Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WON'T PROSECUTE C. P. SIMS \TT0H\*> ?.IMK\I. KIM SI S TO \( I \(.\l\sr H*\IU \\. in hu i \w> i it, t.iw* us i:,-um?ii ihiH ii. Ma.i \<> Previous Information ?l*ro>evu - tUm Left ;?. >|>? i tunlMi. ^ Vttorne>?.. Columbia. !>???. ft ? Attorney Uener ?l T. ii r.. i :. ^ t.ulaj refused to pfoa> ?cut* Ihr C I'. Smm before the Supreme Court. Thin leaven flu? pros? ecution to the SpartanbSMfg attorneys and to Solu it.?r J. K. Henry of the ??txth Circuit. The Attorney Gemr ?&i gtv?Mi m ins reaoou tot refusing to prosecute, that ho 0 11 lot iniiuin.'l ?>efore haiul of the pro ft ladings, SO M to be in position to properly push the case against Sims. Chief Junto,. Gary announced that the pr?>- ? s \\ ould oot ho heard until a full court which will be after the existing \a< tncy gl Mied by the general assembly. A-i ing Chief Justice Hydrick announced the same in reference to tag petition mf J. V luincan to be reinstated. _ lit I ct iti:i> TOBACCO. tailb'iiit t-lve*. statistics oil the Weed. The normal annual pr xluction of flue-cured tobacco on a farm-weight basis in estimated to be about 215,000, oeo pounds, according to bulletin No. If of the department of agriculture. Thi? type mi tobacco is the only Ainerleau grown variety that has shown a tendency to expand our ex? ports. About to per ent or around so.oon.uoo pounds, is expoit. d and the remainder is u-.-d in ?bumst.' con? sumption. "All things considered, this Hue cured type of tobacco is i. r.sut passed in universal popularity," states the re? port, "and It is adapted to a variety of uses, including granulated and cut Hmoklng tobacco, both paper and all tobacco cigarettes, and plug tiller and wrapper; in fact, it Is adapted to all i the regular forms In which tobacco ig used except standard cigars and ?nuff. In color and general appear? ance It m very attractive, while its b?w nicotine content, mildness, aromatic sweetness, fragrance, and good keep? ing qualities render it very satisfy? ing to the user." The us* of Hues in curing tobacco became popular after the close of the War Between the Section and by the middle eighties the demand had In? creased so that about 20 counties in Virginia and North Carolina had been planted to this variety. There, are ? number of varieties of Hue-cured to? bacco, prominently among which an the Warne. Yellow uronoco, White? stem Oronoco, Big Oronoco, Adock, Adkin Willow-Leaf. GtOOCfc, Tilly and Hester. The Warno Is the standard wrapper type and p. rhaps the most popul. r. The Adock is a great fav? orite in the noted wrapper-producing ?e? Mon of Oranville county. North Carolina, while the Adkin is popular ao an ?arly maturing variety. Apart from the natural chara' ter of the soil itself, there Is no more im? portant matter fOff th.? tOhaOOO grower to consider than the management of his Heids. Indeed the character of the tobaec, produced will depend as much on how th?? Heids have been handb'd .n rotation between the suc? cessive totan co < rops as upon ibe ter tlllser used or th?- cultivation ftVOU di racily to the tob.ice,. < rop Itself, T< b?- ? o 1 I ml should be so handled as to he kept in gOgSj life. A liberal gopply of vegetable matter ir. gg advanced stage of decay is highly desirable, but It ihould t.: ?11? U.i.l n ?t ev ssi\ I rich in ammonia. It is well known that the organic matter of frenhl.. cleand Of DTOonv sedg? Hehls Is of a kind well suited t? tobacco. It consists principally of dea?l leaves, twigs, roots, pine taga broom-nedn< md roots. Hoch regets ble matter, while poor in ammonia. b\ its ampin volume makes the soil very mellow am] friable and <d good auter-holding cipiu ity. There is probablv no better humuH Ofop fof i" tation than lo rd s glUM Ol ' 'I top. Specking, or "dhngJIBlng." as it |i generalis ?alb d, is i h? most comtnoi dt*ea?e ? ii. to \\ b ? a i. ' o in lie flu*-< ur.-d district is Mubjeet. It is believed |,| \? ,x tllli-US disc . ? nominated bv gpOfOn Tin only prac Heal method Ol reducing In in on. t" the sjfsjp snnsed bj the dlsenat Is by lining poiNsh more Mm i iih In the l< r? tlltSer, w lib h nee ins ,o imreuse tin resistance the pint to the diaeate >im l.ll'll It IN Ml \H < ? it, ggsj gnd i. .0 ?al Kill ? ?? h iwli < Mexico City. I ???? . T svell l e.|. i a\ .-".Idlers, It I ' I i Ighl 1 Ivill ll vs.m I %m l led toeki> ?" USlpa, of Qosmtaro> gtRof Inn Rebels can Infod ihn t m n. 11 Kol.I* i .an Am. re an. f/g rent. ?I ..t s in laus l'otosl, ? h " with lag i Robthut ? at ih ?? ? released. FLEEING FROM MEXICO. | rum - \m? mn (.1 ! **? \m:i\ i \ i LAREDO, Dsagssarlng of Pence ami Bnfctj Vow* ri-iins .mil Wealthy Mexicans I lei' to the l nltCd Stale to l'.scapc llncrlu. Larv<1<>, Dec. 2.?one thousand refugee! have arrived hers within the last twenty-four hours from Mexico. Another train searing nve hundred wealthy foreigners is expected this af uiiuMin. Tsn members of the lladero fam ily are ggejong thu arrivals. Tiny ohasse that Huerta Is trying tu ex (< i inmate the family. SOUTHERN'S NEW HEAD. Well Known Hallway Man Named to MnSjggsJ Late \V. \V. l iuley ?> ?'resident of tircat Syategg?V. ill i ontiniie Predecessor's Policy ot* I ?e\. lopnuMU o| Section Whieh Iiis itoad Peeeav _ Ken York, l>?.e. 1.?Fairfax Harri? son, lermeriy vice president ot the Southern Railway company and for the lust three years president of thu J dUoagOi Indianapolis & Louisville Railway companyi ot winch the| Southern ?s part owner, was today elected president of the Southern Kailway company to succeed the late William Wilson Finlcy, a special nit" tiiii{ ot tin hoard of directors he , uif held for the purpose ol filling the M ain y sanaed by air. Plnley'i death. Mr. Harrison is a Virginian, his home betagj nt Boh air, \ a. Ha i* \<< OUUarly identified With the South. as ins father was private secretary to Jefferson Mavis while president of the Confederate states and ell his rail? road sapoctsnes, has been with the. > Southern and assoi iat. d lines. Mr. Harrison was horn In I8fl and was sraduated from Ynlt with the a. ij. degree Is Ittt and from Columbia with the A. afi dOgTM i>i Ittl. Ho w;is admitted to tht bar In Nan York in ISfl and continued the prac ttee Ot law in this city until lltl when to snteaed ose sarvles ol the South srn railway in the legal department as solicitor. in H?oJ ml was made assistant to the president and in ItOi became vice praaldsnt. which position In- held un? til I tit, when in laaignsd. being sleeted president <d' the ChlcagOi In dla aapolls <*: Louisville, He, how er. continued as a ?Prector ut the Southern fairway to that his service with the parent company has Leo', uninterrupted. .Mr. Harrison was ont of Mr. Fin ley'S elOaeat and most trusted ad? visors and is thoroughly In sympathy wah tho policies Which made M \ i'inh\s' administration so luccessful both for the Southern Railway com? pany and tin- territory served hy its li'.es. Though Mr. Harrison entered the isrvlee of the Southern In the Isgnl department, his experience has not been confined to that branch ?%f the service. He has given much study lo Ruanda!, trafllo and opernt iiik problems and is intimately ac? quainted with conditions on the Southern railway and throughout the section which it traverses. As presi? dent of the ChlCngOi Indianapolis g Louisville he was actively m charge of tho operation of the railway, so that he OOmse t<? tin- Southern 'Mil way prepared hy practical experience as well as the most detailed knowl? edge of the details of iis affairs to take up tin- duties of ehlef executive. Mr. Harrison today was also elected i president of the Alabama Great Southern railway. Mobile 6 Ohio and Virginia 6 Southwestern. ReaoluUona deploring the death of Mr. Pinley and paying i high tribute to his work for tho railways he head? ed ami the territory they served were adopted by the boards of directors of Ith?? Southern railway, tho Mobile A Ohio iaiUo.nl. tin- Alabama Great J Southern railroad, tin- Virginia 6 Southwestern railway. Theas resolu? tions will he punted throughout the South. Immediately followlns his election I I'm ideal Harrison ggVS OUt the fol? lowing statement. "i am in entire accord and sym? pathy with the policies of my la? ment, d friend, Mr. finley, under whom i have worked tor it years.I i hope to Continus to build tho South* srn :ih in- hulll n by promoting and enhancing Its usefulness t<? and Its cordial relations with the people ol the Mouth, i fount on tin- support ol the entire present working organtau tion of tho Kotlthern. rank ami tile, Having grown up m tin- service ?vlth most oi them, i know how to valut tin in and I am proud t i bellSVS thi' tht are my friends." I it His < SMI I \a. Il\ ? win n father was sick about sU years ago Im read um advertisement ol Cham ? r i im... Tii lot.-, in tin- papers that tit his ease exactly." writes Mlai Margaret ?'ampbell of I- ? Hinith. Ark, "He pui - hai ed a box ot i h< in und he has not been sick since, m > ister ha t t ni i h irouble ami was il ? beenllted by them." Pot sale hy1 .ni des It i a ? Advt, S?le of Coats, Coat Suits and Dresses is Now -on at McColltim Bros. ? You know what this means, so come early so you will not be disappointed. McCollum Bros. :: The ^??"Wear EVACUATE TOWN KAilllilt THAN STARVE. Flight of Huerta'a Troops Gives Constitutional tsts Clear Path to Town. Juarez, Max., Dec. 1.? R?cher than endure starvation the federal troops have evacuated chihuahua City, ac? cording to advices received tonight by Qen. Francisco Villa, rebel leader. The evacuation leaves the oily open t'1 possession by the rebela The town was Invested by rebels weekn ago. Tin report received by Villa states thai Balvadore Mercado, military gov? ernor of the State, with 2,00 I federal troops, had left on foot foi Ojlnaga on the United Btates border near sfarfa, Texas, that Qena Juso [nes Salasar and Pascual Orosco with more thin l.OMo federals had refloated to j the mountains w est of the oity and that hundreds of clvilans, ncluding women and children who were on the verge of strvation, had started out to waiu Ki the United states border. 1'.esides being the capital of the late, Chihuahua with a population normally of 85,000 is the second city of northern Mexico. Neither In the Madero revolution nor In the present uprising has chihuahua been taken from the fedt rain Kts garr sou and the commanding positions for sharp shooters and machine guns, affordt d by the cathedral and public buddings, ; heretofore had presented a formidable barrier to invaders. Conditions in the city were said to he such that life there was no longer endurable. The Spanish viaduct whit h con? voyed water from 'be mountains was reported to have been destroyed and lb-- food supply exhausted. ' The report of the capitulation of Chihuahua >-s authentic," said Villa, j "It e.u.ie tu nie in an offiolal dispatch Whl< Ii Said the oity was evacuated on Sunday. "it is my purpose now to send a force t?> Intercept Mercado, who is ? fleeing to Ojlnaga, und also t<> capture Orosco ami Salasar. our main body probably will concentrate at chihua? hua preparatory to the advance southward, We will be nearllng Mex l< o City within a month." Five hundred ' thousand dollars .nil ol provisions and clothing and $100,000 wee confiscated in Jaures by Villa to support the rebela, The j property was taken through the re? fusal of merchants to accept paper money issued by the rebela The ' Storekeepers, most of them Spanish, ippealed to United states Consul Ed? wards and later closed their shops and handed over the keys to the con? sul. Consul ESdwards later returned the keys to the owners, saying he could ) not guarantet the safety of the prop? erty. Meantime the places were forced open and the goods and money taken. It was said the property was insured in an Bngllsh company ugainst looting. GIRL GUILTY or MANSLAUGHT? ER Sensational Murtler Trial in Louisiana I Imls With \ erdlet. Crowley, l.a., Pee, il, Dora Murff. aged eighteen was found guilty of manslaughter this morning, after the Jury had bt en oui all night, .lames Duval, the stepfather, whom tin- girl tried to shield by confessing th< mur? der, was found guilty of murder with? out capital punishment, Abe Duval,I a hah* brother who was charged with complicity was need. .1 M. Del hay e I w.i tin- man murdered. Tin- girl ? ? i< i she killed him because he had betrayed lo r. The verdict today ends i sensational case. < im d of ? i. er < oniplaim. "i was suffering with liver com? plaint," says Iva 'mlth of Point Blank, Texas, 'ami decided to lr) a -:<*? box .a Chambcrlutn'a Tablets, ami am it ir>i.v i.. say that i am completely cured and can recommend them to every one," l or sale by ail deulors, Advt, REBELS AHE VICTORIOUS. CAPTURE OF TTXDAM FOLLOWS FALL OF CHIHUAHUA. Rebels' < l<>?-injjr; in oil Mexico City From North and South?End ol Huerte Regime Believed to Be Near at Hand. Mexico City, l >????. 2.?Battered by the heavy reversee of the past forty-, ' Ight hours the Mexican government {has reached a condition Indicating j that it can live but a short time. Fol? lowing close upon the news that the Federal defenders of Chihuahua City had fled l>ef..re tho approach of Villa's army, word was received to? day that Tuxpam, one of the most im* I portent ports of Mexico and the key to the oil fields had been captured I y the Rebels after sharp fighting. This cats off tin- oil supply of Mexico. With practically all of Northern Mexico controlled by the Rebels, the 1 Constitutionalists holding two sea? ports, and sweeping Rebel victories in the south. Mexico City will soon he menace d hy Rebel armies approach I ing from every direction. The for? eign warships at any moment may establish a blockade. Dictator Huer ta's treasury is now prat tically empty. Bl Paso, Texas, Dec. 2.?United St.ites mi.iitary authorities and civil? ians fear complications with Mexican Oonstitutionaliss as the result of the arrest lat< laat night of Colonel Juan Medina, Gen. Villa's chief of staff who was left as commander of the J.Uares garrta .. Col. Medina is charged with violation of the neutral ' ity law s and was taken to Fort I Hiss, where today he Is held prisoner. How to Bankrupt the Doctors. A prominent New York physician Says, "If it were not for the. thin stockings and thin soled shoes worn hy women the doctors would probab? ly he bankrupt." When you con? tract a cold do not wait for it to de? velop into pneumonia hut treat It at once. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy , Is Intended especially for coughs and colds, and has won a wide reputation by Its cures of these discuses, it is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all dealers. ?Advt. INCOME TAX REPORTS. All Who Have Incomes of S3,000 or More Should Obtain Blanks With? out Delay. The United states government is <!< irons of getting the names and I postOfHce address of all parties, men and women whose Income Is |3,000.00 [ or over, in order that they may be j furnished with the proper blanks on I Which to tile a statement of their in I come for the year 1913, and that ! copies of tii" law may be forwarded to them. As ignorance of the law I and the non-receipt of blanks will not ? be r< garded as an excuse for failure ? to file a return of net income with the Collector of internal Revenue, Co I lumbia S. <'.. prior to March 1st. 1914, and the fullure to render this return will subjet i all parties liable, to a line of not nun?- than $10,000.00 and cost of all court proceedings, it Is very Important for them to write Col? lector D. C. Heyward, Columbia, S. ,t\, for blanks and information. in order to prevent the annoyance and expense of prosecution to parties ( whose Income is |3,000.00 or more, win* tad to render a return. Deputy Collectors are being sent throughout the entire state to make a list of all parties who may be liable to render this return; but no one should de? pend on thlti list us their names may bo omitted, hut notify the Collector of internal lb venu? themselves. California Woman KcriousI) Alarmed. " \ short time ago I contracted a severe cold which settled on my lungs und caused me a great deal of an? noyance. I WOUld ha\c had COUghing .? pells and nt) lungs wife so sore and infiammcd I began t?? be seriously alarmed. A friend recommended Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy, Baying whe had used it for years. I bought n hottle and it relieved my cough the flrsl night, and in a week i w.i rid of the ? old und Borncss of my lungs," w fit cm Miss Marie Gerber, Sawtello, L'ul. i or Male b) all dealers.?-Advt. FEDERALS SUE FOR PEACE. JIl KKTA S POWER IX NORTHERN MEXICO DESTROYED. All of Dictator's Generals Join in Asking Gen. Villa for Protoctsoau The j .ah of Ctaibnnhnn Marked the Collapse Of Federal Control in that Section of Mexico. Juarez Deo. 2.?Seven generals of the Mexican regular army are ready to surrender and the backbone of the Huerta dictatorship in the north has been bro ten. A peace commission tonight arrived In Juarez bearing terms of the surrender. The p< ace commission was headed by Odllon Hernandes and came from Chihuahva hearing a proclamation Signed bj (Jen. Salvador Mercado, Hu< rtn's military governor and com ' mander r?f the federal forces in all the Xort.i. The proclamation stated that the Huerta government was bankrupt und was unable to pay its j soldiers. The s multaneous evacuation of I other federal strongholds in the North is believed by the rebels to be the result Of a concerted decision to abandon he whole of northern Mex? ico. The peace proposals were sent by Gen. Mercado to Gen. Francisco Villa, rebel leader, through Frodorleo Moye, Civil governor of Chihuahua .State, ap l pointed a l interim. Along with it came an .* ppeal signed by all the for I eign consols in Chihuahua, calling upon Vilk. to give police protection to the citizens of Chihuahua City. I Cen. Mercado's proclamation read: I "Under the circumstances which have exist d in Chihuahua it has been deemed wise lor the federal troops to evacuate. I have in charge Fred eriCO Moye, a person who is not iden i titled with politics and who is, there? in re, qual fled to give full protection i to foreigners. It is impossible to remain here longer as there is no money with which to pay the troops." The generals who have signified, ! through Gen. Mercado, their willing? ness to surrender but who, neverthe | less, are fleeing to the United States I border, are: Co n. Alvarado Mercado, Gen. Pascual Orosco, Gen. Jose Inez Salasar, Gen. Marcello Carravo, Gen. Jose Man/ilia, Gen. Blanz Orpinal, j Gen. Landa. The peace commission proposed to Gen. Villa that all non-combatants I w ho sought safety by fleeing to the .cider be permitted to go without I). ;ng fired upon, and all the federals, including 200 soldiers left on police i duly in Chihuahua City, be par I doned. It also asked clemency for federal officials, but it is thought the federal generals will seek safety by crossing the border Into the United states, possibl; mar Ojlnaga. The peace co.nmission stated that before leaving Chihuahua the federals destroyed all the postage and govern? ment revenue stamps; that there existed practically no money in the City and that 2,000 citizens had left With the troops, most of them being those who were rich and who feared harsh treatment by the rebels. I The commission tonight started back to Chihuahua with Gen. Villa's assurances that people of all classes in the city and including the federal) police would be protected, and that lie would dispatch troops to garrison the pla< e as soon as possible. Notwithstanding the action of the federals, Gen. Villa himself was pre? paring for departure southward, lie' said Chihuahua would be only s stopping place on his southward march, as he was determined to con? tinue to Mexico Citv. Carlos A. Heberlein of Los An- I geles, Cat., a mining engineer, accom? panied the peace Commissioners, W h" traveled in an automobile bj way of i rjtnuga. Several thousand people, including I some of the richest families in north-1 ern Mexico, who deserted Chihuahua ?'ity in fear of ii rebel Rttack, to night were reported to be nearing the i nlted States border. Among the refugees is Luis Terazas, head of the Terazas estrte, who is said to have with him 5,000,000 pesos, which he withdrew from the Chihua? hua banks. Other wealthy families, in? cluding some o? the Creels, ate known to have left the city. The caravan, in which are women and children, was described as being more than a mile long. At the head, with an escort of federal troops, is Gen. Salvador Mer cado, Huerta's deposed governor of Chihuahua State. Details of the evacuation of Chi? huahua City and the exodus of the residents were brought to Juarez in official dispatches from Frederico Moye, who was appointed civil gov? ernor ad interior). Moye's message was addressed to Gen. Villa, and it called upon the rebel leader to take pos? session of the city. The story of the downfall of the Huerta power in the city is thus told by Gen. Moye: "For almost three weeks Chihuahua j with its 35,000 citizens had been cut j off from communication; the food j supplies were steadly decreasing and 1 many deaths resulted Irom illness caused by semi-starvation. Rumors of the proposed attack on the city, e:cag | gerated by reports that the rebels had j been supplied with ammunition from the United ?States and that the city was to be bombarded, increased tho anxiety. "A citizens' committee finally was I appointed to call upon Gen. Mercado , and ask him to surrender to the i rebels, as resistance would be hope ; less. After delay, and in the absence of any communication with Mexico City, Gen. Mercado decided to flee. Those who wished to go were given notice to gather their possessions. "Early on Sunday, after the sur? rounding country had been reconnoit ered, the exodus began." BIG COTTON FIRE. j Loss Probably $30,000 at Wooi'rusT. Woodruff, Dec 2.?A fire of un ' known origin, which started in one of j the cotton warehouses of the Wood . ruff Cotton Mills yesterday morning, ; had when gotten under control late I today caused a loss estimated ^>e ! tween $25,000 and $35,000. Three ; hundred and st* /-eight bales of cot ' ton have beer ?tally destroyed, while many more have been considerably damaged. A few bales are still burn? ing, but the flames have been practi? cally subdued. The warehouse was saved and the blaze did not extend to any of the other buildings. Zelaya Set Free. Washington, Dec. 2.?Nicaragua to? day withdrew the demand for the ex? tradition of former President Zelaya ; on the charge of murder. Zelaya will I be released from the tombs this after ! noon. Tax Return Notice. 1 will be at the following places on the day appointed, either in person or by deputy, for the purpose of taking tax returns for liscal year beginning January I, 1014. Returns this year should be made of all Real Estate, personal property, Capitation road tax. poll and dogs. Auditor's office will bo open from January l to February 20 for taking r? tains. 50 per cent penalty will be charged against .til Tailing to make returns, Tinduls, Tuesday, Jan. o. Privateer, Wednesday; Jan. 7. Lev! Siding, Thursday, Jan. 8. Wedgetleld, Friday, Jan. 0. Claremont, Tuesday, Jan. 13. Ilagood, Wednesday, Jan. 14. Item belt, Thursday, Jan. 15. I ?al/.ell, Friday, Jan. lt?. Brogdon, Tuesday. Jan. 2tb Mayesvllle, Wednesday, Jan. 21. Oswego, Thursday, Jan. IS. Pleasant drove, Monday, Jan. 26. Bhlloh, Tuesday, Jan. 27. Norwood Cross Roads, Wednesday, January 2S. It. E. WILDER, County Auditor*