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A MAD DASH I F For Liberty Made by the Con= Gi victs in Missouri Prison, TWO GUARDS KILLED. ^ ol tc The Prisioners Used Pistols and Nitro* tlycerioe to Effect Their Escape. p After an Exciting Running BatSi tte in the Capitol City the ?' ti Desparodoec Are ai at u, Recaptured, sc 11 At J< ff jrsoa City, Mo., in a dsperate attempt to escape from the State w prison Friday five convicts fought )?( for freedom with weapons and nitro- jr glycerine at the prise n gate, killing two prison effl Jers and wounding De- ^ puty Warden See and fcur men made ^ a dash through the streets of J. ftar- 1Z son City under fioe, only to be captur- w ed after two of the escaped men bad -j been wounded. Five prisoners, tak- t| ing advantage of the absence of War sj den Hall and six guards, who left ^ with 71 federal prisoners for Fort u' Leavenworth. Kans., attempted to es- iC c&pe, but only four left the prison Dj after wrecking the gate. Convicts Harry vaugnn, unaries 3( Raymond, Hiram Blake, George Ryan 3 and Ell Z'Jgler, who were working cc close Inside the prilon gate, having se 0t oared pistol? and a bottle of nitro- % glyoerlne, entered Deputy Warden R tt B. See's offloe and shot him In the arm c( and the hip as he sat in a chair. He n sank back helpess and the convicts bt rushed to the gate where they met of Gateman John Clay. Before Clay &i oould raise his weapon be was shot a "dead. E. Allison, commissary offiasr, tc ran to Clay's assistance and was shot af dead. ol xne ouuviuua piaueu unt^i|^nu? under the gate, dragging Clay's body ie with them. Taey slammed tbe gate 01 close and fastened It. Z jigier wat> 0t left Inside. Tne convicts placed ni it troglycerine under the outside gate d and blew an opening through the p] steel doors. The four men crawled U] through this rupture and daubed tt through a number of trusty convicts te who were working In the street. hi Almost before the fcur escaped st oonvlcts had covered a block priso- tr cffioers were in punu't shooting m they ran. The chase kept on for a t dozen blocks, the convicts outrunning of their pursuers. ti Near the Missouri Pacific railway er depot the convlots came up with a Cb wagon driven by Orvllle Line tt Jumping into this wagon tbe desper g; adoee seized Lane and used him as a m shield from the bullets of their pur tt suers. O ie convict lashed tbe horse Pc Into a run and escape seemed ure, Co when suddenly a t quad of ci y police- W] men atd armed cit;z?ns appeared and ed stopped the horse. Sbellding them t/b ad wall as Dossible behind the nr sides of the vehicle, the four convicts ,fU fought the policemen. Yollej after volley was fl red In the m stmt by both sides to the coDllist. in The policeman sheltering themseives ta behind trees, spllntlred the wagon, j finally putting a bullet* through su Vaughn and Blake. Blake died or iz: his wounds. Then the coLv'cts surTended. Lane and his horse and Con- of vlcts Ryan and Rvymond were unln- f0 jured. The con v cts were Immediate- ad ly taken bick to the penitentiary. A bxit JLKCJ&i). qc th Ohioago H?? More Deserted Wives th Than Any O.her City. ^ The number of arrests for abandon- ^ ment brought by wives against hus Ga bands is larger in Chicago than in any other city of the United States and larger in proportion to popula- J111 tlon than In any other city too. R?c 'u - -j- i ? i-i?a _ *.v.? qq! OgEUtlOn 01 Wis uoa lutuisueu a uucuic for many persons in reoent conven a* tlons and c inferences to call atten- tic tion to the probable causcs of such bl! conditltions. But it is not only in the number of such desertions tbat Chicago (which has many titles bes ^ towed upon it, but not "the city of co homes" among tbem) takes precedence among Americans cities. It has too, te( the largest number of divorced worn- th: en, their number by the last census we having been 2486 In New York there were only 2,C60, of whom 600 001 k were in the city of Brooklyn. San ^ Francisco had 1,010 and Philadelphia 1020, these figures only including of W( course, divorced women who had had not remarried. St. Louis had nearly tlc 1,000, and Baltimore and Kansas Ge Olty the former as aid and the latter an a strenuoiis town, the same number, at( though the poqulatlon of Baltimore is 1 * " ?on that-, of VanaoD thl v IQTeO blUlCB am lax50 u vuuu vi City, Boston, a city of 60C.000 had U8( 800; Indianapolis, a city of 175,000 stJ only had 90fr. Washington and New vl* A * Orleans, with about the same popuia- "v tlon, had an equal number, Denver do with less than one-half the popuia- 801 tlon of Detroit had the same number ?600 in each case. The number of < divorced women Gffiololly described as 3. "oonjugal condition unknown." iti Many of these are, or have been de- th vorced. In?this ChicaRO stands at qthe head of American cities, New erc York folio win?, and after Ndw York St. Louis. The American city which ttl has the smallest number of divorced 3a women is Bayonne N. J. ab Girl Caused Trag dy. re! At Nyach, N. Y. the body of Will- J? lam Jones who Wednesday ni ht shot ra and killed Harry Britton and wou^- an ded Frank Britton, was found Thurs- ^ day morning near the scene of the wl murder. Jones had shot himself wi through the heart. The murder and ga suicide followed an attempt cf Jones ba to see Jessie Britton with whom he 8h waa infatuated. Her brothers refus ed him admittance to the house, whereupon he drew a revolver ard began firing. Harry Britton was an killed instantly and his brother Frank fa waa Beverly wounded. Jones was a Se decorator of about thirty five yea*s wt and claimed to be a Cuban. j on VALUE OF BIRD* < Se ow Korth Tarolina Fio'.ccts Fer Feathered Tribss. I ive Publicity to Movement in This ^h hii State Will C*u?o the ^ P-ople to Think. m? In view of the fact that an Auiubon ga. ciety is being foimsd in South Carina, it will be interesting to many P3 i know just how the work of this re gan'zition is operated elsewhere and th hat may be accomplished by the Au- cil abon society in tfcis State. M-, T. G. as! jarscn, s cretary o! the National Au In ubon 8( ciety. who is in the c'ty, was :en Wtduesday miming at the < ffi ; 'U ' the State superintendent of educa- 5h on, where he has made his tempor- a 1 ry headquarters, and the following co iatemem of the work of the Audubon ry >ciety in N )rth Carolina was secured th om him: co "DurlDg the year 1902. this society la as organ z d in tbao State and a H ftneral cill was made for all persons th iterested in the protection of birds tb nd game to become members of the w< >clety and contribute flaaGcially to wj s support. When the legislature m?,t al! 1 January following, the organtza.i n S; hlch had then grown to several nua- ?b red members was incorporated wiih ie powers of aSiategsm) commis- br od. The Hociety va* given authorl- of f to select game wardens who work di nder the direction cf theAuc'ujjt is ;clety in the enforcement of the cb lid and game laws. wl "A law was ais > passed requiring itl on resident hunieis coming into tlie no bate to secure a hunter's license at a ry )st of $10. Tae money rece.'vsi from T1 lis source, cogetber with iue feas m; ad contributions of the members of of ie s ciety and friends of the birds co instituted the income of the society be 0 State appropriation was asked of a ie legislature, bus the income from no irs^ two sources has amounted to ioi oout 110 000 annually. With this ind, tae 0'gin>zat.0n has b en able dii 1 employ 45 game wardens in the vl< jld, some or wnom are paia ov saiary, ?? ihera per diem. to "Large quantities of educational wl afluts bearirg on the value of vari- so is birds to tbe agricultural interests so< ' tbe State bave been distributed xiong tbe sobool children and others, 'geats of the game laws have been rinted on cloth notices and tacked Ci p in conspicuous places throughout te State. As an example of the ex mt to whioh this educational work is bsen carried forward, it may be j0 ated that during the past year more iar 2 530,000 pages of printed infor 0 ? * ' - rlijt i?i Kti fori \ n fhfl Qf.ot'.o DTl Ck bi L/LI VVC1C UlOUlUUUbU iU VUW MUUUb. JC bis does not Include a large number ag circulating libraries of bird and na- gij ire study books, which are used and we ijoyed by hundreds of teachers and ha tildren. "Though the activities of th le game wardens, many persons 1 lllty of violating the game law* ed ive been sucaesfifully prosecuted in on te ccu'ts, Since the last annual re- pe: >rt, which was Issued in March, 54 Jo nvictions have been secured. The ' Qole idea of the work is well rec^iv- Jo . among the people generally, and al sit nugh the game is not as t ffec dually th< otected as could be done if a larger to nd was at the disposal of the society wc the same time, it must be borne in fiv ind that what has been and is be cio g accomplished does not cost the ly xpayers one cant, wlch the excep do! on of those people who voluntarily ' bicribe to the support of the organ be ition. I a "There is no doubt that the work wa the Audubon society is responsible pel r saving the lives of counties thius pre Ids of birds in all sections of tbe cat ate, and all reports go to show that rei it only birds but deer and other ml me are on the increase, owing to en< e vigilance of this organization. eai "About a year ago the members of pic e society contributed $1,400 for the oik lilding of a launch, which is used of - the game warden located near ,p3 Hatteras, whose special businetis ext is to guard the breeding places of per e sea birds during the summer thj onths. These valuable and beauti- aai 1 creatures had been nearly ex ,er- i nated in North Carolina waters, of ] Ing to their wholesale and systema- out ; slaughter by men who killed the anc rds to get their feathers for the New doe >rk millinery houses. "The first year of that protection ere were deposited In the breeding ^ lonies about 1.700 eggs. So greatly ?is I the birds Increase from the pro jtion afforded them that summer, clu at the second year about 2,800 eggs to 1 re laid, wnne the past summer, w lich is the third year, between 6, of 1 0 and 7,000 eggs are known to have tbe jn laid and hatched. wai "The Audubon societies now pro tb? st the sea birds in their breeding red ices along the coast of every Atlan- Ab State except S.uth Carolina and upc orgia, and it Is very important thai 2ai tffjrt be made to secure wardens '1' once for this important region. anr "By means of public speaking, by clu b distribution of literature and th: esoi 3 of circulating libraries, by con mt recourse to the press and by the flic jilance of its game wardens, the sho 1 lubon society of North Cirollna is f u ing a tremendous work for the pre- of1 rvation of birds and game." scr; lari Terrible Story of the 9e?. prj Third Mate E. C. Price, of the Wai itishsteamsr K>ranna, just arrived New York from CUcutta, tells of e terrible pl'ght of the crew of the ^ >rncan hark Wrirra. which the steam 8tr cime upon a hundred miles north tap st of Cape Verde Islands. Seven r>f a y e bark's crew out of twenty-two, he the Id, were laid out on below decks thi out ready to pass over while the die it were so weak they could hardly dir ep awake. The crew wera sulferiag to J jm scurvy and starvation. The K ) ha nna supplied Warra with lime juice yea d provisions. The sickness was a-ni used bv her carcro of rcdvood fumes an< lich destroyed all food on board t?e* th the exception of salt pork and A.fc It beef, and upon these the crew a b d been subsisting several days. The ip became calmed. 326 wa Disastrous Earthquake. >ph Thirteen monks were killed during nai earthquake at Mount Atnos by the Coi 11 of ruck, which crushed them, fan veral others who were in a boat Th *re drowned by a big wave which sat ashed the boat. cip ffAKT C0N8TABLIS TO 8TAY. ntimont In Spartenburjr County Overwhelmingly That Way. The Spartenburg J .uTnal savs; Now at Governor Ileywaid has expressed mself with reference to the matter allowing the state constables to re lin In Spartenburg after the dispenses are closed, leavlDg it for the ople to decide whether they shall main or not, it is more than like attbe prominent citszens of the ;y and and county and officials will k him not to remove the onstabury force. "When the dispeneary was voted t the quastion of the disposition of e c* rsrabulary force a*. once became matter of interest. In all other unties that vjted out the d^spensa the state constables were removed, ough they were reinstated on acunt of violations of tbe dispensary w. It was b ihved that Governor eyward would pursue that policy in ia AAlinfn f U/M1 r* K f W ft f\K f 7 ino nf I lo tUUUt'/i UUUU^U ULi U Uiu VI e county hoprd that the constables auld be retained. Governor Heyird bas expressed a willingness to low the constables to retrain In >artenburg County, provided It le e wish of the people. Now that the matter has b3en ought q larely before the clt zmif the citj and county it will n )t be fticultto dccide, for the sentiment overwhelming in favor of retaining e constables. It is exp3Ct(d tha chin the next fe* days some form 3cial request will be made to G jverir Hey ward to allow the constabula to remain in force in thb county. 3e desire for the constabulary to rtain is very keen in various sections the county, for the cltizons in the untry as in the city as they Will not as easy to enforce the la* in tire untry as In tbe city, the fo ner is it provided with police protect a. Ia some sections of the country a 3position has been shown alreacy to jlate tbe law and when tbe dispen ries are c'oscd there is every reason believe that there will be much liskey in circulation and without a stabulary Orce ttie conditions will Dn becDme intolerable. W AHr SAM J3NK8 SIOPPED. ncinnati Pol'ca Atkad to MnzzV the Noted Preacher. Cincinnati don't want to bear Sam ncs. In a letter received by Chief Police Muilllken, signed by five Dmlnent citizens, protest is nude ainst the Eav. Sam Jones, the Gaori evangelist, who is in the third :ek of a revival meeting at Music 11 conducted under the auspices of e Evangelical Alllancs. The protest, is against what is term' 'Improper language'' and 1 the slurs the community" said to bave beet. rpetrated by the Rev. Sun aes. "How're you goinj? to do it?" asked oes when seen regarding the prop;ioo to muzze him. "Yju can'tdoit e militia couldn't; you would havt call out the regular army, and how iuld they do il? There were onlj e prominent citizens on the peti >n to suppress me. If there are on five who want me suppressed, I'm Ing fice. 'The generous ohi^f of police say* cant suppress m3 because he says iln't violating the law. Woat you nt to do is to suppress the newspa ;s. They carry the report of m} ;eches out to the world o* the> ry a part of them. ' 'Tney don >ort my speeches at all. You ght as well take a picture of tb* 1 of my nose and the tip of m> - and my knee and say this is i Lure of Sam Jones, as to say that i of the newspaper reports is om my sermons. They ain't. 'I could take the Bible and mike iracts from it the way the newspa s do with my sermons and prove tt every man here must go out and -1? u: lldsu uciuic uicaniaou. Fnen he read from the Bible in frcn' him: "And Judas I.cariot wen; i and banged himself." "Go thou i do likewise,'* "And what tbo ist do quickly. Female Anarchists. Nhl\e engaged in searching for: jsirg '.choolgirl, the police at Jass\ mania, has discovered an anarchis b composed of girls from fourt?eL twenty years of age. Anneta V*n ue, the sixteen-year-old daughter i local taiior, was presiding over t deliberations of the club, whlcb } held in a disused wine cellar, on i walls of which were painted ir. various revoluMouary mott es out thirty girls were present, and m the arrival of the police all be 1 to sing the anarchist hymD, the iteiditionale.'1 When the police lounced that the members of thi b were under arrest, the girl Van a rushed at one of the constables I stabbed him with a dagger, in ting i j iries from which he died rtly afterwards. Meanwhile the r other policemen arrested the rest ;he girls, who fought desperately atc'iing and biting the men. A ?e quantity of anarchist literature a tea in Bomalnian and French 3 disco vared in the cjllar. Died Trg )ther. U Florence Italy, on a flower awn couoh,, between burning wax >aro mora frmnH t.hfl floart hnrtlpc nf ouogglrl and her lover, u- ited Id ir last sleep. Oi the table was s letter to the authorities. "We because our parents, forbidg our marriage, deny us the right lve In purity and Innocence. We re loved and suff.red for two long irs, and cannot endure the strain 7 longer. Because our love is pure 1 shall remain so, we will die to iher." There were two revolvers, the given moment, each had fired "llaf. intn t.ho hroln nf t.hp nfr.hpr UJ1UU 1U VV uuv Ullliu u* HUV vwuw* th the boy and the girl died, It ms, wiihout a struggle. There 9 a happy smile on their faces e fouiig man Is a medical student ned Colucci, the gill was Gabrlelle atl. Both came from excellent i ailirs and led exemplary liv3S. < e suioida created an immense senIon, and all praised the lofty prlnles of the lovers. ' was not discovered. Tae money wmci one assassin secured was not neon than 82 J, principally in psnnlei. Tu< jowaraly murderer pernaps did no stop to open the band bap, whos* weight no doubt deceived him lnti chinking *.hat it contained curreac; of value when as a matter of fact i was filled with one cent pieces. Am uoon that depended the conviction o Murpby. 1 Tae crime startled the State am for some time there was no clue. I is said by one of these Orangeburi gentlemen that the case was ferretei jut by Mr. Geo. B. Klttrell, a man o inquiring and investigating turn o mi Lid, wno got his tirst clu; from ai examination of the subscription book of a county paper. He ditCjverei that just 30 days before the murder i man from some point In Florida hat &ubscrlbt.d for this paper for a shor period. On investigation it wa found that the paper was gel eg to th fictitious address given, but had beei taken out of the postefflje by Dai Murpby. If there was any native a ill la ttils mjve it was tnat me ma: planning tnerobbery might know ID dates od whicn the county treasure would make his rounds from town t town In tue d.scharge of bis duty a tax^atherer, as was permitted unde one law of that time. "Intblsway Murphy's nam? wa for the first tin e connected wi42 th aSilr, even by suspicion, Mu pay wa tnen foiloweu and it was fuuud coat a a remote place In Colleton county hi aad excaanged a large number o pennies for sliver. Tms was anotte ilhk in the chain. "Finanly it wasdi-covered that Mu phy had a shot gun which anowci certain characteristics noticed li connection with the shells fired In th gun wblcn killed Mr. Copes. Tni iiunger hirucK. me . sneu iu a ptcuua in&uLier whlcn corresponded exacti; *itn Murphy's gun. "Toes2 fac.s taken in connectioi with M u phy'8 stolidity when arrest ed aud ms refusal to say anything ii answer to cnarges or toeicuse him jel id any va/. wound the rupe arounc ols neuk, Tae evidence was oircum jtantial in the miin, bus had he beei unocent he might have prev^d ai tliol, when nis neck was in danger tlowever. he w.u.d bay nothing anc vould tell nothing of his movements or 10 days preceding tne kililrg. 'As recounted yes.ere ay, he was c nvicted and sj? tenc?d tu ue hangec and the very afternoon before the ex cu lion he was given a commutatioL .f sentence on an alibi framed up it Augusta, it is said, by relatives oj Murphy. This alioi was dihcrediteo oy tne people of Orangeburg to thi extent ihat they cried out in crlt c an. of the governor who at that time granted tne c mau'.ation and of tht iLtornejs empio>ed by Murphy's relatives. "It is said by parties who knew r 1 -4. ?? iLurpuy ad scliuui tuau uc was liuc c nan of nerve, but was a skulking toward, and that be was a black iheep all of bis life, bis main cccupa oion after being grown having been ,be peddling of l.'qaor at negro camj neeticgj." Tae county paper Murphy subs^rib ed for while In Fiji Ida was Tae T.inec and Djmccrat. He did not subscrib. in a fictitious name but in his own name. The amount of mjney Mr. Copes had with him when assassinated was $000 00. All of this money, ex cept about thirty dollars in change Mr. Copes had in his pocket. The amall change was in a saicael in the back of his buggy. Wben the assas sin had done his dastardly act of as sassinatinj? Mr. Cjpes, he hurriedly grabbed the satchel which be evident ly thought contained all the mone? Mr. Copes had collected that day, and in this way he failed to get what he had assassinated Mr. Copes to get The amount the assassin got was 30 dollars, much of which was in cop pers, which Mr. Cjpes generally carri ed with him to make change. Mr. Geo. B. Kittrell worked hard to fina out the assassin, and, as The State says, was tbe first man to suspect the man wno was convicted of the crime Dan. C. Murphy.?0;angebu g Times and Democrat. Talking to tbe B>ya. A Mi souri cotemp jrary rise* to re mam: unce i was youag ou, uy<v i am old) and I have never seen a girl thai was uofaitbful to her mother that ever came to be worth a one eyed button to ber husband. It Is the law yf Gjd, It Isn't. cx'.otly In the bible, tuj it U written large and awful In t..e miserable lives of many unfit homes. I'm 6psaklng for the bjys this time. If one of you chaps comes acr. ss a girl that, wrth a fu 1 of roses, says to you as she cc mes cothedojr, 'I ca^t gj fjr thirty minutes, for the dishes are not washed yeb,' you wait f< r that gul. You sit rlirbt down and wait for ber, b3cauie home other fellow may come al ;ng and carry her til", ar.d right there you lose your an^el. Wait for that girl and stick tj her like a burr to a woolly dog. _______ DAN MU?PHV,S CASE Being Eecalled by His /rrest a fwainsboro, Georgia The Man Wht Assassinated Treaeur er Cop<?e, ol Orangrburg County. Will Serve Out His Term. The story of the career of Dan Mur phy. the escaped convict wbo is sail to have been cap' ured at Swainsboro Ga , bas recalled some singular ticl dents in connection with the (ccu ence. It was published in The Stat on Tuesday of last week that th amount taken from the body of Treaa urer Copes was 810,000. The S:at of Wednesday says "cbe accuracy o this statement has been q lestioned b; two former cit.z:ns of Orangebu g one of wnom says tbat the murderei treasurer had on his person but $ 1 00' and another for mar citlz n of tba I place stales that the amounj was no more tban $425. ' In nno no rH/?illur hnt.h 510TPP JLA-l VUV |/HJk VAVUiM* w uv; www ?q Toe money was not founa by the mur derer. Treasurer Copes had the bulJ of the mon*y In his pocket where l . -A BIG CATFISH. Yields $1,000 Worth of Ambergrl to a School D .y. U G^ttieb O'Brien, of Mentonne Mich, made a hig strike this week be cause of his knowledge of natura history, which he learned in the grad ed school in his village. In the proccs - of excavating a county ditch a larg sic u,'h, not far from MjStlc River was drained cut almost entirely, s much so that a Lumbsr of very larg catfish, which had lived for man' years in the centre of the lake, wer 3 almost uncovered in the shallow watei and an easy prey to any one tha ' wanted the m. But when a few of IheD were taken out they were seen to b t thin, fcrawny and unheal.hy lo.king e so that no one cared to take then e away- Now, there a ra no other fl?] 1 In fresh water that look so much Ilk e whales as catfish do, and It struc! f young O'B-ieo that rules and regula y tions applying to sick whales migh also apply to sick catfbh, and hi -j asked ihe ownor cf the laai if h 0 cculd have the fish. L The ownfr was glad to get r'd < t them, aod told O'Brien he could hav chem and welcome if he wcu'd tak them away before they died and spoil 1 ed. T&e bny Wcded out .into the mu i and mire and tap ilrcd the fi h, wnicl t, wsre of pr?atfc!z}, many of them a muih as GO p unis in weig'if, and e carrying them < II to a sfciud: d spot ? he cut th^m up and found, as he I hoped, that nearly ev;iy ooe of then 6 w is fi tted out, as sick whales oftei j ire, with a gcodly amount of tha ^ valuable article, ambergris, wblc'i i L srmeuim?s found floating on the sui 3 face of the cc an. The b:>y found ii r the fhh 40 pou ids of ambjrgris, an< <o d it to a cbem'st for $40 a pound j or a tutal of <l,6j0, which was mor l than the tract of land where tb t swamp liy was worth altogether. Th 3 man who gave O'B.iea the firh wa t inclined to mske trouble about th f matter, but his lawyers told him h Q had no cve whatever anl he droppei s '& : G'JOJD iiHWi. 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Newton Hathaway of Atlanta, Ga., the South's mos' Reliable Special ist, on any disease, absolutely without charge This great specialist has had over twenty five years of expe1 ience in the stud^y and treatment of diseases of a chronis or liugering nature, and we > hesitatingly say tha there is no case, no tter how severe, that he cannot thoroughl inderstand from the very first, and prep i - the correct trwitmen^, which isbound tc effect a permanent cure. By the aid of his system of home treatment, he places at the disposal of every sufferer his* advanced methods of treatment, of which e is the originator,no matter where he ?*r she resides. nih;i; .uh.Dit.iii AIM ILK If you sutler from any disease of n chroni* nature, such as Nervous J)<?bili'y, Stricture Vatic >cele, Blood Poison. l\ic'r or Bladder Trouble, Diseass of the Hour I, Liver or stomach, Throat, and Lim,' Trouble, Lost Manhood, Hydrocele, Urina r Disordels, Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, Ciitnrrh or private diseases of men, such as Oiceu etc., and diseasps pe< uliar to women, etc., etc., do not nuke the mistake of consulting your home doctor, who will "l'"-"" **.m? JVnlii 1 f/? fnr nAn. Wllllfcif ?MIJ ?w? saltation alone. but sit down and write to Dr. Hathaway, lio will counsel and advise you without one cent of charge. Me is the recognized authority ou those d.scases in this country, and you can, therefore, appreciate the value his opinion of y.?ur case would be to you. lie has been established in Atlanta foi years and ye:irs, and his reputation is not equalled bj any other physici n. Have no hesitancy in writing him. He will also send you a valuable book on your disease, all charges prepaid. You are especially invited -to write for hie Wook for men, entitled, "Manliness, Vigor and Health." Be sure to write this great specialist about your diseases* today. Mis business is conducted in an honest, straightforward manner, and you can always foel atsured of "a square deal." The address is J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D., 88 Innian Dldg., Atlanta, Ga, ' m ma1 *. " - -v." \ -T; . / Th ' LUDDEN & BATI How It Was Organized, WI Who Join 1 3 ______ f Sales Now a Hundred a Mo; e Who Save N< V e Two months ago dates the advent j of the Ludden & Bates Piano Club in the city of Savannah and the country around. At that time we chose the e Ludden & Bates Piano Club as our i method of introducing the New Scale o $400 Ludden & Bates Piano to the pubb41 lie. S nee its first organization and a e few, people were permitted, to know k the merits of this elegant piano it has . been almost impossible for us to supt ply the demand for It. Ludden & Bates Pianos have been sold ove? the e entire Fouth for the past 20 years, but t never before have we been able to offer the public such value, such piano f satisfaction, at a popular price and on e such easy terms of payments. t The New scale ?400 L.uaaen csc Bates Piano appeals alike to musician and 0s -mechanic. As a medium of corrobora? ting our claia.s for it at that time the " piano hss allowed no doubt to remain * even in the mind of the most skeptical I as to the justice of our reputation to , make good eviry promise giveh or d every responsibility we assume D The New Scale 1400 Ludden & Bates r Club Piano is "WARRANTED FOR t A LIFETIME" andjor the past 35 years the name "Ludden & Bates" has ttood for truth, and this instrument ' in its embodiment of truth is our emr> blem. 3 MUSICIANS HAVE CBOSEN IT I, ?beca1 se it met their demands in e every particular. Its resonance of e tone, sympathetic quality and wonderful sustaining power, with its evenness of touch, have made it alike the favor* ite of singer and player. f BUSINESS ME ST HAVE SELECTe P.n IT?heransa in all its mechanical 3 appearances it has r<>ach< d the standard of workmanship, and combining its artistic qualities with its pleasing design of case, it offers them A MAXIMUM OF VALUE FOR A MINIMUM OF PRICE. 11 MOTHERS DESIRE IT-because ; FIGGER iS 0 ^ _ 1 Golden Eag rp ^ _ I Set Hame E i" ' You get $77.50~value for $53.90 jj of the splendid Golden Eatfe Buj y Golden Eagl s - " . ? Sava . fl.- ^SSri+iS VA^^WVWWWWWNA^/WWNA/ -3 O R S B C OiL- * 1 AUGUS' ' Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Tyjx guaranteed coarse 20 weeks. Sing hand, 3 mos. 12 calls for graduates mand. Write. [ The Guinard :! COLUMB 1J Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof 11 Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pr< o or millions. WiVlVP w VV?Vf Wf IVV VW V Vf V w w COTTON CI HI I. 5/^D Write for Prices on Babbit Couplings Guages Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups Hack Saws Oil Cans Belt, leat Fittings Injectors Pips Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shafti else in machic Columbia Supply Co.. They Cume High. The ccsi 01 sea coastraeienHeM come high but we must bave them. The engineers want $16,000,000 more to complete tbe fortifications of the sea coasts of the United States. There has already been appropriated for this purpose828,093.434. Permanent projects at 31 different points have been adopted and most are well under way. Town Burned. A dispatch from Burk, McDowell 1 county, Va., is to the effect that the 1 entire town was destroyed by fire jarly Wednesday morning. Burk is a ; -ining town of 2 000 people about . ra *v?I1ao fiiava Wafu fhfln TOO 1 U\J LUliOO llUUi VUUQI ilAVAW wuuu ?vv buildiDgs were destroyed. The song of sympathy never comes until the singer has been to the school of sorrow. NMMMNNNNMNMN4 | --ORGANS-- ;; 1 of the best puality $45 up J! 1 Upright Pianos !! I From $225 up. J [ x Write Us ? for catalogues and terms. ? I Malone's Music Honse, | ^ 1432 Main Street J j Almost opposite Masonic J c | Temple. J J j | Columbia, S. C. | j 1 J rdSNH . wS'V: *1 1 E: ;| :S PIANO CLUB. / iat It Gives Members and the Club. ath to Satisfied Customers ;arly $125. V it premises to implant in the minds of their children the purest conception of tone and to train their fineers to skilled technique, and besides giving the home the greatest air of refinement, it adorns it with majesty; in fact. ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THE "LUDDEN & BATES" IS REGAL. . , It is the only piano made or sold in the South at an absolute, unchangeable price?to schools, colleges and to the individual aliker-$287. There Isn't a piano sold in the South that will compare with it for much less than double the club price of 8287. . | Under our club plan nearly 200 people, at least half of whom might never have been able to posjessa hh h-grade piano?are now enjoying the benefits and pleasure?of one in their homes. By organizing the Ludden & Hates Piano ClQbs. we are enabled to sell pianos in lots of 100 at one price, either for cash or on time, with interest. ABSOLUTELY CUTTING OUT EVERY DOLLAR OF EXPENSE attached to selling in the usual way. The member joining the club with ?9 others purchase together, saving all middle men and agents profits and . expense. YOU BOY IN GOANTITIES ON A CASH BASIS?take time, if you like, oy merely paying interest. This has been our method of inducing custom to our store, without causing extra expense, and BY THIS METHOD we have successfully furnished individuals instruments at a saving of nearly $125. We ship "Lud- r 'ien & Bates'r Pianos everywhere? memberships come from all over the South. If interested in th? fai-est and best piano proposition ever offered/call or send for details and application for membership blanks. Address Luddefi & Bates, S. M. PI., Bull And York streets. Savannah, 6a. I . IT OUT Dealers Our v v Price Price le Buggy $65 00 $49.00 Larness 12,50 ' 4,90 877.50 853.90 Your saving on first-class out- ' < fit bought direct from factory $23.60* enough'to buy your wife a silk dress. Would you prefer ; to give it to her or to tbe1 mid. ? die man? A We cut out the .heavy tax of k 9 dealers' profit and drummer's W expense by selling direct to coi K sumer. jr*; Write for Catalogue No. 28. ^ 'gv. Satisfaction guaranteed^ ' I linif Co., I'V man, fa. I ) R N E ' S iSrI 3-writing, Er glinh branches, FulJ I le course of either Business or ShortI in about 20 dayB. Can't supply de Brick Works,. i IIA., ?. O. j; I Terra Cotta Building Block or J f g spared to fill orders for thou andi < i ,l * IjMMMUWMKW gggggSgSSg** I iVA(Hl>ERY CWNERS. I the Following > Lubricators Belt. Ganiy Belt, Rubber Drill Press 2 H her Ejectors Hammers "* M Files Pulleys ng, Collars for Shafting and. anything I M lery supplies. t I Columbians.JC. ; H ?JOIN THE? Ludden & Bates Ifl -Piano Clnb=? 4 100 Pianos, - 100 Members. Jl $287 m To club members^for the new scale $400 Ludden & Bates. Pay $10 at t rsfc then $8 monthly. No delays. Pia os H| shipped promptly. Our Guaranty? " Warranted for a life time." B 1 )iano proposition ever made, w ite BS or bookl E" wbich will ex i mr club plan. Do not delay, the club . vill soon be tilled. JJDDElN & BATES, S. M. H, Savannah, Ga. fl fS i i