Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MAN AND W1FR FIGHT Dl'FL. Ixxktng TrirmaeKe* In Dark Room, lud Ian* Rattle to the Death. Chicago. Aug. t,?After locking their two children In a bed room and fastening all the doors of their Hat. Antonio Splaslrrl and his wife, Anna, went Into the darkened parlor today and tried to kill each other. The wo? man was stabbed twice with a atll letto and died before the police ar? rived. The husband was shot twice also, snd he may die. A revolver and a knife were found near the sofa on which the woman lay dead, another revolver lay beside the husband's body. The disordered room Indicated a terrible struggle. 8plsslrrl turned on his side as the police, called by neighbors, broke Into the room with a atodgs hammer. He tore a letter Into bits before the police could atop him. The letter, when translated the Italian, may solve the mys It la thought that Splaslrrl was Jealous of his wife. Outwitting the Boll Weevil. The problem of the South at the present time is. first, to raise cotton at all; and, next, to develop an early maturing seed that will produce cot? ton of not less than one Inch to one and one-sixteenth inch, on hill land. If this problem cannot be successfully met, then the spinners of the world must go elsewhere for cotton to make their finest fabrics. ?arilness In cotton depends upon the structure of the atalk. This Is the ootton that begins at once to throw out fruit limbs on which the fruit forms quickly, close to the stalk. The planter should go to the field himself, choose his stalks and keep those seed separate at the gin. The production tf any plantation may he increased from SI to 30 per cent., without In? creasing the acreage, simply by pay? ing eloee attention to the planting of better seed. Cotton must be planted In wide rows, running esst and west, so that tbe sun shines In. Hot sun Is the best friend the farmer has In fighting tne weevil. When the weevil lays her eggs in the square, the square tunas yellow and falls off. If It falls In the hot dust, that square will parch I ej|? and die There can be no such thing ss "laying by" the crop and putting aside the plow. The plow and the picker must be running at the same tame when th ? young cotton comes out. la the spring. It grows very rapidly. If the weevil is there, already some of them may be poisoned with Paris green or arsenate of lead. This ques? tion has a loused much discussion, pro and con. If the punctured square* are picked eft, that generation of k weevil will be set back from two to thirty days?which often makes a difference of crop or no crop. It may sound like a Joke, but a swarm of children with a tomato .u. apiece will pick off enough wee\il. one by one. to save a crop. On a cer? tain tract of seventy-five acres, at a > coat of $225. these little werkers in? creased the production something like eighteen hundred dollars.?Sue etas Magazine Telephonen for the Farmer. a The article In the Aug. 6Ca Issue of the farmers' Sun, relating to the In? troduction of telsphonss Into rural districts. Is one of more than ordi? nary Interest to farmers. Ia this sge of progress snd of advanced civilisa? tion the telephone is just as necessary to the farmer as to the city roan / Business requirements demand its use. and the farmer who thinks he can do without it is simply behind the times. Iq fact, It Is of more ad vaatags to the fsrmer than to the merchant, the lawyer, the banker, or the doctor; for It la a protection to him and his family In the Isolated life of the country. To the article in question, which was prepared with the view of enlisting the co-operative effort of farmers In the extension of the telephone eya i tem In their midst, we call the espe? cial attention of county and local far? mers' unions throughout the rttate. This is a work they can all take up with their nearest market towns, and by both town and country people pulling together there Is every reason to believe that In a short while a tel. phone will be Installer In the home of nsarly every farmer In South Caro? lina. Tbl? would mean a long step toward 1-etterlng the condition* of country life, to say nothing of the ac? tual gain to both country and town In the saving Of time through IfSJSjt f dlate snd direct Inter communication. The cost of establishing telephone lines In the country Im sjtj | .1 smalt, enough so. It Is estimated |o make th< price of tin- serve-,. ;.i?>ut fifty centM a month to the farm, i against two dollars a month |sj tin city dwelb-r. There Is scarcely a l it - ) mer In the State who cannM ltff.?rd to pay that amount, especially in Of the fact that the returns on the Investment gfOttld be prot?ably ten I Id tht cost. The Wayf* of Women In Tunnels. Father Knickerbocker is two hur derd and eighty-three years old, bit he Is still learning things about wo? men. His latest experience may ba of value to younger and callower cities, so declares a writer In "Suc? cess Magazine." Some time ago William O. McAdoo who has built up a thriving little bus? iness under the Hudson river, run? ning trains between New York and t'm United States, set aside a special car for the exclusive use of women. Tht people hailed the Innovation with joy. Here, at laat. women could ride, safe from Jostling, seat-srabblng, tobacco scented men. True, some fun was poked at the "Jane Crow" cars, and there were sly suggestions about mir? rors, and perfumery, and) powder boxes, but nevertheless Mr. McAdoo was hailed as a public-spirited busi? ness man and a perfectly lovely gen? tleman. Polite uniformed attendants at the stations Informed' ladies of the special car and everything went beautifully. There was only one drawback to the scheme. The women would not use the car*. Giving the uniformed attendants, oh, such a look, the ladlee crowded into the co-educational de? partment, leaving their special car half empty. After three months' trial the gallant Mr. McAdoo has ordered the ladles' car discontinued. SING ON, OH HEART! (By Richard Wlghtman.) Oh Heart, sing on! the drought is leng, The birds are panting?stilled their song; The typhoon marshalls In the plain, The air is hot, no sign of rain, But still, Oh Heart, slug on! Oh Heart, sing on! somewhere bides She Who lives, and hopes, and waits for! thee. ? I know not when nor where thy quest Shall end. and thou shalt find thy rest, But stilt, oh Heart, alng on! V ?Sing on, Oh Heart! the summit far Ts topped by light of yonder star; The climb is sheer nor paved with ease, Tha wind Is mournful in the trees, | But still, Oh Heart, sing on! j ;V ?? ?>"? iTT- ? 77? ' Sing on, Oh Heart! that thou canst sing Holds sure the promise of the spring, And love's fruition full and long. And thine own height above the throng? And so. Oh Heart, sing on! ?Success Magazine. Health as a Primary Factor t? Intel? ligent Living. Health and success are so largely dependent upon balance, upon sym? metry of development, physical and mental harmony, that we should do everything possible to secure that physical poise A'hlch also means men? tal and moral poise. A largv part of our Ills come from one-sided develop? ment, caused by overstlmulaiting some tissue cells and starving others? overfeeding and underfeeding. Scien? tific feeding, therefore, is of vast Im? portance. Overeating and improper eating are among the -curses of the world. Think of the people who put all serfs of In? compatible* into their stomachs at the game time and then use all sorts of nostrums to get rid of their bad effects. One of the most pathetic sights In the world Is that of a human being struggling hard to carry out his am? bition, yet handlcappping himself through his Ignorance of physical laws What a pathetic figure Cerlyle cut In the world?a one-sided giant who might have "been a symmetrical pow? er, possessor of a colossal brain large? ly controlled by a dyspeptic stomach! He was cross and crabbed, and did Just the things that he did not want to do. things that he knew It would be bettor not to do; but he was the victim of straved nerves, of exhaust? ed brain-cells largely for want of common-sens** feeding. Revenue officers have returned to Or?->nville from the Dark Corner, srhert they cut up a large 200-gallon distillery In the neighborhood of Babe Durham's place. The plant was not in Operation, bVt the officers found a lorge quantity of boot and whiskey, Which they poured <?ut. R K I ?unnlngton. the Qoorgll lonatte, wh-> dotted the officers ol Richmond county for two d.iys, made his SnOapS OjOrOOl the Savannah rlVOf pad was seen In MfOAOld county on m onday. Not i:\empt. \n evsngeltol was exhorting his' hearers to Roe from th?- wrath to come, "i warn you," he thundered,] "that there will bo weeping, and wall* Ingi and gnashing of tooth!' " At this mono at an old woman in i the u,iiho\ stood up. "Sir," she shout* I ed, "I have no teeth." "Madim." returned the evangelist, severely, "teeth will bo provided." Where is Senator Till man? . Under the caption, "The Place For a Senator," the Newberry Observer has this statement and comment: Senator Smith, when the summons came, returned to Washington to take part in the fight against the iniquities of the tariff, but Senator Tlllman? lecturing in the Northwest while con? gress was In session?refused to go back. Without wishing to criticise the senator harshly, It Is only true to say that it seems to us he would be more In the line of duty If he were in his place in the senate at such a time than traipsing over the country lec? turing on the negro at so much a head. But is Senator Tillman lecturing in the West? We confess to a more than ordinary interest in the Sena? tor's occupation during the past two or three weeks. He has not been at his post of duty In Washington, and when reported ill at his home in Edgefield, Inquiry developed that he was somewhere in the West. It was positively statt-d that the Senator had been seen in both Cincinnati and St. Louis, and it was publicly alleged? upon what authority we do not know ?that he was there In the interest of person believed to be imperiled in the coming revelation by South Caro? lina graft hungers. That was a se? rious allegation to make without ver? ification. Now comes the report that the Senator has abandoned his duties in Washington to make money upon the lecture platform. Is that true? The Trolley as a Clvtlizer. In traveling on those fp.st, prompt, roomy, modern cars, run smoothly, without Jerks over a solid road-bed by courteous employees, It seemed to me that this thing was being done even better here than anywhere in up-to-date Germany. And I recalled, with humilltlon, the obsolete condi? tions generally obtaining today among our eastern trolley stysems. I stopped off wherever fancy dlctat-? ed, talking to farmers, storekeepers, professional men, traction officials, and railway men?all sorts and con? ditions of people; but keeplnp, especially on the alert, for an exper? ienced, Intelligent, and communica? tive conductor. He was not hard to find. "What's your line doing for this part of the State?" I asked him. Doing?" he echoed. "The line's simply making It! I've been running these interurbans ever since Ohio first saw them, ?nd I can tell you they've brought In a new day for the city, end for the village, and for the coun? try. "Take this section of the road. When the company was securing the. right of way, four years ago, lots of the farmers were afraid of the idea, and asked so much for the lease that the company found it cheaper to buy tneir whole farms outright and be done with It, Today many of those same farmers are coming and want? ing to buy their farms back Strain be? cause they s*?e what this thing Is do? ing for their old neighbors."?Success Magazine. N Eli BOMS KILL EACH OTHEH. Bad Wliiskes and Pistols Uulawfulr* Borne the Cause of a Tragedy at * Church In York. Bock Hill, Aug. 9.?Two negroes and two piatals caused two deaths 'in a row at a church near Nannie's mountain, in the upper part of this county, Friday. Bad whiskey was ?he cause of it, the tragedy starting with a trivial row and winding <irp with a double murder. It was all done pretty quickly. One negro walk? ed up to another one outside of the church building, pulled his pistol and ?bot the fellow clear through the abdomen. The victim, after falling, pulled his pistol and shot his assail? ant through the head, killing nlm in? stantly- The wounded man was car? ried to the home of Dr. Campbell nearby, where he was given attention with the assistance of Dr. I. A. Big? ger of this city, who was visiting there, but the negro died in a few moments without regaining con? sciousness. The names of the ne? groes could not be obtained as the church Is in an isolated portion o the county, without telephone com? munication. While en the way to church Wed? nesday night near Benno, Laurens County, Pearl Gist and Buhb Golden, negroes, engaged in a pistol duel, both using Iver Johnson "guns," with the result that Golden was left dead in the road with a bullet through the heart. Gist was lodged In Jaii by the ?hi i iff. When President Taft left Washing? ton Friday afternoon for ids sum? mer home In Massachusetts, no In? timation could be had as to what 11 ? pa Would be taken in the Florette? postofflce matter. Tin situation ap peara still t<? !??? badly mixed as the resuli of efforts i?? land various can dldates rs -mi months ago, it U probable, therefore, thai nothing fur? ther win be dons until next winter Meanwhile, Jos}, Wilson will hold the fort. Too Many Clothe* and Too little Brains. Some society women exhaust so much of their time and energy in ca? tering to their vanity that they have comparatively little left for the things really worth while. Mrs. Grundy has more abject slaves in America than in any other country on the globe. Multitudes of her devotees neglect their children, their homes, and their mental improvement, and resort to all sorts of expedients and extrava? gances to cater to their vanity. It Is not so much the purpose of this paper to condemn the rich for their wicked extravagance, as to point out the demoralizing influence of their vicious example upon those who cannot afford either luxurious dress or living. Not only much of the discontent and unhappiness, but also a large part of the immorality and crime In this country, is due to the influence of the ostentatious flaunting of wealth in the faces of those who are less favored. It is a powerful undermining force In our civilization. The mere possession of money does not give one the right to debauch his fellows, or to set an example which will make them discontented, unhap? py and tempt them to strain to keep up an appearance of wealth, at the possible sacrifice of their integrity and virtue.?Success Magazine. Does Extravagant Living Solve the Unemployed Problem? Some of these wealthy people at? tempt to justify their extravagance on the ground that it gives employ? ment to a great many, says Orison Swett Marden In "Success Magazine." No greater delusion ever crept into a human brain than that wanton ex? travagance Is justified on the ground that it gives employment for the de? moralizing and debauching influence of it all upon those uselessly employ? ed infidelity outweighs any possible good it may do. It is true that many poor women, girls and children are enabled to eke out a miserable existence by spend? ing years of precious time and energy working upon a piece of lace em? broidery, or a thousand-dollar gown to be worn only once or twice by a rich woman. But is there no better deBtlny for human beings made in God's image than to wear their lives out and ruin their eye-sight, as Is done in numerous instances, in mak? ing that which appeals only to the vanity of women, many of whom, In all their lives, never earned the equi? valent to the food which tbey con? sume In a single month? The vulgar flaunting of wealth, whir*h we see on e*ery hand, is a con? stant suggestion, a, perpetual tempta? tion to the poorer classes to strain every nerve to keep up appearances, "to keep up with the procession" at all hazards. i THE PRICE OF A PENNY. Scarcity of the New Lincoln Coin and Resulting Kail Market Manipulated i by Small Boys. Washington, Aug. 9.?The supply of the new Lincoln pennies, bearing the three initials of the designer, has been^xhausted so far as distribution at me treasury department is con? cerned. The word that they were "all gone" was Issued shortly before the treas? ury building was closed today. Im? mediately the bulls of the juvenile curb market outside ran up the price. From three for a nickel the figures jumped to two for a nickel, a nickel a piece, four for a quarter, and a dime apiece. Some newsboys asked as n^uch as 26 cents each and refused to take less. "MORAL WAVE" KEEPS MOVING. Five Bills Mined at Liquor Selling and Gambling Favorably Reported to Alabama House. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 10.?-The house committee on temperance to? day reported five more of the 'moral wave" bills favorably. Four of these are prohibition measures, two by Bal? lon! and two by Carmichael. The Ballard bills provide for impeach? ment of officers who fall to enforce the prohibition law and give cities more power to drive out intoxicating liquors. The Carmichael measures appropriate $5,000 for use by the governor and $600 for each solicitor in the state to be used in enforcing the prohibition laws. The fifth bill reported favorably is the Tarrant bill, aimed at gambling, it allows chancery courts to declare houses kept for gambling nuisances and provides a penalty of from one to five years at hard labor for per i om who ga mole. CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the 'Signature of How Fire Hurts the Field*. Of course, the greatest loss sustain? ed through the burning of vegetable matter which should be mixed with the soil, is the loss of the humus forming materials; but the actual loss in plant food is also worthy of serious consideration. The phos? phorus and potassiupi contained in the^vegetable matter are not destroy e,d by burning, for these mineral plant foods remain in the ashes; but the nitrogen which our soils need most is driver, off into the air and lost. We repeat that the greatest loss is the destruction of the humus-forming materials, but let us see just what the loss of nitrogen amounts to when a ton of crabgrass, broomsedge, or cornstalks is burned. If the material burned by Japan clover or other leg? umes, the h>ss of nitrogen is much greater. A ton of crabgrass hay con? tains about 22 pounds of nitrogen, and this is worth 20 cents a pound, which gives It a value of $4.40. A ton of crabgrass hay. and frequently muchffjnore than a ton of crabgrass and other materials equally rich in nitrogen, is often burned off each acre. That is, for each acre we burn over we may easily destroy $4.40 worth of the very plant food our soils need most. We are slew to accept such state? ments as facts, because the plowing under of these materials does not give immediate evidence of any such value to be obtained from the plow? ing under of such a quantity of corn stover or crabgrass. That is, more benefit to the first succeeding crop would be obtained from the applica? tion of $4.00 worth of cottonseed meal than from plowing under a ton of corn stalks. This is undoubetdly so but the effects of plowing under hu mua-forming materials are not alone measured by the nitrogen they con? tain, and are not limited to the first year. It is this working for immediate results alone that has brought our soils to that degree of infertility rep? resented by an average yield of 200 pounds of lint cotton and 15 bushels of corn per acre. No rich land ever became suddenly unproductive; nor can a depleted soil be economically built up to a h gh degree of fertility in one or two years. From these facts we should leam that farming lands for this year's results exclusively, while sometimes necessary, it persis? ted in is certain to lead to soil de? pletion and finally to agricultural and financial bankruptcy.?Raleigh, (N. C.) Progressive Farmer. Spain announced that the country was tranquil and that many subjects were volunteering for the war in Mo? rocco. Mr. H. E. Orr has been elected secretary and assistant treasurer of the Orr Mills, Anderson, to succeed Calhoun Harris, who is alleged to be $50,000 short in his accounts. $2.75 ?TO? ill. S. [. And Return. $4.05 ?TO? 3 S, L And Return (For Myrtle Beach.) ?VIA Tickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for Sunday forenoon, trains commencing Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity to visit the famous Seashore Resorts of South Carolina at a minimum cost. For information, call on Ticket Agent, or write. W. J. CRAiG. T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. WILMINtiTON, N. C. KIL.LTHECOUCH amd CUR If. the LUNGS wmDReKiNG'S Ef?0VH?f CCWISHS U!ce50<&*i.C0! p08?DS E TRIAL 60TTIE FRtE At!D AI! LUNG TROUBLES \WARANTM?D SAT/srACTORX Of? MONEY RZFXJNDED. MAY RAISE REGISTRY FEES. Postmaster General Want* to Make the System Self-SuwtaiiiiiH;?Com? mittee Appointed to Recommend Method* for the Betterment of the Revenue. \\ tshington, Aug. 7.?Surprised at reports that the registry system of the Poetofflce Department has not proved profitable, Postmaster Gener? al Hitchcock has taken prompt ac? tion with a view to making the sys? tem self-sustaining and he has ap? pointed a special commit iee to inves? tigate the whole subject. The committee will recommend methods by which the revenues of the registry system may be increased and the cost of operating reduced without impairing its safety. The committee will cooperate with the committee on standardization of forms appointed in April, 1S08, and to report what progress is being made to the Third Assistant Postmas? ter General. The committee consists of Charles H. McBride, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service, New York; George L. Wood, assistant su? perintendent of the division of sala? ries and allowances, office of the First Assistant Postmaster General and Henry D. Temple, assistant superin? tendent of the Third Assistant Post? master General. Official figures indicate that the registry system is expensive, but its value to the public is so generally ap? preciated that a slight increase In the registry fee would hardly be resist? ed if it became necessExy thus to increase the revenue for the purpose of removing the deficit. The Post? master General is authorized by law to make the registry fee as high as twenty cents, but it is not probable that it will be increased to more than, ten cents, if it is found necessary to* raise the rate. The fee at present is eight cents. IT'S a good plan to visit all the salesrooms avail? able and not decide which piano to buy un? til you have seen them all. We'll take our chance then on you buying a Stieff The best Piano to be had for as little mon? ey as a good Piano can be sold. Direct from maker to user, without agent's ar middle? man's profits. Every cent of the price you pay is ac? counted for in the instru? ment itself. Chas. M. Stieff Manufacturer of Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self-Player Pianos. Southern Wareroom 5 West Trade St. oharijOtte, - - n. e. C. 11 Ail moth, Manager. (Mention this paper.) PATENTS Jrocureo and defended. Send model, rawing or photo, for expert search and five report Free ad vi. re, how to obtain patente, trade marks, copyright*etc, in all countries. Business direct with Washington sazes time, money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to us at 623 Ktnth Street, opp United States Patent Ottce, washington. d. c. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ? Designs Copyrights Ac. 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