Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ > Personal Mention. ?Mr. J. T. O'Neal spent Tuesday in Barnwell. ?Mr. W. I. Johns, of Baldoc, was in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. Lee Blume, of St. George, j spent Sunday in the city. ? -- -? ' ?Mr. M. JN. ruce, 01 uie viar sa-. tion, was in the city Tuesday. ^ , ?Mr. A. W. Hunter, of the Hunter's Chapel section, was here Tuesday. f ?Mr. L. A. Brabham, of the Buford's Bridge section, was in the city / ;Tuesday. ?Messrs. J. S. J. Faust and W. H. Wroton, of Denmark, were in the city Monday. ?Mr. G. B. Hoover, of Hampton, ' visited his brother, Dr. H. F. Hoover, this week. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hair, of Blackville, visited the family of their snn Dr. G. F. Hair, last week. ?Mrs. S. W. Jones and children, of Valdosta, Ga., are in the city on a visit to her mother, Mrs. K. I. Shuck. ?Mr. J. C. O'Neal, of Savannah, spent Sunday and Monday in the city on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. O'Neal. ?After spending a month very pleasantly with her aunt, Mrs. E. A. Sojourner, in Blackville, Miss Mary Matheny returned to her home near town last week. ?Col. F. M. Mixson, of Aiken, re? L- PUrnninlo presenting uie nu^uova vmvuiwv, was in the city Tuesday. Col. Mixson has many old friends here, who were glad to see him. ?Mr. W. W. Smoak, editor of the Walterboro Press and Standard, was in the city Monday. We regret that his visit was so short. Come to see us again, brother, and stay longer. ?Mr. R. M. Bruce, of The Herald, will leave to-day for New York, where he goes to learn to operate the linotype machine, which we expect to - put in our office in the next few months. ?Mr. J. E. Hair, Mrs. E. A. Sojourner, and Mrs. J. C. Matthews, of Blackville, and Mrs. N. W. Brdoker, of Columbia, visited their sister,. Mrs. D. R. Matheny, last Thursday and Friday. Mr. Hair says a thousand acres of cantaloupes are being planted around Blackville this year, and that some parties had already planted cucumbers last week. Blackville will ship large quantities of water melons, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and aspara 5#;T gus this year. FOOT CRUSHED UNDER WHEEL. ___ S Young Man Meets with Accident on Railroad at Florence. Florence, March 29.?Mr. Edward Poston, of this city had his left foot so badly mashed last night that it had to be amputated just above - the ankle. Young Poston was passing over the track of the Atlantic - v Coast Line Railway on the sidewalk at the Evans street crossing while a "switch" engine, which was placing the sleeper from Columbia, to the v Wilmington frain was backing toward the crossing. It being dark, Mr. Poston attempted to cross the track, lost his footing and fell. The back * wheel of the tender of the locomotive caught his foot, crushing it to a jelly. Poston was placed in a hack and 9 hurried td Dr. B. 6. Gregg's office, and with the assistance of Drs. Hicks and McMaster, the foot was amputated. Poston is from the lower part of the county, and has been employed by the Florence Book Store as salesman. He is resting well to-day. Laurens Men Quilty of Contempt. The supreme court last week rendered an important decision as to * the punishment for ,.contempt pro* ceedmg8 following an attempt to influence a juror in atrial. When the jurors were drawn in Laurens county for the trial of Wash Hunter, charged with murder, Ludie J. Moore and T. J. Bialock, approached J. K. Templeton, a juror, and ask< ed him if he was not friendly to Hunter and would he not consider * this should he be selected in the trial. Templeton replied, that he knew no4 thing of the case, and afterwards reported it to the presiding judge, who issued a rule to show cause why Moore and Bialock should not be punished for contempt. / The report was made at the next session before Judge Gary who imposed fines of $50 upon each of the men. The supreme court sustained this fine, holding that any attempt to influence a juror even if not within f the precincts of the court was contempt. The fines, therefore, are imposed. Kentucky "Night Riders." r t Owentown, Ky., March 25.? v. Owentown was visited early to-day by "night riders'' who set fire to three large tobacco warehouses, causing a loss of about $30,000 and destroying 150,000 pounds of tobacco, in addition to three buildings. f. The first building set on fire was the big new -"Equity" warehouse, owned by a stock company. This " had in it about 100,000 pounds of pooled tobacco and 50,000 pounds of inrlorwanrlpnt Wf From the Eauitv warehouse the flames spread to the # American Tobacco company and smaller independent houses. Neither of those had any tobacco in them, however, and the principal loss is on U the Equity house. The loss is partly , covered by insurance. & te \ < CONDUCTOR KILLED. Shot by a Desperado, Who Was Killed by Conductor. . Enoree, S. C., March 24.?Clarence Swink, of Woodruff, a conductor on a freight train, running on the Anderson division of the C. & W. C., was shotandlkiliedjby John Brock,^ young white man from Anderson, at Calhoun Falls station this morning as the train stopped. Swink, as he fell, drew his pistol and fired three times | at Brock, one shot taking effect and | resulting in ; a fatal wound, from which he died at 8:15 tonight. R. L. Hammett, of this place, who talked with Sheriff Lyon of Abbeville county this afternoon, states that the sheriff told him that the tragedy occurred because Swink tried to make Brock get down off of the cab where he was riding. The sheriff stated that Swink tried to make Brock get down, but that he did not succeed. Brock told him that he would see him later. The train was then nearing the Calhoun Falls station. When it slowed up Conductor Swink started toward the depot tc get his orders. Brock, who was drunk, went up to him and laid hands on him, pulling his pistol and firing at him. As Conductor Swink fell he pulled a pistol and fired three times at Brock, one shot taking effect. Swink died almost immediately, Brock lived until 8:15 o'clock tonight % Watch Saves Man's Life. Darlington, March 31.?Mr, Adolph L. Orrell was shot by an unknown negro this afternoon. Mr, Orrell is the agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company at this place, and the negro had broken and entered and was stealing from a car Mr. Orrell arrested him and took hiir to his office, intending to call a policeman over the telephone to come for him. On entering the office he ordered the negro to be seated, bul as there was hesitation on the part oi the latter Mr. Orrell drew his pistol I 1- T1Aff1*A Rill uupill^ lu lubiuuuai^ uiv iivgAv. ?< ' instead of being intimidated the ne gro seized Mr. Orrell and entered in to a desperate struggle for possessior of the pistol, during which it wa< fired, the ball striking Mr. Orrell between the thumb and forefinger ol the left hand, ploughing its way ui his arm for a snort distance, and ther struck him in the left side, hitting 1 watch in the left pocket and glancing to the left, inflicting a slight wounc in the left side. Had it not been foi the watc^ in all probability the wounc inflicted would have been fatal Much excitement prevailed and large crowds are scouring the swamps neai town, hoping to capture^ the negro who made good his escape immediate ly following the shooting, taking the pistol, a 38-calibre Smith & Wesson with him. Tried to Lynch White nan. Atlanta, March 31.?The timeh arrival of poliee with loaded rifle stopped what threatened to be a lyn ching in Brownsville, a suburb of At lanta, early to-day. The man threatened was B. R Chapin, a young white man, and he was surrounded by a threatening crowd of negroes when two count] officers came to his aid, and drove the mob back. The negroes claimed they foun< the white man in a negro house ant dragged him out, and according t< the police, were about to suspend hin from a tree, when the officers arrived Chapin came here some time ag< from Vermont and was employed ii a local mill. "I can take 100 words a minute,' said one shorthand writer to another "I often take more than that," re marked the other in sorrowful ac cents, "but then I have to; I'm mar ried."?Ex. Foreigners Discharged. Pittsburg, Pa., March 30.?An orde to discharge all foreigners employed 0] the Pennsylvania railroad, just issued 4-alran +/\ ini^inefa fKo cnmnanv 1 I AD UUV^ll W\> UlVUVCkW VUMV vwv* going to take a band in the pending pres idential election in the states where i operates. The army of employes on the Pennsyl vania system, which in normal times i 180,000 has many citizens, but thousand of foreigners are employed as laborers Similar action has been taken by sever al other corporations in this state an< foreigners, who formerly were favored are now out of employment and leaving for Europe in large numbers. When : foreigner has taken out his naturaliza tion papers, no objections are made b him as a workman. Shot His Father. Douglas, Ga., March 30.?Sherif Dave Ricketson has gone to Nichols b arrest Barton Teston, charged with th< murder of his father, Manning Teston a prominent farmer of that place, las ' * -X? -X l_/_J i_ XT mgnt. jl ne miormation at nana its uia Manning Teston quarreled with his son Barton. During the difficulty he go ! hold of his rifle and attempted to shoo his son. The boy seized the gun an< , caught the breech while his father wa holding the barrel. While scuffling fo the gun it was discharged, the ball en tering the father's neck and breakinj 1 it. Shot in the Leg. Andrew J. Evans, colored, who live over in the Fork, was shot on Saturda; by Mr. Wattie Fogle. It seems tha i Mr. Fogle had arrested Evans on som charge and was on his way to Cope witi I him when he tried to escape and th shooting took place. Evans was not se riously nurt and is now out on bond. Th 1 case will come up at the next term o ' court.?Orangeburg Times and Demo crat. CONGRESSMAN IN A FIGHT riEMBER OF CONGRESS WOUNDS A NEGRO AND WHITE MAN. Negro Wanted to Drink Whiskey on Street Car?Result of No Jim Crow Car Law. Washington, March 27.?In a desperate affray on a Pennsylvania avenue car tonight a negro and a white ' man were shot by Congressman Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama. Thomas Lumby, the negro, was shot in the head and is in a critical condition and Thomas McCreary, a New York horse trainer, is suffering from a wound in 1 the leg. The shooting of McCreary ; was accidental. Mr. Heflin was ar1 rested and taken to the Sixth police ; precinct station, where the charge of assault with intent to kill was placed ; against him. Later he was released ; on $5,000 bail. 1 The shooting occurred shortly after ( 7 o'clock as the car reached the corn| er of Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth street, bound for Capitol hill. I Congressman Heflin, accompanied I by Congressman Edwin J. Ellerbe of | South Carolina, had boarded the car ; at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania : avenue, Mr. Heflin being on his way } to a temperance lecture at the Metro politan Methodist Episcopal church. Upon boarding the car he observed two negro passengers, one of whom was Thomas Lumby, and who was in the act of taking a drink from a bottle , of whiskey. There was a number of . other passengers, mciuumg several . ladies. Mr. Heflin says he remonstrat5 ed with Lumby and asked him to stop 5 drinking, saying: "Don't take that I drink, there are ladies here and it is , not right. It is against the law for l you to do this thing in a street car . and I hope you will put that bottle i away." i The other negro, who was sober, att tempted to take the bottle away from f his friend, but failed. It is said that , Lumby became offended at Mr. Heft lin's remonstrances and applied vile - epithets. As the car reached Sixth . street and Pennsylvania avenue Mr. 1 Heflin and Lumby were engaged in a 3: desperate struggle.* Mr. Heflin, who -; is a large, powerful man, succeeded f in throwing Lumby off the car as it > came to a stop. Most of the oci cupants of the car hastily alighted, i including Mr. and Mrs. MoCreary. r The negro fell to the ground on being I pushed off the car. He rose, it is said, began cursing II Mr. Heflin again, and made a motion . for his hip pocket as if to draw a i weapon, whereupon Mr. Heflin fired r at him through the car window, miss, ing the negro and hitting Thomaf - McCreary, who was about 20 feel i from the car. Mr. Heflin fired one* nriQ zvf f Vio flhntj , UI" iwicc again, vuc ui wiv >?.vn striking Lumby in the head above th< ear. Lumby ran a short distance anc fell. An ambulance was called anc he was taken to the Emergency hos? pital. The conductor of the car dia 3 appeared and Officer George N " Scriven took charge of the car and " ran it to Third street and Pennsylvania avenue. There Mr. Heflin was escorted by Officer Scriven to th( Capitol hotel and later was taken t( > the police station in a cab. He wa.< 7 not locked up. Mr. 4 McCreary\< i wound is not serious and after treat ment at a hospital he returned to hif J apartments. At the Emergency hos 1 pital it was said Lumby, though bad ) ly wounded and unconscious, has < 1 chance to recover. Hi3 skull wai fractured but the surgeons were un 5 able to ascertain to-night whether th< 1 bullet had entered the head. Mr. Heflin explained at thestatioi his reason for going armed. He is ' the author of a "Jim Crow" law ii . the District of Columbia and says - that since he introduced the measun - he has received many letters oJ threatening character and securec permission from the authorities to g< armed. Mr. Heflin represents the Fiftl r Alabama district, in which the Tus kegee institute, of which Booker T Q Washington is the head, is located. i 8 Man Was Starving. ' New York, March 27.?A gray haired, sickly-looking man walkec into the banking office of C. B. Rich ard & Co., 33 Broadway, yesterday s afternoon, and asked for money tc s get food. He was ordered out, and . after walking to the street, stooc _ looking for a moment at the firm's j window, where a quantity of foreigr money was exhibited. ' Then his glance fell on a piece oJ > concrete lying in the gutter, and 1 hastily picking it up, ne threw i1 - against the plate glass. %The windov ^ broke in a dozen pieces, and the olc man grabbed a 100 franc and a 5( franc note and ran. Two of the firm's clerks caughi - him before he had got fifteen feel away. 5 In the station house the prison? 3 described himself as Thomas Ken ? nedy, 70 years old, a sail maker, wit! J no home. He said he had eaten noth j ing for 48 hours, and his appearand t indicated it. The police sympathizec t with him, but charged him, wit! 1 burglary. f s ' . r Democratic Conventions. y The State Democratic executive com 3 mittee fixed the time for holding the State convention for May 20, the county conventions for May 4, and the precinci s clubs for April 25. This was the mail y reason for the meeting, although one'o] t two other resolutions introduced were e discussed. At the precinct or club meet h ings delegates will be elected to tnf e county conventions and when the couni ty conventions are assembled delegate! e to the State convention will be elected f each county being entitled to twice th< number of representatives in the gen eral assembly. i .. j?j' ).' y . FINISHING CATTLE. What Every Feeder Wants to Know About Methods. Two methods of finishing beef cattle which stand out most prominently are those known as stall feeding and grazing. In one instance the cattle are placed on feed in the early autumn and pushed vigorously until ready for market In the other case they are fed a little more than maintenance ration, the idea being to carry them through the winter as cheaply as possible and finish them on grass the next summer. This method finds favor in all sections where grazing is abundant while stall feeding must be resorted to in thos localities where grass is difficult tc obtain. The relative merits of these two,sys tems of finishing cattle is a matte: of. grave economic importance at tht present time. The stall feeding of cattle can only be successful from a finan cial standpoint when the animals arc handled on a minimum grain ratior and fed some form of roughness thai will be highly palatable and act as s satisfactory substitute for grass. Stall Feeding Versus Grazing. % At the Virginia experiment statior " - - ?* stall fed cattle were giveu suug?. uaj and stover, with different forms ol corn combined with cottonseed meal . the object being to determine the ef \ feet of a snccnlent ration on the fat tenlng process and the best form ii which to feed corn with cottonseed meal. Grazed cattle were fed on dif ferent forms of roughness, some of i succulent and some of a nonsucculen nature, for the purpose of comparinj the residual effects of these foodi where aDimals are finished on grass It has been thought by many that cat tie fed on a succulent ration an< .grazed would not do well, a belie which is not borne out by the expert ence of the past year. The expert i ments in this instance were so planner ho* o (wmnnrlsnn ftf thft CO?t of feed t Ing cattle, in the stall and on gras ) could be made, and the deductions jus | titled by the experiments cannot fai ; to be of special value to all who ar , interested in the production of beel Some of them are as follows: Results of Experiment. , > It appears that cattle can be handle advantageously as stockers and flnlst ed on grass on a margin of 25 cent 1 where silage or stover or other inea .l pensive forms of roughness are use ' during the winter. Mixed hay prove " so expensive that there was a loss wit 1 it on a margin of 50 cents. ' The cost of a pound of grain with th ' stall fed cattle varied from 7.33 to 9.0 * cents; with the stocker cattle fror | 4.12 or 6.64 cents. It cost* therefori [ nearly twice as much to make a poun * of gain on the stall as where the an * mals were finished on grass. The cost of maintaining a stocke * through the winter varied from $7.9 ' with the stover fed group to $16.2 " with the hay fed group. The averag ; for all groups was $10.91. The cost of finishing a feeder varie from $22.33 to $25.82, or more tha twice as much as it cost to carry ove a stocker. The difference In food cos Is Jargely offset, however, by rent c land. The deductions to be dr^wn from ti experiments with feeders are as fo lows: Feed a small grain ration, n< bver two pounds per head per day t commence with, and increase it grac ually until the cattle are ultimatel consuming fifteen pounds per head p day. A liberal ration of silage shoul be fed throughout the test, decreasin the amount consumed toward the clos of the feeding period. Only a min mum amount, not over two to fon pounds, of stover or other dry inej pensive forms of roughness need b fed. It would appear that silage may coi stitute the chief source of roughnes for stockers; that a grain ration of tw ? j j iM 4 * pounds per neau per uay is nuwucut i insure their making substantial an profitable gains during the winter; ths the best results will be obtained whe . the ration consists of equal parts c i corn and cob meal and cottonseed me? . or some other food rich in protein. 7 1 > Troubles of Young Pigs. , Among the early disorders of smi i pigs is thumps, that trouble that a l ways takes the prettiest and best an l the ones we fancy for the show rinj v This trouble can better be avoide f than treatment when once acquired , I have tried a number of so calle t remedies, but there Is not one of thei 7 that I would recommend. Continue 1 watchfulness is what counts here. Eh ) ery pig that shows a tendency to gc too f* should be made to exercise t and if this cannot be done sufficient! t it should be removed from the soi and kept away at least a part of eac r day. Treated in this way they will b - reduced in flesh, and when that 1 1 done the danger will be past Next will be scours, the most con i mon and the most destructive of a I the pig disorders. Among the cause II are a sudden change to damp weathei wet and foul nests, overfeeding th sow, a sudden change of feed or feec ing something sour. In our own work when a pronounce j case appears we first clean the nes 7 thoroughly, then apply air slaked lim t and give fresh bedding, then reduc j the sow's feed and give her a teaspooi r ful of lime or copperas. In case ; where the trouble seems to originat - with the sow we feed her soda an ' burnt flour or parched corn. In ol " stinate cases, those that will not yiel * to the usual treatment, we administe j direct to the pig a dose of from thre 1 to five drops of laudanum.?Harve Johnson, Iowa. jv u-.;., |realestate1 J FOR QUICK SALES LIST WITH US J 2 FOR PAYING INVESTMENTS BUY OF US vjil 2 It is Our Policy to Please. Both Bayer and Seller I >Jj| T / Our detailed descriptions of properties give you facts. J J . If you have^any^land to sell let us send you a descrip2 Write for a pamphlet of our properties which we will t ' fnlfP nlpassnre in mailincr to vou. '^r 2 Our Civil Engineer will do accurately any work that ? J you may wish to have done. SEE US. t i Carter & Taylor M 1 4 Bamberg Office Over Bamberg Banking Company 9 f 5 PICKENS, S. C. BAMBERG, S. C. WWR IVr rv iv p i n P M C pi m 9 One must hav^confidence In anything before feeling safe. -./%* Lacking It from our clients our business would quickly be come paralyzed?but we've got It. ' B ' - We want to demonstrate to you our worthiness, and then B j get your account. We want It. B "rc. 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B g @ Do you buy from dealers; who buy their goods in 9 @ sufficient quantities fo enable them to get the very A j /K lowest prices that can be had for cash ? rX/ WMj A Do you buy from dealers who put their good name of ; L. X more than a quarter of a century's standing as a X tfs a * guarantee on every article you purchase from them, x ? A TO BE JUST AS REPRESENTED? A Mg n ? If you buy from THOMAS & BARTON COMPANY, ?f ? j^ou can^rest assured that the above precautions have 8S II ? Refrigerators, Awnings, Porch Screens, Swings, J ]. /K Hammocks, Porch Chairs, Settees, and Rockers; X ^ d x Fiber, Crex, and Grass Rugs; Baby Carriages, Go- vD 3 ? A Carts, Etc., are in order. A -v;^ J I - IH ; THOMAS & BARTON CO. I h X "THE BIO STORE" 9 * ? Broadway - - - - - Augusta, Georgia 1 '^S j WE HAVE 11II;! . An up-to-date drug store with a choice assort- I ment, of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oils, I 3 Stationery, Cut Glass. Combs, Brushes, Rubber I e Goods, Cigars, Etc. We can serve you promptly . fl ~ 'raH d and at right prices. Give us a share of your trade I ^ ^ 3 l Hoover's1 Drug Store! - M