Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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pMhlUh? d \\ nlnt sln and Saturday. ?BY? 08TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY TMTaUt. ?. C. |1 p?r annum--In advance. - A dverllsetneuto. Square tlrat insertion.$1.00 subsequent insertion.SO Ooatracta far three month*, or eager will be made at reduced rate*. All communication* which aub prlvate Intereata will ba charged fe? aa advertisement a, Opftuarlee and tributes of reapect %via ha charged for. fhe *umter Watchman wa* found? ed tn t*to ami the True Southron In M?s The Watchman and Southron o*w h w* the combined circulation and rug aero * cf both of the old papers, oad la m idfestly tae beet advertising saaeMum in gumter. The usual crop of Christmas homl etrVs and accidents has been harvest? ed. This crop la always Irrigated with boose, generally of the blind tiger o e a Could not arrangement* be made !? send the Citadel and Clemson ra? te Washington to attend the In [uratloa of President Wilson. The would not be prohibitive and boys would have a good time and U groat oceaalon to remember as long gg they live, ? ? ? Oe/v. Brown of Oeorgia protests that State being made the ground of paroled criminals, test Is powerless to interfere with thla Sort of Inter-State commerce ? ? ? Cans small county In Minnesota butter and cheese that sell than the c<*.on crop of Sum ggf eosaty. end In addition the same county produces grain, hogs vnd vat tin aeon year exceeding In value the ngttjsi erop of Sum tor oounty. It sgnttf mors to house, feed and care low settle In Minnesota (nan it does gg tssstb Carolina and that county Is gas? gj well adapted naturally to c at U# goad dairying an ?big. ?Ute. The IftwgSjsota farm ore tried to make a fM'Sg Rawing one erop?grain?and Urban they were practical!y bankrupt gesi twin stared them la tue face they v tm free stock and dairying as a pejsggi, Now thev are t he most ?41 ? i er rn. uy of the t ?riti ? h t* t>een lner??aae<t that they gf ><v rnueh wheat eg the aero aa of and tie malrg ? profit 'ale iive ?took. ? e e to I Chin m. n nake it a point i . o pay ail debt b< fot tue What a gr. n "..uutry ??? o.rtu bo If all umuM adopt , ?\! grnph from the Jhlnese node of .? stuees ethics. one The- at ?easaea who gather la Co uary to save the State have Mielr Jim-swinger coats to the club and sre almost rsady to on the Cong are* see We wonder If the legislature will time during th? approaching aea to consider tha Torrena ayatem if hand] registration We fear not. as bis Is leglslstlon of entirely too eon druetlve n nature to appeal to law ambers who adore antiquities, such as he present school law and the cum? bersome und coaily method of trana ?ofTing snd recording land tltlea eon If the Seaboard Air Line has under ?ertouk consideration a plan to extend .Is lines to Charleston in the near tuture, the ('hamber of Commerce, and th*? apeclal railroad committee of *.be organisation especially, should ake whatever stepa ar?* necessary to onvln? ?? th* o file la I* of the Seaboard bat the best route Is that from Sum o o o There being no election next year r> district attention South Carolina -night profitably a? t on the advice of be late Senator Ingall* to raise more float** and >sa hell see The Florence Times Is urtdn* the farmers of that section to plsnt to? bacco. It is Inferred that the a 1. pa? ls that no.r?? farmers plant tobacco, not tha* tobacco farmers plant more tobacco. The advice In good, for to? bacco is 'i m< m y crop and Is harvest ?ft and o.it of the wav before cotton *..< .-. |*ine lobnoen has been il sscttons of Bu aster coun? ?? to be regretted that to abandone?! in Sumtsi pi In ?h* Hhlloh section N of lob.> on svei y farm ? ? i? ton I r??p dlversl ii4i?.u. ? has a large ? f ? i iking house conn< etlons man) ippll iiions on lomestif init? ? ?of gs ind I he ( omp mv U%1 t> itron ?*;e fr >m t h< DYNAMITERS ARE GUILTY. THIRTY-l :i?.HT LABOR IM(>\ OFFICIALS CONVICTED, Men Who Conspired to Dentroj Prop? erty and Kill Non-l idon Workmen Must Pay Penally for Crime*?At leetteys Will Appenl to Higher Com t. Indianapolis. Dec-. 2S.?Tin- United States government with a tern and de? cisive swiftness, today took into its possession union labor officials con? victed of conspiracy in promoting ex? plosions on non-union work through? out the land, of aiding in the destruc? tion which brought loss of life at Los Angeles. Cel., and of carrying on a reign of terror declai^d to he unpar? alleled in the history of the country. Almost the entire executive staff of the international Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was convicted. Only two officials of that union now remain out of jail. At the head of the list of convicted stands Frank M. Ryan, the president. It was of this union, with 12,000 members, that John J. McXamara was secretary-treasurer while he conduct? ed the dynamltinga out of which the present conviction grew. Today's convictions, coming on a scale unprecedented in a federal court, were an aftermath of the kill? ing of 21 persons in the blowing up of the Los Angeles Times building, October 1. 1910, McXamara and his brother, James B., The Times dyna? miter, are convicts in California. Hyan, and his fellow officers are awaiting sentence. Two of those af? fected were not affiliated with the Iron Workers union, but they were found guilty of joining with the Iron woik?rs in promoting the conspiracy. One of these Is Olaf A. Tveltmoe of San Francisco, a recognized labor leader on the Pacific coast, the tes? timony against them was that he aid? ed in causing explosions at Los Ange? les, wrote letters about them and re? ferred to them as "Chrlstnus pres? ents" after the fatal Times explosion, and that he aided in concealing evi? dence wanted In California. He is sec? retary of the California Building Trades council. Howard R. Kline of. Muncle, Ind.. the other member of another union convicted, was formerly an organizer for the United Brotherhood of Car peat> rs and Joiners in Detroit. eagdoatpn earns In the, eonyfts ion >f J ? Mousey, who was chs ncd p. the government with harboring James McNamara for two weeks in Salt Lake City, while that dynamiter was flee? ing from the scene of his crime. Many of those convicted were charged with knowing only of local explosions on the work of construc? tors who refused to recognise the union, but were thus brought into the general conspiracy. Ryan, John T. Butler, vice presi? dent of the union, Buffalo; Eugene A. Clancy, San Francisco; Frank C. Webb. Michael J. Young, Boston; Phillip A. Coolcy, X?w Orleans; Henry W. Legleitner. Denver, and Chas N. Beum. Indianapolis, were all convict? ed um having appropriated out of the union funds $1,000 a month which McXamara pair for explosions. Herbert S. Hockin. who resigned as secretary of the union a few weeks ago, and branded as the "lago of the conspiracy," helping to form the con? spiracy plots and employing Ortie E. McManlgal to carry them out, while afterwards "betraying his fellow con splrutors," to promote his own inter? ests, stands among the most promi? nent of those convicted. He figures al? most daily In the testimony. Sixteen minutes was all the time re? quired by the court to receive the Jury, reud Its verdict of "38 guilty and two not guilty," and dismiss the jurors. Tha* verdict brought to an end the historic three months' "dynamite ? on splracy 1 trial. It meant, except In the cases of Herman O. Selfferi of Mil? waukee and Daniel Buckley of Daven? port, Iowa, who w? re the two men out of 40 to be adjudged not guilty, the government charges about dyna? mite plots extending over six years have been sustained. The verdict was banded to the clerk, who read the same as follows: "We, the Jury, llnd the defendants, Frank M llyan, Herbert S. Hockin, Kugene A. Clancy, John T. Butler, Michael J. Young, Henry W. Legleit? ner, Philip .V Cooley, Frank C. Webb, Olaf A. Tveltmoe, Jack Bright, alias J. Munsey; Edward 8mythe, Jeter J. Smith, Ocotkc Ander-oii, Michael J. Cunnane, William E lleddin, John II. Barry, Pat i J. Morrln, Ernest G. W. Basey, Fred Sherman, Murray I.. Pen nell, Mich o i .1 Hi nn< n, William Bernhardt, Edward E. Phillips, Fret Mooney, ?'lins II. Beum, W Bert F.irr. ||, William L Met ain, .1 mm: Fooney. IM? a d II. Moulian Wm si. kui .1 ? m< a ?'ottghlln, i ? ank .1 ? ?rsjii.-. Ju it - I ? llti >. < 'iia 11? ' \\ i i,?m? ie?or, Frank .1 M urph> l; ram Kline, gu Ity as charged In tin inn. meii <?nd the defendants Dan let Ruckle) .ill llermnn ? Selfferi er to, .?'?ft et* tlo? T,'??- Angeles not guilty as cha! Indict? ment. Dare, "Foreman." Ma> Turn Utility Over to States. Washington, Dec. 28.?Attorney General Wlckersham will consider the question of turning over to various State authorities the evidence taken at the dynamite trial for such action as local authorities might wish to take toward the prosecution of the con? victed men on eha:ges of being acces s tries to murder. According to department of justice officials it is possible that sentences for the federal conviction migTit be suspended until the men were tried in State courts, or after serving part of their sentences, they might then be turned over to the State authorities. Kern Prepared to Appeal. Washington, Dec. 28.?Senator Kern, of counsel for the defendants, when told of the verdicts at Indianap? olis, declared the cases would be ap? pealed. "Preparations for the appeal we?e made in advance," said Senator Kern, "and will he made to the Cnited States circuit court of appeals in the regu? lar way." Further than that, Senator Kern declined to comment. Senator Kern does not expect to continue as counsel for the convicted men in the dynamite cases, because of the pressure of his duties in the sen? ate. It was said today that Mr. Kern, when he associated himself with coun? sel for the defense, did not expect the trial would continue long enough to keep him away from congress. Death Mrs. Sallie Caroline Bryan died early Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter. Mis. It. M. Jenkins, at St. Charles, where she had lived for a number of years. Mrs. Bryan was nearly 81 years of age and had lived in Sumter county all of her life, where she has many friends and rela? tives. The funeral services will be held at Tirzah Church at Dalai] Wed? nesday at noon where the Interment will take place. As Miss Jennings she was married In 18 64 to the late W. H. Bryan of this county by whom she leaves one | son. Mr. W. H. Bryan of St. Charles, and two daughters, Mrs. R, T. QU- | lespie of Effingham, formerly of Rock Hid. an.' M.s. U. M. Jenkin* of Bt Charles She is als;? survived by two brothers, Messrs. R. and W^J J .:. j nfngs of this city and one ?1? er, M: Kosu Spa. u of Providence, and un? met ous grandchildren and great- | grandchildren throughout the State. j -i An informal dance was given in the Armory Hall Thursday night which was much enjoyed by a num- . ber of the young people of the city. , Some of the merchants report the ' best holiday trade in years, while others say business was only moder? ate or dull. Ruth Heise, aged 8 years, fell forty feet from the Automobile grand stand, Savannah, Ga? Sunday and a short time afterwards was playlag as usual, having escaped injury. Mr. Ashley C. Tobias, of Charleston has declined the osition of Assistant Attorney General which was tendered him by Attorney Genera!-elect Thos H. Peeples. The garment workers of New York have been ordered to strike by union officials. It is expected that 150,000 men, women and children will be idle nnd the clothing man? ufactures t\ II be tied up. Revolutionary General's Uniform. A Contiueetal unitorm more than 100 years old. which was once the property of General '.'h.ir.tio of Revo? lutionary war fame, wzh one of the Interesting relics of ?he es'.ate of the late Margaret C. Berjan in of Ithaca, N. Y. Tke uniform is oi white broad? cloth, with Filk and satin waist, knee breeches and satin itoc'inga. Uses of Nitrate of Soda. Sodium NMtrate is the only nitrogen salt that can be used In solution, as all the other soluble salts of nitrogen become fixed as soon as they come in contact with the soil. However, they become available in a short time. The released sodium may correct soil acid ity or may liberate calcium, potassium or magnesium from the soil. They Knew?the Little Dears! With reference to Sir Almroth Wright's opinion that, from ii by gienli point of view, washing is an evil, it is Interesting to note thai chil? dren have ttlwnys shown a wonderful Instinct hi this r< sp< et Exquisits British Humor. "A fox winch was haul pros red by the Ksn x I nion ho md* ent< red a house In High street, Billeri :ay, m d bolted up li'iirf into a bedroom, When found," av - Punch, "he prett tided :o be a oi rehearsing 'Red Uidli g Hood' lor n cineniatograpli show, Lui bis tale was cut ihort." HAWAII'S VOLCANIC INFERNO. A Peep Into Kilauea's Lake of Brim? stone and Fire. Kiluueu, in Hawaii. i> n round. ex tlnct crater iibom three miles acn?* und 700 or stm reel deep It has heen the scene of terrlHe explosions in past ages, hut It has now dwindled to the ?mall active crater id Unlemnuiuau which is sunk near the middle id it like a huge pot. ?iit> or more feel deep lind 1,000 feet across In the midalternoon a party ot elgln of ten of us on horseback set out t<> visit the volcano The trail led dow n the broken and shelving side ot the crater, amid trees and hushes, till it struck the Door of lava at the bottom Our course took us out o'? >. cracked and contorted lava bed no green thing was grow it forms of the lavs Mow ? mailed and writhing drag horrid, gaping mouths ai claws. The lava crunched I ? horses' feet like shelly auf . At one point we passed ? ?. ' jagged crack on a bridge eared the crater the rocks gr? d BUlpbur and other futue ne air. When half a mile fro c: ? we dismounted and. leavh n, a in charge of the guide, i ? foot over the cracked and lie tied a . .*ocks toward the brink i 1 1 itabie devil's caldrotu. T fnines are so suffocating be ap? proached only on *?? ?<. d side The first glance I rful pit is all that your irr i picture It You look upc ria l; anal lake of brimstone grid d if devils were to appear t . ;t over the surface with p 'ning their victims as the units her frying crullers in the Herl y :'at. it would not much sur Tula liquid is rather thick ?nd ? 1 jut It la boil? ing furiouslj ?r it sses of It are thrown up forty or litfeet and fall with a eras that f the surf ii|Mjfi the shore. The wn* dlintj tava la said to be about one luilf acres lu extent. Its surf a? * ? with large masses of float! iaek and stnootb. like lea' ng paper, and he tween ti manseo, or Islands, the molten shuwg In broad, vivid llnea. h never ittiet. Look: : ii| - this scene with tbe thougla* of ilje ti idltlonal lake of tire and I. f our forefathers in mind von >nld say that these black, filth: loohli: - masses floating about on the .: e the accumulation of all the bird - T that bad been fried out I he po< sinners slooe hell was Invented U much wickedness and nn- hnrity snd evil thought It wonld re? the p?or vtetims wi-???? clarified and made purer by tbe pr ?e ess. then It would -*?-eiu worth while. JoL:. tik.'. ?> >n Ij ??? Hi Cf.narj P t to install new libra rles 'ho find their books it bad 7ill be glad of tbe ad vice .. his subject by n writ et In L (Partei Glass ca c sboul ? avoided except for a few ) umes which ore spe? cially ? ?" and frequently dust? ed sin ned atmosphere and lack o ' ttion lo sucb book? cases a- fa to the development of gern h ' ud mold. "Second? ly/' add ' s I 111c American, "tbe simple \?-" ? ' ho?iId be taken of placing oil - elves bebind tbe books str i or flannel mols tened wi pbenoi. tobacco Juice or t These strips give excellent r oewed from time to time " One j . ulotions. A vegetar ti . ?? a German cook lady not Ion Hi* wife liked tbe appearance ? *ant Her ref? erences were ; <*i be wages she demanded no ?Td like to me," said tbe lady of the t ?nsi perhaps you won't want to trlib us. We are vegetarians an never ?. e any meat In the bouse be satis fled with a vegetable ? Tbe frauleiu s< bead. "Veil." she anu - **iss beer a wegetableV-CI ?n Dealer Word t * Verbal antipathic* i. Most of ua hate the feel. of cer? tain words ???virtu*, stance. Is verbal astigmatb t. too. we wonder? We ue e dif? ference between "sub I "ob? jective." and we nav? .pect for writers who use tl del llgently "Ingenuous' i ous" always puzzle * too- . : n P. Adams in Metropo Sharp Tongueu ?ernl Sarah Bernhardt is quoted as having paid her respects to Isabella of Ua varla. consort of Charles VI. of France, in this wise: "it is to her that we owe the Invention of the corset, but It was she. too. who sold the half of France to Bogland. There was no crime of which that woman was a?>t capable' Told Her Why. "I'd like to know why yon hired a young woman tor a tyja*writer?" de mntided Mrs IliloW of tier husband. "So I could have some one to dictate to." replied the unhappy man?New York Sim The Wav He Put I*. lie- I have a compliment for you. iear siu> w hat is \\ v ||?. Mrs Jone?, says \ o?i have the handsomest tiiM>and in town Life fto on and ieak?' errors and fall and get up auaiti <?ai\ goon: I > racket t ADAM WD IA I \u r |\ \i;w bibi.i:. Should (iood Hook's Language Itc \'i odorni/od Again Ihr (^noMion. Kansas City Star. The publication Its! we >.| ;i new revised version of the Bible bj the American Baptist Pu'ii.ation Society, with headquarters in Philadelphia, lias caused a r? vival of a question < ver which Biblical students have differed since the fi.st translations from the original Hebrew and Greek texts? should the language of the Bible re? main that of the early translations h - tr/^i rnifced " i"? ni'kV i ? i i:-? . '."-Ion elirr>iit o. s i seventeenth, u-'i nr, lict^on. ?.d? ?oleti vv !'?:? arv 1 .<? ? ?.v ?<n',f in gell? ..l use. today . h! .-'? .. ids in Liie ancient texts u.... different English words tha:i former? ly. Most n< tlceabie of all changes per? haps are th.,sc in the Lord's Prayer. It is shortened, three whole clauses at the end being dropped, and the die Con made smoother. "Deliver us from evil" becomes "Deliver us from the evil one," and closes the prayer. Even the custmoary "Amen" is omitted. As revised the Lord's Prayer reads: Our Father, who art in Heaven, hal? lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in Heaven so on earth. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Adam and Eve, named as the found? ers of the human race in the King James version, give way to "man" and "woman" in the new version. Such words as "loveth" and "leadeth" are replaced by "love" and "lead." "Underworld" is substituted for "hell." Adam is eliminated in this wise: And out of the ground the Lord formed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air; and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.?Genesis, ii, 19. The change in the new version which is the cause of its being desig? nated *s the Baptist version is thai wherever the word "baptize" occurs the word "immerse" is placed in brackets immediately following: Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jtrdan to John to be baptized '.!' ,o>.\:. .]'. |>> 1 iu~, ??t. M^tttiew, iii, 13. C r.- m ?i oi the Baptist Church1 object i the |>ii.:i. i ? ?v'v? ' i i ,' The /; w i. d yerse>n was u-ans i...... . ? cem mitte? |: . ptls' u in a, it is ro . ft'ork is in' -nded to be ? i i..< :.;. ?: that r^jnson "aaimersed" pine in - nd : ank and bracketed. The translation was start? ed by a convention in Saratoga. X. Y., in 1883. A change of considerable import is made in Exodus. The King James version for Exodus xx, 4, 5, 6, reads: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any? thing that is in Heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. . Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. And showii.g mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. The new revised version gives a broader significance to God's mercy. The same verses read: Thou shalt not make to thee a carv? ed image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or of what is in the earth beneath, or what is in the waters beneath the earth. Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers uopn sons, upon the third generation and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me. And showing mercy to the thous? andth generation of them that love " ' o my commandment. ??hell' the ..l brew the uai.. . ' ? the margin. Shcol is the langu?*?,. the Hebrew text, while "hell" ac? cording to the translators <>f the new revised version, Is a translation of the Word "hades" In t he < ireok text. In St. Matthew vi, 16-1S, "gates of hell" become "Kates of the und- r v oiid." Th< levis? d verse n ads \ nd I also s iv to t h< e that then art p. irr and on this rock 1 will build my chin ch; a nd l be aatos of t he under? world shall not pr< v iii igainst n. The I:aptist translators have taken i new step in the story of Jonah. The word ? ur? it ilxh," which app< ar in.the nuthoii/ed version. revised version an ! l?oita> vor-:, n. .1" m>t appear in i b, i i vv i e\ is. .i v ? -don. Jonah, i. 1 7. \ nd ib. Lord pi ep.-1red n whale to > v\ a llow jnn iii \ :>'i Jonah was in the b< llj ol the whale three days and three ni<hts. Thai makes th< book <: Jonah agree with St. Matthew >ii, 40, in the three other versions. Already clergy mtn (f other denominations are at? tacking the substitution of whale for great fish. Ail parts ol the Uible which are written in poetry are given in verse form in the new version. The Psalms appear in a form approximating the ancient Hebrew, with a divided line acc< ntuating ami phonal effect. AX IXKNOWN A IK LAW. Discovery by M Cousin LILcly Greatly to Assist Aviation. ' n 'mix r' is consider? ed t< . the science I 'uusin, who een recog . on the laws of I f?g hi, . now asserts that he ha* j discovered a hitherto unknown law, i which he calls that ? f "preserta ? lion." I This, he d'cla:ae, is an esential, ai I though hitherto unsuspected* principle ? In the motion of any body in a fluid medium, such as a bird in the air or a fish in water and it explains thep rob lem of how bir.ls remain motionless and stat <tronsc current of air and very high speed with a -liture of energy. "Pies says, consists of special )th in the form of a flying the manner in which it is offered to the direction of the current. It acts by causing the fluid medium to form a counter pressure behind the body actually stronger than that opposed to it in front, thus enormously assisting the progress of the body. "Once this principle of the forma tion of a counter pressure by guid? ing and recognized and applied in the ( i nstruction of aeroplanes," "says M. Cousin, "the result will be almost per? fect security and an immense in? crease in speed." A Stop to Importing Hay. Florence Times. We have seen the tangible evi? dence of the fact that the farmers of this section can put a stop to the im? portation of western hay, and it is a good sight to look upon, brt there is one great and grave obstacle ir. the way of successful farming on this line, and tit is the creation of R market for home produce, some good and reliable method i f selling. To rr.is t-sr. th.- fat .tiers 1 nton ? - ???? * re-.' ?hoald sei its course for we know 01 no oihei enterprise thai would be of so great benefit to the farmer, first, and to the whole com? munity next, as this thing of fixing a market for the farm produce. The V fart SM? of Advertising. Immediate benefit from the adve ti8ing which the State of South Ca: olina obtained from the exhibit whic Commissioner Watson has for tr State at the United States Land Sho at Chicago La already evident. M Watson received a letter from a C* lumbia, Ohio, banker wanting to bi any municipal bonds which may 1 offered in South Carolina. Seeing tl wonderful resources of this State 1 pictured at the exposition, they wa her securities. The letter referring to the deal of the Western bank to buy any mun cipal bonds which may be offered f< sale follows: "We are dealers in bonds support* by taxing power, city, county, sc lux drainage and improvements. ?'This bank for the last ten years has made a specialty of municipal bonds and has purchased over 170, 000.000. We make a specialty of Southern and Western bonds, and if you have any for sale at this time we would like very much to make you a bid for them. "We wish to call your attention to the resources of our institution, which are over $6,000,000 and our holdings of municipal bonds of over 12,000, (?00. With our large resources we are in position to handle issues of most any size. We buy these bon is pri ?'?r our own investment and respect. ate bond ?f exper v> take care of all our ?-v... ^ ly and t refer you to hundreds 01 munlcip dies whose bonds we have handled "If you have any issues ready ? sale at this time kindly wiro us our expense the amount of same a when they will be ready for sale, a we will promptly send a represent tlve to figure with you on their pi chase. ' Kershaw lx>dgc No. 29, A. F. I ->:' ?'analen, celebrated its 100th am versary Friday nicht. Congr? - will reass mble Th?rs.1, There an a mm' or ofT"" lnv??rta measures n-^'. consideration a the session will be a bus> one ut adjo m inert, March 4th