Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CONGRESSIO HURRY MEMBERS MIST GET A WAY TO HANDLE ELECTION FIGHTS. MUCH WORK TO BE DONE ? I.i?4w? Plan to Wind-up Legislative nmaiac.HM by July First, So That Members Can Go to the People of Their District and Give an Account of Their Party's Deeds. Congress has much business to transact before it undertakes consideration of anti-trust legislation concerning which President Wilson will address it. on Tuesday and it is the aim of Democratic leaders to shorten the session as much as possible. With the congressional campaign coining next fall and Republican and l'rogresives already active, the maioritv leaders are insistent that all legislative business be disposed of before July 1. This is desired in order that every man ran be in bis district to light for retention of a Democratic majority in both houses of the next congress. The fact that senatorial contests under the direct elections amendment to the constitution are pending in many States, makes the situation more urgent. President Wilson Is as eager as the party's chieftains in congress to limit the session as much as posible and all aro planning to expedite legislative matters. It is practically certain that appropriation bills and many other important matters will be out of tho wa> before the trust programme is ready Among the most important measures pending are the Alaskan railroad bill which will pass tho senate nexl Thursday, rural credit legislation regulation of stock exchanges as pro posed in the Owen bill upon whicl House hearings aro to begin Feb ruary 4, and the Panama canal tolls question, which will como up in t joint resolution introduced by Repre sentativo Adamson, chairman of th< interstate and foreign commerce com nilttee, which would conditionally suspend for two years tho provisioi of tho Panama canal act granting freo passage to American coastwis< vi???cms. aii proposed legislation, i i? now practically agreed, can not b< crowded through at this time, bu what bills are to be sidetracked ha not been determined. The Alaskan railroad bill and tie agricultural extension bill will occu py the attention of tho Senate mos of this week. Tho Alaskan bill which was urged by tho president ii his last message, and would provid for a government built and operate! railroad into tho interior of the tor ritory, is certain to pass. Senato Chamberlain secured unanimous con sent for a vote for Thursday. Ther is little opposition to the bill and th House already has the same subjec under consideration to bo taken u again Wednesday. With the Alaskan bill out of th way, Senator Smith of Georgia wil present the agricultural extensio bill, which ultimately would provid an annual appropriation of $3,000 000 to bo expended through tho Stat agricultural colleges in educatin farmers on advanced agriculture lines. An amendment to increase th ultimate appropriation to $5,000,00 offered by Senator Simmons of Nort Carolina, is pending. In the House appropriation bill are well under way. The post ofllc bill is being debated, complicated b the "rider" exempting assistant posi masters from the civil service and second amendment to provide $25 000,000 annual appropriation pre poed by the roads sommlttee for dli trlbution among the various states o sondltion of equal local approprit tions. The military, fortification and af rlcultural and Indian bills are read to bring in at a moment's notice an the field is being cleared for new lef islativo enterprises. A caucus of House Democrats o the question of creating a House con mlttee on suffrage to-day was beln agitated by Western members. The declared if the full committeo o rules should affirm the Democrat! majority of that committeo in votln adversely upon the proposition th Issuo would be put squarely to th party in caucus. The House naval affairs committe Is about ready to wind tip its heai ings, starting off the week with th chief of ordinance and closing It b hearing Secretary Daniels in suppoi y of the two battleship program. The rivers and harbors committe is wrestling with a host of big entei prises, including the general develoj ment of New York harbor and th proposal to purchase tho Chesapeak and Delaware canal as part of a fntra-coastway chain for commerch advancement and national defence. > ? Shot and Skull Fractured. On one of the principal streets < Monroe, Oa., and undor an electri light, W. R. Outen, a merchant, wj attacked and shot In the back. H assailant fractured his skull an rifled his pockets. Outen Is In a hoi pital. SHERIFF CONDUCTS SIEGE "MA1> FARMER" HOLDS OFF FORTY-FIX K DEPUTIES IIam lleoa in Houm for Week With No Si ** of Surrendering?Sheriff Ho|)?k to Starr* Him Out. On last Tuesday Edward Heardsl*y of Mayrllle N. Y., shot and probably fatally woundwd Overseer of the Poor John W. Putnam, who visited hie houso on un errand of mercy. Sheriff Anderson and a posse of eleven started a camp around tho house, in an effort to starve him out. In tho tho barricaded houso with Beardsleyj are his nine children and a woman.) The camp of Sheriff Anderson's deputies has assumed a military aspect. Tho men are divided into squas which go on post and form a cordon around tho house, with relief every hour. Hot food and drink are being furnished by nearby farmhouses. The t.uards have the shelter 01 tho liil'.s. Tho houso in which Beanlsley is barricaded stands on a hill fully exposed to the wind. Shot-riddled, it would be impossible to keep the place warm, even were there plenty of fuel available. Beardsley has not had the proper fuel for the last four days. At eleven o'clock Thursday night Beardsley had held the Sheriff at bay for forty-eight hours. It is definitely known ho has .been snatching sleep 1 at times leaving the woman, thought to he his wife, on guard. She scantily dressed and using a blanket as a 1 shawl, crouches at ho window and wakes Beardsley at any sign of movement from the camp below. Several times in tho earlier part of the siege friends of tho outlaw have volunteered to persuade him to surrender. Each time they have been ' stopped before reaching the house by the sight of a gun sticking through a window and pointing in their direc tion. After several such trials the man gave out that ho would speak 1 with his three brothers and a lawyer. Accordingly tho men designated went 3 ui> tho hill for tho conference. 1 Just as they got. in range Beardsley's rifle appeared through a win3 dow. Twenty yards distant they were ordered to halt, open up their coats r and show they wero unarmed. This 1 order complied with, they were given > leave to enter tho house ono by one 3 with hands up. looking like a bandit, a bandolier 3 full of cartridges around his waist and another diagonally across his ^ chest. Beardslev udmittor! thom urn* rifle was ready in his hand, a large 0 and serviceable revolver in his .belt Four chairs had been sot in a semi t circle for the visitors. Each was as . signed to a seat as ho entered. An a other chair set against tho wall or e the opposite side of tho room gave il Beardsley the vantage point. Fron thero his rifle moved constants r around the half circle of four while - they talked. e Two points Beardsley stood out fo e unalterably. Guarantee must be givei * that tho nine children cooped up ii P the houso with him and the womai since the battle began will bo takei e to tho homo of the "mad farmer's" II brother James, at Titusville, Pa. Am n Beardsley must bo permitted to g< e to jail in Mayvillo in custody of th lawyer, Ray E. Pickard, of James e town. g Here is another stipulation abou il which there must bo no mistake e Sheriff Anderson and his men, no\ 0 numbering forty-five must keep on! h "If they butt in," Beardsley says, th arrangements fail, which, of course Is means, more fight. Meantime the out e law drama started on its seventh roe y counting ono a day, with condition t_ inside the fort in at least as gooi a shape as ever. ,- For, with tho sheriff's permission )- a supply of provisions was taken i j- Sunday afternoon on the strength o n the agreement to glvo up in a fe> i- days "mobbe." Beardsley condescend ed to allow Sheriff Anderson a wor in the nlnns frdlnwinfr thn toll/ y|tho three brothers and the attornej d Beardsley had made his terms t j- his brothers and the lawyer. If th Sheriff didn't like them, theTe wa n "nothing doing," wherefore the Sher Iff liked them. So they wrangled fo g more than two hours. Then Beardsle ,v submitted a revised proposition. Be n them tako the children to Pennsyl |c vania and he would quit. The broth g ers and lawyer agreed. Rut Reardsle e had another stipulation, e "The Sheriff and his gang don't ge in on this, they've got to stay out, !G he said. "I'll go to Mayvlllo and b r_ locked up, but It'll bo with you." H e pointed to Pickard. y With Reardsloy's "O. K.", there fore the Sheriff came up the road an halted sixty-five yards from th ,0 house. That was at 12:30 o'clock r_| Reardsley wasn't at all keen on tall* ing to the Sheriff. Ho had put hi ie visitors out, but still had them we! e within reach of his bullets. n The conversation was brief. "Wha ye gonna do?'' shouted tho sheriff "I've told them folks what I'm gonn do," shouted back Deardsley wit embellishment, "an* it goes as long a you keep out. I'm gonna have notli >f Ing to do with you and yer gang." Ic Tho news of Tuesday says that th is outlaw, Heardsley, was still in hi is house and the Sheriff still in th d road. Tho Sheriff has determined nc a- to charge tho house as he takes th view that there should bo no unne< BAPTIST HOSPITAL SITE ? HAS BEEN SELECTED IN THE CITY OF COLUMBIA. ? Trustee* Select Ijocation for the Institution?Site Considered Kxcelcellent One. The Columbia Record says the trustees of the South Carolina liaptist hospital have secured a site on the Southern limits of the city on which tho institution will bo built. The location joins tho property of the City Development Co., known as Wales Gardens. It faces on Lower street, directly in front of Saluda avenue of Wales Gardens, and is hounded on the east by Edisto avenue, on tho south is tho Rose liill greenhouse property, and on tho west by tho property of A brum Stork's estate. The site comprises eight acres and was purchased from G. A. Guignard, tho purchaso price being $ if),000. "The executive members of tho board of trustees to whom was referred the matter of buying a slto think that they have made a fine pprchaso. Tho committee canvassed every available site in and around Columbia and it was the unanimous opinion of the I committee that this was tho cheapest and best site inspected. It is on a beautiful plateau and commands a splendid view of the city. Physicians who have seen it say that it is an ideal location for a hospital," said A. J. Bethea, one of the trustees, in announcing Saturday the decision of the committee. "The site selected is a very accessible, being only seven blocks from the union station, and right at the end of the car line which is being built along Saluda avenue through the Wales Gardens property. It is said that Saluda avenue will he paved in a short time and paved sidewalks are now being constructed. This property is contiguous to the best residential section of Columbia and the surroundings are all that could be desired," said Mr. llethea. "The site lends itself to the erection of a modern hospital in every respect and 1 thero is ample opportunity for future development in hospital equipment, i These considerations had their weight with the committee in the 1 selection of the site," he added. The Ilaptist State convention at ' Hennettsvillo committed itself most - heartily to the hospital idea, and it | i a col/1 li n n ornn n n /I \%t 1U LUiU Vliut 11 ^ 1 VU t UiiM V* Willi J" 1IID11" 5 tution will be built. > The executive committee which se lected the site consisted of Rev. C. E, - Hurts, Rev. W. D. Wakefield, Will - Evans, and A. J. Tlethea, of Colum - bia; Rev. L. J. Rristow of Abbeville; 1 John M. Kinard of Newberry, and R 3 J. Alderman of Alcolu. These witl 1 Rev. Z. T. Cody of Greenville, Rob f ert Hide of Orangeburg, II. L. Erck 3 man of Charleston, Rev. C. A. Jone; of Bennettsville, Rev. W. C. Allen o r Latta, II. A. Graham of Oreenwood l Rev. S. P. Ilair of Fort Mill, C. II i Roper of Laurens, E. P. Vandiver o l Anderson, E. C. Ridgell of Ridg< i Springs and Rev J. II. I)ilo of Gaff ' ney, comprise the board of trustees j } o LONGEST WATER TUNNEL, e + Last Harrier Has Ilccn Broken in th< t Cat.skill Aqueduct. ' After nine years of labor tho las barrier was broken last week in tin Catskill aqueduct tube, the longes t water tunnel in the world. It ex tends 111 miles from the Ashokai dam at Esopus, N. Y., to Brooklyn and when in operation, two year (j hence, will supply New York witl 500,000,000 gallons of water daily Ily many engineers the undertakini l' has been classed second only to tin " Panama canal. It cost in dollars mor than $100,000,000; in human live v nearly 200. " A dull roar signalizing a dynamit ' blast 4 00 feet underground in liar lem marked the breaking through o tho tunnel. There were no specia " ceremonies. The tube for the mos ? part is r>00 feet beneath the ground H and in spots dips to more than 7 00 It varies in diameter from 11 to 1' r feet, y t The death roll was increased b; I three Saturday. Five laborers fel F?0 feet when a platform, struck b an ascending bucket, collapsed. Tw< y others were badly hurt. I FATAL 11UGGY COLLISION. ? e e Greenville i'rash (Causes Death of W A. Griffin. jd A head-on collision of two buggle e late Saturday afternoon Just beyon< : the city limits of Greenville rosulte* in the death of W. A. Griflin, a prom s inent Greenville man, and in the se II rious injury of an unknown negri who was driving for Mr. Griffin. Tin tt other buggy contained three negroes f. Raid to 'be drunk and driving at i a rapid rate. An automobile contain h ing Police Chief Holcombe and a pri ,8 vate left Greenville Saturday nigh i- In search of the negroes. Mr. Grlf fin was well known and had man; e prominent connections in the uppe a part of the State, e r-?t oasary risk, when starvation is Bur e to bring Beardsley to term beforo i very long time can elapse. IS MAKING PROGRESS ? FIGHT AGAINST HOOKWORM GAINS MICH GUOIND. Field Mai Make 4fS,t)(M> examinations ?A^oii(k of Health Department liecture in Nineteen 4\mutie?. There were over three times as many people examined for hookworm disease in 1913 than in the two and a half years preceding. Of the 45,000 examinations made last year, Drs. Howell, Riser, ltouth and Rodgers, the four Held men, have examined 3 7,43 8 people in 19 counties of the State and found 11,311 or 30 per cent, of them infected with the disease. The number of treatments given amounted to 85,305 and it was found that 100 of the patients wore j diseased with other parasites. J In addition to the direct work of | microscopically examining people the four field men and J. LaHruce Ward, M. n., director of rural sanitation, have delivered 1G8 lectures to over 17,000 people. The work has grown a great deal in the last year or two, owing partially to the fact that the people no longer are skeptical about the presence of hookworm. AH counties in the State, except Saluda. Kershaw and Clarendon counties, have been canvassed since the work started in the summer of 1910. Following is a list of the 19 counties that were worked last year, giving the number of persons microscopically examined and tho number of persons Infected with hookworm disease. Georgetown county had the largest, percentage of infection and Greenwood county the lowest. In Abbevillo county TO were infected out of 7SO examined; in Aiken county, 7 03 out of 1,500; in Anderson county, 000 out of 3,537; in Kerkeley county, SOS out. of 1,84 4; in Ham well county, 5 80 out of 801 ; in Cherokee county, 1,004 out of 4,402; in Dorchester county, 1,2 4 7 out of 2,7 17; in Fairfield county, 2 07 out of 083; in Georgetown county, 207 out of 802; in Greenville county, 2,4 18 out of 6,420; in Greenwood county, 23 out of 742; in Hampton county, 172 out of 260; in Lancaster county, 657 out of 2,234; in Laurens county, 300 out. of 2,508; in Newberry county, 73 out of 1,271; in Pickens county, it 1 8 out of 2,4 50; in Sumter county, 120 out of 277; in Union county, 276 out of 1,652, and in York county, 331 out of 1,805. H1G IIKIjI* TO FARMKRS. Lever's Plan to Determine Cotton'.' 1 Relative Values. Saving of millions of dollars nov lost annually by cotton farmers ant 1 small manufacturers is the object o a bill which Representative Lever o South Carolina, chairman of tin t 1 i miun , ii, ,.i : ? .1. * wiiuiiintu wii uKncuiiure, in ^ trod need Monday. The meaKure ap propriated $50,000 to be used by tin ' secretary of agriculture in determin ing relative spinning values of tin 3 different grades of cotton as alread: standardized by law and for demon ' strating the result of this work t( producers and consumers of cotton. The department of agriculture ha already standardized nine grades o 0 is losing $40,000,000 because neith vestlgation for testing the waste, ten Hlle strength and bleaching qualitie of these grades. The Lever bill B which will bo urged for early action t proposes to use the informatioi . already on hand to determine the rel 1 ative spinning values, and when thi is done to provide machinery in tin s department for carrying this infor Ij mation to the farmers and manufac . turers. ^ The House committee on agricul e ture has been advised that Texa B alone is losing $40,000 because neith g er buyers nor sellers there have an; appreciation of the value of thi e year's off color cotton. Buyers fron _ the gulf ports are said to bo goini f into the interior and buying up lov 1 grades at about 7 cents a pound, ship t ping it to Galveston and revamp lt ing it, and selling it for 14 cents i# This condition of affairs, Mr. Leve 7 said, exists to an extent in every cot ton producing State each yoar. "The farmer, in the sale of his cot j ton, is absolutely at the mercy of thi local cotton buyer in the matter o 0 grades in 99 cases out of 100," sai< Mr. Lever. "Except for the deter mining jociors or curt, trash am stains, the farmer ban no way o knowing what grade of cotton he i about to sell and is forced to sell a the grade determined by the buyer and many of the buyers are almos as lacking in information as the far s mer himself. 1 "Some action must be taken to se 1 cure the sale of the South's cottoi - crop for its intrinsic value. This hi 1 - lays the foundation for arousing sucl 3 sentiment as will force State leglsla o tures to inaugurate some system ii i, co-operation with the federal govern a ment to provide expert cotton grader - at various cotton centres of the coun - try." t ? + Snowball IjmI to Tragedy. y While half a dozen boys were en r gaged in a snowball light at Mlnne apolis, one of the stray balls strucl - a man, who seized Elmer Gustuck 0 one of the participants, and slashe< 1 his throat with a knife. Tho mai made his escape. 'ii. a**.-. L,.. . . P Ick of these rictrolas VIII ^ IX $40 $50 r you to have one of the is to have access to all the music i the Victor Yictrola IV at rola X\ I will play rvery : that is best suited to your ic music and fun. Come in A I It)\r. /C Take your pi Victor-V $15 $25 ' It isn't necessary foi higher priced Victor Victroh wonderful variety of Victor Any instrument from to the ?200 Victor Vicl v?' V record in the Victor catalog Select the instrument home and start in to enjoy tli and see us about it today I W U1TK 1'Ok INFORM SIMS BOOK : OANGKBURG, S f MAIL 0 [ j No need to send to the big ' you want. We have it here at cr. Vou owe us a trial anyw ; require and let us figure on it. selves out to execute mail o I' ! prompt attention. I LORICK & LOV I HARD^ COLUMB CLASSIFIED COLUMN r??r oiiciiunu l'oniOH. w. 1 Mclntyre, Thomasville, Ga. For Sale?Poplar and pine trees. Ad dress James A. Clarkson, Hopkins S. C. * Wanted to Buy?Ten Car Loads well berried Holly. Z. M. L. Jeffreys ' Goldsboro, N. C. 1 f Wanted?Gum logs. Will pay highf est market prices. Cheraw Box 3 Co., Cheraw, S. C. - For Sale?Fruit, Shade Ornamental 3 trees and shrubs. Catalogue free. Cureton Nurseries, Austeel, Ga. 3 ? Fine Farm?Forty acres, half-mile from depot, excellent soil. Price i and terms by owner, C. W. Wauglitel, Uptonville, Ga. s f White Wyandottes?Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatching. W. P. Causey, 1315 Dickens s St., Columbia, S. C. . Auctioneer?If you need the services i of an old auctioneer, wiro or write 1.. B. II. Darr. Sumter S G Onn b tho oldest in the State. 0 - ltcds?Large, healthy, bright red, inoculated. Heavy layers; 15 eggs, $1.50; 100, $0. Mrs. Addle E. Patterson, Pineland, S. C. s , ____________________ - Save $i2<) on delivery wagons. limy y direct from factory. Any style, a Catalogue. ltock Hill Puggy Co., 1 Hock Hill, S. C., (Dept. H.) 5 v Special?Pure white und Exhibition Fawn and White Runners, $5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. i. F. Carroll, Tlohennald, Tenn. r 1? - Sliced Nurseries will mail you catafirst class fruit trees, plants and vines, shade trees, privet hedge and e pecan trees, etc. Morrow, Ga. f . 1 World's Wonder Cotton?4 5 per cent. lint. Wilt resistant; thrives on any 1 soil; heavy fruiter. Seed, $1 per f bushel. Address J. J. Owens, Allens dale, S. C. t ', Wanted?To repair or rebuild that t typewriter. No matter what it's condition,"we can improve it. Gibbos Typewriter Shop, 1410 Main St., Columbia, S. C. i f 1 1 For ChIcv? One Hedge Ix>g Ream Saw 1 Mill, belt feed, 3 0 ft. carriage and 4 8 inch Disaton saw, 60 ft. of good 1 12 inch dandy belting. Address P. O. IJox 111, Ulmers, S. C. 8 For Sale?Indian Runnor Ducks, White Fawn, very fine laying white egga, first check for 3, 5, 7 or more, $1.60 each. Evergreen Poultry Yards, Greer, S. C., W. E. Waldrof. iC " , "Perfection" Potato Draws?(J. G. :i Padrlck's) $2?$1,000; unexcelled: i April delivery; book order now by depositing $1. Cabbage Plants, 1, STORE Sp mmmmmmmammmmmmmihi^ RDERS 1 mail order houses for what yj the same price?if not cheap- Pi ay. Send a list of what you We have specially laid our- : rdcrs and you may rely on FRANCE, INC., I WARE I IA, S. C. i I J 000 $1.10. J. L. Pad rick, Tifton, Ga. IjCHpeilcz/a Heed and Ilay (Japan Clover) for sale. Grown and Hold at our farm. Write for Lespodezza circular, samples, prices. Illmmel| berger-IIarrison Lumber Co., Zacharv. I,a For Sale?A few choice eggs from all prize pen pullet bred Barred I'. Hocks. Eggs perfectly fresh and fertile. $4 per llftoen. Mrs. D. (lober Anderson, 109 Brawley St., Chester, S. C. For Sale?(iood farms, all sizes, cotton, tobacco and truck successfully grown. Coming section of Horry county. Ten to twenty dollars per acre. Ask us for list. Ream & McKenzle, Lorls, S. C. Best Georgia Sane Syruiv?Bright and thick. Direct from producer to consumer. Ten dollars per barrel of 34 gallons; $2.50 per case of 6x10 cans; $2.75 per caso of 12x5 cans. F. O. B. Cairo, Ga. C -F. Walker, Cairo, C.a, Bargains in Overhauled Automobiles ?Maxwell touring car, "E. M. F." touring cars, Ford touring cars, Flanders "20" roadster, Brush, Maxwell 2 cylinder, and others. Prices, $100 to $150. The Model Garage, Union, S. C., J. F. Burbanks, Secretary. Motorcycle Special Oil?Five gallons $3.75, once tried always used. Goodyear tires, belts, chains, Harlej parts. Expert motor repairing. Everything for the motorcycle. Mail orders a specialty. Get our catalogue. T. S. Chipley, "The Motorcycle Man." firflflnwnnfi a n I v^. Bandy or gentleman, fair education, to act as our representative in home town. Exclusive territory given. Selling experience unnecessary. We furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay $2,000 first year. Staple line. Our booklet, "How to Start in Business for yourself," explains all. Free on request. Address Box 1599. Phildolphia, Pa. * lTso Gasoline Lighting Systems?In5 dividual or central generation, which have stood the test. Tor particulars ask M. Li. Pommer, Charleston, S. C. Our tanks and alrpumps (the latter also handy for Automomobtle use), are unsurpassed for durability. Mantels and glassware for all lighting systems, the very best at lowest prices. Order your j supply from M. L. Pommer, 642 King St.. Charleston, S. C. Jailed 17 Time*, Maa Suicides. Committed to prison for the eevyears old, committed suicide In his cell In the Holmesbnrg, Pa., prison, by using his belt for a noose. Fire Burn to Death. Five persons were burned to death at Alpena, Mich., late Tuesday night In a fire which destroyod a residence.