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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
MARION SHOOTING MYSTERIOUS
THREE MEN AT GRESHAM
AROUSE SUSPICION AND ARE
, FOLLOWED BY CITIZENS.
Marion Man Shot in Wood and Strang.
ers Flee to DillOn-BOardcd A. G.
l.. Freight and Escaped.

Marion, April 22.-Late Wednesday
afternoon Mr.. Whaley, a young white
man, and two friends noticed that
three men were concealed in the BUSH
es near the railway at Gresham, on
the North and South Carolina rail-
road, in this county. Aiming them
selves the three citizens went out to
investigate, two going in one direc.
ton and Mr.. Whaley in the other. The
latter was the first to come upon the
suspects, n when he asked them
what they were doing around there,
they replied Attending to our own
business and you had better leave"
After this remark they began to
walk away into the woods, and Mr.
Whaley followed them to a wire fence,
which the suspects crossed. AS Mr..
Whaley started to cross the fence the
larger of the three men told him not
to come any further, but MI. Whaley
continued to climb. The large man
raised his pistol and shot Mr.. Whaley
in the abdomen, inficting a serious
wound. Mr.. Whaley's companions,
hearing the shot. rushed to the scene
and found MI. Whaley, but the men
had disappeared into a swar.p.
Friends 'phoned to this city for Sher-
If Dozier, who left for the scene
promptly, taking Rural Officer Davis
with him. They began an all-night
chase, beginning at Gresham, where
the strangers got back on the rail-
road, which they followed to Mullins.
At the latter place the sheriff found
that the men wanted had just passed
Smithboro. headed for Dillon, and
were concealed in a box car. Dillon
was advised to be on the lookout, but
when Sheriff Dozier reached Dillon it
was found that the N. and C. freight,
upon which the men reached Dillon,
larrived there just at the time a
Enorthbound freight on the Atlantic
ECoast Line pulled in, and the suspects
quickly changed trains and made a
getaway. Mr.. Whaley. in speaking of
the appearance Of the men, said that
two OF them were white men, one a
large man and the other a small
man, and that the third party was a
negro. One of the trio carried q: bag.
which appeared to be partially filled
with tools. this latter fact. giving
cause for the belief that the men were
yeggs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
FIGHT FOR JOHNSON'S SEAT.
Candidates for Congress from Fourth
District Open Campaign In Green
VILE County.

Spartanburg, April 24.-The con-
gressional campaign in the Fourth
South Carolina district opened last
night at Judson mill in Greenville
county. The race is for the seat made
vacant by the resignation of Joseph
T. johnson of this city, who hos been
appointed judge Of the newly created
district of western South Carolina.
At the meeting last night Spartan
burg was represented by three candi-
dates for the office, S. j. Nichols, r.
j. CAN'T and I. c. Blackwood. b. A..
Morgan Of Greenville spoke also So
far he Is the only candidate from
Greenville county. Union county will
be represented in the race by w. w.
Johnson Of Union. The date OF the
election has not been set.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
RICIILAND DISPENSARY LEADS.
Statement for March Business i'm Is
Counties Compiled by Auditor.

Columbia, April 25.-The dispen-
saries in Is counties of the State sold
S24O,54S.23 worth Of whiskey i'm
March, according to a statement is.
sued by l.. L. Bultman. State dispen-
sary auditor. The operating expen-
SEES amounted to ~s16,433.75. The Rich
land d~ispensaries led in the matter
of sales with a total of s~51.453.54. The
operating expenses for the county
amounted to ~s3,434.SS. The
for the State auditors office were
$4,000.
Following are the sales by counties:
Aiken S~1O.SO3.40, Bamberg s9,47S.OI,
Barnwell ~sS.73S.S6, Beaufort S.
92S.15. Calhoun s~4,346.95. Charleston
$3S,S14.6l, Dorchester $6,S32.sO. Flor
ence $2S.993.94, Georgetown SILL
327.92, Jasper s1,662.2O, Lexington
sl2.5O4.22. O~rangeburg S2~0.746.55.
Richland S51,453.5i, Union sl2,SO6.23
Williamsburg s~4,766.55.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
CAMDEN MAN STRUCK BY TRAIN
Cotton Mill Manager Hurt When
Thrown from Motorcycle in Front
OF Train,

al AOI
of Train.
Camden, April 23.-J. w. Monroe,
manager Of the Pine Creek cotton
mill of the Parker merger. was hor-
ribly mangled by this afternoons
Southern train while attempting to
cross the track at Sixteenth street
near the cotton mill. It is said that
Mr.. Monroe was riding at his usual
motorcycle gait and did not see the
train in time to stop at the crossing
but attempted to turn down the track
when the pedal of the machine struck
an extended crosstie and threw him
in the centre Of the track, where he
lay when struck by the train.
One of his legs was mashed so bad
ly above the knee hat it will be nee
essary to amputate it. His head was
severely gashed and it is thought pos
sibly that his skull was crushed. His
body also received severe injuries.
The ~cowcatcher threw him to a side
of the track and the steps of the pas
senger coaches were blood spattered,
showing that they also struck him.
The train vas stopped anu the
young mar was put on board and hur-
ried to the station, about one mile
distant. DR.. Burnett was at the sta
ton at the trains arrival and did
everything possible for him. An am
bulance was summoned and the in
jured man was taken to the hospital.
where it is said hat there is a fight
ing chance for recovery.
Mr.. Monroe came to Camden from
Greenville a few months ago to as
sumo the position of manager of the
Pine Creek cotton mill, made vacant
by the resignation of J.. j. Workman.
Mr.. Monroe is a young man 81 years
Of age.
eVera weeks ago he was thrown
severely from his motorcycle and suf-
fered several broken bones and only
during the past few days has he been
able to ride it again. He has been very
cautious since then while riding.
He is originally from New Orleans.
where his father is O prominent Judge
of the circuit court.
His mother n sister arrived in
Camden only a few days ago and were
visiting him at the time Of the acct
dent.
He has a brother who is n promi-
nent business man in Cleveland. Ohio.
Until he cover from the shock
the extent Of his injuries can not be
ascertained or an amputation at
tempted. .,,,.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
NEGRO SAFE IN PRISON.
Jules Smith Is Said to Have Confessed
Assault OH White Woman.

Columbia. April 23.-Jule Smith, a
negro. wanted In Fairfield county for
assault upon d white woman. was cap
tured near ~Blythewood early yesterday
nd rushed to the State pehitentiary
for safekeeping. Smith is said to have
made a full confession Of his act to
his captors.
The crime was committed last Tues
day about eight miles northeast of
Winnsboro. Continuously since that
time the fugitive has been chased in
the direction of Columbia by indignant
citizens and Sheriff Hood of Fairfield
county and his deputies. To avert a
lynching yesterday, the prisoner was
turned over with dispatch to Sheriff
Hood. who hurried him to the peni-
tertiary.
j. M. Hawley. n citizen of Blythe
wood. caught the negro. Mr.. Hawley
put the negro in charge of DR.. Lang
ford. n magistrate. and his deputy
These officials transferred their charge
to Sheriff Hood.
Smith was first seen in the Blythe
wood community by y. b. Boney, a
merchant, as the negro walked along
the railroad track. Smith was recog-
nized and when ordered to halt turned
and fled.
Sheriff Mccain was notified over
telephone Of the appearance of the
negro in B~lythewood and together
with w. G. Cathcart and Julie Isom
hurried to Blythewood in an automo-
bile. MIR. Isom's bloodhounds were
taken along to trail the negro.
smith has been in trouble in Rich
land county at different times on the
charges of housebreaking and larceny.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
new PRIZE RULES.
GERMANY CAUSES APPREHEN-
SION In WASHINGTON.
Possible That Submarine Activities
WIN Again be Brought into Qucs-
uon-No Statement mt Present.

washington. April 22.-Press dis
patches from Berlin announcing i'm
portant amendments TO the German
prize rules were noted at the state
department today with some concern.
officials win await the text OF these
amendments before making any
statements for publication. but appre-
hension Is expressed privately that II
the new rules are outlined correctly
In the dispatches. they make a no.
table advance by Germany towards
n absolute exclusion OF neutral
commerce from the high seas
Difficulty In maintaining the RICH,
Of neutral nations to ship conditional
con:faband to other neutral powers is
foreseen by officials as n result OF
adoption as n German prize rule OF
the same provision as that in the
British order In council regarding
goods consigned ito order" over which
there has been so much discussion.
Since submarines alone Of the Ger
man naval craft can navigate the open
seas now. II Is supposed that enforce
ment OF these new rules would be
accompanied by assertions OF right 10
destroy ships m cargo on the plea
Of inability TO take them into port.
A reflection OF the views of the
American government On this sub.
jsct probably will appear In the note
to DO addressed to Germany in re-
gard to the case of the American shir
William II. Frye. sunk In the South
Atlantic by tho German cruiser Prin,
Eitel Friedrich.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
ASSAULT AND,1HEN ROBBERY.
NEGRO CHARGED WITH ENTER
ING GREENVILLE HOME.
Commits Double Crime and Then
Escapes-Sherif and Posse Search
for Fugitive.

Greenville, April 25.-Sheriff Hen
Dirk Rector and a posse are securing
the upper end Of this county and also
Pickens in search of a negro who
Saturday night at $50 o'clock en-
tered the home of a white woman near
Travellers Rest, in the upper section
of this county, and after assaultine
her robbed the house. The negro
called in the afternoon and talked to
the woman and asked where was her
husband. He retired to the woods
until dark and then surprised her.
A negro suspect was arrested early
this morning by the sheriff, but he
was not the man, according to the
victim. She said the negro had bad
scars on both cheeks and no u
tache; the man caught had the scars
but a mustache. He also proved a
good alibi. d..
Reports are hat the citizens in the
upper part of the county are aroused
and several have called at the Jail
to know If the right negro had been
caught, promising a visit in case
he had.
Sheriff Rector announced that he
would not bring the negro here, but
would hurry him to Columbia in ease
he catches him tonight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
BARNES LIBEL SUIT.
Roosevelt Still on the Stand Telling
His Opinion of His Political Enemy.

Syracuse, April 23.-Col. Roose.
welt continued on the stand at the
libel suit trial today. He testified
once that he regarded Barnes as
a Jekil and Hyde person. He tried
to reform him but eventually Hyde
swallowed up the Jekyll element"
There was considerable acrimony at
times. Immense crowds are present
and Roosevelt Is being lionized by the
people.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
WOMAN ASSAULTED TEACHER.
Mrs. Hattie Ponder Fined $50 for As
sault on school Teacher.

spartanburg. April 22.-Mrs. Hattie
Ponder. wife OF n prominent citizen
OF the Dutchman section OF Spartan
burg county. pleaded guilty in the
court OF general sessions here today
to the charge of assault upon Miss
Mamie Huckabec. the school teacher
whom she attacked last February at
the school house In Dutchman. and
was fned $50. Judge smith said that
he would decline 10 accompany his
sentence with a reprimand. but took
occasion to state that the teacher vas
acting within her rights In furnishing
the child OF the defendant, and that
Mrs. Ponder had not shown the
proper discretion in forcing an inter-
view on Miss Huckabce.
Miss HuckRbec had punished Mrs.
Ponder's son. which enraged the
mother to such an extent as to cause
her to attack the teacher with a
whip.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28

High School OratOrical and Track A.
ISOLATION Meets.

Columbia. April 23.--All Of the OF.
fcers of the South Carolina Inter.
nigh School Oratorical and Track as
ISOLATION were reelected at a meeting
held yesterday afternoon at the Uni
Nersity of south Carolina. The Off
GERS are; X. G. Burts, Rock Hill.
president; w. ID. Roberts; Clio; ID. r..
kinard, Dillon. j.. H.. Coleman. Uni
versity of South Carolina, vice presi-
dents; NJ. +. Brockman. Greenville,
secretary ana treasurer; f. III. III. Cal
noun. Clemson. member of executive
committee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
KRoNPRINZ LEAVES BERTH,
German Cruiser Now mt Anchor In
Harbor, With Armed Guard Around
Her.

Newport News. Va. April 22.-The
German converted cruiser Kronprlnz
Wilhelm was foated from drydock at
the shipyard here today. after having
had her hull painted and repaired.
She was towed to an anchorage in the
haroor and tonight the guard from
Fort Monroe returned to that post.
New boiler tubes for the vessel ar
rived today and will be installed by
shipyard mechanics.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
EXAMINING BOARD TO MEET.
Will Pass Upon the Qualifications 81
Militia Officers Recently Elected.

Columbia, April DISAPPOINTMENT
Of a board to examine the newly
elected Ulcers of the National Guard
Of South Carolina has been announced
by W. ". Moore, adjutant general.
The examination will be held in CO.
lumbia, May 6. The election was
held April II.
Members of the examining board
are: w. w. Moore, adjutant general;
Henry T. Thompson, brigadier gen.
eral; c.. H. Cabaniss, military secre-
tary to the governor; John D. Frost,
major, quartermaster corps, and J.
Shapter Caldwell, major, inspector
general.
The order in part follows:
Lieut.. Col. H. B. Springs and Maj.
E.. Nj. Blythe, colonels-elect; Maj. J.
H. Claffy and Capt. P. K. McCully,
lieutenant colonels-elect, and Capts.
K. F. Watson and Dibert Jack
son, majors-elect, will report for ex-
animation at Columbia May 6.
"Majs. w. B. Moore. A. l.. Silcox
and j. W. Bradford, having been
elected to command the Second bat
TALON, First infantry; First battalion.
Second infantry, INC Third bat
TALON, Second infantry, respectively,
are hereby directed to assume COM
mand of these organizations without
further examination"
An election for major, Third bat
talon, First infantry, National Guard,
was held yesterday. The candidate IS
We're W. j. Tiller of Chesterfield and
r. B. McKorrell Of Huntsville. The
result will be announced this week
by the adjutant general.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
NATION AIDED THE SOUTH.
HOW M'ADOO CAME TO RESCUE
OF THIS SECTION FROM DES-
PERATE SITUATION.
Member of Federal Reserve Board
Writes to Southern Club at Chicago
Telling What Wilson Administra.
ton Has Done for South.

washington, April CIV. p. G..
Harding. member Of the federal re-
serve board, in a letter to ]. J.. Hughes
or the Southern Club Of Chicago, a
copy Of which was made public here
tonight, tells at length what the Will
son administration, through Secretary
McAdoo, did for the South during the
past nine months, which he charac-
terizes as n Of the most "~desperate'
situations hat he had ever seen in
his 20 years of banking experience.
Among the things done by Mr.. Nc
Adoo. as enumerated by Mr.. Harding.
were his recommendation Of a bureau
Of war risk insurance, his work for q
government owned merchant marine
and his Endorsement of the establish
ment of a cash fund Of 500, 900, 900
to be subscribed by the banks
throughout the non-cotton producing
States. out Of which loans should be
made on cotton.
Under the conditions that prevailed
last fall" said Mr.. Harding, 1.-The
creation Of a fund Of this magnitude
to be loaned upon a commodity
which was then regarded as unmar.
ketable. was a tremendous undertak.
ing, but Secretary McAdoo devoted
all Of his energy and ability to tn,
task. In the face Of enormous odd,
he was successful and as soon as il
became evident that ne would sue.
coed in raising the fund a demand fol-
cotton, at prices slightly above the
loan values fixed, sprang Up, and this
demand has continued without inter.
mission. so that the best grades are
now selling In the South at around IL
cents per pound, a price, which. In
the opinion Of experts, is as great a.
would have obtained had there beer
no war. While the benefit Of the cot.
on pal fund was therefore confined
to It's moral effect, it was unquestion
ably a great factor in restoring conf.
dence and in initiating a movement OF
cotton which has developed beyond
all expectations.
Having lived in the South all my
life, and having been engaged in tho
banking. business 20 years before
coming to Washington last summer,
feel warranted in saying that 1 have
never seen a situation in the South
apparently so desperate as that which
existed last fall, that was worked out
so rapidly and as satisfactorily, an6
wish to say that never before withir
my recollection has a secretary of the
treasury devoted as much time ant
energy to the solution OF Southern
problems. nor shown such knowledge
OF and sympathetic interest in the ne.
cessities Of that section. The reliel
afforded the South by Secretary Nc.
Adoo was intelligent and effective ant
his spirit OF helpfulness was restrain,
ed only by the limitations of law ant
the obligations Of his oath of office
The deeds and motives OF the admin.
istration will be more and more ap,
p%reciated in the South with the pass.
ing of time
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
Flood Victims Recovered.

Austin. April 2i.-Seventeen bodies
OF flood victims have been Owe
from the debris in Austin and sur
runding cities. Twelve are still miss
ing. No trains are running into Aus
Tin. The flood is moving southwark.
menacing many towns.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
FLOOD IN TEXAS.
Many Drowned and Enormous Prom.
erty Damage Reported.

Special to The Daily Item.
Austin. April 23.-Fifteen are dead
ana enormous property damage has
been done by floods I'm this section of
Texas today. Later reports are ex-
pected to increase the number of
dead. Unconfrmed reports state that
thirty-flvc have been drowed. Com
munication with the food districts Is
interrupted. Many railroad tracks
have been washed out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
BUSINESSES HOUSES SUSPEND
Flood Causes Much Damage In Texas
Towns.

The Brazos rose eleven feet eight
nches after the rainfall Of three
hours The lightning and wind caus.
ed considerable damage. Many bust
ness houses have suspended opera
lions in Austin. Waco, Dallas and
Fort Worth.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
ASKS FOR

Petition for Leo NJ. Frank Is Filed
Atlanta. Ga, April 22.-Attorneys
for Leo NJ. Frank today filed a petit
ton with Gov. Slaton and the Georgia
prison commission, asking that the
sentence Of death imposed upon Frank
for the murder OF Mary Phagan hC
committed to life Imprisonment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
COTTON VESSEL HELD.
Britain to Purchase Southerner's
Cargo.

London. April 22.-The Danish
steamer SOutherner, from Charleston
for Rotterdam with cotton, has been
detained at Falmouth. pending nego-
tiations by Great Britain for purchase
of the cargo.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28
THAw WINS VICTORY.
Jury to Pass Upon Ills sanity at
Last.

New York. April 23.-Justlce Ken
srlck today handed down "a decision
granting Harry Thaw "a hearing be-
fore n jury to determine whether H.
IL insane. The trial Is set for May
seventeenth. Thaw took the long
sought Victory calmly and smiling.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-04-28

i Hon. Geo. M. Stuckey, senator from
Lee county, is spending a few days
with his brother, DR.. III. NJ. Stuckey.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-28

the entire country. In other words the present
generation may live TO see a nationwide Prcsi-
dental preference primary, with the people voting
for the candidates who receive the largest number
OF votes in their respective parties, and with
ventions entirely discarded except for the purpose
of framing party platforms. Objections to national
conventions are certainly increasing Experience
has shown that they expensive, influenced
largely by mob spirit. undeliberatc not alto
gether responsive to the popular will and fire.
quently manipulated by designing few
Dsregarding the remarkable fact that tho re-
port of a Senatorial committee should be submit
ted to the President rather than to the Senate;
refraining from all speculation as to why such
report should be suddenly injected into the polt-
cal situation, the fact still remains that the report
is more interesting than important. 1t, cannot
stem the tide. The time is surely coming when
the aeGs OF the federal government will extend
over Presidential primaries it now docs over
Presidential elections and the Democrats from the
South, who object to Federal interference with
their State policies and laws, will have to abide
by the results
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-28
WILL LUNCH ON DREADNOUGHT
Wilson and Daniels to DC Enter
taiucd by ArEentinians.

President Wilson and Secretary Of the
Navy Daniels expect to take lunch Mon
day OH board a foreign battleship. With
secretary Tumulty. Cary Greyson, the
Presidents physician. and several aides
the party will leave Washington late to-
night on the Mayflowcr. They will cruise
down the Potomac River and up the
Chesapeake Bay to the Severn River.
where the MayflOwer will drop anchor
close to the big drcadnouEht Morena Of
the Argentine Republic. The Moreno was
built in Philadelphia and left that city
last night to make the trip to Annapolis,
where her first official act will be the
entertainment of President Wilson.
After the luncheon on the MOI ena. the
Presidential party will return to the
Mayflower. and make the long round
about water trip back to the Capital
arriving here Tuesday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-28
War Raises Women's Wages.

Women in England have in many cases been
temporarily benefited by the war. writes Walter T.
Weyl to the New Republic. "The other day met
woman to whom this has been an unmiti.
gated blessing. Long ago her husband deserted
her and for ten years she has kept herself and her
four little children by working at bag factory and
earning ten shilngs. Two dollars and a half a
week is not much for adult and four growing
children in London. IF had to live my life over
again she told Newell. | simply wouldn't do
it.. But with the war her chance came. A man
cook who earned ! do not know what fab bilious
wage. enlisted to fight the Huns and the pirates.
and his job was offered to the woman at three
shillings day. at eighteen shillings a week. She
had never cooked before, but five weeks have
passed and there have been complaints. May
the fatal conflict continue forever"
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Billy Sundays Wages.

For being President of the United States Lin
coin paid $25,ooo a year.
To build the Panama Canal Col. Goethals was
paid 5000 year.
Chief Justice White dcvotcs a years time and
his vast ability in presiding over the worlds great
est court and draws down $1,000.
In his prime Henry Ward Beecher never was
paid more than $4,000 a year by Plymouth
Church for years work.
nothing.
SO, il Philadelphia did not come across
with quite much cash for Billy Sunday as
was expected. it needn't apologize. Five thousand
or so a week and expenses. besides presents
enough to fill store. is hardly almshouse wages.
even for evangelist.-Girard in Philadelphia
Public Ledger.