Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POSTMISTRESS ENFORCES POLITENESS. Requires Everybody to Remove Their Hats on Asking for Mail. A dispatch from Washington says : The Texas sheriff who appealed to the postofSce department last week on be? half of the citizens of a litt.'o town in the^ south western part of the State, asking that the postmisress, who, according to the sheriffs letter, re? quired citizens of the town, from the mayor down, to remove their hats and look pleasant on asking for mail, and who emphasized her views with ? brace of revolvers, be ** toned down some," has #gain been heard from. The sheriff evidently overlooked the fact that it takes some time for an irr bpector to travel clear across Texas, and his appeal is urgent. His letter follows: 44There ain't no inspector showed up in these parts yet, and we'd like to know if one is coming. When I wrote you last week things wusn't exactly calm and peaceful, and since then'the situation has become acute and un- j satisfactory. This lady postmaster i here found out in some way-we ain't j yet decided how-that ?the mayor of; this town and the other leading citi? zens of this town was some vexed and j annoyed with her, and since then the postofSce ain't done any business to speak of. If it was a man dealing out stamps and banding over our mail you can rest easy we wouldn't have asked -you for help, and as it is we are cer? tainly sorry to bother you. But we a int intaking war on women, including ;his one, which can handle her arma snt quite casual and flippant; so we mt you to do something. : This town respectfully protests to you against the way in which this ac? credited postmistress is urging her views of politeness; this town respect? fully protests that it aint got time to leave its hat outside the door when getting its mail; this town respect? fully protests that its duly, elected mayor is important in the eyes of its ii citizens and that there ain't no call for him to act humble when he's get? ting his mail. This mayor ain't felt right since he skipped out of the postoffice last week, some undignified and friskey, owing to the fact that he forgot to take off his hat and bow, and he is going to resign if something ain't done.- Please attend toit, for we are getting snippish and fretful in our tempers and are liable to dc something we might regret Tell the inpsector he'd better coinef to see me first. She heard he's coming and there ain't no use to be rash and care? less." gp. According to^the officials of the post office department Texas is forging to the front as the most troublesome state E che Union, so far as the presen nel of the postal service is concerned. Only yesterday a petition was received at the 'postoffice department from a town about 300 miles from that ruled over by the postmistress with views on politeness. The petition was signed by ' twenty leading citizens who complain? ed that owing to a fend between the postmaster and his assistant, a mail carrier, who transports the mail to the postofSce from the railway station ten miles away, that they had not received any mail for the past tan days. The writer asserted that the relation between the postmaster and his assis? tant had never been very cordial, but that recently they had a fight in ? which the postmaster was worsted. Since that time both the posmas ter and mail carrier were prepared to shoot on sight. The mail carrier got the mail every day at the railroad, but couldn't get near enough to the potsoffice to deliver it. He couldn't open the mail bags because the postmaster had the key and wouldn't give it up, and the mail carrier woaldn* consent to the leading citizens rifling the bags. The petition closed with the state? ment that the business of the town was suspended and that the citizens eat around watching . the postmaster and his assistant take an occasional shot at one another. The above are just two of a number of similar cases that have been brought to the attention of the post office department in the course of a year. According to an inspector who covered the Texas territory for some time, "a man earns his money down there." Not Hiring Generals. In the "Reminiscences" published by Gen. John B. Gordon in Scribner's Magazine, ; the following anecdote is given : Since the war some of the privates have told with great relish of the old farmer near Appomattox who decided to give employment after the surren? der to any of Lee's veterans who might wish to work a few days for food and small wages. He divided the Confed? erate employes into squads according to the respective ranks held by them in the army. He was uneducated, but entirely loyal to the southern cause. A neighbor inquired of bim as to the different squads. "Who are those men working there?" "Them is privates, sir, of Lee's army." "Well, how do they work?" .'Very fine, sir, first rate workers." "Who are those in the second gronp?" "Them is lieutenants and captains, and they works fairly well, but not as good workers as the privates." "I see you have hired a third squad, who are they?" "Them is colonels." "Well, what about the colonels? How do they work?" "Now neigbor, you'll never hear me say one word ag'n any man who fit in "the southern army, but I ain't a-gwine to hire no generals." Revolution Imminent. A sure sign of approaching revolt and perious trouble in your system is nervous? ness, sleeplessness, or stomach upset?. Electric Bitters will quickly dismember the troublesome cause?. It never fails to tone the stomach, regulate the Kidney s av.d Bowels, stimulate the Liver, and clarif the blood. Run down systems benefit par? ticularly and all the usual attending aches vanish under iis searching and thorough effectiveness. Electric Bitters is enly 50c, and that is returned if it don't give per? fect satisfaction. Guaranteed by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. Th8 Cotton Crisis. The reaction naturally to be looked for after the late fevered ru^h nu ward of prices has appeared in cotton quota? tions tbis week. How far this reac? tion can or will tro is impossible to determine, bat the elimination of an immense short interest, the discour agement of new hnyiog of actual cot? ton by the advance and the talk of curtailing production by mills north and south have had an effect, inde? pendent of the continued liberal move? ment of the crop to market, attracted by the present high prices. The talk of curtailment by cotton mills has aroused considerable interest, because of the appreciation of the fact that in the last analysis the question of price of raw material, in other words, the important element of cost of pro? duction, must ultimately, if not im mediately, govern the future move? ment of values. This question of cost is a most crucial one, according to some advices from the south and from New England, which report cotton manufacturers meeting to consider more or less wholesale shutdowns of mills. The price situation in raw and manufactured cotton is certainly an interesting one, judging from the fol? lowing comparisons of prices now and one year ago : 1903. 1902. Cotton, mid. up, 12.40c 8.55c. P c., 28-inch standards. 3&@3}?c 3c. 3834-inch standard, 4%c 4c. Hrills. standard, 6%@,7c 6c Sheeting, 3-yard, 6%@65?c 5Mc Raw cotton is shown to be nearly 4 cent? per pound, or 45 per cent., high? er than a year ago. Printcloths, rela? tively the poorest situated of any goods, are only 13 per cent higher, while drills are 16 per cent, up, and sheet? ings from 23 to 25 per cent, higher. These figures, of course, are rather depressing, because shoeing an im? mense discrepancy between the ad? vance in raw and ?in manufactured goods. It should be recalled also that the priutcloth situation has been a poor one for a long time past. O? course there have been some compen? sations that do not appear in the above table. For instance, fully 80,000 opera? tives bave accepted and are now work? ing for 10 per cent, less wages than they were getting a year ago. Only an expert can tell to what extent this re? duction in labor cost offsets the ad? vance in material, and naturally the basis of cost differs in nearly every cotton mill. Just how far the curtail? ment, if adopted, will go is hard tc say. If a mill is well stocked with cot? ton it may appear best to those in j charge to run rather than shut down and trust to future advances in prices of goods offsetting apparent loss, which would be present anyhow even with the mill shut down. Mills with only a small supply of raw material on hand would seem to be in the best position to consider a shutdown. Furthermore, mills turning out lower grades of cot? ton goods in which raw material con? stitutes a larger proporion than in the case of higher-priced goods would seem to be relatively least well situated. It will/ be noted as bearing to this that the first steps toward curtailment have been taken by southern* mills. Some good authorities do not look for a cur? tailment concurred in by New England mills generally. From the standpoint of the effect oe the future of the industry the present high prices would seem to be peculiar? ly unpropitious. It seems hardly necessary io say that inst now, when the high cost of materials is so widely complained of, is an unpromising time to inaugurate a great increase in cost of cotton and cotton goods. Those markets, in fact, are moving directly contrary to the current in many other lines of production. From the stand? point of the American producer, too, there are some bad features to be seen. It is the ash ion to say that the world must have American cotton, and this is true within bounds. It is jost as true to say that the world must have American cotton-at a price. Last spring and summer's advance, which was relatively less hurtful than the present to cotton manufacturers, caused a woild-wide search for new cotton producing territory, just as the civil war caused the bringing into being of ruch important producing countries as India and Egypt. The United States has a majority of the world's cotton production, but not a monopoly. Other sections may be encouraged to com? pete, always providing that labcr, a most desirable element, shall be found in sufficient supply. The immediate future, however, rests with the ques? tion of the effect on consumption of the new and the highest level of prices since the close of the civil war period of high prices. The disorganization that may grow out of high prices affect? ing exports of the raw material is also to be considered. There may be room for the working out of some of the new theories of the effect of higher cost enunciated during the past year; but, on the other band, there may be a reaffirmance of the much older prin? ciple of the economic effects of en hanced cost upon which a few authori? ties have, apparently, wisely taken their stand.-Bradstreets. Is Beauty Only Skin Deep ? Beauty is only skin deep, but the forces that create beauty are as deep as the foun? tain from which they flow, when the Blood is charged with impurities Beauty disap? pears, when the blood is pure Beauty blos? soms in face and form. Rydales Liver Tablets keeps the Liver healthy and the Rowels regular, prevents the blood becom? ing ladeced with bile and waste matter, make the skin clear, eyes bright and beauty more than skin deep. All dealers. Morris, Ala., Dec. 23.-Second sec? tion of through train No. 3, of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, running one hour and fifteen minutes late, collided head on with the Decatur accommodation train No. 8, one fourth ? of a mile south of here, this afternoon ! at 4.05 o'clock, resulting in the killing ' of one person and injury of eighteen others. Ry dale's Stoma-h TaMets. Ry dale's Stomach Tablets av:- made for the stomach and or?*&us <>i :i.--:-ni?ati.-n and are not intended tor ..>. all " The) contain couct?itrated aseptic, pepsin, pure panereatiu an1 other d:;;(^tive agents. They contain powerful tooics and miid stimulants that have a specific effect on the stomach, and organs >f assimilation and which aid n-tu-e in reco!:.-ti'icti::g th> broken down ceils and fctrenirthe?ing the fiacid muscles of the walls of the ?tomach and other digestive organs, li;, dale's Stomach Tablets are a perfect stomach medirme-they relieve at ones and soon cure th? woM forms of stomach trouble. Price 25 and 50o. a box. All dealers. GAMBLERS FIGHT IN SAVANNAH. Two are Killed am* 0?e is Seri? ously Wounded in the Gambling Saloon: of One of Them. Savannah,.Go., Dec. 2&-Asaresnlt of a piecol f?grt? ia a gambling room at an early boar this morning Thomas I J. Reynolds is dead ; James L. Doss i breathed his- Hast in a hospital, and I Julian Rosenthal is wounded at his I home. All were professional gamblers. ! The difficulty occurred in Doss's place. From the evidence it seems that the fight was the outcome of pro? fessional jealousy. Rosenthal ran an opposition room to that of Doss. This morning, after 3 o'clock, Rosenthal entered Doss's place and began to play. The game was heavy, the bets running into-the- hundreds. Rosenthal was loser. A dispute concerning chips arose, and in- a second revovlers were drawn and a fusilado began. Five shots were fited. Doss was shot through the stomach. Reynolds, an employee of the room, received almost an identi? cal wound. Rosenthal was shot in the hip, the bu??et dattening against the bone. Reynolds died in the hospital at 6 o'clock this evening. Doss is dying. Rosenthal will probably re? cover. FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD WRECK. Nearly a Hundred Victims, Two thirds Being Killed. ConneKsville, Pa., Dec. 23.-With a terrible crash and a grinding noise, the Duquesne limiten, the fast through passenger train from Pittsburg to New York? on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, ploughed into a pile of lum? ber at Laurel Run, two miles wes*: of Dawson, at 7.45 o'clock this evening, and it is estimated that sixty-three lives were lost, and thirty persons were injured. The train left Pittsburg this evening, running a few minutes late, in charge of Engineer William Thornley, of Connelisville. When ap? proaching Laurel Run, which is"a par ticularly fine piece of road bed, the train was running at a high rate of speed. Suddenly the passengers were thrown from their seats by the light? ning-like application of the air brakes, and a moment later there was a terrific crash. The train was made up of two baggage, two day coaches, one sleeper and one dining car, and was carrying at the time, at the low? est 'estimate, one hundred and fifty passengers. The train ploughed along for a considerable distanc? and the cars were torn to pieces, passengers jumping, screaming, falling from the wreck as it tore along. Suddenly the engine swerved to the left and the coaches plunged down over the em? bankment to the edge of the^Youghiog beny River. The minute the cars stopped rolling, there was a wild scene. Many passengers were pinioped beneath the wreckage and the screams and cries that rent the air were beyond descrip? tion. Many were injured and in their excitement plunged into the river. Others, caught beneath the heavy timbers, pleaded in agonized tones for relief. So terrific was the force of tba wreck that nearly every passenger suffered a moment's unconsciousness, and many of the able-bodied men fainted and were unable to assist in helping the injured from the wreck. The official statement of Superin? tendent W. C. Loree follows : "No. 12 was derailed by running into some switch timbers or timbers of about that size, derailing the engine and ail cars. All the cars are badly damaged. Do not think any of the quipment will be able to go away from the accident on their own whee?s, except possibly the Pullman cars and the diner. The engine lies across both tracks. The baggage car is over the bank. The fire coach is partly over the bank. The balance of the train is badly twisted. I judge, thiry-five persons killed. All the people killed were in the smoker. Escaping steam from the enigne went into the first coach, scalding the people. Very few of the other passengers were injured. Injured have been taken from the wreck and are lying on the bank. Engineer and fireman cannot be found. COTTON PASSES FOURTEEN. Tremendous Speculation in New Orleans and New York. New York, Dec. 23.-Great activity and irregularity marked the opening of the cotton market here today, with prices showing wide and rapid fluctua? tions. First quotations were steady at a decline of four points. Cables were a shade disappointing, but the bull leaders were buying. Commis? sion house clients seem to be on the bull side of the market, and tips were circulating that the big bulls intend? ed to put the market on a fourteen cent basis before Christmas. After the call prices ruled very firm for a time, but soon broke sharply under heavy liquidation, encouraged by a rather reactionary tendency at New Orleans and expectations of a specula? tive setback. The declining tendency was soon checked, however, by a re? newal of active bull]support and before the end of the first hour prices were again soaring above all previous re? cords, with July in New Orleans sell? ing around 14.15, and the entire list in the local market showing feverish strength. New Orleans sent heavy buying orders as prices went higher, and around middav January was selling at 13.45, March ?2.69 and May and July 13.80, these being net gains of IS to 24 points, and the highest general range of prices established since war days. The big advance, amounting to about % of a cent since yesterday morning, attracted heavy realizing and in tne early afternoon prices sagged back about 10 points from the best. In the late tracing liquidation became very heavy, and -with the leading bulls withdrawing their support, prices lost almost ali their advance. The market was finally easy, '.I points lower to 7 points h i tr her. Sales were estimated at 1,3:0,000 bales. When yon want a pleasant purgative trv Chamberlain's Stomach and L ver Tablet?. They are easy to tase and produce no nausea, griping or other disagreeable effect. For sale by China'? Drug Store. S?O?L?'S TONIC S *?AL CURE FOR It has recently been- d-iscovered thai ihe germs thc: produce Malaria, breed -..nd multiply iu the intestines and from liiere spread throughout the system by means of the. blood. This fact ex? plains why Malaria; is hard to cure by the old meLhod of treatment. Quinine, iron. etc.. stimulate the nerves and build up theblood* but do not destroy the germs that cause the disease. Rydale's Tonic has a specific effect upon the intestines and bowels, freeing them from, all disease breeding mi? crobes. It: a/!so kills the germs that infest the veins and arteries. It drives Tom the blood ali poisonous mattet md makessrfcrich and healthy. R YD ALE'S TONIC is a blood builder, a .nerve restorer, and a Malaria destroyer.. Try it, it will not disap* Dointyou.. The below described plantation will be solid at public outcry, in front of the Court House in the City of I Sumter, So. Ca., on Monday, the Fourth day of January,]904,at eleven ? o'clock in the forenoon, to the high? est bidder. All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situated in Lee County, State nf South Carolina, on the waters of Black Saver, known as tlThe Cedars" plantation, containing one thousand and eighty-nine (1,089) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands now or formerly of W. E. Mills; East by lands now or formerly of D. D. Barber; on the South by lands of E. M. Wilson, and on the West by lands now or formerly of H. W. Bradley. Terms of sale, $4,000.00 cash, of which $250.00 must be deposited when sale is made. Balance to be secured hy Bond and Mortgage of the pur chaser, payable $2,000 on Nov. 1st of each year, with interest on balance from date of purchase at the rate of night (8) per cent, per annum; pur chaser to have the privilege to pay all cash or as great an amount in ex? cess of $4,000 as he may elect. Buildings to be insured and poli? cies assigned. Purchaser to pay $25 for papers* and taxes for 1903. i Possession to be given purchaser upon date of sale. The above plantation is offered for sale becaus? the subscriber bas moved from the State, and is en gaged in business elsewhere. It lies in the splendid cotton belt so well known to the farmers of Sumter and Lee Counties, and is on th** public road leading to Bishop ville, S. C. It is about three miles from the banking town of Mayes ville, S. C., and about twelve miles from the thriving city of Sumter, S. C., which is one of the largest in? land cotton markets in the State. Churches, schools and post-office are convenient. This plantation has been itt the possession of th9 sub? scriber's family between twenty-five and thirty years, and during that time no pains have been spared to make it an. ideal, productive prop erty. It is perfectly healthy, in a good neighborhood, and is admitted? ly oneof thefinestdrained plantations in the State, most of its ditches lead? ing into a larg? canal on the planta? tion, which was dug at heavy ex? pense. There is a flowing artesian wrll on the plantation, the water ot which has been analyzed by the Chief Chemist of Clemson College, and pronounced very pure. The property is now in a high state of cultivation having been heavily fertilized for a number of years. It occupies a splendid position for a store and public gin. There is a Pecan Grove on the plantation of between 400 and 500 trees which was set out about Jan. 1, ?893, some of which have just begun bearing. The grove is surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and some of the tries cost $1.25 each. There is also au orchard which was set out January 1, 1902, of choice peaches, pears, plums, figs, grapes and pomegranates, which were sel? ected with a view of their adaptabil? ity to the location and succession of bearing. The main dwelling was burned in August 1903, but its site is among a splendid grove of oaks, and its gar? den set out with choice cedars, roses, oleanders and other plants. The buildings on the plantation, consist of a shingle roof, weather boarded dwelling with piazza and hrick chimneys. The dwelling is of four rooms and hall, is lathed and plastered and was built in 1895. Kitchen and washroom, poultry houses and fences. The gin house is a thref-story, weather-boarded, iron roof building. It is about forty feet long, and has all doors on iron roll? ers. It also has iron roofed sheds at each end. The saw mill shed and blacksmith shop is a building ahour. 60 feet long, covered with iron roofing. The stable is a two-story, weather-board? ed building with iron roof. It is one hundred feet long, and thirty feet wide, with iron covered sheds, 10 fe?it wide, its entire length. It is divided into ten foot square box stalls, hai ness room, corn room, tool room. &c. &c. All of its doors, with the excep? tion of its four main doors, are slid? ing .door*? on iron track and rollers. Its loft is fitted with track its entire length for a hay carrier, lc has trough and water in the stable. All of the buildings described above, except the poultry houses, areon brick pii. >.rs. There are also inr.he stable lot. two weather board? ed sheels, each 4() feet long, which are a Iso on hrick pillars and covered with iron roofing. There is an a bu nd un ce of wood on the plantation. The plantation is well supplied with, tenant houses, all of which, with the exception of one double house of hewn timber, are weather hoarded shingle roof houses of two rooms, with brick chimneys and brick foundations. There are between 500 and 600 acres of cleared laud, and a large area of fine land, which can be cleared at light expense. The land is gently rolling, most of it having a clay subsoil. C. EDWARD SALINAS, Savannah, Ga. 1 BI? SEDUCTION SALE. Finding we have a very large stock on hand we have decided to sell our entire stock at greatly re= chiced prices for cash, Until January 1, 1904. Full line of BED ROOM SUITS, CHINA CLOSETS, SIDEBOARDS, WARDROBES, CHAIRS, PICTURES, EASELS, and, in fact, everything to be found in a first class, up-to-date Furniture Store. jj. D. GRAIG FURNITURE Why not take a trip this winter through Florida to Cuba? This beautiful State and Island has been brought within easy reach by the splendid through train service of the Atlantic Coast Line, the- great throughfare to the tropica Winter Tourists' Tickets are now on sale to ali points in Florida and to Havana. For rates, schedules, maps, sleeping car and steamship accommodations write to W. J. CRAIG, G. P. A. Wilmington, N. C. "What to Say in Spanish and How to Say Itw sent to any address upon reeeipt of a two-cent stanrd SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Nov. 29, 1903. Read down Read up No 142 ' No 140 No 141 No 143 2 15 pm 7 00 am LT Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pin li 40 am Ar 'Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 aui 11 40 am Ar Columbia Lv 7 20 am J 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 am 6 10 am 8 15 pm Ar Atlanta Lv ll 45 pm 11 45 am 5 33 am Ar Birmingham Lv 4 10 pm 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12 35 am 3 10 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 10 35 am 1 30 am 4 25 pm Ar Greenville- Lv 9 40 arr 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 a? 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv , 8 30 au; 6 00 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm: 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 air. 9 40 am Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 am 9 45 am Ar Washington Lv 9 50 piv 4 15 pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 prc Trains 142 and 143 make close connection at Sumter Junction with 117 going North. - via Camden and Kock Hill. Traine 40 and 41 make close connection at King ville for Columbia and at Colum? bia ?itn solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, Pullman Compart? ment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cars to and from Flori? da points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address : S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, General Passenger Agent, J. E. Clack, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. 0. W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, S. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent-' Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. ^li tan tie Coast Line. Effective August 30, 1903. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Leaves 4 41 am . ** 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 20 nm " *57 Gibson to Sumter m Arrives 9 40 am " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 50 am " *46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'y, Thnrsd'y, Saturd'y ) 44 9 50 am ** 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 Augusta to Florence u 6 18 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson M 6 50 pm " *47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tuesd'y, Thured'y, Saturd'y) " 8 20 pm 44 55 Wilmington to Columbia M 9 30 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to HartsviJle Leaves 10 00 am tt *39 Sumter to Robbins 44 10 00 am " *11 Florence to Sumter Arrives 1 40 pn " *12 Sumter to Florene? Leaves 3 10 pm " *36 Robbins to Sumter Arrives 5 25 pm " *25 Hartsville to Sumter " 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camden to Sumter Arrives 9 00 am " *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter 44 12 30 pm " *68 Camden to Sumter 44 5 45 pm u *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 55 am " *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill 3 30 pm 44 *69 Sumter to Camden 44 6 25 pm Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L. Inls Bargain. Shipment just received. G. ?STEEN & CO.