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J M* Ii SON BOKN IN THIS STATE. New Evidence Temi lng to Provo South Carolhui'H Claim. (Columbia Cor. Nows and Courier.) While A. S. Salley, Jr., the secre tary of the historical commission, was filing some claims against the State of South Carolina for services rendered for supplies furnished by individual citizens of South Carolina during the Revolution, he found a very interesting appraisement of a horse furnished for public use by William Crawford, of Camden Dis trict. The appraisers, who estimat ed the value of the horse to have been one hundred and fifty pounds currency, were Robert Crawford and Jg??r?w Jackson. Their appralse (BOht was sworn to before Robert Ivfontgoinery, J. P., and was dated December 12, 1783. At that Hine Andrew Jackson was nearly seven teen years old. The signature ls in nearly the identical hand-writing of "Old Hickory" In his mature years. Robert Crawford, his aillant, was his foster father and kinsman, upon whose plantation, in what was then Camden District, but which later be came Lancaster District, Jackson was born ns has been repeatedly asserted by himself and othero. This is pos sibly the first ofllclnl paper that Jackson put his hand to in thlsSt"te. $'{0,000,000 IN AGRICULTURE. fabulous Wealth of the Farmers of the United States. The United States has $30,000, 000,000 invested In farm lands, farm buildings, machinery and live stock, according to a census, the results of which have just been made public In .\JNie Orange Judd Farmer. From 1,000,000 in I860, the number of farms has increased to nearly 7,000, 000 in 1 000, and the report adds: "No such Increase In agricultural land values was ever known before in the history of the world in any country. The value of farms In the United Stales has increased 14 per cent more than in 1900, the figures of thal year showing an Increase of 25 per cent over the previous dec ade." The most remarkable ligures pre sented show that the western section, which Includes New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and other States, has within the last ten years shown an increase in the number of farms of 100 per cent. At the sanie time the vnlue has Increased 98 per cent and the products '211 percent. Values ol* forms In the South Cen tral States have increased i>8 per cent and in the North Central States 4 3 per cent. In the North Atlantic States there has been an Increase In value of 13 per cent and in the South Atlantic States an increase of 34 per cent. Chlldron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A Cattleman Slay** Three. Cltronelle, Ala.. March 3.-Jos. Stokes, Charles Goldman and David (lortman, farmers, were late this af ternoon shot and killed by Lawrence Odom, a cattleman, at the latter's home, four miles from this place. After the shooting Odom surrendered to a deputy sheriff at Cltronelle. Odom says that the shooting was the result of an old feud. Odom killed ffr a man nt Cltronelle eight or ten years y ligo, cutting his victim's throat. OWES HER LIFE TO Q-ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Chicago, 111.-"I was troubled with falling and inflammation, mid the doe tors said 1 could not ffot well unless I ind an operation I knew I could hot stand the strain of ono, so L wrott you sometime ago about my health ami you told mo what to do. After taking Lydia E. Pinkhnm's Vegeta ble Compound and Mood Purifier I ate to-day a well woman."-Mrs. WILLIAM AHHKNS, 988 W. 21flt .St., Chicago, III. Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from nativo roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs, and to-day holds tho record for tho*largest number of actual cures of female diseases of any similar medi cino in tho country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are on Hlo in tho Pinkhara laboratory ut Lynn, Mass., from women who have been cured from almost every form of femalo complaints, inflammation, ul ceration,displacements, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pal ns, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. If you would like special advice about your case write a confiden tial lotter to Mr?. JPinklmm, at Lynn? Mass. lier advice is free, and alway*) helpful* NO MOW TKIAIi IOU J ON KS. Appeal of the lTnlon I'lunter lb-fused by Stute Supreme Court. Columbia, Marci) 3.-W. T. Jones, of Union, convicted of murdering bis wife mid sentenced to life Imprison ment in the State Penitentiary, must serve the sentence, unless the appeal be carried to ibo United States Court of Appeals. To-day be was refused a new trial by the Supreme Court in a decision written by Acting Justice Charles C. Dant/.lcr, affirming the verdict of the lower court. Accord ing to I he order of the court, Jones must come here In ton days to begin serving his sentence, and, unless he be pardoned, be must never again live beyond the prison walls. Thir teen months ago Jones, a prosperous farmer, was placed on trial, and later heard the verdict,, that doomed him to a prison life. Twelve men said that be was guilty of murder, and the highest court In the State now conllrms this verdict with the words: "The verdict in case at bar ls not without evidence to suppor'. it, and all exceptions are over-ruled and the judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed." I HOW OI K ANIMALS SJJKHI*. Interesting "Harts by Itanium ?i (tal ley's Keeper. "When a monkey sleeps he picks out the highest perch he can find," said Keeper1 Patterson, of the Bar num & Dalley menagerie. "When the only home of the monkey was a forest he lived always In deadly fear of the Hon. and a live monkey ls the choicest kind of a meal for the king of beasts. Although the monkey is a rather wise boy, and knows that in fl KOO the Hons are securely caged, the fear of the Hon ls born in him, and this accounts for his Unding as high a perch as he can to sleep on. The lioness, when free from family cares, is prone to Ile on Its bach, with its legs stretched up straight In the air and paws pendant. The lion, when the excitement of the day ls gone, stretches Itself out flatly on its side with paws turned in and twitches and' throbs during its slum ber a good deal like a dog. Gorillas and chimpanzees sleep with their hands over their beads. Hears, which have no fear, sleep In any po sition. The same ls true of wolves. Animals of a cunning or cowardly nature, however, are always on the alert, even when asleep. A seal sleeps Hke a human being. It stretches out at full length and en ters dreamland on Its back, sto mach or side. Once In a while a seal Will sit up with its head bent down on Us chest, fast asleep in the wa ter, with his ears under, so, as is his custom in his native state, that he may hear the approach of an enemy, sound traveling with great distinct ness under water. Elephants sleep upright like a horse, and fitfully. They are keenly alert to the slight est noise, and quick to sense things. If they can see the object, they do not become rattled easily, but if lt is something weird sounding and out of,sight, they need the reassuring voice of their keeper. With the ele phant the voice ls everything. They have the same feeling for a friendly, sincere voice that a natural musi cian has for the sound of a musical voice." Tillman Will Not Resign. Columbia, March ."?.-There ls a newspaper story going the rounds, sent out from Washington, based on what ls called the "almost certain resignation" of Senator Tillman. Folks at this end of the line re gard this as a good newspaper story, but lacking In facts. One of Senator Tillman's closest and most Intimate friends said that Senator Tillman had no more idea of resigning nor had his family, than be had of flying. Continuing the conversation this friend said that resigning was en tirely foreign and Incompatible with the nature of Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman has three years more of service before he has to go Into another campaign, If he ls then a candidate for re-election. If Sen ator Tillman then should be in good health lt will be ample time for a decision as to what he will do, but three years is- a long time in politics, and in the meantime lt will be just about as well not to Uguie on resig nations. "Suffered day and night the tor ment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until I used Moan's Ointment, lt cured me permanently."-Hon John R. Garrett, Mayor, Girard, Ala. Died from Carbolic Acid. YVadley, Ga., March G.-Angus Hall died Thursday morning from carbolic acid poisoning. It ls under stood a dose ol* medicine was given in a glass in which was supposed to have been water, but turned out to be carbolic acid. Antidotes were given, but he died In a few minutes. He was a prominent farmer, and is survived by a family. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R IA .--#??? Flagman Crushed lieneath Wheels. Camilla, (Ja., March fi.---A young mau named Kitchens, flagman on a ? brough freight from Albany to Thomasvllle, fell off his train about three miles north of Camilla last night about 2 o'clock, and was found this morning dead, with his lantern under his arm. Twenty-Three Killed in Bx plosion. Juneau. Alaska, March fi..A mag asine explosion in the Treadwell mine to-day killed 23 men. Bucklen's Arnica Salve The Best Solve In The World . THK NEW COTTON IuAW. It Limita tho Deductions for ?higginK ami Tics to O Per Cent. A very important act passed at the last session of the Legislature, and approved by Governor Ansel, is that to prevent deductions from weights of cotton for bagging and ties. The following is the measure: Section 1. That from ann after the approval of this act it shall be un lawful for any person, Arm or corpo ration engaged in Hie business of buying cotton in this State, as prin cipal or agent, to deduct any sum ?or bagging and ties from the weight or price of any bale of cotton, when the weight of the bagging and ties does not exceed six per cent of the gross weight, of such bale of cotton. In the event that the weight of the bagging and ties exceed six per cent of the > gross weight of such bale of cotton, ! only the excess over the said six per ! cent may be deducted. Sec. 2. For each and ovory viola- ! tio;. ~>f this act the offender shall be j lined in the sum of not less than five ! dollars, nor more than twenty-live | dollars, or imprisoned not less thnn t ten days nor more than thirty days; Provided, This act shall not apply to what is known as round bales, and bales of cotton which weigh less than three hundred pounds." Il ls said this act will, If enforced, affect the cotton trade considerably. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels, cause chronic constipation. Donn's Regulets operate easly, tone the stomach, ctire constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for them. HI Toll of I tig Avalanche. Eeverett, Wash., March 5.-lt is now almost certain tba* the death toll in the avalanche that carried away two Great Northern trains and several steam electric locomotives I will total S4. Few believe (hat any of the 67 people listed as missing will be found ? alive, for it ls now more than two days since the victims were burled i beneath the tons of snow and ice and wreckage that swept over the ledge of the high line and lashed to the bottom of the canyon 200 feet below. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. ! The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signatare of Rev. A. J. Stafford Dead. Rev. A. J. Stafford, one of the old est ministers in the South Carolina Methodist Conference, died at his home In Spartanburg last Thursday night, after an illness of several weel.b. Foley's Kidney Remedy will core any case of kidney and bladder trou ble that Is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. J. W. Bell. The city council of Spartanburg has passed an ordinance prohibiting boys under 16 years of age cai eying rifles or shotguns within Hie city limits. Any boy under the age of 10 years, who desire: to go hunting must hereafter be escorted to the city limits by some one over the age of IC years, or the sheriff, who shall carry the gun or rifle. For sore throat, sharp pain in lungs, tightness across the chest, hoarseness or cough, lave the parts with Sloan's Liniment. You don't need to rub, just lay it on lightly. It penetrates instantly to the seat of the trouble, relieves conges tion and stops the pain. Here's the Proof. Mr. A.W. Price, Fredonla, Kans., says: "Wc have used Sloan's Lini ment ior a year, and find it an iv-el lenl thing for sore throat,chest p us, colds, and hay fever atta< ks, A few drops taken on sugar stops cough, ing and sneezing instantly." Sloan's Liniment is easier to usc than porous plasters, acts quicker and does not clog up the pores of theskin. It is an excellent an tiseptic remedy for asthma, bronchitis, and all inflammatory diseases of the throat and chest ; will break np the deadly membrane in an attack of croup, and will kill any kind of neuralgia or rheu matic pains. All (lrngglMa koop Hloan'a Liniment. Price? 26c, SOc, A $1.00. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, BOSTON. MASS. ' KATI J UK TELLS YOU. AM Many a Walhalla Header Knows Too Well. When the kidneys are sick Nature tells you all about it. The urine is nature's calendar. Infrequent or too frequent action: Any urinary trouble tells of kidney ills. Donn's Kidney Pills cure all kidney ills. People In this vicinity testify to this. Mrs. Mattie A. Dodd, '229 W. Mar ket street, Anderson, S. C., says: "I would not be without Donn's Kidney Pills in Hie house, as 1 found them to be very beneficial. My kidneys were weak, and 1 was bothered a great deal by too frequent passages of the kidney secretions. Donn's Kid ney Hills did me more good than any other remedy I had previously used, and, therefore, 1 highly recommend them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doau's and take no other. Anny Adopts New Machine Gun. A Washington dispatch says: The army has Just adopted a new type of machine gun that has some remarka ble points of advantage over the ex isting guns. The new weapon ts so small that lt can be carried by a man or two with full equipment of stands and ammunition, or can be packed upon a mule. Moreover, lt has the important advantage that it can be fired from the shoulder, and conse quently ls much less subject to at tack and capture by the enemy. The ammunition is carried on steel strips and the new gun ls said to be free from danger of choking, while the barrels are carried in duplicate and can be almost Instantly changed when they become heated from rapid firing. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There ls only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the eustachian tube. When this tube is Inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the Inflamma tion can lie taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hear ing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten are caused by ca tarrh, which ls nothing but an in flamed condition of Hie mucous sur faces. Wo will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cap not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir culars. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Facts About Faster Dates. Easter falling on so early a date this year, makes some Easter statis tics Interesting. The earliest date on which Easter cnn fall Is March 22. The moon must then be full on March 21, and that date must bc> Saturday. Sucha combination of circumstances is ex tremely rare. Faster Sunday has fallen as early as March 22 In 190'1, in 17til and In 1817, and It will fall on March 22 again in 1990, 207G and 2144. The latest dide on which Easter can fall ls April 2f>. That happened in 1*666, In 1730 and In 188?. It will happen again in 1943. This year it falls on March 27th. Pneumonia follows a cold, but lt never follows the use of Foley's Ho ney and Tar, which stops the cough, boals tho lungs and expels the cold from the system. J. W. Bell. Carolinians Spend $.200,000. Americus, Qa., Feb. 28.-Forty thousand dollars represents the In vestment, made In Sumter county farming lands near Americus recent ly by S. J. Wilson, of Slmpsonvllle, S. C., who concluded another consid erable purchase to day. Many Caro linians are buying plantations here at an average price of $40 per acre, the lands being enhanced recently by the building of good roads. Two hundred thousand dollars will not exceed Hie amount recently invested by South Carolinians alone in fann ing property near Americus. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST O R I A Fatal Collision in Illinois. Decatur, 111., March I- Three men were killed, one fatally hurt and seven others severely injured on an Illinois Central train one mlle south of Oconee to-day, when two freight trains collided in a heavy fog. .-?>.??- . Captain Rogardus Again Hits the Bull's Eye. This world-famous rifle shot, who holds the championship record of 100 pigeons In KIO conse uti ve shots, is living at Lincoln, 111. Recently Inter viewed, ho said: "I have suffered a long Hmo with kidney and bladder troubles and have used several well known kidney remedies, all of which gave me no relief until I started tak ing Foley's Kidney Pills. Before I used Foley's Kidney PUL I was sub ject to severe backache and pal. . In my kdneys, with suppression and of ten times a cloudy voiding, while upon nrlslng In the morning I would got dull headaches. Now I have ta ken three bottles of Foley's Kidney Pills and feel 100 per cont better. I am never bothered with my kidneys or bladder and oneo moro feel like my own self. All this 1 owe solely to Foley's Kidney Pills, and always rec ommend them to my fellow suffer ers." J, W. Bell. ALCOHOL 3 PEU CENT. AVc?clablcPrcparatlonrorAs simllalingihcrootlaiKlRe?ula ting the Stomachs or.di3owclsof JNFAN?SV^CHILPR Promotes BigesttoihCkcmil ness and ResuCoutains neither Ophmi.Morpalne norMiueral. NOT NARCOTIC. fimgkut Aw/" ji?cStvM * JlMMttSJtx i Wm Sui Aperfect Remedy for C?nsllpi Hon. Sour Storoach.Dlarrhoea Worms .Coiwulstons.Feverish ness andLossoF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. Alb months old . Guaranteed under tr-cVe???j Exact Copy of Wrapper. Kwopc taff] $4,000,000. Kansas City, March 4.- The will of Col. Thomas H. Swope, probated to-day, showed property In this county valued at $3,433,700, and ad di) ional property in Tennessee, Ken tucky and ol her Stales, making the total almost $-1,000,000. A healthy man ls a king in his own right; an unhealthy man ls an un happy slave. Burdock Blood Bitlers builds up sound health-keeps you well. Fourteen Years for Richey. Columbia, March 4.-In the court of sessions to-day R. A. Richey, a prominent farmer, was convicted of having Illicit relations with an adopt ed daughter under the age of consent and was sentenced to fourteen years In the penitentiary. Richey collaps ed when the verdict was announced. The girl, who ls being cared for at the Door of Hope In Columbia, de clared that Richey was the father of her child. Areli Hone With your lan< sake of saving you use a lei only recomme analysis. It rec cial knowledge rials to analyse of a fertilizer li terials used, s over feed the time and starv This is why R are so popula gredient has work to do. years experien goods for Soutl enabled us to required. See that trade mar TRADE I F? S. Roystei NORFOI For Infants and Children. [he Kind You Have Always Bought TM? OINTAUR CO?lf ANY. HIW YORK CITY. Saved in Mid Ocean. New York, March 4.-Prom overa; thousand miles out lo sea was (lash ed from the Anchor Hue steamship Caledonia )-day a wireless messago telling of the loss of the l>lg Rus sian steamship Korea,and of thc ros ene of her officers and 4 8 men In tho middle of tho sea. The Caledonia discovered the Korea on March 1 Hy ing distress signals and ran closo and took the men off. The vessel was then expected to go down in a few hours. , Would Have Cost Him Ills Life. Oscar Bowman, Lebanon, Ky., writes: "I have used Foley's Kidney Remedy, and take great pleasure lu slating lt cured me permanently of kidney disease which certainly would have cost me my life." J. W. Boll. Three professional hog thieve? were caught and arrested near Au rora, 111., lad week. They usc. chlo roform to put the hogs to sleep so they would not squeal while being; hauled away. 'ou St? i when for the a few dollars rtilizer whose ndation is its quires no spe to mix mate s. The value es in the ma o as not to plant at one e at another, oyster brands r. Every in- y its particular Twenty-five ce in making hern crops has know what is k ls on every bag MARK .?RED r Guano Co? LK, VA.