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Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER. S. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 16.
STORY OF TITANIC UNTOLD.
CARPAmiA sl?KKI?lN<? TO NF.W
YORK WITH SI ft VI VORS.
Hope Dewert* l1?on<*Kiid* Waiting for
New* of IaivciI One ?Alten CgfBssSff
pathl* tltst M?mw of All Survivor
Mrestl) Meat Ashore ? Steamer
Rearing Survivor* F.vpectetl t<?
Reach Vi? York Tonight, Calvin?
Mr-M \oi'?inl of l>UaMter.
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New York. April 17?The roll wt
the saved from the Titanic disaster
tonight seems complete.
Practically every attending circum?
stance in the transmission of news
from the Car path la goes to show that
only 328 of the 810 cabin passengers '
of the Titanic are safe on ths rescue
ship
The 282 caldn passengers, whose
name* have not appeared In the lists
sent ashore by wireless yesterd im?
probably must be conceded as amoiK
the 1.212 lives which the collision of1
ths mamoth new steamer with an I
Iceberg off the Newfoundland banks
Sunday night Is believed to have tak?
en.
1 nousands of hopeful hearts Wffi
turned to despairing ones when the
I'nlted States Scout cruiser Chester
wirelessed ashore late today that she
had been In communication with the
Oarpathla and had asked repeatedly
for the full list of the first nd second
cabin survivor* and that the rescue
ship reported ihHt al! the r.ame* h. <!
already been sent ashore.
The remainder of the 5ta persons
saved were passengers In the steer
sge or members of the crew.
After the strain of three days wait?
ing without news of their missing*
ones, there were few of the hopeful
that pftU held out tonight against
the seemingly final word as to the
fate nt friends and relativen.
The small remaining hope of the
-few who persistently refutied to be
Usvs ths worst rented tonlirht on the
pathla. might after all no: he quite
complete.
The fact thst one new r>ame came
through late today, in a private
message from the Oarpathla, was the
basis of what was a desire more than
a hope that there were slips enough
In her wtreUss lists to account for a
few. at least, of those unaccounted
for. At the best, however. It appear* d
that it could be only an occasional
ons whose safety hsd not been re?
ported through some error of com?
pilation on the liner or of wireless
transmission.
From the Oarpathla which Is ap?
proximately 800 miles from New
York, and which Is expected. If she
keeps up her rats of proi.Tsss of 13
knots an hour, to rea^h the entrance
of the harbor by 8 o'clock tomorrow
night, cams a new report during the
day as to th? number of survivors on
hoart:
Through the Cunarder Franconla.
whlcli established wireless commurl
catlo i with the res* ue ship, came a
messtige which Included his state?
ment .
M8he has a total of 705 survivors
aboard '
Th> previous statement from the
Carp-tthia had been that she tarried
888 lervvors. It may b? that the re?
port received through the Franconla
Included it i ??unt of rescued passen?
gers only, disregarding the 100 or
more member* of the crew, who must
have been in the boats which the
Carptthla picked up.
Communication was being had with
the ?arpathla tonight through gOth
the acout cruiser Cheater and the
short- wireless station at KlascogsWtt
Through the t'hester there bggjM ci?m
I .g tlowty the names of saved pas?
sengers from the third 1 ifctg of the
Iggggi
The very Mending of these could but
help confirm the fateful '???lief that
ther? were no more rout es of tlrst
and second cabin passengers to send;
and thus the news left hardly a pos -
sttdllty thst the names of wtdl-krmwn
men. such as John Jacob Astor. W.
T id. I ?ad t Strain. Major I'.utt
snd ?ther* of the now familiar list g|
notables, could have been omitted In
the transmission of names. That
thest m??t: had g oie down with tin*
whip th?-r* remained hardly u doubt.
T>e t'unurd oftl< l.ils announced
that tb?y would permit on the pier
only friends snd relative-? of the sur?
vivors, who win i, , United by a piss
after having estaldis o-d their right to
?a n one at the company's offices.
No jhotographer of the press, they
stated, will be admitted and the gg
life will rope off a large space out
FIn-Im-h Mis** ige from i ar
gjgdhiUty tkaa the list of sur
gsjsjf b> wireless from "tTTe" Vt\T'
TROOPS 11 BAIBERG.
HI.r:\SK ANTKIVATKS TP Ol'ULK
tH l>lspFA> AKY C ASE.
Six Hamberg Mi n (barged with
Threatening Live* of Men Sent by
(?iioTnur to Work up Liquor Caws
If They Return to Testif y at 11 cur?
ing Today?lileaxe's Action Based
on Story of Constables?Tbe Alleg?
ed Attuck DCMTlbcd.
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Colombia. .April 17.?Charged with
assault with intent to kill, highway
rObhOry aftd riot, six whit* men of
Bamberg, were arresttd there this
itternoon and locked in the county
Jail, according to the report of Mayor
-mioak. of Bamberg. to Governor
lit," ? e. \ M\th man. W. L. McPhail.
and the alleged leader of the crowd,
has not yet been arrested, and was re?
ported from Bamberg to have gone to
A'igu> i. i ut it is thought that he will
return to Bamberg some time during
the night, and if he does he will be
unm.aliately locked up.
The Bamberg military company is
held subject to the orders of Sheriff
Hunter, of that county, and is ready
for any emergency and will lie ready
fof v.uty at a moment's notieo. The
saoa Will be given a hearing before
>' iyor 9m ak ftt Bamberg tomorrow
m-?; n'.ng.
T!i I men mentioned are charged
I With having intimidated and run out of
tile town g| Bamberg two men. Gar?
ner and Carter, w \Q were sent there
1 to work '>p evidence against Illicit
[whiskey dealers by Governor Blease.
on the request of two attorneys of
Himberg, who stated that they WOO Id
have the flOtOCtlVOl report to Mayor
Srnoak. The men went there and
worked up nine ante? f??r selling liq?
uor and six for stor.ng liquor, so It
Is stated. Subsequently two of the
parties Charged pleaded guilty, but
the others demanded a jury trial.
U.st Saturday, according to the re?
port. I hey had been warned that they
had better have Bamberg on account
of the feeling worked up against
fhern as -a reault of the liquor ca* s to
be tried. They walked out of town,
so they stated. Intending to take a
train at a station a few miles below
Bamberg, and while on their way they
nottosd an automobile containing
several men whisk by. ,
Wh.n Garn?-r and Carter reached
the railroad cut they were covered
b> guns, tlve pistol? and one gun
staring them In the face. According
to their story, the six men who cover?
ed them with guns were W. I?. Mc?
Phail. Josh Lott. Wi P. Blume. Dave
Robertson, a man named Dodd and
one they did not know.
They state that McPhail. acting as
leader for the "hold-ups," demanded
them to throw up their hands, cursed
them and asked them what they
were doing In Bamberg. Garner and
Carter stated that they showed theii
commissions from Governov Blease
and the six men locked at the com?
missions; that McPhail cursed the
Governor find told Garner and Carter
to tell him that Bamberg could run
itself and if .he didn't think so to come
down and do it himself. Garner and
? 'arter Slated that they were threat?
ened with lynching, but hnally the
"mob" decided to let them go. but
made them surrender their pistols,
telling them the pistols would be
shipped to Colombia and for them to
"beat it." I
The] alae stated that the "mob"
bred at their foal and sent one or
two bullets through one of their hats.
i
rinally, they got away and came on
[to Columbia and reported the matter
?o Governor i.iease. \
ELECTION AT I.AMAK.
Intendant and Warden- Selected to
Serve City.
Lamar April it.?in the town
els lion here t.,d.i\ the following were
ted Preeland Ward, intend int;
w. 3, .hyi .?. i?. B. Jordan, h\ 1 Par
nail, wardens. B, if. Rogers and J<
Ii. Taylor will have to run over f"i
fourth warden. n< na or the Ineum
bents were re-ei, ctod<
Hide the phr to keep back cutIoun
crowd >.
Although Government oftlclnls have
signitud their wMlngncaa to allow
aawapapar representatives and rela?
tives to the survivors lo board tie
ahlp from revenue cuttera before ah
reachea iha doch, lha Cunnrd onlolala
Indicated lonlght Ihn1 'bis privilege
would got be granted. Ig that event
lha full at< ry "f lha great dlaaateri ex?
eept -"eil details ai may ba received
by wireless meanwhile, probably will
not bg I ained until long after the
< 'arpathia b m ib < ked
CM SCAB CASE IN COURT.
case <>r Ii. L. ifJenbow A gii in st Reuben
?Tones, Colored. ReeUlted in Verdict
for Defendant.
A CUM which has a great many ur
usual features and one Which has
caused a great deal of discussion on
the streets during the past few days,
?Specially among a certain class Of
persona, namely money-lenders, com?
monly known as loan sharks, wai
tried in the Magistrate's Court Friday
afternoon before Magistrate H. L. B.
W ells, the jury before whom the cass
was tried returning a verdict for the
defendant and damages to the amount
of $15. - I
The ease was that of 11. L, BonOOW
i against Reuben Jones,, (adored, nni
was a claim and delivery suit for the
possession of a cow which had been
I
mortgaged by the negro to Mr. Ben
I bow when he borrowed money from
him. The outcome Of the case will
' probably result in council taking still
, Piora Stringent measures in the fu
' t: re against persons who carry on
ia money lending business among the
i
'ignorant colored people of the ei'y.
( It was alleged in the complaint
l that Ban bow had loaned Jones $S.OO
!on October 10. 1911, payable In 30
days and secured ;he loan by a mor?
tgage on a cow belonging to Jone*.
I Jones had made several payments on
the loan amounting to $2.85 and
'$5.15 was still due with Interest at
] eight per Conti The cow was seized
under mortgage BCVeral days ago and
j the BUlt Waa brought to secure pos?
session of the animal.
It was alleged \:\ the answer and
counter claims that Benbow had only
paid the negro $5.00 and had taken
j a mortgage on the cow for $8.00,
; which in itself was illegal under the
statute of 1904. That Jones had
? made various payments of $2.60 on
November l?th, $2.00 on December
9th and $1.75 on December 30th,
amounting in all to $7.35. That these
I payments had liquidated the debt and
: that the defendant had been damaged
I to the amount of $50 by th-.? seizure
[of the cow.
j Mr. Oeo. I>. Bevy represented the
'plaintiff and Mr. R. D. Epps the de
jfendant. Tho case was hard fought,
but the plaintiff wjls lacking in evi?
dence to prove his allegations. Mr.
' Benbow himself did not take the
.stand, hut put up his daughter, who
keeps books for him. She got badly
j twisted up on her evidence, stating at
j one time that there was no day-book,
j but changing this statement, when
J witnesses were put up who had seen
j the daydmok. A demand was made
for this day-book and after a great
deal of trouble it was finally produc?
ed. A change had also been made in
the ledger account, the account be?
ing transferred from one page, which
was torn out to another page farther
on in the book, after the current ac?
counts, the index having been chnng
I ed to this effect also.
I The day-book showed where the
amounts had been received, as claim
I ed by the defendant, whereas the
[ledger ihOWed these amounts to be
j very much less, the first payment be
ling placed on the day-book as $2.60
as alleged by tha defendant, and also
as $1.?0 on the ledger account; the
Second as $2.00 on the day-book and
, as 50 t ents on the ledger; the last
payment was marked $U75 on the
j day-hook, but was 75 cents on the
ledger.
I Witnesses were put up by the de
| fendanl who stated that the amount
i last demanded of him was $11.00, if
which amount was not paid the cow
would be seized, whereas the plain?
tiff*! witnesses stated that the amount
waa only $8.00. |
The case took up most of the after ?
noon, being argued back and forth by
, the attorneya and much time being
! consumed In the examination of the
witnesses The jury which constated
! of Messrs. m. R. Rivers, j. i>. Blend?
ing, J. R. Mercer and W, B, Reynolds
Htayed out only a few minutes before
they returned a verdict for the de
i
fendanl for the possession of the cow
and damage? amounting to $15.
Married at IV *bvteii;ui ParsotlUgO.
I
I Mr That! Moor.- of Bumter, and
IIItea Lolas Brown? at present of thi<
j eitv. wore married yesterday by the
' Rev, R. W. Glllesple, Mr. Moore hi
a well known conductor on the Coast
Line, while Mtaa Brown was reald
1 lug with her sister in the <tlty. it
'stem- that the young couple framed
up a surprise for their friends. as
no one except the gin's alater war
aware of the approaching union, and
!she was only Informed about half sti
I hour before tho ceremony took place.
Florence Times.
It HA Mr: READY TO WORK.
Rank Examiner Visited Orangeburg
Hanks but Was Told Foes Would be
Held Up.
Orangeburg, April it.? B. j.
4
Rhame, who has been removed from
the ottice of State bank examiner uy j
Qov, Bleate, visited Orangeburg to
j
day in the performance of his official
duties. Mr. Rhame called at somo
of the banks of this city and signfied
his intention to examine the banks.
He was told that he coi Id proceed to
examine the banks, but the matter of
his fees for the work would be held !
up until the court decided whether or j
not he is to continue as State bank i
examiner. Mr. Rhame did not ex- j
amlne any of the banks in conse- I
suence thereof, but left on a me n- j
ing train for Columbia.
Plsgatl Notes ami Comments.
Pisgah. April 16.?Some progress
v as made on the farms during the
aal two weeks. The land got very
hard In places and recent rains have
1 een very beneficial.
Most of the guano used is low
grade Very little high grade is t
bought
More effort [| being made towards
making the farmers self-BUStaiaing.
The Williamson plan of vorn planting
has gone where the wood bine twin
eth. One planter near here last year
used about $180 worth of guano on
an acre of corn and he had to look
close If he found enough corn to
plant it. The stunting process is
good for nothing in neither man.
beast or crops.
Oats look fine, so are gardens. Very
little potatoes will be planted as all
Kitted. From present indications if
the reasons are right I think we will
make good crops and economy is be?
ing practiced as much as it is possible
to do.
Some cotton is planted and the end
of the month Will finish planting the
staple - rops.
P/.V+*ically, nationally, thing! look
dark for ?he future good of our na- j
tion. The ( hange of sentiment of the i
American people is apparent to all. i
What the future will bring forth no
one can tell.
State politic! are rather disgusting.
The writer was told In Columbia last
Thursday by many that they would
not vote for either of the aspirants
for governor, and if B clean strong
man would come out he would sweep
the field. Jones has left a most ex?
alted position to be governor. What
glory he can see in it is more than
most people can. The Supreme Court
Is the most important in the State
for it is a check upon bad laws.
The large crowd that attended the.
unveiling ceremonies in Columbia last
week was very orderly. The only
drawback to the occasion was the
heat and one could not hear the
?peaking except near and the police
kept the front space open. Barn
I well's address was fine and did hon?
or to the. occasion. The wreathes
were from Minnesota, sent by a Union
General Who wrote a pretty letter ac?
companying his pretty gift,
i The Winthrop girls were there in
force and presented a fine apeparance
in their simple uniforms con?
sisting of a dark blue skirt, white
waist and straw hat. .
Columbia must have hcell put to it
to have fed that crowd in the hotel!
and eating houses.
A company of Clemson College
Students presented a tine appearance.
Their uniforms were neat and their
guns showed they were well kept.
I Uncle Jim Jervey was out to the
I speaking and his many friends will I
be pleased to hear that he is looking
well.
Rev. J, W, Kenney preached at
Bethany Church, Lee comity, last
Sunday. He ha! accepted the call of
the chute for two Sunday! In the
month.
Mow the Roy Rcoutti of America Are
Thriving.
More than 1,000 applicant! for
scoutmasters' certificates were re?
ceived ;'t the National Headquarters
of the Boy Scouts of Aemrlca be?
tween Febrauary I and March I,; In
that time 576 applicants for scout?
masters were granted and HI young
men w< re appointed as assistant
scoutmasters. In thai month and a
half 32 local councils were formed
and IC men received appointment!
?is scout commissioners.
Some men Pise lO great eminence
by the use of iiti aeroplane, while oth?
ers will continue to get there l>y the
hot air route,?Wilmington Star.
MEXICANS ARE DEFIANT.
MAKE SHARP REJOINDER TO
HUNTINGTON WILSON'S NOTE.
Through Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Madero Repudiates Intentional Re
sponslblllty for Acts of Rebel Oroaco
?Deplores Assistant Secretary'!
Course.
.Mexico City. If ex., April 17.?Mex?
ico replied to the note of Acting Sec?
retary Huntington Wilson tonight de
(lining to assume responsibility for
Orozco's acts, denying the right of
the Washington government to delver
the admonition contained therein,
taking exception to the warning to
Orozco through Consul Letcher and
deploring the making public of this
communication in the same note to
which the government was required
to make answer.
The reply was given to the press by
Senor Claro, minister of foreign re?
lations. It denies the right of the
Washington government to admonish
Mexico for the reason that'it Is not
based on any justitiable incident. It
denies responsibility by the consti?
tuted government for acts committed
in territory removed from law while
accepting full responsibility for every
loss or damage sustained for foreign?
ers legally chargeable to the gov?
ernment.
A caution has been issued to lead?
ers of the federal forces to insure
proper treatment of foreigners who
may be taken as prisoners of war, at
the same time it is asserted that no
basis exists for supposing that any
other course would be pursued. Oroz?
co is held to be answerable for his
offenses only to the Mexican courts
and therefore should not have been
the recipient or diplomatic communi?
cation.
After setting forth at length the
causes for the Washington note, the
minister continued in part:
"In reply and by express instruc?
tions ot the president of the republic,
I have the honor to say to your ex?
cellency:
"The Mexican government has full
consciousness of its duties and neither
by its acts nor by the manifestations
of its functionaries has it given a rea?
son to doubt the sincerity of its de?
termination to cause to be respected
, the generally accepted principles of
! international law and the rules which
! govern the conduct of civilized na
J tions. Your government has recog?
nized this In the notes which 1 have
I the honor to answer and by means
1 of other repeated demonstrations of
I freindship toward the government
and the people of Mexico, which
j demonstrations so highly and so cor?
dially have been esteemed in this
country.
"For these reasons the Mexican
government tinds itself in the painful
necessity of not recognizing the right
of your government to make the ad?
monition which the note contains for
the reason that is is not based on any
incident that has been chargeable to
the Mexican government and which
could signify that it might have de?
parted from any observance of the
principles and practices of interna
tlonal law.
"The government of the United
States may be assured that it is the
Arm determination of the Mexican
government to observe and to cause
to be observed the principles of In?
ternational law and laws of the coun?
try, which latter are in full conforr.i
ity with the former, with respect to
American citizens or other foreigners
! who may be made prisoners among
the rebel forces.
I Orders have been sent to the mlli
I tary chiefs that if it should happen
that foreign subjects should be taken
prisoners, th >se should be treated in
conformity with the laws of the re?
public and of international practice.
I "Par from evading responsibilities
I which may be contracted by illegal
acts against the lives and property
of foreigners the government a< cepts
beforehand such responsibilities when
these by their nature Should 1"* a
charge upon the government; '"it it
refuses and will always refuse to ac?
cept r< sponsibuttles of other charges,
which any other government may at?
tempt t.? impose upon it outside these
principles
"My government has taken no
notice of the communication directed
to the rebel Oroaco by order of your
excellency's government, through Con?
sul Letcher In Chihuahua, n<?t only
lamenting the fact thai It has been
obliged by circumstances to follow,
this course as expressed in the com"
municatlon, since this person is guilty
of flagrant violation of the laws of
the country, having risen In arms
ARRESTED ON WEDDING TRIP
AM) SPENDS PART OF HON
FYMOON BEHIND BARS
IX COUNTY JOIL.
John Reid Baird. Who ran Away from
Rocky -Mount Los* Week to Get
Married. Arested Here Wednesday
Night for an Alleged Felony?Re
I>orted to be Attempt at Blackmail
?Father Came for Reconciliation,
Helps Get Son Out of Difficulties.
From The Daily Item, April 18.
John Heid Baird, 'ormerly of
Hocky Mount. N. C, I iw traveling
with a troupe of ^ Seville actors
showing at this ) mfrnOM had the re?
markable expe of running away
from home ^*ct married, securing
a wife ar , V*ing locked up in tho
county ^ .11 in one week, which is
going -je'e, even for a young man
wh' s novel experiences and to see
thin^ , kept moving all the time.
Mr. Baird was arrested Wednesday
evening on information centained in a
telegram received by the sher
j iff from the prosecuting attorney
residing at Rocwy Mount, the infor?
mation being in effect that Baird was
wanted there for a felony and that a
man would be sent on at once to take
, him back home. As a result of the
receipt of this telegram, young Baird
j spent last night in the county pail as
. the guest of Jailer Owens.
J This is probably quite a novel ex
j perience for the young man who only
! last week ran off and got married
despite his father's objections to his
taking this step on the ground that he
was too young to get married. The
. troupe to which the young couple be
j long arrived in town last Saturday
and have been giving vaudeville per
! formances and moving picaures at
i
the Academy of Music during the
week.
Last night Mr. BMrd. the father of
the young man, arrived in town and
at once set out to locate his son and
I to see if he could net effect a recon*
?? -** ?- ? ? y w.
? ciliation with him. Much was his
, chagrin surprise and mortification this
morning to hear that his son was in
jail charged with felony. Baird,
(senior, stated this morning that his
son was guiltless of any felony. That
the only thing that he could be ac
i cOsed of was the wearing of a suit of
' clothes, which he had ordered some
time ago, without paying for them,
and as his son was a minor, being not
yet nineteen years of age, the law
! could not touch him for this offense.
Mr. Baird further stated that he
believed this to be an attempt at
blackmail. He stated that his son
was employed as a clerk in a book
store at Rocky Mount, and his em?
ployer told him several times that his
son was getting on tine. This week,
however, after his son left the store
the employer had been to him with
the report that his son had stolen
sums of money from him and other
people and if he would pay him a cer?
tain amount he would not prosecute
the son. He refused to do this and
his lawyer had been to all ( t the men
whom his son was arc vis- d cf t< aling
from and all had denied that any
money had been Steden fr- :?. them.
He had then come on to Sutnter,
to see his son and was painfully
surprised to find him in jail.
Mr. Baird secured th? sen est f
Mr. L. D. Jennings to get his son out
of jail and steps will he *..ken today
to have the matter s?; straight and
the young man cleared. Mr. t'aird,
senior, is from Windale, N. C, near
Raleigh
YOUNG MAN RELEASED.
Young J. Raid Baird. the member
of the vaudeville troupe now playinng
nightly at the Academy of Music,
was this altern ?on released lrom jail
on the receipt of a telegram from
Rocky Mount, signed by the prose?
cuting attorm v stating that the ca?o
had been Wlthd awn and pU ase to
release Baird.
against the legi?imat< government;
and is only responsible bei t ? Mexi?
can courts.
'The Mexican ? . t nd peo?
ple can not be responsible, therefore)
for the acts of this rebel chief, along
th.- lines li'd ?lown :.n the comma*
nlcatlon which was sent to him by
order of your excellent y*S govern?
ment.
"My government als.? deplores that
th.- tenor of the Instructions to Con?
sul Bet* her in Chihuahua W< re given
to the public in the same ofll< ial note
which 1 have the honor to answer.
"I take this opportunity to reiterate
to your excellency the assurance of
my most high consideration."