Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the World. The intention is to keep the state hood bill in the senate at the iron during the present week at Washing ton. with the hope on the part of iti friends, that by the end of the weel they may get an agreement to vot< on it. The important work before th< house of represertatives this week i: the proper disposal of the Swayn case. It cannot be fortold just hov much time will be consumed before conclusion is reached, as there are number of members who desire t< speak on the subject. Gen. Nogi. attended by his stafi on January i;. reviewed the detach ment of all arms in th? town squar, at Port Arthur. There was a stir ring display and the generals after ward marched through the town which shows few signs of bombard ment. No casualties occtirred to wo men or children who lived in th front houses during the seige. The ministry of M. Combes. afte emerging successfully from its bit ter midnight struggle in the chambe of deputies. has decided to abandoi the field, while some portion of it prestige still remains, and has signi fLed its intention of resigning. Friend of the ministry contend that the re tirement is voluntary, but the oppo sition hails the deision as a vicory After consultation today in Lynch burg, the attorneys of Samuel J. Mc Cue, who is to be hanged for murder decided to do nothing further unti the return of J. L. Lee, senior coun sel, from a hunting trip in Georgia It is believed the attorneys will at tempt to secure a review of the cas< before the supreme court, upon a sup plementary petition. Gessler Rosseau, who was arreste< in Philadelphia on Thursday with ai unloaded infernal machine in his pos session, admitted to the police or Sunday that he is the man who at tempted to destroy the statue o Frederick the Great, in Washingtor last week, and also that it was h< who sent the trunk containing an in fernal machine on board the steamei Umbria, at New York in 1903 Secretary Taft has submitted to th< president the annual report of th< Philippine commission, together witl the separate reports to the comrms sion by the several governors on th< island. The secretary says in his let ter of transmittal to the presiden1 that the reports show the great bene fit which has been conferred upon th< islands by a continued state of tran quility. Except in the -wild, moun tainous regions of the unexplored is island of Samar, inthemororegionlo: - Rio Grande, and one other point, h< says that the conditions as to tran * quility continue to improve, and ex cept in the places merttioned th< peaceful pursuit of agriculture is no at all interferred with by roving ban dits and other disturbers of the peace Alaska Tin. New York Engineering News. Stream tin was discovered in Alas ka last year, and now it is reporte( that great ledges of tin ore have beer found at Cape York, on Bering sea Numerous individual placer minern are reported to have made small for tunes during the past summer, twc men, for example, having taken twen ty-two tons of stream tin from claims along one of the creeks in the Cape York region, using the crudest hand methods. Hydraulic machinery wil: be taken into the district next season when the extent and value of the tir deposits will be ascertained. Lost Article Album. The French railway companies have issued to all stations an alburr which contains pictures of every pos. sible article that a traveler is like ly to have about him. Owing to the great number of passengers who are unable to speak French it is ofter found difficult to trace lost articles from the description given. Now al] that a passenger has to do is to poini to the missing article in the album The woman who finds the mosi fault if she ever does have to stand is the one who, when the opportun ity comes, expects to occupy two or th.e sea with parcels. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of More or Less, Interest Con densed Throughout the State. Mr. C. C. McMakin. of Vellford. it is said, is a champion when it comes to raising hogs. I-e killed one a few days .ago. twenty months old, which weighed 850 pounds. The ani mal was of the >erkeshire and Po land China brooding. The golf team match between Co lumbia and Camden on Saturday re sulted in a victory for Camden by a narrow margin of one hole. The match was all even until the last pull had been holed out oi the eighteenth green. The stockholders and directors of the Columbia union station company lheld their annual nieeting yesterday, n i:e (ice of Superintendent -1. A. ams. at the station. Represen esi of the clierent railwayVs were t-( sent. en Tie dedication of the court hoi.me at Darlington has passed into the hi torv of that county as a memorable and g'rus event. Men. w 1en and cl'' dren were present in large ntum bers to do honor to their county and to lizten to the words of wisdom from several distinguished speakers. Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner of immigration, has just returned from - Augusta. where he attended by invi tation the annual dinner of the cham ber of commerce, which body is deep ly interested in the immigration movement which is taking concrete form in that state. As the result of an altercation which occurred at the Woodside mill at about eight o'clock Saturday morn ing, R. V. Porter, an employee, lies at his home in a critical condition, and F. C. Burnett another employee, is in the county jail. Porter was struck on the head by an iron rod, and it is not yet certain whether or not the wound will have a fatal re sult. The list of negroes who are meet ing their death in Charleston harbor by drowning is steadily increasing. Vithing the last year between fifteen and twenty have been drowned, and the drowning was recently increased by the drowning of Pat S. Ripper of the Oyster scoop Coleman. The ne gro was standing on the bow of the boat when he lost his balance and fell into the water. The community of Beaufort was shocked on Sunday afternoon by the sudden death of Rev. Harvey Hatch er, D. D. of Atlanta, which took place in the lobby of the Sea Island hotel, at about four o'clock. He had just en tered the door, when he fell upon his face, and in a few moments expired. The cause of the death was heart dis -ase. Dr. Hatcher was 72 years of age. He was in Beaufort for the pur pose participating in a deer hunt. He had intended to preach a sermon in the B-aptist church at Beaufort on the night of the same day on which he met his sudden end. Curing the Practical Joker. Burlington H-awkeye. There is a disposition to discour age practical jokers at Grandview. Three cheerful idiots placed a dummy on the track of the interurban. The motorman was frightened out of his wits, his attempt to stop the car re stlted in bruises for the passangers, who were thrown over the seats by the sudden stop. And the jokers found it was no joke when they were asked to put up $600 appearance bonds. And the company, finding that its car had been damaged, is dis posed to push the prosecution. It is probably that at least these three will be pretty thoroughly cured of the practical joke idiocy before they get through with the case in hand. The Live Stock. There should be plenty of light in all of the buildings where animals are kept or it is necessary to do work. A dark barn or stable is unfit for ani mRiT to bc kept in. rud. is very in-on venient in caring for them. Plenty of light and sunshine is what is want ed. If there are not enough win dows in the stables put in more be fore cold weather comes on. If the old ones need repairing attend to that and see how much better it will. THE WAY OF A MAN. His Criticism of Fair Women and Her Own Troubles. Voman's liomc Companion. -NVhat a lot of time and thought you women (1 give to ourr hair. sad' Mr. Blank. with good-natured raillery, to his wife one iormng w xhe,n s'ihe wa' preparing to go down town with him, and wais standing be fore the glass attending to her "front hair." I wonder what would be come of my business if I spent as much 11me over my hair as you do over yours. An hour later Mr. Blank was stir veying himself anxiously in the mir ror before him as he sat in a chair at his barber's and the barber was ho!.'!ng a mirror hack of him. while Mir. ank sid, "Yes. I guess that 1 ill d Youi might take the least litte 1b; off the front part of my hair and clip ,ff a tritle more just above Im left ear. Seems to me you ve left It a little longer there than it is III%* right car. And I think I' ha-: von nart my hair a little lower on the left -just a little! No, not that low. A little higher. That will do. No. don't comb it down quite so lat. and brush it back more above the ears. That's better, but it's still too flat in front. Here! let me take the comb. See? I like it combed rather loosely. Let me see how it looks in the back again. Just hold that hand mirror back of me again. Isn't there a hair or two longer than the others right back of the left ear? Getting thinser and thinner on top of my head, isn't it? By Jove! I'd give ten thousand dol lars for something that would keep my hair from falling out and leaving me bald! Couldn't you comb my hair somehow so that the bald spot wouldn't show quite so prominently? Yes, I've tried massage for it. Had my scalp massaged an hour a day once for seven weeks, and was balder when I left off than when I began. Yes, you might powder my neck a little, and just twist the ends of my mustache into something of a curl. That will do. Now do I look all right? Good-day." MIGHT HAVE CAUSED WAR. How Some Pigs on the Falkland Is lands Caused Trouble. London Truth recalls the curious tale of the Falkland islands which might have caused war between Eng land and the United States, but which is now quite forgotten. On one of the main islands is Stan ley, where the governor and a few British reside. The islands produce grass, turnips and pigs. These pigs used to be much sought by Ameri can whaling captains. The governor ilays insisted that they were Brit ish property. The captains insisted that they were wild pigs. During the Crimean war an American whaler appropriated a pig, and then put into Stanley. The governor classed the pig as British. and when the captain refusedl to give up imprisoned him. A few days later an American ship of war put into Stanley tinder the command of Captain Lynch. The captain, hearing that an American cit izen had been clapped into prison by thego-:e rne--, dler;anded his release, asking the governor, if unpprepared to comply, to remove his women and children, as the town would be bom barded. The governor released his prisoner, and presumably the pig, and sent an account to the colonial office, and the British legation at Washing ton was directed to insist upon an apology. Mr. Marcy, secretary of state, ex plained that Lynch was nervous be cause he had had domestic trouble. Britain would not accept this excuse, but dropped the discussion, for with a war with Russia on her hands it was just as we!' not to get into~ hot water with the United States. Possibly, Truth suggests, the great international question o,f the pig is still undecided. The man who is accustomed to wood bottomed chairs at home is the man who complains most about the, hard seats on the train. MIMNAUGH'S GREAT WHITE GOODS AND EMBROIDERY AE STARTS WEDNESDAY AT e O'LOCK SHARP. PACIFIC I Life Insuranc OF CALiFORNIA : : (LIFE5 ACCIDEN Commenced BusineS It is not the largest---not the oldest b; ization the S t'RONGEST Life Insurance insurance it is n:t ESTIMAI ES (Guesse TEES Our J- A WR than the guar. tees ,f any other compai tlose of any o-: - line company Iu PLAINE: 1' te. is and FIGURES GUARANfEEo: Cazh Loans---P aid up I sured---Extended Insurance---Cash surre ly Cash Dividends--Gr, in paying prer if desi:ed. AL-O: IM .DIATE payme Right to change benes :i.ary, AND IS: UNLI I ITED as to residence and travel It gives the LARGEST amount of pro and defends BOTH the Insured and the every element of SECURITY---A PLAI It sells a deferred dividend Contract, the policy holder S5.00 a week, on each t caused by accident or disea-e; and in adc insured become permanently disabled fro tnred---The insured QUITS PAYING PI of the policy in ten equal annual instal'r ditionai Cost. To find out many other good things ab date of birth, to ROBERT General Agent f:r South Caroli NEWBEF 1865. 40 YEA1 January Cle Absolutely at Cost: All Mei Kee Pants, Overall Shirts and Dres Flannels, Blankets. Jeans, Men Trunks, Valises and Satchels. Rugs, Art Squares, Chenille C( Winter Dress Goods, Sweaters,, 10-4 Sheeting, bleached and Ladies' Hats; Feathers and Plumes. Elegant bargains in above. Don' Shoes reduced from 5c. to 25C.I Remember first comes gets the pic MOSELEY BROS,, NOW F( Clearanc We are taking stock a season able goods yet oi termined that we will low prices mean anythii a "job" department a following: Buggy Robes, Blankets and Cornforts, Gents' & Ladies' Underwear, Woolen Dress Goods, And we are adding ever articles to this departmi must go regardless of c S. J. W( SOUTHERN THE SOUTH'S GREA TEST SI UNEXCELLED DINING CAR THROUGHWPULLMAN SLEEP: TRAINS. CONVENIENT SCHEDULESOC WINTER TOURISTS' RATES pints. For full information as to rates, ro Railway Ticket Agent, or R2 W HTTNT W1IUTUAL :e Company : ORGANIZED 1868. F AND HEALTH) Nearly 40 Years Ago. t, by reason of its pecu iar legal organ Company i America. In taking life s) that the people want but GUARAN ,ITTEN in the policy are GREATER iv tho' the costs are no greater than - in the policy it nsurance---Additions to tre sum in nder Values, AND PROVIDES: Year iums---Installment plans of settlement nt of claims---Right of restoration NCONTESTABLE after ONE year ,ection that the money will buy---Arms Benificiary at ALL points---Possesses Sl policy EASILY understood. which, at a small additional cost, gives housand of insurance, for lost time ition, the contract provides that if the m disease or accident the policy is ma kEMIUMS and will receive the amount .ients. And All This Without Ad ut our policies, call on or write, giving NORRIS, Ia. Office Over Postoffice. RY. S. C. RS OLD, 19O5, arance Sale. 's, Youths' aud Boys' Clothing,, ;s Shirts. s Goods. >Vers. d Furs. unbleached. P K and Percales, t miss this sale. ?er -air. k. Prosperity, S. C: 1 )R THE :eSale! nd inda great many r hand, and we are de rot carry them over if ig. We have arranged I nd placed therein the Overcoats, All Winter Clothing For Men and Boys, Also Extra Pants. y day many desirable ent, and these goods ost. )OTEN. R AILWAY!4 rSTEM. 3ERVICE. [NG CARS ON ALL THROUGH N ALL LOCAL TRAINS. are now in effect to all Florida utes, etc.; consult nearest Southern ,Division Passenger Agent, Charlestou, S. C.