Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 07, 1906, Image 4

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M Liras IMPORTANT TO MARRIED WOMEN Mrs. Maxy Dimmick of Washington tells How Ivy di a E. Pinkhatn's Vegetante Compound Made Her Well. Ifc is with great pl? asure we publish the following letters, as they convinc ingly prove the claim we have BO mun V times made in our columns that Mrs Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass., is fully quali . fled to gi ve helpful advice tosiok women. Read Mrs. Dimmick*s letters. Her first letter : Dear Mrs. Pmkbam: v "I have been a sufferer for the past eight years with a trouble which first originated from painful periods-the pains wore excruci ating, t?th inflammation and ulceration of the female organs. The doctor says 1 must have un operation or I cannot ?ive. . I do not want to submit to an operation if I can possibly avoid it. Please help me."-Mrs. Mary Dimmick, "Washington, D. C. Her second letter : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " You will remember my condition when I last wrote you, and that the doctor said I must have au operation or I could not live. ' X received your kind letter and followed your advice very carefully and am no- entirely well. As my case was so serious it seems a miracle, that I am cured. I know that I ow hot only my health but my life to Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound and to your advice. I can walk miles without an acne or n pain", and I wish every suffering woman wonld road this letter and realize what you ?.an do for them.1'-Mrs. Mary Dimmick. o9th and East Capitol Streets, "Washington, D. C. "How easy it was for Mrs. Dimmick to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass , and how little it cost her-a two-cent st amp. Yet how valuable was the reply ! As Mrs. Dimmicksays-itsavedlier life. Mrs. Pinkham has on file thousands of just such letters as the above, and offers ailing women helpful advice. QUARAN? TEE? BY A $1? Hon BAI^K DEPOSIT ??1/<V/Uv goo ?HEE COtJltSKS _I Notes taken. Ll m I ted educa tion no hindrance: ?Joarslat Cost. Write todav. GA.-ALA. BUSINESS COLLEGE, Dam Et *3J?&$3J? SHOES ^i, W. L. Douglas $4.00 Gilt Edge Line ' cannot be equalled at any price. $10,001' W.L. DOUGLAS WAXES & SELLS MORE MEM'S $3. TO SHOES TH AN AMY OTHER MANUFACTURER /JV THE WORLD. REWARD to anyone who can ijuvv disprove this Etalement. If I could take you info my three large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pairof shoes ls made; you would realize why W. L. Douglas S3.50 shoes cost more to make, why they hold their shape, flt better, wear longer, and are o? greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe. W. I- Douglas Sirona Mada Shoo? for Mon, $2.BO. $2.Off. Boyn' School ? Oreas Shoes, $2.EO, 92, 91.75, $1. SO CAUTION.-Insist upon having W.L.Doug ixs shoes. Take nu Substitute. None genuine without his name and price stumped on bottom. fast Color Eyelets used ; theil will not wear brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog: IV. JU DOUGLAS, 1?rockton, ?VlaB?. ? Increase ^tjy r Yickty Per Acre " \B?y Way Qi Comparsa! At the bottom is a picture oil a farm on which our fertilizers were not used. Notice the very poor growth ? At tho top, thero ls a Photograph of the field of a planter ?vhf "ueUeves in the liberal uso of only Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers. * Seo the good, oven stand, and tall, luxuriant plent6? You can see many Other interesting pictures of farms like these on which the crops of poor and good yields aro compared, in our largo, pretty almanac. Ask your dealer for it. or send us Cc. in stamps to pay tho cost of wrapping and postage. "Increase your yield 3 por acre" by us ing Vliginia-Carolina Fertilizers. Buy no other. Virginia - Carolina Chemical Co. ? Richmond. Va. ? Norfolk, Va. W Durham. N. C. , Charleston, S. C . Baltimore. Md. 1 c^^ifife' ... SBES Atlanta, Ga. Savannah, Ga.. Montgomery, Ala, Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. lt inflicted with wc cjei?, ? topsoil's Eye Water CAB8AGE Pia. ?ml nil k i mis ot Karden plant; plants. uroiTn lathe open ult M<eilsot th.: mott (CIIHUIO weil tho'isau? nore truck farm, i'la ul t'eli-ry ready last of Dc?, time ore.-trller. Ke?iice.i expn M 1:1 elvo us tin por cent, lex tb tl M per thousand. Ians* lots g?tt?. S. li. Arlington WhltH? . \ 0 Ii.. MesRrtt's. s. c. The haicxtablldbed aa Kxuerluten of Teffetable*. especially C'aoi.nseii. The results of th tire you ac any tinm.-Your* lespecttully,-V. M. H: 6RIP, BAD 1 won't wll AB: Call for your JF. W. ?few TO FARMERS ANf H IC HEjNsz: you cannot spend years ?nd doll: buy tin; knowledge required by cents. You want them to pay tl them .RS a diversion. In order to handle i thing about them- To meet this want we of a. practical poultry raiser for (Only 25c a man who pm all his iniud, and time, an en raisin;;-not us a. pusllnir, but us u htisii ty-flve years' work, you can save inuuy OJi earn dollars for you. The point lt?, that y Poultry Yard as soon as lt appears, and kn tettch you. It tells how to detect and cure fattening; "which-Fowls tG san? for breed f.-iii.Khouiti kn.'iw,fm ti:l? KUbtect to hmk-I Tornm* and Thanksgiving. Gow Folk/of Missouri, was talking about reform. "We all beileve in it," he said, "bat we want t<S see it brought about at other folks* expense. We are lljco, too, a certain JCausas City boy. "This ?Toy's mother said to him, oh her return from a long day's ?bopping In the/FbanksgivIng season: " 'Now I hope my little Tommy has taken to heart mamma's talk of la?t, night about charity ar.d usefulness. Since he has fevr troubles of his own, I hope he has thought of others' trou bles all day long. Since he has many causes for thanksgiving himself, I hope be has tried to give causes for thanksgiving to others? What ls my Tommy's report for the day?. How many acts of kindness ha.s he done? How much woe has he lightened. How many hearts has my Tommy made grateful and glad?' "Itt this rather mushy way spoke tlie good young mother. Arid her Tom my replied: .' 'I've done a whole lot of good, ma. I gave your new hat to a beggar wo man, and I gave thc cook's shoes to a little girl iu busted rubbers what I seen on thc street, and ? gave a poor lame ?hoe string seller pa's black eve ning suit, the open front one that, he hardly ever wears.' " Cure* kheniiifttUiii and Catarrh--Medicine i Sent Free? Send no money-simply write and try j Botanic Blood Balm at our expense. Bo-i taute Blood Balm (B. B.. B.) kills or de-1 stroys the poison in the blood which causes the awful aches in back And shoulder blades, shifting pains, di file ul ty in moving ringers, toe? or legs, bone pains, swollen muscles and joints of rheumatism, or the foul breath, hawking, spilling, droppings in throat, bad hearing, specks flying be fore the eyes, all played out feeling of ca tarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has cured hun dreds of cases of 30 or 40 years' standing after doctors, hot spring?-and patent medt i-incs had all failed. Most of these oared patients had taken Blood Balm as a last re sort. It is especially advised for chronic, deep-seated case?. Impossible for any one to suffer the agonies or symptoms of rheu matism or catarrh while* or after taking Blood Balm. It makes the blood pure and rich, thereby giving a healthy blood supply. Cures are permanent and not a patching up. Drug stores, 81 per largo bottle. Sample ol Blood Balm sent free and prepaid, also spec ial medical advice by describing your trou ble and writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Numerous arrests of editors in the Rus* niau provinces continue. SlOO tteWnM. ?loo.. The renders of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dis ease that science has been able to euro inrll its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the modicai fraternity. Catarrh being a con stitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall s CatarrhCuro is taken Inter nally.aoting directly upon tho blood and mu cous surl aces of thesyst?...thereby destroy ing the foundation of the disease, and gi vi?g th?.'patient strength by buildiugup the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The pro prieto? have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hun dred Dollars for any c-n.se that it fails tocure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY it Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75i\ Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Tn twelve marriage^ out oF every hundred ene of the parties has been married be fore. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet ?um and Mullen is Nature's great remedy-Cure? Coughs, Colds, Croup and Consumption,ano all throat aud lung troubles. At druggist?, 25c., 50 c. and $1.00 per bottle. Korea has a population of Seoul, the capital, has 22,000. 6,000,000. FITS permanently cured. Ko Ats or nervous ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer,*2 trialbottleandtreatisafree Dr. B.H. KLINE, Ltd.,931 Arch St.,Philo., j Pa Abraham Lincoln was nine years old when his mother died. A (J II ur:; ni ped Cn ic For Pile*. Ilchings Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles. Dsuggists are authorized to refund money if PazoOintmentfails to cure in 6tol4 days.Mc Bacon valued at $30.000,000 was imported by Ureat Britain in 1904. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion; never falLs. Sold by Druggists. Mail orders promptly rilled by Dr. Detchon.Crawfordsville, Ind. tl. .The poet Tennyson died with a volume of Shakespeare in his hand. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, ot Atlanta, Ga,, ara the only successful Dropsy Specialists lathi world. See their liberal offer in advertise ment in another column of this paper. There are no newsboys in Spain. Women ?eil newspapers on tlie street. To Cure it Cold lu One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets* Druggists refund money if lt falls to cure. ?. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c; Nearly 5000 miles of railroad were built here during 1905. TOWER'S FISH BRAND SUIT or SLICKER V'ISS* A. J. fk Ina?. TOWER OJ tins season. Make no mistake - lt's the kind that's guaranteed to keep you dry and comfortable in the hardest storm. Mad? in Black or Ye U low. Sold by all reliable dealers. TOWER CO. BOSTON, U.a.A. CANADIAN CO., ltd. Toronto, CUL m dealers. B co., / CURED Give? Quick Relief. Removes all swelling in 8 to? days ; effect? ?. permanent cure in 30 to 60 dav?. Trial treatment green free'. Kothingcaa be fairer Write Dr. H. H. Green's Sont, Specialists. Box B Atlanta, Da. n for icc worth o? lr ?diu s iK'? novell ienlnC hols u est Gar.len Heed?, tl's worth of Universal?* minna Coupons Ij co with every order. BULtrlANO'S SEED STORE, BALTIMORE. 5 So. 10-'06. nts! CELERY Plants! i.Cnn now ftirnlnh all kiuits or cabhaii?| au>l willsland croat cold, tirown fr?rot ?moil. Wo tue th?- sallie plant? on our) nut carefully conn ten and properly paelo Lettuce, uii?on and Beet plan's, same] it ; ratei promUeJ.wl.kb,when effective, I an iiiereniurtise rates. Price?: Sinai! lots j 1.00 tu tUtS per thouin I. F.O. B. Me?. ?pine Cucumber Seed (Ht ce uti 1 er pount.' United States A KrlcutturaT Department] tal Station u)i nu;-rn ns*, to test all kloda < ie?c experiment* we will be plt-aied to ? I.ITCH COMPACT, MK???TTI, 0. iUARAHTEED TO CURE. COLD, HEADACHE AUD NEURALGIA. 11 ?ri pine to a dealer who won't S0*ratntee I?. MUSHY BACK IF IT UOESX'T i VUE. er, M. JJ.. Manufacturer, Sjfrinufield, M4 y POULTRY M EN I \PvN MONEY U you elve th*m hel* t..niiuni,i . You cannot d0 .?..jg inless you understand them and know low to cater to their requirements. p.tj ars learning by experience, so you must others. We offer this to you for only 25 leir own way even if you merely keep 'owls judiciously, you must know some are selling a book giving the. experience .) twenty-five year?, lt was written by d money to making a- success of Chick IICBS-and if you will profit by his twen licks annually, and . make your Fowls ou must be sure to detect trouble In the ow how to remedy it. This book will disease; to feed for eggs and also for lng purposes: and everything, indeed, r profltiibta fi?it paetpdd f?r tw*ntyv unVHK. w Lwrtiai-o. Sst:. .N?w T?rk Cit? PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of interest From Alli Over South Carolina -. MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Ran^c-What is Going On in Our State. C::ieral Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet.10 11-10 New Orleans, quiet ami steady. 10 5-S .Mobile, steady.;... .101-2 Savannah, steady..10 7-1 (? Charleston, steady.10 3-S Wilmington, steady.10 3-S Norfolk, steady.. .. ii ....10 3-1 Baltimore, nominal:: ..11.00 New YUric. quiet;: ;; ;;..10.0.~> Bosloh. quiCt. :. . ; ; ;.?0.8? Philadelphia, quiet.11.20 Houston, steady.1011-10 Augusta, dull.10 mi? Memphis, steady.10 7-S St. Louis, steady.10 3-4 Louisville, linn.111-S Charlotte Cotton Market; These figures represent prices paid wagons : Good middling i uni ;. ..10.5-4 Strict middling;,;; ;; ....103-1 Middling.... ;; ; ; .; .10 3-4 Good middling? tinged..10 :1-4 Stains.....9@9 7-S Charlotte Produce. Chickens-Spring .. .'.12(?'2? Hens-per head.35 Ducks. i i ..:.;; ;_20 EggSS.;;; ; :.<.13 Oats-feed_ ... '.4?(??0 Corn . .Ol?fTrOS Cotton Seed.24 ' Oat Seed. ... .5?(5 5? Burned to Death. Columbia, Special.'-News reached the city of the fatal burning ol' Miss Maggie Swartzc of this city, which occurred near Ki I Hans several days ago. Tho young lady was visiting friends hi the vicinity and on thc day ol: the accident was oi?t in the woods witnessing thc men burn ult thc right of way for n I mm read. A (turpen tine box took Hie near where she was standing and she was told to festing uist the Haines Pilling the lap of her nprou with smut she* threw it on the blazing box which caused thc buming rosin lu fiy out niki almost envelop her in flames. In her ag ony and fright she ran, not knowing where she was going add before she could be overtaken disappeared in the undergrowth. When her bod}- was found it was humed almost to a crisp, even the shoes being destroyed. Fire on a Farm. . Spartanbuig, Special.-Pire de stroyed the modern country home oc cupied by John Caldwell and family, located on the Spartanburg and Ashe ville road eight miles from tho eily. The houxe was thc-property of W. S. Caldwell, lt was an eight room dwelling commodiously nrranged and with slate roof covering; Thc cause of thc fire is not known. Mr. John Caldwell -was away from home at the time b tlucfha ?m?23432340 ."506400 time but the family escaped unhurt. New Enterprises. The secretary of State has granted a charter to the Scotia Lumber com pany of JIamptou. cornily. Thc cap ital is $0,000 and thc officers are: M. L. Peebles, president; J. G. Mason, vice president, and W. A. Mason, sec retary and treasurer. The Klaren Bridge company of Charleston, whose purpose is to eou , struct a loll bridge across thc Yap poo eui. received a charter. Thc cap ital is $1,000 and thc officers are: Ot to F. Klaren, president and treasur er, and Geo. H. Klaren, secretary. Thc Piedmont Really company of Greenville has a capital of $"?,000 and thc corporators are: Wm. G. Kiy rine 4M Thus. T. Charles. The Pullman company filed a state ment of its business. Its capital is $7,000 shares of $100 each. Thc American Telephone and Telegraph company also filed a statement. The capital paid in is $158,601 .SOO. The Geo. F. Missen company ol' Conway will sell gentlemen's. furnish ings. The capital stock is.$2,000 and the officers are: Geo. F. Missen, W. E. MeCord and Chas. J! Epps. The Reeves Live Stock and Ve hicle company of Swansea was issued a commission, the capital being $5; ?00 and the corporators J. L. Reeves and W. H. Witt. Cows and Horses Stolen. . Greenville, Special.-A week of cow stealing ended by capture and conviction of two negroes, ushered in a week of horse stealing. Tour horses have been taken from stable V.ards in thc heart, of the city a.id thc officers are getting desperate. In every ease lin1, animal stolen has-been sw&pped off for a poorer horse and cash to boot and the thief has aban donad the new. horse and ma4e oft Tii t u thfl oaeh. "' " EXCLU Studebaker W Col ii m bli s Bn Genuine"OK vt Planet,. Jr., Ii Pittsburg Per These high cost no more AUGUSTA GA. CONGRESSIONAL D0??GS? What dur National Law Makers Are Doing' Day by Day. Rate Bill Reported. The Ilepbu: railroad rale bill was reported to I Senate by Senator Tillman in ac ance with the aclidii of the Sedate ?minitteb oii inter state Commeic-t: last Middy; targe' crowds assembled iii the galleries; anticipating a field day of debate, but were disappointed. There was little of interest in thc proceedings regard ing the bill. A brief statement from Mr. Tillman, -with the nccessaiy ar rangement for printing thc report of the hcariugs before the committee and a promise that formal i-cjj'orfc would be made later Avas followed by i? few remarks from Mr. Aldrich showing the position of the five Re publicans wlio opposed thc hill as reported. Mr. Aldrich indicated-that there would bc no unnecessary de lay, but that the bill Would be dis cussed in accordance with its impor tance; tiiimah Against Delay. Mi*; Tillman ?hiiounced i h at as soon as po?sible li? proposed lo dige?trdhe testimony and to submit a formal re port on the biil. He said that within two week? he should move to make ! thc rate bill thc unfinished business I and to displace thc statehood bill if that measure was not disposed of be ! fore that time; Thc transcendent importance bf the rate measure and the wide interest in the subject throughout the country, lie said, made it desirable that the bill should be considered without delay. As soon as he had concludetli Mr. Aldrich was recognized arid sdid: Aldrich Explains Dissent. "A majority of the Republican members of the committee did- not join in the favorable report which has just been made by the Senator. from South Carolina, for the rc?spn that in their judgment an attempt should have been made by the- com mittee to remedy by proper O?tend ?ients; some of the obvious aria ad mitted defects ahd omissions di!-thc Hdnse biih. ailtl that fcle?r arid ade quate provision should hilve ; li??ri made foi- subjecting thc brd?rs of'the commission affecting rates io judicial review. AVith these amendments, the minority members, with the possible exception of the Senator from Ohio, who is opposed) as ? understand, to( ali government i;ate-makingj were ready to give their support to the-' House bili;" Mr. Culbertson said that, from the repon made by the Senator from: South Carolina he noticed that -cer tain members of the committee- re served tho right to offer amendments. "Thc Senator is not entirely cor rect in his statement," interrupted Mr. Tillman. "The resolution was adopted by the committee and al' members have reserved rights con?, corning the offering of amendments." Bill to Cut Representation. Representative Keifcr, of Oliio, In troduced a bill io reduce the number of Representatives in thc House of Southern States, because of the dis franchisement of negro votei-s. The bjil makes thc reduction as follows: Alabama, from 9 lo 5; Arkansas, from 7 to 5; Florida, from 3 to 2; Georgia, from ll to G; Louisiaua, from 7 to 3; Mississippi, from S to 3; North Carolina, from 10 to C; South Carolina, from 7 to 3; Ten nessee, from 10 to 8; Texas, from 1G to 12; Virginia, from 10 to S. In the House. Military matters held the attention of the House thc army appropriation bill being under consideration fol' amendment. That General' Corbin and General McArthur might become lieutenant generals the provision in the bill abolishing that rank was eli minated on a point of order raised by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, who sub stituted an amendment to abolish the grade after those officers had been promoted, but this too, met defeat. Members of the appropriations com mittee disputed the right of the mili tary committees to appropriate for an apparatus for fire control of field artillery, but without success. Only eight of the fifi y pages of the bill were passed upon when the House ad journed. As its first, business the House passed the Dalzell bill charter ing the Lake Eric & Ohio Ship Ca nal Companv with an authorized cap ital stock of $60,000,000. Statehood Bill. The Senate agreed to vote on the Statehood March 0. The proposition to take thc vole at that time was made by Mr. Beveridge and theiN was little difficulties in roaching an understanding. The suggestion im mediately followed a speech in sup port of the hill by Mr. Hopkins dur ing the course for statehood and' sug gested that their admission be defer red. Tho remainder of the day was devoted to the discussion of thc bill providing for thc settlement of thc allah's of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, the major portion of thc time being given to the provision for the disposal of the coal landa in In dian Territory, SITE AGENCY ragons, the 20 year kind, ' ggies, standard of the world, ;r Plows, the orginal best, nplements, for farm and garden. feet Fencing, electrically welded, every rod guaranteed, grade and reliable goods than worthless imitati?nfc; 111 Co:, A FIERCE RACE RIOT Springfield, Ohio, the Scene of Serious Conflict THE MAYOR CALLED FOR TROOPS, fiere? Assault oh Negrp^?ection of the ?ity foiip^irs^lhooting of a White ilafi" ify Negroes-Police Stoned a&d Hoji ifBnii?fliS^BBEftor ities aj?jteBH Riote?H MPare lieing Rusheu^S^WScejR. Springfield, 0., Special,-Tuesday night mob evidence prevailed here, ar- the result of a sh??t.inu' id {he rail road yards ?ii ri j' iii thc' morning in which M. M. Davis, a brakeman, was perhaps fatally shot by two negroes, Preston Ladd, of Berlefonlainc, and Edward Dean, of this city. ? Ladd was taken tov the hospital Tuesdaj morning a? a result of injuries re ceived presumably in connection with thc shooting ot Davis, -ft-'lier? bc lies iii a ward adjacent .id his victim. Deaii wa? taken to Dayton; .after a hurried conference p| Officials. A mob of ?rie thousand men and boys formed liiie and marched to -'The ?ying;"- a locality inhabited by col ored people with the announced pur pose of burning that section. At 12:30 a. m., Wednesday, thc city authorities succeeded in assemblyiug parts of Companies B and C of the third regiment, O. N. G., which arc stationed hete? Tile total force num bers about 75 men. They are how on the scene of the fire and have pushed the mob back both ways in Columbia street, east from Water street, and west from Poster street. Just as the Hoops arrived one more building was fired and nb efforts were made to save it. The police, firemen and the guardsmen are now directing their ef forts to forcing the rioters back and saving the property outside of the doomed square. : At l2:?5 a. m., Sheriff Almoney had just wired Governor Patterson the followiug: : "Send all possible troops tonight alu? hold, others" iii readiness for to morrow." Sergeant Glihig?rj thc policeman hil iii thc face with a brick, is in a se rioiis cbnditioil; Thc mob* is sloiiiu;' anti jeering tlife militiamen; but a show df bayoiiets lias sufticed so fat li*, keep tlie rioters on the move. The iiiinor that out of town troops are momentarily expected is having a qui eting effect on the mob. Mob Still Busy. Springfield, O., Special-With eight companies of State troops on guard in this city, as a result of Tuesday night's mob violence in which six houses were burned in thc colored residence district, more incendiary fires were started early again Wednesday night in various pnrts ot' the city. In every instance thc houses Wore occupied hy negroes or negroes and whites. A negro house Ut Harrison and York streets was stoned by ? large crowd, but the occupants ate believed to have es caped. The Flickers' Nest, which is inhabited by negroes and which fig ured in tbc Dixon mob and subse quent race war two years ago, has been assailed and several at*empts made to lire it but as it is guarded by miltiamen thc effort has so far failed. Several alarms have been turned in as a result of t lie fires started, but,-as this dispatch is filed, no general alarm has been turned in as every available fireman is at work on the fires now under way. Flee to City Building. Several negroes who have been chased by thc angered whites from the negro quarter of thc city made their way to the eily building, which is in charge of the soldiery. Col. G. S. Annuel, of the Fourth Regiment, arrive?.! here and assumed command of the troops, relieving Captain Horace Keifer, who had been in command. Vp lo 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night the mobs had succeeded in burning two houses and had stoned and partially demolished a dozen oth ers, all being inhabited by negroes. More Double Track For C. and 0. Richmond, Special. - President Stevens of the Cheaspeake and Ohio Railroad, will award contracts Mon day or Tuesday for a large amount of additional double tracking and im provement of the road in this State, Weet Virginia and Kentucky. The track to be contracted for, together with that started last year and un completed, makes a total of about 135 miles, of which 20 miles is east o? Richmond and the remainder in West Virginia and Kentucky. No Clue to Traynham Murcies. Roanoke, Special.-The coroner V. jury in thc Trayham murder case rendered a verdict that the former city sergeant came to his death by wounds received from a hatchet or cu ax in the hands of a party or parties unknown. There were nine ifferent wounds inflicted on tho head, face and neck, and ?ny one of which in tim opinion of tbs pbysiv-ifins,; w?hjd l|?y? ??Mit ilPiilA ?'ranee to Force a Vote. It is learned from an indisputable source that France feels assured of the support on the question of polic ing Morocco of a majority of the delegates to thc conference and her present plan is t? force a vote in the conference iu order to demonstrate the falsity of Germany's contention that France represents only the minority view. Sah?er Export? of Leather, Exports of leather arid leather nlari uf act tires from thc United States dur ing the calendar year. 1905, were thc largest on record. Mys a bulletin is sued by the bureau pf statistics de? partaient of commerce and labor; They were valued at $38.940,422 against $3o,S24,492 in 1904, $27,169, 014 iii .1900, und $12.275,470 in 1890." -Journal amt Tribu??: Pure.Food Legislation. The frequent deaths reported as resulting from eating colored candies indicate that the confectionary shop is not sb' Successful in its mixture? as thc scientist who recently gave a "synthetic dinner.' The brighter the' colors^pf-candies the more attractive it-Is to children, and also, as a rule, thc deadlier it is. Pure food legis lation is yet a long way backward. Eighteen persons were injured in a wreck oo-ffie Coal anet Coke railway hear ??Say Courthouse, W. Va. People now demand the right to kuow exactly what they cat. To be told by maker or retailer that the food is "pure"' is not satisfactory. Candy may cont?iu"pure'' white clay or "pure" dyes and yet bo' r?i'y harm ful. Syrups.may contain ''pure" glu: cose and yet be quite digestible and even beneficial. Tomato catsup' may contain a small ainouut of salicylic cr j boracic acid as a necessary preserva tive, which may agree with one and be harmful to another. Wheat flour may contain a portion of corn flour and really be Improved. Oliv? oil may be made of cotton seed oil; Butter may Contain beef suet and yet be nutritious.- , The1 pcrsoiT ..who' buys and eats must protect himself and family, gndjie hal a right to, and now demands, a lat* under which he eau make intelligent selection of food. Many pure, food bills have been in troduced and some passed by State legislatures; many have been' 6'ffe??d to Congress, but all thus far seem ob jectionable. It has seemed difficult for politicians to formulate a satisfactory bill that would protect the common people and yet avoid bairn td hdhc'st makers and prevent endless trouble to retailers'; JSo government commission or officer has the right to fix "food standards" to de fine what the people shall and shall not eatj for what agrees with one may not hgre? with another and such act would deprive' the common .?itt?en of his per? eonal liberty; Th? Posttim Cereal Co., Ltd., perhaps the largest makers of prepared foods in the world, have nat urally a close knowledge of the needs of the people and the details of the business of the purveyors, (the retail grocer) and, guided by this experience have prepared a bill for submission to Congress which is intended to accom plish the desired ends, nud inasmuch as a citizen of the ?. S. bas a right to food protection even- When he enters another State it is deemed proper that the gov't take control of this matter hud provide a national law to govern all the States. A copy of the bill is herewith reproduced. Sec. i governs the maker whether the rood is put up iii small packages sealed, br in barrels; boxed or otherwise* Sec: i2 governs the retailer, who may bpen a barrel and sell the food in small quautllies; When he puts the goods into rt paper bag he ln?st also euelose a printed copy of the statement Of the maker which was affixed to thc original pkg. and inasmuch as the re tailer cannot undertake lo guarantee the statement of ingredients he must publish the statement of the makers and add his own name and address as a guarantee of his selling the food as it is represented to him which relieves the retailer of responsibility of the truth of the statement and throws it upon the maker, where it? properly be longs. Thc remaining sections explain them selves. The Fostum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex ample, have from the beginning of it* existence printed on the outside of each and every pkg. of Postum and Grape Nuts food a truthful and exact state ment, of what the contents were made of in order that the consumer migbt know precisely what he or she was eat ing. A person desiriug to buy. for in stance, strictly pure fruit .telly and j willing to pay the price has a right to expect not ouly au equivalent for the cost but a further right to certaiufy as to what he eats. Or he may be willing to buy at less cost a jelly made part of fruit juices, sugar aud a portion of glucose. But he must be supplied with truthful information of the ingre dients and be permitted to use his per sonal liberty to select his own food accurately. The people have allowed the slow murder ol' infants and adults, by tricky makers of food, drink and drugs to go on about long enough. Duty to oneself, family aud nation demands that every man and woman join lu an organized movement to clear our people from this blight. You may not be able to go per sonally to Washington to impress your Congressman, but you eau, in a most effective way tell him by letter how you desire him to represent you. Itcmember the Congressman is in Congress to represent the people from his district and if a goodly number of citizens express their views to him. he secures a very sure guide to duty. Itc member also that the safety of the people is assured by insisting that the will of the people be carried out, ?nd not the machinations of the few for selfish interests. This pure fcod legislation is a pure movement of the people for public pro tection. It will be opposed only by those who fatten their pockets by de ceiving and injuring the people. There fore, if your ltepreseutative in Con gress evades his patriotic duty hold him to strict accountability and if necessary demand equitable aud honest service, This i's a very different condition than when ;a faction demauds class legisla tlon of the Congressman. Several years iago the butter interests of thu country demanded legislatlou to kill the oleomargarine industry and bv power, of organization forced class leg islatlon really unworthy of a free peo pie. Work people wanted beef suel butter because it was cheap and bette! than much unclean milk butter, but the dairy interests organized and forced tin legislation. The law should have pro vlded that pkgs. of oleomargarine beai the statement of ingredients and then let people who desire purchase it foi Just w??t lt J?, r.urt not try to kill lt bj a towry tay, JIansfRrttireri tim* *.|me*-?F.T f0 fovea mwiittrm fn rhyll President's Salary $75,000. Senator Gallinger has introduced a hill to readjust the salaries of gener al officers of the Government, to take effect March 4, 190?. The bill pro poses the following salaries: The President, $75,000; the Vice-Presi dent, $15,000; Speaker of the House of Repres?r?tftt?Ves, $12,000; members of the Cabinet, $15,000; Senators and Representatives, $7,500. Pointed Paragraphs. Every dollar a man borrows is a sl?fj toward the Ill-trill of hi? friends There's nothing so meaningless as the kiss one womait bestows upon another-unless it is the expansive smiles of a hotel clerk. If ft man has too much courage to commit suicida when he" is in trouble he can go to law. Thc nice thing about fishing is the way the bait and the fish do all thc work for you till the fun begins. Sharps and Plats. It takes ? Woman to figure out that it is a good deed, which the record ing angel will remember, lo folget lo pay her fare in a crowded street car and put it in the collection plate next Sunday. It is unpardonable impertinence to kiss ft girl when her mother is look ing. There would be lot more fun in be ing a married man if it was aaginst the law. Senator Lodge reported to the Sen ate the Santo Domingo treaty witli1 a number of amendments. own Interests but contrary to the in terests of the people and the labor trust is always active to push through bills drafted In the Interest of that trust but directly contrary to the interests of the people as a whole. Witness the anti injuiictiort bill by which labor unions seek to tie the hands of our coarte and prevent the issue of any order to re strain the' members of that towt from attacking men or destroying property. Such a bill ia j. /l'haps the most infam ous Insult to our courts and the com mon people ever laid before Congress I and the Representatives in Congress must be held to a strict accountability for their acts relating thereto, ri But when bills come before Coneress.that are drawn jn the Interest of all'the people they should receive the active personal support of the people and the repr?sentatives be instructed by thc citizens. The Senators also should be written to and instructed. If, there fore, you will remember your privil?ge and duty y or will at once-now-write td.your Congressman and Senator on this pure food bill. Clip and enclose (the copy herewith presented aud ask j them to make a business of following | it through the committee considering lt. Urge vits being brought to ft vote and requesting that they vote fqr it. Some oppressively intelligent, and carping critics may say this is simply au advertisement Xor Postum and TEXT of ??BI If it meets approval cut it out, sign n resentative in Congress. Buy two or moi Keep 6he for reference and send the ot your State, Ask one or two friends to Food will be good. A E TO REQUIRE MANUFACTl FOODS FOR INTERSTAT." S AID FOODS AND PR II CONTAINED IN : 'EACH PACKAt Be it enacted by the Senate and B States of America in Congress asserobl t?on engaged in the manufacture, prc human consumption, shall print in plain or for them shipped from any State or ' complete and accurate statement of all t in common use to describe said ingred that said statement is made by the autt by, the makers of such food, and the na shall be affixed thereto; all printed in known as eight point, and in the Englisl Sec. 2. That the covering of each ar pared or compounded foods shipped fr< of Columbia, when the food in said paeli lng supplied by or for the makers and ri upon ita face or within its enclosure ai gredionts and name of the makers wbi< ing of said'food as supplied by or for tin as the statement of the makers was prh the name and address of the person, fi food. Sec. 3, That it shall be unlawful for fully and maliciously* remove, alter, obi gredients appearing on packages of foo? and auy person or persons who shall vic demeanor, and upon conviction shall bc nor more than ?ve hundred dollars, or more than six months, or both, iii the di Sec. 4, That the Bureau of Cheraistr; procure, or cause to be procured f rom r< analyzed or examiued, chemically, micr manufactured, prepared or compounde broken packages in the District of Colt other than that lu which they shall li "otherwise produced, or from a foreign < eign country. The Secretary of Agricul illations for carrying out the provisions employ such chemists, inspectors, clerk be necessary to carry out the provision lion of the results of the examinations Aud any manufacturer, producer or den plication and tender and full payment < cles of food to any person duly' author receive the same, shall be guilty of a mi dned not exceeding one hundred doll hundred days, or both. Section 5. That any person, firm or c and two of this Act shall be guilty of a be fined not exceeding two hundred d< subsequent offense not execediug thre exceeding one year, or both, in the dlscr Sec. 0, That any person, linn, or cor] maliciously change or add to the ingre or Incorrect analysis, with the purpose c fine or imprisonment under this Act. sh conviction shall be fined not exceeding hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not year, or both. Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of i retary of Agriculture shall report any i to be commenced and prosecuted with such catie provided. Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be wholly internal in any State, nor with t several States. Sec. 0, That all acts or parts of ac repealed. See. IO, That this Act shall be in i day of October, nineteen hundred and ? The undersigned respectfully reque and Senators from his State to support The only man w modest is the vain ? When a girl is hap it has got something clothes. A diplomat is a quired the art of wait patiently until A tramp's working er thau those of th? the average man would banker. Reflections of a Latch He who seeks temptation a fool or otherwise-with th in favor of the othewise. Marriage is the only thin will take the conceit out of men. Anyway, there is more or less 01 ginality about thc mau who rides hobby. Looking ont on the bright side of things never caused anyone to be come lopsided. Pointed Paragraphs. Much that passes for love wouldn't stand the test of curl papers. Folly and failure roost on* . thc same perch. Trying to avoid trouble will keep any mau busj\ Special Agent Durand was on the stand most of the time in" thc pack ers ' immunity case. A shrewd man may be both wisc and lio nest, but thc odds are against his being either. So. 10-06' LAW -ape-Nuts. It is true flint these ar ticles are spoken of here in a public manner, but they are used as illus trations of a manufacturer seeking by example, printing on each pkg. ? truthful, exact statement of ingredl? ents. to shame other makers into doing the fair thing by the common people,, and establishing an era of pure food." but that procedure has not yet forced those who adulterate and deceive to change their methods hence this ef fort to arouse public sentiment andi show a way ont of the present condi tion of, fraud, deceit and harm. The undersigned is paying to the publishers of America about $20,000.00 to print this announcement in practi cally all of the great papers and mag azines, in the conduct of what he*, chooses to term, "an educational cam paign." esteemed to be of greater di rect value to the peoDle than the establishment of many libraries. That.. is held to be a worthy method of tising money for the public good. Tell the people facts.-show'them a way to help themselves aud rely upon them to act intelligently and effectively. . The reader will be freely forgiven ll he entirely forgets the reference to' Postum and Crape-Nuts, if he wlll but join the pure food movement and do things. '" C. W. POST. 5 FOOD BIIX'.' . ame and address and send- to your Rep L'? publications fr?n? which you cut this, .her to one of the U. S. Senators.from do-the same and the chances for Pure JILL JRERS AND SHIPPERS OF E SHIPMENT . TO LABEL ?T THE INGREDIENTS. SUCH FOODS ON 3E THEREOF. . [ouse of Representatives of the Uni ted ed, That every person. Arm or corporn iparation or compouudiug of food for view on each package thereof made by Territory, or the District of Columbia, a he ingredients thereof, defined by word? lents, together with the announcement lority of, and guaranteed to be accurate me and complete address of the makers plain type of a size not less than that i language. id every package of manufactured, pre 5m any State, Territory or the District ;nge shall have been taken from a cover !-eovered by or for the sellers, shall bear i accurate copy of the statement bf in m appeared upon the package or covcr ? makers thereof, printed in like manner ated, and such statement shall also bear rm or corporation that re-covered such any person or persons to purposely, wil literatc or destroy such statement of in i, as provided in the preceding sections, late this section shall be guilty of a mis : fined- not less than one hundred dollars imprisoned not less than one month nor iscretlon of the court, r of the Department of Agriculture shall ?tall dealers, and analyze, or cause to be oscoplcally, or otherwise, samples of all ii foods offered for sale in o..ginal, un ?mbia, in any Territory, or in any State ave been respectively manufactured or country, or intended for export to a tor ture shall make necessary rules and reg of this Act, and is hereby authorized to s, laborers, and other employes, as may s of this Act and to make such publica ? und anaylsis as he may deem proper, der who shall refuse to supply, upon ap jf the selling price samples of such arti ized by the Secretary of Agriculture to sdemeunor, and upon conviction shall bo lars, or Imprisoned not exceeding one orporatlon who shall violate sections one misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall friars for the first offense and for each e hundred dollars or be imprisoned not etion of the court. ?oratlou, who shall wilfully, purposely or flients of any food, make false charges, if subjecting the makers of such foods to all be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon one thousand dollars nor less than three tess than thirty days nor more than one every district attorney to whom the Sec iolatJon of this Act to cause proceedings out delay for the fines and penalties in . construed to interfere with commerce be exercise of their police powers by the ts Inconsistent with this Act are hereby orce and effect from and after the first six. sts the Representatives from bis district this measure.