Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ht ?Rattbman aab ^outbroii WkOPJfcS?AY. DECEMBER 2,1908. at ?? PuatoOtce ml Suiutcr, 8, C? m Sevood CUm Mauer. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Farm For Reut. E, W. Dabbe?Cowi for Sale. The D. J. Chandl? r Clothing Co. Sugfeetlona PERSON \L. C. m H 1 oi / Mira Luctle Iaeman of Manning, le rhu tin*- Mre. Mitchell Levt. Mr. ahd Mre. M. fi. Fagan and little daughter Virginia, of Washington and Mum Riols? Fagan. of Chicago, are the gue?ts of Mr. and Mra J. W. McKelver. Miss Mabel Lee Welsh la visiting friends In Orangeburg. Kiss Emma Bruner spent Thanks? giving with her parents In Orange burg. Mr. O. M. Reiser. Mr. W. O. Belser and Mrs. J. E. Belser and bride of Columbia, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Belser. Th# following Csrollna boys spent the day In the city Thursday: Messrs. William Haynsworth. Van Cleve Par rott. Hubert Green, Kdwln Hurst and Paul Bowman. Dr. H. W. Cooper, Is spending a fsw days In the city. Mrs. Sol. Emanuel. of New York Is visiting Mrs. AlUmont Moses. Mrs. J. M. Wloker of Newberry ?s visiting Mrs. E. D. 8mlth on Broad street. Mr. S R. Smoak spent Thanks* giving with friends and relatives In Orangsburg. Miss Helena Bultman has returned from a visit to Orangeburg. Mrs. J. J. Barrett and children have returned from Savannah, Oa.. where they enjoyed the automobile races and also visited friends. Mr. s. H. Emunds went to Colum I bia Saturday to conduct an exam? ination for a scholarship In the Naval Academy at Annapolis, which Con gr#?eman Lever has to award. Mr. James Reaves, of Concord was In the olty Saturday. MaJ. H. Frank Wilson, returned to the city from Mayesvllle Saturday. Judge R. O. Purdy returned Friday night from Laurens where he has been attending the Methodist Conference. Mr. Claude H. Miller of Richmond, va.. after spending the Thanksgiving holiday with friends at Tuomey. 8. C. has returned home. Dr. F. M. Harvln. of Plnewood was In the ty Monday. Mr. W. H. Ingram has returned from a business trip through the coal and Iron region of Virginia. In speak? ing of his trip Mr. Ingram says that he wm Impressed by the great ac? tivity of business In all lines, there having been a remarkable revival stoos the election. He was In the samf section a few weeks prior to the election and at that time business was In a state of complete stagnation. Mise Hsttle Auld or Eastover. and Miss Joscy. <>f Columbia, are visiting friends In the city. Mr. CTarknon Ryttenberg of New York I? In the city for a few days stay Mr. Thos. M. Bradley, of Spring Hill was In town Monday. Mr. C. F. King, of, Mayesvllle and Mr W W Km* of Bethune. spent Monday In the city with their brother. Mr. J. B. King. Mra. Nsll O'Donnell has returned home after a visit of several weeks to friends North. Mr. snd Hrs. M. E. Fsgan of Wash? ington, D. C. who were visiting Mr. and Mrs. John W. McKiever, were called home Sunday night on account of the serious Illness of their daugh? ter. Miss Margarett. In Washington. Ths display of fireworks at the Ball Park last week attracted one of tht largeat crowds that haa ever aasem bled In that enclosure. The attend ano \* ?*tlm?t.<l to have been be tween twelve and fifteen hundred t< say nothing of the hundreds that view ed the exhibition from points of van tag*- from without the enclosure. Th< advertised programme was fully car rled out and the dlaplay was wlthou doubt most elaborate und the finest ex hlbitlon of pyrotechnlca ever given ll Sumter. Thon? who hnd witness* one ol Palne's elaborate fireworks dli play* at t'oney Island or elaewher* were >>t course Incline 1 to l>e hypet critical and belittle the affair Ian week, but the majority of the birg crowd took a reasonable view < f tb mattet* and were welt pl? a*.-d wit the vor, creditable show that IN pulled off. The negro blind tigers are having hard time nowadays and If Sped* < >>MStnble Nunnamaker and the regv lar police keep up the crusade th? will b. put out of bualneaa. The onl wsy o atamp out the tigers Is I r,. ,u in ? - ? *. and Uhpi ?! MAU HI Kl). Dr. W. Q. Brown, of Columbia. S. , and Miss Sarah A. Murray, were | \\ arrled In the parlor of the Jervey otel. at 8.30 o'clock Monday night by ev. Father Kennedy, In the presence | I! ' a few select friends. DEATH. Mr. I* Q. Emanuel died Thursday Ifht at the home of his son-in-law. Ir. H. J. Harby. with whom he had tade his home for the past few years, tr If, Emanuel, was In his eighty-fifth 01 ear and had been an invalid for a w umber of years and seldom left hi* jom. He was for many years one of fie best known business men of | O teorgetown and has many relatives nd friends in his old home who will ear of his death with regret. The uneral services were conducted at I w Ir. Harby's residence at 10 o'clock | H unday morning. Mrs. Margaret F. Delgar died at 6.30 Yiday night at the home of her on. Mr. S. Yeadon Delgar, on South larvln street, of acute indigestion af? ar an^lness of only a few hours, aged 0 years. The deceased was the wld w uf the late Capt. W. R. Delgar who ras during his life time one of Sum er's moat popular and influential clti ens.* She Is survived by two sons, dessrs. S. Y. and W. R. Delgar, and >ne daughter, Mrs. C. H. Dorn. The uneral services were held at the hurch of the Holy Comforter at 10:30 >'clock Sunday morning. A Coming Marriugc. Mrs. William Beattie. of Greenville ias Issued' Invitations to the marriage )f her daughter, Emilie Edgeworth ,0 Mr. Hugh Charles Haynsworth, oh Tuesday. December 15th, at noon, at Christ Church, Greenville, S. C. JACKSON HOTEL FIRE. Rulkllitg Damaged About $2,000 Sun? day Morning?Ftromcn Had a Hard Fight. The rear wing of the Jackson Ho? tel, containing the kitchen, pantry and dining room on the first floor and bed rooms on the second, was consid? erably damaged by fire Sunday morn? ing between four and five o'clock. The fire orl^'nated in the boiler room, which was located In a shed adjoin? ing the rear end of the wing, and spread up between the weather board? ing of the building to the roof. When the fireman arrived on the scene the Are had gained a firm foothold and the roof was In a bright Dlaze. Things had a serious aspect and the firemen were, as usual, seriously handicapped by deficient water pressure. They had several streams on the Are, but as the water barely reached the roof, the fight was not effective. It was not until a line of hose from Main street was taken up to the third floor of the main building and through a window Into the gable of the wing, where a flght was made at ofose quarters be? tween the celling and roof, that the fire was gotten under control. The damage to the building is esti? mated by an Insurance agent to be between $1.000 and $1,500. and about $500 f? $?00 on furniture. The loss is covered by insurance. When the fire was discovered the guests were awakened and all had plenty of time to dress. There was no excitement to speak of and none of the guests lost anything. The kitchen and dining room were Hooded with water and otherwise damaged, but the kitchen was gotten Into shupe and breukfast wa? served at the usual hour, the sample rooms being con? verted Into a dining room In the em? ergency. Mr. Crawley. the manager, of the Jackson, has had much to con? tend with In consequence of the Are but has been equal to the occasion and has seen to it that his guest* have been made as comfortable as If there had been no fire. Al Kublak, the wrestler, who made Sumter his headquarters for several months wh lie the wrestling fever wat epidemic in this State last fall am winter, has blossomed out as a prize Aghter and as a result Is In big troubh in Philadelphia where he is in Jail An article from the Baltimore Sui published today gives an account of i fight In whh h Kuhlak so severely In Jur*>d his opponent that hw may die. Would Make Restitution. r, I To ta family or friends of Captall I I James M. Palmore: Captain J im. s M. Bnlmore, of Coir, pany K. 'IVnth South Carolina Volun teers. C. S A., was killed In the bitil it MM Atlanta, <la.. on the 2xth day e July. IHfil. Captain Palmore's have *ack. containing n testament, foil Int hIUm poaaaottofl of Captain i>nvid a is I Logan, a Federal soldier, who lives at Batoka. Marlon County. IUI nols. Captain I/ogan states thl a t.'atament Is In a fair state of prenerv U atlon, and that he Is anxious thi i- some of th*? family or friends of Caj v tain Balmore should have It. Cai V lain liOgan, whose address Is give to above, will take great pleasure in ax I- swering any eoirunualoaUons he mi receive In regard te the teataateat. ? SAD TRAGEDY. pi PC A. McILWAIXE COMMITTED nc SUICIDE THANKSGIVING DAY. th th f Was a Man of the Highest Charac- ed Mf Wim Ha<i the Esteem and Con iUlenee of All Who Knew Him and vi There wan no Known Cause for Self Destruction. ftp - fe rom The Daily Item, Nov. 27. The people of Sumter were shocked cl ils morning when the news spread ?q ter the city that Mr. W. A. Meli- fj alne had committed suicide, his dead c? ady having been discovered by Will sc rcher in the toilet in the rear of in 'Donnell & Co.'s store soon after 7 st 'clock th's morning. dl Mr. Mcllwalne left his home yester- a( ay morning about 11 o'clock and 'as last seen about that hour while ei alking on West Liberty street, In the f] irection of Main. When he did no: c t'turn to dinner Mr;.. Mcllwalne be- tc ame alarmed and notified her broth- tl r, Mr. W. W. McKagen and his pl\y- c ician, Dr. J. A. Mood. Her alarm a ?'as particularly great in view of the n act that Mr. Mcllwalne had left his 5 ^atch, keys and money that he had in da pockets and had taken his pistol 0 ritb him. He was not in the habit I ? >f carrying a pistol and when it was iscertained that it was not in the j dace he was accustomed to keep It c he gravest apprehensions were at >nce aroused. This circumstance, ad led to the fact that Mr. Mcllwalne I iad been in a melancholy and de- j pressed state of mind for several weeks and that he had spoken more I than once of his early death, could I but accentuate the alarm and the t worst fears that his family entertain- ] ?d. Inquiry was made for him yes- s terday afternoon and last night but , no trace of him could be found. When , the store of O'Donnell & Co., was t opened this morning Mr. Cuttino and ] Mr. S. R. Chandler were notified and Just as they were preparing to begin a general search for Mr. Mcllwalne, , his body wag found by Mr. Archer, as above stated. Coroner Flowers was notified and upon his arrival the body was re-1 moved to the undertaking establish? ment of the J. D. Craig Furniture Co.. where the Inquest was held at 10 I o'clock. The Jury was organized with j Mr. T. S. Sumter as foreman. Dr. J. A. Mood, the first witness submitted the following written statement: I have examined the dead body of Mr. Wm. A. Mcllwalne which was I found In a water closet on the preml- I ses of Mr. Nelll O'Donnell, situated I south of his store. The body was In a half sitting position on the seat of the closet. The feet extending straight out to the floor. The head had fallen over on the right side, was stained with blood which had ran from the mouth in large quantities. There was a lacratlod of the lips on the right side and the mouth was stained with what looked like powder smoke. His death was evidently caused by a pistol wound, the muzzle of the weapon hav ng been placed in the mouth, direct d upward and fired, the ball pene ratlng the brain and causing death rom shock and hemorrhage., His leath had occurred several hours be? t?re the body was seen by me. The nillet is still within the skull, there I < ing no wound of exit. J. A. MOOD, M. D. 1 will further say that I was called to Mr. Mcllwaine's house on yester? day afternoon by his wife, who then seemed to be in great trouble on ac? count of his recent peculiar behavior and especially the unusual way in which he had left his home in the morning. For a week or two she aaid that he had been uncontrolably de? pressed and for no reason that she knew of. He frequently referred to his approaching death which he said was quite near, though he did not in? timate anything like suicide. On Tues? day evening he tried to Instruct her with regard to the management of his affairs after his death, and was very particular to have receipts for all hi? Indebtedness, taxes, life insurance pol? icies, etc., which at the time she pre? tended to regard as foolishness but which really alarmed her. On yester? day morning he walked off withou! telling any of the family where he was going, a thing he had never done be? fore and on examination of his room she found that he had left his watch his keys, the change he had in hi: pocket and had taken his pistol. This alarmed her greatly. I communicate 1 base faota to Officer MoKagen wh< thought like myself. that nothin. could be done. It is likely that 01 ' leaving his home on yesterday mOttl e ing he Went straight to the plac< * where the body was found and thei - and there Inflicted the death wound 0 J. A. MOOD. M. D. i. _ h Mr. W1I1 Archer and Mr. 1>. W. Cut I- tlllO were the only other witness. The Is Itated merely the fact of finding th r- body. When Mr. Archer discovers it the body In the toilet the door Wi >- closed and bolted on the Inside, an )- he OOtlld l*Ot be positive that It w.i n Mr. Mcllwalne. He Immediately notl i- flgd Mr, Cuttlno and they tOgSthf ty broke open the door, when they foun Mr. Mcllwalne cold In death with stol lying on the floor at his feet. Coroner Flowers stated that he took ssesslon of the pistol, which had t been touched until his arrival, and at he found it fully loaded except at one cartridge had been discharg The jury rendered the following rdlct: "W. A. Mcllwalne came to his death om a wound from a pistol ball, |n cted by his own hand." Everything indicates that the sui de was carefully premeditated, but far as has been ascertained Mr. Mc waine left no written statement. No luse is known as there was no rea ?n for self destruction. He had been bad health for some time and con ant brooding over his physical con tion had probably unsettled his rea- 11 >n. I ti Mr. Mclwaine was in his forty ghth year and had lived in this city om early youth, his father, the late apt. J. D. Mclwaine having removed i this city from Lancaster county in le 70's. He was a man of methodi al habits, of the highest integrity nd had the confidence and esteem of Is employers and all who knew him. 'or many years he had been in the mploy of O'Donnell & Co., and was ne of the most valued employes of hat firm. He is survived by his wife who was llss Fannie McKagen and a ten year Id son. NEGRO BOY KILLED. anies Zuell Shot Friday Afternoon by Willie Johnson. James Zuell, a negro boy about welve or thirteen years old. a son of Dave Zuell, was shot and almost in itantly killed Friday afternoon ibout 6 o'clock by Willie Johnson, a legro boy of the same age. The shooi? ng occurred on the Atlantic Coast L?ine railroad track near Turkey creek, while the boys were returning from aunting. The entire load of bird shot entered Zuell's left side Just below the leart. The shooting was witnessed by another negro boy who could not be found to testify before jury of inquest and Carson Phillips and Julius Coop? er, white. The two white boys testi? fied at the inquest, but as they were a 3hort distance ahead of the negroes they could give no definite informa? tion relative to the manner in which the shooting occurred. They said they saw the shooting, that the Johnson boy had the gun in his hands when It was discharged, and that he ran to Zuell and put his arm around him and then carried him from the track to the bank. They said that Johnson said the gun had been discharged and he did not know Zuell was shot until he started to fall. They left Johnson with Zuell when they left to tell some one about the shooting. The Johnson boy evidently became frightened when a crowd began to col? lect for he loft the scene and has not yet been located by the police. The verdict of the Jury was that James Zuell came to his death from a gun-shot wound at the hands of Willie Johnson. Coroner Flowers has issued a war? rant for Willie Johnson and he will be arrested if he has not fled the coun? try as other alleged murderers have done. It is probable that the killing of the boy was an accident, but his flight will make it harder for him to establish his innocence. M?BIUS COLLEGE LOT BALK. The Thanksgiving Day Auction Sale Was Lurgely Attended. From the Daily Item. Nov. 28. The auction sale of lots at Morris college, North Main street, on thanks? giving Day was attended by six ot seven hundreQ people who came from all sections of the State. The crowd was representative of the most pros? perous, intelligent and respectable ele? ment of negroes to he found in tht State, and their conduct throughou the sale was exemplary. The sah was conducted by Mr. B. W. Getsinger the well known auctioneer, who has In the past few years, conducted sev eral of the biggest real estate auctioi sales ever held In this State. Th< Benedict Brass Band of Columbia, Wat brought over for the occasion and ex rellent music was rendered. A sub stantial dinner was served free o charge at the college and the enter I talnment furnished the crowd made > new record for real estate auctioi salt s. The sale Itself was a decide* success, quite a number of lots hi in sold at an average price of $2 1 f>. Th auction price of the lots was, howevei less than the same size lots similar! located bean sold at private sale. I fact several of the purchasers hav bean Offered an advanced price fo their lots since the sale. Since the auc tlon four or flve lots have been gol a! private sale to parties who wer 1 unable to attend the auction, at lea? s two o ft hem to men in other sec* Ion 1 of the State. It is stated that pract s cally all of the lot purchasers inton - to build on their lots at once and wl r make their homes at Morris collefi d for the purpose of educating the a children. ET1TION TO ADVANCE THE DIS? PENSARY CASE. ttomey Genend Lyon Ai>i>cars Be forc United States Supreme Court In Effort to Reverse Decision. Washington, Nov. 30.?Attorney eneral Lyon today, In the name of ie State of South Carolina, asked the ipreme court of the United States to rant a writ of certiorari so that the ipreme court might review the de sion of the circuit court of appeals hich sustained Judge Pritchard's or er that the dl3pensary funds must be irned over to the receivers. The petition is based upon the claim f error by the circuit court of ap eals and the request is made for an nmediate hearing on the ground that lere Is a conflict between the supreme ourt of a State and a federal court. There are something like 400 eas.?s n the supreme court's calendar ahead f the dispensary case, so that unless, or the reason stated in the petition, he case is advanced and given an im nediate hearing it would not likely ome up before some time next sum ner or even later. Attorneys T. Moultrie Mordecal and ?'rank Carter appeared, representing he Wilson Distilling company, and Jeorge B. Lester appeared as coun el for the Fleischman company. If the supreme court decided to ad? vance the case and grant the Imme liate hearing, it is expected that the :\vo distilling companies will ask for xn increase of the record in at least )ne case, the Ray case, the claim be ng that the record does not contain sufficient facts concerning the pro feedings of the original federal court svhich assumed jurisdiction to pass up the questions involved. They will claim, it is thought, that proceedings are now pending before Judge Pritch ard to attach the Ray brothers for contempt of court in instituting the mandamus case in the supreme court of South Carolina. If Judge Pritchard should attach the Rays for contempt they may appeal to the United States supreme court for habeas corpus and so bring up the question of Jurisdiction in that way. Zach McGhee Si The news from Washington that a motion had been made to advance the dispensary case was not surprising here to those who have keep up with the litigation, involving as it does $800,000 in cash, the securities for which are now in the vault at the State treasurer's office. Both Attor? ney General Lyon and Mr. Stevenson, the attorney for the cimmission, have for some time desired this motion made in order that an early decision might be obtained on the appeal from the circuit court of appeals which has sustained Judge Pritchard and decid? ed that the federal courts have juris? diction over the fund and can there? fore appoint receivers as already nam d.?The State. BATTLESHIP SQUADRON'S TRIP. American iAniatlutns Will Turn Homeward on Leaving .Manila To? morrow?Itinerary of Vessels. Manila, Nov. 29.?With the depart? ure from Manila, Dec. 1, of the Amer? ican battleship lleet under the com? mand of Rear Admiral Sperry, the 16 vessel! that are making such a re? markable round-the-world voyage turn their prows definitely for home waters. They have been gone from Hampton Roads nearly a year. If the record established up to the present time is maintained the fleet will re? turn home without serious accident or mishap of any kind. It.3 progress has been watched by foreign govern? ments with deep interest. The officers and men of the fleet or this trip around the world have beer lavishly entertained at every port i:he> touched. In Australian waters the Americans were greeted by men r their own race; in Japan and in Chlnt they saw the splendors of the Orlen and In the Mediterranean southeri Europe will turn out to do then honor. After clearing Manila bay the 11 battleships will head for Colombo Ceylon, where they are due in tWt weeks. They will stay there for si days and then proceed to Suez with out stopping. They are due at th southern entrance of the Suez eana Jan. 5 and after leaving Port Said a the northern entrance, where coal i to be taken on board, the vessels wi! divide in squadrons and make a so ries of calls at various Medlterranea ports. In this manner the America hips will show at Athens. THpol Ville Prance, Marseilles. Genoa, 1>< | horn, Malta, Naples and Algiers, A< cording to the present schedule th entire fleet will have Gibraltar n Feb. 6 for either Hampton Roads o New York. The vesscla are due i Hampton Roads or New Tort Feb. IS. When the fleet reaches the Unite States H will have traversed, sine.' left Hampton Roads, 42,217 miles. On a petition tiled in the Unite States Distriet Court in Charleston tr firm of Beck Bros., has been adjudge bankrupt. TOBACCO CASE POSTPONED. nit of Trust Against liid<>|K?ii<lint CorK'crn for Breach of Contract Put Off. Newark, N. J., Nov. Z~.?Thj suit I the American Tobacco Company gainst R. p. Richardson, Jr., & Co., of orth Carolina, to compel the transfer f the stock of the defendant com cny to the American Tobacco Corn any in compliance with an alleged greement, has been indefinitely con nued. The suit was to have coma i trial in the chancery court next Vednesday. Today, however, counsel or the Richardson Company asked rice Chancellor Howell for the post? ponement of the trial on the ground hat the suit could not be decided un II after the United States court had lecided the pending suit of the gov rnment against the American Tobac o Company. Counsel for the American Tobacco Company asked that the issue of fraud aised by the Richardson Company be ried, regardless of the government iuit. The request was denied and the postponement ordered. DR. J. B. HEN N EM AN DEAD. Scwanee Professor, Native of thia State, Passes Away in Richmond. Spartanburg. Nov., 27.?Dr. John Bell Henneman, a native of this city, dean of the University of the South? Sewanee, Tenn., one of the most promi? nent educators in the South, died at Pt. Luke's hospital at Richmond, Vir? ginia, last night. The body will be brought here for interment. Dr. Henneman was born in Spar? tanburg in 1864 and attended Wofforl college until his junior year, when he went to the University of Virginia. From there he went to the University of Berlin, where he took the degree of Ph. D. in 1886. He was the second American who had taken that degreo up to that time. Upon his graduation he was elected professor of German and history at Hampden-Sidney col? lege, Virginia, where he served four years, and then went to the University of Tennessee, where he remained until 1900, when he received a call to Uni? versity of the South as professor of English and German and editor of th Sewanee Review. Later he was elect ed dean of the university. Last summer his health failed an t he underwent an operation and a fe>? weeks ago it became necessary' for him to return to Richmond fcr treat ment. where he died suddenly. TRADE STILL IMUROVING. Army of Unemployed Rapidly Dimin Ishing?Shoe Leather High. New York, Nov. 27.?R. G. Dun Jk Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Although the holiday and unseason? able weather handicapped busineaa this week, further, substantial prog? ress was made toward normal com merc'al activity, espr~ally In respect to the number of v ige-earners em? ployed in the lea din- ndustries. Mill* that have been closed for over a year are reopening and many plants that were on part time or froce are now ?n full operation. Recovery is making remarkable strides, and almost every comparison with conditions a year ago provides a reason for the day devoted D grateful recognition. One of the best features of the week was the demand for railway suppl ?s. Steel rails were ordered moderately and many leading roads are ready to operate if the mills will roll according to special schedules at standard prices. Strength Is maintained in the pri? mary' markets for textiles, although cotton goods are a little less active on account of the firm position of produc? ers. Buyers' propositions naming con? cessions from regular quotations are rejected promptly. A little Increase in sales of the standard drills to India is the only development In the export department, the decline in price of sil? ver postponing the expected improve? ment in demand from China, whllo Red Sea buyers refuse to advance bids to current figures. Woollens are grad? ually gaining, despite the high temper? ature. Staple goods for the next heavy weight season are about to be show n. but fancy offerings will be deferred. A few lines of dress goods for the spring, trade have sohl freely, notably satin faced fabrics. Prices threaten to be a disturbing element if the rise In leather is not checked, shoe houses being near the point at which no profit can be made. Ifoat factories have nil the leather needed for the present, but tannera are rejecting duplicate order* at form e , er terms. n >r n t, Lexington, Nov. 2S.?A shocking accident occurred at the Caspals stone quarry, near here, this afternoon at 5 o'clock. In which John Waiden, a d white man and one of the foremen, it was Instantly killed, and three ne jrtoes seriously Injured, one of whom will probably die. Two mules, while plowing hi a field d near St. Matthews, fell into a 20-foot I I well and were badly injured.