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\ tanHari VOL. XXIX. WALTERBORO, S. C, JULY 3, 1907. NO. 47- COURT AT WALERBORO f rank Holman, c:.rryi unlawful pistol, not sruilty. Splendid The following cates have been set Judge Ger/ Makes Charge to Grand Jury. •» ' ^ Gouri convened here Monday morning after the arrival of the train, his Honor, Judge Gary, pre- - elding. Solicitor St. Julian Jervey, for trial. Thursday court will ad journ on account of being a legal holiday. Friday, H. A. Francis, murder. Also the case of the pen- sion fraud agirtnst P. M. Vam, etj al. Lazarus Wright, murder, set The Star Spangled ■■Fifth. Hal 1H,- by th« dim Court Stenographer Myers, Sheriff | f or Saturday. Owens and Clerk Padgett were it Monday, July 8, Henry Spencer, their posts of duty. Grand and mur der, and Joe Warren, murder, petit jurors were all present and Tuesday, July 9. James Price and court was soon organized and ready j ^ Gadson, murder, for business. This is the fir^t set*' @ion for the grand jurors and a charge made by Judge Gary to them was especially appropriate and able. Judge Gary began his charge with the definition of law and a descrip- ti m of the importance of courts of law and the duty of court officials. The laws which govern our Courts are written; there is no place in our courts for the unwritten law and jurors should not be influenced by j tjie unwritten law. If it is necessary to be governed by this kind of law then it should be reduced to writing. An eminent scientist has lately con- tsnded that crime is a disease. If that be true Colleton county, along with other sections of our 1 Wednesday. July 10. Frank Hay- ned. murder, Willie Rivers, murder, and Frank McMillan, arson. TKe following visiting attorneys are here, John D. Cappleman of the Charleston bar, David W. Smoak, Greenville, and T. Hagood Gooding, Hampton. W. R. Medical Men Meet. I v On Monday last the medical men of Colleton county held its regular j meeting at the office of Dr. C. H. Es’dorn, in Walterboro. Those at tending were as follows: J. F. Tay lor, T. G. Kershaw, W. A. Kirby, B. G. Willis. H. A. Willis. J. B. Pad gett, H. W. Black, Sr-, A. J. 1 State, has become infected. South ^ n ^ erson » Esdorn, Carolina has provided a sanitariunf Ackerman, R. Ackerman, on the banks of the Congarec to Cathcart and L. M. Stokes, treat such diseases, and it is the Dr. Cathcart was th« guest of the duty of the grand and petit jurors ^ oc * etv on t * 1 * s OCCIls > <>n - He was to send tho* afflicted there for most ha PP>V appropriate in his ui- treatmerit 1 tr factory remarks. His address Judge Gary commented on the ^ a rar< “ of surgical conserya-1 fact that five new murder cases t * sm - ^11 who attended enjoyed this w-re to be tried at this term cf ™>se profitable address. We trust court. Human life seems to be very ^t Dr. Cathcart will favor us again cheap. A prominet lawyer said that jP re ^° nce ^ ^ ulrt ^ er he would prefer to defend a person! by his learning and expen- •ay, can you eandloUgHt That Hat glowod alnao tha laot roman candlo oxplodod Whilo wo stood on tho lawn at a late hour last night— Can you too if thoy*ro gono, ao most of uo foreboded? Little Johnnie’s loft oar will ba useless, I fear. And papa’a scorched nose makes hio face vary queer— But, say, do poor groadfathor'o whisk ers yet wave. Or did ha acquire a ekyrockety shave?. Uncle Henry haa gone for soma cotton and aalvs To apply to tho arm of your poor sis ter Lizzie, And tho doctor, keeps speaking of things he must have; All night has tho druggist been aw fully busy. Father cannot sit down, so ho stands, with a frown, And locks out at tho fires that are blaz ing o'er town. But, say, da poor grandfather's whisk ers yet wave. Or did they molt off in thrt crash tho bombo gave? 00*0* < The Flag That. Made the Song. Story of the Original “Star Spangled Banner." *0*0+0* CS. GKOIKJIA.NA lU’NTKn. gntU'MuuKlitpr of (ho Colon.■! George ArmUtead?xiho coiu- tuumtal Fort Mol leury, when fho British l>onibnrdoJ It (luting tlio trnr of 1812‘aud when FrunoU Scott Key wrote? ‘T’.ie StarsSpnnprloJ F.nu- l) 'r,*’ recently tool a Xdw York-Sun re porter What she knew ultout the history of the driiftoal flag. Thl« hnr. ; .<-r. ahe twy*. was the pri vate property of her grandfather. O>lo nel Arml -tead. and has deecen-led to her ou!y brother, IXien Appleton of New York, lie Ins placed it In a Broadway trust company’s vanlts, but refnsej to disclose his address or to we can call near ttie Aiu»*»--V‘Ocntruus will kpread from the polar Ice to the south seas. — Alexis de Toc<ineville, 183fk ETIQUETTE OF, ■y THE -hj FLAQ. Hamilton’s Homs Marked by D. A. R. T«> Identify to the present and future Kcnerstlons the New York city home of Alexander Hamilton while lie was secretary of the treasury under Gen eral Washington the Daughter* of the Amerlran Revolution of the Washing ton Heights chapter have placed a bronze memorial tablet on the pillared porch. , ^ A/tormatH. — — Part of him Ml In th« east by the tea. Part of him Ml In tho s.-a by the west; Certain remains fell In Charleston. 8. C.. Kenr.ebunk. Maine, vast. got hla trousers and for murder than for assault and battery with intent to kill. The portiont of our State where real estate is worth moet are those por tions where most value Is placed on — * * o human life. The worst enemy to .progress Is ho who defies law. Mere murders have been committed in ence. Those appointed by the Society to read paper*- at this meeting were C. H. Es’dorn and B. G. Willis. These gentlemen both read instructive papers. Those of the dental surgeons who attendedwere Dr*. H. W. Black, Sr. A. Kirby welcom&T these gentlemen. replied in a few fitting -the sr„'*Ua4’- London for A. J, Nijgi tm* i i|r*wMinH»i ■ same length of time. Solicitor Henry said that he would j Dr. Black like to see a law passed prohibiting a I reniarKS ; ... man’s wearing trousers with a back 1 • Br. Kirby s dinner at the Malter- poeket in them. When he was in boro Hotel was enjoyed by tho court and wished to use his hand- Society togeiher with its guests, kerchief he went in the jury room The next regular meeting will be for fear that some one would think ^d in V« alterboro at 12 m., on Aug. he was reaching in his pocket to get *2, 1907. Dr. Riddick Ackerman has ( hi* pistol. ” invited the Society to dine at the Judge Gary closed with an clc- Walterboro Hotel as his guests after In Kcnr Jersey thers landed n lug. Western New York got ■bother, I know; Part of him landed In Wlnr.lneg, <>ults a birge ploco fell In Mexico. Maybe his vertebrate column may fall Over Now Mcxtr >•» rattlesnake plain*. Maybe hla libs may dea-end one ami nil Many months bene* with tho autumn’o ralnq, And If oomo abred of him. haply, you And. Don’t ship It back to hts aunta and hia nieces; - Dig a small grave for It. friend, aud bo MariT^r ’’One section of Jones; Rest Pl^ees.’’ —Wslloce Irwin In New Tork Globe. !**•* A MEMORABLE FOURTH. ,n at . <j of i-m tha bs quent tribute to South Carolina. This charge of tho Judge was listen ed to 'with much interest by all ■present. * The grand jury hivj returned the lollowing trde bills: Ramsey Simmoni and Tom Robin son, highway robbery and larceny. James Price, murder; Frank McMillan, arson; Abram General and Sam Ggtson, murder; Frank Haynes; murder; John Brabham, larceny of live stock; William Rivers, murder; Joe Warren, murder. Jonus Ladson assault and battery with intent to kill. Guilty of assault and battery of high and aggravated nature—not sentenced. James Colson, assault and battery with intent to kill and carrying con- cealed weapons. # Eli Benton and Lillie Nettles adultery. - • l "l. ^ Sam Black and Andrew Lawton, housebreaking and larceny. Scott Padgett, violation of dispen sary law. yfm. McCormick, assault and bat- terywtth intent to kill. John Bennett, et. d. common nu> sanee. ..r' ' .... - a . Jerry Gibbes and Frank McHoney, larceny of live sto:k. James Gadsden, assault and battery with intent to kill. « The following cages have been tried:! Albert Washington, highway robbery and larceny, found guilty to five years on the Frank Holman, carry- not guilty. r Simmons an 1 Tom Robert- H and larceny. > pleaded guilty; Robertson guilty and each was sen to five years on the chain the next meeting. Don’t forget the date. Come one—come all. ’ Dr. Frank Strickland Dead. <C But. A telegram was received here yes terday afternoon from Hastings, Fla., stating that Dr’. Frank Strick-! land hai died Monday nignt, at the age of thirty-one. Dr. Strickland went to Florida the first of June to practice dentistry, fye was a son of I. E. Strickland, of Williams and was a young man of great promise. His death will be a great blow to his many relatives and friends over the county. His remains will prob ably be brought to his home for in terment today. Further particulars are not obtainable at this writing. Pyrotschnicology. “They're off In a buneb,*' Mid the sporty red light «u be saw a little fel low light a pack of firecrackera at once. “Ifs nil up with us!" aald the sky rocket* aa they went whining Into the “Go ebaae youraelfr raid the platol to the nigger chaser. “One good turn deserves another," chirped the pinwbeel. “Yon carry a big wad with yon," imlllngly spoke the giant firecracker to the old musket “1 can't kick," rejoined the broken ■ntafiket. v “I don't enre much for that .roman •amile. * He’s too sporty. He's got too nnny high balls In him,’’ sirld another. “He’s no match for me," whistled the piece of ponk aa be noticed the boy lopeletsly searching through hla pock- *t* for a sulpbar stick. “You’re full of hot air," stanglly raid tome one to the balloon.—Sunday Mag- '.xine. ■ SillIB .SOS I ———w Tho Lorg—» A monos* rwg> To hang la the great court of the ooatoSce department In Washington a stag will soon bo sraw loved will bo tho largest In tho It will bo alxty feet tong bp shout rhlrty-flre foot wtdo. The -cl white stripe* win bo “DO ORAllDrATHKU’S WHIS^KBS YET WAVE?" All day ha v.as v.arnod that it might not ba kest To bo showing * tho youngstora tricks ef their fireworks; H* was told FiSit hia board should shoved in hio vest Or tho eparks and'tho flartiea would exhibit their dire works. I and Lizzie and John, with our outi- - do cone, n Suffer hero on our cota in tho 6 r ay of the dawn. * toll ua, do grandfather's whickers yot wave, ho acquire a July Pewrthish shave? s —W. D. Noobit in Judge. Or did THE DECLARATION. OSH ST A It HAS It KAN SHOT AWAY. talk about the flag, having t>ce:i much antiroyetl ou accouji of his heir loom all bis life. When the fort was being bombarded. Key went to the llritlsl: frigate AIla den, oi.e of the lioinltarding fleet, nn- i del* a flag of truce. On ills way back to Haitluiore tin* next morning be saw j the starry flag still flying over the fort. That sight inspired him to writo the national ode. Mrs. iltmter b.n a picture of the original flag, wfilch shows It to have beeii an uausually large garrlrab' flag, -j 1 about thirty feet by forty. It bus flfteeu strlpea*. *j all tho national flag* ^ hnd at that time, oto Ktrl|>e for each stato. ' Tho r.tars are well piloted, being flWlfMTBfliMber, except tlmt one ha* , l>ee:i shot away by a 8h;'ll. "Aside * fra’.n this rent and anotheF nt on? cor ner, also unde by a shell, the flag U Itt excellent condition, j'" Mrs. Hunter differs with her sister. Mis. George Livingdou Maker of New Brighton. N. Y.. somewhat us to (kduils In the lilstory of the fli-g. Fume surprise bus been ex’tressed at different timcgi that the flag is not now and has not always been In the pos- seasldh of the uatlonaF xtAennucut. Mrs.- Baker explained this iiy saying that the tl.ig was preseuted to Colonel Armistead by the govqrnment after the fight. Mrs. Hunter says that tbo flag was tbo private pru|ierty of Colo nel Aruilsteatl, having been presented to him by a committee of fifty Balti more citizens a few days before the confilct When be saw the British fleet approaching, he threw t| to the breeze l", ~ “Colcuel Armistead was ‘.iff 1 *" 1 Th* Burrsnder of Vicksburg as Seen by Gonsral Frederick D. Grant - My greatest celebration of Indcpend ence day occurred when a boy of thirteen nt the surrender dt Vicksburg. I bad gone with father, who en the afternoop of July " Indd a confercupe with Get-.eml remberton within a few hundred feet of tno ivls*l llu'c-t, and I was deeply Impressed with the solem nity of it ail. But the si*ctncle of the hoisted to tho top before office;’,” Mrs. Hunter said, gnidiintod at West i’olut M a lieutenant in ITUJi; became a taidalu In 1800, major In 1813, brevet lieutenant colonel in 1814. After hia defense of tho fort on Sept 12, 1814. bo waa made a colonel “My mother wa* bom In the fort aome time before tbo death of the. colonel, which .occurred on April 25. 1818. She waa named for him GCorgl- Hiatery of tho Immortal Dooumont Which Made Ua Fraa. ^ What has happened to the’' Declara tion of Indei>cudcnce since its signing U recounted by William II. Michael. • formerly of the state department at Washington. In 1780 congress au thorized “the secretary for the depart ment of foreign affairs” to take charge of it, along with other, records, book* a “ a - and papers of the Continental congress. I I "I remember playing under the flag The same year the department of for-1 M a girl. Its history aiffee the tight Is eigu affairs became the department of mainly of the occasions when It stale, which hna. to all intents and pnr- exhibited. The last of the:* was pose*, remained the depository of the, at the aesqulocntennlal celebration'of Declaration ever since. The grea Wtbe city of Baltimore In 1880. floenmeut waa from 184feto 1877, bo^ “It was also exhibited at the Cen- ever, deposited In the patent office, for tennlul exposition at Philadelphia la many years a bateau of the depart- 1S70 nud I think at some celebration ment of state, and waa allowed to re- connected with the Old Boutb church surrender on the following day was a scene that cannot be adequately dt*- torihed. • During the siege there had l>ecn a good deni of friendly t purrtrg between the soldiers of the two unulos o.t pkk- et and where the line.-- were close to- geliicr. All I’el’Cls were dubbed ".l<>!m- uieH,” nil Union trs>iH called “Yniiks." often “Johnny" would call. “Well, Yank, when are you com log Into town?*' The reply was sometime*, “We propose lo celebrate 1hr» Fourth ef July there.” Bomcthnca it would bo, “We always treat our |>rls»»tiers with khidnciu a it do u< t want twlinrt them,” ct “We are b ddi;;* you as pris oners of war while you are feeding yourselves.” The Vicksburg paper, whl' h we re- j oelvcd rcgul u-ly thro; gh .the courtesy of the relK’l |ilek«i*. said prior to the Fourth. In ejM-uking of l(;e ”YaT\Jcce’’ ls»rWt that they would take dinner In Vicksburg that day, that tie* best recliH* for cooking a rabbit was “First catch your rabbit." The paj^cr was prink'd on the plain side of trail paper t and the last number was Issued moo the j Fourth, announcing that we bud “caught our rabbit.” j According to agreement, white flags j were displayed along the line* to pre vent uuuotiiied troop* from firing. At the appointed hour the garrison of Vicksburg, colon flying, marched out of their works and formed line In 1 front, stacked-arms and marched hack In good order. Our whole army pres ent witnessed this scene wltbotft cheer ing. lagan’s division*was the first to tnnrch In, and the flag of one of the regiments of bis division was the lint to float over the courthouse. Our sol- dlen wen no sooner Inside the lines than the two armies began to fnter- nlxe. Our men had had full ntlons from the time the siege began to the close. The enemy bad been suffering toward the last, and I raw our men taking bread from their harpnneks and giving It to the enemy they had so ret'odtly been engaged In starving out. It was certainly the most Impress ive Fourth of July I ever spent, al though It was not tb? most Joyous one. —Major General Frederick D. Grant In New York Herald. C. L. Hammond, Secretary Illinois ' United Statoo Flag Association. When President William McKintaff was assassinated six years ago, then- sands of loyal Americans raised Hags at half mast over their places of bad ness and let them fly by night and by day until they wore out. They un doubtedly thought they wore showing respect to McKinley’s memory, bat they were not showing proper to tlie flag. Tho United States neat displayed at that .time its flags fft half mast from sunrise to sunset from the proddeuT's death until bis burial. The government regulations provldn that on the death of u president in of fice Its tl.ig shall be displayed at half u. ist only one day. In memory of the 350.000 Union sol diers who lost their lives during the civil war, on May 30, Memorial day, each year the United States displays Itt flag at half mast nt all army posts, stations and national cemeteries from sunrise till midday. Immediately be- for* u<*on a ^llrgo is played, by tho band, or field music, and the national salute of tweuty-ouo gun* Is fired. At tlie conclusion of thD memorial tribute at noon the tl:«K is hoisted to the top the staff and remain* there until sunset The idea Is that the national ensign 11 too sacred an object to bo long iu mourning for any than or num ber of men, no matter how exalted their rank. Tho flag reversed, with the union down, indicates distress The flag on anything but n fort, actually besieged, should -never lie displayed between sunset nud sunrise. When the ting Is to l*e displayed at half mast. It Is lowered to that por tion from tbo top of the staff. It Is it Is finslty lowered.—Washington Post THE FOURTH AT SANTIAGO. Told by “Fighting Bob" Evans, /J, Admiral U. 3. N. “The Fourth of July, 1898, was real ly tin* most spectacular one I ever witnessed,”-siyssKenr Admiral KobUsy D. -Kraus in the New York Press. “We were lying outside Santiago hnrln>r after the sinking of the Span ish floot on the 3d of July. “I had , been working ban! on the 3d nud was up nil night aud bad retired nlxmt 10 o'clock on the Fourth to fet a much needed rest. - —- “About 11 o'clock my orderly ctun* to my l>ed and. fla-hiug a buUaqye lantern In my face, wild: “’Another boat is coming out, air.* “ That can’t be,’ I answered. “ ’Yes, sir. I saw her, air,’ be reit erated. “By the time I reached the deck the Texas and Massachusetts, on watch, had their searchlight* u|»on her, we read plainly Relna Mercedes, then Itcgan the first battle in the his tory of the world by searchlight “The Tcxaa opened up her twwlre loch guns, and the first shot struck the Relna Mercedes broadside. Then fol lowed a fusillade from the Ml setts, while tb? whole fleet moved for position In the fray. “Then the shore batteries and opened fire, and shells fell thick Mi fast shout us. For Fourth of July celebration snd noise, for excl enthusiasm and patriotism, that 1 of July, 1808, stands out as thn ■ spectacular one In my experience." * a- main there after the patent office was placed under the Interior department, the old department of state not, being fireproof, while the patent office build ing was believed to be so. After the present fireproof state, war and navy building was fihisbed the Declaration was returned to Its legal depository. Until 1804 the Declaration waa framed and displayed In a steel cab inet In the library of the department of state, where all visitors might see It, bat In that year It waa hermetically fa led in a frame and placed In a drawer of another steel eabteet con structed to protect also tho original signed copy of the constitution. Her* still atoum* •— —*— -• lluNh KjCECH the Declaration and sealed by mder of the late Secre tary Hay. »nd it hi a* longer shown to any one, except by special direction Sf th* atete departraent.-xew York in about 1875 under the auspices of Commodore Preble. But 1 forget the raising of the'flag at Fort McHenry in 1825 In honor of the. visit of General Lafayette. “The disposition of the flag at my ImKher’a death Is problematical. He may leave It to the Peabody Institute In Baltimore or to a museum In Wasb- tnston.” ' Neither Mr*. Hunter nor her brother nor her Sister is connected with an)’ Revolutionary society, although they all take Interest In patriotic affairs. Ebcu Appleton, the owner of the fla^ tires la Manhattan borough snd is well to do. He keeps his address s com plete secret, however, and Is regarded as something of a recluse by his I .,.S 1 “Too jM M at last hap- t pt.”mjb Uw Baltimore American. ml She is always happy. De Teequevllle'a Vlslan. Tbo Americans will hecoaoF ese of the stmtest people of th* world. They will cover aH North .Lmerics. Tho cootioeot which they Inhabit Is thrtf AMERICAN FLAG *6 TOY. Fatrietls Decision of Customs Board Against Jspsnooo Importer*. „ Under no circumstances is the Amer ican flog to be regarded as a toy, ac cording to the board of United States general appraisers. The hoard decided on Jnn. 31 last that Taklto A Co. of Chicago jhnd other Japanese Importers cannot bring In the stars and stripes under the toy schedule of the Dlngley tariff. The flags in the test case were made of silk, and were not over an inch and one-half In length. The collector of 'ctiatoms at Chicago exacted duty on th* flags at the rate of SO per cent ad valorem under the provision In tbo tar iff for "manufactures of silk.” The Importers asserted that the flags should Be admitted at 85 per cent aa toys , In hla decision General Appraisee Shnrrette says "We do not think that the Amerfean flag, however diminutive, la commercially, commonly or nation ally reaardod a* a plaything for chlF dren. and w# find that the flagh In dis pute aro not toys" - '■V : 4 T. It cannot't dat of the a 4 a .a • ^ in the midst of tho aoeertahrty of tho mso Is ot least one event which fc.crtMfW At tsj0orajg£ '• St-/- Just aSont) • r Commander Peaty aught auto hi" oropoBed north po’c trip a p>pn’r m anion party. . Fourth ef July Proverb*. Accidents will happen In regulated fireworks A shot In the gun la worth the band. A little burning la a dangerous He who shoots and run* away live to shoot another day. Never look a gift cannon In mouth. \ Cannon cracker* alter faces One good burn Patriotism cover* a m sins Whatsoever thy hand flndeth to with thy might an III bomb that blown np no body good. ; It’s a wlqe father who knowa ftfla asm child—the day after. Uneasy lies the bandages ▲ living boy la hotter than « patriot Never pat off till tomorrow can Are tonight Celebration la tha thief of All's not cold that amoldars A good aim Is rather to 1 than great stitches * , . Insurance la the beat policy. ♦*- A now bomb sweeps claas Dead boys tell no tales Wells In Life. * . A Naive Prayer, Just before the Indecisive tatX Monmouth la th* Bevoluthramy a brigade chaplain In Washington* < la aald to have offered up this m prayer "Q -Lard errants of the do and ghr# them ^ this bo not accerdh wlU. than wo pray tot flash and_b m r i'