Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tWJMTKR WATCHMAN, Consolidated Au*. 2,1 <ffy Watchman ani Sout^ran. Pwoft?!?**] w ,in...,hT ?n?| Sstarday ??T? ?STEIN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTBR. & a IM* oer innm?In advance*. MMiMM: re trat inter*, loa.11.11 ia?nt Insertion.ft far three month*, or will be mad* at reduced rata?. AW com muri tea Mans which Mb private lat?rata will bo oharged far aw advert We meat*. Cp%atnar1ae and tributes of ?Jtsf bo shergtd for. WO HAZING AT NRWBKRRY. Ca Take st?f>H to do Away with Practicr. Columbia, O-t. II.?Announce? ment la made that the students of Newberry College, the Lutheran In? stitution, at Newberry. have voted unanimously not to engage In any haalng and to put down any hating that might crop out. So far this fail there have been no reports of basing at any of the Institutions In the State, and there Is reason for nape that none will occur. College students have begun to take the view o fthe general public in matters of rowdyism, and as a result all forms of brutality are being annually re WlIlSKt \ KILLS MTTLK GIRL. ? hil.lr a *Vla> ???- ?"r ?ml Flor < In I.I soffen* Horrible. I?. nth Florence. Oct. 17.?One of the saiiosi deaths that has occurred in thtn city In a long while was that of Martha, the bright and beautiful lit? tle six-year-old daughter of Mr. and L. W. Ma Lern ore, who resides Wont Palmetto street. It la stated that Martha and two little children were playing In ird about the hosae of her par nWNaAf them suggest* d that 'doctor." The suggestion kly taken up, and a bottle medicine waa sought for. The only thing was a pint flask of whis? key, and this l.quld was administered to Che little girl it was only a short time before the whiskey began to get in Its dire? ful effects and Martha was M >? thrown Into convulsion. A neighbor, seeing the condition of the little girl, called to her father, and he quickly ran to her. and. picking her no in his arm*, carried her Into the iMCgnl Dtl M I.oiid. Smith and McMaater were hurriedly culled, but It in stated that the child never re? gained consciousness, death reliev? ing her about 1 o'lock yesterday af? ternoon. The parents are heart-broken OTOf tne terrible occurrence, and their many friends sympathise deeply with thorn In their affliction. The body will be taken t > Augusta. On., tonight, the former home of Mr. nod Mrs. McLemore. for Int-Tno-at tans or row. 'ommi-iumk SCLLIVAN HTltlCKKN. Monhrr of Raltroexl < VuninU-oon So l i.-il-.lv HI. Columbia. Out. IS?Railroad Com? moner James M Sullivan col today during a meeting of the ceanmlaeion and foil from his chair iscloue with something like spo? il*' waa removed Immediately to his home In tho city and placed hi charge of physicians and trained It la Impossible to say at this time how grave la his condition but there is good reason to hope for recov MFKTING OF SYNOD f Convene* at Avetelgh Churvh In Newberry. Columbia, Oct. It.?The Presby? terian synod of South Carolina Ik meeting this Week with Avelelgh uhurch In Newberry. something tike III clerical and lay deelgates being In attendun." The syn >d of Mouth Carolin? dates its existence from the year 1711, during all these years has stood valiantly for the faith as hand ~A down by the saints The retiring moderator Is the Hev. T W Sl-em. fi !>. pastor of UM l'irst Presby? terian church of Greenville, and the stated clerk I* th?< Hoi That H law, I? l> . ?f Spart mburg The synod has enrolled I in ministers, active and Inactive, and th*? mem? bership in tho State num'-or* 15, ttt. The synod was opened last evening with a sermon, ami the in work was begun to.lay. luhttj April, laoe 'Re Juai a L881 ASSAULT I COLUMBIA. imitmiiLt: ( iumk UlUffffVUO in STATF. CAPITAL BY XKUKO. Arnut Mii?I. by Police and Criminal Taken to Penitentiary for Safekeep? ing?Prisoner Is Inden tilled. From The State. Oct. 19. Columbia. Oct. 19.?At the point of a platol Ed Byrd, a 19-year-old negro, committed a criminal assault yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock in the northwestern portion of Columbia. He was arrested, not more than 20 minutes after he had accomplished his purpose, by police? man Hite and taken back to the scene of the crime, where his vic? tim, a white woman, positively iden detilcd him and declared that the pis? tol found In his pocket looked like the one which had been thrust into her face. Byrd was taken to the police sta? tion, where he was questioned by Chief Carthcart. The negro denied all knowledge of the affair. He de I dared that he had been hunting all day on Crane creek. This statement I was later disproved by Mose Pete, a I negro, whom Byrd said went with him. Byrd was afterwards spirited away by the police to the State penitentiary for safekeeping. He will be kept there until the next term of court. I The occurrence was not generally I known on the streets until after 8 o'clock. There was no demonstra? tion, but three bodies of men gath I ?-red. one on the State house grounds, I one at the corner of Taylor and Main I streets, and one around the police I station. There was some talk of I lynching the negro. When the ntWI I got abroad that he was In the peni I tentlary, the crowds dispersed after I satisfying themselves that it was true. The m->b spirit was lacking. But for the foresight of Chief Cath I cart in taking Byrd to the penlten I tlary. it might have flared up at any I moment; for the recognized futility I of any attempt to get the negro out I of ^??- Htut* prison acted freeSff^cr blanket on the near-mobs. The first intimation to reach pollM I headquarters that anything had oe I rurred was a telephone, message from IT. B. Carder that a negro had been in his store at the corner of Lincoln and La Iv str-ets. brandishing a pis? tol. Tb? sstttagt eamt a mile gftei Iv o'clock. Policeman Hite, who was I on reserve duty, went at OHCS to Car? der's store but the negro had gone. Policeman II.U went op Park street Ion the lookout for the negro who I had granted the disturbance at .Car I der's store. He found him at the corner of Park and Second street. I The negro made some show of re I slsting arrest and. knowing that he j was armed, the officer drew his pis I |0| and called to a white man to ocme I and search him. A pistol was found j In Byrd's pocket. Immediately after the negro was I arrested by Policeman IJlt?\ Police I man Milette, who was on duty In 1 that part of the city, came hurrying I up and told his fellow officer of the I crime, the scene of which was only 1 two t.locks from where the negro was caught. Byrd was taken before his victim. She declared that he was I the BjOgfO and said that the pisto' I with which he bad threatened her I was made of blue steel j After his identification, Byrd was I taken to police headquarters in the J patrol wagon. Word had been sent I in that a negro had broken into a I cab at the Seaboard and taken a I "blue steel' 'pistol out of Conductor j Ilowell's locker. It had also been j reported that i negro boy had thrent 1 ened to shoot John Franklin a few j blocks from the scene of the criminal I assault. Byrd was identified by F. j n. Jones, a Seaboard car Inspector, I as the negro he had seen leave the J cab. John Franklin also declared I that he was th? same negro who had I threatened him with a pistol. Bryd told a story about a hunting I trip on Crane creek he had taken J with Mose Pete, a negro, whom h?? I had left at the old fair grounds. He denied all knowledge of the crime I .'nd declared that he had the pistol I In his pocket all day. Mos,, ivte was found and brought |0 the poltet station about 8 o'clock I last nlfchf. He said that he did not j know a negro by the name of Ed. I Byrd, hut that he might recognize I him If he could set him. Byrd had I already been taken to the pen! ten* I fi ir\ and will bf Shown Move today Mo*,, said that he, in company with ja gjSfJFO und a young Wtl le ruin, bad gone hunting on Hampton's creek. He v-as pOgltltO that Brvd was not I In the party. The Colombia police department handled the whofc affair very Quietly and etfh h rifly. The officers acted I promptly. Chief Cathcarf took tho mi Fear ihh-Um all the esuJe Tiiou Aim SUMTER, S. 0., SA.TURD wise precaution of sending the ac? cused negro to the penitentiary. The victim of the negro is pros? trated. She is a married womr.n and has two small children. Her husband arrived in Columbia last night from Hamberg, where he had gone on business. She was in the back part of the house when the ne? gro entered and covered her with the pistol which he had stolen. The de? tails of the crime are too horrible to be printed. A prominent citizen of Columbia. In speaking of the affair last night, said: "We should have a special term of court to determine the guilt or Innocence of Ed. Byrd. When a crime of this nature has been com? mitted the law's delay ought to be obviated as far as possible.1" Qov. Ansel has the power to order a special term of court when he Is requested to do so by a solicitor andf deems it expedient. Twenty-one days must elapse between the signing of an order for a special term and the convening of the court. Ed. P?ryd, who is charged with criminal assault, is a negro boy, weighing not more than 125 pounds. He said that he had been working with the force of hands engaged in repairing the steeple on the Presby? terian church and came to Columbia some time ago from Orangeburg. BONGS BY SOUTH CAROLINIAN. Mrs. Dawsou of Rldgelield Produces "Down on Ttie Edisto." Columbia, Oct. 19.?Mrs. Rozalle Dawson of Kldgetleld has two songs, which her friends think, will become pouplar in South Carolina, even if they are not sung throughout th< country. "Down on the Edisto" and "Agnes May" are the names of the verses. So far as beauty Is con? cerned, the Edisto is more entitled to song than the Konnebec or Wa bash, and its name is as poetic. The music-loving people will await tho production of Mrs. Dawson's pieces with interest. DISPENSARIES CLOSE AT 1 P. M. McvtliiK for Men in Connection with Revival ScrvU'es. _ ddumbia. Oct. 19.?By request of the ministers of the city. Mayor Olhhei today had served on the BSV? - ral dlspcnsarb-s in 'he city ordering them to dose at { (?'cloek this after? noon, tomorrow and Friday after? noons at the same hour. *At 4 o'clock every afternoon a meeting for men Is held in connection with the reveval which has been in pro? gress in the Protestant church for over two weeks. PAMPHLET FREE FOR FARM? ERS. Popee Tciliug of Use of Lime on l and Sent where Desired. Washington, D. C, Oct. 19.?A pamphlet containing Information which should be of the greatest In? terest and practical benefit to the farmers of the South and which may be had for the asking, has just been issued by the Land and Indue tiral Department of the Southern Railway. The phamplet treats of ' The Use of Lime on Land," and tells Of the great benefits to he derived in this way. Quotations are given from agricultural authorities and from bulletins Issued by the United States Department of Agriculture and va? rious state departments, telling on what kind of land lime should be used, for what crops it will bring the best results, and how It should be applied. For Improving sour soils such as are found in many parts ol the South, agricultural authorities agree that there is nothing so beneficial as lime since with the aid of legumi? nous plants it enables the soil to draw from the atmosphere, the nitro? gen so necessary plant food. The large deposits of lime In ihe various Southern States make the use of lime for agricultural purposes Inex? pensive. A copy of th? phamplet on "The use of Lime on Land" may be se? cured by addressing a request to M. V. Richards, l*and and Industrial Agentt Southern Railway Company. Washington, d. C, or copies may be had on application to any freight traffic representative or local or sta? tion ageni of the Southern Railway it it Is Impossible for Japan to i.ii<e an optimistic vlea ol events in China, the latter may as well keep an eye out for trouble, Tho same irn possibility marked the earlier rela? tions of .Japan and Korea Hm Fran< Isco < !hronicle. on? i ?I <U hr thy ( ?initr v .. I tn (lod'a mn AT, OOTO?ER 23, 1910 HURRICANE SWEEPS COAST. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN RECENT YEARS. (iiile Coming From West Indies Sweeps Cuba, Florida und Moves on Northward?Lines of Communi? cation Destroyed. Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 18.?What undoubtedly will prove to be the most destructive storm in the his? tory of southeastern extremity of the United States last night and today swept the entire Florida peninsula, doing damage estimated at several million dollars. Forty thousand square miles south of Jacksonville has been without any means of communication with the outside world for more than 24 hours. The last reports from this, section, embracing all that territory south of a line from Tampa to St. Augustine, told of hurricane winds, hourly increasing in intensity and rapidly falling barometers. The orange crop and vast trucking in? dustry were reported as probably ruined. Jacksonville sustained heavy prop? erty loss, lb ut it is believed there was no loss of life in this vicinity. Along the eastern coast many lives are believed to have been lost and the property damage must have been1 great. The maximum wind velocity, 70 miles an hour, was reached here at 7 o'clock tonight, when the centre of1 the disturbance appeared to have passed up the Atlantic coast toward Savannah. The wind velocity along the coast was greater than in the city, Mayport, at the mouth of the Sf". Johns river, experienced a wind of 80 to 90 miles an hour and half of the houses were wrecked. There has been no communication with any point south of Jacksonville, with the exception of St. AuguMine. since late this afternoon and all wires north were severed with one ? xccption shortly before dark. It will probably be several days before the telegraph companies can! restore rKelr service to the storm IWOpt territory of southern Fieri Ja. A heavy downpour of rain accom? panied the winds everywhere. At St. Augustine houses in the business section w> re Hooded tonight at low tide, with promise Of immense dam? age to prop'-rty at Hood tide. The city is in darkness. A gale was still blowing at G o'clock tonight, the ti li was running over the sea wall and heavy damage has been done to property along tin water front. Not a word has come from Tampa since ti.30 this morning whin the wire to this city tailed in the midst of a story telling of increasing winds and falling barometers. The tele? graph companies do not expect to restore communication with Tampa before tomorrow, although several hundred men weit; rushed out from here on the construction gangs today. The only loss of life reported was' that of the drowning of three ne? groes at Key West, contained in an Associated Press dispatch via Ha bana. The territory from which no reports have come for 24 hours, however, is expected to show a heavy death toll. Extraordlnu ry precautions were taken by the officials of the Easi Toast railway, which stretches out into the ocean for miles in the vi? cinity of the lower keys. and th? officials here believe all hands are safe. By reason Of the warnings issued by the weather bureau, shipping is believed to haye suffered very little All of the steamers In Florida waters have kept within harbors since yes? terday morning with the exception of a few of the big liners. A number i)f barges and launches were sunk at points along the east coast, but there were no mon aboard when they, went down. While the damage will be heavy ilong the coast, the greatest prop? erty loss was in the interior, where the storm came upon the people with little warning and in some in? stances with none at all. Charleston May Suffer. Charleston, Oct. 18.?It is believed to be almost certain that the Caro? lina rice crop has been seriously lamaged by the high tides this morn ,ng ami tonight, resulting from the dorm. About half the crop is still lying stacked in the fields and it is thought that the tides, which were a foot and a half above the normal, lave overflowed the hanks. The rice dantatlons are Inaccessible tonight ind definite reports are unobtainable. It is probable also that the sea is and cotton crop has suffered us a ?csult of the high winds and whip dng rain. At 11 o'clock tonight the wind at !harleston maintains a velocity of d Truth's. THE TKU about 30 miles and the barometer is l'alling very slowly. The dredges, towboats and other rcaft considered the situation .serious enough however, today to seek an? chorage in proceeding up the river. The revenue cutter Yamacraw, ike the other steam vessels in port, had up a full head of steam and was prepared to move at the notice of a moment. The Clyde steamer Co manche arrived in port this morning a couple of hours behind her sched? ule from Jacksonville, having expe? rienced very rough weather, but the heavy sea was behind her. The Bal? timore liner, Theordore Weems, came in last night and Capt. Hall reported a smooth and pleasant trip, having gotten into port ahead of the bad weather. With the threatening con? dition and the display of the signals, shipping will probably remain in port until the storm is better located and navigation becomes safer. A wireless report to the weather bureau from Hampton Park station said that the Clyde steamer Iroquois, which left here last night for Jack? sonville, was riding the storm off the port of Savannah. The report said that the wind was blowing 50 miles an hour. The ship is without an anemorieter . nd it is not known how the velocity was gotten, unless it was estimated. The last blow of any proportions was on October 20, 1900, when a wind velocity of 54 miles an hour was recorded. In the storm of August 27-28, 1903, the most destructive storm that has ever visited Charles? ton, an estimated wind force of 112 miles was recorded. The anemome? ter could not register above 90 miles and the excess had to he estimated. In the cyclone of August 25, 1885, the wind reached almost equal force and did damage in the millions, caus? ing great loss of life especially on the sea islands as did the storm eight years later. Forecaster Grant is, however, hopeful of Charleston avoiding any such disaster as a result of the northward movement of the present hurricane. _ Headed Cor Savannah. Savannah, (Ja., Oct. IS.?At mid? night Savannah appears to be well within the influence of the West In? dian hurricane, which has been headed in this direction from over Florida all day. The wind is blow? ing SO miles an hour and the velocity is increasing hourly. indicating the steady advance of the storm. Later reports from Wsycross tend to confirm the story that Brunswick, Qa., is storm swept Over a railroad telegrpah wire from Southern Junc? tion, six miles out of Brunswick, it was learnt 1 that the dorks are under water and that the flooded area ex? tends to the foot Of F street. It is believed the hitfh water reached Mansfield, Newcastle and Bay streets. Hurricane winds have been blowing there for hours, but no estimate can be obtained as to the extent of the damage. Atlantic Coast Line tra n No. 9 7 left Way cross at 6:45 p. m. for Brunswick but was forced to turn back because backwater covered the tracks 10 miles outside of the city and blocked the train. The train carried an army of laborers to repair the damage after the water recedes. Mii YIELDS OF COHN. Last Call for Report and Selection of Seed Corn from "The Club." Those who have not yet sent in a report of their method of cultiva? tion anil fertilization will please do SO at once as the committee wishes to have the seed corn graded and to pass upon the records so that the prises may be awarded at an early date?the 29th of October. if pos? sible. A great many of the boys have failed to make as much as they started out to make; but. if the other counties average as well as Sumter there will be about a thousand cer? tificates of merit to be awarded to the boys of the State. for about twenty to twenty-five boys have pass? ed the seventy-five bushel mark and four or five have passed the hun? dred mark In this county. S. D. Cain. J. Frank Williams FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE. George V. Klockley Shoots Himself On His Plantation. Columbia, Viet 20?Oeorgc V*. Kleckley, a prosperous farmer, aged 58, shot himself through the heart nn itd a shotgun early this morning, on his plantation In Lexington Coun? ty, following a long illness. Death war Instantaneous. Kleckley leaves a wife and six children; one son. Waiter, being merchant of Columbia. t. SOUTHRON, EstabUabed Jone, IM? Vol. XXXI. No. 17. FORCE. OF STORM r APPARENTLY TP JtST HURRI? CANE HAS I ?> .lit TO DO Fl^ Ox? ^XMAGE. v _ One* .jj^' ?t Losses in Destruc U mull Pine Trees?Bruns WM ?las Suffered Along tlie Waterfront. Savannah, Ga., Oct. 19.?Unless the hurricane is playing 'possum in? dications at 6 o'clock are that the storm has passed to sea. It has been almost dead calm all afternoon due according to weather bureau, to the fact that this immediate vicinity was in the centre of the cyclone. But th? period of calm has lasted so long the belief prevails that the storm has either weakened until it is no longer dangerous, or disappeared off the coast. The conduct of the storm has been so erratic, however, that the ships in this section are playing safe and waiting until posi? tive information about the storm has been received. The sea at the bar is running so high that vessels have not ventured to cross today and tugs which put out from Savannah in search of ves? sels in distress were forced to turn back and wait for fairer sailing. The city of Memphis, Boston to Savannah, has been reported 30 miles off Tybee since last night. The weather was too thick for Capt. Hammond to navigate with safety. Near the Memphis, there is a five-masted schooner, name unknown which has been in distress all day. The Mem? phis was unable to give assistance. The tug McCauley will go to the schooner tonight if the sea outside will permit. A dispatch to The Morning News l?y mail from Brunswick today nar? rates the fact of the storm's visit to that port. While no lives were lost there was great damage along the water front. Two men who were out hunting marsh hens when the storm broke had not been accounted for this forenoon, but they are not be rleVed to have perished. The tide at Brunswick was higher than it has been in decades. The water covered the docks and backed up into the river front streets, sev? eral stores on New Castle street being under water. Because of the threatening indications at Brunswick yesterday morning the steamers ply? ing between that place and IVrnan Jina did not have their docks. Fifty feet of the government sea wall which protects the parade ground at Port Scriven was washed away by the highest tide that has been experienced on the island in many years. The railroad tracks are still under water and the sea washed around the foundation of the handsome new summer hotel, which is in course of construction. The damage has not yet been esti? mated as communication with the island is bad. Reports from localities) where the long staple cotton is grown indicate considerable damage to the late sea island cotton. It is probable that practically all of the late sea island cotton has either been ruined by the storm or seriously damaged. Of interest to the naval stores trade throughout the world is the fact that great damagt was done to the small pine trees which had been boxed for turpentine. In south Georgia and Florida a large percent? age of the turpentine which goee into naval stores is produced. This season the baby crop of trees was large. Hut it appears that the storm, sweeping through the timber sections, played havoc with the sap? lings. A mail letter from Brunswick to? day shows that no lives were lost there, but the storm was ,evere and great damage was done along the water front. There is no wire con? nection with Brunswick and train* are still blocked by water over the tracks The steamship City o: Memphis came into port at 1.30 o clock this morning after being ho\e to off Tybee for 2 hours, on acoint of the rough sea. Capt. Hammond re? ported that the five-masted schooner Rebecca Palmer from Brunswick which Hew the flag of dis rese early In the day, declined assisi.ance when he offered it. He says he thinks the schooner is in no trouble. The condition of the grounds about the railway station in wet weather is something terrible, and something ought to be done to remedl the con? dition at once. The Colonel sees "Vlctorj in the air." and he has t een up in the air so long that his observation ought to be reliable.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. ?