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BATTERY l'A Bil's ALLIGATOR. Alexander, Seeking Visitera, Finds und Captures 'Gator. (Asheville Citizen.) After spending b?veral days in Florida advertising Asheville among the tourists who are diverting them selves there bathing 'n the surf, playing golf on eighteen-hole links and catching the merry tarpoon on tiie briny, J. L. Alexander, of Bat tery Park Hotel, returned yesterday. He did not bring back with him any great array of guests for the present. Tiley will follow later; but ho did bring back a small alligator which w^Lbe added to the Battery Park i flHpiiii. Mr. Alexander ls now hunting for a tank to accommodate his pct, and cannot decide whether to put lt in the red room, the log cabin, the palm room, or just let it wander around loose for the edifica tion of his guests. incidentally it was no easy matter for him to import the 'gator into LUiucotiihe county. There is no duty on the beasts, but railroad olllclnls have a duty, and while the regula tions in spirit say thal no such ani mal shall be carried on Pullmans, Mr. Alexander brought his through in Iiis ii rawing room. The regula tions as to dogs aro very plain, but they do not say a thing about alli- i gators, and therefore Mr. Alexan der was strictly within the letter, if some thousand miles outside the spirit ol' the regulations. But even with the rules on Iiis side M r^A lexander was kepi, as busy as a "otlier wit lt ten children by the alligator all the way from Florida. He had it in a box, and before he had gotten far out of Jacksonville it somehow managed to get out, and while its owner was dilating to a fel low passenger upon Hie beauty of a sunset over Pisgah, as seen from Battery Park porch, the 'gator crept up to him and ran its snout affec tionately up his trousers leg. Where upon the Battery Park proprietor came down from Hie sublime heights of Pisgah at once ?nd went off to play nurse to a 'gator. Again after the sleeper was wrap ped in slumber, and while Mr. Alex ander was dreaming that he was leading a procession of guests that reached from 'he station to his very door up Battery Bark Hill, the 'gator got oui. He went meandering down the aisle of Hie sleeper seeking whom he might see. A Cincinnati man who had spent the previous day at Moncrief Park races and had but little luck, called to a porter for water just about the time the 'gator was passing his berth. He looked out and saw something. He did not know the beast was on the train. He looked again and let out a yell that woke every man, woman and child on that and every oilier sleeper on the train; and then tried vainly to break the glass of his windows so that he might at once end his dissi pated career. In the midst of 'he excitement Mr. Alexander crept sheepishly from his drawing room, in his pajamas, and on his hands and knees chased that alligator the length of the car, and finally caught it by the tip of Its tail just as it was rearing up on Its h.ind legs preparatory to swallowing a-*weet-slxteen-year-old girl who had looked out of her berth to see what the commotion was about. This is the reason that Mr. Alex ander prizes his 'gator so highly, lt cost him in embarrassment and nerve-racking experiences more than money cnn pay for. The following notice appeared in the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union: "Among the prominent visitors to the city is J. L. Alexander, mana ger of the famous Battery Park Hotel in^fcfhevllic. N. C. Mr. Alexander. w^K.s one of the best known and popular hotel men in this section of the country, is at the Seminole. He is very enthusiastic in his expressions ol' Jacksonville, and, In fact, the whole State of Flo Ida." Heavy, Impure blood makes a mud dy, pimply complexion, headaches, nausea, Indigestion. Thin blood makes yon weak, pale, sickly. Bur dock Blood Bitters make the bolod rich, red. pure- -restores perfect health. Low Bates to Confederate Bennion. Confederate veterans in this sec tion are manifesting considerable In terest In the twentieth annual reun ion, which will be held at Mobile, Ala., April 26th, 27th and 28th. lt ls doubtful If a more Interesting placo, from an historical standpoint, could have been selected, and tho hospitality of the people of Mobile ls known far and near. Arrangements have been made -Sjf'i'h the railroads for through Pull pian sleepers and coaches. The lisna, veteran's rate of one cent a mile each way will prevail. Tickets Will bo good from the 2.'ld of April to tho 8th of May, willi privilege of exten sion to May 10th, after reaching Mo bile. GEN, ZIMMKHMAX DAVIS ?BAD. Was High in Masonic Older-Pro moted for Gallantry in War. Charleston, March 31.-Cen. Zlm-j merman Davis, commander of tho : South Carolina Division of Confede- : rate Veterans, and prominent In his Masonic, affiliations, died yesterday afternoon at lils residence in this city, at the age of 75 years. Stricken several weeks ago with an attack of grip, he never fully re covered his health and strength, and yesterday he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, which was Hie Immediate cause of his death. Ile ls survived by a widow, one son and two daught ers. Mr. Davis held the rank of major general ns commander of the South Carolina Veterans, having succeeded Gen. Carlisle on the latter's death. He was re-elected at the reunion at Chester last year. Cen. Davis had an enviable record in the Confederate service. Ile went into the war as a member of the Sixth South Carolina Cavalry and served under Hens, lint ier and Hampton. For conspicuous gallantry in battle he was promoted over two captains, a major and lieu tenant, and made the commanding officer of the regiment. Gen. Davis was grand treasurer ol' the (Hand Hodge A. F. M. ot South Carolina, and general recorder of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masons. Me was Past Master of Or ang,. Lodge, No. 14, A. if. M. Ile served two I erins as alderman, and was at the time of lils death a mem ber of tho tree commission of the eily of Charleston. Ile was president of the South Car I ollna Society of Sons of Revolution and a member of the South Carolina Society. He was also a prominent member of the Citadel Square Baptist church. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Ths Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho {Signature of Was Aided hy Jeftei-son Davis. Washington, March 111.--Stark B. Taylor, who had served continuously in the Court of Claims ever since Its organization in 185."?, llrst as a mes senger upon the recommendation of Jefferson Davis, then a United States Senator, and since ISO:! as bailiff, died at his home here to-day aged flo years. Mr. Taylor was a native of King George county, Virginia, served ten years in the United States army, part of thal Hine In Hie Mexican war. CONFIRMS STORY OF DHL! CF. Discovery of Fragment of u Cunei form Tablet. The discovery of a fragment of a cuneiform tablet, believed to be of the period 2100 B. C., bearing an ac count of the deluge described in the Bible, and agreeing with the narra tive in Genesis, was reported in Phil adelphia, Pa., recen I ty by Prof. H. V. Hilprecht at a gathering of friends at the home of Provost Harrison. Thit fragment, which has Just been deciphered, was one of those excavated from the lowest strata of the oldest part of the ruins of the temple library of Nippur, and was brought to Philadelphia by the ex pedition sent out by the University of Pennsylvania in IflOfl. lt is of unbaked clay, and meas ures 2% inches at Its greatest width and 2% inches in Its greatest length. As translated by Prof. HUprocht, the narrative contained on the tablet is ns follows: "(I declare unto) Thee that con fines of heaven I will loosen, a deluge I will make, and lt shall sweep away all men together, but Thou, the Bab ylonian Noah, seek life before the deluge cometh forth; for to all liv ing beings, as many as there are, I will Illing overthrow, destruction, an nihilation, . . . build a great ship and . . . total height shall lie its structure, lt shall be a house-boat, carrying what lias been saved of life, . . . with a strong deck to cover lt. "The ship which thou shalt make, into it bring Hie beasts of ttie field, the birds of heaven, and the creep ing things, two of everything instead of a number . . . and tho family." The olodst tablet heretofore known containing an account of Hie flood ls tho "Layard deluge tablet," now in the British museum, but the latter only dated from OHO B. C. The "Layard tablet" agreed with Hie details of the Biblical narrative In only a few particulars. President Finley, of the Southern Raliway, bag entered a new field for officers of that great sys tom, He ls devoting no little time und attention to Hie work Of encouraging others lu Hie raisin/ of stock. Heretofore the Hine of i lie president of the South ern has been well-nigh taken up wa tering tho stock. LEFT TO ItOT ANO DIE. No Lepers of 'Frisco Colony Say Re garding Their Treatment. San Francisco,'April 3.-Eight lep ers ot* thc colony of eighteen confined at the isolation hospital here, have joined in a petition to Hie San Fran cisco Board of Supervisors, asking that steps be taken to have the board of health rescind action In remov ing Ur. John Atcherley from attend ance upon them. "Ever since our imprisonment, which has beer, from throe months to eight years," the appeal states, "we have had no systematic treatment until Dr. Atcherley gave UK his aiton. Hon. The other physicians have plainly shown their disinclination to come in couta''' with us. The re sults are that wc have been left here to rot and die Uko mere animals." Stale of Ohio, City ot' Toledo, laicas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner, of the linn ol' F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business In the city of Toledo, Couniy and State aforesaid, and that said linn will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of catarrh thal cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. ("heney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my iresence, this G th day of De cember. A. iJ. 188U. (Seal? A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh (hire is taken inter nally, and acts directly on Hie blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney tc Co.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists, 7">e. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. "Itali Sinon" anil Sun Cause Fright. New Orleans. .March 2(5.-Volcanic' dust blown north from smouldering craters in Mexico and Central Amer ica has darkened the skies until yes terday and early to-day the sun was temporarily shut out of view. Dust night the moon appeared as red as if lt were painted on canvas. The phenomenon has brought fright to negroes all the way down the river from New Orleans lo the coast. Whl'e persons started the story that the darkened sun and moon in dicated the end ol' the world, and to day hundreds of negroes gathered In churches, praying and awaiting the supposed end. The darkened sun yesterday after noon played on the sentimentality of persons who were observing Good Friday In New Orleans who bad held services earlier In the day. for they Hocked into churches late yesterday afternoon, when the unnatural dark ness descended long before sunset. Esca|MMl by Filing the liars. Beaufort, March 27.---Two prison ers, Benjamin Benden, awaiting trial for stealing a cow, and Thomas Washington, bound over to the higher court on a charge of assault and battery, escaped from the Beau fort county jail some time last night by filing the bars of their cell and climbing to the ground by a rope made of their blankets. Washington's mother was lu town a week or two agc visiting him, and it ?s thought by the sheriff that she managed in some way to smuggle a file In to him by his letting a cord down from the window and she fas tened the instrument, to the end of the string. The men filed through two of the bars of the cell in which they were confined, evidently working at night and keeping the bars covered with their blankets during the day. AFTER DOCTORS FAILED LydiaE.Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound Cured Her 1 Knoxville, Iowa. - "I suffered with pains low down in my right side for a year or more and was so weak and ner vous that J could not do my w )rk. I wrote to Mrs. Pink ham and took Lydia E. Pinkham's \ ege table Compound and Liver Pills, and am glad to say that your medicines and kind letters of di rections hayo done moro for me than anything else and I had tho best physi cians here. I can ,_i i i i do my work and rest well at night. I believe there is noth ing like the Pinkham remedies." - "Mrs. ULARA FKANKS, lt.F.D., No 3, Knoxville, Iowa. The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be used with perfect confidence by women who suffer from displacements, intlam mation. ulceration, fibroid tumors, ir regularities, periodic pains, backache, bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra tion. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has boen tho stan. *. remedy for female ills, and suffering women owe it to themselves to at least give this medicine a trial. Proof is abundant that it has cured thousands of others, and why should it not cure you? It yo? want special advice-writ? Mrs.Pinlclinm, Lynn, Mass.,for lt. It is freo and always helpful. .SM}? #?**|* HELL IN TEXAS. * . "I* CH* .|? . J? o J . ?J? ?J? ?J? ?I? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? kt? ?J? ?J? ?J? >|??|o?|? The Devil In hell, we are told, was chained, And a thousand years lie there re mained; He neither complained, nor did he groan, Hut determined to start a hell of his own, Where lie could torment the souls of men Without being chained in a prison pen ; So he asked the Lord if He lind on hand Anything left when he made this land. The Lord said, "Yes, 1 lind plenty on hand, Hut I left it down by the Kio Oran de; The fact ls, 'old boy,* the stuff is so poor I don't think you can use it in bell any more. Hut the Devil went down to look at the truck, And said if he took it as a giit lie was stuck, For after examining it carefully and well He concluded the place was too dry for a hell. So in order to get it off His hand The Lord promised the Devil to water Hie land; For lie had some water, or. rallier, some dregs A regular cathartic thai smelled like bad eggs. Hence the trade was closed, the deed was given, And the Lord went back to ills home in Heaven. The Devil said to himself, "I have all that ls needed To make a good hell,' and hence he succeeded. He began by putting thorns all over the trees. And mixed up the sand willi millions ol' Meas; Ile scattered tarantulas along the roads Hut thorns on cactus, and horns on toads. He lengthened the horns on tho Texas steers. And put an addition to (he rabbits' ears: He put a little devil in the broncho steed, And poisoned the feet of Hie centi pede. The rattlesnake bites you. the scor pion stings; The mosquito delights you with his buzzing wings ; The sand-burrs prevail, and so do thc ants, And those who sit down need half soles on their pants. The Devil then said that throughout the land He'd arrunge to keep up the Devil'.? own brand, And all should be .Mavericks's unless they bore Marks or scratches, or bites and thorns, by the score. The heat in the summer is one hun dred and ten Too hot for the Devil and too hot foi men ; The wild boar roams through the black clinpara! 'Tis a hell of a place that he has foi a hell. One Conductor Who Was Cured, Wilford Adams is his name, and he writes about lt: "Some time ago 1 was con li ned to my bed with chronic rheumatism. I used two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy with good effect, and the third bottle put me on my feet, and I resumed work on the Lexington (Ky.) Street Railway. It gave me more relief than any medi cine I had ever used, and it will do all you claim In cases of rheuma tism." Foley's Kidney Remedy cures rheumatism by eliminating the uric acid from the blood. J. W. Hell. New Liquor Nuisance Law. At the recent session of the Gene ral Assembly a llqu r nuisance law was passed. The act declaring the unlawful storing and bartering of liquor a common nuisance is as fol lows: Section 1. He it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina that the unlawful sale, barter, exchange, storage and keeping in possession in this State of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer mented, brewed (whether lager or rice beer) or other liquors and bev erages, or any compound or mixture thereof which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage, ls hereby de clared a common nuisance. Section 2. That tills act shall go into effect immediately on Its ap proval by the Governor. Approved the 23d day of Febru ary, A. I). 1010. Chlldron Cry FOR FLETCHER'S C A S TOR I A Establish Colony of Jewish Fanners. Asheville. N. C., March 28.-- Final arrangements have been made for the establishment of a Jew colony of farmers near Tryon, on tho 7f>0 acres of land donated to the National Farm School or Philadelphia, by Henry Hellman, of New York. Tho plan as outlined hy Isaac Landman, secre tary of the National Farm School, who arrived here last week, Includes the division of tho land Into individ ual farms for graduates of his Insti tute and their families, all of whom come from the crowded cities of the North. wt m Killi ALCOHOL 3 PEK CENI?. AVegclablcrVeparallonforAs slmilal?ii?iheR)oaaniiRt'?u(a ting Uie Stomachs andUowrls of INF?NTS/CHJIDKKN Promolcs DigcslioihCheerful ness and Rest.Contalns neither Opiun\.Morphlne nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. JarfaofOldlkSAMUHTIMm l\impkia Stcd" ./Ix.Stai m *? JhxMUSofts siwscStttl *? Jlwmn?tt - , DHarionuteiMt* Him Srrd CtcrifkdSiHjcr . Aperfect Remedy fovConsHpa lion, Sour Stowacli.Dlarrlwea Worms .Convulsions.rcvcrish ness ondLoss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signaiurc uf NEW YORK. CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Atb ttiohth^ old J5 ?OStS-JJCENTS Guaranteed undcrthe Fbod? Exact Copy of Wrapper. In Ilse For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THl OfNTAUN COMPANY. NI? VO*H OUT. FOR SALE. One 4-horse Eclipse Engine, one Cardwell Threshing Machine, Dells complete, one Cutaway Harrow, one McCormick Mowing Machine, one Drag Harrow, one pair Hood Mules, one 2-horso Wagon, one Horizontal Cane Mill, one 2-horse Cane Mill, two Evaporators, one thirteen 2 horse Oliver Chilled Plow. ,?. W. OLIV HR, Walhalla, S. C. March 1?, 1010. 11-21 NOTICIO TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. All persons indebted to the Es tate of M. S. CROMER, deceased, are hereby notified to make pay ment to the undersigned, and all per. sons having claims against said es tate will present the same duly at tested within the time prescribed by law or be barred. (MRS.) EVA CROMER, Administratrix. Monea Path, S. C. March 23, 1910. 12-15 RRIIRHO ANO ROAD LETTINGS. Notice ls hereby given that the County Commissioners will lot, by contract, the repairing of the follow ing bridges and rond, at the times specified, and at the site of the brldgo and road: docas.see Bridge, .locassee Bridge, near W. M. Brown's, on Friday, April 81 h. li) 10, at 10 o'clock a. m. Bend. The repairing ol the Road near Alex. Moss's place, on Saturday, April 9th, 11)10, at 10 o'clock a. m. Knox Bridge. Knox Bridge on Tuesday, April 12, 1010, at 10 o'clock a. m. Successful bidders to give bond for faithful and prompt performance of contract. N. PHILLIPS, Co. Supervisor. James Seaborn, Clerk of Hoard. March 23, 1010. 12-14 LANI) OWNERS TO CLEAN OUT STREAMS. The following persons, land own ers along Colonel's Fork Creek, aro hereby notified that they must com ply with the law and clean said stream of obstructions by logs and brush to the limits of their owner ship at once. Those refusing or neg lecting to do so will suffer the penal ties Imposed by law: J. P. Strlbllng, G. W. and Will Kay, B. F. Driver. T. N. Hall, Mrs. McDonald, Paul Jenkins, W. C. Dri ver, T. N, Carter, J. R. Wilson, W. C. Pike, J. P. Freeman, W. M. Gossett, R. M. Wilson, S. N. Hughs, J. J. Bal lenger, R. T. Jnynes, J. J. Driver, lames Phillips, J. R. Watson, It. H. Dilwor'h, and perhaps others. Commence at Southern Railroad bridge, near Richland, thence up Conneross Creek to mouth of Colo nel's Fork, thence up Colonel's Fork to head. This ls for the benefit of all those along or near said streams, and we hope this order will be compiled with without I rouble. N. PHILLIPS, Co. Supervisor. March 23, 1910. 12 EXEOUTOR'S SALIO OP PERSONALTY. Notice is hereby given that l will offer for sale, at public outcry, on SATURDAY, the lGth day of April, 1010, at the late residence of S. C. Smith, near Madison, S. C., all re maining household goods, farming Implements, etc. Sale will take place at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. Terms of Sale: CASH. HENLY A. SMITH, Executor. March 30, 1010. 13-14 NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that tho undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court Houso, on Thursday, the 28th day of April, 1010, at ll o'clock In the forenoon, or as soon thereaf ter ns said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of M. S. Cromer, deceasod, and obtain final discharge ns Admin istratrix of said estate. (MRS.) EVA CROMER. Administratrix. March 23, 1910. 12-15 NOTICE OP Pl NAL SETTLEMENTS Notice ls hereby given that I will make a final settlement of tho Es tate of J. S. Floyd, deceased, tn the office of the Probate Judge of Oco nee County, at Walhalla, S. C., on Thursday, April 21st, 1910. at lt o'clock a. m., and Immediately there after apply for a discharge as Exec utor of said estate JOHN S. FLOYD. Executor of the Last Will and Tes tament of J. S. Floyd, deceased. March 10, 1910. 11-14 NOTICE OE FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is heroby given that tho undersigned will make application to D. A. SMITH, Judge of Pro bate for Goonoo County, In the State of South Carolina, at his ot?lce at Walhalla Couit Houso, on Friday. APRIL 20th, 1910, at ll o'clock In tho forenoon, or as *uon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leavo to make final .jottle ment Of the Estate of A. W. Tan nory, deceased, and obtain final dis charge as Executor of said estate. L. A. TANNERY, Exocutor. March 23, 1910. 12-15 Fortqne Telling Dor s not take into consideration the one essential to wom an's happiness-womanly health. The woman who neglects her health Is neglecting the very foundation of all good fortune. For without health love loses its lustre and gold is but dross. Womanly health when lost or impaired may generally be regained by the usc of Dr. Pierce'? Favorite Prescription. This Prescription has, for over HO years, been curing delicate, weak, pain-wracked women, by th? hundreds ot thousands and this too In the privacy ot their homes without their havln? to submit to Indeli cate questionings and offensively repug nant examinations. Sick women arc invited to consult Dr. Pierce by letter free. All correspondence held as sacredly confidential. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y. DR. PIKRCB'8 ORUAT FAMILY DOCTOR ROOK, The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, newly revised up-to-date edition-iOOO pages, answers in Plain English hosts of delicate questions which every woman, singlo or married, ought to know about. 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