Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOST AT SEA. Fishing Party of Six Left Char leston Saturday and ARE STILL MISSING. The Six Men Who Composed the Par ty Were Operatives at the Bag Factory, and Five of Them Left Families, and Naturally There Is Much Anxiety Among Their Fam ilies. There is a great fear in Charles ton that six men have been drowned off the bar. A party of six operatives of the Rayal Bag and Yarn Factory left Charleston Saturday afternoon on a fishing trip, over the bar, and none of them have returned. It is feared that their boat capsized and the men were drowned.. The men started down the harbor in two small cat-rigged boats shortly before dark on Saturday afternoon. They were to return to the city on Sunday afternoon. Morris Island was the destination of the party and it is not known whether they ever reached the fishing place or whether they suffered some mishap in return ing at the scheduled time. Saturday afternoon was calm and pleasant weather, but early Sunday morning the wind set in from the northeast, blowing a stiff gale which continued all Sunday night and again Mionday night, reaching velocities as high as 50 miles an hour and with a very rough sea, it is possible that the boats may have been swamped or swept out to sea and the entire party drowned. It is possible that the boats may have been driven into some of the lit tle creeks or perhaps the men are all safe in charge of the keeper of Morris Island lighthouse, waiting for better weather conditions to attempt to come back to the city. It is, of course, possible that the entire party is safe if not at the light house, at some other point along the neighboring islands, but it is strange that one of the number at least has not taken the land route to reach the city and convey the news of the par ty. The following are the names of those who composed the party: Pat Grayson, Dick Webb, George Miles, John Meyer, J. C. Edwards. Will Hyatt. All of the men, with the ex ception of Mr. Haytt, are married men with children, and, as might be expected, there is much excitement and trouble in the village of the Roy al bag and yarn factory. They Are Found. The parties reported loss as sea from Charleston has been found and are now safe and sound at home. They were found on Morris Island and carried to the city in a wagon that had gone to search for them. PURE HORSE SENSE. Animal Buns Away and Then Sum mons the Doctor. The existence of what is termed pure horse sense was demonstrated recently in Washington, D: C., by the horse owned by -J. H. Wudeman. The animal became unmanageable while being driven and ran away, throwing the owner to the ground, where he landed in an unconscious condition. Then the horse walked up to -the door of Dr. H. Wells Woodward and .rang the electric push button bell un til the doctor came out and went to the aid of the injured man. While the doctor was making a preliminary examination of Mr. Wurdeman, the horse stood quietly and even after the driver had been taken into the doctor's office to have a laceration of the forehead sewed up, the horse remained waiting. "I thought at first the horse was .coming in to superintend the opera tion," Dr. Woodward says. "It was the most remarkable thing I ever heard of, and had I not personally witnessed the whole affair, I say frankly I would not have believed it. Dr. Woodward and a maid were brought to the door by the persis tent ringing of the bell. - Openmng the glass doors they saw the horse standing on the porch rubbing its nose vigorously on the nicle-plated sign. When the mail screamed, the horse stuck his head in the vestibule as though looking for someone. SOLD A GIRL Driven From Home and Sold by Her Father. The Armenia colony in Worchester Mass., is aroused over the sale of Mayrien Begosian, aged 14 years, by her father to Asadoor Shadbegia.n. The marriage was performed by an Armenian priest, but he was told that the girl was 18 years old, as the marriage license showed. According to the story told, the home relations of the irl had be come unpleasant, owing to the pres ecnce of a stepmother. The child was ordered to leave the home and never return. The father took the matter philosophically. He deter mined to get all he could out of the girl while he had her, so he arrang ed a sale and the child was sold to Shadbegian, a groceryman. When the story was learned by the more influential members of the Ar menian colony, they were incensed and swore out warrants for the par ties concerned. They will move tc have the marriage annulled, if such a thing is possible. TRANSPORT NEGROES. Is Florida Governor's Solution of the Race Problem. In discussing the race question, Gov. Brownard, of Florida, in his message says that while no question has arisen to cause any disturbance, yet it is~ apparent that the relations between the two races is becoming more strained and acute. In offering a solution of the problem, Governor Brownard says: "I recommend a resolution to con gress to purchase territory, either domestic or foreign, and provide means to purchase the property of the negroes at reasonable prices and .to transport the negroes to the ter ritory purchased by the United States the United States to form a govern ment for them of the negro race: to prevent foreign inv'asion, and prevent whita people from living among them in the territory, and to prevent ne groes from migrating back to the United States." Good Man Gone. Bishop Jno. C. Granberry of the Southern Methodist church, died sud denly at his home. Ashland. Va., on la+t Monay aed 76 years. MAY BE KNOKE OUT Laborers Contract Law To Be Re viewed by the Courts. It is Said that the Law is Productive of reonage and Fails to Provide Equal Penalties. A case is now pending in the Uni ted States Court at Charleston that is of much interest to the farmers of South Carolina, and the final disposi tion of the case is being watched with great interest. The case is in reference to the labor contract law of this State. About a month ago two negroes were sentenced to terms of imprisonment in the Charleston county jail for the violation of this law. Their attorneys obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judge Braw ley, alleging that these men were un lawfully detained and deprived of their liberties in violation of the con stitution of the United States. The principal ground of attack on the law seems to be that the labor contract law violates that provision of the federal constitution which for bids class legislation: thus, it is claimed, if the volation of a aontract to buy goods or obtain advances in money which are to be paid for in la bor is to be penalized and punished as a crime then other contracts must be likewise penalized and punished. In other words, the claim is made that the lobor contract law of this St'ate provides punishment for the nonpayment of advances made under the labor law, or the noncompliance with the terms of a labor contract, a: strictly civil contract, and fails to provide punishment for other civil contracts when violated. It is said some of our best lawyers think the law unconstitutional and that the Un ited States Court will so declare it. When the question first came up before Judge Brawley he postponed a final deision until Mr. Lyon, the Attorney-General of the State, could be heard. Last Monday was set for the hearing, but it did not come up. it will be heard some time this week. The case was brought by Messre Lo gan and Grace, two Charleston law yers. They allege that the State law -is class legislation and a form of peonage, and, therefore, in conflict with the federal constitution. A few days ago, on instructions from Attor ney General Bonaparte, United States District Atorney Cochran filed a pe tition to be permitted to intervene in behalf of the government and Judge Brawley granted the motion, which makes the government a party to the suit. Pending a final decision of the case, Judge Brawley is understood to have discharged ti tewo Charleston' negrces from jail until the case could be fully heard and finally decided, and the magistrates over the State have held up all prosecutions for vio lating the labor contract law pending Judge Brawley's decision. The Fed eral authorities seem to regard the law somewhat as a system of peonage The labor contract law was enacted several years ago and at first pro vided that any laborer violating a written contract should be punished criminally by fine or imprisonment .n the case of the State against Wil liams the supreme court of this State declared the law unconstitutional, because punishment was provided against only the laberer and not the farmer in case of a violation of the conti act to pei form farm labor. The legislature at its next session amended the law so that either the farmer or laborer violating a con tract should be punished by fine or imprisonment. In this shape the law stood for some time. A few years ago the law was again amended so that a verbal contract was made pun ishable, if violateli. provided such contract was whn'cssed by two dis interested witnm.es. This law has been attacked sever al times in the state supreme court but without success. In the case of the state against Chapman its consti tutionalty was directly upheld. Again in the case of the state against Eas terlin, wherein the law was attacked upon the ground that while it did in a sense allow imprisonment for debt, et the constitution did not forbid imprisonment for debt in case of fraud, and that the violation of such a contract, after obtaining advances against future labor, was a species of fraud. This law is a good one, and has been very helpful in retaining labor on the farms, but in some cases it has been abused. It seems to us that some such law is absolutely es sential to the successful management of our farms under our present labor conditions, and should it be declared unconstitutional it will cause consid erable trouble to our farmers by dis organizing their plans and in many cases demoralizing the labor. With out some such law our farmers would be at the mercy of those who they may have hired to work on their farms. SPINSTERS DEFEAT BILL Stay Single If They Wish and Wont Be Taxed. The bill to tax spinsters and batt chelors at Fort Dodge, Ia., which was referred to a special committee, has been defeated by the spinsters, led by Miss Jessie Cameron, matron of a private school. For five days the spinsters made the lives of the com mitteemen so miserable that they reported adversely to the mayor. The entire unmaried woman's pop ulation of the place was o- anized by Miss Cameron and waged contin ual warfare against the bill. C. J. Crawford, chairman of the commit tee, said he was so abused that he was forced to beat a retreat. EASTER HAT BURNS. Cigarette Destroys Headgear on a Ladies Hat In Street. At Atlanta, a thirty dollar Easter hat on the head of Miss Celeste Man ton caught .fire Thursday afternoon while Whitehall street was crowded with shoppers. The hat was destroyed, the young woman lost much hair, was scorched about the neck and face and there was a panic in the shopping district. A young man checked the confla gration by throwing his overcoat over the young woman's head. In .the wreck of the hat was fou-nd the stub o a citarette that had been dropped from an upper story window and had caused the fire. TIPS HAT TO JUDGE. For Giving Negro Two Tears and White Man Five. The Gaffney Ledger says: "Last Monday a negro plead guilty to house breaking and larceny before Judge Aldrich. The Judge gave him two years. The same day a white man rlead guilty to the same offense. The judge gave him five years, at the same time saying in effect: "The ne gro is ignorant; you are a white man and your opportunities have been greater than the negro and you should know better." And we are inclined t'o tip our hat to the judge. KILLED BY TRAIN But Just How No One Seems To Know Exactly. [t Seems that the Deceased Was With Some Convivial Friends and Was Drinking. On last Thursday morning Coron er Rickenbaker held an inquest over the dead body of William Dunmeyer, a negro, who died the day before from injuires received Saturday night week ago on the Southern Rail way between Jamison an St.Mat thews. Just how Dunmeyer met his death is not known. It is said he was urunk when he left Orangeburg on the night of the accident, and the chances are that he fell from the train in passing from one car to an other. Another negro man who was with Dunmeyer 7estificd at the inquest that they boarded the train at Row esville, that he paid his fare to Or angeburg, while the dead man. Dun meyer, paid his fare to St. Matthews. Says Dunmrnepr gave the conductor $1 and rceived 35 cents in change. This wit:.ess caid that both he and Dunmeyer left t!,e train at Orange burg, but i ' ..nmeyer again got aboard the t raia and started for St. Matthews, wiiere he had intended go ing The other witnesses were Drs. Lowman and Shecut, who operated on the negro Sunday morning week ago, and the coroner, who heard his statements as given to the doctors. Drs. Lowman and Shecut testified that the negro was brought to them at 10:40 a. m. Sunday morning week ago by Dr. D. Moorer, a colored phy sician, who asked them to operate; that the coroner was also present and asked them to take the negro's state ment before operating. They testified that the negro told them he had been put off the train just above Jamison by the conductor, and that he fell and the train crush ed his hand. Said he did not know why he was put off. This was about eight o'clock on the Saturday night he was niurt, and he said he lay by the track in his injured condition for several hours, then dragged himself to Jamison, where he aroused some negroes and they sent him to Orange burg on the mixed train, reaching here early in the morning. Drs. Lowman and Shecut testified that when brought to them they found the right hand badly crushed and were forced to amputate. At that time there was no evidence of internal injuries and the negro did not seem to suffer except from his mangled hand. Was in a dazed con dition and they could get very little Put of him. Visited him afterwards and when they found his condition serious, they reported it to the South ern railway officials. They perform ed the post mortem examination and found liver and stomach in bad con dition from effects of what looked to be a terrible blow. May have been caused by negro falling heavily on cross ties, or some other hard matter Coroner Rickenbaker's testimony as to the post mortem statement differ ed from that of the doctors' in that he claimed the negro said he was ejected from the moving train. The Southern Railway was not represented at the inquest. Nor were any of the train crew present. Par ties who saw Dunmeyer the night of the accident at the depot as the train on which he was riding says Dunmey er was drunk. None of these parties testified at the inquest. The jury brought- In a verdict that Dunmeyer came to his death by wounds caused by some train on the Southern Rail way. If as stated above, Dunmeyer' was drunk, no doubt he fell from the train while it was in motion and re ceived the injuries that caused his death. TEXAS CAMPHOR FARMS. Latest 'Addition to the National Re sources in That State. Camphor farms are the latest ad dition to the resources of Texas. The Governmenr. now has two farms in 'operation in the State, which bid fair to becoming centers for the produc tion of the much needed article. Prac tically the entire supply of camphor for the world now comes from For mosa and is controlled by Japan.' Camphor is one of the ingredi ments needed in modern warfare and is used in the manufacture of explo sives used in high power guns. Now that the Japanese government has control of the world's output, it is not certain that it could be had at times when it would be most needed. In order to provide for the future the United States has started two farms in Texas. The plan of culti vation will be different than that em ployed in Formosa. In that Island the plants are allowed to grow for a time." Then they are ut down after they have become trees and ground to pulp and the camphor extracted. In Texas the camphor seeds will be sown like wheat. When the small shoots have grown to the height of four or five feet they will be cut a foot from the ground and the camphor~ extracted. This gives a quicker return in the crop and a better grade of camphor. Thir process can be repeated from year to year until a new field is developed. At the present time one acre of cam phor will yield $450 a year. The price will fall when the cultivation becomes more generai in Texas. TIRED OF LIFE A Woman in Virginia Takes Poison to End Her Days. At Danville, Va., ars. George W. Trent, a middle aged lady, and wife of a local jeweler, attempted suicide at the home of her sister, Mrs. Geo. W. Sheldon Thursday night, by tak ing laudanum. She was found by her sister n an unconscious condition and when re vived begged the doctors to let her die, declaring that if she recovered this time she would kill herself later on. The woman is in a critical con dition. Domestic troubles are said to be the cause of the attemp at suicide. The woman and her husband have been seperated for the past several weeks. CHEROKEE HOMICIDES. The First Man Hung There Was a White Man. The Gaffney Ledger says: "about forty homicides have occurred in Cherokee county since its organiza tion ten years ago, and it's a fact worthy of note that the first person to pay the death penalty was a white man who was a native of the county. This is ecot saying that others should not have been convicted but it's a healthy sign that the juries of the ounty have arrived at the point where they are showing a proper re gard for the rights of its citizens. Surely this will be alesson and will check he finw of blood in this coun Narrowed Down. The New York Press, a republican ?aper has its own ideas on the 1908 )residential campaign and in mak .ng them public makes a very inter ,sting showing. The Press says that ne of the list of posibilities for the republican nomination for president next year going the rounds of the newspapers is: Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Charles E. Hughes of New York. Elihu Root of New York. George B. Cortelyou of New York. William H. Taft of Ohio. Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio. Leslie M. Shaw of Iowa. Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Albert B. Cummings of Iowa. Robert M. LaFollette of Wiscon sin. W. M. Crane of Massachusetts. Philander C. Knox of Pennsyl vania. But in the opinion of the Press "a little blue penciling for obvious rea sons shows how excessively the list has been padded." The Press adds: "These are to be stricken out for reasons that are self-evident: Roosevelt-For he will not touch it. Root-Because he could not carry New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indi ana, Illinois, nor a single state, with the posible exception of Iowa, west of the Mississippi river. Cortelyou-Same reason. Knox-Same reason. Taft-Can't get the delegates of his own State, nor of any worth men tioning; might have a few federal officers from the territories. Foraker-President Roosevelt's battle ax will knock him in the head. Cannon-Can't carry the Standard Oil Trust, the Lumber Trust, the Su gar Trust, the Ship Subsidy grafters, nothing else. Fairbanks- Frozen stiff. Cummins-Hasn't any principles except 'push myself along.' Crane-Never been introduced to the public." Then this republican paper con cludes: "So the host dwindles to: Hughes. La Follette. Shaw. Shaw is a good man, but the pub lic regards him as too conservative. It will not vote for a man who is less radical than Roosevelt. This leaves: Hughes. La Follette. Plenty and to spare." REGMEN T-OF GIANTS Famous Corps of British Colonial on Duty in Jamaica. The Royal West Indian regiment, doing duty in Jamaica, is a body of giants. Not one man in the entire corps is less than six feet in height and most of them are a few inches more. All are negroes and are the flower of the dusky popula.tion. The regiment is more than a fine looking bndy of men. It is imposing. Every member of it feels a pride in every inch from heel to helmet. The powerful men look like 1,200 Gulli vers as they move about the streets and look over the heads of the small er whites and negroes of the island. When the troops are on patrol duty there is no danger of an out break. A raised hand from one of them had more influence on the mobs that crowd about those who give out food to earthquake sufferers, than the leveled rifles of a dozen ordinary men could have. The reason is ob vious. FOUND AT LAST. Kidnapped Twentty-three Years Ago When a Baby. Having located her son, who was kidnapped 23 years ago from her pioneer home in Nebraska, Mrs. G. W. Norton, left Marshalton, Ia., a few days ago, for Grand Junction, Col., to be welcomed by William Por ter, the "baby" she has been search ing for so long. Mrs. Norton's son was only four years old when he disappeared. It was shortly after the mother's di vorce from her first husband, and the latter was suspected. It develops that neither mother nor child knows who the kidnapper was, and that both have been looking for each oth er all these years. By mere accident information of Mr. Porter's whereabouts and his fruitless search for his mother came to Mrs. Norton through a letter re ceived by a friend. Drowned Children Then Self. Lying in four feet of water In Shongum lake, near Dover, N. J., the bodies of Mrs. Otto Britting, her 9 month-old baby, and her three-year old stepdaughter, were found. The woman evidently had drowned the children and then took her -own life. She was the wife of a farmer by a second marriage and had an intense hatred of his children by his first Wanted His Dog. When Moses H. Rothemel, of Blan don.. Pa.. heard that his wife had eloped with William Manning he had but one thought-the safety of his ~et dog, which she took with her. Rothermel wanted the dog, but didn't seem to care whether he got his wife ack or not. The runaway couple were caught and the precious dog re overed. -Hero May Die. Bravely saving the life of a little child, Hugh Griggs, a brakeman on the C. & 0 railroad, was probably fatally injured and is lying in a hos )ital at Montgomery, Ala. He saw* on the track ahead of his train a man and two cnildren on a railway bicy le. Griggs climbed out on the run ning board and as the train struck: the bicycle grabbed the child. The, little one was slightly hui-t, but the hero's skull was fractured. ,...Hard to Please. At Richmond, Va., Mrs. Maggie Lee, 29 years of age, and twice di vrced, Thursday became the bride of Chas. C. Miller, 40 years old. The w edding took place in the ante-room adjoining the offices of Common wealth Attorney Minitree Folkes, in the city hall. SOME sixty years ago two Pennsyl vania farmers went to lawv with each, other because one of them had cut down a chestnut tree on the others land. Recently the heirs of the two farmers paid the cost upon the final dcision of the case. The total cost in the case was over thirty thousand dollars in money, to say nothing of the hard feelings the litigation caus ed among the friends and descend ants of the two farmers. A similar ce to this was once fought out by to farmers in the lower part of this Stae over a small steer. We hope we have no such obstenate people ir Orageburg County. If you have a law suit with your neighbor let that ANOTHER MURDER illie Redish Killed at Colleton by James Price. rice Insulted the Sister of Redish and When He Interfered Price Shot Dead. Willie Redish, a young man living ,t Colleton, a few miles from Branch rille over in Colleton County, was hot and almost instantly killed last iaturday afternoon by Jim Price, of he same section. It seems that rice insulted the sister of Redish nd that when he interfered Price ;hot him in the head. Redish died rom the wound in a few minutes. Nhen the murder became known the >eople were very much incensed gainst Price and if he had been :aught in the section where the mur ter occurred he would have been landled roughly. After the shooting Price left and endeavored to make his escape. He bought a ticket for Jacksonville, Fla., nd took the train at Branchville, go ing by the way of Blackville. But ayor Warren of Branchville was on the lookout for the murderer. He ommunicated with the Chief of Po lice at Blackville, who arrested Price unday morning at that place. He was carried to Branchville and turn ed over to Mayor Warren, who, in ac :ordance with instructions from Gov. Ansel sent Price to Walterboro via Charleston in 'charge of Constables A. R. Byrd and Sallie Byrd, and they landed him safe and sound in the Walterboro jail, where he will stay until he is tried. As stated above Price was making his way to Jacksonville, Fla., as he had a ticket for that place in his pocket when arrested. After leaving Branchville he got as far as Black ville and, while waiting on a train.go ing south, he went to sleep in the waiting room. The officers were hot on his trail and in the search of the room Price was discovered and cap tured. Price was perfectly cool and did not seem to realize the enormity of the offence of which he was charg ed. He did not say anything -about the killing of Reddish, but said that he did not run away to avoid a trial but he was afraid of the crowd. Constable Maxsey, of Colleton, went to Branchville on Sunday for the prisoner, proposing to take him back to where the killing took place and then on to Walterboro. but May or Warren, hearing of the feeling against Price in the section where the killing took place, communicated by phone with Gov. Ansel as to the best disposition. On the advice of the Governor Mayor Warren then sent the prisoner to Walterboro as above stated. Mayor Warren acted wisely, as there is little doubt that Price would have been handled roughly had he been carried back to Colleton, the people of that section being very much incensed against him. Price, in talking with Mayor War ren, claimed 'that he shot Redish in self defense and that he regretted the affair very much. From what can be learned Price was under the influence of whiskey and probably cursed Miss Redish in a dispute be tween her little brother, and himself, over rent it is said, young Redish claimed was due his father by Price. Young Redish, who is of a prominent Golleton family, leaves a young wife and a host of friends who deplore this occurrence. SKELETON FACTORY. Concern That Provides Bones For Medical World. The greatest skeleton producing ountry In the world Is France. Med ical schools, hospitals, museumd and private individuals are suppli'ed with skeleton of man and beast by th4 great French monopoly, which has branches in London and New Yoris The skeleton factory 'Is owned bya rich man, and is under the supervis on of the French Government. Fo: taxidermy and preparing the skele tons of animals and birds there isa special department in the factory but the business proper consists In pre paring human skeletons. The busi ness is conducted very quietly in the heart of ParIs. The bodies of animals, paupers, unknown persons killed In accidents bodies sent by scientists, explorers from strange countries, and those of persons who had, before death, sold their remains, are worked up in the great French factory. It Is a grew some place, this establishment whern bones are bleached, wired and put togeher. There are shelves and shelves of grinning skulls, and draw ers filled with loose limbs. When a body Is taken to the factory it takes several months before it comes out of the first treatment and the chemicals used are kept a trade secret. After the bones are nicely bleach ed, they pass through a number of other processes, the workmen In each department bringing them nearer completion. Finally, after the parts have been wired and provided _with springs, they arrive In the joining room, where they are put together to form perfect skeletons. Then they are eithei- packed for shipment or placed in us company's show room. The French factory Is said to have been in existence more than 120 years, and all the workmen engaged there must have served at least five years in the dissecting schools of ?arisian hos3pitals. Numerous This Year. The cotton boll weevil is unusually numerous and destructive this year, aording to a report by Dr. W, D. Hunter, in charge of the boll wee vil investigation for the United States department of agriculture, "The condition throughout the past winter have been unusually fav orable for the hibernation of the boll weevil. The two critical conditions for successful hibernation, tempera ture and dryness have been as favor able as they will prabably ever be. "The mild winter and spring is having the effect of cansing an un uualy early emergence. "The conpitions indicate clearly that weevils will-be unusually abun dant in the cotron fields, and that great damage is to be expected. Some conditions, for instance, dry weather during June and July after the cotton plants are well started, may serve to check the insect," Teddy has put Harriman in the Aniias class, but lots 'of people will believe Harriman's story all the Since the confession of Perkins ar~d Hariman we do not see how Presi dent Roosevelt can look Judge Par ker in the face. Senator Latimer seems to stand nn with President Roosevelt, who nas given him a nice little foreign IFry ~TUL your to] _ALl gA WOk. in the glass.. You can't help pucken to think of tasting it By the :use of s Poders you-ike tir right into -your syster anid :ruin your stomA AVO kRyaT is mca from than.Alum butyou ha ELLOREE DISPENSARY Will Be Closed On and After the Last of April. The County Dispensary Board will not rescind its action ordering the closing of the Elloree dispensary un less the matter is taken before the courts, which is not likely in the face of the fact that nearly every body in |lloree want the dispensary there closed. Senitor Raysor and Attorney General Lyon's agrees as to the law. Both Messrs. Raysor and Lyon seem to be in symphathy with this board and the people of Elloree, and Mr. Lyon is reported as suggesting a plan by which the board may evade the law in this case. The suggestion advises the board to destroy the dispensary, which the law says must remain a dispensary until an election is held, but a sort of negative purpose. This means they must withdraw from It their support in a measure and pay the dispenser there a merely nominal sal ary, one which would not be remun erative, and which he could not pos sibly afford to accept. If this is a good plan then the board has it in their power to act in asimilar manner in regard to any ther dispensary in the county, and y their own discretionary powers ould convert the whole county into a rohbition district. This, It appears, ould defeat the purpose of the-law nd vary materially from the local ption platform of Governor Ansel, hich this law was framed to carry ut. .LETTER PARTY. A Suggestion for a Good Evening's Entertainment. Boys and girls, as well as those of arger growth, will greatly enjoy hav ing their wits sharpened at a "Letter arty," and for this the following set of questions to be answered by oe, two or three letters is merely a uggestion: Name a beverage T Name a common bird J Name one of the human organs I What Is jealousy NV What is it to supress others XL Name a summer dress goods PK Name the condition of winter avement ' IC Name a county in England SX Name too much of something XS Name a sailor's response II Name a creeping plant IV Name a kind of pepper MT Name a void .M Name a composition SA Name a mournful poem LEG BLIN TIGERS GALORB. Said to be as Thick as Hops in Darl ington. The Darlington News says: "In one section of this county there are o many blind tigers that the busi ness has become unprofitable. There are so many selling whiskey that there are no customers for any one, every man has his own liquor but no one to whom he can sell. Which is the better way, therefore, to legalize the sale or have the state of affairv which now exists? It is useless to talk about enfcrcing the law because that is not going to be done to any great extent" SOME paper says it seems that the trouble between Nicaragua and Hon duras was started over one solitary mule. .The Washington Post says "if her name was Maude. the affair may as well be transferred to the omic supplements where it belongs anyway." Not in the face of the last dispatches from the front, which reports a battle in which over one thousand men wereI killed. Nothing comic about that. HERE will be a battle royal be tween the political forces of Sena tor Foraker and Secretary Taft for the control of Ohio politics. Both of these gentlemen are avowed can didates for the Republican nomina ton for the presidency. Harriman tells a tough tale on President Roosevelt. As will be sen by his letter. on the first page' he says the President appealed to him in 1904 to help him save the Repuplican party. When rogues fall out honest men get their dues. The boy who saves his money be comes the bauker, the merchant, the professional man. The boy who never saves a cent makes the man who "earns his bread by the sweat ofhis brow," who never owns a' home or enjoys the luxuries of life. So Teddy wanted to get rid of old' man Depew by putting him off on~ the French because he was a stumb lng block to the New York Repub-, ians. But old man Depew refused to be so disposed of. Judge Parker knew what he was talking about when he said the big corporations were giving boodle freely to elect Teddy in 1904. The bodlers are confessing. ou igue to LIM ,you will see ihe efTect ng-it makes you pucker. o called cheap Bakiig puckering, injurious Alum a-you 'injure digestion, ID ALVM ROYAL pure, refined Grape Crean Sthe profitofqaly. el Weather Forecast. While we are not a prophet or th< son of a prophet but it is becomin a popular fad to give weather fore casts, so here is our prediction fo: this month: During the first hal there will be some brisk winds frol the north, but every day the suu wi rise, and often there'll be gloom skies; some days, however, may b fair, with southern winds and me low air. Those things will happe sure we know, because they alway happen so. This good month's moon will ful and office seekers work their "pull. Some lucky ones will land the prize while other men esteemed aswise wi fail in all they undertake and fin they've made a sad mistake, fc Charlatans to fortune ride whi] modest worth is thrust aside. TheE things will happen, we know becau: they've always happened so, In this good month of 1906, tb boys and girls will have fun. They' go to parties dance and spark; they kiss each other in the dark; they marry and begin their life, a happ hopefnl man and wife, and sometin they will own a kid, just like the dads and mammies did, These thin will happen, sure, we know, becaus they've always happened so. Should Be Perfected. The Florence Times says "Senat< Raysor of Orangdburg, one of ti best lawyers of the state has give out an interview in which he su: ports Attorney General Lyon's il terpretation of the Carey-Cothra law in regard to the closing of ti dispensaries, which has been.* much discussed. He says that tI inability to close existing dispens ries is a defect in the "local option law." The Times then goes ond say; "The truth of the matter that there were many defects that law which might have been co: rected if the advocates of it had n< been so much afraid that the stai dispensary men woule have out m; nouvered them on the floor of ti house and they, having the majorii refuse to allow anything to 1 heard from the other side, TI Carey-Cothran law is not a local o: ton law, it has mighty little optic about it. May be next year the will allow some of the intelllgent and experienct of the other~side con ih to help make alaw that will be < benefit to the state." Some Good Advice. We have recieved a copy of a circi lar letter which is being circulate among the colored people of Orange burg and adjoining counties by ti Negro Ministerial and Lay Unio2 of Orangeburg county-an organmz tion composed for the most part< the more conservative, trustworth and substantial colored citizens. The circular contains much we considered advice to the colored pe< ple. It advises the people of th race to be law-abidingand to inforr themselves of the laws, so that the may be useful citizens. It advise them to pay more attention to th training of their children and t build up their homes. The circular also speaks of th foreign labor that is being brough to this country,and tells colore people that if they prove themselve worthy the immigrant question wil not affect them in the least. . In all the circular is calculated t< be very helpful, if t~he colored peo pe will heed the advice given.. Carlos C. Parler, who was charge< with the killing of William J. Harle: at Harleyville, Dorchester county some months ago was acquited u the court of general sessions Tues day at St Georges. The case has created considerable interest on ac count of the circumstances sur rounding the killing and dur ing the progress of the trial tii< court room was filled to overflowing The verdict of the .jury is univ'er sally approved throughout the coun ty, as Harley was shot while h< was attempting to forcibly ente the residence of a peaceful, law abiding citizen, after he had beer repeatedly warned not toO come ir nd the plea of self-defense, interpos ad by the defendant's attorneys, was established beyond question. U in Minnesota the legislature it working on a law to require mother: to nurse their babies so many hour: a day. That is what might be called badly needed maternal legislation. UNDER the new dispensary lay there is no need of constables to en Force the law in the cities and townm hat have police, and dispensaries hould not be established in towns chat have no police protection. But :here -ught to be a special officer n each county to run down blind I1 . 4OWDER. ofTatatCosts more rofit a. 9dieath -T UNWRITTENA One Negro Shoots Aniother About - - Some Family Afair. . Orangeburg negroes seem to be lieve in and' practice the unwritten law. On last Saturday morning Ar L thur Gailliard shot Lewis McCantsron. Mr. Oscar Rickenbaker's place -some four miles from Orangeburg in the e East Orange -section. Gailliard, af ter the shooting was caught and com mitted to jail. a It seems that McCants, was sus s pected of undue intimacy with the wife of Galliard, and Saturday morn ing, while the latter was at the house of Mr. Rickenbaker, McCants visited Gailliard's home. Gailliard, being close enough to see him, went there at once, approaching the -house from d the rear. r As soon as McCants saw Gailiar& e coming he drove off in his buggy e and when hailed by the latter did: e not stop Gailliard pursued 'him and when McCants raised :in his seat and .e reached to fils hip pocket; apparent ly for his pistol, Gailliard shot-him ,,in the back of the head, inflicting a wound, from which McCants died in a short time.. , Another story is that Gailliard e slipped up behind McCants as -he was r riding along the wood and shot him, - because. he suspected him of visiting his cabin in his absence. -McCants elived a -short time after being shot and Gailliard Is still at large.. All the parties to the shooting are colore ed. No -doubt Gov. Ansel will offer r a reward for the arrest of Gailliard, e who sonie think is guilty of a cold blooded, murder. He clis that the shooting was done under the~ un >written law, and that he was justi t fled,but his running away piits him n in a bad light. Burglars -Return. SBurglars returned $60,900, worth eof loot -to the Geller, Ward & 'Hasner ,,wholesale hardware dealers in St. Louis, Mo. The vault-of the firm was. o broken '-open a few weeks ago and* ~$5,900 in cash and negotiable checks. II were taken, and $65,000 in shares of 7stock. The burglars returned a'll t they had- taken. e - Deadly "April Fool" Candy. -"April Fool" candy given to Mrs. e Charles Chickis, of Wilkes-Barre; Pa 7 by a neighbor, as a joke, caused her e to suffer spasms. She. is in .a critical e condition. n The people of Zion City need not y trouble themselves about the threat e of Prophet Elijah Dowie to come e back from the dead and over throw f the government of that city. The Prophet is either in a very delight ful or very hot place. If he is mn the first he does not want to come - back, and ifhe-is in the second, he d cant come"'ek. - eThe dispensary law shoud-b amended so as~townships would ha e the right to vote themselves "rdry". if they wanted to. Because a fbia jority of the people~of Orangeburg County are in favor. of the dispen 1 sary it is no reason why it should be forced on any particular township ein Orangeburg County if that town ship did not want it. That would be. genuine local option, s William A. Dunlap, millionaire, son of the bat manufacturer, is to marry a manacure girl after a three days coufrtship. They will be heard eof next in the divorce courts. Telling the Truth. SNorman Hapgood, the journalist 1and essayist, was. discussing Ameri can newspapers. "It was not enough or- papers shall t'ell)- the truth," he -. said. "Truthtefllng in Itself Is not particularly wise nor praiseworthy. -Ineed, it Is sometimes thg revrerse. S"Thus a young man called on young lady one spring morningvey early. He wanted to give the-young4 lady a morning spin through thee country. "A little girl, the young lady's -niece, answered the bell. " 'Is your auntie In?' said the youngman.. " 'Yes, sir," said the little girl. "'Thlt's good. Where is she?' he went on. " the's up stairs,' said the little girl. 'in her nightcy lobking over the balustrade.' " "What is the first thing 1ro learn -about running a motor car?" asked the .curious friend. "Economy in everything else," an Wurd the man who is always get tng into trouble.--Washington Star. A Western Saint. "A Michigan millionaire died the other day leaving tvLnt--.e ne-: ferent wills. He will be caous. ed I the Michigan bar. - Cleveland Leader. I Don't. - "Do not profess too much friend ship for. any woman--she is always llkl. to reent it.-rlfe: