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?W*R414H HIM MIMA : : The Planter's Loan | I and Savings Bank % I Augusta, Ca. ? j? Pays Interest on Deposits, H J* Accounts Solicited. . . L.C. IfAYNF. CHAS. C. HOWARD, PKEalDEMY CASH IBU. . * RESOURCES OVER $i ,000,000. M Wt Mil M'M'I1 ll I I MU' v. ' ?"H,'I"I,,IiiI,,J,,I,^f<^ l,^"?"l^l?',l,,?,,fcf-?,^<A . THE NATIONALBANK?MrAW????A , ? ' AUGUSTA. , ? ! L. C. HAYNB, CHA3. R. CLARK,.. . President. CasfiieE.* . CAPITAL $250,600.00. 1 1 Surplus & Profits $190,000,00. ' . The business of our out-oMowti irk ads a , ' receives the sam? careful attention as '.bat a ( ' of our local depositors. Tbe accoonte ci # ' careful conserratlve people solicited. VOL. 7S. f. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1908. NO. 40. H"I"|1II M i I I H HH'W i oyiuoooLs i MT Prior. WixuAst H. HAXD. 4* University of Souta Carolina, Paper Number Three. WM 11111 !':?;[ lill i'M'? Short School Terms. As has al ready, been noted, the average length / pf the .-white schools of the State last year.was less than six months. To be exact, the average for the towi and rural schools was 117 days; tht rural schools alone, 110 days. While this is a-better snowing, lhau wa made a very few years ago, still our schools are in session a little less than two-thirds of our own standard school year of 180 days, or nina mont?t?. In other words, the white people of the State are giving their children less than two-thirds- of " tho schooling which S they declare' child ought to have. . Here again is a lack of school funds, which our people, I.insist-, #re able to provide. In many rather thickly settled and prosperous dis tricts the schools close after six or seven.months because the funds are exhausted, yet not a dollar of local school tax is collected. I know dis tricts, wjth frpm . 50 to ?0 white children, which depend upon the pit tance of $300 to $325 to run their schools. Is it reasonable to expect . such a district to keep its school open or to keep competent teachers? In some of these very communities I have been told, with a. tinge of resentment, that the schools are bet ter than those to which the fathers and mothers went. That may be true, and it may also be true that these same fathers and mothers are hewers of wood and drawers of water today, simply because they are un able to cope with those -who have been better schooled. He is a very despicable parent who is willing to withhold schooling from his child on the ground that he himself had few or no advantages. : However, short school terms are by no means entirely due to lack of money. Strange as it may . seem, there are many districts which close their schools at the end of six\ five, and even four months with half as.-| much money left in the county treas ury a% they spent on their schools.' I know schools which have to their credit enough money to run them twice cs long as they have been run any year within the past five. ' In fact, seme counties are making what the officials call a good financial showing, at the-expense of the school children. For instance, FIj county bad on hand June 30, a balance of $35,833 to the ere the school fund, while she. had. only $27,050 on her schools year. ^ In other words, the s had at the close of the schj year a_balaric - c.; .^^-i^tam t?r^?nt?re 'cost of-the schools year. .Financially that may_ .good showing; how is it educational ly? Let us see : Florence county kept her white schools open last year six months ; she paid her white teach ers an average of $250 ;sire -ptvo each white teacher an average et/ 36 pupils to teach.r Chester " county makes but. little better showing^ jghe kept her white schools ' open seven and one-f?urth mouths, paid \ her white teachers an" average of $296 a year, and %ave'-eaeh teacher an av?is age of 31 pupils to teach. Yet Chester county closed these schools with a balance larger than the total expenditure\:tb^':yW?>"?%el?<?%^ running the schools strictly pu** a* cash basis, and I know that'^t is necessary to close the books 'on the 30th of June with .enoughr^al^ncp li to run the schools <until the??ex? flSfttvl collection has been made. But is it } sound business or common sense to. ' cut off the ^school year? J>ay te?^ft?, salaries, and give each" 'teapher^^foq, many pupils to teach, in. .order" t<i) show a money balance? Of course ?under/ such policy our school boards; can boast of having money on hand-.* As-1 see it, we have more need for; money on the children. A man could doubtless make a fortun? on a $alflrj? of ' $500 a year, if he were to go* naked and hungry, and" keep all. his earning at ten per cent compound interest ;-but what would he be get ting? \-? ? After all, do cur people wish, to keep- the schools open nine months in the year? Repeatedly I have' had fathers" (mothers very? -rarely) op pose the attempt to lengthen theil school beyond six months. Theil contention is that the children can not, be spared from the farms and the mills for a longer period. Ex cept in cases .of extreme poverty in the. homes of very unfortunate peo ple, this argument means nothing less than that the child is looked upon as a bread winner; ' Tbe parent is either too short sighted or too selfish to give his vlrld fie oppor tunity, to become even. ^ oread_..w^in ner, save" in the humblest callings; Such a parent needs to be shown how his child may be trained until he becomes a master of something, and a citizen useful to the State Every child should be taught to work-to work intelligently find profitably, but his ultimate success and usefulness should not be s?eri ficed to immediate selfish gain. Poor School Houses and Pooi Equipment. There' are at least- twp very distinct kinds of poor school housesj The building itself may be worthless; a good building may be unfit for school purposes. It is pos sible to invest a modest sum of money in ? good school building, and it is ?ven less difficult iq invest v considerable sum in a very poor build ing. What we know as school ar chitecture is yet in a very crude and undeveloped state, if we are to judge from some of our recent school build ings. Some of even the larger towns of the State have taxed themselves ---Jjberaily to erect new school build iJSF--*ifld. have very inferior ones Not one ci&of public money should be permitted-^usedfinr,a? house until the pfJ* of the build ing have been favora^^d upor bv some thoroughly cordj.^ Pf" ' ??n Come of the most coBmon . de fects in our school buildings a^smalj classroom*-1 low ceilings, insufficient window space, windows set -in front and to the right oJC-tte pupils when seated, tops . of;^e:\w?iidows too f?r from the;. .'c.eilhig>7poor he?tjng, and poor ventilation. These defects are found in the town buildings and in the rural buildings. We have some excellent' school I houses.. Among the'larger towns the buildings -in Florence." Darlington, Georgetown, together with -the latest buildings in Greenville, Spartanburg, .and Sumter, are excellent in almost every detail. The'Taylor school', in Columbia, is another excellent build ing, but I am forced to add that this is Columbia's only public school building worthy-of the name. A number of the smaller towns have relatively excellent buildings, not ably St. George and Summerton. Belton, Branson, Chesterfield, Foun tain Inn, Manning, and Seneca each will soon have a new - hhilding of modern type. On the "other hand, some of the towns have very poor buildings. _ There are in this* State four towns 'whose "'fixable '"psbperty combined was returned last year at $1,400,000, in round- figures, and whose foiir school houses for white children would not sell at auction for more than $1,500. Of course 'hese buildings cost much more, than their pr?sent value, but they are al most worthless today as school houses. In ' these same " towns " are beautiful .homes, good..stores,, good banks, attractive churches, and even ?ood bams for the horses and cattle. ; Can the citizens of these places make themselves believe that they are not discounting schools? They cannot make other people believe it, I am sure. S The ^rural school houses are rela ively inferior to those in the towns. Many of them are little better than lingy sheds, unpainted, ugly in ap pearance, poorly lighted, poorly heated, . and miserably equippeii. V?an/ of these bouses are -not c?iled rn .thq walls or. .cfferhead. .. When ' hey are ceiled', that" overhead is >ften so low that the tallest boys ian reach it with.their.hands. Not ?ne building in -three * has enough . rindow space properly distributed. The windows are small and pl"-*?d qUidistant-from; the floor'and e?u.: ng.- iris no-uncommon thing" f?'.rin?l . room-.pf ct?ldren?:srt?ipg .wi?lr.thejr 'aces toward^ . ?n?, qnd . even two, " pen windows; Vhil? the' room" at heir ':IS^^1s*%Wp3H^??p 4ark. h 1905^t?e^i^e.^Sh^in^$?d5)nft f Education issued, a, pamphlerjgiv ig designs for m'ocfern school houses, diiclr- has don? *m?cE Howard'**im- jj roving their character. j Yerv few of ..our ^school houses are ? many ol our Bcummwm. -- een a map or a chart from Septem err-t? June.>#jVere it not t?jc eni?s of my*iliend Mr. Huglfes^of freenville, jpafny 'oj!^>.uj|? .J&'cjol Puses wou?o\be ?bso1vffel.f%vv"it?R.t ny kind ofSglbbe. ^e.-B^Mhas ery wisely ^provided 'hun^re^'' of chools with small-librares. Tn most daces these libraries ar% used much ind well cared for, but in altogether ?0- many - -phse?^tbe. 'bs^s^'^r* o pieces, some scattered through he r ncighbo?hjeto?,.. and..... some-:.-::REst? j*< Xhat else .ean^^^^^^^^i^^^ "ody a'nd'eveh'thihg. "'' ' * *" * A dirty schoor"hguse is inexcus able, and is a disgrace to a commu nty. Here'the.teacher is ?h^efly 'e?pon?ibte. A??y*?tea?her^#an'% or vornan, who keeps' a dirty school muse is rather poorly fitted .tpv train m?Br?n. \ ?efi? Ctspnot read??? reine tif?T't?sfesj'o?Bilhild who is,., com DeifeiVtjiii^fi^ hox^w?mmk^ mdR.?Hjth^dUitte^ M H ?N?rtVS?1 GLEANINGS. ?>V-V : : - ' c^rtab*b'lte ?nd Quail are plentiful In lower Delaware. - /T?r?tt?^k'r^^t of the " abash Haifro?? :I?a$8r &>decline ln earn" .j.tEu(?lfVu8^owing in Lower Cali fornia by the^Sif?ta Fe Railroad has prov?ala. suc?gss. 'j ? ? 'J, The* Aine^fan battleship 'fleet reft Albany, Australia,''on its ^jour^ey of "3600 mileatfo Manila. *tf r * ? / ; .r Chinese, y merchants became more aggressive .^and. outspoken in their boycott of j?pan?se goods. . Foreign . military'observers highly praise. the efficiency of the French troops In the recent .maneuvres. The Interparliamentary Union, in session at Berlin, accepted an; invi tation to meet in Quebec next year. The new-negro.party in Cuba held Its first meeting "in Havana, attract ing general atte&fc? th?o?gbout-th$j isl?ird'. 6 ?" P ? c A ' ? " - Great BritainJias-sgnt a.diplomati?. agent to Jutland |p report the move "Havana rs free of yellow fever, and the authorities are convinced that the disease In the city has been sup pressed. Superintendent Maxwell's report showed that j57,0(f? childron'*w-e on part time at the onenlt?g of the'.New Y/o>k "City schools. 5 . *"v . . German health officials are closely watching the Jtussian frontier, and say that not a single .case of cholera has been ?eport?d'in Germany. The"steamer Aeon, from San Fran cisco ft5r: Auckl?ndf, w?s; ^wrecked on Christmas Island; her passengers and the crew, fifty in all, were rescued. Comptroller of the Currency Mur ray, addressing the National Bank Examiners,: complained .^Wj embezzle ments, and* told them' to work or re sign. Says ttie'Ueseret News: The com mon house fly, once regarded as a merely harmless , hut annoying crea ture^!'bids Uir, with the progress of knowledge as tofttti reaL^h^its and possibilities for evil, to be regarded as one of the worst enemies of man kind. In his place the fly ls a good scavenger. .-But his place is ney#? on the Inside of thV dwelling house and much less upon the dining room table at meal time. ^ ; -.. ;. . ' ; .. ?V ?. Carly Montana Snowstorm ls Responsible For Collision A NUMBER SUSTAIN INJURIES Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail way Passenger Train Crashes Into Freight Train on the Northern Pa cific Railroad at Youngs Point, Mont., Resulting in a Number of Fatalities. Livingston, Mont., Special.-Plow ing through a snowstorm, eastward bound,- a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger train running over the Northern Pacific Railroad, crash ed head-on into a freight train at Youngs Point, where the trains were to pass and in the demolition that resulted a crowd of lives were crush ed out and soove of persons were in jured, several probably fatally. The freight flagman failed to signal the passenger in time to prevent the col lision, it is said, because of the blinding snow. The express car telescoped with the smoking car and most of the fatalities and injuries were of persons in the latter car. The express car was raised over the plat form of the smoking car and the su perstructure swept the seats away. Not a passenger in the smoking car escaped death or injury. Fireman Ora Babcock jumped and was- killed! Milo Halloway, a brake man, was killed. The smoking car's debris was hopelessly mixed with heads, -bodies, legs and arms, present ing, a horrible sight. In one place seven bodies were so tightly wedged together that they .were separated only with great difficulty. The known dead:' Colonel Bons'on, of Utah. John Cawlin, Billings", Mont. Lon Anderson, Hardv, Mont. Lorenz A. Stewart, Dean, Mont. H. C. Gomblee. Ministon, Iowa. E. L. Eimock, Denver. D. H. Barnes^' Seattle, I G. M. Konsick, Anaconda, Mont. Ora'Babcoc'k, Billings, Mont. i S. C. Hingdon, Chico Springs, < Mont. . -. ..: - ! Ch?rles E. Johnson, Denver, dis- J Wet passenger-agent, Nickel Plate ? Railway. . ? Gfnrsrp if?aJtil?xaale. -Amnnrtrln Hfm-f ? lenee to . ctmvict" them 01 operating 11 i gambling .Te?ort,'' Mayor Smith de- ? dared ' that gambling must cease in \ Lynchburg. ; In -future, he said, per- 1 sons found in raids will be held as ] arineipals, and not as witnesses, and \ they will be. fined, under the State | law, 'instead of having their casos y treated under: the common law. He ? liso declared that technicalities i wo-ald not go in his court; that the j: place to raise* them will bein the* j Corporation Court on appeal. ??..'j, . New Political Party. j Atlanta, Ga.,'Special!-Politics was given a new turn "in this State when p.. ball was issued for the assembling Of: what is termed "The Liberal Party.'' Delegates-, from ?rll States iruthet Union are asked to assemble in Chattanooga, October 8th, to nomi ne candidates for President and 3?ice President. The ' call is signed j|| Sidney C. Tapp, as chairman, and R:- D! I-Woodhall, as secretary, both men being Atlanta residents. ""~ ' ~~ ?^thej^Eej^Conference Proposed. ./^H?&Kfe ^- . ?ablevTupon r?" 0^st??|p^?*'K. *Vd Ital?air govern n^ts^'is learned Holland has ask ed'th?jiw^untries that participated ia t.'j second Hague conference, to al tead -ano'therrrpeace conference and draft' universal: treaty of arbitration. Tjh? <jat^is$n?t yet 'fixed, but it is be?evcd:,.that the conference will bc held next"year. < - \ ..._ {Groid Advice to Negroes. Roanoke, Va., Special.--Booker T. Washington, in an address before a mixed- -audience on* the Roanoke fair grounds-, urged the negroes to ..emain ju the country and till the soil for ii .living- He declared that the trifling negro gets his living at the ba?V door of the.-white pedple. He said that 4bne man.cannot hold another man in *the- ditch, without he remains there with him" and that no man can lift another.'-man without elevating him self, ____ Another Ginner Warned by Night Riders. . Greenville, S. G.', Special.-Another ginner of Greenville county has been warped.-by the night riders to close hi's' planJL .ptil . further notice. Mr. T.' C.. Griffin is the ginner and his ginnery is situated only a few miles from -tha? of Mr. Willimon who was notified ft few days ago to close. Sheriff Gilreath has made an in vestigation, but has secured no evi dence which would incriminate any one.. Attempt to Wreck Freight Train. Greenville, S. C., Special.-It was learned recently that an attempt was made'to wreck freight train No. 71, on main line, at Taylors, near this city; The switch at that place had "been thrown open,-but the engiff" j bappene'd'to see it iii. time to reverse his engine and thus prevent the wreck. PART OF HEAD BLOV? OFF - > a Contractor Joseph Edgerton and Two Negroes Seriously, Probabfcj- Fatal ly, Injured by Explosion of Dyna mite in Blasting on New ijailway; Rutherfordton, N. C., Special.-An accident occurred on the '?Carolina, Clinehfield & OHo Railway some sev en or eight miles northeast {of this place Friday night in which ;? white man and two negroes were seriously, if not fatally, injured. Mr. joseph Edgerton, of this county, a sab-con tractor, was the most seriously in jured and now lies in the Rut?Sford ton Hospital in this town hoveling be tween life and death, with the'chances of his recovery against him j; The facts so far as have been obtained are these: Mr. Edgerton and the two darkies whose names could not be l&rned, had just finished drilling ? hole ia which they had used a small quantity of powder and dynamite to - Spring it. After giving the first blas! suf ficient time -to cool, as they thought, they then inserted a large quantity of dynamite, powder and fuse]? and were engaged in tamping it ?own, when it was thought the fuse^lfught from the blast in springing tbei hole and caused an explosion. The whole of.Mr. Edgerton's forehead was&own off, leaving his brain exposed. 'iBoth eyes were put out and he relived bad . mnds in the side and stomach. He .vas brought to the hospit?MFri day afternoon when the first ne|fe of the accident was made known, fm is impossible to learn the extent ?pths injuries of the negroes, but thej$?are also badly wounded. Mr. Edgerton would have complet ed his contract next week. He#is a good citizen and many are the', ex pressions of regret over the sa$'. ac cident. Engineer and Fireman Deaofl Spartanburg, S. C., Special.- , them Railway southbound passenger train No. 41, from Charlotte to W ea, ran into an open switch one I ind a half south of Wellford, '?L Lion twelve miles south of this city, Friday night about 8.45 and Engi neer TV. J. Fon vi lie, of Greenville, md his colored fireman were killed. Hie baggagemaster had a leg broken. STone of the passengers suffered" irjjore 'lian bein^r badly shaken up. The ?ngine and tender turned complexly )ver_. -Dr F.ai-1 ?*?_OJ switch aT w elnora, re mlting in wrecking Southern passen rer train No. 41 ?nd the death of Engineer W. J. Fonville and Fireman Bowers and the serious injury of Bag gage-Master McConley and several passengers, Clarence Agnew, colored, ivas arrested near Wellford by Con stable T. W. Moore. Agnew .made confession in jail here. The negro finished serving a term on the chain prang at Greers Wednesday. He says his home is Toccoa, Ga. Cholera Condition Bad. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-St Pet ersburg is in the grasp of Asiatic cholera, which already has exceeded in severity and number the visitation of 1S93 The disease is increasing daily at an alarming rate, and unless the authorities show in the future a much greater degree of ability to cope with the situation than they have in the past, there is every rea son to fear that it will get out of hand. Seven People Poisoned. Gaffney, S. C., Special.-A serious case of ptomaine poisoning occurred in this city Sunday afternoon at the residence of G. W. Speer, Esq., caus ed by eating ice cream and canned peaches. Those who were poisoned were Mr. and Mrs. Speer, Mrs. W. C. Mc Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Clarncce Gray and two small children of Mr. Boyd Sarratt. They received prompt medical atention and are all doing fairly well. Over a Hundred go mi With SMp. Seattle,.Special.-A cable dispatch to the army signal corps reports the total loss of the bark Star of Bengal off Coronation Island. One hundred and ten persons were drowned and 27 saved. Nine of the drowned were white. The man who is dead certain that any change would be an improvement generally has reason to repent his rash judgment. News of the Day. Walter Moore of Portsmouth, jumped overboard from a launch with a blazing gasoline tank, thereby sav ing himself and six friends from serious injury or death. Mr. Isadore I Strause, of Rich mond, whose will was probated, made a number of bequests to charitable institutions. President Roosevelt received his friends and neighbors from Oyster Bay. A decree annulling the marriage of Helen Maloney to Arthur Herbert Osborne was handed down in New York. The Michigan Supreme Court de cided that the Maximum Rate law is constitutional. The Congressional committee in vestigating the subject was informed that there is enough wood for pulp to last for generations. One of those charged with causing the .Springfield riots was convicted and sentenced to hang. Large Section Suffering Badly Fer Rain DISEASE OUTBREAK IS FEARED Each Day Increases the Seriousness of the. Unprecedented. Conditions Which Obtain in Western Pennsyl vania, Eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia. Pittsburg, Pa., Special.-With loss es aggregating several million dol lars from forest fires and heavy dam age to crops and live stock; the re ported loss of a number of lives due to fighting timber conflagrations; the enforced idleness of thousands of workmen owing to the suspension of manufacturing establishments be cause of lack of water; the health au thorities anticipate a serious epi demic of contagious dieases and many small streams dried up and practically obliterated, "the . drought of 1P08 which has held western Penn sylvania, eastern Ohio and West Vir ginia in its grasp for more than two months remains unbroken; each day gradually increasing the seriousness of the unprecedented situation. Three times during the excessive dry spell there have been very slight rains, accompanied by much light ning and thunder, but the rain fall was so slight that manv persons were unaware of the fact and were only convinced that it had rained when shown evidences of the same on tin roofs. < Aside from the millions of feet of timber destroyed and the daily loss to manufacturers and farmers, prob ably thc most serious pha.se of the situation is the threatened disease epidemic. A majority of the popu lation of western Pennsylvania, east ern Ohio and West Virginia are even now suffering from throat affections caused- by the great accumulation of dust and the heavy clouds of smoke. In this city, used to smoke, the sun is almost obscured by smoke from forest fires miles away and persons in the vicinity of these fires are ex periencing difficulty in breathing. It is feared that when rain does come it will wash great amounts of filth into the already stagnant streams with the result that disease, especial ly typhoid fever, will become epi demic. The health authorities have sounded warnings to the public to boil all water used for internal pur poses and snv hv ??J- " * -MM-mm?-c,-rvncjvm-ivu *JX. muCII cord in this vicinity. Every- available barge and float has been loaded with coal and at present with almost twenty million bushels in the Pittsburg harbor, the river coal mines have been compelled to shut down for the want of shipping facilities. There ave about 15.000 miners employed in river mines alone: the Monongahelia valley. This great fleet of coal is for the supply of points in the West and South and the probabilities are there will be a coal famine experienced, especially in the Northwest, should conditions prevent the shipment of the coal be fore cold weather sets in. Tn West Virginia lumber plants, glass fac tories and iron and'steel mills, locat ed along the rivers, are closed on ac count of insufficient water. In Eastern Ohio the same conditions prevail and it is feared the great iron and steel mills at Youngstown. 0., employing over 20,000 men, will have to suspend operations unless the drought is speedily broken. Arranging for King Peter's Junket. Belgrade, Servia. By Cable-Thc Stampa says that the question of the visit of King Peter to the foreign courts will shortly he settled by the joint action of thc powers. The ex pressed desire of the powers that the officers who were instrumental in the death of King Alexander and Queen Draga be removed from the active list will be complied with, says The Stampa, after which King Peter will be received with full honors at the courts. Quarantined on Account of Yellow Fever. New Orleans, La.. Special.-A quar antine against Ceiba, Honduras, on account of yellow fever there, was announced by Dr: J. H. White, of the Marine Hospital Service. No re port has reached here yet as to the extent of the fever in Ceiba. The quarantine regulations include the placing of a medical inspector aboard every vessel plying between Ceiba and New Orleans. Railroad Complaints to he Heard. Atlanta, Ga., Special-Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane left Atlanta for St. Louis, where he will hear complaints against the railroads in the southwestern district. The hearing of thc complaints of Geor gia and Alabama against the roads in the southeastern district will be resumed. One of the first witnesses to he called will be Lincoln Green, of the Southern Railway. It is very likely that the hearing will continue throughout thc week._ Interest in Yarn Mill Sold. Yorkville, S. C., ~ Special-Mr. J. B. Pegram, of this place, who with Mr. W. B. Moore bought a con trolling interest in the Neely Yarn Mill, located here, about two years ago, and who with Mr. Moore was actively engaged in the management of the business, sold his interest tc Mr. Moore about two weeks ago be cause of impaired health. THE HOOK WORM DISEASE Interesting and Important Informa tion for Farmers and Stock Raisers Contained in Recent Bulletins Is sued by South Carolina Experi ment Station. Clemson College, Special.-The South Carolina Experiment Station Bulletin, No. 137, on hook-worm dis eases in cattle, contains some import ant information to cattlemen and far mers of this State. The disease is probably widely distributed over the Southern States, though at present it has been found over only a -small area in this locality and chiefly in low bottom lands. The hook-worm is among the most dangerous of parasitic worms. The adult worms lay their eggs in the small intestines of cattle. Partly in cubated eggs reach the ground of the pasture and grow to the final larval stage where they are protected from heat and cold by a sheath. They crawl to any moist object and thus become easily accessible to the ani mals when grazing. Treatments for the cure of the dis ease have so far proved generally un successful and the outlook is rather discouraging; so the problem resolves itself into the question of prevention rather than treatment and the outlook for prevention is more encouraging. Remembering that the disease oc curs chiefly or altogether in low wet lands and that in dry seasons it is less severe, it appears* that much can be done by avoiding such places' ??,r a 3-ear or more as pastures. Thorough ly draining and the application of air-slaked lime will help greatly, and so will frequent ?'leaning of the lois. Ploughing reduces the dangers of reinfeslation from infested land, since comparatively few of the lar vate are able to ascend to the fiurface on being buried in ploughing. Hence it is recommended that on a hook worm infested farm crop rotation be practiced as far as possible. C. C. & 0. Going to Charleston. Spartanburg, Special.-M. J. Ca p?es, general manager of the Caro lina, Clinchfield and Ohio road, spent a day in the city, conferring with ? Chief Engineer Jones and meeting business men. Preliminary work is now under way preparatory to build ing thc road into Spartanbiig and the contract having been let. The road is now under construction from Ma rion to Bostick, S. C.,-and will he Cnrrmlaf- -? ' cstimaie praces the cotton, crop of the country at one-half, and this, with low prices, means financial loss to the fanners and a general depression in business circles. Something, if pos sible, must be done to relieve the sit uation. Last August a public cotton weigher was elected for the county. It now transpires that at the last session of the General Assembly the law providing for a coton weigher was repealed and as a consequence, .only twenty-one bales have to this date been weighed by the supposed public weigher. A meeting of the fai mers will" be held here on Satur day to consider the situation and take action in the premises. Killing at Sumter. Sumter, Special-Incited by whis key and jealousy, John Robinson shot and killed Henrietta Evans in a house on Red and White street. Both par ties are negroes. Robinson left the house immediately after the killing and has not been apprehended. Considered Freight Rates. Newberry,: Special.-At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the mat ter of Intra-State freight rates was considered. Mr. . E. Campbell, rep resenting the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, was present and made an address in which he stated that the rates in Georgia and North Carolina for short hauls "were from 33 to 100 per cent less than in South Carolina. Armory at Georgetown. Georgetown, Special.-The George town Rifle Guards, Company F, of the Third regiment, N. G. S. C., is soon to have one of the most modern and well-equipped armories in the service, as the result of earnest, and persistent work on the part of the of ficers of the company, ably assisted hy the men, and especially the ladies of the city. This command has at tracted considerable attention to it self on account of its superior or ganization and general efficiency and General Boyd has given it deserved recognition in many ways. Convicted of Grand Larceny. Lexington, Special.-Lloyd Frank lin, a young white man, was convicted in Magistrate Bunchanan's court at New Brooklyn of grand larceny and was sentenced to the chain gang for thirty days. Sheriff Corley arrested William Jones, a negro, a day or two ago, wanted in Calhoun county for assault and battery. He is being held for Sheriff Dantzler, who is expected to arrive soon. Jones says he is not thc right man. New Loan and Trust Company. Columbia, Special.-The Farmers' Loan and Trust Company has been organized here, with a capital of $50, 000, for the purpose of cooperating with the fanners of the State in bor rowing money on cotton ware house receipts issued hy the Standard Ware House Company. The company'has made arrangements for Hie use of plenty of money and will lend at low rates ol' interest. The corporators aro E. W. Robertson, L. W. Parker. T. B. Stackhouse and J. L. Mimnaugh. r Georgia AUGUSTA, Gr A. Savings Department Pays 4 % interest on all accounts in this department, compounded every six months, January and July. Capital and Surplus $550,000*00. GO TO SEE HARLING & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere, Wegrepresent tho Bese Old Line Companies. 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Brigadier-General James Allen, of the United States Signal Corps, spoke hopefully of the future of military aeronautics in this country. John Townshend, an eminent jur ist of New York City, received thr congratulations of his many friends on his eighty-ninth birthday. The Italian Government paid a great compliment to William M. Chasr when it asked for his portrait painted by himself to hang in the Ufiizi Pal ace. Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Ken tucky, now in his eighty-sixth year, has the distinction of being the only surviving lieutenant-general of the Confederacy. John Farson, of Chicago, advocated speedy consummation of a commer cial alliance with China In order that its advantages may be fully embraced when the Panama Canal ls completed. Lemuel G. Trott, one of the best known horsemen in the country and long connected with turf publications, fell from a train in Winchester, Mass., and was probably fatally injured. He is about sixty-four years old. Sanchez Bustlllo, former Minister of Finance, who resigned that office only recently on account of ill health, died in Madrid. Senor Bustillo was appointed Finance Minister in place of Osma y Scull. February 23, 1908. Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell, speaking at a meeting in London In connection with a crusade against cigarette smoking, said that ?15,000. 000 ($75.000,000) a year was spent on cigarettes. He thought this could be easily saved. . ABNORMAL. "But your western life," said Miss Kulctrer," is -"'oso to nature. 1 should think you'.! be fond of the poets." "But, ma'am." replied Mr. Lariat, of Montana. "I don't understand 'em; I met a poet once and he wouldn't take a drink."--Catholic Standard and Timos. THE NATIONAL GAME. Catcher Lou Criger. of Boston, ?3 laid up with an abscess on his leg. Hummell is the only Brooklyn player to have made 100 hits this sea son. Mike Donlin is gel ting a good many hits by his fleetness in getting to first base. The playing of the New York Giants on ths road must be seen to be appreciated. The New York team .contains ex college players in Rickey, Mcilveen, Cree and Blair. There is no truth in the report of Joe Kelley's return to the Toronto Club next year. Dickey Bayless, the fast little out fielder of the Dayton Club, joined the Cincinnati Reds. Manager Ganzell, of Cincinnati, has superceded shortstop Hulswitt with Hans Lobert. On their last trip the Giants won sixteen out of twenty-two games played, a remarkable record. Cincinnati and Chicago critics re gard Cincinnati's young first baser man, Hoblitzel, as a sure comer. Manager Ganzel, of Cinclnati, says there will be thirty-five members in the Red party that will go South next spring. In deference to Manager Chance's request Arthur Hofman has post poned his marriage until after the season. Brooklyn's young semi-professional catcher, Farmer, looks like a very good backstop. He has a fine throw ing arm. .?.??i *Hd. The New York National Club has reclaimed from the Utica Club out fielder Earley, who refused to report last spring. The importance with which effective dealing with tuberculous cattle is in vested is typified in the legislation which it is proposed to enact to give the commissioner of agriculture of this State more pow?" ia tne -prem ises, intimates the Troy Times. The measure will provide for a system of sanitation and segregation from which the host results are anticipated. The matter is serious, and scientific and official alertness in heading off the disease is warranted. <?