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Edgefield Advertiser Published Weekly. EDGEFIELD, 8. C. BRIEF NEWS NOTES FOR THEB?SY MAN MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM. ; - WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED -Complete Review of Happenings ef Greatest Interest From All Parts of World. Southern. As a result of the killing of Mar shal Newberry at Jakin, Ga., the peo ple of that section of Early county and those living across the river in Alabama have become thoroughly aroused and have been applying the torch rather freely to negro lodge "buildings, school houses and c?urcbes. Three negro lodges, two churches and one school house were laid in ashes by the mob, which is bent on reveng ing the death of Marshal Newberry. To save the farmers. of the South millions of dollars this fall and to put the world on notice that the cotton crop of the South has greatly deterio rated since the publication of the last government report and to go on rec ord that the total crop will not reach 15,000,000 bales, as formerly estimat ed, a conference of all Southern agri cultural commissioners, officials of the Farmers' unions and of other agricul tural organizations, will meet in Mont gomery, Ala. Charging that the department of ag riculture report of cotton issued or July 25 had overestimated the crop by 3,000,000 bales, causing a drop of 40 per cent, in the price of cotton und a panic in the South, Senator Smith of South Carolina introduced a resolution in the senate calling upon Secretary Wilson to furnish the sen ate with information concerning the condition of the cotton crop this year and make a special estimate upon it. A difference of five hundred per cent between the express and freight rates on articles shipped from eastern cities to Memphis, Tenn., is made the basis of a complaint filed with the interstate commer commission .by the Memphis freight bureau. The complaint is directed against the Ad ams, American, United States, South ern, Wells-Fargo and Pacific express companies. The commission is asked to adjust the express rates. ' The first bale of sea island cotton received in Valdosta, Ga., this season was grown by E. M. Giddens of Ray's Mill, and shipped three by express, weighed moje than four hundred pounds, but graded low. The first bale ls ten days ahead of the first bale last year, which was received on Au gust 15. Other bales are expected within the next few days. The sta ple in this section of the country is being injured by almost daily rains. It is against the sanction of the Smith regulation bill which controls the sale of whiskey in the state, to sell Intoxicating liquors or beverages [ on the dining cars in Alabama, ac cording to an opinion which has been i rendered to Governor O'Neal by Atty. Gen. Robert C. Brickell. In another opinion the attorney general holds that section 27 of the Smith bill forbids connection of a bar room with a pool room. - Delegates to Kentucky's Democratic platform committee, meeting in Lou isville, refused to accept Henry Wat terson's advice and adopted the ma jority report of the resolutions com mittee, which provided for the exten sion of the county until law to all counties of the state. Watterson was a member of the committee. He pre sented the minority report, which dif fered only as to that feature and then moved to amend so as to leave the state's liquor laws as they stand. General. Branding the proposed pian of the Liverpool, England, cotton bills of lad ing committee to institute in New York a clearing house for the valida tion of cotton bills of lading as a "di rect reflection and Insult upon those engaged in the exporting of cotton," and placing itself upon record as op posing the plan in its entirety, the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, through its board of directors, passed resolutions to this effect and approved the report of its special committee appointed to investigate the proposi tion. Cincinnatus LeConte was elected president of Hayti by the congress of the negro republic. LeConte headed the larger of the two revolutionary factions which overthrew President Antoine Simon. The Ottoman Bacteriological insti tute has found that caviar Is an anti dote for cholera. English troops were called to fire on a mob of strikers in Liverpool. Bayonet charges also were made upon the disorderly element. After the rioters had wrecked property the dis trict troops were called out and or dered to fire. Colonel Ben Elliott, who commanded one of General Joseph Shelby's con federate regiments during the civil war, died at Addesso, Ohio, aged 79 years. He was born at Winchester, Va Steady increase In the number of cases of hook worm treated at the four Rockefeller hook worm dispen saries in North Carolina, have been chown during the past four weeks, ac cording to information received at the headquarters of the commissir,Ti In Washington, D. C. During the four weeks se?en thousand two hundred and sixty cases were observed. Oscar A. Brindley soared higher from the ground than an aeroplane has evxer been and set a new world's record of 11,726 feet at Chicago. Phil ip Parmalee followed him in the air, passing the former American record and reaching 10,887 feet before he de scended. The world's previous record was 10,761 feet. Captain Felix flew to a height of 11,152 feet at Etamps, France, but his flight has not yet been made official. The Mexican government is in re ceipt of an ultimatum from Juan Ban deras, a rebel chieftain in command of 4,000 armed men, declaring that the states of Sinaloa and Sonora now constitute an independent republic and refusing the governor's command to disband his forces. Federal troops have been ordered to give battle to Banderas. Seventeen persons were killed in the storming of the town of Zacatepec by a bandit force. Mrs. J. J. Long of Independence, Mo., mother of Miss Inez Long, who recently bit off her tongue in a motor car accident, has received on an av erage of fifty letters and telegrams daily for the last three days in re sponse to her announcement that a reward wou'd be paid for an inch of some one's tongue to be used to cure the girl. The writer of one letter said he thought $30,000 would be a reason able price for an inch of tongue. Two aviators, William R. Badger ol Pittsburg and St. Croix Johnstone of Chicago, both young men, lost their lives at the international aviation meet in Chicago. Death in both cases was due to unexplained accidents, probably the results of unsuspected defects in the mechanism of the ma chines, and was in no way caused by carelessness nor lack of responsibility of the drivers. Badger, a wealthy young man, careened to his death in a pit in the aviation field. Johnstone fell 500 feet under his engine and was drowned in Lake Michigan. "The relations between the United States and Japan must ever be one of peace and neighborly good will." Admiral Count Togo, speaking in his 1 native tongue, uttered that -sentiment at the luncheon given jointly by the Japanese society and the Peace society of New York. Only the Japanese pres ent understood and applauded vigor ously, but, when his aide, repeated the words in English, an outburst of ap plause arose. Washington. In a succession of dramatic events the Democratic house of representa tives met defeat in it., supreme effort to pass the wool and free list bills over the president's vetoes. The house will agree to the cotton tariff revision bill as amended in the senate, but will not hold congress in session to await the certain veto of that measure. The senate cleared away all its business and early adjournment is assured, in the opinion of the leaders of both par ties in the house. The Georgia delegation in congress furnished 10 of the 27 votes that were cast in the house against the accept ance of the conference report on the bill for the publication of campaign expenses. Their opposition to tho measure was due to the fact that the bill gives the Federal government ju risdiction over primary elections, and may nullify the Georgia laws regulat ing congressional nominations. Con gressman Hughes of the Third was the only Georgian to vote for the con ference report. The arbitration treaty with France and Great Britain are characterized by the senate committee as a "brood er of war and net of peace" in a re port presented to the senate. The report defends the committee's action in striking out of the treaties the pro vision authorizing the arbitration com mittee to determine the justifiable character of any given subject with out reference to the senate's power of ratification. President Taft's first important veto message disapproving the join reso lution providing for the admission into the Union of Arizona and Xew Mexico was sent to the house of representa tives. The president's disapproval is directed only at Arizona, in which con stitution there is a clause providing for the recall of all elective officers, including judges, but New Mexico suf fers also, for both territories are cou pled together in the resolution. With the announcement of the president's veto and following a conference with President Taft, Senator Smith of Mich igan, chairman of the senate territo ries committee, introduced a new statehood resolution .meeting the pres ident's views and providing for the admission of both states on the condi tion that Arizona shall strike the re call of judges' provision from its new constitution. President Taft continued his cam paign before the people in behalf of the British and French general arbi tration treaties here. Speaking before the Ocean Grove (N. J.) Camp Meet ing association, the president review ed th emeaning of the pacts; urged the people to use their influence to press the treaties. The longer the senate holds thes traties, the president argues, the greater would be the op portunity for him to preach peace Senator Smith of South Carolina introduced a resolution of vast impor tance to the cotton industry of the Southern states. He proposes to re quire the secretary of agriculture to make public the methods by which crop conditions are ascentained and how the experts arrive at the probable yield of fleecy staple for a given year. He also proposes that the names and addresses of all the exports who fur nish this information be published. He plans to have the department tell the public how it arrives at the num ber of acres that have been planteo in cotton. A bill requiring that decisions by the Supreme court of the United States on questions affecting the "con stitutionality of any provision of a Federal or state law must be- unani mous" was introduced by Senator Bourne of Oregon. It was opposet^by Senator Heyburn of Idaho. Senator Bourne explained that his bill was designed to prevent a bare majority of the court from overruling tho de sire of congress and the people. Sena tor Hey bourn claimed the bill would give too much power to the minority of the supreme court. DAMAGED MEAL IS FOUND J STATE STATE CHEMIST HAS MADE EX AMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL PLACES. ITS RELATION TO PELLAGRA An Investigation is Being Made by State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Watson May Seize Stuff-Report Just Reached Him. Columbia.-"It is noteworthy that the worst goods are found being sold in localities in the state where the disease of pellagra is most prevalent and has proven more fatal than else where." This statement was made by Commissioner Watson in announcing that a chemical examination of corn meal drawn from the market in ll cities of the state had shown the meal in a majority of cases to bc extremely dangerous to man and beast. "The first preliminary laboratory reports on samples of corn meal drawn officially from the open market In ll cities and towns in the state were filed with me,'' said Mr. Watson. "In not a single case has a sample come up to the standard of fitness for either human or animal consumption. In some instances the toxidity runs so high as to make the stuff ex tremely dangerous. The results of the scientific examinations show that the meal was either made from rot ten corn, the sale of which we would not have permitted in this state for animal feed, or else the meal has spoiled since it was ground and put upon the market. We. only began to touch this corn meal and grits situa tion a few weeks ago, and I have been satisfied from the evidence we had obtained in connection with our work with whole grain corn that we would find the very conditions indi cated by the reports filed. It is note worthy, also, that the worst goods are found being sold in localities in the state where the disease of pellagra is most prevalent, and has grown more fatal than elsewhere. "I can not say exactly what course will be pursued in dealing with this condition of affairs, as the reports have only just reached me. It is not unlikely that you will hear of a number of seizures, however, in short order. Governor Has Pardoned Four. R?ney Chavers, who wrs convicted in Kershaw county In 1905 on the charge of criminal assault and sen tenced to 10 years in the state peni tentiary, has been paroled by the gov ernor of South Carolina during good behavior. Fred Curley, who was convicted in Greenville county last year on the charge of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to four years in prison, has been paroled. Jesse Corley, who was convicted of murder with recommendation to the mercy of the court in Aiken county and sentenced to life imprisonment, has been paroled during good be havior. He was convicted in 1894. Henry Nickles, who was convicted in Laurens county in 1902 on the charge of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment upon a recommen dation of mercy, has been paroled. Since assuming office the governor has extended clemency In 216 cases, as follows: Paroles, 114. Pardons, 102. Some New Enterprises. The secretary of state has issued a charter to the Florence Dry Goods company of Florence, with a capital stock of $30,000. The officers are A. J. Howard, president; J. W. Wallace, vice president; S. M. McCall, secretary and treasurer. A commission has been issued te the Bank of Plum Branch, with a capital stock of $25,000. The peti tioners for a charter are: J. C. Black well, J. H. Lyon, H. Banks, J. M. Mil ler, all of Plum Branch, and B. Sher wood Dunn of Aiken. A general bank ing business will be conducted. State Aid For the Schools. In the latter part of July the state superintendent of education forward ed to the different county superin tendents throughout the state the ap plication blanks for state aid to the high schools. On August 3 W. H. Hand, the state high school inspec tor, sent each state-aided high school a postal card informing the various schools where to get the blanks and suggesting the sending of the appli cations to him without delay, end only about one-fourth of the schools have sent their applications. The Transfers of Some Real Estate. | The following transfers of real es tate were recorded at the office of the register of mesne conveyance: J. N. Cantey to San Rosen, land in Christ Church Parish, for $1,300. The Navy Yard Building and Invest ment Company to Cleveland H. Smith, premises east side Moultrie street, for John Steed to King Brothers, land at Awendaw, for $125. Fred W. Kellar to Emma Du?nsing. premises on Sullivan's Island, for $300. Who's Who In Magistrates. The dispute as to whether Gov. Blease's appointees or their predeces sors are the legal magistrates in Spnr tanburg county remains unsettled. The mandamus proceedings by which it was expected to compel the county (commissioners to pay the fees of Frank Metcalf, constable for Magis trate J. M. Bowden, were called off. Instead cf arguinfi the case before Tustice Hydrick of the supreme courr. ts was proposed, counsel agreed to bring the matter up in common picas court. MAY TAKE ACTION ON MILL Solicitor Cobb Has Reached Decision in Case-Will Refer Matter to the Grand Jury Next Term. Columbia.-Solicitor Cobb said that he had reached a decision with refer ence to bringing a suit to abolish the hosiery mill at the state penitentiary. He was instructed several weeks ago to institute proceedings in the Rich land county court by the governor to abolish what the chief executive term ed a "common nuisance." Since that time he has had the matter under consideration. "What action will you take in the matter?" Solicitor Cobb was asked. "I will make an announcement at the proper time," was his reply, it is generally believed that Solicitor Cobb will submit the entire matter to the Richland county grand jury at the next term of court and ask that a thorough investigation of the mill be made. The board of directors refused to abolish the mill because they found that the mill was not a death trap as stated. The state board of health found that it had no right to abolish the mill. ROAD IMPROVEMENT TRAIN Schedule Announced For South Caro lina by Southern Railway. The special "Road Improvement train" being orperated by the South ern railway, the Augusta Southern railroad and affiliated lines in co operation with the United States of fice of v public roads, will continence its tour of South Carolina on Sep tember 4. It will spend practically a month in *>outh Carolina making ex hibitions at points along the Southern railway. The "Road Improvement train" is being Bent out by the Southern rail way to further the movement for bet ter wagon roads throughout the South and at the same time to give practical information to farmers and road officials as to the building of road3 and their repair. The schedule for South Carolina so far arranged is as follows: Spetember 4, Monday-Blacksburg, 10 a. m.; Gaffney, 2 p. m. September 5, Tuesday-Spartan burg, 10 a. m. September 6, Wednesday-Green ville, 9:30 a. m.; Easley, 2 p. m. September 7, Thursd?. -Calhoun, 10 a. m.; Wednesday, 2:30 p. m. September 8, Friday-Seneca, 9:30 a. m.; Pendleton, 2 p. m. September 9, Saturday-Anderson, 10 a. m.; Belton, 3:30 p. m. September ll, Monday-Abbeville, 10 a. m.; Greenwood, 2 p. m. September 12, Tuesday-Newberry, 10 a. m.; Prosperity, 2 p. m. September 13, Wednesday-Union, 10 a. m.; Columbia, 3:30 p. m. Septembei 14, Thursday-Winns boro, 10 a. m. September 15, Friday-Chester, 10 a. m. September l?, Saturday-Rock Hill, 10 a. m.; Yorkville, 2 p. m. September 18, Monday-Lancaster, 10 a.-m.; Camden, 3 p. m. September 19, Tuesday-Sumter, 1:30 p. m. September 20, Wednesday-Orange burg, 9:30 a. m.; St. Matthews, 2 p. m. j September 21, Thursday-Bamberg, 9:30 a. m.; Denmark, 2 p. m. September 22, Friday-Barnwell, 10 a. m.; Allendale, 2 p. m. September 23, Saturday-St. George, 9:30 a. m.; Su-amerville, 2 p. m. September 25, Monday-Charles ton, 10 a. m. September 26, Tuesday-Aiken, 10 a. m.; Edgefield. 2:30 p. m. September 27, Wednesday-Bates burg, 10:30 a. m. September 2S, Thursday-Lexing ton, 10 a. m. Free lectures and demonstrations showing the importance of good roads and how to build them and keep them in repair at the smallest necessary cost will be conducted at each stop by two road building experts of the United States department of agricul I ture, L. E. Boykin and H. S. Fair I banks, assista by n representative of the land and industrial depart ' ment of the Southern railway. Two coaches of the train are filled with exhibits, pictures and working models. Washington.-Clinton was designat ed as a postal savings postoffice, the order to be effective September 15 next. Harleyville School Election. At a recent meeting of the trustees of the Harleyville Graded School. Prof. W. L. Glaze, J"., of Orangeburg. 1 was elected principal of the school and Mrs. W. L. Glaze, Jr., was elected io the position of assistant teacher for the approaching se-son. Prof. Glaze is a graduate cf Wocord College and comes here well recommended, hr having filled severnl places in the pub lic schools of the state. Mrs. Glaze is also a teacher of experience. The next session will begin on Tuesday. October 3. Has Donated a Handsome Trophy. Gen. Henry Schachte has donated a handsome trophy and a gold meda! ic be competed for by the comprnies and the individual men of thc Third infantry, National Guard of South Car olina, in drilling contests which will be held every February, the winning of the awards three times in succes sion to give permanent possession tc the recipients. The donation of thc cup and medal was made in a letter to Col. Julius E. Cogswell, command ing officer of the regiment. Form Trustees Association. A call has he.?n issued to the school trustees of the several districts of th'? county to meet at the court house on the first Monday in September for thc purpose of organizing the Lexington County ; Schoc : Truceos association So far as is known, this will be th? first organization of the kind in i!; ?tate. Prof. Chalmers E. Wesslns i principal of lae Inman schcob.. who is spending Iiis summer vacation ;. :us home ne;ir Lexington, is the pii.ii; mover in the new organization. M ATTEMPT TO WIN JI WEST PRESIDENT TAFT IS TO LEAVE IN A SHORT TIME ON A LONG TOUR OF THE COUNTRY. IS TO MAKE MANY SPEECHES Trip is to Overcome Opposition to His Renomination in the States Denomi nated by Progressive Republicans To Take Rest Before Trip. Washington.-Plans for President Taft's coming trip through the West and to the Pacific Coast practically were completed. The journey will be almost as extensive as that taken by the President on his famous "s^ing around the circle" in 1909, when he traveled more than 13,000 miles and visited thirty-three States. He will break ground for the Panama canal ex position at San Francisco, make sev eral score of addresses and attempt to scale the 14,000 feet of Mount Raing er's precipitous slope. According to the present arrange ment, the President will be gone six weeks. In that time, it is expected that he will make close to two hun dred speeches, from platforms, from the rear end of his private car and at other places not on the regular schedule. Republican leaders look up on the trip as the most important po litically that the President has mapped out since re-entered the White House. He will go through all the states in the West in which they recognize the domination of the progressive Repub licans who are counted on to oppose hia renomination next year. With adjournment of Congress prac tically assured for this week the Pres ident feels that he can get three weeks rest at Beverly and be in trim then to stand the admittedly hard grind of forty days on a private car. The President probably will leave Beverly September 17 returning East about November 1. He will go West through Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Col orado and Navada to the coast. Most of the big cities in the states including Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, Den ver and Salt Lake will be visited but the plans for the trip contemplate stops at scores of smaller places as well. From California the President will go north to Portland and Seattle. Three days are to be spent in Wash ington State and the route eastward will allow him to stop in Idaho, Mon tana, the Dakotas and Minnesota. Girl Makes a Long Swim. Boston.-Another sturdy 17-year-old Boston girl, Alsie Akroyd, made the difficult 9 miles' swim from Charles town bridge to Boston light. Miss Akroyd, of the scores who have tried the feat, is the third person to reach the light. She is the second woman to succeed, little Rose Pitonoff of the same age doing the swim last year. Miss Akroyd's time was 7 hours and 12 minutes, 57 minutes behind the record time made by Samuel Richards, Jr., of Boston two weeks ago. and 22 minutes slower than Miss Pitonoff's time. Three men competitors who started with Miss Akroyd fell out of th3 race early. Two Aviators Die From Pistol Wounds. London.-Pierre Prier, the French aviator, and his pupil, M. Hanot, died from pistol shot wounds received at the Hendon aerodrome, Hanot, who is believed to have been rendered sud denly insane by the heat, fired at M. Chereau, manager for M. Bleriot. but the bullets went wild and struck Prier, llealizing what he had done, he turned the revolver upon himself and fired twice and afterwards tried to cut his throat with a razor. Prier last April flew from London to Paris in an aero plane without stopping. He made the 290 miles in 4 hours and 8 minutes, which at that time was a record. Two Perish In Big Fire. Frankfort, Germany-The Opel Sew ing Machine & Bicycle Works at Rus selheim were destroyed by fire. Two persons perished in the flames and many were injured. f Grants Writ of Error in Cutchin Case. Richmond, Va.-The State Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of error in the case of Joel H. Cutchin, mayor of Roanoke, who was found guilty of misfeasance and malfeasance in office and was removed by Judge Mullen from his position. A stay of sentence was granted pending the ap peal and the higher court grants su persedeas a..mg with its error writ, so that tile mayor will remain in office if he chose so to do until his case has been finally determined by the court of last resort. Officers of Trust Company Are Held. Atlanta, Ga.-Richard Purvis, presi dent; Ernest O. Heirn, vice president; Guy King, secretary and W. N. Smith, former secretary of the Southern Loan & Trust Co., were held to the Federal grand jury on charges of using the mails to defraud and to promote a lot tery. Tho action was taken following a five-day hearing before United States Commissioner Walter Colquitt. The men were arrested July 27, after investigation of their company, which did a money lending business through tho South. Two Fifteen Foot Crocodiles. Washington.-Workmen on the Pan ama canal have encountered two fif teen foot crocodiles-the first that have neon seen in Central America for many generations-and each is be tween three and four millions years old, with seven full sets of teeth on tho upper and lower jaws. The croci diles were routed out of their hiding pince by a steam shovel working in tho Culebra Cut and are now on their way to the National Museum at Wash ington with much of the rock crust of ages knocked off their bodies. NEWS FROM PALMETTO STATE Some Short Paragraphs of the Latest News That Has Been Carefully Condensed For All. Aiken.-Gen. A. W. Jones came to Aiken and made the annual settle ment with the county officers. Gen. Jones stated that he was much pleas ed with the condition which the coun ty officers have kept their books, and with the showing made in the set tlement. It is stated that the showing was the best the county has ever made. St. Matthews.-V. T. Whaley, the $75,000 negro who was some time ago convicted in the municipal court of selling whiskey, will not be reformed. The .city authorities are said to have caught "Pink" as he is appropriately nicknamed, in another case of dispen sing iilicit booze. He will be tried at an early date. Charleston.-Preparations are about complete for the final organization of a convention league in Charleston. The plan to form such a league here was suggested some time ago and un der the leadership of the Chamber of Commerce the work of completing the preliminary details has been ac complished quietly, but effectively. Chester.-At the last meeting of tho city council permission was granted to Co. G, First infantry, to use the armory at the city hall and the com pany has since moved to Chester and from now on will make this city headquarters. The regular drill was held and practice drills will be held er<?h week. Columbia. - Commissioner Watson was very much pleased when he re ceived notification from one of the strongest and leading national banks of the Middle West, at Columbus, Ohio, to the effect that the bank was an xious to purchase outright any of the proposed drainage district bonds to be issued in the coastal section of South Carolina. Darlington.-Henry Garland, an old man, who lives near the mineral spring just out of Darlington, was attacked two miles south of town and severely bruised, and his assailant made away with $4.90 which he had on his per son. It was about dark and Mr. Gar land noticed his mule shy in the road and was in the act of urging the ani mal on when some one struck him in the back of tho head. Columbia.-That many new school buildings have been erected in South Carolina during the past year will be shown in a report soon to be an nounced by J. E. Swearingen, the state superintendent of education. Reports are being received at the state de partment of education from the coun ty superintendents of education as to the new school buildings that have been erected during the year. Belton.-?-Pellagra can be cured. That fact has been demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt by E. W. Ded mond of this place. He was dying of pellagra and cured himself. Since that time he has treated more than one hundred cases with results that are nothing less than marvelous. His discovery is the most discussed sub ject in the piedmont section. Columbia.-The official programme for the annual reunion of the United Confederate veterans of South Caro lina, to be held in Columbia on Au gust 22 and 23, was announced by Gen. B. H. Teague of Aiken. The ad dresses of welcome will be delivered by Mayor Gibbes on the part of the city of Columbia, F. H. Weston on the part of the Sons of Veterans and the governor for the state of South Caro lina. Georgetown.-Mr. A. McP. Hamby, secretary of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, addressed the George town Chamber of Commerce on the subject of the national Corn Exposi tion, to be held in the Capital City of South Carolina in 1913. A repre sentative gathering of citizens greet ed Mr. Hamby, notwithstanding the fact that many of the members are away from the city at this time. Columbia.-Probate Judge G. Dun can Bellinger had served the first of a series of warrants he has sworn out before Magistrate Fowles against ministers who are alleged to have neglected to make returns as to mar riages performed by them, thus sub jecting themselves to the $15 fine pro vided in the Marriage License Act for non-return. Greenville.-Chief Justice Ira B. Jones has appointed Judge R. W. Memminger to hold court in Green ville, beginning September 4, and Judge George E. Prince to preside at the regular term of court in Ander son, beginning September 18. Columbia.-Many of the state of ficials are away on their annual vaca tions. Secretary of Stat? McCown is spending several weeks in the. moun tains of Western North Carolina. Adjt. Gen. Moore is at Camp Perry, Ohio attending the national rifle shoot Comptroller General Jones is out c the city on business. Laurens.-Postmaster Hicks is no making preparations for the install tion of the free mail delivery servi which is to be put on the first September. Two carriers will be r on at first and three distributions day will be made. Walterboro.-D. E. Smoak was pointed by Governor Blease to fill unexpired term of J. O. Griffin, ceased, as county supervisor of ieton county. Mr. Smoak is at ( ent a member of the board of cc commissioners. It is understood no one will be appointed to fi] vacancy caused by his resignatio Chester.-The time for the pa of the commutation tax has and approximately $7,650 was lected, an increase of $1,455 ov year, when the total collecte $6,195. Columbia.-The railroad com of South Carolina will rigidl-f the "cinder deflector? law." requires deflectors to b p*a every passenger car o,jrated steam railways of tb state ing several comp!-nts tne sion has issued ?l order t0 ways of the ste? to obey tt ions of the ac* Judah Carried Captive to Babylon Sunday School Lesson far Alf. 27, 1912 Specially Arranged (or This Paper LESSON TEXT.-Jeremiah 39. MEMORY VERSES, 9. 10. GOLDEN TEXT.-"Be sure your ala will And you out"-Num. 32:23. TIME.-B. C. 586, July. The 11th year or Zedekiah, the 9th day of the 4th month. PLACE.-Jerusalem. Also the surround ing country. Nebuchadnezzar was at Bib lah In Hamath In northern Syria. The captives were taken to Babylonia. The Route of the captives was not di rectly east through, the desert, but north ward through Syria to the Euphrates, thence southeast down the river to Babylonia. PROPHETS.-Jeremiah in Judah and Egypt Ezekiel on the river Chebar, "The grand canal," southeast of the city of Babylon. Daniel in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar was a great gen eral in 605, in his first seige of Jeru salem, and became sole emperor B. C. 604. He made Babylon glorious dur ing his reign of 43 years. He was in his 18th year when he began thi<? ?lege. Jerusalem was at this time a city of 20,000 inhabitants. Against the huge engines of Asiatic warfare the besieged citizens constructed counter engines; and the struggle was worthy of the occasion-a combat or duel not only of courage, but of skill and intel ligence, between Babylon and Jeru salem. Houses were demolished, that new walls might be built of their ma terials, inside each spot weakened by the battering-rams. The ramparts were vigorously de fended by archers and slingers, equal in bravery to those of the Chaldeans. The rams were caught, when possible,, by doubled chains or ropes to weaken their blows, or, if it might be, to cap size them. Lighted torches and fire brands were thrown on their roofs and on those of the catapults, to set them on fire. The gates of the town were zealously defended against the efforts of the enemy to burst them open or to burn them. At last there was no food for the people, and famine prevailed. The houses were full of the sick and wounded; bloody fights between con tending parties, as to surrendering or holding out, crowded the streets with fresh horrors; the roar of the siege night and day filled the air. A breach was made in the city, at midnight The princes of the king of Babylon came in, the, generals and high offi cials, Nebuchnezzar himself was at Rlblah in Hamath and the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the hous es of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. Tho king of the Chaldees slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had ne compassion upon young man or maid en, old man, or him that stooped for age; bj gave them all into his hand. And they burnt the house of God. They slew the sons of Zedekiah be fore his eyes, so that the last things his eyes ever saw, a perpetual mem ory,, were the agonies ot bis sons, and of his friends, all the nobles of Judah. They put out Zedekiah's eyes. He would have no more opportunities of conspiring against his rulers. God spoke by the tongue of Ezekiel one of the most mysterious and most curious predictions in the entire Bible. He declared that King Zedekiah should be led into Bablon a captive, should there live and there die, and yet he should never see the city. So singuuar is this record that we must read the verses just as he wrote them out. Now put with this a parallel passage. Jeremiah was thrown into prison by his monarch. While there under bonds, he in like manner pre dieted the downfall of Jerusalem; and he said that Zedekiah should speak with Nebuchadnezzar mouth to mouth, and see his eyes. The history we have just considered shows how these prophecies were fulfilled and the cap tives carried to Babylon. The way of Transgressors is the choice of those who walk in lt. God, good men, angels, laws, all are against any man's walking therein. The way of transgressors is hard indeed, be cause of the awful punishment at the end of the way. Like the human vic tim selected for sacrifice by the Az tecs, who for weeks was feasted and honored, but who knew all the time what the end was to be. So the sin ful know that the end of their way is death, and the consciousness of this throws a shadow over all the life before. The ruin from sin is an awful tragedy; but whenever sin goes un punished the sin increases. Murders have greatly increased In this coun try, where the majority of murderers go unpunished. As the angel stood in the path of Balaam while goin,g on in his stubborn determination to disobey, so God puta warnings, and entreaties, and mercies, . ??id the love of Christ, and trials and the path of the sinner, ls, to withstand his , and to cry ouj 'f transbwdrs y on account of the pu* ?Je-end. but because 80 * must be broken down S lnfluences must be order to go on in sin-tie the conscience and moral word of God, thelSS sense of honor, God 's good' training, the Influences of rings new helps, new mo Powers of the spirit, new tho I'"7' "? Jerusalem! ;thou that killest the pr0p? tonest them which are' sent ?, how often would I have thy children together, even ' gathered her chickens T wmgs, and ye would loV" irisons and our punishments Jg forgotten the Principles S3 d from the beginning to havf natone, that Reform." jg*, o be multiplied evervw*hl should destroy root anTbranS ?on. that are school, or crirnt A of virtue. One thine thit matories that reform- ? eveQ .is the,?er?ft?0?2 sus Christ. They win ? apeI fully till they heca?j1?^,8^ <w hearts. me lnsPh*ers