Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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??ic (fo:;utii gtrrodr ^' ! KINGSTREE. S. C i r - . C. W. WOLFE, CDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. j -red a' the pnstoiliee at Kingstree. \ S C. as second class mail matter. : t TELEPHONE NO- 83 t TERMS ' i1 SUBSCRIPTION RATfiS: t Jne copy, one year $1 25 j One copy, six mom lis 75 One copy, tliree months 50 1 One copy, one year in advance? 1 00 j < 11 ('obituaries. Tributes of Respect. Resolutions of Thanks, <"ard- of Thanks ?;. ail <?t >er reading notices. not! Nfws. will be charged for at the rate of one cent a word for each insertion. | All changes of advertisements and a!' communications mu-t he in thisoffice ; benue TUESDAY NOON in order to v appear in the ensuing issue. Ad communication- must he signed by 'he writer.not for publication unle-s de-:red. hut to protect this newspaper. ADVERTISING RATES; Advertisement- to be run in Spec- t ial column, one cent a word ea"h issue, minimum price 25 cents, to be I pud for in advance. Legal advertisements. 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For rates apply at ., tlii- office. .':n remitting cnecKs or mun<7 ?<,uc,., ma ^payable to L THE COl'NTY HE* 0R!>. \ l THURSDAY, JAN. 19. 1911. || I-1 / <*In men whom men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still; in men whom MEN pronounce divine, I nnd so much of sin and blot? , I hesitate to draw the line Between the two?where God has not." _ I: The Case of Jones. .1 i onsidcring the many times in t tin- annals of criminology of our State grim Justice has Veil forced | to play a stellar role in the cast of ( farce comedy, tlie outcome of tin* f .j -s trial in Orangeburg last ivre'c is extremely gratifying to j the ]a\v-reJi>octing element, who scarcely expeeted anything Vtter than the usual verdict of acquittal on a pica of self-defence, especially when the complaisant Mr Justice * Gary had admitted the defendant ' to >ail in the insignificant sum of i thr< e thousand dollars. t 'The facts of the ease arc in a general way familiar to the public: "uivnintr nf DeetOuVr 1 Wit l ix nr'i.i.,.D - - Id, it Branehville, A be IVarlstine * and J Jones met in the lohhy of Iiie postotfiee. IVarlstine was :i merchant ami Jones, an attorney, ' ha?! collected a elaim against him. 1 l'< arlstine, on that fatal morning, charged Jones with failure to remit the amount of the elaim and t asked Jones repeatedly to read a < letter from an Orangeburg law i iirm pressing the elaim. Jones, j it s. ems, contemptuously refused ^ to l..ok at the letter, which angered IVarlstine so that he struck Jones several blows. The postmaster interfered and IVarlstine I le-i->ted from the attack, apolo- t gizing for precipitating the row. t Then IVarlstine and the po?t- ; master turned and walked toward ( the {lostmaster's inner door, while Join s, it is said, went toward the front door leading out of the office. Then fie suddenly whirled alxmt, ' ?-i * drew a pistol, nauuuy 1'uui.xaivu) | mni shot Pearlstine to death. From the testimony advanced, Jones lost the psychological moment and killed his assailant when the latjwr doubtless thought the incident closed for the time and was off his guard. That was the view taken . by the Orangeburg jury, evidently, i it found Jones guilty of j, manslaughter, after only one 1 our's deliberation. I Surreal joints alsMit the ease are noteworthy. .lone-' was a white f <nun and was able to employ "em- ; ineut counsel.'1 filing himself s g - . lawyer li.- l.ii< 1 tin* foiui latioii of rlf-i|<at tin* .-tart l'.v rotOly' laving a i?11??t??._cimj>1 t make his! i'-nir**. tin;- ifivinjr v?*ri~iini 1 it1 < his store .'t' t!i>' hrsii.-c- inflict-i I (1 itih>n him hv lVarlstine. That 1 |: \as a -hivw-l move. 11f thought,, he -ilent testimony of the canvra J i vottM vindicate him. Then cann lie application for hail ami hi- j ..1.win.ii hi* returned to I iranehville and pursued the even ( enor of his way a> if nothing had iapi>ened. The poor victim was nried, his wife a widow and his ] hildren orphans, hut it isn't on j vcord that this appealed to Jones- I When the trial came on there ' vas of course an effort to por-tH?ne the case?a shrewd lawyer J dways wants a posti>onement i vhen he has a had case?1 >tit | omehou this one ran the gaunt-j; j et and came to trial with the re- < ailt a hove stated. The stereo-1 yjH'd motion for a new trial wa- j >r?nnptly made and promptly ' verruled; so it >eenis, unless his < ash is plentiful, .lone- mu-t lan cuidi in durance vile for ten years iinl one month, le.?s the time taken If for g 1 liehavior. ' >f course, < here i.- the jmssihility of ap{>eal 1 r pan Ion, or other loop-hole ol the il\V, hilt ill the eyes of the world < ones i- a eon<lemne<l felon an?l ii- victim can rest more peaceful y uniler t he soil, if the dead take < ognizance of what goes on amongst i lie living; while the good people 1 >f our State may hreathe freer, eoling that a brighter day for law iiid justice has dawned. I'oten* * 1 1 f i;il murderers win jionuer neiorc < mmping hullets into a man mere- 1 y to gratify a lust for killing ami ( ?ur Statu will no longer I tear the . eproach that a white man of neans and influence can defy the , aw of God and man against mur- ' ler and go unwhipt of justice. ===== < < As a thrilling and spectacular . xercise the areoplane joy riders lave the autoists "skinned a mile," n the vernacular of the speed ar- ( ists. i - i After all, it seems that the much ic raided new morning paper in \>luml>ia has proved a fiasco, i Messrs Koester et al could notj, aise the wind tolling the pennon j o the hrccze. Ij ~ I1 Governor 'HIra.sc was too unwell ( o read his inaugural speech Tiles-' lay. The same was read l?y the : 'ending clerk of the House of Hep- 1 ?esentatives, Mr Me(huvai) Simp- 1 cins. In all sincerity we hope Governor Mease may soon recover his health hat he may have a fair opportunity o carry out his expressed determinition "to try to make the U'st Jovernor South Carolina ever had." Jerry Moore and Archie Odoni inve been given scholarships for he agricultural course at Clemson College. It might have l>een more idvantageous to the college had hey been offered professorships in lie agricultural department. Our friend of yore, the staid old \bbeville Medium, came to us last ,veek rehabilitated and redintcjrated almost heyond recognition., Obviously brains and capital are chin d the new regime. Here's 'liel?en sie wold" to the retiring air editor and prosperity and longevity to The Medium, which has , o splendidly renewed its youth, i j STATE and GENERAL ? [J TOPICS ? TT:.TTTTTTTTTTt XXX Coleman Livingston Blea.se of N'ewberry was inaugurated Governor )f South Carolina Tuesday. XXX The appointment of Mr James Henry Rice, Jr. of Summerville (at 1 < e present) as cniei game warucu ui the State has been confirmed by the Senate. XXX Harrison Samuels, a negro, shot and kiiied another negro named Sneed Thompson Saturday. The killing occurred at Bennettsville, growing out of a quarrel over a debt if ten cents. XXX Sumter is waging a vigorous war jn blind tigers. Three white men and a bunch of negroes were rounderl up last week and warranto are pending for more. X X X Collins and Adams Run townships Colleton county voted themselves nto Charleston county as the resuit )i the special election held Tuesday. The vote stood 157 to 12 in favor of mnexation. xxx In a pitched battle near Cashville, Spartanburg county, one day lust ,veek N G Alverson and a neighbor lamed Tally Norris and the latter's ;on, Alexander Norris, were seriously vounded. All are white men. xxx After deliberating a little over me hour the Orangeburg jury that :ried John J Jones for the murder )f Abe Pearlstine at Branchville on December 15 of last year, brought n a verdict of man-slaughter. Jones .vas sentenced to ten years and one j nonth in the State penitentiary. With a Smith presiding over J iach l*>dy of the South Carolina General Assembly, the proceedings should be smooth.?Columbia State. The point of the paragraph is that the "smith" gets his name from smoothing the iron he works upon. The Blackvilie Courier has sus-J ponded publication. The' editor, j \V. \V. Tyler, has moved his fam-1 il.v back to Georgia. Another in-1 stance of trying to run a paper where the support is u<?t sufficient. Everything is so high these days that it takes careful management; and the hardest kind of work t.? keep a paper going in most -mall towns. ? Hainbrrg Herald. I'nless all si?ns fail, this year,; 11 imng county weak lies" will I e i in it* of great mortality?a pretty good demonstration of the "\-ur-j rival of the fittest." ?= I Undying CHi^rv Kornh had lived as parlor maid j in an artistic family for six months. J It 9reined to M:ss Aurelia only nat- ] nral that Norah should have devel- I oped some love of art in that time, j One day she diseovered the little i maid, dust cloth in hand, gazing at the "Venus of Milo." "Do you like her best ?f all, Norah?" asked Miss Aurelia. "Sure an' I do, miss," said Xorab warmly. "She may not look quite so nate wid her ar-rms gone, but 9he's so aisy to doost. I fair love her."?Youth's Companion. ? It Might Have Happened Otherwise. An old 1'ennsylvanlu German living In the mountain* had a hard three hours* dusty walk to accomplish one i morning, and he arose very early to mnke hi* start. He had gone but a little way when lie was overtaken by i an automobile, which was probably the first that had ever passed alone that ! way. Th?> driver pieked up the old | man. and they were at his destination in about iem\ m notes. "Pan!'* so inu' h awfully mit de ride. ' If I had known myself to lie here already two hour- in front of de clock yet 1 vnd lie at home fast asleep al- ' ready in start unless | knew you rud not have pieked me up since."? Housekeeper. : PLANT TREES TO BEAUTIFYTOWNS Suggestions For Their Care In1 the Fall and Winter, < SELECT THE SMALL SPECIMENS j Large Ones Not Recommendf| as Their Growth Is Questionable- How to Keep Them From Being damaged?Hints on Fertilizing. J M la..? Aniw r* foir vmir II .VUU Ulive Will J a J.V " 1 V? J town and wish to make It attractive, talk trees and shrubs to your councilmen, agitate the question among the neighbors of procuring more and have tlieni planted in the streets and wherever they will tend to improve the community you live in. Pertinent sug- j gestlons on this line are given in the j Chicago Tribune by J. II. Prost, Chicago's city forester, who says: Now is the time for citizens and improvement associations to make preparations to do fail planting. Several associations already have ordered trees in large numbers to be divided a n ion a their members according to tin ir orders. This is an admirable expression of civic pride. Liesides, the association can get them much more reasonable by ordering all the trees wanted by its members at once and from the same nursery. Itemember the essentials cf tree planting. Get a small tree about two or two and one-half inches in dlumeter one foot from the ground. The large trees are not to be recommended since their growth Is questionable. Provide a good foundation for growth by making a hole somewhat larger than required by the root system, say i sswi n ~m 1 ^^8 Ma ^ > .V.,, ^ .^jfc^. wtltl NETTING GUARD FOK TREKS. about three feet in diameter aud about two and one-half feet deep for u two and one-half inch tree. Fill the hole with pood rich soil, which can be pot from vacant lots or purchased from the nearby florists. A stout box or iron tree puard or a wire netting protector should be placed around the tree trunk so as to protect it from hungry horses, careless teamsters aud the lawn mower. It also acts as a support. Manure aud fertilizer may be applied 'o your trees and shrubs at this time of the year. This manure should be sp'end over the prouud around the tree and left lying until spring, when it may be raked together and burned ( or spaded into the ground. Whenever possible all the leaves dropping from the shrubs should be left lying ou the ground. They furnish a winter mulch aud form a leaf mold oa onr fnpttliTAr V11 ! n U1V.U 19 ao f)WU uo U*?J av* . .... dead wood ami unsightly branches can be removed at this time of the year without nTe?*:r??j the tree. Timely tree fritimil / is one of the great essentials i:i proper tree development. The si-aplest rule to follow In trimming una mental t ?es Is this: Cut out all the dead wood, withered branches, stubs or main tru-.i:s -h soon as they are seen. All llvi??ir branches which ? ? ? ?M? . 'i.vnl ! Ka r*nt nnf *IU uujeci:<"" "* uc VU> early In the s;.ri it . All cuts sbi i: <1 !??? hi nl* with a sharp saw, well set. Tin* < i?i a'-or.'d be made close and par;illi>! wiih tlie parent branch from wlri* :i it ;rcv, rind the cut should be left stm >(li or with a slightly concave surface. The wound should then be covered with a heavy coating of coal tar to aid In keeping out the moisture and rot spores. Where the tree has been neglected and cavities have formed in the trunk of the tree something sboaid be done to stop the Increase of the opening, for the rotting will continue until the opening has become so long as to encircle the greater |>ortion of the tree, anil very often the entire center has been destroyed. In cases where the life of a tree can be prolonged by treating it the cavity should be carefully scra|>ed and cleaned of all tlie dead and decayed wood: then give It a thorough washing or spraying with a solution of cop r?er sulphate. A DROVE OF BULLS. One of the Erratic Sir Boyle Roche'* Quaint Letters. Tin- following was written by the eccentric Sir Boyle lloelie, n niember of the hist Irish parliament. :j The letter was addressed to u friend i in London, and it is old enough to ! be new to nine out of ten readers: "My Dear Sir?Having now a! little peace and quietness, I sit down j to inform you of the dreadful bustle j and confusion we are all in front:! those bloodthirsty rebels, most of j whom are, thank (iod, killed and dispersed. We are in a pretty mess; < can get nothing to cat nor any wine to drink, except whisky, and when we sit down to dinner we are obliged to keep both hands armed. While I write this I hold a sword in each : hand and a pistol in the other. '"I concluded from the beginning that this would he the end of it, and I see I was right, for it is not half over vet. At present there are i such goings on that everything is at a standstill. I should have answer! ed your letrer a fortnight ago, but I did not receive it until this morning. Indeed, scarce a mail arrives without being robbed. The bag had been left behind for fear of aeei uniu ?(ini ii\ yijuti lin'n uirrr wjis i nobody in it but two outside pas-1 senders, who had nothing for the j thieves to take. Last Tuesday notice was riven that a gang of rebels was advancing here, under the French standard, but they had no . colors nor any drums except bagpipes. "Immediately every man in the place, including rum, women and children, ran out to meet them. We soon found our force much too 1 ittie. We were too near to think of retreating. Death was in every face, but at it we went and began to be alive again. Fortunately the rebels had no guns, but pistols and pikes, and as we had plenty of muskets and ammunition we put them all to the sword. Not a soul escaped, ex- , eept some that were drowned in the adjacent bogs, and in a very short time nothing was heard hot silence. Their uniforms were all different colors, but mostly green. After the action we went to rummage a sort of camp which t hev had left l>chind them. All we found were a fewpikes without heads, a parcel of empty bottles of water and a bundle of French commissions fdled with Irish names. Troops are stationed all around the country, which exactly squares with my ideas. I hare onlv time to add that I am in a great hurry. "P. S.?If you do not receive this, of course, it must have miscarried; therefore I beg you will write and let me know." One of the last acts of this strange individual was to introduce a bill into the British parliament entitled "A bill to provide that every quart bottle shall hold a quart!"?London Mail. Travol Wat Slow. An excursion train started one Saturday for the scene of all important football game. This train, as is sometimes the case with excursions, went very slowly and had numerous stoppages. After a time the excursionists reached a station called March and were brought to a stand there. While they were waiting an otiicial was strutting up and down the platform calling out: "March! March!" i A passenger who was a bit of a wag put his head out and said to the official: I "What is it, old chap?" "March," said the official. "Ah, well, it may be March now. but -it was January when we started."?Chicago Kecord-Herald. Th? Coinage of Monoy. It is generally understood among those who have especially studied the subject that the coinage of money began in Asia Minor. The Lydians are credited with being the inventors. The oldest known coins are the electrum coins, stamped on one side with a lion's head or the j figure of a king with bow and quiver. These were replaced by King Croesus with a coinage of gold and silver. To Croesus were probably i due the oldest gold coins of Ephe-1 sus. The system introduced by some j 1 unknown Lydian king was adopted I I by the Greeks and so passed on ! 1 - * vr 1-?i. A j i down tne ages.?.h'w lor* nmwi ican. 11 T?roly Tolrf. The Rev. Thomas Jordan has a j eon at college and recently was i i 6omewhat anxious about the boy'* I exams. So he told him to be sure j to telegraph the result. When the | results were declared the lad sent j his father the following message: : '"Hymn 342, fifth verse, last two j lines." The anxious father hastily look- > | ed up the hvmn and found these j j words: "Sorrow vanquished, labor i ended. Jordan passed." SPECIAL NOTICES'1" /f^l IMu nc us u licn you want vj fjr to get a not ire under this j0 heading. Price one cent a ;' ?& 'J&Cj NVor^ ha*each insertion. No efl| V |ixi ad taken for less than 2oc. Jfej For ^alb?Scholarship in Bryant Strarton Business College, Louisville.. * If interested let u< hear from y >u. S-ll-tf Thk < olxty Record. -,-w F<>R SAFE?Seventy-five (TojSbecp:!^ y Grade, Merino and S<?u:hd"wn. High McCutchen, ll-17-tf Kingstree, S..0. Bo\rdeks?See Mrs W P Hawkins at Ep >s House, neurthe railroad for Board and Longing. G >od accmmodation by the day, week or month at reusouaMe rates. 1-12-tf Fok Sai.e?Thot ough-bred Orpington egg> for sa.e. 11.00 a setting. Hatching done with incubators ("o ne and see. Illiave 4 incub ?tor> to hatch chickens and will hatch your' for you at 3,^ cents if you t'urnisli the eggs. If I furnish the eggs I will charge 7.1* cents apiece. l.MM chickens only 3 weeks. Mv chi? ken vard next to Dr Scott's. 1-10-tf T M Scott. 1 L J Staekley?The Coffins and Cas- I kets Man. M Por>r>l*?'? \1prcantilp f'r>?Annnnnpp. ment. Bank of Kingstree?The History of fl Growth is a History of Guarantee. ^ Watts & Watts?Everything in Jew- H Kingstree Hardware Co ? Set of M Ware Free. f Wilkins' Wholesale Grocery Co? Finest Flour. Jenkinson Bros Co?Advanced Her- aids of Spring. , Farmers & Merchants Bank, Lake M City?You Don't Need to Ask a fl Favor if You Have Money in the H Bank. J? Greelyville Livestock Co?Carload a Stock Januarv 25. P| ^ A society for prevention of ^ I % cruelty to the soil should be ^ I T formed to prevent farmers who ? I don't read the agricultaral pa- ^ fl f j>ers from mining the potash and ^ 1 Z ptMMpbork* acid and selling it ^ without proper return to the X | laud of their equivalent. J Hog Notes. Regularity in feeding fattening bogs I is very important. I Hogs KIIOW 10 lue luiuuic nucu _ feeding time comes and if not fed will a fret off part of their previous gain. 1 One thing that cannot be overlooked I in the growing of pigs and the fatten- f ing of hogs is pure clean water for 1 them to drink. One successful feeder always gives his hogs all the cleau water they will drink before he gives them their grain ration. , Constipation is very rare in a herd of fattening hogs that have all the , clean water they will drink. Pine air. pure water, clean food and a clean place to sleep mage hogs profitable. ' The Dairy Barn. The cows. barn, milkman, milk house and separator ail must be clean . - - r,'rt tr\%. Inotonpn for uesi resuus. iuw, iui , the barn in which the cows are kept., ,ij If it is allowed to become dirty and| *1} full of foul smelling odors and manure >J allowed to accumulate in it for weeks ^ at a time it would be next to impos- ?53 sible to handle milk in such a barn AV without bringing it in contact with _iaj thousands of undesirable bacteria, as <oj it is in filthy, foul places that bacteria thrive and accumulate by the millions. Ensilage For Beof Cattlo. We feed the ensilage to our herd of Angus cows and to the young stock and finish out the steers on con and | grass In the summer, writes an Illinois breeder. We turn the cattle on shock fodder until the middle of Jan-1 uary or the 1st of February and then1 , give them ensilage and good oat straw that has been thrashed into the barn j | or bay. and if we have plenty ef enai-1 I lage and other rough feed we do not feed any grain. Last year the enow came early, so we ran short of rough 3 feed and had to feed some corn, too, but it is the first time for years that anything but the steers and calves t were fed any grain. - ? id Th# Am of Buttormaking. . - "*! Good buttermaking is a fine art -i that many farmers have not learned. . There is in> reason that butter made | on the farm should not briug better prices in competition nfth creamery butter. Country butter, when improperly made and poorly bandied, must be left with the grocer and take its chance with a crowded market. Good.! clean, firm, highly flavored butter always finds a ready sale at a good' price. Thousands of dollars are lest erect rear In jsior butter.