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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

BODY BANGLES FROM TREE.
CORPSE OF NEGRO ALLOWED TO
REMAIN IN FRONT OF COURT
HOUSE.
Hcadlcss Trunk of Richard Henry
Austin Swings from Limb OF Tree,
where 1t Was Hung up 5. When
Brought from Georgia. i

Hampton, May 29.-The body Of
Richard Henry Austin, the negro des-
peradO who killed three well known
white men and was later fatally
wounded by a posse which pursued
him TO Georgia, is still hanging in
the tree where the mob left it this
morning. The body was much man
gled by the mob which was waiting
at Hampton for the arrival OF the Of
iicers with the negro.
The negro was taken aboard ;hc
steamer Attaquia at Savannah, where
he had been taken after surrender
ing in the swamp near Newington. He
died before the boat reached Bluff
ton and the officers took the body on
to Hampton. There mob which
was in waiting mutilated the corpse,
cutting off the head and fingers and
toes and singeing it. 1t was left
hanged from a tree in front Of the
court house, where it still is.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

New York Grand Jury Calls Them
DemOralizing to Young.

New York, May 29.-Thc grand
jury today handed down a present
ment against modern dances.
"Within the last few months the
amount Of suggestive, sensual dancing
In hotels and restaurants, where the
sale of liquor is allowed, has greatly
increased in the city of New York."
reads the prcsentmcnt, and, we be-,
licNc, with dcplorable results to the
morals of the Young, many of whom
are able. without the knowledge OF
their parents, to frequent such places
owing to the fact that dancing there.
in is no longer confined to the evening
hours. but takes place during the af-
tcrnoon as we'll
1T appears to us that the remedies
available To the authorities are made
puat". We respectfully present this
matter to the court with the SlggcS-
ton that in our opinion the statutes
should hc So amended that liquor tax
certificates shall l." summarilv forfeit
ed in tn" cas-" of all premises in which
dances of an immora! nature are al
lowed"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
CLARENDON DOCTORS MEET.
Monthly Session of Medical Society
at Turbcvillc.

Turbeville, May 29.-Thc monthly
meeting of the Clarendon County
Medical Association was held here
yesterday afternoon at the office of
Dr. |. w. Pittman. There was a good
attendance on the part of the physi-
clanS. DIR. :. G. Baker of Sumter
was present and spoke in behalf OF
the Marion Simms memorial monu-
ment. clinical case was reported
by DR.. Pittman and discussed
by DIR. Baker DR.. Geiger and
Dr. Davis. After the business
session barbecue, cake and wine
were served to the visitors. The next
meeting of the association will be held
in Summerton
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
ADDS TO CONFESSION.
Negro Tells More About Mystery OF
Mary Phagan.

Atlanta, Ga, May 30.-Additional
details of an alleged confession ad-
mitting knowledge of the murder of
Mary Phagan, which the police claim
ed to have secured last night from
James COnley a negro, were made
public today.
Conley was an emplOye at the pen
ell factory where the girls body was
found and has been under arrest for
several weeks According to the po-
lice, Conley is alleged to have stated
that Leo NJ Frank, superintendent of
the factory, sent him into the metal
room of the plant on the day the girl
disappeared. where the negro found
her dead body.
she was stone dead. boss, when
first saw her lying there on the
floor" the negro is alleged TO have
said.
The police also claim that Conley
declared he and Frank carried the
girls body from the metal room to
an elevator. Frank, according to the
statement, operated the elevator and
when the basement was reached the
body was carried by Conley and
Frank to the place where il was
found by the night watchman. Newt
Lee, early the following morning.
In the latest alleged confession the
negro is said To have declared that he
wrote the notes found beside the girls
BODY At Franks dictation, just after
the body had been carried to the base.
m"nt of the building.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
SLEEPS BESIDE HIS son.
body or Light Horse Harry Laid 10
Rest

Lexington, Va, Nay 3O.-A COM
mittee Of the Virginia assembly ar.
rived here today from Cumberland Is
iand' Ga, bringing Il flag draped casK-
ct containing the remains of Light
Horse Harry Lee of revolutionary
tamc. Escorted by cadets from the
various Virginia military institutes and
students from Westminster and Lee
university, the CaSket was borne bv
cadets and students, pallbcarcrs to
IN" LIE" mausolcum. With impressive
ceremonies it was placed i'm the crvur
beside tn" body of the revolutionary
soldiers DISTINGUISHED son. Gen. Rubt.
f.. Lee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
LONG WILL BE TRIED.
Case la Which Interest H. Ccntcrcd
Comes up ut Aiken.

Aiken. May 30.--The June term of
general sessions court which Convcnes
Monday with Judge Ernest Gary pre-
siding. will attract unusual attcn.
ton for the reason that Hugh Long,
Aiken county member of the South
Carolina general assembly and former
mayor OF Wagner. who shot and
Killed Pick"ns y. Gunter. president of
-''c BanH OF Wagner and a prom
lhent Ia 'her of this county. at Wag-
ener last fall. will be placed on trial
Tor his life. Hayes Gunter. also OF
Wagener. has been indicted as an ac-
cessory. and will also stand trial.
Three other cases i'm which mur-
der ~ charged will be tried at the
Jun" term.
Mr.. Long was arraignrd nj thc
February term. during the Reach trial
but the Legislature being then i'm scs-
sion and Mrs. Long being IN at the
time. the case was continued. Nj,
Long filled his seat In the hall Of the
house OF representatives after his In
dictment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

Indianapolis, Ind, May 30.-The
United States fell below France here
today when Jules Goux, a Frenchman.
driving a French car, the Peugeot, won
the third annual 5OO-mile automo-
bile race in 6.31.33.45 at an average
speed Of 1853 miles an hour.
No fatal accidents marred the run
ming of the race, although two were
seriously injured, when the Mason,
driven by Jack Tower, upset on the
back turn, due TO tire blowout. Tow
ers right leg was broken and Lee
Dunning, his mechanician, was hurt
internally and three ribs were broken.
Physicians were not sure as to the ex-
tent Of Dunning's injuries tonight.
Charles Merz, who finished third in
Stutz, brought the biggest thrill to
the crowd, estipated at 10000, when
ne drove the last lap of the race with
his car on fire. The flames broke out
at the upper stretch turn and Merz re-
fused to stop at the pits until he had
circled the track another time, and
finished the race. Coming down the
home stretch at the finish Harry Mar
tin, Mertz's mechanician climbed out
on the hood of the car and unbuckled
the straps SO the pit men could extin-
guish the flames quickly.
Four of the eight foreign cars en-
tered won prizes, the other four be-
ing forced out by broken parts.
An American car, a Mercer, driven
by Spencer Wishart, finished second.
seven laps behind the winner. The
Sunbeam, an English car, driven py a
Frenchman, Albert Guyot, came in.
fourth. The other foreign cars in the
money We're: Pilette's Mercedes
Knight, (German,) which was fifth,
and Mulford's Mercedes. German
seventh. Three Italian cars were
forced out of the contest.
The race was a little more than ten
minutes slower than last years con-
test, which was run in 6.21.06. This
was due, it was said, in a large meas
ure to the intense heat, which neces-
STATED many changes of tires.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
MAN HUNTERS RETURN.
Go Back to Allendale With Thrilling
Tales

Allendale, May 29.-All members
of the man hunt posse have returned
from Georgia and are full Of their
adventures and hairbreadth ESCAPES
wild man, who has been puZzling Off
GERS of experience by his daring feats.
To all appearances he was absolutely
without fear and by his trickery and
his jungle sense showed his kinship
to tho Indian. After his capture h
related with composure how he elud-
ed his pursuers, doging them like
wild animal, saying that often the
men passed very near him, and that
only once did he lose his nerve. and
become really frightened, and that
was when he thought he was corner
ed in a swamp, but, keeping his head.
he made his escape.
1t is related that heS was a negro
of some education, being able to write
good hand.
number Of men of this section
went to Hampton last night to ge. n
view of the body Of the desperate and
some brought back as souvenirs parts
of the body in shape of toes and nm
gers. and it is said one man passed
through the town carrying his head.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

l"ry at IraVa opened fire ON the Gr..l,
positions IN the direction of Eluthcra
last night according To- the Exchange
Telegraph c"mpany's representative
IN Athens.
tn" liulgarian commander refused
|" enter int" ncEutiations with the
Greek commander for the purpose of
stopping tn" firing Details OF the
engagement have not Yet been re-
crivcd.
owing To tnis aggression by the Bul-
Ear'anS' " portion of the G,c"k Meet
hai been sent To Eluthera.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
KE.JOI(I\G NJ ROME.

Rome, May 3O.--Thc signing in
tendon today of the preliminary
peace treaty between the Balkan al
lies ana Turkey caused great satisrac-
ton, both at the Quirinal and the
Vatican. and the hope was expressed
that further complications between
the Balkan states would now he
avoided. In government circles it
was said Greece should understand
that Italy holds no hostile feelings
against her hut is merely dcsirous Of
protecting her own interests in the
Adriatic where her position is prcp"n-
dcrant
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
Wilson Spends Day i'm Auto.

Washington, May 30.-President
Wilson returned To the White House
tonight al I o'clock after an all-day
holiday spent with his family covering
ll6 miles of Maryland roads i'm an
automobile. Leaving here at 10
o'clock this morning the party iour-
h'N"d IN tn" general direction of Bal
tIm"rc with no especial plans for the
"trip. They went into Baltimore un-
h"rald"d about noon and had lunch
at Il hotel.
With the president were Mrs Will
son ana their daughter, Miss Mar
Ear"t' and the presidents cousins.
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and Fitz-
william McMastcr Woodrow.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
TWO DAYS FIGHTING,
Mexican Rebels and Tcderals In
Clash.

Nogales, Ariz., May 29.-Fighting
began yesterday and continued today
at Santa Rosa, north of Guavmas on
the Southern Pacific railroad accord
ing to an insurgent report which re-
lated that the insurgcnt state troops
are the aggressors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
To Call Election.

Mexico City, May 29.-The bill au-
'horiZing the executive to call the
presidential election on October 26
was approved by the senate tonight.
The bill was recently passed by the
chamber of deputies.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
Return to chihuahua.

El Paso, Texas, May S9.-Nearly all
OF the 1,2OO federal troops which left
Chihuahua City few days ago re-
turned yesterday to the State capital.
abandoning the Mexican Central rail
road to the south
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
SPEED CONTEST TODAY.
Third ANNUAL Event i'm lndianaDoli>
-S15.O01 In Prizes.

indianapolis, Ind, May 29.-With
tn" completion of the time trials late
today, everything is in readiness for
tn" start of the third annual 5o0 -
miles automobile race at the speedway
at 10 O'clock tomorrow. Cash prizes
of $4,000 and valuable trophies are
offered by the speedway and acrcssor,
concerns
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

J"" Evans. an old negro. died in
tn" county jail Thursday night, as
tn" result of a stroke of PARALYSIS
Thursday afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

The annual hunt for street tax God-
gers - now i'm progress with Officer
Henry Mckagcn as chief huntsman.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04

Mrs. Pankhurst again has gone To
lail ON the mstallment plan New
York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
Vol. XXXVI. No. 30.
FRENCH AUTOMOBILE WINS.
JULES GOUX. IN THE PEUGEOT.
FIRST AT INDIANAPOLIS.

Charles Mcrz, i'm Stutz, Goes Around
Track at Finish with Car I'm
Flames, Refusing to- stop at Pits
Spencer Wishart, in Mercer, Gels
Second Placc-Eriver and Mechani-
clan Injured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-04
BULGARIAN GUNS OPEN UPON
GREEkS.

London. May 3O.-Bulgarian artil-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
SIXTH WIFE WILL
FIGHT VETERANS
SUIT FOR DIVORCE

ON. GA" March 15.-Should
I''oer' s Knox follow up his plans to
e'ure divorce from his sixth wife.
ne VIII meet the warmest kind Of a
Iesa' battle, according to a statement
li'due here by Mrs. Knox. Knox is the
95so war veteran six times married
oas.,,I no" defendant in alimony pro-
oeSulhgs brought by his present wife.
MIS- Knox states further that Knox
mas no grounds upon which 70 bsse bio
,'''tns to a divorce She saws Knox
ooasted that he was one of the few
men having six wives to his credit and
p s''s' ne might secure seventh wife
before he died. nv
- 10 his war record. Mrs. Knox is
"a 5o' yaSt'e. She says that the only part
49, ooN IN the Civil war was to lead
,..z. ankees' around the mountain"
"on. '"sh TINS sec
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
0lney Declines Post
Of u. S. Ambassador
To St. James Court
Former Cleveland Cabinet Man
Gives Age as Reason for
Not Accepting.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-In letter
to President Wilson. which reached the
white house today. Richard B. Olney, of
Boston, Mass, formally declined the Of
fer of the Enthusiastically to the court
OF St. James.
Mr.. Olney, who was secretary Of state
under President Cleveland, was particu-
larry desired for this post by President
Wilson, but in his letter to the chief exec
utive he stated that his age precuded
his acceptance of the post, even though
he wished TO accommodate the president.
Mr. Oiney thanked the chief executive for
the honor and added that he would be
glad to do anything else in his power to
aid the Democratic party.
Mr. Olney was Clevelands first at
torney general and later was made sec
rotary Of state. In that position he
drafted a drastic note to Great Britain
on the Venezuelan question, virtually
threatening war If the demands he set
forth we're not acceded 10. On account
of this note it has been feared that Mr..
Olney would not be acceptable at the court
of St. James
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
STORMS VICTIMS.
INCREASING IN
SIX STATES
Ninety Known Dead, Thirty
GeOrgianS, and RumOrS of
More. Today'S Report.

Six states stricken by disastrous
storms, today are anxiously trying to
investigate rumors that the aggregate
of death and destruction is greater than
the first reports made out. The GER
tain death roll is more than go of
which number of storm victims 80 are
Georgians
After the first fever of investigation
and discovery in tine stricken sections,
when an inventory Of actual death and
destruction was taken. the realization
comes that many persons are missing
and probably killed. Ten are missing in
Gordon county, besides the eleven
whose bodies have been recovered.
Fatalities Increasing.
In all that section Of Georgia where
the storm force was heaviest felt. from
Atlanta northward to Charleston and to
Gordon county. fear is expressed that
the fatality is greater than at first re-
ported Swollen creeks make travel
well nigh impossible. roads are torn
and impossible wires are down, and
means and Accommodation between
neighborhoods is destroyed In the Cor
don county section
Anxious residents of the stricken dis
tricts have no means at present Of as
certaining certainly the destruction
wrought by the storm of Thursday
night
In the stricken sections about Clarks-
ton Tucker, Eaglesville. RosedaIe, Cur-
ryvile and Calhoun and a dozen small
er towns, the residents are trying, in
hUmanity's name, to set aside thoughts
of the dead and to devote their atten-
tons tot ne sufferers, whose homes and
household stores We're destroyed. Re-
lief expeditions are being organized in
every community which felt the force
of the storm, and caravans are going
out laden with provision for medical
succor with food and clothing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
FinanCier, at Naples. Com
manded to Get Fresh Air
and Do No Work.

ROME, March 15.-The autocratic
doctors who are attending J. Pierpont
Morgan, the ailing money king, have
ordered him TO give up smoking, his
favorite pleasure. and Mr.. Morgan is
very, very sad.
For years his chief luxury has been
long black cigars, especially made for
him at a cost Of 81 apiece. They are
even better than the king of England
or the car of Russia smokes. Each
cigar is made of tobacco especially
grown. cured and rolled into cigars by
the most expert workmen. These cigars
are carefully aged and when mellow
they And their way into the Morgan
house They are the most famous
cigars in the world.
Mr.. Morgan grumbled and protested
when told he must quit smoking, but
the doctors were obdurate. They told
him his nerves demanded respite
from the effects of tobacco smoke, but
in his throaty. rumbling voice the ia
mons financier declared that his nerves
had stood the strain many years and
should be used to it by this time.
The upshot Of the whole matter, how
ever. was that Mr. Morgan today went
without his cigars, and he seemed at
loss to AL in the gap.
Mr.. Morgan was again taken for a
motor trip today in the warm beauti-
full sunshine for his physicians have
prescribed that he get a certain amount
Of fresh air each day. Professor Bas-
tianeJli. the Italian specialist, who has
charge of the distinguished patient,
said that N.r Morgan probably would
60 to Florence after a three weeks
STAY here In the meantime the tinan-
eier must not do any work
It is understood that all intimate
details of Mr.. Morgan's personal affairs
will be attended to by Herbert L. Sat
terIee. who is at Nj. Morgans side,
and J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr- who is
running the affairs of J. p. Morgan &
Co. in New York.
DR.. Dixon, the New York physician
who is with the Morgan partw said the
breakdown of Mr.. Morgan's health
dated back to the 1907 panic and that
II was aggravated by his appearance
on the witness stand before The Pujo
committee last winter.
THAT was a terrible strain upon Mr..
Morgan's nerves" DR. DixoI, said
Mr.. Morgan appears TO be quite weak
at times, although this is more or less
thrown into the shade by the natural
vigor of the famous f1nancier.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
Rouge Fires Girl as
War Paint Did Indian,
Asserts DR.. Memminger
Parents Should Protest Strongly
Against Abominable Habit,
Atlanta Rector Declares

Cosmetics on the cheeks of our girls
has the same effect as it formerly did
on the Indians" is the statement of Dr..
w. W. Memminger, rector of All Saints
Episcopal church, who has opened a
crusade against unnatural compilations.
"Savages put the red stuff on TO
make their dispositions fiery, to stimu-
late their passions, and to start an alb
normal flow of blood-all of which was
bad on the nervous and moral system.
1t has the same action with the people
who use it today. The habit must be
stopped"
DR.. Memmingers fight is especially
against the use of cosmetics by girls
under eighteen years of age.
Young girls have no right trying to
enliven their color" he asserts THE
natural flush of youth should be suft1-
cient Right here in Atlanta it is hard
matter to distinguish between the girl
of refinement and the girl of the street,
Just on account of the fact that both
classes use paint to such an excess. 1t
is deplorable and must be stopped.
THE owners of the stores have been
approached in regard to the matter, but
with no apparent effect, and the only
way that l can see to stop these dem
constructions is for the parents of all
young girls TO protest against the prac-
tice. and protest strongly. 1t is an
abominable habit and must be stop
nod
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
PUNISH GILLEM,
SAYS JOHNSON
AcCuSer of Police Will Have
ASSaiIant Placed Under Bond
for Intent to Murder.

w. X. Johnson, former county police
man. who took a severe beating at the
hands of DR.. w II Gillem. of Eagan
in connection with Lieutenant John
oliver, Of the county police force, as
serted today that he would not rest
until Gillem had been placed under
heavy bond charged with assault with
intent to murder.
II am not going to let it go with
that" he said, when informed that
County Police Chief Zach Rowan had
caused Gillem's arrest on an accusa-
ton of assault and battery and releas-
ed him on $500 bond.
Il have just started this investga-
ton, and if they don't Kill me before
get through | expect to make it hot
for some of them
LAS for Gillem, his assault on me in
the court house yesterday was unpro-
voked II is true that ] called the at
tention of the Fulton commission to the
fact that Lieutenant oliver dined with
Mrs. Gilem in January, but ! said
nothing against Mrs Gillem's char
acter."
The former policeman. who has been
threatening for week to lodge all
manner of charges against members OF
the county force, said today that he
had been in consultation With his law
yers and would do nothing until w.
Tom VIM. chairman of the county
committee on police. returned to the
city.
With the return of VIM. Johnson
asserted he would force an investiga
ton of the police by filing with the
board number Of sensational allega
tions and affidavits.
DR. Gillem was cmpha tic In his as
sertion that if Johnson did not cease
gossiping about his wife that he might
expect another beating as vicious as the
one handed to him yesterday.
This man" Gillem said, has
harassed my wife He has followed her
on the streets, has talked about her and
even watched my house for hours at
time. He has got to quit it. If he doesn't
he can take the consequences"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-15
SUNDAY MOVIE SHOWS
BARRED BY LAW, SAYS
C|TYATTORNEYM
Ordinance Already Tested and Upheld
in High Court---Advocates of Open
Sabbath Threaten to Invoke All Blue
Laws---Hammond Scores Jackson.

City Attorney James Mayon today effective quietu
the pictures Sunday with the declaration
city prohibited the of Sunday
pictures profit He added that under the city
law supreme upheld the ordi-