The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, March 25, 1903, Image 8
|
A NEW INVENTION
01 a Columbia Waohviio That May ""
Ktvolut(ouig? Locomotion
MUCH It CLAIMED F0* A VALVK, 11
V\
" C
tVlili'h in rtiilil to lie Atilr? to Effect ^
M SnvlliB ftf Mt I.? !??? Op?e- P
til
tilth of i In* Coiil I'aoil
r
for Fi|el<l. I p
: I
The Columbia State says "The ii
brooks Improved Steam Valve coin- 11
pany" of that citv has hvii not! tied ^
that the patent otllce has granted an v
"alluwaihv" on thecontrivance which y
tliis company has sought to have pat- a
en ted. The allowance means that v
the authorities have acted favorably Ii
and that the latters patent will lie is- v
sued in a few days. t
The valve which this company lias f
in its possession is said to lie one of r
ilic greatest inventions of recent t
years. The inventor is a machinist r
who spent IS years in the Southern's o
shops in Columbia, but for rorae reason i
his name is withheld on the ground <
that lie himself does not for the pres- ;i
ent want his identity made public. ;i
The inventor put his contrivance I
into tile hands of a friend, Col. 1*. It. t
brooks, wlio is the clerk of the mi- ,|
prenie court, and the latter, with the n
advice of (Sen. M. C. butler, lias been
able to get it patented. The object j.
of the valve is to economize the use of >
coal and to increase the speed of a ;i
locomotive. Colonel brooks lielieves |
tirmly in its practicability. ;i
To a reporter of The Slate he said t
Wednesday: "We claim for it thai t
we can save from iin to .'to per cent, of (
the fuel used on locomotives. We i
claim mat we can increase uie speed \
from 20 to .'to per cent. This invention <
will get rid of the 'used steam' which j
is called 'hack pressure' and retards |
the progress of t he engines as t hey are
working today. The valve is very
simple in its construction, sm simple |
that every machinist who has examined
it is struck immediately with its
practicability, and many have wondered
why they never thought of it." '
When the application for a patent |
had been tiled some time ago there i
was a protest from the attorneys of ,
several inventors who were endeavor- i
ing to perfect something of the same i
kind and claimed the right of priori- j
ty. Colonel Brooks went to Washing- |
ton and was accompanied by Mr. .1. i
B. Edwards, a practical machinist.
The latter explained the valve to the i
satisfaction of the patent otlice and.
upon his showing, the "allowance" ;
was issued. At the suggestion of
General Butler, patents under the ;
laws of all foreign countries have been
applied tor by the company.
A practical test of the valve will
1h; made in a few day*. "We have oh- ,
tained permission 1 rum the superintendent
of motive power of one <>f the i
largest railroad systems to have an :
engine fitted with this appliance in
OlUvf LO Illi'.lvtJ * ill* 11 itl 11' >i to, , ??*. ,\
Colonel Brooks. "When we went
into his otlice this superintendent
glanced at the model and said, indifferently,
*(>h, 1 have seen a great many
valves like this.' Mr. E iwards interjected,
'You never saw anything like
this in your life.' That caused the
railroad otlicial to make a minute inspection,
and he was so well satisfied
that he ordered an engine placed at
our disposal wtacn the patent shall
have been secured. "It It. will save us
one per cent, of coal it. is valuable,
but it it will save us 20 per cent, i' is
the greatest thing we could get hold
of,' the superintendent said to us.
"The engine will be examined and
tested as to speed, coal consuming
capacity, etc., before the appliances
are attached," continued Colonel
iirooks, "and the other tests will be i
made to show the merits of the valve."
The practicability of the valve
must be settled before any plans for
the future will be made, hut Colonel
Itrooks would like to have the con- ;
trivance manufactured inColumhia.
The Hitman I tody. ;
A French chemist, of a particularly '
Inquiring turn, says the Medical '
Journal, has determined by experi- 1
inent that the body of an average
man, of about so kilos, has all the j
chemical elements represented in the
yolk and white of twelve hundred or- '
dinary sized eggs of t he common hen. *
properly reduced, such a body would *
furnish lit! cubic metres of gas and '
sufficient hydrogen to fill a balloon 1
with ati ascensional force of To kilos. ;
Normally, the human liody contains
iron sufficient to make seven large 1
nails, fat for thirteen candles, car- I
Uju for sixty-live gross of pencils, 1
phosphorus to tip eight hundred and 1
and twenty thousand matches, to- 1
gether with the constituents ol salt. '
(ifty-nine lumps of sugar and forty- 1
two litres of water. Would it not he
well to use some of our surplus popu- J
lation to these ends. Let us diver <
slty our industries. *
I??* tin* Sunshine In. I
The room should he sunny in all ail- J
ments except a very few ailed ions of
the eye, for sunshine is llie liest. nerm (
destroyer we have, and will make a .
room inure wholesome and sweet than j
any disinfectant, vays the Scotsman.
Nowdays it not considered neees- *
sary to darken every sick room as it
used to he. It is more fashionable and
much more healthy to let in sunshine |
all over the house than it is to close i
the hlinds so that the furniture may ?
not lade. It is cheaper and much >
pleasanter to have a faded carpet than (
it is to have a case of sickness, and ;
the doctor's and the nurse's hill to pay : >
The dark, study room, whispering , |
voices and tiptoe tread have passed ;
way, fortunately for the patient. t
A Clowe < 'all. ]
K. It. Collins, an attorney of Niles, I
Mich., who had been seriously ill, i
went into a trance Wednesday and '
Ids relatives supposing him dead, I
summoned an undertaker. When lie I
placed the remains in a casket several I
hours later the undertaker discovered I
perceptible Indications of returning J
life. Medical aid was summoned and >
the patient now bids fair to recover, i
L ^
^ ...... .-i-v. - "
.* 1
?*?????????rnmm<
BILL A&? WKITS8 HISTORY
'or tit* UoiieilU o| the Vouiq IMiniii*
ui'ilio t'liuntry.
M<j uuny younw people who ?tr?
ItlrHtlntf for historical knowledge
rllo to me for help that I fool eniiiiiujii'iJ
and will answer their inUlrica
a? far as I can. These youuK <
eople 'n the country towns have i
L'hools to Koto, hut they lack Imoks
cadinx ln?okK.* cyclopedias, bioura- i
hies, and if I was as rich as Curncpic
would plan a library of such hooks
11 every community. 1 would have a
iiillion sets of some standard eyclope- I
ia printed for every school, even if
hey cost lifty million dollars. That ,
rould diffuse knowledge amoiip the
ouup people and do mote pood than
II he is dninp in the hip cities. Itut
vhut we most need in the South are
listorical books that will be standard
vitli us and relate the truth alioiit
lie South and secession and the Conederaey
and slavery and the war and
econstruetion. I had a eyelopedia
hat pave a whole column of apolopy
or old John Hrown and tlie pedlpree
if every Northern race horse, and 110
nention of John It. tJordon or Korrest
?r any ??f our Southern poets or
LUthors or orators. I swapped it olf
it half price for the international hy
>odd, Meade N: Co. The trilmtes in
hat work to Dr. Davis and Lee and
laekson art* all that could he desired
ind more than was expected.
I wonder what has become of that
treat. Southern publishing house that,
vas projeeti'd in Atlanta some time
tpo. That is what we want and must
lave to perpetuat.e Southern history
ind defend our fat.liers and praml
athers from the slanders of Northern
oes. It is Northern histories. North rn
novels and Northern plays that
ia\e already poisoned the minds of
housands of ouryounp people. Duly
reslerduy 1 plauced at ;i serial story
n an Atlata paper and tlie lirst. tiiinp
I saw was a verse whieh read:
'John Itrown's lnnly lies moulderinp in
t lie proinid,
lint his son I keeps marchinp on."
Ina Missouri paper I saw where a
Vankre troupe were pluyinp "Curie
Pom's Cabin." And now a fool fclow
from Wisconsin wants to pet our
Iiii'ni'tiiiiv t 1 i m mil li it i iloliiiro t oc t 1 1 >
.'(invention in Atlanta t?> determine
1 lie race problem, and it is said tliat
Lliat man Spooner is at the bottom of
it. to net up a I'residental boom for
himself. I suspected there was a
tlitfK'or in the woodpile, for tliese
Northern politicians never do anything
from patriotic, unseltish motives.
Manna's scheme fell through
and Spooner thought lie could patch
it up. lint the South never was more
aroused and united on the nenrotpiestion
and will resent all interforciiee.
whether it comes from Washington or
Wisconsin. Wisconsin! What impii[icnce!
A State whose foreign popula
t ion is (ill per cent, of the whole, and
ill these there are ss.ono who can't
speak Knulish, and only "tin negroes
in the State and three times as many
iiitnuii.i. vn.uv A ... .1 . i.. i-. ..
or care about our race problem?
in the last few days 1 have received
three letters from voting people wanting
to know soniethint?about tin- ( on
federate Hans, what were t he designs
and whn designed them. I wish thai
I could sketch them and paint them
in this letter, lint, all I can d > is tude
serihe them and tfive their history.
There were lour in all. hut only two
lived to see the end at. Appomattox.
No. I, or the "Stars and liars,"
was adopted by the Confederate < 'ontfress
at Montgomery. Its stars were
on a blue tield and its red and white
bars made it look somewhat like the
Stars and Stripes, and sometimes was
mistaken for Llm United States ll i^,
and so (Jeneral Iteauregard designed.
No. 2, "The Battle Klajt," and
iJeneral Joe IS. Johnson adopted it.
and it was never changed. It was a
IHue cross, or rather an X studded
with stars and set on a red lield.
No. In May, ls'id. the Confederate
Congress adopted a national llatr.
It was a miniature battle tla^ set on
i white lield that had a white border
it the side and at the bottom. Hut
it proved to he a mistake, for it had
Loo much white and afar oil' was mistaken
for a Man of truce.
And so on March. Congress,
idopted No. t as the national llan.
Fhis. had the same haltle Man on a
due field, hut the white border was
imaller and a red one put on the unlade
of that. This lla<n did not wave
very lonn, only about a month, but
levertheless it remains as the nationil
Man of the Confederate States.
Hut the dear old hattle Man No. J.
.vas the linhtinn banner of every company.
Our wives and our daughters
nade them for the hoys in n'ay. and
many of the.n were smunnlcd hack
mine anain after the surrender and
itill kept as household treasures. Our
>oys, the Koine l.inht (iuards, had
me, and one ninht. the yottiin people
,'ave a tableaux performance in the
ity hall to raise a little money to put
iome benches in the desecrated
hurelies, for all the pews had
aken out and converted into horse
rounhs for the stall' horses. One
icenc in the tableaux represented a
>attle field where women were ininiserinn
to the wounded and t he dyinn.
ind one dying soldier, the ensign, had
his old tattered and war-stained (lag
; rasped in his hand just as he held it
ivhen he fell.
The Spanish commandant of the
[M>st was there with iiis wile, and
Alien lie discovered the Hat;, ft"' furimsly
mad. lie jumped up on his
lent and yelled: "Take da t finy avay,
lat is t reason dat is an insult to me
ind de I'nited States. I send for my
ioldiers and I arrest t he whole party."
lie ran wildly down the stairs and
icrnss the street to his quarters and
ainc hack quickly with half a dozen
I Mi tell men in arms o make the arrest
lie marched t he voting men over t?.
lis ollice, hut paroled the yoiintr ladies
uitil he could hear from (ieneral
riiomas, whose headquarters were in
Louisville. 1 was mayor then and we
dad some hot. words, lie said finally
lie would release the yount; men until
lie could hear from (ieneral Thomas.
So 1 wrote to (ieneral Thomas liy the
lame mail, lie very graciously for;ave
us, hut warned us not in do so
any more, for the display of a Confederate
(lag wan treason and tho punishmoot
of treason was death,
This is enough about dugs, There
i? no treason in displaying one now.
Time is a good doctor mul Time keeps
foiling on. My wlfo und l had uuoiiier
wedding hut haturduy-? and wood
friends were calling all tho afternoon
tj say wood words and congratulate us
011 our lone and happy married life.
Kirly in the morning, while my wife
and the family were at breakfast, 1
came in late and slipping up Ixdiind
her planted a venerable kiss upon her
classic brow.
"She half enclosed me in Iter arms.
Site clasped me in a meek embrace:
(No site didn't, either.)
And trending hack her head, looked
up
And ya/.ed into my face."
Yes, slie did that, for it took her by
surprise. I hadn't kissed her since
I lie lirst day of last .lune which was
her birthday. Twice a year satisfies
her now. Kill Aki\
THREE MEN KILLED
Coal Cars on a Death Trip in a Coal
>1 i in*.
The breaking of a coupling, followed
by the runaway of a string of loaded
coal cars in the Sunshine mine at
South Fork. Pa., late Thursday afternoon,
caused the death of three men.
the fatal injury of one, and more 01
less serious injuries to mine others
The dead:
Tony l.order, of South Fork, :ij,rei
10 years.
Joseph S. Strank, South Fork a^c<
I .'lo years.
Frank Met'lain, of Kbcnticld.
The injured:
('oolbau^h. of South Fork
spine injured and breast, crushed, wil
die.
Albert, Paul, of South Fork, arm
ha; and collar hone broken, serious.
William Parker. South Fork, crush
i ed about head and body, w ill recover
A half dozen others whose name:
j could not be ascertained were bad I]
bruised.
The accident occurred about p. in
as t he men were leaving the mine. /
trip of about loaded cars was belli*
hauled to the surface by an endles:
chain. When the cars left thecentn
of the mine tifteen ore men climU:
aboard. All went, well until the tri|
readied a "dip" about 100 yards fron
the mouth of the mine. The trail
climbed three-fourths of the st.ee|
grade in safety, but a short dislano
from the level track the Hitching be
t ween the second and third cars broke
Instantly the mine slope was tille<
Willi sin mis ?>1 the hum i as all ol tin
rars willi the exception of the tirs
two commenced to hack down tin
tirade. Slowly at tirst bill with urad
ualiv increasinn speed the cars spei
downwards, n'dnn the men sea reel;
an opportunity to jump and sav
themselves. When about l!00 yard
from where the hitching broke th
foremost car left the track and th
remainder of the train pilled up had
of if.
iik1.i' Kill! tdk 1 n.i U ItKII.
'i'w, ..i... h->'i i,..,?M for tonab
enough to jump from the runawa
ears quickly ran to the outside an
told ot the accident. Ilelp was quick
ly brought to the men buried beneat
t he pile of wreckage, which tilled th
six foot heading for a distance
twenty yards. At a late hour Thur?
day ni?fht the wreckage had heei
cleared away and the injured all take
1 out.
'I'lii' Cliili AuaiiiHl llo- Home.
"('luh Life vs. Home Life" waslh
subject chosen by l?e\. tJeoiye Whit*
man from which he recently deliverei
a sermon in ItutValo. N. V.. Here
fcrred to the late tragedies in tha
city, and drew a lesson from then
that should he remembered. Keren
events, he said, have revealed the n<T
irreligious life which many of I>uf
falo's more prosperous people live
There is a nruwinn uodlessness amoni
many well to do persons. The typ
of depravity anmun persons in th
higher circles is often worse than ii
the slums of the city. This nay nod
less v?;i\ III living ill MM I maniH'Sl
itself in what is spoken of as clu
lift*. 1 admit that ellitis dilTer in tliei
aims, tint Ilielieve that that which i
mechanically called club life isoppos
ed to the interests ol the individual
of the church and the nation. In re
ferrinn specially to the 1 Uirdick inur
del* he said "a murder is committed ii
our city and two divorce cases ar
revealed." These he said, have so mi
relation to club life. This is an aw
ful condition tint the facts warrantei
the charge. He closed by Saving
"America is fast fallowing in the step
of the old Unman empire, the home i
despised; children are an encumhrace
a poodle doo is of more value t hai
a baby. Wealth and pride consunu
I lie lite blood of t he nut ion and aristo
era tic weakness saps dcmocratii
vijfor." Tnis is a true indictment
and unless such warnings as these an
heeded our country will perish as di<
the (treat Koiuan empire did. Thought
less people will refer to Mr. Widemai
as a calamit y howler, but he is not
lie sees things as they are. and he ha:
the courage to denounce the sins o
those who are rich and occupy a con
spieious plan.1 in the public eye. Tin
hope o l this (treat country is a fearlesi
ministry and an incorruptible press.
Aii Honor Wi'll Hi-mIowimI.
The president Thursday announeer
tin1 mcmliers of the hoard ol visitor:
to tli - W.St I'oint Military aeademt
as follows: lion. I >. It. I Undersoil o1
Iowa, Hon. tieni^c F. Maxtor of Colo
rado, Col. Ashury Coward, superiuteii
d. nt of tlic South Carolina Military
aeademy: Joseph c. Darlington o|
I'hiladi'lphia. Win. A. Few, .1 r., o
Huston: the Kev. Finest M. Stiers
l>. D., St. Thomas el ill roll, Nov
; York, and .1. (J. Schmidlappof Cinrin
' nati.
A Cat a I Accident.
At Fort Wayne, I ml., a freight
train erashed into a furniture van o
the North Side Transfer Company a
the Sandusky street crossing, at A He
i yheny, Wednesday, wrecking the vai
and killing tw?f men. Two other
were seriously injured. The van wa
completely wrecked and three horse
1 were killed.
*
J
_ r _ -
STUDYING COTTON. ?
- 0
A German Lieutenant Bent Here by t
the Berlin KowUe
;
HIS IS VL15ASED WITH THE SOUTH J
??? c
Tito MokIoiiii M'vt'vll Ih liijurliitt 'he *
Trvow ('ro|iN Vriy Soi'ititiNl y,
h
\ low* ol' tlie Negro l,u'
?
bor t.UieMioii.
Lieut. C. 1<\ A. Weydig, an oilloer j'
in the Herman army and an official of *
the Agricultural Koinite of Merlin, is |
registered at Wright's lintel, lie is I
here for tlie purpose of investigating '
the cotton industry in this country ^
and comes with a strong letter of re- |
ference from the secretary of agiicul- (
lure at Washington, commending liim '
to the courtesy of tlie planters and '
manufacturers in the south.
Like many of the olt'cers in the Her- ,
man army Lieut. Weydig is a distinguished
looking fellow, lieing 11 ore
. than six feet in height and as straight,
, as an Indian His life has been one 1
. of adventure and he seems to have
formed a passionate attachment for
- southerners, lie intended to leave
the city yesterday, but was persuaded '
not to do so hy the city editor of The
I State in order that he might visit I lie '
Olyinpia mill, lie is at present local,I
ed at San/. Hay, Hast Africa, and has
charge of the experiments that (lie
Herman government is making in that,
country in cotton growing, for the
past live months Lieut. Weydig lias
I been traveling in the south invcsliguing
cotton conditions, and the result
I of these observations are more than
ordinarily interesting.
"The south," said the lieutenant,
"need never have any fear that any
^ country in the world can grow cotton
that will in any way hurl her interests.
It is perhaps su peril nous for unto
say that her sea island cotton is
^ the tincst in the world and she has
r lands enough to grow millions of more
s hales when she has mastered the labor
l? question."
i "Your lab >rer in Africa is nearly
t aii negroes, is it not?" was asked,
j es. Niggers, niggers: we have
, them everywhere. I only wish we
, could send you a few million of them."
u The German government, as is well
. ; known, has no such sentiment aliout
. I the negro as that which brought on
1 the war between the north and south.
. In German Kast Africa there are some
L; 5.000,000 negroes and a) tout 000 white
2 uieu. The negroes are nevertheless
. under absolute subjection and for t he
I smallest infraction of the laws ot the
v colonies are most severely punished.
They are freemen by courtesy and are
s I paid small sums for their labors, but it
,. ! is doubtful if any slave inastcis ever
,. handled negroes as do the German otk
lieials. For all that it is exceedingly
r]iflit-ii 11 to make their work, and
Lieut. Weydig said that the south
t> had his iy in pall iv in its lalxir battles.
i tiXiw\,v said live lieutenant,
^ "traveled more than 900 miles in
Africa without seeing a single white
l( man, and 1 know the nigger."
t. The negro in South Africa would lie
absolutely uncontrolling if it were not
for wlril is ivilli'fl lit' ,-iiii rt ncv tl..>
|( l;iw. As ;t matter ot fact the law is a
few (lailing guns that now and then
mow them down like sheep if tiiev
don't make cotton.
I int. that is neither here nor there,
I and it was not a matter that Lieut..
e Weydig cared to discuss for obvious
reasons, lie only smiled knowingly
when the subject was broached and
" said that they were freemen, but
t "were made to work." To the siutli11
ern negro of today this will perhaps
be a novel idea of freedom. Lieut
1' Weydig had recently visited Hooker
* Washington at Tuskeegee, and lie
' said lie thought he was a line .nan.
kr lie did not explain why he visited the
L> negro educator and the writer (lid not
0 press the subject, but lie gathered
11 that it was a matter of curiosity to
" see an educated negro more than anys
thing else, as it has not been reported
' that the Herman government proposes
r 'o attempt to educate the millions of
s negroes she now has under her rule.
lit is not that sort of a government.
' The Herman idea is that the negro
" needs work.
Lieut. Weydig was greatly inter1
ested in bis recent visit to Texas.
"The Mexican weevil is the most
serious thing that menaces the south."
" said the lieutenant. "It is making
' great inroads in Texas and it is only a
short time when it will work up in
s Tennessee and in other parts of the
s south, 1 fear. The Texas State gov:
eminent has already offered $*>0,000
1 for a remedy for this evil, and 1 think
' in time something will be found that
* will do away with the pest. It is
' certainly a very seiious matter. In
* the State of Texas alone I tind that
' it caused a loss of $ll.noo.ouo last
' year It. is a tine State and a great
" pity that it should l?e handicapped by
i lhe pest.'
\i. w n wi... 1.... ... .?11I
. ?? . ??. ?^i 111 ii- ?? iiiin > r.Mriuir'i i
s tlie courtesies of tin* mammoth ( Hyin- |
1 pia mill Friday afternoon and ureal i
" was Uir admiration i>f tIn* German or- !
tioial, not only lor the biu institution 1
s itself lint for tin* tiro loss energy which
lias enabled Mr. Whaley to build in
cotton mills, anions thorn, this one,
the largest in the world more than
I the ureat (human government has
, even contemplated builriiuu"Where
is the largest cotton mill in
l' Germany?" the licutcntfnt was asked.
"In Salesia."
" .V hat is its capacity"
"Forty thousand spindles."
I Mi. Whaley modestly informed t' e
f i German oitleial that the capacity of
, I he < Hympia was 100,.'too spindles now |
, and that lie contemplated making it \
- just citflit times as large as it was. j
The latter was very quiet, for the'
1 next little while and when he and the
writer had parted from Mr. Whaley
l lie inquired rather anxiously what
I' manner of man was he.
I The almost beautiful cleanliness of
- the mills impressed the visitor most
i favorably and he frequently comments
ed on the neatness and attractiveness
s oflhe little homes in the mill village,
s a A-ompliment which Mr. Whaley
dofihtless appreciated, as the German
rovernmeht and people are famed for
lull- olpanlinbM In their Industrie
iti'j In all matters. In fact.
Mr, Whaley Void the lleuteuant
It.?t mill owners were more unx'O is
Iriu the State goy?n uiuonta for tne
M'iruto uf their children lt? the mill!
mil ho pointed o it with Some pride ;
'(6 churches and acha ?1? that the mill
twnera maintain ut their own ttreuV
iXponse for the heneflt of the operaors.
Ilo said he hoped to ace the u^n
iiniL made 10 yearn.
"We have the interest,1' said Mr.
IVhaley, "of our employes absolutely
it heart and we are doing things daily
or their welfare that bring our reputation
as business men seriously into
|i:estion." Your average German is
i cold business proposition. lie has
iniuething to sell and he wants his
price f ?r it. lie pays his workman
lis hire and the latter then lias to
look out for himself. So when Mr.
Wlialey informed the lieutenant that
lie proposed to put up t he best hospital
for his employes that his money
could buy the latter's countenance
showed another wide latitude of surprise.
lie expressed his admiration over
mil over again for the remarkable
mill and thanked Mr. Wlialey very
warmly for his kindness.
The lieutenant expressed liis great
admiration and friendship for southern
people. "They are the most hospitable
and delightful people that I
have ever met," lie said, "and I have
traveled much. New York is a great
city, but it is dollar, dollar, dollar
there all the time and one gets tired
of it sometimes. Kvery moment of
the time 1 have spent/ in the south
lias been pleasant."
Tiie lieutenant is going to take several
American young men back to
Gctmaity with him. lie lias already
ngaged some two or three and has instructions
from tin: licrlin Rouble
to engage some more. They must be
young men who are educated in t he
agricultural colleges that make a
specially of cotton production. Lieut.
Weydig's station in German Hist
Africa is San/. Hay, hut lie will not
ruturn there for some months. lie
lefl the city Saturday morning.
The State.
A HUGE SWINDLE
In Which I'liitcil Slat cm Oilicial*
arc I mplicatf <1.
A special dispatch from Washington
to the Spartanburg Journal says
the development that a connection of
government officials with the gelrich-quick
concerns was alleged in
charges tiled with the president caused
a sensation in Washington.
AvS far as possible the details el the
charges and the progress of the investigation
ordered hy the president are
being kept secret, hut in oiticial circles
t he mat tor is being discussed witli
much interest.
It is saiil that the plan pursued
was the securing of names of shady
concerns against which the governnient
was ahout to proceed. These
firms would then he, approached w ith
a proposition to put their business in
a shape acceptable to the government
for a certain stated amount down and
a weekly or monthly payment. This
being agreed to, the way was made
clear whereby the net rich-quick fellows
continued operations without fear
of molestation.
The amount alleged to have lieen
secured from the shady companies is
not settled definitely by rumor, lull it
is averred by s< me that it reached into
more than a injllou dollars, which
were divided annum a certain few.
It, is averred hy others that the
sum total will he far larger than this,
because the operation included fully
half a score or more of lly-hy-night
schemes in business, each of which
was forced to contribute liberally.
The investigation hy order of the
president will Ik; pushed vigorously.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster (Jeneral
Uristow. who has charge of it. is
ordered to go to the !>ottoni of it. no
muttci w.io may he involved.
Ceneral Tyner, whose retirement
was deiiiaodnrl to- tlw> nrnJflnnt n?.?
because he was personally implicated
in the scandal, hut because of Ids advanced
ace and the desire to place a
stronger man in his place, denies that
there was any wrong doing in connectioii
with his oilice respecting the
rights of "turf investment com panics"
to use the mails.
lb- says that there was not a word
of evidence in the report of the postotlice
inspector to prove that the concerns
were in t he nature of lottery or
fraudulent in their character, and
therefore the only course open to t he
Oil ire was to allow them to use the
mails.
tJcncral Tyner says that Harrison
J. I (arret t. Ins nephew by marriage,
and formerly assistant in his ottice,
had, as an attorney, represented one
of the turf companies, but this was
only after Karrett. had severed his
connection with the department, he
avers.
(leneral Tyner says he took up the
cases of concerns alleged to be fraudulent
or on a lottery basis, and. after
investigating, ordered proceedings
dropped. He dictated a letter announcing
that no further steps would
tie taken, reserving the right, however.
in the last paragrapli of his letter,
to reopen the cases. One company
published this letter, omitting
the last paragraph of warning and
the department was severely criticised
for the issuance of the letter in question.
Accounts Short.
A shortage of over $."i,000 has been
found in the accounts of the late .1. S.
Campbell, county treasurer for llcliland.
11 is a year since the death of
Capt. Campbell, and the estate has
made no settlement with the county.
Mr. It. M. Spigener, the treasurer
elected, has declined to take the olliee
from Mr. K. .1. Itrcnner, who succeeded
Capt. Campbell. until the cloud
can l?e cleared. The late treasurer
was in feeble health and had a great
deal of sorrow the last two years of
his life. His mental condition is
advanced charitably sis the cause of
the deficiency. No official statement
can be obtained.
Ik
???*mirn?sammrnrnrnm4 ' *nf-i 1. \ \tm+mmmmmmm?
I Continues to m&He Mlmculou* Cures |
\ READ THIS LETTER i 7
J ALMOST A MIRACLE. 7
Rj Uillox, 8. C., Auf. 18th, 10M.
S Qentlemen .?In Beptember, 1W9, I took rheum.tt.Bm In a rrrr bad form. ^
L In i month after the disease started I had to Rive op iny work and fo to V
P bed. It continued to Rrow worse until my itruis and hands were badly drawn, 4
J so much so that I could not use thorn. My Iors were drawn hack until my I
y feet touched my hips. 1 was as helpless as a baby for nearly twelve months, y
L The muscles of my arms am] loirs were hard and shriveled no. 1 suffered death L. I
7 ninny um"? over. w u* t rested by six IItferent physicians in McColl. Dillon and P
h Murliin, bat nuneof thcnicould ilo in?*uy (roml, until l>r. J. I*. Ewliir.ot Dlllun, A
P ctmeton'?me. lie told me to try your " Itnrr m aci uk." He got me one bottle ^
h of the medicine and I began to take It and before the first !>ottle was uaeil up I ?t
/ began to get better. 1 used five anil a half bottles and was completely cured. 7
h| That waa two yeara age, ami my health has been excellent ever since. Have bad m
y no symptoms of rheumatism. I regard " ltiiKtTM AOIliB" as by far the beat P
remedy for rheumatism on the market. I oaiiuot say too much for It. 1 hare d
P recommended It to others since and It hss cured th< m. ^
W||| sar further, that I began to walk In at>out si* days after I began to take
7 " llnacMAOinr.," with the aiil of crutt lies ; In about three months after 1 began 7
to take It, I could walk as good as anybody, and went buck to work aguiii.
L Very truly, JAMKS WII.KK8. J
A All Druggists, or sent express prepaid on receipt of fi.oo. ?
7 Bobbllt Chemical Co., - - Baltimore, Hd, \
<Jht^?>ke? Remedy ol SWOCt. CJUIll & M lllU'lll
Cures Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, LaCiippo > ml nil
Throat and Lung Troubles Mailn of Pure Swcei itiiin, Mullein
and lloney. Your l)ruggist seps it 25 and 5o
TAKE
If r full line of Hardware is not better thanot her, don't buy it.
Our salesmen are out.
I Goleman-Wagener Hardware Company
:tf?3 Kl N<? St.. CHARLESTON. S. C.
"Th7~r7Ti7ioTdHii i>itn>",
l. K LA b< I.ST M. * I'KACTK ItKKS OK?
iiigh Ci\ ilc Pianos and Organs
LS Tl I IC W'OKLD.
I aetorles, Chi cam > a rl Sr Charles. Illinois.
Ca?it 1. 'I W ? MILLION DOLL \ US, 12,000,000.
; i iti-h Ih'njsc, 2u'i km* ^t.. i 'ark'ston, S. C. ,
llANOi AND 0FGANS S. I 1 on Kasy Terms. Before buying
tt 'I; itir our citai g :; a. 1 tei"* - Kaotory pricps made.
\ 'i.. I ?b i>f Si" r' M . -ic .in ' small Musical 1 list rumeats in stock.
.1. V. WALLACK, Manager.
THE 'A-iL.E COrVIRAIMY,
i ii\i, ksr ?n. s. <\
( ^G0IAJ^imTT^UNl|3EI^TirG^>0^^|
8A8H. DOORS. DL.IND5. INTCRIOR FINISH, MOULD- I
INGANDLUMDLR. ANY QUANTITY. I
Golumbm, ft. I
As ;i man looks to a woman to laiip
womanly, t woman expects a man to ; t I T il 1A O I AT IA I
be manly: therefore, you imed hardly I A. I JjJyll\rll' *
wonder that she prefers to he wooed _
hy a man whose aetions tell of tleler jj ^ ...... - .j
minat ion and resolve to one wh* >se at 1 ji J M I \ I .
titnde is one of meekness and ehronir A #
shyness, who stammers and Mushes I expensive to lev.,
whenever he ventuees loaddress his |.,s\ to keep in ? pair.
lady-love in puhlle. While .he timid g Li^h; and very durahi
lover is worshipping from afar, hop- jj \\iie>pro< I and oidoil/ss.
ilip jet fearinp that his worship is nil i \. I greeted hv clianpe of temderslood
hy his divinity, the more ? pera! me.
manly lover steps in. and h> ; lino-.t jj r.l isiie.
sheer tnalerfuhu'ssand di'terirnnal on. | \ "and A.l.ali-i r of.
eoinhined with lender courtesy and a I I ire-resisting and oil-pioof.
Wish to 1)1 ease. i?:i ins 1 he ori ye. lea v i n.? I \ ' ...: o .. .. .... . i ..
- - . r- I , I ' I I mil IH'I ||| t. til" tv I I .
the timid one to moan his loss in si I All ready to lay.
enoe with a heart tilled with the hit- Needs no painting or coating,
tor thought that had lie only heen a Will not deteriorate with age.
little morecontident in his wooing the
fair one might have been his. In love WR1TK FOR PRICKS
affairs women like masters, not slaves:
they like to feel that they are being y;/ \| "rt I 17 \ C'TI. L) V
wooed, not that they arc doing the H I 1 1 1 1!> i\ A
wooing. Therefore, those young men
who wish to prove snecessfiil lou r. J J \ t 1' o f~ 17 \ J |7 Y'P
must easi aside all bashfulness and Oi v. I
timidity and must not only believe in
the old hut true saying. "Only the ( ()\lP \ \ \
brave deserve the fair," but must aw ...
u'} 11 All classes building mat-rial,
\ Terrible Disaster. CHARLESTON, S. C.
The steamer Mariposa, whieli airiveil
at Sin 1'r.un one d i v "
week from Samoa, t>riiii_'s new. of I _ I
disastrous hurricane which swept ovei I
the I'oumotu group of islands in .Ian- I
uary. In all over 000 lives were lost ^ ?
and the financial loss will exceed "*. Z -j, ? ~ m
000. The IVtnoulu group of islands 2 5 I
number about 100. Relief measures ,?, " 2 . fl
have I>een inst it uted and everything i 3 - ? JM
possible is being done at Apia and ?' , j i ~ ~ i y. fl
other places in the Sainoan gi ip > ? _ > - - ? iS fl
renew Lite sutierinirs ol the I mi'iul . c?-< - - ? s3
i o~> i. ? ? ? jj ^ s-ow SH
islanders. >- -? y -22 ' ~ -F ?~ i_
Free to You 1 \
If you are not \\ . .- I ^srant^to kno\v the I ;J ^ ? B
t Debt It* I __ ~
t.v iSexual Weakness), j y f CSS I
.' v iiii l H aciiler i >111 1 f
plaints. No.6, Disease < 11 1 11 I AC fl
of Women. No. a. The v 11 1 1 ?1?|
'arrh " These booSfs '1 >'<HI will llUlll tiIt'll!. we Wil
shou'.Ubelnthehands owlllff 1"\\ prices fltf
eV^^rHathaway <IS loHtf US t hoy last.
the author. Is recoit- ' X 111' per I l)i)ll>;ind. W
nl/ed as the best au | x js 11;|||<| DrUWIl Heart. C\- V
thority and expert In
>mc uniien bmim on i'i in ? >.? > JK'I Ml'illSUntn tfl
n*. nATHAWAT. these diseases. Writs \,,.v il you want a l'imkI roof. -fl
or send nir the tnxik y>n want tiwiay. and It . ?' . BS
; Will l?wnt jrou ' Address J. New- COinc ri^'lit, all tilt?. H
ton .inthaway, M V Kg
~* nr"a"st Shanfl Builders Supply Co., I
. sm ialist Canlina Portland I
nose and THROAi Cement Co., .Su,tAhRS,^N 1
HI of Spectacles Guaranteed. Ga?jer's White Lime, Cements, Fire M
okku k t J24 and 1-i'Jti Marion Street Brieks, Terra Cutta I'ipes. 2g
Columbia, S. C. ?lv. S