Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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G1ENERAL NEWS NOTES. Itms of More o,r Less Interest Cot densed Throughout the World. Robert Gardiner, a prisoner in ti county jail in Chicago, charged wi1 murder of Agnes Morrison, may e cape death penalty for the reason thi he is suffering from ossification the vertebrae, and .tissues of the nec and -his neck cannot be broken. H attorney startled the court by turnir -to assistan state's attorney, and sa; ing, "This is a case where it won't < you any good .to ask for the deat penalty. They cannot break the man neck, if t1hey do try to hang him ar we may lose him altogether by hanj ing him, and failing to execute t sentence -in full." Presidenc Roosevelt held ' a coi ference on Monday with the athlet advisors of several colleges for t1 purpose of considering with them ti morale of the game of football with view to eliminate more of its brutal ty if possble. No defnte conclusor were reached, the idea of the pres denfc being simply to start the ba rolling in the direction of a modif cation of the rules of the game. John R. McLean, owner of the Ci cinnati Inquirer, has purchased even half interest in the Washingt< Post. Mr. McLean will be preside: of the company and will take an a tive interest in its managemen't. Secretary Taft will sail for Panan about November 1st. After a co ference with the president it was d cided to leave the administration the canal in the hands of -rhe war d partment, and Secretary Taft w take absolute charge of all importa business transactions regarding ti canal construction 'and its manag ment, operating through-' the Isthmik Canal commission. The new city directory-of Columb shows a population of 33,000 again 21,ooo by the census of Egoo. It is reported .that Rev. W. Aik< Kelly, a Methodist minister who di appeared from his home in North A gusta, has been located in Virgini It was generally 'believed 'that min attack 'of mental aberration, he 'h: wandered in the woods and killed 'hir self. He was a member of the Sou Carolina conference, and married daughter of Rev. J. A. Clif-ton. Cihas. Spencer who created a sens tio.n in Gr-eenville by getting drur and clipping his wife's ;hair and ey lashes, was fned $100 in the pohi court. He has appealed l"ne case -the courtr of sessions. He waived preliminary in a case made by ti state and produced a $500 bond. President D. B. Johnson of Wi' throp college 'has been to Washini ton, and called to see .the president 1 invite him to stop at Winthrop c his southern tour. The p-resident a mem'ber of the Peabody board, at has been deeply interested in Wi: throp .college, but -his tour is so a ranged, that he will be unable to sto Mrs. Roosevelt !will accompany ti president on his forthcoming sout] ern trip, cer'tainly as far as Roswe' Georgia. Greene and Gaynor, the men wi avoided extra<jitions to the Unite States from Canada for so many yea: are in jail in Savannah. The wive ~who had preceded them -to Savanna' met them at the depot. BEVERAGES OF FAMOUS ME! George Washington Took Best Whi: key Straight-Andrew Jackson -also Preferred Unadulter ated-Somie Fancy Con coctions. Cincinnati Enquirer. Mention has been made of the faa' that Governor Folk takes his whi: key straight, and ,if si- is straight whi: key be might do worse. It is effem nate, unwholesome, and un-Christia to drink your whiskey mixed. The Crescent warriors sipped thei sherbert spiced. The julep is a provocative-even tli real julep that they concoct in Vil ginia and Kentucky-but when 'the make a "smash" of it, as 'they do i New York and Philadelphia, it is a abomination. An 'honest punch ma be sipped by fair women and tende children. Eggnog is an odious mes and very deceptive. 'Ihe saloon tha has on hand siome exceptionally ex ecrable liquor disguises it in eggno; a "Tom and Jerry." If a man must drink-and all of us would be better without it-let him I. get straighc. Nearly all the whiskey that is sold over the bar is "blended" -that is to say, poisoned. The gov [e ernment licenses this nefarious busi 1h ness, so promotive lof sudden and s- premature death. The oblenders will cr take a barrel of real Kentucky bour >f bon, or real Pennsylvania rye, mix it k, with two barrels of tha7t Peoria vile is ness, put a little burnt sugar and g parched dried peaches in it to give r- it -smothness and flavor, and add to to the concoctio.n enough "bead oil" to h give it countenance, and that is what 's causes so much "heart failure" and d Bright's disease tUiat are so conspic uous in the obituary columns of the te daily paipers. George Washington drank the best 2 liquor, and he drank it straight, and ic the same -is true of Andrew Jackson. ie Jackson, however, preferred his rath te er young, and would drink it new from a the worm. On one occasion it fell i- to me to go to Madison county, Ky.. s an-d interview Gen. Cassius M. Clay. 5.. The old lion met me at t1he portal and aLl gave me a h!ospitable reception. He -i- showed me his baronial hall, his pic tures, his books and his weapons. a- Then he fetched forth some liqtfor. Ln The first was some brandy, 54 years >n old. It was insipid and generally only t produced as a curiosity. Tihen he pro c- duced brandy 18 years old, and the gods of high Olympus never quaffed la mightier mead. - Th'ou clears the head o' doited Liar: e- Thou cheers the heaTt o' drooping .f Care; e.. Thou strings the nerves o' Labor sair. ill At's weary toil. ,t Thou ever brightens dark despair ie Wi' gloomy smile. e- I took a hog diver while -the general Ln turned his back, and though it was above proof, it was oily, mellow,grate ia ful, generous, whatever of imagination st I had it awakened, all my mental en ergies it quickened and caused me to :n hang on the lips of the wonderful s- old man as he gave me his impres _.. sions of Russia. a. It was not until the King of Day L had nearly run 'his course in the td Heavens that I mounted my horse to 1- return to Richmond, and I am nearly :h ready to say 'that -brandy was about a the best liquor I ever partook of. Teeis a tradition that'- James " Buchanan kept 'the. best whiskey of ik any, of the pres-idents. I lhave read e the statement that 'he had in 'his cel :e lar at Wheatland enormous quanti : ties of the best rye whiskey in the a world when he died. It was said, and ie' the story.was told with t'he precision and circumstantiality that gave the - impress of 'truth, 'that whiskey-that - is, good whiskey and such whiskey :o as 'he drank-had no other intoxica n ing effect on James Budhanan than a s gentle exhilaration, an'd that he could d drirnk a gallon of it a iday without per - ceptible effect on ihis phys.ique or the slightest disiorder of 'his mind. PThere was a story that J'ohn Tyler. e when president, wanted to find out whvCat the democrat.ic party was doing in the field of politics, and with ,that end in view selected two seasoned oVirginia topers to interview Buchanan dthen a se,nator in congress, get him .s 'drunik andl indu.ce him to talk. The s parties met at the Astor H.ouse in "New York and short.ly after midnight Tyler's emissaries were both under the table and old Buck, in full posses sion of all this faculties and President Tyler's political secrets, trotted off to ;- 'bed. There is a story of the cellar of an other Pennsylvania statesman, Simon Cameron. I.t is sa-id there were sev eral barrels of "cherry bounce" in there that had the effect to cause any member of the Pennsylvania legisla :t ture wh:o drank of .it to vote for any a thing Gen. Cameron told him to vote ;- for. Gen. Shleridan told a story of i- Bism'arck, and one could see that the n Ilittle general felt that the treatment accorded him by the mighty chancel r bor was injurious. It was late on the day of Sedan. Bismarck and Sheri e dan had witnessed -the battle and the -victory and botlh' put spurs to flank y and 'dashed for Bismartk's quarters. n Herbert Bismarck 'was there and his n father asked for something to drink. y There was just~ one bottle of brandy r on the place, a little more than a fifth s of a gallon. This -vas uncorked and t the chancellor put if t> his mouthr and - drank and drank a:d Thank, and when ; he had finished there was n:ot a drop Very Low Rates Via Southern. To Washington, D. C., and return on account of American Bankers as socia*ion, October 10-13, 1905. One fare plus 25 cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale October 8th and 9th, final limit October 15th., with privi lege of extension for an additional ten days on deposit of ticket and pay ment of 50 cents. ELEVENTH C Choice Te0 JUST RE and while it lasts goes Best Patent, Gotton, Best Half Patent, Co1 This makes eleven short time. While we are doing are also leading in Dr3 ing, Millinery, &c., &< goods, carefully sele< Baltimore, and want E see for themselves anc are headquarters and i all kinds goods at ver: pay $40.00 for Sewing drop head $17.93, guz high tone, 12 stop Orgc Choice Western See( Thousands of bargai Almost impossible to r MOSE VTWO F * Special Offer on Our Cut out this adv. and hand 0 you a package each of our 25 for the price of one until the this special offer that will nol made solely that you may tes One or both are apt to be nee almake a saving, and be ready as one appears. When bougi are guaranteed. + MAYES' DI S When Wanting $01 CAL Geo. D. E Cod Fish Balls,[Devil pered Herring, Fren Boneless Herring, Ro Beef, Lun~ch Tongue Chicken and Potted Tu Pineapple, Mushroon Salad, Pickles--Sweet lets, Cheese, Coffee fr< Cream of Wheat, Qu Force, Peanut Butter, Ferris' Breakfast Bacc Spicesfor Pickling, Vii Apple, Fresh lot of Chc pound. Phone 1 10. FOR BARGP FURN? HOUSE HOI Kibler, D NEWBEF did Iismarck ever see that he coveted that he did not monopolize? When Stephen A. Douglas appeared at Nashville in 186o he drank two full goblets of fine whiskey just before he began his magnificent speech: "Fellow citizens, sixteen years ago today I was in -Nashville, then, as now, battling for the success of the national democracy and contending for the correct construction of the nation al constitution. Then I, advocated the election to the presidency an illus trious son of Tennessee, and on that same day I received the benediction of the sage -of the Hermitage." Some forty yeare ago, perhaps less. a learned clergyman of Scotland was chosen the head of one of the lead ing colleges of he United States. The day of his inauguration was exceed ingly warm, and the reverend gentle man walked -to the chapel, where a large and select -audience awaited his appearance. Wiping the perspiration from his brow, the learned doctor ex plained: "The weather is very hot, and the whuskey"-here a look of disgust as broad as his pronunciation, came over this rugged features-"and the wvhuskey, it was very mean." Per haps the good old man had been givea some of that Peoria abomination and had sailed .into it as he 'had been ac customed to imbibe his native Scotcfh. Though this president of a great Presbyterian college would have his "whuskey," he made the colege the equal in standing of any other in America, and the youth into whom Dr. MacLeash could not implant some character was hopeless. Temperance is an excellent thing. It is a pity that in our country .drink has been assailed With so much fanat icism and so much cant. We would better fight it with the loftier and stronger weapon of reasion. And then'there is some fun in a bot tle of good whiskey-if we would only broach it rationally and not make hogs of ourselves-good whiskey, mark you! She Could See Her Man. I Boston Herald. An old lady in New Hampshire de 'cided to' try matrimony for the sec ond 'ine in extreme old age. Her children and grandohildren and great grandchildren'expostulated with her, but she remained firm and declared she was going to marry the man. "Why, you're too old," said they; ~you' re los-ing your faculties. You can't see; if -this man was on the other si'de of the street you couldn't tell him from any one else." The old lady said she wa's going 'to marry him. At las.t a dauglhter said: "Now we'll put 'the man on top of the barn and you shall stand in the kitch en door. If you can see 'him on the barn you shall marry him." The prospective bridegroom sat 'on the ridgepole of the barn, the old lady came to 'the door, looked, sheded her eyes and looked again. "Do you see him?" called t'he fami "Oh, yes," was -The reply; "I can see the man all rigfht, but I don't see the barn !" Unappreciated Courage. In the Tennessee mountains lived a little hunter named Hiram Gates. Although small in size, Hiram was noted for 'his bravery f-or miles around in that section of the counatry,, where courage was a common asset. Once while hunting Ihe tracked a 'bear to a sm-all cave. Now, a. man -hasn't one chance in a mill.ion fighting a bear in close quarters, bu-t this fact didn't deter Hiram for -a minute Throwing down .his gun, 'he put his knife be tween his 'teeth and craw.led intio the ark Woe after.the animal. By the greatest of good fortune -he succeeded in killing it, for the reason that .the cave was so small that the bear couldn't turn around to defend imself. Otherwise -there probably wwould have been a diff-erent story. Hiram skinned the bear and then wen-t home, where he explained the manner of 'the killing to his father. The 4d man listened quietly until the tale came to an end and then, in a high pitoh, quavering voice, said: "Well, H,iram, I 'like a brave man as well as anybody, but you're an in fernal fool !" Her-I wouldn't marry you if you ,ere the only man in the world. Him-If I had such cinch as that To Chicago, Illinoisu and return on Account National Baptist Convention, October 25-31, i9o5. One fare plus. 50 cents for tihe round trip. Tickets on sale October 23rd., and 24th., lim ited to return leaving Chicagv not la7er than November 5th., 1905. For further information, as to rates, schedules etc., call on J. P. Shealy, AR OF THAT iessee Flour CEIVED, for - - $5325 ton, - 4,45 hundred bbls. sold in a the Flour business, we Goods, Notions, Cloth . We are brim full of Aed in New York and vezrybody to come and I be convinced that we he proper place to buy r bottom prices. Why Machine? We sell good Lranteed; good Walnut n $50.00. i Oats; sacked 55 cents. ns in our immense line. iention them all. LEY BROS. O. OMT3S Cough and Cold,Cure. it in with 25c. and we will give c. size Cough and 25c. Cold Cure first of November. We make 0 be repeated this year, and is * the merits partly at our expense. led at any time. Buy at 'once, o treat a cough or cold as soon t at regular prices these remedies* UG STORE.S othing Good to Eat LON lavenport. e d Crabs, Shrimps, Kip h Sardines, Lobsters, ast Mutton and Roast ,Sliced Ham, Potted rkey, Grated and Sliced , Asparagus, Celery and Sour, Junket Tab mI5c. to 35c; per lb., aker Oats, Grape Nuts, Butter Beans, Olives, . Tetley's Tea, Mixed legar-White Wine and colate Candies 40c. per JNS TURE LD GOODS E TO RYS. C.