Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. WY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL COUHE8PO!? DENTS. mm of Interest From ?II Parts of Beunter and Adjoining Counties. HOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. MaJl your letters so that they will fnsoh this office not later than Mon Aar when Intended for Wednesday's paper and not later than Thursday far Saturday's Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond In case of Items of unusual value, send In Immediately by mall, telephone or telegraph. Such aews stories are acceptable up to the ?aar of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon AS4 Saturday's paper Friday after TINDAL. TTnda). Jan. 11.?The oat crop Is improving -lowly and shows the ef? fects of the cold weather. Mr. Hugh Hodge Is spending some time at Woodruff. Mr. Warren S. Wells, the oldest citizen of this community died at his home near her?? on Thursday, Jan. ?th. ? Mr. B. R. Hodge has accepted a position with Trexler Lumber Co. at Plnewood. The health of the community is rery good. 11AGOOD. Hsgood. Jan. 12.?For the last a good deal of plowing has been done. Renters and share-croppers are moving about from one planta? tion to another. Mr. C. W. Sanders went to Colum? bia today. Mr. A. H. Sanders went to Sum? ter yesterday. Mr. Garner Sanders, tho postmas? ter of this town, is very skk. PRISON OFFICERS CONVICTED Men Responsible for Deuting of Ne. gro In Atlanta Stockade Con? victed. Ttlanta. Oa.. Jan. 12.?D. M. Vlnlng. recently suspended as super? intendent of the Atlanta city stock? ade, snd Petev Cornet, a guard of the stockade, were found guilty In the Supreme court here late tcday on Charges of assult and battery, grow? ing out of tho alleged brutal bent lag of Floyd Oreen, a negro con? sist. Sentence was deferred until tomorrow. The Indictment against Capt. Vln? lng and his whipping boai followed an investigation of the city prison by a special committee of the Fulton County grand Jury, which created a eenastlon by declaring. In a lengthy report to the Court, that the filthy conditions and cruelty practiced at the stockade were a disgrace^ to a civilised community. In that report It was said that the prison reeked with filth and vermin, that the 'ood was unwholesome, the clothing of the prisoners and the bedding filthy, and that men, women and Inmates of the pr'son were cruely beaten. While women, for trivial breaches of the prison rules, the report ststed, were fastened to the wall with Iron hand rings, their feet barely touching the txir. and left In that position until they fainted. In the case of the negro, Green. It wss testified that he was placed <n the "bucking machine" and given 27 blows with a heavy leather strap, the blood from the cuts on his body running down bis legs and leaving his body a mass of sores. Major Msddox and members of the Jury testified to seeing the sores on the negroe's body, some of which were three to four Inches In length and an Inch In width. This punishment was administered because the m r;ro had cursed and threatened another convict. Green testified that he was unable to work the following day for this he was strung up to the wall for more than two hours. Vlnlng and rornett Introduced evi? dence tending to show that the ne? gro wss given but eight licks "mo 1 - erste punishment." and that Green had s good reputation. Cspt. Vlnlng In 73 years old, and has served ss superintendent of the Stockade for fifteen years. Dillon. Jan. 12.?Left sJftfM by his dsughter. Who had gone to a nearby grocery to purchase fo.nl foff supper. Alfred Stackhouse, sn aged neuro, living In the suburbs of town, was burned to death at an early hour yesterday evening by | lire that l stroyed his home T*ils year's prise (6,000 francs) In the gift of the Academle Go neon rt has bleu au irded after three ballots to the brothers Marius and Ary 1a> blond for their romance. "Kn France." which deals with Kreuch colonial HIS, This subject It ?n. rhlch the brother* have treat, d In ?veral of their novels Many s noble young Idea has been thumped to death on a typewriter. COTTON GOES DOWN. demoi;ai.ization inpahalled HM 0OIXAP8E rw the silly boom. Nothing in (iciHTttl Trade Conditions To Act-omit for \lnio*t 1'iipiecc dcnted DfjcMnc in Price*. N. u York, Jan. 12.?There was a further big break In tho cotton mar? ket today, making the third sens - tlonal slump in prices since the movement otarted early last week. Panic stricken longs in all parts of the world seemed to be liquidating their cotton, regardloss of prices, and the action of the market showed such Intense demoralization as find a parallel only in the series of sen? sational movements following the collapse of the Sully boom. For more than a year the cotton market has been steadily advancing and toward the end of I ast month prices had reached a level which, since the Civil war, had only been equaled when Sully was at the height of his fame, March contracts selling at 16.17 and May at 16.46. But at the culminating point of today's de? cline March contracts sold at 14.CO and May at 14.78, a loss from the high record of from $7.85 to $8.40 per bale, almost all of which has oc? curred during the past week. Tha declines from the c'osing prices of last -night amounted to more than $3.50 per bale. There does not appear to have been any change in general trade conditions to warrant the almost un? precedented slump in prices. It is apparent that one after an? other of the big bull cliques which had been organized Independently during the progress of the big bull market have been liquidating. Pos? sibly the selling movement waa ori? ginally due to an effort to obtain profits on long lines, owing to the approach of the new plan ling seafeon and expectations of a greatly in? creased arra, while the absence of any speculative short Interest left the market with very little support. It was reported that spinners were buying more freely in the South and late advices from the leading Southern spot markets show? ed no material weakness. New Orleans Market Feels Decline. New Orleans. Jan. 12.?Owing to the failure of Liverpool to respond to the advance In American markets yesterday, there was another sensa? tional decline in the price of cotton on the local exchange this morning, Initial prices being 46 to 47 points lower than the close yesterday on old crop positions, or a loss of about $2.50 a bale. May was the weakest month showing the heaviest liquida? tion by longs. Following the open? ing decline, there was a recovery of 23 to 25 points followed by another easing off period. Before noon tho bears hammered the March option down to 14.77, a net loss of about $3.50 a bale. A rumor from New York became current that a well-known speculat? or prominently identified with the bull movement had ordered his broken to unload. POSTOFFICE DEFICIENCY LESS. Decrease Of More Than One-Third Deported By Auditor. Washington, Jan. 12.?A decrease of more than one-third in the de? ficiency of the postofflce department Is shown for the quarter ended Sep? tember 30, 1909, as compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year. As the deficiency for the entire fiscal year ended June 30 last was approximately $17,000,000, the saving for the first quarter of this year Is highly gratifying to the officials. The figures are contained th?* quarterly financial statement of Merrltt o. Chance, auditor for the Postofflce Department, to the Secre? tary of the Treasury and to the rosjfmHT'floq ral. The report shows also a large Increase In the volume of postal card and money or? der business as compared with the corresponding quarter of one year ago. II Is Indicated by the report that th?> average dully cost of the entire postal service Is a little more than $620,000 while ?he revenues of th'^ ?i. p irtment are about 1181,000 ? day. The dec re ase of the dellcb m y for the quarter, as compared with the same quarter last year, was from I9.6S7.S18 to $6,183,597. The total value of domestic monoy orders Is JtlSd amounted to |ltO,7lt,OIS.OBi while the 698.164 Incoming Interna? tional OfdOfl totaled but $2,102,18 5. U, The balance of |ll,l70,l96.94 against the 1'nltod States is more than 25 per cent, In excels of the bolonos for the same quarter of the pro.-...ding year. Dr. Dftnlol Ki Pooraono, who has already given away $4,000,000 bus decided to part with his last million before the 14th of next April, when he expects to celebrate iis nln< tit th birthday anniversary. TIC SEMIMOLE TRIAL TRIAL or GARLINGTON HAS BEEN COM 31 ENCED. \\. \. Clark, President of the Caro? lins National Bank Was tbe Pirat Witness Sworn. Columbia. Jan, l?.?The Court of Osnsral sessions of Rlchland county is now sngagsd with the trial of the first of the Bemlnole casts end when court adjourned yesterday afternoon John v. Qarllngton end Jas. stobo Young?charged with "conspiracy, breach of trust with fraudulent in? tent and larceny"?had been arraign? ed, pleaded not guilty and the exami? nation of one witness entered into. The case is expected to be well fill? ed with legal complications and the first day's proceedings indicated that several days will be needed to com plete the trial of the case. The first day spent with the case was followed with the closest Interest by a large audience. In this crowd of specta? tors were many of the leading law? yers of South Carolina, who are in Columbia for the General Assembly. Some of them spent a large portion of the day In the court room. As a matter of fact the case has more interest for the State at large than it has locally, for there were few Feminole subscribers in Columbia. The announcement that the State was ready in the case of John Y. Garlington and James Stobo Young was made at 10:30 o'clock. In a few minutes after this announcement the two defendants and their counsel entered the court room. The de? fense is represented by G. Duncan Bellinger, Christie Benet and R. E. Carwile of Columbia, and Dial & Todd of Laurens. Solicitor W. H. Cobb, appearing for the State, Is as? sisted by J. W. Thurmond of Edge Meld, a former solicitor. The case was entered into by the motion of Mr. Bellinger of counsel for the defense to quash the Indict? ment on a number of legal grounds that he entered into with an argu? ment to the court. The motion to quash the indictment was answered by Mr. Thurmond for the State. Judge Prince overruled the demurrer and ordered the defendants arraign? ed. This was done and the work of securing a jury was commenced. Dr. W. M. McPheeters, dean of the Columbia Theological seminary, was the first juror summoned to the book He was excused. The defense entered objection to 18 jurymen, while the State excused five. Five jurymen were sworn on their voir dire and two of the number were ex? cused b> the court on the ground that they had formed opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the defend? ants that would not be changed by the evidence. Before the work of selecting a jury was commenced, Judge Prince re? quested that any member of the ve? nire who held stock in either the Carolina Agency Company or the Semlnole Securities Company, or were related to those who did hold stock in either company, would so state and he would be excused. Xo re? sponse was made to the court's an? nouncement. The Jury as drawn consists of: A. C. Kinard, foreman; Geo. B. Reeves. G. M. Dickart. T. E. Shealey, J. S. Bowers, J. H. Haithcock. E. J. Vin? cent, H. F. Bruns. Wade A. Le Grand, Chr.s. Grlmsley, O. T. Ready, W. D. Jordan. The work of drawing ;he jury con? sumed the morning's session and when the noon recess was taken Judge Prince notified the jurymen that they would be "the guests of the county" until the trial is conclud? ed. He impressed upon them the reasons for this unpleasant necessity and allowed the jurymen to ro to the telephone and inform their tamiliee of their enforced absence Thi? jury will be kept together until tha trial t-> finished) and will not be allowed to hold intercourse with the outside world or to read the newspapers. When the hour prrlved for re?es^, the question arose of what disposal would be made of the defendants. Counsel for the defense requested that they be allowed to give addlonal bond for their appearance during the trial, their bond for *.h appearance at this session, being no longer in force as the trial had been begun. Judge Prince said he knew of no such law and counsel for the defense stated that it had frequently been done In the Rlchland county court house, citing the Blair and Bellen cases. Xo agreement was reached before the midday adjournment and , the defendants dined In the court house in the custody of the sheriff. At the adjournment for the day. how? ever, another bond was prepared and signed and the two defendants will not be committed to jail during the trial <?f their case. There was but one witness yester day, w. a ciark. president of the Carolins .National Bank. He testi Aed that for no cash payment Gar? lington had received $T.'..000 in stock In the Carolina Agency Company, and that said stock was to be held In trust. But later Garlington used this $75,000 of trust stock to get as Another load of stock will arrive Friday 14th. Our buyer knows the trade, knows the kind our farmers want and will buy them if they can be had. Come and see them Saturday or the early part of next week. V Carriages, Surries, Buggies, Wagons and Harness. We have a large assortment of these Vehicles on hand whicri we are offering at re? duced prices in order to turn the goods into cash, and at the sarr.e time make room for Spring goods. Don't take our word for it, but come and see for yourself. Oliver Plows. We have a fine assortment ot "Oliver Plows" on hand and more coming in. None better than the "Oliver"?few as good. Ask your neighbor who is using them. Stalk Cutters. Stalk Cutting season is on, better let us sell you ? "McKay" Cutter. We have a few of them left. If you have not seen a McKay, come look at them, see fyow they are put up, and you will wonder how we can sell them so cheap. Corn Planters. Just received a lot of Corn Planters which we are going to offer to our customers at a very small margin of profit, in order to build up trade along this line. Th? S. M. PIERSON COMPANY, ! 115-117-119 EAST HAMPTON AVENUE. SUMTER, - - - S. C. sets in the Semlnole Securities Com? pany. Other methods of high finance were explained. COTTON MARKET STEADIER. Early Excitement Subsided as Day Wore on?Liquidation Necessitated By Monday's Drop Produced Break ?Market Closed Higher. Xew York, Jan. 11.?Yesterday's sensational break in the cotton mar? ket was followed today by continued excitement and very erratic fluctua? tions at the reopening of busir s, The calls for additional margins in consequence of yesterday's sudden decline of nearly $5 per bale in prices had brought in a perfect avalanche of selling orders from out of town, and after opening from 10 to 18 points higher, owing to the relatively Arm Liverpool cables, the active months broke about 20 points in less than that number of minutes, with March selling at 15.OS and May at 15.29, the latter month being a shade under the lowest point reached yesterday. Southern news indicated that pri? mary holders of spot cotton were not following the decline in futures and this feature of the situation, com? bined with the better showing of the Liverpool market, was an encourage? ment to remaining bulls. After the first burst of forced liq? uidation, consequently, the market rallied on covering and a renewal of bull support, with March selling up to 15.30 and May to 15.52, or about 11 per bale from the lowest. Fluctu? ation! were very Irregular during the middle of the day. but the rallying tendency which developed right alter the early break continued until March contract! sold at 15.46 and May at 15.66, or 34 to 4S points above the low prices of the morning. A fresh burst of liquidation caused a bieak of about 20 points from this level, but generally speaking trading was less active, with seller* less ur? gent, and while the market was ex? tremely nervous in the late trading, the close was steady at a gain of 13 to 19 points for the day. with March closing at 15.30 and May at 15.50, or 21 to 24 points above the low I price of the movement. Arthur Oilman, of Cambridge. Mass.. who died at Atlantic CUy, was seventy-two years old the founder of the Harvard Annex, now known as Kadeliffe College, and the author Of I numerous historical works. He wai j born at Alton, [11., in 1817, and was ' the son of Winthrop Sargent Oilman. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Put Up to Police Committee to En? force Sewerage Ordinance?Salary Of City Engineer Increased to HMO Other Matters. City Council held a regular meet? ing at 8 p. m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 with Mayor Boyle, Aldermen Stubbs, Finn, Barnett, Bultman, Ligon and Wright present. In the absence of Clerk Hurst Alderman Wright acted as clerk. Supt. S. H. Edmunds appeared be? fore council and stated that the State Fire Commissioner had inspected the city schools a few days ago and had informed him that the Washington street and Lincoln schools buildings should have fire escap-?u and fire ex? tinguishers. On motion Supt. Ed? munds and the fire department com? mittee were authorized to investigate with power to act. The request of Rev. J. M. McCoy that a hydrant be placed at corner of Main and Walsh streets was re? ferred to Water Commission. Chairman Ligon of the Police Committee reported that Policeman W. G. Pierson had resigned, but at present it is not necessary that the place be filled. Mr. Finn reported that the steam fire engine had arrived, had been tested and found satisfactory. Mr. Stubbs moved that the engine be ac? cepted, under the contract, and it was so ordered. Mr. Finn reported that he had insured the engine, which is now kept at Booth-Harhy stables, for $5,000. It was ordered that the insurance be reduced to $3, 000 or $3,500 and that the Fire Committee secure some suitable plat" to store the engine until the lire engine house is completed. Mr. Ligon moved that the case against Officer Weeks be reported to the Recorder, with instructions that if same is repeated, lie he dismissed from the force. Mr. Finn suggested that pipes for f;as. sewerage or other purposes be laid by prpperty owners at once, where tame will pass under tin ce? ment sidewalk, as after the work i done it will be difficult to lay pipe without damaging sidewalks. Mr. Finn suggested that the re? moval of tre.-s on Main Street which arc in the way of the sidewalks to be laid be referred to the Tree and Park < Commission. A U tter from the Board of Health calling attention to the failure of many property owners to connect with sewerage system was read. The matter was referred to the Police Committee, with power to take such steps as will cause all connections with the sewere to be made at once. Mr. Wright staed that Mr. W. L, Lee, city engineer had been offered a salarv of $200 per month, which by its a ceptance would take him away fvom Sumter, and that unless Coun? cil would raise his salary to $150, which is $50 per month less than he is offered, that, in justice to himself he would have to resign as city en? gineer and accept the offer which had been made him. His salary was ordered increased to $150 per month from January 1st, with the under? standing that thes office of building inspector be added to his duties. Mr. Lee stated that he had meas? ured the sidewalks on Liberty street and that there were 500 square yards to be built. Mr. Finn moved that the work be Included in contract with Mr.#McGhee who has the con? tract for the sidewalks on Main street, and it was so ordered. Bids for building fire house were opened as follows: J. W. McKeiver, $7,300; C. F. Schwerin. $4.475; D. P. Kelly, $5, 200 and $60 extra for plumbing. Mr. Kelly's bid was accepted and the clerk was instructed to notify him to furnish bond and begin work at once. Council then adjourned. Gtoorsje Wilson, white, was arrested at Bcranton Tuesday, and lodged in the Florence jail on the charge of robbing the depot at EfTingham Sun? day night. Major Sylvester. Washington's chief of police, has made "a wise and timely suggestion" that the horde of guides in the capital be subjected to examination as to their fitness and be compelled to pay a license fee. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mrs. Clarence Maekay and Mrs. William It. Ivtni are the loaders In the move? ment to organize a permanent wo? man suffrage party In New York. A leader ?s to be elected for each as? sembly district and these leaders are to appoint a captain in each election district. The Countess Rathurst is the onlv woman in England who owns a dailv newspaper. She Is the sole surviving child of tli** late Lord Glenesk, pro? prietor of The Morning Post, who died the other day. The Morning Post is one of the oldest established London dailies with a character and a clientele quite its own.