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Volume 16 CHERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., MAY 30, 1912 Number 31
THE LABEL CASE
WILL BE RETRIED
WAS TRIED LAST SEPTEMBER.
Attorney General Lyon Will Call it
Again in Richland County Court
in the Near Future.
Columbia.?The case acainst John I
Bell Towill and L. W. Boykin. former j
members of the state dispensary
board of control, and W. O. Tatura,
former commissioner of the state dispensary,
who are charged with conspiracy
to defraud the state of South
Crolina in connection with the purchase
of 21,671,000 labels during the
last days of the old state dispensary,
will probably be called this week in
the Richland court of general sessions
by J. Fraser Lyon, attorney general.
The case was heard last Sep^
, tember and resulted in a mistrial.
The labels were bought from the
\ NeviBSon-Weiskopf Company of Cincinnati
in May, 1905. Towill, Boykin
and Tatum with Dennis Weiskopf
and Morton A. Goodman were indicted
in 1909 on the charge of conspiracy
to defraud the state in connection
with the transaction. The
Indictment against Weiskopf and
Goodman were later nol prossed, and
they testified last September for the
v state of South Carolina.
In the trial last September the defense
did not put up any witnesses.
The cases lasted for three days. The
Jury failed to reach an agreement
After being out for a day and two
tnighU.
-the state's testimony consumed a com.
maratlvely short time. -
Colleton County Fair Association.
A meeting of the officers and superintendents
of the departments of the
Colleton county fair association has
been called tor the near future for the
purpose of setting on foot plans for
the county fair next fall. This meeting
-will be a very important meeting, and
will doubtless be attended by every
officer of the association. Matters
pertaining to the success of the next
fair will be discussed and plans made
for making this the biggest and best
fair ever held In Colleton county. Seldom
have the efforts of the fair association
been more regarded with
success than have those of the Colleton
county fair association. Three
fairs have been Imld under its auspices.
each year being much better
than the preceding.
To Represent South Carolina.
Comptroller General Jones was requested
by Duncan U. Fletcher, president
of the Southern Commercial Congress,
to recommend to him for appointment
three men to represent the
.state of South Carolina on a commitCA'tthi.rn
PAmmorninl Pnn.
IVC \l I U1U i;uuu?vi ? vviiiMK ?*..?? vv..
press called for by a resolution of
the real estate conference at that
congress at its last session. Mr.
Jones sent in the names of \V. 0.
Sirrine of Greenville, J. M. Connelly
of Charleston and Robert. M. Cooper
of Wisaeky. The importance of the
work to be undertaken is explained by
the text of the resolution.
Convert Gives Up Burglar Tools.
Converted by the Salvation army, a
burglar stood before * lie congregation
at the hall in Spokane, Wash., and
drew forth two revolvers, an electric
flash, a jimtny and other parts of a
burglar's outfit. He said that he had
intended to rob some stores, because
he vas hungry, until ho heard their
music.
great good ttaa is being done by
Chamberlain's Tablets. Darius Down
?\V, <>l .N?'\MillJ g ?JUIlCllUUf *>. !?., j
'.My wife lias boon using Chamberlain's
Tables and finds them very!
effectual and doing her lots of god."i
if you have arjy trouble with your
stomach or bowels give thema trial.
Fors sale by all i
FROM THE PALMETTO STATE.
Short Paragraphs of State News Thai
Hare Been Gotten Together With
Care bj the Editor.
Lancaster.?The election held her?
on the question or extending the
town's limits from one half mile to
one mile resulted in the overwhelmI
ing defeat of the proposition. The
vote was within corporate limits 71 tc
37 against extension. In the proposefl
new territory 171 to S against extension.
Walterboro.?E. L. Benton, Jr.. who
is keeping a store near the Walterboro
Cotton Mill, was arrested charg
ed with having sold somo whiskey
Benton was arrested and placed in
jail. By putting up a cash bond of $5<i
he was released. The trial was set,
but Benton, not wishing to stand trial,
forfeited his $50 bail.
Chester.?The regular annual meet
ing of the Rural Free Delivery mail
carriers of Chester county will meet
in the auditorium of the court house
at 10:30 o'clock, May 30. The officers
for the ensuing year will be elected,
likewise the delegates to the state
convention, which assembles in this
city July 3 and 4.
Charleston.?The order of the board
of health declaring 31 dairies within
the limits of the city of Charleston
to be a "menace to public health'
caused something of a sensation,
which was not confined to the dealers,
and the wholesale condemnation ol
the dairy establishments, nearly all
the milk-selling places in the city, was
a general topic of conversation.
Aiken.?The trustees of the Aiken
institute, Aiken's public schools, have
selected as principal for the 1912-13
session Prof. H. H. Scott of Chester.
Hr will'come to- AiHen with the highest
recommendation '
Lancaster?Lancaster's town council
has made some verv much needed improvements
on thoA wn lot. The old
stable has been to down, and a new
stable, with sleeping apartments for
the street force has been erected near
the guard house. A separate partment
has been provided for the fire reel and
hose. Two fine bay horses costing
$632 have been purchased for the fire
department.
Brunson.?Quite an interesting occasion
in the town of Brunson was the
trial of H. G. Dowling by the town
council for selling whiskey. Mr. Dowling
was reported to the mayor of the
town by detectives from Columbia.
The trial by jury excited considerable
interest and resulted in a verdict of
guilty. The fine imposed was $ ?"> or
30 days on the county chaingang. It
is quite probable that the fine will be
quickly forthcoming.
Piedmont.?\V. Bttsey Simmons, secretary
of the South Carolina Dental
association, announces that the association
will hold its annual meeting at
the Isle of I'alms, Charleston, b, ginning
June IS and continuing three
days. President Bigham has secured
some of the best men in the urofessioti
(o give clinics. All ethical members
of the profession are invited. Dr.
1'. Atniar Smith of Charleston is
chairman of the arrangement committee.
Florence.?J. S. McKenzie lost ills
barn and stables at Howe's Station by
fire, one fine home-raised horse being
burned to death and another so badly
burned that it will die. Several mules
were scorched, but not seriously. A
lot of feedstuff was also burned. Mr.
MeKenzie fears that the fire might
have been incendiary, lie has had
two losses of ilie same sort previously.
The loss is estimated at partly
covered by insurance.
Anderson.? Candidates for mayor
and alderman of the city of Anderson
are getting numerous since the time
of the primary, June is, is not far of.
The following announcements have
been made: For mayor, W. 11. Magruder.
Robert E. Linon. Clarence K.
Tollv and J. A. Cook: for aldermen,
Ward 1, E. E. Elmore and J. E. liarton.
lor aldermen. Ward 2. C. M. MeClure
and L. A. Satnpbell; for alderman.
Ward J. Ii. liei.ibree: for
alderman. Ward 4. L. !'. Fouche and .1.
H. Tate; for alderman. Ward 5. Lee
0. Holh man. and for alderman. Ward
0. W. C. Eroadwcll, J. M. futhcurt
and it. T.. Carte r.
GENERAL NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
CONDENSED RECORD OF WEEK.
Important Happenings in AII Parts of
tlie World Summarized for
tlie Rusy Reader.
Stories of dire distress among 1,400
flood refugees in tlie vicinity of Jena,
La., in LaSalle parish, were received
by Dr. Oscar Dowling. president of
the Louisiana board of health. Doctor
Xewhauser said he had just completed
a trip of 25 miles up Hlack river
and that some 1,400 refugees were
clamoring for food and are in need
of medicines. Doctor Xewhauser
states that scattered about in the
swamps within a radius or nine mnes
of Jena there were 950 negroes and
450 white people, among whom 120
' tents had been distributed.
Jake Samuels, a negro, charged
1 with criminally assaulting the wife of
1 Walter Ramsey, a Robertson, (Tenn.)
county farmer, was taken from officers
' by a. mob of citizens and riddled
1 with bullets. Farmer Ramsey left
his wife and two small children at
alone at night to go to Orlinda. En
' route he met the negro Samuels.
Knowing that she was alone, it is alleged,
the negro went direct to her
I home and assaulted her.
1 Railroads in the submerged territory
of Louisiana are organizing rei
pair gangs to' rush the work of rei
pairing roadbeds and bridges damaged
by the waters from'the Dog Tail,
Torras, Panther Forest and Beulab
breaks. There .will be a large *dertiand.
The Texas totL -iaclf1!t^Southera
Pacific and the Vloksburg, SUreve
I port and Pacific sustained considerable
damage by washouts.
I Nearly $1,000,000 was contributed
to the cause of education by the gen
eral education board founded by
John D. Rockefeller. Of this sum
$700,000 was appropriated for distri[
bution among five colleges, the larg
; est contribution, of $250,000, going tc
i the George Peabody college for teachers
of Nashville, Tenn., for the establishment
of the Seaman A. Knapp
school of country life. The sum of
$210,000 was set aside for demonstration
work in agriculture in the Southern
states, for professors of secondary
education in state universities of
the South, and to aid the work of Negro
education in the South. The dom,
onstration work appropriation is $133,000.
The recent visit of Secretarj* 01
State Knox to ten of the Caribbean
republics on a mission of fraternal
greetings from this country was very
pleasantly recognized by the PanAmerican
Society at its international
banquet in New York. The Brazilian
ambassador was greeted with
cheers, but .startled the asemblage
with a strong protest at the action
of the I'llited Slates government in
recently seizing nearly a million i
bags of coffee belonging to the soDeposit
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cauea urazman conce trust.
The pennant of the battleship
Maine has a permanent home in Memorial
hall in Chicago. It was presented
with appropriate ceremonies to
the C.rand Army Hall Memorial association
by the Vnited Spanish War
Veterans. The latter organization received
it from Oeorgc C. Mages, who
came into possession of the pennant
soon after the Maine was blown up.
Mr. Mages was in Florida at the time,
and was given the pennant by a sailor
after he had rescued it.
The armored cruiser Washingfbn,
flagship of Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus,
commander-in-chief of the Atlantic
fleet, and four battleships of
the fourth division sailed south from
New York City, supposedly for Key
West, on hurry orders, a few hours
after arrival in port from Provincetown,
Mass. The battleships following
the flagships were the Ohio, Missouri,
Mississippi and Minnesota.
The gunboat Yankton accompanied
the squadron to serve as a dispatch
boat. The battleship Delaware of the
first division remained in port all
A_?-? 1
aay laaing nuuaru uer tuiupiciucm. ui.
marines and field equipment, and together
with the battleship Solace,
sailed during the night.
President Gomez sent a cablegram
to President Taft, in which he protests
in friendly but firm terms
against any intervention by the United
States.
The right of the government to
bring proceedings to cancel a certificate
of citizenship on the ground that
it was illegally or fraudulently procured
was sustained by the United
States Supreme court.
About 2,000 garment workers employed
by a Chicago tailoring concern
walked out on a strike.
Each member of the Irish-American
team which contested at the annual
games for the benefit of the Manhattan
State Insane asylum in Ne<*
York is the proud possessor of a
check for one milion dollars signed
out in tin? btan hospital for the insane
at Marion, Va. All the patients
and attendants have been vaccinated
and the hospital quarantined.
Having found the G. O. P. elephant
bearing the "T. R." brand, Theodore
Roosevelt is now endeavoring to claim
ownership and ride that noted beast
into the White House lot, if the Republican
national committee decides
bolt. If Mr. Taft seems in danger of
defeat, there will be another conservative
candidate. Of the dark horses
Mr. Justice Hughes of New York continues
to be the most persistently
groomed. Senator Cummins of Iowa
is another.
Reports received from Oriente
province in Cuba and emanating from j
other than governmental sources j
leave no room for doubt that the insurrectionary
movement in the eastern
end of the island, the main theater
of the Insurgents, is growing at j
alarming rapiuity. i nose reports apparently
receive confirmation in the
extraordinary reticence of the government
in its increase of the severity
of the telegraph censorship, its activity
in enrolling volunteers and the
determination to dispatch Maj. Gen.
Monteagudo to take supreme command
of the troops in Oricnte.
President Tart replied to PresidenGomez'
telegram regarding the atti
tude of the United States toward Cu
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oa. He declared ;ne American gor?
ernment's activities in mobilizing war
vessels at Key West and dispatching
the Prairie with marines to Guantanamo
was not in any sense an intervention
move. The state department
emphatically declared that the present
Cuban situation in no sense made .
Intervention necessary. No American j
troops, other than the marines aN l
ready on their way to the island, werd I
expected to be ordered out, it wad i
state. ' It was shown that the fund i
available for the 1 importation of the
troops has run low, with the ap?
proach of the end of the fiscal year,
and any attempt to move troops from
posts in this country to Cuba would
be costly.
After his tremendously rapid rist
in the L'nited States army, after hia
skyrockety promotion from which he
had to thank largely his friend, Colonel
Roosevelt, Alaj. Gen. Leonard
Wood will fall, like the stick of the
rocket, from his place as chief of
staff of the army on March 4 next,
the day when a new president is inaugurated.
The bill, which more or
less politely bids General Wood to
hand over the virtual control of the
army, has been agreed upon by the
senate and house conferees.
No matter what the result of tht
presidential election is next November.
the Democratic leaders of the
house believe the party will be able '
to control that body if a little hard
work is done. There are now 23?
Democrats, 160 Republicans, one self*
styled "Progressive Republican'' and1
one Socialist in the house. The le&dr
ers believe it will be easy to keep
the Republicans from regaining theiij
lost ground,, even if the drift should
be the other way next fall.
Longer daily sessions of the senate
this week with a view to expediting
legislation and speeding adjournment
of congress aa much as ^osat- -j
hie. Republican leaders like L0dj<>
of Massachusetts and Smoot of Utahr
are trying
house Democratic!
ing, while many senators say that
early adjournment is not1 only imprac-r
tieabie but absurd.
Senator Elihu Root of New York^
who has been named temporary chair-'
man of the Republican national con-)
vention by a sub-committee of ' the*
Republican national committee, issued!
a statement declaring: "There is no
foundation whatever for the story ;
that I contemplate declining to act
as temporary chairman of the Republican
national convention. Un-i
less that, designation is overruled, as,
of course, it may be by the convention,
I shall serve."
An effort to organize cotton growi
ers in the South to remedy the present
wasteful- conditions and marketing
of cotton has been begun by thei
bureau of manufacturers, according
to a report issued in Washington.
Commercial Agent J. M. Carson has>
been assigned to visit the principal
points for the concentration of cotton,
in tile South and confer with the men.
engaged in authority with a view to*
ascertaining whether a plan for the*
market could be devised.
The house is holding to its program,
for adjournment about June 15, although
no understanding has been
reached with the senate leaders, who
are not optimistic. Representative
Underwood announced that the pro-*
gram for adjournment on June 1$ ^
must be carried out so far as tha
house is concerned, and said he would
insist on sidetracking all legislation,
there in favor of the approbation
hills and a few measures of import-*
a nee.
Orders issued by the interstate com-,
morce commission suspending advances
in class freight rates from.
New Orleans to Mobile, Selma and
ITattville, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla.,
ivere vacated by the commission
The addition of water to canned
products will be considered adulteraion
in future, except in those cases
? - ? nmnunt r\f wo tor ia
k\ IIere it t'?'i iaui uuiuuuv ui MuhV4 ***
( quired for the proper proportion or
or the sterilization of the product,
lccording to a pure-food decision,
signed by Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture. "The can1
n canned food products serves not
jnly as a container, but also as anndex
of the quantity of food* there,
he decision says. "It should be as?
nil of food as Is practicable fop
lacking and processing without in-*
urine the quality. :
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