The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 06, 1913, Image 1
rHK SI M i l H WATCHMAN, EetahUshed April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear wot?Let all the ends Thou AluiB't at be thy Country's, Thy God'a and Troth'n." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, EstanllKhed June, |Mj
Vol. XXXVII. No. 30.
MOB THIRSTY FOR BLOOD.
Barnwell People Seek to Butcher Ne?
groes Arrested on Suspicion.
i.OYI lt\OK IllJMSl. 11 LK<. RATHS THAT MILITIA UK CALLKH OUT
ANH THAT SIII'.RIFF ARM TOSM.S TO PMDUCRVH ORDER IN
CITY?CALLS ON G> TIKRNATORIAL CANIHRATK TO AID?
MOVM iliytTi AT KILLING Of RARNWKLL CITIZEN RV
now >
Columbia, Dec. 4.?Angered at the
killlriK <>f E. I'uyton liest, a proini
nenet white merchant of liarnwell, a
mob of determined white men form?
ed thin morning; bent on lynching
w?rne forty negroes who had been ar?
rested charged with the killing, ac
? ording to a long distance telephone
message from Senator i'atterson of
Uarnwell to Governor Dleaao. The
mob, with set faces and heavily arm?
ed, were mar.ing ominous preparations
according to he report.
Gov. Ulease has ordered tho military
mpany at Rcriwell under arms. To
Its captain, Emlle Harley, he wired
"Assemble your compuny and do
wha! Is necessary to preserve the
peace.
Another telegram to Sheriff J. B.
Morris, read, "Use every effort at
your command, call out posse com
itatus, swe?u in extra deputies, and
do everything to preserve peace and
order there. I warn you not to fall
In the discharge of your duties."
Not content with this effort to pre?
serve the peace Uov. Blease wired to
hartes Carroll Slmms, a candidate
for governor who lives at Harnwell:
"Please use your influence to preserve
order nod to see that the law is \ in?
dicated. "
Having ordered out the military, in?
structed the sheriff to swear in extra
deputies and cull out a posse Gover?
nor Please felt that he had done all
he could to avert a lynching.
E. PtytOB Pest, a merchant of
Parnwell, was shot dead on the streets
last night while leaving a restau?
rant and some forty negroes were
rounded up and locked in jail under
suspicion of being the guilty parties.
All night the white men of Uarnwell,
In posses heavily armed, combed
the by-ways and brought in negro sus?
pects. As the night wore on the deep
j resentment broke forth into smould?
ering flames and this morning as men
came in from the country and gather?
ing began to take on a definite organ?
ization a call came to Columbia for
the military.
The situation is tense and news from
Harnwell is eagerly awuited.
Tho Purnwell company was one
of the five recommended to be mus?
tered out of service by the Secretary
of War.
CHIHUAHUA FUGITIVES PERISH.
TRAIL OF DFATIl MARKS JOt R
\FY ACROSS DFNERT.
Mwlnf from Kebrln Fexlcral Soldiers
?ml Civilian* M<Tt Death In Forty
Mile U Uder new Ret ween Chihuahua
man ftanfiMm Boeder. *
MarfA, Texa?. Dec. 4.?A trail of
death marks the path of the thousands
of Mexican fugitives, the band being
composed of Federal soldiers and
civilians fleeing from tho vicinity of
?hluhuanhua City to the Cntted States
border.
It Is fearer that many Americans
sre among the refugees. The hodlei
of those dead and dying from hunger
und futiguc upon tho desert are monu?
ments to mark the trail of the suf?
fering and panic stricken fugitives.
Tin? d-'v.-rt ih forty miles wide, with
to water or vegetation except cactus.
Mmt of the fugitives are afoot and
the vanguard is approaching the bor?
der. Among them is Luis Terraza, a
ranch owner and gold mine million?
aire. Three thousand Federal troops
am among the stragglers who Will
surrender to American authorities
rather than face annihilation by the
< onstHutlonalists.
City at Mercy of llandlts.
F.I Paso, Texas, Dec. 4.?Two hun?
dred soldiers, who were left in Chi?
huahua City to police the city until
the Constitutionalists take possession,
desert* d today and are now in full
flight toward the American border.
This leaves the city with fifty thous?
and Inhabitants at the mercy of
? ?a milts and looters.
RF.CF.lt K VI'I'OIMMKNTS.
,M ihn Mud. I Howoiiiun and Virginia
Cooper in Work tu Fngreaenngj Da?
IMtruncnt.
Columbia. I>ec. 1. ? Miss Mabel
Itowoian of Sumter and Miss VirginlS
Oaafaaf ej Wimoky wees appointed la
the rmcroiothig department by the at?
torney gestorel today.
MRS IVWKill KMT ARRFSTFD.
K < /. d ?ml Unshed to Prison t*|m?n
\rrt\nl hi fjtggsjgggfli
Plymouth. Kng . I ?.?<?. 4.? Mis
KmtaeHai Paaaharat, tim militant
MurTriiulxf bad?r w.is .hmhi.-,| today
tthourd tin- lim r Majestic, taken on a
tug und resaaed te Davenport and
thence rusheii to Loadon m etitomo
tule. Xhe must serve a year and a
h.iir imptiaonment, Rnlahlng i?> i for
atet at nt< i.f three >? irs.
V\ 11 'ii It in mi In ItiH.m.
Wnahlnglon. I ?ec 4.?President
Wiisou. i?< . .a tu-. ? ..id. imailt
ert 1. his room today. lie ? am ? II? .1
all his engagements.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS KXPKCT
GOOD RF.SULTS.
Look for Settlement of Trouble as a
Result of the Internal Opera
Hons. ,
, si ??Jf^^s^y'-?* *MW
Washington, Dec. 3.?Government
officials here toduy were more than
ever confident that the patience tho
United states has shown in ts treat?
ment of the Mexican problem soon is
to be rewarded by a solution brought
about by operation of the great in?
ternal forces now ungaged in a final
struggle in Mexico. Such a conclu?
sion has been the one objective point
of the American administration.
Among the facts which form the
basis of belief that the closing chap?
ters of tho Huerta regimo now are
I eing written is a report to the state
department from agents in Mexico
that the federal troops no longer are
In receipt of their pay, without which
experience has shown their loyalty
can not be depended upon.
Other reports regarded as indicat?
ing the speedy triumph of the consti?
tutionalist fOTCOl relating ?o the pre
pitate flight of the heads of the fam?
ilies Which have controlled vast es?
tates in northern Mexico. Their flight
and the abandonment of their proper?
ties deprives the Huerta government
of a source of revenue which at pres?
ent Is much needed.
Inquiry that has been unofficially
made into the reports that large ship?
ments of arms and ammunition have
been ordered by the Huerta govern
ment and now were on their way to
Mexico has developed the fact that
such orders as uro being tilled were
placed many months ago, in the early
days of the present revolution, when
it seemed insignificant.
Ther<? today was m> change record?
ed in the disposition of American mil
lary or naval forces In Mexican wat?
er*
The navy department announced
that the 7'?o marines who yester?
day arrived at Penaneolni Flu., on ths
Pratrlc had been k? pt aboard ship be?
cause there were aol sufficient quar?
ts is geh?re at prent nl for all of them.
The plan is to keep some of the men
permanently aboard ship.
I'ltlFsT Ml LI I? AND CHI :.MATI :i>.
HcIm'I Corres Murder Women ami
Children and Kill 1'ihM. then
Hum his Hody.
Mexico City? Dee. 4.?Constitution
ahst troops today are bombarding
Moantlnni the' ehlef Pacific port. They
opened rifle fire last night killing
:,it\. citizens are fleeing Into ths
country. Coaeatlan was captured by
the Rebels today, thirty people, most
Is Women Mid children were killed.
A pro st was shot to death then burn
e.i gftei giving bandits four thousand
penas
_ I
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E. PETTOH BEST IflfililT ON I
PRINCIPAL STREET OP
BARN WELL.
Officers Lc?ad Posses in Search for
the Man Who Elrcd the Fatal Shot
?Many Arrests Made and Men
Committed to Well-Guarded Jail.
Bamwtll, Dee. 3.?B. Peyton Best,
a well known merchant of Burnwetl,)
was shot and almost instantly killed
here tonight. The shooting was done
on Wall street, only 50 yards from
tho court house and about 100 yards
from Mr. Best's grocery store. About
20 negroes have been arrested ,and
committed to the county jail, where
they are held as suspects. The fatal
shot was evidently fired by a negro.
Two shots were tired, only one of
which took effect. The bullet enter?
ed the back and passed througn the
body near the heart, the wounded
man dying in two minutes after he
was shot.
The shots were fired at 9.10 o'clock.
Mr. Best had been to a restaurant for
supper and was walking up the street
when two shots were fired, Vinco
Dunbar and Arthur Harden were
stunding in the door of a pool room,
a few yards away, and toward them
the wounded man staggered, exclaim?
ing: "Oh, Lord, boys, I'm shot." As
he fell, Mr. Harden caught him and
he was carried into tho pool room
where he died In two minutes.
Oftlcers at once began a hunt for'
the man o men who fired the ?hots,
and soon between 10 and 20 negroes
were arrested as suspects. The county
bloodhounds were secured but have
been unable to accomplish anything.
After the wholesale round-up of
suspects another negro was brought
in and placed in jail. It is said that
against this negro strong circum?
stantial evidence, is directed. A strong
guard was thrown uround the jail,
other arrests will probably follow.
It is believed that the shots came
from u crowd of negroes standing be?
hind Mr. Best! It is said that Mr.
Best had been jostled by negroes on
the^ streets and ,&?>\ trouble had 'ty^fei
inten narrowly avertod. A'negro ' is
said to have drawn a revolver and
threo times attempted to lire at Mr.
Bent, the weapon missing lire each
time.
The town of Barnwell is excited
over the affair, and officers and other
citizens are searching for clues to
establish the identity of the man who
bred the shot.
The coroner secured a jury which
viewed the body, after which It was
removed .0 Mr. Best's late home. The
in?iiiost will be continued tomorrow
morning. j
Mr. Best was 3G years of age and
was a native of Barnewll. He Is sur?
vived by his wife and five small chil?
dren. Mrs. Best is prostrated by
the shock.
No arrangements for the funeral
hnve been made.
FATE OF LOPEZ UNKNOWN.
Poisonous Fumes of Has Still Pour?
ing Into Mine Prison.
Ringham, Utah, Dec. 3.?Behind its
double bulkheads, the Utah-Apex
Mine tonight still held secret the fate
of Ralph Lopez, slayer of six men.
The smudges that were ignited Mon?
day continued to pour their poison?
ous gases into tho upper workings
until late tonight, when they were
allowed to die down.
Many miners contend there is a
possibility that Lopez is safe from the
gases In some recess of the mine where
Sir may be hid. or that he may have
escaped through some unwatched ex
It before the fumes became over
powerlng,
LopSS killed a Mexican miner on
November i-'i In a fit of Jealously and
followed this crime by killing three
pence officers. After a long chase he
last Thursday took refuge in the mine
Where Saturday he killed two more
? eputies.
Ill I Kl \ INCOMES EN RAO EH.
Fears That He Will 1 .mhmvor to
Wreak Vengeance on Foreigners.
Mexico City, Dec. 4. ? President
Huerta today was enrsged by eon
mess refusing to endortie his plan to
raise an army of one hundred and
fifty thousand nu n. Government sup?
plies, however, are daily becoming
senrce and oven If Huerta secures the
army be will be unable to equip or
feed it. Anxiety amoYtg Americans is
increasing daily in fei r that when
Huerta finds himself completely at
bay he will wreak Vengeance against
foreigners, especially Americans.
BEAUTIFUL CHURCH WEDDING.
MISS ELIZABETH ALLEN RICH
ARSON BECOMES BRIDE OF
MR. HENRY BURCHILL
RICHARDSON.
Church of tbe Holy Comforter Beuu
ttfully Decorated for Occasion by
Junior (.wild?Reception Tendered
Bridal Couple Immediately After
Ceremony Was Well Attended.
On Wednesday evening at 8.110
o'clock Miss Elizabeth Allen Richard?
son, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Rich
'? ard C. Richardson, became the bride
I Of Mr. Henry Burehill Richardson, of
Summerton, a well known and popu-l
I lar planter of Clarendon County, the
ceremony being performed in the
Church of the Holy Comforter.
The wedding was a beautiful one
and the church was packed with the
numerous friends and relatives of the
bride and groom, who had gathered
for the occasion. The interior of the
church had been most tastefully and
beautifully decorated in an artistic
color scheme of white and pink, with
the woodwork of the church appro?
priately draped and covered with smi
lax and ferns, and palms and other
potted plants banked around the al?
tar. This was the work of the Junior
Guild, of which the bride was a mem?
ber, and was done under the direct*
tion of Mrs. J. C. Huger, who super?
intended the decorating.
The bridal party entered to the
strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding
March, beautifully rendered by Mrs.
Charles W. Kingman, the bride com?
ing in last with her father. At the al?
tar she was met by the groom, at?
tended by his best man, Mr. Eman
uel Rickenbaker, of Summerton, who
had entered from a side door. At the
altar the two plighted their troths as
man and wife in the impressive Epis?
copal Church marriage ceremony, the
Rev. Robert T. Phillips, rector of the
church, officiating. While the cere?
mony, was being performed Mrs. King
man *n?4Uy played < ;.t**alt?t*>? ami
Mendelssohn's Wedding March was
again played as the bridal party left
the church.
The bride was beautiful in a gown
of white crepe meteor trimmed with
lace and pearls. She wore a bride's
veil, en train, and carried a shower
bouquet of bride's roses and lillies of
the valley.
Miss Eleanora Richardson, a sister
of the bride, was maid of honor. She
was dressed in a handsome gown of
pink crepe do chine, en train, and car?
ried a bouquet of pink caranations.
The bride's maids were Misses An?
nie Richardson, a sister of the bride,
Miss Ethel Carson, Miss Elizabeth
Boykln of Camden; Miss Margaret
Manning of Spartanburg, and Miss Su?
san Richardson of Columbia. They
were dressed in white and carried
pink carnations.
The groomsmen were Messrs. Percy
Harvin, Privateer; Deas Richardson,
I Camden; Irvine Richardson and Hen?
ry B. Richardson of Pinewood, and
Lynch H. Deas.
I The ushers were Messrs. Henry
Moore and William M. Richardson of
Orange burg.
Miss Caroline Richardson and Mas?
ter Preston Manning were the ribbon
bearers, preceding the bride to the al?
tar. Miss Richardson was dressed in
a dainty gown of white.
The Reception.
Immediately after the ceremony a!
reception was tendered the relatives
and friends of the bride and groom
by tbe bride's parents at their home
on North Main Street. Three hundred
guests had been invited for the oc?
casion and there were more than two
hundred and fifty present, the recep
tion proving one of the most popular
and largely attended social affairs giv
en In the city In some time.
The house had also been decor?
ated In pink and white and green for
the occasion, carrying out the color
scheme used In the church.
Receiving at the door were Mrs.
Henry 15. Richardson of Manning and
Miss Jessie Moist'. In the receiving
line wer?? Mr. and Mrs. u. c. Richard?
son and the bride and groom, who
were showered with congratulations
t'.v their many friends. Mrs. Agnes
Bogin served punch. Misses Emma
?aker, Beatrice sumter and Louise
Carson directed the serving of the
guests In the dining room.
Tho bride and groom left on the
late night train lor Columbia, from
whi? h pia???? they will go for a trip
t?? cities of interest in the north. On
their return they will take up their
residence at Hummerton, where the
groom Is a successful young plant
FUND III
T wenty Known Dead and 18,000 Home?
less as Result of Flood in Texas.
WHOLE COUNTRY IS IXUNDATED BY WATER FROM THE RIVERS
WHICH ARE STILL RISING?GOVERNOR GVES ORDERS TO
SHOOT LOOTERS?BOATS RESCUING MAROONED THROUGHOUT
FLOOD TERRITORY?ALL RAI LROAD TRAFFIC ABANDONED.
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 4.?Twenty are
known to be dead and eighteen thous
i and homeless today as a result of the
disastrous floods still raging in Ceti?
j trol Texas. The property damage is
estimated at $6,000,000.
Practically all railroads in the
flood districts have suspended opera?
tion. Many towns are submerged
and the residents have fled to higher
ground.
The exact number of ictims is un
known until the wate subsides. All)
rivers in Central Texr i are overflow-|
Inf. their banks.
r.?he Hrazos River s five miles wide
in several places, i ive hundred bales
of cotton have been washed away at
Waxahatehic. Fifty persons in the
vicinity of Hillsboro and Malone today
are awaiting rescue from tree tops,
while the water is rising rapidly.
Moats are rescuing the marooned
victims as fast as possible,
j Looting of abandoned homes was
reported at several place? and the
I governor is sending o n State troops
for their protection frith int orders,
j "Shoot all looters, and shoot to kill."
Waco was heavily damaged. The
levee at Bryan is strained to the
breaking point and the whole country
is inundated.
Today rescuers were moving the
marooned families to a pi ice ot
safety.
TRINITY, BRAZOS AM) COLORADO
RIVERA OUT OF BANKS.
Seien Huve Lost Lives?Sections of
City of Waco Under Water?Prop?
erty Damage $175,000.
Dallas Texas, Dec. 3.?With three
rivers, the Trinity, Brazos and Colo?
rado and innumerable small streams,
out of their banks as a result ol rains,
which began Monduy night and still
conLinue, the flood situation in Central
Texas has assumed serious propor?
tions. Within a territory two hundred
miles In length and one hundred miles
In uridth, practically all of the low?
lands are under water; approximately
froin their homes; sct>res> have been
rescued from treetop* and floating
wreckage; several railroads have been
forced to suspend operations and in
; calculable damage has been done to
property.
Seven persons are known to have
lost their lives. Yesterday five mem?
bers of the family of W. C. Polk, a
farrier, were drowned at Belton, and
B. 1'. Lacy and a man named Manley
late today met a similar fate near Dal
: las. Lacy was driving stock from an
over (lowed held when he and his horse
became entangled in, a wiije fence and
I drov ned. Manley lost his.life while
I
attempting to rescue marooned vic?
tims at the village of Grand Prairie.
Waco, on the Brazos ltiver and in
the centre of the Hood area, today
reported the most serious situations.
Sections of that city are under wa?
ter i nd it is estimated that more than
lO.Ooo residents are homeless. Proper
ty d image Is estimated in excess of
175, ?00. The military companies sta?
tioned there have been ordered on
duty by Governor Colquitt and ball
cartridges have been issued to the
guardsmen for use in the event of
loot ng. So far there has been no dis
, ordc r.
Tialn service out of Waco was prac?
tically cut off by washouts.
In the Leon River bottoms, near
Temple, a number of men, women
and children still were marooned late
today after spending twenty-four]
hours in the tr?#'s. and tonight it was
linn rtain when Improvised boats
could be navigated through the
swif. water. Near Dallas boatmen to?
day rescued a doaen persons from
trees in the Trinity Uiver bottoms and
earlier In the day boats took refugees
from trees near Waxachls and at
other points,
Cl aritable organizations are ear?
ing or many of those made homeless.
As i result, exception in isolated
case I, there has been but little suf?
fering from hunger and exposure.
Ti e Colorado Uiver at Austin af?
ter ( illing lasi night, today rose again,
coming up at the rate of six feet an
bout for a time. Three men riding
on a log floated down the river at
dusk, one getting into a tree far out
tr?<n shore and the other two on top
of the partially submerged grand
stand of the hasehall park. Boats
were sent out to rcsruo the men. but
wer? unable to locate them in the
darkness. Who the men are is un?
it no\ ii.
Mi. J, A. Scurry and Miss Annie
Lawrence of Hrogdon seemed a mar?
riage license from the clerk of court
Thursduy morning and were married
by h in In his office Immediately after
wards.
OVER HALF THE 831 CADETS
STUDY AGRICULTURE.
Efficient Work Has Been Done tn ell
College Department*, President
Says.
Columbia, Dec. 4.?Work done by
Clemson college la shown in the an?
nual report which was made pub?
lic through the office of J. E. Swear
ingen, State superintendent of educa?
tion. According to the report the last
session was the most important and
in the opinion of the faculty the most
efficient and satisfactory ia the his?
tory of the college.
During the past session the enroll
twelr^from South Car^mui^'a
from other States. Tho graduates
numbered 74. Thirty-live of these
were in the agricultural course and
39 in all other courses. In addition
38 received certificates for comple?
tion of the one-year agricultural
course and three for the completion
of the work boy course.
Of the total number of students en?
rolled 00.3 per cent were in the
ricultural course; 41.2 per cent
the engineering and other courses and
8.5 per cent in the preparatory
course.
Enumerating the principal achieve?
ments of the year, the report says:
"The successful inauguration of the
one-year agricultural course, the de?
sign and adoption of the new curric
ulums for ali of the bachelor of sci?
ence courses, the development of the
Pee Dee branch experiment station."
Because of lack of funds very little
building or equipping could be done.
"The work of all departments of the
institution is well systematized and
is a model for other State institu?
tions," is the way the report sums
up the investigations by the special
legislative commitee.
It is pointed out that the resources
of the college for the year were $284,
748.33. The expenditures for all
work by the College amounted to
$272,283.41.
The annual report was prepared by
If. NY. Biggs, president of the college.
"It gives me pleasure to testify to
a continuation of the cordial relations
existing between the board of trus?
ses and the president of the college.
The mutual confidence and sympathy
so essential to the success of the in?
stitution have in no way abated since
my last annual report. I make spe?
cial grateful acknowledgement of the
assistance rendered me by the presi?
dent of the board, the Hon. Alan
Johnatone," says l>r. Biggs, in his re?
port nlative to the trustees Of Clcm
son. i ajJ
ADMIT NO MORE AIGRETTES.
This is Oralav Sent to All Collectors of
Customs.
Washington, Dec. I,?Aigrettes will
not be admitted to the United states
either on hats or detached, according
to a final ruling today sent to all col?
lectors of custom*. Game birds will
be admitted With feathers, but the
leathers must be destroyed.
While there la s good deal of cot?
ton unpicked on a few large planta?
tions the general run of reports in?
dicate that tln re is less cotton in the
Heids now than there has been the
first week of December in several
yeara _ _ lA