Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CROSSING CONTINENT, HEN SITS WILLINGLY Three Chicks Extricated When Crate Arr-ives at Albany, N. Y.-Other Egge Show Signs. Albany, N. Y.---.t hen which contin. ied to sit While trttvellug across tho eontitnent is the possession of J. W'. iVolfrom of this city. Tho hen was sitting with motherly }devotion upon a sest of eggs whlch a friend of Mr. Wolfrom placed In a crate In Iliv rside, Cal.. and sb1ppce through a transcontinental express con. pny to this city. She continued to sit. disturbed not in the least by the trans conjtinental trip. Her protection was a conspicuous placard on the box read ing: "Sitting lien--Eggs Expected to Untch---llandle With Care." The wart. Ing was punctiliously observed by ex press employees. Wheu the crate arrived at its destina tion three downy chicks wOr) extri "te I fr-on the shells anl other eggs gato forth eIdences of hatching. STEALS LOCOMOTIsE TO GO TO DANCE, THEN ESCAPES Montana Youth Sends Engine Runnling Wild After Reachlag Destination, ~3ozernan, Molt.--"BI (.fr Pm . 4U4 to that dance at Pastn's s':me .*hovVo mu tmknowni y')unwg inaah d.clar ed here when informed there woul be aio trahi going east for solik' titue. hoe Walketd over to a long locomot.lve, en. -tercl t1" ea and startel cat, br ieih tog th1r' !:1i closd r'gwilh :L'4k gully; ou:t 01 n 11 th 1 ain li1111, lngin' - '\iu\'is;er la , oeedte Was .. +' iln tvwarl thai dtv when ht q# i. I.1 li 't e iCUtred I'cL~l ri r , r litUa'. fli'tnau ']oe'blio:- ':au: .t 1;;e :Wlilat11ulg e - gilw. < UmboS~, i;:a o l 1.)L111+1 It "driverb't.<s'' tie! lluno:.ht it to a ?top a sh<Trt .l:tane romr~i .I\ ttcker's <egi:ine.I No It it"' ' (lie lw,, i1og t.lV' thief l111 been found. I!e evidentrtly jumtpei when he saw the other engine app ronching. HIS PROPHECY COMES TRUE. Tree Left Standing es Lightning Rod Is Hit, Barns Untouched. Islip, N. Y.--A bolt oi' lightning, the only one in a perl'd of two hours dur tig i thmiders tormn here ruecently. struck and cuple.'tely demolished a huge locust t.ree which was more than a century old, nil was a well known landmark on the farm Cof E. F. Davis. The tree was over a hundred feet high, and there was not a branieh within forty feet of the ground. hir. Davis said that he not long ago refused an offer of $100 for the tree from a man who wanted the trunk for a pole. Ile slhd not. sell it, lie said, as his father had always argued that the tree should be left where it stood he cause it might sone cay he hit by lightning which otherwise might hit the barns close by. ROBINS TRAVEL BY TRAIN. Build Nest Under Car and Hatches Three Little Ones. wais lmilbl lnto'I~i thi (19 Ihe otthier dlay for)* re ar it wasi ',:t, ii tha. roldnti Inel hale!nie' I hree youn4 I nets. W len 4th Va wni liusede on the rep air trne the1 ii ete bir oh-'w aound greatl l'y e'::titahl :eal chI.bl lit be drItlven a w.'. Theu mieni senreed thie carm andei i'ounde th' ie'sl. ThIe'y put the nest in a smiall box, cut ai hole in it anld ltledi it to) ii 1ost. Tilhe~ motthler irdt tooIk I ossess on imi m~ediatel.y anld is, feed.ingi hier' yog num~'eous t ime's eli Ily. LOVED HER FROM INFANCY. Man Fifty-four Weds Girl Sixteen, For Whom He Waited. Chairlistoni. WV. Via.--i>. \\V. Ifuot. aged lifty-fo.ur yearsi', nail il11lian L~yda~ Youni ., aigedl s~iteen yeari s. 54ecu1red a license andii wV~ee marhried hierec. It is I'leelaredl thait I lunt, a necighibor of the Youen g famnily, hias' loved the girli sinice Iifanicy aond onlly nwnitedi thec time whiein slhe was old enouhigh to imar ry. I Ier patrintIs gave theIr conisent to the manrriage, It beling und'erstoodl al mnost since her birltl htat I lunt wais to have her for his bride. COOD NERVES SHOWN IN WAR. Medical Journal Comments on Absence of Epidemics. New York.-"The peresent war," the New York Medical Journal says, "has brought out many surprises, one of Which has been the absence, or com-~ piarative absence, of epidlemiels and the ~remarkabhly good health ',f thte armIes fengaged. "It is also4 a maittter for su1. rlrse t hat nervous diseasiies hatve not becen engen (1eredl and developed oni al lar ge scale biy the a pinhg conilditionsi whbich exist insthls wvar." Sentonces Her Husband. hleading. Pa .-n [i pollee court rcientI ly Mirs. Isaac Shade was told by the judge to nentence her husband, whom *bo charged with Intemperance and nonsupport. She promptly designated ifve days in jail, and the judge meted out the punishment as suggested. COURT BAN ON _ "SP$ONING." A11 Right Only When Public Can't See, Says New Rochelle (N. Y.) Judge. New 1toebella N. Y.--"Spooning" in public places Iii New locheilo even ufter dark, if others can see it, must stop. This was the edict of Acting City Judge d'izel as he flued Peter Aryell of River street $15 for lovemak ing in Stonelea pari. \Iiss Julia 'lea. son of Echo umnor, the girl %%-ho was with Aryell, was sent home and advis ed to be more circumspect. "I don't care if you spoon in Iludson park or Lover's lae or anywhere where people cannot see you, but you must not spoon right out iu public," said Judge Bizel. The residents of Stonelea park have complalued to the police that the park is a favorite place for "spooning" anl that youths and maidens of fifteen years gather there. Robert Lesser, manager of IIudsion park, who placed "spooning benches" near the shore in the park, way plant a hedge behind the benches to protect the young love nakiers n a result of Judge .lizel's ruling. "TELEPHONtE" CURES THIRST. French So'ldier Confessos, and Penalty is Cut In Two. Pu 'i.-A court tuartial at fbo front. The pvesiding diicer, speaking with a distinctly kI.Wly intuition to the lic cOwed: ",Now, ;soUar gami t :rtl y0n tejo ptiouiexl phone," 'No y iflafl 13 will -nt t to "If y00 catiftrs gvo.D jUl Vugy -have 4alf the i'enalty/" "Well, tlUiJ, SM 1?1y c ltontd 1 dhi telphoJ)nelli3." All the con,, tangbhd anti , nominTaJl Penteneo Was lli'onouncetL The civl)i:rrn should not. tmngioe that the use of a telephone is a rrino ii the F'reucb anus. To "telephoel in ains :lung i., to horm u ) BttJP hl4 in a (Ull barre' (f wine, t) lt 13 ruber tul'r (2oi'ttro utal .'liply 1ho month to the 4Lhet' (1)4.1 VALUES I1S HOUNDS. Hiawatha (Ken.) Resident Places Their Worth on Tax Rolle at $2,000. 1Iia wlth:t. Kan.--On t h assessuent rolls of liro4.wni County the nmiel of V. 1. Kelley, whob lives on the Kiekupoo Indian reservation, is down for $3,;10 worth of piroperty. .\r. Kelley's hogs, cattle and imple uents arn Valued at $1.510. and twenty dog, are valued at $2,00). Kelley ]i istU(l ed valuing the logs at $100 each. They are hounds. County Clerk John lIiithe'son1 t.liought there was at imis take in entering t.he assessnint and took the uttter ui1 wit I Kelley. The owiner of the twenty dlogs insisted stn standing Vat on his returnis, and in ad dition to paying personal tax on the twenty bounds ho will also have to pay the reguir dog tax. TEMPLE OF DISHONESTY. It Will Have the Form of House, and All the Parts Are Stolen. Los An1geles.--.Someblcody Is building a teliple of dishonesty in the form of at house, of' which all the Component farts are stolen. Now the Ihieves are stealing the doa rs. The last ease of suchll thievery 3Mrs. W'. 1I. I1 li f 141-il i'elira sireet. mring thle backi (dour1 wa1s iocked~ urined two hiours hiter1 the ioor' was gonle. O their liIulsi' lhiirls hitvei lue''n thieves wVIll do) wheni~ t hey' get. irtiial YIn:ik for' Iheir hom'e-. FOUND $60 IN OLD CLOTHES. Owner Gave Salvation Army Captain Part of it as Reward. Il'or illad, 4)4re. - -iThey wvere sort ing (?1d clotheiis at then Salvat iin. Army In ditsIl' be)line'5 thel' oth Ie d y ith to ir ijriiia( th15ii ii ought hde riehos inte frayIled 114)1ni sItte 'ie'd liene t th ainl then.3 ie t 4elrty Yof (le 1lI ts waesJ Ivnliee whnrmy. dhgdrp trectorkErs.po Thithoearch o lg+ Wovrksi Cotnuoly Forwolay. hunidle, a-loe sou nght n bynt ar.Tioa ligpt.ain iows, n won hetn fand thh oey 1.se xursdhr coat pan0 y atprsnting Te o pigt Tracetrcesryt Eqip e ih SoerIcight torkashj Cninuoslye or aldTo Days. Lagynighale, a.- Iltn t night b atificia light1) is an 1 iinnvton on the10ga farmtof the La''nsdl 5 e lushroomt com-e eanyht Lnse. Thr 1i4eo' lat spr "'ing mad4' nesaryne itt devs om mtien th atc bpline the worksand the hos. ife byhnulh hdea shrd hapon. s Thrme loin wesideneaby als drcor enie ttsope wthan acerylnewt gas ntnk eggs Thwerfuansearht. Three sfullyorkistad aotnduole fot ty thatbeiofelite dues ftehue GIRL HANGS TO ROOF OF AUTO BY HER NECK CHAIN Father, Who Was Driving, Finds Her Unconscious and Effects Her Release. Waverly, Kan.-Miss Dorothea Rob erts, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. ML 11. Ioberts of Waverly, met with a very unusual and pecaliar accident which almost cost her life. With her father she was riding in their car, the girl'in the rear seat, the father In the front seat, driving. In passing over a culvert at good speed the girl was thrown against the top of the automobile and a strong chain which she wore about her neck caught over one of the bows in the top. There she hung until the father noticed that she failed to answer his remarks. When ho looked around he found her unconscious hanging to the top of the automobile. lIle stopped immediately and did what he could, but she was unconscious for severa) hours. 1cr mouth was full of blood caused from the choking of the chain. She is on the road to recovery. BEGGAR PRODUCES MISSING ARM; HITS POLIUCEMAN Surprised Patrolman t ecovgrs and Puts Husky Fugitive Un der Arrest After Rghti tau FrniLse-When t a tb ouud beggar not a one anued bggar? Pa., trolmni John J. Mullin lettraed the An swer when he went to the hospital. 3Mullin nugbt ilmisll 11ead, who says ho is a waiter. begging alms oh Market street% peay O'Fu'rell. One 6leeve o the altna 1 eek'er' cout wars einalty, akd the arrest rtsd-t1 inurm'ur of symlarby fol' the Woebegone beggar t,'0 \vil frPti the liIs of p:sisers by. 11111 took letil t) 0 lietry 'atrnof \WJItii bewildering i:retstbiligitation ilcnad ('l'Odut( l i suecotnd solid, sulbstau ttl arm fr:to under his coat. At the end of the "new" arm was attached a flst which resembled a ham. Before Mullin could recover from his aston ishment 1lead leaned his list against the former's jaw, and Mullin fell to the pavement. IIead ran away from there, with M1ul lin In hot pursuiLt. A brisk battle fol. lowed, during which Head seized the patrolman's third finger of the right hand in his mouth and nearly bit it ore. Riead is now in the city prison, charged with begging and resisting a police man, and Mlullin is in the hospital with a lacerated linger. REFORESTING SMALL ISLAND. Plan to Make Habitablo More of the Hawaiian Group. Hlonolulu.-Tho retoresUng of now barren Kaboolawo island, In the Ha. waiian group, Is the proposition the territorial board of agriculture, the members of which, after a visit to the small Islet heretofore designated un suitable for settlement, decided to be gin the work of planting algaroba trees there. It is recommended a portion of the island swept by the strong trade winds be fenced to pirevent depredations by sheep and wvild goats. Miembers of the board say the Introduction of horses on thisland511 wouldl assist In the dis tibuition of' seed. Itl lsalso proposed1 to construct sev erllrereservoirs to conserve the rainwater that fails so plentifully at ail l ines. Algaroba trees pilanted there ten years ago have reached a substan ti1l gr1owth. COLORS EMPLOYED ON FARM. Barnhart Toils How He Made the Whole Place Yellow and White. llenidinig, l'.-l en ry A. lBnanat of I lulbna tohl thbe commni ittee~ of the slate boardI of a griculiture, in session here, of his effort5 in behailf of the artisleI sIde ofi Iarinug. lie illustrate'd this by3 citin' that lis big biariis.'and 4)u)thuiblinigs are all the farihouisii~ Is iainted, wh'iite, w'. yelilw triinuniinas; the calttle hauve (lhe satle yeillowl color, b~ecaimse they are'i Guernsey~O's; not ai hiorse IS uIsed e xcept lie is yellowv ni-i has a whlite mark on his head and) whiite feet Th'ie shepherd dlog Is yellow, withi a white band aroitu h1Iiis neek; there arie yellow cot ored chlilckens, y-ellow colored -sqluirrels, t he place be'ing known as thle "Color Scheme I-armi of iniana."' BORN WITH EIGHT TEETH. Baby Also Brought Into World a Suf fiolent QuantIty of Hair. Plttsburgh.--A baby boy born with eight teeth and Samsonlan locks has the attention of all Underclif. The b~oy has been named Alvin Leroy King and Is the son of' Mr. and Mirs. Leroy King. When the ba by open'Ied his mouth for his first lusty yell the nurse was suir lirisetd to see four teeth each in Uppier antd lowver iJa''s. 'Tho chilbi's head wats c'overedl with black hair. Ever since theo King hionme has beent an attraction for mothers, fat hers and children call. ln;g to see the ha by. Protects Tame Jack Rabbit. Blhoomingdale, Ind..---illiam [B. Leon ard has inserted a notice in the news. papers retluesting his friends and neighbors not to harm his pet Kansas jack rabbit. The rabbit has the run of the Leonard farm, but is so domestl cated that It returns at night to sleep in the kitehen. -rn-what does that mean? It means that NEW quality, in a cigarette, that does for your smoking exactly what a drink of cold water does for your thirstl To satisfy, a cigarette must do far more than just *please" you-it must let you know you've been smoking. That's what Chesterfields do-they satisfy! And yet -they're MILD! For the first time in the history of cigarettes, here's a cigarette that Satisfies and yet is mild! Chesterfieldst Other cigarettes r say be mild, but they don't uatisfr, BUT, Chesterfields satisfy-yet they're mild! This is new enjoyment for a cigarette to give. It is .omething that no cigarette, except Chesterfields, can give you--regardless of price. Why? Because no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield blend! Try Chesterfields-today / CIGARETTES . aThey .5Af " 10 for 5c ArZ Also packed 20 (or 10c -and yet they're MILD Clean Sweep Summer Sale~ Going On At Red Iron Racket Stores Closing Out All Summer Goods~ Palm Beach Suits, Low Cut Shoes, Straw Hats, Millinery, Wash Skirts, Shirt Waist, Summer Dress Goods, Summer Under wear. Everything in Summer Goods closing out, and remember we carry the most complete line of merchandise in Lauren.. Our. Stocks are full and a wide range to select from, and don't forget Our Prices at all times are 10 to 35 per cent less for the Same Goods. Don't Spend a Red Cent Until You Get to the Red Iron Racket Stores We Originate Others Imitate---We Lead Others. Buy Your Goods at J. C. BURNS & Co. And Stay in the Lead. 2 Stores: No. 1 Red Iron Racket Old Stand, No. 2 Red Iron Racket on the Square 0. B. Simmons Old Stand.