Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, January 26, 1910, Image 6

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Th? Pepe's Secretary. IWcretary of Stats, who entered upon his forty-nfth year the other day, is foy far the most interesting personal ity -in the Pope's immediate entour age. It ls not generally known that i>e is fey ?birth a Londoner, for he was bora, itt Gloucester Place, Portman Square, at the time when his father ?U Secretary to the Spanish Em bassy in London. He 'wa3 educated at Slough and et Durham, and at an early age made up his mind to enter the Church. Going to Rome, he be came a great favorite with Pope Leo who appointed him to his pres s?t position. He was ?he first to in troduce shorthand, typewriters and the telephone into the Vatican.-Tit? ?tl. Men, my brothers, men the work ers, ever reaping something new. Tennyson. So. 4-1CF. *Tis always morn somewhere in the world.-Richard Hengist Horne. Tis expectation makes a blessing dear.-Sir John Suckling. (Hrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children ' teething, softens th? gums,reduce? inflamma tion, allayapdin. core? wind colic, 25c. ? bot?c What is no sin . is no shame. a - - PMHAM Added to ihe Long List due to This Famous Remedy, OronogOi Mo.-"I was simply a ner Tous wreck". I could not walk across the door without my heart fluttering and I could not even receive a letter. Every month I had such a bearing down sensation, as if the lower parts would fall out. Lydia E. Pinkham's; .yegeta-1 ble Compound has done my nerves a great deal of good ks r: 1 land has also relieved e bearing down, I recommended it to some friends and two of them have been greatly benefited by it"-Mrs. .M MAK MCKNIGHT, Oronogo, Mo. Another Grateful Woman. St Louis, Mo. -"I was bothered terribly with a female weakness and had backache, bearing down pains and pains in lower parts. I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound regularly and used the Sanative Wash and nc w I have no more troubles that way,"-Mrs. AL. HERZOG, 5722 Prescott Ave., St Louis, Mo. Because your case is a difficult one, doctors having done yon no good, .. do not continuo to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial, lt surely has cured many cases of female ills, such as in flammation, ulceration, displacements, \ fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that hearing-down feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner vous prostration. It costs but a trifle to.try it and the result is, worth m?l jtona to inany suffering women. Nothing New or Mysterious, "ASK YOUR GRAND MOTHER." For naur generations Goos? Greasa hu OMS recognised M a wonderful remedial medium In treating and ourtnr Pneumonia, Grippe, Bhsamstiaxn and Neuralgia.--RICK'S GOOSK GRUIS ? LINIMENT lt mode I rom pure (tooee /noose, with- other valuable curative ingre dients added.. Try lt. - SSo-At all Druggists and 1 >.>olere-25c 6?SfiEASEC?MPAN7,CT^8g.'"0 Don't Cough!-Use sore CUBE 'NI WAI. instantly relieve your aching throat. There it nothing like it for Asthma, Bronchitii end lung* troubles. Contains no .opiates. Very pleasant to take.. i AU DrngtUtx, 25 coat?. STALLS & STANCHIONS M an a factored from Best Steel Tubing Dalry, Barns - and Stallt Equipment Pipe, Troughs, Tanks. Columns and Beams Machinery and Boilers CLARENCE COSBY Richmond, Va. "CURED Qlvos Da! ok Relio* .oves au" swelling In 5 to 30 .sys; eSTccti a permanent cai? i se days. Trial trealla sat ree. yethlnscan be ia rea Dr.H.M.sSow?'t8ooi, to. lias B Atlanta. 9* MAKES BIGGER CROPS Because lt mixes the ruano with the soil close under the geed so that the cotton is nourished from the time it sprouts and ?row? oil Mruns and Thrilty. A iarmersays "IM poonda of enano applied with tue Cole Planter 1? eqnaf to SOO pounds pm ont In lb* naval way.** . IT INCREASES THE Ylftl.n A BALE OE MOKE TO EACH ONE-HORSE CROP. SAVES TIME AND MONEY One tnan and one horse at one trip prepares the seed-bed, puts in the enana opens asraln, drops and covers the seed, all in just the rieht way for either Corn, Cotton. Peas, Sorthum, Peanuts, Etc. Tin COLE PLANTER, beal* the world in ceiilncaq*>Jc*?, <-von ?fand. . Itputs one seed alter another in a nlralghi Hue,thick or thin. SO thai it ?aven ??red, coat? lo?? J?> thin, and !<*?? to rnillvafe. Mr. Hearn of Georgia writes "f wonr-D NOT MISS PLANTING MT CHOP WITH TUX COLE PLANTTO YOU S200.ro." IT MEANS M??rE? TO YOU. write at once for I K ?KS-, catalogue and n^meof merchant . who sells and guarantees Coln Planters. THE COLE MFG CO.. . BOX 50. GHARLOTTE. N, C. With man, most of his mosfot?iies are occassioned by roan.-Pliny,. THE WONDERBERRY OR SVKBERRY. Has Proved a Great Success-Thou sands Say It's the Best Thing They Ever Grew.. The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the marvelous garden fruit originated by Luther Burbank, and introduced by John Lewis Childs, the well-known Seedsman, of Floral Park, N. Y., has proved a great success all over the country. Thousands of people say it is the best thing they ever grew. Mr. John Burroughs, the well known author, Naturalist and bosom friend of Theodore Roosevelt, says it is the most delicious pie berry he ever tasted, and a marvelous cropper. A Director of the New York Agri cultural Experiment Station says it fruits abundantly even in pure sand. In the short season cf North-western Canada lt is a godsend,and fruits long after frost has killed most garden truck. D. S. Hall, Wichita, Kan., says thirty people grew lt there last season with perfect satisfaction. K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La., says it yields $250 worth of fruit per acre with him. Mrs. J. H. Powers, 4732 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, raised enough berries on a space 4x10 feet to supply herself and friends. J. P. Swallow, Kenton, Ohio, says Its equal for all purposes does not ex ist. Rev. H. B. Sheldon, Pacific Grove. Cal., says he likes the berries served in any and every way. W. T. Davis, Enon, Va., says lt is true to description .in every way, and fruits in three months from Geed. Judge Morrow, of U. S. Circuit Court, says the Wonderb?rry is sim ply delicious raw or cooked. Mr. Childs exhibited one plant five months old bearing 10,878 berries which measured about eight quarts. Mrs. Hattie Vincent, Hayden, New Mexico, says it stands long, hard droughts of that climate and fruits abundantly all summer, It is certainly the most satisfactory garden fruit and the greatest Novelty ever introduced. Laugh and be fat.-John Taylor. Piles Cured in o* to 14 Days. Paso- Ointment is guaranteed to cure any caseoStchm^Bhnd^BleedingorProtruding Piles in 6 to t4 d?v?or???>*i*" etnndwi. 50c If the end be well, all is well. Nothing Mor* l>*ngvi ons Thon a neglected cough," is what Dr. J. F. Hammond, professor in the Eoleotlu Medi cal College says, "and as a preventative remedy and n cuartive agent, I cheerfully reoommeud Taylor's Cherokee. Remedy of Mwevt Gum and Mullein. Tested 60 years. Nothing better for whooping oougb, croup or consumption. At druggists, 25c. an J Mc. Love truth but pardon error. In Winter Use Allen's Foot-Ease. The antiseptic powder. Your feet feel un comfortable, nervous and often void und damp, li you have sweating, sore feet or tight shoes, try Allen'? Foot-Base. Sold by. all druggist** and shoe Moren.. 25 cents. Sample sent free. Address Allen S. Olm sted. Le Kov^N^Y._ Plain as a pike-staff.-Le Sage. Dont neglect that cough that rocks yonr system and mav lead to something twnoue. AlletCsLuvgBnl: am will effectually checkit Diamond cut diamond.-John Ford. F?r ' OT.rio mid GRIP. Hide's CAPTJDI.VB I the bpst remedy-re lleves the achine ?nd feverishness-cures the Cold and re-tores normal conditions, lt's Mould-effects immediately. 10c.,25c and50 c at drugstores. ; , ? ? Hew Book on Consumption FREE TO ALL SOO P&R1, cloth bound medical bool: on C"n:vmp!lon. Tolls In in nix ?Imple lantrnace now con>amptiort can be cn red in ?oar own ooma. Write tnrUy. Tb? yout ls abm lu eily tr?*. !". ' YONKERWAN CO. . SMI tUur Htr-cu KlllUIN. Mt?S? These candy tablets do just as much as salts or calo mel. But Cascareis never callous the bowels. They never create a continuous need, as harsh cathartics do. Take one just as soon as the trouble appears, and in an hour its over. CUT THIS OUT, m-il it xvith your admires? to Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago, 111., ar. a r?? cei re a basdsnav? souvenir ?old iXm r'lies. ~ BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES An afcso'utcly harmless remedy for Sore Throat, Hoarseness and Coughs. GN immediate relief in Bronchial and Lung Affections. Fiiry ' years' reputation. Price. 25 cerita, 50 cents and $(.00. per box. Sample sent on request. JOHN I. BROWN & SOW. Beton. Man. X?NTHINEH??R Restores Cray Hair to Natural Color REMOVES OAflDftUrr ARO SOU*" Invigorates and prevents the hair from falling off. For Sale bj Druieglete, er Sent Dlreet by XANTHINE CO., Richmond, Virginia --'-? St Fe/ Settle: Same*. Settle jjc Send (er Circuler HER WEIGHT INCREASED FROM 100 TO 140 POUNDS. I Wonderful Praise Accorded j Peru na the Household Remedy Mrs. Maria Goertz, Orienta, Okla? boma, writes : <;My husband, children and myself have used your medicines, and wo al ways keep thom in the house in case of necessity. I was restored to health by this medicine, and Dr. Hartman's in valuable>advlce and books. People ask about me from different places, and aro surprised that 1 can do all of my house work alone, and that I was cared by the doctor of chronic catarrh. My has band was oared of asthma, my daughter of oaracho and catarrh of the stomach, and my son of catarrh of the throat. When I was sick I-weighed 100 pounds ; now I Weigh, 140. . "I have retrained my health again, and I cnn riot thank you enough for your advice. May God give you a long lifo and bless your work." Peruna is sold by your local drug gist. Buy a bottle today. K.?r H KA DACHE-HICICM' . Al'UDINK "Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach or Nervous Troubles. Capndln* will relieve you. It's liquid-pleasant to rake-acts immedi ately. Try it. lue 25c. and 50c. at drus blores. _. . To be weak is miserable, doing or suffering.-Milton. 1 . - Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village. --' "In Dov/i a is, South Wales, about fifteen years ago, families were strick en wholesale by a disease known as the itch. Believe me, lt is the most terrible' disease of its kind that I know of, as it itches, all through your body and makes your life an Inferno. Sleep is out of the question and you feel as if a million mosquitoes were attacking you at the same time. I knew a dozen families that were so affected. "The doctors did their best, but their remedies were of no avail what ever. Then the families tried a drug gist who was noted far and wide for his remarkable cures. People came to him from all parts of the country for treatment, but his medicine made matters still worse; as a last resort they were advised by a friend io uso the Cuticura Remedies. I am glad to tell you that after a few days' treat ment with Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Resolvent, the effect wv s wonder ful and the result was a perfect cure in all cases. "I may add that my three brothers, three sisters, myself and all our fam ilies have been users of the Cuticura Remedies for fifteen years. Thomas Hugh, 1650 West Huron St., Chicago, fl!., June 29. . When one goose drinks, all drink. Itch cured in 30 m in ur OM by Woolf ord'o Sanitary Lotion. Never Mils. At druggist?. Moral good is a practical stimulus. -Plutarch._ Rheumatism Cured in * i>ay. Dr. Detchon'a Relief for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically inures in 1 to 3'days. Its action is remarkable. Removes the cause and disease quickly disappears: First done greatly bentftita. 7.V ann ?1 Vg drUrfguta. Precaution is better than repen tance.^reek. "- . So. 4-10. Davis' Painkiller baa no substitute. .. No other remedy is su effective fur rheuma tism, lumbago, ttiffnesu, neuralgia or cold. FIRST SHOOK LINCOLN'S HAND Robert Coleman Claimed To Be The Freeman Who Did This. Harrisburg, Special.-Robert Cole man, colored, ..who calimed the dis tinction of being the first negro freedman to shake the hand of Presi dent Lincoln after his second inaugu ration, is dead. Coleman was '74 years old and was born a slave at Red Banks, Shenandoah county, Va., on the plantation of Laurence Pitt man. In the course of years Pittman sold him to Charles Mohr, with whom he lived for five years. Deciding one day to be free, young Coleman ran away, but was captured and returned to his owner. Mr. Mohr then sold him to John Cook, who took him to Richmond, Va., at which place he was sold from the auction block to Robert Peterson for $1,000. Even tually he gained favor with his new owner and was placed over a gang of 50 slaves, oleman's value was ap parent, for Peterson took him to Louisiana and sold him for $1,650. His new master made him driver over 75 hands. This was 1859: . It was while in the employ of Eastman's Business College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., that Coleman held the distinction of clasping the hand of the- martyred President. Mr. Eastman had a band in connection with the institution dnd took the band to Washington to attend the second inauguration of the President. Coleman went with the party So.4-'10 INSOMNIA Leads to Madness, if Not Remedied in Time. "'Experiments satisfied me, some R years ago," writes a Topeka woman, "that coffee was the direct cause ot the Insomnia from which I sutT?red terribly, as well as the extreme ner vousness and acute dyspepsia which made life a most painful thing for me. "I had beeft a coffee drinker clhce childhood, and did not *ke to think "that the beverage was doing me all this harm. But lt was. and the time came when I had to face the fact, and protect myself. I therefore gave up coffee-abruptly and absolutely, and adopted Postum for my hot drink at meals. "I began to note Improvement In my condition very soon after I took on Postum. The change proceeded gradually, but surely, and lt was a matter of only a few weeks before I found myself entirely relieved-the nervousness passed away, my diges tive apparatus was restored to normal efficiency, and I began to sleep rest? fully and peacefully. "These happy conditions have con tinued during all of the 5 years, and I am safe lu saying that 1 owe them entirely to Postum, for when I began to drink lt I cea3ed to use medicines." Bead the little book. "The Road to Well ville," In pkgs. "There's a Rea son." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, time, and full of haman interest. An Orchard Confidence. "You would know if I am ripe, sir?" saia the apple on th? tree. , "It depends on what you're seeking, for I'll tell you trathfully If it's pleasure you are after I am still a trifle paun't; . But if trouble you are seeking, I'm thf pippin that you want." -Judge. Defined: "Pa, what is a canard?" "A He that'won't: fight, my son."-? Puck. . Enigmatical. 1 "Is that, grade-climbing- appliance of yours a bona fide invention?" "Honestly, it's oh the level."-New York Journal. Experience. "Have you ever been in a railroad smashup?" "No, but I once fell down stairs in company with a fat lady."-Chicagi Uecord Herald. Evidently So. "What do you suppose ls behind this refrigerator trust?" "A cold deal for somebody."-Nc\i York Journal. , Explained. "Dad, what sert of e bureau is a matrimonial bureau?" "Oh, any bureau that has five draw ers full of firings and one man's tii in it."-Houston Post. Fine Kids. ' "Your children are pretty well trained, aren't they?" ''Yes, I flatter myself that they arc. I've got 'em so they don't even cor rect my grammar before company." Cleveland Leader. ; A Great Problem Almost Solved. "One discovery leads to another." "Yes,"-answered the jocose scien tist, "the ' finding; of the N?rth Pole has laid the foundation for the di3? covery of - perpetual commotion." .Washington Star. .. : Quite a Linguist. . Yeast-"Doe?,; your wife speak more than one language?" Crimsonbeak-4"Yes; speaks two one when she's 'got hairpins in her mouth and one when she hasn't." New York Journal. Fine Kids". "Your children' are pretty well trained, aren't they?" "Yes, I flatter1 myself that they are. I've got 'em so they don't even cor rect my grammar before company." -New York Journal. No Mistake About lt. "Didn't some Idiot propose to yon before our marriage?" "Certainly^I^l- < "Then you ought to have married him." .'gnat's just what; I did/'-3on VI. vant. No Cure. Lodger-"I can't stay here any longer, Mrs. Binks." Landlady-"Why not, sir? *What is your complaint?" Lodger--"Lung complaint; your baby howls too much."-New Yor> Journal. He Was Particular. Mrs. Myles - "Who is that maa throwing that kiss to?" Mrs. Styles-"It must be you, dear. He wouldn't be throwing me a kiss." "Whynot?" '.'Because it's my husband!"-Yen kers Statesman. Heard . In a Newton Home. Caller-"How are you, my dear?" Little Girl-"Very well, thank you. " ' Caller-"Now you should ask me how I am. " . ' L. G.-"But I don't want to know.' -Eo3tbn Transcript. Three Generations. "The grandfather acquired wealth as a deafer in seal oil and whale blub ber. The son's greatest ambition was to learn .the business." "Andthe grandson?" "He wants to forget the business/' -Kansas City Journal. Tock No Stock in lt. "Dodwin is. the most thoroughly optimistic fellow I ever met. You've noticed . his unfailing smile, haven't you? Well, his wife tslls me that he even smiles in his sleep." "Say, that ain't a smile. li's -facia/ paralysis."-New York Journal. Easy. "Do, you think you can make my daughter happy?" asked Mr. Cr.mrox. "She has been, haopy, with yon. hasn*t she?"" rejoined the confident youth. "I think so, slr." "Wei!, if she's that easy to please, there ought to bc no difficulty." Washington Star. The Equality cf Man. Spinner (who is doing a Utile can vassing)-"But, aw, my good fellow, you don't mean to say that you would do away with the-aw-upper dusses altogether, what?" Toiler ^- "Cor3e I would. Why, wot*3 tho use o' the bloomin' upper classes ter the'bloomin' likes o' you au' me?"-The Tatler. Doing Very Well. "How's your son making out ia business?" asked the first capitalist. "Very well, indend," replied the other; "he's got a quarter of a mill ion." "Why, you started him wiih a mill ion, didn't you?" "Yes, and it*3 two months now since he started operations in Wall Street." - Catholic Standard and Times. GOOD ROADS WORK F. H. Hyatt Reviews Situation in Genera! Way. THE NEED OF CO-OPERATION Eleventh Annual Session Good Roads Association-Many Addresses by Prominent Men. Columbia, S. C., Special.-The 11th annual session of the South Carolina Good Roads Association met here last Tuesday and Wednesday, The fact was brought out that the good roads question in this State is just a. plain, business proposition, the people will have to face in the near future. A highway commission and a highway engineer were indorsed in many of the addresses before the sessions. A' bond issue for road improvement was also approved by many. It was the sense of the meeting that more in telligent road building is needed in South Carolina. There were present at all the ses sions men of every profession in South Carolina. They were here for a purpose, as shown by the great interest displayed in all of the speeches d?livered. From the senti ments expressed at the sessions, it is evident that there will be no more good roads talk and agitation, but good roads work. The delegates were urged by the speakers to do something and do it now. Ever} county was represented at the meeting. There were a number of the legislators present. Col. James Cosgrove, of Charles ton, S. C., made an address on drain age and good roads. Dr. M.. W. Twichell spoke on ''Practical Points on Good Road Material." The sand-clay road was discussed by Supervisor Owens of Richland county. Mr. Owens has a national reputation as a good roads builder. Practical talks were also made bj Fingal C. Black and other engineers. Possibly the most interesting part of the programme was the itnnual reports of the work done by the" ? county supervisors. There were a number of the supervisors in at tendance. Hyatt's Review of Work. 3elow is given the report of F. H. Hyatt, reviewing the good roads situation : "When I go back ton years ago., and find the little baneful of super visors and commissioners and a few public spirited citizens of the State, assembled at that time, trying to or I ganize and systematize a plan bj j which they could establish a method of road-bailding which would come within the reach of the supemsors, with their limited means, to build I good roads; and then as I have at tended the different conventions I from year to year, and have seen the development - and the increased in terest from time to j;ime; and es pecially, the interest that is being taken all over the State at this present time, I do not hesitate to: say that it is simply marvelous. "Within the past twenty months there has been a general concert of action betweeu the various States, looking to the establishment and de velopment of public highways con necting the various States with first class roads. "The Capital City Highway asso ciation was organized and Mr. Leon ard Tufts, of Pinehurst, N. C.. was elected president; and he, with the assistance of quite ? number of prominent men, have located the road from Richmond. Cheraw, Pine hurst, Darlington, Hurtsville, Cam den, Columbia, and on to Augusta. This road is also being built, and will soon be open to the traffic of the automobile and to the public in general. "Another road has been mapped out, leading from Columbia to Orangeburg, and on to Charleston; and this road- is also being put in order. "I find, in talking to a great many of the supervisors that one of the greatest draw-backs to road building in this State is the want of means. Some suggest special levy; others advise a bond issue. I am sat isfied that the general public are perfectly willing to be taxed for a reasonable amount. The Southern Appalachian Good Roads convention was organized at Asheville, N. C., in October of last year. The convention opened on the 5th and closed on the 7th of the month. This good roads association was organized in order to create an interest and concert of action be tween the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, with a view ol' co operating with the nuirons of public roads of the United States depart ment of agriculture, Hie National Good Roads association, the State Good Roads association, and other organizations of like nature; al.so to promote proper leffislat<'on in the ilifferpnf Sr?N?* wlniOi git ?til |f?ad to the improvement of the highways of the several States; to encourage and stimulate the various counties in th ese States to locate and construct good roads advocated by the con vention; to assist in the organization of local good roads associations; and to do all things necessary and possible to promote the betterment of the common roads in the serrai counties of the State mentioned. "We find from actual experience that macadam roads are very ex pensive and I would recommend that each and every county pay special attention to: First, the location, grading and putting in shape the dirt roads, using sand and clay, wherever it is practicable. "Then, after we get our roads all located and graded, with proper width, it will be time enough lo talk about macadamizing. "The sand and clay roads of this State are attracting wide attention. I am jn?t in receipt of a letter from R. L. Westgard, president of the Touring Club of America of New York, asking rae to please map oiit ioma of the most desirable routes for automobiles thi3 winter, which I will give him. "Reviewing the past histor}' of this association, we find that when we first organized that, the super visor only had the use of the con victs for two 3'ears; " and, through the recommendations of this associa tion from time to time, the legisla ture increased the time to four, six, and are now allowing 10 years for1 the convicts on the public highways. "I find, after close investigation, that the States in the Union that are making the greatest progress in building roads are those that are operating under a State highway commission." Calls Primary For May 10. . Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-The Florida State Democratic executive committee met here and called a'pri mary'election to he held May lt) for the purpose of nominating United States Senator, Congressman, and all State and county offices. A second primary will be held June 10 for the purpose of filling offices where candi dates failed to receive a majority in the first primary. Cook Verdict Confirmed. Copenhagen, By Cable.-The com mittee of the University of Copen hagen has, completed its examination of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's original notes, and confirmed its previous conclusions that not the slightest proof that the explorer reached the North Pole had been submitted. $10,000 Purse Por Peary. New York, Special.-A national testimonial for Commander Robert E. Peary, and a. purse of $10,000 for the intrepid explorer is planned for the evening of February 8 at the Metropolitan Opera House, Governor Hughes will preside. Site For Vance Statue. "Washington, Special.-At the re quest of Governor Kitchin, Senator Overman selected the site in statuary hall-the hall of fame-for the statue of Senator Zebulon Baird Vance of North Carolina. The place is in the southwest corner of the hall, near Washington and Lee, the Virginia contributions. This will bc the first statue for the State. Not to he States Till 1911. Washingtdn, Special.-No new stars will be added to the American flag before the stimmig of 1911, ac cording to the plan under consider ation in the Senate Committe on Territories. This program is said to have the indorsement of President Taft. It provides for the reporting of an -entirely new bill for the ad mission of New Mexico and Arizona. Peonage Verdict Stands. New Orleans, Special.-The United States circuit court of appeals at New Orleans affirmed the verdict rendered in the federal court for the southern district of Florida in the case of James Graham, who was found guilty of holding a white man, James McGants in peonage. .Gra bham was sentenced by the lower court to serve 13 months in the fed eral prison at Atlanta and to pay ? fine of $500. Richmond View3 the Comet. Richmond, Va,, Special.-Hundreds of people viewed for the first time here just before and during sunset, the comet recently discovered from Johannesberg. Watson ?Challenges Bryan. Atlanta, Special.-Thomas E. Wat son, the Populist, is so eager to meet "William J. Bryan in debate on the subject of foreign missions, that he offers to give the Nebraskan $10,000 if he will accept the challenge. NKWSY GliRAKINGS. 'China omened ' two Manchurian ports to trad?. The Tnrkish Government held 12. nOO troops in readiness to bo sent to Crete. One hundred '?b~imis.Qloned officers of tho navy foiled to take the pre scribed, physica I test. Thp Sugar Trust's s?*r?tary and treasurer, Charles R. Heike, was ar raigned !n thc fiovernment's suit. The Hons" ins"rgpnts, nt Wash ington. D. C.. with tim aid of the Democrats, had a majority of three. The Nantucket Shoals Lightship, which broke away from her r* ooria ss 1n the storm, reached New Bedford. Mass. Publishers of m?.?.*'7.i^',? nrrnrwd a liparin^ nn exorbitant* pp**? I rates be fore a House committee in Washing ton, ?. n. The Street Clpaninr ?n??nnrtmen.t ot New York City used 7."00 eroo-genr-y and .".OOO department, men and 17?0 trunks for snow removal. America proposed to "Rus-io, ti set tle th? dlsirata ore? Manchuria hy h3v:ni: China buy the railroads them with mone,f fn-.-nished hy au Interna tional syndicate. The election nf C. C. Tegf'bofT. nrl vntp secrelnrv of the late E. TT. Har rlma?. ?s a dirocto" of the Night and Day Bank nf New York; City, started a report that Mrs. Hardiman has con trol. It *s Ptr?t"d in Anthem t'.'-t unde sirable immigrants ^'ho have been dp ported from the Tinged State?; ship an sailors and firemen aboard vessels ard desert when they reach the Uni ted Sfatps. Miss An"? Morga-\ din sliter o? .T. Piprpont .Morgan, had already nm ioffpn1 n ir?nt nr?ar:"at.ii ' of work ing women when (he shirt waist strike start"! in XP-V York.-.She wi?' procsed with the ulan. Two Prevaricators. "Come home with, me to dinner to night, Gormley." "Delighted." "I want you to hear my youngest daughter play the piano." "By jove! I'm awfully sorry, old chap, but I have forgotten a most im portant engagement. Some other night, dear boy." "Sorry atyjut the engagement, Gormley. Tne fact is, I have neither a youngest daughter nor a piano." Philadelphia Telegraph. Dr. Stiles Declares Hook Worm Disease Infectious AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Declare That 25 Per Cent of the Cot* ten Mill Opeatives Are Infected Lack of Sanitary Conditions. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-"The ^most. srious infectious disese in the South today is that of the hookworm," declared Dr. Charles Wardel Stiles of the United-States Public-Health' Service, in addressing the session of the first-national confernce called for the study of this disease here. ?While specimens of the hookworm have been found in the New England States, middle West and in the Nor thern Pacific States, the disease is primarily ono of warm climate and is generally prevalent in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. On the negro is placed the respon sibility fer the presence of the dis eae in the United States. Dr. Stiles said that the hookworm found here has been turned to the west coast of Africa, "and it un doubtedly was brought here by the negro." In this connection Dr. Stiles called attention to the fact that while the negro had given to the whites, the hookworm, tubeculosis had been pre sented to the negro bv the whites and to-day the death rate from consump tion among the negroes of the South ' is three times the toll of that disease among the whites. Twenty-five per cent of the cotton mill employes, of the South are in fected wit.h tlio hookworm, said Dr. Stiles, who based the statement on - personal visits made to 128 mills in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 'Alabama and Mississippi, t The mills in the sandy sections of these states showed a much higher percentage of infections than did those of the piedmont, or clay, sec tions. In the mills of Atlanta the infection was found to be less than five per cent. In some of the rural communities of the South where there is an ab solute lack of sanitary arrangement, SO per cent of the inhabitants are infected. More than 250 physicians and reo resentatives of life insurance panies and commercial organizations from all sections of. the United States were present. GINNEES REPORT. 98,000 Bales Ginned Since January 1. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-In- a supplemental repoit issued by the National Ginner's Associatif that only 98.000 bales ot been ginned since Ja nu.ai gives a total of 9,744,00t There is probably anoti bales to be ginned, mal tire crop yield bf 9,844? The report by Skates . Alabama 1,025,009; Arkansal 000; Florida 61,000; Georgia 1,819, 000; Louisiana 252,000; Mississippi 1,024.000; Missouri and Virginia 55, 000; North Carolina 612,000; Oklaho ma 529,000; South Carolina 1,106, C00; Tennessee 227,000; Texas 2,371, 000. Total 9,744,000. Ministers Take Action. Charlotte, Special.-At the regular meeting of the Charlotte Ministerial Association decided and determined steps were taken looking io the more stringent enforcement of the prohi bition and anti-gambling laws, in Charlotte, and the prachers voted to petition the board of aldermen not only to appoint a city solicitor, or prosecutor, but also to investigate the situation, and to pass additional laws if needs be, to bring results. . Aurora Giant Dead. . . Chicago, Special.-Peter Klees, . . police magistrate at Aurora, who * . weghing 595 pounds, is dead. A * . portion of his residence had to . ? . be torn away to permit the body . . being taken out. There was no . . hearse bis^nough, and a bobsled * . had to be^Wsed in its place. * Monument to Nathaniel Green. Washington, Speeial.-vA bill for the erection of a monument at Guil ford Battle Ground, in honor of the memory of Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame has been intro duced in the Senate by Senator Over mau. The measure calls for an ap propriation of $25,000. ( Elizabethtown in Two Directions. Lumberton, Special.- Surveyors * have started to work on the pro posed railway from this point to Elizabethtown. It is proposed to complete the road by April 1st. The Raleigh and Southport is also busy from Fayetteville to Elizabethtown. Orange Crop Million Short. Los Angeles, Special.-The year's ( orange crop has been damaged ap proximately $1,000,000 by the heavy frosts of the last few days, according to the estimates made by reliable growers. Some believe this amount *? also will cover nursery stock and the coming year's crop, but others figure the total to be several mil lions. Compared with the $35,000. 000 valuation of th* prpsevt crop Chosen From Southern Colleges.* Washington, Special. - Graduates from five "distinguished institutions of learning" of the class of 1909 were 6hosen by the War Department for second? lieutenants in the army. Among them are Clarence IL McMur ray of the South Carolina Military Academy, John McGruder of the Vir ginia Military Institute. Judge Loyal E.-Knappen, of Michi gan, succeeds Judge Lu rt on as circuit judge o? the sixth district.