Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?I . ll . - I . CAUSE OF FINANCIAL CRISIS. Wm Not Duo until 1010, bat WM ?oilbi /-uti ly Forced Upon 1907. '4L ' New York American.) MOB*- conspicuous of all the hap penlugs In the financial world during the past year wore the attempts made by men in high positions to mislead tho general public as to tho true canso of the collapse of securities and t the slowing up of business. A crisis in business waa developing, and had matters been permitted to take their course it would have reached an acute stage in about three years from now. It was deliberately and maliciously precipitated ahead of. time. Bocause of that lt has not been a true crlslB, and tho recovery from the prosont listrosH should be swift. The weak mts that are eliminated in the real 'panic will not be entirely cleaned out, but perhaps the remarkable wealth of the country will cure the evil and permit business to be run "?. for another long period without seri ous interruption. The trouble in business has been due chiefly to the fact that the world has produced In the last twenty years more gold than was produced In all the years of human history preceding. The result has been world-wide expansion of credit, and credit, when it starts to grow, must keep growing or collapse. In order to have prevented a collapse the out put of gold would have to keep on increasing in the same ratlr, and such a thing was a physical impossi bility. The whole world ls going on a gold standard as a result of this production of gold. The demand for "the metal became far greater than the supply. In the first few years of excitement prices advanced to keep ??pace with the cheapening of gold. Iii the *past year they have been marked back in an attempt to ad j just them to the advance In the price of gold. The balance of trade has turned heavily In favor of the United States (% in the last months of the year, ex ports, of wheat and cotton being phe nomenal and at high prices. These exhorts, however, have drained the' country of its exportables to such an extent that a deficit of exports 1H ex pected in grain and cotton. Anti-corporation laws were passed during the year in many States- and , in some instances the movement was carried to extremes, but in nearly every instance of this kind lt has been proved that the corporations In volved were directly to blame. In North Carolina where there was con siderable excitement, it was shown that the Legislature passed the dras tic law it did only after officials of t the railroads .involved had sneered at the Legislature and attempted to make a Joke of its committee. The humor has long since disappeared from the situation. In New York Governor Hughes vetoed the two cent rato law, and courts are rapidly knocking out many of the drastic laws passed in other States. Early in the year the great rail road companies, under the leader ship of the Hill roads, began a scram ble for funds, to build extensions and improvements. The total of capital actually issued by all classes of cor porations for the year amounts lo $1,393,913,300, and a total of $2, 102,552,000 was authorized Some of the leading railroads are in des perate need of money and took every dollar that wc, loosened up In Janu ary. New York Central needs $75, 000,000 and the Pennsylvania $50, 000,000 Immediately. Imports of gold for the last two months of the year amounted to practically $100,000,000, being the heaviest movement In history. The surprising feature of this movement was that the United States could de mand the yellow metal nt va ttmo when all tho rest of the world was also trying to hold lt. At the same time the production of gold In the United States has been above tho average, but the output has been seriously curtailed by the late strikes lu Nevada. THE POULTRY YARD. From April Farm Journal. Cackle, cackle, little hen, How 1 wonder at you when Eggs you lay; how good and tight You've packed them In their shells all right. April Is an excellent month to hatch goose eggs. The wife of a henpecked mall car rier usually has a free delivery. Charcoal ls nice to keep the hens and their little folks from having stomach and bowel troubles. Give it dally. Don't st?> feeding the hens just because they cnn get out on the ground once in a while. There is not much they can get to eat now, unless you give it to them. Look out for that oid scamp, tho crow. He is around in full force now, and has his eye on your'chicken coop. Fool him every time he comes near. You can do this by putting a nleo wire roof over" the pen that the little fellows run In. It is said that there are hirds that do not like red any better than does the turkey gobbler. They will some times attack people wearing red hats, and have been known to attack wo men with red hair when out bare headed. The catbird seems to have great antipathy to a brick red. Bofore setting a hen, cloan up each nest, scrub lt out, and sift a quart of coal ashes into the bottom. Then make a mat of newspapers, saturate well with kerosene and place In the bottom of the nest; upon this Blft another quantity of f shes, a.nd then fill up with bright straw or other nesting material. Such nests will practically be louse proof. ? ?*??> To Return Southern Flags. Trenton,N.J., April 2.-The House of Representatives to-day passed the Senate's Joint resolution providing for tho- return of Southern flags ta ken during the Civil War. Tho flags are to he given to the organizations from which they wore captured. OA0TOHIA. Bmttks si The Kind You Haw Altrj/s 8ougft> DREAMED SON WAS HURT. Mother Arrived on Scene of Accident Immediately After' lt Occurred. - New York, April 2.-Separated from her son, William G. Cooper, by nearly one hundred miles, Mrs. Ella Cooper, of Philadelphia, dreamed that she saw him killed by a Sixth avenue car on the Elevated. So very .vivid wu? the imagination of the mo ther that she immediately hurried to this city. Her route across town on her way from the Pennsylvania rail road ferry lay through West Twenty third street. By a remarkable co incidence she reachedSeventh a--, nue only a few seconds after her son had been knocked down and seriously In jured by an eastbound trolley car. From the window of the car in which she wa? sitting, she recognized the face lying on the ground surrounded by a large crowd. She jumped from the car and rushed to ? his side. When he re* gained consciousness his mother's face was the first tblng that met his gaze. Believing her to be in Phila delphia hs could not account for ber presence. In his dazed condition tba doctors who responded with the ambulance from the New York hospital thought lt best not to tell bim of the psychic phenomenon that bad brought her to his side. Mrs. Cooper bore up brave ly during the strange reunion, but when the ambulance drove away, she fainted. The young man is badly injured, but just how serious his injuries are the surgeons will be unable to say for several days. Tribute to Gray and Blue? (For The Keowee Courier.) Mot from the thundering canon's mouth Burst the noise of fire and hell, And face to face from North and South Cam?? noble men who fought and fell. I At Manassas, Corinth and Shiloh Y?>. on a hundred fields or more The brave in gray, the brave in blue, Lay dead and dying In their gore. Each tough for his own precious cause, Ea"h to his standard true' Let them be praised, those gallant men What if in gray, or in the blue? One cause was lost, the other won, United now, they stand to-day, A common brotherhood of men The grand old blue, the noble gray. The storm of conflict now is o'er; The queen of battle lies at rest, And In her mouth the song-birds nest; All strife is o'er-no North, no South We hail the flag, an emblem grand; Wave it on high, to teach our youth The peace and power of ita com mand. J. Russell Wright. Walhalla, S. C. Harsh. physics react, weaken the bowels, cause chronic constipation. Doan'B Regulets operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for them. THE DISPENSARY MUDDLE Will Re Finally Settled in United States Supreme Court. Asheville April 2.-Judge Prlch J ard has notified the counsel for the I State of South Carolina that ho would grant their motion for a supersedeas bond to stay the crd'-r of tho court appointing receivers for the $800,000 trust fund held by the winding up I'commission of the Stato dispensary. Judge Prichard grants this motion provided that the defendant winding up commission will give bend equal in amount to tho claims held by the counsel for the claimants. Tho effect of the ouporsodeas will be to stay all proceedings in thc case pending an appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals on the question of Judge Pritchards jur isdiction and to head off the demand of receivers appointed by Judffe Prichard for the dispensary funds now in tho hands of tho commission. The bond required In the order will probably be given by the dispen sary commission. W. F. Stevenson, attorney for the commission, said that this will Le probably one of the necessary steps in the appeal taken by tho commission, and of course that body would abide by any decision of the Supremo Court of tho United States. 1 23,000 Rales in Anderson County. (Anderson Intelligencer.) T. T. Wakefield, manager of the Farmers' Union Warehouso, states that there aro now 5,000 bales in the Union WP rehouse and about 2,300 bales in the Standard Ware house. In nddition to this there is a lot of cotton stored In tho mill ware houses in the city, some of the mills allowing tholr farmer friends to use their warehouses. There aro alto gether a little more than 10,000 bales of cotton stored In tho warehouses in this city. Mr. Wakefield says that you can see cotton piled around many gin houses In the country and around many homes on the farms. The farmers of Anderson county have on hand to-d ty about 23,000 bales of cotton, or about one-third of the last crop. And there does not seem to be the slightest disposition to sell until the price goes up. t? 1 m .. g ???[?i-i Consumption is lett d i p Certain relief and ui will resiilt from the folio Hope, rest? fresh eil Emulsion? ALL DRUGQ1ST8 I 8< .'SHUT YOUR EYKS, Open Your Mouth"--She Calmly Blow Ont Hts Brains. Berlin, April 2.-"The face of an angel and the heart of a fiend," they say of Orete Beyer, pretty flaxen haired daughter of the mayor of Brande, soon to be put on trial for the murder of her lover. In addition to this crime It ls claimed she mur dered three Illegitimate children born to her. Hers ls one of the most re markable casi's on record. Although of good family and refined education, she ls a virtual demon. All her life she has moved in cul tured and educated circles. Bhe went to the best schools, enjoyed excep tional advantages and was accom plished in mub'c and art. For years she cleverly concealed her double life. At seventeen she entered into Im proper relation? w P.h a young Dresden commercial traveler named Merker. Three children were bprn to them, and she murdered each immediately after birth, lt ls claimed. She dis posed of the infants so skilfully that no suspicions were aroused. While still carrying on her intrigue with Merker her parents introduced ber to a ' wealthy engineer named PresBler, hoping that she might make a good match. Pressler became in fatuated with her and they were be trothed. All the time she was con tinuing her relations with Merker, and together they were plotting how they could obtain possession of Press er's fortune. One day she left her home Kiid went to Chomnltz, where Pr?sale? -Ived. She went straight to bis apartments and found him there. "I navy a great surprise for you." she said, "but you munt ahul your eyes and open your mouth." Sus pecting nothing more than some* girl ish prank, Pressler obeyed without hesitation. Then the girl thrust a pistol in Pressler's open mouth and blew out his brains at a single shot. He fell dead at her feet. No one heard the shot, and she proceeded with cool determination to complete her plans. Seated at his desk, she wrote, with deliberation and perfect clearness, a will which left the whole of his property and fortune to herself. She previously had Informed herself re garding the necessary legal language for such a document. Theil she for ged his signature. Altogether, she spent more than au hour in the room with the corpse, and in ?cvlng took all the cash she could find, some thing near $500. She enclosea the will In an ^envelope and locked it <n I an Inner compartment of the desk, where lt was later discovered. Pressler's dead body was found in such a position that it appeared a clear case of suicide, and the investi gating judge returned a verdict to that effect. * Not until weeks afterward, when doubts had arisen regarding the r-v thentlclty of the will, did suspicion fall upon the girl. Detectives, set to watch her, discovered her relations with Merker, and eventually she was arrested. Subsequently she made a full confession. Merker was also arrested and will be charged with Inciting her to mur der. An Insidious Danger. One of the worst features of kid ney trouble is that it is an' insidious disease and before the victim realizes his danger he may have a fatal mal ady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble as lt corrects Irregularities and prevents Bright's disease and diabetes. Sold by all druggists. - - Arc You an Inhabitant ? My friend, havo you heard of the town of Yawn, On the banks of the River Slow, Where blooms the Waltawhlle flower fair, Where the Sometimeorother scents the air, I And the soft Goeasys grow? It lies in the valley of Whatsfhe use, In the province of Lettevslide; That tired feeling is native there, I lt's the home of the listless ldontcare, Where the Putitoffs abide. [The Putitoffs never make up their mind, Intending to do it to-morrow; And so they delay from day to day, Till business dwindles and profits decay. I And their days are full of sorrow. When March 4 Falls on Sunday. (Norfolk Landmark James Monroe was the first Presi dent to have a term begin Sunday, ?iarch 4, 1821, was Sunday, and therefore Mr. Monioe's second in huguartlon (he was first Inaugur?t* ed In 1817) occurred on Monday. March 5. The beginning of a Presidential terra did not again fall on a Sunday .int'l 1819, when Zachary Taylor was Inaugurated Monday, March 5. The third occurrence of '.he phe nomenon was at the Inauguration of fviith'-rford B. Hayes on March 5, 1877, and tho next occurrence will be in 19'3. It is said that March 4 was se lected for Inauguration Day oy Ben jamin Franklin on the ground that this date would iall on Sunday a less number of times than any other for two centuries succeeding the es ta Dllshmeut of the government. leadSy than it used to be, lually complete recovery wing treatments [i and-Scott\v L??'Ml?fV^l Vi do. AND ?LOO. HELP FOR CATTLE RAISERS. Free Investigation? of Contagion; and Infections Diseases. The majority of stock owners do not know that this State provides foi the investigation ot contagious and infectious diseases and consequent!) there ls an unnecessary loss of manj animals each year. Some of these animal diseases are also communica ble and fatal to man, and, there fore, the appearance of any disease ol suspicious character should bc promptly reported to the State Veteri narian. All letters asking for infor mation regarding non-contagious dis eases of animals will be promptly an swered, but owners are requested tc fully describe the symptoms of the disease. Observe the following rules in requesting investigations: Rule 1. All notices of contagious or infectious diseases should be sent to "Veterinarian, Clemson College, 8, C." Rule 2. When two or more repu table citizens of any county in this State shall notify said veterinarian that any animals in their county arc affected with a contagious disease the tendency of which is to cause the death of such animals, he will invest?galo the same, or cause an Investigation thereof to be made. Such notices should also state the number of animals Bick, the numbei exposed to the infection and the number dead, or it should contain such other Information as may indi cate that the disease in question IE contagious or infectious and one thal can be legally Investigated under the law. Rule 3. When said notice show? that th?? disease Is contagiou? or in fectious an investigation will be made. Investigations will be'made in the order notices are received when this is practicable; otherwise they will be made in order of im portance or according to location. Rule 4. Persons requesting in spections should hold the animal* in readiness, awaiting the arrival ol the veterinarian or assistant veteri narian, and be present to give the required information and assistance Rule 5. The veterinarian, when requested, will furnish blanks or which to make reports. All letters of inquiry asking for Information regarding animal diseases will be answered as soon after their receipt as may be found practicable. Rule 6. In accordance with Sectlor 5, of the act of February 9, 1901 Clemson College will pay the neces sary expenses of the veterinarian, oi assistant veterinarian, in making.in bpections where animals are affect?e1 with contagious diseases. The own' er ts expected to provide transporta tion to and from the railway statlot and furnish all necessary labor anc I tjed while the animals are holm tested or are in quarantine. Rule 7. If an inspection has beet requested and the sick animals db or recover before the arrival of th? Inspector, tho person requesting th? inspection must notify the veterlna rian. * - Weak Kidneys Weak Kidneys, rarely point to weak kidne: Nor VIM. Tho Kidneys, like tho .Heft rt. and th Stomach, find their weakness, not In the orgai Itself, but In the nerves that control and auld and strengthen them. Dr. 8hoop's Restorative I a medicine specifically prepared to reach thes controlling nerves. To doctor tho Kidneys alon? ls rutilo. It ls a waste of time, and of money a won. If roar back aches or lt weak, if the urln Maids, or ls dark and strong, if you hnvo symptom ot Brights or other distressing or dangerous kid ney dlGoaso, try Dr. Shoop's Reste ?tlve a month tablets or Liquid-?nd soo what it can and wil flo for you. Druggist recommend and sell Dr. Shoop's Restorative J. W. BELL. New Commandant nt Citadel. Washington, April 3.-First Lier tenant W. St. Jervey was to-day d( tailed as instructor of military ta? tics at the South Carolina Militar Academy, Charleston, to succee Cant. Simons. The order become effective September 1. Tuffs Pills stimulate the TORPID LIVBI strengthen tbe digestive organ regulate the bowels, and are ui rqualrd as an ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE, In malarial districts their virtues ai widely recognized, as they possei peculiar properties In freeing th system from that poison. Elegant! sugar coated. TateNoSubs?U,^.!? Fruit Nipped by Western Cold Wave St. Louis, Mo., April 3.-Specie dispatches from points In Souther Illinois, .Missouri, Arkansas. Okie norna and Texas indicate seriou damage to fruit by frost, sleet an cold. Sled and freezing weather a Logansville, Texas, killed fruit. A McPherson, Kans., the thcrmomete last night registered 21 degree above zero, lower than in January. Alfalfa in Kansas, Oklahoma an Texas has been hilled. Tho ther-nom t?ter dropped 50 degtees yesterday I Central Illinois, and 60 in Souther Illinois, killing fruits. The North Carolina State Farmen iJnlon was organized at Charlotte la? week. A constitution was adopte and officers elected. President Bay that North Carolina made a bigge and more promising start than any c the other eleven States organizer; There are now 2,000,000 members 1 the union. C5 Jm\? . V <3 ?t. X J?L m fon tu ^^^^^^^(^^8w< ? ?Vctfetable rrepatallonfcr As similating lue Food andHc* ula - Ung ihc ?louuichs anti Uow?ls of lTomolca Digeslion.Cheerful nesSancUtest.Coiitains nelUier Opium .Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. /hupe cffXdJDrS?NUELPtTCiUR PvtifJu* Seul' Jtjc .Vrtum. * tCmfjtU Sm/?r foriOt?nirJl fa + Aperfecl Remedy forConsUpa rion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. 0 Alb IIKHllliS tl 1 tl J 3 1) ?I > I S, - t? 1.1; N. I N EXACT COPV OF WRAPPER. Royalties Amounted to $3,000,000. John Good, formerly president of the National Cordage Company, of New York, and recognized as one of the most prominent factors in the hemp industry lu this country and in England, tiled nt his home, in Brooklyn, recently from pneumonia He was selected by Pope Leo as a count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1888 as a mark of papal favor. Mr. Good invented a hemp-hacking ma chine, from which he obtained royal ties amounting to more than $3,000, 000. Kl LL TH. COUGH IAND CURE THC LUNGS wiT Dr. King's Now Discovery FOR czm* ,? . ! B AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. a 11 GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY^ \ OB MONEY REFUNDED. REAL ESTATE. We are offering, for a limited time, some SPECIAL BARGAINS IN LAND ! 170 acres at .$6 per acre. Will cut in half to suit purchaser. D. F. Nicholson 2-acre lot. Will cut in lots. If all sold at once you get better price. Small farm three miles from Wal halla. A bargain. 2 VA acre lot and house and out buildings, in Midway. All Bargains for quick purchasers. BURTON & BENTLEY, Walhalla, S. O. ? LOTH'S STOVES AND RANGES. CHICAGO AND COLUMBIA AIR TIGHT HEATERS. I TINWARE, ENAMEL AND STOVE WARE. KITCHEN FURNITURE. GENERAL REPAIRING AND TIN WORK. -CALL ON 8. LOOK, WALHALLA, 8. G. C. R. Houchlns. WE ARE DETERMI LIVERY E For Infants ?nd Children. fhe Kind You Have Always Bought Thirty Years CAS? THr ccHTAUM COMPANY. N?w vonK OtTY. PHONAL GARDS. W. J. CARTER, M. D., Dentist. Office two doora above the Bank, In Carter's Pharmacy, WESTMINSTER, S. C. DR. W. P. AUSTIN, Dentist, Seneca, Sonth Carolina. Office over J. W. Byrd & Co. DR. D. P. THOMSON, Dentist, Walhalla, South Carolina. Office over CW. Pitchford Co's Store Phone No. 86. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, Seneca, Sonth Carolina. Office over Witsell Bro.'s Store, Cllnkscales-Hnrper Building. Office Hours:-9 A. M. to 1 P. M. 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. W. M. FENNELL. Land Surveyor, Walhalla, S. G., R. F. D. No. 1. PROMPT ATTENTION. B. A. BENTLEY, R. T. JAYNES, Manager. Attorney. OCONEE COLLECTION AGENCY. Special attention given to collec tions In the county. Try us. Ad dress all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, S. C. E. L. HERNDON, Attorney-at-Law, Walhalla, Sonth Carolina. PHONE No. 61. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Plckens, S. C. Walhalla, S. C. W. C. Hughs, Walhalla. CAREY, SHELOR & Z1UGHJ, Attorney? and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. G. Practice in State and Federal Courts. R. T. JAYNE?, Attorney-at-Law, Walhalla, Sonth Carolina. Practice In State and Federal Courts. Rel! Phone No. 20. J. J. McSWAIN, Attorney-at-Law, GREENVILLE, S. CAROLINA. M. C. LONG, Attorney-at-Law, (Office Over Post Office,) Anderson, 8. G. Will practice In all Courts In South Carolina. 46-'08 Louis A. King. NED TO IK) THE t USIN ESS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. CMKB ON AND GET YOUR TEAMS. HAULING TEAMS, SINGLE AND DOUBLE BUGGY TEAMS AND SADDLE HORSES, ALWAYS ON HAND. Prompt and polite service at rea sonable prices. Teams sen* out at any hour, day or night, Phon? 10. or ll for quick teams. H0UCHINB & KING, Walhalla, B. 0.