Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?Mg im TO BEMODEL MJILDDfO WILL BE OVERHAVL ED AND COMMODIOUS bank? ING iNwriir noN ar RANGED. Wee* to Regln First of July, When Baak Moves Into Quarters In City Wall Name to Re Changed to Tlie Bnnk of South Carol In* and Capi? tal Stork to Be Increased to $200, The Farmers' Bank and Trust Com? pany will on July first change its name t he Bank of South Caroline. At the same time it will increase its capital stock to $200,000. which with a surplus of $170,000 makes this one of the largset banks In eastern South Carolina. The bank will on the same date begin remodelling and overhauling its present quarters and converting It Into one of the most commodious and convenient banking houses in this section of the State. The bank will move Into quarters In the city hall formerly occupied by the First Nat tonal Bank, while these changes are being made In their building. It Is hoped to have all of the work done by the first of November when the Bank of South Carolina will move hack lato its renovated quartern which will then be In readiness to fill the needs of the bank for the next tern years. While the new quarters will not be an handsome as some other busi nens houses, the effort of the bank is to nave a building which will In all eeepeeta bo convenient, commodious ead on sensible lines. The front will be of white marble, with an arched entrance end columns on each side Large windows will be on both sides of the entrance and smaller windows will be near the top affording more light and a means for ventilation. The lobby of the building will be very much enlarged and the celling of the front portion of the office wilt be twenty-seven feet high. Provision will be made In the office tor twice as aaaay clerks aa are now employed and the president's and cashier's offices win be In front of the main offices, according to the latest models In banking houses. ')r While the front will be a single story there will be a messanlne floor In the rear which will be reached by a stairway from the present di? rectors' room. The building will be heat to* by a hot water system and all dthsr modem conveniences will be Installed \ The policy of the bank will be, as II has been In the past, to prepare for the Increasing growth of tht city and its accompanying Incresse of business. In doing this the bank has deemed , the remodelling of their building nec eeeary so aa to arrange for the sc eomrrtodation ot business of the next twenty years. MATE DECISION SOON. eunueeed Heat Railroads Will Not Ob? tain Five Per Cent Increase In Washington. June 3.?The Inter? state Commission will hand down a decision rn the five per cent increase la railroad rates case shortly after Juno lath. The commissioners are now conferring- on the evidence for and against ths Increase taken dur? ing the hearings which have lasted six months. it Is believed the commission will decline to allow the Increase as asked, but will allow Increases where the rates are not now remunerative and will order no decreases. SOLDIER OF FORTUNE DEAD. Sordid End to life of Romance ami Adventure. Atlanta. Juns a.-- W. O. Chllders, ooco a civil engineer expert and sol? dier of fortune in C ntral America, but lately a street p? ler here was found dead this morning on the pavement In front of a rooming house on Wal? ton street. It Is belle\od he fell from the third story window. FIRE IN ANDERSON. floes birrs Start Fire Tttst Destroyed School House. Anderson, June 3.?The new nienn street school houso was burned this morning. The loss Is estimated to be $10.000 The fire is believed to have originated from a party of young men gambling In the building. FILE THE!It PLEDGES. Candidates Qualify for Campaign of This Summer. Columbia, June 3 ?Following can? didates filed their pledges am* paid their assessments yesterday. R. 8. Whaley, congress, First dis? trict; C. L. ?lease, for United Stute? senate; W. C. Irby, tor governor; J H. Wharton. for railroad commission? er; F. W. Sheaty. for railroad com? missioner. ANTI-TRUST BILL READY HOUSE COMPLETES WORK ON CLAYTON BILL IN COM IT TEE OF THE WHOLE. Hayburn BUI Placing Railway Se? curities Under Jurisdiction of Com? merce Commission Taken up oil Conclusion of Other Measure. Washington, June 2.?The Clay? ton anti-trust bill, second measure on the congressional anti-trust Pro? gramme, was completed in committee of the wl .de by the house today and laid aside awaiting a Anal vote. The Bayburn bill, placing the Issue of railroad securities under control of the interstate commerce commission, was taken up immediately for gen? eral debate. Ten hours of general debate Is al? lowed on the Hayburn bill under a special rule and house leaders will try to complete the final measure by the end of the week. When detailed consideration of the Rayburn bill is complete the three trust measures will be taken from the committee of the whole into the house for final votes. As Anally agreed on the Clayton bill contains provisions aimed against price discriminations; prohibiting ar? bitrary refusal of natural general pro? ducta; forbidding sale or lease of goods conditioned on the agreement of purchaser or lessee not to deal in competing products; making de? crees In suits brought by the United States under the anti-trust laws con? clusive evidence in private suits against the same defendants; prohib? iting corporations from controlling competing concerns by stock owner? ship and forbidding Interlocking di? rectorates in concerns under federal jurisdiction. Labor sections of the bill provide that nothing in the anti-trust laws shall be construed to forbid the ex? istence and operation of farmers and labor unions and that such organiza? tions and their members shall not be conatrued or held to be combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade. The measure also limits the use of the injunction in labpr disputes; legalized strikes, primary boycotts, peaceful picketing and the peaceful assemblage of strikers, and provides for trial by Jury In case of contempt of court committed outside of the presence of the court or not near enough to interfere with the adminis? tration of justice. The penalty section would impose a fine of $5,000 on corporations con? victed of violating the law and a similar fine or Imprisonment for one year aa a penalty for directors, offi? cers, agents or employes who aid or direct, or do acts in violation of the law by the corporation. POUND BESIDE TRACK. John Bar no doe Discovered by Pass? erby. Charleston, June 2.?News was re? ceived here today of the finding this morning near Dorchester of the body (of John Barnedoe of Rldgeville by the side of the railroad track. A coroner's Inquest was held, the jury adjourning until more evidence could be secured. A colored man going to work dis? covered the body lying near the rail? road track. He at once sounded the alarm. The young man's skull was found crushed at the back and there were bruises about the face. The coat was badly torn. When found the body was cold, showing that death had oc? curred several hours previous. There is no evidence of robbery, and It is believed that the young man must have fallen from a train. Mr. Barnedoe was the eldest son of ex-Sheriff S. C. Barnedoe of Dorches? ter county. The body was sent to his former home. Mr. Barnedoe was last seen at Dorchester yesterday. He was about 25 years of age and unmar I rled. EMPRESS DEATH LIST 1,024. Official Figures Halses Total of Trag? edy by 55. Quebec, June 2.?The confusion as to the number of persons who per? ished in the Kmpress of Ireland dis? aster last week has been one of the distressing features of the tragedy and tonight the uncertainty was further emphasized when figures declared by the Canadian Pacillc Hallway Steam? ship company to bo official, raised the death list to 1,024 from Ml on Sunday night?55 more. Bradley Will Probated. Louisville. June 2.?The will of the late Senator Bradley was probated today and showed that he left an es? tate of only $20,000. PrUc Fighter Drowned. Memphis. June 2.?Bobble Hob!? deau, a light weight prize fighter, was drowned this morning in a swimming pool. DYNAMITE BENEATH OFFIGE. noM.ii placed under Hous? ton's work ROOM. Rcllevod to Have Ilcon Placed There by Man Who Seeks Undue Credit. Washington, June 2.?Several hun? dred clerks and officials fled in fright from heir offices in the department of agriculture today when Daniel V. Jauscr, a watchman, ran through the i corridors shouting that the building' was aoout to be destroyed by dyna? mite. Led by Jausch, several of the cooler headed department officials ran to the basement, where they found four sticks of dynamite on which the fuses had been burned out. Apparent? ly an explosion had been averted be? cause the fuses had been jammed so tightly into the detonation cops that the fire was extinguished. Then came a hurried sequel. ' Jausch, who had suffered severe in? juries to his head while serving as a soldier in the Philippines several years ago, was taken to a police sta? tion and subjected to rigid question? ing. Later the police announced he had admitted that he himself placed the explosives. Department officials said they believe the watch? man intended* to "discover" the dyna? mite before it could do harm, hoping to win promotion for heroism. The dynamite had been placed di? rectly beneath the office of Secretary Houston. The secretary was out of town, but immediately across the corridor from his office Assistant Sec? retary Galloway and several other of? ficials were working. Jauach has been employed for five years in the department. Frequently he has been under treatment of physicians and has been compelled to take several leaves of absence. The police 'toaid Jausch told them that he purchased the dynamite in Springfield, Ohio, his home town. A FAKE BLACK HAN DER. Government Watchman Plants Dyna? mite In Agricultural Department and "Discovers" It Himself. Washington, June 3.?A commission was appointed today to test the sanity of Daniel Jauch, the government watchman who planted sticks of dy? namite beneath the office of Secre? tary of Agriculture Houston to win promotion as a reward for discovering it. If insane he will be sent to an asylum, but if sane he will he tried on the charge of attempting to destroy public property. MUSIC FESTIVAL TO CONTINUE. Spartanburg Folk Organize Per? manent Association, With V. M. Montgomery as President. Spartanburg, June 2.?The South Atlantic States Music Festival associa? tion was permanently organized this afternoon with V. M. Montgomery as president; A. M. Ohreitzberg, vice president, and John W. Simpson, sec? retary and treasurer. The 29 directors of the association will be divided into committees to handle the various fea? tures of the enterprise. A whirlwind campaign, starting Tuesday and continuing a week, will be started to get the citizens of Spar? tanburg to pledge themselves to the purchase of enough season tickets to guarantee $10,000, which the next festival will cost. Definite plans for the signing of ar? tists and an orchestra will not he formed until it is seen what the peo? ple of this city intend to do in sup? port of the annual music festival. It makes no difference what will be done, the music festival will he con? tinued each year. carolinian wins prizes. Two of the Three Winners arc Pi-others. Columbia, June 8.?The editor of The Carolinian, the monthly maga? zine published by the literary socie? ties of the University of South Caro? lina, have announced that the honors for the best poem, abort story and essay appearing in the magazine dur? ing this session have been decided as follows: Poem, "Dawn," by J. Meli. Dabbs, "16; short story, "For the Sake of the Priesthood," by Haddon John? son, '15; essay, "The Philosophy of Poetry,' by L C. Johnson, '17. The winners of the essay and story con? tests are brothers from Alken. The winner of the poem honor is from Mayesville. These honors are coveted honors at Carolina. Panama Resolution Passes. Washington, Juno 3,?-A favorable report on the Sutherland tolls ar? bitration resolution has been ordered by the aenate foreign relations com? mittee today by a vote of X to 7. This resolution authorizes the presi? dent to enter into negotiations with Bngland for the purpose of having a high impartial tribunal pass upon the right of the United States to exempl American ships from tolls through the Panama canal, WINTHROP ENDS YEAR. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAA8 MARK CLOSE OF SESSION. Judge Woods Delivers Address to Graduating Class?Daisy Chain Ceremonies?A1 uninae Meet. Rock Hill, June 2.?The crowning| feature of the Winthrop commence? ment?the presentation of the di? plomas and certificates to the gradu? ates?came tonight, the vast audi? torium being crowded to its capacity with relatives, friends and acquaint? ances of the g:rls who have complet? ed the prescribed courses and now go forth to impart to others the "les? sons they have learned." The fea? ture of the evening was the address by C. A. Woods of the United States circuit court to the graduates. Jus? tice Woods made a forceful talk that I was greatly enjoyed not only by the graduates but by the entire audience. I The programme for the evening : follows: Invocation: "Summer Evening" I (Berger), Glee club; address to the {graduating class, Judge C. A. Woods; j "Bendemeer's Stream" (Shaw), la j dies' quintette; presentation of di ; plomas and certificates; class song; I benediction. "The Citizenship of Womanhood" was the subject of the address by Justice Woods tonight. The speaker stressed the necessity of women tak? ing an interest in things which make for community upbuilding. He advo , cated suffrage for women, saying we j should strive to make politics purer. I The need of libaries throughout the j State was pointed out in no uncer? tain tones, the speaker declaring that] 'graduates after enlightening their [minds could not secure suitable ma j terial to nourish them after leaving : college. "We must have enlightened ! minds before we can conceive proper ! ly the love of God and the brother? hood of man," he said. He urged that all seek to render their best service to the uplift of humanity, declaring that "all we can hold in our cold dead hands is what we have given away." The scholarships were announced and President Johnson presented the diplomas and certificates. He said he felt sure the members of the class would by their daily tasks prove that the confidence and honor imposed on them was not in the least misplaced. "We send you back to the world and ! your duties," he said. . Among the graduates were Misses Anna E. Bradley, Bishopville; Olive Dixon, Bishop ville; Sara James, Bishopville; Helena Weinberg, Wedge i field. ? The annual meeting of the Win j throp Alumnae association was held .in Society hall this morning, beginning .'at 9.30 oclock, with Miss Hortense {Rogers of Bennettsville presiding. Business matters were given atten? tion and the class of 1914 was receiv? ed into full fellowship, i Officers of the association for next I year were elected as follows: President, Miss Elizabeth Poag. j Rock Hill; first vice president, Mrs. i H. S. Browne, Kock Hill; second vice j president, Miss Alary Williams, York ville; third vice president, Miss Ella Wilkes, president of class of 1911; sec j retary, Miss Margaret Dukes, Orange burg; treasurer, Mrs. Edward Fewell, Hock Hill; alumnae editor, Miss Eileen Young, Mountvllle. At 6 oclock this afternoon the an? nual daisy chain procession of the senior and junior classes was the j chief attraction. The event was largely attended and was a very interesting I spectacle. The programme for the 'occasion was as follows: Entrance imarch; alma mater song; inarching figure, seniors and juniors; junior song; senior song; presentation of cups; parting song; "taps." ACROBAT IS INJURED. Carnival Performer Meets With Hurt at Fort Mill. Fort Mill, June 2.?ICdward Dur? ham, who has been performing a high dive act with a carnival company here last week, was badly injured in j his last performance which occurred I at 10 o'clock Saturday night. It ap | pears that he miscalculated his (light t into his net and did not land as he ! usually does. His physician stated ithat he had probably suffered a con j cussion of the spinal cord and that he was apparently paralyzed from his chest to his feet. After remaining ' here during Suhday he was carried to a Charlotte hospital last night. His home is in Qaffney and his parents , have been notified of his accident. STATE ASSESSORS TO MEET. Will Hear Complaints at Meeting on .Inno 12th. Columbia, June 2.? The State board of assessors will meet in Comptroller General Jones' office on Friday, June 12, at 10 o'clock, to hear any com? plaints in the matter of assessments in the railroads, telephone, express and Pullman companies which have been made by the State board. The valuations remain practically at what they were last year. M'LAIJRIN IS DISGRUNTLED. THINKS I IK SEES COMING TO? GETHER OF TILLMAN AND HLEASE. Candidate for Governor Says John G. Richards Ci?tcd Tillnian and ties Chief Executive. To the Editor of .The State: The report is current that I have retired from the gubernatorial race; ? this is not ?rue. It probably arose from the fact that the public sees that (in part) I have accomplished what I set out to do, restore harmony among our people. With peace ami unity between Oov. Bleasc and Sen-1 ator Tillman, I feel that I deserve the "Well done thou good and faithful1 servant." Last fall Senator Tillman called' l upon me to "do penance." I was to sacrifice myself by entering the sen? atorial race to compass the defeat of i Blease. For this "atonement" my sins were to be forgiven me and the "enter thou into the joys of thy Lord" j spoken later. i The role of "dog in the manger" has never appealed to me as either dignified or sensible. The idea of sac? rifice, however, commends itself spir? itually, and it is a grand thing to be in the company of the most illustrious of all the ages. It has been apparent since 1912 that a determined attempt would be made to abridge suffrage in the pri? mary. I looked upon this as pecu? liarly dangerous at this lime, besides being opposed to the spirit of the age, which favors extension, not rej;trlc/ tion, of suffrage. I believed that the only way to pre? vent it was to openly and bodly sup? port Gov. Blease; to magnify his power and to add to his strength, .so I that with all the election machinery in his hands," no convention would j dare place the poor and ignorant white man in the primaries on the same basis as the negro in the gen? eral election. The late convention went as far as it could without disrupting the party. I have no apologies to make. I did what I thought was right. In 1912 and since there has been a systematic effort to defeat Gov. Blease by destroying him as a man, not a politician. Every man supporting him was written down either as a knave or an ignoramus. There was a cry about money being paid for pardons. Burns raked the Stato with his detectives armed with a devilish dictagraph. They dangled a $15,000 fee in front of a drunk law? yers eyes, and God knows they are greedy enough sober. What did they get? Not a word of proof to confirm falso and slanderous charges. Such a sentiment was worked up through the press and stories circu? lated by word of mouth that thous? ands of people today really look upon Gov. Bleasc as the lowest, meanest man who ever trod South Carolina soil. What is the result? A versatile and shrewd politician has taken advan? tage of these conditions to transform himself into a people's idol and work ingman's champion. To the toilers In the workshop and the factory it is becanse that he is their friend, he In persecuted. You hit him, you hit them. To thousands he is their only stake in government. I know this is all rot, but they be? lieve it, and that makes it true. The masses never sec the man at all, they only sec the ideal reflected from the longings of their own souls. The imaginations of men in all ages have manufactured from common clay halos of glory with which to crown their saints and heroes. In this world it is not what a man is but what people think he is. It is only God who sifts the wheat from the chaff. The other side have the legislature, the courts, bar, press and pulpit They have education, wealth and power. They can afford to be generous. I have never believed that peace could come to South Carolina except by giving those people the only thing they want?the one thing. 1 am glad that Senator Tillman has reached the same conclusion, that peace can only come through the election not the de? feat of Oov. Blease. He ought to know by this time how little it mat? ters who is In the senate compared to who bills the governor's office. ibv also knows how the United States senate can "tame, so to speak," the wild and wooly. I am glad that his candidate, Jno. G. Richards, has declared (on the quiet) for Oov. Blease. To tiring these two tribunes of the people to? gether Is a worthy sacrifice which I joyfully make. L was a precious privilege to hold the Hag staff steady, until these true leaders could unite upon one worthy to bear aloft the shining folds of that spotless banner of freedom. I gladly place this precious emblem of peace and fraternity In the bands of Mr. Richarde. Supported by one good office and eagerly reaching for another one, he TO ENCAMP IF STATE. MILITIA CAN XOT 1 *ART1.CIPATE IN A Vi a STA If OBI b IZ A TIO N. War Department Wires Adjutant General to Select Site Within South Carolina. Columbia, June 4.- "ompanies of the National Guard < .South Caro? lina will not participate in the in? struction camp of the Ninth division at Augusta, according to a telegram received yestciday by Adjt. Gen. Moore from Adjt. Gen. Simpson, U. S. A., Governor's Island. N. Y. The companies will attend a State en? campment, under the terms of the order issued. The carnp will prob? ably be held at Camp Wilie Jones, near Styx, in Lexington county. A movement was launcj ed in Charles? ton to secure the camp for the Isle of Palms. The companies of the Na? tional Guard from Georgia, North Carolina and Florida will encamp at Augusta. According to the order, a company I of United States troops will encamp with the South Carolina companies. I It is presumed that the order of the war department was issued fol? lowing the statement by the governor ! that he would at a lataf date decide about the trip to Augusta. The com 1 manding officers of "\e three regi? ments have been called to meet in ? Columbia Saturday, when the situa j tion will be discussed, j Adjt. Gen. Moore yesterday re? ceived the following telegram: j "Troops of your State can not par? ticipate joint encampment, Augusta, JGa. Discontinue efforts this direction, j Select site for camp within your i State. Notify this office soon as possl i hie of location and most convenient \ period for camp and State troops that will participate. Regular troops will encamp ten days, commencing July 1, successively, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida." The telegram was referred by i Adjt. Gen. Moore to the gov | ernor for action. No announcement has been made by the governor as to I where the camp will be held in South i j Carolina. Several days ago the gov ' ernor raised an objection to the South Carolina troops attending the camp at Augusta. IW. W. DUKE DIES IN ACCIDENT. Son of Tobacco Magnate Meets Death When Automobile Turns Over on Him in Stream. Salt Lake Cit, June 3.?Woodward ! W. Duke, son of J B. Duke, presi? dent of the American Tobacco com? pany, was drowned under his over? turned automobile in a mountain creek near Park City, Utah, late to? day. The four other members of the party were not injured. The accident took place about 40 miles east of Salt f^ake City and just I over the summit of the Wa3atch i mountains. The machine skidded and Ifell over a six-foot embankment into I the water. Duke was driving and was j caught beneath the car. HOBSON CHAMPION JINGO. Alabama Hero Feels His Country's Disgrace Keenly. Newport News, Va., June 3.?That within three weeks ifter the seizure of Vera Cruz by tl e American force two shiploads of arma for Huerta j were landed in Mexico under convoy I of foreign warships and that the United States government was "afraid ; to protest and afraid to allow the ' press of the country to say anything Iabout It" was the declaration of Con? gressman Richmond P. Hobson, in an address delivered heie tonight. Mr. Hobson declared that a Ger? man steamer, under the protection of a German warship, had landed a car? go of arms on the Atlantic seaboard and that a Japanese steamer had landed a cargo on the Pacific side, under convoy of Japanese warship. Four buffalo calves have Just been born on the Wichita national forest, bringing the herd up to 51. will defend it as long as there is any? thing In sight, with all the zeal of a new convert, whose congenial de? fects are more than balanced by his acquired virtues. "The world do love." Old dog Tray, with a bone In his mouth, grab? bed at his reflection In the water and b.st the substance for the shadow. What an advance In canine develop? ment, to put the bone on the log, set one pan on it. and go on an ex? ploratory expedition with the other paw. Wise dog Tray, your shining ex? ample in modern progressive methods calls to my mind Hull noble epic from some long forgotten bard beginning thus: 1 bid you note the fish worm ? observe his easy graceful squirm, Nor overlook his skin of pink, The squirming keeps it thus, 1 think. Jno. r,. atcLaurin. liennettsville, June 2.