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SOUTH CAROLS t # News of Interest Gleaned From Arranged For I .'it Tuberculosis. ?Miss Susie S. Rev ployed by the Aiken jrculosis league as a j assist the league in 1 prvention of the t he league has been * ver. . ? inauguration of a c umption. Although < en organized only a p ical results are now ? nd the people are J ' K n the means of pre: ' se. r nt years that means ? - .his dread disease ' cd, and this knowl- ^ revalent among the ? ssemination of this t rimal object for the a ... ?...? v?..ntry. No dues arc 11 .... (! paid for membership in the league, but voluntary subscriptions are being f received by the officers of the prose- t cution of tho work. Many of the Northern visitors have liberally helped in this work. Miss Ravenel has alpad.v com- * metiocd her work. She devotes the a forenoons to the work, making visits [ to all parties who may need her as- ? assistance, which is given, not from a } acistance, which is given, not from a 1 charitable standnoint. hut as n matter r of pivinp vnluable suppestions for the ? carinp patients, prevention of the 0 spread to other members of the fam- 4 ily and to persons with whom infect- v ed persons may come in contact. Miss j Ravenel has had loner expcrienct as a .1 nurse, and she has entered the work * with spirit. She will make periodical * reports to the president of the leapue. * Dr. Fillmore Moore. The trained nurse will conduct her v work in conjunction with the hoard ' of health. Miss Revenel will also r consult with the physicians of the s city and work in conjunction with 1 them. Cases that are reported to her s as needinp assistance or advice she will visit. The object of this is. of course, to prevent the further spread of the disease, and it is stated that * where persons refuse to heed friendly 1 and voluntary guppestions for sanita- s tion and safety of the people apainst * tuberculosis, such cases will be re- c ferred to the hoard of health to take ^ such action as they see fit for public j safety. t Governor Ansel Names Staff. Columbia, Special?Governor M. F. * Ansel has issued the following: "I do hereby make the following ) appointments as the military staff of.1 the Governor, to wit: Assistant Ad- s jutnnt General, Wm. T. Brock, col- * onel, Columbia; quartermaster gen- ! eral. Wm. F. Stevenson, colonel, Che- * raw; Judge Advocate General, Benjamin A. Morgan, colonel, Greenville; 1 commissary general, Robert P. Ha- r mer, Jr., colonel, Hamer, S. C.; chief ' of ordnance, David W. Daniel, colonel. Clemson College; aides de camp. ^ William W. Moore, colonel, Barnwell; .Toe n Wo?n??. ?i -v'?i?in ? wvu. 1*. ii uiuiuit ? vuiuiiei* iuih\ nit? ; | Daniel O. Herbert, colonel, Orange-11 burg; military secretary to Governor. ] Chas. H. Cabaniss. colonel, Columbia; , aides de camp, David R. Geer, lieu- , tenant colonel, Belton; Francis S. a Evans, lieutenant colonel. Greenwood; s Alvin Etheredge, lieutenant colonel. t Saluda; William Banks, lieutenant , colonel, Columbia; Titos. B. Butler, r lieutenant colonel, Gaffney; Saml. T. s McGravv. lieutenant colonel, S;|ar- f tanking; Hal T. Buck, lieutenant col- ] oriel. Conway. , ("Signed) M. F. Ansel, i . "Governor." t Wind and Rain Saved Johnston. Johnston, Special.?At 9:40 o'clock Tuesday the cry of fire was given ' and as a strong southeasterly wind ? was blowing fear and dread tilled the < entire town,- for all knew that they ; were nt the mercy of the flames, as ( there is no protection from tire what- < ever. The tire originated in the rail- < linery store of Mrs. May Taylor, a , vooden building. t Rock Hill's Water Supply. D-.l- TT * 11 rr * * ? ? " ? 1 ncu-K mil, opeciai.? ine Kock mil Water, Light and Power Company is f 7 progressing fine with the new well it 1 has been drilling for some time near the standpipe. The well is 12 inches ( in diameter, and will be drilled to a ] depth where abundant water can be 1 secured. At the 125-foot mark a t thickness of about 10 feet of granite c was drilled through. The work is be- f ^ ing done in the most systematic man- i ner, and when completed it is thought i the well will furnish an abundant 1 water supply, both for domestic and ^ fire use. i Incendiary Fire in Aiken. Aiken, Sepcial.?At 2 o'clock Thursday morning the gin house of 1 the Palmetto farms was burned, and t l everything in the house was lost. The ] Palmetto faruis ginnery was one of the best equipped ginneries in the county. It operated two fine gins, 1 * and the whole ginnery had only re- 1 eently undergone repairs. It is be- i lieved that the burning was the act ? of an incendiary, 1 V**\ ; ; JT?;ir " v IA NEWS ITEMS i All Sections of the State and Susy Readers Blow to Liquor Drtunmerc. Columbia, Special.?A bill of more han ordinary interest that was passd at the recent session is one to make t a misdemeanor to solicit orders for iquor. The bill started in the Senate o provide for a fancy license to olicit orders, but it was changed so is to make it a misdemeanor to solicit rders. The Act as approved reads: 'Section 1.. That each and every >erson, whether acting for himself or is agent for any person, firm or cor>oration. who shall conduct the busiless of liquor drummer, soliciting or cceiving orders for Inter-State shipnent within any county within this state, except as now authorized by aw, any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer nented, brewed, whether lagar or rice >eer, or other liquors or beverages, or iny compound or mixture which eonains alcohol ami is used as a beveri*re, shall he guilty of a misdemeanor, ind on conviction fined in a sum not xeeeding $1,000, or imprisonment for lot exceeding six months, or both ine and imprisonment in the di-screion of the Court." Tried after Twenty Years. Cheraw. Special.?A case of more han usual interest was disposed of it the Criminal Court for Chesterfield i \nintv last week, the case of the J itate vs. Parker Moore, charged with uurder. Nearly twenty years aero, n 1S89, Parker Moore, a young man I lot yet 20, of good family, shot one Fordan, in the leer with a shotgun ind immediately surrendered himself o the sheriff, claiming that the deed j vas done in defence of his own t :/*- 1 ?1_ _ ^ * Jl -4 iit*, ami was piaceti in me county c ail to await the result of the injuries o Jordan. Jordan died, and Moore. c 'earing the drift of public sentiment c Kit ran high on account of several lomieides, escaped from jail and i rent to Texas, where lie married and I ived quietly with his family until ^ eeently when he was brought back ? md convicted. The sentence was t nade light and a pardon will be T iought at an early day. 1 Dr. Crum's Successor. B Charleston. Special.?A Washing- 8 on dispatch says, it is fairly certain J hat E. W. Durant will become the t iucessor of Dr. Crum as collector of he port. Postmaster W. L. Harris. >f the city, and Postmaster General 'Yank H. Hitchcock, who is Mr. rlarris's close friend, called upon ^resident Taft Monday and eonsult'd with him in regard to the matter, ifr. Harris went to Washington several days ago for the purpose of dis ussing Crum's successor with the President. The general belief there s that Mr. Durant's name will be ?ent to the Senate when the extra lession begins next Monday, and that here will be no trouble as to eonfirmng the nomination. Mr. Durant is a Tale graduate and a man of considerible means. It is believed that his ippointment would give general satis- ? 'action litre. a First Death Penalty in Abont 15 * Years. ^ Laurens, Special.?For the first ime in about 15 years a Laurens jury ' ins returned a straight verdict of nurder without recommendation to j nerey. This occurred Wednesday s ifternoon in the court of general sc?- b lions when the jury returned a ver- J lirt of guilty in the case of the State t *s. John Henry Anderson for the nurder of his father-in-law. Ander- p ion shot and killed old Joseph Carter s it the Cedar drove church at the * funeral of one of Anderson's cliil- c Iren. Anderson shot Carter in the t >nek and without immediate provo- j ation. n Killing at Seneca. * Columbia, Special.?A special to ^ The State from Seneca, says: Deputy Sheriff W. P. Corbet and his brother, * Fharles, were killed at the house of e L B. Palmer, near Walhalla, at 10 )'clock Monday night. It is said that orbet had a warrant for the arrest >f one of the Palmers. Palmer, his vife, one of his sonss and his daugher are all slightly wounded. r y Bitten by Rabid Dog. ? Gaffney, Special.?Mr. J. Volney * Sarratt, one of Gaffney's most prom- c nenr citizens, was bitten by a dog in lie city 011 Friday. He was walking y iiong a street in the mill village, when ? lie dog ran out from a house and bit ^ lim pretty severely on one of his ? egs. The dog later bit a woman of lie mill village and was killed by its * iwner. Mr. Sarratt obtained a mad- s it one form Mr. H. M. Johnson and b ipplied same to the wound with the< ? esult that it adhered for about eight * lours. He will leave for Atlanta, j, vhere he will take the Pasteur treat- n nent. Uncle Sam's Soldiers Indicted. Columbia, Special.?President Tayor, of the State Audubon Society, ^ rVednesday secured warrants from { Magistrate Fowles here against the > deven Federal soldiers stationed at ^ fart Moultry accused in an article in 1 The News and Courier of having ' obbed an eagle nest of its young on c lames slland Sunday. Mr. Taylor is \ laving papers sent down for servico. ? ?Cartoon by C. Mrs. Taft to Make W1 9ltn? Divorcement of the Preside Private Residence--U niformed ' Replaces Steward and Negro Washington, D. C.?Mrs. William lowar'd Taft, "first lady of the land," las assumed duties without public :eremony or oath of office which. In reight of responsibilities, magnitude >f importance, delicacy of execution md lack of compesiatlon, have no omparison. President Taft is charged under I {a naf h tvlfh "nrnnt?*lw?? ?? >u vavu ? ?.ii y^cvuiiug iUO JJlUtJO I'l 'resident." Mrs. Taft Is charged, without oath, of administering the tocial and domestic affairs of the Vhite House. Mrs. Taft will execute hese requirements primarily by < neans of her long experience in pubic life. She is in full possession of he detailed requirements of her poItion, has reached her own concluions, and is already making the mi- ' lor changes in the administration of he executive mansion necessary to neet her own ideas. The addition of the executive office tulldlng permits of an entire divorcenent of the official business of the 'resident from the White House proper, and this is to be availed of to he full extent. That the main *nrftjice of the White House may preeht as near as possible the appearince of a private residence, the unlormed police officers and frock-coatid doorkeepers have been eliminated, md in their place are negro footmen n livery. For safety an officer is reained on duty in the miniature office oom inside the main entrance, and mother on the second floor of the nanslon. The rights of the public are recoglized by the maintenance of the hour rom noon until 1 o'clock, when adnlssion 1b granted through the east intrance to the historic East Room ind the parlors of the mansion. Mrs. Taft has abolished the poslion of steward, and will conduct, her lomestic arrangements through a roman housekeeper. While the season of prescribed of- ' trial dinners is over, it mav be ore- I licted that the new tenant of the Vhite House will coiviuct a series of nformal social functions during the pecial session of Congress which will ring renewed animation and social Ife to the sedate and sombre strucure during the first few months of he Taft regime. President Taft surprised churchgoers by walking democratically to orvices at All Fouls' Church. He ras accomnanied by his brother, lharles P. Taft. The crowd of culons that had "nthored at the edifice o see the new Vrosident were expectng him to arrive in an automobile. ,nd the President and party were at 1 he doors of the church before the 'xpectjnt throng realized that th? Ihief Executive had walked through he crowd without being recognized. 1 There was no demonstration along he street or at. the church. When he service were over the President lbowed his way through the crowd "DECEIT ALL RIGHT TC Chicago.?"Feminine deceit is all ight. Love piracy is all right. Keep i our husband loving you by any hook r crook. But for heaven's sake don't ;o to bed with a quarter of an inch f cold cream on your face to tip him 1 If on how you keep beautiful." These pregnant thoughts were ouchsafed 300 of Chicago's wives I nd mothers at the Music Hall, Fine i iris Building, by Mme. Hatton, matimonial philosopheress to the Windy i '.ity's Smart Set. i aon t care wnat method a womn uses to make her husband think he's prettier than time has let her ! e. If she succeeds in that and holds ] ilm true to her, cosmetics are the . eal agent of morality. But scores of i aarried women I know of deserve to . ose their husbands. They think so 1 auch of him that they leave their toi- i football and Raschall Give Harvard a Surpln* of $26,001. Cambridge, Mass. ? A surplus of 126,091.10 in receipts over expendiures In all lines of Harvard athletics 'shown by the report for the coflego rear 1907-08. The total receipts vere $127,218.44 and the total ex>endttures $101,227.34. The total let surplus exceeds by $14,460 the mrplua of the previous year, the gain >elng due in part to Increased receipts from football and baseball and n part also to a saving on football coaching and the training table. ~p R. Macaulcy, in the New York World. hite House a Home s o Js nt's Official Business From His ' Polica Gone--Housekeeper ^ Footmen Are Doorkeepers. that had again gathered at the doors j. and on the sidewalk to see him (| emerge, and with his brother sauntered quietly up Fourteenth street. s For some distance a hundred or so of P his admirers followed, but they event- t ually dropped off one by one. n President Roosevelt always caught the crowds on IMs way to and from i church. His rai^d gait, and the difficulty the Secret Service men had to s keep pace with him always served to ?' attract the attention of passers-by. ii Mr. Taft declined to walk too rapidly, s observed all the conventionalities and j altogether was a disappointment. M It was noticed that the two Secret Service agents who kept close to the P President wore the conventional frock a coat and silk hat which Is the dlstinc- Ii tive garb of the service operatives, a President Roosevelt never insisted upon this, and as a result the men _ who watched over him arrayed themselves as they saw fit. The change Is c taken to mean that President Taft n proposes to maintain a more dignified u establishment than his free-and-easy } predecessor. ) After Sunday luncheon the Presl- * dent bestrode Sterret, his newly ac- ' n 11 irnH hnrsn *\u?.nV? ,T-4 ' H?>>a w ??wi uw, |fuiv.uanru at nut Springs, Va? and with General Clarence R. Edwards, his military aid; Captain Archibald Butt and ex-President Roosevelt's orderly, McDermott, ' went for a twelve-mile ride over the ' newly constructed Potomac speedway. 1 Automobiles will bo almost the exclusive method of locomotion of President Taft and his family. The White House automobile will have the right of way throughout the District of Columbia and will know no speed limit. Two fine new automobiles already have been purchased with the $12,- i 000 appropriated by Congress for this purpose, and Mr. Taft has given them a thorough trial. One is a good weather machine, a big touring car with detachable top, and painted in dark green of three shades. This will be the one most used by the President. The other car haB a limousine body painted black, and was purchased for the use of Mrs. Taft. Both bear on each door the official coat of arms of tho Wnited States. The cars, are in charge of men sent from the factories, who will turn the machines over to the White House head chauffeur, who will receive $100 a month. He will have one assistant. The White House garage will he in the nresent stables. Besides the two automobiles they will quarter seven !: hnrooo nrKloh rxr ?11 ho ot tho /Jleneonl of Secretary Carpenter and his assist- 8; ants, or may be used by the Tafts. The only horses which will be used by President Taft and his family will be the new saddle horse recently purchased in Virginia for the use of the 1 President and any saddle horses re- o auired by the other members of his |) family. ( t > HOLD A HUSBAND." o o II let articles lying in full sight about s the house, confess they go to massage t artists, throw rats carelesaly about and even admit to strenuous gymnastics to keep down weight and give artificial lustre to sinking eyes. "Women ought to keep their hus- N bands guessing all the time?just as * the coy girl of romance plays hide c and seek with the grande passion, uu- ti til she has her sweetheart groveling S and trembling lest the "Yes*, she hap v secretly meant to say from the start j won't be said at all. v. "Here's the secret of keeping a , husband. Stay beautiful and don't let the male half know the refison. Also, don't eat too much. Glver^ the 1 aid of modern corsets and lacing, the \ American wife Is Indefensible l/f her r husband deserts her because sb\e has ( grown fat." j c ?\ 1 Seeks Gold Fifty Years; V Finally Get* ?l,OO0,0^>0. San Bernardino. Cal.?Harry Pairsons, a desert miner, aged BeventM"- , five years, left San Bernardino foif 1 Philadelphia to visit relatives whomV > he haa not seen for fifty years. Ho goes back with a fortune estimated at \ fl.000,000, which he will share with . his relatives. * One of these is a sister, c who, when he failed to flni} gold in ' California in 1849, gave htm all she $ had, a little more than 9800, to con- e ttnue his prospecting. He amassed c his tortaq* w|WP "V ysara [ , 1 , ii TORNADO KILLS 3rinkley, Ark, a Scene Terrible Desolation rHE INJURED NUMEER OVER tepcrts From the Storm-Swept ksr.sas lown Itcveal an Appa Condition. Brinkley, Ark., Special.?Fui letails of the great disaster tate that thirty or rrore lives nulled out. liO people were inj nd property estimated to be w 1,000,000 was destroyed as a n f the tornado which wrecked ittle city Monday night. Of nown dead 1-i are white people, thers colored. Wrcckago Piled High. The tornado hovered about the nl ya lev. minutes hut its wor est net ion was complete. The an Catholi" vhureh. standing di , ,i?. it... scnpcd damage o rdestruetion land* a grim sentinel >11 a seen cm latior.. Main si reel ami Cyj venue, the two principal timro ares of tiro town, are impassable re piled high with wreckage 1 nd to end. Kverv business linn; 1 ruins and there is hardly a l: hat has not at least suffered the I a nvjf or wiujr. The Arlin Intel was totally demolished. Ki nests were registered but all es rl uninjured. The Rriukley ll outhern Hotel and Kelly Hotel II destroyed without loss of lil Relief scpiads were at work ay Tuesday caring for the dead ljurcd. The Rook Island and (.'< h it Railways have placed ears al ispesal of the relief committee coking a temporary refuge at c oinls nearby. The dead were a Helena, from which point ii aont will *uke place. (Jovernor Donaghey arrived .ittie Rock in the afternoon ii ponse to a call from the citis ommittcc. He has the siuation ii hand and save food, clothing hcltcr are the things most nee lundrcds of people are homeless re wandering about seeking a lorary abode. Three special t irrived from neighboring t ringing relief workers, pliysi ind nurses. The Catholic cl las been converted into a ho< nd here the doctors and nurses aring for the injured. The eit f Helena have generously offerei ise of their homes for the desti lass meetings were called fo femphis, Little Hock and < ities to raise funds and supplier he storm victims. Missouri Loses Noted Case. Kansas City, Mo., Special.? onri's 2-eent passenger and i mini freight laws were nulliticd lecision handed down Monday it "nited States District Court by .1 mitli Mcl'herson, of Hcd Oak. 1 Is a result, it is believed there e a quick return in Missouri I ent fares. Frank Hagcrman, he IS companies involved. ass< hat the decision sounded like ealh knell of the 2 cent rate in e Hate in the t'nion. Judge MePherson held that he ccmmodity and passenger ere coulisentory and uneoiistitul 1, and Mr. llagerman declared t is not conceivable that if the 2ate is confiscatory in Missour an he compensatory in other St The 'state on the other hand, lares . inphntieally that Missoi glit over lower rates will eonti illiot NY. Major. Attorney <!en ho was in court when the deci as reached, said an appeal woul il/nn ?n.l I !.*>? t I.,. I .... 111 o wonlil hp asked In ikiss new aws that wouhl stand the tests ol ?ur:s. Covernor Haillcy mad imilar statement. Government b? CommiEsion. Birmingham, Ala.. Speeial.'liaih's W. F.lliot. retiring presi f Ilrtrvnrd University. spent the pip. lie discussed ' (joverwncn Commission." lie maintained he highest ctlieicney in muni overniiieiit is aeeornplished by > overning bodies placed in oflici iniversal suffrage. lie gave llu nits of his investigation in CJn on under the commission form. Hinton Helper a Suicide. Washington. Special ? llinton n Helper, a native of Davie eoi vorth Carolina, former United S onsul general at Huenos Avres, uitted suicide here Tuesday. He 10 years old. a veteran of the lar. The tragic act was comm n a room at 628 Pennsylvania avi lorthwest, by tying a towel a lis neck and turning on the gas. Papers and letters found in oom where Helper took his lifi sealed the fact that ho was evidi leeplv interested in only one um he project to build a great i A ntiniiiitol *?'? 11 *! o if VIMIIIUIIIHI I UIM1UJ, IU U.XIVIJII till ^orth. Central and South Amci Virginians Pined For Peonag Lynchburg:, Va., Special.?In Federal district court here Tuc ipon pleas of guilty. Judge Me 11 entered the following judgroe A. A. Luck, $1,000; Robert i jWn. $.">00; E. T. Edmunds, $150 laVnuel Butler and Walter Will HfliV) each. The accused were it d Ait the Roanoke court recent har)pes of holding a large numb ufa** 1 ju 30 ' lliaft GUSTATORY. J| You mar talk of royal haninofa Till your throat is ran* and hoarse; , Yon mar ning th?* alleged virtues Of each dainty little course: here But I'm going to sin? the praises wen: I" R loud and lusty tone ] Of the fine old home-made sausngp un'1' Buttermilk and hot rnrn pone. 'orrll ?The Commoner. L'SllIt t|,is GOT LEFT IN THE RUSH. 11 to "Jessie is engaged to be married." , the "The mischief she is! I intended to propose to that girl myself when I 60t time."?Chicago Record-Herald. citv , |; <,' THE LADIES' WAY. Ho- Stella?"Do you do your Christrecl mas shopping early?" lone Holla?"Of course, but I never buy aii<1 till the last minute."?New York Sun. V of >re.<s THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. n?;h- Adam?"I couldn't believe my eyes and when I first beheld you!" from Eve (wrathfully)?"So you were <e is expecting some other woman, were lonie vou?"?New York Times. loss :rtou SORRY HE SPOKE. glity "Shop early," advised the husi*aj> band. otel. "What with?" inquired the wife, were Then silence reigned. ? Pittsburg l'e. Post. nil and USES FOR THE AUTO, d I on "Why don't you put your spare I the tire in the box?" and "My dear old cbap. it's the only >ther thing that'll hold the wife's hat!"?? sent Bystander, liter 1THE DIFFERENCE. "Marriage Is a good thing for single men." said the bridegroom-elect, tens' "Hum. yes," rema-ked Mr. Henwell peck, "for single men only."?New and York Times. dful. ; and FLIGHTY. tern- Giggles?"1 know what the skyrains scraper of the future will be." owns Goggles?"What?" cians Giggles ? "An airship." ? New mrcli York Times. ;pital * are AIN'T HE A KIDDER. 'ze:,s /f* * v (9 ' if^" 1 (lie i ^11^ I , / laws Whit?"How does the new mare t i. ?n- travel?" tluit Skit?"Fine. Took my girl out rent sleigh riding yesterday, and she wenf i_ great. My arms are sore from hold* ales. iDR hpr in " Whit?"Holding whom in?" A SELF MADE WOMAN, eral, Oliver (irritably)?"That woman ision would differ from the Lord himself." <1 bo Olivia?"She has already done so." isla- Oliver?"In what way?" rate Olivia? "On a matter of form."?/ r I lie Judge. e a . t THE REASON. Celestine?"And has Mr. Fryor's church such a small congregation?" Hilda?"Yes, indeed. Every time 'lent he says "dearly beloved' you feel as dny if you had received a proposal."? it bv Bohemian. that el pal A RESPECTABLE FORTUNE, ur.all Little Willie?"Say, pa, what is a ',v 'respectable fortune?" " 1 re- Pa?"One that is large enough to Ives- make its possessor's opinion on any subject respected, my son." ? CI" cago News. Rowimty. THE OTHER SIDE, tates "I've been wondering about som com- thing." was "About what?" civil "I wonder if cooks ever get toget it ted er and discuss the missus problem ?nue. ?Kansas City Journal. ibout LIMITED UNDERSTANDING, the ??n does seem strange," remarked e rp- the party who seemed to be thinking entlv aloud. itter. "What seems strange?" queried nter- the innocent bystander, ough "That after getting a man into hot ic&n. water a woman can't understand why ht. should boll over," explained thf e> noisy thinker.?Chicago News, the ,s<lay FOREHANDED. I)ow- "What are you doing, Marie?" nts: "I am writing all my Christmas iran- thank-you notes now. I shall be too and busy and tired after Christmas to dman want to be polite. I am Baying: *1 idiot- thank you so much not only for youi ly on aweet gift, but for the spirit which >er of prompted it." That covers every, thing and sounds real and genteel." ?New York Timet. -