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AVANT TALKS ' Tl Georgetown Mao Says Killing Has Ruined His Life. A PECULIAR SITUATION Man Does Not Know How His Apbii peal Stands?Dr. Bigham Not Yet co th Heard From?Seems to Be Doubt About Report of the Doctor Be- p'' ou ing In Greenville. I ry i "Of course it worries me. It hai er ruined my life and I never expect pn to get over it." said W. B. Avant W at the State penitentiary, where he ft! he is held, pending an appeal to the supreme court. Avant was questioned closely as to the tragedy of Mur- ^Tj rell's Inlet, when he shot and hilled Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bigham, on a lonely beech, while he was in company with her husband. Dr. G. C. Bigham. ' Both Avant and Bigham have 2>een convicted for the crime and senlenc- ? re ed to serve a term of three and one- ^ half years each In the State prison. Jq The prisoner who Is now beinp held, until further advices are received from the Georgetown sheriff is very young, hardly over 23, of unkempt appearance, shoulders slightly stoop- . ed, brownish hair, gray eyes and of a nervous nature. The whero abouts of Dr. Bigham, the husband of fie Q woman who was killed, is unknown. ^ Just what will be the next move ^ In the noted case Is not known. Dr. Bigham is at large, although recently reported.to be in Greenville. W. wj B. Avant is at the State Prison, though not as a convict, a message A having been received by the authori- ^ ties from the sheriff of Georgetown <?< ' h*.fnr? he was to be mustered In, "to hold him until further instructions." Avant firmly believes that he will get another trial but can Q6 not understand why the papers have 0B not been filed with the supreme court. It is stated that the time is out for ^ the filing of the papers and that both men will have to go to prison. The prisoner said that he was per- ' fectly Ignorant as to just what hie ^ attorney had done in the case and ^ that he thought that immediately after Judge Watts refused a new trial that the case would be appeal- f ed to the supreme court Avant was given to understand ^ before the interview that it was not necessary for him to talk unless he wished to and that he might re- quest auy statement he might makt ^ not to be -printed. In his conversation, the prisonei . at times grew excited and nervous. . Questions of general nature he wouli. * answer freely, but when asked di rectly about certain phases of thf case he would exclaim in an excited * voice, "that I refuse to answer." .j, ? 1.V v. ruaa oclrari manv aues AilUUUf," UK) n?w ? -? _ tions concerning the mysterious case, v he would give no answers that would make a connected story. He could . not remember many of the details 01 the killing. . When asked who shot Mrs. Big- ^ ham, the prisoner said, "Yes, I shoi 1( her."' When asked why the answer .. came, "I decline to answer." On being asked just what hi? ,v thoughts were when he discoverer ^ that he had shot a woman, he hesl- ^ tated a moment and said, "I had no thoughts. I was scared and nervous and ran back to the house." iQ "Why did you shoot and kill Mr6 Blgham?" was asked Avant and the . usual reply to many questions came, "that I decline to tell you." ^ "Before you pulled the trigger, what did you see on the beech was the next question asked the prisoner, "Something black, sitting on the ground," was the answer. 0 When questioned further as to where Dr. Bigham was when the shot was fired, the prisoner said, "I don't know. I was scared, he might have been near me." iD "What did you think the something black or dark was on tht ^ beech?" he was asked, "I will not J answer that." was the reply. Avant stated that he was married. 11 and while not a warm personal friend of Dr. Bigham that he had known him for some time and that Mrs. a< Bigham had visited his home aev- 31 eral times. The prisoner was a in farmer. * ^ The killing of Mrs. Dlgham was ^ most sensational and mysterious in its nature and many theories have ^ been advanced, but nothing of a defi j;ite nature is known concerning rh<* crime. Where is Dr. Bigham? is the question that many are asking. "From what can be learned h?re Dr. Bigham is still at large and 5he Si last report from him la to the ef- 01 feet that he is in Greenville. E,*i- 0 dently there Is some misunderstanding in connection with the affii-, ly Avant having been arested and s^nt at to prison and Blgham being out on u T* o 1 rr o nnoo re n UUUU JLV W* tOiUi^ tj * v/ be Illegal for Avant to be la and Bigham out or vice versa, inasmuch so they were both released at the same w! time and under identically the same g* conditions." w; A report from Greenville, where It ci was claimed.Dr. Bigham had gono hs to visit some of his relatives says: lo "Dr. G. C. Bigham seems not to be er in Greenville at present, as he has tl< not been 6een within the last few days. It Is supposed by some, how- sb * - - 4 ? ever, tnat ne is Boraowawu iu mo county with his relatives. lo "The sheriff of this county has re- ni cently received a telegram from the pa sheriff at Georgetown county tell- fo ing him not to arrest Bigham, and of from this it seems that he is not dii considered a fugitive from Justice." H< Dr. Bigham is under a bond of cl< $1,500 and if Iho paper3 for a new in trial have not been filed with the m; supreme courts it seems as If he Is ra' destined to serve out bis sentence ve HAKE HEROES OF THEM IE SUPREME COURT T.IKES UNPRECEDENTED ACTIOX. lprison an Ex-Sherift' and Others for AJlowing a Prisoner in Their ^ Custody to be Lynchcd. For the first time in American Ci story, six men are in prison for ntempt of the Supreme Court of e United States. For the first time, o. th?> Federal Government has aced men behind ttie bars as an .tcome of the lynching of a negro. At the United States jail in Washgton, Capt. Joseph F. Shipp, formsheriff at Chattanooga, Tenn.; Jerliah Gibson, his jailer, and Luther "s illiams, Nick Nolan, Henry Padgt and Win. Mayes, oi the same city, ^ Lve b?gun serving terms of im- 9* isonm?*nt imposed a few hours be- 10 re by the Supremo Court of the lited Stated. oe Shipp and Gibson had been found lilty of failing to protect from a m ab Ed Johnson, whose legal exe tion for rape had been stayed by 01 e 8upreme Court until it could lu view the case. The others had en found guilty of participation 'ir the lynching of a Federal prisosr. Shipp, Williams and Nolan *? ?re given sentences of ninety days" m iprisonment each, while Padgett, fa bson and Mayes each rccclved six- 'u days. As the big barred doors of the Pe il swung open to receive the priso- Sc irs, immediately after sentence had *en imposed, Warden McKee stood w> fore them. f>r "As least we are In the hands of Ci soldier!" exclaimed Capt. Shipp, bo had been in many a fight for C< e Confederacy, as he espied a G. R. button on the lapel of Warden tb cKee's cost. Then turning to his 1,T *e fellow prisoners, ho said: m "Boys, it will be all right." Warden McKee has inaugurated ^ " ian er clflOQlJ U1 |)UUJOmucui av vmtw ^ v.. i humantarian as the various class- m i of prisoners will allow, and he w as prepared for the reception of S< >e six men from Tennessee. or About a year ago, during the im- er -Lsonment of an unusually large imber of women, the warden had t"d up a store room ou the fourth n< >or of the jail as quarters for fe- ^ ale prisoners. It was in this large P' >om, perhaps twenty by thirty-five ?' et, that he locked the six prisoners, In the room were beds for each w ' -the prisoners, while at one end ai as a table upon which "trusties" s ill set their meals three times a ^ i.v. A bath room, adjoining the iom, will bo used by the prison- tc s exclusively. Four large circular m idows open to the south and west, a vlng excellent views of the front ct ! the buildings. In fact, so pleas- m it did the prisoners find the quar- iE >rs that Capt. Shipp sent his at- w irney, Major Clift, to the office of ** le Supreme Court to withdraw a p >quest he had made when sentence m as imposed, to be sent to the Fed- w al prison at Atlanta. Ga., Instead ! the jail In Washington. M During the afternoon, the six men al reived calls from T^nnesseeans and :hers. Sitting on his straw bed, ilf reclining on his pillow of straw, 1" apt. Shipp made this statement: 01 "We are very well pleased witb " le treatment giv-en us by Warden ei cKee, and are delighted with the carters assigned us." 0) A few hours in jail made Gibson ^ ?miniscent. He told his compan- a' ns that this was not the first time C a had been in prison in Washing- n< >n. C' "But the other time I was brought C( ere as a Confederate prisoner," he C lid. tl t , t ol THE WAGES OF SIX. fi: h nee Prominent Jersey!to Pied in ct a Poor House. n? C( A dispatch from Charlotte. N. C.. ivs an eventful career ended Mon- ? w ly afternoon with the death at the owan County Home of Charles A. . omer, a former member of the New ;rsey Legislature and once promi- ^ ?nt iu that State. Several years jo he left his wife and came to E >encer, X. C., with a woman whom i claimed was his wife. This woan later became insane and died ^ the State hospital. Gomer brood- . I over her death and soon became ' wreck himself, losiug his eyesight. ^ efore his death he confessed that ^ ie woman with whom he lived at tllsbury was not his wife. _ w Fiends Awful (Yimc. cc At Staunton, Va., a true bill was 8e und by the special grand jury Caist Clifton Beckenrldge, the ne- m o charged with repeated assaults or i the slx-vear-old granddaughter of . A. Hutchinson, the county jail tj, ;epor. The negro narrowly escaped ec nchine at the bands of a infurl ed mob on Friday night. er Wanted to Hang Sooner. 0j At Russellvllle, Ala.. Tom Robert- ps n, who two weeks ago killed his th Ife and his mother-in-law and dan- de 'rously wounded his wife's father, co as found guilty of murder in the rcult court and sontenced to be ti< inged December 15. "That's too be ng for mo to live." rxclaimed Rob- ce tsou, when the date of his execu- m in was announced. wi pr lOuld he appear. |k Bigham is thus described: "A T1 w, heavy-set man, possibly five feet tb ne inches in height, dark red hair, m Tted in the middle, medium low au rehead. ruddy complexion: eyes tit light brown, reddened as if by hi ssipation and granulated eye lids. Sc ? is rather boyish in appearance, na >an shaven, and when bis face Is repoee lie appears rather a mild od innered man. In upptaranc-o he la lie tber younger than hu fi^e, ;i? ta ara." _ to SHARPJEPLY ' Senator Tillmr'- Critkism of the Plan of Financing the AFT LUNCHEON AFFAIR tpt, W. E. Gonzales, Member of the Central Committee In Charge of tho Arrangement#, Explains Why Free Tickets Were Not Issued to the Columbia Function. The following statement is pubhed by Capt. W. E. Gonzales, who is on the central committee as the presentative of the Columbia lamber of Commerce, to provide r the entertainment of President ift when he visited Columbia rently: "As a member of the central comittee and aa the individual priarlly responsible for the method President Taft's entertainment at ncheon in Columbia, a method aracterized by B. R. Tillman as ldecent,' and criticized in chorue a more or less thoughtless, unin - J MAIIAIAHA nntiforxonnrc T r Hi tiU ui UiailtlUUD uvnopupviu, * ake the subjoined statement of cts. The vicious assault upon Combia by Tillman, broadcast rough the country in press disitches. Is a reflection upon all >uth Carolina. Last winter the President-elect is invited to Columbia by the Govnor, the president of the South irollna Bar Association, and presi>nt of the Columbia Chamber of jmmerce. He could not then soma iter the invitation was renewed by e Governor, the mayor and the esident of the Chamber of Comerce. He accepted that invitation, iree mothns ago organization for iO care of the President and his itertainment was begun by the foration of a central committee, of hich the Governor, representing )Uth Carolina, was chairman, May Reamer and myself being the oth members. "Tho firct sTipc^tion for the Presi jnt's entertainment was by Goverir Ansel, who proposed tendering im a luncheon. I opposed that an' ou the ground that the coming I the President to the Capital, on le Invitation of the city and State, as * State-wide in its significance, id his hosts should be the repre>ntative men of the State; that any >rmal function at the Mansion must ! necessity be restricted, and, there?re., the idea of a State entertained could not be carried out. As substitute suggested inviting Ni >rtain number of representative ,en of South Carolina to participate i giving this luncheon. The coat as estimated at^|10 for each host, lere to be no "guests" except the resident, his immediate party and embers of his Cabinet. That plan as accepted, the Governor deciding ? give the President a breakfast, j t. Taft at that time expecting to rive here in the morning. Was State-wide Affair. "Members of committees were .ter appointed, and the committee i invitation forwarded to the lousand persons selected to be giv-| 1 the opportunity to participate i entretaining the President, a card I invitation, in stereotyped form, taring, as symbolical of the 6cope, i engraving of the flag of South arolina. There was absolutely athing upon that card suggesting olumbia as the host. Another card irried the information to South arolinians iuvited that the first iree hundred to avail themselves I the invitation, and pay the amount iced upon, would participate in the mcheon. "Invitations were essential beiusc limitation and selection were pcessary. No one was invited beiuse he could pay his way. Of:lal South Carolina, the press, the icn of learning and of worthy jhlevement were recognized as fulas possible in the effort to have ;semble here a representative and istingulahed body of South Caronlans to meet the country's Chief xecutive. Private entertainment in Dlumbia would have saved the comJttee's infinite troubles and trials, it would necessarily have eliminatl that State feature of the enterinment, to which the President so elipgly referred in his address jre.f "Further carrying out the Stateide conception, a reception commite was appointed, on which every Cr?iifh rvimlhia had reorer station; there were two aldermen om Columbia and probably a dozen embers of the General Assembly 1 that committee. "The design and inscription for ie menu card, chosen by the lunchin committee, a full month before ie event, emphasized the scope of ie function., In addition to the igravings of the Capitol, the coat ' arms of South Carolina and a ilmetto tree, the declaration that e luncheon was "Given to Presirat Taft by South Carolinans" was inclusive of Its purpose. "At the beginning of the prcpara )U it was decreed that there should 1 A ? * * U ^ DY. ! no guests at iuc iuuvm.^w . pt the President, his party and embers of the Cabinet. And there is none. Erory South Carolinian eeent "was there as a host. The renters for the Columbia Record, ie News and Courier and the State, ? members of all committees?the en who bore the responsibilities id did the arduous work of prepa)n?rweto hosts, each coutributin? s share toward making fitting iuth Carolina's hospitality to the ttion's official head. "Th^re are two practicable, m^th;s of defraying th* expenses of pub banquets. One Is by using th ^payers' money to pay for an enrtaintnent from which raoro than 89 percentum of the taxpayers mt of necessity be excluded, and t other is that those acting as ho do the part of hosts and defray t ooBts. By the first plan the ma pay for the benefit of the few; the latter there is equality and Ji tlce. And the later plan Is prat cally universal. Same Plan Followed Elsewhere. "After Tillman's ill-bred outbre In the face of Columbia's and 801 Carolina's approaching guest, I tc the pains to inquire of four tow that either had entertained the Pr ident or contemplated so doing, to the plan followed. Here are < tracts from the replies: "Wasnington: me amu?r juv to President Taft was arranged a joint committee of the Chaml of Commerce and board of tra< The committee issued invitations a few distinguished guests, who, course, paid nothing. All oth< who attended paid $20 a plate. T list was limited.' The list, howev was not confined to Washingtonia "New Orleans: 'At tho banqi tendered President Taft here li February, Just before his inaugu tlon, all thdse who attended w< Invited to pay $25, with the exa tion of Mr. Taft's party, the pr (of New Orleans) and possibly c or two guests of honor.' Those vitations to participate were i confined to citizens of Louisiana. "Atlanta: 'I have just wired } that we did exactly the same thi here in Atlanta, and it is the us custom, not only here in the Sou but in every other city in the coi try. ... It seems to me It a very sensible custom. . . Sor body hss to pay. Why not, the fore, those who aro there In the pacity of hosts? . . . So far I have heard this is the only stance of complaint of this kind record. "Savannah. 'The Taft banq will be attended by 3&0. perso About thirty will be guests of city; the 320 who are not spe< guests will pay $20 per plate for occasion. In eighteen years I do recall a function of the sort in t city that was not similarly flnanc< Invitations to participate . in t banquet and its expense?a banq given in the name of Savannal were sent to Atlanta and elsewh In Georgia. "The direct charge that Coll bla was attempting to make the St at large pay for her frolic, and infamous insinuation that the p of a committee, of which the G ernor, the mayor and myself w the members, had engaged in a m ey-making scheme, warrants re ence to what was spent in Colum ! aside from the luncheon?whose c by the way, was not covered by estimated $10 a plate. Aside fi the entertainment in the State Ho the outlay was, as accurately a can now secure the figures, $5,8ftil Tillman Tartly Censured. "I have no means of defining motive prompting B. R. Tillman make the gross and insolent n he did to the Invitation to be a 1 instead of a guest at the lunch to the President, and It is immate whether he imagined It an oppoi nlty to hurt Columbia, or to eml ' AnnAn^nfo nn IUSB UIS puiuiuui V|']iuucui? committee, or to hoodwink gull backwoodsmen. But his 111-b tirade, his maliciously false sti ment of Columbia's position, charge that our plan was a vlolat of hospitality and 'indecent,' wo have been Ignored by me had papers In South Carolina, some them perhaps misinterpreting committee's silence while the gi was approaching, indulged in wl ly unjustified, and, as a dlstingu ed Georgian writes me, unpreced< ed ccrltlclsm of this city. "That Tillman, who has ne balked at the price of a dinner w paid for with the money of taxi ers, should essay the role of a W McAllister is grotesque. The r who as a guest of honor iu Char ton 'took the hide off his hosts i then 'rubbed in salt,' and gave Ci lestonians a stomach-turning fi which they needed years to reco1 the man whose coarse speech w making addresses by Invitation brought the blood to the faces farmers' wives and daughters South Carolina, the man whose p fanity before women has shocked South Carolina and in Washing ?this man's criticism, I say, hospitality and etiquette is f tesque. Trie animous is rovco when Tillman, notorious for lack courtesy, lack of refinement, and general uncouthness, and boast of his disregard of the conventic attempts to be mentor of Columb manners. And when It comes maintaining the good name of So Carolina, for which he now ess to bo jealouB, Tillman's display of appetite for getting something nothing or much for little, wh had its inceipient manifestation wl he was Governor in the cultlvat of a private oat crop at public pense, and its latest development the Oregon land affair, might be tailed as startling inconsistency tween the word and the deed.' "If Mr. Taft knew anything ah the reason Sonator Tillman gave absenting himself from the lunche he said nothing about It, but joyed a good dinner. A. K.' Lives and Property Lost. It Is estimated that fifty pers< were drowned by the recent fio< on the Island of Jamaica and t' the material damago will not bo 1 than $1,250,000. The principal I was to the banana plantations on i north side of the island, and t ifoipments will be pos&Sble befi January. The south side of i iBland was practically uninjured, a the situation there is not serious Xegro Kills Another. At Chester, in a quarrel on To day night, between two negro John Macon and John Win. the 1 t?r was shot by the former and d Friday from tin* Injuria recr.lv The tlayer was arrested and lodj in jail. g| CLASSIFIED COLUMN he Red Polled Cattle?Berkshire Hoj ,ny and Augora Goats. Breeders. V by R. Clifton, Waco, Texas, us :ti- For Sale?Pair of fine Kentuch horsee. Address Box 9, Greei vllle, 8. C. ak ) ?? ith Salesmen?Best commission offer c ok earth. New, all retailers, san 'ne plea. Coat pocket. "Very Proflti ee- able," Iowa City, Iowa, as ?????????????? bx- Wanted?Agents to sell embroide ed shirt waist patterns. Keystor en Embroidery Mfg. Co., 1438 Nort by Hobart St., Philadelphia, Pa. >er ' fle. Agents Hustle?Only pancake grii to die in world that bakes squai of cakes, turns them. 150 per cei 3rs profit. Canton Griddle Co., Cai 'he ton, Ohio. er, ne. Wanted to Buy?Hides, Furs, Woe let beeswax, tallow, scrap Iron, co ast peas. Write for prices. Crai ra- ford Co., 608-510 Reynold SI ere Augusta, Ga. ep ess loo name cards or business cards>ne Leather case, 50c.; 25 cards, 15c in- stamp or silver; agents wante aot Martin Agency Sales Co., Hoi Beach, N. J. 'OU . . lag Simple way?How to preserve ai ual have fresh blown garden flowe th, all winter. Great secret for ' JO- centa silver. A. H. Kllater, R is Lake, Wis. ne- i re- Don't Ship until you get a free 11 ca- of reliable produce dealers in ! as leading markets from the Nation in* League of Commission Merchant on Dept. O, Buffalo, N. Y. Free?Fifty old Favorite Son* 'lis words and music, lithograph co ers, for addresses of twelve teac ers, not over two from same scho< t-hs Box 182, Greenwood, S. C. do . hia Perfume-Gloss in Starch gives clotb sd.' lasting perfume of azure violet hat makes them white as snow ;sai uet pie, 4 cents; agents wanted. Shi 1? man, Lewis Block, Buffalo, N. Y. ere Typewriters?Special low prices im_ rebuilt and second-hand machlm ate all kinds, for fall trade. Wrl the f0r price Hat. General Supp lan Company, Dept. O, Augusta, Ga. rOV ere Lady or Girl. Wanted each to* on" good pay spare time, copy nam fer" for advertisers, cash week l^a Stamp for particulars. Am. Ac ost, Bureau, Sanbornvllle, N. H. the "?m For Sale?The Wheeler hotel prop* UBe ty In Hendereonvllle, N. C. If : 9 * terested communicate with us once, before this property Is so Howard Caldwell & Co., Colu the bla, 0. C. to i >ply \vhen medicine falls you, I will ta 109t your case. Rheumatism, lndlg' 6011 tlon. liver, kidney and sexual d rial orders permanently eradicated rtu* natural means. Write for lite; >ar" ture, confidential, free and int the estlng. C. Cullen Howerton, F. Durham, N. C. ired a t ghlg Young Ladles and girls over 14 yei Ion ?' age can 86cure 8teady and Pro) ujd able employment and be taught Qot make cigars. Will be paid wh Q{ learning, good, cheap board c hp neniired near the factory. A the lest ^rl can malie *rom '6 10 *12 I I week (some much more) afl Ish- learning. We need BOO young jnt- (**eB immedlately- APPly 10 ae enburg & Co., Opposite Union I >ver pot* Charleston, S- C. >av" ^no 6ilk fonr-in-hand Sunday t flrd 15c, by mall, prepaid. All n< nan Popular B?Ud colors, correct sha] jeB state color preferred?send stair and or coln' A11 careful thrift Iji iar_ ers take advantage of our big bi om 8aiH- Wg are the largest exc! /er men s an(* b?J'B' outfitters . ' America. We manufacture all o has own cl?tllIn?' Boys' warm wlnl caps made with pull down bam jn 15c by mall prepaid. Big cai logue mailed free?write todf >roIn Mail Order Department. The E ton Store, ClncinnatL of : . Marlon County Farming Lands i led Sttle?^rst Mon(iay ^a' Day in December at the Coi 01 for House in Marlon, in settlement fuI the Estate of W. C. McMills there will be sold 2,264 acres, < la's vided into tracts of land vary! to from 150 to 3 50 acres each of fl utjj productive, healthy land. Timb ayg has been sold with usual far nn privileges und In no way interfer jor with the farm. Conveniently sit ated on good rond 8 1-2 to aen miles from Marion Court Houi lon and directly on a surveyed line ex_ Railway being built and now wit i? in a few miles from Georgetow via Marion, north. Terms, oe fourth cash, balance in one, t^ and three years with option 0Uf cash payments. For further i ?0r formation address and so on, s on or write W. C. McMillan, Admi eQ^ istrator. Columbia, 8. C., or Mor gomery & Llde, Attorneys, Mario S. O. / . . , ? It is quite possible for a girl 3d6 get her eyes open, you know, throuj just a little pique, ess _mm^ fhe | It was In this very col ew : from Birmingham, Ala JJ? died of Fever. They ha Qd son's Tonic cured then . -.j i The two physicians here had 3 very ol were Italians and lived on a Creole 60 eS- months standing, their temperature ran ies, thing In vain- I per?uaded them to let at_ ed matter and let the medlclnc go out In led fPCt tn all thr?e ease# waa Immediate am I wtjb fio recurrence of the Fever. Pd. I ;p.] \ Write to THE JOHNSON'S CHIl t) i . i II- ii i ii i I. ' A Feather I W..S. c i- 89 Society Street, Local and 1 r'h Southern State r. e ?Macnine a I Plumbin 'M CO L_ U IV w ' ^ CAN TUBERCULOSIS BE CURI "* According to Statement Issued the Michigan Department d. Health, It Can Be Cnred and I y t vented. i _' I, the undersigned, hereby ce 1?j fy that I have suffered slightly riJ several years, and endured pains 25 spitting of blood from tubercul lb for the past year. Having taken ( Saaetamolnen Remedy for tt _ months, I feel myself perfectly v, at Two doctors, after careful exam ggjtions, have pronounced me fully a) covered. ta (Signed) For testimonials and terms, w .. The Saaetamolnen Remedy Co g6| Sonth Range, Mich. y. L. M. Power, M. D.. In charge, h- Pointed Paragraphs. :)1) People seldom talk too much lesH they know too little. Vanity enables a man to conv gg himself that he isn't vain. g. ' m. THE NEW FERTILIZER. Ip A discovery of far-reaching im _. tance to the farmers of the Sout oa the new fertilizer which has 1 eB perfected on one of the islands ] It? Charleston, S. C. It has long 1 ,ly known that lime is an essential : for plants of all kinds and that _ cannot live when it has been exha rn ed from the soil. It has also 1 ief known that old worn-out lands jy extremely deficient in lime, and jv sour, badly-drained lands have t lime is a for mthat is not usabl _ growing crops. Br_ Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, I In. Dept. of Agriculture, says: at the applications of lime Increased yields The beBt yields 1 m. obtained with the lime in- the 1 of carbonate, the finely ground _ ter shells standing first I with fertilizer was more profit ee. than depending upon ferti jB. alone." by This new fertilizer which pree P3. lime in its most usable form is n Br. by a new process of burning 03 g shells and using a burner that supply potash. The result is a grade fertilizer costing the com er only $7.00 per ton. It reel; ^ worn-out lands in a marvelous 1 ner if applied broadcast two mo ' ahead of aminoniated goods, sweetening effects on sour land almost magical. Charleston fre rates apply on this new fertil )6T The factory is located on You j?' Island, S. C., but all letters sh be addressed to E. L. Commins, ? Agent, Meggetts, S. C. Free des< tive circulars will be sent to any on request. ? We Buy ;pi The Following: ir- (Submit samples, glv? lu- amounts and price): in COW PEA8, largest amount* w ur ed October to July. PLA -er ino COTTON SEED, fancy ] is. types. SEED APPLER OAT! Laiy N. L. WILLET SEED CO., >ig Augusta, Ga. ? or ORGANS, les We have a few slightly us< in $90 organs, will close out at of big reduction. If you are wan tn. "lng an organ now is the time I 11- buy one of the best organs mac ng at a great bargain. Write i ne once If you wish to secure or er of these organs, for such ba m gains don't last long, ea Write for Illustrations < u- these organs and for terms. 10 ? MALONE'S JkuJSIC HOUSE JO, Columbia, S. C. Of h n, L<V- WO?D. IRON AND STT.rL D" LOMBA^1 a?Sff^^AJGulTA. OA. ee ?n, |W columbia .-sup: I k *our Eng?n ? I ffflfen( VVhit a man of experience 4. I aflfl I several governors, of vartoi 10 |^KI the Guother-Wright This jh HW ever tried." We carry aUsb tage in Brookside, 15 mi i., that three Italians nea id been sick 3 months, lol i quickly?read letter belc ?P5s**v~* - Brookside, Ala., if ay h 1 bstlnate cases of continued MaJ&rlaJ Fever, yards from my store. These cases were of glng from 100 to 104. The doctors had tried e1 me try Johnson's Tonic. I removed all the j a plain bottle as a regular prescription. Ti i permanent. Ttaf-y recovered rapidly and I S. R. SiriFI.ETT. .L & FEVER TONIC CO., Savannah, in Our Cap of curling and dyeing feathers. But other feathers in our cap. We excel 1 dyeing Gloves, Lace Curtains, all kinds , and even Carpets. We never injure lea. Our work is the best. Our price ostal will bring them. lOPLESTON CO. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Long Distance 'Phone. :s Supply Gomp** Supplies flWdH .' few.''-'jZljc ?.? ?. S? y __Supi>llec* /ib i a. s. c. ID? | LANTERN CAUSES FIRE. % Negro Attacked Night Watchman of at Americus, Ga. *reA loss of fifty thousand dollars resulted from a fire at Americus, Tti- Ga., Thursday night, caused by an for unknown negro attacking Night and Watchman Lee McMichael, of the osis Americus Construction Company, and the knocking the latter's lantern over iree with a club. Shavings were ignited rell. by the fire from the lantern and the Ina- extensive lurfiber yards and variety re- works of the company were destroyed. ? For a time fire threatened derite atruction of a considerable portion of the city. Before being checked the flames had covered an area of six acres. Among the other buildings burned were an unused cold un- storage plant owned by S. It. Sima and valued at $3,000 and 6ix small ince dwellings with contents. -? THIRTEEN ITALIANS ARRESTED. p0r_ Band of Alleged Counterfeiters Are b is Caught in New York. >een near By the arrest of thirteen Italians :>een Monday, United States secret service food men and the Italian squad of the 'key New York police, think they have lust- rounds up the leaders of a band been wbiCh haB trafficked for at least a are year in a large amount of countertbat feit money made in Palermo, Italy, j and circulated in America. 9 The prisoners, who were taken in raids upon several Italian shops and S. homes in Harlem, include Guisseppe Morello, in whose lodging were found 1 seven alleged "black hand" letters were written by him to merchants in New orm Orleans and returned, the police beoy8~ lieve, by merchants who met the de-,lme mands for money. able Pasquale Vasi, another of the men, l'zer had in his possession 1,200 counterfeit two-dollar bills. lents m ^ t ^ aadfl Victim of Football. rst?r _ can A dispatch from Richmond, Va., . . . says sympathetic sorrow pervaded the city for the mother and family . * of Archer Christian, the eighteenyear-old halfback of the University th" of Virginia football team, who, durnit> ing the game at Washington on SatI ja urday between the 'varsity and leht Georgetown University, was fatally izer inlured in a mass play during the ,' last five minutes of game, and died oifld ,we^ve hours ^ater ,n a hospital. " ja]e8 Many a girl who is fond of jew0^'elry has no use for a rolling pin. 1 ? H r^IsTTEHD I IfW 6 young men and 4 young " J ladies to prepare for positions now awaiting them. Great opportunity for young people of good moral character who want to rise ,ant_ to an honorable position. Lessons jyjj,. by mail if desired. For full inforpure mation, write 3. Southern Commercial School, Winston-Salem, Rocky Mount, Greensboro, Wilmington, N. C. ^PECANTREES >d Budded and grafted from choices' a varieties. Lowest prices, t- * EAGLE PECAN COMPANY, to * Plttavlew, Ala. I ? A ib - "! We will Boy Cow Peas , Jf EVERY DAY TILL JULY 15th. * Quote us with samples for present * shipment, or contract for future shlp* ments on? MIXED PEAS. STRAIGHT PEAS, IRON PEAS. TSi Will buy 5 bushels to a car. m & i N. L. WILLET SEED CO., I Augusta, Ga. PL^OOtfPAl^^OOMTMBr^^-S^ e Needs a Good Governor* \ (jas to say after ik the leading makest?"I have txted I lis make*, but (ailed to get proper regulation until I used f governor gives better regulation than any other I have fl ces in stock, flanged orscrewed bottom with screwed lid?. ? SUPPLY COMPANY, COLUMBIA. S C. ^ 1 ^ 1 Oil * .... ^