Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OOJTWAY, *. ?. Tou ought to have Kodol bandy all the time. Everybody at pome time-? and you can't tell when?hap poor direction, duo to many different things, but mostly to eating e-xces?ively or eating wrong kind of food. These little attacks of Indigestion are what bring on other ailments, such as acute Indigestion, chronic dyspepsia, and even more serious permanent Illness. Kodol is guaranteed to giw. relief. Try It today. Sold by all druggists. Early rising means practically a whole day's work before noon, a consideration that hot weather makes desirable. Mrs. P. M. Bray, of Columbus, Oa., says, DeWttt's Kidney and Bladder Pills cured her of kidney trouble. These pills are antlsceptic and relieve pain Quickly. Insist upon DeWltt's. Rend your name to K. C. PeWitt & Co., Chicago, for a free trial box. Sold by all druggists. To cause ;he whites el egtrs to come to a froth quickly, a pinch of wait should be added to the eggs while beating. After washing lamp chimneys rub them with dry salt, which will give a brilliant polish to the glass. Thero Isn't any guess work about Kodol. We do not say to you, that It may or might cure your dyspepsia ? we say It will. We know It will, because it Is made to digest food you eat, and when your food digests you can't have Indigestion?-that's all indigestion 1*?your stomach fails to digest your food. Heartburn, sour rialngs are all caused by indigestion. Kodol stops them by digesting all the food you eat. A tnblespoonful of Kodol digests 2 1-4 pounds of food. It Is a pleasant, palatable, liquid combination "of natural digestive Juice* and vegetablo acids. Sold by all druggists. Conway j r. 8. a w W 1M.4M.M fp /A rroiw J? Jno. C. Spivey, D. tfk 'ollinn, C. 1*. Qunt- A luck, I). A. Spivoy. j!; ry nnd u pionwr in KnstNi Oneipi<l progress of our (V>unt.r for AV - tins Immmi for the upbuilding; of 5k With this in view wo extend imuhlo accommodation con.stN- HJ .solicit tlu* accounts of iudiyidu- ^ IIAIj. L. BUCK, 4S Ca&lu<w. ^ 1 . .L-L jg.mJiUJaiL'^Hl LlJJgBg!. * ' HORRY, y. S, C. , $ SftQbb 10 coo motxf 110 00? n ors W. R W. A. f<aitttH?n, J Will A. Freeman. Bt on yearly dejMrtsits, ub(itM> noiicL. RUCK, WHJ. A. FttHttMAH L7ICK PltKSlDENT. . OaHU tF.B HeWitt's Iilttlo Knrly Uisera, tlm famous littlo livor pills, small, gentle and sure. Sold by all druggists. DeWltt's Kidney and Bladder rnis quicKiy relieve oacKacne,, wenic back, pains in the groin, rheumatism, urinary disorders, etc. Insist on having DcWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. Send your name to B. C. I>eWitt & Co., Chicago, for free trial box. Sold by all druggists. If you expect to Ret the original Carboliz-ed Witch Ilaael^Bftlve. you must be sure it is DcWitt's Carbotfred Witch Haasol Salve, De WlU'a Is the original?others are Imitations. U Is Rood for cuts, burns and bruises, and is especially good fc>r piles. Refuse substitutes, Sold by all druggists. KIL1>KD MULR AXD SKLF. Klngnlar Tragedy Is Khacted In Horry County. A special dispatch from Conway to The State says: Perhaps the most | peculiar suicide ever heard of was committed in this county Thursday. Mr. John S. Grainger, a white farmer fthfttif 4 0 vw?ro r\t npo wfin IIvac nnar Green Sea, shot and hilled his mule and than turned the gun on himself, dying ulroost instantly. The facts as reported from I.oris t?y telephoa* *;-e that Mr. Wat>? held a b M s-ala for on the mule owned by Mr. Grainger and a few das ago sent word to Grainger that unless he paid off the bill of sale at ouca he would send for the mule.. Grainger, it is reported, sated that Watts would never get the mule and Thursday morning led the animal in the nearby woods and killed it and, returning to the house, shot himself, using the same weapon with which he klled his animal. No cause for the suicide other than the above has yet developed. KKVKHK STORM IN VIRGINIA. Considerable Damage Was Done in the State. A special from Big Stone Gap, Va., says: Five deaths are reported und damage to property estimated at upwards of $100,000 as the result of rains and electrical storms which swept over that section Saturday night and Sunday. Railroad tracks were washed out, causing landslides and o tenfoot rise in the sluggish Powell river in two hours. Tho heaviest storm i ?i a..,. i.... _i_l, i i i uvvm i ru jHiiui uiiy infill, DreaKlUg north of Big Stone Gap, along the 1 iuen of the I/Oulsville and Nashville, and the Inter-State Railroad. The Inter-State Road lost more : than two miles of road in the sixmile stretch of track between Appal ach in and Stonega. A passenger train was left stranded near Arno, with the track impassible on either side. Big slides occurred in deep cuts at Appalachia and Dorchester Junction. The Powell Valley Bight and Power Company's plant here, which furnishes lights for Big Stone flap and other towns, was put out of commission by lightning, and crops were injured. There should be Just a-* much conscience put into the dusting of a room as in managing an estste properly. The pigmy mouse of Siberia is believed to be the smallest quadruped in the world. . . . .< ... K. 4 .. m .* FATAL FIGHT Between Dr. H. A. Edwards and ' Mr. John Kirby Q'JITE NEAR DILLON All Accounts Agree That Kirby Mario the Attack and Was Shot , Four Times by Dr. Kdwards, Who 1 i Claims That Ho Acted in Solfi Defence. In a personal difficulty Tuesday between Dr. H. A. Edwards, of Latta, nnu jonn j\irny, 01 union, ur, Kdwards was painfully hurt and Kirby dangerously shot. Kirby was ut I>r. Kdward? oftiee in L>uttu Tuesday morning, where sharp words passed between them, growing out of some previous misunderstanding. Dr. Kdwards and Kirby met again a few hours after at the homo of Julo Kirby, brother of John, at Dothnn, four miles from Dillon, where Dr. Kdwards was attending one of the family. The difficulty was at once renewed. Kirby closing in and throwing Dr. Kdwards to the lloor. Kirby is physically much the stronger man. Dr. Kdwards, It is said, felt that his life whs in danger and drawing his pistol, placed the muzzle against his antagonist, tiring four times in rapid succession, all the shots taking effect, three of them in the left side and front, about the short ribs. Three of them passed entirely through Kirby's body just to the left of the spinal column. The fourth struck just below the left arm-pit and lodged in the chest cavity. The physicians regard his condition as exceedingly grave. I)r. Kdwards is painfully but Is not considered seriously hurt. It is said that Kirby, who was In a drunken rage, was angry with Kdwards and before ho arrived at j Julo's home had made threats that he, Kirby, would give Kdwards one of the worst beatings he ever had. U|)vu ivu*?rus arrival ue i/v^aii quitting him and Edwards, seeing John's condition, told Jule ho would see him later and started to leave. John attacked Kdwards, pinioning t his arms to his Rldo and catching his right ear between his teeth. Edwards struggled with him. but. seeing ho was soon to bo overpowered, freed his right arm and shot Klrby four times, all tbo shots tak- 1 Ing effect In Klrby's body. 1 I)r. Edwards was seen UUir and said the affair was unavoidable on his part and ho regrets It very much. His ear Is badly torn. Further particular are unobtainable. BOGl'S toni) ALMOST MUMMY. Body of Sidney La?o<4Jes in A>he?vtil? Establishment. I Standing erect in a case In the ( rear room of the undertaking establishment of Nolan, Ilrown & Co., of Asheville, Is the embalmed and now almost mummified body of the man known as Sidney Lascelles, the bogus Lord Deresl'ord. Tho body was embalmed six y?vars ago and Us now as stiff as a board J and when laid between two chairs, with only tho he-ad and feet touching ( it will not bend. Tho undertaker ( says that the man camo bore from Norfolk, claiming to be 1/ord Heresford and they embalmed the body on the supposition that wealthy relatives would care for it. Cablegrams were sent to Ix>rd Heresford in Ktift- J land, but no response was received. The undertakers now admit the man was an impostor and are keep- ^ inR the body as a proof of their skill. In embalming. They have refused to sell the body to shows, be- | uig onered $-,000 for it. I - ' ' .- - MUKDKKKB CATGUT. I Arrested In Columbus, Ohio. lilurtM Out Story. Solomon Shepherd, alias William Thomas, a negro, confessed by accident to the Columbus, Ohio, police that he is wanted at Durham, N. C., for murder. lie is held awaiting word from Durham. Shepherd was pawning a watch when the police arrested him. He began to deny that ho had "killed the man." After some questioning as to what ho meant, Shepherd said ho was implicated in the killing of Knglner Holt, on the Seaboard Air Line between Winston and Durham last October He said the engineers caught him riding the blind baggage and threw h i m r? ff U'hnriDinnn Ku o ? KI ... -w mm I .? MVI 4i V H I VU 11 V I UU engineer. Wife Ileater Slain. Krank Crawford, a farmer living near Selma, N. C., was struck on the head and his skull crushed by an axo In the hands of his thirteen* year-old son Monday morning. Crawford had his wife down and was beating her and the boy, not being able to get him off without force, used the axe. The boy has been plac*4 In jail at Smithfleld. i ACCEPT DESIGNS [illEKNYIIiLK FIRM AWAKDKI) CONTRACT? Kop HI Ivor ?Historic Seen** Will 1m> IU'PixmIbcH uk! IIubn of Commission urf CaiT^'d OmK Tho commission in ehurpo of th? selection of the silver service for the battleship South Carolina decided Thursday to award Cor ham &. Co., of New York, represented by the (Jilreath-Durham Co., of Greenville, the construction x>f ttto designs. The service will cost $0,000, the amount appropriated and with the exception of a few minor changes the design as originally planed by the commission will be carried out. The designs submlt.t<>d were very tasteful. There Is a dsign showing the battle of King's Mountain, anoth i>r showing the reception by Gen. Marion to the Ilrltlsh clivers when It was claimed that the dinner consisted of boiled potatoes, another showing Jasper replacing the battle lag and other historical scenes. On the large bowl urn tho historical words of Pihckney, "Millions for d<v fense but uot one cent for tribute." Throughout the d^ign the seal of the State, rtho palmetto tree and r'nrious symbols and scvn<*a are re>rod uced. The company was representee here >y Mr. K. J. Dings of New York and ). C. Durham of Greenville. Other Irms who had representatives present were J as. Allan &. Co., of Charleston, Chas. F. Sent/., of Columbia, nid S. Thos. Thomas and Hro., of .lbs rleston. The South Carolina is expected o go in commission in I>eeember, iml this service is to be ready to be presented to the battleship about he middle of January, and the &erv1 ce is to consist of tbo following >leces: One punch bowl aDd ladle. Twently-four punch cups and plateau. Our centre piece and plateau. j One water set of four pieces. One tea set und kettle and waiter. ' Two fruit dishes. Two meat platters. One fish dish. Two salad bowls, with forks and ipoons. 1 Two bon-bon dlsbofc Two compotiera, lar#e? two flmall. J Two vegetable dk^hes. Two centre dishes. The price to be paid Is $6,006, being the amount appropriated by this State, COTTON CIIOT IS BAD KHAMk No Crop i? rTfflUM a?d Ftvimei s in Bad KU. The New Orleans Timet;-Democrat, In its tirst report on the cotton crop, summarizes conditions as follows: "There has been a moderate decrease; in acreage?probably about 0 per cent. Taking the tvoit as a whom, the condition of the plant leaves much to be desired. "The supply of labor Vs fairly adequate. as a rule, though there Is a good deal of complaint in some sec- 1 Fiona." Amoug the reports from the cotton belt of unusual features Is the < Following from Austin, Texas: "That Central Texas is without 1 i cotton crop, with half of the month df June gone by, may be a state ' Df affairs difficult to imagine, yet * such is the case, and to farmers of ( :hls section It Is a sad reality. "This is generally admitted ( throughout the rural precincts, and It is believed that the same conditions exist throughout the State and ; most of the Southwest. The State department of agriculture in this city confirms this statement. In fact, 1 there is so Utile cold ground that a comparison between the acreage of this year and that of last, is next to impossible. About the only cotton well grown at the present time has been raised almost exclusively by the 'hot house* method." This is certainly a gloomy outlook for the Texas farmers, and means a great reduction in the cotton crop of that State. As far as heard from, the crop in Orangeburg county is doing fairly well and with good seasons from now on, a fair crop will be made in this section. ikivrnhui! t>i* vi a nvi% vw/v/t in i in.i ni iwiiiii' A Little Kl(*ht Year Okl Bojr Was the Victim. At Abbeville the eight-year-old son of Mr. Tom Nicklos was bitten by a dog that has since been pronounced made by the Pasteur institute in Atlanta. I>r. C. C. Gambell will get the virus fresh every day and treat the boy at home. Early In April the South Carolina State board of health authorized the establishment of a Pasteur Institute in Columbia, but it seems they are not in position yet to treat patients. It Is not known whether the dog bit any one else or not. _ _ _ Ac i M ? STREET FIGHT ? Two Dead and Five Others Are badly Wounded. WAS BLOODY BATTLE Tills VI 'a? tho Koqucl of Anoth- , ] 1 or Tra?<?dy That Gifw Out of a ' < , roltttruJ O>ntost ui Mo?4lvilM>, i MJss.?Troops Hushed to the Scene to Prevent Kioting. There was a bloody street battle at MeadvlMo, Miss., on Tuesday afternoon, In which two men were killid, two perhaps fatally wounded and three others slightly injured. As a result of the unfortunate affair, feeling at Meudville ran ht#jh and State troops were rushed there from Brockhaven Tuesday night to 1 guard against a possibility of rioting. Those killed In the affray were Dr. A. M. Newman, clerk of the Chancery Court, of Kranklln county, and Silas G. Reynolds. Dr. l>enox Newman, a son of one of the slain men, is believed to have been fatally injured, and Herbert Apple- j white, an attorney, may not recover | as the result of his wounds. Em- [ mett Newman, another son, was shot In the leg. The three were taken to Natchez j For medical attention, after having I been formally placed under arrest. Two men named Boyd and Parr, ! alleged to have been Involved in the affray, were slightly wounded. J but escaped and have not been cap- 1 Lured. L. P. Pritehard, a brother of Cornelius Pritehard, whom Newman killed seven weeks ago, was arrested ! *ud charged with complicity in the I tragedy. The killing of Pritehard by New- . man was the first bloodshed to mark ! i feud that had existed between the i two men, relatives and friends, for j months. This bitter factionalism had Its Inception In a political cam paign in wnicn iNewman and rnunard were opposing candidates. Newman vaa tried a few "?wb ago for Pritchard's murder, and was acquitted. This served to arouse even more bitter feeling among the relatives and friends of Prltchard and the Newman family and faction. Tuesday's fight occurred almost on the same spot where Prltcbard was stain.. Apparently Newman was first fired upon as ho wa>8 parsing the Putlet building In his buggy. The shot ( came from one of the rooms on the second floor of the building. It failed to take effect, and Newman jumped from his buggy, rushed to the front of the building, drawing his pistol, it is asserted, in the meantime. It is claimed that as Newman reached the sidewalk he was attacks by Reynolds and Applewhite. Sons of I)r. Newman, who were nearby, rushed to the scene and engaged , in the duel. Numerous volleys were exchanged, but it is apparently a ^ matter of doubt who fired the fatal shots. The g raged y is thought to have been a direct result of the killing 1 of Cornelius Prltchard by I>r. Newman seven weeks ago, and Dr. Newman's acquittal recently on the charge of murdftr. ^ The feeling between Applewhite ajid Newman is said to have been very bitter. On several occasions It Is reported that Newman had or- ( dered the attorney from the chan- , eery clerk's office. Applewhite was , wounded in the Newman-Pritchard encounter. The encounter, from the meagre ( facts known, were fiercely waged, j and the lives of numerous bystanders were jeopardized. Ql'KKIl AGKKKMKNT PKOPOSKI). Atlanta Woman Toils of Husband's Proposition. | In a suit for divorce on the ground ; of penury, Mrs. K. L. Douglas, a ! wealthy Atlanta woman, Monday filed a petition setting forth an agreement which she alleges her husband asked her to sign. Article "four teenth" of this agreement roads as ; follows: "Neither party shall under any circumstances speak or act in a disparaging, petulant or unkind way, to, or of the other under a forfeiture, or penalty of making a humble apology, either public or private, as the offended party shall elect, and also submit to be kissed by the other party one hundred times, or less, at option of said party as to time j or place." The other articles, numbering twenty-four, covered the financial relations of the couple in detail. Mrs. Douglas said she refused to sign this agreement. Woman Hhoota a Man. A negro woman shot a negro man at Greenville on last Monday night because of Jealousy. The woman claims self defence. CORPORATION TAX rAFT HK.V1W MKHSAGK MAXI\? MIS RKX X)MM K N DATIOJi. AOvocafr** Amending the Uud?<3U>Uoi to (Hire CoogrcM 1 tight to Tai ^ loco met*. Recommending legislation looking to the placing of a two per coot tax on the net income of corporations ;iud also the adoption of un amendment to the Constitution providing for the imposition of an income tax without an apportionment among the several States, President Taft tVf iw) tiiiorl n ? iMiti I I /% Poii iriuiL'c a m nu _ tf ovm. \KJ lOO U AXJ V sage embodying his views on tb? subject. This action followed u ^ protracted sptfcial in getting of th? Cabinet. In bis message the Prenidbcnt speaks of the apparent inability of Congress to agree to an Inheritance fan, and as regards an income lax he refers to the decision of the Supxcnn* Court in the case of Pollock vs. Car mors' Loan and Trust Coinjpany, .n which the court held the tax to Lrc unconstitutional unless apportionxl according to population. "It is," toys the President, "undoubtedly' a X)w?t which the government ought o have. It might tx? indispensable o the nation's life in great crimes." rbe amendment, therefore, he dedared, was the only proi>or course, lueh an amendment to the Consf.Muion. he contended, was preferable o the one proposed of reviving a aw Judicially declared to be on onstlt utional. The amendment which he propos s should be made to the tariff bill >rovides for the imposition upon all orporntions and joint stock comlanies for profit, except national ranks (otherwise taxed), savings [ranks and building and loan associations, of an excise lax of 2 per ;ent of the net income of said in orpora tlons. This, it is estimated ay him, will bring ou annual revonue )f Ilia.000,000. "This is a tax ox jnviiege and not on property/' h? *ald, "and la within the Federal yowt without apportionment according 0 population." The president points out that jnotbcr merit to the tax on corporations la the Federal supervision, tehich will Rive to the government, the ptockboldera and the public, ttrvnwledge of the real business trans- X actions and the galas and proftte of every corporation <ln <lhe carowtyy. Tbo adoption of the amendment., b? says, will make a Ioqr step "toward 1 hat supervisory control o corporations which may prevent a further abuse of power." The message concludes: "1 recommend then, first, the adoption of a Joint resolution by . two-,, thirds of both houses, proposing to* the fttatos an amendment of the Constitution granting to the Federal \ government the right to levy and follert an Income tux wlthoot apportionment among the State*, according to population; and, seccmd, tho enactment, as part of the pending revenue measure, either as a vubrtltuts for, or In addition to, the Inheritance tax, of an excise tax upon all corporations, measures by two per cent of their net Income/' The message was referred to the finance committee. F1IU? ON AMKLJA STRKKT. House and Contents Almost TetAlb \ " I Consumed In nia/A At about 8:20 o'clock Friday venlng an alarm of fire was rung in from box No. 2 8. The fire was in the undertaking establishment of Bythewood and Ballard, No. 8 West. Amelia street, at the toot of M?d[lleton. When the department arrived the flames were burning fiercely, owing to the inflamable material stored in the building, the building also being a wooden structure n.Bd It looked like the tire boys were up to a hard proposition to prevent a serious conflagration. Within five minutes after the alarm was sounded a steady stream of water was playing on the fire, followed in a lew minutes by another, and the Klliott, with their magnificent team and truck, had extended ropes and thrown their extension ladder on the building. The usefulness of rop- < ing off the fire was demonstrated Friday evening, as the firemen did not have to fight the crowd and fire j also, and could work to beter advantage. The fire was confined fo the building which was badly damaged. Insurance, $1,000 on building; ?1 (S (\ Aft ot aaIt ? 1 ' "" T.. v.. .u./v .x, r? Ull/K WHS H LSO DfXily damaged by fire and water. The firemen are to he congratulated on their good work at this fire. Sixth Set of Twin*. Ry the birth Sunday of a set of 1 twins, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rogers, who live eight miles from AshevlTle, 1 N. C., are the parents of six f**ts of twins. They have been marned eight years and have no children except the twelve twins. Right are boys and four girls. The tailor would not succeed if he run his business entirely to suit himself. 4 Ni