Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRIMARY PROBE BEGINS. si tu otocrrn ? will hold Ml I UM. \l sI'MU win nil gsgggggitg i;???i if ivmii\ no |?Qim Wile ? tommlttc*'* l*rc|?aii 1 \ - ilciuc on N|Mirtaiibiirtf. Bpartunburg. Silt. J.l.-ansathmal evidence of fraud ".n the I?einncratlc primary cAtffftfi I ". August II will be laid before the subcommittee of the committee Invesilg itlng the charges of Irregulatmns a hi n the> meet In th? cour?. hous* t^morruw afternoon, according to rumens which were cur? rent today. Committees which have been Investigating the vote cast In tfpartanhurg county have found over 500 ballot* which seem to have been Illegal and have or ly about half finish? ed the work. It will lay what evi? dence it ha? before the sub-commit? tee and ask for an extension of time In order to complete the Investigation and get affidavits In support of the charges. The most startling evidence In connection with the election Is ex? pected to come from K. S. Heed, a de? tective, who has been at work In Oreenvllle. and according to a dis? patch from there was In conference yesterday wl?h several members of the county executive committee. Mr. Keed Us the same man who. posing as "Mr. Porter." obtained the dictagraph records from Sam J. Nlcholls. Mr. Reed was employed by William J. Burns then, but has since gun* into business for himself. None of the members of the sub? committee could be found at the hotels tonight except J. D. Blvens, a Blease member, who accompanied the governor from Columbia. The other members are: W. F. Stevenson, chair? man; W. H. Wilson. Jr., J. B. Park. T. B. Butler. J. M. Qreer and lt. M. Jeffries. They are expected to arrive tomorrow morning. Messrs. Qreer. Bleens and Jeffries are Blease sup porte'-s; the others are Jones men. Judge Ira B. Jones will not at? tend the meeting of the subcommit? tee, but will be represented by attor? neys. Oov. Blease, although in the city, will not attend the meeting, but will leave his interests in the hanus of hl? attorneys. F. II. Dominlcg and Eugene Blease. J. Herts Brown. I. A. Phlfer and L*. W. Perrln. who have been examining the poll lists of the first primary, have put rnto a eard Index about one-half th<* names of the Voten? In that elec? tion. In the uumlter they have .??und approximately 350 duplicate names. If they continue to appear In the same ratio there wll be at le ist *<?0 duplleateii among the names of all the ' SjSjgjgggj 8<>me names appear three or four times and a few as many as ftvg times. Whib* It Is possible that some of these repetition* are merely canes of several men having the same name there Is evidence In a number of ra>e< to indicate th.it one man \ ot??l several , times. Thun the same name will ap? pear in the poll |i?t of neighboring precincts and the numbers OPpoelti their names on the two poll lists will ?bow that the mnn of his name vote 1 at different times at the two boxes. The commit* will ask time t ? - f i'hk!avHg as to where these men live. - ? fir as tin- committee has been able |g learn not more than i a dozen minors voted. Ten or 15 im-i, from oth? i gsjsjgjkSjfjgj voted Ig tbtl county, ami a f?*w negroes voted A number of alleged Republicans voted, | but the fact that tlo y IfjOg the oath I gf p i t the DsjgsjOt I Iii ' nomine?-, which Include presidential electors i and therefore W.Irow Wilson. \ I m ikes thern PefgOCrgtJ and their1 votes are legal. It s said. The committee u is embarrassed somewhat by the f ut that half th. people to whom til. v sent poll list* for i report gg t I whether the voters wb ? im . >S'|>e ired tbi reon WOTe ?juallfied |g vot | failed to return the lists or make a report. Another gogasjiHtoe, el which W, w. l^ancaster was chairman, comp, red the club rolls with the p,,l| list*. The] oMaine.i p.,|| Hats from ell but two greet gets of tb.untv. bsjl wert unable to get 15 or 20 of the club rolls. This oogigsJtteg has found on the poll lists about i?*,o r.irro?* not appearing gg the club ro'ls ggJU rw ii.i.i: i \ ID1 n< i RBAtll ggggggl Ml <om?| \nlborll> T1l.lt So'ile tt?ng Borderline on seii?aitlofi Mg] hi' I %|ss I. ?I Oreenvilb Kepi : : - At i n.nfer gSJSJg held here todjgf ofi'iderible f vlden? e \% i ' oli.tted for pre i? nt.itlon before Ilse sjubeosjiwitttee whi? h meets In Spart.m'oirg tomorrow To- eon fen-nee t ? m I a y was attended Lv BOVOrOl oftbi.il?? of th?- county egeeottvs com? mltte.. and l?etectl\e I. who hOS been her?? several days withering evl den? e of fraud and Irregularltleg Iri the POOOgg prim it \ The OeeesjeMIe evtder. i la be pre senled at spar? inborg today I" no? mob public, but the statement |s made tonight on Ki< ^\ luthorlt* tllOl something bordering on I MOttog sj i v ?.?? expo* led. I. ML Mil I 1, TAKEN OWN UTE. \o Ren eon Llicu for Rutil tot?Was Fmpiowd m Clerk |or Brother, It. Leon *huli. Colombia, Sept Knu^t m. Shull shut himself in the left breast with a 3^ lalihrt pistol >esterday at 1,11 o'OkN k at his horn | HOI Pl0*> tM itfoot, and died two *nd n half noun later, In spit*- oi th* effort! of 11m attending phy*l< Ian*. Mr. shun was en ployed ni clerk In lit* store ot* his brother, ii. L*OII Shull. He Wft* the son oi Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Shull ami lived with his parents. Mr. Shull was years of age. Coroner K. 1>. Walker was sum? moned, but found an Inquest unnec? essary. No reason for Mr. Shull's act is known. His parents and relatives have the symapthy of their friends The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran church. ADMITS KILLING OF YOITII. Boil F. Vaun Confesses, But Setn Cp S 3lf-defen**e as His Kxcuse for ? IH?ed. Kllaabeth City, N. C, Sept. 23.? Hen F. Vann, on trial for killing Oli? ver Layden, a 14-year-old boy, last July, confessed today, but claimed that he killed the boy in self-defense. ,Vann claimed Layden, who he said was larger and stronger than he knocked him In a ditch and then drew a long knife from his pocket and at? tempted to stab him. According to the confession Vann then killed Lay? den. THEODORE'S HATCHET. The Clwrry Tree legend Itevlsed to Hate and Ft pin med. A Boston reader of the New York Sun has the following remarks to make of a certain celehrated man and 1 scarcely less celebrated fable: "Theodore having been presented hy his fa th? r with ? hatchet showed his gratitude by chopping down a fa? vorite cherry tree of his father's. His father, h thing witnessed the act, said: Theodore, you have ruined my favor? ite tree.' Theodore, who even in ear? ly youth wished to do all the talking himself, at once interrupted. 'Father,' ?aid he. 'you are various kinds of an objectionable liar. I am now on my way to the postofhee to mail a letter written to myself this morning. For the purpose of the record I dated it 1 early last month. In tills letter I say that cherries are the food of the plain people, and I Instruct myself never to Injure a cherry tree I further direct? ed myself in a MMN 1 should have cut one down before receiving the lettter to restore it to its original condition. No honest man can question my ahso- , lute sincerity In thin matter. I have nevef don* anything wrong. Any one suspecting n e only botrayi his own Infinite nuneneci ai well as that of his sist.-rs and his cousins and hi* aunts.' Theodore'* father turned away sadly, and Theodore producing the hatchet from under hi* Jacket, and addressing the reporters, said: "My hatchet know* no father, 1 simply ?'tigivd th. in over the ropC*.1 " BETTER FACILITIES, SfWboWfd Making Ixtcnsixe Im uewic'usent* at BnvMUsnli, Bavaanah, Qa., Sept. II,?Larger, ?afer, mor* commodious and mote convenient than an] terminal facilities >et constructed by |hc Heaboard Alf Lire an\wie r. on Us system arc the n irehousoi on Hutchison Inland) which are rapidly nearlng completion, Th* ti. ?~t modern methods of ter? mlnnl construction hav* been applied in the erection of the additional ter? minal facilities for tin- Seaboard lu re. Th.- cost has been heavy, but the lm proved facilities nnd nervlce are cer t tin to justify the expense. The work is li"U ^n i'er cent complete. The s. iboard ha* come nearer car* rying out it-, plan* for enlarging It* terminal facilities than any of th* . <is |hnl operate Into savannah. The ? ingeeted condition which existed in Sn\ inn h during the last cotton at iaon spurred ?n el th< ir aaporta? tion companlee t ? net on to avoid ;? repetltlon? ind nil made elaborate plan* f"T enlarging th?i fncllltlen, To t oi l.FI T TEACHERS' ITNI?. ^o|m rinlen lent HweatllUfOn will Id - rel\e MofW>) for Wil-on < aiii|Uiign. Washington. Hept, 13,? J. H. Pweartngen, Sinti Hu|>erlntendeni of Public Instruction of South Carolina, n ho h i1 been eh led as. one of the \lee president, ol Ho Wilson and M ii hall f>emocrntt< Association the in-tii t ,.r ?'oiembla, has *c? copied th* d i? n of collecting th* teacher*1 ? impalgn fund foi th* Democrat!? national commMiee In the Palmetto Htate. \ woms n h* no I ui Inem n 1th a f imiiv it she can't I ike something old nnd mak< M ovet into something new. Wilmington Star, PACKAGE OF I55.OO0 POVX1) AT HANK DOOR, Currency Ha> Been Recovered, but R< leetivea Are b) Nc Mean- Satis lied. Pensacola, Flu.. Sept. 22,?Ai a re? sult of tin- mytteiioUfe return to the Elrsi .\ati<?n.tl bank tome time last night of the $85,000 stolen while en route to tin- Louisville & Nashville pay car itt Flomaton, several days ago. a conference was held tonight between officials of the bank and pri Vate detectives and special agents In* vcatlgmtlng the robbery. At a late hour it was stated that an arrest wa.s momentarily expected. The package containing the money was in the original wrapping as made up by the bank employes, it is said, and v, as enclosed in a newspaper. It was found this morning lying against the grating of the back door of the hank by the night watchman who first thought it a pair of old shoes. This indicates, according to the officials that some one with previous knowl? edge had prepared in advance the dummy package containing magazine pager which was found in place of the money when the shipment waa opened in the LouitvUle & Nashville pay car. ?very dollar was there, and the package had not been broken by the man who stole it and sent along a dummy to the paymaster of the Louisville & Nashville. This dummy was made up of old magazines, the sheets being cut to the size of a silver Certificate or bank note. The money had evidently been resting against the bank door for several hours, for it had been out in the rain, which came down in a downpour during the night, and the newspaper in which it was wrapped dropped off when the jani? tor picked it up. The rear of the hank is enclosed by a brick wall about five feet high and the door at which the money was placed was only about five feet from this wall. The party returning it either threw it over the wall against the door or else sealed the wall and de? posited the package where it was found. A peculiar thing connected with the return of the money was that Satur? day night Cashier W, N. Roberts received a telephone message at his house from a party giving no name and leaving the phone as soon as he had spoken a few words. This party said: "You will find what you lost at the bank's back door." The party doing the telephoning first made a mistake and got the wrong Roberts. He telephoned to the home of Cashier Clyde W. Roberts of the Penaacola state bank and deliver* ed such a message, but was told that the cashier had not lost anything. He then telephoned to W. N. Roberts, but that otli< lal thought some nn- was attempting ? practical joke on him and refu.-c,i to g.it In the rain to the bank to take b look. The various Hums and Plnkerton men who have been securing evidence colled the express and bank officials Into conference tonight, and it is ex? pected that there will be arrests in the case within a few hours. LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION TO MEET. i Will Ib'i,i Kciedon in Columbia Rur Ing National Corn Exposition?oiii eeeg, Columbia, Sept, ?Breeders of live stock throughout South Carolina will be Interested t?. learn that the South Carolina Live stork Associa? tion will hold Its nexl annual meet? ing in Columbia during the National Corn Bxpoeltlon, The exact dates for the meeting have not yet been fixed but they will be s,-t within the Exposition dates, Jan. 81 to Feh, 8, The association baa a wide member b p among the farmers of South Carolina. The announced intention of Its officers to .secure the best pos ble program, and the fact that the Meeting will be held In connection with the Exposition Indicate that the coming session win be a banner one in t ? ? era! respects. Tie secretary of the Association! Prof, J m. Hurgess of Clemson Col i ?' . and Mr. Qeorge h. Stevenson, gem ral manager of the Exposition urc It present working on some of the promlw ni details < f the program for the i omlng session. This .v,11 l.it. r b> announced In full. Mi \V? 11. Ilyrd of (?aurens 11 pics? Ulenl of the organisation. Tue vice pre Idents and their respective! de? partments an Messrs. B, H. Boykln, lloykln, horses and mules; w. t Wall ei. Iiiaeks?b-, d lit v cattl ?: S. R Cross, (Chester, beef cattle; T. I. Km mi. Ninety Blx, sheep and goats Karl Rargan Darlington, swine Tho i ?:, I loltxhouser, Columbia poultry; I ? Harris, I'endlcton, manu :.n im' E . Watson, C<riumhln statistics, \ < 'nmputgn ' 'anard The i lr< uln the oib. t f( ii'.w Issues.- ?? Vilumbl 1 lb . ol d LIFE .M?s FOR REPUBLICANS. Tan t<> Extend Civil Service to In? fludo Fourth Claw* Postiiutstcrs in System, Washington, Sept. 23.?It was prac? tical!} decided today that President Tuft >oon will liiue an executive or il- r placing all fourth ChlSfl host masters iu the classified service, This order, relieving 36,038 postmasters from the uncertainty of political ap? pointment, will be one of the most comprehensive and far reaching, as affecting the civil service, ever issued. That the president would take this step because practically certain late today, after a delegation Of postmas? ters had been received at the White House and by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The visitors submitted a petition signed by about 20,000 post? masters asking that they be placed the classified service. In a few days Mr. Hitchcock will ubmit to President Taft a formal commendation that the petition he anted, and the president is expected act promptly and favorably on the recommendation. In the entire country there were .6 72 fourth class postmasters at the nd of the last llscal year. By execu? tive orders issued in July, 1908, Pres? ent Roosevelt placed all the post asters of the New England States id of New York, New Jersey, Penn Ivanla, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Isconsin in the civil service?a total 13,634. While the details of the proposition ive not been worked out ,it is ex ?cted that the converting Into the assilied service of this great num >r of officials will he accomplished by the designation of the postmasters of groups of States successively. \ Both the president and Postmaster General Hitchcock have recommend? ed to congress that so far as possibl 9 the entire personnel of the postal ser ice be removed from political in? fluence. As to the first, second ani third classes of postmasters, legisla? tion by congress would be required to place them under civil service regu? lations; but the president now has authority, under certain defined lim? itations of competency and efficiency, to put postmasters of the fourth class nder the protection of the civil ser? vice rules. GEN. CAMPA CAPTURED. Mexican RobH Made Prisoner In Arizona. Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 23.?After a chase through northern Sonora by Mexican federal troops, after his raid >n mining camps and lines of the Southern Pacific railroad. Gen. Km llo Cam pa .the rebel leader, and his staff crossed the American line south ?f Tucson and are now prisoners of the United States. After positive Identification by I>r. Rufo, a friend. Camps today admitted his Identity and said he was tired of fighting. Dr. Rufo was surgeon for Madero in the previous revolution. Campa was captured by United Slates Marshall C. A. Overlock, sher? iff Nelson and a deputy without re? sistance. He had sent two men into Tucson Saturday night t? procure an automobile, but they were arrested and. after questioning, told of the location Of the remainder cd* their party of ten. The rebel leader declared he was surprised by the unexpected opposi? tion he im 1 at the hands of the fed erals under Gen. Girone, who gave him a severe seven-hour battle at Al? tar. Hard pushed by the pursuing federals and without ammunition, he decided to seek safety In the United States with the faint hope that he ?night be able to get ammunition at Casas Grandes or Gila Bend, Stories that Campa g??t away with $300,.I as the result of his cam? paign of loot throng l northern Honors are denied i y the United States authorities, who assert the re? bel chief had but M00 when ar? rested, am the prisoners are being held awaiting instructions from Washington. STRIKE I\ AUGUSTA. Ties up Augusta-Alken Hallway and No Cars Operated Monday. AugUHta, Ga., Sept. 23.? After con? ferences and counter-conferences covering period of more than a week, motormen and conductors on all lines of the AugUStU-Alken Kail wax and Electric corporation went on strike between 10 and 11 o'clock 1111 - morning. No effort was made to operate cars on any of the city or In i< i urban lue s during the day or to? night, but a statement issued by General Manager l>eal tonight says be will make efforts to operate ears during the day tomorrow'. Long staple Cotton sold. Monday ten bales of long staple col t? >11 were sold on lh< lo< i* market by It w. Segars of Dalzell, C, P, Rxum ioi\ ing ail ten bales. Vngulsh The state of l>? Ins ni the l. me ducks." ?Columbln Itecord SHOT RH.I I, \ r< ms. Three Men Wounded in Defense of Negroes Import? d us Cotton Pick? er?*. Mukogee, Okla., Sept. 23.? Because they Imported negro cotton plckeri Into a section where negroct had never been allow* d to stay, three farmers, Sam Robinson, W, A. Larri more and John Hilton, were shot gear heiv last night. Robinson and Larrl more \\iii probably die. Tiny were shot by a band <?f white men, who or? ganized to drive the negroes out, and found the white farmers on the ground to protect the negroes. More trouble ll feared and the sheriff with a strong f?.rce of deputies has gone to BrlartOWn, near which place the shooting took place. To DEFER RECOGNITION. Uncle Sam, John Bull, et gl, Agree Not to lb colour Cfliina us Repub? lic Just Yet. Washington, Sept. 23.?The State department is not likely to change its attitude toward the new Chinese Re? public, despite the appeal sent by the China Society of America to Pres? ident Taft asking for the formal recognition of the Oriental Govern? ment, officials feel that the appeal is founded upon a misconception of the conditions existing in China. The United States has been in com? munication with all the other great Rowers, in i??< determination to in? sure the existence of the new Repub? lic as an independent Government, and they all have agreed that recog? nition should be deferred until the present Provisional Government gives form to a Constituting! Government Meanwhile it is pointed out that through Minister Calhoun and the Chinese legation here the State de? partment is doing business with Yuan Shi Kai's Government as it would with any other. TRAMPS SHORT NINE MEAIA. Ate the Dinners Of a Big ltnilr<?ad Section Force. When the bell rang for dinner yes? terday Section Master Jeffords and his hard working gang on the rail? road had no dinner to eat. They bad brought it from home, plenty of good dinner, such as men who work as hard as these do want, and men who keep such s pretty section of track ought to have, but there was no din? ner where they had left the full din? ner pails a short while before. It was gone. You may not think that they were mad, but it was Well that you and I ware not there at the time. These hungry men might have eat? en us it we looked too fresh. They called the attention of Rural Police? man Cob- to the tact that the dinner and bo me articles of clothing had dis? appeared, ami it was not long before Mr. Cole had the dinner palls and ;i part of the clothing located. 11?? had Thomas Barrett ami Nathaniel Coop? er under arrest in a short while. The., are mgro tramps, and they said that they had had nothing to eat for three days, ami it did not matter to them that the feed they got had been inten? ded for ten times their number, they were nine meals short and the pros? pect of a famim before them, so they ate ami were happy, even when the policeman caught them, because they knew that tin y did not have to worry about wlit r ? they Would sleep last night. They had enough to eat lor once.? Florence Times. Mexican Brand of Justice. Mexico City, Sept. 23. ? W. C, Nichols ,an American fruit grower, for whose release the American am? bassador, Henry Lane Wilson, made demand on Qov. Querro of the State of TamaullpaS, has been removed from the Tampico 'Jail and placed in a hospital under guard while ill and his life in jeopardy. This action was taken by order of the supreme court judge who had previously ordered his reimpriaon ment and it h is relieved a situation which was fast becoming acute. Nichols was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment on the charge of hav? ing killed a Mexican bandit and the court in reconsidering his ? ase disre? garded the confession of a Mexican who admitted that he was the slayer of tin- bandit. .Marriage License Record. Four licenses to colored couples were granted Monday, several ol the couples being married in the court house by the clerk of court or bis deputy. Those to sc. ute ii- enses were: John Nelson, Greeleyvllle, nnd Rosa Thompson, Sumter; Sam, Ktinney, Greeleyvllle, and Mar> Shannon Sumter; Andrew Jackson, Sumter, .i nd Clara Harris, Oswego, New i.timber ?'oiwoni, 'Di.- Penn Sumti r Lumb* i Compa'.v> of Sumter has been commlsslon-v w n i? a capital of f 80 The pi tltloners are lb W. Wlstnr, Panu.e H?heres! and W. I Whit, hi .ol. TCI \IM 1ST KMI.KO.M) IIISPUTE. I napp und VelU Svmw Both Bftofcu of ( onli ) cr?\ Between lane- and Trainmen. Washington, Sept. 2;.?President Martin a. Knapp, Judge of the com? merce court, and i?r. <*has. p. Kellt commissioner of labor, mediators un? der ih.- Krdman act, in an ? ff< :t to adjust the controversy over w iges between the Southern railroad and other roads in the South and their trainmen and conductors, today heard both sides of tin- question. Represen? tatives of the employer.- were in con? ference at the commerce court with the mediators and the railroad of? ficials were heard this afternoon. No determination as to the points at *ssue was reached, and it may be some days before a conclusion is arrived at. TO I*N VEIL MONUMENT. Orangeburg Daughters ot Revolution Will Dedicate Memorial on Scene of I kit tie of I a taw . Orangeburg, Sept. 23.?The monu? ment erected at Eutaw battelield. Orangeburg county, which has been erected by Kutaw chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, thll city, as part of their work af preserving Revolutionary history, will be unveil? ed tomorrow morning, with appro? priate exercises. A very interesting programme has b^en arranged and a large crowd of Orangeburgers will go down on the "shoo-.ly' train for the occasion. Spec ial rates have been provided by the railroad com? pany and a very convenient schedule is arranged. TO BRING VAUGHN HERE. Governor Directs That He be ITaoed in Penitentiary. Spartanburg, Sept. 23.?Gov. Blease today announced that he had directed that T. U. Vaughn, arrested in Balti? more yesterday, be taken to the peni? tentiary in Columbia for safe keeping. The rainfall Monday night was probably the heaviest in the city In several months. There was very little cotton on the local market Tuesday. The price was nominal for middling. The High School foot ball squad started in Monday afternon to prac? tice and will continue their daily prac? tice from now on. The carpenters are hard at work sawing the lumber into right l?ngths for the South Carolina Western sta? tion and getting things in general readiness for the erection of the building. Some fifteen inquiries have come to the office of the County Supervisor concerning the $10 OM good roads bonds which will be sold by fhis c ounty to the highest bidder, at th* next meeting of the County Hoard ot Commissioners, which will be held >n Tuesday, October let. / The Board of Registration will not have another meeting before the gen? eral election on the first Tuesday of November, so those who did not se? cure their regtetratli g certificates when tin y had the opportunity win not be nble to vote in the genera,1 election. There were some twenty one certificates issued at sfayesvittc when the board met there last ween* Tin te was a marked Improvement In the Hampton Avenue of Tuesday alter the extremely heavi rains of Monday night compared with the Hampton avenue after rains which fell before the storm sewer was tak? en up nnd c leaned out. Quite ;i num? ber of the residents of that ivenu* remarked on the improvement and were gratified that the long needed work was accomplished before the heavy rains came. There was some complaint at tlie passenger station yard Tuesday morning because of the muddy con? dition of the place. Recently clay has been spread over the ground i>e tween the tracks and after the nonet' min< of Mond ty and Monday night the ground was in bad condition for passengers to walk through, it seems that it would be l etter for the com? pany to put in a board or concrete walk between the tracki th in i<> have to continue mal; im: changes every few months as is the case n v Every man, a*oman or child a*he robs in nn m I carriage, buggy or otliei \. \- \ including ? motorcycle, bicycle or go-cart, should read the new ordinance, it Is beide to the muzzle with trouble for the in dividual who dares not i imiltariM himself or herself with all of itr mans tubs, regulations ind urovl* ii seems ns If every cltj In th I South ttlantfc Le gue with the ex I ception of Coltimb I, has once in : life time lifted ;< haw b .1! pennant.' ? "oiumbia Record.