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w. RASCAL TRAPPED The State Unearthed Mysterious Scheme. GEO. A. BRISTOW'S Questionable Methods to Get "Show" G'.ils.?Postoftice Inspector Gregory Swear* Out Indictment Charging the Young Man With Fraudulent V s? of th? Mails.?Ho Was Very Neatly Trapped. In The Stat* of Saturday morning Mar.'h 14. appeared the following apparently v^ry innocent advertisement la fh# "Want" columns: i.TY* 1 . J i/s l/\nnm ?Ka , " wauivu?mreo ftma iu irm u >iic show business; experience unnecosaary; expenses paid while learning: stat? ago; enclose stamped envelope for reply. Address Predro, care The Stat#." A subscriber of The State at Klngjtree had hia suspicions aroused by readlng the advertisement and to satisfy his curiosity he caused a fake answer to the advertisement to be written, singing the name "Miss Angle Dow." His answer to the add was wrlttaa on March 17 and was af follows: Kingstree, S. C., March 17, 1908. Dear Sir: I see your advertisement in The State for three girls to learn --- the show business. I would be glad to engage with you as I have always had an inclination for that line of work and think I have some talent if developed. Am 17 years of age and neat in appearance. Please write me full particulars about the work you would expect of me and how long It would be until I would receive some compensation. Hoping to hear from you soon. Respectfully, (Miss) Annie Dow, T-r i O /"* xyiu&diicc, o. v/. Care of Box 173. Four days later he received a reply to his letter, dated Columbia, March 19, and written on Columbia Inn stationery. The letter was signed "Wallace Amusement Co." and "Miss Dow" was instructed to address this "company" care of general delivery, Columbia. The letter set fo^th that "we could use you if you can come up to the requirement, but we can not tell you anything withoutwecould see you and you will have to come to Columbia." The Requirement. It was stated that the girls whom the "company" required would have to work but one hour each night, "and we pay from $16 to $200 per week and expenses." It was also stated that they traveled In a private car and stopped at the first class hotels only. The "requirement" was then set forth in very suggestive language and it was plainly stated that only girls with good figures were wanted. "If you care to Join us," continued the letter, "you will have to come to Columbia Thursday. March 26, and put up at the Columbia inn, then our stage mUnager will meet you there Thursday night, -March 26 and see you and if satisfactory will employ you and you will be in a position to become a successful actress with an income that will give you a mark in your home town." It was explicitly stated that "we must hear from you before Thursday" and she was instructed to drop them a postal card with these words on it. "Meet me at appointed place and hour." She was informed in the letter that if she were employed her railroad fare would be refunded, but if rejected she would have to pay her own expenses. But this very significant language followed. "But if you will talk to our agent, and treat him as you should, we have no doubt but what you will 'make good.' " The letter consumed four pages of ordinary stationery and was written in pencil. On the top of the first page was written in ink the following: "Charles Van Burean, Manager Wallace'Amusement Co., Is the man you are to meet in Columbia, S. C. Don't forget." On the letter head also appeared in ink the following number: "633 5." On the bottom of the last page of the letter was the following In ink: "Register at thr hotel as you wrote to us, that is Miss Annie Dow, so our ageut will know you. Investigations Start d. On the day following the receipt of this letter it was mailed to the editor of The State, enclosed in a letter from the subscriber in Kingstree giving the facts concerning its receipt by him. l.ii .1 1 i lie ieuer <tuu entjusuic wan icv-viv ed by the editor of The State Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. Being anxious to protect the advertising columns of The State and being annoyed by the thought that they had been used for futhering not only a fraudulent scheme but one that appeared to be vile and vicious. The State immediately decided to investigate -ne matter without sparing expense. The number, "6630," on the letter signed "Wallace Amusement Co., indicated that possibly the writer was an agent of the "white slave" traffic and was promoted by no other purpose than to bring about the downfall of innocent girls. The numbering made It appear that the whole hing was a sytematic scheme and was being worked in a wholesale fashion. The State after hard work got Post office Inspector Gregory to Columbia and sent one of its representatives to Kingstree to find a girl to come to Columbia Thursday and impersonate the supposed Miss Dow. He succeeded and on Thursday at 12:25 the girl reached Columbia, coming in on the Atlantic Coast Line train from Florence, the train which a person from Kingstree would take in coming to Columbia. Following instructions, wei she registered as "Miss Annie Dow, lea S. C.," as the Columbia inn. Follow- exj ing instructions further, she managed bet to have the proprietor assign her to tun room 16. This room was to the right evt of the first stairway below the office sta entrance. Room 15 adjoined this room, immediately in the rear, with ] a door connecting the two rooms. an< The Trap Set. be Inspector Gregory, who had arriv- ha ed in Columbia in the meantime on At! request of the editor of The State, ar- ab< ranged with Mr. Monckon, proprietor I)U of the Columbia inn, to place him in room 15 without putting his name on 110 the register. an Inspector Gregory gave "Miss Dow" Iar further instructions as to how to act t0 when the agent of the Wallace Amusement Co., put in his appear- t0 ance. He outlined the plan of work an o Mr. Monkton, who readily promised to assist in every way possible. Mr. sa.' Gregory, not knowing at what hour an "Mr. Van Burean" or the "agent" J" of the alleged show company would r0( likely put in an appearance, entered toi the hotel at 3 o'clock through a rear fo] entrance and secreted himself in frc room 15, putting down the ructains th< and darkening the room as much do as possible. "Miss Dow" did not Tc go down to the dining room for her su meals but had them sent to her room, pl> it being desired hat the should not w< come into contact with the man who an was to meet her except in the room i its nrVioro all nrrnnrpmpnts had been I made for trapping him. th At five o'clock Inspector Gregory J sp was "tipped off" by Mr. Monckton po that George A. Bristow, who worked ot at the lunch counter at the union mi tation, was in all probability the man sc who was conducting this scheme. Bi Bristow had been stopping at the ho- ci] tel every night almost for two weeks mi and had spoken to the night clerk, Mr. Mcintosh, about a woman de whom he was expecting, giving her an name to him as Mrs. Dow ana tell- an ing him that she was a wealthy young er widow and that she had offered hlmjW) a position to travel wlih and look; Bi after an invalid son. Mr. Monckton I hi had also noticed actions of Bristow's.to which might indicate that he might jPl Inf ue me mau. Bristow In the Game. i si: After being Joined by a representa-: tlve of The State Inspector Gregory, i waited for the "agent." For about jgi an hour there was nothing but still- {"J noss to reward t-be watchers in 15. wi Then a knock came at the door and m Pete, a porter who knows a thing or te two, whispered to Mr. Gregory a mes- he sage from Mr. Monkton to he effect H sage "that man" had come In the he hotel and asked about "Miss Dow" Cc In room 16. In just a few minute re the door to the stairway below creak- to ed and then closed and some one te came tripping up the btairs, whistling (I a gay air. m He was heard to pause about mid- ha way of the flight of stairs and to call wl In nry OTinoronflv fnrplpRtJ RDTt C>f !lf UUL, IIX UU VM. ~ . way, loud enough to be heard In thejOa room ocupied by the young lady: . ba "Come on, Van Burean!" The man came on up stairs and went In room th 14. After about ten minutes he went th back downstairs. Brlstow then sent hi the young lady the following note: th Columbia, S. C., March 26, 1908. re Miss Dow: If you are the young Ai lady who wishes to see the advance hi agent of the Wallace Amusement Co., th [ have been Instructed to see you, an and as not to attract attention, will mi you be ready In a few minutes to nil take a car ride around the belt and I shall be pleased to explain the business to you. If I have made a mis- wt take please pardon me. Mr. Van | ha Bureau has gone to Atlanta to jolnise the show and I have full instructions an to act. Please let me know by the ga porter. llv Respectfully, th "Geo. A. Bristow." , pa She Informed the porter to tell Mr. Bi Bristow that she could not go out ra with him, but if he wished to see her he would have to come to her room. T1 The porter went back and delivered go the message. Bristow then asked per- thi mission of Mr. Monckton to call up- se: on the young lady In her room, th Mr. Monckton explained to him thatjCc he did not allow gentlemen to call I ml upon ladles in their rooms at his ho- j w? tel, but (by agreement with Mr. an Gregory) he told Bristow that If he pa /Ished to see her strickly on business, sei as he stated, he would allow him to ae' go up, but advised him not to r-iay Br too long. sp. Goes to the Room. hi< Bristow then went up stairs and wl knocked at the young lady's room "IV door. The door was then opened and tir then came: "Is this Miss Dow?" An Be affimatlve answer came from the gii young lady and then Mr. Bristow (\J started out by telling her how sor- Co roy he was that "Mr. Van Burean" j aaa 10 go oui vi uie city, ecu. nc j pu again made the proposition to go J in out for a car ride, saying that it | all would be hard to place the proposi-iif tion clearly before her as Mr. Monck-! pu ton objected to any one calling on ln-!rei dies in their rooms and he could take j wa her for a car ride and then they could I tal go to some place where they woiildjiin not be observed, etc. ! th; She again declined to go, and rath- j er against his wishes Bristow started j in with his fancy and fascinating j loc story about the show business ami I o'c the advantages to be pained by girls j ins who enter the profession. The story th< was roseate and almost poetical. |ve Bristow explained that the "Wal-jenl lace Amusement Co." were playing at inv the Bijou theatre. Atlanta, at that mo very hour, putting on that fascina- tet ting drama, "I Don't Care!" Of Co course "Miss Dow" had never heard) ad of this play and Bristow proceeded to i to exnlain what a corgeous and absorb- j ha< ing theme It was. There were only j me 60 people in it, and only 40 of these < were chorus girls. > wo Then came the first "'advances" j pp.n when he began io tell her, in an ex-tha ceodingly apolegetic tone of voice,, ins that the chorus girls wear short per dresses. A little alter he came toj she the "tights," prefacing his remarks; I by, "Now, Mi6s Dow, I hope you won't t he be offended," etc. j Bu 'Wow, that is just the greatest: ant trouble we have in securing girls," ' Bri he said, adding that there is no ren-ltim son why any lady should object lo, hoi J firing tights if she expected to rn the show business. He furthei dained that he and his wife had in in the show business for years, it his wife was as fine a lady at ;r lived and she appeared on th? ge every night in tights, etc. Liked Her Looks. Bristow said he liked her appear :q and thought everytning would all right, but he would, of course ve to call up "Mr. Van Bureau" ii lanta and see what he had to saj Dut it. lie explained that he hac t in a call for his partner earlier ir ; evening but Mr. Van Burean wai t at the Bijou theatre at that tim< d central informed him that At ita instructed that he would hav< call later if he wished to talk. The time came for him to go dowi telephone to his partner in Atlant; d he would come back and le liss Dow" know what ho had t< f about it. But he Jidn t go dowi d he has done no 'phoning yet st as he was preparing to leave thi Dm he was confronted by Inspec r Gregory and his assistant, th rmer appearing at the door l3adin; >m room 16 to the hallway am e latter through the connectin or that leads from room 15 to ]6 i say that Bristow was taken b rprised and was completely non jssed expresses it but mildly. I >re as If the earth had opened u d these men had appeared out o ; centre. He admitted his connection wit e scheme and turned over to Ic ector Greeory letters, etc., in hi session and informed him wher hers could be found. While he ad Itted his connection with thl heme he insisted that "Mr. Va irean" devised it and was the prir l>al operator, he (Bristow) bein erely on "agent." He was questioned at length an (tailed how he met "Van Buren id how he was led into this schem id how they had worked it togett . He said the latter to "Miss Dow is written by himself but that "Va iireau" dictated most of it and tol m in a general way wnat to sa her. Later he answered other r< ies that were received as a resu the advertisement, without the at stance of his alleged friend. Other Girls Had Answered. TT - * ~ 1 -1 " * -ArtAlvlnrr rnnl Ino fmi Ilf IU1U U1 ICV,tl >iug ICfovu . rls in the city and from others tha tfiss Dow" outside of the city. ] as arranged for two of the girls t eet the "agent" at the Congaree h< 1 and on Sunday night, March 2' 5 went there and stayed all nigh e said that "Van Burean" was t ive met the girls expected at th jngaree and went there himself an gistered but later "Van Burean Id him that he had to go to Sun r on the next atrin and asked hi) Jistow) to go to the hotel) an eet the girls. He said that the girl id failed to come and he left wor ith the proprietor that if they calle ter that night that he was suddenl lied out of the city and would I ck in a day or two. He talked wun ine proprietor e Congaree, he said, about being i e show business and to prove t m that he was no "fake" showe em some of the letters that he ha celved addressed to the "Wallac nusement Co." and left them wit m. He had not been back since t at hotel and did not know whethe y of the girls ever went there t set "Van Burean" after Sunda ght. 'Van Burean'1?Where? Bristow insisted that "Miss Dow is the only one of the girls whom h d met, but "Van Burean" had rae veral. mentioning one In Brookkan d one on Blanding street, etc., H ve the names of four or five girl lng in the factory district whor ey had planned to get into the con: ny but he had left it to "Va irean" so see them and make the a ngements. He denied that he placed the ad i le State and said that he had neve lie to the postoffice and called fo e mail. On being shown an orde nt to the postmaster directing tha e mail for he Wallace Amusemen i., be delivered to "boy," he ad itted that he wrote it. The orde is signed "Charges Van Burean d was written on a piece of yelloi per. He also admitted that he ha nt the same boy to the office o: venal occasions for the mail. Whei istow was taken in charge by la octor-Gregory he had just $1.20 o: i person aud that Is the amoun th which he had planned to tak liss Dow" out and give her a goo< ne. Ho said that this was "Vai irean's" money, and that $1.50 wa -*en to him by the latter Just as h 'an Burean) was fixing to leav lumbia for Atlanta Monday He also had a new tape line In hi cket and the money was to be use< paying for telephone message. Hi eni.ion was directed to the fact tha $1.50 was given to him for tha rpose he had already spent 21 i-s of it for something else an< s planning to Bpend more of It ii v ig "Miss Dow" out for a goo< :i?' about the city. Well, he could fi: il, he sad. ui[ in mirni* Inspector Gregory had Bristov :1<r?d up at the police station at 1.3< luck Friday mornng for safe-keep ; and at noon Friday he swore ou ? warrant before Commissions rner. Inspector Gregory spent th< tire day Friday following up th< estigation and every step brough' re convincing and more damaging lmony against Bristow. Severn lumbia girls who had answered thf were interviewed and turned ovoi Mr. Gregory the letters which thoj 1 received from this fako "amusent" company. 3ne you.ig woman stated that shf uld not like to have her name apir in connection with the case but t if it were necessary in order to ure I'.ristow being given the severe laity which she felt he deserved would gladly appear as a witness. Many ] laces that Bristow stnted had viited in company with "Van ropii \\"re vi: ited by Mr. Gregory 1 at ach place it was learned that stow had heon thoro alcnc each e. He gave the names of several ises of ill fame which he had vis i BRDGE FALLS. I Three Men Watching High Water! j Swept to their Death. Three men were drowned by the | collapse or n oaayenEton bridge at . Rockkk, W. Va., spanning Bluestone ; 1 River. The victims wore standing on j j the bridge with five other men and j 1 boys, watching the rushing current when the bridge gave way. precipita5 ting the entire eight into the river 1 Five were washed down stream to a 5 point where the river had overflowed ' 1 its banks and were lodged in trees j ' from which tney were rescua. The. 2 bodies of the three victims have not J been recovered, i J EARTHQUAKE PREDICTED. j 3 By a Roaring Well at Beioit, Wis., j On Two Occasions. ? The "roaring well" near Beioit,! * Wis., prdicted the Mexican earth, quake as It did the one at San Vvanj cisco. The well is on the farm of Charles Lathers, northeast of Beioit. r It roared for several weeks, before j y the great earthquake at San Francis-1 co, and the curious sound of rum i bllngs, together with wind from the | ^ mouth of the well ceased at the pre-1 j else hour when the shock struct the j California city. On the day, a little j jj over a week ago when the well re- i Burned its roaring, residents of Rock B county predicted a calamity. Mon-1 e day it came, at Chilapa, Mexico. 1 R DEATH CAUSED BY LAUGHTER.! ______ 1 n j. Widow Overcome by Joke Related at 1 ^ a Social Function. d At New York overcome by laugh-[ " ter at a Joke by a member of the come pany she was atendlng, Mrs. Anna i- Ferrera a widow forty-two years old, j " was unable to stop the laught parox- j n ysm. She fell to the floor, was lift-1 d de back into her chair, gasping for j y breath and before the horrinea guesis *- realized that anything serious was .he It matter she was dying. Before a phy3 slclan who was summoned could reach the house she was dead. n TROUBLE AT CLJb.-^O.V. n [t Over Half of the Boys Took Holiday j o }_ on Wednesday. A dispatch from ^.emson to The j State says a little more than naif the! 0 cadets, principally lower ciassmen, j 'e taking advantage of April 1, tooK j d holiday and went to Pendleton this morning. All the seniors, most of l~ the members of the atnietic teams 13 and a number of all classes remalnd ed at the college and are attending 's their regular duties. The aidciplinej d commltte is consilderng the matter d but It is not known what actoinn it j v will takke. ie ? theory that Bristow and "Van mir-;I ean" and the "Wallace Amusement i Co." were one and the same and;. ' operated the scheme all by himself. ,f r Inspector Gregory left yesterday j. eveniug for Atlanta but before going j , he had collected a great quantity of! ) amaging evidence against Bristow. j Bristow said last night that he knew h was "up against it" and want- g 1 ed to know something about the pen- f ? alty that would be imposed if he t should be convicted. He said he di;i<a not know whether he could get ontjt on bond or not. but asked that hisjt brother be notified. jl Bristow will be given a prplirni-|(] nary on April 10. There are already s more than a score of witnesses who c will be subpoened to appear in Char-, j leston against him.?The State. if 1 WOMAN UUMJ1MS auiuun. i if n Wife of Groceryman Sends Bullet o d Into her Breast. d A special to The News and Courier ? from Spartanburg says Jirs. Lu.iie Sharp, wife of J. D. Sharp, a grocer 0 committed suicide Thursday after-] r noon by shooting herself in the chest j ? with a 32-calibre p.stol. Despondeny cy is said to have been the cause of the act. She walked into her room and seizing her husband's pistol pine-1 ed It to her bbreast and fired. She j e died almost instantly, st SEN. TILLMAN GOING ABROAD, j e 8 His Physicians Advise a Change and 1 n Absolute Rest. , A dispatch from Trenton says i while alarm is felt there is consider- j n ablo anxiety over the continued ill- j r ness of Senator B. R. Tillman, and j r announcement is made that his phv-j r siciaris, Drs. Babcock and Hunter, I t have decided that the Senator needs j t a complete change. It develops that j !_ Senator Tillman's condition demands j r absolute rest and quiet, hence any .. idea he may have entertained of v making another lecture tour after ^ the ?lose of Congress or later in the n year has been put asido. The Senan tor and Mrs. Tillman are making ar-1 " rangements to go abroad during the j D late spring or early in the summer,1 t and will be away several months. I j Will Return Flags. Q The New Jersey House of Repre- j s sentative9 Wednesday passed the Sen-! e ate's joint resolution providing tor j e the return of Southern flags taken; during the civil war. The flags are j 6 to be givento the organizations from j j which they were captured. I SERIOUS CHARGE. t The Chronicle says Patrolman L. \ 3 L. Cawley and Bicycle Officer W. M. j j Martin, of the Augusta Tolicc De- i j partment, are locked up at Police 1 j headquarters, charged with robbery, j ( Leo Yam and John Ling, Chinamen, | charge that the officers entered Ling's 1 store Sunday morning and held thorn ; 7 up and robbed them of some money p ) and a diamond ring valued at about j . $300. j1 t lted with Van Burean, but ihe in-j, i* mates of these places knew no one,, } but Bristow of the alleged pair. He!,' i had come and gone alone. Every- j, t where the evidence only added to tbe-( THEY MUST STOP. ~ a. REPUBLICANS GETTING TIRED m OF FAKE CONTESTS. w Disposition on Part of Committee to Refuse to Pay Contestants for Seats in Congress. The Washington correspondent of riie State says the contests for 6eats * [n congress by A. P. Prioleau, A. D. Dantzler and Isaac Myers will continue just so long as Congress allows to Bu these interesting citizens the sum of $2,000 for the expense of their contests. But from present Indications this is not going to be much longer. tjj( As Representative Mann of Illinois, of chairman of the election committee g(j which has sat patiently through the absurd "arguments" for three times, pr said to the negro lawyer. Jacob Moor- un er, who appeared for Dantzler and ju Myers, it is a fraud on the govern- g^( ment, and as already stated in my ^ dispatch, the chairman indicated that he was in favor of not approv- f ing the 'jxpense account. * The law allows the actual expenses e incurred by the contestants, "not ex- ^ ceeding $2,000." This account must W bo itemized, and these negro states men are at team suurp euuugu to Itemize it up to the two thousand. Chairman Mann questioned Jacob Moorer, the attorney, very closely about the expense account and gave e the whole crowd of them a little impromptu lecture on the subject of coming here year after year with these bogue contests. "You had some sort of a case six years ago," said Mr. Mann, in substance, to Moorer. "Two years ago you came with a weaker case and now you come with practically none e at all. It is difficult to understmd here what your kick is about. According to your own statements th-?re are 1,400 registered Republican voters in the one county of Beaufort and 600 Democratic voters, and yet you poll only 226 votes in the who'e _ district. In the face of that showing E, with 1,400 voters who are registered, you come here and claim that you are deprived of your right to register." - Taking up the expense matter then " and the fact that the cases are ?.o Sagrontly absurd, Mr. Mann asked Mooror if he thought it right and just t> come here every year anc ask congress to give them $2,000. Tne sub- ? stance of Moorer's reply was that he ^ thought it was right, entering in general the plea that they neadod the money. One new member of the committee, Mr. Mauser, a Republican who seemed anxious to do the square thing and get at the true facts in the case, closely questioned Moor?r about m the allegations that the negroes In ] South Carolina were denied the " right to register. It is really a pity that these contestants and their lawyers could not go before all the members of congress so that other Nor thern members, who have false im-l^ pressions about the methods uf 'lis- gl franchisment of the negro in the South could learn something as Mr. Mauser and the few other members of the committee did. Moorer was wholly unable to cite any convincing [? facts as to negroes being denied registration, though he asserted that 1' was done. Mr. Moss, representing Mr. Lever, stated that he had made an investigation in nearly every county in ? South Carolina where there had been j ~ allegations of denial of registration , to negroes ;>nd that not once in his district hud any negro tnl<en an ap-1 peal from the registration supervis-1 or to tho courts, although, ho de [ clared. ttie law distinctly provided fori such an appeal to the circuit judge at j chambers. The only appeal he found < ever made, he said, were iu the So- j cond district, in Beaufort county, some years ago when Senator J. H. Sarle was a judge, when In a number of cases the appeals were granted and the supervisor ordered to issue-1 tho certificates. "Why is this?" Mr. Mauser asked "I don't know," answered Mr. Moss. A little later, in answer to unother question by the Ohio man, Mr. Moss pave the whole thing away. Mr. Most | admitted that there were a large number of negroes in the Seventh dis trict who were registered and he admitted that if they had voted they would have voted Republican ticket. Mr. Mauser wanted to know why they had not voted. Mr. Mops said I there was a reason, hut that It wa? not in his record in the case aud that it would be wholly apart from anything he had intended to bring up in connection with it, but that if the gentleman from Ohio really wanted to know he would tell him. Mr Mauser wanted to know. "Well, the negroes in the district j take the contestants' candidacy as a j joke," said Mr. Moss. "I would not j say anything against the contestant | either as to his character or his ability, but this is the simple truth."} Dantzler got 133 votes in the dis-j trict. J Tho claim upon which all these contests have been based for many rears, as estimated above, is the :laim for the $2,000. But the argument, so-called, is as to the validity )f the Souh Carolina constitution of 1895. The claim in brief Is that the ! lonstilution ot' 1S95 as to its suffrage >rovisions is in violation of the act' >f congress readmitting South Caro- j * 1 * TY_i 2l0/*0 ft , ma inro me union iu iouo. *15 JHMXAKS SAVED TO ORGAN I CUSTOMERS For Next 40 Days, j We will sell our excellent $80 Or ig jans at only S0.1. Our $90 Orgam Ik ? 0_..i?i rv 9 or niy optfuicii lerma; une g hird now, one-third Nov. 1908, ba) gr ince Nor. 1909. 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Huggins' Wrenchless Plough Stock and Clio Q Sweeps. Bennett-Hedgpeth Co., Clio, S. C. MISCELLANEOUS. ? now Thy Fortune?Send your name, s date of birth and sex, married or fl single, and 10c. for a personal typewritten Horoscope of your life, your future love, business and per- ? sonal affairs. Prof. Opdyke, Box 963, Binghamton, N. Y. E FOR SALE?MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ar SaI^--One twelve horse power S Blakesley Gasolene Engine, cheap. I Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc. T Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, ( S. C. C ????????????? > aster Post Cards?A large variety at all prices. Send 10 cents in stamps for samples. Sims' Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. or Sale?Thoroughbred, long type, Jtissex swine, irom nmuiu^ stock. Three gilts, three young boars and also lot of fine pigs for April delivery. Prices right. Alex I Macdonald, QIackstock, S. C. or Sale Cheap?One Ruger Bread Mixer, one Thompson Moulding { Machine; four Bread Presses; two k Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine; J 50 Plane Moulds; and many other things used in a first-class bakery. x Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, 3. C. J ~OR SALE?-EGGS AXD POULTRY. J or SaJo?Buff Rock chickens, prize j Stock, also prize winning White Wyondottes. Write for prices, is. j M. Oliver & Co., The Terraces, El- ( berton, Ga. I ngle Comb Rhode Island Reds only Langford and Abberneathy Strain. None better at my price. Eggs, 15 for $1.50. Satisfaction guaranteed, h W. D. Colclough, Dalzell, S. C. J hite Rocks and Buff Orpingtons, ? wonderful white winners, beautiful ? blocky Buffs, good as any; better i than many. Eggs $1.50 and $2.00. $ Florence Featherly Farm, Florence, I S. C. &B ^ The super! j| factory South M cooking-fat tt || the South fai V LUILUU 5CCU V K fined by -ou | Wesson pro v acme of pu K someness, an YA ' ' TWF - <nO\ /THFRNJ C GIBBES Guarar \CLUDES GASOLINE AND STEAM E iHIiE AM) STATIONARY KOILER: SDGERS, l'LAXl RS, SHINGLE, LAT ORN MILLS, (OTTON GINS, PR IAK1NG OUTFITS AND KINDRED Our Mock is (ho most varied and Youthens States, prompt shipment be; :y. A postal caid will bring our sal tIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY, : ' . J. T4 ? ' %i CONDITION OF STATE BANKS le State Hank Examiner Makes Hij Flint Quarterly Report. Mr. Gi!es L. Wilson, the new exnlner o State banks, Thursday ade his f-st quarterly report.. This 10ws th: condition of State bankg institi; ions at the close of busl4 iss March 9th. The 1e report was Dec. 16th. nee that time eight new banks have arted b;iHness, two have consolidat1 and ok > has nationalized. There -,J e now : ;)3 State banks. Stateme :t o f the condition of the ? J 3 State, private and savings banks cated in 'outh Carolina at the close ' business March 9, 1908: Resources. oans and discounts. .$33,464,281.33 emand loans 1,987,177.94 verdrafts 571,899.40 - , onds and stocks owned by the bunk 3,663,317.74 anking houses 733,661.91 urniture and fixtures. 360,161.07 ther re;:l estate.. .. 287,937.82 ue from banks and bankers 4,862,130.Pi! urrency 1,092,952.74 old 165,220.50 liver, nickles and pennies 332,710.18 hecks affd cash items. 359,798.83 xchanges fortheclear- .... Ing house 97,711.0b ther resources 5,973.15 Total $47,976.807.2S Liabilities. apltal stock paid in. . $ 9,061,713.56 urplus fund 1,536,410.44 ^divided profits (less current expenses and taxes paid) 2,781,584.87 y )ue~ to banks and bank- N \ ers 720,577.1? lue unDoid dividends. . 27,569.64 ndividual deposits subject to check 17.381,322.70 lavings deposits.. ..11,075,256.71 )emand certificates... 223,439.55 Mme certificates.. .. 2,069,753.06 Certified checks.. .. 13,441.93 Cashier's checks.. .. 74,716.6.1 totes and bills rediscounted 754,518. BO Jills payable.. ..... 2,237,173.23 )ther liabilities 18,329.14 _________ ! Total $47,975,807.23 "4-^ A LEOPARD IN HAMPTON. . ieast Supposed ?o Have Escaped . - From Wrens is iviiiea. A dispatch from Hampton to the j Jtate arys an animal bearine the esmblanre of a leopard was Rilled tfonday by Frank Llnto In the Grays , < lelghborhood about 12 miles from lampton. This ( animal passed hrough the lower part of the couny last -week frightening the people n the community through which It :raveled until it wandered ts way :o Grays where It was slain. The inimal was about three feet In leight and bore spots characteristic >f a le'pard which is supposed to lave escaped from some circus. Thirty-Two. Cent Cotton. TOR 8ALP?Watson's celebrated mprored "Summer Snow" upland loo* taple cotton seed. Makes b&le and nore p?r *cre ordinary land under fair traditions; sells for 17V4 to IS cents p? tound. Easily picked. Ginned dry in ordinary saw rla. staples 1U to S Inches. Price: 1 busneL S1.M; I losbeia $4 W; I bushels and ormr mi 1.00 per bushel. W. W. Watson. Prerietoc Bummeriaad Farm. BaUeSw*; L C. "Up-tOMlale" Sawmill >s ftbso'utcly all the LATEST IMPROVErs. And wo think we aro safe la paying, at feed cn earth. A money maker for the BEST GOODS?BEST PRICES" mbia Supply Co., Columbia, S. C. atively satis- K ern standard (f lat has made r aious. Pure g dii, super-re- $ Lr exclusive a >cess. The | rity, whole- (f id economy. ? lOTTON- OIL CO - M >ta y^ew Orleans-ChicagcSj) ^Machr ovy. I i Box 80, ColmmblA, 8, C. 9 ?