Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE SEPOY REBELLION. How England Dealt With Famous Uprising of Nations. ! One morning in February. 1S">7,: a stranger native appeared in a village in Oude, carrying two chupatties, or cakes, and ordered the person who took them to make and bake ten more, and distribute them by twos to the five nearest villages. In a few days the whole countryside was alive with natives carrying cakes. Like fire through fiax, the mysterious craze spread. Few knew, what it portended, the Europeans least of all, but most people were \ agreed that it was a signal or some kind, and that mischief was brewing. Very few precautions, however, I appear t? have been taken. Indeed,! the majority of the British officers absolutely refused to believe that the. native troops whom they commanded. could ever prove "untrue to their j salt." How utterly they were mistaken first became apparent; at Meerut, where on Sunday, May 5, the troop-; ers of the Third Bengal cavalry broke into open revolt, shot down' their officers on the parade ground,1 and afterwards rode amuck through : the cantonments and the bazaar, pil laging, burning and murdering all the Europeans they came across. The sepoys, after a few minutes' hesita-; tion, joined in the orgy of slaughter,! sparing neither age nor sex in their' blind fury. Delicate English women were hunted like rats through the blazing streets, and hewn in pieces ^ with the razor-edged tulwars carried by most of the native soldierly at that time. Little children were impaled on bayonets, or had their brains dashed out on the stone pavements. Then, when there were no more Europeans left at large to kill, the mutineers marched off to Delhi, nearly 40 miles away to the southwest. i When the Third cavalry galloped into the city, shrieking, "Deen! Deen!" (kill! kill!) brandishing their blood-stained sabres and slaying in a casual way every Englishman or Knelishwoman they caune across, Lieutenant George Willoughbv, of the Bengal artillery, quick to grasp the situation, hurriedly gathered together eight European non-commissioned officers and men, and hurried with them to the magazine. This was a huge building, of immense strength, and stored with mu-| nitions of war sufficient to have armed half India. Young Willoughby realized that if these fell into the hands of the mutineers all was lost, and neither he nor any of those with him hesitated for a moment. While seven of the men kept a: bay the sepoys who, following hard on theirheels, were by now clamoring at the gate, he and a man named Scully broke open some barrels of powder, j laid a train, and blew up the entire magazine. All Delhi rocked with the shock of the explosion, and hundreds of sepoys were killed. But four of the nine heroes inside the /toatli hv n miraolp. UUI1U1U5 COV UVMV1. The remaining five were blown to pieces. Next to the blowing up of the Delhi magazine, as an instance of individual heroism, comes the blow-j ing up of the Cashmere gate. This! formed the main entrance into the capital, and was defended by a deep 1 ditch, across which stretched a sin-; gle charred beam. Over this frail! support darted an English officer,! Lieutenant Home, followed in single file by two sergeants and ten sappers. | each carrying a bag containing 25! pounds of gunpowder. These they threw hurriedly in a heap before the! gate, then set fire to them. Every I man of the little party was either killed or wounded by the explosion, or by bullets of the defenders, but the gate was shattered sufficiently toj allow of a storming party forcing its way through. The famous Hodson. of Hodson's Horse, was one of the first men in. and he made straight for the royal; palace, the residence of the aged: king of Delhi, and his two sons an 1 one grandson. But the four had fled. Hodson. with a handful of men.j tracked them to a sacred shrine j known as Humayon's tomb, dragged) them forth, and with his own hand,! in the presence of 6.000 or 7.000 of the king's own retainers, he shot the three royal princes dead, first, as an added degradation, compelling them to strip naked. They had killed Englishmen in cold blood, and in circumstances. in some cases at all events, of hideous cruelty, and their hands were red with the innocent blood of Englishwomen and children. Who shall say. then, that their punishment was excessive? The storming of the Shall Xujecf, | a:i inimen.se and solidly bunt mosque,| near Lu<d<no\v. was another -a iant affair. It was held by tin* mutineers in full force, with many nuns. Sir Colin Campbell had brought up S'eei's naval brigade, but even his agile bluejackets were unable to scramble up the -0-foot high walls of the outer j enclosure, and there were no sea'ingj 1 HE COTTON* ACREAGE ACT. ITovides That Only One-Third a Land Planted l>e in Cotton. The cotton acreage act. as final passed by the general assembly a the recent session, and approved b; the governor, is as follows in full: Section 1. That it shall be unlaw ful for any person by himself, hi agents or employees, to p!?mt or cui tivate in this State in any year greater number of acres of and ii cotton than one-third of the tota acreage of land planted and cultivat ed in all crops by such person in sai year, including grain and fall sow; crops planted the preceding fall o winter. Section 2. That any person violat ing the provisions of this act shal forfeit as a penalty a sum of not les than $25 nor more than $100 fo each and every acre planted or culti vated in excess of the number herei: allowed, to be recovered in any cour of competent jurisdiction in an ac nr nrnpp^ftine brouaht in til name of the State; and said pen altv when recovered shall be pai over to the county treasurer for th use of the county in which the offens was committed. Said penalty an the cost of the proceedings in whic the 6ame is recovered shall be a lie upon all of the cotton crop of th person adjudged to pay the same sut ject only to lien existing prior t the passage of this act and liens fo taxes: Provided that the judgmen for said penalty and costs he entere and enrolled in the office of the cler of court of general sessions and con mon pleas as other judgments ar nmv nlinwpri to he entered or er rolled where the recovery is had i such court, and when so entere shall constitute a lien on all of th property of the person adjudged t pay the same and, provided furthe: that where the recovery is had in th magistrate's court the judgment b entered and enrolled with the sam effect in the office of the clerk of ger eral sessions and common pleas a judgments of magistrate's courts ar now allowed to be entered and er rolled in said office. Section 3. That all sheriffs, shei iffs' deputies, magistrates, const? bles and rural policemen shall b charged with duty of inspectioi the production of evidence and th prosecution for violations of this a( and the solicitors are especiall charged with the enforcement then of. Section 4. The word "person used in this act shall be held to ir elude partnerships, voluntary assc ciations and corporations. Section >. This act shall go int effect immediately upon its approva COTTON OIL PLANT PESTKOYE1 l.ai<l in nt Ihirlin? , ton Worth $75,000. Darlington, Nov. 12.?The loc< plant ol' the Southern Cotton O company was totally destroyed b fire today, excepting the ginnery which was badly damaged. Th alarm was sent in at 1 o'clock an by 2 o'clock the entire plant, e> cepting the ginnery, was in ashe: Mr. C. W. Skinner, the local manage: states that the loss was about ST." 000. for in addition to the mi building property, there was abou 300 tons of seed, 200 tons of mea several hundred gallons of oil, see cotton house and contents. me? house and office destroyed. The fir spread so rapidly that many wagon loaded with seed cotton were i flames before they could move. X cause of the fire can be ascertainec as the flames were discovered in th seed house, from which it spread t the other buildings. SO.MK 1)11) AM) SOME DIDN'T Number to Api>ear on Charge of Sel i-ng on Sunday. Columbia. Nov. 15.?The fruit ver ders observed the blue law in C< lumbia today. The soda places, the cigar stand and other places of a similar natur did not observe the law. The police got busy just after mic ight and notified a number of dru clerks to appear in police court tc morrow morning on the charge c violating the blue laws. The police said today that ever illicit whiskey place in Columbia ha been closed. ladders. They got in at last, with the as sistanee of the St.'lrd Highlanders and a drummer hoy named Ross "12 years old and small for his age, cl a inhered like a cat to the sum mi of the great guilded dome of th mosque, wave 1 his little liighlan honnet in tl:e air as a signal to th beleaguered garrison in tin? res'denc? that we were in possession, and "blei shrilly on his bugle the lirst fe< bars of "The Cock of the \orih. The s gaa's were ! oth seen :?r 1: rd at the re id-.r.-y. its fag ! el" lowered and raised three ii::rc t? : a-1 nowledgemenf. STATU ELECTION*. i"J Figures Fiieri Give Manning :J4,(iO(5 Votes. . Columbia, Nov. 1 ">.?Complete rei turns ti ed with the State board of v canvassers show that 34,606 Democrats of South Carolina voted for . Richard I. Manning in the general sj election tor governor. R, B. Briton, _ Socialist candidate, of Charleston, rea j ceived N4 votes. Tabulation of the n returns for the national offices has 11 not been completed. .j Following is a tabulation of the (]1 Socialist vote for governor: Charlesniton, IS: Georgetown, 2: Greenville, r|lS; Lexington, 23; Newberry 2: j Richland, lit; Sumter, 2. . j Vote for other Stale officers folII; lows: s A. J. Bethea, for lieutenant govr ernor, 34,610. i_ R. .M. McCown, for secretary or n j State, 34,571. t Thos. H. Peeples, for attorney gen.. eral, 34,654. e S. T. Carter, for State treasurer, 34,677. d A. \V. Jones, for comptroller gene eral, 34,759. e J. E. Swearingen, for State superd intendent of education, 34,755. > h W. W. Moore, for adjutant general, n 34,747. e Frank W. Shealy, for railroad commissioner, 34.74 9. o E. J. Watson, for commissioner ol r agriculture, 34,716. The State board of canvassers has d been called by Mr. McCown to meet p- next Wednesday to hear contests and i_ protests. The report on the vote for e national officers and the constitutionL. al amendments will be announced n next week. IKHIGATIOX IX KDKX. e | 0 ' Science Beautified liand Where Adam r' and Kve Dwell, 'Tis Said, e 0 American pride in the great ree clamation projects through which the ' desert has been made to "bloom like iS ? the rose" and turned into a habitae tion of man was given a great and rude shock, says the New York Herald, when an eminent Englishman. Sir William Willcocks. visiting Washington to learn about Yankee 10 methods of irrigation, told the govlf ernment engineers that the original e Garden of Eden was the result of artificial plan oi irrigation, just as * scientific and correct from an engin' eering point of view as the plans ., | for the government's largest reclam | ation projects in xne \\ esi. 1 | Sir William, whose fame rests up^jon the building of the great Assquan j dam, in Egypt, where he has turned ?jthe lands of the Pharaohs back tc ' | their original fertility, has been re^ jcently engaged by the Turkish govI ernment in reclaiming ancient Mest ! opotamia. The success of the English engineer in Egypt caused the Turkish government to loosen its ( purse strings to the extent of $75,| ! 000.000 and the work is now undei " I way in sections. The English irrij gation expert and his engineers have ''! made a careful survey of Mesopoe i tamia and have discovered parts of an d ' | ancient system of irrigation so well L"j preserved that some of the canals "' are to be used in the project after r* the mud of centuries is taken out. It was while on this survey that " Sir William fouud what he believes to be the location of the traditional garden of Eden, with full equipment ^ of irrigation canals. He explained l' to the engineers of the reclamation e service and other government officials s that the Garden of Eden could not n have been a garden at all without 0 the irrigation system. The supposed location of the gare den is surrounded by a wall or dike 0 two feet high, with openings for the canals. The English engineer said that during high water in the rivers Enphrates and Tigris the dike kept l_ the water from flooding the garden and in the dry season the gates were open and the water entered the canals. " In this irrigation work of Mesopo)_ tamia Sir William will have to meet many problems similar to those s which have been conquered by the e government's engineers in the West, and the purpose of his visit to this country is to make a thoroughgoing investigation of what Uncle Sam nas " done in his line of engineering. ' While traveling over the Western irrigation projects this summer the distinguished English visitor will serve the United States reclamation service as consulting engineer whenever he is called upon for advice. \o Such Word? "Remember, hoys," said the masit ter. "that in the bright lexicon of e youth there is no such word as fail." d After a few minutes a hoy raised e his hand. , . I "Wei!. is it. my lad?" asked x | i lie ma-'tcr. iv "! v a< merely going to suggest." "replied the* younsrster. "that if ctt"h i t'ce '':;se it would he advisable to >i n-'!i to the mihlishors of that toy; n en and ea'l their attention to the J OT!!S#?S'OH." !T0 PAY WAREHOUSE BILLS J CARTER SATISFIED AFTER OPIXj ION FR< M ATTV. REXEKAL. i I Stiite Treasurer (Ji\es Reasons for Ho!din^ I'p .Mr La m ill's Claim. Columbia. Nov. II.? Having re; reived an opinion tro.n the attorney I general's oifire "that t'.ie fund 1 amounting to is availab e for this appropriation and claims presented under the warehouse ac-t should he paid from this iund," S. T. Carter, State treasurer, today con- > sented to honor such warrants as j may be presented by John L. Mci.au- ^ I rin, State warehouse commissioner, for the expense of the cotton warehouse system. .Mr. Carter Tuesday turned down a warrant presented by ' 1 Mr. .McLaurin on the ground that there was no fund in the State treasure anclicable to the warehouse act appropriation. "At the time." said Mr. Carter. "I told .Mr. .McLaurin that I had held up Tj the claim until could secure a ruling = from the attorney general. I 6ee by the press that Mr. McLaurin has seen fit to praise the comptroller general for his care in handling accounts, and yet he criticises me because I saw fit to satisfy myself that I had a legal right to pay out the State's money. Wanted Correct Account. "The statement in the attorney ' general's letter to Mr. McLaurin that ' 'I note from your letter that there 11 is $17,o00 in the treasury unappro priated,' led to believe tnat his opinion was based on that information, ' and 1 was not willing to proceed to pay out the State's money until a true statement of the condition of the treasury was submitted to the , attorney general. "The attorney general has ruled that there is money in the treasury applicable to the warehouse appropriation and I shall abide by his rub [ ing. [ "I have no desire to, nor is it my I intention, to block and interfere in any manner in the administration of any other department of the State r government, hut as long as I am [ treasurer I expect to administer the | affairs of that department according I to law, and when I am in doubt as to my legal authority I shall consult . the attorney general and be governed by his rulings; Mr. McLaurin or . any other man to the contrary notwithstanding." FIIAXK AGAIN*LOSES MOTION. 1 This Knds His Kfl'orts in the State! ' Courts of Georgia. ' Atlanta, Nov. 14.?The State supreme court today refused to set aside the verdict by which I^eo H. Frank was convicted here on August 2.t, 1913, for the murder of ' .Mary Phagan. Frank's motion for ' a rehearing was based on the ground that his constitutional rights had been vio'ated by reason of his ab- ~~ sence from the court room when the ! verdict was returned. This ends Frank's fight in the State courts to 1 escape the death penalty. 1 ' It is announced that the case will ' be appealed to the United States supreme court. Counsel for the accused, in argument on the motion , ' which was overruled today, said that ' the "air in the court room was charged with mob violence," and ' that while the jury was deliberating ' that the trial judge suggested that 1 Frank be absent when the verdict ' was returned. Mary Phagan was found murdered in tbo Tipnril factorv here on April y 27, 1912. Frank was arrested two ^ (Jays later. Before the trial James ' Conley. a negro sweeper in the fac1 tory, made an alleged confession as 1 an accessory, implicating Frank as ' principal. Conley is now serving 12 ' months on the chaingang for his part 1 in the crime. ! Frank's counsel made three motions for a new trial, the second being on the grounds of new evidence, but all were overruled. ,'j SUDDENSHOCKS Impair the System, Shorten Life and do Great Harm ? If you knew that you could cure VI yourself or your child of a malignant ** disease by the use of dynamite, would , I you take the chance? Calomel acts on the sluggish liver m like dynamite on the solid rock. It shocks and upsets the organs ? and works much harm as proven by I its after effects. I Modern science lias discovered a I veeretaHe substitute that pioduces all the desired effects of calomel vrit'nI out the shock or after troubles. It j is so harmless that acids may be : taken into the system immediately j after the medicine without fear of nfI ter effects. i It rids liver, kidnevs and bowels of ! all poisonous accumulations and i leaves the patient f-'< iinv new and | c.\ns\vr:i.T/s uvkr-.aio is o:: p ; stile a* .Mtick's Drusr Store, liambersr. K I S. C.. at "it cent-- for ;i lar.2? bo,tie. j u ! The purchase price will be refunded H j in full i; you find it unsatisfactory. | Si Break Your Land With Kither a One or Two Horse Chattanooga Plow IT'S THE BEST IN* THE WORLD, will accept cotton on account at Scents per pound over market price. Highest ina ket prices paid for pecs. J. A. HUNTER, JE HARDWARE MAX, BAMBERG, S. C. TB.G FAT TUR-K.EY OR ANY OTHER OF LIFE'S LUXURIES ARE EASIEST FOR THE MAN WITH THE BIG FAT BANK ACCOUNT>v^gb CAN HAVE SfART Well, are we all thankful this Thanksgiving day? Yes. those of us who are enjoying health and prosperity. This year your money in the bank has piled up until it looks very comfortable. You can enjoy your turkey. If you just get a bank account and keep feeding it all next year it will be a BIG, FAT BANK AGGOUNT. Make OUR bank YOUR bank We pav 4 per cent, interest, com' . impounded quarterly on savings depsits ! l :j Farmers & Merchants Bank nilRIIARDT, S. C. I J Measure and Protection tf fy * "One of the best reasons why I would not be without telephone service," writes a Georgia farmer, "is the pleasure it gives my wife and the knowledge that while I am away, she has the protection that the telephone gives." On the farm the telephone dispels loneliness and is the means of bringing help in any emergency that may arise. If you haven't a telephcme on your farm see the nearest Bell Telephone manager or write for our free booklet and learn how little this service costs. FARMERS' LINE DEPARTMENT OUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE lND TELEGRAPH COMPANY S. Pryor St., Atlanta, ua. What "BeeDee" Means | "Bee Dee" on the label means REAL VALUE I the package and RESULTS and SATIS- After using the Bee Dee | FACTION7 after the contents have been used. Remedies generally for $ Always ask for "Bee Dee" when you buy a stock sometime, we take pleaor poultry remedy. "Bee Dee" remedies are pre- I pared troin pure, medicinal ingredients, in a scien- and we cheerfully recom- ^ 1 rMo^J/^Inai? fViof wam rtjn I mend fh^m. zj IIIIC W<iy, (IHU clIC UIWU1C1UW iwai jvsuvt* ? ....... depend on. AlcAliHen Stock Farm. H Baft7>0A STOCK S POULTRY Waco. Texas. ^ nvSj^vC MEDICINE 3 ^ LINIMENT-DIP you can get them at i Bee Dee Heaiing Powder?Bee Dee Colic Remedy your dealer's. mnnnKCsra: ?'.* WTO5f?, * r8 - <