tumorous Jhpartmrut. Moro Matter of Curioaity. He wu a long, lank countryman. ^ He entened the car. and took his seat next to a well-dressed man of middle aye. who sat evidently absorbed in his morning1 paper. Immediately he had seated himself he began a rapid fire ** of questions directed at the gentleman rl with the newspaper. 01 He asked him how many miles an 04 hour he thought the train could go at o: Its full speed; and if he didn't like the s - .. . i \ looks or the country tney were passing through; and what he thought of the * chances for crops down his way; and If he didn't think the trusts were b bleeding the country; and wasn't he J' of the opinion that politics had gone L to the dogs, anyway, and the whole G land going to ruin; and didn't he think T that Qrover Cleveland was the greatest man that ever lived; and what was t( his opinion In regard to the Spanish 'r war. At last the man with the newspaper grew impatient. ?' "My friend," he said, "I've answered a number of your questions, and now, ^ if you have no objections, I'd like to d have a chance to read my paper." "Sure," his interrogator replied. "I ^ won't bother you any more; but, al stranger, there's Just one more question w I'd like to ask. Just answer me this 111 one, and I'll shut- right up. I see h you've got Just one leg. How'd the H other one come to be off?" C "If I answer this, you'll promise not to ask another question?" "Sure, replied the countryman, with T an emphatic nod of the head. 8< "Well, then. 111 tell you. That leg was bit off," 14 The recipient or mis piece ui uaw - ma Hon stared hard at the. gentleman al with the newspaper, his jaw dropped and his eyes grew wide, but he made cf no comment. Finally the situation be- 01 came unbearable; he shifted restlessly C1 In his seat, and his breath came hard. Cl At length he rose, and started down c' the aisle. "I've given my word for It," he said, tf "and I'm not the man as goes back on di his promise; but I'll be goldarned if I tl wouldn't give a peck of the best pota- ei toes on my place to know what it was la this sidF of perdition that could have n' bit that man's leg off.?Woman's L Home Companion. 'r ai The Last Man. H * It being ascertained that there was a' in the whole country a citizen in hid- ,r ing who had boasted in an idle mo- ai if ment that he had never applied for a pension, a body of patriots started out ,r in search of him. ?' When Anally apprehended, the man w appeared dogged and defiant. c "I am the possessor," he declared, "of a robust constitution, and none n of my ancestors, so far as I know, ever took part in the war of the Rebellion. Why should I rob the public treasury?" ^ "And Is this," exclaimed the head of the party, "your only excuse? Have you no regard, sir, for the customs and ^ traditions of your sacred land? Don't you know that for years every lawyer ^ and every political party In the country, from motives of pure patriotism, ^ has labored to get every man, woman and child on the pension list?" ^ The culprit hung his head in shame ^ as the' full enormity of his offense . burst upon him. ^ "Now that I recall the fact," he ob- B served with a cunning smile, "my third q great aunt on my mother's side had a a stepfather who caught the grip while ^ , shingling a house on the outskirts of ^ the battle of Gettysburg." U ___ ... h The Placb.?"You can't very well t miss it." said neck-whiskered-and-pes- j simisticaliy-inclined Farmer Bentover, e in reply to the inquiry of the Strang- t\ er. "Just keep on along down the tl road, till you come to a white house, b on the right-hand side, with green 8< blinds, where there's a commanding- a sized woman inside, shaped considers- tl bly like a clothes-horse, trimming a q hat. or sewing a rag mat, or something h of the sort, and at the same time a putting up preserves, rocking the ti cradle, believing in predestination and w & literal hell, picking flaws in the en- tl tire neighborhood, watching to see \ everybody that passes by. wondering d to gracious where they are going, and w what for. and giving large, angular fl pieces of her naiad to a small, fright- p ened-looking husband, who appears g take oe the point, most of the time, of w tvvittg to crawl inside of himself, as t< a ka^avoo Is said to hide in its own c watch pocket in time of danger, o Yes. that's where my second cousin, s< Canute J. Pennypacker, lives."?Smart b Set. tl d Pi t Up With Wool.?"My stahs, t( Itowtndy. but yo' is suttinly got nice b haih. How yo' mek it so long en a straight?" asked woolly Miss Geaw- b glana of her friend. Miss Lucinda. ? "Doan* yo' put somefln* on it, now < bones' truf?" "Nevah done nothln' to it. true as a I stoa' hyar, only done wrop it up in a a cui> towel' when I sweeps or dus'es. s El vou. goin' tuh have nice haih yo'll M have It, en of yo' ain'l yo* ain't, yo' u tek my wohd foh hit, honey. W'y, s yo'alk kaows my sistah Rvaleen. 'Clah tl to goodness, dat chile's lots neaheh 1 w*tte 'a' I am, but huh. haih'a as bad ? as youab's. 'ri' she's jes' plumb crazy e to. rnnfk IX long- en straight. W'y dat 0 po' oiggah, she spen's houahs on it. 1 She les' ma-aaieu'hs hit. en ma-arjicu'hs bit. aai' still hit aint nuffln* but jes wooL No'ra. ef yo* goin' to have n halb yoU have hath, en or yo' ain't b yo.' jes' oachetty got to put up with P woof* Whf.rk tub Thkasi-rk Is, Ktc.? ll MHaioJd." said the heiress. "I have been thinking." "Thinking of me. precious?" asked Harold. h "Indirectly, yes. I have been thinking that were you to marry me everybody would say you only did so ? ,, h til oroer u> gei my money. y "What care I for the unlhiukhiK y world ?" o "But. oh. Harold. I will marry you. s "My own dar"? ^ "And I will not have people say unkind things about you. so 1 have ar- . ranged to give all my fortune to the missionaries. Why. Harold, where are you golitg?" ^ Harold paused long enough on his way to the door to look back and o mutter. "I'm going to be a mission- p ary!" Judge. pit Miss Wise?Of course. Goldie ^ Roxley knew the count was worthless y when she accepted him, but he prov- ped to be Just twice as worthless as she p thought him. A Miss Ascum?Why. how was that? A Miss Wise?She thought she was J. going to get him for a million, but he cost her two millions. u iHisccllanrous ^tradinq. IN COUNTIE8 ADJOINING. ewi and Comment Clipped From ' Neighboring Exchangee. LANCASTER. Newe, January 15: Invitations have pen issued to the approaching marage of Mr. Clarence E. Garvin, son f Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Garvin of Lanister, who is now connected with ne of Aiken's newspapers, and Miss orah Panmnn fin tighter of Mr. and Irs. George Washington Pearson of 'ewberry. The ceremony will be per>rmed at the home of the prospective ride's parents, Wednesday evening, anuary 30th, at 8 o'clock The ancaster Graded school will observe eneral Lee's birthday, next Saturday, he exercises, however, will be held ie day previous. Friday, in the audi- 1 >rlum, beginning at 9 o'clock a. m. An itroductory prayer will be offered by ie Rev. Chalmers Fraser. Addresses n the life and character of Lee will e made by Dr. J. H. Boldridge and layor R. E. Wylle. The public Is corloiu inviteri to attend the exercises. 1 Mr. John H. Robinson, the wellnown model farmer of Pleasant Hill, nd Mrs. Julia Oauthen of Oakhurst, ere married last Sunday. The cerelony was performed at the latter"s ome by the Rev. I. E. Wallace of leath Springs The News and ourler makes the grave charge that lere Is a poet In the present leglslalre, but declines to "expose him." he sergeant-at-arms will please ?arch the Lancaster delegation, for we ' rongly suspect that both Represenitlves Jones and Robinson have lud, love sick, poetic effusions concealed ts>ut their persons The supreme >urt has rendered Its decision In the i ise of Thomas M. Fltzpatrlck and thers vs. W. Olll Wylle and others, irrled up from this county. The de-ee modifies the Judgment of the clr- 1 Lilt court... .Mrs. William Sexton of < le cotton mills community, has had le misfortune to lose her little twin Eiughters. born on last Christmas day, le one dying last Friday and the othr last Sunday afternoon. The burls were In the new cemetery A ew schedule went Into effect on the . & C. road Sunday. The early mornig trafn leaves Lancaster at 7 o'clock ? heretofore, but returns from Ches>r at 11.30 Instead of 11 a. m. The rternoon train leaves here at 4 o'clock istead of 3.15 us before, and returning rrlves at 9 instead of 9.15 Sherf Hunter arrested a party of twelve i the suburbs of town last Sunday, n the charge of gambling. They will III have a hearing before Magistrate askey next Friday. . CHESTER. Lantern, January 15: Mrs. J. K. Hen/ went to Columbia yesterday to - 'o... itnua u-ith Snllnltnr Henrv [THU CI IC" UUJO ?* ivil ?? ? ? ho is attending the. legislature [r. John Bagley of York county, and liss Ida Bishop of Rlchburg, were larried by the Rev. C. G. Brown, at le Pleasant Grove parsonage Monay. January 14. 1907 Dr. J. H. aye of Sharon, spent a few hours In ie city Friday afternoon on his way > Rodman to spend the night with Is brother, Mr. J. M. Saye. on his way ome from the legislature to spend unit Monday with his family Mrs. lannle Harper Brooks, aged about fty-four years, wife of Mr. J. A. trooks of Wellridge, died about 10 'clock Thursday evening, January 12, fter an illness of less than a week rith pneumonia Mrs. Louvina loulware, widow of the late Osmond loulware of Crosbyville, died at the ome of her son-in-law, W. I. Brice in fnlon, at 8 o'clock Saturday evening, anuary 12.' and was burled at Cool iranch church Sunday afternoon, the uneral services being conducted by tie pastor. Rev. E. D. Wells. Mrs. loulware had reached a good old age, pventy-nine, and leaves several chllren and a host of friends to mourn tielr loss Yesterday there was uite a stir among the immigrants ere, but most of those who were mong them knew but little they were liking about. Commissioner Watson as here and had a conference with hem and all seems to be quiet again. Ve have been able to get but little eflnite Information, but It seems that 'hile most of them have been satised, a few made complaints and one artlcularly, a painter, who could not et what he demanded for his work, rrote to the department at Washingcm making complaint of extortionate harges and other hardships. The orrespondence was sent to Mr. Waton, who came up to see what could e done to adjust matters. It Is said hat the man who did the writing was isposed to deny it but there it was 3 show for itself Sam McLure's arn, on Miss Maggie Holley's place, bout six miles south of town, was urned Saturday night about twelve 'clock, together with two mules, ,000 or 5,000 bundles of fodder, a irge quantity of peavine hay in stacks, wagon, mower and other implements nd supplies. A third mule was in a eparate stable and was saved, as ere the cows. Sam was in town Sat raay ana went nome ana pui up nis tock before night. The family reired about 11 o'clock and about 12 hey were aroused by the commotion mong the stock. It took strenuous fforts to save other buildings, which aught fire repeatedly. The Messrs. Yussell, the nearest neighbors, rang heir plantation bell and ran to the fire r? give aid. Many negroes in the eighborhood, it is said, aroused by the ell. saw the fire but declined to resond. saying they were afraid. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, January 15: In atemptlng to Jump from the street to he cement curb in front of Yeager's tore this morning, Mr. J. F. Davis lipped and fell, lie had to be taken ome for medical attention. It is hopd that his injuries are not serious 'he friends of Mr. Dudly Duff will egret to know that he Is confined to Is home by Illness Mr. W. F. iarshall. formerly editor of the Gaette. hut now a member of tfie staff f the Progressive Farmer, Raleigh. Is haking hands with old friends here, [e arrived Saturday night and will reurn to Raleigh tomorrow or Thursay....The following named soldiers ho failed to call for crosses of honor t the spring celebration of the >aughters of the Confederacy will lease present themselves for the same n January 19th: Joseph Black. P. Z. liggers, E. Cloninger. M. Carpenter, !. S. Oostner. Wm. L. Carter, R. J. ?urhain, Albert Davis, R. A. Groves, . Hovls, J. D. Hyder, Jonas Jenkins. V. S. Lineberger. D. A. Lineberger, Imanuel Lewis. W. R. Millen, J. H. ropst. M. H. Rhyne, VV. G. Rutledge, . P. Rhyne, Matthew Reynolds, W. . Stone. Henry A. Summerrow and , W. Walker. W Tapioca, used in pudding, is ex- H acted from a deadly poisonous plant. ? ANSEL'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS. [Continued from First Page]. so many vagrants and idlers roaming about, and there is so much work to be done on every side, the work or move-on system should be established, and that can be carried out better by such mounted patrol or police system than by any other plan. Give them authority to arrest all violators of the laws of the state and carry them before the nearest magistrate for trial or commitment foF trial to the court of general sessions. Railroad*. ,,M?? ?" Uao.. oa mirnh onmnlfllnt I >V /It'll WC iirai ou muvu from so many sources of the neglect or omission of the railroad companies doing business in this state, of giving to the people proper passenger and freight accommodations and rates and accurate information of delayed trains. It Is very evident to every thinking person that the railroad commissioners should have power to correct these things and to give relief where It Is fair and Just between the railroads and the people. The railroad corporations should be dealt with fairly and justly, but at the same time the people's rights should be provided for and respected. I therefore recommend that such additional powers be given to the railroad commissioners as will enable them to compel the railroads to comply with such reasonable rules and orders as may be Just and proper. In this connection, I would recommend that the act now In force requiring the salaries of the railroad commissioner to be paid by the railroads be repealed. The office of railroad commissioner Is a state office and the salary ought tf be paid by the state. Confederate Veterans. It Is a duty that we owe to ourselves !>rwi trk state that we Drovide lib eral pensions for our needy Confederate veterans?those who for lack of means or who by reason of age and Infirmity are not able to provide for themselves. I, therefore, recommend that you make ltberhl appropriations for these veterans, to be paid them under such rules and regulations as may be Just and proper. Roads. The road question is one of paramount importance and one that should huve our most careful attention. Many of the counties of the state are now engaged In the laudable undertaking of building good roads and others are beginning to prepare for grading and macadamizing their principal roads. When we contemplate the great good that is done to the greatest number of our people by this work and the benefits to be derived therefrom, it behooves us to encourage In every way possible our people to go forward with this undertaking. I therefore recommend that you request our senators and members of congress to urge the passage of such an act as will give to our state a liberal appropriation in money for the carrying on of this kind of work. This money, supplemented with our convict labor, would soon give us good roads In every countv in the state. Supreme Court. I desire, gentlemen, to call your attention also to the matter of the necessity for better accommodations for our supreme court. The space allotted In the state house for the use of the supreme court has all been taken up with the library and records, except one consultation room and the court room. I respectfully ask that you look Into this matter and provide for the necessities of the court In this regard. Beautifying State House Grounds. I would also urge that some steps be taken toward beautifying and improving the grounds that surround this Capitol building. With the expenditure of a little money a great improvement can be made, and I feel assured that all our people wish that our state house grounds shall be beautiful and Improved. Immigration. There is no question of greater moment to our material and industrial life than that of immigration. The labor question is a very serious one. Many thousands of acres of lands are now lying idle for want of laborers, and many other avenues of trade are offering work to the workers. To my mind, the best solution of this question is the bringing in of home-seekers. home-builders and desirable workmen. I therefore recommend that you take such steps as may to you seem wine to foster and sustain the department of Immigration, now accomplish ing so much work on this line. Statue of John C. Calhoun. While many of the states of this Union have honored themselves by pricing in the hall of fame in the Capitol at Washington, D. C.. statues of one or two of their honored and eminent sons who have done noble work for their states and for the Union, South Carolina's place has remained vacant. 1 respectfully recommend that you give this matt??r your careful attention and give such consideration to the same that at no distant day the statue of John C. Calhoun may adorn that hall, for by thus honoring that noble son of South Carolina we will honor ourselves. Such other matters, gentlemen, a.' may be proper to bring to your attention during the present session I shall allude to In a special message. Conclusion. Allow me to add the words of that eminent statesman. Thomas Jefferson, who, when called to the office of president of the United States, closed his inaugural address in part as follows: "1 repair then, fellow citizens, tc the post you have assigned me. with experience enough in subordinate of uces in nave seen me uinicumes 01 this the greatest of all. I have learned to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with the reputation and the favor which bring him into It, * 0 * I shall ofteij go wrong through defect of judgment; 1 when Tight. I shall often l?e thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. 1 shall ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional: and your support aguinst the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not. if seen in all ol its parts. My solicitude will be to retain the good opinion of those whc have bestowed it in advance, to conciliate that of others by doing thern all the good in my power, and to be instrumental in the happiness and freedom of all. "Relying then on the patronage ol your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, and may that infinite power, which rules the universe, lead our councils to what Is best, and .give them a favorable Issue for your peace and prosperity." THE PROOF CONCLUSIVE. [Continued from First Page]. j the fence of the fort unchallenged I and without discovery by the negro troops, opened Are on the town from within the fort; that they blacked their faces so that at least fourteen eye-witnesses mistook them for negroes; that they disguised their voices so that at least six witnesses who heard them speak mistook their voices for those of negroes. They were not Mexicans, for they were hoard hv various witnesses to speak English. The weapons they used were Springfield rifles, for the ammunition they used was that of the Springfield rifle, and no other, and could not have been used In any guns in Texas or in any part of the Union or in Mexico, or in any other part of the world, save only in the Springfield now used by the United States troops, including the negro troops in the garrison at Brownsville, and by no other persons save these troops?a weapon which has only been in use by the United States troops for some four or five months prior to the shooting in question and which is not In the possession of private citizens. The Cartridges Used. The cartridges used will go Into one other rifle used in the United States, when specially chambered?the Winchester of the '95 model?but it will rarely if ever go off when in it; and, moreover, the bullets picked out of the buildings show the markings of the four so-called "lands," which comes from being fired through the Springfield, but not through the Winchester, the latter showing six. The bullets which 1 herewith submit, which were found in the houses, could not therefore have been fired from a Winchester or any other sporting rifle, although the cartridges might have been put into a Winchester model of *95. The bullets might have been fired from a Krag, but the cartridges would not have gone into a Krag. Taking the shells and bullets together the proof is conclusive that the new Springfield rifle was the weapon used by the midnight assassins and could not by any possibility have been any other rifle of any other kind in the world. This in itself establishes the fact that the assailants were United nftMI/vna n n/1 It U'AM lrl ha r?n n - males nuiuici o, uiiu ?. elusive on this point If not one soldier had been seen or heard by any residents of Brownsville on the night in question, and if nothing were known save the finding of the shells, clips and bullets. What Eye-Witneaaes Say. Fourteen eye-witnei^es, namely: Charles R. Chase, Amado Martinez, Mrs. Kate Leahy, Palerno Preciado, Tgnaclo Dominguez, Macedonio Ramirez, George W. Rendall, Jose Martinez, J. P. McDonald, F. H. A. Sanborn, Herbert Elklns, Hale Odin, Mrs. Hale Odin and Judge Parks testified that they saw the assailants or some of them at varying distances, and that they were negro troops, most of the witnesses giving their testimony in such shape that there is no possibility of their having been mistaken. Two other witnesses, Jdseph Bodin and Genero Padron, saw some of the assailants and testified that they were sbldiers (the only soldiers in the neighborhood being the colored troops). Four other witnesses, namely: S. C. Moore, Dr. Thorn, Charles C. Canada and Charles A. Hammond, testified to hearing the shooting and hearing the voices of the men who were doing it, and that these voices were those of negroes, but did not actually see the men who were doing the shooting. About twenty-five other witnesses gave testimony corroborating to a greater or less degree the testimony of those eye and ear-witnesses would establish beyond all possibility of contradiction the fact that the shooting was committed by ten or fifteen or more of the negro . troops from the garrison, and this testimony of theirs would be amply sufficient in itself if not a cartridge or a bullet had been found, exactly as the bullets and car*"'J '"""H vv.nilrt have inagra mm ncn established the guilt of the troops even had not a single eye-witness seen them or any other witnesses heard them. The testimony of the witnesses and the position of the bullet holes show 1 that fifteen or twenty negro troops gathered inside the fort and that the first shots fired into town were fired from within the fort, some of them at least from the upper galleries of the barracks. Further Evidence. -The testimony further shows that the troops then came out over the walls, some of them perhaps going (through the gates and advanced a distance of 300 yards or thereabouts into the town. During their advance they shot into two hotels and some nine or ten other houses. Three of the private houses into which they fired contained women and children. They deliberately killed Frank Natus, the bartender, shooting him down from a ' distance of about fifteen yards. They shot at a man and woman. Mr. and i Mrs. Odin, and their little boy, as they > stood in the window of the Miller hotel, the bullet going less than two Inches from the head of the woman. They ' shot down the lieutenant of police, who was on horseback, killing his horse and wounding him so that his arm had to be amputated. They at? tempted to kill the two policemen who were his companions, shooting one through the hat. They shot at least eight bullets into the Cowen house, putting out a lighted lamp on the dining room table. Mrs. Cowen and her five children were In the house; they at once threw themselves prone on the floor and were not hit. They fired into the Starek house, the , bullets boing through the mosquito , bar of a bed from 18 to 20 inches above where their children were sleeping. There was a light In the chil1 dren's room. The shooting took place near midnight. The panic caused by the utter: iy unexpected attack was great. The , darkness, of course, increased the I confusion. There Is conflict of testimony on some of the minor points, but every essential point is established beyond possibility of honest ques. tibn. The careful examination of Mr. Purdy, assistant to the attorney general, resulted merely in strengthening I (hu < "F.r.i-tu nlronrlv murlf hv Ihe reeu lar army authorities The shooting, it appears, occupied ten minutes, although it may have been some minutes more or less. It is out of the ( question that the fifteen or twenty . men engaged in the assault could have gathered behind the wall of the fort, begun firing, some of them on the porches of the barracks, gone out into the town, fired In the neighborhood , of 200 shots In the town and then re' turned?the total time occupied from ' the time of the first shot to the time of their return being somewhere in , the neighborhood of ten minutes? without many-of their comrades knowing what they had done. Indeed, the > fuller details as established by the ad, ditionai evidence taken since J lust communicated with the senate make | It likely that there were very few. if any. of the soldiers dismissed who could have been ignorant of what oc( curred. It is wellnigh impossible that any of the non-commissioned officers who were at the barracks should 1 not have known what occurred. Cannot Question Order. The additional evidence thus taken , renders It. in my opinion, impossible to question the conclusions upon ' which my order was based. I have gone most carefully over every issue [ of law and fact that has been raised. I am now satisfied that the effect of my order dismissing these men without honor was not to bar them from all . civil employment under the government. and therefore, that the part of the order which consisted of a declaration of this effect was lacking- in val Idlty. and I have directed that such , portion be revoked. As to the rest of the order, dismissing the individuals in ciuestion without honor and deeluri ing the effect of such discharge under . the law and regulations to be a bar to their future reenlistment either in the army or the navy, there is no doubt of my constitutional or legal ' power. The order was within my discretion. under the constitution and the laws, and cannot be reviewed or reversed save by another executive i order. The facts do not merely war rant the action I took?they render such an action imperative unless I was to prove false to my sworn duty. If any one of the men discharged hereafter shows to my satisfaction that he Is clear of guilt, or of shield Ing the guilty, I will take what action Is warranted, but the circumstances I have above detailed most certainly put upon any such man the burden of clearing himself. Theodore Roosevelt. The White House, Jan. 14, 1907. BOY COCAINE SNIFFERS. Mother Has Son Arrested Saying He Is a "Fiend." Oroping their way out of a cave In a cellar cut on Thirty-eight street between Eighth and Ninth avenues recently, says a New York correspondent, five boys escaped capture by plain clothes policemen sent to the place by Captain Russell of the West Thirtyseventh street station. The captain IIUU ueen iiiiuimt-u iiitii a gaiie in uu/n who had become addicted to the cocaine habit frequented the cave. He said that he would Investigate for the purpose of getting evidence against certain druggists who, it was alleged, had beeiT selling cocaine to boys of tender age. The first complaint came when Mrs. Annie Fromme of 435 West Thirtyninth street caused the arrest of her sixteen-year-old son George, who la now In the Tombs, awaiting examination on a charge made by his mother. Mrs. Fromme obtained a warrant for her son's arrest because, so she said, the boy had become a cocaine fiend. She said that he associated with other boys who bought cocaine in catarrh powders from west side druggists, the boys "chipping In" to purchase the drug. Many nights, she said, her son came home In a dazed condition, and at first she believed he was becoming a drunkard. To straighten him out, she said, she was compelled to roll him around the floor of her home. Upon further Investigation, she said she learned that many boys living or the west side of town had become addicted to the cocaine habit. While II was a criminal offense for a drugglsl to sell cocaine to any one who did nol have a physician's prescription, tht boys managed to get It at first by buying catarrhal and toothache preparations which contained the drug. Under the pure food law the makers ol these catarrh cures were compelled t< print on the label the fact that th< powders contained cocaine. Mrs. Fromme said she found her boj engaged In sniffing the cocaine anc then learned that he had acquired th< habit after seeing other boys sniffing tne drug, sne satn mai me Doys nai soon learned that the catarrh powden were not strong enough to give then the relief they sought, so one of then had discovered a_ druggist who sold th< cocaine In bulk,* so that they bough it by the ounce. As her husband ha< acquired the liquor habit and had thei deserted her, she made up her mind t< check her son's cocaine habit. She bought a new suit of clothes fo him, she said, but the boy went ou and pledged It in a pawnshop for mon ey to buy cocaine. It was after learn ing this that she had caused the boy'i arrest. Then she learned, she said that a younger son had also been in traduced to the drug. None of the druggist on the wes side would admit that they had soli the drug In Its pure state, but sonrv of them did say that it was customa ry to sell catarrh powders containing cocaine. Th? cocaine habit had spreat so rapidly, some of them said, tha thousands of New Yorkers?boys girls, men and women?were now li the cocaine fiend class. Dr. Gregory, the chief of the psycho pathfc ward of Bellevue hospital, sail that unless something was done to pu a stop to the manner In which som druggists sold cocaine, the hospital would soon be filled with cocaine users Many hospitals now had a cocaln ward set aside especially for the treat ment of cocaine fiends. Another physician of prominenc said that it was worse in a way thai the morphine habit, as it killed b incites the person who became addict ed to the drug. A person taking ai everdose of morphine, he said, woul die immediately, while cocaine kllle slowly, but surely, those who snuffe It after acquiring the cocaine habit. Capt. Russell said that he Intende to arrest any druggist whom he caugh selling cocaine without a physician' prescription. ti Near Ashcroft, in British Colum bia. are a number of small lake! whose shores and bottoms are covere with a crust containing borax an soda in such quantities and propoi tions that when cut out it serves as washing compound. The crust is cu into blocks and handled in the sam manner as ice, and it is estimated tha one of the lakes contains 20,000 ton of this material. (ingli NO A) In Fo< ii T- T7--1 1 J 17 ; in E,ugiauu a.uu i iu need anything in this line ? At Cost OST. T COST. S AT COST. ATS AT COST. >THING AT COST. [S* CLOTHING AT COST. ST. OST. ^TS AT COST. :OATS AT COST. 5 GOODS AT COST. \TS AT COST, s, Women's and Children's T COST. Off On Shoes Women and Children We will X CENT UNTIL FEB. 1ST. lible opportunity to buy your F REGULAR PRICES. TURN PLOWS i Plow call and see us as we ^?the BEST on the market, i a good CUTAWAY HARwith anything you may need a full line here. IANKS. about four days behind time I friends, we want you to dis: just as thankful to our Cusduring the year 1906 as any:e your favors and your businall, and shall always endeavour advantage as to our own. and good health during 1907. : M. Company.^j otection against Alum | Baking Powder is to I AKING I OWDER I artar,?a pure Grape less of food. Jt Real Estate For Sale. 641 acres, 5 miles west Yorkville, adjoining lands of J. H. Good, Berry Burns and Sr- S Smith. One two-room house; 10 acres Bottom; 30 to 36 acres open land; W. J. Good's land. Price $1,625.00. 190 acres in King's Mountain township, 5 miles of Grover. Plenty of timber, 100,000 ft. saw timber. Adjoins the lands of Brown and others. Price *1,200. A beautiful building lot on East Jefferson St., near corner of Main street. A ;>urt of Mrs. Drakeford's lot?a bai> yam. One farm, seventy acres, one dwell- y Ing. tlve moma, wide hall, newly \ painted, good barn and outbuildings! One good new tenant house, 3-rooms; about 30 acres In timber; 25 acres wire pasture; 350 nice fruit trees. Ideal > home, 2 miles Yorkvllle, on Plnckney road. Price $2,150. | Two lots, 80 ft. front, 350 ft back, on Wright's avenue. Beautiful residence lots. i One lot on west side Lincoln street, 1"" ft. front?1 2-room house. Cheap. Joins Riddle and Allison property on ' the south side. Near court house. I tract land, 3 miles south Yorkvllle, i near Chester road; 41 acres, one house, I Alexander place. Price $1,000. One house and lot, containing seven l acres In the town of Clover?good orI chard. Good place to educate your children. Price $600?J. H. Neely fc place. ^ 384 acres?a part of the Shillinglaw land, in high state of cultivation, 1| miles east of Yorkvllle. A new house, water?a bargain. 67 i acres?i mile from Smyrna, one house, branch?30 to 35 acres in fine ^ 1 timber?7,500 feet saw timber?1,000 ^ I cords of wood. Known as Nancy Dover land. Cheap, $500. 38i acres on Howell's Ferry road, 1| * miles from Yorkvllle, 3-room dwelling, - good barn and stables. Price $30 per acre. B 100 acres, 3 miles southwest of Bethany?25 acres open land, 75 acres In " wood. S. F. Black's land. Price $12.50 per acre. IRA onraa 11 miles aitil of Yorkvllle. on Howell's Ferry road?haa two - houses with 4-rooms each?60 acres In timber. 383 acres, one mile Bullock's Creek . church 1, 2-story, 8-room dwelling. New barn, good tenant houses. Every tiling convenient. 88 acres and residence of Sam C. Smith; a two-story, seven-room aft .*^1 New barn, 10 foot driveway; 3 stalls each side?shedded. Loft will hold W,000 bundles fodder?good water. Adjoining academy; 4 miles of Yorkvllle. Elegant home. Buy and educate your V children here. \ 36 acres, IS miles northwest Yorkvllle, V good water, 8 acres forest timber, t acres tine bottom. Land of 8. C. Smith. rrice $500. Adjoins Wm. Burns and others. 180 acres, 6 miles south Yorkvllle, 2 houses, 3-horse farm open, 26 acres good l/ranch bottom. 80 acres In wire pasture. Good barn and out houses? cheap?1-3 cash. Dr. Cartwright place. 80 acres timber. Two tracts?one 60 acres and the other 62?one mile King's Creek sta- j lion. 26 acres open, balance In timber ?saw, cross ties and cord wood. Price 416. Latham land. 471 acres near Grover at Beams crossing of railroad and 3 public roads. one 6-room house, painted, on Main street?one acre of land. Known as V ihe Goforth house. One 4-room house adjoining the ubove lots?one acre of land?1460. Terms to suit. 18 acres, all In cultivation, 3-room, newly painted dwelling, celled. Inside copor&te limits Yorkvllle. Lies well, good drilled well, 844 feet. Nice young orchard. 61 acres, 1 dwelling 5-rooms, 1 tenant house 3-rooms. 3 miles Yorkvllle on Howell's Ferry road?good school. y' 40 acres in cultivation, 8 acres original timber, level land; good orchard and grapes. ' H 160 Acres, 2-story dwelling, I rooms; 2 tenant houses; good new barn: 4-horse farm open; 60 acres In Umber; capable of high cultivation;- _ t>i nnies from Yorkvllle, 7Jm to Hock Hill, on Yorkvllle and Rock Hill road. ^ Terms to suit purchaser. 40ft Acres, 3ft miles Yorkvllle; ?0 acres In cultivation; gdod stream of water; 1 nice weather boarded 4-r house; 1 tenant house. 451ft acres, 2 miles of Tlrxah, 6ft miles Yorkvllle, 7ft Rock Hill. On pub. lie road from Yorkvllle to Rock Hill, near Adner church; high state of cultivation, 76 acres bottom In corn, 10-horse farm open. Large new barn, 12 stalls and cribs. 10 acres fine or- cturd, 2-story dwelling (painted) In 4 beautiful oak grove. Produced 100 bales cotton 1905. 377 acres, farm, both sides King's Mountain road, about 2ft miles Bethany High School, 1 7-room dwelling, 1 tenant house and other buildings; at least 100,000 feet saw Umber; has ^ mineral prospects; A. C. Stroup place. 40 acres, 8 miles northeast of Yorkvllle, bounded by lands of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Youngblood; 18 acres woodland. 133 1-3 acres ft mile west of Hoodtown. On public road. 60 acres In cultivation, 35 or 40 acres of fine bottoms. 12 acres bottoms In culUvaUon. Cheap. 86 acres,.|-mile from Yorkvllle on Charlotte road; a two-room house, 16 ^ acres In bottom In high state of cul- m tlvation. 113 acres 6 miles west of Yorkvllle, ^ 70 acres cultivated land, well watered, 2-story dwelling, 6 rooms, on R. P. D., about 28 acres In pasture and second growth pine. 35 acres In the town of Yorkvllle, el will sell in lots from one acre up. 235 acre farm about 8ft miles from Yorkvllle, 3 miles from Ebeneser; 1 new 6-room dwelling, two 4-room tenant houses, 30 acres fine bottom land ?five horse farm. J. C. WILBORN, Attorney. I IMPORTERS AND m " ROASTERS OF " HIGH GRADE COFFEES OUR ROASTING PLANT A Is In Full Operation, and to Those w Who Desire a 1 Clear, Well Roasted and High Grade < COFFEE on, PiwimppH In T~nmtfih It. We name the following brands: Old Government Java, Monogram, Port Sumter, Blue Ribbon, Arabian Mocha, Mountain Rose, Morning Glory, Maracalbo, Jamoma, Sunbeam, Electric, Porto Rico, Rod Owl, Acme, Aromatic, Dime. A Trial Will Convince Consumers of the Superior Merits of Our Roasted Coffee, and Once' Tried Will Use no Other. Packers of Teas, 8plcea and Soda, put up under our personal supervision, * and We Guarantee them Strictly Pure Goods. Send for samples and prices before purchasing elsewhere. P. W. WAGENER & COMPANY, Charleston. S. C. J. S. WILKKRSON & CO. HICKORY S. C. General Merchandise OUR Stock of General Merchandise ' Is large, varied and well selected. We are able to supply almost anything in the best qualities and at the RIGHT PRICES. MACHINERY. We handle goods of the Interna- ^ tlonal Harvester to., including uiwoline Engines. Hay Balers, Harvesters, McCormlck Reapers, Rakes, Harrows, and sell everything at Right Prices. BUGGIES AND WApONS. Anything that may be desired In Buggies and Wagons can be had from us. If it does not happen to be on hand it CAN BE HAD without difficulty. But we are carrying a large stock In this line. a J. S. WILKERSON & CO.. Mk Hickory, S. C. < MACHINE SHOP. VI IX addition to having a first-class ^ JL machinist in our machine shop to jr make all kinds of repairs to Machln- m ery, Engines, etc., we ulso have Mr. M. P. Jonah, a thoroughly competent Blacksmith. Mules and Horses shod at reasonable prices. NEELY MANUFACTURING CO.