Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Factory Prices! Easy Payments] I $5. monthly to $10. monthly $2. monthly^ to $5. monthly 30 days free trial in your own home. Sheet Music 4cts a copy. Send ? for Catalog. r MUSIC HOUSE. Augusta, - ? Ga. ?II III'I"H-M"M"M I'll l'H The Planter's Loan and Savings Bank INSURANCE J 1 now represent a strong line of Fire Insurance Coinpanies and can insure your property. Your patronage will be appreciated. H. A. SMITH. GROCERIES. Full supply of Fancy and Staple Groceries always on hand. ?Let me supply your table. Ice cold soft drinks al ways on hand. Fu supply of Bagging ?ard Ties on hand for thel {farmers. Your patronage solicited.! J. M. OUZTS. TIUMOflS & CORLEY, SURGEON DENTISTS, Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays. Grown and Bridge Work a Special r-i Walter C. Miller, Denta9 Surgeon, 731 Green St., Augusta, Ga. Thone 87. 'SOUTH.CAROL News of Enterest Gleaned Fro Arranged fer THE ' (JAME LAWS NOW IN FORCE. Interesting Siunmary Prepared by Secretary Jas. H. Rice, Jr. , From The Columbia State. Tlie Audubon Society is in receipt of requests daily for copies of r*?v game laws. These cannot be supplied since the issue has been exhausted, giving conclusive evidence of thc in terest felt in the subject all over South Carolina. The society has re quested that extra copies be returned. Requests have come also from other States. To make the principal points clear the following is a summary of the more important laws as prepared by Secretary Jas. Henry Rice, Jr. Gamo Birds. Thc statute of 1905, passed two years before the Audubon society was chartered, defines what are game birds and what are not. Thc game birds are: Swans, wild geese, brant, wild ducks, rails (marsh hens), coots, gallinules, surf birds, snipe, wood cock, quail, (partridge), rice biri, black bird, dove, sand-pipers, upland plover, curlew, Avild turkey and pa irire chicken. It is not known to the society why prairie (pinnated grouse) hens were put on tins list, nor why Mongolian, or ring-necked pher-sants and ruffed grouse were left off. There are no prairie chickens in South Carolina; whereas there are both Mongolian pheasants and ruffed grouse, but such is the law. The above birds may be shot in the seasons permitted by law, or taken in those seasons by any method which the law allows. Nongame Birds. All birds not on this list are non game birds within the meaning of the law, and may not bc killed at any time; nor may their nests or eggs be destroyed. It is a misdemeanor to have in possession any part of a non game bird, such as feathers, body or skin: and it is equally against the law whether such bird was killed within or without thc State. The State Owns the Birds. In the preamble to this act it is stated: "That all wild birds, whether resident or migratory, in this State, | shall be. and are hcrebv. declared to be the property of the State." That is the law of South Carolina. Birds That Are Exempted. The act further recites that the English sparrow, cooper's hawk (the chicken or hen hawk), the sharp shinned hawk (known locally as the "Blue Darter"), the great horned owl and all other birds which are by nature destructive of other birds, are not included among the birds pro tected by this act, nor are tho nests or eggs of these birds protected. A person is allowed to kill crows cn his premises if they are destroy in? crops, but he is not allowed to sell them or their feathers. No non-game bird may be shipped out of the State nor may the eggs or ffiofliors of inch bird -J vtrtr?~-ror other than scientific ar roses his certificate will he at once tanc?lled and not renewed. Besides he will be liable "to a fine of .$100 or 300 da vs' imprisonment. It will be seen that no woman has the right to wear the feather of a Son-game bird on her hat: it is an indictable offense under the laws ?E South Carolina, and it misht be add ed that it is an indictable offense Gaffney's Flower Show. Gaffney, Special.-The annual flow er show was held Saturday evening at the residence of Mrs. H. D. Wheat and was largely attended. The event was given under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society of Limestone Presbyterian church. The receipts of the evening were some $70 and the ladies are well pleased -with the re sult. S Complete Mail Delivery for Fairfield. Orders from Washington have been issued directing the establishment o? complete county system of rural ser vice in Fairfield County, effective No vember 1, 190S. This service con sists of fourteen routes as follows: Blair's, 1; Blythewood, 1 and 2; Ridgeway, 1, 2 and 3; Rockton, 1; Shelton, 1; Strother, 1; Wallacevilie, 1; Winnsboro, 1, 2, and 3; Wood ward, 1. Routes No. 1. from Rock ton, and No. 3 from Winnsboro, are new. having been established August 1, 1908. Merchants Lose Goods by Fire. Spartanburg, Special.-Fire de stroyed ttie stores and stock of goods of j. H. Griffin and J. H. Stone in the Spantan Mill village. The. total loss ;.s estimated at $15,000, parti ally covered by insurance. The build ing occupied by Griffin & Son was owned by O. L. Johnson and not in sured, he having dropped his policy because he thought the rate too high. The fire originating in Stone's stoic. The origin of the fire is unknown. Millinery Concern Fined. Columbia, Special.-James Henry Rice, Jr., secretary of the Audubon Society of South Carolina, obtained, through Magistrate James H. Fowles, warrants against two Columbia dry goods and millinery concerns, charg ing violation of the laws for the pro tection ol' non-game birds. The tar rants name thc James L. Tapp Com pany and Mr. W. H. Monckton, Jr., manager of the Globe Dry Goods Com pany. The defendants pleaded guilty and were fined $2 each. m A?? Sections of the State and Busy Readers under the Jaws of almost every civi lized country in the world. There are 150,000,000 ' birds used up in the plume trade of Europe every year, these birds being imported from Asia, Africa and Polynesia. Many species have become extinct through this savage slaughter. ' Tho Open Season for Game. According to the act of 1906 the season for shooting partridges, will1* turkey, woodcock. Mongolian or other pleasants is made from November 15 to March 1, with the exception of the following counties. Beaufort, Hampton, Dorchester, Colleton, Charleston, Barnwell, Beik ley, Aiken, Oconee, Fairfield, Saluda, Georgetown and Clarendon. These counties have from Novem ber 1 to April 1. Lexington was formerly among the excepted coun ties, but has Deen taken off and the season there is from November 15 to March 1. . The deer season is from September 1 to January 1, but thc law applies only to Georgetown county. Thc rest are from August 1 to February 1. Game Birds Not to be Sold. . The act of 1006 makes it a misrlc- I meanor to sell, or offer or expose for sale, to pothunt, net, or trap, or by firelight to pursue with intent to catch, kill or injiir eany of the game birds named in that section. The handling, possession or ownership of these birds is prima facie evidence that thev are being offered for sale. The Law of the Land. These are the laws of the State of South Carolina, made by the lawful representatives of the people and are binding on every citizen whether he thinks thev arc wise or unwise. The first consideration is that thev are tho laws of the land". Any person has the constitutional right to make representation to the legislature to have any law changed, but while it is on the books he is bound to obev it. _ Big Verdict at Greenville. Greenville, Special.-In thc Fed eral Court here a verdict for two hundred and sixty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty-three dollars and .fifty-three cents was returned for the Southern Power Company, of Charlotte, in the suit against the Catawba Power Company, of Rock Hill. S. C. The suit was'for the col lection of some promissory notes. The verdict was agreed upon by the attorneys for the two companies. Fire in Darlington Causes .815,000 Loss. Darlington. Special.-Fire on Wed nesday morning destroyed a large tobacco warehouse on east Broad street. This building had been used for storing cotton and there were 204 bales of cotton in it at the time of the fire, all of which was destroyed. The origin of thc fire is unknown. The loss is about .$15,000. which is protected by insurance. One of the Atlantic Coast T.":ne nassenger _ . , v. .. ncir ..un npe?atecl bv J. P. Sale & Co. The fire was discovered in the redrving machinery, md in a short time was beyond control. About 200 negro em ployes were at work in the building, and so rapidlv did the fire gain head way that several came near losing then- lives in getting out. In the building were about .100,000 pounds of leaf tobp.ooo. The loss is estimat ed at $400.000 mostly covered by in surance. Union County Votes Prohibition. Union, Special,-Union . county aerain voted for prohibition by about three hundred majority out of fifteen hundred votes cast. During the past three years of prohibition the ar rests for drunkenness have decreased 50 per cent and property valuations in the county are said to have in creased two million dollars. Spartanbur? Lawyers in Personal En count Dr. Spartanburg, Special. - Ex-Gov. John Gary Evans and his former law partner, S. G. Finley, engaged in a personal encounter here in the law of fice of Nichols & Nichols. Several blows were exchanged but they were separated before either was injured. Messrs. Evans and Finley were asso ciated in the practice of law at the Spartanburg bar for several years, A few months -ago they dissolved the partnership and there was a disag reement as to a settlement. Saluda Bank Prosperous. Saluda, Special.-At the recent an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Saluda the reports of the president and cashier showed the bank had had a prosperous and successful year. It was evident from the presi dent's report that, a very conservative policy had been pursued and this was especially endorsed by the stockhold ers. The recular dividend of 0 per cent. Avas paid and the sum of $2;000 carried to the surplus account. Vance Milam Fired Upon. Clinton. Special.-Vance Milam, son of Mr. Marshall Milam, a mer chant of Clinton, was fired upon five limes with a Winchester rifle in the hands of a man named Sullivan, an employe of tho Lydia cotton mill. There was some misunderstanding be tween them in a business transaction on Wednesday. Milam wont lo Ly dia mil] again on Thursday. The trouble again came up. Several shots went through his overcoat, which he carried on his arm. One shot cut the skin ou his hip. ?-M-I-H' ::'!":"M"H-:4'M"i' i H* i OUR. .SCHO?LS Kr Pnor. "WILLIAM Bl 'HAND, ^ University of SouthOaipliha. T Paper Number Hight. 4 POOR ATTENDANCE-Even with insufficient funds, poor jscbool houses, short school teims, ana incompetent teachers, the people may still show a commendable educational purpose by sending every child io school ev er}' day the schools at? in session. Much good may be got out of a very inferior school, if the children at tend it regularly and with the pur posee of gtting the most possible out of it. How are the white children of South Carolina attending .the schools' In 1907 the Avbitc enrollment in the/ public schools of the State was 144, G(3S, while the average!"attendance was only 103,304. The federal, cen sus taken seven years lefore (1900) gives South Carolina .217,972 white children between the age? pf 5 and 20 years, while our legal $ehool age ii between 6 and 21 vears. It is safe to assert that bareTy^?fciv per cent of thc white children of |he State are enrolled in any kind , cf school, and not over forty per ceiit are in average attendance. In 1900, thirty six per cent of- the white / children between the ages of 10 and 14 years were not enrolled in any school, pub lic or private. Ia thc same .year Massachusetts had only/ six 'per cent of her white children Jbf the eorre ponding ages out of scljool. Connecti cut had seven per cent/and Michigan eight per cent. ' In 1900 Son th Carolina had 54.177 native white illiteratesjover 10 years of age, only 792 fewef white illiter ates than the StatoJiaJ in 1870, thir ty years previous. AtSh&.same date Connecticut, with nearly twice thc white population of l^iuth Carolina, had but 1,958 white illiterates over 10 years of ase. A?fdn, South Car olina had 15,643 nativ? white illiter ates of the voting ages-Rhode Island, with fonr-fiths the population of South Carolina, had just 550. TVe had 17,339 native wjite illiterates between the acres of lj and 19 years; Michigan, with twice our population had 1,141; Con'necticii had 160, and Rhode Island 100. ]j it reasonable io hope for the S?rth Carolina of tomorrow, with her liad of helpless illiterates, to cope sticessfullv with those States and sectjns which have freed themselves frori the bondage of ignorance? The my is forever gone from South Canlina when a few highly trained wi of leisure could direct and eonrol thc destinies of the people. Thi yesponsibili'y bas been shifted lo he shoulders of thc masses, and now ve are forced to consider the trainin: of the masses. Only yesterday Hoi O. B. Martin gave this out: "Seeral educational leaders in New Engind frankly told us that r.bev arc spading their mon ey and building up their schools in order to retain and laintain their in dustrial supremacy.. They realized that we have advatages and groat resources in the Soth, but they pro pose to keep tl--1 ead, if possible, ! a nu uauguters t parents them- 1 selves ignorant and nable to appre- '? ciatc or to understad what educa- J tion means to their 'hildren and to the State; some are [he children of \ fathers and mothers, freedy and sci- ' fish who are more tan willing to r make wage-earners anibread-wimiers ] out of their^young unt?ght offspring ; a few ure the childrenpf paients op- i posed to education, be?use trey have r known some educated \scouncrel; a * very few mc. the childfen of parents * who actually need the nbor cr their \ children to eke out a j living' and r many are the children jf f?thes en grossed in material affafc-s and poth ers recreant to duty. Many of mese children are at work on|.he fans, in stores and shops at a fe\j cents alay. * and in the cotton mills nianing pod * wages for children, whjle. hund?ds s of others are roaming tm streets nd R country lanes-the training grouds t for idlers, vagrants andi enemiesi.o r law, order and decency' j Two of the worst enemies to chil. c hood and youth are overwork a;. 1 idleness. Close confinement at mar. t ual labor is dulling, stifling, and (Tesl t tractive to childhood ; iflleness ii 1 poisn-.ious and ruinous to tauth. At-t tendance upon school may\be used asv a corrective for both .eyils. Tho b State, in order to protect at least I one class of children against over work, has passed a child-ilabor law. Barriug some notable exceptions, the abortiveness of that law is .a common jest. To il?strate: In 19?5, one of oiir citv school superintendents lost more than twenty pupils 'from or:'' school room within two months. In company with one of the cotton mill superintendents of that town (a man in favor of schools), the school sup erintendent went from house to house in the mill village enquiring for thesr missing children. In one afternoon he located twelve of them, every one of them unlawfully engaged at work in the mill, though onlv three of their names appeared on the pay roll. Now, the child of,the lazy, greedy, selfish parent is at work, and not in school. The child of the ignorant and indifferent parent is neither at work nor in school; he is idling Both children need to be educated; the State needs both of them; and thc State has already decre?d that thc taxpayers shall esfabl'ch and main tain schools for both. There remains but one logical thing to do-compel tho parents of both to s?nd tho;? children to school. Thara is but lit tle loo-ie in eomnollin? people to p?v taxes to support the sorrel's, then nar mi'timr the parents of ''''a childr^" win? most need tho rW:h "l-l- tr kean ihn^ f-~- "." henafl'' rf Ik" ?5"beols. The n^orer ,,,rt ",,:! ' ?he moro is thc nead *r>v, aoqipellinr his parents to send him to school. Compulsory attendance lavs are aim ed at the selfish and indifferent par ent, not at the child. Ot' what ad vantage are good teachers, long school terms, and fine school houses unless the children attend the schools'? In a recent election to increase the local school tax in a district in North Carolina* where they have recently enacted a kind of local option com pulsory law, a certain taxpayer made this declaration: "If you vote, to compel thc children of this district to go to school, increase my tax as you please; if you arc not going to put the children into the schools I am I opposed to any further tax." That man's argument has no answer. Some opponent to a compulsory law says, "You have not enough school houses and teachers to take care of the thousands of children not in school." That argument is worth less .unless we arc Availing to admit that the white people of the State arc actually unable to take care of their children. Let some outside philan thropist offer to aid South Carolina in matters educational, then you get an answer to that question. Will the school houses ever be built or the teachers employed anti] there is a need for them? Would it be wise for a farmer to let a $500 crop waste in the fields, rather than build a -^100 house in which to store it ? Thc last argument of the oppon> ents to compulsory attendance it that it cannot be enforced without truant officers, and that truant of ficers must be paid. Certainly. Tho present child labor law if this State is a dead letter, because no provis ion is made for its enforcement. And the police of Charleston, Columbia, and other places have to be paid, but it pays to pay them. We are perfectly willing to pay an officer of the law to arrest iirtle negro boys in a 10-cent crap game, but it is too much to pay an officer of the law to see that a lazy, selfish father sends his child to school. We are paying to day in actual money every year five times as much in tribute to the in dustrial supremacy of New England and other sections, as it would vost ns to put every white child .i?l the State in school fbr six months in the year. What economists we are. And what philosophers we try to be. WILLIAM H. HAND. University of South Carolina. PK03?XI3XT PEOPLE, "^rasl Ludlow, of New York City, /iec\"-:rr\ spherical balloon racing un profilabl?. Th-? Duke of the Abruzzi. who is to wed Katherine Elkins, sailed from HP vre for America. Mr. Yuan Shill Kai appealed for a I "square deal" for China in discuss ing an American-Chinese alliance. Captain Pritchard, of the Maure tania, will succeed Watt, of the Lusi tania, as commodore of the Cunard .fleet. The will of Bishop Potter, whirh divided his estate among his five children, was filed for probate in New York City. President Castro of Venezuela threatened that, in the event of a revolution, those captured would be shot as traitors. Pfpsiden* Eliot, of Harvard, spoke battleship Idaho, vice Captain S. W. B. Diehl, relieved on account of ill lealth. Alfred Tennyson Dickens, the nov elist's fourth son. lectures occasion illy on his father's life in Australia, vhich is now his home. D'Orsay and rennyson were his godfathers when ie was christened. Vladimar Poulsen, the Danish in ventor, who is only thirty-eight years ?ld, is the son of a Judge in the High Criminal Court of Copenhagen. He las succeeded in making wireless tel iphone connection between Lin?bv ind Weisensee, a distance of 260 niles: A BABY CONTEST. Some mothers and nurses carry the iny baby, when taking it for an out ng, in a quaint willow basket that uggests the papoose sling, only in tead of having the infant strapped o the mother it lies flat in a downy lest. The basket is quite small, not nore than twenty-four Inches Jn ength, and just wide enough to ac omnaodate the baby wrapped up in 1er outdoor apparel. The shape of he basket is the same as that of ne tiny willow cribs so much in use. 'here is this difference, however, he carrying br portable crib is pro ided with a long handle which can e swung over the arm. For a veranda airing an arrange ant cf this kind will be found use il, for the baby can be moved from ie spot to another without having Jr position interfered with and she t-i be carried up or down stairs "?Ile still enjoying her slumber. 'he inside of the basket may be Hy with silk and lace, though a sedate soft comfortable, which can betfred and changed as often as Hke is better. Two or three soft daiiiy covered pillows will make the ?d like a fairy couch, and baby can \joy many happy hours in this little iiiow nest.-New York Press. A OUBTFUL COMPLIMENT. "Th'professor says my * bathing suit feather exiguous" 'Ts tt a compliment?" "I do. know. Pm going after the dlctiona now."-Kansas City Jour nal. H-Wl?M*M"M"M'I H"l-M THE NAONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HiNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, Psident. Cashier CA?AL $250,000.00. Surplu& Profits $190,000.00. The busin'of our out-of-town fr.euds receives thc oe careful attention as that of our bical Costtors. The accounts of careful conse tlve people solicited. Pays ?f% interest on all : compounded every six n Capital and Sai HARLIN Before insuring else\vh< Old Line Companies. HARLlflG A.t The Farmers because i: means a waste of time and c.nergy. -:- -:- -:- -:. Eo J?, f final i sortments of coo] Jones I JAS. S. BYRD, SURGEON DENTIST, EDGEFIELD, S. C. /EfiS^Offlce over Post-Office. James A. Dobev, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. Office over Ncws-r/cniicr CCce. >:r<rxa sTA, GA. Department accounts in this department, aonths, January and July. plas $550,000.00. r i CO SEE G & BYRD ire, WeJJrepresent the Best ! & BYRD* Bank of ?dgefield c. ENCIM?: I. H. C. engines are so prac tical and so simple that when you start them they run until you stop them whether you arc watching or not. Never put of repgir;don'twasteiuel. Call on os and we will gladly explain tue good points of the I. H. C. engine. ?*? -.- -: :: H ring utensils, etc. k Son INSURANCE When placing your Insure ance give me a call. I rep resent a very strong line of FIRE: - - .. Insurance Companies, Agent for tho largest LIFE - - - Insurance Co. I will ap preciate a share ol y o ur busi ness. 1 can be found at my office-Office No. a-over Bank of] ?dgeneld. JamesT. MIMfe Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gie Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, GA. V. A. HEMSTREET & BRO. Guns? Pistols, Knives? CARTRIDGES. First Class Repairing. 655 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga Near Georgia Railroad Bank.