University of South Carolina Libraries
ssssBssssssssssssssssswssss?aBBssssssssssB?si COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. ? EWSY I I I'll Ks FHOM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. dm of Interest From ?II Part* of ?hunter and Adjoining; Counties. HOTICB TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your litters so that they will reach this office not later than Mon? day when Intended for Wednesday'! paper and not later than Thursday ?or Saturday'* Issue. This, of course, applies only to regular correspond? ence. In case of Items of unusual aews Talus, send in Immediately by Basil, telsphons or telegraph. Such aerwg stories are aceeptabls up to the haar of going to press. Wednesday's paper Is printed Tuesday afternoon asvsl Saturday's paper Friday aftsr DARK OORNIUi. Dark Corner. Feb. 25.?The wind blows and the ralrs fall, has bees falling ever sines some time last night, and Is still falling at noon with no hopes of Its ceasing soon. Every? thing Is at a complete stand still as our lands are too wet and will be for several days to plough. Almost every? body is behind with their farm work. We ha>e had but one pretty day this week. Lett Tuesday was an Ideal day. Mr. Merry Christmas Is still very fseble, also Mr. Berwick and Mr. Avln. Mr. Graham Prltchsrd. formerly of Privater, but now of Pinewood, has a very sick son. Harry, with brlght's disease and heart trouble. A colord woman, Dlllsey Brown, dropped dead at her home at Pine wood last Monday night. She had just said her prayers and got up and started to retire to her bed and fell on the floor before reaching It. She had been suffering with heart trouble for some time. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Weeks and granddaughter, Miss Nell Phillips of Sumter. spent two or three days wltk W. J. Ardls and Pink Weeks last week, returning home Saturday after? noon. Mrs. M. E. liclntosh has moved from W. J. Ardls It Mr 3. P. Broad? way's place with her son, J. T. Chll dsrs. Mr. Joe M. Af lls and his two sons. John and Joe, visited W. J. Ardls last night. AN HONOR TO HER RACE. A DiatirgnlMlietl (Colored Woman Visit? ing Dalsell. A few years before the civil war broke out Mr. Wesley Moore of Dar? lington Co.. 8. C, father of the late R. R. Moore, who was accldently klUd ed In a gin here, and the writer pur? chased ,i BjagJ] OSlnfSd named Charlotte When the war closed and Emanci? pation was declared she had become so attached to the Moore family that no amount of persuasion could In? duce her to leave. She h ? me very useful and soon became a skillful and pains? taking OOOk, hen. her old mistress knew nothing whatever of kitchen affairs left that home for a single day. only as a visitor, from the day sh v. as set free till now. She io-vi r was hire(| for wages, but remained as a member of the family and yet she has a very decent bank account; having a snug little sum of money no* drawing Interest. Not? withstanding the fact she has always been on very friendly terms with hor colored friends, she has never as? sociated with them to any extent. If a good old colored family negro ?lies she usually attends the funeral with a beautiful wreath of flowers. She was perfectly devoted to her old mast? r and mistress and her un tlr'ng gOVOtlOa to them during their last Illness, a few years ago, demon? strated th ? fact that her love for them was very sincere Indeed. After their death. Mrs. A. K. Skinner, the eldest living daughter, moved to the old homestead, charlotte remained with them and itlll occupies the same home ahe has for about half a cen turv Sh?? <? 11*nds the Methodist church regularly and takes much Interest in church affairs Notwithstanding h?r long and Intimate association with the v*?r\ ??est white people of that sec. tlon. she h.is no claim Wttotevef to social equality. < ?ceaslonally she spends a week or two out among the family sosusoettons ;?t BlshuprUle and Dalxell. where she Is now visiting. Sh*? Is ?lu i\s a welcome guest and the children and grund-chlldr? n all deem It a privilege and pleasure to make her presents such as shoes, dresses, etc I speak the sentiment of the family when I say any of us WOnM Intrust to her any amount of money we might possess and feel as safe as If It were In i National hank. I dare eay no nwlhsrnst with their boasted love for the colored race, can Induce her for any amount of money to leave her old home and friends. One of the last acts A her old mistress was to porting token of htf appreciation for faithful and devoted service. When the last child had leu her mistress' casket Olung to it and had to be literally tarried away. For these faithful and devoted services she dt MrVei and will no doubt have a mono, ment erected to her memory. S. F. Moore, Feb. 28, 1910. DoJsoll, S. C. MARRIED. Married at Rev. T. L. Cole's and by him on February 20th, Mr. Clinton Ross to Miss E. A. Hawkins, all of PUgah. S. C. I Died in Atlanta. J. A. Phillips, aged 4 2 years, died at the family residence, 285 E. Geor? gia Avenue, Atlanta, Oa., at 1 o'clock on 21st instant. He is survivd by his mother, Mrs. N. E. Phillips, of Atlan? ta; four sisters, Mrs. Charles Ed? wards, of Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Essie Davis, of Springfield, S. C; Mrs. Lee Wlngate, of Mayesville; Mrs. E. R. Watson, of Atlanta, and two brothers. L W. and N. E. Phillips, both of At? lanta. The funeral was held from the residence on 21st. interment in West view Cemetery, Atlanta. SENATOR TILLMAN'S PLANS. After a Stay at Atlanta Hospital Sen? ator Tlllman May Cross the Atlan? tic. Charleston, Feb. 28.?An incident of the visit of the Charleston delega? tion of Mayor Rhett, Collector of Port Durant and R S. Whaley to Wash? ington on matters of the battleship was their calling at the residential quarters of Senator Tlllman. The delegation left their cards, but did not see the senator. They were in? formed by Mrs. Tlllman that the sen? ator was rapidly recovering the us of his limbs and that as soon as he is able to travel he will be taken to * hospital at Atlanta, where he will spend some time before he takes the trip to Europe, which has been rec? ommended by his physicians. JACKSON BORN IN THIS STATE. A. S. Salley, Jr., Discovers Paper Tending to Prove South Carolina's Claim. Columbia, Feb. 26.?While Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., the secretary of the historical commission, was filing t ?rne claims against the State of South Car olina for services rendered or supplies furnished by Individual citizens ol South Carolina during the Revolution, he found a very interesting appraise? ment of a horse furnished for public use by William Crawford, of Camden district. The appraisers, who esti? mated the value of the horse to have been one hundred and and fifty pounds currency, were Robert Craw? ford and Andrew Jackson. Their ap? praisement was sworn to before Robt. Montgomery, J. P., and was dated De? cember 12, 1783. At that time An* drew Jackson was nearly seventeen years old. The signature is in nearly the Identical hand writing of "Old Hickory" In his mature years. Rob' tri Crawford, his aftlant. was his fos t r father and kinsman, upon whose plantation. In what was then ('amtier district! but which latsr became L?an OastCf dlstrlcti Jackson was born as repeatedly ass. ?ti id by himself and -tin rs. This is ppgslbly the first OftV olal paper that Jackaon put his hand t*> in this State. Spain** foreign Trade, Spain is a frankly protectionist Ration, and tin- tariff of 1906, now in force, was passed throuh the Cortes by a oomblns between Barcelona and Bilbao, the two industrial centres of the country. Spanish gguroi slow imports from (he United states t<> amout to about no.. (UM)T), of which over $21,(H)n,Mon, or 90 per cent., consisted Of raw material or articles slightly Changed In the processes of manufac? ture. The Item of raw cotton amount? ed to $ 17.000,000; If this, petroleum and tobacco, each $1,000,000; paraflin, MIMtt; lubricating oils, $330,000, etc. This, as the writer has said else where, constitutes "soli butchery" nt hOMIi and in no sense 100111 internat? ional trade abroad. No American I 1 mi b? proud of such an "invasion" Of foreign markets as this. At a trader With Spain O/t are not very far from being on tn equality with Rus? sia, Cubs and Brail I, Great I'.rltian. the premier nation In Spanish trade both ways, France. Germany, and Belgium supply Spain with manufac? tured goods she buys abroad, Our Rgures show that exports from Spain to the United states and their Insular possessions amount in U?07 to about $ 1 :t.uno,ooo, of which from fl.ooo.ouo to $1,000,4. go to the Philippines, The largest Item of ?? port consist! of $1.000,000 or $6,000.? 000 of iron orei from the district about Huelva. The prospect for Spain's holding her trade with her old COlonleS does BjOt seem to he re? garded lo re a< bright, Prom "Spain's ; Boonomlc Revival." b) Prank i> Hill, In the American Review of Reviews for March. PIANO CONTEST CLOSES Very Large Vote Polled the Last Day and Much Interest Manifested. MISS EDNA HUGHSON WINS THE PIANO, THE GRAND PRIZE Miss Teresa Chandler Wins the Gold Watch for the City of Sumter, and Mrs. Florence Shields Thompson, of Lynchburg, the Gold Watch for Contestants Ontside the City. The Osteen Publish? ing Company Makes Distribu tation of $550 in Prizes in Subscription Campaign. The subscription campaign inau? gurated by the Osteen Publishing Com? pany for the purpose of increasing the circultaion of the Watchman and Southron and the Daily Item came to a close Monday night at 8 o'clock, and when the votes were tabulated the result of the hotly contested and ex? citing contest was known. Miss Edna Hughson received 414,112, Miss Te? resa Chandler 344,903, Mrs. Florence Shields Thompson, 10,310, and they were declared the winners of the three prizes, aggregating in value $500. Miss Hughson having received the highest vote will receive the $400 piano, the grand prize; Miss Teresa Chandler having received the next highest vote of any contestant resid? ing in the city of Sumter will receive a $50 gold watch of her own selection, and Mrs. Florence Shields Thompson, of I-ynchburg having received the highst vote of any contestant not a resident of the city will recive a $50 gold watch of her own selection. The last day of the contest was full of interest and excitement to the con? testants and they worked up to the last minute. The result was not known until the mall was reclved this morning, when the votes mailed last night before 8 o'clock reached this office. The votes were carefully counted and tabulated. A committee, consisting of Messrs. Geo. W\ Hutchinson, J. H. McCollum and John A. McKnight, JEWS REGAINING PALESTINE. Practical Progress of Zionists in F'k oent Years. Dispatches from Jerusalem, says a London letter to the New York Sun, tell of remarkable strides made during the last few years in the re peopling of Palestine with Jews. The proclamation of the constitution in Turkey threw open the doors of Pal? estine and led to on enormous influx of Jewish colonists, who are already settled on some of the best lands of the country. In Jerusalem alone four-fifths of the population now belongs to the Jewish faith. Large tracts of land around Lake Tiberias have been 'M't.^ht up from poor natives and converted into prosperous farms. The Plain of Sharon between Jaffa and Lydda, is one vast garden owned and ten h ! 1 y Jewish skill and labor. The Hauran, one of the most fertile wheat districts in tin- world, is being sold to' .1- v. Ith syndicates. Almost the whole of the extensive Plain of Bsdraelon has been bought up by Ji wa Their prosperous colo? nies spread from Dan to Peersheba, and even farther south to the out? skirts of Egypt. Thousands are es? caping from Persia to lind shelter and protection in the Holy Land, while every ship from Odessa carries sonn1 of them. Tin- Jordan Valley, once the prop? erty of the ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid, is being eagerly sought after by Jew? ish capitalists. The Zionists. v:ho*c SgentS are distributed all over the land, are buying up the rich proper? ties of the Mohammedan effendis, whose Incomes since the revolution have lessened. At Javra. Tiberias, Bafed and Haifa (Mount Carmel) Jews are reckoned by tens of thousands. Towns like Ramoth-Gllead. Bethelehem, Na sareth and Gasa, where a few years ago no w dared show his face, have now their Jewish quarters and syna? gogues. The whole city of Jernsah m Is es? sentially a Jewish town. Banking as \\eii ;ts trade and commerce is mon np dlsed by Jews. The govermm nt has found it necessary to organise a company of Jewish gendarmes. Hundreds of thousands ?>f pounds are annually .^nt from Europe and America to enable the colonists to build homes, hospitals, schools and* Invalid homes. Over one hundred Jewish schools already exist In Jeru? salem alone. Synagogues are rising up everywhere. Th value of the land has risen four? fold. The Ignorant and poverty stricken fellaheen (peasants) are be? ing ousted from their homes and vll suggested by the representatives of the two leading candidates, recounted the votes and checked the tabulation, af? ter which they signed a crtiflcate at? testing the correctness of the count. The prizes are ready for delivery and will be turned over to the suc? cessful candidates whenever they shall call or send for them. The contest has been highly suc? cessful and satisfactory and has ad? ded a large number of names to our subscription lists, consequently we feel repaid for the expense incurred and the work that the contest imposed upon the office force. Our thanks are due and are hereby extended to the several candidates and their friends for the efforts they have put forth for our benefit while work? ing for the prizes offered. We trust the handsome prizs that reward the three successful candidates for their efforts will long be to them a source of pleasure. We have but one regret ?that we cannot give a handsome prize to each of the candidates who remained In the contest to the finish. The following is the total vote, as shown by the tabulation, of the six candidates who stayed to the finish: Miss Edna Hughson.414,112 Miss Teresa Chandler.344,903 Mrs. Florence Shields Thomp? son.10,310 Miss Julia Welch. 7,345 Miss Mazie McLeod. 7,345 Miss Inez Wells. 6.930 lages by the European Jew settler, I whose modern agricultural Imple? ments and methods have made the j land produce harvests never dreamed j of by the natives. The Anglo-Pales? tine company, a Zionist banking and ! commercial enterprise, is pushing the ! cause of Israel with energy. Letter-Writing By Wire. While the proposal of the Western Union Telegraph Company to adopt what is termed a "night letter ser? vice" may appear at first glance to be fraught with very little interest to the general public, it may in time accom? plish something of a revolution in the world's system of correspondence. To business men especially it offers an opportunity of no trival moment. In the very nature of things an electric age la impatient of the slow? er methods of communication. The expense Invoh d is the only thing which has restrictd the use of the t el gram to the more important de? mands of commerce and civilization. But when the tariff is reduced to such an extent that 50-word messages can be sent for nominal tolls, it is said to predict that the telegraph wires will be given no small percentage of the business which is now intrusted to the mails. As an investment for the Western Unijn Telegraph Company it will also pj doubt net substantial results. For under existing conditions there is little use made of the wires during the dull hours of the night; and the effect of tin* proposed innovation would be to augment considerably the volume of business between dusk and dawn.--Atlanta Georgian. Plisi: Carman, ediltor and author. t<>ld at a dinner in New York a story about .Tames Russ.dl Lowell and a bad boy, says the Washington Star. "A Boston woman.'' said Mr. Carman, asked Lowell to write in her auto graj.li album and the poet, comply? ing, write tie- line: 'What is so rare as a <lay in June?' Calling at Ibis woman's house a few .lays later. Lowell Idly turned the pages of the album till he came t<> his own auto? graph. Beneath is was written in a childish straw!: 'A Chinaman with whiskers.1 " The barn and fun- head of stock of Henry Calup of Lancaster were destroyed by die Consider the poor actor, how he is made immune by the high price of eggt. General Washington, a negro, shot and killed Plnckney Rush, also a negro, at Florence. LIBEL CASE TO BE APPEALED. Government to Push suit Against the New York World. Washington, Feb. 25.?Reaching the conclusion that it is desirable, the questions involved be brought before the court of last resort, the cabinet today reached an agreement that an appeal should be taken by the de? partment of justice from the decision of Judge Hough, in the Circuit Court in Xew York, in quashing, for want of jurisdiction, the indictment against the Press Publishing Company. (New York World,) on the charge of l'bei in connection with purchases of Pan? ama Canal property. Following this action. Attorney General Wickertham telegraphed to District Attorney WTise, at New York City, to note an appeal. It was jur.t in time for today was the last on which the government might avail it? self of this privilege. The government all along has felt that an important issue was involved in the decision of Judge Hough in its effect on the enforcement of State penal laws in localities under Federal jurisdiction, this is the real and only point in which the government de? sires the opinion of the highest court in the land. Irrespective of its effect in the present instance, Mr. Wicker sham said it might be far-reaching in other cases coming before the courts. The Supreme Court, without doubt, will be asked to advance the case for hearing, as both the government and, it is understood, the parties in inter? est are anxious for an early settle? ment of the question at issue. Immortality a Scientific Fact. Wholly apart from the religious as? pects of the problem of man's future existence, Dr. Carl E. Gullle, profes? sor of physics In the University of Michigan, discusses the possibility of life after death. And the conclusion at whl j the matter of fact man of science arrives is that the soul is immortal. Says he: "Our life is a constant growth of the human intellect, closely connected with the development of the body. But we know that there is a continu? ous Interchange of cells, decaying and forming, and yet, though the living tissues may in the course of time be entirely renewed, the individual con? tinues to exist; it remains one and the same. But even the matter and en? ergy which have been given off from the living body have not disappeared; they are still in existence, tho discon? nected from the life-giving principle. Should we no* demand that there should be a similar conservation for the invisible part of our life? I have not the power to describe what the life after death is; the intellect will not tell us. "While I have to content myself with the assertion that mind is as in? destructible as matter and energy, my firm belief in evolution and in an or? derly plan of the universe leads me to doubt that there can be any retro? gression in its deevlopment. I b*Meve my spirit will after death be more ad? vanced in all the characteristics of the human soul. "And thus I find no difficulty what? ever in believing In a personality em? bracing the whole universe and inti? mately blended with the marvelously intricate system of material bodies, a personality different from ours, it is true, but, since I form a part of it, one of the same nature as my own. only grander, wiser, more powerful and more just. "In conclusion, let me say that the views here advanced were not obtain? ed by adherence to any theological or philosophical dogma, but were the result of a purely scientific search af? ter a word picture which would satis? fy not only the intellect but the hu? man soul." South Carolina Baptists. The minutes of the State Baptist convention, held in Anderson last December, have been printed an3 are being distributed. The statistics show that at the close of the last convention year there were 497 ordained ministers and 1,038 churches. There were 6,986 baptisms during the year; 4.S03 mem? bers were received by letter; 117 by statement; 4,594 members were re. Stored, making the total membership 12 7.1 During the year 993 mem? bra died. 4.594 were dismissed by let? ter, and 1,190 were excluded. Inning the year th*' contributions were $561,908.69, divided as follows: Pastor's salaries, $211,223.27; state missions, $29,157.41; homo missions. $21,864.46; foreign missions. $39. 396.27; orphanage, $23,571.62; aged ministers, $5,781.56; education, $14, 93i.is; miscellaneous, $21 7.274.77. The church property was valued at $2,151,651. Bach Item shows a substantial gain nv< r the year before. \l Kubiak Loses. Paris. Feb. 26.?Sammy MeYoagh. the American heavyweight, knocked out AI Kubiak of Michigan In the 10th round of a scheduled 20-round fight here tonight. SHIP SUBSIDY DOPE. The Kind of Stuff That Shipe Owners Are Sending Out in Interest of Pro? posed Grab. Washington, Feb. 26.?What is ev? erybody's business is nobody's busi? ness, and everybody's business is the government of the United States. Most men have enough to do with the government of their families, some? times assisied by recalcitrant wives and children, but if they are public spirited, they may turn their atten? tion to village or county affairs, and even know something about the af? fairs of their State, whether it be Texas or Rhode Island. But when it comes to national and international affairs, not one voter in ten is or tries I to be well informed. Nevertheless, this voter has his say in the most delicate, multifarious and momentous of na? tional and International affairs. It is a wonderful system, without having much system about it, and one won I ders how long it will last, or what will be the result of the evolution in popuar government. ! There is a continuous discussion in I congress with reference to ship sub I sidles. The American carrying trade I sixty years ago covered all seas, and I the Stars and Stripes could be seen in I every port in the warld. The flag at I present is confined exclusively to our I interior and coast trade. Two years I ago when our gattleships circumnavi I gated the globe, they were supplied I with provisions and coal by foreign I vessels. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury 1 Leslie Shaw has recently made the I startling announcement that Japan is I determined to rule the Pacific or tinge its waves with blood, and be has ad I ded to this statement details as to I how Japan can do it. He says that I we hired twenty-seven foreign ships I to carry supplies for our around th3 I world battleships, and that one hos I tile shot from any country that owns I a cannon would under international I law have sent every one of these I twenty-seven ships home, for no I country can afford to have Its flag in I volved in our quarrels. He further I stated that n 1909 the war depart I ment hired over forty foreign ships to I do its work, and that we are sending I food to the soldiers in the Philippine I Islands in Japanese ships. He stated I further that Japan can put two hun I dred thousand soldiers in Hawaii in I thirty days without firing a shot, and I that it would take us two ye^rs to I put one hundred thousand there. The I ex-secretary of the treasury has a I happy faculty of graphic statement I and illustration, and his combination I of arithmetic and rhetoric produce a I vivid impressive and true picture. For I better or worse, we have become a I first-class power and a part of the I international system. This has been I brought about through our Hawaii I and our Philippines. The secure in I sularity once afforded us by the two I great oceans is no longer ours. We I must be able to defend our frontiers, I Hawaii in mid-Pacific and the Philip I pines in Asiastic waters. We cannot I do this without soldiers and ships, I not only warships, but colliers and I commissary ships. How are we to I get sailors and ships when, owing to I our tariff, other nations can build I ships and employ sailors for half the I price that we must pay, or in the case I of Japan, for less than one-fith the I price we must pay. As Mr. Shaw I says. "These are not State secrets. I Everybody knows them except our I voters. We are building battleships, I and this is well, but battleships with? out colliers and transports f.re abso? lutely worthless. In case of war we I could not get our Atlantic fief. to San Francisco. No vesssel in the fleet I can carry enough coal to take it^ there. We have no colliers, and could then hire none." Ex-Secretary Shaw further stated that if every powder mill in the United States was to make powder twenty-four hours per day for * thirty days, the product would last i" I our present navy only two hours. A President Taft is advocating a naval j I rogramme calling for the building | of two immense battleships of the 25 j thousand ton class each year until i the Panama Canal shall be finished. This means ten battleships of the heaviest tonnage and guns. H* de? sires to carry out the Roosevelt "Big stick" polity under the impression that the best safe-guard against war 1* to be fully armed for it. The Pan ama Canal, it is calculated, wi't be completed in 1915, and it is urg?d mat after its completion the naval 1 rogramme can be reduced, far then irstead of sending fleets around Cape Horn for the protection of our Pacific border, they can be sent through the tanal and coaled at several depots appropriation for the two ships a y? ar programme. Rather Disconcerting. "Mama.' said little Ethel, with a discouraged look on her face. "I ain't going to school any more." 'Why. my dearie, what's the mat? ter'."' the mother gently inquired. " Cause it ain't no use at all. I can never learn to spell. The teach? er keeps changing the words on me all the time.?"Success Magazine." It's a wise trust that isn't being probed or dissolved.