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Sfc-v* A Northern Man's Views of the Chain Gang in ~ ORANGEBURG COUNTY. Mr. Beers Engaged in the Lumber Business in Orangeburg County Writes an Interesting Letter to a Connecticut Newspaper. Ho Thinks "We Have Solved the Problem for Dealing With Lazy Negroes. The Hartford, Conn., Courant says Mr. Geo. A. Beers, formerly of Bristol, Conn., but now engaged in the lumber business in Rowesville, S. C., writes interesting of what he has seen in South Carolina with reference to the manner in which the whites deal with the idle or vicious negroes. The chaingang, he thinks, is adapted to the needs of that section and is operated without inflicting undue cruelty or hardship upon the men sentenced to serve time in its ranks. After living in the South for two month in a community where the ? j 1- 1 wiuoes uu iiou nuinoer over zuu and the blacks are at least 1,100, and after having: had an average of 40 negroes employed for that time. Mr. Beers puts forth his ideas in regard to the negro on the chainpang. The negro will not work more than he is obliged to in order to keep body and soul together and he has no idea of the future and no care for it. If he has a reasonable amount of rice and honey today with a little pork fat to help it out he is all right and the morrow may take care of itself. It goes without saying that in every community in the South there are a large number of idle negroes who will not work under any consideration and in many cases, most for that matter, they are young men. The old time plantation darkey has practically ceased to exist and there are grown up in his place a modern negro who was taught to believe himself as good, or a little better than the whites, and it is from these the vagrant class is drawn that make up the men who wnrlr nn tKn nliomrron ...v vmuiKOllK. From vagrancy to the commission of small crimes is but a step and it seems Mr. Beers says, that the South has solved a question as to what to do with a class that will not work and is a constant menace to the civil welfare of the communities, in a way that is right for this section. The North is considering the question what to do with the "rounder" and j the idle moderately vicious persons in order to escape constant convic- ; tion in the courts with the attendant expenses. The judge of every local court in South Carolina corresponding to ConT-V/-J inn nr?4 1- " m M w ? < v V? V live allU J USllCU CUlirtv) 1111poses an alternative sentence for the crimes that come under her jurisdiction. He give $10 or 20 days on the chaingang, or a proportionate penalty for the offences that come before him. When a negro goes to jail he ; is kept there only long enough to fit him out with a striped suit and then he is turned over to the county com- ' missioners, who place him on a chaingang and he is sent with his gang to some piece of country ro^d and put to work. Practically all the roads in South 1 Carolina are country roads and, until 1 recently, were not much better than cartpaths, but during the last few 1 years many of the roads leading from one large town to another have been put in fine shape. It is no great job ; to work roads in South Carolina as , the land is practically level and all ( that is necessary is to run the road . machine along the highway and j scrape the sand into the middle of , the road and then, with the men on j chaingang, open the ditches down to , clay and cover the sand with a coat- , ing of clay, which hardens and makes , a good road surface. The gang op- i erating in one Dart of th#? nut into good shape in four days nearly , a mile of road. There were 15 of the ^ men chained together, four trusties wearing the stripes, but no chains, . and four white men who acted as , roadmakers and guards. , The county of Orangeburg owns t the equipment, which consists of one ( big wall tent, 16 by 20 feet, a small- t er tent for cooking, two old stoves, ^ bunks for the men, eight mules, the . necessary wagons for transportating r baggage from place to place and a j road machine. Altogether the in- r vesmtent on the part of the county may be $2,000. Four men are paid wages but even t white men do not earn big pay in f this county and county commission- p ers, who by the way are elected by i the p>eople, receive $400 a year ex- h cept one of their number who is road o commissioner and who is paid $700. p It was Sunday when Mr. Beers vis- s ited the camp and the men were v resting on their bunks, which were s strung along the two sides of the a tent. As it was a cold day a stove had been put up in one end of the ^ tent. The pip>e was run along crotch- n ed sticks to the other end and the - interior of the tent was comfortable. ^ All the men wore chains attached to ^ each ankle and these chains were attached to short ones, which in turn ^ were attached to a long one and these a held all the men on one side of the ^ tent together. The chains are never u taken off day or night. sj Practically all of the men were under 25 years of age and they did ^ not seem to feel their degradation in the least. As a matter of fact a ne- ^ gro who had been released from the jj gang came into Rowesville, his home, w Saturday night and went around e, shaking hands with all, both white ^ and black, and did not seem to feel |r that he had been in a position at all sl out of the ordinary. w v The question was asked if thecoun- e, ty could not get better service out of ti the men if they were not chained to- A gether, and the answer was that it would require a guard to each negro se | under these conditions as the men w ' GEORGIA LYNCHING A Man Lynched and His Family Severely Whipped. And Told To Get Out Of The State, The Man" Was Accused of Shooting a Planter. The Augusta Herald says Charlie Harris, a negro, was lynched Tuesday night about 9 o'clock, near the Drane place, in McDuffie county, for | shooting Hardin Pearson, a prominent young farmer residing near Harlem. According to the authentic information Mr. Pearson, who had the negro employed, was giving some directions concerning the operation of the farm when a dispute arose and the negro drew a pistol and fired five times at Mr. Pearson, most of the bullets taking effect. He was dangerously wounded and as soon as the news reached the public a posse was organized to search for the negro, who had fled. After several hours he was located about ten miles away from the scene of the shooting and he was taken into custody, presumably to be carried to Thomson and lodged in the McDuffie county jail. While en route news of the dangerous condition of younar Pearson reached the crowd and the negro, according to the story told by those who had him in charge, made a desperate break for liberty in the cover of the dence growth of a nearby wamp. The daring attempt to escaj^e seemed to satisfy the posse of the dangerous character of the negro and his in ton Hon a n.c nlninlu m oni on raged them to such an extent till he was promptly taken into the thick swamp, whence he had tried to escape. and was there riddled with bullets. His body has not been recovered, though it is understood that Sheriff Hawes, of McDuffie county, is investigating the matter thoroughly. The full statement of the story as it has been related, is to the effect that Wednesday Hardin Pearson went over to the farm which he had Charlie Harris, the negro, working, and when instructions were given as to how some work should be done the negro deliberately drew a revolver, and shot Mr. Pearson several times, so that now he is at the point of death, his life being completely dispaired of. The negro fled when he had finished the shooting, but in a short time a large posse was organized to search for him and from time to time their number was augmented by men who had heard of the atrocious deed. For hours a hot pursuit was kept up until the negro was located near the Drane farm, about ten miles away. He was immediately taken in charge, to be delivered to proper officials, but with the above related result. The lynching is the second to occur in the territory within the last two years. The other was that of a Cumin ings negro, who assaulted a young white girl near Appling and was lynched on the public highway by a ! crowd of 300 people, who took him j from Appling jail. After the lynching was over Wed- , nesday night, the report states that a body of the posse went to the home of the negro and after whipping oth er members of the family instructed . them to leave the section and never come back again. Prrss Association Orator. The State says at the recent meet- j ing of the executive committee of ! Lbe State Press association it was de- ! cided unanimously to invite Mr. Alfred B. Williams of Richmond to de- 1 liver the address before the annual 1 meeting of the association to be held ' in Charleston June 13 to 15. Friday i night Mr. Charles M. Galloway, who acted as secretary of the meeting, , received the following telegram from , Mr. Williams: . "I appreciate the honor you do me and accept with pleasure the oppor- i :unity to meet again my old friends.'' i Mr. Williams was in the newspa- t ner business in South Carolina for * many years. As editor of the Greenville Daily News he made the editorial columns of that paper read from ! >ne end of the country to the other, I ind some of his editorial writings H vere classics indeed. Of recent i rears he has made his home in Rich- r nond 4hd as editor of the News- 1 -leader he has become a writer of I lational prominence. c The Chicago Record-Herald says t hat Abraham Lincoln would not feel 1 lattered by the claims of many peo- ? )le that they look like him. But r f Lincoln were sensitive he would ( lave been heart-broken long ago j ver the claims of republican news- t >apers that they thought like him. g i d vould run away and once lost in the J wamps they could never be found n gain. In considering this question it must t< e remembered that the Southern s egro has not the same sensibility of fi Ming that the white man has and a e does not feel his degradation. h vgain, he will not work steadily un?ss he is made to. In a mill nnilor I Ir. Beer's care there are 40 negroes . nd not a Monday morning comes tat half of the gang are not absent nder one pretext or another and the lightest pretext is enoutrh for him 3 stop work in the middle of the 81 reek. - b They receive $1 a day, and that is 11 ig wages for them when the cost of !T ving is considered. Mr. Beers has j) atcned them making their purchasi of honey and rice, flour, sugar, n, urk and tobacco on Saturday night ai i the stores of Rowesville. These ft ipplies were calculated to last a T eek and it was evident that an av- e< age of $1 purchases all the food ,c lat the family will need for a week, s nothing has to be spent for fuel id but little for clothing, it will be ^ en that the negro does not have to r< ork much. fC y - j Y | LIVING TOMB. Several Miners Entombed Four Days Rescued at Last HOW THEY MANAGED Were Almost Frozen to Death. One Of The Imprisoned Men, Took Charge of the Party?They Built a Hut From Ties and Slept Most Of the Time?Scenes at the Mine's Entrance. mv ? ? a ne seven miners entombed in the Foustwell mine of the BerwlndWhite company, near Johnstown, Pa. last Saturday, were rescued Tuesday night, after nearly four days of heroic work by the rescurers. The men were alive though almost frozen from the cold and starved from lack of food. The rescurers who came to their place of Imprisonment first were Stoney Roden and Charles Rean They waded through water up to their necks. Several times they passed within a few inches of the mine roof. They were almost paralyzed when they reached the men. Bach carried two bottles of milk and brandy and gave it to the men sparingly. The rescuers began work at once aftr the mind was flooded last Saturday. Pumps were set going. More than 2,000 gallons of water were taken from the mine every minute, day and night. It wan not until Monday morning that tin pumps began to gain on the water. The work of the rescuers necessitated great bravery. Some of them were forced to stop working because of the mental condition. The noise of the pumps, the splash of the water and the exciting surroundings, shattered their nerves. Women and children crowded about the opening of the mine and hampered them In their work. They were kept from harm only through the UBe of force. The prayers and cries to the entombed were harrowing. Mrs. Rolva, wife of one of the miners, stood weeping at the mouth of the mine and calling for her husband. Her father, 74 years of age, kept up chants nnd prayers for the man, never ceasing for 72 hours. 1 Their case was not an exception. The rescued men were found in the highest point of the shaft. Bolya, one of the members of the impris- ( oned party, had the men well In hand. When he found they were suffering from the cold, he ordered ! them to pull ties from the water and build a hut. There they lived for four dayB In comparative comfort, i Only one of the miner's lamps was i kept burning. When that one burnpd nnf unnthor woo 11 crH the men were no in utter darkness. , They could see the water sinking , inch by inch, and hear the roar of the pumps. They tapped frequently . on the air pipes to let the rescuers j know that they were alive and to i spur them to determined efforts. The . reason the tappings were not made j more often was that the men spent i most of their time sleeping in their | living tomb. When rescued and taken to the hospital, it was found that they had suffered from exposure. Their good condition was accounted for from the fact that they ' were cheerful all the time of their ( Imprisonment, even though they had little reason to think they would ever see their families again. ] FRKFKH8 CHARGES. ] Another Sensation Created in the ' Walhalla Methodist Church. A letter from Walhalla to The . State says it will be recalled that i some weeks ago there was an unu- r sua] and sensational service at the j VValhalla Methodist church, when its j pastor, Rev* J. C. Younge, made most j liumhle apologies for certain articles | written derogatory to certain officers t in the Methodist church. . i On that day Rev. Coke D. Mann, 1 who is a resident there and a mem- j per of the house of representatives . ind former pastor of Walhalla church : irose and said that there were evil ' nen in the Methodist church and if some one did not check their work fi he church was going to the had in i south Carolina. i Things had quieted down; noth- c ng more was scarcely heard of the ^ ivents of that day. Rut on Sunday ifter the pantor's sermon, Mr. Mann isked that he he allowed to make a ^ ttatement. This he did in language t nost scathing and denunciatory. He t larrated briefly the various efforts he e lad made to prefer charges agninst a ii ^residing elder, and all without sue- (j ess. y He told of tho manner of his own c rial, where the presiding elder was he presiding officer, prosecutor and hief witness and after a trial lastng several hours, with only the wit- * losses for the prosecution sworn, F hat he (Mr. Mann) was exonerated, n ie made an unmerciful attack upon a he veracity of the presiding elder, g aylng that he had as much confl- q [ence in his veracity as he did in ? hat of Lemeriek Gadsden of Chrisopher Williams, two well known egro characters of the town. Mr. Mann said he was very anxious r> prove his charges and that he tood ready to fight these alleged alsifiers in the church at any time nd in any way they chos^ to come at lm. p HHtlVKI' III KMjATIIKK. a It l Man Who Was llangcd Brought ii Hack To Life. s< It is reported that John Arm- n trong, the negro hanged at Coluni- lr us, Texas, Friday, April 19, for wife lurder, revived after being placed M 1 the coffin, and when delivered to tl is brother at Scaly for burial was ei Iven medical attention. It 1h declared that Armstrong Is M nw living, and that friends and rel- p< tives are keeping the fact quiet, 0| >aring the state may again step in. ho fact that the negro's feet touch* i the ground when he was hanged c< inds credence to the report. a, If Armstrong is living, he will be jz le only living man who has paid / le death penalty. The fact that he . as pronounced dead at the hanging 01 mders the state powerless to en- w rce the death penalty, it is said. tl SCORNED LOVER Followed His Sweetheart to America and JNurders Her. Her Repeated Refusals To Marry Madden the Gear's Bodyguard Causes Her Death Warrant. The revengeful nature of Franz Andrukat, a former soldier in the czar's bodyguard, caused him to shoot and fatally iniure Martha Koris, in a bakery, in Philadelphia, this week. He was maddened by her repeated refusals to marry him. After the shooting Andrukat coolly viewed the Doay prostrate on the floor, then turned the revolver on himself and fired two shots that my end his life. In the ambulance that bore victim and would-be suicide to the hospital, the young woman died. Andrukat has a bullet in his brain and his chances for recovery are slim. The murder of the young German girl finished the climax to a story of affection unrequited. Eight years ago Andrukat made his first offer to marry,.but his proposal was rejected. He was then 19 yaars of age. and the girl 15. Three years ago, when the couple were in their native village at Taroka, just over the Russian line, Martha was attacked by her lover, then a dragoon. She was asked to marry and on her refusal Andrukat struck her down with a hatchet. He was imprisoned two years for his crime. But imprisonment did not change his intentions. Before he was liberated the young woman came to this country and found employment in Philadelphia. Her lover learned of her whereabouts and pursued her across the ocean. Frequently he called at the home where she was employed as a domestic and demanded to see the girl. He was always turned away. A short time ago he sought revenge by having Martha arrested on the charge of stealing $30 and two rings from him. She was acquitted, but returned suit by prosecuting Andrukat for tormenting her by his attentions. He was fined $15 and announced his intentions for getting revenge. Martha seldom left the home of August Ramstein, 1209 South street, except on short errands. On the morning of the shooting she went for a loaf of bread. Scarcely had she announced her order when her lover entered the store. "I will give you one more chance to be my mife,' he said in German. Fearful because of his former attempt to take her life the girl was indignant and at the same time resoiute. "I would rather die than marry you," was her reply. Her refusal was her death warrant. "Then you shall die!" her lover responded, and, pulling his revolver, fired two shots, one entering her right breast and vhe other severing her spinal column at the neck. Then he made the attempt to kill himself. A.11 efforts to locate the bullet in the injured man's brain have proven futile. It is thought by physicians that he cannot recover. The Same Old ( ?? In discussing the chances of the Democracy in the next campaign the Greenville News says: "Bryan has irifted away from the true principles of Democracy as they were interpreted and practiced by Jefferson." What were the true principles of Democracy as they were interpreted ind practiced by Jefferson, and therein do they differ from the Democracy of William Jennings Bryan? Will the News please enlighten us. The News goes on to say that "the < oarty has too many false leaders, and t may be said to be drifting aimless- ; y. With true Democracy nailed to ;he masthead of the good old ship, 1 vith a leader at the helm who is will- J ng to turn back into the old and j .ried path, the Democratic party ( :ould go out and meet the enemy and , oecome the ruling power." This is ' iie same oia gag mat we nave been < tearing since 1896. < Papers like the News seem to loose 1 sight of the fact that the Democrat- ( c party suffered its greatest defeats n 1894 when Cleveland was Presi- J lent and in 1904 when Parker tried ( o be President. On both occasions the , o-called safe and sound Democracy c vere in charge of things, and what i hey did, or did not do, about ruined t he party. Under the matchless lead- ' rship of Bryan the party won a glor- 1 ous victory in 1896, but was swin- * lied out of it by the Republicans ^ vith the aid of such so-called Demorats as Cleveland and those who aid- $ d and abetted him. What the Dem- 2 cratic party needs is a readjustment. 2 'here are many in its ranks who are i tepublicans, and they should be 1 tiaide to go where they belong. We J re sorry to say that we have some ! uch wishy-washy Democrats in South Carolina.?Orangeburg Times and lemocrat. CAI'CIIT IN FlltK TKA1*. iiimlH'r of IjIvon I<ohI in Kansas City ' By a Fire. At Kansas City, fire destroyed tho 'enner Ixiildinc n avo-Hinrv o?^n?- '' lire at Locust and Ninth streets, nd it is feared that the loss of life J1 lay be from three to twenty, with 20 '' ljured. ? Soon after the flro started it was w *en that the building, which was Diisldered a fire trap, was doomed nd efforts were directed toward sav- " ig lives. The building was occupied by s lontgomery. Ward & Co., and more K lan 200 persons, mostly girls, were e mployed. * The flro gained rapid headway. T en and women appeared at the up?r stories appealing for help. Many 11 ! the girls were rescued. ' ______________ el Dr. James H. Carlisle of Wofford dlege Saturday celebrated the 82nd j{ iniversary of his birth. Many citi- V ens and students called upon him wring the day and the local chapters F the D. A. R. remembered him r? ith beautiful floral tributes. He is h, uly a grand old man. g f *' WAS SCARES OFF. Haw York Clark Lost - Courage and loft bonds. Stole Bonds to the Value of $800,000 and Had an Additional $500,000 Worth of Securities. Fear saved the Trust" Company of America in New York city, $500,000 and prevented the greatest steal that has ever been planned. Had William 0. Douglass kept his courage to the last he would have suceeded in carrying away bonds valued at $1,300,000. In that case he would in all probability have been in a position to compel the bank officers to let him go free. As it is he got away with bonds to the value of $800,000. Why he did not carry away the addition al $500,000 worth of gilt edged securities he had concealed in his desk, is not known, but it is thought he had not the temerity to return for this portion of his plunder after the theft was discovered. After a meeting this week of the directors of the comxany, a formal statement of the loss was made public. It shows that securities of the market value of $570,000 were abstracted by the assistant loan clerk. All the securities have been recovered with the exception of $63,000. In making this recovery the company had to pay $102,000 to various stock exchange brokerage firms, who held the securities as collateral. Deducting the clerk's bond, the total net loss to the company is rated at $140,000. A complete report of the entire transaction by which Douglas and Dennet got possession of the securities was made to the directors. n j? ii i* ? - ivegaraing tne aisciosure oi the theft by Douglass and Dennett, Charles H. Kept, state superintendent of banks, made the following statement: "We shall begin at once the examination of the securities of trust compines.This means all the securities. The practice has been growing for New York banks to borrow money for Western banks on collateral sent on here. We have not in the past examined these securities, but shall do so in the future. The purpose is to prevent substitution. "For instance, a bank might take securities from trust funds and put them with the collateral for loans during a period of examination. They could be returned to their proper places when the examiners finished with their work, I don't say that this has been done, but I say that it could be cone." \VI IX CiKT HKiHKlt PAY. Schedule of Increased Salaries of Rural Mail Carriers. No branch of the public service is of more interest to the rural population of the country than the rural delivery of mail matter. It has had a phenomenal development, and careful administration and efficient management has brought with it increased responsibilities for the rural carrier. These employes are required to perform services in a suitable conveyance which they must furnish themselves. The postofflce department, having these facts in mind, succeeded during the last session of congress in securing substantial recognition for the class of employes through an increase of upwards of $6,000,000 in the appropriation for the next fiscal year. The calculations incident to a proportionate distribution of the amount appropriated under authority of congress?to increase the maximum salaries of rural carriers to not exceeding $900 per annum?necessarily required most careful consideration. The worif hnu ..MM uvvu I'lUglCOi-llllf; nilier the immediate supervision of the Fourth assistant postmaster general ind the superintendent of the rural ielivery. Postmaster General Meyer has ap>roved the detailed adjustment and .he new schedule, which will become 'ffective July 7, 1907, will make a graded increase in the compensation >f carriers of from 9 to 25 per cent, >ased upon the number of miles trarersed by carriers as shown by the ecords of the department. The reidjustment adopted will involve an >xpenditure for rural service during he fiscal year of nearly $35,000,000. The schedule is aB follows: Routes. Per Annum. !4 or more miles $900 !2 to 24 miles $864 10 to 22 miles $810 8 to 20 miles $720 6 to 18 miles $630 4 to 16 miles $540 ] 2 to 14 miles $504 0 to 12 miles $468 8 to 10 miles $432 6 to 8 miles $396 GAMI1LKK KILLH OAMHLKR. x?.kt nt Cards Murders Winner and Takes Money From Pockets. Henry Manigault and James I*ewls layed cards in Savannah, Ga.f on unday. Luck was with Lewis and e soon won $50, all the money Man?ault had. Manigault accused him r cheating^ ?ot a repeating rifle and ? rent hunting for him. Manigault learned that Lewis had 1 id on a train that was about to pull ut. He moved up the track about I 00' yards and as the train came on 1 lowly. Manigault covered the enineer and ordered him to stop. The I ngineer paid no attention and Mani- I ault. sent a bullet through the cab. he engineer then stopped. Meanwhile Lewis leaped from the -ain and ran. Manigault sent three ullets after him, all of which took ffect. Manigault then ran to the ying man and took from his pockets < ie $50 he had loss at cards. He * len held a crowd at bay with his t ifle and escaped. Former Gov. Odell of New York t jfers to political reformers as grass- 1 oppers. They seem to have t i ne &{ ood. deal of damage to hia crops. W-"J". ". t '1"' " SAMBf ' ??????m FIFTY MEN CRUSHED ? In the Wreck of a Dam at CMhuahau, Mexico, The Disaster is Only One of the Many Which Have Happened in Sana. Mexican State. A special from Chihuahua, Mexico, says: Without an Instant warning the great walls of the Chivuscar dam gave way Friday engulfing nearly forty men under the enormous weight of masonry and water, between fifteen and twenty of whom are dead, thirteen injured and others unaccounted for. Some of the injured will die. The disaster is only the last of a large number which have recently claimed nearly 200 victims in that State, and mostly in the neighborhood of rhllhonhiio The authorities are making a thorough Investigation Into the present catastrophe and will severely punish those upon whom they place the blame. According the version of the affair which reached here, the men were working on a foundation close to the foot of the main ramparts of the dam. which had already been constructed. The main wall was weak and gave way under the water pressure. The dam was being put in for irrigation and stock watering purposes and was a large enterprise. The loss will be heavy. All of the victims are Mexicans. BEST TIMK TO <?ET WELL. All l*oisons Can Ik Driven Out Of the System Now. Right now is the best season of the year to get rid of the blood, liver and kidney affections that have been troubling you. You need building up in oraer 10 stand the strain of the hot weather of summer. Let Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout Catarrh, Indigestion or Constipation run through these months and they become chronic and hang on for years. A regular course of lthcumiM-tdc taken at the present time will thoroughly cleanse the blood, tone up the stomach, set the liver and kidneys to doing their normal work again, and will build up the entire system. While it Is the most wonderful blood purifier. In the world, yet Hhenincidc is a purely vegetable preparation that operates through entirely natural methods. It has been tested In the delicate stomach of a baby without the slightest harm. Better get a l>ottle today and start to get well. Rheumaclde has cured hundreds of stubborn cases after all other remedies, noted physicians and even the great Johns Hopkins Hospital have failed. Rheumaclde has cured thousands of cases and we believe It will cure you. Your druggists sells It. Rlieuniacide "gets at joints from the inside" and "makes you well all over." Earth's Angels. None ever saw an angel Except the ones in books; I don't believe a mortal Knows how an angel looks. We guess at something misty. With trailing wings of white. With amber tresses floating. And garments strangely bright. Rut I believe thnt angels Walk here In mortal guise; Though we discern but faintly Through-heavy-lidded eyes, Or see them as they leave us, Who walked before us here. Their angelhood quite hidden llecause it lived so near. I can remember angels Whp seemed but common folks, Who wore old-fashioned bonnets And faded winter cloaks; Who came when dire disaster Crowned lesser home mishaps, Or when new claimants crowded The dear maternal lap. With curving arms wide open To take the weary in. With patient love to listen To childish want and sin. What better thing could angel .For childish sinners do Than listen to their story. And bid them strive anew? And there are fireside angels Upon whose faded hair We see no crown of glory?And yet the crown is there! Then, there are mother angels? With patient love, and true, Whose loving hand upholds us The darkest trials through. Ah, me! the childish angel Who beckons as I write? Perchanse I should not know him In mystic robe of white, He wears a schoolboy's jacket. And where the shadows fall, I wait, through long and lonely years To catch the long-hushed call. If OUR till AND MOTHER U8KD IT. Hut She Never Had Sulphur In Sueh Convenient Form As This. Your grandmother used Sulphur nor ravorlte household remedy, and so did her grandmother. Sulphur has been curing skin and blood iiseases for a hundred years. Hut in the old days they had .ake powered sulphur. Now Hancock's Liquid Sulphur gives it. to you in the best possible form and you get :he full benefit. Hundcock's Liquid Sulphur and >intment, quickly cure Eczema, Tet:er, Salt Rheum and all Skin Diseases. It cured an ugly ulcer for drs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington, 3. C., in three days. < Taken internally, it purifies the I ilood and clears the complexion, four druggists sells it. Sulphur Hooklet free. If you write t (uncock Liquid Sulphur Company, Jaltimore. \ We Have One 26 Horse Power Talbott, sect ;ently been overhauled. This Engine >e a great bargain for anyone who is tine. We are headquarters for anythi dies and prompt attention will be giv ;rusted to our care. Write us when and be sure to get our prices before Columbia Supply Co., ? Shocking Tragedy Occurred Sun- I day Night In Saluda! | Walkn Into The Bedroom of Htn la Drunken Condi* tlon, Shoots Him Down. A shocking fratricide was commit* ted on 8unday night in the extreme northwestern section of Saluda county when Law ton Lowery, a young white man, shot his brother, Preston Lowery, to death in the home of the latter. From the meagre information obtained Monday morning at this distance from the awful tragedy it apt\Afl re thai f ow*i/*w T ?* ?/* * * |/VW t D vuat uanvuu AA/wm/| W HU 1IVPB I in the home of his bro-uer whom he has slain, came in some time during the night, and going to his brother's room with a shot gun told him he was going to kill him. T&e dead man replied: "No, I reckon not; but seeing the drunken condition'of Lawton and fearing he would do something rash, he ran under the bed from him. After remaining under the bed for a short time he started to come out, whereupon the fatal shot was fired and he was killed almost Instantly. The affair is deeply deplorel by the people in that section who know the two boys. Law ton was the older and nnmarrlod. Preston Lowery was married. They lived in' thd same home and were farming together. There seem to have been no \ cause at all for the homicide and it Is attributed to the drunkenness of Lawton. who, it is said, was addicted not only to drink but also to the use of morphine. Realizing next morning the enormity of his crime, it is said that the livng brother is now begging that he also be killed. The home of the Lowery boys is in the Panhandle sestion of Saluda coonty and close to the Edgefield line. They are sons of Mr. Jaines Ixiwery. A knnsix ncu-ununpr uranfo tn know what is to become of the Philliphines. Thousands of people in this country have their theories, but the American public doesn't seem to be worried at all about the proposition, provided we can get rid of this white elephant some way or other without compromising the nation's honor. Intelligent treatment at yonr home BY One of the greatest mistakes made ^ by people residing in the oounlry sod small towns is their failure to o"nsalt the experienced specialist for their deen-eeated or chronic disorders. I They suffer along day after 'lay. shortening their lives by months aod years, sit her through igno anoe of wmst the specie 1st could do for them . r the belief that special ireatmAit would quire their removal to the city. It is not neoessa y that you ahoald reside in the same city In order to receive benefit of our special treatment. We in?i(e al' rofferers from deepseated, loaf-staining troubles of Heart, Head. I ^.ungs, Stom-oh. Bowels, Liver, Bladder, Blood, Nerves, or diseases peculiar to either eex, to write or call upon us and learn what we have dons for others similarly afflicted, and what we can do for them. There is no charge for this consultation, and it is worth rour time and effort whether you decide to begin treatment or not. 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