Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ i n fggs rr.u i>\\. Mcnminn ? InliiH to Hu\e lion of the tiatllns>(?an Variety. ?rranton. Pa., Aug. 31.?Soven? count 'em?-eeven eggs from a soli? tary h? n In a single day. With eggs Selling for 10 rents a d>/.en. Cm you heat Ml This is an alleged unrivaled feat o4 a fowl belonging to the Sauquolt ?Ilk Mill of this rltv. And It's a mongrel hen at th >t not ono of the ft,tot fum v OrphliMrtono. it is a crons between a Uhod.? Island R I and Puff Cochin, and was bought i>> William lOWSl f??r 7."? rents to hatch some sags. From July 20 to August CO the hea'o record was 71 eggs, taking care of a brood of little chirks the wht'e. On several oorailons It laid three, four and five \r. a single day. She hag in to lay wnen her chicks were two weeks old. Two was the record for the first day. and these kept In? creasing until on August 25 she laid seven eggs. \Ml ltl( \n LARGEST CITY, Pofinlation of (.realer New York Is I.T?h.mh;;. Washington. Sept. 1.?Great r New York has a population of 4, 714.883. under the thirteenth de? cennial census, according to figures issued tonight by Director of the Census Durand. This makes New York the second largest city In the world and as larg?; as any two for? eign cities ex? I pthlSJ London. Since 1900 the population of the metropolis has increased by 1,329, ?11, or 38.7 per cent, as compared with 3.437,202. under tho last cen? sus. M The Borough of Bronx showed the greatest Ir.^raWf In the greater city; Queens. Brooklyn. Richmond and Manhattan following next in order. The figures for those boroughs, to? gether with the In- roaSJOi are as fol? lows: Bronx: 430.980, an Increase of 230, 473. or 11 4.9 per rent. Queens: 284.041. an Increase of 131.042. or 85.4 per cent. Brooklyn: 1.634.351, an increase of 447,749 or 41 per cent. Richmond: 85,969. an increase of 18.448. or 28.3 per cent. Manhattan: 2.331.442. an Increase of 481,449, or 24 per cent. New York city contains only 16 4. 441 fewer people than tho combined fourteen cities of more than 200.000. ?the populatoln of which already has keen announced, namely: Pitts!.arc. ?4k. Louis. Detroit. Buffalo, Cincinnati. Newark. Milwaukee, Washington, Indianapolis. Jersey City, Kansas CHy. Providern**, St. Paul and Den? ver. The aggregate population of the t Itics named Is given as 4.7". l,? Mt THe city of New York as constitut? ed prior to the act of consolidation. ?4TectHre January 1, 1898, had a popu? lation in H??o. of 1.515,301, as com? pared with 1.137.202, In 1900. show? ing sn spparent Increase of 1.921 - 441, or 126 8 per rent for the gore it- r c4tr. It Is expected that the rensus fig esres for Philadelphia, the third larg? est ctty In the "'nlted States, will be published tomorrow night. The popu? lation of Chlrago, the second larg- It city in the country, probably will be asmrmneed about the mlddb? of the waonth. The Deadly P. s. "Harry. love." exclaimed Mrs. Knoxall to her httshaad on his re? turn one evening from the office, "I 4%ave b-been d-dreadfully Insulted'" "Insulted" fxelaimed Harry, love. -By whom?" "B-by your m-mother." answered the young wife, bursting into tear-*. "My motb-r. Flora? Nonsense? She's mlleq away on a visit to poor Tom Flora dried her tears. "I'll tell yo i about It. Harry, love." sh* said. "A letter came to you this morning, addressed In your mother's writing, so of rourso, 1?I opened It." "Of course," repeated Harrv, love, dryly. "It?It was Wfftten to you all the way thn.uirh Do v.,u understand0" "I fin b-r-r ind But u here does th. Insult 4014 In"*" "It?It came In tb^ p-p-posterlpt." cried the wife, bursting Into f Sell floods of brlnv. "It s-snld: 'P. P. P, M.?D dear flora, i ion*l f-nii to sjlre thN I-letter to Harry. I w-want him to have It." \ Dall) Thought. k.. < Wyi herley.) Our hopes\ though I hey novel happen, v. t nro some kind of h ?p p4n?-ss; ns trees that arc still gro<\ ? log pie ? In Ike pre pen t. Ihoui h fh? . ret fruit. If id Pr- i b nt raft dlspl iv. I th. haekhoTi ..f a Ibbworni lasl Be* I e gf ConsTc*' h' Would ted now '?? rompt-ii' d t> 'v nt.- keynotes sdvl In further r- I I - ? r? "f III tar; .T Pill barer Hun. An irmJl * T() BE ARRESTED FOR STRIKE Labor Leaders Surd For Conspiracy And Sedition by Con I Concerns. Pittsuhrg. Aug. II.?Seven coal rompanlaa operating In Ihc Irwin and Westmoreland fields, strike ridden sin. e last Mareh. brought a suit In trespass today in the county courts against Francis Feehan. president of Metric! I ef the United Mine Work? ers of A merlon, and ~t others, ofii cen and members el the loenl, Charg? ing conspiracy in preaching sedition aifalnst the l.iws (?f the State and na? tion and with distributing Inflamma ti>ry literature. The coal compalnes assert time without authority from the national officers Feehan and other defendants Organised the strike in the district of the plaintiff's operations to ndvance his own power In the national or ganlaztlon. It Is also as. rted that more than II men were thrown out Of work ami that the plaintiff companies suf? fered damages of $1,000,000. Suits have heen filed against others in W estmoreland, making the total num? ber of defendants 84. a capias la asked for and each arrests are ex? pected to be made tomorrow. The compaincs bringing the fuit are the Westmoreland Coal, Manor Gas Coal, Keystone Coal and Coke. IVnn Gas Coal, Jamison Coal and Coke and the Ocean Coal Companies. Labor leaders declare that if such a suit can be successfully maintain? ed it will put an end to labor unions TEDDY'S TRIP COST $3,444. Approximately $181 A Day is What outlook Will Spend. (From the New York World.) Theodore Roosevelt's circuitous ex? cursion to Cheyenne. W1 r., is cost? ing the Outlook a pretty penny: The railroad expenses of the Colonel and Ml party for the 19 days' trip over nine roads will amount to about $3.444, or $ 1S1 a day, an Official el the NOW Tork Central Railroad esti? mated yeeterday, When Mr, Roose? velt returns to New York he will have traveled ."?.493 miles. [ ?sides the railroad fare and the cost of living on the tra'.i there are, of course. Incidental expenses not Included In the contract with the rail? roads which was made by William IT. Rowland, business manager of the Outlook. The amount of these Inci? dentals cannot be estimated. The private car Republic, which was chartered for Mr. Roosevelt, costs $50 a day, while the 25 fares which are charged for special trains at u*.i average of 2 cents a mile make the additional cost of travel from ilew York to Chicago $482. From Chicago Ig ?'heyenne, 1.007 miles, the fare is IMS, as only 18 fares are asked by the transportation companies west of Chicago. At the same rate the return trip from Cheyenne through Pueblo, Kan Mi City, Omaha. Sioux City, St. Paui and Milwaukee to Chicago the far will be $S89.92, with $30 extra 1 l ?Very days' use of the car. From Chi? cago to New York by way of Cincin? nati and Pittsburg will cost $475 fo| mileage, In addition to the railroad frr. the commissary department of the railroad will ask about $13 a day tu feed the party. This includes thr e meebi for Mr. Roosevelt, William 11. Howland. Ernest Hamilton Abbott tad Frank Harper. Complacent. Crash! Down the kitchen stairs fell the entire trayful of crockery fron? the dining room. Not even the salt? cellar remained unbroken. Within the dining room sat husband and Wife, staring blajtkly at each other. What did It all mean? "Jane! Jane! Whatever have you don?" >h. mum." she replied, "it's only the dinner things, mum. What a go el thincr T hadn't washed 'cm up'" ?San franc Isen Argonaut. \Vh> sin- Brought it Fp. "Do you remember," she naked, "thai you said onco that unless I promised to be yours the sun would eanee to shine?" "I don't remember It now, but 1 suppose T may have said BOfliethlng of the kind." "And you have forgotten that you SflRUred me that unless I permitted roll to claim me a* your own the moon would fall from her place in tho heavens?" "Oh. well. What If I did say so ? Why do yon want to bring that up. now ?" "I merely wished to assure you th it pro sorrs* I didn't shut my eyes and let her fall." fu Virginnla th<> other day "a plucky fireman saved the life r,r a drowning rhll I M w. pn mime "he i eld b. r nnaale agin In ? h inn " Charleston M< ws n n i Courier, IVU h I ? i ? > i il their big gun and lh< '< mmlliff the I >. mnrr itie i ?. BEEK TOO ACCURATE. No Many Things Came True That Engllah Arc Frightened. Cairo, Egypt, Aug, 81.?K<?r being too ac< urate a prophet, Bhelkh Mah moud, an Egyptian astrologer, has lost his appeal to the English Govern? ment against the suppression of hla review, Tawaleh is Malouk. Mahmoud "guessed right" in so many of his prophecies, which were mostly of killings and deaths, that the local authorities became afraid that his predictions would encourage the natives to make the astrologer's words good, so they suppressed Ta? waleh |e Malouk. Among Mahmoud's forecasting achievements were the month of Kin^ Edward's death and the assassina? tion Of Premier Boutros Pasha and the appointment of Said Pasha in his place. Xow he predicts that the Khe? dive Will die soon; that the Egyptian Nationalists will murder some one of prominence shortly; that King George of Greece will annex three Moslem cities before long, and that Sir Eldon Gorst will be made a peer before 1911. MANY FARMERS AT < LI.MS<>\. Large Attendance from all Sections at Rig Institute. Clemson College, Sept. 1.?The big farmers' institute opened hero at "> o'clock yesterday afternoon with a good crowd of farmers from all parts of the State in attendance. The af? ternoon and night trains will bring large crowds, and by Thursday there will be a great aggregation of South Carolina's tillers of the soil. The first session was called to or? der by Prof. Wm. RlggS, acting presi? dent of the College. After prayer by the Rev. L. K. Hubbard, Prof. Riggs introduced Prof. D. N. Harrow, su? perintendent of the extension work and farmers' institute division. Prof. Barrow, after making announce? ments, introduced Mr. W. B. Mercier, Of United States farm demonstration work, who talked to the farmers on winter and summer pastures. REVISING SCHOOL LAW. Commission Hard at Work on Va? rious Acta?Involve! Much Labor. Columbia, Sept. 2.?"The work of digesting the school laws of the State is very tedious, but we hope to rjive the people of the State the very best school law possible," said I). B. Johnson, president of Winthrop col? lege and a member of the educational commission, at the conclusion of one Of the sessions of the commission yes? terday. The educational commission was appointed as the result of an act passed at the last session of the general assembly. The commission has been at work at the State housa for the past two days. Three sesions a day are being held. Every law relating to schools Is reviewed and revised where in the opinion of the members of the com? mission it is thought to be necessary. As haa been pointed out by the State superintendent of education, J. R. Swearingen, the schools laws of the State are very complicated. It was on the recommendation of Mr. Swear? ingen that the legislature passed the act creating the commission. The recommendation was made in his an? nual report. That the commission Is endeavor? ing to perfect a suitable school law for the State is shown by the fae* that over one hour was spent yester? day on one paragraph of an act 1% is the hope of the commission to have the report complete In time for the next session of the general as? sembly. The following are the members of the commission, J. E, Swearingen, State superintendent of education; W. 11. Hand, State hitfh school inspector; M. L. Smith) member of the house of representatives from Kershaw county; D. B, Johnson, president of Winthrop college and 8. H. Edmunds, superintendent of the Bumter city schools. Iflstory C leared t'p. The third grade was "having his? tory." Forty youngestera were mak? ing guesses about the life and char? acter of the Father of His Country, when the teacher propounded a ques i lion that stumped them all. "Why did Washington cross the Delaware ?" j Why, Indeed? Not a child could think of anything but the answer to the famous chicken problem: "To got on Ihe other side." and, of eours-. thai wouldn't do, Then littl^ An? nie's hand nho| Into tho air. Little Annie rrosst < the Delaware evarv summ- r herself, hence tbc bright Iba. "Well. Annl ??in pause he wanted to gel to \t Inntlc City." 'Philadelphia Times. But, al th? name lime, Ihe gr< ? mor il f< r i : let i ? i" ted to pen? tr ito ai r ir Into the We! t< rn w lids nu .'.lie. and tie cliancen uro he HOHE SMITH NOMINATED. Georgia Convention Endorsee Him For Presldncy, Atlanta, Ca., Sept. 1.?Former Gov? ernor Hoke Smith "came hack" po? litically today, when he was nomi? nate! for Governor of Georgia and endorsed for the Presidency of the United States In 1912, by the State Democratic Convention here. He was nominated for Governor with 2?,A VOteS, against TS for Joseph M. Brown, the present Governor, the, balloting being under the county unit system. The resolution endorsing Mr. Smith for the Presidency was adopted unanimously. , Some disorder attended the pre sentatlon of Governor Crown's name as o candidate for the Gubernatorial nomination. Delegate Gri tilth, of Haralson County, who made the nominating speech, was throe tim<"s etopped by jubilant Smith shouteri finally leaving the tloor. Smith lead? ers made one last appeal to their men to be quiet and Griffith was brought hack to resume his speech. He then announced that he had given the only copy of it to a newspaper man, and could not finish. Enough of the speech already had been made, how? ever, to place the Governor's name in nomination. , The platform, which was unani? mously adopted, denounced and con? demned the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, together with the Republican Admin? istration, for its "complete breach of faith with the American people." The platform declares the Repub? lican Administration revised the tariff upward instead of downward as prom? ised, and increased burdens were im? posed. In part the platfrom declares: "So monstrous a fraud has been practiced on the American people that no further demonstration is needed of the fact that the Republi? can party can never be trusted to give relief from tariff burdens." The disfranchisement'of the Ig? norant and purchasable vote Is en? dorsed and one plank urges the same protection for foreign and domestic corporations as is accorded the in? dividual. A law prohibiting lobby? ing and the elimination of corpor? ations from politics is strongly urged. A complete revision of rates to and from the ports is endorsed and the platform unqualifiedly declares that the State, with an extensive ocean front, with four excellent ports, should receive the benefit of such a situation, and declares that the "arbi? trary and excessive rates now exacted by the carriers are unjust and de? prive the people of Georgia of their natural ad vantages." The State railroad commission is called upon to effect a revision on a just basis. INCREASING COST OF LIVING. People of Franco are Particularly Af fested by Greater Prices. Washington, Sept. 1.?Reports re? ceived by the Department of Com? merce and Labor Indicate that the cost of living has increased in oth^r countries more than in the United States. The most recent reports on this subject deal with conditions In France where the prices for necessaries have increased steadily from year to year within the last ten years while the income of the average wage earn? er has remained practically station? ary. The high cost of living is the sub? ject of serious complaint throughout France, reports Consul General J. It Dunning, of Havre. Mr. Dunning assorts that instead of a prospective decrease in the price of food products, there is every in? dication that an advance over pres? ent prices will occur. The consulate estimates that there has been an average increase of at least 26 per cent on all ordinary ar? ticles of all household consumption. \rmlCS Apple Tree. in 1865 Mr. John l>irt. of long Branch, brought home a handful of twigs from the apple tree under widt h Gen. R. XK. Leo had surren? dered to Con. i;. S. Grant, at Apo mattax, \'a.' These twigs were planted and numbers of trees from that soiree now grow and thrive In this county. < >n Tuesday we received from Mr. A. I?. Hair, of Blackvllle, a box of Iof tl sc apples, one for each of the Confederate states. They wer? ns perfect as Lee's character, as sound as Confederate patriotism. We have never seen more perfect apples In the famous orchards of the Blue Ridge and AUeghany moun? tains. All who saw were loud in their praise of them . Through Capt. John B. Armstrong wo sent a sample to Gen. F, 11 Creech for exhibition before the Confederate reunion al Spartanburg. Ilarnwell People, Tho <.rat-lode of l hleti\ People. ?( |o< a out t" v bait \ i?r helps give them ease, comfort and strength, r ? i uiney Pills cure kidney and Ii hiev diseases promptly, an I give BUSY DAY FOR K. FRANK. Asylum Patient Married Miss Straus At RockvlUe At l A. If. Washington, Aug. 31.?Paroled from the Government Hospital for the Insane; Impersonation of an army captain, a motor tour with Miss Virginia Strauss, of Philadel? phia, luncheon at the Belvedere Ho? tel in Baltimore, an automobile run to Roi kvllle, Md., marriage to Miss Virginia Strauss there at 4 o'clock this morning, return, to Washington, using checks to pay for his fun: ar rested at the baseball same and re? commitment to the hospital tonight? all this was Included in one day of the li:".? (,f ESdwln Frank, private in the Seventeenth Infantry, United States Army, who enlisted in 1909 at Fort McPherson, Ga., and whose resl dence is given as 12o l West One Hun? dred and Twenty-second street, New York. At the hospital, where Frank was under treatment, he was thought so mu?h hotter that he was paroled. Tie came to Washington, got an auto? mobile, found Miss Strauss and her sister and they began their tour. One Miss Strauss got out in Washington, while the other young lady and Frank went to luncheon at the B<d vedere in Baltimore. Then Frank j and his compr.nion started toward Washington. But he proposed mar? riage, and they went to Rockville. where the Clerk of Court was haled forth and the parson called upon to perform the ceremony. When Mr. and Mrs. Frank came to Washington this morning, Frank paid with checks, which were accept? ed because he was "Captain Frank." He paid the $50 automobile hill with an $S5 check, it is said. He made a check for $15 as a tip for his chauf? feur. Tie engaged a 15-course din? ner for tonight, but did not get to eat It. Frank and his bride were watching the baseball game when Detective Howard and Pratt found 'them. Frank was sent over to the hospital. Mrs. Frank left with her brother, whom she has been visiting. SOFT DRINK DEALERS YIELD. Agree to Pay All Costs, Surrendering Further Claims. Nashville, Sept. 1.?Agreeing to pay all the costs of the suits and that $9,000 of the amount of license fees collected from them under distress warrants shall go to the county and State, the seventy or eighty proprie? tors of soft drink establishments here have surrendered further claims and the suits will be dismissed from court. The compromise was finally reached yesterday. The amount originally col? lected was about $20,000. Debt?Beware of It. Young man. you that are about em? barking in life on your own account, as you value your hopes of success, let not the burden of debt ever rest on you with Its blighting curse. Re? solve though you possess but little it shall be yours, untrammeled and free. That no man shall hold a mort? gage over your title, and that no scheming money lender shall have the chance to step in and take advantage of your hard earnings. If you can't pay for what you want, better go without it until you can. Countenance the contracting of no debts except in cases of sickness or other unavoid? able causes. A little self denial at the start often lays the foundation for a period of prosperity and affluence in after life. Live within your means and grow up as your means increase. Break free from the old ruts with their galling chains, and institute a new departure. Turn your plow into the old Held ami root out the last i'estage of the detestable weed that has so long been encroaching upon true progress. By this we do not no.in that you should tie covetous, niggardly, for this, too, is a vice equ? ally to l>e shunned, as we may, with the editor's permission, have occasion to speak of it in some future number of these papers; but that you may walk up the journey of life without the crushing burden of debt to drag you down and darken your pathway, that you may poaet fully enjoy the fruits of your labors, and that your chances of ultimate success may be brighter, and freer from risk.?Cal houn. Ga., Times. *.\'ot a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough ap? pears, will prevent the attack. Sold by W. W. SIbert. The ('oion.-i announces that the Republican bosses of New York are already "licked to a frazzle." But who will lick the Democrats to a frazzle on election day??Providence Jt lurnal. ?"Can be depended upon" is an ex? pression w e all like to b, ar, and when it is used iti connection with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera nnd Diarrhoea Remedy it means that it never falls to i ure dlrrhoea, dysen? tery or bowel complaints, li Is pleas? ant to take und equally valuable for children and adult Sol I by w \v SIbert. INDIANS SKELETON DUG UP. loppor Mask Covered Face of Cliief Burled Long Ago. Harrisburg', Va., Aug. 31.?W>rk men laying water pipes for V>r. Ii. H. Mill?r, at Elkton, Rocklnghaan coun? ty, unearthed the hones of a suppos? ed [nldau chief who must have been burled centuires ago. By the side of the dead ch'cftain were found four tomahawks and 60 arrow heals that had been placed in the grave by his faithful followers, Who desired their leader to be well prepared for the conflicts sure to fol? low In the Happy Hunting Grounds. The bones of the redskin crumbled away to the touch, but Dr. Miller was able to save the jawbone and sev? eral teeth. Over the face of the chltt was found a thin mask of hammered cop? per, which melted away into dust upon being touched. The remains of several Indian mounds are to be seen in Rocking ham county. Near Broadway some years ago Gerald Thorpe found a mound containing the skeletons of several hundred Indians, a number of which may now be seen in the Smithsonian Institution, Washing? ton. EDITOR OF PAPER MEETS DEATH. Editor of Chantecler, Habana Week? ly. Pays With Life for Scurrilous Article. Habana, Sept. 2.?Juan Amer, edi? tor of satrical weekly Chantecler, of which the first issue appeared this morning, was shot and killed this af? ternoon by Jose Pennino, a Liberal candidate for city councilman in Ha? bana. The cause of the shooting was a scur? rilous article in tha Chantecler con? cerning a young woman prominent in society to whom Pennino is attentive. Pennino was arrested A Successful Farmer. Marlboro county has many good farmers who have adopted scientific methods and are producing more corn and eottor per acre than ever before. Never in the history of the county have there been more farmers experimenting than at prestnt, they are testing thoroughly different va? rieties of seed and experimenting with various brands of fertilizers and scientific methods of cultivation. There is no farmer in the county who is adhering to these principles more closely than is Mr. Wm. M. Smith, a successful planter two and a-half miles north of town. He always makes large quantities of hay, corn and provisions, and is constantly ex? perimenting in various ways on his fertile plantation which is one of the best in the county. Mr. Smith has this year eleven acres in corn which will average one hundred bushels per acre, some conservative judges have placed the estimate above this, but it is now made and no risks to ea counter. He alternates much of Ma land, and next year will plant this piece of ground in cotton on which he expects to make two and a-haif bales per acre, averaging 500 opnuds. This prudent and successful farmer a few weeks ago sold (72) seventy two bales of last year's crop of cot? ton at 15 1-8 cents per pound, and last Saturday he sold and delivered (65) sixty-five bales at 15 1-4 cents. He produces nearly everything he needs at home, and is in a position to hold his cotton crop and receive the benefit of the higher prices during the summer months. ? Marlboro Times. Discovered. Down at the Sprague school play? ground, says the Brockton Enter? prise, the other day, the teacher was trying to teach her children to box the compass, and began by teach? ing them the cardial points. "Now, she said, "we'll stand Wiliio Jones up here with his face to the north, and what will be over here, where his right hand is?" "East," chorused the pupils. "And what where his left hand is?" "West." sang out the little group But Willie was silent. "Now, Will, you have north in front of you, and east over here, and west over there. Now what have yon behind you, WTillie?" "There, I knew you would see It." burst out Wrillie. "I told ma you would when she put it on, but she said I had got to make these pants last till September." Pefore The Recorder. Richard .lames and Osborne Por ter wen hefoiH the Recorder, charg? ed with ragrancy, having been take in tow by Bergt. IfcKagen. The, were each found guilty and sentence' to 1 <\ fine or lake the alternate e of serving thirty days of the che i gang. James Philips left his horse at hll hed oid was summoned to It* bar of justice by Officer Ward, be? ing required to pay for this offer n j a I'll. Of 1 I,