Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I H i:\Dl \K\ HHK IN M WMMi Picker ll??u*c < n I "remises of peoples' W?wUmi.m' Company Destroyed? Other Property Saved. Mantling. March 7.?At 11 o'clock! last night the picker house on the premises of the People's tobacco warehouse was destroyed by tire t >_ aether with a two-room tenant house on adjoining property. This being the off-season In the tobacco business ?e picker house was used for stor? age.\nd contained shout four carloads of hay. valued at $1,100. on which th*?re was $500 Insurance. The fire was evidently of incendiary origin, snd it was only due to the direction of the Habt wind that was blowing that the large tobacco warehouse and a number of oher buildings were not destroyed also. This Is the fourth fire on tobacco warehouse property during the recent months, none of which could be satis? factorily explained as accidental, yet no evidence bos developed as to per? petrators of the crtmeSL FLAGS ON SCHOOL HOI SI,. s Act Pnaoed by General A?w?Miib!y Ap? proved by iovernor Ansel. Flags of the State of South Carolina grtj r quired to be placed on every public Institution of learning In the State by an Act which was approved yesterday by Oov. Ansel. The State flags are to be manufactured by the textile department of Clemson college and will be sold at cost. It Is requer. ed that s State flag flutter from the roof of every school house in the State. Oov. Ansel desires that a flag of the State shall be found In every school room In the State* so that the children may become better acquaint? ed with it. Ironing as a Germ Killer. To mere man. uncultured and un? ashamed, the flstlron seems a thing of evil. Its use renders the house un? inhabitable one day )ut of seven; It distracts woman's attention from sll % Important matter of preparing food In shameless conspiracy with starch, it renders clothes uncomfortable, turns napkins Into slippery boards, snd banishes sleep from beds. Civili? sed man Is a slave of the Ironing board, snd the boiled shirt is the em k btem of his degradation. New. the scientists tell us that Iron? ing has in Important function as an antiseptic; that the hot iron Is one of our leading germ killers. This instru? ment of torture may have a tempera? ture of 268 degrees, and that, they S say. is more than enough to satisfy the moat fastidious bacillus. In places where sterilising devices are not handy, surgical dressings may be Ironed with great advantage, and in a recent experiment clothing which had been worn by dlptherla patients was completely disinfected by the use of a hot Iron. Long.sufferlng man will note with relief that the scientists have said nothing in defense of starch. There has been M vindication of the boiled shirt.?Success Magaslae. It's often what the wife wants that the husband says he can't afford. STATE of S? >( Til CAROLINA, COUNTY of 2UMTEK. Court of Common Pleas. r Willie Bultman. Plaintiff Against Paden Anthony and Marina Anthony. 1 >efe.ltlantS. I M m?ns f< ?U KKL1 ef. (Complaint Served.) To the Defendants Above Named: You Are H?r-?by Summoned and f required *o answer the Complaint In this nctlon. of whl'h a copy is here? with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Com? plaint on the subscribers at their of flee. 110-122 North Main Street, in M the city of Stimt-T. s. <\. within V twenty days after tho service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and If you fall to answer the Com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff In this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint, r* Dated January 21"t, A. D. 1910. LEE & MOISE. Plaintiff's Attorneys. To tb- Defendants Above Named. Take Not:. | That th?* Summons nod Complaint In this Action were tiled |n the Office ^ eg the Clerk of said Court on the 2Mb day of January, 1910. un a moiss, Plaintiff's Attorneys mi laaw, USCHS Golden Seal Stock db Poultry Medicine ?ii Meal ressodj 'or i lore i ov*t. m alssi flogs, HJu?p snd Poultry. Never IslM to kK , r. hi f. At Utllr? el ly OS the liver. Kvi ry Stork nod poultry miner should h:i\c a inn handy for use whi ntu ed?d. sold hy drtiKKl^ts gad dealers, Hrlei Re, 60c and ffota esn. Also Husch'm hktlnfeetanl snd flip, guaranteed m destroy m ITK.> v Lfi'Koni kies ms, Ban pie on reqtM st. Golden Chain RemedyCo., Inc. EVANSVH.I.I , INI) Sllll III 8 DKt <. STOItK. hi'xtim; m: \i\ with spears. - 0 DM of Hie MctluMls of Killing llruin in Northern Europe. During the last few years I have had the satisfaction of killing a fair number of bears, the biggest and Perhaps the most interesting K?me of Northern Europe, and have stud? ied the ways of these animals both in Sweden ami in Finnish and Russian Karalla. where I have come across thirty-six bears all together, and have myself killed or caught twenty three. Including six young ones. My Russian and Finnish bear hunting has always taken place in winter, but it has been done in various ways. The one which has afforded me the greatest amount of enjoyment is hunting the bear on skis, and I will first relate my experiences in that direction. I have twice hunted a bear with the spear; on one occasion the lair was In a boggy country, and we soon found the entrance, outside of which I took up my position, armed with my bear spear, which is a strong ash pole rather more than six feet long, with a steel pMnt of about twelve Inches; in order to project it against the teeth of the bear the lower part of the pole Is covered with copper. The moment the bear appeared I tried to hit him in the throat, but he parried with his paw and my spear miscarried. The bear came further out and I managed to thrust my spear well Into his chest, he got furious and bit viciously at the cop? per coating, at the same time trying to knock the spear out of my hand with his paw. He used his teeth with such force that they almost penetrated the cop? per, and higher up the pole he tore out great splinters of wood. It took me all my time to hold my own against him, but by degrees he tired and lay down at the entrance to the liar I drew out the spear to let the blood flow more freely, but the bear still had strength enough to snap at the point of the spear with such vio? lence that he made some big marks on the metal with his teeth. My friend now came up and gave him the coup de grace with his spear. The fight lasted about five minu. te8. To tackle a bear with a spear in the summer time when the ground is bare is a serious business, although I have heard of Laps doing It; but the bear is as lithe as a cat and uses his paws with surprising rapidity and force. Even in winter, when snow eomewhat hinders his, movements, one needs a cool head and strong arm. A well known Norwegian bear hunter, commenting upon the use of the spear when bear hunting, either when rousing a bear from his lair or when hi pursuit of a wounded bear, recommends in the latter case that the spear should be so carried that it trails on the ground with the bottom ? nd and the point a little behind one's body, When the bear rushes at the hunter the latter steps back one step and the bear spits itself on the spear which with Its other end finds support on the ground. It is more especially in northern Norway that the spear is used at bear hunts, and such spears are often handed down from father to son through several generations, the same spear often having be< n the death oT many a bear. Its handling requires both great coolness and adroitness and now that both maga? zine rifle and revolver are used in hear hunting the use of the spear is les-i frequent than formerly. A mem btr of the recent Dnnlsh Literary ?ire.nland expedition relates how the polar Eskimo hunts the ice bear with ? ipear. considering it below the dig? nity of a bear hunter to use firearms. ? Field. CUD AMY'S victim SATISFIED. Ulli* Will Not Vuslt (he C?fli Against Parker. k uisas <'it>. March 7.?Jere f. Ll'? lis. president of the West'rn Ex (-hange bank, who was assaulted by John P, t'udnhy. the millionaire pack, er. Vrlieg the fetter found tin- banker in his homo Saturday night, will nor prosecute his ? egg Him Charges of disturbing the peace. preferred against Cudahy by Bryan 1'ndeiwood. a policeman) who Inter? rupted the punishment of th<" noctur? nal visitor, win probably be dismissed with ji nominal fine when the ease comae to trial March ir?. Thttg will end the affair. In M far gi punish man! for Cudahy la concern? ed, Judge W. T. Johnson, legal r?p reex ntattve of dihk made known to? night that there would be ri" prosecu? tion of Cudahy. Dear brother, when your wife asks yon for I Uttli spending money, don't draw g wry faco as though she had trod upon your corn. Just shell out "I'll a smile, remembering all the while that tin- hull of what you have Is hers by right. Revenue omosrg destroyed two il? licit stills In the uper gectlOfl of i ircenvlllo county. PASSED WORTHLESS CHECKS. Man Thought to be Sume Recently Arrested In Aiken. St. George. March 7.?A man, snp posed to be the same person who was arrested in Alken March 2, charged with forgery, was in St. George last Sunday and Monday, and succeeded In having at least four worthless checks cashed. The young man, who gave his name as Brown, said that ho was the representative of the Tuxbury Lumber Company of Charleston. He claimed to have several tracts of tim? ber to estimate for the Charleston concern In this community , which would necessitate his remaining here for about a week. His work was accomplished Mon? day morning, before the opening of the banks He would enter a business establishment, and tell the person who answered his call that he desired to purchase a small article. He would tender the check in payment, and, of course, there was always a balance coming to him. The checks were all drawn for less than $5, with the name of the Tuxbury Lumber Company signed to them. In one instance he purchased 10 cents worth of paregor? ic from a drug store and presented a check for $3.90 in payment. The young man registered at the Hotel St. George, and tendered a check in payment of his board bill when he left Monday morning, but the proprietor did not accept it. He attended church twice Sunday. He la described as a young man of rather pleasing address, clean-shaven, of splendid physique. EFFORT TO BULL COTTON PRICES. A Mighty Combine Enters Hazardous Attempt on Market. New York, March 4.?Contrary to precedent the attempt is being made to bull the crops twice in one season, and not only that, but to "bull the tall end of a short crop," which is also supposed to be a hazardous proceed? ing. Yet prices on the old crop options have certainly been advanced $1.50 to $2 a bale during the past week. Undoubtedly the personal equation has entered largely into the advance. Two well-known New Or? leans men, one now famous Texan, and finaly a Chicagoan, have com? bined to put prices up. They have succeeded. They stepped notices last week amounting to 52,000 bales, and the rumor is that all of this cot tor will be shipped to Liverpool to get rid of it and clear the way for a fur? ther advance in futures here. Some considerable cotton has already gone out. Meantime, too, there are persis? tent reports of a better spot demand at New* Orleans and In parts of the Atlantic States, with quotations very strong or higher. The certificated stock here is steadily decreasing. The "Into-sight" figures this week are bul? lish. Supplies in and afloat for Eu? rope are also falling off. Liverpool bulls insists that stocks are inadequate and that there is only cne way for prices to go and that is upwards. In Texas there has been comparatively little rain. Liverpool hat at times bought May here quite freely. Bulls Insist that there is a very large in? terest in that month and add that there may be interesting develop? ments later on. Also spot cotton in most parts of the South, it is insisted, is quiet. Curtailment of production is persistent at home and abroad Ellison, the English statistician, in? sists that the world's consumption of American cotton this year will be 11, 500.000 bales, against about 13,100. 000 last year. Unfavorable reports have been received about the yarn and cloth markets In the East and South, and to some extent Europe. Critics in the rise assert that prices arc simply being put up with a view of enabling large operators to sell out cotton, which they have been holding for some months past. The outside public, badly bitten du? ring the winter, holds aloof. A big acreage is predicted, and under ordi? nary circumstances a big crop this year. The next crop months have therefore been hard to move. Never? theless as already intimated, bullish speculation has. for the time being, dominated the market, CORN CLCB PLANS. Experts will Meet in Columbia to Drau Up Rules. Columbia. March 0.?Tomorrow there will be a meeting of corn ex perts, held In the office of Commis? sioner Watson to discuss the plans for the South Carolina Corn Growers' As? sociation. Tin re will be pr< sent Prof. Kyle of the United states office of com Investigation, Ira W, Williams, \. O, smith of the farm management office, and Commissioner Watson. Regulations for the association will b< drawn up. The legislature gave $500 for the expenses of the associa? tion. The manuals for the Stale corn contest will be ready for distribution within a few days and all that Is nec isary to enter the contest Is to send th< name to the commissioner of agriculture. AVERAGE OF CONVICTIONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH. Farts and Statistics From Attorney General's Annual Report Showing Record of Crimes ond Average Per? centage of Convictions?Tubulated Statement of Offences. Columbia, March 7.?South Caro? linians may find in statistics of crime a refutation of the charge made fre? quently against South Carolina that crime goes unpunished in this State. In fact, according to the figures given, this State ronks high in punishment of evil-doers. A writer in the World today, com? menting upon the large number of murder cases, says: "Ten thousand persons are murder? ed In this country every year?shot, strangled, poisoned, stabbed or beat? en with a club or a sandbag. Of the murderers, 2 in every 100 are pun? ished. The remaining 98 escape?ab? solutely free! In many of our States, the proportion of convictions is only half as great. In Georgia, for in? stance, only one murderer in every 100 is punished. In a recent census of American crime, digesting the na? tion as a whole, the statement was made that in only 1.3 per cent of our homicides do we secure a conviction." If this statment be true, and there is no practical way to prove that the percentage is correct or not corrrect. South Carolina stands high in the list of those States that punish criminals, that is to say, murderers. The report of Attorney General Ly? on for the year 1909 shows that alto? gether there were 239 murder cases in this State for the year. In 13 cases there were no bills and discontinued cases. Of the remaining 226 the result was: Found guilty.103 Not guilty.123 So it would appear that South Car? olina punishes nearly one-half of its murderers, or to use the terms above given 50 times as many murderers as her sister State, Georgia, according to the writer In the World today. Of course, It is not specified that among those who escape are also counted those who are never brought to trial. This would increase South Carolina's percentage of non-convictions, but the statement is made by Hugh C. Weir that only 1.3 per cent, of homi? cides net convictions. This language appears to mean cases brought to trial. But even if it Is taken to mean all cases, certainly South Carolina's percentage of convictions is many times above the general average. Yet South Carolina is often referred to as a State "where crime goes unpunish? ed." In the case of manslaughter the At? torney General's report gives 41 con? victions, and none are placed under the head of "not guilty." But the de? tailed report shows several In the va? rious circuits. Murder by Circuits. Murder, by circuits, that Is to say judicial circuits, shows up as follows in this State: Not Guilty. Guilty. First circuit.7 9 Second circuit.8 18 Third circuit.7 10 Fourth circuit.2 9 Fifth circuit.19 0 Sixth circuit.13 9 Seventh circuit.8 14 Eighth circuit.10 6 Ninth circuit.9 <> Tenth circuit.20 23 Eleventh circuit.8 2 Twelfth circuit.4 I An examination of this record shows that in two circuits the fifth and ninth, there were no convictions for murder last year. The fifth circuit is composed of Kershaw and Richland counties. In Rlchland five were found guilty of manslaughter. The ninth circuit, composed of Beaufort, Colleton and Charleston counties, had nine convictions for manslaughter The tenth circuit shows the largest number of murder trials. It might be added, too, that some of the most not? ed of the criminals in the Peniten? tiary arc from that section of the State. It Is a credit to the people of that section, however, that convictions are secured. BEEF BARONS SERVED NOTICE. Each of Those indicted Has Been Served with Papers. New York, March 7. Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county announced today that Detective Bennett had served notices of indictment on all the men Indicted in connection with the inquiry int.? the alleged "beef trust." Mr. Garven said that be would give tlie indicted men a reasonable time in which to come here and plead to the indictment. Col. P. H. Nelson, a well-known lawyer of Columbia, is ill at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Never forget a friend -especially If ho owes you an> thing. TOO SAD ACCIDENTS. Mother of Col. Jas. L. Irby Burned to Death?Lady Burned to Death at j Salmla. Bennettsville, March 8.?Mrs. Har? riet Irby, widow of the late John B. Irby, of this county, was burned to death at the home of her sister, Mrs. W. F. Klnney, near Blenheim, this morning between 6 and 7 o'clcck. Mrs. Irby's body was almost com? pletely destroyed. Mrs. Dudley and Mrs. Kinney were saved from a like fate by a faithful old family servant Pleasant Gibson. The three women were alone when the fire was discov? ered. W. L. Kinney. a son of Mrs. W .F. Kinney, went to see his uncle, Jno. R. Townsend, on business before break? fast, and left the lamp burning in fci? room. From this. It Is assumed, the house caught fire. The occupants es? caped, but Mrs. Irby, though warned not to go in again, could not be held back and entered the burning build? ing. There she met her death. It is supposed that she fainted or was overcome by the smoke and heat. Mrs. Dudley was painfully burned in an effort to rescue her sister. She and Mrs. Kinney were restrained uy the negro from rushing into the burn? ing building. The terrible news was a shock to the entire county. Mrs. Irby was a member of a large and Influential family. She was respected and rever? ed by everyone. She leaves surviving her one brother, John R. Townsend, "two sisters, Mrs. Dudley and Mre. Kinney, and four children, Jamps L?. Irby of Boykin, Mrs. Bessie McArthur and Mrs. Sallie Hilliard and John B. Irby, of Cheraw. Saluda, March 8.?Miss Angeline Duffle, who was living near here with her brother on E. A. Perry's place, was burned to death yesterday after? noon. She was burning some trash about the yard when her clothing caught on fire and despite her own frantic efforts and the assistance of her brother and his wife who were near the flames could not be exting? uished until she was fatally burned. She died last night about 9 o'clock af? ter four hours of intense suffering. The brother and his wife, in their efforts to extinguish the clothing, were badly burned about the face and on their hands. Miss Duffle was about 50 years of age. JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT. Tlie Great Prize Fight Will Be Held Near San Francisco. San Francisco, March 8.?After weeks of negotiations and more or less controversy between the joint promoters, it was definitely decided this evening by Tex Ricard and Jack Gleason, that the Jeffries-Johnson battle on July 4 will be held in the arena within the race track enclosure of the California Jockey Club at Em? eryville, Alemada county, just across the bay from San Francisco. The announcement was made im? mediately after a meeting in the office of the Buckeye Club this afternoon, attended by Richard, Thomas H. Wil? liam, president of the Jockey Club, and Mayor Christie of Emeryville. Williams and Christie both signified their willingness to have the fight staged in Emeryville and an agree? ment to that effect was signed. Jack Gleason. Rickard's partner, was not present at the conference, but Rickard stated that Gleason had given his approval of the Emeryvill? site and all that remained to be done was to secure formal permission from the town board of trustees. Rickard has been assured that this will be forthcoming upon application. "I have secured the permission of Mr. Williams to hold th?J fight in the race track and have finally decided that this is where the big men will meet," said Rickard tonight. "It is an Ideal place and we will be able to seat an almost unlimited num? ber of people. I think that .^0,000 people will see the fight. From now on I will devote my attention to de? tails." "I have always been against the Idea of using the race track at Em eryville for anything but racing - vents," Bald Pn sident Williams after the meeting, "but the Jeffries-John? son fight is a sporting event of na? tional importance and for that reason I have given my consent that the m?n meet within the jockey club grounds. All that I ask is that the track be placed in order after the fight is over." How natural it is when one man makes a pretty good thing of anyone crop, for everybody to rush In and try to do just as he has done! The best way, though, is to take it steady, it' you do venture Into a strange crop, do it eons* rvatively. The middle course is aways best In a'l such things. Most folks throw away their felt boots when holes come In the feet. Just cut the feet off and draw the legs On above your shoes when you have a cold Job to do. Those boots have not outlived their usefulness when the feet give way. Try it and see. Personal Magnetism a Great Asset. There have been great advocates at the bar whose charming manner, like tho presence in court of some of the world's famous beauties, would so sway the jury and the Judge as to en? danger and sometimes actually divert justice, says Orison Swett Manien in Success Magazine. A gracious, genial presence, a charming personality, a refined, fascinating manner are wel? come where mere beauty is denied and where mere wealth is turned away. They will make a better im? pression than the best education or the highest attainments. An attrac? tive personality, even without great ability, often advances one when great talent and special training will not. There is always a premium upon a charming presence. Every business man likes to be surrounded by people of pleasing personalUy and winning manners. They are regarded as splendid assets. What is it that often enables one person to walk right into a positloi and achieve without difficulty that which another, with perhaps greater ability, struggles in vain to accom? plish? Everywhere a magnetic per? sonality wins its way. Young men and young women aie constantly being surprised by offers oi excellent positions which come t> them because of qualities and charac? teristics which, perhaps, they have I never thought much about?a fine j manner, courtesy, cheerfulness, and kindly, obliging, helpful dispositions. Keep the boys from fooling with any of the farm animals. Joking with calves or colts will surely bring Jokes that make us laugh out of the other corner of our months. Remember! Our superb array of jewelry and watches makes buying easy. Everything is in perfect taste and everything may be fully relied upon. We sell you nothing that we don't know all about and we tell you all we know about the goods we sell you. Prices reason? able. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. Plicae 333. - - No. 6 S. Main St KILLTHSC MJOH ANDCURslnKLVNGS] * ?3 AUTBRQAIAKD?HK TROUBLES I GL'AMNTSeO SA2 'S FACTO PS OA* 4?ON?VWFrUAfD/bL. H. L. B. WELLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW? Money to Ix>an on any Good Security. Notary Public With Seal. Ofikv 109 N. Main St. PATENTS procured and defended. Send modal, drawing or tilioto. for expert sea re h and free report* Free advice, how to obtain patents, trade marks, copyriKht?. ete., |n all countries. Business direct toith Was l?ng ten saxes time, | tnnncv and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. 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