The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 01, 1903, Image 1
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VOL XVII.
TEXAS KEVEK.
May be Regarded as a Native Disease
in this State.
WHAT DR. NESOM SAYS ABOUT IT
Caused by the Lite of tltc Common,
(.'little Tick. How the StoekIjiiw
(Jrenily llocrcuKnl
the Disease.
The following article on Texas fever
'Mn cattle was written I?y Dr. (J. 10.
Nesom, State veterinarian, and is
publisded for the betielit of our tanners:
For the hi nelit of the many stock
owners who read Ibis paper 1 desire to
call special attention to the cattle disease,
now commonly known as Texas I
fever, but possibly better known in
South Carolina by the names of bloody
inurrian, red water and distemper.
So great has been the inroads of this
disease on the cattle industry of this
State during the last four years that
many men. especially breeders of beef
cattle, have become so discouraged
that they have abandoned the business
altogether. From a business
standpoint this is quite detrimental
to the live stock industry, as it often
drives out many men who have the
means and could successfully continue
and leave it in ttie hands of the
others who have not the means to engage
in other business, where such
severe losses are not Incurred. It Is
also robbing many people of those
staple necessities In all families, milk
and butter. Besides it is discouraging
breeders who arc at present engaged
in the nrndnrtinn rbiirvnf rvittlo nwl
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deterring others who might engage in
it but for the fact that they fear they
might incur severe losses. 1 have
quite frequently published more 01
less extended accounts of this disease
and do not think necessary to repeat
at length what I have already said.
The South Carolina experiment station
lias left a few copies of bulletin
72 on this disease and they will be
furnished, so long as they last, to j
citizens of this State who will write'
for them and state to what extent'
they are interested in the cattle busi-1
11 ess.
Texas fever may he regarded as a
native disease in South Carolina, just
as we think of chills and lever as s ion
as the Mississippi Valley is mentioned.
It is now well known to he a spec!lie ;
disease of the blood, caused by very
small animal organisms entering the
body through the bite of the common I
cattle tick, and by its growth and
multiplication destroys the red portion
of the blood and causes very high
fever. In cattle, except calves, it varies
in its intensity in direet proportion
to the age of the animal, or, in
# other words, it is lightest on young
' calves and increases in severity with
tlie age of the animal. The question
has frequently been asked if this disease
has been caused by ticks, why all
cattle did not die before the war, |
when ticks were so common in ibis
State? That is a vital question and
the answer to it is that when cattle ;
arc allowed to run at large and all of;
them are coptinuuily carrying tieks
throughout the year they acquire a
perfect immunity to the disease as
young calves. As stated before, calves
do not seem to stiller very greatly
from this disease, and when they have
once had it they arc ent irely immune j
for all future time so far as our knowledge
goes, and may carry ticks in;
great numbers with perfect Immunity
for the balance of their lives.
KKFKCT OK TilK STOCK LAW.
When our agricultural system under
went its modifications subsequent to
the war, and stock law was passed,
the number of catt le in the State was
greatly decreased, and those few that
were kept were penned on small areas,
and herds of near neighbors were
allowed to run on the same pasture.
Beside, when people began to sec their
cattle more constantly they seemed
to have taken more interest in their
care, and especially in getting those
ugly and filthy ticks off of them. The
result has been that since the stock
law went into effect ticks have rapidly
disappeared in all parts of the
State, but especially in the upper
country, where there is less woodland,
more bare ground and colder winters,
it is now difficult to find many farms
41 in Greenville, Pickens and portions of
Oconee, Anderson, Laurens, Spartanburg
and Cherokee counties on which
cattle are infested with ticks. These
counties, and even as far south as
far south as Hamptcn, have many
farms in them on which a tick has not
been seen for years. Many of the
older citizens say that In one or two
years after the stock law went into
effect the ticks seemed to have disappeared
as if by magic. Now what
has been the result of this change?
Where the tieks still lemain the cattic
are still immune to Texas fever, as
they were in the old days. But where
the ticks have disappeared and the
cattle have had no access to them j
during their lives they have had no
^ opportunity to become Immune lo this '
fever. The result is that as sqou as !
these tick-free cattle arc brought into j
contact with the ticks they develop. 1
Texas fever and a great many of them :
die.
80MK CONCRETE EXAM I'LKS.
There are many concrete examples
that might be given to prove this
idea and a few will be given as follows:
A woman and her children came
over from Georgia to a cotton mill in
Oconee County and brought with them
the family milk cow, covered with
ticks. Now, at the mill In question,
as at many other mills, there is a common
pasture into which the mill
hands are allowed to turn their cat
tie. The cow went in wit h the others,
the ticks on her tilled up and dropped
Otr. laid a batch oi enns, which hatched
out a corresponding number of
seed ticks, and these in turn were
picked up by the other in the pasture
while p'ra/intf I here. The result was
that a number of the oilier cows died;
some wore very sick, lost tlesh, nave
no milk and remained quite poor for a
lonn time, while still others did not
seem to have su lie red at all, as they
had already acquired immunity. Loss
$250.
A similar case < cur red at one of the.
cotton mills at Anderson, where cows
that are frequently moved from farm
to mill, from mill to mill and from
mill to farm, were allowed to mingle
freely in a common pasture. In this
case the loss \vas?uboul $.100.
.lust a few weeks ago about eight or
ten of the best cows at Williamston
died in a common pasture used by a
number of people at that town.
About the 1st of November past Mr.
.1. F. liland,.)r., Mayesville, shipped
to his farm from Western North
Carolina 125 good grade Shorthorn
steers, in two weeks seventeen of
them were taken sick, and when tl e
State veterinarian arrived he found
them to have a few small ticks on
them and unmistakably affected with
Texas fever. Seven of the sick ones
died, causing a loss of about $200.
Near the middle of October Mr. M.
10. lviitland, of Ibitesburg, shipped
down 200 grade shorthorn steers from
Hey ward County, N. C. Soon Texas
fever appeared ;md a casual inspection
showed that t hey were infested
with young ticks, gotten in the cars,
stock pens, or on the road from the
depot, to the feed pens, lie lost ten
head, valued at about $.'15o.
Mr. J. 1>. Whittle, of Hlackville,
has just had a similar experience wit h
a similar lot of steers from this same
section of North Carolina and will be
fortunate if his loss is not more than
$300.
TAHI1KKL GATTLK MLA M HOICKS.
It is no fault of the North Carolina
cattle. The facts are that all of the
western part of North Carolina is
above the Government quarantine
line, and cattle raised there never
have ticks on them nor do they acquire
immunity to Texas fever.
A very striking case is that of Mr.
\V. A. Myers, Clio, S. C. lie runs a
dairy and had soinc tine milkers on
which there, had not been a tick for
years. Sometime last spring a ruan
eame along driving a bunch of cattle
and wanted to turn them into Mr.
Myers's pasture for the night. The
permission was granted and the cattle
taken out tlie next morning, but they
left some "souvenir" ticks, which
soon found their way on to Mr. Myer's
milkers. In a few weeks he lost eight
of his best milkers and his dairy business
was seriously injured by t he sickness
of the cows that did not die.
Many more cases could he given,
but these will show what a serious
matter this question of Texas fever is
getting to be in South Carolina.
Tlio l'arth(|iiako Disaster.
Willie full details of the recent
earthquake disaster at Andijan, Russian
Central Asia, tire not obtainable
owing to lack of communication, the
brief dispatches received describe the
situation as horrible. The temperature
has fallen to the freezing point
and thousands of persons are homeless.
< )no section of the city has been
completely dest royed; only one cotton
gin and one church arc standing. The
lirst shock drove the inhabitants generally
indoors, otherwise the loss of
lifo VVfilllfl Il'-IVA hnnn
MM iv uv^vu niiv ii mcaivi.
Andijun is a cotton centre and exports
forty million pounds of cotton annually.
The population, numbering
ooo souls, was growing rapidly. The
people who are mainly saris, were engaged
in cotton raising and ginning.
Of twenty gins 19 have been destroyed.
The sarts arc not Russians.
They are private owners of land but
live in cities and towns. The houses
in Andijan are principally one-story
high and are built of unhurned brick.
Needed In Hawaii.
Thomas Fort line, special labor commissioner
appointed by Secretary Shaw
to visit, the Philippines and Hawaiian
islands l.s at Honolulu. In an interview
in The Star he said: "I believe
the importation of negroes there
forms a natural solution of the dlfllculty
which unavoidably follows the
absorption of tropical or semi-tropical
countries by the United States. In
the Southern States and in the Carollnas
the negro made the industries
what they are." The commissioner
said there might be ditliculty in obtaining
Hie negro, but he thought
that 1110 planters could get all they
wanted if they sent the right sort of
agents after them. "You could get
10,uoo there In six months," he said.
A Si red Duel.
At Nichols, (hi., on Wednesday Sam
P. Padgett and J. 0. Ituchanan,young
white men, fought an impromptu duel
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which Padgett is flying and Buchanan
is seriously wounded. The two young
men married sisters, and while the
cause of the trouble is not known it is
believed to lie a family disagreement.
Padgett and Buchanan have heretofore
been friendly, but on meeting
Wednesday each drew a revolver and
began shooting. Padgett was shot
through the chest near the heart and
cannot recover.
Snnta Olnus Scorched.
A dispatch from Georgetown to
The State says Tuesday night at a
Christmas tree celebration in that
city, Dr. K. S. Bailey, who was acting
as Santa Claus, was painfully but not
seriously burned. His clothing aceldently
cj|ughttlrc.
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CONWAY, S.
THIRTY INJURED
By the Explosion of Gus at Hot
Springs. Arkansas.
SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT.
A ('I'OWtl WtlH (jlltllOlTd to 11 Oil I' I
Koturns From Xow Orleans
ItaoPH When llie Hxplosion
Occurred.
At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednesday
afternoon in the cellar of the turf
exchange, a club house and pool room
operated by Chambers & Walker, tlie
building was badly damaged and .'to
people were Injured, lb of them being '
in aserh usconditiou. The most seriously
injured are:
K. C. Chambers, one of the proprietors
of the turf exchange, both legs
' and hoth wrists broken.
Win. Ilelwig.a blind man, manager
of a bath house, both legs broken,
will die.
The injured are:
.J. S. Meeks, Hot Springs, Ark.,
both legs broken.
Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot
Spings, both legs broken.
Pinncgau, plumber, Hot Springs,
hot h legs broken.
James Cowen, I lot Springs, both legs
broken.
Win. Metzer, a boy, Hot Spri gs,
both legs broken and skull fractured,
will (lie.
.lames Couglin, plumber, Hot
Springs, leg broken.
C. (J. Parker, Milwaukee, Wis.,
both legs broken.
Al. F. llotchskilf, Hot Springs,
knee fractured.
T. O/.ier, engineer, Hot Springs,
but h legs broken.
11. (Jeorge, New York, leg broken.
F. Cranlleld, Cincinnati both legs
broken, ribs crushed.
Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm
; broken.
Hugono Daly, Ilot Springs, both
1 legs broken.
Thus, I'helan, telegraph operator,
Hot Springs, badly cut.
Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence unknown,
leg broken, also badly cut.
Twelve ot hers sustained bruises and
slight Injuries.
About 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
the poolroom was crowded with '
more than 100 persons, .lust as a i
race in New Orleans was being called j
by the operator the lloor of the build-'
ing seemed to rise in an instant and a
report that shook the building rang ;
out.
The news of the explosion spread
rapidly and soon Central avenue was
jammed with people. The police and
liremcn took charge of the building
and the work of rescue begun. Men
were pulled from under the building
In a terribly shattered state. One of
the most pitiable sights was when
"Hilly" Ilclwig, the blind manager of
] the Lamber bathhouse was taken from
the ruins. Helwig is widely known
to thousands of visitors who come to
Hot Springs annually.
it. (J. Chambers, one of the proprietors
of the turf exchange, is one of
tlie Dost known sporting men in tlie
country. His condition is serious.
The injured were taken in charge by
the local physicians.
The exact cause of the explosion
lias iv t yet been dctcimined. It is
said by some that gas which escaped
jin t he cellar of the building was Ignited
in some manner, causing the
J terrible accident.
Another report, which is probably
correct, says a driver of a gasoline
wagon was tilling a tank in the cellar
when tin; explosion occurred.
Ijyiichcd in KaiiHiiH.
At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christmas
day. Montgomery Godley, a negro
man, was taken from the jail and
lynched by a mob because early Christ- ,
mas morning he had shot and killed
Milton Hinklc, a policeman, while the
officer was trying to protect himself
against a crowd- of unruly negroes.
At the first ellort to lynch the negro
the rope broke. Some one in the!
crowd then cut, Godley's throat, sever-1
ing the, jugular vein. After this he I
was hanged a second time. The' i
shooting of l'olieomcn 11 inkle occurred I <
at a dance, which was attended by a :
large number of negro men and women
from neighboring mining camps. 1
Montgomery Godley and his brother i
were drinking and had become very 1
disorderly when Policeman llinkle in- i
tcrfered. The negroes became insulting
and, when llinkle drew bis club :
to defend himself, Montgomery Godley
slipped behind the policeman,
grabbed the officer's pistol and shot .
llinkle behind the car. The wounded
policeman was carried to the City
Hall, where be died several hours later. ;
The news of the shooting spread
j rapidly and a mob gathered in front
| of the jail. The doors were battered
I in and the mob seized Montgomery I
Godlcy, who, with his brother, had 1
been arrested soon aft<T the shooting. !!
They took the slayer to a telephone
j pole three blocks away and there
! hanged hi in. At Hist the negro was
; del ant, but just before he was hanged
: he begged hard for his life.
Stands l?y the Negro.
<;ov. Longlno, of Mississippi, Wednesday
issued a proclamation ottering t
Hfty dollars reward for the arrest and
conviction of any person who forees a
negro to leave clthor of the counties'
of Lincoln, Amite, Franklin or hike, i
Hundreds of negro residents have
been ordered to leave these counties
during the past few months, being
served with notices supposed to emu- |
nate from "whiteeappcr" organizations.
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THE MEANEST MAN.
No Has Hoon l?\>uml al I .us Vn^olos,
Call t'oi'M ia.
The worst tiling about some stories
is that 11 icy are lies. The worst thin#
about this story Is that it is literally
true. The meanest man jn bos AllKi
los has been found, the ease has j
liooil lirovoil li-ic luwm
called. It Is doubtful, in fact, whether
a meaner man will be found anywhere.
The story needs no cinbelishmeul.
The simple facts are bad enough, and
tins s just the way the events occurred.
A well known woman went cad riding
a few days ago. She had her j
pocketb.iok with her. The pocketbook |
contained some money. Therefore it
is unnecessary to explain that the
woman was not out shopping. She
lost I he pocket book. When she came
home slie told her husband about the
loss. As to whether he scolded her or
not my informant does not say. At
any rate, that evening the family
telephone bell rang and on answering
it a man's voice was heard to make
the usual inquiries, alter which he
said:
"1 found a pockethook today containing
a card bearing your wife's
name. I supposed the book belonged
to your wife. 1 have it at my otlice."
The thanks of the relieved familv
were freely poured over the wire, and
sleep in that household was sweet that
night.
Next morning the husband of the
woman who lost, the pocketbook called
at the otlice of the well-known gentleman
who had telephoned, lie was
presented to a line looking person who
was said to be the one who owned the
found property. The husband des- i
crib d the portmounaie accurately,
including the contents, and the Under
> i':i oiniiO v :u'l.' in 1 v lei 1 ir<>( I loo t I ><> , I .u
eriptIon was correct.
Tlio book wast lien produced and {
was promptly recognized.
"l am very raucb obliged to you for
telephoning us of your llrul," said the :
gratified visitor; thru, ns a mattnr ol
course, ho added: "Now, how much
do 1 owe \ou for your kindness?"
The other looked serious for a ino- I
ment, and then replied slowly:
"Well. J hardly know just how
much to say. Well, let s say no. It's
up to you."
To say that the husband of the
poeketbook loser was surprised would
he putting it mildly. Had he been
haggling with a pickpocket, street
gamin or a beggar he would not have
been in the least taken aback, lint to
hear that sort of a eool bid for a pittance
from a well dressed, grown-up
man who had done an ordinary kindness
such as might l>e returnable any
hour was more than he was prepared
for.
When he had recovered his breath
he said:
I - ! -1
>> 11y, i never p un a reward mi my i
life, sind have no idea of the rules customary
governing such eases. 1 should
feel belt.er If you would name the
amount yourself."
The man looked still more serious.
Taking a pencil from his pocket, he
began to make figures on a piece of
paper.
"Let's see," 'K5 said, musingly, as
he eyed the pocket-hook. "Pretty good
pockctbook, slightly worn say, one
fifty. Contents, three dollars and live
cents -total, four 11 fty-live. We might
split the dill no, say two dollars."
And he looked up at'his victim with
the innocence of a child.
The man dug into his pocket speechlessly,
and handed out *2. and started
for the door. He thought he had had
the experience of his life. Not so. If
the man's diminutlvencss had been ex- j
luiusted, bis nerve hadn't. Peaching
into his vest pocket, lie drew out a
card, banded it to the stn pi lied caller
and said:
"Here's my card. In case you
should ever want anything in our line
we would like to have you remember
the man who found your wife's poeketbook."
Los Angeles Herald.
The Kntlroiul Help.
The Columbia state says a short
t line ago the state treasurer wrote a
letter to the different railroad companies
asking them if convenient to pay
their annual taxes into the State
t reasury. The lines of tile Southern
and Atlant ic Coast Line systems have
complied with this request of the
treasurer and have paid their taxes to
I I n? \fi\ 1*1/ii ?u p/>iint if t Hnneni?/?i*o 'IM.l..
v,,v ti?i IVUO ("UMIJ *'?' ci oil i 'iii. I IIIO
relieves considerably the danger of a j
stringency in money at the close of
the year when the Interest on the.
State debt must lie met.. No doubt]
the readiness of the roads to comply i
and ease the State's financial condi- |
tlon will be properly appreciated by
the people of the State. Treasurer
Jennings is urging every county treasurer
in the State to remit the State
taxes as rapidly as they are received,
and hopes to secure a sulllcicnt sum to 1
tide over the term of stringency.
Kodol Dynpepsia Curo.
Digests all classes of fo6d, tones and
strengthens the stomach and digestive
organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Stomach troubles, and makes rich rod,
blood, health and strength. Kodol rebuilds
wornoul tissues, purities, I
st rcngt hens and sweet ens t lie stomach, j
Gov. G. W. Atkinson, of NV. Va., savs:
1 liave ust (I a number of bot t les of l\odol
and have found it to be a very effective
and. indeed, a poweiful remedy
for stomach ailments. I recommend
it to inv friends.
Dr. K. Norton.
Clots Ten Yearn.
in New York Wednesday, Thomas
.1 Sharkey, the private detective, who
was convicted of manslaughter in the |
second degree for having killed NhJho I
las Dish, the banker, on Sept. 27, was
sentenced to the State prison for ten
years.
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MARY !. 1JHM.
TO PLANT TOBACCO.
Experts Take Charge of Considerable
Acreage Near Columbia.
SOME FACTS FOR PIONEERS.
>1 r. Wuililcll Talks Alimil Suit of
Kii'lilaml <'ou nly ami Its
Sii i I alii I i I y t\?r Culture
ol Wooil.
The Columbia Slate says Mr. II. S.
Waddell, who Is a native of Halifax
county. Virginia, has arrived in the
city. lie is the expert in tobaoeo who
has been brought here to take charge
of the ex pel imental farms to he estjlbli
lied near 11>att l\uk by Mr. r. 11
llvatt and others. Mr. Waddcll bus
already gone over considerable land in
the vicinity of Colli rnt it and inspected
it. lie has long been a student of
t ihaeeo culture. Thursday lie closed
the contract with Mr. Hyatt for the
cultivation of 50 acres,and will doubtless
take 50 .teres also for parties owning
adjoining lands. Mr. Waddell has
also closed with Mr. I!oilman to furnish
an expert to manage 00 acres of
his land across the river to place in
cultivation, lie is ready now to inspect
the land of any others in the
county desiring to plant tobacco, advise
with them, and if they desire it
secure men to take charge of the
farms, get them here.
lie wishes to establish a tobacco
warehouse the llrsl season and expects
to make Columbia his home. Kriday
he talked interestingly of the culture
of bright leaf tobacco, which, he says,
the lands in this section are adapted
to. lie considers these lands much
better adapted to such culture Hum
the a"eragc lands now growing tobacco
both In tins State and North Carolina.
lie says he thinks there are
from 5,000 to lo.oou acres in this Immediate
vicinity t hat are thoroughly
adapted to growing bright tobacco
and that this is sufllcicnt to establish
a lirst class market. He says that
self-drained laud of light color will
make tobacco, and those with the yellow
clay subsoils will make a liner
grade. Lands of this nature rarely
ever fail in producing color or quality,
regardless oi t lie state of unit ivai i.. ?
lie says: "As to I ho quantity of
foi l ilizers per :inv and Lhu kind this
is best determined by llrst gi.ing the
land a littlo study of its condition.
Id'om Too to 1,000 pounds of high
grade fertilizers on a basis say of S per
cent, phosphoric acid, 1 percent, ammonia
and I percent, potash is a good
combination, with from 10 to lo bushels
of cotton seed or double this quantity
in stnUle manure. This is providing
<your land is poor and of a very
coarse nature with no amruoniated
matter on it; otherwise leave o!T the
col ton seed or manure.
The average farmer, inexperienced
in tobacco, stands in dread of the expense
and risk in planting tobacco. 1
would say just here there is a greater
percent, of failure in agriculture in
almost any other crop cultivated than
there is in tobacco. To*succecd you
cannot risk this crop on a half-handed,
haphazard basis. If requires
study and intelligence. Do your pail
of the work lirst. I have known farmers
their lirst year cultivating tobacco
to average $ 1 r>0 to $2."in per aero without
any instruction from any one.
"1 do not approve of the one crop
basis. 1 do believe I bough in di versified
farming, it pays, liaise plenty
to sustain your farm such as grain,
forage, meat, etc., then plant some
cotton and some tobacco. Kven a onehorse
farmer when lie is lixed for
fanning, should plant from live to ten
acres of tobacco, or from one to two
hams. As to the size of a crop that
can best bo determined by your situation.
The first item is land, then
capital, and next and most important
is labor. The needy time in labor Is
the harvesting season, .Inly and August,
when your other crops are all
laid by after which it can be marketed
with 75 per cent, less labor.
In largo crops from 25 acres up, it
pays to liave an experienced man who
may be secured for an interest in the
crop. Men that are most capable will
cost you, from the fact they can make
money at it for themselves alone. I
have succeeded in locating three men
with crops from 30 t ? 00 acres and
have two more I know personally to be
capable of managing like quantities.
1 will aid any one In securing men;
that is bring them In and give you my
judgment on the land, inquire as to
his references and see that all such gel
good tobacco seed free, providing any
such will write me in the next few
days and give me full particulars as to
how and where they arc located. I
don't ask a penny for what I tell them
or do for them. I do t his simply with
a view of establishing a market here.
"I would say to all interested; In
the event you cannot plant sutllclent
acreage to employ an experienced man,
try your immediate neighbors and
work up say 40 to 7f> acres and write
me, as its important that this decision
should be made early. You sow
the seed in the months of January
and February and it is essential that
you should push forward your work,
particularly where you have much
buildlng'to do. Tobacco barns can be
built from $30 up. A barn will harvest
from I to 7 acres owing to si/.e
and season. Its lifetime Isabout 20
years, so practically your building
doesn't cost much. It is the other
small expenditures, such as Hues,
sticks and canvas for plant beds; they
last from three to eight years, according
to the care you take of them.
After you once get fixed o make
tobacco you can make It and put It
on the market at an average cost
of from 2 to 31 cents per pound, or
from $-0 to *.T> ;to acre, according to
seasons and conditions as to l;iix>r. I
will answer all inrjnirion. I furnish to-,
hacco seed in plenty of time for you,
so lontf as they last. This olfer is routined
st rict ly to Klchlaud and Lexington
counties or not exceeding ill) miles
from t Ids point
li ilhol llV ItoltlKM'H.
A special from Matthews, La.,
says: A horrible crime was pcrpefrnt jednear
that place on Christmas eve
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I miKiii. mi. ii"i may, who was at
home after his place of business was
closed lor the night, was called to the
door by an unknown man and asked
to change some money. Not b-ing
aide to make the change Mr. < i;i>
kindly consented to go to tie* store,
which was a short distance awav, to
| get the proper money. Mrs. (iray,
I thinking her husband was st i\ 11isc
longer than necessary, hecatu1 uneas>
and started to I he front of the house
to see If he coming She was start led
to see the storehouse a mass of il ones
I and gave the alarm by screaming.
Me fore assistance could arrive the
! store was nutted. Anions' the r?mains
Mr. < J ray's skull, fract ured,
was found and the safe was open. It
is believed the man, after forcing Mr.
CJray to open t he safe, which contained
$1,200, murdered him, robbed the
store and then set. tire to It to cover
up his crime. There is no clue to Ids
identity.
A ('ol(| Wave.
The forecast of sudden changes in
t he weat her serves not ice t hat a lionrse
voice and a heavy cough may Invade
the sanctity of health in your own
home. < 'ant ions people have a bottle
[ of One Minute Cough Cure always at
band. B. II. Wise, Madison, (in.,
(writes: "I am indebted to One Minute
I Cough ('ure for my present good
healtli, and probably my life." 1
cures Coughs, Colds, Latirippe, Ihouchitls,
Pnucmonla and all Lung troubles.
One Minute Cough < ure culs
i lie phlegm, draws out t lie ii ilia mat i> n
heals and soothes the mucous membranes
and si reugthcn.s the lungs.
I)r* K. Norton.
i on ml i ii n WI'll.
The body of John Miller, a yonng
man who had not boon seen since Sunday
nlit, was found in a well at Hi erly's
i)iick yard one milt', nasi of Winston,
N. (J., late Wednesday afternoon.
It is believed thai llufu Stevenson,
who commit I ed suicide yesterday
afiernoon, and ids brother, Sand
Stevenson, killed Miller and threw
him in the well. Sand Stevenson was
arrested near the Slocks count,y line
yesterday afternoon, lie is in jail.
A woman tells the ollioers that tlie
Stevenson brothers and Miller were at
I iter house Sunday and that the latter
had money. Allot' them were drinking.
I li'g Crushed.
Mr. Will Moody, a fireman on t he
; Georgia road, went under the engine
which lie was tiring when the train
made ttic stop at Social Circle, Ga.,
i to make some repairs to the ash pan,
| and while in a position with one leg
! extending across the track the engine
| moved, the wheel passing over the
! left leg and mangling it so that ami
putation was necessary. The other
j iiip was badly bruised and dislocated.
I j\ l Liiu time 01 tlie accident there was
1 little hope for recovery, but he is iin!
proving and t here is good hope for
recovery. lie at one time worked on
the Southern road and lived in Columbia.
What's In a N a me?
Everything is in the name when it
conies to Witch Hazel Salve. 10. ('. DeWilt
<Sc Co., of Chicago, discovered,
some years ago, how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is a spccilie for
Piles. I'or lilind, bleeding, itching and
protruding i'iles, eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases. I )e Witt's
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counterfeits.
Ask for I)cWitt's the genuine.
Dr. 10. Norton.
W. M. Joiich Sliot.
While out hunting Rev. W. M.
Jones, the pastor of the Wllliston
baptist church, was seriously wounded
in the right arm l>y the accidental
discharge of his gun, in removing it
from the buggy, in which he, with
Dr. John A. McCreary, was riding.
It was at first thought that amputation
would tie necessary, but hopes are
now entertained that the arm may he
sa ved.
if you feci ill and need a pill
Why not purchase t ho best ?
Do Witt's Early I Users
A re lit t le surprisers,
Take one they do the rest.
W. 11. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes
I have used Little Early Iliser I'ills
in my family for constipation, sick
headache, etc. To their use I am indehted
for the healt h of my famllt.
Dr! E. Norton.
Killed l?y ii Woman,
News reached Mobile Friday of t lie
killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile
bay, of Fred Matthews, by a daughter
of George Sprinkle. Matthews
i was a son or a former mayor of ScranI
ton, Miss., where his remains were
j taken for burial. The details of the
shooting are not known although one
report states that it was accidental.
I ro/.cn to Dentil.
Joseph llarlton, an old prospector,
( missing for the past three weeks, has
been found dead within three huni
drcd yards of his cabin near Use, Col.
llarlton was a Confederate soldier
and, it is said, was at one time mayor
of Atlanta. It is supposed that he
perished in a storm in an attempt to
seek shelter and food.
Three Firemen Killed.
In a New York lire which shot
through live factories in the river
i front district Friday morning three
j lircmon wore killed, two were badly
injured and more than $400,000
i damage was done.
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NO. 23.
' MAIL BOX SCANDAL
A Few Manufacturers Were Sc ected
and Favored by Smith.
LEAKING OUT AS A SCANDAL.
liiHprclor or iVrnoitntrr a Patentee
Mail llo\ and llroiiglit tin*
Matter into Prominence.
Mont ion was made in the Spartai -
burg Ho raid some Li mo ago < >f Urn
very unusual proceeding on Hie part
of the subcommittee of the committee
on appmprlat Ions, in recommending
an Increase in salary for I ho superiniondent
of the rural free delivery
service and the chief of the division
j of salary and allowance, of the postoillee
department, without the recominen
latino of the postmaster general.
As a sequel to the upisodc mentioned,
what promises to he a very interesting
I matter has come up in regard to the
| olllclals of i he postntllce department
and it is said that an investigation
! will he asked, to ho conducted by con1
gross. The matter is in connection
with the box question of the rural free
delivery service.
lniring the administration of Postmaster
(ieneral Smith a regulation of
I lie department required that I sixes
j purchased for use on rural free delivery
routes must lie selected from a
certain number of boxes, approved by
the department., and made by a small
number of the manufacturers of such
goods. Dissatisfaction was caused by
this regulation, both because the patrons
(if the service disliked to be
forced to buy a certain box, and liecause
certain manufacturers were apparently
favored the regulation. Put lie
sentiment, together with the Inlluencc
of several members of congress
who were largely interested in rural
free delivery, was brought to bear up
V/?? CII? V7UIV III !."> %> I t'l I DUl/l I [Jll'hisuru LIlctT.
Mr. Payne, upon 11is assumption of
the duties of the oHlce of postmastcrmmcral.
had adopted another regulation,
which prescribed only the materials
and si/o of tite boxes to lie
used, and allowed them to tie made by
anyone, who could make a box meeting
these requirements. This, it was
thought, would remove all tlie former
dissatisfaction and for a time, such
was tlie ease.
It is said now, however, that there
Is an understanding between some of
the hiKh authorities of the rural free
delivery division of the department
on one side, and certain box manufacturers
on the other, by which representatives
of one of these companies
are on the ground in the territory
where rural free delivery is to be put
in even before other companies are
aware that the service is bciiitf contemplated.
The companies thus favored,
according to the reports, are
i lie Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport
Conn., the Century company, of Detroit.
tbe Bond Steel Post Company,
of \ Irian, Mich., and a company dointf
business in Toledo.
Mury is puousnoM to me etlect
that one ol' 1110 Inspectors of the department,
whose business is tile laying
out I rural free delivery routes, while
on duty in New York, went to llridgeport,
and, underthe pretence of being
engaged in tlie laying out of a route
from that point, assisted in the perfecting
of a box in tlie shops of the
Corbi 11 company. In a short time, it
was decided by tin: department to lay
in supply of about $75,000 worth of
boxes, and the inspector who had perfected
tlie box was one of the commission
appointed to select the box of
j which so large a supply should he purchased
by tlie department. The plan,
lor some reason, was abandoned.
It lias been discovered, so the paper
says, that one of tlie high ottlcials of
the department is a large stockholder
in each of the companies whoso agents
have tin advantage of others in being
able to get upon the ground llrst.
Another feature of the situation is
brought about by the fact that officers
of tlie rural free delivery division are
unquestionably in a position such t hat
they might lie able to confer favors
upon certain members of congress,and
iii return receive iavors, ;wul ,n Tact
it is staled by the local paper above
referred to that instances are not rare
where a member of congress, upon inquiry
about routes where he sees no
possible reason for the refusal of the
department to establish the service,
has been told that nothing could lie
done for him in the matter of rural
tree delivery, while others, in the letter
graces of the ofllcials, experience
no ditlieulty in securing any routes desired.
The operations of this oligarchy, or
postoillce department trust, as it is
called, may be inquired into by congress
upon its reassembling in January.
Ituvugcs ol* Time.
Iri the singular failure of tho Old
windows of York cathedral, the glass
ius iosi most or its transparency, and
! in places has become so perforated
that it crumbles at the slightest
touch. To stop the "disease" some
glass of the thirteenth and fourteenth
I centuries has been removed. It is
known that the hardest cement is
sometimes disintegrated by chemical
action set up by minute 'organisms,
and it is supposed that the 'destruction
of the glass lias been due to some funI
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Ttio i>omlly I'arler Itillc.
AtSpringvillo, Ala., on Wednesday,
Prof. Jacob Forney, of the State university,
was accidentally killed while
shooting sparrows with a parlor ride.
Prof. Forney was a son of the late
NlaJ. (Jen. John II. Forney of the
Confederate army.
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