Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<T>f/>m:t> DAY IN LKK. Saturday to fx Spevlal Day for Dark? le* A4 Fair In HI?ttopt llle?- Address by Booker T. Washington, Jr. / . -, -.._ Saturday. December 2nd, has been set aside for Colored Day at the Lee County Fair at Btshopvllle, and ev? erything; will if done to make it a wiccege and a time of fun and frolic for the colored folks who attend. Booker T. Washington, Jr., has been engage. I aa th > guest of honor. He will deliver ar. address to the people at tbe fair. He comes from Tunkegco, Alabama, oape^ally to apeak to the people at Blshopvllle. and the com? mittee hope that all who can pos? sibly get there will be on hand to hear this clover follower of Booker T. Waahlngton. and to learn of the good work, begun by bis father, which young Booker T. la carrying on. There will i> ? special horse races, and also automobile races, arranged for a Saturday feature. Tho ex? hibits will all be in place and many of them are well worth hours of study, some of the exhibits are said to bo the finest ever seen at any fair. The carnival will be in full swing and the Great American Show? ure furnishing a line of high clans attractions. The Lee County Fair la sure to be good, and the colored folks who attend on Saturday are a ire of a good time. WAJaMFT? A?AI*ST KXTFNSION. Ingos Cmotlon I rged on Nation's i Bankers. Waahlngton, Nov. 27.?American bankers were warned by the federal reserve board today to avoid locking up their funds by purchaalng treas? ury b"'s of foreign governments In? volving long term obligations. While tipecifically disclaiming "uny Intention of reflecting upon the financial stabil? ity of any 'nation." the board ad? vised all Investors to proceed with autlon and formally announced to i be members banks of the fedoral re nerve, system that It "does not regard t Is the Interest of the country at \ his time that they invest In foreign treasury bills of this cbaractor." The statement Is regarded in ofll < Ixl circles as one of the most 1m l>ortant declarations by the bourd i loco its creation. Officials would not <t 1st*use the question for publication fcut gome of them Informally inter as the reserve %. Wr^H^.' W&tfl^i Co., British spo ^gTtg^geaW In this country, to have Ameajcan oankera to accept British treasury bills of sn Indefinite total tame, secured by gold reserves held In Ottawa. Such lo ins would be for ? 0 days, with the prtxtlego. of renew? al fot five other ?0 day periods. H. P. Davlson of the Morgan firm wivs In Waahlngton recently and con? ferred with Prcaldent Wilson and sol no of tho an em bers of the reserve board It was said later that ho, songkt to have the banks of the re? solve syatem authorised to buy Brit? ta!) treasury bills us If they were bills of etchange to cover commercial transactions. I ?anuiT from further importation of large amounts of gold, the hoa/d sass, will arise only In case the gold is permitted to become the basis of undesirable loan expansions and ot inflation. Rrnphasls is laid upon the necessity for caution In putting mor ey Into Investments which are short term In name, but which "either by contract or through force of clrcum atances may In the aggregate have to be renewed until normal conditions reti rn ' The board says in conclusion: "la the opinion of the board it is the duty of our banks to remain Itqu.d In order that they may be able to continue to respond to our home reqi Iroments, the nature and scope of v huh none can foresee, and v. order that our present economic and flnai rial strength may be maintained when, at the end of the war, we shall wish to do our full share in the worl of International reconstruction and development which then He ahead cf ua, and when a clearer un? derstanding of economic conditions as they then exist will enable this Country more safely and intelligently to do Its proper part In the tlnuncial rehabilitation If tho world." CY.%R WIM. MF.F.T KING. Nicholas to Confer With Ferdinand ol KoiiMusnlsv. Copenhagen, Nov. 27 (via London). A Hoba dispatch to The Voggsgolst Zeitung- of Berlin says Rmperor Nlch olas of Busala has arrived at Kiev on his wty to the ltoumu.nl.in frontier, where he will confer with King Fer? dinand of ftournanlu. fiiKXTKN'CKI) TO I?FATII. AI?burou County Official ConOctcil of Murder. Huntsvllls. Ala. Nov. It, Darb. Overton. who was found utility of tho murder of Ju Igo Isltglgf Bgf fcOM sentenced to hung on January l.'tli. His att-orneya gave notice of appeal. ?roMd the warning m^, r. Morgan at BACK PIFTY-THRKK YKARS. Letter From Young Lieut. Ferry Mo Mr to 111m Mother Published in Tri i Weekly Wan hau. I The following article from a copy 1 of the trl-weckly Watchman of Fri | day morning, July 24, 1st;::, will be Ol I especial interest just at this time, as It is a letter from the then young Lieut. Perry Moses written to his mother from Jackson, Miss. Mr. ! M?ses1 death a few weeks ago brought the paper to light and his many I friends will read tho excerpt with much interest. "From Johnson's Army. "The subjoined extract were writ? ten by our gallunt young friends and former pupils, (J. J. Fleming was ed? itor of tho paper) Lieuts. Joshua and Periy Moses, sons of A. J. Moses of this town. Those young gentlemen are worthf of all praise for their con? duct during this war. They entered tho army as privates; participated in the reduction of Fort Sumter; fought gallantly at the First Manassas, and hav j been identified w ith the army ever since, in battle, bivouac and fulsome march; and when sent from Virginia to Charleston and thence ordered to the West, they went off, as ! eye-witnesses tell us, with the gleam? ing joy of the true warrior to en? counter the brave and stubborn le? gions of Grant. We repeat, they are worthy of all praise; and their kin? dred and friends, and. district and ' State, have reason to be proud of j their prowess and valor. Verily the honr of the Palmetto State Is safe in their hands. "Jackson, July 14th, 1863. "Dear Mother: I commence this letter sitting in the trenches around Jackson, where wo have been for the last five days, under a constant tire of shot and shell. We came hero on Thur&day morning at daylight, and I havo been lying here ever since. On the second day of tho fight, tho gun that I had command of, a 12 lb. Na? poleon, was dismounted by a shot from a Yankee battery that I was fighting, and two of my men were wounded. I fought a lattery of four guns, fur over an hour, giving them gun for gun, until tho uxletree of m> gun. and both wheels were shot away, whon it could be no longer used. Th' Yanks have the advantage of us in guns; they have better and longer ranged ones than we have. Up to last night, there wore only four men in oar company wounded, none klll LpSV Wo ere attached to Gen. Rvans brigade for this nght, and have stop? ped firing on the enemy's artillery by bin order. We are now awaiting the enemy's charge, when wo will mow them down like ripe oats\ before a sharp scythe. "Brother and myself are both well and safe; we are now exposed to no danger, having nothing to do, but lay behind our entrenchments, and pro? tect ourselves from tho enemy's fire. Ask frther please to let Messrs. Afd'l and BUI Davis' wives know that thcii husbands are both well and unhurt. "Your affectinate son, "P. M." AFHOPLANE BOMBS LONDON. Four Killed by Bombs Dropped from Great Height. Ixmdon. Nov. 28.?A German aero? plane raided London today, dropping four bombs from a great height Four persons were injured. Yates Snowden, LL. Dp professor of history at the University of South Carolina, has been elected by the faculty as oxchangp professor to the University of Virginia next spring. He will deliver three lectures at that in? stitution, a popular lecture and two of a more or less technical nature. RAILROAD MAN OF PULTON, ALA A VLB TS WRKCK. \<ilon of Mr. Samuel B. Davis Foee Htulls Sei iottH Disaster. "I knew there was a wreck ahead unless I could find aome way to head off disaster. "I was headed straight for death and the worst find of a death. An end both untimely and horribly pain? ful. If there is anything worse to suf? fer than pellagra 1 don't know whal It is. Doctors worked over me fin four year* with no result", at all." "Then I heard of a most wonderful mUlSfeJ. remedy tailed Sulferro-So! and 1 bop?> Cod will Mess the men who analysed this natural product and sands ? remedy of it. I took tb*i .^ul-l'orro Sol faithfully for . ! at tiri'i' months and now thank God I Iffl absolutely well. F.\ery sore gone, -ippetitf fully i?- torcd, strength ell i'uck and work now is .such a joy. "Publish this to the world, if any ens douses that say terrible eaae ol pellagra was driven away by Sui rVrrn-Hol let them write to nie. |M nonoldsr it ? privilege le answer let er* and tell of my miraculous recov? ery." Hulforro-Sol \h solo and recommend mI by every Dwggtsfl in Suruter am ?Iclnlty. Murray Drug Co., Stnto Din isfkjsj|sjn PERSECUTION NOT PROSECUTION T humus E. Watson Makes Dramatic I 8|)m'l> in His Own Defense, Charg tap Catholic- Church With Perse? cution. Augusta, Nov. 28.?Thomas E. Watson in a dramatic speech to the court today doclarod that ho is being persecuted by the Catholic church, and is not being prosecuted for a violation or law. Evidence to show that President Taft's Philippine re? port and department of agriculture bulletins contained the same language used in Watson's articles was ruled out. THIRTY MILLION DOZEN EGGS. Federal Agents Find the Biggest Nest on Record. Chicago, Nov. 28.?Thirty million do'.e.n eggs, more than enough to sup? ply every man, woman, child in the United States with more than three eggs each, were discovered in cold stcrago by government investigators today. Those eggs we.'e bought last May by James Wetz, tho egg king, for twenty cents a dozon. It is be? lieved that Wetz is acting for more powerful interests. The probe con? tinues. NORTH POLE SEEKER, Amundsen Comes to New York to Purchnsc Supplies. New York, Nov. 27.?Captain Itaold Amundsen who arrived today from Copenhagen, announced that he was forced to make a hurried trip to pur? chase suppllos for his coming dash to the north pole by ship and aeroplane. No supplies were to bo had in Eu? rope. TEST CASE BROUGHT. Oath of Allegionce Required of Mili? tiamen Before Court. Washington, Nov. 27.?The Su? preme Court was this afternoon asked to decide the constitutionality of the national defense act compelling mili? tiamen to take the oath as federal sol? diers o^ the call by the president. The suit was filed on behalf of Mas? sachusetts militiamen who were court martlalled for not taking the oath. OLANTA C1IOOSI5S COUNCIIi. M. L. Mi son mooted to Serve on New Town Body. Olanta, Nov. 27.?The second elec? tion for town officers in which J. B. Hudnall and M. L. Mixon were candi? dates for warden was decided Mon? day. The voting was about normal. The votes stood: M. L. Mixon 39, J. B. Hudnall 22. M. L. Mixon was declared elected. J. B. Hudnall has held the office of warden for the past, i t year. Mr. Hudnall having been defeated leaves only one of the old officers ?Mr. W. H. Player?to be continued In office for another year, the other four members of the council being all new ones. Officers for the coming year are: L. A. Moore, mayor; S. J. Tomlinson, S. C. Carraway, W. H. Player and M. L. Mixon wardens. CRUISER SENDS SIGNAL. Allied Vessels Look for Submarines. New York, Nov. 2C.?The British ?miser Lancaster, stationed 15 miles southeast of Sandy Hook at 0 o'clock onlght sent out by wireless a general earning to all steamers Hying the dags of the entente tlllioa to beware of German submarines on this side of the Atlantic. Tho Lancaster directed the com? manders of all vessels to keep a sharp lookout for underwater ooats. They were told to show no more light* than W ero necessary and to avoid so far ae possible the regular lanes of steam? ship travel. A wireless warning to look out for German submarines off the American coast was flashed at sea to the Amer? ican line steamship Kroonland which arrived bore today from Liverpool according to the vessel's commander, Capt. Barman. Passengers on the American liner Philadelphia, which also arrived to? day from Liverpool, said that the yhlp wns illuminated last night and tho lifeboats were swung out ready for a possible emergency, Capt* Cadi aid. however, he had heard or seen nothing of .submarines. THEVINO ON THE RUN. Ca mm/a Commander and Stuff Are Fleeing to Ojinuga. San Antonio, Nov. 88, Gen. Trevi no and stall' are fleeing toward Ojtn iKa. loavlni Chihuahua City in pos leaalosj or* Villa, according t<> reports o Gen. Funston. Gen. Funston be? lieves the reports to be authentic. (' dumlda police on Monday closed ix or Heven games ami one show at he Herbert carnival on the ground net the Mumes were of chunce and .he show improper. STAU LIN KU STRICK OBJECT. Lapland Did nut Stop, but Hushed on in Darkness?.May Have Been Dere? lict of Submarine. New York, Nov. 27.?The White Star Line Lapland reported on arrival from Liverpool today that she struck a submerged derelict or submarine off Nantucket early yesterday morning. At the time the Lapland was speed? ing through darkness with all lights out to avoid the submarines reported off the American coa3t. The shock of the collision was so great that passengers dressed and hurried to the deck. The vessel did not stop, but plunged on at full speed. ELECTION RESULTS DECLARED. Canvassers of State Vote Meet in Capital City and Made Announce? ment Columbia, Nov. 25.?The State Board of Canvassers met Saturday morning and declared the results of the election of November 7. Democratic presidential and vice presidential electors?John R. Dingle, W. A. Byrd, H. L. Parr, R. W. Ham? ilton, W. S. Hall, W. L. Kfnney, V/. F. Caldwell, S. R. Mcllichamp and S. C. Carter?were declared to have received the largest number of votes and were therefore elected. The following congressmen were declared elected: First District, R. S. Whaley; Second, James S. Byrnes; Third, F. H. Dominick; Fourth, Sam. J. Nieb?lls; Fifth, David E. Finley; Sixth, J. W. Ragsdale; Seventh, A. F. Lever. Tt^e following solicitors were de? clared elected: First judicial circuit, E. C. Mann; second, R. L. Gunter; third, P. H. Stoll; fourth, J. M. Spears; flfthi W. H. Cobb; sixth, J. K. Henry; seventh, I. C. Black wood; eighth, H. S. Blackwell; ninth, T. P. Stoney. tenth, K. P. Smith; eleventh, G. B. Tlmmerman; twelfth, no elction (L. M. Qaeque, incumbent); thirteenth, J. R. Martin; fourteenth, George War? ren. The following State officers wore declared elected: Governor, Richard I. Manning; Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Bcthea; Secretary of State, W. B. Dove; 'Attorney General, Thomas K. Poeples; State Treasurer, S. T. Carter; Comptroller General, C. W. Sawyer; Stale Superintendent of Education, J. 18. Swoaringen; Adjutant and Inspec? tor General, W. W. Moore; Railroad Co'rrTlpJ^rrmer, James Ca?sier; Com? missioner of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries, E. J. Watson. HANGS SELF TO BED. Body of Leander Hamrick Found by His Nephew at Gaffney Home. Gaffney, Nov. 25.?Leander Ham rick who lives near Hamrick mills killed himself last night by hanging from tho footboard of his bed. The footboard was about five feet from the floor and he must have jumped to the floor after adjusting the noose. He was abdut 55 years cf age and leaves two sons surviving, who live elsewhere. He resided with his nephew who discovered the body this morning. WEATHER FOR THIS WEEK. Fair and Warmer Till Thursday, Then jL Colder. Washington, Nov. 25.?Fair and warmsr weather is forecast for tho Southeastern States during the first part of the week beginning tomorrow. A change to considerably colder weatho/r is probable about Thursday with rains about Wednesday or Thurs? day. CAR SHORTAGE SITUATION. Commission Names Man to Cooper? ate With Railways. Washington, Nov. 25.?In the effort to relieve the freight car shortage the Interstate Commerce Commission to? day designated R. 1:. Dowell, its rep? resentative, to cooperate with a com? mittee of the American Railway As? sociation and other representatives of the railroads. Orders directing all open top and refrigerator cars returned to owning roads will be followed soon by an ad? justment of the box car situation. ENGLISH TOWNS BOMBARDED. (German Destroyers Make Successful Raid on East Coast. London, Nov. 28,?A licet of Ger? man destroyers raided the east coast of Kngiand last night, bombarding Lowestoft and Other towns. The British trawler Naval is reported missing. One destroyer is reported to have been sunk with the crew. The Great Western Sugar company of Denver, Col., last week declared a dividend of \2 per cent on its com? mon stock. 'Phe Chinese government has suc? ceeded In securing a loan of 160,000, 000 in' the United States through Chicagtt bunkers. GREEK GOVERNMENT WA UN ED. France, England and Russia Object to Prosecution of Adherents of Vcnizelos. Paris, Nov. 20.?Tho French min? ister to Greece, says a Havas dispatch from Athens today, has warned the Greek government, in behalf of France, England and Russia that the countries named "can not remain in? different" to the prosecution of which adherents of the Vcnizelos cause are the object, and that the nations in question mean to see that the Veni zelos supporters enjoy all rights con? ferred upon them by law. The warning, adds the dispatch, is believed to have been caused by the imprisonment of M. Lambraki, chief editor of The Patris, lor publishing documents regarding the turning over of Fort Rupel (one of the Macedonia forts occupied by the Bulgarians). MARKET FOR S. C. LIVESTOCK. Florida Warehouse People Anxious to Buy Local Output. Charleston Post. B. F. Williamson, who is well re? membered in Charleston because of his interesting talk before the South Carolina Agricultural Society at its meeting on the Isle of Palms last July, in which he outlined the foun? dation and operation of the warehouse at Gainesville, Fla., doing business under the farm loan banking act, was a recent visitor here, interviewing persons with the intention of build? ing up locally a dependable supply of livestock' for the yard which is maintained in connection with the Florida warehouse. The joint enter? prise has been in operation now for throe years, and has been an unquali? fied success. The stimulus to stock raising which the presence of a steady market affords has resulted in an immense increase in the number of cattle, sheep, hogs and soats to be found on the farms of northern Flor? ida and southern Georgia, and Mr. WMliamson is at present attempting to acquaint more people with the fact that near at hand they have an all year market which will pay cash for their stock, and can afford to handle it at the time most profitable for the t farmer. He is touring five States talk? ing to the principal raisers of live? stock. Already the growth of the business has been so pronounced that tho Armour interests have opened a packing 'ftotrse^Ttt?G?lliesTllle, 0 iffld Swift & Co. are soon to follow. The Company operating the warehouse in Gainesville has opened a second warehouse in Jacksonville, Mr. Williamson is a firm believer in two things, the future of the South cast and the necessity of keeping the money produced on the farm back on the farm. He is daily teaching the farmer how to do the second of these two things, and himself helping to make the first of ihem, his dream of prosperity for this section of the country come true. Tt doesn't require a prophet now to see it coming. With an overwhelming array of facts, Mr. Williamson proves that, dollar for dollar, stock raising takes loss off the farm than any other pro duet. He says that the farmers ev? erywhere are waking up to this fact, and that wherever he goys through tho country he finds more stock be? ing raised than ever before. He tells of asking a farmer in this Slate re? cently if he had any hogs, and was told that he had a few, and taken to see them. There were more than 400 in the drove. The Southeast, says Mr. Williamson, is destined to be the stock raising section of the country, and if its advantages had been known sooner, the lar;-ce packing houses would never have made large invest? ments in South America. Mr. Williamson shows that the South's committedness to a one-plant crop, cotton, has ever been her banc, but that so long as there was no de? pendable market lor other crops or for livestock there was no escape for the aveiage farmer of small means. But under the new banking law, warehouses which will loan money on staple farm products have been es? tablished and successfully operated, and so soon as one has shown that the thing can be done, others have been quick to follow. The fanners have not been slow to learn, and ev? erywhere that they have had their at? tention called to the plan and Its ben? efits they have soon taken advantage. A new era has begun for the South, declares Mr. Williamson, and when spoken by a man of so wide agricul? tural experience as himself, and at a time when a short cotton croo has forced prices beyond any reached since the Civil War, they are entitled to credence. Admiral J. St. Helm and his board of commissioners of the United States naval department, Visited Charleston with a view of determlnilng whether or not the navy yard there shall be expanded and what its relative value Is. The naval commission Will visit all ports on the Atlantic coast and will pass upon the merits of existing stations. ANNOUNCES RAILROAD VALUE. Kansas City Southern System Worth Thirty-eight Million, Says Com? merce Commission. Washington, Nov. 27.?The inter? state commerce commission announc? ed today that the physical value of (the Kansas City Southern system was thirty-eight million, two hundred and lifty-eight thousand. The com? mission estimated that it would cost forty-six million, two hundred and seventy-four thousand to duplicate the road. This is the first big trunk line to be valued. Horses and the War. In spite of the remarkable progress of the automobile industry, the lp>rse less BSO is still quiie a long way off. The warring nations of Europe have been keeping the automobile factories of the United States working over? time for some two years now, and have caused factories of various kinds to remodel their plants to make motor vehicles. Yet in spite of the great us3 of automobiles, horse flesh is still in very great demand by the armies of Europe. The statement is made from a reli? able source that approximately 2,500, 000 horses are employed by the all'es alone. This number is divided about as follows: 800,000 for England; 600, 000 for France; 300,000 for Italy, and S00.000 for Russia. The Central pow? ers are said to employ 1,500,000 and the total number of horses estimated to be employed in connection with the various European armies is not far from 4,000,000. j The organizations and work for tak? ing care of wounded horses is second only to that of the care of wounded soldiers. Between November 5, 1914, and March 31, 1916, wo are told, tho j English society received contributions for army relief work &L. jregating about $300,000. W'ith this large sum, two veterinary hospitals, accommo? dating 1,000 horses each, and another I hospital, with room for 1,250 horses, were erected and fitted up in France. Temporary shelters for 500 horses were erected and fitted up and put in service. Fifty horse ambulances were purchased and sent to the front. Among other things procured were ?wenty corn crushers with gasoline en? gines to work them. Up to April last 150,000 horses were treated at these structures, of which 105,000 were returned as cured. With horses averaging $200 apiece, deliver - -9eVo?4hgUmttl?4foA theyworh alone 3 estimated to represent a saving of 121,000,000.?Greenville Piedmont. In The Recorder's Court. Sam Gofcalt, selling whiskey, for? feited bond of $25. Sam Howell was arrested for trans porting whiskey for unlawful pur? poses and for obtaining whiskey from express company by false pretenses, the cases being set for tomorrow. | Eleanora Thompson, storing liquor for unlawful purposes, is a case to be tried later. Richard Jones, discharging fire? arms in city limits, $30 bond forfeit? ed. James McLajn, drunk, $G bond for? feited. Mary Mitchell, Child Evans, dis oiderly conduct, $5 or 10 days each. Henry Johnson, drunk, carrying pistol and discharging firearms in the city limits, $10 or 20 days on first charge, $25 or 30 days on sec? ond charge and third charge dis? tressed. H. Mayes, exceeding speed limit in auto, $10 bond forfeited. Child Evans, alias Ellen EvtJis, transporting whiskey for unlawful purposes, dismissed. Cost to Elect Woman. Helena, Mont., Nov. 25.?Miss Jeannctte Ran kin spent $687.70 to become the first woman ever elected to congress, according to her state? ment filed here today. "What is it, children," asked tho teacher, "that binds us together and I makes us bolter than wo are by na? ture ?" Who can tell? Little Helen Smith's hand shot up: "Yes. Helen, you can tell." "Yes'm, corsets." Be thankful you suffer; it Is a sure iign you are alive. Don't kick it yoo get angry. Don't get angry if you get kicked. Don't give tho sign of distress?it will be seen in your face. Learn silence from the braying of an ass: Do not imitate him. Twenty cent cotton is not an ex? cuse for not growing on the farm ev? erything needed to eat. Citizens of Newberry have organiz? ed a cooperative creamery with a capital stuck of $4,<>oo. The plant will I e located either in Prosperity or Newberry and will be under the su? pervision of a federal government ex? pert, on condition that the creamery be furnished weekly with the milk of at ltast 400 cows.