Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I SPECIALISM IN STEALING. Peculiar CaHe ot a Negro who ? Would Take only WheelbarrowH. (PromTbo N|w Orleans Tlmes-Oemocrat.) "One ol the most renr irkable cases of specialism in thievery came under my obvervation re centlv," eai(l the policeman, "and while I have lor a long lime understood that thieves specialize their business just as othei men do, 1 was not prepared for the case in question. Some men steal watches, some steal hats, some overcoats, and so on, and, as a rule, a "thief who has the habit of stealing one particular kind of thing has hut little respect for * the men who devote f their time and talent to some other kind of thievery. "I once heard a hat thief remark that any man that would steal another man's watch or his overcoat, was simply too mean for anything and ought to be sent ut) for life. That's the wav I lie specialist in thievery feels ahout t lie matter and yet thej man in question, I suppose, had i stolen during his career a? a "hall visitor" ift many as a thousand] hats. Mut 1 was thinking of a recent case of specialism. It was that of a negro who would steal nothing hut ladders and wheel!)arrows. On one occasion to my certain knowledge, he dumped a valuable set ol tools 0 out ol a wheelbarrow just to get the barrow The tools were lelt lying tu the street by a heap ol M rubbish. The tools were worth anywhere from $25 to $30. The wheel harrow was wort h probably $1 25 lo $1?50. On oilier occasions be took ladders when lie nvght have taken other things ol more value. In fact, he would steal nothing but wheelbarrows and ladders. "Why 'should be take these things? Of what use were they to him? Did he profit by his pilfering? I do not know. I only know the facts are that way; 1 i h ? Him i lie negro was oinerwise? an honest negro. Honestly, I believe he would have refused to steal a ham or a watermelon. But when it. came to wheelbar rows and ladders he simply could not resist the temptation to take them. It was the strongest case of specialism in thievery that ever came under my observation " MORPHINE. W1 w What in to ;Become ot the Constantly Increasing Number ot Drug Victims T 4 Can They Be Cured ? This question is agitating the minds of the best ministers, doc lore ana tnniKing men ol today. There are over a million drug osers in the United States alone, and the number is tapidly increasing. All unite in saying that a reliable cure is the only salvation. I his is no ordinary disease and yields to no ordinary drugs or methods of treatment. We now offer our treatment which we guarantee will cure any case of Morphine, Opium, Laudanum,Cocaine or other drug habit or will refund your money. To any one ? suffering from this dreadful dis* ease we will send a trial package of our treatment absolutely free. Write today. All correspondence strictly confidential in plain en? velopes. Address, Msnhattan Therapeutic Association. Dep't. B.,1136 Broadway ,NewYork,City. AN INTERESTING 1)1 A It Y. ci Trying Exporienco of Japanese rtl pi Refugees. |e ^ * I. London, Feb. 18.?The Japan- ' " es? legation today gave out an f* j In official cablegam received from th Tokio, as follows: gc UA number of Japanese retu- m ges from Port Arthur who ar rived recently at Che-Foo on board the British steamer Wen- ^ chow give in the form of a diary co an account of their treatment qi while at Port Arthur, as follows: ec' "'February 8?The JapaYiese ^ 1 were forbidden to embark on tlie ^ British steamer Has Bera. All fa the Japanese were prohibited nc from leaving the harbor. " 'Feb. 9.?8 Russian soldiers "c were placed on guard over the ^ Japanese on board the Wenchow. Je None of the Japanese were al- th lowed to land. The Wenchow di was detained and some 200 Ja panese on board are about to , ot starve. or "4 Februry 10.?Alter appeals qq to Viceroy AlexielT ten bags of to rice ami some biscuits only were iN< sent to the ship in the evening. 00 kt 'Feb. 11?No heed was t li taken by the Russians ot our re fl| peated signals, 'No drinking a water' ht "'Feb. 13.?Renewed appeals made to the Russians to give . th some food .it least to the infants j and sick women. [?i u 'One hundred and three Ja pt panose boarded lite Wenehow from Harbin. While on their ')( wav thev were robbed of all their s'' es baggage and rendered penniless. ni There are now 300 Japanese on 0j I he Wenehow and I heir dist ressed re condition is beyond description. 'i "'Feb. 14?At 5 p. m. the YVenchow was allowed to sail. p " 'Feb. 15?Arrived at CheFoo in the morning,' . je "It is also reported that there |,( is general disorder at Port Ar- n< thur, mounted Manchurian ban- . . . d( ditti and Russian soldiers pil 1 airing everywhere. The shopkeep hi ers are all armed to protect them pi selves from plunder by Russian ^ soldiers." P.' n - ? vv t 'oYd unit ion of the Bacon. p Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 18.?The hi House today, by a party vote, m passed the bill prohibiting coeducation of the races in any educational institution in this State, is The bill affects Berea College, where white and colored pnpils are taught together. The bill t(J was amended bo as to permit gt corporations conducting such th schools to maintain separate m schools, which must be at least ^ twenty five miles apart. p ? . a A Cure for Eczema. ol My baby had Eczema bo bad that te its head wan a solid mass of di scabs, and its hair all came out. h? I tried many remedies but none th seemed to do any permanent re good uutil I usedDeWitt's Witch gr Hazel Salve. The eczema is gr cured, the scabs are gone and the re little one's scalp is perfectly de clean and healthy, and its hair tr is growing beautifully again. 1 is cannot give too much praise to ly De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve.? an Frank Farmer, BlutT City, Ky. p? In buying Witch Hazel Salve nc look out for counterfeits. De- pr Witt's is the original and the ar only one containing pure Witch It? Hazel. The name E. O. DeWitt cn & Co , is on every box. Sold by ?a Crawford Bros. gi Is lie Really Learning? Referring to the Indianoia "in dent," The Philadelphia Ledger i ) independent Republican news ' *per, says that the object j sRon of this struggle and of the i miewhat similar contest over | ie appointment of another ne- t o, VV. D. Crum, to the collec- J rsiiip at Charleston, S. 0., is | iat it is neiiner wise nor poiiuc >verntnent to force upon a com- t unity an appointee, white or I ack, who is obnoxious to the iople. That was the view urg I by The Times Dispatch from e start. It was always our intention that this was a race lestion, as the President seem I to regard it. It is true that e objection to a negro woman postmaster at Indianola was le, for the most part, to the ct that she was a negro. But ) matter what the ground of the ijection was, it was quite suf:ient that the patrons of the [ice were opposed to her, and at it was wrong for the Presiint to attempt to force upon ose patrons a postmaster they d not like. It the woman had ten white, red or yellow, if she us not acceptable to the patrons the oflice she was not the prop person to hold that position 1,1 --? ? ic j. icnmcni would nut nave i ( reed upon the people of a I art hern town a postmaster or 1 lector or any other officer who sis not agreeable to them, and | ere was no reason why In j on Id have attempted to no such ! thing in the South. Suppose | i had appointed a polygainist i be post master of the city of j \ ew York, or to be collector of j | at port. There would have . en a howl ol protest, and the resident would have been coin lie I bv the force ol public L ntiment to withdraw the ap I linlee. In viin would he have id that the appointee was hont and conscient ions and capable 'discharging the duties of the lice. The people would have plied that they did not want in. and would nut tiuuo tii?? I id the President would not have ired to force him upon them, ut when I he people o| Indianola id the people ol Charleston ohcted, in one case to a negro >slmaster, and in the other to a ?gro collector, the President, ith his usual bull-headedness, ?clared that the objection was ' mindless, and that he would ?ve his way whether or not,. He it his will against the will of io population of these two aces and insisted that he was ght and thov were wrong. It as an untenable position, and mid not. be sustained. Mr. oosevelt takes his schooling ird, hut he is learning.?Riehond Times Dispatch. Tendency of the Times. The tendency of medical science toward preventive measures, tie best thought of the world is ?ing given to the subject. It is isier and better to prevent than i cure. It has been fully demon- i rated that pneumonia, one of o moat dangerous diseases that edical men have to contend i ith, can be prevented by the use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, neumonia always results from i oold or from an attack of inaenza (grip), and it has been iserved that this remedy coun- i racts any tendency of these seasea toward pneumonia. This is been fully proven in many i ousands of cases in which this medy has been used during the eat prevalence of colds and i ip in recent years, and can be lied upon with implicit confi>nce. Pneumonia often results om a slight cold when 110 danger apprehended until itis suddendiscovered that there is fever id difficulty in breathing and tins in the ciKSt, then it is an>11 need that the patient has leumonia. Be on the safe side id take Chamberlain's Cough emedy as soon as the cold is 1 ntracted. If alwavs cures. For le by J. F. Maekcy & Co.,drug j sts. I Sj?59??59/SINS9 ^ n n | As My Time ^ In Lancas 9 = ^ And I have a few good: S have got to go regardles | Now is Your N to get goods at you v There is no use for m ^ prices, for when you fJ see for yourself that I ai Z M Selling at* and Be 5 Th?w ng you, one ai Z favors, I remain, Yours, S R. MIL s) SlNS!FC( W1 (* nnw ll'IArr* in ctArl' ">nrl i?r t ? v iiw ?? nu ? vy aii o iuv. rv auvi \v a complete line of Coffins and I stock ''races ALL SIZES AND ( From the plain, cheap Collin up to the Call and see us or send lis your order wl have a death in your lamily. Prices wit Lancaster Mer Lancaster, S. C., Oct, 23, '02.-tf. 5 Cotton Gin ^ We handle all gr $ GIN SAWS BI i AND RIBS Al ^ PHONE 98-2 rings. ? W. O. McKEOW ^ Chester Co. Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette I habit. I habit. | habit. Cured by KEELEY INSr. I3!9 I.Kly St, [or I* O. Box 71] Columbia, S. C. Con LIME, CEMENT, PLASI CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMLN 3 i s is Short | ter ? \ 5 left, and they if r i ^ r? r\t t-\vi > ' o pi cum y Chance Q r own prices. S e to give you ^ come you will I slow Cost ^ id all, for past ^ 9 ES p ms\ 1FFINS! ill continue to keep, 5uruil Caskets. Our DUALITIES. handsome Metallic Cases, lien so unfortunate as to hin the reach of all. cantie Co. Owners < ades_of J itISTLES | XJJ JL WUXHi * N & SONS, K Coruwell, S. C. S All Drug and Tobacco habits TITUTlii of S. C. fldentlal correspondence solicited. nTIT) Terrs Cott* I'ipe, Rootl oir I'L 1# Paper. C ?r lot*, email I 11II.. lets, write *w j . dov4, tyr T CO., Charleston, S C.