Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HTATIC FARM KR H' IMOX. to Arn the Hinte Farm*? InwnUr.it??'???\*k* for Ro? of Uni Low. Columbia. July 24? The annual *>?oere?*nt?''M of the Farnter*' union of t*tho 8tate was largely attended. Th enwaeons were held In eecret aa thin la oacriworder. Juat as were the Qrarg? mmd later the Alliance. The result of th* session, therefore. Is learned only ta> the roaolutlona adopted and In the ejection of officers. The delegates, to the number of were token aboard care yeaterday Inc and were given a three 1 ride to points of Interest, wood. Columbia college, and mi l district. The car ride was compliment of the local trades Upon arriving at the city hall at ton. there waa refreshment pro>l<lel r the Chamber of Commerce. This not o smoker or an entertalnmert. merely a little rest for the visit - They enjoyed lolling In the easy and were welcomed to Colum? bia by for. F. 8. Barle, acting mayor. They were then Invited upon th" ca? pacious stage, the coolest plac* In ton a and there given light refresh saoats. A committee of 21 from the Chamber of Commerce met the Vls and made them feel at home, attentions shown the delegates on trip appear to have been very oawch appreciated. Taw following officers were elected yosgerday by the State convention of ties Farmers' union: Presldent?H Harfle of Pendleton. Vtoe pr?*l i*?nt?A J. A. Perritt of Secretary and treasurer?J. W. Bold of R?tdville. Chaplain?W. B. Podle of Saluda. Conductor?W. Rnglish Hopklna of Bichland. Doorkeeper?A. F. Calvert, Abbe? ville. ewrgeant-at-arms?W. P. Caskey, Lancaster. ?xecottv'e committee: W. R. Parks wf BdgerleUl. J. L. Keltt of Newberry. Dr. O. P. Goodwin of Lauren?, J. Frans Aohe of York. T. C. Wlllough tap of Florence. L. L. Baker of Blsh iu\ Among the resolutions adopted were m for owing : "Whereas foreign Immigration < Is advocated for the South, and whersaa, our United 8tatea imm(gra? ce ra mission I? Investigating the of the Sooth, and particu the ottitude of the agricultural *? ? !' ? .A ?'?-<.? ' '?'Therefore, be it resolved, Thst the Coeducational and Coopera Union of South Carolina make twn Its opopsltlon to the Induce distribution and diversion of / the present Influx from southern Bu -" and eastern Asia and urge our and national officials, especially gasmen and senators, to prevent the Southland being made a dump has ground for foreign Immigration aad be It further reenlved that the local presldenta and lecturers em rtse the question, that copies of resolution be' sent to the Immi? gration commission at Washington, fa C, to our congressmen and to the z Another reao'utlon along the xanv Is as follows; "Resolved, by the Farmers' Educa? tional and Cooperative Union of America In and by.the State union of South Carolina now In session d > by memorialize ami demand that next session of general aasembly t they abolish the State Immigra? tion bureau and requeet that every oVdste declsre upon the stump In present campaign." Oa the question of a Stato fertiliser factors which bsa been frepuently din ownsed heretofore the following waa adopted "Whereas, the farmers of South vollna have paid this year $2.02? more for fertiliser* than they did five years sgo. therefore be It "Resolved. That we request every, | wnlon men present or absent to ques? tion the candidate* fur the houae and senate to try to pledge them to s bl l providing for the *ale of the State farm snd the establishment of a guano plant In this State to furnish guano to the fsrmers st a 10 per cent, net profit to the State; said factory to be operated by the convicts of the peni? tentiary.** In regard to cotton compresses the following; waa adopted: "Resolved Thst It Is the sense of this Union thst our cotton ought to Too compressed at the gins and cotton awgglng be used on auch compressed faslee. snd that we ask the national union to take thla matter up and It to apeedy conclusion." The Lien law. And the following on the Hen w: "Whereae, st our last State Far r*e union we memorallxed our lesdslsture to repeal whut Is known a" the agricultural lien law and where? as, our demand* were Ignored and She obnoxious measure still remain." on our statutes, ?How, be it resolved by this con? vention In session, that we demand of all legislative eandldates an exprez slon on this measure und the crop mortgage law; and again demand the repeal of both the Hen law and the crop mortgage law." Resolutions of Thanks. "Resolved by the State Farmer's union of South 1 Carolina. That the thanks be and they are hereby ten? dered to the Federation of Trades, the Carpenter's union and the city of Columbia for courtesies and hospitali? ties shown the members of the con? vention during their stay in their city, for excursion rides in and around the same, and refreshments served all for the Invigorating and making glad the hearts of the farmers who were priv? ileged to visit this, our capital city of South Carolina. "Resolved further, That the thanks of the convention be extended the State and the Dally Record for cour? tesies shown." OPPOSES THE KINDERGARTEN. Spartsnburg School Superintendent Talks of Trip to Virginia. Spartanburg, July 22.?Superin? tendent Kvuns is at home again after spending three weeks In Norfolk in charge of an institute for teachers who came from several of the neighboring counties. There was an enrollment of about 150, but the average attendance was not more than 125. Very few male teachers were present. When asked how tide-water Virginia teach? ers compared with those of this State, he said the average was about up to the same number selected from towns In thirty or forty miles of Spartan burg, but they were not equal to the Spartanburg teachers. He also found that they paid more attention to the kindergarten work In schools than Is done In this State. (>pt. Evans being interested In that work and not seeing much benefit from It aa managed here, catechised the teachers as to Its value. At first some of them did not care to discuss It. They had accepted It as a part of the system, and "sys? tems" are always hard propositions to contend with. * He secured some opinions, however, from the better** teachers, and this is about the result of kindergarten work In Virginia. The children coming from the homes to the public schools are bet? ter pupils than those coming from the kindergartens. They are quicker to take hold of the work In the prl many classes and they do It better, when a child stays In kindergarten two or three years It has formed the habit of school play and it is more difficult to break them in to regular work. The best common school children come from the home.1! of the well-to do people. Capt. Evans thinks that there la no place for these nursery schools In the Piedmont, unless it be In some of the mill vll'ages, where a few children, four to six years, living In very poor homes, with no one to watch them, might be better off in a comfortable room, where they could be entertained and have all physical wants supplied. The k indergarten was Intended by the four.ders for the children of the very pocr, who lacked soap and water as well as careful attention at home. They ar* supposed to be left alone for hours while parents are at work for bread. To such the kindergarten la a most ho'pful Institution. The others are the rich parents who have had all the Instincts of parental love dried up by the demands of false and pernic? ious society. We do not have that class In this State and it is hardly worth a thought. Take It all In all, Capt. Evans thinks that there is little need of kindergartens in this State, and it is altogether Impracticable In the country districts. Instead of be? ing an aid to the common schools, it is rather a disadvantage. He thinks that It would not be wise for school boards or legls'atures to appropriate money for the worst. Capt. Evans Is one of the superin? tendents from this State selected to visit tie schools of Continental Eu? rope ?hls fall. His present plan Is to leave Philadelphia about the middle of October and return in six or eight weeks. He will have time to organize the city schools before he leaves, and some of the principals have been here several years, which will Insuie the best management. (.1 OIU.I \ .iriHJF FINED $2. He Didn't Have the Money With Him, ho Borrowed From Recorder. Huvannah, July 2?.?Judge H. D. I). Twlggs who nominated Joseph M. Brown, was arraigned as a defendant In po'lee court yesterday as a result of the police crusade against dog owners who had failed to provide their dogs with license tags. Kecorder Schwartz lined him $U. and though he search? ed all Is pockets diligently Judge Twlggs could not even raise a nickel. He was forced to plead either a re? mittance of the fine or in lieu Of that i loon from the fooordsf. The loan a as forthcoming and Judge Twlggs t ?ld the time-honored story of a sim? ilar occurrence many years ago. Six hundred dog owners have been ar? raigned In police court within two weeks. IXCAN DESCENT LAMPS. New Tungsten Lamp the Wonder of the Lighting World. Love of light Is the greatest herit? age of the human soul. Ami since primeval man sat in the glow of the snapping campflre, every age has sought to improve on the methods of dispelling the darkness between sun? down and sunrise. As a rule, writers of history confine* themselves to the most important de? tails ard events, and readers are too prone i:o associate the people of the past with the convenience of the pres? ent. Few realize that previous to the In? vention of the tallowdip, by King Al? fred, the Interior of the Saxon castles and banquet halls in England were, lighted with torches held in iron sock eta on the walls. Of course they smok? ed and flickered, and it Is wrlten that the wild blew the sparks a'l over the room. In ancient Rome and Greece the torch was the standard method of illuminating buildings and streets, al? though lamps, burning fat from a rush wick, were extensively used. The advent of gas lights was quick? ly overshadowed by the discovery of petroleum. And then, after thousand* of yesrs of groping about in almost absolute darkness, the electric light, discovered only about a score of years ago, gave the nearest substitute to actual sunlight known to man. Since then great strides have been made in artificial lighting until only a few diys ago the scientists announced the new tungsten electric light, which is predestined to aevolutlonlze electric lighting. The light from the new tungsten in? candescent lamps is pure white and Is very closely allied to natural sun shineJI It is the first artificial llluml hant by which all colors can be dis? tinguished. Co'or is an ocular con? ception. Without light there Is no color. Red is red only because It has the quality of absorbing all other col? ors o1' the spectrum and reflecting the red rays. Artificial lights in which the yellow, violet, or red rays pre domi K.te cannot be used to match color ?. Under the clear white light of the tungsten lamps violet Is not blue; pink Is not red; and blue Is not black as when looked at under any other kind of artlflcla1 light. The most delicate tints show clear and true. Tungsten, or Wolfram, is a metal discovered In 1781 and nanled from the Swedish "tung" (heavy) and "sten" (stone). It Is not found native but occurs as tungstate of iron and manganese in the mineral "wolfram? ite," and as the calcuim tunstate. The pure metal, which was produce J only a few months ago In the eUct:ic fur? nace, is a bright steel gray, a hard and brittle crystalline substance. It Is also used to increase tho temper and tenacity of steel for hard tools. The fusing point' of tungsten is higher than any other mota', which enables It to tperate at the very high effi? ciency obtained In the tungsten lamp. Tungsten lamps are made on the same principle as the common incan descent lamps. They look about the same but the filament Is longer, loop ed several times In the glass bulb and anchored at both ends. It is not alone because the tung? sten lamps give a better quality of light than any other artificial illumi nant that it takes first place In the lighting world. But this new lamp Is the perfection of economy and will glvo three times as much light a* the ordinary electric light for the same amount of money. The ordinary incandescent light consumes 3.8 watts of electrlcty per candle-power. The new tungsten lamp consumes only 1.2 watts or less than a third. This means that with th. same amount of Illumination th electric light bills are reduced two thirds. The life of these lamps i about 1,000 hours, and they work equally as well on direct or alt? rnat I fig current. Every effort In the laboratories o the electrical Industry Is bent toward economy for both producer and con ?unter? The latest develop!) ent i electric light, which will save hv< thirds of all the electric 1 b!l t, but another long sttp I ; tile rlj;.:it re Jtlon. LIGHTNING STRIKES CAMP. Six Troo|M*rs Killed ami Many In? jured During Storm. Gettysburg, Pa., July 23.?As the result of a terrific electric storm, which passed over the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment here to n'.ght It Is reported that at least six troopers were killed and two score In? jured some of them seriously, by be? ing struck by lightning. ?One application of ManZan Pile Remedy, for all forms of piles, soothes, reduces Inflammation, soreness and itching. Price 50c. Guaranteed. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 7-l-2m Lots of men would be good hus? bands If they had better wives. Petter a word In season than an hour's lecture out of season. HYDROPHOB! \ ox INCREASE, stuil-iiis Show Maure Case* und . . Larger NuiuImt of Doatll*. 11 is very evident that hydrophobia is on toe increase In the United States at the present time. For the past three years, according to the publica? tion Of the mortality statistics of the census bureau, there has been a steady increase of deaths from this cause in the registration area. Estimating from the number of deaths ($5) which were caused from rabies in 1906 in the registration area (which means those places, urban and rural, In which systems of recording vital statistics are enforced, and which in? cludes approximately 45 per cent, of the total population of the United States) the whole number of deaths from this cause in this country was probably less than 200. This seems to be a relatively small number, but it must be borne in mind that the rate is increasing and that since the institution of the Pasteur treatment the death rate among those who have been bitten by rabid animals has been decreased; the death rate after this method of treatment being In the neighborhood of only one-half of 1 per cent. It Is all very well lto have the Pas? teur institutions in case of necessity. They have done, and are doing, a magnificent work; but how much easier, how much safer, and how much more economical it would be to eliminate the cause which makes the Pasteur institute a necessity! It has been positively and irrefutably proved that the strict enforcement of a muz? zling law for dogs will eradicate the disease, since it is spread practically solely by the bites of these animals. By the operation of such a law there has not been a single case of hydro? phobia In the city of Txmdon since the- year 1900, while previous to that time there were many deaths yearly from this cans**. A simple enough remedy to be sure! Why is it not ap? plied? But so long as the remedy Is not applied there will be rabid dogs, and deaths among the people from this fearful disease. Shooting dogs indis? criminately can do little good, and at best gives but temporary Improve? ment in any community, while the lives of many harmless and valuable animals may be destroyed. But two things should be borne In mind over and above all else,as long as this dis? ease does exist among us, and these are first, that when an Individual is bitten by a dog suspected of being rabid the wound should be immedi? ately and deeply incised, laid open, suction applied If possible, and the whole wound cauterized with fuming nitric acid, or nitrate of silver, or ac? tual cautery. This should be done even if the wound is not seen for sev? eral hours after the infliction; but the sooner the better, of course. The other point, and a most emphatically Important one it is. is that the sus? pected animal should most positively not be killed. If is is rabid it will cer? tainly die within eight or ten days; and if it does not die, therefore, no danger Of hydrophobia exists. If it docs die, its head should be submit? ted for examination at the nearest Pasteur institute and the subsequent care of the patient should depend upon the results of that examination. ?South Carolina Medical Association Journal. ? MOBBED THE DOG CATCHER. Jacksonville Man Hus Harrowing Experience With Negroes. Jacksonville, Fla., July 22?James Evans, city dog catcher, whi'e in the northwestern section of the city to? night attending to his duties, was at? tacked by a mob of about 200 negroes with pistols, knives, clubs and rocks, his clothes being1 literally cut to shreds. In the difficulty Evans drew his re? volver and fired Into the crowd, in? stantly killing Charles Crossby, a ne? gro. This increased the anger of the mob and Evans was put to Ilight, fir? ing his revolver as he ran, but all shots went wild. The police were summoned and loon dispersed the mob, and Evans vas taken to police headquarters for protection. The trouble started when Evans, carrying out the orders of Mayor Scoring, captured a stray dog and turned it over to one of the men to be taken to the city dog pen. "The history of the State primary so far has been that when all the oth? er candidates combine against one candidate, the voters align themselves up against the combination. Wheth? er it is because the alignment referred to indicates the strongest and best man or the people just like fair play, it is hardly worth while to argue. It is a fact, however, that there was such an alignment against Tillmun, against Earle, against McLaurin, against La timer and the voters won out every time. The alignment of the other candidates against Rhett is more obvious than in any previous instance."?Yorkville Enquirer. The Kind Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per sonal supervision since its infancy* ? d-ccccA4/K Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good99 are but Experiments that trifle with sand endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Gastoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups* It Is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium? Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In U86 For Over 30 Years. rum ssMTAun company. hurray rtrkkt. new tour emr. PICTURES Fifty Dozen Dining Room Pictures, ^tfli> worth 75c, closing out at. OVrlr? MANTLES Having put in a full stock of Mantles we are prepared to fill orders at bottom prices. Our Complete Stock of High Grade Furniture and House Furnishings Offord Bargains Every Day. Carolina Furniture Co The Fleas, the Rats, and the Plague. As to the place and manner or ori? gin of the plague germ, nothing defi? nite is yet known. The manner of its travel and communication in man has been clearly traced. The bacilus lives and brods in the blood of the rat. The rat Is the victim of fleas which live upon his blood, and as they feed draw into themselves the plague bacilli which swim by thousands in his vital fluid. Thus infected, and thereby as dangerous as so many litt'e dynamite bombs, the Aefta piss with the rats into the habitations of human beings which the rats infest, and there, from convenient floors or chairs or beds, leap upon human victims. The plague-laden flea does not poi? son man with his bite, as the steogo myia mosquito poisons by injecting t'ie : bacillus of yellow fever directly into the blood. The flea it is true, bites human beings as he bites other prey He sucks blood until he is replete, and then squirts blood from its alimentary canal upon its prey. Therein lies the peril. Plague bacil1! are in this dis? charge and if it is left undisturbed on the skin of the victim the bacilli will penetrate the skin and tissues, en? ter the circulation, and thus infect the person upon whom the flea has fed. It is this curious manner of infec? tion by dejecta that makes the bu? bonic plague peculiarly dangerous to people who do not bathe frequently. In Japan and the United States the spread of the disease among human beings even in rat-Infected cities is slow, while in India and China, and certain other parts of Europe, where people bathe seldom, if ever, the plague runs like wildfire. It is almost impossible for a person who bathes twice a day to become infected with bubonic plague.?Willam Ingils, in Harper's Weekly. I^ack of credit prevents some peop'e from living beyond their means. Diarrhoea When you want a quick cure without any loss of time, and one that is followed by no bad results, use Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It never fails and is pleasant to take. It is equally valuable for children. It is famo s for its cores over a large part oi the civilized world. PATENTS SROCUI ED AND DEFENDED, ?widmodel, -awing* or photo, for?xpert Maren and free report I Free a*i vice, bow to obtain patents, trade marks, | copjrrig-hU, etc., (N ALL COUNTRIES. 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