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Consolidated Aur. 3,1881.
SUMTER, S. C , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913.
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Vol. XXXVI. No. 61.
TIIK IlirivU IUI? sl liKR AM>
UKIT. UOV. (.LYNN HOLDING
?.lvim Will Today Make 1 ?eins ml of
r\>rtnrr KxecutHc for Governor'*
I'tuunber?Tent of Strength MM*
Albanv. N. Y.^ Aug. 14 ? LleUt. Gov.
Glynn will make a formal demand
upon Uov. Sutler tomorrow for pos?
session of the executive chamber at
the capltol and thus bring to m Issue
the question as to who Is governor m
the State of Now York. This was an?
nounced tonight by friends of the
lieutenant governor.
Qov. Sulser, it is said, will refuse to
relinquish possession of the chamber
and in anticipation of such a demand
Is understood already to have pre
pared a letter flatly declining to ac?
cede to it.
What further action will then be
taken by Mr. Olynn was not indicated
tonight, but the general expectation
was that the rival claimants to the
governor s chair would resort to the
courts for a test case under an agreed
statement of facts.
Word came from Saratoga tonight
that the secretary of State would re?
fuse to recognise Mr. Sulser as gov?
ernor unless Attorney General Car
mody should render an opinion to the
contrary.
The question of who Is chief execu?
tive still was unsettled when the lights
Went out In the capltol tonight. Both
the impeached governor and the lieu?
tenant governor claimed to be direct?
ing the machinery of government and
both spent a busy day In their respec?
tive offices with counsel and friends
formulating plans to maintain their
authority.
Meanwhile, the governor's wife,
who is expected to be* the star witness
at hi* trial, lies in a critical condition
in the executive mansion.' Her ner?
vous; collapse yesterday, which was
accompanied by hlysterla. grew mo se?
rious this morning that the governor
sent to New York for'twor more spe
cialists. Mrs. Sulser had a high tem
KHQIfiiro and rapid pulse during most
Of the dav but her condition was re
pttrYeu BJ somewhat improved tonight.
The whole machinery of State gov?
ernment was demoralised today as a
reeult of the untgue contest between
the rival ' lalmnnts for the executive
^hVe and already the double exercise
dsV authority has precipitated com?
plications with two other States?New
Jersey and West Virginia.
The tmpeactocd governor signed
requisition papers today for the gov?
ernors of each of these State? for
extradition of prisoners in the Htate
?erf New York.
The prospects tonight were that the
Contest between the rival claimants
to the governor's ( hair might he de?
rided In the courts by the presentation
bf an agreed statement of facts arriv?
ed at after consultation between their
respective counsel. Such a consulta?
tion has not yet taken place but 1>.
Cady llerrbk, chief counsel for Sul?
ser. indicated that such procedure was
Itkrly to be followed.
With the situation thus complicated
various departments of the State gov?
ernment mark*d time today and with
one exception made no open an?
nouncement iff their attitude toward
either claimant. Lieut. Col. Kdwurd
B Howard ef the staff of Adjt. Gen.
Hamilton, called on the lieutenant
governor today and formally recog?
nised the authority of Mr. Olynn by
asking if there were any orders he
cared to transmit to the adjutant gen
tfgjf who was about to leave town.
Mr. Olynn had none.
ALLAN IHvVS DF.AI?.
f'asssteii Men SuccuiiiIm While Vis?
iting Daughter in Atlanta.
Atlanta. Os.j Aug. 13.?Allan iVas.
? I, of Camden, S C, dropped dead
her. at h i lock tonight He and bin
wife were visiting their daughter. Mrs
I*. W. Watson. Appoplexy \n.is said to
ha\?i hevn the cause of death. The
body will be taken to Canitlen to
ge "row. Mr 1?cuh whs ? member v*f
Kennedy's brigade in the Confederate
army and ggfgag throughout ihe W.-?r
Between ihe leetlesm His uncle Is
John M ' '? ? n !??y und bis hrother. J
|l l*?**. Ih u membei of the board of
director* of ib?> go tit h Carolina pen*
Hennar?
AiMtriu not only sells Umber but
timber products from Um fofeet hinds
and disposes of ah.,ut i ,mi . mil
way lies a year. There Is no pro
vision in the I'nltsd Siatei by wbc h
tb" national fieesls chii dt?p*w?e ot
manufactured lumber. though the
policy of sellftiK HtandiliK timber Is
well established. |
MRS. GEORGE s. XANCE SLAIN
IX HAMLET.
I'aper Indicates Probability of Her
Being a Resident of South Carolina
CUy.
Harn let. X. C, Au*;. 15.?Guests of
? hotel here rushed into a room from
which they saw smoke issuing, today
and found stretched on the floor the
dead body of a woman who had given
the name of Mrs. QeorgS S. Nance of
Macon. Oa. Her skull was fractured
In several places, her clothing had
burned off, and besides the body lay
an empty beer bottle. Her husband,
who came to the hotel with her this
morning, was arrested in a room three
doors from that of the woman, and
told the police of a sensational story
of killing hifl wife after they nad en?
gaged In a struggle.
According to the report given by
the police, Nance said that his wdfe
bad told him she knew she wan crazy,
and that ho was also insane "and
would stop at nothing." They strug?
gled, and he seised the beer bottle
i and fractured her skull, then he pour?
ed kerosene over her clothing and the
furniture and set file to the room.
After a coroner's Jury had returned
a verdict that Mrs. Nance had been
killed by her husband, George S.
Nam e, he was hurried to jail at Rook
inghum, where he was charged with
murder and arson.
In Mrs. Xance'H handbag was* a re?
ceipted bill from S. H. George .& Co,
Greenville, S. C, addressed to Mrs.
George S. Xance, 312 I^aurens street,
Greenville. Her shoes bear the mark
of a Know die. Tenn., firm.
Xance appears to be about 4 0 years
old. He had more than $500 in his
pocket, together with a government
bond for $1,000 and a deposit slip
showing $1,000 deposited in a Mrtcon,
Oa.. bank.. < (? ?
fEfforts, to find relatives of Nance or
of his. wife had not .succeeded late t ?
night... The woman's body was placed
in charge of an undertaker to be held
subject to instructions.
a C. W. ROAR FOR TIM M?NS.
VILLE. .
Atlantic <ou?d Lino Tracks are Cross?
ed and Schedule Will begin Wed?
nesday.
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Tlmmonsvllle, Aug. 15.?Much to
the delight of the citizens of the Own
the South Curolina Western railway
crossed the Atlantic Coast Line tracK
here today and a regular passenger
schedule will go into effect Wednes.
day. It will be remembered that
there has. been considerable trouble
about this crosHing on account of the
Atlantic Coast Line not allowing ihe
South Carolina Western to cross at the
point il had planned but whe.i the
railroad commission Rave the ;*oulh
Carolina WeHtern permiMslon to ?foai
nearer up in town between the t?vo
Atlantic Coast Line depots then the
Atlantic Coast Line readily agreed to
let it croHM at the point first picked
out by the South Carolina Western
FLLORFF. CHl'ItCH DESTROYED,
Trinity Lutheran Is Struck by
Lightning; and Soon Reduced to
Ashes.
Klloree, Aug. 14.?Lightning struck
the Trinity Lutheran church here yes
terday afternoon about 4 o'clock and
the building ? as reduced to ashes in
a short while. The building Was
ignited during a heavy downpour of
rain and the flames had gained con?
siderable headway before discovert d,
and Wel?" beyond COfJtrol before the
tire department reached the scene.
The building was the llrst of the
three churches ere* ted here, and being
made of tin- best timber it was in good
repair.' The property was valued at
about $ 1.794 aiol there w;im no in?
surance on it.
it is very llkoly that steps wil h*
taken at once to ereel a brick edltii
on the sight of the burned building.
FAN AM A IN LINE.
Fourth Nutloii to Aovepf Secretary
Bryan** Pence Plan?
Washington. Aug l t. Panama i^
the fourth nation to accept in detail
Secretary tlryan'i international pence
plan it was announced j11 ihe state
department today that ihe documents
necesaarj for Ihf preparation of a
treaty were now on Ihe way to Wall*
notion from Panama.
Uantasnnl* and Costa Klon have
agr?-ed to enter Into trentie* under tin
ginn Sim Ii .i < oii\entton with Ssl
vador Is awaiting mtllleation by the
United states sennte.
MAK1 S DASH FOR CONNECTICUT
LINE IX M</AUTOMOBILE.
Stole From Gute as Attendant Open*
Poof for Milkman to Knter and
Sprints by to Waiting Automobile.
Matteaw.in, X. Y., Aug. 17.?Harry
K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford
White, escaped from the hospita? for
the criminal insane heVe at 7.4b!
o'clock this morning. A dart far
liberty through an open gate, a leap
into the open door of a powerful
automhile that stood qtfivorlng out?
side and a flight like a rocket for the
Connecticut State line, 30 miles, ac?
complished his escape.
Tonight he was still at large and
j the hospital authorities felt certntn he
I was outside the State. Once beyond
j its boundaries Thaw is free. Only
moaths, perhaps years, of litigation
can bring him back to Mattenv an and
I then only in one event?that he be
, adjudged insane in the State to which
j he has fled.
Five confederates manned the car
in which Thaw escaped and a big
black limousine which trailed it past
* -
the asylum gate. The police have
the descriptions of Thaw's confed?
erates and the names under which
they registered at a local hotel Friday
.tight, and are seeking them.
The hospital authorities believed
that Thaw had fled to the shore of
I.mik', Island sound and boarded s
yacht waiting with steam uP to rush
to "Europe.
A reward of $500 for Thaw s ap
prehension has been offered by Dr.
It. F. C. Kieb, 'superintendent ot the
asylurh. Howard H. Parnum, the at?
tendant at the gate past whom Thnw
flashed in his break for freedom, it=
under arrest, and other arrests are
i ??? tt_i\
expected to follow in the rigid investi?
gation begun by Dr. Kieb. S
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WIFE (H FEARFUL OF HUSBAND.
Frightened Woman Declare* That Fu?
gitive Huh Made Threat* Against
Her Life. *
New York, Aug. 17,.?tTntnroimed?
I police" s*tood guard ti night at every
entrance to the hotel where Rvelyri
Nesblt Thaw is staying. Always fear
ful of 'her husbnnd, she showed her
terror to a marked degree on learning
that he was at large. Her moiher, Mrs.
Charles J? liolman, was frightened
even more than she, and urged Mrs.
Thaw to go into seculsion until Thaw
Is found/ 1
"Harry has threatened to kill me,"
, Mrs. Thaw said, "and I believe my
presence in New York prompted him
! to escape. Four years ago he told
me, 1 suppose I'll have to kill you
next." Many men will have cause
for fear now that he is free. He con?
siders Dr. Austin Flint his worst
j enemy and undoubtedly will try tu
muke trouble for him.
"The State of New York has a great
deal to answer for in this case. What
Harry Thaw has been allowed to do
at Matteawan is an outrage to think
of?bribery connived at and keepers
bullied'by all the power of his money.
And now In* is allowed to escape. I
.suppose $20,1)00 or $30,000 looks
, pretty good to son<e people.
SULZER AXD GLYNN INACTIVE.
Meeting of Trustees of Co Idle
Buildings Is Scheduled?Will Result
In Test.
Albany, N. Y.. Aug. 17.?Both Gov.
Sulzer and Lieut. Oov. Martin H.
Glynn, who claims to be acting gOV
?ernor, spent a quiet Sabbath. Mr.
Sulzer did not go to church as usual,
but spent most of the day at the bed?
side of ids stricken wife and was
much encouraged at the favorable re?
port of her nurses, A few friends
and advisers culled during the day
and he enjoyed a short automobile
Mr. Sulzer was informed of the
escape of Harry K. Thaw from the
Mallewnn State Hospital for the
Criminal Insane but did not discuss
the matter.
Sir. Qlynej'e day was spent quietly
at Cddar hill, his summer home. He
expressed Interest in the news of
Thaw's escape and Inquired eagerly
for details, hut offered ho comment.
He. however sent telegrams to supt
Kieb of Mattew&n and to supt Rlley
of the state prison department re?
questing detailed information of the
escape,
Miss Ceclle McKagen entertained
on Tuesday evening al her home on
Culhoun street, a number of young
friends l'< inn present and finding the
occasion a very pleasant one. Conver
nation wns the chlvl feature of ttie
evening, a delic.htfu ice course being
served after this bad lasted foi some
time.
MISS INA SINGLETON ?AS THRIL?
LING EXPERIENCE ON
POTOMAC.
Party of Four in Small Host Driven
out in Ray by the Fury of Storm,
Come Near to Reuth Hefore They
Are Rescued by VCSSOL
Annapolis, Md., Aug-. 11.?Caught in
the severe wind and rain storm that
passed over Annapolis between 5 and !
t> o'clock yesterday afternoon and
fearful lest any minute their little,
powerboat would turn turtle, Miss
' Nancy Dashiell, daughter of Mrs. Rob- j
ert B. Dashiell, and a party of friends
, had a thrilling experience in the!
I Chespeake Hay.
They were rescued by a schooner
bound for Baltimore and later brought
to Annapolis in a steam launch uis
I patched from the Naval Academy.
'They had been buffeted about in the
\ choppy seas and blown four miles out
i in the bay and were watersoaked and
i
thoroughly frightened.
In the boat, besides Miss Dashiell,
were Miss Ina Singleton; Charles
I Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nevett
Steele, of Murray Hill, Annapolis, and
i another young man. The boat was
the "Nancy IV a 25-foot gasoline
launch owned by Mrs. Dashiell.
Seeking relief from the intens?
heat, the party left Ahnapolia In the
early afternoon for a run on the river
; and bay. Despite the fact that the
storm, which broke shortly after 5
o'clock, had been foyning over in the
I west for two or three hours, they ven.
, tured out in the vicinity of the light
bouse.
It was there that the heavy gale of
wind and the drenching rain caught
them. The storm, traveling with re?
markable velocity, overtook, them be?
fore they could bring the launch Into
the ?afe harbor of Brack Cree.Ki on the
other side of Eastport. And for more
than an bohr thiy drifted about help?
lessly in the bay.' ? (
Realising the predicament of the
young people,'pertons living, at' East
Port telephoned to tne Naval Academy
?u^htwmes to send a .boat to their
1 rescue.
No time was lost In getting^a launch
away from the acudemy, and, While*It
was comparatively early in the after?
noon, ;the heavy black clouds threw
1 everything Into almost tola! darkness
for a time. The blinding ran fur
Dished an added difficulty to, the res?
cue party, a
Tossed* about in the heavy; sens, the
little gnaoline boat drifted toward the
lighthouse, and that it was not
swamped was remarkable. Spying the
helpless party, the keeper of the light
threw a rope to them, but the occu?
pants of the craft failed to catch it.
Finally young Steele, grasping an
almost hopeless situation, took the
bowline of the launch and managed
to swim with it to the light tower,
believing that he would be aide to
muke the boat fast.
He reached the light, but was pow?
erless to hold the drifting boat again ?t
the big waves. So on the boat drifted.
The keeper of the light hauled
young Steele to safety, and It was
I with difficulty, it is said, that Steele
was restrained from launching the
I small boat at the light and going
after his companions.
Meantime the light keeper tolled his
bell as u warning signal and shortly
afterward the launch from the Naval
Academy came along and the occu?
pants were told the direction in Which
the disabled gasoline craft was drift*
ing.
Full power was put on by the steam
launch to continue the search. Finally
about four miles out in the bay, as
the storm began to lift the craft was
sighted. All hands wer? safe.
in the nick of time u schooner, the
name of which was not ascertained,
had come to anchor to ride out the
storm, got a rope to the launch, and
In that manner drew the power boat
and Its occupants alongside.
The academy launch brought the
young people to thei: homes in this
ccty,
The above is from a Baltimore pa?
per. The Miss Singleton alluded to Is
Miss Ina Singleton of Washington. D.
C, who \isited Miss Susie Dick In the
early part of this summer, and win*
has a great many friends in and
around Sumter, all of whom feel
grateful to Know thai she and her
friends were saved and thai none
were injured.
Miss Dashiell is also a friend of
Miss Susie Rick, who <>n a visit t<? her
sometime ago. enjoyed delightful
outings in the boat mentioned, the
"Nancy IV
The Kitst Bapttsl Church will be
dosed from now nntd the middle ol
September.
PETER WILLIAMS, COLORED,
SHOT TO DEATH I1Y J. H.
BEALE AT RFMHFRT.
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Shooting Took Place Saturday Night
aiut Negro Died Sunday Morning?
1lc|m>rtcil Tliat Negro Resisted Ar?
rest and Attacked Officer When
I>atter Arrested Hini?Coroaer's
Inqaest Held.
Rural Policeman Julian H, Seale
of this city shot and killed a negro,
Peter Williams, at Rembert Satur?
day night, when the negro is said to
have attacked him, after being arrest?
ed. The inquest was held Sunday
afternoon and returned the verdict
that the deceased came to his death
i by gunshot wounds at the hands of
Rural Policeman Julian H. Scale,
who was acting in the discharge of
his duty in self defense.
The shooting seems to have oc?
curred after the negro had made
threats against the policeman. Wil
; Hams is said to be a peaceable neg
except when under the Indue V
of whiskey, which he is
to have been drinking Saturd/ *t
seems that Williams was acting i a
i
disorderly manner and was told by
Policeman Seal to leave the placv.
\ Two negro women were endeaviring
J to persuade him to go home With
j them and had taken him some dis?
tance down the road when he again
became disorderly, and .'.is said to
I have made threats tfj the effect that
he had served ten clears in jail lor
killing one man and that he would
; do it again! Upon hearing this Mi.
Seal went up to Williams and put
him under arrest. Williams refused
! to go with him and is said to have
Attempted to strike the officer, where
upon Mr. Seal drew his pistol and tlr
, ed two shots, one taking ei*eet in the
leg and the other*'penetraVn? ?**c
i arm , and . passing through * both lungs.
; - Williams was takt?n te a'neighbor
j ing house and was attended h: two
doctors. He lived until ,?anday morn.
I ing. Sheriff Bradford and Deputy
Sheriff Kpperson went to the inquest
Wim h was held Tby. Magistrate Gill is,
the verdict being as stated above.
, While the fight was going on be
I tween Policeman Seal and Williams,
! ore of the negro women tried to as
I
< slst the negro, but was- held off by
Mr. Philip Gaillard, who was with
Mr. Seal and who is said to be the
? only white witness of the shooting.
CAR S1'PFF,RS MISHAP.
Train Strikes Automobile Driven by
J. F. Patterson and Family of Ttm
inoiisvllle.
Tituiiu?n?\iu?.. Ask. V6.?Mr and
Mrs. J. B. Patterson ajratwPchildren,
who have been visiting- Relatives in
j Greensboro, N. C, when returning to
j their home here yesterday in an au?
tomobile had a narrow escape when
the automobile in widch they were
riding was struck by a passenger
train. They were hearing Pleasant
Garden, where there la a deep rail?
road cut and Mr, Paitorson did not
hear the approaching train nor see it
until he was in a few feet of the
crossing, when the train came into
view, a short distance away, Mr. Pat
i terson wheeled to the right to keep
ffohi crossing the track but the front
of the engine struck the left front
corner of the car, demolishing the
left wheel, tearing away the fender
and otherwise damaging it. Instead
of the machine turning - over it was
brushed aside hy the fast speeding
train and the occupants escaped in?
jury. Mrs. Patterson und the chil?
dren were taken abord the train and
taken t?> Greensboro, while Mr. Pat?
terson remained until help arrived to
take the demolished automohile to a
garage.
NEW COTTON ON MARKFT.
Bale Is Sold at Lutta hy T. M.
Moody.
T.atta. Aug. lf>.?The first bale of
new cotton was aold here August 13
by T. M. Moody of the spring Branch
section. Mr. Moody frequently mar?
kets the first bale In the Pee Dee
section. The Hanker of I.atta paid 15
cents a pound for the hale. '
MARION S FIRST BALK.
S. Mellon Lane Brings Cotton to Mar?
ket.
Marion, Aug. 18 The first bale of
new cotton was marketed here > es
lerday hy s Melton Lane <?f thil
county The cotton was handled by
L. M Gasqtie and was immediately
shipped to l\ \\ . Wagner a. Co , ?d
Charleston Thjs is the tirst bale f,,r
this counts
NO RELIEF COMES AFTER
ELEVEN DAYS.
Dry in Kansas City and Distress it
Reported Among People and Ll*e
stock in Tan em stau s.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 14.?Kansas.
Missouri and Oklahoma today swel?
tered under the 11th day of a heat
wave that has paralyzed late crops,
brought water famine and l?een re?
sponsible for extreme suffering among
the people and the live stock of tno
three States.
Local showers in Kansas today fail?
ed to affect the general temperature
which again reached an average max?
imum of t than 100 degrees. In
many p' ? 4he mrecury climbed to
108 an ? stations reported temper?
ature jar er than 100.
s|
V stained heat the present hot
si as broken all Kansas records
^ nis summer has been the driest
ne history of the State. Since the
ought began early in May, when the
.hermometer rose to 100 degrees hot
waves have followed with such brief
cool periods intervening that the ex?
ceptional heat has been almost con?
tinuous. Later crops virtually lia\e
been destroyed in parts of the State
Some farmers are cutting their corn
! in the hopes of utilizing it for fodder,
I but in some instances the blades are
so dry that it will not even make *ood
fodder.
Notwithstanding the warning of
Kansas State officials that the farm?
ers should not rush their cattle to
marl et, 12,000 cattle were brought to
the local market today.
Stockmen on the western ranges of
Kansas lind it almost impossible to
obtain feed and water for their stock.
Creeks, wells and cisterns are dry and
the Kansas river and other larger
streams are lower than they have been
in >20 ryeafrs.1 \ V ?
Pastures are burned so dry that the
greatest precautions are 'necessary *a?
avert, prairie fires.* ?" ?? '
This, city has been without rain
since July 25. Shortage of water has
rWtenV the big lea n-tanuf i 1iiiiejsW
plants'to reduce their' output. This
curtailment "at a time when the de?
mand is unusual has caused consider?
able suffering.
Thousands of men, women ana
children slept in the parks, in yards
and on the sidewalks of this city to?
night. Probably 2,000 persons slept
in Swamp park.
Further reports of distress in Mis
souri, Kansas and Oklahoma come.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours has been
negligible and prospects for more in
the next 24 hours are of the poorest.
Wells from which the wgter supply
of Lawrence, Kansas, a city or 15,000
inhabitants was- obtained were dry
today and water from the Kansas
river, now very low*, was forced into
the mains. The cisterns of Lawrence
are dry. In the corn growing dis?
tricts about Wichita many Melds have
been so scorched by the sun that the
blinding sands have blown the blades
from the corn stalks and corn scarcely
produces even fodder. The last heavy
rain in the Wichita section was April
Y. In the district about Hutchison,
Kansas, although there has been no
good rain for weeks and the heat has
been intense, crops and live stock have
suffered little because v*f the sani
strata underflow of water. Many or?
chards, market gardens and alfalfa
fields in the district are being irri?
gated from this underflow.
St. Joseph, Mo., reported today two
deaths from heat prostration in the
last 24 hours. In the corn-raising
district about St. Jo-eph, farmers have
abandoned hope of saving the grain
and are cutting the stalks for fodder.
PRINCESS PATRICIA WINS.
Camdcn's Prize Show Horse Is First
at Ashc\ille~>-Mr. Little Hklcs.
Asheville, N. C. Aug. 14.?Princess
Patricia, owned by Oeo. T. Little of
Canvden, S. C , won the blue in lh<s
??tutest for model horses shown in
hand at the AeheVllte horse show,
which opened here today. In the gen?
tleman's saddle clasa Mr Little on
Willmore succeeded In winning the
red.
A number ?>t South Carolina hoteoe
are entered hi the show.
How to Shake HaiuK
Few people seem to know how t?>
shake hands. We defeat the flabby
fishy shake or touch. We like the
Strong and earnest hand-shake. It
rarrtep with it charactera purpose and
good will. Try to shake hands ??ui
slhly, b) all means.?Clinton Chron
U?la- illlltmilll? an >? Inane