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m 61011 liHllCll. ajuvx .' "ti4 ? - i. - ,* *r "l. .* ;? " . r Camden, 5. C. 4 i;v $ mm rr*? HEVS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOMIZED FORM LATKtT HAPPKNIN08 OP IM PORTANCE THHbfcLY TOLD. uont iwuuuhuui the vobld ? mf Qr?at?at Interaet Prom AH Parta ml th* World HaUted In Paraorsphe. Southern. YJbariea II. Markham of Chicago, Hwealiliinl of tbf Illinois Central rail ?ay, was elected president, of the <!eatral of Georgia und of the Ocean titianwlilp company, succeeding the M. V. llanron. Tho election wuh at a meeting of the dlroctorn of two rail ion,1 companies, which are . controlled by the same Interests The aucutlva offlcee of the Central of tOMOdn railway and the Ocean Steam aUp company of Savannah will he re 4Dov?d to Chicago. Mutator Terrell was reported much -Improved and hie physicians, one or xjhom ia hla brother, l)r. ii. W. Tor nll of IjaGrango, unite In a verdict $fe*i the attack was due to u slight icvMbral hemorrhage, which caused n paralysis of tho right aide. No tone If permitted access to Senator VarraH'* room except his wife and Mf two brothers. Representative Howard of Georgia, who Is contlned 4o the George Washington hospital With a bad attack or grip, 1h lmprov ttag aatlsfactorlly. Pear and poach tree* in Mississippi ara in full bloom. Planters report the IMt trees developing faet because or Hhm recent warm weather. It Is rear med that heavy frost will cause con siderable damage. A resolution granting tho use ot Aerate to the Confederate Voteraus' re union to be hold lu Little ltock, Ark., nttmt May was adopted by tho senate. The resolution was Introduced by Sen ?lor Clarke, and was unopposed ex '?>apt by tho voto of Sonator i ley burn. Representative Edwards of Georgia -vmeaurod the adoption of an amend snoot to tho agricultural hill appropri ating |82,350 for the Inspection or gin XLlnc. handling, wrapping, baling and gp*ding cotton. Tho law now pro urtdea for Investigation al Itlio above " anbjectH except the klnning of cotton Un urging tho amendment Mr. lid "wards further stated that the farmer Mpiroi Iobh than a fair prlco for cot ton because of faulty ginning, by aneana of which tho staple la dam aged. Announcement was mado at Now Orleans by Clarence J. Owens, tho vommander-ln chlef ot the L'Sited Sons of Confederate Votorana, that commit ___ tees reproBontlng that body and the ?Tlnited Sons of Veterans, would hold M conference at Washington at an - gnurljr date for the purpose or taking jatepa towards tho erection of a monu ment at Washington commemorating "the obliteration of sectional Henti * anent Terrorizing tho citizens and work in* for moro than two hours with ox ? plosives while tho moro venturesome awaidents were forced to stand in lino ' and watch operations, a small band ?OT robbers dostroyod tho vault of tho Warmers' bank at Duncanvlllo, Texas. :Jt0n miles southwost or Dallas, secur ing f 2 ,000 in inonoy and oscaplug aboard a hand car. General. Beuator lion-jam In K. Tillman, Kog *ir C. Sullivan, Norman K. Mark, Thomas. C. Tuggart and fifty other members of tho Democratic national committee of l'JOS were made defend ants by Ixmls F. lliirgh, an automo Trilo owner, in a suit for $t'iX claimed *or automobile hire. Mr Sullivan said the bill wuh not paid by the commit ?tee because the speaker by whom the machine i? said to have been used used during tho las1 national Demo cratic convention refused to "O. K. it. ? Til e now parliameiit, which was the flrst opened In stato oy Ceorge V. and Queen Mary, will tie memorable also us the parliament tc- decide tho sta tua of the house of lords, and prob ably there make ttio greatest change of a century in tho liritlsh constitu tion. The question cf the lords will HUomtnate and precede all other mat tera, and until it hat bee:: disposed fit Buch other project* as home rule .lor Ireland and dlse-stahllsnment oi the church throughout \\ nles cannot toe taken up. The Mexican cover lmer.t lias pro mulgated a decree adm.ttiug corn tree ?of duty until March next. llelen Vivien, IS years old, second daughter of George J (iotild, head of one of the wealthiest and most .prominent families in New York, wa? married to Lord Defies, an h'ngllsn army olllcer. Ten thousand dollars will he ex j pendod on a banquet to be given to I ^U?L Theodore Koosovelt nt trie j yronch opera houso In New Orleans .March 11, at which ttmo he will be -thb guest of the city. It Is estimated that 800 covers will be laid at 51? j>ar plate, ltoosevelt medallions are fcatnr cast, costing $:>, each barfquet to bo provided with one. An armed uprising of Greek coal wnair-g at Konilworth, Cnrhoon conn ty. Utah, was suppressed after four -,Mi bad been killed, ono fatally auumlgd and several others wounded IT DVlUtt. A anowstorm which struck Chicago ts with huge drifts, do transportation and tied and elevated train sorv Th? Iom 10 this city to trac legrapn and telephone compa estimated at 11,000,000. Eight f snow fell, and anted by a high t."' ' , Hlr?m 0. 0HJ, elected mayor Qt Ut attle, Wa*b., a year ago, was ousted from the office by the voters par ticipating it) tho recall election, and George W. Dilllng, l'ubllc Welfare league candidate, was eboseu, by a plurality of 6,000 votes, to aerve aa mayor during tbo remaluder of the term of Mayor (Jill. Wight months after i^ wan elected the women of tho state wero enfranchised, and to this fact Is due the decisive victory. (>ili wiim charged with protecting im morality. Tho Missouri capltol building at Jefferson City was doatroyed by fire. The total loss, including the struc ture and many record* and state pa per# In the offices of the governor, secretary of Btate and treasurer, is estimated at fl,000,uuu with no Insur- j unee. Lightning, which struck true cu pola of the dome, spread the tlamee to tho root of the house of represen tatives on the north side of the struc ture and In less than half an hour, it was apparent that the building was doomed. Washington. Tho house adopted an amendment to tho codification bill, which. If rat ified by tho senate, and approved by tho president, will extend the provis ions of the captured and abandoned property act of March 12, 1863, and permit claims to bo brought for some 110,000,000 collectcd under that act which still remains in the Federal treasury. Not only are tho provisions of tho act of 1K63, formerly limited in its operations to two years, made lo wpply to suits which may hereafter bo brought In the court of claims, but the former requirement that, tho claimant must prove "loyalty" Is stricken. President Taft has decided to call an extra session in the event action Ih not secured at the present session on tho ndmlhi.itration measures which he is urging upon congress, chiefly the bill for a permanent tariff board and the Canadian reciprocity pact. Tile president feels that ho has struck a popular chord In tho Canadian agreement, and slnco popular hits have been rare during tho present ad ministration, he proposes to make tho most of it. Mont member# oppose un extra session. After a ten-year struggle, tho house passed a hill providing for tho pur chase and cnstructlon of American ombassiee, legations and consular buildings abroad. The measure wns put through under a suspension of tho rules l>y a standing vote of 111 to :59, tile announcement. of tho result hy tho speaker being greeted with ap plause. The senate, which on several occasions in the past has adopted sim ilar hills. Is expected to ratify action of the hou.se. The bill limits tho cost of buildings to floO.UUO. Uood roads and more or them?that is the slogan of the new national as sociation to further the cause of high way improvement, which was organ ize! recently >n Washington and has begun work iti a systematic?way to correlafo and co-.ordlnato tho efTorts ot all existing agencies for highway improvement With tiio view to giv ing tlie widest publicity to the exten sive work now being undertaken by various good roads' agencies, the na tional association, recently organized in Washington, has opened permanent headquarters in this city. ' 4 Advances in freight rates on rice and rice products hied with the In terstate comnu'tco commission by tho Southern 1'acific company and tho MaUory Steamship company wore or do red suspended by tiio commission utnll June li. mil "If tin! necessary appropriations were available. 1 would establish pos tal savings banks la 500 additional cities and towns of tho United States." This statement was made by Postmaster Ceneral Hitchcock, in view of reports thus far received con cerning the first month's operation of the postal savings system. The total deposits in the -18 existing postal banks for the months of January will amount to upproxlmntely.Kiii.OOO. 'I his is an average of about $1,200. billing the months of July, Auguft and Septrmhcr lasi the total number of casualties of all kinds on steam opeiated railroads In the t'nited States was ? L'.'Jl.s killed and PJ.3S0 Injured. The accident stalls Ik s of those elect no ones on which interstate tralhce is carried show 1 to persons killed and ],??7U Injured. The explanation of the action ot the American naval forces in lanrlmu at Puerto Cortez. in Honduras, and In undertaking to intervene between the government forces and the insurrec tionists with a view to bringing about a frottletuent of the dittbUt in that vonnt ry vrKhwrt further bloodshed, was given when he state department made public tho text of telegrams ox ('.iaiii;e(! between President Tatt and ! President I)av:la of Honduras, with j in tlie last few days. President Taft conimufed tho sen tome <>f Prod K Warren, the Social l :st ??<!11? ?r of Kansas, who was recent j Iv sentence.1 to six months' imp-lson I -ami and a ?! .Sun fine, by striking I out the Smprisi nment, and reducing | 11: e title to $ I ??*? C.intending :t had been conclusive I !y shown that if even one corruptly influenced vote had been cast for Sen ator !.o:;ir.cr in the Illinois leglslaairo I Senator Fletcher of Florida, a mem i ber of the committee of privileges and elections, ad<lrcssed the senate | in support of tho comuutiecH report exonerating Mr. Lorimer. .\ir. l'leten | or would not admit even tnat "four of the members of fhe leg.slattiro had testlliod to receiving mo iey as a con sideration for their votes." as stated | tn tho report of the stinato commit tee The machinery or tho National (Irange, an organisation claiming a membership of ono million farmers m thirty states, has been started to defeat the ratification by congross of Uir Canadian reciprocity treaty The legislative committee or tho grange, at a special meeting tn New York City," adopted a resolution protesting against tho enactment of the reciproc ity bill, called upon the membership to exert pressure upon congressmen from their various districts to vote against tho measure and <Jectded<*ta, *o to Washington to map out a caru rnlcn there. FROM THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS AND 0088IP OF INTEREST TO READERS AS HI OUR SPECIAL, REPRESENTATIVE. Columbia,?Mr. Kembert ?uya that| h# will m once p re on tkiv bill to pro vide for a systematic campaign of i advertising the resources of the! state. Thla bill provide* that If the rallro*4? will give 116.000 for thar purpoae, the atato will giv9 110 000 Mr. Hombert aahl that membera oI the delegation returning from Colum bua, Ohio, had told him of the press ing need for Just auch a fund aa thla. Home legislators have the Idea thai fcouth Carolina 1b well advertised now, snd there are some agencies which have done their part to that end, but what pleaaant notoriety Houth Caro lina haa recoived In recent mon/bs through Jerry Moore and othera lifts been Juat eneugh to cauae the people of the Northweat to take notice. They are clamoring for information. 1 hey wlah to know more about the section of couutry lu which they may raise two cropa u year, and good crops, too. The houae of repreaentatlvea last week approved 110 clalina aggregm lug aoveral thouaand dollara, fiouie of theau claims are alao accounted for in the appropriation bill, for Instance that of the atato board of health. ThJs and all other duplications will be amended before the final puesage of the appropriation bill, und the groan amount of the appropriation bill will JJ*I. way be reduced poaBlbly $lo, Of tho clalma ordered paid are IB for services of special Judges, uKKre gating 13,030.64. There weCe many clalma uleo for anlmala Blaughtered (to prevent spread of Infectloua dls euaeB. The printing for the general election ulso made extra exponse. Tho house haa paaaed u bill to pro vide for a Blate board of cngluecra and an architect. Dr League's bill to amend the pen alon law ho that Inmates of Confed erate Inflmury ahall not draw regular pensions but shall have $25 a y(lftr only, passed third reading. Some have been getting the $96 a year or $48 a year or $36 a year pension In addition to the *206 per capita at the home. The first proposition In tho appro priation bill to which there was any objection was tho Item with reference to the offlco of game warden. This had three Items; (1) aalary of chief game warden, $1,900; traveling ex penses, $1,000; deficit payable to A. It. Hey ward, treasurer, $1,500. Mak ing a total of $4,060. Mr. Stanley of Horry opposed the ?entire portion 10. Tho house bv a vote of 77 to 33 rejected his amend ment,. the object of which would have en to do away with the chief came W,nrdet?'8 oftice- Mr Hrowning ex -pirrlned that the state of Houth Caro lina has created thin office. The Kamo warden's commission has been ratified by the state senate, it is a .matter which can not be remedied unless a bill is brought in to nbollsh the office. i Mr. Dlxyn wished to reduce the wages of tho state electrician. This wao voted down without discussion. This Job pays $1,075. Mr. Browning merely asked for the amendment to be voted down. Mr. Ashley made an attack on the state geologist's office. The atato is n debt and every dollar we can drop In on that debt should be. he urgt d He had never heard of one cent of good this conglomeration had done the state. (The state geologist la an Aneerson man.) The house overruled Mr. Ashley's objection and the section was adopted I.nder the head of tho department of agriculture Mr. Ousquo asked for information on the Item of $10,000 ror rami demonstration work An Item of $1,062 to be refunded to Klchland county for the expenses of the merger suit. Mr. Scott of An . derson moved to atrlku out tU|K |tem Mr. Kirk land of Kershaw favored the Item. The ways and means com mitteo considered It carefully it ln volves a matter of principle, it l3 a case of state wide Importance, and J constitutional question Is involved Ho moved to table the amendment Mr SC0,f to strlko out th* Item. The motion prevailed bv *i "'.r'bn,,o" a"J ,ho Heyward County Killed. The Heyward county movemr.r?.t,Jjar been !os f. The supreme rourt of South C.iro Una signed an order upholding the fiction of Gov nieaso in annulling the election on tho proposition ordered by Gov. Ansel. The appeal to the si: promo rourt w;is the last resort of the promoters of tho new county The petitioners asked for a rule to show cause why the mandamus and injunction prayed fur should not'be granted. The question la buried for at least two years Governor Dleacc in Police Court. Governor Coleman Livingston Blouse's name was called in police court, hut o:i!y as a witness. Satur day afternoon, while the Governor was driving on Main street. Hosea Jo.los, a negro chauffeur, narrowly , missed colliding with the chief ox j ocutive's carriage. A policeman war 1 on the job at the time and arrested Hosea and summoned Mr. Dlease as jn witness. Hosea was fined $10.75, j but tht> sentence wan suspended. The i governor w is not at all angry with j tho conduct o' tho negro. Citfld Case of Senator Tillman. In a letter to a legislative commis sion appointed to investigate charges thftt State off'.cir.ls are violating tho constitutional provision against hold ing two offices. Governor Hiease cited ? ho case of Senator Tillman. In n formrr mPKimgo ho fcSIrf Tie considered that a state official, or senator, who holds a trusteeship in n state cot lege, Is violating the law. On re ceipt of this, tho legislature ne.med an Investigating committee end It was to this bod7 that the lotted wsa 1 addressed. 1 COTTON EXPOSITION. Will be Held In Columbia This Fall-* Qood HeeulU Expected. An ezpoiiltlon to encourage the farmers of South Carolina to grow a better staple of cotton will be held In Columbia during the fall under the direction of Iru W. Williams, the Htate agent of the United State* fari# demonstration work. For tbe past year Mr. Wllllama baa conducted a campaign In tbe Htate, with most effective results, to Inter est tbe farmers In the growth of a longer staple cotton. Tbls campaign has been conducted In conjunction with tbe South Carolina Manufactu rers' Association. The association and^ Lewis W, Parker, of Oreenvllle, gave tbe sum of 92,000 to prosecute the work. . The cotton manufacturing plapts of South Carolina are gradually chang ing from the manufacture of coarse to a finer grade of goods and a batter staple of cotton is needed. The long staple cotton required brings a much higher price. A farmer In Anderson county sold seven bales of the long utuple cotton for 18 cents a pound. Thero will bo n number of prizes, aggregating several hundred dollar* in value, to be given at the cotton exposition for the best results ob tained by South Carolina farmers during the year. Tho date of the eX' position has not been decided upon. All farmers desiring to enter the contest should apply to Ira W. Wil liams for information us to tbe kind of seed to be used for the best re suits. Revision of Freight Tariff. Columbia.?The railroad commission in the near future will resumo tho hearing with reference to the stand ard freight tariff which provides for a general. reduction in freight rates in South Carolina. The commission has inspected tho Northwestern rail way of South Carolina and found it in good condition. Tho commission 1h Inspecting tho lines of tho Sea board Air Line- and the Charleston & Western Carolina railways in tho lower section of the State. Monument for Mart Gary. That a handsome monument be erected on the state heuse grounds to tho memory of (Jen. Martin Wlther spoon Oary, was the recommendation made to tho general assembly by Governor Ulease, in a special mes sage. On Gen. Gary's services to the state in Reconstruction Days, rather than his caro(tr In the Con federate army, was ihe Governor's plea based. He said (Jen. Gary was tho originator ')? "K;r." Shirt Demo crat Q(! motion of Mr. Davis, of Dam welf, the message w<a roferred to a sol(^t committee of five to~ be tp poi .ted by the Speaker. Q /o. R. Koester Buys Newspapor. Vieo. R. Koester, who founded and conducted the Daily Record, the Co lumbia afternoon paper until (wo years hro when lie sold it to James A. Hoyt, has purchased tbe Daily l'ledmont, tho Greenville afternoon paper. He will move kis family to Grcon vllle and take charge of the paper as soon as receivership proceedings can be adjusted, probably about Feb. 1. Greenville Citizen's Good Job. Milton D. Moore, of Greenville county. hRB been appointed a scien tific assistant in tho department ol agriculture at Washington. Cokesbury.?Dr. G. L. Connor plant ed a portion ofhis crop In Ions staple cotton last year. He sent a sample to Lewis \V. Parker, who re plied that if the cotton came up to the sample that it was worth 23 rents a pound. Manning?Eight email tract* ol land belonging to the estate of S. M. Nrxson. deceased, aggregating 220 1-2 acres, were sohl at public outcry here, bringing $7,220. Ono large tract ot 1.407 acres was hid in for the eatate and is being held for something lika $30,000. This land Is near other land that recently sold for a higher price Clarendon county laud is In de mand. New Fish Ccmrr.!ssl?nicr. Governor Please has appointed L C. A. Itoessler. of Charleston, aa a member of the fish commission of the state. He takes tho place of L. M Gusque, a member of the general as Bftnbly. Constable Appointed for Greenville. Governor Please announced the np pointment of J. W. Head, as con stable for Greenville county. The appointment was made on recommen dation of Mayor Marshall of Green \ille and three member* Judge Watts on Richland Bench. Columbia.--Circuit Judge It. C Watts designated by the supreme court to preside over the February term of Richland court, will convene the court Tuesday, having failed to arrive Monday. Judge Watts must open a court at Abbeville within three weeks, although the term here is of four weeks. It la not known why the supreme court did uot assign to this Richland term another disengaged circuit judge, K. W. Memnv.nger. who has no court of his own until Marc! 7th. Mayor Assesses $950 in Fines. Spartanburg.?Mayor Lee fined th? Flemings and tho Lee*, vrho engaged in a pistol battle In the streets here $950. Roland Lee was charged with shooting In the city limits, disorderly conduct an i earn ing ccncaalcd weapons. In the first ca*? he v.'at ftnod $400 or 120 days cr $u>0 a Eliot. Mayor "Loo made a soparnte offense out of each timo he shot. For dis ordftfTy Conduct ho rras fined $100 or -4ayt and for earrylns (onceuled weapocs lie was fined ISO o;- 1)0 tfaje &\Un4 and Mile* Flomlaa 1100. ? ? ^ IN PALMETTO REALMS NKWt OF QRIAT INTKRKtT TO MUtlNCM MtN, PARMKR0, AND ALL CLAME9. ? " " k; ? ( INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS. Flfluraa Showing Amount* for Gov ?rnmant Departments. While the Uital appropriation* for the year Is in excess of last year, the house of representatives has mad? few Increases of moment. The item for public butldlngs Is not buildings being erected or to be erected but merely paying for buildings already erected. The health department's appropriation for this year Is based on last year's deficit The asylum's increased demands are not questioned. The following facts will be of in terest: Governor's office, $G76 for furni ture. Secretary of state, $800, increase o! salary of tow clerks. Comptroller general'* office, book keeper's salary raised $1Q0 and |4,000 added for inspection of county audi tors' and treasurers' books. Insurance commissioner's office, $300 for clerical work; $200 for stationary and printing; $500 for contingent fund and $600 for rent. Superintendent of education; as sistant's salary raised $160; statlou ery $160; printing $500; rent $480. Adjutant general's office; assistant's ! salary raised $160; stationery $100. Chief game warden, no appropria- ' tlon last y$ar. It was expected to pay this out of gun tax. State librarian, $100 for stationery. Public buildings: $1,600 additional ! for water; apyment on state house Improvements of 1000, $L\0!2 more than last year; payments on 8tate house improvements of 1804, $16,700 ! more than last year; an entirely new item of $30,000 for a^yluui improve-' tnent contract for last year (toss $1,600 reduction on Stato house and grounds and $$,001 paid last year on ! the 1007 Stato house roof loan); mak ing a net increase on public .buildings of $45,677.16. I State department of agriculture: ! $5,000 additional for farm demonstra tion work; $200 additional for ox penses of inspectors (less $1,500 for . corn breeding); making a net income cf $3,700. Health department: Total $12, G05.27, an follows: increase in fund for protection against contagious dla-' eases, $5,000; salary of clerk to Stato health officer raised $120; deficit for 1910, $t>,085.27; State board medical examiners raised $1,40?. Educational institutions published elsewhere. Tax department: $500 additional for Stato board of equalization. Hospital for Insane: Maintenance, increase $25,000; improvements, re duced from $50,000 to $35,000; de ficit, $30,226 for 19'0 against $"8,? 1 662 for 1909; insurance $6,000; den tist, pathologist, dietician, etc., $2,6(50,' total net increase $39,800. Industrial school at Florence; Main- ? tenance $2,500; bulldinc with heat- i lng plant, $15,000; cooking range," cows, sewerage, tailor shop, plumb- , ing, etc., $1,972. < Senate, for new carpet find screens ' $1,600. House, for pay of one extra clerk, $120; extra pay of the clerk in buy ing furniture, $3p; extra pay sergeant a^t arms purchaffinp furniture and dls- ! posing of furniture, $129.60; extra pay, E. M. ftucker, buying furniture,' $35. Charleston.?Speaking before the Charleston chamber of commerce at a smoker given in honor of the es tablishment of through service be tween Charleston and Cincinnati, W. W. Finley, president of the South-, em railway, declared that if the peo ple of the South are to get the bene fit they should from the opening of the Panama canaJ, they should at onco begin cultivating closer trade relations witli the porta to bo brought closer by the canal. Charlotte.?'Capt. James King, who for so many years was a conductor on the Southern railway, died at his home in Columbia. Capt. King haa < retired from active service on tTib t road and was perhaps the oldest con ductor on the Southern system. Ho was a conductor on the C. C. & A. before it became a part of the Rich mond & Danville. He was about 80 years of age. Sinking Fund Commission's Report. 1 Columbia.?The annual mooting of the South Carolina sinking fund com mission was held at the state houso.' D. H. Means was re-elected chief ' clerk of the commission and D. W. McLaurin. as field ageht. The flnan ; cial report of the commission has been sent to the general assembly. The following were appointed as members of tho loan committee: Governor Please, Attorney General Lyon r.nd State Treasurer Jennings. Over $50,000 has been loaned to tho asylum commission. State Farm Work Commended. Columbia.?The work dono on the , State farms is highly commended in t the annual report of the committee on penal and charitable Intsltutiona, j which has been sent to the general | assembly. The report refers espec ! ially to tho Reid and DeSaussure j farms. The committee mado report j on the penitentiary, and highly prais * ed tho business manner in which tho institution has been managed by D. J. Griffith, tho superintendent. Tho inRtltutlon turned over to tho state treasurer the Bum of $70,000. Progress In Soil Survey. Columbia.?H. H. rtennet, genera) ngent of the United States soil sur vey, and C. L. Marlatt, acting chiot of the United States bureau of ento mology, wero In Columbia for a eoft* ^Icrenco with E.-J.--Wat?on, commit ?loner of agriculture, relative to the ?oil survey work In South Carolina The opinion . waa expressed by thf officials that much progress had toon mado in tho work durms <he year The assmwnco'Was glytn that the work will be extended In tbU Stau during the year* IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF GREAT MO NEY REMEDY IS SOON REALIZED According to my experience I do not consider there U anything to- aqual Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Uoot ivr kidney affec tion. Twice it relieved ine when I wm completely htilplcs*. The Uat time 1 waa traveling in Te*aa, wLto my kidneys became affected, and for tea day* I suffered excruciating pain, accompanied with severe chill#. Several year* previous, having been relieved of a similar attack, 1 naturally ?ought relief us before, from Swamp-Hoot. After using four of the large size bot tles, I was completely restored ami went on my way rejoicing and pruiuiug l>r. Kilmer's Swamp-Koot. This was three years ago, aiid 1 have had no indication of tha return of the affliction. Yours very truly, J. C. SMITH, Jr. i Jackson, Teun. Htate of Tennessee County of Madison Subscribed and sworn to before me thia 13th day of July,'1900. P. Q. 6TOVALL, Notary Public. ??. ima* ai??a ?????, >. t. Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You Send to Dr. Kilmer 4t Co., liingham ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling all about the kidneys and bladder: When writing, bo aure and mentton this paper. For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty cents and one-dollar. No Need to Be Good. A llttlo Shaker Hclghta girl sur prised her parents lost week by refus ing to be scared into being good. "It's no use telling me Santa ClauB won't come, or that the angels will write It down in their book if I'm naughty, mamma," she Haid. "I might as well tell you that they think up In heaven that I'm dead." "Hut why should they think that, dear?" _ "Because I haven't said my prayers for two weeks."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Labor-Saving Device. "1 have discovered a great labor saving device." "1 always Bald you were a genius. What is it?" "I'm going to marry Miss Bullion, the heiress." Combination onuses many serious dis eases. It is thoroughly cured by I)r. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative three for cathartic. Reforms come slowly because we all would rather, wield the ax than bear the knife. rxi/rcs critEi> tn o to i4 days /our rtruviMbt wil. refund money If I'A/.O OINT MKNT full* to eurn unr caso of ItctmiK, Hllnd. Blcodlns or i'rotrudliis Piles In <" u> W aajf?. 600. Happiness grows at our own fire side and 1b not to be picked in stran gers' gardens.?Douglas Jerrold. Mrs. Wlnslow's Boothingr Syrup for Children t?*t-t?ii. softens the truwH, reduces inflninniu tiou, allays pain,curen wind colic, 25c a bottle. Let us make the best of our friends while we have them, for how long we shall keep them la uncertain.?Seneca. Garfield Tea has brought good health to thuusandii Uuequ;iUul for constipation. An undertaker knows a lot of "dead ones" that ho is unable to bury. Itrl> Cured In SO Ml not en by Woolfotd's Sanitary Lotion.Never fails. At druggists. Somo tombstone Inscriptions are too good to be true. Take Garfield Tea! Made of Herbs, it is pure, pleasant and health-giving. Every hear of a pearl being found in a church fair oyster? from woman's ailments are invited to -wi-ito to tho names ftnd addresses hero given, for positive proof that Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound docs euro femalo ilh. j Tumor Removed. Elmo, Mo.?-Mrs.barah J.Biuart,R.F.D.No. 2, Box 16. Pooria,111.?Mrs.Christina Roed.lOfiMo'indEi. Nutlrk V"-" M.?. ii?inau II, tireaton, 61 North Slain St. Milwaukee, Wis.? Mrs. Emina Imite, 833 1st St. Chicago, 111.-"Mm. Alrena Sperling, HGSCly Luurue Avo. Galena,Kan.?Mrs.It. R. liner,7l3MlnerolAy. Victoria, Miss.? Mts. WUllo Edwards. Cincinnati, Ohio.?Mrs.W. 11. lloush, 7 East ?low Ave. CnsiiM of Mrs. Epplng, N.II.? Mrs.Cella E. Steven#. Streator, 111.?Mrs. J. 11. Campbell, VOC North Second St. Brooklyn, N.Y.?Mrs. Evens, 82(3 Halsey St. Noah, Ky. ?Mrs. Lizzie Holland. Cat humet, Wash.? Mrs.Elva Barber R1 wards. Clrclovllie,Ohio.? Mrs. Alice Klrlln,S3J West Huston St. Snlom, I ml.?Mrs. LlrzleS. TTInkle.R.R.No.S. Now Orleans, La.? Mrs. Cliuituii Blouuo;iu,ii>12 Terpsichore St. MUhawaka, lnd.? Mrs. Chaa. Bauer, Sr., B23 East Marlon St. Racine,Wis.?Mrs. Kntlo Kvihlk, R. 2. Box 61. B averFalls.l'a.?Mi s. W.P.Boyd,24109tli Ar. Maternity Troubles. 1 ronaugh, Mo.?.Mr<, r>. 1*. Aie*htre. Phenlx, H.I.~Mrs. Win O, King, Box 283. Carlstadt, N.J. ? Mrs. Louis Fischer, Su Mon roo Kt. Sonth Sanfnrd. Mo.?Mrs. Charles A. Anstln, 8c h e n ec t ad y, N. V. ? M r s. H. Po r te r ,782 A1 ban y St. TaylorTllle, 111 ?Mrs. Joe Grantham, 828 'W. Vandoveer St. Cincinnati, Ohio.?Mrs, Sophia Iloff, 615 Mo* Mickon Ave. Big Run, Pa.?Mrs. W. E. Pooler. Philadelphia, l'a.-Mrs. M. Johnston, 210 Siecol St. nrtoV|trho> Peoria, 111.?Mr*. Clara L. Uauwlti, R. R. No. 4, Box Gi. Augusta, Mo.?Mrs.WInfleld T>ana, R. F. I>. 2. 8t. Paul, Minn.?Mrs. B. M. Kchorn, 1063 Woodbrldge St. Pittsburg, Pa.?Mrs. Q. Lelser, S219 Klnkald St., K.K. Kearney, Mo.?Mm. Thomas Asbnrry. Blue Island, 1:1.?Mrs. Ann* Schw'arts, ?28 (}r?T? 8t. -- ? East Earl, I'a.?Mrs. Augustus Lroa,BJPJ>2. Operations Avoided. Bikes ton, Mo.?Mrs. I>ema Bethnno. Gardiner, Me.?Mrs. S. A.Williams, 142Wash ington Ave. Chleago.lll.?Mrs.Wm.Ahrens,2239W.9t*tBt Bellevue, Ohio.?Mrs. Edith WIBlind, Monroe St. PeForest.Wls.?Mrs. Ancnsto VespermASA* l>ostor, Kansas.?Mrs. LI isle Boott. The*? women are only a f6W tit thousands of living witnesses of? the power 6f l<y<lia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to euro femalo diseases. Not one of these womonever received compensation in any form for the use of their names in this advertisement?but are will ing that we should refer to ttttm because of the good they mar do other suffering women to prove that Lydia K. Pinkharntt Vegetable Compound is a reliable and honest medictne, and that the statements mane in our advertisements regarding its merit are the truth and nothing but the tjpth. ????I ? *" 2E Roots Barks Herbs That have great medicinal power, are raised to thoir highest efficiency, for-^mri tying and enriching the blood, m they are combined in Hood's Sarssparilta. 40.366 testimonials received by actual count iu two years. - He sure to take Hood's Sarsaparilla Get It today In uvual liquid form or chocolated tablet* called Saraatabv, FREE, trial treatment for DROPSY. Liter *tur? wd IfMtOMt dlrMliMM tm HYDROLYTIC MEDICINE CO. ' Rural Retreat, Virginia. REFERENCE*?AUCSSUftC liXi. |br*l iMt U. PMDEMwSi The regular 50c President Shirt has pleased ovor 2 Million wearer*? that a why we are now making the Kxtra Special President at a 91. nn even more remarkable value. Both shirts represent Real shirt economy and satisfaction. Made in a variety of fast color patterns of strong, wear* resisting materials end backed % by our Guarantee. Your dealer con aupply you; if not aentl ua hi* name, ^your collar size with price in stamps for sainplrt shirt and book i of new patterns. The Pr widen t Shirt Co. 110 W. Vtytite Street Baltimore, Md. 1 The Wretchedness of Constipation Cah quickly be orencomo by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. Purely vegetable ??%d surety and Kcntly on tho fiver. Cura A Biliou Head ache, DizzL new, and Indigestion. They do then datj. Small Pill, Small Dmc, ' Snail Pric?. y Genuine bw*\*u Signature Thla Is Cyrus O. Bnte?, the mnn who ?nlvertit?eH Mofher'it Joy ft n <1 O oo H o Greivwa Liniment* two nf the tfreatCHt thlnifH known to humanity. Mother's Joy Is a Pneumonia Cure and Never Fails 1 Organic Displacement*. ^ rilvV Duck, Minn.?Mrs. Anna Anderson^ > Hot 1<> _ - ? ? | ?WeBleyriUo.T'iv ?Mrv Maggie E?ter,R.F.D. 1. Trenton, Mo.?Mxs.Y?. X. i>urn?U,807'Uuooi? A vcii':o. Canvlen,J\.J.?Mrs. Ella Johns ton,288IAberty f.t. . ^ Chlengo, T!l.?Mrs. Wm. Tully, 2052 Ogden Avenue, ? Falnfnl Forlodi. , Caledonia, WU.?-Mrs. Fh. Scbattnor, H-H. 14, HuX 64. Adrian, Mo.? Mrs. C. B. Majon R.R. No. 2. N. Oilurd, Mt??8.?Mis*Amelia XJuso.Box 14. llftltitnoro.Oliio.?Mi'a.A.A.IlaleugsrJt.F.D.i. * Xcg'aunee, Mich. ? Mri. MurySedlock.Box 1273. Orrvlllo, Olilo.?Mrs. E. V. Warmer, Bos 620. Atwutcr, Oliio.?Miss Minnie Muelliaupt. FralriQ<luChlon,WLs.?Mrs. Julia Kontehock, li.No. I. Irregularity, ? Buffalo, N.Y.-Mn. Clava Dar brake,17Maria* niont Hi. Winchester, Ind.?Mrs. May Deal. R.RNo.7. St. R?-els KhII.h, N.Y.-Mri. J. H. Umj?ro. . Orayyllle.Ill.?Mrs. Josslo Bchaar, Box 22. ' I Hudson, OMu.-Mri, Geo. 8trickier, R. Mo. B. Box S3. Ovarian Trouble. Mnrrayylllo, 111.?Mrs. Chas. Moore, It. R. >.* Philadelphia, l'a.?Mra. Cha*. Boell, 2219 N. Mole St. Minneapolis, Minn.? Mrs. John Q. Moldan, 211A Socond St., North, Hndson, Ohio.?Mrs. LonaCarroocino.R.F.D.T. \Vostwood, Md.?Mrs. John F. Richard*. . Benjamin, Mo.?Mr#. Julia Frants, R.V.D. 1?; Fsmalo 'Weakness. "W.TerreHante, I ml.?Mra. Artie E. Hamilton* Elmo, Mo.?Mrs. A. O. DaVault. Lawrence, Iowa.?Mrs. Julia A. 8mvw, U. No. #. ' Utloa, Ohio.?Mrs. Mary Earlwine, R. F. 1). 8. Bc)levu?,Ohlo.?Mr?. Charley Chapman, R.F. D. No. 7. i j Elfin, 111.?Mrs. Henry LeUeberg, 745 Ad area Sehaefferetown. Fa,?Mr*. Crrtis Hetrlch. Cresson, Fa.?Mrs. Ella E. Alkey. ^ Falrchanee, Fa.?Mrs. I folia A. Dnnham, Box __Jl??__?? m Nerrons PrOetratlom. J i saattsinfisr*^ J.-Mf?. W.P.V?Uula^MSUsJ yenue. .?Mrs. May Notew. , Ohio.?M rs. H. KlTHtlML Ohio.?Mrs. O. Cole. 'ny A* rSir*. 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