Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SOM G8RBESP0NDEHGE KEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE ? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. of Interest From all Parts of Sumter and Adjoining Counties. SOT1CE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mail your letters so that they will Teach this office not later than Tues? day morning. When the letters are areoeived Wednesday it is almost an Impossibility to have them appear in paper issued that day. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner, Nov. 24.-Mr. Eddie -Avin had the misfortune to have his ..-dwelling ho?se burned yesterday. It is supposed to have caught from the stove. Mr. Avin was at Pinewood at the time ginning cotton, but friends hurried to Mrs. Avin's assistance and saved almost ali of the furniture. The house was the property of .Mr. J. Dar? gan Osteen, and was the old Gilgal school house which had to be moved -when the Manchester and Augusta ^Railroad was buil*. Mrs. Geddings, who I mentioned as being sick in my "last, died on Satur? day evening, the 17th, and was buried at Bethel, Privateer, Church on Sun? di y evening. Mr. Ardis is getting along as well as could be expected with his dislocat? ed arm. Mr. Bob Ardis has a very sick daughter. Mr. Pink Weeks is real sick. Mrs. J. M. Ardis and family, of Papille, spent last Sunday with Mr. Blanding Ardis. Mrs. Su Geddings, of Pinewood, and Mrs. Jacob Geddings, of Tindal, spent last Thursday with Mrs. W. J. Ardis. Mr. W. R. Bracey spent part of to? day with Mr. W. J. Ardis. I was sorry that I could not attend the unveiling in Columbia on the 20th, hut I was afraid to go as I w?.s sick. I would like to say something on the death and funeral of that vener? able old brother, M. G. Ramsey, but for fear that I could not do it .iustice, I will leave it for a more able pen than mine to do, but will say that a good man has been taken from us. Sidra. MAX NEWS NOT..?. Mas, S. C., Nov. 26, 1906.-Mr. G. W.' Hicks, of New Zion, irisited his brother, Rev. E. M. Bichs, of Bothel, ?Saturday and Sunday. Mr. A. M. Carraway spent Satur? day with bis old friends, Mr. and Mrs. James P. Livingston. They are becoming feeble from age and afflic? tion. ?tis. J. C. Trnluck and son, John He., spent Saturday and Sunday in Timmonsville. The farmers are through planting oats. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Items of Interest Condensed and Par* agraphed for* Quick Reading. The site for the Anderson postof See has been selcted. It cost $6,500. Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner of immigration, has been elected presi? dent of the Southern States Associa? tion of Commissioners of Agriculture. No new case of typhoid fever has developed among the students of the University of South Carolina within the past ;15 days. ^_ Rev. Doole Davis, a Holiness preacher, was convicted of obtaining ?cods under false pretences at Spar tanburg on Tuesday, and sent to the chain gan g for one year. Thomas H. Bludworth, young white man 30 years old, was found dead in a well in York ville Tuesday morning, lt is supposed he committed suicide. Richard Lintott, a young decorator, fell from a second story window of the Ley don Hotel, Columbi^ on Tues? day morning. His skull was fractur? ed. A negro tramp, who was sleeping in the shaving pit at the Cheraw sash and blind factory, was burned to death Tuesday night. Wash Vance was stabbed to death in Laurens Monday night. His mur? derer has not been captured. The plaint of the Camden Press Brick Company was damaged $700 by fire Thursday evening. Clerk of Court J. C. McFadden, of Chester county, has resigned on ac? count f>f ill health. He has held the office for many y ars. Greenville, S. C., and Charlotte, N. C., may enter the South Atlantic Baseball League next season. Re? cently there has been talk of Savan? nah dropping out. John Skelton Williams and a party of capitalists, several of them from Europe, spent Thursday in Columbia. They are on a trip through the South. John Alexander Pickett has been awarded $5,000 damages in the suit against the Southern Railway in the JElichland county court. The dispensary at Springfield, S. C., and the store of L. A. Hutson were burned Thursday. Major Bryant, colored, was killed in Aiken county by a girl named Jula Hammond Monday night. Henry Seay, a young white man who killed his brother-in-law, Charles Raven, in Spartanbiirg county sever? al months ago, has been acquitted on the plea of self defense. Bert Wieson killed Bessie Wood? ward at a negro dance in Chester county Friday. She was the fourth woman to be killed in Chester county within a month. President Benj. Sloan, president of the University of South Carolina, is? sued a statement Tuesday in refer? ence to typhoid fever at the Univer? sity. He says that no new case has developed within the past 21 days and there is good reason tc believe that the trouble is at an end. Mr. J. R. McGhee has sold his in? terest'in the Greenwood Index and re? tires from the business. The banks of Columbia have or? ganized a clearing house association, with Mr. B. F. P. Leaphart as man ager. Mr. J. B Westbrook has been ap? pointed Clerk of Court of Chtster county. Mr. T. B. Woods, al_ well known business* man of Chester committed suicide Monday morning. The Rockingham, N. C., Power Com? pany is arranging to supply electric power to the mills in Hartsville. Incendiaries are at work in the vicinity of Jonesville, Union county. Another negro was killed at Gold ville, Laurens county, Saturday night. Mr. Donovan Bessinger, of Bam? berg county, has been indicted for arson hy his brother-in-law, Mr. T. W. Richardson. Peter Summer was accidenlly kill? ed by Henry Thompson at Prosperity on Monday. Rev. W. O. Ross, of Abbeville, a superanuafeed minister, dropped dead while cutting wood Monday morn? ing. Ben Hood, colored was killed in Lancaster county Monday by two white traveling picture agents. x Contributions of local items and personals by phone or otherwise are always welcomed at The Item office. Mr. Benj. S. White, of Sampit, while racing his fine thorough-bred horse on Saturday afternoon, was thrown against a tree and instantly killed, with his family as spectators of the terrible accident. -> I. P. Kirvin has won his suit in the Darlington court of common pleas against the Virginia-Chemical Com? pany for $1,995. He alleged that his crop was damaged by inferior fertil? izer. The Wittekind immigrants who be? came dissatisfied and left Anderson have been given emplloyment in oth? er mill towns and they are now said to be satisfied. How Editors Get Rich. After a good deal of study and work it has at last been figured out why so many country editors get rich. Here is the secret of success. A child is born . in the neighborhood, the attending physician gets $10, the editor gives the loud-lunged youngster and the "happy parents" a send-off and gets $0. It is christened; the minister gets $l?, and the editor gets $00. It grows up and marries; the editor publishes another long-winded flowry article and tells a dozen lies about the "beautiful and accomplished bride," the minister gets $10 and a F-ece of cake, and the editor gets $000. In the course of time it dies, and the dOctor gets from $25 to $100, the minister perhaps gets another $15, the undertaker gets $50 to $100; the editor publishes a notice of the death and an obituary two columns long, lodge and society resolutions, a lot of poetry and a free card of thanks, and gets $0,000. No wonder so many country editors get rich.-Newspaper dom. A Happy Death. At a recet banquet in Batimore, ac? cording to the Herald of that city, Congressman Gardner's anecdote about the would-be clergyman and the dying parishoner evoked much merri? ment. The minister was called to the bedside of the expiring man, whose name was Hopkins. " 'Opkins," said the dominie, 'you're a sick man." "I am," replied Hopkins. "You're going to die, 'Opkins," con? tinued the other. "I am," groaned Hopkins. You've been a bad man, 'Opkins." "I have." "You1 can't expect to go to heaven." "I know it," said Hopkins. "Then, Mr. 'Opkins, you'll have to go to the other place." "I will," said Hopkins, sighing deeply. "Well," continued the consoling ??3tor, "you ought to be thankful that you've got somewhere to go." j ROOSEVELT AT WORK. i_ - GOVERNMENT MACHINERY RE ! GINS TURNING AGAIN TODAY. ! _ I I As Soon as thc Big Ross Arrives in Washington Everything Takes on ! New Life-Cabinet Meeting Held This Morning and Congressional i Committees Begin Work With Re ? newed Energy. j Washington, Nov. 27.-President i Roosevelt was back at his desk today fand business, which has been drag ! ging, started with a dazzling acelera j tion. Vice President Fairbanks and i Speaker Cannon arrived almost sim I j ultaneously, one from Florida and i the other from Danville, 111. The ap i propriations committee cf the house j with Chairman Tawney, present, ! knuckled down to work at the Capi? tol. So. has the joint commission of the senate and house, which is con? sidering reforms in the postal ser? vice, and also the commission on re? vision of the general statutes. .Today Public Printer Stillings was on the carpet before the appropria? tion committee and the president's simplified spelling was on trial for orthographic life. If it is proved that the inauguration of the system in ser? vice means added exptnse to the gov? ernment printer's bills, the committee ! will use the tomahawk. ! A procession of statesmen and of? fice holders bore down on the presi? dent today at the White House, but today was cabinet day and this saved the president, The cabinet's session was occu? pied with the president's account of the t. ^ to Panama. A SPECIAL MESSAGE. President Roosevelt is at Work on a Message on the ^Isthmian Affairs io Be Sent to Congress. Washington, Nov. 27.-An official j announcement has ben made that President Roosevelt will send a special message to congress shortly after the opening of the session dealing with the Isthmus situation. He prepared much data on his return trip and ex? pects ti finish the message within the week. Endowment of an Automobile Now that endowments, thanks to what Mrs. Sage did or didn't say in i connection of them as "deadeners," are the subject of general discussion, it may be worth while to tell of a wholly new kind of endowment that was brought to our attention the oth? er day. In the family of a certain New Yorker there recently arose a differ? ence of opinion as to whether he should or should not buy an automo? bile. He was somewhat opposed to making such an addition to his re? sponsibilities, but the other members of the family really didn't see how I they could get along without one of the machines, and in the ways too well known to need description they exerted constant pressure until at last the man yielded to the extent of say? ing that if a venture in "the Street" brought in a profit of $5,000, the sum he considered necessary for going into automobiling in respectable style, he would make the desired purchase. As it happened, the venture brought in, not $5,000, but $29,000. Then the man invested as he had promised, and, being a person of i foresight and caution, he proceeded j Ito set aside the remaining $24,000 for the mantenance of the expensive toy. This sum he speaks of as "the en- j dowment of the auto," and all is for the present well,, but some people who have had painful experiences de? clare that the endowment is all too small-that it will not begin to suf? fice, if ah attempt is made to "keep" the ravenous money-eater on the in? come of the fund established, and that fatal inroads will soon be made on the principal. There are other people, however, who not only think but have proved that an automobile can be maintained easily enough on $1,000 a year, which judicious invest? ment of the $24,000 would produce. They aie, it mu*t be confessed, for the most part people who haven't $5 - 000 to pay for one of the machines or $24,000 with which to endow it, and they are accustomed to act as their own chauffeurs and to make all ex? cept the most serious repairs them? selves. Just the same, the idea of an en? dowed auto is an excellent as well as a novel one, and it deserves the serious consideration oi all who contemplate participation in the new joy. So do? ing, they will realize tnat che purchase of an automobile is but the beginning of their expenditures as automobilists, and it may prevent them from serving as horrible examples for those who are sadly proclaiming that prosperity is leading the country into dangerous extravagances.-X. Y. Times. Clerk-What kind of hammock do you want, miss? Summer Girl-Oh, a little one, just about big enough for one-but-er-strong enough for two. Life. SABBATH SCHOOL INSTITUTE. j A Series of Interesting Meetings Con? ducted by Kev. A. L. Phillies. On Sat?rela:* and Sabbath an inter- j esting series of talks was given in the j Presbyterian Church by Rev. A. L. ? Phillip?. D. D., of Richmond; Va., or. Sabbath school work. Dr. Phillips is the general superintendent of Sabbath schools and yoting people's societies : of the Southern Presbyterian church. ; He cares for the interest of this de- j partment of church work in IS States and )s acknowledged an authority on , Sabbath school methods and work. | Those therefore who heard him en? joyed a rare treat and caught some- j thing of his overflowing enthusiasm ! for the noble task of -training the young. j On Saturday, in three'talks, he de scribed the control and organization of j a model Sabbath school. Sabbath j morning he spoke of the great work accomplished by Sabbath schools in educating and evangelizing the mass? es. How the school was doing -work in destitute places where there are no j religious influences, preparing the ! way for the establishment of church-: es. The various Sabbath school pub? lishing houses send out annually three hundred million copies of religious literature. Sabbath afternoon Dr. Phillips spoke to the children, holding their close attention, telling them how they could aid in this great work by mak? ing their local school "Bigger and j Better." Sabbath evening his talk was a fit? ting end for-so fine a series. Jesus Christ was taken as the model, mas? ter teacher and held up for the study of those who strive to teach in the school. RILLING IX DARLINGTON. j Young White Man Shoots Xegro to Death in an Alleged Quarrel Over a Gun Trade. Darlington, Nov. 25.-Mr. Ernest Register, a white man. shot and kill? ed Jim Byrd, colored, last night. The killing occurred in Society Hill town? ship and was the result of a quarrel over swapping guns. Byrd, according to the information received here, be? lieved that Register had gotten the better of him in the gun trade and demanded the return of his gun, and endeavored to back up his demand by force, a proceeding which Register re? sisted with force. STATISTICS OF CRIME. Government Agents Making a Thor? ough Investigation of Lynchings, Homicides and Suicides. Washington, Nt>v. 26.-Statistics on lynchings, homicides and suicides are being prepared. Agents are making an investigation in all par(ts of the United States. Alfred Holestone, of Greencastle, Miss., is preparing the figures on lynchings; John H. Car ber, of Washington, on suicides and John Karen, of Boston on felonies. The investigation will cover the year 1906. The work cannot be completed in less than twro yearst EMPLOYEES WORRIED Special to The Daily Item. Washington , Nov. 24.-Many em? ployees of the interior department are anxious to know what will happen when James R. Garfield succeed Mr. Hitchcock as secretary. If reports are true there will be a general clean? ing carefully the Keep commission's most dangerously affected, as it is known that Garfield has been study? ing carefully vhe Keep commissions report. It is probable that Garfield will make some changes when his in? vestigation of the charges against the land offices is completed. THE PATRICK CASE. The Man Who Killed Millionaire Rice May Yet Escape Electric Chair. Washington, D. C., Nov. 26.-The Supreme Court will continue on its docket the appeal of Lawyer Albert I. Patrick, who is sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing, despite the reported promise of a commuta? tion^ of the sentence to life imprison nent. The case w'ill possibly be not reached before next October term. Should Patrick's attorneys ask to have the appeal dismissed there is a chance that Patrick may escape even a prison, otherwise the case will be heard in open court and the court pass upon the question of a new trial. A naturalist relates that the ap? pearance of perch, bream and cray? fish, in newly-cut dams near the Macquarie river in New South Wales was at first a perplexing mystery, the fishes being sometimes noticed im? mediately after the first rains in the dams, and for some years the theory of spontaneous generation was ac? cepted as the only possible explana? tion. Then a Sydney zoologist dis cvered fertile and half hatched fish ova on the breast and feet of a wild duck, supplying a simple solution of the problem \ Bi;VAX DENOUNCES BANKERS. Strong Words of Condemnation for the Emergency Bill. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 23.-Bryan, in the Commoner today, denounces the proposed emergency bill drafted by the bankers at Washington. "It will be a sor: y lay for the American peo? ple '.vhen they sleep soundly and per? mit these money gamblers to place upon the statute hooks such a meas? ure as is contemplated by the Ameri? can Bankers' Association," says Bry? an. OIL TRUST PROSECUTIONS. No Indictment Has Yet Been Made Against H. Clay Pierce. Austin, Tex., Nov. 23.-No indict? ment against H. Clay Pierce, of the Waters-Fierce Oil Company, has been made public, and the district court ol?cials deny that any such indict? ment exists. Rumors have ben cur? rent for several days that the grand jury has returned an indictment against some prominent man "not a citizen of Texas," but so far there is no authority for the widely published statement that a true bill has 'been found against the St. Louis oil man. TEXTILE STRIKE AVERRTED. Mill Operatives Win Big Victory Thirty Thousand Hands Get Ten Per Cent. Increase. Fall E.iver, Mass., Nov. 23.-Fall River's coton mill employes won a battle for an increase in wages today and on Monday next 30,000 operatives will come;' under ?a scale giving them 10 per cent, more than the present rate. The granting of the advance by the manufacturers prevented a strike, the workmen having voted at meetings last night to stop work in all mills next Monday if the new schedule was not accepted. M. C. D? Borden, an independent cotton manufacturer, employing- 5,000 operatives, took the lead in meeting the demands of the mill hands by announcing that t'he scale of wages in his mills would be raised 10 per cent. No demand had been made upon the proprietor of the Fall River iron works mills and his action practically forced the other mill managers to grant the increase. The new pay scale ^affects 70 cor? porations operating 92 mills, besides the iron works plant. The Manufac? turers' association's agreement to pay the increase is for a period of six months, but provision is made for ex? tending it. Between November, 1903, and July, 1904, the Fall River operatives suf? fered reductions, aggregating 22 1-2 per cent. Last spring a part of the cut was restored, and in view of the continued, properous business condi? tion, the operatives d?manded a com? plete resumption of the 1903 scale. It is considered probable that other cotton mills in New England will fol? low the lead taken in this city and that thousands of outside mill hands ultimately will be benefitted by the determined stand taken by the Fall River unions. v-: \ KILLING *AT JOHNSTON. Jj. Y. Born Shot to Death by Negro Named Charles Go million. Johnston, Nov. 23.-L. Y. Born, a white man 35 years old and the son of the late Pressly Born, a prominent farmer of the Good Hope section of this county, was shot and killed ab?nt.nine o'clock tonight by a negro man named Charles Gomillion. It seems that Born was under the influence of whiskey at the time of the killing. He came to Johnston on the train due here at 6.45 o'clock, but which arrived tonight about 8 o'clock, and after having had an altercation with some one at the station soon af? ter arrivi ng here, he proceeded to the home of Gomillion, which is on the outskirts of town. According to the story told by Go million he was awakened about nine o'clock by a noise at a front window. He went to the window, raised it and called out to know who was there. He received no answer, but saw a man crouching under the window, and thinking the intruder was about to shoot, himself opened fire and shot the man. After the shooting Gomillion went up the suret and told the night watch? man what he had done. He later surrendered to the police and was ta? ken to the jail at Edgefield where he was locked up. Born was shot through the neck and abdomen and lived only about an hour after the shooting took place. The inquest will be held tomorrow. There is no feeling against Gomillion. Tlie Innocent Inmigrant dir!. Robert Watchorn, the commissioner of immigration, has made a sympa? thetic and thorough study of the im? migrant types that reach New York. - Discussing these types the other day, he said: "The most naive are the Germans from the smaller and remoter States. They have the charmingly simple and quaint minds of children. "A beautiful German girl disem? barked here the other day. She was tall and strong, blue-eyed and yellow haired. She wanted to know at once if there were any letters for her. "The postmaster at the nier, after getting her name, said by way of a joke: " 'Is it a business or a love letter tl at you expect?' "The girl faltered. " 'A badness letter.' " 'Well, chere's nothing here,' said the man ,after looking over the as ? sortment. "The girl hesitated. Then, blushing as red as a rose, she said: " 'Would you mind just looking among the love letters, sir?'" Hie Signature Was Good. A story is told of how the late ex Go v Joseph A Gilmore, of New Hampshire, when he was superintend? ent of the Concord and Claremont railroad, once wrote a 'letter to one of his section bosses who had done, something to displease him. All the man could make out was the date and Superintendent Gilmore's signature. Some time afterward, being, in Concord, the man went to call on the superintendent at his office. "Hello, John, how do you do?" said Mr. Gilmore. "Well, what are you. doing |now?" "Why, I am up here at the same place on the section, Mr. Gilmore,'" replied John. "What?" said Mr. Gilmore, "didn't you get a letter from me?" naming: the date. "Why, yes; certainly," answered John. \ "Well, didn't you know thar that was a letter of dismissal?" "Letter of dismissal?" cried the as? tonished John. "No, I couldn't make it out, except that it was from head? quarters and signed by you, sir. But after some study I concluded it was a pass. As none of the conductors on the road could read it, they all ac? cepted my statement that it was a pass from Mr. Gilmore, and I have been riding on it ever since." John kept his place on the section -Boston 'Herald. f Ray Bright Enough for Him-. A member of the traveling frater? nity was waiting for a train at a small railway station in Northern New Hampshire, where was gathered the usual number of people whose daily diversion is "to% see what is going on. at the dee-po." Among the later ar? rivals was William Ray, well known, in that section for his ready wit His appearance was the occasion of such salutations as "Good morning, Ray,"" "Hello, Ray," from all sides. Business being dull that mornings the stranger, thinking this an oppor? tunity to "drum" up a little furn, turned to the newcomer and inquired*. "Are you an X-ray?" Without hesitation William F. re? plied: "I don't know as I'm an X ray, but I can see through you." A burst of laughter froAt the crowd, silence on the part of the traveling man.-Boston Herad. Gov. Guild's Stammering Storys Gov. Guild, of Massachusetts, tells* this story: y In Tremont street there used to be a stammering college kept by Prof Graves. Next door to this college . was \ a flower store. Prof. Graves" method was to ask each pupil what phrase he would like to learn to say perfectly. Then the professor would drill the pupil on that one phrase or sentence. One day a friend of n*Bne, who was affliced with the stuttering habit, de? cided to patronize the professor. Be? fore he went into the studio, however, ' he stepped to look in the flower store at some very handsome yellow chrys? anthemums. Then he went up stairs to se the professor. "Now, my dear fellow," sad Prof. Graves, "is there anything particular you would like to learn to say per- \ fectly?" "W-w-w-well, y-yes, th-there is,"" said the stammerer. "I sh-sh-should like t-t-to be able t-t-to s-say ch crys - cry s - ch - crysanth - th - the nv-m-mum before the darn th-thing: f-fades!"-Boston Herald. Hero of Many Battles. One fault of a certain extremely popular general is that he, being rather deaf, is apt to come to wrong conclusions. Returning from a campaign one ? of the first men to greet him was an; J old acquaintance. "Ah, my good fel^ low," said the general, "so glad tO/-See you have prospered and had/ good fortune these years." "Yes, general, yes; but I have had the greatest misfortune to lose my " wife since I saw you." Catching the word "wife," the other guessed at the idea of a recent mar? riage, and patting his old friend affec? tionately on the shoulder, he ex? claimed: "Happy man! Happy man."-Ex? change.