Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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if! fiI We have just p | every i V ? B ^. I 7 I A PEW SPEC I 1 lot all Wool Worstec 1 price $15.00, now you: |*' I $1.50 Suit Cases, each . I 2,000 yards newest and hams. A. "P. f!. cmalitv I 36-inch Cream Striped I value, per yard aaMBHIIHIBBBaHBIBiaHl^BaaH || J "The Store of v ! A? i 1 PERSONAL MENTION. P People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. \i'\ ?Mr. W. H. Vara, of Olar, was in L the city Monday. ?Mrs. J. Ham Kirkland, of Olar, f was in the city yesterday. %; ?Mr. J. H. Fender, of the Hunter's Chapel section, was in the city last Friday. ?Mr. G. B. Clayton, of the Ehrhardt section, was in the city TuesP" day* ?Senator Black came home from i Columbia Monday night, he coming (snon/l Gnn/lor Ujr UU6CUC1U I.V uuuuuj. * ?Col. R. D. Lee, of Sumter, one of the leading lawyers of the State, was in the city last Thursday on business. k.-'V ?Mr. Thos. Clayton and son, of the Colston section, were in the city Tuesday. ?Mr. H. C. Copeland and Dr. J. H. Roberts, of Ehrhardt, were in * the city Tuesday. ?Mrs. J. L. Copeland and Mrs. F. H. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, were in the city Tuesday. ?Mrs J. C. Moye and little son are visiting the family of Mr. C. D. C. Adams in Walterboro. ?Mr. David G. Felder, of the & Pullman Co., spent Sunday in the city on a visit to his family. -?Messrs. J. A. Wyman and E. H. Henderson went to Columbia Monday night to see the play "Madame Sherry." ?Dr. O. D. Faust returned yesf terday from a trip to Jacksonville, . Fla., where he went to visit his son, Mr. O. D. Faust, Jr. ?Mr. and Mrs. A. McB. Speaks left on Monday for Baltimore and Richmond, where they will purchase their spring stock of millinery. ?V?Miss Ella Gates, who has been on an extended visit to relatives in Calhoun and Orangeburg counties, has returned to her home in Bamv. _ ? uexg. ?Magistrate J L. Herndon, of Fishpond township, was in the city Tuesday. He has recently received his commission and has assumed the t duties of the office to which he was elected at the primary last summer. ?Mr. J. W. Barnes, of the Cope >p section, who went to Baltimore for treatment some weeks ago, is at home again. His friends trust that j he is entirely recovered from the results of the accident which happened to hime some time ago. K L urchased a part of in fViio of/v^Ir of Lvtn in uuo oiuvxv at in need of Shoes, C save mom a !IALS. 1 lot good 1 Suits, former value, sj r choice $10.75 i bt Hats, 90c. closed oi We will open i hold Goods, Lii to come in and esting prices b< prettiest ging- 36-inch all per yd. 12%c. per yard Serge, 50 cent Finest Imj 25c. You should see th< later but you canr Quality" AGEN1 t DISAPPOINTED LOVER LEAVES. Young Spartanburg Greek Quits His Old Haunts. Spartanburg, Feb. 16. ? Peter Johnson, the young proprietor of a Greek cafe in this city, has left without telling any one where he was going. Peter left this city at midnight, on a south-bound train, and not one word has been heard of him since. The reason of Peter's departure is the fact that he recently had a most unpleasant experience with a vaudeville girl in Atlanta, and after she had broken her promise to become Mrs. Johnson, he found it necessary to take legal action in securing the return of $170 worth of jewelry, which he had bestowed upon her. Regaining his gems and returning to Spartanburg Peter was much in the limelight and had gained much notoriety. Samuel T. Lanham, of this city, who had befriended the young Lochinvar when he met with financial .reverses, held a 'mortgage over his cafe for $150. Samuel B. Jones also held a mortgage for $250 which was money loaned Peter. Being a true friend of both of these gentlemen, however, Peter wrote them a letter, which was mailed in this city, stating that he did not suppose that he would ever see them again, as he was going away for good, and expressed his desire that they get their money out of the sale of his cafe. ' The departure of Peter has caused much sorrow, for he was the most popular member of the Greek colony in this city, and was always honest and courteous and until the time he lost his heart to the vaudeville girl he was doing well. * Place for a Girl. A youth who had been employed as a messenger boy in a central office decided to make a change and forthwith went in search of a new "job." - While passing a store on Chestnut i street, he saw a placard in a window reading. "Boy wanted." He entered and after waiting sev- < eral minutes, saw the manager. "Do youse want a boy?" he asked "Yes," replied the merchant. "What kind of a boy yer want?" "Oh, a quiet boy, one who doesn't smoke cigarettes, doesn't use bad words or whistle around the office, play tricks or get into mischief." "Gwan! Yer don't want a boy," the youth ejaculated, "yer want a girl."?Montgomery Times. AIU | L the stock of Denmai cost for 30 days. 1 lothing, Hats, Dry ( jy. We have some j 0 don't fail to come goods is pick Scotch Mixture suits, $12.50 >ecial ? $8.50 , regular, $2.50 values, until it ? $1.50 lie greatest line lens, Etc., on Fi 1 .1 [ see tms great ilow on some of Pure Linen, 40 cent value, 25c. ported Nainsooks per yard, 20c. 25c. and 35c. c guuud cat ijr vui iot afford to wait a LAI *S THE AMERICAN Li VETOED APPROPRIATION BILL, j Governor Blease Disapproves of Several Items Therein. \_/UUCl my L\J CApct UH.1UUO, UU?ernor Blease vetoed several items in the appropriation bill passed by the general assembly. He took this action just as the general assembly was about to adjourn last Saturday, when many of the members had gone home. The House voted down most of his vetoes, but in the Senate most of them were sustained. Here is a summary of the House's action: Veto sustained: Five thousand ?- a ? 11 dollars compirunt;r 3 mvt?ugauuu, $1,500 insurance actuary, $480 law clerk for attorney general, $1,150 Audubon balance, $1,900 contingent for State geologist, $5,000 for heating plant at University, $8,000 for , heating plant at colored college, $1,000 for statistician of department of agriculture. Veto not sustained: Six hundred dollars for treasurer's clerk, $7,500 for water in Columbia, $31.50 for insurance armory, $400 for arsenal, $450 for Code commissioner, $16,6-66 for University of South Carolina, $6,000 for infirmary at Winthrop, $960 for critics at Winthrop, $2,000 for artesian well at colored college, $1,000 for pure food inspectors, $720 for Professor Tate's clerk, $2,500 p npwmi?A a tO Ann fnr iur oLattJ nuuse giuuuuo, ^^,-xvv iu> factory inspector and expenses, $2,000 for Confederate Home, $15,000 for reformatory at Florence, $1,200 for index clerk of historic commission, $1,000 for Live Stock Association, $5,000 for State Fair Society, $1,000 for Colored Fair. Total, $64,397.50. It will be noted that in no vote! was the governor's veto sustained by a majority vote, and had the majority vote prevailed, every item, except one, where there was a tie, would have been restored. On two votes, the actuary for the insurance department, the heating plant at the colored college, were not restored to the Act by one vote. The House tried to get back to the previous close votes, but could not get to it. > At 11:20 o'clock the house finished < its voting and sent the bill to the < Senate for its action. A King who Left Home , set the world to talking, but Paul Matbulka, of Buffalo N. if., says he always keeps at home the king of all laxatives?Dr. King's New Life Pills 1 ?and that they are a blessing to all , his family. Cure constipation, head- ' ache, indigestion, dyspepsia. Only 25c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg } B|Ef: *k Mercantile Co., an We need the money ioods, Etc., this is a j great bargains in sto : in before this lot < ;ed over.:::: $4.00 Americus low cuts, n onlv Ladies' Vici Oxfords, $1.3i pair of Spring Dress iday of this wee display. We qi : these goods : i 100 pieces of white good; i Mercerized Marquisettes p Yama Silks, 40c. value, per ers will probably hi ind pay more. : J BE] \DIES TAILORING CO ORDER ISSUED FOR REFERENCE May Result in Sale of Richland Distillery Property. Columiba, Feb. 17.?The old Richland distillery may be sold in a few weeks, as Judge Watti, upon a showing made that the owners have not answered the complaint of attorneys for the State, has issued an order for a reference. This most probably will result in the placing of the property on sale at an early date. Some three months ago the attorneys for the State secured an order naming A. M. Lumpkin, of this city, as receiver for the property. The land and buildings of the distillery were then seized and- a watchman put in charge. The State claims the company overcharged South Caroli n O AHA in tho nlH Stat<a /licnPTI liuu y vv vyv v v in i?uv v*u i?/vmvv vk?vj^w>* sary transactions. The State seized the property on this charge. The Blocks, of Macon, have been notified and have made no response. The order of Judge Watts is formal. The property may bring $30,000. Arrested for Bigamy. Spartanburg, Feb. 2(P.?As they were returning from breakfast to their boarding house this morning in one of the most fashionable residential sections of the city, S. A. Wake- < field and a Mrs. Wymer of Pennsyl- ] vania, who have been living here for ' a week as Mr. and Mrs. Reese, were 1 arrested by Sheriff W. J. White and i committed to jail on a warrant sworn < out by Wakefield's wife, who is in i Columbia. Mrs. Wymer's son accom- . panied them to the jail. ( The arrest of the couple was a 1 shock to the woman with whom they i had been boarding, as they had giv- t en every evidence of refinement. 1 Wakefield and his companion were t traced to Spartanburg from Columbia by detectives. Mrs. Wakefield had followed them from the North ( to Columbia. She overtook them j there and a stormy scene ensued in ^ Columbia, during which Mrs. Wymer agreed to leave Wakefield. In- j stead a ruse was adopted by means of which the two were enabled to ? c elude Mrs. Wakefield and escape to this city. . Mrs. Wakefield is an attractive woman, about 21 years old. Her home . is said to be in Pittsburg, Pa. Wakefield was employed by the In- a ternational Correspondence schools i Scranton, Pa., and after his marriage g lived with his wife at Scranton and t; Philadelphia. gfls lounting to over $2, for these goods, so il great opportunity to >fA fnr vAii 'A V A V* J V of ow per pair $2.25 Ox Bl( .... $3.25 pair .... 5 value, per Ox Blood C 98c. value, per > Goods, Houseik, and ask you tote some inter3, per yard Printed Foul 10c to 50c. only .... Flaxons per er yard 25c. Finest Damas J OCn _ / a " *OKj- I Rugs, new pa ive the same goods R'S ? MPANY t BLEASE VETOES ACTS. mmmmmmmmmmmrn Declines to Sign Several Bills Passed by General Assembly. \ Refusine to affix his signature. Governor Blease has vetoed quite a number of the more important bills which were passed by the general assembly and ratified as acts. Among these, probably the most important, was the act providing for the distribution of the dispensary fund. Others of special importance are bills providing a commission form of government for cities and towns of a certain size Among the-acts on which consideration is not complete are those relating to the State Hospital commission, and providing for an investigation into the affairs of the dispensary commission. Commission Act Goes. Governor Blease stated that he was opposed to the commissions form nf pnvernment. and on this around vetoed two acts relating to this form of government. These acts are the ones providing for the commission form of government in cities of more than 9,000 inhabitants, and in towns of not less than 4,000 inhabitants. Charges Fraud. The Stevenson act providing for the distribution of the dispensary funds bias been vetoed by Governor Blease. This act is of great importance to the common schools, since under it they are to receive $ 100,000 to he listributed under the supervision of the State officers and county boards. A.s his reason for vetoing this act, jovernor Bleas-e stated that it was because of the fraudulent enrollment now in vogue in the negro schools of :he State, which fact, he said, had >een duly called to the attention of! ' 1 Vl_ I ,ne general assemuiy. Another Veto. In vetoing the act in regard to eximptions from jury duty, Governor 31ease stated that he did not believe t right that ministers should serve >n juries, and that he did not beieve in taking the time of bankers md men of public institutions. The. Let eliminated ministers and bank;rs from the former exemptions of ury duty. Other Vetoes. In vetoing the act relating to an issistant superintendent of education n certain counties, Governor Blease rave as his reason that this was a Lseless and unnecessary position. i The act in regard to libel, and < / - : t 'o.v.j.-'.; . 71 || )J , 1 ,000.00, and offer F you are - fjgl m >?: , . a ja )od 1 strap Oxfords, per $1.50 Children's Oxfords, $1.50 >||| pair 98c. - t|B ards, 50c. value, per yard 35c. yard .... .. 15c. to 35c. ;k, from $1.25 yd. to 25c ||S tterns, at*#. $1.25 to $2.50 I J| iberg, S. C-: jj SOME POLITICAL) GOSSIP. ^ It is Wondered if Got. Blease Will r| Have Opposition in 1912. .Columbia, Feb. 16.?Politicians ; have already been wondering if Gov. 8 Blease will have opposition in 1912, when he will undoubtedly ask the people of the State for another term. ' r&3B Should some man beat Mr. Blease to the nomination in the primaries, all precedent in South Carolina J will have been broken. The present ' executive's opposition to Gov. Ansel " in the campaign two years ago set a precedent for opposing the second term of governors, and it is most >^|||3 likely that future candidates for this &.v3gS: office will have at least two precedents. Mr. Blease has not made many friends among his former enemie?. it is declared, and there are those who declare that he has lost c. out to some extent among his own following. 3Iuch depends on his acts after the legislature adjourns whether or not there wUl be a lively campaign in the sumL er of 1912. , civil procedings in reference thereto, has been vetoed on the grounds >^gg that it would cause more killings than ever before. 'The newspapers have too much liberty now," said said the governor. Considering Others. Governor Blease is still considering the act providing for an invest!- f .: gation of the affairs of the dispen- : ;?v||| sary commission. This action was ;3| taken in pursuance to a message from Governor Blease to the general assembly. The act is reference to the commission on the State Hospital foV the Insane is still under consideration. This act continues the present members of the commission, and recommends their reappointment by the governor. Hearing on Counties. wb Hn oaf nf (rnnorol oooAmKIr vu tut- av/t vi tuu gvuviax aoocuiuij to prevent the formation of ill-shaped counties, Governor Blease has set a hearing for 12 o'clock Saturday. At this hearing Mr. R. H. Welch, representing the advocates of Heyward and other proposed counties, will endeavor to prove to Governor Blease that the act is unconstitutional. On the other side of the question Mr. D. S. Henderson, representing Aiken county, will be heard. The bill was pushed through by the Aiken county delegation.?Columbia Record.