Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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0 PERSONAL MENTION. People Visiting in This City and at Other Points. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wvman are visiting relatives in Aiken. ?Magistrate J. C. Copeland, of Ehrhardt, was in the city Monday. ^ ?Miss Maude Spann, of Denmark, ^ visited Mrs. O. A. Simmons last week. ? T S Rifp r?f Davishoro. mr * ~ - - Ga., is spending some time in the city. ?Mr. Frank Bradley, of Columbia, spent Sunday in the city with friends. ?Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Berry, Jr., of Branchville, spent Sunday in the city with relatives and friends. ?Miss A UP a Black, who is teaching in the Olar school, spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home. ^ ?County Commissioners G. B. Kinard and G. W. Folk were in the city Monday, attending a board meeting. ?Misses Lallah Byrd and Mae Brabham, from Columbia college, spent the Thanksgiving holidays at "h r?m a w ?Mrs L. E. Hill, leaves to-night I for Sanford, Fla., where she will 1 spend the winter with her son. Mr. | H. H. Hill. ! ?Mr. H. L. Hinnant, the efficient assistant postmaster, spent last Thursday in Ridgeway with relatives and friends. ?Mrs. M. L. Glenn, of Greenville, who has been spending some time in [ the city with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Risher, returned home Sunday. ?Miss Pearl Black, who is teach! ingi in the Florence graded school, spent the Thanksgiving holidays at home with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Black. 1 ?Mrs. E. A. Smoak and daughter, I Miss Estelle, left Tuesday morning \ for Jacksonville, Fla., where they will spend some time with Mrs. ) Smoak's son, Mr. F. M. Smoak, who is now making that city his home. COYOTE NOT A COWARD. Prairie Wolf Battles Bravely With Twenty-five Dogs. M The coyote, or prairie wolf, having 3S acquired a bad reputation for cowBfll ardine and other unworthv auali Hp ties, is being rehabilitated as a fight I ing animal in the far northwest, Eft where his warfare on sheep has led B to the institution of "coyote drives," mr writes a contributor to the New York " Press. Rabbit drives are common * in the west. Hundreds of men turn out and drive jack rabbits into a e sort of corral, where they are killed in great numbers. The success of the rabbit drives led many people to suppose that the coyote could be "rounded, up" in the same way. One experiment was tried in. south? ern Idaho.' Hundreds of men and boys worked all day in driving in the coyotes, whcich swarm all through the region, and when they, the men S and boys, had all converged at the corral they louna just one coyuie in it, and he got away! When the next great coyote drive took place better precautions were taken to prevent the animals from "leaking" through the lines. This drive was to the Powder river valley, in eastern Oregon. About 250 farmers, all thirsting, as it were, for the blood of the coyotes which had stolen their sheep, were mounted on horseback, and they took with them fifty dogs. They scoured the country and'kept well together, and after a good and well-managed ride sixty v coyotes were rounded up in a field. There was great excitement now, and some of the younger and more inexperienced men thought they only had to put these sixty "cowardly" creatures to death in a heap. They soon found they were mistaken. The coyotes made a grand S.. and concerted rush for the compact line of men, horses and dogs that * hemmed them, and when this rush was over the hunters found that they had only nine wolves within their inV closure. All the rest were roaming the plains of eastern Oregon at their own sweet wills. The hunters now* turned their attention to those that were loft, and, chiefly by the help of the dogs succeeded in putting them to death. Only one dog out of the fifty, however, proved adequate to the task of ^ 4 actually killing a coyote, and he killI ed several of the nine. I One of the coyotes was the most ^ valiant fighter the hunters ever had seen. Xo gray wolf, no grizzly could have fought with more determination or with more skill and to better effect. At one time twenty-five dogs were engaged in an attack upon this "* coyote, and such was the extraordinary swiftness of his teeth that he kept them all at bay. The men declared they got more excitement out of this raid on the coyotes than they ever had ohtameo for any other hunt. Acting on the experience gathered in it. they at once organized another drive and hope to do better next time. THE METHODIST MINISTERS. (Continued from page 1) Georgetown: Duncan?H. J. Du can; West End?J. B. Mahaffey. Greelyville?W. P. Way. Honey Hill?G. P. Penny. Johnsonville?J. F. Anderson. Jordan?W. T. Patrick. Kingstree?D. A. Phillips. Lake City?C. C. Derrick. McClellanville?G. A. Treasley. New Zion?J. R. Soujourner. Pee-Dee?J. O. Carraway. Pinoplis?W. C. Gleaton. Rome?R. E. Sharpe. Salters?W. T. Redienbaugh. Sampit?W. H. Perry. Scranton?J. W. Bailey. South Florence?J. M. Gasque. Summerton?J. R. T. Major. Columbia District. Columbia District?W. M. Dunca presiding elder. AiKen?tt. Jiiiueriuge. Aiken Circuit?D. E. Jeffcoat. Bateeburg?J. E. Mahaffey. Bath and Langley?S. W. Dunca Columbia: Washington Street? A. Steele; Main Street?T. G. He bert: Green Street?D. W. Kelle Whaley Street?J. H. Thacke Brookland?W. C. Winn; Edgewoi ?J. K. Inabinet; Shandon?L. Gillespie. Edgefield?J. R. Walker. Fairfield?C. M. Peeler. Gilbert?L. E. Peeler. Graniteville?C. S. Felder. Johnston?E. H. Beckham. Leesville?A. E. Driggers. Lexington?J. E. Rushton. Leesville Circuit?J. A. Graham. Lexington Fork?C. W. Burgei North Augusta?C. E. Peele. Ridgeway?J. P. Winningham. Springfield?S. H. Booth. Swansea?W. H. Whitaker. Wagener?W. D. Quick. Columbia College?W. W. Dani Epworth Orphanage?W. Wharton. Marion District. Marion District?R. H. Jones, pi o i o? i n or older Anyon Circuit?F. S. Hook. Blenheim?J. S. Beasley. Britton's Neck?W. A. Your blood. Brownsville?A. R. Phillips. Bucksville?W. R. Barnes. Centenary?R. R. Doyle. Conway?A. D. Betts. Conway Circuit?J. I. Spinks. Clio?A. E. Holler. Dillon?R. E. Stackhouse. GallivantsD. H. Everett. Latta?F. H. Shuler. Latter Circuit?J. H. Graves. Little River?J. E. Cook. Little Rock?M. Dargan. Loris?S. T. Creech. Marion?S. B. Harper. Marion Circuit?J. M. Meetze. Mullins?W. C. Kirkland. Mullins Circuit?W. A. Beckha: Little Pee-Dee?W. C. Owen. Waccamaw?E. F. Scoggins. Horry Industrial Institute?E. Watson, president. Orangeburg District. Orangeburg District?M. L. Ban! presiding elder. Bamberg?W. H. Hodges. Barnwell?W. J. Snyder. Branchville?W. S. Martin. Cameron?T. W. Godbolt. Denmark?M. M. Brabham. , Edisto-s?L. E. Wiggins. Eutawville?H. D. Vaughn. Grover?T. A. Shealy. Harleyville?T. J. White. Norway?A. S. Leslie. Olar?(to be supplied.) Orangeburg: St. Paul's?W. Duncan. Orangeburg Circuit?S. W. Hem Orange?J. J. Stevenson. Providence?T. L. Belvin. "D/\T,?/Nr.Tr?n/% T LT Unlmort XVU\>C5V1HC U . x\. xiviuiau. Smoaks?J. C. Counts. St. George?J. W. Arial. Rock Hill District. Rock Hill District?T. C. O'De presiding elder. Blacksburg?J. P. Patton. Blackstock?J. X. Isom. Chester?J. C. Roper. Chester Circuit?J. H. Montgoi ery. Clover Circuit?h. G. Hardin. East Chester?J. V. Davis. East Lancaster?W. C. Kelly. Fort Mill?F. L. Glennan. Hickory Grove?H. B. Hardy. Lancaster?E. T. Hodges. Lancaster Circuit?C. P. Cartel North Rock Hill?J. A. White. Richburg?W. S. Goodwin. Rock Hill: St. John's?E. Hardin; West Main Street?H. 1 Bays; Rock Hill Circuit?L. T. Ph lips. Van Wyck?W. M. Hardin. Y o r k v i 11 e?Henry Stokes. Spartanburg; District. Spartanburg District?A. J. Ca then, presiding elder. Belmont?J. B. Ivilgore. Campobello?J. R. Copeland. Carlisle?O. X. Rountree. Cherokee and Cowpens ? Brock. Chesnee?G. H. Hodges. Clifton and Glenclale?Elzie Y ers. Drayton and Beaumont?(to supplied.) Enoree?W. B. Justus. Gaffney: Buford Street?T. \Tn-rric* T.imoetnTKi StrPPt .T ^ *UVi VAAV v . Shell; Gaffney Circuit?J. A. Ble soe. Inman?J. A. Cook. Jonesville?W. H. Arial. Kelton?F. E. Hodges. Pacolet Circuit?A. H. Best. Pacolet Mills?C. B. Dawsey. Reidsvillc?E. L. McCoy. Spartanburg: Bethel?A. Brunson; Central?C. C. Herbert. Duncan and Saxon?B. J Guess, E. Camak. Union: Grace?J. L. Daniel; Bi falo and Green Street?\V. F. Gau] South Union?J. H. Danner. Woodruff?\V. L. Wait. Anti-Saloon League superinten ent?J. L. Harley. Sumter District. Sumter District?R. H. Jones, pi siding elder. Bethanv?J. X. Wright. Bishopville?G. E. Edwards. Camden?H. B. Brown. Camden Circuit?J. C. Davis. Elloree?J. E. Strickland. Fort Mill?T. F. Gibson. Heath Springs?H. C. Mouzon. Kershaw?S. D. Bailey. Lynchburg?S. J. Bethea. BRIDEGROOM GOES TO JAIL. | Haled from Wedding Recpetion and I ~ Rushed Oft' to Prison. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 29.?Married Wednesday morning to Miss Mae Phillips, a wealthy heiress, William Owen, an employe in a Minne apons corporation omce, was arrest- b ed in the midst of the reception to ^ the wedding guests. The young man B spent his wedding night in jail and I remained there over Thanksgiving, g To-day he was arraigned on a fugitive J warrant and remanded to await the | arrival of extradition papers from I the governor of Wisconsin. He is ? charged with, deceiving Miss Ger- | n, trude Strickland, a coed at the Uni- I versity of Minnesota. ^ The Wesley Houses. fe n. The minutes of the Woman's Home H -S. Mission Society, M. E. Church, South, J jr~ for 1911, show that this society has ten deaconesses and city missionaries od at work in South Carolina. This soD. ciety has under its control twentyone Wesley Houses. Two are in South Carolina?one in Orangeburg and one in Spartanburg. Great re suits in character building and in I changed lives are sure to be apparent | at each of these centres of good in- I fluence. ss. Some things we are doing at the Wesley House by Miss Regan: Is organized work worth while? ? Does it pay? Does it make better homes, better men and women, betel ter citizens? ' B 11 I shall not take the space to give f you what would be my answer to the ' above questions but shall rather tell t you something of the organized work ., we are doing at the Wesley House c and leave you to draw your own con[%~ elusions. ^ If we did not have a place to centralize our work it would be impossible to do much for the young peo- ^ pie and children, who are either at school or in the factory when I do my house to house visiting. ^ At the Mother's Club, which meets ^ weekly, we sew, cook, and discuss , the problems which confronts the ' home-maker and try to arrive at c some solution of the same. We will o also have educational lectures as well , h as lectures from doctors and nurses , fi m.- on various subjects. And do not all " ? tVia K^,o ,1 + i f ,i 1 9 Then VV W11ICUL IUVC lliu LTcauiuui . ^ can it be doubted the eyes and minds 0 o of these women will be educated to p appreciate the esthetic by having the . doors of our attractive Wesley House k-S, s opened to them. The testimony of the mothers is that they feel more , d like doing their work at home after they have had our hour and a half at o the Wesley House. _ F We have just organized one phase ^ of our work among the young people, , The Chorus Club, which meets every Saturday evening with God as our guide, and with out two efficient di- ^ rectors. Misses Sue Walker and Sim- ' sie McMichael we may claim success J c in partly moulding the characters of ^ the young people. The junior boys are organized into * a self-governing club known as the Young Citizens' Social Club. Their jj motto is "Strong and Sturdy." Their . aim to develop body and mind and 4 soul. They work towards this end L by having games, a business session in which they are learning parliaai o mentary rules and also the use and value of laws. They open their business session by reading a passage from the Bible and with prayer and g make it a penalty for one of their members to curse or use cigarettes. Again I ask you is such work worth while? d K Tne wesiey Mouse sianas as a cenSV\ ter for wholesome recreation, educail tional inspiration, physical development, and social betterment, as well as for religious quickening, in a community where larger opportunities g lu- have been denied. Through the lov, . . ? tj ing service and instruction ot a c trained and cultured deaconess, a glimpse of a larger world is brought R. within the vision of the people. In 11 the domestic science classes the young women and girls are taught good values, and given an idea of g be what better nourished bodies mean. The betterment through this social ministry will come not only to those ^ A ' in the Wesley House community, to id- those who have put into it their money and service, there will come a truer sense of the brotherhood of humanity.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. ______???? D Manning?G. P. Watson. n X, Oswego?J. P. Attawav. Pinewood?R. M. Dubose. t D. Providence?G. W. Way. Richland?George Lee. p if. St. John's and Rembert?E. P. d It; Hutson. fi St. Matthew's?J. M. Steadman. Sumter: First Church?D. M. Mcd Leod; Broad Street?J. M. Rogers. p o Transfers. Transfers?S. A. Donahoe to Vir- ^ "e- ginia Conference; \V. S. Henry to Q Florida Conference: H. L. Power to tl Western North Carolina Conference; p W. E. Thompson to Baltimore Conference* S. A. Steele to this Conference, from Tennessee Conference; P. " B. Wells to this Conference, from h Kentucky Conference; J. B. Kilgore ^ to this Conference, from Texas; W. E. Thompson to this Conference, from Tennessee Conference. WHY POTOfFHB DC ]Be an up-to-date Sa you make your selecti mas Novelties, shown ) needs in gifts for old IWe place at your disp brances at small cos j come and see. We m I French Ivory Toilet Sets ^ Genuine Ebony Toilet Sets Sterling Silver Toilet Sets J Quadruple Plate Toilet Sets Sterling Silver Manicure Sets 1 French Ivory Manicure Sets J Quadruple Plate Manicure Se Comb and Brush Sets French Ivory Hair Brushes Lap Desk Brass Jardinieres Brass Fern Dishes We have the hove In an J PEOPLE la1 CRIME AMONG ANIMALS. Inemies to. Law and Order in th Lower World. Those in position to speak authoi tatively assure us that crime is to b ound among the lower as well a mong the higher animals?men. I he lower order it appears there ar ndividuals, like men, that seem ii apable of living and satisfying thei rants without doing harm to thei ellows. The school of Lombros oes so far as to assert that almos very variety of human wrongdoin nds its rountemart in the crime ommitted by animals. Among bees there is much thef 'he "light-fingered" gentry of th ives, in order to save themselve he trouble of working, attack th lasses, kill them, rob the hives an arry off the booty when they cannc btain it by stealth. Sometime: aving acquired an incurable tast or robbery and violence, they fori egular colonies of bandits. It has been pointed out that, extr? rdinary as it may seem, it is quit ossible to produce artificially thes iny enemies to law and order by th imple process of giving working bee mixture of honey and brandy t rink! They at once become moros nd irritable, and after a short cours f the mixture lose all desire to worl 'inally, when hunger stirs, they ai ack and plunder the well-supplie ives. Dove owners assert that in almos very dove cote there are birds tha ry to obtain material for their nest y abstracting straws that have bee ollected by others. These mil hieves are not only lazy, but ur menable to discpiline by their fe JWS. Murder is not uncommon anion nimals, "murder" in this sense to ig applied to that kind of killin hat has nothing to do with th truggle for existence, but whic rises from malice, pure and simple r from downright passion. Storks : seems, frequently kill members c he flock which at the time of m ration either refuse to follow thei r are unable to do so. A veterinary surgeon has testifie bat in every regiment of cavalry on aay find horses that rebel agains iscipline and let .no opportunity es ape them of doing harm either t lan or their well-trained fellows. I ealing with these "bad actors" ; Iways is necessary to be on one' uard, and it often is imperative t eparate them from the others i tie stable, as they try to steal thei ompanion's food. What is str lore curious is that their skulls sho^ n abnormal formation, the forehea arrow and retreating?Xew Yor 'ress. chrank Found Insane by Alienist* Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 19.?Tha ohn Schrank, who shot Theodor toosevelt on the night of October 1 ist, is insane will be the substanc f an unanimous report of the fiv lienists appointed by Judge A. C lackus to examine into the prison r's mental condition, was the state lent of a court official this after oon. Judge Backus stated to-day tha he report probably would not b resented to the court unt" Tliurs ay, that he had no idea of what th ndings would be. The commission held what was en ected would be its last session wit clirank to-day and it was even whil e was being subjected to furtlie uestioning by the physicians tha tie report gained circulation that th risoner would be adjudged insane Presuming that Schrank was foun isane, it will be impossible to tr im on the charge of attempting t ill Col. Roosevelt. The only altern tive is confinement in the hospita Dr the criminal insane at Oshkost KXMAS SHOPPING II I IT NC mmum m nta Claus?it's easy?no ions from our extensive as for the first time this seas and young. Your want* ?osal a wide range for selec t to elaborate and valual ime here a few of the man} Desk Blotters Desk Sets Ladies' Alligator Hand Bags Ladies' Seal Skin Hand Bags Gentlemen's BUI Books Gentlemen's Pocket Books ts Heal Hand Painted Chinaware Salid Sets Chocolate Sets Teapot, Sugar and Cream Bon Bon Dishes Hat Pin Holders i assortment of decorations and we are :S DRUG C THE REXALL S TO SETTER HAS SPECIAL GLASSI e Eyes Failed, Chvner Takes Dog Oculist for Treatment. r ,e A dispatch from Lead Hill, Ar LS says: n Minnesota Fanny, thoroughbi e English setter, grandaughter of t famous Joe Cummins, wears spec ;r cles. She is the property of Tr [r Cantrell, of this city, and was fitt o out this week with "specks" by ;t oculist of Harrison, who found tl g she was suffering from astigmatis !S This dog has been known as the b< hunting dog in northwest Arkans t. for years. ie This year before the opening >s the quail shooting season, Fan e went to the fields by herself, comi d in at night badly scratched and ma >t times showing evidences of bad fa 3, and bumps. Her owner could i e understand until the opening of t q season, when he took his gun w Fanny to the field, i- Fanny tried hard, buty could i e keep from falling into ditches a ie running into trees, and Cantr e thought she was locoed. ;s It was discovered that her e: o had gone bad during the summ re" and an oculist was called, ie The dog's "specks" are held t. place by straps and appear v< t- much like goggles. The lenses i d protected from damage by protri ing rims of metal. The dog seems ;t understand their benefit and hui it like an old-timer with them on. s ? n Whose Treasure, d i- Controversy over a fortune fr< I- gold long hidden beneath the sno of Alaska has come to the Unit g States supreme court for settleme >- On one side was the Swedish Evj g gelical Mission church of Ameri e on the other Peter H. Anderson, or h its missionary teacher in the 1 ?, north. In 1897 Mr. Anderson finis s, ed his missionary training for t >f church at Chicago, partly throu i- means furnished by the church, it n said he was sent to Alaska, and di ing the next two years maae pr< d pecting excursions into the wil e finally striking it rich. Ever sir >t the question has been debated as 3- whom the claim belonged, o At one time it is said an agreemt n was reached whereby Mr. Anders it gave $25,000 to the church scho s i $4,000 for the expenses of theolo o | cal students and $25,000 for a h< njpital. in consideration for a prom r { of the church not to sue him for t 11 mine. The matter finally got into t x State courts of Illinois, where > d Anderson lost. He also lost in t k Federal district court in northern linois. It was from this last decisi that he has appealed to the suprei > court. it e Another Pish Story. 4 e Capt. Isaac A. Dyches told us e Monday that in the summer of 19 j, his fish pond went dry for the fii time in the recollection of two ge >_ erations. Only a small pool CflllQrP c watex^ IIU I, LV>CULJ i&ti, gijuuiv not evaporate. He had often caugl .t when the pond was full, trc e weighing as much as 12 poun apiece. During the 1911 summer e carload of fish died from the ( cessive heat, and Capt. Dycb thought he had lost the seed of fi: h as the pond had no inlet stream, e small ditch carried off surplus wat< r Some time earlier this year he w t surprised by one of his little so e who is always on the qui vive brin i. ing home a half dozen yearling tro a that hp had cauaht from the por y Later Capt. Dyches and his sons we o out in their boat and caught 20-oi i- yearling trout, all of the same si: ,1 Now where did the new supply of fi l. come from??Barnwell People. "~1 riL THE LAST MINUTE | )W! difficulties in the way if J sortment of New Christ- f on. Presents to fit your | 3 have been anticipated. O tion from pretty remem- gf Me articles. Won't you y t things we have for you. H Nut Bowls II Marmalade Jars pq Puff Boxes Syrup Pots W Cake Sets H Fern Jars 11 Celeries U Sherbert Sets Tobacco Jars \ Berry Sets Xunnally's Candies Merschaum Pipes \ sure that we can please you COMPANY 1 a n 3S.| "THE GREAT RIVER." to Mississippi is the Most Remarkable Stream in the World. k., The river lying wholly within the temperate zone is in this respect *ed more fortunately situated than the :he more fertile valleyed Amazon, since ta- the climate here, varied and some ov times inhospitable as it is, offers con:ed ditions of human development there an denied. lat The main stream is 2,500 miles m. in length; that is, about 10 time3 est that of the Seine, says Scribner's sas Magazine. As Mark Twain has said it is the "crookedest river" in the or world, traveling i,?juu miles to cover ny the same ground that a crow would ng flv over in 675. For several hunny dred miles it is a mile in width, ills Back in 1882 it was 70 miles wide lot when the flood was highest. :he The volume of water discharged ith by it into the sea is second only to the Amazon and is greater than that iot of all European rivers combined nd (omitting the Volga.) The amount ell is estimated at 139 cubic miles annually; that is, it would fill annuls ally a tank 130 miles long, 130 er, miles wide and 130 miles high. With its tributaries it provides in somewhat more than 16,000 miles srv of navigable water, more than any ire other system on the globe except id- the Amazon?and more than enough to to reach from Lake Superior to Paris its by way of Kamchatka and Alaska? about three-fourths of the way / around the globe. The sediment deposited is 40,000,000 tons, enough to require daily for its removal 500 ^ni trains of 50 cars, each carrying 50 ws tons, and to make each year two ed square miles of new earth over a hunnt. dred feet deep. in- The area which it drains is'roughca, iy a million and a quarter square ice miles, or two-fifths of the United far states. That is, Germany, Austria, 3h- Hun era rv. France and Italy could be ;be set down within this area and there would still be some room to spare, is it has the strength, for the most Jr" part put to no use whatever, of os" 60,000,000 horses. The difference ds, between high water and low water f 1C8 is in some places 50 feet, which gives t0 some impressions of the range of its moodiness. ?nt on .Busy Right After the Election. ol, gi- "Well, no Mr. Slickun," said the 3s- landlord of the Skeedee Tavern, adise dressing the encyclopedia agent, ache cording to the Kansas City Star, "I he am afraid you can't do much business Ir. here, just at this time. The people he who might be expected to appreciate II- your books are all otherwise en- on gaged. Pip Mauldin has set out to aie roll a peanut eight miles with a ! | toothpick and won't be back for some ;time. Claud Fidd will commence in a few minutes to parade solemnly up and down all day with a portrait of 011 Taft displayed wrong side up on his 11 back. Judge Ramsbottom is heading rst | a procession of 28 consecutive wheelJn~; barrows, each with a successful paj triot in it and an unsuccessful one ! pushing it, or'vicy vercy?for nobody | knows who gets the worst of it in a ,ut i wheelbarrow ride?25 or 30 gentleI men are now buying the same quantia , ty of hats for an equal number of *x~ | other gentlemen, and practically all tes j the rest of the voters are either ' sleeping off their triumph or disapA : pointment or planning how they can -r- i get the postoffice. So, as the people as , who ordinarily would be interested in ns i your valuable works are mixed up in l%~ the usual after election pursuits, I don't s'pose you can- get their undil<3, vided attention." nt ! dd By nature some men arc hot and le. some are cold. Where one man has sh money to burn another will freeze onto it. /