Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TO rKKHKHVE HISTORIC MARK* , Pstaparo aud ?><.?! i Mi in' >rl,' K at fVnt Mnuhii.?Marker for Port Mailer. Washington. Aug 13.- Seventy-five | landmarke and statues commemorat Ing events In the history of the na? tion were declared national monu? ment* today under the act of the laut congress. The list Includes an old Spanish ruin at Fort Matanxna, Fla., the first example of the effect on masonry of long distance cannonade by rifled guns at Cockepur Island, fla.i the sur? render monument at Vlcksburg. Miss., the Statute of liberty. New York har? bor, the Patapsco and oaceola mon? uments. Tort Mourtrle. 8. C; the An? drew Johnson monument, Oreenvllle. Tenn.; the monument to MaJ. IVEn fant. designer of the city of Washing? ton, the Maine memorial, Arlington cemetery; the Yorktown monument, commemorating the battle of York town, and a number of monuments to Union and Confederate troops on War of Secession battlefields. In addition the war department or? dered appropriate marken* placed on II old forts, Including Fort Sumter. HKAMAVS l.\W PROVISION. language Tom Approved by Acting Secretary Sweet, Washington. Aug. 13.?Regulations covered in the much discussed lan? guage teat provision or the new aea saan's law were approved today by Acting Secretary Sweet of the depart? ment of commerce. The law provides that a vessel, e* oept on rivers and small Inland lakes, ?hall not be cleared from any port unless she has on board a crew not less than 7* per cent, of which in each department are able to under? stand any order given by the vessel's officers. The department regulations Sot forth that the department con? strues the words "able to understand ?ny order" to mean necessary orders that msy ?>e given to members of the ?raw In each department Under this eosftstruction, it was pointed out, it would not be neceasary for a deck band to understand the ordern usual? ly given to firemen, or vies versa. Regulations also were issued today fbr the enforcement of Section 2 'of the law limiting the hours of labor ?nd regulating the kind of labor to be performed on shipboard. This section Provides for two watches for deck labor and three for the engine room. The bureau of navigation la fram fog regulations to cover all of the aec tlona of the law which are not involv? ed In question* now before the attor? ney genersl for legal opinion. M \ Kk i .UM. COTTON CROP. ftouthcru Hankers to Form Perma? nent AsMOcinUou. Qalveston. Texas. Aug. 13.?Organi? sation of a permanent association of Southern bankers, which ahull have for Its purpose the gradual marketing of th? 11115 cotton crop, will be one of the alms of s meeting of Southern bankers to be held here tomorrow. Representative bankers are In Gal v est on from practically every cotton growing State. Including F. 8. Eth ridge, of Jackson, Ua.. president of the Georgia State bankers' Associa? tion, and F. W. Foote, of Atlanta, director of the Atlanta Federal Re? serve I tank. According to Joseph Hirsch, of Cor pua Christi. Texas, president of the Texas Bankers' Association, who call? ed the meeting, it is hoped to or? ganise a South-wide movement that ?hall have for its aim the securing of higher prices for cotton growers. Mr. Hirsch sdded that the building of cot? ton warehouses, receipts of which may be used by banks us collateral, would be urged. A commute probably will be ap? pointed tomorrow to meet with W. P. O. Harding, chairman a| the Federal Reserve board, in Birmingham, on August 2?, when the cotton situation will be din. ? - ?Mil iiooy.E hi Li.. f>t*pra*ary MhIc* for .hi|> Amounted to t2l.VUA.IM?. Columbia. Aug 14 -According to the report of th?? Kt it.- dispensary au? ditor, made pubip today, tin- total sales of ?11 the dlap?*naarlca or the fifteen counties or ?b.- Stat.? for .ful\. amounted to f J ? ...', 11, n:i ,nd t In- op ?rating expenses B/gsg |If, 111.17, We Hope So It lid not cren?.' my aurprlae Ion When it wan aononni pd last Tur^d*> tbit th* Seaboard had abaorbed tbv Carolina. Atlantic and Western road. Soon sfter HHhopsillo and Sumtei gave, the right or way thev found OUt thst the s. a L eras buk of Ml ttonsal. We hope the Seaboard will carry out Mr HonanTs nrornH?- t< csrry the road tsg from Sunder t< ?'hsrleaton through Clarendon aim Ferkl#?v niahopvlllc Leader and Vindicate*. im \ik xo t own-; IMYWEM? 14ibau Mauldin Hcquoaths About $HI, l. to ?in 11 ? I Memorial to Wife at Orphanage. Kasley, Auk. IS.?The will of the late Uiban Mauhlin wiih opened and read yesterday morning. The Connie Maxwell orphanage ot Greenwood re? ceived practically the entire estate. Mr. Mauhlin was a trustee of this in? stitution, giving it much thought and attention during nis lifetime. The will provided that Walter Evatt. nephew of Mr. Mauhlin, was to receive the house and lot, located on Smith street, in which Mr. Evatt now lives, and left SfiOO in cash to Mrs. Charlie Thomas, niece by mar? riage of Mr. Mauldin. These were the only persons who received bequests, the remainder of the estate going to the orphanage. Included in the or? phanage bequest are the residence in which Mr. Mauldin lived, situated on a large lot on Main street, and in a most desirable part of town, a small house and lot located on Smith street, one block from Main street; two farms of 280 acres, situated about two or three miles from towr. and all per? sonal property. The total value of this is approximately $13,000. All this property, according to the will, is t?> be sold and the proceeds to be given to the orphanage to build a home at the orphanage called the Mrs. I .a ban Mauldin home. The amount to tie expended for this home is not specified, but the amount left after the completion of it is to be placed as an endowment fund for the Institution Walter Evatt was named as one executor and another Is to be selected fvom the board ot trustees of the or? phanage. KELY ON PCHIJC SENTIMENT. Leading Generals Ex|>ccto<l to Desert Him If Ho llefusesi to Join Peace Conference. Washington, Aug. 14.?Mexican public sentiment is relied on by the administration to force Gen. Car ran/.a to accept the peace conference plan or be deserted by his chief generals. The appeal simply states in a concllatory way that Mexico must become tranquil and that a provision? al government selected by the peace conference will receive recognition by the nations of the woi id and so Mex? ico will be able to secure needed financial support. The note is going to the Mexican people today In every conceivable manner. Warships are flashing it to consuls along the western coast. It was telegraphed 'to Monterey and vicinity, and Is being sent further into the interior by courier. SAVES DHOWNING MAN. Act of Heroism llcvealed at Beaufort. Beaufort. Aug. 12.?An act of heroism of more than passing inter eat has all but escaped notice on ac? count of the modesty of those con? cerned. A marine named V. W. Gor? don, located at the Port I loyal naval station, was rescued from drownlnsj by Jumcs L. Carbery, son of the county farm demonstration agent, about three weeks ago. Mr. Gordon was swimming off the front of town when he was seen by sumo women on the water front to be in distress. Upon their raising an al.arrn young Carbery, who was nearby in his bathing suit, dove overboard and went to the rescue. He succeeded in getting the man to the whnrf when they were both pulled in by onlookers. Physicians were summoned and worked over the man for some time before they succeeded In restoring him. Young Mr. Carbery is remembered here as the youth who was so severe? ly wounded by a Henufort policeman on New Year's eve last. He bos only recently recovered sufllclcntly to be Able to swim und in consideration of this his brave and plucky rescue was commented on u 11 the more by the onlookers. A report has been sent to the Car? negie Her?) foundation by officials of the town, who fee] that young Mr. Carbery deserves recognition. HOItK COTTON SHIPPED. ?gganyjg Call Hcpm l4ist Veer, How? ever. Washington Aug. 11. The census bureau announced that the exports of cotton for July were 14 S, III bales against lll.fl] bales lnst year. The total exports for the year, however, dropped nearly three-quarters of a million hales short. ASKS I OH MODE MONEY. German rcdcrnl Council ( alls for S2,:?oo.(Mur London, Aug-, lt.?A Reuter dis? patch from Amsterdam says that ? Berlin iMngrnm states that in a bin voted today by tin- federal council for a supplementary Imperial budget for 1911 a new credit ot $2,800,000 was gufctd, i i- \its violence to orntKH. J. K. Cooper Hurried iVoni Greenville After shooting WoinniL,, (Her Grand* son and Granddaughter. Greenville. Aug. 13.?J. E. Cooper, deputy sheriff at the Woodsidc mill, was removed to Spartanburg today, tlie prisoner Of Jailer Ne?dy, when it was reported a mob intended to take him out and lynch him for shooting .Mrs. Millie A. Fuller, her grandson. Harry Wyatt, and her granddaughter, Rosa P'aller, at an early hour yester? day morning. Cooper, it Is alleged, went to the house to arrest Reuben Reese, an alleged desperate character, and when Harry Wyatt appeared at the door with a pistol, Deputy Cooper began tiring, with the result that he shot Mrs. Fuller through the arm and body, and shot Harry Wyatt through tb*? neck and the 5-year-old Rosa Firtler through the arm. Intense excitement prevailed in the Rrandon mill village for a time. It is not believed that any serious at? tempt would have been made to lynch the deputy though his action has been censured. Mrs. Fuller, who was re? moved to the hospital, will recover. LAST VETERAN LEAVES ARMY. No Officer Now on Active List Saw Service in Civil War. Washington, Aug. 13.?The last offi? cer on the active list of the United States army who saw service in the civil war was placed on the retired list today when Col. John U Clem, quar? termasters' department, reached the age of (54 years and wound up his of? ficial duties at the war department. He retires with the additional rank of brigadier general in accordance with an act of congress. Col. Clem is commonly known as "the drummer boy of Chlckamauga" because as a lad pf ten he ran away from home and attached himself to the 22d Michigan infantry regiment and beat the drum in some of the bloodiest battles In which that organ? ization participated, notably at Shiloh and at Chlckamaugu, where he is credited with having killed a Confed? erate colonel. He was wounded twice at Atlanta and Was made a sergeant for bravery. President Grant appolnt ed him a second lieutenant In the regular army In 1871. AmiTORS ANI> TREASURERS. Meet at Columbia and Organize Asso? ciation. Columbia, Aug. 12.?The Auditors' and Treasurers' Association of South Carolina was organized here today with the election of the following of? ficers for the ensuing year: President, H. e. .Wal, treasurer of York; first vice president* T. H. Good lag, auditor of Hampton; second vice president, H. F. Howell, treasurer of Darlington; secretary, J. P. Mozlngo, Jr.. auditor of Darlington; assistant secretary, W. F. Russell, auditor of Kershaw. j Comptroller General Sawyer was made an honorary member of the As i soclatlon. TO TALK OF COTTON. - j Senator Smith Invited to Speak In Alabama. J Florence, Aug. 13.?Senator e. d. Bnilth is in receipt of an invitation to be present at a meeting of the South? ern cotton growers to be held in the city of Montgomery, Ala., on the 16th and 17th lnst., and to make an address upon the cotton situation, with particular reference to the Brit? ish order in council of March, last, and its effects upon the exportation of American cotton. The invitation, ex? tended by Frank S. White, United Sttaes senator from Alabama, In be? half of the cotton growers, asks Sen? ator Smith to suggest a plan for the benefit of the cotton growers of the South whereby the difficulties now being experienced in the exportation of cotton may he obviated. s no LAW AGAINST SPIES. They May Sketch and Photogruph Fortifications t'nniolestcd. Washington, Aug. 14.?The United States has no law to prevent foreign spies from sketching and photo? graphing the exterior of fortiflcu* ions, department justice states today. Jn war times martial law covers the point, but in times of peace they can? not he punished. The interior of for tlfloatlons. however, are protected by the penal law. PERMANENT TRAINING CAMP. Military Instruction to Re Provided for Civilians. Washington. Aug. 13.- The war de? partment Is considering establishing several permanent camps of instruc? tion similar to thai now in progress ;it Plattflhllrg for training civilians In military service. One Of the pro? posed camps will be located !.i the southeast. MAKES SPLENDID CROPS, I'Imitation of D. W. Brown Ik a Mod? ern Eldorado, Says Writer. Barnwell People. Meyer's Mill, Aug. 2.?Mr. Editor: I just want you to let me tell of a little ride I took a few days ago. It was over in the lower part of Four Mile township, in the corner where the A. C. L, joins the C. & W. C. I had not been through the plantation (the Mrs. Hnttie Ashley place) in many years?not since it was let to negroes to crop on?and my impres? sion formed from what 1 saw then made the pleasure and surprise of again passing that way under the management of its present owner, Mr. j I). W. Brown, very great. Where about 15 years ago I saw pitiful look? ing caricatures of crops in a riotous growth of weeds and grass, 1 now be? held broad acres of corn unsurpassed, even in the West, for its uniformity of fruitage and richness in color. As I stood on an eminence by the roadside, there was spread out below me 300 acres of this corn, apparently in one field. It was simply grand?in? spiring. The rows were about 5 1-2 or (i feet apart, the hills 20 or 30 inches apart, and 1 am pretty sure there were more stalks with two or more good ears each than there were with one. Mr. Brown has since in? formed me that by a judicious use of cowpeas, deep plowing and crop ro? tation he was able to make this corn at a very low cost, the fertilizers (ap? plied at last working) consisting only of 30 er 35 pounds of nitrate, mixed wU h equal parts of acid and kainit. As 1 had been meeting Mr. Brown every day or two at the postoi?ce and had never heard before of this line j corn, I am convinced that he is one who would rather let his work speak for itself. I Turning away trem the corn, on the opposite side of the road was a field of cotton, also green, well groomed and promising, and 1 have been informed that the field was planted partly with early maturing varieties, and partly with late, which strikes me as an ex? cellent plan, especially where labor Is scarce and unreliable. Mr. Brown plants this year half as much cotton as corn. He shipped some very early melons, for which he realized the best prices. The plantation upon which Mr. Brown lives is one of the most inter? esting in the county, both on account of its natural fertility and its scenic beauty. Viewing the surrounding country from a hill on the place, I could easily imagine myself among the Piedmont hills of up-State. South and West the view extends over a scope of 12 or 15 miles. One can trace the undulating, willow-covered course of numerous small streams as they rise among the hills which mark the Savannah River escarpment, then lose themselves in the swamps of the river. Then away over the river one gets glimpses of many a green-crested hill against the hazy blue of the distant skyline. In fact, the whole scene, both near and far, so enchanted me that I found myself longing for the privilege of getting me a tent and obtaining per? mission to pitch camp in this modern Eldorado for just a few days sur? cease from work and worry. I feel sure that I would get results equally as happy as from resorts of greater fame. Hoping you will pardon me for tres? passing on your time and space, 1 am, NEW JAIL FOR FLO HENCE. Movement to Have One Built lie Florence, Aug. 12.?Florence county has been delaying for some time in the carrying out of the purpose to build a new jail, and Mr. A. D. Oliphant, the secretary of the new board of charities and corrections, has paid a visit to this piece of .public property and has shamed the county by his report on thiH institution. Those who are fa? miliar with the affairs of the county** knew that the jail was a very badly constructed affair, and the ?rand jury had frequently called attention to the necessity for a new one, but the building has been delayed from time to time. After the report of Mr. Oliphant the county will hasten to carry out its purpose so long enter? tained. The lack of light and Ven? tilation is the chief trouble, the jailer has done remarkably well'with the re sponsibilties put on him. and there is no blame to attach to sheriff or jailer, but solely to the fact that the county has had so very much to do that the jail was permitted to wait. The coun? ty hoard is as anxious as any one to build the new jail nt once. BANK EHS TO All) FARMERS. Will Finance Slow Marketing Plan. Oalveston, Aug. 14.?Southern bank? ers including he:. Is of four reserve banks, in a conference here decided to help the farmers hold cotton In ware? houses, and finance u slow marketing plan. Yours, Medicus Agricola. celves Consideration. MR. ORTMAN DISMISSED. Firemasters Hold Hearing Into Ru? mors About Mayor. At an executive session of the hoard j of firemasters y esterday afternoon Mr. | R. Julius Ortman, callnmo with En? gine No. 7, of the department, was dismissed from the service on a charge of having made "statements derogatory to the city government.". Fallowing is the statement given out by Chief Louis Behrens, secretary of the board: "At a special meeting of the hoard of firemasters held this day it was brought out and admitted that j Mr. R. Julius Ortmann had made Statement* derogatory to the city gov srnment and it was resolved, under Section 57, of the rules and regula? tions of the fire department, that Mr. Ortmann is no longer a member of the service." I Section 57 provides that the making i of a false report against any member I of the department or against any one else as to his personal conduct or character shall be a violation of the rules and regulations of the depart? ment; the violator subject to the ac? tion of the board of firemasters. which has the power to reprimand, fine or dismiss the violator, as its members may see fit. The special meeting of the board was called at the request of City Council for the purpose of investigat? ing the mayor's statement that ru? mors charged him with getting $30, 000 from the blind tigers, which state? ment the mayor said had been made by Mr. .Ortmann. He remarked that Mr. Ortmann gave as his authority for the statement Alderman H. W. B>. Buck, of Ward 12. There was no di? rect charge, the mayor remarked, during the regular session of council Tuesday, saying that the accusation had been made indirectly. Alderman Buck was not present at the hearing yesterday. It is understood that no special ses? sion of city council will be called fur? ther to investigate the matter. Alder? man Pinckney moved in council Tues? day that the- board of firemasters be 1 requested to hold a special session for the purpose of investigating the mat? ter and that a special session of coun? cil he called to consider and take ac? tion on the finding of the firemasters. There were a number of witnesses yesterday. The meeting lasted for about two hours, beginning about 1.15 o'clock in the afternoon and adjourn? ing at about 3.15 o'clock. Mr. Ort? mann was represented at the hearing by Messrs. Legge & Allan. The ses? sion was presided over by Mr. Chas. R. Valk, chairman. No reporters were allowed to attend the meeting. Mr. Ortmann, it was stated, had been in the service of the department for about twelve years.?News and Cour? ier. ASK FOR REPRESENTATION. Prohibitionists Warn Lawyer in In? junction Case. Columbia, Aug. 12.?The prohibi? tionists, through D. W. Robinson, the secretary of the steering committee, have asked the office of the attorney general for legal representation dur? ing the hearing of the Chapell injunc? tion proceedings before the Supreme Court on August 20. Attorney Gen? eral Peeples, in a letter to Mr. Rob? inson, states that he will raise no ob? jections if the court permits legal rep? resentatives of the prohibition move? ment to appear and give argument at the hearing. The following is the i letter of the attorney general to Mr. I Robinson: "Mr. 1>. W. Robinson, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 11th instant, in which you say 'I am writing to ask if it will be satis? factory to you, provided the court was willing, to allow some counsel to ap? pear at the hearing of the case of Chappell vs. McCown. et al. for the purpose of succinctly presenting our (that is the prohibitionists') view? point of the law. This is the case In which an injunction is asked against the holding of the election In Septem? ber next and we understand the mat? ter is to come before the full court on the 20th Instant.' "In reply I will say that it seems to me that the proper procedure for you to take In the matter would be to ask leave of the court to be heard as amlcus ctirlae, and r have no doubt but that leave will be readily granted by the court if the court desires fur? ther argument after the matters have been presented to the court by the attorneys of record. I will not oppose your application to the court to be heard as anttCUS euriae. "Yours very truly, (Signed) "Thomas H. Peeples, "Attorney General.'' lice** Cotton Crop Good. The outlook for the cotton crop In Leo county is just as promising for a big yield as it was this time last year notwithstanding so much loss fertilizers being used. Two rea? sons are given by the farmers for it ; ??ban crop and no heavy rains to lesch the fertilizer. The drought though, cut Ihe corn crop badly,? BhfhOpVillO Leader and Vindicator. TO HANDLE IMPORTS. Arrangements Made for Russian Trade. Washington, Aug. 11.?The com? merce department today completed ar? rangements for handling shipments of Russian goods to the United States under the recent agreement modify? ing the Russian embargo. All imports from Russia will be consigned to the secretary of commerce and will be re? ceived at the office of the commer? cial agent of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in Now York, who will undertake distribution to importers under guarantees that the goods will not be reexported. -LJ The Government and Cotton. Just how much the government of the United States Is doing, and has I been doing, to improve the condition I of the foreign market for cotton may never be fully known, but now and then a hint of this acivity is drop ed here and there. For instance, in reviewing the work of R. F. Rose, who recently resigned as foreign trade adviser of the state department, the Washington corre? spondent of the New York Times says: Perhaps the most important matter handled by Mr. Rose was that of get? ting dyestuffs out of Germany and cotton into that country. Early in the war an embargo was placed by Ger? many on shipments of dyestuffs, cyanide and other chemicals, and it was only after strenuous negotiations that permission was received from Germany to import dyestuffs, cyanide and other chemicals, on the condition that they be brought in American ves? sels and a guarantee given against their reexportation. At the time there was less than six weeks* sup? ply of dyestuffs in this country, and It has been asserted that unless this commodity had been obtained, more than 000,000 workmen in the textile industry would harve been thrown out of employment. The cyanide situation was even more de? pressing. In the entire country there was not enough cyanide to keep the gold and silver mines of the West and Mexico going for four weeks. In Mexico alone more than 12,000 miners were threatened with loss of employ? ment. As soon as the permission was granted, Mr. Rose called a confer? ence In Washington which resulted In the chartering of the American boat Matanzas, which was ssnt to Rotterdam under ballast to bring back the dyestuffs and cyanide. The Matanzas had been out two days when a telegram was received from Germany stating that unless the Matanzas was loaded with cotton the dyestuffs and cyanide could not be loaded. Mr. Rose drafted a telegram to Germany stating that the Matan? zas had gone, had no wireless, and could not be recalled, but that ths German government could be assured that future boats flying the American flag would be sent with cotton. Mr. Rose then called on the cotton men. They were fearful of Great Britain's attitude, and only after hard work was there a cotton exporter found who would take advantage of the German market, even though cot? ton was not contraband. The first shipment of 6,000 bales to Gothenburg for Germany was made by the Har riss-Irhy Cotton company. Xo banks would finance It, and the needed In? surance could not be obtained. The company carried its own insurance and sent the cotton at an expense of more than |300,000. Mr. Rose went to the banks and pleaded with them. He pointed out that cotton was then selling is Texas for 5 1-2 cents a pound, and that un? less some relief could be given to the South there would be disastrous con? sequences. He visited the dyestuffs people and asked them to pay for the American cotton sold in Germany with the money w<hich they were to pay for dyestuffs. These arrangements had been practically completed when the banks lent a sympathetic ear to the cotton exporters. I* was through Mr. Rose's Indi? vidual work with the marine insur? ance companies of this country that marine insurance was obtained for the cotton going to Germany. The Monte went into Bremen loaded (with cotton?the first ship flying the j American Hag w hich had entered j that port in 4 0 years. This blazed the way. Cotton exporters estimate that 1 Germanv received upward of 2,000, l con hales of American cotton, and the price in New York went to 9 1-2 cents and 10 cents a pound. In March the British order In j council w as issued. Mr. Rose open? ed informal negotiations with the British embassy, and goods at Rot? terdam paid for before March 1 wem brought out. Mr. Rose went into the department of state with Mr. Bryan; having first reported the Nebraska n's speeches in 1 Si*H, and later becoming his secre t ii y. His having the department at this time, he says, has nothing to do With the departure of his rriend. Ho is to engage In private business.?The State. i