Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Iwutftm ? mim. 1IIH JOt/RNEY Til HO V< ill N1AV TURK A ro.MIMOl S OVA? TION. ^wandl. iVrtMM rath- Leader DIncuwkm |f|f of the Caunpalgn llcfor? ait lutmrnar Audieixe In Um- Building ha WhMi thr State Democratic Cm ? veeulon Had Just Bern Hrkl. Rochester. N. T.. Sept. lt.?A 'Is by W m. J. Bryan. Democratic ?stldate for President. In this city tonlgt on "Mr. Taft and hl? scares." and two overflow talks formed the climax of an eventful day In the pres? ent campaign Arriving here shortly after t o'clock, and met by thousands .of persona. Democracy's leader was ^^ecorded an ovation. Along with him from Syracuse came the new Demo? cratic nominee for Governor of New Tork, Lewie Stuyveaant Chanler. Among those at the station here to ?et htm wae National Chairman Mae*. Wm. J. Connere, chairman of *\f>* Democratic State committee, < has. F. Murphy, the Tammany ch Iff tain, and Daniel P. Cohalon. On Mr. Bry? an's arrival the party was taken In aa auto to the Qeneeae Valley Coun? try Club for dinner. The principal speech tonight wai In ^ponventloa Hall, whe > the Democrat? ic State Convention 'inlshed Its labors today and which was packed to the doors tonight, with several thousands eti ihe outside, unable to gain adml' fence Mr. Bryan was accorded a great demonstration by his audlencJ. ong whom were the Democratic >rs of the State and most of the ittlegatee to the Convention. Presiding over tho Convent! ?n hall assemblage waa Judgs Alton H. Farker, the Presidential candidate of I ?nr years ago, who took advantage ^|f the occasion^ to make a personal pr*dge of his earneat fealty to the nation*! ticket Aa Mr. Bryan an! Judge Parker stood aide by side t< ? fore the great assemblage the cheer trag welled up In a deafening roar. M Bryan acknowledged Judge Parker's tJQedge of his own support and the suppoft of the "United Democracy of the Empire State." Judge Parker said: "The united Democracy of the State of New ToTk joins heartily with the people of Rocheeter In bidding wel ^teene to our guest of honor, and w? ejeedge htm our earnest support until victory comes." "It la worth coming a long way/.' j a*M Mr. Brysn. "to participate in the hours of a great Convention In ntry's greatest State." Jfci *% appreciate Judge Parker's cor fsal worts ha preeenttng me to Vet.' I appreciate the pledge he has given, and especially do 1 aprpeclate his >w#i earnest part la the fulfilment of that pledge. I am gratified that the great Convention which closed today placed ? at the head of Its ticket ons so worthy carry the party's standard In thU State. Mr. Changer represents a class that I believe will be a growing clans la this country. He le a man of assess, whose money has not wean od Sias from a sympathy with the com k soon people. Relieved of the necessity ? of active toll he prefers a life of u?e xtrainees to a life of Idleness. I be? lieve we are entering upon a new era hi American politics, and In the yearc to come 1 believe that more men than In the past of Mr. Chanler a type will aa consecrate their llvee and ih ilr ? means to the good of their fellow men. T appreciate the spirit of harmony that prevailed In this Convention. All metals, my friends, fuse at some heat, and so there ponies a degres of enthu? siasm which welds us all together In a g common cause. Everywhere through? out this broad country of ours the Democrats are getting together to get control of ths Oovernment." The Nebraskaa then plunged Into hie eet apeech. Letter to Ore. D. Levy, Sumter. S. C. Dear t*lr: The point la light here Every job painted Devoe takes leas gallons than any other pslnt. If sny one doubts this statement he may paint half his job Devoe. the other hslf sny paint he liken. if Devoe half doesn't take less gal? lons and coat lens money, no pay. Toura truly it r W DEVOE A CO P. 8.?Dursnt Hardware Co. sei our paint. The court of general sessions of Lee county convened at HlshopvUle M ir.lav morning und. afttf being In tn three hours, adjourn* i. ?To thoee sffllcted with kidney an 1 bladder trouble, backache, rh- uma tJgm. Plneules for the KMn.v- sei Sgl relief In the first dose. Hun ! ? l< >r people today testify to their rOmajfcgy* ble healing end tonic proper'le^ 30 days' trlsl II. They purify the blood. Sold by Hlbert's Drug Store. ?-l-3m The State convention of the W G T r . which met in Bamberg, ??um a 1 Journed. The next annual conven? tion will bx held In Columbia. <JuU'k lUilff for Asthma Sufferers. ?Poley's Honey and Tar affords im? mediate relief to asthma sufferers In the worst stages and If takon in time will effect a cure. W. W. Slbert (?IIKVT FOREST I I HKS. Ahxiuck, >;irli., In Imminent Danger of Dc*t ruction. Calumet. Mich.. Sept. 16.?Ahmeek, a populous mining town, five miles north of here. Is threatened again with destruction. Reports todgj say for? est fires have broken out afresh and If the wind rises widespread damage Is certain. People have packed their belongings and are ready to leave. A few miles further north , OJlbway is experiencing anxiety, fires being near the mining location. The Calumet and Hecla and Tamarac mines have men fighting the Area near their plants on the Lake Superior shore, five miles northwest of here. A special from Houghton, Mich., says forest fires extending over 60 miles of timber have broken out again In Houghton and Kewenaw counties The fires are still five miles from Houghton. A thick pall of smoke hanging over the copper coun? try has made navigation cn Portage lake difficult. A special from\ Menomine, Mich., says: ' After smouldering for a week the forest fires north of Green Bay and extending as far as Marlnette and Menomine have broken out afresh and mills and lumber yards, which were considered out of danger, from the flames, are again threatened. NEGRO KILLED IN DARLINGTON. Homicide at Church Picnic?Deuter? onomy nevctatlon Fields Among Those Arrested. Darlington, Sept. Is.?Ous Tedder and his sons. Bright and Henry Ted? der, and Deuteronomy Revelation Fields, are all In jail charged with having murdered Ed Isaacs at a church picnic last Saturday, In the | Antloch -potion of the county. From the information at hand It appears that til parties were drink I ing. and that the Tedders, Fields and ; Isaacs became engaged in a quarrel, much profane language being used, and that Bright Tedder went to the home of his father, about a mile dis? tant from the church, procured a shotgun, came back and gave It to his father, who shot Isaacs, and returned the gun to Bright, who,# to make things certain, fired another load Into I sates's body. The Tedders - s mu? lattoes and Fields and Isaacs re ne? groes. COTTON NIGHT RIDERS. Order Farmers of Jonen County, Miss., to Stop Hauling Cotton to Gins. Meridian. Miss., Sept It.?A special to the Dispatch from Sandersvllle, 50 miles south of Meridian, says: "Night riders have appeared in Jones county and three prominent farmers, living six miles east of here, 'received notices Monday night to haul no more cotton to gin, or else they (would 'get ? id' as they returned home. A general notice was also placed on the public roads warning all farmers to cease hauling cotton after September 14. Considerable excitement prevails and farmers near tewn are rushing their cotton in, while those farther away have ceased hauling to the gins." TAFTS SPELL-RINDING TRIP. The Republican Candidate to Make Ttiree Campaign Tours. Cincinnati. Ohio, Sept. It.?Judge Wm. H. Taft will make three cam? paign tours. His first will begin here September 23 and end October 7 at Gnlesburg. 111. The trip will take him through Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Kansas and Mis? souri. The second trip, which will be arranged In detail later, will take him Into Kentucky, Tennesseo and possibly North Carolina. The last trip will be In the East. New Yotk city will be visited and a speech Will be made In the northern part "of ibe Empire State. It has been decided that New England wlllknot be Includ? ed in this trip, but speeches will be Sftgdf in Marylurd. Pennsylvania, Wi 9% Virginia and Ohio. Scarborough a Cum I Mate. Columbia. Sept. 17.?Mr. O. C. Scarborough, a member of the House from Clarendon, who was here last night attending the meeting of the fftatf Democratic committee, stated that he would be a candidate for rail? road commissioner In 1910 to suc swet ?"oinmlMsloner John II. Barle, Mr. gj u I..,rough is a large pkinter an I Ugeetgful bUslneei man, and is held itt His highest regard by all who know him it anderstood that Mr. J, A, lummorsett, who .v;is i candidate u r ill re id commissioner ibis year, will again be In tin race tw?* years from now. and while IMMC of the OttlCf candidates in this yeer'i primary have le any statement it is poggfble that others of Diem beeidet Snmmersett and Cansler. of Tlrzah, will also run again. ?Rings Little Liver PUN for bilious? ness, slckheadiche. They keep you well. 25c. Try them. Sold by Al? bert's Drug Store. 9-l-8m HIE PLANTER AND SPINNER. Mutual Relati >ns That Should Ell?! Between Two (?reut Bodies?Spin? ner Perfectly Willing to Give the Grower Good Prieu^Bpr Staple? What (lie Success uflBi'iiiri^' Or? ganization Is Bopciulrnt On The following is a very sensible edi? torial which appears in the Septem? ber issue of Cotton, a well kaown and widely circulated textile Journal pub? lished in Atlanta, Qa.: "Notwithstanding- the present fav? orable outlook for a large yield of American cotton, It Is also soon to prognosticate with certainty that pros? pects will fructify to the full extent of what may be reasonably antici? pated. There is time yet before the final harvest for a gt/tat deterioration In the yield and quantity of the crop. However, assuming that nothing ex? traordinary will happen In this re? spect, and that the remainder of this season will be similar to the average of former seasons with like previous conditions affecting the growth of the plant, It la rational to expect a larg/t production equal at least, to any? thing ever before realized. It would not be at all suprising If a yield of 14,000,000 bales wlb the record and of excellent springing quality and good T.rade. Under ordinary or normal con? ditions affecting manufacturing In this country and abroad?for the com? mercial world Is sensitive to v/V.at occurs In all of its parts,?this pro? duction would b? needed far mors than In the season of 1904-05 when the crop reached nearly 13,500,000 baits, and at a remunerative price to the farmer. Unfortunately a large or even normal aggregate consump? tion for the current cotton year is far from promising, though we ex- i pect to witness the usual activity among the mills during the latter half of this period. "The price of the staple Is a mat? ter about which It Is unsafe to predict, but we believe that it will nor go be? low ten cents a pound for the mid? dling upland grade in the New York market. Although the laws of sup? ply and demand eventually deter.nlne the market price of every commodity, the situation can be largely regulated by the farmers, individually am1 through their organizations, by their not marketing their holdings only an there Is a call for them for immediate consumption, as near as this can be ascertained from trade reports. When the call comes It is generally good business judgement to sell what the product will bring, and not attempt to establish artificial values in expec? tation of their realization. Thfs latter procedure Is nothing less than pure speculation, which we believe, Is out? side the province of the farming class or their representatives. In order to carry ou^t any holding scheme on (he part of cotton planters, the establish? ment of warehouses with arrange? ments that shall be substantial and re? liable for financing the property In store, 1s the best plan that has yet been presented and which la being carried out as expedltlously as seems feasible. HAWING MACHINES. Catarrt) Sufferers are Nothing But Hawking, Spitting and Blowing Ma chines, Says an Authority. Is It possible that In these days when cleanliness and sanitary reform Is being preached In the churches schools and at public gatherings, that thousands will continue to suffer from catarrh, when there is an abso? lutely certain remedy always on hand. Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me) Is a pleasant, medicated and antiseptic air. Breath It In and it will cure catarrh. It will stop fonl breath, watery eyes, and crusts in the nose, In a few days. "I suffered from catarrh two years; tried numerous remedies which failed; ured one and one-half bottles of Hyo? mei and am entirely cured."?C. X. Undsy, 407 East First Ave., Mitchell, S. D. A complete Hyomei outfit, consist? ing of a strong, hard rubber pocket inhaler and a bottle of Hyomei, costs only |St and extra bottles, if after? wards needed, costs only F>0 cents each. J. F. W. DeLorme sells It and guarantees it to do exactly as adver? tised. Hyomei also cures Asthma, Bron? chitis, CoUgha, Colds and Infants' Croup. 9-23&25&W Bill Loyett. colored, was convicted In Columbia on the charge of killing his wife. The trial of the case oc? cupied less that? an hour. \ jgfn emnuli Knorker? ?j. o. Goodwin, of Raidsville, x. C, says: MBueklen'l Arnica Salve is a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one came on my leg 'ast summer, but that Wonderful talve Knocked it out In a fovt rounds. Not wen a scar re umined." Guaranteed lor plies, sores, lurns, etc. lie, at S'beit'a Drug Store. THE SUMTER CLOTHING CO. "THE VAMPIRE OF THE SOUUTII." The HooJiworm Disease ami the Pos StbUiUes of its Eradication. The greate.-t discovery of an age abounding; in wonders of el -etriety. mechanics and so on, which fairly make miracles commonplace?is after all none of these, but the discovery of the germ. It is no longer possible to speak of "the germ theory " the mi? crobe Is a fact, and it is revolution? izing^ medical practice. One of the most strange and weird of all was an? nounced a few years ago as "the germ laziness;" and the name uncinaria Americana was the subject of much ocking laughter, as also waa the! finding of the source of yellow iever. typhold fever and malarial fevers in j parasities of different species of mo? squitoes. Yet as the mosquito theory now universally recognized as truth, proved by scientific evidence and tested in actual treatmnt, so It is to be with the story of uncinaria, and the disease called degenerate laziness by critics of the Southern "pojr whites," for It Is not of the Northern climes, this disease; it is a tropical, or ub-tropical evil?as The Atlanta Con? stitution calls it, "The vampire of the South." And it is appalling to con? ceive that it is a part of the curse of negro slavery. The Constitution devotes a page to the full description of this hideous parasite, with cuts illustrating its life, and the tale of its results, as proved by the secretary of the Georgia board of health, Dr. H. F. Harris, who has been for several years fighting the disease caused by the hookworm, as It is graphically named In common parlance. It appears that the spe? cific name of the uncinaria, or hook? worm, "Americana," is not truthful, for though it reaches It most alarm? ing proportions here, the parasite was detected seventy years ago, in Milan, anil Its effects In producing the dis? ease established. It is known In Africa primarily, in parts of Southern Asia, and in Southern Europe, and it came here from Africa without doubt. Epidemics of uncinariasis, or "the lazy sickness," have occurred In Egypt, and sometimes in parts of Southern Europe. But nowhere has it become a scourge as in the South? ern United States. 1 The means by which the hookworm enters the human system Is through the bare foot. It breeds in water or In moist soil or wet grass, and the embryo bores Into the sole of the foot, making Its way through the body, un? til It reaches the Intestines, where it develops and lays its eggs, feeding In generation after generation by its sucker-UJce mouth upon the mucous membranes, destroying the blood, and gradually wearing down the vitality of the victims, until they are simply in? capable of action, and thus is created the deplorable specimen of humanity known as "the poor white," one of the constant reproaches of the South. Sometimes the progress of^ the disease is rapid, but generally it is a linger? ing death, and ihe "clayeaters" of cer? tain regions are simply in one stag*? of the disease, which makes appetite abnormal. But a more horrible in? strument of the continuance and spread of the disease is the fact that there are not only no waterclosets, in vast tracts of the sandy Southern States, but no sort of provision for 'ae dicharge of the human excreta, where they may be dealt with In bulk and rendered harmless, but the most primitive resort to woods and way? sides prevails, and as practically all the people go barefoot the hookworm has a free field. Particularly is this the case with little children, who are Iffllcted with what is totally called "ground Itch.** And yet the remedy, preventive or curing is very simple. A few cents* worth of the drug thymol, followed by relaxing medicines, is asserted to be a certain cure, and for preventive there Is nothing to do but wear shoes. The disease is unknown in cities where more or less decent arrangements are made, and where shoes are customa? rily worn. In fact, Dr. Harris and the State board of health, according to the Constitution, warrant that the parasite and its disease can be exter? minated. Figures are given which show the prevalence of the trouble. One physician has located, diagnosed and treated 408 cases of uncinariasis in the course of four years in one Georgia town; in another town, very well known, a doctor had 574 cases in less than two years. It is notewor? thy that the negro, who no doubt brought the parasite from Africa, long before th?- civil war, is compara? tively seldom affected. As very striking conclusions arrived at by the physicians and scientists is that the larger part ??t* the mortality at Andersonvilie prison and other such places during the civil war was due to the *ame cause. Btudy of th<' symptoms reported In cases of death in these camp prisons Indicate this. Andersonvllle had every condition fa? vorable to the uncinaria. The para ?Itsi now abound in that section of country, and doubtless did abound then. The guards and prisoners alike I went barefoot?in fact, the prisoners I seldom had any shoes, This is one of the most Interesting and grateful result* of the investigation which has now been going on for the last six year*. As the Georgia paper says: "If this hypothesis holdl gmd, the South should be relieved of a volume of criticism directed at her people. Thousands of Southerners. at the present moment are, In all likelihood, suffering and dying or being incapac? itated by the same disease that rav? aged the old Southern prisons. The theory is at least well worth circu? lating, and there is cause for hope that broadminded Northern physi? cians will more closely investigate the subject and lend their cooperation in an effort toward enlightenment." It is easy to see that the evil once conquered by what are, as the Consti? tution says, "tragically simple" meas? ures, the people of the South will be enriched by a regenerated working population. But it will be slow work to awaken, convince and civilize these wornout classes. They have a fearful inheritance to overcome. The Con? stitution reckoning that "between 150, 000 and 200,000 people in Georgia are its known victims," says: "Yet for the reason that not one man in 20, 000 understands the question, and be? cause its very simplicity breeds sneers and incredulity, little progress is made in the eradication of an easily re? movable disease, the crusade of the State board of health being hampered by the apathy and unbelief of the very people ought to be benefltted."? Springfield Republican. GUNS TO FIGHT AIRSHIPS. Tests Will Re Made at Fort Omaha With Discarded Balloon. As a result of the succesful trials of the "Wright Flyer," during tne past tWo weeks by Orville Wright, at Fort Myer, a Joint commission com? posed of officers of the ordinance de? partment, the signal corps and the artillery corps of the army may with? in a few months undertake to deter? mine the possibility of damaging an airship in flight. The German government has con I ducted experiments along this line, , and European officers claim that an I aerial warship-is immune from artil | lery Are at a height of five thousand feet. The Germans are developing a mecial mortar for firing at balloons and airships, as field guns can not be adjusted to very great angles. The signal corps has several old bal? loons which will be used for practice work of this character. The tests probably will be held at the new aero park at Fort Omaha. Tests of this character in Germany have showed that a balloon can be hit at a height of two and one-half miles. On July 29, at Magdenburg, a captive balloon at this attitude was struck thirty times, but did not collapse. Mr. Wright In speaking of the pos? sibilities of hiting his aeroplane while In flight said that the officers of the German army have told me that an aeroplane could not be fired at with any degree of accuracy when a thu sand feet in the air. With my pres? ent machine It Is Impossible to go a mile higher and not experience any adverse effects form the difference in the air at that altitude. An army officer in speakng at Fort Myer yesterday of the possibilities of hitting the Wright aeroplane, said: "It would be necessary to hit the op? erator of the machine, as a few bullets through the structure of the aero? plane would not affect Its flight. The high speed at which the aeroplane flies would also make it difficult to secure accurate aim, shrapnel would probably be the most effective for shooting at these aerial war vessels, an explosive shell would be Ineffective, as the parts of the aeroplane do not offer enough resistance to explode the cap, and no time fuse shell could be timed bo as to explode at the right moment. All these questions, how? ever, can be determined only by ex? periments, and these will probably re? sult in the development of a method by which aerial destroyers can be ef? fectively fought. ?RRYS" WILL CONTEST. Result of Election nt Little Rock on Monday Arouses Anti-Saloon Leaguers. L?ttle Rock. Ark., Sept. 16.? Charges of fraud at the polls in the election held in Little Hock Monday, rhen this city was voted "wet," de? spite a Btreuous campaign of anti-sa? loon people, will be fi1?d in Court by the leaders in the pri htbttion move? ment, according to the announcement of B. A. Tabor, [field manager of the Arkansas Antt-Saloon League, to? night. Mr. Tabor declared that a mass of evidence has already been sri ured, and that a< soon as all the evidence is ready the charges will be made in Court and an Investigation st uted. H? further declares that he believes there was sufficient evidence to cause a change in the declared r. - suit of the election as far as the vote on the w hiskey question Is concerned. The anti-saloon w orkers will charge "repeating of votes and importation of voters." The later returns indicate that Donayhey, Democratic candidate for Governor, has received probably 16,000 majority, an increased Demo? cratic vote. BAMBOO FOR CRIMINALS. Shanghai Officials Say It s the Only Means to Subdue Them. New York Sun. ^Out in Shanghai the authorities have tried to control certain desper? ate Chinese criminals by punishing them humanely and have found that it won't do, that it is impo sibta to keep the offenders in subjection, without inflicting corporal punish? ment with the bamboo. This is told in a report made to the municipal council by Col. C. D. Bruce, the cap? tain superintendent of the watchr whose job is about like Police Com? missioner Bingham's. The council has indorsed his view, and a lot of Shanghai people are very much wrought up about it, saying that it is a blot on Shanghai's fair 'scutcheon, this admission that the resources of civilization have been exhausted in the treatment of wrong minded natives. Recently there have been a num? ber of cases of acid throwing 4n the streets. They were not followed by attempted robbery or other crime, but appeared to be, as Colonel Bruce reported, "either Isolated instances of willf 1 hooliganism or mere prac? tice of the art of ecid throwing." "The watch committee," Colonel Bruce says, "is aware that I have more than once referred to the diffi? culty, if not the impossibility, of keeping the criminal classes here in subjection without the infliction of corporal punishment. "To show that my argument has reason it is only necessary to remind the wath committee that the Chi? nese authorities whose jurisdiction surrounds the settlement make daily use of the bamboo, and this although these same authorities have forbid? den its use by the magistrates at the mixed court. "The watch committee will, pen haps, recall a case during the last few days in which two harmless coolies were chastened with 1,000 blows apiece for nothing more than obeying the orders given them by their foreign superiors. "It Is a mere waste of words to dwell upon the inconsistency which* permits the Chinese authorities to in? flicts immediately outride settlement* limits such a cruel sentence upon two harmless coolies, while declin? ing inside the settlement to sentence two worthless ruffians who live by i crime to the punishment of 100 blows. "The only means of preventing the inception of crimes like acid throwing is, In my opinion, corporal punishment; the canguc freely used is the next be.st punishment, though far behind." The cangue is a big wooden collar" sometimes set in a cumbersome frame an wheels, which the prisoner has to tote around, while other persons,., if they wish to do so, pelt him with anything they have handy; In other words, the cangue is a sort of port? able stocks, and the prospect of the revival of its use is very distressing to many good Englishmen there. I _ LEXINGTON MAN A SUICIDE* Prof. John D. Farr, Recently Electee! Superintendent of Education, Takes1 His Own Life. Lexington, Sept. 15.?This entire county was shocked this morning^ when it became known that Prsf * John D. Farr, of Chapin, recently t nominated for county superintendent' of education, had committed snteidfe - some time during the night by shoot- " ing himself in the head with a shot- - gun. Few were willing to believe that one who had Just a few weeks ago* been honored by the people of his county would want to take his own life. Coroner Clark, who went to Chapiir this morning to hold an Inquest, has just returned. He states that the only reason assigned for Mr. Farr's taking his own life was that he had not been in the best of health for the last two weeks. He seemed to brood oven the fact that he would soon have tc i move to Lexington to attend to the ? duties of the office to which he had just been elected and that, his daugh? ter being about to leave for college, his wife would have to remain alone at her home in Chapin. This morn? ing at 4 o'clock he left the house;., went to his barn, placed a single-bar? relled shotgun to his right temple and Mew off the whole top of his head. How to Get Strong. ?P. J. Paly, of 1247 \V. (^ngresv street. Chic..sc.. tells of a way to be DORle strong: lie says: "My mother, who Is old und wps very feeble, is de? riving so much i en< tit from Belectrle Bitten that I feel it's my duty to tell those who need a tonic and strength? ening medicine about it. In my moth? er's case a marked gain in [)< th has resulted, Insomnia has been overcome, and the is steadily growing stronger^' Electric 1 Itters quickly r< medjF stomach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold under guarantee at Blbert's Drup Stoic. 50c. WALK-OVER THE SHOE THAT SATISFIES. THE SUMTER CLOTHING CO.