The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 05, 1916, Image 3
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Batik-Cry
KICK
fcCAJtftsan
Ml iin usend just at ths edge of
sunj**mjL'w*h one ahfce of bin
et tt to the girt the whoa picture
of somber oomposition and
H nrsssntsd a different aspect
himself aa the young
Mood facing the door,
neue tor her ?pooch
ye? AneV Talbott bogan. MI
reeetoe yn know wlnt hit's er bout"
He Hnvey lander only nodded, and
Me Steady eyes and straight mouth
linn did not otter their sternness of ex
BO naw the etmed little gasp with
tree girl rend the ultimatum of
the sudden mist of
spite of herself.
He poshed forward
* efcejr and gravely inquired: "Hadn't
ye better est down, ma'am r
ssao shook nor head and raised one
leant which trembled n little, to brush
flea hair out of her eyes.
FOtsabty one wan trying to speak.
I could not for the moment com?
ber voice. But at last She got
control, and her words
slowty and earefully.
**atr. Havay, 1 hare very little reason
oonsideretion from you.
new. It H were n question of
for myself, I would die first,
M lent that.- She paused and
her head. "Too told me that I
mil seises I earns to you. Weil.
Fem posse res come to humiliate my
gestt 1 guess rve come to surrender."
: Baa fane did not change and he did
fast answer. Evidently, thought the
gtrt bitterly, she had not sufflciently
tinned herself. Altar a moment ehe
wont on In n very tired, yet n very
?ton am a man of action, Mr. Ha
1 snake say appeal to your man
I snnaoss you've never had a
that has come to meun every
eb yon but that's the sort of
I've hud. That little girl Dewu.
wands s ohonos. *I?r little brother
mi seal a sinnst. IVe tumbled myself
to ensue and plesd for uhem. If you
tahn them away from me you will
I my school. I dont underesU
yeur pohnV^now. Cull iron* are
lent beg Urning to come to ms, end If
yen order these to leere, the others
wflB learn, too, and they won't come
It will kill my school. If that's
1 guess lt'i no use even
St Bleed. I know you can do it?and
yUt yen told me yon worunl making
at steed.
yet yao toi
"I reokoi
hott slowlj
1 reckon," Interrupted Brother Tal
nett slowly, "ye needn't bare no fear
of that, ma am. Anns wouldn't do
"But If yon aren't doing that." went
an Juenlta 1 want to make my plea
last for the sake of these children of
own people. I'm ready to accept
terms. Im ready to abase and
ty own pride, only, 1'or God's
?, grfe thorn a chance to glow clean
and straight and break the shackles
at flUtcracy."
?he waited for the man to reply, but
ho neither spoke nor changed expres?
sion, so with an effort she went on.
unconsciously bending a little forward
hi her eagerness :
"If you could see the way Dann has
unfolded like a flower, the thirsty in
tsOlgence with which she has drunk
?f what I have taught her; the way
II has opened new worlds to her; I
dost*! think yon could be willing to
her beck Into drudgery and ig
mo. She Is a woman, or soon
nip be. Mr. Havey. You don't noed
wessen In your fends.'*
Again came the cautioning voice of
the preacher in his effort to keep her
away from antagonising lines.
"They hain't been culled away for no
reason like that, ma'am." But Juanita
continued, ignoring the warning:
"The other bor is too young for you
Far a Time Bad Anse Stood There
Regerding Hsr With a Steady and
. ttoijpi Qm!*~
to use yet. Let him at least choose
for himself. Let him reach the sge
when he shall hate enough knowledge
of both sideii to make his own choice
fairly. I'm not asking odds. You
have Job, and he wears your trade?
mark in his race. The bitterness that
lurks there shows that he is wholly
your vassal;. yours and the feud's.
Doeint that satisfy yon? Won't you
let the others stay with me?"
She broke off with s gasp. Anse
Havey's face stiffened.
Even now he did not speak to her,
but turned toward the missionary.
"Brother Talbott," he said slowly,
"would ye mind waltln' out there on
the porch a little spell? I'd like to
talk with this lady by herself."
When he had gone there was a short
silence, which Havey finally hroka
with a question:
"Why didn't ye say all these things
to JobT I asnt the letter on his say
so."
"But you tent It?and all the Havey
power is in your hands. Jet> ^wouldn't
understand euch a plea. I come to the
fountalnhead. My school Is not a Ha?
vey school nor a McBriar school. It is
meant to open its doors to both sides
of the ridge, regardless of factions.**
"IHd younff Milt come there ter git
i eddloationf I thought he went to col
I lege down below." The question car?
ried an unde mote of Irony.
Juanita shook her head.
"No," she answered. "He came there
aa any othtr passer-by might have
come, and ho hasn't come often. Let
me keep tho children and he shan't
come again."
For a time Bad Anse stood there re?
garding her with a steady and pierc?
ing gase, while his brows drew to?
gether In s frown rather of deep
thoughtfulnetss than of displeasure.
(TO HE CONTINUED.)
FRFE TOBACCO SEED.
_
Chamber of Commerce Has Limited
Supply on Hand.
The Chamber of Commerce has ob?
tained a limited supply of tobacco seed
which will be distributed free to those
who i pply for them.
BIBLE CLASS FEDERATION.
Largely Attended and Interesting
Meeting Hohl at Trinity ?horch.
On Sunday afternoon the first meet?
ing of the Federation of Bible Classes
was held In Trinity Methodist church
with about three hundred men In at?
tendance. Addresses were made by
Judge T. B. Fr?ser and Rev. R. 8.
Truesdale and were heard with tho
closest attention. The next meeting
will be held im the first Sunday in
February In the First Baptist church.
The speaker has not..been announced
yet
Judge Fraser in his address called
attention to the many places in tho
church where men could render need?
ed aervice at d the part they should
play In the church life. Mr. Trues -
dale's remarks were along the samo
line. A resolution was offered by Mr.
T. V. Walsh calling on the member*
of the Sumtor county legislative dele?
gation to endeavor to enact a lav/
eliminating the pool room evil by pro?
hibitory licence. Judge Purdy object?
ed to the mo .ion on the grounds that
It Indicated that the members of th*
olaas were willing to sanction by li?
cense the operation of pool rooms.
The motion v,as tabled and a commit?
tee with Judge Fraser as its chairman
was appointed to consider the matter
and devise means whereby the pool
room evil could be eradicated.
WENDELL LEVI WINS RACE.
Given Handsome Watch Fob by Y. M.
C. A.?Brazicl Second.
Wendell M. Levl was an easy win ?
ner In the race on Saturday afternoon
given under the auspices of the Young
Men's Christian Association. Wiley
Brazlel came second and Clement
Foresman came 1 in third. Ralph
Flowers and Ray Fowler were the
other competitors.
Levl got a good start at the shot of
the pistol an.I when he crossed the
goal line he was more than a hun?
dred yards ahead of Brazell. The
track was one and one-third miles and
Levl's time waa 8 minutes, five and
one-fifth seconds. There was a large
crowd on hand to witness tho race, bu*.
unfortunately at the last minute a
number of those who had promisee1
to make MM race dropped out and
the competitors dwindled from more
than u doson to five..
TRIED TO BLOW lfP CAPITOL.
Bomb Found by K<mh Woman on
Don Steps of State Howe Hulldlnji
at Boston.
Boston, Jan 1.?An unsuccessful at
tempt to dynamite the State House
was made today. A bomb containing
four pounds of explosive was attached
to a basemen: door and a fuse ha*'
been, lighted. l>ut the flame apparently
died before reaching the detonator.
Had the explosion occurred, in tho
opinion of tho polliv, the building
WOUld have been greatly damaged
The fact that tarred rope was used
as a fuse, according to investigators,
indicated that the bomb was the work
of a novice.
A scrub wornnn discovered the DOfnfc
this morning.
FORD MAKES STATEMENT.
SAYS THAT MEN IN TRENCHES
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
WAR'S CONTINUATON.
Says That Party Is Procerrthig In Per?
fect Harmony, Despite Statement* to
Contrary, and (He Believes it Will
Accomplish Good by Getting People
to Talk of Peace.
New York, Jan. 2.?Henry Ford,
who led the peace expedition which
left here December 4 on the steamer
Oscar II for Copenhagen' in the hope
of bring about a conference of
neutral nations that would end the
war, arrived here today on the steam?
ship Bergensfjord. He confirmed ca?
ble reports that his return had been
hastened by illness, but said he in?
tended when he left to come back
this month.
Mr. Ford declared his views regard?
ing the cause of the war have under?
gone a marked change. When he 16ft,
he said, he was of the opinion that
bankers and manufacturers of muni?
tions and armament were responsible
but he returns with the belief that it
is the people themselves, those being
slaughtered, who are responsible. The
men doing the fighting have been too
content to let those who rule them do
their thinking and they have not taken
advantage of their divine right to say
for themselves what they shall do
and think, the pacifist asserted.
"Republics are no better than mon?
archies in this respect," he said. "Even
in the United States we let those
whom we have elected to office be
swerved from their duty. We do not
assert ourselves. Personally, I have
been a voter 31 years and in all that
time I have voted only six times, and
then because my wife made me." ,
Of the eventual success of the peace
mission, Mr. Ford declared he had no
doubt. "The movement is now or?
ganized and under way,' he said.
"People are talking about it, and
while some critics? when people talk
they think and when they think they
think right,"
Mr. Ford's future plans with respect
to the peace expedition were uncer?
tain, ho said. He left the party in
charge of Gaaton P. Lantiff, he stated,
in accordance with his original plans;
and despite all reports to the con?
trary, when the party left the Oscar
II, it was an harmonious as could be
desired. ,
"The main Idea of the mission,"
continued Mr. Ford, "was to crystal
ize into concrete form, if. possible,
the various ideas and hopes for peace
which prevail all over the world. The
nations doing the fighting would be
glad to stop if they could, I believe,
but they are afraid to let go.
"Those who accompanied me on the
Oscar II were as fine a body of people
for that particular mission as I could
ask, and the interested delegates that
met us at Chrlstiania were all good
men. I am simply financing and car?
rying out as far as possible the work
set under way last year at the meet?
ing at The Hague of the Women's
International Peace congress. This
work ultimately will bring Europe to
its senses and stop the war.
"II' what I have done will bring
peac<3 only one day nearer, I shall be
more than repaid. Every day the war
is shortened will save 30,000 lives,
and 30,000 lives will mean much to?
ward restoring order and normal con?
ditions.
"Tf necessary I will again go to
Europe and if it will help matters I
will charter another ship. I am not
doing it for personal glory, gain or
advertising. I have more money now
than I can use and I feel I am sim?
ply custodian of what I have. It was
entrusted to me by the people, some
of whom are today fighting.In the
trenches."
Commenting on the preparedness
issue in President Wilson's message,
Mr. Ford said:
"I am against preparedness, as pre?
paredness means war. It would be
better for the administration to find
out first if the people themselves want
armament. If they do, they will
eventually get what Europe is getting
now. As to other fea'-.ires of Presi?
dent Wilson's message, especially with
reference to trade and a greater mer?
chant marine, wo are all with him on
that."
At the request of Secretary McAdoo,
Dudley Field Malone, collector of the
jport, arranged for Mr. Ford, a mem?
ber of the naval consulting board, to
be taken off the Bergensfjord on a
.special customs cutter as soon as the
ship cleared quarantine.
William Jennings Bryan conferred
for more than an hour here tonight
with Henry Ford.
Mr. Bryan declined to reveal the
nature of the discussion, but said he
had come to New York from Wash?
ington at Mr. Ford's request. Mr. Ford
denied himself to Interviewers after
Mr. Hryan departed.
Mr. Hryan denied that he would
sail for Kurope January 4, as pre?
viously planned, declaring that he has
"more Important work to do here for
the present."
Asked what he thought of the Ford
peace mission, Mr. Bryan said he be?
lieved it had achieved partial success
"even before it started."
"The mere discussion of peace," he
added, "is in itself an advantage and
the presence of the peace party abroad
will stimulate discussion there."
Mr. Bryan said he would return at
midnight to Washington, where he
will address the Pan-American con?
gress tomorrow. He declined to com?
ment on the sinking of the British
steamer Persia with an American con?
sul aboard.
JENKIN LLOYD JONES IN.
Reports Great Meeting for Peace at
Stockholm.
Chicago, Jan. 2.?The following
cablegram, dated Copenhagen, Janu?
ary 1, was received by the City News
bureau here today from Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, Chicago, chairman of the Ford
peace mission:
"Great meeting at Stockholm.
Thousands at station to bid party
good-bye. Heartily welcomed to
Copenhagen today.
"Party united and well organized.
New Year's greetings to all friends of
peace."
DIRECT LOAN ON COTTON.
Reserve Board Permits New Orleans
Branch to Try Oat Now Plan.
Washington, Dec. 25.?One of the
several important plans that are be?
ing considered by the Federal reserve
board, which is seeking to perfect the
new banking and currency system of
the United States, with a view of re?
taining for this country after peace is
declared in Europe the dominant po?
sition it now holds in world finance,
is about to be tested at the New Or?
leans branch bank.
The reserve board has granted the
New Orlecns branch bank the privi?
lege of purchasing domestic accept?
ances based on agricultural products
stored in the open market. If the ex?
periment is successful the reserve
board may recommend to congress
the amendment of the National Bank
act so that any national bank may
deal in these acceptances.
It should be understood that the ac?
ceptance form of banking is where
the . paper is directly guaranteed by
the bank itself instead of by the pur?
chaser of the goods. This form of
banking is not so well known in the
United States as that done on a com?
mercial note basiB, Where the bank
finances a transaction between oth?
ers. Sentiment In favor of the ac?
ceptance form of banking is increasing
rapidly, however.
Ntow Orleans has been selected for
the test of the domestic acceptances
innovation because that city is the
centre of the most efficient cotton
warehousing system in the country
Tne effect of open market purchases
by the branch bank in New Orleans
is expected to have a prompt and
positive effect upon the cotton trade
throughout the South, and that all
business will eventually be benefited
if the- \ experiment succeeds. It was
thought that cotton furnished the best
opportunity for a demonstration of the
stabilising influence of a scientific and
up-to-date system of finance.
The New Orleans bank will make a
rate of perhaps 4 per cent on the do?
mestic acceptances which it handles.
This rate will be slightly higher than
the discount rate on the same ac?
ceptances which would bo handled by
ordinary member banks, because in
the case of the New Orleans branch
that bank will have the entire respon?
sibility of the loan. All other cotton
territory will be interested in the re?
sult at the Louisiana port.
M'KISSICK EDITOR FRAT MAG
AZINE.
Greenville Lawyer Elected by Conven?
tion of Kappa Alphas in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 30.?At the
closing session of the Kappa Alpha
convention and semi-centennial cele?
bration here today officers for the
coming year were elected as follows:
Knight commander, Henry C. Chiles,
Lexington, Mo.; editor of the maga?
zine, J. Itlon McKissick, Greenville;
grand purser, F. B. Latady, Birming?
ham, Ala.; grand historian, W. B.
Crawford, Kissimme, Fla.; chief
alumnus, T. L, Hudert, Norfolk, Va.
The next convention will be held in
Jacksonville, Fla. The delegates and
visitors marched in a body to Lee
monument today and placed a wreath
on it.
STJMTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Dotty by Ernest Field; Cot?
ton Buyer.
Good Middling 11 3-4.
Strict. Middling 11 1-2.
Middling 11 1-4.
Strict Low Middling 10 3-4.
Low Middling 10 1-4.
Staple cotton 13 to 16c.
Marriage License Record.
Licenses to marry have been grant?
ed to Davis McFadden and Mary Di?
vine Brogdon; Robert Smith and
Kate La Hard, Wedgelield.
GUI! RETURNED FOR TRIAL.
NEGRO BROUGHT HACK AFTER
LONG LEGAL FIGHT.
Efforts to Have Alleged Slayer of J.
T. Durst Returned Take Interesting
C'luxractcr.
Columbia, an. 2.?After eluding the
officials of the law for over seven
years and losing a fight of more than
j one year in the Pennsylvania courts
against extradition, Joe Grant, a ne?
gro, has been returned to South Car?
olina and will be placed on trial in
the Edgefield county court on the
charge of murder. Grant is charged
with killing J. T. Durst, a well known
and successful merchant of Johnston,
early in 1906. Grant was placed In
the State penitentiary last night at
8:30 o'clock. He was brought back to
South Carolina by W. R. Swearingen,
sheriff of Edegefield county, and Wil?
liam Strum, special deputy.
Sheriff Swearingen left Philadel?
phia Friday afternoon with his pris?
oner on the Augusta Special, due in
Columbia early yesterday morning.
At midnight Friday the fast train
collided with a freight train at
Shlpman, Va. Sheriff Swearingen
was slightly bruised and did not stop
In Columbia last night, but proceeded
on the train to his home in Edgefield.
Two guards met the train from
Charlotte and escorted Grant to the
State penitentiary.
Grant was found in Philadelphia
nearly two years ago by a negro de?
tective. The detective notified South
Carolina Officers. Grant was operat?
ing a barber sop. George Bell Tim
merman, solicitor of the Eleventh cir?
cuit, armed with requisition papers
signed by Cole L. Blease, former gov?
ernor, proceeded to Pennsylvania, ac?
companied by an officer to bring
Grant back to South Carolina. Mr.
Tlmmerman conferred with John K.
Tener, then governor of Pennsyl
vaia, who agreed to honor the re?
quisition papers. Attorneys for Grant,
who had been arrested pending in?
vestigation, brought habeas corpus
proceedings to secure his release. The
attorneys claimed that Grant could
not get a legal trial in South Caroll
lina and that he would be lynched
if brought back to the State.
The case was carried through the
lower courts of Pennsylvania, the
federal courts and finally to the
United States supreme court. The
'decision by each court was adverse
to the negro. While the case was
being tried in thd various courts, Gov.
Tener was succeeded in office by Gov.
Brumbaugh.
Solicitor Tlmmerman went to Har
risburg after the inauguration of
Gov, Brumbaugh and presented new
requisition papers, which had been
issued by Gov. Manning. Gov.
Brumbaugh did not refuse to honor
the requisition papers, but stated that
he would have to investigate the case
and be assured that. Grant would be
given a fair trial If returned to* this
State. There has been considerable
correspondence between Gov. Man?
ning and Gov. Brumbaugh concern?
ing the case.
No announcement has been made
as to whether the requisition papers
have been honored by Gov. Brum?
baugh. The fact that Grant has been
brought back to this State would indi?
cate that the papers had received fa?
vorable attention from the Pennsyl?
vania executive.
Gov. Manning said last night that
he had no statement to make at this
time, but would have something to say
in a few days.
BIG NEW YEAR'S GIFT.
Pawhuska, Okla., Ja?. 1.?Oklaho?
ma received a New Year's gift of 2,
299 citizens, each of whom is worth
about $30,000, when Federal Judge
Henry Hudson handed down a decis?
ion today holding that all Osage In?
dians were full citizens of the United
States and entitled to all rights, priv?
ileges and immunities granted in the
fourteenth constitutional amendment.
The decision gives the members of
the tribe complete control over their
personal properties, but does not affect
their real estate holdings.
In handing down the decision Judge
Hudson held as naught a divorcement
?vhich an Osage procured by tribal
custom from his wife, holding that the
Osagcs are citizens and that their di?
vorces must be granted by the State
courts.
Lost Everything In Fire.
Mr. R. T. Turner, who had just
moved from Hos .Hill to the home
of Mr. J. B. Stuckey, lost nearly ev?
erything In the fire that consumed
Mr. Stuekey's house on Christmas day.
Mr. Turner says the tire broke out
just before dinner time between the
ceiling overhead and the roof, and
the wind blowing a gale caused the
house to burn up so quickly they
saved but little, even their dinner and
a nice turkey they had prepared were
not saved and instead of a big Christ?
mas feast, all had to go hungry. No
insurance on anything.?Leader and
Vindicator.
ASSOCIATE JOSTICE LMM.
EMINENT GEORGIA JURIST DIES
IN WASHINGTON.
Failure in Health Hastened by Threats
of Pneumonia?Had Been Appoint?
ed by President of Political Faith
Opposite to His Own.
Washington, Jan. 2.?Joseph Ruck?
er Lamar, associate justice of the su?
preme court of the United States, died
at his home here tonight after an ill?
ness of several months. He was 5S
years of age and had been on the su?
preme bench five years.
The immediate cause of death was
gradual failure, hastened by inflam?
mation of one of the lungs which had
threatened to develop into pneumonia.
Attending physicians declared, how?
ever, that the primary cause was
overwork due to the arduous duties
of a member of the supreme court
and as commissioner of the United
States in 1914 to the mediation con?
ference between the United States and
Mexico at Niagara Falls.
Exhausted by last year's term of
court, Justice Lamar went to Whito
Sulphur, W. Va., in June. He im?
proved until September when a clot
In an artery caused him to lose the
use for a time of his left arm and
leg. It was some time before he re?
covered from this attack, but when
he returned to Washington in October
he planned to return to his work on
the bench In February.
About a week ago the justice con?
tracted a cold. His weakened heart
was unable to bear the added burden
of this inflammation.
About 9 o'clock this morning his
condition was noted to be critical.
The system has ceased to throw oft
the normal poisons. In the afternoon
after recognizing his wife and two
sons, Philip and William, he dropped
off to sleep. Gradually his breath?
ing grew less frequent until at 8:30
o'clock tonight he gave a long sigh
as of relief and was dead. *
CHARGED BY POSTAL AUTHORI?
TIES.
John Williams, Colored, Held for Re
cepiting for Mail for Other Person.
John Williams, colored, was given
a hearing before Commissioner Bland
this morning on the charge of fraud?
ulently receipting for a special deliv?
ery, letter alleged to have been desig?
nated for a colored woman, Estelle
Suber. At the close of the hearing
in default of bail Williams was sent to
the county jail to await trial in the
federal court at Columbia.
The alleged act is said to have oc?
curred last September. It was re?
ported to Postofflce Inspector Knight
who took out the warant, he being a
visitor in the city at this time. In?
spectors Morganroth and Jefferson of
Columbia division have been working
on the case and on December 23rd
less than two hours after Williams
arrived in the city, which he left im?
mediately after it is alleged that he
took the special delivery letter, ho
was arrested and lodged in jail.
New Enterprises.
Notice of an increase in capital
stock from $60,000 to $109,200 haa
been filed by the board of directors
of the News and Courier company,
Charleston, with the secretary of
state. The directors propose to is?
sue $49,200 of preferred stock.?
A commission has been issued to
B. W. Segars & Sons, Inc., of Rose
hill, in Lee County, with a capital of
$2,000. The petitioners are B. W,
Segars and J. B. Segars.
TO AILING WOMEN
A Little Sound Advice Will Help
Many a Sufferer in Sumter.
No woman should consider herself
healthy and well if the kidneys are
weak. Poisons that pass off in the
secretions when the kidneys are well,
are retained in the body when the
kidneys are disordered. If the kidneys
and bladder become inflamed and
swollen worse troubles may quickly
follow. This is often the cause of
bearing-down pains, lameness, back?
ache, etc. Uric poisoning is also fre?
quent cause of headaches, dizzy
spells, languor, nervousness and rheu?
matic pain.
When suffering so, try Doan's Kid?
ney Pills, a remedy that has proven
effective in thousands of such cases.
Let a Sumter woman tell of her ex?
perience.
Mrs. Annie C. Carnes, 407 Bartlette
St., Sumter, says: "My kidneys were
disordered and my back ached. I had
headaches and dizzy spells, too. I
used Doan's Kidney Pills as directed,
and they cured all signs of the trou?
ble. Another of my family afflicted
with kidney complaint, and used
Doan's Kidney Pills with the most
pleasing results."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs. Carnes had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 1|