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F. 5uu i ncAKOLir News of Interest Gleaned Froc Arranged For County Boards an Appointed. *> Columbia, Special.?At the meeting mt the State board of education Saturday there were adopted the high Mbool regulations for this year, tlic ountv boards of education were appointed and several other routine matter* were taken up and disposed j mt. The board will meet Saturday, ^ay 1, ""when the contract will be awarded 'for the library books, the fat of thefee books having been made at at the meeting just held and the < same submitted to jobbers for bids ttkereon. Hereafter every high school i asking for aid will be required to suakc out the request on blanks fur- i aished by the State board of education, through Mr.'W. H. Hand, high school inspector. At the last session of the legislature it was provided in the high school art. thnt villneroa no wall no " "v" j rural districts shall be allowed to re- j ee've the aid from the State as to k gh schools. This means that any ' place of less than 400 inhabitants having a high school with at least 15 pupils may get State aid, whereas formerly only the rural high i hools could get this aid. The following is a list of the county boards: Abbeville?P. L. Grier, Due West; T. Howard Moore, Abbeville. Aiken?W. L. Brooker, Aiken; T. K. Morgan, Aiken. Anderson?E. C. McCants, Anderson; L. M. Mahaffey, Anderson. Bamberg?S. G. Mayfield, Denmark ; J. H. A. Carter, Ehrhardt. Barnwell?Rev. W. M. Jones. W;ii;o?r.n T? r>?l_ T3 II m muoi vii f it. uuju wile, nuniwL'li. | Beaufort?W. J. Thomas, Beaufort; George Waterhouse, Beaufort. Berkeley?W .H. Branson, Russellt?De: E. A. Shingiey, Sand Ridge. Calhoun?W. E. Derrick, Cameron; J. A. Merritt, St. Matthews. Charleston ? Walter Whitehand, Charleston; Robert E. Seabrook, Charleston. Cherokee?E. A. Montgomery, RIacksburg; F. E. Shuford, Gaffney. Chester?James R. Dye, Chester; . Adams. Fort Lawn. ;ster field?B. S. Funderburk, 1 "**'d. rent frfn?John C. Daniel, Mannarlton DuRant, Manning, ington? A. J. A. Perritt, Lara'S. W. Garrett, Hartsville. tOrehester?Col. J. Otey Reed, St. frge; C. E. Owens, Grover. V-efield?E. H. Folk, Edgefield; Long, Jr., Trenton. W'ltield?J. H. Thornwell. Winns. \ S. D. Dunn, Winnsboro. 1c >nce?J. E. Pearce, Claussen; L. Mann. Georgetown?M. W. Pyatt, Georgewn; J. A. Bruorton, Georgetown. Greenville?H. B. Dominick, Founiu Inn; L. E. Childress, Greenville. Greenwood?A. B. Sample, Grcenood; N. M. Salley, Greenwood. Hampton?W. H. Dowling, Hnmpn; George Warren, Hampton. Horry?M. J. Bullock, Fair Bluff; J. Sherwood, Conway. Kershaw?B. G. Murphy, Camden; . P. Gcttys, Lugoff. Lancaster?H. E. Coffey, Lancaster; ames H. Hamel, Kershaw. Laurens?R. E. Babb, Laurens; B. . Culbertson, Laurens. Lee?R. E. Dennis, Bishopville; H. BL Evans. Jr,. Rembert. Lexington?Samuel B. George, Lexington; John W. Hook, Irmo. Marion?W. F. Stackhouse, Marion; W. W. Niekles, Dilon. Marlboro?R. S. Derrick, Newberry; E- D. Counts, Prosperity. Oconee?J. P. Stribling, Richland; sr v :?*? at. rj. i ?i ?rv'xvuiaiif tt uaniiuiaier. "rangebufg?I. W. Bowman, Oraii -burg; C. J. Rast, Cameron. ckens?I. M. Mauldin, Pickens; S. \r. O'Dell, Liberty. Richland?D. T. Kinard, Columbia; J. W. Monts, Columbia. Saluda?J. A. Lott, Saluda; F. P. Johnson, Woodruff. Snmter?S. H. Edmunds, Sumter; if. G. Osteen. Sumter. Union?Davis Jeffries, Union; James H. Hoke, Union. Williamsburg?T. M. Gilland, Kin stsee; C. W. Wolfe, Kingstree. York?J. W. Thompson, Rock Hill; 1 K. P. Castles, Smyrna. Asylum Charges Aired. Columbia. Special.?After being in executive session most of the morning, the asylum investigating eommisaioT) Wednesday afternoon gave out for publication the charges drafted hy its sub-committee from the complai'its filed with the commission. are no names signed to the charges and nothing to show who fathers them, but by resolution the Foard of regents will be given the aames of all witnesses subpoenaed to testify, the commission adjourning to meet again May 4. There are ?*v vj pvn 11 wioii apcuiiiraiiwnn ui I barges to be investigated. Man and Wife Die on Same Day. Rock Hill, Special.?Two very sad deaths occurred last week at Newport, < Are miles west of this city. At 7:30 * 'clock in the morning Mrs. Emma r mf- Jbely Smith, without a moment's warning, dropped dead of heart fail1 tare, and at 12:30, she waa followed by ? Wr husband, Mr. Robert K. Smith, 1 i who had been lying desperately ill K Sallowing a stroke of paralysis. His 9 atf^sudAen death hastened thej i * > ? MA NEWS ITEMS n AO Sections of the State and Busy Readers Auditor Weak Issues . Quarterly Statement. Columbia, Special.?The following quarterly statement on county dispensaries was issued Saturday afternoon by Dispensary Auditor West: Quarterly statement of sales, breakage and net profits for the quarter beginning January 1, and ending March 31, of county dispensaries: Abbeville?Sales $37,434.99, breakage $110.50, net profits $13,449.94. Aiken?Sales $77,517.52, breakage $450.33, net profit $21,904.83. Bamberg?Sales $21,608.90, breakage $154.93, net profit $5,641.27. Barnwell?Sales $36,872.95, breakage $420.35, net profit $8,516.86. Beaufort?Sales $30,832.70, breakage $116.92, net profit $11,815.92. Berkeley?Snles $16,502, breakaage $68, net profit $2,642.63. Charleston ? Sales $129,290.07, breakage $130.53, net profit $35,504.- i 73. Colleton?Sales $18,444.51, breakage $10S,40. net profit $4,350.53. Calhoun?Sales $13,597.04, breakage $103.12, not profit $2,988.17. Dorchester ? Sales $16,514.20, breakage $132.95, net profit $4,063.32. Fairfield?Sales $19,066.35, breakage $173.72, net profit $3,534.52. Florence?Sales $35,018.18, breakage $290.30, net profit $12,079.30. Georgetown ?, Sales $28,236.25, breakage $65.70, net profit $94-36.63. Hampton?Sales $14,300.50, breakage $35.80, net profit $2,751.46. Kershaw?Sales $27,382.35, breakage $117.05, net profit $8,005.24. Lee?Sales $21,727.70, breakage $lS2.S4,net profit $5,958.27. Lexington?Sales $13,916.27, breakage $35.85, net profit $3,940.09. Orangeburg ? Sales $45,287.30, breakage $205, net profit $18,003.56. Richland?Sales $122,248.30, breakage $780.40, net profit $32,256.28. Sumter?Sales $47,482.65, breakage $142.60, net profit $14,984.13. Williamsburg ? Sales $20,338.86, breakage $48.70, net profit $20,005.13. Total?Sales $*23,619.65. breakage $3,830.01, net profit $226,632.81. For 1908?Sales $968,378.07, breakage $6,105.15, net profit $268,941.98. Watch Monument Fund Grow. The Columbia State of the 28th publishes the following list of donations by counties, to the Woman's monument fund: Columbia, April 28, 1909. Fund by Counties. Abbeville $168.50 Aiken 321.75 Anderson 61.25 Bsmberg 33.25 Barnwell 75.00 Beaufort 10.00 Berkeley Calhoun 88.02 Charleston 16.00 Cherokee 73.25 Chester 39.50 Chesterfield 162.00 Clarendon 24.50 Colleton 12.00 Darlington 256.50 n _ -v uorcnesier 16.50 Edgefield 88.50 Fairfield 147.25 Florence 50.00 Georgetown Greenville 152.05 Greenwood 179.64 Hampton 10.00 Horry 40.00 Kershaw 119.25 Lancaster 120.35 Laurens 45.00 Lee 157.00 Lexington 91.88 Marion .... 364.25 Marlboro 387.83 Newberry 212.20 Oconee 5.00 Orangeburg 25.00 Pickens 1.00 Richland 558.50 Saluda 12.00 Pipar*.anburg 249.00 Sumter 393.75 Union 7.00 Williamsburg 25.50 York 60.85 Neck Broken in Iron Bed. Aiken, Special.?The little 6months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Howard of Graniteville met death Saturday night in a most harrowing manner. In the early part ol' the evening Mrs. Howard left the baby on an iron bed to sleep. The bed had perpendicular rods at the head and foot. Mrs. Howard stepped out for a few minutes and when she returned she saw the baby's body hanging from the bed, the child's head having been caught between the perpendicular rods. When Mrs. Howard rescued the baby from its position its neck was broken. Girls Act as Pall-Bearers. Spartanburg, Special.?At the funeral of Miss Alda Cooley, who died at the home of her parents at Cooley Springs; this county, last week, eight yonng ladies, school mates of the deceased, aeted as pall-bearers. All of them were dressed in white. This was probably the first funeral ever held in tbc State where girls acted as pall-bearers. " I ^ ?Cai Story of the M Told by Armenians Shot Down by j While Begging Official t Was a Hell"?Military Adana, Asiatic Turkey, via Constantinople. ? The Rev. Herbert Adams Gibbons, of Hartford, Conn., a missionary of the American Board of Foreign Missions stationed here and at Tarsus, was an eyewitness of the scenes of terror and destruction at the centre of the Moslem uprising. He gives the following story of massacre, rapine and incendiarism: "The entire vilayet of Adana has been visited during the last five days with a terrible massacre of Armenians, the worst ever known in the history of the district. The terror has been universal, and the Government is powerless to check the disorders. Adana. the capital of the province, has been the storm centre. "Conditions have been unsettled for some time past, and there has been animosity between Turks and Armenians, owing to the political activity of the latter and their open purchasing of arms. "Early last Wednesday morning, while I was in the market, I noticed that the Armenians were closing their shops and hurrying to their homes. An Armenian and a Turk had been killed during the night, and the corpses were paraded through their respective quarters. The sight of the dead Inflamed the Inhabitants, and crowds at once began to gather in the streetB armed with sticks, axes and knives. A few young Armenians assembled in the centre of the covered market and began firing revolver shots into the air. By 11 o'clock in the morning the crowd had begun the looting of shops. Military Commander in Seclnsion. "The military commander of Adana was by my side in the market when the firing commenced. He had not the courage to endeavor to disperse the mob; he returned to his residence and did not venture out for two days. "William Chambers, Field Secretary of the Young Men's Christian adbuuiuiiuu, uuu in) ocii pruceeucu iu the Konak and found a howling mob demanding arms with which to kill the Giaours. We then went to the telegraph office to summon the British Consul. On the steps of the building we saw three Armenians who had been killed. Their bodies had been mutilated. While we were in the telegraph office a mob burst into the room where we were and killed two Armenians before our eyes. The unfortunates were supplicating the protection of the Vail when they were struck down. "We managed to make our way into the nett room, where we made resentatlons to the Vail. This official said he could do nothing. He was afraid for his own life, and he made no attempt to protect us. Somehow we managed to get to the interior of the Konak, where we remained at the side of the Government officials for the next forty-eight hours. "That afternoon the situation grew distinctly worse. The Armenians withdrew to their quarter of Adana, which is situated on a hill, and converted the houses that held advantageous positions into fortresses. Here the fighting went on for two days, during which the Armenians succeeded in beating off their Turkish assailants. British Woman Cares For Wounded. "Wednesday evening Major Daughty-Wylie, the British Vice-Consul at Mersina, arrived at Adana and established headquarters In the house of the jlragoman of a wealthy Oreek "Fans" Threaten Umpire and Police Place Him in Safety. Roanoke, Va.?To prevent a mob of mad baseball "fans" from doing him bodily injury, Umpire Robert Pender was rushed to the city jail by a squad of police following the Virginia League game between Norfolk and Roanoke, which the former won by the score of 2 to 1. The spectators declared that Pender, who formerly managed the Norfolk Club, deliberately threw the game to Norfolk. They swarmed upon the field, bat the police rescued Pender. MET! ??. * ? ^ % |^n\|! 1 I toon by Triggn, in llic New York Press. assacre an Eye-Witness American Missionary's Side o Protect Them?"Adana r Commander a Craven. resident, where many refugees nafl been received. The wife of the British Vice-Consul, who was broughl into Adana under fire on Thursday, tended personally to many wounded women and children. "Adana was a hell. The bazaars were looted and set on fire. There was continuous and unceasing shooting and killing in every part of the town, and fires raged in many quarters. "Moslems from the neighborhood began pouring into the city, and notwithstanding our protests, the Vail distributed arms to these men, alleging that they were Turkish reserves, "Major Daughty-Wylie, at the head of troops which he compelled the Vail to supply, went to the railroad station of the town and was successful in preventing the villagers from coming into Adana. Later, while the Major was attempting to pacify the town he was shot and disabled. "Missionaries of the Central Turkey Mission had assembled for a district conference in the centre of Adana on the day of the outbreak. They received and protected hundreds ol refugees in the American Seminary for Girls, and courageously endeavored to pacify the warring elements, Missionaries Treacherously Killed. "On Thursday Daniel Miner Rogers and Henry Maurer, American missionaries, were killed under treacherous circumstances. "On Friday the Armenians yielded since when there has been little murdering. "Adana is in a pitiable condition The town has been pillaged and destroyed, and there are thousands ol homeless people here without means of livelihood. It Is Impossible to estimate the number of killed. Tht corpses lie scattered through the streets. Friday, when I went out, ] had to pick my way between the dea^ to avoid stepping on them. Saturdaj morning I counted a dozen cartloadi of Armenian bodies In one-half houi being carried to the river and throwi into the water. In the Turkish cem eterles graves are being dug wholesale. "The condition of the refugees li most pitiable and heartrending. N01 only are there orphans and wldowi beyond number, but a great many even the babies, are suffering fron severe wounds. "The situation In Adana Itself Ii unspeakable. On Friday afternooi 250 so-called Turkish reserves, with out officers, seized a train at Adam and compelled the engineer to conve] them to Tarsus, where they took par in the complete destruction of tin Armenian quarter of that town, whlcl is the best part of Tarsus. Theii work of looting was thorough an< rapid. It is said that they spreat with kerosene and fired the great his toric Armenian Church at Tarsus, th< most important building in the city They demolished marble statues ant shattered important historic tablets Everything portable was carrle< away, but the church itself reslstec their attempts to burn it. Fortu irately few persons were killed here This was owing to the proximity o the American College, where 4001 destitute and homeless persons hat sought and found shelter." Man Beaten to Death. Thomas Brown, sixty-six. wai found beaten to death al hia home li President street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Hli son Edward, seemingly Insane, wai accused of the murder. Prohibition Closes ManyGlassware Plants Pittsburg, Pa. ? Prohibition hai made such progress during the las year or two as to cause a decldet slump in the glass and tumbler man ufacturing business A. Zlhlman head of the Huntington (W. Va.] Tumbler -Company, said that th< plant of his company will have to shu down for lack of orders. Mr. Zlhlman said the temperane wave has so diminished the demand for glassware of the tumbler variet: , that many factories have shot down. AaiUL .1- > -f. ' M si G?? ? ?? OOD hOADS MMMI 1 American Good Roads. America is only at the beginning et good roads building. There are 2,500,000 miles of public roads In the country, o* which S0,000 are of stone or macadam and 108,000 of gravel. In many places there are passing good roads constructed of the oil at hand, which Is naturally adapted to road making. England expends 990,000,000 a year on roads, or at the rate of |600 a mile, for all the roads In the country. The United States expends 980,000,000 annually, or at the rate of 938 a mile. England, France and some other European countries have thft Annrmnng n fl vn ntn trc\ nvoi* + Vi 1 m country that there have been good roads tor a thousand or more years, and. In many Instances, the admirable highways have been as firm as a rock from the day the Romans built them. In this country the distances are so enormous, the territory so vast, the country so new that everything Is done "from the very beginning," and in spite of the most tremendous efforts, decades must pass before the United States may have a complete system of good roads. But the roads will be built and the work will go on from this time forth with characteristic American rapidity. The argument for good roads Is overwhelming. The cost of hauling per ton mile on American roads Is from twenty-three to twenty-five cents; In France, Germany and EngIfirtri tho orvof la In fho no!crV* of ten cents per ton mile. In States | enjoying the advantages of improved roads the average attendance of school children In the country districts Is seventy-seven per cent., and In the States with poor roads the av( erage is only fifty-three per cent.? Philadelphia Ledger. I The Toll of Bad Roads. Governor Stnbbs, of Kansas, in his message to the Sunflower Legislature called attention to the alleged fact that, according to the Department of 1 Agriculture's figure's, the cost of haul" lng American products to market is many million dollars In excess of the [ cost of hauling the same products over the fine highways of Europe, i This Is the annual tax of bad roads, i According to the department's re ports, the average cost of hauling > over American roads has been found ' to be twenty-five cents a ton a mile. The coBt on the fine highways of Eu_ rope is only twelve cents a ton a mile. I The average length of haul of farm . products In the United States is 9.4 . miles. Were American roads as good i as the French, the farmers' gain > would be 9.4 times twelve cents, or $1.23 on each ton of stuff hauled. The Interstate Commerce Commis' slon has estimated that 250,000,000 , tons are hauled anually. By the European standard of roads, the extra . expense entailed In hauling this amount reaches $305,000,000 a year. Of course, this burden Is dlstrlb| nted throughout the whole popula; tlon. It costs the farmer 1.8 cents a bushel more to haul his wheat frorh the farm nine miles to the railroad station than It costs to carry the same bushel 3100 miles from New [ York to Liverpool. So part of this . excessive cost goes into the loaf of bread. The price of other necessl, ties of life Is increased in the same way. The increased cost of living owing to the bad roads Is merely one of the I facts relating to the public interest , that has been pointed out by the great co-operative Institution working for > the common welfare, the United s States Department of Agriculture. Isn't there merit?a erent deal of 1 it?in the urgent plea for a systemr atic plan of permanent road building, I and a plan of huge proportions, at , that??Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Ga . sette. One Dollar Per Acre. ' It has been estimated that the cost t of good roads for Kansas, under the 1 provisions of the Hodges bill, would J average about $1 per acre for good farm land. Now, a single piece of i good road, remotely detached from i other good roads, might not be worth - even this small Investment. But a 1 system of good roads, giving farm r after farm transportation facilities at all seasons of the year, when the ' prices of products are highest as well r as when they are lowest, would be 1 worth many times the average outI lay. A farm having good road facilities, ' connected with the nearest market by highways that would be serviceable at all times, would be enhanced { in value far beyond the cost of road j construction. This would be merely . a land value increase?an immediate and direct return for the investment, f But the far greater value would be J in the continuous intercourse af' I forded, the cheapness with which products could be marketed and the ability to utilize the markets when they are most advantageous.?Kan* aas City Star. a - i Light From Flash of Powder. Judge D. W. Bond, of the Middlesex Superior Criminal Court, in charging a jury recently, in speaking * of the question as to whether the * witness had sufficient light to iden| tify the defendant by, referred to an odd case in England at a time when old fashioned black gunpowder that >' made considerable light when dis? charged was used, t woman who happened to be passing saw the shot In question fired I 8 and identified the man who fired it J by the light of the flash. 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Mrs. J. H. Bennett, 69 Fountain St., Gardiner, Me., says: "My back tused to trouble me so severely that at last I had to give up. I took to my bed and stayed there four months, suffering Intense pain, dizziness, headache and Inflammation of the bladder. Though without hope, 1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and In three months was completely cured. Tho trouble has never returned." Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Be not arrogant when fortuni smiles nor dejected when she frowns Great floods have flown from little sources.?Greek. RASH ALL OVER BOY'S BODY. Awful, Crusted, Weeping Eczema on Little Sufferer?A Score of Treatments Prove Dismal FailuresCure Achieved by Cuticura. "My little boy had an awful raah all over (tie body and the doctor said it was eczema. It waa terrible and used to water awfully. Any place the water went it would form another eore and it would become crusted. A score cr more physicians failed utterly and dismally in their efforts to remove the uvuuie. x ucu x was tola to une toe LUUcure Remedies. I got a cake of Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Ointment and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and before we had ueed half the Resolvent I could see a change in him. In about two months he was entirely well. Oeo.ge F. Lambert, 190 West Centre St., Muhanoy City, Pa., Sept. 28 and Nov. 4, 1907." Potter Drug & Cham. Corp., Sole Props, of Cuticura Remedies. Boston. Mass. Depth in philosophy brin^eth men't minds btyck to religion.?Bacon. JUST IT CURES RHEUMATISM AND BLOOD DISEASES To Stay Cured. 25c and 50c, at Druggists' Do You Love Your.; Child? Then protect it from the dan-" gers of croop to which ever/ i child is subject. Keep DRD.JAYNE'S EXPECTORANT in your home all the time, then you're , ready for the sudden attacks of croop j ?na coias. neglect may cost you -the life of your child. It'a safest to be on your guard. Dr. D. 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