Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ABO VT TW KL VF MILLION HAI I s Total Product for War l mim? Au frost ?I. 1910. t.Uon as M .us.v.r.s Bah**. Washington. Sept. 2?.?The een BWM bureau reports the total sup? ply of cotton for the year ending Aug. 31 1910. to have been 11.985.9S8 running bales, made up as follows: Stocks at beginning of year. 1.483,585: glnnlngs. 10,350, #71; Imports 151.895 bales. The dis? tribution Is 6.339,028 bales exported; 4.707.127, consumed. Stocks at close of year 939,803 bales, of which 518, 101 bales were held by manufacturers and 421.705 held elsewhere. The num? ber of active spindles were 28,349, ??7. of which 10,828.829 were In cot? ton growing States and 17.522.228 in all other 8tates. ?.RUBER FOR SUPREME BENCH. Distinguished Lawyer Endorsed by Entire Collet on Bar. Walterboro. Sept. 2?.?Yielding to the resolutions of numerous friends throughout the State, the Hon W. B. Oruber has consented to allow his name to be used as a candidate for Associate Justice of the State Su? preme Court if the propcsed amend? ment to the State Constitution Is adopted. Mr. Gruber's friends are actively engaged In his behalf and will make an aggressive campaign. The Walterboro Vtar Association, at a meeting held teveral days ago, adopted resolutions wtJch were sign? ed] by every member of the Mar. It is stated that similar action will be taken by members of the Bar In eeveral of the adjoining countlea. The Hon. W. B. Oruber Is one of the ablest lawyers In the State and has been ocnsldered a leader in mat? ters sjl legal lore. His practice has been diversified snd wide, and the ease with which he presides has con? vinced his friend* and all who know him that It would be no mistake to etevate him to a position on the Su? preme Court. In the preparation of his cases he has been thorough, and his arguments are always clean-cut. exhaustive and convincing. Mr. Oruber has served with ability and satisfaction as special Judge In several counties and has won univer? sal commendation for the fairness and ability with which he has con? ducted these Courts. These special terms of Court have been held in the counties of Barnwell, Cherokee, Un? ion and Spartanburg. and the resolu? tions adopted at the close of the term of Court at Barnwell attest the manner In which he aas been re? ceived In all these counties. Mr. Oruber served with distin? guished ability as a member of the State Senate from Colleton County, voluntarily declining to serve a sec? ond term, though urged to run. His character Is above reproach. Tie has lived an open, upright life, enjoying the confidence of all with whom he has come In contact. Mr. Oruber takes ?? interest in education? al matters and i* chairman of the board of treeteef, fee the Walterboro High School Ha It aa enlhualaatlc and ?Bjseeaefnl farmer and Is first rice, president of the County Fair As soci.it Ion. Mi Artende aeUere that the Leste* tat ore will make no mistake in elect? ing him to this high position, and thst the wether ? pert el Um Mate is entitled to i n pr. s. nt itive (?n the Supreme l'?m h, and n<? mere worthy person in he found than the Hon. w. ? Otehm rich oeoboi \\ si'icinr. Thos. J. Prtlehett. of Dublin, Takes Hi- Own Life. Dublin. Oa. Sept. 2H.?Thomas J. Frit- io tt. one of th. \ ? althiest eltl sens of this city and former president of the Dublin (tanking Company, committed suicide ??arlv thl* morning hy shooting himself through the head. Death was instantaneous. Resides feeing IndentlMed with the bank. Mr. Fr1tch?tf wss president of the Oeorgla Warehouse and Compress Comp?n\ and other enterprises He carried life Insurance for about $11, ?ee. Continued ill health Is attribut? ed) as the cause for asif deetmctton. MILITIA \T M GRO S TRIAL. Pltsonrr ? harped With Vaulting Flrven-vcar-old Girl. I?exlngton. Ky Sept. 26?The Som ersette ormpanv of the Sta? ? militia was called em bj floramor WHHeoa this afternooa snt le Stanford, Ky., where Shav Pellman, a negro, will he placed or, trlil tomorrow for an alleged assault on eleven-vear-old Nan< v Itankln white three weeks ag.? I'ellman h.n be?-n held for safe? keeping In the Lafcanoa Jail. Now that LCI Angeles has a wo? man polleeman. a new rule against flirting on the beat ought to be ad? opted hofore trouble heg|n? ?San Francisco Chronicle. CON STITl'TI ON AL A MlE N DM B NTS. Amendment* to Bo Voted on by Peo? ple of Tlie State In General Elec tion. Columbia, Sept. 27.?six constitu 11I amendments willA^e voted on by the voters of the Star! In the gen? era'. v'Um tion. which If to be held In November, one of the most Import? ant amendments is the proposition In InnrenW. the supreme court to five members. As is well known, the numbers of the supreme court are Overworked, M hundreds of cases are carried to that tribunal each year. With five members of the court, it Is argued, there would never be a di? vided court and an en banc session would not be necessary at any time. The members of the supreme court are: Ira B. Jones, chief justice; Eu? gene B. Gary, C. A. Woods and D. E. Hydrick, asoclate justices. It 1? ar? gued by the attorneys of the State that with five justices in place of four that much more work will be accom? plished. Any three of the Justices would constitute a quorum. Under the amendment the Justices would be elected for a term of ten years, in place of eight years, as Is the case at present. CONSUL CROWNINSHIELD DEAD. Panned Away at Naples?Son of Late Admiral. Naples, Sept. 26.?Casper 8. Crown inshleld, the American consul, died here today. Caspar S. Crownlnshield was ap? pointed from the District of Colum? bia, first as consul at Castellamare Di Stabia in 190C, and the year follow? ing as consul at Naples. He was the son of the late Rear Admiral A. S. Crownlnshield. He married at Na? ples Miss Grace Snelllng, daughter of Mrs. Edward Snelllng, of New York. Consul Crownlnshield was active In relief work after the Messina earth? quake and for this received a testi? monial from the city of Naples. HASKELL TRIAL BEGINS. Oklahoma Governor Cliargexl Witli Conspiracy to Defraud. McAlester. Okla. ?ept. 26.?Quick action today attended the opening of the trial of Charles N. Haskell, Gov? ernor of Oklahoma, and other de? fendants in the Muskogee town lot cases. Within a few hours a Jury was selected and sworn, and the Gov? ernment announced its readiness to proceed. The opening statements will be made tomorrow. The case against Albert Z. English and E. B. Severs, both of Muskogee. who were indicted jointly with Has? kell, were dismissed, the Government announcing that they would be tried under another indictment. W. T. Hutchlngs. an attorney, and Clarence W. Turner and Walter R. Eaton are to bo tried with Gover? nor Haskell on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the Government in the silo in 1902 of about 600 town lot Mfes in Muskogee. T'nder the terms ol the sale per ?one holding ''poenesoory rlsjhts" tothe property were each entitled to put chase .it one*hnlf the appraised value one town and one residence *lte. It is i barged that Haskell and his aenocintes falsely administered the names of people, having no such poSOOSOOry rights und by the pay? ment ?>f small fees t<?r ttl? deeds ob? tain, il pnsi sslon of 600 lots, thus de? priving the Creek Indians, who own ? d the land, out Of a fair profit. The names of persons living In Dust OTA and Southern States. it Is ohnrsjed, were used for this purpose without their consent. These persons haw bees summoned as witnesses f<?r the Government. As soon as the case was celled Federn! Judge John A. Marshall, of Ctah, intimated that later he would give the defense an opportunity to argue for a dismissal of the charge against Governor Haskell. ADMINISTRATION FLOOR LEAD? ER. stated Columbia Attorney Designat? ed for that Pont. Ooluumbia, Sept. 24.?It's some Whnf of a novel Idea in this State, at lennt within recent years, to have an "administration floor leader for the House" The following appears In the local aftomoOfl paper today: "Mr. George It. Rembert, of the Riehtund County legislative delega? tion, win represent the Blennu admin* Intmton On the floor Of the House. M 'There is no secret about It,1 said Mr Hembert, In* dlecuselng the mat? ter it is already known pretty well In some qunrters that Mr Blense has ;isk?d me t?? look ;ifter administra? tion mutters for him in the House.' "Mr. Rem her! led the Legislative ttckel in this county In the primary of August. The oth< r members of the Rctilnnd House delegation ere vti svr< Youmuns, Hopkins and Book t'-r. Hon F, H. West on is Senator." TO OFT RID OF THE PISTOL. English Law Suggested, Advertising Armed Gttlaene. About every day among our State newi dispatches there is one or more that contains an account of a pistol I tragedy. On Tuesday there was a dis? patch from Abbeville stating that a man, insanely jealous, had killed one woman, wounded another and mor \ tally wounded himself. Why should this man have had a pistol? Why I not have laws so strict that it WOl Id be a difficult matter for any one o become the owner of a pistol? When our law-makers undertake to deal with the pistol-toting evil they appear to be satisfied with half-way meas? ures. In England they deal with the pis? tol evil in a way that keeps the pistol out of tho hands of the great ma? jority of the people. That is why there are so few pistol tragedies in that country. The Washington Post in comment? ing on a dreadful pistol tragedy at Alexandria, Va., the other day, called attention to the fact that in England a person can not acquire a pisol without undergoing a long and dan? gerous scrutiny. "There," says The Post., "the man who Belli pistols must have a license that costs much, and be dare not sell a deadly weapon to any customer who has not permission from Scotland Yard to carry it. Even in that event, his name is printed In the advertising columns of the news? papers, thus proclaiming him armed to kill." Why not have a similar law In this country? There would be strong opposition to it, of course, but wouldn't it be better to restrict the sale of pistols than to have so many pistol tragedies? When they think about it frankly most people of good sense will answer this question in tho affirmative. Let our lawmakers think about the matter with the view of giving this State similar legislation. There are too many victims of the pistol.?Savannah Morning News. A Good Roads Map. Columbia, Sept. 27.?It is highly probable that South Carolina will be the first State to issue a good roads map. Following the improvement of the highways of the State and the in? troduction of the automobiles, there have been many demands made upon the department of agriculture for a map showing the highways of the State and their condition. Commis? sioner Watson has called upon the county supervisors of the State to furnish all data concerning the road? ways in their respective highways. All counties have been heard from with the exception of two or three. The maps will also show the location of gasoline stations, so that automo? bil ists will never become stranded on i ihe highways. John C. Calhoun's Nephew Dead. Edward Calhoun aged 70, died at t; o'clock Friday afternoon at his resi? dence, 94 Ponce DeLeon Ave., At? lanta. Ga. He was an attorney at law and well known In At? lanta and In South Carolina, where his family was one of the most prominent In the state. His father was John Kwing Calhoun. the well-known statesman, and he was a nephew of John c. Calhoun, the sen? ator. Mr. Calhoun was horn at Fort Hill, S. C, and served during the Civil war j as a captain of a company of artil lery stationed near Charleston. For the last t< n yeari he bad been a resi- ! dent of this city, He leaves a wife and three daughters, Mrs. Allen Bchoen, Mrs. Macon Martin and Miss Willie Calhoun. The remains will be carried to Abbeville, S. C. Sunday for funeral and interment. The common or garden variety of voter seems to need nothing more than a course in a correspondence school to learn the proper use of direct primaries.?Indianapolis Star. Czar Nicholas has donated $40,000 to a* church in New Jersey. He's about, decided that they don't appre? ciate .his kindness at home.?Cleve? land Ledger. Baltimore has dropped froom sixth to seventh place among the great cities of the country, Cleveland, O., now being sixth with a population of r?f.0.633 to Baltimore's 658,485. No, it isn't true that the Savannah City Council put up the circus license tax in anticipation of the Colonel's trip South In October.?Savannah Morning News. Through the courtesy of Congress? man Lever the Health Officer has received several books relating to medical subjects, which will no doubt prove a great help to him. Graham Graded School of Brog >ioii, opened Monday with the fol? lowing teachers: Miss Bstelle Law? rence, principal, Miss Lessle Jones, a sslstant. She Is Really a Wonderful Woman In Her Own Way. A GREAT HAND WITH YARBS. ?he Can Brew Them Into a Medicine That Hita the Spot Every Time and Is Better Than a Doctor's Visit. How She Made Old Puieifer Jump. "My Aunt Julia Is really a wonder? ful woman," exclaimed the low browed I man, placing bis feet on the manager's desk. "She hasu't any diplomas from medical colleges, but when it comes to curing a sick mau she can give the ordinary doctor a start of ten years and beat him around a block. Aunt Julia has firm faltb in yarbs" "You mean herbs." Interrupted the professor. "1 don't mean anything of the kind. I mean yarbs. You go over to Aunt Julia and mention yarbs. and her eyes will brighten up and she'll ask you to sit down and eat a piece of pie, but if you began talking about herbs she'd paste yon one with ber trusty sauce pen and knock off a corner of your scalp. Aunt Julia is pretty touchy about some things. "One day old Mrs. Doolittle blew Into the bouse to spend the afternoon, and Aunt Julia happened to say that something happened in Aprils. Mrs. Doollttle thinks she knows more than Webster's unadulterated dictionary be? cause she taught school about loO years ago, when she was a young wo? man, and she called ray aunt down and said that there was no such word ae Aprlle. "'You mean April, my dear/ says she. m1 don't mean any such doggone thing,' says my aunt. '1 mean Aprlle, and if you don't like it, Mrs. Doollttle, you can lump it, and be blamed to you.' "Well, they fanned awsy for five minutes or so. and their language be? gan to make the shingles fall off the roof, and 1 was thinking of sending in a hurry csll for the cope, when Mrs. Doollttle left the bouse by way of the window and Jumped three fences with? out teaching them In her haste to get borne. A lot of saucepans and other household utensils whizzed past her ears and seemed to stimulate her. "That's the sort of woman Aunt Julia la. Now, If you want to go over and talk to her about herbs I won't Interfere. "If there's anything my aunt delights in it is doctoring people. She hasn't a bit of use for drug store medicines. She brews her own remedies, and she doesn't think anything will help a sick person unless it tasten like the royal palace of Abyssinia. A dose of her colic medicine will make a man's lnsides feel as though he had swal? lowed a porcupine. "I had the colic last summer, and the medicine she made for me bad smoke on It 1 can taste it yet. Sometimes I dream that Aunt Julia is handing me a spoonful of her colic medicine, and then I always wake with a yell. She la an old fashioned woman. She gath? ers her yarbs at certain stages of the moon, and when she is brewing her medicines she mutters incantations and makes passes with her bands and does a lot of tricks that make your blcod run cold. But her remedies bit the spot "Old man Pulsifer, you know, was a hopeless Invalid for a year. He sat in a wheeled chair, and his wife fed him with the fire shovel, and all the members of the family were kept so busy waiting on bim that they hadn't time to wind the clock or prime the [ pump. He said be bad paralysis of the worst kind, and everybody believed him. Aunt Julia went over there one day and looked at the old man's tongue aud poked him In the ribs and tapped him with a tuning fork and said she could cure him up so quick It would make has head swim. ** 'If you can cure that man so he'll be of some use in the world,' said Mrs. Pusifer, Til give you the silk crazy quilt my grandmother gave me when ?he was dying.' "Aunt Julia gathered a lot of yarbs at the dark of the moon in the south? east corner of a graveyard and stewed them over a slow fire, and the broth she made from them would have warp? ed the armor plate of a battleship. 1 knew by the smell of it that It was the real stingo, and you can't Imagine bow glad 1 was that I didn't have to take it When she went over to dope old Pulslfer she insisted on my going along to help bold him down. "The old man didn't want to take it Anybody could see that He got a ?mell of the stuff when Aunt Julia took the cork from the bottle, and a pale green sweat broke out on his brow. But I seized him by the top of his head and pulled his mouth open, and my aunt poured down about forty kilometers of her redhot dope, and when it had sizzled Into his stomach he let out one war whoop and streaked out of doors like a profeastonal Mara? thon runner. When we found him a couple of hours later he was standing In the creek, which was full of Ice wa? ter, trying to get his vitals cooled off. "1 defy any regular practitioner to make a quicker cure than that"?Walt Mason in Chicago News. iiaaily 8sid. "Some of these tongue twisters are really very hard to enunciate?for In? stance, "the sea ceaseth and it suf flceth us.' " "That 'th eathlly tbaid." Ilthplngly tbmlled Mlth Dlitbabeth. "You thlm ply thny It tbo: 'The then theatheth and It tbuffltheth uth!* "-Life. j Nothing Is more disgraceful than i Insincerity.?Ci< ero. GUN EXPLODES ON BATTLESHIP. Big Rifle Wrecked on the Georgia No One Hurt. Washington, Sept. 23.?While the battleship Georgia was attempting to hit a target at a distance of six miles yesterday during battle practice of the Atlantic fleet, the left 12-Inch gun in the forward turret exploded without injuring any of the 12 men in the turret. A brief report on the accident received today from Rear Admiral Schroeder stated that the muzzle of the gun as far back as th^ jacket wras blown off and that the big rifle had been injured beyond re? pair. No further details had been received from the admiral at the de? partment up to a late hour tonight. WHAT OF DISPENSAR WORK. Will Result of Primary Retard Com? mission's Labors? Columbia, Sept. 23.?Is the dispen? sary commission to be hampered In its work ? This question was asked among the members today at a se? cret meeting of the commission, in the office of the Attorney General. It was a natural question, too, fol? lowing the interview which Attorney General Lyon gave out during the campaign between Cole L. Blease and C. C. Featherstone, in which Attor? ney General Lyon decidedly "came out" for Mr. Featherstone and left the impression that the work of the commission would be interfered with if Cole L. Blease were elected Gover? nor. Today the commission met in the office of Mr. Lyon. Present were: Attorney General Lyon, Clifford L. Anderson, T. B. Felder ,of the firm of Anderson, Felder & Roundtree, of Atlanta; W. J. Murray, chairman of the commission; Avery Patton. of Greenville; John McSween, secretary of the commission, of Timmonsvtlle. One member of the commission told The News and Courier corres? pondent: "We did discuss today the future work of the commission. We are very much embarrassed at the re? sult of the recent Qubernatorial elec? tion. We feel that we will be very much hampred in our work, but we are going ahead just as heretofore. In one particular claim that we con? sidered today we are especially wor? ried because of the election. We dis? cussed the situation today at the meeting." The names of the claimant that does so embarrass the commission was not given out by the member. It was stated by Attorney Steven? son, for the commission, that certain claims were gone over and one or two practically settled, others being held in abeyance. One member of the commission added the information that the attorneys had announced the terms of settlements wth the commis? sion, and that the commission was acting on the claims in this way. Mr. Stevenson also stated that all claims would be pushed. The name of Cole L. Blease, was mentioned frequently in the meeting, according to one of the commission. His name was directly connected with the discussion of the question as to the future course of the commission. The meeting of the commission was behind closed doors, as have been so many other meetings of the dispensary commission. BELIEVE TEXAS CROP BUMPER. Reports Indicate Overflow from Gal veston to Otlvcr Ports. New Orleans, Sept. 24.?Cotton men attach much significance to dis? patches received from Galveston to? day to the effect that such c vast quantity of Texas cotton is beginning to pass into that city that there will be an overflow to other ports. They say that it confirms the reports of a bumper crop for Texas, and that it also goes to show that cotton is going abroad in large quantities in spite of fears that the bills of lading question will interfere with the movement. According to the reports, the Texas crop is being moved in what may prove record-breaking time, and nat? urally there are not enough steamer reservations to care for all of it. EX- SOUTH CA RROLINIA N KILL? ED. Nicholas Myers, Formerly of Winns horo. Assassins ted at Ocala, Fla. Nicholas Myers, who was assassi? nated at Ocala, Fla., last Saturday, was formerly of Winnsboro, having had to leave that place on accounnt of connection with the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Myers was a son of Dr. J. J. Myers, deceased, one of the wealth? iest men in Falrfleld county in the ante-bellum days, and closely con? nected with several other prominent South Carolina families, among them the Peays and Watsons. His assassination at Ocala, Fla., created great excitement there where he was a highly respected citizen. He was over 7<> years of age. The Charlotte Observer is trying to j lind out whether one should say "tor maytoes," "termarters," or tcrmat ters." Take a bint and say "Toe mats " NEW DAILY FOR COLUMBIA? Possible Establishment of Another Morning Newspaper Reported. Columbia, Sept. 25.?Matters upon which interest centres here during the coming week are: The possibility of the establishing of a new morn? ing daily. It is stated that the com? mission will probably be secured dur nig the week. Common report links the names of Geo. R. Koester, for? merly editor of the Record; Geo. Rem bert, member of Richland's legisla? tive delegation; A. F. Lever, Con? gressman from the 7th, and others, with the enterprise. The proposed capital stock is placed at $250,000. The meeting of the Republican Con? vention tomorrow. The probability of a decision of Commissioner Watson as to the Federal position offered him. The meeting of the Asylum commission on the 30th, when very probably the new site for the build? ings to be erected will be named, and subsequently purchased by the commission. MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. Judge Gage Expresses His Opinion of Verdict to Lexington Jury. Lexington, Sept. 24.?E rast us Rls inger, who has been on trial in the General Sessions Court here for the greater part of two days for the mur? der of Henry Mitchell, a negro, at Fredohia on the night of May JO last, has been acquitted of the charge. The case was given to the jury at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and tt was a little after 10 o'clock last night when an agreement was reached. Judge Gage instructed the sheriff to keep the men together until half past 9 this morning, saying that he would not receive the verdict last night. To most of those who had heard the evi? dence, or to a great many of them at least, the verdict evidently was a surprise. To no one was the sur? prise greater, it seems, than to Judge Gage, and in dismissing the jury he delivered a brief address, the like of which, perhaps, has never been be? fore uttered In the Lexington Court room. He said: "Gentlemen of the Jury, the Constitution has conferred upon you powers quite as high as my own. You have exercised them. It is not my duty to desire to unbraid you therefore, out I would not be true to my convictions if I failed to t-U you lhat the testimony in this case re? veals a shocking state of public mor? als in Lexington County. I trust the day may come when this stain shall be washed away. Your verdict ends tho c<ise in the Courts. It may not end it. with an earnest and enlighten? ed public opinion. May that opinion not be that justice is turned away backward and righteousness stand eth afar off, for the truth is fallen in the street and unrighteousness can? not enter." It is said that from the beginning the jury stood ten for acquittal and two for manslaughter, the two finally turning over to the majority. It might be of interest to state that the Court records show that the fore? man of the jury, W. M. Wilson, of Peak, has been twice indicted in the Courts of the county for selling whis? key. At the February term of the Court for 1895 he was convicted. This is not given to disparage the jury' who heard the case, but as a matter of public record. TROUBLE AT WEST POINT. Cadets Punished for Admiidstering "Silence" to Officer. West Point, N. Y. Sept. 25.?Near mutiny is rampant among the corps of cadets at the United States Mili? tary Academy. Twice administer? ing the "silence" to Capt. Edwin Landon, an instructor, caused the trouble, and last night and through? out today the cadets have been un? der severe measures of discipline. It appears that Capt. Landon, sta? tioned here since September 11, as a tactical officer, Incurred the displeas? ure of the cadets when he entered the mess hall last night. He was greeted with the indignity of silence. Immediately the offending cadets were ordered to bed supperless, but despite their hunger the "silence" was repeated this morning, and once more the offenders were locked in their rooms, after having been forc? ed to march with arms five times around the barracks. Because of the performance of last night, the hop, which had been ar? ranged was cancelled, greatly to the embarrassment of a number of young women who had come from New York, Albany, Poughkeepsie. Newburg and elsewhere. The cotton receipts on the local market Saturday totaled a f^w bale* more than nine hundred. The roads are better than they were a few years ago for more bales of cotton are hauled at a load than formerly. Many would like to see Prexy Wilson e lected Governor of New Jar ley juafl to show that college profes? sors, ready amount to s(.mething ? Clevoalnd Leader.