Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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KIN xi. .m ix.mi Nl HI ni?iEM i> in si \ i ii xi. casks. Cirtnit Court llowrMtl In *ik from Sunmt lmoUIng Age Limit as to ? ipabltlt) of Committing Crime? \notlM*r Eden* "Iknid" Cast*. Columbia, March 11.?The supreme court, opinion by l>. E. Il>drlck, re? versed the Circuit OsOfff In i decision , handed down today, in the case of the State against Thomas Nelson, of Sumter. Nelson was Indicted for aome minor offence and was con? victed, but exception arose In the failure of th?? Circuit Judge to charge about the age limit of capability of svtaue. The Supreme Court writes: "Where there Is any testimony tending to Show that defendant waa at the time of the alleged offence under 14 years of age he Is presumed to be Incapable of committing a crime and the State muM ISSSOV -on h presumption ' This doea not mean that th to must be diret t and positive evidence of the fact of capacity, Independent and utalde of the fa and circum staneea of the transactions involved," but question of capacity must go to the Jur\. says the Court. The Cir? cuit Court la reveraed in the NolSOS case and the case will be tried again. Again H. T. BStSS '. "f Sumter, is the loser In i n on one of his famoua bond cases. It will be re? called that Mr. Edens' numerous bonds were Investigated 4>y the insur? ance department. He had the habit of going on bonda of persons arrest? ed and only recently the Court de? cided that he must pay one of them. Today another decision was handed down and a $300 bond will be es? treated. In May. 1M?3] John Serious was in? dicted for bastardy, but was never tried. Edens went on his bond. In lt#9, before Judge Gary, a return was made that Edens believed Se? rious was dead. The Court gave him longer time to find out whether >r not Serious was really dead. Judge Davis, at the next term, ordered the two Into Court. Then the matter came before Judge Memminger, who aald the return was Insufficient and the bond should he forfeited. The Supreme Court sustains the Circuit Judge. In the course of the opini >n, the Court goes Into some explanations of the method ol returns In auch OOSOOi It la held that the first time the re? turn Is mad - the Circuit Judge can order the bond estreated ai.d it was not neceaaary to have the person twice appear In Court ira sie h cases. PRIMI?! Nf Kl.sTs ikum I.XROR. Taker* a Day Off Kroni Hal Xhnorblng Augusta, da., Marc h 12.?President Taft rested toda> from the some? what strenuous beginning of his va? cation > ?oerday. when be spent nearly four hours on the golf links. The president was thoroughlv tired out when he left XVashington. The busy daw he spent In Atlanta on Fri? day, when he waa steadily on the go for 12 hour*, did rv>t tend to help mat? ters very much and tod.,\ be f. it the fatigue of the past few months quite keenly President Taft expects to benefit greatlv from tin present ant? ing. He will not attempt any work On his message to the extra session OS? congress until alter returning to Washington, where tie will have .in oportunltv to consult with both sen? ate and house leaders as to a pro gramme. It Is n ?t known yet whether the president will attempt to Stag MM of the Morse ind Walsh pardon eases, lie brought the voluminous paper* In both cases with him. hut has got opened .ober net. Mr. Taft Is very thorough In dealing with all pardon matter* und SM ni.nl- It a rule to road and itgOOl all of the . v ul nee in ?ach case pred ated to hmi. Me de? votes as much time to the eases as Would a not.;. I the I aO> n | ,j,,, pot reiv entirely a poo the recom? mendations of the department ?.f jus? tice or IM atterin \ g. n? t .t'. II I3TTS III ssl X\ XX It EAT. Mr. XV. ii. XVImllr. i arnu r of York Count > . XX ant- to lmpro\<- o.. i'rc- I ent X arlet> of XX lo st. Columbia. March II Mr. W. II. Windle. Wh?? live* m ar I ort Mill-, tn York counts. Is this year experi? menting *lth Kussian wheat nn his plantation. The wheat Was n com? mended t ?. him .: - I ?? : in or? pr- ? ducthe ?ad hard'.* r than tin va rbth* gr.-wn In tins BOCtlon and Heavier. lie Is also ? \ pr rlno Fit lug I with benrdleea barley, which Ii sloo hullo*.*. Mr. Windle i- one of lb it hin?. ??f formen who belli . in keep? ing a*?reast ?>f tin time f if ic re Is an\thlr c bettef II iff Hh I is, to get It. Hi* cxpei im. of o Ith Russian wheat and beardless barley will be Watched with Interest l.> r.imnri n .f only in hH cnmmunltv. but through" put the PledmonfwHcctlnn. Outdoor Pn?timc. RICE RIOT IN GALVESTQN. i:\nm. KNACK FORCE OF <. u Vi:sTo\ CALLED UPON. Weauednag or Wlndrlri .foci, Artillery - man I i mim Tori Monltrie, IVccipi tat? ?. Ka? r War. (iaht'Hton, 'IVxas, March IS,?A HM ? not was precipitated early today by tin- stabbing of Winfleld J<x I, a eol dtot from the t amp at ?Fort Crockett, by an unknown negro in GalVSSton. < me Menteaa and four aegToea were severely braten und the hottte in front of which Um ?tabbing occum d was ?et on tire and burned to the ground. The entire police force of the fclty was (ailed nut to quell the disturbance, Joel, who is u member of the One Hundred and Forty fourth company, coast artillery, sta? tioned at Kort Moultric, Charleston, s. t\. Uei in Beuly hospital, seriously wounded with ? deep knife wound In the ehaat just above the heart. He probable will r< cover. An invidious remark made l>y om of Joel's companions about the color of the OCOUpantJ Of tin- house where the trouble occurred Is supposed t<> hu\ e caused the attack. Joel was about to open the door of the place, it is said, when sum.' one leaned out of an adjacent win? dow und ttabbed him. He fall Into the gutter unconscious and lnnr. d lately a grenl crowd gathered, oom poeed of cold ten and1 civilians oi both colors. The soldier* and white civilians attacked every negro Itl ?slKht and ISt tire to the house. The solitary policeman who appeared and attempted to restore order likewise was set tipon and wounded. Realizing his inability to OOPC With the situation single-handed the otll cer sent In a riot call, and in a short time every available policeman In (lalveston was on the scene. The tire department had great dlfllculty In fighting the fue on account of the ervwd. Order was finally restored and the soldier who Is supposed to have wounded the policeman was arestcd an the charge of assault with Intent to kill. His name Is Alfred liurk walter, a private In the Fifteenth company, from Fort Panamas, Flor? ida, Col. Bailey, who Is in command of the provisional regiment to which the soldiers are attached, is investigat? ing the affair and a courtmartlal prob? will be ordered. DELEGATION RETURNS HOME. Mr. i 11win w. Roberteon or ColnmbU Speaker for this State. Columbia, March 11,?The South Carolina delegation to the Southern Commercial CongTeaS r? turned to the State today. Many of tho delegates expressed themselves as highly grati? fied with the congreaa. Mr. Rdwn W. Robertson ol Columbia spoke for South Carolina at the congreaa He was Introduced by Governor Bleaet who figured In the Associated Pre si dispatch's \estenlay. Mr. Blease was among the governors who sur? rounded President Taft on the plat? form. STATE TEACHERS TO MEET. Much Internal Taken in Gathering of inanclatloni Columbln, March 18,?Much Inter? est I., being taken in al' sections of the state in the annual meeting of the state Teachers' Association, which is t ? be luM in Columbia on March It, 14 anil L'">. Reports received at the anVe of J. R, Bwearlngen, th St-ite superintendent of Education, In dlctate that several hundred ti achciv, trustees and principals will attend the meeting. AS attractive programme has been prepared, Hnd some of the beet known SdttCStori In the State will be Includ? ed in the list of speakers. In connection with the touchers as? sociation, there will be a meeting of the ussoeiation ?I ? ounty superinten? dents, of ine etty superlntendenta of education, and the Uural gehool as SOCJatloa and It Is expected that every superintendent in South Carolina will stend the meeting', Several of tie city euperlntendenti win attend and bring all of the teachers. A holiday will be given by the s? hoois, in msny Instances, while the meeting of tin uasoctntton is In progress, Queetlons of vital int? rest to the educational system of South Carolins will be discussed at the association meeting and it is asked that every rehool teacher in South Carolina n' tend. ;is great benefit win be derived from the dls unions Si \\ hi rrs. March 10, Mr. J >hn <'. Hipp, who WedneiNlas w;is granted ball by .lud :. Watt? ;it Oreenwooi, has returned homo, Mr. Hipp wa? arrested In connection with th< udi inn of J, s i llllls ni Friday evening by Sam \'. ? /< r, n negro, it i" inn ehe rged i hat Mr, Hipp em mi ncoe i, i . befoi?? ti i I lino d, purchased iun, Pall in the eum of |4,oui was required, itib? |eet to change, 'his depi ndlng on tic e\ Idence, SITUATION IN VORTHERN MEX? ICO BECOMES AC! TE. Imports Ihm Insurgents Resume Tearing Up Railroad Tracks and Telegraph Wires, als? that Many Towns an- I'nJer Siege? by Insnr rcctoa?Thousands of Women and Children Helpless. Bl Paso, Texas, March 12. Condi? tions horch ring on panic reign almost throughout northern Mexico tonight. Stirred by the bellet that the revolutionary movement has reached a critical stage, the insurgents i.i Chlhuhua and Senora are reported to have been actively engaged in tearing up railroad tracks and tele? graph wire*. Numerous towns, a< - oordlng to reports, are under siege by the insurectos, and thousand! of women and children, cut off from food supplies, are helpless. What is believed to be a reliable report of the casulty at Cusai Grand? es, says that flftt en Ami icans were killed ami seventeen Americans tak? en prisoners. The following, at first reported to have been killed, are known to have escaped: Lieut, Col. Gulaeppi Garibaldi, Raoul Madero, brother of Francisco i. Madero, so called provisional president of the In ?urrectos; Capt. Gutierrea Du Lara and Lieut. L. Valencia, of El Paso. ('apt. Eduardo Hay. a Mexican, of Madcro's perional staff, was not kill? ed, hut was taken prisoner. Raoul Madero was wounded. R, P, Harrington, a former s?r gcant in the United States army, who lived at Bt Paso; Robert ?. Lee and Robert Vans, of San Fran* ChKO, and Hoy (ilenn, of Mineral Springs, Texas wen* killed. The names of other Americans killed or taken prisoners are not known. A letter, written by Madero, was received today, in which he denied he made another attack on the town after he was driven away. He asserts, however, that he has gathered a force of 1.000 men and is now within a few miles of the town. His expla? nation of the defeat is that 'several scouts, sent out to reconnolter before the attack, failed to report the com? ing of Col. Cuellar with the large Federal force, The scouts, he said, bad been shot. Th news from Mexico City that President Dlaa has decided to take advantage of provisions of the Con? stitution, so that summary death may he imposed by the military author? ities for any acta of violence, and that the Mexican Government haa de? cided to wage a sharp and decisive war of extermination speedily to end hostilities, has spread throughout the Insurgent ranks. The reply, through InsurrectO sympathizers here, is that in retaliation the revolu? tionary forces hereafb r will execute and give ' no quarter." Information from inaurrecto sour i eS is that the attitude of the Mexican Government Will intensify a situa? tion already tense ami it necessarily Will impose further hardships on non combatants, including women and children, living in the small towns ?-scattered throoughout the "war zone." The arrival of United States troops here t ?day occasioned much inter? est. The arrivals were tWO troops of the fourth cavalry, from Fort Meade, .-' !>.. with four more troops due to morrow, from Fori Bnelllng, Minn, and with the troops already here, they will compose a f >rce of 200 men umbr Col. E. 25. Btever. RALL1NOER WILL HUE FOR DAM? AGES. To Heck Recovery of Dig Klima From His Detractors, Washington, March 13.?Secretary Dallinger has not decided to mak< Gl ford Plnchot, form*!- forester of Iho United States, a defendant in a libel suit to be tiled in this city, ask ,ng $600,000 damagea, This was made clear at the Inter? ior Department, when it was said Mr. ilalllnger will not fully decide ai to his contemplated libel suits until he has spent some time In bis home city, & attic, and has had time to study the situation with his legal collesguoe. Then he will finally make Up his mind as to whom he will make de? fendants and the amount of damages 1 will claim. No doubt la left in 'be minds of Mi-. Hall Inger'a frlenda that he intends to I.ring libel action against ilu-se responsible for tin- onslaughts in de aguinsl him since he flrsl took up tin duties of Secretarj of tin In? terior, lb- makes this plain to his friend-, t i t as to the d< fendnnts t ? he named ind tin amounts to he claimed in d m - not make any statenn ntr, Mr. I'm- h.a. it Is belle' ? d, v. Ill be one in m a bom Mr, Kalling? r will ngle out foi of Ihe defendants, I n nd a Nein York week I j i known to h one of th< pnp< i w hl< h is mark? ed for 'he |. ? ;,i battle whl< h is soon to be started Throughout his term of office the s , r> tary has bc< n col ! lecttng evidence which, it Is declared, COTTON PRICES Gil UP. have: (.om; up because <>r ex? cessive: sellin?. TICi?K That supply Will bo Almost Ivxhu listed by August 111?Tone Continues Fairly Kncourugiiig. Mew York, March l".?Though In the forepart of the week pries <t cotton gave way they have lately re? covered, mainly because of the r re? cent ov< rdoing of the short side, rhe short Interest i11 October had beco/ne especially large and a hot wave 1.1 Texas the other day led many of these shorts to cover with a precipitant y that resulted In a sharp advance. Hulls postulate higher prices in the belief that every hale available will he wantej before the i nd of the sea? son and that August 31 will see a visible supply In the country near a half million bales smaller than iit the same time last year, no matter I what complaints may be made about trade now or in the meantime. Lan? cashire, for that matter, is reporting rather betti r business; silver has ad? vanced In London and the Bank <?f England has r< duced Its rate of dis? count. Meantime bull interests appear to be very bullish on May and I Ictober even if they are short of July and j August. A leading mining man Is still a bull, o large Texas operator who hns been here a year Is as firm as ever In his adherence to the bull side. Large merchants arc believed to be strongly of the opinion that the May option is destined t<> reach much higher prices; spinners are buying to some extent and the exports thus far this season are about 1,750,000 bales larger than during a like pericd last season. At tin same time many believe that the crop is not more than ?OO.OOO bales larger than the last one, if it is that. There are those indeed who think that the final ginning report on March 20 will reveal a crop this sea? son not much over 1 1,750,000 bales of Bplnnable cotton. Considerable stress Is laid on this condition. On the other hand, trade for the most part is dull, spot markets seem slug? gish; yarns are depressed, some mills i>i Georgia and the Carolinas of late have been reported In an embarrassed condition; the failure of a cotton firm in Barcelona, for 1200.000 was reported the other day; the calling of an extra session of congress for April i Is m ?re or less of a disturbing fac? tor in the opinion of some since it may cause more or less interruption of trad** and afford a new opportunity f r anti-option legislation. The massing of 20,000 troops on the Mexican frontier is also cited as a possible disturbing factor. Now and then sen-,, of the big bulls have ap? parently been free sellers >n bulges. The general tone of late, however, has been more encouraging to the be? lievers In higher prices. In The Police Court. There were several offenders haul? ed up in the Record* r'a court Mon? day for various offenses committed mostly on the Sabbath. Herbert Wilder, colored, was tried for not paying street tax and failure to do street duty. He plead guilty and was fined |1.60, the amount of th ? tax, and given Q p nalty of $1.50. Lucius Bossard and Willie Bossard w< re both arrested for creating a disturbance and cursing, and Willie Bossard was also charged with resist? ing arrest. I*. th plead not guilty but the Recorder found them guilty and si ntencod Lucius to pay a fine of I 110 or to s a ve L'n days, while he gave Willie the choice of paying $30 or serving 50 days for the counts agalnat him. Jim Marvin was charged with pub? lic drunkenness und cursing. He was given a sentence of $5.00 or i<> days. Mike Weather ;hy paid $10 for creating a disturbance, cursing and public drunkenneas. With the advent of woman suf? frage, will the rooster, long the em? blem of political victory, be succeeded by the hen??Kansas City Star. will be use(i when the cases are call < d In court for trial. Borne prominence has been given for ilte statement that Mr. Plnchol will be sued in Washington, and that Mr. Bellinger, relieved of his duties a* Secretnry of tin- Interior, will be at the head of an army of prosecut? ing counsel, In other words, Wash? ington was to have the llalllnger IMnchol controversj threshed over again, Wh? M the v,.\K< Is thrown down it i said that Clifford IMnehol will not t e |, n hI the poi t, for i< Is kn >w n ? ? . . . i ; i Hanl lawy< i of lh< country, The former forest? r Is now on hi ; way to i Jur ?p< . hut as soon as Si c r? t irj M illing? r gnthi rs his forces for his final struggle it I b declared ' Mr. File lot w ill be in . t his < o mil V. Practical Though/ > f< (Conducted bj K. \V. Dahl?-. > -e* Col Sonic Random Thoughts und i ulon Vl?W8 Nop'-. The last meeting of the Farmers' i'i ion started ?.-?in?.?- matters that ar? likely to be of far-reaching i (lect on the farming interests >t Bumti ? I oun i ty and this rection of the State. Among them the looking for a bet? ter Staple of cotton, and Infer sys? tem oi marketing both short and extra staple cottons. The appoint? ment of a committee to work in connection with a committee of th Sumter Chamber of Commerce fo. the location within our borders of the experimental station that ClemSon college will establish in the eastern part ?f the State. The decision of the Clemson trustees to establish this station is the r< suit of Farmers' Union ?(Torts, and now the Bum ter county union would land this station in Sumter county and it will do so, ii other citizens will do their share t<> show tin resources, and ad? aptability of the county. The live Stock meeting at Concord came in for some discussion. The committee in ( barge of the program for that meeting reported progress, it was decided to have an all day open meeting at Concord <n the first Friday in April, the 7th. ai d all who are Intereste 1 In live stock are cor? dially invited to com?' and bring a basket. It may be necessary to have a very short executive session of the Union, but if it is, it will take only a few minutes. The committee have the promise from the United States Department of Agriculture of an ex? pert on live stock. How our many g< od farmers can stay out of the Farmers' Union when they must see how it is laboring for the general good is one of the unaccountable things. We arc not turning the world over, and the conservatives among us are not trying to d<# the Impossible, but we are striving In < very legitimate way to b< neflt our? selves and in doing so the community tit large. ? ? ? As many of the Union members ;\s can do so. will be benefited by at? tending the meeting of the Sumter Agricultural Society at Btateburg next Saturday, it will be a very pleae ant occasion for all who can attend, and the county union regretted that it could not hohl a meeting there, it would have been b?*> much for one day's program and would have brought the county union meetings too close together. 9 9 9 It is very probable that Cue matter of starting a petition f..r the dis? arming of the battle ship South Car? olina, and converting it into a mer? chant ship will again be brought be? fore this meeting at the General Sumter Memorial Academy next Sat? urday. It is sincerely to be hoped that the members of the 1'armors' Union will align themselves in ?his practical plan for peace. What could be more appropriate than that the cannon and machine guns and the armor plate, should be Stripped off this great ship and mad ? Into bind? ers and mow i s. niatuir > spreaders and disk plows and a.hundred other farming imph ments? What more fitting fulfilment of the prophecv of Isaiah ?'They shall la at their BWordf into pi ?w shares, ami their spears into pruning hooks, and nation shall not lift up sword aginst nation, neither shall they b arn war any more," To begin auch a glorious reign of peace as this disarming would be, to be the originator of the thought that this is a practical way to start the world-wide movement for uni? versal peace, to Join In its indorse? ment, to carry it to a succeeaful is? sue, is to write the name of the State, the county, tic community and the originator <>t tin idea higher on the pagea of the world's history than Alexander or So.rates. Ceasar >r Hannibal, Napoleon or Wellington, Washington or Bolivar, Lee oi Grant. This lo ihe unthinking may ?sound visionary, chimerical, the vain Imlgna ion of a fanatic, hut such per? sons have forgotten, or they have never knew thai the world's greatest movements have been so character? ized by the unthinking rubble en eouraged b> Ihe men of high position w ho - :w in such movements their own downfall. Jusl so today, the n , ,, u ho fa1 h 11 and roll in w ealt h through government Jobs and Ihe ii lion; and the poor lolling masses go on barely earning a scant sub steine while iin\ worship the great no! of this country us experienced In the Very things that help ta keep tiion News or Practical Farmers idem Farmers' Union of Sumter intjr.) them "hewers of wood and f.rawers < f water." If there li anything that tin- Far :>.:< rs' Union *tands for it la for penes and th. d< velopnient of the natural r- sources of <?ur heritage, and the I raising of men and women who sytll 1 head the world in the arts and sciences, and In sll that goes "to make this ? arth an Rden like to Heaven above." Battle ships and cannon help t<? make .iust the oppo? site. Gen. Sherman said "War is Hell" and some of the generation 1 I fast passing away who saw the tmoh> ! Ing ruins that marked the path of his army through >,ur fair land know that for once at least he spoke the truth. K. W. D. -1 IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT. * Cnse nf DuRant \ gainst Dlghnm Ke Kultcd In Finding for the Plaintiff. Monday afternoon the case of Chsrles Du Rant aginst Et H. Big I ham was heard in the Magistrate's i court, consuming cot unite an hour in the h.. aiing and decision. The i resulted in a finding foi the ' plaintiff of the ?15 sued for and the c < ?st of the case. The suit was the result of a horse trade, the horse having been sold by I Mr. r.igham to Mr. DuRant, Mr. Big ham giving the assurance at the time that the horse was sound and ate heartily. Mr. DuRant bought j the horse for $50 paying down $15 and giving a mortgage for the re? mainder, payable some time in the | fall. Mr. Du Rant statea that Mr. Blgham said at the time that the horse was sound and would eat a good feed. He took the horse and found that it did not come up to the guar 1 antee as stated by Mr. Bigham and he took the horse back and got an? other one. He d'd not like the sec? ond horse as well as the first one and took it back to Mr. Bigham in a few days and, as neither horse suit? ed him. he asked for his $15. Mr. Bigham refused to give it to him and he swore out the indictment. j Mr. Bigham stated that he had sold the lirst horse to Mr. DuRant and I that when Mr. DuRant brought it back he had allowed him to put it In his lot while he took out the second horse and g^ve it a trial. When Mr. DuRant had asked for the return of the money he had refused to give it to him because the horse was all he had claimed it to be. Ho said that he had made no guarantee of the first horse farther than it would eat and he still believed this to be true. He said that he did not know any? thing about the horse being cripple In one leg as Mr. DuRant said that it was. The jury after staying out far only a few minutes brought in the ver? dict for Mr. DuRant. s. I,. 1. READY TO GO To FRONT. Special Meeting Held Saturday Night in Armory Hall at Which Com pan) Volunteers lt> Services. At a special m ating of the Sa:n ter Right Infantrf, company 1... N. G. s. <\. held Saturday night in the Armory hall the men of the companj unanimously volunteered their sei vices should they be needed or ac? cepted by the United Statea The company was ready to go for any period over.one month, and Imme? diately after th- resolutions offering their services were adpoted, Adjutant General Moore and Secretary of War Dickinson were wired the resolu? tions of ihe company. As yet no answer has been received from either source. The meeting Saturday night show? ed the patriotism of the boys and their eagerness to go to the front in case of trouble with Mexico as wall as their desire to go to the Mexican frontier to learn more of military manoeuv* rs and a soldier's life than they are now acquainted with. Bach of the boys in turn was heard from and each one ? Kpreesed his desire to take tin- trip. After tin- beys had Stated theti position on the resolutions which had been drawn up. Capt. George C. War? ren thank- d them for showing their nteresl in tin movement now on fool and statt d that he was ,>x U. meb proud to be the captain ,?t b ich a company. Hon. R. i. Man? na-: w h ? *.?-; pi . sent to hear the ? v ' iprvss their g. nttmi nts and opinion a- _o the motion to K,> to can i rantt? r made a short "'? I Hing the mi in'., rs of tin cotnpan; how proud he was of them ? xv nM a tin ? . Kample they nad st I ihe other c< mpaniei |sj the stai His talk was listened fa with gn tl ittention by the boys who heart I) applauded him when hti rernarhi W i l i- end. d.