Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. ' m l.LKIKji C.R. 5 a * 3. &;ari*r DP'OH -li v( VN^UKR. < U'CDNRSDAT, At*?U8T 21, 1901. c . t Tk- I ? i llw | VAN WYCK ITEMS. , TH? recent rains have oaused t tli i cotton plant to make too rapid c giowth, and i? now damaging the a < i p The freshets on Catawba ri\?r and creek* have blasted the j Im -1 hoi o of the low land farmer t in gathering tt forage crop. A , good deal of the low lands were c s ?ved in peas and millet since the t M ?v and done freshets and these < i ps were promising, but they a hit</e been entirely destroyed as a p .a and millet can't stand water. f V ' ?I a /if t ItacW 1 ii n<1u Koaavar w ill iiv ? ? i vi i c*v i mixio VI i * tt f'PI ^ III ^ \ t make u grusa crop hut this t r [> its poor compared frith peavii.o hay or millet. Some are pi paring for bowing turnips and Mi-iie will sow a good deal of rye un 1 barley for feed and pasturing. It will he wise for every farmer to save all the hay and other fota^e crops possible, as these ci ps will he scarce and the grain crop very short. Many farmers an already very much discourag< d and are thinking of giving up and quitting the farm. This \? rs disasters are enough to discourage the stoutest, hut there is a brighter day coating for the argriculturist. and it will he very unwise for the farmer to quit his i>u inesa, although circumstances m to he against bim. With strict economy unci good judgment ( ho ?-an pull threugh. Stay on the i . m m and look forward to a bright [ day for you and your business , Providence will yet smile upon , y ou. i ?.lrs. Lucy Baxtrom of Rich- j nu -g and Mrs. D. V. Baker of ( V'aldosta, (in , are visiting their t s'?oer, Mrs. Dr. J. N. Nisbet. Miss Emma Glasscock of Har- i m?>ny visited her aunt. Mrs. J. j A. Hyatt this week. i M iss Rena Tillman is visiting < her aunt, Mrs. B. Cunningham nt ] L ucaster this week. 1 Mr. Stitt Mathis of Wardlaw, j N C., was in Van Wyck Thurs- j dav on business. < Miss Mollie McMxnus went to (' ? rlntte last week and is spend- j inv some time with her brother, \ Mr. Sam McManus. j Mr. Dick Crent-haw of Creek, I Mrs. M. A. Pi ice and Mrs. Frank |c < i?o don of Charlotte are visiting c tin family of J. (J. Crenshaw this t week. I The Woodmen of Cedar Camp m hel<l their annual pic-nic at Van ? \V*ck last Thursday. The at- e tendance was large but would f hare been larger bad act the in- p cieinent weather, torn up bridges r ami freshets prevented others t, from coming. Twelve Mile creek e was from hill to hill and those h who came from the opposite side j, bad to be rowed over in bateaux. c Thr speakers for the occasion, b wen*, Rev. W. C. Ewart of Lan- f, caster, Hon. D. E. Finley of a< Yorkville and Rev. R. A. Tongue o of Fort Mill. The speeches were it line and attentively listened to ^ and made a strong impression on Cl the hearers for the upbuilding of fj Woo 1 craft. The dinner was ti abundant and of the beet for 0 which our country is famed, p Everything passed off pleasantly p and another successful pic-nic T recorded for the grand order of the Woodmen of the World and h "Cedar ('amp's efforts. tl OPT1MUS. | j I'll* ItfViltl lUlmiOi-ola - - ' - j ?X4V..H/VI SliO V11IU CI have bolted the democratic party S of the etate. Are tliey republi- n< can? for so doing >? Fairfield *| Ncwh and Herald. bl KXJTH CAROLINA ? THE ;i PERFORMANCES OF HER POLITICIANS. !a |t Charlotte Observer. ! f Amin^tt the different peoples * >f the world, sports and dissipa- 8 ions vary more or less- The En? 0 ;libhman Hometiross bunts hares : | kod sometimes sails the seas for ' ^ he leve of sport. The German ! , nukes music, listens tj music and ( Irinks beer. The Spaniard loves!l bull fight and enjoys the indul- > ^ ;ence of a vain pride. The negro . ^ oves to dance er pray and it doss i ^ k't make much difference to him la in?. ?i ai~?: i tm.vu, i uv ivivo ouu iinviiNiai if as v on* race, a* a rule, seem o all other races idiotic. Skipping a lot of other rac*? .ml their peculiarities, it seems to ^ in outsider that the love and dt- p ereion of South Car'*linians,ch*ap j tump politics, is the moat sense ' ens of all passions, those of all * ther races, celors and previous ^ renditions of servitude being is ' ili.ded in the competition. In any 1 ort of a political contest there is a >otue ghost of reason for the poli- ' icians to hippodrome a State, call >ach other names, shout vulgari 1 ,ies, stimulate and indulge ignoble irejudices, and tight like hounds s or office. But in this year of our i ' Lord, when thero is no office to !' >e coatended for, when the poli- j1 ieians and citizens of other States :1 * f ire thanking their stars that there [ s a period of rest from the con- j ontion and strife of politics, the ; r lack of South Carolina catamounts f urns out in force and a whole lot i >f people who ought to be at woik r urn out te bear them growl.? \ Jonceive Calhoun in one of these s nodern canvasses, especially one ' n an off year when the pack has d itarted on some volunteer chase, c without a fox and all yelping mer- g ily because some y el per started a a r-elp. What would he do in this i: :ase ? Sta. at home, out of and p ibove such unworthy turmoil. Whatever may be tne faults or rirtues of Jno. L. Mcbaurin, he \ L the only mun that has put for. srard a political argument in South ^ Uarolina in the last five years.? He is ths only man notably before the public now in the PalmeUo a State, who undertakes to discuss' ^ n any rational way the questions if the hour. South Carolina has been in the j last amongst the States of the 1 Jnion a State of high standing, a The representatives of her peeple t lave usually stood well in the s ounsels of the nation. Could n i lignified rnpresentation possibly one out of thn present condU ions? it can scarcely be conceivd that a State which has fallen to ioutk Carolina's present level ver occupied South Carolina's 1 orrner proud position. Out of a loverty and the cbaes of political ' ,, econstruction she has perhaps. g een leading nil the other South- j * rn States in a rssorstruction of j al er fallen fortunes. Her inaprov- , c ag vested interests are largely in j * otton mills. Thsse have lifted 11| unless from the shoulders of the J d timers by giving occupation to n r)me and furnishing markets to C thers. Without these factories 11 : would be difficult to realize ^ 'hat would have been the State's f, ondition at the present time. The w ictories could not have been es^ ?' iblished without the people to Vl perate them, neither could the eople have found profitable em- M loyment without the factories, al he two have been essential to id ?cb other. Have the politicians ,c elped to proride employment for ^ io?e who, ten years ago, se sore- m r needed it ? Not in the slightest tfc agree. Have they helped to in* m -ease the vested interests of the m tate ? Nay, verily. Yet, with ot even the provocation of an ^ nproaching election they assem- pf le themselves and the peeple, S. reek after week, for n.? apparent turpose out to abuse each otb*r ,nd the cotton mills, aU.ut which hey brag wbee they ?re a w??y rem heme. It mtemi hardtv reu otable to expect that the o>< erratire population will *upp?.r' ?r eren tolerate ind?fit.i?ely such . condition. Those who ere realj benefiting the State are busy ?t heir duties now but surely th*\ rill be heard from later oa. South Carolina has lots of good people tnd is a far b tter State than ih-* iresent performances of her pohicians would naturallv lead, one 0 infer. They are making ot it 1 byword and reproach k Horrible Crime of a Black Scoundrel. ckets to above named p iota ood to return within ten days fter date of sale at one first-class ire for the round trip. This ill afford an opportunity for /ery one desiring to spend their Etcation in the mountains during le hot weather, to do so at small >st. Ample hotel and boarding ;commodation8 can be secured at 1 of these points. They are leal summer resorts and noted >r the beauty of the scenery and salth giving properties of the itural mineral waters. The cliate is cool and delightful and te country is entirely free from osquitoes. Any further inforation with regard to hotel and >ardiog accommodations may be id by applying to the undergned. E. H. Shaw, general issenger agent, Blacksburg, C. special to The State St. Mathews, Aug. 16. ? A larrowing tale cornea from the Dongaree section about ten miles from tbia place. A few days ago Ned Scipio, colored, inflicted an mmercifol heating upon tne person of bia inamorata, Lavin'a Wiggins. The woman taken to her bed ind never recovered, dying on the LOtb. Scipio buried his victim imid the protest of a few of the Digging woman's friends which iventually became so strong that he case was reported to the :oroner who had the body disinerred on the 14th. TH E POST MORTEM evealed a horrible condition, the lesb about the throat and breast fas beaten to a pulp, twe of the ibs were broken one in twe daces, and the lungs congested, bowing that pneumonia existed." The coroner's jury promptly lecided that death was probably a used by the terrible beating ;iven by Scipio, who was arrested .nd lodged in jail by the coroner, icipio has been regarded as a >illar ia the church. The Jailer Dead, special to The State. Florence, Aug. 17. ? Mr. John 5. Dennis, for nearly 8 jeurs ounty jailor, died this afternooD ifter aa illness extending over a rear. He was 79 years old. McLaurin in the North. Senator McLaurin is in the "forth and will be detained there it least until the tirst of Septem>er because of the illness of hi* tenfathep. ?hn is nonliioml ??'i J ? t"" "'J "l,vt t ia feared cannot live very long. ?Greenville News. Mountain Excursion Hates. Commencing on Friday, Aug. 6th, and Saturday, August 17th, nd continuing on successive Friays and Saturdays until October th, the South Carolina and Georia Extension Railroad company rill sell week end tickets from all Lations, Camden to Yorkville, in lusive, to Blackburg and Shelby, I $1 50, to Rutherfordton $1.75, 5 Marion $2.00, tickets good re irning until the following Mon . ay. Also on and after the above amed date and continuing until Ictober 5th. will **11 rftnn.l Mr. Cut iyhain of Chrster l'?i j. i liwj)t*r?<>r h? 1 7 h insl. A v hi v <v 1> internal wn* nianifa-or ? -t. \ 'biHi'diiy in the a*'* i |? ?-iti* u of State ; r .i-'cii-r, m??de* vacanl , In j a* '? f! <-r i|?n late Col. S. , A. V'iMre. . In I C Wei.fl MltllO IS | applicant* 1 me position unci I tn?ru \ve< e miiiio of the i m<<?t promi-ivnt m^n in the Stata, | comm^ from < vot > section ! Aft*r disou->i .i? t .in mat tor oi I I the abiance <>f Mr. IJ. Iiia?jcr the board determined to proceed with tha election, voting l?y aaeret ballot in executive h?*s?i.Mi I hi voting confirmed tnr a lopir liiro * " ^ and it wws evident ai'tei the tiral few ballots that, a deadlock was on. This continued until th< thirty-fifth ballot, which resulted in the election of Mr. 1". J. Cuuninghaai of Chester Shocking Affair in Charleston. Special to The Sato. Chaileston, Aug. 18.? Tho remains of J. McCall Ward lie at the morgue uf an undertaking establishment, awaiting the appointment of a coroner to hold the inquest Ward was shot last night by Michael Keegan, the watchman of Halsey mill, and died this morning as a result of the wound. Ward is of a prominent family and was one of a party of well known young men who were out on a lark. Keegan requc ste 1 them to keet quiet while they wore on th? premise* of the mill and several of them jumped him. He tired in eelf-defense. Coroner Vaughn died thie morning at Henderson villa, N. C., and his successor is yet to be appointed. Deputy Coroner Green will probably get the appointment. W|U*d was 21 years old, a cotton buyer and a young man whe had m .ny friends in the citv. J. B. Aiken's City Treasurer Short. Sjiecial to The State. Aiken, Aug. 16.?Janes R. Jordan, ex-city treasurer of Aiken, is short in bis financial aceounti with the city, in the sum of $2,215.40. The municipal authorities of the city were confronted with thie startling disclosAre Thursday of this week. The nmitim# S * * 11 auiuuuil III IUO U0UC11 lri IU1I y covered by indemnity bond. Jordan is an elderly iuhr, neariog bis seventieth year, and for a long while be baa been in feeble bealth. It baa been a matter of common report about Aiken for some time past tbat he was now unfitted for the position be kas held. However it was not until July 31, 1901, tbat Mr. Jordan was requested to resign by the city council. He had heen treasurer of the city ef Aiken for 14 years. Governor Acts Adversely in the Case of Gunnels. The State. The governor yesterday disposed of the petition of Dan T. Gunnels, the former town marshal of Bamberg, who was convicted of manslaughter and sent to the penitentiary for five years, refusing to grant the pardon asked for. Mr. Townsend, who was solicitor at the trial in July, 1900, could not endorse the petition, stating that the crime was brutal, cruel and inexcusable, and the sentence was light. Judge Gary, for very much the same reasons, could not see his way clear to endorse the petitions. The governor, m view of these facts, could not grant the prayer of the petitioners. i O M * V IIKH t'HVIJ) I From Frightful disfigurement I Mri. Nannie Ga:leger, of La Grange, Ga., applied BucklenV Arnica Salve to great sores on her head and face, and writes its > quick cure exceeded either hopes. , It works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns, Scalds and Piles. 25c Cure guaranteed by Crawford 1 Bros., and ,1 F. Macney A Co? I ^ 1* p Lancaster IraM School Phe Lancaster Graded School > ! (Town and Factory) will open on j ; Mno<iav, St pt em her 16th, 1901; t ; at 9 o'clock a ml }, Pupils must not buy text books ; until furnished with lists by their 5 teachers. ' i For pupils not belonging to this i r*pcci?i snni'M oimriCl, me IOIIOWin<r tuition fees will be charged per month, payable in advance: Primary tirades, $ 1.00; Intermediate, * 1. 50; High School, $2.00. (i~h nates of this school are admitted to the Freshman class of all colleges in the State, without examination. . The teachers will meet at the r school house Sept. 13th, at 10 o'clock a. m. B F. Miller, Chairman B'd Trustees. Chas. T. Connors, Sec an*l Tres. ' ! Aug 12, 1901. Into. i UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. | THE HEAD Of the State's Educational System ' Academic Department* Law, Medicine, ' Pharmacy ( Eight.*-Ave s-ho'srship*. Free tuition to tex?-b? rs Hint ministers' sous. I for l??e needy ! 257 Students 43 Instructors N??w D-'/uoitorieH. W?i?r Works, jeutr?l Heaii'g Hyxt'in $120 (MM) gpvnt in improvements in ' 1000 ami 1901 Fall te>m Hen* 9, "001 Ad" dret-s, P P VEVABLE, Pres < liapel Hill, N. O. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby warned i not to trespass on the estate lands of A. J. Kiblcr, deceased, in Lancaster County, known as the "Mcllwain place," near Dry Creek, or the 4iKibler place" two miles south of town adjoining the Welsh Mill tract, by cutting either fire wood or timber on said places or by hauling, removing or disposing of any wood or timber cut on said places or either of them, i The law will bo enforced against any and all persons disregarding this notice. i Nothing herein is intended to prevent tenants on the place cut1 ting and hauling the necessary > firewood for home use. , J. H. Fitzpatrick, Agent. July 29, 1901. _ BARGAINS IN BUGGIES | AND W A G 0 N S We ere now selling for $55. BUGGIES *hat we have been selling at $60; and Buggies heretofore sold at $55. we are now selling at $50. So come and get jou a nice, new BUGGY while they are CHEAP. We are selling the Nissen round and square hound wagons, also the Owensboro wagon at surprisingly low prices. We keep on hand some good HORSES?some as fine animals as you' will find anywhere. If you want a horse that will suit you in every particular, don't buy until you see our STOCK. We also run a first-class livery, and pan ?itr? ?/*" ? 4" vwu JUU 1*0 gUWI wnuiv can be had in town. Yours to serre, GLYBURN HEATH MULE CO. gT Subscribe to Tub Lbdob Lacal Matters, Brine in your country produce, Butter, Eggs and Chickens, espe* cially. J B Mackoreli. I Dispensary profits for wevk ending Aug. 17 : Kershaw, $68. fiO; Lancaster, $143.42. cm Pamom 4a ka aa J ? Awuivui?rvi vv ?/c UD NIIIU CIV (jSillb Creek grave yard Friday morning to assist in cleaning off ths yard and repairing the reck wall. The ladies of Unitv church will serve ice cream and lemonade at the parsonage at Unity tomorrow night. The public is invited. There will be services in the Episcopal church Thursday afternoon at 6 o'clock, conducted hy tha Rev. J. W. Cantay Johnson. Messrs. W J Cunningham, M. H. Johnson, C. B. Skipper, R. E. Wylie, Esq , and his little son, John D , want up to Cleveland Springs and spent last Sunday. Mr. Johnson will visit Asheville, before he returns. There will be a basket pic-nie at Mr. Robert Pardue's place, about five miles South of town, the fourth Saturday in this menth. The public is invited. *+ Mr. Geo. W. Payscur and family have returned from a visit to relatives in Sumter and Darling, ton counties. -MProf. W. P. Robinson, who was recently elected Principal ef Shopten High School, Mecklenburg County, N. C., left Saturday , for his work. The school will | open August 26th. Mr. R., is a ! graduate of Erskine College, a ! young man of high character and mental ability, and the patrons of the school have done well in securing his services. Supt. Skipper is highly elated OVftr thu HIilPrtVAfu : ? T tuai IUC |JI IHciple mineral ingredient in the artesian well water at the cotton mill is white sulphur. He ie just hack from Cleveland Springs and says it is equal to the white sulphur spring water there. The well affords 30 gallons per minute. He had a pump put in yes. te' day and we suppose he will open it to the public until the new mill is ready for operation. Constable J L Pettus of Indian t^and township has resigned,as his farming operations demand all his time and besides the small salary paid, $50. per annum, does not justify him in keeping it. The Clerk of Court has accepted the resignation and Magistrate Hall has appointed bis son, Mr. J. K. Hall, to fill the vacancy. I'r Hall has qualified and entered up. on the duties of the office. We ere in receipt of the handsomely illustrated catalogue of Converse College, showing its el. egant plant, and high standard of work. This is an institution of which the whole state should be, and is, proud. It is a permanent gift to the cause of educating our young women, and is con* J trolled by a non-denominational Board ot Trustees. It has a good endowment, and is ranking in the South as the best colleges for women do in the North. The conservatory of music has an elegant Auditorium, seating 2,09f people, with the magnificent pipe-organ (the largest in the South) and 34 music rooms. Everything is up to the highest standard of equip, meat and work. We call attention to the advertisement in this issue.