Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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m • • iif'iii fiTi ' laWm'i : »V • l I AMERICAN SAVANTS MEETING TODAY. PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS O F LEARNED MEN IN CHILE. F This woman says that sick women should not fail to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as she did. Mrs. A. Gregory, of 2355 Lawrence St., Denver, CoL, writes to Mrs. Pinkham: “ I was practically an invalid for six ears, on account of female troubles, underwent an operation by the doctor's advice, but in a few months I was worse than before. A friend ad vised Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and it restored me to perfect health, such as I have not enjoyed in many years. Any woman suffering as I did with backache, bearing-down pains, and periodic pains,should not fail to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.” FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don’t you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. Kodol Indigestion Oar Guarantee Coupon Santiago, Chile, Dec. 14.—From Horth, South and Central America Warned men are nwembled here to day for the opening of the pan-Amer ican scientific congress. Every na tion In the western hemisphere has •ent delegatee here to dlscurs mat ters of moment to Its people. Among the eubjects to be dlscuseed are eco nomics, agriculture, health, various branches of engineering, et«. The United States of America is represented by ten men of the high est standing in the scientific world. 60MPEBS WEPT. THE SENTENCE OF LABOR LEAD ERS GOMPERS, MITCHELL AND MORRISON. Washington, Dec. 25.—Twelve months In Jail for Samuel Uompers, president, nine months for John Mitch ell, one of the vice presidents, and six months for Frank Morrison, secre tary, all of the American Federation of Labor, waa the sentence imputed by Justioe Wright, of the supreme court ot the District of Columbia, for contempt of oourt, In violating an or der previously iseued, enjoining them from planing on the "unfair” or "we don’t patronise list" the Buck’s Stove and Range Company, of St. Louis, Mo. All three of the defendants were in court. Notice of an appeal to the court of appeals of the District of Co lumbia at once was filed, Gompers being released on $5,000 bond, Mitch ell on $4,000, and Morrison on $3,000. In addition to the wife and daughter of Gompers there were present a num ber of local labor leaders and others who were attracted by the notice that a decision “In the famous case would be announced. Mr. Gompers’ fanffly was visibly affected. With tears coursing down his own cheeks, President Gompers heard the order of the court, which condemned him to prison for a year. Both Mitch ell and Morrison seemed stunned by the sentence, although Mitchell ap peared to be the least concerned. Jf. uberusi:!* r ^ f: oo bout* of j Kodol. too cau hou- t * 1 . .. v n hais not bene- UteJ you, we wul icluna your money. Try I Kr<fo! (otlor on tb!. bu- rantee. Fill oot and iiko the following, present it to the dealer at I lbs time of purchase. If it ! u ils to satisfy you retnrn the bottle containing one-third of the uii:ui3ibe to ihe dealei iroin whom you bought It. and we will refund your money. lawn. State *>igO bere_ — Cut TSTa Out• Digests WLaiYouEat And Makes the Stomach Sweet It. C. D«WTTT & CO., Chicago. III. For Sale by 8. B. Crawley Drug Co. COLONEL W. C. OOROAS. They are Professor A. C. Coolldge ot the Harvard historical department and Professor Hiram Bingham, for the past five years curator >of South American history and literature at Harvard. The other delegatos are Professor Leo S. Rowe of the University of Pennsyl vania, a well known authority on Lat in America; Professor Paul S. Reinach of the University of Wisoon- ain, well known for his writings on political science and colonial govern ment; Colonel William C. Gorgas of the United States army, chief sanita ry officer of the Isthmian oanal oom- mission; William H. Holmes, chief of the bureau of American ethnology at the Smithsonian institution; Profes- •or Bernard Moses of the University of ( .'.lifornia. George M. Rommel of the department of agriculture, Pro- feasor William M. Shepherd of Co lumbia university and Professor Wil liam B. Smith of Tulane univeraity, Louisiana. R. R. Officials Indicted. New Orleans, La., Dec. 25.—As a result of the disastrous wreck on the New Orleans and Northeastern rail road, a few miles out of New Orleans, on November 11, in which ten lives were lost and a dozen or more people severely injured, the grand jury, in session here, returned indictments charging manslaughter against the following: N. G. Pearsall, general su perintendent of the New Orleans Great Northern; H. E. Flanagan, di vision superintendent of the New Or leans dnd Northeastern; J. O. Arm- sted, chief train despatcher of the New Orleans Great Northern; Henry Slager, conductor, and A. E. Hudson, engineer of the New Orleans and Northern, and W. A. Blackburn, en gineer of the New Orleans Great Northern. After censuring the New Orleans and Northeastern for Its alleged tardi ness in affording relief to the wreck victims, the grand jury recommended to the Louisiana railroad commission that all railroads entering New Or leans be required to maintain relief trains for instant use, and that all lines in the state be compelled to adopt the block system of signale. NOTICE. I Will be at the several precincts in Cherokee county for the purpose of taking returns for taxation for the fiscal year, 1909, on the following dates: At Wilkinsville, Monday, January 11th, 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At Sarratts, Tuesday, January 12th, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Littlejohn, Wednesday, January 13th, 1909, from 8 to 12 o’clock. At Timber Ridge, Wednesday, January 13th, 1909, from 2 to 5 o’clock. At Ravenna, Thursday, January 14th, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At White Plains, Friday, January 15th, 1909 from 9 to 12 o’clock. At Thickety, Friday, January 15th, 1909, from 2 to 5 o’clock. At Macedonia, Saturday, January 16th, 1909. from 10 to 5 o’clock. At Butlers, Monday, January 18th, 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At Ezells, Tuesday, January 19th, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Maud, Wednesday, January 20th, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Cherokee Falls, Thursday, Jan uary 21st, 1909, from 10 to 3 o’clock. At King’s Creek, Friday, January 22nd, 1909, from 9 to 3 o’clock. At Antioch, Saturday, January 23rd, 1909, ffom 9 to 2 o’clock. At Blacksburg, Monday, January 25th, 1909, from 8 to 4 o’clock. At Buffalo, Tuesday, January 26th, 1909, from 9 to 1 o’clock. After this I will be at my office the remaining time for taking returns, to February 20th, 1909, as I may have no assistance, I especially request the citizens to turn out promptly £ their precincts that I may get full and cor rect returns of all the property in the county. Please read the following oath, signed by every citizen that makes returns for taxation: I do solemnly swear, that I have listed above, all the real and personal property, moneys, credits over and above my indebtedness, in vestments in bonds, stocks, joint sock companies, or otherwise belong ing to me, or under my control as manager, holders, or as hnsbamd, parent, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver accounting of ficer, agent, attorney or factor, on the 1st day of January, 1909, which are subject to taxation under the laws of this State, and that I have returned the same at what I honestly believe to be market value and that the above list, as furnished by me to the county auditor, is a true and faithful return of all the property which I am re quired by law to list; and, further, that I am liable to the poll tax. Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of 1909. JNO. E. JEFFERIES. County Auditor. Cherokee County, S. C. Dec. 14th, 1908. Human Ducks Meet Tonight. Boston, Dec. 24.—Web footed Yan kees from all parts of the country are gathered here to witness or take part ta the plunge into the big tank at the Sportsmen’s show that will mark the beginning of eleven nights of water sports. Many of -America’s best swimmers will take part in the races, games and contests of various aorta that will mark the tournament. Bryan Prefers Private Life. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—W. J. Bryan arrived here yesterday to lecture at the commencement exercises o< a bus iness college. When asked concern- lag his attitude toward another dem ocratic nomination for the presidency, Mr. Bryan said: . “All I can say about 1912 is that I hope it will never *be necessary for me to run for office again. I prefer to do my work as a private citizen.” Castro Sick in Bed. Berlin, Dec. 25.—Cipriano Castro, the director of Venezuela, deposed by his people and discredited by his gov ernment, is lying on a sick bed in Berlin in complete ignorance of the events at Caracas that have resulted in his downfall. A member of the president’s entourage said this morn ing that Castro had received no news from home, and did not know what has taken place there. Insurance Ex-President Found Dead. New York, Dec 24.—Frederick A. Burnham, former president of the Mu tual Reserve Life Insurance Company, who was indicted following the inves tigation in connection with his cob- duct while at the head of that com pany, was found dead in bed at his home here yesterday, from inhaling illuminating gas. The Burnham fam ily physician, who reached the home a few moments after Mr. Burnham was found, said the case undoubtedly was one of accident. Sir Horace Plunkett Calls on Judge Taft. Augusta Ga., Dec. 24.—Sir Horace Plunkett, head of the Irish depart ment of agriculture, and knighted for Us interest and service in educational and agricultural matters, kept an ap pointment with President-elect Taft yesterday, which was made for him by President Roosevelt. Sir Horace oome on a late afternoon train from Washington, and began bis return to that city two hours later. Whisky Causes Much Insanity. Sacramento. Cal., Dec. 25.—Dr. F. W. Hatch, superintendent of state hospitals, in his report, says too much drink is the chief contributing cause to insanity in California. The proper remedy for this, he says, ought to be found in the proper education of youth as to the lack of necessity for alcohol drink. Missouri Ousted Standard Oil. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 25.—The supreme court of Missouri handed ’down a decision ousting the Standard Oil Company of Miissouri and the Re public Oil Company from the state of Missouri, forbidding them ever again to do business in Missouri, and dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil Com pany, of St. Louis. TWO SISTERS PUT ON TRIAL TODAY, CHARGED WITH DEATH GF CAP TAIN J. CLAYTON ERB. THEY FLEAD NOT GUILTY. Media, Fa., Deo. 29.—In a errowder eourtroom here today the unusua •peotacle was presented^of two sis ten called upon to plead to the charge of compasKlnc the death ol the husband of the one and the brother-in-law of the other. Both ol the women pleaded not guilty. Owing to the prominence of the vic tim in the case. Captain J. Clayton Erb, who wae a well known politician, national guardsman and lieutenant to Israel W. Durham, the Republican leader, interest throughout Pennsylva; nia is focused on the trial. One of the defendants in the case is Mrs. Florence Erb, and the other Is her sister, Mrs. Catherine Beisel. They are each charged with voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, the charg •s growing out of the death by shoot ing on Oct. 6 of Captain Erb at hi* country home, Red Oahles, at Village Green, Delaware county. Mud la is the county seat of Delaware county. Major Guinn Worthy Promotion. Atlanta, Dec. 25.—Major R. J. G-uInn one of the best known insurance men in the south, has been appointed gen eral agent for Georgia for the New England Mutual Life Insurance* Com pany to succeed Thomas B. Lumpkin, resigned, to devote all of his time to his commercial business. / If you need Job Printing, oond to uo—Ours will make you omllo. Hartwell Has New Bank. Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 24.—An organi sation meeting of the stockholder* of the new bank, the People’s bank, was hold in the grand jury room of the oourt house on Monday, December M. Tbs capital stock 'd the bank is 960,0001 Taft’s Inauguration the Greatest. Washington, Dec. 25.—If money has anything to do with making an in auguration a success, that of Presi dent William H. Taft, on March 4, next, will be the greatest this country has ever seen. Kangaroo Meat the Latest. New York, Dec. 25.—Kangaroo meat is to be served in New York hotels, a local dealer having arranged for the importation of 200 of the animals for use as food. The tail is considered the greatest delicacy, but almost ev ery cot Is said to be good eating by those who have sampled it MRS. J. CLAYTON ERB. It is charged by the prosecution that Captain Erb was shot by Mrs. Beisel after a bitter family quarrel at Red Gables following a long series of domestic dissensions. Captain Erb had forbidden his sister-in-law to visit the house} hut she was admitted by Mirs. Erb. Returning to his home un expectedly. Captain Erb found his sis ter-in-law there and ordered her from the house. A quarrel and the shoot ing followed. The charge against Mrs. Erb ie that of being an accessory to the shooting. Mrs. Reisers plea is self defense, and Mirs. Brto denies any complicity in the shooting. Servants will be called upon to testify to the relations of the deceased and the two defend ants and to the occurrences on the day of the shooting. Since the tragedy Mrs. Beisel has been confined in jail, but Mrs. Erb has been out on bail. The latter is a beautiful young woman, a fine equestrienne said has been prominent in society. > Mr**.. Carmack Slayers Refused Ball. Nashville. Tenn., Dec. 29.—“Gentle men, I desire to say that I have given this case careful consideration from every standpoint, I am of the opinion that it is not a bailable case, there fore, decline to allow bail.” The above is the decision of Judge W. M. Hart in the criminal court yes terday in the matter of the applica tion for bail of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharp, charged with the murder of Senator E. W. Carmack in this city on November 9 last. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY. •CORE6 OF TOWNB IN RUINt AMO 100,000 FERtONS KILLED BV EARTHQUAKE. Big Canning Plant. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 29.—Eighty truck farmers in surrounding counties held a meeting in Savannah yester day morning and agreed to build a canning plant here to can fruit and vegetables. • The capital stock will be $100,000. In addition to the farmers, a number of Savannah business men are inter ested. A contract was ordered awawded by a committee of the farmer* tor the speedy erection of the plant, and it was stated that dirt wtM be baoken January 1. Gertrud* Gaddy Fetmd. Thomaevtlle, Ga., Dec. 29.—Ger trude Gaddy, the pretty 18-year-old girl who disappeared from the home of J. C. Benrerly, near Tfoomaeville, I -furday night, wae found in a de mented condition at the old home of Mr. Beverly, about a mile from hie present reeldence. Prominent Lawyer Fell From Window l—iaHMe, Ala., Dec. 29.—CAptaln mMon Hemee, a prominent lawyer and cagMaltst of the city, woe found dead yesterday under his bedroom Rome, Deo. 3<i.—One hundred then jBnd dead; Messina In B4c4Jy, end Reggio end a score of irbher towns in Southern Italy overwhelmed; the *n tire ^atabrian region kakl waste—this Ie tfhe earthquake’s record so far as Is at present known from the reports tfaat ar* coming »k>wly Into Rome on account of the almost complete do- *xnotion of lines of communication to the stricken places. The death list In Messina ranges from 11,000 to 60.000; that of Reggio, wtUoh with lie adjacent village* num bered 48,000 people, inch id os almost the entire population. At Falml 1,000 aaw reported dead; at (tossano 1,000; At Gbseena f>00, and half of the popu lation of Bagbara, about 4,000. The Mtonteleone region has been devastat ed, and Riposte. Seminars, Sen Gio vanni. Soil la, Lazzaro and Cannitsllo and all other communes, and villages bordering on the straits are in ruin*. The king and queen of Italy aro now oa their way to Messina, having sailed toal^ht from Naples aboard the bat tleship Vittorio Emmanueie. The pope ha* shown the greatest distress ait the calamity and he him- •elf was the first to contribute a sum amounting to $200,000 to the relief of the afflicted. British, French and Russian warships are steaming toward Uie south and already several of the ehtps of Great Britain and Russia have reached Sicily. Officers and men of these ships have performed heroic *er vices in the work of rescue. It is feared that many foreigners have been killed, as a number of the hotels at Messina and doubtless at other places were crowded with tour- tf*tS. Entombed in Mine Explosion. Bluefield, \V. Va„ Dec. lift.—Twelve men are known to be dead/ and prob ably twenty-five more were entombed as the result of an explosion which occurred in the Lick Branch colliery, owned by the Pocahontas Consolidat ed Coal Company, the largest co^.1 mining concern in southern West Vir ginia, yesilerday afternoon about 3 o’clock. It is not known exactly how many men were in the mine at tJhe time. Bride of a Chinaman. Miertdian. Miss.. Dec. 30.—Miss Ollie Fafixm, granddaughter of the late General' W. S. Patton, a former con federate officer and irast grand master of Miwlssdppl Masons, married a Chi naman here Sunday. The marriage violates the state law forbidding inter marriage between white* and persons of negro or Mongolian blood. AEtes Patton is young and beautiful, and an orphan. S»vm Dootorm' Bills by having at hand when tb* MMrgMcy arisM a battle el NOAHS LINIMENT Be Para, Strong and Penetrating, that It etope almoet Immediately all laflam* matlon, congeation, echee and ’Mine el the Nerves, Bonca. Cords ead Moecles. For Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Bade, SUE Joints, and Muscles, Sore Throat,Colds, Strain!, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, Colic, Cramps, Indiges tion, Toothache, and all Nerve, Bone ard Muscle Aches and Pains. The genuine has Noah’s Ark on every package, sjc., 5<jc. and f i.oo by all deal* ersin medicine everywhere. Sample by mail free. NOAH atecov CO.,RICHMOND,VA., A BOSTON, HAU.,U.S.A Sold and guaranteed by Ciwolue Drug Co, CLERK’S SALE. By virtue of a decree of partition and sale of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county in the case of Julius W. Wessinger, Minnie L. Spake, nee Wessinger, and Hiram F. Wessinger, plaintiffs, against S. Corana Wessinger, Rosa L. Wes singer, Lillie Mae Wessinger and Ethel Wessinger, defendants, I will sell at Gaffney, S. C., at public auction be fore the court house door, during the legal hours for sales on salesday, Monday, January 4th, 1909, the fol lowing described property, to wit: AH that certain lot or parcel of land, lying, being and situate within the town of Gaffney, State and county aforesaid, known as lot No. 5 on plat made by R. O. Sams, surveyor, on May 26th, 1897, for Samuel Jefferies, and described as follows: Beginning on corner of Jefferies and Johnson streets, and running with Johnson street N. 35 1-4 E. ICO feet to an alley; thence with said alley N. 54 3-4 W. 84 feet to corner of lot No. 4; thence S. 35 1-4 W. 160 feet to Jefferies street; thence with Jefferies street S. 54 3-4 E. 84 feet to the beginning corner, contain ing 13,440 square feet, more or less, and being one of the lots deeded to W. C. Hamrick by the Buford Street Land Company on February 8th, 1900, and the same conveyed to said Emma M. Wessinger by W. C. Hamrick, by deed dated May 30th, 1900, and recorded in ♦ he office of the Clerk of Court for Cherokee county on the 9th day of September, 1904, in Deed Book “H.,” page 352. . TERMS OF SALE: One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale at eight per cent, per annum, credit portion to be secured by mort gage of the premises sold, with leave to the purchaser to pay all cash, if he so desires. Purchaser must comply with bid at once or a re-sale will be had on the same day, on the same terms, at the risk of the defaulting purchaser. This property is being re-sold at the risk of W. C. McArthur, purchaser at fonmer wale. J. EB JEFFERIES, Cl’k. C. C. Pi’s & G. S. Pub. Dec. 17, 24 and 31. Lieut. Nawton Diamiaaed. 'Washington, Dec. 30.—The president baa oonfirmed the-sentence of dismie- tol imposed in the case of First Lieu tenant John Newton. United States marine corps, recently convicted by •ourt-martinl at Norfolk. Va., of the charge* of embezzlement and scanda lous conduct. Lieutenant Newton was appointed from Georgia. Educators Meet in Atlanta. Atlanta, Dec. 30.—From all parts of the soutih there gathered here yester day five hundred educators to further the Interests of all lines of acnication In tihls section; to arouse a spirit of enthusiasm and to instill in the minds of every class of people the impor tance of learning. Wreck on Southern Railway. Wauhington, Dec. 30.—A misplaced •witch caused the derailment of moil god passenger train No. 35 on the fcMfehera railway at Stokes land, Va., I mile* south of Danville, at 5t(0 p. m. yesterday. Engineer Satterfield was IdHed and Hreman Davis, colored, and three goetal clerks were injured. Maximum Sentence for Ruef. JNm Frond sco. Dec. 30.—Fourteen ywom in the penitentiary, the maxi mum sentence provided for bribery gf a supervisor, woe the penalty met- gd out yesterday to Abraham Ruef, who for years directed the political 6—tlulea of San PYamclsoo ae adviser Of the city ad ministratlon of Eugene B. Bohmitz, former mayor of the city. Rams Street Car Strike Off. Rome, Ola.. Dec. 30.—The strike of the operatives of the Rome street roll- may hai been declared off, the strik ers acknowledging that the company 6m won. The strike was inaugurated two months ago, and hat proceeded under the direction of Ben Ooumom, delegate from the Amalgamated Ae- •ociation of Street Railway BmglDy- ees. The president of the local accepted employment from the ear company on their term* fhe union. Following this aMke mat declare! off. NOTICE. Owing to a misunderstanding I am having the above property re-sold to satisfy all parties concerned. W. 'C. McARTHUR, Purchaser. December 11th, 1908. CLERK’S SALE. By virtue of a decree of partition and sale of the Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county m the case of McK. Albergotti, plaintiff, vs. Ma bel Gaffney, defendant, I will sell at Gaffney, S., C., at public auction be fore the court house door, during the legal hours for sales, on salesday, Monday, January 4th, 1909, the fol* lowing described property, to wit: That certain lot, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the town of Blacksburg, Cherokee county. South Carolina, near the old station of the S. C. & G. Ex. Railway Co., and described as follows: Beginning at a stake on the corner of N. W. Har din’s and others on the old Yorkville road, just opposite a large oak tree, and running east with the Yorkville public road 420 feet; thence at right angles with this line and parallel with Deal’s old line, 210 feet; thence at right angles with this line 420 feet; thence 210 feet to the point of begin ning, containing two (2) acres, more or less and same being the same plot of land conveyed to J. H. Gaffney oy C. B. Byars. TERMS OF SALE—Cash, purchas er to pay for papers. J. EB JEFFERIES, Cl’k. C. C. Pi’s, ft G. S. Pub, Dec. 17, 24 and 31. NOTICE. I am now taking orders for frost proof cabbage plants for immediate delivery. The famous Charleston Wakefield and other varieties. I so licit your orders. Gus Abernathy. Dec. 11, Fri.. 4t HAVE YOUR ELECTRIC WORK BONN NY THE Lawrence Electric Co. Office next door to Pearl Steam Laundry. We guarantee all work to meet the requirements of the Underwriters Asso ciation. % We * Mt * aU kMs «f I