Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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&\)t tUakljman crad ?ontl)ron. II.* ?? MTKU WATOHMAH. IlltII lied April. ISM. 'Be JnM and P?ur uoi?Let all the ands Thoo AlnWt At be thy Country'!, Thy God's and Truth s." THE TRUE SOUTHRON Established June ? Consolidated Aug. 3,1881._SUMTER. 8. C. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1911. Vol. XXXETJ v*> *\ MAKING GLEAN SWEEP. REV< >LITN >R AKY HENTTMKNT FA* VORS YUlHC.VnON OF EM? PEROR. Leader* Would Avoid Bloodshed ami Secwre Peaceful Capitulation of Manch* Troop*. Shanghai. Nov. I.?The first night after the capitulation of the city to the revolutionist* passed uneventful? ly. Perfect order wss maintained In Shanghai and the outlying districts. which constitute* a rsmarkabls fea? ture of the movement, Ll Ping Shu li the responsibly head of the new administration in the native ;lty and euburbs and Is now engaged In "om* piecing his organisation. Hs Inform? ed the correspondent that he recog? nised only the "Republic of Ran" ' tnd would guarantee order. The ' >nly disorderly element*, he said, now n China, srs the former officials thslr supporters and the Manchu roops who would never again be per? mitted to control. There Is reason to believe that the revolutionary sentiment throughout the south strongly favors the uncon* dltional abdlctl >n of the emperor and the establishment of an entirely new fegime. Yuan Shi Kal will be repudi? ated If he adhere* to the M menu*. Hs might become the head of the government and receive universal sup- ' fort If he separated himself from his formsr alliance. There is. however, ? e growing suspicion and distrust of 1 usn Stil Kai. The present plena for a republic in? clude complsto control the Tangts* Kiang Admiral Bah le now crippled ? id out off from hi* beg*. The revo? lt tionary leedsrs are determined to a-old bloodshsd and secure the peace ft 1 capitulation of the Manchu troops It the various Soathtrn towns. Huang 91 ng. ths revolutionary leader in ths Ytngtse delta, arrived in the native city of Shanghsl yesterday by motor ear. Today he was engaged with 1 ohiefs In a conference. nigh* the rebels succeed the t/IfclaJs of, the^ sn*VVKa^ghai ratlwuy that they were capable of preserving order and th foreign guard which had been placed st the railway station by order of th* British consul was withdrawn, revolutionises taking possession. The entire surroundings of Shang? hai. Including Wu Sung, are now In rebel hands. The ssrving out of arms continued today. ll Three toysllst* gunboats and one transport. part of Admiral Sah's fleet, put into Shanghai today for provisions and munitions. Ignorant of the fact that the arsenal had changed hands. They are now in the river, loyal for the time being, but vhe officers of ths warships ?r ? nsr I oua. Subscriptions are pouring in for the revolutionary cause. I The revolutionists maintain that no' * concession on the part of the throne will avail ah.le the Manchus remain In p>wer. A meeting of the Kiang Su. Chekl- ' ang and Fuklen gentry today s*lg- ' matlsed th< national assembly as not ] representing the country. Revolution- I ary proclamations abolish the llkin and land taxes, the n.arttlme customs only being retained. I Hang-Chow, the capital of the prov. Ince of Cheklang. was captured to- | day. the governor being made prls oner but the Tartar city held ov against the rebels for a time. The fighting was furious, and did not last long. Soo-Chow. in th* privtnee of Ktang 8u. on the Orsnd Canal, has gone over to ths rebeln, tho governor and all the officials, togsther with the sol-' dter* having acquiesced peacefully *n j the rising, while Ksshlng snd Nlngp ? . also have fallen. ' The rsmslnder of Admiral Sah's fleet has arrived at Wu Sung without ammunition snd without provisions. Reports are numerous of the defec? tion or the cspture of various other J Chlneee cities, these Including Wu Hu and Foo Chow. The Imperial tel? egraph operat ?rs have gone on strike. They demsnd tl ?> months* pay in sdvance. It is reported thst Yuan Shi Kal is at Hsnkow negotiating with Oen. Ll, leader of the rebel* who Is In a position to dictate terms. It Is believ. ed that the south will demand the re? tirement of the Monchu r ?yalty with s pension and will not be satis fleu MUM less. The revolutionary leaders at Shang? hai today espreseed no f?vir that the Imperlsltsts would attempt to recap? ture ths city. They said that the new government wu fully comp?-t??nt to Control the situation and protect f r elgn 'ntereele. a! REBELS SEIZE SHANGHAI. ENTIRE CITY, EXCEPT FOREIGN CONCESSIONS, IN INSUR? GENTS HANDS. Revolutionaries Warn Populace Against Disorder ? Quiet Reigns After Fight at Railway StaUon. Shanghai. Nov. 3.?Except for the foreign eonceaaiona, Shanghai tonight is entirely in the hands of the revo? lutionists who captured the city late this afternooo. There waa practical? ly no resistance, only a few shots being Ared. All the Chinese soldiers have Joined the rebels and the police and firemen are apparently smypa thlslng with them for they are wear? ing white badges on their arms. After taking the arsenal, the rebels burned the Tnotal's Yamen In the city. The Associated Press correspondent this afternoon covered the entire outlying section of Shanghai but did not discover a single Instance of dis? order. Even In the native city com? plete order prevailed. Every courtesy is shown foreigners. The soldiers, police snd firemen are continuing on duty. The shops are closed tonight While the sctlon of the rebels was expected the movement was made quickly. Following a slight disturb? ance in c northern section, notices were posted throughout the native city announcing that "the military government of China" had taken over Shanghai. It warned the populace against disorder. The arsenal, where recently there had been greatest activity prepara? tory to assisting ths up-river forts snd providing ammunition for Ad? miral Sah was called on to surrender by the rebels. The chief of the ar? senal quietly disappeared, but a few other officials remained. However, there was no show of resistance. The rebels Informed those remaining that they Intended to take the arsenal. None of them seemed willing to test the strength of the rebels In combat and quietly evacuated. It Is tinder stood that one reason for the revolu? tion)***. UfcJnr Shanghai today is that two Norwegian vessels had be on loaded at the arsenal during the last tv.\ days with ammunition for Ad? miral Sah. The vessels succeeded in getting away. ' An attempt was' made to cut the wire of the Nankln-Shanghal rail? way, but this was frustrated by A. W. Pope, general manager of the com? pany. An attack upon the railway station followed, whereupon the British con? sul called for volunteers and restored order, claiming the right to protect the property In the interest of the British bondholders. The revolutionaries say they wer? prepared to maintain order and while they Intended to seize the rail? way they did not plan to destroy it Therefore, they regard the British consul's action In calling out British volunteers as the first breach of neutrality and its effect may be ftaf reaching. Throughout the night several arm? ed Britishers stood guard over the railroad property while on the other side of the road an equal num? ber of police were to maintain order on behalf of the revolutionary gov? ernment. RAILROAD MEN REASSURED. Pro|M>sed Employer's Liability Law Won't Effect Existing Organize Moils. Washington. Nov. 3.?The Rail? road Employees' Relief Association will not be disturbed by the proposed employers' liability legislation to be submitted to Congress this winter by the Congressional committee on em? ployers' liability. A number of roads that have their own relief associa? tions were anxious to know Just what Congress would expect of them, and today ft presentatives of the Penn? sylvania. Philadelphia and Reading. Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy, Bal? timore and Ohio, and the Atlantic Coast Line met with Senator Suther? land, chairman of the committee, who told them that the proposed legisla? tion would not interfere with the road's Individual plans, If, after In? vestigation, they are found to be satis? factory. The railroads Interested have Re? lief Association liabilities amounting to $200,000.000, and these sjeoetgttoni have been In operation on some of the roads for twenty-five y?ars.. Tho qm^tion will bo considered furthsf at a hearing before the full Congress it.rial committee Monday. Mr. Ervitr Shaw loft Monday morn* ing on his return to Davidson college after a short rieft to bis pap. nil In this city. OPPOSED 10 VALORIZATION. NEW YORK FINANCIAL CIRCLES .THINK PLAN IMPRACTI CABLE.. Former President of Exchange Says Accumulation of Staple Would Have Depressing Effect. New York, Nov. 3.?Bankers and cotton men here art skeptical as to the practicability of the plan pre? sented at this week's conference of Southern governors for "valorising" the cotton crop with the assistance of an unnamed foreign syndicate. The plan is for the purchase of about 2, 000,000 bales of the cotton crop and its warehousing at central points for distribution when cotton prices have been put back to satisfactory levels. It is declared by financial experts that if the scheme is. to follow the lines more or less successfully estab? lished by Brasil. In financing its sur - plus coffee crop It would be necessary for the foreign bankers to have credit, of the cotton growing States behind their loan as well as the cotton itself 1 as collateral. ! The credit of some of the principal j cotton growing States has been se 1 riously damaged by the repudiation of ! loans on bonds issued after the War ' Between the Sections, many of which are still held by foreigners who make ; periodical efforts to collect. For this reason, bankers say, great difficulty ' might be experienced in obtaining foreign capital on such security. A. ! R. March, former president of the cotton exchange, declares that the scheme, even if put through, would have an effect on cotton prices oppo? site to that expected by its advocates. 'The accumulation of 2,000,000 bales of cotton, he thinks, would be a great bear argument and as long as It was kown to bo hanging over the market spinners could not be induced to bid ' prices up. The large carrying charges j would be another factor against tho carrying of surplus cotton in ware 1 houses long enough to tire out the consumers, who have proved them? selves better able to hold out than t^he planters. Dr\'S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. I - Volume of Business Ik Fair and Com j merelal World Seems to Exhibit More Life. I New York, Nov. 3.?R. G. Dun and j Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor- j row will say: "The volume of business Is of fair amount and trade continues to ex-1 hiblt a quickening spirit; in most lines it is still below purchasing capacity, generally consisting in supplying im? mediate necessities. ', "Orders for steel products booked by the leading Interests during October Iare alleged to have been the larger,'' with one exception, than any this I I year. I I "The transportation companies are making purchases of needed equip- J ment, contracts for some 10,000 cars ? I I having been placed in the past week ' j while half of that number are under negotiations. | j "Fair tonnage of structural ma? terial is called for,.but plates are in? active. "The movement of dry goods con? tinues very steady. Exports to the Far East are at a standstill, owing to the Chinese complications, but the miscel? laneous trade is steady and shipments j still show a substantial Increase over, a year ago. "Footwear Jobbers are holding off until assured that the late advances j asked by manufacturers are to be made and are not disposed to place more than supplementary contracts f^r winter goods; business for spring delivery has not been in very larg.? volume as yet. OETS PEA BODY MONEY. Hock Hill. Nov. 2.?A telegram re? ceived this morning from President Johnson of Winthrop college, who Is now at New York City, announces that Winthrop college has been awarded $90,000 by the Peabody board, "absolutely without any con? ditions whatever." This action was taken at a meet? ing of the board held yesterday aft? ernoon, when it was expected that a final distribution of this big fund would be made. Winthrop had already been award? ed $r?,ooo by thai board toward the building of the model school, and for rears has been receiving $3,000 per year from the Peabody fund. This is oauae for congratulation t ? Winthrop, and it is i>m another testimony to tin- fine work of Pr si t\> n? Johnson and fitting ro* ird for the inch plane upon which he baa i ed Ihli Institution. FAST DRIVER HURT. JOE JAGERSBERGER SERIOUS? LY INJURED FRIDAY. Practicing for Columbia Races In? jured Man Was Going Better Than a Mile a Minute. Columbia, Nov. 4.?While driving faster than a milb a minute Joe Jagersberger was thrown from his Case racing machine yesterday at noon, suffering serious, and possibly fatal injuries. The accident occurred on the fair grounds track as Jagers? berger was speeding along the quarter practicing for the races that begun yesterday afternoon. A tire lost its wind suddenly and sent the car through the fence, throwing Jagers? berger out and pinning him beneath the machine. Fred Pfester, Jagers berger's mechanician, Jumped as the car struck the fence. Jagersberger was taken to a hospi? tal with his right leg broken and shattered between the knee and ankle. It may be necessary to amputate the leg. The injury was caused by the leg being pinned between the car and the ground. His face was badly cut and an eye injured. He was also hurt about the shoulders. Pfester, the mechanician, was pain? fully bruised but only slightly Injured according to a statement by the rep? resentative of the company. He bit off a small piece of his tongue as ho fell. The damage to the car is slight. Jagersberger is now at a local hos? pital. He was conscious after the accident and his head was clear when he reached the hospital. Jagersberger Is 29 years old and a native of Vienna, Austria. He is un? married. He has been a racing driver for many years, driving his first race In France in 1897. He has piloted some of the fastest cars made and has been driving for the Case com? pany a year. This is his second ac? cident since he became connected with this company. His car plunged though a fence in a Chicago race a few months ago and the car was completely demolished but he eseap sd without injury. GAFFXEY PREACHER IX TROU? BLE. Rev. W. C. Ferrell of Cherokee, Jailed in Atlanta For Writing Mash Note. Atlanta, Nov. 2.?The Rev. W. C. Ferrell, a Methodist minister who came here recently from Gaffoey, S. C, was arrested and placed kt jail here yesterday as a result of his hav? ing written to a young woman of this city a letter in which he asked to make her acquaintance with a view to "commit matrimony." When giv? en a hearing In polico court the min? ister admitted authorship of the let? ter, but the case was dlsrnlassd, the judge saying he knew of no law which the minister had violated. The arrest was made by detectives, who accompaneld the youn? woman to the place designated in tne lotter as the place of meeting. The min? ister described himself in the letter as "An unselfish gentlemon romatle ally Inclined." but he told the court he had never lived in England. ARMY AVIATORS TO LOCATE IX SOUTH. After Investigating Cumden, Green? ville, Alken und Other Points Capt. Chandler Will Re|H>rt. Washington, Nov. 5.?Capt. Charles Deforest Chandler, commanding of? ficer of the army aviation school at College Park. Md., left Washington tonight for Camden, S. C* where he goes to look over that town to see if it is the right place for the winter headquarters of the flyers. From Camden. Capt. Chandler will go to Greenville, where he will spend Tues? day and possibly Wednesday. From Greenville he goes to Savannah. He will also reach Augusta and Aiken and look over thorn4 places. The question of establishing a win? ter headquarters in the South has attracted more attention from that section than any other project. The people realize that such a school would be a big drawing card for their town, and Would bring business Into the city. Capt. Chandler will be gone about a week or ten days, and fol? lowing his report back to Gen. Al? len, announcemenl will bs made iis to where the ;iir men will go. Real Estate Transfers. Oni\ one deed to real estate was left at he office ot the county clerk of court Friday to bs recorded. B, w. MoCallum to Mary C. Car? ver, lot on Dingle sti oet, |900. ROGERS ENDS LONG JOURNEY. ?-? AVIATOR RESTS AT PACIFIC COAST AFTER TRANS-CONTI- I XEXTAL FLIGHT. _ I IIa? Flown 4,231 Milew, His Flying Time 1,924 Minutes?Pony-nine Days on Trip. Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 5.?Aviator Calbraith P. Rogers, approaching a successful Jaunt, soared lntc Pasadena ' at 4:04 p. m. today on the last spurt of 30 miles from Pomona, aid frr an altitude of several thousand fe landed at Tournament park. He wit . fly to the coast tomorrow, landing at1 the edge of the Pacific. Official figures of Rodgers' flight given by his manager show: Total' distance, 4,231 miles; flying time, | 4,924 minutes. | Rodgers landed at 4:10 o'clock. Tomorrow he exects to fly over the Pacific and thus make the epoc'n making feat of aviation really an ocean-to-ocean flight. Rodgers appeared in the sky line shortly after 3 o'clock. He was sighted first by telescope from the solar observatory on Mount Wilson and word flashed down the mountain by telephone brought 20,000 persons to Tournament park. Flying at a height of about 5,000 feet, Rodgers hovered over the city for a few minutes, then circled in a wide spiral and volplaned down. His landing was a signal for a rush, and Rodgers literally was mobbed. After? ward the aviator declared his ribs surely would be black and blue. Rodgers started on the last dash of his flight from Banning, Cal., a little town out in the desert, where j his arrival had interrupted the only j diversion of the year, the funeral; dance of the Majove Indians. Taking the air at noon, Rodgers ascended gracefully in the face of a j ^0-mlle wind until he had reached . an altitude of 400 feet. Then he set' his course directly west and sparked his motor up to a 30-milo gait. Rodgers' wife and mother, who have been following him on a special tr?ln all the Way from New York, left Banning immediately aftewards. The flier arrived over Colton at 1:37 J p. in. with hj# altitude increased to 1,000 feet and he kept this height until he neared Pomona, 21 miles from Pasadena. Ho remained there until after 3 o'clock, renewing his sup? ply of gasoline and refilling the tank j of the leaky radiator that broughtj him near disaster yesterday. After leaving Pomona. Rodgers kept his biplane pointing upward un- ' til he had climbed over the fleecy sheets of vapor flowing near the top? of the highest peaks of the moun-1 tains. He sped on t?? the finish at Tournament park, on a level with the Mount Wilson observatory and flying close to the ragged sides of the' mountain. His machine, a "baby" Wright that j has only an 18-foot spread of wing3, \ seemed to hesitate for an instant as the aviator careened it into the spiral glide. At this time he was directly over the park, but as he came down j his flier described ever widening , curves until he was within a few hun? dred feet of the ground. Then Rod- ' gers performed one of the dips Arch Hoxsey was taking when he was killed at Dominguez field within sight of Mount Wilson last December. Rodgers' first word after he had been finally rescued from the clamor? ous crowd was: "Well, one thing is certain, you can not do a transcontinental flight in 30 days." j Rodgers also declared that his own flight, begun September 17 was fin? ished today. 49 days later, would not be duplicated f:>r a year or more. BEATS ATWOOD 2.906 MILES. New York, Nov. 5.?Calbraith P. Rodgers, the asdator, who practically completed his ocean-to-ocean flight by landing at Pasadena, Cal., today started from this city 4 9 days ago on what was to prove his record-making trip. In a Wright biplane he rose from Sheepshead Bay race track at 4:25 p. m. September 17 and arrived at Pasadena at 4:10 p. m. today. He left behind him at Marshall, Mo., on October 10, a broken world's record for a cross-country flight, having then traveled l.Stl miles as against the record of 1.265 miles previously mads by Harry Atwood. Rodgers' mileage over the Atwood record kept piling up day by day until today he had eclips? ed It by a total of 2,966 miles. Figured from bis actual flying time of three days, ten hours and four minutes in traveling 1.231 miles, his rate of speed was SI.58 miles an hour. atwood s former w irld's record was made on August 25, 1911. when he finished bis flight from St. Louie to New York, B distance of 1,265 miles. m JURY DISAGREE. WOMAN WHO K M.I.I I) ALLAN (iARLAM) HAS CLOSE CALU Eight of Jury Were for Conviction and Judge V -rs Mistrial?She Confidently ' 1 \( quit t il and Faces Ar .5 ml With Fear. Ope1 W a., Nov. I.?A mistrial wa~ .?> x in the ?ase of >Irs. Zee P .tea, accused of the muider tg Allan Thurmm Garland, morning, after the Jury, which .id deliberated on the case since 12:15 p. m. yesterday, reported to the court that there was no possibility of agreeing on a verdict, I The announcement was mads at 3:14 o'clock yesterday afternoon by 1 the foreman that the jurors were I hopelessly divided. Judge Pavy, how? ever, sent them back and when no report was forthcoming at adjourn? ment of court at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the jury was locked up and ordered to report when court opened \hls morning. Failure to secure an immediate ver? dict of acquittal and vindication was sorely disappointing to Mrs. McRea, whose face blanched when the fore? man reported yesterday that his men could not agree. Her husband, who has stood by her in face of the charges, felt the disappointment al? most as keenly as did his wife. According to the foreman the jury stood eight to four for conviction of manslaughter. The four Ju >rs who held out for acquittal were Hidalgo, the foreman, Edgin, Dugas and Guid rey. Mrs. McRea expressed disap? pointment at the result. Allan Garland was shot three times I in the back and almost instantly kill j ed by Mrs. McRea in the bed room of. her home in Opelousas on the morning of September 21, 1911. j Mrs. McRea testified that she killed Garland In defense of her honor, as? serting that he had mistaken her j friendly interest In him and had sought to harm her during the ab? sence of her husband. The trial opened October 23. The prosecution wished to have the case set for rehearing next Monday, but Judge Pavy said this would ba impossible as fie would be otherwise engaged. Application for ball will be made tomorrow. Counsel for Mrs. McRea said they would not oppose an early trial. The result was not unexpected by the majority of the spectators who have crowded the court room sine? the day the trial opened 12 days ago and who knew that the bitter prejudices aroused in St. Landry par? ish by the killing of Garland by Mts. McRea, made it almost impossible io secure 12 men who could agree on ? verdict. Opposed to the natural sym? pathy that goes out for a woman, es? pecially where the plea is set up that she shot In defense of her houor, there was the popularity ftf the de? ceased and the large political and social influence of the Garland family. Even religious prejudices entered largely into the trial because of Mrs. I McRea's membership in a Masonic order on the one hand, and on the other the overwhelming Catholic population of St. T^andry parish, of which the Garlands are a part. I Dark Corner Dots. Dark Corner. Nov. 3.?Well, it be? gins to look and feel like winter has taken its seat in summer's lap. Last night was the coldest night we have had since last March. All the cotton is not gathered yet, and very little corn and peas have been gathered. It has ben cotton, first, last and all the time. 1 am fearful that a great many farmers are Roing to neglect their potatoes until they get chilled in the patch. I One m >rning last week there was a pretty fox chase through here by Mr. Wes Bradford and others, but Reynard and the dogs gave them (the hunters) the dodge and got out of hearing. The fox was caught and killed at Mr. Jim Brewers, the J. D. Weeks old place, leir Pinewood. I should have mentioned Mrs. L. E. Avln In my list ?f snake killers last week, as she kiiid ,\ large chicken snake. The health Of the neighborhood is very good at this time. Mr. Pink Weeks was in your city last Wednesday. 1 have not heard of any one from this neighborhood attending the Y-.vx In Columbia. I would be delighted to attend the Santce Baptist Association at Elliotts next Tuesday, ths 7th, but 1 cannot see how I am to gd oil from home and business to H". though it would be a pleasure to go and hear Dr. Brown and the other brethren. ? old Hard Times."