The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 30, 1911, Image 6
It Prteecved the Declaration of
Independence In 1814.
SAVED IT FROM THE BRITISH.
ttt PN ??lein DMsosssot Wo?M Hsva
?nr la the btaU Deportsaawt Whin
H Wu Burn+? m+A For PUaoonWr/t
Qxn^oxetrrory faw of too present
fSDeretioQ know now seer to being
lernt wee once the most precious of >ur
?aflnnsl documau ?, the Declsrstlon
of Independence* It wms daring tbs
of IsUl The Deeieretion of lode
bong tor men7 years Is s
frame to the ststo department in the
then occupied by Stephen Plf ea?
sts. Bossel ay. commissary of
f itsooers of war In London, forwarded
tv the stats department some London
?swaps pars, stattag that the English
leets and trenejoi-ts were recelTlng
t*oope at Bcsdeans. France, with the
tlitori?on of operating against Waah
fatgtoo aad Baltimore. Soon after it
that the British fleet u-as
hay and that It wss
tha Petulant The officials
eldaaaa of the ttttle capital c tj
hourly expecting aa attack.
off this Information,
a few days before the
Washington, Ms. Mon
of stats, Jsmes
moon ted his
ftssraa rods to Deosrttet, a small Tillage
the British
being aaaaaN and climbed
within a quartet of a mile
at Oes Til la#e, to order to aocertaln
of the ?oemj. Being con
after h? mspacttoo, that we
bad ao terra s valla tee that could an
nosnfulry reafat them, ha sent a note to
Ms. nsoooatoa by a TtnwOe, ad rising
baa to saa the* tbs bast care was tak
m af tha books aad paper* of the stats
at of
ast nemtlsaed: tha
Wsefirrtgton, bis comnils
i of the war;
af OuusreJ Qreeoe
of the Rsworattoo, as
aad correspond
of state from
the adoption of the ciwHHUlon down
as that time,
Ms. Rlsss ulna bad tha bags carted
as a r? nzffl, wblch he gatuetsd aa s
swJtsaie dapoaftory. The mill, which
was uaoorupted, belonged to Edgar
aHttaraojD and was stfnatod oa the
Tlrgtnhi side of tha Potomac, beyond
fas Charta ssajojfa two miles above
The aast toad had wax and Mr.
teaeootoo was last <ju tiling the vs*
tat rooms when, gtaoctng back sud
to ass whether anything had
left behind, to hta cotasha nation
he saw las Declaration of lndepend
aace, srhlcfj had bean overlooked,
hanging upea the watt Be hastily
out tt out of tha frame and carried it
away with the other papers.
Ho then began to ha uneasy about
piece ho had gsaaaa for If the
Mttah took Washtngtou wblch he
farmly bettered they would do, and
vary sooa st that, they would In eil
probability detach a force for the pur
poee of destroying s foundry for the
gasttitg of cannon and shot In the
gsaahlMirhood and, of course, would
eaastasr s grhn m?l too valuable a
thing to be left Branding tn a country
they moant to subdue. Mr. Pleaaon
tou therefore flatted some of the Vir?
ginia farmhouses, whose owners wnro
aaly too wllttcg to loan hlra wagons
aa which to convey the doenmenta to
Iburg, a distance of thirty-trrb
Thrftv they were deposited In
mpty bouse, the keys of which
given to Barr. Mr. LUtle^ubn. who
one of the cnOectont of Internal
Worn out with hts tabora, Mr. Ptens
ontoc states In s letter, he retired enr
ry to bed that night and slept euundly.
Next morning he was Informed by the
people of the tittle ta-rern where he
had stayed that evening that they had
soon during the night, the same being
the 24th of Anguet, s burs fire tn the
direction of .vnsQlngton, which proved
fa be the light from the public bulld
whlrh the enemy had set on Ore
burned to the ground.
When he returned to Washington on
the Tfith he found the public bufldtngs
still burning sod learned that tha Brit?
ish army had evsonated tha city the
preceding eveomjr tn tho bctlof that
tha American a woro again aseornJ4lh>(
to the rear for the purpose of catting
off tbelr retreat-Kansas City Tunas,
*Tls wMI said that man has no great?
er enemy thnn himself.-Ftremoola.
Try sn ad. In the Dally Item, and
watch reeu!ta
Berthelot's Test That Showed Its
Tensile Strength.
THE COHESION OF MATTER.
Perfect Plants of Metal or Glass When
Brought Into Contaot Will Adhere to
One Another as Though Thoy Were
Glued Together.
It ls well known that liquids are :
among tbe least compressible of sub
stances; this In spite of the fact that
they have the property of conforming
to any shape of vessel or of yielding
to any forces, no matter how small,
which tend to change only their shape.
Thus, to squeeze water Into nine
tenths of its volume under ordinary
conditions would require a pressure
of no less than 3.000 atmospheres, or
45,000 pounds, to the square inch.
This property of being almost incom?
pressible Is best Illustrated perhaps
by an experiment tried centuries ago.
wherein an attempt was made to com
press water by filling a leaden shell
with it and then, after closing, ham?
mering and squeezing the shell. The ,
only effect of the tremendous pres- j
suros produced hi this way was to j
cause the water to penetrate the mi- '
nute pores of the lead and exude in ?
drops like perspiration on the outer
surface of the shell. The same effect
was found for a silver shell.
But, while it is a familiar fact that
llqu'ds will resist an enormous force of
compression, the companion fact that
they are u.so capable of withstanding
tension ls not so generally known. At
first sight this statement may appear
ridiculous. When water may be so
readily dipped from a pail or poured
from one vessel to another, how can
it be capable of withstanding tension?
If, however, we prevent change of
foi*m we find that pure water ls capa- j
bit )f beating fifty atmospheres of ten- (
slon. or 750 pounds to the square Inch. ,
If It was possible, then, to utilize this '
property by making a "rope" of water
we should find It capable of sustaining |
a good fraction of the weight that ,
could be borne by an ordinary rope of
the same size. But It must be admit?
ted that the task of making a rope out
of such material would be rather dif?
ficult, to say the least notwithstanding
the fact that it possesses this desirable
property of tensile strength. Because |
of Its Inability to resist a deforming |
force it would hart to be inclosed in a
tube; but while it would here be in
condition to withstand compression, as I
from a piston hi the tube, any attempt
at "stretching" the liquid In this way
would simply result in pulling away
the piston from the water surface.
However, this tensile strength was
actually found by Berthelot in the fol?
lowing way: A strong glass tube sesled
at one end and drawn out very fine at (
the other was filled nearly full of wn- 1
ttr and then closed. The tube was then f
cautiously heated until the water had
expanded and completely filled It. It
was then slowly and carefully cooled .
back to Its original temperature, when
It was found that the water had not
contracted, but still filled the tube.
It is almost a universal law that a ?
small extension In volume of a body
requires the same magnitude of force
to product It as to cause a similar
amount of compression, the forces, how?
ever, being tension in one case an I
compression in the other. With this
law In mind It ls readily seen that the
water that now fills the tube must be
under tension, since previously at the
ssme temperature It did not quite All
the tube?that is, it has actually beeu
stretched or expanded beyond Its nor?
mal volume for this temperature, and
from our knowledgo of the forces that
would be required to produce the cor?
responding compression we can figure
out what thi? tension must be.
The ultimate particles or molecules
of matter we believe to be held to- 1
gether by powerful forces, known va?
riously as cohesion or udheslon. out I
being in any case forces of attraction. ?
and these forces tend to prevent any
expnnslon of the matter, be it solid or 1
liquid. It might be thought that these
forces would cause two bodies in con- :
tact to adhere to each other, but par- j
tit les have to be so near together to
be acted upon by th??m that It ls dif- |
flcnlt to bring bodies into such close
contact that an appreciable aren of
one ls within this distance of the other.
riowever. two clean pieces of lead
can readily bo pressed so closely to- j
gether that they will adhere, and n '
set of copper cubes was once made
with such true faces that when a doz?
en of them were piled one on top of
the other the series ndhered together 1
so well that the whole could be lifted
from the lop one. But the best ex- j
ample Is furnished by pieces of op- i
tlcsl gin-is whose surfaces have been
worked ?q piAM thnt when pressed to- |
gtther they will as readily break at
some other *p"t as at th!s plane.
Perhaps it is on fortune tt that those
useful force*. which hold all matter
too ther and keep It from collapsing i
Into Impalpable duet, are confined In
IhtJf action to such a limited ra n go.
If this wen- not so. a break of any i
sort could be fixed by merely bring
Ing together the bfOktO ends. QIqo
of any kind would Ix? unnecessary.
But Stefl this state of affairs would
havo Its drawback*, a book laid on
a tuMo would bars to be pried off with
a wedge, and tho BOJDt instrument
would be requited to open it. r.v
ery thing would atlek to everything
else, and tht pleasure of walkin?
Would bo lost In thi* tedlotM pnwoss of
pryim? first one f"ot and then the oth
or from the riatllks grip of the side?
walk or the floor.?Boston Post
Try an ad. In the Dutiy Item, mid
wait oh results.
THE TALE OF A PIG
Chief Justice Marshall's First
Case as a Lawyer.
HE OUTWITTED A DEADBEAT.
When Marshall Sued Old Haskin
Smiled. When the Caae Was Won and
Payment Claimed He Laughed, but 1
When the Climax Came He Wilted.
Chief Justice John Marshall's first
case as u lawyer was tried in Fau- j
quier county. Va. It was the suit of j
Cohn versus Ilnskin, and the descend j
ants of the great interpreter of the j
constitution delight to this day to tell j
of the subtle strategy whereby the I
budding Jurist achieved victory over j
that case hardened deedbeat of a Has |
kin person.
This same Hnskin. It appears, was v
man possessed of property. But be
was also possessed of a shrewd know)
edge of the law He kept r.ll he bad
in his wife's name, excepting what th
statute exempted from seizu-e for j
debt I
In an evtl and nbsenrminded me
ment Cohn, who ran a general stor ? J
In Haskln's neighborhood, trusted hin
for sugar and coffee to the amount of
$ 1L This was years before the erup ,
tlon of young Marshall into the law.
and in the Interim Cohn had given the
claim for collection to every youne
lawyer in the county to cut his teeth
on. Swiftly following Marshall's un- j
furling of his shingle to the Fauquier
winds came Cohn with his claim
Even the callow attorney recognized
it as a veteran among claims. How?
ever, having nothing else to while
away the time, he took the case. Cohn
promising him all he could get out of
it which showed Conn's valuation of
tt as an asset
Toung Marshall promptly brought
suit st which naskin smiled. When
Judgment was obtained. Marshall rode
ont In person to Haskln's place and
demanded payment at which Haskin
laughed.
And while Haskin chuckled the keen
eye of the young lawyer wandered
about the farmyard. He saw one plow,
which was exempt under the law; also
one harrow, also exempt; also a huge
leviathan of a pig drowsing lazily In a
pen?a very Gargantua of a pig, i
??That's the only pig 1 got,** volun?
teered Haskin, reading the lawyer's
thought for Haskin, also law wise,
knew that under tbe statute he was
entitled to one pig exempt from seiz?
ure for debt
The future chief Justice rode home
pondering deeply. Next day he was
seen strolling around the outskirts of
the town looking Into casual pigsties
and keeping his thoughts to himself.
One noon shortly after a youth,
trudging along the big road in front of
Haskln's house, stopped to ask for a
bite to eat Over his shoulder he car?
ried a gunny sack. Haskin banded
him out a pone of bread and a chunk
of meat and then demanded a quarter
for the repast "1 haven't got a quar?
ter," replied the youth; 'thought you
would give a feller a little snack like
that"
"Not much,'* growled Haskin, -What
JOU got in that bag?"
"Nuthln' but a month old pig." an?
swered the youth. "Say, if you gimme
a quarter in money Ml give you the
pig and we'll call it square."
**1 reckon you stule that pig." com
'mented Haskin, "else you wouldn't sell
it so chesp. Here's your quarter:
gimme the pig."
The youth disappeared with the quar?
ter, and Haskin, with the content of
one who has driven a hard bargain,
carried the shote over to the barnyard
and spll'ed it into the pen where lay
the porcine Oargantun Colncldental
I ly there rose out of the alder bushes'
adjacent tbe forms of young Marshall
and another man?the other man was
the constable. In his band he held a
writ of execution. He climbed solemn- 1
ly over into tbe pigsty and. pointing
to the fat porker, said:
Hl levy on that pig In the suit of
Cohn versus Haskin." and he waved
his hand to a man who was waiting
with an empty wagon down tbe road.
"But that pig is exempt" exclaimed
the irate Haskin. "The law allows me
one pig."
"You've got him thero,M answered
tho constable, pointing to the shoto as
he trussed up the big fellow and call?
ed to the man In the wagon to lend a
hand. 'Ton can't make your selec?
tion for exemption after tho levy's
made."
"But the fellow that 9old me that
shore stole him," urged naskin. grow?
ing desiderate. "I can't owu a stolen
pig."
"All right," put in young Marshall,
wholly unperturbed. "Mr. Constable,
Just arrest him for receiving stolen
goods."
But Haskin had tied to the safety of
his back porch, seeing which the con?
stable. Marshall and the man In the
wagon hustled tho complaining porker
?hotfd nod droro away, leaving the
bewildered Haskin to ruminate at lei
sure o\er the Intricacies of the law
which permits a man to keep even his
religion in ids wife's name, but rav?
ishes, away his choicest pig fr<>m un?
der his very nose,
And, concluding, tho multiple de?
scendants of tho grout John also do
light to tell how that pig Hold for$19.80
?enough not only to pay ttio ancient
clfilm, hot In satisfy exactly tho do
ma mis of court nnd const a bio for COStS,
let ring not n penny orer f??i the grief
stricken and wicked Raskin.
To which tho render may add, "Aud
they all lived happily forever after"?
except Ein skin.?Now York Times.
What few straw hats there are will
?oon be outlawed automatically,
Used For Reccing the Innocents
a Generation Ago,
THE PATENT SAFE SWINDLE.
M Wm ? P1e%iwbfe Trick Thet Qen
?rally Caught tha Coin and Sent tha j
Bewildered Victim Out of Town In a |
Hurry For Paar o# Arrest.
Although the eHsentlals of Imposture
remain unchanged from generation to J
generation, so that the rogue of today
would have no trouble tn recognizing
his counterpart of the seventeenth cen?
tury, nevertheless there are fashions
in thievery, aa in everything else. Old
tricks are cast off like threadbare
coats in favor of newer ones, and '
these in turn are discarded when pub?
licity has rendered them familiar and
therefor? less effective, but plausibility
and address are the indispensable
qualities of the gentry who live by
their wits.
The newest type of confidence man
Is the get-ricb-cjuick individual who
breathes of money and wouldn't turn
his hand to a small "Job." He angles
for victims with new corporations anil
great business ventures for bait bur
he is the same man who a generation
ago raked in the sneckels by means of
the patent safe game. This game is
now an outworn fashion. But it, had
Its points.
Let us suppose a country man? car?
petbag in hand, to have alighted ar
the union station and set out to see
the Bights. Although his name la con?
veniently printed on the outside of his
bag or set down in a legible hand on
the hotel register, he Is amazed to find
himself hospitably greeted by an utter
stranger, who knows his name and
the town from which he hails. The
stranger is an old friend whom the
countryman is ashamed to > think he
cannot remember---place is the word.
But the stranger is very affable and
lays himself out to entertain the new?
comer. They etro? about town in
company, visit a bar or two, exchange
reminiscences and at the end of a few
hours are bosom companions. The
stranger invariably pays the score? has
a lordly disdain of money; good fel?
lowship ts its own reward.
The two stroll by devious ways until
finally while they are walking arm tn
arm down a quiet by at toot the stran?
ger's eywts caught by a curious object
lying on the pavement Be pauses to
examine ft It Is s miniature globe
about the stze of a billiard boll. The
strenge turns ft over curiously in bis
fingers and finally sees that It la fitted
with a smell plug, which comes out
under pressure, Continuing his ex
ptoTWttous, he then unscrews the top
of the plus, takes out a piece of crum?
pled paper, shows his dupe the empty
box and throws the paper on the
ground. There It a similar bit of pa?
per tn the small chamber at the end
of the plug, but this the countryman
does not see. The two then stroll on.
discussing Che mysterious ball.
Presently they come upon a worried
looking man. who ts studying the
ground with a face the pattern of de?
spair. The roper observes him and
wants to know wtjether he bos lost
something.
"Lost something* lndeedr says Che
man. "Why. Tve lost an invention of
mine that I wouldn't have taken $10.
000 for. It was a patent fire safe
which would save hundreds of thou?
sands of doDarff worth of papers and
valuables every year. I was Just on
my way to Blank & Blank's, the safe
manufacturers, to get one made* and
here I have lost the modei.**
The roper ts evidently much touched
by the inventor's distress. He pro?
duces the wooden globe and Is Imme?
diately overwhelmed with expressions
of gratitude.
"But what good ts that tnrentlon of
yours V oaks the roper.
"Well.- says the inventor with pride,
"you see. 1t Ik ?et on props. When there
Is a fire all you have to do is to knock
out the props sod the safe rolls down
an incline rtght out of the building as
neat as you please. There's a box in?
side to hold the papers There is a
paper In this box rtght DONS,"
At that the ropes winks slyly at the
farmer and whispers In his ear. TU
make him a bet on that piece of
paper."
"Come," snyn tho roper. That's a
pretty tail yarn. 1 dou*t believe there's
any paper in that ball. TO bet there
Isn't a scrap of paper in tt"
wni bet you $1,000 there's a paper in
ft" says tho inventor, much incensed.
"I haven't that much with me." snys
the roper, "but TO Just bet you a hun?
dred on It" With that he takes out a
number of hills, say $50 or so, and a
bank check for tho other $50, To his
friend tho farmer he says, "Will you
Just lend rao $h0 on thia chock until 1
can get to my hotel?"
The fanner s^oa that his friend Is
nun* to win. Ho advances the $"0.
when, behold, the iuwntor draws out
the plug, removes tho concealed paper
from Its small Chamber S?d collects
tho bet Tho roper is decidedly crest?
fallen, Imt while he is still lamenting
his folly a policeman mslies up.
Charges htm with gambling and makes
a grab for him. Roper tloe?, but the
farmer Is caught After protesting his
iiuwronce tho fanner Is allowed to ds>
part Still fonrful of afreet, ho flo?*
tho city. WTwn ho proevtirs his cheek
ho discovers tluit rof*et, inventor and
pnllcotuan are nil '-onfidonce toon v*>o
hnvu enriched thomsorres at his ex
r^fSw-^lcogr) Uocord 1 IcmkL
No barm can befnn r good man,
whetbtf sflve or dead?Socrates.
The Maine election result basin
been changed in at least two days.
"LABEL" GASE BEGUN.
FORMER DISPENSARY OFFICIALS
FACE RICHLAXD JURY.
Little Progress Made During First
Day?Tatum. Tow ill and Boykln
Charged With Defrauding State of
|22v500 In Celebrated -Lab,!
Deal'1?Legal Sparring of Counsel
Probably Means Lone Drawn <>?n
Trial.
r '
Columbia, Sept. 26.?What is com?
monly known as the "label deal" was
taken up in the Criminal Court to
I Gay for tiral. A jury of Richland
county ha* been summoned to say
what, if any, foundation there is in
the charge that Commissioners W. O.
Tatum, John Bell Towill and L. Whit
Boykln did really receive and "whack
up" $$22.500 on the purchai of twen?
ty-one millions of labels, which wer
Intended to be used when the dispen?
sary wont into the bottling business
upon an extensive scale in the hey?
day of the old dispensary system.
The Attorney General, in the in?
dictment, charges that those officers
of the dispensary, together with Den?
nis Weiskopf, overcharged the State
?22,."00, and the statement has been
made that this sum was the amount
of the alleged rebate.
The charge has been pending in
the Courts since September 1909, and
the counsel for the defense has been
insisting upon a trial. The Attorney
General, Mr. J. Fr?ser Lyon, for rea?
sons best known to himself, has not
seen fit to bring the issue to trial un?
til today. It has been suggested that
the reason was that if a conviction
were secured, that he did not wish
th*? incumbent Governor to grant a
pardon. But that as it may, the case1
has now gone to trial and the verdict
will soon he issued by the Courts of
the land, ar.i there it will end.
The defendants plead "not guilty"
and Insist upon that position, and
there can be no question of the pre?
vious good repute of the defendants,
and unless a clear and com incing
guilt be proven there will be no con?
viction.
Today was devoted largely to legal
pyrotechnics. Very little evidence
was adduced by the State. There was
a fight for an hour or more as to
whether a book of stubs, claimed to
he original entries, should be intro?
duced in evidence ,and whether this
stub book should have been allowed
to go into evidence of the original
voucher should be found. Judge J.
S. Wilson, who is presiding, held that
the stub hook could be introduced,
but it took an hour or more to let
the the contending lawyers exhaust
the arguments and authorities. It is
evident that it is to be a long drawn
out and a hard fought battle, unless
there should he a flare up.
There are three desks drawn up
in line for the counsel for the defense.
Messrs. Tatum, Boykln and Towill
are all being tried together, and this
is plain when It is stated that the
charge is "conspiracy" to defraud the
State.
The chief counsel in the cause for
the defense is that vigorous and hard
fighter, Col. P. H. Nelson, of Colum?
bia. The announcement to the court
for the record was: For L. W. Boy
kin, counsel were Messrs. Nelson and
Getlys, Johnstone and Crom er and
R. H. Welch, for John Bell Towill, E.
L, Asbitt and George Bell Timmer
man ,and for W. O. Tataum, Messrs.
Raysor and Summers, Robert Lide.
T. H. Tatum, J. B. MeLauehlin and
R. H. Welch. During the progress of
the case there were nine members of
counsel for the defense actively en?
gaged, but most of the speaking to?
day was by Messrs. Nelson, Johnston.'
Welch, Raysor and Timmerman, on
the part of the defendants.
Kor tho Stute, there appear Attor?
ney General Lyon, Mr. w. F. Steven?
son. Col. Benj, L. Abney, Solicitor
jCobb and Assistant Attorney General
DuBruhl, an array of live. The At?
torney General, Mr. Abney and Mr.
Stevenson have don" the talking for
their side.
The indictment against the defend
ants tells in legal t< rms what is
charged In this language:
"Did on or about the i*th day of
March, not:., in the county of Rich
land, of smith Carolina, with force
and arms, wilfully, and knowingly
conspire, combine, confederate and
agree together to cheat and defraud
the state or South Carolina by pur?
chasing a large number of labels, to
wit: About twenty-one millions, for
the use of the State dispensary, the
said L. Whit Boykln, and John Bell
Towill b? iog then and there members
?.f the board of directors ..f tin- Stale
dispensary. William O, Tatum being
iho st;ite dispensary commissioner,
and by paying and conspiring to pro?
cure the State to pay th.> sum ot
$36 000 for the said labels from th.
funds of the State, in control ,,f the
Stab board of directors and dis?
pensary commissioner, when, in fact,
said purchase was Illegal, fradub nt
and unlawful and at a greatly
cesstve price, to wit: $22,600 In ex?
cess of the value thereof, whereb)
the State was defrauded, as a result
of the said conspiracy, out of the
?Um of $22,500."
Dennis Welskopf is charged with
hcing in tho conspiracy and SO ap?
pears M. A. Goodman, but they are
evidently not heing tried and, per?
haps. It is upon evidence that they
hav.- given the Attorney General that
their names wer.- not read by the
State today.
Mr. Nelson and Col. Johnstons tried
to have the Attorney General an?
nounce what he intended doing as
to other pending eases, but he de?
clined to do so and was sustained in
position that the pending css*,
was the only one at issue and that
no decision n^ed be announced rela?
tive to any other case.
An interested auditor during the
session today was Governor Blease
He sat in the group of interested aud?
itors. At one time in the examination
an effort eras made to bring out a let
! ter that he had written tho Attorney
General asking him for the "immun?
ity list." The letter was identified
hut the contents of the letter were not
read to the jury.
The entire session today was de?
voted to getting a start in the case,
empanelling the jury, over which
there were practically no trouble, and
j proving the payment of the $35,677
I for the labels in question to Nivison,
Welskopf A Co.
It took a great d,jal of red tape
and legal battling to get to the drafts,
warrants and other documents, all
of which were presented by the
State, one by one, to show that the
dispensary actually did pay $35,677
for the labels.
Up to the present nothing irregular
has been shown, nor been intimated
by the evidence. It was entirely a
day of preliminaries, and thus far no
effort has been made to show that
there was any rebate in the payments
of $35,677 for the millions or la
j bels.
Blacks and Whites in Sooth Caro?
lina.
The census of last year shows that
South Carolina has 835,843 negro and
679,162 white population. The in?
crease for the negroes since 1900 is
6.8 per cent and for the whites 21.8
per cent. This means that at the
same ratio of increase the whites will
pass the negroes before 1930, and
that South Carolina will thenceforth
grow and prosper with increasing
strength and vigor. Charleston, with
a population of 68.820, has 31,056 ne?
groes and 27,764 whites, an increase
since 1900 of 3,526 whites and a de?
crease of 466 negroes.
It is a curious fact, but a fact
nevertheless, that Charleston, with a
majority of negroes in its population,
has had less trouble with its colored
citizens than any other city of im?
portance in the South; that it has
kept them under better control, and
yet has given them more political
recognition. It seem3 that the people
of that city have known better how to
deal with the race problem, doubt?
less because it presented itself as a
problem sooner and more acutely
than elsewhere, and was met and
wrestled with fully and adequately
from the start.
Negroes serve on the police force
in Charleston, but without stirring up
strife because of their color. They
have held honorable places in the
fire department and caused no fric?
tion. But these positions have been
held by those of the race that knew
they must not presume upon them,
and always with the recognition of
the superiority of the whites who
placed thorn there. There is no bet?
tor illustration of the Southern argu?
ment that the South knows best how
to deal with the n.-^ro than is found
in the peace and friendship in which
the two rae?"s dwell together in the
Soutb's most typical town.?Balti?
more Sun.
Marriage License Record.
Only one marriage license was
granted Monday. This was given to
John W. Williams and Miss L?S L.
Dornell of this city.
Tho movement that has been Start?
ed by the residents of the BoessrJ'S
and DuBose cross roads section of
Lee county to hold an election on the
Question Of annexing 9 1-2 square
miles of La* County territory to Sum
tor county seems to I a well under
way and assured of snoot SB. For sev?
eral years there has been a sentiment
In the Pinewood section of Claren?
don county in favor Of annexation to
Sumter county and this would be an
opportune time to take up the matter
and put it through. If the PlUOWOOd
pooplo wish to cast In their lot with
Sumter county the people of Sumter
would welcome them with s glad
hand.
The money pledg? d to pay for
rights of way and terminals for the
Seaboard will have to be raised
within the next few months and the
Committee thai has this matter in
charge will need the active support
and hearty CO-OperattOU of tbe bus! -
> . ss? men and all other property own
i ! ef Sumter county.