Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE, *Y LETTERS FROM Of It SPE? CIAL COUKKHPOX DENTS. of Intercut l'nmi all Part? of Hu inter ?ml Adjoining fount Its. WOTrCE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mill your letters so that they nill react thlf office not later than Tues *ay nomlng. When the letters are reo?! red Wednesday It is almost an tepowlbllity to have them appear In paper Issued that day. DARK COHN Eli. Dark Corner. Feb. I.?We had a rain last nlgt t, which was sery >l?table, as tho land was getting so herd in some places It was al tmpoaslble to plough. The taunler was as hard as. I :hlnk, I heard for the time of year. Farm srorfc la progressing pretty well after Ilia cold snap we had Last week and tits Arst part of this week. News la almost at a premium. No births des ths or marriages, or no one stell, aa fur as I know. Plenty of parties. There was one lisre at Mr. Ben Oeddlnge' on Friday night, the 29th. and another at Mr. Newton Farwick'* the same night. There was another last night at Mr. Davn Qraham's, jvat acroes the line ever In Clarendon, which was attend? ed bf Mi. T. H. Oateen and daughter. Miss Eunice, of the 8ycamorea, and Qua and Dud Weeks and others from thta place. Supervisor Pitta was In this coiner last Thursday looking after the ro ids But as I waa In your city I did lie* him. fof which I am sorry, as I have heard he Intended to call on ? i sne. Come again, brother, and I will try und be at home. I received a pleaaant call yesterday availing from Mr. J. Douglas Jenk ins, of Privateer. Come again. Doug. Ah warn glad to see you. Mr. Henophon J. Bracey. formerly Of f:am*?y. but for the last 16 yaars Of Sharon. Qa., wna out on a visit the last of laat week to his brothers. MJcliard and Ran. of thla place. He lie that he haa done pretty well In adopted State, as whan he left h Carolina, ha had nothing but a w fe and one child, and now ha has ? nice home paid for with a $1,500 Availing on It, together with all nec outbulldlngs. snd says ha has It alt out of ths soil, as ha haa speculated any since moving to Mrs. Joa M. Ardla and daughter, Mary Las. visited Mrs W. J. Ardla laat Thursday. I ?ras pleased to seen while In your laat Thursday the Improvements have been started to beautify the Ceert Houae grounds, for you know II la said a thing* of beauty la a Joy ar. So let the beautifying go on perfection. Max. Peb. I.?Presiding Elder Car Ttyle preached a good sermon Sunday afternoan at Nasareth church. Mr. E A. Coker. of Tlmmonsvllle. asujne over to Bethel Sunday. Mr. A. J. Ooodman went to Tim die Friday Mrs. Kilpatiiok. of Lynchburg, at preaching at Bethel Saurday 8unday. Mrs. Ktlpatrtck apent Saturday ght with her friend. Mrs. J. A. M sway Mrs. s J. Mima of 8umter. was st Bethel Sunday. Mr. Howard Green and family, of Mew Zlon. heard a good sermon at Bethel Sunday, and were the guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Tru s?en. Mrs. Battle Oardy. of Darlington. Is visiting her su.... Mra. Rebecca Tru tack. Mr. and Mra. H. K. Morse's lltth Ladle, one of the twins, la critically A good lady not far from here re? filled her sugar dish with grits, by salstake. and put some In a cup of ooffee. which she gave her pastor, ?who waa a gueat at the home. Her jomfUure can be Imagined, how much others enjoyed the Incl sst. A good deal of plowing has been vm. There Is a good deal of comment ajid expectancy In regard to the prom? ised clay road acrosa the Hand hill not far from here. When will It he. even commenced. KTATEltl'lUi. Btatrt.ur*. Feb. S?Mrs. Ouy L Warren and her little *.?n. after VM" Hing relatives here, have returned to /tumter. Mlsa Annie Holmes spent Wednes? day with friends hi Columbia. Misses Virginia Satindera and Km ma Barnwell attended a v. r\ plage ant card party at llagood SSI Friday evening Mr. Frank P. Burgees apent Sun slay at home. Mr Ranaom Richardson spent sev daya during the past we^k with eoualn, Mr. It C. Rlcharduon, Jr.. at Farm Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Simons, after vtaltlng the Mlasee Burgees at Wa verly, huve returned to Ferguson. Mrs. It. C. Richardson, Jr., visited In Sumter during the past week. Mrs. M. K. Nelson has bj*en the guest of her daughter, Mrs. F. H. McLeod. In Florence, for tATS* weeks. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Mcl-aurln are very glad to hear that their little daughter, Ger? trude, who has been quite sick. 1* Improving. The Ladles' Sewing Society meets at ttu residence of Mrs. S. E. Nelson M Saturday morning at 11.30 o'clock. Mr. Harrison Maunders left for An? napolis one day last week. EDWARDS. Antioch. Feb. 8.?Miss Leila Fow'.e spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Ha Mae Evans, of Rembert. Mr. and Mrs. L A. White spent Fri? day In Camden. Rev. J. E. Strickland preached at St. John's Sunday morning. Mr. F. G. Peebles has gone to Cam? den today. The weather Is fine, and the farm? ers are making good use of the time. There will be about the same amount of fertiliser used this year as last. Miss Valeria Blackwell, one of Dar? lington's most charming young la? dles, after several weeks' stay with her alster, Mrs. J. H. Boykin, ,has re? turned home. Mr. L A. White spent last Tuesday In Blshopville. Mr. A. K. Weldon, of WisackyV spent yesterday with his father, Mr. J. W. Weldon. Mr. J. A. Foxworth, of Sumter. spent Friday and Saturday In thl community. The health Is very good. WTe have no sickness to report. Fine Government Jobs. Examinatlona will be held this apring in all parts of the South for the position of railway postal clerk. These are well paying Joba and the opportunity la open to our young men to secure them through competitive examinations which are given by the Civil Service Commission In the vari? ous cities of the South. The salaries range lrom $800 to $1.600 a year. Fred Wannamaker, who was for 11 years a U. 8. Civil Service examiner, has opened at Orangeburg, S. C, a school of correspondence to train young men for these examinatlona. Any one desiring to know the require? ments of the examination for this po? sition should write to this former ex? aminer, and the desired information will be given by return mall. Address your letters aa follows. Fred Wannamaker, Editor The Sun. Orangeburg, S. C. THE REEVES HEARING. Two or Three Days Will be Required to Take Testimony-?Interest Con? tinues High. St. George. Feb. 8.?Your corres pondent waa today informed by Mag? istrate Moorer, before whom the pre? liminary examination of the five men charged with the murder of Pressley Reeves will be held, that he had Is? sued subpoenas for approximately 50 wltneaaes. The hearing, becauae of the voluminous teatlmony to be taken, will last two or three days, probably longer. Falrey and two of the men charged with killing Reeve- have re talned Lawyer Jones of Branchvll'.e to represent them, and It la probable that additional counsel will be em? ployed to conduct the defense. The unusual interest which ha.? been manifested since the arrests were made Is creeping higher and It now looks as though a record breaking crowd will attend upon the first act of the greatest sensational trial In Dor cheater county'a history. FRANCE TO RAISE TARIFF. Plans Retaliation on This Country For High Protective Wall Barring For? eign Goods. Parts, Feb. 2.?The American cham? ber of commerce In Paris is deeply concerned by the report of the parlia? mentary committee which was ap? pointed to prepare a plan for the re? vision of duties as It is found that the new schedules proposed will be a great blow to American exports to Frnnce. Cnder these schedules the tniximum tariffs on American pro? dSlOtS imported into France baVS been Increased on an avenge of 'J'l pel cent.. SfhereSJ thS minimum rates u:i tler wh'eh the products of Europe.?n c?untrie< ars Imported are Inersased only .". per cent. The repot t particularly affectl Asnorioen agrteaitural maohlnsry, on whleh tii" tariff has been increased S francs for every lan kilos, while the minimum tariff, unbr which Qef many and other eonntrles beneflti has been reduced l frano, He (with newspaper)??Ah! Bo Affinity Earle's wife has turned th" tables on him. She?The paper I saw said ahe struck him with a chair.? Boston Transcript. SENATOR CLIFTON FILIBUSTERS i'ltUlimiTlON FIGHT STARTED IX SENATE SATURDAY ON HILL TO LICENSE LIQUOR DKl.M.MKHS. Upon Senator Appclt's Hill Senator Clifton Held the Floor for Nearly Two Hours. Columbia. Feb. 7.?The first gun of the prohibition fight was yesterday fired In the State senate. Upon Sena? tor Appelt's bill to Impose a license of $5.000 upon liquor drummers the discussion assumed wide proportions," reaching out to other prohibition questions before the legislature this year. With barely a quorum present Senator CUfton of Sumter held the floor for nearly two hours, speaking first upon the question of striking out the enacting words of the bill and then upon the question to Indefinitely postpone. All sorts of parliamentary questions arose, but nothing could take the senator off of his feet, ar* cording to the rules of the senate, and having spoken twice upon the ques? tion to strike out the enacting words, he then claimed and held the floor upon his motion to indefinitely post? pone the bill. Finally all the senators were get? ting anxious and debate was ad? journed until Monday at noon on this question. Senator Clifton will then continue to speak upon the bill. Some of the senators were trying to get home and this motion to adjorun de? bate was passed after a similar mo? tion a half hour before had failed. Senator Otts, who is taking an active part in the prohibition fight, had stated at that time that he was will? ing to stay here until the shades of night had ^fallen If the senator from Sumter still continued to hold the floor and speak on the bill. The ques? tion came up and the roll call was had, but there was barely a quorum present, and of course the senator from Sumter proceeded with his re? marks under parliamentary ruling. When the senate got down to work there was a rush of motions to make special orders of certain Important bills upon the calendar. This seem? ingly minor matter developed Into a preliminary fight to keep the prohibi? tion measures from being made spe? cial orders and succeeded. After two of these bills had been made special orders, a|so the Hen law repeal bill, all special orders were discharged upon a motion of Senator Hardln. This left the bills in their regular or? der upon the calendar and they will come up regularly In the senate un? less a special order or special orders are made during the coming week., which may be done. However, it could be seen from the fight that ev? ery effort will be made to keep the prohibition and other measures from being made special orders. LIQUOR LICENSE HELD UP. Columbia, Feb. 8.?Senator Clifton again blocked the passage of Senator Appelt's bill providing for a $5,000 license for liquor drummers on the ground that it would indirectly give a State license system. The Lancas? ter senator had his county exempted. The amendments offered by Senator Clifton making liquor drumming a misdemeanor, instead of providing a license, had not reached a vote when the senate adjourned. Senator Clifton's bill as to the Sumter clerk -of court fees wa8 given the final reading in the senate today. OH, RE JOYFUL! Columbia, Feb. 8.?The new gener? al appropriation bill, which was re? ported today, carries a total of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars less than last year, and the supply bill reduces the State levy to flve mills. REDUCING RAILROAD RATES. Columbia, Feb. 8.?The house to? day passed the M. L. Smith bill knocking out the present mileage reg? ulations and reducing the maximum passenger rate to two and one-half cents. Columbia, Feb. 9.?The House spent practically the entire mornin debating the bill amending the high school law, which Is designed to give to poorer school districts more aid. The bill passed. The house began debate upon the Statewide prohibition bill, with C. A. Smith's opening argument, which was interrupted by the arrival of the joint ?aatmbly hour. \ hin wiis Introduced in each house today, by < ?tts in the senate and Nich? olson In the house, providing for a j Joint commission to Investigate the affairs of any and ail oounty dis? pensaries, past : nd present. The bill provides for flVS thousand dollars tor expenses, the same to he assessed strains! oounty dispensaries according to their gross sides. The committee won't ?a) so, hut it is understood thai the hill is based on complaint-- about conditions in Alken, ECershaw and Charleston, The hill gives the com? mission the same power as the former dispensary investigating committee, to hold up claims, and the Investigation may, therefore, be followed by In? junction in the federal court. Some county dispensary advocates look on the bill as a scheme to manufacture prohibition sentiment. Senator Appelt today further amended his liquor drummer bill by Increasing the penalty to one thou? sand dollars fine. So Justice Elected Vet. Columbia, Feb. 9.?The result of balloting today was as follows: First: Cothran, 49, Hydride 58, Bheppard 52. t Second: Cothran 50, Hydrick 57, Sheppard 51. Third: Cothran 51, Hydrick 56, Sheppard 52. Four more ballots are expected to be taken tonight. Prohibition's Poor Showing. Columbia, Feb. 9.?Absolutely no interest was manifested in the pro? hibition debate today. During the leading speech, by Senator C. A. Smith, the galleries and side aisles were empty. The total number of women present was six. THE STATE CORN CONTEST. Commission Makes Statement Con? cerning Growth in State For Prizes Offered?South Carolina Still in the Lead. Columbia, Feb. 7.?The State com? mission on the corn contest, consist? ing of Commissioner E. J. Watson. President P. H. Meli of Clemson col? lege, Prof D. X. Barrow of the depart? ment of agriculture at Clemson col? lege, announced yesterday the prize .winners in the State corn contest. The announcement will" be of particular interest throughout the South as two years ago the prize in the open to the world contest was won by a South Carolinian, Mr. A. J. Tindal of Clar? endon, who produced 182 bushels to the acre, and the third prize in the contest over the entire world was won by B. E. Moore of Bennettsville. Messrs. Tindall and Moore also won the first and second prizes respective? ly, in the State contest that year. This year the first and second prizes go to Mr. Moore, who wins $375 in cash. The two second prizes go to R. K. Hayes of Marion county, and the third single prize goes to C. F. Moore of Cheraw. The statement issued is as follows: [ "The committee on judging the pre? mium yield of corn raised in South Carolina for the year 1908 begs to make the following report: "There were turned over to us by Commissioner Watson 10 contestants* manuals properly filled out and sworn to. We found these contestants had complied with all conditions of the contest. We have carefully scored the reports and the corn" to these contest? ants, with the following results: "B. E. Moore, Bennettsville?Total points, 89; prize on points, 1; total yield in bushels, 137 3-8. "B. K. Hayes, Pages Mill?Total points, 78; prizes on points, 2; total yield in bushels, 110. "C. F. Moore, Cheraw?Total points, 77; prizes on points, 3; total yield In bushels, 73. "N. L. Broughton, Pinewood?Total points, 67; total yield in bushels, 80 2-5. "D. L. Whittaker, McColl?Total points, 51; total yield in bushels, 83 3-10. "E. A. Brown, Camden?Total points, 64; total yield in bushels, 65. "W. E. Land, Yorkville?Total points, 57; total yield in bushels, 65. "J. P. Haselden, Lambert?Total points, 62; total yield in bushels, 65, 7 quarts. "J. N. Glbbes, Cowpens?Total points, 42; total yield in bushels, 63 1-2. "J. P. Lewis, Clemson College?To tal points, 63; total yield in bushels, 83, and 53 pounds. "The feature of these reports that was especially noticeable was the fact that very few of the contestants seemed to place sufficient weight upon the importance of the selection of j their seed. In one or two instances we have no doubt that the seeds were well selected, but this fact was not brought out in the report of the con? testant, therefore your committee was obliged to take it for granted that proper care had not been taken in this respect. The contestants lose more from this than probably any other cause. As a rule the reports were well made out and show an un? usual amount of ears in the keeping of the records. One or two reports that would have been almost perfect were cut on method of preparation and cultivation. Vour committee CVifl not fall to score heavily against b man who reports the burning and destruction of vegetable m;itt< r. "The winner of the prize for the largest yield deserves great credit, and yet we are sure that even thli yield could have been Improved upon. We would recommend that another year some Axed rules be adopted for reporting the gross Income from the cultivation of the acre. "It h:iH been extremely ditllcult for your committee to st ore on proflts equitably on this account. Some of the contestants sold their product at seed corn prices, while others sold at the price of feed. Tins necessarily makes a very great difference in the gross income and dots not give an Opportunity for an equitable compart* ?On. Several of the contestants fail? ed to make complete returns of all the products of the acre, tome reporting simply the jjrain Without any allow? ance being made or any credit for the yield of stover. In such instances we have regarded the reportg as in? complete, and have felt under the ne? cessity of cutting therefor. "There is no doubt in our minds that these contests are productive of very great good, and we trust that it wiil be possible to arrange to offer these rewards each year. We would like to have seen more contestants comply with all conditions, but doubt? less the severe floods were responsible for quite a number dropping out. "Very respectfully submitted, "E. J. Watson, "P. H. Meli, "D. N. Barrow, "Commission."' BRYAN SPEAKS AT TAMPA. Says Outlook for Democratic Victory In 1012 is Bright. Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4.?Speaking to an immense throng of people ircm the grand stand at the race track this afternoon, Wm. J. Bryan said he brought to the Democrats of the South a message of good cheer, that there is a steadily increasing senti? ment that makes for the growth of the Democratic party in the United States. He commented on the world-wide spread of Democracy as one of the "signs of the times," when the masses would demand their rights of the aristocratic class, which is now using every endeavor to hold its own against such a growth. He cited the recent change in the government of Turkey and declared that the down? trodden masses of that country had forced the most autocratic monarch of modern times to grant a Demo? cratic constitution. He commented upon the usurpation of power by the "aristocratic party," the present administration, the head of which he referred to as delegating to himself all the authority of a czar in the manipulation of his high office. But a ehanj?e Is surely, if slowly com? ing, he declared and added that pros? pects were brighter than ever for Democratic victory in 1912. Mr. Bryan injected considerable hu? mor in his remarks by saying that he knew there were entirely too many Republicans in the country for their own good, and for the country's good, adding that he had been "telling them about: It" for a long time. In reply to a question, Mr. Bryan declined to say whether he expected to be called upon by his party again "to tell them about it," passing the query with a broad smile. FOREST SERVICE SCORED. Washington, Feb. 4.?The forest service today in conjunction with the Federal appropriation bill came in for further criticism. Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, contended that the forestry bureau wajj administered with wanton extravagance. Mr. Scott, of Kansas, replying said the Keep commission had found that the forest service employes were paid less than those of other departments. Bitter denunciation was heaped upon the service by Mr. Smith, of Cal? ifornia. It was, he said, the greatest outrage that had been perpetrated upon any people. "The effort of the forest bureau," he declared, "is to grind every dollar it can get out of the people of the West." There was, he declared, no kind of an activity carried on any part of the national forest that the people were not made to yield, "money, money, money," all the time to the Federal government. He charged that the forest service had illegally extorted fees from, miners, stockmen, farmers and others. He spoke particularly of a case In which a fee of ten cents each had been levied on bee hives. "There was," he ve? hemently asserted "neither sense nor justification for filching these pennies from the pockets of the poor man.' Mr. Cook of Colorado, expressed his approval of all that Mr. Smith had uttered, and said Mr. Pinchot's sole purpose was "to get Secretary Wil? son's position in the cabinet." Mr. Weeks, of Massachusetts, enter? ed a general defense of the forest ser? vice. He said that the difficulty with Mr. Pinchot's critics was that their constituents in the past had been in the habit of going upon forest reeer? rattong and removing timber with >u\ paying anything for it. and that the same was true regarding the raising of herds in public grasing lands. He dented that anybodj bau been "milk? ed." Declaring that he would not be un? derstood iis making a harsh state* meat. Mr. Mann, of Illinois, said that for many years it had "so become the custom i> loot the public domain,thai when the government endeavors, to com?' Into its own. it looks like a rob? ber," to the people of the West. Ap? plause and exclamations of "Hear!" "Hear!"' "Hear!" followed this utter? ance. THE LAURENS VI.(.(.MAN. Inspector Gregory Identifier Him as "Shoney Mike" or "Kentucky she? ney"?Letter From Reformed Safe h!o\ver. Laurens, Feb. S.?".Sheney Mike," Of "Kentucky Sheney," is the alias of the dead yeggman who was killed here Thursday morning of last week, J's it appears from a summering up of the evidence gathered by PostofTice Inspector Gregory. While he is known to the police circles by this name, and possibly to mariy of the public, his real name is yet a mystery. Inspector Gregory writes: "I hand you herewith for your in? formation and retention for me, two letters, one showing that your man is not the Parker who formerly clerk? ed in a shoe store at Knoxviile, Tenn.r and the other showing that he is 'Sheney Mike," otherwise "Kentucky Sheney." Both of these letters as you will see, are thoroughly reliable, no guesswork. C. E. Rlggs, of Morris town, Tenn., evidently knows what he is writing about, and McCarthy, who is a reformed safe-blower, is positive as to the identity of the man. "You will notice that since 1893, when he was in jail at Norfolk, Va., with Jno. F. McCarthy, alias "West Phila Johnny,' Charles Howard, alias Texas Dutch,' and James Johnson, alias 'Portland Ned," that 'Sheney Mike' has blossomed out from a pro? fessional beggar to a safe-blower, but that is the way most of them devel? op." It is seen from this that Mr. Greg? ory is quite confident that the dead man is "Sheney Mike." The letter from Jno. F. McCarthy, the reformed safe-blower, is quite in? teresting. It is in part: "You can not imagine my surprise when I look? ed at the photograph and recognized the party instantly as 'Sheney Mike.* Why, he was around Virgina when I was and was in the Norfolk jail when we were there in 190S. I never knew him to be crooked; he was always a great felllow for having a boy beg for him. His home is In Kentucky, I think Louisville. He used to be called 'Kentucky Mike.' Fred and he were great pals and I shouldn't be a bit PuYprised if Fred was with him at I^aurens. Fred is about 5 feet 11 in? ches, weighs 175. reddish complexion and red mustaches. heid slightly bald." This letter is from McCarty in Boston, Mass. The letter from C. E. Rlggs referred to states that E. E. Parker, who once clerked for Daniel Brlscoe (fe Co., In Knoxviile, Tenn., is at present living at Alma, Neb., and that he is only about. 26 years old, and about 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing a x>ut 200 pounds. And then a letter from the postoffice officials at Knoxvil e states that the man who worked there was E. E. Parker, and not L J., as thought here. So it seems that the man is from Kentucky and has recently been in some robberies in Florida, f.nd that h^ was known as "Sheney Mike," and that his pal wa.s known as "Fred." Where Fred is, is the question, al? though he is supposed to be or to have been in the neighborhood of Co? lumbia. In connection with the above fads as to the identity of the dead man it may be here stated that two of the leading physicians here disagree with Inspector Gregory In Ms statement that the yeggman is of Jewish de? scent. laid to Rest In Potter's field. Laurens, Feb. 8.?This afternoon at 4 o'clock the body of the slain yegg man was buried in the potter's field of the city burying ground, the may? or, aldermen and other city officials be'ng present. No services of any kind were held. "Fred," the Pal of "Kentucky She? ney," Thought to be Columbia. "Fred," the man referred to in the Laurens dispatch as the probable pal of "Kentucky Sheney" on the night of the Laurens tragedy, is believed to have been In Columbia yesterday af? ternoon. A gentleman who resides on Elmwood avenue came to the State office last nicht and reported the ap? pearance at his home about 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon of a sus? picious looking character, who came to the back door and asked for some? thing to eat. The man was given some food and th*?n left, going in the direction of Elmwood cemetery. When shown the description of "Fred." as sent out in the Laurens dispatch, this gentleman stated that it tallied in every respect with the stranger who bad come to his door beggl.ig.?Slate, Feb. 9. "Is hypocrisy ever excusable?" "I think so. For instance, the interest that 8i young man pretends to take in the girl's family."--I?ulsville Courier Journal. "\Yhat would you do if you had a son like mine?' "I'd work hard to get to be a millionaire." "What?so that you could indulge his tSjsSjSJ I * "No?so that he'd feel it when I dis? inherited him."?Cleveland Leader.