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GULA WEEK IN "GUY BY THE SEA." FOLLOWING IS THE PROQRAM OF CHARLES TON'S BIG FALL FESTIVAL. The following program has been decided upon for Charleston's Gala Week, November 6 to IO : Monday, November 6-Opening of thc Southern Poultry and Pet Stock Show, 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Grand illumination and decoration on King street. Spectacular and realis tic entertainment, "Fighting the FlamoB," Charleston fire department. Tuesday- This will be "Cirons Day." Barnum & Bailey's great ?hows will be in town and give a parado iu the morning aud perform ance afternoon and night. The poul try show will be going on all day ano up to 10 p. m. "Fighting the Flamee" will be repeated. Wednesday, " Military Day"-. Competitive "guard mount" by squads, representing the nine battai lous of infantry of the South Caro lina National Guard, on Marion Square, iu the afternoon. Parado and roview of the troops at the con clusion of thu competition. Band ooncorts on streets in morning. Wednesday Night-Pain's pyro technic display and aquatic carnival off the Battury. The most beauti ful and gorgeous fireworks exhibition <?V*M- seen in the South is promised. Thc Poultry and Pet Stock Show continues. Thursday-Baud concerts on street and square, morning. Parade of Charleston's splendid fire department in tho afternoon. Poultry show all day. Thursday Night-Trades display and fantastic parade. "Fighting tho Flames." Friday-Band concerts on streets and square, morning. Floral parade in afternoon. Illumination and oar nival of fun on King street and con cert hy famouB First Band, Artillery Corps, on Marion Square at night. "Fighting the Flames." Saturday-There will be another exhibition of "Fighting the Flames" and tho poultry show will be still on, and this will be particularly interest ing ou account of the faot that the ribbons and honors viii be awarded. OA.8TOHIA. Little Fishes tor Greenville and Spartanburg. Spurt an burg, Ootober 17.-During the past summer a large number of the streams and ponds in Spartan burg were stooked with fish from government hatcheries through the efforts of Congressman Johnson. Official notification from the Bureau of Fisheries shows that during the month of July 14,465 black bass were placed in streams and ponds in the counties of Greenville and Spar tanburg. Charged With Killing Negro Girl. Columbia, Ociobur 10.-Mell Jor dan and Will Heath, nogro boys, 16 aud 18 years respectively, are in jail at Lancaster, on a warrant issued by Coroner Leokio, charging them with criminal carelessness in causing the death of Neely Hugo, a negro girl. The boys were scuttling for the possession of a loaded gun, which was discharged, tho load taking effect in the body of the girl, caus ing instant death. Chicago, October ll.-Two men are dead and three others injured as the result of an explosion at a blast furnace in the Illinois Steel Com pany's works at South Chicago last Tuesday night. One of the men was burned to death and the other die<* Wednesday. The cause of tho expU ion has not yet boen deter mined. Killed tor His Indiscretion. Hoffman, I. T., October H. Charlos Arthur was fatally shot hero Tuesday by Dr. O. J. Wright, a physician. Tho latter is under ar rest. The shooting resulted from alleged attentions of Mr. Arthur to Dr. Wright's wife. The new cotton warehouso of the Farmers' Union, at Anderson, is now under proooas of construction and will bo oompleted within the next thirty days. The building will cost $18,000 and will have a capacity of 8,000 or 4,000 bales. Bean the Blgnaturo St The Kind You Haw Always Bougf* Explosion Kills Two. Extensive Land tal?. Monday, Oolober 1st, was red let ter day in the history of land sales in Abbeville county. The large tract of land owned - by the late Jas. E. Calhoun's estate, situate in Abbe ville, Oconee aud Piokeus counties, in this State, aud in Elbert county, Ga., were sold at public outcry. Tho upset price for tbe Abbeville and Elbert county lands was fixed at $165,000. This was a little beyond thc figures of our local capitalists, but bidders wero not wanting. There were present capitalists from various parts of the United States, representing syndicates. W. S. Montgomery, of Spartanburg, repre sented a syndicate of that' city ; W. S. Lee, of Charlotte, N. C., repre sente d the Southern Power Company of that city ; E. H. Jennings, of Pittsburg, Penn., represented a syn dicate of that seotion ; D. S. HayeB was another bidder, but it was not learned whether on his own account or for a syndicate. A. P. Calhoun was the successful bidder, buying the entire property sold. The lands in Abbeville county, 11,773 noreB, and in Elbert oounty, Ga., 2,700 aores, wcro sold in one lot, brwiging $260,600. The Oconee and Piokens lands, some 65,000 arres, brought $10,000. Col. Granville Beal acted as auc tioneer, receiving bids of hundreds of thousands, raiacd thousands of dollars at a time with as mnch com posure as if he had been crying the salo of an insignificant town lot. While the bidding was confined to the persons named, there were nume rous other distinguished gentlemen present. A few of those noted in the crowd were Gen. M. C. Butler, Col. A. W. Smith, Judge Cox of Anderson, Col. N. A. Dide of Lau rens, and many others whose faces were not so familiar. The bidding lasted for more than half an hour, oeginning promptly at 12 o'clock.-Abbeville Press and Banner. DR.KING'S NEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Stop That Cough. Negro Murderer Given 99 Years. Belleville, 111., October 12.-A jury in the Cirouit Court Wednes day returned a verdict finding Thos. Watkins, colored, the president of the Thoms Jefferson Dollar Bill (negro) Club, of St. Louis, guilty of murder and fixing his punishment at 99 years in the penitentiary. Watkins was convioted of having killed George Miller, a white man, who drove a party of negroes to Pittsburg Lake on May 25 last on a fishing excursion. Miller and Wat kins beoatne embroiled and Miller was killed. - Killed School Teacher. Cleveland, Ohio, October ll. Miss Mary Shepherd, a school teacher in South Euolid, of Cleve land, was assassinated in the door of the school building this afternoon by an unknown man, who followed her to the door aud fired two bullets into her body. The man escaped and posses have been secured and are scouring the neighborhood in search of him. No motive for tho orime is known. Miss Shepherd was 22 years old. PINE-ULES lorine Kidney? SO DAYS' TREATMENT FOR ?LOO* Dies from Wound by Woman. Louisville, Ky., October 10.-Lu cien Coney, formerly a member of the United States Marine Banu, aud who was shot in Washington one year and twelve days ago by Mrs. Jeannette May, died at his home here Tuesday night. Had Coney died twelve days ago Mrs. May would have had to face a charge of murder, but she now can only be tried for shooting and wounding. Cholera and Plague in Far East. Washington, October li.-The marine hospital service ha., been in formed through the State Depart ment of the appearance of plague at Osaka, Japan, and of oholera at Shanghai, China. The number of cases of cholera is unknown, bnt 75 deaths occured last week and 50 the week before. Surgeon General Wy man regards the reports as serions and has notified the health officers of the 1'aoiiio coast to be on their guard. FOLEYSHONEY^TAR .tova tia* coue? H ?aaa t*?*la ltasarfa GOOD WORK OF REV. L. W. BROWN. WALHALLA CHURCH HA8 ELECTED A PAS TOR THAT HA8 A SPLENDID RECORD. [Soutborn Prc shy terian. J Rev. L. W. Brown bas been called to the Walhalla group of ohurohes in South Carolina Presbytery. He has accepted the calls, subject to the ac tion of Presbytery. At Lebanon there have been fifty nine additions to the church during Rev. L. W. Brown's pastorate of two years. The churoh building has been greatly improvod, at an expense of $125. There was no manse on this field when Rev. Mr. Brown carno to them, but now the Lebanon people have a good lot of four aores, and a nioe manse in course cf erection, for whioh $400 bas already been raised, besides rnuoh carpeuter work volun teered by the members. At Little Mountain, another of Rev. Mr. Brown's churches, there have been twenty-eight additions during his pastorate. This churoh also has been recently much im proved and a nice new carpet se cured. In Rev. Mr. Brown's other churches, Bethea and Hopewell, tbore have been twenty additions, and a new orgau purchased and paid for at Hopewell. These oountry ohurohes are in good condition now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. ?-mitu A Good Appointment. Charleston, S. C., October 12. It was announced here to-day by United States District Attorney Cochran that the Attorney Qeneral has appointed Abial Lathrop, of Orangeburg, as Assistant United States Attorney vice Lawson D. Melton, resigned. Mr. Lathrop is expected here to-morrow to qualify in order to be prepared to take part in the. session of the United States Court which will be held in Green ville next week. Mr. Lathrop is a prominent member of the Orange burg bar, and has served as United States Attorney for this distriot four years under President Harrison's ad ministration and four years under President McKinley. Turns Ovar $51,213 In Fess. Chicago, October 12.-States At torney John J. Healey to-day turned over to Cook county all the fees of his office for the last two years, amounting to $51,218. Healey's act was in accordance with promises made by him before eleotion year, ' when he declared that if eleoted he would accept the statutory salary of $10,000 as his compensation, and would turn over all the fees to the county. This was the first time in ( the history of this county that a State's Attorney has surrendered the fees of his office. A Good Law. The following is the section of the Criminal Code under whioh Magis trates can punish blind tigers. It is Section 505 : "Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously disturb or interrupt any meeting, sooiety or congregation assembled for religious worship, or shall enter suoh meeting while in a state of intoxication, or shall use or sell spirituous liquors, or use blas phemous, profane or obscene lan guage at or near the place of meet ing, shall bc deemed guilty of mis demeanor, and shall, on conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one year nor less than thirty days, or both or either, at the discretion of the Court." _ Cherokee county has a candidate for Clerk of the Senate to succeed Col. Hemphill, in the person of Ed. H. DeCamp. Mr. DeCamp is amply qualified for filling the place, and his oounty would appreciate any votes given him by members of the Senate. Arrangements continue for tho Charleston gala week and the indica tions point to one of the best attrac tions to be given in many years. Many amusements are being arranged for, conspicuous among the number being the grand pyrotechnic and aquatic display. It will take place in the harbor, off the battery and it will be a reproduction of the great display of the battery in New York, which has been aocounted one of the most striking displays of fireworks ever witnessed. THE UKEST JUt SUIES. USE IN 1806 A RECORD-BREAKER-BIO I THING FOR CLEMSON COLLEGE. Columbia, Ootober 16.-The sale of fertilizers in South Carolina for the year now ooming to a olose bas been larger than in any previous year. The year bas been a record breaker. Clemson College has been the beneficiary of this demand for fertilizers to a large extent, having received a larger revenue from this source than in previous years. Up to date the inoome to Clemson Col lege from the privilege tax has ag gregated ?152,761.66. There re mains two months and a half in which this tax will be reooived. If tut? payuieuis on this account are exaotly the same as they were last year for the remaiuiug time the gross income from the privilege tax on fertilizers, which goes to Clemson College, will amount to $166,882.91. Last year up to the same date the entire receipts from the privilege tax amounted to $116,868.28, and the re ceipts for the year 1905 were $180, 439.58. Up to date for the year 1906 the privilege tax fund for Clem son College has amounted to $152, 761.66. Of course, Clemson College also gets the Morrill, Hatch, Clemson and other sources of revenue with which it is prosecuting its fine work. From the demand for fertilizer tax tags the income from this source will, for the year 1906, run very close to tue $175,000 mark. - Pioesalve oleanses wounds, is highly antiseptic, unequaled for craoked bauds. Good fur cuts Sold by J. W. Bell, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Gamblers Drummed Out of Hot Springs. Memphis, Tenn., Ootober 13. Forty years of gambling came to a I spectacular end in Hot Springs, Ark. I last Mondt'y, when the City Improve ment Union of 500 oitizens closed thirty gambling rooms and gave a battalion of gamesters a few hours to leave the oity. The manner in whioh the gamblers were literally drummed oat of town was sensational ia the extreme. The entire membership of the union, beaded by a brass band, marohed to the City Hall, polioe headquarters aud Court House, and foroed the State, county and oity officials to raid and olose the gam hiing houses forthwith, the 500 going along to see that it was done prop erly. Gamblers were marohed to the union station and ordered to take the first train and return no more. Care Chasers. Redd-I see they have a new dance, oalled the Automobile Dance. Greene-Is it a breakdown ? "Hiram, look a-here ! Tom writes from college that he's a-playin' end." "Wai, darn his hide! I never sent him up there to learn the min strel show business." "I've got you down for a oouple of tickets ; we're getting ap a raffle for a poor man of oar neighborhood." "None for me, thank you. wouldn't know what to do with poor man if I won him." "Stop !" commanded Miss Nurox, with a disdainful sniff. "The idea of your proposing to a lady in my station of life ! You ought to know j better." "Well," replied Mr. Hunter, "I do know better, but no richer." Hoycott Goods of Roosevelt Supporters. New Orleans, October ll.- j Printed oiroulars, which are claimed to have been drafted in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 12, and have been received by several manu facturing firms in Now Orleans, road in part as follows : "American manufacturers who vote tho Roosevelt ballot in the next Presidential eleotion will be ex cluded from Sooth American trade. President Roosevelt has said in some speeches that the Latin-American countries are bound to disappear for two reasons, first, beoaase they are Latin, and second, beoaase they are small." The circular calls this organization "the subi imo brotherhood of Zaqaes." Apparently the oiroulars were mailed from Costa Rioa. OAHTOXlZAi Bears the /* Ito Kind You Haw Alwa/s fought .ti**?? S7*^ t sf Th? Stat? Board of Health. Columbia, Ootober ll.-.The State Board of Health at ita meeting on yesterday decided to institute a sys tematic effort to have the whole State vaccinated. Dr. George Ii. Dean, of Spartanburg, as chairman of the committee on epidemic dis eases, will have charge of this work and agents will be appointed in every county to enforoe the compulsory vaccination law. Especial attention will be given everybody of congregated labor, in cluding mills and shops, and vaccina tion will be enforced in the schools and colleges. The towns and cition have their own health boards and the work of the municipalities will be left to properly enforce the law, and in that case the State Board of Health will take a hand. Those present yesterday were : DFS. T. Grange Simons, of Charles ton ; James Evans, of Florence ; George R. Dean, of Spartanburg; W. H. Nardin, of Andersou ; Robt. Wilson, Jr., of Charleston, and A. A. Moore, of Camden. Tone the liver, move tho bowels, olean8e the system. Dade's Little Liver Pills never ?ripe. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. S. Lunney, Seneca. Ex-Slave in Ontario. The following is a clipping from the Detroit News : Addison Smith, a former slave, who now lives in Rondeau, Ont., and cl ai ii H be is 107 years old, is in the city to attend a family reunion at the home of three of his ohildren, 234 Macorab street. The old man is the father of 29 ohildren and tells some interesting stories of his ex periences in the old slave days in the South. His first wife was sold from the block and he never saw her again. He sought solaoe in a second wife after six years, and though he was permitted to see her twiflQ a year, he mnde a bre*.k for ??cd.im and, after many trials, reached ide North. He sent for his wife through an abolitionist, bat she was suspicious and would not oome north. Finally, when the old man was 50 years of age, he married a third time, a girl 16 years old, and 21 children were born. Ten of these attended the reunion in Detroit. The old man is totally blind, but seems to possess all his other faculties. Lotter as to School Book?. State Superintendent of Educa tioion Martin has issued a circular letter of instruction to county super intendents of education, calling at tention to sections of the text book contraot. The letter is as follows : My Dear Sir : Allow me to call your attention to seotions 6 and 10 of the text book contraot. The pub lishers agree to take all text books of any series, or of any edition, in the bands of pupils in exohange. The only restriction is that the book must have been in use during the year 1006, and of course it must be of like grade and upon tbe same subject as the one for which it is given in part payment. This means, of course, that books which are in use in the city schools may be ex changed. The retail and exohange prices printed in our bulletin of 16 pages are official. A careful reading of the contraot and other matter in the bulletin will enable you to answer almost any question whioh may arise. I hope that you will exercise supervision over the sub-depositories, and see thal ihey understand the contraot. Sincerely yours, O. B. Martin, State Supt. Education. Dr. King's New Life Pills The best In the world. The Presbyterian Meeting. The series of meetings that have been held in the Presbyterian ohurch dosed with the service on Friday evening. Day after day and night after night the Rev. John G. Law, D. D., of Walhalla, S. C., preached the word faithfully, earnestly, force? fu Hy. As a result of his preaohing ' many have been quickened and re consecrated themselves to the service of the Master. The attendance would have been larger had not the weather boen very mclernont during I the major portion of the week. The Rev. Dr. Law has planted seed in Edgefield that will spring up and bear fruit long after he shall have been called to his reward.-Edge field Advertiser, Ootober ll. GOBS UND 8?HLK8 YIELD ALCOHOL. FARMERS WILL NOW BE ABLE UTILIZE ALL THAT A BRAIN OF CORN PRODUCES. In the manufaoturo of alcohol from corn coba and corn stalks at small cost, the Department of Agri culture is developing a new industry. The department says it is likely to be of large commercial value. In vestigations which the department is making at Hoopeston, III., have proved that the large quantities" of corn oohs, which every year hereto fore have gone to waste, oan be con- I verted into aloohol in sufficient quan tities to justify the ereotion of a dis tilling plant in connection with a corn oannery. The Department of Agriculture sent two ohemists to Hoopeston to make experiments at a large 'oannery there. They have suoceeded by simple methods of fer mentation, in getting a yield of eleven gallons of aloohol from a ton of green oohs, aud by similar meth ods in getting six gallons of alcohol from a ton of green oom stalks. A statement concerning the experi ments by one of the scientists of the department reads: "At different times during the past twenty-five years the depart ment has oondnoted experiments along the same line, but with com mon field oom stalks. These tests show that there aro 240 pounds of fermentable substanoe in a ton of green field corn stalks, which will yield about half of their weight in absolute alcohol. In round numbers, a ton of stalks will produce 100 pounds of alcohol'or 200 pounds of proof spirits. As a gallon of aloohol weighs nearly seven pounds, there would be 10 gallons of aloohol in a ton of stalks. "Not only are the cobs a waste product, but the irregular and spoiled ears of corn are as well. Hand labor is as yet employed in the husking and all others are put in as the wage is based upon a measure full. As the measures of ears are emptied upon the oonveyors, the ears unfit for use are culled out. Tho culled ears also are waste. The expense of bringing them to the plant where they are cast aside is quite as much as the perfect ears. The addition of the oom on the cobs adds further to the possibilities of the alcohol obtain able from a ton of stalks and cob." - -mm mm*+*m - Bu elden's Arnica Salvo The Pest Salvo In The World. A Negro Lynched by Negroes. Dallas, Texas, October ll.-An thony, Davis, a negro, was lynohed by negroes at Texarkana late Tues day night. He had been arrested and bailed on the obarge of assault ing a 16-year-old negro girl. A mob of negroes oaugnt him and strangled him to death with a rope by drag ging him about a negro settlement The fact that the local mills have been paying more than the current prioe for cotton is evidence that the mills need cotton, which should give farmers courage to demand full price for their crops and to hold them till they get it. Sold and Recommended by WALHALLA DRUG COMPANY. W. J. LUNNEY, SENECA.