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OUR STAPIiK CHOP MJCNACHD. Jame? Henry Rice Says the H<>ll Wee vil is Coming. Tho approach of tho boll weevil ls fraught with danger to tho principal industry of South Carolina, the plant ing of cotton, incidentally it must affect us all, since general prosperity is dopendent on the success of agri culture. I have recently visited the region in Alabama and in Mississippi, which is infested by the boll weevil. More over, 1 have kept in touch with all field work being done by the field force under W. D. Hunter, who ls in charge for the United States govern ment with headquarters at Dallas, Texas. The pest is worse than reportod; the dnmago dono grows greater as the boll weevil comes oastward and tho rato of travel has beon enormous ly increased, owing to more favora ble conditions in States east ot the Mississippi. Texas has escaped on account of a greater acreage and fur ther on account of climatic condi tions which subject the insect to harassment from year's end to yoarV end. The hot dry summers, the sharp, hard changes in winter, tho absence of winter cover, and the shifting of the cotton bolt westward to where it is even dryer and hotter, are the main factors which saved Texas. Louisiana, however, suffers a loss of three-fourths of her usual crop; nor are conditions In the Infested portions of Alabama and Mississippi any better. All authorities concur in the posi tive statement; based on facts of ex perience and observation, that birds are the chief and in the end tho only check to the cotton boll weevil. This is disputed nowhere, except by igno rant persons, who should not bo heed ed when the State faces a crisis in its history. It ls certainly sufficient that every authority in this country stands by that belief In the eflicacy of birds in checking the boll weevil. .1 saw evldenco of lt while in the boll weevil territory recently; and it should bo remarked that farmers In the same territory have not the slightest doubt ns to the value of birds to them. Moved by the greater danger the State of Georgia has within the past fortnight paused a stringent and ?weening law for the protection of n. m i . .'.?ai, .'-.ii! This was done by passing the resi dent hunters' license, which has been urged on the General Assembly of South Carolina for five years past, but without securing action on same. No politics whatever is in the measure, lt is aimed tor the public safety-a measure to provide relief against intolerable conditions and to provide for the general defense against an insect invasion. II is necessary that I call your at tention lo the fact that for many years 1 have striven to get action to forestall the work of the pine bark beeile, which is now destroying thou sands oi dollars' worth of pine tim ber and has become a grave menace, insomuch thal the national govern ment has established a station at Spartanburg to light it. All the de struction of pine timber might have been prevented, and would have been, if the General Assembly had taken action, giving Hie department means to handle the outbreak. Tho Gene ral Assembly of South Carolina is morally responsible for every bit of this loss. 1 am writing this with tho hope that you will aro uso your readers to action, The experience of the pine bark beetle will soon be repeated with the cotton boll weevil, unless the people of South Carolina force action out ol' Hie General Assembly. The only way to save the lords is . o rigorously enforce Hie laws for their protection. Thc only practical way i', enforce these laws ls by pass ing a law laying a license on hunters. NO other plan has succeeded any where; tiiis plan has succeeded e\ or) where; and now. wit ii i lie ac tion ol' Georgia, th.-re are hut three States in th.' Union without a law licensing hunters. There are stxty-livo species of birds that eat the hoi) weevil. Mos! ot' thom are not game hirds, lint an the small hirds which are peculiarly in need ol' protection. The boll w ees il will enter South Carolina in three years' time. This gives a baro breathing spell; but ir protection is given io the bird-; at once-lron-clnd protection ?tl o very community in South Carolina, there will bo a gratifying increase in three yea rs. it must bo remembered that birds wi." bo required to fight Hie weevil, not c Hy at the time of its introduc tion, out for every year Hie insect remains within the borders of the State. In tho last place. lie kind enough to reflect on the fait that nobody knows anything about even ordinary PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAH NOW. Sow Oats and Rye, ajid Hoi tl Cotton for Fuir Price. Editor Keowec Courier: I will ask you to publish a few thoughts which have occurred to me that will be helpful to the man who will put them into practice. Aro you a farmer? if so, who does your thinking for you? Now is the time to provide yourself with good seed for next year. The corn is most Important. Go Into the field and select from a stalk neither too tall nor too low, but medium-say 5 to 7 feet high. You should consider if the stalk has advantages In any way by more space or stump. Got ears that hang off from tho stalk. You can, by taking a little time, improve your corn a great doab You can im prove your cotton also. Right hero I want to say you need not fear a fourteen million bale crop. lt ls all a scare. Tho crops all over tho South aro short-some from drouth, some from wet, some from boll weevil, some so late lt cannot make a full crop. The thing ls not to sell the cotton too fast. There ls whore tho trouble Iles. We make it and the man who never sees it gets more out of it than we do. Some say. "How can I hold? I hold th?1 other fellow out of his own house." Ho will come in, but see herc; we can do this: Sow rye and vetch as a cover crop; next spring plow it un der and grow corn; sow oats: use some fertilizers nt the Hine of sow ing- say from 300 to 500 pounds; make the analysis a 1" or 1- per cenl phosphoric acid-a lO-l-j is good oats fertilizer. Sow in open furrows: commence by the first of October and sow on up to January, but for the old mule's sake do not throw away time and seed In Janu ary, February and March pretending to sow a feed crop, lt will pay you to give a man $r> per day to follow your mule in tho fall rather than to starve him on spring sown straw. As to variety, some say red rust proof, some say grazing or winter turf; Ap pier is a good oats, but Bancroft is the best, in my opinion. I have seen the 90-day oat sown in the fall and do well. Some folks are so cranky that they must be odd, but let me beg you not. to be so everlastingly odd as not to be any account. Some will say that if everybody sows oats they will not be wot ?.." anythti >-:. ll veri ?tmner U\ O?ohee county fih??ld make li00 i. .libels patj to tba bowe G-Oy I ' would be as good horse foe?' as they ... are shipped hore every year. Weean make them, and I hope we will do lt. Will you holp? How many men will go Into the county contest this time? We hope to have not lesa than one hundred, and if you beat me you are certainly welcome to my $1. Sow oats and rye; wo will talk the wheat proposition later. Yours truly, M. G. Holland. A Great Advantage to Working Men. J. A. Maple. 125 S. Seventh street, Steubenville, Ohio, says: "For years 1 suffered from weak kidneys and a severe bladder trouble. 1 learned of Foley Kidney Pills and their wonderful cures, so I began taking them and .sure enough I had as good results as any I heard about. My backache left me and to one of my business, expressman, that alone is a great advantage. My kidneys acted free and normal, and that saved me a lot of misery, lt ls now a pleasure to work where lt used to be a misery. Foley Kidney Pills have cured me and have my highest praise." Billion's Pharmacy, Wal lia lia: W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Insects, except those of us who de vote our lives to it; and lt ls fair to conclude that the average farmer will know less about an Imported in sect like tho boll weevil, which he could not tell by sight from scores of others. Every day lost gives opportunity to misfortune. The situation would easily justify calling a special session ol' tho General Assembly for the pur pose of providing against so terrible a calamity as the boll wees il inva sion. The quarantine ls merely n tempo rary makeshift and ls justified only by the awful necessity of tho case. When the boll weevil gels ready to como into the State, he will fly right in. and all the <| na ra ut i lies of the world will not affect him one lola. Dealing with ignorant politicians has Peen to nie a distasteful job. but I have stuck to it. for the issue means everything to South Carolina. Bul now it comes squarely lo tho people. They are on tho brink ol' a precipice, the very rim of a volcano. There is bul one thing they can do and the Bord have mercy on their souls if the.V fail to see it and see it quickly. James Henry Rice, Jr., Cl.iid' Hame Warden. S. C. Before Von Renell Hie Limit ol' physical endurance, and while your condition is still curable, take Foley Kidney Pills. Their quick fic tion and positive results will delight you. Kor backache, nervousness, rheumatism, and all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; w. J. Lunney, Seneca. / .J? ?I* ?I? ?I? ?I? ?|? ty ?|" .?. .??V.j*Ji ?i? i .J? "OLD BILL MINER'* ALL INl -J. ( .I? SENT TO STATE FARAI. ?J. .*? vj* ?J? .*? ?J. ?J? .*? .J? . J? oj? ?J. "Old Bill" Miner, highwayman, train robber and celebrated jailer, 1B about all in. I For many years "Old Bill's" name has been a by-word In police circles j from Maine to California, and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, yea, and then some. "Old Bill" broke Jail lit tle more than a year ago in Canada for a crime he had committed on British soil. And if there is any spot in Amer ica four feet square where Bill Miner, under that name, or sonufl other, has not been known with more or less favor, lt has not boon heard from up to date. Bill has paid lils respects to many sections of the country and they have always had good cause to remember him wher ever he has seen flt to hesitate. Name to Conjure With. In fact, "Old Bill" had a reputa tion many years before some of the present generation began to be scar ed to bed at night with stories of Tom Dalton, Jesse James and other celebrities who lived and moved Ia that select Icrcle of society which maintains its standing with the aid of a "forty-four," and for years past, when any of this gentry came up for discussion "Old Bill" Miner always had a box seat. Hut the prospects are now that "Old Bill," one of the last of the most noted "bold, bad men." has reached tho end of the tether, and that the places that once knew him will know him no more. Bill's last escapade was to flash a red light in front of a fast Southern passenger train near Gainesville a few months ago for the purpose of annexing several thousand dollars which was aboard. Bill and his pals got the money, or a part of it, but Bill also got hooked for twenty years in the Georgia pen. "Send me there if you want to," said Bill, "but I won't stay. I'd be pecking rock on judgment day if I served out all the time that's been marked up against me. Yet a little while and I'll hld farewell to Geor gia." And there were few who heard him but who were struck with the convic tion that "Old Bill" would followftls bent and would never stay put. I Ven rs Prove A Uon.Hr>np / But "Obi Bill" KW through a g*. 1 darkly. He fi liol! t/ r?i?koi? wlfrh . e weight, of his .-i\?y-n;ii-.< yc.ii'rtf.-' 1 l . ; a lied to nore that .; ?rne hlo.v . t'-.um. 1 j o? ?n*e Lo ?lou? tho glinting oight along the barrel of his "forty-four", and that the barrel wobbled strange ly when he tried to draw a bead. Old age was telling on the famous outlaw, but ho knew It not. So lt carno to pass that "Old Bill" Miner journeyed to the convict camps of Newton county to expiate his crime of holdlng-up n passenger train, buoyant In the thought that his craft at jail-breaking would carry him through. But In a few short months the alarming fact burst upon "Old Bill's" mind that he had lost his skill. Time passed and he made none of his desperate breaks for liberty. He coudn't. lt wasn't In bim. His back was bent and his shoulders drooped listlessly and his steps were faltering and slow. No more did his eyes flash and his spine stiffen when the guard turned his back for a moment. "Old Bill" was all In. A few days ago the prison commis sion decided that "Old Bill" was unfit for manual labor on the roads and that the place for him was the State farm- the place where the old and decrepit go the place which "Old Bill" Miner in lils early days would have laughed nt and scorned. And so Bill was transferred to the farm, and that transfer, perhaps, marked the passing for all time of one of thr> most daring, resolute and successful hold-up men this country ever knew. Miner will never escape from thc State farm. Ile is watched too close ly In the first place and In the second, ho Isn't abie to get away with it if he tried. He claims he is <">!? years old, and (>!. is pretty old for a man of regular habits. lt is much older for "Old Bill." He still has nearly twenty years lo serve out tho sen tence. Who knows but thal ho was righi when he declared he would never serve out the sentence? ?ic will secure his ndeaso before the term is over, lon not in the way ho had reckoned. Just before he got In tho tolls of tho law in Georgia, Bill broke jail in New Westminster, British Colum bia. I'.ehind him he left his gold watch and $150 In money, which hfl had deposited for safe-keeping with tho warden. So long as ho was freo he didn't caro what became of it, but now tl a I. ho is feiding the blight of age tint $l.".0 would come In handy to pir chase a few little things which the prison authorities allow. Accordingly Chairman Davison.at Ibo request of "Old Bill." has writ ton (he warden about tho money aid ?.J. r J? e J? ?J? .J-. ej. ? J? ? ?? ?J? ?J? ? J? *"J? 4. TUM AMERICAN LEPROSY, .?. .J. (The Baptist Courier.) .J. ?J? ?|a ?J? ?J? ?J? . J? ?-J? ?J? ?J* . J? ?J? ?J? Tho trial of a young man tn Vir ginia, charged with killing his wife, has filled the papera with much that is unsavory; and many think that the publication of such testimony has an injurious effect upon public mor als. There ls much that could be said ulong 1 hin line, but we should remember that such trials simply un cover, they do not produce, social conditions. They turn on the light and light is healthful. There are certain social evils, which are cor rupting the very sources of life, but which never como to tho BU rf ace oven for a moment, except in such revelations as that which has come in this Virginia trial. But whether good or evil comes of these revela tions depends, at last, wholly upon the moral Judgments the community pronounces upon thom. There was one feature In the testi mony of the mother of the unfortu nate young wife, which, we think, the public cannot afford to let pass unnoticed, lt points to an evil about which too little ls said, and about which too little ls known by the pub lic. This silence and ignorance would be excusable If the evil lurked only in vile districts of the city and did not endanger the purest of tho most Innocent homes. And the Ignorance and silence could be the better justi fied if only a few homes were endan gered. But such is not the case. The dispatches which nave the account of the testimony ol* the heart-broken mother simply say: "Prosecutor Wendenburg questioned the woman as to her knowledge of the domestic life of the Beatties and brought to the surface a point Intended as rele vant to the alleged motive of the murder, namely, that Boattlo's phys ical condition, due to dissipation, bad caused much unhappiness to lils wife." In these veiled words reference is made to a disease and an evil the ex tent of which, If we are to believe the testimony of the whole medical profession, ls certainly appalling. In conversation with physicians recently we were amazed beyond all measure to be told that by the very lowest estimate 85 per cent of the men folk of this country are or have been con taminated; and some physicians think that 95 per cent ls nearer tho lruth. It tho effects of th?se horri ble disoases wore ou Unod v hoi ly to the guilty they1 ? -did. bo even then tod ..wini to eb ? tompiate; but eve ara dealing witt an evil thal eui. bp transmitted In its loathsomeness io a man's Innocent offspring. Who can think of such a thing without a shud der? But by far the most astound ing thing we learned In ou?' conver sation with the physicians-lt ls al most unbelievable-is that the pro fession estimates that about S."> per cent of the surgical operations on the innovent wives of America bas been caused by this unnamable evil! And what ls being done to protect society and tho home and the hom? that is to be, the young bride and the unborn children? The answer is, nothing, aboslutely nothing ia many States. What can be done? Much in every way. Above, all, the destruc tion of the double standard. But also the State should refuse to issue a marriage license to a man who ls less entitled to it than a rotting leper. Foley's Honey and Tar ('om pou ntl still retains Its high place as the best household remedy for all coughs and colds, either for children or grown persons. Prevents serious results from a cold. Take only the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, and refuse substitutes. Barton's Pharmacy, Walhalla; W. J, Lunney, Seneca. Pish Killed by Molasses. New Orleans, Sept. 14.-Dead shrimp by the million and fish by the thousand are Moating about on the waters of Lake Pontchartrain near the bulkheads at Hie entrance of the new basin as n result of a diet of molasses which found its way Into the lake from the city sewers when 60,000 gallons were recently lot loose in the streets where a storage lank burst. Tho molasses contained about 2 V? per cent potash to tho gallon. Unless tho lides carry the dead fish away it is predicted thal the odor Will be SO great that the residents Will be forced to move from West IO nd. Feel languid, weak, run down? Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones liver and stom ach, promotes digestion, purifies tho blood. the watch and has requested him lo forward it to tho prison commission so that the old veteran in outlawry may use it to make less irksome his declining years. "I suffered habitually from con stipation. Dean's Regul?is relieved and strengthened the bowels so that they have been regular ever since." A. B. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. HAD GRADE) CROSSING WRECK. Seven Injured When Southern Engine -Crusties Int? Street Car. (Columbia State, IGtb.) Ten persons narrowly escaped death yesterday at tho deadly Taylor street grade crossing. For the third time in three years these accidents have occurred. Seven were injured when a Southern railway passenger engine, backing toward the Union station, crashed through the guard gate and crumpled un out-bound Waverly car. The street ear had been released by the watchman at the crossing. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon at 6.10 o'clock. There wore only ten larsons aboard the car, according to Conductor Webb. Tho street car, a pay-as-you-entor model, ls operated between Shandon and Waverly and in a heavy double truck ear. The_ large passenger en gine struck the car in the center. The ear was almost folded up by the im pact of the heavy engine. It was thrown from the track for ten feet, snapping two electric poles. The heavy steel girders were twisted and the sides broken in. All windows were shattered and practically all of tho passengers were cut by the Hying glass. According to Conductor Webb the car stopped within several feet of the crossing after the gates had been pulled up and tho guards to tho rail road track Iel down. Mrs. H. .1. Hardy left tho car at this point. The car moved on to cross the tracks. Mrs. Hardy turned and saw tho en gine approaching. She jumped down an embankment and narrowly es caped being crushed tinder the car. She was injured hy her fall, but her injuries are not considered serious. Tho engine that struck the Wav erly car was ono of the largest pas senger locomotives used by the Southern railway. It. was being sent to tho Union station to haul out num ber 32, the fast limited train due to leave Columbia at 0.40 o'clock in the afternoon when the accident occur red. The engine was not damaged. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST O R I A Hookworm ExiH-rts Hold Conference Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14.-A thret days' conference of directors t,f held sanitation and ll ;'d Inspect Hon appointed bj various Bod thorn board? ot health began here thi? morning. About l" ure In attend ance. The object is to discuss the methods used In the different States during the past year In fighting hookworm and to reach some more efficient methods of waging this war Foley Kidney Pills will reach your individual case If you j have any form of kidney and blad der trouble or urinary Irregularities. Try them. 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Repu* tallon. iMN WALHALL SPATIO KKD-SIIIKT HKUNION, lt Will Ik' Held at Columbi? S<?i> tfetnbcr 27Ui and 28th. (Anderson Mall.) Tho annual reunion ot' tho Ked Shirt? ot' 1 870 will he hold at Co lumbia on Wednesday and Thursday, September 27th and 28th, and ar range men ts are_ now being made at tho Capital City for the entertain ment of the veterans and their sons, who are to bo royally treated during their two days' stay there. Low rates have been granted by tho railroads from all parts of the State, that from Anderson for the round tri)) being $6.15. From Anderson county there is ex pected to bo a large delegation on hand. Capt. J. T. Pushy was in the city the other day. and while here said that he expects to carry a big company. He has ruled that all who go as members of his company shall wear the same uniform-red shirts of the Bame material, sample of goods for which can be seen at the Tate-Taylor Company store here; black trousers, hat and belt, black shoes, shined, and a small how of hine ribbon on the point of the left shoulder. "Tell them," said tho captain, "that they had better get up this uniform just this way. lt will mean that they will he all thc better look ad after at Columbia." lt is expected that every county In the Slate will be represented at the reunion, and those in charge in tho respectivo counties are urged to lill in tho ranks. Soothes Itching skin. Heals cuts ar bur ns without a sear. Cures idles, sczoina, salt rheum, any Itching. Doan's Ointment. Your druggist jells it. Clemson College Opens. Clemson College, Sept. 15.-Clem son College began its nineteenth ses sion Wednesday with the largest en rollment in Its history. New students reporting for examination and old students for making up deficiencies were on band this morning over 500 in number. Old students with clear records and new students who have already been classified will report Saturday. September 16, the total be ug about 800. All officers and teach jrs are on hand and everything in llcates a successful year. .lolui fr'ra.uk Alexander. l?. l'bvl ri g remambr'anct ,.>.. jo\u\ Prank Alexander, who dopa vied fal life,August 17, t SJ l >. A loving bro? ther, a faithful friend. 'Safe In the arms of Jesus, Safe on His gentle breast. 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Think then of the incas of Cole's Hot Blast, nteed smoke-proof feed door Tent of air draws the smoke to the stove pipe-away from pie, cleanly feed with the side The side door used on other r smoke, unpleasant gas and If you overfill a side door And note this, you cannot ;ht.an everlasting advantage ich is air-tight and guaranteed never out in this remarkable n in the spring. ely it is tbp Lefter you need _ /-v^ Pri?e$12.00 DWARE CO., ?nd Upward Aooorrilno to .A, S. C. Sh? and SW*