Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CttlESPOIBEiCE. so that they will Whan the latter* are It la almoat an te have them appear la that day. Dai ami. Jan. Ift?Mr*. James Mont vtstted her steter. Mrs. Brvla last week, who Is 111 with tau hat I* mach impovcd. W. B. Dtckson aad children re toarjerrow lo their mountain and Mrs. Sam McPadtlln were ?he visitor* here last week. W. P. Oaillard has recovered itly from hie recent sickness at ast ap a short while each day. as*, /asses Reaves spent Saturday 9? Mr. OHer has received a call fm Mt Ham church and his people will tai give him up should he de j so aecept. He has endeared him ? ?at oady to his congregation, hut mm community. mm wma blew furiously Sunday aad an It la lime for forest fires apprehension was felt r. Fob. ].?-Very Hit Is farm la beleg done now. owing to 'et state ef the lands, ?me farmers hare about finished doan stalks. sat crop Is u*?t so flourishing the heavy fresse?. There Is ?so me sickness In the com anaatly at thai time. Mrs. Lylee. sn elderly lsdV, |? quite Ml with pneumonia. ggggam Vre, Bvh Hmlth and daughter, of JMenopvllle passed through this . aPoajfcborHo od on her way to Tim to vie It her bro traft, s Martin Smith, who Is uttending college In Columbia, came week for a few days to re? trace from a spell of grippe, r. Oeonr Sutton had the mlsfor to lose hie dwelling by fire last The fire originated from the ; *!!??*> due. There was no Insurance. *> ) . - ~. ttateburg. Peb. I.?Mr. J. Singleton Meers, of Sumter, Is spending a few ?Man at ?The Ruins." alias Mettle Perry, of Sumttr. spent aavara; days last week as the guest C^.Mssses Lottie and Janus N'elon. str. Barte Mellette spent Sunday a! Agnes H. Burgess returned on y from Sumter. where she n visiting Mrs. H. T. Abbott. Mr. Richard P.lchardscn, of Sum r, spent yesterday in our mldrt. Bessie Bamwell spent Satu? and Sunday with MKses Fannie Hsrriet Saundcrs at their loveiy near Claremont. Master Hall Ramsey, of the Bomtui school, was ut home for Satu. jr anu Sunday. Mrs. M. Burgess, of Sumter. Tuesday with Mrs. S>reven re. MAX Max. Feb I.?Mr. T. Y McElvecu reewertrg from s severe Hin?**. Mr. Robbie White head lost his burrvj r Are. with corn and fodder. Also, la stabil^ and two splendid malen ess rt try. There will be a boa and valentine sn dnment at the Beulah rchoo) on the night of Feb. 14. pro for the benefit of the school, community is Invited. Mosdames J. C Truluck, E. L. brautek and A. J. Ooo<fman dined aast Friday with their brother. Mr. gjL C. Carraway. and wife, who have stly moved Into thc?tr new home Fculah. Louise Snv.dt with Mrs. A. J. iman aad nieces, Mlssts Leila Mary B. Burgess, and Mr. and S. C. Carrawsy. attended preach assy at Bethel Sunday and 1ln< 4 at Mr- J. A. M. Cnrraway's. Prof. Altaian snd Mri. Lena Keels, Cff Trmlty. Misses Smith and Taylor, mi Newt -n. Mise Brownson, of Plrae ssnrst. Mlssss Smith and Williams), of Mssjlah. snd M\m Smith, of Norwood, esers seen at Bethel Sunday. Mr. Jake KVIIcy left las', week for OecrgU. where be has gone In bust Tho nourishing little town of Beu lah and al*o the postofflce of that panes which Is now Bethlehem, will fj eson he known as Olanta. Prof Motes, of HhlWh, spent Fat wrday and Sunday with Mr. A. J. Ooodman. DARK CORNER. Dark Corner. Peb. 1.?We he*! h re yesterday from pboui 11 ?'clock a. m. until about s o'clock aast night when the wind began to and ths rain came down In tor until nearly daylight this morn whan the rain csased, but ths si etlll blowing. And we are having mud and water on all sides, which will stop all farm work foi several days as the land Is too wet to plough, and there Is but little plough? ing is being done hereabouts as yet which mear.a that wo will be late getting ready to plant this season. Mr. Joe M. Ardis" baby, Lottie Mae, died last Monday night, the 27th hit, aged tbreo months. Mrs. Ardds' health is still very bad. I hoar of no other tick ones to report. Qus and Dud Weeks visited at Mr. Joe M. Ardl*' last night. I have sen a piece from the Chester Reporter where the present legislature should have ample time at this session to consider the question of erecting a home for old Confeder? ate soldlers. An I am one of the poor old fellows that wore^he gray I want to ask a few questions What is wanted with a home for us. la it thought we are faring too well with those who love ue and whom we love, that they want to tear us away from what little we have left us and carry ue off somewhere to die away by our? selves, with no one but strangers to close our poor, old eyes asd heap tne clode on our poor old frames. I say before the Stato of South Carolina treats me that way I hope that thoy will do by me as sportsmen used to do by their old broken down dogs, take me out Into the woods and shoot me. I cannot believe that any one with a drop of the milk of human kind? ness in th?*lr hearts would want to build a home for we poor old "robs." And I know that it is not an old sol? dier who spent three or four years en ? ho tented leid that Is urRing th; home to be built Just let us alone, please, a few years more, and we will ul) have a home?Jus*, six feet of earth?and remember that It le only six feet of earth that will make us all of one else?the old reb. and the one that wants to shut him off from the ties of relativen and friends and the graves of our dead. Think well, gen? tlemen of tho genhral assembly, be? fore yon act on thie old soldiers' 1 home question. I cannot believe that our delogatton would vote for the home. Old man Pink Weeks has his mill in good running order again and is turning out a fine i|ua!lty of meal and tri/. (Our Dark Corner correspondent is unduly exercised over the proposal to establish a home for Confederate vet? eran*. The home, should It be built will be a home lor old soldiers who have no home* of their own and no rind red or friend* who are able and wiling Id care ior them. It would he a%h..</en >| rrfuge and rest where the Indigent and helpless old soldiers m*Khi pass th- ir declining years in peace and comfort, it will bd open to those who desire*to ntvuil them? selves of the State's bounty and fos teilng care and only those who apply of their own free will will be adr::it t?d. It will not be, as . our corres? pondent se^ms to apprehend, a pris? on to which all old soldiers will be consigned by force of arms. Xb one w'U be hounded down by the min? ions of the law or torn away from his kindred, friends or the graves of his loved ones to bo committed e^ The home It would be a charitable and beneficent, not a penal institution Our correspondent's alarm and Indig? nation Is needless and uncalled for, due, evidently, to a misapprehension of the purposes of the proposed sul I'tere* home.) AXTIOCH. Antloch, Feb. 4.?Tho cold wave has struck our section, and it If so | cold that farm work to at a standstill now. Very little work has been done yet on the farm, a little ploughing, and some havo teen hauling ferti? lisers but to no great extent. The ivold spell has caused a great deal of sickness in the line of la' grippe* The White Oak school opened last Monday with Miss Luclle Brltton as teacher. Miss Eva Brltton has accepted a school near Westvllle, 8. C. Mr. A. B. White rpent Friday In Blshopvllle. Mr. J. W. Weldon and family at? tended a family reunion at Herlot on last Friday and they all report a very nice time indeed. Mr. Wolter White's new house is nearlng completion. The friends and relatives of Rev. T. J. White are very sorry to hear of his critical condition. He Is now being treated at a hospital in Asheville, N. C. Mr. F. O. Peebles, of this place, spent yesterday with his brother, Dr. Peebles, at Rural. On Sunday la*t a Mr. Wlngate, ol Manning, came up and chose as bis companion, Miss Bessie Trimble, and took her back home later. W. W. Wilson, c f Rock Hill, S. C was arrested in Charlotte on the chargo of noting us labor agent without a license. The Judiciary committee has made a favorable report on the pro post. tlon to divide the fifth Judicial cir? cuit. ORGANIZED MOB KNOCKED. ANOTHER DECISION OF IHK SU? PREME COURT AGMNST UN? ION LABOR. Cnse of Lowler *s. Lowe?Opinion Rased on Alleged Boycott?The Hatters* Union Is Involved Washington, Feb. 3.? Today for the third time within a month the supreme court of the United States promulgated an opinion construing law? adversely to the contentions of organised labor. The first of the decisions wa? ren? dered on Jan. 6. In the case of some railway employes who sought to se? cure damages under what is known aa "the employers' liability law,'* making railroads responsible for in? juries resulting from the neglgence of fellow servants, which law the court held to be unconstitutional The second important finding in this line was announced on the 23rd ult., when the Erdman arbitration act, forbidding the discharge of em? ployes, because they are members of labor unions, was also declared to be Invalid. Tho verdict rendered tiday was lit the case of Lowler vs. Lowe, tho former a member of the hatter-' union and,the latter a hatter of Dai-, bury, C-*nn. The case involved Ulf applicability of the seventh section of tho Sherman antl-ttust law In con .?piracies by labor unions t< boycott articles entering Into interstate trade. Under tho terms of that provision tho complaining party may collect three times the amount of the lugs if the charge Is sustained. The union :ought the case on the ground that the law was Inapplicable to such or? ganizations, but Ihv cour^ wh:se opin on was announced by Chief Jus Mo Fuller, failed to accept this %:?-w end In effect held that the um? n;< coudl not be pd.'mittod to In? terfere by boycott with the free ex? change of commerce between the States. There was no dissenting opinion. The suit was instituted by Lowe ?v Co. In the United States circuit court for the district of Connection I. The company .alleging damages by boycott against their factory to the ex lent of $80.000, asked for a judgment for $240,000 in accordance with the terms of the Sherman act. Not on'y ? he members of the hatters' union ?^ut the American Federation o! Labor was included In the bid. In the complaint It was alleged that tb?* labor organizations had undertaken to compel the manufacturers to unionize their factory and It was as? sorted that when they failed In thlft effort the union hatters Wlthdfrw and. Induced other employes to io so This act was followed by tn% declara? tion of boycott against Lowe's hats \nd as the Arm controlled an exten? sive trade throughout the country i he boycott extended to many States, which in the language of the Mil ?oi.^t'tut^d a commission to limit .ind restrain interstate commerce, The Connecticut court declared that neither the manufacture nor the distribution of bats Is Interstate in character the court found It necej iary to decide whether a commission which seems to interfere with both the manufacture and distribution rimultancounly is one which djreetlv affects transportation from one State to another. The effect of that de? cision was favorable -to the unlr.n, as it held that, the supreme cour; had not broadened the Sherman act ??o a to make It fit such a condition. Ac? cordingly the complaint was dismiss? ed on a demurrer, and the dismissal was affirmed by the court of appeals. The decision of the appellate court was today In turn overruled by the Gupremc court. _ A young white man was seriously wounded by being shot by a negro In Orangeburg Tuesday ' Two negroes got into a dltflculty ii? Union county and as the result one was killed. It's folly trying to hide a false life behind a fj ,M for truth. This world is none the brighter for those who have money to burn. The Brazilian National Exposition opens in Rio Janeiro in June People who have no love to spare always have plenty of surplus sorrow to distribute. It's hard fcr a man to be honest with his neighbor who is not honest with himself. The world might soon be made good if only religious people would make good. You can nag a man Into purgatory heaven. The man with a swelled head us? ually wears a smal hat. You cannot get the curl out of a pig's tall by making fun of it. JEROME SCORES DEFENDANT. CALLS THAW COWARD AND WHITE A MONSTER. Makes Plea for Evelyn Thaw?The Case Will Probably Go to the Jury Today?Thaw's Fate Will be Known Soon. New York, Jan. ?O.?William Trav ers Jerome, representing the people, made a masterly plea today that jus tice be done In the ease of Harry Ken? dall Thaw. Vindictiveness, sneers. Insinuations, all were lacking; logic, analysis and a cairn consideration of the facts were their substitutes. It was no blind appeal for the vengeance of the law that Mr. Jerome addressed to the Jury, but over and always there was a ncte of fairness, even at times cf mercy. The year that has elapsed ilnce the first trial has wrought a wonderful startling change in the prosecutor. No longer attempting to shield tho name of Stanford \Vhit6, he accepted the story told by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as true?all but the drugging?and he made frank confession to the jury that the velvet swings und mirrored rooms of the studio house described by the Elvi were indeed a miserable reality. No longer attacking Evelyn Thaw as a skilled adventuress. Mr. Jerome pleaded Ihr the girl, because~sh? never had h:id a chance for any of the high? er, clearer, sweeter things of life. Th^" climax came, however, when Mr. Je ome denounced both Thaw and White in one breath and classed them as "two degenerates quarreling over a woman,' And the woman, ..he pros? ecutor declared, knew no more?had been taught no more by the world? than to play one against the otho* V.ntil in jealous rage, in blindest rage, In vengeance of an "undeniably gross wrong done to his wife." Harry Thaw shot and killed the architect. The case goes to the Jury tomorrow morning and Thaw may know his fate before the setting of another sun. Justice Dowling will begin his charge as soon as court Convenes at 10.30 o'clock tomorrow morning. District Attorney Jerome turned a willing ear to the testimony of insani? ty placed before the jury, and empha? sized it in a number of instances. He admitted that Thaw had always been physically weak, and that at times his mind had been unstrung. And while at no point was there the direct offer of compromise in the prosecu? tor's speech, there was notably an in* dication, that he would not feel that justice had been misdirected if a ver? dict of some lesser guilt than murder in the first degree' should be the cul? mination of the jury's deliberations. Mr. pome carefully expluiriod the elements that enter into a verdict of primary -nur lor the p^naity of which is death, and then he pointed the why to two other Undings, which, he de? clared, were possible nudor the eir eumstanc"?. In first degree murder, tho district attorney stated, the kin ing must lime been the result of hoth intent and deliberation. In th? sec? ond degree murder he said the Intent to effect death remained, but premed? itation must have had no part; in manslaughter in the first degree, Mr. Jerotn? declared, the elements were an overwhelming rage and fury which compelled the assuillnut to shoot without, however the intent to inflict death. Mr. Jerome said he could not see lu w under their oaths as Jurors, the twelve men in the jury box could go outside ol the three verdicts.* MANY MENDICANTS. Large Number or Reggnrs Are In* fCHting the City anil Annoying Pe? destrians. It has been quite noticeable of late that here are many beggars in Sum? ter and that they are annoying peo? ple on the streets everyday. While most people do not object to giving a few conts to these mendicants, and it is nothing but right that they should, yet there seem to be manv cases In which ihe beggars are not apparently In great need. A few days ago. a one legged man was helped by many peo? ple and later in the day he was ar? rested horribly drunk and disorderly. Most of those beggars are one-legged or one-armed but seem to be physl ea'ly able to do som? honest work for a living. if a person helps an ulleged beg? gar and physically disabled person, he or she docs it in the right spirit and if the recipient is i? fake, it is not the fault )f the giVer, but should not these matters be Hokol into by the city authorities? A few days ago two one-legged 'men were begging on Main street, one opposite the other on different sides of the street, and p-obablv they reaped a rich harvest from their day's work. Helping a poor, unfortunate once in a while Is all right but the public frets tired of too many r.iedicants on the streets when some of them ap? pear to be able to do honest work for a living. A young child 01 M. C. Roscoe, of Pickens, S. C, was burned to death. THAW IS NOT GUILTY. JUKY RETURNS VERDICT AT 12.45 THIS AFTERNOON. Judge Dowling Sentences Thaw to Temporary Confinement in Matten? wan Asylum?Littleton Asks That Thaw be Released at Once. New York, Feb. 1.?The Thaw jury at 12.46 this afternoon returned a verdict of not guilty on the grounds of Insanity against Harry K. Thaw lor killing Stanford White. The pris? oner has boon sentenced by Judge Dowling to be confined in the Matte wan asylum temporarily. Lawyer Littleton naked that Thaw be releas? ed immediately. Mattcawan, N. Y., Feb. 2.?Harry K. Thaw began today the routine of a simple life which the authorities at the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane say will make his long stay In the Tombs prison in New York city seem like the height of gaiety in comparison. The new patient m the observation ward slept soundly last night, the presence of the 50 other men in the dormitory not givina him ihe slightest concern. It was after ItieJ usual retiring hour when Thaw reach? ed the hospital last night and he im? mediately went to bed. )Ie arose this morning at 6 o clock and ate a hearty breakfast at the "knife and fork ' table. Only 54 men ojt >f mjrc than 700 In the institu? tion are allowed this privilege, the ethers being restricted to spoons Thaw seemed much refreshed from his sound sloop and declared he need? ed the rest after the trying hourc cf Friday night and Saturday while the jury was out and seemingly unable to agiee upon a verdict. About 500 men were in the main dining room when Thaw reached the breakfast ta'ble and he was then the eentre of attention. The novelty of the notod patient's presence had not worn off by dinner time and he was compelled again to eat under the scrutiny of many eyes. No arrangements for specially prepared meals having yet been made for him, Thaw shared the hospital fare wi;h all the others. His dinner included roast pork, pota? toes, sauerkraut, bread, butter and coffee. At 3 p. m. ThfeW attended divine services in the hospital auditorium or theatre. During the day Thaw declared to one of the attendants that he probab? ly would not be In the hospital moio than a week, lie said his lawyers would sue oo.t a writ of habeas cor? pus in his behalf and ho was sure lit would be allowed hi.* liberty as the result o% a hearing in court or an in? quiry before a eon>n'ssion During;his ^tay in the Observation ward Th :\v will be under the immediate super? Vision oi Dr. Amos T. Baker, one of Ihe medical asv.-tants to Superinten? dent Lamb. Dr. Baker said today he tVOUld not allow Thaw to have Itquot and tobacco unless his condition teem* td to demand them tot a time lr medic, l moderation. Thaw brought a large sum of mon y with him to the hospital, but Und? ing he would not be allowed its custo ly handed it to a newspaper man. Yho turned it over to his counsel. During the week provision will b^ rrjade by the family for special meal* and table delicacies for Thaw. This afternoon Dr. Britten D. Evan* of Morris Plains, N. J.. and Dr. Smith Ely Jelllfte of New Ycrk. alienist)*, arrived at the hospital They were employed by the dttfensi '.n both tria?s or Harry K. Thaw and while both evaded Questions regard* ing their presence tiore it is said they at the Investigation Of Mrs. William Thaw to examine her SOU and be pre? pared with evidence when iiaboas corpus proceedings are brought to liberate him Now York. Feb. I.?For the firs': time Since he kill *d Stanford White in June. Ig.Oii Ha try Kendall Thaw ties given ills 0*n version of the Madlspn Square Roof Garden trage? dy for publication, exclusively to the Hearst News Service: In an amazing interview, which ne granted to Charles So me r vi lie, he ad? mits Insanity at the time of the shoot? ing, declares he does not remember its actual commission, and says nc expected to suffer the death penalty for his deed. Thaw's attorneys today outlined the campaign U> free tbeii client from the asylum for th?* crim? inal Insane at MatUawan, to which he was committed after acquittal ot the murder charge on the ground of insanity. His lawyer, mother and wife pre paied to v is it him in the asylum to? day and complete the plans for his release. The acquitted man is con* itantly urging haste, and says that if his present counsel will not act im mediitely he will obtain other ad vis ors. The first step will be to get a writ of habeas corpus. Thi.> may be granted by any supreme court Justice and Thaw will be produced in court. Following this will come as bitter a contest as the trials themselves District Attorney Jerome will use ev? ery force tt his command to keep the slayer a prisoner,-while his coun? sel will try to pr ut that although he was insane when he shot Stanford While, he has recovered and is ra? tional and safe new. The case prob? ably will go before- a lunacy commis? sion. Thaw fci.gnt today for sepcial priv? ileges, which were denied him. He has been assigned to the division where the patients, who have delu? sions arc cenflred. und has C7 f^lloW patlents. His cot is next to that of Quimbo Appo, a Chinaman who tries to fratrnize with him and already has appointed him to be a general in his army, and a vice-admiral cf a fleet of gunboats. This division is filled with patients, who believe they are kings, emperors and powerful men. They look on tho millionaire as a very common individual and many have proffered him their assistance. New York. Feb. 4.?Harry K. Thaw's ungovernable temper got the better of him shortly after midnight this morning and he wandered from his private ?om, connecting with the general ward, where 58 of the sup? posed "harmless patients" are con? fined in the Matteawan asylum for the criminal insane, and created such pa panic among the other "harmless madmen" that guards had to b*? tailed and they had to be restrained by force. Thaw had been sulking since the visit of his wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, yesterday afternoon. His experience in coming in contact with gibbering men hal rtduced him to an almost smPiar state. When Thaw went back to the ward he was ugly and nervous. The other ivatients, many of whom believe they are multi-millionaires had been told that a real millionaire was among them and they began to make Thaw the butt of their .icats. The Insane chatter of Thaw's 58 companions amused him for a tinv\ Then their incessant talk began to bore him uid when they began to tease him his anger rose. Michael , O'Donnell, who in 1002 was seM to the asylum, after killing a man in a card game In New York city, is the l-ois madman of this ward. His friend and confident is Bavarian de Ar.gelis, who shot a man in this city. One of their associates is John G. Roth, who attempted to kill the Rev. Dr. John Hall on the steps of hiar church in 1891. Through tne early part of the night Thaw was quiet. From the long row cf white beds on which lav the other sleeping madmen could be heard snores with occasional groans as r.cme brain-diseased patient tossed ?mcasily on his bed. Now. and then so hie sleeper would cry out. but such noise did not disturb the others. It was all too much f u* Thaw, hewever. He tossed uneasily In ais bed in the private room fcr hours. Then the old Thaw temper?the tem? per that marked his career from ear? ly childhood until the night he shot Stanford White to death?boiled ever. He leaped from his bed w:'th a bound and stalked into ward 1, north, demanding ipjlet. His %*&tce rose louder end louder. The ether pati? ents, easily exeitod, all bounded from t'ieir o.'ts and for a time the ward was in an uproar. Thaw, stan lfng in the doorway cf his private ro,.m. brandished his arms and his voice sounded above the gibbering and chatt?r of the other madmen. He seemed madder than the other* In bis excitement and an? ker, and he continued t?. yell h;s or? dere for "qeiet." Attendants came from the other wards. Thaw's 58 coirepai Ions were bowleu over man after man, and the more excited were held fast to their cots and ordered t-> keep still. One ?f the attendants took Thaw by the arm and led him to hi? ?oom. He was tolj to go to bed. and the command was the sort that even Thaw was forced to respect. "I'll be as mad as th?3 maddest of these," he told the attendant. "If X stay in this place a week I'll go mad. I tell you." The altenJant guarded Thaw for a time hnd pacified him. Then when the millionaire teemed sleeping he Tupped from the room. Anderson has pledged $6G,0(?0 tor the building of a woman's college in that city. Tho burned out business men of Bennettsville are busy hunting new quarters to resume business and the town i^ considering the question of bdtter water erorks Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wessell of thrown from their baggy and seri? ously Injured. Carrying a Bible under the arm does not prevent carrying poison un dok the tongue. When a man makes Ml will, he has a right to be self-willed. Advice is like medicine?a little goes a long way. I Salt puts out a fire In the chimney. Salt and soda are excellent for bee rtings and spider bites.