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SHOT BY A NEGRO MARSHAL BYRDtj OP NORTH, DAN GEROUSLY WOUNDED. Sheriff Dukes Wert Up Monday Morn ing and Brougt the Negro to Or angbcrg. Marshal Byrd. of North, was shot and dangerously wounded at the rail road station in that town sometime Sunday night by a negro named Je rome Holiday. It seems that Holiday got in a wrong coach on a train Sunday and Marshall Byrd ejected him as he refused to go of his own accord. ? The negro was very Inso lent and the officer had to use foro. Holiday pulled a pistol and shot the otocer, inflicting what is feared to be a mortal wound. The negro made his cscaj.e, but was pursued by severe! people, and was finally caught by Messrs. John Glover and Paul Gibson, neir Nor way, who turned him over to Sherit Dukes early Monday morning, who had arrived on the scene from Or angeburg. As the feeling seemed to be very bitter against Holiday, and as there was quite a large number of peo ple on the lookout for him, Shen'fl Dukes- hurried the prisoner to Or augeburg. and shipped him to Colum bia. The feeling again .t Holiday at North and all through tnat country is very bitter, but no effort was made by. the people to take the law ii. their own hands. The wounded ofli cer was takeu to the hospital in Col umbia, where he lays in a precarious condition. Sheriff Dukes was requested by Gov. Ansel at one o'clock Monday .morning to go out and arrest Holi day at Norway. The Sheriff got off at 5:30 o'clock, and by 10:30 o'clac?. was back in Oraugeburg with Holi day, having made the trip to Nor way and back in five hours. Hfi covered a distance of about forty miles. Holiday says he was asleep in the depot, was awakened and found two men standing over him. and that they began to misuse him. and that he thought probably they were going to kill him and that this was the reason why he shot. He said that they told him not to slee-) in the waiting room, but he did not know there was any objection. He said he pulled away from the men and shot his pistol, and that they shot at him, one ball taking effect iu his arm. He said he ran to the river, and. going over the-bridge he fell in the river and had to swim out. and was finally run down. The Columbia Record of Monday afternoon says "The .condition of Mr. Byrd, the town marshal of North, who was shot last night, is said to be very precarious. Little chance for recovery. Mr. Byrd was brought her on the early Seaboard train this morning. He was shot in the abdo men; there was bat one wound. North is a small town on the Sea board a'few miles south of Colum bia. Last night about 1U o'clock Governor Ansel received a telegram to the effect that the town marsnal! had been shot and killed by some unknown party, lie was asked to dispatch bloodhounds it' possible." The "Dream Month." October is called the dream month of the year. The promise of seed time and harvest has been fulfilled, the fruits of field, garden and forest gathered and garnered, and the hus bandman feels that nature has re paid him for the long, hard months of toil that lie behind. Then come the still days, the golden sunshine, the hazy, smoke-tinged atmosphere, the balmy airs scented with the pungent fragrance of ripened fruits and foliage. Falling leaves strew the pathways and choke the streams, while tree and shrub and vine are clotfted with brilliancy of coloring no painter's brush can rival. Hack Home. The Hartajvllle Messenger says:' "Mr. J. Edward Norment has re turned from his^European trip. He reached Darlingttpn Saturday night after a hurried triip to Columbia after (reaching this x country. Mr. Ivorment will, take up- his work in insurance in Columbia, rji which he has succeeded as he hasy in news paper work, and for which he is so well known throughout me '.State of South Carolina and elsehere.y We welcome our genial friend back dionie and wish him great success irf^his insurance business. \ Very Good Suggestion. \ A petition was presented to City Council Friday evening signed by a number of citizens requesting that Bxoughton street be paved from Russell street to the Atlantic Coast Line depot. This is right and proper. This street is much traveled and it needs paving just as much as Rus sell street does. Couucil resolved first to pave Russell street and then see what could be done for Brougn ton treet. Graded School Opening. The graded schools opened yester day morning and the attendance wa* quite large especially at the Sellers Avenue School. Superintendent Thackson and his able corps of teachers were at their posts, and iu a few days everything will be work ing smoothly. All the cnildreu have not been enrolled yet. Ice Cream Festival. There will be an ice. cream festival on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clocK at Bethlehem Methodist church in the KifiBto Circuit. The proceeds to go for the benefit of the church. A cordial invitation to all. Court Meets Monday. The Court of Common Pleas will aneet in this city next Monday, with Judge Aldrich presidflfg. The list 4>t Juror? were published last Friday. CALHOUN FARMERS IN UNION. Meeting Held at St. Matthew's and Local Union Organized. The St. Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier says pursuant to notice, the Calhoun County Farmers' Uuion neld an en thusiastic meeting in the Court House today. . Several distinguished speakers were present, including State President B. Harris, Senator Francis Hi Weston, of Richland, Dr. W. W. Ray, of Congaree; Mr. Man ning Mahaffey, State organizer; Prof. I. W. Williams, and Editor S. Frank Parrott, "of the Farmern' Union Sun. The gathering was called to order by Dr. T. H. Dreher, chairman of the county Democratic ' executive committee. In a few appropriate wprds Dr. Dreher . opend the meet ing and then introduced State Presi dent Harris, of the Farmers' Union, who gave a history of the growth of the Union and explained its pur poses. President Harris made' a strong plea for diversified crops In the course of his address, and showed what a means it would be of placiug the farmers on an independent basis. Senator Weston made a good speech, and gave sound advice on the seed of higher price for cotton, urging the farmers to organize and demand their rights. Dr. W. W. Ray, of Congaree, ad ded his voice to a piea for higher; priced cotton, and gave an intelligent talk about the Farmers' Union , and its puropses. Mr. S. F. Parrott, editor of the Farmers' Union Sun, addressed the) farmers in the interest of the Uniou, also, and in his talk he severely; condemned "night riding." Prof. Ira W. Willjhms, of the de partment of agriculture, bureau of farm demonstration, addressed the meeting, showing what the organi zation could do and what a benefit it would be to the hole country. Mr. Manning Mahaffey as the last speaker. Mr. Mahaffey was present to assist inorganizing and said that he was here today to organize a local union. Senator-Elect E. D. Smtih was to have been here today, but he wired Mr. S. F. Parrott that he was unable <o get here on account of there be ing no train between Florence and Orangeburg, the trestle at Remini not having yet been repaired. There was much regret erpressed over the enforced absence of Mr. Smith, as the crowd had looked forward with a good deal of pleasure to hearing him. At the close of the speaking a local union was organized and it starts off with a strong body of men be hind it. Mr. Mahaffey will be in the county for several days organizing unions in the various neighborhoods. The farmers of the "baby county" were well pleased with the meeting today and the Union promises to be very popular and useful here. WOFFORD COLLEGE NOTES. j Opened Its Fifty-fourth Session Under Favorable Conditions. Wofford College ? The college opened Wednesday', the 15th. its fifty-fourth year. Quite v large body of students gathered in the spacious chapel from all parts of the State and neighboring States. After marticulation and registra tion, it was found that eighty-five new men had entered, making a large Freshman class. This is not as many as entered last year or for the last three or four years. The present xenior class started out in 190<5 with one hundred and eighteen men and still has about eighty. The cause of the decrease in number of fresbnien this year is that the stand ard has been raised, and more thor ough preparatiou is required than before. The work has been ad vanced just one year and what the Sophomore class has been doing in the past the Freshman will have to do no.w Wofford is proud of the fact that she has now the highest standard of any college in South Carolina, and moreover, this will be an epoch in educational advantages in the State, for it will be the ca'use of the other colleges raising their stand ards and* this will be a great step toward a high standard of educa tion in South Carolina. This year a new department has been added to the college, that of applied mathematics, and the course jOf civil engineering is now open to the students. F. MASON CRUM. Should be Extended. ' Mr. Fred Wannamaker appeared Wfore City Council on Friday eve ming and requested that sewer pipes btV extended to Sellers Avenue, whfcb wais granted. This is right. The sewerage should be extended to every para of the city just as rapidly as possible. It should be considered mom from a sanitary point of view than Vs :l convenience. Wyll Fiv Amelia Street. The Stlreef Committee of the City Council. (Vpmposed of Messrs. N. W. ?Wortz. HaiVry 1.. Smoak and Col. W. G. Smith. Icon template doing som; permanent ;nnd much needed work on Amelia sAreet. The work will be of sti' ii a character as to be last ing and will adVl greatly to the appearance of UuV street. Will Soon li\ Running. The trestle over ttte Santee River1 between this city and I Su inter on the I Atlantic Coast Line Railway is near ly finished, and by the laOter part of this week the trains will W running through the same as beSfore the flood. \ Eight Pages This Issu?-. On account of the pressure on our advertising columns we are com pelled to issue eight pages today. All the late news will be ;->und in them. PAVING THE STREETS I STILL UNSETTLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. Committee of Aldermen to Visit Other Cities and Examine Different Kinds of Paving Material. The City Council proposes to de liberate well before adopting any particular material for paving our I streets. In doing so we think they | act wiseiy, as none of our aldermen has had much experience along that line, and it is well for them to look well before they take action in the matter. It is an expensive affair, and the city government should look well into the dtails ] before , they act- The people . may be impatient at the delay, but they must remember that they have put the matter in the hands of the Mayor and the gentlemen of the City Coun cil, and they should be allowed time to deliberate, as they will be held responsible. City Council held a meeting Friday night to consider the mat ter. The Mayor and all the Alder men were present and the different kind of paving W3S again consider ed. Mr. Berghaus, the contractor, was present and gave the City Council some information on the subject of paving. While he wasl not then prepared to submit a bind ing bid. Mr. Berghaus said the price on the brick would be about $1.56 per square yard, provided he was allowed to use the brick .manufac tured in Columbia. He sajd the price on the macadam was only about ten cents cheaper. Mr. Ber gaus said the brick - was far more satisfactory, was not as costly to maintian as the macadam, and would give better service. Mr. Berghaus would not care to make be put down in about half the time it took to put down macadam, and that the cost of maintaining brick, paving would be less tnan the cost of maintaining ithe present dirt] street. It was brought out in the iscussion that if macadam was put down the city would have to buy a team roller, and that contractor.-; were in the habit of guaranteeing uch pavements only six months. Mr. Bergaus would uot care to make ny guarantee on macadam paving, 'he great fault with this class of j paving, he said . was that just as j soon as a break occurred it had to be repaired at once or the whole road would go to pieces. Taking into consideration the character of the soil here, Mr. Bergaus thought] rick would he rar more satisfactory than macadam for paving purposes. Brick would cost much less to keep up. After the discusion it was decided to have a committee from City Council to visit several cities which have recently had paving work done and obtain all possible information, hon report the result of the investi ation, when Council will take fur ther action. The committee ap pointed consists of Aldermen I. W Bowman, J. X. Weeks. H. L. Smoaki and City Engineer Edward Hawes. Jr. These gentlemen will go to Charleston on Wednesday and will visit other places, although the dates have nqt yet been fixed. Municipal Notice. Council Chamber. Office of City Clerk and Treasurer. City of Orangeburg, S. C. Sept. 15. 190S. Notice is hereby given that at the regular meeting of the City Counc-il to be held on the ninth of October, 1908. at the City Hall, at 8 o'clock p. ni., an election wTTT u*e entered into | by the Council for the l'ollowin; City Officials whose terms shajl bei for one year from the first day of I November. 1908' An assistant to the City Clerk and Treasurer at a salary of $80.00 per month. A chief of police at a salary of $7">.00 per month. Seven policemen at a salary of 1 $60.00 per month. Street overseer at a salary of) $00.00 per month. Applications tor the above po [sitions must be tiled with the under | signed at or before 6 o'clock p. m., [of the said ninth day of October, 1908. By order of the City Council. [City of Orangeburg. L. H. WANNAMAKER. City Clerk and Treasurer. Death of Mr. Martin Price. A dispatch from Salleys to The] ! State says "the town is In sorrow today on account of the death ol'j I one of its most popular and loved I citizens, Mr. N. Martin Price, whose j death came Saturday morning 'at | 6 o'clock, after a short illness ol 10 days. He leaves a young wif< and many relatives and friends to mourn his death. His funeral wasl preached by Rev. Dukes at the .Methodist church, after which th.! remains were taken in charge by the Masons, who accompanied ther.i to Reevesville, where they were in terred with the Masbnci burial cer I emony." Will Kill the Kill. The Anderson Dally Mail says: New has been received in Ander son that Mr. J. A. Hoyt. of Columbia, will be a candidate for the position of clerk of the next house of repre sentatives. A better selection could not be made, for Mr. Hoyi it thor oughly efficient and is a most affable, courteous gentleman. His many friends in Anderson and throughout the State would be delighted to see him eleeted." Mr. Hoyt is all that the Mail claims him to be and should he be elected we will guaran tee that he will "fill the bill" to th-i entire satisfaction of the members. Blank Books. Sims' UooKt Store has just received the largest sAipment of blank books ever brought \?o Orangeburg. Ex limine them WEAR A BRYAN BUTTON. Give One Dollar to Campaign Fund and Get One. The Hon. Moses C. Wetmorc, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Democratic National Commit tee, has adopted a very good plan of obtaining contributions to the Bryan Campaign Funu. He has shipped to us fifty Bryan Button*, which contains a splended likeness of the great Democratic leader, sur rounded with a line of red and these words printed on a ground of pure white: "I Gave My Dollar: Did "You?" ' That is all; but it is enough. It means that every one who wears this Button has shown some sympa thy with the splendid fight Mr. Bryan is making for the restoration of the . Government at Washington to the control of the people. These buttons are intended for Dollar Con tributors to the Democratic National Campaign Fund. Every good Demo crat should wear one of these But tons. Mr. * W'etmore thanks The Times and Democrat for the work it is doing for the Democratic Cause and promises to renew our supply of Buttons when the present shlpmeut has been placed. It ought to go like hot cakes. Mr. Bryan was never more con vincing than he is In the present campaign. He is making a very sorry figure of his big opponent and the. people are stirred as they have never been stirred before by hia appeals for a square deal in the ad ministration of the affairs of the Federal Government. AH that is needed to assure the success of the Democratic party ,in this -struggle is the support of the Democratic voters; their money as well as their good will. This is a personal ques tion. How much have you given? Buy one of the Bryan Buttons. THE USE OF COTTON SEED. '-President Finley, of the Southern Railway, Makes Suggestion. President Finley. of the Southern Railway Company, has addressed a letter to some of the leading cotton seed oil manufacturers.of the South, calling their attention to a recent consular report, which points out and excellent opportunity of broadening the market for cottou seed oil to the advantage of both the manufac turer and the cotton grower. In his report, Special Agent Perk ins shows that, although the flavor of sardines packed in cotton seed oil is pronounced by experts superior to those packed in olive oil, American buyers, will not pay as much lor them and Norwegian packers arc thus deterred from using cotton seed oil. President Finley suggests that ef forts be made to educate the con sumers of this* country to an appre ciation of sardines packed in cotton .?eed oil, thus building up an Amer ican demand for them. His letter is as follows: "My interest in everything tending to broaden the market for Southern products proniV.ts me to inclose here with a .?on- iif be Daily Ccnsular and Trade Reports of August 8, which has just come to my atten tion. ' "You may ha/e seen it already, inn, if not, I think you will be inter ested in the report of Specail Agent Perkins, which suggests interesting possibilities as to the extension of the market for cotton seed products. I was particularly impressed with the evidence contained in his report that cotton seed oil is fully as good as olive oil. if not superior to olive oil, for use in packing sardines. It seems, however, that there is a prejudice in the American market against sardines packed in cotton seed oil. ?'May it not be possible Tor the cotton seed oil manufacturers of the South, through their organizations and in co-operation with the news papers of our section to carry on ;i campaign of education that will re sult in the creation of an American demand for sardines packed in cot ton seed oil? It is possib'e that .something of this kind is already being done, but if so, it has not come to my attention." Wanted Them to Settle. It won't be the fault of the edito of the Dovie Record if his sub scribers fail to pay up. Here is his liberal offer: '-'Wiil we take eggs on subscription? We'll take the en tire output of the hennery for the next six months and pay for it in subscriptions. We'll take lye soap, clean rags, ginseng, pants, patches old bones, wood, green hides, hound pups, old clothes, lumber, cuil ties, wagon tires, peanuts, stick candy, onions, crackers. turnip greens, sausages, town lots, cab bage leaf cigars, yearlings, milch cows, sorgum, pumpkins, spring mule.s, well seasoned shoats, sofa pillows, foot stools, bachelor bin tons, patent medicines, eightday clocks, patent churns, home-made sox, choice scrap iron, old maids and chewing gum. You can bring them by the wagon load, armful, in tow sacks, by the yard, gallon or ton; in drovves, swarms or'schools. Yes. we'll take 'em. We'll take anything to get you to subscribe or to pay up what you owe. Need of Good Roads. The Ganffney Ledger says: "Life on a farm often becomes as a result of bottomless roads, isolated and bar ren of social enjoyments and pleas ure, and country people in some communities suffer such great dis advantage that ambition is checked, energy weakened, and industry para lyzed.'' Pay Your City Taxes. Wednesday. September 30th, is the last day for the paying of city taxes. Persons having city taxes to pay should do so before that day and save penalty. GREAT WHITE PLAGUE SOME INTERESTING FACTS CON CERNING THE SCOURGE. The State Board of Health Sends Out Pamphlets on Dread Disease Free of Charge. Secretary C. F. Williams of the State Board of Health has issued an important pamphlet on "Tnbercu losi8. Its 'Restriction/and Preven tion," and some interesting facts as to this infectious disease. Copies can be obtained ,from Secretary Williams. The pamphlet contains the following important facts: Definition?Tuberculosis is a specific infective and distinctive dis ease, which may'affect any part of the body, and is always caused by a germ known as the bacillus tuber culosis. Tuberculosis of the lungs is generally spoken of as "consump tion" and this pamphlet deals largely with this form of the disease. Tuberculosis as a Case of Death. As no vital statistics have been kept in our State until the last year, we are hardly in a position 1 to state definitely how many of our people die annually of this disease. Though approximating the number from the statistics collected during this period, it is safe to say that the mortality from this disease alone is 1,500 or more each year. Think of it, 1,500 or more of our people dying each year from consumption? a preventable disease. This not only means that we are losing that many of our inhabitants, but these 1,500 and many other who now have the disease have andi are giving off deadly germs which will infect thous ands of others. It is an appalling situation and If those who are vic tims of the disease are not instructed how to protect themselves and oth ers, it means that their chances for recovery are much diminished, that the lives of their associates are jeopardized, and that they are a menace to the public at large. How Is the Disease Caught? In order for any one to contract consumption, the germ causing the disease must get into the body. This germ is so small that it can not be seen without the aid of the microscope. When any one has con - sumption of the throat, or lungs hundreds of these germs are in each mouthful of sputum (spit) coughed up. If the spit is not properly cared for and is deposited upon the floor, side walks or in some other place, and there allowed to dry and powder into dust, these germs then rise with the dust and are inhalled into the lungs of any one who happens to come in contact with them. Not only do we get the disease by inhailing these germs but they settle upon our food and drink and we take them into our I>odies in this manner. Flies also carry the germs from the spntum and faeces and de posit them upon our food and drink. We may contract the disease by get ting the germs into wounds. It may be also contracted by kissing one who has consumption. Milk from tuber culous cows is often responsible for the disease and consumption in cat tle is much more common than is generally known. Discharges from tuberculosis sores, jscorfula. white swelling. !>one consumption. are dangerous and may give one the disease. How to liestricf and Prevent Con sumption. "It is in the power of man to cause all germ disease to disappear from the world."?Pasteur. Pos sessing this power, it becomes the duty of every living man to do his part in the great work that is now heilig carried on throughout the world in eradicating this, the most deadly of all diseases. It is evident that the most certain restrictive of tuberculosis is to destroy the sputum (spit) from tuberculous patients be fore it has an opportunity to dry ;ind scatter the ^eniis. Consumptives1 Duty.. No consumptive should ever spit upon the sidewalk, floor of a room, a public hall, railway car. or any vehicle. When coughing or sneez ing he should hold a handkerchief over his mouth and nose, for the spray or little droplets of sputum expelled in either act contains the germs. Handkerchiefs thus used should he boiled before they are washed to make sure that the germs are killed. All dressings used upon tuberculous sores should be burned immediately upon removal. He should not kiss any member of his family, and should not sleep with any one else, and if possible, not in the same room. No consumptive should ever swallow what he coughs up, for it may give him consumption of the bowels. The bowel movement of a consumptive should be disin fected, for some germs are always swallowed, and in consumption of the bowels the discharges are dang erous. The urine of persons suffer ing with consumption of the kidney and bladder should also lie disin fected. This can be done by using a sufficient quantity of a :! per cent to per cent solution of carbolic acid. It is for the consumptive's own safely that this is done, for it reduces to a minimum the possibility of reinfec tion. If the consumptive destroys everything he coughs up and dis infects the other discharges, as out lined above, he will protect himself and will not spread the disease to others. The careful and clean con sumptive is not dangerous to those with whom he lives or works, but if he makes no effort to protect his fellowman he is dangerous and should be shunned. How Should the Sputum be De stroyed? If the patient is able to be up and going around he should at all times carry in his pocket bits of cloth or tissue paper and expectorate upon thi??burn it the first opportunity. He may carry envelopes in which to THE NIGHT RIDING BUSINESS. Such Lawlessness Will Not be Tol erated by Farmers. The Atlanta Constitution truly says that this night riding business is not going to be tolerated in the cottou growing states of the South. Those who have any budding in clination to indulge in this sort of inquistory lawlessness may as well take heed right now. Neither the cotton growers of the South nor their friends, numbered almost by population, whose interests are prac tically identical, are going to tol erate any recrudescence of this mur derous, property-destroying spirit of the middle ages. The attempt has appeared in but few spots in the South, outside of the tobacco districts of Kentucky, and the. authorities in rhe Southern States may be relied upon to crush it in the shell. It is a work in which they will have the assistance of the cotton producer and nis friends and, if the necessity arises, which is not anticipated, there will be viligance cqmmittees enough to de liver the outlaws into the hands of justice. There is not a reasoning, think ing man in the South who would for a moment credit the insinua tion that any members of the Far mers' Union had anything whatever to do with these few outbursts which are being heralded over the country in the effort to make it ap pear that the cotton producer is appealing to the shotgun and the torch in the pursuit of a is purpose. The statement from President D. J. Neill, cf the Texas Farmers Union, that the organization will not tolerate lawlessness in any sha^pe or form was wholly unnecessary in so far as the people of the South and friends of the Union are con cerned. There is no room in the Union for any who would resort to or en courage such methods. While we have not the positive evidence, rather is it credible that these are methods resorted to by enemies of the Union in the attempt to discredit it away from home, and. by direction, to attack its legitimate '>usinepr. efforts to maintain the fair larke: pi ice of the South's impor tant product. The Farmers' Union and its membership will be found first and foremost among those not only to denounce and condemn, but, if need be, to lend active per sonal effort to the termination of this character of lawlessness. The orgy of arson and murder ous assault which has been Ken tucky'^ misfortune is not going to be repeated in Georgia, Alabama. Mississippi. Texas o?- any of .the Southern cotton producing States. The people have no patience with it and if it shows its head, the authorities will not lack any of tin necessary assistance or backing in promptly crushing it out. place the paper or cloth when soiled, being always sure to burn them. When in his home he hould expec torate into a spittoon partially filled with a 3 per cent to 5 per cent so lution of carbolic acid, or some other reliable disinfectant. The spit toon should be scalded and cleaned with boiling water each day. Spit toons in all public places should be treated in a iike manner. Just re member that that the sputum (spit) should not be allowed to Income dry and powdered into dust. Advice to the Healthy. Don't be afraid of a consumptive if he. observes the rules laid down in this pamphlet. Don't hesitate to tell a consumptive that it is his duty to protect his fellowman. Don't under any cicrunistances sleep with a consumptive. Don't occupy a house where a consumptive hrr lived without first having the hou.jc jrop erly disinfected. When a house is properly disinfected it is no longer dangerous. Don't spit on floors or sidewalks. Set the consumptive a good example. When you spit, spit into the gutters or into a spittoon. Don't stay in a room with the win dows closed. Keep, them open sum mer and winter, at homo and at work. Sleep with the windows open but be sure that the entire body is warmly clad. Don't be afraid of night air. Fresh air, whether night or day. moist or dry, warm or cold, is good for you. Don't drink milk from cows not tuberculin tested without boiling it, for the disease is often contracted in this way. Don'r ever stir up a dust by dry sweeping. Sprinkle water, or moist sawdust or moist bits of paper over the floor before sweeping. Dusting should be done with a moist cloth. Don't ever neglect a cold or cough, and be especially careful to protect yourself from consumption when convalesc ing from grippe and pneumonia, and when in a rundown condition from any cause. Consumption is an in sidious disease?the most common symptoms being gradual loss of Hesh and strength, cough. lever. night-sweaLs and spitting up of blood. Any one of these signs should arouse suspicion. In the early stages the cough is often absent and the symptoms may be of a nature as to lead one to think he has "malaria." 'stomach trouble." "general debili ty." or various other ailments. II you have any reason to fear # con sumption, consult your physician, lor when the disease is recognized in time it is curable. Remember that consumption is no respector of person and that the strong are stricken as well as the weak. It is stated on the cover of this pamphlet thai the disease is not hereditary, but is infectious, that is catching. That statement is now accepted as an absolute fact. Those born of tuberculous parentage do not have the same resisting power against the disease as those whoe parentage is free from it. but is is an uncontradictable fact that no one will ever develop consumption un less the germ gets into his body. TheD make sure you do rot get the germ, and you will never get the dhsease. WAGENER BURNED - { DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BUSINESS SECTION OF TOWN. Railroad Depot and Other Business Houses Destroyed With a Loss of $40,000. Wednesday night one of the larg est business blocks in the town of Wagener in tbls county was de stroyed by flre. entailing a loss of about $40,000, with insurance amounting to not more than $28, 000. Five large buildings and sev eral smaller ones, all occupied, were destroyed, and the information Btates that the total contents of the buildings was burned by he confla gration. The buildings on the biock were all wooden structures and burned like tinder. With the limited fire fighting facilities in Wagener. there was no chance to save any of the buildings on the block. Very few of the particulars of the fire could be learned. The. large store of Mr.M. J. Lybrand, which was one of the larg est general merchandise establish ments in the county, was completely destroyed. It is stated that the stock in this store alone amounted to fully $20.000. He had on his stock $10, 000 insurance. It was also rumored yesterday that the passenger depot was destroyed. The depot-waB 'situated in .the streec, and was not more than 20 or 38-feet from the burning buildings. The fire broke out some time last night, and continued to gradually burn its way through the block. The fire Is a great blow to the prosp erous little town, the destroyed block being the principal portion of the town. The following are the losses so far reported here: J. W. Lybrand. store bnilding. worth $3.000, insurance $1.500. J. W. Lybrand, stock of goods, $22,000. insurance $10,000. Mrs. O. M. Ott, building, $1.000, insurance $500. Jones & Ott, stock in this building, worth about $500, insurance not known. Mrs. Dora Lybrand, building, $2. 000, insurance $1,200. H. L. Gunter stock $1,000, insurance not known. Weeks & Gantt, drug store, small stock. E. Williams, three buildings, worth $2.'" i 0, insurance not known. S. R. S:rith, general merchandise stock, wo/th about $3,000, insurance not known. S-'iithein railway depot, valued at $2000. GIVE THIS PLAN A TRIAL. A Farmer Tells How He Keeps His Sweet. Potatoes. A farmer writing to the Southen Cultivator gives his plan for keeping sweet potatoes, which is as follows: "Dig one or more pits- of sufficient size to hold your crop; a convenient, one being 3x9x4 feet deep, care being taken not to go deep enough to reach the water level, it being essential that the pit should be dry in all seasons. Dig tubers at the usu3l time, just before or after vines have been killel by frost, and store them by pouring in on the naked earth. Fill to within six inches of the top and make a covering that will shed the rain. To do this place plank boards around the pit, having the I>lank on the north side ?welve Inches higher to give it the proper slope for throwing water. "Earth can be banked up around these boards to keep out the cold wind. The covering should be waterproof, and after very cold weather sets in a little straw or old sacks thrown on top of the pota toes will be all that is necessary to protect them. The earth, being a good absorbent, will take off all moisture from the potatoes and the cover not being airtight, also assists in dispelling the dampness. "The potatoes, being below the level of the grquna. w?ll not be subject to variations of tempera ture, and will keep without sprout ing or rotting until June or July. A pit such as this can be dug under a shed or under a hous-.; that is suf ficient high from the ground. My pit last year was under my kitchen, covered by an old door resting flat upon it and the potatoes kept per fectly without even the protection of straw, and were convenient, ta get at. Let your readers store part of their crop by your plan and part by this, and they will never agaia return to the old method Denfness Cannot Be Cured, by local application, as they cannot reach the disease portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deaf ness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamamed condition of the mucous lining of the ustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed for ever: nine cases out of ten are caus ed by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the hucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dol ed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. P. J. CHEN'EY & CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation. Second Hand School Books. Sims Hook Store has a large quan tity of second-hand school books that are used in the public school of the county. Anyone needing books will save money by calling at Sims Book Store. Remember they sell all new books as cheap as the County Super intendent of Education.