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pEFHEWS HUES | pi IDE BUST iH | * * jupST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF f THE PAST WEEK TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM WORLD'S NEWS EPITOMIZED f h <smplete Review of Happening* at Greatest Interest From Ail |p Parts of World. Southern* |p Allen Fleming is suffering from a most unusual accident which happened qfl to him. Passing a corner of a va?^nt lot, in Athens, Ga., there was a rfigaen, oimamg nasa aim cAyiusiuu l^i the ground at his side and within a few feet from him. He threw out j a hand and saved his face and eyes, j taut the arm was burned to a blister j worn the hand nearly to the shoulder, i ft was learned that two hours before j school boys had placed a large charge ! Of powder in a paper sack and had set *lre to the paper to see the charge ! dash. Looking to a reconciliation of differ- i etices now pertaining to the handling j and shipping of the cotton crop of the ! near future, interests involved?bank- ; ers, cotton exporters, compress owners and rail and water transportation, ! ?ompany representatives?were in ex- , ecutive conference in Birmingham, i Ala., with J. P. Doughty of Augusta, j chairman of the general confer- i ence of potton exporting interests, presiding/ HI,*-* -rrrr\TrJ c "(niorOTlfood linHpf tt) P A Lie W Vi UO^ 5UCWUUVVVU UMV?V v?w food and drugs act," on a label are no assurance that contents of a pack- ! age are pure, according to Dr. Carl I*. Alsberg, chief of the bureau of chemistry, who spoke before the Association of American Food Dairy and Drug Officials. Doctor Alsberg . was speaking of the limitations of the ; federal bureau at Mobile, Ala., under .the federal pure food law, appealing for closer co-operation between federal and state authorities, and for unit tformity of laws of states based on the national laws. When bystanders, their attention attracted by a stream of blood flowing from the conveyance, halted a patrol agon in Dallas, Texas, it was found that the prisoner, a man believed to be M. Peyton of Muskogee, Okla., had slashed his throat with a razor. He died before reaching a hospital. \ The man had been arrested in response to a telegram from the prosecuting attorney at Muskogee, who al* ^ lfeged that he was wanted in that city charged with the embezzlement of .11,000. \ lingering less than an hour after . surgeons had extracted six bullets from Ms bodjr,. Eugene Watson, the negro desperado who ' stabbed and killed Deputy Sheriff Dave Yancey, .in 9 Atlanta, Ga., and ifter was shot almost to death when he took refuge from the police beneath a vacant house bn Windsor street, near Woodward avenue, died at Grady hospital. Watson, beside having a long criminal record. was an escaped convict. Dr. Guy V. ^rinkley, a prominent Foung physician of Savannah, Ga., was killed by Mrs. Eugene H. Whisnant, who then turned her weapon on herself and fell dead across the body .of Doctor Brinkley with a bullet in her brain. The young woman went to the cffioe of Doctor Brinkley accompanied by a woman companion. Mrs. Whis- I nant and the doctor went into tlie pri- j vate office, and the other woman re- ; mained in the outer office, leaving hastily when the shooting began. General i r- The grand American gun tournament at Dayton, Ohio, uas won by i M. S. Hootman of Hicksville, Ohio. \ The Australian federal premier, Rt. i Hon. Andrew Fisher, and the cabinet | have resigned as a result of the re- i cent elections, in -which the Liberals j obtained a majority of one over the ' Labor party in the house. It was semi-officiaUy announced j that former President Taft would pre- j ?ide over the great gathering of Con- j federate and Union veterans at the | Gettysburg celebration. He is expect- | ^olii-or tVici r\rinf>5nal nrafirin r?n ! UU WW UW1AVWA tuv v*t*V4V4* v** . July 4. It was planned to havd President Wilson preside, but it was an nounced a few days ago that he prob- ! ably would not attend. Charged with hitching his 12-vear- j old son, Frank, to a cultivator along- i side a mule and working him in the ; field in a temperature of 120 degrees ! in the sun, John Freismuth of ' La- ! Crosse, Wis., was sought on a war- j rant issued on complaint of the state j humane office. J Bartow Cantrell, in jail at Gainesville, Ga., has confessed to the murder of Arthur Hawkins, near Bellton, Hall county. He claimed that his brother, James Cantrell, offered him $6 and a half interest in his still to Hawkins i The money stringency is having its | effect upon the stores of butter and eggs. Holdings of eggs in New York C.ity now are short 250,000 cases, of 30 dozen to the case, of what they were a year ago. j - Of the 700 members of the San Francisco Dish Washers' Union, 100 pre college graduates. ; Six deaths and numerous prostra Kons occurred at Philadelphia as the resmlt of the excessive heat. The temperature .readied within a fraction of 96 degrees, the highest point ia two years. ^ " - ? ? - .. . V t ' The tragic story of how Ensign Wflj 3am D. Billingsley was hurled from 1 disabled biplane, 1,600 feet in the air, and fell, straight as a plummet, to his death in the depths of Chesa- , peake bay, was related by Lieut John I A- Towers of Rome, Ga., chief of the navy aviators, who clung to the hurling wreck that followed his comrade's ! course from sky to water, and escaped 1 rtoatVi almnct mira/nilmistv Fourteen American soldiers were billed in,the recent four days' fighting on Jolo Island, the Philippines, when ! General Pershing's command finally subdued and disarmed the rebellious Moros, according to a report to the ! war department. On the list of dead : were Capt. Taylor A. Nichols of the Philppine scouts, eleven scouts and ^ two privates of the regular army. An unexpected sequel to the recent ( burglary in the Berkeley hotel in Pic- j adilly is the arrest of the night por- 3 ter, Arthur James, charged with being concerned in stealing from the hotel safe $35,000 and attempting to murder Gowers, the other night porter, in London, England. Movements of a big rat in the hotel dining room led to James' arrest. Employees of the j hotel in hunting down the rat found its hole under the radiator and through it saw a gleam of gold. "EVir tho firct timp in manv vpars British cabinet ministers were com- ! pelled to defend their personal honesty before parliament. The attorney i general, Sir Rufus Isaacs, and the chancellor of the exchequer, David Lloyd-George, excused their dealings in American Marconi shares on the floor of the house and the scene in ( the Marconi affair, which their enemies had attempted to magnify into ] a scandal rivaling the Panama debacle, ( was tense and dramatic. An infernal mnoliine sent, hv mail. when opened at Sherbrooke. Quebec, | killed one woman and mortally wounded another. The woman killed was Mrs. Theodore Bilodeau. Miss Bilo- ( deau, her sister-in-law, was hurt The f force of the explosion hurled the latter across the room and severed one arm. The house was wrecked. The package arrived about noon, and the J two women were bending over it un- 1 tying the strings when it exploded. < The police have no clew to the sender. , Six of the most prominent leaders > of the militant suffragettes organization and*one of their male supporters . ; were found guilty of oonspiracy to commit malicious damage to property ' in London, England. Greater interest was taken in the proceedings than in any previous stage of the trial. The courtroom was crowded. Women formed the majority of the audience. More details of the fierce fighting ] which resulted in the complete over- { throw of the Moros on the Island of | Jolo in the Philippines, was continued in a delayed dispatch from Brigadier 1 General Pershing of the American f troops. General Pershing says this 1 will prooaDiy ena outlawry m joio for some time. -The last crater stronghold was captured after hard fighting. 1 An epidemic of bubonic plague has ] broken out at the seaport of Jacmel, thirty miles from Port-au-Prince, I Haiti. Numerous cases already have ; resulted fatally. Jacomei has been ] isolated from the rest of the country j by a cordon of troops, and the gov- < ernmegt is- taking energetic steps to prevent propagation of the disease. * Three men were killed and twenty- t five prostrated, one seriously, by the 1 heat at Cincinnati. The maximum on I the government thermometer was 95 \ degrees. The government kiosk on r the street level showed 104. No abatement of the lieat was shown and the f parks and playgrounds were crowded c with sleepers. ^ Washington s President Wilson secured from a ma jority of the Democratic members of the house banking and currency committee expressions of harmony and acquiescence in the administration pro- j gram of enacting a currency bill dur- (ing the present session of congress. , Vigorous opposition from the new department of labor to the proposed arbitration and mediation act, prepar- a ed by the railroads and railroad brotherhoods for enactment by congress, t: was voiced when the measure was ii presented to a joint session of the p house and senate interstate commerce n committees. Secretary Wilson criticis- j ed the new measure as 'going beyond the necessities of the hour. p i An additional exemption of $500 0 for each child of a family in the in- a come tax section of the tariff revision ii bill was determined upon by the sen- p ate finance subcommittee, of which t Senator Williams is chairman, and the change will be recommended to the majority members of the committee. Having determined upon this important amendment, the subcommittee also " is seriously considering recommending changing the $4,000 exemption in the Underwood bill to $3,000. The "civil rights act", of 1875, held i unconstitutional as to the states many k years ago in a series of famous de- s cisions, was declared by the Supreme b i. 1i1rant<ro (JUliri Ui liJtr Ulil ICU duties linen 127 null and void as to the territories, the District of Columbia, the'navigable waters of the United States and the sea. Without varying a dot from the * principles laid down in the Minnesota ? rate cases, the Supreme court of the ti United States upheld state railroad fc rate legislation in Missouri, Arkan- b sas, Oregon and West Virginia. This legislation included 2-cent passenger 1 laws in Missouri, Arkansas and West J Virginia; maximum freight rate laws in Missouri and Arkansas; and freight rates out of Portland in the Oregon ^ Cases. The only exception to the * sweenine aDDrovai of state statutes was in the case of several weaker ^ roads in Missouri. The Kentucky Cftse was not ueciued. Burned Eighty Girls Eighty women, said to have been imported as cheap labor to work on a sugar estate in the district of Piriatin, P.drara province, Russia, were burned to deaih by enraged villagers, who, after securely fastening all means of escape, set tire to the wooden structure while the girls were asleep Thursday ni^ht THE BRILLIANT STARS of JUNE By the end of Jane, Mars, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter will be morning *rars, but Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is at all times the "Star" medicine for coughs, colds, croup and nrhooping cough. A cold in June is is apt to develop into bronchitis or pneumonia as at any other time, but not if Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is taken. Harmon Drug Co. adv. Some Definitions of Money. Bait for the matrimonial hook. The most effective substitute for Drains. Money is the most difficult root to cultivate. That which women look for while 31 en sleep. Money is the loudest sound in the iroice ot life. What the rich don't need and the Door don't get A curse to soie that have it and a mrse to all who haven't. A provider of everything but hapDim ss and a nassnnrt tn pvptv nlnce except heaven. The one tiling that makes crooked hings look straight and straight ;hings crooked. That which speaks a language wo jan all understand, but iu which so :ew are able to converse.?Ex. >? a % No person need hesitate to tak&Foley Kidney Pills on the ground that they jnow hot whit is in them. Foley & Do. guarantee them to be a pure curaive medicine, specially prepared for Sidney and bladder ailments and irregularities. They do not contain habit forming drugs. Try them. Harman Drug Co. adv. Injured In Runaway. While out driving a trusted horse in Leesville last Wednesday afternoon. Miss Hattie Etheredge, of Batesburg, and Miss Mattie Etheredge, of Columbia, were thrown out of the buggy and injured when the horse ran away and 3truck a telephone pole. Both young ladies are now able to be out. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they canrot reach the diseased portion of the Cc.r. .There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed conlittrm nf t.ViP mnr>nnR linino- nf thfi Eustachian Tube. When this tube is nflamed .you have a rumbling sound :>r imperfect hearing, and when it is mrirely closed, Deafness is the result, ind unless the inflammation can be ;aken out and this tube restored to its (ormal condition, hearing will be deitroyed forever; nine cases out of ten i tre caused by Catarrh, which is nothng but an inflamed condition of the nucous surfaces. We wilt give One Hundred Dollars or any case of Deafness (caused by atarrii) that cannot be cured by Hall's ?atarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for contipation. adv. Will Address Postmasters. Hartwell M. Ayer, editor of The 'imes. has been invited by the South 'arolina .fosrruasters' association to eliver an address before it at the meeting at Glern Springs on July 22 nd 23 and has been asked especially o tslk on the possibilities of cooperaioa in constructive community buildag between the postmasters and the iress. There are a number of postmasters who think that the office thev old should be of more value to the eople than iu handling and passing ut mail. The meeting promises to be , very interesting one, as these meetngs always are. It is hoped that all ostmasters in the state will gather his time. Major St. James Cummings. for 25 ears instructor in English at the Cita ui) uicu laou , r ?? Can't Keep It Secret. The splendid work of Chamberlain's tablets is daily becoming more widely :nown. No such grand remedy for tomach and liver troubles has ever >een known. For sale by all Dealers. adv. ? ? . Will Norman, a negro, hunted by osses with blood hounds for hours, ranted for a fatal assault on a 12-yearld girl, was captured in the mounains around Hot Springs, Ark., hung o a telephone pole and riddled with ullets. No. 666 This is a prescription prepared especially or MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER. rive or six doses will break any case, and f taken then as a tonic the Fever will not eturn. It acts on the liver better than , Calomel and docs not gnpe or sicken. -De AILING WOMEN OF mm AGE Mrs. Hilbert Tells of Her Dis tressing Symptoms During Change of Life and How She Found Relief. Fleetwood. Pa.?"Duringthe Change of Life I was hardly able to be around |y:5S:n:iS:H!iji;;{gi:iS;^ at ^ ^ always haC Wmmjijjmgm a headache and I was s0 dizzy and ner iMW Jpjjji vous that I had nc ^ S3|jl rest at night. The Hi lp|| flashes of heat were jjjjjjjji b* so bad sometimes glll^ ^11 that I did not know i11 One day a friend \ / advised me to take \i Jllj^ Lydia E. Pinkham's 'Vegetable Compound and it made me a strong well woman. I am very thankful that I followed my friend's advice and I shall recommend it as long as I live. Before I took the Compound I was always sickly and now I have not had medicine from a doctor for years. You may publish my letter."?Mrs. Edward B. Hileert, Fleetwood, Pa. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation,hot flashes, headaches,backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the V<oo?t ervoY-trc fVio oirnc irrporn. HCCliU, opuiiw v-O, ..-..x_&v. larities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and inquietude, and dizziness, are promptly heeded by intelligent women who are approaching the period in life when woman's great change may be expected. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound invigorates and strengthens the female organism and builds up the weakened nervous system. It has carried many women safely through this crisis. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE EXAMINATION . The examination for the award o vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of nev "students will be held at the Count} Court House on Friday, July 4, at 0 a. m. Applicants must be not lesi than sixteen years of age. Wliei Scholarships are vacant after Jul}" < they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examina tion, provided they meet the con ditions governing the award. Appli cants for Scholarships should write tc President Johnson before the examina tion for Scholarship examinatior blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free > ' :j-- ml nrtll Ann. llilUUlii XUC 11CAU 3CDBXUU Will U^ICL September 17, 1913. For further in formation and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson. Rock Hill, S. C. td Sweet Potato Plants | Tomato, Pepper, Cabbage, etc., choicest flowering and ornamental plants for the front yard. Flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds shipped everywhere. Rose Hill Greenhouses Phone 43. Columbia, S. C. I i I ill II! I IA/a Uow, WW W I Id VI VERY -H.J Some Ch< Studebaker Babcock and! Our'guarante I Greg iinna The Prudential ' (ifMonthly Income Policy is the > ; M jBWm] door separating Comfort from \APoverty. On whoh side will your fam "" ily be after your death? j.t. Coleman m*r. ALFRED J. FOX, Special Agent, Charleston, S. c LEXINCTON, S. C. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Incorporated as a stock company by the State of New Jersey. FORREST F. DRYOEN, President. Home Office, Newark, N J. ; We Have | ; | shoes 1 . i m 1 raj and are now ready to serve our Lexington friends with the best jjK S? Shoes at the lowest prices in all styles and leathers. Three pjjj |p (3) point a we were careful :n selecting this stock: STYLE, COMFORT AND SERVICE. We will only show you good solid leather s-jg* S& shoes and guarantee every pair. ?e W * ^ (Farmers' Medium and Work Shoes a Specialty.) |j|| : M E. P. &. F. A. 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