The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 26, 1913, Image 3
FOUR MOB MEMBERS INDICTED
men Aiir. ciiar<;i:i> with mak?
ing attack UN jail.
spartanhurg '.rand Jury Accuses Men
of Attempt to Take Negro Charged
with .loAult froui Jail?M*u Ai
U-rwufiU Acquitted.
Hpartanburg. Nov. ?0.? The Spar
tanburg county grand Jury today pre?
sented th# names of four men. ehunr*
Ing them with taking part In tho riot?
ing and the attempted dynamiting of
tha county jail on Civ night of August
II last, when a negro. Will Fair,
charged with criminal assault on a
>oung white woman of ths White
Stone section of the county, was being
held there, tt Is understood that
there ar. other true bills to be re?
turned In this connection which may
he made public within the next few
weeka
It will be retailed Sheriff White
nnd his deputies held the mob nt bay
on that night and that tho negro later
tried here was acquitted. The grand
Jury's presentment In this matter fol?
lows:
"Sixth, after careful investigation
Into the asaault on the Jail on the
night of August IS. 1913. aye find that
certain parties, utterly disregarding
the lfvea of our officers and the county
property, did make un assault on the
Jail with the Intent of taking tho
life of Will Fair. We present to (fee
court W. R. Belcher, Jesse Wolfe,
Bob Wilson and Robert Ward, and
ask our solicitor to prosecute them."
Bench warrants have been Issued
for th? arrest of the men named
above and placed In the hands A of?
ficer* who expect to have them in
custody by tomorrow.
One of the men la an employe of
a telephone company, another is said
to be a farmer and still another a
mill operative, while the third's oc?
cupation la unknown.
The men are to be vigorously pros?
ecuted
SYLVIAS OCT AGAIN.
suffragette Leader once More
Ixmdon, Nov. 20.?Mlsa Sylvia
1'ankhurst again eluded arrest tonight
after having delivered an inflamma?
tory "no rent" speech at Cannlng
town. About 50 policemen were Waat?
lug outslds the ball, but Miss Pank
hurat came throuith the main em
tran?.e surrounded by a strong guard.
She reached her motor car and got
away.
Fludew Polio*.
HUNGER STRIKE AT CONVERSE
oniLi want Bnrrn food ieh*
VICli?not t1ik raj lot.
After Mi*dng Two MraN Young
Womou Return and Kx plain Chum;
of strike.
?- *
spuriunhurg, Nov. 20.?Two hun
0r. <l Klrls i?f Converse college went
? Ii ? hunger strike last night and
continued it until dinner today as a
protest against the service and food (
served in tho college dining hall. The
uclio'i of the young women came as a
complete surprise to the college au?
thorities and the fact that the "Con?
verse girls" had turned militants and
Rone on u hunger strike soon spread
over town. Following the wide pub?
licity given the hunger strike by the
students of Converse college, the self
| government association of the college
after a mass meeting of the students
tonight issued the following state?
ment:
"Wo do not feel that we can allow
the public to continue under a wronK
I impression as to tho meaning of our
protest against some unsatisfactory
conditions with regard to the foou
service. We entertain no lack of conti
dence whatever In the earnest desire
of the college administration to afford
us every reasonable comfort and con?
venience. We have not the least ill
feeling against the administration
Were it not for some unsatisfactory
coditlons in the dining room service,
due as we now understand to diffi?
culties arising out of recont changes
of equipment and service that were
not ye* running smoothly, we should
have had no complaint whatever to
mako.
"Our resort to a new method ot
protest was overhasty. It does not
Imply that we are becoming 'mili?
tants' in any sense. Our real motives
do not at all Justify the Impression
we fear will be created upon the
public. '
HANS SCHMIDT SANE. .
Judge Foster Rules That Slayer of
Anna Yumullcr Must Stand Trial.
New York, Nov. II,?Hans Schmidt,
the slayer of Anna Aumullcr, Is sane
und must stand trial for his life neYt
Tuesday, according to a decision of
Judge Foster In General Sessions
court today. Judge Foster denied tho
motion made by Attorney McManus
for the appointment of a lunacy com?
mission to pass on the mental con?
dition of the confessed slayer.
RAIN COOLKD INDIANS' ARDOR.
Encummxl on Top of Mountain Had
Weather Fl"&s Thorn Unprepared to
Wltlistnnd it.
Farmington, N. M., Nov. 20.?The
position of tho recalcitrant Navajo In?
diana encamped on Beautiful Moun?
tain, WM made very trying today by a
steady rain. The ardor of their
sympathizers also was materially
cooled. These conditions gave en?
couragement of the Snlprock Agency
Official! who have been trying to se?
cure a settlement without bloodshed.
The hopo was expressed that con?
tinued unfavorable weather would
cause the Indians to weaken in their
avowed determination to fight, If an
attempt was made to capture the seven
braves wanted by the United States
co art In New Mexico.
Another hopeful sign was the sur?
render of one of the accused Indians
to Indian Agent W. T. Shelton, at
Shiprock. The Indian was confined
in the county Jail. That order will be
restored and the differences adjusted
with little actual resistance was the
opinion expressed by Agent Shelton.
The present incipient uprising de?
veloped from filing with Agent Shel?
ton in September of charges of mur?
der, bigamy and statutory offenses
against a number of Indians In a re
mote part of the reservation known as
the Black Hills. It is said the Informa?
tion on which tho charges are based
were secured from Navajos who were
hold at the agency for their protec?
tion. During Shelton's absence, a doz?
en Indians including the accused men,
visited the agency, overpowered the
police and carried away the women
prisoners.
Agent Shelton's efforts to Induce the
leaders to surrender were unsuccess?
ful and the cases were taken to the
United States District Court for New
Mexico. Indictments were returned
and warrants placed In the hands of
the United States marshal.
Tablet to McQueen.
A number of Confederate veterans
went out to Dingle's Mill Thursday
afternoon and placed a small marble
tablet on the spot where Alex Mc?
Queen, a young lieutenant in charge
of tho artillery of the Confederates
fell. There were no exercises, but
loving friends in this way showed
their esteem for their young comrade.
Lieutenant McQueen, at home on a
furlough, was killed, while endeavor?
ing to prevent the passage of Potter's
men across tfce Dingle's mill cause?
way.
WASHINGTON SOCIETY JOLTED, j
Announcement from White House
TbM There Will be No New Year's
Reception.
I Washington, Nov. 21.?Official an
; nouncemcnt was made today that the
annual New Year's reception, held an?
nually at the White House for nearly j
I a century, will be abandoned for the
j present. Society, first Jolted by the
i abandonment of the Inaugural Hall,
j then by news that many society lead
i era were not to be Invited to Miss
I Jessie Wilson's wedding, and again
when tho annual diplomatic recep
; tion was called off, are in the throes
of deep disappointment at today's an
I
l nouncemcnt.
THE AEROPLANE IN WAR.
; Possibilities of Machine Great, Says
Secretary Daniels.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20.?"In my
opinion tho newly developed art of
j aviation will not only tend to limit the
j duration and scope of hostile opera
j tions, but also aid in the control of the
j seas, one of the elements contribut
| ing materially to the power and pros
I perlty of a nation."
Secretary Daniels made this state
! ment here tonight In the course of a
I public address upon aeronautics in
I which ho discussed the conquest of
j the air by the United States army and
I navy -and the part aerial navigation
will take in future wars.
'The potentialities of the aeropla?*.,
when applied to tho art of war, are
extremely great and Its proper t\sv
Will undoubtedly be a dominating fac?
tor in the success of future cam?
paigns," said he. "The principal roles
of the aeroplane In naval warfaro will
be for scouting and reconnolsaance
work and for offensive destructive op?
erations against hostile fleets and for?
tifications. Rash, indeed, will De the
commander of an opposing fleet who
would head his vessels against the
fleet or coast of an enemy possessing
a number of these vicious wasps of
war, and unfortunate, indeod, would
j be a commander who did not have
{ ready, at his call this means of obtaln
, ing supremacy in the air.
The new building of the Lynchburg
, high school, Lynchburg, S. C, Is In
j the process of erection. A ten thous?
and dollar building will be complet?
ed by tho early spring. Mr. T. N.
Griffin Is chairman of tho board. Supt.
J. T. Munncrlyn, the county superin?
tendent has been co-operating with
this board, aiding them In disposing
of bonds, etc.?Southern School News.
COMPLAIN OF S. C. W. R. H.
o Stations Between Sumter and
Rlshopvlllc and Freight less Than
Carload Lots Will not Be Sent.
*>ome of the mercantile and manu*
facturing establishments of Sumter
are complaining about the lack of ac?
commodations for delivery of freight
at and shipments of same in less than
car loud lots from points on the S->oih
Carolina Western Railway between
Sumter and Bishopville. There are
no depots at Brent, DuBose, Aman,
McCutchen and Mamille, all of these
being Mag stations.
The business men say they are los?
ing a great deal of business because
the railway company will not accept
freight for those points in less than
a solid car. The matter has been re?
ferred to the Chamber of Commerce,
and the managing secretary has taken
the matter up with General Man?
ager J. E. Hancock, of the South
Carolina Western Railway.
The Chamber of Commerce hopes
that it will be able to have this mat?
ter adjusted very soon, as tho S. C.
', W. is doubtless as anxious to get the
j business as the shipping public is to
i offer the same.
' SOUTH CAROLINA SONS PROMOT?
ED.
i Dreher, Haskoll and Jenkins
j Named for Better Places In the Ser
| vice,
Washington, Nov. 20.?There waa
; gratifying recognition of South Caro?
linians in the list of nominations for
promotion in the consular service
which the president sent to the sen?
ate today.
Julius D. Dreher, now consul at
Port Antonio, Jamaica, at a salary of
13,000 ]>cr annum, is named to be
consul at Toronto, Canada, a post
paying $4,000. Lewis W. Haskell,
now consul at Hull, England, at 82,
600, Is named as consul at Belgrade,
Servia, at $3,000, and Douglas Jen?
kins, now consul at Gothenburg,
Sweden, at $2,600, is raised to con?
sul at Riga. Russia, at $8,000.
A Hint to Young Mothers.
"When my children show the
slightest symptoms of being croupy
I give them Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and when I have a cough or
cold on the lungs I take It for a few
days and am soon rid of the cold."
writes Mrs. Clay Fry. Ferguson Sta,,
Mo. The first symptom of croup is
hoarseness, give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as soon as the child becomes
hoarse and It will prevent the at?
tack. This remedy contains no nar?
cotic. For sale by all dealers.?Advt
neils cotton picker.
Its Work Encourage* Inventor and
Bis Friend*
Yorkville, Nov. 20.?Many persoi a
throughout this section who hav? ex
a.nined the Neil cotton picker, are of
the opinion that Mr. Neil has at last
solved the problem of picking cotton
by machinery and that when perfected
his picker will revolutionize the cot?
ton raising problem. Mr. Neil has
been at work for several years on the
machine and in order to demonstrate
its weak points, if there were any, a
test was made in a nearby cotton
field several weeks ago and, while
several defects were discovered, still
there were none that Mr. Nell and
those who know him best do not be?
lieve will eventually be corrected. At
that test the machine gathered 60 per
cent of the open cotton on the stalks
and did no damage whatever to the
plan is. WTien perfected it is believ?
ed tl at the machine will be offered
at a price within the reach of the
farmer of moderate means, as there
is very little, if any, more machin?
ery about it than there is about a
grain binder and the machine will
not weigh exceeding 1,000 pounds.
NO LACK OF TURKEYS.
Wilson and Bis Cabinet Can Bam
Feasts.
Washington, Nov. 20.?President
Wilson, Secretary Tumulty and the
members of the cabinet will have
Kentucky turkey for their Thanks?
giving dinner.
South Trimble, clerk of the house,
will furnish pedigreed bror.?e turkeys
raised on his blue grass farm. The
president's fowl will be a yearling
gobbler welglng 40 pounds, dressed.
! The others will weigh 25 pounds.
I They have been fattened on celery,
choMunts and red pepper.
A Consumptive ^"'gfX
A cough that bothers you continu?
ally is one of the danger signs Li which
! warns of consumption. Dr. King's
New Discovery' stop the cough, loosen
che chest, bantsh fever and let you
sleep peacefully. The first doss
checks the symptoms and gives
prompt relief. Mrs. A. F. Merta, of
Olen Ellyn, Iowa, writes: "Dr. Kng's
New Discovery cured a stubborn
cough after six week's doctor!rg fail?
ed to help." Try it, as it will do the
same for you. Beet medicine for
coughs, oolds, throat and lung trou?
ble. Monty back if it fails. Price 500
and $1.00. All druggists, by meiL H.
EL Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louis.?AdvL
n
ras and Mute ^
Solid Car Horses Expected Saturday. Another ^HttSB
Solid Car of Mules Expected Monday.
In these two cars you will be able to
find anything you want in the shape of a
mule or a horse. Several extra harness and
saddle horses. Two gentle ponies for ladies
and childrens' use, It's worth a trip to our
bams to see our assortment of mules.
Whether you want to buy or not. it's a
pleasure for us to show you. We are in line
both as to prices and terms.
Just unloaded another car of those
Hackney Buggies. Any size, any style,
painted to please. These vehicles are un?
surpassed as to durability, quality and ap?
pearance.
Rowland and Sumter Buggies and car?
riages now on hand.
You cannot but be pleased with one of
these jobs.
Our Hackney and Louisburg Wagons
have made us the premier wagon dealers of
Sumter. You will like one or the other of
these makes, and the price will fit your
pocket.
All we ask you is to look at our goods,
see what we have to offer, we will show you
that it will pay to trade with the
Booth-Boyle Live Stork Co.,
Sumter,
South Carolina.