Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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riCTURES. I saw upon the screen of time Two silhoutted pictures thrown, But really from the figures' pose Their occupations were unknown. Now. was the first with arms upraised Plebeian father with his pick? Or else did it resemble more Son Algy with his golfing stick? The second with gymnastic pose Was also open to surmise, It looked like mother at the tub Or daughter's Swedish exercise. So 'twixt the lowly and the proud 1 gathered the dividing trend Lay not in working with the hands, But what was at the other end. ^-McLandburgh Wilson, in the New York Sun. TOW P A JUVENILE I I TT J A COURT STORY. S3 IneaQ fcpgg"] By Mary Talbott Campbeli A young woman awaiting the openi ing of the Juvenile Court threw her fur coat over the back of a chair, behind which sat a row of little probationers. Small hands stroked the jacket's smooth softness, while low toned bets were exchanged as to the i kind of animal it had once adorned. , Finally emboldened by the smiling 1 face turned partially toward them, : one youngster asks: "Say, what's it made outer?" "Seal." "Gee! Real or play?" A rosy flush mounted to her brow, as feigning deafness she lifted her | merry eyes to the round reflections 1 * dancing in wild gyrations of light over the ceiling of the great room. ] A majority of the lads came armed 1 with circular mirrors which they ] in o o Ttr^ll oc in + V? c* , eyes of the court officials, their nat- ; ural prey. i "There's the old Tramway cop, the j fat Phoenix! Give it'im in the eye!" ] The good natured officer blinked in more senses than^one at the dazzling glare, as with a knowing leer at the boys he turned out of range. At Judge'Findley's entrance the glasses were pocketed by a common impulse. His brier address to the boys, couched in a language intelligible to the most benighted, was followed by the taking of reports and a y,. partial clearing of the room, as the first case on the crowded docket was called. At 2.30 Eddie Collins* name ; was called, bringing forward a white _ headed, weazen-faced, bony child, with eyes too big for his odd little phiz. "Tow-head!" was heard from some of the waiting boys, as the little fellow stepped before the Judge. His Honor smiled, a genial rarmth lighting his tired face, as he passed a hand over his own thinning hair. "It's better to be tow-headed than bald-headed any day! Isn't it EdI die?" An old, automatic smile wrinkled the thin little face, but no humor lit ] the solemn eyes ? and the Judge , sighed with renewed weariness as he 1 demanded the charges against the i child. Eddie stood toeing in and out i with an absent minded monotony. I "Drunkenness and frequenting sa- i loons, Your Honor," answered the 1 probation officer. A heavy frown lowered between J Judge Findley's clear, dark eyes, j which despite all, still held some 1 message of faith and hope for every : little chap who sought it there. < "Can it be true, Eddie, after all < my talk about this most serious offense?" The tow-head nodded, while the i downcast, hungry eyes ?remained fixed, in vague concentration upon his i shoes, through which bare toes ? poked. "Did your father send you to buy liquor?" Again the silently bowed head. "He committed a grave crime, but -was that any reason why you should arinK tne wmsKy even u you u<tu to buy it?" No answer. "Look at me, boy!" Eyes of dumb pain gazed unwinkingly from the stolid, changeless face. "Aren't you one of the boys that promised to help me hold down my job by playing square, after I gave you another chance?" A mute assent was given. "Well, I have done my part, , haven't I? Answer me!" "Yes, Jedge!" "But how about you, Ed? Have you any further claim on my patience and faith?" "No, Jedge!" "You know what this means, Eddie?" "Yes, Jedge"?and a slight quiver or lire stirred tne nttie stoic s iace. "Have you 110 excuse, my boy, foi breaking your word and going back on the man. who has been your friend?" Hope died hard with Judge Findley. "No, less'n" ? the great eyes burned in hot scrutiny over the intent, listening faces of the other boys. "Bailiff, take those children further back. Come close, my boy." She of the fur coat was thankful for keen hearing and nearness to the judge, as alert, with downcast eyes, she waited, engulfed in waves of pity for the boy. "Dess'n being cold 'n' hungry 'n druv wid blows to the s'loons goes for somepen?I thought I'd forgit fer a spell?like pa?'n' 't felt warm? then I run up agin the cop " "Did your mother try and prevent your going to the saloon?" "No, Jedge." Vit / "When did you eat last?** The question was almost inaudible. "Yisteddy v.ornin'." Every trace of gentleness fled from the Judge's face as he leaned eagerly toward the officer: "Swear out a warrant for the father and mother of this boy, charging them with contributing to a delinquency. I hold them more guilty than their son. You will also get the name and address of that saloonkeeper who dares break the juvenile laws of this State." . "Pa's skipped, Jedge." The boy started to his feet as he spoke to be again thrust back. "When, Eddy?" "Soon's he'd licked me for swipin* the whisky." "Did he say where he was going?" "Jus' any old place clear o' woman 'n' kids!" "We'll find him, never you fear! How does your mother treat you?" "She hain't got no time fer me. what wid diggin' 'n' cryin' 'n' workin' wid the little kids. She says all she wants o' me is to keep out o' her way." A long silence followed Judge Findley's eyes wide and unseeing, as troubled thought went on behind the fixed inner absorption of his glance. "Eddie, my heart goes out to you, my poor boy, and I feel that you're not to blame for much bf your wrongdoing. But you've got to be corrected and helped. If they hadn't got after me when I was a kid I'd have got into bigger troubles, troubles they want to keep you out of, too." Eddie perched on the very edge of the chair with eyes devouring His Honor's face, but ears closed- to the pity of the firm voice because of a great roaring. A faint grayness tinged the wan, unchildlike face. "Because I believe it for your good [ shall send you to the School of Detention, here in Denver, for one month. It is under the charge of a rery kind woman, who will see that you are kept warm, well fed and lared for. There'll be no chance to *et into any trouble, and in this way [ hope to keep you out of the Industrial School at Golden. When the month is up we'll see what is best." The child pushed close to the court, tiis cheeks hot with a fleeting glow, the eyes big with excitement, while ?ager pleading hands were out stretcnea. "Oh, Jedge! Please, Jedge " "Brace up, Ed, and take it like the nan I know you can be! Don't beg!" "But, Jedge, please, won't yer please to make it a year? I'd ruth?r " The Judge started, leaning toward Lhe child as he paused, but Eddie event white, clutching at the table for support. Swinging the reeling little igure into a chair Judge Findley held Evater to the boy's lips. Low-voiced, gentle words sought to penetrate the ?iddy whirl of Eddie's thoughts, but :hese alone made an impression: "You need not go back to your iome, my boy, at the end of the month if you still feel as you do. ^Ve'll find a better home,little chap!" The child closed his eyes and r.<_ver inew that his head rested against fudge Findley's arm or that the po:ent power of a patient, virile tenderness upbore his stumbling little life, never to be withdrawn while great heart or clever brain throbbed within this pan who remembered his own Doyhood. Then the world cleared and steadied as something hot and beefy wag forced down upon him by a tender, womanly hand. He dimly heard the next case called and wondered ireamily why the "Jedge" sat with 5yes covered by his hand. "We'll be going, Eddie. Can you' walk to the car, dear boy?" asked Mrs. Bright, of the Detention Home, bending over her new charge with motherly tenderness.. "Sure!" with plucky cheer. She held him so tight under one arm while leading him past His Honor that the boy looked up with a feeble attempt at "joshin ." "On the square, ma'am, I won't work no bluff an' give ye the slip!" He thought the whirling must be returning as he cast a look of farewell at Judge Findley,for the blurred smile in the shadowed eyes of His Honor was not the clear one he knew. ?National Children's Home "Finder. No Censorship. The Hobart (Okia.) News-RepubTtraolr T-OfoivpH 3 lptter ill;a,ii lacu m uvu *wv?> m signed by all the physicians of the city insisting that the paper should not mention their names in connection with surgical operations, burns, accidents, or anything of the .sort, unless authorized in writing. The News-Republican expresses itself as declining to accept the censorship established by the doctors or any one else, but does announce that it will hereafter omit the prefix "Dr." when referring to the Hobart pill rollers in its personal columns, and will shove 'em along with the common herd if they are so averse to free advertising as their letter would imply.?Western Publisher. Wealth in Stolen Ties. t c 'Rpf.tnene. the Southern Pa cific detective,- has been tie hunting for the company for several weeks and has located some 5000 Southern Pacific ties on ranches and at mines, some of them forty miles from the Southern Pacific right oi' way. He also found many Santa Fe ties vest of Deming, where they had been carried by Hoods. An untreated tie costs the Southern Pacific on it.-; Xev Mexico division when put off the car one dollar, and a treated tie costs a dollar and a quarter.? Mbuquerque k (N. M.) Citizen. 1 i 1 jPalmetto State Mews < * . , y y y Dentist Shoots Himself. Dr. Ethan Foster, a prominent young dentist of Union, shot himself With probable suicfdal intent. The ball entered just above the heart. No cause is assigned for the deed. ? * Officer Got the First Shot. W. C. Atkins, a well known liveryman of Willinmston,. was shot and killed by Chief of Police Nelson of that town. Atkins was alleged to have mistreated his wife, and she appealed to Nelson for protection. When he responded. Atkins drew his pistol and made ready to fire, but the officer fired first, killing Atkins instantly. * * * Gave Life to Save Others. 'Newton Tillotson, 56 years of age, and for twenty-two years in the employ of the Southern railway, was killed at Spartanburg by plunging in front of a fast passenger train to save the lives of an aged man and woman who were crossing the track in a buggy and in which he was successful. Tillotson's act was cheered by a crowd of eye-witnesses, unaware for the moment that his heroism had cost him his life. # * * t Magistrate Green Dies Suddenly. T. D. Green, a well known magistrate of Charleston county, dropped dead a few days ago while talking to his wife. He was a well known local man, having won a reputation as "King of Ten-Mile Hill," of which he I was magistrate. i Negroes of the district were especially unruly until Judge Green took hold of them. He began his rule by performing scores of marriages among the colored people a few years ago. * * * Woman Murderously Assaulted. ( Mrs. Sallio Gibson of Columbia, a middle-aged woman, is suffering from a terrible wound in her head, and a negro, JefFy Wlntmire, is in jail on the charge of brutally assaulting her in her home. J Mrs. Gibson inherited a large sum of money recently, and among the darkies of the neighborhood it was generally believed that she had $35,000 concealed in her home. Mrs. Gibson's condition is not regarded as rious. Annual Meeting of Baptists. ; Between four and five hundred delegates, ministers, church workers and representatives from mission and educational boards will assemble in Spartanburg Tuesday, November 27th,that day being the opening of the state Baptist convention, which continues through Friday. < There are one hundred and ten thousand Baptists in South Carolina, who I will be represented oy ministers ur I laymen from every church In the,state * * * * Train Crew Battle With Negroes. . An exciting time was experienced Saturday night on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens train from Columbia to Laurens. Three negroes were attempting to lieat their ways, and when Conductor Blair followed them into the baggage car, one of them grabbed up the baggage master's rifle and flred, but missed the baggage master. They jumped off, the train was stopped and a general fusilade began, some fifteen or more shots being fired. Two of the negroes got away, but one was shot in the arm and captured. No one on the train was hurt. Passengers joined in the fight and every effort was made to catch the negroes after they fired on the baggage master. The negro i who picked up the gun carried it with him. * * * Novel Damage Suit Filed. ,.?if Q novel i , Papers in a asms.^ Mm character have been filed In Union county by Mrs. L. M. Jordan, executrix of tyre. Isabel F. Jordan and L. W. Jordan, all of South Carolina, against Fleetman- & Co., a big New I York commission firm, charging that | the firm loaned money to Thomas C. j Duncan, former president of the Bufjfalo and Union Cotton Mills, with j jwhich Duncan speculated in cotton {futures to the damage of the plain- I Itiffs and other stockholders in the imills. ! The losses said to have occurred by jtbis speculation amount to over one million dollars. It is claimed that the dosses wiped out the entire surplus of the company and the stock fell from ,155 per share to nothing. The failure of the Buffalo and Union Mills last.year caused a sensation at the time, the * president, Thomas C. Duncan, being a son of Bishop W, W. puncan of the Methodist church. * ? ? Red Cross Extends Invitations. A. C. Kaufman, president of the South Carolina branch, American National Red Cross, has invited General Robert M. O'Reilly, surgeon general cf the United States army; Admiral iPresley M. Rixey, surgeon general ,'of the United States navy; General Walter Wyman, surgeon general of \ the United states public health and marine hospital service, representing the three departments of the governiinent, on the central committee of the American National Red Cross, to attend a meeting of the 'South Carolina I branch in Charleston, some time early in the new year to suit their con[venience. ! The invitations have been accepted. ^Secretary of War William H. Taft, 'president of the national body, will ialso be invited, and it is hoped, will be able to accept. j Miss Mabel T. Boardman of Washjinerton. a prominent factor in Red rirnQd XL-nrV hnc h<v>n effnoefnllv invit. ed, and will attend. Burial Suit Returned. A most unusual occurrence is reported as having happened recently in Newberry. Several months ago a man who resides in the county purchased a burial outfit, consisting of a black suit and white gloves from a local clothier, the purchaser stating that a young friend had died, and he desired the clothes for him. Nothing^ more was thought of the transaction until a few days ago, when a young man entered the store, and depositing a large package on the counter announced to the clerk, "I am just now returning the suit which had been purchased l'or my burial." The young man then explained that he did cot die; that he was thought to be dead at one time, and his friend had hurried off to secure his burial clothes. The explanation was satisfactory, and the clerk unwrapped the parcel and laid it away on the shelf. . . * * Charges Negroes With Conspiracy. S. E. Kiser, a prosperous farmer of Dorchester county, has brought suit against a number of negroes in that county, charging conspiracy to prevent him from employing hands. The trouble grew out of the lynching of Willie Spain several weeks ago, which is the same case in which Sheriff Limehcuse was removed from cfflce by the governor of an indictment by the grand'jury for failure to protect the prisoner from the mob. Kiser had the lynched negro buried and has incurred the enmity of the negroes, who swore that anyone who had Spain's body buried would suffer the same fate that had overtaken Spain. The warrant sworn out by Mr. Kiser before Magistrate J. W. Cummings, charges ten or twelve of the most prominent negroes of the community with banding themselves together with the intent and purpose of opposing Mr. Kiser and preventing and hindering him in the exercise and enjoyment of his rights and privileges as granted him by the constitution and laws of this state. The negroes in the vicinity of St. George have b^en greatly inflamed 3 .IT. oinno in WAS lvnrh dilU V/ lUU^llL up CiUVV %> ed, forming numerous societies, the object of which was to hamper especially those who were suspected of having anything to do with the lynchinch. SUIT IN CLAIMS COURT Filed by Judge Janes on Behalf of Georgia troops in Spanish War. Judge C. G. Janes of Cedartown, who was appointed by Governor Terrell to look after the claims of the Georgia troops who served in the war .with Spain, for a certain extra compensation, has filed suit in behalf of the three regiments'from Georgia in the court of claims at Washington for approximately $30,000. # When Judge Janes completed his record of all these claims some time ago and carried them to Washington, the war department, after going over them, refused to pay the third volunteer regiment anything at all, and only offered $10,000 in settlement of the total claims of the First, and Second regiments. This Judge Janes considered totally insufficient, particularly in view of the fact that payments were being made to others states in instances where they were rejected in Georgia's case. According to the way the troops of other states are being paid this extra compensation, Judge Janes believes Georgia is entitled to the full amount for which he , has asked, and he proposes to push the matter through the court of claims. In Georgia's case, for instance, pay has been refused officers between the time of their appointment when they . really went to work and dates of their commissions, while similar payments have been made in other states, and Judge Janes holds that the Georgia officers are just as much entitled to these paymenfs as any others. TOTAL NUMBER- FIFTY-THREE. All Victims of Trolley Horror at Atlantic City Accounted For. After a day of unceasing effort on the part of the city officials, the police and many civilians at Atlantic City, the total number of dead in the wreck of the Pennsylvania electric train that plunged into the waterway separating the city from the mainland is placed at fifty-three. Of this number, fifty bodies have been taken from the wreck, and one man who was injured died at the city hospital. Then there are two victims whose bodies have not be^n. recovered. The official number of identifications made at the temporary morgue and at undertaking establishments is forty-nine, and four bodies remain unclaimed. i TO SETTLE STRIKE National Civic Federation Offers Its Services. WILL ARBITRATE MATTER Striking Machinists of Southern Railway Approve of Mcve Taken and . May Soon Be Back at Work Again. Now that the 'National Civic Federation of Trades has taken cognizance of the trouble between the Southern railway and the Southern raiiwuy macnmibis, wiiu nave uteu on strike for two or three weeks past, there is an apparent possibility of an early adjustment of the troubles existing. In the early days of the past week, Seth Low, chairman of the National Civic Federation, began a study of the troubles between the Southern railway and its employees. From President O'Connell of the machinists on strike and from H. B. Spencer of the Southern railway, he sought information touching the pending differences. Neither the road's officials or the leaders of the machinists were in the least reticent. Both parties made to Mr. Low a clean and clear showing. These papers have been under Chairman Low's observation several days. About noon Monday he advised j representatives 1 in every town in the territory affected to have its delegate hold himself in readiness for a quick call to Washington for a conference. The National Civic Federation is slow to take a hand in any labor troubles, but when it does enter a contest it usually brings about good results. The following telegram explains itself fully: "Knoxville, Tenn., October 29.?In response to a telegraphic tender of its tmnr\ offlrrs in the hoDe of bringing about a settlement of the general strike in the local shops of the Southern railway, the Knoxville board of trade has received the following telegram from H. B. Spencer, general manager of the Southern railway: "J. A. Hensley, Secretary Board of Tradfe, Knoxville: Your telegram received. The company and its officers appreciate fully the interests of Knoxville in the machinists' strike and we are desirous of settling it promptly and equitably. It has been agreed, at the suggestion of the Hon. Seth Low, chairman of the National Civic Federation, that our president will meet the president of the machinists' association, and the local committees of the machinists this week early in an effort to make such adjustment. "H. B. SPENCER." ATTITUDE OF SAN FRANCISCO In Regard to Japanese School Children Fully Explained. A San Francisco dispatch says: The announcement of the coming of Secretary Metcalf of the department r.f commerce and labor to the Pacific coast to investigate the alleged exclusion of Japanese from the .schools of San Francisco, has not changed the temper of the San Francisco board of education on the sublet. President Roosevelt, the educators are satisfied, has been incorectly advised relative to the conditions and the action of the board of education. "Japanese children have not been excluded from the schools of San Francisco," said School Director Oliver. "For their benefit and for the benefit of the white children v*e have thought it wise to provide a separate school for all children of Oriental parentage." Uncle Sam Buys Silver. A Washington dispatch says: The director of the mint Monday purchased one hundred thousand ounces of silver at 70.977 per ounce, to be- delivered at the New Orleans mint. COTTON BEARS ARE ACTIVE. Mississippi Association Warns Farm/ ere of the State Against Them. The Mississippi division of the Southern 'Cotton Growers' Association, through State Secretary Woods, has issued a warning to the cotton growers of the state against the cam paign started last week by a clique of New York bears to lower the price of cotton. Attention is called to the slump cf $4 per bale, which, if there is no advance, will cost the Mississippi farmers $5,000,000 and a proportionate amount in other cotton pro' ducing states. ; RAWLINGS CASE ARGUED. - Cooper Again Presents Cass Before United States Supreme Court. The supreme court :?f the United States Monday heard arguments in the case of John G. Raw?laps of Lcwndes county, Georgia, .nder conviction on a charge of uiurder. The case was presented on behalf of Rawlings by John R. Cooder, and the state of Georgia was represented by Attorney General Hart ' : J? ' . -I w. HOADLEY CUTS A FIGURE # \ . ~ In Rancorous Dispute Now Going On Eetween Heads, of the Two Cot- j \ f ton Associations. ? ^ The reply of President Barrett of the Farmers' Union to President Harvie Jordan's attack created a ripple of excitement on the cotton exchange in New York Monday, according to a. special from that city, especially that a feature of it referring to Joe Hoadley and to the charge that Mr. Jordan. had repeatedly .been Mr. Hoadley's guest and that he had been making:. -y * direct reports to Mr. Hoadley. Hoadiey is well known on the street as one of the most fervid and erratic speculators in the market. The fact that he is a bear today by no means indicates that he will be one tomor- 'm row. He plays every side of everything, always to his advantage, and has accumulated a fortune of from ten to fifteen million dollars. As a general thing, when Hoadley " ; > plays, he does it: on the quiet, and dees not show his hand. He buys or sells through brokers, and it frequent- A ly happens that even his own brokers.". - / do not know that they are represent- * . v ing the same man in the pit. ^ 'l\* Lately all of Hoadley's talk has in- *?'dicated that he is this year decidedly on the bear side of the cotton market. He openly states in talking that ~ he is constantly in touch with Mr. Jordan, as indeed everybody on the 0 street knows be has been for a year ? or more. During last season his con- M stant dealings with Mr. Jordan be- ^ came the source of attacks In 'the market letters of commission brok- /Jl ers, at which time the trade was 7* " 5^ warned against Hoadley and Mr. Jordan was criticised for his intimacy.^ A This year he has not distributed any photographs, but he has been talk* : ing a big cotton crop more persist-v ently than any man on the street since Theodore Price and proved the \ bumper crop of two years ago. has unhesitatingly quoted Mr. Jordan,. as president of the Southern Cotton* Association as emphasizing the fact that this'year's crop would be only second. to that of two years ago. . Coming from Jordan this talk had more effect that if coming from Hoodley. But either Hoadley or somebody else has seen to it that it has drifted; Into every nook and corner of-the cot--: 7^^ ton buying world.' President Harvie Jordan of tho soutnern ^oimu Adsu^iauuu uac v^, v<^*$&&& ten a letter in answer to the card of < .. President C. S. Barrett of the National Farmers' Union, published. Monday, in which Mr. Barrett tharg 3d Mr. Jor? dan with being, too close to bear interests for The good of the Veottc&i. planter, and also charged Jordan n*th conducting a "Wall street annex'" the Southern Cotton Association. Jordan's reply toNMr. Barrett, in is as follows: / "To the PuWic: The unwarranted ~ ' ^ and unauthorized attack of the ident of the Farmers' Union on me and the Southern Cotton Association at this time is a* delicious morsel the bearish element in the speculative and legitimate cotton trade." " "Mr.; BaiTett knew that I had pub*' llshed a denial of the Washington dispatch before his sensational in. .}'$* tendew with the Atlanta Constitution. I have always advocated higher prices r?$?|| for our cotton than any man in the south, so much so, that I have at . times incurred the severest criticism and condemnation of the legitimate ?> ' and speculative cotton trade. " '? t ViavQ hv fnnsrufr j ' Kuows iuai x uu? ^ and pen fought the evils of cotton . % speculation until I have incurred thd everlasting enmity of every cotton 1 broker and cotton exchange in the % i; ; whole country. He knows that I did vr>. .> all in my power the past summer te secure.the passage of the Boyldn bill I that would drive these institutions out . -; >:>,v I of the state of Georgia." . . v ; I 1 . ? LAWYERS CAN HOLD MONEY. ' I ? ' Fees Paid in Fraudulent Cases Can| not Be Recovered. I ' According to an opinion delivered ^ j 5 Monday in the supreme court of the. ' $>/. y-i United States, attorneys cannot be ? I compelled to refund money paid to x 3 them for the piosecution of a claim ^ against an insurance company, even :V though the claim is afterwards found* ''% to have been fraudulent. "HILL BILLIES' REGISTER KICK. Revolt Against Drastic'Measures of j Dark Tcbacoc Association. j The farmers of Trigg county, Kentucky, who are not members of the .. Dark Tobacco Planters' Protective A* ?*'. rj; sociation, who are familiarly known I ..win rmiies." met at Cadiz, Ky? v\ . and organized an independent* association. " They denounced alleged drastic measures employed by the Dark. To- .r bacoc Planters' Protective Associa- 0 tion preventing independent baying erf * f tobacco. TO FIGHT DISPENSARIES* Citizens of Georgia County- Tire of . '4:r: Their Tax-Paying Institutions. At a public meeting of friends prohibition In the court house at - ; Dawson, Ga., it was determined to ^ ^ take the necessary steps to have the i-: ;M ordinary of Terrell county order an election on the question of abolishing the dispensaries in the^ county, such'i -jjn election to be called not later than the 12th of December next . . j *