Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Lu <0 THEM CUKMIUR\'I V 11 A > REMEMlii.iV \>l\\ ^ Ml lUNUK UNIL'M VETERAN 1? '.federate \ E'lnmis Present a Must ?>f Col. KiohnMl lh?le Onon, of the I'nion Army, Wlm < 'o:mr:in<le<] Camp Morton Where Con ft derate Prisoners Were Confined. For the first time the Sters and liars of the Southern Confederacy decorated the State cnpitol of Indiana Tuesday when a bronze bust of Col. Richard 1) lie Owen, com in mdant at Camp Morton, near Indianapolis, in 1862, given to the State by Confederate soldiers, who were Col. Owens' prisoners was unveiled. Though feelings of war days have mellowed with time, it is probably the first time that Confederate soldiers have so honored a Union soldier. Gen. Bennett B. Young, of Louisville, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, is to make the presentation speech, and VicePresident Thomas R. Marshall, former Governor of Indiana, will accept the bust for the Stato. William L. Bryan, president of Indiana University, of which Col. Owen was a faculty member after he had resigned from the army, also is on the program. Gov. Ralston presided. Many members of the G. A. R. have places near the speakers. The movement to present the bust to Indiana was started by S. A. Cunningham. of Nashville, publisher of the Confederate Veteran, the official paper of the Confederate organir.ations. Mr. Cunningham was a prisoner at Camp Morton. lie said Col. Owen's deeds of kindness and acts of courtesy, coupled with his efforts to alleviate the sufferings of the prisoners, won their esteem and affection. Shortlv after hoinsr nrderoil tn Miu front from Camp Morton, Col. Owen was captured at iMiunford, Ky., but was released by the Confederate commander, who said: "Col. Owen, in consideration of your kindness to our prisoners at Camp Morton, you are free to go at will." ( ? *? Will Test Webb Law. The action of the United States Express company and the Rock Island railway, in refusing to accept shipments of intoxicating liquors for deivery in towns in Iowa .notwithstanding the fact that the liquor had been paid for in advance and was intended for the personal use of the consignees, is to bring into the federal courts a suit that will test the constitutionality of the new Webb law, passed over the veto of President Taft at the last session o fcongress. Some of the preliminaries of the suit have been arranged in Washington during the past two weeks by attorneys representing the National Liquor dealers' association, and the action will bo filed before one of the federal courts o flowa a short time, and pushed up as rapidly as possible to the supreme court for final decision regardless of which sides wins in the lower courts. There has never been a decision on the question raised in Iowa, although several times the supreme court has rather squinted in the direction of a theory that would, if adopted by that body now, bold the Webb law to be unconstitutional. A square and flatfooted decision is what both sides want, anrl thft fnrtlipaniintr onU ?.-ni be planned with a view to having such a decision rendered. The Webb law provides that the machinery of the federal government is to be used for the enforcment of state prohibition laws, and its enactment had been earnestly demanded by, the temperance people of the coun* years prior to the favorable action of the last congress. At that time Senator Tillman introduced a bill similar to the Webb bill, but it was defeated. The suit will be prepared and brought under the direction of Lawrence Maxwell, of Cincinnatti, Ohio, one of the counsel for the National Liquor Dealers' Association, and an attorney of wide reputation. It was he who furnished the argument on which President Taft relied for his veto of the Webb bill. If the ease should be decided by the supreme court on its technical merits, it is believed by good lawyers In congress that the liquor dealers may win, but if as seems more likely, it is to be decided on other and broader grounds, it is believed that the temperance people will win. Incidentally it may be said that the men rcurf'spn 11 ti f ihn Hmior intfirnato !/-. not seem to be particularly hopeful of the ultimate outcome. I ? i Hounding l"p the L/obby. A Washington dispatch says the lobby hunt assumed a new and sensational turn when the Senate begar issuing subpoenas for nearly sixt> men, all of whom are said to be iden tilled with the sugar interests. A flock of sergeants-at-arms startec out Wednesday to summon the wit neeeea for next week. <;o.\ZALUS APPOINTED TO CP HA South Carolina Kditor Named 1 or Post at Havana. I Capt. William E. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State, was Friday nominated by President Wilson as nlnister from the United States to he Republic of Cuba. This action 1 by the President had been expected for several days, and will be gratifying news to the friends of Capt. Gonzales in South Carolina and elsewherp The appointment of Capt. Gonzales I o the post at Havana is peculiarly i appropriate. His father, the late ( \nibrose Jose Gonzales, was a distin- i ruished Cuban patriot; his brother, < be late N. G. Gonzales, saw service : vith Gen. Gomez's army during the I var with - a .. ( imsolf comman 'ed n company In n 1 i bl South Carolina regiment, which vent to Cuba as part of the army of < pacification. Capt Gonzales has ben identified 1 with the press of South Carolina for many years. His first newspaper i work was done as a member of The i News and Courier's Columbia bureau staff. He has been with the Colutnhi i >tate since the founding of that publication. becoming its editor-ln-chiet i upon the death of his brother som; j years ago. He has been a consistent supporter , of President Wilson ever since the batter's name was mentioned in connection with the Chief Magistracy, and is considered one of the Presi- | dent's warm personal friends. It is not expected that the confirmation of Capt. Gonzales's nomination will meet with any opposition, i and he will, no doubt, he ready in a short while to assume his diplomatic duties. TO PIjY ON T1IK KDISTO. \V. \\ Trumbly to Run Hoat Retwoon Hranchvillo aiul Charleston. Rranch ville, June 11.?Although tho United States government has turned down the proposition in reference to making the Kdisto River navagahle, there is a hoat being built in Hranchvillo, for the purpose of plying the river between Hranchvillo, S. C. and Charleston, S. C. This boat is being built by one of our enterprising citizens, Mr. \V. P. Trumbly, who has for some time anticipated running a boat on the Kdisto Itiver. Some time ago tho Kdisto River I,umber Company purchased a small gasoline boat, and secured Mr. Trumbly to run it from Charleston, to Kdisto station on the Southern railroad. This little boat, like nearly all gasoline boats was built with a round bottom, and drew three feet of water, and on the trip from Charleston to i Kdisto gave Mr. Trumbly a good opportunity to make a general inspection of the river. After being so favorably impressed with the conditions as well as the width and depth of the river, Mr. Trumbly at once decided to build a boat and put on the river for tho purpose of hauling freight between Hranchvillo and Charleston. S. C. This is of great Interest to the town of Hranchvllle, and points between hero and Charleston. The writer is well acquainted with the river, and is certain that this boat can bo operated easily between tho above mentioned points, and will pay tho owner well; besides will give Hranchvillo a competitive freight rate which has not been before enjoyed, which means a great deal to us, of which most of our business men have sea reel v irtven ? fhr>uorii? Following is the size and description of the boat: Sixty-four foot and eleven inch#* from stern to how, thirteen feet ant. six inches wide, and will draw from eighteen inches to two feet of water loaded up to sixty-five tons, but of course would carry more in deeper water. It is built flat on the bottom with a reasonable flare on the side, turned up slightly and sharp in the front and square in the rear or stern and will have a six and one-half by eight feet propellor or water wheel which will be at the stern and will revolve with not more than twelve inches of the wheel paddles in the water driven by an eighteen horse power engine and boiler, the latter having already been placed in the boat. This l>oat can be seen back of the "Myers building. It seems that its construction was not known by any except a very few. It is nearly completed and to-day is the first time that the writer heard of it and immediately went down to see and inspect the l>oat. This is about the size boat that the government engineers figured would run to Orangeburg, if the river and made navagable. We wish Mr. Trumbly great success in his new enterprise. This boat is built as largo as is allowed to come within class No. 3 and will have a crew of three men. liOst Their Lives in Mill A special from South Pitsbnrg, , Tonn., says that Dave Oibson, of that place, and Art Mlckam, of BridtroDort. Ala., lost thoir livoa nt tho plant of the Dixie Portland Cement Co. at Richard City, Tenn., i Thursday afternoon, being caught in the belting of the machinery depart[ ment. r ? ? * Are you an Orangeburgan? Have i you an interest in the community in 1 complain that their regular voting - precinct is left out of the territory of of the proposed county while their TAKE A BIG HAND IOMK PKOPLE AT WOODMEN OF THK WOKIjI) MKKT * riiOHC Who Are Tukiiig Part in the Deliberations From this State and Section. Jacksonville, Fla., June 10?Specal: Sovereign Head Camp, W. O. W. composing all of the United States ex .c-iiL Liit; i iu uic niasi, met ill JacK;onvtllo, Kla., this morning and will continue from day to day until June 12. The convention assembled In the Hoard of Trade Building at 10 Vclock and was opened with prayer by Rev. G. T. Boone, pastor of the First Christian church, of Jacksonville. The largo hall was entirely filled with Woodmen, and Ladies of the Woodman Circle. The address of Gen. Boot, the founder of the order, now having more than fl&0,000 members was listened to with profound respect. All of Jacksonville have combined to make this a successful convention, and to entertain the visitors. There are ample accomodations, and the charges are reasonable. The more than thirty thousand Woodmen of South Carolina are represented by Tom C. Hamer, of liennettsville; Robert Lido of Orangeburg; W. Hampton Cobb, of Columbia; M. W. Power, of Laurens; E. Inman, of Greenville; L. I. Parrott, of Sumter; J. J. Hope, of Rock Hill; and Jan. H. Fanning, of Springfield. Robert Lido is a member of the Law Committee, and L. I. Parrott is a member of the Credentials Committee. Tom C. Hamer is Senior Head Consul Commander. W. M. Power is Junior Head Consul Commander. From the potato fields of Maine to the Rio Grande and from the Great Lakes to New Mexico there are reprc- | seniauves to tins body. Mrs. Robert Lido. Mrs. T. C. Humor anl Mrs. Jas. II. Fanning nre with (heir husbands. Tomorrow the convention goes to 3t. Augustine as the guests of the local Woodmen of Jacksonville. A very attractive program has been arranged for each day, and it goes without | a doubt that this is going to bo a great convention. Popular With the People. The Boston Transcrip, a staunch supporter of the interests and scoffer at the alleged insidious lobby, admits that President Wilson's hunt for the lobby pleases the people and is a popular card. The Transcrip says that Ihe president is generally supposed by the people to represent them while the senate is regarded as representing the interests. It is not a popular card for Wilson in Washington, however. Washington and the country see things differently. Washington is accustomed to the lobbyist and doubtless regards him its one of the legitimate industries. "it is often said that Washington is the poorest place in the country in which to guage public opinion," says the Transcript's Washington correspondent. "The fact has uot been more strikingly illustrated than in the comment of many of the Western and Southern newspapers upon the 'lobby' investigation now being conducted at the eapitol at the instigation of President Wilson Washington, which is so familiar with 'lobbyists' that no one in congress or out of it takes much or any notice of them, believes this investigation to he a farce. Washington's reason for so believing is that tho investigation has uncovered only what members of congress and newspaper writers knew before. Massachusetts has an organized and legalized, and Washington an unorganized, lobby, yet 110 scandal has attached to lobby conditions in either caoitol for n irroa* ir?or?*? years." Continuing, the correspondent says: "Yet, because Washington usually looks at things one way and the country another, the president's investigation will help rather than hurt him with the country. He will land on his feet however it turns out. If a real lobby is discovered, the country will say: 'Bully for the president! We always thought so,' and if nothing sensational is disclosed the president will have given a clean certificate of health to his own tariff bill. While the president went at the lobby matter rather impulsively and perhaps would not have done so had he been more familiar with the way things are done in Washington, the country is applauding him for 'going after them.' It may make no difference whether the game is a rabbit or an elephant, the country, judging by newspaper comment and the hundreds of letters received at the White House, evidently is disposed to write President Wilson down as a big game hunter." In commenting on the above the In commenting on the above the of the president as being ignorant of the ways of Washington and the suggestion that he might not liavo been so "impulsive" if ho had been more sophisticated is quite naive, but the people will think none the less of the president for his violation of the accepted canons of Washington. Col. Tom 13. Felder is still on deck and the people of Atlanta are still holding their noses. CONVICT IS A FIEND NEGRO WHO ATTACKED A LADY SENT TO CHAIR HE PAYS PENALTY SOON Attacked a Lady at Her Homo One Evening in Florence, Where lie ILid (>oiii* to (ict Milk for tlw> Iv'i".. tauiant at Which He Worked as a Waiter. The verdict of the jury that sat on the case of the State vs. Herman Kelly, the negro charged with an attempted criminal assault on a lady in Florence, on April 19 .proximo, returned a verdict of guilty Thursday, and Kelly was sentenced to death in the electric chair by Judge Wilson. His execution to be not more than twenty days nor less than two days prior to August 8, 1913 between the gust 8, 1913, between the hours of hours of G a. m. and G p. in. The case against Kelly was called Thursday morning and at the request of the prosecution the Court room was cleared, except for the Court officials, witnesses and attorneys. The jury were out only a few minutes. There were no new points brought by the State, other than what has been published in these news columns at the timo of the attempted assault. The lady assaulted, I)r. L. Y. King, Dr. 1). 11. Smith and Chief of Police Harold M. Ltrunson, and Dr. Fit'/, man rice, as an expert, were placed on the stand for the State. The lady testitled as to the negro having come to her door to purchase milk; that she loaned hiui a pitcher to carry the milk, and that when he returned to bring the pitcher back she opened the door and the negro -oi'K iioi'i o.i nor ov t no arm ar.d foreed hot*. She told of the blows from the head and face, and of the child awakening while sue was screaming and the negro turning to attack the child. She said she recognized him when he first came for the milk and when he brought the pitcher hack and having identified him when the chief of police brought him to her room later to see if she recognized him. The physicians testified as to the wounds and the condition they found the lady. Dr. Smith said that the consciousness of the patient under such blows would depend on the power of resistance, and that the lady had shown great power of resistance and that her mind was usually clear. The chief of police testified as to I having examined the premises, the back fence over which the negro had tried to climb and his having torn his arms and hands in attempting to climb over tlie boards He told of having arrested the negro at the house of Black and to having the spots on the hat and shirt microscopically examined for evidenco of human blood. Identified the wrench, with which the blows were struck, and the clothes of the negro, which were in evidence. Dr. Fitzmaurice testified as to the examination made by him of the spots which he pronounced to he that of human blood. The defence was represented by Messrs. Charles W. Muldrow, J. Wilbur Hicks and Mr. Page, of the firm of Casque & Page, they having been appointed by the Court to defend tlie negro, he having no attorney. Solciitor Singleton was assisted by Mr. D. Cordon Baker. Fieiul Attacks Young Bride. At Williamson, W. Va., Mrs. Lloyd I Alley, a recent bride, was assaulted and loft unconscious by a negro who broke into the Alley home at one o'clock Monday morning while the woman's husband was absent. Mrs. Alley was choked by her assailant until she bled at the mouth. Hurled l*p to His Neck. Falling 000 feet from an aeroplane, Arthur Lampham, a youthful parachute jumper, landed feet first in a Staten Island marsh and was buried to his neck in the mud. With ropes and boards he was extricated. He suffered only from shock. His parachute failed to work. Explosion in Submarine. A dispatch from Milford Haven, Wales says an explosion occurred Sunday in the engine room of the submarine E-5. One man was mortally injured and ten others severely burned. Among the injured are Commander W. L. Moore and the engineer. Killed in Auto Accident, Mr. Harris H. D'Antignac is dead and four companions who were with him in an automobile, are more or less seriously injured as the result of an accident at a point about a mile beyond the Dan Howies place, near Augusta, Ga. Week of Heavy Kain. Roswell, N. M., is menaced by a huge volume of water pouring down the Rio Hondo river from the White Mountains. Cloudbursts after a week of continuous rain caused the flood. / "THE lH'TCll PKOPHKT." I ^ Amateur Forecaster Talks of Weather <'omlitioiis and Prospects. W. P. Houseal, of Columbia, who is known everywhere in South Carolina as the "Dutch weather prophet," has not retired from tho special series of forecasts of temperature and precipitation in which he lias achieved a State-wide notoriety, but it is well known in the city that some of> his recent predictions have been fulfilled to tho letter. Early in the year his prediction was that the absence of rain in May would amount to a drought, and he set May 21 as the day when the drought would be broken. Tho "Dutch weather prophet" was obdurate. He would not change the forecast. The rain came as predicted, in sufficient in quantity in many sections, but abundant in others. It was a starter, and. as the Dutch weather prophet again assured all inquirers, before a change came for a long period of sunshine the showers would cover the whole country, adhering to the fortnightly periods which rule until the summer solstice, which occurs June 20. The next general disturbance will centre around June 10, owing to a major planetary movement on that date. Cool nights are to prevail during the greater period of the summer, which Mr. Ilouseal savs are the result of the four-year period that occurred this year on March 2 2 and caused the Omaha cyclone and the Ohio flood, having been shifted from March 1 to the above date by the magnetic influence of the sun in connection with the position which the planet Juniter assumed on that time. The assurance is also given by the long distance forecast of the Dutch weather prophet that the South Atlantic coast will not be visited this year by a West Indian storm. The four-year period likewise has a controlling influence that it nullifies at Dm equinoxlnl date tho atmosphere movements which around the vernal equinox produces Inland disturbances similar to the Omaha tornado of Easier Sunday. The Many and the Few. Speaking of the development of protection sentiment in the very heart Louisiana holding out for special privilege, because of her sugar bounties?The Saturday Evening Post saeely remarks that "any system which tends nowerfullv to cnnwn. trate wealth In relatively few hands j will naturally cause the fortunate few who possess the wealth to become loading citizens of the community. Ry simple force of gravation social power will flow to them. To a considerable extent position and preferment will depend upon them. Presently they will not mistake themselves for the whole community, but persons professionally engaged in speaking for the community will heartily echo the mistake." The Athens Herald says there is piercing truth and understanding of human nature in these simple words. Nor does it require a governmental system of special privilege to bring this weakness in human nature out in glaring relief. The greatest stumbling block in the way of Democratic progress is in this inate tradyism, which is found in abundance, wherever two or three well-to-do and prosperous citizens agreo among themselves that they are the community. The first symptom that a community is being badly strangled by ring rule is the fear and abhorrence of the things which the people might do, were they intrusted with responsibility of looking after their own business. As the idea of Democracy grows, as civilization develops, with the increase of intelligence and independence this domination of the many by the few grows more and more hazardous. The outer wall of mental and moral inamlnates gives way and government by the people and for the nonnlf> InonUnKl.. ~ ? ? *- '' ' mtt Iiaillj ttSBtil'lS HSGII. It doesn't pay, therefore, to keep up | the arrogant assumption that wisdom and discretion are the monopoly of a small clique, when the people begin to give sure indications of their dissatisfaction. There is hut one end to the struggle between the many and the fewer; the sooner the victory comes the less disastrous the consequences?to the few. Old newspapers for sale at this office. bankoi Coriwa HAS LARGEST CAPITAL AND SUT COUNTY. MORE THAN THE COMI ALL OTHER BANKS IN THE COL CAPITAL STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STO< SECURITY O P DEPOS DIRHl RORERT R. SCARBOROUGH. M\. L. ZUCK, GEORGE J. HOLIDAY. WE OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS AOC 1 COUNTS WILL JUSTIFY, AND WE t Robert B. Scarboroogh, D. Prwrtdeat. ~ THE HOKRY HLRALD CONWAY, S. C. I TllllISDW, JUNK 10,11>l;{. PHOKKBBIONAL OAHl?h H. B. WOODWARD ( ? .a a a a v tuorocy >uu ? t^mw OONWlf, 8. O. fc, B. ttC'AKJLUtOt&JM (JOHWA*, ?. C Attorney at Lm. M. M. BLRROlXiHa fhyaloiau and bu>g?Kvi? OONWA*, 8. V. W. E. McCORD, Dental Surgeon CON IVA V, S. C. ? RENE RAVENKL I>nnd Surveying and Drainage Spivey Huilding CYnnvay, 8. 0. NtWOHLDS GRtiATEST SEWING MACHIKfe l^L^HT RUNNIMS inpoa w*ni elthera Vibrating Shuttle. TlotacQ? buttle or a Single Thread [C7u*fn?fti*cAj f Sewing Machine wrlle to M KV HOME SEWINB MACHINE COMMUM Orange* Mass* Mnr*ewtoc machine* are made to sell inwdlniil' %?but tke Kcw Home is made to wo?. ? Our guaranty nerer rtaaa out. MMM Cm Qikarlsed desiaaa aa|^r 9uu ?aiji am ItETIllKl) TO Til Kilt KOO.M. Turned on the Ous and IxTt Ten Million Dollars. At Zurich, Switzerland, Eugene. Maggi and his wife, believed to ho the wealthiest persons in Switzerland committed suicide Thursday, their act being accentuated by sheer lack, of interest in life. Eugene Maggi was only 41 years old and his wife 3 5. The joint estates of the man and his wife were estimated by some at $10,00,000,. and quite recently Maggi inherited i the income from a number of exten| Hive factories. | The couple had been married for a | number of years, but a childless un I ivju uiuufcui disappointment to both. Thursday night they retired to their bedroom in their villa, turned on the gas and were found dead Friday morning. Most Too Long a Wait. A Columbia, Tenn., special says that L. T. Pipkin, of Stegler, Wkla.? after an absence of 1G years, returned to his old home after the Chattanooga reunion, and finding his boyhood sweetheart, Miss Ella Hughes, still single, resumed his courtship. They were married Thursday. ? ? ?? Operation Kills Surgeon . Following an operation for appendicitis on Monday, Dr F. T. Meriwether, noted abdominal surgeon, who had performed like operations on hundreds of others died Thursday morning at 7:20 at his hospital in Ashevllle, N Ci HORRY, y. S, C. t PLUS OF ANY RANK IN HOHHY \ INE.D CAPITAL AND SUHPLUS OF I NTY. $50,000 12,500 7KHOLDERS. . .. 50,000 ITORS 112,500 ninno ulUKO W. A. JOHNSON, WILL A. FUE1MAN, D. V. RICHARDSON. 20MMODATION "WHICH THB1R AC3 SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. , V. Richardson, Will A. Fi rinf, Vice-PrMid?At Oaahior.