The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 07, 1912, Image 5
ARREST AN OUTRAGE
COUNCEL FOR THE PROSECUTION
SAYS THERE IS
?otii!ns in the case
> 4
-J. I). Gilrcnth Issues a Statement, in
Which He Discusses His Decent Arrest,
His Dental Treatment by Doctor
and His Subsequent Discharge
Without a Trial.
The Greenville Piedmont says that
in conversation with Magistrate
tStradley Friday morning, while in his
olllco, Mr. O. K. Mouldin, who was
thj prosecutor in the ease, said that
he had "wired to Governor Please"
that the decision of Magistrate
Stralley in dismissing the case
against Inspector of Police J. I). Gilrcath,
Policeman Alex Phillips and
Constable Reuben Gosnell, charged
with aiding Thurston U. Vaughn in
escaping ironi his cell in the county
jail last June, was Just and right and
that there was nothing in the case.
Capt. Stradley gave the Information
that while ho had nothing direct
from the governor, he had nevertheless
received satisfactory assuranco
that no executive action would be
taken in regard to his removal from
olllco.
While it has been almost unbeliovable
that such a course as the re
moval of this good and veneraDie citizen
from office lie has bo long worthil>
fill'(1, could be taken, Btill It la
the occasion of pleasant relief to
know of a certainty that It will not
be done.
In convei jation with patrolman
Phillips, one of the victims of the recent
arrest, Mr. 1 Mii 11 ijib told a representative
of The Daily Piedmont that
Attorney O. K. Maohlln had come to
blm with expressions of rogret for
what had happened to him in tho last
few days and stated that he had been
misled as to the value and amount of
the testimony that his clients claimed
to he possessed of.
What Mr. (jlilreath Said.
"The tact of my arrest on tho
in, ^>r '.n ciui Jntr in 1 tin f'soane of
"Vaughn ami my treatment at the
hands of the officer who arrested rne
have already been given in detail before
the public," says J. D. Gilreath
in discussing his recent arrest on a
charge of assisting T. II. Vaughn to
escape from the Greenville jail.
"Knowing that the preliminary investigation
was to be had within a
short time i have refrained up to this
time from making any statement regarding
the accusation. I now wish
To sa> in the most unqualified terms
/that tho accusation is absolutely
false. It is a deliberate 'frame-up'
on the part of my personal enemies
for the purpose of injuring my reputation
and usefulness in this community
and if possible securing my
conviction by false testimony.
"The preliminary hearing was set
for Wednesday afternoon. The prosecution
was fully advised ot this fact
When the case way called tho prosecution
moved for a continuance on
tho grount that they wc?e not ready
for a hearing, could not get their
witnem.es, etc., whereas tho affidavit
o' \V. L. Mauldin, upon which tho
warrant was issued, stated tho witnesses
to be lien lrl.< Rector, Sheriff
Poole, Deputy Sheriff Huntsingcr and
J. P. Wesson, all of whom were eith
or in Greenville, or could easily have
been secured. When tho magistrate
announced that I was entitled to a
hearing the counsel for the prosecution
asked to have the warrants dis'
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Ill iSSOCl. JO IU1S my umniaei uujnncu
uioHt stron^iy, taking the position
tlint by making this charge the prosecutor
l;a<I uiiido tlio matter a public
oj.c rui'l he had no right to control it,
and that I was entitled to a full investigation
ef the chary,e; that tho
witnesses name I hi tho warrants
ought to he examined and if tliov
know .anything' to my disadvantage
the public ought to know it. but on
the other hand if they Knew nothing
to my disadvantage 1 was entitled to
have this go before the public. From
y the statement of the attorney representing
tbe prosecutor it appears that
tho only basis lor this outrageous
charge was a statement of Vaughn
made after his conviction of a most
heinous crime on his way to the penitentiary.
"Mr. Mauidin in this statement declared
tliat Vaughn was utterly unworthy
of belief, and yet ho practl11..
n 1 tli.it {f wriu nnnn tills
CJ'II,) dl'iiuuimii nun ... ......
etateinont j- 1 (>11 that I was arrested
How Biich a statement, absolutely
false entirMy, could havo boon bocmkod
from the poor unfortunate pr'a
ot-er un 'or condemnation of death,
those men alone know who havo been
working upon him. All that I can
say Is what 1 have already PaVI, the
charge is absolutely false and I stand
ready at any and all times to meet
any accuser who dares come forward.
As a matter of fact, I was out of the
clly at the time of his escape and
knew nothing of the matter until ft
o'clock tbo next morning on my re.turn.
' "As an evidence that there was
personal animosity at the bottom of
this outrageous matter I need only to
refer to the, f jet that TTendrix Hector,
the officer who arrested mo and put
mo iit jail, as ho was unlocking the
doors .ho said 'Yon criminal, you he
euro that your sins will find yen out '
lie furjhed seated, 'You are guilty.
Wo have got till the ovl Vnco wo
want. Wo have been working on th>
case for two months.' Yet having
said 'els. when Mm time for the Invest
IgV ion com? e, al'houvh imtuoii m
th ? warrant as a nv ferial witness he
to npuoar at the heaMno. f hog
to inv fur her that Immediately nftehelnp
locked In Mm coll nn-1 before
Jailor ReMor loft the building the
other prisoners catre to n>ef and,
npealcfng through Cleave Harrison,
announced that I had to pev a qnar.
ter and take 36 to 60 Iftshea, Just
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NOW IS TIME TO ACT
IKGBS COTTON QliOWBllS. TO
FIGHT IIOLL, WEEVIL,.
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Threatened Invasion of Entire Cotton
Ik>lt Would Prostrate Industry and
Would Hurt the South.
The Washington correspondent of
The State bays while making no effort
to conceal the fact that they are
greatly interested in the outcome of
ihe presidential election Tuesday,
along with several other millions of
patriotic liberty-loving American citizens,
there are other things, in the
opinion of I)r. L. C. Howards, chief
entomologist of tlio federal department
of agriculture, which should
claim attention at the hands of the
people?especially those living in the
cotton-growing sections of the South.
If there is one thing nearer to the
heart of Dr. Howard and W. I). Hunter,
his right hand man, than anything
else it is the ever-present one
of the cotton boll weevil and its de-j
struction.
"Can you believe," Mr. Hunter
said Friday, "that in the State of
Texas alone tho annual loss from the
cotton boll weevil has been from
1002 to tho presont timo $27,000,-1
000. It is three. This amount?an
- * ? - * a n r? aaa f\ c\ C\ ff ^ _ I
annual josh or $z/,ovu,uuu in one
State from ono cauBo alone?1r
enough, it would seem, to make
American people wherever situated
and in whatever line of business engaged,
wake up and take notice.
These are not estimates, either, they
are faetB. The average number of
acres in Texas affected by thia parasite
is 10,000,000, and, as stated, the
money loss runs up to $27,000,000
from ono Christmas to another.
"What 1b the situation in the entire
United States? Undoubtedly for
several years the weevil has caused
a loss of about 4 00,000 bales annually.
Although farmers in older
regions, in many eases are increasing
their production, there is loss in
the newly infested regions which offsets
that gain. A conservative estimate
shows that since the weevil has
invaded this country it has caused a
loss of 2,550,000 bales of cotton, the
money value of which is probably
not less than $120,000,000."
Mr. lluntor believes that there is
little use in warning the peoplo of
tho South against the advance of
this most deadly of all crop-destroying
insects. Hut tho time, he insists,
to act is now. An ounce of prevention
in the section where the weevil
has not yet entered is worth hundreds
of pounds of remedy where its
advent has been announced. Fight
the weevil, he says, whether it has
appeared or not. It is but a question
of time when it will march from
Texas and Oklahoma through Arkanas,
Alabama, the Carolinas and Georgia
to tho sea. There it must stop
tor want of further ground to traverse
but the damage will have been
done and the entire cotton country
prostrated by the deadly foo. Work
now, Mr. Iluntcr says, and keep
working. *
PUT THE LAW TO THEM.
Three Georgia Fanners 4**reste<l as
White Slavers.
A dispatch from Augusta, Ga? says
Walter and Clarence Rhodes, brothers,
and Walter Rounds, overseer for
the former, all well known farmers
of Burks county, Georgia, were arrested,
charged with violating the
a liite slave law. They were taken
to Macon by Deputy United States
Marshal J. P. 1 Murray.
It is alleged that the three men
went to Bath, S. C., and took Lula
Addison, Susie James and Ola Flazier,
three white girls, for an automobile
r5de and refused to carry
(hem back homo. Instead, the men
headed for their Burke county farms
where, for four weeks, the girls
claim, they have been held In captivity
and have not been allowed to
communicate with their parents.
A letter, written by the Addison
girl's mother, revealed the whereabouts
of the girls and federal oificials
investigated. The girls told the
officers that the men threatened to
kill them if they tried to escape.
Two of tho men have been bound
on or for trial In the Unitod States
Court.
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FELL DKAI) AT NEWS.
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Death of Vice-President Causes
Death of New York Man.
Heart failure brought on by shock
on learning of the death of VicePresident.
Sherman caused the death
o( Walter Morris, manager of tho
Hotel Ran Homo at New York early
Thursday.
While walking home wlih his wire
from the Progressive rally at Madi
son Square Garden, Mr. Morris hoard
a newsboy calling the news of the
vice-president's death.
"Is it true?" Mr. Morris gasped,
and, nn the hoy displayed a newspaper
with black headlines, he fell unconscious
into the arms of his wife.
Fifteen minutes Inter he was dead. *
*1!* T..I'# U'UI, ? l>n?
At Corry, Ponn., Saturday a bov,
nsinp a pea shooter, struck Mr. Taft
lust below Hip eye as the president
van loavlnp his car. The police hnv
tbo affair endangered the eye of tho
j oxcmmi i ivo. *
at tills time Sheriff Poole came into
J G;o be'ldlnc and 1 called out to him
land tola nan wnm f had boon throntoped
with, and tin-rcupon ho lionmJ
Ha'fiy unlocked the doora to take
, me out.
, "The qucsMon ro whether T have
'boon fnl'dy and honorably treated T
lo>ve to a r'ebt tldnkiny nnhllo. The
people of Greenville know that. 1
have always etood for the enforcement
of law In the cltv of Greenville
and that mv treatment is due to the
cnemloe that I have made by this
eourae."
WILL HAVE RACES
AT CHARLESTON DECLARES PONS,
THE MANAGLR
OUR LAWS TO BE DEFIED
Tons is Quoted <ih Saying That Effort*
' Will bo Made to Have the Laws
Against Racing Modified, but Even
if Effort Fails, ltuccg Will be
Held,
According to an interview with
Francis J. Pons, Manager of the Asbociation,
published iu the Cincinnati
Enquirer, the Liorse racing interests
plan to open a winter meeting
at the track of the Charleston
Fair and Racing Association on Saturday,
January 25. The News *.?..? d
Courier says that reports that the
promoters of the racing game in
Charleston would take action of some
sort towards holding a meeting there
this winter liavo been current for
some time.
A law pussed at the last session of
the Legislature, prohibits race track
betting in this State, and, according
to Mr. Pons, who is general manager
of tho Association, an effort will be
made to securo a modification of this
Act. Mr. Pons is quoted as saying
that even if this offort fails the races
will, nevertheless, be hold. President
John Marshall, of the Association,
has as yet made no statement of the
courso that will be pursued, though
he has said that such a statement
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win ui; nmut; in um inmi iuiuic. i minterview
with Mr. Pons, printed in
the Enquirer, is as follows:
"Francis J. Pons, general manager
of the Charleston track, arrived today
from New York, and confirmed
the report that the Charleston track
would be operated this winter. Regarding
the contemplated meeting,
Mr. Pons said: 'We will begin Saturday,
January 25, and race sixtyone
days. There need not be the
slightest fear on tho part of the
horsemen that there will bo any interference
with the sport. We are
going to try, through legislative
means, to secure a modification of
fhe recently enacted laws against
betting, but, failing in this, there
need not be any fear entertained that
the racing will suffer.
"Chariestonians, that is the majority
of the citizens of Charleston, vw
thib include* seme of the most represent
iti.e ores, want the racing, tnd
1 *i b ud their best support <cwnd
the Miccess of the roe P.. tihar.es
ton differs in many reanects from
other cities, and its mop) ^ resent
<> i.'jfde interference with its management.
There are many prohibitory
laws In South Carolina, that the
flirfnr nrUVl n n fl dnn 't
v, ucii u,oiui uauo uiiiui tt i??*?* v?v/?? %bserve,
because they think the moasiiros
should not apply to them. Til's
by no means signifies that Charlestonlans
are law-breakers. They are
as law-abiding as anywhere, but they
want the racing, and will, thoivfore,
welcome the horsemen, and I can
positively assure owners, trainers,
jockeys and others that thero will
not be any Interferonco with our
plans. Wo will again race under the
lockoy Club sanction and conform to
its rules.
"I have assurances from many of
the best horsemen in tho country
(hat they will send representation
to our track, and I look for a highclass
and successful session. Our
officials will be the best that can be
obtained. Twenty stakes, ranging in
value from $1,000 to $2,500, are now
being compiled, and entries for these
events will bo distributed among the
horsemen in about a week.' Mr.
Pons will remain here for about a
week before going to Charleston to
begin active preparations for the intended
racing." So the gamblers
from the North are to come down
here and run rough shod over us. If
old lion Tillman was Governor he
would show these sharpers a trick or
two. Tie would make them obey the
laws or lock them up. But he is not
Governor.
MKXICAN TOWN WIPED OUT.
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Kevcre Hurricane Sweeps Aculpeeo
on Pacific <foa?t.
Tho seaport of Aculpeco, on tho
Pacific coast of Mexico, was virtually
destroyed by a severe hurricane on
J Wednesday night, according to wire
iosr (lispatcnes. nour-nrms or me
town was shattered and tho American
consulate was unroofed. No
lives were lost, but a number of natives
were injured.
Several small crafts In the harbor
were wrecked, but the United States
cruiser (Maryland, which was lying:
there, was not injured. The United
States cruiser Cleveland, which was
cruising in the vicinity, did not suffer.
Telegraph communication with Acnpulco,
is interrupted. Acnnuleo is
the chief port of call for steamers
plying between San Francisco
and South American ports. The
outer bay Is unprotected ,nnd Is occasionally
swept by fierce cyclones. *
Pins nf Iti-ldw Unoie.
Mra. T. H. TTaynos, ono of thomoat
prominent poototv wooiorof Romo,
Ha., d'od frddonr^l vwbilo at a anmo
'of an"fop b' Myo nf tb'? bomo of
!\!r?. VWa'tor fofbrnp. Mra. Hayros
; was tbo " tfp of T R. Tlavpcs, pr?vI
donf of tbo Roam TTnrd va r ? oon7 ?a??v
, and wis a to'v'lpp nto^'vr of a r-o|
rt"1 pot of Ror.io. ITor doath wai at*
tributod to bmart fn'lnro,
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T?irVf?b Army Snrrondors?
Soml-odVtal ndvicofl ropct tbat
J *br. Tn^rtsh army, wbtoh r<?tb*od
j from TTRknp toward Votofl, nprppnj
dyrod ?Tondav to tbo Servian rivalry
I ppd doRvorod up ItP rtrniR. Tbo Borvlann
later elezed 123 guns. *
TELLS WHOLE STORY
or THE Ml'llDEK OF THE YOUNG
WOMAN IN CHICAGO.
The Conway Woman Says That Her
Husband Killed the Actress und
Then Itobbcd Her.
A confession describing the murder
of Misa Sopna U. linger, the Baltimore
heiress, w lio eloped to Chicago
with William it; Wortlien and was
killed there on the day before she
was to have been married, was reported
by the police to have been obtained
Friday from Mrs. Lillian
Lea trice Conway, who, with Charles
X. Conway, the circus clown,
was brought to Chicago from Lima,
Ohio, earlier in the day.
"She has admitted knowledge of
the murder,'' said the police olllcial
who announced the confession, "but
says she had little to do with it. She
says that Conway knocked the Singer
girl down with an improvised billy,
with the intention of robbing her.
"We thought she had more money
than she did," continued the oHicial's
account of the woman's story- "Charlie
did it. All 1 did was to throw the
blanket over her when we left. I
didn't think site was dead."
She then told the otlicials that she
would tell the entire story and then
they sent for a stenographer.
William It. Worthen, fiance of the
Singer girl, who has been held by the
police pending solution of the mystery,
though they accepted his story
of innocence, became hysterical with
joy when the news was taken to him.
"Thank God they have confessed,"
ho shouted; "now I am cleared and
my father and mother will be comforted
with the knowledge that I had
no hand in the brutal murder. I can
go back to Baltimore now, with clean
hands. I know they did it. I told
Mrs. Conway so when I saw her Fri
day morning. Now Conway might as
well confess."
It was announced that Conway
would be given an opportunity to tell
his side of the case after a copy of
the woman's story could be prepared
so that Conway might read it. *
BLEW UP TURKSISII SHIP.
Greek Torpedo Rent Slipped by Secerul
Turkish Forts.
A cablegram from Athens, Greece,
says the Turkish battleship Feth-IBulend
was sunk during Thursday
night in the Gulf of Salonlki by a
Greek torpedo boat. The Greek commander's
daring enterprise was carried
out under the guns of the Turkish
forts without being observed and
the torpedo boat escaped unscathed.
A cablegram from Constantinople
says the sinking of the Turkish battleship
Feth-l-Bulond by a Greek torpedo
boat in the Gulf of Salonlki is
confirmed In a dispatch from Salonika
The warship sank in five minutes.
The commander of the Feth-IFlulend
telegraphed that nearly all of
the crew of tlie warship wore savea.
He reports that the Greek torpedo
boat entered the harbor unexpectedly
at midnight and launched two torpedoes
at tho stern of the Turkish
vessel, which began to sink immediately
Indignation and surprise wv.o expressed
at Constantinople over the
fact that a Greek torpedo boat had
succeeded in entering the Gulf of
Saloniki despite the mines and heavily
armed forts, and blown up the
Turkish battleship Feth-I-Bulend.
The commandant of the forts will be
called to account for permitting this
Greek incursion.
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NEXT PRESIDENT IS HURT.
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Meets With Slight Accident While
Riding in an Automobile,
A dispatch from Princeton, N. J.,
says Gov. Woodrow Wilson wears a
narrow strip of collodion and gauze
across the top of his head, covering
a scalp wound three inches long,
which he received early Sunday in a
motor cur mishap on the way home
from Red Rank, N. J. His automo
bile struck a mound in the road anu
jolted him against a steel rib in the
roof of the limousine car.
Tho wound is not serious and tho
Democratic Presidential nominee fulfilled
his speaking engagements in
Patterson and Passaic, N. J., Monday
night, and attended to his correspon I
denco as usual early Monday.
Sunday night the Governor was 1**
the parlor of his home, tlio centre of
a group of friends. There was nothing
in his manner to indicate he had
net with any mishap. lie said ho did
not feel the would in the slightest degree,
and had not even heveloped a
headacho from it. .
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NOT A WOltn TO SAY.
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H loose Refuse to I^et Reporter# Roe
T. IT. Vaughn.
A pecial to the Greenville Piedmont.
says Please has been asked if
V. _ 1, r? .1 n ii v t.f ? on t lei nmVo Pi
I 4 ^ II fl'l rtM J OkUW^iUVUi v vy It' M ?? V ? . eonnection
with doctor's statement
hat he ordered the arrest of Cil"onth,
but be said ho did not. have ?
word to sav. Vaujrhn in in the penitentiary
but when newspaper men
,i~hed to no* 1dm tlm penitentiary officials
stated that tbev ha 1 reoelvi d
oritivo inr-'trn? tions from Covornnr
Bloase not to lot nnyoodv pee or talh
to Vnnpbn. This is an unu^u 1 order
for the penitentiary oMe'nls pel.
dmu rr fuse to a'iov nr\T?p:uior men
; to fnlV to prison ws when p.ccompanj'cd
by a *ruard. mmIops ther* is some
very oMdmt v< ^?or wbv too prisoner
sbonld net toIT; io visitors.
Killed in a Flnl) iloom,
At Asheville. N. CI., William TTnrVins,
United Btates revenue rollertor.
was si.of and fatally wounded at
1 oVloelf Friday mominpr by C. B.
Boyd, a fellow club niembor fit the
BaRloa' Club.
GOOD COTTON PitiCES
WHO SHOILI) IIAVK Til KM, FARWKIt
OK SITOCL*JLATOll?
The Farmer, of Course, and He
Would Oct Them if He Would Murket
llis C0U011 Slowly,
Accoiding to the ginning report of
the census bureau, published about a
week ago, there had been ginned up
to October 18, when one-half of the
Ciop is usually ginned, 0,838,84 1
bales. Last yeer at the same time
there had been ginned 7,758,031
bales. At this rate the present crop
will be nearly 3,000,000 bales below
that of last year. It will more nearly
approximate the crop of 1010-11
which brought nearly fifteen cents
per pound.
in view of these facts, says tho Atlanta
Constitution, before a Southern I
farmer puts another bale on the market
at 11 cents, he should ask himself:
"Am 1 getting what my crop is
actually worth? Am 1 not playing
into the hands of the cotton speculator,
and giving him tho profits that
should be mine?"
Considering thot all of last season's
large crop has bee' practically
consumed, that few stocks of cotton
goods were brought over; that the'
world will need 15,000,000 bales of
American cotton, the conclusion is1
inevitable that cotton is not now
bringing what it is worth.
The only way to make it bring
more is for the farmers everywhere
to hold the staple off the market until
the speculators and tho "short")
sellers nro forced to pay its real
value.
Tho farmer who rushes his cotton [
on tho market because of tho advantage
of a quarter of a cent ?>er pound
in price, unless actually forced to do
so by his necessities, is playing into ,
the hands of the speculators.
As usual at thiB season, when I
about half of tho staple Is still in the
hands of the producers, bear operators
are circulating false and fictitious
reports to depress prices. The
^residential election and war in tho
Balkans ara pointed to as threatening
business prosperity.
Neither argument has any force. It
is a matter of general comment that
there has been no upset of business
confidence in tho face of Democratic j
success in November. The Balkan
war will stimulate demand if it ?ias
any effect. After Die speculator gets
the cotton, business conditions will
amazingly improve as usual.
Conditions of supnly and demand
absolutely justify a higher price than
cotton is now bringing and if farmers
will realize the folly of glutting the
mar.ket when 11 cents is bid. they
can forco the speculators to pay from
two to three cents more. I j very natural
condition points to better prices.
There is no sound reason for the
present low price for cotton. It is
selling for less than it costs to make
it, and a higher price is justified by
conditions of the trade. The practically
complete consumption of last
year's 1 6,000,000-bale crop shows
the increased and needs of cotton.
Most of tho mills have made extensive
sales, hut many have held
buying their cotton expecting to get
it at a lower price. There is also a
large speculative short interest, not
only among tho big operators, but
many "pikers.*' and little dealers
havo sold short to spot cotton houses
f t ('elnt.ry during the next sev?
weeks. Any sudden show of strength
in the market would he allowed by
such a rush of covering as to advanco
the price sharply.
Now is the time for all factors to
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koi logeuicr io save id irie touuii
farmers and the .-South the profit
which the speculator is seeking to
pocket, and to enable the grower to
hold his cotfon off the market.
The Interests of all southern business
men, bankers, mill men and
farmers are identical. All will benefit
by the increased profits that will
come to. the cotton farmer Southern
bankers will extend the aid of
their resource to save the farmer
from sacrificing his staple. Merchants
are urged to extend their
credit to bring about the same resu't.
The crop of South Carolina ginned
to October 18 Is much less than it
was at the same time last year. If
the total revenue Is to approximate!
that of last, year, it must bring a
great deal more than the prices now
offered. If the farmers are able to
bold their crop, a price of 14 or 15 I
cents can be forced front the speculators.
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CHARGE OF TRAIN WRECKING.
Man ami Roy In Jail?Engineer's
i
\\ Hlow miics nnuwicrn.
Chnrped with wrecking: Southern ;
Hallway PnpFcnpor Train No. 13 on
October 4, causing the death of En-|
pinoor Jacob Costner, Edward Hen-j
frco, aped 13, is in jail at Olnrksville,
("a., Monday. This is the second nrirst
for the crime. Tom Tnnkorrdoy,
said 'o he a country hoy, being nrKsted
several days ago. Tankers-Icy
is said to have made a partial confession,
declaring that, while drinking.
ho, with others, opened a switch,!
which caused the wreck. Honfroe!
drnics anv complicity in the affair.
Mrs. resteer, wife of the dead enirl-l
no< r, has filed suit for $f>rt,000 dam-J
agniimt the railroad.
du; rd Met Acoi <c<\ Minister.
.Trcse n, Hewitt, former Hsptiat
minister accused of ansa i It in g A'tna
lohnson at P? nr r\m, T x., w is met
by a henv guard in New Orleans,
u h eh seen una,tied h'm to Texas to
r.revmt his being ta! crt from the
tra'n and la'fre.ited hy tl.e girl's an rrr.y
fj*i sola. *
Der ocrats should he careful and
not pet the T?emocrn.tic and Pu'l
Mooro tickets mixed whoa tlicy go to
rote.
TURKEY ADMITS DEFEAT
REQUEST POWEKS TO ASSIST IN
ENDING THE WAR.
The Turkish Army is iu Full IU'treat
to Constantinople Artcr Doing Defeatcd
oil Thraccan Plains.
A cablegram from London eays
the Turkish army is in full retreat on
Constantinople and the Turkish Government
has asked the Powers to intervene
in the Turkish-Balkan war.
An ollicial bulletin was issued by the
Government at Constantinople Sunday
night admitting defeat at the
hands of the Bulgarians in the great
battle on tho Tliracean plains.
Application was made to the embassies
in Constantinople Sunday
night lor mediation by tho Powers to
end the hostilities and arrange a
peace agreement. This means the
end of the war, which commenced on
I October 8, less than one month ago.
Turkey was outgeneraled ut every
point.
Tho ambassadors had asked tho
porte to grant pern ission to each of
the great Powers to send one warship
through the Dardanelles, and this request
has been complied with. The
only guarantee of safety for tho native
Christians, and perhaps foreigners,
in Constantinople, is to be found
in the presence of the warships of the
great Powers in tho harbor of tho
Turkish Capital.
It is the general belief that Bulgaria,
chief of tho Balkan states, will
refuse to listen to anything in tho
way of intervention until the Bulgarian
army is at the gates of Constantinople,
and will Insist that Turkey
m ? l.? /\ ?i n n t\nn 1 rl I r* t h o o 1 1 ( oCI
ma r\i; an cii'j/u&ii an tvi i u mu aui^o
without interference from the Powers.
The Bulgarian army will not
agree to any other terms, it is believed.
There is Justice in the demand.
The Powers have not been able to
agree on the French premier's formula
of "territorial disinterestedness,"
which is not acceptable to either
Austria or Germany. They are
taking steps, however, for the protection
of Christians and their own
political interests in Turkey. One
warship, in addition to the vessels
already dispatched to the Turkish
ports, will be sent through the Dardanelles
by each of the Powers.
Beyond the statement that the
Turkish army Is retreating to the
last line of foritfications outside Constantinople,
there was little news received
from the seat of war Sunday
! night. Fighting was reported along
the line from Tchorlu to Serai, which
! was the outcome, doubtless, of tho
effort of the defeated Turks to retire
i within tho Tchalja lines, which tho
1 Bulgarians are doing their utmost to
prevent.
The beseiglng forces are tightening
their grip around Adrianople, and
i the bombardment is becoming more
j vigorous. In other directions the alj
lies are consolidating their occupation
of Turkish territory. The Creeks
have taken Nieopolis and Prevesa,
and have landed a division of men at
| Stavros, which is marching to attack
I Salonikl. An uncensored dispatch
j from the latter town intimates the
J likelihood of its surrender without
resistance.
Tl llKS MASSACKK C2KHKK8.
+
I Over One Hundred Were Massacred
by the Brutal Turks.
Accounts are published of a massacre
of Greeks by Turks in the town
o: Servia, just across the Creek frontier
in Turkey. The reports say tho
i Hoeing Turkish tiuops in passing
through tho village* of Metassa., ordered
the Greek inhabitants to follow
them on peril of being massacred
by Turkish cavalry.
On refusing fifty-two of the Greeksf
wore made prisoneis ami taken to
fcorvia and lodged in the .'ail in
which were seventy-throe others of
tl.tir compatriots. Later the govt
rnor of the prison told the Greeks
ihey were free and ordi-r-ul them to
h ave the building. On emerging the
[Greeks were surrounded by soldiers
[and an armed mob which began a
massacre. Onlv four of the Greeks
j escaped with their live/. When tho
I massacre was over a soldier cut off
the noses and hands of the dead men.
Dispatches from Arta say that
Turkish atrocities in Albania aro
| continuing and that tho inhabitants
I of Kpirua are fleeing ?o Arta aiu% the
mountains.
A PISTKKSSIXG ACCIDKNT.
A Little Kour-\'ear-01d Girl Killc<]
. in a r.iiniuv ty.
Tho Spartanburg Herald says
person wup killed and two seriously
injured near Nesbitt's bridge in Walnut
Grove township Thursday afternoon
about 4 o'clock, when a team
of mules driven by Frank Harrison,
i became frightenel and ran away,
kilting a four-year-old g'rl. tho
rtmirhtor of :i Mr l.rtwrnn nnd rot
iouslv injuring Mr. Lawson and Mr.
Harrison. Strange to tela to. a young
baby in Mrs. T.nwson'p arms was not
1 hurt. The accident was as unusual
as it was distressing, for that tho infant
child in its mother's arms cleaned
without ft scratch Is regarded as
| miraculous. The wagon was turned
i also eomnlotely, but tho babe escaped
unarmed. '
O
Tried to frank .Auto.
Mrs. tv T,. Alsip, wife of a well
known manufacturer. was instnutly
killed in front of her home rt WinuoI
cy, Men.. Sunday night while cvnH*
in r her automobile. While in front
, of 1 or machine, it. suddenly started
in, knocking her under tho wheels.*
Turks T/o.'t Several Guns,
The Servian? captured r>5 field
runs and fdv mountain runs when
they took the citv of Kumnnova from
the Turks. At Sienltaa th*v took 11
field guns and nine mortars. >#
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