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THOSE AWFUL "TEDDY BEARS." Tho Young Roosevelt Boy? Benave ? Badly In Church. Jter Bay, Aug. 20.-President Roosevelt's children Sunday provided the worshippers In Christ Episcopal church with several matters of Inter est. All of the President's family, with the exception of Teddy, Jr., at tended service. Scarcely were the Roosevelts seated before Mrs. Roose velt whispered to Quentin, who hur IV-I from the church. lu the rear seat of the automobile Quentin found his mother's gold Irak purse. He started on the run for atf Ice cream soda before racing back t? church. He arrived covored with perspiration, and his mother fanned him vigorously. Archie pulled a knife from his Pjttkt and carved "W. 1>. Parker," tOBame of bis tutor, on tho bade ot me pew In front. Then, brushing the chips from his knees, Archie carved "A. R." Mr. Parker put an end to the knife work. In the course ot Rev. Mr. Wash burn's sermon he referred to money mlB-spent in "automobiles, race horses and late suppers.1' Souieliiiug about the "late suppers" pleased the young Quentin, and the boy smiled, looked into his mother's face and winked. Mrs. Roosevelt turned her face, and then Quentin tried to catch his father's eye. The President also turned bis head, and Quentin turned to Archie, who returned the wink, and the boys began making signs as If eating until they were checked. Just after service Miss Ethel gave a hint of her powers as a sprinter. She was late for Sunday school, and she left the trap and ran full speed for the chapel. Men Past Sixty in Danger. More than half of mankind over 60 years of age suffer from kidney and bladder disorders, usually enlarge ment of prostate glands. This ls both painful and dangerous, and Fo *?*a Kidney Cure should be taken t the first sign of danger, as lt cor rects Irregularities and has cured many old men of this disease. Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rockport, Mo., writes: "I suffered with enlarged prostate gland and kidney trouble for years, and after taking two bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure I feel better than I have for twenty years, although I am now 91 years old." Sold by all druggists. Killed in Runaway Accident. Plckens. Aug. 20.-This town was again saddened yesterday evening by the death of J. E. Harris. He was out driving and his horse ran against a telephone post, throwing him out and breaking his neck. He died sud denly.. He was an efficient clerk for the Heath-Bruce-Morrow Company. He was 23 years of age. His home is In Charlotte, and his body was shipped there to-day. English Mine Disaster. Wigan. England. Aug. 20.-It is now known that 76 miners perished in the explosion and fire that fol lowed it In the Maypole mine. Find ing that lt would be impossible to recover the bodies still In the pit, the fire having taken such a firm hold, the directors to-night decided to flood the mine. .?.rn W. T. Bradley, treasurer of Abbe ville county, died at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. H. D. Pressley, at Cedar Springs, In that county, on the 18th. Mr. Bradley had been In fall ing health for more than a year and his death was not wholly unexpected. The Texas farmers hope they have found an insect that will destroy the boll weevil, consuming Its eggs. It is said to have been found near Ol m i to. Good and Bad Spelling. (Boston Post.) The so-called Inter-clty spelling contest, which has just been decided at Cleveland, takes on a national In terest by reason of the recent declar ation of the President of the United States in favor of bad spelling. President Roosevelt has given up his foolish order that the official pub lications be made In the "Improved" spelling. Even his own executive promulgations are now printed in the usual language of the American people. The only olficlal who per sists In this non-sens'cal folly ls the otherwise sane and efficient superin tendent of schools In Boston. And, If we mistake not, he will conform to reason pretty soon. The award of the gold medal at Cleveland to the successful compet itor In the established spelling of words counts for more than an exe cutive proclamation from the Presi dent of the United States in favor of bad spelling. A Catfish's Timepiece. (St. Louis Times.) Henry Schmidt, proprietor of a fish booth at the Soulard market, found In the stomach of a 48-pound catfish a woman's gold watch and chain. Schmidt has the fish and watch to substantiate hts story and a list of witnesses, who were sum moned to the booth Immediately af ter the opening of tho unique jewelry store, as long as a candidate's peti tion. Schmidt says ho caught the big Midna "sh Sunday in the Missis sippi at Carroll street and kept lt In Ice until Thursday. He tIii ks some excursionist dropped the watch over board. ? ironing Made tasy. Mm ufm turrtl by SMOOTHING IKON HEATER CO., Sumter, S. C. Saves Fuel, Time and the Ironer. Only $2. Send orders to JNO. T. BRYANT, Laval Land. B.C. COOKTT AOtNT. BISHOP POTTER'S WIT. Sometimes lt Flavored His Sermons, but Oftener His Conversation. The late Bishop Potter had a dry wit, which sometimes flavored his sermons, but w.u, perhaps, more in teresting in his private conversa tion. He was never ritualistic. He re fused for a Bhort time to visit the moBt advanced of the ritualistic churches in New York, but his refu sal arose less from his objection to Ihe services than irom the disobedi ence of. Borne of the .clergy in per sisting in practices 1 against his au thority. He frequently attended the most elaborately ritualistic services, wearing only his lawn sleeves and black silk gown, however ornate the vestments of the others might be. It was after such a service that he met one of his old friends, a woman active in the work of the diocese, but rather prejudiced against the ritual istic practices. "And you mean to say that you were at that church, Bishop?" she said to him one day. "Don't you know they cull that man 'Father?' Don't you think that Is outrageous?" "Oh, I can't say that I do, Mrs. Smith." was the deliberate reply of the Bishop. "He certainly has a right to be callad father. Everybody tells me that ho has Ave very attract ive children. If flve don't give a man the right to that title I'd like to know how many it takes." lt was after the marriage of Bishop Potter and Mrs. Clarke that the story j of his step-sons was told among his friends. The second Mrs. Potter had several sons who were grown up at the time of the wedding, but much younger than their step-father. | Bishop Potter also had several daughters. "Do you know, I think I'll e*,k your daughters," Mrs. Potter said one day to her husband, "to call me Elizabeth, my first name." Tho Bishop was contemplative for a second. "Perhaps you'd better not after all," he answered with his invaria ble calmness. "If you do maybe your sons would want to call me Henry." The suggestion, made as lt was In a spirit OL humor, appealed to the wife and his daughters were not re quested to call her Elizabeth. The Potter family at one time rep resented the most conventional of New York's social ideas, but that was as far back as the time in which Mrs. James Brown Potter became an actress. It was not, as a matter of fact, an unprecedented thing for a Bishop to have relatives on the stage. Marie Wainwright, for instance, is the daughter of-a Bishop. But until the wife of Bishop Potter's nephew took to the professional stage noth ing of the kind had happened in New York. It was once while cele brating lounders' night at the Play ers* Club that one of a small party in a corner joked the Bishop about the propriety of his presence in a club of actors. "Oh, I realize how well I am suit ed to this gathering," he said with a twinkle lu his eye. "You know ac tresses will happen In the best regu lated families." One of the stories that Bishop Potter always loved to tell about himself dated back to a visit to Tux edo, where he went to confirm a class of candidates. He stopped as usual at the house of a member of the church he was visiting. He passed a comfortable night and the next day returned to New York for other du ties. Several days elapsed before he re ceived a letter from his hostess, in it she vaguely, but with evident con cern, referred to the silver toilet set that had been spread out on the dressing table. She even ventured to wonder if tho Bishop bad, by mistake packed it up with his own things when he went away. It was then he remembered'What had happened to the pieces. So he sent a telegram to quiet the appre hension of the nervous hostess. It read: "Not guilty. Look In the top bu reau drawer." The magnificence of the sliver out lay had been too much foi 'ulm and on his arrival he had put lt Into the drawer and used his own articles. Then he had scared his hostess by falling to let her know where he had put lt before he departed. Ten Y'enrs in Bcd. "For ten years I was confined to my bed with disease of my kidneys," writes R. A. Gray,? J. P., of Oakville, Ind. "It. was so severe that I could not move part of the time. I con sulted . e very best medical Bklll available, but could get no relief un til Foley's Kidney Cure was recom mended to me. It has been a Ood send to me." Sold by all druggists. "Maw, what's paw dolo' down In the basement? Patchln' up the leo box?" "No, dear; putttng new wire In the screen doors." "How do you know?" "By the language he is using, dear."-Chicago Tribune. Dr. King'sNew Life Pills I The best In the world. INDICTMENT OF ANIMALS. Jurisprudence of Middle Ages Re? called bjr Jersey Ordinance. (New York Evening Post.) Monclalr'B new ordinance against barking dogs has some resemblance to a singular feature of the Juris prudence of the Middle Ages, when animals were Indicted for injuries Inflicted on human beings. The cus tom was not abolished in France un til the middle of the eighteenth cen tury, and the French Court records show that at least ninety-two such trials took place between 1120 and 1741. An early instance of the custom was in 1314, when a bull escaped from a farm-yard In a village of Moisy, in the Duchy of Valois, and gored ? man to death. The Count of Valois, Peing informed of the case, directed that the bull be cap tured and formally prosecuted for homicide. This was done, and evi dence was given by persons who had seen the man attacked and killed. The bull was thereupon sentenced to suffer death, which was inflicted by strangulation, after which the car cass was suspended from a tree by the hind legs. In 1386 a sow was executed in the square of Falaise for having caused the death of a child, and three years later a horse was condemned to death at Dijou for having killed a man. In 1457 a sow and her six young ones were tried at Lavegny on the charge of having killed and par tially eaten a child. The sow was convicted and condemned to death, but the little ones were acquitted on the ground of their extreme youth and Inexperience, the bad example of their mother, and the absence of direct evidence of their having par taken of the atrocious feast. One of the most grotesque of these trials took place at Basle, when a farm-yard cock was tried on the ab surd charge of having laid an egg. It was contended in support of the prosecution that eggfa laid by cocks were of Inestimable worth for use in certain magic.U preparations; that a sorcerer would rather possess a cock's egg than the elixir of life, and that Satan employed witches to hatch such eggs, from which proceeded winged serpents most dangerous to mankind. The prisoner's advocate admitted the facts of the case, but contended that no evil intention had been prov ed and that no evil result had taken place. Besides, the laying of an egg was an Involuntary act, and as such was not punishable by law. Also there was no record of the devil having made a compact with an ani mal. The public prosecutor stated In reply that the evil one sometimes entered Into animals, as in the case of the swine, which drowned them selves In the Sea of Galilee. So the poor creature was convict ed, not as a cock, but as a sorcerer, or perhaps the devil In the form of a cock; whereupon the bird and the egg that was attributed to lt were solemnly burned at the stake. Women Who Wear Well. It la astonishing how great a change s few yours of married lifo often make In tho appoaranco and disposition of many women. The frostiness, tho charm, tho brilliance vanish Uko the bloom from & peach which ls rudely handled. The matron is only a dim shadow, a faint echo of tho charming maldon. Tbcro aro two reusons for this chango, ignoranco and neglect. Few young womon appreciate tho shock to the system through the change which comos with marrlago and motherhood. Many neglect to deal with tho unpleasant pelvic drains and weak nesses which too often come with mar riage and motherhood, not understanding that this secret drain is robbing the chook of Its freshness and tho form of ita fairness. As surely as tho goneral health suffers when there I? derangement of the health of tho delicate womahiirorgans, so surely who/T"thcse organs are^Nutabllshed In health therece fuidNtdrlVa?Ovro witness to the Tactin renewed comefrimo^ Nearly a mlll[on wom^n have found health and happiness In tho uso of Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Pre8cr>pttop. It makes weak worn en strong and sick women well. Ingredi ents on label-contains no alcohol or harmful habit-for.ring drugs. Made wholly of tl IOHO natK , American, medic inal roots most highly recommondod by loading medical authorities of all tho sev eral schcola of practice for the cure of woman's peculiar ailments. For nursing mothors.or for those broken down in health by too frequent bearing of children, also for tho expectant mot hors, to preparo tho system for the coming of baby and making Its advent easy and almost painless, t hero is no medicino quito so good as "Favorito Prescription." It can do no harm in any condition of tho system. It ls a most potent invigorating tonic and ttrongthcnlng nervine nicoiy adapted to woman's delicate systom by a physician of large experlonco in tho treat ment of woman's peculiar ailments. Dr. Pierce may bo consulted by letter ?rcc of charge Address Dr. R. V. Plorce, nvallds' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. The Bureau of statlestlcs of the United States Department of Agricul ture states that on August 1 the con dition of corn was 82.5 per, cent, compared to 82.8 one year ago. The estimate of winter wheat yield ls 425,940,000 bushels, against 409. 442,000-lost year. The condition of spring wheat was 80.7 per cent, as against 79.4 per cent last year. The Farmers' Union has reached Kentucky. A strong State association has been formed, and its usefulness will be at once manifest. CHURCH CENSUS PREPARING. Commissioner Watson Compiling In te res ting Figures. (The 8tate.) Some interesting statistics on the various religious denominations in South Carolina are now being pre parad by Commissioner Watson for addition to the first edition of his handbook of South Carolina. The demand for this publication has been exceedingly large and it is generally conceded ambng the business men of the State that lt is decidedly the best advertisement South Carolina has re ceived in years. The facts presented are in concrete form and were col lected by the commissioner after con siderable trouble. The additional facts and figures are being sent in daily and will be used in the new edition. Mr. Watson Saturday completed the statement for the Methodist church In South Carolina. The figures bring out the following facts: The number of churches for that denomination in South Carolina ls 798, the number of ministers ls 357' and the number of members 85,441. Mr. Watson has prepared the cen sus county by county and the follow ing are some of the largest: Green ville, membership, 3,432; churches, 23;* Marlon, membership, 4,524; churches, 34; Anderson, 3,312;, churches, 35; Orangeburg, 3,140; churches, 28; Richland, 2,368; churches, 14; Spartanburg, 4,576; churches, 38; York, 2,994; churches, 19; Horry, 2362; churches, 33. From the above it will be seen that the Methodist church ls strongest in Spartanburg, both In ? membership and number of churches, although several of tue counties are close sec onds. The statistics also show that of the ministers 236 are in charge of church work, 12 are presiding elders of districts, 10 are engaged In special work, including editorial work, pro fessorships, special agents, Instruc tion of students, 21 are superannuat ed and seven are supernumerary. There are 280 ministers on the regu lar conference roll and 77 lotral preachers, of whom 25 are In charge of churches. The figures also show that there are 50,000 Sunday school pupils in C81 Sunday schools and a member ship of 1,701 in 51 Epworth leagues. The various church buildings of this denomination In South Carolina are valued at $1,500,000, the par sonages at $412,500, the schools and colleges at $573,000. c"he endow ment funds for the schools and col lege* amount to $115,560. The church - a i sed during 1907 for sala ries of pastors and presiding elders $197,444 and for missions $44, 179.61. Mr. Watson will in a few days complete other tables of the fourteen denominations to be represented in his church census. Soothes Itching skin. Heals cuts or burns without a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, any Itching. Donn's Ointment. Your druggist sells lt. Ramsay's Creek Items. Ramsay's Creek, Aug. 17.-Spe cial: C. L. Lee ls at Long Creek this week on business. J. C. Boggs and C. A. Freeman, of Clearmont, made a flying trip through this section recently. Roy Crisp and sister, Miss Lela, expect to return to ClarkesvUle, Ga., to-day. Fanster Capps killed a rattlesnak' recently which measured five feet In length and eight inches around the largest part of its body. It carried ten large rattles. A crowd of young folks, consisting of Walter Thompson and sisters, Misses Julia and Carrie Ramey, Roy and Miss Lela Crisp, Virgil and Dora Fendley, Henry and Miss Carrie Lee, Stewart Floyd and Ralph Hunt, pic nicked at Tui.nel HUI Friday. Elbert Cobb and family, of Toxa way, are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Cobb, this week. D. Pain anywhere stopped In twenty minutes sure with one of Dr. Shoop s Pink Pain Tablets. The formula ls on the 25-C?nt box. Ask your doc tor or druggist about this formula. Stops womanly pains, headache, pain anywhere. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis, for free triai io prove value of his headache, or Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by J. W. Bell. Rev. J. H. Harms Made President. St. Matthews, Aug. 15.-It wa? an nounced to-day at the meeting of the board of trustees of Newberry Col lege, of Newberry, that Rev. J. Henry Harms, of Harrisburg, Pa., had ac cepted tho presidency of that Institu tion to succeed Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, resigned. Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, died at his home last week In Dubuque, after a long Illness. Sen ator Allison was in the Senate for thirty-five years, and a Congressman for eight years. His service of forty three years as Congressman and Sen. ator was the longest of any man In the history of the country. Will cure any case beyond the reach of i Every writes Mrs. E. Fournier used to suffer from head? pressing-down pains, and last I took Cardia, and ncr TAKE ? Al It Will ] Cardui is a medicine i upon the cause of most w ing the weakened woman cause their work is too ha It is not a pain "kil remedy, composed of pun perfectly harmless and rec ?nen, ola or young. Try ( AT ALL DR1 PROGRAM OF UNION MEETING. Will bo Held nt Rocky Knoll Church August 20th und 30th. Following is the program of the union meeting of Upper Division of Beaverdam Association, which will be held with Rocky Knoll church Aug ust 29th and 30th, 1908: 1. Devotional exercises at 10 a. m. Lead by Rev. J. A. Bond. 2. Importance, and how can the | young converts best be trained for Christian usefulness? Speakers Rev. C. L. Craig, J. F. Johnson and Rev. L. M. Lyda. One hour for dinner. 3. Are our churches losing In spir ituality? If so, how? and what ls the remedy? Rev. J. A. Bond, Rev. M. G. Holland, J. W. Abbott. 4. ls the observance of .the Sab oath day in harmony with the teach ings of the Scripture? Rev. C. S. Blackburn, Rev. J. H. Stone and F. M. Cary. Second Day. Devotional exercises conducted by J. C. Shockley 5. Lecture on the Sunday school lesson for the day by Rev. A. P. Marett. 6. The success and needs of our mission work. Rev. L. T. Weldon. Music in the afternoon by promi nent singers. Christians of other denominations are cordially Invited to be present, with the privilege of the flooi. T, M Elrod. For Committee. rim's Pills After eating, persons of a bilious babb will derive great benefit by taking on?, of these pills. If you have been 'WINKING TOO MUCH, they will promptly relieve the nausea. SICK HEADACHE_-L and nervousness whkh follows, reston the uppetite and remove gloomy fee. lags. Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. Millionaire's Wife Guilty. Chicago, August 17.-Mrs. Alice L. Webb, divorced wife of Brodie L. Duke, millionaire tobacco manufac turer, has been found guilty of de frauding the Great Northern Hotel by passing a worthies? check. A motion for a new trial was made. If not granted, sentence will be passed by the court. The court room was crowded. Mrs. Webb was composed and expressed confidence that the verdict would be In her favor. Her plea that the check, which was for forty dollars, WM written while she was under the influence of stimulants and narcotics, taken to alleviate the pain of an at tack of pleurisy, she believed would be sufficient to Influence the Jury to bring In a verdict of acquittal. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble, or any form of indigestion. If lt falls, the manufacturers refund your money. What more can any one do? Sold by all druggists. Girl Climbs 25,000 Feet. Lima, Peru, Aug. 22.-After suf fering terrible hardships, Miss Annie S. Peck, of Providence, R. I., the mountain-climber, returned Lom her trip up Mount Huascaran. S io was given an enthusiastic receptlcn, for lt was feared that she had me. with some accident, no word having been received from her since Friday after noon, when she signaled her arrival at an altitude of 25,000 feet. ADNEYCU of Kidney or Bladder Dil nedicine. No medicine can SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIST?. Month of Laie Oharies, La., "I] iche, backache, side ache, could hard'y walk. At i w I feel good all the time. J 26 Selp You :ha t has been found to act I omen's pain .. strengthen ly organs, that Buffer be-j rd for them. 1er," but a true female! ely vegetable ingredients, ommendori for all sick wo 3ardui. Women's Relief. | JG STORES GOV. JOHNSON HE-NOMINATED. Minnesota Democrats of One Mind ns to State Executive. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 19.-The Democratic State Convention thia af ternoon stampeded for Governor* John A. Johnson and nominated him for re-election with a rush, after a remarkable demonstration. When the roll call of counties was made for nomination Altkln county yielded to Ramsey county, (St. Paul), and Mayor Daniel W. Lawler, of St. Paul, took the platform, and at the conclu sion of ten words he mentioned the name of John A. Johnson. One of the wildest demonstrations ever seen in a Democratic State Con tention in Minnesota ensued. Penne pln county (Minneapolis) tore up its standard and started a wild march about the hall. Everybody else seem ed to Join In. Some Democrats grouped themselves on the stage about the picture of Governor John son. Band music added to the pan demonium and delegates cheered for Governor Johnson. Frank Day, the Governor's private secretary. Immediately rushed out of the building to find a telephone lu order to get Into communication with the Governor at the Capitol. Minute after minute sped by, but still the 'delegates yelled excitedly waved ban 'ners, carried the picture of Governor Johnson about the hall and put on n duplication ,of the demonstration given'Mr. Bryan at Denver. QU ARTERMUS & TANNERY, Contractors and builders, ARCHITECTS. Plans furnished with all estimates for Contracts. Write or call on us, WESTMINSTER, S. C. 40 HE-ENHOLLMENT AND REGIS TRATION NOTICE. The Books of Registration will be open at the Court House the 1st day July, 1908, and will continue open I every day (Sundays excepted) I through July and August for the pur pose of re-enrollment and registra tion of the voters of Oconee county. In addition to this the Board will appear one day or more In each township during the month of Sep tember for the same purpose; also to establish two new precincts. The dates of these appointments will be given through the papers later on. The law requires that there shall be an enrollment of the voters every ten years from the year 1898. W. T. GRUBB3, Chairman of Board. June 24, 1908. BLUE RIME RAILWAY CD. BETWEEN 1?KLTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 4.-In Effect June 7, 190?. EASTBOUND U LvWalhalla. LvWest Union. LvSeneca. LvMordanla Junction Lv*Adams. Lv*Cherry. LrPendleton. LT* Au tun. LvSandy Spring?. Lv'Denver. Lv*West Anderson - ArAndorson-PassDep Lr Anderson-PassDep Lv* Anderson-FrtDep ArKelton. A ll 8 40 8 00 9 08 9 10 9 25 9 28 9 40 9 48 0 01 9 oe 10 10 10 10 10 10 18 10 40 P M 3 27 3 82 8 00 3 02 4 07 4 10 4 22 4 30 4 33 4 38 4 02 8 18 P.M 2 00 2 10 4 48 4 02 0 12 0 16 0 32 0 41 0 48 0 ft; 6 16 6 24 ? Ol I 0 00 0 271 AM 6 30 2 a 33 2 7 NI W&tTllODKi) 19 Lvl'elton. Ly?Anderson-Fr't De ArAndorson-Pass De LvAnderson-Pass De Lv'West Anderson.... Lv*Denver. LvSandy Springs. I .S A HI Ml.. LvPendleton. Lv?Cherry. Lv* Adams. Lv*Jordanla Junction. LvSeneca. LvWest Union. ArWalhalla. I'M A MA H 6 00 ll 00 6 26 12 21 C 29 12 6 30 12 C 48 12 6 03 12 6 06 12 1 04 12 7 14 1 7 17 1 7 30 1 7 37 1 7 00 1 8 001 1 24 9 20 30 0 30 43 9 00 48 10 00 01 10 00 09110 20 09 10 80 1210 40 30 ll 00 82;12 00 00,12 30 00:12 40 A M ?PM 7 2018 10 7 47 8 87 7 00 8 40 . Flag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take on and let off passengers: Phinney's, James's and Toxaway, Welch. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERDON. Superintendent. RE sease not do more. Curea Backache Corrects Irregularities Do not risk having Bright's Disease or Diabetes ?39