Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CADETS MED FOR MUTINY SUM ATVSKNKN V M I AUK Uls.VflsSfr I? I Oll i ONSIMHAC V. Said to Have 1 omblned to lteeNt Au thorUk**' Punbthnient of Closa SB* tea, Lexington. Va.. Feb. 20 --Gen. Nicholas, superintendent of the Vir? ginia Military Institute, late today dis? missed 77 third classmen and ex third classm*n bevause, It is alleged they entered Into a combination against the authorities of the insti? tute. For some time explosives have broi fired In t ie cadets barracks and as a result two cadets were dismissed. A combination of the third classmen protrat.?d against the dismissals a .id, It Is alleged, stated that they would leave If the two cadeta were not re t Inatated. The two cadeta were not reinstated and as a result the third claaemen mutinied today. After sev? eral meetings they decided to stand together and this afternoon many of them procured their baggage and left ^^or their homes. H \ l PIN < At si s AllUKST. Vkrsuieae Woman Con\l<t?<l and Sen on Man'* t omplaliit. * Vienna. Feb. 18.?A man numed Richard Rngl* nenn, who was walk? ing quietly along a much-frequented street In the center of Vienna, was Injured hy the projecting point of the hatpin worn by a girl named Epp? stein. His noee was slightly scratch gj|ed. The man Immedately seised the girl by the arm, led her to the next policeman and gave her In charge. The case came brfore a magistrate. The girl appeared In court wearing the hat with the offending pin, the point of which waa. however, pro? tected. The girl pointed out that the fjsnatpln did not project beyond the brim, but the magistarte said that a brim that projected so far from the head mi In Itself a danger to passers by. He added that every woman who wore a hatpin dangerous to her fcl / low cltlsena would not feel the rigor 4Wot the law. The girl waa sentenced to a tine of thirty-seven cents, or twelve hours' arrest. She gave notice of ap? peal. IMHIM. \ TT KM ITS 11Y BLACK. ^ UANP, Igeri iMt??ot.vr<m \r,? DoaVs] b] o ? \S in I ' . - l . rrot. New York. Feb. 20?Black Hand ganga. defying the effort* of Chief Flyna and his detectives to check JgVielr operations, renewed their reign of terror with torch and bomb early today, making two daring attempts to wreck with dynamite. Two agents of the blackmailing so? ciety drove up In front of the house of Or. Bertolt, a wealthy physician on lofth street today, laid a bomb near the doctor's door, touched It off and then fled. The explosion caused a panic of lOO girls in St. Cecllles Con? vent. The doctor haa been receiving Black Hand letters for some time. Giovanni Cataldo, a Chrystle street r. sat up last night In his dark eased store and awaited the coming of the bomb throw, r* Me had kept vigil for several nights. Just b. f SJfj dawn the grocery man saw two flgur. ? near his door getting ready to set off A bomb. Cataldo fired a shot from a olver. and the Black Handers fled. SPKCIAL Jt IM.K WANTKM. Coaway Bar \tlMmn Chief Juxth c Jooca of Their Iitdoractncnt i o|.> n iii <.o?rrnor. w Conwwy, Feb. 21.?Following the annount ?m ?nt that Judge Klugb would not be abb- to h..ld court here beginning ???tt Monday the local bar |L asooclatl(?n last night mailed Chief _V Justice Jon?i a formal Indorsement Col. C. P. Qaitlebnum of the loc al ^^rr i.i hold the court. Chief Justice ^ Jones this morning, before receiving the letter, wired the local bar to sug? gest some one to hold the court. Oov. B'.eaa* waa mailed a copy of the bar association's indorsement of J^eft. Quattlehaum. ?Sedentary habits, lack of nutnoor exercise. Insufficient maath'atloa 9i food, constipation. t torpid liver, wor? ry and anxiety, are the most ommon causes of stomach troubles. Oorroc your habits and take Chamberlain'! *homach and Liver Tablets and you *)jkill soon he well again. For sale l y all dealers. Ch>vrnor Please has off.nd a i. ward of $200 for the capture of tlx man who killed Polt? -emun Guam l* cd Oroenvllle. The city has offered u jeward of $500. ? v ei.f flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment and bound ?>n to the affected p?rf? Is superior to any plaster. When trembled with lame back or pains In the mM hest give It a %?**1 and you are certain to bo lore thsn ple*?*?^ t?,o prompt Miff whi- h it afforda I id by ail feelers. ?HELM)" UIHLK SHOW BRAVERY. Slick to Their Posts In noronco Ex? change lH*splto Fire*?Threatening lllaxe Checked. Florence, Feb. 20.?Despite smoke und heat from a tea which was burn? ing; below them the telephone girls stuck It their posts at the switch? board here this evening and gave un? interrupted service. Fire was discovered at 8 o'clock f this evening In the rear of Miss Julia Douglas' millinery store In the Kuker block on the corner of Evans and Dargan streets In the business centre | of tho city. I The early discovery and the good work of the department prevented a j spread. The Are started from a lamp overturned in thj rear of the store amid a lot of rubbish under the counter and shelving. The oil from the lamp flowing freely under the counter soon had the entire rear of the store abl?se and it was with diffi? culty that It was chocked. The damage to tho building will amount of several hundred dollars. The stock was ruined by water and smoke but not a great deal burned. Some damage by smoke and water was suffered by Darby's Pharmacy and Muldrow's general merchandise ? tore. The Bell Telephone company's of Itces up stairs and various other of? fices. Including the county dispensary board's offices, suffered to some ex? tent. The operators stuck to their switch? board, however, through all the ex? citement. -1 ALDRICH TO AID RECIPROCITY. Endorses Canadian Agreement in Letter to President Taft. Washington. Feb. 20.?Senator Ald rlch, chairman of the finance com? mittee, has written to President Taft that he favors the confirmation of the Canadian reciprocity agreement. Whether the letter makes promise of assistance in getting action In the Senate at the present session, has not been disclosed, But Senators who have seen the letter Intimate that the Rhode Island Senator will do all he can to aid the President in carrying his programme to success. The an? nouncement that Mr. Aldrlch, whose name Is attached to the tariff act, had subscribed to the terms of the recl Sjffjclty agreement with Ca-ooli. was received with aufgf?M la the senate, gome of th* standpatters ware loath la belle* the report that the chaw sag.at .act comraUUti vWo, In tariff fights, has always been found on the side of protection for every Industry, whether manufacturing, ag? ricultural or mining, had endorsed the President's programme for free trade with' Canada. Early In the present session Mr. Aldrlch was compelled to leave Wash? ington on account of his health. He is spending the winter at Jekyl Island, and although much better than when he left here, It Is not like? ly that he will be able to take any further part In tariff legislation, for his services in the Senate will end March 4. Soon after the Canadian agreement was sent to Congress, President Taft wrote to Senator Aldrlch. It Is un? derstood that the Executive urged the w t. ran tariff bill-maker to came back I 1 take charge of the fight in the Senate. At one time it was rumored that Mr. Aldrlch might be back, but this report was denied. Senators who discussed today the statement issued by Representative M<('all, following the Sunday Inter? view with Mr. Taft, construed It to mean that an extra session of Con Kress Surely Will be (ailed by the President in the event that the Ben ate falls to act on the agreement, and that the statement was Issued with the President's sanction. CORN snow COM.MI TT F.F. COMING. Plan* of Entertainment Being Made In Columbia for Officers of Show front Ohio. Columbia. Feb. 22.?Preparations are being made to entertain the com? mittee from the National Corn Show whea it visits Columbia early next month to investigate the practicability of holding th" neat sxpoattton In this city. South Carolina and her allies made , trong pba for the next shov ? fore ihs officers in Columbus, Ohle, md hop,, is . . ressed that this oil) and State pan] talented. The chb ?.' difficulty In tin way of taking care of SUCh a show Is the laek of suitable buildings, but the f;ii, association and 'he c|ty are working on plans where by this handicap may be removed. Largo buildings suitable to the hous? ing Of tin toft exhibits will be erect Sd If the tXg NNlttOn is 1 jght here. ?You ?;? probt biv aware that pnsu monla always reaultl from a 0 'Id. buf you never heard of i i old resulting It pneumonia wh? n Chamberlain'* ?ugh Rernedv wai Used Wbv tak? ?tie ri*k (That thi^ remedy may b< h ig f,.r a trine* f ,r v-.ic ?>v nil deal< ere. THE HAREM SKI KT. Bloomer Woman Mobbed In Regent Street. London, Feb. 20.?Not since the famous American Mrs. Bloomer, ap? peared In London in 1851 wearing the nether garment which still hears her name has a f< male costume excited such a sensation here as attended the llrst appearance of the harem skirt. On Regent street, wearing a ldue turhanlike toque, blue velvet skirt and bodice and pink panatloons, a lady walked, calmly chattering with her male escort. A crowd gathered and followed her, the small boys yell? ing with delight. The crowd grew and grew and wait? ed outside a shop while she purchas? ed mime articles and then accompa? nied her In ever Increasing numbers while she booked seats at a music hall. Policemen had to hold up tralilc to allow her and her impromptu suite to re-enter Regent street. Soon after the assemblage grew so large that she was in danger of arrest "for caus? ing a crowd to assemble." Her escort then called a cab and they drove away. Paris, Feb. 20.?Mdlle Provost will do more to introduce the new mode than dozens of dressmakers models by wearing one of the skirts in Bern? stein's new play "Apres Moi," at the Theatre Francais. She represents a Mighty little duchess who astonishes the somewhat sever society in which she is introduced. Her raw green costmue is covered by a tulle tunic concealing the pantaloons to such an extent that she appears to be wear? ing merely an unusually short skirt. When she entered today at a dress rehearsal with a cigarette between her lips the audience laughed some? what, but soon forgot the innova? tion. Unnecessary Service. "The express service," says one of the Inter-State Commerce Commis? sioners, "is unlike any other service performed by railroads in general un? less it may be the handling of the mails," According to the "intervening" Santa Fe's statistician, we must con? clude that the transportation of the mails on passenger trans is more profitable than the hauling of express matter. Yet both the railroads and the express companies make rates that enable the private cltiaen to ship madable matter by express for less than the Govern nent Is charged for haulage* The result le that fr? ight and e*pre i g< i the i hoi I haul, and the long haul Is left for the postofflce and plies up Its annual postal delict, says Robert Sloss in "Success Maga? zine." In twenty years the express busi? ness has more than doubled, and yet there are not over 80,000 express em? ployees In the country today?only three-quarters more than twenty years ago. It we took the total an? nual sum paid by all express com? panies In salaries and wages and di? vided it up evenly among all employ? ees, each would receive $500 for his year's work. They would get less than that if we did not Include the fat salaries of presidents and other general oillcers. The best wages paid to drivers of money wagons, who must risk their lives If necessary is $100 a month. The recent strike was started by the helpers, who demanded a rtlse of $5 ? month and an eleven-hour uay with an hour for dinner. Helpers are get? ting from $10 to $?;o a month. Time out of mind their day has run from six o'clock in the morning till they get through with the last load at night, often eleven or twelve o'clock. They snatch a bite to eat whenever they tfet t\\>> chance, but the deliver? ies have to be made. (>n a ridiculously small equipment and cost of operation, the income of the express companies is immense. With the increase of the business the cost of haulage increases and the cost of labor decreases. If, as the ex? press companies say, the terminal service were the root of the business, Increased business would bring an in? creasing labor cost and a decreasing cost of haulage. A foolish thing, this express busi? ness! its promoters have lifted one function from the railroads and one from the postal service. It' you, In your home, have a butler and a waitress to serve you at table, do you watu a third servant, who Is neither butler nor waitress, to take from the waitress' hands the lighter dishes and place them before you? I >o you want the express companies illegitimately to continue to perform the legitimate functions of the rail? road ami the Government? In so oalled be-nlghted monarchies of Eu? rope the work is hotter done. Unnecessary service means unnec? ceaaary cost to those served, ?When her child is in danger a vornan will risk her life to protect it. \'o great net of heroism or risk of lif h neeeeaary to protect s child from ?mup, live Pham^en in's Cough Reno dv nnd all danger Is gV( ided i sale by all dealer^. BENCH WARRANT FOR TUTEN. - True Bill Against Brunson Man charged with Lnnford Murder. Hampton, Feb. 2J.?A bench war? rant was issued this evening for Leroy B, Tuten, a prominent citizen of BrUASOn, charged with the murder of J. lt. Langford. Karller In the day the grand jury returned a "true bill" against Tuten, who has not yet been arrested. No day has yet been set for the trial. This is the case in which all the parties are vhlte people. A number Of the white men of the Brunsen com? munity are attending court as wit? nesses in the case. It is understood that Ii. H. Welch, Esq., of Colum? bia; W. S. Tilllnghast, Esq., of Beau? fort, and B. K. Heirs, Esq., of Hamp? ton, will represent Tuten, while So? licitor Gunter, W. J. Thomas, Esq., of Beaufort, and C. B. Searson, Esq., of Hampton, will prosecute the case. The case of the State against J. C. Langford, former county treasurer, which case resulted in a mistrial at the last term of court, has been con? tinued on motion of the State. Sev? eral cases of minor importance have been tried. OOV. BLEASE GOES TO CHARLES? TON. Governor Blease and Staff to Take Part in Parade In Charleston To? day. Columbia, Feb. 22.?Governor Colo man Livingston Beaso did nothing out of the ordinary in his office in Colum? bia today. Ho is in Charleston, whith? er he went yesterday afternoon to re? view the various troops of that city, take part in a banquet at the Com? mercial Club, and give Charlestonians an opportunity to see the Governor's staff. Mr. Blease was accompanied to Charleston by Adjutant General W. W. Moore. They will return to the city early tolmorrow morning. With the governor absent from the city and with the banks, postothV-e, State departments and public offices closed?this being an anniversary of th'9 birthday of George Washington? then; was little expectation of much "live stuff" today. However, there are exercises scheduled for this after? noon and tonight in honor of the first president of the United States, and various other matters of more or less local Interest. Toniebt Mr Theodor?* I Marburg, a n ?ud | ? . 1st, will d< er an adress to the rTnlverslty stu dents in the ball of i is house of reprt h atatlves, t (vl ih the p-ibi... ;. Invite i A Timely Warning. President Charles S. Barrett, of the Farmers Union, has issued an ad? dress to the farmers of the South warning them of the meance of the boll weevil and urging them to pre? pare for its inevitable coming. The warning is timely. In sections not yet reached by the plague farmers are giving it very little consideration. It seems like borrowing trouble from the future. But such Is far from being the case. Intelligent preparation is the only thing that can prevent great and *n many cases Irreparable loss to the cotton-growing districts. The South's supremacy as the cotton-raising re? gion of the world depends upon it. Wherever the weevil invades the cotton fields, it necessitates a new system of cultivation. Old methods are rendered utterly useless. It Is none too early now to begin to learn the new ones. "The one prove.1 hope, as demon started In Texas' and other Infested states," says President Barrett, "Is in the use of such early maturing va ! rieties of cotton as will enable the i taple to be harvested before the weevil has reached Its maximum pow? er of destruction. "Perhaps the most practical meth? od lies In combining the use of early maturing cotton and intensive culti? vation with the giving over of a large acreage to such crops as are immune from the we< vil. Fortunately the range of Southern soil and climate make comparatively easy these sweep Inf readjustments in our agricultural system. Corn, wheat, oats, vegetable trink, fruit, forage crops and, as In the case of Louisiana, the ordinary peanut, all offer auxiliary means for lighting the weevil." The Atlanta boll weevlle conference, held last year, was the means of wide? ly disseminating Information aboul the boll weevil., its destructiveness and methods of fighting it. it stirred the entire Smith. But because this danger is not pressing it is likely to be forgotten and preparation put off too late, President Barrett's warning serve.;, therefore, as an opportune reminder, it should not go unheeded. ?Atlanta < let ?rgian. The Kansas State Agricultural Col? lege vvili c induct a course on the art of dining at Its next term. Kansans are apparently persuaded of the dangers which He In sating peas with knife. Charleston Cost. SPARTA N BURG MAGISTRATES. Governor of the Ma v Disregarded the Delegation und v med His Men for the Place. Columbia. Fed 21.??ov. Please, after disregarding the Spartaahurg d ! igation, yesterday appointed mag? istrates for Spartanburg county. The appointments will not take effect un? til next year ti th appointees will have to be con ? med by the senate. j. Malcolm I >wd u was appointed as a successor to A. 11. Klrby. Cecil C. V\ > he w-i appointed to succeed s. M. Wetmon Mai. Kfrby has been a magistrate for more than 20 years. Mr. Wetmore is an attorney and has btld th position of magistrate for m veral years. The Spartanburg magistartes were not included in the list of appoint in nts sent to the senate on the last! day for confirmation. Gov. Please then stated that he had held up the appointments because of certain < barges. He has never made the charges known. Transfers of Real Estate. The following real estate transact e us were recorded in the county clerk's ofliee during the past w^eek: S. C. Baker to Emma R. Baker, 108 acres of land, nominal consideration of $1.00. Mary E. Potter to Robert Clark, lot n Manning avenue, $700. Edward L. Ducom and Mary D. Du com to R. Henry Witherspoon, lot and buildings on Calhoun street, $2, 200. I S C. BaKer to Chas. R. Furman Baker, 128 acres on Mayesville road, nominal sum of $1.00. W. H. Dean to R. J. Mayes, Sr., lot on LaFayette street, $1,000. Robert J. Mayes, Sr., to James F. Bland, lot near town of Mayesville, containing 45.* acres, $3,000. F. M. Graham to J. M. Harby, lot on Savage street, $2,000. I R. I. Manning, et al to W. B. and T. W. Boyle, lot on corner of Liberty and Harvin streets, $10,000. T. B. and R. J. Kennedy to J. E. Kennedy, 25 acres, $S00. Mrs. C. M. Stubbs to James D. Por? ter, lot on Manning avenue, $500. Florence A. Parrott to Charles L. Stuckey, one-half title to tract of land in Sumtcr county, $6,230. e*i \A TP * \v i . I ? 1 i 1 f hi tots and $3. Rachel Cuthbert to Edgar W. Cuth ' ort. lot in northern part of city. $5.00. Rachel Cuthbert and Lucy Hilton to Rachel Cuthbert, half interest to lot in northern portion of city, $1.00 and mutual deed. Eliza M. Dick to Dora C. DuBose and Theodore Scott DuBose, Jr., tract Of 100 acres, $5,000. E. C. Haynsworth to M. Celice Tis dale, lot on Salem avenue, $3,000. John Broom to Susan Broom, lot Just outside of city limits, $75. VV. B. and T. W. Boyle to Moses Green, lot In city on Liberty street, $1,250. M. M. Brown to E. A. Terry, tract of 60 acres in county, $3,000. R. F. Haynsworth to J. W. Brun? ei n, 140 acres on Plowden Mill road, $1,760. Several members of the local K. of P. lodge went over to Lynchburg this morning to attend the ceremonies in? cident to the organizing of a lodge there today. Baldwin of Pennsylvania and Blease of South Carolina make the same complaint?"Some newspapers mi^ht be improved." The retort obvious is, "So might some governors."?Colum? bia Record. ??. hi ? ?! ? im >wi ? m^mm m tmmm.mm i n????**rmm RIDDEN DANGERS. Nature Gives Timely Warnings That No Sumter Citizen Can Afford to Ignore). DANGER SIGNAL NO 1 comes from the kidney secretions. They will warn you when the kidneys are sick. Weil kidneys excreate a clear, amber Huld. Sick kidneys send out a thin, pah and foamy, or thick, red, ill smelllng urine, full if sediment and irregular of passage. DANGER SIGNAL NO. 2 comes from the hack. Back pains, dull and heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you of sick kidneys and warn you of the danger of dropsy, dlabet s and Bright'! disease. Doan's Kidney P'lls are for sick kidneys. Here's Sumter proof of their merits: William Yearton, 27 Haynaworth street, Sumter. J, C, says: 1 am confident that D< an'i Kidney Pills act just as represented and are worthy of endoraement. i have taken them for dull backache ami trouble with the kidney secretions, getting my supply at China's Drug Store. I have always received most prompt relief and con? sequently 1 have no hesitation in giv? ing this preparation my endorse? ment." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foater-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States, Remember the name -D an'* n"'' take no ? th* r. No. ? Kidnapping and body-snatching are forms of speculative industry that need to be discouraged by some im? pressive piece of punishment.?lioston Herald. ?How to cure a cold is a question in which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable cure of colds. It can always be depended upon. For sale by all dealers. Uniform excellence and reliability, exclusiveness and refinement, latest designs, variety of choice, price ad? vantages. These facts together with unique store methods ma.ve this the jewelry store of satisfaction and economy. W. A. Thompson, 6 S. Main St. Jeweler and Optician Read Carefully. The Holiday season undoubted? ly brought to your notice the ur? gent need of new furniture?of more furniture?as usual, you will find you every wish anticipated in our COMPLETE STOCKS FINE FURNITURE Without question you will find more actual value represented in the handsome styles offered here ? more comfort, in short the ful? lest satisfaction your invest? ment. WITHERSPOON BROS. FURNITURE CO. Anrono sending a nkel^h and description riay Illicitly esoartain rnr otduloii free ?Imihor au invention M |?r< :>nMy niiMtttAbM. 0?n.nmntfvv. iioiudtrtoiiy? ' iikionti.it. HAN?l?Ou on Patents ?ent frve. Uliloil imeiicf i>>r pereriiiK inaeiitn. Patents taken tiimairtl Munn & Co. receive ? 0trial noti i Ihout c I irje, la tLe Scientific Jlmtrican. A handsomolv Ulnstrnfwl *r*?okly. T.*rpe*t clr r-ilntitm of nut arienUlla journal. Torrua, S3 ? rev; four m< ti. ttuM by ell ne???o<*Hier?. 18?HH S ?3.??"??^ New York Sraroh 11 ? . tSk V BL? We*Wi*tcm, IX C Are You Lookinq for a Position? We can offer you good Paying Employment that you will enjoy and at home. W rite to-day ? Hie Butterlek PnMlgMnfl Co. Rutterlek Building, New York . N. Y. J I'ROCURCD AND DEFENDED. Sand model, ?ImwuiK <>i'(iii<>t?>.f<>re*p?rt *?ar?h and froa report. fr*m kuVtot, how lo obtain patent?, trade marl.*, gttf* t? |N ALL COUNTRIES. Buthtes? itirrct ??M \\'a*ki*gtom fetW f/w^,] m >'i<v >>?J fftrn the /.jf,-*r. latent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Wi it?< or rum* to u? at B23 Hlcta Streut, epp United 8UtM Patent Offlc?,| WASHINGTON, D. C.