Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Mr. I*.' If.' vtneon, Mrs. 1>. Ii Shaw, Hilf SSSail E6C MM McCutchen dad HUw Ruth WlUK>n of St. Charles were vteUces in the- city today. , mir. B. D. Wilson of Washington. D. C? Je in the city, having keen nailed here by she Ulnae* >f hie another, Mrs. ftf R. Wilson. v?nretary E. I. Reardon, Messrs. S. L. ttiawoff, J. P. Commander and ?. Austin went to Columbia this mica tag to attend the meeting; there In the Interest of the establishment ad a State highway commies.on. The Rev. R. 8. Truesdale is con dirtssg a saeetlng at Carlisle Fitting tehee* Bamberg, this week. Mra Jrhn ?seed, of Charleston, af? ter spendiag a few days wit h Mra B. J. Ottlar. |eft yesterday morning for nerspee to spend some tlmo with hsr daasJSasr, Mrs, Manly Hlnes. http* Uela taeed. of Charleston la the guest af Mise Theo St?hes. hfjsnee Caroline and Margaret Ba? kes, of Salem, were in the city today. Mrs, a. P. Buries has been called to Hi** Print, N. C? by the Illness of hsr seat her, Mre. F. K. Spencer. Mar. Banyan Mahoney. of Minne? sota, spent test Monday with Mrs. B. 9. Otter. Mildred Hurst has returned Savannah, Qa., where she ylstt Sd hps stater. Mra. R P. Hubbard, aflss,Cecil* P'Oonoell, of Anderson, si tHMsac Mr and Mrs. N? ill ODoii net? VOR PAVING. stars* gwwss Slerar, Laid nt Various a the Ctt). Ip, preparation for the saving of] ?I recta la the city. Supervisor White is j n m at work laying storm drains on these principal streets which will vrrrably be amen? the first to be pev the proceeds of the paving Recently Ute storm sewer Washington street was taken eelaned out and a new line suoVlent slas to accommodate the^esue* flaw on that street. At presset the street forces are en wied ia Installing a line of piping on '?aklaad Avenue between Main and ~* tfvty'strW* A Vne between '* the-1 yed crossing and Oakland -\ venue Xarvin ?tre?' has )uv been ooi pier?4 Both or these hi.. e beetlf eoti ^ll&fcWM* Gralnag* dne recently in??*** by the Atlantic Coast Line H*a*%ad earapany through Its right of waf> V?JpVe city limits. %%t DR. CROMER, gl v>m ?psak ?a4sr As spires of Y. M. C. JL ta das tSstrj an am Charon. OtV Oar. B. Cieatr, of Newberry, la the Presbyterian church j at 4:00 p/Ci. Dr. Gr?nl? ?nder ths auspices of the Y. A, est will speak particularly Cf the great Layman's itlon to be held in February l-t. Is too well known heie any comment on his ability It Is confidently e spec ted church will be filled to Its to hear aim. meeting and all are brtted. 4Sdeu Sera to f srcmit Coart. S, 1. vTumer. white, and Jlmmle liars and Success Burrows, colored. over for trial In the clr drart today on the charge of larceny and Silas Black, who ail Set ad on the same charge, wan as there was net sufficient In the magistrate's opinion to him with the robbery with Which the others were alleged to rata seen connected. WUmer and Success Burrows were charged with stealing a purse from John Myers, colored, containing more than 1180. and Jlmmle Hose was al? leged to have been connected with the transaction in some ray. Myers stat? ed that he saw Black m the crowd, but that otherwise he did not know of hie having anything to do with the then. A Germ Battle. The city board of health brought before council last night a bill pro? viding for Individual drinking cups In all public plsces. Including hotels, depots, theatres and soda fountains. Ths measures also provided that in? dividual towels must be provided in public places. The proposed ordinance was referred to the Judiciary commu? ter who are to pass on It. and make recommendations at the next council meeting. Some discussion came up In view of the fact that it would bring a hardship upon the soda fountains, h* th*?V arould either have to sterilize the glasses or else provide individual cups.?Greenville Piedmont. License to marry has been granted to Kr*?.t Bkey and Miss Martha Hey nolde. Sumttr. JOM I. rLMMI ELECTED j OPPOSITION TO JUSTICE T. B. FRASER FAILS TO DEVELOP. dodge J. W. DeVore Easily Win? Oat Over OiHpoome; Candidate?Other State Olllccra Re-elected Without OpiMMutiuu?UcLauri* Wine Out on First. Ballot over Two Rival Candi? da tee. Columbia, Jan. 26.?Jno. L. Mc Laurln of Bennettsville, today was re elected State warehouse commission? er by the general assembly on the first ballot the vote-being McLaurin 91, Frank M. Carey of Oconee, 40, and J. J. Mc Ma h in of Columbia 22. The bill to put the election of the warehouse commission before the peo? ple was reported unfavorably In the eenate this morning. Opposition was registered to the re? election of Judge DeVore of the lltb circuit In the person of J. B. Wlngard, a member of the house from Lexing? ton, but Judge DeVore was selected to succeed himself by a vote of 108 to 41. The Joint assembly also elected the following without opposition > Carlton W. Sawyer, Comptroller General; F. H. McMaster, ?Insur ance Commissioner; 8. W. G. Shlpp, Judge of the 12th Circuit; James W. DoVore, Judge of 11th Cir? cuit, and T. B. Fr?ser, Associate Jus? tice of the Supreme Court.. FLORENCE MAYOR INTERESTED. Secretary Resrdon Writes to Other Places to Interest Them In State Highway Conunission. Hon. W. F. Barringer, mayor of Florence, has written the following let? ter to Secretary Reardon In reply to * letter from the Sumter secretary urg? ing Florence to send a big delegation to Columbia tomorrow to attend the hearing before the legislative commit? tee regarding the bill to create a State highway commission. Mr, Bar ringer approves the proposed highway commission sill heartily: "I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the 21st calling attention of the commercial organisations and county hoard of commissioners. be? ing at ths hearing in Columbia on Tuesday afternoon, January 26, be? fore the legislative committee on the bill to create a State highway com? missi ow end' system of State highways! 1 ike ycirstif, I ihink this a ino*1 important pi pc . o- t??:ilutlon and L sbJell asainf In 'every way possible in having Flnr< n t lepresented on this occasion. "I am Indehd glad to see a man of energy, like yourself, taking auch an active Interest in this meet vital ques? tion. If we but had a few more Heardons behind this movement, I am satisfied ths result would be most flat? tering. "I note In your letter you propose to bridge the Santee between Clarendon and Orangeburg and perhaps at oth? er points to secure Northern auto? mobile travel through these counties. We people in Florence are equally anxious for this bridge, 'but we are equally Interested In bridging the Pee Dee river, which, by . .e way, would be as much to your Interest as to ours. This must not be overlooked in the hearing In Columbia before the legis? late tlve committee. "Again promising you such assist? ance as. I can render. Tours most sincerely, "W. R. Barrlngsr, Mayor." T | I Secretary Reardon has written let? ters to leading citizens of other East-' em Carolina cities and towns to have delegations in Columbia tomorrow. So' has Secretary A. V. Snell, of the Char- | leston Chamber of Commerce. ' The Udmter secretary says that he sincerely hopes the Sumter delegation will not law dc wn on him tomorrow after he has w hooped up delegations from other places. Secretary Snell and Secretary Reardon are working I hard for the enactment of the State I highway commission bill, and Sumter should back them tip tomorrow with a creditable delegation from this city ^and county. Any citizen of South Carolina Is welcome to attend this hearing. Therefore it 1h up to Sum? ter citizens who can possibly get off to move on Columbia tomorrow. All are Interested. The Joint meeting of South Carolina delegations will be held at the Colum? bia Chamber of Commerce at 1 o'clock. Then the entire body will move to the State capltol to Interview the State highway commission committee of the legislature requesting a unani? mously favorable report on the State highway bin. London, Jan. 26.?The eyes of the neutral world, especially neutrals, were on the British parliament today when It met to determine whether England should tighten the blockade around Germany by shutting off com? merce to Scandinavia ports. The sit? uation 1* tense, as Swedish states? men are openly threatening to Join Germany should England tighten Its hold. Parliament seem* about evenly divided on the subject. WANT REAL REIXJRMATORY. Colored Citizens Ask Ways and Means Committee to Make Appropriation lor Purpose. On Tuesday evoning at 6 o'clock a committee of colored citizens of South Carolina consisting of Dr. J. R. Levy, of Florence, chairman; W. T. Andrews and Dr. C. W. Birnie, Sum? ter; Thomas E. Williams, Newberry, and Rev. Richard Carroll, Columbia, appeared before the ways and means committee of the house of represen? tatives to request that the State Re? formatory at Lexington be made ih \fact, as well as in name, a reform? atory for colored youths of tho State. They requested the small appropria? tion of 15,000 to assist in making this change, stating that at present the in? stitution is operated exactly as is the State penitentiary, except that the youthful convicts are placed together, and not all placed in one group, as at the penitentiary. The request was made upon the recommendation of the (colored) State Medical Association and the (colored) Federation of Women's Clubs, which have been con? sidering the matter with a view of remedying conditions. W. T. An? drews of Sumter was the spokesman of the committee. The spokesman showed conditions at the reformatory to be anything, but those which should surround a re? formatory. The inmates are treated exactly as are convicts at the peni? tentiary, wearing* stripes and being under the control of armed guards at all times. They are made to do road or farm work all day and at night are all housed together In one big room, sleeping In the same clothes In which they have worked all day, sanitation evidently not having been considered. They are taught no trades and ho efforts are made to re? form them In any way. The report of the secretary of the State Board of Charities was referred to, it having reported on the conditions at the re? formatory to the same effect, as did the committee. The law creating the reformatory for colored youths was passed about sixteen years ago. The committee de? sired that the law be changed so that th e Institution be separated entirely from the. penitentiary and. governed in a manner similar to that of the re? formatory for white boys at Florence. Their request was heard with atten? tion and their views on the matter eeehilrife'ly t'avoi bly Impressed tho member^ of the committee, who prom? ised to give the matter their cohKid erution in making ilioir annusi ap pro-i rlatl. n hu Iget. Heal Estate Tranfers. Fannie L. Waters to J. L. Richard? son, D. Moultrie Epps and H. V. Eppe, 100 acres in Shiloh township, $700. Mrs. Virginia Shearer to 8. C. Mc Kfown, lot on corner Oakland ave? nue and Salem avenue, $3,850. Bessie C. Irby to Robert Q. Ellerhe, her interest In Kendrick tract of 200 acres and In Ford tract of 150 acres, $10 and other considerations. Florence Ellerbe, as committee for Robert Q. Ellerbe, to L. S. Vinson, 117 acres near town of Rembert, $4,500. J. J. Britton, Jr., to Albert James, his interest In 25 acres in Concord Township, $143.05. John D. Lemmon to Lizzie B. Lem mon, lot on Liberty street, $50 and other considerations. Real Estate Transfers. Rufus Randolph McLeod to Thomas P. McLeod, lot on public road betwoen Swimming Pens and Bethel church, $2.000. Hfr. W. McCallum to Daniel Q. Sampson, lot on Walker Avenue, $680. J. K. Newman to Elizabeth Con nell, lot In Concord township, $30. John J. Britton to Elizabeth Con nell, lot in Concord township, $6 and other considerations. J. K. Newman to Elizabeth Connell, lot in Concord township, $5 and other considerations. W. Wallace Sumter and John R. Sumter, to Den ward G. F. Bultman, lot near Claremont depot, $5 and oth e. consideration's. W. Wallace Sumter and Denward G. F. Bultman,* to John R. Sumter, lot near Claremont depot, $5 and other considerations. j Etta K. Dean to Sumter Real Estate and Insurance Company, lot on Purdy Street, $700. ! Ida Partln Hodge to H. J. Windham, lot on Bradford street, $25. ( I The Realty Development Company to James Tindale, lot near city of .Sumter on Shannon Avenue, $90. Cut to Death at Sardinia. Manning Times. I On last Friday night Willio Rhodes j was cut to death by Prince Antny, ' both colored, at Sardinia. Antny made his escape and has not been located yet. The coroner wont over and held the Inquest, and the Jury's verdict was in accordance with the above. Willie Johnson, George Wilson. Gage Antny, Rrunson Cooper and Mallcla JohiiHon 'were held as accessories to the murder. WILSON JffiSJ ME HASTE ASKS KITC? TG EXPEDITE ADMINIS PRATIOS PROGRAM IN IRR E. President fear* thai Senate Will Consume l-^h Tim in Debate and Measures May Not Get Through? Features 01 Bt Ircd Program. Washingto 25.?Agitation for greater i aal activity on the admlnlsv i< legislative pro | gramme rec? impetus today when Presid ' i asked Major? ity Leader Itohln to "speed up" work on the h< ? e of the capi tol, and ma<u i ?merits for dis? cussing the sub, th other lead? ers of both omorrow. The president is nx that congress finish its w apd a journ in June before the p vent ions. Represent" tlve chin gave as? surances tha sno disposition on the part oust to delay leg? islation, pohv r * out hat within the next few w . lion would bo taken on several ortant appro? priation anc Is. The presi? dent had b< en however, that there is dan ol long delays In the senate In <)? >r national de-> fense, autiplng, 1 i f and revenue bills. The outst m atures of the legislative r ? < for the next few months as" Mr. Itchln foresees them, are: A tariff c< bill will be re? ported by th a id means com? mittee. No revent r- Is likely to be reported un ill - the military and naval comroii s bring in their bills. This may br /leek 01 months. No new wati irojects and no new public bull Is will be con? sidered. An antl-u w. :.i . clause for the tariff law m ?ted later. ?In addith measures the shipping bill aid the Philippine bill are expect* 1 leaden to? attract the most at< . 'As the re m' ( f ?:k, opinion of the supreme c?. Iding the In? come tax la pi ildent Is study? ing- anew th u ob) of raising rev? enues for the goven nent, particu? larly for the p aredness pro? gramme. ' Senate coi ateb contributed to the speeding up ramme today, reporting tav>raoiv >n tho water pii< *r 1 \sin^and..p'otd tl savings do ;io<?{r increase Vinasui e.?*. P< nntor Kirn, majority leader, sairl tonight that con.iervatipn measures would be taken up as soon as the Philippine bill was passed., The president virtually had com? pleted his preparations for leaving Washington tomorrow at midnight for New York, where he will speak Thursday afternoon and night. The programme of addresses, as well as a legislative plans, was discussed with the cabinet during the day. He said that all of the speeches in the middle West would be extemporaneous. ASKS FOR CONVICT. Gov. Manning Issues Requisition for George Tidwell, Held at Gulfport, Columbia, Jan. 27.?Gov. Man? ning has issued requisition papers on t,he governor of Mississippi for the return of George W. Tidwell, who Is under sentence of seven years In this State on the charge of manslaughter, having been convicted In the Green? ville county court. Tidwell is under arrest at Gulfport, charged with vio? lating the provisions of the white slave law. He will be returned and placed In the State penitentiary. Shot at Officers. Monday night when Deputy Sher? iff Forbes and Constable Boykln went to the house of a man named Brow der, who lives some distance below Tindal, the man threatened to shoot them, If they came nearer his house. He then slammed the door in their faces and fired off his gun, when they attempted to break into the house, his wife knocking the weapon upward so that the load took effect In the celling. He was covered by the officers' guns, and they were able to arrest him after some further diffi? culty. Constable Boykln had tried to arrest Browder during the day, but 'the man had run off Into the swamp, and threatened to shoot any officers who came to arrest him at night. The man was brought back to town and lodged In Jail. * Hog Cholera Checked. Through he Inoculation of several hogs In the Cordova section, by Farm Demonstration Agent Wolfe, sonic few days back, there Is no doubt that a considerable saving will be exper? ienced by the farmers of that section through the prevention of the spread of hog cholera. There was every In? dication that tho dlseaso had taken a strong foothold, and would spread rapidly, when the matter was brought to the attention of Mr. Wolfe. Ii line with his duties, he inoculated the herds and the disease was checkojl at once.?Orangeburg Evening News VIOLATED FUTURES LAW IS CHARGE. Defendants* Attorneys Claim Men Operating Under Smith-Lever Fu? tures Act. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 26.?Indictments charging violation of the State law, which prohibits trading in cotton fu? tures, were returned here today against five Atlanta representatives of cotton brokerage firms. The names of the firms were not mentioned in the indictments. Solicitor General Hugh IW. Dorsey, who conducted an investi? gation leading to the indictments, stated the firms were located in New York and New Orleans. The defendants, W. Collier Ester, Barry C. Cothran, T. M. Hutchinson, C. H. Arthur and H. K. Stanford, were released on bonds of $1,000 each. Hollins X. Randolph, of counsel for the brokers, declared that his clients had been operating under the provis? ion of the Smith-Lever Cotton Fu? tures act, and therefore, could not have violated the Georgia law. He said that the defence would take the position that the Smith-Lever act, be? ing a federal statute, automatically superceded all conflicting State laws. CLARENDON COURT ENDS. Another Motion for New Trial for Wil? lie Bethune. Manning, Jan. 26.?The court of general sessions adjourned sine die here today, with the criminal docket practically cleared. At the beginning of court, it seemed that there would ha sufficient work for the whole week, but pleas of guilty and short trials seemed to get the start and the court soon found everything out of the way. Last night Solicitor Stoll was taken sick and went home, and this morning J. H. Lesesne, Esq., was appointed act? ing solicitor. This morning the court heard an? other motion for a new trial on after discovered evidence in the case of the State vs. Willie Bethune. Willie has already heard his death sentence pro? nounced a. half dozen times, and his cause is again on the way to the Su? preme Court. Anna Harrison, colored, this morn? ing withdrew her plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty of man? slaughter, and was sentenced to three years and six months. Visiting attorneys to court here this week were Messrs. J. H. Clifton, H. D. Ai iist: a.id 1'-. posier l^et*, ?f Sumter? The court of common please will COhVehe lioro A*;r,l 17. < 'C, tV ;u having sl/ned an order CMonday) ] postponiiifc the regular team until that date. Judge DeVore returned home tonight. HOLIDAY EVE CLUB DANCE. Will bo Given on 21st of February in Osteen Building. The executive committee of the Hol? iday Eve Club held a meeting a few days ago at which time it was decided that the next dance of the club should be given* on February 21, the eve of Washington's birthday, in the Osteen building. Plans are to make this dance as successful as was the Christ? mas dance, which was the largest ever given by the club. AFTER THE PRUNING TOOLS. Suggestions for Work to be Done in Orchard After Pruning. Clemson College, Jan. 26.?To get the full benefits of pruning, the or? chard worker mnst follow it with oth? er work, according to the Horticultur? al Division of Clemson College. Just to cut off limbs and twigs according to directions is not enough and three suggestions are here offered for work that is to be done in the orchard af? ter the pruning tools have been used. 1. Gather up and*remove from the orchard all branches and twigs that have been cut off. Burn them. They afford homes for diseases and insects that will attack your trees if the rubbish is left undisturbed. 2. Cover all wounds with a coat of good lead paint. This helps to keep out water and to prevent dis? ease and decay. 3. Spray the trees with a solution of one gallon commercial lime-sulfur to nine gallons water. Spraying just after pruning reduces the cost of spraying very much as there is less brush to cover than at other times. Moreover, it just the right season for the lime-sulfur spray. SENATE ACCEPTS COLEMAN. Confirms a Nomination as Columbia Postmaster. Washington, Jan. 26.?After being hung up in the senate committee on postoffices for about two weeks await? ing the favorable action of Senator E. D. Smith, the senate today In executive session confirmed the nom? ination of W. H. Colcman to be post? master at Columbia. As soon as Mr. Coleman receives his credentials and gives the necessary bond he will take over tho office from the incumbent, G. H. Huggins. This ? but a mutter of form and should be done within the next few days. CHAUTAUQUA AT MA YES VILLE. Radcllffe Company to Make Second Visit?Committee Planning for Suc? cess of Event. Mayesville, Jan. 27.?The mid-win? ter chautauqua for Mayesville will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Mon? day, Feb. 11, 12, and 14. This will be the second course for Mayesville and it will be conducted by the same bu? reau as last year, the Radcllffe, of Washington, D. C. This company gave general satisfaction here last year 'with its list of attractions and a still I better program is proposed for the coming chautauqua. The entertain? ments will be held as before in the large auditorium of the graded school building. The following are the at? tractions offered: Col. G. A. Gear hard t, lecturer; Dr. William Rader, chautauqua director and lecturer; the Columbia Concert company; Eugene Lockhart. Impersonator and musical genius; Durno and company, magi? cians; and the Tyrolean Alpine yod lers with Gus Ochsner, champion yod ler of the world. There will probably be other events aranged by the local committee such as addresses by well known persons on timely topics. The guarantors of the enterprise are all business and professional men of the town and community and they are working hard to make this chautau? qua an occasion long to be remember? ed. The local committee Is compos? ed of J. F. Bland, II. H. Brunson, R. F. DesChamps and J. M. Shaw. A "boosting" trip was made on Tuesday afternoon to several nearby towns and other trips will be made before the dates for the attractions. WILL PUSH TREATIES. Democrats Want Action on American Pacts. Washington, Jan. 26.?The admin? istration's determination to force ac? tion as a part of its Pan-American policy, on the treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua spurred Democrats of the senate foreign relations commit? tee today to fix next Wednesday as the date for a vote on the Colombian treaty, regardless of the result. An effort also will be made to get the Nlcaraguan pact to a vote. Some senators today predicted that both treaties could be recommended for ratification, but both Democrats and Republicans have doubts regard? ing i hep? reception in the f>*-r. ite. CARRIES SMALL FEE Bill to Lncouratfe AUondancc en Hi? lary Drills. Columbia,, Jan. 27.?Members of the South Carolina National Guard are very much Interested In the bill Introduced in the house to provide for an annual fund for maintenance and for encouragement of attendance on drills and instructions by officers and enlisted men of the militia. The bill provides 15 cents per man for each drill. Members of the military com? mittee of the house, meeting In the office of the adjutant general, approv? ed a bill which will make the State military code conform to the nation? al code. SEIZURES OF LIQUOR, Charleston, Jan. 26.?Chief Duncan of the Slate constables In Charleston reports that the seizures of the last six or seven days have been the heaviest that have been made this month, a total of more than 85 gallons of whiskey, valued at around $800 at \he present retail rate, having been confiscated In that time. The liquor seized Is still being stored In a room over the constable's office on court house square. It appears that the coming term of the criminal court will be confronted with a long list of alleged dealers In illicit booze who have been summoned for trial. Vincent Chicco is one of the most recent defendants charged with violating the prohibition law. "Pocket peddling," said to be in operation here, is selling throujh a middleman, who, working for the dealer, carries one or two half pints at a time in his pocket. When his stock is sold he replenishes It at tho tiger, while constables are not look? ing. Asked how the dealers get enough liquor to make any money on since the dispensaries went out of business. Chief Duncan drew from a pigeon hole on his desk a slip of paper on which is written a long list of names copied from express packages of booze In one gallon lots. The names can not be found In the directory. Some of them are H. Four, C. Jane, K. Hay, C. Lank, H. Whole, R. Front. V. Seven, R. Agent, J. Oats, W. War, W. Three, H. Straw, W. Pease, H. rirst, J. North, O Halee and K. Bee. i. J1 ^ U? J- JL ?^?TWff*fTflg*TW OPPORTUNITY?For doing the great? er amount of good in my work ex? isting in Florence, 1 removed hack here this Week, and am fitting up model ground floor optical rooms next to Hotel Florence, Wlitte 1 wish to have you visit me. Z. F. lllghsmith, optometrist.