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A LARGE COTTON CROP. 11,848,113 Bate? Ginned-Increase of Over 3,000,000 Balee Sam? Time Last Year. Washington, December 28.-The census bureau to-day issued a report giving tbe quantity of ootton ginned in over 737 counties up to December ?8 last to have boon 11,980,014 run ning bales, which is the equivalent of 11,848,118 oommeroial bales. Tho commercial bales reported to the Bamc period of 1908 amounted to 8,747,609. In arriving at the number of com mercial bales, round bales are oounted j-c half bales. \ The report to tbe same date last year covered 812 counties as against 737 this year. The report for the present year covers the output of 29,567 ginneries, whilo 29,627 were included in the re port for, 1902. CROP MY KT A T r.s. Tho pmlluut of the different States for this year in running bales re ported to December 18, is as follows : Alabama.1,200,015 Arkansas. 709,180 Florida. 75,283 Georgia.\.1,795,707 Indian Territory. 438,765 Kentucky. 1,262 Louisiana. 870,518 Mississippi.1,403,458 Missouri .1. 30,444 North Cor dina..'. 657,105 Oklahoma. 294,041 South Carolina.1,088,750 Tennessee..'. 271,286 ^exns..^,. .2,982,810 'Virginia. 14,900 --. -a ? ?? ?? ? ? How's This f We offer One Hundred Hollars Reward for any ease of oatarrh that oannot be oured by nail's Catarrh'Curo. F. J. Cheney ?ft Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, the uudorsigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorahlo in all busi ness transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Waldiug, Kinnan A Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is token inter nally, acting directly upon the olood and mucous surfaces of tho system. Price, 75o. por bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. . Farme*^ Actually Burn Their Colton. Atlanta, December 29.-A speoial ' tb'tba Constitution from Fort Gaines says J "Farmers and ' merchants of Clay/ "couuty met to-day at Fort Gaines and decided to burn their share of two million bales of cotton. A start was made to-day when a bon fire was made of the cotton on the streets of Fort Gaines. It has not yet beon determined where it will stop. They have decided to set tho pace and are moving determinedly. A large crowd paraded whb. wild whoops and yells and much specta cular omemony. The objeot is to show that the farmors are ready to saorifioo a few bales for the benefit of tho masscR." Tho fire was still burning at midnight last night and Ve excitement is said to be inoroaa irs^JSiav_ The Good Old Way/ ?v severe cold or attack of la grippe is o a lire, tho sooner you combat it the et ter your chances aro to overpower it. lut few mo! hers in this age are willing o do tho necessary work required to give a good old-fashionod reliable treat ment snob as would bo administered by their grandmothers, baoked by BoBokoe's Gorman Syrup, which was always lib erally used" in connection with the home treatment of colds and is still in greater household favor thau any known remedy, t oven without thc application of the fashioned aida Gorman syrup will itt 1%Pu a severe, cold in quick time, lt will euro colds in children or grown people It relieves the congested organs, allays tho irritation and effectively stops the cough. Any child will tako it. It is in valuable in a household of children. Tii.d size bottle, 25c; regular size, 75o. For sale by Walhalla Drug Co. and Seneca Pharmacy. Washington Drank from lt. Wilkesbarre, December i>8.-The Ezra Griffin G. A. li. Post, of Scran ton, has just como into possession of a water kog whiob went threugh the Revolutionary war, and from it General Washington frequently drank. Thc keg was presented by Horace II. House. It was roado by Maurice T. Bennett, of Orango county, New York, about 1770 and is one foot in diameter, six inches hir?ti and holds about a gallon. The keg was presented by its maker to bis brother, Justioo Bennett, who was nn officer under Washington, and it as in bis kit throughout tho war. It as in possession of Abraham Ben nett, son of the officer, for many ?ears and when he died in 1879 at Iamberg, Mioh., aged 116 years, he !resented it to his niooo, Clarissa iiuey, who in turn presonted it to BJr. IIOUBO, her nephew, a short time ago. \ is hi kt bi ai Farm Hand? E.igage In Fatal Fight Aa a result of a difficulty betweeu two negroes on the plantation of Coon Ware, in Oakland township, Greenville county, lSbt week. Joe Harris was shot and instantly killed by Book Chapman. The lutter went to Greenville and gave himself up to Police Officer Hatcher, who Carried him to the station house. He was afterwards turned over to the county authorities and placed io jail. Chap man said he fired at Harris three times ?*?ith a 88-oalibre revolver and that he saw him fall but did not know bow badly he was hurt until ho was informed b'y Officer Hatcher of his death. The two negroes had a difficulty on S u ixl ny and blows were passed. Monday morning Harris wont to the house where Chapman was. He had a shotgun, and told Chapman that he had "come fpr him." Chapman says he then pulled his revolver and (Ired, for iio knew that Harris meant to kill iii M. After he saw Harris fall ho went to Belton, where he boarded the train for Greenville for the pur pose of surrendering to tho authori ties here. Ile says he knew - that if he remained in the virility where the shooting occurred that he would be tied and brought here in a wagon, and to prevent this be took the train at Belton. In Bed l-our Weeks with La Grippe. We have received the following letter from.Roy Kemp, of Angola, Ind.: "I was in bed four weeks with la grippe and I tried many remedies and spent consid erable for treatment with physicians, but I reoeived no relief ne til I tried Foley's Honey and Tar. Two small bottles of this medioino cured me and now T use it exclusively in my family." Tako no substitutes. Sold bv J. W. Bell, Wal halla; W. J. Lummy, Seneca. A Qift to Missions. A dispatch from Orangeburg says : The following telegram WUB for warded to Bishop A. W. Wilson, at Baltimore, who presided at the re cent session of the Methodist Confer ence at Darlington, Christmas Day, by the liev. Marion Dargan, the pre siding elder of tho Oraugeburg Dis trict : "I will pay salary of $760 of the Rev. C. L. Smith, now in Brazil, for one year, beginning January 1, and continuing yearly if nothing provi dentially hinders. This is a Christ mas offering to our Lord." Mr. Dargan has been exceedingly successful in his work as presiding elder of this district, and ho was re turned to Iiis oharge by tne recent conference. He is an excellent busi ness man, and this gift to the cause of missions on his part is one worthy of mention. Triple Crime Attempted by Engineer. Thomasville, Ga., Dcoembor 29. After killing his mother-in-law, Mrs. W. H. Parrish, making a desperate attempt to kill bis 18-year-old wife and shooting himself twice with a Winchester here to-day, J. B. Bar row is lying in the oily hospital to night in a precarious condition, closely guarded by officers. Barrow is an engineer on the Atlantio Coast Line. He is 88 years old and hacTj been married but two years. His wife was twenty years his junior Domestic infelicity is given as the cause of the tragedy. The verdict of the coron.ir's jury does not say whether murder was committed or the killing was aocidental. Atlanta's new passenger depot, at Madison avenue and Mitchell street, will be opened to the puhlio on Maroh 1st. Announcement to this effect has been made by Capt. James W. English, president of the Atlanta Terminal Co. Ile says that work on the station is being pushed with all Eoesible hnste and the contractors avo agreed to deliver it on or be fore that date. A Ufo at Stake. If you but knew the splendid merit of Foley's Honey and Tar you would uovor bo without it. A doso or two will pre vent an attack of pneumonia or la grippe. It may save your Ufo. Sold by jj. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney I Seneca. A Pioneer In Art. A little boy who had a good idea of his artistic ability was found by one of his father's friends at work drawing a picture. ??What are you drawing ?" he asked the boy. "I am drawing a picture of God," replied the boy, hardly looking up from his work. "Why, you oan't draw a pioture of God," said his friend. "No one draws a pioture of God, beoause thoy do not know what he looks like." "I know it," replied the youthful artist, "but they will when I get through." Your Heart. When Your Heart Fails to Pump Your Blood, Trouble R.esults. Have you heart trouble! You have, If you fled it hard to breathe after walking- up Btalrs, exercising, etc. If you hiv? pain in your left side, In cheat, back or shoulder. If you suffer from cold extremities, pale face, blue Hps, dry cou-rh. swollen ankles. If you have fulntlng spells, breast pang, palpitation, redness of the face, discomfort tn sleeping on one side. Tho only sclent:Ho treatment for thia whole train of troubles ls Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure. Dr. Mit?s' Now? Hoart Oura ls tho prescription of a famous specialist, whose great success In treating obsti nate nervous heart disease has mado hts name pre-eminent In .ne me lieut and scientific world. The medicine -.viii euro you. "We know lt. "Wo want you to prove lt. If first bottlo does not benefit, your druggist nil? ?;!'"? j ou back your money. "I havo for BOA eral years suffered at t'mes with heart trouble. I got no hu-? I ec nld not sleep lie If the night, ana had 'o sit up on tho sido of the bed 1^*8 o.' timos to get breath. Threo of my utv/ihors bave died of heart trou ble, and I thought I was going tho same way, but about two and a naif years ago I got a pamphlet about Dr. Miles' New Heart Curo anil thought I would , try a few bottles. After" using them Ll recovered, and have lied better h -sith j slnco then than before for several years. I can heartily recommend them for heart trouble."-REV. JEl?RY HURT, Pastor BaptlBt Chu.eli, Hurt, Kans. Ir'W?T'T? Wrlto to us for Freo Trial X XV.EJ.CI Package of Dr. Miles' Anti Pain Pills, the New Scientific Remedy for Pain. Also Symptom Blan' Our Specialist will diagnose your c KO. tell you what is wrong, and how to l.ght lt. Free. DR. MILES MEDICAD CO., ?LABORATORIES, ELKHART, IND. When Women -Should Marry. Chioago, Deoember 81.-N. W. Horris, recent D?mocratie oaudidate br Governor of tho State of Michi ran, in an address before the Na ional Commercial Teachers* Fedora ion here, has advised women stenog aphers and women in general not to narry until they are in a position to lupport a husband. "Until4a woman s able to support a husband she ibould not contemplate matrimony," leclared Mr. Morris. "While I be love it is the duty of every woman io marry, still I also believe that be bre taking so serious a step a girl ibould look ahead and prepare for lossiblo future misfortunes. There ore every girl should fit herself for iny emergency, prepared to step into ter husband's place in the support of lie family in the eveut of anything befalling bim which will unlit him or work." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho y^TX Signature of C^J^TT??? "I'm Ready to Skin the Cat." John Butler and Guy Reed, the iwo men who were convicted of the nurder of R. G. Story three sveoks ago, wero banged in the jail pard at Thompson, Ga., at 10.80 a. n., Tuesday of last week. They aoth took the matter coolly, show ng but little fear or nervousness. Tust before the black oap was slipped >ver thc head of Butler, with a grin >n bis face he said to the Sheriff : 'Boss, I'm ready to skin the cat." The negroes killed Mr. Story, a prominent farmor, because be would aot let them off from work one after noon. The body was found in a sanebrake. A lynohing was averted by the quick work of Judge Henry 0. Hammond of tho Supreme Court, in convening court and giving them fi trial. The orime was committed, the criminals tried and hanged within 27 days, being the record for prompt administration of justice in that State. Bishop Capers Will Send Gun to Owner. A dispatoh from Columbia says: Bishop Ellison Capers, of the diocese of South Carolina, is getting ready for shipment to its owner in Connec ticut a ourious-looking old war breech-loading shotgun, which fires a paper sholl and an explosive bullet. Bishop Capers captured tho wea pon from a Federal soldier, while the bishop was serving on James Island as an officer in the Third South Caro lina regiment, as he was going out in company with two other officers to whero sentries had been stationed. The man started to fight, bat th? folly of resistance was demonstrated. I {coon tl v the Bishop, by pouring over the records, discovered that tho man was a member of the First Connecti cut rogiment, and finally traoed the ownership to Franois G. Cope, whom he has located living in a small Con necticut town. Nimmoiis-Alexandor. Piokens, December 80.-Wednes day evening, Deoetnber 21, 1904, the marriage of R. E. Nimm.ms, of Ocoree county, and Mi?e Stefa A'ei? ander, of Pickeus county, wn?? solem nized, Rev. W. C. Seaborn officiat ing. #yf his was a very quiet and beautiful home wedding, witnessed by -only a few ot tho relatives 'ind friends of the contracting parties. AL thu appointed hour the ushers in troduced the attendants, E. F. Alex ander and Miss Essie Niiumons and Thomas R. Nimmoue aud Miss Car rie Ale > auder. Then entered the groom and leaning upon his arm was his charming and lovely bride, and there took upon themselves the bind ing and solemn obligation of husbnud and wife After the marriage we were invited into the dining room where we were sumptuously entertained. Mr. Nimroons is a son of W. E. Nimmons, a very successful farmer of Oconee county, and the bride is a daughter of W. E. Alexander, (now deceased), of Picken? county. The next morning the bridal party left for the home of the groom, wbero a reception awaited them. Their1 many friends join in wishing for them meoh happiness and sucoess through life. w. o. 8. Methodist Statistics. At the recent session of the South Carolina Conference, held in Darling ton, the report of the statistical sec retary oontained the following inter esting facts : Number of looal preachers in the conference, 850 ; members of oirouits, stations and missions, S0,'278 ; in fants baptized during year, 1,700; adults baptised during year, 1,644; Epworth leagues, 61 ; Epworth league members, 2,315 ; Sunday schools, 695; Sunday Behool teach ers, 4,818; Sunday school scholars, 44,297 ; contributed for foreign mis sions, $16,981.14; domestic, $10, 112.55 ; church extension, $4,841.13 ; given to American Bible Society, $603.01 ; contributed for support of presiding elders, $20,'207.89 ; for sup port of preachers in charge, $147, 887.23 ; for support of Bishops, $2,818.30; number of societies, 757 ; number of houses owned by societies, 788; value of houses of worship, $1,159,298.10 ; indebtedness thereon, $36,061.84 ; pastoral charges, 281 ; parsonages owned, 198 ; value of parsonages $300,550; indebtedness thereon, $19,517.76; districts and district parsonages, 10; value, $48,000; now members during year, .1,200. The amount of $12,000 was named as necessary for superannu ated pFenehers and the widows and orphans of preachers. Consumption Salt pork is a famous old fashionccr remedy for con sumption. " Eat plenty of pork," was the advice to the consumptive 50 and 100 years ago. Salt pork is good if y man can stomach it. The idea behind it is that fat is the food the consumptive needs most. Scott'sEmulsion is the mod ern method of feeding fat to the consumptive. Pork is too rough for sensitive stomachs. Scott's Emulsion is the most refined of fats, especially prepared for easy digestion. Feeding him fat in this way, which is often the only way, is half the battle^ but Scott's Emulsion does more than that. There is some thing about the combination of cod liver oil and hypophos phites in Scott's Emulsion that puts new life into the weak parts and has a special action on the diseased lungs. A sample will be sent free upon request, lie sure that thfs picture ir the form of a label 1? on th? wrapper of every bottle ol Emulsion you buy. SCOTT & BOWNE, CHEMISTS, 409 Pearl St, N. Y 50c. and #i) y" Msla ST ?Vegctable Preparatioiifor As sirnilntitirj tr ? Food andllcgula t?hl thc Stoir ^hs ?ai Bowels of I Nf A NtS S ii H11?? Kl. N Promotes DigesUon.Cheerfur nedS ?-i nd Ko si. Con laius nc i HUT Opium.Morplune nor Mineral. ?COT T?ARCOT1C. f^mytkm Scetf-' .w# s?Usr Serti * JiitffUmiMt - Iii ntr6crt?M*1afa * Cttnftrd .??/Nf njitriyum rtawr. Aperree! Remedy forConstipa Hon, Sour Stouvach.Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fcveri sh ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. t\\ O I tl <> M I ll *, <?1 (I J ) Dos) S - J , C I IN! 1 s EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Lost on Cotton and Shot Himself. Barnesville, Qa., December 28. J. B. Harrison, a well known cotton buyer of this city, attempted suioide this afternoon at 4 o'olook by shoot ing himself through the head with a 82-oallibre pistol. The ball entered the right side of the head, just above tho ear and remained in the brain. Mr. Harrison had been despondent for several days, due to heavy losses in cotton, having about 1,100 bales to protect, and he lost about $15,000. This afternoon he bought a loaded pistol and went to the Magnolia Inn, and going to his room lay across tho the bed and shot himslf. Friends had suspeoted his intentions and were on the way to dissuade him from tho act, but were too late. He will probably live until morning, but physicians do not entertain any hopes of recovery. A Household Necessity. A good liniment is a housohold neces sity. Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment meets every requirement of the house hold nud hare-yard in a most satisfactory manner. Full half-pint bottles 25cts, at Walhalla Drug Co. In the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, recently in session at Darling ton, Rev. H. B. Browne introduced a resolution that conference petition the South Carolina General Assem bly to enact a marriage license law, but the resolution was voted down, 107 to 90. When the result was an nounced, Bishop A. Coke Smith, a former South Carolinian, expressod gratification, because, he said, tho passage of such a law would open the way to the passage of a divorce law, and ho was proud of South Carolina's record against divorces. "Fertilizers f Fertilizers t CASTOR? ?X>r infants and Children. Fhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THC Cf NTAUR COMPANY, NXW TO?? ?ITV. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. ?ETWKEN HELTON AND WALHALLA. Timo Table No. 4.-In Effect Nov. O, 1904. EASTBOUND j 12 Lv Walhalla. Lv West Union. A r Seneca. Lv Seneca. Lr'Jordania Junction Lv ?Adams. Lv ?Cherry. Lv iv-, ni Iel on. Lv . \ m un. Lv ?Denver. Lv ?West Anriorson Ar Andomon-PnssDop Lv Anderson-PnssDep Lv .AndurHon-FrtDep Ar Helton. A M s aft 8 40 8 58 9 00 9 14 9 17 9 26 P 3 9 39 9 ?5 10 00 P.M. 10 03 ll) 25 WEBTHODND Lv Lv Al Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Lv Ar Lv Lv Ar Belton. .Aiulttrson-Fr't Do Anderson-PUSH De Anderson-POSH De .West Anderson.... .Donver. ?Ailinn. Pendleton. .Cherry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction. Heneen. Henee?. Wost Union. Walhalla. PM . 65 4 20 4?? 4 27 4 40 4 47 4 62 4 69 6 03 6 18 2 IO 2 03 2 Ul 2 19 2 2C 2 33 2 40 2 63 3 OU 3 10 3 12 3 36 !< P.M. 3 10 3 12 3 36 PM 3 00 :i ur. 3 36 4 12 4 10 4 31 4 ar, 4 64 603 6 12 6 27 ? 3a 6 13 6 46 C 10 IS AM A M|A M 10 11 ll 6 21 6 39 6 64i ll) 45 ll m Il 07 ll ll ll 21 ll 20 ll Si 11 ?9 ll 42 ll 64 ll 67 1 061 1 1 20 1 26 A M 8 IS 8 VU 845 8 PM 0 30 s m 0 67 . Flag stations. Will also Mop at tho following stations to take on and lot off passengers: Phinnoy's, James's and Handy Hprlncs. Nos. ll and 12. first olass passenger, daily ; Noa. 9 nnd io, daily except Sunday; Non. 5 and 6, Hominy only; Nos. 4 ami 7, second eins?, mixed, daily except Hundiy ? Nos. 3 and 8, second olass, mixed, daily. H. C. HEATTIE, President. J. lt. ANDERHON. Superintendent. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGN* f?Oi?YPIQHT? Ac. Anyone sending m ?ket'.Vi and description may quickly ascertain our opinion fro? wtic'her ?ii Invoiitlon ls proh?Wy rmtont allin. Communlea Uons?trlotly<VTi?aentliU. HANDBOOK on Patenta lent freo. ('Idost agency for nocurliitf r-UonU. Putouts ' "ken through Munn A Co. receive tpttial ni'jit, without cliarjo. In the Scientific American. A handsomely Mnstratca weekly. i'.dal Um of ?ny solontMo journal. four months, 91. Sold by all_noirsdooloni. Lamest clr Torms, $3 i XCo.8e,Broad^New munch Oftloe. 026 F 8L. Washington, D.