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THE Sl'MTEll V A l t UM AN , IMaMlshed April, 1850. Consolidated Auk. 3,1881. "De Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou AJnis't at be thy Country's, Tb;r God's and Truth'*" SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1913. THE TRUE SOI Wl RON, Established June, ISM. i~ i Vol. XXXVII. No. 16. ill lil l'l Hfl I H I BUBPB2U1 AC i l NU) M Vt.lsTUATI.. He IIwm-m Iiis Itfusal 1'immi hellet TIimi M mitrale W?lls Would Have i. < ii \<i|uiuni ir Biwaghg to Trial?(.ov. Hl? im Also l tllhtes 0|.|Miiniiiii> t?> indulge Iiis Pro? lHnvl(> ror Lewd am' Nasty lnsiiiii nlioMs. iInml...i. Ort. 1 I.? Magistrale Ii. I.. It. Wells of S unter will fcot bt rt int.M .l i toiit oll 11U e. u nless a petit jury finds riiin | lilty of the ofl't use eharged. This Cn?v. Idcasc told Messrs. Klvln Stuhl.s and John I. Urogdon. ? hu tailed to ttf him lO to urge the naming of Horace fiarhy in the event a v a< a 1n v DOOIirv in the maiKi^H it'' I n tlk e in Sumter. ClOTl of ('nun Srarborough f<>r w ml? J the governor the presentment ? >1! #the granl Jury in the Wells cas and <io\ernor l.leasc replied as fol? lows: 'Yosjgg of the ith containing presentment of grand jury in rcfer ? nee to Magistrae Wells has been received. I am se.tishcd hat if your grand Jury would repot i every man apan tin- sagge hind nl evldonoe^ that a good many other people ol Sumter * <>uld ir in your eourt. ' 1 am further satisfied that it was the duty .,r yt.nr loliCttOf to ^ive Ulli man an fmmediate trial, as per ids re? quest, and not hi Id htm under this indictment u.itil the next term of eourt .and I am firther satisfied that if h?' had heen tried, he w<?nld have been aoqaltled, an 1 for these reasons the matter will be left standing ex? actly where it Is, until a petit jury of . our county passes upon It. If the> should render t verdiat Ot guilty, then I will appoint a successor to Mr. Wells. If t:\ey render a venllet of not guilty, I will have no further duty to perform in the matter, of course, if Mr. Wells |m guilty it Is a very serious offense, for m> young man nor old iran In South Carolina, has even been g illty of the like before, therefore, there should be made an example 0< and given the s ?verest punishment allowed under the law, I am satis? fied thai none jf these whose names appear as ft lesses havcTever ;?eer guilty of cohabiting with a nefjfo Woman and I am also satisfied that none of them have e\en bet n guilty of any unlawful cohabitation wfkh any ??aite woman and most as-iuredl> ie> memla r ??. the uraiul jury that found this bill ha* ever been guilty of adultery or fornication, either with a White Of black woman, be? cause Jf th. \ had been, no such report could have ever been presented to the .li.<u. tor, from what 1 I.now ol Sumter jurors. 1 am sure they would n> ?t hav e v iolated that eommand which the Savior once gave, namely: "Let him who is guiltless cast the lir.^: st me. und had there been one guiltv on this panel, he surely would have rem? ml < ted that eommand of Christ ind would hate refused to east the stone. Therefore, Mr. Walle should be niohl severely punished for his wilful and malicious volalion of the law. 1 NspOCl f ully, Coli I* rieasi, ?lovernor? It is linderst) od that a copy of this letter was also sent to Judge it. ??. I'm i> and one or two Staat cltl? of Sumter. tlo\. Chase Stated tol.iv that the law provides for lln ledtats ?uaponeloa of ofllelals egjafgwd with emi>e/./.iemi tit npon a trui MM being found by the grand ?m v. hut iI.mm not >o provide for an> other offenses ot public oflBelali and at t ii??s tke poaltlon thai a man Is MM.nt until proved guilty. Pot this reason he a v. a 11 s tile .c|dl?t Of the |?? it iiilv in the Wellfl I ase. rlOFUCC lie r by si strongly rex ien mended m tin event a uhuim) aCCOfl in the office of maipst rate. The matter eaanot gejgj he -' tiled until the n?\l term Ol eourl in Sumtei, unless, of eoUMe? Magistral* Welle should resign. \m?i i ?? r. \i; .? \r\ni si:. W. big i ? f II. Keplese it l tlv ?? I rank ('l.ii i . f Florida today i i ? in wed i leitet le Qov. PafN Tram? m? i erat am Mm la ?;iii a special eeev* gfaa ol ih? Florida i. . loiure la ? in f a law thai would prohibit Jap gejeee aad 1 people of like racee" from wwaftag Mad wHhlrt ?tu- Mtate. Mr. (Mark said he was net noted by r? - poets thai .iai>.ii. had h*en gequlr? it i pfopert) in ins Plate, "Japan i*? looking for more |err!< lory." he wrote tin g?tvemor. Mli Is h? r purp?.so |u eol.?>? ? 1 ?r - - pajt of IfeXlee, and it |s Mho he puri"^*'' lo hsrate Wllhln tin border* #?f eaatlneaial Ignited Platen m m ihon?isndv ,,ri i bandreds or ihooaend ? ?.f jspsm ?? as w? will permit, h-? ultimate purpose being war with .!? country.' - t\yi:\tv-Foim WARRANTS ARE ?KRVKD, THIRTEEN arrfsts BRING made monday EVKXING, Cases Were Worked up I).v Police As sistcd by Local Detective?Trials Begun Tuesday at Noon?Several Pleas of Guilty?v. ii. Gregory of Imperial Pliarniacy Among Those Arrested. fron The Daily Item, Oct. 11. The police force have for some time been very Qllletly at work securing evidence on persons in the city sus pe. led Of selling alcoholic beverages, the culmination of their work coming last night when a raid was made on those alleged to have been guilty of violation 111 the dispensary lav/ and hirteen arrests were made. War? rants were sworn out in twenty-four cases, several cases in some instances bel?g made out against one person. Those arrested were v. 11. Gregory* proprietor Of tho Imperial Phar? macy, who It If alleged In live cases s.dd i .?!)< (,.rtlons of alcohol and grapo juice; one of his clerks was also ar tested; A. W. Ledingham, charged in two instai ces wtih violation, Kel? ly Nelson charged with selling and transporting whiskey, and the follow? ing colored persons: Susannah Hos ???d, Lizzie ?iehardson, John Mc? Donald, Kosa Buddcn, Winnie Single? ton. Sallio McDonald, two cases; Hat tie Richardson, Rebecca Porter, Hes? ter Shepherd, Mary Jane Winston, storing whiskey. Gregory was re? leased on $500 cash bond. At noon the cases against the al leged blind tigers were taken Up und the majorty of them were disposed of in rapid order. Several, however, of the persons arrested have se? cured attorneys and their cases will be taken up tomorrow afternoon, as well as other cases which were not beard today. A number of the per? sons arrested plead guilty while others were tried and found guilty, the evidence In each case being prac? tically the name and R. S. Griflln, who ac'ed as detective, purchasing whis? key for the officers, and A. D. Owens testified as to the purchase of the stuff. The cases disposed of were: Hes? ter Shepherd, selling whiskey, found guilty, $75 or 30 days. Uosa Hudd*. n, selling whiskey, plead guilty, $75 or 30 days. Winnie Singleton, selling whiskey, three cases, plead guilty in one case and was found guil'y in the other two cases. $75 or 30 days on each count. ilattle Rlehardson, selling whiskey, plead guilty, $75 or 30 days. Rebecca Porter, selling whiskey, plead guilty, $75 or 30 days. Liaaic Richardson, selling whiskey, pice I guilts. $75 or 30 days. Bailie McDonald, selling whiskey. two cases, found guilty, $75 er 3? days, Mary Jane Winston Storing whis i ? , $76 of 80 daya A. W. Ledingham, selling whis key, tWO case;:, plead guilty, $75 or days on each count. ROB PORT MOTTE P08TOFF1CE. _ Burglars Rifle Money Drawer, but Secure Little Loot?Robbers Make I'.m ape. i i Fol t Motte, t >ct. 11. The post olliee al 'his place was entered last night i?y robbers, ah money drawers in the poatofnee, as well as the draw? ers In the Port Motte Ding Company's stole, were rilled, and papers thrown promiscuously over building. The i"-todi"< is located in same bull bi^p w Ith the drui stoi s. Blank i ?? > otii< money orders and stamps were left lying on table, the robbers evl? dently beim: after money, very little of which, If any, was missed. \o one w; s allowed m the building until after the arrival of bloodhot mis on the Kouthern train at '.? o'clock this morning, Without difficulty the dogs l?s I the trad. Which led in the direc tlon Of Ht, Matthews. About one mile fn m r. t: Motte the trail led oul to s l.I, thence bach to the embank" menl ol the railroad, where it was lost. it is believed the robbers boarded n through freight Iraln, which passed tore early ihls morning. The train WIM heavily loaded and was going at moderate speed, as there lag Ions r,.i. here, The Authorities are mak? ing every effort to rapture the rob? bers Hoi ton, Oct, 1 l Wint< r today made n bold attempt to begin its an i ' .1 Activities around Boston con sldersblj nh< id of the calender. noa fell, n< 'ompanied hy rain, hail and u high northeast wind. WELSH MINERS ENTOMBED. EXPLOSION STARTS FLAMES AND OASE8 IN UNIVERSAL MINE?. Though Rescuers Soon Arrive and Over 500 Escape, Death Toll of Col? liery is Expected to Pass the 400 Mark?A Fiery Pit Cardiff, Wales, Oct. 15.?A disaster, possibly the greatest in the history of | j the South Wales coal liclds, whose an I nals are bristling with terrible catas? trophes, occurred yesterday through an explosion in the Universal col? liery near here. Shortly after the day shift of 931 men entered the mine an explosion shattered the works. During the day and early in the ; night about 500 miners were brought to ,thc surface alive. After midnight rescuing parties be? gan to get the Are undvr control and at 3.30 this morning 20 more men ' were found alive at the bottom of the pit. This gave hope that others may be found, but there still is a probabil? ity that nearly 100 men perished. Including the bodies recovered at the pit head, the known death roll numbers 16. Doct ?rs with oxygen and medicine descended the shaft early today. A crowd of 40,000 dis? tracted persons surrounded the pit head all night and another 5,000 wait | ed at the Cardiff station for news. All the men In the cast side of the mine had reached the surface by 4 o'clock but 418 were still in the work 1 lngs In the west side which were on fire. Col. Pearson, chief inspector of i mines, in giving this information to the press late in the afternoon, added: "The lire is in the in-take alrwa> and everything In being done to cope t with it. We are hoping to the last." It was ut llrst stated that the day shift was composed of 740 men, but later the larger figure was given out by the officials. About 500 were brought to the surface alive by rescue I parties up to noon and the managers of the mine then expressed the opin? ion that there was no further hope for those remained below. The day shift descended the shaft* in the cages at 5 o'clock. An hour afterward a deafening report brought the Inhabitants in the vicinity of the mine running to the pit head, where they found the ventilating and hoist? ing machinery at the top of the shafts had been blown to atoms by an ex? plosion of great violence. A man who had been working CO feet away had been decapitated by the force of the blast. Rescue parties of miners belong? ing to the night shift were soon on the scene making preparations to en? ter the mine in an endeavor to save their comrades. The liery reputation of the mine, however, gave little nope that any of those below could be res? cued alive. An entrance was found by way of an adjacent shaft. On descending the rescuing parties came across sev? eral groups of men huddled together ; in a portion of the mine where the Sir was still good. By noon they had picked UP and brought to the sur? face altogether 500. The same pit was the scene of an explosion 19 years ano when 30 miners lost their Uvea Only one of those below at that time was rescued alive. ASKs FERTILIZER INQUIRY. Washington, Oct. 14.?Representa? tive Fusion, of the 3d North Caorlina district, today introduced a resolu? tion directing the agricultural com? mittee of th house to make a full In? vestigation of the manufacturers a*?i dealers in commercial fertilisers ami H iano in the United states, especlall) it the Southern States, for the purpose of ascertaining whether sales, whole St le or retail, are controlled by a trust or monopoly. < Under the special session agreement 'i ere is no chance for action on the resolt tlon at this session, unless the ri b s ( on,mit tee should report out B special rule in its favor which is de el lediy unlikely, Washington, <>. t. 14. The Dutch Htttndard in the examination of Im? ported sugars today was abolished bj a treasury department order hi accordance with the neu tariff law. '''he i inteii standard for many years has figured in t il iff dlscUHffiollS. Washington, Oet it. Km ourag in.; reports are coming to the state department from Germany regarding tin- prospect of a considerable rep rcsentntlon of German nrt, hygiene city building. Iransport at ion ami gen eral Indus) i ies ;,i tin l 'anama I'aclfli Exposition, JHE8TER USUS DISMISSED ON CHARGE OP ROBBERY AT PARR SHOALS. Magistrate Maim Holds Court in Eair liold County in Important Case ? Two ..imesses Testify as to Rob bery, One of Whom Swears to Identity of Men Charged. Winnsboro, Oct. 15.?In a short opinion, just 51 words, Magistrate Frank K. Mann late this afternoon, ended what was probably the most notable and interesting preliminary hearing ever held in Fairfleld county. Afer a day of action, the scene of the hearing being shifted to a new base ten miles from the starting point, at 5.30 o'clock the magistrate dismissed two warrants charging John Frailer, Jr., and Bissell Bigham, Chester lads, with highway robbery and assault and battery in connection with the robbery at Parr Shoals September 5 when thieves made way with $16,008.11, the property of the J. ?. White Con? struction company. j The deciding opinion was rendered : at Ashford's Cross Koads after the hearing at this point had occupied two and one-half hours. Convening at 11 j ; o'clock in the Fairfleld county court i house at Winnsboro Magistrate Mann : sustained a point raised by the State j that he had no jurisdiction to sit out j side his own judicial district and the i hearing reopened at 3 o'clock within a stone's throw of the magistrate's house and a few hundred yards be? yond the ten-mile post from Winns? boro. The afternoon session at Ashford's Cross Roads was featured by the ap ; pcarancc of two witnesses, participa? tion or attendance by perhaps a ma I jority of the lawyers of Fairfleld and . Chester counties and three arguments I by counsel. Magistrate Mann ended I the hearing with his decision: "The decision of the court Is that the court Is satisfied that the State I has failed to make out a probable J case and it is the order of the court? ! that is as to the identity of the de I fendants?and it is the order of the j '-ourt that they be discharged, i At the opening of the court Wil? liam H. Lylei fired the opening gun ' of the day when he inquired what judicial circuit Magistrate Mann rep? resented. He was informed that the magistrate serves the I-Meventh dis? trict. He then asked him In what dis , trict Winnsboro is situated and was j advised that it was in the Seventh dis i trict. Mr. Lyles promptly advanced the contention that the magistrate was out of his jurisdiction and could not proceed without the confines of his prescribed territory. Magistrate Mann ruled that the po? sition of the State was well taken and that the hearing must be con? tinued In his jurisdiction. It was then be adjourned to Ashford's Cress agreed that the proceedings would Roads, ten miles distant, the home of the official. It was announced that the recess would extend to 3 o'clock. A scurrying for lunch and means of transportation to the distant court follewed. The court reconvened at 3 o'clock i in a grove adjoining Mr. Mann's resi? dence. The warrants charged highway rob? bery and assault and battery alleged to have been Committed September 5. The case was transferred from the court of Magistrate C. B. Douglas, .Jr., to the court of Magistrate Mann. The former is an empolyee of the J. G. White Company. H. W. Mahar, cashier and paymas-, ter of the J. O. White company at Parr Shoals, was the first witness. Mr. Mahar was on the stand about 2"> ?minutes and recited the details of the holdup, practically as previously re? ported in The Item. He told of arriv? ing at Parr Shoals about 2.20 o'clock! from Columbia, signing for and re celving the money from the express agent and proceeding down the rail? way track Where three armed men with blackened faces held up him ami his companions and made was with the money. The exact sum was $16,008 11. h was in three packages, bank notes, gold coin and miscellan? eous coin. Mr. Lyles asked several questions at the outset of Mr. Mahar's testimony and then allowed the wit? ness to pursue his testimony In nnr rativ? fashion, Iiis- statements were Illustrated In part ?y blue print detail of the sta? tion and V'Cinlty. This was put in evi? dence by the state. The cross-exami? nation of the witness by Mr. Mc Fndden was neither extended nor se? vere. The defendants Wel?' called for? ward lind the witnesR asked if he could Identify either or b th as mem? bers of the hold-up crew, lie could not. The witness could not na> whether or not he had seen Frazier-j RAVAGES OF FUNGUS COSTS SOUTH MILLIONS EVERY YEAR. Rotation Urged as Only Moans to Fight This Plague of South*? Great Product Washington, Oct. 1 4.?The cotton crop suffers an annual loss of about $2,000,000 as a result of the disease known as cotton anthracnose or boll rot. In a report on the subject the department of agriculture says that since the fungus can live on dead cot- j ton-bolls in the field for at least a year and in the seed for two or three years, there should be rotation of crops, cot? ton never should be planted on lar where anthracnose was prevalent v year previous, while fully as irr ant is the selection of healthy ? / The department says the ?p / is reported as present in ev ,otton field In Georgia, in ev anty of South Carolina, in all ? A Missis? sippi, being worse in the delta and bottom lands. Its occurance is more or less general throughout the entire cotton belt before. He thought ic had seen Rig ham at the works and was under the impression that he had suffered an accident there. The witness testified that the three bandits were armed with a total of six, revolvers, a pair to each man. J. T. Hancock followed Mahar to the stand. The witness announced that he is - amp boss for the J. G. White company at Parr Shoals. He is in charge of the camp and teams. His duty is to see every one going out and j every one coming in at the camp. He essigns sleeping quarters to the men and allots places for them to eat. He said that he saw Frazier at the camp , ?n February and Bigham there in lune. He did not know their names, knowing them only by number. With the exception of the office men the employes at the camp are designated by numbers. As the paymaster and his companions 'came down the track with the money he saw the met with blackened faces rush at them. The men were wnite. for although their faces were black he could see that their hands were white. The witness screamed to Bultman, accompanying j the paymaster and carrying a portion of the money to look out. The witness said that the man on the right was Bigham and that the man in the cen? tre was Frazier. He saw them after i wards in Chester walking around. He recognized them. The cross-examination by Mr. Mc Fadden was a lengthy o:ie, the wit' est Standing on the stand a )out one hour The witness was asked why he did not report to the olficials of the com? pany that they had been robbed hy? men who had formerly worked for them and replied that he did not know ihe men's names, where they came i from or anything about them. He has not since investigated the numbers of the men while at the camp. He went to CheetCI to identify , them. He knew they were there from information sent to the concern. He saw Frazier ai Wylie & Anderson's stable. The witness said that Joe B. Wylie said the man he was looking for might pass through the stable. The witness said that he thought he saw Frazier at the camp In February. Hancock took charge February 1. Frazier, he said, was there then. He did not see Bigham until .lune. Asked again why he had not Informed the company that it had been robbed by former employes Hancock said he had not done it, but did not know why In* did not do so. In relating his view of the holdup Hancock said he went to within 11 feet of the scene and cursed contin ualy as the job was being pulled off. Asked if tiie bandits shot at him he replied, "They tried me for two shots." The pistols went up as the shots were fired. He does not think an effort was made to hit him. The witness said that he was not afraid. He was not armed, He took refuge behind a tele? graph pole and rushed forward and backward. He had business at the office alter the shooting. He did not run to the office, but walked at a moderate gate. The witness said that he was sent to ?'bester by the concern. He did not know where he was going until he not a message at Fnlon to e... to Ches? ter and see the chief of police. He walked around the streets and went to Wylie A Anderson's stable. He did not know Wylie. He made several trips to Chester. The witness said he saw Uigham on n back street In an eating house. "He handed me the same mot Ions he did at Parr Shoals." said Hancock. Asked by the attorney if 'JO men should swear Uigham was. at Chester RUN OVER OBSTRUCTIONISTS. SO TILLMAX ADVISES WILSON OS CURRENCY BILL. Senior I Senator and Representative Johnson fall at White Rouse? Tillimin Says Present fourse of Senate Committee is Blocking Pro? gress on Bill?Declares Arguments or Witnesses Have Been Heard Many Times Before, Washington, Oct. 15.?Senator Till man and Representative Joseph T. Johnso-v of South Carolina, called at the V House today and discussed the a of the currency bill with P ^ .it Wilson. The. -trongly fen ^ 4 the executive's stand against adjournment or recess of con f /ess until the measure is passed. On leaving the president's office Sen? ator Tillman said to the newspaper men when asked the cause ol his visit: "I came here to urge President Wil? son ta run the freight train right over the o' ? uctionists who are holding up V currency bill. The present cou se of the committee on banking and currency is merely the blocking of the bill. All the arguments of wit? ness being heard before it we have heard time and time again. The com? mittee seems to be playing the old time Aldrich game of trying to edu? cate the public (with emphasis on the "educate' ), but the public does not need to be educated. "Personally, I think something ought to be done, so that we can be assured of an early report on the bill, and pass it before the special session is over." That President Wilson was pleased with the Visit of the two South Caro? linians way evident, but it was impos? sible to learn what reply, if any, he made to their suggestions as to the methods of expediting the passage of the bill. There is no doubt that Mr. Wilson is deeply concerned over the situation though it is stated at the White House that reports from the senate are growing more and more favor? able. Hardly anybody outside of the White House bei'eves that *here is -fci*e slightest ermnce of attroa oTTTTre currency bill before the regular ses? sion. Too much time was consumed ! on the tariff. WILL HAVE FAIR TREATMENT. Mrs. Pankhurst Will not Be Dls criminated Against upon Her Ar? rival. Washington, Oct. 14.?Commission? er General Caminetti of the immi? gration bureau issued a statement to? night defending the bureau's attitude toward Mrs. Pankhurst, the British suffragette, who is due to arrive in New York the latter part of this week. He said: "The report that the bureau of immigration or department of labor or any officer of either had directed or intimated that Mrs. Emmeline Pank? hurst will on her arrival at New York be held for examination by a board of special Inquiry at Ellis Island is without foundation. The bureau and the department have no power to or? der admission or rejection, except on appeal. Mrs. Pankhurst will be treated respectfully but just like any other ai plicant and this is all any officer of the bureau or dej artment can authoritatively assert." Officials at immigration headquar? ters, besieged on one side with pro? tests against Mrs. Pankhurst's admis sion and (?n Hie other with protests against her exclusion, are taking pains not to put themselves In the position of doing anything which might be construed as prejudic ing her case. I'tmoral of J. D. Dcas. Camden, Oct. 14.?J. D. Deas, who died in Columbia early Saturday morning, was burled here yesterday morning. The bod) was taken to the hone, of his sister. Mrs. Ellen 1>. Boy kin. The funeral serv ices were held at Grace Episcopal church and the intermenf took place at Quaker cem? etery. 1 Relatives and friends from all parts of the State attendee the funeral. would he contnue to say ttu t he was at Parr Shoals and these men were telling falsehoods. Hancock answered that he would he obliged so to testify. The witness thought Police Chief Sanders mentioned the names of Big ham and Frasler. He did not impli cate them, neither did Wylle nor any one else. While the citizens of Wfnnsboro seemed to be oelj mildly interested in the rase the two score or mors ehester people on the scene through? out the dn exhibited an interest at fever heat and tonight as they re ur.i io their home they freely express their elation at the outcome of the hajUttBg*