Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I It 15 $ * ' %] r -v 1 A ft ft * fl > t ?>l ? n ; jPalmelto State Newsf j : w v w v v ? vf vf y f ' j ^ Horse Show and Races. t The directors of the Spartanburg ' . coimij Fair Association and the chair> \mea of the various committees have ! %eQA a meeting and arranged for a horse show and races beginning with the week of November 5 and lasting av_5v .. ... ' \ low nays. . L:> / <* 4 * * Twenty Policemen as Raiders. ?. i?. Curetoa, appointed Charleston cowty dispensary constable by Governor Ansel, presented his credentials to Major Rhett a few days ago. A force of seven or eight men will work 1 W' under Chi2f Curetoa in the county.: i Mayor Rhett has twenty policemen on > liquor -raiding duty. I ft-'tX: * ' : ? * K.v' - 4 Some Swift Cotton Picking. ' Newberry county probably has the prtee cotton pickers of the south; that is. if the recent record of a party of ! laborers on the plantation of Arthur i I I to ur<m<fa far nnvthing. On the i I second picking a party of five negroes i picked 1,829 pounds of the flsecy sta-1 i pie in one day, the amounts for each picker being 304, 406, 389, 370 and 36$ pounds. This record for fast pick' ing Is probably unequaled anywhere ? in South Carolina. ^ **' Charleston to Receive Immigrants. Ij; ^ Kr-Governor D. C. Heyward, president of the Southern Immigration Association, was in Charleston a few | days ago, in conference with Mayor | Rhett, looking towards the use of the Import of Charleston as the place for' ' the immigration of the aliens for ** P tribatian through th? southern states, j I He 4s hopeful of distributing many i i; of the aliens to be brought over b; *. tie vmariesron-1 rittSl (tllU IB lUIUililUig I |M liisosalf on the situation and preparing i B- to distribute these people to advan B-'tage. r Dog Meat for Mutton. I Police and health authorities of < ? Greetfrille are searching for a negro ! H -who was recently discovered mar the ; B.JkKafl slaughter pen dressing the carWl -cass of a dog with the evident inten| XiOB oZ0 selling it for mutton on the j B tireemrille market, f ; "Health Oflie.r Wbitmire is now in P possession of the dog's hide, which ; K- rjhows the animal to be of the New | ; Foaadtaad variety. When the negro f;| was discovered at his work he o . disappeared in the wocds, leaving thJ hide on the ground and the dog's cap gp casg suspended from the wooden B tnvmo used by butchers. || Litigation in Spartanburg. jfr ' A suit has been begun in the court I j| of common pleas at Spartanburg for K the possession of valuable business fr ; property on Magnolia street, near the R Southern passenger station. The suit || iSr that of Mrs. Minnie Mitchell of Chiir^ cago, formerly Miss Minnie Trimmier, B&of Spartanburg, against J.W. Allen Bl and others. h Several years ago Miss Maggie Trimly miocy an aunt of the plaintiff, died and K the property was cut into lots and R soW to various parties who impro\ed iff and erected buildings on it. Since [ I the death of Miss Trimmier an old H deed was discovered and under this I deed Mrs. Mitchell claims the ownerI .ship of the property. Bfh " I * * (Ratlroaa to rteauce rorcc. f%3 Charleston and Western Carolina railroad will cut down its shop 5 fOrce 26 per cent. The roadway force j ] wiH aJso be reduced, but not in nearly {' so large a proi>ortion. It was stated ' by Master Mechanic Irwin that all the inCo thrown out of employment by the shop forc^ reduction are citizens of Augusta, and will now probably hare to seek employment elsewhere. Only, the subordinates will be affected by the reduction as all the foremen be retained. It is stated that this will be the first reduction of its kind made by tho Charleston and Western Carolina rail road within the past ten years. Trolley Line to Edgefield. is the interests of a proposed elec; trie trolley line to connect Edgefield and Augusta, ex-Governor J. C. Sbep- j pard, president of the Bank of Edge-' field; A. E. Padget, president of the j I Fanners' bank, and Colonel William ' \ P. Calhoun, a well known ^Carolina : \f. -journalist, were in Augusta, Ga.. the r nraoL- fn onnference. Edgefield is ? (4?OAk rr tvu ? ~ _ planning many municipal improve wonts. among them including an ex- I teaslve trolley line. It is the primary j intention to connect the line with j Greenwood, and to that end rights of { way have already been secured, and J jirellminary financial arrangements to j the extent of $1,000 a mile mad?. It j is d?$Ired to connect the system with 1 i < Cv Augusta, either direct or by tapping the Augusta-Aiken line. * * Two Prisoners Escape from Pen. By ingenious manipulation of locks and keys, two prisoners, Harry Dean and William Smith, both negroes, escaped from the state penitentiary at Columbia one night the past week. Both of the negroes have withered arms and in view of this fact their escape is all the more marvelous They were confined in the infirmary which opens, on a larg* veranda, anc after in some unknown manner making their way from the ward room this veranda, thev succeeded in opening the door at the end by fastening a key in a broom handle, and with the use of a stiff wire manipulated the lock in such a manner as to open the door and make their escape. The pair (Successfully ,eluded the guards at every point, and this, coupled with the fact that the prisoners in some manner unknown obtained the wire, stick, keys, etc., to effect their escape adds to the mystery. Dean was one of the most notorious prisoners in the penitentiary and was up for a life sentence. Smith had only a short while longer to serve and had he remained on his good behavior, would have been released within one year. * * * Gen. Buller Chosen as Orator. At a meeting of the directors of the Georgia-Carolina Fair Association, held in Augusta, Ga., General M. C. Butler of Edgefield was chosen as the orator for the formal opening of the fair this season. General Butler is one of Carolina's most distinguished warriors and orators. It is believed that he will accept the invitation, inasmuch as he has already made preparations to be in Augusta at about the same time, attending the veterans' reunion in his official capacity as a staff officer of the Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans. The directors at the same time decided to hold the opening exercises on November 3 at noon. ? * * Charleston Germans Angered. The Deutsche Zeitung, the official organ of the large German community In Charleston, Aas printed a severe attack upon Governor Ansel for his efforts in enforcing the dispensary law in Charleston by sending special constables to the city and resorting to the unusual methods of securing injunctions under the common law, restraining the operation of blind tigers as "public nuisances." The paper editorially denounces the CUBSUtUieS as spies, aa/1115 luai im, espionage is abhorrent to German sentiment. To the statement that Governor Ansel is a German, the Zritung says: 'We resent the impputation. One that abnegates all German characteristics and instincts and even his inherited religion is nbt a German, but a renegade." Governor Ansel is a Baptist and a staunch prohibitionist. The paper welcomes prohibition, although predicting failure for such a method of regulating the liquor traffic. The Germans are largely the. alleged principal violators of the dispensary and much feeling exists among them against "Governor Ansel for whom they voted so generally. The annual Schuetzenfest has been deferred on account of the injunction, taken out by the attorney general against the suburban resort. otuorv rclu uivucn dhim. Three Car Loads Condemned by th? Georgia Agricultural Department. The Georgia state department of agriculture has condemned three carloads of stock feed shipped into Georgia by the Great Western Cereal company of Chicago, because the shipment contained oat hulls, which is prohibited under tbe Georgia pure food law. FISH-HARRIiViAN EMBROGLIO To Be Aired in Court at Chicago?Injunction is Secured. i Driven 10 despair by his inability to rouse the stockholders of the llli nois Central railroad to their danger, | whioh lie says threatens the property, . should Edward H. Harrimau continue to dominate it, Stuyve^ant Fish makes an appeal to the courts. Through his attorneys, he secured a temporary injunction at Chicago ou Monday, which will, if made permanent, restraiu the voting at the Illinois Central meeting of 286,731 snares of stock of the Illinois Central Railroad company, which would otherwise be voted in the interest of E. H. Harriman. The writ is directed against the Union Pacific Railroad company, the Raiiroad Securities company of New Jersey and the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, which, combined, hold the above shares of stock. The ptition charges an unlawful scheme of tha Union Pacific Railroad company to control the commerce of the United States by buying large blocks of stock in the principal transportation companies. ; STRIKE _AJFAILUREj Says President Small of the Telegraphers' Union. ASSERTION CAUSES HOWL Proposition That Locals Return to Work is Derided?Association Notifies Small That He Has # Been Suspended. A New York special says: The strike of Commercial Telegraphers which has been in progress throughout the country since the first of August took an extraordinary turn Saturday night , National President Small of the Telegraphers Union sent a message to all the cities of the country, asking the locals to vote at once upon the proposition of calling off the - strike. When this became known to the lo??' in Vnnr Vftrl. thov rakoH A V/ai icauui o iu xvin. v..Wv.v. ? storm of protest, declaring that they would continue the fight to the end in spite of the national president. Mr. Small's talegram went out on the wires at the end of a conference with Commissioner of Labor O'Neill. The commissioner came on from Washington to make a final effort to induce the Western Union and Postal companies to arbitrate at lsast some of the strikers' demands. When the mission failed, Commissioner Neill assured President Small that the position of the companies1 remained absolutely unchanged and that there was no hope in that direction. The message that followed from Mr Small read: "Prominent New Yorkers have appealed to me to call the strike off. All efforts at negotiations are exhausted and the companies say they will fight to a finish. The treasury is depleted and there are no more funds >availa-< ble. R:Quests for relief from all sides are heavy and urgent. The strike having been ordered without the president's sanction, I recommend that the locals vote upon the proposition." Apparently this tslegrain was dispatched without either the knowledge or consent of the local strike leaders, for all of them at headquarters denied that there was the slightest intention of calling off the strike. Notwithstanding President Small's opinion that the strike is hopeless, the New York Telegraphers' Union, at a meeting Sunday, vot:d unanimously to continue the strike against the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. The meeting was characterized by bitter exchanges between President Small and the other speakers. The latter charged the national leader with inconsistency in first claiming that the strike would be successfully financed and admitting that the general assembly was without funds, and with having conducted the fight in a halfhearted dilatory way. Small tri?d to explain his position, but was frequently interrupted oy nisses. When he suddenly left the hall in the midst of the spetnh-making, cries oi "resign" followed him. Sunday night Small issued a statement, in which he said he was willing to continue the strike if the men insisted.' Small's suggestion that a vote be takn on the question of calling off the strike were repudiated by members of the Chicago local union at a meeting Sunday afternoon. A resolution that the strike be continued was unanimously adopted. The meeting was followed by a demonstration of strength by the striking operators before the offices of the telegraph companies. The men marched in double file in the streets shouting "S-ti-c-k!" and otherwise voiced their opposition to the suggestion of surrender. i The striking telegraph operators held a meeting in Baltimore, at which it was voted to continue the strike nine weeks mere if necessary. i Tk /v nVinpo o f A 11C VyUUXAllCi ViUi A uw New Orleans also voted to continue the strike. Montgomery, Ala., local of the Telegraphers' Union, at a meeting, held Sunday evening, voted unanimously to continue the strike. Small is Suspended. The following message was sent to President Small by the executive committee at Chicago Sunday night: "Under article 15, section 7, of the iistitution of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, you are hereby suspended from the office of president, to take effect immediately. "S. J. KONENKAMP, "Acting Chairman." FAKE WIDELY PUBLISHED. Reported Bank Robberies in Se'ddon and Leeds, Ala., Without Foundation. The news reports concerning alleged bank robberies in Seddon and Leeds, Ala., which were widely published, were fak:-s pure and simple. Seddon and Leeds are both small towns with not more than 300 inhabirants each and neither boasts of a oank. All Scholars. Secretary Wilson will have no words carved on the new building of the Agricultural Department, but why does he tolerate allegorical figures ornamenting the edifice? They are as "rubbishy" as the Latin words he has ordered cut opt. Fortunately, he cannot get at the national motto. Ke is Dot so complimentary to his clientele as Gen. Butler was when he was running for governor of Massachusetts against John D. Long. In one of his speeches he said: "What has this Mr. Long ever done that he should be elected governor? I never heard that he had done anything except to translate Virgil's Aeneid, and that whs ol no use to the Democrats of Massachusetts, for every one of them can read the Aeneid in the original."? Philadelphia Record. Lariat Couldn't Hold Bear. While looking for stray cattle down In the Brown's Hole country, neaT Sunset Creek, a few days ago. E. E, Clark of Toponas and a companion ran upon a three-year-old black beat In an open piece of ground and roped It, but the animal wouldn't stay rep ed. Several times it freed itself with lta claws and each time charged up on the men, who were forced to pul spurs to their horses in order to es cape. The last time the bear got the rope free from Its neck it made for the timber after giving a short chase ol its would-be-captors, and by the time they had again prepared their lariats v ? In VThlnh If vac Hfe was up a *cc, rt mvu it ...... kept until lark jould ride to a ranch house four miles distant to obtain i rifle and kill it.?Denver Republican Falls and Keeps on Sleeping. George Hart, 501 Portland avenue Belleville, is such a sound sleeper he did not even wake .up when he feli Often feet out the second-story win dow of his home this morning. He curled over on the grass and contin aed snoring until a stone upon which he was lying began to bruise him Then he opened his eyes, wondered where he watf, and finally scrambled to his feet and went around to the daar and begged his mother to let him In; /She mistook him for a burglai and would not permit him to entei until she was fully satisfied as to his Identity.?Belleville Dispatch to the Chicago American. t _ i "B Shouts ; a TVirtor of Divinity, now Editor o a well-known Religious paper, ha; written regarding the, controversy be tween Collier's Weekly and the Re ligious Press of the Country and oth ere, including ourselves. Also re gardlng suits for libel brought b; Collier's against us for commentlnj upon its. methods. These are his sentiments, wit] some very emphatic words left out. "The religious Press owes ycu i debt of gratitude for your courage Ii showing up Collier's Weekly as th< "Yell-Oh Man." Would you care ti use the inclosed article on the "Bo< Hoo Baby" as the "Yell-Oh Man's successor?" "A contemporary remarks that Col ller's has finally run against a solii hickory "Post" and been damaged Ii Its own estimation to the tune o $750,000.00.' "Here is a publication which hai in utmost disregard of ^he facts spread broadcast damaging state ments about the Religious Press an< others and has suffered those fals statements to go uncontradicted, un til, not satisfied after finding the Re ligious Press too Quiet, and peaceful to resent the insults, it makes th ?n?afnV<* of wanderine into a free! i Held and butts Its rattled hea< against this Post and all the Worli laughs. Even Christians smile, a ! the Post suddenly turns and give It back a dose of its own medicine." "It is a mistake to say all th World laughs. No cheery laug: comes from Collier's, but it cries am boo hoos like a spanked baby am wants $750,000.00 to soothe its ten der, lacerated feelings." "Thank Heaven it has at las struck a man with "back bone enough to call a spade a "spade" an who believes in telling the whol truth without fear or favor." Perhaps Collier's with its "utmoa ; disregard for the facts," may say n 1 such letter exists. Nevertheless it i on file In oar office and is only one c a mass of letters and other data newspaper comments, etc., denounc lng the "yellow" methods of Collier's This volume is so large that a ma could not well go thru it under hal a day's steady work. The letter come from various parts of America Usually a private controversy 1 not interesting to the public, but tbi Is a public controversy. Collier's has been using the "ye! low" methods to attract attention t itself, but, jumping in the air, cracl ing heels together and yelling "Loo at me" wouldn't suffice, so it starte oat on a "Holier Than Thou" attac on the Religious Press and on med cines. We leave it to the public now, s we did when we first resented Co lier's attacks, to say whether, in craving for sensation and circtJlatioi its attacks do not amount to a syi tematic mercenary hounding. W likewise leave it to the public to sa whether Collier's, by its own polic and methods, has not made itse : v", ^ ; >V-, ,VV PROFIT SHARING IN DEPARTMENT STORES. The Principle of the Percentage 8yetem Is Being Widely Adopted. There is a growing disposition on , j the part of department stores to look | after the welfare of their employees, i i The question of wages, always a i source of grave concern, is being adjusted on the basis of accomplishment j i ?that is, In many of the stores salar- j i ies are fixed by the quantity of goods I i j that each clerk can sell?and the i 11 plan is likely to be universally adopt- j ; j ed. Filene's in Boston has a nearly j . j complete system of what is practical- ] ! lv profit-sharing. In New York the | ! plan of paying salespeople on a per- j 11 contage basis is called paying them ?. what they earn for the store. If a clerk is paid $7.50 a week, and the, S9iling-expense in the department is | A1 ? * - <* to Via lUrCC ptr CVUl,, sug io ouyiw?vu w ~ ? i selling- $250 worth of ;;cod3 a week. ' Now if she sells dn average of $300 worth, she Is worth $9 a week, so the i firm can afford to raise her salary to ' $8 or $8.50 and can still reduce the I selling-expense so far as she is con cerned. It is worked out differently i by each store, but that i3 the prin ciple.?"The Department Store at : Close Range," in Everybody's. Bees Race Pigeons. , It is not generally known that bees I are swifter in flight than pigeons? ) that is, for short distances. Some 5 years ago a pigeon fancier of Ham5 me, Westphalia, laid a wager that a t dozen bees liberated three miles from i! their hives would reach home in less time than a dozen pigeons. The competitors were given wing at Rybern, a village nearly a league from Hamme, and ihe first bee reached the hive | a quarter of a minute in advance of ^ the first pigeon. Three other bees reached the goal before the second > pigeon. The bees were also slightly . handicapped, having been rolled in ; flour before starting, for purpose of identification.?Reader. I i CARDS IN THIRTY DAYS. > "But why," asked his lovely fiancee, l "do you object to a long engage' ment?" ' . "Because," he urged, 'the cost of i living increases every day, dearest, f The longer we wait, the greater our expenses will be."?Lippincott's. OO-HO \ > a Spanke< f | more ridieulous than any comment of 3 ours couiu ma&u iu Does Collier's expect to regain any - self-inflicted loss of prestige by deia onstratlng thru suits for damages, - that it can be more artful in evading T liability for libels than the bumble l but resentful victims of its defamation, or does it hope by starting a 1 campaign of libel suits to silence the popular Indignation, reproach and re3. sentment which it has aroused. i Collier's can not dodge this public e controversy by,private law suits. It o can not postpone the public Judg0 ment against It That great jury, the Public, will hardly blame us for not waiting .until we get a petit jury in - a court room, before denouncing this 1 prodigal detractor of institutions a founded and fostered either by indif viduals or by the public, itself. No announcements daring oar eni, tire business career were ever mode i, claiming M medicinal effects " for either .? Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal a ofr#ws results obtained from the e use of medicines, i- Thousands of visitors go thru our k entire works each month and see for I, themselves that Grape-Nuts contains e absolutely nothing but wheat, barley ti and a little salt; Poetom absolutely 1 nothing but wheat and about ten d percent of New Orleans molasses, s The art of preparing these simple eles merits in a scientific manner to obtain the best food value and flavour, e required some wprk and experience to b acquire. d Now, when any publication goes d far enough out of Its way to attack i- us because our advertising is "medical," it simply offers a remarkable it exhibition of ignorance, or worse. We do not claim physiological or d bodily results of favorable character e ! following the adoption of our suggestions regarding the discontinuance it of coffee and foods which may not be o keeping the individual in good health, s We have no advice to offer the perif fectly healthful person. His or her i, health is evidence in itself that the i "t* lisprf PT.ICtlV fit i Ut'Vt'Ifl^CD auu avvmu ? j. that person. Therefore, why change? n But to the man or woman who Is If ailing, we have something to say as s a result of an unusually wide experii. ence in food and the result of proper Is feeding. is In the palpably ignorant attack on ns in Collier's, appeared this stateI ment,?"One widely circulated parao graph labors to induce the impression that Grape-Nuts will obviate the nek cesslty of an operation in appendld citis. This is lying and potentially k deadly lying." i- In reply to this exhibition of well let the reader name it, the Pos18 turn Co., says: 1- Let it be understood that appendta citls results from long continued disl, turbanco in the intestines, caused pri? marily by undigested starchy food, re such as white bread, potatoes, rice, j partly cooked cereals and such. :y Starchy food is not digested ia the If j upper stomach but passes on iste the " " ; ' " "v'^f ''' >xi Cf-r , - =* ^ . Cuban Proverbs. 'V:* There are beautiful flowers, which* If worn in the hair, will smear belle with sticky juice. Give me a sinner trying to be graL Keep, yourself, for all I care, the KHe saint. He who has been wise enough to get plenty of salve will be too wise to have much need for it. ' ' ? v5 Constant scratching will change tho itch into an abscess. So beans, so children. Becoming ripe they forget their pods with speed. Kicked by the bare foot of a pauper one is more hurt than if kicked by the king in golden sandals, and more -j 1 resentful, and hard and sharp edged jewels on the hand that pats give * comfort and not bruises to tho patted L 3 head. I force my znule to walk, to trot, to run; yet he weighs thrice as much as I. I cannot force my new-Dorn oaoe to smile, yet I could crush him with one hand. Could we see through a man's shirt, how often would we refuse to give him friendship. ' "4^ The back of a machete would cut as well as the front if enough time were spent in sharpening it Locked in Cabanas one does not shout because the day is fine. Sailors, in calm, pray for another ship so that they may visit; in storm .Vi ; they pray for solitude, that they may 1 avoid collision. And O, remember that storms rise quickly out of calm* ?From the Bohemian. Wonders of a Watch. -'$%M Very few who carry a watch ever . ,4j think of the unceasing labor it performs, under what would be consldered shabby treatment for any other treatment. There are many who think that a watch ought to run for years without cleaning or a drop of oil. Read this and judge for yourself. The main wheel in an ordinary American watch makes four revolutions a day for twenty-four hours, or 1,460 in a year. Next, the center wheel, twenty-' &9| four revolutions in a day, of 8,760 in a year. The third wheel, 192 in a day, vjjf or 69,080 in a year. The fourth wheel, 2,440 in a day, or 545,000 in a year. :f< The fifth, or escape wheel, 12,900 in a day, or 4,728,200 in' a year. The tides -S or beats are 388,800 in a day, or J 812,000 in a year. >0" d Baby. doudenum, or lower stomach and totest!nes, where, in a healthy individual, the transformation of the starch into a form of sugar Is completed and then the food absorbed by "the blood. v But if the powers of digestion are weakened, a part of the starchy food will lie in the warmth and moisture of {he body and decay, generating gases and irritating the mucous snrfaces until under such conditions the / % whole lower part of the alimentary canal, including the coloa and tho appendix, becomes involved. Disease - ' j|l sets up and at times takes the form known as appendicitis. When the symptoms of the trouble make their appearance, weuld it not be good, practical, common sense, to discontinue the starchy food which to causing the trouble and take a food in which the starch has been txua** formed into a form of sugar to the process of manufacture? This is identically the same form of sugar found la the human body after starch has been perfectly d&? gested. ;'0[ Now, human food is made up tbsjt largely of starch and Is required by the body for energy and warmth. Naturally, therefore, Its use should be continued, If possible, and for the reasons given above It Is made possible in the manufacture of Grape> Nuts. In connection with this change of food to bring relief from physical disturbances, we have suggested washing out the intestines to get rkl of the immediate cause of the disturbance. v Naturally, there are cases where the disease has lain dormant and the abuse continued too long, until apparently only the knife will avail. But it is a well-established fact among the best physicians who are acquainted with the details above recited, that preventative measures are far and away the beet. Are we to be condemned for suggesting a way to prevent disease by following natural methods and for perfecting a food that contains no "medicine" and produces no "medicinal cfTeots" but which has guided literally thousands of persons from sickness to health? We have received during the years past upwards of ?5,000 letters from people whc have been either helped or made entirely well by following our suggestions, and they are simple. IF coffee aisagraes suu causes au; of the ailments common to somo coffee users quit It and take on P os turn. If white bread, potatoes, rice and other starch foods make trouble, t?it i and use Grape-Nuts food which Is largely predlgested and will digest. nourish and strengthen, when other forms of food do not. It's just plain old common senke. "There's a Reason" for Postun* and , Grape-Nuts. i Postam Cereal On* Ltd.