Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?WOKa or DRUNKEN NESH." Tb* Moon iM Reuig Restricted More and More? \Ull Moon He Confined tn the Large eitle*. ? WOE8 OF DRUNKENNESS." But they also have erred through wine end through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err In vision, they stumble in judgment.?lslab 17: 7. Isaiah, most brilliant of the Old Testament poets, left many bright saytngs on record, but nothing supe? rior to hie denunciation of the drink habit. This was the first temperance eermon ever delivered and Isaiah was the first promotion agitator. The Israelites, as their history shows, suf? fered much from the vice of intoxi? cation. Noah was scarcely off hie ark until he became beastly drunk. Pine fellow to start a new race with. It was because of their debauch at Shi Ulm with the htoabtte women that "Jehovah's wrath was kindled" agelnet the rioters and to this drunk? en orgy was due the subsequent ex? termination of the Moabites. This Amt "saloon rout' ae It may well be called, was the prime cause of the moot brutal, eruel and Inexcusable war recorded in the history of the "eheaea people." After they had set? tled Ifa Palestine, grape raising was principal agricultural Industry, they drank entirely too much of own wine. By the time of Isaiah, which was In the eighth cen? tury B. C, It la evident that drunk enneee In Its worst form was alarm? ingly prevalent It will be noticed In the extract above that not only the people, but the priests and prophets, were addicted to strong drink and severely denounced,by the old tem? perance reformer. Twenty-seven eventful centuries hare paaeed since Isaiah delivered his sermon on the "Woes of Drunken nee*," and we are still fighting the same awful cures. The twentieth cen? tury eeee a battle royal In progress between the people of the United eta to* and the entrenched forces of Intowlnatlng liquor. Never before was the rrials so acute, and never before were the prospect* ao blight for vic? tory over the "demon of the still." The coll* are being eloeed around the meneaer In every State of the Union, and It la hoped la time that the lifo flsay be choked out of him entirely. The temperance law* grow more ami more drnatle. and the determination of the ?????? of th* people for thol:.* en to women t beoome* stronger and stronger ?v.ry day. Within the last few month* three circuit court Judge* In Indiana have decided that the sa? loon la a nuisance, a foe of peace and moral*, aad that the Bute ha* no right to license It any more than it would have a right to license murder. What I* still more remarkable, two boards of county commissioners have refused to lie*no* saloon* on the afro* ground. it I* pleasing to note that far me is as a claaa are overwhelmingly on the side of sobriety In this titanic strug? gle pfjajanj th* chief foe of mankind aad principal obstruction In the path? way of civilisation. The rural dis? trict* are practically all antl-saloo?. and have either driven it out or are preparing to do so. Soon these abom? ination* will be confined exclusively to the large cities There, we are sor? ry to say, th* vice still lingers in Its worst form. Go to any fashionable hotel between th* hour* of 11 and I o'clock and you will find well driestd men and women In the c*f<s, eating and drinking. There around th* midnight table, enthroned be? tween Baochu* and V*nus, drunken men hiccough out Immoral argument* aad obecene Jests. There sharper* and bullies and hard-hearted, Impu? dent debauches nightly hold forth for the edification of the rising genera? tion. Here may be seen beardless ytuth*. still In college, reeling around the wine glas* while women of ques? tionable character Indulge in weak laughter and maudlin applause. Here Ith* night rounders, "men of the woriO." the rake, the libertine and the roue. He In wait for the victims that are to be baited with wine. Th*r* are many Evelyn Thaw* a ho are not found out, who do not get into the court* a* the r**ult of murder. In every great city of this Union there are to be found fashionable dene, a* Infamou* a* that of Stan? ford Whit*, wh*r* drunken orf.ies Iare indulged In by men and women with foreheads of brons*. heart* a* hard ae the nether millstone und tongue* **t on fire of hell.?American Farmer. Cleveland Hooker, a former con? vict In Orangeburg county, has lll*d suit against the Southern Ex? tras* company for damage* In the sum of 11.000 for the loss of f lug tobacco, som* chickens and other trifle*, which he claims w*re ex? tracted from a 'box that had been shipped him by his brother. Don't be afraid of failure. Keep i though you fall a doaen Umee. The N< \v Danger. Immigrants should be a chief Issue In this year's campaign in South I Carolina. We publish today conclu? sive proof that Messrs Roosevelt. Straus, Wilson & Co., intended to use all their force and influence to fill South Carolina with immigrants from the congested cities of the North and the over crowded countries of Eu? rope. No man with half brains can be so simple as to be deceived by the pretty platitudes of those conspira? tors. To save and secure themselves from the tide of undesirable Immi? grant? overrunning the North and spoiling Its civilisation they seek to dump the anarchists assassins and miscellaneous reprobates of Europe In South Carolina and Alabama first, afterwards in other Southern States They have elected as their first vic? tims Alabama, because it leads the South In Iron and ateel manufacture, and South Carolina, because It is the greatest cotton manufacturing State In the South. The unfortunate action as to Im? migration taken by the administra? tion and Legislature from 1904 to 1907 has led these conspirators to be? lieve that South Carolina Is an easy state to tool, and they believe they will get all the help they need to carry their scheme to a successful conclusion. We serve notice on the candidates for Qovernor, United States Senator and Representatives, and the General Assembly that they must oome out flat footed for or against this new plan of reconstruction.? Jarnwell People. ? The Forests of Europe. No country was ever more harried or brought to the verge of ruin by war than Germany at the end of the thirty years' war. Yet look at her to? day. Her forests have been restored by a wise and far-sighted policy and as the years go by the forest resources of that nation are becoming larger instead of being depleted. They are growing every year more than they are cutting. We are cutting every year three times as much as we are grow? ing. France has been through the same experience. The" Franco-Prussian war left her a swept country. The moment her people returned to their vocations her productive fields re? sumed their no mal fertility, except where forest destruction by the French people themselves had done almost Irreparable damage to the country. The scars left by the for? eign Invasion and the bloody conflicts of war were soon healed. The scars the French people had Inflicted on themselves by the reckless destruction of the forests on their hillsides will take centuries to heal, though now after the terrible Injury to the coun? try by deforestation has been done the French government has been aroused to the 'necessity for repairing the damage and la spending many millions to restore what was wan? tonly wasted. Dom Grow on Sundays. From the Abbeville Press and Banner. The Misses Gllmer live In the house of Mr. S. T. Eakln, on Washington street, next door to the Miller Hotel. Some time back a rich place In the garden was planted In vegetables. The crop came up before breakfast aid has been growing ever since at a most rapid rate. The fact Is, It seems, that the vegetablea never rest If our readers would believe us we would suggest. that they must grow contin? uously night and day. If It were not for the fact that the young ladles sometimes worship In the A. R. P. church we would believe that they allow their vegetables to grow on ?Sunday as well as In the night time. But being good and pious young la? dies of the A. R. P. profession, we believe If they round their beans and beets growing on Sunday they would go out on Monday morning and pull up the whole sacrilegious lot and throw them Into a boiling pot. Beaufort, June 5.?Five prisoners broke out of the county Jail this morning shortly after 1 o'clock. Thr*aV have been captured. The pris onere dug a hole through the brick wall unjler one of the windows and let themselves to the ground by means of a rope made of blankets. Bucklen's Arnica Salve Wins. ?Tom Moore, of Rural Route 1, Cochran. Ga., writes: "I had a bad sore come on the Instep of my foot and could find nothing that would heal It until I applied Bucklen'e Ar? nica Salve. Leas than half of a 25c box won the day for me by affecting a perfect cure." Sold under guarantee at Slbert's Drug Store. The habit of viewing things cheer? fully, and of thinking about life hopefully, may be made to grow up In us like any other habit.?8mllea. When anybody agrees with you ho has opinion*; when he doesn't, de? lusions. The biggest army depot In the country Is to be established near San Francisco. Directions to Scorers. President W. If. Kavanaugh, of the Southern League, has issued a bul? letin to his scorers making some rul? ings In regard to scoring. Here are two which are of general interest: In case of a double steal where the catcher gets one of the stealers by his throw the other stealer is not to be credited with a stolen base. He reaches the base on the play and the same record should be applied to him as is applied to the runner reaching first on a fielder's choice. In infield sacrifice hits when the batter intentionally sacrifices, and the ball is handled in plenty of time to catch the batter at first, do not give the batter a base hit If the field? er throws to head the runner at sec? ond and gets the ball there too late. A Just way of scoring this play is to allow the batter a sacrifice. He ac? complished his part of the work and by so doing robbed himself of an opportunity to get a base hit, there? fore, he should be exempted from a time at bat. No one should be charg? ed with making an error unless the ball Is dropped or fumbled, when per? fect handling might have insured the ?'out" of one runner. It seems as though injustices will be done under the ruling about the double steal. Such a ruling Is cor? rect under the stolen base rule, which says that "A stolen base shall be cred? ited to a base runner whenever he advances a base unaided by a base hit, a put-out, a fielding, or a battery error." The man of course advances with the assistance of the put-out. But still who Is to say that he would not have stolen the base if the ball had been thrown to catch him. With men, say, on first and third, suppose the runner starts from first as the ball Is pitched and makes such a run for It that he has any possible throw beaten a mile. And suppose the ball is thrown first to the pitcher and by him sent back to the cathcher to catch the "other half of the double steal, who Is trying to pilfer home plate. Now why has not the man who grab? bed second done everything required of him to get a stolen base? Of course, viewed from the catch? er's ?Standpoint, any other method than that suggested by President Kavanaugh is an Injustice to him. He cannot throw to catch but one man. He catches him. He has done his duty and has a just claim to be exempted from the discredit of hav? ing a stolen base scored In favor of the opposing player. And there Is no doubt but that the catcher gets most of the discredit for the stolen bases scored by the opposing team, regardless of whose fault It really is. The sacrifice hit mentioned by President Kavanaugh is usually scored In Atlanta in the way he sug? gests. But the play has added gray hairs to the head of every scorer who ever tried to decide whether or not the ball was handled in time to catch the runner at first. The question, "Did he have it beat?" (over the grammatical construction of which we pass lightly) is one that Is heard with frequency In the press box. And there is usually plenty of divergence of opinion as to the answer. This little spiel may not be very clear. In fact, to be entirely accu? rate, It Isn't very clear. But It goes to show what we have been Insisting for years that a revis? ion of the scoring rules is absolutely essential. The rules ought to be revised by a competent committee and then a cen? tral fountain of scoring information ought to be established so that the questions as they arise could be de? cided by one competent body and uni? formity secured. As the thing stands now the scoring rules are Incomplete and five dozen league presidents are Interpreting them in five dozen different ways.? Atlanta Journal. FIVE YEGGMEN CONVICTED. Men Arrested Near Lancaster Found Guilty at Haletgti. Raleigh, N. C. June 4.?The five yeggmen arrested in South Carolina, charged with the robbery of the post office at Dunn. N. C, were, in the federal court today found guilty and were each sentenced to five years In the penitentiary at Atlanta and to pay a fine of $500 each. For the government the case was vigorously prosecuted by District Attorney Har? ry Skinner, who urged the court to Impose the full penalty of twelve years' Imprisonment on the men. The evidence on which the conviction was made was given by postoffice Inspect? ors, by John F. McCarthy, a police? man of Boston, Mass., and by James O. Wilson, of Pelzer, 8. C, father of one of the yeggmen. The men who were convicted are J. F. Leonard, James Scanlon, Charles Williams, Harry 8. Holland and C. F. Shaw, who gave various places as their homes. Thought without action Is an evil, and so Is action without thought. Municipal Ownership in Practice. Washii Rton Herald. Two reports have been made by members of the National Civic Fed? eration commission who have been Investigating the subject Of municipal ownership for nearly two years. One of these, written by Prof. John R. Commons, dealing with the relation of labor and politics to government controlled utilities, is rather favora? ble to municipal ownership; while the other, whose m:thor, J. W. Sulli? van, describes the conditions of em? ployment by municipal authorities, takes a much less pleasing view of municipalized public service. Both reports present unhappy pictures of political corruption arising out of the relations of public service corpora? tions with local authorities, and also in the conduct of municipalized pub? lic utilities. Prof. Commons main? tains that political corruption is no greater under public than under pri? vate ownership, but it seems to be es? tablished by both reports that muni? cipal ownership is no panacea for corporate corruption of local politics. In Wheeling, W. Va.t for example, Prof. Commons found the municipal gas works as deep in the mud of pol? itics as the privately owned street car lines were in the mire. "The council and aldermen," he says, "control the municipal gas works, and they con? trol the franchises and contracts of the private companies. The "city hall ring" is just as much a ring of the political tools of the private cor? porations as it is a ring of municipal politicians. The capable politician, Prof. Commons remarks, can build up his organization just as effectively under municipal as under private ownership. Perhaps the most striking feature of the reports is the mass of evidence brought out that municipal ownership so far has not greatly improved the condition of government employes. Only the common laborer seems to have been especially benefitted by ex? changing a private for a public em Ucyer. This was found to be true both in the United States and Great Britain. The tendency is for the lo? cal authorities to pay the going rate of wages, unless political pressure forces them to do otherwise. Mr. Sul? livan appears to think the employe of a private concern is really better off than the municipal employe, In spite of the fact that the latter often%ets a soft berth, for he concludes that under private employment good men are more certain of retaining their places, they pay no political assess? ments, and are politically free, and they work under better conditions as to comfort and future prospects. Moreover, Mr. Sullivan observes, mu? nicipal ownership spells the ruin of trade and labor organisations, whose purpose is to secure better wages and conditions of employment. Politics is the municipal employers' substitute for the union. On this point Mr. Sullivan's remarks are worth quoting in full: "The wage worker who reads the labor report cannot but perceive that municipalization in various ways car? ries perils to the trade union. In the first place the field for the labor vote manipulator enlarges with municipal employment. But many unionists re? fuse to be moved about like pawns, and the lukewarm union member, de? clining either to support or to fight the growing strength of pernicious la? bor politicians, has one more reason to drop out of the union, should oc? casion arise. Again, Individual union? ists at work for municipalities learn to look to politics for help; whole unions do so, as in the case of . the British electrical workers, and in so far they are out of the real union movement. They are engrafted po? litical clubs, not trade unions. They cary pervislon into the ranks of genuine unionism." In view of the labor union senti? ment- for municipal ownership, the experience of British gniolll is sig? nificant. They cannot retain their members who drift into municipal employment, nor can they tolerate separate organizations of public em j ployees, for such an organization was repudiated by the trades union con? gress in 1906, on protest from other unions that it was weakening their membership. Municipal employes, therefore, look to political action to secure better wages and shorter hours of labor, and, as Prof. Com? mons says, they "sooner or later cast their votes for candidates who prom? ise or have secured a betterment of their condition." And Mr. Sullivan found that "unionism and office holding, even of the pettiest grade, do not fuse." We gather from these reports that municipal ownership has its evil side, and that possibly, It would be bet? ter to reform the Ills of private man? agement, as popular opinion now de? mands, than to fly to others lurking In the municipal ownership and man? agement of public utilities that we know not of. Occasionally a newly made widow er feels like a man who has just es ? ?aped from jail. Impressions at V. S. C. One of the fir.st things to impress the mind of one when he comes to the university is the campus. There are two parallel rows of buildings, one on each side, extending from Sumter street back the whole length of the campus, about two blocks. These rows consist of Professors' houses, dormintories and class rooms alternately. They arc built of bridk, and some of them are very picturesque with their ivyclad walls. At the head of the campus Is the president's house, and on the left hand side going up, near the street is the library. Near the center Is the monument erected to the first president of the college by the members of the Clariosophlc Society. The campus is covered with a beatiful lawn shaded by massive oak trees, which are especially beau? tiful in springtime. At the head of Sumter street, about a block from the foot of the campus, is the Science Hall. It is a large brick building with immense Corinthian columns. In the basement of It Is the gymna? sium. On one side of it is the mess hall and on the other the athletic field. This contains football, base? ball and basketball grounds and a quarter-mile track. Just back of the campus are the golf links and tennis courts. Now, since we have discussed some of the physical features, let us turn to some of the advantages of the university Itself. There are not as many courses offered as in most State universities, but the ones offer? ed are very thorough. There are at present eight or ten courses in the university leading to the degrees of A. B., B. S., M. A. and LL. B.. The entrance examinations to all these courses, except the law courses, are necessarily very low, as compared with other universities, because of the scarcity of efficient high schools In the State. The standard, though, is being raised every year, and if this practice is continued, In two or three years more the standard will be as high as that of any other university In the South. Another interesting thing to be not? ed is the ability of the faculty. Very rarely in Southern universities or colleges Is seen such an aggregation of men so widely renowned for their learning. A glimpse into the records of any of these men will reveal their ability. Again, another point is this. The legislature, at its last meeting, ap? propriated a considerable sum for the erection of a new building. Plans for this building have been drawn, and work will be commenced on It as soon as possible. The building wih add greatly to the appearance of the campus and also to the comfort of the students. The new infirmary, which is now in course of construc? tion, will be, when completed, a very handsome as well as very useful building. Still another thing that will inter? est those contemplating going to col? lege is the athletic standing of the college under consideration. Caroli? na has always been renowned for her baseball and football teams. This year she has the best baseball team in the State, and the prospects for next year's football team are very promising Indeed. Track work is also coming into popularity here. Last fall Carolina defeated Furman University In a meet, and next year we hope to have a team which can rdalm the championship of the State. Then another question very Inter? esting to those who are considering sending their sons to college, and also to those going, is the discipline of the college. At Carolina there is practically no constraint on the stu? dents except attending classes and chapel. The students are put on their honor to conduct themselves as men and gentlemen. The honor system, controlled by the student body, is ap? plied to examinations and class work. There are, of course, many tempta? tions owing to this very freedom, which would not prevail in a strictly disciplined school, such as a military academy. When not in the claso room the student is allowed to go where he pleases. He has access to pool rooms, etc., and If he Is Inclined to be wild he has every opportunity to Indulge In dissipating habits. Now If a fellow comes to Carolina and gets right down to studying, and does not yield to the temptation It shows that there Is something substantial In him. and by the time he has finished his college course he Is a man In every sense of the word. If a fellow does this there is no better place in the South for him than Carolina. P. K. Bowman. U. S. C, '11. BIG FIRE IX ABBEVILF.F. Glenn Ethel Hotel Property Com? pletely Destroyed. Abbeville, June 5.?Fir.- which originate j In the old Alston house, an annex to the Glenn Ethel Inn. at B o'clock this morning, destroyed property worth about $50,000, with insurance of about $20,000. Some men run Into debt, but don't even try to crawl out. SMITH ADMITS DEFEAT. Dedans it la Only "Tvmpuraxy Defeat." Atlanta, Ca., June 5.?Conceding the election Of Joseph M. trowri in the Democratic State primary held yesterday, Gov. Hoke Smith tonight issued the following statement: "I wish to thank the fellow citizens who voted for me on yesterday for the zealous and unselfish suppotr they gave to the principles for which X stand. ,*^*%l, "I will not at this time discuss the forces that brought about our tempo? rary defeat. Those principles are as sound and necessary to goc-d govern? ment in the future as they were when approved at the ballot box two years ago. "Time will vindicate them. "While we accept the result as conclusive for the present year we will not lose courage. "We must seek still to ratify the disfranchise amendment at the Octo? ber election. "We must remain steadfast in om* devotion to purity in elections and government and to the rights of the masses of the people." Mr. Brown was given an ovation when he came to Atlanta from his Marietta home today. For two hours several hundred men paraded the streets escorting the future governor^ Mr. Brown declined to comment on the election. With the primary over attention is being directed to the State legislature, but inasmuch as this legislautre will be composed of the same members a& the last no changes of a radical nature are expected at the session beginning the last of the month. The newly elected legislature will not sit until next June. Considerable interest is also being: taken in the Democratic State con? vention later in the month, when del? egates to the national convention will be elected. Sentiment as to a presi? dential nominee apparently has not. taken definite shape as yet. NEGRO BOY KILLS UNCLE*.. His Victims Asleep When Fired Up? on?Remarkable Case of Youthful Depravity. Bethune, June 5.?Harry Jowers, a* colored man who lived on Mr. P. Lee McNaughton's place, about five miles' above here, was shot and instantly killed by Wilson Cousar, a 10-year old negro boy, about 2 o'clock Thurs? day morning. From what can be learned the cir? cumstances are as follows: The little, boy, who was a nephew of Harry.* Jowers, and who was living with his^ uncle, was recently whipped by him.) (Jowers) for stealing. The ?boy, who is a half idiot, brooded over his imag? inary wrongs and procuring a single barrel shotgun the boy entered the* room where mis uncle and wife were? asleep, and placing the muzzle e? the gun near the man's head he blew bis brains out. Then placing another shell in the gun he shot his aunt in. the thigh, severely wounding her. This is one of the most remarkable cases of youthful depravity ever re> corded in this seeueuv. ?}ji)Jh ?- MOTS " ./ COTTON ACREAGE INCREASED.* The Detailed Figures as Given by the Government. Washington, June 4.?As stated in a dispatch to the News and Courier? the crop reporting board of the de? partment of agriculture have made: an important report on the condition of the 1908 cotton crop up to thin date. One of the important features indicated is that, in spite of all thac has been said to the farmers of the country on the subject of reducing the cotton acreage, the acreage plant? ed this year is in excess of that last, year. The board finds from reports of correspondents and agents of the bureau that the area plant d in cot? ton In the United States this J-eason,. (1908') including that already plant? ed and expected to be planted, 1.*-. about one-tenth of one per cent ?0.1? greater than the area planted to cot? ton last year, (1907.) this indicating, an area of 32,081,000 acres as cosn pared with 32,060.000 acres planted last year, an increase of 21.000 acres. The recollection of liberty, tbe. hope of liberty, may come to any, as Epicteus said, who and that there is a stronger force within than the lik? ings and impressions which fasten? themselves to outside things. The* conscience is bidding each of us tt> seek for that liberty; we cannot be content till we have found it.?F. Dx Maurice. Vigilance in watching opportunity; tack and daring in seizing upon fcf> portunlty; force and persistence Irs crowding opportunity to the utnteet of possible ahievement?these* are* the material virtues which must ceuv mand success.?Austin P helps. Some people thought congress would skldoo on May S3,, but ft ?kl did n't?Washington Herald.