Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. raWST LM7TTXH? FROM OUR SPh> CAAXt (X)RM?PO?rDKNTi. of Interest Front ell I'aru of a*er sad Adjoining ( <>uulki. ffOTICJi TO CORRESPONDENTS. Mall your letters so that they will reach this office not later than Mon? as* when tnteadsd for Wsdaesday's paper aad not later than Thursday far Saturday's kos us This, of coarse, applies only te regular eorrespond saoe, la ease of ltssns of unusual sews ralus. ssad in imsnsdlstely by sssaL. telephone or telegraph. Suoh sews stsrtss ays see*ptable up to the fcesnr af getng to psese, Wednesday's paper Is printed Tsssday afternoon aad aoAsrday't paper Friday aftsr 8TATEBCRQ. ?teteburg. Sept. 27 ?Mrs. A. M. Lea? who hss been spending a few days at "Farm Hill." has returned to Charleston. Mrs. John R. Sumter Is the guest of her sister. Mrs. DeSauesure Dull, j Mr. Robert Barnwell. of Oreen l vllle, spent Sunday at "The Rec? tory" with his parents. Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Barnwell. Mum Emma Frlsrson of Colum? bia, spent Sundsy st "Cherry Vale," her old home. Mrs. W. U Baunders is visiting relatives at Monroe, N. C. Miss Anns M. Barnwell. of Wil? mington. N. C paid a short visit to her home here recently. Miss Kate Bull, of Charleston has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. DeSaus Dr. Matt 8. Moore., of Charleston, hss been spending a fsw days with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Screven Moors Mr. Frank P. Burgess spent Sun? day with relatives here. Mr. McKeaale Moore has been on m vttdt to his aunt. Mrs. James S. Plnckney. Midshipman Harrison Ssundera left for Monroe. N. C, on Monday, where he will visit relatives, before returning to Annapolis. The neighborhood has been quite gay during the past week, there hav? ing been several pleasant dances, and a card party. An unusually large congregation hsard ths eloquent sermon deliver? ed by Bishop William Alexander Ousrry. at the Church of the Holy Cross on Sunday. A class of five (5) young ?*eople were pressnted by the Reetot. Rev. W. H. Barnwell. for eeaflrmatlon. The fanners have been taking ad? vantage of the fine weather of the past two or three weeks and have been cutting and harvesting their peavlns hay. The cotton which is epening rapidly. Is being picked and ginned as fast as possible. ROCKY BLUFF. Rocky Bluff, Sept. 28.?Cotton picking, ginning and selling, and hay cutting ars atlll in full blast There UiC very few pess to gather, but peavlns hay is fine. It it Is all saved. Some of the farmers will have sasugh and .ome to sell. Potatoes are very poor. Young corn Is not good, but some havs fine old corn, among them are Messrs. W. R. Wells. O. P. Josey. W. W. ?ktnner (ovsraser for Mr. E. C. Haynsworth) and W. F. Baker (ovsraser for Mr. H. L. Scarborough) As most of the other correspond? ents . hsve expressed their opinion about the whiskey question, I would like to express mine. Of course. I suppose some one will be ready to contradict what 1 aay but that won't change my opinion at all. I will do like the Smjthvllle writer did. I will ksep on writing. It la ss she said last week, the county is full of tigers. And I believe that If Instead of mak? ing them pay a tine. they were put on the gsng f<.r *\x or twelve months there would ?OSU' at difference. Why. I heard of one man (a white m*n t??o) saying that if anybody re-, ported him he would pay his fine, aad In a few days remake the money, selling more It I? my opinion thit sny white man who buvs whiskey from a negro. Is much lower than the n?-gr<? Whiskey Is a curse |g our dear land One of our best poets said, 'that whlskev breaks a mother's heart and damn* a father's soul." and It Is true. Whiskey Is the root of sll evlt. Almont . cry murder, is csused from wh u. one or both parties are under the Influence of It. for not many men In their right mind win kill another A man un? der the Influence of whiskey Is not la his right mind. Mrs. W. H. Hatto I.I of Horden. ?p*nt laut week with her parents. Mr. snd Mrs. J. J. Hatfb Id Mr Kd Method snd sister. MKs Kste went SO an lee cream nipper and plrvbr boiling at Mr W. JamfV In th* Concord section Friday night Ml?s Eva Hatfbld spent Saturday and Sund.i\ at home. Mr Willie McLeod aud family apent Sunduv .it his fathers. Mr. J I. M I.I Mrs. Richard Broadway and baby, and Mias Esther Broadway of Sum ier, spent Sunday with Mrs. W. F. Barneld. Rev. H. B. Hatfleld and Mr. Lern I Baker of Plsgah, spent Sunday night with Mr. W. F. Baker. Mr. Paul Bradley and Misses Bertha and Kate House, of Mechan clsvllle. and Mr. Clinton Jones and sister. Miss Leila, of Concord, were among those who attended services here Sunday night. Mr. Hatfleld preached one of the finest sermons the writer ever heard, from Jonah, first chapter and sixth \ ?Tse. Mrs. W. F. Baker and chlldr- n spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. WllMe McLeod. Mrs. W. R. Wells spent Monday afternoon with Mrs. J. af< Fogle. Mrs. Johnson White (Ukd children spent a part of this week with Mr. B. Mitchell and Mr. J. K. White. PISGAII. Plsgah, Oct. 3.?A heavy rain fell throughout this section last Thurs? day afternoon. There was no dam? age done, as coton was well picked over. The heat here has been Intense and the rain has not cooled the at? mosphere it all. Cotton Is turning out just as we expected?short. Mrs. Anna Allen, of Eau Claire, 1? visiting her daughters here. Mrs. McDonald, of Lee county, ft visiting at Rev. T. L. Cole's. Mr. J. L. OlUls went to Charleston last week to buy goods for his new store. He says the old lady is get? ting on her feet again, as he saw many signs of Improvement going on In the city. Mr. J. E. OlUls has erected a neat stoore house and gone into the mer? cantile 1 us'ncrs. He has a good crop, and says his trade is very good. If all sections of the county are as thick with stores as they are here i' <?ple won't have any distance to go to buy goods. Mr. W. B. Brown Is still confined to the house. Sore eyes are epidemic about here. Miss Jessie Brown has gone to the St. Charles section to teach school. The exercises at Swift Creek church Saturday and Sunday wer" very Impressive. On Saturday Hon. J. B. McLauchlln delivered a fine ad? dress on Creation, the Duty of Man to His God and to His Fellow Man. Prof. McClam of* the Rembert school followed In an address on Christian? ity, which was a good one. A recess now took place for dinner, which was spread in the rear of the church. It was a fine one and was heartily enjoyed by all. On re-convening the articles of faith, the covenant and constitution were read and unani? mously adopted. All officers of the church were elected, including three deacons, who were ordained Sun? day after preaching. By request, Mr J. E. DuPre. gave some remlnis cences of the church. It was resolv ? I to put up a stone to the grave of Mr. John Boykln, one of the strong pillars of the church in days gone by. also a tablet or memorial to th" memory of Mrs. Cornelia Sanders, who retained her membership in teo church until death and saved th*? church to the Baptists. Mrs. San? ders was a daughter of Mr. William Sanders, a deacon of 8wlft Creek, and sister to Mrs. Col. J. D. Graham of your city. Mr. John Boykln was the elder brother of the Boykln fam? ily of this section, and he died in An tioch church, Kershaw county, Just after the war. just as he had finished a prayer. He was a noble man. and known far and wide for his eminent Christian character and good works. Sunday morning the pastor. Rev. T. Ii. Cole, read a historical sketch ?>f the church showing It to ba 127 %?>ars old. end a number of minister* and laymen connected with it. Thrt first henna of worship was Iralll of logo, followed by ? frama one, The) present building which has recently I been roanodolid? was erected In 1114. It is ? very substantial bulldtnf and will last a long time yet. It Is one of the oldest churches in the State and on?- of the wealthiest before the war Rev. Samuel Fnrman. who was the pastor before and during the war. was a brother of Dr. J. C. Fur In it. was a brother of Dr. J. C. Fur man. president of Fnrman University several years ago, and a son of Dr. R i ii ir? l Fnrrnan. of revolution?r) fame, the same of whom Lord Corn wallls said. "I dread th<- progress of that godly man. Snore than I do the rebel army.' Immediately after the reading of the historical sketch. Dr. \v. T. Derieux. secretary of Ihe Bap? tist state mission board, preached t line sermon, and at Its close the thre. deaeona <>f Ihe church, elected, were ordained by Revo. Derieux, Cole and Hatfleld, assisted by deaeona fr .m Plnfnh and aft. Olivet churches ?rid Swift Creek. The Collection went to Stat?> missions. Hon. j. B. McLauehlln delivered ? flno address at Plsgah church Sun? day evening. Hi has many frlendi here who are always glad to BSC him. Ha wna accompanied by hla little daughter Hi spent Saturday night with Mr. W. R. Sanders of the Stats farm and enjoyed his visit very much. Miss Eva Gardner, the organist of Swift Creek church is quite sick. Hon. O. W. Mosley, of Kershaw county, was at Siwft Creek Sunday and attended services at Plsgah in the afternoon. Capt Alexander MOBSly, of Smith viiie, was at Plsgah church Sunday. He has about recovered from the severe hurt he got last winter. DALZELL. Dalsell, Oct. 8,?We had a heavy lain on last Thursday evening which was much needed but which failed to coo! the temperature very much and the perspiration flows freely during the day from man and beast, if the themometer would drop about 10 degrees it would be much pleasanter for us. Cotton picking is going on at a rapid rate and there is every in? dication of a short crop with us. There has been no trouble to get it picked. Quite a lot of hay has been gathered as the weather has been fine for saving bay. The cotton seed buyers here report they are buy? ing lots of seed and everything mov ing on lovely, $SQ per ton being paid from the wagons lor them. Corn is being gathered in places and a good deal will be harvested during this week, nothing preventing. Little Miss Flossie Martin enter tcrtalned on Saturday in honor of her ninth birthday. Among those present WafO: Misses Adell Moore. Annie and Jamie Moore, Addle and Fannie Rimbert, Bessie ('rosswell, Annie May Boykin and Ethel Staf? ford. Masters Tom Edens. Richard Moore. Johnsie Moore and John Talker. Miss Courtney Atkinson Of IIa good is visiting Mrs. T. M. Crosswell. Among the farmers from here who had cotton In Sumter Saturday were Mr. 1?. W. Segars, Mr. T. M. Cross well. Mr. W. S. Boykln and G. E. Martin. All say they have never sc. n such a condition in Sumter before and 1 doubt If there will be as much there ugain on one day during thif ssason. Uev. J. X. Wright tilled his ap? pointment at Providern? on Sunday and left his congregation several Im? portant thoughts to think over, the subject being. "Will a Man Rob God?" The protracted meeting will begin at Providence on Monday night after the 3rd Sunday in this month. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. C. Chandler, of Summer ville. Rev. Mr. Hay will preach at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 o'clock, after which the regular communion services will be held. Mrs. J. C. Dunbar has been right sick but is some better at present. Since writing the above, Mrs. BroWB died at her home this morn? ing after a lengthy sickness. STATEBURG. Stated.urg, Oct. 8,?Miss Frances Moore has returned to Charleston, where she Is attending the Memmln ger school. Miss Elenor Lawrence, of Charles? ton, is the guest of Miss Lottie Nel? son. Miss Emmie Saunders, of Chester, is spending some time with Miss Vir? ginia Saunders. Mr. Henry Moore has returned to Charleston, where he Is a student at the Medical college. Master Bam Ramsey has gone to Laurens. where he will attend ?ChOOl during the coming session. Miss Christine Hanckel, who has been Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Richard son at "Farm Hill," has returned home. Mr. J. Singh-ton Moore was the gU< 11 Of his aunt. Mrs. James S. Plckney, at "Ths Kuins" today. Mrs. F, 11. McLeod, of Florence, is spending some time with her moth . r. Mrs. S. ES, Nelson. a very delightful dance was given <t the residence ol Mr. and Mrs. R. '. Richardson, Jr., on Wednesday night. The music was particularly inspiring, and the occasion was greatly enjoyed by all of the young l?e..pic. The ladles of the Rural League are to have a < oncert at the General sumter Memorial Academy on Fri? day night. October Nth at 8:30 o'clock tor the bench1! of the school ami League. At the close of the en? tertainment, refreshments will he sold. Rain, whose soft architectural hands have power to cut stones, and chisel to shapes of grandeur the very mountains, as no artist could ever do.?Reecher. The Mikado of Japan has just es i iped assassination, the plot having been discovered just in time. Japan, nevertheless must be well governed, as this is the first time a plot has been hatched against Japan's sov? ereign, and in this country in little mote than a century three Presidents have been killed in Office and others base had narrow escapes.?Boston Dally Globe. Did you ever notice grass growing in the path that leads to a saloon? BIEGEST AND BEST. is THE GREAT JOHN ROBINSON SHOW THAT COME8 TO SUM TER John Robinson's Standard Old Amusement Comes. All our exchanges speak in the very highest terms of the various feature Introduced in the an nie de? partment of tile show, particular mention being made of the many startling and sensational acts. A Strong feature is the famous trained s.-als, the only aquatic animals in the world that have been taught to ride on horsehack. and while the steeds are couralng around the circle they perform the most difficult feats, such as playing ball, juggling with lirebrands and balancing various articles. These are the only seals in the world that do an equestrian act. The John Robinson shows for this season far surpass in quality any cir? cus that has heretofore visited here. The great street parade at 10 a. m. will open the day's enjoyment. "The Indians form a gorgeous and Spectacular phalanx of the proces? sion. They glisten with warpaint and are decked in gay finery. Dyed por? cupine quills edge moccasions and beadwork designs adorn buckskin shirts. Flannel streamers, quivering with feathers, flutter aeout them. Trappings of fur, bracelets of silver and marvelous feather head dresses add to their romantic picturesquen ces. They carry Ij >W8, arrows, war clubs, shields, lam >s and tomahawks. Their potilei shine with all the colors und scrawls of the redskin's frenzied Cancy. Every rider sits straight, sinewy and supple on saddle or blan? ket." Rcently a writer in describing the marvelous elephants had this to say of them: "Lazy and clumsy looking as the elephant appears in our menageries, where it is merely an object of curi? osity, in Asia it is as useful an ani? mal as the horse, and is, indeed, em? ployed in a great variety of ways. Then- are few, if any. tasks which a horse can be trusted to perform with? out careful and constant guidance; whereas the elephant is frequently given as much independence of ac? tion as a man would have lor the same work. This is notably the case in the lumber yards of Rangoon and Moulmein, where the entire opera? tion of moving and piling the heavy timber is performed by the male ele? phants without any special supervi? sion by the keepers." MURDER AT EA8LEY. William Kills Slays His Brother With a Kock?Sheriff Hoaxes The Re? porters. Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, Oct. 4.?Walter L. Bills, a former Greenville liveryman who had lost a leg by accident in the service of the Southern Railway was killed last night at Lathams Ginnery, near Easley, with a rock by his broth? er, William Ellis. Columbia, Oct. 4.?Sheriff Poole of Greenville has had the press of Georgia and the Carolinas hoaxed since Sunday afternoon. Will Parks, a negro, became involved In an alter? cation Sunday with a white man named Wade in Greenville County and in the fight Parks struck Wade's sister. Angry citizens formed a posse and chased the negro. Sheriff Poolo has been tolling tlie reporters along ever lines with various reports and rumors about the negro's where? abouts and the posses have continued their search. It turns out that the negro was jailed at Greenville by the Sheriff an hour or so after the fight. The newspapers wer,, entirely Flim flammed. in The Recorder's Court, Two cis.-s delayed from the noon hour Friday, came up late Saturday. The first of these cases was that of Robert Robertson for bringing in whiskey for illicit purposes. He was arrested by Policeman McKagen as he was getting off tlie train from Tlmmonsvllle. His suit case con? tained fourteen half pint bottles of Whiskey, which was alleged to have been bought for illicit purposes. At the trial lie told various tales of what he was going to do with the whiskey, all of which seemed to be constructed especially for the occa? sion to save himself from the gang, but it was of" no avail. His mother pleaded that he had bought the whis? key lor some one else and could prove it. but as the evidence was not forthcoming. Recorder Raffleld sentenced the youth to the gang for thirty days or to pay a fine of $100. I,aura Boyce, for Stealing from tlie person of one Leaf, waived a preliminary hearing by putting op bond for her appearance at the high? er court. Calhoun Gardner and Rcl, Brown were heard for bringing In liquor for unlawful purposes. Ed Brown was sent to the chain g;tng and Cal houn Gardner paid his itn?? of $100, NEWSPAPER BUILDING DYNA? MITED IN LOS ANGELES. Homo of Iios Angeles Times Totally Destroyed and Ninote a Employes Perished In the Wrecked Building ?Other Outrages Attempted. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 1.?An at? tempt to destroy the residence of Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Time's, by means of an infernal machine, was made late today, following an explosion which early today caused great loss of life and destroyed the building and plant of the Times, entailing a loss of nearly half a. million dollars, and a suspected effort to blow up the auxiliary plant of that paper. A powerful infernal machine was also found today in the residence of Sec? retary Zeehandelaar, of the Mer? chant's and Manufacturer's Associ? ation. Gen. Otis. who is on his way home from Mexico, and the other responsible heads of the Times un? equivocally charge the Times build? ing disaster and the narrowly avert? ed attempts at further destruction of life and property to labor union sources. With equal emphasis, the leaders of union labor repudiate the accusa? tion and offer all aid in their power to detect the culprits. For twenty years, following a quarrel with the Typographical Union and the changing of the Times to a non-union paper, Gen. Otis has fought unionism with every resource at his command. He has been ably j seconded in this fight by the Mer? chant's and Manufacturer's Associ? ation, whose secretary was the ob? ject of frustrated dynamiting today. Feeling ran high throughout the city during the day over the Times dis? aster, and was augmented by the discovery that a dynamite bomb had been found under the residence of Secretary Zeehandelaar. The public reached a state of alarm and consternation when the attempt to blow up Gen. Otis's residence became known. Find Bomb at Residence. The Otis home, known as "The Biouvac," stands on Willshire avenue in the most fashionable quarter of the city. After the finding of the in? ternal machine at Zeehandelaar res? idence. Detective Rice was sent to the "Biouvac' to search the premi? ses. Aided by Charles Focuen, the gardner. he found a suit case hid? den in a bunch of vines under a bay window on the side of the house ! fronting West T>ake Park, Detective J Rice telephoned Chief of Police Galloway, who went immedately to Gen. Otis's house. The officers ex? amined the suit case. Chief of Po? lice Galloway wanted to take it to the police station without opening it. Rice insisted on opening it there and finally stuck a knife through the side of the case. A buzz of mechan? ism was heard inside and smoke oozed out. Convinced that tho suit case con? tained a bomb, excitedly Chief Gallo? way ordered the infernal machine rushed over to the park, where its explosion could do but compartlvely little damage. Explodes in Park. Rice and Focuen picked it up and dashed across the street. Putting it down they sped away and put about 100 feet between them and the bomb when it went off, with a crash that threw the entire neighborhood into a panic. The explosion tore out a portion of the curbing of the street paralleling the. park. Branches of a tree di? rectly overhead were torn of, togeth? er with a portion of the park fence. A plate glass wind shield, fronting a porch In the Otis home, also was shattered. Rice said the infernal machine weighed about fifty pounds. In the Otii home at the time of the explosion, were Mrs. Harry Chandl. r, daughter of the General, and a relative, Mrs. Booth, and the latter's two children. Rice hurried back to the scone im? mediately after the explosion tO look for any possible clews. He found fragments of the suit case and shat? tered portions of clock-works, which formed the exploding mechanism of the infernal machine. The infernal machine found at Mr. Zeehandelaar's residence was com* posed of fifteen sticks of glatll pow? der, attached to a fuse, and set by clock-work to explode at t o'clock in the morning, Ihe same bom- at which the explosion occurred In tl ?? Times office. Mechanism Falls. The bomb was first discovered at the Zeehandelaar home i>\ a ser? vant, who called an of Heer. Had not Kome part of the mechanism failed t<? work, the house would probnbl) have In ? n di mollshed and the Inmnti - killed, Assistant General Manager ?'band ler. of the Tones, says that an attempt was made to blow up the Tino s aux? iliary plant, at College and San Ferandu streets, a feu minutes be for* the explosion destroyed the main building. The succession of tragic events and the rumors of other attempted outrages set the populace of I>os Angeles in a state of mind bordering on panic. Hundrens of policemen and detectives were busy in every di? rection running down clues and en? deavoring to lind the prepetrators of the crimes. Only two arrests were made, and there is little indication of complicity on the part of the pris? oners. The pr< sident of the local Typo? graphical Union i?c >J orders that union printers may work in conjunc? tion with the non-union printers of the Times in any of the local newspa? per offices in setting up copy for the Times. This was announced after a consultation of the union mc and the managers of the other newspa? pers. City Council Offers Reward. The city council in special session today appropriated $25.000 for the purpose of determining the cause of the Times explosion and providing a reward of $2.500 for the capture of those responsible for the outrage. The death list of the Times dis^ aster, which occured this morning, will probably total nineteen. There ! are four known dead and fifteen missing, whose bodies probably lie in the still smoking ruins of the Times \ building. I In addition there are about twenty I injured, some of whom may die. Rev. Richard Carroll at Goodwill. Salem Black River. Oct. 3.?Rev. Richard Carroll, of Columbi: , lec turned to the Goodwill congregation yesterday. Mia reading of the 23rd Psalm, an:l comments thereon, was very beautiful. It was a little ser? mon full of hope and encouragement to all belie\ers. The choir then rend? ered a song about working for Jesus, after which Carroll gave his lecture. It was the gospel of work, and at? tentive to detail, without whit a there can be no success. Wiih all rrorts^oX. homely illustrations he enforced the idea of growth and development and kept his large audience in continuous good humor for an hour and a half. He complimented his audience on its uniform blackress. Said it was one of the best he ever addressed in respect to color. Some of h's state? ments were contradictory, :.nd as proud as he seemed to be of the tie gro race, there was an undo current of something hard to define not friendly to the white racet We trust we are mistaken in this View for there was too much in his lecture and sermon that v*as good to be I spoiled by illustrations shov ing the_ worst side of the white race. His allusions to the while people of cul? ture and refinement were all compli? mentary, and yet while showing ad? miration for them, did not show any genuine love. It is true he did say tha*: when men were converted and tilled with the Christ-spirit, filled to overflowing, they would love all men, and try to help every one, and unless hey are filled to overflowing "cups running over," there was sin somewhere in the heart and life. If his lecture is taken to hesrt and the good advice about farrnig put in practice, there will be a vast increase in the crop yields of this section. Rut will they do It? Will they work for a man of intelligence, and save up until they can farm right? Or will they continue to buy stock while they have nothing co feed them on and work by the day for feed to keep a mule or horse In Idleness half the time and then half work and half manure a fev: acres, and spend half of the nights and Sundays' driving, driving, driv? ing stock that ought to be in a pas? ture"? This does not apply to all, for there are some good tenants, who keep good stock, but not one in a hundred that la improving the land he works or making moro than halt a crop for lack of means and intelli? gence. We have told them just such things as Carroll did yesterday, but of course, (hey thought we had an axe to grind, and it would be slavish to do our way. Coming from one of their own race it is to be hoped they w ill profit by auch sensible talks, and with the single flaw above mention? ed, removed, we would like to have his lecture repeated until it bears fruit. B. W. D The denizens of the Red Right dis? trict of Bpartanburg have left town during the sitting of the grand jury and the State court. These women are not afraid of the Sparntanburg police court, which is so gentle ?s to eat out of their hands, but they ha\? not \.t been al le to make any goo goo eyes at old General Sessions.? Spartanburg Journal. v cltl 'it suggests thai aeroplanes should l e equipped with gas cushior os that in ease of an unexpected de onl the fall would be broken. That oi course, might help the aviators but what of th< spectators.?Milwau kee Journal.