Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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New Stables! New Stock! 2 Cars of Horses and Mules Arrived To-Day, - ? December 14th, 1909. ===== 2 Cars of Wagons in Transit, 1 Car of Buggies and Surnes on Hand and 2 Cars in Transit. Also a Full Line of Harness, Saddles, Robes, Whips and Farm Imple ./?*>. IPS 7 ?9* I IKE! wt\ IK;.-.ft* ments. We Will be Ready for Business Thursday, December 16th.* Call on Us. SHAW ? DRAKE 5* Sumter. S. C. COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. CEW8Y LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. m* of Interest From all Parts of Somter and Adjoining Conn ties. VOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will ?ach this office not later than Mon tay when intended for Wednesday's ??aper and not later than Thursday 'or Saturday's issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond? ence. In case of Items of unusual sews value, send In Immediately by ?tall, telephone or telegraph. Such aews stories are acceptable up to the tear of going to press. Wednesday's paper la printed Tuesday afternoon and Saturday's paper Friday after Max. Dec. l??Mrs B. B. Thom? son and family left Wednesday for their new home near Workman. Mr. H. R. Tomllnson has returned from Atlanta. Ga., where he had been on business. Mr. J. C. Truluck went to Lake City Tueaday. Mr. A. J. Goodman went to Sum tar Tuesday. Mr. W. G. Moore has gone to a hosp.ial in Atlanta, Oa., for treat? ment Mrs. R. P. Thomson spent several days with her alster, Mrs. Baas, of Martsvllle, recently. Mr. John Lemmon and family went to Tlmnionsvllle Tuesday. When In a few mile* of his home, his horse hecame frightened und broke the bug? gy, throwing his wife and children out and got away. Fortunately his wife and children were not seriously hurt. Mr. Sauls, the miller, has moved to parts unknown, (to this writer.) M r t h;id peculiarities. The men and hoys whom he kissed and bit to enjoy their surprise will be klsaed no more. The foot paths to his fish traps and the walks about the mill that knew him so well will know him no more. Peace to his ashes when he dies. Ex-Treasurer Detyens, of George? town, Is to be prosecuted because of an alleged shortage of $9,647.23. The chelf engineer of the War De? partment Is opposed to the expendi? ture of aS)y more money on the im? provement of Black River between Georgetown and Klngstree. ASK NEWSPAPERS TO HAVE A CRIMINAL PAGE. Former President of Women's Clubs Would Confine Crime to One De pertinent. Melville Stone, President of the Associated Press, writes Sarah S. Platt Docker, former president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in The Delineator for Janu? ary, at the Press Session of the Biennial Convention of Women's Clubs in St. Louis, in 1904, made the following; statement: "Do you know that not one line of scandal would appear in an Amer? ican newspaper if not read and de? manded by women? Let mo tell you that the scandal papers of the coun? try are supported by women." We, honestly, thoughtful, serious minded mothers, wives and sisters, come to make this plea to Melville Stone and the newspapers of the country. We fear that they will not. because of commercial reasons, re? frain from publishing scandal, hor? rors and indecent happenings, but we make this heartfelt entreaty. If these things must be published, will they not seggregate them?can they not be quarantined, so to say, to the end that the germs may not lodge In the minds and souls of our sons and daughters? Every Important dally has now a separate page for its business read? ers. Stocks, bonds, business quota? tions, etc. are never found among lo? cal happenings, educational news or foreign dispatches. These divisions of the dally paper are familiar and I satisfactory. Is it too much to ask that the great Journals help us, who are otherwise helpless, by also estab? lishing, v/hat may bo called the "Crime Department" or "Criminal Happenings"? We Implore that all unpleasant re? cords be gathered upon a detached sheet, so that every mother may be able to see to it that the latest murder trlul reports and like tilth shall be merrily burning In the grate before the children come to break! ?st. We can not do this unaided. Former President Roosevelt could not suppress the publication of the demoralizing and perverting matter. Wo pray you to help us persuade them to grant us protection for our own. and wo openly confess that our ultlmute confidence Is that after demonstration of the value of this plan, the compelling force of the law may be Invoked for Us universal en? forcement. GOLD MEDAL GTVEX PEARY. National Geographic Society Ac? claims Him Pole Discoverer. Washington, Dec. 15.?The Na? tional Geographic Society tonight publicly acclamed Commander Robt. E. Peary, the dscoverer of the North Pole, and in recognition thereof pre? sented to him a gold medal. In pre? senting the trophy to Commander Peary, Prof. Willis O. Moore, presi? dent of the Society, who acted as toast master, phrased his sentences to refer to Commander Peary as "the man who had won the prize." Prof. Moore in pesenting the medal said the public never for a minute had questioned the veracity of Com? mander Peary's statement and also) that the data of Peary's expedition had required no editing before it was presented to the National Geographi? cal Society. This was the only ref? erence to the polar controversy. Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, the mas? ter of the Roosevelt, who took the stout ship into the ice farther than any other craft ever went, also re? ceived a medal. This was presented by Ambassador James I ~vce, of Great Pritaln. Andrew ?Carnegie, Ambassador Jus serand, of France; Baron Des Plan? ches, the Italian ambassador; Gen. Thomas Hubbard, president of the Peary Arctic Club, and Speaker Can? non sat at the speaker's table. Telegrams of congratulation from Col. Roosevelt, the Royal Geographi? cal Society of England and the Berlin Geographical Society were read. The Duke of Abruzzl, also sent a cable congratulating Commander Peary. Large Brains And Great Minds. (From the oLndon EvenlngStundard) How far are the physical charac? ters of the brain Indicative of men? tal power? The question is st'U un? solved. Two investigators, Prof. W. von Bechterew and Prof. it. Wein? berg, have examined minutely the brain of the late Prof. d. j. Men delejeff, one of the greatest chemists of the last contury. They report that tho size was above the average, but not remarkably so, the weight being 1,57 1 grams (55 ounces). Several eminent men have had heavy brains. Cuvler's weighed 64 1-2 ounces, Dr. Abercromble's 63, Prof? Goodslr's 57 1-2, Sir J. T. Simpson's, 54, and Dr. Chalmor'l 57; but no one now thinks that a large, brain means a great mind. Another large cotton mill is to be erected in Giffney. MASONIC ELECTION. CharlesKmian Elected Grand Master Of South Carolina. Charleston, Dec. 16.?With yester day's session, the one hundred and thllty-third annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of South Caro? lina came to a close, after a very harmouious meeting, many matters of importance being discussed, but no1 radical changes being made in the rules of the Order. The election of officers resulted in the elevation of Mr. James R. Johnson to the Grand Mastership. The other officers were either advanced or re-elected and the vacancy in the office of Junior Grand Warden was filled by the elec? tion of Mr. R. A. Cooper, of Laurens. Mr. Cooper was District Deputy Grand Master for the 6th district. The question of physical qualifica? tion was left undisturbed, the com? mittee havng reported that It had no recommendation to make. However it will be brought up again at the next Communication, Past Master W. M. Whitehead, having given notice of an amendment to the rules In this particular, which will bo considered next year. The trustees of the Masonic Or? phanage fund reported that $10,000 had been added to the fund since the last Communication and the fun now amounts to $33,000. Gin Ah Currency. Gin is apparently an Importen factor in the economic life of South evn Nigeria, for. According to the re port of the committee of Inquiry In to the liquor trade of the district, 1 is even used as currency. "In more backward parts of the coun try," says the report, "Liritish coin 1 regarded with suspicion. The peopl are still In the barter stage, and fo various reasons gin furnishes most convenient standard of valu In live native courts in the brass dis trlct, where pecuniary fines had bee imposed, payment was made in gi contrary to the instructions of th government. A church missionar witness named Onyoabo Informed u that fines were taken In gin at Onlt I iha by the government and that native crier summoned the watersid people In the name of the dlstrii government to elect a chief, pr< claiming at the same time that ever person who did not attend would lined 12 bottles of gin. In one scho< Bishop Johnion found that 60 of 5 children between the ages of 8 an 16 years were regular gin drinkers. FUTURES NOT CONDEMNED. Explanation of Portion of Report of Commissioner of Corporations Made. Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.?In view of many criticisms and misun? derstandings of the published sum? maries of the report upon the oper? ation of cotton exchanges, issued by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of coporations in the department of commerce and labor, the Associated Press to-day requested a clarifying statement. Commissioner Smith is absent in the West, but the following was ob? tained from the officials in charge of his bureau: "The report of the commissioner of corporations on cotton exchanges does not, as incorrectly stated in some press reviews of the report, condemn the future system as such, instead, it recognizes the great value of the future system to the cotton trade, provided that system is con? ducted on equitable and commercial lines. "Instead of branding future trading as 'pure gambling,' the re? port sharply discriminates between legitimate speculation and gambling. "The report does condemn cer? tain abuses of the future system, adopted by the New York cotton ex? change of arbitrarily fixing the price 'differences' between middling cotton and the various other grades, de? liverable on future contracts on that Exchange. "The report shows that this 'fixed d iff ere nee system' results In an ab? normal depression of the future price as compared with spot price of mid? dling cotton, and that them abnor? mal depressions of the future price disorganize the future market and seriously impair its value for bid? ding purposes, one Of the principal functioni of a Cotton Bsc hange. The report also shows that this un? natural depression Of the future price of cotton paid by merchants to farmers are largely established by applying 'buying limits' to the future prices quoted on cotton ex? changes.'' As the result of the efforts of Rev. Crawford Jackson, general secretar\ of the Juvenile Protective Associa? tion, Mayor J. B. Lee, of Spartan burg, has established a juvenile court in connection with the police court of the city. Smallpox has become epidemic at Fort Lawn, Chester County. NEW TRIAL REFUSED. Granby Mill Company Dissatisfied With Recent Verdict Against It. Columbia, Dec. 15.?Argument for a new trial in the case of O. M. Rhodes against the Granby Cotton Mills, and a motion that the verdict be set aside on the ground that it is excessive, was made before Judge Memminger yesterday morning. The case when tried Friday, Dec. 3, re? sulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $10,000. Judge Memminger very positively refused the motion for a new trial, for the exercised great care in the other trial, and the questioi of whether or not the vrdlct was ex? cessive was brought up. After argu? ment on this point the Judge re? duced the amount of punitive dam? ages from $8,000 to $5,000. The sum of actual damages re? turned by the jury was fixed at $2, 000, the verdict now standing at $7, 000 instead of $10,000. Judge Memminger in ruling said that the jury could possibly have act? ed in two ways, either giving a large verdict with a view of stamping out further cause for action, or giving a smaller verdict on the ground that this case was in the nature of a first offence. The case when tried created much interest on account of some of the urusual features presented in it. It was the first case of its kind to be tried in a Richland court. The plain? tiff alleged that he had been prevent? ed from scouring employment on ac? count of having been "blacklisted" by the defendant company. The amount asked was $15,000, and the jury after deliberating abou* two hours returned a verdict for $10,000. Disorder in Managua. OorintO, Nicaragua. Dec. 15.? There were scenes of wild disorder in Managua, the capital, again last night. During a moeiing of the aldermen one of them made a speech denounc? ing Madriz and favoring the revolu? tion. The speech was greeted with cheers and hooting and a free fight among the government and anti-gov ernmtn elements followed. Two pis? tol shots were fired. The row ex? tended to the streets. Twenty arrests were made. It. Li. Salomaski, a liquor drummer was arrested at Greenwood on the charge of violating the Carey-Coth ran law.