Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cbt ?htrbman anb j&cutbron. I'KRKOWI, MKNTIOV. MUm Marie June* has Rune to Kast ?trejr and (. ?lumbta to \ istt friends. Mrs II O. McKagen has returned from a pleasant visit to relatives In Blshop\ llle. Mn Se) ma Daniel Is spending some time in Blshnpvllle. It. and Mrs. W. W SM . i t are visiting at Dr. Stbert's old home at McCormack. Mrs. K. D.. Wltherspoon is visiting relatives In Florence. Miss Bertha Chandler went to Co? lumbia Friday to v sit friend* Miss Maude Furb.w. who has been the attractive guest of Mrs. J. Q. It Wilder, has returned home. Miss Carrie Reynolds of Charleston la visiting her cousin, Miss Aline Rey? nolds, on Hampton Avenue. Mr R Dom>r l^ee has returned from a stay at New York City. Mr. and Mrs, F.mmeU Brunson. of Marlon, spent tod ?\ in Use Vr l" I Truesdale east-f 1''ulv arv expected to return on aBbrnber 1st fron their summer \u< Uou at <?re\ Cemrt and the regular services will be? gin at Trinity Methodist fKpch on September 5th. Mies Teresa Chandler left lagt night for a month's stay at Hendersdenrllle. Mr M C Hayns vorth h<?s return? ed home after spending several **fjH Si Greenville and points in the moun? tains. Mr. John D. Ollleeple, of Florence, Is visiting In the city. Hon. A. K. Banders, or Has.1 was a visitor to the city today. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Benson have re? turned to the city after spending a couple of weeks In the North. Mr. Eugene E. Aycock. of Wedge field, was a visitor to the city this morning Mr. J. It. Mayes. of Mayesvllle. ?pent Monday in town. Mm. Oeo. B. Calder. of Charleston, has returned home rfter a visit to Mrs. John K. Jennings. Mra John K. Jennings Is spending a few days at the Island. Mr. J. M. Player, of Sardinia has re? turned to his home after visiting his soa. Mr. orvllie V Player. Mrs. ft. H. Kd rounds and children Mra F. M Mpann ate spending ? I fey* at iuiltvan's island. g?va Klugraan i? at home after tog several weeks In Waynes WjL ffea.hr son villa and Hal u da. Mr. R. K. Wilder has returned to the city from a stay In the mountains of Western North Carolina.. Miss Luelle Handle leaves tonight for Corcoran. Us., wh?re she has ac? cepted a position to teach piano and Vasal music during the 1*15-7? ses? sion. Miss Randle has been teaching music In Humter for the past two years and win be much missed by lo? cal music lovers during her absenco. Miss Florence Baker, the accommo? dating clerk at the general deovery window of the postofflce. Is spending her vacation In Charlotte on u visit to friends. Mr. Neill O'Donnell Is In town, al ter spending th* summer at Asheviile. His many friends will be glad to snow that James ii ganders of this elty has won the scholarship from Saunter county to the Citadel, the mil Mary college of South Carolina Mr Banders is a son of Mr. 8am Banders and a graduate from the Sunder High school lust June. He also won a SSfcOl< srnhip to the College of Charleston, which he will not accept, now that he has won the one to the Citadel. Mra Louis Darr is spending the week with the family of Mr. O. L. Kill* In Florence. Mrs. C. H. Curtis and little son. Marion, have returned home alter a pleasHiir visit to her sister, Mrs. J. il Dougherty, at McCcIL TO t 11 \N?.I INst It \N< I RATI ,. Hate on Small Pu? kiwjjo and Th??*o of I aik.? r \alue Taken. Changes In thn rnte of Insurance on fourth clasH mall matter will take ef? fect throughout the Culled States on Wedne?d> s.-|iteinbrr 1st Packages of small v*lu? will be taken cheaper than heretofore and the oltlce will re eeive packages for insurance up to ?ne hun.tred dollars. WhCTS tlfty ITSJS the highest value which could be placed on u package la-fore the new rates go Into SjgffSSt Fourth class postage, or merchan? dise, will be accepted for Insurance as foil ?ws for value of 4."?.00 or less ;: cent rate, for value between $r..oo .ind $tS.so. 6 cent rut? ; for package val? ued between $J6.uo und $5o.t?o. io rent rife f >r package between $.".'? no snd Ii OD, iS ceot rate. These new rate* will go Into effwet on Wednes? day, Heptcmber 1. IUI5. Marriage. Mr J. Wll-on McLeo?l und Miss Marv A. Daw kins, the former of Pine a ood and the latter of t'urnden, were u? ?r r l. a on Sunday by H L Scarbor? ough cbrk of court, who Issued them ft Iis STOPS Kl NAWAY TEAM. Driver I brown from Wugou aiul 1. W. Smith Force* Horses on Hail road Track. Yeaterday morning C. W. Smith narrowly escaped being hurt when he ?lopped a pair of' runaway horses on ttouth Main street. The team became frightened while standing near the rinemont Hotel and suddenly start? ed off and turned around at the ?orner. So rapid was their move? ment that the driver did not have time |?J catch a gOOd hold and was thrown on the street, the team con? tinuing its way tit breakneck speed down Manning Avenue. Mr. Smith was riding horseback and he at once ran Ids horse alongside the runaway te.tni. forcing them to go out on the railroad tracks, where their speed was necessarily slowed down. He jumped off his horse and grabbed one of the horses In ?ac team, dually bringing it to a stop. Besides a few bruises in I ha\ing his shir* torn and his clothes spattered with mud he was uninjured. The driver cume up soon und Jumped Into the wagon and drove off, according to Mr. Smith's account, with not a word of thanks. The name of the driver could not be ascertained. Ho|K?r-Cokcr Marriage. Hartsville, Aug. 27.?A wedding of unusual interest was solemnized Wed? nesday In Washington, D. C, when Miss May Boper of that place was married to David B. Coker of Harts? ville. The ceremony took place at Cottage in the Wood," the suburban home of the bride's parents, the tlrst assistant postmaster general and Mrs. Daniel C. Roper, and was an informal affair, only a few relatives and intimate friends being invited. The bride was attended by her sister. Miss Grace Roper, as maid of honor, and William C. Coker of Chapel Hill. N. C, acted as best man to his brother. Mrs. Coker Is a graduate of Ran dolph-Macon college, and for some time has been director of the city playgrounds in Washington and was much beloved by the hundreds of children who came under her. She has visited In Hartsville as the guest of Miss Ruth l .aw io(l and already has many friends here. Mr. Coker is well known through? out the country as an educator and business leader. He Is a trustee of the tTfJVOIgJly of 9/>o?b <~*?rnH?R and a director ot the fOdei il bang at Rieh- I mend. He la munr.,v wf J. -L Coker fg* Co.** large department store and the Pedigreed S. ?? ' company, both legated .eta* i Death. From The Dally Item. Aug. 26 Miss Annie McNair Graham died at 8 o'clock this morning at the Tourn? ey Hospital, after a long illness, aged ?4 4 years and five months. She was the daughter of the late Col. James D. Graham and Mrs. G. U. Graham, and was born and spent her entire life In this city. For more than tifteeen years she taught in the city schools and was one of the most ef? ficient and generally beloved of the teachers In the primary department, and when she resigned two years ago, on account of 111 health, there was] great regret among all the friends and patrons of the school. She was a woman of marked ability, broad cul? ture and endowed with a genial and sympathetic disposition that v.on the friendship and love of old and young. Her death brings sincere sorrow to a M Ms circle in Sumter, for few women had a greater number or more sincere friends. She is survived by her mother, two brothers, R. I). Graham and J. D< fllOhoSg, two slaters. Mrs. Henry G. Hill and Mrs. J. R. Clack, ami a num? ber of relatives in this city and coun? ty. ( aught Transporting Liquor. rYosg The Dally Item. Aug. 26. Julius Cahn. who gave his home as Rlshopville. was arrested at the pas? senger station this morning on the I bergS of transporting whiskey for unlaw ful purposes. 11, had twenty four quarts of whiskey in his trunk. I >ne of the bottles hfoke and the booze" leaked out, its odor giving away the contents of the trunk and resulting in the arrest of Its owner. TIM trunk oume in on the 4.SI train from Baltimore, I nun which place Cahn stated he had just come. There were two more trunks, but I friend of Cahn. who was with him took them on OVOff to Rishopville on the morning train. It ?h not known what I 11 |g them. Cahn stated that twelve bottles of the stuft were his and iwei\e heloagsd to hie friend* Cahn put up a bond ef |lSf to ap? pear for trial tit noon, but at that I time he failed to appear and his bond i was forfeited to the city. In The Police Court. Charlie Bllerbe was arraigned In 'b? Recorder*! Court this morning on the charges Ol non-payment of street t.ix and Vagrancy, He was found molts on both charges and given $5 or in days on the tlrst and |SI or :i0 days uii the eecond. TEXAS WOB BURKS NEGROES. HEVF.NGF WRFAKF.D <)N MLN WHO KILLED DFJ'l'TY sill IUI F. (>m> Negro Killed und other Wounded in 1'.mounter?Hoth Taken to City Turk und Rodle* Hurned. Sulphur Springs, Texas, Aug. 29.-? In a light with .in armed posse near here late today, Joe Richmond was shot and killed and his brother, King Richmond, both negroes, was seri? ously wounded. Later the body of the dead negro was burned at the stake with his wounded brother in Buford Park in Sulphur Springs. The negroes early today had shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Nathan A. Flip pen and probably fatally wounded Sheriff J. B. Butler. The sheriff and his deputy had started to arrest King Richmond on a minor charge at a negro settlement south of here. Roth negroes without warning opened lire, killing Flippen Instantly and wounding Butler. The negroes beat Butler over the head and he is said to be in a precarious condition. Within a short time hundreds of armed men were searching for the negroes. They were located in a wood in the afternoon and in the battle that ensued Joe Richmond was killed and his brother was injured. Peace otllcers who joined in the search were far in the minority in the posse and unable to cope with the mob spirit. it is estimated that 1,500 men and boys trailed the negroes to the hiding pluce in the woods. The negroes, brought to bay, tired several shots, but their lighting was of short dura? tion as the posses tired hundreds of shots into the covet. It was learned tonight that Sheriff Butler wounded one of the negroes at the time he and the deputy sought to arrdst them at the settlement. Six thousand people had gathered in the public squares when the posse arrived with the dead and wounded negro. Pleas of cooler heads was un? availing and the mob carried out its w-ork in Buford square. Sheriff Butler's wounds consist of a broken arm, a shot through the top of his head and three fractures of the skull. TO HOLD PROHIBITION RALLY. I Well Known speakers lierc on Sct>- ' ten,1 vi Sr'i ;it Mngg Mccilig. Arrangements ha\e been complet-j ed for the big mass meeting to be held in the opera house on September 8th, at 8 P. M., at which time i.on. J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana, and Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, former member of the Il? linois legislature, will speak, and Miss Mulltn of Winchester, Ind., a leading Chautauqua soprano soloist will sing. Miss Robinson, also of Winchester, Ind., will be the pianist. The coming of these two noted speakers of national reputation is at? tracting a great deal of attention, and is looked forward to as being of great benellt at this particular time, as they are speaking in behalf of State-wide prohibition. Gov. Hanly is one of the few men who have laid aside all political am? bition and has given up a very lucra? tive law practice, and is devoting his entire time to the temperance cause. Mr. Stewart is devoting his entire time, and has been for some twenty tlve years, and is considered one of the most forcible, convincing speak? ers on the platform today. They are speaking in more than forty towns in this Stute. Those who are responsible for their coming have arranged fo the lectures to be free, and no collections will be taken. The public is cordially invit? ed. GOLD FOR NFAV YORK. shipment Sent by British Government. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 2S.?A treasure train containing millions of dollars in gold and securities, shipped from London by way of Halifax, N. S., pntSSd through New Imgland on its way to New York, in the six steel express cars containing the second of a scries of gold shipments design? ed to strengthen British credit In the United States, ;is armed guards kept watch, while a pilot train was sent in front to make sure thst the road j bed was safe. The train entered the United States through Vanceboro, Maine, nnd sped across New Kurland to New York by way of Albany. It was e\pected to arrive in New York early Sunday morning. Working on Market Problems. Some active work on the marketing problems of South Carolina farmers is now beim; done. Fred \V. ilofman. market agent of t'b nison College and the United states department of eg* IliCUlture, Is devoting his attention to Iseveral practical problems, This is Ithe first time that the farmers of South Carolina have had a matket specialist working iu their Interests. CHUBS' Of STAFF BACK FROM M FX ICO. ' Gen, Scott Reixu'ts to Secr"*ury Lnn- ! slug?Will Tell Secretary of state Of llccciit Visit to Troubled Coun? try. Washington, Aug. 29.?Gen. Hugh j L. Scott, chief of etat! of the army, j returned to Washington tonight from the Mexican border, where for sev? eral weeks he has been doing special work for the state department in fur? therance of the Pan-American peace Plans. He will discuss the results of his efforts with Secretary lousing to? morrow. Gen.' Scott's first mission at the bor der was to confer with Gen. Villa and settle difficulties arising from the seizure of property from the foreign merchants at Chihuahua. The general also discussed with Gen. Villa the I v Pan-American proposal which Villa I has accepted. Since that time the nature of Gen. Scott s negotiations nas not been dis? closed. At one time it was reported he sought to get in communication with Gen. Obregon, Carranza's chief in the field. Obregon responded to the American appeal that Carranza's answer would be his. No disclosures have been made here as to the next Pan-American step. There will be no meeting of the con? ferees until Carranza's reply to the appeal for a peace conference In neutralized territory has been re? ceived. Carranza's agents here say the reply is expected tomorrow or the next day. Gen. Carranza is expected to be at Mexico City tonight or to? morrow. Official dissensions of the Carranza faction are eagerly confirmed by Villa adherents and vice versa. Villa fol? lowers today had no doubt of a re? port circulated today that some of the members of Carranza's cabinet had revolted. Carranza adherents scouted reports that Villa had cen? tralized a fighting force of formidable size at Torreon to meet Obregon's army. PITCHER VSES BOTH ARMS. Wins Double-dlcader?Hurls Game With Kach Arm. As a matter of economic* P!*rhr?rf Freneh, of the paysvllle, k>., team is! sLe/onder, unless lie happens to draw j 'he salarr of two pitchers for his <>*\s j itiiu; services, for ho has two '.Vinning armg, oa\^> an Tfhp.pig" "Your time to pitch today," the manager will say to him. "Which arm shall I warm up?" he will ask. And if the opposing team happens to be weak against left hand pitchers French will pitch lefthanded, and If they are weak against righthanders, he will use his right arm, because he Is just as good with one arm as the other. Recently there was a double-head? er scheduled at Maysvllle, and French was about the only twirler in any kind of condition to work that day, so in he went in the first game as a left? hander, and won It, C to 2, keeping his hits well scattered. Between games French limbered up his right wing and went another nine Innings, this time with his reserve arm, and the team behind him won that game, too, 12 to 7. He struck out only one batsman during the afternoon, but he also walked only one man. This story is authentic, the Lexington Herald pub? lishing it in an account of the games. Christian Endcavorcrs in Columbia. A. T. Corcoran, secretary of the South Carolina Christian Endeavor union, who was in Columbia Satur? day afternoon attending the meeting of the executive committee of the En? deavor union, went from here to New berry, where he made a talk before the Christian Endeavor socieSy of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Corcoran is connected with the business depart? ment of the Charleston Post. 15. T. White, athletic director of the y. m. c. a. of sumter, also a member of the Bndeavor executive committee, was In attendance upon the meeting, accompanied by Mrs. White. They returned to Sumter early yesterday morning. W. Kirk Allen, the Green? ville member of the committee, left the city Saturday afternoon. Mr. Al? len is an officer of the Faglc roller I mills of Greenville.?The State. Coal Strike Spreads. London( Aug. 28.?The Welch coal itdners refused to obey their leaders' orders to return to work. Ten thous? and more struck today, nutking forty thousand now out. The hot ?e show in October and the poultry show in November are two eVents which are being looked for? ward to by many with anticipations <d' much pleasure. These attractions srs expected to draw many people from suroundlng towns and country u> Sumter, BELIEVE IN GERMAN PLOT. OFFICIALS SAY ORGANIZATION IS FORMED TO DESTROY AM MFNTTK)N FACTI >RJE& Explosions at Massachusetts and Del? aware Plant* Thought to he Fart of 1'lot?Secret Service Men Also Look for MlddOll Wireless Station. Washington, Aug. 30.?That a well organised plot exists to destroy the ammunition factories turning out sup? plies for the allies is the belief of of licials who are investigating German propaganda following the destruction of the American Powder mill, Acton, Mass., and the Black Powder mill, Wilmington. Del. Yesterday the secret service men began working on the case. Today also they are trying to locate a secret German wireless plant from which unneutral messages have been SSnt The station is believed to be somewhere along the Atlantic coast. "WAR CARGO" CEMENT. B. and O. Investigate After $17,218.87 Is Claimed for Damaged "Muni? tions." Baltimore Sun. Through investigating a claim for $17,218.87 made, it is said, by means of a letter, covering the loss by fire of a portion of an alleged cargo of munitions of war, supposedly consign? ed to the allies, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has discovered that the cargo consists of a number of boxes of cement and sawdust. The incident which formed the ba? sis of the claim happened some weeks ago. At Clarksburg, W. J/a., prepara? tions were made to route the car, which had been packed by persons claiming to be acting for the allies and who were thought to be forward? ing munitions to seaboard ports for transshipment. The car was moved with safety over the Baltimore and Ohio to this city. Upon its arrival here it was sidetracked in the Curtis Bay yards and while standing on the sidetrack a fire was discovered inside the car. Several Baltimore and Ohio em? ployes who chanced to be near broke open the door and extinguished the flames. A fuse was found near the boxes, it is said. ?hortlv nftprward if 1?? ?s.itd, tho Baltimore and Ohio was informed that the persons making the ship? ment v.'ere Claiming 'hat the cargo had been damaged by tire to the ex? tent of more than |17,00<j. The railroad company investigated and found the real value of the car* go. TO INCREASE HANGE OF GUNS. Washington, Aug. 28.?Main bat? teries of American battleships here? after will be given an elevation of 30 degrees, practically doubling the present angle of fire, through a deci? sion reached by navy department ex? perts, it is said, after close study of naval engagements of the European war. Whererer possible ships now under construction and those already in commission, it is understood, will be similarly fitted. The effect will be to increase ma? terially the range of the navy's 14 inch guns and make gun lire more accurate in rough weather. The guns now have suflicient range to reach anything within the limit of vision at sea, and the added elevation will en? able them to hurl shells at objects far beyond the horizon or over hills of I considerable size in bombarding land j fortiiications. A new problem has been presented1 as a result of the high angle fire, and naval experts are studying methods Of increasing deck armor against the plunging fire of shells hurled from a great distance. They are faced by the necessity oi either reducing the weight of armor on the side or in? creasing the size of the ship to carry the additional weight. Ships of the California class will have a beam of nearly 100 feet, the maximum that the Panama canal can accommodate, and it is thought the two new ships authorized by the last congress will be considerably over 600 feet in length to provide the additional tonnage nec? essary. _:_ Prussian Losses l.arge. Amsterdam, Aug. 28 (via London). ?The Prussian casualty lists from No. :i02 to No. 309 give the names of 40,246 killed, wounded and missing, according to the Nieuwe Rotter? damschee Courant. Total Prussian losses published up to August 24 amount to 1,740,836 killed, wounded and missing, says the paper. j Deports on the live stock situation coming to Clemson College indicate that South Carolina will feed more cottonseed meal and hulls this year than ever before in the State's history. Furthermore, there will be more win? ter pastures this year than in any pre? vious year. With a good supply of feed, there is no reason why South Carolins cannot raise beef cuttle suc? cessfully. MEXICAN RAIDERS KILLED. Fort>-seven Read?Fifteen Moml>crs of DuikI Tluit Raided Xorias Ranch Now at Large. Brownsville. Texas, Aug. 29.?Ac curding to authentic information re? ceived here tonight, 4 7 of the Mexi? can I?andits. who participated in the attack on the Norias ranch house, sixty-five miles north of Brownsville, on August 8, have been killed by American posses and officers and the balance of the band, numbering prob? ably fifteen, are still at large in the brush. One of the Mexieans, it is said, was killed last night near Sebastian, while another's right arm was shot off and he was captured. Private advices received here to? night say Mexicans are crossing tne Hio Grande into Starr County and making for some unknown points* in the hilly section of North Starr coun? ty. Starr county is located eighty miles west of Brownsivlle. DISORDER FOLLOWED BY QCIET. Columbus Resumes Normal Way After Near Riots in Jewish Merchant's Store. j Columbus, Ga., Aug. 29.?Columbus was quiet ?.onight following last night's disorders when Joe Sokolow, a Jewish merchant, attempted to take away from John Lee a picture showing the dangling body of Leo M. Frank. A fight ensued when the mer? chant tried to get the picture and as a result Sokolow has bruises on the hand where he was struck by a bottle and Lee also exhibits various bruises and one or two small cuts, j The police say unidentified persons poured a barrel of kerosene on the floor and set fire to it in an attempt to burn the store down. The police arrested Sokolow, Lee, Jim Day, B. H. Howell and John Tomlin, and afterwards bonds of $100 each were fixed. Sokolow, Lee and Howell gave bonds and were released, but Tomlin and Day have not given bond. The defendants are all to be arraigned in recorder's court tomor? row on the charge of disorderly con? duct. I Late at night the home of Sokolow was threatened by a crowd which gathered around it, but Police Lieut. Perry told them that the merchant was not at home, but wos at poliee headquarters and thai, the only oc? cupants cf the house were his wjie an 1 children. The CTOWd ?.spovsed bs tween 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. - police were stlil on daty m t?c I Sokolow store tonight, but no further [trouble was anticipated. WILL ENLARGE FLEET. Japanese Company Plan.*, Big Business Snn Francisco, Aug. 28.?The Toyo Kisen Ka?ha, which, with the retire? ment of the Pacific Mail Steamship company, becomes the only steamship line carrying passengers between this J port and the Orient, issued a state? ment today saying that its recent pur? chase of the Pacific Mail liner Per? sia was "the first step in the enlarge? ment of our fleet." "As soon as possible we will build two or three liners and until they are completed four of our liners in the South Atlantic trade will call regu? larly at this port," said the statement. SUMTER COTTON MARKET. Corrected Daily by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Buyer. Good Middling 8 7-8. Strict Middling 8 3-4. Middling 8 5-8. Strict Low Middling 8 1-2. Low Middling 7 5-8. Staple Cotton, Nominal. New York Cotton Market. Opened. Close. January.10.30 10.10 October.9.90 9.6b December.10.L*. 9.96 Geo He Hurst, Undertaker ill Enbalmer. -? ? Presist Attentles te Der et NiQhtciii?: AT J. 0. Crslf Old Stand. (N. teals Phones 8"{m?oi DEATH toVERMM m9j~\ 'BY RAT CORN Post rut snd mtce exterminator raad*. Kills quickly mid absolutely wltboutodor. Muraudfleft?thus preventing deeoroposl llon. Bettor than allttie imps In Ike world. Insist on r.onulrtA RAT CORN. 25c. 60e, 11 at dealers or by mail, post id. BOTANICAL MFC. CO. 4th A Hmtm St:,