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IMPROVEMENT IN Mill. "LABOR. Facts Gleaned frot? Records of Pelzer Manufacturing Company. (Cor. News and Courier.) lt 1B always well to give credit where it ls due, and some observa tions on the great Improvement In the employment of labor In cotton ! mills will be Interesting and timely. A great leal has been said about thc employment of women and children in the cotton factories, but the ac tual figures will prove much more satisfactory than conclusion ' without the facts. One of the oldest and best plants In the State ls the Pelzer Manufac turing Company, of Pelzer. Capt. E. A. Smyth, president of the corpora tion, has always kept careful ami In teresting statistics concerning the corporation, and here are some data gathered f 'om the records of the Pel zer Manufacturing Company: In August, 1885, the Pelzer Com pany was running 20,000 spindles and employed 484 hands, or 24 to 1,000 spindles. Of these employees 232 were males and 25 2 were fe males, or 52 per cent females. The average dally wage was 5IJtcents. In 1909 the Pelzer Manufacturing Company was running J ?10,000 spin dles and employed 1,50?! hands, of whom 1,113 were males and 453 were females, or 28.90 per cent fe males. The Pelzer Company ls em ploying 12 hands to the 1,000 spin dles and the average daily pay al all four mills is $1.20 per day. This is more than twice the wages earned at the outset. In the spinning room, where the young people aro employed, the number of females remains practi cally the same in proportion, but in the weave room and other depart ments where adults aro employed, the number of women is very much less, and their absence ls due to the Increased wage and the ability of tho men to provide for the wants of their families, and keep their women at home. This is, of course, as it should be. This ls food for reflec tion. Cashier Shot by Physician. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 7-H. W. Shaw, a city physician and a local politi cian, at 2.30 p. m. to-day shot Thos. S. Gray, cashier of the Union Sav ings Bank. Four shots were fired, two taking effect, one in the left hand and one In the fleshy part of the left. leg. Henry Cohen, city at torney and also attorney of the bank named, seized Shaw, sending two of the shots wild and saving Gray from further wounds. Gray to-night is at a local hospital and is doing well. There is no likelihood of serious re sults from the wounds themselves. Gray is one of the most prominent of the younger men of Augusta. He is a brother of State Railroad Commis sioner Gray. Shaw surreptitiously ascertained from the bank information that customer there had a credit to his account. Using this information, Shaw garnisheed the account. Gray, over Hie telephone, denounced Shaw for the manner In which lie ascer tained tho information on which he proceeded In the garnishment mat ter. Shaw proceeded to Ibo bank. He met Gray on the sidewalk. Gray moved toward Shaw, Shaw drawing his pistol and firing on the banker. The affair has caused an intense sen sation hore. Shaw was at first liberated on bond, but later the sheriff held him without ball. OVER 750,000 DOCS KILLED. Prairie Pests Doing Exterminated by Uncle Sam's Poisoner. 4? Kansas City, Oct. 9.-More than 750,000 prairie dogs have been kill ed by J. W. Holman, the officially recognized United states government poisoner of the pests in the South western States, during the last eight months, and Mr. Holman is not through. He ls here now obtaining i new Bupply of strychnine and will ' tart on a second crusade within few days. "I am going to kill at least 1,500, 000 dogs during the next eight months," said Mr. Holman yesterday. "The prairie dogs are a serious pest In the Southwest, especially in Texas. They are destroying pasture land and -their burrows make it dan gerous for horsemen. They cannot be trapped or shot, but lt is easy to poison them by placing st rychnine on wheat, which they oat readily." Under Mr. Holman's direction strychnine is mixed with wheat and about a teaspoonful placed at Hie entrance of a prairie dog hole. Fach teaspoonful kills three dogs, says Holman. The government pays Mr. Holman one and one-half cents a head for every dog killed. (P Wood's Descriptive Fall Seed Catalog now ready, gives tho fullest information about all Seeds for the Farra and Garden, Grasses and Clovers, Vetches, Alfalfa. Seed Wheat, Oats. Rye, Barley, etc. Alao tells all about Vegetable & Flower Seeds that can be planted in tho fall to advantage and profit, And about Hyacinths, Tulips and other Flowering Bulbs, Vegetable and Strawberry Plant?, Poultry Supplies and Fertilizers. Every Farmer Bart Gardener thonlil havo wita CAtnlox. D la Invaluable in Ita t.elpfidnesH and stiRRestlve Idean for A profitable and satisfactory Farm or (larden. Catalogue malled fr?? on roqnost. Writ? for lt. T. W. WOOD & SONS, VO Seedsmen, . Richmond, Va. Cy GOVERNORS OF THE CAROLINAS. | Aniel ?mi Kitchin Met tn Clow Prox imity to "Moonshine" Country. Columbia, Oct. 8.-Last week over In Franklin, a little hamlet of West ern North Carolina, In close proxim ity tg tho famous .?moonshine" country, that ls so well known for the beverage that soon will be among the drinks of history in South Caro lina, and partly so now In North Car olina, the Governor of South Caro lina met the Governor of North Car olina-Co\ernors Ansel and Kitchin. Governor Ansel has returned and em phatically doutes that the usual greeting and time-wbrn expression passed between them, and states that the only thing mentioned was the pure water flowine, from the rocks of the age-worn Appalachian Range. Governor Ansel went over to Frank lin last week on Invitation to deliver an address at the unveiling of a Con federate monument. He was the speaker in the morning and Gover nor Kitchin in the afternoon. Away back thirty-four years ago Governor Ansel, then a young man, left his home in the upper, part of the Slate and went to Franklin to live. He ha'' just been admitted to the bar. I? or four years he lived in tills hamlet, practicing his profession among the simple mountain folk. He would ride from county seat to coun ty seat on a horse, carrying his law books in the saddle bags. He made, many friends while a resident of Franklin, many of whom he met. on his recent visit. There wore no rail roads leading to Franklin when the Governor wo; :> resident, and It re quired several days to make the trip. lt only requires twenty-four hours to make the trip now and return. "Governor," asked a newspaper man, "did you ever dream of being the chief executive of South Caro lina when you were practicing law lu Franklin?" "Never," was the reply. After remaining four years tn Franklin and making a fine reputa tion for himself In the country about Governor Ansel returned to South Carolina and located In Greenville for the practice of his profession. Just thirty years afterwards to a day he left the city of Greenville to come to Columbia to be made Governor of the State. The trip to Franklin will be a very pleasant one in the memory of Gov ernor Ansel. Aunt and Nephew Elope. Kansas City, Oct. 8.-Charged with stealing his uncle's wife, Ed ward Simpson was arrested here last night by the police ou a State war rant. Mrs. Hine Simpson, his aunt, the wife of a Cleveland real estate broker, also was arrested. Simpson, the nephew, is married. Ills aunt ls tho mother of an 8-year-old boy, who was found here with the couple. . Mrs. Simpson and Edward Simp son to-day pleaded guilty to a statu tory charge, and were sentenced to four months' imprisonment tn the county jail. Cleveland. Oct. 8.-Mrs. Hine Simpson and nephew, Edward, have I cen missing for several weeks. Hine Simpson traced them to various parts of the country. Last week he Ried an Insanity complaint against his wire. r National Hiireau of Health. President Taft will recommend to the next session of Congress the es tablishment of a national bureau of health to be under the supervision of the Federal Government and io com prise all the various government' agencies now existing for the preser vation of tho public health. The idea is lo consolidate under one bead all the presen bureaus, and this would take in the inspection bu reau of immigre''on sanitation now conducted by t' ? war department, pure food inspection at present car ried on by the department of agri culture, and the quarantine work of the public health and marine hos pital service which ls under the juris diction of the treasury department. The President In several speeches has said that he would like to see such a bureau established. CAMPAIGN AGAINST PEARY. Greenland Clergyman Says that He Mistreated Eskimos. Copenhagen, Oct. 8.-Capt. C. 10. Borchgrevink, the Antarctic explorer, I opposes the proposed submission of Dr. Cook's records to the university here and to the comm* tee of the American Geographica'; Society. Ho declared to-day thal this would not provo satisfactory both sides being, he thinks, prepossessed in favor ol' Dr. Cook. Capt. Borchgrevink sug gests that the Geographical Society of Geneva, as an unprejudiced body, should be asked to settle the matter. A Greenland clergyman, named Ludwigs, a member of the ('ape York mission, acquainted willi both Cook and Peary, has opened a campaign against tile latter, reiterating some old allegations as to his ill treat ment Of the Eskimos. Among other (barges he alleges that Peary once deserted a band of women and chil dren on Hie ice without food because (bey hindered the rapid advance of Ills expedition. Rpartaitburg Woman Drowns Self. Spartanburg, Oct. 7.-"My homo ls in hell and my body will be found in the bottom of the creek," ls the way the note read pasted on a valise which was found on the banks of Lawson's Fork, near White's Mil!. | The name signed to the note was that of Eula Foster. Near the valise was an umbrella. The find \v.\s made by two carpenters who were working on a gin house nearby. Sering a young white woman walk through the woods towards the creek they made an investigation and dis covered the valise hanging on a limb of a 'ree with the note pasted on the outside. The deputy sheriff and others have visited the scene and made search, but the body bas not yet been found. CHARLESTON FAHMKH SUICIDES J. F. 0, Suhrstedt Puts Shotgun lo ll IN Arcas! and P?rea. Charleston, Oct. 7.-J. F. C. Suhr stcdt, a tanner living at No. 3 8 Cur olina street, placed the muzzle of a shotgun against ii!? iv?i breast Mon day afternoon at Kinsman's planta tion, about nine miles from Charles ton, and pulled the trigger by means of a cord tied to his foot. A load of shot entered his heart, killing him instantly. The partial failure of his crop this year and flnnncl.il losses are assigned ns the cause of his rash deed, lt appears to be a clea) case of self-destruction. Monday afternoon about 5.20 o'clock Mr. Suhrstedt left his cotton fields to go up to a barn on thc place which he planted. He rode In a buggy, and was followed by a negro named Jenkins, his foreman, who was driving a wagon loaded with cotton. Jenkins heard a gun shot, but thought Mr. Suhrstedt was shooting at game. He could not see his employer, but ns he approached the barn caught sight of the" pros trate body of Mr. Suhrstedt lying near the buggy, and the shotgun leaning against the side of the buggy With Its muzzle resting on the ground. A portion of a string was looped about a foot of the dead man, while another portion hung from the trigger of the weapon, showing that the dead man had rested his shot gun on the side of the buggy bot tom and had exploded the shell hy pulling the trigger with a cord at tached to his foot. The Hash of powder burned the clothing of Mr. Suhrstedt and the shot entered his breast In a compact mass at Its close range. Acting Coroner Behrens/ of Ten Mile, was summoned as soon as pos sible and he took charge of the body, which he had sent to Stu h r's under taking rooms, in Wentworth street. He broke the sad news to Mrs. Suhr stedt and the six little children, who were awaiting the return of Mr. Suhrstedt to supper. The shock of the suicide was terrible to the fam ily. He is survived by his family and three brothers. Viaduct Hlown Vp. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. S.-A large section of the viaduct over the New York Central tracks, near the corner of Elk and Michigan streets, was wrecked by dynamite at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. An unsuccessful attempt was made on the morning of September 14th to destroy the same structure. Hundreds of windows within a radius of a block were shat tered by the concussion. The via duct, which wa,- nearing completion, ls being constructed by S. J. McCain Company, of Mercer. Pa. The com pany works on the open shop plan. This ls the fifth outrage of the kind in Buffalo, and the fourth within a year. Bridegroom Left Altar to Save Life. Malron, Ohio, Oct. 8.-Just as the Rev. J. L. Hensley began to marry Miss Ala May Chapman and Albert H. Copplnger, the cry of a person drowning was heard. The ceremony was abruptly stopped and bride, bridegroom, minister and wedding guests rushed to the borne of Mrs. Laura Lee, a neighbor. Mrs. Lee bad fallen into a cistern and the bridegroom plunged in and fished her out, when the ceermony proceed ed, although the bridegroom's new suit was dripping water. Clemson Trustees Meet. Columbia, Oct. 7. -The executive committee of the Clemson Board of Trustees, composed of State Senator Alan Johnstone, Senator Tillman and Hon. li. I. Manning, met here to-day for the purpose of considering the matter of a successor to President Mell, of the institution, lt is under stood that several names were be fore the committee. A full board will meet later to consider ihe mat ter. Cook Gets $20,000 for a Spell. St; Louis, Mo., Oct. 6.-Dr. Fred erick A. Cook, discoverer of the North Pole, will give an hour's talk here to-night at the banquet of the Business Men's League of St. Louis. lt is understood that he will receive $20,000 for his lecture. The ban quet will be held at the Coliseum, which seats 7.000. Much space will be taken up by the stereoptlcal ap paratus used to illustrate the address. Killed Wife Instead of Pigeon. Wauseon. Ohio, Oct. 7.-While taking out his shotgun to shoot pig eons, Henry Flory, a farmer living at Archbold, near here, accidentally dist barged the weapon and killed his wife, the mother of seven children. fyfyfy fyfyfy fyfy fyfyfyfyfyfyfy ty CHURCH DIRECTORY. ty fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy Presbyterian. Rev. Geo. M. Wilcox, Pastor. Walhalla Church- Preaching 2d and 1th Sabbath. Morning service, 1 I a. m.: evening service, 8 p. m. Sabbath School (weekly) 10 a. m. Bethel Church---Preaching 2d and 4 th Sabbaths. Preaching service, 3.30 p. m. Fifth Sabbath, ll a. m. Sabbath School, 3 p. m. Ebenezer Church-Preuchlng on 1st. Sabbath at 4 p. m. Richland Church-Preaching 1st and 3d Sabbaths. M lining service, 1 1.30 a. m. Sabbath School, 10.30 a. m. Lutheran. Rev. T. P. Epting, Pastor. English services every Sunday morning nt ll o'clock; Sunday School at 9.45 a. m. Missionary Society meets on nesday after the first Sunday !. < li month. Ladles* Aid Society mer.ts on ' , nesday after the third Bund: each month. A cordial Invitation ls extend all to worship with us. CANNOT SPLIT Oft CUR! CORTM* Last as long at the building and They're alto fireproof, stormproof, I .BNO FOR SRNROA HARDWARE RKCORl) CADDAGK -; i : i : i ) SA LB. How Many < M i > i >; i ^? ? Seed Are there in ts.! ponnde? (Greenville News.) A r%cord breaking sale of cabbage seed baa recently been made by the Brue? & Doster Drug Company to J. N. DuVernet. a truck farmer who lives on the White Horse road, not far from Greenville. Mr. DuVeruel lias bought 182 pounds of cabbage seed, which he will plant on eight acres ol* land, experting therefrom to raise at least eight million plants. Several people have been limning on this unaccustomed salo of cabbage seed, and have figured out just how many cabbage seeds Mr. DuVernet will have to produce this number of plants. There are 1,08 2 seeds in an eighth of an ounce of cabbage seed. This gives 8,666 to the ounce, and in a pound D'S,490. In 182 pounds of the seed there would be 2r?.206,272 seeds. Mr. DuVernet thus expects to raise One plant at least out of every three seeds. These ligures are enough to start one thinking. Dr. Bruce has figured out that if one could grow u cabbage out of every one of these seeds, and could sell them at the average rate of two cents each, he would have well, anybody can figure it out. All these can be raised on "bight acres of ground. Mr. DuVernet, as was told In these columns several days ago, intends to start the cab bage industry on the large scale in the Piedmont section of the State, and as a starter, he will grow eight acres of them for shipment to ?. *her markets. A Minister's Trials. Lawrence, Kans., Oct. 2.-"I don't believe a minister of the Gospel can lead an honest life nowadays," is the statement made by Rev. D. H. Car rick, who has resigned from the pas torate of the North Lawrence Chris tian church, and become a street railway conductor. "The public never sees behind the screen of the pastor's home," said Carrick, "or lt might realize the trials and griefs which the pastor and his wife are forced lo bear. A minis ter's wife cannot even make a pre tense of dressing ordinarily well, or the people will think they are paying the pastor too much, or that ho ought to save part of his salary and give it to missions. He cannot pul on a pair of liaient leather shoes without every person who has contributed t De smallest mite toward lils salary look ing nt them as If to say, '1 helped pay for those sho"s; there's where our money goes.' "No, slr, I don't believe a minister can live a really honest life." C. R. Kluger, the jeweler, 1000 Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I was so weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Fo ley's Kidney Remedy cleared my complexion, cured my backac he and the irregularities disappeared, and I can now attend to business eyery day, and recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to all sufferers, as lt cured me after the doctors and other rem edies had failed." J. W. Bell. Receives (Jift from Carnegie. Greensboro, N. C., Oct. 8.-A check for $25,000 has just been re ceived by the president of the Greens boro Female College from Andrew Carnegie, this being the amount of fered conditionally to the college by Mr. Carnegie two years ago. The conditions have been compiled with, mid this check for $25,000 com pletes the $100,000 endowment fund. The conditions imposed by Mr. Car negie, that he would give $25,000 after the friends of the college had raised $75.nan. was an Incentive and enabled the college to raise this fund within the period of two years. Governor Ansel has been made honorary vice president of the Uni ted States Agricultural and Indus trial Association, which ha? head quarters at Dartford, Conn., and which proposes lo hold annual na tional fairs. AN OLD ADAGE SAYS.-* ?.A light purse la t? heavy curse" Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER ls tho seat of nine tenths of all disease. go to the root of the whole mat ter? thoroughly, quickly safely and restore the action of the LIVER to normal condition. C;vc *one to the system and solid flesh LU the emly. lake No Substitute - 9*' t L LIKE WOOD SHINGLES never need repairs. Think of it ! handsome and quite inexpensive. ESTIMATE COMPANY, Settee*, s. c. TA K KS 1,1 KK TO ESCAPE LAW. Man Placed Self ?in Railroad Tracks and Was Ground to Pieces. Tl?Ar ??Ville, Ga.. Oct. 7.-John S. Gay, rjrmer resident of Hearst fleld. Ga., deliberately placed himself flat on the rails of the Coast Lino track to-day and was literally mash ed into many pieces by the Incoming Albany train. He was seen to place himself on the track by the engineer. At the coroner's Inquest lt was found that he hud boen wanted tn Colqultt county for two crimes. Ile had compromised a case of assault with intent to rape titree weeks ago. when he wns married t^ Miss Hol land, of that county, the same being a forced marriage. Tuesday last, against the wish of lier parents, he married Miss Anna Martin, of Bain bridge, and brought her here. He had no job and left her yesterday morning to seek work, probably de ciding to leave lils 1 (5-year-old bride to the mercy of charity, while he ended his troubles. The case at tracted an unusual lot of attention in the city. ORINO Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take The new laxative. Does not gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom ach, liver and bowels. Hof HBO substitutos. Price S0o? J. W. BELL, WALHALLA. Stonecyphcr Pharmacy, Westminster. Hearst Named for Mayoralty. New York, Oct. 7.-- William Ran dolph Hearst, once defeated for mayor of this city by George B. Mc Clellan, and later defeated hy Chas. 10. Hughes for Governor of the State, was nominated for mayor to-night al a mass meeting of 4,000 of lils ad mirers at Cooper Union. This ac tion was taken despite his authorita tive statement that lie would not be a candidate. Resolutions wore adopted direct ing that a committee of five be ap pointed to take steps for the naming of an entire city, county and bor ough ticket, which will be placed in nomination by petition. Ice, Ice Ice. We deliver Ice in any quantity anywhere in Walhalla. Books of Ice Tickets in conven ient form, ?fi Full weight guaranteed. It is our effort to please all customers in quan tity, quality and polite and satisfactory ser vice. You get pure Icc from our wagon. LIVINGSTON ICE COMPANY.* REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Farm Lands. Mountain Lands, Timbered Lands, Water Powers. Call on me M. S. STRIBLING Seneca, S. C. OfP.ce ever Seneca Hardware Co. T. E. ALEXANDER. The Land Man WALHA LI A, S. C. ---H??--i B S. Look. Heating Stoves. Cooking Stoves, Tinware. All kinds of repairing, WALHALLA, C. DANIEL E. GOOD? Walhalla. S. C, HARRISON'S VALVELESS, Wick less Oil-Gas Stoves. Roofing, Guttering, Painting, Etc. Repairing of All Kinds. All WVrk Attended to Promptly. Satisfaction Guaranteed. PAINTS-A LL COLORS Your Money's Worth! Jost a Little Talk lift-Yoi, YOU The One Now Readian this Article. We wonder If you felt that you were buying some splendid goods for tho money; that you were getting good values-a little moro than you could get anywhere else-if you would not buy a nice Buggy or Wagon this spring? We believe we have Just what you want. We believe you know good value when you see lt; we believe you are a sufficiently good judge tc* know whether or not you aro get ting good value for your money. We know you appreciate a good value when you see it, and for these reasons, we invite you to call and examine our line of Buggies, Wagons and Harness before you buy. Our large store rooms are now lilied with nice new goods. We know peoplo are kicking all over the county about the Poor Grade of Bungles they have been buying. Now, talking about Buggies: We wish to call your special attention to our Wheels. Everybody knows that the life of any vehicle depends large ly on the kind of wheels used. The timber used in the construction of oi.r High Point Wheels ls of the Best Carolina Upland Second-Growth Hickory-tho kind that all wheel builders Bay is superior to that found anywhere else. Besides, only skilled workmen are employed In the con struction of these Buggies through out. Now, just a word about Wagons: Why pay $00 to $7f> for a Two-Horse Wagon when you can buy just as good for $f>0, and One-Horse Wagons from $30 to $37.?>0, and a whole house full to select from? You will open your eyes when you find how much we cnn save you on Harness, Saddles, Bridles, etc. In addition to the values wo are giving in thc above lines, I nm going to give away, absolutely freo of charge, ono $76 High "'olnt Buggy. You get a chance with each $10 pur chase, either for cash or on time. This ls a chance of a life-time to get a good Buggy FREE. Anything in the Buggy, Wagon or Harness line-BROWN has lt, or BROWN gets it. ' Prices and terms to suit all. Remember, you run no risk when you buy from me. We guarantee tho goods. You will find us In the large con crete block building, Walhalla, S. C. Yours truly, W. M. n R O W N. Want Mules ! I have a nice lot of Horses and Mares that I want to ex change for GOOD HEAVY MULES. Don't care if they are thin, but must not have too much age. TO REDUCE STOCK OF BUGGIES. I will sell SOME Styles of Medium Grade Work and all thc strictly High-Class Work (for Spot Cash) at actual cost. If you want time will add- a small profit, % Bargains here, if you want them, T. M. LOWERY, Seneca. Westminster.