Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BELIEVES COTTON # WILL GO TO 20 CENTS SENATOR SMITH SAYS STATE RAISED ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED PEOPLE TWO YEARS. News of State Capital?Governor Will Take Up Grant Extradition Case. Conference High School Teachers. Columbia, Oct. 15).?United States Senator E. D. Smith was in the city today looking as hearty as usual. He says there is nothing especially doing to give out to the newspapers except that cotton is going up. The senator thinks cotton will be about 20 cents a pound in January. "There was enough foodstuffs grown in South Carolina this year to feed the State two years," Senator Smith stated, adding that he was very much gratified at this fact. Senator Smith is still working for fV,,. 1 l v..^ laiiu&is nc nas ueen uumg ever since he has been in the senate and many years previous. He wrote with his own hand Section 13 of the new Currency Act, which permits regional i reserve banks to rediscount money ! loaned for cotton on warehouse re- i eei'pts. The senator referred to his 1 visit to Washington this fall when the section of the bill which he was large- < ly instrumental getting into the new < currency law allowing the regional ( banks to loan money to member banks 1 at 3 per cent provided they would loan 1 it to the farmers at not more than 6 i per cent interest was being gotten into t running order, and he is naturally ^ pleased at the farmers being able to t get cheap money. s Senator Smith is devoting much t time and attention to working out a rural credits measure, which he plans i to introduce into congress. He is also 1 working on an amendment to the j banking law, and he has promised to s give tms our tor publication within i the near future. < Joe Grant Case. Governor Manning has received a i letter from Solicitor George Bell 5 Timmerman, of Lexington, reporting t on the status of Joe Grant, the negro, \ who shot and killed J. F. Durst, a \ white man at Johnston, in 190(5, and fled to Pennsylvania. The solicitor asks the governor to give this matter his careful attention and take such action as, in his judgment, will i best protect the rights and honor of i this State. t Governor Manning will go over the r report of the solicitor and do every- i thing in his power to get the negro fugitive back from Pennsylvania. c After killing Mr. Durst, the negro ? Grant fled to Philadelphia and re- i rnained in seclusion until he was \ recognized and arrested in 1913. A j requisition from the governor of South t Carolina on the governor of Pennsyl- c vania was issued for the return of i Grant. The negro asked the Pennsyl- j vania governor for a hearing, and tht> s whole matter was referred to the at- t torney general of that State. Solicitor t Timmerman went to Harrisburg to r represent the interests of South Car- i olina. The attorney general of that 1 State rendered an opinion adverse to s the contentions of the negro, and Gov- I ernor Tener in April of this year l granted extradition papers for the re- ] turn of Grant to South Carolina. I The negro's attorneys took an ap- j peai to tne courts or trie United States, ] fighting the extradition all the way up < to thi> United States Supreme court, l hut they all decided against him and t Grant was ordered turned over to the i South Carolina authorities. 1 Brumbaugh at Helm. ( "But just at this time Governor Te- t ner's term of office expired, and he ? was succeeded by Governor Brum- ^ baugh. This new executive immedi- 1 ately recalled the extradition papers i and Grant remained in Pennsylvania. ; The new governor fixed another date | for the hearing on the requisition, and ; Attorney General Peeples and So- . li'citor Timmerman went to Harrisburg < and appeared for this State, and laid < forceful reasons why, in the interest \ of justice. Grant should be brought back to South Carolina for trial. This j was the first of last July, and the gov- 1 ernor of Pennsylvania has given no ] intimation of whether he will honor | the requisition already outstanding or | refuse it. i "In view of those facts," says Solicitor Timmerman in his letter to Gov- ( ernor Manning, "1 think that this , State is at least entitled to the cour- ^ tesy of a reply from the State of ; Pennsylvania, and the purpose of this ] letter is to ask you, as governor of this St&te, to make a proper and | courteous demand on the governor of ( Pennsylvania for some action in the matter." ( The solicitor in quoting from his < argument says he warned the authorities of Pennsylvania "the responsibility for the vindication of the majesty , of the law in so far as this case is concerned is upon the executive of the State of Pennsylvania. Thus far South Carolina has done its duty." "I have managed this case from the beginning, and I have carefully investigated the law applicable to it, and from the knowledge thus gained I unhesitatingly say that, beyond a peradventure, this State is entitled to have the fugitive delivered to it for trial; that the only means the governor of Pennsylvania can adopt to defeat the return of the fugitive is to assume the exercise of an illegal and 1 unwarranted discretion in the matter. Of course such action upon his part ' would be a reflection upon his State, and not upon ours, in the minds of all right thinking people." Teachers' Conferences. A series of conferences for high 4 R0! BAM POW Absolut No Alum?N ?chool teachers has been begun by the State high school inspector. The meetngs are arranged largely according to ",he convpnienee nf i-nilmyH c?Vio<l"1o? rhe first meeting was held at Florence on Friday night and Saturday, Dctoher 8 and 9. Ninety-five teachers, . ounty superintendents and trustees jvere present. The second meeting was leld at Greenwood on Friday night ind Saturday, October 15 and 16. More ;han 6 Oteachers, county superintend;nts and trustees were present. The ;eachers of the Greenwood city schools entertanied the visiting teach;rs during' the meeting. At the conferences questions of monent to the whole school situation of ,he State are freely discussed and improvements suggested, for it is impossible to divorce the high school work Tom that of the other parts of the vducatiorial system. The next conference is called to neet in Anderson Friday night and Saturday, October 22 and 23. The ;eachers of Oconee, Pickens, Greenville and Anderson counties are invited to be present. SANTUC Santuc, Oct. 19.?Well! Well what? \nd to knock for admission, make ipologi'es, ask permission to come in, J u uc mirouucea, 10 give account or nyself, or to be presumptuous and go ihead. But it is a "long, long way to ripperary," and I feel as rusty as an >ld last year's meat axe, and feel like i truant, and wonder, do they miss r?e at home? No. Was I lazy? I vent into a sort of physical bankruptcy, in a way. I worked harder ;han for sometime. I was trying to limb a "hill." Not having a Ford t was hard to go. I am afraid I will ikid in a sand bar, yet. And this seemed to be an off year after the lepression of last season, leaving things short. A cop: was slipped. The summer was hot, the people were is sluggish as of the torrid zone. Pigs efused to try to make hogs of themselves. Hens went on a strike. Pumpvin bugs ruined the cashams, stripped jeetles killed the watermelon vines. English sparrows destroyed the figs. VIosquitos got rampant. Guano wa. short, and crops would not respond. Sip: creeks damaged corn in August. September was as hot as August, and 'rost came too soon in October, and. hat is enough. I will "rub up" some nore and try to redeem myself, or, esume. I cannot go back to past jvents?not even to comment much >n Moxy paying us a visit way last spring. I thank him for the kind vords he spoke and hope he will come jack again, for I enoyed his company hen. He is very sociable at all times, is you know. This may seem late, jut I wanted to mention this little bit anyway. As I intimated, it was just so that I could not write this last summer, on pain of neglecting something else. (Why I tyave not written L _ ? T 1-JL * - ' ' u> a triii as 1 uugni to, ana i am ;ifraid she will think I am most indifferent). Hut , another girl friend, asked ue what had got the matter with me, anyway, and I will have to bestir. Get busy! 1 will riot attempt to do much this time. Only make a start?a re-start. I enjoyed the articles from other correspondents all along, and will keep on if, at the next meeting, they refuse to reinstate me, as I feel a little like I ought to he excommunicated for non-attendance, I will feel had. In the night of the 9th and 10th we had some frost here. Heavy enough on the bottom to kill corn fodder. I think I have near eight hundred bundles killed. Only saved a few hundred. Rains held me back nearly two weeks, and then frost came. There are several farmers who had late corn over on the river, too, and lost much. Frost was rather early, but it was not cold enough to freeze the corn. Thirty-five degrees is the latest. As for myself, I have a good quantity of old fodder that I would not sell, so I am not entirely blank. I will look for substitute. Work is pushing farmers. Bad weather held them back at least two weeks, and every hand who will work has plenty to do, for they are scarce now, so far as one is able to get extra help. There is not enough to go around, and nil are needed to pick cotton, peas and to plow in small grain. I had a fine time one night when frost was on the way, sitting by the fire and eating a watermelon. It was very cooling to one's teeth. Hey Denver. fAL LING DER elyPure to Phosphate HELTON Kelton, Oct. 18.?We are having warm and fair weather now. The cotton fields are white but the laborers are not sufficient to gather it but all are very busy. I was at Jonesville and went to Duck I'ond. Everything looked green and fresh and our cotton, etc., an Kined ny trie irost th > other morning except the ridges. I attended the burial of my life-ior.g friend and brother comrade, Sam Howell. He was a brave soldier and a good citizen. H<> was in many hardfought battles?Fredericksburg, Chicamauga, Gettysburg and many others. He was a Pea Rid per and I hope that some one will give a full account of his life. He made the third one of the Confederate soldiers to pass away in Union county within the past three weeks. We are answering to the last roll call very fast and in a few years we will all be gone. My heart is made sad when I think the last one of therti will soon be gone. The great question for us to answer is, Are we as good soldiers of Christ and we were to our country's call? The fourth quarterly meeting of the Kelton circuit will convene at Flat Rock church Saturday and Sunday, the 23rd and 24th. G. T. (!. LARGE HOTEL BURNEI). Hotel St. John at Hendersonville Destroyed by Fire. Hendersonville, N. C., Oct. 18.? Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday morning the St. John hotel and two adjoining buildings were totally destroyed by fire. The firemen fought for nearly three hours the fiercest fight of their lives?and won. Had they not it is probable that the greater part of this little city's business sectiont would now lie in ruins. For a while things looked so serious that Asheville was appealed to for aid. The response was the sending of a large automobile laden with host, and seven trained men. A truck was also placed on board a train for immediate dispatch, but was not needed. Excellent work by the combined fire departments, a thick fog and a dead calm helped materially in checking the flames. But the greater ciedit for this must fall to the thick concrete walls of the People's National bank building. For three hours this build ing was subjected to a terriflic heat, and stood it so wel lthat no apparent damage was done to it. The buildings consumed were all of wood ana have long been regarded as a menace to that portion of the city. The Wilson cottage, to the rear, and the splendid court house were afire and were saved by heroic efforts. The St. John was the property of R. D. Waring, formerly of Orlando, Fla., now a resident of this eitv. It was in sured for $25,000. WORKING FOR REUNION. Washington Would He Host to Confederates. Washington, Oct. 19.?Efforts to have Virginia Confederate Veterans go on record as favoring the holding of the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans in Washington in 1957 will be made by Washington delegates to the 24th annual meeting of the grand camp of Confederate Veterans of Virginia at Fredericksburg, Va., tomorrow. In many parts of the South there is now a strong sentiment for the holding of the 1917 reunion in this city. Recently when the Grand Army of the Republic held its encampment here, Col. Hilary A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy and a well known Confederate Vet frail, niauf a strung jitfa iui a I'loser union among the wearers of the Blue and the Gray. The last big feathering of the Confederates was held at Jacksonville. SAYS HE WAS HURT IN HAZING. Columbia, Oct. 19.?There was a rumor on the streets today that a college boy was laid up with a broken back at a local hospital and was in a precarious condition. Inquiry developed the fact that a young man was in the hospital for surgical treatment, and he himself came to the phone. He is a Cadet Noble, from Branchville, and his shoulder is broken from hazing received at Clemson college, he says. more desirable as an acquaintance than a man of immoderate meanness. LOCKHART JUNCTION Lockhart Junction, Oct. 18.?Oh, this beautiful October weather, so fair and nice for gathering and -owing small grain. If it stays fair this month the cotton will be about all gathered. There is a fine crop of corn, peas, cane and feed stuff being made. And it is a great blessing. I never wrote last week as I was away from home. Thanks to my many friends who said they perused the paper to find my letter, but all i:t vain. This is encouraging. That is right; let us speak the good things about our fellow man while he is living; don't wait until he is dead and gone to say he was a good fellow. It will do him no good. then. Let us sow seeds of kindness as we go. for this life is a royal path to go. It doesn't matter which way we trav I. Now, let us learn this motto, "If you can't say something good about your fellow man don't say anthing." A school teacher wrote that on a copy < book for me when I was a boy and I have always tried to follow it. Well. I see the correspondent from i Wets Springs told where I had been. i I will say I surely was glad to meet . him as I passed through that section. He always meets a fellow with a warm i handshake and gives a cheerful smile. That is the kind of person I like to meet. In travelling you might tnink you had been everywhere, but you will find a strange face now and then. While in the Bogansville township I went to the home of Mr. J. D. Davis. I had never been there before, but had met Mr. Davi- .everal times. I never knew where he lived. I arrived there about 12 o'clock and was invited to take dinner. There were many good things served. Many thanks for this kind hospitality shown me. I made a short stay at the home of Mr. C. N. Lawson, where I saw the largest oak tree I have ever seen. This is one of Fair Forest's Revolutionary oaks. This trees stands near Mr. Lawson's home, and it measured 27 feet around the body. I spent the night with Mrs. Sue West and son Charley and family. I met her son, Mr. William West, also. Also Mr rv.a.w ..?I .? ..w. ?VJ C&lltl IIIUllll'l, Mrs. Ella Bogan, who were visitors at Mrs. West's. These wore all kind to the writer. There I was entertained by the delightful music played on the piano by the two little West girls. Several songs were sung from the old note hook. "The Temple Star," by Messrs. West and Bogan, each one singing a different part. 1 can't express how much I enjoyed my stay there. These peoole in that section are noted for their good music ana talented singers. One man told me there were 30 pianos in that community, There is no better way to while away the time than listening to good | music. I met Mr. B. F. Harris at the June- ? tion last week. He has been travelling out West. He has been in Texas and many other States and talks very interestingly of his travels. Miss Inez Shepard, of Asheville, N*. C., is visiting Miss Annie Gault. They attended Sunday school Sunday. Mr. Vernon Gault was also a visitor at Sunday school. Mr. James McKinney, who has been at Greenville for several months, is now back with his father for a while. Messrs. Millard and Paul Page of the Fair Forest section were visitors in this section Sunday. Misses Mary and Leatha Kelly, of Kelton, was visiting Mrs. T. B. Kell^ and other relatives last Saturday and Sunday. I attended the Picnic at the Bishop school house on Saturday night, the !?th. This was a line supper. It was about t> o'clock and everything good t<> eat was served and there was coffee and it being a little cool that night it was very acceptable. There was a good program. Music was furnished by Mr. John Foster on his playerpiano and also by Mrs. James Whitlock, who performed on the piano. Speeches were made by several and everyone went away hoping to meet again on another occasion like this. Mrs. W. C. Edmonds and her little Adeline and Brunson have gone for a few weeks' visit to Essery Springs, Tenn., to visit relatives. At the box supper at New Hope i church Saturday night they took in $10.50. I met Mr. Clearman Garner of Kel. ton at the Junction this morning on [ his way to Spartan Academy. He j has been spending a few days at home and says he reads The Union Times. _ Moxy. HUMANE OFFICER HAS PASSED AWAY. I George E. Hardy, Guard at Peniten- tl tiary Since 1886, Died Yesterday w Morning. George E. Hardy, for 28 years a ti guard and corporal at the South Car- a olina State penitentiary, died at 3 o'clock yesterday morning after a lonjr illness. The funeral services and in- ^ torment will he at Shelton, Fair- , field county, today. l Mr. Hardy entered the guard service at the penitentiary in 1886. He was a faithful officer. lie was hu- ' mane in his treatment of the prisoners and was looked upon by prisoners 11 and fellow officers alike as a friend. " He was not married. His only near ~ relative surviving is W. I). Hardy of Newberry, a brother.?The State, It is what a woman doesn't know that worries her. Temptation never fails to come to Q those who wait. The man of moderate means is ? m 4^4 Irifc 4^4 li^il A^k A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^V A^A A^/> A^A A^A A^A V^v "^r ^y "4" + + "4 i^I + ^ |," + f : >|> *p veryone should saye some money ontinuous effort will accomplish wonders * V t ^ /On many an occasion will you be thoughtful for '+' > K^J your bank account ! t \To spendthrift can get much of a footing in the J V* JAj financial world V v ! ^ /Opportunity knocks at the door of the thrifty X t V^y man "ft if any a successful man has worked his way up ?, ,* ItJ. from the foot of the ladder ? "y ou can do as well if you have plenty of grit and * > J. sound common sense a t V > Conic in and Ask Us About Our Savings Department I Citizens National Bank f R. P. MORGAN C. C. SANDERS > ^ President Cashier ? State, County and City Depository The same strong, serviceable Ford car?bu.i at a lower price. The Ford car, which is giving satisfaction to more than 900,000 owners, has a record for utility and economy that is worthy of your attention. Two and two make four?there wouldn't be so manv Ford CHI'S if thpv Hirln't <ri\ro cn/?li I splendid service. Prices lower than ever. Runabout $390; Touring Car $440; Town Car $640. f. o. b., Detroit. On sale at UNION GA RA G E [ GADBERRY ST. j punBRMBHOL; mmaammam >4 The Next Issue of The Bell Directory GOES TO PRESS SOON Every Bell subscriber, almost without exception, is able to buy the goods advertised in this directory. Reserve your space today. Ask the Manager for rates. Supplements Changes and your other corrections advertising jn listings but does not <^JfL should be conflict *H made at once with other I for the new I aw<sgiljiggf A wise married man never praises! We are~m;>kinK il worth u> jjown of another woman unless his while On If. h.,_.nc moro^tylisli. GOO*! FlOlN* Did you ever hear of a president of _ lis <rreat and jrlorious country takinjr I Flour for So.70 barrel, guarprize at. a Imhy jthow? anteCfl P,S gOOfl MS yOU Call Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days bliy for $6.00. t lOUl* for four drinTKist will refund money if PAZO <5(i Of) fril A VA TltPPd AS P"OOd AS IIXTMKNT tails to cure any ease of I.ching, pU.V/U, gUtll eUUXLll cl> ,1, lit Ml sirs llind. 111. editor Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. yOU can ^Uy f{)r $6.25. Floill' lie t.rst application (oves haae and K.-st. r?0c. ? l i . T~r*T r~ for $6.25 guaranteed as good I here s no help for a skinny man, , ? <? > ut the nice thin* about a thin wo- *S yOU Can buy for $6.o0. lan's shape is she can make it show Our FaUlOUS PftflSy FloiU* p plump whenever she wants it to for 5^ wort}1 more fey the e' _ __ car at wholesale than we are r*1 vv asking you by the barrel at T. He IMUNRO retail. If it is Good to Eat ATTORNEY AT LAW J?^t it P resh and at the Right Price at FFICE OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE The Union Grocery Co. UNION, S. C. Phone 100 and 80.