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IMPROVEMENTS AT CLEMSON. .Chef Schilleter Gets Assistant-Moro Attention to II? Paid Gardening' Clemson College, Aug. 2.-Many Improvements) have been made ut Clemson during the year In the way of buildings, equipment, extension of courses, roads, walks, and general appearance of the campus. None of these, however, will give the students moro satisfaction than will tho Im provements that are to be made in tho culinary department. The kitchen is to he considerably extend ed, the bakery is to be enlarged, and an up-to-date dish-washing outfit ls to be installed, and a four-ton refrig erating plant is to be constructed. Mrs. M. E. Middleton, of Clinton, has been appointed matron of the dining hall to assist Mr. Scbilletter. Dr. Higgs feels sure that the pres ence of a lady in the dining hall will he a welcome innovation to the cadets. The dining room has been titted up with swinging electric fans, and other Improvements are contem plated. Then, too, a truck garden will he operated under the efficient supervis ion of Prof. C. C. Newman for the purpose of supplying the cadets with every kind of vegetable. President Higgs ha? left Clemson tor a stay ol' ten days with relativos In Georgia. He has, as ls his cus tom, done a strenuous year's work, and goes for a few dayr' rest. The routine affairs of the president's of fice will be in ( barge of his secretary. The Methodist church at Clemson is nearing completion and the Bap tist church is well under way. Clem son will have four churches by the fall of tin? year. The following are the ministers in charge of the vari ous denominations: Baptist, Rev. T. V. McCaul; Presbyterian. Rev. YV. H. Mills; Episcopal. Rev. R. M. Mar shall; Methodist, Rev. P. A. Murray. A little over a year ago the sta tion at Calhoun was burned. This week will witness the complet lon of an elegant station that will satisfy a long felt want. Curses Causo Strike. New York, Aug. 1.-Four hun dred girls, members of the dress makers' union, employed at a Brook lyn factory, are on a strike to-day against the use of profanity by tho foreman and other male emnloyees I ?til ..bop I . < > h?p?! I > ig ab...ut CU.! 1 Hy or abusive language shall he used lu the work rooms at any time, no matter what the provocation. Blighted Pear Tires. (Massey, In Progressive Farmer.) What will prevent or destroy the blight on pear trees? Tho only thing that can be done is to watch the trees and on t he first appear ance of blight cut out ahead of it into sound wood. Then keep the trees In grass, and cut the grass fre quently and put it under the trees as a mulch. Trees growing rapidly in cultivated land blight far more than trees in grass. No spraying will have any effect, on it, but the blighted wood should all be burnt. Too Bad for the Cat. (New York Sun.) The book agent who walked into Peter Steffens's office looked like an ingenious fellow, but Steffens, glancing up in a hurry, spied his trade in a minute and muttered to himself: "Confound that boy. Now, how did thal fellow get In?" Aloud, ho said: "You are wasting your time here. I won't buy any thing to-day." "If you'll only let me shoy you " "No!" shouted Steffens. "It won't take a minute -" ' it'll take five," declared Steffens. "Hut. really, ?my dear sir, this is something out of the common ." "No use. I can't read." said Stof fens. "Hut your family, sir, would sou deprive them. -" "i would," said Steffens, "If I had ?'.ny. i'm au orphan." "Well, you might want something lo throw at tho cal," suggested the book agent. "Do yon think." demanded Stef fens, "that i would demean my cat by thorwing your miserable publica tion ai ber?" The book agent was only dashed a second. "What about ino?" he asked, in sinuatingly. "Don't you want some thing to throw at me the next time I come?" Hay fever and asthma make Au gust a month of intense snff<.>?ng to many people. Foley's i... ..?y and Tar Compound gives prompt ease and relief, and is soothing and healing to the inflamed membranes. William M. Merethew, N. Searsport, Maine, says: "A few doses of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved me of ii severe attack of asthma ami less than a bottle caused a complete cure," Refuse substitutes J. W. Hell. WHEN HOUSES WOULD ELECT. Possible, Hui Not Probable, Conttn? gentles a? to Presidency. (Philadelphia Inquirer.) Inasmuch au many erroneous statements have been made as to the manner in which, in a certain contingency, the House of Represen tatives chooses a President; Inas much as there are many erroneous views as to the political status of the House, tho following facts are set forth for the benefit of the readers of tho inquirer: According to the constitution as now amended, In case no person re ceives a clear majority of all the ?lectoral votes for President, the duty ot election devolves on thc House under the following restric tions: Only the three candidates having the highest votes may be voted for. Knell State delegation may cast but ono vote. Two-thirds of tho States In the House constitute a quorum, The winner must have a majority of all the States. Only ono election has been held ?..udor this clause, when in 1821, John Quincy Adams was chosen. Clay would have won save that by a peculiar laxity on the part, of lils State lieutenants, where Legislatures then chose electors, ho came out fourth in the list and was tims Inel igible. He threw his influence to Adams. Let us suppose what, is improb able thai no candidate next fall re ceives a majority ol' tile electoral vote and the House is called upton to choose. Hy reference to tho Con gressional Directory, issued last April (and no material changes have since occurred) Hie political division of the States as represented in the House is as follows: Republican California. Nevada. Connecticut. New Hampshire. Delaware. North Dakota. Idaho. Oregon. Illinois. Pennsylvania. Iowa. South Dakota. Kansas. Ptah. Massachusetts. Vermont. Michigan. Was li I n gt on. Minnesota. Wisconsin. Montana. Wyoming. Total-22. Democratic iU-tbti Misuari . ? Georgia. Oklahoma. Indiana. South Carolina. Kentucky. Tennessee. Louisiana. Texas. Maryland. Virginia. Mississippi. West Virginia. Total 22. liven ly Divided Maine. New Mexico. Nebraska. Rhode Island. Total -I. On this basis it would appear thal the vote of any three of the evenly divided States would settle tho elec tion, but this statement involves the supposition that in a contest all of the Republican delegations would vote for Taft. This ls by no means certain since some of the Western States are so "progressive" that tn case of a deadlock they are likely to go for Wilson rather than Taft. Even if all these States stood Arm it is hardly likely that Taft could get three of the States which are evenly divided politically. There are a number of contingen cies to be taken Into consideration. Death may change the political com plexion one way or the other in seve ral States and thus further compli cate the situation. In any one of the equally divided States a member of idther party might abstain from vot ing in caucus and tims throw the vote of tho State to the oppsoition. Any State may vote for whatever candidate it pleases, so long as it is one of the three highest on tho list, but there is practically no chance of lh?> Democrats voling for any one but Wilson, nor ol' a Democrat, In any one of the equally divided States to either vote for any one else or abstain in caucus. Church Music, (Meredith Nicholson in Atlantic.) Music has long boen notoriously a provoker of discord. Once in my news-hunting days I suffered the ig nominy of a "scoop" on a choir rum pus, and i (Hereupon formed tho habit of lending an anxious ear to rumors of trouble In choir lofts. The avorago ladderlike Te Ileum, built up for tho display of the soprano's vocal prowess, has always struck me as an unholy thing. I even believe thal the horrors of highly embel lished offertories lia ve done nundi to tighten purse strings and deaden generous impulses. Tho presence be hind the pulpit of a languid quar tette praising Cod on behalf of the bored sinners in the pews has al ways seemed to me tho profanes! of anomalies. Nor has long contempla tion of vested choirs in churches shaken my belief thai church music should be an affair of the congrega tion. - j& Our CI and The Pul Columbia, Aug. 1.-??ultor Keowee Courlor: The South Carolina Medical Association, the legally authorized guardians of the public health in South Carolina, desire to urge upon tho voters their earnest considera tion of the bill to provide for a sys tem of medical examination of school children and students attending pub lic schools and colleges within the State. This ls a bill which the Med ical Association have prepared with great care after scrutinizing the laws regulating tho examination of children In various States of the American Union, as well ns foreign cou nt l ies, and we believe that, tak ing all things into consideration, this bill is probably the best to meet the conditions that exist in this State. However, if any one can suggest a better bill to meet the same condi tions, we wish lt distinctly under stood that we are not wedded to this particular one. A bill was passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives last session, but un fortunately was vetoed by the "Gov ernor. Is it, Warranted? The first question that one natu rally asks in regard to the matter ls whether conditions exist that war rant the passage of eil lier t his or any other bill upon the same subject? The conditions certainly seem to ex ist every whet e else, as laws have been passed in nearly every civilized State, making such examinations compulsory. We know that where these examinations are being con ducted-in Charleston, Columbia. Spartanburg. Seneca and other places--from ,"?0 to 7 0 per cent of the children examined are found to have more or less serious defects. From data collected by the hook worm corps, which is operating In practically every county In the State, we are convinced that the fig ures already quoted for certain places in the State very much un dcr-estimate the conditions that ex ist In tito rural districts. Wo fur ther believe that tho death rate among the children in South Caro lina is unnecessarily high, and we know that with the co-operation of WU HU" nu,, .^ .... . we have most of the diseases com mon to sub-tropical climates. Many of these affect the growth and devel opment of children'to an alarming degree; especially is this true of hookworm disease, a most wide spread disease in our State. An offi cial of Hie Health Department tells that so far this year there have been treated 2,500 cases among white children In two counties in this State. This does not mean that these ire, by any means, all of the cases muong the white children In these two counties, nor does it mean that lids was the only defect found In these children. Ask any teacher of your acquaintance if there are not riuitc a large proportion of the chil dren in his or her school who for one or more reasons are not making sat isfactory progress, if the answer be true, lt will be yes. There ls a rea son in each child's case. 'Such ex planations as sick, absent, lazy, In iiffen, t, backward, inattentive, stu pid, all find a common explanation In physical defects. Since the State ls committed to the education of her children, let us go further and see that she commits herself to their preservation and .aro. Some of the advantages we slain, for the system we shall briefly outline below: 1. lt ?aves the lives of many chil dren by early detection of future se rious maladies, and children suffer ing from infections and contagious diseases, which enables us to isolate them so that ot lier children will not become diseased. 2. lu ortrly lifo these defects are usually not serious and are easily cured, but If left to run their course they ?ut her jeopardize the child's life, or seriously impair its develop ment . 3. The defects most generally found are seldom suspected even by the most observant parent or skilled physician, unless the latter examines for i bein, and they are, therefore, like "a thief In the darkenss," qtrik Ing when one least expects danger ind robbing the child of its inherent right to enjoy that, period of life, while if the defects arc cured, Hie hild will become normal and proba bly lead n useful life. l. Some of these defects arc of such a nature that the nervous sys tem becomes perverted, and when the ihild grows up it may bo a nervous wreck, or may become addicted to drugs or whiskey. A review of the iuvenile criminal courts of Chicago, New York and other great cities re reals the Information that practically ill criminal children are the victims ^1 lildren J& alic Schools. of serious physical defects, and often when such cases are properly treat ed, such tendencies disappear and the children lead useful lives. 5. It ls definitely settled that where such examinations are made, and the Information revealed lg taken advantage of, liquor drinking and similar viceB rapidly decrease and convictions for crimes show a marked decline. 6. Children with physical defects cannot make satisfactory progress in their studies, and are, therefore, a serious - impediment to a school, In ? asmuch as under our system the av I erage progress ls considered the nor mal progress, and with the high per centage of children suffering from defects the average is necessarily low. 7. School room duties to a child suffering; from a physical defect are a hore and often a punishment-the result being that such poor progress results that the child falls out dis :couraged, prejudiced and an enemy to the school. Such a child goes out Into the world unprepared to meet Its exacting duties and is doomed to disappointment, bitterness and fail li re. 8. Medical examination of school children banishes from the school room truants and laggards and makes elllciency the standard. I 9. Under this system each indi vidual child is given the opportunity to make the best of its life. 10. As an economic measure it should appeal to every tax-payer, as it takes less money to educate healthy children than to attempt the impossible and try to educate un sound children. The State gets a dollar's worth of education for each dollar it spends. 11. This system gives all of the advantages to the children of the poor man that the money of the rich man can purchase for his children. 12. \'o injustice is done either the child or parent by any simple system that can make the child healthy and happy. There are some who, for various reasons, oppose the passage of this bill. Wo wish to state, however >y II . . ? . i ? .. ct il o ,> CIS. Probably the most frequent objec tion is that thc time is not ripe for such advanced legislation and the rural districts are not prepared for it. Thc time seems to have arrived in practically every civilized land to extend the helping band to an unfor tunate or suffering child, and we be lieve that as the rural districts are most in need, there being a propor tionately greater number of children having defects there than elsewhere, it is our duty to make whatever ef fort WO can to relieve their afflic tions. Moreover, we are not willing to acknowledge that we believe that the children of South Carolina are less deserving and should have fewer advantages than children elsewhere. The rural districts are prepared to take advantage of every opportunity that is available for the welfare and happiness of Its children. The next foremost objection is that, if this bill ls passed, lt will deny the parents their rights and the family physician his prerogative. We submit that neither position is tena ble. No parent has a right to deny his child its life, nor has he the right to deny his child the opportu nity to spend a useful and happy life. Wo further submit that each parent has a distinct obligation to himself, his child and the commu nity, and that this obligation re quires Hint he give his child such opportunities as will make him a good citizen and not a drunkard and perhaps a criminal. If a parent would tleny his child these simple opportunities, (hen that parent is so obviously derelict in bis duty thal tile State, for its own welfare and protection, should insist upon saving the child from such a moral pervert. The family physician is usually a high type man. and, above all, un selfish. His daily duties bring him In constant contact with suffering children, and he, most of all, would welcome any system that would free their little bodies from pain and would raise up for the State strong men and women to solve her serious and perplexing problems. Lei us presume, however, that he (the phy sician) is a selfish man. The bill specifically provides thal the exami ner shall not treat any defect found, nor oven report it to the child or parent, Inn ho shall report it to thc teacher, who in turn shall report it to the parent, and the parent, alone, determines whether the child shall be treated. The third objection urged is thal the Stale has no right to pass such (Continued on Pago Seven. ) BALLOONISTS THRILLING RACK. ll.OOO Feet AI ?ovo Earth-Thunder Soun ni Like Dozen Rattles. Manassas, Va., July 31.-"Uncle Sam" ;>roved a winner again when the balloon o? that name, piloted by Capt. H. E. Honeywell, of St. Louis, landed here at dawn near thc'hlstorlc Dull Run battlefield, having defeated all others in the elimination race from Kansas City to decide which three American entries should take part in the International balloon con tests In Germany for the James Gor don Bennett trophy. Capt. Honeywell and his aide, Roy F. Donaldson, spent thirty-five hours in the air, and, as the crow flies, cov ered a distance of 925 miles from the time they left Kansas City Sat urday afternoon. Feared Doing Swept to Se?. "A storm which overtook us in our eastward race, and the fact that we were approaching the Atlantic ocean, drove us to tho earth," said Honeywell. * "We were afraid that we might be blown out over the ocean. "We did not know exactly where we were when we started to descend. Dut we knew that as we had left the Alleghanies and Blue Ridge moun tains some distance In our rear we must be getting close to the sea." Allowing for the fact that their course from Kansas City to Manas sas was roughly in the shape of a crescent, the airmen estimated that they sailed more than 1,200 miles. "For good luck we patted a hunch-backed newsboy before we left Kansas City," said the captain. "That is why we won," he added laugh ingly. lt was the captain's one hundred and seventy-fifth trip in a balloon. "Despite the fact that I have made many balloon trips," he continued, "this was, in some respects, the most Interesting. Wo were close to storms both Saturday and Sunday nights, with lightning playing around us and thunder sounding like a dozen battles rolled Into one. "The finest thing of the whole trip was a cloud effect we saw when crossing the Alleghenies last night. We were between strata of cloud. The full moon was shining brightly. TJie clouds formed themselves into j shapes resembling forests of trees, j J and with the moon gleaming through , 'these rbvi,v\;; ;. he s?meihlrii? like I "Did you ever hear of using ice I cream for ballast?' asked thc cap- j tain. "Well, that ls what we used; for we had several gallons when we I left Kansas City, and what was left next morning we threw overboard. "We had plenty of good things to eat en route. For a stove to heat soup we put lime between two buck ets and then slaked the lime. While passing over Chicago at noon Sun I day we had our midday meal-can teloupes, soup, boiled eggs, cold tongue and coffee." After leaving Kansas City "Uncle Sam" sailed off to the north central part of Iowa; then it started east ward, keeping across tho northern part of Illinois and Indiana; thence southwestward across Ohio and through West Virginia and over the mountains into Virginia. The highest altitude reached was about 11,000 feet. For any Itchiness of the skin, for skin rashes, chap, pimples, etc., try Donn's Ointment. T>0c. at all drug stores. One should conquer tho world not to enthrone a man, hut an idea, for ideas exist forever. DRUGSK READ THE PRICES FOR YC Dr. Green's Sarsaparilla Com pound, $1 bottles for r>0c. Dr. Kailey's Sarsaparilla Compound, $1 bottles for f>0o. Waverly Chemical CO.'B $1 size Sarsaparilla for 7f>c. Waverly Chemical Co.'s Ex tract of Cod Liver Oil, with hy pophosphltes, $1 bottle for 7f>e. Waverly Chemical Co.'s Hypo phosphites of Lime and Soda, $ I bottle for 7.r?c. Hunt's Lightning Oil, 25c l>ottie for 1 r.e. ; 2 for 25c Hunt's Cure, for skin and i'ching eruptions, 25c, slzo for 15c, or 2 for 25c. St. Joseph's Livor Rogulator, 25c. cans, 2 for 25c, Raymond's Cough Syrup, 25c. Lot tlc for 15c.; 2 for 25c. Raymond's Nervo and Bono Oil. 2.-.C. slzo 15c, or 2 for 25c. Raymond's Rollef, 25c. slzo, 15c, or 2 for 25c. Andrew's Pain Reliof, ??>c bottles 15c, or 2 for 25c Androw's Chill Killer, 50c bottlo for 25c. ASK NATION FOU $1,400,000. Heim of Robert Morrl? Renew De II tm ul for Repay nient of Limn. Denver, Colo.. Au j,. 3.-Another effort ls under way to obtain from the nation the repayment of the $1,400,000 loaned to the Revolu tionary forces by Robert Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independ ence, who was permitted to upend four years In a Philadelphia prison for debt, and to die broken-hearted. Mrs. Julia Garner, a great-great grandniece of the financier, resident in this city, is prepared to make a new demand on tho generosity of Morris, and will go to Washington to present her demand for restitution. There have been two other at tempts to have Congress appropriate this money, but they failed. Mrs. Garner's mother was prominent in one of the campaigns, and urged her daughter not to let the matter drop. "Twenty-two heirs have been found," says Mrs. Garner. "Some of them live in Asbury Park, N. J. We are anxious to know why Robert Morris's money, which was not repaid to him when most-needed and when he would have been saved from finan cial ruin, should not be repaid to his heirs now. lt would change the for tunes of many of us and surely the government, which was aided through its most difficult financial crisis, should repay it to tho Heirs after permitting the great man to die miserably in poverty after the dis grace of having been permitted to bo imprisoned for debt. "Countries seem to be most for getful In the way of gratitude. 1 see sometimes a mention of a monu ment to him, but to wipe out the debt, to efface the wrong done to Robert Morris, would be tho best monument they could erect to his memory. Mr. Roosevelt has well stated the case by saying: 'None of our great men has been so abused as has Robert Morris, through silence.' " Cheapest accident Insurance-Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil. Eor burns, scalds, cuts and emergencies. All druggists sell it. 25 and 50c. .?? $$$$ ? ???? ???$t! nru: OJCd our Lawns, oom ptain and figured. These will make cool and dainty gowns for Ladies, Misses and Chil dren. LOW-CUT Shoes in ail the latest Models and Leathers will be found here. MEN'S TWO-PIECE Suits in the most fashionable weaves and fabrics. C. W. Pitchford, Walhalla, S. C. ?@@? $$$$ ? ? .? $$$ 1EEPING PACE W?TH KING COTTON. > BELOW AND SEE )URSELF. Andrew's Sure-Shot Vermi fuge, 2f>c. bottle 16c.j 2 for 2He. 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