Bardes’ story, briefly told, is this: At 7:30 o’clock on the night of the murder, Bardes said, he determined to visit Dr. Carman to have him dress a minor Injury. He walked to the physician’s house. Arriving there he decided to dress the injury himself and thereby save a‘ doctor’s fee. So he walked past the house~an<l~theh turned around to begin his journey home. » At that Instant he heard an explA- CAROMNA COTTON EQUALS DEL- > C , ■ - ... . TAS OF EQUAL LENGTH. m TAKE A BAND -A- . "V’i ~ . . "r- - v — : SPREAD AF REVOLT IN CANTO • .- . '* '«W- DOMINGO MIGHT FORCE Demonstrated by Expert That Staple Grown in Southeast is I .ess “Wasty That Deltats.' • ( That strains of cotton are being produced to-day by the best'breeders in- the Carolinas which are fully equal to the , average Deltas of the same length, in almost every respect, has been demonstrated to the satis- faction of. experts In the United Stages denartment. of agriculture. Siiice tlie ravages of the poll weevil had practically ^ut an end to the pro duction of long-staple cottons in the region which had formerly been the principal source of their supply, the spinners besought the department of agriculture about, three years ago to assist in an effort to maintain the staple' industry in the Mississippi delta. It was already known by the de partment thaT^excellent upland cot tons trfT 1-4-inch staple could be pro duced on. the AtlaSTTc ’sIope, but the spinners maintained that the Caro lina upland had b^en unsatisfactory to use. Investigation indicated that this this was because of a lack of under standing of the proper methods to be used with the seed and at the gin. Some of the best Carolina breeders, however, were developing high grade strains of the Columbia variety and were finding ready sale at satisfactory prices for their products to the few spinners who understood the true character and value of these cottons. It devoted upon the department, therefore, to determine as accurately as possible how the best strains of the new varieties bT upland staple U. S. TO KEEP PEACE Four Separate Revolutions Give Pres ident Bordas Busy Time—Under Treaty This Country U Morally Bound to Preserve Order—Ameri- WOULD KEEP THEM OUT STATE EDITORS ADJOURN i GEORGIA * TROOPS REFUSED PERMIT THROUGH STATE. Governor Refuse* to Countersign Or der Allowing Militia of Neighbor ing State on Sooth Carolina Soil. SELECT CHICK SPRINGS FOR NEXT MEETING PLACE. » - — . Delightful Trip Taken to Anderson AH Old Officers Are Re-eleeted—> Everybody Pleased. ~~ Word-Sratr^writ to 'Mrs.' T'arman that ’she was about to be arrested. Mrs. Carman, pale but controlled, ac companied by her husband, her at torney and others, came in a minute later. Coroner Norton, for years an intimate friend of the family, with tears in his eyes, read his charge and the warrant for arrest he\ii^d signed. Mrs. Carman stood erect, If^cing him. Between them, on the floor, was a dark stain marking the spot wrhere Mrs. Bailey died. NEGRO SAVES CHILI). Negro‘Found Paralyzed. Finding a negro lying upon the streets of Gaffney several nights ago the .police thought he was drunk but Investigation showed him to be par alyzed and in a dangerous condition. Heroism of Colored Man to be PaifT for by His Death. A rather peculiar accident happen ed Saturday afternoon in a storm on the Robert Wylie place a few miles from Chester. The child of John A, Campbell was out in the grove in front of the Tesidence when a small cyclone suddenly made its. appear ance. A darky, Jim Hampton, hap pening alon^ about that time saw the little girl and ran and picked her up to take her to safejy. Just as he grabbed her up a big tree was blown over him, felling him and doing him great bodily harm. In his fall he managed to sayejthe child from being: hurt..'Had he not ’rescued the child when he did it would have been in stantly killed. The negro is in a pre carious condition. iii'i iK’lta blended culuiua acuiaUv .aion ' He -thousht it wn« mnsM b'V , ouiparcd in spinnin/ value witli an automobile tire, but when he look- d for the machine he could not find it. He looked toVard the lawn at the side of Dr. [Carman's house.- A wo man,'tall. wel built, hatless, wearing a light shirtwaist and a dark skirt, was moving away from one of the windows at the side of the physi cian’s office toward the rear of the house. She was walking “in a hur ry”, the witness swore. Bardes was discovered Wednesday. His story might still remain untold had he not mentioned It. first to a woman who telephoned the district attorney, and then to a priest he visit ed for advice. The priest urged Bardes to make his story knowrf. Rut before an opportunity presented It self, he was taken tnta^ custody by der of the district attorney Bardes testified after Mrs. Car man's 12-year-old daughter, Eliza beth, had tried to strengthen her mother’s alibi, and representatives of the manufacturers of the telephonic instrument told of selling the device to the physician's wife and of install ing It in her home. Coroner Norton, after spending an hour studying the testimony of Bardes and other witnesses, wrote out his charge, stating that he “does on oath say that Louise Bailey came to her.death by criminal means, by reason of a bullet fired into her body with a revolver held by Florence Car man.” He then ordered Mrs. Car man’s arrest. .can Ship Fired Upon. With four separate revolutions rag ing and the American minister re- urning home after several months of fruitless efforts to restore peace, the ittle republic of. Santo Domingo is ausing the Washington government grave anxiety. The United States is torally bound to maintain order there under the semi-protectorate reated by treaty. '\ For many months President~Bor- das, obliged to maintain himself In office by extra-official decree and par tial elections, has been leading his troops unsuccessfully against rebel- liqus generals in the north. i Meanwhile revolutions have broken out in other sectiops—at Asua, where the government navy fqund it neces- -ary to destroy the custom- house, tlong the line of railway between •anchez and Samana bay, at Monte- rhristi and at I,a Romana in .dhe southeast. In this last neighborhood there are extensive American owned plantations, agents for which appear ed at the state department looking for protection for their property. A conviction that is growing at ashington that only through power ful outside Influences and probably that of the United States can the chaotic eonrtfrion »..> terrutr.-n* Delta cottons. Accordingly a series of spinning tests was made in eo-oper- atlon with the New Bedford. Textile school. New Bedford, Mass., On five bales representing four different varieties-or strains grown In three entirely distinct regions of produc tion. ,' ' These tests showed that careful breeders in the Ugrolinas are produc Ing cotton fully equal in almost every respect to the average Deltas of the same length. Contrary to the pre vailing-opinion theyshowed that sev eral strains now grown in commer cial quantities iq the southeast are less “wasty” than average Deltas although they are not so strong These varieties have the added ad vantage of being earllet-. of bearing larger bolls and of being more pro lific than Delta types. Full descriptions of these tests with tables showing varieties in grade and staple. Invisible loss, rela tlon of grade to waste, comparisons at the comber, value of waste dif ferences, tests of breaking strength etc., are presented in Bulletin No 121 recently issued by the depart ment. Since the 1913 crop in the Delfa suffered little from the weevil, and s’ince many spinners still retain prejudice against upland staples, serious situation now confronts the growers of these cottons. For this reason all growers and spinners fl- wmF’TfnfuTfs oT -rimer-wr revolutionists appear unable to over come the Bordas government but Bor das has not been able .to defeat his enemies. The state department is reluctant to intervene forcibly and it is expect- an effort will be made to send some strong man to the republic who may bring all elements together. Meanwhifesthe navy Is maintaining a considerable fleet In Dominican waters. Including the South Carolina and Machias at Puerto Plata, the Marietta at Sanchez and\the Caatlne at Azua. Other vessels are. on the Haitien end of the island. Reckless firing Dominican rebels sent several shots against the hull of the American gunboat Machias in Previa Plata harbor late Tuesday night, and drew upon themselves a warning volley from the Maphias *hree-pounders and automatic rlflea The shooting from shore stopped Im mediately. A few days ago the gunboat used her main battery of four-inch guns to silence President Bordas’ batteries, which were bombarding the rebel garrison holding the city, in violation of the agreement that the lives of foreigners and other non-combatants w ould not be endafigered by artillery fire. Capt. -Russell, of the battleship South Carolina, In his report Wed nesday night said considerable scat tering rifle fire from the rebels passed over the Machias and some shot^ l.ater ffie dispatch said Differences existing .between Gov. Blease and the war department ate responsible for the governor’s refusal tb„allow the State troofos of Georgia and North Carolina to pass through South Carolina to the proposed Joint encampment in Augiista, Ga.. next month. I .. . Adjt. Gen- Nash of the Georgia Na tional GUar^, made public a letter from Adjt. Gen. Moore of the South Carolina National Guard, .which said that the ban would not be removed until the issues between Gov. Blease and Secretary of War Garrison had been settled. The war department recently with drew an invitation to the South Car olina militia to participate in the en campment because they did not meet ure/re luirements of the Dick militia law in the matter of equipment and number of enlisted men In the va rious * grade. Trouble bad previously arisen be tween the governor and the secre tary of war over the location of the proposed encampment on the Isle of Palms. Secretary Garrison finally peremptorily transferred the camp to Augusta. Referring to the fact that Gov, Blease has declined permission to a company of Georgia militia to pass through the State of South Carolina via Blackvllle to the joint militia en campment at Augusta next month, Adjt. Gen. Modre gave out the fol lowing information Wednesday when interviewed at his office: Consrder^rney- 1 essary,” said Gen. Moore, to obtain ^ these tests as set forth in this bul lettn, which may be obtained free, as long as the supply tysts, by applica tion to the department# WHOLE FAMILY SLAIN Four KilTed at Chicago • From an Axe. A family of four was wiped nut by blows from an axe in their home in the German .settlement of Blue Island a siirburb of Chicago Sunday night The victims were Joseph Neslesla. a German laborer, aged 52, his wife, their daughter, aged25, and the lat ter’s infant child. * The stiffened bod ies and the blood stained axe alonq remained to outline the story when the crime.'w’as discovered by neigh bors. . The young mother of the Infant, had been living away from her hus band for some time and efforts to find .him wefe begun. There was nothing in the house to show his name. The murderer, according to Benjamin Knlrsch, chief of police of Blue Island, proceeded with real de liberation. Each swing of the axe apparently carried death with it— death without even a grOan to arouse others sleeping in the house. Each of the slain was struck in the head. the “junita commission of Legal- istas”, representing the revolution ists, boarded the Machias and gave assurances of their desire to avoid endangering the sgfpty nf Amarteam TTow r "4C Americans and Porto Ri cans, refugees in the besieged city of Puerto Platar were taken out and By Blows safely landed on the revenlin PTRter Algonquin on June 26 under a heavy Urn—from—the Dominican federal troops and the Legalistas was related in detail in reports received Thurs day. When the Algonquin reached Puer to Plata on June 25 the battleship — r fiwo Killed liy Lightning. H a picnic^ building at Salli- ri^ay two persons were killed and several stunned. > ' + 0 + * ; Fletcher Reports to President. Rear Admiral Fletcher has return ed from Vera Cruz and has given bis report tn the president. Onions Fatal to Aged. Prisoner. A meal of fried onions prtfved fatal to Jacob Admire, a^ednvict in prison at - Leavenworth. Kan. Ad mire was 63 years of age and was? working on the prison island at the time of his death. » V » V Killed by Train. '! 'Carl Johnson, a sailor of Savannah, Ga., was struck and killed bv a WBHHSPSSHe; wMif <m TOTr ??—by ^ re works, 6; by~gunpowder, l^—by tor-jthe bridge across the Savannah river pedoes/ 2; by revolver, 1. Injured,* 243;—by fireworks, 105; by gunpowder, 30; by torpedoes, ^7 by toy pistole, 58; by cannon, 41; by runaways, 4# !>e accidents last year were 32 dead aud-1,131 injured. SAFER FOURTH. Reports for Saturday Show Decrease * in the Number of Accidents, Statistics complied late Saturday night showed that the country enjoy ed the quickest Fourth In Its historj to lightning TffrirprferaSST Many Chinese Drown. Reports received at Canto?, China,, Friday say that 10,0ft0 persons have drowned or starved to degth in the West river valley.. Dresden and theJUoitpd States gun boat Macias were anchored outside of the reef. A Dominican gunboat was blockading Puerto Plata, held by the Legalistas and troops’of Presi dent Bordas were besieging the city on land. i The revenue cutter officers con ferred with the commanding officer of the South Carolina, who agreed to take the refugees fronj the pier arid land them on the Alonquin. How ever, sniping and fighting were so sharp that it was not deemed advisa ble to make-the Btt.euipt until early on the morning of June 26. Lieut. Whjtbeek, commanding small boats, went after t^e^refugee*?. Bullets struck the^ater all abo'ut' the rescue vessels, hut no'ohe on the boats was >tfuck. ‘ ' ’ Fight Over a Saddle.” J. It, Shively, a Virginia farmer, is dead at his home In Henry county, as a result of a fight between him and his cousin, Dode, over a saddle. Three Stricken by Lightning. W. D. Foster, aged sixty, of Spar- tonbun ?jT l, Bgiitning Thursday The condi tion of Mr. Foster it critical. ' Little Joe to Tackle Hoke. Joseph M. Brown, twice governor of Georgia. Tuesday announced hla candtdicy against Senator • Hoke Smith. . ’ V \ permission from one State to move militia of another State through Us territory’ when the foreign militia qre moving under orders from l\\e war department of the United States. State militia then assumes the na ture of Federal troops. Therefore, the request for permission to move the Georgia Hussars through South Carolina, which yas made by Adjt. Gen. Nash of Georgia, on June 30, was unnecessary in this instance, al though proper to, any militia move ment other than one under Federal orders.” The Georgia request was submitted together with other orders by the ad- iutont general of South Carolina to r ’ov. Blease by Sperial Order No. 47, A. O. O.. July 6, for the governor to affix his signature. Gov. Bleaae de clined. however, to sign any of the submitted orders. wMth the statement to the effect that he would sign no further orders with regard to mili tary affaira until the muddle between this State and the war department has been straightened out. After the selection df Chick Springs . for the 1915 meeting and the re-elec tion of all officers, the annual gather ing of the South Carolina Press aaso- qlatlqn was brought to a close Wed nesday morning. Thursday the edi tors and their friends were the guests of the city of Anderson and the Inter- urban Railway company. Ed H. DeCamp of Gaffney is presi dent of the association, W. F. Cald well of Columbia, is secretary, and J. L. 81ms is treasurer. , - A movement was launched at the session Wednesday morning for a trip * to the Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915. Chick Springs to be the mo bilization point and it is expected that at least 100 members of the press will fake the long trip. Invitations for the next meeting were extended by -Charleston and Florence. The date Tor the next meet ing Is to be fixed by'the executive committee. Recause of wire trouble Thursday the trip planned for the members of the association over the entire road of the interurban was curtailed and the special train carrying the crowd arrived at Anderson at 12:30 o'clock,' one hour and a half off schedule. The train stopped In front of Anderson college, where the members detrain ed and made themselves at home. A committee of citizens and ladlea was present to receive the visitors, and, after a delightful luncheon served in the college dining room, the visitors were taken for automobile drive* -,-J the-rttv; A terrific rain an0 wind storm came up while dinner waa being served, but this did not detract from the pleasure of the crowd. At the oncluston of the luncheon Col. Wil liam Banka of Anderson, acting as toastmaster, called upon several per sons for impromptu addresses. Mayor Holleman, Mayor-elect Godfrey, W. W. Smoak. business manager of Tb* Intelligencer; R. 8. Llgon and Dr. Jas. P. Kinard, president of Ander- aon college, responded, extending a welcome to the visitors. Responses were made by J. Rion McKiaaick of Greenville, Gedrge W. Brunson of Greenville, Mr. Cogswell of Charles ton, J. W. Talbert, Miss Wylis of Lancaster, Mr. 81ms of Orangeburg and Senator Niels Christensen of Beaufort. The visitors were very much impressed with the plant of Anderson college. / TOO DEAD TO FEEL Pollock Kays 10 Counties Have De clared Independence'of Blease. . ^Coley is In Columbia calling for calf rope and asking for somebody to help him on. . That is why he isn’t here to-day,” declared Mr. Pollock The crowd .yelled and showed their pleasure when Mr. Pollock, recalling the celebration of the Fourth, cried: “The people of 16 counties have declared a neclaration of independ- erice from the domination of Cole L. Blease.” The candidate said that at Wal- terboro the governor had declared himself in favor of impartiality. “Yet," continued the candidate, "lie comes here to Batesburg and cuts South Carolina, the-Gevman eruTser otr f-hqjteads of notaries public be cause they are not his friends.” ' ‘An’ he moved ’em!” cried some one. “Yes,” returned Mr. Pollock, "and the people of South Carolina are go ing to move him.” The statement was cheered loudly. “Hurrah for Coley!” came the cry fro ma sympathizer pf the governor. “Put it to him. He don’t care.”: “No; he’s too dead to feel It,” re sponded Mr. Pollock, much to .the de light of the crowd. NEGRO SLAYS EIGHT. Kills Other Negroes With Axe and Escapes-A fter His Arrest. Shell Mannings, a negro, killed eight other negroes a. BranchvlUe; Texas, Friday Vrith a short-handled axe because he suspected they hacj charged him with horse theft. Twice this week, when arrested at small tpwns on the^charge, Mannings broke Jail: He arrived at Branchville be fore daylight. After the killing, he was arrested, but escaped from a train en route tq, jail. Bosses are BABY SLAIN BY BOY. iMcaster Negro Kills Infant Witk • er Negro SUck. News reached Lancaster Tuesday of-the killing of a negro child by » small boy in one of the rural districts of the county Saturday. The child’s mother, it seems, had asked a little negro boy 5 years of age to look aftar and amuse her baby while she went on some errand or to do some work Speaking at Ratesburg Tuesday Pollock and Jennings laid bare the reCOrd trna^iftr The boy replied that he wouldn’t mind the baby but would kill it If left with him. Thinking that the youthful picanlnny might carry , out Jits threat of killingjier ) it lislqft to his keeping, the mother locked jille child in a room until she could get back, as she thought. But she had not been gone long ere she was called back to view the remains of her dead baby, for the little boy, who had been requested to attend the child during the mother's absence, had climbed in at the window,-it is said’ and with a stick had beaten the baby to death. niAHGKD WITH MURDER. Young North Carolina Woman Accus ed of Killing Husband. Mrs. Joseph Johnson, aged,22, wife of a prominent farmer of Speed, N. C., was arrested Tuesday, charged with, having shot and killed her hus band, while they were driving near Speed Saturday night. Mrs. John son claims her husband was shot from ambush. Shortly after the shooting the horse and buggy of Johnson was found near a country church. Mrs. Johnson fiooh-_appeared and said her husband had been shot. * His body was found in the road a short dis tance away with a bullet wound in his temple. A revolver, with .one chamber discharged, was found side the body. Kills His two Small Sons. J. M. Helmburgejv of; Fort Lauder dale, Fla., Saturday took his two small sons into a nearby woods and killed them with a hatchet. He then drank poison. ■ sl ri ” 'f TUning Thursdav The condl- • ^ - - r- ’ A*"- Twin Killed Like Brother. Martin Langan Jr. met death on the Delaware and Hndaon railroad near the 8&yth Scranton, Pa., depot in the same manneV, and in. the same spot where his twin brother, Joseph Langan, waa killed two T**rs Ago. if MHaigw-flPhaiiflHstrirt,-*— Richard £L Whaley, opposed for hla seat by State Senator E. J. Dennis,. t is making-a fight-for bis re-election la a series of jdtatNmeettnga with hla . opponents. \ * Natural enemies—baseball aaf.