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WAS CAUGrt l BY CAkS PARTICTTLARS OP THE SAD DEATH OP MB. HO?SER. His Car Was Stopped in a Subway ?ad Was Ran Into by Another Street Car. The following are the particulars of the accident by which Mr. E. W. Houser, oldest son of Mr.1 E. H. Houser, former school commissioner, lost his life in Savannah, Ga.. last Monday morning, as related in the last issue ?f The Times and Demo crat, as we find in the Savannah Press: Mr. E. W. Houser, a conductor in the employ of the Savannah Electric Railway, was crushed to death be tween two cars at 12:15 o'clock Monday morning in the Gwinnett street subway. He was standing on the rear of an.E. & W. car bound to the barns, attempting to replace the trolley which had jolted off the feed wire, when an A. & B. car, in charge of Motorman M. W. Woods, and Con ductor C. C. Connor, going in the same direction, struck the E. & W. car from the rear, pushing it about a car length. Houser, standing on th3 rear rail, was caught between the hoods of the two cars and terribly crushed about.the center of the body. He -died within ten minutes. Woods and Connor were arraigned in police cpurt on a charge of in voluntary manslaughter and dis missed. Woods testified that he did not see the E. & W. car until the head light of his own car brought it into view. It was: then too late to pre vent a collision. Motorman W. H. Mixon of the E. & W. car testified that when the trolley went off he stopped his car in accordance with the rule of the ?road. When the trolley left the wire, the car, of course, was in darkness and there was but a very dim light in the snbway. He was waiting for the signal to go ahead when the crash came. "There are no grounds," said Re corder Schwarz, "for holding the de fendants on criminal charges." CALHO?N'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Judge Watts Tells Why He Spoke of .. the Matter. The St Matthews correspondent of The News and Courier has this to say about a matter that will in terest the good people of Calhoun county as well as others. Among other things the correspondent tells why Judge Watts advised the peo ple to build a $50,000 court house and jail: The {dull spring days are not without interest in the live "baby" county of Calhoun. The exciting cause of this stimulating atmos phere at this time (which, by the bye, is somewhat .premature), is, whether this county shall build a $40,000 or $50,000 court house and jail. When the fight was on for the new county, the town of St. Mat thews pledged $20,000 as a sum sufficient for this purpose and the country people seemed satisfied. ? After the battle was won there de veloped a quiet sentiment from dif ferent sections of the county in fa vor of duplicating the amount guar anteed by the town in order to get buildings which would be a credit to the county. In the meantime the new county commissiou cordially invited the legislative delegation to a conference, and it was decided to get a resolu tion through the legislature, ask ing the county to bond itself for an additional $30,000, instead of $20,000. Issue was taken in the local paper and a running but pleas ant fire has been kept up ever since. At the last term of court at St. Matthews Judge Watts, from the bench, stated that not less than $50,000 should be used for this pur pose. One or two of his predeces sors had done the same thing and the matter became suspicious. A correspondent, over the signature of ?'Citizen,'' in last week's Calhoun Advance strongly charged that the people were able to manage their ?own local conditions and that the Judge had been "inveigled" into the matter. When interviewed by The Newts and Courier correspondent, Judge Watts admitted that he had not thought of saying anything about the court house and jail, as he look ed upon it as "no affair" of his, but was earnestly requested to do so. At least one prominent citizen has confessed to approaching the Judge and there is said to have been one or two others. There is no crime in this, hut it was considered unfair. The case is growing interesting, to say thf> least, and there is no longer any doubt that the $30,000 prop osition Will be bitterly fought if put before the people. Explains Matters. Dr. L. M. Able, of St. Matthews, makes the following statement about the damage suit against him. which explains the matter: "Those goods were left, by order of the court, in Dr. L. M. Abie's possession, and that he only went there to pack them away and preserve them until set tied by the law. When Dr. Able dis trained these goods, Messrs. Hannah and Alexander took out claim and delivery proceedings. whereupon Able gave bond and moved them to a safe place. The goods are still intact and will be produced when the court demands them. The rea son for distraining the goods was that Hannah & Alexander were mak iug away with them." FAMILY FUEDS CAUSE ALARM, | Got. Ansel Asked to Prevent Trouble at Salley. The Columbia Record, of Tuesday afternoon, says "the town of Salley, in Alken county, is bordering on a state or bloodshed as a result of warring factions growing out of fam ily feuds of long standing, accord ing to complaint made to the gover nor Tuesday, who was asked to re move the Salley chief of police. "It is s-aid a plot was recently formed to assassinate Morgan Boyl ston, a prominent citizen of that sec tion, whose home is at Wagener. Some years ago Boylston was tried and acquitted for the murder of Chief of Police Davis, of Salley, who was shot from ambush one evening just after dark." The Record further says an at tempt was made recently to wipe out four families of the Salley sec tion by poisoning their wells. This is an awful state of affairs. No crime can be worse than poisoning a well of drinking water, and any one who does such a thing should be hunted down like a wild beast. The person that does such a thing as that is worse than an assassin. By such an act he endangers the lives of men, women and children of a whole community who may chance to drink water from the well he has poisoned. Could any crime be more despicable or outrageous. The' as sassin singles out his victim, but the well poisoner attempts to kill by the wholesale. Feuds will kill the most prosper ous town and ruin the fairest sec tion of any country, and we hope thi; people of Salley will find some way to adjust their trouble. If they do not, their town will cease to grow, and those people living there who love peace and quiet, will find a dwelling place where they can enioy those inestimable 1'e.ssings. Life is too short to spend half of it in a community whera such things a? noted above are perpeitated. HAPPILY MARRIED. Mr. Heber King and Miss Fannie Arant Made One. Once again the people of Cameron were happily surprised to receive the unexpected news on the 30th instant that Mr. Heber King and Miss Fannie Arant were married at St. Matthews, Rev. F. M. Hauser officiating. Only a few young people accom panied this attractive and beloved couple, as it was quite a secret.. Mr. King should feel highly hon ored for having won this beautiful, unobtrusive, highly respected young lady; while Miss Arant showed ad mirable tact and taste in choosing her life companinon, for Mr. King is one of our most handsome and business like young men. He is one of our most clever merchants, being the Jr. member of the firm of Haigler & King. This young couple left immediate ly for various points of interest In the South. They will make their future home in Cameron. Their many friends wish Mr. and Mrs. King a long, happy and prosper ous career. CAMERON. Convicted of Larceny. About four months ago Dave Wil liams, alias Dave Birch, stole^three pecks of corn and a little riw^Trom Mr. D. V. Sandel, who lives about seven miles from Orangeburg. Af ter the theft Williams could not be located. He was finally found in Camden, where he was serving time <?n the chain gang for vagrancv At the expiration of Iiis term he was arrested upon a warrant issued by Mr. Sandel, and brought to Orange burg. He was tried yesterday be fore Magistrate C. P. Brunson, found guilty and sentenced to twenty-five days on the county roads'. Baptist Sunday School Picnic. The members of the Baptist Sun day School in this city went on a picnic to Dukes' Fishery yesterday, l.veryone assembled at the Baptist church promptly at nine o'c'oek. where wagons were in readiness 10 convey iheni to the picnic grounds A 'jig crowd of children, aecomiui nied by man/ of the older members, enjoyed the e\ent. After a delight ful time, the wagons returned to the city about dark. Death of Obi. Averill. Col. J. II. Avrill died at his homo in Summerville Monday morning. Col. Averill, who was in his 66th year, was one of the best known men in this part of the State. He was for a considerable time the general man ager of the old South Carolina Rail road before its acquisition by the Southern, and he was also one of the commissioners of the Charles ton Exposition. Col. Averill was well known in this section. Very Sad Death. Miss Minnie Karesh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Karesh, of Dranchville, died Monday afternoon about 7 o'clock from appendicitis. She had been ill about a week and was operated on Monday morning. This is one of the saddest deaths that has ever occurred at Branch vi lie. She was about 27 years of age and was well thought of by everybody in the community. Convicted of Bastardy. Tom Johnson, colored, was tried before Magistrate Brunson on Tues day afternoon on a warrant sworn out at Bowman, charging him with bastardy. The verdict of the court was that the defendant be held for trial at the court of general sessions and his bond was fixed at $200. Messrs. Bowman & Bowman repre sented Williams, while Solicitor Hild crbrand will represent the woman. WILL ATTEND TOURNAMENT. The Elliott's Will Attend Firemen's Meeting at Union. At a meeting' of the Elliott Hook and Ladder Company Tuesday night it was decided definitely to attend the Firemen'B Tournament to be held at Union on the 6th, 7th and 8th of July. Ten men of the company will attend, but who they will be ha9 not yet been decided. They will probably be selected after the practices have been held. It being necessary to obtain the approval of the City Council' and the Board of Fire Masters for a leave from the city, a petition was presented yesterday morning, signed by the officers and members of the company, to the Board of Fire Mas ters and the City Council. There was no difficulty in securing the con sent and there is nothing in the way to hinder the company. However, it will take about $125 to defray the expenses of the trip, and as the com pany has just expended a large sum in the purchase of their present equipment, it has not the necessary funds in the treasury. The mer chants and citizens should show their appreciation to the Elliotts by presenting them this trip. It would take only a small contribution from each to enable the boya to attend. It should be remembered that the better and more eefficient the fire department is, the cheaper the in surance. Therefore, Orangeburg should do all in her power to in crease the efficiency of her depart ment. The Elliott's have been prac ticing constantly since the arrival of their truck, and now have arrived at a fair degree of efficiency, but from now until July the practicing will be more regular, and the Elliotts will do all in their power to make the best showing possible. All cities in the State send members of their departments to this tournament and Orangc^urg should not be behind. Therefore, let every merchant in Or angeburg contribute .'somethjing to the fund, when called upon. The following merchants have contribut ed the amounts designated: S. A. Dukes.$5.00 E. A. Zeigler.2.50 W. G. Smith.1.00 J. H. Albrecht.1.00 B. B. Owen.1.00 Ayers & Williams.1.00 Sandel Bros.1.00 I. S. Harley.2.00 Cash. .50 Cash.50 Cash.50 E. K. ScovilJe.-.1.00 O. W. Spahr and H. Spahr .. 1.00 David Mirmow.1.00 Joe. McNamara.1.00 Cash.50 John McNamara.1.00 M. Mirmow.50 Theodore Kohn.1.00 Jas. W. Zeigler.50 T. O. S. Dibble.1.00 Geo. V. Zeigler.1.00 K. Finkelstein.1.00 Hugh Marchant.1.00 W. L. Moseley.1.00 M. T. Sifiy.1.00 George R. Bowman.50 James L. Weeks.1.00 Fairey & Weeks.1.00 Brunson Clothing Co.1.00 J. T. Levy.1.00 B. H. Moss.1.00 Jennings & Smoak.1.00 Robert Lide. .?.? . . .50 C. P. Brunson. .50 Wannamaker, Smoak & Co. . 1.00 A. L. Dukes.1.00 Livingston & Co.100 R. E. Copes.1.00 UNCALLED FOB LETTERS. Those Remaining at the Postoffice in Orangeburg. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg PostofFice for the week ending June 3, 1909. Per sons calling for same will please say that they are "advertised." A. D. WEBSTER, P. O. Miss Clyde Avery. J. H. Clappel. Coke L. Drennau. Louis Farx. Joseph Fisher. Isado Hampton. David Hoover. G. W. Jenkins. U. S. Johnson. T-aura Lewis. Pauline Anner Lutsy. Mrs. Mary Mackay. David Mimpbes. Robert Padgett. Martin A. Purnell. Annie Richardson. Gabriel Robinson. Zora Seabrook. James Thomas. Leon Walker. Rebecca Wright. A Colored Contributor. A subscription of $r> to tlio Wo man's Monument fund has been made by Marion Jackson, a highly respect ed colored citizen of this city. The News and Courier correspondent says "the amount has not been ex ceeded by any subscriber, and is only en.nailed by a few. Jackson's moth er frequently accompanied the white ladies who ministered to Confeder ate soldiers on the trains between Columbia and Charleston and in that way he learned of the faithful South ern women, and thinks they should be remembered. This act of a col ored man may well ne followed by our white citizens." Eclipse of tin- Moon. There will be a somewhat unusual sight this evening. The moon will rise slightly eclipsed and the eclipse will continue until the entire disc is covered by the shadow of the earth. It will occur shortly after sunset, and will be worth seeing. Just two weeks later there will be an eclipse of the sun just before it sets. Get your smoked glass ready. TO THE SOUTH POINTED OUT BY MR. N. L. WILLET. How the Cotton Former is Injured by the Cotton Crop Estimates of the Government. The Agricultural Department at Washington in sending out cotton crop estimates, always uses the term "Cotton Bales." A foot note, how ever, always states that a certain number of these supposed "Cotton Bales are "Linters." In a letter to the Augusta Chronicle Mr. N. L. Willet says: The South has Jang Contended that Linters are not cotton bales; that the agricultural department is violating its own rule, under the pure food law, in putting an untrue label on an article; that the present method presents figures that are fic titious and which give us larger amounts of cotton bales than are actually made; that this fact bears the cotton market; that such over estimation injures the South. Linters at one time were much superior to what they are now, ow ing to the fact that the cotton seed oil mills did not cut the lint off so closely as they do at the present time. Early in the history of de linting most linters showed a very fair staple, and could be spun into a very fair grade of yarns, the price usually ranging about 1-2 to 2-3 of the price of New York middling this makin the linters' price, according to color and length of staple, to be from 4 to 7 1-2 per pound. At the present time, however, very few spindle linters are to be found; the quantity indeed has be come so insignificant that most of the linter spinners have gone for materials to other stocks, not be ing able to get a sufficient quantity of high grade linters. Besides this spinning, linters have always been used, more or less in the manufac ture of cotton batting, comforters, and felts for mattresses. They would be used more largely for this pur pose, if they were graded better. The staple is now so short, however, and the .:olor so dark, that they are being discarded largely even for these purposes. And where they are used in the better grades of mat tresses and batting, the manufactur ers are compelled to bleach them >n order to get the necessary colo<\ which process, of course, whiten? them, but has a tendency to destroy the elasticity, and also to weaken the fibre. Taking all these things into con sideration, and the larger amount fit lint produced by the present pro cess as compared with the processes used a few years ago, and the very large amount of seed that is being used by the oil mills at the present time, the price of linters has been largely reduced; prices now range from l'-2c per lb. to 2 1-ic at the outside. A fair average Unter suit able for carding and feits could be bought today freely at 1 l-2c per lb. The present linter machine with a few minor changes is of the same construction now as it was several years ago when lint brought high prices. More lint per ton of seed is now secured, because the seed to day are linted more closely. The process is simply to keep the linter saws sharper, and to run the linter faster. Dudd saws and slow run ning make high grade linters. But someone found ou>. that by running the machines faster, and by keep ing the saws sharper, they could get 50 to CO lbs. of lint off every ton of seed instead of the old time 15 to 25 lbs. of lint. This new pro cess became generally known, and now today, it is almost' universally practiced. The result has been that the price of lint has gradually de clined, because the product is be coming inferior each season, and the amount produced annually greater. A few mills today lint seed twice? first run produces a better staple, the second run means anything that the linter pills off the seed and the result means anywhere from 1-2 to 1 l-2c per lb. lint. A fair definition of a cotton bale, might be as follows: Baled spinable cotton lint, as cut or pulled from a saw or roller gin, with staple three fourths to, two inches in length, and fetching from S to 4 0c a 11). It does seem from the above that agricultural department at Washing otn could not justly and truthfully label the degraded linters of today as being cotton bales. We are annually making now some 400.000 bales of linters. To class this degraded and largely unusable and valuless product or waste when pressed, as a cotton bale, is not only untrue, but is is an untruth that is manifestly most unjust and unfair to the South. Will not the agricul tural department do justice to the ' Cotton Hale?" .Mayor's Court. There were not any cases tried mi Tuesday, and only one yesterday. This was that of Joe Bailey and Wyman Pearson, who were charg ed with giving a public exhibition of professional "cussing." when inter rupted by the arrival of a policeman. They were both lined ?i' or Dve days, and they will probably count teu before they give expression of their feedings again. To (\iok New Peas. Heat new shelled peas in butter until they begin to fry a little. This will improve their flavor, and cause them to retain their bright, green color. Add sufficient water to barely cover them. Salt slightly. Add a very little sugar, and allow to sim mer until tender. If desired, thicken a little with corn starch.?From June Physical Culture. POPLAR SPRLNG SCHOOL. The Commencement Exercises of That Well Known Schol. * On Friday evening, May 2S, friends and patrons of the Poplar Springs School gathered at this well known school to see what these two lady teachers, Miss Beulah Dukes, principal, and Miss Maud Radcliffe, assistant, had in store for us and as one of the crowd, can say with pleasure, that we all enjoyed it and were instructed by our young friends. Program. , Song of Welcome, School. Prayer, John Whisenhunt. Wordsi of Welcome, Lawrence Johnston. Reading, "The Swan Song," An nie May Holman. , A comedy in three acts. Beulah Radcliffe, Viola Hayden, Ruth Wal ton, John R. Holman, Lonnie Lee. Recitation, "Boys Wanted," John Bessingen Reciiation, "At Our School," Hen ry S. Holman. Instrumental duet, '."Remember Mo," Misses Annie Wolfe and Beulah Dukes. Flower and wand drill, ten girls. Declamation, "A Tramp with a Tramp," William Salley. Tableau, "A Bachelor's Room," William Salley. Recitation, "The Innocent Drum mer," Beulah Radcliffe. Tableau, "Spring," Annie May Hol man. [ Recitation, "The Prarie Fire," Viola Hayden. Song, "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." school. Floral Offering. Ruth Walton, Yona Whisenhunt, Lunette Bessing en Vera Hayden. Temperance. Blanche Bossinger and Susan Johnson. "When I'm a Man," Utile-boys. Pantomine, "Nearer, My God, to Theo," five girls Vocal solo, "In the Shadow of th^ Old Carolina Hills," Miss Annie Wolfe. "Days of Old Time Fashion," Misses Philipena Salley, Edna Dukes, Maude Radcliffe, Beulah Dukes and Messrs. William Salley, John and Berry Lee, and Wallace Whctsell. Left march, twelve hoys. "High Society in Posammille I Fountain," boys and girls. Valedictory, Nadine Johnson. Song, "Faraway," school. After the exercises were over Supt. of Education L. W. Livingston, made a few remarks that were well chosen. The music was furnished by Miss Annie M. Wolfe, of Swansea. All present seemed to have enjoyed the exercises and praised the teach ers very much for their nice enter tainment. "ONE PRESENT." CONFEDERATE VETERANS' HOME It Has Already Twenty-Six Old Veterans In It. The Confederate Veterans' Home in Columbia was formally opened yesterday with appropriate ceremo nies. Gov. Ansel and others deliver ed addresses. The following named veterans are alreadj domiciled in the home: J. M. Hughey, Company A, First South Carolina Volunteers, Abbe ville Jas. A. Clark, Company B, Fourth South Carolina cavalry, Rock Hill. Robert B'oylos, Company U, Hamp ton Legion, Edgetield. J. H. Williamson, Company H. Sec ond South Carolina regiment, Ker 9haw. J.. T. Calms. Company C. Third South Carolina Volunteers, infantry, New berry. Riley Roland, Company G, Twenty second regiment, South Carolina Vol unteers, infantry, Anderson. H. J. Burdette, Company A, First South Carolina cavalry, Abbeville. Dr. T. P. Edwards. Company F. Eleventh South Carolina Volunteers, infantry, Clarendon. W. G. Parker, Company G. Cobb's Legion, Chester. Jno. D. Kelly, Company C. Second South Carolina cavalry, Richland. Nathaniel Wilson. Company I), Twelfth South Carolina Volunteers, infantry. Fairtield. Wm. N. Lupo, Capt. Gregg's bat tery, Marion. R. A. Patterson, Twenty-second ar tillery, Georgetown. VV. P. Bethea, Company B, First Florida Volunteers, infantry, Marion. Powell Davis, Company C. Twelfth South Carolina Volunteers, infantry, Fairfield. H. A. McAlister, Company C. Fourth South Carolina cavalry, An derson. Amos Banks. Company F. Fifth South Carolina cavalry, Lexington. T. L. Mood, Company A, Wakes' artillery, Richland. Three other applications have l.n approved and a number of others have been Mied. Walks Off With the Game. Tuesdpy afternoon -team B de feated team C easily. The heavy hitting of team B coupled with the miserable playing of team C. won the same for team B. The game was called after the eighth inning by ar angement. The score by innings was: Team R. 11. E. C.finn 001 Of) I .'i 'J B.012 <? 11' 1* ?7 S 2 Batteries?C, Hugo Sims and Howoll; B. Fisher and Kortjohn. Strike outs, by Sims. :>: by Fisher. 9. Base on balls, off Sims, 3; off Fi.-hcr. 1. 2-basc hits, Kortjohn: 3-base hits. Kortjohn and Hugo Sims; home runs. Kortjohn and Hugo Sims. The league standing is now as follows: Team YV. L. P.C. R.3 1 .750 C.1 2 .33.*? A.1 2 .333 YOUNG LADY'S HORRIBLE PATE. Burned to Dear.i Trying to Kiadle Fire With Oil. News of a most distressing a* cident near Kings Mountain Tuesday reached Gastonia, when the informa tion came that Miss Julia Ware, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ware, and a sister of Mr. J. White Ware, of Gastonia, died Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock as the result of burns sustained Tuesday morning early. The accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mr.s. Ware in the El Bethel neighborhood and was wit nessed only by the unfortunate young lady's mother who, in her frantic efforts to save her daughter, herself sustained very painful though not necessarily very serious burns. CHASED AND KILLED By a Buzzsaw That Broke From Its Fastening. Walter Terry, a woodsaw operator, was pursued and cut down by a woodsaw insecurely fastened that broke away from a wagon bed on which it was mounted, at Ashland, Oreg. The saw was whirling at a high rate of speed and when it broke from its fastening it ran at Terry, who fled. The saw overtok him and ripped his back for a long distance and completely severed his right leg just below the knee. Terry was tak en to the hospital at Ashland, where everything possible was done for him, but he died within 30 minutes. FATAL GEORGIA QUARREL. It Occurred About a Man Visiting a Young Lady. As a result of a bitter quarrel ! Tuesday between Thomas Poole, a well known Dodge county planter, and his neighbor ? W. A. Miller, the former was instantly killed. Poole it is said, had been paying attention to a daughter of .Miller and had been requested to stay a>way from the Miller home. Poole persisted, it is said, in paying court to the young woman and was taken to task by Miller. A fatal difficulty resulted, in which Poole wa? killed ^ae above slate/1. The Greater Show. At a country fair out in Kansas says The Argonaut, a man went^pp to a tent where some elk were on exhibition and stared wistfully^ up at the sign, "I'd like to go in there," he said to the keeper, "but it would be mean to go in without my family, and I cannot afford to pay for my wife and seventeen children." The keeper started at him in astonish ment, "Are all these your children?" he gasped. "Every one," said the man. "You wait a minute," said the keeper, "I'm going to bring the elk out and let them see you all." Boll Weevil Coming. . The Sumter Item says "We now hear comparatively little of the boll weevil and its ravages in the cotton fields of the Southwest, but the weevil is'still a most serious menace to the cotton growing industry and it is steadily moving eastward at the rate of fully fifty miles a year. It is due to reach South Carolina with in five or six years, and theJfarmers of this state have that length of time in which to prepare to meet the changed corditions of farming that the appearance of the weevils will necessitate." Sensp of Direction. Bees return to their hives in a direcr line when .they have been carried away and liberated, up to two miles. This has been supposed to be due either to the sense of sight or of smell, but the experiments ot Ga*ton Bonnier have proven that neither sight nor smell can serve the purpose and that bees have a special "sense of direirtqon." This sen?" is not in the antennae. A NoveJ Luxury. A novel luxury for the hotel bed chamber is a new signal apparatus that gives the exact time at any min ute. A small telephone receiver is placed near the head of the bed or even under the pillow, and pressing a button causes a set of gongs to strike, announcing through the tele phone the hour, quarter and number of minutes past the quarter. Relation of Health to Beauty. The statement that beauty is in fluenced by health cannot lie gain said. Any intelligent person will admit that this is true. There can be no real, lasting beauty without health. It has often been said that beauty is only skin deep, but this is false. Beauty is more than skin deep; it is as deep as the body it self. In fact, beauty is nothing more than an external.manifestation of an internal condition. When one pos sesses perfection in figure and fea- ! lures, it might be said beauty can! be found in the form and texture of all the internal tissues and organs of the body. Disease and weakness tire bounty's ! worst enemies. They have no con- ' ^'deration for rank or wealth or | family pedigree. They will ruin the ' most magnificent specimen of hu- | man perfection that the eyes of men has ever looked upon. Those who J desire to be beautiful must seek real beauty through health-building. Pointed Paragrapns. Sometimes a "pirlted" thought I thought strikes a happy medium. | At the matrimonial agency lots j of people come in and ask for a match. The head baker would probably! resent it if you Were to call him a "dough-dead." No, Johnny, the little holes in a man's derby are not to enable him to talk through his hat. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. PICKED UP ALL ABOUT BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening in the Country as Well as in the Cities and Towns. Watermelons are in town. How do you like ithis kind of hot-stuff weather? Mrs. E. L. Dubose and little son are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ballard on Glover street. Mr. Arthur Walker attended the reception at Columbia College on Tuesday evening. The salary of the postmaster at St. Matthews has been raised from $1,300 to $1,400 per annum. A most enjoyable card dance was had at the Elks Hall on last evening. About fifteen couples were present. Don't unnecessarily expose your self to lightning. Several ?people have been killed in this State dur ing the past few days by the dead ly bolt. The monument erected by Con gress to the regulars who fell at the battle of Gettysburg was unveiled Monday by President Taft's daughter. The president made a speech. Read the speech of Senator Smith on the tariff, which we publish today on the'first page'. He shows how the farmers arc plundered by a hign tariff along with o'.her consumers. Hon. I. W. Bowman and Major A. C. Dibble attended the convention, of the building and loan association in Columbia on Tuesday as repre sentatives of the association in this city. A mad dog at Florence hit several people. They have been sent to At lanta for treatment at the Pasteur Institute. Mad dogs seem to be on the rampage in several parts of the State. We have had three -or four days of genuine summer weather. It is a little early for such heated spells, but we may as well get accustomed to them, as more of them will be along later. We notice the names1 of Misses Florrie Wannamaker Bates and Kathryn M. Salley among the gradu ates of Winthrop College this year. They are the accomplished daughters, of Mr. F. D. Bates and Clerk of Court Salley. David Williams, colored, who had been helping on the public works of Kershaw county, was brought over tc this city Monday night by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Salley and commit ted to jail for larceny. It is vciy probable that Williams will help Or angeburg county out on her roads immediately after be gets through with an engagement at the next term of the court of general sessions. A unique case is pending in Co lumbia. A warrant has been Issued against a minister, the Rex. A. B. Kennedy, charging him with cruelty to a dog. It is alleged that he threw the animal out of a church window during services last Sun day, the canine -being hurt by the fall. It seems to us that a great deal of fuss is being made over a very trivial matter. On the Treatment of Disease. Some original and striking state ments with regard to the attitude of the public, in general, and the medical profession in particular, to wards humanity's common enemy, disease, are made by Bernarr Alac fadden in the June issue of the Physical Culture magazine. The fol lowing quotations will serve to il lustrate the standpoint from which, this writer views the ordinary meth od of dealing with physical ailment;-', and many of his beliefs are gaining accceptance in the minds of those who think for themselves the world over: ?Practically every advanced stu dent of medicine is prepared to ad mit that disease germ.-' are innocuous or harmless to those who possess what might be termed a high de gree of vital resistance. Such per rons are classed as immune, and i! has always been an unsolved riddb to me why the germ-seeking scien tists do not turn their attention to the study of the how and why of this immunity. They are seeking a method of insuring immunity against disease. Why do they devot? so much time to the duty of the min ute details of the disease, instead <>l learning something of the nature of the forces within the body which can render it practically immune from all disease? "Disease 1st not an enemy! It is a friend! It comes as a means of bringing relief. It is.an effort on th" part of the body to right a wrong. It shows that the body is struggling for life and health, and on many occasions of ridding the body of tiie vile accumulations of poison.-, death would unquestionably ensue. Therefore, disease in many cases actually save life. To be sure, if there is but a small amount of foi eign material in the circulation and tissue of the body, the attack et the disease will be slight in char acter." Killed in Runaway. While Frank Henry and wife, of Menlo, Ca., were out driving Sun day afternoon, the horse became frightened near Mineral Springs and ran away, turning the buggy over and injuring both. Mr. Henry died about 8:30 and his wife is in a se rious condition. Mr. Henry is of a prominent family of Chattooga coun The pigmy mouse of Siberia is be lieved to be the smallest quadruped in the world.