Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ITEMS Of INTEREST IN SOUTH CAROLINA Culled And Condensed for Busy Readers RESUME OF PAST WEEK Current K vents of Interest in Tills Mute Selected II 11(1 Itriclh Noted For Advertiser Heilders. Anderson Mistuklug her for a bur glar, Mr. \v. a. Iludgens, cashier of the Dank of Starr, ten miles south of Anderson, last night shot ami killed Martha Voilllg, an aged colored wo man employed as cook in the family. She had < lltorcd the house to SOCUI'C milk lor it sick person living in town ami Ignorant of Mr. Hudgens' presence in the house failed, apparently through fright, to answer when he asked who entered. a coroner's Jury today ex onerated iludgens from all blame. Walhalla In The Slate yesterday appeared an article by Col. It. a. Thompson of Walhalla upon the se cession convention. This article was prepared for The State in 1901 and was reprinted. That explanation was ac dentally lofi off. By the death of Dr. -las. II. Carlisle. Col. Thompson becomes the hot sur vivor of those 121 men whose names an- appended to the Ordinance of Se cession. And it is a singular fact that his name was (list on the roll ? there were GO beton him and tin after him. Col. Thompson was for years editor of the Koowee Courier of Wal halla. Even so late as MOO he was a member of the legislature. lie al ways takes an Interest in what is go- | ing on. ' Columbia-?Attorney General Lyon is gathering evidence in the prosecu tion of the Standard Oil company for violation of the law. The company is charged with charging different prices for its products in different towns in the state, with the object in view of running the People's oil company out of business, that company having branches in Columbia, Charleston. Greenville, Anderson. Denmark and Edgefleld. Richmond, Va, Attended by delega tions from the Confederate camps of the city, the Daughters of the Con fed. eracy ami a large concourse of citizens funeral services were held at St. Paul's (Episcopal church here over the ashes! of Mrs. Margaret llowoll Jefferson Davis Hayes, daughter of the presi dent of the Southern Confederacy, who died in Colorado recently* The inter im nt was in Davis plot in Hollywood Cemetery. Everywhere, ihCro were manifest it tions of sorrow at the death of Mrs. Hayes. Greenville A IrUe hill was returned i In the Putted stales court by t'.i" grand 1 Jury against Milton A. Carlisle, clia'rg Ing him with misappropriating of tin funds oi Ca- National bank,of Nowber ry. and false rorililoatlon of cheek. Carlisle was president of the bank until about (he beginning of the pros pill year -a Ion hi- retired. lb- was also president and Ireafuirer of the Cold point Granite company at New berry. The present action in the fed er'uI courts was presented during the summer. The case was not tried at the recent term of court, and bond was fixed by Judge Mrawley in tin- sum of $10,000. The indictment contains ir.'_' counts, charging misappropriation of funds and false Certification Of checks, both in the interest of Carlisle's personal account and of the account of the Cold Point Granite company. The to tal amount of funds alleged to have been misapplied to his personal ac- j count Is $lS,(i0fi. The total amount alleged to have been misapplied to the account of the Cold Point Granite com pany Is $15,000. The case will be tried either In Columbia in January or in Greenville In April. It Is not probable that it will be tried in Char leston. Chester*?It Is understood that the Chester county grand Jury will be handed this afternoon or tomorrow an indictment charging .lames S. Farnum of Charleston With bribery. Sessions court commenced here this morning and the presence of Attor ney General Lyon and the fnct that several witnesses who testified against Farnum recently in Columbia have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand Jury gave rise to the rumor about Farnum. Attorney General Lyon has been in consultation with Solicitor Henry, hut it has been Impossible to get any statement from him. Hani Destroyed H>, Fire. Early Thursday night the barn of Mr. G. Marion Moore of Waterloo township, was completely destroyed by lire, together with Its contents, ex cept the stock which Mr. Moon- man aged to save, though they had n nar row escape. Mr. Moore's loss is a total one as bo had no Insurance on the destroyed property. CATS ON THE FARM. More Apt to Kill Chickens and Bird* Many nn Innocent hawk, skunk, owl and weasel has been shot for the deeds of that sleek highway man, the house cat. It Is safe to say that this ma rauder, which enjoys all the comforts nud protection of a home, destroys hi the aggregate more wild birds and young poultry than all the native nat ural enemies combined. A en has been known to kill n whole brood of Chickens In a day, a tent illiequnlcd by any predaceous animal, with the pos sible exception oi the mink, oihers hi the course of a season have practically destroyed winde COVC.VS "t (pltlll or grouse or nests full of young song sters. A well Known naturalist esti mates that in the .New England states alone 1.500,000 birds arc destroyed an nually by eats. The offender is not so often the well fed household pet as it Is the aban doned and neglected outcast. In 1905 the Society For the Prevention ol Cru city to Animals in New York city killed monthly an average oi 0.000 Siek, Injured or homeless cuts?a total for the year of over 70,000. A con siderable proportion of these were pets abandoned by people who had gone to the country for the summer. Moreover, summer visitors to the mountains or seashore sometimes lake with them their eats, which, on their return home, are too often left behind to swell the local overllovv ami make serious Inroads on the birds of the re gion. It is safe to assume that in the rest of the state outside of New York city as many cits follow a nomadic life as In the city, and If we assume that each cat kills one bird a week we have a grand total of over ."i.uOO.nixi birds destroyed annually. In the milder parts of our country, as in the chapar ral region of California, whore bird life Is abundant. (Mils often revert to a BCmiwild state and never revisit their old homes except for plunder. Sports men and bird lovers should be ever watchful and whenever possible re move marauding cats from the coverts The principal reasons gl veil for keep ing cuts are their attractiveness as house pets, their usefulness as com panions for children and their alleged value as rat and mouse killers. It is Impossible at present to obtain correct figures on the subject, but It is safe to say that few persons during a nor null lifetime run across more than half a d07.cn oats that habitually attack rats. Occasionally a hunter cat is found which seems to delight in catch ing rats, gophers or ground squirrels, it is a common experience to find prem ises that lire well supplied with cats overrun with rats and mice. At a cer tain ranch in the west n member of the agricultural department In Wash ington trapped eight mice In his bed. although there were eight cats on the ranch. F.icts About the Potato. An authority tells us that the potato has a large and unique relationship Tobacco, tomatoes, eggplant and pep pers belong to the family. Probably that Is why the potato bug is so often destructive to these crops. It is asked. "How can a potato grow other potato villOS from the eves since it is not a root, fruit or seed'.-" Thill is answered by way of Illustration: A stem of al most any plant will produce another plant from the place where the leaves conic out on it. If one will break off a piece of rosebush and plant it in a favorable pbn e it will produce another rosebush, Just as a potato will produce another vine. In a wild State the potato vine i-; \<-ry hardy anil will grow to a consid erable height. It is said that the In A WBLL bUAI'KU HKEO I'OTATO. dlnns did not cultivate the potato ex cept for Its leaves, which became known ns their tobacco; hence the leaves and stalks of tobacco arc large, but there are no signs of potatoes at the roots. So much for cultivation. On nccount of the starch they con tain, potatoes are valuable as fowl. The potato tuber consists mainly of a mass of cells tilled with starch and encircled by a thin, corky rind. As stated, the chief value of the potato as an article of diet consists in tho starch It contains and. to a less ex tent, in the potash and other salts. The quantity of nitrogen In its com position is small. Treatment of Sick Fowlt. In thi' majority of cases the sick fowl should be killed, according to on authority. Generally It docs not pay to doctor sick fowls, and often the sick fowl that recovers Is not the one that amounts to onythlng afterword. This Is particularly the cose with fowls sick with the roup. This disease seems to permeate every fiber of the birds, and If they recover ot oil they are of little value for a long time. It Is doubtful If they ever fully recover their old vigor. If one owns a high priced bird Is may prove to be profit able to cure It for the snke of the eggs that It may produce, which eggs may be used for hatching other high priced birds. But o fowl tlmt bos been sick and has been cured should not be sold to an unsuspecting customer. The fowls that ore to be doctored should be given good food and good surround Ings rather than anything else. Their native vigor will help them to recover when medicine would be n detriment. Sunshine Is an lnvlgorator and may well be considered a groin help In the . doctoring of fowls. Than Rat?. Farm and Garden FORESTS FOR UNCLE SAM. Gifts to Enable tho Government to Save Big Trees. One of tho must public spirited gifts ever made id tho government came during the year from William Kent of Chicago, who has deeded ^o the riot ed states 203 acres of primeval red wood forest on the southern slope of Mount 'i'amalpais. about six miles from the city of San Francisco. This grove is one of few remaining tracts of redwood forest to lie found in Its natural state in California, At the request of Mr. Kent it will he called tho Milir WOOdS, in honor ol .lohn Muir. the noted naturalist. The destruction of redwood hy lumbering has been very rapid during the last decade. The huge timber in the Muir woods has escaped the ax partly because ol its location and partly because the former owners of the tract have protected It. Now that the gift has been accepted POHEST TO UK ACQUIRED UV OOVEIINMENT. by the government under authority of the law which provides that objects of scientific interest may be declared national monuments the woods will be perpetuated. No other redwood tract in the state of California Is so easily accessible to so many people. Its great educational value, together with the fact that it is a pleasure ground for all those who live In or visit this part of California, makes the woods an ideal national monument. By an act of congress passed Keb. IS, lOOt), a way was found to save for all time one of the most famous groves of trees in the world - the Calaveras big tree grove of California. For more than nine years the people of Califor nia, particularly the 5U0 women of the California dub. have been working to Interest i he government in protecting the I i_' trees from destruction. The oe| dually passed by congress prov ides for the acquisition of the grove by an exchange which will give Its former owner SttimpagC or other forest lands owned by the government in place of the limber In the grove. No appropri ation Is needed to carry out the act. 'the laid to be acquired under the act includ.es ?1,000 acres, of which OtlO acres, known at the north grove, are in Calaveras county, anil '1.0-10, known as the south groVO, are in Tuolutnne coun ty. There are I,."ISO big trees in the grove, not counting specimens less than six feet in diameter. Besides the big trees, whose scientific name is Sequoia vvashingloniana. there are hundreds of sugar and yellow (dues ranging to lb.' height of 'J7."? feet and often having a diameter of eight or ten feet, as well as many white firs and Incense cedars. In the north grove there are ten trees each of which is over twenty-live feet In diameter and more than seventy . from fifteen to twenty live feet in di ameter. Vinegar Season Is Near. Bulletin No. 'JIVS of the New York 1 experiment station recommends the following as one of the most satisfac tory methods of making vinegar: When the cider Is pressed from the apples the barrels should be plied about two-thirds full and the bung replaced by a loose plug of cotton, which will lessen evaporation and keep out bugs and dirt. Where the quantity of vine gar to be made Is considerable the bar rels should be placed In a room where the tempernture can be kept from 70 to 80 degrees during the fall and early winter months. If the batch Is small the barrel* may Ik? left out of doors while the weather Is warm and then placed in the warmest room conven ient and Inter placed In a dry cellar. if the temperature of the storeroom does not fall below 45 degrees the con version of the sugar Into alcohol will require about six months, but the process of fermentation may be hasten ed by an addition of fresh commercial yeast. When the cider has quit work ing the clear portion should be drawn off, the barrel rinsed out and the liquid replaced, with the addition of from two to four quarts of good vinegar containing some mother. The next process, the chnnge of the nlcohol Into acetic acid, may be effected in three months and may require, two years. In any event. It will take place most rapidly ITi a temperature ranging from 66 to 70 degrees. When the vinegar has ronched the proper strength, which should be ."? per cent of acetic acid, the barrels should be filled full and tight ly corked. This will prevent other changes and will cause the vinegar to keep Us strength. If one has consid erable vinegar to make it would he well for him to secure the bulletin re ferred to. ******** ****************** I AT THE THEATRE J * * **** * *** * Important among theatrical engage ments in this city is the coming on November 26th., of .Miss Mabel McKin ley, favorite niece of our martyred President McKinley, on which occasion she and her company of artists will present grand opera in concert. The organization will give CO concerts be tween New York and Cuba and will come direct from New York to this city. Miss McKinley is now con ceded by the most severe critics to rank with such artists as Melba. Schu man. Ileink and others ami her ap pearance is always hailed with delight and with as much enthusiasm and ap plause as Nordica and Calve who have suuk before her on previous occasions, and the Cuban Star at Havana has styled her as the American Melba and one of the greatest singers of modern times. Reservation of seats at Dodson-Ed wards?2f>, f>0, and 75. See the bargains that we have 'n Solid Oak. beautifully finished Side bonds, in different designs and six.es. S. M. ft B. H. W likes M- Co. HOME ENDORSEMENT Hundreds of Laurens < ili/cns Can Tell You All About U. Home endorsement, the public ex pression of Laurens people. Bhould be evidence beyond dispute for every Laurens county reader. Surely the experience of friends and neighbors, cheerfully given by them, will carry more weight than the utterances of strangers residing in faraway places. Read the following: Mr. .1 .11. Nash, a prominent hard ware dealer. I.aureus. S. ('.. says: "I give my name in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills in the hope that many persons who suffer from kidney trou ble, will he benefited thereby. My kidneys were disordered and I was caused much suffering from pain in the small of my hack. I was told that Doan's Kidney Pills were good for such troubles and deciding to try them I procured a box tit the Palmetto Drug Co. I had used them but a short time when the pain disappeared and my kidneys were strengthened. Prom the benefit I received. I can say that Doan's Kldny rills are a most reliable kidney remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50c Foster-Mil burn Co.. Buffalo, New York Mile agents for the United states. Remember tin- name?Doan's and take no other. Marriage at f'ross Hill. Cross Hill. Nov. 1.?Miss Charlie, tin- beautiful and accomplished dau ghter of Mr. W. C. Hill and Mr. Ace Boozmati are to be married tomorrow evening. November 2nd, at the home of Mr. .lohn Matthews. Miss Hill is very popular and has a host of friends who will wish her much happiness. Mr. Boozman is a young man of ex cellent qualities and an all round good fellow: he will be congratulated j for his good fortune. The Banking by Mail System of The Germania Savings Bank of Charleston, S. C. gives their depositors cateful service. I Write Them Resources over $2,900,000.00 3S Broad .Street V. O. Box-867 Charleston, 5. C. ITribble Clothing COMPANY & Cotton is now fifteen cents per pound, but CIoth= y ing, Hats, Shoes, etc., are the same old price at the H Tribble Clothing Company. We know a lot of || people say that talking is easy, all we ask you X to do is visit our store and let us prove to you that X we mean what we say. Stetson Hats In all the newest shapes, in tan, black, Cr.iys and wine, all new fall styles #3-5? Regal and Clapp Shoes They arc stylish, durable and comfortable, Why not wear a pair. Regal 3.50, 4,00 and $5.? > ?. Clapp 5.50 and :i (.5* >, in Patent; < ?un Metal Tati and Kid. Shoes for Ladies' The Regal Shoe is the Shoe yon want, in '4 sizes, can fit anyone 3.50 and $4.00 Are You Looking 1 For a Sole-Mate ? Wc have a pair of them here for you. We guarantee to fit you so perfectly and comfortably in Regal Shoes that you will never wear any shoes but Royals hereafter give you ihe latcft New 1 ork custom slylei-?which you don't %< { in other reacly tO-Wcar shoes. And Regal quarter-sizes afford yon made-to-measure fit, No o'-'H need to tell you about Regal quality?everyone knows it is standard. $350 $4 $goo OVERCOATS FOR MEN AND BOY'S Any day suits yon suits US when yon want an Overcoat, and any style can be had here. Men's Coats 5.00, 7.50, 10.00, 12.50, 15.00 and $16.50. Boy's Coats 3.50, 4.00, 4.50, 5.00 and $7.50, 3 years to 20 years. SUITS FOR YOUNG AND OLD You'll find that onr idea in doing busi ness in this store is to see that yon get just what yon want and to take particular care to have it here when yon come. Wc are pretty sure of one thing you'll want Hart Schaffner CSL Marx Clothes When yon see them all wool, perfect tailoring, correct style. Suits 18.00, 20.00, 22.50 and $27.50 SUITS FOR BOYS Bring the boy, we can fit him in a nice suit for a very small sum. Suits 1.25 to 12.50. Age 3 to 17 years When you come if we forget it ask to sec that Suit 7.50 value for 5.00, 10.00 value for 7.50, 12.50 value for 10.00, 15.00 value for 12.50, 18.00 value for 15.00 and others. Come and see them all, we take pleasure in showing you. Shirts, Collars, and Tics Suit Cases and Trunks Sweaters and Underwear When in town look for the Bis Shoe in front, that is the Tribble Cloth inj? Company, you are always welcome whether you buy or not. 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