Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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nt the Soatnffk e at Suniter, ft. C . as deooni-Q*aas Matter. '? MmMramasftfc^ pur* on a l Meear* John ? md rharlea Hayna worth and rh.vih^ W and Clinton MoOrew and Analuy Bruneon have re? turned from a pleasant trip to Paw ley'e Inland If lee fcdna She I ?par d of Madison. Oa.. le th ? guest of Miss Alicen Car? roll. Mr G J Vlyeri and faintly have (One tor a two weeks' stay at Ashc vms. N C Mia* AMeen O?rroll hss returned home from a visit to Madison, Us. Mrs, C H DeLonne, Mrs. J. D Car? roll and Mis P'snrhe Anna KlUglAOn left last nlgn tor UlrmlAghiir.l, A?a visiting rggattves. MMS ifdna Bnney is visaing If Hen-J dersonvllle. N C j?rs. C, W. McOr>w and son Kugene. are spending some time with relatives In Cslhoun county atlas Mary Stud ey has returned to the city after a few days' stay In Mul itna. Mrs W. 8. Reynolds and Miss Grace Reynolds have returned to the city af? ter a month's stay in Atlanta with the fOfmer'S daughter. Mrs. K ? Sory. Mr. and Mr* V I, Smith of Si. ^TVarles are v.aitlmt in town today. Mr. Zook Sclnvarts leaves this week for New York on an extended view. Urs H W. Ho >d 1m visiting her mother. Mrs. A. B Sttickvy Mr. snd Mrs H. C Wallace and Miss Blemor. and Wilton Wallace are visiting relatht i in Norwood. N C. |lr Donney Kln*n Is spending the day m town, afr. Chapman Milling of Darlington was a visitor in tewn the first of the week. MMs Virginia Idobley v ill return to Augusta, tomor ow aftet a visit to Mrs. W D. Fraeer Mise Warren, from' Oeorgla. la vis IPrrg Mls? Marie I? ammett. Miss Smith, of amden. is visiting Mrs Ahe Weinhcn: Mr OHfton Dom of Atlanta Is vis? iting hie mother. Mr. Jam en Hood will leave noon for Tuceon, Aria, where he wil make his home. Dr. and Mrs C. P. ?stren and fam? ily left Tuesday f?o Wa > nes< die. N <\, for a two weeks' stay. Mr. T. J. West berry in spending a white at Florence. Mise Roth of Sivannah Is viatcing at the home Of Dr. E. P. Durant, on Lltsrtyetreet. MMS Florence Walker of Ohio is visiting Mra Al ft eels, on Humter strneb. Mrs. W. M. K'dsom and family have gore to Kanooga Lake, N C, to spend remainder of the summtr Mrs. A. King of Klngseorg la vlsit tng Mrs. H. W. Vitchin. Mrs Cam Stubhti te spending some time at Myrtle Be?ch. Mrs. Hey ward Crowson has return ed home from Sullivan* Island. Mra Msrion Platt and children left Monday for a week's stay at Sullivan's Eilend. Mr. Chnrloe Hamilton left this morning fur Bcnnottsvlllc to accept a lion with the Western Union there. It Pays tu- Advertise Secretary Renrloti Kept Busy at the Telephone Secretary It cord on aaya "Any wan Who thinks it doe-n't pay to r Ivertlse In 8umter newspapers, anv man who thinks for a moment that the Daily Item la red read l?v nearly < v.-rvhody. and In* i?ut not Ic.iwt. an-' i-> Iv who thinks th.il the ' lieardon Iio>.v es" are not read I?? v?sry much nr. ' r.cen And why all this t ilk Well, he said that right arter Dm? Item got out last, night his watermelon got hot while hs was snawerlng the phone and he had to b? K hin wife f?>r another slice, And la do; * Sil ovet the town were call? ing and tilling him that they hail just read his "ft. O. S." call for rooms and table board In the Daily Htm. He received ten responses for robins be? fore nine a. in today. The toheoco bujera and other tcbac OO men Will be of can be cared for in good style and in comfort In Bomter. Id fsct the Sumttr Chsmber of Com? merce ban nev< r yet failed to g-et all the roon.e needed When the need for SMrh wss put rftratght to Sumter people on several o<a.i?mn?? within tho past three months i? man> as three hun? dred rooms wers secured for conven? tions. Tha wa;' thai the good ladles of Smter have responded to the call for rooms for the tobacco men and their lady folks 1? very gratifying to the Chamber of (' ?m mei re md< ed The moral of thiH Itttle bin- because every well written ?"?< should have Um well modeled rnonil In that 1? p<n h to ad vertlse. ami to advertise In Humter newspaper*. Death Mrs J. L Evans, formerly Mi** Marie Spark*, of this city, while on a visit to b#-r gsjefle Mr M M Si?encer. near Cheraw, wm taken suddenly ill Saturday nhsht and died in a d w hours. Tb* funer? I and burial servlood were held g| ChdeterSeld, and tin m ferment fr??? made, at the Chesterfield esoaessry. Mrs. Ev?n? i* iiuevlved by her hu* band and4 one .mi and one daughter, one Ove and the dher two and a ahll years old Mra ISvans bar a host of friends In IMS cPv who \\ II Im ., i.i.i. i..-,i I,, i,. , unexpected death 'It ml 1 Juli la?South < arolina Democrats wil back Coh and Roosevelt tr> the limit in their fight foi part) muc cess In Novem!*" The dollar denn, cracy campaign went forward yea terday with gr?a. tmpetu*. Denn.? i its aent th*h dollan in from all gSStlOel gg South Carolb a Some of tlxj ar dent supporter a <r the catiae Increased iheir seairmuiio i? to ? NOT "MUCH" RIVER 11 1 'i Historio Thames Not Imposing to Americans. Captain Seth Bullock's Humorous Anecdote Matched by Comment Made by New England Teach? er en Famous Stream. When Cspt. Beth Bullock, pioneer, roughrlder snd long-time sheriff of South Dakota, was invited by his friend, Theodore Roosevelt, to Join him In London, one of the reasons for the Invitation was that after hi? siren nous Afrlrsn snd Egyptian experi? ences snd In'the midst of his scarcely less strenuous soelnl and political ones in England, "the colonel said he want? ed some fel'ow over there that could help him laugh," so Captain Bullock related, "snd I was elected. "Upon my arrival, seeing that the colonel was being overworked by his many official engagements of state," he continued In a conversation which Mr. Travere D. Carman recently reported m the Outlook, "I decided that he needed relaxation with some plain chap he didn't have to bother about, so 1 walked him over the Thames riv? er bridge. The river was at extremely low tide, and knowing thst the Thames was to an Knglishmnn what the Mis? sissippi or the Hudson Is to an Amer? ican, I waited Mntll a particularly haughty-lcoklng Englishman with a carefully adjusted monocle approach* ed, and, without an Inkling to the colonel of what I intended, asked If he could tell me the namo of the creek. The pitying, pained and bored way in which the Englishman replied, That, my good fellow, is our river Thames/ served Its purpose, and kept the colonel chuckling at Intervals for the remainder of the day." # ^ A Now England teacher traveling a few years ago with a party of tour? ists had the pleasure of hearing a com? ment on the not-alway8-impresslvs Thames, uttered in all sincerity by sn American of primitive type from .he land of far-stretching prairies and the vast. Mississippi. He had inher? ited a fortune, and to please his young bride hud consented to a honeymoon trip abroad. Europe, he admitted, had In some respects exceeded his expec? tations, but In others It was distinctly unsatisfactory. This river Thames, now? "Lizzie," he demanded, turning to his wife, "you sure this Is the Timme*?" Lizzie was sure. "The Magna Charta Thames?" he pursued Insistently. Lizzie's guide book was in her hand and she was sure of thst, too. "Well/* mused her husband In a meditative drawl* "If us Americans bad signed the Declaration of Inde? pendence In Dan Skinner's medder, ssy, or some such handy, ?Stretch of land along Skunk creek, mebbe, fer the sake of history, we'd have named the creek over and turned it into a river. Mebbe 'twould have been the river Skaroes, er something. I guess It must have happened that v-ay with tha Britishers. If it wa'n't fer his? tory, Lizzie, I'd bet my boots tlda creek would be a creek 1" The Troublesome Teeth. The permanent teeth, 82 in number, appear between the ages of six years to twenty-five years, more or less. The la* to be cut are the wisdom teeth, j In about 47 percent of adults, one or all four may never develop. An ul? cerated tooth Is an abscess at the root of the tooth. It Is caused by neglect df a decsyed tooth. When the c.ivlty extends too near the netve In the cen? ter of the tooth, the nerve becomes in? flamed and toothache la the result. Thus the nerve and the decayed mate? rial fn the pulp cavity causes an ab? scess a< the tip of the root In the Jaw hone. This may produce a gumboil or break through on the face, causing a scsr. It may produce serious results, as damage of Jaw hone, blood poison? ing, anemia, kidney trouble, heart trouble, rheumatism or other troubles depending upon the part of the body affected by the poison aosorhed. Bagdad's Changs of Dress. The war has wrought a wonderful change In the people of Bagdad, not the least of which is their change of dress, accprdlng to the Times of India, which says: "In Bagdad today the young bloods aro showing a desire to adopt European dress. We cannot im? agine why anyone should want to dis? card the picturesque Arab headdress In exchange for a hlll>cock hot, hut there Is no accounting for taste. Re? lief at getting rid of Turkish misrule had presumably to be celebrated in some wag or other, and the acquisition of a new suit of clothes, even if they are ready-made rrach-mndewns, Is un? doubtedly an event which would ap? peal to the nut of Bagdad who, like nuts sll over the world, wants to be unlike his elders." Australia's Oil. While Australia Is offering a bonus of ?10,000 for the discovery of com? mercial sajfetn the commonwealth, Mex? ico Is likely to absorb oil activities for some time, according to the verdict of O. D. Meudell, a Victorian oil expert who has been touring in western Amer? ica. He found, ho says, that the le?d Ing companies are so heavi'y commit? ted tu Mexico thst Australias bonus is not attractlvs. The British and Aus? tralian governments, however, hare agHiJ \o test thoroughly former Ger? man New Gulneu and Papua for oil treurlug territory. Worshipers in Cathedral Looked on Dove's Visit. At Leatt an interesting Coincidence That Bird's Appearance Was Just Before the Series of Battlea , I That Smashed Hone. j How t radii ions and legends .grow np around cathedrals Is told la a story by I Dr. Kdward Hagaman Hall, author of the first guide book of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which made its appearance on Sunday last, said the New York Evening Sun recently.* The book Ik published by the Laymen's club of the cathedral. The story Is about the chapel of St. Boniface In the ca? thedra 1, sometimes called the German chapel, and rnns ns follows: "In the spring of 1918, some weeks sfter the great German drive of March 21 hnd begun and before the begin? ning of tho counter-offensive of ihe second hnttle of the Marne in July, the large stained-glass window in the clere? story of the choir above the entrance to the chapel of St. Boniface arrived from England. All the ventilation openings in the cathedral windows are screened to exclude birds, which, how? ever interesting In their natural hab? itats, are a practical nulssnce In the cathedral. "When the stained-glass window was ready to be put Into place the temporary window Alling the space above the entrance to the chapel was removed for Its Installation. While the window was thus open, and at a potted In the war when the Issue trembled , In the balance and the world fairly held Its breath In fearful expectation of the event, a white dove?very gen? erally recognized as a symbol or har? binger ( ' peace?flew into the cathe? dral over this chapel. "On the following Sunday It soared around in the great dome of the cross? ing and In the choir, alighting In the most Interedting places. When Dean Roberts ascended the Btalrs of the great marble pulpit he found the dove perched on the edge of the pulpit di? rectly before him. The dove then flew arouod and alighted on the back of a vacant chair between two occupied chrffrs In the midst of the congrega? tion on the south' side of the cross? ing, and there remained quietly during the sermon. "When the ushers started toward the altar with the offertory the bird soared across the congregation and alighted on the hat of a woman dressed In mourning, who was sitting near the middle aisle, Its snow-white plumage ? contrasting strikingly with the somber j attire of the bereaved woman, who seemed not to be disturbed by what perhaps she regarded as a happy omen. In a moment the dove flew to another part of the crossing. It remained in the cathedral a few days longer; and then one day went out through an open door. "Soon after this occurrence the sllles fscing the Marne salient. Including the Americans at Chateau Thierry, began the great counter movement, which finally brought peace. It was at least j an Interesting coincidence that this j white dove came Into the cathedral I over the chapel at the very crisis of the war, and that almost immediately thereafter began that series of deter? mined events which led the Germans to make overtures for peace." Science In Zululand. On May 29, 1919, at Metet, Kamerun district, West Africa, there was wit? nessed a total ecUpsOfOf the sun. It was In the sfternoon. All the "boys" ran to their houses, locked the doors and went to bed. Some were sure they would die out of doors. An observer for the Carnegie Institute came to take notes on the sun's location, and the Inclination of Us rays. The natives called him "the man who put the Sun out," and were puzzled to know why he took the trouble to come to put It out in Kamerun. When he commenced to use his in? struments they wanted to know If he was looking at God's town up in the sun. What did God's town look like, what did God look like, whom did he see. whnt good did it do to look, any? way, could he see the road to heaven, was It hot in heaven because it was hot on ti e sun? Florida's Sponge Fisheries. Tho sponge fisheries at Tarpon Springs, Fla., do more than a mllHon dollars' worth of business annually. The Industry was built np by a Phila? delphia banker, who went to Florida on a real estate development proposi? tion nnd quickly saw the possibilities of making Tarpon Springs, centrally located en the Gulf of Mexico nnd with railroad connections, the head? quarters of the Industry. This has regglttd In the building of a beautiful little city with 4.000 Inhabitants. In )906 he revolutionized the business by bringing divers from Greece to oper? ate In 30 to 180 feet of water. Instead of the old style method of "hooking" the sponges out of shallow water with a hook on a long pole. For Mis* Toodlcs. It was the first piece of mall for "Miss Boodles." When the maid an awered the hell, the postman asked; "Is thors n Miss Toodlsg lives here? I know that Mr. F. lives here, ho I Jnst watded to make sure." The maid replied: "Yes. that letter belongs here and yotl may have many more of them. While Mr. P. Is on hN trip i t Finrlda he thinks the dog gets lonesome und this letiar 1k for we to resd to Miss Toodles." DANIEL RICH CASE ENDED Witnesses Vary As to the Ac? count of the Murder of Eu? gene Cantey. The case of Daniel Filch, Jr., who la charged with murder, Was continued in the court of general sessions Tues day morning, a good many witnesses had been heard Holiday and a large part of Tuesday morning was taken up by Mi Clifton, counsel for the defense, in cross examining the state witnesses, .Jim W ilson testified that lie was in the house at the time oi the shooting, and s;tid that Bugene Cantey was at ins house on the ntgfyt of December I, iet8. He testified that Rich entered the house and stood by tin* fireplace and talked to then awhile, Wilson's Wife, v. r>< ? was ju an adjoining conm, asked him to close a door and When he went tu comply with her request, he hcarti Iii? ii to! Cantey that he had heard tliat Cantey bad) taken ins wife to Pinewood a few days before. Can? tey then turned to him and denied it, and^n the argument that followed, kich dl*ew a pistol and shot Cantey and killed him while he was sitting in the chair. Only two shots took effect in Can<ey*s body, tije rest flying' around ?ne room. One, bullet went in? to the other room and, went through the dress of Wilson's, wife. On a cross examination. Wilson seemed to waver IP his testimony. The defense brought I out several facts as to his past life, j sowing Ihat lie was a Chicken I lie I and hail been in several fights, A ? good deal of the morning was taken up by the counsel for the state and defense, arguing over points of law. All of the witnesses were heard by noon, and the counsel began their pleas to the jury before the adjourn? ment for dinner. It is thought that the jury will be charged immediately after dinner and the case of Wttlid Jones will be taken up. This propHsss j to be a long and interesting trial, as there* is a great deal of evidence to be ' consider* d. i County Roads To Be Taken Over State Highway Commission Will Hold Hearings Over State j (Wyatt A. Taylor) Columbia, July 22?The itinerary of the initial hearings by the state high Way commission, preparatory to re? ceiving into the new st a ; highway system the present count/ highways,] was announced' at the OmCC of 1 tie ' highway department here today. The commisi'on will have hearings every congressional dlctrict, be3 Mining in ine Piedmonl section, the roads in ihc up P* v part of the state to be tak'ii into tin- state system first. / The first hearing will be Anderson on AugU it 2. according to itinerary announce d today. Byery itisinbor oj the new state commission Will attend and any protest against the stat? highway system as mapped out by the j old com hlssion will be heard The I second boating Will US at Greenwood on August 3. these hearings to Ikj held In tin- court house between thd hours of 10 a 111. and 1 p. in. From the. Third Congressional dis? trict tin commission will ipj to the fourth district, with hearings 1 n the 4th at Greenville and on the Ith at Spartanl urg On the 6th the commis? sion <vil sit in Rock Hill, meeting With the Chamber of Commerce of that f'by. On the 7th there wili be a hearing at Camden. The Itineraries for th - ofor disr tricts bays not as yet been announced, bu ihey vill follow the regular meet? ings of the commission on August 10th. There will be two hearings in each congressional district. \ The <>'d highway commission had mapped out a state highway system. This wP be the basis of the new sys? tem, to l>e taken over by the new com? mission, as provided in the 10120 high? way act. Protests againsL the old system will be given careful consid? eration by the commission, dt is stated. The county roads will be taken over after tti" healings are held and all protest a disposed of. Anti-Saloon League Meets Washington* July 22.?The part the auti saloon league will play in the po litical ci mpalgn was considered ;?t a meeting here today Ol the executive pomntKtee. The members said the question as to whether the league will support Harding or Cox. or neither, win be decided definitely. vShainroek Put in Dry Dock Bandy Hook. July Jl. The Sham? rock Is 'i dry dock today getting her hull cleaned. The Resolute la at. mooring having her rigging Inspected The race tomorrow w ill be over a trl anglar course, 10 mile:: to each !?.?;. The Volle car. belonging to Mr. W. M. Polsom. started oft on an explora? tion tin. on Mam atreoi Wednesday. It decided to ,u?'t some groceries be? fore it started and crashed into the plate K'iisH window of tiu< People's Orocerj Here It atoppsd amidst the ruins ot the windows. Mr. (Tolsom was working on the car in the parking space, 11 nd it was in gear when be 1 ,stari< ii u up 1.. test ii. nit', causing tin car to run up 00 the sidewalk and break lbs window of the grocery. Have sn Elephant 8tew. An elephant's foot takes longer to cook than any other meat. To make it tender It must be boiled for thirty ulx hours. Letter From Mr. Dabbs Discusses Recent Activities Of the Federal Reserve Board Tryon, N. C July it, H2o. Bditor Daily [toin and Watchman and Southron. One day Iaht week The Stati carrlt d three notices of more than ordinary interest. On page 2 exchanges of t< legrahis between Coimhtsstoner Har? ns and Governor Harding of the Ked eral farm Uoan Bank. Pag* 5, Com miaaioner Harris' long and Interesting analysis, of the cotton situation. Page 10. announcement that Governor Harding will speak at the Cotton As UOi latlon Rally in Craven Hall, Co lumbia, August 17th. 1 took these for the test for an article on the de Ration and contraction of business program <d' the Federal Reserve Board and the Priorities orders of the Interstate Commerce ('ommission. So tar tlie State has not published my article. So r am sending you some of (he salient features of it.' Mi. Harris was very jubilant over the reply of Mr. Harding. Mr. Hard? ing said: "Federal Reserve Heard has; taken no infamous hand in nnythii g." Of course, he denies that anything his | board has done is "infamous." But he | does not deny that his board baa raised interest rates and denied cred? its and iy using the immense powers that is lodged in it to coerce the coun? try into its WO) Of thinking just as the obi money power of Wall Street did in the days that are past. Mr. Harding told me that the let? ters of Tlios Marshall,. Jr., assistant cashier of the Richmond* Reserve bank to Sumter's banks were without authority. Along with other respon? sible cRigons of the "t?te, 1 asked that Mr. Marshall be transferred to a bank that does not handle cotton paper. This has not been done for when In Sumter a few days ago I saw a letter from Assistant Cashier Thos. Marshall, Jr. If Mr. Harding goes to the meeting in Columbia on the 17th I will ask him some pointed questions that will at least keep the meeting from degener? ating into long winded platitudes that so often characterize the speeches of distinguished men. I cannot understand Mr. Harris' und Mr. Wannamaker's conlidence in Mi. Haidmg's friendship toward cot? ton when tire facts and acts of the board of which he is the head are all against us. The South Carolina Farmer's Union last .January called on all organiza tions who hare the good of the eoun try at heart to join with us in trying Lo prevent the Federal Reserve Board from putting the brakes on business. Secretary Reardon sent out for me several hundred of our appeals for concerted action. I got perhaps a dozen favorable response Si not one un? favorable, l tried to get Mr. Wanna maker io have the American Cotton Association appoint a committee to Join with the Farmer s Union commit tee in a personal protest to the Feder? al Eti r e Board and In the failure of that nppeej then to go to congress, bur no, thin letter is before me as I write). He said, "I can most positively assure > >u this, that Governor Hard? ing io very friendly toward us and had boll d US out in many ways." I thought so too. But the logic of facts are against such a thought. While all the rest of the world is speeding up for greater production, wider distribution, exb nslon of credits on the most favor? able terms* this great , coun? try through its fiscal agents, the l v leral Reserve Board and its regulator of transportation. the Interstate commerce Commission, is putting on the tracks, showing down, trying to squeoes the tremen? dous Increase of produc tion and trade into the same old worn out cars of transportaitiofi of pre-war times, and to have bank transactions measured in the rame figures (,t ro4. Some of my readers may say "what has that got to do with us?" it has everything to do with us. Unless we can arouse the public to such a concerted pit^h of protest that will cause a change in the program, wc will go through the same sxperfenoi Of our lathers after the War of Se? cession. Liaoh year we will sell our crops oji a lOWOT basis than we mode them- a basis so much below the (tost of production that many homes will be lost as I well remember to have been common from 1870 to 1900. \V<e have fresh in our minds the awful times of those days. Why, when we see the powers-that-be determined to make us travel the same road that our forefathers found so hard, do we not rise en masse and put a stop to thiB downward course? Why? Be? cause many, very many, do not see gar understand the relation of credit and money to prosperity, ami because so many of the few who do see it. ire afraid tp raise their voices for fear of giving encouragement to the Re? publican party. Not realizing that if the Federal lleserve Hoard and Inter." tab * inmerce Commission are not restrained I nthelr arbitrary interfer? ence wj:h the business ol the coun? try all 'the good that has been done by the f)emocrntic party will Ik- lost sight of and the party will lose con? trol of the government in spite of what we say or think. We have no hop,, from Republican success, we know Unit from sad experience, but the bureuuoeracy of tins Democratic Ad? ministration >s SO (lose tO Republic in lam thai the masses of the voters in doubtful states v>ill not see the differ? ence. < if course it makes no difference in South Carolina, but for the s.ik. of the business Of all the country w<? should w ?rk for a. liberal program rather than one of repression. The si.in- TdbdCoo Association ai d i um enclosing a letter from Secretary Yen ng that is of Rivat interest SI WOll as ihe Cotton Association should sc?, that the big thing behind it all is Mu ii inhpulatibn of the money and credit o' tb?> country and demImlus Hon in I he distribution of com modi - ties. W.' art being heavily taxed to meet the vast war expenditures of the gov? ernment. OSS are being taxed by uneco? nomic- marketing of bath tobacco and cotton SS well as other farm prod a ? We are heavily taxed by had rtMtda, TOBACCO SEA SON OP Man> Buyers on Hand to Over .oi ai Weed AVERAGE PRICE IS GOOt> ,Total Numbc ? of Pounds On Floor Rather Small But Prices Satisfactory Suqiter's tobacco season started off with a rush Tuesday morning, both warehouses doin,; a large business and the prices being right for the farmers. The Brst salt- was h<dd 'it the Ban? ner warehouse and a large crowd of farmers, buyers and interested Spec? tator:* wire on iiand to watch the buying. After disposing of the toliavc < >? at this place, he crowd m? ved ?\er 10 the Bumter Wl rehouse to *ce*the of? ferings there. While there .vas not* as much tobacco on the floors as had. beeri expected, e/ery one seemed Po bar satisfied with the start that had been made. It is thought rhat this wMI bS ti,>o b' St season ever lor Somter, aft there are a \iv>. it many more buyers? than usual on he locat market ahd more farmers e> pect to bring their to? bacco to the local rnarket thl* yes*. The average price was between 25 and 30 cents, though there was some tobacco that b. ought a great deal more than that. Strange Stories Of Farmer's Cures Many From Miles Arotmd Ate Said to Be Flocking to Him Columbia, Ju'y 20?Strnnge stories of remarkable * cures" effected by an unlettered farmer living near Cassatt, Kershaw county, about "11 miles froTfli Camden, have been circulating in Co? lumbia during the past few days and have attracted considerable attention: The farmer is. named Sheaorne. so* cording to stories In circulation in Co? lumbia, and so widespread has his fame become ^at automobiles, bear? ing th e merely curious and the attach? ed, fill his yard and lot on Sundays, people b>lng attracted from rimes around. ? otumblans vho visited Sheaorne last Sunday rei>ort that they haxl threat difficulty in getting access- to* him, having be< n warned repeatedly before arriving at his home that he Was not to be st en. Men with whom1 the Columbian \ talked said that threats had been made against Shea? orne. and that Ve himeslf feared that his property wa* in danger of destTuc t.on by lire if h< continued his "tfcatr ments" so rather than run the risk Of loss of property and perhaps, of Jtle. the "healer" was denying himself p9 all callers in order not to arouse *?JJ further the hostility of some peole who were, said to be opposed to his activities. After conside able difficulty, Shea? orne was located by Columbians, wfio were visiting h.m in the Interest Of a friend, who is ill. Sheaorne told them that he hail been threatened and that "preache rs' were attempting to Mir up the pec pic against* him. and for that reason he had left his home for the day. After fun her qolloqux. Sheaorne was informed of the illness of the friend and told the . visitors what to dc for him. Contrary to the usual practice in so* called "miracle men," Sheaorne uses medicine, and fi oin stories in circular tion on the street* his mainstay 10 sf plenum a nined/ as castor oil, which he administers ntemally as ISSJJ as externally, though "rubbfluB ie sfao jrer tonmxouded in sosae~?aaS)? s^jhev-w.' I is described ae a man ef about 6e years of age of rather sturdy build and ef ordinary appearance, there beT ing nothing particularly striking about Meg. VY acn the ( olunibiaa** saw Sheaorne. hg was in a rather tsmt^g room and as nig it was falling, is was difficult to see him clearly fifteept for his eyes, which are deep set aajd inflamed as from lack of sleep, he wast a farmer of ordirary appearance. Al? ter talking with Sheaorne foe sosae time, the party ot Columbians left him. he having given them suggestions set to the treatment of their friendv Mary Stories are told of "cttreev brought al out by Sheaorne. and be Is creating a furor? in his commirsdtar." said one of the Columbians, who went to *o him. Names and addresses" <*t persona benefited arc given. Some say that a private car Stopped on the railroad near SJ-.eaorne's home wime days ago "and^tt at he treated A> hdt iient which it carried, and others tell of the large nu nber of attomobilea which visit his h ime weekly. All Say that Sheaorne r< fuses money for hie services The stories have attracted consider - able attention. No statement* from persons treated by Sheaorne hgvaWeh received by newsraper men. the stories coming from others who have heard of him and who hav* learned Stf wtrtt he is doing. \ ? rl Columbia, .tulv 20.?Request for va lue points lot smallpox continue* to come In almost daily at the stats health office. J esterday an order for 1,000 points wna received from Charleston, to which city many points have been sent during the past ferf Weeks, -;-?J_ _-11 ?' but more than al these, put together is th- d Ration scheme of the Fed ess 1 Keserve Hoard Ticmove trat and Itt tis pay our war debts in the same bm hnH 1 nfl whe^t. pounds of cotton, ?no tar la bor tli it was *n en to con? tract the d. hta and *? wlM ry,*<>rm marketing, build good roads, and march on to a proaperlty we have not yet dreamed of, '?hi? I* worth work? ing for, praying f ?r, wrtftni for and using every onnct of pui influence for. K. W. Pabbs.