The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 08, 1909, Image 1
THE eAMDEN eHRONlGLE.
VOLUME XI. '" \' CAMDKN, 8. C.. KRIDAY. JANUARY 8, 19(H). ~~ NoTftl
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAH.
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mEW YEAR'S DAY goes bock.l
luto tlio realm of antiquity,
far back of Christinas, as
all peoples, however they
may have differed us to the
year's length or the date upon which
the new year should begin, have uni
ted In this, that it should be properly
celebrated. From time immemorial
as well artists, sculptors, poets and
especially those versatile fellows, the
almanac makers, have with one ac
cord personified the outgoing year as
a gray boarded veteran quite ready
to be gathered to his fathers, while
the New Year, a robustious, curly
pated cherub, advances gayly to take
his place. Notwithstanding the great
English poet laureate Rings:
Toll ye the church bell sad and slow,
And tread softly and npeak low,
For the old year lies a-dying,
the "tolling" is quickly drowned in
tho merry chimes that welcome the
new incumbent. i,o rol est niort!
Vive lo rol!
The advent of the now year has al
ways been a time of rejoicing, not
alone with the Greeks and Romans,
but with tho nations still older. Va
ried were the ways In which the festi
val was kept, but in this they wore all
agreed, that a tlmo of new lifo had
come, that old quarrels must be for
given, old debts cancelled and every
thing possible should bo dono to
creato a feeling of "good will toward
men,"
As New Year's is celebrated Its Im
portation has reached xib through
France, which was In turn indebted
to tho Latins In France It is still
tho most important day of the year in
tho way of friendly meetings and ap
pointments and social and family re
unions. Tho typical Frenchman on
this day afways dines at home with
his parents, if he hns any, and no outv
sldo attraction Is sufficient to lure him
away from tho performance of this
filial duty.
Among the Chinese their Now
Year's Is the great day of the yoar,
when all business is suspended, and
tho most lavish hospitality prevails.
On New Year's Day tho children of
tho Wallachs and tho trans-Danubian
Rumanians take olive branches and
go from houso to house to compli
mont tho neighbors with ? 'clr good
wishes, which aro not altogother dis
interested, as they expect to receive In
return somo little present. On the
second day of the year every stranger
entering a house Is required to throw
on the fire small quantities of salt,
which are placed In cups on the table
for that purpose. He must then go
to tho henhouse and place an egg In
tho nest for tho hen to sit upon, . .If
tho hen consents to perform her duty
tho guest Is considered a fortunate
person, and Is feted In that bouse un
til evening. This custom Is called "the
lucky foot."
Like all other Eastern Christians,
tho Greeks adhere to tho old or Gre
gorian calendar, and their year be
gins twelvo days later than ours.
January 1 is dedicated to St. Basil,
who appears to have been a nativo of
Caesa^ea, in Cappadocla. In Asia Mi
nor, and also In Eplrus, children go
from house to houso singing odes in
honor of tho saint, which, howover,
nro generally oxtended to cover some'
finely turned compliments to the occu
pants, wishing them "a good yoar"
and requesting largesso. St. Basil la
always represented In these songs as
a schoolboy, whose touch quickens in
animate objects with new lifo.
Sleepless Creature*.
There are several species of fish,
reptiles and insects which never sleep
l during the whole of their existence.
Among fish it IA positively known that
| pike, salmon snd goldfish at no time
sleep; also that there are other. mem
bers of the flsh family that sleep only
a few iptnutes during the course Of
4 month. ThefQ ?re various species
of flies that never lndulgo In slumber,
and Ave species of serpents also that
flo not sleep. ? Philadelphia Becord.
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The fnonth's first day, the year's first day,
the tiru^ of January,
The circumcision day of Christ, and like
wise of St. Basil.
St. Basil, see, is coming here, from Cappa
docia coining ?
A paper in his hand lie holds, and carries
pen and ink horn.
With pen and inkhorn doth he write, and
reads he from the paper.
"Say, Basil, say, whence foment thou, and
whither art thou wending?"
"I from my home have now come forth,
and I to school am going."
"Sit down and eat, sit down and drink, Bit
down and sing thou for us!"
" "l'is only letters that 1 learn ? of singing
I know nothing."
"Oh, then, if you your letters know, say us
your Alpha, Beta "
And as lie leaned upon liis stuff, to say his
Alpha, Beta,
Although the staff was dry and dead, it put
forth freshest branches.
And on the topmost branch of all there
perched ami sang a partridge,
Who water took up in her claws, and oil
upon her feathers,
To sprinkle on her ladyship, her nobleness
to sprinkle.
(Superstitious Beliefs.
Among the Bulgarians tho long
connection of the Bulgarian with the
Creek Church has naturally led to
the assimilation of muny of Its super
stitious beliefs and customs, and their
festivals show a curious fusion of old
heathen rites with superstitious
Christian observances.
Tho year opens during tho feast of
the winter solstlco, called by the Bul
garians "Kulada." Like tho Hallo
w'een of Scetland, It is a groat time
among the girls, for all kinds of dl
vlnatpry rites respecting their future
spouses, and to every line or verso of
songs sung during this festive period
is added the refrain of "Hey Kuladb,
moy Kulada."
The jinn, or demons, ate at thin
season supposed to bo especially alert
and powerful against mankind, and
the Bulgarians, like the inhabitants
of Asia Minor during the Blmllar ob- '
servance of tho Flshotl, consider it
necessary to tqke evory precaution
against their malevolence. A log of
wood Is left In every cart, and water
In every pitcher, In order to prevent
any demon taking possession of them
and by his presence rendering them
too heavy to lift or draw. '
The Albanians are careful at this
season not to leave any article of
wearing apparel out of doors after
nightfall, and If by some' oversight a
garment Bhould be so left It Is washed
beforo being used, In order to get rid
of any spell cast upon It by the super
nals.' .
Fire ceremonies play a great part
In the Christmas and New Year's ob
servances of the Albanian highland
era. On tho eve of St. Basil, January
1, tho Are is kept burning all nfght,
and tho half-burned cherry branches
rescued from the Christmas fire are
again thrown on and withdrawn to
bo wholly consumed on tho eve of tho
Epiphany, AVhon tho ashes are col
lected and strewn In tho vineyard.
In tho morning peoplo wash them
8olves and their children In "unspo
ken-over" water, and draw omens
from the character, gravo or gay, of
tho person who first enters tho house.
A cock is also sacrificed, for It is au
spicious to spill blood in. the house on
St. Basil's Day.
Nc*v Year's in Russia.
Now Year's customs In Russia are
also interesting. In tho morning tho
princcs of the imperial family, court
functionaries and servants of tho pal
ace come in regular order to present
their* homage to the Emperor,, who
kisses all the members of his family
Universe.
In New Haven the committee of a
graduating class once want- to a local
Jeweler with a commission for a class
badge. They had In view a design
representing a youthful graduate sur
veying the universe.
"About how large Would you like
the flgur??Mthe Jeweler asked.
"Well," aatd the spokesman, "we
thought the graduate ought to cover
about three-quarters of the badge,
and tho nnlverse the reat'V? Succeee.
ttud tho hlghuvt o( tho official* thro#
times, according to tho Husaluu fash
ion.
Ju the streets the people kiss each
other, whether acquainted or not. Tho
favored ones who havo been kissed
by tho Cmr aro permitted to kiss tho
hand of the lC?nj>ronava? well. Tho
ceremony <>f hnnd-klssing was sup
pressed for a tlhie, but wan ro-estab
lished a few yours ago under tho
reign of Alexander II. On New Year'?
Day at bt'eakfast, dinner and supper,
tho guests, standing about the table,
touch glasses, drink the health of tho
Emperor, and offer good wlshea to
earh other.
In England and America "the hap
piest rovelfc for children are ovor be*
fore January 1, but In Scotland thoy
aro J list getting under full 'headway.
This custom doubtless arose from tho
fact that the old Culvlnlsts held In
detestation tho "Poplah" celebration
of Christmas, and It became sup
planted by ''Hogmanay," uaually hold
on Now Year's ICvo. This ouphonloua
name la doubtless derived from tho
old greeting, "Au gul invner." ("To
tho mistletoe go!") The festival la
distinctively a juvenllo function, and
they prepare for It weeks beforehand
by memorizing songs and making
"gulEers" coatumea.
Housewives lay In a stock of oaten
cakes and bake a store of "brldlert,"
which they hund out to the children
when they come to tho house door to
claim their "hogmanay,'.' .crying:
"Get up, good wife, and shake your
feathers.
And dinnu .think that we are bojrgnrs;
For we are balms come -out to play ?
(Jet up and gio's our hogmanay. '
This custom of the hogmanay Is al
luded to lu that most delightful book,
"Sentimental Tommy." Sometimes
several gulaers go around in a mild
sort of theatrlcul entertainment be
fore nn -appreciative audience gath
ered beneath the BmflUcfl r, if tors of
the great farmhouso kitchen. Among
tho old customs wo of to-day still
cling most fondly to is tho one of
ringing the church bells at midnight,
heralding the birth of the new year.'
Although tho poetic figure of the
old gray-haired sexton pulling his bell
with might and main In the belfry
tower has been supplanted by the fln
de-slecle Individual who, snug and
warm, sits at a keyboard and reels
off tho music with as much ease as
though playing "Moneymusk" In the
parlor, tho sontlmont lingers and, lis
tening to tho mellow chimes cleaving
the frosty air, one hears the singing
in unison of:
"Ring out old shapes of foul-disease,
King out tho narrowing lunt of gold;
King out the thousand wars of old.
Ring m the thousand years of peace."
TtEOIDANDTHENty
The Nc J "t^ar came.td the Ol<l "Tcar'j door*
when the sands were wasting.
Anj^thc jroStlay white on tnc Old Year's
And hi$ hand &reu) chill aj ho* ^li l>tx?d the
let the NcvJ Year ln.f. ?
And^the NevJ Year [torched in the Old ^
And ^Jarmecf hy the Old Year's }irc?\
And the Old Year hatched him wit n Otjt
ful,j>aic J
As nc stretched hij hands to the fadinO ,<
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And cinder^ oj dead desire - v v
And the Old tear hratcd, cv3 Old Year^oill,
Of junimer and v/anishetTsbrinG, . ,
Ana ihen oj the future, witn pra w advice
Of low and sorroO and sacrifice,
That thc^ea^on^' round .would brln^.
And the New ' Year listened. and Oarmcd h'13
heart . / , 1 4
In [he bloom'.of the Old Year's bast;* \
Dut he taw no heed of the thorns mat lay
In the bud and blow of a cominoaay, ' -
And, nodding, he dreamed at Hp^r ^
The Ney^Y^ar came, to the Old Tear's door
Only a Night.
Only a night from old to new!
Only a night, nnd so much wrought 1
The Old Year's heart all weary grew,
/ But said. "The New Year rest hat
brought."
The Old \ ear's heart its hopes laid down
As in a grave, but, trusting: said,
"The blossoms of the New Year's crown
Bloom from the ashes of the dead."
The Old Year's heart was full of greed}
With selfishness it longed and ached,
And cried: "I have not half I need.
My thirst in bitter and unslaked.
"But to the New Year'B generous hand
All gifts in plenty shall return]
True loving it shall understand;
By all my failures it shall learn.
I have been reckless- it Bhall bo
Quiet and calm and pure of lif?.
I was a slave; it shall go free,
And find swcot peace whero I ledV?
strife. "
Only a night from old to newl
Never a night such changes brought.
The Old Year had its work to do;
NO New Year miracles are wrought.
Always a night from old to new!
Night and the healing balm of sleep!
Each morn is New Year's morn come tru*,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
Ne\v gladness in the sunny air.
Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year bora.
The speed of automobilos is con
trolled a? crossings In a Chicago sub
urb with consldorablo success by tho
creation of a hummock In the road
by raisins the sidewalk crossing
above ttyp road lovel.
Careful estimates show that the
average business man walks * mile
in elghteon and one-half minutes,
while the ordinary loiterer, who has
no business on his mind, muiros
twenty-nine minutes to walk it. _ |
PLANS FOR RELIEF WORK
Rations, Clothing, Tenta and Other
Supplied Are Pouring in and the
Hungry and Injured Are Being
Oared For.
Home, By Ceblo.- What chiefly
concerns (lie government and the poo
pie is t ho progress that is being
mado (own i*t 1 h (he relief of those who
have miffered by tho dreadful earth
quake in southern Italy and Sicily.
Considerable advance in this respect
has been made at Messina, where, ac
cording to reports received here, the
Supply servien is beginning to work
sat isfactorily, Tho* different regit* .k
on tho eoasMinve bee \ allotted to
various warships and other ships as
oentres from which torpedo hoats
and launches convey and distribute
rations and water to the different
villages.
The Minister of Justice hns wired
from Messina to Premier Oiolitti
that large bodies of troops have ar
rived arid are now occupying all part*
of tho town. The appalling extent
of tho diaster renders anything like
a systematic search of the rums is
impossible, but persons are being
dragged out all day long and are
quickly transported to the relief ships
as soon as their wounds have receiv
ed attention.
The appalling message came -on
New Year 'Day that the Iiipari Is
lands which lie just north of Sieily
had gone down with it* inhnfr
itants. bill, a messenger lmul sent to
learn the fuels has returned with the
news thai the islands^re but little in
jured. Only the cracking of build
ings make any real damage.
Estimates of Death List.
Home, By Oable.--Estimatea of the
death re 1 1 of the earthquake now
cease 4o concern the Italian people.
It is OTiou^h to know (lint the catas
trophe is overwhelming ? figures
would add nothing to the grief of the
stricken nation, uor move to greater
efforts those upon whom the work of
reliof and rescue has fallen.
Every channel open ti the govern
ment has been utlizcd to this end,
and other nations have been quick to
come to its 'assistance, even before
tlx* cry for aid went up. Shiploads
of fugitives have been carried out of
the stricken zono to Naples, Palermo,
Catania and other ports, and accord
ing to the Minister of Marine, rescue
vessels to the number of 36 ure now
centered in the Strait of Messina,
and 5,000 soldiers aro being landed
on the two coasts.
Most important of all now is the
question of the living. Thousands of
those who escaped tho falling walls
and the sweep of the tide are starv
ing and without clothes or shelter.
They oan scarcely longer survive
their sufferings. The first thought
has been to carry food and covering
for theso helpless people, and it has
now been decided by the government
to sond a fleet of emigrant steamers
to transport them to other places.
Professor Ricco, director of the ob
servatory at Mount Etna, states that
his instruments have recorded 42 dis
tinct shocks after the first, but that
during the last 14 hours they have
been almost motionless. Etna and
Stromboll are now quiet and he is
certain that the earthquake was not
of volcanic but of geographical orig
in, similar to that of .1875.
The horror of the situation at Mes
sina and Reggio grows with every
fresh dispatch. One of the correspon
dents places the death roll throusrh
out the entire territory as high as
300,000, but this appears to be ex
treme. Others make their estimate
200.000, but the official eetimato as
made by the Minister of Marine still
holds to 115,000.
The tidal wave lasted much longer
than the earthquake. During all the
time vessels shivered intermittently,
as though shaken by some huge ma
rine monster.
s. A naval observor of the destrnc
tjon of Messina 6ays there weite fpur
tidal waves, ranging in height from
12 to 30 feet. Thirty minutes elaps
ed between tho rolling in of tho first
and the destructive ohslaught of the
last wave.
Thousands of half nijde' individuals
of both sexes have gathered along
tho muddy beaches on either side of
the nuns of Messina seeking food or
trying to get away by sea. Many
children have died from exposure
and the cases of madness aro increas
ing.
During the nipl)t the warships in
Messina harbor throw their search
lights on tho ruins to enable tho res
cuers on shore to continue their work.
Tho work of succor is going on fe
verishly but the forces are still woe
fully inadequate. The stench from
decomposing bodies is becoming over
powering.
. A frightful scene occurred here
Thursday amid the ruins of the cus
toms house. ~ Bands of famished in
dividuals were groping among the
debris in the hope of, discovering
food. The first of the searchers who
were sueessful were attacked by
Others with revolvers and knives and
were obliged to defend their fln4e
literally with their lives. The strug
gle was fierce. - The famished men
threw themselves upon each other
like wolves and several fell diseiq- ,
bowel ed in defending a handful ot
ta I w?l IK ? Alt ounces fit floor, '
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One of the unfortunates whs pinned
to a plank by n knife, while clinging
tp his hand was his little eliild, for
wlioin he had Bought food.
The I 'nitcri States supply ship
Celt ie will go to Mcusiua, alter a
brief stop at (iihrnltrt to #tvc a mil
lion and a half of navy rations to
the earthquake sutTerer*.
New Vork on Thursday made up
it futul of neaily $100,000 Us a relief
fund. Chicago, '? contribution fund
Mggi cgate .f. '10 ,000, The American
Hcd Cross is co-operating with the
Italian !<ed Cross for the relief of
the suffering.
STHOMBOL! IN ERUPTION
Eruptions Attended by Earthquake ?
Citizen# in Panic But Littlo In
jury Done Rescue Work in the
Stricken Regions a.s S?en One
Week Later,
Itojne, By ( able. ? A violent earth
shock i (inning north-southwest ami
east-northeast , lusting three Seconds,
Sunday and during which the Strom
boli volcano began eruption, occurred
in Stroiuboli island Sunday.
The phenomenon was accompanied
by prolonged dull rumblings. The
bouses on the island were badly dam
aged and tin* popnlaco fled to the
i;t reels in panic, but no one was hu.'t.
The weather is intensely cold on
iStioinboli island. -
Tim system of rescue work in
Messina lias been greatly augmented
by tin' arrival of troops, who are to
be seen all over the ruined city in
-sfpnnls of twenty and thirty, pat
rolling day and night. Bodies of
them aisio are working in the ruins by
dav and until widl -iuiw-Uui-niff hi-.* ?
The movement of refugees from
tho villages i s~~ rttrrly ~ 1 1 1 ?? I'e i\ stng~~i n
volume Of the victims hurivd under
the ruins few have been rescued
alive.
It is now clear that the enormous
number of casualties in Messina was
due to the suddenness with which the
first shock came, giving but little
timo to the people to escape from
their homes. The tidal wave was not
so high as was at lirst reported, and
would have done little damage had it
not been preceded by the earthquake.
The damage done by lire was com
paratively insignificant.
The lirst earth shock hist Monday
morning literally threw down the city
and almost every street was
completely buried under the wells
that had fallen, furniture and other
debris, practically cutting off every
avenue of escape.
Then came the tidal wave to in
undate the city and the living and
dying were caught like rats and
drowned or had their brains dashed
out by being thrown by the rushing
waters against piles of masonry and
rubbish.
Far greater havoc was wrought in
Messina than was believed when the
Associated Press correspondent first
passed around the outskirts with
Frank Perret, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
assistant director of the observatory
on Mount Vesuvius. During this tour
a most critical examination was made
of tho American consulate. It is n
complete ruin ? nothing but a heap
of crumbling and crushed stones,
without semblance of its original
shape. It is moBt doubtful if the res
cuers will be able to recover the
bodies buried beneath the debris for
a few days, but every effort to do
so will be made. The French and
Turkish consulates also were razed
completely, and it seems almost im
possible that any of their inmates
could have escaped.
Officials in Messina sav that the
original estimate of the fatalities in
the city probably was not exaggerat
ed. The lower part of the city is
practically totally destroyed.
A Washington special says: "Pres
ident ltooscvelt has sent two supply
ships with $300,000 worth of supplies
to Italy, that ho will ask Congress
?for additional aid and that ho has of
fered the use of tho battleship fleet
to Italy.
Big Fleet at Suez.
Suez, By Cable ? The United States
Atlantic battleship fleet, completing
two days ahead of its schedule the
next to the longest run o of its world
girdling cmise, arrived here Sunday
morning from Colombo, a distance of
3,440 knots, from which place tho
fleet sailed on December 20th. Tho
loss of a seaman from the battleship
Illinois, who fell overboard ami was
the only accident to mar the voyage
from Colombo.
Fire Still Burning in Hold of Stoamer
Texaa.
Savannah, On., Special. ? The firo
in the hold of the steamer Texas, that (
put into the Savannah river Friday
morning, leaving her course from
Norfolk to liavanna, is still burning
in the vessel's cargo. It is now ap
parent -that the vessel will be saved
though she is already badly damaged
by the fire. Most of the cargo in Lor
after hold is a dead loss.
Scientists Working Tor Humanity's
Good.
Baltimore, Md., Spccial. ? That tha
influence and .efforts of the leading
scientists in the country will be con
centrated in the effort to establish a
national orgaoizfttioq, with regula
tions end rules of its for the
conservation of disease generally was
demonstrated in the symposium on
public Health of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science Wednca&y,
MUM- -rJM JMfti f-j
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRIEFS
Occurrence* Interest Gleaned From All Sectious cf ti\? Busy *
Palmetto State
RECEIVER FOR SEMINOLE.
Judge Watts Hears Argument and
Seea no Other Way to Protect the
Stockholders.
Cheraw, Special, ? Judge Walt*
Tuesday night, after hearing the ni
guments, announced that he would
appoint receivers for the Seminole
Securities company in acordance with
i In* request of J, t ? Klngh. Ho stated
that ? ii the allegations made he was
sati?Jied thai there should he an in
vestigation of the affairs that could
only be done by u receiver. ''it it
he. true." said Judge Waits, "that
these commissions were paid, it sl.ockjs
my conscience. Of course, it is a
had blow, but 1 set' no other remedy."
The timid waft fixed at #60,000 for
the receivers and $1.50,000 lor the
value of the property. Messrs liuirer
Sinkler and Vrank O. Tompkins were
suggested by the attorneys for the
plaintiffs and others may he suggested
by the attorney* for the defendants
Wednesday. The ease was a long one,
but very interesting. The pasMngerfi
between the attorneys, the allegations
madu_an danswers returned, the argu
ments, w ere all listened to rlosely.
Tin' argu men I of attorneys for Klugh
was that the Seminole company was
a nu re shell and for the protection of
the stockholders the receivers should
take charge. The argument of attor
neys for the trustees was that the
?flushes were not responsible for the
action ol! home of the agents ami that
no ease had been made out ; also that
there was protection inside the com
pany that hud never been asked. 1 h.c
argument of Mr. Bellinger for the
Seminole company was that the allo
cations were irrelevant and there was
protection inside the, company for the
stockholder*.
Judge Watt's said i;i part: "I am
of the opinion that justice impera
tively demands that a receiver whowld
be appointed. 1 think that under the
showing macle_ that it. is an exception
to all eases that have been before our
supreme court and the allegation here
?s that the stock was purchased from
tlio Southern Life at an extravagant
price, the price doubly more than it
was worth, and I think that matter
should be looked into and I unhesi
tatingly say that the commissions
paid shocks my conscience. If they
are true it is a shock to any business
man in the world. As to whether or
not it is true T do not know. I am
not saying that it is so or not. It is
a ii allegation made here before me
and I realize the fact that whenever
you put a corporation in the hands of
ii receiver you strike a bad blow but
the directors anfl president brought
this state of affairs on themselves,
and it is high time that the strong
hand of the court should interfere
and allow the matters to be Investi
gated by a receiver and let whatever
assets that can be recovered be put
in the hands of the court for the
stockholders.
"I will hear nominations for the
receiver."
Judge Watts Wednesday announc
ed the appointment of three trustees
for the Seminole Company: F. G.
Tompkins, E. J. Etheridge and Hugcr
Linker.
The stockholders on Wednesday
met in Columbia and accepted the
resignation of the old directors. The
meeting adopted the following:
Resolved, That the board of diree-j
tors to be elected today proceed at ,
once to collect all evidence of criminal
action on the part of any agent, of
ficers or employes of the Seminole
Securities Company, and lay the same
before the State's Attorney General
and request that wherever the evi
dence justifies, criminal proceedings
Shot at Mark, Killed Boy.
Lancaster, Special. ? A negro boy
about eight years old, ft son of Nettie
Evans, was accidently shot and kill
ed in the suburbs of town Saturday
by Amon Lindsay, a young white
man. Mr. Lindsay was shooting at
a mark, and did not see the child.
Chrintmas at Waltcrboro.
Waltorboro, Special.? Christmas
passed off quietly in Walterboro, with
no casualties reported so far. The
closing of the dispensary by Mayor
Fishburne forced the majority of the
people who are accustomed to imbib
ing on this occasion to do without,
and consequently pass a sober Christ
mas. On all sides one hears words
of' commendation for the stand taken
by Mayor Fishburne, and it has been
an excellent prohibition argument.
The merchants did a record-breaking
business and many of them ascribe
this to the closing of the dispensary.
Minna to Stay at Oletnson.
Washington. Rp?eiil.? -Ther? will
be no change in commandants __ at
SHemson College for the present, al
ongh Capt. J. C. Minus recently
wont before en examining board and
was ^ declared eligible for retirement
because of p6or health. In orders is
sued by the war department Capt.
Minus, while being plaeed on the re
tired liat, will continue to a?t as pro
l fs??v7 of aiuM?iy avUuvv ti CI cm 3 on.
ho instituted; and Hint the directors
do give careful nt (cut iot.t to pushing
tie pio eciithxi. "
Tlio body then cbclcd as new direc
tors. H. T. Clinton. Clieruw; ( 'amphell
Cqnrteney, Newry; T. \V. Berry#
I,atta ; E. J. Etlicridge, Locsville; A.
M. Kennedy, Williston; J. B. Wat*
(cina, of Florida; Julian S. Chit, of
North Carolina; 8. M. Smith, of West
Virginia; C. M. Snelling , of Athens,
(in.
Mneh hhune in attached (o the
trustees of the Seminole Company
whogo name* gave confidence to tho
public. The examination Of t lie
trustee? levenled I he fact "that Mr.
< lark had applied for 1,000 shares
of tdoi k hut had 'never paid anything;,
that Mr. Bryan never had any stock
and that (lenernl .Jones subscribed
for only 200 shares. Already nt
totneys ore being stuployed to bring
individual suits against the threo.
? *' ' ? " ' " ?? ? : '
NUORO CAUGHT SATURDAY.
Man Nr.mod Johnson Arrested on tho
Charge of Committing Criminal
Assault at Kartsville.
Jlartsville, Special. ? It semes that
the negro brute who. committed tho
outrage at this place on Monday
night last has been apprehended arid
is now within the penitentiary walls#
It hn* hern n terrible week of waiting ?
and disappointment 1&_???1X . SQfii
eiti/en of Jlartsville as the days pass
ed and the many clues, gave no re*
suits and the many suspects failed
t<> be indent ified bv the lady. Enrag
ed and determined that the crime
should not go unavenged if any ba
nian agency could accomplish the dc
leetion and arrest of the criminal,
every man has felt moro and more
hopeless and baffled as each succeed
ing day was fruitless. Every instru
ment of the law and every means that
could be employed with any hope ofi
success have been used to get to tho
bottom of the outrage and quietly, but
constantly, the town and county au
thorities have worked day and night
every hour. And added to the efforts
of the authorities has been the volun
tary work of many persons in their
private capacity. Through this latter
source came the lirst clue, which h^s
finally Ird iu ihe arrest of the brute
against whom the evidence is verV
positive. A negro named Johnson wAs
arrested at Effingham Saturday morn
ing by Sheriff Burch, of Florence,
acting with .Policeman Secgars of this
place and Mr. Ed Perry, a brother of
the victim's husband. The negro was
taken to Florence and thence to Dar
lington, where he was turned over
Saturday night to Sheriff Blackwell
at 8 o'clock. It was proposed to
bring him here for identification, but
tho authorities here feared trouble
and advised Sheriff Blackwell to keep
him at Darlington, Later on, acting
on further advices from here that a
threatening crowd was waiting to (ret
sight of the negro, Sheriff Blackwell
drove to Florence at 2 o'clock in ths
morning ond there took the 4 o'clock
train for Columbia. A crowd met tha
train coming in here at 9 o'clock Sat
urday night -and it is pretty certain
would have made short work of the
negro at once. Indeed, many of.thejn
believed that the negro had been tak
en off the' trahi on the outskirts of
town and was somewhere around, and
all night and all day Sunday crowds
of men have been congregated around
town nmaiting developments and atif*
ious to locate tho brute. There was
never any intention on the part of
the town authorities to allow the man
to be brought here.
ratal Christmas Frolic.
Lexington, Special. ? Garfield Hot
to lies beneath the sod and Thomat
Craft is languishing behind the bora
in the Lexington jail as n result of
the Chritmas frolic and tho Christ
mas dram. A gloom has been oast
over two households, which genera
tions cannot wipe out, and the life of
a young man once so. full of promise,
lias been blighted forever.
Shot His Sister to Death. -V *
Manning, Special. ? A white man
named Frank Driggcrs Saturday shot
his sister, Mrs. Mamie Boseman, with
a gun, inflicting a wound from which
she died in about an hour. Mre.
Boseman Jived at Alcolu. but had
been on a visit to her brother, on
Major W. T. Lessesne'a placo. Full
particulars are not obtainable, but it
is said there had been somo m^a
understanding between the partiea
on account of a horse that Driggets
had, which belonged to his aiater.
Mrs. Boseman bad said good-bye and
started for home when Driggere shot
her in tho back of the head.
Mr Smith Beappointed.
Columbia, Special. ? Governor An
sel has, reappointed for the term of
ten yeara, beginning January 1# 1909,
Mr. Henry A. Smith, of *
as a member of the h
mission- of South
Smith has been a dm
irission since i
devoted much
[ia no? the