Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE. raWST LSTTTKHS WHOM OUR 8PK OaAL OOlUUHPOlTDICNTt. ?4 Interim* lYow mil Parle of mmr mm*l Adjoining Counties. IIOTICB TO CORRESPONDENTS. Heil your letters so that they will roacto this ofle* mot later than Hon say when In teamed for Wednasday's aap sr aad not later than Thursday lav Saturday's k?me. This, ef course, applies enly te regwMr eenreapoad aaea. Im eaee ef items ef unusual sow* reree. some re Immediately by Mali, telephone er telegraph. Sue* aowp merles are acceptable wp te the hour ef fohvi %e pwcea. Wednesday's paper te printed Tncoday aft era eon and Saturday * paper Friday efter PRIV ATKKR. Privateer, Oct. 11.?A? the past week: waa eo rainy that no cotton could be fathered, it is now ahead ef the pickers, however, if the weath? er continues food this week they will about catch up with it again, and the bulk of the cotton crop will he gathered In this section. atlas Annie Wells has gone to Dar It nerton to resume her school duties. atlas Ines Wells Is visiting in Sum tar. afr. and lire. Clinton Ingram of Sufnmerton, spent Sunday at Judge Jno. F. Ingram's. Mr. Willie Hodge and Miss Cena Oeddinge were married at Paxvtlle Sunday evening by the Rev. Kaiser. We are glad to report the sick of tha neighborhood to be on the road ta health again. WKDU KFIKLD. Wedgafteld, Oct. 13.?It is an un? usual happening when you hear of property changing hands In Wedge fleld. but such has been the case In aeveral Instance* lately. Mrs. Cleo Trout man aold thirty odd acres of her farm to Mr. 8am Weinberg which brought cloee to the $100 mark aa acre. Milsers. J. H. Aycock St Sons aold the Dwtght house and lot to Mr. R. 8. Wbllden of Bumter. Mr. R. C. Burr ran bought the Reardon store an Mala, street and has opened up in aae aide. Mrs. B. M. Me I let t. much to the aeeToe) of her numerous relatives aad friends baa sold her home aad let and has left for Mulllns to make her home with her daughter. Mrs. O. n McMillan. Mr. B. L. Borr ras purchased her property. Mr. Alva Mellett of Hagood spent Sunday here with relative?. Mise Mabel Mellen will leave for Perry In a few days where she has accepted a school. Wedgefleld has a visit today from Capt Zur Lrfe Bhanmann of the Oernitn ship Freya now at Charles? ton. He enjoyed a ride over Messrs J, H Aycock and Sons' farms. He had never seen a field of cotton be? fore. WedgeAeld cotton buyers, Messrs. i. B. Ryan and 8am Welnburg. are ta be congratulated on their efforts aad seemingly successful, in keep sag up the price of cotton here, the ShVerence between here and the Sainter market is usually only enough to pay freight and costs of handling aad sometimes nearer even than that On last Saturday two negroes, un? der the Influence of whiskey got off the 6:27 train from Columbia und commenced fighting and cursing at She depot. Magistrate W. J. Rees deputised Mr. M. Mellett to arrest them and on the way to the lookup a few hot heads made an effort t<> create a riot. it is hoped t?i n in eaamots will he made of each one v, .,.? Interfered la the least with th.- arrst. and b? all know ther. u. -.rutm laws to bo observed, and will be enforced re? gardless of ron?0'.|ti, nc? s. auilt TAKHS RFKMHS PLACK. lawimi* Man AppotnU'd an \s?j*tunt to Adjutant (General. Oov Ansel yesterday appointed Oacsr W. Rabb of Uturens to succeed Wflllsm T Hrock as axnistant adju? tant general. Thr appointment was made on recommendation of Adju? tant General Moyd ar.d Is to take ef? fort on November 1. The Recorder Is having a holiday aow that the criminal court is being hold, cases havbng eOSM up In his court only SSS1 ISM week. The Regulars |St BOSnlrj over must have realised by now the chances of the ?'o|on?d taking anoth? er expedition away from America are remote for the pre*, nt ,it b ist Th?> hunting at honn >?? too good?At? lanta Journal. Two rar l*>a<K Arrived Mondav ,\* the C.vle Live Slack < '"flip i rr ,. r I" id I and one car mules S? -.. ral l?gh olAM driving horses in I Si lot Lxtra nice lot of farm mule* |t]| ||W Ol i> Gl'ARD LEADER RESIGNS. Win. Harn?** Quits Job Because of J KUgtu Mi Saratoga. New York, Oct. 12.?The resigna- | tlon of Wm. Harnes, Jr., the Albany j "old guard" leader from the State committee was the big event in Re publican circles here today. Immediately after having received Mr. Harness letter of resignation saying that the failure to reappoliu him on the executive committee in? dicated either that his services wen no longer useful or that he was "faithless" to the Republican ticket. State Chairman Prentice issued a statement dlsclamaing both of these suoposltlons. Mr. Prentice remarked that Mr. Harnes was not tho only former mein Der of the executive committee who was not reappolnted, naming four others who likewise had been retired. No actton was taken today regard? ing the selection of a successor to Mr. Barnes. SOUTHERN RAILWAY REVENUES Report Shows Net Gain of Nearly Two Million?Wage Increases. Atlanta, Oct. 12.?A gain of 921,663.33 in net revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, is shown by the sixteenth annual report of the Southern Railway, Just made public. The operating income was $16,698,020.03. a gain of $1,858,631.65 for the year. The report also shows that 355 new industrial plants were constructed during the year along the lines operated by the company, with 72 more In course of construction. No new construction was undertak? en during the past year, but there remains from work previously be? gun about 80 miles of track to be fin? ished, including the Lynchburg. Va., tunnel. In which the disastrous fire occurred last year. The increase iu the wage scale recently announced. It is stated will add nearly $2,000. ; 000 to the annual pay roll. DR. AKED REPLIES TO FATHER VAUGHAN. Contradicts Statements About Pro ten tan t Decay-?Quotes Census Fig? ure**. At the Fifth Avenue Baptist church last night the Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked, the minister, spoke on "The Bubble of Catholic Success?Rome the Relentless Foe of Liberty." "I am animated by no 111 feeling toward Roman Catholics." he said., "I stand on the broadest ground of ' cooperation, inclusiveness and friend-, ship. I have no desire to see Pro-1 testant and Catholic contending with each other except as each tries to be the better Christian. "But Father Vaughan's sermon and speech contained so direct a challenge to Protestants that a re? ply may be permitted. "Promptly taken to task by the Presbyterian clergy, the father re? plied he did not mean that Protest? antism is decaying In points of num? bers, wealth, education, organizuti >n. or any of the outward signs of vi tality and power. He referred i<? its decay as a spiritual power, cap? able of building up a spiritual y minded people. "Father Vaughan cannot have been so entirely oblivious of figures and material things as he thought he had I been, for he recited figures showing the numerical increase of his own church which he thought redounded to her credit. "There are, according to the cen? sus report of iKoo. i2.ouo.ooo Roman Catholics in this country, about aa many as Method!*! and Baptist com? bined. The Roman Catholic church baptizes the infant newly born. The Haptist ngures Include nnly those who have received baptism by im? mersion upon their own deliberate eholee. it Baptists swept into tin ir comma Agares ail those who constl t ite their congregations there would be as many Baptists alone as there are Roman Cahtolles. "Roman Catholic C'.iurcb Is n<?i holding its own in this country. The oftlelal census report says 'In view o1 the great volume of immigration to this country since 1820, the In i reuse of 93.6 per cent for the Ro? man Catholic Church does not seem to be greater than would natural!;, be expected. it la doubtful if we have a million and a half of Roman Catholics of ASrlaaS descent. The Roman Cath ohe Church has utterly failed to hold Its own people The really marvellous thing is that it has done so badly l ather Vaughan says the future of the United States depends upon ttlC H'.ilth. loyalty and service of her Romas Catholic population. "The facts of history are dead against the fathers contention, Rome is the most r?? lentleaa f.f freedom and democracy the world has ever seen. i:?.m?- is a spiritual tyranny, it secures ? lordship over the conscience and does injury to the commonwealth by reducing Individual Initiative, self-reliance and will." - New Voik American, October 10, PRESIDENT MOBLEY MARKS FIRST OF OFFICIAL AN? NOUNCEMENTS. Agrculturnl Exhibits to be Featured ?Ktxrotary Wilson May Attend Fall*?Interesting Football Guinea ?Clemson Cadets Will be Here. John O. MoMey, president of the State Agricultural and Mechanical society, is in Columbia arranging the busness for the coming State fair which is to be held In that city. Oc? tober II to November 4. Preedent Mobley, In speaking of the fair, said: "Never in the history of tho agricultural society has the prospect for an entertaining and ed? ucational State fair been as bright as it is today for the cornng event. At no time has there been in pros? pect more varied attractions, a more brilliant midway, a greater dsplay of line animals or more prominent soclaf features than will be at the next fair. Among the loading fea? tures will be the coming of Clemson college, 600 strong, with the Clem? son brass band and a full corps of professors. A regimental parade will be held every day and the agricul? tural exhibit from this institution will be great. Tuesday will be educational day. On Wednesday Capt. J. W. Doar, grand chancellor of the State of South Carolina of the Knights of Pythias, will command the Pythlans of South Carolina and will Issue a call for them to attend on that day. There will also be an interesting gamo of fottball and great arena events. On Thursday the game of football between Clemson college and Carolina will take place. This game has excited great Interest throughout the State as the teams are stronger and In better trim than they have ever been in the past. F. H. Hyatt will call a meeting of the South Carolina Qood IloadB as? sociation for Thursday, and there will be many other attractive events for that day. Friday will be agricultural day, and it is now expected that Jamee Wilson, secretary of agriculture ol the United States, will be present and deliver an addres*. Secretary Wilson has done so much to benefit South Carolina agriculturally thai his presence here will be much ap? preciated by the people of our State, The racing events for eauh day will be great and will be pulled oft as rapidly as possible so as to avoid delay. "Judging from the entries of poul? try and live stock," said Mr. Mobley, "in every department that have been reseived up to this time these de? partments will be unusually inter? esting and the progress that has been made in the development of the live stock industry in South Carolina and in the great agricultural develop? ment that has taken place in our State will be fully Illustrated. "It Is the endeavor of the man? agement to have courteous officials in charge of every department, the grounds kept neat and clean and well policed. From advices received from over the State the attendance will be large. It is the place for friends to meet and the sociall fea? ture of the State fair apart from Its great educational facilities are of great benefit to the people. "Columbia is an ideal place for a SUite fair. In the very centre of tho State and having most excellent rail? road facilities it is In easy acceas to the people." President Mobley stated that Secre? tary Ktird and his general superin? tendent. John D. VY. Watts, are In the city cooperating with him in the work of promoting the fair. He also said that Capt Marcus B. Stokes ol Clemson college is here arranging for the camp of the cadets. That a full train would !>?? eharatered to bring the Clemson cadets to Columbia and that at this time it is also expected that President I>. B. Johnson Will bring the Winthrop students to attend the fair and that the exhibits from I this Institution will also he good. We received Monday October loth one car horses and one car mules, This lot was selected on the St. LOUil market by Mr. J. P. Booth, and thoee who are looking for first class Stock can be suited. Boyle LiV? Stock ( o. ic-13-it.w The Kaiser owes the Colonel a message of congratulation. Tttil new nationalism is something quits in Wtlhelm's beet style.?Ban Francis? co Chronicle. And President Taft is seeking a new summer home. Lease is up and he must move. The President OUghl to buy a bungalow on termi like rent.?Atlanta Journal. The Posi Office will be moved into the new building some time near the fust ni next month. At present the delay In moving Is caused by the non arrival of the furniture and lights that have been ordered for the new building. Fine Mve Stock. RAILROAD STRIKE IN FRANCE. 8o,?oo Men Begin Possibly u General Movement?Paris Food Supply will Suffer. Paris, Oct 11.?The French Gov? ernment Is again facing a serious .strike situation. Tho employees of the Northern Railroad went on a strike early today and tonight it spread to the Western Rai road, which is owned by the State. Indi? cations are that tomorrow will see a complete tie-up in Northern and Western France. The strike at the present time in? volves about 80,000 men. The strike on tho Western Road was voted this evening by 80,000 men employed in Paris and the suburbs. They count upon the natonal unions to tie up tho provinces. It is reported that the movement may possibly also extend to the Eastern and the Paris, Lyons and Mediter? ranean railroads. As is usual in such circumstances, the" city of Paris is threatened with a scarcity of food supplies. Freight and mail passenger transportation is practically prostrated, and the vast irmy of working people in the North? west are unable to reach their places of business. Military engineers are taking the places of tho strikers and troops are guarding various stations and important sectiens of the road. Large military forces were hastily distributed on the first evidence thai a strike had been declared, and ad? ditional troops were ordered out to? night. The Government has decided up? on an important step in an attempt to break the strike on the Northern Railway. The official journal pub? lished a decree calling to the colors about 30,000 employees of the North? ern Railway. This immediately sub? jects the men to military discipline. JOHN ROBINSON'S SHOWS. Our People Say It Is the Best Ever, Says an Exchange. John Robinson's show is the best ever seen in Cincinnati. This Is the universal pronouncement of all our best people Interviewed on the sub? ject. This is not only for the price, but any price. It Is an all feature show, nothing tame or stale about it. The side show Is high class. The menagerie con? tains first-class animals, clean, healthy and large. The horses and all the equipment are clean, well kept and of the best. There is noth? ing shoddy or shabby. In the arena the seating is close to the perform? ers, giving an excellent view of every act. And every act is good of its kind. There are several features of the old-fashioned circus, dear to our boyhood days, some that are too frequently left out of the big shows in recent years. These are the sev? eral kinds of bareback riding. Th<- most agreeable part of the editor's experience is the politeness and accommodation of ill the em? ployes. A sweating stake mauler asked a citizen: "How tar is it up town?'' and to the reply said "Thank you." No "Iley Rube!" about that. The Vender <?t reserved seats said po? litely to a party of women buying tickets: "Do you wish seats up high where there is a COOl breeze'."' Think of that, you who have been used to the knock down and drag out meth? ods usually in vogue at a circus: There is not an uncivil employee of any kind about the show. Chil? dren can and do get along as well at the big enterprise as at Sunday school. It is a show owned by John G. Robinson, grandson of the famous founder, and managed as a first-das* showman thinks a big circus should be run It is true to its advertisement. That way it foola people. By its not mak? ing exaggerated claims, many peo? ple said they had received more than their money's worth. The policy seemed broadgauge and liberal. It is a good thing to encour age. He lp educate the public to the worth of a good clean show that gives what it promises. The big shows come to Bumter on Monday. October IT. Kdtool Improvement Association. There will be a joint meeting ??f the Rural Bchol Improvement \^s?> elation and the Counts' Teachers' As? sociation, at \'l o'clock on Saturday. October l'l*. in the Hampton school building. All teachers, trustees, and friends of education are Inlvted to attend. Several u",,sti'?ns of Im? portance will discussed at this mooting and a iatkr< attendance is desired. SHOULD BE ISOLATED. According to Government Kx|>cris Infantile- Paralysis is a Quaran tinable Dlaenae and should be so Treated. Washington, Oct. 11.?Infantile paralysis is a quarantlnable disease and all cases should be isolated, in tiie opinion of the members of the advisorv board of the hygienic lab? oratory of the public health and ma? rine hospital service, which conferred today with Surgeon General Wyman. General Wyman's report on the work of the service to prevent the In? troduction of cholera into tho United States received unanimous approval. After listening to a report from Assistant Surgeon General Lavendar, who recently made a study of pella? gra In Italy, the board decided to continue research into the disease. On Tobacco. The school physiology books teach that nicotine Is one of the worst of poisons and that one drop of it, placed upon the tongue of a dog, will dispatch the beast like a bolt of lightning. Like many other things taught in schools, these statements are a good deal more dramatic than true and a good deal more true than relevent. As a matter of fact, very few sane men ever use nicotine s>1 a bev? erage and very few dogs ever get it on their tongues. In tho act of smok? ing tobacco, upon which the artillery of the physiology books is presum? ably concentrated, the amount of nicotine Introduced into the system is so small that it has no deleterious toxic effect whatever. One may de? nounce the use of tobacco as a waste of money, or as an offence to the cir? cumambient public, or as an incen? tive to idleness and unlawful happi? ness, but one may not denounce it as dangerous to life and limb. Tho smoker indeed, is a ten-times better risk, as the insurance men say, than the poor fellow whose wile is a fryer. And yet the old balderdash lives on. Preaching against tobacco bas a satisfying and virtuous smack. It is an attack upon a peculiarly agree? able form of pleasure, and all pleas? ures, as we knov,, are of evil com? pact. The thoroughly moral man avoids them \a he would the pevri lence. He ca i get all of the stimu? lation he needs out of contemplating his own lack of need for it. The fact that the school book foolishness about drops of nicotine and dogs' tongues Is irrelevant and silly is not permitted to Interfere with the cru? sade. Neither is the fact that smok? ers are notoriously as healthy as non smokers. Neither is the fact that almost all sane men, if thty could choose between smoking all their lives and living 12 days longer, would infallibly reach ouc for the v eed. Hut there is no need to make any such brave choice. The effect of to? bacco upon the healthy adult has been Investigated of late by men thoroughly capable of coming to a sound decision and that decision pro? nounces smoking an entirely harm? less operation. In Great Britain a royal commission, after an inquiry of a most searching sort, has laid down the doctrine that no normal man is ever injured in the slightest by smok? ing half a dozen cigars a day. In the United States, the Journal of the American Medical Asosciation, after examining all the evidence brought Into court by the foes K)f the weed, has come to the conclusion that "there is no scientific evidence that the moderate use <?f tobacco by healthy, mature men produces any beneficial or injurious physical ef? fects as chewing gum or breakfast food, It is perfectly true, of course, that this testimony relates only to the healthy adult, and not to the boy of 14. Smoking among children is ob? viously to be discouraged, not so much because tobacco is poisonous as because the smokers are children. The child, being an incomplete ani? mal, is to that extent an unhealthy animal, just as much so as an adult without perfect sight, perfect hear? ing, a sound stomach and a reason? able intelligence. One does not ex? pect a boy of 9 or 10 to do a man's work in the world, and so it is un? fair to expect him to withstand the shock of a grown man s relaxations, and doubly unfair to blame those re? laxations for his lack of strength to weather them. It would seriously in? jure a boy of that age to sit up un? til 2 A. M. playing poker, or to serve on a Downs jury, or to read a Presi? dent's message, or to have a mother in-law at his heels, and yet grown men go through all of these appall? ing adventures without apparent harm. In the same way. they smoke and chew tobacco without harm, though the enterprise would flab? bergast a boy. Bven at that, the physiological ef? fect <?( tobacco upon the voting is probably much exaggerat? 1. observ? ing the fact that. In th, average school, the more stupid boys are those who smoke superficial observ ? ers are apt to jump to the conclu? sion that smoking is the cause of that stupidity. The error her,, mas be the very common one of confus? ing cause and effect. May it not he true that it is the stupid boys who sm??ke and not the boy smokers who are stupid? Every man who has been a schoolboy is well aware of the boyish attitude toward smoking. Boys smoke, not because they like it ?as a matter of fact, it usually makes them uncomfortable, if not downright sick?or because they have a grown man's need of sedatives, but because the act is regarded, among them, as something rather develish. \ The boy smoker, in brief, takes on that same romantic and satanic glam? our which invests the boy who de lies the teacher, throws away his books, wears a geography cover with? in the rear elevation of his panta? loons, pulls the pigtails of the girls and swears like a marine. The fact that a boy is a good stu? dent is pretty safe evidence that he t'kes learning seriously, and the fact that he takes it seriously is enough to make him esteem its ac? quirement above the acquirement of a reputation for criminality. The dull boy and the lazy boy cannot hope to shine as masters of the bi? nomial theorem. Therefore they laugh at the fame which is beyond their reach, and proceed to acquire fame of another sort. Some of them go in for football. Others go in for the arts of the social butterfly. Yet others decide to be pirates. Practi- ^ cally all puff upon the ostentatious cigarette, that malodorous symbol of the adolescent outlaw. Not long ago Dr. George L. Mey lan of Columbia University investiga? ted the use of tobacco among th. young gentlemen drinking knowledge from that Pierian spring. He founJ. for on thing, that "the smokers par ticipated in larger proportion than the non-smokers in athletics and in fraternity membership." The re? sult, naturally enough, was that "the scholarship records of smokers, both athletes and fraternity member* alike, were lower than those of othet students." Well, one does not loot: for schlarshlp among football play ? ers and badge wearers of a college. A boy who goes in for football is, nin; times out of ten, a boy with a con? stitutional antipathy to logarithms. A favorite of the fraternities is?a fs vorite of the fraternities PROMINENT LAWYERS FIGHT. Personal Difficulty Causes Dissolu? tion of Firm. Charleston, Oct. 12.?The well known law firm of Legare, Holmau & Raker is in process of dissolution. Incident to the recent death of Dun? can J. Baker and differences which exist between Congressman George 8. Legare and Mr. Hodman. The decis? ion to dissolve the partnership rela? tions were hastened by a personal encounter which occurred in the law offices of the firm several weeks ago and which have served to estrange the former friends and business as? sociates. The troubles between Messrs. Le? gare and Holman are said to have been growing for some time. Mr. Legare was away from his practice for more than a > ?ar during which time it was practically in charge of Mr. Holman. It is said that Mr. Le? gare was not satisbed with the ac? counting upon his return to Charles? ton during the summer and the dif? ferences between the men grew more marked. Mr. Raker died. Mr. Holman, it is said, expressed himself at the Com? mercial club in condemnatory terms of Mr. Legare and the statements were carried to Mr. Legare. Accompanied by his counsel and a friend, Mr. Legare tailed on Mr. Hol? man and demanded a retraction of the charges and the language used at the club house. Mr. Holman is .said to have called Mr. Legare a liar when the latter knocked him down. i severely bruising his eye. The law? yers were separated and since, the culmination of the differences, the attorneys of the respective former partners have been arranging for the dissolution of the firm. They will con? tinue the practice of law in Char? leston, each on hL own account. A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.?J ohnson. Sam Hardeman, colored, was kill? ed at. Marion Sunday in a row over & gambling game. Columbia received $24.356.07 dis? pensary profits for the quarter end? ing September ZO'.h. A Chicago wa ter complains that Chicago's fashionable folks are get? ting niggardly. 1 I get a measly 15 <ents for a tip," he says, "wher<? I Used to get a %2 bill." We should say Chicago's fashionable folks wen Retting sensible.? Boston Dally Giobi As all the published pictures o!" Vice President Sherman continue to show thai pleasant, sunny smile, the natural assumpti? n is that the pho? tographs w. re taken before th* Roosevelt convention.'?Boston Daily Glob*. \ . naracter is an assemblage m qualities. Disraeli.