Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Jewelry Store is the natural place to seek gifts of lasting- value. f-Kew are many thin** here that are beautiful useful and that will hold tlftlr worth almost indoli' n\te\y. Numberless articles in J6V?lry, etc., that will eiw ? much pleasure to the bride are to be found here. general news notes. i J It. Harbar?'. ? member^ the M*ont i^ry politr w?h shot rfuc! fatally lounticJ MnU'iay- night ?"<! Wll Tertvple, i , Df|.r<) clraw-l with the eriftie was |tkw>t instantly by a bullet from ^ gu? ?f t hf officer before he fell to ibe ground. I' A 'wnnier's jury returned a verdict of ?wuirt ?ifain>t 11. Lee Cross, .who Friday ,n(| killed Frank J. Hodges on a to?v si n'f t in Macou, (,*a. lioth men fttrt proniiiiftit in the real estate and ssuramf business and also in secret so ['dtfto- HatHfe* carried $35, 000 life in ' turinif. They were formerly business associates, but separated last February.] T?t> negroe*. Miles Phifer and Kobert f iVt^y. the latter a returned soldier,! ftrc taken from Montgomery county of- j ? friaK abtiuj live miles from Montgomery,, Alt, ami lynched Monday afternoon. IV Heroes were heing carried to the ?Imprison at Wetampka for safe keep- 1 rift when a masked mid) of about ? o n held up the automobile in which ttey were traveling, forced the officer* fe lay down their arms, and then led) 'V negroes about MX) yards into thej iood and opened lire on t hem with shot |H? and pistols. lioth negroes were (brtwl with ci;imiiial assault on white tOSOT. . .. . ^ III from overexertion on his long tour fcr the peat-e treaty. President Wilson Friday cancelled the speaking dates re wioiug <>n hi* schedule and arrived in Ti>bingt->n Sunday. The President act *1 utxirr order* from liis physician, I)r. I'm T. (Jrnysciii. who said in a formal tfitftnent l lint Mr. Wilson \vas tsuffer from "ik^-V". us exhaustion", and that riik his condition was not alarming, a ? <vn?iderabl?> period of rest would be. "nec tary fur hi* recovery." After a few top at the capital, the President way to to smie secluded resort for a rest IfMi the r.flirial cares which have occu lt his attention continuously for many froth-. Anlm?irei < tki.iho ma, citizens in mass rtiesd;i\ ven't a telegram to Sen f*7 James- |{( I'd. of Missouri, de auiliii); th;ir ),.? cuuccl his Ardmore taking op]?osition to the lea I" i*f nation*. I{e*olutions were adopt ed mlorsiiig I ' re < i < |< ? 1 1 1 Wilson and the ii to?- |{,.,m1 was scheduled to hi- addn>** Weijnesday night,^The ?Pain d>iioiin<i.i| n* "un-Democratic urcAii?.n, t)M, n(.^ion Senator -Old Thomas Gore of Ok 4?'tr ' ia' 111 !??'!! nit the country against ? K'i". I In- mass meeting was pre ]? "M'r |,\ ){i.v> Dr> Kobert K. n . of tlie Ardmore Met ho C* Churei,. king .,f ['.olgianjfs who with ? nr. ! V4,;, u j 1 1 spend the next ?r,d v, ^ ";,aiger to America. Some ?V T^Arv <i?". when |)0 ppjnjee Al . J LI . , i.i. ii, ..rs [1P oajne to the United t f* v^.j. ' ? , , t,, engineering and elec ^ study educational hdiw ? I '' ' *t" ir'V ^'"?se relating to ^ p_ r,UI, : 2. He was received by **r; T T r ' ^ ashington and met f,. , . '? "'sponsible for Ameri * ^ HO ' ) ' * ) 1 ' ' "i ?? "T'ment. He visited E^lr , Blar''1'a''t,iring centers of New ?t;fin ' S3U n'' fields of Penn s,,'el works of Pvtt5? is, lt> P r a large part of hi?< f ?U t ^ ^ t t i^Wr^ j in company with H.li, ]f0 traveleil about the 'V lr. r' ' r'" rr? i 1 rsr.ad man's private 1 TKj r*. ?| , y . _ a'1 'hat was to be seen '"ding uj, n new coiintrT. v -.ting many of the ci p'-.nN of ihterest in the lTtiitt<l. buis - are a large part of your f re<lvK-e h-ith by uaioC ?* Hot Heaters. IGNORE ( OntTKSY OF THE ROAl> < i Thinks Motor Car Etiquette Is a Tiling of The I'ast. That the standard ?>f motor-car driv ing has sadly deterioated during the last , few years is a fact that cannot he de nied. it is only necessary to walk or ride along one ->f our great motoring roads for a distance of a few miles to observe tile danger that exists to all road users from the type of motor driv i prevalent today. The etiquette and courtesy of the road appear to he "things of the past." and the days when motorists were one large clan ? always willing and pleased to help one another when in need ? and when they rcuiqiuberod thaU, others yhared e<pial rights with them on the broad highway, seem to !?? fading away, never to return. From observations, it would appear that many war-taught drivers are ignor ant of the primary rules of the road, and have never learned to use "road sense" so essentia! to good and safe driving. One <?f the least observed rules, the disregard of which xs without doubt the cause of the greatest number of bad accidents, is that whereby side roads are subservient to main roads. Here is a definite law. dependent in' no way on etiquette, yet it is neglected time after time by the new motorist, to the danger of hemming himself and other wayfarers. The high road pos sesses the right of way in every case, ami if the driver wishes to enter it from a byroad it is for jiim to ascertain whether its i*assage is free or not, since he has no right to ch?*ck any vehicle proceeding^ along the correct side of the more important road. A motorist traveling along the main road should, of course, give proper warn ing of his approach, and if lie i* a good driver his imagination will automatical ly keep him on the alert, against any one attempting to cross his path, al though he is within his side, if keep ing to the left, he dries not slacken his speed. The rule in regard to main and side roads is apparently not so widely known or realized as it should be, and since any aooiden't from its nonobservance generally means a right-angled collision, the results are correspondingly grave. ? Exchange. Ills Arm Torn Off. Special to The State. Heath Springs, Sept. .'}(). ? Spurgeon Rtackmon, a young man <mployed at the Springs Hanking & Mercantile com pany's ginnery here, was oh tight in the machinery ye<sterday afteruon and had his Jeft ami torn entirely from his body. The accident occurred about 4 :30 o'clock and h? was taken on the .*5 :30 trnin to a hospital at It<x*k Hill. There wan no pye witness to the tragedy and Mr. Blarkmon had not sufficiently recovered from the shn*^< when he left to give any particulars of how it occurred, but it is supposed that in attempting to remove a belt from a pulley his arm was caught in it. and that his clothing caught in the shafting, as when he wan found his arm was wrapped tightly in the helf and his body 'lying about eight feet from it s'tripped of all his clothing except ?hoe? and hose ; the clothing was found w rap |M'd around the shaft. Coca Cola Company Commissioned. I J The Carolina Coca Cola company of Camden has been commissioned whh a proposed capital stock of $1.'?,000. Peti tioners are A. T. Heath and A. D. ' IIe8th. PROPERLY, PROUD OF HOTEL Citizens of Alexandria, La., Hava Right to Boast o* Their Mug* nfticent Caravansary. Alexandria, La., la known through* out th.. Souttl MN tb? little liiwn with * !??? big hotel, Strangers always r?* mark tlu? Incongruity of the metropol-' , ItOU tuUflco iipimmitly fallen by acci dent Into this quiet little place. It seems that In Alexandria's ante hotel dtfys. a wealthy ntnn an<l his I >111111 II d$g were stopping ** t the town | inn. One <l?.v the innkeeper and ^guest hiwl n lively argument over the dog. Its owner replied that lie and his dog would not he among those present at the Inn In the future and departed proudly. intimating darkly that the Innkeeper would tie sorry. Ho then made good his threat by building a hotel srjeh as Alexandria had uever dreamed of seeing, and here dog and nuiKter took up their residence and gathered to themselves all the. tran sient trade of the town. Alexandria wears Its hotel proudly,^ a trifle self-consciously. It Is the show place of the town and Its as sertive stone grandeur commands re spect and deference. A town that l?( lasts a hotel inclosing marble halls ending In a grand staircase and a Spanish patio adorned with a fountain as an extra attraction must assume an air of dignity in keeping with It's Importance. Alexandria's other clnim to notice Is the fact that only a few yeara ago the Louisiana legislature conducted a series of spirited arguments as to the removal of the state capital from Ha ton Itoyge to Alexandria. t In the end Alexandria lost out and was forced to console Itself with the fame I It acquired from Its hlg hotel. EXPLAINS CAUSE OF MYOPIA Physician Asserts It Is Caused by Ob struction of Outflow of Lymph, Due to Muscular Effort. The assumption that close applica tion is the cause of myopia or near sightedness Is not regarded as a sat isfactory explanation. In a recent num ber of the Lancet the theory Is advo cated by I)r. Kthrldge Green that the primary and essential cause Is an ob struction of the outllow of the lymph. The obstruction may be produced by severe muscular effort, such as lifting heavy weights, when a feeling of ten sion Is ahvuys experienced in the eyes, which appear, in extreme cases, to be starting from the head. This Is more especially the cause of progres* slve myopia among warehouse men, porters and others whose work In volves excessive effort, while with those engaged In sedentary occupa tions the form of exercise taken may be responsible, as, wrestling, rowing, digging and also coughing. Thus when signs of commencing myopia appear anything likely to increase the intraoc ular tension should be avoided. There is no need to avoid reading. Houaes of Preaidenta. In connection with the efforts to re store tl*i birthplace of Theodore Roose velt, at 28 East Twentieth street, New York, It is recalled that an attempt was made several years ago to acquire the old% house In which President James Monroe died. The project never got beyond the placing in 1905 of a memorial tablet on the hotfse. The old house, one of the archaic structures In the city, and much the worse through years of neffiect, Is on the northwest corner of Lafayette and Prince streets. For years the lower portion >}Mis \tsed?AS a Junk shop. It still presents the characteristics of the well-to-do residence during the early part of the last century ? three stories high, with dormer windows protruding from the attic. The house was built by Samuel L. Gouverneur, who mar ried one of Monroe's daughters. * The Green-Eyed Monater. Europe's growing jealousy of Amer ica Is revealing Itself more plainly every day. Even France Is not Im mune from the propaganda of the green-eyed monster, for Le Matin, one of the largest and most Influential of Paris 'newspapers, has come forward with the assertion that the Jazz hand Idea did not originate In the United States, but thnt French cats were trained to emit the same kind of dis cords more than a century ago. We expect to be Informed next that the Declaration of Independence was copied from a French almanac, a:id that Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettys burg oration won second . prize at a French high school commencement In the era of Louis XIV. Where Gasoline Can't Go. The automobile may have won at VTrdun, says the billets and remounts division, but the horse has won, mora victories thnn he has hairs on his top knot ? for, say they, no victory could have been atydned, no push could have succeeded, unless the horse was on the Job to pull the guns forward, to fnke up the rations, the water, the am munition, through mud where truck* could not go, or over shell-sw < -pt ground equally Impassable for the gasoline vehicle.? Stars and Strlpe*^^ To Take Unclaimed Deposits. English banks have $f>00, 000.000 of unclaimed dejx.sits which the govern ment proposes to take over, for use In meeting public expenses, holding it.-.elf liable to the owners who tnny claim the money nt ? r?y future time. A bill before parliament provides that ev ?rj bant: "K.<ill report nil deposit* gno se curitles that ha*t rawameo unclaimed for six- yearn. HIS WORD OF REAL WORTH World Would Be Bettor If There Were More Like Thie Omiha Busi ness Man. , An Omaha newspaper man has a motor oar. remarks the World lloruld of that city. Last spring M hail It painted. Not long ng?? t !?** surface he Kan to de\ flop an ama*ing series of c rucks like the "crow's feet" about an old man's fvcs. The man gre.eted the tracks with amazement rapidly heroin In# disgust, Nvery time he looked at the car he lost his appetite and Uls good temper. The other day the car was taken to the paint shop. Its owner wan fully prepared to hear that he had used the wrong kind of polish, that he had let the car stand out In the sun. that any thing and everything had spoiled the paint except that the paint Itself was at fault. The painter looked the car over. "If you'll hrlng It In. I'll do It over," he said. "Tlte varnish must have been had." It was all over In two minutes. The man's faith In human nature Jumped several hundred per ceift. The sky was clear; the whole world was set In rosy hue. Here was a man who didn't dodge responsibility, who tried no excuse, who backed his work with his word and made good his word. Isn't It a pretty good policy? ENDED WITH HONORS EVEN Rattleenake and Pet Cat Staged Bat tle Which Cauied Death of Both Combatants. , William Lesjlfi. g&tOmaiiiitJtlie Brie railroad crossing east of Kaniapo, N. J., tells a story of a battle he saw between a rattlesnake and a pet cat. It ended fatally for both. Mr. Lesslg saw a rattler about . four feet long going toward the river. He picked up a club and was about to start for It when, he declares, a cat leaped out ahead of him and set upon the snake. The cat got a flne hold on the back of the rattler's head. But the snake fought desperately and got In a sting which caused the cat to release Its hold and crawl away. ? In twenty minutes the cat's body was swollen almost twice ltn size and the poison Anally caused death. The snake lead been so severely founded It was unable to find cover and when a crow discovered It lying in the open field It was too weak to offer resistance and was soon swing ing in the air as the bird made off with It. Lovea His Melon. Watermelons have been high in price Jlds season,- but "Uncle Joe" Cannon has gone right ahead eating them. It Is a habit acquired by' hLm when he was a small boy In North Carolina. Consequently the,, elghty-three-year* old statesman waits each year for the arrival of the watermelon season, and Just as soon as the ripe ones begin to arrive Uncle Joe may be seen stlolclng a big chunk of something red Into his mouth. Sometimes he goes at It "coon fashion" and plays a solo with his lips on a long, red slice, throwing away such Implements as knives and forks. Uncle Joe can tell when a water melon thumps right and knows by the color and general appearance whether the melon Is sweet and juicy or was pulled too green. ' . ? Wise Child. A miserly landlord was going round collecting his rents the other day. At one house he was greatly Interested In a little girl who watched open-mouth ed and open-eyed the business of pay ing over the money and accepting the receipts. He patted her on the head and started to search his pockets, saying: "I must see what I have got for you/*.. After searching his pockets for some < time he at last brought out from a re mote corner a peppermint. As he handed It to the girl he said: "And now what will you do with that?" The little girl looked at It, then at him, and replied : "Wash It." English Women Buying Farms. Women In England are buying their own farms or their own truck and gar den spaces In rather conspicuous num " bers. And this Is all an outcome of the tremendous work done by women on the land during the war. The gen eral feeling Is that there will not be much Toom for the common female farm laborer as time advances, but for the woman who has a little money and who looks upon farming as her pro fession and her life work there Is ex cellent opportunity In this direction. In the first pl^pe, on account of the compact location of the garden spaces and the cities In England transporta tion of foodstuffs Is easy. Then gar den truck and flowers do grow abun dantly and profusely there, and always find ready markets. The Forgetful Parson. Field Marshal Sir Henfry-WlJson tells an amusing story of an old West coun try* parson who had to hold two serv ices, one in his own church and one In the church over the moor. On arriving at the latter church he got Intft the pulpit and said he was awfully sorry, but he had forgotten to bring a most admirable sermon which he had written. "I.ucklly." be continued, "as I came across the moor, I remembered a beau ful story, which I will te*lK you in place of the sermon. Er-er-well, dash It, I've forgotten that, too?'" ttxploreis Oil Floe Fly* Months, Scicntilic data 4>f ?-..ii-i?lcr a I ? ! *? value wen1 obtained by a parly of I |U o if who returned to civilisation rewntly af ter spending about five month* >m a drifting ice Hoc in the Arctic Ocean, according to tin* October Popular Me chanics Magazine. Special attention was given to tlu> .vt mly of currents in lteau t'ort Sen, that part vif tho orrnn which st i-4't<>|nvs north of Alaska and Canada u* far a* Hanks I. ami, ami numerous Mirudiugs were math' ill I ho void w utcr*. -4iic iloo on which the strange voyage Was made \vti? seven miles wide and IK miles long, Many s?*a!s. polar beari, duck*, and laud birds made their homes on' the flouting bloeks v?f iee. Out of Luck Without Ills Coin. The New York Sun recently bud an article on fhe aerial derby between New York and Toronto, in which that paper quote* Captain Klliott Springs of Lan caster as follows : "I have carried an Italian ft lire piece with me for two years in France, It is my good luck tokeV So is a band gar* ter. They were given to nie overseas." ('apt. Spring* explained. "I have al ways worn the tfarter ami carried the eoin. The' ?<oin wiih Always luoky for ine. an. I I never went without it. When I left Hooseyelt KVM /or Toronto I it mi the piow In my .pocket. "Just, outside of Hutu via, N, \\, 1 WUS t'orred to lit ml In a corn Held b? ?? Cuu?e of tin' bid weather. I ploughed up a k?t of the farmer's corn nnd mrm?h ??*! <n,\ machine, When I crawled out J put 'ii i ?v hand in my p.x'iu't to see if 1 had my luoky com ami found that tin* (Min was gout1. That put mo out of tliv ruw. The fnuuor took my uia rhino to iiis barn ami ttfvarged tho other .farmers UR oonts a |? i *?* -o to look ut a real hom'st-to-tfoodm'sN airplane. The machine is still there, hut I do not know where my lucky pliveo is." Mean Unite! "it says hero that Oeorgo Washing ton often sat for 'bourn ut a t'uue without saying a word," .naitl Mm (i'ubb, as jsho looked up from the nm#uttln<> she was reading. "That's onJy natural," replied Mr. . (#&bt>. "He was, a nnvrriwl man."? ,-Oln? elnimti Inquirer. . ' ? ?? ?>? . * v* . ? V ? ? . ' . Wi ii i - j'u -? wrimijci -f i v'*.- Y; r. . . Nitrate of Soda, Kainit and other Fertilizers. Indications are this material c> will be higher J. L MOSELEY Motorlife * Saves 25 to 50 per cent, gasoline Removes and prevents carbon Produces motor efficiency Completes lubrication MOTORLIFE must eventually become a part of your equipment. Why not today? J. Ferris McDowell. Wholesale Distributor Telephone 145 * *. Camden, S. C. \ / A FOR SALE IN CAMDEN BY " b< . ; ' Beard's Garage, Kershaw Motor Co., W. H, Blackwell