Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I<Y* PANIC I'KtVtMtD M'ADitU DMrLlS FtARS HVtR FAILUKF (IF BANK tUNDiriUNS AKb NUKMAL Practically No Excitement Following Sensational Failure of Kuhit (iroup of Institutions Whoso Fosses May Keach Total of $5,."0<>,00(>?Imim1 Investigation to Follow. To tllO doclsivn Bfntomnn) r\f tary McAdoo of the treasury department, issued Tuesday night, is attributed the restoration of almost normal conditions in financial Pittsburgh despite the closing Monday of the doors of the First-Second National bank, an institution which had been accredited one of the strongest in tho country. While the situation was tense in the financial world and little Information as to possible developments was obtainable, tho flat statement of facts of tho secretary seemed to develop an overnight optimism that grew as tho day advanced. The closing of the First-Second was naturally followed by suspension of its affiliated bank, the First National of McKeesport, and the appointmen of receivers for the hanking house of .1. S. & W. S. Kuhn, inc., whose principals were the majority stockholders of both institutions and a like action with the American Waterwork and (luarantee company, an enterprise lathered by the Kuhn interests. Another Kuhn interest which was affected, the Pittsburgh Hank for Savings, suffered somewhat from the complication, a run being started on it Monday, chiefly by small depositors. This continued somewhat increased early Tuesday, hut it appeared to abate as the day wore on. Crowds assembled near the banV ouildlng and the sidewalk about tin building were roped off with mounter police prancing their horses withii the lines on the sidewalk. The p?ko pie were forced outside the ropes in to the middle of the street. Tin crowds were made up mostly of cu rious spectators. The small groups of depositors that entered the ban! were promptly paid $!>00 on demand and required to give the legal notic< of 30, GO or 90 days to withdraw oth er amounts above stated figures Fifty-seven thousand dollars was withdrawn from the bank while tin deposits were $2 7,00 0. Chief interest now centres in th< steps that may he taken by the gov ernment in an investigation int< criminal liability in connection witl the bank failure. United States Dis trict Attorney John II. Jordan through whom the first steps in this direction would be taken, said he liac received no notice from Wasliingtoi along this line but that it was pos eibly a little early for the officials t( have had opportunity to decide upoi any course of action. According to a dispatch fron Washington Secretary McAdoo wll ask Attorney General McReynold within a few days to investigate alleg ed irregularities in the conduct o the First-Second National Rank o Pittsburgh, which closed its door Monday. The secretary definitely de cided to refer the situation to the de partment of justice and is now engag ed in the collection of all the fact connected with the management o the big bank to prepare the attorne general for an inquiry designed t develop whether there was any vie lation of law in connection with th failure. John Skelton Williams, asslstan secretary of the treasury, returne from Pittsburgh, where he sunerii tended the closing of the bank, an reported that the Institution had bee "freely mismanaged", necessitating reference of the conditions to the d( partment of justice. The latest reports to the treasur department indicate that the lossr of the First-Second may reach $r> 500,000 because the entire capiti and surplus of the bank now seem t have been wiped out. These advic< were accompanied by assurance from officers of the bank that the d< positors, whose claims total aboi $3 8,000,000, probably would be pal in full or nearly in full through rea ization of the bank's assets. / Dies From lilood Poison. Mr. T. C. Sutton, a prominent cit zen from the eastern part of Cla county, Georgia, died Monday afte noon after an illness of two days wit blood poison. A little boil appearr on his nose a few days ago, and 1 asked one of his grandchildren 1 open it with a pocket knife Saturda The knife had been used to cut tl hoof of a horse and Rave him bloc poison in less than an hour. ? Hurt by Three-Foot Fall. Hodman Law, who has been sin out of a cannon, dropped from ba loons and airships, dumped into tl ocean on a speeding motorcycle ar escaping unharmed from a score < other dangerous feats, fell three fe Monday afternoon and sprained h shoulders badly and a finger so la orated that he will have to have amputated. BOY KILLS HIS FATHER PICK E X S COINTY FA KM EH KILLED IX FAMILY HOW * Hrotlior of Slayer Perhaps Fatally Injured !>y Ihillet From Victim's Pistol?Hoy lias Surrendered. John Dobson, a white farmer living on the Pelzer plantation, near Pendleton in Pickens county, was shot and killed late Monday night by his 16-year-old son, Will Dobson. A younger son was desperately wonded i by a bullet from the pistol of the eld or Dobson, who returned the lire of Will Dobson. The younger Dobson is in the hospital and is in a critical condition following an operation. Will Dobson has been lodged in jail at Pickens. The tragedy occurred at the homo of John Dobson. He had been overbearing in his manner toward his wife and there had been a family quarrf 1 Sunday. Dobson went to I Pendleton Monday and on bis return I resumed quarreling with his wife, ohe sent to the Held for her elder son, and when he came to the house the attitude of the father and son became belligerent. Some say that the first shot was fired by John Dobson, who was in the yard at the time. There was an exchange of shots, each of the principals being armed with a .118 calibre pistol, and John Dobson was struck by four of the five shots fired by the son. The younger son, Hoy Harton Dobson, aged Hi years, was in the house with his mother when he was wounded by a shot from his father's pistol. The father fell desperately wounded and several physicians who were quickly summoned saw that there was no chance to save his life. lie died af 2 o'clock Tuesday morning, j There was some chance for the . boy's life and he was hurried t* the Anderson hospital. The operation developed that the ball had broken a rib on tbe left side and bad nlnwAd its way through the child's body, j puncturing the colon in three places and otherwise causing a dangerous wound before leaving the body. The little fellow was cut almost in two in the efforts of the surgeon to perform an operation that would save his life. The perforation of the intestines would cause death in an older and v less healthy person, but there is said ^ to he a flghing chance for recovery as lie is in fine health. MISSIONARY CONFEKEXCE. 9 3 Interesting Communication About General Meeting. ^ The general missionary meeting at 1 the Southern Assembly grounds near - Waynesville, Ga., was a memorable . occasion. Several articles in t lie 3 Southern Christian Advocate of this 1 week tell of the speakers, the speech1 es and the notable things done at this - meeting. About thirty-five South 5 Carolina preachers, and a number of 1 laymen were in attendance, and Rev. J. K. Holman, of Rowesville writes l that it was the greatest meeting he 1 ever attended. b All sides of both Home and For eign Missions were considered, and f inspiring speeches were made by f preachers, laymen and women. Dr. s E. O. Watson, who is at the head of - the Industrial School, to lie opened i- in Horry in the fall, spoke on the needs of the Southern Dowlanders. s An offering was made for missions f amount to $1 51,000. y , ? ACAISICR K1I.I..S MANV. >e * Shin Forceil bv Owners to if nr. bor in Dangerous Condition. (1 Foreknowledge of the fate of his <1 ship, the Mount Oswald, which witl ? her crew of twenty-four men, was a never heard of after her departure 2- from Baltiomre for Hamburg on Feb ruary 17, 1912, was shown in a lettei y from Captain Stannard to his wife ;s read at Newcastle, Eng., during the hoard of trade inquiry into the loss *1 of the vessel. In this letter, sen ,o ashore at Baltimore by the pilot, Cap is tain Stannard said: is "We have twelve feet of water ii e- the fore peak and are not yet out o it harbor. Cod knows whether wo shal Id ever reach home. The sailors art 1- now working at the pumps. I want ed the ship to he drydocked at Nev York, but the owners would not al low it." Senator Smith has introduced i Ly bill in the Senate to establish a fift; r" mile wide zone across the State o 11 Alabama in which no cotton would b planted to prevent the boll weevl 10 from coming further east. The plai 1(1 is entirely feasible. The only matte y" to he considered in connection wit! ie it is would it pay? >d f ? 4 Foul T'p Kills liaselutll Scorer. A foul tip from the bat of a playe in a game between fraternal orde ot baseball teams at Jersey City, N. J tl- struck the scorer, Harry C. Harved ie on the head, causing his death, id of Meningitis in Lexington. et A new case of spiro-meningitis i is reported near Lexington. The vlctir c- is the little daughter of Mr. and Mn it James Lindley, about four miles froc Lexington. , ? TURNS MANY LOOSE GOVERNOR BLEASE SET ELEVEN NEGROES FREE PARDONS AND PAROLES Iii Twenty-Four Hours the Governor l*aroles and Pardons eighteen I Prisoners, Nearly Two-Thirds of Whom Are Negroes and (he Kest of Them Are White. During Monday and Tuesday Governor Hleaso pardoned and paroled eighteen prisoners, eleven of whom aro negroes and seven are white. The following are the names of those turned loose by the Governor: W. K. Goldsmith, colored, convicted at the January, 1911, term of Court for Greenville County, of forgery, and sentenced to three years on the public works and to pay a line of $1. Sam Matthews, colored, convicted at the July, 1907, term of Court for Colleton County, of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary or upon the public works. Hen Norman, white, convicted at tho November, 1912, term of Court for Newberry County, of riot and assault and battery with intent to kill. Manor Morris, white, convicted at the November, 19 12 term of Court for Hamburg County, of manslaughter, and sentenced to five years imprisonment upon the public works. Sim Mobley, colored, convicted at the July, 1909 term of Court for Saluda county of manslaughter and sentenced to five years' imprisonment upon the public works. Henry Allen, colored, convicted at tho March, 1913, term of court for Harnwell County of assault and battery with intent to kill, and sentenced ki tjnw .years imprisonment upon t In* public works or pay a fine of $150. Sentence commuted to a fine of fifty dollars or imprisonment upon the public works for six months at hard labor. Benjamin Wylie, white, convicted at the April, 19 13, term of Court for York county of assault and battery with intent to kill, and sentenced to five months upon the public works or pay a fine of $75. Sentence commuted to fine of $ 10 or imprisonment for five months upon public works. Herman E. King, white, convicted at the April, 1900, term of Court for Greenwood County of murder, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. Paroled by Governor Ansel and now pardoned to restore citizenship. S. E. Smith, white, convicted at the February, 1900, term of Court for Williamsburg County of bigamy, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Sentence served. Hoard of pardons recommended pardon for the purpose of restoring citizenship. Pardon granted for this purpose. Sam Spates, colored, convicted at the February, 1912, term of Court for Williamsburg County of grand larceny, and sentenced to seven years upon the public works. 'Board of pardons recommended parole during good behavior. Luther Johnson, colored, convicted it the February, 1911, term of Court for Williamsburg County of assault and .battery, and sentenced to eighteen months upon the public worKS. Hoard or pardons recommended parole during good behavior. Henry Green, colored, convicted at , the March, 1000, term of Court for Oconee County, of burglary and larcency (two cases and), and sentenced to thirteen months and five years, re1 spectively, upon the public works. 1 Hoard of pardons recommended parole during good behavior. Joe Jackson, alias Joe Thomas, colored, convicted at the Octo/.er, 1899, term of Court for Berkeley County of ' murder, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life impris3 onment in the State Penitentiary. ' Board of pardons recommended parole during good behavior. Tom Perry, colored, convicted at 1 the. March, 1912, term of Court fori f Bamberg County, of housebreaking and larceny, and sentenced to two years and six months on the public works. Hoard of pardons recomv mended parole during good behavior. Late Monday Governor Blease paT'nlrwl flnrinf crnrwl linli'.ivlni' A lavon v. V - ? ovvrt* UVIIU I IUI , 41IVAUI1dor Patton, colored, who was cona victcd of arson in York County and ^ sentenced to serve ten years' imprisonment. The negro lias served eight f> years and nearly three months of his sentence. The sentence of Radical Rood win, r white, of Lexington County, convict1 ed of violating the dispensary law and sentenced to pay a fine of $90 or serve thirty days on the chain gang, was commuted to a fine of $25 or r thirty days on the chain gang. r Governor Rlease late Tuesday is ? sued one parole and one pardon. He '? pardoned Alex Ferguson, colored, of Richland County, sentenced to thirty days' imprisonment for failure to pay commutation road tax. s Ernest Brewington, white, convictn ed in Richland County of non-support ?. of wife and sentenced to one year's n imprisonment, was pardoned on con. dition that he support his child. AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL ? SFNATOR SMITH IIAS PLAN TO HLOCK THE PKSTS. Will Ask Federal (?overiiineiit to Fstaldish Dead Line for Protection of Atlantic Coast States. Senator Smith's plan is for tlie Federal government, with State co-operation, to prohibit the growing of cotton in a belt which would senurato the Atlantic Coast States from the Southwestern States. As the boll weevil of the Southwestern States invading the Atlantic coast States are being drafted by Senator E. L). Smith, of South Carolina. Secretary Houston, of the department of agriculture, is said to have given the proposition his tentative approval. Plans for the Federal government to raise a barrier against the boll weevil migrates only from cotton held to cotton field, the Senator believes this belt would save the States to the east of it from the pest which has cost cotton raisers to the southwest millions of dollars annually. According to investigation already made .the narrowest belt where si barrier might be raised would be in Alabama, between the mountains near the Tennessee line and the CJulf. This would be si distance of about 150 miles. The boll weevil already has swept over Texas, Oklahoma, Ixntisiana and Arkansas and is said to lie travelling oastwsird into Alabama. Senator Smith is preparing to urge upon the Senate that this narrow belt will he a practical barrier if immedisite action is tsiken to establish it. If effective, it would protect most if Alabama and all of Ceorgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina from the weevil. The barrier to be effective must ho fifty miles wide, it is believed. The growing of cotton in thsit zone would be prohibited, but the farmers could raise any other crops. Senator Smith's plan is to have the Federal Government compensate the farmers in this zone for not planting cotton. He is investigating the action of the Federal Government in stamping out yellow fever in Louisiana and in establishing forest reserves for the conservation of resources in order to have precedents for his plan. Senator Smith Tuesday consulted Senator Kern, of Indiana, the Democratic leader, and won his approval to a feasible plan to accomplish the desired object. HUNG G1KL UP BY CHAIN. Then Georgia Father Heat Her With Butt Knd of a Whip. Charges that he fastened a chain around the neck of his fifteen-yearold daughter, suspended her from a meat hook in his butcher shop and then beat her with the butt end of a whip until the blood flowed from her wounds, were made against J. J. Johnson in Court at Augusta, Ga. Policeman R. M. Moore, who arrested Johnson, said that when he reached the Johnson meat market he found the daughter, Nellie, hanging from a meat hook, suspended by a chain which had been wrapped twice around her neck and locked. Moore said that the girl's arms and neck showed evidences of severe beating. She was exhausted when released. Johnson said he had to beat the girl to control her. Tx'ver Praises Clean Press. Breathing a spirit of loyalty to Newberry college and pleading for an organization that will render altruistic service for the common good, the speech of Asbury P. Lover, congressman from the Seventh South Carolina Congressional district, before the Columbia club of Newberry college recently at the Jefferson Hotel was signiflcent in its utterances, "The greatest struggle in public life since the establishment of American independence is now going on," he said, "Secret forces are arraying themselves in such a manner that the greatest battle that has been fought for more than a century is now being waged. When the press of the country boldly prints names of men high in public life men who are accused of political corruption, it is a sign that we are reaching a crisis," "All honor," he continued, "to the press of the country that exposes corruption in high places and at the same time treats men fairly. The public conscience is undergoing a bath, and it is for you who have had some little opportunity to do the rubbing. Not only the nation, but the Stato needs the service from you Group ability, team work, is what is needed. "The secret forces are at work at all times but we are sure to win under the leadership of men like Wood row Wilson, who does not go aboul his business with rubber boots on but takes the people Into his confidence. Our appeal here to-night if that you support the men battling foi integrity in public life. Stand behind us, and we will make this a government by the people and for the people in nmae and in fact also." Six Soldiers Killed. Six U. S. Soldiers were killed ir Manilla Thursday when a flat car or which they were riding turned over DEMOCRAT S UNHID SENATORS HOLD PAKIY LAlidlS AND PLEDGE SOPPllhl ? TO TARIFF ULFUKM Rill The Two Senators From Lou; dan.? ltefusc to I'leilge T!?eir Support Idealise of Free Su^ar l'rovision, IJu?. Fnou<;h Are Left to Insure the i'?> sage of the Measure. Forty-seven Democratic senators stood up in the party caucus one by one 1 at<5 Monday and declared their intention to vote for the UnderwoodSimmons tariff revision bill as finally approved by the caucus a few minutes previously. Two senators R;hisdell and Thornton of Louisiana stated that they would not make such promises because of the proposal to place sugar on the free list in 1010. Senators Hitchcock of Nebraska and Culberson of Texas were absent, hut both are known to be in favor of the bill. This gives the Democrats fortynine votes for the hill, or a slender majority of one, with tlie vote of the vice-president to fall hack on in an emergency. An absolute binding resolution was not adopted, the poll hv individuals being substituted, and that poll was put only on the ground of personal promise and was not made binding. A resolution was adopted, however, declaring the Underwood-Simmons hill a party measure and urging its undivided support without amendment unless such should he submitted by the committee. Senator Newlands of Nevada cast the only vote against this resolution hut Senators Shafroth of Colorado, Ransdell and Thornton did not vote. The resolution was as follows: "Resolved, That the tariff bill agreed to by this conference, in its amended form is dorlnrori n party measure and we urge its undivided support as a duty by Democratic senators without amendment. Provided, however, that the conference or the finance committee may, after reference or otherwise, propose amendments to the Tdll." Senator Kern, chairman of the caucus, Chairman Simmons, of the finance committee, who have fought hard for the measure, and other administration leaders, expressed entire satisfaction over the outcome and declared their confidence that enough votes were personally pledged to assure the passage of the measure, with free wool and free sugar included. It became at once apparent when the caucus convened, that a resolution which would bind members absolutely to the bill without amendment was distasteful to many senators. The resolution, therefore, was modified and presented in the form of a party declaration. Tlefore this was put to a vote, the motion was made that senators be asked flatly as to their intention regarding the measure and this was agreed to. The roll was then called and the Louisiana senators stated that it was not their intention to support the bill without amendment. Senator Newlands said that he had not definitely made up his mind as to certain amendments be might urge, i; U I III tlic cuu it >V ao II 1? I ULttUUUIi lO stand by the party measure. Senator Shafroth explained that he did not want to he hound to support the hill hut that it was his present intention to vote for it. All the others present?forty-five?voted "ayes" on the roll call. These senators Hitchcock and Culberson absent hut accounted for. constitute the Democratic membership of the senate, fiftyone. Aeronauts Have Close Call. Flying at the rate of fifty miles an hour near Chicago on Monday, Glenn Martin's hvdro-aeroplane dipped too close to Lake Michigan and was overturned. Martin and his assistant, Charles H. Day, were rescued by the life saving crew, which also recovered the machine. President Wilson says that in hot weather he feels like loafing. That sounds natural, and shows that the President is very much like the balance of us in one respect at least. i BANK O) Conwa HAS LARGEST CAPITAL AND SU rni'VTV AfADT.1 rP 11 * vr mill.-, ~ ^ . Kiuiiu i rirj uum ALL OTHER BANKS IN THE CO CAPITAL STOCK.. . SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP STO SECURITY OF I>EPO> ; DIRE . ROBERT B. SCARBOROUGH, i CVf. L. ZUCK, GEORGE J. HOLIDAY. WE OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS AC COUNTS WILL JUSTIFY, AND W 1 1 Robert B. Scarborough, ] President. * uii. n()l<ivY HERALD CuNVvAY. S. C. 1 11c l{ d.w, .11 ijy 17, 1j?i;{. 1 \ 1 ? 1 ! v i\ H\ ' ,V ' l t v ' s 4?. I. . O . >.t ill V >. Hiormj ??< lip ti 441 -<?V 1 ijFIICAQ 411U 1U1K . ON W A*. ?. . Zi. McCORD, Dental Surgeon CONWAY, S. C. HF.Nifl UAYHXKL I >ji ii< 1 Surveying and Drainage Spivey Ituilding Conway, S. < Mt ttUHLOS 6REAIIS1 SEWING MACHlRt | |^^H T R U N N ^ ^ | CV9UU want el thora VIhrntlng Hhuttle, Rola^ AbutUc or a Hlngio Threiul [C'/iain Sewing Machine write to M BEW HOME SEWINQ MACHINE COMPAW Orange, Mass* |fc?y?ewtnr machines arr made to sell regardlewM' tmiUy, but the Nc w Homo is made to wm* ' Out guaranty never runs out. ? AlM Ay utlioriced dealer* ?MP?] v roa sau a* SMITH WILL 1510 IN HACK. Statement That He Would Not Hun: for Senator False. The Washington correspondent of The News and Courier says Senator E. D. Smith's attention was called to the statement which Governor Bleaso is quoted as having made at Dallas,. X. C., to tlie effect that President Wilson was going to give Senator Sinitli a good job, and that former Governor Ileyward would be the man whom Governor Blease would have to beat for the Senate. Senator Smith said: "I have a jobgiven me by a greater power than President Wilson. That same power recognizes what 1 have done, and am still doing, and I propose to seek no inner jot> than the one the people have given me." The junior Senator was in the best of humor, and seemed to be amazed at the suggestion that he would not be in the campaign. ? Governor Mease has written the "proper letter" as required by Secretary of War Garrison, and the boys will go on their encampment. It was a bitter pill for the Governor to give in, but he exhibited horse sense in withdrawing his foolish prattle about this being a Yankee nation. Folic? Fight Bootlegger. Two men were killed and two others seriously wounded in a fight at Champaign, 111., Sunday between the police and alleged illicit liquor sellers. T HOlillY, ty. S, C. RPLUS OF ANY BANK IN HORRY BINKD CAPITAL AND SURPLUS OF UNTY. $50,000 12,500 , 7 OKHOLDERS.. .. 50,000 >ITORS 112,500 CTORS W. A. JOHNSON, WILL A. FREEMAN, I). V. RICHARDSON. COMMODATION WHICH THEIR AC E SOLICIT YOUR BUSINESS. 5.V. Richardson, Will A. Freeman, Vice-President Cashier.