Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HTOKY OF "HIM/ PKICK St?Wr >IttU Hrt,u*ht *??to Famous ? < ??!> Inquiry. i,,t,>r4'st 11,1,1 uwuw , vv t,. eroatoil J i* *hen * uarii?M? ttmt W\ W. a ' run r i'?'^spaiM>r "?"? ??f tile city, I broiitflit into the leak in I'ir.v I lial is u'?du? <>n In Washington. 1 j|j- I'llct1 WHS u reporter mi one of i?,ihts in < 'oluinbla in tin* days u K. Tillman was tfuvernor, (||| f,,r s< > i iii * y nil's luid boon in news ,r w oi k in WHsliillKton. "Hill" al 'wi)VS i i;i * I n iK'iH'hant for | ?? >1 i i i? -u 1 and 'bore 's a sto,y ,(> tin* of f,, i Hint n?Mii'ly lost his l i fo miiv ,rvhitf in eavesdrop a convention iiclil behind closed doors in the rl)| ..I" Hit' house of representatives. Inn! obtained across to the |nft ulK.vt- t li?* celliiiK of tln? hall, ami w,,iilil have K'?>t away with a "scoop," j I, |s related, hut for the fact that in IcavimC the loft ills foot slipped and plunged one foot through a sec tion . ?f the metal ceiling. He was fOU>;lit h.v 11 companion and saved from beiii? dashed to death ii|hhi the aiarhlo tloor. or the hone heads. :tf> ,V,.| hell -w H Mie siicli death did oc in the capltol in later years) I iii.'i-liii' tli" consternation of that con tention hearing: noise overhead and. to look up. to see a foot and le^ protrud through n hole in the oeilintf and Hie owners thereof making frantic ef fort- to get hack upon ii safe foot i jiitr There are other mod stories that are told of "Hill l'rli'e s newspaper experience III Columbia, hot this is the ?o.vt noteworthy ? ( 'olnndda Kecord. Pour Hundred Subs Taken. Hall ini"fe. Celt. 1 1 i. William Pal nee, <i?rond engineer of the Aim ri<':iii transport liner .Mongolia, which ar i j\'. I liere today from Plymouth, Puir Inn. I. via Now York. ^ j ? i ? I he saw the iirrr^rvr' submarine 1 >eutschla.'id and l.si; , ! 1 1 1 ? i* lierintiii uinlerwater I mats in I*! \ in oil h harbor. Palmer asserted pi i! I'.rltish had captured loo on en i. v n boats and that |s7 i?f tliein were tliaiai'l together in Plymouth harhor. 0; ; t ? ? Ki'cni>f. cam nia nder, and the Drill !i<i'!?la#ifVs crew are -in Knglish iail.i. I lie engineer said. Palmer was i"onii''rl.\ cinployeil hy the Chesapeake ? Steamship company, which oporates Mcaeiers between this port and Nor folk Ho said he did not learn how ill. I ?I'litsi-hlaml was captured. I! I Polder, of Kloroe, a member ? f Co. M. Second South Carolina Keg- i . iiiietit. died Monday .on the border of miemaonia FINAL DISCHARGE is hereby {riven that tlie mi d<T>> iiTi !??? I as (luardian of Miss .lanie Hi'llfV. will, on tin4 Mrd day of March UH7. make to the Probate Court <>f Kershaw County, his Mint! return a< ??fi i ? I < ilia r? I in n. tind apply In Hie said '"otnt for a final discharge a^ such ? ilia r< I ia n. JFSSH I-:. Ilul.LKV. ( iuat'diali. 1 'atii'lcii. S. <\. January UT 1 1 . . lit IT. FINAL DISCHARGE N i ? l j i ?( ? is hereby {riven that W. A. ?{ n^li. Administrator wiLli tlie Will An ?e\ed of the estate of Martha J. Hush, deceased, has this day made ap|i.?a W"ii unto me thrninrl Ms* ;.t ??.. ;iey, I. <?5. IIdii^Ii. IOsij.. for a final discharge as said Administrator, and tlie Ultli day of February 11)17. at 11 o'clock ' ri the forenoon. Ml the Probate oflice of Kershaw county, has been appointed die time and place for the hearing of 'h?* said petition and for the granting el' I .('tiers I lismissorv. w. l. Mei)o\vi:i.r.. .1 udije of Probate Ivershaw Count \. rauiden. S. C., January 21th. 1P17. MASTER'S SALE State . ?f South Carolina. ' "iiiify (?f Kershaw. Court of <V>intuon Pleas liut iiean Agency Company. I'laiiMilV. vs Marry Cuntey, John Cantey, Hamilton !'? Cantey, Saliie C. IJeSaussure, liosa C. Hoy ward, Mary C. Cook, KUa M. Hallo, Floride C. Clarkson, ?luarantee Trust Company of South Carolina, Fidelity Building and Loan Company, Hunter A. (Jlbbs, Mary Cantey. Edward Y. Hill and the Bank of Columbia. Defendants. I'rider and by virtue of ii decree in the alvove stated case, of bis Honor, ?I. W. DeVoro. Presiding Judge of the Wfth Judloia4? Circuit* of date Feb ruary ?), ifti7. i will offer for sale for ??ash, to the highest Jildder, in front ?f the Court House door, in the city Camden. Comity of Kershaw and State of South Carolina, during the '?"-ral hours of s^le, oil the First Mon day in Maieh. 1017, Isdng the fifth day thereof, the ' following described ??al estate: All that, piece, parcel or tract of land "dilate in the city of Camden, County ??f Kershaw, State of South Carolina, "k'ofher with the improvements thcre 'ontalnii^ two (12) acres, more or ??ss. and bounded as follows: On the \orth by lot of l.ula Cook lioykln: ' 'ho Fast by It rend street of the City " r Camden; on the' South !>y "f ^ 1 r> 1 1 i 1 1 Cantey ; and on the West by <Vib? Field of Cjimden Country Club: * une being the tract of land owned ?y Mary Boykin Cantey, the mother of ^ Cantey, Jr.. and hold by T. J. KirkJnnd, Trustee. No bid will bo received unless the * dder deposits with said Master, the ?um .?f One Hundred ($100.00) I>ol * rs. I<. A. Wlttkowsky. Muster fftr Knrahaw County. Frb 12, 1fll7\ y HOW IHUCS WAK (OMK? Whal Are Tbe Steps That EflMl up to Actual Ho tiini. Mow does Avar come'.' \Vhat mv llw usual preliminaries What is the pre vailing tem|?er of t!h? iieople* What ?ii? the steps that lead up to actual hostilities 7 What inv the iclnivc at til tides of Congress w hlcli ? I ? ? I it i? ? will - ami t lu? President In mi? h u < ( \ ?l|Silt|??r the eve.nt? which led up to I h ? ? declination of wai aimiuM Spain in I MIS, < 'iihji ha?l been 1 1 1 ? > i ?? m less i <iii tlnuou-d.v id rebellion tin lift > u-ai's when In IMHi both the great political ; parlies of t h*' Culled States passed | at I heli- National conventions rcso j I lit lolls of sy in | >(i | h> with the oppress ed Cutimns ami demanded action looking ] to their freedom. That winter the foreign allair com mlttcc of the Senate re|?ortod a reso lution rc<-ogul/.lng the republic of Cuba. President Cleveland ami his cabinet ; opposed it Secretary of Stat*' llney i declared in an Interview that 110 matter! If the resolution should pass hoth i Houses over tin* presidential veto no' attention would he paid it. The right to recognizee rested, lie said, solely with I the President. So the resolution was' not pressed. Put the Spanish authorities contln ' lied to arrest and imprison American! citizens and to subject them to every j sort of cruelty. The administration j suppressed many of the reports of such outrages made by Consul Ceiteral Pitxhugh and other otlicers. (Jen oral Lee protested and ?onie excite ! irterit was stir red up. I lief ore matters tame to a climax* Kill ley succeeded to the presidency > He immediately demand'."! that Spain release and indemnify Americans who had been illegally iiupri- <>nod, The reipiest w a?' grant"' !. Then MeKlnloy ; obtained from Coii-rivs* an aj propria 'ion t<> buy food for An;eric?.i;s who were sta rv ing in ( ub;;. At the sn lite time he -elit Celi'l'll stew a rt I.. \\ ooilford as minister to Spain. The Spanish government pr-mi iscd to withdraw Weyler. the "butcher" arid to break up the concent rat ion ? ?amp-. That caused a delay of some inollt hs. Meanwhile affairs grew worse in Cuba. American clti/.eti:- in Havana, were threatened with violence bv t!ie 1 I Spaniards. Washing'oii sent t'.ie bat- j tie-hip Maine to protect them. It .inehored in Havatma harbor < n Jan- j nary HI. lshs. A couple of week.; later the Cuban > revolutionary junta in New York gave j out, a letter written by the Spanish : minister. Peput.v de Li me to a friend ill whi< h President MeKlnloy was held i i!p to ridicule and it was stated that all the fironiees made b.\ Spain a. to re-! forms in Cuba had only been intend ; et| to deceive the I'nited States. Tli.s | letter had been stolen by friends of j ?he revolution in Havana and the result ! of its publication was to force the im mediate resignation of the writer. Then on the jiiorning of February j Ifi came the astounding news that j the Maine li.Vl been blown up in Ha ; vana harbor, with a loss of "JO I men and two otlicers. The. effect on the! government and people of the i'nited I Stati c wa> surprising. Scarcely a ' word was spoken on the subject in j either the I loiiv or Senate. For for ! ly da\s public opinicii was held in j leash, the people waited jn silence fol" J the report of the commission of in- l vesication. ) The report, which found that I he ship was blow ii up from the outside i by a Spanish government submarine j mine, was sent to ( .oilmcss b\ Presi- j dent ?'? ) ;> without a word "'of com- | men: War i oo n led . bui I ho President was' working hard to prevent it. Neither was there any overwhelming demand for wat on the part of the jteoplo. Mat there was a demand that atone inert should be made for the dest Mic tion of tlic Maine and that. Cuba should lie made free from the Spanish yoJ<e. For more than a week the President. M (Kill ley. tried all the resources of diplomaey in. vain. On April 11. President McKinley finally sent his message on the Cuban situation to Congress. It was eight days later before Congress finally a dopted resolutions which were in e :ect ? though not technically ? a declaration of war against Spain. They set forth that the jieople of Cuba should be free and independent. demanded that Sjiain withdraw Its military and naval forces from the Island ami empowered the President to use the forces of the IT nited States to carry the resolution in to effect. When' a copy of the resolution was ?Yfplfvered t?? the SjmnNh minister lie asked for his passports and left the country. At almost the same time the Spanish government handed his Purity is a Great Thing, Friend! My folks rovvn ^'aun keep leiling me; "Bo clean mil. sweet and pure/' And I'll bet you I am just about the purest cigarette ever made! Why, the SOVEREIGN factory is dusted every morning, just like a lady's parlor. That's the sort of home i have. And I've got to make good all the time ? in the i-juk ai -\i o, a;id the sf/ivke of me. The miest, cleanest home you e^ei saw. Only ihe purest, sweetest, rich - est Virginia and Carolina tobacco enters there. And when I come out, wrapped in the dainties!: of white imported paper ? don't you know I am proud to be a SOVEREIGN? You Folks of the South KNOW good blood I Jou j folks of the South KNO p.ood tobacco / Next to good breeding is good dress and good taste ? and I have them all. That's my claim to your iriendship. .. can i. more, cxcc p l 0 . ' _ ..... . ' JhjW s/X'' (y*CC^ ^-CA p.,.r rmx* 1 J yj Vll'iTkil wVU*. t.} t H C oo??>?n-??r. I I ro?? fr vc ' me return me to year t'ea'er and gel 5 . ,r.:?nc>* l,,c i have said it. A Southern gentleman is known &iVc Tvwic! ever far keeping bis word, and ! have given you mine. arettes FOR THE GENTLEMAN OP THE SOUTH ' aec - passports to the American minister. <!en. Woodford. It whs not until April ur? tlmt <'<on Kress finally- passed a formal declara tion that war with Spain had existed since April 21. Now York, Feb. 10. ? Mrs. Margaret Paulino Fisher, who in I'.d'J eloped with and married Harry ( Hud > Fisher, cartoonist, today filed a sum mons airainst 'him in the Supreme 4-Vmrfr? -Ivor Mtdden marriage, .Mrs. Fishes was a dancer in vaude ville. In June. 191.3. her throat was cut so that -() stitches had to he taken in it it f an Atlanta hotel. Slit- said ? -In* tiii < I fallen on a pitcher and cut in-rM-ir. Must Have Ciood Land. Cioinsoii College. S <\ Feh. 20. ? | "The farmer's Idlest problem Is how 1 to have good huid. If ho already 1ms' ' uo?kI land. Ids problem is to keep it * ifood." one ?>f the host and most cconomi I fa) ways in which the farmers in this ! can iiet and keen i^ootl laud is t i row leguminous crops. At this m-;i?*oii. when plans are being made for the year's cropping system, provision should In* mailt* for stunt1 xihuumw It*- ' Ktunos to In* pliiiitctl in oarly spring and sununtT. Thrrt* art* st*vi*rjil u'ooil j on?*s t ? ? t'liiMisi* from, surh as f*o\v|H*us | M?y Ihmiiis. jtonimfs. and velvet beans. ? fiuHt'finv mi soy beans and jieMtmt.sj mil be obtained from tin* Kxtensbm I ?i 1 vision. ('l?'in?mi f*ollejje. S t ? -- ( .Maintaining ;i ?peeil of fhirt\ -four and on?*-l?;ilf miles for foiip <*uii,>*'cii five lmnrs without showing amy sinokt* was ii .fi-ortl rt't-furlv iuadi* hi u I' - J lifted States torjK'do hoat destroyer. Iiavid M. Smoot. n <(.'{, passed away at I >arlin^toii Monday. Private Bailey Cooi>or, of <!ainpany K. Xerond North Carolina Infantry, on bonier duty at El I'aso, Is hold hy mil itary authorities there in eonneetion with t he killing of Michael < Jotter, a worker at a cement plant, early Sat nrday morning. Cotter, whose age Is ulvon as ::J. was on his way home, so it stated, when he was halted by Private Coo|M>r. Cooper in his state ineut. claims that he was ordered to stop all pcrnonH or shoot, hihJ ?ay? that Colter did not halt, and he tired. Cot ?<-r was shot in the back and died al most instantly.