Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CASHIER ON THE RACK. Herring Wh:> Is Said to Be Respon? sible For Failure o? Chicago Bank Cross Questioned. Chicago. Aug. 10.-After eight tours of searching Questioning Cash? ier Herring of Mi?wakee Avenue Bank < was taken to a hotel at midnight in the custody of detectives. The night .inquisition was a spectacular affair. . "Herring was hurried to the bank in a ?osed carriage and for hours was in the Vau't beneath the street level. Because of his supplication a Snard of 75 policemen and detectives Burronded the bank to prevent vio? lence. "Wfhen he was excused for the aright with- the promise of another . interesting day the athorities felt con? fident they could convict him of for? gery, . embezzlement and violation of the state banking laws. DEATH KNELL SOUNDED. Georgia Legislature Passes Bill Out ?avr?ag Bucket Shop and Exchange Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9.-The so. i .called Bo'ykin anti-bucket shop bill, Adopted by the house of represen tatfSves several days since, today jpossed the senate by the decisive Vote v?f 38 to 3, and needs only the gover aor's signature to become a law. 'This bill makes no distinction be? tween bucket shops and exchanges, "but provides for the closing of all ?places in Georgia where options on ''futures are bought and sold, after January 1, 1907. A substitute biK making a sharp ^distinction between bucket shops and ?Echanges, which was favorably re? ported by the senate committee, was lost by the vote of 29 to 14. The -effect of the bill will be to pro l?bii all buying and selling in this State of futures, and if signed by Oovemor Terrell, which is reported io be a practical certainty, will result in closing a large number of ex? changes in Atlanta as well as in other cities of the State. A LONG BRIDAL TRIP. X.: *.. : Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 10.-Mis? . Martha Eberg of New York was mar lied here Thursday night to Judge Newton Whitney Gilbert of Fort Wayne, Ind. They will reside in Manila. Judge Gilbert having re? cently been appointed by President Roosevelt to be Judge of the Circuit Court of First Instance in the Phil ' ippines. Judge Gilbert is a lineal des -cendant of a former ante-bellum ?governor'of "Virginia. AN AUTO ACCIDENT. New York, Aug. 10.-Speeding in an auto on Jerome avene early mis Janorning the auto containing Miss Xena Howard of Richmond, Va., Miss Hargaret Evans and Stuart Elliott of "this city ran, into mounted officer 33iomas Smith. The collision threw Tvomen ot the auto. Policeman Smith iras thrown some distance and his skull fractured. Elliott and Miss Evans escaped injry. Miss Howard who was seriously injured was taken to the hospital but it is said she will leo ver. Unnecessary Expense. ?Acute attacks cf colic and diar? rhoea come on without warning and prompt relief must be ?obtained. There is no necessity of incurring the ex? pense of a physician's service in such cases, if Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is at 'hand. A dose of this remedy will re? lieve the patient before a doctor could arrive. It has never been known to fail, even in \he most severe and dan? gerous cases and no family should be Tcithout it.- For sale by all druggists. Comforting Words Many a Sumter Household Will Find Them So. To have the pains and aches of a bad back removed ; to be entirely free from annoying dangerous urinary disorders is enough to make the kidney sufferer grate? ful. To tell how thi3 great change can be brought about will prove comforting T^&wjrds to hundreds of Sumter readers. F. E. Hood, postmaster, of Blythewood. S. 3&i says : "I am only too clad to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Saving suffered for two years w^ith kidney trouble. and feeling conscious that it was rapidly making serious Inroads on my constitution and that I was speedily becoming unable to attend to my ordinary business. I resolved after reading a number of testimonials from those who had "been cured by Doan's Kidney Pills t<> give tiiern a trial, t have been greatly benefitted "by then:. I roost cheerfully and earnestly recommend Doan's Ki<ln?-y INils to a!! who art; arh:<-"<J with kidney trouble, and hack-j *che. I Plenty more proot like ti?i-, from Sumter j "people. Call at Dr. A. J. China's drug store .and ask what bis customers report Eoe sale i>y al] dealers. Prhte 50 ce?ts. F..v- ' "*er-.M?!>r.rr CO.. Buffalo. N. V.. *>h agents ..?for the United States. i Remember the name Doan's-and rake no _':?ther. 39 Sakes Kidneys and Bladder Right RICHARDS OX IMMIGRATION. The Land and Industrial Agent of the Southern Railway Company Says That the Demand For Labor in the South Is Not Due to Emigration, But to the General Prosperous Condition In All Lines of Industry. Washington, Aug. 7.-One of the best informed men on the subject of immigration to the South is M. V. Richards, in charge, of the Land and Industrial branch of the Southern Railway, with headquarters in this city. Mr. Bichards has spent many years in studying the problem of im? migration for the South, and his views on the subject will be found in interesting as well as instruc? tive regarding methods to be pursued whereby intending settlers and home seekesr may be divereted from the North and West to the Sunny South- j land. "There was a time when the I Southern States," said Mr. Bichards, "possessed an adequate supply of la- > bor for all purposes. Conditions have so materially changed that today '" the | South has to deal with no question | of greater .importance that tha of labor supply.. Many Vean remember the time when there were two men for every job in the South, but to? day -:here are two jobs for every man willing to work. "Emigration of people from the South has not caused this condition, but capital in, creating new avenues for .'abor and enlarging existing en? terprises utilizes the services of more people than heretofore. There is considerable immigration southward, and on a larger scale than is appar rent co the casual observer, for this section is growing faster than many imagine. Changes which have been brought about in the South during the past few years have tended to attract people with limited means seeking homes in a counry capable of sustaining them at a minimum price. When things begin to come your way tension is relaxed and af? fairs move along practically by their own weight. If a factory is started at a point where industry had pre? viously lagged and proves a success, in nine cases out of ten it will And imitators and thus a procession is started. If a rural community re? ceives an accession of immigrants who prove successful don't worry/ about that place for there is a solic? iting force at work with friends and relations in the old country who may be relied upon to come along later and swell the number of workers so sorely needed. Slow. Sure Process. Those who associate the idea of immigration with long trains of cars loaded with immigrants eagerly seek? ing the promised land are impatient concerning- the apparently slower process of placing two or three fam? ilies here and there, thrr ushout a territory embracing many square miles. Some say eilis is immigration in homepathic doses and a larger movement is required to meet the need of the South in lahor for farm and factory. It is the only rational way, however, and this is the pro? cess that was employed with success in populating the West Bailroad work in that section was only initiar torj* while later results came from the cumulative work of the settlers them? selves, who being disatisfied in the 'rn new country sent for their relations and friends to join them. Every fam? ily satisfactorily and contentedly placed is so much capital invested in. the section, much more valuable and potent than money invested in facto? ries. Many cities and towns capable of raising large sums of money from local industries fail to, realize the in? terdependence of town and cour.try and to insure prosperity for their town tributary country shouia be promoted with equal energy and .skill. Working people is the capital re qi ire for country 'districts and Euro? pean countries are filled with people anxious for an opportunity to start life anew in this country. All over the South adjacent to busy cities and towns are thousands of acres of land, either idle or only partly used, which would provide enough people with homes and revolutionize conditions as much or more in the country than we have witnessed in the cities and towns since the inauguration of the new industrial era. Half a dozen farmers of the right kind are of as ? much value to a town as a small fac? tory; they are of more ultimate value if selected with reference to the in? fluence they will have in, bringing others in their wake. There is not a town in the South that with work and the expenditure of money could not import immi?rninTs of the right kind and locate them in the right places. ( radu?] Movement. "Large immigration movements come gradually and through cumul . tive efforts, each successful immi? grant being so much leverage other. An exception*to this rul which has been practically hr igl to i termination through exhau ri - of th,- su; .dy of public tan N a vail ?'?>'? ? ? try, I participants. Such methods are not i practicable in the South where the j feasible plan to be pursued is to stimulate the practice of locating j small numbers of settlers at as many points as possible and letting the leaven do its work. Change the want ad for labor for one for homeseekers, put them on small farms, thus as? suring not only a labor supply, but increasing the tributary supply of material for factories. Railroads of tho South are carrying on a syste? matic work following plans and methods which has been tried and tested in the interests of immigra? tion to the sections which they tra? verse. " Tliey have been sufficiently successful to warrant continued ef? forts and while the movement may not have been what some desired or expected, it is gratifying to know j that the work is progressing favor? ably. It is proposed to actively con? tinue this great missionary work and as fast as we can? judiciously utilize an increased fund for the purpose it will be fcrthcoming. All . we ask is th i active co-operation with our ef? forts by the people of the States most interested. j Information Needed. "Let information be assembled concerning the number of people who can be provided with homes or employment *and secure the services of experts, to promulgate this infor? mation. lt would, be advisable in my judgment if the various States of the South would set aside a fund for five years for the exclusive purpose of aff arding information concerning the possibilities ^for small farmers and laborers within the borders of the different States. Such a fund would enable the State to avail itself of the services of expert immigration agents and aff ore. them means to bring about results which will ever be commen? ded. We should not lose sight of the fact that almost every section of the United Staes possesses induce mens to the man without a home "and the South offers greater inducements than any other section of this coun? try. Let us convey this information to the outsider and when we induce him to cDme and locate with us, no matter what his station in life may may be OT how much he possesses,, let us aid him in becoming a prosperous and respected citizen. Immigrants, whether from abroad or from other parts of this country, come to us strangers. They leave behind old as? sociates i:nd enter a new field where the environments Jn many cases are different from tho-se to which he has always been accustomed and it is ot\r duty' to guide, protect and satisfy all new comers among us. . * RAILROAD MRS MEET. An Interesting and Beneficial Con? ference of Officials and Freight Agents. From the Daily Item, August S. The meeting of fre:gnt agents of Superintendent Porters d:v:s-en of the Atlantic Coast l?ne, which was held at the Jackson Ho tey yesterday, was a veli attended and successful convention of railroad men. This is the second meeting held.here under direction of Supt. . Porter <and meetings will be held regularly^ at convenient intervals in the. future. These meetings are for the purpose of improving the service and the ex? change cf experience and ideas and*] cannot fait to be of benefit. The officials and agents present were : Mr. C. L. Porter. District Super? intendent, Florence, S. C. ' f. Mr. A C. Kenty,, Freight Claim Agent, Wilmington, X. C. Mr. H. L. King, Agent, Richmond, Va. * Mr. J. R. Patrick, Agent, Bennetts vine, S. C. Mr. R. J. Rivenback, Agent, Dar I lington. S. C. Mr. W. S. Carter, Agent, Timmons ville. S. C. Mr. Pittman, Agent, Bishopville. S. C. Mr. S. A. Dantzler, Agent Orange burg, S. C. ; Mr. T. J. Smith, Agent, Florence Transfer. Mr. C. M. Smith, Commercial Agent, Columbia, S. C. Mr. D. Y. Monteith/Agent Colum- j bia, S. C. Mr. R. M. Cooper, Agent, Wysacky, : S. C. ; ; Mr. R. E. F. McMann, Route Agent, Richmond, Ya. Mr. S. M. Matt his. Agent, Camden, S. C. Mi-. John Wilson. Agent, Sumter. : S. C. Mr. J. C. Cooper. Agent, Sumter, S. C. ; FRECKLE - . PIMPLES REMOVED . roz Days. j , 5 * ti Ti ola . : .. Complexion i'< ... cUvi/i?.? is cn-. 1. : . - ' by thousand* S^>^ -'*V- -,J: c?& .:...! :.:.]:,.*. and '}T ? ? ..J- : _ . v - -.'cd to remove kV - . '' ? II facial dacolora Pvf^-f W*V'; - \_Nc;H' x-'v "?' n"!l-1 restore thc beauty >i youth. The worst case in : verity days. 50c. and $1.00 | st all jeadrr.ji ?rug : t. rei, or ry mail., i'repared b] NA rOILcT C.'). ?? Par's, Tena mi) MUCH GOOD. Col. -i. A. ?Rhame o? Lynchburg Writes About the Ku Kink-A Lit? tle More Light Thrown cn the His? tory of the Days That Necessitated the Invisible Empire. Tn another newspaper, under the norn de phime "One who saw them," I've previously shown that which was well known to thousands of our people to-wit: That in the Ku Klux days, '69 to '71, there were large com? panies, members of the Klan, riding up the middle section of the State, particularly Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg, in the endeavor to ac? complish good and prevent mischief. And it may interest some of your readers to know more of the happen? ings of those days. Therefore, and in order to show something of the trials our people had to undergo, I herewith submit some specimens from the court rec? ords in Sumter, as fellows: Copy f: om Session . Journal, Jan? uary term 1S70. The State vs. John S. Brown.-In the court of sessions, January IS70 Indictment for arson, house-breaking, burglary and robbery. The jury having returned a ver? dict of not guilty, it is on motion of Fraser, Richardson and ? Moise ordered that the prisoner be dis? charged and his recognizance be sur? rendered, signed John T. Green. The State vs. James Lesesne. Robt. Li. Herriott, Jr., and Henry Y. Dubose. The prisoners are put to the bar and arraigned and upon their ar? raignment plead not guilty, and for trial put themselves upon God and their country- Thursday next is as? signed for trial. The State vs. John I. Miller. ' Indictment for . arson, burglary, larceny and house breaking. This case being called a Nolle Prosequi was mace by the State. The State of South Carolina, Sumter county. I, L. L Farrott, Clerk of C'-urt of Common Pleas and General S?si'o?s do here c-y certify that the foregoing is a true cr. d correct copy cf some of the entries made in the Journal of the Court of General Sessions for said county at tho January terni of the said court. Given under my hand and sea! of :he said Court this 17th nay of Oc? tober, A. D. 1905. L. L Parrctt. Clerk of Court, Sumter. S. C. Mr. Editor, the gentlemen whose .es appear in the -foregoing copies n indictments, h?d as''"champions in trouble'' John J. Shaw/Robt B. Wil? son, S. D. M. Lacoste, John H. Ander? son, Geo. H. Reid, Citarles H. Watts. J. L Lesesne, James Rembert and Robt. E. Wilson. These were among the test people of Sumter-county. Some of them have gone hence-probably half the number. But of those who are dead and tho<e now living it can be said truly that they represent the best cit? izenship of South Carolina, brave and true men.* The gentlemen named were arrest? ed bv Federal soldiers who were guid ed by villainous negro spies, and were forced from their homes in front of j Federal bayonets to thet court house, \ where it was intended they should be imprisoned, but they gave bond. They could have given without trouble bonds to the amount of a million dol? lars, as their friends were practically all true white men. Of course none of them were con? victed, notwithstanding some of them were indictea in as many as four sep? arate cases for the same alleged crime, in some instances singly and again in a group. In all, about a dozen cases were entered against them, but in every case where the so? licitor, Atkinson, did not enter a nolle pr*oseo,ui there was a verdict of "not guilty" or "no bill" by the grand jury. Remember, all these men who were 'driven to the court house, as prisoners, were Confederate veterans, except probably one or two who were too aged for service in the war. The immediate cause or pretext for the arrest of these gentlemen was a raid in the Swimming Pens section of Sumter county by the Ku Klux during which a white scalawag by the name of Robertson, was ordered to ?eave the State, and some one, prob? ably Robertson himself, destroyed the building he occupied as a dwelling and store. But Robertson left. lt may be news. Mr. Editor, to even some of the true blue of the mys teri- : uiis order, to hear that the first den j of Ku Klux organized in Sumter i county was organized in the town of j Sumter, by a young man fresh from j Ku Klux headquarters in Tennessee, j bearing the genuine Ku Klux "Pre- j script." This young man was the son ! of a well known and much beloved ? i presbyterian minister at that time in Sumter county. After the young man who organ- j feed the town of Sumter, a cor-i tain 'major from Georgia .- ?j ou med ; in Sumter until everything rn the ; county, may be in other counties too, ir>>t in working order: Besides the Swimming Pen raid, j there wer- other and numerous raids j in the m?Vidle and lower section of j the .State. Some of the most notable were: First: The Privateer raid, .luring which a battle occurred, with the re? sult that one negro was killed anc others wounded and a member of the Klan .was shot down. The wounded Ku Kux was spirited away and ten? derly nursed back to health; and the authorities of Columbia were none the wiser. Second: During a raid or by ap? pointment, a notoriously bad char? acter, a negro politician was put to death by the Ku -Klux in Clarendon county near the town cf Manning. Third: A raid in Williamsburg county where a negro whose Life and conduct had been for some time a stench unberable was after due warn? ing to leave had been disobeyed, strung up by the neck where the pub? lic found his body next dayi Fourth: In Williamsburg county, near Scranton or Lake City, a white enemy of the people was duly tried by -the Klan, sentenced and put to death. Fifth: *A white man in the Bishop ville section was for a good provoca? tion, thrashed and ordered to return to his home in Xorth Carolina. . Sixth: A white man deserving what he got at the hands of the Ku Klux was thrashed in old Lynchburg and given orders which he religious? ly respected and obeyed. Seventh: During a raid .in Dar? lington county, a white man. desiring to avoid punishment for his misdo? ings, broke one of his 3egs in his flight from the Ku Klux. Eighth: A raid was made around the locality kno*wn then as Lynch? burg depot, during which a negro merchant was thrashed for disobey? ing orders, which he afterwards re? spected. , (To be Continued.) A Mystery Solved. *"How to keep off periodic attacks of biliousness and habitual constipa? tion was a mystery that Dr. King's Xew Life Pills solved for me," writes John S. Pleasant, of Magnolia, Ind. The only pills that are guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction to everybody or money refunded. Only 2-?c. at Si berfs Drug Store. ' v tl ? - "?-- ?! Ililli I ll 111 ll 11 I HM--M^-it? . Stomach Troubles and Constipation. *Xo one can reasonably hope for j good digestion when the bowels are I constipated. Mr. Chas. Baldwin, of j Edwardsville. 111., says, "I suffered j from chronic constipation and stom ! ach troubles for several years, but j thanks to Chamberlain's Stomach and j Liver Tablets am almost cured." Why I not get a package of these tablets and j get well and stay well? Price 25 cts. j For sale by all druggists. I Professor Tyler of Amherst Col? lege, said recently: "A man can live comfortably without brains; no man ever existed without a digestive sys? tem. The dyspeptic has neither faith, hope or charity." Day by day ! people realize the need cf the use of I a little corrective afer overeating. A collective like fCodol For Dyspep? sia. It digests what you eat. Sold by all druggists. ! A new front is being installed in the store occupied by Shaw & McCol I lum Mercantile Company. After the ! completion of the work the building j will present a very fine appearance. In this state It is not necessary to serve a five day's notice for eviction of a cold. Use the original laxative cough syrup, Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar. No opiates. Sold by all druggists. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 10.-A tele? gram was received from William H. Caldwell, at Clio, California, today saying that a man 'who says he said Lanahan paid for the repairs on Wilie Jones' residence tells a direct false? hood, that he never heard of Lanahon before. How to Avoid Appendicitis. j *Most victims of appendicitis are ! those who are habitually constipated. I Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures j chronic constipation by stimulating j the liver and bowels and restores the j natural action of the bowels. Orino I Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau j seate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. Du? rant's Pharmacy. A MAN MAY EARN A princely salary, he may command the highest wages of his trade, he may do a nice, thriving business in farm? ing or merchandising-yet, if he spends all his money he is a desperately poor man. He will remain in pov? erty until he begins to bank a little of his earnings and create a surplus fund for the day of adversity and to pro? vide for the unproductive years of old age. You know this to be true. We want you to open your bank account here, and it matters not how little you start it with. We will give you a bank book and a supply of checks. We offer you ABSOLUTE SAFETY and appreciate your patronage. #BANK OF SUMTER ? SUMTER, S. C, RICH'D I. MANNING, MARION MOISE, President, Vice President, W. F. RHAME, Cashier, THE PEOPLE'S BANK. We make an earnest effort to accommodate all classes. Our aim is to make this in every respect the People's Bank ; a bank where all may feel at home ; a place where those of moderate me?ns may expect the same treatment as those more favorably situated. $110,000 S510,000 Deposits June 30th, 1905, Deposits June 3Cth, 1906, A word to the wise is sufficient. ? IBS BANK Mi PSI tl. When Buying a Fence The weight per rod and size of wire must be taken into consideration : also the CONSTRTJC tion of the FENCE. Heavy wires and the best galvanizing are always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan? tity already in service on farms is good evi? dence of its merit. The HINGE JOINT on the American allows for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with? stand sudden and severe pressure from contact with animals, without Mendings stays, the fence springing back to place the instant pressure is removed. The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER? ICAN. Sold by CAROLINA HARDWARE CO.