Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Why take chances on your Live Stock in weather like this? We Insure them against death from any cause. WALLACE & MOSES "Insurance In All Its Branches." Phone 577 . 122 South Main Street. ENURE FAMILY MURDERED. J. I? JACOBS. WIFF AM) CIIIL Ki \ of Ullii htittt. vic? tims. Uon> of Tragedy a Mystery?Dogs ' 1'su.bte to Hud a Trull?Skulls of Cteurred Modi?** Found In sniounier ln?T Ruins Crushed In?Shotgun by Hide of Father and Son. Columbia, June 30.?Six bodies fouad In the smouldering embers of a burned house this morning gave In part tha first Intimation of what now appears to have been the murder of John D. Jacobs, of Lexington county, his wife and their four children, rang? ing In age from 23 to 10 years. The skulls of three were crushed and blood was found under their bodied Th? discovery of the tragedy was made by a milk man who this morn? ing reported that the house hud been destroyed by Are and that the six in? mate* had been burned to death. The ? oroner's jury late today held an in? quest, finding that the six victims hud come to their death at the hands of aaknwn men. The dead are: John D. Jacobs, aged If, his wife, aged 40. Miss Kllle Ja ejobe, aged 23; Leslie Jacobs, aged 18; Jacobs1 aged 14, and <?renJu debe. aged 10. Jacobs, a well-to-do farmer, lived near Peak, in Lexington county. It was known toat he kept but little money In. the house and any motive for the crime, as It now appears to be la lacking. * The sheriff <?f Lexington county came to the scene as soon us he was , notified of the tragedy, but so far he has been inable to find any clew to the perforator. Dogs were unable tp find a trail and the otflciuls are completely mystified. "Four guns and an axe were found in the ruins of the house, but their identity has not yet been established, aad there is little information of val? ue to be gathered from the discovery. At the coroner's inquest, which brought out the first definite Infor? mation that tha bodies of all the vic? tims except one boy, were found lying In their beds, as if the supposed mur? derer had found them asleep. The body of tin- eldest boy was found lying in front of the fireplace, With a shot gun beside It. One of the barrels had been fired; the other contained a loaded shell. A gun was also found beside the (barred body of the father. Beside the body of one of the other boys the axe wa.* found. Mrs. Jacobs was In her bad alone, her skull crushed und her hack and ahoulders lying in a pool of blood. Tha youngest hoy was found face downward, on a blood-soaked mat? tress. The body of Miss F.llle Jacobs was la another room, the skull horribly QfUshed The tragedy was at Itrtl aserihed to a stroke of lightning, which was siip posed to have stunned the six inmates ' and set the house on tire, the flames overtaking the unfortunates before 1 they recovered from their stupor. This theory was exploded, however, by the gruesome discoveries as the botlies were taken from the half-burned house. The Mystery lusolvod. Columbiu, June 29.?Today saw no progress made in the attempt to ex? plain the death of John 1>. Jacobs, his wife and four children at their home near Peak, in Lexington county, early ! Saturday morning. With the entire j , family wiped out and their house, burned to the ground no clue Is offered for officers to employ In solving the mystery. Calmer reflection has shown that the six deaths came from human hands. A theory at first entertained, that lightding could have caused the tire that burned the house and result- | ed in the death of the occupants by I burning is dismissed by the state? ments of numerous residents of the community who declare that the storm with its accompanying lightn? ing had passed the vicinity a* 10 o'clock. The house was discovered in flames between 3.:i0 and 4 o'clock, and neighbors agree that If the blase had originated between 10 and 11 o'clock, it must have spent itself long before :i o'< lock. The house burned rapidly after the arrival of the first neigh? bors to reach the scene. The affair will probably remain ever a mystery. The crushed skulls of three of the victims show that murder was committed, but any evidence left by the murderer has been destroyed in the flre that consumed the hones and the bodies of the vletims. Funeral services were held this af? ternoon at the Jacobs family burying ground on the Plantation. The family was Interred In two coffins In one gTave. i The services and interment attarct ed a large crowd, probably the largest to attend funeral services in this sec? tion of the State. .While the court house gtfjen is a good p'ace for children to Play dur? ing the evenings, it is also a good phtei for the nurses to assemilde and carry on their conversations, ?ojmettme much to the neglect of the cvhildrcn whom they are supposed to nvave in charge. Mothers who send their children out in the afternoon should be very careful that they receive proper attention from their colored nurses, as is sometime not the case when they congregate on the court house Mjuare or green in t he late at lei aooan ? ,k A crowd of Sumter fojlkl expect lf? spend, the Fourth at Drsrllnnjton, whlla others expect to visit the Isle of Palms on that day. LOBBYIST'S STARTLING STORY MA KT IN Mll-!l\l,l, OF KALIT atORE CAIdbED BY COM? MITTEE. Field Agent ami Lobbyist for Na? tional Association or Manufacturers says He Spent $200.000 [nfluenc lug Lcgllsation?Statement Names Many Former and Present Con ircssnncm. Alleged to Have Worked in Interest of Corporation?Com? ? mit tec will Ask for More Time and Power to Investigate. Washlngton( June ?Further sen aatlom in the Senate's ioM>y investi? gation were foreshadowed today, when it became known that a subpoena had been served upon .Martin M. LMulhall, <>f Baltimore, reported to have been for many years the active "Held agent" and tin* lobbyist of the National Asso elation of Manufacturers. The subpoena wos ordered by Chair? man overman, of tlie lobby committee, | after representations had been made to him that Mr. Mulhall was wiling and able to yive the committee im? portant facts regarding attempts to Influence legislation, t<> elect or defeat candidates for Congress, and to con? trol tlie make-up of committees of Congress. A servant at arms of tin* Senate served the subpoena upon Mr. Mulhall late last night in Washing? ton* The nature and extent of the dis? closures] that are expected were out lind in an artfcch published today un Uer the sworn signature of Mr. Mul fiall, in tin- New Voik World and tlie Chicago Tribune. The statement pur? ports to ho Mr. Mulhall j personal his? tory as the representative from I?0JJ to 1012 of the National Association of .Manufactures, and bristles with the names ?>f Congressmen whom ho al? leges wer?, "sobservient," or who were punished for bheir opposition t ? legis? lation favored by the Association. Al? legations that be had helped to de? feat Congressmen who opposed the in tereata of manufacturers; that his or? ganisation had spent thousands of dol? lars to elect Congressmen expected to lie sympathetic to their influences; that be bad aided in securing favor? able members on Congressional com? mittees that handb-d labor legislation and that his associates had used great efforts to secure the establish? ment of a Federal tariff commission in 1907 as a means of delan/ing tat iff re? vision, are contained in the long ar? ticle under Mr. Mulhall'S name. The facts alleged in tit*- striking story of legislative lobbying and po? litical campaign wer,- not laid before Chairman Overman prior to their pub? llcatlon. Ii?- declared today, how? ever, thai the story was so circum? stantial in its details that lie expected the committee to to tine bottom of the allegations, and to uncover any nvw angle of "insidious lobbying," or "pernicious' political camaignbig that may be disclosed. The Mulhall article named many former and present members of Con? gress \vb<? were alleged to have been in tlve agents i?i support of legislation desired by the National Association of Manufacturers. It specified employees of Congress who had been retained to secure information and alleged that even the page boys of the House of Representatives were used to pick up Information about proposed leglslae tion. The writer said he had spent over $200,000 in his lobbying work; that he had conducted state and Con? gressional campaigns; helped to break up labor unions and had personal knowledge of the extent to which in? fluence exerted by his associates had swayed legislators and legislation. Senator overman declared tonight subpoenas would als?? be issued for .lames a. Emery, representative of the National Manufacturers' Associa? tion, at Washington, whom the Mul? hall article designates as "chief lob? byist" for the Association at Wash? ington; and for former Congressman James G. Watson, of Indian? referred to in tin- Mulhall statement as an "in? side lobbyist" for members of the Manufacturers Association, who were b ailing the light for Q tariff commis? sion in lvos. He said the committee Would determine at a meeting Mon? day, July 7, as to the summoning of other Congressmen or former Con? gressman, ami officials of the National Association of Manufacturers. "The lobby investigation has gone rar beyond its original Beope," said Chairman Overman today, "and i do not see any course for us to pursue but tO ask for mole power from the Senate, and to go into every phase of the remarkable situation that has be n dveloped. I "1 was informed that-Mr. Mulhall had information that bore directly up? on lobbying work at Washington, and accordingly issued a Bubpoena late last night, to serve upon him before he left Washington. Much of the statement credited to him today bears upon legislation In previous Congress? es, outside the scope of the resolution under which we are working. "It is my personal opinion that the committee should ask the Senate for full authority, to go Into any angle of legislative lobbying In any previous Congresa if Influence! were used to elect certain Congressmen because they would be favorable to certain legilsation, such facts should be made known, because members of Congress have the privileges of the floor of the Senate and are able to influence leg? islation there. "The Senate resolution Introduced by Senator Cummins was in response to President Wilson's statement that efforts were being made to Influence legislation in thii Congress. It was rather limited to lobbying now going on. Since then there have been dia [closed evidences of extensive lobbying that I think we ought to Inquire Into I fully. "We havo found there is a new i kind of insidious lobbying; testimony has been given to show that great in? terests have been getting together be? hind certain men, to get them on com- < mittees where their opinions would c< utrol legislation, though there might l be no actual corruption of the Individ- ] ual. As the Inquiry goes on, it brings out the fact that there hgs been lob- < bying going on that was not suspect? ed/' The Senate committee will not re? new activity until July 7. Mr. Mulhall i has been summoned to appear July v; but Chairman Overman said tonight the committee probably would finish up with the "sugar lobby' and inves? tigate the character of the "wool loo? by'' that has been maintained In Washington and elsewhere, before taking UP the charges made In the Mulhall statement, or lite Wall street disclosures made by Robert 8. Lovett, Representative a. Mitchell Palmer, and others. Members of the Senate committed delated tonight they could see lio termination to the investigation that has grown out of President Wilson's charge that special interests were liv? ing to Influence the preparation Ol the present tariff bill. Several of the men mentioned by 'Mulhall In his published article is? sued statements here tonight. James A. Emery, counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers, and referred to by Mulhall as "chief lob? byist," said: "The statement that any of the pub? lic men named in Mulhall's charges were ever in the employ of the Asso? ciation directly while in or out of public life is a sinister and diabolical lie." He declared that he dfd not even know by sight many of those men? tioned as having been "influenced" by officers or agents of the Manufactur? ers' Association, notable among those being Itepresentative James F. Mc Dermott, of Illinois, and Ralph Cole. Representative Sherley, of Ken tuckey, whose name appeared in Mul hall's list of those who could be "in? fluenced/' said he did not know Mid hall, and that he would make a state? ment on the lloor of tlie House about the matter. Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, and Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri, and Webb, of North Carolina .also included in the list, denounced the charges as untrue as far as they were concerned. Speaker Clarke, one of the mem? bers Mulhall said tlie agents of the Manufacturers' Association tried to defeat cm account of his supporting measures they opposed, said: "Mulhall's statement BO far as it re? fers to me confirms a charge l made on the stump in the 9th Congression? al district in 1910, and that was that in large amount of boodle was being Used to defeat me." I Vrill.R AM) SON CONVICTED. barged With Violation or the Dis? penser] Law .Fury Finds Tin in tattlltj?Appeal in Taken. 'heraw Chronicle. C. L. M< Leod ami Iiis son, a mere boy, were arrested Saturday by the police of Cheraw, on a charge of violating the dispensary law?the spe? cific charge being, transporting and having In poaaeaaion liquor for unlaw? ful purpose. McLeodt who is from Sumter, is getting out hardwood around the*e parts for a Savannah concern. He lias been under the .surevillanee of the police for some time. On Saturday he received a barrel by express. He took the barrel away, actually get? ting a Policeman to help him load the barrel in a wheel barrow. A warrant was secured and II >>od was arrested and the barrel seized, it was found that the barrel had been opened and part of the contents re? moved. In the meantime McLeod's young son hail been captured by an? other policeman ami he had in his possession a quantity of liquor. Bv comparison this was found to be a pait of what had boon taken from th** barr?l. The barrel originally con? tained 1Q gallons of whiskey, in pint bottles, but in some manner about one and a half gallons was gotten rid of before the authorities got hold of it. IfcLeod was tried on Monday. He demanded a jury. After hearing all the evidence, the jury returned a ver? dict of guilty as to both defendants. The sentence of the Mayor was $100 tine or 34 days on the gang as to C. L. IfcLeod; |25 line or HO days on the gang as to his son. , Notice of appeal was given and Mc Leod and his son were released on bond. r~"2Q& , State of Ohio, city of Toledo, Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes aath that he Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Chem y and Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of ca larth that cannot he cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this Gth day of De? cember, A. D. 1SS6. (Seal) A. W. Gleaxon. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys? tem. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney and Co., Toledo. O. Sold by all druggists, 76c. Take Hall s Family Pills for con? stipation. Although a man acknowledges that he has lobbied in a legitimate way, lie would never confess to being a lobby? ist. Nobody loves a lobbyist and no? body wants to be considered a lob? byist? Wilmington Star. ???????1.m***********************^ Wha,t Do You Say to This? - Well It's Just Clean-Up Time Now?That Means No Carry Overs in This Store?So Here They Go. Come and Get Yours Quick. Sale Begins Tomorrow at 8:30 A. M. Don't You Think You'll Buy? Prices That Mean More?That's All. Every Cloth Coat Su'.t in the Store. Prices were from $150.00 to t'j&QO. You just take your pick for only ... - - $10.00 Every ('rash and Linen Coat Suit in the store. The prices were $6.50 to $10. If you are prompt? You'll get your pick for - $3.50 Every Silk Srrirt Waist in the House?Prices Were $3.50 to $6.50 Your Pick for $2.00 Every Silk Dr.vss in the store. Prices were Prom $12.50 to $20. .1 > jst because they are going, it'a $5.00 Kvery Ratine, Challi and White Serge Dress in the store, prices were $7.50 to $15. Will go quickly at $3.98 Strictly Cash. No Alterations. No Exchanges. No Approval. Schwartz Bros. : : Sumter, S. C.