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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-04
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with Blo0dh0unds Caus.
ing Much Excitement
Brookland, May 80. - Yesterday
Brookland had a man-hunt all her own
and while it lasted caused considerable
excitement. About 10 O'Clock yester-
day morning two unknown negroes
went into the store Of o. E. Still & Co.
and asked to be shown some shoes.
They were rather particular, want
ed nothing under three and half or
four dollars. Mr.. Still showed them
several pairs of shoes and while the
the negroes were looking at them he
stepped behind the counter for another
pair. As soon as Mr.. Still turned his
back one of thenegroes picked up a
shirt from box on the counter and
stuffed it into the pocket of his over
ais, when Mr.. Still turned around
he noticed the shirt and asked the
negro where he got it. The negro re-
piled that he bought it in Columbia.
Mr.. Still told him the shirt came
from his stock and took it from him.
He then called to his saleslady Miss
Goff to look for a policeman, the negro
also started for the door. Mr.. Still cal
led to him thl ee times not to leave the
store, but the negro kept going. AS
he went out for his gun and follow
ed to the sidewalk and called to the
negro to halt, but instead he ran.
Mr.. Still followed for half block,
when the negro ran into a side street.
AS he did so Mr.. Still fred twice at
the fleeing man, but does not think he
hit him. Both were running and un-
der such circumstances he had not
time to aim accurately. By this time
fifteen or twenty men had joined the
chase and followed the negro for an
hour or more, the negro leading them
through Cayce, past the phosphate
mill in the direction of Orangeburg. It
is said the negro did some running
Sheriff Miller arrived about this time
and at once got dogs from the peniten-
tiary and party of IS or 40 left in au.
tomobiles to take up the chase some
two miles from here, where the first
party, almost exhausted from the run,
had abandoned the chase. The dogs
readily caught the trail. The negro
was sighted again within 100 yards Of
where the first party left. The men
were in sight Of him several times,
and the dogs bsyed him three times
but the negro would fight them of
and make another dash for liberty.
At one time the machice of DR..
Geiger got within three feet Of ihe
negro, and one Of the party called to
him to halt or he would Shoot. The
negro looked back and seeing no gun,
although apparently almost exhausted
put on more speed. Mr.. stucky ran
him but could not catch him. Se7er-
al others had similar experiences.
After . chase of several hours, the
dogs exhausted from the heat and ex-
ertion, refused to run any more, came
to their master and laid down. The
men also were tired out and the chase
had to be given up. The negro is low
and stout and black. Both of the ne.
groes that entered the store Of Mr..
Still are unknown in this community.
Several believe they belong to the
gang that has recently been breaking
into tho stores of Lexington County.
. Sheriff Miller has some inside infor'
motion which he thinks may possibly
lead to an early arrest of them.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-04

Mrs. A. D. Kaufman has recently
had hsr new brick building in which
;s located the Harmon Drug Company,
recovered. The first roof Of galvsn1z-
ed sheeting failed to give protection
against rain.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-04

Mr.. Claude VanOrmer, of Augrsta,
made his usual visit to Lexington
Sunday. There's no + lace like Lex
ingtoc to Cla0de. May he live long
and prosper
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1913-06-04

Sheriff Miller and wife made . trip
to Dentsville Sunday on visit to Mrs.
Miller's sister, Mrs. Rush Shuil.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Plant Immigrants
Help to Feed Us

After experiments covering nineteen
years. the Smyrna fig was introduced
in California. where Il now is being
successfully grown. More than one
half the rice now grown In Louisiana
ard Texas Is the Kiushu rice OF Japan,
Imported here in 1899. The Corsican
citron, superb variety. has also been
naturalized In California; udo, a Jap
anese salad plant OF great value, Is
now being grown here. experiments
are making by the bureau cf plant In
dustry with the date aim IN arid re-
gions OF the west; the carOb tree, or
ST. Johns bread, from the Mediteiran-
can region, is fiourishing near Los An
&c les: Egyptian cotton. introduced IN
the Colorado river valley, may mase
that territory the American Egypt /;
the development OF alfalfa in the west
Is we'll known: the malin horseradlsh
from Bohemia Is being grown In New
Jersey; the mangosteen, a delicious
tropical fruit, Ia new in Porto Rico,
as well as In the Panama canal zone
through the efforts OF the bureau
Leslie's.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Well Guarded

Floyd Jacobs, assistant prosecuting
attorney, tells this story upon a not
altogether obscure member Of the
Jackson county bar:
The lawyer In question had been
retained TO defend a man charged With
assault TO KILL" said Mr.. Jacobs. 81
locked into the facts carefully md,
being convinced that the man was
guilty and could easily be convicted.
suggested to the lawyer that he
plead guilty, throw himself upon the
mercy OF the court and save the state
the expense of prosecuting him.
81 couldn't think OF it-couldn't
thing OF Il at all-quite absurd
sterous-monstrous OF the state
attorney to suggest such a thlngl
exploded the attorney for the defense.
"'Your case hasn't q leg to stand
on-hasn't the shadow Of Defense
lI protested.
| I've have two excellent grounds,
sir-two excellent defenses, either one
of which will acquit my client
what are theyr
"'An abb and self-defense, siri'"--
Kansas City Journal.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Business Speaks

that patent medicines do not con-
form to this standard; In fact, we are
confident that those OF our customers
who have Investigated the matter
thoroughly will agree with us that,
considered In all its phases, the
patent-medicine business Is q public
evil In place OF the nostrums which
the catalogue formerly carried, there
now appears list OF nonsecret pre-
parations announced without false
promises or even minor exaggerations
of claim. or course there is more
money In immediate returns from the
frauds. But Sears. Roebuck & CO..
are wise enough (and there Is no firm
In the country with a solder repute
for farseeing business senseJ TO per-
ceive that honest goods and dishonest
goods cannot be sold indefinitely
from the same market; that the one
per cent OF fraud must eventually
faint with It's unwholesome leaven
the 90 per cent of fair dealing. When
the newspaper press shall have learn
cd his lesson the secret nostrum
trade will swiftly die OF hamilton
Golfers.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Each 7osUn Has Its Social Order

banks, honorary members OF commit
tees for patriotic celebrations. No
local enterprise can be started with
out their assent and appreciation. They
are not all rich men, by any means
but they are all surrounded by the In
defnable glamour Of prestige. They
are the town, one somehow feels.
They rule as all aristocracIes do. by
divine right. They are the safe men.
the responsible men. Their opinions
OF People and things percolate down
through the rest OF the people. Their
trown is sumcient to choke on local
enterprise; word from them will
quench the strongest of erthusiasms
ior new IDEA or program or project.
Activity 10 Seldom Direct.
And yet. strange to say, their sctiy-
ity Is seldom direct. They work
rather through that great 'lndispensa,
bic middle class that makes up the
Third division OF the townspeopie. II
Is hard to define what separates these
from the ruling class. Many OF the
families have lived In the town for
many years many OF them ara
wealthy; many of them have profit
able businesses. And yet It Is true thar
In most OF the Affairs OF the town.
this class seems to act as the agents
o; the ruling class.
The members of this class are the
real backbone OF the towns life. They
organize the board OF trade, boom"
the town, inaugurate and carry
through the celebrations, do the polit-
ical campaigning and organizing. and
In general keep the civic machinery
running. But little of what they 10
seems TO be carried through on their
own prestige. II IL always with thu
advice and consent Of the bigger men
This is the curious irony CT aristoc-
racies the world over-that the, can
WELD the ultimate power Without
bearing any OF the responsibility. or
doing any Of the actual work.-Ran-
dolph s. Bourne, In the Atlantic
Monthly.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

Does this excerpt sound like the
resolutions OF some medical society
or the announcement OF philan-
thropic and sociological organization?
1t is not. 1t Is the voice of business
speaking in terms OF trade. II Is TAX
en- from the forthcoming annual cat
alogue OF Sears. Roebuck & Co.,
largest Of the worlds mail-order
houses, where It appears under the
heading why we have discontinued
patent medicines"
in our opinion the evils charge
able to patent medicine sare like
ly TO continue SO long as these
products have free access to the
channels OF publicity and trade.
On the cover OF the concerns cat.
alogue is printed this legend: I'VE
guarantee that each and every article
IN this catalogue is exactly as describ-
ed and illustrated" Therein Is the
why and wherefore OF the patent
medicines expulsion; the firms stan
dards and the nostrum trade are
mutually irreconcilable. I'VE have
come to believe" the firm states.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Caring for the Worker

There are, no doubt, too many EN-
ployers who give less thought TO the
men they hire than they do TO thu
| machines that the men operate. Tbs
| Ia. at lease, the belief OF William =.
Redheld, OF New York. who represents
| a Brooklyn district in congress. Mr..
Redfield has had large experience with
both men and machines during his
successful career as a manufacturer
OF tools. forgings and engines.
at think" he writes in Human Engi-
neerlng, many OF us have stopped
too soon on the path of scientific de-
, velopment OF our industries. The
man is infinitely well worth study and
infinitely more difficult TO study han
the machine Does II come TO you
with something OF shock that we
are all careful TO have a machine
heavy and strong enough for its work
but that we rarely think whether
laborer may have some heart trouble
or some other physical weakness that
makes him unfit for the heavy lifting
We ask him to do? We all believe In
clean shops, but do we think enough
OF the human element TO be careful TO
avoid sweeping when the men are
about, because of the well-known fact
that dust carries all manner OF dis
case germs which men breathe? The
working out OF the machine has been
a long evolution and the working out
OF the study OF men may also re OF
long evolution. II cannot be hastily
done. 1t requires patience; SO do Toe
machines Your machines are COM
pick; how much more SO the man with
his human mind and heart! BIT II
tie patience Is exercised there Is IN
the man the responsive spirit the ma
chine lacks. and that spirit, led and
net driven, guided and not abused. Is
a power In industry OF which the wis
est OF Us do not dream. without II
we may be able. or we may not, to
profit temporarily. With II the age OF
industrial conquest opens to u.s."
Here is presented In a striking man. |
ner a great fact In social evolution
|. points the way TO new triumphs for |
industry. That the human worker Is
a still more sensitive and complex |
organism than the machine at which |
he labors Is a point that deserves the
fullest recognition from the employer
and from society at large-Chicago
Daily News.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
The Editors Reply

One OF these pests that are always
coming into newspaper Offices for mis-
cellaneous information, and going TO
the wrong man to get 1t, blew into
our private sanctum yesterday after
noon. He had been reading the sign
ed war stories In various papers, and
he had been seized with a longing TO
know something he ought not.
why is It." he started. before we
got our guard up, that newspapers
send corps OF correspondents to the
Balkans? Couldn't one man do the
work"
We looked pityingly at him from
the height Of our inside information.
NO." we said. How could one man
send In all the conflicting reports that
make the war news what II Is?"
He retired. absolutely crushed
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

The rest of the people, while they
comprise two distinct classes, ire
much more homogeneous. They touch
each other at all points that make for
the broader life of the town, and d.
verge only on aspects OF manners and
social qualifications. There Is first the
ruling class. in this case really hered-
itary, consisting of the direct de-
scendants of the early settlers, and
of the men who built the old church
in 1899 The old church has beer tue
stronghold of their power; II pre-
ceded the town and gave the old fam
lilies a political prominence which,
until very recently, has never been
seriously questioned. These families
still own much OF the land OF the town,
and their power and influence shows
itself in q thousand ways.
Their members are elders and trus-
tees OF the old church, officers of the
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
NAGEL REFUSES TO LET THIS
POLITICAL OFFENDER REMAIN

glad secretary OF labor Charne Nag
Get ND sweat over something he going to strain
regulation to the busting point In his enort 70
keep Cpano Castro expdnt Venezuela from breaking into this
country.
immigration bar from entry this country persons accused Oh
crimes other than purely political and Nage rules that Castro
execution Pared not political crime
Predez was revolving against President Castro and Castro shot hrs
words to that effect.
Maybe nothing political in Venezuelan revolution
Maybe therefore, Castro is undesirable
secretary really DESTROYS of making record would
that he doesn't here work. but to strut
morbid society he grabbed when ne
skipped from Venezuela country already all it support
aundrables" who lOahng other peoples money
principles sometimes when endsvo to bring specific
principle silly noise and ridiculous exhibition
Just now got department. labor department several
courts bar out fellow who has been
run out by every other nation he visited
Canada recently talked sassy to u.s.
why not buy Cipriano ticket for the northi
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
DESPITE THE BAKING, THERE rs
Z. IN THE SAME LOCALITY

Miss OkahOmas commissioner of charities has got pretty
much all the COnary barking her because she advises
The marry passed for the better
protection Of childhood and motherhood
The Philadelphia Record is particularly noisy about it. chasing 'ne
proposition among experiments that from some habaked
conmnnit.n
We don't know poorly cooked Oklahoma in respect Oh protectOn
fer children she's baked after the ashion
ph Patagonia Aynn OF some otner
species least has respect iOr her value
beast Of burden
The law looks upon marriage as contract
Woman gives herself in marriage
Instead being downright foolish 70 enter
into such contract knowledge 10 whether she has rights
therein or any legal protection the rights she havef
why that Record editor wouldn't buy dog under such
conditions That word Of depreciation when some
decent healthy girl bndy rotten scion Of wealthy society
family.
But he roars lest ahead and refuse to enter
contract knowing has legal rights therein
overbakd reaCOnaes Of the east worry about
vOman
beginning things especially things about marital
nehh.
The great West baked is demanding that abe
Be treated a. an equal the law
fourhes and love Of
iy REGINA going the sodd worhpng reactonary
East with the political power Thou shalt cruelty mother
hood! Thou shalt not enslave and debase childhood
Meanwhile the the West viii combat the PROPOSE
ton that marriage outside the law and in the hands OF
an irresponsible tyrant
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

embodied In Mr. Underwood's deciar-
alton that. IF you make your tariff
rates balance the difference In cost
nj home and abroad, including an al
lowance for difference In freight rates
and stop there. the tariff will be COM
petitive. II will promote the growth
of free competition"
Applying that to the citrus crop OF
California, for example. Mr. Under
wood stated that the expectations are
now running into many million dol
lars while the importations have fall
en- on from three million down to
sI00, 900 worth. Such tarin. he
says, ia prohibitive. II ought to be
cut down. Therefore, Mr.. Underwood
proposes TO reduce the tariff on lem
ons 80 per cent of the present liz
cents on the pound, or even put them
on the free list.
I'VE are going" says Mr.. Under
wood, ito put some Of these things
on the free list In order TO give the
pcople of the United States some OF
the real necessities OF life. We have
rot TO make up the revenue that Will
be lost In that way. There are 9
good many items In the tariff bill
that will pay fair proportion OF the
revenue, but at present tho tarin bill
f. like a mountain with high peaks
and low valleys, and there are some
of the low valleys which are good
revenue producers, but the higf
peaks. like the duty on oranges, ough'
10 be cut down TO a reasonable hmita
ton so that we can get some, revenue
from them"
Opposing this idea, c. w. Temple
of Florida, stated that the proposal
to get revenue would result In bank
rupting the citrus industry OF Amer
LEA. He stated that the California
growers are now producing more
than the demand. The crop 10 &c
heavy, he said, that the growers have
been compelled to advertise and tc
20 into every nook and corner In the
United States to build up consump
ton In order to take care Of the pres
ent and coming production. and that
any citrus fruit admitted from foreign
countries would bankrupt growers be
fore any revenue would result
The Underwood bill will make sub
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Camera VS.. Typewriter

Certain or the executive departments
At washington have found the cam
era 4 useful adjunct In. their routine
work All manner OF documents are
now photographed instead OF being
copied by typewriters. The work OF
the typewriting machine. an far 81
mere copying IL concerned, IL as
counted. since In less than a minute
facsimile may be obtained OF q docu.
ment to copy which the typist wouid
take perhaps hours.
Especially In the general land once
has the camera been found mort use
full IN work OF this kind. Formerly.
BY the method Of typewriting copies
Of land records, forty patents were
held to be good days work. Now
by photographing them, as many as
two hundred patents may be copied.
The document to be copied L. set up,
= bulb f. pressed. and the thing 10
done. No plates OF films are used In
this work, the medium being sensi-
tixed paper itself.
when q new document or page or q
book IL run into position, the opera
ton 10 accomplished with the aid OF
an electric motor. This motor unwinds
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
WASHINGTON LETTER

stantIaI reduction on wood pulp, print
paper, cattle ON the hoof, possibly
meat, and cotton manufactures.
On the theory that tobacco is a
! luxury, the duty Is to remain. No
body has appeared to show whether
the protection furnished by the to-
bacco duty goes to the farmer who
grows the product, the man who
smokes his pipe, or the trust which
Mr.. Ryan and Elihu Root organized,
and the majority of the stock OF
which Is owned by j. p. Morgan.
However, the duty is to remain.
The cotton schedule Is TO be push
ed down TO 10 per cent OF the present
duties. II was Is per cent In the
previous Underwood bills. The re-
duction is a result OF an agreement
by the American Association of Cot
ton manufacturers, which Is dominat-
ed by the Southern mill owners, to
accept such reduction. Incidentally,
In this they were opposed bitterly by
tire New England cotton mill people
who have to pay more for their labor.
The Texas and Southwest cattle
raisers have been represented before
the committee by their regular attor-
ney, Judge c. w. Cowan. Judge
Cowan has always been free trader
and a Democrat, but he says the cat
tie men in his state did not vote TOT
free trade In cattle and hogs wnen
they voted for the Democratic candi-
date. He told the committee that the
admission OF free cattle from South
America would ruin the cattle bust
ness Of the United States. Judge
Cowan admitted that the Texans were
for free trade In Iowa, but not In
Texas. The same condition appeared
when the South Carolina delegation
or posed free trade In peanuts and the
Louisiana contingent opposed free
trade In sugar All these people are
protoctionists for their home Indus
tries and free traders for other peo-
pies industries.
The California Cotton Mills COM
lpany. of Oakland, Cal, has put on
Ale before the committee on ways
and means, a long brief In favor OF
maintaining the present rates OF duty
on manufactured cotton, fax, hemp
and jute.
| The duties on wool will. II Is UNI
lderstood, be little below the figures
contained in the compromise bill
vetoed by President Taft. Underwood
has always opposed free wool, but
the Bryan influence has been strong
for lower duty than that In the last
tariff proposals.
Assuming that the tariff changes
may reduce tho revenue the Demo
Gratis are preparing to bring forward
an income-tax measure. The action
Iof West Virginia In approving the
constitutional amendment leaves but
one more ratification necessary, to
make this amendment a part OF the
safe to prepare 10 enact legislation
for taxing incomes. II will no longer
be possible for the supreme court to
veto such legislation under the pre-
text OF nconstitutionality.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

80
bills which pre-
viously were pass
ed and vetoed by
President Tart
will be embodied
in the bills TO be
reported by the
ways and means
committee when
he special session
Il the new con-
.ress conyenes
darch 10.
At the hearings
which have been
n progress. Chair
nan Oscar w. I'm
erwood has out
ned with consid-
rable definiteness
ne nature OF the
ductlons to be
made. The gen.
-~aI nrfnNfnla "a
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
THE TELLER WHO'S ALWAYS IN HASTE

He claps on his hat
And rushes TO lunch,
With no time to chat
With the rest OF the bunch:
He frets at delay
A wait makes him fight.
He rushes all day
And he rushes at night!
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

Elizabeth Cline, the oldest domes-
tic servant In point OF service in the
world Is dead az Philadelphia, age S8.
She served one family continuously
for 20 years and was buried in the
family plot.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Mercenary Mob.

what did the crowd do when you
told them you had never paid dollar
for q yote7"
"a few cheered, but most Of them
seemed To lose interest Washing
ton Star.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

He rushes 10 rise,
RE rushes TO shave.
To breakfast he flies,
Haste makes him a slave,
He rushes TO work
And then rushes through,
he rushcs each clerk
AS a hustler" will do.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
DAILY HEALrHooRAM.

Stoop shoulders are best rem
edied By STRENGTHENING the spinal
column through properly dovsl-
oped muscles gained by gym
nastics and exercise persisted IN
for a long time, and by the
avoidance OF posture and occu-
pations which cause them
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05
Her Sarcasm.

cit is 1880 o'clock" severely said
Mrs. Gnagaway. What kept you
from getting home until this unttmely
hourf"
Il was detained at the Office. max
ing out statements" replied her hus
band.
And that Is one of the statements
presume f@Judge.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

BY gibson GARDNER. :.
WASHINGTON, Feb. A generai
reduction of tariff duties approximat-
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

He rushes his wife.
He rushes the kids.
He rushes through life
Like a motor thar sKids.
His power he gives
To rushing ahead.
Hell rush while he lives
And he'll rush when he's d,
The Detroit times., 1913-02-05

from the fve-hundred-foot roll of sen
sitized paper that portion which has
Just been exposed to the light, carries
II to q developing solution bereath
the camera. and, by the time the new
sheet that has been brought into posi-
tiou has been exposed, the sheet i'm
mediately preceding II has been de-
veloped and automatically deposited
In tray at the end Of the camera
When taken out OF the "hypo" the
sheets are spread on racks TO dry.