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LOST BIG SUMS~ 1 Dispensary Run on Loose Methods H( Irregularities Being Common SO EXPERTS REPORTS. M Charleston Owes Over Thirteen Hung] dred Dollars After Adjustment of Account.?Farnum's Beer Estab- j51 tl llshement Financed by the State, hi Which Lost by Unauthorized Ac- 0j tions.?State Will Lose Heavily. ^ In its report filed with the State 03 disnpnsnrv commission the American ^ """rr?r w" ' [1( Audit Company charge chaotic con- ^ ditions of bookkeeping, grofs neglect gj of duty, misapplication of large funds ?nd loose methods of conducting the c institution. Startling disclosures are c\ made and the report asserts that the a} State lost many thousands of dollars. 5, The company says that with opport jnity of examining missing books dis- f I closures dwarfing those just made p] would result. It submits a bill for $8,- Uj 000 for its services. ft Many irregularities and criminalities are charged in the report, which consists of 250 typewritten pages. fl( For one year alone arbitrary entries ^ aggregrate $100,000 and one book hi over $30,000. Illustrating the loose w methods the report says: 0j UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES. "In order to illustrate more fully d< the extent to which unauthorized entries were carried, we rrfer in de- s* tail to two entries in journal 1, folios tf 123 and 124, for $5,000 each, under tr date of September 30. 1906, made T! for the purpose of transferring $10,000 from the account of the Car- P1 olina Glass Company to the account '? of the Richland Distilling ComDany. It appears that on April 11, 1904, the sum of $5,000 was paid over to the ra Palmetto National Bank of Colum- sh bia for credit of the Carolina Glass Company and that on May 12, 1905, an additianal sum of $5,000 was paid to the bank cited, for a like purpose, bl These amounts were erroneously paid a* by the Palmetto National Bank to the sh Richland Distilling Company. ''The cash items referred to above dc were charged on the dispensary books tc the Carolina Glass Company's account and the wrong appli- m cation of the $10,000 was presumab- ?c Iv discovered by the auditor of the m Carolina Glass Company during the ra fill of 1906. A refund from the Rich- cc 1 ind Distilling Company being unot)- w t ainable, the entries mentioned above were passed on the dispensary books th without the authority, so far as we ot are able to ascertain, of the proper w officials. to "The characteristic inattention an- . notated above shows that the physi- ^ cal condition of the accounts was an m unknown quantity to the party or "? parties responsible for their keeping, ec unresponsible times elapsing before Pr discovery and adjustment toos in place." Many of the original invoices are ^ not on file. The minute book of the J** board for 1005 has been "misplaced." In a test of the cash receipts of Com- ec missioner Crum and Tatum, says the . report, misapplication is clearly es- r'J tablished. Many items appear to ~ have been intentionally omitted from Je the books and the company's representative asserts that losses reach in- j*1 to tens of thousands. El AS TO FARNUM'S ACCOUNTS. ^ The pages of the report are devot- 0f\ ed to the account of the Consumers' __ Beer Bottling Establishment and the . transactions of J. S. Farnum with the State dispensary. "The account is badly mixed up." says the report 80 "and it seems that agreements be- ?e tween this establishment and the le< board of directors as to the amount 08 of royalty to be paid the State on the beer sold were changed at intervals ?? without any records of such charges ie< being made. ye "A critical observation of the management of transactions carried on t0 with this company in successive stages dispels the idea that a fair profit ever accured to the State out of ru the sales and repurchases of beer. ow "Beer supplied bv this company to 49 onH hntolo fnp OPnmmt of co; UiC^ATli^id UJ1U ItVVViW M..V w wv, the dispensary was billed to the lat- th ter institution at prices apparently Br agreed upon, although at intervals ou additional invoices were rendered to the dispensary, rccharging State co profits on original purchases resold sai to the State as herein indicated. tr< That the dispensary officials acquies- ch ced to a refund of State profits is du shown bv the credits given for the co aditional invoices. No trace of the ha authority room which this acquies- an enee emanated could be found. $2: FINANCED BY THE STATE. "The dispensary having abandon- 0f ed these profits or royalties placed r)e the Consumers' Beer Bottling Es- co tablishment in a p-s;lion to realize a profit on b?er obtained a; first cost j0 from and financed by th j South Car- an olha State dispensary. on 4'No agree nent or contract between the State board of directors and this company could be located, mj and it was therefore impossible to <je verify the correctness of the prices D0 and terms from whhh sales and purchases originated. "A thorough investigation of this account with the means at hand leav- de es no doubt in our minds that this Ch company and its predecessor failed $6 to carry out the stipulations and con- wi ditions governing operations in beer toi in the State of South Carolina. dif "We recommend, in the interest of w, ~ of the State, that the books and ac th: counts of J. S. Farnum and his sue- se: cessors, the Consumers' Beer Bot- Sd tling Establishment, be subjected to dil nn p.Yamination with a view of dis- co: closing the extent of transactions un-1 ch; accounted for in the statements filed 1 pe with the State dispensary commis- th< sion." 19< In the account of the Atlantic ' Beach Hotel, Sullivan's Island, the thi books showed that a debit balance th< CAPTURES BURGLAR. )w a Plucky Little Woman Saved Si Her Valuables. rs. Theresa Calona Finds Noted T1 Crook in Her Home, Turns Hini Over to Police and Faints. Mrs. Theresa Calono chased a burar down two flights of stairs in her g, jme, No. 74 Elder street, Williamsirg, Wednesday evening and cap- v' ired him after a struggle. Then she tr inded him over to a policeman. tl Admiring neighbors who called to tt fer congratulations marvelled at U le pluc'i of the pretty, slender b; 3ung woman. They marvelled the tt lore when they heard that the man Ij as a desperate crook and that he rr ad been released only recently after >rving a two years' term at Sing ing Prison. S Mrs. Calono is the wife of Joseph d alono, a well-to-do commission mer- o: lant. She is twenty-eight years of ? ?e, and is much admired for her a: sauty. 91 When she returned at 6:30 o'clock h om a shopping trip she was sur- H rised that her rooms were lighted s< p. She found every jet burning in it le dining room. tl Hearing a rustling in the next room, 0: le entered. A man, kneeling on the N aor, was packing articles he had ei iken from a dresser into a bag. She ir id not made the least noise, and he tl ent on with his work, unconscious lj : her presence. tl "What are you doing here?" she e: 3manded. tl oforflo/1 Knrrylor nn ir -L Ut OVM1 blvu WV4*5IIM twacvv* >rang to his feet and dashed into e le parlor. The door leading from n lat room to the hall was locked. 1, be man darted back again toward c: ie dining room. Mrs. Calono had a -eceded him but, before she could al ck the dining room door, he had tl rertook her. She grappled with him, but the tc an struck her in the face, and, rr taking himself loose, ran along the fi ill to the stairv/ay and down to the pi ound floor. re Mrs. Calono, unmindful of the tl ow she had received, followed close is ; his heels. In the ground floor hall, fi] ie tripped him by interposing her &i ot as he was springing for the front >or. e< He recovered his balance, and then hi ie hit him a blow that sent him spin- c< ng backward. The burglar retreat- S I to the back end of the hall. Fear- tt g he would go down to the base- t\ ent and escape, the plucky woman sj irnered him and again grappled pi ith him. r< Then ensiled a struggle that took 8( lem from one end of the hall to the 7( ;her. The man gradually edged his fi ay to the front door and managed b get it open, He dragged Mrs. Calono through si to the front step, and was about to bi ake another effort to jerk himself 1< ose when the policeman approach- w I. He relieved Mrs. Calono of her H: isoner, and she sank, almost faint- c< g, on the doorstep. G There she was found by neighbors, si ho, strange to say, had not heard N ir cries during the struggle in the a ill. At least they had not respond- si I. > , si Mrs. Calono had a bruise on her M ?ht cheek. The thief had pilled up si I of the silver and also all the loose qi welry he could find in the house. ec At the Ralph avenue police station is e man gave the name of Matthew ec idrick. He said he was thirty- fc ?ht years old, and had no home, cc ie police recognized in him and old bi fender. dl IE $320.95 was closed out on March , 1905, by transferring same to the s? count of J. S. Farnum. The sue ssors to Farnum denied any know- *|V jge of this account and refused to dl it. c "It would appear that this ac- ^ unt, if not settled, had been negfnr q norinH r?f nparlv thrpp th ars prior to its being buried by an 1C^ [authorized transfer, resulting in a 9? tal loss to the State." DUE FOR CONSTABULARY. Jjj At the ciose of business on Feb- gr ary 16, 13 connties in the State e|, red to the State dispensary $25,- th 0.15 on account of constabulary th rvice. This amount is based upon jn e enforcement of section 7 of the W( ice law in counties which voted e(] t the dispensary under that act. According to the report but two unties have made the levy necces- "( ry to place funds with the State n ?asurer for the purpose of dis- . arging their obligations to the ni: spensary in this particular. The an unties of Pickens and Newberry les ve settled their indebtedness, bli lounting to $2,549.16, leaving tej 2,941.78 due by eleven counties. da A balance of $6.60 against Jofen se: ack, former member of the board directors, represents a charge on icember 21, 1906, for one ton of ha al, the collection of which is con- g0 tgent on a counter claim made by hn Black for mileage and per diem owance of $4 per day for five days r a trip to Peoria, 111., in Decern- tic r, 1906. - wl "This matter rests with the com- in ssion for such action as may be th emed necessary," states the re- w< rt. rif CLAIM AGAINST CHARLESTON. Several pages in the report are voted to the account of the city of of i^_i.? If* \ t. : _ i. ? i. u ^ i. on lanesion.r n is sei iurin uiau ,361.55 is the amount of profits Se teheld from the city of Charles- 00 n. Against this claim upon the; wi ?pensarv there is a counter claim on $7,678.68 against the city. Of tic is latter claim, $5,462.78 reprents the expenses incurred by the ate dispensary resulting from the ftculty between Wieters and State m( nstables. The remainder of the La arge, $2,515.90, represents the ex- da nses of the constabulary force in fla 5 city of Charleston from July 18. )1, to Octobei 9, 1901. rhe account as adjusted shows at the city of Charleston is due v? 2 State dispensary ?1,317.13. *a< GROWS SECOND. outh Carolina Next to Massachusetts in Cotton Manufacture. lie Cold Statistics of the United States Census Reveals th? Above Facts. The cold statistics of the United tates census bureau frequently resal some wonderful things. Among lese, in a bulletin just issued, is lat South Carolina ranks second in le number of cotton spindles in the nited States, being exceeded only y Massachusetts, and that during le past year South Carolina actualr increased the number of spindles lore than 150,000. This interesting bulletin says: Massachusetts exceeds every other tate in the number of cotton spinles, having 9,158,389, or 34 per cent E the total; South Carolina ranks icond, with 3,609,969, or 13 per cent, nd North Carolina third, with 2,31,386, or 10 per cent, Rhode Island as fourth place, Georgia fifth, New [ampshire sixth and Connecticut >upn th Massachusetts increased s number of active spindles during le year by 307,443, or 3.5 per cent P the total for the State, while in forth Carolina the increase amounti to 262,652, or 11 per cent. The icrease in South Carolina was more lan 450,000 and in New York nearr 100,000. According to Table 3 lere were 1,141,661 cotton spindles, occlusive of renewals, added during le year, thus indicating no cessation i the progress of the industry. Howler, the net increase in the total umber of spindles for the year is 127,734. This apparent discrepan/ is accounted for by the fact that few plants were dismantled or bandoned, and to the reduction of le spindle capacity in others. In its annual investigation relative > the cotton industry the bureau lakes no endeavor to segregate ame and mule spindles; but if the roportion between these spindles as jturned at the census of 1905, when lis was done, be applied to the stattics of active spindles in 1907 the gures would be 20,427,395 frame id 5,947,896 mule. In addition to the spindles designi primarily to spin cotton. 751,251 ave been returned as consuming )tton mixed with other fibres. The tates which lead in the manufaclre of woollen and knit goods nalrally lead in the number of these jindles. Of the total number reDrted, 137,190, or 21 per cent, were 'turned from Pennsylvania; 110,32, or 17 per cent, from New York; ),462 from Massachusetts, 52,630 om Connecticut, and smaller numgrs from several other States. Massachusetts leads in the conlmption of cotton with 1,253.856 ales or 35 per cent of the total for )07, followed by North Carolina ith 14 per cent, while South Carona takes third place with 13 per int. The fourth position is held by eorgia with 11 per cent; New Hamplire takes fifth, Alabama sixth, and ew York seventh. As stated above, comparison on the basis of active )indles gives some of the States a ightly different rating. Although [assachusetts increased its cotton jindles by more than 300,000, the aantity of cotton consumed increas1 less than 20.000 bales. If the stattics for South Carolina be examin1 in a similiar manner it will be >und that the quantity of cotton >nsumed during the year is 5,705 lies less, while the number of spines operated increased more than 0,000: This would indicate a sigficant tendency during the year to lin finer counts, provided, of course, tat the conditions prevailing in the 70 years were similiar and the spines were operated in like manner. In the mills of the cotton g.-owing ates 970,039 spindles were report1 as having been idle throughout e year, which is 66 per cent of the le spindles returned for the entire untry. While the scarcity of labor largely responsible for this condi3n throughout the country, it apiars more pronounced in the cotton owing States However, as stated sewher6, a considerable number of e spindles returned as idle from e cotton growing States were not fact idle throughout the year, but are new, and had only been installi a short time. The Newberry Observer says :ol. William Jennings Bryan may (ver be president, but he has furshed to the American people an exople of fidelity to principle, fear- < ssness in advocating them, and unsmished private and political in- ; grity, that is entire too rare noways." That is a handsome, but derved, compliment. Justice Brewer seems sorry to ,ve caused trouble, but he is not ting to take it back. He said the esident was playing a game of lide and seek" with the nomina>n, and adds that that is exactly lat he meant. While we think it bad taste for a judge to criticise e President as justice Brewar did, ; think he sized up Teddy just about jht. Wants to be Judge. Ex-Senator Robert Aldrich, son the old judge of that name and usin of the younger judge, and nator Batea, both of Barnwell unty- and C. E. Sawyer of AUen 11 be candidates for the vacancy the bench caused by the resignain of Judge James Aldrich. t t Burned to Death. j Thp rathnHf: Cinnvent. academy, t jnastary and ciiurch in Covington, \ ., were destroyed by fire Satur- s y. The priest lost his life in the mes. The loss is over $100,000. Wanted to Lynch Ilim. ^ A negro near Columbus, Ga., came ? ry near being lynched by bis own f :e for assaulting a colored woman. c SOIL SURVEY. Prof. Bennett is Conducting Experiments In This State. Orangeburg, Sumter and Lee Counties Being Now Looked After by an Expert. The farmers of Sumter, Orangeburg and Lee counties are to be given the benefit of the soil experimentation that has been conducted at Washington by the bureau of soils, depratment of agriculture, for the past few years. The bureau has sent out Prof. Frank Bennett to arrange for the practical application ot the test and he will go to work at once in the counties named, so that the soil may be gotten into shape by next spring. The plan that the dapertment is going to offer to the farmers is In the interest of better, more economical and more diversified crops. One of the chief alms of the experiments to be conducted is to find out the correct rotation of crops on a given piece of land so as to secure the best results and to point out to the farmers what is the best method to pursue ii order to give his land rest and get therefrom the greatest yield at the lowest expense. The work will be conducted by the representative of the department at no cost to the farmer and when a working basis is round run mrormation will be given out to the farmers of the State, so that all may reap the benefit from the proposed plan. Within the past few years the department of agriculture has interested itself in the work of a possible development of the soil of the Southern States. It has been realized that there are latent possibilities here which if scientifically developed would be a surprise to many. To this end a large part of the appropriatinn given the department has been expended in the South. And one of the many important steps taken for the ultimate benefit of the Southern farmers is an experiment survey of lands in the counties of Sumter, Lee and Orangeburg. This is the first experiment of the kind ever undertaken by the department. Congressman Lever has been instrumental in bringing this about and the scheme is outlined below and is supposed to enlighten the farmer on the subjeet of the best methods of planting his farm in order to secure the best results financially. The soil surveys of the counties of Sumter and Orangeburg have just been completed, while that of Lee county was completed some time since. Prof. Frank Bennett of the unuea oiaies aejja.r'.meiji. ui usuvuiture, bureau of soils, Is in charge of these surveys. The chief of the bureau is Prof. Milton Whitney, at one time professor of chemistry at the University of Souuth Carolina. Mr. Bennett is a Southern man, a graduate of the University of North Carolina and a practical farmer. Ho has the supervision of these maps, which give contour maps showing the character of soil, streams, towns, houses, etc. This is known as a base map. The character of the .<o>ls 1b represented by colors, so each farmer knows what sol) he has upon his individual farm, and thus he will see what crops are best adapr^J to his particular soil after following the work done by the buroau of soils in order to make the maps more practical Mr. Bennett has been put in charge of the fertilizer and crop experiments. Samples of these soils in the three counties have been sent to Washington and have been carried through what si known as the "wire basket test." The test is briefly as follows: About one busnei or sou is cnviaea Into about 25 small baskets and then In these baskets various seeds are planted with various kinds of fertilizer. The object of this Is to see the result of plant growth and to get a fertilizer formula. When this formula is obtained it will be used in the field whose soil corresponds to the soil tested. Mr. Bennett Is' here to put this test in the fields from his personal observation and experience In Washington. This test is to be put to each type of soil encounted in the three counties named above. j The plan Mr. Bennett proposes to pursue is to get a cetrain number of i farmers in each of the counties nam-! ed that are willing to cooperate in these experiments. Two or three acres are to be taken in and every knoira fertilizer will be used thereon. And then new crops, such as the vetches, clover, grasses, alfalfa, fruit ffMAllrinfr will Ko rt f 11 Tlllt aiiU 11 Ul/Alug rt All uv uv* vuuvwmi ?? ? the staple crops, such as cotton? particularly the upland, long staple? iorn, oats and the like, will be given special attention. The new crops, the vetches and the like are to be Introduced as accessories of these principal crops and as a method of the introduction of the crop rotation. These experiments look ultimately :o the ascertainent of certain fer:ilizer formulas and crop practices which will give the largest yield with i minimum expense with the staple ;rops. It is sought to ascertain what :rop can be most profitably grown ipon a given type of soil and what tind of fertilizer is best abapted to i given type of soil and what quanti;y of fertilizer can be economically lsed upon a given soil with a given :rop. Killed by Policemau. John T. Werner, of Pickens coun;y, was killed Saturday in Central >y Policeman Attaway. Werner had seen arrested the day before by the )olic:eman and when he got out he jegan abusing him and a fight relulted. Killed by Cotton Thieves. Jethro Jones, an aged farmer of IVhiteburg, Ga., was assassinated on Saturday night. He was watching or cotton thieves and was shot by me of them. 1 GANG OF CROOKS, Breaks Two Safes at Mauldln and Make Stood Haul I | MADE THEIR ESCAPE And No Clue Could Be Obtained of Them or Where They Went.? The Same Gang That Recently Blew Open a Safe In Seneca.? There Are Four of the TMeres And They Are Very Bold, A special dispatch from Mauldin in this State to The State says safe crackers struck that place Saturday aight, making a good haul. While Mr. J. S. Hill was at supper the gang forced his front store door, entered and carried away his cash drawer and the contents, about 9250. Mr. Hill organized a small posse and began a search, but without avail. About 12 o'clock midnight Sir. W. 3. Bauldwin of the firm of Bauldwln & Whatley heard a noise about his store and got up to Investigate. He was greeted with. "Get back In the bouse or I will blow your head off." Haviug no weapons at hand he went back in the house, while the safecrackers blew open his safe and carried off the contents, netting about $300, making a total of nearly $600 secured Saturday night. Sheriff Gilreath was notified and was at Mauldln Sunday investigating the matter, but no clue could be obtained. He tracked the parties northward from the store through a field a little way, then they turned toward the depot and into the road, but they oould be tracked no further. There Is no doubt that this is the aame gang that blew a safe in Seneca some weeks ago and no doubt has headquarters in Greenville. No suspicious characters have been seen around that place recently. There were about four men in the gang. Robs Pelzer Postofflce. A gang of three or four yeggmen Invaded Pelzer Monday night, and at 12.44 o'clock Tuesday morning blew open the safe of the postofflce and succeeded in getting away with the contents, which amounted to about 9100 in cash and $700 in stamps. H. L. Padgett, the postmaster heard the explosion at his room in the hotel Just across the street from the office. He hurried out on th? piazza of the hotel, where he found Tohn Hindman, a merchant of the city, who had been attracted by the explosion. Hindman caught sight of a man coming out of the front door of the postofflce and fired at him twice in quick succession. The man thm fired on did not return the fire, bu several shots were fired by persf at the rear of the postofflce building. The yeggmen then gathered toSmyth street on foot They were not molested by any one and madi good their escape. In their hurry to flee the yeggmen dropped a tin box on the front steps of the office containing ten dollars In change. Two thousand postage stamps of one and two cents denominationwere found about fifty yards frov I the office, having been dropped by the yeggraen while being fired oa. Still Another Robbery. A special dispatch from Willlamston, S. C-. says that burglars entered the postofflce at that place Monday night, blew open the safe and secured seven hundred dollars in cash Williamston Is only two miles from Pelzer, and the two places were robbed by the same gang. BRYAN DISCUSSES MEaSAG E. On Some Important Questioas It Expresses His Views. if Mr. Bryan was reluctant to discus;President Roosevelt's message to congress, saying that he had not had sufficient time to read it through. He however, commented freely on aev eral of the most important issues and gave President Roosevelt oredit for introducing an original proposition in suggesting the appropriation of campaign funds by the government, "I hope," said he, "that it will be I enacted into law." On lmportan questions Mr. Bryan's ideas coincde with the text of the message. He is strictly in accord with the president concerning postal savings banks and guaranteed banks. ROBBERS IN FLORIDA. There Seems to Be Several Gangs of Safe Blowers. At Hawthone, Fla., professional burglars dynamited the large safe in the store of F. J. Hammond Thursday night, the explosion setting Are to the store, destroying the building and a large stock of goods, only two boxes of Oranges being saved. The force of the explosion tore away the outside door of the safe, but not the portion where a large amount of money was held, therefore the burglars secured nothing. From the Hammond store, and while citizens were fighting the fire, the burglars entered the store of Webb & Bar-) nett, where they secured a small j amount of cash. I I FRECKLES, As well s Sunbnrn, Tan, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, ar# cured with Wilson's Freckle Cure. | Sold and guaranteed by druggists : 50c. Wilson's Fair Skin Soap 26 cts. I. R. Wilson & Co., Mf?rre. an** Pi-op*. 60 and r~ der Charleston, S. C.WUen ordering di- J ! . rect mention yotir druggist. } 1 ' ?jl INTERESTING FIGURES Ceactraiiig th? Methodist Church, j ? SOUUl, 111 3UUIU varuiutu. The following are the figures of membership, property, and such, as t read near the close of the session: ) Local preachers (not Including \ members of the conference) 77; c members, 85,084. Total 85,161. < Infants baptised, 1,886. Adults 1 baptised, 2,072. . 1 Epworth Leagueus, 51; members, ? 1,701.. * f Sunday schools, 681; teachers, 4,- i 813, scholars, 44,612. i Raised for worn out preachers, i their widows and orphans, $10,488,- i 49. , Contributed for missions: Foreign, \ $21,818.51; domestic, $16,454.49. 1 For church extension, $5,887.10. American Bible Society, $680.48. Paid to presiding elders, $22,582.io. ; Paid to pastors in charge, $174,961.97. For bishops, $3,069.56. Number of church societies (organisations) 775; houses of worship, 764. Value of houses of worship, $1,412,300. nfi cam* $41 049. IUUVUICUUCO0 uu OWMV, T Number of pastorial charges, 285; number of parsonages. 190. Value of parsonages, $362,526. Indebtedness, $14,219,50. Number of districts, 12; district parsonages, 9. Value of parsonages, $50,000. Indebtedness, $1,800. Number of churches damaged by 8re or storms, 5. Amount of damage. $2,113. Insurance carried, $509,983.50. which was a very large one, the hag Number of schools and colleges, 6. Value, $573,000. Endowment funds, $115,660. PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS and represent only the best Pianos and Organs that will last a life time Write at onee for oar liberal tern; and Special prices. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Colombia, 8. C. I F ' 1 ~ THE ONI la Columbia, South Carolina, mat thine la the Machinery Supply I Write as for prlees before ph COLUMBIA SUPPLY On corner opposite Seaboard A LOOK FOR THI It means that we are manufacture and sales agents for complete P< Plants, In steam or gasoline, St ary and Portable Boilers, Sat ! Ktigers Planers, Shingle, Lai and Corn Mills and anythi chinery. Our stock is prices are right and our anteed. . Write for 1 GIBBK8 MACHINERY COMPANY, immm |\\j^SbSBeK]J I hm bid several ye \?2^2H5^zZf otjler 0f.veget* StaKS^<?iv-ljir plants, Collard plants, and I now have ready for and Henderson Sacceuioi S',L,',J,ithousand. We have sped ^ D0*01* All order* wil money with orders. I wi will save the charge* for re kVh Other plants will be i HI vSffr 11 P*0?^ personal atteo Ai U^pP^/// * txl*1' of^eri 1 guarantee J, DONALDSON. ^ X^uwusiw^Ar ?* * j. Wakefield and Succession UULIfLO*l^^r tnce, aad large type Caulif.oi '*,t P*Wert i0 ,',e WOr,<l- W< 'CabbAOe^r Mock f*r iO years, and it is safe to: fkable. They have success.'utly stc I drouth ud arc relied on by the mpjt pre L DM South. We guarantee full count and safe PRICES: Ctbbatt and Lettuce f. e. b. Yoi per thousand; 9 to 9,tM at SJ.2S per thoui Cauliflower, per thousand, quantities i Ba Write your name and express W. R. HART, EN U References: Enterprise Bank, Cbarlect CATALOG! " ! 2: fc jUlrtfl RpBtttlj Ww L&rce White Iron Bed |W| *8W Beautiful , , S6 tnche* hlj Reelin Blanket, per pair ... ..$1.68 fib Floor Oil Cloih, per i W LION FURN1 Cafo 6r Credit. _JtOLUMBI BKITALLY MURDERED *i fewly Married Couple Slain by a ' ^ Tramp. :-~? Lying face downward in pools of >lood, the bodies of M*. and Mrs. fanWynkle, a newly married couple, vere found on the floor of their > :abin at Fairport, a. small hamlet iast of Muscatine, Iowa, Thursday. They were attacked while asleep and tilled by a heavy rlub. Harry Jones, j in adventurer and tramp, who was seen carrying a heavy club on the ifternoon preceding the murder and risited the VanWynkle home Tuesday light, was found guilty of the double murder at the inquest, and a posse immediately organized and made a search of the entire neighborflood. Han ta Cora Rheomatia*. The causa of Rheumatlam ami kladred diseases Is an exeeae of vatla acid la the blood. To aura this facrlble disease tha add must be expelled and the system so regulated tkat Be more acid will be formed la iron slve quantities. Rheumatism to aa Internal disease and requires am tateraal remedy. Rubbing witk oils aad liniments will not ecre, affords nff temporary relief at best( eausec pur-??, to delay the proper treatment, aai allows the malady to get a firmer haid on you. Liniments may ease the fate, but they will no more cure Rheumatism than paint will ehange the fibre ' ef rotten wood.Science has at last discovered a perfect aad complete euro, which la ealled Rhenmacide. Tested fa hoa* dreds of cases, it has effected thee most marvelous cures; we believe It will cure yea. Rheumacide "gets at the Joints from the Inside," swedpa the poisons out of the system, tenee up the stomach, regulates the Uver and kidneys and makes you well &11 over. Rheumacide "strikes the root af the disease and removes Its oaaaa." 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