Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TAKES TENTH WIFE. Joseph Kh<?lcr Finishes Sentence srrMHl for Ho vine Nino Wtvee and Marries Again. Naw Turk, Dec. 27.?The marrying habit had Joseph Kohlst to complete? ly In Its grasp that soon after he fin? ished serving a prison sentence for having nine wives, he took a tenth. Wlfa No. 10 brought him into court today tend he pleaded guilty to a chargs of bigamy. When ths tenth Mrs. Kohler had him arrested, hs had gone back to his first wife, whom he married 22 years ago when hs was 17 years old and by whom he has had 11 children. Three of Kohler's wives appeared against him five years ago when he was sent to prison for four and a half years. According to the records produced in court today his tlrst wife was arrested for bigamy during his first honeymoon and his ? areer as a multiple huiband began eoon after. LEE SHERIFF IS ILL. 11. F Jtfaldrow, it. Suffers Attack of PsxsJytds. Blehopvlll,\ Dec. 27.?The many friends of Le* county's popular sheriff, K. K. Muhtrow, Jr., will learn with sorrow that hs suffered u stroke of parsJysis In ths left slds last night about t o'clock. Only the left arm Is involved so far. sheriff Ifuldrow ate a hearty Chiint mas dinner with his home folk and soon aftsr dinner was called to arrest a negro about six miles from town, who had shot another negro. The sher? iff got back horns about 7 o'clock and complained of using unusually sleepy. Soon after this the telephone rang and when hs arose to answer it. hs fell arid had to be helped to bad. Dr. M: Cutcheon was soon with h!.m and dis? covered that hs had sffered a parti il stroke of paralysis. Hs Is resting well and is fully conscious and unless an? other attack cornea will be out and discharging ths duties of his office In a w< ? k or two. Few counties in ths State have a batter sheriff than Lee, and one more popular Is hard to find. He never lets pleasure In'*.'ere with his official du? ties, and whs virtually stricken while In ths discharge of his duties. Fa.WMV*v> *"??.??? TO f>EATH. & T Bronsor? |j Is Killed WHO T*aYf. etftng i iloag 1 Road. fcdgeneio. use. %%?information was received here this morning of the tragic death of S. T. Brunson. a farmer who resided In the Cleora sec? tion of the county. Mr. Brunson went visiting In ths neighborhood In a cart. While on his way home hs fell for? ward from ths cart, his foot becoming entangled In the seat and, being un? able to extricate himself or stop the horse, hs was dragged several miles. Ths horse went home and when dls* covered by some neighbors who were hunting yesterday It was standing in ths yard with one wheel of ths cart caught agalnat a tree and the life? less body hanging from ths vehicle As the body was tossed from the wheel to ths ground after falling, much of the clothing w.u. dragged off. exposing the bruised form. Mr. Brunson wss largely connected In the county and was very highly esteem? ed by his neighbors. He wsa unmar? ried and lived alone. I'AJRCIX FOeTT RKDVOTIONS. Thud Assistant INsumastor Sim da Out Instructions. Washington, Dec. 27 ?The Third Aseiiitant Postmaater General thla week forwarded to nearly 60,000 post mast ers Information as to changes In parcel poat rates and regulations ef? fective January 1. The orders pro? vide for a reduction ot rat?s In the thlri, fourth, nfth and sixth aones and for an Increase of the weight limit to fl'ty pounds on parcels mulled for delivery In the first and second zones. After March 14 next hooks will Pi embraced in the fourth class of mall, regular sone rates being applied to parcels ..f hooks weighing QVef eight ounces Parcels of eight ounces or less will be required to pay one cent for each two ounces or fraction there of. I N< I F. A AM ItEBF FFT1D. Cimernor ?>f Michigan t?4I* Federal Investigator to Hands Off of Coppor Mino Strike. Big Hapids. Mich . Dec 29?In po? lite languages Governor Ferris today told the I'nlted Statea Government, an represented by special Investigate John Densmore. who is enroute to Investigate th* < ?.pp. r mine strike and Italian hall panic, to rrlnd its own business. Deenmre Stopped for conference with Governor F*rris be? fore proceeding to the copper eo in try. "Ths Federal Government has no b iftlnea* in the copper country," sold Oovernor Ferris "Michigan Is doing its duty and the Grand Jury at Hougiton will glvi. fair play to Mr. Moyer or anybody else. ' PRESIDENT AT QITET CIH'RCH. Minister and Congregation Are Sur prised When He Motors Fro.n Puss Christian. Oulfport, Miss., Dec. 28.?President Wilson sat In a quaint little church here today, an inconspicuous, humble worshiper ir a congregation of less than .100 persons, and heard a re? markable sermon on the personal ac? countability of the individual to his Maker. The presiden. and Mrs. Wilson accompanied by Dr. Cary T. Grayson, came unexpectedly, avoiding a crowd that had collected at the little church at Pans Christian, eight miles away, and though the Rev. Herbert Albert Jones, D. P., was as surprised us any of his congregation at the arrival of the distinguished visitor, he varied his prepared service only sightly. Yet, by coincidence, he developed a theme that has long been one of the preachments of the president himself with an eloquence that was his? trionic CALLS FOR RETURNS. ?' i Every Citizen Having Net Income of $3,000 Is Liable. Columbia, Dec. 27.?South Caro? linians who have an annual net in? come of $3,000 or over will be noti? fied by Duncan C. Heyward, United States collector of internal revenue, that they are subject to the income tax. A notice to this effect will be posted in every postoffice in South Carolina within a few days. The notice from the office of the collector of Internal revenue is dated January 1, 1914, and reads aa follows: "Notice is hereby served that every person of lawful age having a net In? come of $3,000 or over during the present calendar year Is subject to the income tax law, and is required to make and render to the collector of Internal revenue, Columbia, 8. C, on or before March 1, 1914, a true and accurate return of annual income upon the blanks prescribed by the in? ternal revenue department. Said blanks may be obtained by addressing a request to the collector of Internal revenue, Columbia, 8. C. Failure to receive the prescribed blanks for making this return on or before March 1, 1914, will not 'be consid? ered a valid excuse for failure to make the return, and all of the penalties named in the act will be imposed for failure to make a return of income under this law." CHESTER FARMER KILLED. Sidney J. Ferguson Shot to Dsatn on Plantation. Chester, Dec. 26.?Sidney J. Fergu I son. a well known citizen of Chester, I was shot and almost Instantly killed today on his farm in the Capers Chap? el neighborhood. Frank Grant, the 17-year-old son of Will Grant, tenant on the place, is charged with the shooting. Young Grant fled and to? night Is still at large. Particulars are hard to obtain. There were no eye witnesses to the shooting and Mr. Ferguson waa unable to apeak when found by Rhett Brake field, who appeared to come along the road. A .32 calibre pistol waaj the weapon used and Mr. Ferguson \ was wounded three times. One ball I barely graced his body while two' others passed through his neck. Coroner J. Henry Gladden empanel Iad a Jury with James I. Harden asj foreman, but examined only a few' witnesses. He will conclude the in? quest at the court house In this city. Mr. Ferguson owned a large farm In the Capers Chapel neighborhood, and waa prominently connected. His body will not be Interred until Sunday, awaiting the arrival of re'.a tlves from Florfo'a. CKt'M WILL OPPOSE BRYANT. Announce* Candidacy for Mayor of Orangeburg. Orange-burr*. Dec. 26.?H. Crum, <?ne of the prime leader* in the move? ment for the recall of Mayor R. F. Itryant and Councilman H. Von Ohson, has announced himself for mayor In opposition to Mayor Bryant. His an ' nouncement followed the refusal of Cot, W. G. Smith, who had been put forward as a candidate, to accept the office. Col. Smith's name baa bean hrouKht forth as a candidate for coun? cilman, though in his refusal to run for mayor he said he would not be a candidate "f?.r any otlice at the com? ing election*" Despite the announce? ment of Cram Mayor Bryant's friends say he will be r.elected by a larger majority than that put him into of? fice last fall. The recall election will ??.? held TuSSday, December 30. The announcement of tlo> Candida* eteg has rovi\ed interest in the elee II Ii. which had SCOiningly died out with the declination of Col smith to be a candidate for mayor. Whether Col. smith will accept the nomina? tion for councilman is not known. He Is now out of tho city on a deer hunt, and will n >t return until aft? r tho election. Rntrlse for the election closad yesterday. KILLING IN CHARLESTON. XICKIE McMAJiON OF LOUISVILLE 8HOT By I. M. ACOSTA OF MEMPinS. Acosta Says He Fired shot* In Self defense?Was Held up and Threat? ened, by Mc Ma hon. He 8a ye?Tells of Killing. News and Courier. I. M. Acosta, white, of Memphis, at 1.30 o'clock this morning shot and killed Xickie McMahon, of Louisville, also white, at Chalmers and Meeting streets, and upon being arrested a few minutes later declared that McMahon had held him up and demanded mon? ey of him. The dead man is about 42 years of age. Acosta is a man of 59. According to a statement by Acosta, McMahon was a dope fiend. He said that they had both been playing in a place on Hayne street and that Mc? Mahon had seen him with $130 and had followed him when he left the place going home. He said that Mc? Mahon said that unless $30 were turn? ed over instantly Acosta would be kill? ed. The coroner said that a pistol was found on the dead man. At 1.30 o'clock Policeman Bowick heard four pistol shots in rapid suc? cession. He ran toward the sound of the shots, Meeting and Chalmers streets, and met a man a few steps from the corner. Bowick stopped the man, who proved to be Acosta, and asked if he knew anything about the shots or where they came from. "Yes," the man is said to have an? swered. "I did the shooting. I killed a man around the corner. ' Bowick placed Acosta under arrest. Acosta made no resistance, handing over the 38-calibre revolver with which he had done the shooting. The policeman sent in an alarm to head? quarters and Coroner Mansfield was notified. The dead man's body was found in Chalmers street, just off of Meeting. McMahon had apparently been in? stantly killed. One bullet is believed to have pierced the heart and anoth? er to have penetrated his body, the other two probably going wild. I Coroner Mansfield took charge of the body and noticed the McAllster Undertaking Establishment to take iti In hand. Acosta was placed in a patrol wag? on. On the way to the police head? quarters Acosta talked freely of the affair. He said that two weeks ago McMahon had held him up and de? manded $100. Acosta refused. Lest night Acosta and McMahon were in a gambling resort on Hayne street. Acosta said McMahon followed him from this resort when he left. He said that when he reached Chalmers and ! Meeting streets, near which corner Acosta lives, McMahon held him up at the point of a pistol and demand? ed, this time, $30. He told Acosta, according to the latter's story, that he would kill him if he d\d not get the money. Acosta said he then drew hia pistol and shot four times, and did not know how many of the bullets had struck McMahon. Acosta was well dressed when ar? rested. He lives near the scene of the shooting. McMahon, it is said, did not live in this neighborhood. Acosta said nothing of his previous relations to McMahon, except to tell ?of the hold-up two weeks ago. At police headquarters Acosta was formally questioned, briefly, and placed in a cell, charged with homi? cide. The inquest will be held this morn? ing. REMOVES WHEAT DUTY. Action by Argentina Provides for Free Entrance. Washington, Dec. 27.?Dr. Romulos Naon, Argentine minister to the United States, today notitiod the state and treasury departments that his country had just passed a law which would allow free Importation Into the United States of wheat and wheat products from Argentina. Under the new tariff law Argentina wa.s barred from thin arrangement because of a duty of 2 cents a pound which Argen? tina Imposed on American semolina. This has been removed by the Argen? tina Congress. TorrlfMo tialo on (itdf of Mexico. Mobile. Dec. 29.?Keports today! state at bast lour ships foundered In) terrific gals whleh swept the Gulf of Mexho Christmas day. The British schooners Cheslls and Qrlflln, Harks, j Sirdar and MllWS are missing. Sirdars crew landed at Psnsacola. rate of others unknown. j Christmas was celebrated in St. |.nne's Catholic church Thursday by I I i > spi cial early mass. The services were Very beautiful and impressive. S?r vlcea celebrating the o y were also held it tin- Church of the Holy Com i forter. PARKER MERGER DISSOLVE. Thirteen Institutions Now Formally. Compose Parker Mills Compuny. Columbia, Dec. 27.?Certificates of di&solut'.on were filed with the Secre? tary of State this morning by a num? ber of cotton mills, which now com? pose the so-called Parker mill merg? er. The mills in question have dis? solved their charters as separate enti? ties and now comprise the "merger" of which Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville, is the head. The mlils were: The Richland Cotton Mills, of Columbia; the Fairfleld Cotton Mills, of Winnsboro; the Greers Manufactur? ing Company, of Greers; the Wylie Cotton Mills, of Chester; the Seneca Cotton Mills, of Seneca; the Ottaray Cotton Mills, near Union; the Walhalla Cotton Mills, of Walhalla; the Wal? lace Mills, of Greenville; the Capital City Mills, of Columbia; the Apalache Mills, of Spartanburg; the Pine Creek Manufacturing Company, of Kershaw; tho Olympia Cotton Mills, of Colum? bia; the Granby Cotton Mills, of Co? lumbia. The mills owned or controlled by the Parker Mills Company have an aggregate capital stock in excess of $3,800,000. "This action is only a subsequent step in the organization of the so called Parker merger," stated H. G. Welborn, of Columbia, general man? ager of the Hampton Mills, a, com? ponent company of the Parker Mills Company. "This step was neceseitat-! ed when the Parker Mills Company, the holding company, took over these mills two years ago, but delays have prevented this legal formality being gone through with. The financial con dltlen of the Parker Mills Company, and each of the mills included, are j working on a sound financial basis,", he stated. HISTORIANS VISIT CHARLESTON. Delegates Meet for Annual Convention j' ?Visit Historic Spot. Charleston, Dec. 28.?About 200 delegates to the annual national con? fer tion of the American Historical association which will convene here tomorrow morning, have arrived, nearly 100 coming by special train from New York. The arrivals took ad? vantage of today's inviting weather to visit points of historic interest In this vicinity. Business sessions will be held tomorrow and Tuesday morning, aft? ernoon and evening. Various section meetings will be going forward at the same time. Leading historical au? thorities have arrived, or will come in tomorrow morning, for the sessions at which papers on a wide variety of historical subjects will be discussed. Major Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, U. S. A., Is expected to lead one of the important discussions, Others of national and international reputation will take an active part In the deliberations. Because of the fullness of the busi? ness programmes there Is slender op-? portunity for formal entertainment of the visitors, although a number of so? cial affairs have been arranged. Of particular interest to this sec? tion will be the papers and discus? sions, about the selge of Charleston harbor and kindred Confederate top? ics. A local committee met the in? coming delegates today and looked) after their welfare. Leading delegates' say i;hat Charleston is a peculiarly ap? propriate place for the convention, soj great an amount of history having been made in this vicinity and they are looking forward to the gathering of highly valuable information during the sessions of tho association. Grand Opera Surs Sing. Chicago, Dec. 24.?Chicago's llrst} munic' ^al Christmas festival was held j Orant Park tonight, when thou fc*ndg of children and citizens general? ly vi owed the 7 5-foot Christmas tree, listened to stars of grand opera, who sang classics through mega? phones; to tho full chorus of the Chi? cago Grand Opera Company and to speeches by Mayor Harrison and oth? ers. An oddity of atmospheric condi? tions Permitted the testing of the of-1 feet of the Grant Park illuminations,1 for during three hours of the morn Ing and one hour In the afternoon f<?g nnd smoke plunged the city Into darkness of midnight. The obscurity was so Intense that electric advertising signs work over? time from the early advent of the first i shopper until the last belated fcift had been bought. Tb?- Btser Falkenstein Settlement1 distributed 300 Christmas baskets and will regale ;?,ooo children at dinner tomorrow. Judge rhiir, of the Domestic Rela? tions court, provided a Christmas tree in his courtroom and distributed toys to children who are wards of the court. The streets were very quiet Christ? mas Day. There were fewer people on them than usual, due probably to tie- bad weather most of tie- morn? ing ami there were not as many fire crackers and skyrockets this year as usual in town. OPEN GATUX SPILLWAY. L I For First Time Water is Let Out ot Lake. Panama, Dec. 27.?Qatun spillway, which regulates the level of Gatun lake, was opened today for the first time since June 27. During the elapsed period the water has risen from 48.25 to 84.7 feet above sea level. While the maximum level the lake can attain is 87 feet, the water will not be allowed to go any higher at present because the dyking of the low ridges forming the rim of the lake basin has not been completed. It has been planned to open one i gate of the spillway for an hour or so each day to keep the water at the existing level. This process is to be utilized to rid the lake of the vast masses of swamp vegetation in it, commonly known as floating islands. These are to be towed to *he spill? way by a tug and then sent through the channel and out to sea. INDIANA MINK DISASTER. Bieknell, Ind., Dec. 29.?Eight miners were killed and twenty injur? ed, some fatally, by the premature explosion of dynamite in the Indian Creek mine near here today. SAN SEBASTIAN FTRE SWEPT. San Sebastian, Spain, Dec. 29.?30 buildings, including two dozen resi? dences, and circus theatre were burn W ANTED?Blacksmith and wood workman. Have a new five-room house, also new shop 22 feet by 57 feet long .located in the best farm* ing section of i.hc county. A .H. Saunders, Hagood, S. C. POR SALE?Two cars mules, at J. N. Phillips' farm, 1 1-4 miles north ef city, on Main street. Call before buying. Can save you money. D. B. Keithly. ed here today, threatened with des Greel> BUSINESS I Indlvldaal Training Girls. THE course of all Eng short hand, typwritl keeping offers unsurpo; uitles to the youths of <tt a very reasonable p cau he obtained in town culars address, s ers J. M. JERV GREELY VILLE, L _ if BRIDGE TEl By this work the den? tist is able to fix per? manently between the teeth left to you artific? ial ones that are perfect in appearance and use? fulness, hee Dr Court? ney. He makes this work his specialty. Have an inspection. Get his opinion. Sumte. Dental Parlors, Dr. C. H. Courtney. Prop Over Shaw & McCoilum. |v_ FERTILIZERS. Year after year, in favorable seasons and u favorable seasons, for over 40 years, on good Ian and on poor lands, on red land and on gray land, i clay land and on sandy land, on high land and on lc land, on COTTON. CORN, TOBACCO, WHEAT, OATS, our Fertilizers have been used and put to every con? ceivable test, each year's use confirming their super? iority and value at Crop Producers. We have many unsolicited testimonials from some of the most successful farmers in the state. Our Motto: 3*?r?SS Ask your merchant for our Fertilizers and in? sist on having them, or write us direct. The Macmumhy Company SUCCESSORS TO The Wilcox & Gibbs Guano Co., CHARLESTON, S. C. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors "to Booth-Hsrby 1 ive Stockt o. and Central I umber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old Meind Opp. <"ovirt Hovi.se A Business is Known by the Service it Gives None hotter prepared to Serve or more anxious to please. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.