Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MF.N WORKING HARD FOR Ml M HFRS OF V. M. C. A. AS CON HR NF \Rs ( l.osK lit Mrmhrn Scvurod up to Ttiursda) Night In \li>uiinsi.,|. Campaign From The Daily Item. March It, Tho return* last night according to the reports of the rbnteatlng compi olea showed the illue* still galnlnu on tho Reds and were as follows: Special committee. $25.oo. Ill use. Capt Hunt Whites, Lieut McKuight HOT ;. Oreens. Lieut. Richardson. ?1.00 Total.ItlMI Roda. Capt. Westcoat. White?, Usut. Walsh.Sh ? ortens. Ueut, Bredham . . 38.00 Total .$?2.oo Total for day.$246.SO Total for dav last year.231.OQ Eaceae over last yesr.I4?M Orand total for four days .$1.020.25 Grand total for four days last yaar. . HOI Kxcsss over lsst yesr.Ilt.ll Previously reported Special committee. . .gtt.tO Reds? White.IM.M Oresn. . . . MXtt Total.$24? GO Hi us? Whits.$223.75 Orsen.218.00 Totsl .$44 1,11 The report of Friday was as fol? lows Mpeclsl Commutes.$53.00 Ited?Capt. Wsacost Whits Co. LI sot Wslah- ..$27.50 Green Co.. Lieut. Uradhain . . 45.00 $TJ.OO Blue?Capt. Hurst Whits Co . Lieut. McKnight. . . $81.Co" Green Co.. Lieut. Richsrdson. . til.50 $151.00 Total for day ...$177.00 Total for day last year.$J11.Tj I days grand total this year $1.117.26 5 days grand totsl last yesr $1,017.75 Races* over last v?sr 6 days. $271.50 Total members this year to dste, 2*4 Total members last year, 5 days, 178 CON \ FHT ?TORF INTO JAIL. * Mayesvills. March 26.?The com? mutes In charge oT the Chautauqua. or "booster's festival." have not been able to secure other dates for the event and they remain as first adver? tised Thursday, Friday, and Saturday April 1. 1. snd 10 The advance sale of tickets has been very encouraging so far and there will be no doubt but that the Chautauquu will prove a sue cess financially as well as otherwise. The ladles of the missionary society of the Preabvterlan church held a most delightful oyster supper last night. They realised quite u nice sum for the cause of missions besides fur? nishing enjoyment to a Isrge number of people Ths R. A. (handler department store held Ua millinery opening lsst night, the opening continuing today. Quits a Isrge number of the ladies and their escorts visited this hand? some store snd viewed the well select? ed snd beautiful line of millinery Th* store was tastefully lllumniated and dressed with potted plants and flowera Miss' Myra Dontctt of Char? lotte Is the efficient milliner in ehsrge. The new store of C. Taylor Is rapid - lv neartng completion and will add much to ths business seetion of the town near the depot* This store will he furnished in tho most modern style. Ths town officials have decided not to bulk! another jsll to replace the one burned some weeks ago. but will convert the town store, now occupied bv II. ft. Thorrnis Into an up-to-date jail with steel cells and all other san? itary equipment. This building Is of brick gnd - ti"i nlngdty located. A po? lice headquarter* and court will also be arranged In the building. H. ft. Thomas will mo\e Into the Kinnen Hotel building in the store now occupied by C. Tayl >t Rev. and Mrs. F its- M?ll iff preparing to go to Montlcello. Fla.. * hers Mr Riddle will have charge ot the Presbyterisn church H#? formn - lv was pastor of a group of churches In York cour.ty. N. O. WomOsS has returned tVotn Han ford. N C.. where he ealled m few dav* h*o op aerount or th? desth of hi* father. This popular rail wsy sgent Iis* the sympathy of I large number of Irlend* in his be? reavement A isiinei living seal lesgs repasts that he ha* mad#? .hi in\est umihhi oi his trees an I llnds that the i.n cold spell kilted practically all the pea eh crop on tree* which h:r Idiome I pi ?? 1 ????? mi - \o cassation i\ si \iu it WfH MKMUKKS Ol' ASSOCIATION' i xtil TfJSSDAY xKiirr. Report Saturday showed Amount Col? lated thl* Your Considerably D?* Ulnd What li \Vu> Last Year Dur? ing Cuil)|Mligll?Blue* still Leudlim III < ampalgu?$ 158.00 Reported Saturday. I l.c Young Men's Christian Asso? ciation nnmbershlp campuigu will continue until Tuesday evening at I >.'I'lm'k This decision \\ us made Sat? urday night, when the reports for lUf #94 wire made und It was found that lew* money had been secured in the campaign than WM taken in laat w.i i It \N as decided that the cam? paign should continue and an effort ?n made to secure at least as much M nai collected last year and more l! pdSsi'.ilr. However, the members of the mem? bership committee and the office in of the association are not In the least cast down by their failure to secure as much money as they desired. It was as much, if not more, than was ex I pected in view of the fact that this fmmM financial conditions are very dif? ferent from what they were lust year und this In -.self was sufficient to in? dicate that attempts to secure mem? bers and money would be less suc? cessful. Another point over which the officials are very much gratified is the fact that a great many more members were secured than last year, although the fees did not amount to as much. This year there were less payments for the full year i and more for the quarter and half year terms than formerly. ; While the committees are organized it has been determined to push the work on for the next two days, so thou who have not yet been brought in line may yet Join while the cam? paign is on. and so that the report will be better than that of last year In every particular. The report for Saturday, tho sixth day in the campaign, showed: Rpeelal committee.$30.00 l Reds?Capt. Weatcoat: White Co.?Walsh.$30.00 Green Co.?Bradham. 8.00 $38.00 Bluet?Capt ?Hurst: White Co.?McKnlght.$45.00 Green Co.?Richardson. . . . 41.09 $90.00 Total. 6 days.$158.00 Grand Total.$1,456.35 Last year's grand total. . $ 1.57?.00 Less than last year .. .. ..$133.To Grand Totals: Bluea?Capt. C. ?. Hurst: White Co.?Lieut. McKnlght.. $458.75 Green Co.?Lieut. Richard? son .382.50 Total?Blues.$841.25 Reda?Capt. J. J. Weatcoat: White Co.?Lieut. B. Walsh. $ 238.00 Green Co.?Lieut. R. A. Bradham.181.50 - Total?Reds.$419.50 Special Committee?J. H. Chandler, Capt.$195.50 I $1,456.25 Brownsville. Haren 29.?Villas forces are expected to begin to shell Matamoraa shortly. Danger to the American side has boon greatly in? creased. Only desultory tiring was indulged In today. DOUBLY PROVEN. sumter Reudern (un Xo Louder Doubt the F.vldciioc. This Sumter citizen testified long ago. Told of quick relief?of undoubted* benefit. The facts are now confirmed. Surb testimony is complete?the evidence conclusive It forms convincing proof of merit. P, U. Move, retired grocer. 181 F.. Liberty ft., Sumter. says: "I hurt my buck and ufter that I had backache all th*? time. Some days I could hard? ly get around. I need plasters, lini? ments and several other medicines, but found no relief. The kidney se? cretions wero filled with sediment, wmt i could not real well if I tried to lift or stoop sharp pallia started through mm* ( mi usJnfl Doan'i Kidney Pllhf the p.tins in my ba k left. ni\ bldne i became normal, und i foil nt ?\ pet cent. better in every way. (Mtatsmsnl ihren Kov, i?. i*os.> ??n Jan 13. 1911, Mr. Maye said: Wheaevei mj bank bothers me, or i nave ihe least sign of kidney weak* ne m i ?'.??? ? i'<>\ ,it Dean's Kidney Plhi at KempTi Pharmaey, They nfv* *r fail to rotters me." PHOS lie., nl nil dealers. Don't <impl> ask for a kidney remedy get I loan's Knln.-\ Pills the <;;uii>- thai Mr, May* had Poeter-Mllhurn Co., . ujm. Buffalo, n. v. j MRS. BRECKIilDGE'S SPEECH! " i i .MUii: Nl mrer of LADIES \m? HEN present to nr.Alt si f I r va: TALK. ?? Kentucky Leader Makes Ardent in Favor of Equal Baffrage, Slum In? How It Huh Proved a Success in Tho- - Mute* Where It IIa* Hecu 1 1 nl rod need. Prom The Dally Item. March 21, lira i ><?.!;.i Uecklnrldgo of Louisville, Kentucky, made an nr dent plea In behalf of equal suffrage lust night t<> an audience of about two hundred people who had gathered in the court house to hear her speak 'on this much dlacuaaed subject. The audience wan largely composed of Women, but there were quite a num? ber of men present also, w ho as well las the women seemed to agree to a great part Of.ttlO speaker's remarks. Mrs. Brecklnridge proved herself a very fluent and able speaker, as well as. one fully acquainted with all of the arguments for and against woman suffrage. The main subject of her re ! marks was why" women should have j the suffrage, she showed In a con? vincing manner how numerous re ' forms which had been discussed for I many years previously had been in itroduced in bill form and passed by I legislatures as soon as those states had woman suffrage, hills which had been defeated Ilm? after time pre? viously* Child and woman labor reforms, i white slave laws, protection for girls land co-guardianship of children were 'some of the things that Mrs. Hreckin t ridge pointed out which were badly I needed, especially in the Southern I States, and which had come to other i j states as soon as tho women were given the suffrage. "It was the chiv? alry of Southern men, which allowed the working of children under twelve years of age in cotton mills and the working of women and children for eleven or more hours a day." said the speaker in mentioning neoded re? forms. The wages paid to women and the minimum wage laws were present (day abuses which should be reformed, ? according to the speaker. Mrs. Bretklnridge seems firmly con ' vinced of the fact that the west is ! far ahead of the east In many things, and will continue to be so long as the east and south refuse to grant woman suffrage. Her address wns one to set people who heard.hsr to thinking more dcep ' ly on the subject, for she made an excellent impression on her audience, (both by her logic, and her earnest I ness. I_ KCHOLAHLY DIVINE I)IFJ>. The Late Tltonue. Heese English, I>. D., Educated at Columbia Seminary and Davidson. The Rev. Thomas Heese English, D, D., professor of the English Bible and New Testament interpretation in Union seminary, who died early yes? terday at his home In Richmond, was well known in Columbia. The late J. H. Mulli i of Columbia and Dr. Eng? lish were brothers-in-law , having mar? ried sisters In the Feck family of Hampden-Sidney, Virginia. Mrs. Mul fer is now in Richmond. Dr. English was born in Sumter ; county, this State, in 1850, was grad : Ilated early from Davidson college, Davidson, N. C, and was educated for the ministry at Columbia seminary, this city. His pastorates have been at Charlotte. N. C.; Cuthbert, Ga., and Yoi kville, this State. He was at York ville for u number of years. "I knew Dr. English very Well," said the Rev. Geori.o A. Blackburn, D. D., pastor of tho Arsenal Hill Presbyterian church, yesterday. He was an able man. a strong preachet and hi* loss will be felt by all the Presbyterians of tho Synod of South Carolina."?Tho State. ASKS AFFIRMATION. Attorney Generul Wants Supreme Court Derision Before lie Acts. Washington, March 20.?Attorney General Gregory today filed a brlel j In the supreme court asking aflirma I tion of the decree of the federal dis? trict court Unding the International Harvester Company a combination In root rail of trade and ordering it to be dissolved, Death. Plagah, March It.?Died at his homi here Tuesday, 23rd inst., alter a short illness. Mi t. w. Hawkins, Sr. aged about 18 years, lie had been In feeble health for some time, bul kept up until a few days before he died. He was horn and lived here all his life, and received his parly educa? tion Horn Cap. R, i\ Uhame. He was a member of Pisgah church and its senior deacon, and one of Itschnr er members. Ho was burled at Pisgah Wedithgilay afternoon, after n ser? mon by his pastor. p>\\ X, It. Cole. Me u,is ;i liberal and good kllUM and lid many acts of charltj the world never knew, He leaves Iwo sons and numt rous relatl* es and Friends u ho .nuui n thai Ii? hoj pu? away, I MUCH ANXIETY POH slRMXRINt. 1-1 AT IIONOHM . >i-ter Vessels scour Ocean lor Miles About Plate Wlnr Missing One i> supposed to Hove Gone Doivn*. Honolulu, March 25.?The Ameri can submarine i -'. which was eub-J mcr&odVat 9.16 a. m., t? ? .Ui > two milea uff Honolulu harbor, had not reap? peared at nightfall and grave tears Were expressed for Its safety. The F-4 carries a crew of 25 men and is commanded by Lieut. Alfred L Bde. Three other submarines of the "F" group stationed here, the naval tug Navnjo and lair ches were scouring the ocean for miles about the harbor entrance tonight in search of the mis? sing vessel. Naval officials said they were hope? ful that no serious mishap had be-) fallen the F-4 but they admitted that the circumstances of the craft's pro? longed disappearance, gave rise to' much apprehension. The little flotilla of submarines was engaged In target practice this morning. It was not regarded as unusual that the F-4 should remain under water for an hour or more in the course of the manoeuvres, but when noon came i and the vessel continued submerged, ! anxiety was felt. This increased as j the afternoon wore on and the other submarines began to search for the F-4. The naval station was notified and other vessels were sent out to aid. Most of the 25 men aboard the F-4 are married and have families. I>ater tonight it was reported that the F-4 had been located, lying at a depth of 120 fathoms. Attempts to bring the vessel to the surface with grappling hooks failed. No signal bells had been heard from the submerged craft and this fact led to fears that the submarine's tanks had burst, suffocating the crew with sulphuric acid fumes. STILL SOME CIIANCK. Submarine Built to Remain Under Water Over Twenty-four Hours. Seattle, Wash.; March 25.?The sub? marine F-4 was launched here Jan? uary 15, 1D12. J. B. Patterson, presi? dent of the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock company, the submarine's builders, said tonight that the F-4 was submerged 24 hours at her builders* trial and could remain under water that length of time without inconven? ience of the crew. The F-4 cost j $500,000; Is 142 feet seven inches J long; 16 feet 10 inches deep and 15 jfeet three inches beam. Submerged, the vessel displaces 400 tons of water. She was designed for a cruising ra? dius of 2,100 miles and is fitted with four torpedo tubes. ? STABBED IN THE BACK. j North Augusta Man Mysteriously In? jured. Augusta, Ga., March 25.?Henry H. Mealing of North Augusta was attack? ed by unknown parties near midnight last night, being stabbed in the back. The wound is not believed to be se? rious. He had been engaged at his office near the. bridge until near mid? night. On starting for home he no? ticed four men digging a short dis? tance away. When they saw him they fired on him and one of them ran up and stabbed him, while another at? tacked him with a shovel. Mealing drow a pistol and returned the fire, whereat the assailants ran, and left no clue. The reason for digging is unknown. The proprietors of the Faulkner Mealing planing mill, where Mr. Meal? ing la in business, have recently no? ticed evidences of excavation, at one place the hole being live feet deep. BASEBAL NEWS NOTES. Efforts |o Form Y. M. O. A. Team and Sunday School League. The people of Sumter will be as? sured of seeing some good baseball ; here this summer, if the efforts which have recently been put on foot are successful. It is the decision of Mr. Edward T. White, physical director Of the Young Men's Christian Asso? ciation, to organise a Y. M. C. a basebaill team ami a Sunday School league In the city. a meeting Of those interested in baseball will !>?? held nl the V. M. C. A. on Wednesday evening at S o'clock when plans will be formulated for the organisation of the Y. m. c. a. team. All lovers of baseball, wheth? er they are members of the Young Men's Christian Association. or not. are urged to attend this meeting, al? though those who make the learn will i>e required to Join the association be? fore they Pan play With tin' team. The learrue which Mr. White is en? deavoring to organise is lor Sunday school boys and those who join meal be under sixteen years of age. All Sunday school boys are eligible to play, provided they have a percen? tage of llft> in attendance on Sun da) school. says SENATOR'S LETTER is ami sing am) AMAZING." Congressman From Third District Gives His Side of l ight for New Federal District. _ ? I The State. Senator Tiilman's statement a few days ago in reference to the estab? lishment of the new federal court, In the light of the facts known to all i the delegation, Is amusing and amas- ( ing," says Wyatt Aiken of Abbeville, I member of congress from the Third j district, In a letter received in proof sheet form yesterday by The State. "His painstaking effort to deny me credit for the passage of my own bill would seem,*" the congressman says, i "to leave no question but that the un? derlying purpose of his article is to I minimize my work in the interest of I some one In whom he may be more ! vitally interested. This taken In connection with the announced pur? pose of his own son to offer for congress in this i it trict next term, might. In the minds of uncharitable people, lead to the conclusion that the senator is using this juicy fed? eral pie. indirectly, in the interest of still another of his personal or politi? cal family. Some people might think that Mr. Byrnes' residence in another district added something to ; the glory of his work In the sena? tor's mind." j "That Congressman Byrnes was very active and helpful In the pas ' sage of the bill no one will deny." Mr. Aiken. continues: "but that he j deserves more credit than I, its au j thor and promoter, he will not even i claim, with his knowledge of the facts for Mr. Byrnes is a fair minded man who would not attempt unjustly to rob a colleague of that which is due him. "I am charitable enough to believe that Senator Tillman could not ! have been thoroughly conversant (with the facts further than, that Mr. ! Byrnes was generally the mediary j between the senate and the house ne? gotiations in all of which Mr. Byrnes and I had a thorough understand? ing and a mutual interest along with all the other members of the delegation.'' Elsewhere in his letter, which is three und one-half columns in length, "Mr. Aiken says: "Senator Tillman seems to be la? boring under the impression that ho handled both the senate and the house in the management of this bill, when if he had known the facts, he must have admitted that the senate action was directed to some extent by house influences, and that Senator Smith too rendered most valuable and telling assistance in the linal passage <^f the act, which act he seems entirely to have over? looked." "Of course," says Mr. Aiken, "these details are not interesting to the pub-, lie, but candor compels their recital, to prove, as the lawyers would say, j that 'I was around there when the new district was daddied." "Senator Tillman denies with a vehemence bordering on hysteria that the parceling out of the court's positions was a family matter.' I think Mr. McGowan's suggestion along that line was unfortunate and uncalled for, but I also think that when Senator Tillman rushed into print about it, he should have been frank and fair. It is true that the parceling out of the positions was not a family matter, but Senator Tillman deserves no credit on that account. Humor about the capitol had it that he became very much wrought up when he could not exact a pledge that his son, B. R. Tillman, Jr., should ha\*? the clerkship. 1 pre? sume that he will not deny that for more than a year his son, Henry C. Tillman, counted confidently on being made assistant district attorney, upon which position he held so tight a grip as to be able to transfer it to his law partner, Mr. Mayen. It is stated that Senator Tiilman's private secretary, J. Ii. Knight, will be appointed clerk. I don't know whether Mr. Knight will he appointed or not and I don't care, but the point I am trying to make is that when Senator Tillman undertakes to make a statement in regard to this matter, he should not only tell the truth but the whole truth." m j Activities of the several South Car? olina members in behalf of the West? ern district bill are described by Mr. Aiken as follows: "Now, If 1 have failed to give due credit to other of my associates in Congress in the matter of the passage of the district bill, it has been for the reason that it would have drawn out this article entirely too long. They were all sympathetic and active as for as their time would permit In aid in?: ill the passage of the federal dis lriot i>ill. Important committee work claimed the attention of some while Ah-. Byrnes and l were engaged on details, but the delegation was of one mind for its passage, of course, Mr. Johnson could not and did not take pall in the work of (he pab^age of the bill as he had bad in'imtion that he would be indorsed for the Jlldge ship. Mr. Lever was busily engaged on the committee of conference on the agricultural appropriation bill, and could spare but little time from his work. Mr. Finley was similarly engaged on the conference committee im the postollice appropriation bill but aided materially in the final passage of the bill. Mr. Whaley, with every local reason for opposing the bill, and against the protest of some of his home people rendered invaluable ser? vice in many ways, and wis espec? ially helpful in a parliamentary way. "Mr. Johnson was indorsed lor judge by the entire delegation, while Messrs. Thurmond and Lyon were i named, the former by Senator Till man, the latter by Senator Smith un i i der an agreement made at the open? ing of the Democratic congress, that I South Carolina representatives should i leave the naming of State-w ide officers to the two senators while the senators should leave the naming of postmas? ters to the representatives. And there 1 trust you have at least enough of the story of the passage of the dis? trict bill to convince you that I was in Washington when my bill passed, which could hardly have been infer? red from reading Senator Tillman's published statements." ADMITS KIDNAPPING CHILD. Woman Held in Wayneshoro, Ga., j Tells Strange Story of Alleged Ad | venture. _ Augusta, Ga. March 25.?A woman, who gave her name as Jane Redd, saying she is from Huntsville, Ala., is in jail in Wayneshoro, where she j has confessed to Sheriff Johnson she ' kidnapped Robert Allen Striker, the i child of Mrs. W. H. Striker of Brook I ? lyn, N. Y., who has been missing since ; November. In a divorce case between | Mrs. Ritcher and her former husband, ; J A. Striker, the custody of the child was awarded to the mother. The woman held in jail has agreed 'to take the sheriff to a house in the I country where she says she has the child hidden. The woman, who later said her name was Jane Redd, at first said the j child was a son of her daughter In Co? lumbus, Ga., then said he was her son's son. After three hours' grill? ing it is said she admitted the child was kidnapped from St. Petersburg. Fla., in November. People through the Waynsboro section remember that the w oman in February had the child going through the country begging. When arrested she had a lot of silver money tied in several handkerchiefs. The woman said the child was In the country, about 15 miles from Wayneshoro, and agreed to take the deputy sheriff to the hiding place. They left Wayneshoro about 10 o'clock. REWARD OFFE.RED. Ritcher Willing to Pay $500 for In? formation Leading to Return. New York, March 25.?William H. Ritcher of Brooklyn, a former banker, a w'eek ago offered a reward of $500 for information that would lead to re? covery of his 4-year-old step-son Rob bert Allen Striker, who disappeared from St. Petersburg, Fla., on Decem? ber 12, last. Mr. and Mrs. Ritcher were visiting relatives there at the time. Mr. Ritcher engaged detec? tives and searched a wide territory in the vicinity led from town to town by rumors that a woman, had been seen with the boy in various places nearby. He gave up the search in February and with his wife returned to their home in Brooklyn. Mr. Ritcher was notified tonight by the Wayneshoro authorities that a woman was under arrest there and had confessed she kidnapped the child. SUMTER COTTON MARKJET. Corrected dally by Ernest Field, Cotton Buyer. Good Middling 9. Strict Middling 8 7-8. Middling S 3-4. Strict Low Middling S 1-4. Low Middling 7 3-4. Staple Cotton, Nominal. Our Foreign Advertising is in Charge ef Jacobs & Co., Clinton, S. C, SOLICITING OFFICES: New York?118 R. 23th St.E. L. Gould Cblcsgo-*4.?o Advertising Bldc.W. B. Porefcer L>etrott?!Iote| Taller .C L. w iss St. Ixmis?I5tw Central KsU. Bank Bulw*.. II. K. (iammoii Ksshvllte?Ml Hth Ave. V.i. II. Riddle. Jr. Atlanta?Wesley Memorial BMk.-.J. B. geougb lahevllle, N.? .-i.il s. Main St_H. Ucee Philadelphia?1421 Arch Kt.A.O'Itonlel Richmond, Vs.?Murphy Hotel.. J ?/. Ltgea DEATH ?VER RAT CORN Best rslsnd mire exterminator made. Kills Quickly and absotstely without oder. Muuimtttes?thufl preventing decomposi? tion Better than all the traps Is the world. Insist on Qenulae BAT DORM. -?'.60c. $i at dealer* or by mull,post paid. BOTANICAL MFC. CO. ?7 4th4R?e*St9.. PhilmtUtphim, Pm