Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|-,^ " ? ftepresentatiwa Reujspaper. Sowers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Lifce a Bianhet. fefe-VnT. TTTVTTT. " LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1908. 17~ ^il_j |__ 1 fr, GLOBE DBY GOODS A Sp " mm "w. s:. a^onsrciEciroasr, JB^ 3^-A.^T-A-O-BB3, ^VL> fflfls l?seO MAIN STREET, - - - - - - C OL.UMBIA, M. C. ^ p&gy Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. ' o?otw.ru? ~ - 1 ITS LIKE FIND :-v . . v To figure up your balance ^fter yon have 1 note that yonr small or unnecessary spend yon had the too ready cash in yonr pocket. An Account at Jl induces saving The act of drawing a che ing is wise or necessary. Many and many yonr tearing np the check and keeping the I nc num t LEXINGTI JULIAN E, KAUFMANN, ALFRED President. Some sfthe Acts Passed "by the ] General Assembly. ^ Below we give a few of the many acts passed by the general assembly . * a\ its last session. There are but few , of any great importance?most of them being only lo^al bills, and not * of general interest: . &n act to establish an infirmary for ] Confederate Veterans. , - An act to authorize the payment of f certain back pensions. An act to guard against the intro- ( . dilution of the Mexican -boll weevil i into this State. An act to make the term^of office of - . county superintendents of education,county supervisors and registrar^ of mesne conveyances four years. An act to amend section 2 of an act to regulate the manner by which com- 1 mon camera shall adjust freight j trains. , An act to require railroad com- ; panics to put cinder deflectors on the windows of passenger coaches. j An act to preventj public drinking on passenger coaches. i An act to reqt^re Clemson college . pay for all eonvicts used. 1 An act to authorize the commission- i ers of the sinking fund, out of funds j in their hands, to make temporary i loans to.t&e regents of the State Hob- t pital for the Insane of South Caro lxna. ? An act to flx the amount of compensation to be paid to the county j auditors ana treasurers 01 tne yanous counties of this State. , A joint resolution to relieve former 1 State Treasurers W. T. C. Bates and i W. H. Timmerman and State Treasurer R. H. Jennings and their respective bondsmen from liability on ! the official bonds of the said former 1 State Treasurers and State Treasurer < loathe loss of certain bonds purloined s froih the State treasury during the period from the year 1895 to the year J901, inclusive, and to authorize the Attorney General to discontinue suits < commenced on said official bonds. An act to amend Section 142, Criminal Code of South Carolina, so as to require the counties in which the . < cases therein referred to originate to i bear the expense of paying witnesses. < An act to provide a penalty for the < jurors; when duly summoned, who shall neglect or refuse to appear in obedience to the venire duly issued in the police court of any municipality or magistrate court in this State. Mr. Wipgard: An act to amend < section sou, uoce 01 Laws 01 soutn : Caiolina, 1902, Volume 2, so as to require copies of rules of court made furnished clerks of court. . ! An act to amend an act to provide for holding courts, in so far as same relates to 5th circuit, and to provide < . -- lor courts in 11th circuit. An act to provide for special court V stenographers. ! An act to provide for the enrollment ] and registration of the qualified voters ' of this State during the year 1908, and ; to provide compensation for the supervisors of registration. 4 ' An act to declare the entering of J any building occupied as a bank with intent to steal by force or otherwise, a felony, and to provide punishment therefor. / , Ail act to authorize and empower ' the police authorities of all#town 8 and cities to arrest all offenders against municipal ordinaces and statutes of this State committed within the cor INC MONEY iad a bank account a few months. You ingshaye been much less than when U.i.A D?nl, lie nunic Daniv ck makes yon think whether the spendr a time yonr thinking will result in money. E BANK, MTf S. C. t J. FOX, KARL F. OSWALD, Cashier. Asst. Cashier. porate limits of such towns and cities within a radium of one mile of the corporate limits. An act to authorize the sheriff of any county of this State to appoint a deputy sheriff or deputy sheriffs for a fair association. An act to provide for the election of a State health office and to prescribe hia nriflli-firmtirkno remove r?nfv1P<3 rp. UiO \^Ui?4AJUVUVAWAiV| J/V *? ViUJ vwj * ^ 3ponsibilities and to fix his compensation. An act to establish the insurance department of South Carolina and to provide for the conduct of the same. A joint resolution to authorize the superintendent of Saluda county to draw his warrant in favor of First National Bank of Batesburg for the sum of sixty-six dollars ($66; ) and to require the treasurer of Saluda county bo pay the Same out of the schoc^ fund of said county for teaching by J. G. Etheredge in School District No.v 28 during the year. An act to provide for a public cotbon weigher at Swansea, S. C. Mr. Tompkins: An act to provide for free bridges across the Cong^ree and Broad rivers, in this State, between Columbia township, in Richland countyr. and the county of Lexington, the acquisition thereof by 3aid Columbia township, and the issue of bonds, if approved by the electors' of Columbia township, for the! purpose of such acquisition. An act to amend Section 1,985 of the Code of Laws of Sajjth Carolina, 1992,' so as- to empower towns and cities containing over 1,000 inhabitants to require road duty on their streets and ways, or the payment of a commutation tax in lieu thereof. Mr. Wannamaker: An act to amend Section 1,555, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume i, by striking out the word "Lexington/' on line 6, of the same. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to fix the amount of the compensation to be paid to the county officers of the various counties of this State." * - . ^ ; An act to authorize and direct the county supervisor of Orangeburg county to pay the commissioners and surveyors for services, and to pay the election expenses in the creation of Calhoun cqunty, and to pay the commissioners and surveyors in the matter of the proposed counties of Eutaw and Edisto. An act to amencf an act entitled "An act to amend Section 553 of the Criminal Code of South Carolina, confining the hunting of certain * birds and "deer to the periods beginning November 15, and ending March 1 following," so as to strike out Lexington. An act to prohibit the destruction of fox in certain counties of this State. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Audubon Society of South Carolina, and to Drovide for the Dreservation of the wild birds, non-migratory fish and animals of th? State." Zinc tfetal Hade into Oxide of Zinc, And then combined with white lead, is used to make L. & M. PAINT, j Zinc is imperishable and makes the | paint wear as long as pure linseed oil ! will hold it to a surface. The L. &M. | PAINT costs only about $1.20 per gallon. o E. P. Derrick, Lexington. SENATOR LATIMER HAS PASSED AWAY ^ -v Distinguished South Carolinian Died on Thursday of Peritonitis?His . Body Laid to Rest at Belton. Senator A. C. Latimer of South Carolina died at Providence hospitai, in Washington at 9:15 Thursday morning of peritonitis. He liad been at the hospital since Sunday last, when he underwent an operation for appen dicitis. It was then discovered that he wa9 suffering with a far more serious trouble. The bowels had become twisted and his condition was found to be such that surgeons held out little hope for his recover. He rallied, however, and hjs progress was satisfactory until 7 o'clock Wednesday evening, when he steadily began to grow worse. At midnight it appeared that recovery was impossible. The members of the Senator's family were with him when he died, having. been informed that there was little hope that he would survive the night. The remains were brought to Belton on a special train, accompanied by the members of his family and the J following committees from the Sen- ] ate and House: Senators Tillman of South Carolina, Proctor of Vermont, Frazier of Tennessee, Foster of Louisiana, Overman of North Carolina, Johnston of Alabama, Carter of Montana, Dillingham ! of Vermont, Dixon of Montana, and Smith of Michigan. Representatives Lever, Finley, Patterson, Elerbe, Legare, Johnson and j * m en n l; T> ^ C , A IK en or ooutn \jaroinici, .oeuiiecb ui New York, Burnett of Alabama, Cook of Colorado, Roddenburg of Illinois, Hinshaw and Pollard of Nebraska^ Lee of Georgia, DeArmond of Missouri, Webb of North Carolina, Fairchild of New York, Ku9terman of Wisconsin. The funeral on Friday was largely attended, scarcely one-fifth of the people being able to gain admittance* to the church. The service was indeed impressive and pathetic/ the most affecting, however, was the very fervent prayer of Senator Latimer's former pastor, Rev. A. J. Cauthan, now presiding elder of the Anderson district. senator juatimer was o/ years oia and is survived by a wife, four daughters and one son. Constable Died Doing His Duty Dillon, Feb.. 23.?Mr. Ragland R. Brunson, who has for several months been acting as constable for upper Marion, was shot and instantly killed at 3 o'clock this afternoon by a negro whom he was attempting to arrest. He had previously arrested a negro on Dr. Stackhou9e's place, about eight miles above Dillon, and was returning with him in a buggy when he met another iiegro for whom he had a warrant driving a buggy. As he got down to serve the warrant the man drew a pistol, firing three shots into Mr. Brunson, who turned and endeavored to get into the buggy. With the assistance of the negro already under arrest he* got into the buggy and requested the man to assist him to Dr. Kellar's office, about two miles back. He lived only a few minutes, dying in xi l - Lne ouggy. Great excitement prevails in the town, Mr. Branson being a very popular and highly esteemed, man and having a large family connection in the town and surrounding country. The governor being informed over long distance 'phone, at once offered a reward of $100 for the murderer, who has escaped. This amount has been supplemented-by private subscription here. Mr. Branson was about 41 years of age and leaves a wife and four small children.?The State. Shoes For Spring. If you want up-to-date oxfords or high shoes, see our line before you buy. Big assortment to make your selections from and the prices are right. Harman's Shoe Store, Postoffice Block, Columbia, S. C. South Carolina's Fertilizers. Prof. J. N. Harper of Clemson college, at the meeting of the South Carolina Live Stock association. Feb. 7. 1908, made one of the finest addresses ever heard in the South. It dealt with facts the farmers of South Carolina j should know, facts they should heed and study out to their welfare and in cresifed wealth. Among other things | Prof. Harper, who is an authority on | such subjects, said the following: "Some systems of farm manage- j ment in the South will not permit the growing of leguminous crops often enough and in sufficient amounts to produce the nitrogen required. Under such conditions we must resort to the use of nitrates or some commercial form of nitrogen. The cheapest form to be found in commercial fertilizers j sold in the South is in cotton seed j meal as the nitrogen in cotton seed j meil is in an organic form and it : gradually becomes available as it is j broken down by nitrifying bacteria ! into nitrates. This process is gradual and consequently the nitrogen is not all available at once as it is in nitrate of soda and as the plants develop this nitrogen slowly becomes avaiiablelfor their use. The South is now exporting millions of pounds of' cotton seed meal to other States and countries, there to be fed to animals and the manure to be returned to the soil, increasing the amount ~of humus and nitrogen. This is an enormous loss to the South and if continued through great periods of time will ononfnollw moon rlonlof.ofl cnila Sftnt.h V# > Vlt iAIVUU V4\yJK/*V VVV4 WV/AAV* N/vy? va* Carolina is now spending about $12,000,00C a year for commercial fertilizers. This is enough money to purchase the food for 600.000 cows and the manure from 600,000 cows would be equal to the $12,000,000 now spent for commercial fertilizers. From recent experiments conducted at our experiment station at Clemson, we have found that dollar for dollar manure from cows fed cotton seed meal is worth three times as much as commercial fertilizers containing the same amount of plant food. The value of farm manure depends largely upon the kind of food that the stock consumes. It is a fact that with mature animals | about 80 per cent, of the nitrogen is recovered in the manure and practically all of the phosphoric acid, lime and potash. There is a loss of about one-half of the total dry matter. Where cows are fed what is known as a balanced ration the manure from 50 cows during the year contains. $2,000 worth of phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen, but this is worth more than this figure because of the great value of the humus in the manure. Manure can be greatly increased in value bv feeding concentrates such as cotton seed meal. No country in the world probably suffers as much from a lack of farm manures as does the South. Our soils contain an abundance of potash, in fact some of the soils of the South will analyze almost as much in potash as some of the commercial fertilizers that are applied to them, but this potash is locked up in an insoluble form but by applying manure it will make it available for plants." Berry Mobley Silled on Train. Grover Welch, whose brother was slain in a row at Kershaw, last Christmas bv Berrv Mobly, shot and instant ly killed Mobley on a train at Pleasant Lane on Monday night. It i?said that both men were on their way from Kershaw to Lancaster for a pre- ; liminary hearing of the Kershaw j tragedy. It wa3 the Ast time the j vmen had seen each other since the former shooting. While Mobley had his back turned Welch took vengeance on his brother's slayer. It will be recalled that Mobley killed young Welch in a barber shop at Kershaw on Christmas evening, at the* same time a young man by the name of Clyburn wa9 killed, and Mobley, himself, was seriously wounded. Both are prominent young men. Temperance Lecture. Mr. Morgan L; McKoon, state president of New York Loyal Temperance Legion, delivered a strong and interesting address in the Methodist church at Chapin on the evening of Feb.. 21st. THE LATG IS OUT FOR E WHO WISHES SAVINGS ACI THIS BANK. INTEREST IS COMPOUND! S _ % Baie&by W. H. TmME&mm, Presi< U. X. CUNTERS Vai A. C. J W State and G-oaeral ITews. I Sheiiff Thomas Peden, of Chester ! county, died at his home in that town j on Saturday at the age of 68 years. Otis Evans, colored, a brakeman on the Southern railway, fell from the top of a moving train in Columbia on Saturday and was instantly killed. Col. John D. M. Shaw, of Laurens, at one time a picturesque figure in South Carolina politics, died at the Columbia hospital Friday- night. The Weeks livery stable in Aiken was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. The stock and vehicles were saved. A futile attempt to wreck a fast mail train, supposedly for the purpose of robbery, on the -Missouri Pacific railway near Otterville, was made on Saturday. UoL Li. w. Youmans, ot * airrax, is seriously ill in a Savannah hospital, where he underwent in operation for cancer of the liver several days ago. Col. Youmans is one of the largest planters in South Carolina, and a brother of the late LeRoy Youmans. H. P. Dill, overseer of the Greenville County chain gang, has been arrested upon a warrant sworn out by Sidney J. Bouknight charging him with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature upon the person of Bouknight, while he was serving a term on the gang. The case is a new one and the outcome will-be watched with interest. ' Congressman Hinshaw, of Nebraska, a member of the committee appointed by Speaker Cannon to attend the funeral of Senator Latimer, was taken sick on the special train and [ was taken off at Spartanburg, where he has since been under treatment in a sanitarium. Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, D. P., for 12 years Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington, died at his home in that city on Saturday, the cause of his death being pneumonia. He was 65 years old. Lancaster was visited by a fire Saturday night which caused a property loss of $28,000, with less than $13,000 insurance. The fire began in the mule pen of the Gregory-Hood Live Stock company and a number of horses and mule9 were burned to death in the angry flameso Mr. James D. Fraser, a former resident of Edgefield, died in Atlanta Saturday, where he had been living for the past several years. His body was sent to Edgefield for interment. Card From Mr. Efird. To the Editor of The Dispatch: Please give me space in your columns to express my gratitude to you and the people of my town and county for the interebt taken by you all in my behalf in the election of judge for the eleventh circuit. Our claims were submitted to the General Assembly and they have I wn f h r\-?-> % o ri T'nvcol TT f A no \,\7 A paa?xu sjxjl uiciu avi? iv uo? ?? v all accept the result without a murmur and with the hope that Mr. "DeVore, the successful man, will make as good a judge as there is in the State, Respectfully, C. M. EFIRD. i !H STRING VERY PERSON 5 TO OPEN A COUNT WITH t 2D FOUR TIMES A YEYR. rg, S. C dent, De-President, I01HES, Cashier. . Mi. CARTER3 Asst. Cashier. CONSTABLE SILLED BY V7. S. SELLEZvS. Seliers's Boarding House the Scene of Tragedy?Constable Kicked x Door Down Whereupon He Was Shot. Shot down by W. H. Sellers, the "blind tiger king" of Columbia, at Sellers's boarding house, 1,21G Gadsden street, on Saturday morning at S:40o'clock, Constable James Farmer died at 12:45 o'clock at the Columbia hospital, less than four hours after he had received a bullet from Sellers's Winchester. Armed with a search warrant, Constables Ogg and Farmer visited Sellers's home this morning to look for contraband liquor, Mr. Ogg going to the kitchen and Mr. Farmer to the front door. Iti-ss said that, Slawnor was denied admittance, unless he would agree not to search the rooms occupied by ladies, who, Sellers explained, were not yet dressed. The determined constable, armed with his search warrant in one hand and his pistol in the otSer, kicked the door down, whereupon Sellers, standing iuside, fired upon him with a sawedpff 41 calibre Winchester repeating rifle, and then jumped behind the door. As he fell Constable Farmer called to his brother officer, saying that he had been shot. Shortly afterwards Sellers- was placed under arrest by officer Nettles, wh9 happened to be near. Sellers was carried to the county jail. j An ambulance was summoned and the wounded man was hurried to the ! Vinenitnl ttVIPTP V*P rliprl QC oi-?r>va ,( v "V V?1VV4 U.7 U W ? V> ! stated. & I Mrs. Farmer was ill at home, and i because of her delicate condition, she I was not apprised of the shooting until' it was seen that its outcome would be fatal. She was too ill to attend the funeral on Sunday. At the inquest which was held on Saturday evening, several witnesses testified that Sellers had told Farmer he could search his room at once and could search the house when the female members of the household were dressed, but that Farmer refused to wait and broke in the door with a drawn pistol. Solicitor Timmerman was present at the inqtfest and Col. P. H. Nelson, the well-known criminal lawyer of Columbia, represented Sellers, I Southern's 2 1-2 Cent Eats. Washington, Eeb. 22.?Special permission has been granted by the interstate commerce commission to the Southern railway and to the Northern Alabama railroad, through Passenger Traffic Manager S. H. Hardwick, to establish on three days' notice to the commission and to the public, local passenger fares in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, based on a rate of 2 1-2 cents per mile. The 21-2cent basis represents a compromise reached between the authorities of the several States named and the Southern railway officials, and is an increase of half a cent per mile over the rate which the State authorities desired originally to have put into J effect.