Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

AEOLUS OPENS HIS SACKS. iii4.il wi\i> HHUXCI i W in i uti.v MOKMM. WIIH II HID ( un *H>KKAHI.i; D\M\(.l Suuihre* of I levtilc l ight Win s Burnt out?Telephone Dole* Down In ( It) ?ml S>nt, ni Almost put out of Ser? vice Iii Country for rim. Being? Kepalra. Jupiter 1'luvlus held sway In the city Thursday, hut he had to give place to The Winds early Fnuay morning when Aeolus opened up his sacks and allow* d them to escape and run riot through the town. In iMf freedom Usaf panyed attftj with the tlectrlc light system, the telephone systsrr. and did other pranks and mlschh f in and about town much to the detriment of the public welfare. Friday morning the wind continued, although Us strength had abated from what it was between 3 o'clock and daylight. It was still rather dis? agreeable to people on the streets be? cause of the sand which it blew in ?yes. uose and mouth, and it was at tim?a difficult to walk up the street with the wind blowing against one. During the night the telephone sys? tem was damaged to a considerable ?xtent. although it was stated this ggOf a lug by one of the head linesmen of the exchange that it was Imp?n? al ble to say Just what or how much damage had been done. Four poles were blown down on Kendrick street, one on Canal street and at the corner of Mala and Canal streets a big oak tre*- bad been blown down on the wires, the p?de had broken off and all ?.f the wires were torn down. The damage to the lines In the rural dis? tricts was even more severe, some of them being put out of commission for the time being and others being damaged to a greater or less extent. At 4 o'clock Friday morning the head linesmen got out on the street aad. after gathering their gangs to? gether, set out to examine the lines far damages and to make repairs. The damages were soon discovered and the men at once set to work to put the lines back Into service. The first work was started on the break at the cor aag of Main and Calhoun streets, this being the most serious In town. 11 ere a aew pole was erected and the gang of men were kept busy all morning tianoforrlng the wires t<> the new poles. Another gang went to work to raise the poles on Kendrick street and the damage on Canal street wdl probably be repaired also during the day. It was learned that all possible efforts will be made by the exchange to have all lines in town replaced In service Filday. or by Saturday any? way. As won as this work Is complet? ed the lite sun n will extend their op? erations to the country, where they will begin to repair the damages done by the wind und falling br niches. The long distance wires were also put out of commission by ibe storm. It Is undetstood that the opetalors were allowed to go home Fn lay morning until the lines could bu put bark Into commission, which Will be ss soon ii repairs are "mpl od The flumter Lighting Compaiw also suffered t j some extent, but not gsgsl - ly it mjch as the telephone v<chum*.o bHcau-e of the depredations < the wind. The telephone wires In se . er ?I places crossed the electrl8 Kght wires and caused the latter t. > Nff i themselves out. Mr. E. H. Moo . mummer of the company, secured a gang of rmjn shortly after I o'clock and started out to make repair**. 1 Jv 10 o'clock Friday morning breaks in the wires in front of Dattenbergs warehouse, on Manning avenue, at the corner of Calhoun and Main, ami at the corner of Live Oak and Church wer? repaired and the light system was back in service. loiter in the gay the tire on South Main street did con ? bb rable damage to the electric light line*, but nu n were at om ? set to work to make repairs No WlfUf were broken. J. A. Schwerin and Son. hill post era, suffered also from the wind. Sev? eral bill boards were blown down in town and the braces to others were hadlv Ion.??? n. d v.. that they had to be strengthened At the Presbyterian i'hii ' h n big oak fell across the fence and br< ke se\.r ?l pnnmls of the iron fence WilK'll W erected around the ? hur? h lot last summer. A number of residents reported their fei. Mown down and limbs were blown from IfntJ tit vaious places In the city. However, no in? juries of unv l.lnd to persons or mil mals from ?h^ wind hu\e been heard of on the ?treets i M for ? hlkJrcn. "I am very gl id to say a few w??r?D In praise of Chamberlain's Dough iteinedy." writes Mrs Lids Dewey, MllW.iukee. WlH. I hl\e USed It for years both fe?r R y child sn and my sei I and it never fails lo relieve and ours a ? oukii oP stage1 v " famll. with children should be without it as it gives almosi Immediate relief In cases of group.*' Cautmaortnla'i C< ugh iienodv is pis sent and safe t.> is which is of great importance when i medb iro- mast be given to rouag chil? dren rar aalt 11 >n aeap rs Advi M I I KU s h WTs EXPIRIES SUD? DENLY OF APOPLEXY. Hi Gained Notoriety and Og*O0 ?>> Radical Talk atul ltnu^li und Tum? ble Methods. Little Kock, Jan. 3.?United States Senator Jeff DsWnl died suddenly at his home at 1 o'clock as the result of an attack of apoplexy. Hesides being a pictui esque char? acter in Washington during his one term In the Senate, which began in 1907, Senator Davis had the distinc? tion of being the only man elected to the governorship of Arkansas three times. Previous U. his seven years in? cumbency as governor of his state, Mr. Davis had been prosecuting at? torney of the Fifth Arkansas Judicial district and In 1898 was elected at? torney general of the State. Mr. I>a\is was born in Little Kiver county, Arkansas, In 1862 and receiv? ed his education at Kusselville, Ark., and at Vanderbllt university, gradua? ting from the latter Institution in 1884. He was admitted to the bar the same year and soon after began to practice. 114 >V SHOT WITH PARLOR RIFLE. Hull l*u*m - Through Foot of Little Bryan Mlchaux at Dllon. Dillon, Dec. 31.?The Iniquitous and ubiquitous parlor rifle has added another to the long list of Christmas accidents in the persons of little Bry? an Mlchaux. 10 years old, oldest son of Dr. D. M. Mlchaux. Fortunately, while a painful Injury, it Is not neces? sarily a serious one. Yesterday after? noon Bryan and a companion about the same &g>: went out in a neighbor? ing field to try their skill. While waiting for game he rested the muz? zle of the harmless toy on his foot; In some way it went off and Bryan came home limping with a game foot, the ball having passed entirely through shoe, foot and all. Dr, and Mrs. Mlchaux were for a number of years residents of Sumter and have many friends and relatives lo re who will hear with regret of the accident to their oldssl .-on. Frightful Polar Winds blow with terrific force at the far north and play havoc with the skin, causing red, rough or sore chapped hands and lips, that need Bucklen's Arnica Salvt to heal them. It makSS the skin soft and smooth. Unrivaled for cold sores, also burns, boils, 'sores . s. outs, bruises and piles. Only Sti at Sibert's Drug Store. ? Advt. Which Time Will Pro\c. Muntting Ttmet ?ugJtOf has employ* .1 a municipal manager, and we will hsl doughnuts to dollars that its government will HOI bs run RIOTS SfBolsntly than our lOWfl government with as lit tit- mon? ey. Manning is not heavily bonded und It is being run onomieally as any town In the State of its si/.e. A Glrl*S Midnight Hide. To warn people of a fearful forest lire In the Catskills a young trirl rede hont back at midnight and saved many li\es. HST deed MM glorious but lives are often sa\ ? d by Dr. King*i Neu Discovery in ouring lung trouble, coughs and colds. which might have ended in consumption OV pneumonia. '"It < tired me of a dread? ful cough and lung disease," writ- I w. K. Patterson. Wellington, Tex.. "after four in our family had died with consumption, and I gained ^7 pounds." Nothing so sure and Mis foff all throat and lung trouble*. Price ."?>< and $1 '??>. Trial bottls free. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store.? Advt. The lire Friday morning showed that the ('laremont hotel has plenty of Ars apparatus in their building with which to tight fire In eaas one bftahl out there. i* remains to be seen, hoWOVOr, whether of not the apparatus can be so successfully used If their own building is the one on tire. ILM pet Plate sjrai paid nt a banquet to Henry Clay, Ig New Orleans in 1141, Mighty re il) fof those with stomach trouble or Indigestion Today peopls tvery When UM Dr. King s New Li I Pills (Of IheSS trouble.-: as wMl as liver! kid? ney and bowel disorders Easy, safe, sure. Only ISc at glbert'i i run Store. ?Advt. Thg wind was rather disagreeable to people on the streets Friday, as it blew the grit end dust about India crlmlnately in everybody's mouth and syei \ Uer<i Ii i l.mbtboo Pol years j. s. Donahue, Ho. Haver Miel? , a civil war captain, as a light house Keeper, averted awful wrecks i Put queer f.o t is. b" might hav? I been i wreck himself, it Rlcctrlc Bit II era had noi prevented. "They eure? ms of k*dney troubls ;irf?l chills," h< ( w rii ? . "aftsi i had taken ol her so called cures for years, without bene i t and Ihey ai o improved my sight I Kots .at seventy, I ;,?" feeling line.' For dyspepsia, Indigestion, all stom m h, llvi r and kidney troubles, thcy'n I without equal. Try them. Only ?*?"? I at Albert's Drug store.?? vt. taft im,an aroi8e8 strong opposition. Democrat and Republican Senators Agree Thal Elevation of Goethals and Dismissal of Other Ifenbera of Panama Commission Would Ih> Itauk favoritism. \\aehlngton, .Jan. 2.?Opposition <?f Democratic senators to President Tali's plan of putting Col. George \V. Goethals, builder of the Panama canal, at the head of the civil govern- i menl of the zone, took such propor- I Hons today that some of Mr. Taft b advisers urged him to forego the plan and leave the creation of the zone gov? ernment to his successor, President aleei Wilson. St me who talked with the president early in the day were convinced that he would canvass the situation fur? ther before abandoning his plan. Oth e s in close touch with the president were positive that out of consideration for Col. Goethals, whom he does not wish to involve in a political dispute, he would give up the idea. One feature of the plan, however, rf Col, Goethals is not put at the head of the zone government, is to place all employes of the canal work 1 under civil service by the president's j executive order. A few employes on the isthmus already are in civil ser- j vice, I ut the great number of the (anal workers ha,ve been appointd by the isthmian canal commission. The attitude of the Democratic sen? ators is that the present canal com? mission should not be displaced and disorganized until the canal is com? pleted. "The bill authorizing the president to organize a civil government for the canal zone never could have become a law, but for the assurance that there would be no premature action," said Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia. "We accepted this assurance as meaning that the commission would be allowed to continue its labors until construc? tion should he llnished and the water running." The Democrats further take the position that the services of all the 1 members of the commission are need? ed still and they contend that to pro? vide for Col, Goethals and summarily dismiss all other commissioners would be an unfair discrimination. General? ly they express admiration for Col. G>oethals. Senator Smith went so far as to say that be would favor con? ferring all possible military honors upon him. "Put to lift him alone out of the commission for any purpose ^nd leave the commissioners out of considera? tion and to deprive the country of the service of the commission at what may be a critical time, I believe to be neither wise nur fair," Senator Smith continued. He said that many Republicans sen? ators express. il this view, and he add? ed Ids conviction that if Col. Goethals1 nomination should he sent in it could not be confirmed at this time. Mints for Housekeeper*, 'Keep Foley's Hom y and Tar Com? pound .always on hand, and yo\i can ? luickly bead off a cold by its prompt use. it contains no opiates, heals and soothes the Inflamed air passages, stops tin (i?ugh. and may save a big doctor's lull. in the yellow pack? age. Bibl rt's 1'rug Store ? Advt. ('apt. .1. w. Hamel ha* sold the Camden News to the Camden Chron? icle. *W. I:. Pox, 195 W. Washington St.. Nobleevine, Ind., says: "After suf? fering many months with kidney trou? ble, ;tft? r trying Other remedies and prescriptions, 1 purchased a box of Foley Kidney Pills which not only did me im>re ko<m1 than any other reme? dies i ever used, but have positively sei my kidneys right. Other members of my family have uaed them with similar r< suits." Take at the first siu'u of kidmy trouble." Blbert'S Drug Sore.?Advt. , When the parcels post gets to go? ing in real cat nest the city earrlot' w ill ru ed wagoni to make tin i* de? liveries?if not wagons, then push carts. * a mean stuffy cold, with hoarse wheesy breahlna la Jusl the kind that runs into bronchitis < ;? pneumonia Pon'i nide with such serious condi? tions but take Poley'S Honey and Tar Compound promptly. Quick and beneficial results are just what you can egpecl from this great medicine, h soothes and heals the Inflamed air passage-. it stops the hoarse rack Ing COUgh. Klbert'S Drug Store.? Advt. Morrtiigc License Itn urd. Marriage licenses were issued to the following colored couples Thurs? day: H, w. Myers and Bllu Craaaon, Httmter; O'Neill Jackson and Hattle j Drayton, Dalsell; Alexander Cantey, I Privateer, rind Mary Karvln, Htate hprg Chronic Const l|gi|imi Cured. ' I i \ ? J ? a i I Rgn I had lue wo: st case of chroni< constipation I ever knew of and Chamberlain's Tablets cured me." writei s P. Pish, Brook I) n. M Ich, I or sale by all ileab rs. \d\t. NEGROES TO BECOME EXTINCT. so Declare* Prof, smith Baaing His i Calculations on the Census Report Figures. New oilcans, Jan. 3.?"The negro race in the United States will be? come extinct in the year lil32, or 220 years from date. "The last black person will be a negress, and she will die in the I South." i These are the statements just is- { sued by Professor William Benjamin Smith, a noted Southern educator who j ocupies the chair of philosophy In Tulane University, New Orleans, j They come as a result .of his study of the United States census report for Louisiana, as recently sent out. "Never was there a more perfect exemplification of the Darwinian law of the "the survival of the littest," said Professor Smith, "than in the future of the negro race, as foretold by this census report. The negroes as a race will pass forever from the United States in approximately 230 years, and the last one of them will be a very mixed blood, probably French and negro, so slightly imbu I ed with the original African taint I that it will show only in her hair and eyes. The report shows he continued, "that among the whites of Louisiana male births are gaining in proportion to the female?a sure indication of the virulency, permanency and stam? ina of the whites. But the same re? port shows also that among the ne? groes, female births are increasing over male. This means the gradual disintegration or dissolution of the black tribe. "Information from other Southern States, also contained in the census report shows the same condition to exist in other heavily negro Inhabit? ed States. 'If the negro race were In the as cendacy, or even holding its own, male births would be at least equal to the female births. From the fig? ures, therefore, there can be no other conclusion except that inexorable law of the survival of the best is coming into Its own, not only in Louisiana, but throughout the South. "The negro has come almost to tT \ last two centuriei of his being In the United Suites. Slowly but sure? ly his race will dwindle until there are less than one-tenth the number of men compared with the women. "I have carefully figured out the entire mathematical progression in- I dicated by the past years covered in the census report. If the 1 tw works out to its logical conclusion as it un? doubtedly will, there will be but one negress left in the United States in 2132. The men, of course, will have disappeared some years before she dies. "In 1850 the negro was numerically predominant in Louisiana, but since 1880 he has been dwindling in num I bers, not so much through emigration to other States as through careless habits of life, disease and death. Tu? berculosis alone has killed thousands indeed, I believe it has been the prin? cipal agency which has been decimat? ing the negro race. Even though this disease and the other factors had hot been at work the failure of the race to reproduce itself, as shown by the census figures, would insure its destruction, though a trifle long? er time would have been required to \accomplish It." JUROR'S LIFE THREATENED. Member of Dynamite Jury Gets Black Hand Letter. New Castle, Ind., Jan. 1.?Frank Dare, of New Lisbon, foreman of the jury in the Federal Court at Indian? apolis that convicted the thirty-eight defendants in the dynamite con? spiracy trial, today received an anony? mous communication threatening his life. The letter was mailed from Chicago: It read as follows: "Frank Dare, New Lisbon, Ind. "Sir; This is to inform you that y >u will be placed under the sod within the next three months. ' Mr. Dare placed the letter in the hands of H. H. Evans, prosecuting at? torney. Tomorrow he and Evans will go to Indianapolis and place the mat? ter before the Federal authorities. I Mr. J. W. Dohrman, of Cabbott, J Arizona, is visiting at the home of M. D. Handle. Ill IVot s CRIMES CHARGED. Head of Orphanage Arrested for Outrages Ppon Children. Owenahoio, Ky? j;in. i.?Henry C. Holt man. formerly a Methodist minister, and head of an orphanage home at Deland, Fla., is under arrest here charged with criminally assault? ing an eight-year-old girl, an inmate of the institution. The warrant for his arrest was mailed from Deland. Hoff? man, who has made his home here since September, is [>'j years old, and married. Since coming to Owensboro he has organized a band of Holy Roll? ers. Hoffman said he would return to Florida without requisition papers. He declared he was innocent and that the charges were the result of spite \\a.rk. ( barged by Three Others. Tampa, Fla., Jan. 1.?A dispatch to the Times from Deland says: "Henry C. Hoffman, arrested today at Owensboro, Ky., is charged with criminal assault upon a 10-year-old white girl, inmate of the or? phanage at Enterprise, Florida He is also charged by three other girls of the institution ranging in age from fourteen to sixteen years, of having illicit intercourse with them. The rumors of illicit relations with the children became general, and he was discharged by the trustees of the ifistttuton. It was later reported he had gone to Germany. The man is well connected in this state. Oianta Installs Officers. Beulah Lodge of Mateons at Oianta installed the following officers Friday: J. If. Knight. W. IL, Alva B. Gross, S. W., Listen R Smith, J. W., J. L. McLendon, Treasurer, EL V. Lee, Secretary. E. H. Kennedy, S. D., J. C. Lee, J. D., W. H. Floyd, Tiler, M. D. Meyers and P. J. Payne, Stewards.? Manning Times. When the city of Sumter gets into good financial condition the first joo I to be undertaken should be the par I ing of Liberty Street with vitrifDJ I brick from Harvin to Sumter Street ' This section of Liberty Street is given j over to business and is as much used I as any part of Main street. Planters Fertilizers Make Greater Yields and Profits for Fanners ? In **** v \k*iJHsJibi* ,:*^JL^m:'?.xKk^~LiA more productive for futui. crops. Produces larger crops?enriches t!:e so!!?male* it Farmers cannot be too careful in selecting their fertilizers. They ihoulJ insist that Phosphoric Acid, Ammonia, and Potash are in such form that it is soluble and available at all times. Upen these three ingredients depend the life and size of your crops. Planters "Cotton and Truck Fertilizer".7-5-5 Planters "Soluble Guano".8-3-3 Planters "Standard Fertilizer".9-2-2 Planters "Special Cotton Fertilizer".8-4-4 Your soil needs?Planters Fertilizers. Ask our agent er v i \ us for iriormation and r.ces. See that our trade-mark in on every bajj?it's our guarantee?refuse inferior brands. PLANTERS FERTILIZER & PHOSPHATE CO.. Charleston. S. C. Manufocfhirera W.i use only the host S. C. Thosphate, Fish Sera?, r>looa Tankaffe, German Potash, etc. Our Greatest Bargain Offer Reading Supply for Whole Year M MI-Wl I kl.Y WATCHMAN \M> SOVTIIROX. . POULTRY HUSBANDRY. FARM PRESS. V OM.Ws \V<>m.I). FARM AM) FlHi:sil)K (The Nutloiiul Farm pup, i?) All For $2.00 This remarkable ?ubserlption offer may be withdrawn a: an) time, th< refore do n l delay, bol forward your order t<? The Watehman and Southron at once. Besides getting .he N\' hman and Southron twlee a week for twelve months, you will receive Bixty-two numl^er; ? ; the ? bllca tlona :i full year's subscription on each, < >l?l subscribers may renew and ael this Kreut eomhination ? flfer SUBSCRIPTION BLANK Date.191.... Watchman and Southron, Sumter, S. C. I nclosed find $2.00 for which please enter my order for the Semi-weekly Watchman ami Southron and the above four Magazines, all for a period of I year Name K. I 1) P. O