Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W)t watc^aa gyj ?outi)ron. rilK M M I I K WAH1IMAN, Established April, 18*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TRUE SOUTILRON, Established Jane, 1840. Oongolidated Aug. 3,1881. _SUMTER. S. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10. 1913._ Vol. XXXVII. No. 31. HUERTA S TROUBLES GROW. Ml Tl N Y Ol' FFDFItAL GARRISON ok cm thhi.ati.nfd. Many Oflhs rs Ht'hcrto Loyal to Dik? tator Now l'utter Suspicion and ll??e IWvn Relieved I-Vom Act i\ c Dutj?i titingcs F.\|m'ftcd Monday. Mrxlco City. Dec 5.?Deports of a threatened mvitiny among the Federal garrison were freely circulated today. Officials of he Hucrta Government however, denied rumors, t ut is is noted that during last twenty-four hours many officials whose loyalty has hitherto been unquestioned have been relieved of active duty and plac? ed on the reserve list. Important cabinet changes are expected Sun? day. Mexico City. Dec. 8.?A force of three thousand fully equipped Bebels under Gen. Btpglgj are a Inn st within sight of the oapitnl today. It is be? lieved that the Carranza for'-**s are approaching from the North. Then is a growing fear that a few horns will aee looting and killing in the streets of Mexico City. The lluerta Government has sent every available soldier to meet Zapata. fifty drown i:d in TEXAS. Flood Water* Claim Lives of Man* Negroe*? Plantation Owners Are MlMHlllg. Houston, Texas, Dec. 7.?Fifty per? sons, mostly negroes, are reported to have been drowned at Sunnyside, a ?mall town on the lower Brazos, ac? cording to a long distance telephone meaaage received by The Post early tonight. The message says between 400 and 600 persons uro marooned on a small m<*und at San Felipe and are in great danger. A special train load? ed with motor boats was dispatched from Houston to rescue them. J. 11. Gmrrett, a planter who tele? phoned to Houston for assistance, re? ported that the entire Brazos bottom - jaj>aiMaig^i^rii'>T i Itlk?eV of TOnsVI Had floated away* end that refugees were clinging to trees and houietopa. Doata are be? ing constructed as rapidly as possible to resuce those Imperil* d. Sunnyside Is eight miles north of Brookshire. Mr. Garrett said that warning was given the residents of the lowlands of the approaching flood yesterday, but that many of them refused to b a \ e their homes. Andrew ggesfeannn and ('. I>. Dernau, plantation owners, are among those rep.>i u?d mi vorig. i I \ \S FLOOD NF.WS. More I b.m a Hundred Known Dead? Many others May l!a\c Perished. Dallas. Texas. Dec. 8.?A hundred known dead make up the list of dead In the central and Southern Texas ttSS)s\ The list may double that num bet eventually, reports of additional of life are arriving hourly, a* communication Is reestablished with the Hooded district. I'ifty, mostly ne s. were drowned at Sunnyside, on the lirazos River. No news has bjSg rSBSfred from UM ll\e hundred per last seen marooned on roofs and In tree tops in that vi' init\. Twenty thousand rofttgOSS are being cared for at Bryan. Hears. Temple. A istin W.ic.i and a dozen other small? er cities. Th? sold wave following the I has Intensified the suffering. A thousand homes at l'r\an were swept uway, four hundred at Na\?nsnta and man> others are t hi ? ?atened. NICARAGUA PLANN Fl) TREATY. President \llUon Denies It | < i t That FiUUnI States Will \sstime Protcx toiate OtfJf Nicaragua. Washington. Dei. 8.?President WUsOS to..k particular pains today to contradict reports that the 1'nited States was planning to establish a protectorate ,,\,.r Nicaragua. He said th?t the treuty being negotiated be? tween tin tw. eonntrles was planned by Nicaragua. H \n shoots himsi i.e. Itrtijmnhi Wi^temlerfT Suffers Self MM ltd \v.i,i at < Irswltsgssj, < harbston. | n e 7. - Benjamin Wes tenderff, gfjtd II? of Brook h/ft, N v shot himself through the riuht temple here this afternoon and Is i n a n<?s pital In a critical Condition. A note to his wiii-. who is in Brooklyn, was found on a bureau |g tin- fOOID Phy? sicians say that ho will prohnldv die hut thnt if he survlv m he will SS blind In both eves. A calibre revolver whs used bf Westemb i ff One cai - tlidge was ifod BATTLE AI CHIHUAHUA. ffdfrals BLOCK GEN, villas' ADVANCE o.\ CITY. Groat Activity Among Rebels m ?Inure/, and Two Trains Loaded With Troops and Ainmiinllation Hastily DonpOtCllOd to the Front? Humors Thut Battle is In Progress, Hut Rebels Close Telegraph Offices and Give Out no Information. Kl Paso, Texas, Dee. 8.?Gen. Villa.1 Constitutionalist commander has had his antra net to Chihnnhua City block? ed by an unexpected movement among the Federals, it was reported today, following a night of activity among Robohl in Juarez. Humors say that a battle is going on. All telegraph of? fices in Juarez, except one in General Penevide's office, have been coined to prevent the leakage of information. Two trains were hastily made up and sent southward over the National Pail way shortly after midnight One contained troops and he other med lonl supplies, provision: and ammuni? tion. This indicates that a battle is in progress, but at Gen. Benevide's of Sct no information is obtainable. WILL TRY HANS SCHMIDT. Two Hundred Venlremcn in Court Boom for Trial of Renegade Priest ?Will Plead Insanity. New York, Dee. 8.?Two hundred venlrernen Jammed Judge Foster's room In General Sessions Court today for the trial of Hans Schmidt, the renegade priest, who confessed to the killing of Anna Aumuller. The defendant's light to escape the death chair wfill be based on an in? sanity plea. Wealthy friends have come to Schmidt's aid with the re? sult that three able lawyers have beon retained in his behalf. A crowd of idlers gathered about the court room early this morning and a detailed guard was stationed In the court room to preserve the peace Federal Government Will Prosecute Officials of Western Federation of Miners for Violation of Sherman Law. Washington. Deo, 8.?The United States Government will prosecute the labor leaders OOnnOCtOd with the Western Federation of Miners. They are accused of violating the Sherman anti-trust act in their activities, Presi? dent Wilson today took the stand that there is noting in the sundry Civil bill which prohibits such proSO cutions. MAIL ORDER MILLIONAIRE DEAD, Montgomery Ward, the Chicngo Mer? chant. Made a Great Fortune H> Selling By Mall. Chicago, Dec. 8.?Montgomery Ward, the founder of the enormous mail order house died today at the age of seventy. COLUMBIA TRAINMAN HURT. J, L. Warwick Loses Foot in Accident ?Run Over by Wheel of Car. Bateoburgi Dec. 7.?J. L. Warwick, Ragman of Southern railway train No, 17.'!. had his left foot mashed off at the instep here this morning about 2 o'clock. Magistrate A. B. Please, who was an eye witness to the accident which Caused Mr. Warwiek the loss cd his foot, says that he was near and saw him coming down from the car box. Whan maring the ground the grab Iron pulled loose from the car, which i ised him ?<> Ions his balance and Ins foot to Slip under the car just In fronl of the moving wheel, An ampu? tation was made and Mr. Warwick net sent ba< i< to Columbia on pas ? i nor train No, I tins morning. UK \l. COLD WIn i III B. M<> t of I idled States Will Feel The < hill. W ishlngton, i ?ec. 7. Real winter wcatio t wl I prevail over mool of the country during the coming week, "The week will open with low tem? peratures, probabl) tie- lowest of the pu sent season," snyi the wenther bu? reaus' weekly bulletin tonight, "over the- interior districts ? ast of the Rocky mountains and with frosts te? the middle < lull of Monioo coast, Then- will be- snow Monday from the iak.- region eastward, with high winds, i h11 present pressure distribu? tion dot >. net Indicate any other pre ? pltntlon of consequence over the I, South and BouthWOSt." ATTORNEY-GEN. KILLS NEGRO. PEEPLES ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS MAN AT ELKS CLUB IN CO? LUMBIA. Was Showing Philo] to Friend?Sher? iff Orden Deputy to Accompany Attorney General to Governor's Mansion. Columbia, Dec. 5.?Bobert Mar? shall, colored, was killed tonight by Attorney General Thomas H, Peoples at the Elks* Club in this city, where the negro was employed as chef. The inquest will be held at noon tomor? row. According to those at the club the shooting was entirely accidental and Mr. Peoples is sorry beyond ex? pression at the happening. ( It was a pistol shot, the ball pierc? ing the brain of the negro. The oc? currence was about 10 o'clock tonight. Mr. Peoples rested tonight at the gov? ernor*' mansion, where he went just after the shooting took place. Governor Bleene was out ef .ie city, being at his home in Xewborry. He made an effort, according to friends, to come here late tonight, but could not reach the city. He is ex? pected to return early tomorrow. The news of the shooting spread about the city, although every effort was made to keep i: quiet. Many friends thought it boot not to publish anything about the affair, according to those at the club tonight, others deemed it best that the facts be known. The details will come out to? morrow at the coroner's inquest. Sheriff McCain was on hand person? ally at the club soon after the shoot? ing and on the suggestion that Mr. Peeples get a good night's rest at the mansion he sent a deputy with him. Sheriff McCain was h<*ard to express the opinion tnat tnI* was a matter of form, although the shooting was explained as accidental. J. F. Weaver, attendant at the club, is tLUoted as saying that Mr. Peeples was passing a gun over the counter to him when it exploded, the bullet Ro^naVet>eena44^callbre. The* ball entered at centre of ri,?ht temple and cume out of left temp e. A brother of the dead negro was present at the shv ?ting. He afterwards stated that he had heard no words pass between his brother and Mr. Peeples, and the first thing he knew was the report of the pistol, which he was very much surprised to hear. The '?rother is an employee of the club also. It has been very diillcult to se? cure any coherent statement of the affair tonight, and will be until after the Inquest at noon tomorrow before all the details will be obtainable; all those present agree, however, that the shooting was accidental. Mr. Peoples was asked for a state m< nt, and said he w juIu make one to? morrow. DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL. Coroner's Jury Exonerated Attorney General Peoples. Columbia, Dec. 8.?"Wo find the said Bobert Marshall came to his death from a gunshot wound from n gun accidentally discharged in the j hands of T. H. Peeples." This was the verdict of the coro 1 ner's jury which last night inquired into the fatal shooting of Bobert Marshall, a negro, by Thomas H. Peoples, attorney general, in the club rooms of the Columbia lodge of Elks on Hampton street last Saturday night about IboO o'clock. The testimony jf 1 the eye-witnesses was in accord 1 with the above verdict. BROTHERS KILLED IN BUD. Death Dealing Shots Are Fired Be? fore Daylight?Two Others Suffer Wounds. Calumet, Mich., Dee. 7.?Arthur and Harry James were killed, Thomas Dally was fatally wounded and Mary Nicholson seriously injured by rifle bullets tired before daylight today Into the bouse in which they lived. The James brothers came here yes? terday from Toronto and obtained em? ployment In the Copper Bange? Con? solidated mine, whose men are among tins.- ?m strike, They stopped with Dally, a miner. Miss Nicholson lived on the other side of the Dally a art iin nt house. All the Victims were in bed W ben shot. His men arc under arrest under sus? picion, i^m The murders amused great Indig? nation throughout the strike /one ami mass meetings were he ld in different places today. The strikers alse> held meetings and speakers exhorted the men to stub to the federation of miners and to be prepared te? defend their home s from raids from officers. MOSE DBAS KILLS CRUMMIE AUS? TIN AND FATALLY WOUNDS Ills WIFE. intimate Relations Between the Wo? man ami Man Given as Reason for the Shooting?Dcfli Gives Himself up Immediately After Killing?Fir? ed Four Shots at the Two. A negro giving his name as Motel Deal of Sumter on Sunday afternoon about ?.00 o'clock shot and killed a negro named Crummy Austin and probably fatally wounded his own wife at the house of her lather, Johnson Davis? at Providence. Austin was killed instantly and the woman was left in a dying condition Sunday night. The shooting is said by Deas to have followed his finding his wife, Nobble Deas, and the man in a house together. Immediately after the "hooting Deas left the scene and went i to the house of Henry Benenhalcy, where ho hired a horse and buggy, and came on into town, where he gave himself up at the jail. In the meantime a telephone mes? sage reached the city from the scene of the shooting and Deputy Sheriff Epperson and Constable Boykln left immediately for the aceen of the kill? ing. On their arrival there they in? vestigated the shooting and then tele? phoned in for coroner to come and hold the Inquest. However, as he was late in arriving at the scene, Magis? trate Burkett nad almost finished holding it when the coroner arrived. The verdict of the jury was that the negro Austin came to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of Mose Deas. The woman says that Deas fired ! four shots from a single barrelled shot gun, shooting and reloading and then firing again. He first fired just after he entered the house, killing Austin instantly, as the shot was fired at very close range. His wife ran out of the house and he followed, firing at her three times as sb* mq and tried to get away from n^lm. nag* any* thfU aaWiiil* m**Mm>\u*mi attfi he fired at them all four times while they were there. There was no eye? witnesses. All of the negroes have been Kvlhg I In Surnter. It is said that the Deas woman left her husband some time ' ago and Sunday she went out to Providence to Visit her father, John Davis, Austin followed her there and 1 Deas followed both of them, the thootlng coming as a result. NOT ESSENCE OF MEAT. Home-made Hroth More Nutritious and Economical Than the Commcr ! dal Meat Extracts. I Washington, D. C, Dec. 8.?The be? lief ol many people that bouillon j cubes are concentrated meat es? sence and of high nutritive value, has t)cen shattered by a recently issued bulletin of the Department of Agri? culture which says, that while they j j are valuable stimulants or Havering agents they have little or no real food i value and are relatively expensive In comparison with home-made brothsl and soups. This bulletin (No. i~, ) compares the contents and food vel , ue of bouillon cubes with meat e\ , tracts and home-made preparations of meat. i The ordinary commercial bouillon cubes, according to this bulletin, con? sist of from to 3-1 table sr.lt. As they range in price from 10 to 20 j ! cents an ounce, purchasers of these cubes are buying salt at I higher price. The cubes do contain a small amount of protein (muscle-building material) In addition to their stimu? lating properties, and the makers of most ol* the cubes make no advertised claim that Ihey are concentrated be a broth or essence. However, many I hOUSOWivei believe that they ate an 1 that they possess high nutritive val? ue, especially for invalids. This is not the case. The fact that the cubes Bell for from l to 2 cents each, and each cube makes a cup of broth, mis* leads the housewife Into ?eltoving that she is securing meat extract cheaply w hen really she is l uylng it In an expensive form. According to analysis of these cubes, besides the common salt which con? stitutes from 49 to 72 per cent of the total weight, the amount of meat ex? tract ranges from x per cent In the poorest brands to but 28 per cent In the very host. The third Important ingredient is plant or vegetable extract which constitutes from ?'? to 30 per cent. This plant extract is useful be? cause of its ilavoring properties but has slight, it any. nutritive value. A license w as issue ' I n ' iy to Mr. <'. I.. Turley of l>eiver, Colorado, and Miss l?lsie H, Deal "?f Sunder. WOULD MANDAMUS GOVERNOR. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO IS? SUE ORDER. Petitionen Ask That Governor Be Directed to Order Election in Lcx iiiglnn on Annexation. Columbia, Doc. 7.?Application for! mandamus to require the governor j of South Carolina to sign an order for; an election on the question of annex? ing the Brookland section of Lexing? ton couniy to Bichland county was tiled yesterday with the supreme court. ; The petition concludes as follows: ' First: That a writ of certiorari be issued by thi*-, honorable court and served upon his excellency.re quiring bin, to certify up to this cou the full record in this question of r e nexation upon which his action m W baaed in the dismissal of the saic* o *$ tr.ion for annexation for this c review. *?? "Second: That this honorabl ? rt do determine and adjudge by v lid record that all the constituti ? and legal requirements have be* & it in the premises, and that the ** .e are entitled to the relief demahx. in the said petition and that his excellency the governor has po discretion in the cause. "Third: That a writ of mandamus do issue from this court requiring the governor to order the said election upon the said question of annexation as set forth in the said petition if empowered so to do. "Fourth: And for such other re? lief as may be in the power of the ! court, and which to it may seem i proper." COUNTR1 MORE PROSPEROUS. . Report of Comptroller of Treasury Shows a Gain of Twenty-two Cents Per Capita, Washington, Dec. 8.?Each individ? ual In the United .StiUeaAts. tbeeret! of the Comptroller of the Currency, Issued today. The total of actual i money now in the country, Including the amount held in reserve in the United States Treasury is $3,720,070, 01C, and if this stupendous amount of circulating medium were equally di? vided among every man, woman and child within I be confines of the Unit ed States each would have *j4.56. Last year this per capita average was $34.34. This is the highest per capita average yet attained excepting in the years of 10M and 1909, when it readied $34.73 and $34.93 respec? tively. Of the total amount of circulating medium, consisting of specie, legal tenders ard national bank notes. $356,331,567 is held in the treasury, the remainder, $3,363,738,4 49 being in actual circulation. Of this latter amount $6.2 per cent is included In tho assets of national State and pri? vate banks, leaving 53.8 per cent With the public at large. WOULD 11A VF BEEN GENERAL. Heroic South Carolinian Would Have Been Promoted in a Few Months. Washington, Dec. 7.?The Washing? ton Times today printed the following editorial on the eleath of Col. David DuBose Galllard: "A few* months more of life and Col. Oaillard would have been made brigadier general. His name is on the list of those who are to receive through congress the thanks of the nation. "We can no longer pay him this personal tribute. If the nation wish? ed honor him yesterday it wishes it no less now that he has made the full sacrifice his able devotion to his duty entailed. The Utting way to do it. the way for which he would ho most deep? ly grateful, is to make generous pro? vision for those who were dependent upon him." HAHYAKD MAY PI.AY CHICAGO. Stngg Thinks East and West May Meet?Up to the President. Plnehursti X. C, Dec. 7. ?A. A. stagg, director of physical culture and athletics at Chicago university, tonight said thai the possibility of Harvard and Chicago meeting on the gridiron next year still is a matter of con? jecture. Tl e invitation recently r< - reived from Harvard, Mr. Stagg said, had been referred to President Judson of Chicago university, He aded th it President .ii dson probably would call a meeting of the universitys' athletic board soon to take action upon what h<- described as Harvard's "challenge." He Raid he would return to Chicago January 5. YOUNG M?H SHOT. J. If. HITE of BATESBURG DAX Gi:it()lSIA' WOUNDED. W. E. GttfllOMi Employe of Tele? phone Company. Taken to Jail at Lexington. Batesburg, Dec. 7.?J. M. Hite, a prominent young man and a warden ' of Batesburg, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded last night. Mystery surrounds the whole affair, and those m close touch with the situation are giving out nothing except the an? nouncement of the shooting and the statement that W. E. Gurganous, an employe of the Southern Bell Tele? fone and Telegraph company, has n arrested and placed in the Lex iton county jail. The ball struck near the windpipe m the right side and ranged back? ward and downward, coming out near j the point of the right shoulder blade. Just how serious his condition is can not be determined. The young man arrested formerly worked here, in the emph y of his company, but has lately been station? ed in Columbia. Denies Firing Shot. Lexington, Dec. 7.?Walter E. Gur? ganous of Uatesburg, brought to jail here immediately after the probably fatal shooting of J. Milton Hite in that city, today would say nothing more than that the shooting was purely an accident and that he did not do it. Sheriff Miller, who made a ! thorough investigation, refused to say j anything about the affair, except that he had the "inside story" 1 and would "hold it back" until the proper time. Gurganous will be held in jail pending the arrival of relatives and the outcome of Mr. Hiie's injuries. "DAREDEVIL BARXADY" DEAD. Motordrome Rider Dies From Injuries the motordrome riders with the Krause Greater Shows, which are hers for the week, yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, when he fell from the top of the motordrome to the bot? tom, landing on his head. He waa tak _n to a sanitarium, and all that could be done for him in the way of 1 medical attention was in vain, death j coming this morning at 5 o'clock. He was riding at the top of the mo? tordrome and as he had about finished his exhibition he made a turn to come I down, but in some way he must have I made the turn too quickly, for he landed on his head and never regain 5 ed consciousness. Barnady, who was known as "Dare | devil Harnady," held the world's rec? ord for fastest riding, having attain , ed a speed of 96 1-2 miles per Aour on a cement track af. Riverview Park, Chicago, 111. He is the only person who has ever attained a speed so great that the press graflex could not get ' a snapshot of him, and this wonderful machine takes a pictuie in 1-1,000 of a second. His parents live in Germany, but he claimed Chicago as his home. His body will be sent there for interment. j On account of his daring deeds he had won the admiration of many people in this city. It is said that he had handed in his resignation to the man? ager to go into effect tonight. It might be said in connection with this that Mrs. Steifel, of Graniteville, fainted last night while watching the races at the motordrome, and from a report about noon had not regained consciousness. SMITH AT CHARLESTON. BpcniXC of the House Delivers Strong Address, Charleston, Dec. 7.?At the annual Lodge of Borrow meeting this after? noon of the Charleston lodge of Elks, Mendel U Smith, speaker of the State house of representatives and ? candidate i > r governor! urged mem? bers of this and other fraternal ?octe? ttes to strive for betterment of pub? lic conditions. Ho made a stirring appeal for moulding a sounder public opinion that would destroy conditions not Conducive to the com? mon good. He stressed the necessity for appreciation of tin value of hu? man life. . BLIZZARD hits GEORGIA. Tein|>oi-atuic Props Below Fiveiing Point and Wgti Wind Blows. Atlanta, t'a . Dec N.--A freezing cold wave struck Georgia during the night and the temperature this m?>rn ing reached twenty-seven degrees above sero, with high wind blow? ing.