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WHO THEY ARE.
Names of Candidates For Senate
and State Officers.
CAMPAIGN NOW OPEN
There Are Five Candidates for the
United States Senate, Two For
Governor, Three for Superintendent
of Education, Five for Railroad
Commissioner, and Only One for
Each of the Other State Offices.
The political campaign In this
State may De said to be fairly open
now, and soon it will be in full blast
from the mountain to the sea. The
County Conventions meet on Monday,
May 4, and the State Convention will
meet on May 20. Candidates are be
ing brought out by their friends, and
soon they will be all out. The can
didates for United States Senator are:
Messrs. O. B. Martin, John Gary!
Evans, George Johnstone, E. D.
Smith and D. C. Heyward. From ex
pressions in the county press, it ap
pears to he the opinion that the race
is between Ex-Gov. Evans and Ex
Gov. Heyward, but Mr. Martin seems
to object to the promulgation of this
opinion, and doubtless the other can
didates do also, but they do not ex
press themselves as does Mr. Martin.
Some Past History.
In 1902, when Messrs. Evans and
Johnstone were also candidates for
the senate, the vote in the first pri
mary stood:
William Elliott, 13,658.
John Gary Evans, 17,893.
J. J. Hemphill, 13,261.
D. S. Henderson, 13,771.
Geo. Johnstone, 13,556.
A. C. Latimer, 22,971.
Total 95,110.
The second primary was between
Evans and Latimer, and in the sec
ond election Mr. Evans received 36,
371 votes and Mr. Latimer 53,890.
Mr. Latimer being elected by a ma
jority of 17,519, over Mr. Evans. Mr.
Evans had been defeated for the sen
ate by John L. McLaurin in 1897 and
again by Joseph H. Earle in 1896.
In the year 1902, Capt. Heyward
made his entry into politics and the
vote in the first primary resulted as
follows:
D. C. Heyward, 36,551.
M. F. Ansel, .17,685.
W. J. Talbert, 18,218.
J, H. Tillman, 16,398.
W. H. Timmerman, 6,515.
Total, 96,367.
The second race was between Hey
ward and Talbert and the vote re
sulted: Heyward, 50,830; Talbert,
40,494. Capt. Heyward being elect
ed by a majority of 10,336. In 1904
Gov. Heyward was re-elected without
opposition.
The year 1902, also saw the poli
tical debut of Hon. O. B. Martin, who
in that year was first a candidate for
the office of state superintendent of
education against Hon. John J. Mc
Mahan, receiving 48,850 votes against
45,891 for Mr. McMahan, there be
ing only two contestants. Since then
Mr. Martin has not had opposition
for this office, being re-elected in
1904 and 1906.
The Gubernatorial Race.
The withdrawal of Mr. Feather
stone from the race for governor
leaves the Hon. C. L. Blease, senator
from Newberry, as the only candidate
against Gov. Ansel. Mr. Blease was
always a stalwart state dispensary
supporter and since that institution's
abolition he has come out on an ex
tended local option platform. Gov.
Ansel on the other hand announced
his platform this year to be restrict
ed local option, favoring ?L law mak
ing the entire state prohibition with
the right to counties to exempt them
selves by majority vote and sell
whisked through county dispensaries.
In 190$, when he was elected gov
ernor, Mr. Ansel favored the present
county option system, and In 1902,
when he was defeated, he favored
the state dispensary as "the.best solu
tion of the liquor question." Before
that time he had been regarded, as a
prohibitionist. Mr. Ansel, whi'e a
man of positive personal convicitons
has always been a close student of
popular sentiment anl his successive
platforms indicate the trend of pub
ofofo falrlv woll
11C Uplinuu in Cilio ctnw 4ui? i. v?.
during the last few years. That the
prohibitioists will be content to have
such a law enacted as Mr. Ansel now
advocates seems evident from Mr.
Featherstone's withdrawal.
Other State Offices.
Mr. Martin not being a candidate
for re-election the way is open for
a new man in the office of State Sup
erintendent of Education. County
Superintendent of Education E. C. El
more. of Spartanburg, was the first
to announce and he has made a pre
liminary campaign. County Superin
tendent S. R. Mellichamp, of Orange
burg. was next to announce and he
has also done much work. Recently
Prof. J. E. Swearingen, of Cedar
Springs Institute announced his can
didacy.
The office of railroad commissioner
is always contested for. Commission
er Cauehman's term expires and he
Is a candidate for re-election. So
far it is known that he will have op
position from Mr. J. A. Summersett,
of Columbia. Major Fishburne, of
Charleston, Major H. W. Richardson,
f Columbia, "Canzler of Tirzah," and
perhaps others.
It appears now that the other state
officials will not have opposition, Sec
retary of State McCown, Attorney
General Lyon, Comptroller General
Jones, State Treasurer Jennings, Ad
jutant General Boyd. However, the
campaign has just started; and the
election is yet founr months off, but
the entries for state offices close in
June.
In 19Oo the total vote in the first
LEVER HAS BEEN SICK
And Everybody Seetus to Miss Him
Says a Correspondent.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and Courier says Represen
tative Lever has been greatly missed
from his accustomed place in the
U rvn f a /liifinrr f h a nocf trnnl/ Ui'c
XAVUOC/ UUI lug CUV puou ?? wvn. itiO
enforced absence has been noted by
many people, who have asked where
the little Congressman from South
Carolina has gone. When told that
he was ill, there have been many ex
pressions of regret and sympathy.
Mr. Lever is a friend of the news
paper man. and all of the Southern
press boys know there will be some
thing worth writing about when he
is around. He likes the newspaper
men, and they are fond of him. He
has never reached the state when he
felt too proud to come out of the
House when sent for and say that he
had no news when asked for it if he
had none. Nor has he ever sent a
newspaper man away feeling other
than better for having seen him. He
is the correspondents friend always.
WILD ELEPHANT NUISANCE.
Hindustan Planters Complain of Dam
age Done by Pachyderms.
At Calcutta, India, the Doors Plan
ters' Association has appealed to the
government for help in ridding the
the cohntry of wild elephants, whose
pranks are becoming intolerable.
Though no actual ''rogues" are re
ported or loss of life, crops are said
to be trampiea on, iences ium uu?u,
roofs pulled off, and many roads ren
dered impassable by the patroling of
these mischievous pachyderms. The
most serious matter, however, is in
terruption of railway traffic, for the
brutes exhibit a queer predilection
for wandering on the line, which is
a narrow gauge, and therefore ren
ders the trains specially liable to de
railment should they meet an obsta
cle when running at night or round
curves in the day time.
PICKED UP AT SEA.
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\\ reCKt'U U1I film icnivu uuu
by Yacbt.
The steam yacht Columbia arrived
at New York from Florida on Tuesday
with three fishermen on board, res
cued from their sinking boat in a
gale off Charleston. The three men
sailed from Charleston in the fishing
smack Star on April 17. The next
day they were caught in a gale in
which the smack lost her mast and
most of her sails. When the derelict
was sighted the sea was running so
high that the Columbia could not
lower her boats. The yacht approach
ed the Star so near that ropes could
be thrown to the fishermen, who were
then hauled on board the Columbia.
Their friends in Charleston had about
given them up as lost.
HEIRS OF GARRETSON.
Information Wanted of a Captain in
the United States Army.
The Charleston Post says Post
master W. L. Harris has received'a
letter from Attorneys Lyon & Lyon of
Washington, D. C., asking for infor
mation about heirs of one Charles
Garretson, a captain in the United
States army, who died in Charleston
in 1871. The letter states that^j
it is very much to the interest of the
heirs that they should be known and
Postmaster Harris, desiring to con
tribute his services to the cause, will
be glad to receive any information in
the matter that he may be able to
forward to the Washington" attor
neys.
INUNCTIONS PERMANENT.
Temporary Orders Issued by Justice
Gary Made Perpetual.
Charleston blind tigers will have
to behave themselves or go to jail.
The Supreme Court Tuesday evning
rendered decisions in 8 of the Char
leston dispensary injunction cases,
the temporary injunctions previously
granted by Associate Justice Gary be
ing in each case made permanent,
the opinion of the Court being writ
ten by Justice Gary. These are cases
additional to those in which perma
nent injunctions have already been
granted on the petition of the Attor
ney General.
ROUT) FOR BRYAN.
The Alabama Delegation Instructed
to Vote for Him.
A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala.,
says in compliance with the primary
plan that two hundred or more qual
ified Democratic voters may place the
name of any Democratic on the ticket
for nominee for President 011 the
United States, to be voted direct,
John W Toir'i'.scn. president of the
Bryan Democratic State clulr-'has fil
ed wih the chairman of the.. State
Democratic committee a .'petition
signed by the Governor . and ' every
Staet official and over-two thousand
other Democrats for the ndftie'of
William J. Bryan to be placed on the
ticket, delegates to the -Democratic
national convention being instructed,
under the plan, to vote as a unit for
the man receiving the largest vote,
WtllCn gives Aiausuua o mcuy-mw
votes to William J. Bryan.
Drank Gasoline.
Helen, the-19-months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Odom of Greenville,
drank a bottle of gasoline and died
twenty minutes later on Wednesday.
j
primary ran to about 97,000 and
there was much interest in the race
for governor and attorney general
as well as for the legislatures and
county offices. Wi h a warm fight for
state and county offices this year, the
total vote may go to 100,000. At any
rate, to win the candidate should
make sure of at least fifty thousand
votes.
A MONEY MAKER.
irNTY DISPENSARIES ARE MON
EY GETTING INSTITUTIONS.
ive Done About Same Business as
Former State Dispensary With
Much More Profit.
During the quarter ending March
the county dispensaries sold
90,964.01 worth of whiskey in
counties, of which one has sin?e
ne dry. On this business an aver
;e profit of 39 per cent, was made,
e total profit being $268,941.98.
lis is at the rate of over a million
liars a year profit.
According to the statement recent
prepared by Comptroller General
nes the state dispensary during its
irteen years of business paid into
e state treasury for all purposes the
m of $1,515,107.57.
The proportion of profit paid to
e counties and towns varied at dif
rent time, but the total profit of
e State dispensary, even when there
sre dispensaries in forty-one coun
ts did not reach one million dollars
sr year, or thirteen million dollars
the years that it was in operation,
ccording to the report made l?v
ispensary Auauor wesi to uovernor
nsel at the close of the fiscal year
e total amount of sales by the
unty dispensaries during the nine
id a fraction months they were
>erated in 1907 was $2,691,663.4:',,
i which the net profit declared was
595,056.61.
The business for a full year, or 12
onths, runs easily in excess of three
11 ]ion dollars, which was the high
ater mark for the state dispensary,
hile the profit of the county dispen
ry system for twelve months runs
excess of one million dollars,
hich the state dispensary never did
tain, though its founder predicted
would.
Though there are now dispensaries
only twenty-four counties the pro
, from the county dispensary system
proportionately so much greater
at from the steate dispensary, and it
distributed between the county and
wns, that as a revenue producer
e county dispensary is going to
ove more popular than the old sys
m, and for that reason, if for no
her, it is more difficult to vote it
it than it was to close the county
spensaries under the so-called
rice Act under the state dispensary
.nrimc when nrpiiiriices and antag
lism to the state dispensary had
>mething to do with the large pro
bition vote cast in se'veral counties
! the state.
GIRL WITH FLEET.
ic Made the Trip on tho Supply
Ship Brutus.
As a result of a story circulated in
ittsburg by Elmer E. Day, who was
civilian passenger on the supply
lip Brutus, attached to the Pacific
jet, that a girl stowaway made the
issage through the straights of
agellan with the ueet, Assistant
jcretary of the Navy Newberry has
.ken steps to ascertain if a man
inied Dey was aboard the Brutus.
"It does not seem possible that a
irl' could secrete herself aboard one
! the vessels," said Mr. Newberry.
[ believe it would be almost possible
? hide a ham, or even a cigarette,
he person who circulated the story
2pt the girl aboard too long. He
lould have had her discovered soon
, M ?
According to Dey's story, the girl
jarded the Brutus at Trinidad and
ade the trip around the point of the
juthern continent and landed in
eru
- USED HER GUN FREELY.
'hite Woman in Tennessee Goes on
the War Path.
At Memphis, Tenn., following a
iarrel because she had stopped her
lildren from playing with some ne
oes, Mrs. .Tamea Wright shot and
stantlv killed Leila Gordon, a ne
o woman. <Wrs. Wright used a sin
e barreled shot gun and her one
lot tore an arm completely from the
;gro woman's body.
Rushing' into her home, Mrs.
'right re-loaded 'the shot-gun and
arted in pursuit of Mary Davis,
lother negro woman. She shot at
jr once after a chase of nearly a
ock," but the shot went wild. Po
:e officers from the Webster avenue
ation arrested Mrs. Wright a few
inutes later and she was locked up
1 a charge of murder.
A quarrel' over the children of the
hite woman being stopped from
ayiiig. with some negroes living in
ie vicinity was the cause of the'
agedy.
KILLED IN WRECK.
ver Fifty Are l)eud and About Nine
ty Injured.
Forty-two bodies have been taken
it: Of the wreckage caused by the
illision which happened on April 19
two trains at Braybrook Junction,
>out eight miles from Melbourne,
astral ia. It is believed that several
hers are still buried under the de
is. The number of injured is plac
at eighty-eight.
Little Hoy Killed.
Martin, the little son of Mrs. John
Fletcher of the Pine Grove section
Marlboro county, died at 1:45 p.
, as the result of injuries received
a runaway accident Sunday.
Mrs. Fletcher was returning from
urch with her son and daughter. A ;
eak in the harness frightened the
rse and caused it to run away.
irtin was first thrown out, his head
iking a log. The little girl was
xt thrown from the vehicle, but j
r injuries are not serious. |i
/
A MATK1MUJNJLA.L. I
ADVERTISEMENT 1
By Ethel Viay Shorey.
"And still they come!" exclaimed ^
WlllllB Clayton as he enterel his
airy little office In the Oxford build
ing and saw the package of envelop
es on hlB desk. Large envelop-: s and
mall of all tints and shades, and
with a fow exceptions each highly
perfumed. "It's a duce of a nuis
ance now,' he muttered as he tore
open envelope after envelope, merely
glancing at the contents and invari
ably giving each a toss into the
wast? basket, with curling lips.
"Twenty-four this noon, that makee
119 in three days?119 foolish girls!
Ah, this one Inclosed the notice It
self, 'A young bachelor, good looking
plenty of money, desires to com
municate with eligible youny lady?
matrimony. Address Clay. P. O.
26.'
"When Jack made the bet with
me I scorned the idea that any girl
would be unmaidenly enough to even
think of answering such a nonsen
sical advedtlsement. Well, I've lost
and a box of good cigars go:s to
him evidently. At first it was inter
e?ting, then amusing, and now, well,
rather disgusting." Suddenly he
paused, staring Incredulously at a
photograph he had just taken from
a plain little envelope?a smiling
sunny face returned his gaze, and
two big trusting eyes, shaded by
wavy hair falling about a high fore
head, looked into his.
"It is!" he exclaimed at last with
a deep breath. "She was the last one
in the world I thought would sto >p
to such a thing, but there can be
no mistake," and he stared long and
earnestly at the picture, entirely ig
noring the accompanying letter.
"How many times does a fellow
have to rap to be admitted to tbts
sanctum sanctorum?" asked a merry
voice as its owner put his head In
side the door.
"Beg pafdon. Frank, I didn't hear
you," answered Clayton, slipping the
picture of that sweet face under a
pile of papers. "Did you knock?"
"Did I knock! Several time?, my
dear boy. Aren't you feeling well?
Look a* if you'd seen a ghost. Who
Is?she?'
"Well, it is a she this time," Clay,
ton laughingly replied, "and I don't
sven know her name. Your acquain
tance among the fair sex ls^not as
limited as mine; perhaps you can as
? ?-? T nooriv ovorv mnrn
3iC5 L 1UU. X ore aui uuui V?V
ing, as early as 6:30 or 7 o'clork. on
horseback riding through Westbury
jtreet?a beautiful girl with fluffy
brown hair?"
"Wears a gray habit, doesn't she?"
interrupted Prank, a strange little
gleam in his eyes.
"Yes, yes, do you know her?"
"If it's the one I think, you must
be referring to my cousin, and If
you've been putting her on a pedes
tal you can't make it a bit too high."
"Your eousin!"
"Yea, and the dearest, sweetest,
little thing you ever saw. Are you
coming to sls'party? I suppose you
have received her Invitation?"
"No, but I haven't been all through
my mall yet?why?"
"Because Queenle will be there
and I'll introduce you. Her real
name is Marjorle, but we've always
called her Queenie on account of the
imnaHmia vat modeat. little ways
he haB."
Imperious?modest! Involuntarily
Clayton's hand fumbled with the pile
of letters underneath which lay the
picture face of this girl, giving the
lie direct to her cousin's eulogy.
"There's Kit's invitation now; I
know her writing," exclaimed Frank
digging a plain little envelcpe from
the pile. "Haven't you read it yet?"
"Hadn't seen it before," responded
Clayton.
"Been opened," replied Frank, un
ceremoniously dragging forth the
folded paper. As he scanned the
lines a bewildered look stole across
his face. "What the dickens?" he
began, then stopped, the light of un
derstanding superseding his bewild
erment, which ended in a hearty
laugh. "One on sis," he cried. "Hear
this: Mr. Philip Hanscomb, artist:
Dear Sir?Inclosed find the photo
graph I wish copied life size, and
about which I spoke to you yester
day. Sincerely. Katherine Ellis.'
Don't you see what she's done?
Wrong envelopes! Kit was going to
have Queenie's picture copied as a
surprise for her father and mother,
and she mixed your invitation up
with the letter to the artist. Good
Joke, isn't it? I wonder where sha
sent the photo."
And again he laughed heartily,
while the rapidity with which Clay
'on set his "pedestal" up again would
iiave done credit to the swiftest ex
press ever Known, cut ne wouiun i
part with that picture, and so failed
to enlighten Frank.
' "I'lL see you get your Invitation,"
Frank said as he started for the
door, then, as an afterthought, "By
the way, speaking of my cou6in. I
want to tell you the most nonsensical
thing she ever did to my knowledge
?taken a decided interest in a good
for-nothing chap who looks some
thing like you, and whom she meets
nearly every morn?
After his exit Clayton drew forth
the picture from its hiding place and
gazed once more at the two big.
trusting eyes, and it was quite a
while after the wedding bells had
gayly chimed that QueenJe leainsd
from her husband how she had once
for a few moments, been credited
with answering a matrimonial ad
rertUement
Curtis must think that the Dem
ocrats of the South aro.a lot of im
beciles. He says Bryan is the mas
ter, although there is a deep resvnt
ment and a widespread distrust, the
Southern Democrats will nominate
h m at the convention and at the
polls vote for him. Wonder if the
people for whom this man Curtis
writes believes such stuff as the
aSove which is a fair sample of
what he dishes up f'~r them.
A man's Idea Is that his bahy has
a, first tooth because Its daddy is .
so 8qiart, ijniiYiff ?
s
SWEPT BY FLOOD.
Fully Three Thousand Persons,
Most of Them Poor,
DRIVEN FROM HOME.
:
The Whole of North Texas Deluged i
IJy Heavy Rains.?Every Available ]
Man Is Pressed Into Service by the ^
C
Foil Worth Railroad?Traffic Par
alyzed?Police Fired Pistols to ]
Warn the People. <
Throughout north Texas the heav
iest rains in many years are reported,
causing tremendous loss to farmers ;
and stock growers flooding lowlands
and rendering country roads impas- .
sable, hundreds of bridges having
been washed away.
At Fort Worth the Trinity river is
receeding, but street car traffic be
tween Fort Worth and North Fort
Worth will not be restored before to
morrow.
By employing every available man
in the city and dispatching them in
special trains to the seat of the trou
ble, Fort Worth railroads Saturday
actively began to repair the $250,000
aamage mniciea Dy rriaay nignts
storms.
North Fort Wortn is isolated and
five hundred houses are submerged.
Mineral City, near Weatherford, is
under water, and Clebourne, south of
here on the Santa Fe, is surrounded
by the flood. Engineer Long and
Fireman Allsup were found dead un
der their engine. Their train left the
track in a washout a mile north of
Clebourne.
The flood sufferers have been pro
vided with shelter. Crops over a
large area have been destroyed and
the loss will reach over half a
million dollars. All night the police
fired a continual volley of shots to
warn residents in the flood district
That the storm was the worst ex
perienced in north and west Texas in
half a century is indicate! by re
ports. From Grayson county on the
east to Potter county in the far north
west and southwest to Tom Green
county, about one-third of the entire
area of the State, the country is lit
erally covered with water, all modes
of travel are demoralized and busi
ness is practically suspend i.i.
In every direction railroad bridges
are down, hundreds of yards of track
have been washed away entirely and
other hundreds of yards so badly un
dermined that rebuilding will lie nec
essarv. If the weather should clear
immediately railroad traffic cannot be
restored to normal conditions in less
than te? days.
CLASSIFIED COLUMN.
WANTED.
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Wanted?Second-hand Bags and Bur
lap. Any quantity, anywhere. We
pay freight. Richmond Bas Co..
"Richmond, Va.
Wanted?You to send us your platet
and films if you want the best re
sults. We guarantee satisfaction.
Send a postal for our price list. R.
G. Young Co., Box 187, Atlanta, Ga.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
Elgin and Wnltham Watches?High
grade jfiwelry, direct from factory
to you, cutting out all middlemen's
profits. Write for beautifully il
lustrated catalog No. 14, free. E.
M. Schron, 108 Astor Place, Jer
sey City, N. J.
WANTED?TEACHERS.
Teachers Wanted?Grade Teachers,
Principals, Supts., Specialists. Di
rect calls. .Fall openings through
out Carolinas and entire South. Nc.
registration fee required. Write
Carolina branch for "Yard of Our
Record." Foster Teachers' Bureau,
Clinton, S. C.
FOR SALE?MISCELLANEOUS.
Shingles! Shingles! Shingles?We are
wholesale dealers; car lot orders
solicited; we are in position to fill
all orders promptly. Stevens &
Cato, Monetta, S. C.
For Sale Cheap?One Roger Bread
Mixer, one Thompson Moulding
Machine; four Bread Presses; two
Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine:
50 Plane Moulds; and many othei
things used in a first-class bakery
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg
S. C.
For Sale?Charleston Wakefield Cab
bage plants, 50c to $1.00 per 1,000.
Leghorn Eggs, 50 cents per dozen.
..Cabbages, $1.50 per crate. T. J.
Hamlin, James Island, S. C.
For Sale?One twelve horse power
Blakesley Gasolene Engine, cheap
Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc.
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg,
S. C.
urwj nAr.v* purine ivnpnn.TBV
Errs for Hatching?Barred Plymouth
Rock and S. C. Brown Leghorn.
$1.00 per sitting of 15, packed and
f. o. b. Pure stock. New lsiood.
Blythewood Poultry Yards, Blythe
wood, S. C.
Eggs from our Celebrated Thorough
bred Prize Winner, Black Menorcas
and White Plymouth Rocks. $l..p>0
per 15. We guarantee seven chicks
or replace the order. Frank E. Hall,
Bartow, Ga.
T&irty-Two uent cotton.
FOR 8A1S?Watson's eatobratai
tmproved "Bummer Scow" upland loo*
staple cotton seed. Mikw bala sal
more per acre ordinary land under. tai*
conditions; s?U? for 17 U to IS oaats m
pound. IflaaUy plck?<? Otnood in
on ordinary saw gto. staple* 1U to
1% Inciiaa. Prlcvi: f boeb?L |L(I, 1
boabeLa, 84-90. I Dunheln srd r>v?r afl
JLOO per buaheL W * >* ktsuo, Pi?
grtotoc. I?art?< ranu, Hatsdfcaafc
L*
The flood reuht'd Fort Worth
ibout noon Saturday. At that time
lity park and vicinity was inundated
;o a depth of about ten feet. The
:racks of the street railway company
eading to Arlington Heights was
washed away for a quarter of a mile,
ind communication with that section
)f the city was cut off.
Fully three thousand persons,
principally of the poorer classes, were '
iriven irom meir nomes.iu me suo
nerged district. Many of these are
jeing cared for by charitable organi
sations at the expense of the city.
The reservoirs and mains of the
vater works system were overflowed ,
vith the muddy water of the river,
ind before they can be cleared it is '
.'eared considerable sickness may re- 1
suit.
While an accurate estimate of the
monetary loss at this time is impos-',
sible, it is believed the loss will ex
ceed a million dollars.
The Girl Who Works.
God bless her. She is brave and
artive. She is not too proud to earn
her living or ashamed to be caught
at her daily task. She smiles af. you
from behind the counter or desk It
is an honor to know this girl t.. l;e
worthy of her regard. Her hands
mav be stained by dish washing.
sweeping, factory grease or pri.iiiug
ink, but it is an honest and helping
hand. It stays misfortunes from
names; it is our shield which pro
tects many a forlorn littl? family
from almshouse and the asvlmu.
COTTON MILL
HELP
WANTED.
Highest wages,
shortest hours.
Stop daily at 6
p. m. Saturday
at noon.
Apply
Fulton Bag and
Cotton Mills,
Atlanta, Ga.
Why buy an Organ from the Peddler?
When you can buy a superior organ
from your factory representative for
less money, and on easier terms, and
fcowv ahcniiito nrnt.Pftf.lon in the euar
antee given by the makers. We make
low prices and grant from one to two
years, without Interest, for settlement
and only bind the organ as security.
We save you money and supply Organs
that will prove a life long pleasure.
Write at once for catalog and special
prices and terms to theoldestablished
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. C.s
' THE ONLY HOUS1
"ORIGINAL <
Carry A]
Write us r prices <
COLU
823 West Gervais SI
v. a. pat. orncc.
HOGLES
It is a recogn
"Snowdrift" use
other cooking-fat
? the Standard
purity itself, ma
the green field
South. ' The to
cotton seed oil
original Wesso
hog-lard in it.
nomical, digestib
good as butter
purposes, and m
THE"-SOUTHERN;
Jsrew TorkjlavannahMtla
I have had several year
other kinds of vegetable p
Co Hard plants, and Tomato
I now have ready for ah
Early Jersey Wakefields, Cha
cessions. These being the bi
farmers. These plants are
will stand severe cold with<
Prices: $1.00 for 500 plai
and, 5,000 to 9,000 at $1.25 f
We have special low Exprc
orders will be shipped C. O.
I would advise sending mo
returning the C. O. D's.
Other plants will be read
ad personal attention. Whi
I guarantee satisfaction. Ad
GIBBES Guar;
INCLUDES GASOLINE AND STEA3
ABLE AND STATIONARY KOI LI
EDGERS, PLANERS, SHINGLE, L
CORN MILLS. COTTON GINS. I
MAKING OUTFITS AND KINDRE
Onr stock Is the most vuried ai
Southern States, prompt shipment
ty. \ postal card will bring our i
GIBDES MACHINERI CO MP ANT,
iKM MM .Mllilifli
vn SLAVE AM)
'HI -?SE8, BKICK
I) LINES.
id complete In the
beiug our special*
salesman.
1 j Box 89, (JoluaMn, B, &
KILLED IN RUNAWAY.
MISS BEAULAH GILLAM JUMPS
FROM BUGGY
on Her Head and Dies Several
Honrs Afterward.
A dispatch from Blackville to The
State ;;ays what is considered one of
the saddest accidents that ever hap
pened there was the sudden death of
Miss Heaulah Gillam, caused by a
runaway horse. Miss Gillam and her
friend, Miss Alice Sojourner, were out
driving and had driven out on the
road to the Healine snrlners. a favnr
ite drive from Blackville.
There were a number of buggies in
a line returning from the springs to
Blackville and a couple bf young men
undertook to drive by Miss Sojourn
er's horse, which was a very spirited
animal.
The horse commenced running and
soon got from under her control,
though she is an excellent driver.
Miss Gillam became very much ex
cited and jumped from the buggy,
striking her head.
She never regained consciousness
and died at 2 p. m. Monday. Miss
Sojourner remained in the buggy un
tli.-the horse struck a tree and threw
her out. She was very badly, bruised
and is confined to her bed, but her in
juries are by no means fatal.
Miss Gillam was adaughter of'Mrs.
M. Gillam, a widow, who is propriet
less UL tuc nuici uiattv tij
Killam was milliner for Wm. Morri
son's millinery establishment and was
a very popular young lady.
APPEAL TO TEDDY.
papers Ask Relief From the
Paper Trust Exactions.
The annual meeting of the Asso
ciated Press was held at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel in New York with an
exceptionally large attendance of
members from all sections of the
country on Tuesday. Aside from the
transaction of purely routine business
affecting the organization, the most
important action taken was the pre
senting and adoption of an address
asking the President and the Con
gress to "grant immediate relief
from the exactions of combinations of
paper makers." The assocation had
a banquet on Wednesday mgnt at
which W. J. Bryan was the chief
-speaker. \
S IN COLUMBIA CARRYING THE
3ENMNE CANDY BELT."
so Rnbber and Leather Belt,
jn anything In Machinery Supply Line.
MBIA SUPPLY COMPANY,
;reet, COLUMBIA, S. O.
. ?l_ a
ized-fact that no
t ever uses any
for "Snowdrift"
. of quality ? is
ide by INature in
s of the Sunny
p-most grade of
refined by our
n process. " No
Wholesome, eco
le, healthful. As
fop all cooking
uch cheaper. I
.COTTON-OIL -CO -
inta J/ewOrleany^Chicago^
LANTS F0R4ALE
In irrnwlilff ClbiHra olinti lad tU
lants*7or the trade, vu7"Beet plants. Onion plana,
plant*.
ipment Beet plant* and Cabbage plants aa follows:
rleston Large Type Wakefield8, and Henderson Sue*
?st known reliable varieties to all experienced truck
grown out in the open air near salt v ex and
jut injury.
its. In lot* of I.Mt to 5,00# at $l.t,4 per thoo
>er thousand, 10,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand,
a* rates ott vegetable plants from this point. All
D. unless you prefer sending money with order*,
ney with orders. You will save the charge* for
y In February. Your orders will have my prompt
en in iieed of Vegetable plants give uie a trial order;
dress all orders to
t, SlC.
mteed MacM^ery.
I EM I YES,POIST