Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kit i?atr|jmaB rak jfcraibrw. WttHttOAY, JULY 7, IMI. PERSONAL. Orace Brotdon was one of the attendants at the marriage of Mr. Perry M. Perrott and if Ins Mavols Wslker In Manning last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs P. M. Parrott have 'sjone to points In Western North Car? olina to spend their honeymoon. Mr. and Mrs. H.' I* Scarborough have return? d from Manning. Messrs R. C. Haynsworth. R. K finals Kdwaid McCallum and H. W. MeCailum attended the Psrrott Walk? er wedding In Manning on Wednes Mrs. K 8, Booth and children re erned Thursday from Memphh. reu., where they have been visiting letlvee. The family of MaJ. W. 1* Lee have to their summer home et Pro vi r. ? Mrs. J. i<. Richardson. Miss Laure end Mester Meyeard Richardeon have gone to Georgetown to visit the La Bruces. Mr. and Mrs. Team Gettys, of Co? I um but. are vteUIng relatives here. Mr. H. D. Barnett. left Saturday on an extended trip to the Pacific I Coeet States end the A.'aska-Yukon' JExpoeltlon et Seattle. ' Mr. and Mrs C. J. Ryan, of Lake Ctty. Pie., ere visiting Mr. end Mrs. $X R. 8m oak. Mlasts Lernte and Maoel Bowmen wen* to Darlington Saturday to Melt Miss Harrell. # Mrs. L. Atkinson chaperoned e party of young folks to Sullivan's Is? land Saturday. Mr. Davis Motse and little son want to Sullivan's Island Saturday. Miss Wilson, of Georgetown, is vis? itin? the home ot Mr. F. B. Grelr. Mies Mery Lemmon, who has b;en ?letting Miss Arrle Stuckey, return? ed to her pVrne in Lynchberg on Saturday. Dr. Geo. W. Dick returned to lay ? from the annual meeting; of the Dan tal Associatlofi ?? ? n-nn Springs. Mtss Fanme Duvall who has beer, visiting her stater. Mrs. H. G. Osleen a-teft Saturday for her home I* Oieraw. Mr. T. O. Sanders, of Hagood. wan In town Saturday. PHOCIIEDINGS ol COURT. Is Cleared to the Kquluty The following Is the record ot the Court's proceedings for Thursday and Friday The State vs. Sam Robertson, car* breaking, guilty, 18 months In chain gang The Stete vs Sam Gardner, assault end battery with Intent to kill; nol pros on condition that defendant pay The Stats vs. John Sanders, assault and battery with Intent to kilt; no pros on condition that defendant pay cost. The State va Arthur Burroughs Josephine Burroughs. Lena Burroughs and Willie Mack, housebreaklng and larceny. Willie Mack acquitted Arthui Burroughs 10 months In chain gang. Josephine Burroughs and Lena Burroughs 2 months In Jail. The Hiate vs. L. A. Welch, dispos? ing of property under Hen; contln ed. The City of Sumter vs. J. A. John son appeal from recorder's court; order dismissing appeal. The State vs. P. Levl, rule to show cau?<?; dismissed. The SUte vs. H. T. Edens, rule to show cause, continued In order t ia the defendant. Kdeu*. can -ice whether John Serins is dead or si ve The State vs. John Sanders, apceal from Magistrate's court; appeal ?Iis mlaesd. The SUte vs. H. T. Edens, rule to show cause; rule dismissed. The State vs. H. T. Edens, rule to show cause. Simon Dingle ciise; decision reserved. Common Pleas Court opened Fri? day and matters of the equity sldo of the Cour? were heard. The Winthrop College.damson Col? lege end College of Charleston ex? aminations ware held by Courty Su? perintendent of Education 'Friday Fifteen young ladles stood the Win? throp examination, five boys took the Clem son examination end one the College of Charleston examination. There were no eppllcents for tr e nor? mal scholarship In the South Caro? lina University. The papers have been sent to the rsepectlve col ages end the result will probably not be announced before August 1st. ?vary farmer's wife ought to havi e book In which to keep her ought tO-buy ography This Is, the thing ?he ought to purchase A DKUQVTVTL DAN CK. rnimnj Tonn? People Kajoj Dabo? At Providence Springs?Special Music By Smmter Orvheatr*. One of the most delightful dances of the sesson was given st Providence Springs on Thursday evening. Quite s number of people from Sumter vere In attendance and the evening, ?t thlsh cool and very popular sum? mer resort, was most enjoyably spent. Excellent music for the occasion was furnished by a recently organised orchestra of Sumter. This dance was one of the many delightful dances to follow, one of which will be an "all day" affair of Monday, when special trains will be operated from Cam den, Blahopvllle, und Sumter and special attention will be given to the music on this occa? sion. Among thoae enjoying the dance were: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Cole lough, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Sanders, Mr. and W. J. McKaln. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Coh lough. Mr. and Mrs. Stanyan Burrows. Mr. and Mrs. T. S. DuBolse. Mr. W. H. Seale. Mlas Jennie Col clough. Miss Roberta Williamson, Miss Rebecca Hall. Miss Sadie Davis. Miss Chrlstene Williamson, Miss Lo etta McKaln, Miss Jessie La Motte. Miss Mabel Bowman. Miss Emily Mc? Kaln. Miss Estella Moore. Miss Alta Bmanuel. Mrs. Sadie McCutchen and Messhs. Seaman Rechardson, Clar? ence Lowery, Wm. Seale. Stoney San? ders, Bogan Trippett, Watts of Che raw, John Woodley, W. A. Bowman, Al Moore. A. P. Smith. Richardson. Boykin. Laurence DuBose, Rpot Du Boss, Covlngton Woodley, Bob Rem bert, Willie Burrows, Herrtot, Wal? ton Anderson. J. D. McCutchen, Chas. Oallllard. Porcher Oalllard. Tom Jen? kins, Harry Parker, Scarborough, Ell Parker, and Luclan Strauss. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. 0 Regular Routine Business Attended To. The Board of County Commlssion ero held their regular monthly meet? ing July 1. All members of the board were present except Mr. F. E. Thomas, who was prevented from at? tendance by the death of his father. The first matter that claimed the attention of the board was the elec of tw<? cotton weighers for the niter. Mnssrs. Jno. F. Reid snd A. C. Thompson were elected velfch?-r> tor Sumter. Mr w. s. Chandler was elected cot? ton weigher for Mayesvllle. Petition of Mary Sennex to be sent to poor house was granted and con? firmed. Thos. Benenhaly, ex-Confederate soldier was granted pension, com? mencing July 1st. 1901?. The supervisor was instructed to furnish case for stenographer's papers in sheriff's office. Report of grand Jury was read. Plumbing at the jalf waa inspected and found aatisfactory, excepting a leaking Joint. The supervisor was instructed to write to the Sumter Cotton Ware? house Co. and request them to pro? vide accurate scales for the two weighers, as there was some dissatis? faction as to the accuracy of the ones In use. Paid T. D. Jenkins 125 damages for Injury to his horse, caused by falling through defective bridge. Paid B. ft. White $2.15 damages to buggy caused by driving buggy Into a hole on the Oswego road. The board requested Mr. E. C. vHaynsworth to let them have the present Master's office for the use of the County Commissioners, as their present office wax too srmill for their needs and had not a secuie place for safe preservation of records, etc., Mr. Haynsworth to be allowed the use of grand Jury room for hearing refer? ences, and rent for his own use office and vault room In some other build? ing. It was ordered that the 8upervisor rent a room for Mr. Haynsworth, and make all arrangements. All county officials n'ppeared ask? ing that adding machines for use of county officers be provided The beard decided to postpone this mat? ter till a later meeting. Dr. Hamilton W. McKay, of this city, a recent graduate of the North Carolina College of Medicine, passed the recent examination given by the State board of medical examiners In Columbia. Watchful Mother?Beryl, are young Mr. Ketchley's Intentions serious? Charming Daughter?They are. but he doesn't know It yet.?Chicago Tribune. "How did Tom manage to get so much of his uncle's estate?" "He married his lawyer's only daughter " ?Boston Olobe. The advance In cotton futures Is said to have caught some local specu? lators on the right side of the mar? ket and they have made a killing? provided they know when to cash In and get away with their winnings. MIL MANNNIlfO ACCEPTS. After Mature Deliberation Mr. K. I. Maniilug Decides to Accept Place On the Board of Trustees of Clem eon College. From The Dally Item July 3. Mr. R. I. Manning, who was elect? ed a life trustee of Clemson College several weeks ago. has decided to ac? cept and will today notify the chair? man of the board of his decision and will forward his formal acceptance. Mi. Manning reached the decision af? ter mature consideration and a care? ful investigation of the affairs of the college. When informed of his elec? tion, which came without previous intimation that his name was under consideration for the place. Mr. Manning was not inclined to accept but before declining the trusteeship, felt that it was but right he should give the matter careful consideration and acquaint himself thoroughly with the affairs of the college and the du? ties of a life trustee under the Clem son will. He gave the matter pains? taking study with the result that he reached the conclusion that he could accept the postlon without violating any principle or conviction. He ac? cepts the position believing that as a life trustee he can be of service to Clemson College, to the State and to the cause of education. HERE'S A WAY TO SAVE DOC? TOR'S BILLS. Physicians Give Free Advice by Which Patients May Profit. It's a matter of general , Interest Just now how one's physiclal condi? tion can be got into shape to best re? ceive the benefits of the summer sea? son. Especially is this true of the children. They have become run down by a winter or unnatural man? ner of living because of ill-considered food and much time spent indoors. I Spring comes with Its sunshine, its | fresh vegetables and all else invl-1 gorating, but the children are In no I condition to receive nature's reme? dies. Many persons call In the family physician. Many other parents take advantage of what the physician told them when he was lirst called In con? sultation. All good family physicians say: "Give the children Castorla." Healthy parents know this remedy of old, for they took it themselves as children. It was more* than thirty years ago that Castorla made a place for Itself In the household. It bore the signature of Charles H. Fletcher then, as it noes today. The signature Is Its guarantee, which is accepted in thousands of homes where there are children. Much Is printed nowadays about big families. Dr. William J. Mc Crann, of Ohama. Neb., Is the father of one of these much-read-about families. Here is what he says: "As the father of thirteen children I certainly know something about your great medicine, and aside from my own family experience I have, in my years of practice, found Castorla * popular and efficient remedy in al? most every home." Charles H. Fletcher has received hundreds' of letters from prominent physicians who have the same esteem for Castorla that Dr. McCrann has. Not only do these physicians say they use Castorla In their own families but they prescribe it for their patients. First of all It Is a vegetable prepara teon which assimilates the fod and regulates the stomach and bowels. After eating comes sleeping, and Cas? torla looks out for that too. It allays feverlshness and prevents loss of sleep, and this absolutely without the use of opium, morphine or other baneful narcotic. Medical journals are reluctant to discuss proprietary medicines. Hall's Journal of Health, however, says: "Our duty Is to expose danger and record the means for advancing health. The day for poisoning In? nocent children through greed or ignorance ought to end. In our knowledge Castorla is a remedy which produces composure and health by regulating the system, not by Istupefying it, and our readers are In titled to the information." Attention Is directed to the adver-1 tlsement of Mr. I. M. Loryea, of Man? ning. Special Agent for Sumter and Clarendon Counties for the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York. It Is a good company?one of the three greatest and strongest In the world, and a policy In It Is as good as a gov? ernment bond. Mr. Loryea Is a well known clthsn of Manning and those who take a policy with him can rest assurred that he will not misrepre? sent anything and will honestly ad vese them which policy Is best suited to their needs. The girl graduate who is now help? ing ma will find it to her advantage to send her address to the young man who Is married to his Job and makes a regular deposit In the sav? ings bank. Take things always by the smooth handle.?Italian. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Criminal Carelessness on the Part of Street Workmen?Slow Speed Sav ed PaNHongera, On Saturnay night Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Stubbs, their two children and Rev. Mr. Phillip Murray, of Bish opville. and Mr. C. E. Stubbs started out in Mr. Sidney Stubbs' automobile for a Joy ride around the town. Be? fore they had gone but a short dis? tance the machine ran Into a sewer? age ditch on Washington street op? posite Dr. Wilson's new office. For? tunately Mr. Stubbs was driving at a slow speed, for if he had been speed? ing very probably the accident would have proved fatal to the passenger?. The accident was due to the fact that there had been no lamps placed at the ditch to warn travelers. The front wheel passed over the smaller part of the ditch, but In turning the ma? chine during the excitement the hind wheel ran Into the larger part of the ditch causing the machine to stop In? stantly. All of the passengers, except Messrs. S. W. and C. E. Stubbs, were thrown from the car; Mrs. Stubbs be? ing thrown clear over the hood of the car. Mr. C. E. Stubbs was much l shaken up by being thrown against the front seat. The Rev. Mr. Murray, who was thrown from the car did not fall into the ditch, but In his scramb? ling efforts to get on his feet he final? ly did fall Into It. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt In the acci? dent, though some were severely shaken up and bruised. Who is to blame for this accident7 Some of the city authorities, of course. It was criminal carelessness on the part of those who have the work In charge to leave the ditch without some kind of light, and it !s hoped that some steps will be taken to investigate this act of carelessness and to make the streets safe for au tomoblli8ts and cyclists In the fu? ture. This act of carelessness should be punished with a heavy fine, If not some severer punishment, for the simple reason that, though no serious casualties occurred this time, it was quite possible for every passenger In the car to have lost his life. It Is time for the authorities to wake up. Mind Your Own Business. An old custom once prevailed In a remote place hi England of giving a clock to any one who would truthfully swear that he had minded his own business alone for a year and a day and had not meddled with his neigh? bors. Many came, but few, if any. gained the prize, which was more dif? ficult to win than the Dun mow flitch of bacon. Though they swore on the four gospels and held out their hands In certain hope, some hitch was sure to be found somewhere, and for all their asseverations the clock remained stationary on the shelf, no one being able to prove his absolute Immunity from oucal'.ed for interference in things not In any way concerning himself. At lost a young man came with a per? fectly clear record, and the clock seemed as If It was at last about to change owners. Then said the custo? dian, "Oh, a young man was here yes? terday and made mighty sure be was going to hare the clock, but he didn't/' -And why didn't he get It V -What's that to you?" snapped the custodian. "That's Dot your business, and you don't get the clock." Tne Chinese Sampans, Id Canton 400,000 peopla spend theli whole existence Id boats, which are there called sampans. They are born in them, live in them from Infancy to old age and finally die in them. Col? lectively these boats form a floating suburb to the city proper, one of the most amazing human settlements in the world. Every creek Is crammed with them. Along the main banks of the river they are huddled twenty deep ?so close together that the covering of mats appears continuous as far as the eye can reach. And each sampan houses a separate family, with Its own big brazier lamp, which serves for heating, lighting and cooking the even? ing meal. The scene when a really serious conflagration once gets a prop? er hold in the midst of these floating wooden homes may be Imagined, Es? cape is Impossible except for those moored at the outermost edge. In oue of these conflagrations over a thou? sand persons lost their lives. Wanted Her. "Ad old couple from the east," says the Detroit Free Press, "are visiting their sod Id this city. If the mother gets out of sight of the father, he is constantly asking for her and is Dot content till they are together again. The other evening she went to another part of the house while he was Id the parlor and after he had asked for her a half dosen times the sod said, rather curtly: "'It seems as though you couldn't be without mother five minutes at a time,' "'You're right' said the old gentle? man slowly. That's the reason I mar Had her.'" Steam. "Can you tell me what steam IsT tsked the examiner. "Why. sure, sir." replied Patrick confidently. "Rtenm Is?why?er?iff wnther thot's 'Tone ornzy wld th? hast M?Kv'#?r"'s Virtue that has never been put to the test Is a poor asset. How We Are Whirling Around and Through Space. THE INFLUENCE OF THE SUN. Without Its Attrition That Draws tht WoHd Toward It In an Elliptical Courss Our Globe Would Wsndsr on Forever In a Straight Line. There are those who think much of moving from one point to another of the earth?travel they call it?and yet pay little heed to the wonderful Jour? ney of the earth Itself. Many, again, go to seek a climate while the hurry? ing earth Is bringing to them one cli? mate after another in endless succes? sion. Those who have not hitherto taken much notice of the earth's prog? ress?who have not so to speak, looked out of their carriage window as they are whirled along?might find a new interest in doing so. Look, for exam? ple, at the apparent size of the sun. Casual observation shows that it ap? pears larger In the winter heavens. And exact measurements tell us that it Is largest on Jan. 1 and smallest on July 2. The slxe of the sun thus marks the earth's nearest approach and greatest distance from the sun. Accu? rate astronomical measurement of the sun's diameter might even determine the day of the year, for the dally vari? ation in the apparent slxe of the sun is some nine-fiftieths of a second of an? gular measurement And astronomers profess to measure the second decimal of seconds. These are three ways in which we are Journeying wttb the earth. There is, first the dally revolution, which car? ries us through a complete circle In twenty-four hours at a rate varying from rather more than a thousand miles an boor at the equator to noth? ing at the poles, where no one, by the way, has ever been. Then we are trav? eling around the sun once a year at the rate of eighteen miles a second. Thirdly, we are Journeying through stellar space, for one of the most re? markable facts which modern astron? omy has brought to Hght is that our solar system, the sun with all Its plan eta, is on a Journey toward the con? stellation Lyra at the rate of ten miles a second. As we sit in a train and are whirled along it sometimes appears as If the scenery were flying past us rather than we peet it So the dally revolu? tion of the earth?e thousand miles an hour at the equator?makes the sun rise and set and our yearly journey makes the sun apparently travel through the constellations of the zo? diac. If we move round any stationary object on the earth we see It with a constantly changing background?now a windmill, now a cottage, now a wood, now a church, etc. So as we travel round the sun we see It with an ever changing background of stars? now those we Aries, now of Taurus, now of Gemini, and so on The posi? tion of the sun among the stars marks the stages of the earth's annual jour? ney. And as the earth arrives at dif? ferent points of Its orbit the times of the risings of certain stars vary. These Indications of the earth's progress hove been taken as marke of the sea eons, Thus when Sirius rose with the sen it wee known that the dog days had begun. Early astronomers watch ad carefully for the rising of the dog star. The Egyptian astronomers look? ed for the helical rising of Sothis to proclaim the new year. It hi the earth's yearly Journey round the son which enables us to determine the distances of the stars. The method Is precisely that udopted by surveyors for determining the position of objects on earth. The direction of the object whose distance is to be found is ob? served from two points a known die t a rice apart The rest Is mere calcula? tion, in the case of the stars the direc? tions are observed from two extreme Points in the earth's orbit instead of from the two ends of a base line The process is called trlangulution when applied to earth measurements, and everybody understands what it means When applied to the stars it is called parallax and remains a mystery to moat people. Such Is the obscuring power of a word. Tho "little more- and the "little less" of Browning are forcibly Illustrated In the direction of the earth's Journey round the sun. An elliptic course dlf-? fertng very little from a circle, com? bined with a tilt of the axis, gives us the seasons. But if this difference and tilt did not exist there would be no seasons and one climate would rule the year. If, again, the course were more elliptic, then for the hemisphere whose winter occurred at the earth's greatest distance from the sun there nilght be a glacial period. > "The straight line," says Miss Helen Keller, "symbolizes duty. It Is a dull thought drawn out endlessly." And this seems to be a reflection on what we had thought was the earth's path of duty round the sun, for this path Is the curve known at the ellipse. More? over, the thought makes the tun a tempter of the earth from the strict peth of duty, for the earth, we learn from our Newton, If left to Itself would wander on forever through ?pace In e straight line. It Is the sun which draws It from this dull course into the pleasant curve of subjection. Yet the sun's victory Is only partial, the earth's actual path being e combi? nation of Its own straight line of In? clination end obedience to the poll of the sen. And so Instead of the "dull thought drawn out endlessly" we have the beautiful thought of the changing seasons, the flowers end fruits of the earth, with its ever varying weather, sunshine and storm, beet and cold. The blessedness or misery of old sge is often but the extract of our past life.-De Malstre. THE OSTRICH AMERICANIZED. Big Bird I? Now Reared in Ptre Stete?. The Western stockman and farmer is of necessity a pioneer, and by nav ture anything but conservative. Not satisfied with revolutionizing methods of growing grain, raising fruit and. breeding domesticated animals, he has invaded the domain of the sportsman and trapper, and claimed many of their former subjects as his own. In Texas he is breeding buffaloes and crossing them with cattle, in Ore? gon he is raising Chinese pheasants, on Alaskan Islands he is f irming foxes, and now, the latest thing, he Is growing ostriches in Arizona and Cal? ifornia as calmly as his grandmother raised chikens in Connecticut. It was a transplanted Briton over la South Africa, however, who really started the business. The beginning was made some time In the early 'AOs, when a Kaffir chief brought to Grahamston, Cape Colony, six pairs of splendid birds and presented them to Sir Walter Currle, commandant of the mounted police. The birds throve in. captivity, grew even better feathers than they did in their wild state and multiplied. Fortunes were made, and I ostrich farming in South Africa be I came an established industry. Attracted by 1 these successes, la 1882 an enthusiastic adventurer in the by-paths of commerce, filled thai hold of a steamer bound for New York with, it is said, 200 ostriches. Imagine a drove of these gigantic birds, weighing from 250 to 30t* pounds each, accustomed to sunlight, the open range and fresh air, tightly packed In wet, dark, illy-ventilated pens, on a floor that pitched and tos? sed unceasingly. Stnall wonder that the voyage was a time of horror and death for the birds. All but a pitiful remnant perished on the way. From New York the survivors were shipped to San Francisco, where only twenty two of the original number arrived alive. After a time the birds underwent another enforced journey. This time to a farm near Anaheim, in sunny Southern California, where, at least* the wanderers found a congenial home. During the next four years three more importations from South Africa were made, the total aggregat about 100 birds; forty-four of wh brought over by "Sdwin Cawston, w destined to become the ancestors ??r fully 75 per cent of the ostriches r In America. The last shlpnent from Africa v <?< made in 1901, when twelve gigar Nubian birds were brought to thu Pan-American Exposition. At the clcso of the fair the herd was dlv ed; half of the birds being shipped to an ostrich farm In South Pasade . Cal., and the remaining six to 'ha Salt River Valley, Arizona. There are about 500 birds In Cj fornia, divided among eight fan There is one farm in Jacksonvi'le. Fla., one at Hot Springs, Ark., end another in Oregon. It is, however, ?n Arizona that the business has dev oped most rapidly. The farms in tl: -t Territory are all confined to the Salt River Valley, near Phoenix, and c< tain about 3.00c ostriches. The ho ings run all the s/ay from six birds 1,800. The business is being systemati The energy of the less fertile bird - allowed to expend iislf upon feath ralstn?. increase Is coming fr the bcit ? >ck. The result should that net only should the number ot fertile egss per bird be increased, I t th<) quality of the feathers should a show improvement. So it would seem that these ali? fr<?m Africa bid fair to become adopt? ed citizens of the United States. Tl have taken out naturalization pap and made themselves at home. Tl like our climate, our food and ? ways. We are rather favorably i pressed with them. Certainly an animal which, astlc from his money-making possibilit Is, at one time, the inspiration of ballet dancer, the pillar of Knights Templar Lodge, the advoc? of woman's emancipation, the ally the Audubon Society, and the et ot the dyspeptic, should be worth c tivating.?Review of Reviews. Something Similar. '"Have you a copy of the 'Stolen Rope?' " inquired a visitor to a imrdc seller. "I am afraid I don't know of su 1 a song." "Why. It goes like this," and the customer hummed the tune. "Ah, that's it!"?Fargo Forum. The average matrimonial team co sists of a leading lady and a gener utility man. It Is an unusual man who thlnka anything you may say In praise of him is flattery. If you're afraid you wdll fall, yon are halfway to the Land of the Has Beens. Stop thinking you can't suc | ceed, and you've turned your back on Failure.