Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ninety -nine Percent Of the Country's Wealth Is Owned 'by One Percent of the Population By Henry L CalL F ' 'I* ' year8 **?' there were not to exceed fifty million arife ? to the whole of the United States, and their combined frtr tunee? inctadla* the hatf-mllitoaalrea u well? did, not ?* eeed a probable $100,000,000. or 1 percent of the then ar 5r**ate wealth of the nation. Sixteen years ago the oom .btoed fortunes o t this daea ware estimated at fS6.506.000, ? 000, or W percent of oar national wealth. 'May a bare 1 1 Percent of our population owns practically 96 percent of the entire wealth of the nation. Mi mult of thii wealth concentration, Industrial society Is practtcsfly Into two classes, the enormously rich sod the miserably poor: our l*,0QS,OOO en eamets receive an avertxe of bat 9400 per year; nine-tenths ?f <wr hwstsass men are notoriously failures; our clergy receive an average ^siary of about 9*00; the average for the educators of the land is s??s tojfir; and the. income of other prof eesl anal men la proportion, while wf our (,000,000 fanners one-third are tenants, and the homee of one-third c? the remaining two-thirds are mortgaged, and a debt burden id ?Veao?t universal? ' are, in fact, a nation of dsbtors, our public and private mortgage, %oad, and general indebtedness slone reaching a probable total of 9*0,000,000^ 000, or 9*75. per capita; in other words, sn amount equal to 11 1-* times our Per es pita money circulation, and SS times our savings bsnks deposits. But the s topics of our industrial, financial, and public Service corporations are ex pected to draw dividends, and constitute ss truly sn indebtedness upon the prirt of the public to the o easts of wealth, ss do mortgages and bonds them and thsse, under their preeent enormous over-capitalisation, would swell our Indebtedness to a probable total far In esoees of the 9110,000,000,000 estimated as the total aggregate wealth of the nation, the whole being a first 41en upon the toll and property of the nation, with the power given to these corporations to levy whst tax they please thereupon. ? * These conditions are not normal nor the restflt of natlonsl Isw or causa tion, but are Instead the result of a monopoly of land and mineral resources; of money, of transportation, and other public utilities ss also of Industry. This monopoly hss, moreover, been brought about by means of the corpora ties. Industrial, financial, and public service. ... Why ... Girls .. Don't .. Marry By Beatrice Fairfax. w E hear a great many reasons ? good, tvv tied Indifferent ? why girls don't marry. Here Is a reason that we dont hear very much about, and yet It !? a very real one. The day is past when a girl mar ried (or a home, for the modern, capable girl can provide a home for herself. There Is o&ly one reason why she should marry, and that Is for love. But when yoo see a splendid girl married to a miserable little whlppersnapper of a man, it is very hard to believe ibat ib? married him for low. It (Mini Impossible that an insignificant nothing of a man should dare to ask a fine, lntelnfeent girl to marry him. ? And yet when girls remain unmarried the reason is nearly always as scribed to "lack of opportunity" Th)s Is not true, for there are very few women in the world who have never had the chaaoe to marry. But t lie re are a great many women who have never met the light man, and therefore have remained single sooner than marry a man wbosn they did not love. Woman Is not the beauty worshipper that man is, so she does net demand an Adonis; but she does want an able, Intelligent man, whom she can honor as well as love. , Woman, I am glad to say, Is getting much harder to suit in the husband line. Time was when good looks, good dothee and a dashing manner were enough for her. Nowadays she realizes that even if she does not marry life may still hold much for he/. There are better things In life than marriage with a poor little specimen. To marry a good man is the best fate that can befall any girl. " But to marry a man whom she can neither love nor look up to is about the worst fate that can befall her. Don't throw yourselves away, girls; don't be in a hurry to marry the first man that asks you unless you sincerely love him. Remember that married life has its upe and downs, and that it requires a great deal of love tc* keep the way smooth. And the next time you hear people saying that the country Is full of old maids, just say to thctti, "Bring out a more satisfactory lot of men and you wont find bo many qld maids." ? New York Journal. The ^Coming American Monarchy fly Mark Twain. H UMAN nature being what It la, I suppose we must export to drift into monarchy by and by. It is a saddening thought* but we cannot change our nature; we are ail alike, we hu man beings; and In our blood and bone, and Ineradicable," we carry the seeds out of which monarchies and aristocra cies are grown, worship If gauds, titles, distinctions, power. We have to worship these things and their possessors; wo are all born bo and we cannot help It. Wo have. to be?de splsed by somebody whom we regard as above us. or wo are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy, or we can oot be content. In America we manifest this In all the ancient and customary wnys. In public we scoff at titles and heredltnry privilege, but privately we hanker after them, and when we get a chance we buy them for cash and a daughter. Sometimes we get a good man and worth the price, but we are reudy to tnke him anyway, whether he be ripe or rotten, whether he be clean and decent or merely a basket of noble and sacrcd and long-descended offal. And when we get him the whole nation publicly chaffs and scoffs and privately envies, and also Is proud of the honor which has been conferred upon us. We run jver onr Hat of titled purchases every now and then In the newspapers and itaenss them and caress them and are thankful and happy. In a monarchy the people willingly and rejoicingly revere and take pride in their nobilities, and are not humiliated by the reflection that this humble ind heariy homage gets no return but contempt. Contempt does not sbam<< 'he?, they are used to It and they recognize that It is their proper due. We ?re all made llko that. In Europe we easily and quickly learn to take that attitude toward the soverlgns and the aristocracies; moreover, It ha* been observed that when we get the attitude we go and exaggerate It. presently becoming more servile than the natives srnd vainer of It. The next step Is to rail and acoff at Republic* ?nd Democraclea. All of which la natural, for we have not ceaaci to ba human beings. by becoming Amerlcava, and the human ?iw*yfl Intended to be governed by Mocshlp, not by popular vote ? Mart* Americas Review. KILLED i IN Ujf ROAD One While Man Slays Another at Griffiths. HEAD CRUSHED BY BUTT OP GUN Mr. J. E. T. Kimball Breaks His Gun stock Onr the Head of an Un kmown Whits Man, Supposed to be a Mr. Stevenson, Formerly of Fort Mill, S. C., Killing Him Instant- ! ly. A young white man by the name of Stephenson, supposed to be M. J. Stephenson, formerly of Fort Mill, S. C., was killed near Griffiths, four mile& south of Charlotte, Sunday night a few minutes before 3 o'clock. J. T. E. Kimball, an employe of the Queen City Briek Works, is said to be hi* slayer, he . having admitted as much to Mr. Oscar Hunter, his employer, and to Sheriff N. W. Wallace, who s* rested hjm. While nothing definite is known as to the irouble which arose between the two men, Kimbsll'a wife is said to have figured iu it. When placed under arrest shortly after the homicide, Kimball refused to talk, saying that he would keep his mouth shut until he had consulted with his attorneys. About 10 o'clock he was brought into -the city and lodged in the county' jail. In the trial which will follow, the '.nwritten law will likely be the plea of tha defense.' The killing occurred in the tl big road" near Griffiths a few minutes before 8 o'clock. Stephenson had hired a horse and buggy from Wads worth's early in the morning and had driven down to his old home near Fort Mill, S. C., to visit relatives. He called at the stable very early, be tween ti and 0:30 o'clock. Mr. Sam Ross, who was in charge, refused to accommodate him until Mr. A. X. Deaton came up. Mr. Deaton arrived shortly after, and knowing liim, let him, let him have the horse and buggy Stephenson was next seen by Mr. Will Brissie shortly after ii:30 near Pine ville. He was then on his way home. The killing took place about two. hours later at a pojnt .'100 yards on this side of Kimball's house. As he passed, it is not known whether or not he stopped. It is hardly probable that he did, for there were no tracks to indicate it. Owing to the fact that not one of the principals would talk very little information of a positive nature could be learned. Besides his wife, Kimball has one child. His mule and buggy was re ported to have been found in the cotton patch near the scene of the killing. It is believed that had blood had existed between Kimball and Steph enson .fei some time. Both came originally from York county, South Carolina. where they probably knew one another. Kimball formerly lived fi? Charlotte. Some six months ago he moved down to Griffiths to Turk in the Luck plant there. Steph enson moved to Charlotte about eight months ago. Sunday night they prob ably met o:? ihe roau an-l jr-Mcwd their quarrel. Mrs. Kimball was like ly present and witnessed the simg gle. It is very probable that Mr. Os car Hunter heard her screams when the gun shols were fired. The evi dence implicating Kimball is very strong. Mr. Oscar Hunter kuotvs more about it than any one else and will tell when the proper time comes. Guilty of Second Degree Murder. Birmingham, Ala., Special. ? Rich nrd Wroy, charged with the killing of George Freeman two years ago, was i'ounn guilty of the murder in the second degree and sentenced to 10 yeuis imprisonment. Freeman was a well known artist here and came frotn Boston. Wrav is well known in sporting circles, having come here fiom Nashville, Tenn. Ranchman Assassinates Sweetheart and Two Other Women. San Luis Potosi, Mcx., Speeial ? Dispaetes from Kio Verde state that a prominent ranchman of that place nemed Juan Futnno assassinated his sweetheart, the landlady and her daughter at the house where she was living. ? Jealousy is ascribed as the motive for the deed. To Assist in Prosecution of Peonage Cases. New York, Speeial. ? It was an nounced that I'nited States Attorney General Bonaparte has appointed Vlarauce S. Houghton, of this city as deputy United States attorney gener al to assist in the prosecution of the Peonage cases which the government 1 is instituting. He will assist Mary G. ynackenbos, who was appointed an assistant district attorney some time ago to take charge of the cases. Mr. Houghton was formerly in charge of ?lie criminal branch of the United States District Attorney's oftlee ir this city. ? Verdict of Not Guilty. Mille, Ga.f Special. ? R. K. Hum phreys was found not guilty of the murder of J. B. Daniel. The trial had consumed four days and wide in tuest had been manifested. When the announcement of the verdict was received. Humphrey shook hnnds with the member* of the jury and with Judge Rawlings, also receiving the congratulations of many of those who had thronged the eourt room. HUMMEL'S EVIDENCE While's Lawyer Tells of Affi davit of Evelyn Nesbit. ? . m * THE TESTIMONY GOES TO JURY Delmas Fought District Attorney Ev ery Inch, hut White's Former At torney Wis Allowed to Give Full Story of Affidavit Alleged to Have Been Signed by Evelyn Thaw in IMS. Charging Defendant With lxMig Heir When She Said Stan, ferd White Had Not Dragged and . Bained Her. New York, Special. ? With Attor ney Delmas fighting him every inch of the way, District Attorney Jerome secured from Abraham Hummel his ? complete story as . to the affidavit, which it is alleged Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made in the lawyer's office in 1#03 charging Hary K. Thaw with beating her when she had told "liim that the statement that Stanford White had drugged and ruined her was not true. The Hummel testimony came during the afternoon session of the trial and Ifr. Dedmas' first ob jection broadly to all of Hummel *s testimony, offered a specific objection to each question by the prosecutor. Justice Fitsgerald overruled every ob jection and Mr.4 Delmas had excep tions to the rulings noted on the re cords. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was called t? the stand in the effort of the defense to keep Hummel silent. She declared she had called upon Hummel in his professional ?*apacity and to seek his advice as ? lawyer. Stanford White had taken her to the lawyer's office with that end in view. Judge Fitsgerald declared that ad mitting the proposition of counsel and client. Mrs. Thaw had herself waiv ed the professional privilege by taking the stand early in the case and giving her version of what transpired at Hummel's office. The bond of secre cy once removed could not be re-es tablished Unsuccessful in blocking Hummel 'g testimony. Attorney Delmas in cross examining the witness brought from his own lips the faet that lie had been convicted in December, 1905, on a charge of conspiracy in the same court room in which Thaw is being tried. He further admitted that two indictments for subordination of per jury are pending against him and thai one of those indictments charge him with having caused a false affidavit to be made. Mr. Jerome protested against the witness "being dragged through the humiliating details" of his trial, but Justice Fitzgerald declined to inter fere. Mr. Delmas asked Hummel if lit had not heard the spcech made by District Attorney Jerome when sen tence was about to be imposed, when Mr. Jerome urged the court to pass the longest and heaviest sentonce within its power upon Hummel, as he | 'had been a menace to the commun ity for 20 years." Justice Fitzger ald finally sustained an objection to this and Hummel was not compelled to answer. Mr. Delmas wanted to know if Hummel had recent business transac tions, with the district attorney, and asked if Mr. Jerome wus pressing the charges against him. "He certainly iw," said I he witness with spirit. Hummel's testimony was to the ef fect that Evelyn Nesbit told him that Thaw had beaten her when she re fused to sign pnpers he had prepared j charging Stanford White with her be trayal; that he had dictated a state ment to a stenographer in the pres ence of Miss Nesbit and Stanford White; that ? he gave the affidavit !?? two of his clerks to take to Miss Nes bit and that the next day the paper was returned to him with Evclyr. Nesbit 's signature attached, lie kepi the affidavit until Miss Nesbit called one day and demanded it. He re fuse*! to give it to her and turned it over to Stanford White, advising him to have a photographic copy made. Hummel first said lie had himself ar ranged for photographing the afiidav it and that the photographer came to his office. A few moments later, how ever, he completely contradicted him self on this point, saving he did not make the arrangements; that th? photographer did not come to his of fice; and that he had not so testified. After Stanford White had the copy made he returned the originiil of th' affidavit, the photographic negative ami the prints made from the nega tive, to Hummel, who swore that lt<" had subsequently delivered the origi nal affidavit to Miss Nesbit and lie had not seen it since. Quarantine Boon to be Railed. Washington, Special. ? ^rchic Rooeevelt'a condition is still improv ing and Surgeon General Hixey an nounced that the quarantine restric tions imposed on account of tl* boy's illuess will be rained in a few days. Archie Bat tip in bed. Then. Roose velt, Jr., arrived from Harvard and will reman at the White House un til after Ranter. I SOUTHERN??'?* RM ~*~JtOTE$. TMCS 9f INTEREST TO THE PLAMTER, ST9CMMAM 4*0 TRUCE GROWER* Apptyiif Fertiliser Whei Planting. * While it Is certainly true, in our experience, that the greater part of the fertiliser should be applied sbout two weeks before the crop is to be planted, well mixed in the soil of the bedding furrow and bedded on, there ! are circumstances that would Justify 0 farmer in making one or more In- i terouMural applications, including one at the actual date of planting. The following are such circumstances: (1) When a farmer has not been able to secure the whole amount of his fertilisers before planting time. Ct) When he concludes, after his crop hss been planted and Is grow ing, that he did not buy afid apply as much ss he should hare done before planting. (3) When tbs yellowish green ioolor and want of vigor in the ap pearance of the plants indicate thai more aitrogen is nepded? by* the crop. We believe it may be safely ac cepted ss a general rule that s small portion of fertiliser should be ap> Vlled with or nefcr the seed at the time of planting. The effect of this small application is to supply the young plants with available food dur ing the first stsge of their growth, inducing prompt and vigorous devel opment. For this purpose forty to fifty pounds per acre may be applied of the same fertiliser that had been bedded on two weeks before plant ing. A second application of hlgh-gradfe fertilisers may be made at the seoond or third plowing of cotton, or at six' or eilght inches' height of the plants up to eighteen Inches, or the middle to last of May, and the middle to last of June. The intercultural applications may be made In the siding furrow, or the fertiliser may be strewn along in the middles ahead of the plow or cultiva tor. There is no need to fear that the plants will not get the benefit of a high-grade fertiliser If put any where, on or between the rowB. June 16 is the latest date at which the writer has ever applied fertilizer In this way to either corn or cotton, al though there is little reason to doubt that- even later applications would benefit the crop, but probably not enough to .pay the cost of the fertll V ^ .. ? * I Two Suggestions About Corn* During the winter time test the vi tality of the corn by taking grains from different parts of the. ear and placing them on moist sheets of blot ting paper, which should then be folded securely snd placed in a cigar box containing several moist newspa pers. Wrap the newspapers over the blotters containing the* grains from the several ears and leave them alone for two or three days. In this way the percentage of grain that will ger minate, and the vitality of the seed can be ascertained. It will be sur prising to see what differences there are in the inherent vitality of grains from certain .ears. These grains should then be 'selected for the seed patch and the others discarded or used for general planting. The relation of closeness of plant ing to yield is quite remarkable, and in experiments made by the writer the following results were obtained: Cocke's prolific corn planted in checks 30 inches apart yielded 64.11 bushels per acre; In checks 36 Inches apart, 51.27 bushels; in checks 42 inches apart, 51.45 bushels; in checks 48 Inches apart, 50.30 bush els; in checks 54 inches apart, 42.49 bushels.; in checks 60 inches apart, 82.45 bushels per acre. There Is a tendency to too wide planting in the South, duo to the desire to grow a large stalk and a large ear. A large ear and a large stalk do not insure the largest yield, as this experiment, which Is amply supported by many others, demonstrates. Too vide planting decreases the yield; too close plnnting is not desirable be cause the ears will not develop well. For varieties such as Cocke's Prolific, grown on uplands of moderate fer tility, 4 2 inches or 3 Vfc feet, Is a very satisfactory distance. Many farmers, however, insist on planting their corn In checks from four to five feet, and thus the yield is materially reduced. ? A. M. Soule. Virginia Experiment Station, Blacksburg. White Holland Turkeys For Farms. The poultry editor of the Progres sive Farmer, in answer to a subscrib er who wauled to know what was the best breed of turkeys for a small farm says: Of the- four varieties of turkeys there Is none better suited for the small farm or where neighbors are cloF.e, than the White Holland. Tills breed does not grow as large as the black or bronze, but average, when properly looked aftfr, a very uoud size, and their domestic habits arc very much In their favor. They never Proverbs and Phraaw. Many a rat devors the lion. ? Ger man. Thetears of the nijjht equal the smiles of the day. ? Kousseau. Providence for 'the most part sots us on a level. ? Spectator. Prudence supplies the want of ?very good. ? Juvenal. It m less to suffor punishment than to dmrv> it. ? Ovid. wander off ? they range and roost with the thlc|ens and even lay In the heu nests. April is a good time to hatch, since, like all turkeys, they* require a long season to hatch, fe.nct the sooner off the better. Young tur keys require very little feeding, or I should say. eat very little when first hatched, and should not be fed un der twenty-four to thirty-six hours after being hatched. All turkey raisers seem to have their own ideas aa to how besi to feed your pouts. When I raised tur keys I gave each one, as soon as hatched, a whole grain of black pep per, and sprinkled fine sand on . the floor of the coop, and gave them nothing else for thirty-six hours. The first, and ta fact, all feeds until they were large enough to take care of themselves., consisted of ' crack e<f corn. oats, wheat, millet, cane .and kafBr corn seed, and four time*: a week meat In some form was given, either prepared beef scraps qr fresh' meat from the beef market. With' such feed properly prepared one can raise ninety per cent., but failure will meet you more than half way if you try to raise turkeys from late hatch. Immature stock, or when' the male and females are closely related. Turkeys cannot stand inbreeding. Two or three year old stock are orel erable to one year. , Keep Down the Vermin. 1. One disadvantage of our warm cli mate is the fact that vermin are al ways troublesome. Still they are not so numerous In winter as during the summer. So that now is a good time to get rid of them. A correspondent of Successful Farming says: Begin the work of destruction be fore lice have secured a good start. Have the perches so arranged that they don't touch the walls of the house at any place. Then the mites, once they get on, can't get off the perches. Then once a week pour ker osene oil over the perches so plenti fully that every part is covered. Pay. particular attention to the under neath not reached by the oil. Any of the liquid lice killers advertised will do the work well. Perches should be movable, so that they can be tak en outside occasionally and thorough ly scalded with boiling hot water. Whitewash the walls of the house with a thick whitewash at least twice a year. Keep everything about the house clean; filth is conducive to rapid multiplication of the pests. They multiply rapidly. It is said that a louse hatched to-dsy is capable of being a grandpa before to-morrow's sun goes down. If you catch him in his youth, "you'll have to hurry." For body lice, which aren't so harmful as the others, use Persian insect powder. Dust an abundant quantity thoroughly among the feath ers of each fowl. Unless the fowls are very tame. It is best to catch them and dust after they have gone to roost. It Is a tedious, unpleasant task to handle each separate individ ual in this manner, but It is the only satisfactory way. Repeat the opera tion every ten days or two weeks, un til you are certain that all have been exterminated. 'r'"" An Emphatic Don't. About this time of year irresponsl ble parties go around .attempting to sell so-called "recipes for making fertilizers." A friend writes me:: "Yesterday I bnd a wan come to nio with this recipe In his pocket, for which he paid $G, and asked for tho material for this fake fertilizer re cipe." If any of your readers are offered an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a fertilizer busi ness ? to learn how to inako fertiliz ers for a ton ? all by purchasing a $5 recipe for making fertilizers, we wish to offer the advice; Don't! When you purchase a recipe for making fertilizers you are parting with jour money for nothing. We have seen several of these recipes, aod have yet to Bee one that was not worthless. Tho mixtures prepared according to the directions given are not worth the time and labor ap plied. Ingredients nr? called for which can be purchased only at drug stores at high prices, and, likely as not, are of no inoro value to 'the plants than a piece of coal would be. Rut even if you did happen to buy good directions for mixing a fertil izer ? what then? You have paid your money for something that conld be secured for nothing. The experi ment station will at any time send, without charge, directions for mixing any kind of fertilizer desired. But, as said before, we have never yet seen a fertilizer recipe sold for $.r?, or any other price, that was not worthless. I)o not buy fertilizer re cipes.' ? (?. 8. Fraps, Chemist, Texas Experiment Station News and Note?. Gov. Hughes favors a recount in the New York mayoralty contest. The nontence of death passed on Raphael Gentilo, an Italian, who shot Joe Fiseanere at Piedmont in self defense and was tried and convicted of murder at Keyser, has been com muted, and he has been placed in the Monndtville Penitentiary < to serve a 12 year geritenee.