Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IE ASYLUM INQUIRY. T1GATION TO HE 11 ESI/MED MAY la. of Inquiry Engages In a BjSBftS) as to Who should Ask the Question* ? Mr. Mitchell. Dr. Ttiompaon and Dr. LeoiM>ra Saun? Star? mm Witness Slant Friday. Oolumma. May 1.?All the members ejff tho committee charged with the tsnrosthcntion Into the affairs of the ?Hai for the Insane were present Dr. Olln Sawyer and Dr. G. two members of the com ehe reit It best and proper to 'Ugate hospital conditions have aals Inspections and have returned ? asset with the committee. While the only witnesses on the mmm) t*ts morning were the same as ss ones yesterday?Dr. J. L Thomp sa and Supervisor Mitchell?the evb was of a different tone. Yes the dark spots were stressed, opportunity was given by the of the questions to show those spots look dark, and there m deal more of lltumlnatlon. mt the Interesting situations Is guTereaoee In the committee, but Is aot now a matter of public ?tv It Is sufficient to suggest, owch of the members is under? taking to do his full duty to the peo? ple mt the State, and to the poor peo ggs> is) the) Isustltutioi. The Investigation has already call eat attention to matters that can be IQr remedied, but back of It all tapaars to be the one trouble? gJkc ladt ml money with which to do saB Chat la fleslred. The trouble appears to be largely to the male ward, and there the basis ?tf the trouble appears to be In the gaoJk og bbbuss and In their preparation, ought to be. according to the twice as many nurses, and ooght to be of a better grade, but the barrier of pay. The are paid $27 to $S8 and that mmm not appear to command the best ejff talent and more especially to keep I * wngi thvonght out by two of the ^trltneaee* today that In addition to ' Ibbs shatios as superintendent and hav Isaf gsaveral charge of the entire plant. In addition to superintending, super - fsSatng and designing the new work illdlngs. Dr. Dabrock has charge ?1 f> * femtb war1?, where there a?,v ?" r hag rfafpg? of rha thirty ork| rhfit women In the Dorthf Di: ?.-??u^.- .r? i ha? , ) si ret ? ntly gg? sasnaed Immediate control of the white nausasa in the new building for white The latter building was ta oa at hla own suggestion to the of regents and because he and ata realised that the other of the medical staff had ry to do. r F ^ REPORT ISSUED. Condition of Winter Wheat a* a and Rye S8.1. 'Washington, May 7.?An average esrodUJoo of 81.6 per cent, for wheat ojfjaiot aad II. 1 for rye on May 1 last, asgarinst n Ten?year average on that of It and 81.1. respectively, was *1 In today's crop report of sr department of agriculture. The area of winter wheat to be har? tod was 1.478.000 acres, less 8.1 rent, than the area harvested In It. and 1.113,000 acres, or 7.2 per yeas than the area sown last fall The average condition of winter orb rat a year ago was 89 per c?nt Bge averaged 90.1 on May 1. 1908. The ten-year average on May 1 for iter wheat and the same for rye States, show: Texas 77. rye 78 tt. rye 87: Virginia 88, rye ; ltentur\y 87. rye 88; North Caro tt. rye It. The INMtofllcc Rulkllng. Ir a. I.* Manning ha.* for torn ?van In correspondence wit Hew. a. F Lever, and the supervlsln imvtx In regard to some altera bis? of fh* plans of the bulldtng. A rweM i*>mmunlc>ttinn Mates that lavfuctoiry bids have been received ausri wMI probably be accepted at an ?awry data and work commenced as as possible. The lowest bid submitted was that 9 (too. A. Clayton, of Atlanta. Ga.. proposes to construct the building Air nun The eentrsct will probably be irried within the next week or ten The Srlf-Haerlftcliig Sc*. Awl hur. aged four, nnd Legate, nged gtio nnd a half. w?re disputing over si string which Louise claimed. All threat* and force on Arthur's part ?r^rf asfdeae, she wmild not give up. After a momwnt be gggg guile. "Ween, he said, "will you b?* my PJetno wtfr 7" "uUm.* slie coyly answered ?^Ttu*n gtvr wte the atrlng." he corn? ed. she gave U without a inur mr -?Ltpplncott a. MUST GO TO PRISON. Fite Alabama Lumbermen to Serve Sentence for Peonage. Pensacola, Fla., May 7.?Manager W. S. Harlan, of the Jackson Lumber Company, of Lockhart, Ala; Robert Gollagher. assistant superintendent, and three others connected with the company, will have to serve terms In the Atlanta Federal prison, to which they were sentenced in the United States Circuit Court here three years ago on the charge of conspiracy to commit peonage. The United States Supreme Court, according to tele? grams received here today by local court officials, have denied the writ of certlorarl by which it was sought to have reviewed the decision of the court of appeals, which denied a new hearing. As soon as the mandate of the supreme court reaches here the defendants will be taken into custody and taken to Atlanta. Manager Harlan Is one of the most prominent lumbermen of the South, and the mills at Lockhart, where It was alleged foreigners were held as peons, are the largest In this section. Mr. Harlan Is a nephew of Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court. The sentences of the trial of the Court are: Manager W. S. Harlan, eighteen months and a fine of $5,000. Assistant Superintendent Robert Gallagher, fifteen months and a fine of $1.000. Dr. W. E. Grace, veterinarian, and Foreman C. C. Hilton and S. E. Hug gins thirteen months and a fine of $1,000 each. A Philosopher. Some time ago there was a flood In western Pennsylvania. An old fellow who had loet nearly everything he possessed waa sitting on the roof of the house as it floated along when a boat approached. "Hello. John." "Hello. Dave." "Are your foals all washed away, F?hn?" "Tea, but the ducks can swim." re? plied the old man. "Apple treea gone?" "Well, they said the crop would be & failure, anyhow." "I see the flood's away'above your srlndow." ?TrmC* riebt. Dave. Them wln Aowi no* vied waahlfi'i anyhow The (,n-u. I'm it Old. The cost of the laoor anu saniaxiai necessary to duplicate the great pyra? mid of Glseh at the present time would amount to considerably more than $50.000.000 according to a pa? per read before the Society of En? gineers in New York city by E. S. Wheeler, says the American Architect The cost of the material alone is es? timated at $48.000,000. This structure, one of the wonders of the world, is founded on solid rock at a depth of about 120 feet below the surface level and rise to a height of 454 feet. Its base covers an area of almost fifteen acres. Mr. Wheeler's scheme for the re? production of the pyramid contem? plates first the setting of a base of concrete. This would represent about 2.000,000 cubic yards of material and would cost at least $10,000,000. The e-tlmr.te for the superstructure 1m about $38.000,000. and It would con? tain 3,313,000 cubic yards of backing ?done and 140.000 cubic yards of fac lng stone. Mr. Wheeler's estimate of labor Is 24,000,000 days. These figures are cited to show the great engineering skill of the Egyp? tians and the fact that no task In construction appeared to be too larg^ for a people whose extant monuments showed their patience and ability to overcome obstacles that would daunt even the modern engineer. Mr. Thomas H. Strlbllng of Sen? eca has a knife and fork In his pos? session which were owned by his e grandmother. Mrs. Elizabeth Strlb? llng, who lived to the age of 82 years, and were bought when she was 18 y? ars old. 127 years ago. This is quite a relic. The Royal Benefit Society has no? tified Commissioner McMaster that it will withdraw from the State. Th's Is the society which claimed to be a fraternal order, but as Its officers were entirely white men, und its member? ship In South Carolina were entirely aegroee, commissioner MoMaater reftsiad to license it as a fraternal or? der and stated that he would only 11 c?nse It as an Insurance company, and would require It to deposit $15,000 or Hfourltks to that amount for the pro? tection of Its policy holders in South Carolina. Nelson W. Aldrlch is I'nlted St a t ?-s Senator from Rhode Island, hut ho really represents Wall street and No. 2? Broadway.?St. Paul Dispatch. It takea a tariff debate to determine whether an optimist is a cheerful Idiot or merely a cheerful liar.? Louisville Courier-Journal. NEW COTTON MILL FOR AIKEN. Flu its are Completed for $225,000 Plant Near City. Alken, May 7.?A movement has taken form In this city to erect a cot? ton mill, costing $225,000, with ten thousand spindles. For some time Mr. D. D. McNeal of Fayettevllle, N. C, has been talking about the erection of a mill In this vicinity, and he with Mr. John A. Selgler, his son-in-law, who rtside.s in Alken, have about complet? ed their plans. It Is stated that work Is to begin this summer, and it Is to be pushed to as rapid a completion as possible. These gentlemen have just returned from New York and Phila? delphia, where they conferred with cotton mill men, Interested In the pro? ject. It Is stated that the mill will be lo? cated on the Southern Railway, about a mile and a half from the city, to the north. This is an ideal location. There is a water power of 250-horse power, and it is said the mill can be operated three days in the week with this power. The rest of the time steam will be used. The company of pro? moters have the option on about 775 acres of land?plenty of room for the mill site and a town. The location is convenient, and Just above the water power there Is a high ridge, upon which the operators' houses are to be located. The main building will be under one roof, and will be construct? ed of Are-proof brick, and it will be equipped with the most modern ma? chinery. The incorporators are Messre. John Moseley, R. B. Carter, John A Selgler, W. D. McNeal and Dr. Hastings H. Wyman, Jr. The charter has been ap? plied for. Is is stated that while a great deal of the capital stock will be taken up in the North, there will be many local stockholders. Mr. McNeal is a well known mill man. In the past few years he has erected about fifteen cotton mills in the South. He built the Warrenvllle Mill, one of the finest of the Horse creek Valley system of cotton mills. The Amateur Gardener. From Harper's Weekly. To have peas by June 17, you will do well to leave your order with the grocer on the morning of the 16th, giving him full particulars as to whether you wish them fresh or can red. To ralv< yerj a ;e cabbages, caull s, a derrick is not ny good hired man hyslcaj capacity should o? uoie io luise mem as high as y>>u wish without serious damage to hb> spine. When planting your pea seeds row oats along with them. This will fool the crows, pigeons, horses and other Insects that prey upon the garden when there Is nobody around to sho:> them away. Much backache will be saved be Sir nets in gardening if they remem? ber tc curb their enthusiasm and let the hired man do all the work. Bonedust is as good as a fertilize'-. You will therefore do well to save all your family skeletons until spring, and then after running them through the coffee-grinder, place them where they will do the most good. If everything goes wrong with you always, no matter what you do, and you want a fine lawn, put In ?.ght hours a day trying to raise weeds. There Is no use In trying to train cut worms to cut flowers for you. They are dull and lethargic In brain power, and have the low taste to pre? fer cabbages to roses. A two-by-flve toad set in the mid? dle of your garden will be a great as? sistance to you in ridding it of In? sects. Do not get too big a toad. The capacity of a toad of the size specified is 4 7 cubic yards of Insects to the minute. If Mr. Carnegie still has a desire to die poor, he should postpone his pur? chases of the necessities of life until the Aldrlch Tariff bill becomes a law. ?Plttsburg Dispatch. Once they used to throw Christians to the lions. Now they throw the Hon? to the Faunal Naturalist.?New York World. May, too, can come in like a lion.? New York American. Set your sail according to your w Ind.?Italian. Gold Is of less value than vlr ture.?Horace. Suspicion is the poison of friend? ship.?St. Augustine. The prohibitionists of Alken coun? ty have organized and will make a hard fight to vote out the dispensary. About 30 citizens attended a mass uurtlng In the court house at Alken on Monday, and much interest was shown. f'npt. J. <\ Minus, former command? ant of cadets at Clemson College, has gone to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ' where he will spend some time. SCHOOLS REM AI X OPEN. Greenville Business Men Determine that Term Must Not End Now. Greenville, May 7.?The board of trustees of the city graded schools met this morning in conference with a number of prominent citizens of the city in reference to the deficit, which exists at present in the school fund. Resolutions were passed by the board at their meeting today assur? ing the continuance of the school term until the date set for Its closing. Following the motion of the board, which was announced yesterday, that the schools would be forced to close today, because of the lack of funds, the meeting of today was called. The matter was agitated very strong? ly at the meeting, and It was decided to keep the schools open and the trus? tees will run the school in their own name, but they will assume no liabil? ities of the expenses of the schools At a meeting of nine of the most prom? inent business men last night a re? quest was made for subscriptions of $25 from the most prominent business men of the city to offset any defi? ciency which may exist. The busi? ness men have responded liberally. The school funds were heavily drawn on this year to pay the cost of additional teachers, and new rooms for the schools and in this way the deficit has been created. A neat sum of money is yet go to the schools from the poll tax collections. The re? turns so far are showing a deficit, however, and the matter will be look? ed into by the board of trustees of the school. The people of Greenville seem very much pleased that the money has been raised and that schools will re? main open. The Limit of Laziness. Dr. Chasles A. Eaton of the Madi son Avenue Baptist church said in the course of a brilliant after-dinner speech in Cleveland: "Laziness is responsible for too much of the misery we see about us It is all very well to blame alcohol for this misery, to blame oppression and injustice, but to what heights might we not all have climbed but for our laziness?" He paused and smiled. "We are too much like the supernu? merary in the drama," he went on, "who had to enter from the right and say, 'My lord, the carriage waits.' M Tiook here super,' said the sfage manager'one night, T want ' you to come on from the left instead of the right after this. Make it run here? after, The carriage waits, my lord.' "The super pressed his hand to his brow. " 'More study! More study!' he groaned.' "?Cleveland Leader. Constables John Miller and Moss Hayes captured a big UUct still be? tween Moore and Swltzer In Spartan burg county, and arrested T. L. Par rls for violating the whiskey laws. They cut up the still and destroyed a quantity of sprouted corn. We Will Give $15.00 In Cash For the Three Best Advertise* ments. $5.00 for the best Stieff Piano advertisement. $5 00 for the best Sbaw Piano advertisement. $5.00 for the best Stiff and Sbaw Piano advertisement combined. Mr. John Ro sof the Cbar lotte Observer and Chronicle, Mr. Bircb of the Cbarlotte News; Mr. Wethers, of the Columbia State: and Mr. J. F. Jacobs, of tbe Religious Syndicate, Clinton, S. C, will act as judges. Contest open until June 1st, 1909. Open to everyone. Send your ad to Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of the Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Seifplayer Pianos. SOUTHERN tWARER00M 5 W. Trade St. CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. Wilmoth, Manager. (Mention this paper.) THE PREMIUM LIST. ?-o Solicit Subscriptions for the Twice a=Week Watchman and Southron. Valuable Prizes to be Given for Work in Spare Time?Number of Prizes Unlimited. The Watchman and Southron which has been the family newspaper of Sumter County since the days of your grand-parents is now published twice a week-Wednesday and Saturdays-end is the biggest and newsiest countv paper published in the State of South Carolina. The price remains the same as when it was published once a week only?$1.50 a year. At this price the Watchman and Southron is the cheapest and best family paper within the reach of the people of Sumter and adjoining counties. It gives twice a week the Iocs 1. County, State and general news in a condensed und readable shape, as well as many timely special articles on farming, household and other topics. Mr. E. W. Dabbs, President of the Sumter County Farmers* Union will have editorial direction of a special department devoted to Farmers' Union News and Farming, that will be particularly Interesting. The Watchman and Southron should go into every home in this section of the State, and those who are not now subscribers can easily be induced to subscribe. , As an Inducement to those who have spare time to solicit subscriptions for us we are offering a number of valuable premiums for lists of new subscribers and we want agents in every neighborhood in Sumter, I^e and Clarendon Counties. ALI* PERSONS who desire to do so, whether they live in Sumter County or elsewhere, are cordially invited to act as subscription agents. All will be entitled to participate in the competition, will be paid for their work In pre? miums!, commensurate In value with the value of the wore performed or in cash, us they may prefer. The pi ice of Subscription is $1.50 a year, or 75 cents for six months?and may be sent in one, two or more at. a time, with or without the cash, to suit the convenience of the agent, but for an old name to be connted for a pre? mium the subscriber must pay up all arreage and one year In advance. HERE ARE THE PREMIUMS. FOR THREE NAMES?A Red Midget Stylo Fountain Pen; a two Blade Pocket Knife, or an Ingersoli Watch. FOR FOUR NAMES?A Fountain Pen with 14k solid gold pen; a Three Blade Pocket Knife or one year's subscription to either of the following Maga? zines; Bohemian, Metropolitan, Argosy, Cosmopolitan or The Delineator. FOR FIVE NAMES?A Diamond Point Fountain Pen, a year's subscrip? tion to either of the following Magazines: McClure, Munsey or Woman's Home Companion, Saturday Evening Post, or a Stem-Winding Xiekle Watch. FOR SIX NAMES?A Waterman's Fountain Pen; Stem-Winding Nick Watch; a year's subscription to Ladies Home Journal or Review of Revte a fine Razor; Pocket Knife; Baseball Mitt; or Ball and Bat. FOR EIGHT Wl -Winding Open F. Watch; a fine Razo er's Bible. FOR TEX NAME, _ _ .-?u t>rt?trcn-ioarting Columbia Shotgun; Gold mounted Waterman's Fountain Pen; Guaranteed Stem-Winding Nlckle Watch, either polished or oxydlzed case; a fine Catcher's Mitt, or any other article of equal valu ?. FOR TVrEXTY NAMES?Ten Year Gold Case Trenton Watch; Hopkins St Allen 16-s ?ot Repeating Rifle; Single-Barrel Special Breech-loading Shotgun; a fine Toilet or Washstand Set. FOR THIRTY XAMES?20 Year Gold Open Case Elgin Watch; 22-Calibre Winchester Repeating Rifle; Double-Barrel Shotgun, or any other article of equal value. FCR FORTY NAMES?Union Arms Co., Double-Barrel Hammerless Shot? gun; 32-calibre Winchester Repeating Rifle; 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Wal thara 7 Jewel Watch, or any other article of equal value. FOR FIFTY NAMES?Ladies Solid Gold Watch, 20 Year Gold Case Elgin or Waltharti 7 Jewel Gentleman s Watch; Hopkins & Allen Double-Barrel Hammerles9 Shotgun. FOR SEVENTY-FIVE NAMES?$35 Ithlca Double-Barrel Hammerless Shotgun; a New Ideal Sewing Machine; a 20 Year Double Case Elgin or Wal tham Watch. FOR ONE HUNDRED NAMES?A Smith or Fox Double-Barrel Hammer? less Shotgun; a New Home Sewing Machine; a Solid Gold Waitham or Elgin TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THE CONTEST BEGINS NOW and will come to a close on June 1st, at 6 o'clock p. m, sharp. Each agent \\\U be held individually responsible for the payment of the amount due on all names returned by him or her. Where it is desired to stop a subscription before the close of the Club contest, the Agent may do so by paying Uta amount due at the time of such stoppage. Where a subscription has been paid in full, It cannot be discontinued. The Agent however, may, if he sees proper, transfer the unfulfilled portion of the subscription to another subscriber provided the person to whom the transfer is to be made was not a subscib.?r at the time the original name was entered on our books. No name will be counted In competition for a premium until the subscrip? tion price lias been paid, nor will any premium be delivered until the Agent has either paid or made satisfactory settlement for all the names sent in by him or her. In case* of contention by two or more Agents over the right to a name, preference will be given to the one who pays for the name FIRST; but where both pay, ,ve shall not attempt to decide the matter except by crediting the name for one year for each such payment. After a name has been entered on our books, no transfer will be per united. This Is positive and emphatic, and where Agents attempt to make such trnns fers. they must concede our right to take such steps as may seem neces^ry to protect the fairness of this provision. The Agent who returns names must pay for th?m. Any and all Agents will have the right to Get Subscribers Wherever Tliey COn. It la not necessary that all the names shall go to the same postolfice address. All subscriptions must be forwarded to us at the expense of those sending them, and we will be responsible for the safe transmission of money only when It is sent by Draft, Registered Letter, Express or Postofflce Money Order. In sending names, Always give correct name or initials, and present pcet )fllce address, and if possible say whether the subscribers are NOW taking ihe paper. Careful observance of this will be the means of avoiding much trouble and confusion. OSTEEN PUBLISHING CO., is W. T.ibftrtv St. Sumter. 8.0.