Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of Mor or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the State. The state department has instruct ed United States Consul Norton to demand of the Panama government more vigorous action looking to the punishment of Rev. Mr. Labaree's as sassins. The war department Ifas ordered a medical board to examine Capt. George W. Kirkman, Twenty-nfth infantry, with a view to determing his sanity. The Anglo-Russian compcatioi growing out of the shelling of Brit ish fishing boats by the Russian Bal tic fleet. has been settled peacably by arbitration. A court of commission ers has been appointed or rather is being appointed at present, to look into the affair thoroughly and to fix the blame upon the proper authori ties. It is said that war was narrow ly averted. Chairman Cowherd, of the demo cratic congressional committee is sued a statement on Saturday claim ing 225 seats for the democrats in the next house. The democrats, he said, will profit by the dissensions in the republican ranks. Hon. Leslie Shaw secretary of the treasury, made three speeches in the ninth district of Virginia on Sat urday. The question of protection was the most important one discuss ed. Harry Garden, a bridge builder in Wheeling, West Virginia, was killed on Friday by a falling piece of metal from a new large steel bridge the construction of which he was sup erintending. The Maryland republicans are fear ful of the outcome of the campaign in that state and are daily becoming more active. On Saturday Senator, McComas made a stirring address at Westminister. Chairman Cortelyou was in con ference with President Roosevelt on Friday and Saturday. The chairman said that Roosevelt would have a majority of over one hundred in the electoral college. The steamer Mainland, of the Pa cific Coast Steamship company's fleet; lies at the bottom of Puget Sound, off West Point lighthouse, north of Seattle. as the result of a collision with the powerful tug Sea Lion which occurred on Friday night. Notice was posted on Saturday at the cotton mills of the Hope Com pany, in the village of Hope and Phenix, R. I., that, beginning Mon day, full time would be resumed. The summer home of former State Senator John R. McCarty, at Pitts burg, Mass., was robbed Friday night. The thieves secured jewelry valued at $10poo. Stanley Wilson, 17 years old, was shot and instantly killed at Pushaw Lake, Mo., by his brother Herbert on Friday, who mistook him for a deer. One man was burned to death and another injured in a fire on the New York waterfront that partially de stroyed several vessels and the pier. Columbia college has begun the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the university since its inception as King's college. A young lady fell between the plat form and a train in the subway on Saturday and was painfully hurt. This was the first accident in the subway. Former Governor George K. Nash, of Ohio, died suddenly on Friday of heart disease at the home of his step daughter, in Columbus. The sessions of the Interstate Com merce Law convention were contin ued on the World's Fair grounds at St. Louis last week. Sir Charles Wynd~ham and Miss Mary Moore, his leading lady, arrived at New York, on the steamer Baltic on Friday. Finnigan's Philosophy. If the ill-tempered man shud de duct frora his loife-toime the' da-ays he shpinds pityin' 'msilf beka-ase his woife don't undhersthand an' appre ciate him, would foind that his loife had been moighty short, though th' fam'ly Bible credited him wid siventy foive years. If ye'll notice, ivery wather-wagon has a round top to it. That's why so minny min fall off av ut. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed in the State. The great state fair ended on Fri day. The crowd in attendance was the largest ever seen in Columbia, and the wHole fair was the most success ful in the society's history. The ex hibits were good, and were well-dis played. George Lester has been named to succeed Mr. J. C. Edwards. deceased. as member of the house of repre scntatives from Saluda county. He was decided upon at a meetiig of the county exectitive committee on Sat urdav afternoon. There was an unfortunate cuttin- 1 scrape in the corridors of the Wright's hotel, in Columbia, on Fri day nigit. S veral young men who are suppoced to have been under the influence of liquor went into the wrong apartments. and when ordered out by the proprietor, became pro fane and engaged in a scuffle which 1 resulted in the cutting of one of the hotel clerks. a relative of the pro prietor. Mose Cowan, colored, was brought before the magistrate at McCormick. on Saturday morning, charged with the rape of a thirteen-year-old col ored girl. He was committed to jail at Abbeville. There is some talk of a lynching among the negroes. He was captured and turned over to the authorities by two colored men. His guilt is certain. The annual meeting of the Wo men's Christian Temperance Union. which was held at Manning, is ended. Those who attended were unanimous in their praise of Manning hospital ity. The Christian Temperance workers have practically completed their bus iness at the session in Charleston. The next meeting will be held in Spartanburg. A memorial was drawn up which will be submitted to the governor, urging the prohibition oi the sale of cocaine and other similar drugs. Mitchell Flateau. a well-known Hebrew of Greenville, died at his home on Saturday morning. from an overdose of morphine. He had been ill for some time and it is thought that lie took the drug to induce sleep after several nights of insomnia. In the -case of Logan against the Southern, in the Greenville court, the plaintiff was awvarded a verdict of $3.ooo. Notice of appeal has been given. While some buthering was being done cn Saturday at Leesville, The little three-year-old child of L. P. Steadman fell into a vessel of boil ing water and died from the effects shortly afterward. The Bell Telephone company has put in an exchange at Leesville. This mrove has been talked' of some time. and will be of great benefit in that part of the state to facilitate connec tions. Records Broken. Memphis, October 27.-With a pacemaker, carrying a wind shield irn front and accompainied by a runner~ at the side, Dan Patch, driven by Hersey, paced the fastest mile at the trotting park yesterday ever made by a horse in harness, circling the track in one minute and fifty-six, seconds flat. The former record, 1-56 1-4, was made by Dan Patch in 1902. The, son of Joe Patchen warmed up in splendid shape and after scoring once Hersey nodded for the word. With clock-like precision the brown horse stepped around the first turn and to the quarter in 29 seconds. Turning down the back stretch Ss.ott Hudson, who drove the pacemaker, had to urge his horse forward as Dan Patch was crowding him. The pacing marvel fairly flew to the half in .57 1-2 sec onds and when the time was announc ed a great cheer came from those present. On the far turn Dan Patch seem to falter, but only for an instant and on passing the three-quarter pole the timers' board showed 1.26 1-2. WVhen fairly straightened out for the flight to the wire the brown pacer seemed to gather renewed cour age and coming on at a terrific clip, passed the judges' stand in 1.56 flat. Cheer after cheer greeted the per formanc and Hersey was carried to the stand. The wind shield used was the same as that employed when Lon TDi1lon trotter1 a mile in i.eR 1--> Ite onsisted of a strip of canvas about our feet square attached to the ulky of the running pacemaker. Another sensational performance vas that of Major Delmar, E. E. ;mathers' trotting champion, when ie trotted a mile to a high wheel ulky in 2.07 flat. It was announced >y the judges before the trial that the ulky was non-ball-bearing and veighed 54 1-2 pounds. It was also !xplained the vehicle was the same f >attern as that used by Maud S.. in ter memorable flight against time in 884, when he trotted a mile in 2.08 ih ;-4. The day's sport was marred by an infortunate accident. Edward b 3eers. the veteran driver and trainer. p va; exercising Joymaker. a local trot er. and on turning into the stretch it a fast clip collided with one of everal track wagons on the grotids. -is sulky was tiltedl high in the air Lnd Geers was thrown heavily to tht Iround. When assistance reached iim it- was found that he had sus ained severe injuries, one leg being )roken and the other badly injured. 3eers was taken to a hospital t< vhere last night it is reported he is -esting easy. His injuries are re arded as serious. C Most of the revolutions of the nine- 10 ecnth century resulted from soldiers aking the same view as the Round 1eads in the day of the Great Protect )r in Engiand. The overthrow in I :868 of Queen Isabella of Spain: of Empress Eugenie, the' regent of a France, in 1870; of King Louis Phil-' r ppe, in 1848, and of King Otho of d 3reece, n 1859, were due to the failure h >f the soldiers to rally around their I overeigns in moments when the lat- s :er were in open conflict with their t )eople-that is to say, with the state c -while it was solely due to the loy lty of the army to the monarch and n :o its preferring its allegiance to th6 :rown to its obligations to the people :hat the rulers of Holland, Prussia, Baden, Saxony, Austria and other :ontinental states A e able to save heir thrones from being engulfed by :he great wave of popular revolution :hat swept over Europe in 1848. The Care of Cabbage. \Uichigan Farmer. To have success with cabbage it :akes very careful attention at this :ime of the year. The green cabbage .vorms are its worst enemy, as they ire eggs one day and worms the next. lhe cabbage should be examined al ~nost every day. If any worms be ~ound pick them very carefully and be ;tre to find all of them. Then use xhite helebore-it can be bought at1 my drug store. To one gallon of 4 :old water take one teaspoonful of ielebore and sprinkle the cabbage1 :horoughly with mixture. Open up .he little inner leaves so the mixture .ill get on all the leaves. There is] ao danger of poison if it be entirely issolved as the heads form from the nside. The spider is also to be watchea md is harder to handle, for if it is 20t killed it goes to other heads. Ex imine the heads and if webs are ound a spider is not far away. Kill t if possible. then clean away the web. Break off the large under p eaves so the sun can shine all arouna ~he plants. Taking off the big eaves gives more nourishment to the 2eads and leaves no hiding place for nsects. A little salt sprinkled on the heads nakes them crisp, but this must not >e done when the sun is shining hot I >n them, as the salt will burn the I :abbage. Early in the morning or ifter the sun goes down is the best :ime to make this application. He Would take no Chances. Two men in the west were to be ianged for horse stealing. The place elected was the middle of a trestle >ridge spanning a river. The rope vas not securely tied on the first man :o be dropped and the knot slipped; :he man fell into the river and im nediately swam for the shore. As :hey were adjusting the rope for the ;econd man, an Irishman, he re narked: "WVill yez be sure and tie that good nd tight, 'cause I can't swim." . "Sometimes," said Uncle Eben, "a nan takes credit for bein' ~generoub when he's only payin' on.t money to ple,ce his own vanityv"-Wahington .OSELE The Oldest, Larg House in TI After standiog the storm for th -ont this fall with a large and v ,emember that we sell almost ever: )ur motto is, never misrepresent ar irty-six inches to the yard, and si: nd square dealing to all black an ogle makes the announcement that rints, black, silver grays, and othe Vhite homespun, 6-;c. per yard. i FURNITURE. We have a full line of full furniture uits, beds, chairs, bureaus, springs, iattresses, and also mattings, car ets, rugs, etc. Elegant reed rockers, $1-75 each. Capes, Jackets, Ready-made kirts, a beautiful line, new and nice nd stylish. We invite everybody ) come and see our fall stock and iake their selections. An Elegant eight-day clock for 1.99. In Hardware, Tinware, rockery, Stoves, etc., we claim to ad. Choice seed oats, Sixty cents MILLINERY. Our millinery business is constant growing and our display this fall simply superb. Many Novelties re displayed and our prices are just ight to suit the ladies. Our Shoe epartment is now complete and we ave the old reliable Bay State brand, attle Axe, Wolf, etc. In fine ladies hoes we have the Kanatina, the Au crat, the Radcliff, the New Idea and thers. People say that the Moseleys 4 ake a profit. What difference do ng as you gLt the goods? MOSELEI PROSPERITY, SI We are opening >f Furniture eve >erry. Corne ar Rugs, Art Squa Vatting, Crock 3hina Ware. We want our friends to com< vill buy more goods from us tt Newberry Hardware Co.'s o The Ne WI,' NEWS We invite all to come ye convinced that it is yrices. A full line of Dr3 -lats and Groceries, at HARMO Prosper A CAN We hereby annoi *candidate for more ourselves to satisfy MAYES' DI + ~We believe in Y BROS., est and cheapest le Country. e -ast forty years we come to the ,ell-selected stock of merchandise. (thing, from a cambric needle up article to make a sale. We give teen ounces to the pound. Fair d white. The first sound of the we are selling all our standard r designs, at five cents per. yard.. )ea Island 5c. Riverside plaid 61c. DRESS GOODS. We have the new things in dress gods, trimmings, notions, capes, Jackets, Hats, Caps, Mens', Boys' Youth' Clothing; Trunks, Valises and Telescopes. SEWING MACHINES. Five Drawer, Ball-bearing, Drop Head Sewing Machine, $17.93, and a cheaper machine for $12.50. SPORTING GOODS. We have a beautiful line of Guns, Shells, Wads, and other Sporting goods, the prices of the Guns rang ing from $3.99 to $20.00. STOVES. Don't buy until you have seen ourold reliable Elm and Iron King Stoves. They are the best on the market. We have ranges for $2o.oo each. They are beauties. Why pay sixty-five dollars for a stove when we have them from seven dollars up. ORGANS. Can sell you a beautiful organ, Stool included, Walnut Finish, tone elegant, five years' guarantee, for $55.00. :ant sell the goods at the price and es it make to you what people say as r BROS., JUTH CAROLINA. the largeststo k r opened in New id see our line of .res, Carpets and ery, Glass and Sand see our stock. A dollar an any other store in towrs. Id stand, Main.St. w Store * 3TOCK. and see our line and the best at reasonatble r Goods, Notions, Shoes, N &SON, ity, S. C. DIDATE ance ourselves asa business and pledge,4 all customers. ~UG STORE. roman's suffrage.