Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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H. V. JM DOS AMD J. r. PARKIN tho mmi iioHim, c h\k<*. F.D WITH nKI AKIX. IN? TO CARS AT LASfc. Arreste?! Herr Tbr,r*Hlay by PolkT I UN we and Is'dgrd Hi Jail Pend? ing Hearing IV fore U idled States < ommlH?doner Miami for Violations of Itilerfttato ? ommcrrr Law?-Ar rwiHl by tgent at Lau-e, Two Men Hol?' Mini ?1? and K*npc? Young Men Cwsne from sc. Stephens, They sey?Talk ?Yre4y In Jail. From The I>elly Item, Sept. 4. 8. V. Jaudon and J. P. Parris alias J. K. Oray. two young men, who any they come originally from near St. Stephens and who admit leading a ho? bo life, wer? arrested in a negro ree '* irant on Council Street about 6.30 o'clock this morning by Policeman J. M. Harwick and W. D. Hun Up and Deputy Sher.ff John D. Kpperson. The two young men had Just come in on a freight train from Lane, where it la alleged they broke open two cars last night and held up the depot agent, when he hail arrested one of them. The youni; men are held by the lo? cal authorities on the charge of taking free passage on the train and Joudon la charged with carrying concealed weapons, a ugly looking revolver having been taking from him at the time that he was arrested. Parris car? ried a holster, but had lost or thrown his pistol away. A niesaege was received riere early thia morning from the agent at Lane, W. P. Pate, to arrest the two men, ho were coming in on the through ? relght train.. When the train arriv? ed the police officers were notified by the conductor of the presence of the two men and they were pointed out m a restaurant across the tracks from the train, where the.* had gone to g?t something to eat while they were waiting on the train to pull out. J. N. Walker, a special agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, arrived on the ? 30 train from Charleaton thia morn? ing and la waiting until the men can be given a hearing before United Htatea Cotnmlasioner I.. B. Bland. Thia hearing has been set for Monday morning, when the men will be charg? ed with violation of the federal Inter? state commerce law, the train into which It la alleged that they broke open being a through freight. The time fed be hearing before the local autherUlee hfui got yet been fixed Mr. Walker stated that he knew the twe men and laid been on the lookout ior Jiem. He received the message ae soon as it was sent In by W. P. Pate, the agent at Lane, and came on at the first opportunity. From him an account of the ulleged breaking into cars at Lane as told to him by the agent waa recei>ed. He said that the two men had been seen about the place and the agent was no? tified by one of the negro workmen that they had gone down in the *ard and were trying to break into a box egg The agent followed them and haled them while they were in a car. He ordered them to come out, cover? ing them with hla pistol at the same time. Jaudon made a break, run? ning behind the car, where he disap? peared, although Pate tired at him with his pfbtoL Parrla then came out of the car and was talking \o the agent, when Jaudop came up behind htm and covered him with his pistol. Tb% ?* mt made no resistance. Parris waa released. The two men thon left, walking up the track for some distance Later they returned and were waiting in the public room at the depot. When the agent again ap peered with* a brecchloadlng shot gun and again arrested them. Ho then turned them over to the train crew to hold until be could tlnd the town constable and have them locked up In the local guardhouse. When he re? turned the men were again gone, hav? ing escaped from Conductor liyei* and hla crew. They then boarded the train they hat. been waiting for ami cama to Sumte/, where they %>.tfl arreated soon at er he train arrived in the yard. The two men are said to have bro? ken Into a car containing co'.ton and a t ar containing men hamil ?e, but it is not known wr ether anything wa* t?ken out or Dot, as the ggcdl ha\e not yet been checked over. Thl* morning when seen in the county Jail Jaudon and Pirri.4 were at first seemlnglv \ery h.at'i l? taU to a newapaper man, saying that he had probably already gotten all th" details of the affair from -me la I Of* fi ?r Walker and the bn al p?i:-. < and their tale would l?e miprrMuou-j. Aftci a few minutes, howvt* r, they |o.?><cn*-.| up and talked freely. endeavoftfjg al all points to make light gf then plight and sh iw their good spirit*.' We can't be i?ent to Jail for hf,>. of have our ne< k* cracked for it ? ?:. . wa>? the way one ..f the men ev r? ascd Mi opinion of their sit utlon. It wasn't an> carbreakin? done at all, they eald- They were simply In an empty hoi car. when the agent i ime upon ihei-i. Pate knew them l.i.th well, art Parris bad formerly egea an assistant to him and Jaudon had persuaded Parrls to leave off work and come with him on "the free Ufa of the road." "It is simply Pate's taking spite out on ua be OMN I persuaded Purris to leave him" said Jaudon. They had not. broken Into any car and Pate and Walker both knew it, they said. They made a funny story of Pate's ef? forts to arrest them, saying that he waa so budly frightened that he was ready to run, even when he had the. drop on them and then begged them n^t to shoot him, when they had the drop on him. They pointed out the fact that they did not consider the matter seriously, or they would not have gone back to the depot and gone to sleep there and allowed Pate to come upon them and arrest them the second time. They Indicated that If they had meant business they could 1 have easily shot the agent when he arrestet1. them the second time, as ho came into tho dark waiting room and leant over them before he klttwl who they were. They endeavored to make fun of their arrest this morning at the ex? pense of the local officers, who, they said, were extremely nervous and would have shot them If they had crooked a finger, coming upon them with Winchester rifles and pistols drawn, ready to fire, but Jailer Owens shut them up in short order on this point by telling them that it would have been extremely dangerous for them had they tried to play any tricks, for the officers would have showed them just how seriously they were in tor business and just how lit? tle frightened they were. Although the two had made a re? quest at first that nothing be put in the papers they asked that papers be aent them of anything written about them and that they be not put down as train robbers, for that was not what they ware. Purris waa agent at Lynchburg for sometime and ia said to be wanted at Denmark for tampering with Southern Express company business. 1IUERTA SEEKS PRESIDENCY. Will Resign Tenantry of Provisional Office?-Trevlno to Succeed IIlm. Mexico City, Sept. 3.?That Gen. Huerta intends to quit the presidency in favor of Gen. Geronimo Trcvino and become a candidate at the Octo? ber elections is the statement made tonight by a well known Mexican close to the administration. Gen. Trcvino is making his way to the captal and little effort has been made to disguise the fact that he has been officially summoned. Just how the contemplated succession Is to be brought about has not been disclosed. There are persistent rumors of Im? pending changes In the cabinet and it is said that Gen. Trevlno is to be made minister of foreign relations in order legally to succeed to the presidency. He was reported to be at Tumpico last night and is expected to reach Mexico City tomorrow. The American exodus appears to be abcut at an end. Only a small per? centage of the American residents of the capital have left. Consul General Shanklin hus been advised that the Mexican steamship Tamaullpas will leave Vera Cruz Sunday for S'cw Or? leans, carrying a number of Ameri? cans in the first and second cabins. Consul Canada at Vera Cruz has been authorized to pay $25 in gold in be? half of each passenger. The first class passage is $50 and second class $10. TREV1NO ON MIS WAY. Going to Mexico City In Response to Summons. Laredo, Texas, Sept. 3.?Gen. Gene ronlmo Trevlno was in Monterey, Mexico, today, en route from Los An? geles. Cal., to Mexico City. Gen. Trevlno was commander of the feder? al troops In northern Mexico when he was granted leave of absence some months ago because of failing health. He was recalled from Los Angeles, wheie he went for medical treat? ment several weeks ago. HELD BY FEDERALS. Amoeban and Englishman Now De? tained at Mom-lota. Kuglo Pass, Texas, Sept. 3.?Thom? as l,.t\sl( i , an American, and his brother-in-law, Joseph Shone, an Knglishman, are detained by federals at Monelove, t'oahultu. a-cording to advices received by American Consul Mocker at Piedras Xcgras today. Their families are supposed to be .t an iaoluted < amp with, a few Mexicans In western Coahuita mar the Chi hui.bua State line. A relief party from the .Mariposa rain h near here has been M-nt for them. Consul Miocker notified the Itrltinh c.msul at Monterey of Short*?'? plight and also notified the Washington authorities. Laying Matting. When laying matting, ft ia net al? ways necessary to cut It In order to (It corners and alcoves It may be b*tt?r to do so 'n very small spaces, but often moistening the flatting Is found to be better than cutting. Soft? ened thus. It -an then be bent with? out breaking, and makes a neat, rob , stantlal edge. ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS ARE WELL SATISFIED WITH RE? CENT PROGRESS. Roth LIikI and OShaiigricMsy Will Remain In Iron hied Country. Serin to Re Meeting With Some Success Now. Huerta Mu?t Go. Washington, Sept. 8,?Administra? tion officials declared late tonight that both Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge d'affaires of the American embassy at j Mexico City, and John Lind, President I Wilson's personal envoy, at Vera | Cruz, were in frequent communica? tion with officials of the government concerning a new basis for negotia? tions through which it wrs hoped to bring about peace in Mexico. A message from Mr. O'Shaughnessy reached President Wilson today and while its contents were not disclosed It was said to be indicative of Im? portant developments in t!ie next few days. The new basis for the parleys, most of which are being carried on orally, contemplate certain questions as hav? ing been definitely disposed of. The Washington government consid" ers that it has made itself quite clear I that it can not under any circum? stances recognize the Hucrta govern- | ment and does not expect any further demands along that line. The admin? istration, though hoping for a posi? tive assurance that Huerta. will not be elected in the approachir g elections, is inclined to accept on it* face value the assertions of Frcderi?o Gamboa, Mexican minister of foreign affairs in his two notes to Mr. Lind, that Huerta is ineligible for reelection, as meaning hi* elimination from the presidential r.ne. Washington officials think an amicable understanding cn this un? doubtedly will he reached. With these fundamentals settled, it is understood that further negotiations by O'Shaughnessy and Lind would look to the establishment of an ef? fective armistice and the holding of a fair and free election. Administration officials revealed to? night that the optimism they have felt the last few days over the Mex? ican situation' has been based largely upon what they have construed as an indirect assurance of Huerta's inten? tions not to be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the October elections. Much stress was laid tt the White House and In other officia l quarters on the assertions of Fredenco Gamboa, Mexican minister of foreign affairs, in his last note to Mr. Lind pointed out the ineligibility of Huerta under the Mexican constitution. The adminis? tration admittedly sees in the Gamboa note a favorable answer to the chief American proposal that Huerta shall not be a candidate. By some diplomats an I among the constitutionalists here, the view is held that the constitutional prohibi? tion against Huerta's candidacy would easily be evaded by his I emanation in favor of another provisional president some time before the election. Administration official!-, who realize that such a contingency is possible, bekieve Senor Gamboa was acting In good faith in his declaration that the candidacy of Huerta had not been raised as an issue in Mexico before tho United States brought it into the discussion; that everybody there had taken into consideration his ineligi? bility for the presidency and had not launched any campaign for him. Outside of administration quarters much significance Is attached to the pronouncement of newspapers in Mex? ico City a few days age that Hucrta would now be compelled to be a can? didate, because he had successfully defied the United States in the Lind negotiations. Huerta's election would not alter the attitude of the United States?namely, that recognition could not be extended to him. The arrival today from Mexico Cltv of Dr. William Bayard Hale, personal friend of President Wilson, who has been making a study o' the politicul conditions in Mexico, is calculated to add materially to the president's in? formation on the situation. Mr. Hale said today he went to Mexico unoffi? cially and of his own volition but that any data he had gathered would be at the service of the United States government. He has an engagement to talk to President V Ison at length tomorrow, Mr. Hale denied that he secured any documents from Mr. Lind but it is understood that from his recant con? versations with Mr. Ltnd and his close Intimacy with the negotiations con? ducted with Senor Ganhoa, he will be able to give the administration a more Oempreheits!ve view of affairs in Mexico than has been possible through cable messages. Meanwhile Mr. Lind will remain in Vera Crui pending orders from Washington, At Ihe White House it was said messages have be* n exc hanged Within the last 14 hours with both Mr. bind and Charge t O'Hhatighneei} at Mexico city wljb h indic ate an enrntiragini end hefiefnl view for tue ultimate success of the ncgollat ions. President Wilson immediately on his return from the summer capital at Cornish, X. II., delved into the ?tlbjeot again. At the White House it confidently is expected that at the end of this week there will be tangible developments. NEWS FROM EGYPT. Lightning Holt Kills Two Hoys and Shocks Others?Long Drought Broken. Egypt, Sept. 2.?Times are very quiet in Egypt at present. Fodder pulling is over, and picking cotton and cutting hay are in progress now. The long drought here was brok? en by a heavy rain on Saturday last. During this rain the lightning struck a cotton house on Mr. T. A. Collins' placo and killed his oldest son, Grier, j who was about 18 years old. A ne-I gro boy, who was also in the house at the time was also killed. Several others were in the house and were badly shocked. Grier was buried at Spring Hill Sunday afternoon with Jr. O. U. A. M. honors, of which lodge he was a member. Dr. Britton, who has been sick so long, doesn't seem to improve. Mrs. Betty Dunlap is visiting friends here. Mr. Pete Barfield with his aunt, Mrs. Miller, has returned to their home at Sarasota, Fla. Mrs. J. E. Wilson is visiting her sister at Rome, Ga. Mrs. J. .it. McLeod is visiting friends in Georgia. Miss Lilian Baggott, of Sampo, Fla., is spending some time with her cousin, Miss Lota McLeod, who ex? pects to accompany Miss Baggott to Tampa for the winter. Mr. J. R. Kirk?ey has returned home from a business trip north. Rev. T. L. Belvin and wife have been visiting relatives here. The health of the community is very good. Bottom Lands Grow Good Crops. "Bob" Atkinson, "Little Buddcr," they call him?went out into the goose pond bottom near his house, cut a lot of four foot ditches, stump? ed and subsoilcd the land at a cost of many, many dollars, applied a lot of lfrrie and then planted it in corn? and'such corn?if the sight did net do yob good it would make you green with envy. The earth is like a sponge, and this bottom undrained affected a large body of land, not only his own, but his neighbors. I have before no? ticed t in your columns how, . after those ditches were cut, at least one tenant ha I to sink his well several feet deeper. But that is not all; as already indicated, all the surrounding lands have been improved so that tho finest crops of corn, and cottton are, grown here, that ever I have known in all my acquaintance with the country. This same young man has as tine a field of cotton, I suppose, as is to be found in Sumter county. It takes money to make money, but some folks are slow to learn that, else they would clean their ditches, cut others and cultivate their hedges. Sylvester Allen has fine crops of corn and cotton, in fact nearly all the crops In this county are excel? lent. We have not heretofore noticed the good work done on our roads by the supervisor sometime ago. Everyone ought to be a friend of good roads. Here are a few facts on the sub? ject that speak for themselves: The direct effect that changing bad roads into good roads has upon land values and marketing prices, as well as the general economic welfare of the community, is shown in sever? al concrete illustrations which were gathered by the United States depart? ment of Agriculture. In Lee county, Virginia, a farmer owned 100 acres which he offered to sell for $1,800. In 1908 his road was improved, and although the farmer fought the im- j provement, he has since re-1 fused $15,000 for his farm. A ?nearby tract of 188 acres li said to have been sold for $6,000. After road improvement, the same farm was sold for $9,000. In Johnson County, Alabama, the peo? ple VOtad a bond issue for $200,000 for road improvement. The selling value at that time was $6 to $15 per acre. The selling price is now from $15 to $25 per acre. In another State, two fanners liv? ing at equal distance from a cotton market learned by telephone that cotton had gone up In price $1,00 per bale. The farmer on the bad road hauled one bale of cotton which was all he could get over that road. The other farmer on the good road Wga able to haul 4 bales. The man on the good road gained $4 by the rise In price, while his neighbor on the bail road gained only $1.00. A fanner in Sullivan County, Tennessee, had 1?><> bushels of Irish potatoes which ha in? tended to market during the winter owing to bad roads, he was unabl to haul the potatoes at all. They rot ted in the cellar. In the meantime, the price of potatoes at a market point went as high is $1.10 per bush i el. .1. WANTS CONVICTS RETURNED. SPARTAN Bl'RG MAKES D1KMAND OF PENITENTIARY BOARD. Petition of Sti|>crvisor ( lainis Such Procedure Provided for by Law? Attorney General to Render Opin? ion on Question ? If Request Uf> held and Other Counties Take Sim-! liar Action, State Prison Would be! Emptied?Governor, Superintcnd out Gritlith and Chairman Sanders Hold Conference. Columbia, Sept. 3.?Spartanburg county, through its supervisor, D. M. Miles, has made a demand or. Super? intendent D. J. Gritlith for all the prisoners in the penitentiary sent up from Spartanburg so the county can place them on her chair gang and put them to work on the public roads. The matter was sent to the peniten? tiary authorities, so it is understood, by Nichols & Nichols, county attor? neys for Spartanburg. It is understood that the me.tter has been referred to Attorney General Peoples for an opinion. If he decides the counties have a right to demand and get the prisoners sent up from each one to the penitentiary, it will solve the problem of what to do with convicts now employed in the hpsiery mill and will leave the penitentiary, if all the counties join in the demand, depopulated. Some high officials hold tha; the su? pervisor has the right to say whether a prisoner shall be sent to tie peni? tentiary or to the chain gang when the court sentences a prisoner and gives him the right to select either the penitentiary or gang. One offi? cial is knpwn to hold the opir ion that the supervisor and not the prisoner ha? the right of selecting where the prisoner should go. The demand of Supervisor Miles for Spartanburg's quota of prisoners in the penitentiary has caused renewed interest in the problem of what dis? position: is to bo made of those em? ployed .in the hosiery mill. The fol? lowing is a copy of Supervisor Miles' demand, which is addressed to the board of directors of the Sti.te peni? tentiary: "In accordance with a resolution passed by the county commissioners of the county of Spartanburg you are hereby petitioned and requested to turn over all able-bodied mile pris? oners DOW in the State peritcntiary sent from Spartanburg county, to said county, to be worked on its cr.ain sang for the improvement of public high? ways and other public works, ae pro? vided by law for persons convicted and sentenced to the chain gang in said county; and as the duly bound your petitioner will ever pray, etc., September 1, 1913." Governor Blease, Superintendent Grillith and Chairman Sanders, of the penitentiary board, held a con? ference this afternoon in the gover? nor's office over the question of dis? posal of the convicts now employed in the hosiery mill. The governor said that the matter was a "get to? gether" conference on the question and that it was agreed to let i.he board go ahead and receive bids, as called for, on September 10, to establish a leather working or woodworking plant in the penitentiary and lease the con? victs, and. the board woujd leave the matter in statu quo until t le gover? nor's return from his northern trip. The board will not make any final decision in the metter until after consultation with Governor Uleate on his return. GOOD FOR THE EAST. Ijast Week's Weather Has Eccn Very Favorable. Washington, Sept. 3.?A review of the weather in the cotton belt for the week that ended Monday was sisued today as follows: "East of the Mississippi river the favorable conditions of the past sev? eral weeks continued, but ligh tem? peratures and generally deficient rain? fall have reduced the soil moisture be? low that necessary for the best crop development and more rain now is needed in many portions. "West of the Mississippi, high, dry temperatures continued and there was a nearly universal absence of any beneficial rainfall, save at a few points in Texas. The drought and heat con? tinued especially severe in Oklahoma, southern Missouri and large portions of Texas, and the lack of rainlall is now being severely felt in Arkansas and probably In northern Louisiana." TWO THOUSAND IN JAIL. Kept In Prison to Make Them Heveal Name of Slayer of Policeman. Berlin, Sept. 3.?Two thousand male inhabitants of the district sur? rounding Kutals. In the Kassian Trans-Caucasian province ? f the. same name, have been kept In prison since August 26, where they have been scantily fed in order to force them to deliver to the authorities tho mur? derer of n policeman, according to t st. Petersburg dlapatch to the Lokal Anaelger today. An official investi? gation has been ordered. CRITICISE CROP MOVING PLANS. Farmers' Convention at Satlna, Kan., Finds Fault with McAdoos Relief Measure. Sahna, Kan.. Sept. 3.?-Consideration of plans ft* bring about an extension of the parcel post system, including the raising of the weight limit and the lowering of rates, was one of the problems to which delegates to the annual convention of the Farmers' National Educational and Cooperative association here turned their atten* tion today. The plan of the treasury depart? ment for placing money in various banks to aid in moving crops was crit? icized severely and the convention adopted a report of the legislative committee which declared it could not see a single benefit in the crop aid plan. Tho report declared the result of the plan would be that money would not be loaned to the farmer to en? able him to market his crop gradual? ly to meet demands of trade but ''would' put more money into the hands* of speculators to buy crops from farmers forced to sell because they could not get money." The administration currency 1 >ill also was criticized on the ground that it would force farmers to. sell at harvest time and that speculation would follow. The convention adopted resolutions asking congress not "to allow fur? ther appropriations for bulletin ser? vice which nobody reads," but to give more "appropriations for farmers' in? terests." A resolution urging a national mar? keting bureau was adopted. Speakers at the convention tonight Eaid the amount of money the treas? ury department will place in bunks to aid in moving crops should be in? creased to $20(1,000,0(10, under con? ditions requiring central banks to lend money to their correspondent banks in the rural sections at 4 per cent interest and rural banks to charge their customers 0- per cent for loans. . It was Suggested tjiat the loans should be secured by agricultural products to be rated at 80 per cent of their actual value. r ? Plenty of Evidence. **I wonder," said Slithers, stopping bis car at the roadside.and addressing an old roan working In tho fields. "St I can get any gasoline around acre?" "I reckon ye kip/* replied the,old roan, straightening up and leaning on his hot*. "Ye kin get it In yer system, anyhow. Them cars ahead o' ys seems to have left a few ton of H be* hind 'em, j od gin' by the condition of the atmosphere."?Judge. SCHEDULES * Southern Railway?Premier Carrier of The South, N. B.?Schedule figure* published as information only and are not guar? anteed. Effective May 26, 1913. Departure from Sumter: (Exeept Sunday): No. 140?6.20 A. M. for Columbia Charleston and way stations. No. 142?-3.40 P. M. for Columfc'-a, Charleston and way stations. Arrival: (Except Sunday.): j So. 141?10.20 A- M. from Char? leston Columbia and way stations. No. 143?5.45 P. M. from Charten ton, Columbia and way stations, W. H. Caffey, D. P. A. Charleston. W, E. McGee, A, <*. P. A. Columbia. S. C. . Geo.H. Hurst UNDEltT/ULER AND E2S?AT*CKR. Prompt attention to day or night? ealn\ AT ODD J. D. CRAIG STAND. 101 II. Main Street. Day Phone ?S?. Night Phone 3*.., YOUR FACE YOUR FORTUNE. Your teeth an asset. Wo study all faces .ind one bad or neglected tcdh tidls of carelessness and lack off oourage, the two most need? ed characteristics in sucoss fful men. DR. COURTNEY la ready to hell? you. Don't let ihe fear of pain or small monc i co*t deter >ou. Sumter Dental Parlors, Dr. C. H. Courtney, Prop Over Shaw & McCollum. iv.