Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M OfFEBED GOMPERS. HEAD OF AM KHK AN PFDKRA TmiJS TELLH H&NHATION AL ?ATOMY. (ooflnas Detail? Told by Mulliall Out? lining hffori* at Corruption Made by Mroughtoo Brandenburg. Posing **? Manufacturer*' Agent. Washington, July 1.?Disclosures thst promise to follow the reopening of the senate's lobby Investigation to? morrow are expected to be among the mi"*! important development** id re? cent years In a congressional inquiry. Mince publication of Martin M. Mui hall's story of how he had operated to influence legislation and elections la behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers, scores of labor lead? ers, present, and former congressmen and othsrs have come forward with testimony and asked that they also t>? heard by the investigators. Samuel Gumpen, president of the American Federation of Labor, who Asured prominently In Mulhall's story, an the object of a long continued at tack by those who attempted to bribe him and force him to give up his right In behalf of labor legislation, hdw nade public a detailed report of lory told by Mulhall. Hag Uompers statement Is a report the labor leader prepared In is*o.\ after . his experiences with Brbughtoa Brandenburg, now a con vlct In Hing Hing, who claimed to be la the employ of the National Asso? ciation of Manufacturers. Efforts to secure private Interviews with Oom pars aroused, the tatter's suspicion and ha too* a number of labor leaders into his confidence, snd later mads a full report to them of the occurrences that followed. Qompers met Brandenburg, the rc port says, under the advice and sug? gestion f other officials of the Amer? ican Federation of Labor. Branden burg, It says, represented himself as In charge of a bureau of the National Association of Manufacturers, organ Med "to expose the immorality and dishonesty of the leaders In the labor movement." According to his report. Qompers led Brandenburg on until the latter proposed that Qompers should pre pare a general statement In the na turn or a "confeeslon," should stand for reelection as president of the American Federation of Labor In JtfU9 and should then resign, leaving XtWA Federation of Labor crippled by hie retirement and the exposure o other leaders. "My object In coming to you Is to say I want to save you." Brumlcn barg is quoted as saying. "I want to ?se'yoe. and while I do not want t ?esaaeeaa .in apeeitle financial terms wMi th? National Asoclatlon of Man uiscturers la willing to do, yet 1 can e;4**runl*** that you will SS tin in< dally for the balance of your life." 'he Qompers report states that the lervlew terminated there; that Qom succeeded In keeping the paper indenburg had prepared for him to [n, and that Vice President Duncan other officials of the federation at onee made acquainted with ^tsts circumstances. President Oom pen and oiher officials of the Federa? tion of Labor probably will testify be fane the senate committee, as the'al l?ge,? act iv it leu of the lobbyists bore directly upon national legislation. _________ Community of "Swsppers " Members of the Jackot colony, stata of Massachusetts, poor whites da ? trended from a Frenchman who set tied there before the Revolution, ai-e Malignant over the action of the ttate enU^e la preventing the exchange of a wife of one of the leading Jackots for a horse. The Jackots would rath er barter than eat A patriarch had in? dulged bis propentlty of swapping un? til be bad nothing left but hit clothlug and his wife In eichsnge for s horte he gave kit wife to his brother. The .ksrse wss worth $6 Twelve hours latee tat) patriarch swapped the horte fgr aa other horse Hit brother took the woman to Hroctoo. tnd hit efforts ta swsp her for snythlng of equal value attracted the attention of the ? pell, a They made the patriarch take alt wife beck but the brother protest* eg that the eichsnge was made la good faith I '-, Just In Tims. There It ao doubt that the tylog of n piece of ttrlng around the finger It ? really good aid to a poor memory; ' hat there is a well authenticated case of a man who tied a piece of cotton around bis finger in the morning to remind him to get his hair cut. . On the way home to dinner that evening he noticed the piece of cot M? "Oh. yes. I remember." be said And. smiling proudly, he entered ths accustomed shop and sat dowu be M>re the tonsorlal operator , "Mr?yee. sir ' said thn.artist, put gVad luqulry tn hit toss^ i t"Eb? Oh. yes. rut my hair please," mmauded the ^mbsent-ailuded one. nly "Why certainly, sir, If you wlnh It." eatd the srtltt "But you won't mlud gay mentioning the faot that 1 out it raaaa. sir. will sue?" DARLINGTON'S BIG FOURTH. Vt:i: DUE TOWN S CELEBRATION imhi today. Interesting Programme Ha- Dee II l*re|?ar??d ami LargO Crowd Im 1v\ POCtcd. Darlington, July 1.?After more than a Month <?f steady work, Darling- ; ton Is ready and in waiting tor the llOfat show and Fourth of July cele? bration. Stores, public buildings ami homes are decorated in red, White and blue and already the crowds are corning in. By actual count there are more than 200 entries in the different clussea of the horse show and races, and long distance calls today for more entries had to be denied, as1 entries closed Saturday night. The celebration will begin^Wednes? day afternoon, ' *hen the first horse races will be held. Thursday, in ad- | ditlon to the horse show, there will! be the great farm demonstration ral? ly, with the canning club and pure food exhibits us side lines. Friday will be featured by the trades display, the parade of the prize winning horses and the other minor items going to make up a successful show. The horse races will be held every afternoon. An important matter Im settled with reference to special round trip rates on extra excursion trains. The Sea? board train leaving Columbia early In the morning and stopping at all way stations to McBee connects at the latter point at 7.35 for all trains north and south. This train arrives at Hartsvllle at 9 o'clock, arriving at Darlington at 9.35. A special train leaves Sunder at 7 a. m. Blshopvllle at 8, Lydia at 8.30 and Hartsvllle at 9, arriving at Darlington at 9.35 a. m. Returning the spe? cial train leaves Darlington at 7.30 p. m., arriving at McBee at 9 p. m., making connections north and south. The Atlantic Coast Line railway reg? ular trains will arrive with extra coaches on the regular schedule, with July 4 speciul rates for the npuml trip. Everything Is In readiness and every report gives accurate and de? tailed Information, showing that this show and celebration will be one of the largest and finest ever held In the State. Commissioner Watson has the pure food exhibit instulled now. The visitors are arriving on every train and coming through the coun? try in automobiles. Ample preparation has teen made The bureau of Information und the committee of public comfort arc ready. Homes will be ready for all and nothing will be spared to com? plete tho occasion satisfactorily in every department. The farm demonstration rally Thursday will be a great meeting. Five speakers are certain to be on hand. _______________________?' ?V Saved From Dreadful Death. An extraordinary scene occurred In the cemetery at Zurawlca, Oalicla, dur? ing tne funeral recently of a local land owner. The priest had given his last benediction to the departed and the coffin had been lowered into the grave, and the family and friends were throwing clods on it, when suddenly hollow cries for help broke from the grave. Most of the mourners ran away panic-stricken, while the priest and sextons got out the coffin and opened the lid. To tholr amazement, they found the supposed dead man alive. He soon recovered und was able to walk home unaided. He is now perfecetlj weU. Physical Impossibility A young Euglishmau cutue to Wash? ington and devoted bis days and nights to an earnest endeavor to drink all the Scotch .-hisky there wa*. He couldn't do It, and presently he weut to a doctor complaining of a disor? dered stomach. "Quit drinking." or? dered the doctor. "But, my dear sir, I cawn't. I get so thirsty." "Well," ?aid the doctor, "whenever you ure thirsty, cat uu UJple Instead of tak lug a drluk." The Englishman paid his fe* and left. He met a friend to whom he told his experience. "Bully rot," ho protested. "Fawncy eutiug 40 apples a day."?Saturday L'veulug Poet Childish Constancy. If only we realised It, if only we cul? tivated it more, we could see with clear-eyed vlsiou that ull of a child's original uature breathes constancy. It te an essential strength of the uudo* flled child's nature to bo constunt. Not until our own false examples buve at? tacked tha natural purity of the. ? Mid does it become inconstant?umeliable. ?Harriet Beechor dtowe. Bombay an Island City. Bombay, the capital of the Uoinbay presidency and the principal seaport of western India, is an island which forms a low lylug plain about 11V. miles long by three to four mllaf broad Two parallel rtdgei of low hills flank the Island; the larger ridge protects tho harbor, the other lerml nates In Malabar hill, on Which stands the famous Hindu toiaplo of Walk eshwar, to which pllgiiuis retort from all parts of India The city covers -3 square miles aud uas 979,446 popula I Uoa. THE KELLYTOWN TRAGEDY. MATTIE GRAYNKY KILLED \M> DAUGHTER, L1///JI:, SERIOUS LV INJURED. Five (iraiithani Boye Hold by CoT OOer'fl Jury for Killing?AcetifiedI Have Nothing to Say Concerning! Affair?Supposed to Have Bean Caned by isolations or zim Uraa 11 hi in and Mat tie Grayney. Blehopvlle, July i,?Charged with shooting lip the home of Wylie Gray ney and killing Mattle Orayney ami seriously injuring her daughter, Liz? zie Grayney, five young widte men were brought to BiflhopvlUe to? day and lodged In jail. They are: Z. A. Grantham, Cloy Grantham, Nick CJrantham, Hrown Grantham and Vance Grantham. sons of Zin Gran thatn, a resident of Darlington county. Mattie Grayney, according to the cor? oner's jury, came to her death at the hands of the five Grantham boys. The boys, it Is charged, tlrst told the wo-j men to leave and when they refused proceeded to .shoot up the hou.se oc? cupied by the Grayneys. The story of the tragedy, which oc? curred in the Kelleytown section of; this county, a remote and lawless dis? trict, seems to be interwoven with al? leged relations between Matti Gray? ney and zin Grantham. The five sons of Zin Grantham, it is alleged, took offense at the rela? tions between their father and the Grayney woman. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Wylle Oray? ney went to Hartsvllle for today, it is charged, the boys went to the ionise of the Grayneys and demanded that the woman leave the section. Upoti her refusul to do so, according to the accounts available from men who have returned from the scene of the affray, the boys shot up the house, the elder woman meeting her death in the fusillade. The younger woman was badly beaten. As goon as news of the affair reach? ed Btehopvllle sheriff Muldrow and other office!*! hurried to the scene. Arriving there they found the elder Grayney woman dead and her daugh? ter in a precarious condition. Empaneling a Jury of Inqueat, the ofllcers set to work to ascertain the facts and clear up any mystery. The inquest wa? soon over. The coroner's Jury, without delay, returned a ver? dict holding the five Grantham boys f??r the murder of the elder woman. The sheriff at once arrested them and made way to Blshopville, where they are now in jail. Tlie boys decline to say anything as to their connection with the affair. The section where the tragedy oc? curred? the district between Kelley? town and Qilbertown, has Ihrig been known as the scene of numerous crimen It lies in the extreme north? western .section of Lee county. The live boys are residents of Dar? lington COnty DUt the house Where the Grayney w <?murt-Avas killed Is in I Si. Systematic Writing. All busy women know the value of lystem, and every busy woman should systematize her dally tasks. In the matter of letter writing many women are groat procrastinators They persistently leave important let ters unanswered until the last pos lible moment, and then have to write a hurried note, often forgetting to take up important subjects for dis eussion. Tho best way to do Is to have one Jay or evening set apart for weekly 'otter writing. One woman reserves Tuesday morning for this purpose, and she allows none but the most pressing duties to interfere with her writing. While reading a letter sho will Jot Jown any particular thing sho wonts lo mention in tho reply on the back of Ihi envelope, place it in the letter rack on her desk and when Tuesday somes has all the Week's correspond ence ready for answering before her. if during the Interim of the receipt ttid answering of a letter she thinks if any potnt she wished discusaed, :hat, too, Is noted ou tho envelope. With this system letter writing is a ?eal pleasure?one that Is looked for ward to every week with keen inter Hi Modern Roads. | They wer? spinning along the broad highway, which was lumpy; but by und by they came to a section that was well oiled, the Joy of all uutolsts. "Well," remarked tho sensltlvo per bou in the rear seat, "they may say what they please about the perfec? tion of tho ancient Roman roads, but I am here to testify that they are not In it with tho rounds of modern grease." Judge. Artistic Pottery. English and American pottery show? ing the silver deposit work is very pretty. Thai is newer than the de? posit on glass, which lias lost its pop? ularity because of ita fragility. An In? valid would appreciate one of the pot? tery tea sets, which Is bo ingeniously fitted together that It takes up only a f>w Indies 00 the tray The F.ngltsh ware is either black, white or dark blown In color, w hile BOtne | of tho American ware 1m beautifully shaded in tones of blown. GRANT CHILD RIGHTS - LET HIM MOLD HIMSELF, IS AD VICE GIVEN BY WRITER. Putting It In Another Way, a Little "Letting Alone" Is a Wise Course for Parents to Pursue?Mat ter of Freedom. Let your children alone. Do not neglect them. Them is a dif? ference between a wise letting alone and a foolish neglect. There have been probably as many children spoiled by over management as by negligence. Don't forget that the prime right Of a child Is the right to his own personality. In fact, his chief busi? ness in life is to develop properly the expression of that personality. How can he do this i** he is continually hedged aud thwarted by you? A child learns by three means?by experience, by example and by atmos? phere. It is doubtful if didactic teaching and preaching ever did inucv: good to anybody, child or grown-up. Only in? spirational preaching is of any ac? count. To let the child touch the stove and get hurt a little la far better thau to say "You mustn't touch it!" Be chary of your commands. Every useless order is a burden that inter? feres with his growth and tends to alienate him from you. Let him run as free as you dare. One lesson he learns from his own experience is worth a dozen he gets from you. How many little lives are rendered utterly wretched by the Joviug but ir? ritating tyranny of parents. The lit? tle ones are crossed at every turn. The mother is continually scolding, the father breaking in at times with sharp prohibitions. The queer part of all this is that those parents think they are doing their high duty by the child. They propose to give their children some "bringing up" and not let them "run wild." So they cramp, thwart, oppose the growing mind. Children are sharp. They soon ad? just themselves to this, and get their parents' measure. Then they turn to become one or two things?"good," that is, shrewd little hypocrites, piigs and time-servers; or "bad," that is, angrily insistent upon having a life of their own. Study the child, seek to bring out what Is in him. Don't study your catechism or "system of education" and try to make your child measure up to that. There is no genuine morality with? out freedom. Anything done from fear Is Immor? al. Even the "goodness" your child puts on because he is afraid of you is wicked. Quit trying to mold your child. Stand by and help him. Let him mold himself. Be his friend. Let him feel you understand him. A lot of our "moral principle" Is mere self-conceit and vanity of opiu lon, and we chink we are doing Uod's services when we impose our egotism on others, particularly upon helpless youth. Study the child, live with him, enter into his life and point of view, encour-, age him in what he wants to do, sym pathiae with him.?Exchange. Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Tba Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci represents "Madonna Lisa," a Neapolitan, wife of Zanobl del Gio condo, from whose name the painting Is also known as La Giocotida. The subtle, baffling expression is of a kind that the artist particularly delighted ' in, and here brought nearest to perfec? tion,. The painting was finished by Leonardo in 1506. It is said that he worked on it for four successive years and used to have music played while his model was sitting in order that the expression which he wished to render might not disappear from her face. Francis I. of France bought the painting from the artist for 4,?<>!? gold florins, and ever siuce it has buen in the possession of France. Until it was stolen recently it was one of the most renowned treasures of tho Louvre gal? lery in Paris. It has inspired numer? ous authorities on art to rapturous outbursts of praise, among which the most celebrated is that of the Euglish critic, Walter Pater. Making the Best of Things. Mr. Paterfamilias was having an economical streak. "Am 1 going to have to buy new winter underwear for the whole famt ly this year?" he asked. "No, dear," answered Mrs. P., brightly cheerful. "Your lluunels have shrunk enough to lit Johnny, aud Johnny's have shrunk so that Hilly can wear them, and Billy's are now small enough for the baby. All you have to do is to get some for yourself ?1 have my fur neckpiece." Just think how you can save on the high cost of living by having a big and well graded family. Exchange. Found Hidden Spring. Solving tho secret of a hidden spring which opened a case of valu? able miniatures at the Boston Mu seum of Finn Arts, Daniel C Lavery stole $2,000 worth of artftreasures, ac? cording to his sdmlssiopjk court, The robbery Is the first of flLltind .it tho tnusi tun .lust how QjTery gained possession of the secret of thespriug is a mystery His an est followed an attempt to dispose of some of tho ar I tides. Cheap Rates -VIA Atlantic Coast Line a. f ISLE OF PALMS, S. C. MP^e/O 10 I SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S C. $4.55 t0{ MYRTLE BEACH, S. C. Ticket* sohl May .list and on each Saturday to and Including September 13th, 11,13, hind. .1 to reach Sunder returning prior U? midnight Momlay nctr following dato of sale. <n*E" * f WRIGHTSVILL BEACH, N. C. %PD.UU lO [ WILMINGTON, N. C. Tickets Bold each Thurmlay?June ftth to and in??hiding K^tem ber 11 til, lilS, limited to reach Siunter returning prior t? mid? night of the set ond Monday following: dato of sale. Excursion Rates North and East-For any Informa? tion, address T. C. WHITE, 0. V. PLAY ER, Gen. Pass. Ayt. Ticket Agent. Wilmington, N. C. Sumter, S. C. 1905 1913 The Farmers1 Bank & Trust Company Capital Stock, Surplus, Liability of Stockholders Protection to Its Depositors, Si 20,000.00 77,000.00 120,000.00 $317,000.00 Active, Accommodating,Conservative We Want Your Business. He Was From Xenia, Ohio. 11 A man who became weal? thy by saving money?just a little every week?until a few judicious investments w i t h his ready cash put him on "easy street." tf The same thing can be? is being done, right here in Sumter. t| Put your money on de? posit with us, and watch the savings grow. The Bank of Sumter Wire Fence j We btij dlrcci tn% mtlie atari mills in i*ar hauls for rash vrttli all X discounts off, this enables um |o sell >??t ? at I he NmVd prloeO, which tie guarantee t ?? do, Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. Sumter, ... South Carolins t??????????????????????????