Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TDK MIGHTS OF LABOR. Lad Would Not Do More Than Ho Had To. There ls a Vermonter who adds to tho tamil income accruing from his furm by a little lumherln' lu the win ter. Thia man had this your an assist* ant In the person ol a tall, lank youth Of 17 One day the trees had boen cut and th.; log! skidded or vi ra wu together In a 'die oh the brink of u simm bank where they could bo easily loaded on a sled. Suddenly the blocking th.it held thc pile in place gave way and the logs begun t" roll down tho hank; whereupon the farmer shouted lo the youth, who was standing for the moment, directly in their path, to run .lo.- his life. Instenw of doing so, however, he dropped Into a little bellow that chanced to be near, and the logs came tabling down over him, Of course the farmer supposed thit ills hell had heirn instantly killed. With (he assistance of some other nam be managed to roll the logs uff Iiis youthful assistant, and, to his in tense surprise, lt AUS found that 'die lad wa,, unharmed. "Why didn't yo*.! run as I told yon, yon idiot?'' demanded lim farmer. "Do yon sui pose I'm going to run for flt) a month?" was the indignant response. Philadelphia Lodger. WAKhNG AN ALLOWANCE}, Wife: I nei ll some money this morning. Husband: There lt goes again! I would like to know, just as a matter ol' curiosity, how much money you would realh need in tam Ibis iw.<>^<> lils Second ('nil. A German ol' thrifty habits was ?ii ii. health. His family physician coul l do nothing lor him und advised him to BOO a specialist.. In the waiting loom ol' lite spec! Mist be lound a largo number of patients, each anx ious tor his turn ith tin- lamons doctor. Tho sick man was vbrj much Impressed with Hu? great luerativu practice which this physician mua have, ?ind was growing a little ner vous as to the possible size of his tees. Turning to a gentleman sitting ulong side of him ho said; "I suppose, sir, that this doctor charges ver> high fees '' ' Ves " sahl Hie gentleman, "he ch- es $fiti tor lite Inst consultation and > 1 li for each additional visit." Nothing further was said, 'nu when ii came the thrifty one's turn to h tish, red in he met tho doctor and grabbing lits hand said: "Hu v do you do, doctor? You see, here 1 am again." Philadelphia Ledge r. Ha\v~ ?Vei'y Pasy. "So lie proposed to you while you ' \ were swimming together How did he do it?" "Well, I war wading Olli where lt t beginning to ! ? pi ed ty deep, and sn-Jciily I feared H al I v.as going to bo carried off ni) feet and l shriek' ed." "Yes?" "Hil happened tb he near, ??nd, reaching over, ho asked. "Won't you giv nm your hand?" lt wan very sti.'dcn, of courso, hut i had really liked lilni from the moment he I first looked Into my eyes!" Puck. Psysehology, "Do yon believe in telepathy?" "1 don't know what it means," re plied ti;e ward worker. "Do you believe Hint by thinking hard about anything you can impress your lucan on Hie minds of other peo ple ?" "Suie I do j lt's the boss of this ward fnal does tho thinking." - Washington star. A Resurrection. "Steward, how long will ho it bc he foro we got Into tho harbor?" "About an hour and a half, ma'am." "Oh, dear, ? shall die before thon." "Very likely, ma'am. Hut you'll be all right again when you've been on ?h?re ten minutes."-Marino Journal. 2,<.ohs Thal Way. Paeon "Thought you snhl youl boy was unite ft (hier shooter?" Egbert "So I did." "WI.y I hear ho went out the otll?l dft", fired al a deer and hit a cow? "Tbut's what he did. I had to pay for the cov/. Don't you call that deal shooting-?" Poetry Worth Reading In Mio Adirondacks. ? love this dreamy solitude, While thus 1 swing in though! ful mood And think on boyhood's sunny da vs. Far down thron,,h niem'ry's misty ha i.e. Afar across tho dimpled lake I seo the ' threat nlng storm clouds break, Tho sun hurst fort li. and nil the scene Grown sudden guy with glorious sheen, The water, with its myriad eyes. Looks li ea ven w ard in pleased sur prise. Tile <ianclng wavelets cease their glee, Aa the light zephyrs tlin'rous flee; And, mirrorlike, the now still luke Uluo tints from heaven seems to take; While all adowa thc fringed Pac. Reflected, stand the hirth and pine The lonely heron wings its way Athwart tile shadows of th?? hay. The squirrels chase from tree to tree In all their wild wood ecstasy. And so I swing, and dream, and ni uso How little man may pick or cnoot), Or stay tho mighty press of time. Which rolls eu vue Its way sublime C. ?/esli? Adams. The Subject of Discussion. From the Washington Star. I heard do win.ls a whisperln' in de clover held one day, About de lazies' critter dal ha ! ever como dal ? ay ; Dey didn' know his rog'lnr name, an' so In langhin' loins. Dey christened him del rae'fa an1 call ed him " M hit u h Lazybones." He didn' gather honey like did busy bee, Nor dress up. Uko de butterfly, fob every one lo see; He'd stretch htflse'f ?mt lu de shade au' look up toward 'le sky, An' not pay no attention as tho hours wt nt dr if tin' by. An' do bee it kep' a huininhi'. an' de yaller lacket buzz, An' de locust laughed an' hollered, like de way he alias does; An' I got so Interstcd dat I staid de whole day through, A-)lstenin' to 'em toll how Mist uh Lazybones would do! An' when de sun was droppln' pas' <!?> I rpo!ons in ,1<> wes' tnlkin' 'bout was mc! The th M ite. Oh. tho night, was Still And the nigh! was chl!l. As you sailed Lhr*t>e Artic sois, Wlmn you with ll sigh, Merely said good by, And resigned yourself to freeze. On those snow cad plains Hound w it h icy challis No hope of relief was found, Von fell more than tear That he end waa hear When voa Hails! What was that sound ? To your cry foi help Conies r.n answering yelp - js wrangle and jangle and jar With a beating heart From y?ur place you start All dazed to lind when: you aro. For lt's only the knock Ot the wake-up clock With Its daily gibe and scoff, And you're not aboard ship On an artic trip Just abed With the covers off. Indianapolis Nowa. Sweet Vngrom Days of Idfc. I know a path that leads away Far from the busy hannis of men, Where llttlo children came to piny Abd froib.- m the shady giru. Ah' long ago I sung with thom Tho song? their children sing to day. I know a brook that len|>3 along The meadow and the pastureland; In days ago its merry song Made minde; and again I stand And listen to the meadow brook Make music- and my heart grows st ron g. I roam n vag'oni as before Beyond (he valleys and thc hlllo; While with the wanderers of yore My heart renews the olden thrills; I frolic in the shady glen And am a boy with boys once more. Horace Seymour Kelle**, The Sea of Peaks, From the Denver Republican. Billows thal never break, Great wa ven that nov er roar, Firm tit rands that never shako Motionless sea and shore. Whitecaps of summer snow, Hissing not In Hie breeze; Cloud ships that come und go, Wraithlike, o'er silent uoas. Oean of crag and peak, When ends thy mysteryT When shall thy breakers spaak, Startling eternity? TOUCHED l-l vi: WI HE. Young Electrician Meets Horrible Unit h. At Sumter .Mr. Ernest L. Wicker, electrician of the Sumter Joe. Light and Power company, was instan ly killed about ?:;?0 o'clock Wednes day by coming in connu t with a livq wiie, while at work on lite line nt the cornel ol' Alain and Liberty streets. Mr. Wicker und Have Lawrence, his assistant lineman, were at work on the big pole at the Chandler Clothini; company corner, putting in a couple ol' new transformers and had al mort finished innking the connection when the occident occuired. They were seated on the cross bnrs about twenty feet fruin the ground. Mr. Wicker having on a safety belt with which he hud strapped him self to tim pole. The work was al most finished and Lawrence says bl and Wicker received a shuck lit thc sume instant as each cut a wire on opposite sides of the pole. The terrible forci? of the shock threw Lawrence violently against tho pole, causing a severe bruise mi bis forehead but fortunately for him contact with the wire was broken when he received the shock. Mr. Wicker remained in contact with the wire and Lawrence grabbed liim by the sleeve and jerked to lland loose I ron) the wiro bin li ! loll face forward across a liar among thc wires and although Lawrence made fr tl ll tit! efforts to push him from ibo wires with a slick (be attempt was futile and the unfortunate young man liuni:; there wiih a current of U.'l 11 volts stl'OUg pulsating through his body for more than live minu tes. When taken down he was dead FATAL ACCIDENT. Nine Persons Killed in Trolley Acci dent. Two large trolley ears on the De triol, Jackson & Chicago railway, a pail ol thc Detriot United Railway system, "running from Detriot to Jack sou. collided head 011 Wednesday af ternoon while running at about 4f> miles an hour, near Ypsilanti. Nine men wero killed and about 30 moll and women injured, some of them seriously. Four of the injured ?ire in a critical condition. A mistake in orders on the uart of Motorman Fay Wednesday afternoon (he Aileen board of control ol' thc county dis pensa ry visited the Nen h August; dispensary and checked up Mle ac counts of Hint Institution, finding ti shortage of some S-ioO. The dispon sary was ordered Immediately closed and will not ho armin op.-ned nnii: the matter ls straightened. This is heavy blow Ol) thc thirst) al Augus ta. Solicitors Named. On Wednesday Dov. Ansel an nounced the appointment ol' tho nev Circuit Solicitors which are required by the m w circuit Ucl recently pass ed. The two solicitors are J. H. Mc Laughlin ot MishopviUe. will serve for thc Dod. and Christie Dennett, bf Columbia, wi f I serve for thc fifth. There were about 20 applicants for these positions. DOn'l be afraid to play the game honestly. Honesty alway swins out. Don't he afraid ol honest compe tition, lt s competition thal makes sncii 's worth while. Don t be afraid of difllcull under takings, lb glad ol thc o lipon unity to show your metal. Winn anybody agrees With you lie has opinions; when he doesn't, do l usions, A Hint to tho Wlce. Thc Purls (Mo.) Appeal, referring to the hu.s icss done by midi order houses throng ..it Hm various counties In Mis souri. . ...tonally says: "Advertising ls eost ii . i be merchants Of Monroe coun ty thousands of dollars every year-not that our merchants actually pay out thou: iuds of dollar?; oin h year for nd vertl ing, bul tho great department Blores in the cities advertise every day In ll. year, telling the public Just what they have to sell lind whnt It will cost. The pupers carrying these advertise incuts and thousands of price lists go all over the county, and people sec what they med advertised and order it from the city stores. Who can blame them? Merchants all over this county have the sa mo goods and Often for les!i money, but tho buyer does not know lt, :n he sends oft* for his goods. Kow, If the merchants lu this county wero to use the same methods Hud tho city merchants use the mall order houses would got but few orders from old Monroe." Will Leave Hospital, Thomas McCreecy, who was shot accidentally some time ago by llopro sontntive Heilln, has about recovered, and win soon leave the hospita). Don't be afraid to fight against odds. Mfist things worth having aro hard to got. PARTY RULES FOU GOVKUING MKMISKKSHIP OF OKiUoeitATit: PIANS. Tho Qual.Hii'fUion of Voters, mid the Condun of..Primary Fled ions of tho Democrat hi Party of 'rin's State. Tho following rules s?mil govern the ihemborshin of tho di if oren I suh ordlduto Domoerulie CM ti bs <>r tins State,, Hit- qualification ol' voters at . Im prlnun'y elections held by tho party, tim conduct of the primary election to be hold Oil the last Tues day of August, and the second prim* ?ry held two weeks biter, it one bf nccessury. Hule I. The qual I fica ( lons for membership in tiny subordinate club ol' the Democratic Party ol' this Slate, or for voting al n Democratic prim ary, shall bo ns follows, viz: The ap plicant for membership, or vote.-, shall be twenty-one years of ago, or shall bes?me so before the succeeding general election, and be a white Dem ocrat, or a negro who voted for Gen eral Hampton in 1876, and has vote ! tho Democratic ticket coulinuousH since. Provided, that no white man shall bo excluded from participation in the Democratic primary who shall take Hm pledge required by the rules of tho Democratic Party. The managers at each box al tho primary election shall require every voter in a Democrat ic primary election to pledge himself to abide results of tlie primary, and to support thc nom in?is (d' lite ptirty. and to take tho '' MoWIng oath lind pledge, viz: "1 do solemnly swear that I am duly quali fied to volo at this election according to tin? rules of Hu- Democratic Party, and that 1 have not voled beforo tit ibis election, ami pledge myself to support the nominees of this prim ary, v Kale 2. Bvory negro applying for membership in a Democratic Club, or offering to vote in a Democratic, prim ary election, must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of thotr own knowledge that tho appli cant or voter voted for douerai Hanipton in 1S ? G, and lins voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. The said ticket sba!! bo placed in the ballot box by tho managers, and re turned with the poll lists to the Cannily Chairman. The managers ol election shall keep a sept rate list of all negro voters, and return it willi in Charleston County tho voter mm I have his, name o tithe club list i t least shiv days, before the said prim ary election. Tin- (lab lists '.hall be inspected hy and coi'll fled to by tho president and secretary ami turned over tn tho malingers io be used as the regular list. Utile, .", Kach Cornily Kxorull Ve Committee ol the Democratic Party in this State shall meet on or before the ll rsl Monday of each election year ami shall appoint three managers for each primary election precinct In their respective Counties, who shall hold Ibo primary election provided nader Hu- Democratic Constitution, in acc.) rd a nee with lite Acta of thc Gob erai Assembly Of this State regulat ing primary elections, the Constitu tion of the Democratic Party of this Slate, and the rules herein set forth. The hames Of such managers may be published by Hie Chairman of each ('ninty lOxeoulive Committee in one or more County papers nt least two weeks indore tim election. Knie I. Knell voter in said prim ary shall vote two ballots, on which shall bo printed tho name or names of tho candidates voted for by him for each of the olllces to be lilied, to gether with the name of Hu- ofllco. Tho tickets io be voted shall be fur nished by Ile- Stale and ( utily Kxoc utive Committees respectively, and shall contain the names of all candi dates for the representative (dines mid no ot hm- tickets shall be used. The tickets to bo voted shall he ill tho following forms, one foi* United States Senator. ( '.ovcrnor. 1 nontenant Governor. S?cr?tai y ot State. Comp;roller General. Slate Treasurer. .Adjutant and Inspector General. Stale Superintendent of Kducatioti. Attorney General. Hail road ( ?oinmlssloner. The Oilier With spaces to suit the different Counties: For Congress District. For Solicitor Judicial Circuit. State Senator. Home of Itoproscnlattycs. Sheriff. Judge of Probate. Clerk of Court. County Supervisor. Coroner. County Superintendent of Educa tion. Treasurer. A lld!tor. Magistrate. Master. County Commissioners. No vote for House of Representa tives shall ie counted unless it con tains as i. iny names as the county if entitled lo representatives. Hule r>. The managers of election shall open tho polls at S o'clock, A M., and shall closo them al A o'clock, P. M.; provided, that li tho city of Charleston tho polls shall opon at S o'Hock A. M., and shall dose at G o'clock P. M. After tabu lating thc result,! the managers shall certify the same and forward thc ballot-box, poll Hst and all ol her pa pers relating to such c .ellon, by ono of their nu tu bur of Executive Com mitteemen, to the Chairmen of thc respective Democratic County Execu tive Committees within forty-eight hours after -the dose of the nolls. Utile <>.. The (io.,nly Democratic Executive Committee shalt assemble at their respective ?olirt Houses nu the morning of tho Second day after tho election, on or before IL' o'clock M.i lo tabulate Hie returns and de clare the results ol' the primary, so far as the same relates to members of tho General Assembly und County Oillces, .and shall forward immediate ly to Hu* Chairman of tho state Exec utive Committee at Columbia. S. C., thc result of the election in their re spective Counties, for ll. s. Senator, Slate officers, Congressmen and So licitors. Hule 7. The protests and contests for County Officers shall be filed with in five days alter the election with the Chairman of ihe County Execu tive Committee, and said Executive Committee shall hear and determine the same. The State Executive Com mittee Klin ll hear and decide protests and contests as to United States Sen ator. State Ofllcors, Congressmen and Solicitors, and ten days shall bo al lowed for tiling the same. , ,Rulo 8. Candidates for the General Assembly and for County Ofllcors shall nie with the Chairman of tho County Executive Committee a pledge in writing, lo abide the results of tho primary and support the nominees thereof. CanddalCS for other o fi ces shall file smh pledge with flu Chairman of Hm state Executive Committee. Provided, Thal tho pledge of such candidate shall be filed on or before 12 o'clock, meridian, of the day proceeding the day fixed by Hie County Executive Cominillo or the state Executive Committee for the first campaign meeting ol' the County or Slate respectively ; provid ed, further, that in Charleston Coun ty the candidates for eongrss, solici tor and county ofllcors shall nie their pledges and pay their assessments within the time lixed by the County Excutive Committee. No vote for any candidate who has not paid his as sessment nor complied with this nil.1 shall be counted. The followng is the lori i c f the oath: "As a candidate for tho ofllC'3 of - in the Democratic primary election, to he held on the last Tues day ill August, 1 hereliy pledge my self to abide ibo results of such pvtm noinlnatlon." li th candidate is run ning for the United Slates Senate, or for the United Slates House of Re pr?senla lives this nd di titi tiri I pledge shall be required! "I will support the political principles and policies of tho Democratic Party during ibo term of Ofllce for when l may be ele '.ted, arid wuk iii accord with my Dem ocratic associates in Congress on all party questions." This lin? day Of-... Hule 0. In tho primary election herein provided for, a ma jori'y of the votes cast shall be necessary lo uominalecaudidates. A second primary when necessary, shall be held two weeks after tho first, as provided un der tho Constitution of tho party,! and shall be subject to the rules gov erning the fust primary. At said second primary the two highest can didates alone shall run for any one ofllce, but if there are two or moro vacancies for any particular ofllce. then double the number of candidates shall run for the vacancies to be filled. FOI' instance in a race for Sheriff the two highest shall run. . Pule 1 0. In the event of a tie bo twceil two candidates in ?he second primary, tho County Chairman, if it is ll County Ofllce, and the State Chairman, if it ls for U. S. Senator, j State Officers, Congressmen, or Solic itors, shall order ll thir dprlinnry. The question of a majority vote shall he (determined by the number of votes Cast for any particular ofllce, and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary. , Hule ii, Euch Count) Executive ?Committee shall furnish themanagers at eac h precinct two ballot boxes, one for Stat?' Officers, and the other for Congressman, Solicitor and Counts' Ofllcors, WildE .IONES. Chairman State Democratic Executive t ?ommiltee. BRYAN is not wanted by Ibo Ines es. That is thc reason ? . smith, the Democratic boss of N M .Jersey, refused to let thu' c:'ute's dele gates be instructe- iur the groat Commoner. _ WHEN vol' ines arrives in thc In the Rep??* .m National Conven tion al! . South Carolina delega tion v ne up for Taft. Thc bar rel v hen bc open and grease will h ?. !up. TlIK State Republican Convention hud a sort of monkey and pat rol time, but Capers conquered tht "heinous baboons" and came out or top, _ _ A girl could hardly be called gldd; because she makes a man's bea? swim. Don't be afraid of rivals. Thing may be crowded below, there is al ? ways room on top. THEY WANT FOOD CAlUNO IOU TUM LI VINO IS A PHOHLEM.. riio Injured Are Doing Well and tho Death List Will Noe Evered Four Hundred. Practically complete returns from all portions or Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama and Georgia show that tim death list in the wind, rain and elec trical stoim or last Ki blay. Saturday and Sunday will not he nore than 400. The humber or injured stand at about 1,200, with reports indicat ing that a mini her or the pe.'sOU* huit in this storm probably will d'.? Relief measures have Peen extend ed hy the United States govomniett lo Hattiosburg, Miss., Purvis and oth er towns in the tour Slates in ad dition to federal aid the States took prompt measures for the prompt as sistance of those made homeless by the slorm and Tor hospital accommo dations for those Injured. A dispatch from New Orlcar un der dat?, of April 2 7 says with about 326 newly made graves distributed broadcast over nearly the eulin vidth of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala bama, the dead in Friday's tornadoes lias been mostly cared for at this lime, and it was possible with ac curracy to say that the death list in these States would liol exceed 350. The lew who may be added to this fatalities are possibly a score of tho 200 most seriously wounded ip hospi tals throughout the States. The re maining injured number about 1,000 were reported on the road to recov ery. The gravity of the situation con to <nl in the problems of the living, namely, hunger and shelter. At least one stricken town was reported to have eaten literally its last meal at that linio and was relying on charity for Its supper. Fortunately, the great territory over which the strickon dis tricts were scattered left un oppor tunity for the unharmed neighbors In terspersed everywhere throughout these centres of waul to furnish relief more quickly and effectively than would have been possible hud the dis aster been confined lo one place. Cities, little and big. on all sides of the tornado belt made rapid prepara tions .to ship supplies and men into tho tornado districts. Now Orleans started a money subscription and also tr . f ??> fr- ? If? ???r vn,.?-f rapid progress lowood ,........ tho primary feature of tho restoration being tho opening of streets by ragging trees, roofs and other wreck ago off roadways. The churches, ev < ry one of which was wrecked were among tito first cd I fices io rise 111 be form ol' temporary pavilions abovo the ruins. Ai Purvis, Miss., Cook stoves wero about tile most valuable assets in tho community. A few of them had been brought from the wreckage and mi ller the direction of the authorities their use was loaned Inst to one fam ily and then to another. Purvis was one of tho few communities still re porting fresh lists of injured and dy ing, who were found in the outlying country, some of them in a desperate state from lack of care. These un fortunates were made as comfortable as possible. So far as known, all were negroes. Superintendent of Education T tV. Davis, is i nell a Ige of the relief work at Purvis, said in descirbing the sinai lon : "What wc will do largely depends upon what is done for us. We our selves have no resources. Tho debris must be cleared away, the dead stock removed, the' injured cared for. We have put on a small froco of workers, bul will not be able to continue them unless money is rapidly forthcom ing." DEAD IN A CHEEK. .Must Have Doon Thrown From Dis Horse and Drowned. Thor. P. Ferguson, O prosperous farmer living four miles from Abbe ville was found dead in a small creek at 2 o'clock Wednesday. Mr. Fergu son had been over to see his moth er and was on his way home riding a mule. Upon the mule reaching home without its rider, a search waa mad'.' and tho body was found in the creek. It is supposed Air. Ferguson was thrown into the crook and ren dered unconscious and drowned. WAS REFUSED HAIL. Decision of the Supreme Court in Crover Welsh Case. The supreme court has refused to grant ball to Crover C. Welsh, who is now In the Lancaster jail charged with the killing ol' Derry H. Mobley. The killing took place last February i on a train near Heath Springs and ; was the outcome of a shooting affray > in which Mobley killed Stephen 1 Welsh, brother of Crover, and Thon Clay bourn. The attorneys In thoir argument for bail claimed that Mob* f ley was tho aggressor, but this wan I denied by the prosecution. Don't bo afraid to be polite at all ? timOt? and under all circumstances. - It is no disgrnco to bc called a get* , Hornau. Si