Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Vol. 5 NO. 29 Russians Gaining Ground and ' Italy Ready to Help London, March 28.?Violent j battles for possession of the j Carpathian passes continue.! The Russians who recently re- j giined possession of Dukla Pass, | are pushing their way toward Rartfeld on one side and Svidnik on the other where, if they achieve their object, they will take possession of the heads of, the railroads running southward 1 into Hungary. The Russians also are appear- J ing against U/.sok Pass to the i east; but at Lukholka Pass still farther to the east they apparent- j ly are satisfied to withstand the j Austro-German attacks against strong positions at Ko/.iouwka, i which the Germans have tried so often to capture. Along the rest of the eastern front, battles are of a desultory character, due doubtless to the fact that the snow is melting and the rivers either are open or are covered with such a thin coating of ice that they will not hear any weight. In the West the commanders are waiting for better conditions before making an effort on a large scale, although the French here and there are attempting to capture positions, which will l give them an advantage when ^ the general offensive starts. Their more recent efforts have [^^kbeen directed against the heights ^^^^f the Meuse, east and south of ^^^^ Ct'lun, in which both sides have made gains. The leg^mPpsnndin the arm; Shepoard West was shot ii the thigh, and a ball passec through the flesh of JoIni E Robertson's arm. Drs. Duncan and Moore, o Pageland, Gantt and Thomas, o Jefferson, Newsom, of Ruby, an< Funderburk, of Dudley, wen summoned. The wounds of thi injured were dressed, and J. M Arant and J. D. Wallace wcr taken to the Presbyteriai hospital at Charlotte, where opei ations were perlormed. It wa found that the wound of Wallac was not quite so serious as j first announced. The ball ente ed just above one hip bone an passed out just adove the othe making about nine perforatior in the intestines, but no impo tant blood vessels were injure* I The ball was found in his soc | when he was being dressed s [ ihe hospital. Arant's woun ' was more serious than at fir ibohght. The ball which ente ed near the right hip bone passi k through the abdomen, inakii I eleven perforations in the iate L tines and grazing the iliac vei ' A great mass of clotted bloc I wasjemoved during the oper L tion, and it was realized that 1 ^ chances for recovery we slight. Late Saturday nig sigf*6 of peritonitis began ton pea/, and none of his relativ were allowed to see him Sunck Policeman Fundcrburk a Rural Policeman Grant were I the midst of the battle, but soi ft 40 or 50 shots were fired hel< ft they succeeded in getting B| possession of all of the five j tols anil one rifle they snatch Bh from the liands of the parti pants. Most of the pistols tak n were good ones, and the ri ft was; a 32-calibcr Remingh f Sheriff Douglass was notified /\no<k on/I \\f\ orriiroil clu\rll i; will v <11111 HV ?l I I vvu u i fore sunset -ami -began and vesication. Coroner Atkinson was su ami the inmiwi was * PA< Why the Patent Medicine Business is Fraudulent Progressive Farmer. Point out which of our nutent medicine ;uls. nro fraudulent,' says nn agoncv handlim* adv< rtising for those nostrums. V*V iii!:,ill rep y ny saving i :o long as Ibis agencv bandies "d vortising oi such obvioip and outrageous frauds as "conseuip. tiou cures" and "cane -r cures," it convicts itself of stupiditv o: insincritv in making any such request. We nvav answer the question, however, in -aviag that the whole patent medicine business is inherently and in nately fraudulent. The sale of patent niedn ires can only he justifii d on tingroud that any man is capable of diagnosing his own ailments, which is absurd on the face of it It is a well known fact that ike young medical student is apt to imagine himseh al.ected wen all the diseases he hears ahr.iit daring the first few weeks ;,e N at medical college, Tin di?;\a It part of medical practice i-, the .diagnosis of ihe disease, not j alone to name the disci."a, v M know the stage and development of the disease?in short, know the diseased conditions. i lie | most skilled ami best educated pliysicians find their greatest difficulties here, not with tending I all their experience and. sen ntifie knowledge. It :s notorious that "a man who acts as his own at torney hasp fool l.rr .1 client," and the wisdom of the mar w ho acts as his own doctor is even less to be commende 1. 1. In the lir.st place, therefore, I the use of patent medicines as; S times the a:>di'.\ j'' !(? j counted in the building occupTe< j bv the magistrate: a hullcl passet through the j^Iass front of oacl ol the three stores across tin j- street front tin: scene, and a bal ^ went 2 inches deep into a tea j phone pole in the middle of il: ; street. The innocent but curiou ~ by-standers who gathered i witness the fisticuff stamped: and raced for cover. 1'hes wer n not scared, of cruise, hut the r_ legs wouldn't stay. is .. Two Deaths. jt Chesterfield Advertiser. r_ Mr. lohn Rogers, a Confede tl ale veterate 7<S years of age, die r last Sunday and was hunt 1S Monday at 1 lopewell chnrc r. where lie was a member. Re J. li. S. 1-underbill:; conducting il k funeral services. Mr. Rogers b; x\ been in poor health for years ai 1(] he and his a^ed wile have bet Sl entirely dependent on the chari r. of ^ood neighbors. Mr. v. >(j Merriman, who Ininished the ijr a home, desiies to express i !S. appreciation of .he attentir n# shown theni In his neighbors. >d Monday, March i, Mrs. Lib a- Sowell, the wile of Willie Sow as of the /oar section mistook rc poison tablet for anoihci tab ht which had been prescribed t IP- her and swallowed it. In a Sit es while ihe mistake was discov iy. cd. Kverytliintf possible w lul tried to overcome die powei m tile deadly dr i^. .Nothing o;i ne be done. Alter ii'Up rm^ h. >re week, lilc slowh ebbing aw in Mrs. Sowell died early last M< is- day mornin;;. She was bin ied at I-Headship Mi lie list clmr ci- ller pastor, Kev. I . 1>. Ow on conducted the sti vices, fie Mr. -ami Mis. Sow ell \\ i>n. married less than a vein a at Before her marriage to . be- Sowell Mrs. Sovvcli was \ in McLean of Patrick. Mr. Sov is a member of the well kno im- family of that name of i bo- count v. 31:LAND, S. C., WEDjHH Compulsory Education? I:i one ?>f the cities of SB, < Tilrr>*inil the school trustecj?8> in sympathy with the CofmHB 1 s?rv education law. ThevjSPl ( - TiB Pa in their citv school districtjHk- '' dreds of children hetwc<$Q^Bl? / v i ii .. i. .. in > sent to school. Their ro{ c ? t'>(. necessity fojnfl^K'4 no!. The trustees, say that 'vo'iM imnicdintolv set opf^jiK 1 'nvo romphisorv roqiore^stto ' of tlm liuv mode offeetjve%\ l>#t have no! sufficient room in tnik ' h iiMines to accomodate nH- tlfip children should they attends Iu A that instance the trustee's .rijusfc ' provide more building's before thev can require attend3PC?;J This they have undcrtnkei&gjm^ li'i\'o planned to take care the children This is a * and patriotic act of trustees. In Pacreland we have t&f 'wildings, wo have n largo nttenV darco hut if one little child in out that should ho in school ii mav In- the child that wouhlj ninUo the most valuable and use/ fid oiti/.on if some authority would bring it into school. .JL \ nice church or churches nr* a credit to a town or community onlv when tin4 moral conditio!* evidence their worth. A nic* school building and a competent , faculty end efficient trustees] i would loose their good rating ill the course of a few years if ii/ Have we rot among us somid childtcn uho ought to he iifl their parents (Ion*t er. fjM c> dog or JBP^^^KuaUm fferthe sumt.' to remain about bis premi, ses tor ten days previous to the '-' assessment i>f the said tax or previous to an> injury, worrying () or killing anv stock shall be . i-> deemed the owner of such dog. .* '! 1 he dog tax is to go to the 11 school or road land. Pulled Wrong Box The Stale Saturday The contention that a man ' ( m ver mails a letter had a new " ver ion placed upon it yesterda> '' shortly before ' noon when s 1 specimen of the genus homo, tin V. i t . . s ante mini; a maie in auuition u attempted to post an epistle ii ,l* the lire alarm box at Main am Taylor streets. With utmos >] care the man pulled the leve aside so that the letter couli idrop within ana become th 1,1 temporaly property of Unci Sam. >n i "liey!" said a sophisticate citi/.en who stood nearby, "d en yon know what you hav l'11 done?" The question begged a ne^i let tive answer. or "You hear that hell?" contim lie ed t!ie same citi/en, as the lii ei- bell signalled box .33. I ll vis sl'.HJiuer stood ama/.ed at li of prowuess and the unaccustoim iM celebration that accompaim i i lii'-. mailing a letter, iv, " I In \\ill arrest you l? ?ii- that," asserted the (.'ohmihian. nd- Speaking colloquially, tl oh. sit an^cr hit the hall down l a en, loi street, churnm" the oonero J . into ilust and the board wall ere into sawdust. liis hemra \v K<>- watched l>\ s?|iiii)tiuu eyes, h Nlr. his Hail was so hard to anlicipa iiss that no elloit was made to car kcll out the statement of the (John wn hian, who involuntarily hecar litis the centre of an anecdotal am i eiice. Re MMlORNING, P7IARCH 31, 1< RtTa's Acls Endanger Life in aft R?ownsvi!le Texas q S^Washi nj^ton, March 27.?(Jon. l^la today launched his attack ? >n Mainmort nts opposite Brown- 1 glle, Texas, possession ol which fould wive him practical!\ un-j fisputcd control ol the northern 11 ^exicau States. Willi Piedras 1 Kggras lost, the only pom ol ' 2fhy?n the I'exas border re- H ipnirfin<? in the hands o! (Jarrati I ?f\- were Nucvo Laredo and *" Matamoros. ()nl\ a small par- 1 rison is at Nuovo Laredo, hut at 1 Mutamoros several thousand ^ . , | i [ arrun/ i inu me Mtn ? w\r\. i?1 r-11 ! *t?? - *.t? IB V/ * '|'?7 t? V V* ' ! W III I m j j?d, 1 1 ' vGoiv. Villous plan oi campaign !:l l)?s been directed against those p border towns because his troops i( cD'iild make no substantial gainst' $hile bis communications to theo #0rtli were threatened. |l Brownsville, Texas, March dS. I x ?Failing in their attempt \ ester-j 1 day to dislodge tne Carran/.uo garrison by rifle and mac hine j gun (ire, \ ilia loices besieging;1 Matanioros vii tuallv ceased their.' attacks today, awaiting, it was 1 announced, lite arrival of at til-^ lery. In the event of an artillen j duel, Brownsville, directly across 1 the Rio Grande from Mala-;' moros, would be endangered 1 and tonight one of the gravest iof border crises was ieared. The ' likelihood of shells falling in,1 Brownsville was demonstrated]1 by the title bullet* which drop-j' ped here yesterday, during the ' first Villa assault on Matamoios' . i.. . .: i \ -: 11 . i UUllCULS, U Ct?ll\ iailllie ( I i \ I !1 >( forces in which their losses were ' officially jjvcn as 100 killed and JO-wounded. 1 his attack wa . a ! < ( j . , apt The Culebra Cut. P^VtmiKiu Record. Flint Culebra cut is just like a u>lie. At the time when every-1 thing seems most lovelv?look otrt for the kick. The engineers! hove discovered what is the mat-1 *' J .?l. A-?/?- tinm tl\* 1<\ w anti are wummi; renedy it. A slide is not a slide, in Culebra. It is a bulge. The soil is of the kind known in;^this country as ' buckshot" and pushes up from the bottom o' the canal on account N of the i weight oj-j each side. It wvoii^P r accomplish nothing to make the hepfom several feet thick in con, creie, for the bulge would come > just the same. The engineers have at last gone to work to rc1 move the weight from the sides j and thus to reduce the pressure ! so that the canal will not be conr tinuouslv in danger. In the . rilnanli.n/i .:?i r!: : > m t ? ? miKSMleil t * .1 ? ,, and ann \ 'ices should mak?. L, tins country appreciate all the more the \ alue of the canal anil d f<>rce o ii senators to </o hack It () Washim ;ton pledged to pass i c. biH which will further carry on tpe purposes .! the c a,nal to hnili , up the commerce of this countrv That can he done only by th . 'UStT of a mt reliant :n n ine 11> in^ ,, thtf'St; ; s ami stripes. 10 [ j$ | I alien At His Word d 'A President about whom man d stft.ies v.ere told was (<rovc Cleveland. One of which h i i. i..ii .. >: ciyuytd \rn muvii niiinvu .1 that one lime when lie w*.;s 01 le j hunting lie was overtaken 1) v 1 ila'ikness, mid eomj.ijr to a fi*l tej erman's lint Un^fkid at tliedoo ks Tkie famil^^^^VtireJ, \itii v'fti' as; reheated ;l man pi ut, a window rv "Who's there?" n 1 "I am CJrovcr ( develand." nej "Well, what do you want/" ill*! ui mull i<\ ti<iv 'ill nielii x IW ?!?,/ v . V * * r? 1 ''All t iuht. May lliore." ns The United States of Texas. "hnrlolk" Olisi'rvor. How long will Texas remain ne? The question has been evived by agitations growing ?ut of the conflicting interests of lie different sections of the vast moire in which he entire popu itiou of Germany could l>e ic <ted without crowding. Even I h I muston lost is inclined lo :iw serious consideration !o the >l.i 11 of making tliree or four States out of the one. "The h .V.ihition Panhandle with its conomie problems, affecting 'ita.lv the welfare of a people aigeh drawn fiom other .States, s beginning to despair of land iitd railroad legislation upon vhich its prosperity and devcl>pment depend," says The Post. 'South Texas with its heavy hiii prohibition preponderance, Irawn largely from Europe, is .veary of the constantly tightenng toil that the prohibitionists ire drawing about it. West lYxas, like the Panhandle, has Is peculiar problems, which fail ;> ex let the interest or the sym>ath\ of the other sections of he State." When Teaas, the independent republic, joined the Union, it reserved to itself the right to 1 vide itself into any number of Stales not exceeding: five without consulting: Congress or any authority. If therefore, Texas should decide that its motto shall he "We are five," and thereby secures for itself ten United States Senators in stead of two, nohodv could object, howevci displeasing the prospect would he to the Republicans and Pro gressivcs in Congress. One somehow harbors the ides HHneStatc ffe petition and now tlun^m the law effective. Interested citizen. Lovely Day For a Aunt Mary is the bgsfold sot you'll meet in matfy;a day. She 'tended to Jrer knitting itx* th good phi-fashioned way. Sli | never gabs nor gossips, siic hi no time to gab and she seldoi I reads the papers,'cause, she say j they make her sad. She dro\ ! to town this afternoon to sh< l)il and Wilbur Jom tn^|K:ery man invijM^^^M sit. Says he "Aint this And Aunt Mary sa.\ Aint wop^HHBH Jones says "Surt^Bm^^^H and JHNHHjl fighting with than^HH|HBM| on way, nice weat hemPBWBHBBPH loveiNABBHSHj W h j^k voi^^^^^^Bthe folk i tnkl^^^H^^^Kas h sh n e house was nnd hot 'did ^^^^^^^Hndngling? !ai- -^^^ PThi the v < n^^nrrr> says in* cnnnoi am i tojrovertise when times are h e. and he does not need to advert s when business is brisk, it John Wannamaker made a I y tune ot millions by mix t- brains with printer's ink? r. ;hen he had the brains, lie r vertised all the time, hut m it hea\ ily when times were dull d I lis theory was that when dol in circulation were scarce, i;...L'li.wn <u~ ilwm wont to I 11*/I I O OIKUV merchant who hustled for the and he consideied live adve ,** inj? the most profitable kim hustling Greenville Piedm | l)ec Terry $1.00 per year A Man Who "Died" Once upon a time there lived a man who wondered what his neighbors thought about him. In order to find out, he framed up a deal with his wife and pretended to die, so the story goes. The undertaker was taken into the secret ami lie laid the body out in a coffin and opened the lid in order that neighbors might take a farewell look at the late lamented. Scores came to sit in the parlor and talk in low tones about the deceased. Some talked in low tones about politics and the crop prospect. Meanwhile the "dead" man listened with both ears. A thin, hatchet faced old maid who loved gossip as a hog loves the other kind of slop, and who had for years peddled slander about the man who lay in the coffin, wiped awa\ an imaginary tear and simpered to the wife: "1 can sympathize with you in this sad hour, dear sister. The dear departed was such a sweet man and so kind and so good. 1 know you burden is heavy." And a hard-looking customer with bristling, close cropped grev hair?a man who had I fought and cussed and hated the chap in the coffin for almost half a century, cleared his throat and rumbled: "Yes, indeed. We 1 shall all miss him. He was very ' dear to me, and I appreciate your feelings." ' Then the preacher placed his > finger tips together and looked at the ceiling. The preacher ' had often referred to the coffin's " occupant as a "poor lost soul" * and a "black sheep." 11 - heliex 1 cd and . th r IB hi am ij . nJ^\niuic^'^pflP SH ' Hseveattyen into halves, thii i> . |fl| ninths.; lie found it \> ; impossi il ble with live muffs; mules not ?s being very valuable, he unhuchie ed one of his owjl, putting it with ie the other seventeen making is'eighteen, when he proceeded to m divide as follows: One-halt, or s, nine, to the eldest, one third, or e six to the next and one-nineth or >p two to the youngest. Adding up l?s nine, six, two he found that it ^^ide seventeen, so he hitched up ^HE^uule and went home rejoicMn8nfi|^kbv Traveling Men. ^BH^Hn^llesman n^nnMn^ ve BflnfifflflmNKDMSpk d 1 tlio salesman MPWRtaggcred, but lie recovered his breath and replied: "No, madame, but we have >w some in enraged rat color." Icr Another woman, in search of his a certain kind of basket, made >rk the salesman reach .down every ng article of that nature on the ise shelves except two. Then she ^ A'e said, as she turned away: ier- "I only came to look for one :>rd of my friends." nrd "Madam," said the weary sales jk lise man, "if you have the slightesflH idea that vour friend is in cithei^D or-lof the other two baskets, I shal^H ing be pleased to take them down.'^H but ?New York Times. ost "Nobody ought to talk about ^ est ! anything be doesn't thoroughly lars understand." the "Oh, I don't know," replied the the cheery citi/.en. "Nobody until? | derstands exactly what the rtis- i weather is or how it is produced. 1 of|And yet we nil enjoy talking r\n? I nbdut it." IWIBI4 J * *