The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, October 06, 1908, Page 4, Image 4

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C? TO FARMERS, Ba*IfO?:RU8H COTTON TO MAR KET NOW. If Jqm iU|9t H?-m Money Put U ft fine Warehouses and Hold for Bet ter Prices. The Farmer's Union urges her members and farmers generally not to-rash their cotton on the market at the present prices, which are. below the cost of production. Every bale of cotton being sold is taken from the producer at $?0 per bale less than its real yalue, , Who ii the bear on the market? Is it not the producer? \t lOfi.re^usefJ? $ake $he price offered thaspecalAtors will have to give your price. Can you do'better? Certainty you can. The Farmers* Union haj been offered all the money necessary if we wi!l only put our cotton In bonded warenousesi The Union has a. uuniber of warehouses, and the ^odard-Warehouse Company Is also in .position to store cotton and issue -receipts. The latter company can store. tt*&0,0, bales and Issue receipts which will be negotiable ait any bank. Arrangements .have een made for carrying your, cotton for you if you will bat co-operate.: If further infor mation regarding this is desired ad dress the undersigned at Pendleton, S.fi. ylWoiuid advise; any oneputting their cotton In warehouses to.'arrange for money (or six months at least. Is it good judgment to warehouse cotton? I will answer yes, it Is al ways good judgment to warehouse any product when it sells below pro duction, and conditions will certainly warrant it now. ? As to the condition of the present cotton crop, the weather over a large portion of the belt is bad, and. so are prospects.... Heavy, rains are reported over Texas, "Oklahoma ' and' Florida and reports of deterioration from the cotton belt still come in from every State, andthe world realizes how that the crop is short. It will not more than duplicate our last crop. There will be no top crop this year, and cotton Is opening1 prematurely^ I want to,- urge our farmers to warehouse their cotton and get money"ori it to settle their1 indebtedness and mar x ket the? crop as the world needs It. 'By so doing you can get your price. ' It will pay the'farmers to remem b?r that corn is now selling at $1.1? per bushol, bacon from It cents to 12 cents per pound, ham 18 cents to 20 cents per pound. Real, real farmers are purchasers of the above articles. Now brother, don't grumble when the speculator offers you 8.75 and 9 cents for your cotton. He knows that you hare to pay for the above arti cles you have bought to make this cotton, and you now have to meet your obligations. ' Now, be fair and do not blame him.when he offers you the present price. Remember that buying bacon, corn, flour, mblassas, hay, guano, mules and horses is the cause. I want you to remember that there is no country where the. above articles can be rais ed cheeper than here In South Caro lina. The remedy for 8.75 and 9 cents cotton is diversification of crops. So let me suggest that you write "di versify crops" this year" and tack it up in the most cbnspiciuos placeaboui. your house.s o that you can be re minded of it every day, and then do it, and you. can name your price for your cotton, and secure it for your whole crop. So diversify. B. Harris, President S. C. Farmers' Union. Pefldlefcon. S. C, Sept. 30,1908. JUST GOT AWAY. Mar tin Barely Escapes Betas Put Back in Jail. It seems, that JT. T. Martin, against whom there are two cases of using the mails with' intent to. defraud, and .who was. released several days ago on a "frond of $1,000, lost little time in "getting out of the city.. Had ha Carried just a couple of hours y logger, he wouid have again found hi^eeif tn- cue cell, which was his place of?abe*e>ror nearly two months. Sheriff Dukes received a telegram fr?n Sheriff Cole-man of Rtchlam! county asking him to hold Martin un til a warrant could reach bare by mall, the charge being obtaining mofley ander false pretenses. The warrant^ was sworn out by Mr. Mew, wh& claims that Martin obtained $300 from him several years ago. . Sheriff Dukes received the intelU jjenee too late, however, so the war rant was returned to Columbia. Aware, perhaps, that the State au thorities are on the lookout for him. it is not probably that Martin will risk returning to South Carolina foi trlat at the December terra of United ?tatos court In Charleston. ? Pentling Gobil Behavior. Saturday morning Judge Brunson had several negro men up before him for disturbing the people in and noar Jamison. It seems that they would congregate at the depot at night and disturb the people of the town. and neighborhood by their ro.wdylBm. Tho Judge let them off on the payment of the costs, and will suspend the case during the good be havior of the accused. So they had bettor walk straight. WiR Use Brick. The committee that went to other cities to look up the paving matter returned home last Friday after hiv ing a most pleasant and profitable time. As a resnlt of the visit It is more than likely that brick will be used to pave our streets, as macadam is at a discount every place the com mittee visited. First Lyceum Attraction. On Thursday night, October 8, the' first number of the Lyceum course will be presented at the Academy of Music. The Edwin R. Weeks Co., will be hero on that evening. Soati on sale at tao LiOwnian Drug Co. ORANGEB?RG SHOCKED Widen It Became Known That Dr. Hydrick Was Paralyzed. c The people of this city were terri bly shocked Sunday morning when they learned that; Dr. A. S. Hydrick had been stricken the- night before with paralysis, and was then lying critically ill at his home. The stroke cams on at half-past ten .o'clock Saturday night while the good doctor was engaged in a gamo of chest with his son, Dr. D. J. Hydrick. He was seriously affected from the first and soon became unconscious, in . which state he has since Iain. Soon'all the local physicians in the city were at his bedside. It was found that the left side was seriously affected, and that the stroke was a severe one. It was decided to call in Dr. Babcock, of Columbia, for consul tation and he arrived in the city Sun ? day afternoon. Dr. Babcock agreed with the other physicians that the stroke was a serious one. and that littlo hope could be entertained for the recovery of the sufferer^ Dr. HydTick has not been well for some years, and his more intimate friends were worried about his con dition, but he did not seem to regar 1 It as serious and continued his noble work of administering to the slcs and distressed. In fact, he went to see a patient only two or three hours before he was stricken down, al though he had been quite unwell for several days before. , No man is more highly esteemed in Orangeburg, or wherever he is known than Dr. Hydrick. and the many en-, qniries that have been made at his home and on the street about his condition, attest the great love that is felt for him by all classes of our people. While great fears are enter tained for the recoery of Dr. Hydrick, it is not impossible, and this entire community is hopeful that his valua ble life might be spared. When Dr. Hydrick was stricken, Mrs. Hydrick and Mrs. Caskey, th:.' eldest daughter, were' away from horr.o on a visit, they and the youngest son, John Henry, who is a student at Clemson, were notified and they hastened home. One son, Law ton, who la an ensign in the United States Navy, is now with the fleet at Manila, and can only be reached by cable. Mr. A .J. Hydrick of North and Judge D. E. Hydrick, of Spartan burg, brothers of Dr. Hydrick, have also been notified of his dangerous illness. News received from Dr. Hydrlck's bedside at the hour of going to press are to the effect that the doctor is critically ill, and very little hope is held for his recovery. DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT. Such Was Vordict in the Case of Young Merritt. An inquest was heid Sunday morn ing in Charleston In the^chse of John Merritt the .young white man who was alleged *o\?ve conie1 to his deata by falling from a freight train on Tuesday, September .22, at the Branchville Southern Railway depot. Three witnesses, were examined,, and after a short deliberation the coron er's jury reacher a verdict of acciden tal death, duel to falling from a freight train. Merritt was about IV years of ago and lived with a widowed mother at No. 47 Line street, Charleston, S. C. The three witnesses who were exam ined were John Passailaigue, conduc tor of Train No. 199, J. S. Gunc, brakeman, and J. J. Browr, flagman. Their several statements Vere sub stantially the same, being to the effect that their train had first stoj> ved at the coal chute before going into Branchville, and that it was probable that young Merritt boarded lone of the cars at this,point, as they were positive that nobody had suc ceeded in boarding the train before. Just on the point of stopping at the Branchville depot for the pur pose of securing further orders from the dispatcher, the .crew was startled by-a loud scream, and running in the direction of the-sound, soon stumbled over Merritt, with his.left.leg .mash ed. Tbe young man was apparently suffering frightful pain but managed to state that he had climbed aboardl with the .intention of riding to Au-r gusta. A sudden jeri of the cars had been responsible for his falling between two: box cars, with the re sult that his left ?mb had been rua over. Telephone; Exchange for Cameron. The Cameron Telephone Company was organized last Saturday with Mr. Jas. M. Moss as president and Mr. Hanrey L. Taylor as secretary -and treasurer. All of the capital stock has been subscribed and fifty per cent has been called in to be paid at once. Tbe order has been placed for the equlptment with the Western Electric Company, save the poles, and they will very likely be purchased from parties in the neighborhood. It is the purpose of the company to install only first class apparatus, and good service will be guaranteed. The fol lowing genuement compose the board of directors: Jas. M. Moss, H. L. Taylor, F. I. Culler. J. J. Gee, and W. A. Rast.' The Orangebnrg Business College. The new advertisement of the Or angeburg Business College appears In this issue. The school is under new management, and there are already a good number of students in atten dance, and others are coming in every few days. There is need for a first class Business College In this sectlo.i of the State, and the management ex pects the school to be the equal of any business college In the south. New St. Mutthews Finn. St. Matthews has another strong! firm. Col. J. A. Banks. Mr. A. K. Smoak. Mr. C. E. Clay. Mrs. E. Wim berly and Miss Rebecca Wimberly, all of whom were formerly partners in the Banks?Wimberly'company, have opened an up-to-date dry goods stove under tbe firm name of Banks, Wim berly Dry Goods Coravauy, with a capitalization of $50,000. ? J.'.U .l.J... J.A,lL..jl_J.Jji IJ?U.?J-IW-JJ-IX.W FOUND HIM GUILTY. SORALVEY CONVICTED OF BIGAMY OVER IN AI KEN. Sentence Held Up Until a Motion for New Trial Can Be Argued and De cided. The case of the State vs. George M. Stalvey was called Thursday afternoon in the General Sessions Court at Alken. This case was in stituted by a woman giving her name as Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey, who claims to be the legal wife of Stalvey, having been married to him in 19OS. Stalvey was married at Aiken to Miss Etta Lightfoot, of Orangeburg. For this reason the case has more than a passing interest to the people ot this city. Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey testified that she and Stalvey were married on July 24, 1903 at Myrtle Beach. S. C, by a man who was in troduced to her by Stalvey as the "Rev. J. C. Clemmons." The case consumed two days and a half, and was given to the jury' a; seven o'clock Saturday night. At twenty minutes past eleven o'clock, the jury being out'over four hours, rendered ? 'verdict of guilty against Stalvey. Mr. Wolfe, of counsel for the defense, immediately stated that the leading counsel for the defence had sent word that ne wished the Judge to hear a motion for a, ne?v trial, and Judge Wilson deferred sen tence until the motion could be heard and decided, fixing the bond at $1,000. The following is the testi mony in the case: Mrs. Stalvey, t_e first witness, re lated how she and Stalvey went some times under an assumed name, she being forced to do so by him, the assumed name being Mr. and Mrs. Mays. Also she went as his cousin on different occasions at his request. This she did at the home of Miss Leila Eubanks in Aiken county. She said that she had stayed with the defendant after his marriage to Miss Lightfoot, and as a result she ex pects to become a mother in about four months. At hie request, she said, she passed as a Northern lady at Denmark on one occasion. She aiso said that the defendant tried on one or more occasions to dispose of the marraige certificate, which she held. She worked with him and helped him all she could as a wife. She testified to having two children by the defendant. He wrote to her nearly every day. Mrs. Stalvey was the principal witness against the man she claimei as her husband. The Aiken corre spondent of The News and Courier says she made a splendid witness for the prosecution, and her answers were made instantly, never taking any time to reflect to think. After being on the stand for five hours and under the fire of cross-exam ination by Mr. D. S. Henderson, she did not contradict herself at any point. Several witnesses were then called by the State to prove that they lived together as man and wife. One witness testified that his mothtr kept a child of hers named Mlklel Stalvey. ' He also ::new them as Mr. and Mrs. Stalvey at his mother p boarding house. Another witness testified that they stayed at his home and that the woman had been Intro duced to him as Mrs. Stalvey, and that she and Stalvey stopped together as man and wife. Mrs. W. C. Howard, of Atlanta, wife of the former Judge of the County Court of Jackson ?-ounty. Ga., testified that they had stayed at her home as man and wife. Two witnesses from Talula Falls, Ga., testified ; that, they both knew them J as Mr. and Mrs. Stalvey. One of them testified that Stalvey told him that they had been married for four years;that being last summer. The woman claims that they were mar ried in the summer of 1903. Stal vey had spoken to her as his wife in his presence. They stayed in Talula Falls for two weeks. '" Stalvey had also told one of them that he was married in this State. Mrs. Adams, of Atlanta, testified .that they had stayed at her boarding house as Mr. and Mrs. Mays three years ago. She there called him "Mike." When it was .intimated to her that he denied ever .going by that name she said: "Surely he can't deny it." y The next witness was A. D. Wat sou, nephew, of Tom Watson, of Tompklns, Ga. While be was living at Crawford, Ga., tne couple, he said, had boarded with him. They did not take boarders but his wife was much impressed with Mrs. Stalvey and con sented to take them for a few day?. They wore Introduced and lived as man and wife. Stalvey was in th?* | portrait business and received sever il pictures there makred to Geo. M Stalvey. Colonel Sawyer, for the prosecu tion, read a large number of letters from Stalvey to Mrs. Stalvey, or Mro. Melgs, couched In the most endear ing terms. Each was signed "Pig," his alleged nickname. The State rested its case at noon. The defence begun by putting up several witnesses to testify that Mrs. Meigs and Stalvey had not stayed at certain places as man and wife. Mrs. Freeman, of Rutledge. Ga., tes tified that she fMrs. Melgs) came to her house In 1905 with a man named "Mays," but not with Stalvey. Another witness testified that sh^ had said that she and Stalvey had been sweethearts for ten ypars and that she expected to marry him some day. MIsa Leila Eubanks, of this county, said that Mrs. Meigs and Stalvey came to her home as cousin? and did not remain together there. Mr. Leonard, of Myrtle Beach, the Place where the alleged marring? took place, said that he was the fish erman fo'r the hotel and that no mar riage took place at his home on the date alleged. The State's witnesses did not give, however, the name al the fisherman, at whose house the ceremony they aaid, took place. Mr. *W. Hampton Dukes; of; this city, brotherrin-lkw of the,' defen dant's last wife, related a conversa tion with Mrs. Meigs, in which sho requested him to go io Myrtle Beaca and find out about the marriage. The defendant was then placed on the stand. He began his story with ah account of .bis; first 'nfeettng with the woman in Mullins. He related that after he met "her there he next saw her in Conway at the home of air. McCaskan. At that time, he al leged, he had improper relations, with her and from that time on he had such relations with her, but he de nied ever being married to her. He said he employed her as solicitor for him in the picture business, and for that reason he knew her well and was intimate with her. He admit ted that he often went with her and that they lived as man and wife to gether, representing themselves as such sometimes under i the' -name of Mr. and Mrs. Mays, and sometinv s as Stalvey, and at other times with different names. Ho also admlttel that he wrote her endearing letters after his marriage to Miss Laghtfooc, but denied that he has had any im proper relations with her since that marriage. When he told Mrs. Meigs that be had married she threatened him. he said, saying sho would kill both of them and then commit suicide. He said be was married to Miss Light foot on April 20 of this year. He said that he wrote the love letters to her after his marriage through fear that she would come to Orangc burg and expose, him. He said ho expected her to kill him. . She finally consented to givo him up and'go to her home in Wilmington, N. C, but said that she still loved him. He told her that he was glad' she loved him, but was also glad that she had decided to leave him and he hoped he would meet her in a better world. Instead of going home, he said, she cume to Aiken and had a warrant sworn out for him. ;Stalvey was on the witness stand j about four hours altogether. The Aiken correspondent of The News and Courier says on cross examination Stalvey sought to defend hlmseif by admitting having a very black char acter. He said that he had taken this woman, whom he sought, to prove a lewd woman. Into the best homes of the people in the towns into which he went. His story did not vary a great deal from that of Mrs. Stalvey No. 1, except In some details and the marriage. He said that she led him about, and that she always took the initiative In the arrangements for them to go anywhere. When asked why he did this, he said he was doing it to have a good time. An incident of the proceedings was the reading by Col. Sawyer, for the State, of a number of letters writ ten, admittedly, by Stalvey to the prosecutrix, written after the mar riage of Stalvey to Miss Etta Lir;ht foot, of Orangeb?rg. These letters were all expressed in the most loving terms and many of them were written from Orangeburg, where Stalvey said he was then staying with his second wife. In explanation of this writing of letters after his "reformatim1- Stal vey said that he was compelled to do so In order to prevent an exposure and prevent the murder of himself and his wife by Mrs. Stalvey No. 1. In each of these letters he s^nds love and kisses, and wishes so much that he were with her then . In rebuttal Mrs. Stalvey No. I was recalled to deny that he had any Il licit relations with her the second time they met, in Conway, and she also made several other denials pos itively. Mrs. F. M. Robinson, of Atlanta, wife of the Coca-Cola magnate, was a witness for the prosecution in re buttal. She testified that she knew Mrs. Stalvey and. Stalvey. She relat ed the story of the birth of a child by Mrs. Stalvey, and safd that Mrs. Stalvey received a letter immediately after the birth of the child and that she read the letter to her. : The letter was expressed in devoted terms, and wished that she would soon be well agalnj and stating that the child she gave birth to w?'? the "sweetest birthday gift he over received'." the birth being on the Sd of February, the same as his. birthday. She also said that one of 'the witnesses for Stalvey, who testified bad said to her that she knew nothing about the case. She also testified that she saw the marriage certificate, of. Mrs. Stal vey three years ngo. It. then being in Mrs. Stalvey's possession. Mrs. Stalvey was then staying with her in her home in Atlanta. This closed the testimony. , In a nutsholl the contention of the prosecution is that the woman, who claims to be Mrs. Stalvey No. 1, and Stalvey were married at Myrtle Beach by a false preacher named Clemmons. It was shrown that a man named Clemmons resided a few miles from that place. The evidence showing that they lived after this time to gether was given to substantiate the allegation as to their marriage. The defense is that he was never married to her, and that she was his mistress, and that his relations with her came about because he employed her to assist him in nls-business, and that he wrote her love letters after his real marriage because of fear that Bhe might harm him. The jury by their verdict said the contention of the prosecution was true. * Done Good Work. Mr. L. H. Wannahaker, Jr., has collected more money for the Nation al Democratic campaign fund than any one else in Orangeburg County. He has collected and forwarded over sixty dollars. We congratulate him on his good work for the cause of Democratic success. Pardon Refused. The petition for the pardon.of Jno. M . Stuckey. sentenced to three months in Orangebprg county for violation of the dispensary law, has been refused by Gov. Ansel, and the petitioner will have to servo out his time. THE COTTON CROP. I IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER TEN YEAR AVERAGE. I The Number of Boles Ginned Up to This Time Greater Than for Many Years Past. . The cotton crop report issued Friday by the Department of Agri culture, shows that the average con dition of the cotton crop on Septem ber 26 was '69.7 per cent of the nor mal, against 76.1 on August 25 last: 67.7 on Sptember 25, 1907; 71.6 on September 25. 1906, and 67.6 the av erage of the past ten years on Sep tember 25. The condition and ten-year average j on ' September 25 respectively by I States follow: Average Per cent. Per cent. Virginia.78 67.6 North Carolina .69 71 South Carolina.68 70 Georgia . . .71 71 Florida .72 70 Alabama ... .'70 68 Mississippi....70 68 Louisiana.55 68 Texas .. .71 63 Arkansas .. .70 68 Tennessee .78 74 Missouri.70 70 Oklahoma . . .70 70 Number of Bales Ginned. The census bureau report on cotton I ginning issued Friday shows 2,582, 688 bales, counting round as half [bales ginned from the growth of 1908 to Sept. 25, compared with 1,532 662 for 1907; 2,. 07,283 for 19uS, |and 2,355,716 for 1905. The number of active ginneries this [year is 23 650 compared with 1S, 121 for 1907; 20,416 for 1906, anj 621,389 for 1905. Round bales, including this year, lare 55,018, compared with 43,369 for 1907; 66,502 for 1906, and 74, 816 for 1905. Sea island: 11,217 for 190<*; 4,259 for 1907; 2,689 for 1906, and| 11,936 for 1905. By States the number of bal .-s (counting round bales as half bales; and active ginneries respectively for 1908 follows: Bales. Ginneries I Alabama .307,ou8 2,911 lArkansas. 85,827 1,149 i Florida. 16,566 IS." jGeorgia.510,290 3,875 Kentucky. 117 1 Louisiana. 81,207 1.252 Mississippi. 198,433 2,638 Missouri. 4,131 47 North Carolina .. 89,198 1.811 Oklahoma.10,141 522 South Carolina ..288,927 4,699 Tennessee. 28,128 3,764 Texas .961,835 3,764 Virginia. 379 35 The distribution of sea island cot ton for 1908 by States is: Florida.5,092 Georgia .5,813 South Carolina. 370 * SENSATIONAL SKY WANDERER. HaUey's Comet Is Headeo for the Earth Once More. Halley's Comet, the most sensa tional and brilliant of the sky truants known to astronomers, has looped tho-loop on Its whirl through 1,000, 000,000 miles of space and is head ing this way again on the visit which it makes to these parts eveyr seventy five years. The comet will not be visible to the | naked eye, however, until well along in 1909, and will swoop into its peri helion, the point of its course closest j to the sun. about May 10, 1910. Will it strike the earth and smash things into bits? This has been a popular fear ever since this hoaveuly visitor was first observed, along about V. B. C; but the authorities now assert | that we are bound to squeeze by with several million miles to spare. But it was not always so. In it* youth Ifailcy's comet, it is said, was a pretty wild young thing and might have made no end of trouble had it not passed too clone one day, or night, to the planet. Neptune, whose mass was so' huge in comparison that it ex ercised an instantaneous attraction for the comet. They didn't collide, but the comet swerved out of its path and from be ing a celestial go-as-you-please, turn ed to chasing its own tail in a per fectly regular eclipse about the sun. with Neptune exercising a salutary j check when its flight tends to the er ratic. It is a harnessed, though bril liant, thing. No other comet has had the iuflu-| ence on the human race which thU one has had through the dread in spired by its brilliancy mid sensation-1 al size. To it, for instance, Is dm the current practice in the Romfi Catholic churches of ringing tin church bells at noon. This was in itiated by special edict of Pope C:\i xus In 1456, who it may be recalled added to the Ave Marius of that year the famous prayer, "Deliver us from the Devil, the Turks and the comet. Death of Mr. Tindal. Mr. S. C. Tindal of Neeses passed I away Friday morning, after an lll jness of several months. He was flft: nine years old and leaves a wife and several small children to mourn/ his death. He was a good citizen and had many friends who will be pained to hear of his death. Mr. Tindal whs a rural mail carrier, and he dischart-1 ed his duties with care and fidelity. Must Serve His Time,. 1 Oov. Ansel refused the petition forj the pardon of Jefferson M. Way, sen; up ofr life from this county fov murder. No special reasons worn given for tho granting of the peti tion, except that Way was a very old niau; that the shooting occurred on his premises and that he had served "some time. Thorough Canvass to be Made for Dem?cratlc Campaign Funds. Orangeburg is to redouble her ef forts in making contributions to the Democratic national treasury for the waging of. an effective campaign for the election, of Bryan and Kern. The committee appointed by the city Democratic Clubs have taken hold of the matter and will see'that ?fd of our citizens are Waited on and given a chance to contribute to the grand cause. " : The gentlemen (faniposlng these committees met at the office of Brant ley & Zlegler on Friday morning and organized. Coll Thomas ?F.Brahtley was made chairman of the general committee and If. H. Wannamaker, Jr., Secretary and treasurer. Th?? other members are: J. L. Sims, B. H. Moss, Fred Wannamaker, M/ K. Zelgler, W. K. Sease; R. L. Berry, J. A. Berry and J. Stokes Salley. The matter was talked ovor and the decision was reached to make a general appeal to the Democrats o? Orangeburg to do more than they have already done in getting up a good substantial funa. It was thought that the most effective way of doing this was' by the appoint ment of sub-committees on canvas*, with a view of reaching everybody. possible. The Idea of the commit tee Is not to tax people with giving large sums but to have everybody contribute, from a dollar to perhaps $5, and raise a large fund by small representative offerings . The time Is limited, the commit tee has begged tbe newspapers to impress upon the public and there fore the contributions should be made at once. The sub-committees will start their canvass this morning and It is desired to have all the money collected In a few days. He who gives quickly gives doubly, and every body Is asked to contribute at once and not necessitate the committee making two calls to secure a con^ tribution. JEWISH FESTIVAL Of Yom Kippiir or Day of Atonement Celebrated. The festival of Yom KIppur. tho most solemn festival of the Jewish Calendar, begun on last Sunday af ternoon at sunset and ended on Mon day at sunset. The day Is religiously observed the world over by all devout Jews. Yom Kippur is the day, ac-' cording to rabbinical allegory, upon which God commands the recording angel to close the books of each one's sins and merits, which had been open ed on Rosh Hoshannah, or New Year. Rosh Hoshannah, which with the Jews is a day of remembrance, the occasion for meditation upon one's sins, when the soul arouses itself, considers its past and reflects upon its deserts and prepares for the com ing year, was observed by all ortho dox Jews a week ago last Friday and Saturday from sunset to sunsat. Tho days between Rosh Hoshannah and Yom Kippur are known as the awful days, or the ten days of peni tence, each of which is observed aB a half fast day by the more orthodox Jews, while Yom Kippur itself Is in variably observed as a complete fast Ten days after Rosh Hoshannah comes Yom Kippur, or Fast day. This day among the Jews Is a day of fast ing and affliction of the soul." Faith ful Jews, the world over, do not par take of any food or drink from sun set to sunset, this occasion being more generally observed than tho Jewish holiday. * HE WAS LOCKED UP. Robbed a Store and Postofflce at Fort Motte. Charles Martin, an eighteen. year old negro boy,' was up before United States Commissioner Robt. Lide on last Thursday for robbing a post office. On the night of Sept. 23 Martin entered the store of the Fort Motte Drug Company, at Fort Motte, in which the postofflce is located, and appropriated articles and funds upon which he had no claim. From the drug store he took a ring, watch and bottle of cologne. The postofflce de partment was looted to the extent of $92 cash, being postal and money order fundB.* ^',t'- j^^w j ? Practically all of the stolen prop erty was recovered, the articles enumerated being" used ?s damning evidence against the accused. Martin was captured, and a clear case pre sented against him, through the ef forts of Sheriff Dantzler of Calhoun County, Postofflco Inspector Kings more and Chief of Police Fischer of this city. His bail is $'?00. but he is still in jail. Uncle Sam seems to have a knack of catching "Martins." A Dissatisfied Subscriber. "I hereby offer my .rerdgnashun at? a subscriber to youre papier. It be ing a pamphlet of such small konse (luence as to bee?t my family by takin' It. What you need in youre shete is brains and some one to rus rel up news and lite editorials on live topics. No menshu i has been made in yours shete of my butcherin' a polen china pig weighm' 369 pounds or the gapes In the chickens round hr-.vo, you Ignore that i bought a bran' new bob sled, and Bay nothln' about it. Hi Simkin's jersey calf broke his two front legs fallln* In a well, two important chiverees have been utterly ignored by yours shete and a 3 column obltchnary notis ril by me on the death of grandpa Hen ry, was left out of your shete to say nothin' of the alfebeticai poem beginning "A is for And and also for Ark," rit by me darter. This is the reason yours papier is so unpopular in town. If you kant rite eddyto rials and ain't goin to put no news in yours shete we don't want sade shete. * Campaign Contribution. We have received $1.00 from Mr. I. W. Bowman for the National Dem ocratic Campaign Fund. STAGGERS AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IN THIS STATE. Dr. Powers, State Veterinarian, Give* Some Advice as to Caring Animate Affected With the Disease. The fatal disease of horses oom monly called, .^taggers" has agaic rcade It appearance in this Stats; 'cases being reported In Barnwell. and Hampton' counties;' No cases havs been reported in; Greenville county. This disease' has appeared sporadi cally in South Carolina for many years, but no serious outbreak oc^ burred until the epidemic of 1901 and 1902. v "' ..During, the fall of 1901 a few cases were reported in Lancaster county, and in January 1902, it again broke out in Orangeburg countv. During the following six months losses were reported in 'Anderson, Plckehs, Oconee, Spartanburg, Cher okee, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Bam well and Barkeley counties. At that time It was estimated that the losses^ during this short period greatly ex-v oeeded $10,000. After 'this severe outbreak, no cases were reported until 1906; when the disease wa3 again reported in Hampton, Marion, York, likens and Oconee counties. Outbreaks of the disease were also reported in Virginia, Maryland,- .New Jersey; Georgia, Louisiana and Kansas du ring the same seasons: Leuco EucephalltfS is the proper name for this disease, although it Is also called Cebro Spinal "Meningitis in many localities. The'exact cause Is as yet unknown, despite the Inves tigations of many prominent scient ists. It has been attributed to micro organisms, poisonous plants; impure water, mouldy feed, etc. One inves tigator has produced these symp toms by feeding damaged grain con taining a fungus, the spores of which enter the ! circulation aind Bet up inflammation and often absesses of the brain. State Veterinarian Powers of ClemBon, in talking of the diseas?, said: "Mule3 are seldom attacked; In fact, I have never Been one so af fected! although some cases- have been reported. In all cases inves tigated by me, I have found lesions of the brain. In many instances there has hoen softening and de generation of large areas of the brain tissues, while in others there' has been scvere^ongestion of the blood vessels and menlnges of the brain. "The symptoms are . similar no those observed in nearly all other forms of so-called staggers, viz: dull ness, delirium, in-co-ordinatlon, etc. Death usually occurs within one or two days, -and the few animals that recover are of little value, owing to the changes in the nervous system "Every effort should be made to check the spread of the disease. Upon Its appearance, all other horses should he removed from the stable, and the entire stable should be thoroughly cleaned, disinfected and abandoned for two or thne months. Complete change of water and fee<! is of the utmost Importance, since many authorities believe that dis eased hay or grain or impure water Is the cause of tnis disease. In past'' outbreaks we have notice- mat no new cases doveloped after these pre cautions were observed. "Medical treatment is most un satisfactory, as animals die so sud denly after the symptoms develop Upon appearance of the first symp toms, severe purgatives should ? !>e Immediately given, -1 oz? of AK>e* with 2 drams Ext. of Belladonna being very satisfactory for this pur pose. The administration of drugx Is often impossible, owing to the delirurn of the horse, but purgativ x can be given hypodermically. When ever * a competent Veterinarian caa be procured, he should be called im mediately, as treatment Is-very un satisfactory and . practically useless after the- symptoms are weir devel oped. .....? "If the animal can be handled, the following drench may prove of some value:-'-' .Fowler's Sol. Arsenic. Phenacetin. 2' drams. Strychnin Solan; 1-2 grain. Aquae,, 4 ?~ Slg:- Give this drench three times dally. ?<' ?The bodies of all affected animals should be opened and the organs, especially the brain, carefully ex amined The appearance of this dis oase, together With report ? of' the post mortem examination; should1 b? forwarded to this office. All pos sible advice and assistance will be* furnished to assist in control of this outbreak. ? 53 Sundays This Year. There wil lbe fifty-three Sunday* In this year, an occurance that will not happen again for one Lujn dred and ten years. This extjra Sunday can be utilized in attending church, calling on yonr brst glnf. reading tho Scripture, playing wit* the children, breaking in a two- > year old colt or some other way. t One hundred and ten years from this date you will probably be pa7- j ing the penalty or enjoying, the pleasures of the. method in which v you choose to spend this extra Sun day.?Johnstown News-Monitor. ? Store It Away. Farmers need not sell their eotton If they do not want to. They can store It away in the warehouses la this city and draw money on the re ceipt. It would be beet for the far mers to do this while cotton is sell ing at such a low price. The Cool Wave. Tho cool wave predicted for last week came on schedule time. It was caused by a fall of two Inches of. snow In the mountain regions of New York and the far West. All the hot weather has gone for this season.