The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 28, 1914, Image 3
ADVOCATES WAREHOUSE BILL
TIMF. MM F1>K SITU A LAW,
HAYS JOHN I MrK\rilIN.
Me Hellere? WmrtmiHc \ot io tun
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Help SUM*,
Columbia. Jan. a:'.?Senator John
I Mcl~?urln addressed the senate to?
day on hi* bill which provide* for a
state warehouse system for storing
and grading cotton. The address was
? iHtvntd to closely, and members con?
gratulated the Marlboro senator on
bm able efforts. H? natur jtslsHfll
expressed the strong conviction that
this bill should be enacted following
i be passage by congress of the new
iirency law. which, he said, show?
ed congress hud met the South more
(btn half way In Its efforts "to In
?tue the producer of mutton setting at|
all time* the full value for hl? pro-,
duct,"
Ueviewing briefly the favorable,
' banges of public sentiment for antl
? ?ptlon legislation, he expressed free
conviction that congress would this
year enact aome law of thia Kind, and!
stated that he proposed In hla address!
deal with hla warehouse bill as It
la affected bv the new currency legis-,
(acton, and the aft nude Of the New
\ xk Cotton F.xchunge arinliui from
the anti-option legislation
' The real purpose of every one of
these bllla la to establish and main
t.titi better prices for cotton, but 1 will
undertake to ahow that lhe\ would be
failures without aome option on the
part of the producers to lake care ol
the aurplua supply of cotton.
F.ach bill aeeka to limit the activity
of the market by forvin? apeculatorsi
te take the delivery of actuul cotton
All the law can do. ahort of closing
e\er\ cotton exchange, re to make
apeculution pay the carrying charges|
of the uctual supplies and the rude of
fluctuation In price; It cannot be
forced Ineide the constitution to fur
ntah the capital to hold the supplies.
The producers tourA find aome way to
do thla for themai Ives.
"Stnce we met Inst winter the new
< urrency law has been passed. I be?
lters it la a good law. It may lead to
inflation, but It will not be the fault
of the hw. The purpose of the federal
reserve act was to reduce the call
loan fund In Nsw York, which, while
it did not footer gambling In atople
products, furnlsned ne enenry funds to
carry a aurplua or these products."
Re stated that the cotton wurehouse
receipts would probably have been
made the basia of an actual iasue of
currency In s uth Carolina. Louisiana,
Arkansas, Texas. and other States
had the proposed warehouee lawn been
enacted. He attributed the paaaage of
that section cf the currency law pro?
viding that the member banks loan
money to carry agricultural products
to the ugilatlcn in the Southern States,
particularly Cue State, to curb specu?
lation on these producta.
Senators," he said. *lt la now time
to paae thla warehouse bill if w? ever
intend to do no. This la not a measure
to revolution se finance: It is not In?
tended that the State of South Caro-;
Una should embark in the cotton bus-j
loess I huv? talked with bankers In
New York and Boston and they are
willing to take our warehouse re
ceipta
Otarusslng his proposed law us an
adjunct of tre business system, he
?aid, It was not Intended to put the
y otton buyers oot of business, nor
overturn the laws of supply and de?
mand, but "It la Intended to Insure the
producer at all times getting the full
value for tue cotton."
He gave as the basis upon which
the reserve banks would furnish mon
ev for this business the following:
1 The title to the cotton ftHthBt be
b^vond question.
I. The basis of the collateral (cot?
ton i must be graded properly upon
call
***. The cotton contracted for (not
other cuttou ? rnuat be delivered upon
call.
Sue e 1 ave been studying this'
?lueetion I have wondt rod how We;
stood ao long Inert when the problem
Is ao simple and easy of solution, un
leaa it bs that It* verv size his gWOd
11s into helpless activitv. Threatened
Mntl-optlou legislation has fofOSd th?
New York Cotton F.xchanae to signify
its willingness to make deliveries or
? otton In the South. Congress hs
met ua more ||SM half w.tv in its (tht
new < rsjfttsiey Mills I provisions as to
bills of exrromu? drawn for a;r.' ultur
al pr<?<lu- I
In regard |*j the statement that th?
pfttM of cotton is made in Liverpool,
he Mild if it is true it is so because
a gO#S*Jttve sygteH of marketing per
mtta
\\'hen v' ? i Hid |C the a< 'u'll OOttOg
the leaaginarv cntton. which Is traded
in ut the rate .0.000 ha leg ;m
annuity on paper. w? realize how tilth
rales the ptaduooi has In flxlni llw
prl? a of hi* i?i -du t
Tbero Is a ? III whieh. H BjSSSted if
congress, will fafffg Ural i il
i.sie^ of pupei rottoa, geinMeu in
nruund tl?e tin*, t.* p.i, ih? expenses
of grading every bule gfOWf! in the
H.oith. without one rent of SSBX i. SI
to the giwear at that eoUoti
Hl rend the full text of the bill re?
cently introduced u> congress to the
senate.
Referring tn the agitation lust No?
vember, la propose that the New
York V otton Hxc hange amend their
ruleji to permit cotton contracted
I throvigh the Exchange to be delivered
in the South, he stressed the fact that
the exchange has ubout agreed to ac?
cept Columbia, Augusta and Memphis
1 for this purpose. "This will relieve
. the situation some." he said, "and the
i benefit to the producer will be that
he will save about $5 a bale, which
means $500.U00 annually in this State
alone.
"There is no parallel in history for
I the monopoly the South en.loys in cot?
ton production. Why not use it?" he
questioned, as he made a strong ap?
peal that tho?proposed law be enacted
at this meeting of the general assem?
bly. "Jt is within our powers to in?
fluence commerce and world finance
I to u greater extent than any other
\ people. Why not start in South Caro
I Una There was ft time when she was
j a leader in public thought.
"The new South will not be content
to lag behind. Our cotton crop points
the way, not merely to take for our?
selves and our children the rnoney for
which It sells, but also through the
? commercial credit incident to handling
I the greatest monopoly the world has
j ever seen to make our section the
dominant power In fiance and Civil
I izatlon."
' FIRE DESTROYS MV'CII COTTON.
Flames Consume 4.300 Bales and 25
I Loaded Freight Car*?Urn $350,
I 000.
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 22.?Fire
believed to have been started by
spurks thrown out by a passing loco?
motive late today destroyed the plant
of the Trinity Compress company,
4,500 bales of cotton and about 25
loaded freight cars here. The loss
is estimated at $350,000.
Another fire started by o piece ot
? wood falling from ft stove while the
j occupants of the house wero viewing
! the destruction of the compress,
destroyed 13 small dwellings on east
Ninth street. The buildings and their
contents were valued at approximate?
ly 920,000.
EXPRESS COMPANIES HARD HIT.
National aad American Companion
Forced to Conndidate by Parcels
Post Competition.
Chicago, Jan. 23.?The National
and American express offices are be?
ing consolidated at a number of points
in Illinois. The inroad by parcel
post on the express business made the
consolidation a business necessity.
TRAIN RODDERS IN MICHIGAN.
(io Through Passenger Train and
Take $500 From Passengers.
Marshall, Mich.. Jan. 23.?The
Michigan Central passenger train No.
7. bound for Chicago, was robbed by
four men early this morning between
Jackson and Parma. Two bandits
huddled the train crew into the draw?
ing room with drawn revolvers. The
other two went through the passeng?
ers Nearing Parma the outlaws
pulled the bell cord and when the
train stopped, they disappeared. The
express and mail car were unmolet
ed. The robbers worked like pro?
fessionals, but secured less than $500.
j #Dou you begin to ceugh at night,
I just when yeu hope te sleep? De
I you hsve a tickling throat that keeps
you awake? Just take Foley's Hon?
ey and Tar Compound. It will check
the cough and stop the tickling sen?
sation at once. Does not upset the
stomach, is best for children and
groutn persons. Hlbert's Drug Stere.
?Advt.
Manning New* Notes.
Manning Times.
The Manning CotllllOfl Club gave
Uletff Ittel dance ol tho year Monday
evening, and It w?h quite a success. I
Visitors from Sumter, Summm ton.
Sardinia and other places were hero. '
Music was furnished by Schumach?
er's orchestra of Sumter.
Mr. U. M. Thompson, for many j
vears ft citizen of Ohtnta, but more
recently ot (Jrceleyvllle, was burled'
inert hist Friday. Judge Thompson,!
ax ho |nsj known to his friends, was
fee nearly twenty years magistrate in
< Hanta.
Miss Mary wish has been elected
to tearh the third grade of the Man?
ning graded school, in place of MIsn
Sousung, resigned.
Wonderful Cough Remedy.
Dr. Kings Now Discovery is
known everywhere as the remedy
which will surely stop a cough or gold,
D. P. Lawson of Edison, Term., writes
Dr. King's New Discovery is the most
wonderful cough, cold and throat und
lung medicine I ever sold In my store.
It can't be ln:at. It sellH without uny
trouble at all. it Rsedi no guarantee."
rhin is true, bananas Dr. King's New
Discovery will relieve the most ob?
stinat* of coughs und Quids Lung
troubles quickly helped by Its use
Ton sheuid keep a beHle in the
home at all times for all the ?nein
Oers of the luiuily. &Uc und $1.00. Ali
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? Philadelphia or ft. Louis.
Advt.
JAPANESE MOVE INTERESTING?
AROFNEs MUCH vSl?E<XL VTION IN
WASHINGTON.
Some Think That a Section of Address
Refers to New T>e?ty?Negotiation*
on Between Two Countries.
Washington Jun. 22.?Baron
Makino's statement in the Japanese
parliament yesterday of the status
of the California alien land legislation
today excited the greatest interest in
official circles. Although under a spe?
cial agreement between the two gov?
ernments the Japanese foreign min?
ister refrained from making public
I the details of the exchanges, his
i statement wus informative in many
quarters, particularly in congress.
President "Wilson was aware of the
fact that a statement was to be made.
Where negotiations are still incom
, pleto, the rules of diplomacy require
, the assent of both parties to the pub?
lication of any of the details, so that
one side may not take advantage of
' the other to form public opinion. This
1 rule wus scrupulously observed in the
present instance, and Secretary
; Bryan admitted that he was aware of
? and had consented to Baron Makino's
' statement.
By a coincidence, tite house com?
mittee on immigration today was con
! sidering some data supplied from the
state department regarding Japanese
immigration when attention was
I called to the development in Tokyo,
. and although tho data before the
committee were purely hypothetical
, and belonged to a period prior to the
I Webb act, the committee decided that
j it would be prudent ut this stage to
! ocnslder such subjects behind closed
' doors.
I
In administration circles there was
a feeling of optimism regarding the
relations between the United States
and Japan and the highest ofileials
did not hesitate to express the opinion
that a satisfactory agreement between
the two countries soon would be
| reached.
I When attention was called to the
fact that the negotiations had been
suspended lust August, because of a
radical difference of opinion between
' the two governments as to the mean
! ing of the existent treaty, one of the
I
1 officials who would be directly con
I cerned in the proceedings suggested
that the proper way to meet such a
condition would be to frame u new
treaty which would so precisely de
tine the rights of each party that
there could be no further difference
of construction. It has been under
| stood that in the course of the ex
I changes it was thought this idea of
j an adjustment might be the means of
the new treaty.
It was stated today that Japan
had not made any formal request
for such a convention. Thereforo it
is believed that the matter wo? still
open for the resumption of the no
gotatlons on that basis in the future,
and it was suggested that this prob?
ably was what Baron Makino had in
mind when he referred to "other
ways" of dealing with this question.
The matter before the house com?
mittee today was a discussion of the
treaties and points of international
law bearing on the provision of the
pending Raker immigration bill. A
brief prepared by John Basse tt
Moore, counselor of tho department,
set forth that In several Instances
the measure probably would contra?
vene existing treaties, particularly
in so far as it would violate "the most
favored nation" clauses. The brief
indicated that the state department
holds that any legislation of the na?
ture of the Baker bill should contain
j a clause stating specifically that the
treaties are not abrogated.
NEW ?lOll FOR GOETHALS.
Reported That He Has Accepted Po-1
sltlon as Police Commission of New
York.
New York* Jan. 23.?The Evening j
Journal today prints a report that,
Col. QeorgS Ooethals hua been tend-1
?Ted and bus accepted the Office Of
police commissioner of New York city.
TEXTILE SCHOOLS A t THORIZ El>.I
Columbia. Jan. 83.?The house pass?
ed, alter an extended debate, the bill
providing for the establishment of
Textile and Industrial schools in coun?
ties in which there ar?i ;m many as
J.000 COtton mill operatives. The bill,
appropriates |5,000 fur each of the
schools.
How's Tills?
We offer One Hundred Dollars re?
ward for any case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
r\ J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and
Relieve hin? perfectly honorable in all
business transactions snd financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm,
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMBRCB,
Toledo. O.
flairs Catarrh Cure Is taken inter
?lally, acting dlreetly Upon the blood
ind mucous surfaces of tho system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 7f? cents
>rr bottle. Sold by all druggists.
T ike Rail's Family Pills for consti?
pation.?Advt.
JAPS HUNTING TROUBLE, i
TRYING TO FORCE CRICIS I5K
PORE OPENING OF PANAMA
CANAL.
Official Washington Disturbed by Re?
cent Japanese Utteruikce* a id Re?
gard Thorn as Direct Slap a United
Ufa tag? ?DfilirffjJ to ivo i*ui]M>se of
Japanese to Pick Quarrel With
America.
Washington. Jan. 23.--Omcial
Washington today awaited with con?
siderable interest the next move of the
. diplomatic game between Jar. an and
i the United States. While President
'Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan
: intimate that the announcements re
i cently made are mere statements
showing the trend of Japanese pol?
icy, diplomats in Washington make
no secret of the fact that they con
t aider the Japanese pronouncements
I direct slaps at the United States which
j the Japanese intend to make the ba?
sis of further and more hostile ac?
tion.
Premier Makinose's utterance con
| cerning the California alien law and
1 the Mexican situation, which severely
j censures the United States tor the
lack of definite action, it is believed
; was intended to inflame the Japanese
, people and cause them to demand
j drastic action against the United
? States.
' Tt is bolicvtd to be the policy of
i Japan to bring matters to o head bo
lore the opening of the Panama Can?
al.
ALLEGED F RGER ARRESTED.
I Young Man Gave Check in Name of
Another In Buying Goods of Deal?
er.
Dillon, Jan. 21.?Monday morn?
ing early u young man of respectable
? appearance walked into the Jones
dry goods store here, handed the pro
priteor ax list and asked him if he
could fill it, as he would have to give
! a check for the amount and, there?
fore, preferred buying all the articles
from the same place. Mr. Jones upon
making inqulrity as to the man's
identity, etc., was promptly informed
that he was the son of Mr. A. C
Thompson, of Conway, and the check
would be drawn on the National Bank
of Conway. While the customer was
being waited on two long distance
calls were put in, one for the above
named bank, the other for Mr. Thomp?
son. The bill amounted to about $45,
and a reply coming promply from
the Conway bank that any check from
j Mr. Thompson's son would he honor
< ed, young "Thompson" proceeded to
pack the goods in a small suit case,
except a pair of shoes and a rain
{ coat, which he failed to get in with
! the rest of the articles purchased,
j These, he stated, he would call for
I later. He then strapped the suit case
to the rear of a bicycle, which he
mounted, and took the side cf the
railroad towards Hamer.
Shortly after he had gone a mee
j sage came from Mr. Thompson in
' forming Mr. Jones that he had two
{ sons, the one was with him and the
other off at school. Sheriff Lane, be?
ing immediately notified of the affair,
boarded Atlantic Coast Line train No.
80, which was just then comir.g In,
and got off at Hamer, feeling conil
! dent that he would get there ahead
'of his man, which he did. Soon the
j young man on the bicyclo wit i the
j suit case, Just as he had left Eillon,
! rode up. Mr. Lane took charge of
him and brought him back w th a
team he had sent on to Home * be?
fore leaving Dillon, lodging him 11 Jail
whero he awaits trial on a serious
charge. The prisoner's father, a Mr.
Connor, was notified and he ar'ived
yesterday.
PHOSPHATE MINING REPORT.
Commission Says It Would Not lie
Prolitablo to State. j
Columbia, Jan. 21.?Tho commis?
sion appointed at the lsst BOSSlO i Ol'
the general assembly to Investigate" the
advisability of the State's owning and
operating the limestone properties in
South Carolina, today recommended to
the legislature that "it would not bo1
profitable for the State to undertake
to operate at this time the phosphate
properties belonging to it.'* With re?
gard to tho limestone deposits tho re?
port makes the suggestion that the
State might operate certain plints
with unpaid labor.
COTTON GINN Kits' REPORT
Washington? Jan. 2:j.?The census
bureau report today showed 13,589,171
bales ginned of cotton grown in 1913
to January IOth against 13,088,940
previous year. Bea island T'J.lS
against 70.708.
Proper Expression of Appreciation.
A compliment should be as qulcKiy
gives for good goods and good ser?
vice us a kick for detective goods
and poor service. Most people realize
this. That i* why ao many have
written to the manufacturers of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy leiimg
oolds it has effected, and expressing
their appreciation of the uood Quali?
ties of this well known remedy. Uor
of remarkable eures of coughs and
kale ay all dealers.?Advt.
PIX?ALL GIVEN RUSSIAN POfrT.
Nominated bv President to Be Am
bnssador to That Country Some
Time Ago.
Waphington, Jan. 22.?The nomina^
tion of H. M. Pindell, an editor of
Peoria, 111., to be ambassador to Run
ela, was ordered favorably reported
I today by the senate committee on
j foreign affairs.
Mr. Ptndell's nomination has been
I delayed because of certain alleged cor?
respondence with Senator Lewis, say?
ing Pindell had been selected to rep
; resent the United States in Russia
? for a limited period, probably not
I more than a year, Investigation also
was made into alleged correspond?
ence between Mr. Pindell and Repre?
sentative Stone over control of fed?
eral patronage.
"The committee," said Chairman
Bacon, "decided that nothing had
been found concerning Mr. Pindell
j which would warrant its refusing to
I recommend his continuation for the
j Russian ambassadorship."
CAN TAKE IDS PICK.
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' G. O. EtheHdgc of Salu la Wins W?t
\ Point aud Annapolis.
Washington, Jon. 32.?"?According
to information made public here to
j day there will soon be three new
' South Carolinans at West Point and
Annapolis as the result of examina
1 tior.s for vacancies at those places held
j in Columbia December 30. it is un
' derstood that the three highest men
) were George O. Ltheridgo of Saluda,
! A. B. Ximitz of Charleston and J. A.
Stancell of Klko. It is not yet set
' tied just how these places will bo util?
ized, as it appears that F.theredge can
go either to Went Point or Annapolis,
I the.: Nimitz will have to take Annapo
j lie. and that Btancell's choice may de
i pend upon the dceire of Ltheridge.
I This uncertainty 1? due to the fact
I that part of this examination was for
; the State at large and part of the Soc
j nd district only.
I J. W. Folk of Bamberg is an al
[ ternate in the Second district.
T. M. C. A.
Carolina Employed Officers.
As a matter of general interest to
j those concerned in the Y. M. C. A., a
list of officers employed in the Caro?
lina Associations is given below:
Asheville, N. C.?E. B. Brown.. Gen?
eral Secretary; C. P. Rigler, Assistant
Secretary; R. W. Hammerslough, As?
sistant Secretary; H. M. Dill, Physicial
Director.
Charleston, S. C.?R. H. King, Gen?
eral Secretary; C. O. Getty, Assistant
Secretary; Lewis D. Amee. Student
j Secretary; H. W. Long, Physical Di?
rector; W. It. Lunk, Boys' Work Di?
rector; George Wuchter, Assistant
; Physical Director; S. J. Parker, Mem?
bership Secretary.
Columbia, 8. C.?A. T. Stratton,
General Secretary; F. F. Whilden, As?
sistant Secretary: H. C. Ross, Physi?
cal Director; J. W. H. Duncan, Assist?
ant Physical Director; Joseph Coffin,
Boy's Work Department.
Charlotte, N. C.?D. L. Probert
General Secty; A. L. Faal, Physical
Director; E. R. Rufty, Office Secre
j tary; A. T. Alexander, Assistant Sec?
retary; A. C. Sheldon. Boy's Work
Department.
Greensboro, H. C.?U H. Martin.
General Secretary; C. B. Bailey, Boys'
Work Department; R. P. Williams.
Physical Director.
Durham, N. C.?D. H. Wlllcox, Gen?
eral Secretary; B. D. Ashlin, Physi?
cal Director.
Qreenvllle, ?. C.?L. C. Hardle, Gen?
eral Secretary; L. W. Carter, Office
Secretary; C. K. Kilbourne, Physi?
cal Director.
Raleigh, N. C*?49. M. Hall. Gen?
eral Secretary; E. EL Markison, Of?
fice Secretory; H. B. Harlee, Assist?
ant Secrelar\ ; B. A. Thoes, Physical
Dire tor.
Snertonburg, S. C?W. V. Martin,
General Secretary; Lee. Parker, As
Blatant Secretary: Richard Greeham,
Boys' Work Director; L. D. Dunning. |
Physical Director. j
Spray. N*. C?C. VL Burt. Generali
Secretary: C. H. Robinson, Assistant
Secretary; George Crowle, Physical
Director.
Bumter, B C?H L. Birr hard. Gen?
eral Secretary: Craig Hurst. Assist?
ant Secretary; B. C. Lord, Physical
Direct or.
Wilmington, n C. ?I. B. Hunting"
ton. General Secretary; s. D. Moore,
Assist mt Secretary; J. P. Seitters.
Physical Director; Edward Robert.
Hoys' Work Director.
Florence, B. C- 3. F. Dudley, Gen?
eral Secretary; Hugh El. Thomas, As?
sistant Secretary. F. W. Rutledge, As?
sistant Secretary.
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For frost bitten ears, ftogers and
tees; chapped hands and lips, chil?
blains, cold sore, red and rough skins,
there in nothing to equal Bucklen'S
Arnica Salve, stops the pain at ence
and heals quickly. In every hems
there should be a hex handy all the
time. Best remedy fer all skin dis?
eases, Itching eczema, tetter, piles, etc.
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Bucklen /Cr Co., Philadelphia or St.
Louis.?AdvL
10 CHANGE SMITH LEVER BILL
CTMMIXS CHARGES DISCRIMI?
NATION FOR SOFTH.
Would Switch lM*&n for Distribution
of $3,000,000 Fund for Agriculrorst
Work.
Washington, Jan. 22.?Because, he
alleges, the Smith-Lever agricultural
extension hill discriminates against
the. great agricultural producing
States of the North and Middle West
In favor of the South, Senator Cum?
mins of Iowa announced today that
he intends to introduce amendments
. when the measure is taken up in the
I senate which will change the distri?
bution of the $3.000,000 fund which
; will go to the States as federal aid to
agricultural extension work.
Senator Cummins has prepared sta?
tistics in which he asserts that under
j the bill as drawn up 13 Southern
I States, which produce about $3,000.
j 600,000 worth of agricultural prod?
ucts, will get nearly 40 per cent o7
the fund, while the 12 leading agri
! cultural States of the North, includ
i Ing Iowa,. Illinois. Indiana, Kansas,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ne?
braska. New fork, Ohio, North Da?
kota and Wisconsin, producing over
$?,000,000,900 at r.ually, get only S4i
per cent of the, lund.
Senator Cummins will insist that
tho fund be distributed on the basis
; of persons engaged in agriculture,
or on the basis of agricultural pro?
duction.
TO BE GULLS COLLEGE.
, Institution at Orangoburg Will he
Converted From Coeducational to
Woman's College.
Orangeburg, Jan. 21.?At a meet
j iny of the board of trustees of Oxange
burg college, helc. on Tuesday, It was
decided that Orangeburg college, be?
ginning with next session, be a col
i lege for girls only. This decision on
I the part of the trustees has been re
! ceived in Orangeburg with much
i gratification. Although Orangeburg
! college has forged ahead and done
? wonderful work as a coeducation ln
i stitute, still it has been thought here
- that the greatest opportunity for this
? school would be a college for girls
J only. This section of the State needs
i a girls' college and the future of
Orangeburg college as an Institute
for girls is exceedingly bright and
hopeful.
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i CONVICTS HAD OUTSIDE AID.
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I
i Evidence in the Oklahoma Prison In*
qulrr.
j McAllster, Okla., Jan. 20.?That the
i three convicts, whose dash for liberty
J from the State penitentiary here yes
| terday cost the lives of themselves,
three prison officials and Former
United States Judge John R. Thomas,
I had outside aid at least In planning
j the outbreak, was indicated by evi?
dence heard today by members of
1 the board of prison control.
J Tho revolver used by Davis Koonts,
j leader of the mutinous prisoners, was
j identified as one recently sold by a
local hardware dealer. The salesman
recalled selling the weapon but the
Identity of tho man who made the
! purchase has not been definitely estab?
lished. It was also learned that a
I horso and wagon without a driver
i was standing at the prison gates when
! the men made their break.
Members of the board intimated to
1 night that inquiry so far failed to
; connect any of the numerous "trus
! ties" about tho instltuion either with
'the planning or execution of th*j at?
tempted escape.
I Practically normal conditions pre?
vailed at the penitentiary today. At
j the prison hospital it was stated that
Miss Mary Foster, tho telephone op?
erator: John Martin, a turnkey, and
C. L. Wood, guard, who were wouni
c<j during the light between the con?
victs and guards, would probably re?
cover.
LOSE COTTON BY FIRE.
ChorOW, Jan. 21.? Pegues Bros., ex?
tensive planters in Marlboro county,
a few miles from Choraw, suffered a
serious loss by fire last night. Their
large cotton gin and machinery and
warehouse, with 325 hales of cotton
and all the seed ginned from it. were
totally destroyed* There had been
no tin* near that day. and the fire
started in the seed, it is supposed,
by spontaneous combustion. The loss
is between $25,000 and $30,000, with
practically no insurance.
The dwelling of a colored mer?
chant in Cheraw was also completely
destroyed by fire last night. The ne?
gro had $2.000 insurance. This is
thought to have been set on fire, as
Kerosine was found on some of the
outbuildings.
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