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H ICM) Ul? ON ROOK ISLAND TRAIN Throe Cars Shattered by Hxpolslon. Passengers Shaken from D?rths. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 7.-Officers and posses or fariner? from near by are scouring the countryside near Hurlburt, Ark., this morning, in chase of a band of bandits who held up Rock Island passenger ! rain No. 43 early this morning, blow up tho ox press company's safe with two charges, which shattered three cars, killed a negro brakeman and a tramp, and shook sleeping passengers from their berths. The robbers made their escape intj> the sparsely settled coun try. Tho express car carried not less than half a million dollars In a small safe, which was successfully con cealed by Its two special guards, and the robbers* booty was comparatively Blight, according to officials. Tho robbery was the most thrilling ever known on tho Rock Island, and lt has been through many. Train No. 43 left Memphis at mid night, westward hound Tor Little Kock, On lt, among the passengers, were tho seven men who composed the gang ol yeggs. As tho train ap proached tho bridge near Hurlburt, about 1 o'clock, thc bandits drew re volvers and compelled the trainmen lo pull tho emergency cord, stopping tho train at once. Two men ran down and ordered the engine un coupled, backing up their orders with pistols. The engineer ran lt down Hie track a few hundred yards and stopped. Four robbers forced an en trance to Ibo express ear, and the passengers, aroused by tho noise, were greeted tflth a fusillade of shots which kept them inside thoir Pullmans. Then followed two explo sions, lighting the seem- for miles around and sha lt or lng every window in the* train. This demolished the express, mall and baggage cars, kill ed Bill Williams, a negro brakeman, and blow to fragments a white hobo who was stealing a ride on the "blind baggage." Train Fired by Explosion. The train caught lire from the blast, but was not destroyed, the rob bers fleeing and allowing trainmen to extinguish the blaze. Tho -ex plosions were a few minutes apart, the second hoing tired four minutes niter tho first, and both flashes wore plainly visible In the Hurlburt yards, seventeen miles away. As soon as . A posse of railroad detectives, far mers and couiiiy authorities set out in pursuit of tile robbers wit h .blood hounds within two hours. Automobile in Ohn.se. A special train containing detec tives and express company officials was sont to (ho scene from Memphis. Automobiles wore commandeered to scour i tu? countryside. On account of thc slight lapse of time between the hold-up and (he start of the pur suit, o ill ce rs wero confident that the men would soon bo captured, Owing to the darkness the I rain men could not say definitely which direction Hie robbers took. It is believed tho men were not experienced In the use of dynamite, owing to the fact that they used charges big enough to wreck the train. Experienced bandits, it was pointed out, would have used a ??barge of barely su Aldon t force to wreck the safe, so as not to alarm the neighboring country. The bandits cut all telegraph and telephone wires between Memphis, Hurlburt and Little Hock. Probably (?ot $10<>,ooo. Officers of (lie express company here admitted (his afternoon ?hat a money chest containing $ 100,000 was taken liv the bandits who held up the Hock island westbound train near Hurlburt, Ark., this morning, lt is now believed that the robbers safely made off with the booty, and probably obtained other money be sides that in tho missing chest. (?ii i Falls'Into Well. Jackson, (?a., Feb. 8.-Falling in a well feet deep, Miss Florence Ooody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoss Coody, had a narrow escape from death late Tuesday afternoon. 'I be young woman clung to the terra cotta pipe, with which the well was curbed, for 30 minutes, while mem bers Of tho family went a mlle for a rope, with whieh sh?, was drawn up. When rescued the young woman was nearly exhausted, she was given medical attention. Asla0 from tho fright and exhaustion, she is resting comfortably. The l(?dys live near Indian Springs. First ha (Jrlppe, Then Ilronchltls. That was tho case with Mrs W S ?ailey, Med cary. Ky. "My' J .JJ was taken down with a severe at tack of la grippe, which ran into bronchitis. She coughed as though nho had consumption and could not sleep at night. The first bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gave her so much rollo! that she con tinued using lt until she was perma nently Ctired." ,T. W Kel!. LA RC h CLAIM 18 NOT LEGAL. Committee Reports on $1:1,1100 Hill for state House Enlargement. (Columbia Record.) "Since we have concluded that Hie conna?t was entered Into without warran* of law, wo recommend that the claim be disallowed." This Is one of the significant state ments in tho report of tho ways and moans committee, in regard to tho claim of $13,560 put In by tho sub committee on statehouse and grounds, for the drawing up of plans and speclllcatlons and the making of a plaster model for an improved statehouse. The architectural work was done by Todd and Henson, of Charleston, they having been employ ed by thc sub-committee, consisting of .Messrs. Bryan, Dixon and Lee. The claim was referred to the ways and means committee and their re port ls Blgned by L. J. Browning, chairman, lt reviews the message of tho Governor with reference to the statehouse, thc resolution adopted, and the report submitted by tho sub committee, and cites a number of le gal opinions compiled by the attor ney general and G. R. Reinbert, T. J. Kirkland and W. H. Nicholson. Tho commltteo recommended that the claim bo disallowed. After a short discussion as lo (he disposition of the report, it wax re ceived as Information and ordered printed In the journal. The Report. The committee's report was as fol lows: To the Honorable,. the House of Representatives of the state of South Carolina : Gentlemen: We, your committee of ways and means, to whom was re ferred tho report of the committee on the statehouse and grounds, publish ed In the journal of Thursday. Febru ary I, 1012,'beg leave to report that we have gone into the nial ter as thor ongly ns possible, and submit the fol I lowing report : Wo desire to call your attention to message No. f?, page 251, of the Journal of last year, which called the attention of the General Assembly to tho approaches of the ground door of the capitol in the following words: "I think some arrangement should he made by which carriages can be driven to tho side entrance, and that the entrance he so arranged that per sons can alight from their carriages . ? ? Slate offices, and I hope that you gen tlemen will, take some steps lo re lieve tho situation." Wo also desire to call your atten tion lo the concurrent resolution in response to said message, which rose lin inn is as follows: "lie ii resolved by the House of Repr?sentatives, with the Senate con curring, thal His Excellency, the Gov ernor, is hereby authorized and re quested lo appoint a committee, or authorize a committee of statehouse and grounds to employ ibo services Of nil arc hitect to make such estimates of costs and to make snell plans as may bo desired to carry out the rec ommendations of His Excellency, the Governor, In regard to the State house as suggested in said message." By construing Co resolution In connection with the message, wo are of the opinion that the committee on statehouse and grounds has far ex ceeded its authority in entering into the contract with tho architect, and that the plans submitted were never contemplated by, and are useless and unavailable for tho purposes of, tho resolution. The improvement of the entrance to the present building and redress of the publicity of the closets affords no sufficient pretext for the enormous project of enlargement of the capitol and dome, tho plans for which tho committee has seen flt to contract. With the report was submitted a claim by Todd and Benson, archi tects, for tho sum of '$13,550 for the plans above referred to. which were contracted by a sub-committee of the committee on statehouse and grounds, which original claim is hereto attached and made a part of this report. Since wo have concluded that the contract was entered Into without warrant of law. wo recommend that tho Claim bo disallowed We herewith submit legal opinions by the attorney general, G. R. Rein heit. T, J. Kirkland and W. H. Nich olson, furnished to the committee upon Its request, and upon which ii has based its legal conclusions. h. J. Browning, Chairman. fjtftO,000 Short; Banker (?one. Los Angelos, Feb. 8. Announce ment was made yesterday thal a shortage of at least $50,000 had been discovered in the accounts of Earl Stanard, head book-keeper of thc American National Bank of Pomona, Cal. Stanard. With his wife, left tho city several days ago and bis where abouts nre iinkno.wn i i i m mn.M twt**-.~~- .???< -? ? a AWAIT ORDERS NAR. LAHOR vi c. ... Word to Ho Sent from ImUuhn??ij Arrests to Occur Simultaneously. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb uses on Indictments returned ut ii nation-wide dynamite plol >: I Federal grand Jury in Ihdlr >:> are on their way to-day to every city in I he United States As soon as tho Federal SUtl??>'? < hero receive a telegraphed i ode )\ that the papers have bee - re?oi by tho representatives of goyei mont in various cities, an . r wo will bo flashed from hen te' graph and the arrests w ' bo made. In tho office of the Unit? marshal, careful record ha. h< ;; h of the mailing of tho pap. lu caso, and equally careful ord is being kept of the r From this office will gc word to begin a raid whh ; . accoi lng to information here to day, result In the arrest of so m best known labor leader! country. Not more than two of tl . sons said to be under Indium ? now in Indianapolis. Tho iain are in cities ranging, accord in ports-to-day, from Heston Francisco. Federal secret operative to he trailing the two men are wanted, and iL Is bell il M tho marshal's ellice has I days the whereabouts of ti who are lo be arrested. The men will he brought a pells after their arrest an pear before Judge A. B. . idol for arraignment .March 12. peeled I hal the arrests wll within the next, five days. All Walt for Telegn There was little activity ab< ll Federal building to-day. ,F\v-\t!' in the dynamiters' case wai .rn receipt of the telegrams thal Hi piases sent out had been iv - Ivoi The Indictments, it ls Un do rat? follow In a general Uno I i ,>o turend In Los Angeles ag I* .ul A. Tveltinoe, E. A. Clancy a. <)..* . \ The Indictments cover rensptl to remove dynamite from Bta&n'y'.to ? State In violation of tho Feu- rn! | utes, and the removal itself Whethor the conspiracy li men ts covor any other offe tc fraudulent use of the mai not bo learned. It is report'd vf - nK riii ' thc Pcderni hui ! ; luy ih?l \?'JQ dynamite, c.hargi \ re I .- ... . a h'-;b !...... >)i ._..*> - i >' dre . 'i ". ! , AIOSI Ol Llie UUHl&tMt ?SIW the story told by Ortie ES. M the man whose confession conviction of tho MeNamn hie. Most of the witness \b ? (ame from localities in v> w M milga 1 had operated, and Moved they were brought i . rob?rate Ills story. How Cold Affects Hie Kidii Avoid taking cold if you lt are sensitive. Cold congest . noys, throws too much w them, and weakens their a e. rious kidney trouble a i 1 H ri gb t's disease may Strengthen your kidneys, f >l the pain and soreness, build up by the timely use of Fob y ' vv Fills. Tonic in action, qui suits. J. V li Dr. Fiillilove Freed. Athens, Ca., Feb. 7.-pr. ? nry M. Fuliilove, who shot and S. McKee Tuesday, Januar] freed from the charge of Tuesday afternoon in one of I lard est fought commitment tri ' seen In the State. At the s his brother, Roland FulllR Col. Percy Mlddlebrooks, of charged with complicity, v dismissed, as there was no brought out against them. The trial was bold befoi J. F. Foster in the court ro. i birke county court house. Lt fore time for the case to the hall was tilled. Tho cr 1 eut probt?' 'y numbered l,f>( ness was practically su s pent city during tho trial, as ? was interested, owing to t' .lonee of the parties (-oncer Judge Foster stated that reason for holding the dofei nt in a short speech dismlssoc rant. Thc court room wa ately swept with a burst of and almost every man in crowd present rushed up t ulato Dr. Fuliilove. O. M. McKee, brother 61 man, from Atlanta, was In had nothing to say. Ho w. I conference with Solicitor V through the trial, however a prominent part in thc er< Honing of tho witnesses tl. attorney, lt ls not expected t will try to carry tho caso /. An Epidemic of ('our 1 is sweeping over tho town young alike are affected strain ls particularly bar children and on elderly pi ? ley's Honey and Tar Com quick, safe and reliable c coughs and colds. Conta ales. J. \V. Del ON WAY TO HOHE AND IIKAI/TH. Hunker 0. W. Morse Passed Through Greenville Last Week. (Greenville. Piedmont') Charles W. MOIBO, the New York banker and ice king, whose sentence of fifteen years in the Federal prison In Atlanta tor violation ol the bank ing laws was recently commuted be cause of ill health, passed through (?reenville Wednesday night on the Birmingham Special at 8.15 o'clock. Mr. Morse was accompanied by his wife. Tiley occupied a stateroom on the rear car of the train. Representatives of tho Daily Pied mont and the Greenville Nows, armed with telegrams from the New York Times and the Now York Sun, re questing a statement from Mr. Morse as to his future plans, boarded the train for the purpose of Interview ing Mr. Morse. However, efforts to secure a statement from him were unsuccessful, as he had retired for tho night. Mrs. Morse likewise de fined to make any statement. Mr. and Mrs. Morse lett Atlanta Wednesday afternoon at 2.40 o'clock. Though it was generally known that he hanker would leave in a few days, the exact time of his departure was .opt a secret. Immediately after his teparture the information that he had loft Atlanta was telegraphed to he New York papers. These papers? thinking they could get a statement rom Mr. Morse before he retired for lie night, wired the local press to nterview him. Upon arrival in New York Mr, loise will recuperate from his trip nd then sail for Germany with Mrs. loise. They will go to Had Nau ini, a resort 2."i miles north of 'rankfort-on-the-Main, noted for its allis, which are especially suited to atients suffering from heart compil ations. Mr. Morse has been there vvlce before and knows the value of ho treatment. He is suffering from a disease .hieb, lt is believed, cannot be cured i his case, but may be arrested for ame time to come. The immense re ef of mind, now that he is relieved f the perpetual anguish of realizing imscif a prisoner, coupled with the oneficlal effects of the German wa ?ring place, aro expected and hoped > work great things for the banker. Vhether he will ever again enter Yali street or engage In large busi ness enterprises is decidedly prob imttical Oe. inn .'.ny I'^tii bi i. ? ;. a r j . ?'.pvs<;-- p';;v;on se: ?CY oe w . s c .. ipijttt t.V i'r.;; ;d<-' 'i'aft i"V ;\ nil it) of j by physicians. He was removed to liv! army hospital at Fort McPher son by order of the government, where, after further examination, it was declared that his case was incur able, but m>: in immediate danger. Upon this report President Taft de cided to take no action. After fur ther examination, which failed to bring the desire.1 deliverance, an or der came for Morse to be removed to Hot Springs, Ark., to be treated un der tho care of the anny physicians there. It was determined, after con sultation, however, that he was too ill to go there. The President finally handed over all reports on Morse's condition to Surgeon General Torney, who made a report stating that If kept In con finement the prisoner would proba bly die within the month, and that even in the event of release, by com mutation of his sentence, lie would not live more than six months. On receipt of this report President Taft ! commuted Morse's sentence. Foley Kidney Pills will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. J. \\* Bell. Fifty Perish in Siberian Snow. Ishim. Siberia, Feb. 7.- Fifty per sons perished in a snow storm trav eling along tho road near here. They were caught In a drift. Forty-seven corpses have been dug out. Wood's Seeds FOP l?i*2. Our New Descriptive Catalog is fully up-to-date, and tells aU obout the best Garden and Farm Seeds* Every farmer and gardener should have n copy of this cata log, which has long been recog nized aa a standard authority, for the full and complete infor mation which it gives. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, aoja Beans and all Farm Seeds. Wood's Descriptive Catalog mailed Dee on request. Write for it. TjW. WOOD ? SONS? Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. Ur. Brackett told tho w ri tor one day last spring, coming np on the ! train from Columbia, that ilsh lasted 1 longer as an ammonintc in fertilizer j than any ammonlate used lu making fertilizer. Wo have always been heavy users of ilsh, but since Dr. Blackett told us that we have more than doubled the amount of fish wo ! use. Fish is the most expensive am monlatc put in fertilizer. Some fer tilizer companies don't use it at all, and we probably usc more per ton than any manufacturer In the busi ness. In the home-mixed fertilizer, or tho fertilizer you mix at home, you only get the ammonia from cot ton seed meal. In the mixed fertili zer you get from us tho ammonia is ! derived from Nitrate of Soda, Sul phate of Ammonia, high grade blood, | cotton seed meal, tankage and tish scrap. You then have three different j kinds of ammoniates: Animal, Vege table and Mineral. These different ammoniates last different, lengths of time In the soil. Nitrate of Soda acts quickest and exhausts quickest, I Sulphate of Ammonia conies next, 1 blood and cotton seed meal next, tankage a little later, because lt is a coarser grain and tish scrap last of all, and lasts longer than any. As one of these exhausts the other comes in. So that by this combina- | Bon of ammoniates wo are making ? fertilizer that feeds and nourishes the crop from the time it sprouts all through tho working season, all through the laylng-by season and un til ?he plant is matured and the crop ready to he gathered. This ls a com plete fertilizer. Now a fertilizer with an ammonl ate that is derived from cotton seed j meal only, makes a pretty fertilizer and it does first rate while it lasts. The only trouble ls tin1 cotton seed meal exhausts and is through with its work by the time the cotton be gins to fruit. .lust at the time when your plant needs more plant food, more ammonia, your ammonintc is exhausted and the plant sheds its fruit. And that cuts your crop. There was less home-mixed fertilizer used in the spring of 1911 than in any year within our knowledge, and lt is a well-known fact that cotton shed less in the year 1011 than any year within your knowledge, and the I cotton crop of 19 il was the biggest this country has ever seen. Cotton fertilized with home-mixed guano always sheds like rips In the fruiting season. And cotton fertilized with a fertilizer in which fish is largely used ( sheds less than any other, and then besides the home-mixed fertilizer is not mixed as completely and as thor oughly as the fertilizer we make. You could mix lt as completely and as thoroughly as we do if you were equipped as we are and had the ex ;'-e. ..!.:?. ..-ed TOorT 'Mu '?, w< v . lix ] il. bu - . on ure not ir: pp i \>; i; . ' . iv jim i ?el ? . ? fertilizer is not mixed thoroughly, j completely and regularly, take a sam- j pie of your home-mixed from the dlf feront parts of it, and have them j analyzed, and you will find no two ; analyses alike. Your fertilizer does' not run regular, and lt can't unless ii is thoroughly mixed, your crops will not bo fertilized regularly, and unless they aro fertilized regularly' the crop will be irregular. You all know (hat it is the regular ero]) of cotton that turns off tho best crops. ? In a field fertilized with your home-j mixed you will have some good cot- ? ton and some inferior cotton, show ing that you have some good fertlll ser and some off fertilizer. Two men were dining. One com-' plained to the other that the egg he i was eating was certainly not sound. j The other insisted that parts of It j were splendid, and that is the way j with home-mixed fertilizer. Parts of ? it do very well, the balance of it will | be badly off. In the last few years ; crop contests of all sorts have boen j frequent and popular. We have never heard of a man j taking the prize in a crop contest J who used home-mixed fertilizer. And we nave never heard of a man going j into a contest relying on home-mixed fertilizer. In a contest of that sort be always gets the regularly mixed goods from a fertilizer manufacturer because he knows lt is better. Does it not stand to reason that a fertili zer made by a fertilizer manufactu rer who is thoroughly equipped with machinery to do mixing and has thor oughly experienced men whose repu tation, business standing and salary depend upon' their mixing the goods properly, goods mixed and manipula ted by them, does lt not stand to reason that they will be better goods than goods mixed and manipulated by (he colored brother who is per haps not over zealous in his work, and who is probably not over consci entious in the discharge of his du ties? A great deal depends upon the mixer. If you give Hie same material to two cooks one will make better bread than the other, and don't you think the one who makes bread itfif, dayg |n the year, and year after year, and whose reputation and standing in the busines:- and salary depend on his ability to do it proproly, will make better bread than one who makes it for just for a few days In the spring of the year? Now If the home mixer uses the same material that we une it will cost, him more than we ask for th" same analysis and it. won't, bc un Anderson Phosphate j. it. VANDivrcri, VnmUUwt'i Moss K. ANHKt?. P. I*. HUM/IVAN fi. \S\WS7MMM J. W. JiVHO 4. (/. ADAM? AIM; tnm www * good because IL won't bo mixed as regulariy( and as thoroughly and completely ns our goods. Last spring cotton was high and tho farmer felt like he could use the best grade of fertilizer, so he did no home-mixing. Ho got his goods already mixed be cause he knew they were better. Now if lt pays to use the best fertilizer when cotton ls high, lt pays still bet tor when cotton ls at Its present price, because when cottln is cheap it must be made cheaper to get a profit. You can make more cotton to tho acre with ready mixed goods than with home-mixed goods and the'more you make to the acre tho cheaper you make it. Now you may get up a home-mixed 8-3-3, or what you think is 8-3-3, for $2 a ton less than I we sell lt to you for. Of this ton of I guano you use 100 pounds to the I acre-as most of you do-you ought I to use 800, but most of you use 400. j Using 100 pounds to the ncre a ton ! will cover five acres. Now that is reducing the cost of your fertilizer 4 0 cents an acre. You can tell the dif ference in crops fertilized with some mixed goods and crops fertilized with ready-mixed goods riding along the road, t?ood farmers who are close observers say there must be at least 300 pounds of seed cotton difference In the crop before the difference can be noticed riding by. Now this dif ference ol' 300 pounds of seed cotton will make more than 100 pounds of lint cotton. This 100 pounds of ext ra lint cotton that you make by using ready mixed goods will bring you at present prices between $fl and $10, and this $0 or $ I 0 ls made at. an ex pense of forty cents. Hy withholding this 10 cents to the acre you decrease your Income from an acre of land be tween $!) and $ 1 0. Now we leave it to you if that ls good business and good farming. The money you pay out for fertilizer Is the best investment you can make on a farm. It is the cheapest labor you employ, lt is the only labor you can depend on putting in 24 hours a day, seven days in the week, during the whole crop period. It gets in Its work Sundays, holi days, rainy days and Saturdays of 24 hours a clay, seven days In the week, from the time yon plant your crop until you gather it. If you use the same material in making home-mixed fertilizer that we do, lt will cost you more than we ask for ours. The reasons you make it cheaper Is because you use cotton seed meal only as a source of am monia and that is one of the cheapest ammoniates used In a manufactured fertilizer, and it gives out just when lt is most needed. * Now, confidentially, yon lot the other fellow use his little home-mix ed goods and you buy your fertilizer from t*"? \ndorrou PerMHsor OV>m p/i'V- .\w .'.ikc ern ).i I i '.'.ic -n w'I ? low - he v.' J ' che o'fowd U'there ls o.u rhlii ? tli ii the fertilizer mixer ought to know, as an aged woman (washwoman) ob served of her bluing, lt is mixing a fertilizer. A man wno gives his time and his thought to lt certainly knows more about it than the col ored brother knows who mixes a few tons every few years in the spring of the year. Now, if you want to make crops, and that is what this country depends on, get tho best fertilizer. When they are all about the same price get the best-get the Anderson Fertili zer. Potash is a very necessary In gredient in making fertilizer. In a 200-pound sack of your home-mixed goods you have about a peck of kal nit and muriate of potash together, and lt will be Impossible for you to get. this mixed thoroughly. And even if you mix it thoroughly your home mixed won't be as good as ours, be cause you don't use tho material to make it. as good. When you get our goods you get 200 pounds and more to every sack. When a mnn buys fertilizer from us he gets 2,000 pounds to the ton. Sulphate of am monia will cost you $66.50 a ton, spot cash on delivery. There is none of this used in Hie home-mixed goods. We use quite a lot of lt in making goods which we sell for less than $30 a ton, just to maintain our reputation of making the best goods put in sacks. ' Fertilizer nmmoninted with nitrato of soda, sulphate of ammonia, high grade blood, high-grade tankage, cot ton seed meal and fish scrap ls a great , deal better goods and will make a great deal better crops than a fertili zer ammoniated with cotton seed meal only. You have been charging your en tire hill for fertilizer to your cotton crop, when as a matter of fact you have used this fertilizer under corn, peas, cane, turnips, and everything else von have planted. You have made good crops of those whore you have plantod, You have mado good crops of these where you would have made very little without lt, and have charged tho whole expense to the cotton crop. T. W. MoCnrley (ella us that one sixth of Illa coll?n crop will pay for tho fertiliser nsod under Mt cotton. ,1. S. Fowler nays a farmer makes a m'jHtake In trying lo mix his own fertilizer. Mixing your fertilizer at hom.? Isa very pretty theory, but it. won't make tho'righi kind or crops. Porpotual mellon Is fl. beautiful theory, hut lt him never worked. i>. H. VANiHVioit. Manager? , . WALHALLA, S. C. .MADISON, S, 0< WI.HTMINMTMH, S. 0, , , . HUN MOA, S. 0, .HIONI'H'A, H. C. N l>fIONIUM rouNTV,