Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Outside of The State. . It has been estimated that the total amount of insurance money paid to those who lost their lives in the great Baltimore fire will exceed thirty million dollars. A dock worker in Chicago on Mon day became crazed by the heat and suddenly plunged headlong into the river at Clark steel bridge. He died soon after being rescued from the water. Bryon and Ross Clutter. aged re spectively 22 and 14 years, were struck by lightning and instantly kill ed during a severe sorm at St. _\ary's W. Va.. this week. They were at work at the time in the hay n1elds on the farm owned by Their father. The old Charle.ti,n Hotel was sold yesterday with tixtures included for the sum of $34.000. the purchaser be ing Samuel Wil:on. The bidding was started at a very low figure and then run up. The new.owner intends to spend about $25.ooo oi improvements. General Davis, governor-general of the Panama Canal strip, hs advised the Panama Canal strip, has advised he wants ioo.ooo yards of wire guaze to prevent mosquito invasion of the zone. General Davis says that this will perhaps be the largest order tor mosquito netting ever given. Senator Gorman.' as the result of the conference held in New York on Wednesday. may be asked to be come chairman of the national dem ocratic committee. With reluctance he has taken the request into serious consideration, but it is almost certain that he will end by declining. Dick Teele, an Alabama man, shot and killed his wife on Wednesday near Carrollton, Ga.. accusing her of being unfaithful to him. He fled into the woods and as he was about to be captured by the posse which had started in pursuit he ended his own existence by shooting. Lieutenant Newton A. McCully, the American Naval Attache, who succeeded in reaching Port Arthur Mukden, has declined the offer of the Japanese authorities to give him a safe conduct from the city, and has decided to remain in that place until it either falls or the seige is abandon ed. ' The authorities near New York Tuesday stole a march on the pool room people by stopping all the news which was to come over the wires by filing scores of messages after the close of each race. M.ssage after message was rushed in upon the op erator by the police and he was given no time at all to handle the pool stuff. A conference of the leaders of the democratic party was held in the rooms of former Senator D. B. Hill. in New York, on Monday night, at which time the meeting of the demo cratic national committee was call ed for July 26th. A statement was given out to the effect that the chair manship of the national committee had not been discussed. Spartanburg is having trouble about her water supply. It is stated that the supply is not pure and a com mittee has been appointed to look into the matter. Until some change has been made the president of the board of health has issued a request that the citizens boil all their drink ing water for at least ten minutes be fore drinking. By rtushing in front of a pointed gun Mrs. Jere Lawvrence, oi Sparta. Geor gia, saved the life of her husband at the possible loss of her own. Mr. Lawrence was in a dispute with Mr. John Kimble when the latter drew a revolver and pointed it at Mr. Law ence The woman rushed between and received the bullet in her owvn body. She will probably die. Law rence also was wounded. Anton Battusiakovis, an employee at the Swvift Packing plant, in Chci ago was pre-bably mortally injured on Monday by strike sympathizers. The men set upon the man when he was going home from his work. When they could not make him join the strikers they broke his skull, frac tured his jawv. kicked him about the face head, and body and then threw him upon the car tracks. Mrs. Lipschitz, a second-class pas senger on board the Kaiser Wilhelm I1 , comitesuiie by jumpingt overboard when the ship was one day out of New York. Hundreds of pas sengers witnessed the suicide and watched the efforts of a life-boat to rescue the woman. No trace of the body was found. This is the same steamer from which F. Kent Loomis disappeared on June 20. At the Young Women's Christian association conference at Silver Bay, N. Y.. on Monday night Miss Emma Hayes. of Chicago. who presented the extension work in mill villages. said that in many mill towns and vil lages where the population is large lv made of self-supporting young wo nen they fclt the need of the physi cal. social and spiritual developimeit which the association offers. but fle qu esti' on f; inancing such a work re ma1.ined n 'sved umil thli; past w-in ler. when zeverai c'tton mill preni demts in Smb Car'linla j"ilned in ring asse~atons i he village, sirriluniniig their establish1entz. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughout The State. The State Dental association has been in annual session at White Sone Springs. Spartanburg county. this week. Wrs, W. H1. Rogers. of Bishopville. was iound (lead in her bed .\londay morning about 4 o'clock. Mr. Rog ers was aroused by the crying of the iniant about five weeks old. He call ed Mrs. Rogers. who was in an ad ioining room and. getting no answer. he went to the bed where Mrs. Rog- I ers lay dead. Heart failure is sup posed to have caused her death. - Senator B. R. Tillman and Mrs. Tillman passed through Columbia this week going to Glenn Springs. Senator Tillman has been in Wash ington. where he has had his throat re-examined after his St. Louis speeches, and was again assured that the trouble in his throat was not dan gerous. He expects to spend a couple of weeks at Glenn Springs and will go thence to one of the Virginia re sorts. Governor Heyward. Commissioner >f Immigration Watson. and Prof. Spillman. of the department of agri culture. have been visiting some of the large rice plantations in Charles ton county, where Prof. Spillman has >een making an investigation and ;tudy of the prevailing conditions in >rder to make suggestions for the -emedv of the troubles and the im >rovemnents of the industry. Prof. Spillman came from Washington to South Carolina especially to give at teition to rice cultivation. It is reported that Clement J. Jones. a native of South Carolina. but now f Tennessee. is the possessor of the original and only portrait of Judge Parker displayed at tbe recent nat onal convention at St. Louis. This muge picture. about ten by six feet. vas nrst raised by a member oi the New York delegation, and after being arried around the hall on a long pole For some 15 or 20 minutes, was final ly torn from its staff in the excite nent which prevailed and fell to the door near the California standard. Having designs on this much prized ouvenir. Mr. Jo:1 made his way rom his seat in the Tennessee del ggation to the California standard and took possession of it. Any one else had the same opportunity of securing he banner, but in the whirl that wwept the great coliseum probably ew others thought of the prize. He Reported the Sermon. Th religions editor of- the Chick sha (Oklahoma) Express took a acation. and( as he had no oIne to leave in his place he asked the sport ng ditr-the one who reported the races a few weeks ago-to attend church and report the sermon, says an exchange. II ere is what he wrote. mbblemished by the editorial blue pncil: "'The weather was perfect and the grand stand and bleachers were packed. The Rev. Dr. was in the box for the Christians, and he certainly had everything in the book. When he tackled the New Jertsalem he used the slow ball ar tistically, but when he warmed up on hes he had speed to burn and viippd( them over like a shot. He had swell control, and never lost sight of the plate ior a minute. es pcially aiter it had been passed arrund(. The choir did a good deal , rooting fronm the players' bench. S andocasonll a voice from the bleachers yelled 'Amen!' Although it was an extra inning game he never let up for a minute and had the visi tors properly hooked up throughout. some of them to sleep. If he can only keep the pace. the big league for him next season. Emotional Hair. ILondon Tit Bits. Not only is "emotional hair well known to medical specialists. but erery hairdresser of experience recog nizes it frequently in connection with hi, own custoiners. \\Will sw-m peculiarly c,nstituted nede the hair is affcte(d by every p:....ing emut' io. and nil only dI(Ies i: reach the -:xtremes ot crispness or within a very Lew hours. but r in clrvaItly. The latter peculiarity is so well recognized by evere ! ai rlresser that -m e members fi ha caling1 are preparai t a e(IC tbn.itecly - a gi ven regulnr cutst. mer. - int w ell. r he Ia- s,ime great :r.. h. I on his min,! .inst w Vior a ian who appearn exceed ig gray on on, day is celmlparave iv dark-haired the next,. and ea- are known where the single l,ck- of hair ithat -omtactimles are tound on a head otherwise wholly black have disap peared almost entirely and then cone again. That is to say. the white tuft has gne almost black like the sur rounding hair. and has then becr,me q:i:e white again, and so o. \\' all know what use Shakespeare and other dramatists and poets have mad, of the influence of emotion upon human hair. but one of the most cel ebrated detective inspectors now at Scotland Yard said to the w%riter in regard to this very subject: "\Vhen I have put my hand sudden ly onto the shoulder of a man I was arresting; I have actually heard the rustling of his hair, or thought that I could: at least, I have seen all the hair about the ears palpably move like that of an animal, and when that man has been sentenced afterward his hair, that had before seemed to be crisp and brittle. has appeared dark and thin and poor." Two of the best known hairdress ers in London have assured the writer that tley have customers who go gray and black again with a few hours. One instanced the case of a financial magnate who came to grief and was tried for fraud. During the proceedings he went iron gray, but directly he had ben acquittd his hair returned to its normal color-of :rse quite without artificial means. An other strange fact is that there are a comparatively limited number f people whose hair will never take any dve, no matter what it may be. i-:cessftlly and thoroughly. Bottle after bottle of hair dye may be ex pended uponit, butitwillnevertakeany riendled upon it, but it will never take ny pigment properly. Verdi's Regret. Mr. Le Quex tells a pretty story ot Verdi's modesty. His father was an intimate friend of the great maestro. nd the novelist in his youthful days used to visit him at his palace in enoa. One evening they were alone n the great musician's private study. aving dined together, wlhen the ser 'ant enter.ed with the post. Among the letters was a roll of music. which n being opened, proved to be a new svaltz by a Viennese composer. who had dedicat,ed it to the great master f opera. Verdi first hummed it to himself, swaying his head the while. nd afterwards, seating himself at the piano, played it off. Then, having finished, the man whose works had harmed the world and brought in olossal royalties turned to the votung novelist, and, sighing, said: "Ah, now [ wish I could write popular music ike that !" Bedrooms in Trees. A remarkable hotel is in California. m the road between Canta Crutz and San Jose. California possesses the largest trees in the world, and a rwd hotel-keeper has conceived the idea of utilizing as a wayside hos telry a group of these mammoths. thus saving himself from the cost of building or rent. Thc hollowv trunk of one tree, whose circumference is about twenty-two yards, is arranged as a reception room, and the suir rounding space sheltered by a thick roof of spreading branches. serves as dining-room and smoking-room. A ntmber of other smaller hollow trunks make comfortable bedrooms, furnised in the most aproved style. md some trees at a little distance are .,cupie by the hotel staff. A Good Guess-Innoc nt. "I was trying-to impress on one of my classes the other day the great ness of the southern Confederacy and at the same time to let it know how wonderful a man was George Washington," said J. L. Pembroke. a professor in a primary school in Pad ucah, Ky., at Seelbach's recently. 'If the Confederacy had suc cceded.' I asked. 'what would Wash ington have been the father of?' " 'Twins.' was the prompt reply of 4n Of the bovs." "At another time." said Mr. Pem b):r,ke. "I was trying to impress n my class the fact that Anthony Wayne had led the charge tip Stony Point. hled the charge up Sti,ny Pi cjf*I asked. 'Will one of %V smaller bors answer? "No reply came. -Can no one tell me' a repeated. sterfly. 'Little boy n that seat to the aisie. wi led the charge tip Stliny Point! 1--I don't know.' replied the lit tie ell.,w. frightened. 'T-I don't kn,w. It wasn't me. 1 -i justcomel here last monthifron eovts Prince George and Prnice Conrad ,,f Bavaria have come to America to visit the St. Louis fair. They crossed on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. and one of their fellow passengers said the other day: "In the smoking room one morning; Prince George told us a story about his brother. Prince C..-urad. he aid . was fond of boar hunting and was always adding to his collection boar hounds. "Once in the forest he met a peas ant with a handsome hound. 'Will you sell that dog?" he said. "Not for less than 300 crowns,. your highness.' said the peasant. " 'Oh, but that is too much,' the prince objected. "But the prince was eloquent and persuasive. With innumerable in stances he proved that the dog never failed in running down boars-that he was fearless and invincible. The prince at last bought him at the exor bitant price the man asked. Whiskey Morphine ...-L. Habit, - Habit; Cured by Keeley Itistitu 1329 Ladv St. (or P. 0. Box 75,) Columbia. S. IGenuine Red We have a grea goods that we half their value. Il Oc. M usiins and 12 I-2c. Muslins a 5 c. Muslins and I 20c Muslins and 25c. Mus1ine and I White Damask Waisti Ladies', Misses' and C reduced from $3.00 tc $1.25; from $1.50 to 92 from 75c. to 49c. The above are not se goods. Yours trul .11. V 3Fo unta: * "Answer the Purpose" and' like "Don't Care" and "May~be gory otrJUnreliables. * If yon want something reliabl man's Ideal at AYES'RB 001$ lie was proud of his purchase. He -hought he had got a bargain. His jo(y was great the next morning when the new hound started a boar and raced off after it. The prince, who was on foot. fol lowed the chase as fast as he could. In an hour he came upon a woodcut ter -Did you see a dog and a boar ->ass this wa?' he asked. 'Yes.' said the woochopper. -low were they getting on?' 'Well.' the man answered. it was nip and tuck with them. but I think the dog was a little ahead.' Both Candidates at Work. D-.nver Republican. Tw, f tih: canciidates in thL re cilt primary vIecti.)n fir govern'r ir FO,rida. R-4bert M. L>avis and N. B. 1ro'ward. who won tame hy his iii b1)-utcring expl,it- just prior to the Spanish-.\mcrican war. made a house it h--se campaign through the rural .-tr :-, -i the state. h,, ht day. Capt. Brward drove up t' a peaceful farmh-tise. andA he iound a woman strenuously chopping woo0d in the front yard. The gallant captain alighted, bowed to the woman. and said: "Madam. excuse me. but I cannot stand idly and see a lady doing such hard work. Permit me." and, taking the axe. the evandidate labored for thirty minutes until the last stick had been cut. "Now. madam." he said. as he mop ped the perspiration from his brow, "if you have a husband you may tell him that Capt. Broward called to see him and that I would appreciate his vote for governor of Florida." The woman, who had been admir ing the candidate's ability as a wood chopper. shook her head dubiously. and replied: "Well. I dunno about his votin' fer you, 'Cause Bob Davis is in the back yard a-milking the cow." A man always sympathizes with the under dog in a fight-until he gets licked. igarette - All Drug and Tobacc0 Habit, Habits te of South Carolina. C. confidental correispondence solicited. uction Sole! t many Summer are offering at awns now 5c. d Lawns now 7c. ,.awns now 8 I-3c. .awns now lic awns now 13c. ngs 50c., now 35c. 40c., " 28c. 35c., "22l1-2c d 25c., " 16 l-3c hidren's Oxford Ties $1.90; from $2.00 to 5.; from $1.00 to 69c.; conds, but first class OOTEN in Pens: Pretty Good'' Fountain Pens . 'People, belong in the cate e you will get it in a Water K STORE.