Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Dim*od at the PosionV? at .Munter. S OL, mm Second Clase Matter. ip?. i ? PERSONAL NEWS. Mm. It. M. Jenkins, of St. Charles, was in the elty Tuesday. Mr. W. T. Dowlund. of Columbia. wm in the city on business Wednes? day. Mr. J. V. Wilson, of Columbia, spent Wednesday in town. Mr. E ;K. Aycock, of Wedgetleld. was in the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. K Jenkins, of St. Charles, spent Wednesday in the city. M ?v -. Louise Carson and Nell Kin si d. of St. ( hartes, spent several hours in tpe city on Wednesday afternoon ?hopping. Mm. M. I?. l>e Urine and daughter. Miss Duelle, are spending some time In C. lumbla with Mrs. J. J. Watson. Mr*. I U'l.ortne's sister. They will go from there to St. Augustine, Fla., to spend the Vinter. Mm. T. F.. White ant Mm. II. P. Heott spent Wednesday In Columbia. Mr. and Mm. L. P. Young, of Isl? ington. Kv.. reached Suinter las; Sat? urday night, called here by the iejK pernio lllne-ui of their son. Marion K. Toung. Mrs. Harry M. McCurty. who-., home In In Nit holasvllle, Ky., Is in Painter to l>e with hvr brother, Mr. Marion K. Young. Mr. J. K. Du Pre of lisgnh was In the i Uy on Thursday. S? nator Appelt of ( larcndon. was a visitor to the city today. Misse? M ittle and Meta Roykln. of Dahcell. soent Thursday In town. MM . I tops P.lt*?l't.HT HACK II I DF. Willie Davis From Savannah ami lte\. tico, .laml-on From Columbia. from The Dally Item. Nov. 5. Hural Policeman Sam Newman re urned last night from a trip to -avunnaii, where he was sent by the .herlfT for Willie I>av|s. alias ftuddy ?a\ Is, who Is wanted In the county ?n the charge of murder. Davis kill? ed another ne?ro named Dargan sev? eral years a^o. making his escape af er tho killing. Decently he was lo ated and arrested in Savannah. On he drat trip to Savanna authorities gave the officer the \ ? nan. but officer Newman secui ! I ?ir.ht man on this trip. On his way back to Humter N? to-.pod at Columbia and seeuied mother ne^no. Dev. (J<??. Jamison. vh.? In wanted hen* for non-supp< rt f his wife and family Constable II. P. Itoykln brought ?leo. Drown, colored, hack from Had ( lings, N. C. last night on a warrant -haning htm whit forgery and ob alnlng money *>., false pretenses. Mid-Meek Lectures. *A King with a reed in his hand." For some lime past the Dev. J. W. Cuv. pastor of Salem Kuptlst Church has at their mid-week nervlces iTues dny cwmng) lern led irlng on "The day of the Cross," the most eventful day the world has e\<r Been. The characters and exenta that were brought Into prominence in the twen? ty-four hours of the erucblxion of Christ has been the subje cts of In s? lecturer, which hve bet n exceeding* b ire truelr. ? -. in ; i | nil e and iMpll - log. ?Mit none seem-, to have been so full .f mthos and practi al Christi.,n ity as one d? li\ered 'asl evening Ofl the sul?Jeet. "A king with a reed In his hand. * Hymhnllxin - His Charac? ter." 'ills Power." and His ways." The. s? lie.-" ot lectures will Continue for a month or two Ion..er. I|t ..Oer If you only realized their Pn piir y.n could not afford to miss 'htm. Kvrrv Tin*.lay night at I O eh ek Will >OU i one * lave stuck dealers in the west are pi. lu ting a treat s. arcd (?f horses and mules Waring the in xt two or three \. us ii the result of iaregljf In? < re..si d ib i..ami from Ihtropc brought uhout p. tie eraf nmther g Carmen can make inclusives independent of the west l?> taking steps now to raise US many mob If and h-n ? . a< DO sildc. Kxrrv farmer ? Im ha . i mare ol gOOtl eine should man a eoll neat year Then win nndoubledly he ? snrplus of grain and forme produced next ii n, i ihe mem profitable method ef marketing U is to feed K |0 live stork. The Klioxville SenHiu I thinks thai al ib. oreoeat arlllni the psroaneeta al t he b 11- ? i ealle kl ? 'hrhii mas dln? gal in Farm und that ol the Czar's dining to r.criin ire ahoal eejaai The njaarvlaejf hau recently hegnti Work o|, the M.ani.ii g A . nuc and tin lllahopvllle road* lust i.o? hie of Ihr elty limits. lb* Ii phnv.u I tin in u|i p? nsgn ''iir ''t and imtllag down new t lav oil the Hinf.iee n h;,\, i n?d new roail as Mean h . t i him laead alter a ralu. THANKS IUOM BEO i UOSS. Preddcnl kautmun Writes lO Young People mi Sum<c>i- in Appreciation of Tkeir um, The following letter to Ihc "Young People of Humter'1 has boon received from President A, C, Kaufman of the Ii?.I i'i.*s Association In South Caro? lina: i . srloston, s. e\, Xov, 4? i:?1 I, Received this day of The Young Fsepts <?f su inter, s. c, .< 12.00 a con? tribution for tho relief of the sufferers in the disaster that has recently In - fallen the people in unhapp.\ Hu ruj.e. We h?u to return you, in the name of the R#d. Cross, our sincere thanks for your generous contribution to the victims of this meat calamity. Yours Very truly, A. C. Kaufman, Acting President S. (*. State Hoard Ameiitan Kid CfOMk (A novel and most interesting way of rotting this most, acceptable gift. ?A. C. K.) BIG COIAL FIRE SUBDUED. Florence Firemen Have Difficult Problem in A. C. L Chute. Florence. Nov. 4,?A lire which had it", origin from spontaneous combus? tion. tH found to be burning beneath thousands of tons of coal In the At? lantic Coast Line's bi? coal shute and elevator, down in the shop yards at midnight Monday night. The alarm WM ?ung in from box Ifi, that at the I assenger station, and the city as well as the railroad's depart mcui respond? ed promptly. Arriving at the scene of the tire it was soon found that there was noth? ing to do but turn on and keep a steady stream of water on the huge OfjO] bin and this was done. Thous? ands upon thousands of gallons of wa? ter were poured into the pit of the building, while the elevators were kept Mnng at as high speed as pos? sible removing tue coal from the pit to cars and thence moved to the new coal yards. The streams were kept on from midnight until noun Tuesday, and while it is not known that the lire In out. yet It is subdued for a time at least, or until sufficient coal can be removed to get at the seat of the tire which will take about one week. HI hi \%M IUI 11 CUPP1 lit. Negro Bog i ski !#I21 < >m Piece . Lnsssastei'i .>?>?. . -TImi posioihce of Stoncshoro in this county was broken Into last Wednesday night and robbed of $27.11 by Punbar Hagtns, a negro boy abend II years of age When on Thursday the fact <?f the theft bee ame known, Sherifl" Hunter went to Stemesboro and soo n obtained from the nSgTQ youth upon whom Suspicion see-meal 10 attach a full con? fession of his guilt. The hoy state' 1 that he gained entrance to the build? ing by putting his hand through the "cat hole" at the bottom of the* door and with a stick pushed up the- LJtr which fastened the- dOOf. A part of the $27.41 taken by the boy wer?? 1.121 l-eent pieces. Me- has been in earesratsd In the county jail hers and win !?<? prosecuted In both state and ITnlted states e ourts. AagSSSa Cotton Market. Augusta, Nov. I.?Yesterday's Offi? cial quotations we re- |Ofl low and to day's are too high? so we shall disre? gard them. The marke t has been practically urn hanged for some days at the folios In i prices: Augusta classification i Ordinary i l?l to 1-4, Stric t ( Urdlni ry I *>-s to 1, Good ordinary 1-S to l?4, Hirtel Good Ordinary ?*? la l?4, Low Middling il-l to 1-3, Strict Low Middling 18-11 to 7. Middling 7 to 7 i-i. Strict Middling 7 1-1 lO l-I, Good Middling 7 1-8 to r> ?I, Lots that contain no grade below strict Low Middling win bring lop prices, others lower. Wo do not know anything new to report. The world's business is slowly being adjusted to war conditions and after ? while ws shall look upon the war as a matter of course. Hut If tht German Heel should come out of it harbor at Kiel it would play hnvo< with Bngtlsh, French, llusalan and Portugoess commerce and tin expori trade- which is gradually picking up would be again parulysed for ? lime. Iteports from Rngllsh mills are slightly more hopeful, although ther< is no actual Improvement in condl lions. We cannot see anything t" i i ism* any material ndvnnce In price for a long hue' t<> come-, but then II i ulwu ilnnnerotia lu make prediction! III t hi' I ol ore of eoltlin. Dnvtson A Fargo, F? nm*v Kennte r Kenn Head, Rllsabeth, Si X??v, I John Kenn former t * nit ? -<l Hintes seuntor frt ? Sen Jersey, illcd hew lodu) after i ivo,, illness. I ID.I s KAlslXt; MOKi: HODS. Wi K. UurgCas Tills, How a Mutual Refrigerating IMaut Can be Iscd to Advantage by 1 ainico. Rdltor Daily Item: Now v. hlle every Southern farmer is wracking his brain to deviate some meam for bridging the chasm be? tween poverty ami u fair price for cotton, ami everybody else, from the clerks in the hotels to the president of railroads are advising him what to do to escape destruction! a few lines from me at this time might not be amiss. It seems to lie pretty gene.*-! ally agreed that the farmer will have! to get away from OOtton and devote1 his attention for the next few years at least to the production of food crops, hogs and cattle. There is no branch of the livestock business that will give safer or quicked returns on the investment than hogs. The South? ern farmer has never been in doubt as to his ability to grow hogs in compe? tition with the west or any other sec? tion as lor that matter, but the climate has been against him. His hog kill? ing weather is the worst gambling proposition in the world. He may have to keep his hogs and feed them just twice as much corn after they are fat as it took to fatten them, just because the temperature fails to fall to the right point to justify butcher? ing. Thousands of pounds of good pork spoil every year in Sumter coun? ty for the lack of suitable weather for curing and rather than take rho chances of the weather farmers sell the few hogs they raise to the butch? er or they just don't raise them and depend on the west for meat. Denmark dominates the European markets in the production of pork and dairy products not on account of her cheapness of production, but rath? er an account of the ease of preser? vation due to climatic c onditions. I, was in a small Texas town a few Weeks ago, (g German settlement) ?.nd 1 am told that large quantities of | meat is shipped from that point every year. The local ice plant provides re? frigeration in winter and the farmers can kill their hogs at any time and hang them in the coolers at these planta It strikes me that a similar arrangement could be made with the' Sumter Ice Mfg., Co., to provide re-1 frigeration sufficient for all needs,! this need not be confined to pork, but may be used for poultry and dairy ., <?m well. Large packing plants not be ?umerous In the Kfiuth for years t" come, lud local re? frigerating plauts will enatls th .# 11(r to em e ? g n> to ' ?? i mmseii and, ... rn ;? him enough to sell In the near-by towns, and a beginning In this way will hasten the erection of the larger plants and create a more lucrative market. Yours for back bone and sausage. W. it. Burgess, Atlanta,, Oct. 81. WHITE M\X SHOOTS NEGRO. Hvun Wcldon in Difficulty With Ne? gro Near llrogdon. From the Daily Item, Nov. 3. Yesterday afternoon Ryan Wcldon, a young white man living near Hrog-) don, shot and painfully Wounded :> negro, "l'dg" Henry Williams, who has been employed by Mr. Joel Davis. The negro, it is stated, intorfcrred with cotton pickers In Mr. Weldon's Held and drew a knife on Mr. Wcldon when the latter cursed him and told him to leave. The trouble, it seems, started when someone removed a cotton sheet and the owner began cursing about the matter. Henry told the other negro t<? shut up cursing in the presence of Ids wife. At this point Mr. Wcldon told Henry to leave and the negro i threatened him with a knife. Weldon then went to his house and secured his gun, a single barrelled shot gun. When he came back into the held the negro Malted at him with hi': I knife and he shot him in the arm. I The negro had on n heavy shirt and undershirt, which protected him to u! considerable degree, but ho was pret? ty badly shot, some of the shot going j Into his side, as well as in his arm. The negro, despite his wound, sprang ?>n Wehlon, throwing him to the ground, and attempted to cut his j throat, which he probably would have accomplished had not negroes who were picking cotton in the held come to Mr. Weldon's assistance and dragged las opponent off him. Wel? don WUS slightly cut in the hand, hut was otherwise uninjured, The negro was tended by a physician and aal? ss blood poison sets in. is not considered dangerously Wounded. t Nit ton picking has proceeded rapid? ly during ihe pas: two wet ku and in nine HOCt|o|IS ol the eoiinliA the crop more than three-fourths harvested. Mr, It. Ik Helser's views on the In? dustrial and llnanelal conditions in the State are well considered and based upon solid facts, This coiintn is not as bad off ns some ol ie have imagined. We nil need to buck up nid take a flesh hohl. on lim: Di illis or Ol in Iii;: Ituunl Tells Km al Policeman What tu Du anil W hat Not to Do. The (Vanity board of Commission* era at Its regular monthly meeting yesterdu) called the rural |>ollcemen of tlu county before it and inform? ed them of what duties were expected of them. The matter was discussed informally and Information for the fu? ture guidance of the policeman was given. This matter was taken up at the request of and on complaint of a number of cltlsem from different parts of the county. The complaint was that the rural pollcemcij had been UOlng the work of deputies and ot magistrate's constables in the servin.-V of papers and warrants, instead of strictly attending to 'heir own duties as rural policemen. The hoard discussed the financial situation and the slowness with which taxes were coming in. The supervisor was authorized to negotiate a loan for the carrying on the work in the county and meeting expenses, if he found this necessary. Other routine matters were attended to and bills were audited and ordered paid. SPEAKER HOLDS SEAT. C hamp C lark Returned from Missouri District. Montgomery, Mo., Xov. 3.?Early returns indicate the reelection Of Champ Clark, Democratic speaker of the house, by ;:,<H)0 to 0,000. John C, Brown, his Republican opponent, conceded defeat tonight by from 2,000 to 3,000. GERMANY WANTS AMERICAN COTTON. Berlin Promises That Ships for Cotton to Russia Will Not be Molested. Amsterdam (via London,) Xov. :?. ( ?The Berlin Vossische Zeitung says it learns from .lames W. Gerard. | American ambassador to Germany, I that not only will the exportation of German chemicals to America soon be generally agreed to, but also the im? portation of American cotton to Eu rope in ships Hying the American flag, j The American government 1ms re? ceived assurances from the British government, saying the paper, that American ships carrying c dton will ot 1 from running into ? in ie German govern ?u* . u tin ? Ambassador Ger !!<! i \ i n cotton ships bound : . i will not be molested. LIMIT ON SHIP'S STAY. Unless the (icier Leaves Honolulu by I Certain Date She Will he Interned. Washington, Nov. ?.? Replying to an Inquiry from the Japanese embas? sy, the State department announce ! today that it had sent a limit on the stay of the German cruiser Geier at Honolulu, where she put in more than two weeks ago for repairs. Unless the Geler leaves by a specitu d date, which was not made public, she will be in? terned for the war. It was said the Japanese Inquiry was not in the nature of a protest, al? though Japan is known to be anx? ious that the case be settled beeausc of the threatened danger to Japanese shipping in the Pacific. A large Japanese cruiser has been just outside Honolulu harbor since shortly after the Coder's arrival and another Japanese battleship arrived here yesterday. Aviators Halted. Honolulu, T. II., Nov. ?Two Jap? anese aviators, making exhibition High** he>re>, were stopped by the po? lice today. A conference followed IImmediately, attended by Major Ge-n eral W. H. Carter, commander of the' I department of Hawaii; Hear Admiral C. B. T. Moore, u. s. x.. commandant of the' naval station at Pearl Harbor; Governor Lucius 13. Pinkhnm and oth? er officials. Xone would discuss tin conference. The German warship Geler still is in the harbor under repair and the Japanese* battleship Hlscn ami tlu cruiser Asama arc in the offing, it is thought the possibility of sending or receiving signals might have caus? ed the* action. There' has not been as large an acreage planted in vetch this fail as last. Tin- high price of seed and the' dlllleulty in obtaining a supply are assigned as the reasons tor tue de crease in acreage. County Demon? stration Agent Williams is ndvlsing I farmers t<> save their own vetch seed next spring. The hulk of Ihe vetch tu cd heretofore has been obtained from German) and Utisshl and tin Isuppl) is llkelj to be much shortei next fall Hum ever before. Conse? quently pl iers will he higher and there --. ill ' a market i<>r American growi iseed. The Improvements ;ii the passen r >; itloii promise?I Hometime ago hj i lie ollh la is of i p. .\t laut b- t 'oast Liu have been temporarily postponed, rail CONTEMPT OF COURT. Sheriff Ilendrix Rector Is Cited to Ap? pear Before Judge Sliipp at Urecu i llle. Greenville, Nov. 3.?Sheriff Hendrix Hector bus been cited to appear be? fore Judge 8. W. G. Shipp, sitting in general sessions, t<> show cause why he should not be attached for con? tempt of court. Sheriff Rector bad published In the Greenville News a signed article last Sunday morning arraigning the grand jury for its recent actions in present? ing him to the court and for having scrutinized his official record and at? tempting to indict him for malfeas? ance in office. He Bald In the article that the grand jury was actuated by political animosity and one man in particular had been behind the grand jury and goaded it on to the exami? nation of his books and of many wit? nesses in search of detrimental evi dc nee. The article appeared simultaneous? ly with the presentment of the grand jury. The sheriff will answer Mon? day morning and will be represented by James H. Price, who says that Rector is not In contempt In that the grand jury had been discharged th - night before the article appeared. KAISER II AS NEW PLAN. Cites ?p Idea of Reaching Calais by Coast Route. London, Nov. 3.?That the German army has abandoned its attempt to hack its way along the Belgian coast to Calais is agreed by all the official reports tonight. A combination of in? undated land, a remnant of the Bel? gian army under King Albert, and the activity of the British warships, seemingly all contributed toward end? ing the costly struggle. A Berlin of? ficial report attributes the failure of the Germans entirely to the Hooded state of the country, where the wa? ter, in places, is over a man's head; but it declares that Emperor Wil? liam's army withdrew in good order and without losses. After nearly three weeks of desper? ate fighting the brunt of the attack has shifted to the Ypros region, where the English army of Field Marshal Sir) John French, reinforced by Indians j and territorials, apparently must meet another onslaught. To the scene of this contemplated bf * reports, Emperor W encourage his men. TROOPS TO S'l Ulli Cavalry Will Help Federal Court to. Keep Order in Mine Field. Washington. Nov. 3.?Secretary Garrison today ordered four com? panies of the Fifth United States cavalry from Port Sheridan, 111., to Fort Smith, Ark., for use in main? taining order in the Hartford valley coal mining strike district. These troops will be commanded by Mai. Nathanlal F. McClure, who has had experience with cavalry troops in the Colorado mining fields. I It is intended that the troops make it possible for the civil officers to perform their functions and the process of the federal court to go on. ? This is a matter that concerns the federal court alone; the State of Arkansas has nothing to do with it,*' I said Secretary Garrison. Maj. McClure was selected by the secretary because of the manner In I which he performed his very delicate duties in the Colorado coal strike. it was expected that the troops would leave Chicago tonight and be at Fort Smith tomorrow morning. I ENTERTAINS MUSIC PUPILS. Miss Ammlo Teicher Hostess at Eiullo we'cii Party. j Miss Ammie Teicher recently enter? tained her music pupils In n most uni? que manner. The party which had j prepared for them came as a bi^ sur? prise and as such it was even more enjoyed that are parties which are expected and prepared for by the hostess. The music pupils knew nothing of the entertainment until they were in vlted Into the dining room which was I beautifully, but grotesquely, decorated with gray moss, while black eats, owls, witches riding then- broom stick: looked down from the walls, i Dig bats rested upon the curtains and mantles, while here and there one would spy a face peplng out from golden pumpkin, with many little pumpkins in attendance. The lights were shaded with dark red crepe paper which gave out h weird light that one might Und ?he way to the mouth with tb<' tempting d< licuciCH M|SH T? icb? l bad |?i offer. Death of An Infant. .lames W Jenkins, Jr., the two and ;i half year "lu sou of Mr. and Mrs. .1 W. Jenkins, Chestnul street, died ?i, Tuesday of bronchitis, after n bi n f Illness, ENCOIHAOi: DI IT ED SYSTEM. Southern Papers Will 1'rge MversMka? Don?Osll lor IJoSUTci'CnCB in Mem? phis \o\ember l- Iwwacd by Press. Memphis, Venn., Xov. 1.?After an exchange of views by a number of the newspapers of the South, s call was Issued tonight for a confi renoe In this city November l- of representatives of all the daily and agricultural pa |>ers In the Southern States to discuss ihe cotton situation. The general pur? pose of the meeting is to organize a system of publicity that will encourage a voluntary reduction of the cotton acreage next year and the planting of unused lands in other crops. it is planned to adopt a system of reporting pledges to-reduce acreage to a centr. 1 body which in turn would inform the trade within '><> days to what extent reduction is contemplated. Plans for a united effort for crop diversification Will be formulated. Cot? ton In its relations to hanking and the country merchant also will he con? sidered. "From investigations already made by some of the papers," the announce? ment states, "sufficient data have been secured from farmers to war? rant the belief that proper publica? tion of voluntary pledges of curtail? ment of production will result In a general reduction, the extent of which made public would Influence the prices of the present cotton crop to a point nearer its value than the price now quoted." The call is signed by the Memphis Commercial Appeal, lialeigh (N. C.) News and Observer, Columbia (S. C.) State, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Journal, Birmingham News, New Or? leans Times-Picayune, Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger, Arkansas Gazette and Houston (Texas) Post. The Carnival of Mood and Its Cost. (From the London Dally Chronicle.) Russia calls a million sixteenth cen? tury peasants from the Heids, and Ger? many mows them down. Another mil? lion take their place. Death again. Another million. And yet another million of these sixteenth-century peasants. And when it is all over, those who are left will go back to their fields. But Germany, France. England? particularly England and Germany? where will they turn when the million dead are shoveled under bloody soil? Th< ? ri ks. I m? r>. . ? I i!idi iv. may ?tili stai dim at srhere will ? it be found? And rhal nitl Urn mil ions of stai iinq factory hands be who will go back to his sixteenth-cen? tury and his field, telling the time by j the sun's shadow. Industry in Eu? rope, with other things of older date, ' will lie In ruins. Armaments have broken the back of the laborer; and with the fall of the laborer all things fall, all things come to earth. Because of the war lords, and only because of the war lords, the man of science is paralyzed and civili? zation stops. Humanity has been fool? ed. Too late to discover it. Remember this too. Among the young conscript soldiers of Europe who will die in thousands, and per 1 haps millions, are the very flower of civilization; we shall destroy brains I which might have discovered for us In j 10 or -0 yearn easements lor the worst of human pains and solutions for tho worst of social dangers. We shall blot those souls out of our common existence. We shall destroy utterly these splendid burning spirits reaching out to enlighten our darkness. Our fathers destroyed those strange and valuable creatures whom they Called "witches.*' We are destroying the brightest of our angels. At least, thea, let us not get drunk. At least, then, let us not sing boastful songs. Honor may call us to light, self-preservation may force us into the slaughterhouse; "ait let us wear on our sleeves the crape of mourning for a civilisation that had the prom? ise ol joy, and strike our enemy with? out a hiccough or a curse. Never shall we know again what is now perishing. And we shall want all our strength ' ft >r tomorrow. _ Warehouse for Til lot t. The Elliott Warehouse company of Elliott has been commissioned, with a [capital of M.OOO. The petitioners are John if. DesChamps, E. D. Law and It. R. Law. Marriage license Rewmi. A license lo marry has been granted to each of the following couples: Dub? lin Dennis and Kthel Nelson of Bor? den; Heseklah Knox and Cornells Itobertson Dalsell; Isaac Wright. I ? Hal tine. Creek, find Sarah Moses, l tem? pert; Nelson Moye, Wateree, and Mamie White. Sumter. _ - canal TolD -.renter. Panama, Nov. ::. -The total canal ; foils for the month iSf ? ?ctoher amount - ? <i to |3?7.000, a gain of $ 1 eT.ooo o\er 1 : he September rolle? t ion. The election of a City Manager hi I succeed Mai. w. P. Ilobertson will not Ue laken up Immediately by City II 'ouiietl.