Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 VP* It I ST IN GAMK LAWS. Appoint moo of 1 biet Game Warden tp?Hl Other Matters?ImmiIiuc of CotamlMM?i>oH to Notaries l'ubU?s? *Vqul*itioa*. - Columbia, Aug. 26.?There Im prob abrjr at thle time more interest In the gagee laws of this State than ever be foftf. The people generally seem to it these laws enforced, especlallv that prevent the trapping of lish anal the shooting of game out of sea? son. The office of the chisf game war den is constantly in receipt of commu? nications telling of a spot where his watchful eye Is needed, anc many cogsplalnts some too to the governor s otgee. telling of the same matters. Then* complaints are all looked Into promptly, and are either handled through the local magistrate or local vordem or if circumstances call for It 4hs chief game warden himself, or one of his deputy wardens goes to the pence to do what is seeessary. Game wardens, like notaries .pub IIa have an unllmttod term of office, nsjlsss a governor should chop off his oak'1*1 head. Like notaries too, the otsce Is without salary, but some com? pensation csn be had from collection of fines Imposed on violators convict ed. The chief game warden receives a salary of ll.tto a year and Is ap? pointed for four years, a definite term- A. A. lUchardson. the present culef game warden was appointed In February I ?13, so that his term of oftce will out last that of the present administration and the other state of? ficers, they going out January, 1917, while his term goes on for a month agd a-half lunger. The appointment of a chief game warden by the way ss a multiple affair. The laws says: The Audubon Society of South Caro? lina shall send in the name of a suit? able person to the governor. On ap? proving this nomination the governor shall transmit the name with bis recommendation to the State senate, gfcould the senate approve, etc. Ho to be chief game warden you have to please the Audubon Society, the governor who appoints und the senate who confirms. Who Is this Audubon geclety. you want to know It is a so? ciety that exists all over this country having for Its purpose the protection of birds. It Is not a money making association, but one composed of those who at a personal sacrifice work against the extermination of the feathered tribes. Frank Hampton of Columbia Is president of the South Carolina branch of this society. .The lsls session of the legislature many amendments to the is lawff, mostly local laws, re? quiring a license In this county, but not In that; fixing a closed season for a certain species for a certain period In one county and for a different pe? riod In another, and variously chang? ing and fixing the regulations. If you ago Interested in the game laws and requirements the office or the chief name wsrden in Columbia will send ysju upon request a copy of the laws tsj pamphlet form. The State of South Carolina Is a right big piece of terri? tory f*>r a few men to watch, und so people do not hedp it is impos? sible to know wnat Is going on In all shs streams, and fields and woods. 0 0 0 Notaries public are something like btssks. to the making of many of them there is no end. Nearly seven hundred have b?en appointed within tssy last seven months and the cry 1? they come. A notary Is the only, ?ftrer la this state that has to pay fof his commission, and all he can do after appointment Is to certify to an oath having been taken before him. Some few snake a little money by this certification, but most notaries want' thssr commission for the convenience It Is to them In their own business snd us**Sf receive a cent. In fact, being a notary is to a kreat exlont, troublesome. Kff ones friends are cosset*Mly dropping in with the re? quest that a paper be . obated. Ev? ery now and^then a notary writes the gos/ernor asking that his commission be revoked so he can rid himself of Sh|s bother. The law se\ys that to be a notary one must be a qualified elec? tor, and that the h 'plication must be endorsed by at least one member of ths county legislative delegation. I< - side 'hat t)ov. Manning requires on ths application, residence, age, occu? pation and color Itlchland county bus asked for noire notaries than has anv other, ??'.? b Ing been issued In this county. Spar tanburg with 66 and Charleston wiji sigty-fosr are clour ? hind. Calhoun and l*ee counties are |gej leust "i < torlous." but two apiece having come from those counties, and strange to say from !.??> i >unty neither urc fr'?rr Mlshopville ttie county <eat Neirl every lawyer and every Insurance SJMMi is a notary public, snd ..Mice holders pretty generally find ?t convenient lOj take out a commission e e e Thlrtv-one requisitions have been med? ..n other states by Gov. Man? ning slnco he has been In office for th? return of parties wanted for crime In this State, and twunty-the . \ dtthms have been granted by him fs return <?f tb?>s. * mted for rrlm in other Stiitws but who have taken refua* hi this State. Must of those .ransactmns <?t co u rsc are witli Geor? gia und North Carolina, though in some cases the fur States are involv? ed Ail of the requests for extradi? tion have eome to this state from southern States, but requisitions have been issued for Ohio, Oklahoma, New York and Kansas beside the Southern States both near und far. The handl? ing of these matters are frequently difficult, as often it is a clone ques? tion whether it is a civil or a criminal tinutter and other knotty considera? tions frequently arise. A requisi? tion Is a formal paper, done up with much ribbon and seals and carrying, beside the governor's signature, that of his secretary in some States, or that of the secretary or State in oth? er Stales. In this State there must accompany the requisition the arrest warrant and the solicitor's affidavit, anil ull other papers pertinent. IOIU KD INTO A it MI KS. Alaacc? Lorralue Men CompeUctl to Serve French. Berlin, Aug. 27. (by Wireless to Tuckerton).?"A captured French of? ficer," says the Overseas News agency, "carried in his pocket an order from War Minister MUleraml showing clear? ly that the French government had pressed into army service German citizens, Inhabitants of Alsace-Lor? raine. "The order divided these into two classes, and provided that those will? ing to tight against Germany should be protected against the death sen? tence for high treason, in case of their capture, by the issue of false naturali? sation documents and other means of establishing their alleged Identifica? tion.' BLIND TK.KKs CONVICTED. Msyor of Tliuaitonsville Has Big Docket. Timmonsville, Aug. 27.?Today tea blind tigers were arraigned before Mayor Lewis, the trial resulting in ten convictions. Chief Miles and his assistants have been, hard at work I for some time knowing that illicit sale of whiskey was going* on in Tim? monsville but did not make arrests ,until they had sufficient evidence. Thirteen were arrested and three afwalt trial. No out-of-town detec? tives were employed. The guilty par? ties will be handled by the State and United States authorities as soon as the town is settled with. Baker School Brevities. The Rev. W. T. Walsh, noted evangelist has just closed a very lnter estii g and successful meeting at the Baker school house. Mr. Walsh made masy warm friends In this community and it is very probable that arrangements will be made by which he wlil till the pulpit here for probably two Sundays in each month. Miss Curlta Handle, youngest daugh? ter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Handle of this city, has bees elected assistant teacher in the Baker chool. Miss Handle has a tins voice and at a re? cent service charmed the congrega? tion by a beautifully rendered vocal solo. The school will reopen Septem? ber 20th with Miss Stella Ulascock as principal. Miss Ulascock held the sanity place last year and gave the people a school that received and merited unstinted prulse. A local branch of the Farmers' Secret Society was formed at this place tlds week. This society, it will be recalled, was organized not many weeks agu in l*ee County and now number* In that county alone more than 1,000 members. Fretty good evidence that the society* fills some long felt want on the part of the tanner*. We believe the fundamen? tal principle ef the society is that none are eligible to membership ex? cept real farmers, that Is men who personally till the soil for a living. This excludes that rather large class of non-residental landowners who op? erate tlsulr farms through overseers. The members of the Farmers' Secret Society believe that they can manage their own affairs without the in terfefeaui and mild intimida? tion of the town merchants and bank era and doctors and luwycis. Where It has been in exist* nee longest it la said to have accomplished much for its membcrH. It certainly seems to be ?wee eine the eonatry, sine?- Los coun? ty alone numbers more member! than the Farmers' Fnlon members in h?- entire State* Mrs. W. A. Andrews, of Rocky Hluff. is quite tu with What threatens to be typhoid fiver. ti w. u. Willie Hr own, a ti"i;ro man wanted a Sumter tor ear breaking, was ar rceted ben Saturday by Chief <>r Ho? lies Baps and detained in the guard louse until Monday. When .be was tarnsd over to Mr. c i:. Wheeler, ptejal ftgeai of the Atlantic Coast .inc. whose eat the negro ?s chai fed ttb breaking Into. *tClngatree ltt?c? ?MM>ssi m iWNTtfiHft}" OO TO jail. Tiinv Members of Western Kentucky Night RlexJg*1 Gang Accept Prison Terms. Hartford, Ky., Aug. 27.?Three men who pleuded guilty in Ohio county circuit t<? being members of a band of night rider*, the socalled "possum hunters," that for months spread ter? ror throughout this part of western Kentucky, tonight are serving sen? tences In the State prison. One other was acquitted yesterday and 60 de? fendants are awaiting trial* Ephraim Kesinger, a coal miner, to diry admitted he applied the lash when Reuben Howard, a merchant, and his wife were whipped at Horton June 12. He sought to get a three year sentence as Jerry Clark and Er? nest Webster, who participated in the whipping, had done earlier in the week. Commonwealth Attorney Hin go, however, Insisted on u live year sentence. Kosinger, Clark and Web? ster wert taken to prison after He singer accepted the longer term. Court adjourned lute today until Tuesday next, when other cases will be called. CCKTIS M'COY HURT. Wofford Athletic Director Assaulted ut Ashevllle. Spartanburg, Aug .27.?Curtis Mc? Coy, director of athletics and gym? nasium instructor at Wofford college, according to informtuion reaching Spartanburg today is in a hospital in Ashevllle with the back of his neck slashed from ear to ear and on the left side of the throat to the point of the chin. Physicians state that the wounds are not serious, though Mr. McCoy will not be able to play his positios in right Held 'for the /Vsheville baseball team. It is not likely either that he will be able to coach the Wofford football team on the date set for the beginning of prac? tice, September 5. Mr. McCoy is said not to know the identity of his assailant who came up behind him about 10 o'clock Sunday night on a street corner. Plain clothes officers of the Ashevllle police force have arrested a negro, Will Creen, who is said to have admitted to ollicers that he cut the young ath? lete. The negro's wife has also been arrested charged with aiding in the assault. Mr. McCoy Is a member of a promi? nent family in Birmingham and has a reputation in several States where he has played* professional ball and trained college teams In baseball and football. SENT OX TO NORWAY. Mall Restored by German Govern? ment. Herlin, Aug. 27 (by Wireless to Tuckerton).?The Overseas News agency today says: "The Norwegian minister at Ber? lin had telegraphed his government that mail carried by the Norwegian steamer Haakon VII is on its way to Norway. The mall pouches were op? ened and searched for contraband letters." Christiania dispatehes last week said the Haakon, bound from Bergen to Englund, was halted and her mails seized by a German submarine. The Norwegian government protested and demanded return of the mails. TO PUNISH GEOIUJJANS. Troy Medicine lirm Shuts Off Sup? plies. Atlanta. Ga.. Auk. 27,.?Gov. Harris today received a letter from a Troy (N. Y.) medicine firm saying that as a result of the lynching of Leo M. Frank, no further supplies would be shipped into Georgia "until this brutal murder is avenged." Some days ago a Boston firm wrote W. E. Chambers, purchasing agent for the city of At? lanta, refusing to quote prices on cer? tain tools desired pending action against the lynchers. THIS STATE'S TAXES. South Carolina's Contribution to Fed? eral Expenses. Washington, Aug. 27.?The report of Commissioner id* Internal Revenue Ostmilte, made public today, shows that there was collected from ordinary internal revenue sources in South Car? olina for the past year $453,396.66; corporation lax |118,032al3, and from individual incomes $43,369.72. NO TARIFF REVISION. President Opposes Changes in Tariff Under Existing Conditions. Washington. Aug. 2K.? President Wilson will oppose any revision of Ute tariff, except the sugar schedule. 11? takes the position that the Underwood tariff law has not bad a chance t" prove its worth under present condi? tions. He will ask that the war taxes m>\\ in effect be nan wed when tbr .aw expires in December. COTTON WAREHOUSE BURNED. J. W. Humor Suffers Heuvy Lots From Eire Caused by Lightning at Little Rock. Dillon, Aug. 27.- -Today about noon J. w. Hemer at Little Rock lost by fire a large cotton warehouse contain? ing t?;i bales of cotton and 400 bushels of oats. Ten bales of the cotton be? longed to Dr. J. R. Rogers of Dillon and was insured. Fifty-three bales belonging to J. W. Hamer had no in suranee. The lire was caused by lightning striking the warehouse dur? ing a heavy thunder storm. DELAY PUZZLES OFFICIALS. Note on Cotton Contraband Order Held Up. Washington, Aug. 28.?Olliclal cir? cles are puzzled over the delay In sending the note to Britain protest? ing against the order making cotton contraband. Secretary Lansing has stated that the note has been practi? cally completed, but he gave no inti? mation as to when It will be sent. It is believed the administration is at? tempting to secure concession by un oSHclal negotiations, before placing I itself on record. Senators Fletcher, and lloke Smith, Representative Kitchen, and other Southern Demo? crats are demanding that the note be a virtual ultimatum. President Wil? son opposes this policy, believing that better results can be obtained by pointing out the great damage to American interests that will result. PLOT TO BLOW UP MILLS. Murder Mystery Gradually Hemg Un? ravelled Reveals Unexpected Plans. Gary, Aug. 28.?The disclosure of a plot to blow* up the Aetna Powder Mills here and the arrest of two per? sons on receipt of threatening letters by Chief Henitz are today's develop? ments in the mystery surrounding the murder of Rev. Edmund Kayser. The details of the plot were not revealed. ADVISED TO ENLIST. Milwaukee Germans Want Roosevelt to Join Canadians. ? ? c Milwaukee, Aug. 28.?Charles Mes chel, the representative of a group of local Germans, has written to Col. Roosevelt urging him to join the Ca? nadian troops about to leave for the front. He offers two hundred and flsty dollars to pay expenses. PREPARING TO BUY COTTON. Cotton Importation Company Found? ed at Bremen. I^mdon, Aug. 28.?A cotton Impor? tation company with a capital of $1, 000,000 has been founded in Brem? en, according to Tuesday's issue of the Frankfurter Zeitung. The business of this new company, it is stated, will bo to obtain buying orders from German and Austrian spinners so as to make offers to American exporters. The paper says that the capital for the company Is guaranteed by the Dis conto Gesellschaft and other leading banks. . Go Over Proposed Railroad Route. Charleston, Aug. 27.?W. R. Bon sal and a party of railway engineers and officials interested in the construc? tion of the Charleston-Savannah ex? tension of the system constructed by Mr. Bonsai left this morning for Sa? vannah in two automobiles. There were eight or nine engineers and ofll cials in the party. The cars left at 7 o'clock this morning, planning to fol? low as much as possible the right of way of the extension to Savannah, reaching their destination tonight. The return trip will be ma-de tomor? row, the party being due In Charles-* ton tomorrow evening.?The State. Cotton Condition Report 00.2. Special to The Daily Item. Washington, Aug. SO.?The condition report for August 25, estimates the crop at '*>!'.2 ?>f a full crop, against 7S lor last yea r. Landed Big Shark. Messrs. J. B. Wallace. W. O. Hay. L. L. I'dock and H. E. Heard, Jr., re? lumed Sunday from a Week's sta\ near Charleston, where they hired a gasoline launch and spent the time Ashing on the coast. They report a grand trip and had any quantity of tisb during their stay, a sbati;. meas? uring 11 1-2 feet was the largest lisb captured by the party.-?Camden Chronicle. < old Wave Hits Chicago. Chicago, Augusl 30,- -Furs and overcoats are plotiful on th<" streets today. Frost i* predicted for tonight. ASSISTANT TAKES PLACE. Wilson Names \annoy II. Manning a* Director of Federal Mines Du? ron u. Washington, Aug. 21.?President1 Wilson today appointed Vannoy II. Manning; of Holly Springs, Miss., di? rector of the bureau of mines, In the interior department, lit- succeeds Dr. J. A. Holmes, who died recently. Mr. Manning was assistant director! sf the bureau. i Mr. Manning has been In the in- ' terior department for more than 20 j years, and has done much work with the topographic branch of the geolog? ical survey. When the bureau t.r mines was es tabllshed In 1910 Mr. Manning was appointed to an administrative posi? tion in the bureau and was made as? sistant director January 1. 1911. He has been acting director since last June, when Director Holmes had to relinquish his duties on account of ill health. He has had charge cf all the tech? nological investigations conducted by the bureau, of the operation of its mine rescue cars and stations and of the educational work of* safety and health, that the bureau has been con? ducting in the mining and metallurgi? cal districts of the United States. BEGIN WORK AT POOALLA. To Construct Concrete Crossing over Stream?Cement Pii>e for Over? flows. The work on the concrete reinforc? ed bridge at Pocalls was begun this morning under the supervision of Su? pervisor P. M. Pitts and Engineer W. L. Dee. A bridge sixty feet span vvill be constructed across the main stream and cement pipe will be laid along at other places to care for an overflow of water and prevent the causeway from being washed away. The new brige will prove much bet? ter than the old wooden bridge, as it 1 will not be liable to damage from floods or otherwise as wooden struc? ture now spanning the stream. The single concrete bridge Will also take the place of the several bridges which are now in use. Practically all of the material has been placed on the ground and the work will steadily be j pushed ahead, as weather conditions permit. ?OME LIVE sTOCK FACTS. five Things thai Arc Kt*cntlal to Success With Stock. Clemson College, Aug. SO.?Where livestock is a factor on the farm, ad? vises a specialist of the United States department of agriculture, make every field hog-tight ami sheep-tight, have thoroughly good permanent pastures. grew leguminous crops, build a sdo. and keep only purebred males. These ttve things are essential in ths? eco? nomical production of livestock. Of COirre this program calls for some La? bor and expense, but the permanent condition of prosperity in the sections devoted to livestock production Is proof of the good profit derived there? from. The extension division of Clemson College, winch is expecting South Carolina to feed more cattle for mar? ket this year than in any previous year, urges these five things upon the attention of farmer!*. Fences, pas? tures, legumes, silos and purebred sires lead to success. RUSSIA'S M AY LINE READY. Orders Issued trailing 3,000,000 More Men to Colors. London, Aug. 28.?Russia's new lino of defence is ready Cor occupa? tion, says a Petrograd dispatch to the Daily Mail. The message continues: , '"The war office asserts that every? where the Russian retreat has been conducted exactly In accordance with the Russian staff's plan, without pressure from the ^b rmans, without haste and without serious loss. Rear? guard actions and occasional sudden bursts of Russian activity have serv? ed to guide the German advance along channels and according to a tlme talrie dictated bj the Kassian staff. "orders have been Issued calling about three million more men to thu colors for training." SCOTT AND LANSING CONFER. Tell?- Secretary of What lie Learned on Dottier. Washington. Aug. 30,?den. Scott conferred with Secretary l^ansing to? day, giving tb?' resiHts of bis investi? gations slong the border and his con? ferences a ii h Villa. The building of concrete bridges over loo principal streams in the dount) b$ tin county board is 1 step ?1? tin right direction, for theexpendl ture of the $10,000 from the bond is sue could n<a be made In u more ju? dicious mannet than In making safe and permanent bridges for the las payers to pass oNt-l'. I'i: \<i: or KATION MENACED. Low Wage* and oppression by Em |l|oycrs Cause Bitterness and So? cial Unromi. Chicago, Aug> 2S.?Chairman Walsh of the Industrial Relations Com mission hs.1 made public a sup? plemental report to Congress in which he slates that industrial dlf satisfac tion Is due to low wages, other out? standing features of the report are that the unrest has assumed such proportions already that it menaces the social peace of the nation. Bitter? ness and hatred, due to 'msufflclent food and clothing for their wives and f am lib s and the power of the employ? er to dictate their social, political and moral environment are widespread, [legislatures, governors and other of? ficials are rightfully charged with op? pression on the side of capital and workers for failing to realize their strength and the mass of citizens who fail to recognize existing evils. GRAM: CHARGE' MADE. Accuses Federal Commission Chair? man of Spreading "Mendacious State ?srnfl* Denver, Col., Aug. 20.?Gov. Car? son tonight issued a statement obarg Ing that Frank p. Walsh, chairman j of the federal commission on indus 'tiial relations, had spread "men ? dacious statements" regarding the political and industrial condition in Colorado. J "Mr. Walsh's subtle cunning is im? puting the domination of Rockefeller to an overwhelming majority of Colo? rado citizens." ran the governor's statement. "With the sophistry of federal authority he slyly seeks to transfer to our people the prejudices of the nation against this man of wealth. After ? series of million dol? lar, opera bouffe hearings he would convey to the nation the idea that i the majority of our citizens who in the last election registered their pro? test against violence in labor dis? putes had no knowledge of the facts or were corruptly infoiwned." j After declaring the people of the State at the 1915 election deiiberately decided against strike violenee the governor continued: , "By nature' a montebank aad sensa? tionalist he (Walsk) did not tell the truth, because the truth concerning Colorado is not wanted by the yellow press of the,nation and their anarchis? tic elements whom he represents." 1REATY NOT RATIFIED. Bulgaria Postpones rinai Agreement With Turkey. Rerlin, Aug. 29 (via Wireless to Say ville).?The Overseas News agency says that Bulgaria, previously report? ed to have ?igned a treaty with Tur? key, has postponed ratilcufciqn o*f the agreement because of a sharp warn? ing from the entente allies. "According to Sofia reports," the new s agency says, "Bulgaria has post . poned for some days the signing of J the treaty w ith Turkey, the quadruple entente having notified her that such .action now would be regarded as a wilfully unfriendly act. Nevertheless !tke two powers are in complete agree - ; ment." FORCE WILL NOT WIN. Industrial Commission Reports on Acts of Iron Workers. OhicagO, Aug. oO.?The application of physical force as a means of bring? ing about better relations between the Structural iron workers and the na? tional erectors' association will con? tinue to prove futile, according to a report of the federal commission on industrial relations today. ENDORSED AT HOME. Such Proof as This Should Convince Any Sumter Citizen. The public endorsement of a local citizen is the best proof that can be procured. None better, none stronger can be had. When ? mas comes for? ward and testifies to bis fellow citi? zens, addresses his friends and neigh? bors, you may be sure he is thorough? ly convinced or he would not do so. Telling one's experience w hen it is for the public good is an act of kindness that should be appreciated. The fol? lowing statement given by a resident of Sumter adds one more to the many cases of Home Endorsement which are being published about Doan's Kid? ney ri?s. Road it. J. A. Whlttemore, 14 Harby Ave.. Sumter. says: "My kidneys got bad? ly disordered and my l*actc ached, i also suffered from rheumatic pains in my limbs. The kidney accretions passed freely, too. Friends recom? mended Doan's Kidney Pills and l got some at Heurons Pharmacy. They haye done me a world of good.** Price 50c., ?t ail dealers, Don't simply ask for n kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills- the samt? that Mi. Whlttemore bad. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, X. v. it?