Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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W?TVERSfTY OF 3. <$% ft m umim watchman, E*u-biisi.e-j Apm. ism. 'Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Aims'* at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established June, 1844. Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., SATURDAt, NOVEMBER 28, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 28. WAR IS UTILE CHANGE. Fighting in East and West Without Any Decisive Results. FRENCH AEROPLANES RAID HOME OF ZEPPELIN AT FRIEDltlCK 81IAFEN?OH1EF FIGHTING IN WEST IS AROUND ARG ON NE WHERE HEAVY FOG VEILS CONFLICT?? PETROGRAD REPORTS GERMANS DRIVEN OUT OF POLAND WITH RUSSIANS IN PUR? SUIT?GERMAN SUCCESSES ALSO REPORTED IN THE EAST ? TURKS SUCCESSFUL AT SUEZ CANAL ? WARSHIPS CONTINUE BOMBARDMENT OF GERMAN LINES ON BELGIAN COAST. Ktu?la na Rout Germans. Petrograd, Nov. 24.?It la officially announced that the Germans in Po? land are in full retreat southwest of Low tos along the line extending 4 3 miles from Trykow to Wethen river. Russians are pursuing the Germans north of the Esura river which they are unable to cross. All indications nra of an overwhelming Russian vic? tory along the entire battle front. Warships Silence German Batteries. Amsterdam, Nov. 24.?British war? ships have bombarded Zeebrugge and the Germans along the Belgian coast all of yesterday, silencing the German batteries. Portions of Zeebrugge are In Aar. es. Russians Defeat Turks. Pep jgrad. Nov. 24.?It Is officially reported that the Russians have de? feated the Turks in the Causcasus in ths district of Erserum on the Khaues sur heights and the hills of Dlllman and Kotour. Part of the Turkish ar? tillery was captured. lighting In Argonne Region. Parts. Nov. 24.?It was officially announced at S o'clock, this afternoon that despite violent attacks by the Germans in the Argon no forest the Fren*n gained ground today. The heaviest fighting is now centering In the Argonne region. At other poin.s the German bombardment is less vio? lent. A thick fog prevails between the Argonne and the Vosges. Airships Raid Germany. Paris, Nov. 24.?It U now known that four of the allies' aeroplanes alied the Zeppelin airship factory a. Friedrichsrode Saturday, flying one hundred and twenty miles over Ger? man territory. They dropped bomb* that caused considerable damage. On the return one aeroplane fell into Lake Constance. Germsns Report no ( hange. Berlin. Nov. 24.?Wireless?The of? ficial report this afternoon says thut a portion of the German armies in Poland arn making progress, though no decisive result has been attained. British warships continue to shell tho Germans on the Belgian coast. There are no decisive changes at the west. Gorman Losses ?arge. Paris. Nov. 24.?An official state? ment* at 4 o'clock this afternoon says that the German losses in the batt'c of Flanders exceeded a hundred and twenty thousand men. Tho lighting centers about Nleu >ort. Dixmude, Yprea and Illxschoote. Garrison Makes Suwcsaful Sortie. Vlennn*. Nov. 24.?It is officially reported that tho Austrian garrison of Presemysl made a sortie and suc? cessfully attacked the Russiuns who are beslgtng the fortress. The ut tacas by the Russian advance ahum the Dunsjec river southwest of Cracow have been repulsed. The Austrian* have captured Pill-a. Poland, with twenty-four hundred prisoners. Turks Meet With Swi-cm. f'alro, Nov. 24.?In an engagement east of the Hues Canal Friday the Turks gained a success by numerlc?! strength. A deuvhment of the cam? el corps wss attacked by the Tuiks but escaped. German* sueeeed In Poland. Perlln. Nov. ?|._The war Mssj claims that the German? in P..land have succeeded in cutting BOSM lines of communication upon w' hh the Russians depend, which will greatly hamper the mo/VSSSSntS of the Rug. slsn troops. The war office Is confi? dent that the Qersnens win be riet ?r lous The ofhcitls laugh at the re? port that Germany is seeking Bjeaos Rr*nme Attack* on Warsaw. Petrograd, Nov. 2l.-*-Germ?in Sir ihips have resumed their attacks up? on Warsaw. They droppod a bomb in front of the American consulate Mon lay, killing several and breaking the windows of the consulate. The population is panic stricken and many are fleeing from the city. Battle Along Warthe. Paris, Nov. 24.?It was officially announced this afternoon that the battle along the Warthe river in Po? land ia progressing favorably to the Russians. GERMAN SUBMARINE RAMMED. IMS Sent to the Rot ton for Good by Prow of British Vessel. I London, Nov. 23.?The secretary of the admiralty announces that the Ger? man submarine boat U-18 reported off the North coast of Scotland this morning was rammed by a British patrolling vessel and foundered. The patrolling .-'hip rammed the submarine at 12.20 o'clock this after? noon. Tho U-18 was not seen again until 1.20 when she appeared on the surface flying a white flag. Shortly {after this she foundered just as the British destroyer Garry came along? side. The destroyer rescued three of? fnere ano> 23 of the submarine's crew, only one being drowned. The submarine U-18 of the Ger? man navy was built in 1912. She had a cruising radius of 2.000 miles and a speed of 14 knots above water and ?S knots submerged. GERM\N DESTROYER STRUCK BY NEUTRAL. Sent to the Bottom as Result of Col Its I on with Danish Vessel. London, Nov. 23.?An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says the Danish steamer Angiodane collided last night on tha Ora Sound with the German tropedo boat de? stroyer S-124, which fourdered. Two seriously injured German sailors, ac? cording to the correspondent, were rescued by the steamer, but succumb? ed to their injuries. A Reuters disputch from Copen? hagen says the crew of the S-124 has j arrived in Copenhagen. COTTON FOR GERMANY. Transmission of Staple by Way of Holland Now is Guaranteed. Washington. Nov. 23.?Safe ship? ment of cotton to Germany via Hol? land now also has been guaranteed, according to the following announce? ment made today at the state depart? ment: "The department Is in receipt of advices from the Amerdican lega? tion at The Hague that the foreign of? fice of the Netherlands government states that no difficulties Will be pre? sented to consignments of cotton in transit to Germany, or to transship? ments of cotton consiKtied to Dutch firms, and that before or upon arrival of shipments consigned to Dutch firms, transit permits may be obtained by them from tho Netherlands gov? ernment." One Thousand Idle Men Got Jobs. Cleveland, Nov. 24.?The Erie Rail? road shops n opened today and one thousand men resumed work. American Steamer Stopped. New York, Nov. 2 4.?The steamer Wlndber which arrived from Bei? lingham, Was))., through the Panama t'anal today, was stopped In the Car rlbaaa sea by lbs Prench cruiser Conds and a German member of Ihe ( raw taken off. Steam t l urries Cottcn to Bremen? Neu ?uieans. Nov. 14.?Ths steam* ship flreenbrler under American flag sails this week for Dreinon with six thousand bales of cotton on board. This n t| ?' first cotton to be sent tlu're SltlCe war bos in. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. ENGLISH CLAIM TO HAVE SCOR? ED ON TC RK K V?DEFEATED IN AFRICA* Expedition Against German Colony In East Forced to Return Without Re? sults After Heavy Loss. London, Nov. 23.?The official press bureau tonight made public the fol? lowing communication issued by the Marquis of Crewe, secretary for In? dia, dealing with Briti h military op? erations at the head of the Persian gulf and in East Africa: "Recent operations in the Persian gulf have been crowned with greater success than was anticipated. After tho signal defeat inflicted on the Turk jish forces November 15 and 17, the I latter, abandoning all further resist once here, fled, leaving eight guns 'and many wounded in our hands. Basera (a river port on the Shat-el Arab, 60 miles from the Persian gulf) was occupied on the 21st by our naval and land forces. "In East Africa it appears that a force sent from British East Africa to seize an important German rail? way terminal became heavily engaged just outside the town. But as the enemy was in superior strength this force was compelled to fall back and await reinforcements. "At 11 a. m. on November 4 the attack was renewed. When within 800 yards of the position the troops engaged in a heavy fire on their left flank. In spite of heavy casualties, the One Hundred and First Grenadiers actually entered tho town and cross? ed bayonets with the enemy. The I North Lancashire regiment and the [Cashmlr rifles on the right pushed ! on in support under a heavy fire and also reached the town. They found 'themselves opposed by tiers of fire jfrom the houses and were eventually compelled to fall back to cover 500 yards from the enemy's position. The losses were so heavy and the position so strong that it was considered use? less to renew the attack and the force reembarkod to return to its ,haa*r.ro prepare for future operations. "From reports just received the total casualties in this unsuccessful operation were 795, including 141 I British officers and men." TILLMAN CHILDREN CASE. Supreme Court Order Grants Stay of Three Days. I Columbia. Nov. 23.?The little Till man girls were ordered to spend Thanksgiving and next Saturday and i Sunday with their father. B. R. Till man, Jr.. at Trenton, by an order of the Supreme Court issued tonight. The order signed by Chief Justice Gary says: "At the hearing of the re? turn to the rule hereto attached the attorneys for L. H. Tillman, Jr., the father of the children above named, made it appear to the court that, on account of his absence from the State on business for several months past, ho had no opportunity to see or be with his children, and that his busi jness would call him out of the State again about the first of December, next, when he would be absent for some time. He, therefore, requested i tho court to order that pending the i decision of the court on tho return herein he be allowed to have his chil jdren with him as much as possible (from now until the 1st of December. Tho court deems the request reason? able. "It is, therefore, ordered that the Children, DoUSOhka P, Tillman and Sarah B. Tillman, stay with their fa? ther Thursday, the 16th of November, instant, and Saturday and Sunday, the 28th and 2?Jth of November, instant. Their going to their father and their return to their mother to be at such times as wll not interfere with their dntiei or stu lies at school. Let a cer titled copy of this order be served up? on Mrs. Lucy Dugas, the mother of said children." MISSISSIPPI RANK FAILURE. Cashier Tikes $100,000 and Skips to Chicago. i I hincan, Miss., Nov. 25.?The Mer? chants and Planters' hank was today placed in the hands of the Stale bank examiners when it became known thai Cashier BS. Av. M<>ss was gone with a hundred thousand dollars, it is be? lieved that Moss has gone to Chi? cago, Forest Fires Hi Three States. Little Rock, Nov. 24. Enormous l<?sses are being caused by forest tires today in Arkansas, Southwestern Okla? homa and Northwestern Louisiana. Many farmers have been left home? less, LQNBOM CONVENTION VIOLATED GERMANS BRING CHARGE AGAINST FOES. Declaration Framed in English Capi? tal Said to Be Disregarded. ? 1?? Washington, Nov. 23.?Charges by Germany that England and France r. are.violating the declaration, of Lon dojfc previously presented to Ambas? sador Gerard and representatives of othar neutrals at Berlin, were pub? lished today from the embassy here. The paper says Germany thus far has observed the declaration of London and had not changed its attitude .de? spite "flagrant violations committed by its adversaries," and adds: "However, the imperial German government now must study the ques j ttoa whether it can continue to main? tain the above attitude if the enemy; iPoVTers abide by the procedure ob-j j served by them and if the neutral j powers allow such violations to go on. j "The German government consid jers it, therefore, of Interest to learn which position the neutral powers in? tend, to take toward the attitude I adopted by Great Britain and France j contrary to international law and par 11i.c jla rly whether it is their intention ! to lake measures against the acts of j violence committed on board their i merchant vessels against German subjects and German property." The German note declares addi? tions and modifications Great Britain had made to the declaration of Lon i jdon "are of such a nature that they obliterate the said declaration in sev jeral vital points and at the same time j encroach on the accepted rules of in? ternational law." ?The most vital modifications are {contained*" it says, "in the rule con? cerning conditional contraband." want ROME RCLE. Governor of Porto Rico Comes to Ask Congress for a New Organic Act. f^ni^HParlr, N^2a.-i^AlJJaw j governor of Porto Rico, arrived here j today from San Juan on his way to i Washington to ask congress to pass ja new organic act for the island. "During the year I have been in . Porto Rico as governor," said Mr. J Yager, "there has been a notable pro? gress in the political and industrial development of the island. The peo? ple are tremendously interested in some form of home rule. They con , fldently hope the government will give it to them. ?'Sensible Porto Ricans as a rule do \ not desire complete independence, ; but they feel entitled to a larger par? ticipation in their own local govern ' meat In this direction the present administration of the island has made a start by appointing as new members of the executive council two native Porto Ricans, thus giving them for the first time a majority of their own peo j pie in the upper house of the legis ' lature. I "Since I have been in Porto Rico ; the island has been pasing through a serious economic and financial crisis, caused in part by the new tariff, which reduced revenues by changing the du? ties on imports and also checked in? dustry by reducing duties on sugar and providing that they should be removed entirely in 1916. The people had fairly adjusted themselves to the new conditions when the European war caused a new crisis, both indus? trial and financial. 1 "The sugar industry was benefited i by the increased price resulting from the war. The coffee industry, how? ever, has been hard hit because the Porto Rican crop previously was ex? ported to Europe. "An effort is to be made to induce American coffee consumers to buy the Porto Rican product. This of course, is the logical market." <;i;t big WAR ORDERS. t inted states Concerns Got $100,000. 000 Business From Allies in Eu? rope. Chicago. 111., Nov. 2 4.?Charles Schwab has just returned from Eu? rope with orders from the British and French governments for various war equipment .aggregating two hun? dred million dollars. His plant. the Bethlehem Steel company, is unable to till any but a fractional part of the'order. The remainder will be let to the United states steel company and others, Schwab pockets the com? mission which is said to be a million dollars. American manufacturers now have orders on their books for ap? proximately four hundred million dol? lars from the Hilles. This is exclu? sive of grains ami provisions. Iii WREAKS VENGEANCE Dillard Wilson Cuts Throat of Mrs. Ezekiei* Truluck at Her Home Near Shiloh, iir% Eastern Part of This County. - MAX TAKEN FROM STEEL CONVICT CAGE. DESPITE PLEADINGS OF ? SUPERVISOR PITTS AND IS STRI NG TO TREE, HEAD DOWN? WARDS AND RODY RIDDLED WITH BULLETS?CORONER AND DEPUTY SHERIFF PLEAD WITH MOB TO ALLOW LAW TO TAKE ITS COURSE?BODY CUT DOW X BY DEPUTY SHERDS' AND BURIED BY CHAINGG ANG WHERE LYNCHING TOOK PL*LE. -~ From the Daily Item, Nov. 25. i Dillard Wilson, a convict on the ! Sumter county gang, was strung up to ; a tree and his body riddled with bul? lets yesterday afternoon for the foul murder of Mrs. J. Ezekiel Truluck in tho Shiloh section of Sumter county. The crime for which the negro was lynched was one of the most fiendish which has ever been committed in this county and the mob of several! hundred men were bent on speedy' and what they thought fitting veng? eance. Entering the yard at Mr. Truluck's home while he was away the negro called Mrs. Truluck out of the house by telling her that her lot gate was open and the hogs were coming out. As she came out in the yard he caught her and cut her throat from ear to ear with a razor which he had stolen from one of the chaingang guards. Mrs. Truluck's little six-year-old boy saw the crime committed and started towards his mother, but when the ne? gro called him and started for him he jumped a fence and ran to his j grandmother's home, where he gave the alarm. Mrs. Truluck in an effort j to give the alarm walked as far as the public road, when she fell dead from the wound. i The negro chased the boy for some distance, but fearing to be seen, if he . followed the boy fdrther, he turned Hmtr went -Warn mWmn ihc-^woaas the chain gang. He went back around the camp and came up from the di ; rection opposite to the house, where i he had committed his crime. On the way he had cut a piece of blood-stain jed clothing from his underclothes, j which was later found by members of the mob which were seeking the ! woman's assailant, and as this fitted exactly into a hole in the negro's un? dergarments, it furnished a strong \ clue by which to identify him as the i criminal. He was taken from the I steel cage, where the members of the gang had been shut up by the super I visor, when he heard that one of the convicts had committed the crime, de? spite Mr. Pitts' efforts to stop the mob and his refusal to give them the key i to the cage, and led some distance i down the road and into the woods I near the Hudson bridge on Lynches river, where shortly afterwards he confessed and paid the penalty for his heinous deed. The Truluck home was only a few hundred yards from the place at which the gang is encamped. Dillard Wilson, was a trusty and was sent there early in the day to get some milk to be used at the camp. He stole away from the camp later in the day, probably about 11 o'clock, and went to the Truluck home again, after Mr. Truluck had left to go hunting. It was on this visit that he called Mrs. Truluck from the house a?*d killed her. This section of the community is pretty thickly settled and it was not long after the little boy had given tho alarm at his grandfather's that the news began to spread and people in every direction began to come in. The crowd quickly grew larger and folding from the boy that the man had worn convict Clothes, they went to the gang to lind if any of the convicts had escaped, and if SO whom. All of them were there and it remained to decide Which one had been guilty of the ciime. The tWO cooks both testi? fied that Wilson had been away dur? ing the morning and the mob called on Supervisor Pitts to give him up to them. This he refused to do and for t \ o hours he begged and pleaded with them not to take the man, but to al? low the law to take its course. He promised to see that a special session of eourt was held and the ne? gro given speedy trial and punishment j but the mob was determined ami would not be stoppet!. It broke Into the cage, when the key was refused and t<?<>k the negro out. lie denied the crime at drat, but later, after the little Truluck boy had Identified bun .is ihe man. he admitted thai he had cut the woman's throat, but insisted that another negro convict, Vaughn, a negro with a flfte< n year lerni for ar 4 son had hold the woman, while he cut her throat. The little boy insist? ed that there was only one convict and ! it was on his statement that the mob (allowed Vaughn to remain. The iden? tity was further established by the piece of cloth which had been found jand by blood on the sleeve of Wil? son's co it. 4 \ He was dragged down the road for about half a mile and taken out 4 V the woods. It was after he had b' : carried off that Deputy Sheriff i person, Coroner Owens and Dr. gees, who had set out from here as t soon as Sheriff Bradford had been no? tified of the killing, arrived. They Were under the Impression that Tru jluck had killed his oAn wife, as the first dispatch to reach the sheriiT had so stated. Supervisor Pitts told them I that a convict had been taken away from him and that he had tried his best to stop the mob, but h.^d failed to do so, and asked that they make a further effort to secure the negro from the hands of the mob. They ' immediately set out for the scene which they reached in a few minutes. Here men were strung out through the woods for a distance of a quar? ter of a mile, men from Sumter Flor? ence, Lee and Clarendon counties, j who seemed cool and quiet, but with 1 a deadly earnestness that was worse U an disorder. There was little noise ?<S-'cemfwsotf. nut' ^err*ets - of Ute* ! mob quickly interposed to prevent the passage of tho officers to the prisoner. Deputy Sheriff Epperson and Coroner Owens both pleaded that the negro be turned over to them, but the mob refused, telling them it was no use to put. Sumter county to the expense of la trial and they would not. Members of the mob held the two officers, while the negro was taken further in the woods down near the swamp and swung up by the heels, head down I wards. A line was formed and a vol? ley of shots were heard and the screams of Wilson, who had begged the men not to kill him. ceased. The mob quietly dispersed and Deputy ! Sheriff Epperson went back and cut I the body down. It was still alive at this time, but death followed in a few minutes. The coroner then held an inquest I over the body of the dead woman, the I jury returning a verdict that Mrs. Truluck had come to her death by wounds received from a razor at the hands of Dillard Wilson. In the case of the negro the jury returned a verdict that he had come j to his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of unknown persons. A grave 'was dug by the members oi the chain gang under the tree, where Wilson was lynched, and he was burred there by the members of the gang. Wilson I was sent to the gang for ninety days from Mayesville for breaking into a I store, and had just seven more days to serve on the gang. It is stated that he threatened to kill a white woman at Mayesville the Sunday he was caught there, when she gave the alarm when he was found In the store. Sheriff Bradford and his party with Coroner Owens and Deputy Sheriff Epperson returned to the city about 18 o'clock last night, the Amt particu? lars of the fearful crime and the summary punishment upon the crim? inal by the mob being given by them. Deputy Sheriff Epperson and Cor? oner Owens both state that they did not see the lynching themselves, as they were taken off some distance by the members of the mob before the actual affair took place. They did all I that they could without resort to force 'to get the negro, but deemed it a case where it was best not to use force, as they could not get the negro In this way. nor \\<?ubl they do anything ex [cept get others hurt, as the mob was a determined one. Itural Policeman McBride, whose beat is that section of the county. Ktarted for town yesterday morning and was within a few miles ol Sum tor, when he first heard of the killing The crime and its accompanying lynching Is the most horrible in this county since the Ktmon Cooper lynch* lug at Green Swamp in l$S5.