Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ Vr THE CROWD. Somebody stands on the pavement there, lifting his voice in a lusty cheer. Seeking to bury his own dull care, He welcomes each figure that may appear. He hails the hero of martial rank. He hails the clown w?.o must laueh to live. r The welcome he offers the mountebank Is the highest welcome his soul can give. And this is the fame that men declare Is worth the toil and the bitter tear; Somebody stands on the pavement there. Lifting his voice in a lusty cheer. V ?Washington Star. Tte OTHER. MAN. ^ I A Short, Story. mg.HAT I need," said Betty. ! "is advice.'' A/I J I "Most women need it." sA I answered, "but they yw C(mS won't take it." Betty shrugged her shoulders. "A r man." she announced, slowly, "has asked me to marry him?a nice man." "If I had asked you to marry me I should not be pleased that you advised with another man." "It would certafnly be in questionable taste." "Your taste is impeccable," said I. "Tint if T nppd advice?" mused Bettv. ,"The first thing to find out." said I, judicially, "is whether he can keep you in hats." - "I had thought " p "What?' "That the first thing was whether he loved me." "You have been reading books." said I. "Books will tell you that. But the ' wise woman knows that the really important thing is the hats." "Well, suppose he could?" said Betty. "Would he chuckle when you asked him to enjoy Mr. Howell's phrase LvT . about 'the innocently adventuring, unconsciously periculant American maiden,' or would he looked dazed?" Betty bubbled. "Mr. Howells is dear," she said; "but does one's husband have to like him? I had V thought " ipS? "What?" "That if I loved the man I mar Tied " I . "Books again," said I. "Stevenson says," put in Betty, "that if your wife likes Tupper it ?? no matg ter." yrS "He said nothing about the husband, whith proves that he knew it would ' matter." k ? "Well, it looks?that is. I think we should agree on Howclls," laughed Betty. 'p I stroked my chin. "I trust." said I, "that he is careful about his boots?" Betty looked at mine. "I have noli ticed that yours are always polished," he said. a "In the essentials he seems quite an ?? v-\ eligible person," I concluded. gfi - "You are not interested in his looks?" |Q- * "A minor matter," said I, waving r my hand. "Or his manners?" "They can't be altogether bad if you tolerate him." || "His morals?" :U- "In this," said I. "marriage is a guess. One shuts one's eyes and trusts Si Providence." "You're a cynic," said Betty. "He's |gy V *ice."i - "Then marry him." "You've never asked if he loves me. if:'"/ You think that doesn't matter?" I leaned my head on my hand, y , s "Perhaps after all it does matter: per??> ' haps it matters more than anything |y: else. If I only knew the man." "I have known him a long time." yr- > "Then you are the best witness. D# you think he loves you?* "I have heard him say so." "Do you think so?" said I severely. b"It would be unkind not to believe him." "Let us assume that he does." . "But it doesn't matter whether I love him?" "Perhaps, after all. it does matter." said I; "perhaps he cares a lot, and wants you to care; perhaps he would think he had failed in everything if he couldn't make you care; per BHU!> "Dear me," said Betty. ;"It's four o'clock. Won't you get me the tea jr t ball?I know you want tea." I got the little silver ball, and handlite* od it to her. "I was just going to say." said Betty. - "that perhaps he wouldn't mind if I didn't answer him at once." "It is for you to decide." "If we aTe old friends, very old I: ' friends, and if I should be sorry to lose kim, and if I like him as well as any body else, don't you think he might be satisfied to come on just as he has been coming?" "That is a matter for him," said I. "But what do you think?" "Of course," said I. "If he cannot sit In the garden he must be satisfied to look at the flowers over the wall." and with the words I picked up my hat. "You're not going?" said Betty. - "It is time." said I. * "I think I'll take your advice about this?the other man." "My advice!" "I?I think I shall be very nice to him." "Yes." "Yes. and let him take me to dances often." "Yes." "And to the jumping-off place to see sunsets." "Yes." "And I shall make tea fer bim." "I hone he'll not be bad-humored ? over it." "Doubtless." said I. "he will put the best face on the matter possible. Good bye." "Good-bye. You're coming to tea tomorrow?" "Shall I?" "Oh. of course: you and I are going to t>e just as good friends as ever. It r:: m fe, BK-; I . - won't matter abont the 'other mac' ' "Won't it?" said I. "I hope you're not going to let it matter." "I'll try not to," said I.?Frederick M. Smith, in the Woman's Home Com- , panion. MAKINC BOWLING BALLS. Skill and Careful Workmanship Required to Produce Spheres. The popularity of bowling has grown to such an extent in all parts of the United States that the manufacture of bowling balls, pins and alleys has become an industry which gives employment to thousands of men. While the work of constructing the alleys docs not require any great amount of ingenuity, it is in the shaping and modeling of bowling balls that great skill and careful workmanship are required. Bowling balls are made almost exclusively out of a wood from the West Indies and Central American countries, known as lignumvitae, one of the hardest woods known. There are several agents in those countries buying up this wood all the year round. It is shipped in the rough for the factory in chunks about four to six feet in length and varying in didmeter from six to twenty inches. The logs are put into a specially constructed cylinder and cut into blocks, after which the edges are rounded with a band saw. The rough balls are then turned over to expert mechanics, who, with the aid of turning lathes, gradually plane them down to the required size. The balls are then smootnea wun a sandpaper turner, receive a coat of shellac and oil, and are complete, with the exception of the finder holes, which are frequently bored to measure "while you wait." A similar process is used in the manufacture of pins, which are turned out of Georgia pine and maple blocks, for the most part, these pins being considered the best by reason of their durability and fineness. Old balls can be turned down once, but after that they are useless. The pins do not last as long as the balls, and an average of five sets a year are used to an alley. The regulation bowling ball weighs about sixteen pounds and is twenty-seven inches in circumference. In a set of fourteen halls four of them are of regulation size and range from that size down to the smallest size, used in the cocked hat game. A ball of the regulation size costs from .$3 to $3.50, but many extra fine ones are made to order, which sell for fancy prices. leaded Sponges. The great evil in the sponge business at the present time, is the. loading of sponges. Sheepswool sponges are nearly all loaded, while occasionally lots of yellow and grass sponges are also adulterated in this way. The loading is done for the purpose of increasing the weight of the sponge. Rock salt, glucose, molasses, lead, gravel, sand and stones are the substnnfps cenerallv used. Most of the warehouses have watertiglfc bins in which glucose or molasses, sand and rock salt are mixed together in water. According as more or less weight is desired, the- quantity of certain of the ingredients is increased or decreased. The sponges are thoroughly soaked in this preparation, and are then run through'an ordinary clothes wringer, or laid on an inclined rack and allowed to drain into the bin. Some years ago the loading of sponges was quite common, and became such an evil in the trade that an agreement was made by the dealers that loading would be abandoned. This agreement was lived up to until within the last two or three years, when certain dealers resumed the practice. As the loading enabled the buyers to pay more for their sponges and still not increase the price to their customers, the buyers who had not taken it up were compelled to do so in self-defense. Most buyers - J? 1 3! i * would gladly aDanaon me i*uums u the agreement was made unanimous. ?New York Commercial Advertiser. How We Locate a Sound. The detection of the direction of a sound by the sense of hearing is, like the rapid focusing of the eye on objects at different distances, one of those instinctive operations which are continually done without any conscious method. Sound waves traverse the air as ripples stir the water, and the ear, by experience, acquires some slight power in detecting the direction in one case, as the eye does with far greater accuracy in the other. Usually we unconsciously receive assistance from other senses as well. Often we fail to locate at once some hidden source of sound, such as a singing bird, and | then our instinctive ingenuity displays | itself. The intensity of sound is, of course, by no means so great behind a screen as in front of it. and every one carries with him the screen of his own head. which may prevent a particular sound from being heard so well by one ear as by the other. If, then, the head is turned until the inequality disappears, and both ears hear equally well, we know that we must be directly facing or turned from the source of sound, and our previous rough idea of its whereabouts generally prompts us to face it. A " French Boer War." Public opinion in France is by no means unanimous in its approval of the conquest of Morocco. The memory of what it cost France to conquer Algeria with its 3,000,000 people is still keen, and a conquest of Morocco is likely to be proportionately more difficult. M. Jaures. the Socialist leader, is already out in opposition to what he terms a "French Boer war." The capital invested in Germany in i the Transvaal is estimated by experts 1 to be fully $150,000,000. wood is scored" General Brooke Testifies Before Senate Committee. BAD BREACH CHARGED Wood Accused of Ignoring Orders of His Superior?May Have to Return from Manila to * i.!f. . i esuiy. Major General John R. Brooke, retired, formerly governor general of Cuba, gave testimony before the senate committee on military affairs Monday which charged insubordination against General Leonard Wood. General Brooke was before the committee more than two hours and occupied the entire time in telling of Woods conduct at Santiago. The witness offered in support of his statements many documents taken from records at the war department and several papers from his personal collection. At the close of his testimony, a member of the committee said it is probabie I fioneral Wood will have to return from the Philippines and testify. One of the charges made by General Brooke is that General Wood violated the order which required him in making improvements in Santiago to submit estimates to the governor general. As evidence of this violation General Brooke called attention to the building of barracks at Santiago, near the Morro, without General Wood's first having given notice to the der-artment at Havana. General Brooke said also that General Wood continually sent communications to the war department over the head of his commanding officer. The witness assured the committee that he cared nothing for the ig noring or nis autnorny, oui saia mat the proceeding had been detrimental to military discipline. General Brooke called to the attention of the committee in support of an allegation that General Wood had neglected to work in harmony with the military government, the matter of General Wood's attitude toward the newspapers at Santiago, which repeatedly made attacks on General Brooke's administration. General Brooke read a number of these attacks and also his recommendation to the war department that the papers be suppressed unless they desisted. Wanted Freedom of Speech. One of the extracts from The Independencie, published at Santiago, which was read was a bitter denunciaton of General Brooke, under the caption of "God Save Cuba." The article was based on General Brook's order for the centralization of affairs of the island by which receipts from all custom houses were ordered sent to Havana. The article, among otner things, said fliat if carried into effect, the order soon would prohibit the people of Santiago from breathing without per'misson from General Brooke; that it was a matter of life and death to the province of Santiago to get the order rescinded. General Brooke read a letter which ne had sent to the adjutant general of the war department asking that General Wood be instructed to prohibit the publication of such articles during the period of military government. He also read General Wood's reply to the adjutant general, which, the witness said, had been sent over the head of his superior officer, saying that freedom of speech, untrammeled criticism of the military government and absolute independence in all matters, were a necessary j part of the education of the Cubans to fit them to conduct a liberal government. LAREDO OPEN TO WORLD. Governor of Texas Raises the Yellow Fever Quarantine. Governor Lanham of Texas, issued a proclamation Monday raising the yellow fever quarantine, which has been in force against Laredo since September 26. During the prevalence of the epidemic there have been _,025 cases, 99 of which resulted fatally. ! SENSATION STIRS GRAND RAPIDS. Ex-City Attorney Implicates Host of Citizens in Crooked Dealings. The confession of ex-City Attorney Lant K. Salsbury, in regard to the noj torious water scandal in Grand Rapids, i "Mich., was told Monday for the first time in court at the preliminary examI ination of State Senator David Burns, | and it has created a tremendous sensation on account of the number of prominent persons it implicates, in ad! dition to the seventeen officials and I former officials who were arrested on j bribery charges some ten days ago. ! FIGHT BEGINS ON BOLL WEEVIL. ! Convention is Held in New Orleans to Inaugurate Plan of Warfare. Delegates from the parishes of Louj isiana gathered in New Orleans Monj day to take part in the boll weevil ! convention called by Governor Heard, j The meeting will decide whether or ! not the necessity exists for a special jsession of the state legislature to pass Jaws which will be of effect in keeping ! the boll weevil out of Louisiana. GOOD FOR SEABOARD. Atlantic and Birmingham May Soon Became Part and Parcel of Great System?New Owners Active. There is every reason to believe that the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad, which has been acquired by eastern interests, represented in this section by H. M. Atkinson, will become a part of the Seaboard Air Line, and that it will be used as a connecting link between the lines of that system in south Georgia and Florida, and those in the northern section of the state. It wil? also give the Seaboard a direct line from Birmingham to the seacoast by means 01 me extension from Montezuma to Birmingham along the route already mapped out The announcement in The Atlanta Constitution of Sunday that the eastern interests represented by Mr. Atkinson had acquired the Atlantic and Birmingham, running from Waycross to Montezuma, and would consolidate "it with the TifCon, Tnomasville and Gulf and the Tifton and Northeastern, caused no little comment in railroad circles. It promises to prove one of the most important railroad movements that has taken place in Georgia in seme years. Prominent among the eastern capi talists who are represented in this section by Mr. Atkinson is T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Boston, Mass. Mr. Coolidge has just acquired an extensive interest in tue Seaboard Air Line, and will, with Thomas F. Ryan, become one of the important factors in shaping the future or that property. The purchase by these same interests of the' Atlantic and Birmingham, and its consolidation with the other roads named, undoubtedly means an important step in the development of the Seaboard system in this section. The Seaboard system at present is in the shape of a big "Y," with no connecting link between the two prongs, one of which extends into south Georgia and Florida, and the other into Atlanta. By the construction of the Atlantic and Birmingham to Atlanta from Montezuma, its present terminus, the necessary connection between the main system will be established, and if the originally contemplated extension of this line to Birmingham is made, the Seaboard will nave acquired Unoa tn tVio went nthpr twn being extensions of the East and West I railroad, which is just now in process i of completion between Birmingham and Atlanta. Messrs. Coolidge, Blair and their associates will probably come through this section at an early date, with a view to arranging their new plans. The Seaboard is undergoing some radical changes, as has been announced in the press for the past tew weeks, and new blood has been injected into the veins of the road. Those who have been watching the situation will not be surprised to learn of any new developments within the next few weeks. TAffnwonn Tt* Ar DnetAn A* UCU^l OUU Uiif U1 ijvubvu, j and has associates have obtained a large share of the stock of the road, and they mean to make it one of the first systems of the United States. All the interests represented in the new deal appreciate the work of John Skelton Williams, the president of the Seaboard, and they speak in the very highest terms of his labors for the upbuilding of the south. The fact that the Seaboard will not be combined with any other southern system can be accepted absolutely. This is obtained from the highest sources. All future developments will be watched with the greatest interest by the people of this section. TROUBLE OVEi* TRADING STAMPS Columbus Merchant Appeals to Court and Secures Injunction. A temporary injunction was granted by Judge Butt, at Columbus, Ga., re-1 stjraining the Atlanta Trading Stamp Company from supplying their stamps to other dry goods merchants than the Schuessler Company in the city. The Schuessler Company are handling the stamps, and the stamp people made a deal with the Bee Hive. Schuessler claims they violated a contract they had with him. The hearing will be had December 16. ELKS DRAW COLOR LINE. Members of Order in Mississippi Object to Colored Organization. Protests are being received in Jackson, Miss., from Elks all over the state against the issuance of a charter tc j the "Elks of America, Asia and Africa," which is a colored organization. - Every Elk lodge in the State is making a vigorous kick against having a colored organization of the same name. It is probable that an injunction will be gotten out restraining the secre-1 tary from placing the charter on the records. GOOD OLD AMERICAN WAY. r Grafting in Vogue on Large Scale in Hawaiian Islands. J The federal grand jury, in Honolulu, which was charged by the late Judge Estee, reported Monday to his successor, Judge Dole. The report accuses the late legislature of systematic and monumental "grafting" and recklessness in the granting of warrants for work never d.one and for excessive over charges. I %*,i - . >?. *. . . 'v. ' . '-. ' n Mill 1 1 I 11I I1111 1 n j'f'l ? Ithenewsofaweek | | in south f amjra.j Majority cf Negro Children. There arc 20,000 more colored than white chilaren enrolled in the public schools of South Carolina, according to the report of Superintendent of Education Martin. Statistics from Marion county are missing and as a result the report to the general assembly is not exact, but as far as can be estimated the enrollment for 1903 is 286,0S2, there being 138,076 white and 15.8,816 colored. 9 ? * Fifty .Years Absent About the longest case of separation known in this section was ended Thanksgiving day when an aged stranger, eighty odd years old, walKed into the home of Judge John R. Cloy, at Graniteville, this state, on the Augusta and Aiken railway, and announced to Judge Cloy: "I am your father." ? Just fifty-four years ' ago, when Judge Cloy was 27 days old. his father, Jacob Wesley Cloy, suddenly disappeared, leaving his wife, a 2-year-old daughter and an infant son. The old man explains his departure by saying he was overseer for Martin Posey and was an important witness against him for the murder of his wife, and Posey sent him away. He has spent the past nan century in Canada and various western states, and recent years in Mississippi, whence he now comes. * * Traveling Salesman Skips Out W. W. Burroughs, traveling salesman in South Carolina and portions of North Carolina for a well known clothing house of Lynchburg, Va., with headquarters in Greenwood, has deserted his family and left for parts unknown. In a letter to a prominent clothing man of Greenwood, Burroughs stated that because of a combination of circumstances and financial troubles he would be forced to leave the country for a few months. A similar letter was mailed to Mrs. Burroughs on the same day. These letters were mailed on the train between Greensboro, N. C., and Atlanta. It is said that in the letter to his wife Burroughs told her to sell tl&ir furniture ind apply the proceed to his debts, and then go to her. father's and remain until spring, when' he would make other arrangements. Burroughs' troubles are not made known. * Appealed to Rome for Confederacy. Mgr. E. D. J. Quigley, vicar general of the Roman Catholic diocesa of Charleston, died at his residence in that city November 27th. He was born near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1835. In he accompanied Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, as private secretary on his mission to Rome, as representative of the confoHorato otatoe IVUVt WW OVMWMI Mgr. Quigley's private papers contain valuable unpublished documents showing the scope of the negotiations or conferences between Bishop Lynch and the papal nuncio at Paris, relative to the proposed but never consummated recognition of the confederate states by Pope Pius IX. In 1885 Dr. Quigley was appointed monsignor and is said to have been the first Roman Cathofc prelate in the south who was so honored. * * On Charge of Gambling. J. R. Ramsey, manager at Columbia of the brokerage firm 01 A. B. Baxter & Co., of Spartanburg, was tried in Magistrate Kirby's court a tew days ago on the charge of operating a gambling business and was bound over to the next term of the sessions court in the sum of $600. The esse grew out of a. complaint ? *v~ nna p p rtnrdon who UU LUC pail U1 VUV/ A*. , recently lost some $800 or $1,000 in cotton speculations through Ramsey's exchange. The prosecutor alleges that he was unfairly dealt with in being closed out, when, according to his statement I he could have protected the margins. ; Mr. Ramsey, on the other hand, I claims that the contracts were closed f out when they were because he did not I care to carry them on his own responsibility, as this is not a custom iq exchanges. The case will be watched with inter! est because of the bearing it may A *- - ? In nave on cotton ana sluch. atuaugcs | this state and throughout the south. If necessary, it will be carried tc | the highest courts for final hearing. I ? * Jackson Cup Causes Contest A clause in the will of Andrew Jack son, the seventh president of the Uni ted States, bequeathing the silver cur that was presented to him by the leg lsiature or south Carolina to the las: survivor of Palmcito regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, whicn took such an active part in the Mexican war, is causing a lively contest for longevitj among the Mexican war veterans ir this state, who now number fourteen Not only is the interest great among the old veterans, but the sporting men are manifesting a keen interest and have picked their winner of the cup and are backing their judgment with money. | There is much speculation as to whe will be the winner of this tamovs silJ ver cup. The friends of Judge O. R. Levy have picked him as a winner. He is perhaps the most vigorous of any of the survivors, though there are several in the list who are his junior by several years. Judge Levy is being back ed by the sporting men because ol his remarkable activity for one of nis years. He has just celebrated his eightieth birthday and says he feels as well and hearty as he ever did in his life. Lieutenant Robertson, who organized the company, has many backers, also, and his friends look to him to I lift the cup. A Mr. Blanding, of Sum. tor, S. C., is another competitor in the race. . 9 Safe Crackers at Branson. At Branson, one night the past week, a band of five white men robbed the bank of that place. They held up the watchman, Richard Youinan3, colored, presenting a revoiv. or rn his face. He yielded readily an. der this persuasion and was left by four of the men in the custody of the fifth and he was stood against the side of the depot with a wire rope tighty about his neck and still covered by a revolver, while the robbers made their way to a blacksmith shop. ? This they robbed of the tools they wanted for their more serious work. With these tools they made their way to the bank. Two of the iour were left on the street to keep a watch while the other two went inside, after forcing the door. They blew open the vault and 'then blew open the safe iroult finrtfn!r 1700 which wxtillil LUC 9 they took. There was a large amount of money just received which was not in the vault, but in a new safe outside the vault. This was not touched, evidently escaping the notice of the robbers. After the robbery had been effected the men went back to the watchman and the robber wno stood over him. The negro was left tied, while the rob- ' I bers secured a hand car and made off secured a hand car and made off on on the railroad track toward Fairfax. - - *- /V4 * i.t * Cock Fighting Stiff in Vogue. A Columbia news item says: The calling out of a company of militia to 1 prevent a widely advertised bull fight and cocking main at Rock Hill a year ago. by Governor McSweeney reems to have had little effect on the sporting , fraternity of that section. Friday several hundred men and boys from York*'county and Charlotte gathered at Thomasson's cockpit, about two miles from Rock Hill, where the celebrated bull fight was to have taken place. All day and all night cock fighting proceeded uninterruptedly. The event of the day was a main fought between nine birds owned byi j Charlotte parties and a like number ' * mnr. owned oy xur&.cuuuiy t>pvi uo iv? which was won by the North Carolinians. The remainder of the day and night was spent in single fightf, all of &e betting being done on the side. Thomasson's cockpit is located within a half mile of tHo Catawba Baptist church a *J is said to be the most open and- boasted cock fighting arena in South Carolina. Thomasson's large family connection , in that neighborhood is given as a reason for the non-interference by the au, thoritios of this unlawful sport. V Pension Frauds Brought to Light When the United States circuit court convenes in Charleston a large number of indictments will be nanded x -** ? ? rirftl* UIA UUL OgdiliSI. pai tu(u(cu niui uv lating the pension laws. Government I detectives have been in the city for several months working up pension fraud causes, and as a result of their i efforts a number of cases have been . made out. * ' We are ready to enter your name on our subscription books. You will not miss .the small sum necessary to be1 come our subscrifc^r. MOB LAW IN LOUISIANA. mm Three Negroes Lynched for Partici. ; I pating In Murder of White Man. In the presence of a crowd of about (I twelve hundred persons, composed of t j both negroes and whites, Phi! Davis, ; Walter Carter and Clint Thomas, all , . colored, were lynched Monday afternoon about 1 o'clock within a shbr: '' . ... . .. - j distance or jtjeicner, L?a., wmcn is zv . miles from Shreveport. The men were executed for partici; pating in the fatal shooting of Robert Adger, a merchant. The negroes all i confessed their crime before being hanged. They stated that they were trying new guns, and when Adger appeared on the street'thought'it quite natural to turn the guns on him. No . shots were fired at the lynching, the negroes all being hanged to a single , limb of a tree. EIGHT-HOUR LAW UPHELD. ' i t United States Supreme Court Passes ! Upon Its Constitutionality. The United States supreme court 1 Monday affirmed the constitutionality ^ of the eight-hcur law of the state of [ Kansas regulating labor on public I works. Justice Harlan said that if the j statute is mischievous, the responsi{ bility rests with the legislators and not thj courts. Chief .. istice FuDer y and Justices Brewer and Peckham dini sented. t "p'z