Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ixm^rrr- wjtrk ft <??tKmk at INtsoJiu Im Escrllem? IVtuetissr Trip Plaiuecd MumHhh#* Ceeeaft for Hu nasser. date far Um opening of the two tobacco erarehoueea in Humter will be OataraalBjed teener cow when the ware? housemen of the Pee Dae counties aa sembls at Florence to decide on a date for all the warehouses to open on ons day. Jt haa been definitely settled that there will ha a big "Tobacco Market and Trade Drawing Booater Trip'' put on by the business men of Humter thin month, the committee awaiting the announcement of the opening day of the two Huaster warehouaea to name the data for the booater trip. Mr. Pepper aald Immediately on his arrival yesterday that he certainly wants the easiness houses and banks of Hurnter to heartily cooperate with the Hurnter tobacco warehousemen on this trip. He and his assoctatea In the Hurnter tobacco warehouses feel that Hssanrrech as there will be the biggest tobacco crop ever offered for ante during July and Augst m the Pee Dee tobacco growing counties, that the business men of Hurnter ought to pat every effort forward to get all the tobacco possible sold on the Sumter market. Mr. C. K. Marlon, after visiting the tobacco growing sections trtbu'ary to the Hurnter market, says he thinka that with the right kind of backing sad boosting from the busi? ness houses and banks of Hurnter, than between two and three million pounds of tobacco can be brought to Hurnter dasatsg ?Wey, August and September, and Sumter made a leading tobacco market, aa the exportera want It to be. The Imperial Tobacco Company, aid The Export Tobacco company, the two largest wholesale tobacco rem pa alee In the United States, have positively decided to have buyers on the Hurnter market, and other large tobacco companies will be represented here. The Chamber of Commerce Is cor rdepondioja with the ?. J. Ueynolds Tobacco cesassanr. of Rocky Mount, asother 4remendous buying concern, asd f4ec*eeary Rear (ten la quite cer? tain from 1 etas as received, that the Reynolds people will locate buyers at Samt er. The commercial organisa? tion, acting with Messrs. Pepper and Marlon have picked out several ware rooms near the Farmera' Tobacco Warehouse on East Liberty street to ha uaed by the Imperial. Export, and Heynolds tobacco companies aa pack fag houses, snd a building has been assured by Messrs. Pepper and Ma? rlon to asannfact ure tobacco hogs? heads in. ? The manufacture of tobacco curing Muss, and hogsheads alone, are two Important features of the reeatabltsh raent of the Humter tobacco market, and thouaands of dollars will be apent la Sumter during the next ninety days hp the ssatohooecsnew, and buyers, in automobile hire, board, advertising, saanufacturlng hogaheads, money paid out for employeea of different kinds, add other expenses Incidental to con? ducting tobacco warehouaea. If Hurnter geta busy going after the tobacco, and the trade that goes with tobacco selling, this city ought to pull nearly half a million dollars In cash trade to Booster this summer. Other ?md nearby competitive tewna are hustling for the tobacco business and She trade, ft Hamter wants more bt is In ass, her merchants and bankers saust get buay doing what other near? by towns -are doing. Advertise und mis with the tobacco growers. Mr. tan Turbevllle. of Turbeville. and Mr K. T Mima, of Trinity, where. With Hardlnla. New Zion, Shlloh, Workman. Quod Will, and other to oh( on a*rov eg sections. Hurnter got m .k of Its tobacco last year, cali? fs' the Chamber of Commerce yes? es *y and Informed the managing ancretary that the "Tobacco Boosters" t;ho visited their sections last July bare wanted again and that a moat cordial welcome awaits the Hurnter tobacco warehousemen, and other business men. Aa eoea aa the warehousemen get Sack from Florence the date for the "Tobacco and Trade I'ostlng Trip' Will be announced by the committee Composed of Messrs. J. Z II? m n, C. k. Hurst, 8. L. Kram off, W. A. Themnoon. I?uls Lynns, and E. I. Roardon. With IIIS.000 for sidewalks and paving. |S0.000 being spent In school Improvement*, und several hundred thousand* of dollars tinned loose for tobacco thts summer and fall, busi? ness ought to piok up. and will if the gaunter business men will tust forget their groaches about the mone\ that, they didn't maKe. and make up their minds to extend tltclr trade territory and get more business. 'ting togetb. i tad mixing with prospektiv?? new customer* for a day will help to bring ubout good leellngs are I better business understanding* all aroumt SHORT COI BSE IN I.EE. Le*eon? In Home Economics at Itlsh opt III**. ailehopvUls, July V.?On M.?ndu: #nd TnflMdy. July 1? find 13. Mlttf (trace M. tiufttngtun of Winthrop will give * ?hurt court in Bishopvllle tor houaekeepers and young women. The lessons which will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning and 4.30 o'clock In MM afternoon are as follows: First. eggM und milk, use of tireless cooker iM an ice box, making of bread; sec? ond, bread baking, home nursing dem? onstration; third, cuts of meat, nutri? tious but inexpensive soups, use of tireless cooker; fourth, salads. These It sNons are given under the auspices of the home demonstration forces, Miss liunington now being one of the Suite assistants. The gardening and canning club work of I^ee county has been repre? sented at the Winthrop and Pee Dee summer schools. The seven girls now at t'oker College were selected In June by J. P. Kllgore and C. E. Mc Lendon. who, with the county agent, made an inspection tour of the best plots in the county, the awards being as follows: In tlrst year work on tenth acre of tomatoes, Cnita Parnell ot Cypress and Mamie Smith of Cedar Orove; in second year work on tenth I acre of tomatoes and string beans, Vida Hancock of Rock Hill, who has canned 150 quarts of beans, and Ma? sse Klmore of Sylvan; in third year work on bean and pimento gar? den. Ada Belle Smith of Mt. Clio; on blackberry plot, as preparation for fourth year work, Clllia Troublefleld ef Hock Hill; and on well kept record i book. Ullie Helle I^emmon of McDon? ald school. The Coker college fee ef !? per girl was paid by the fid lowing: Dr. N. Y. Alford. $5; R. E. Muldrow, $5;- Messrs. Munnerlyn, Quattlebaum and Haskin, constituting the county board of education. $245. Dr. J. H Lane contributed $5 on the traveling expenses of the two Win? throp short course students. R<H.KRS AM) CANTEY CASES. Board of Pardons Recommended < lomeacy ?J* Governor, Which was (a ranted. Columbia. July 10.?Gov. Manning this morning acted on two recom? mendations of the board of pardons. William Cantey of Cukhoun county was paroled, and the sentence of Green? wood Rogers of I*aurens county was commuted from death to life im? prisonment. Rogers is the negro who some months back was within a half hour of electrocution when new facts heard by the governor caused him to stay the sentence and re the matter to the board of pardo The board went into this case 'very fully, hearing attorneys on both sic and visiting Rogers in the death house. The governor will review the find? ing of the board in all cases and will make known their report and his de? cision as he works through the list. The reports of the board of pardons on the two cases above referred to are as fellows: State rs. Greenwood Rogers. This case comes from Laurens connty. Rogers was convicted of ar? son and sentenced to be electrocuted. Mr. A. G. Hart appeared before us in behalf of Rogers and Solicitor Coop ee was called in by the pardon board for consultation. Rogers was tirst convicted of mur? der, with recommendation to mercy. This conviction was had upon the tes? timony of Tom Young, another negro, who confessed that he. Rogers, and Junk Caldwell killled Mr. Young. He I claimed that Rogers first shot Mr. 'Young, then hit him in the head with < an axe and then burned the house over the body. After the first trial, In which Rogers and Caldwell were both convicted of murder, with recom? mendation to mercy, and given life Imprisonment, Rogers alone was put upon trial for arson and convicted without recommendation to mercy. Tom Young plead guilty of murder, with recommendation to mercy, and is now serving a sentence of life impris? onment. We talked to Rogers and also to Caldwell. but did not see Young, as he Is on the Laurens county chaingang. I This is u very close* case and, assum? ing that all three of the negroes are k-idlty of the horrible erlrne. we still think that this negro should be saved from the eleetru- ehalr. In the first place, there is some doubt as to hie ; guilt at all. This is mIiowii by the fuct that the tlrst Jury recommended him t?? the mercy of the OOtirt, ami by the further tact that the solicitor ac? cepted a plea of guilty front Tom Young, whuii idea oarried with it life Ihetprieoaeesat. it th? negroes are fUitty. they air equally guilty, and if Tom Young and Junk Caldwell are to ?scape with life imprisonment, we think it would l>e unjust to let OreOJh woud- Rogers dn . Wo therefore recommend that his sentence l?e eouimuted to lift m prisonntont. State en* William Cantey. < 'a I noun county, assault and battery with intent to kill, II months. This party was seilten? ed In two eases eighteen months each, but it ap? pears that the assault was at the same time. lie has ulnady served 28 months and we recommend a pardon. erTTiNc; RWE WWlflHel'. S. M. IMci Mm Seriously In Iii red by Li l>. Tisdale al Eagle's Club. In a diflleulty resulting from an al- j leged dispute concerning a debt or failure to allow credit, ?s. M. Pierson was seriously cut by Louis 1>. Tisdale. W. s. Tisdale, the father of Louis I>. Tisdale, was also concerned in the difficulty. No eye witnesses to the affair could be found this morning, but according to reports Mr. Pierson and the elder Mr. Tisdale got in a fight following a dispute and during the encounter young Tisdale ran up and cut Mr. Pierson. The cut was in the side and it w as at llrst thought that Mr. Pier son was dangerously wounded. It was later found that his weakness was caused by the loss of blood and he was uot in as serious condition as at llrst supposed. This morning Mr. W. G. Pierson, a brother, stated that he was not considered to be seriou?ly injured or in danger. After the cutting Mr. Pierson was taken to the Tourney Hospital for treatment and he is still at that place, j The Messrs. Tisdale left for their home in the country, several miles from town and were not arrested. It is I stated that Mr. Pierson had refused to give credit to the Tisdale's for some .binding twine and this started the trouble. Mi-At Kl\ TO SPEAK AT ALCOLU. Will Talk on Got ton Warehouse Sys? tem on 16tli?Personal News. Harvln, July 9.?Hon. John L. McLaurin, State Warehouse Com? missioner for South Carolina, has ac? cepted an invitation to speak at Al colu, S. C, on the 16th, instant. Owing to the popularity and promi? nence of this distinguished South Car? olinian, and particularly so, since his close affiliation with and fight lor the State warehouse system for the stor? age of cotton, there will no doubt be a very large concourse of farmers and other people on this occasion to hear Mr. McLaurin. He Is an able speak? er and one of the best platform ora? tors In the South, and he seems so perfectly Imbued with the great re? sults that are to accrue to the cotton isrmer of the Sooth from the bene flclent results of the warehouse plan that he will no doubt be in position to interest in entirety his audience on this oeoaston. This distinguished sun ? Ot Carolina has SObtl honored by In : vi on a lo address trie legislative, booieg of Gc-'jgia *uil. Alabama and ether cotton growii.g Statoo, so he it? doing mucn to agitate and consum? mate his cotton warehouse scheme. A very large crowd is expected at Alcolu for this occasion. Miss Hat? ie Tut le, of Greeleyville, is visiting Mrs. Alexander Manigault Keels in Harvin. Miss Emma Eauncc-ltoss of Phil? adelphia, who has been visiting Miss Kitty McFaddin, will leave today for Sumter, where she will spend the week-end with Mrs. Jake Harvin, on Bertlette street, at the Clarendon. NEWS FROM ALCOLU. Alcolu, July 12.?Mr. Robert Alder? man is putting in an up-to-date gin? nery at this place which will be a great convenience for the farmers of this Immediate community. The ma? chinery and building will be modern in every respect, and will be operated by Mr. Tom Stukes, an experienced ginner. It la likely that there will be one or two cotton buyers here this fall. Messrs. Joseph S. Dlckson, Edgar Dlckson, J. N. McKenzie and L. M. Jones motored to New Zion on last Thursday to hear the senatorial can? didates speak. Mrs. R. J. Alderman and children and Miss Martha Alderman left here Monday morning for Ilendersonville, N. C, where they will spend several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. 1). W. Alder? man at their summer home at that place. The trip was made In Mr. Al? derman's big Cadullac car. Messrs. J. 11. Brogdon and John G. Walker spent Sunday at Charleston and the Isle of Palms. The Rev. II. K. Williams is spend? ing sometime with his family at Bel ton, S. C. He la expected back in time to fill his pulpit on Sunday morning. Mr. David I!. Jones, formerly of this county, who was married to Miss I Flora Nesbltte, of Charlotte, N. C, on IJane Mb, and who has been traveling extensively In the far West since, is i now In Chicago, where they will spend a few days before returning to their.future home at Charlotte. Mr. c. y. Hhlpman left Wednesday morning to visit his parents at Holly ,11111 making the trip In hli Ford. He was accompanied by Mr. Jamie Net? tles, Mrs. C. D. Miller and children are ?pending the summer at Brevard, N. C. Mr. ('has. Woods, agent for the A. I \ L, and Alcolu It. R, Co.. at this place, Who wag married to Miss Wil? der, of Savannah, on June ?s11? Is now in St. Louis. Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Woods Will visit the exposition at San Fran? cisco before returning homo. C?FT. UK VAN ASSI MES COM? MAND. Hour Admiral Edwards Transfer Au" thorlty at Charleston?New Com? mander Experienced. Charleston, July 8.?Capt. Ben? jamin C. Bryan today assumed com? mand of the Chuiiestan navy yard, the transfer of authority from Bear Admiral John R. Edwards occurring early this afternoon at the station. Capt. Bryan arrived here from Washington on the 12:56 p. m. train by Atlantic Coast Bine. He was met by Lieut. W. L. lleiberg, aide to the commandant, and escorted to the yard. Capt. Bryan conies to Charleston following 15 months of service as di? rector of navy yards. He is native of New York State. The progress of Charleston's naval station is expected to receive very genuine impetus of a permanent character under Capt. Bryan's regime, if the auspicious ef? ficiency of his past service can be regarded as an earnest of his future. Admiral Edwards leaves Charles? ton tonight with Mrs. Edwards for his summer home, in Hhode Island. The former commandant of the Char? leston Btation is today retired auto? matically from the active service of jthe United States navy, as he cele? brates the anniversary of his 62nd birthday on this instant. Admiral Edwards' term of office as commandant of the local station has lasted for nine months. During that period he has proved an inspiration to the men of the yard and to the citizens of Charleston who believe in the future of their naval station. MEETING ON SATURDAY. Call for Town and Country to Discus* Disposal of Next Cotton Crop. Editor Daily Item: There is a call out for a meeting for town and country on Saturday, 17th, inst., at 10 A. M. The purpose of the meeting is to develop a plan to handle the next crop of cotton. This meeting may also issue a call for a State meeting. KILLED CLEARING WRECK. T. V. Polatty Fatally Hurt at Roystar. Columbia, July 8.?T. V. Polatty, who had his back broken yesterday morning when clearing wreckage from th Southern railway '.racks at Roy jet?& died al the Columbia hospital at , U o'clock ladt night. Mr. Polatty iwas section foreman and ? te direct? ing the work of jacking up a smashed freight car, which slipped from the supports, and in falling caught him beneath. The injured man was rush? ed to the hospital, where an operation was to have been performed yester? day afternoon. The extreme weakness of patient induced an abandonment of this idea. The dead man was ter? ribly mangled by the falling car. In addition to the breaking of the back, the face was badly mashed and the patient internally crushed. Early in the morning Atlantic Coast i Line passenger train No. 68 cut into the rear cars of Southern freight train No. 75 at the Royster intersection of tracks. From the impact three or four freight cars were smashed. Mr. Polatty was clearing away this wreck? age when the fatal accident occurred. Four passengers on the Atlantic Coast Line train were slightly injured and others badly shaken up. Mrs. E. ?. Lucas of Brookland suffered an abrasion on the foot. Mrs. M. E. Os borne of Bennettsville had both knees painfully bruised. O. W. Hainkel, traveling salesman out of Columbia, had the left side of his forehead cut open and bruises on one shin. C. W. Swygert of Sumter was hurt in the back of the head. Two negro employes of the Coast Line train were also injured. A. J. Andrews, the mail clerk, was injured about the head and the back, and Frank Robinson, porter, had his left ankle and hip injured. The engineer of the Atlantic Coast Line said he saw the Southern train of cars over the crossing, but that his brakes failed to "bite," and allowed his train to plow on into the freight. The Coast Line engine vvas slightly damaged, and the combination mail and express car and the car for ne? groes were badly splintered. No em? ployes of the Southern were hurt. WILSON WORKS HARD. Spends Day in Study of Dispatches. Cornish, N. II., July 8.?President Wilson, kept indoors by a driving rain, ?pent must of the day studying dis? patches on the German situation and other official business. Unofficial dispatchos from Berlin saying the German reply would be sent tomorrow or Saturday wa re com? municated to the president tonight, i but he would make no comment. The president will make no ar? rangements about returning to Wash? ington until the note has been dis? patched from Berlin. El Paso, July 11!.?Oro/.eo's bond of $7,rdl0 was forfeited today. He was deelared a fugitive from justice. d ? -' ? THREATENS PROMINENT IREN. ixknowx wkitek, raitcNit w holt, says hi: will ion time WOltK. New Orleans, July 12.?A written j threat tu assassinate J. P. Morgan, Sir Cecil Spring-Hiee, British ambassador to the United States, and to destroy by bombs British vessels clearing from American ports was received today by i a local newspaper from a person who signed himself as "Pearce." Pearce declared that he had come to New Orleans to complete plans for the destruction of British mule transports sai'iig from this port and said the steamers Howthhead and Baron Napier, which cleared from here July 8 and sailed from Port Eads the following day, probably never would be heard from again. The Howthhead sailed for Dublin and Bel? fast via Norfolk for coal, with a gen? eral merchandise cargo, while the Baro;> Napier had on board J)0 7 mules for Avonmouth, England, direct. Neither vessel carried passengers, it is said, but the Baron Napier has aboard a large number of muleteers, many of whom are residents of New Orleans. Local government officials, on being notified of Pearce's threats, imme? diately attempted to get in touch with the Baron Napier by wireless and noitied Washington authorities. The vessel had not been heard from at a lata hour tonight. The Howthhead is not equipped for radio communica jtion. Both vessels should now be somewhere off the Florida or Georgia coast, the Howthhead near the coast and the Baron Napier well out to sea on her way toward British waters. Hans Halle, mentioned by Pearce in his letter, who was arrested here last December having in his posses? sion at the time a bomb containing 40 pounds of dynamite, which the police say he confessed he had pre | pared with the intention of blowing up a French line vessel, bound from New York to France, was arrested late tonight and will be held until the Howthhead and the Baron Napier have been heard from, police officials said. Halle recently was acquitted in federal court here on a charge of having conspired to ship explosives on an interstate carrier without prop? erly lnarking the package containing : the shipment j Franli. lio'r who :?\er;: 1 i'<i%\? a^> i shot and wountked Mi. Morgan, and ?who later killed Mreeslf, hn-i been 1 working with Pearce In an effort to prevent the United States from tak? ing any part in the European conflict ever since the war began, Pearce I wrote. Muenter, the writer declared, ! was the person who warned passen I gers who had booked passage on the Lusitania not to make the voyage on the vessel. He personally called on Charles Frohman, who lost his life in the catastrophe, and enleavored to persuade him not to make the trip, Pearce said. While in some official quarters it is believed that "Pearce" is of unsound mind, others are of the opiiioi: that the writer probably is a person who has sympathy for the Germanic allies and who has become obsessed with the idea of following the example of Muenter through reading Muenter's published letters and statements. Pearce declared that Muenter went to Glencove, where he shot Mr. Mor? gan, principally because Sir Cecil Spring-Bice was there. The writer said that while Muenter had failed in his purpose, he would finish the work as planned and eventually would kill both Mr. Morgan and the British am? bassador. Scores ol detectives tonight were searching the city in an effort to lo? cate Pearce, while squads of British government agents and attaches of local shipping interests were search? ing all British vessels in port to as? certain whether bombs had been con? cealed in their cargoes. Pearce's letter, which was dated New Orleans, July 10, and which was typewritten, follows In part: After announcing his intention to kill Mr. Morgan to avenage the death of Holt the letter says: "Holt's my partner, and I glory in the thought of his comradeship. We worked to? gether ever since this cursed war began. Holt is gone, but 1 am still here, and I am going to carry on the work with redoubled fury. "The statement that Holt intended to wreck libraries and other such public buildings is a lie. The capitol is the only building that we planned I to wreck, and w e partly succeeded in I our plan. But w hat w e did plan, and what 1 am going to carry out, is the .just idea, to stop this country from contributing to the damnable, hellish, barbaric slaughter across the ocean. British muleshlps are daily leaving New Orleans laden with live stock for the enemies ?>t Germany, just as ships laden with guns and ammuni? tion to slaughter Germans arc almost daily leaving New York. Therefore this city furnishes a promising field for tin* work that lies before me. I may succeed in blowing up but one British ship lea\lng this port?1 may succeed In destroying ten?but 1 am ^.<?in^ to carry out this work, and whatever I achieve will he .satisfactory hi me. And then 1 will be ready for Morgan. Ami alter I get through with Morgan, f will be ready to share my pal's late, I consider it a glorious fate. "And Sir Cecil Spring-Uice. Do you want to know who Muenter was after when he went to Glencove? % Morgan? Partly. The real reason for going to Glencove was Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. We hav._ trailed Spring Rice for weeks, and we are going to get him. "This country considers Muenter a barbarian?a crank. 1 knew him in Germany, I knew him in America. He destroyed property and took lives when I knew thut good would follow, never otherwise. He taught me bis principles, his ideals, and as 1 said before, I glory in his leadership of the past. He stood ready to risk his own life to save other lives that he considered worthy. Why, at the time the Lusitania sailed on her fateful voyage, do you know who it was that warned Vanderbilt and the rest not do sail on her. It was Erich Muenter. He knew what was going to befall this British liner. He not only sent messages to a large number of people that0he knew were going to sail on the ship, but he personally appealed id Charles Frohman not to make the voyage. ' "Just as Muenter appealed to Froh? man, Vanderbilt and the others not to sail on the Eusitania, so I now appeal to worthy Americans in this country not to sail on the British mule ships leaving this port. If my warning goes unheeded the Americans that sail on these British owned ships must expect the late that befell Van? derbilt and the rest. All of my plans will not fail. Remember, I am fMuenter*! pupil and very, very sel? dom has Muenter failed. Muenter's I methods are my methods. I have his determination and his dynamite be? hind me. And I am working with enough explosives to wreck this whole town. And besides this, I am work? ing to avenge Muenter. I have a programme to follow: British ships, Morgan, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and then oblivion. Halle failed completely, Muenter succeeded partly, I am going to succeed completely| I am but one among millions, but I have Muenter's backing, and 1 have dynamite. "If there be anyone among the readers of this that doubts these ?..ords let him wait and watch, the cafiy part Ol next weeic will witness the completion oi Muenter's plans? I that is for the beginning of the com? pletion. If you will look up the rec? ords, you will discover the names of two of his majesty's ships that have just left port?perhaps never to re urn. One of them is called Howth head, ? the other Baron. Have you relatives on cither of these ships? If you have I feel sorry for you If you are an American. If you are a subject of his majesty, I congratulate myself. Watch the career of some of these mule ships. (Signed) "Pearce." CHIGHESTER SPILLS LADIES I ? . Ask yo?p Or***!** for CRTCH?S-TER S A DIAMOND BRAND PILLS in Rkd flcd/A Gold metallic boxes, sealed with BluetO? Ribbon. Take no other. Wmy <* ?ir\V Drasstsft sb? m?k tor CllI.CIlks.TCB S V DIAMOHO BRAND PILLS, for twrntr-fl^C years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS gg? EVERYWHERE?^ THEBAILEY-LEBBYCQ ROOF/A/& ?iMi:STON,S.C.. J. Sumter Moore, COTTON LONG STAPLE EXCLUSIVELY., 1218 Washington St. Phone 585 COLUMBIA, S. C. Send samples from both sides of hale and 1 will name you liest price for cotton landed in Columbia. DEATH ToVERMIN RAT CORN lte*t rat and Bales exterminatormade. Kills quickly sndabsolutely mitboutodor, Munusifles?thiis preventing decotaposP Mob. Better than at 1 the traps I a ins wrid. laslstoa 1 ieaufae RAT CORN, SV.IOc, %\ at dealers or l>y mail pout paid, V BOTANICAL MFG. CO. 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