Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'?TUfc. LavORAKDS SIHXT." Timms* Dtvon's Latent l*lMy Is n Ore** Drama. While they might nM like the ne? gro problem plays which Thomn? Dix on put* out. those who were at the Academy wt Music Wednesday night were thrilled by the superb acting of Thomas Dixon. In the leading purl, and his company of actors There was not a poor actor in the cast and the company ably carried out the au? thor's plan of sending home his Idea of the "black peril" which menaces the cosntry. The audience was not a large one, it was fairly represent.u\. and it seemed pleased with the worg of the a< t<>rs. The cast was excellent, each t<?r being splendidly fitted for his part, except, perhaps, in ihe case of Thomas Dixon, who appeared too old for the daring revolutionist leader und ardent young lover, Bob St. Clare. However, Thomas Dixon has improved much as an actor since he was here two years ngo as the leading man la the "Sins of the Father," which part he had taken up only two days before, owing to the death of the leading man. He showed marked abil? ity Wednesday night to portray on the stage the man he has created In his novel. Dillon M. Deasy, as a ne? gro leader, proved a first class actor, as did Richards Harrows, as Tom Camp, the feeble Confederate soldier, Carl Bates, as Oeneral Worth, the leader of the New South; Graham Earle, as Everett Lowell, the north? ern philanthropist working for the advancement of the negro race; Ezra Wal- k, as McLeod, a lily white, Daw son McCreary, sub-editor of Harris' paper. Alpheus Lincoln, as George Harris, the negro editor, was especial Greelyville BUSINESS SCHOOL MMIhI Training fir Bos ad Urn. ? "?THE course ef all Baalish branches, a shorthand. typwrlilog and book? keeping offers uimurprutsed opportu? nities to the youths of your county ? t s very reasonable price. Board cas be obtained Id town. For parti? culars address, J. M JERVEY, GREELYVILLE. S. C. V_ ly good at Uroes, but his work bor? dered on melodrama in spots Viola 1 itzpatrick, as Marlon Lenoir, the southern Klrl In the employ of I negro editor, was exceptionally good, being fully equal to her hard part. Bdlth Chase, as Helen Lowell, was good. The play was well executed throughout, the only setback being I an apparently poor arrangement of flxturts and settings for the scenes. Between acts the Rev. Thomas Dlx on, as customary, appeared before the curtain and in a short and extremely earnest talk endeavored to drive home j to his audience the object which he, is trying to attain through his books, and plays?to awaken the South to j the danger of the "black peril," a danger, as he pointed out, which lay , in the spending of millions of dollars ??very year for the industrial and In? tellectual training of the negro and in the allowing of the intermarriage of the two races in New York, Pennsyl? vania and fourteen other States. He intimated that danger did not He so , much in the South, but that It would come down from the north by a grad? ual spread and in lifty years lrom now the negroes would be In control of the South, if the white man did not stop educating the negro and stop the intermarriage of the races. GAME BY PARCEL POST. Postmaster General Says There is No Law to Prevent It, Washington, Nov. 19.?Evasion of the game laws through the agency of the parcel post now is possible, for Postmaster General Burleson today replied to interrogations of indignant officials of several States than Con? gress had placed no restrictions on the department as to accepting game. This condition, the State game war? dens fear, will nullify in great meas? ure the State laws framed for the pro? tection of wild life. Postmaster General Rurleson point? ed out that under the law the post office department could not discrjmi nate in the acceptance of packages that conformed with the department s regulations. Postmasters, therefore,1 were compelled, he said, to accept game for shipment when the regula? tions were observed. "This does not, however," he added, "operate against the right of any State official to proceed under such State laws against parties violating them, except that the officers of the department In discharge of their of? ficial duties as ?required by the law and the regulations are not to be in? terfered with." WANTED JLX NORTH CAROLINA. John Swing Returned to Alamance County to Serve out Term for Lar ceuy. Manning Times. The Times readers will reeall Its re? port of the attempted robbery at the R. F. Epperson store at l'mewoou, how it was fraustrated by the timely shots from the gun of Mr. Clyde Ged? dings who was employed to watch the premises, the taking of the wounded man to the Sumter hospital, and bringing his alleged confederate here. Since then the wounded man whose name is John Swing has been brought to the Clarendon jail. Sher? iff Gamble has been trying to locate these prisoners by writing around the country to ascertain if they are want? ed elsewhere; to one of his inquiries he received a letter from Sheriff Cook of Alamance County, North Car? olina, saying John Swing is an escap? ed convict from the gang of Alamance county, that he was convicted of lar? ceny and sentenced to three year , but escaped after servl.. ^ shor* ,ime, a reward of $2C> for his well very and transportation expenses will be paid by him. Sheriff Gamble after con- j suiting with Supervisor Davis, decided j he would deputise Mr. Clyde Ged? dings to deliver him to the North Carolina sheriff and collect the re? ward and expense. GUN 8 REPLACE POWDER PUFFS fn Handbugs of Chicago's Ten Po? licewomen, It Is Learned. Chicago, Nov. 19.?Revolvers take the place of powder puffs in the hand? bags carried by Chicago'? ten police? women. It has been generally sup? posed that the policewomen were un? armed until today when Officer Clara Olson was discovered carefully oiling her iirearms. "I guess we might as well tell the truth," she said. "The revolvers from the powder puff that might be sup? posed to be In the bagu .vhich we carry in our left hands. It is a handy place for the weapons, and I believe we could get them out quickly, if necessary." Marriage I.lcon.se R<?cortl. Licenses to marry have been issued to Robert DuPre, Privateer, Hester Washington, Wedgetleld; Fred Davis and Mary Lee of Sumtet; William Pringle and Rena Harris of Horatio and Cain Thomas and Sallte Brown o Paxville. NJEW .COTTON SCHEME. Watson Arranging for Trial of Hairs Process for Opening Bolls. Washington, Nov. 19.?This after? noon Commissioner Watson on his way from New York to Charleston, stopped here for a brief conference with John Ii. Hall of Philadelphia, president of the Hall Cotton Reclaim? ing company, which holds the patent right of Mr. Hall's invention for the artificial Opening of immature and frost bitten cotton bolls. It Is claimed that the process opens the bolls as well as nature, with? out injury to fibre or tensile strength and that It will add some millions of I dollars to the value of each season's! planted acreage. Mr. Cave of Barn well, a large cotton planter, who has been in Philadelphia with Mr. Hall brought here two boxes of the frost bitten bolls from his own place, and showed one box of them which he had i opened himself with the process. Mr. Hall is now ready to offer his i process upon the market to cotton growers, but before doing so, wished j to give a demonstration at the farm to leading cotton growers and others, j He has requested Mr. Watson as pres- j ident o( the Southern Cotton congress to iiiVite leading men from all over the South to some well located point In the next two weeks for this pur? pose. Mr. Watson says he will arrange for the demonstration on some cot? ton farm near Columbia immediately upon his return and will specially in? vite such men as Ha *vie Jordan, Gov. Colqultt, Gov. O'Neal, tfca commis? sioners of agriculture of the cotton States, and everybody else who would like to see the results. 72 Years In One Eirm. Alexandria, Va., Nov. 19.?In the employ of one firm continuously for ; 72 years, was the record of Joseph F. Johnston, who died here yesterday at the age of 83 years. Johnson went to work for a tannery establishment here when eleven years old. He re? mained with the concern and lived to see it pass under the control of sev? eral branches of the same family. Civil Service Ex a min? t Ion. A civil service examination for rail? way mall clerk was held in the court house Wednesday by the local civil service board. There were sixteen to take the examination, others having j been turned away for lack of room, i Another examination was also held Thursday, there being a large number to stand the examination. ACTION OX CURKKXCY BILL. Point of Disput? Removed und Ad? ministration Measure Will Now Be Put WirnngU. Washington, Nov. 18.?The chief point of dispute between the two fac ? tions In the Senate banking and cur? rency committee was removed today. The principle of public ownership proposed in the regional bank system was conceded by administration, sen ?tort. Rapid action upon the pending currency bill is now expected. Pellagra Theory Exploded. "In our trip through the West In? dies, Dr. Louis W. Sambon and I found many cases of pellagra, but no trace of the jjimulium or buffalo gnat. This J was a severe jolt to Dr. Sambon, but i he still holds tne theory that the sim Ulium is the transmiting agent of pel- j lagra. I am satisfied in my own mind ! that the r*aize and buffalo knat the orioa for the cause have been explod- i ed. 1 think that the disease is infec- j tlous, transmitted by a germ not yet discovered, and I am of the opinion that the discovery will be made soon. The work of the Thompson-McFadden commission and of scientists through? out the world who have been investi? gating the disease is but preliminary. There are so many theories that we j had to start in the dark, as it were, i and, by a process of elimination, prove each one of these theories to be erroneous. It has been a tedious but absorbing task." The above is the ex? pression of Dr. Joseph F. oiler, of the Thompson-McFadden commission, who has just returned from a trip through the West Indies with Dr. Louis W. Sambon, of the London School of Tropical Medicine, where they have been investigating pellagra. Dr. Siler returned healthy looking and bronzed and sa d he had thoroughly enjoyed himself?Spartanburg Her? ald. Can't Sell Paper Cap Pistols and Big Crackers. Columbia, Nov. 17.?The attorney general's office has given out a de? cision that the law prohibits the sale of paper cap pistols and paper i caps. Attention is also called to the law regulating the sale of lire crackers, it being unlawful to sell crackers more than 3 inches in length and one-half inch in diame? ter, or any explosive cracker con? taining dynamite. The fine for violations is $100 or 30 days. CONTROL OF WATER RIGHTS. Conservation Courts Has Not Yet Decided Issue. Washington, Nov. 19.?Proponents of the Federal control of wtter power rights led by Gifford Pinchot, former chief forester; Henry L. Stimson, for? mer Secretary of War, and Walter I* Fisher and James R. Garfield, formef Secretaries of the Interior, won today in the National Conservation Congress here in the 11m test of strength on the permanent issue of the assemblage. By a vote of 343 to 154 a motion to refer to the resolutions committee that portion of the report of the com? mittee on waterways, which was un? animous, was voted down and the re? port subsequently was adopted with? out at roll-call. The test cf strength came when, as a substitute of a motion by Mr. Stimson to adopt the unani? mous report. E. T. Bryant, of Ten? nessee, championing the cause of State control of water rights, mov? ed that the report go to the commit? tee. The vote followed a day of lively debate ,in which the issue, clearly de? fined was Federal or State control ot waterways development in the future* The resutl did not finally determine the policy, however, as divergent re? ports from the committee on water ways now is in the hands of the res? olutions committee to be reported up? on tomorrow. The majority of the committee, led by Prof. George F? Swain, submitted a report proposing that the States be given a voice in the granting of water power franchises. Gifford Pinchot, Mr. Stimson and Joseph N. Tetl, of Oregon, offered mi? nority views urging strict Federal control of all water rights with com? pensation to the Government under certain conditions for franchise privi? leges. The unanimous report adopted re? ferred to certain general principles, upon which all could agree, and the subject was thrown upon for discus? sion early in the day, upon motion of Mr. Stimson to adopt this part of the report. Both sides of the debate yielded for a vote late in the day when Mr. Bry? ant urged that the whole matter j should go t j the resolutions commit j tee. The result ws so overwhelm! ng ! ly one-sided that the Pinchot fol I lowing tonight claimed that the re? port of the minority of *.he waterways committee eventually v.ould b? adopt? ed. Don't forget to do your Christmas shopping early. it pus TO BUY tbe best Especially When It Costs No More Than the Inferior Kind. We are showing on our floor the largest and best bought stock of furniture in Sumter. It will pay you to see us before you spend even a single dollar for House Furnishings, as we sell it for less. % A large line of new arrivals in Bed Room Suits in Quavered Oak, Mahogany and Circassian Walnut. Q Dining Room Furniture in Mission, Oak and Solid Mahogany. f| Fos? ter Bros. Ideal line of Brass and Iron Beds and Cribs. 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