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mm\ WELCOMES VETS. TKLLS Ol lid \l,s it ?i; WHICH NATION siwus. j . * ConimandcT?ln.<1ilcf of Veterans Tell* WIIhou''fliai Tlioy un> Standing In l%Hty llettliid Hint. Wa8hiru;too. Be pi is. -Veterans of the w.\r Between the Heal.^ hare for annual tncampmeni '?f |1m ?rand Army of the Itcpuhllc wer?- formally v Hr..turd ??? the capital tonlnht by President Wilson who tohl them their battles &d years mho were fought that tho area test Inairumentullty for the t i llft of mankind the world has ever oeen mlg^\t Mo be Impaired. The president apoko amid NUN of patriotic favor in the crowded convention hall Into which the old census building had been converted. CM I'tvhl J. Palmer, commander-ln chlef of the O. A. lt., Introduced him and Informed him that tho veterans atood aolldly behind the administra? tiv conduct of preaent day foreign problems and that their moiih would support him In any atepa he might take. Th?- president was Interrupted fre? quently 1'v applause. H?* did not touch directly on tho European war or on Problem? grow? ing out of It, hut devoted hia ad? dress to the mlaalon of the Unit? d Statea and the lessons taught by the Wir ll'tw.-.-n tlif Sections. He spokt of that war us one of the few In hla tory In which both aides could be proud. ? The meeting marked the formal opening of the Orand Army encamp? ment, which will continue during the remainder of the week with the great parade and presidential review tomor? row. The prealdont'a addreaa In part fol lowa: It la a singular thing that men of a single generation should have witnessed what you have witnessed in the crowded &0 years which you cele? brate tonight. You took part when you were young men In a atruggle, the meaning of which I dare any you thought would not be revealed dur? ing your lifetime, and yet more has happened In tho making of thla na? tion In your lifetime] than haa ever happened In uhv making of another nation the lifetime of a dosen gen? eration*. ??rv r,^*^r ln tjijMfj yon n->*r live la not thai natjo i for who.inlon yod | fought V o ??\ve seen many ihln^ which have made tin '-ition one of. tho representative nations of the; Mulm who ifKitru to the modern spirit of that world and you have the satisfaction which I dare say few soldiers have ever had of looking hack upon a war absolutely unique In thla, that Instead of destroying it hef\d, that Instead of making permgat! t division It made a permanent I'unm. This nation woe from the aegtaalai a spiritual enterprise, and you have ?son the spirits of the two once di? vided sections of thia country abso? lutely united. A war which seemed aa If It had the seed of every kind Mtterneas in it has scon a single generation put bitterness absolutely out of Its heart, and you feel, as I sm sure the men who fought against von feel, that you were comrades even nen. though you did not know It. and that now you know that you are comrades In a common love for a country which you are equally eager to serve. 'This Is ? miracle of tho spirit SO far as n itlofi il history Is concern? ed. This is one of the very few wars In which in one sense every bodv ? rna\ take pride. Some wars are to he r?grctted; some wars mar the annals of history; but some wars contrasted with those make thoae annnfs'distinguished, show that the spirit of man sometimes springs to great enterpiKes that are even greater thm Ml gWg mind had con? ceived. ' You set the nation free for that greater career of development, of tin hampered development, which the world, has witnessed since the Civil war. Hut fo.- my own part I would not Ih? procd of the extraordinary physical development of this coun? try, of Its extraordinary development In material wealth ami financial pow? er, did I not hclleve that tin people of the I nlted States wish* d all of this power de\ot?d to Ith al ends. There have been other nations as rich as we; there have hern other na? tions an powerful; their have been other nations ns spirited; hut I hope we shall never formet that we treated this nation, not to serve ourselves, hut to serve mankind. "I hope I may say without even an Implication of criticism upon any other i!rent people in the world that It has alw tyi seemed to me that I he people of the 1'ntted States wi.-hed I" be regarded as devoted to the promo? tion'of particular principles of human rlsht ? T*he Cnited Males was foaaded, sot to provide free homes, hut to uh *. rt human rights. This ling meant a great enterprise of the human spirit. NoltAdv. mi kirne bodies of men, in Uta lime lh.it flax was llr*t set up I" FIVE LECH EXECUTIONS. \i:(.iun:s ior.\i> <;iii/rv OV mi hi>i:k VAX DlvVril l?l<:x ALTY. Joe Miilloy Dies f<ir Murder of Ofjy Itogcr* and PVNMIm Ifloaro, Tom IMMi mmm WMm. Nelson BHop .nid John Prontvi for Dvnlh of Aged J. <j. himm AM Ueay liiHt, Columbia, Sept. .{?>.? a record fof legal exeutlons in South Carolina wits established yesterday when flvo gtgfOgl Wort put to death at the Statt? penitentiary for the murder of John Q. Lewie, a Confederate, veteran from ? 'luster county, and I'rentlss Moo?o and Uuy Hogers, two young white l?oys of Marlboro county. (>ne hour and ton minutes wore re? quired to execute the crimlnnl.M. A dull gray atmosphere enshrouded the ?MM and the MUggy air about the little death chamber Indicated what 1 is appropriately termed "suicide weather." a general High of relief went up from executioners and prison officials alike when tho live bodies ?wrapped in their winding sheets, ha<l been "stacked" on their couches in the little anteroom of the death house which had been converted Into i f if liable morKUO. Meek (?rifun, Tom Qrlflln, John Crosby and Nelson Urice were ex ecuted tor the killing of the aged Mr. Lewis, while Joe Malloy paid UM penalty for tho murder of the two young Marlboro county boys. The crime for which the first four were convicted was committed April 24, 19LL The Marlboro county crime was committed Thanksgiving day, 1911. The negroes did not confess. Throe died protesting their innocence. The remaining two had nothing to add to "that already said," which was an ailirrnatlon of previous denial of jrullt. Meek Grifiln was put to death llrst by his own request. He was the most terror-stricken of all and wildly and Incoherently muttered prayers while the curious harness was being buckled about him. Tom Oritlln from whose gun wer?.? fired the two ehat'Kes which snuffed out the life of John Cj. Lewis, had "no statement to make at all." "I have told the truth,* he said. John Crosby, who was Haid to have n ? < d the >.h#,tf !-.? > ? ? ? ' "l mo igjllafleil." he kepi I i-;< '"ig. HI* thanks foi the Unit-j n? ss 'mm prisori olicla! v. ere dim oroffoi i J. Nelson Hrlco entered the room In the moat buoyant spirits of all. He bowed smillgly to Sheriff Colvin of Chester county, who sat ten feet away, and asked "to shake hands good-bye" with the olllcors just prior to th?> placing of the electrode about his forehead. Jot Malloy was broken splilted early In the morning, but braced htm M|f w hen the hour for tho ordeal ar? rived. "I have nothing to say," he answered, when his body had been strapped in the chair. "I know noth? ing of the crime. I wouldn't be guilty of such a thing, and Qod would not have me commit such a crime." Malloy had an excellent physique, and was apparently In a resistant mood when Urn eleetrodea WON being applied. But only two shocks were necessary to produce death. Three shocks ware necessary to kill Meek OH An and four for Tom (ir?lin. The heaviest amperage recorded since the installation of the chair was for the last named, when the register marked 11 amperes, with the voltage hovering around 2,000. John Monk Stevens m, another ne? gro, is yet in jail, awaiting trial on the same eharge on which the four were lieved with a very lirm belief In the eifieaey of democracy. Do you reali/.e that only so long ago as the time of the American Revolution democracy was regarded as an experiment In the world, and we were regarded as rash VXporlmontOrS 1 Mut W#J iw>t only be? lieved In it, we showed our belief was well founded and that a nation as powerful as any in the world could be end..I upon the will Of the 000? pie; that, imbed, there was a power in such a nation that dwell in no Olh r nation unless also in that other na? tion the Bplrlt of the people prevails, "\\Y nun know and Ihe world knows that the Ihlnfl that we then undertook, rush as it seemed, has been practicable und that we have net up in the world it government main lalned and promoted by the general conscience anil Ihe genial conviction. MHo i stund here not welcoming you t<> iL? nation's capital as If i were your hoot, but merely t?> welcome you til your own capital, bee;' ? I am, i ml am proud to bo, your servant. I hope l Rhu II catch, as I hope we shall all catch, from the spirit of this oc? casion ii new consecration to the high duties of American cltlsenehlp." The Ural death unions veterans at? tending the encnmpinonl occurred lu da) when Itacon Hmlth, 7<' years old, nf llrldgetown, N, J., died of Injuries received yesterday when he was run u\ ei by a i n i l?ge, convicted. It was Stevenson's tcsti mony largely which brought about the conviction of the four, he claiming thai he watched while the crime w;ws committee!. Two other negroes had inen arreated. While further Inves? tigation was being made, a row at a neighboring nogro church caused the arrest of Stevenson, on Whose person was tOUpd the dead man's pistol. Stevenson turned State's evidence and directed Sheriff Tolvin and his depu? ties to the plgoe where a stob: watch was buried and also told where the empty shells could he found. The shells are now in the clerk of court's ofHoo in ('bester county. Stevenson's implication of the four was borne out by incontrovertible proof that Tom Grillin's gun was used for the killing and that a screw driver belonging to the sewing machine in Meek Grillin's home was used to destroy the buried watch. Robbery was supposed to have been the motive. Young Moore and Hogers were killed In consequence of a row while hUtlng on land cultivated by Malloy on Thanksgiving day, 1911. J. H. Lewla, a brother of the Ches? ter victim, witnessed the execution of the four men yesterday, as did Sheriff Colvln, who was instrumental in bringing the guilty parties to jus? tice. N. H. Hogers, county treasurer of Marlboro county and father of Guy Hogers; J. C. Hogers of Sumter, a brother, and Early B, Moore of Marl? boro, a brother of Prentiss Moore, also came to Columbia for the execution. All available court machinery had been invoked to stay the hand of the law In the two cases. After being car? ried through the South Carolina courts, the Marlboro county case was taken to the United States supreme court. For more than two years the alleged pleas of newly discovered evi? dence and other points delayed the execution of the sentences. The Chester case was affirmed by the supreme court several months ago. Gov. Manning several days ago re? fused to commute the sentences of tho live negroes to life imprisonment. ARHi:sTl<:i> ON DIGAMY CHARGE. ,F. P. Smith Said to Have Two Wives When ile Married NewlM?rry Girl. Newberry, Sept. 2S.?Sheriff Hleaso last night arrested J. P. Smith, said to he from Georgia, on the charge of bigamy. He i an iwa) on Sunday with the young daughtor of a fann? er in ibe county and carried her to c lumblu, where they wore married yesterday, Smith is in jail He ad? mits that ho has another wife living. Some accuse him of having two wives when he married the young girl, but he denies that he had more than one. The warrant against him was sworn out before Magistrate Hair in Pros? perity yesterday. The sheriff found the Couple at night in Xcw berry. The girl has returned to her father. She is about 20 years id' age. Smith was se? verely cut in a light with a negro wo? man In town a few weeks ago. MENDEN If ALL POUND Gl ILTY. liorlda Man Convicted of Murder of Woman. Appeals for New Trial Clearwater, Pia., Sept. 28,?J. J, Mendenhall, convicted this afternoon on a charge of the murder of Miss Susie Bllot On the night of July 2, when the bodies of the young wo? man and her mother were burned to death on the old Green Springs road, gave notice of a motion for a new trial and offered a formal motion for a stay of sentence. The date for argu? ing these motions has not been set. Mendcnhaii was covlcted of mur? der with recommendation to mercy which carries a sentence of life Im? prisonment. Scenes in the court room follow? ing the reading of the verdict were dramatic. The wife and daughter, Who have been by the side of the defendant throughout the hearing, broke into passionate weeping. The defendant, who has exhibited marked composure throughout the bearing. Consoled them and told them to be brave. Another Indictment charging Men denhnll with the murder of Mrs. Kes? sle Kliot, mother of the dead girl, is pending against Mendenhall. : Clover seed Acreage and Condition. The acrenge for clover seed in the United states this year is estimated t" be about 114.B per cent of last year's acreage, based upon reports to the Hureau of Crop estimates of the de? partment. Tin condition of the crop on September 1 is estimated at >>'?.:', per cent, of normal, Whlcll compares Wltll 77.:! per cent, a year ago, and 7'.?.7 average ol the past in years on September l These llgures fore? cast a inoib rately larger crop this year than last year. I Take a trip down town, and look tin bicycle over that the Sumter Cloth? ing Co, will give away Christinas Mv? day. It Is on exhibition in their win ilnW. together With boys' suit:*, hgtl , and shoes for fall use. Ad> t. TUN KILLED AXD MANY KIOPOKTS STATU. Ill KT Property l*oss Will lie Over Million l'rom Cyclone Which Reached Ve? locity of 8(> Miles an Hour?Wires Down at New Orleans and Tow De? tails Learned by W ireless from Vcs > 9 Mobile, Sept. :10.?Wireless advices fri^rn New Orleans at 1,30 o'clock Thursday morning say that ten per BofcS were killed and 150 injured by the hurricane In New Orleans. Prop? erty damage was estimated at above $1,?0,000. The famous French mar? ket section was partially wrecked. New Orleans, Sept. 2(J?(via Wire leys (Steamships Excelsior and Creole to Mobile),? Five persons are known to he dead, many people injured and the property loss reaching into the millloni has been caused tonight by the most severe Gull' storm in the his? tory of the city. A howling gale with a velocity of eighty-six miles an hour swept the city at 0 o'clock tonight, demolishing scores of buildings, stripping the roofs from hundreds of other structures and strewing the streets with broken glass and debris. At 7.30 o'clock a rising barometer gave evidence that the storm was , subsiding, the centre passing tu the northwest of New Orleans. The bar? ometer at its lowest registered 28.11, adn the wind velocity of SO miles was the highest ever recorded here. Railroads and wire communication with the outside world has been cut toff, and telphone, electric light and trolley service discontinued In the city All railroads have annulled train service from New Orleans. Wireless communication from New Orleans was Interrupted by the failure of the electric plant, but messages were sent from the steamship Excol sior at dock here and relayed from the steamship Creole, anchored below New Orleans in the Mississippi river to Mol'dle. At Mobile and Ponsuoola. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 29.?The Mis? sissippi Gulf coast from Hay St. Louis to Pascagoula was isolated tonight by the tropical hurricane, which caused ah elghty-eight-mlle gale at New Or? leans ;\nd swept inland to the north? east. Pensacola and Mobile escaped material damage, though flfty-'miJe] ? b winds prevailed at botn ports during! the. after no? n and niftftt. Reports of excessive aaniage and j bjgh water at BUoxi and Gidfport. Miss., were discounted tonight by of? ficials of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, whose telephone cable down the coast to Hay St. TjouLs furnished the sole means of communication There is no v ireless station oh the coast between Mobile and New Or? leans. This cable was operated successfully only, at Intervals and officials announc? ed that the dispatchers denied reports of the Hooding of the strets In DUoxI to a depth of six feet and of the destruction of the great trestle of the Louisville and Nashville at the Rigolet?. Three small children, mem? bers of the Savage family at Pasca? goula, were reported to have been in? jured when their home was demolish? ed by the high winds, but there is no other news from there. All trains southwest of here have been ssupended, only one train arriv? ing this afternoon from Ocean Springs. Miss. A local train bearing relief sup? plies Will l>C sent from Mobile tomor? row morning as far down southwest as possible. The Southern Pacific liner Proteus was in the centre of the Gulf hurri? cane at the mouth of the Mississippi river today, according to officers of the revenue cutter Tallapoosa, who said they had been unable to establish wireless communication with the ves? sel since this morning. The Proteus is a passenger liner, but it is not known here how many passengers she carried. When last reported by wire? less the Proteus Signalled that she ex? pected to reach the mouth of the Mis Isslppl at I a. m. tomorrow. A wind velocity Of eighty-eight miles an hour was reported at Bay St. Louis, Miss., this afternoon by the dis? patcher's cable of the Louisville and Naghvllle railroad. Washouts have iSMIirred on the road at Hay St. Louis .iMd elsewhere, and train service has btffci annulled. There is no wire com indication down the coast, except the telephone cable of the Louisville and N^udiville. Wireless communication with New < Means was broken oft this morning, when tin- aerials of the Marconi sta lion and the ITnitcd Fruit station there wer?' apparently blown down. A third Wireless station with apparatus ade? quate to communicate with Mobile also could not he spoken. The Malior) liner Sabine, with pas setigers for Tampa, Key West and New York, waited In the lower *?-?>* loa?- to? night for the storm to subside before attempting to go to sm. The froighl ? leaima Dorothy, bound for Havana from Gulvestoii with cargo, pnl into Mobile ba> today. She reported heavy sons between Mobile bar and New Orleans bar, but did not encoun? ter the hurricane at its worst. Vessels known to be in the Gulf which may have encountered the trop? ical blow are two .steamships pf the Ward Line, whose names were not ob? tainable, and a fruit vessel of the Vae caro Llrothers Company, of New ?u leans. ? I No messages had been received to? night by the coaat guard cutter Talla poosa from the Southern Pacific Line steai ship Proteus, which was reported in the centre of the hurricane off New Orleans bar. The wireless apparatus on the Proteus is believed to have been disabled. The sole means of communication between New Orleans and the outer world tonight was the wireless appa? ratus of the steamships at dock in New Orleans, while meagre reports were received from the tailing wire? less apparatus of the Southern Pacific liner Creole, bound up the Mississippi river from Port Bads for New t >r leans. A velocity of fifty-two miles an hour was reached by the gale at Mobile to? night, and the worst of the storm was believed by weather bureau officials to have passed. The barometer was sta? tionary at 29.52 at 8 p. m. Southbound trains over the Loins vil< l and Nashville railroad to New Orleans were annulled tonight, hut it was announced that a relief train would be operated by the railroad out of Mobile tomorrow morning, as far down tlx* coast as track conditions will allow. Reports that the EUgoleta trestle of the Louisville and Nashville between New Orleans and Bay St. Louis had Ik en destroyed were discounted by offi? cials of the road tonight, ft was de elared that the trestle was strong enough to withstand storms of vio? lence. No verification of the report of high water at Illloxl was furnished by the railroad dispatcher there, w'hb report-1 ed that*the tracks of the railroad were not Inundated. A commercial wire re? port had stated that water was six feet deep in the business section of Rlloxi. Boys, how would you like to have an up-to-date, first class bicycle present? ed to you for your Christmas. The bUBlter Clothing Co., intends to give me away on this day to some boy who buys a knee pants suit from them, and the bicycle is now on display in their window. They will be glad to explain the whole matter to you if you will call on them.?Advt. Young Business Men Every young man who starts a bank .account and maintains it, is doing something that will surely raise his standing in the communi? ty and show that he is "making good." At the same time the ha? bits of system, accuracy and economy developed will prove very valuable factors of success, to say nothing of bemg well known to nk. 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