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VO.MVNANN1NG, S. C. WEDNES-,%%I)AY NOVEBE F, 1 1 __O1 BLEW UP MAi Spamish BedriciRa Iespusie fe the Fhuss bisesr THE REPORT IS DEID tionet Jasper wtag Brady. Mem ber of the Army Board, fur the First Time, Makes Public Verdici of the Investigation. in a Lecture at wanae City. That Jose E. Zalvado. a SpanSin electrician working in Morro Castle. and probably a fanatic. was respon sible for the destruction of the bat tieship Maine in the harbor of Ha vana was the statement made on Thursday night by Col. Jas. B. Brady in correcting a report of a speech made by him Thursday night. Col onel Brady says he was one of a committee of four men who investi sated the explosion and reported the fndings to President McKinley. -Now. I will tell you for the rst time the name of the man who blew up the Maine. He Is. or was. Jose Zalvado. He was electrician at Morro Castle. It was he who threw the switch which set off the power ful mine that destroyed that ship and sent 207 lives into eternity in a fash. Zavaldo was afterward shot by order of Gen. Blaunco." "Of course I did not see this mAI turn on the switch which set free the powerful mines that caused the disaster.'' said the Colonel. "but the evidence in the case pointed directly to his guilt. Three other army of Seers, whose names I do not care to give. and myself. reported to the President that in our beliuf Zalvado was responsible. He ws later ex ecuted on the command of General Blanco. None, however. was ever able to learn for what reason." Colonel Brady. in an address Wed nesday night at St. George's Epis copal church. discussed the Maine diaster and attributed it to a sub marine mine explosibn. His state ment brought forth denlab from Washington. among other things be tng that no military board had been appointed to investigate tMe case. Colonel Brady explains that the board never convened to make 't,% report. but reported individually to the President. CoL Brady was quoted as saying in his address that Cubans were re sponsible for the .lsastet. He de Rled that he made such a statement 4)0NFE~b~ TO ROBBERY. Seventees Year Old Youth Teas Po lice He Stole. Marion Wilcox. a 17-year-old bo~y of Spartanburg. is in jail and has made a complete confession to rob bing the jewelry store of Arthur W. 'Biber on last Saturday night. .Wilcox was suspected at first by the offcers who have been on the lookout for him ever since. He has kept himself in hiding and only W~ed nesday did the offcers catch him. Capt. Moss Bayes. of the local po lice department and private Deason were waiting for the boy at the Son thern station Wednesday night. hav tng learned that he was scheduled to pass by on foot. The plans were right und Wilcox was hailed on the tracks by the offcers. He denied his guilt but a search revealed that he had over $400 worth of jewelry on his person when arrested. It consisted of bracelets. loekets. wa.tch chains. charms. etc., many of' them with diamond settings. When taken to police headquarters he made a complete confession and did not i""tllecte any one else. saying he did ,.. eteed single handed. VERY QUEER STORY. Saye He Was Drunk When He Got Married to a Woman F. H. Rounceville. a well-klo' n young .A'lantianl. has fied suit for total divorce agaInst his wife. MN Minnie D. Rounceville, alleging that she "roped him in." that she made him drunk and got him to promise to marry her while he didn't ko what he was doing. and that the:' while he was still stagvering anc seeing three of her, she got a friend to go after a preacher and got a li cense and that he wa mnarried sway ing from side to side so that the preacher had to hold him on hi' feet: at the benediction. RounceTill says he fell to the floor in a drunk'n stupor, and on waking immediately repudiated his loving bride. Read' Upside D~own. Charles W. Searles. of Milbu-'y Ma.s.. reads newspapers and ma-ga tines upside down as a matter of1 choice. When a boy in school he adopted this method of reading to prevent people from rending over his shoulders and making him ner rous. Now he Is 80 and clings to the old habit. Samoak Under Arrest. 3. E .Smoak. for several years a Columba policeman. Is in the polic' station. charged with attempting tc kIll his wife Thursday at their home on Divane street. Thlay had bee: separated for some time and Smoak was under a heavy peace bond. He found his wife in 5 yr room a-nd shot at her several tImes. Steves Poli... Exlodes While polishing a ga range i& the' hotte of Miss Eidce? L9n I Pittsburg. the liquid solution explod ed and burned Miss Ella Brennen a servant. The eplosion as can A GEORGIA TRAGEDY THE TEIUIB!.E A(T, OF A 'ito PEIOUS MElCHANT. Killed His Wife, Nine Year Old Sou and LAttle Baby, Wounded Older ba and Kills Hininef. The motive for the terrible trar. ody enactec in Lawrenceviile. Ga. on Tuesday. whetn Joe D. Wall&e. a prosperous merchani. ki!!ed tls wife and nine-year-old son. Cl:.' and desperately wounded anoth -r son. Felton, eleven years of aze. an : then killed himself. ia s h il sr -- ed in mye'cry. Joe Wallace. a man about 45 yeat of age. had attended a meet!g o' the Odd Follows. of which cr.' h%: had been a prominent mnme fo'r many years and returned hor-e abut 10 o'clock in the evening. He soon retired and from that moment there is no living member of his anui who can tell what transpired up M 2::0 o'clock in the nornrin. when his two daughters. Misses Estell. and Lollie Belle. were awakened byvr a rapid Are of pistol shots in thk-& mother's room adjoining that of their own. The eldest daughter. Misa Lena. was also aroused and toget'er tbE three girls hastened to the rtoem of the parents to find the cause of the shooting. Upon entering the dsor way they saw their father sta:.Ing by their -=other's bed, while she lay gasping for breath. with h r night clothing on fire from the pisol shots. Wallace turned to leave the room and seeing his little son. Fel ton. coming in at the door. exclaim ed."! will get you. too.' and at the report of the pistol the child fell to the loor. Stepping over the prostrate form Wallace went eat the door, aftir picking up his pants on the floor. and feeling in his pockets for his keys as he walked, went to his gre cery store, only a few yards below the house, and going in reloaded h pistol and returned to the house. When Wallace reentered his home he walked up to his baby boy. Cline. and said. "Well. I have k:l-d vo. mother.' and holding th- c-hid u'.. -it arm's length fred fonr ha!- I through its heart. Droppinr tho t: v ering form to the boor h'e wlk to the entrance o! the nex-t room aid placing the smoking r-volv-r to h. ead, sent a bullet crash rtr'ur:h h:, own brain. Mrs. Walbce' as shot four times through the breast and head wh!le lying on the beJ. Joe Wallace had b-en twice m.a ried. By his Orst wit he ba- :o ut children. one t.on and three daugh ters. all grown. The son. Leon Wa! lace. has a position In Atlanta and -as not at home. His daugate"s a Leno. Lollie Belle and Esrede. W:.. lace's second wife was a daiughtte: of Andrew 0. Bowmat.. a tairmr'r r. iding in the upper r-art of the coun ty. She took n:.tive part in reli't ous work. being a member of sev'x al societies in the Baptist churca. af which he was also a member. Their married life. soi f.:r as the gen eral public knew, was a happy on--. although it is stated b~s some th.e she was of a very !ealousi tempe.m ment. About seven ve-.tr5 axo Mr. Wa lace was awakened at nii:tt by - noise on his front veranda and a:t~ opening the door sli.:htly. saiw a form in the darkness. wher:eupon he called to his wife to bring a l:gfl'. and as she held the lamp he took de liberate aim and shot the rman dead He was a negro who worked for th Seaboard. It Is thought that prtu bly this occurence preyed upon hi mind and had some connection with the tragedy. All three of the bodies will Nb a ied to Hog Mountain, Mr. i.'alhe "a old home. *ix miles above Lawrenlc" ville. for burial. EILL NYE DAY. For North Carolina S'~col Chiuirem. to Ceutribdte. The BIll Nye memxoriali c-mn.hte f the North Carolina Press A-c - ton me! Wednesday in Salisbury a. elected J1. P. Cook. of (Concord. qed; itor of The Uplift, as treasur--r of ' .omittee, to succ:eed :.he ia:e M.. M. Julian. A resolution wi1 ':-.r eted to the State suein:t--.' f public ir.atruction. a-kingt that ate be set apart in the s'-h"c01' the State to be known as. "B I! Nt ay.'' On this day schbool eMr will be asked to contribut- :z : fund bein~g raised by thie coe~mt'' -o the murpo-e of c'teting .a a WN: memorial cottage in e-m.':ofn '.M 'he Stonewall Jackson mrann1.e *r-an in school located at Concord. N. . By the Railroad" of the' Cuintry for the Pe't Year. -this is the casuaity re"-'rd of' the railroads in the United Stat''" dur -; Ithe year ended June 36' !a-t. acera ;ng to the interesat comm--'ree c":m mi.sionl Tuesd-ay. li is an 1nr of 1.63 in the numbr k.i ad 1.454 ", the numbnter t'i:red c' the pr.'vious year' tig::r'-s T a:r: ratiroad proportY 0 - '1 h i .x' de snn.' : Norhorn New York and 7- A , ronacks were covered wi'h a:x In &,AS o! snow WedneeCar nmning SAID HE LIED rraveling Man Makes Ex-Gov. Glenn Very Warm Under the Collar. HE BECOMES ENRAED When strunger saay'. That All I*e& ocraic Speakrr% Are Afraid .,I Marion Butler and Inforu te 1)ruuner That He'll LILe Him Swallow Sonne of HiE Teeth. A dispatch from MVaron to the Charlotte Observer spread:ng like wildtire over the city Widnesday wen the nws that ex-Governor Rj: ert B. G!-n. who spoke a: .\lario'. Wednesday had become engaged in a ditliculty with a traveling man -a the way from the railroad station to the hotel that morning. It seems that while Mr. Glenn wis en:aged :n conversation with 'rtend tha: 'a friend! had remnarked :hat Marion Butler had gotten oft the same train upon which t.he Gov ernor came. at Morganton. In the course of the conversation tbat followed the friend further re =nrked that the Democratic speakers and the press were making It hot for Butler. Mr. Glenn replied that 't was not necessary for the speakers and the press to make it hot for Butler as he. Butler. had all he could Jo to defend his record in the StatP. At this junction a traveling man. kir. W. 0. Crawford. butted into the -onversation and said that all the Democratic speakers in the State were afraid of Butler. Mr. Glenn replied that the man ertainly did not know the situatiou )r he would not dare make s ich a atement. Crawford said thy he lid know the situation and that h. ;t!ll maintained that Democrat!c peakers were afraid of the ex-Sen tur. Oir. Glenn then told the dr-iniver hat what he had said was a'-olute y an untruth and that the DLnao ratic speakers had met Budle- i ebates and that only their se-lf-re twct kent them from doing so agen. I .r. r--.-ord made his oc:::n.il ret:;-on !- Governior told h:m h. v a liar. and that .f he ret'. r wo'ra snal:ow it and also) som h eeth. A ,his -:ncttre the bus had ai v.d at the hotel where Mr. Craw ord hurr:edly al!gbted from it an,: nti.red the hotel loiby where '1 er-d as "John Smith.- ro-! %%TORTS WRItE LOOTEI. urtlar. Rob Two Storr. in Spartan burg Same Night. A: Spartanburg during Friday iiht burrlara entered the store of . WV. iti:er. a wel! krnown jeweier. nd took a*out $l.500 worth of ewelry from the establient. En ck on the rear door and rasing uO he ',ar. wh~ch held it clos:-d. Ta amne uI.;ht burglars enxtered Wait :ntonl dru~t ,t-.re and roabedthe ash register. takiat se-.er-i! do!! * h.ange. 'hieh had ',een left there There is abs.olutely ::. clue a' 't ho -he robbers are. The-y covered heIr tra1ch completely. From rn -..1r:: -ore they took a numb.-r *fbrieets. Inckets. watch cha?:ns nd oth." si:i that wasn nt p:ace. a the sae over n:;ht. All of ti' -her di:~aonds .d valuabes we'r. - the "ai-', whicn was not opt-ned. A re-ward of S'.-0 has been offer d for theit c'apture of the uilty pir es. The P:nkerton detective ag.n v t a: w erk on the case ad se.vera: xeea it . said. News of the' bur;g ,.vi id not spread rapidly. a.s veryv .o'db.e ;precautionl was tak .the polce and .\r. Biher to kieP a. Man Vaa. Murde, -i dxile Hie Wa. i::da ht \fa. ; -Atvn:0 o - n., n-.trat ' craso-f gla-.t nt ~ho . :.e v.:axdow of~ the:: room. -. : .e t roo. w*thnt .. .--:: e:i-d i mtove or er-o .3. ware:.d .e of the intrudert. .. .:.to :h.' x.-d. d . br-.ate'- piar-e :r" a shot that :'rou ht :n.-:an: eath to :h.- s:eeping ::n.n. By- the r,-oer1ug1 her voice and ra:,ing an .'nxrmh.' mu:rderer and ha compn;' on. had~ z.scaped. \al--r~tin with his- w14ife a.d -n'-ee hlrn atrrived" about P'ur days ago. aarmz romt almost direct fromo : y.~ Mrs. Vale-nt:no says th--y i Napio-: very hurrie'diy. he.r hus-and pr r-n reat '-'ar :or l:!" lUe for .,0", -at'n t~ot r~.e-vea-d to h-r. They Are Safe. (~ty on.- ratiroacO pa nn:.r ~' a k12&d :n -he I-r.-d K:xnidomn by a a' '-. t': rn ao :rain irn whaih h . wa --.n::: In other word,~ . n!y on1 jrro and only one ;er-onl was tr a Arm. ,-- .c.:-t15 fond it naeea-ary to LARGE CORN CROP THLt% STATE PN tOlt-CED FIFTY MI.LON I SILE12S. MIeaiN. lasch tor the Farnwes, and Put- SOutih arlUia zn Lihe L04 of Great Cern Swtate. South Carolua has SOdu'- 50. I. !useS of corn for :1i. .c cording to an estimate tasued Dy the depart--nt of agricultur. whica places the corn crop for South Caro iina for this year at 49.740.000 bush 'ls This est:ma.e has been furn.,h ed the Untted S:e:es department of agriculture The iost' gratifying feature of the estima:e is that average produc tion of corn to the acre in this State has increased from 16.7 bust els to :i busheh, within a year. rhere was a marked increase in the acreage of corn. the greatett in the history of the State. The exact stA tist!cs on Le acerage have not been p)rel)ared. The Columbta St"e sa-as this tre mendou-i cro'p of corn n"au ti South Carolina farmers will be able to ship corn out of the State to oth -r sections and that more than $6. .)0o.000 spen: on corn and corn pro ducts will be saved to the people. As has been stated railroad men familtar with the movement of corn Aay that the shipments Into this State from the est have fallen off materially during the past year and that they expect to haul corn out of South Carolina next year. The corn crop last year for South Carolina was estimated at 37.000. 400. which was an increase of S. 00.000 bushels over the year 1908. The entire increase of corn produc Ion in the Southern States last year was 13.000.000 with 8.000.000 of ;hat accredited to Thir, State. .Ther wer-- o er 3.-.0 > --nI farms of ,his State to plant an acre of corn this ytar. Several hundreds of these boys h-ve produced over -5 bushels of corn on one acre of land and have been awarded certificates of merit by the State superintendent of education and Gov. Ansel. More than 100 of the boys have >roduced over 100 bushels on one ire. ard there are several to pro luce over 150 bushels. These boys will be the farmers of the future ind the ind!cations polnt to South -rolina becoming one of the lead .;: corn Sate In the Un:ted State The work of the 3.tO boys ha, >en under the direction of th. n!Ited States farm demonetrution vorkers. of which Ira W. William' s at the heatd In thi. State The champion boy corn grower of .he world lives in South Carolina. and he has produced 223 bushels on >ne acre of land. The boy ia: no Anown. He lives In the Pee Der ievt!on of the State and le a son of a minister. The marvelous yiel. was secured n the parsonage land. -he records of the boy are in Wash nton and are being considered b:. the national department of agt:cui ure. and hec name will be announc *-d :rom.x the-re witi the next .mever .L days. The !,oy has written a story of ow he producedI the great yield .hben will be publtebed. He has de eoped a ne~w plan of corn growin.: which may be helpful to a;'ou. Caroldna farmera. The- agi!ttion for corn productiot. -on:-need in this State several re-ir:. a~to and the-re has been a ste.a I In .-rease. No longer Ia the far n.er of South Carolina contented wih :'O bupheis to the acre. The 't0n-wah-- to the acre fartners tn outh Carol:na are numerous. To a:Iulate the inter*-at in 'orn p0o inetion over $33.000 in priz-s wa e give-n th:A year. The clImax w!i: 1c the South Atlantic States corn apotitton which is to be held l (olumbTa from December i to S aiv.r $1d*.eie in pirizes will be :tive:. t the exposition. --Nor WOItTH A DLf." yhat% What Gemraldline Farrar Says A bout D~uke.. at:b. cG.-ral line Farrar. the Amn an O,'er4 Singer. Is ev dently no: .otg :-> mnary a titledi foreigner. a: :en:ro: ., duke. The soperano was mfr:n--d. on he: arrival Wedne-sda.. I e-w Yo-k on :he Kai.--r Wilhelnm dr Grouese. that :-was reported :a: tsh.- would wed a duke. "Duket. a,.p..d :.lisa iarrar. "!-ve met many o: the:i:. and b.::eve me. takin!; them~ n'avidu.ally and -o!cctively. they. :- a..: worthc a ding." ILiheelt Seven Feet Lone. Ttt.. Cot.--ra o: South Dakota as h' e:.-rtion of Nov. s will have sua m::ted to them:r the longest beallot to be voted in any sta-e In the U'n on. Th., haiint will mte.sure muor' than a-ven fe'-t. and wIll conta:n iroos.d :awe which are to be sit' m'e'd to the vorers utnder the refer numi amendm--nt to the' 'ai-- cou -tu ton. It wil! r.- 4 inches~ in wtda and fille-d frotu top to bottnon. High (Irtre for (7ntiton. A Newv Orl--an '-otton tirmn Tnutre i- ad:- ::4 cets- am pounct ior i..n ha:-j'f e.-::on produtced onc lIig Ridi For t'on. Pcnhrt~ -be iihamp ren -ow ref -c. e thee -rs old. -he coew produced .003S peotndr. tf bu-re nin tha HENPiNG Ti FARMER THItEE OF TH E I.U N\G SOUTt EltN LULLiO.lI)S WlLL OrganIze a Cotton Culture tkar uncut to Educate Cotton Faimer In a Campaign .gain.st the Weevi Practical steps are being taken L the Southern Railway Company. th Alabsama Giat :outaern Rai'roa Company. and the Mobile & Ohi Railroad Company to co-operaL with the offcialb of the United State Agricultural Dvarta-nt and th State Comussione., of Agricultur In adv!sing farmer. i. :he territor; along the lines of thee raliway which may eventually b.- reached b; the Mexican cotton bool weevil. a to the best method of growiug cot :on !n spite of th- pre.enace of tha insect. The -xper!ence of the farners Texas. where the weevil has bee: for some years. demonstrates that L: :he ado;gion of proper m:hods jpractically as large yi.-Id., of cot:ot can be ->tnired .s 'ore he a1 pearance of the weevil. In mos: localities in Te-<as the invasion o; the weevil has generally teen fol iowed by short cropis for two o: -hree years until the farmers hav learned how to deal with the insect. For the purpose of making a co operative work of the companies as effective and helpful as possible, or ganization has been perfected to be known as the cotton culture depart ment of the Southern Railway. the Alabama Great Southern Railroad, and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. with a view of encouraging the ad option of the most improved me thods in advance of the appearanct f the weevil. This. It is felt, will have the effect ,f maintaining the normal produe .on of cotton. P r.-!ral far:: -. who have had experience in dealing with the boll weevil will be employ ed along the lines of these railways In localities which may eventually be reached by the weevil and giving them practical advice as to the bedt methods of growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. 'Planters and others in these lo calities who are desirous of avail ng themselves of the practical aS rice and assistance of the agents o! he Cotton Culture Department in his matter are invited to corres >cnd with Mr. T. 0. Plunkett. Gene. l Agent of the Southern Railroa, ind the \iobile & Ohio Railroad. o. hattanooga. Tenn. A PLEA FOR GOOD ROASt. Declara.ion of Principles Adopted at .Uken 3l-etin4. The rollowing dec!aration of Prin iles was adopted by :he GCout. ~oadSs an:i D~rainalte Lea.gue Conven ion at Aiken on Weduesday. ".That no factor makea for th-: elfare and pro.sperity of the pep f the State of South Carolina more han g-oodi roads and the drainage u. he wet and saplandsa of the State. "2. That the aunutl expenditur f nearly a mil!ion diollars oni. .arous counties of the Stai:e cor ,arative little permanent Improvv ment In the condition of the same. s an enornmous waste and an e'n'e nous burden on the citiz:ns. "3. That we respect:ully ask th.' gencial assembly to enact at its nex. session such laws based upon the e' nrience of other State and counties is will result :uI the building o: per nanent ;:ood roadIs by pogressive .nd businesslike methods. 4. That the safety of the !:fe. 'roperty and person of our cltirzon. require's the public highway bridge~ >:er the main rivers of our State to se under sup~ervision of the Stat, und to that ..nd thle State should. .t: -.oon as possi:eL .acquir.e ;oss:o: of same and suItabl.- provision 5 made for :e insee :'u of ~ridg-. !nl reslpect to .ar:-y and their pro., er maintenance ..y ?h' State. "5. That the ex' - .the comite of the league iee instructed to pre pare a bill to be presented to t next ilegislature. providing a systen, for the p--rniane'nt care of highway .fter they have been con-structed. "e. We r...omnmend that In the dsposton of funds colle-eted by san iage'3 that all taxes for road ;.u: poe be exp1ende.-! in the count~e fre~n whiich they are colle'cted."' BRYT.1N NO FlilEE LAN(1 Iteitrate's Hii. stand .A:ainst DahI man Iin Kaw.. At Ineoln. N.-b.. :n a hall hire. y himself an.! speaking outside th ju'"%ictio' of the D~emaoera-IC stat commtitte". W. J. Uryan .Mortda. nght proclammed his ;edi::ica! inde pendence su far ats tie head~ of tn ar.d just:in-d hin- l'ot of Jamneu C iahlman. .'andidate for governsu HI" disclaine'-d any irntention of ecoming a poitical fre'e lance In.3 'ita r-'n a1: cso save' :e~ Nerask. dos-e:to t h.- rema~:nd-r of ~'-s r paty rec::!arm' -:*o refums 0: or MayVor Dahman. --cats' h. ad [leh'.man was nur n.;t::at byj t.d ' tirn- ~t*jt 10::t--'eco-. V ictimfli .i nto Acciele'nt. T' remaIn-' of l-. S iL". A. via aho v.as injur'iin n a -o-deacrid.nt on 't-tm : -243 a'annahn rn Tund ay '. and who diedi at ir .nht, was re HARD TO SOLVE Dr. C. H. Lavinder Talb kterestingly o Pdagra. NO SPECIFIC REMEDY Dr. Lavinder ]A-... Ievout in His IL d lief About Spoiled Corn Cuuin the Diew-e-Un1ted state Govern. ri u ment Expert Hiold- a Clinic for. Physicinn, (- Sitate at A--yluxs. - 'a The Stae says Wae the p.-iagra Il etnic Thursday m. the- State Hasp:- r E ta! for the lusne a: ColuWnbt.: was - not so well attended as 1.th pre- 0 vious one. :t wa- no less In'res-n We and in all atoout :wenty cases of the th disease were de-onstrated. The h. meeting was very Informal. rebolVing cI itself largely in-o a natt.-r of ques tions and antwers and the exchan- Ie o: individui -.upi:::ons and~ ---ar:.- d's ences. In reply to the question of t-. causation of pellaigra Dr. C. 11. La- ph vinder said that he ws op .-n.nded :w a the subject and certa:a'N lI-ss d- na vout in bls beliDef in the spoied co. Mi .heory that be was a year aro. H- oi thought the diagnosis of pellagra dl.- th ficult without the skin symptoms. IF In other words, that the prosence otl or history of skin symptoms was es- on sential for the diagnosis. The Ital- sh! lans. however. maae the diagons bl regardless of the presence or at- gl sence of :he skin lesions. It hadi been well said that until the skin frc symptoms appeared, the-i case was lik-! Lil an unsigned letter. The skin sym,- da toms were the signature by which sh4 the letter was identified. 0f cours. M! .eaument Ustituted. The disease in Italy was very mild wil Dr. Lavinder sam there in two of ica three months several hundred case.. bei of which only three or four could be Ha considered really ill. pr( In Italy the geography of the di- a : ease is shifting and appears to be th spreading sorthward. Dr. La. be] vinder considered a generous die- do tary, careful attention and a good nursing hgh!y !mportant as we have ag no spe'iflc remedies. wa The speaker again deprecated the- s1o ,loorny outlook usually taken by .i - >ublic r--g.rding palera. lie dor. .: not ..nterta.n the oPInlon that p "s !arra is communica1bie. le woul e; no? hestatv to brin; a ;>eiagtu. .. tent in his own house lie also thought that the gener.. practitionern of South Carolina ha--e a great o'pportunity for stud*ing tbh epide-miology of the c:sease: that Is to collect data regarding the hom s;urrnund!ing of pAatien:A. :reir die -o, ary and habits. Such data would prove of grvw value in helping to solve the my' .Mij tery surrounding pellagra. Samrbot. at :hinks the disease occurs in the foo: ag hdla. ne-ar swift-runnilng atreamsit. s . ::ord.ng to. the speaker. s Dr J. 2. Watsan stated he ha.: : -een ea.,Es fromn all parts of L.e Sta,.: ,i fromn the mountain5 to the wa&, ho:da maost of them camne fronm the PIedt Ha mon:t section. a In Italy. the ariaker sa!.?. the du hu, ease was largeiy confined to the pe.e --ntry liv::g in the country. ;>ut 1: :Be this country pellagra patients wer. :i :nostly ur:>an anfd suburban and frotn .te those in the best circumstan':es. phy- ge ~ically. financially and socially. His au *attents had for the miost pat, eaten u. -hipred corn. As alrer d nated wlr. 'vo us the disease differed from the it- i.4 alian in itensity. Over 80 :per ceut ~af his case-s were women. ..ui The disese was further discm- .to ed in many of its phases by Dlr. Na- a ,>e Thompeon. J. HI. Taylor. Duck .*r --RIce. E. H. Sanderb. Rt. I. Sar. - - de.ts anmd others.>! Si'itlOt'S MlSTAK..y Wo0manf IIought Gamalene for i Ine'-N gar uand U'wd It. !.uu!se Voikel sent hvr son :o a <roc --ry store Tha:-sday tu geL vnea ht ~ mak d pines edouherac ed thte gaso!Ine over the pjickles ou chen. thme house catchng altre. Sh ,eized the pilckle. pot. rnn out of door.I witjh It and th:rew the cont-:ts tnt th-- next Yard. se:t::.g :ire to1. house next door. F. ATE YET IN IK0t'l3T. No4 Word from Girl Eidnapped b) The ra:e of Grace Ral;ih. the 16 :-ar-.u:d N.-brana cr!. k:dna;ppedI ..-rer-1 d rvs agom 'rro a ranch : st~i in duoubt Tuosany n3..N word h ,com- from: -he .ot-se whic w *a.::: pru:: of ::he I:,merado-s. --N.ivcnn auch' - -:> have sa.-: Wer~e lbe-m.1 (flam 5ons :tr w e s by o .elen, .-r' e work Thursday in repair'g I --a e in here. They aA- Tsht '-der iaj PEON KIDNAPS QRL :UiulER .TELi S KEAlTIFL AMERICAN GIRL. Lung Ldy of Nebria-ka Staylu u a Ranch With Her ParetuA My teriously Dspes A kidnappia.. auch as one t. 'en went to r L. : I 4.ou* !n novels c Nventure has tear-, plseIn Mlexic<. ioung Ameri.n :r1 :n the -:i1 n of a tcerbus .lexcan . -ace Ro'p. th.- I -:.ear-old dau; r of Dr. Alnd Mr, Itul:h. of Vende: b..was k:dap.ed las: week. fru. ranch near Checoy. Mex.. by ek'c.sn ;,eon uanie. Seatunda Th ne is own*(I i" G S 1Arrib. o neoln. Neb, He ib s fri.-ud o' 1r Rolph whb r years was on- of the proms ut residents of Pender A year ag e -.octor's health becanme :such tha felt the need of a change o mate and accepted the offer of Mr irris to hake hb home for an in inite n. e on the ranch. Nii L 1ht"er -- high 'y ' a ue .-.nd a ractive appearance. Segunda has long been in !he eu >y of Mr. Harris. aud !s more that ice the ag- of the gir! he kid ped. He once killed a man. bw -. Harris did :i.tr eg.-rd him as vIc, Is and truste: ii:u. Segunda wLAJ ranch hunter. being exceptional skillful in bringing in venison and er w~id game He prided himsell his marksmanship and horseman p. He is very !lliterate and una to speak a dozen words in Eu sh. Mir. Harris. who recently returned ,m his Mexican property. said al ico!n a few days ago. that Segun. had" never, so far as he knew. wn any particular fondneze fo: is Rolph, and I ne had he wa# . -. it was not reciprocate rue country aro.nd Checoy, whlie d and Inhabited chIefly by Max ns of the lower class. has never in regarded as lawless. and Mr. rris thinka Segunda will not be tected by the natives. There are ew other American ranchm-n In country, and those. Mr Harris leves. will band together and run wn the kidnaper. rhe son of Mr. Harre. who ir man r of his ranch. has posted a re d of $1.000 for the apprehen a of Segunda. and communIcation i been opened with Mexican o!l I- at Mexico City. the Un!ted Sta: ambassador there and the Stato >ar:ment offias at Wash:-ton A QUEER M! t'P. l)aughter SteulA Her Motherm Hus.band From Her. drs. Johanna Huaselmann hAs n awarded $5.F00 damages from daughter. the wife of Dr. WI i Becker. :n :he Circuit court, at waukee. WIs . !n . $25.Q9 lien yn-of..fections -L.it of mouthe. .lust daughter. drs Husse-lmann ar.d Dr. Be.cke: re nried in Chicago on March $190) She was then a yere .lHe was 31She nad tA. igters. One of themnwa Mrs s then living .n St Pau.I 1.-. iband was Dr. Henry C. Itt shortly .fter the mesria;;e Mrs iw.-nt to .!iwaukee to vIii a: , on.e of her m.other and her new pfather. The r--sult was that o: it. 9. !905. Mrs. Becker and hle' aband separated. On Nov ' )6~. Mrs. HusIm'nann got a d -c rttum!n:: the nau.t of Hu. )n Nov. 9. i'.. M. r:0 Ba' 'eza: Sfor 4:vorce fr om D~r. io.t. Shet . he~ div-orre Nm' 24. 19&.- Ev* es lorer. acco:die': te-stimony a. lott and b.-r stepf:iher we-' ter things. :t'-: her at;;::htet -gazned tij' .tfe--Ponse of Dr rker and sur-h: :> e:cC ' -pon Reach. At un5 ;od" Flau . h- ud I e. al* -tm t h rc. rean-. w-- . iIi4 -e.edC .. ..':: S;., d :ax .t:. 'er * . --a r.: de -r:.i ' - e .!: a a:--o bel' eo: h-'d W a-:'. irepanr was.;?" n:r- n~i hs vie:r2:'v. -ved it :" u:k'1 Travelin;; hn -utet TH rnI i t" ihn lGten - ..'-. *: *' ar monig :o~tengin Ca::d :r 16 yar: FARMERS UNION Hol Iaforal Meteig is C)Umbia aa Hear Good Tals From WELL KNOWN SPEAERS .:The Iarge Gathering WaL.- Called tn Order b) Pre-ident lerrstt. of the 3 State Farmen. Lnion. Who Intro ducvd S-nator Snulth and Others. Who M.rIe speeche.. The State says a large nuimber of e Farmers' un!ou members who w.-re a:tn ie he State fair on F.ar r Union d1ay asenbled in the Richland county court hou-2e Thurs day night. The meeting was called ,o order by Preeldrut Perr;:t of tb union. W!!h a fw -ntrcductory remark. .ad to the a-.Ture of th.- metnng. rho re' e n. iroid.<! 1 !t. ONeait .i0ALPWa.) wgu laal. ae 44. Work 13a the Piedmont s ction as a fleld rep resentat!ve of the Farmers' union. Mr. Halloway spoke of the inter est that he found in that sectdon of the State His work had been along educat!onal lines to re-vive and atrengthen the union. He empha sized the interest that he found in the schools and the educational do velopment. Education ts at the foundation of the who!e social struo ture. in the opinion of the speak er. The future of the Farmers' union depends upon the proper edu cation of the boys and girli of today. The farmer of today must use his brains. Let the farmer apply the same business principles and scienti Ic methods that the merchant. the 'nanker or the mar i-9r:re ;us inj to ha busIness. He will then see a wonderful revolution in the results. Im W. Williams was then Intro :inced. He spoke of the great work of the Farmers' union in educatir.g the farmz.rs of the State. Much of the credit for the revolution in the teethods of farming exerted by The Uaited States farm demonstration w.ork is due to the Farmers' union. The unIon helped to put the work before the pevple and get them in terested was the statement by Mr. Williams. The organization was a very powerful factor in introducing this educational development. Tae torn contests of the boys ail over the :ate gr-w out of work of the union. he said. He spoke of the importance of keeping up the organization. We should not be deceived by prosperity Vnd he tempted to becom careless n h!s respect. The moral force of organization is of great value. The inlon !s a power in the land. Senator E. D. Smith was then in .roduced by the president in compti mentary terms. Senator Smith emnifasized the 1m ;'ortance of being independent. A 1:anD who is nit the beck and call of .nothter ta not a ruli human being he !s simply a biped. He must rise abotv5 the levei of iedttacrity and b)e omre something of force and power. Three steps--wealth, leisure. :car~---ecreary to the acquis -.on of pwer. Wealth to. secured by ..reaing~ produth- power. H-ow -nany c.! :he- far:ners realiy kno au :;- prd.~ of :aeir cottota .rud the mz~r!ket ...noI( :,a it:s hind ed from start to inish" How many know all the products of cotton .sed .tnd how they are handled? Knowledge Ia power. Let us know :..o:e about our r-sr-ources. then we wil! be In a position to be rzacru in 'Opendent. F. .1. Wa:son made a sho-t ad dress. -We are ::ow c!osing a most pros --ou year.'' said the sPe-iker. He -m;-hbasized the Importarnce of ed'n .at~onal work in the agri::ul''.ral d~ -.exymi~ct. Fojr many years8 the far '.-~r- sent a v.:-y largia part of he money re-e:vm& o c-Lo out of he State for food :o t nian :01l beast. The corn crib 'n:.. out u es - We are new rnoring the Iorn crt.h :o :s St:et.- he contiued. Au the. for:. are now co~mbmining 3. educate bthe irmera. G;rat in :care .n :.he productin of corn. :.ch rottten and unastauis corn has .-n:a:; enaed Trere has been gr.-r.: .e.vance 'n ..- live stock ind:.try :n the State -Thu :.--ar :srR :h.- gre.a:e-st ad * .' tat thao ::-- :made :n ag::n ~-~ n .::y s:::cie yeaLr in our - -* far:eer te the key:-:cne to the a f hecon~.::iner. e Tne oca uno:: be said. shou: d - :-pae 'or edu:cationa~l Sw,.-D a-. r '::rin's pur n,..":-s -- .. .a uable or .- a .-a. a::d ::. '.r er and - :n~-. s~ke H. :.:e ph si - -.:. r:a ' ofT-' rctKno "y m.ean. of :!.!s wre many -rdepe:. - .- sa'd. He - rA:.ib:r.,n a: : ! air had - r .--' eI e K .ownrce -a o xtr-t 1-.a - -.n t~ra: tc ' Snemary Bs:tet:5 devw - -,. ,- : r.- -3 -r 'e lae