Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JIPI PHI! FOR Ml Bossian Aggressions in Manchuria ?rouse Fighting Spirits of Japs. ARSENALS WORKING OVERTIME. Chinese Officials Greatly Alarmed. Victoria, B. C., May 13.-According to advices received by the steamer Em? press of India, Japanese arsenals were being worked day and night, pro? visions were being concentrated, coal stored on Tspima Islands and on all sides it was evident that Japan, doubting the extent of Russia's with? drawal from Manchuria, was preparing for war. The Eon. Sidney Fisher, Canadian minister of agriculture, who was one of the passengers by the steamer and who had bean in close touch with Japanese royalty and officialdom, says the war feeling in Japan is very strong, and warlike preparations were in view. The massing of Russian troops on the tanks of the Yalu, on the pretence that protection is being accorded to timber concessionaries, was causing strong feeling in Japan, this being regarded particularly as a menace to Japan. The destruction by fire of the pow? der factory at Tokiofn has led to * sinister rumors that Russian spies were connected with the disaster. Russia continues making extensive military preparations. The North China Daily News reports that there has been a "continuous flow of Russian troops travelling by train from Harbin to Port Arthur, while other large bodies have moved to the Eastern borders of Manchuria, camping in the vicinity of the 'Yalu River, which divides that country from Corea. The warlike movements are causing great alarm to Chinese officials, : and a Chinese official is quoted as saying that the Hessians are preparing for the inevitable struggle with Japan, a day which all Chinese officials believe to be not far distant. Must Obey Union ; Not the Boss, j The plasterers ' employed on public school No. 5, in the Astoria section of Long Island City, have struck be? cause Contractor John Langley dis? charged one cf them for not following his instructions concerning the work. The workman told him that he was doing the work according to the in? structions of the walking delegate, and he would be fined if he did it differently. As the plastering must be finished before any other branch of . the work can proceed, the building is at a standstill. The workmen have demanded the reinstatement of the plasterer and full pay for them all from the time they stopped.-New York Sun. The Supreme Court of Georgia held ' in the recent case of Barlow vs. Jones, that where the owner of land rents it to a tenant who sublets a portion of it for a specific pnce, the landlord may elect to treat the subtenant as his own tenant and proceed against him directly by distress warrant and sub? ject tiie crop raised on the premises by the snbtenant to the payment of the rent, and that this is true notwith? standing th., snbtenant has given his noto for the rent agreed upon to the principal tenant, who has transfer? red snch note to a third person. Barnwell, May IL-Toy Sanders killed "Wm, Lutz near the old Sanders settlement yesterday. Sanders came in and surrendered to the sheriff last night. It is understood that he claims self-defence. Lutz will be buried, it is said, in the old cemetery of the Baptist Church. Toy Sanders is quite a young man, a son of the late Rev. Fred J. Sanders. Greenwood, S. C., May 12.-By a vote of 300 to 80 the town of Green? wood voted 825,000 in bonds today for a new graded school building. FOfrTORPID LIVER. A torpid liver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE, Dyspepsia? Costiveness, Rheu? matism, Saliow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT'S LIVER PILLS, as a trial will prove. Take No Substitute? A CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS 8 -<S^K 0 . ,,,,OrfSIns.I and Only Genuine. KJ,/T^O.SAFE. A1W?TS r*liah!e. Ladlee, uk Drneoit 'or ?^fclli-STER'S ENGLISH W^wiPiBPS^I ia K2D an>i Cold netallie boxe?. snJ~i l? ^\|???1,h,>lu*ribt>on- Take no other. Refaite 71 *Jnj| J/anjrerou* Substitution* and Imita / flf tlon?. Bay of jour Druggies, or ?pn.'; -ie. in W Jf n-*??nr?.r. Particular". Testimonial* \ V JP Md "?clle? for Ladlee." tn Utter, br rc. -\, fr tarn Mull. ?<?.<);?<? frotbnotiiml?. SaMbv ?faDtfa? ?M. f] T'r"S?i?". t'hiraMfcrr Chemical Co., ?Maca tu? papar, i?adijura t ?.".-. ? PH I LA.. JP A. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examinations. TBE EXAMINATIONS for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new stu? dents will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 10th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less than lo years of age. When schola-ships are vacated after Joly 10:h, Ihey will be awarded to those macing the highest average at this exami? nation. The next session will open about Sep? tember 16, 1903. For further information and a cata? logue, address Pre<?. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. May 12-July 9-law j TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. NOTICE is hereby ?iven that an exami? nation of applicants for certificates to teach ir the Public Schools of Sumter county will be held at the Court House on Fridav, May 22d, beginning at 9 a. m. B. D. WILSON, County Supenntendent Education. May 4 ll 18 JACKSONVILLE FL080ED. Local Cloudburst Fiils Streets With Water and Hoods Houses. PEOPLE TAKE REFUGE UPSTAIRS. Mule Drowned in Main Street. Jacksonville, Fla., May 13.-The rain, which had been falling intermit? tently all day yesterday and ail last night, assumed this morning abont daybreak almost the proportions of a cloudburst, and when the citizens prepared to leave for their places of business many of them found their homes completely surrounded by water. But these were not the unfortuntes. Many were driven from their resi? dences or forced to go to upper stories by the water that in some cases reach? ed the level of the first story windows. In all as much as one square mile of the town was under water. Fully a half mile of Bay street, the principal thoroughfare of the city, was under water and much damage was done to stocks of goods. On this street a mule hitched to a wagon got beyond its depth and was drowned, and the driver, at? tempting to cut it from the vehicle, nearly lost his life. Skiffs and later in the day a naphtha launch were ply? ing on Bay street, removing people from their submerged homes. The water was two feet deep in the waiting room of the union depot, and every railroad track entering the city was under water. One train each over the East Coast Line and Atlantic Coast Line came into Jacksonville in the morning, and one each over these two roads and the Seaboard at night. The damage to the railroads in and near the city is considerable, but it is believed that it will be repaired by morning and that trains will make their regular schedules tomorrow. The rain in its intensity seemed to be local and the railroads are not dam? aged, except in or near the city.. The city is in total darkness tonight. The water was a foot deep in the electric light power house and stopped the dynamos. The damage to the electcric light plant, which belongs to the city, is estimated at S3, OOO. It will take probably 830,000 to put the streets and bridges in repair. The railroads suffered losses prob? ably amounting to $100,000. The loss? es of individuals cannot be accurately estimated. Many bridges in the coun? ty were washed away. The total loss will probably not be less than $400,000. In addition to this it is feared that Bridge street viaduct, which cost $250, 000, has been made dangerous by the flood. The water of McCoy's Creek was all day rushing under it. It is a broad and rapid stream, and it is feared that the supports of the bridge have been so weakened that it will be unsafe. How? ever, it was soon to have been replaced by a new one. Ropes were stretched across the viaduct to keep the crowd off. Whether it was weakened serious? ly can only be determined after the waters subside. Five houses were overturned or de molished near the banks of Hogan's Creek, in the negro part of the town. They were all small. The foundations of many others in the same locality were undermined and they were ren? dered uninhabitable. A number of negro families were rendered home? less. The flood was caused by the heavy downpour in Jacksonville and a few miles to the north and west. Three small creeks flow into the river from the northwest, in the limits of Jack? sonville, but they spread over a great portion of the city. The total rainfall for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., amounted to 8.41 inches. Jacksonville, Fla, May 14.-The city is still in total darkness, but the repairs at the electric light works will be completed sufficiently to turn on the lights tomorrow night. It is now thought the loss will not be found as heavy as at first supposed. Accepting the best information obtain? able the losses classified will be about as folllows : City of Jacksonville $15,000, rail? roads (in the city) $20,000, railroads (near the city) $65,000, wholesalers and freight in yards $35,000, small dealers $5,000, buildings destroyed $5,000, plumbing $5,000; total $150,000. A Seaboard train has been detained near Marietta, eight mifes from Jack? sonville, twenty-four hours. The trestle is washed away in front and a bridge in the rear of the train gone. The bridgres in the city are found standing and not badly damaged. They were submerged and before the water subsided were supposed to have been badly wrecked. The railroads are hauling out by the - solid train-load the water hyacinths that washed into their yards. It will take 250 fiat cars to remove them. A heavy rain fell last night, but the clouds broke away today for a while. From a Cat Scratch On the arm, to the worst sort of a burn, sore or boil, DeWilt's Witch Hazel Salv* is a quick cure. In buying Witch Hazel Salve, be particular to get DeWilt's-this is the salve that heals without leaving a scar. A specific for blind, bleeding itching, and protruding piles. Sold by J. S. Hugh son <? Co. The Russian Minister of War has just discovered thar only one man in a thousand in the Russian army pos? sesses a pocket handkerchief, ile has invited tenders for 500,000 handker? chiefs, which will be decorated with Russian flags and other patriotic de? vices. The Wastes of the Body. Every seven days the blood, muscles and bones of a man of average aixe loses two pounds of wornout tissue. This waste can? not be replenished and the health and strength kept up without perfect diges? tion. When the stomach and digestive organs fail to perform their functions, the strength lets down, health gives way. and disease sets up, Kodoi Dyspepsia Care enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest and assimilate all of the whole? some food that may be eaten into the kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues and pro? tects the health and strength of the mind and body. Kodol cures indigestion, Dys? pepsia and all stomach troubles. It is an ideal spring tonic. Sold by J. S. Hughson &Co. A POINTED CONTRAST. What Advertising and Wise, Ener? getic Management Did for the Pope Manufacturing Co. What the Opposite Course Did for the American Bicycle Co. It is announced that a new organiza? tion of great capital, headed by Colonel Albert A. Pope has taken over all the assets of the American Bicycle Com? pany. This assures a forceful revival of the bicycle business and points a most significant contrast. There is no more conspicuous in? stance of the influence of liberal ad? vertising, backed by business ability, in building up a great industry than the magnificent succsess of the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Conn. There is no more conspicuous instance of the influence of the rever? sal of this policy to the injury of a great industry than the downfall of the American Bicycle Company. Starting with a capital of less than $5,000, and an output of fifty home? made bicycles in the year 1878, the business of the Pope Manufacturing Company was pushed irresistibly over every discouragement and obstacle in the way of an imperfected device and an undeveloped demand until it was employing over S5,OOO,OOO of capital, running five big factories at high pressure, enlisting a legion of expert mechanics and distributing its output through thousands of selling agents over the face of the globe. Colonel Pope was once asked what was the first essential to success in sell? ing a good thing. His answer was: "Advertising!" What is the second essential, then? "Big advertising!" "And the third?" The reply came in a thunder tone : "Bigger advertising ! ! !" That is the declaration of his faith jastified by works. He had a good thing and he made the public see it and know it and call for it by a year? ly outlay risiner to over half a million dollars in well-made, well-placed ad? vertising. What did he get from it? A net in? come running up to over a million in a single year. A property for which he refused a bid of SS, COO,OOO. On the other hand the American Bi? cycle Company started its operations on the 22nd of* September, 1898, with an assured control of seventy per cent, of the bicycle business in this coun? try. It was the heritor of the grand plant and success of the Pope Manu? facturing Company. It embraced also the plants, patents, prestige and assets of all kinds of forty-one other active concerns in the field. It took in the Western Wheel Works, the Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Company and the Gormully-Jeffrey Manufacturing Com? pany of Chicago, the Indiana Bicycle Company of Indianapolis, H. A. Lo zier ?- Company of Cleveland, E. C. Stearns & Company of Syracuse, the Sterling Cycle Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, A. D. Miselbach of Mil? waukee, and the Lamb Manufacturing Company of Chicopee Falls, Mass., all leading producers in their line. It assured its unfailing supply of bi? cycle parts by the incorporation of the Thompson Manufaturing Company of Chicago, Smith Sons ?Co.,'of Mil? waukee, the Cleveland Machine Screw Company of Cleveland and the Ameri? can Saddle Company of the same city with five plants in other cities and towns. Its capitalization was forty million dollars. The net yearly income of its component concerns was reckoned for its underwriters at over three million dollars in 1897 and 1893, and estimated at three and a half million for the year 1899. It was not a proscribed "trust," not a squeezing monopoly, but a magnifi? cent leader in the eye of its promoters. It was to set the pace and standards in bicycle production, and outsiders must be content tc lag behind. It controlled an extraordinary range of standard and popular designs and could challenge, at will, the price cut? ting of the cheapest machine makers. With--this dominating organization, cenital and facilities, it was expected to distance competition and reap enor? mous profits. In the first year of its triumphal march it began to salt away money for its stockholders by cutting down its advertising-using what one of ifs officials likes to call "the condensing method." Next year it gave some more wringing twists to the compress of its condenser. During the year jnst closing it compressed its advertising almost, to the vanishing point, and in all these years its business shrunk in direct proportion to the shrinkage of its advertising until, in September last, just three years from the month of its sanguine start it defaulted the payment of its fixed charges and went into thc hands of receivers. It never paid a dividend and its fifty operating plants have shrunk two-thirds. The largest tobacco farm in this country and perhaps in the world is in Decatur county, Ga., and is owned by A. Cohen ct Co. Their property is worth about a quarter of a mil? lion dollars and they ship 1,500,000 pounds of the finest Sumatra tobacco yearly. There nre nearly 3,000 hands on the farm. There are 18,000 acres in the tract, but only 1,600 acres in tobacco. Every acre is covered by a frame arbor and that overlaid with cheese cloth. There are 20 sections with 20 superintendents. There are 182 curing barns averaging 200 by 300 feet. There are 900 houses on the farm occupied by the laborers, which are negroes. King Edward, it seems, is dissatis? fied with his wages. He now gets 82, 300,000 a year. This he wishes increas? ed by $100,000, making the sum an even $2,500,000. However, he is not asking for an eigiit-hour day, nor is there any probability that he will get on strike.-Savannah News. A Little Early liber Now and then at bedtime will cure consti? pation, biliousness and liver troubles. De Witt's Little Early lasers are the famous lit tie p?lls that cure by arousing tr e secre? tions, moving the bowels gently, yet effec? tually, and giving such tone and strength to th?? glands of the stomach and liver that the cause of the trouble is removed entire? ly, and if their ue-e is contiaued for a few days, there will be no retcrn of the com? plaint. Sold by J. S. Hughson & Co. WILD COTTON SPECULATION. High Price Record Broken Again -Bull Dealers Have Shorts on the Run. New York, May 13.-Tremendous excitement pervaded the cotton market today as a result of the sensational advance in Liverpool which came about 10 to 16 points higher than had been expected. The local market start? ed 18 to 27 points higher on the near months and 4 to 14 on the late months under a rush of shorts to cover. The decline of yesterday had attracted sales and these sellers bought actively this morning. During the first few minutes prices were advanced a trifle further on some positions, but were al? most immediately weakened by a wave of selling for profits. This selling was encouraged by the indifference of New Orleans, favorable weather and fair re? ceipts. The advance at Liverpool was attributed by cables to demand in the absence of selling and the strength of spot situation. It was also thought that the operations of the local bull clique had been transferred to that market. Noon found prices 23 to 30 points upon the near months and 2 to 9 points on the late positions, this being the top for the morning, the season and for a dozen years with a single excep? tion. Today's top prices for May con? tracts showed an advance of 343 points or nearly 3^ cents since Nov. 14, the low $ay of the season. Great as was the excitement during the morning as a result of the sensa? tional Liverpool advance, it was sur? passed in the afternoon when the rush of buying orders was probably the greatest ever witnessed in any cotton market. Prices were forced rapidly upwards and the list as a whole reach? ed new high records for the season while the volume of business was such as to surpass all previous records, the transctions being estimated at fully one million bales. The market closed a few points off from the top on some options but firm and excited at a net advance of IO to 40 points. Mav sold at 11.31, July at 10.91 and August 10.55. Tea Culture in South Carolina. Fifty-five years ago the United States Government made the first practical experiment in tea culture, at Greenville, South CaToilna. The re? sult was a failure, and no further offi? cial effort was made until 1892. In that year Dr. Chas. U. Shephard, a cultured and travelled planter, owning a fine estate near Summerville," South Carolina, twnety-one miles from Charleston, made an exhaustive report to the commissioner of Agriculture upon the subject. This gentleman had visited and inspected the tea-growing districts of China, Formosa and Japan, and, impressed with the belief tb at tea could be grown successfully in the United States, he had planted a considerable area cf his farm, and had, at the time of his report, de? monstrated the wisdom of his conclu? sions. He has now a fine tea planta? tion, producing several of the choicest Varieties, notably the product of his "Rose Tea Garden," the site of which was originally an old pine woods. The soil is a black loam, underlaid with quicksand and under that a clayey stratum. By draining the subsoil, fertilizing, and deep-plowing, he succeeded in subduing perverse condi? tions and finally creating a tea-growing soil. This garden now contains near? ly 1,500 healthy tea plants, or bushes, capable-with sufficient rainfall-of producing in one season approximately 400 pounds of tea, or about four ounces to the bush. This is the yield of one acre of land, and exhibits a striking contrast to the verage of foreign pro? duction, which in China is one to two ounces and in Japan one ounce per bush. Dr. Shepherd has constructed and perfected machines and appliances within the past few years, which greatly improve the facilities and les? sen the cost of handling and curing the plant. In his report in 1899 he es? timated the total cost per pound for pruning, manuring, cultivating, leaf picking and factory work at twenty seven and one half cents. He states that this may possibly be reduced to sixteen cents per pound. Labor is, of course, the chief item of cost, and the expertness of the tea hand is to be considered first over all. On an output of 400 pounds to the acre, the picking and its supervision is es? timated at eight cents per pound, girls and boys being employed. The expense of preparing the land is estimated at about the same as for any other "intensive crop." The initial work, covering a period of years, involves the really serious ex? pense. In Japan, it is said the best tea is picked from bushes 200 years old. T;,e tea from the Rose Garden sells for SI. 00 per pound, and is a superior article ; but even at a net profit of ten cents pound on an acre yielding 400 pounds, the results are certainly at? tractive. Dr. Shepherd' informed us that his crop in 1898 was about 3,000 pounds from his three gardens, and that the profit was twenty-five cents a pound. The present capacity of the tea factory exceeds fifty pounds per day of dry, black tea. The Doctor's plans of con? struction, including a tea rolling ma? chine, doing the work of fifteen to twenty men; his hot-air drying ma? chines; and later the construction of a green tea factory, have elicited from Government experts encouraging com? mendation. The hibernation of the plant has much to do with its ablity to with? stand an unusually cold winter, and very luxuriant plants appear to suffer most. Pruning is therefore an im? portant operation on low grounds. Judicious use of the knife has increas? ed the size of the bushes and a corres? ponding increase of the crop has re? sulted. A visit to thesn teagardens and their environments, via the Southern Rail? way to Summerville, South Carolina, cannot fail to delight, as well as in? struct, any one interested in th is fu? ture domestic industry, and the Doc? tor's courteous, old-school manner and ; knowledge qf old-world pi-oples and i countries add greatly to the charm and ' : plasure of the visit. Twelve hundred recruits are said to j ! have been placed in danger of cerebro ? ' spinal meningitis by an outbreak of j the disease on two United States train- j I ing ships stationed at Philadelphia. ! Three deaths have occurred. ! Y The Kind Yon Have Always ?$svaglit, and winch lias been \ in use for over 30 years, ?as borne the signatnre of > ^j/? - and bas been made under his per ?r x^f?4?^7*"7^*r sonal supervision since its infancy, "*&uZT7y, '^UcAVK Allow no one to deceive yon in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops aud Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS le KM You Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MURRAY CTSCET. NEW YORK CITY. The Fragrant Violet s The creeping honeysuckle-all that is beautiful in nature now begins to assert itself-perhaps in detriment to the appearance of one's castle, for does not the harmonious effects of nature tend to magnify the ugliness of those weather stained and faded spots just behind the blinds, or along the stoop and fence? An investment in a gallon or barrel of MOORE'S PURE H??SE COLORS A pure linseed oil paint, -will prove profitable whenever there is any portion of the in? terior or exterior of your dwelling that requires beautifying or preserving. THE BURNS HARDWARE CO., SUMTER, Will be pleased to quote prices and furnish color cards. BE2TJA2?Z2T HC OES:- & CO., Manufacturers, Broc&lyn, IT. Y. - - - Chicago, Ul? Meh 2-e o d-m a m j & s Corn, Oat?, Hay, Ship Sf tiff? Hull? and C. Seed Meal, Carolina it. P. Seed Oats at HABBY& CO.'S STABLES. Also full line of standard grade Wag? ons, both one and two horse. Buggies, Harness, Carriages We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we w?l get your patronage. Yours truly, HARBY & CO. Aug 8 > Is one o? tht. things you need to aid you to enjoy the spring weather. We can supply it. A large stock of new styles opened today. Prices right-$1.25 to $5. Our Low Price Leader at $1.24 Can'tJBe Beat. . OSTEEN & CO. 16 W. Liberty Street. March 24. JOB PRIJNTTIJNTG First class work and good material. I do good work as cheap as possible, but do not make a spe? cialty of cheap work. 3ST. G. OSTEEL.