Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ?IWKV USTTKllS KKOM OUR SI'll haii (oimiisroMu \is. im of Interest Frusu all Tarts of gaunter ami Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Hall your letters so that they will rea:h this office not later than Mon ?laj when Intended for Wednesday's pa|*r ana not later than Thursday far Saturday's Issue. This, of course. only to regular correspond :e. In case of Items o( unusual value, ssnd In Immediately by telephone or telegraph. Such stories are acceptable up to the of going to press. Wednesday's Is printed Tuesday afternoon Saturday's paper Friday after 8MITHVILLE. Ithville, April 7.?In my last let tar T said that the dispensary as in by Senator Tillman was the Sjslutlon of the whiskey problem. I spnt the readers of this paper to ;tly understand that I didn't that becauite I was an advocate ?a? the sals of whiskey or any other tatoftteanl. I said it because I know MSB* there ar? men who will have ley let It coat what it may. If can't get It fairly by law they arfU disregard the law and get it any Wf. By the above plan I feel like Qm ? might be leas sold than would aw Hmuggled and sold If we have pro hfaltlon. Bat If prohibition will even the aal? of liquor one-tenth have it by all means. If we do i It, may the God of heaven put into i hearts of the officers of the law fae that the laws prohibiting the of Intoxicants be most rigidly en lad regardless of color or position afraid there are soms who prefer wcatilattton because they think It to step towards high license, whtcr one of the grea.ost curses on God's ?Wd earth. Should we have pro Lion and continued drunkenness It be because the officers of the law failed to enforce the law. Men idly call themselves the lords of tlon?they ~ome nearer being of the whiskey bottle. They of their superiority over women I oan tell you one thing: the wo i are far better than men. Just ose they could go to the ballot and vote for the disposition of tey. and could be allowed to er the law themselves. Tou would asp what a difference there would be. lap more husbands and fathers would a* coming home drunk; no sons be? tas; led straight to a devil's hell be? cause of the Illicit, or legal sale of whiskey or any other Infox cant. I don't believe In women votlnr. but if aha lords of creation can't manage the whiskey problem let's give them a chance to better this miserable whiskey system. May Ood I peed the day when we will have national log a lallen preventing the brewlnr or risk Inn of liquors In any form what? soever. Some body will say what will you do for whiskey as a medicine? Bar tell me did you ever read a med! nal book that was an advocate of srhlakey. They all tell you that al eohol Is injurious and yet ther* are doctors all over this brand l?nd of wars that oftlmel prescribe wl.lskey as a tonic during convalescence. Did jron know many a young man first aaarna to drink in that way. I know ease at least that came near being turned and blanted for life in that way Only a mother's pleadings and ttrers have sav ?d him thus far. He ly go down evei yet, becsu??e he has it accursed criiving and desire for lulants. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Wactor of rrlotts spent last Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Robertson. Mr. 8. I* Robertson of Ionia, spent Baminv with Mr. D. J. Robertson Rhea Hayne of Georgia, say.* in his writings thst hundreds of form? es* are planting more corn and buy than ever before. That cotton wll eaurely take a second place. Won't the faimert of South Carolina do like EOYPT. Antioch. April 7.?Corn planting is isbout over. Farmers are preparing no plant cotton. Mr J. W. Weldon spent Fridsy and Saturday st Wlsacky. Mr. J. R. McLeod spent Saturday la Camden. Mr. J. C. McLeod whs In Camden Wednesday. Miss Irene Weldon Is spending a weeks In Klshnpvllle. Mr. F. O. Peebles has been sick it he is ImproNlng. Mr. John MH'utchen *p?nt Sutur iy night at thl? p! u ?? PIH4.MI Plsgnh. April ".?-Possibly no on?? living has seen so much win?! as has been since the last >f January. It as* been here a contlnmil Mr>w and retards the putting down of guano very much, T. D. Mcl^eod has made Home Im? provements to his house. Zack Haxton, an Industrious colored i, has painted his dwelling house. ?idsA ja-*..-?,, a Pisgah church has made some im? provements to the house and others Will follow In the near future. The protracted meeting at Pisgah last week closed Sunday nmorning. Mr. Truluck who did the preaching preached some very line sermons. Home of them on the Sam Jones style. There were some additions to the church. Mr. Truluck has many friends here who were delighted to have him in tlo ir midst, and hope he will come again soon. Mrs. J. H. McLeod has been quite unwell for sometime with rheuma? tism. Nothing new to report except on the line that fellow went to mill last week. ' t If E. D. Smith don't look out Tin? man will read him out of the Demo? cratic party as he did McLaurn. It looks aa if Taft and others have turn? ed Smith's head. Well some of us are not deceived. HAGOOD. Hagood, April 8.?The farmers in this community are busy planting corn and getting ready to plant cot? ton. The weather has been ideal for the past week and a great deal of work has been accomplished. Mr. R. M. Hilderbrand has been at? tending court in Sumter this week as a witness. Mrs Julian Sanders will leave on Friday for Spartanburg, where she will visit her parents. She will also stay over and attend the musical fes? tival. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ross and Mrs. Frank U Raftlle, of Minneapolis, Minn., who have been spending the winter In the South, spent Wednesday here with Mr. A. K. Sanders. Mr. W. J. Sanders spent Monday1 and Tueeday in Snmter with friends. Miss Bellen Galllard, of Plnopolis. who has been visiting Mrs. A. P. Gall? lard, left Wednesday for Charleston, where she will spend Easter. ?Miss .Vela Sanders Is the guest of Mrs. J. C. Huger, In Sumter, this week. Miss Ella Palmer, of Eutawvllle, Is expected here Saturday on a visit to her sister, Mrs. A. P. Galllard. Mrs. Thoe. O. Sanders has return? ed from a visit to her mother, Mrs. L. A. Stoney In Allendale. WEDGEFIE3A>. WedgeAeld, April 8.?Or. Monday night the depot here was broken Into again, the second time within a month. The thieves carried off a doz? en or more pair of shoes, a few hams and several express packages. I guess a few more such occurrences will convince the Atlantic Coast Line authorities of the need of a watch? man. Miss Hattle. oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Norrls, and Mr. E. D. Mclntosh, of Hartsville, were married on last Sunday evening. Rev. F. G. Whitlock officiating. Miss Bessie Aycock Is visiting rela? tives at Charlotte, N. C. The many friends of Dr. W. L. Par? ier and family are glad to welcome him to our midst once more. The Dr. appeared on the street this morning and at once resumed the practice of his profession. Cotton planting Is the order of tho day in these parts. Wedgefleld has one fisherman that the condition of the water does not prevent him from eating some of the flnny tribe when he so desires. Ho went down yesterday for a few hours, with his gig, and brought back four large carp and one seven pound trout. Wedgefleld, April 8.?A large con? course of relatives and acquaintan? ces gathered at the Baptist church on Wednesday evening, which had been prettily decorated for the occasion, where they witnessed the solemn but Important ceremony which united In the holy bonds of matrimony Miss Nora Belle Dew, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dew, and Mr. Edwin Dargan Boyett of Rockwell, Fla. At the appointed hour. 8:30 Miss Bettle Aycock took her position at the organ, and as she rendered the familiar but famous Mendelssohns march, the bride with her moid of honor. Miss Dora Dew, came up the left aisle preceded by Prof. O. H. Mc? Millan, usher, and Misses Bertha House, and Minnie Kilpatrlck. bridesmaids. The groom with his host man. Mr. Evans Mathis entered the right aisle preceded by Mr. L T. Blllups. usher, and Messrs John DeW and Harold Chandler, groomsmen On reaching tty altar the bride and groom stood beneath I pretty arch, from the apex of which hung a lot ly white bell, where they faced tin- paa tor, Kev. William HaynsWOrth, who with a short but Important eeromony prononneed them man end wife. The bride wore i pflnoces gown of Point D'Spralt over white silk, veil being eetight hack with orange bloseoms, end carried ? lonely boojoet of white oamattona The young ladies atten? dants were dressed in white silk with pink satin ,:'rdles and pink gloves, eaeh had a huge bouquet of pink carnations. The bride was one of OUT most popular young ladies. The groom holds a responsible position with the A. C. L. They left on the night train for Columbia, thence to Rockwell, Fla., their future home. The out of town guests were the fol? lowing: Miss Minnie Kilpatrick. Messre. Thomas Kilpatrick anil Z. Kells of Lynchburg Messrs. Arthur, Walter and Jimmie Yates of Provi? dence. Messrs. Madison Yates and B. F. House, Misses Verna, Bertha and Kate House of Oswego, Mr. Evans Math is of Camden, Mr. W. L. Dan? iels of Boykin. MAX. Max, April 8.?Mr. Will Keels lost his barn and corn last week by fire. Miss Bulah McGee and Mr. Philips, of near Timmonsville were married last Sunday afternoon at the home of and by Rev. B. K. Truluck. Miss Ellen Carraway returned home last night from Georgetwon, where she had visited a few days after the close of her school at Sampit. Mr. J. T. Kirby, of Columbia, is visiting relatives and friends in Lynchburg, Shlloh. Max and Lake City. Characteristic of him, he makes his visits short. He talks Interestingly of his trip to Canada last summer and to Cuba last fall and by steamer to Galveston, Texas, In December. Prof. Peel will lecture to the W. M. S. of Bethel next Sunday at 4 In the afternoon. Mr. J. H. Truluck's horse became badly frlgthened at an automobile and ran away recently and broke loose from the wagon and the colored driver was badly hurt. Mr. H. R. Tomllnson went to Co? lumbia last Tuesday. Mr. B. C. Truluck, Jr., is at home from Furman University on account of ill health. Miss Pearl Truluck went to Sumter last Monday. The weather Is cool again. Oats are not extra good. Pin?wood Citizen Dead. Plnewood, April 6.?Hr. H. 8 Mlms, formerly of Timmonsville, bu for the last three or four years a resident of this place, was taken to the Sumter Hospital last week, where he died yesterday evening. Mr. Mlms had been in bad health for several years, suffering from Bright'* disease, from which he died. His wife and six children survive him. He was about 60 years old. The remain were carried to Cartersville, his old home, and laid to rest. SEVERE STORM IN LAKE REGION Chicago, Toledo, Buffalo and Detroit In Itg Path. Buffalo, N. Y., April 7.?From 3 o'clock until 5 this afternoon the wind tore through the streets of Buffalo at the rate of 72 miles an hours. One man was killed and many people were Injured by parts of the buildings detached by the force of the wind and hurled through the air. On the lake the water was lashed Into a foaming, tumbling mass, and the big ice held that stretched as far as Dunkirk, was broken up and forc? ed Into this harbor. The big steam? ers J. J. H. Brown and Wm. H. Trues dale broke from their moorings at the foot of Michigan street. A dredge got Jammed In the ice and sank. Telegraph and telephone serv^e in \11 directions is demoralized. Com munloatlons with Canada was cut off at 2 o'clock this morning. WILLIAMS SLATED FOR JOB. Former South Carol 11 a Newspaper .Man May be Civil Service Commis? sioner. Washington, April 7.?Henry F. rjreeoe foday tendered to President Taft his resignation as a civil service commissioner, asking that it be made effective May 1. It has been reported for some time that the first vacancy on the commission would be filled by the appointment of James T. Will? iams, Jr., of the District of Columbia, and formerly a newspaper man, who acted as secretary to National Chair? man Hitchcock during a greater part Of the presidential campaign. He is a native of South Carolina. Commis? sioner Green? was Appointed from Minnesota. The president has taken no action as yet in the mateer. CARGO OF COTTON ox FIRE. - Steamer from New Orleans for Genoa Puts hi at Norfolk. Norfolk. Va.. April 7.?The Italian steamer Moneenslo, en route from New Orleans to Genoa with a cotton, cargo, made this port today with fire In her hold, at the third hatch. Tugs succeeded in controlling the flames liy the use of steam. The ship will be examined tomor-, row morning to determine the extent of damaged, it is roughly estimated that 800 bales of cotton were touched by the flames, The fire was dlscov- j ered <>ff Hatteras last night, but was ?uoceesfully controlled by the crew and confined to one hatch. The ship coals here. i Misfortune is the touchstone of frh ndship.?German. mm LESS COTTOW. PRESIDENT HARRIS ISSUES AD? DRESS TO MEMBERS OF FA RMERS' UN ION. County Presidents will Men Execu tive Committee to Consider Hand? ling Crop of 1900. Columbia, April S.?President B. B. Harris, of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union has issued the following address, which he desires that the county papers of the State should copy: "Again I want to call your atten? tion, farmers, that now is the time to fix price on the 1909 cotton crop. Will you make it 8 or 15 cents? It is in your power to make it either. "I want to, if I can, impress upon you that diversification of your crops is the keynote of the situation. I want to urge every Southern farmer to plant at least 35 per cent, of his cotton land in food crops, so as to make home self-sustaining. Now. let's see if it will pay us as farmers to diversify our crops. To my know? ledge, the farmer who has not been making home self-supporting has been swapping $1 for 50 cents. Now let's see if this assertion is true. The farm? er who bought corn last year paid $1.10 cash for it. If he borrowed the money to buy with it cost him $1.25, as he paid interest on the money. If he hauled it home ten miles it cost him 10 cents. It is worth 10 cents per bushel to haul corn ten miles, so his corn cost him $1.35. Now, any good, progressive farmer caji make all the corn he will need on his farm for 34 cents per bushel. Are any of the Southern farmers guilty of the above? If so, go and sin no more. Did you buy any bacon? It is selling now for 12 1-2 cents cash. Still swapping $1 for 50 cents. Any good farmer can raise enough for his fam? ily use for 5 cents per pound. Did you,buy any hay? If you did you are still at the same old way of exchang? ing. If you bought a horse or mule you paid from $200 to 250. Tou can raise one just as good for less than $100. Now, brother farmer, do not say that you cannot raise corn for 35 cents. Try to do it. I have met more than 50 farmers this year that raised it for less than 35 cents per bushel, and as many as 15 who raised it for less than 20 cents. The farmer who is raising corn for 30 cents, bacon for 3 cents, raising his own horses and making home self-supporting has quit swapping $1 for 50 cents. The farmer who is buying is still at hi? old job. While the farmer who is buying on a lien and mortgage on his crop is just swapping $1 for 25 cents, for the cash buyer is swapping $1 for 50 cents. He can raise it for half what he pays for it when he buys it. Brother farmer, if you are guilty of the above sin I say'to you, sin no more. Now, what price will you have for the 1909 crop? Will you have 8 or 15 cents? Remember, it is all In your hands, and you will get what? ever price you make it. To get 15 cents you will have to diversify your crops and stop exchanging $1 for 50 cents, or you will never be able to get a remunerative price. Now, what is the use of the farmers of the South to raise 13,000,000 bales of cotton and not pet for it any more than they can for a 7.000,000 or 8,000,000-bale crop? Think of the enormous ex? pense of raising the extra 5,000.000 hales to bear the market down. And who does this? It is the farmer. Think and consider for a moment what you are doing and you will quit It. Do you think for a moment that the manufactui er would do any such ruinous business as this? No, he would stop one-half of his machinery at once and curtail his output one half and make the same profit. Now, brother farmers, use a little good bus? iness judgement and common good horse sense. I hear some farmers say Mr. Jones is going to cut his cotton acreage and I will just increase mine. Sad, but this is too true to make a joke of. This is just what the specu? lative world says you will do. The most essential thing for the farmers to do this year is to plant 35 pet cent, of cotton land in food crops and live at home. "I took dinner the other day with a man who lives in the country, T cannot say that he was a farmer, for his dinner did not satisfy me in call? ing him a farmer, for everything he had on his table was bought. (^ut of curiosity I asked him how he cured his bacon, He said Mr. Armour cured it for him. I asked him what toma? to he found best for canning. He told me his were canned in Haiti more. I asked him what kind of tur? nip! he sowed to;- making salad. He told me he bought that also. Then i wanted to know what kind of cot? ton seed he planted, and he quickly answered: 'I plant TOOle's and Cook's.' So yon can readily set> that In- was a planter and not a real, real farmer. This is the kind Of farming that causes B-cent cotton. I ,vas in a grocery store the other day and one of these planters came in to buy some corn, Hour, bacon and hay. He ."sked the price of corn, $1.10; Hour $7 per barrel; bacon, 12 1-2 cents per TO AMEND PAYNE TARIFF HILL. ,_ i - Ways and Means Committee Agrees to Several Change* in Measure. Tax on Cotton* Washington, April 7.?The Ways and Means committee today agreed to several amendments to the Payne tariff bill. The duty on crude cocoa was reduced from 4 to 3 cents a I ound. Paragraph 247, relating to toys, was stricken out and a new one in? serted, excepting toys of rubber and porcelain, which are taxed at 35 per cent, ad valorem, provided that only those articles should be taxed as toys which are manufactured as play? things for children. Paragraph 428 was changed so as to tax tire fabrics, or fabrics used for pneumatic tires, at 45 per cent, and valorem. This is meant to tax long Stapel cottton, used in the fabric. In the steel and iron schedules, steel ingots, blooms and slabs were reduced from 1 cent to 8-10 of a cent s. pound. The ad valorem duty on toiler and plate iron of steel was stricken out. Some of them were specific and others were slightly re? duced. The drawback feature was so am? ended as to provide that grain must be manufactured at the same place where the imported grain Is milled and within 12 months. This provi? sion is intended to guard against speculation in grain by providing that the grain intended for drawback pur? poses can only be manufactured sub? sequent to the importation against which it is to be charged. PREVENTS JAIL DELIVERY. Anderson Sheriff Finds Knife and Powerful Acids In a Cell. Anderson, April 7.?Sheriff W. B. King today nipped in the bud one of the most daring attempts ever made at jail delivery here. Suspecting something wrong, he searched the cell occupied by two white men, and found concealed a knife and three bottles, each containing about an ounce of sulphuric, nitric and hy? drochloric acids. They were slipped Into the jail by outsiders and evident? ly were intended for use on the bars, the drugs being powerful enough to rust these away in a few hours if properly applied. Officers are now working on clues and expect to make arrests shortly. The men in jail are Frank Turner, charged with nameless orimes, and Mart Hopkins, serving a sentence for blockading. Turner is believed to have planned the escape. DISPENSARY SITUATION QUIET. Governor Ansel Has Not Filled Va? cancies on Winding-Up Commis? sion. Columbia, April 6.?Governor An? sel did not today announce his ap? pointment to the dispensary winding up commission to fill the vacancies cased by the resignation of Messrs. Arthur and Henderson, who were ap? pointed receivers by Judge Pritchard. It is understood that very probably appointments will be made in a few days. Attorney Generaly Lyon was out of the city today and, therefore, could not be seen as to the dispensary matter. pound, and hay, $23 ner ton. He said to the merchant, 'Are you going to rob me?' The merchant told him he had robbed himself. You did it by panting all the cotton you could last year. "Now, brother farmers, lot's look at things square in the face and see that October cotton is being sold for about 9 cents on the New York ex? change. Now, are you going to plant another big crop when you know that 9 cents is about the cost of produc? tion? Surely not. There is just one thing that will keep you from deliv? ering your cotton crop of 1909 for 9 cents, and that is organize into the Farmers' Educational and Coopera? tive Union of America. Plant 35 per cent, of your cotton crop Into food crops and you will get as much money for an 8,500,000-bale crop as you will for a 13,000.000-bale crop. B. HARRIS. "President S. C. State Farmers' Union." The following important meeting has been ordered: "All the county president! art' es? pecially requested to meet with the state executive committee on Thurs? day, April 29, 1909. at 8 p. m., in the city of Columbia. B. C for the pur? pose of consulting together In refer? ence to the handling of the ootton crop of 1909, and such other matters as may be useful for the upbuilding of the union in securing b more com? plete organisation In all the counties of the Suite. " \s many of the county secretaries and county business agents as can conveniently do so are requested to attend also, together with as many members of the union who can come. "A mass meeting is desired for dis? cussion and consultation. "R. Harris, "President B. C. State Farmers'Union, "j. Whitner Reld, "Secretary-Treasurer." t SWINDLER FOUND DC ATLANTA. \\<>rkr<l Loan Swindle. posing as Gen? eral Agent for Standard Home Co Will He Taken Hack to Orange burg. Orangeburg, April 7.?Sheriff A. M. Bailey left Saturday for Atlanta where he loaf to take in custody one J. H. Stevens, who came to this place some months ago and who claimed to be a general agent of the Standard Home Co., of Alabama, ant who is wanted here for obtaining money by false representation. One E. J. Charf, who was associated with him has had three warrants sworn out against him'. Charf, by persons who alleged false representation and Charf was placed in jail. He was released a day or two ago, however, on a consent order of the attorneys interested in an en? deavor to locate Stevens who it is al? leged is responsible for the whole mis? representation. The agents represented to persons here, so it is alleged in the warrants that upon the payment of a certain amount of money, not amounting to $200 they would secure a loan from the company of $1,0)0. The loan it being stated would be ready for them within twenty-four hours. None of the loans were ever forthcoming and the borrowers got uneasy. When they went to look for Stevens he had skip? ped by the light of the mooon, and so they fastened on Charf. The home office, however, lent assistance In lo? cating Stevens who was found to be in Atlanta. KILLED IX DISCHARGE OF DUTY. Deputy Frank Bask Killed and Grover EOiridge Was Badly Wounded Near Ma con. Macon, Ga., April 7.?While at? tempting to arrest Ike Rushlin, a ne? gro on a charge of cheating and swindling Monday night four miles from Haddock's station Deputy Frank Bass was shot and killed and Grover Ethrldge was badly wounded. The negro flashed a gun as soon as he saw the intentions of the two white men and began firing. Later he made his escape. Had he been captured he would have been lynched as both* Base and Ethrldge were well-known mea, Bass leaves a wife and three chil? dren. He was 52 years of age and had been a dept't'' some i'me. He had with him a war. ant for the ne? gro and it was sworn out by Ethridgc, Use man who accompanied him. The shooting took place about 7:30 o'clock Monday night four miles north of Haddock's station. A posse was form? ed and the woods were soured for Rushlin. He is described as ginger cake negro, weighs 155 pounds and about 23 years old. MONEY CHEAP AT COLUMBIA. Insurance Companies Placing 5 and 6 Per Cent. Loans. Columbia, April 7.?The day of cheap money is at hand for Columbia, and, according to repres jntatvies of insurance companies, which have placed over $300,000 on real estate in Columbia within the past year most of it within the past few months, at 6 per cent, money at low rates of in? terest is just getting well started, and Will be available not only in all the cities and towns in the State, but on farm property as well in all sections of the State where farm values have anything like fixed values. Some foreign money has been loan? ed on Main street property here re? cently as low as 5 per cent, and a merchant who got approximately $20,000 at 5 per cent, for which a bank was charging him 8 per cent, was told that another year he could get the same amount at 4 per cent. About $50,000 has been loaned on Main street property at 5 per cent. The Virginia Life Insurance Com? pany alone has loaned here in Colum? bia $111,000 at 6 per cent, in amounts ranging from $2,500 to $25,000, all this being placed since last June. This company is also loaning at 5 per cent, in Greenville. Spartanburg. Lau rens. Darlington and Greenwood. "This company is flooded now with applications for loans on city proper? ty," said a representative of the com? pany today, "but it has plenty of money to put out at 6 per cent, pro vtded the security is absolutely be? yond question. It will not loan be? yond 50 per cent, of the market value. But the company wll accept farm loans in good sections of the State. s:iy. like Darlington. Mimter. Marl? boro. Florence. Spartanburg. Union. Greenville ami Aaderaoa counties, if the farmers make the proper effort they can get all the per cent money they want. The company wll! not take more than 6 per cent. It wants no more than this. A general officer of the COSJspany said the other day to a man who offered to get the com? pany a lot of 7 per cent, loans that the campany did not want more than f> per cent." This gentlemen went on to say thai to Commissioner McMaster was large? ly due the credit of getting the cheap money started this way. as the com? missioner had for several months been trying to gat fore gn money in? terested in this section, and had suc? ceeded.