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f GOES FOR ANSEL Superintendent of Education Mar- 1 tin Gets Sarcastic and CALLS THE GOVERNOR A Political Santa Clans nf Certain Appointments He Made on i K<iuention Board?Claims That He 1 Had Not Been Consulted Sufllelent- ( ly About the Matter?What Ansel ! Says. The announcement that Hon. John j C. Sheppard would probably be ap- , pointed a member of the State board of education to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. E. Boland of Blackville has caused a decidedly caustic statement to be issued by Mr. 0. B. Martin, the State superintendent of education. Mr. Martin says he has nothing personal against Gov. Sheppard except that he protests on the theory that all members of the board should be educators. Before issuing the statement Mr. Martin sent the following letter to Gov. Ansel: Gov. M. F. Ansel. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am informed that you have offered the position on the State board of education from the second district to a lawyer and ex-governor. If such be the case, I wish to serve notice that I exiiect to make a vigorous protest through the press. Su ch action will seriously injure the work of this department, as well as have a depressing effect upon the schools and educators of this State. If I am correct as to the second district, this will make two appointments on the State board of education, and the teaching profession has not been recognized. I am sure that they will feel your attitude to them very keenly. I shall not hesitate to si>cak frankly in. regard to this matter. t oincerciy yours, 0. B. Martin, State Supt. of Education. The statement referred to is as follows: "I regard the appointment as political rather than educational. While 1 have an exalted opinion of the appointee. I believe this position was tendered him because of former association in politics and because of his political prominence. 'The law says the State board of education shall constitute an advisory body with whom the State superintendent of education shall have the right to consult when he is in doubt as to his official duty. There are other statutes which make the duties and relations of this board very close to the State superintendent of education. The law gives the governor the power of appointment, but I think that common decency and courtesy demand that the State superintendent of education be consulted. At least several very distinguished governors, including that delightful and considerate gentleman who adorned that office during the past four years, have taken this view. I know that this is the view held by a very large majority of the educators of this State. "In the second district I did not even know that the name of the distinguished ex-governor was being considered for the position until after the position was tendered him. I refuse to believe that it was ever intended that the srovernor should be a political and paternal Santa Claus to tender surprise appointments to a child-like State superintendent, This same chief executive made a similar surprise appointment in the sixth district and I concurred in the result because I realized the ' necessity of having one excellent lawyer on the board. "In the name of the schools of South Carolina I insist that an educational board shall consist of educators. V/hat would be said if teachers should be put on the pharmaceu- ! tical board or the State board of medical examiners? Or why not let J teachers conduct bar examinations? There has been a decided disposition 1 in the South recently to put educa- < tors in educational offices. Every Southern State superintendent of t education has had experience in , teaching. A few years ago this was not true. States that have political ( boards of education are passing laws 1 reqniring that experienced school * men shall constitute the membership J of State boards of education. Bills \ to that effect are now pending in the ' Georgia legislature. They have had a board of State officers. < "The State board of education ' prepares all questions for teachers' ' examinations, makes out courses of 1 study, examines reading circle pa- J pers, selects books for teachers and cniiaren ana pcriorms other duties ' more or less professional. "Why a man who is really looking ! for official efficiency ard service to j the schools does not want people who j have devoted their lives to that line of work is more than 1 can see. It ! looks to me like an appointment upon perfunctory association and patronizing politics. "I am speaking plainly in regard to this matter because it is a luxury so to speak, and because I am con- ' vinced that educational progress may : be seriously handicapped by gubernatorial obtuseness, stupidity and ' selfish political persistency." THE GOVERNOR'S IDEA. Gov. Ansel when asked about the matter had nothing to say in reply to I the letter except that he considered Gov. Sheppard a good man and that his idea was to appoint another lay- : man who could assist the board in ] reaching decisions from a legal stand- ] point. He said that he had no idea of giving offense and in the appoint- < ment had the bost interests of the , Gov. Sheppard has been in public j life for many years and the position L war, tendered him by Gov. Ansel aev-4 DASTARDLY AFFAIR. Nonstable Valentine Shot and Killed by a Negro, rt'lio He Had done to Arrest on the Charge of Larceny?The Murderer Made His Escape. About Ave o'clock Monday morning Magistrate J. I. Valentine of Cope sent his constable, H. E. Valentine. to arrest Pink Franklin, alias Pink Porter, colored, on a charge of larceny. Franklin lives on Mr. E. S. 3plres' place about four miles from Norway. Constable Valentine pressed into service to assist him Mr. W. N. Carter and both went to Franklin's house to arrest him. On arriving at the house Valentine went to the front door and Carter to the back door. Valentine knocked at the door and was admitted. Just as he got in the house the negro drew his pistol and flred at him. The ball entered his left side and penetrated the stomach. In the meantime, the negro wrenched Valentine's pistol from him and It is supposed that in getting the pistol it fired, striking the negro in the shoulder, also one ball striking his wife on the arm, making a flesh wound. Jlr. Able of Norway and Dr. Jennings of Cope and Dr. Burton of Cope attended the wounded man, giving him all the medical attention possible. Mr. Valentine is about 27 years of age and single. H*e is a graduate of the Osborne Business college of .iugusla. Ga. Mr. Valentine tiled at 7 o'clock Monday night. The negro Franklin is at large and is being chased by a posse of men. who think they have him located In a swamp near the place of the shooting. I iis wife was arrested and carried to Norway Monday afternoon. It is stated that she started toward the wounded man with an axe to kill kim while he was on the ground. Two negroes who accompanied Franklin to the swamp have been caught and both are in the Norway guard house. One was severely whipped to get information, but this failed. t'<>MMISS10\ FKOM JAPAN Coining to Our Pacific Coast to Study Conditions. Mail advices received at Washington from the Far Fast are to the effect that the Japanese government has decided to send a commission to California to study the conditions of the Japanese on the Pa cific coast. The fact developed in the course of an interview between Foreign Minister Havashi and Mr. Yamaoka Otokichi representing Japanese citizens of Seattle, Viscount Hayashi is also reported to have said in the course of the interview, which took place in Tokio, that the Japanese government had alreadv rejected a suggesstion from the United States government for a treaty mutualy excluding immigrants. Other advices represent the Chinese government as making efforts to reassert sovereignty in Manchuria,, through demands upon the consul general at Mukden, for restoration by Japan or Chinese collieries, the prohibition of Japanese dealing in salt (which is a Chinese monopoiy) the withdrawal of troops in neutral territories, etc. The railroads and the public should get closer together. Then there would be less trouble. We doubt if the railroads in the South could be run successfully at a much less passenger rate than three cents. It takes money to operate railroads. They should be allowed to charge a fair rate and be required to keep the road bed and rolling stock in first class zondition. Rev. J. L. Sifley, who passed away at his home in this city last Monday, WAS nnp r?f thr? mnn tim otm* knew. He was a consecrated Christian, and when he closed his eyes on earth he opened them in heaven. He belonged to a class of preachors who made the Methodist Church a power for good in South Carolina. He is gone, but his influence will live for;ver. Too many men spend their time dttlnK on the anxious seat. ?ral days ago. The latter was out of :.he city Monday but returned yesterday when the statement from Mr. Martin was given out. It was the iause of considerable comment at the State capitol when it became known. The singular part of this controversy between the governor and the State su{>erintendent of education is that they were both elected from Greenville county. Gen. J. C. Iioyd, adjutant general, and Maj. Jno. H. Karle, railroad commissioner, arc also from Greenville. This is the first time that any discontent in the happy family from that county has manifested itself, although it has been known for some time that Mr. Martin and Gov. Ansel have not had the same yiews on the dispensary question. althousrh this, of course taa nothing to do with the case in point. Although Gov. Ansel has ignored publicly the fervid statement of Mr. Martin, yet it was talked about the State house yesterday that Gov. Ansel called upon Mr. Martin as soon as he heard tnat the State superintendent of education was worked up over the situation. Gov. Ansel declined to make any statement at all, although it was stated yesterday that the situation in the second district had been discussed between Mr. Martin and Gov. Ansel but all names proposed were not acceptable for one reason or another and Gov. Ansel being responsible for the appointment named Gov. Sheppard. It is said that the precedent for Gov. Ansel's action dates back as for j as Gov. McSweenev'i^minijjM|j|?i anyway, for Gov. Jkt^aveeflragS^ St Alt Superintendent , i ? K,jfl fr' v-p'.-n Q.\, j MARTIN RETRACTS. I Writes Letter to Gov. Ansel on \ Sheppard Appointment Kdgetlcld Hnr Takes Act .on. K^juostN i Governor Not to Revoke Appointment Requested by Mr. Slieppard. Hon. O. B. Martin, State superintendent of education, Friday wrote < Gov. Ansel a letter retracting the < words used in his recent Interview , l_u' i vwtn. 1111(5111 iikvu oeen personally of- L fenslve to his excellency, although I j Mr. Martin states that he adheres to I the principles advocated as to appointments on the State board ol ed-l' ucation. 11 It will be recalled that when it was I stated that Gov. Ansel had tendered 11 to Hon. John C. Sheppard the ap- : pointment to 1111 the vacancy on tlie 11 State board ot education, Mr. Martini] gave a statement to the press in , which he said tnat the board should consist of educators and not lawyers and that it was not intended that sur- 1 prise appointments should be given 1 out by a governor "as a Santa Clans |< to a child-like State superintendent." I? The letter sent Gov. Ansel was as p follows: lj Columbia, S. C., August 2, 1907. I] Hon. Martin P. Ansel, Governor, Co- , lumbla, S. C. I! Dear Sir: During my term of service as State superintendeat of edu- ' cation I have had an abiding desire for the bettering of educational conditions in this State. Such disire is I almost a passion. Naturally 1 have plans. When I thought that those plans were being inconsiderately and ruthlessly upset, I got exasperated to the point of mental disquietude and physical discomfort. 1 guess that means I got mad. 1 do not often do so. I was harsh. I desire to withdraw the words which may have been personally offensive. I apologize for same. I adhere to the principles which I advocated. Sincerely yours, 0. II. Martin, State Supt. of Education. In the meantime, another complication has arisen: Gov. Sheppard, I who has been prevailed upon by Gov. Ansel to accept the appointment, has later asked for his commission to be revoked since Supt. Martin's fervid | luner. i< naay tne members of the Edgefield bar adopted the following resolutions, which wore forwarded Gov. Ansel: To His Excellency. M. F. Ansel, Governor. Columhiu. S. C. Whereas. It has come to the knowledge of the members of the Edgefield har that ex-Gov. J. (\ Shop pard has been duly appointed by your excellency a member of the State board of education; aiftl Whereas, We are Informed thai Gov. Sheppard has requested your excellency tp revoke said appointment; and Whereas, We the members of the Edgefield bar recognize the high character, Integrity and ability of our distinguished citizen and brother lawyer and knowing bis capacity and ability eminently lit him for the jkjsition to which you have appointed him; now, therefore, be it Resolved, by the members of the Edgefield bar in meeting assembled that we most respectfully request that your excellency do not revoke said appointment. M. H. Wells, Secretary, J. W. Thurmond, Chairman. Gov. Ansel when asked about the resolutions Friday night stated that he preferred waiting until he could give the resolutions consideration before discussing it. Following is the letter written by < Gov. Sheppard to Gov. Ansel, which explains the action of the Edgefield bar association: Hon. M. F. Ansel, Columhiu. S. C. My Dear Governor: When I received your favor of the 25 inst., in which you did me the honor to in- ' quire if I would accept an appointment to till a vachncy on the State 1 board of education, 1 djd not hesi- I tate to write promptly that I would cheerfully acquiesce in your wishes; for I believe it to be the duty of every good citizen?and among "good citizens" I expect to lie numbered as \ long as I live?to discharge any pub- ' He duty to which he may be assigned. If he feels that he is qualified to render efficient service. 11 nt I notice in the papers this morning that your action is displeasing to the State superintendent of education, for the reason as expressed by him that he regards "the appointment as political rather than educational." Without taking the pains to discuss the merits of the objection thus stated by the State superintendent of education, 1 write at once to relieve your excellency from any embarrassment in reference to the matter. I would not be witting for any consideration to bo the cause of the lack of harmony in any department of the public service?especially In connection with a matter of such overwhelming importance as the educational interests of the State; nor would I be willing to serve in any capacity with any official who feels that the service that I might render would by possibility seriously injure the work of his department. I therefore respectfully request your excellency to reconsider your action and revoke the appointment. Thnnlii i?? v<... oaoln O*- *K~ u .......... .r, ??<> i"i IUI' UUIIDI conferred, I r< main with great re- * spect. Yours very truly, 1 J. C. Sheppard. CJIIlI/8 HLWKIi A MYKTKKY. J Body Found in Creek Wiih Ilu!!''* 5 In Head. ( Miss Irene Phillips, about twenty 1 years of age. aim a member of a well ] known family of Marshal county, N, ' C.. was murdered at her home in the < ivy section, and her liody was thrown in Paint Fork branch. < Miss Phillips' body was found Mon- ] day with a Imllet hole in tne i. ick of s the head. The body was cold, and j indicated that the crime had been committed se's craJgMujshefore. The lated place. 'I he la complete Phillips' body were found. The ~HORNED LIZARD. F Vhich Ejects Bio jd From Its Eyes J at Will. I Kept lie That Stands t'nlquc Among ? All tlir Queer Things of the Animal World. A letter from St. Louis says no creature in the world but the horned lizard can eject blood from its eyes. That reptile now stands unique among all the creeping, crawling, flying, walking things of animal nature. It is the only animal on earth whose eve is an offensive* wen pon, a squirt gun to eject what may j prove to be a poisonous fluid. So strange and fantastic is this J habit of the horned lizard that sober l scientists pooh-poohed the stories ' told by Indians and "greasers" of j the Southwest, where on sandy, su- { per-heated, excessively dry plains the ] lizard has its habitat. No class of . men in the world are more conservative than the scientists. Yet nobody i better than they appreciates and un- I ierstands the wonders to be expect- I ed of nature. They are willing to 1 investigate and study day and night, ' because they know that what infor- [ mation they now have is but a tiny \ portion of the staggering wonders , creation yet has to reveal. I But the story that the horned lizard's eye is a syringe used to resist I attacks from its enemies was too < grotesque, too utterly at variance J with every other known fact of ana- 1 tomy and physiology to receive con- 1 sideration even from the most in- 1 quisitive of the mature students. , Naturally they looked upon such | unheard-of-tales as vagaries of the , ignorant and superstituous or weird i illusions of men whose brains had i become unhinged by intense heat and 1 drought in the desert. Among all creature of which sci- 1 ence had knowledge, the eye had one function and one function alone, identical in all cases. The eye is the organ of vision. There are strange things to be found in the eyes of animals, but every peculiarity of the optic construction is to meet some peculiar and special need of the particular creature. All the different formations and constructions are based only on laws of ontics. Until the horned lizard's peculiarity was seen and verified, no eye had ever j been heard of which was more than i a machine for seeing. But the lizard, when aroused to a I high pitch of anger or fearful of great and impending danger, stiffens itself, makes its eyelids rigid and ( then, exerting some inward force yet j unexplained, ejects from the corner , of its eye a jet of blood that shoots ' many feet and is of volume enough to spatter big stains on a wall. The first time this phenomenon was recently observed by a scientist, i he was startled and amazed. He had heard stories about the habit of the horned lizard, but was skeptical and had dismissed them from nis mind. He was engaged in measuring a fine j specimen of the lizard when the ani- ] mal> after exhibiting signs of great excitement, suddenly grew rigid and < snot out a stream of blood from its 1 eye. the ejected fluid passing close ' to th c head of the naturalist. It gave J him a distinct nervous shock, but he 1 felt the thrill of a scientist confront- j ed by a new discovery. The man was Raymond L. Ditmars, i curator of reptiles in the New York ] Zoo. L;ke other scientists, he had 1 ridiculed the idea of the idea of the ' animal's eye lacing a syringe, but 1 convinced beyond doubt by what he \ witnessed. He ha$ described the ir.- , cident in his new contribution to ^ scientific literature, "The Reptile Rook," just published. Mr. Ditmars says the lizards are 1/ nnnm oo f ' ....unu <w niu RvnuB iniryiiowima OI I American lizards and that there are. ? all told, seventeen varities, four of ( which are indigenous to Mexico. In describing how he learned the won- ; derful truth about the eyes of these j lizards, he says: ] "An unusually large specimen was i received. 1 photographed the lizard i and then proceeded to measure it, a ( process which greatly excited the < creature. "It finally threw the head slightly * upward," he says "the neck became rigid, the eyes bulged from the sock- j ?ts. when there was a distinct sound j ike that produced if one presses the ( tongue against the roof of the mouth i and forces a small quantity of air I forward. I "This rasping sound, consuming 1 ut the fraction of a second, was ac- 1 lornpanied by a jet of blood at great ? presure. It hit the wall, four feet t away, at the same level as that of \ the reptile. "The durati on of the flow of blood $ appeared to be about one and a half i seconds, and toward its termination v the force gradually diminished, as 0 loticed by a course of drops down 1 t.U~ 11 J ? ~ unt: wan ana aiong tne floor to a po- j1 iition almost under the spot where the reptile had been held. "The stream of blood seemed to be H is fine as a horse hair and to issue m [rom the eyelid, which was momentarily much swollen. For some time I ifter the performance the eyes were ? Lightly closed and nothing could in- ? iuce the lizard to open them. Withn two minutes after it was placed on a the ground the protruding aspect of ^ the eyeballs ana the swelling of the 1 jyelids had disappeared. n "Most surprising was the amount a }f blood expended. The wall and o floor showed a course of thickly sprinkled spots ahout one-eighth of in inch in diameter. There were 103 )f these spots.'' What would Darwin have done i bid he heard of the lizard who spits 1 ?od from his eyes? His mind, inwng, trained, reflective to a de- a ^Bfew scientists ever have attain- i, ii|w^rht have drawn a hundred gMM^ths from this startling fac- to ^ les''rt creature. He would Bgraj^fected manv of the animals. r uHU have observed them in haunts. He would have LIQUOR PROFITS. [ Notable Variation of the Per Cent of Profits. lumtcr County Leads and Hoaufort county at the Foot of the Profit Column. Mr. W. B. WeHt, dispensary audlor, has, after much tedious work, :ompiled a table showing the gro s tales, net profits, breakage and net jaln of the 93 county dispensaries. The table is an interesting one and 'or purposes of comparison shows ?xactly how each dispensary is run. Ve publish below as we fiud it In The State: For instance there is only one dlsjensary In Abbeville county and the jrofits therefrom amounted to over 16.200, while 10 dispensaries in Barnwell .nty brought not quite 15,000. The 12 dispensaries in Richand county brought in over $38,000, ind 11 dispensaries iu Charleston nade $11,000. Sumter shows the argest percentage of gain in profits md Florence next with Aiken third. The statement has been compilied 'rom figures submitted and sworn to jy the respective county dispensary wards, or their authorized clerks. However, it might be well to state in *egard to the breakage account that the comparisons made are not absolutely just insomuch as some wards have returned railroad shortage as breakage, thus swelling the breakage account. This explains the blank for Lexington county. In many instances Halms were filed for the shortage ind have been paid which would irery materially lessen this account However, the account is in the main correct. The profit made by some of the jouniies is somewhat larger than has !>een reported insomuch as they havt charged fixtures, bottling outfits, etc. to the expense account, which wert not taken in as assets in making uj statement. Following is the statement for th? [juarter ending June 30: County Gross sales. Net Profit Abbeville ..$ 21,755.57 $ 6,210.11 Aiken 24.603.91 7,883.8; Bamberg.. .. 18,468.00 3,841.7', Barnwell.. .. 29,137.71 4,950.3'. Beaufort.. .. 18,334.52 2.870.9.' Berkeley.. .. 7,683.02 1.461.85 Charleston .. 47,505.26 11,187.8? Chester . . . .22,956.69 6,366.8' rhMfnrflalil *>1 9 c* vuvw?^ i . mii ,i>n v. i i> o ( if x. ;*. ?? ? Clarendon . . . 10.527.63 2,006.8! Colleton.. .. 12.571.08 2,298.5' Dorchester .. 14,543.44 4,468.9! Fairfield. . .. 13,342.98 3,030.71 Florence.. .. 38,990.94 12,510.71 Georgetown.. 36,803.45 9.951.32 Hampton ... 10,526,65 2,511.41 Kershaw. . .. 98,972.49 7,049.41 Laurens .. ..29,339.96 6,330.7! Lee 12,430.92 3,494.0! Lexington ... 8.487.29 1,585.41 Orangeburg.. 42,077.77 8,053.51 Elichlnnd . . ..126,936.25 38.691.6' Sumter .. .. 35,463.03 13,067.8: Williamsburg. 13,538,56 3,037.4' 647,477.91 166.792.0: Average per cent, made on all busl net-s done in the State. 3 4.6. The breakage figures ure as fol lows: Abbeville % 70.2! Aiken 234.6: Bamberg 123. < Barnwell 344.3! Beaufort 178.8: Berkeley 65.1 ( Charleston 191.4! Chester 118.1' Chesterfield 293.7! Clarendon 62.0! Colleton 75.9' Dorchester 124.9' Fairfield 14 7.6! Florence 236.2! Seorgetown 112.3! Hampton 63.9 < Kershaw 162.5! Laurens 263.6! Lee 86.0' GVangeburg 225.7' Richland 929.2! Sumter 126.5! Williamsburg 77.5! Total . . $4,31 4.4! The following table gives the num >er of dispensaries in each count} md the percentage of profit flgurec >n the sales of the quarter: Number. Per cent Vbheville 1 40 Uken 5 47 Flam berg 5 2(1 Darnwell 10 2 4 leaufort 5 IS Berkeley 4 22 Charleston 11 30 Chester 1 38 Chesterfield 2 20 Clarendon . . 1 2 4 Colleton 3 22 Dorchester 3 4 4 ''airfield 2 2 9 Florence 2 4 8 Ceorgetown 1 3 7 iampton 5 31 <ersliaw 2 3 2 jaurens 2 27 ..exlngton 3 23 ^ee 1 39 Drangeburg 6 24 tichland 12 43 lumter 3 58 Yilliamshurg 3 29 The total amount of sales was 1647,177.91. of which Richland dis>osed of $126,936.25, or one-fifth, vhile Charleston disposed of only me-third as much liquor as Colum)ia through the legal channels. It it ipparent from this that Charleston s a very temperate place, and that, >er capita of population and summer ixcursionists, more liquor is drunk in i do/en of the other 23 counties. >lication to the great code of nature ind its meaning to the science ol inatomy and physiology. The evolutionists, when they find l fact like the one observed in the lomed lizard, study along two lines, ^irst, the use to which the function nay be put. Second, to sen; if there ire rudiments of similar function in 1 her creatures. This is Headqoarters FOR Pianos and Organs. You want a sweet toned and a durble Instrument. One that will last a ong. long life time. Our prices are the lowest, conslssnt with the quality. Our references: Are any bank or eputable business house in Columbia Write ua for catalogs, prices and arms. ^ COTTON BAGGING For Cotton Bales Would Create a New Demand For a Half Million Hairs of Cotton a Year and Use up Ijow tirade Cotton. The subject of cotton-bale reform continues to hold Its place among the live subjects of cotton-selling economy. The number of articles we have already printed on this reform cannot be better supplemented this week than by giving our readers the arguments in favor of cotton bagging for cotton bales which appeared in a recent number of the Cotton Journal. If the foreign spinners are satisfled that cotton bagging can be safely used, provided the American bale is iM?jpuny compressed at the initial l?oint, that is the local gin, it does seem to us that the cotton growers should let no grass grow under their feet in advocating the change from jute to cotton. The following weighty reasons are given why the cotton covering should he adopted at the earliest possible date: If we could cover the cotton crop of the South with cotton bagging, and introduce the use of cotton bags in the place of jute bugs, as at pres( ent used in the South, we would" create an instantaneous new demand for nearly half a million of our crop. Figuring a consumption of ten thous and bales for each mill engaged in i the maufacture of the necessary nm terial to supply this demand, it would 1 require the erection and equipment . of fifty new mills in the South to eni gage in an entire new industry. If cotton bagging should be utlliz? ed in the place of jute, the cloth s could be treated with chemicals, ; which are already in use, to keep the , bagging from becoming mildewed ) when exposed to the weather, so as to ) preserve the marks and numbers, and also to make the bagging fire proof. J The cloth to be made for nagging should weigh fourteen ounces to the . yard, and be strickly uniform in 1 width and length,, so as to make the tare on each bale the same. i Another very important feature in 1 connection with the adoption and use > of cotton begging is, that there would I be an immediate demand for all the ? very low-grade cotton from each crop. 1 which is now being used to tender 1 on contracts in the big exchanges to ) depress prices of the higher, spinnaI ble grades. Cotton bagging and eot1 ton bags for commercial fertilizers ? would solve the problem of profitably I disposing of the very low grades each 1 season and keep such cotton from * being nsed as a hammer to depress * the cotton market. The spinners ? contend that good cotton bagging can 5 be manufactured out of these low "> grades, and a satisfactory market 3 thereby established for them. We t ? ? ** Iimv h''> UIIV u 1 IHU VIIIirilL'S UI I III* Jute Hugging Trust. The present heavy, loosely-woven jute which we have been so many years using, has proven a most costly burden to the farmers, and is most objectionable to both the foreign cotton handlers and spinners of our cotton. We have been for years importing jute fiber from the distant lands of India, and paying enormous profits to the jute trust to manufacture the fiber into bagging as a covering for our cotton. We have paid all the freight and handling of the material from India to the South, and again the freight on the bagging covering each bale from the gin-house to all parts of the world. We have paid for the high-priced bagging and the freight both ways and never received one cent of our money back. The bagging and ties on a bale of cotton is now, and has always been, an absolute net loss to the farmer, although many of them have been deluded into the false idea that when they sold a bale of cotton by the gross weight, they also got pay for the bagging and ties at the market price offered them for the cotton. Hut be not deceived by the methods employed by the cotton buyers. The spinners will tell you that the price for thirty pounds is always deducted from the gross weight of each bale and added to all the other fixed . charges that come off front the spinners' price in order to make the market price for the stable sold on a gross weight basis. This is where the deduction of six per cent for tare comes in. If a farmer only puts twenty pounds of a bagging and ties on a naie, no ot course loses whatever he pays for the bagging and ties, plus the weight of the same both ways, and also ten pounds of his lint. Now this old, primitive method of doing business should be abolished. We can get rid of it by encouraging the adoption of compresses at the local gin that will compress our cotton into a nice neat package, to the required shipping density, and cover the bale with cotton bagging. Under this plan, we can at once arrange to have our cotton bought and sold on the actual net weight basis, as the tare would l?e uniform and the 6 per cent discount would cease to exist, and i that burden would be thrown ofT. Besides all these enormous savings, , we would be using our own material and developing new home Industries in.the South, i The introduction of these ecouomi ic features is, of course, difficult, and almost impossible with our present ' heavy, cumbersome, loose bale, which has to he re-packed before it c.tn be made ready for transportation ? abroad. But the time is now ripe for inaugurating the desired changes, \ and foreign handlers and spinners ' are extremely anxious to see these reforms, as they have already been | applied to cotton baled in other coun? tries. Walck lTnol. 1 irtt-U . HARTSVIlJ The 1-tth urMion will I Literary, Music, Art, Expression anl graduates of our leading colleges an til phasized in every department. Hcaitl with electric lights, hot and cold ba naces. Best Christian influences. Mill Iogue. Robt. W. Durrrlt, Cataloj to any of oar customers for the ask 1j alumbng or hardware business, and page catalogue which will be found vi prices on anything In the supply line. (IQLrUMBlA SUPPJUY i vai I A PAUPER'S SON. Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota, Came From Low Rank. FATHER A DRUNKARD. Ho Is Now a Prominent Democrat and May He His Party's Nominee for the Presidency Next Year?Ho Is Very Popular With All Classes And Was Elected Governor of His State Twice. Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, is the son of a pauper father. He is now serving his second term as chier executive of the state and is 0110 of the most nonular nlBcoi-. n?..* Minnesota lias known. He Is a Democrat In a state that is overwhelmingly republican. In his election Roosevelt carried the state as a candidate for tho presidency by a majority of 161,4 64. Johnson ran 92 "53 ahead of his ticket and was elected by a majority of 7,826. In the election last fall his opponent was not "in the |running," though all other Republicans on the state ticket were elected. Gov. Johnson is 44 years of age. He started life handicapped by odds that would have proved insurmountable obstacles for a man or boy with less stamina and direct ambition. His father was a blacksmith, a descendant of the peasantry of Sweden. In 1852 he emigrated to this country In Ian effort to get away from his old I habits. For several years he lived I without touching whiskey and marIried, but it whs not long before ho I began to drink worse than ever and I his family became a burden on tho Icommunity. Finally Johnson was deI clared a pauper and taken to tho I poorhouse, where he died from alIcoholism. Then the mother began to I struggle for the life of the family, lit is a matter of record that In Gov. I Johnson's tirst. campaign for the govlernorship his opponents carried signs I which read, "liis Father was a PauI per," apd "His Mother took in I Washing." While a boy Johnson aided his J mother before and after school hours, I until he reached the High school, at 113 years of age. Then he declared I he would learn a trade and prepared I to become a druggist. From that I time he was the chief support of tho I family. In all those years the undertaker was the only creditor of tho I family. Three deaths served to take I all the spare money from the family land ruined Johnson's opportunity of I taking a course In pharmacy. Hater the sought employment in a departI nient store, a position which yielded I better pay, but less opportunity for (study. At one time he sought emI ployment outside of his home town, I the village of St. Peter, but he doIclared he would live down the repultatlon of his father and remained at I home with his mother. The day Icame when he was enabled to pay off I the mortgage on his father's old cotIt.nge and pay for the education of his I brother and sister. After several years a friend interIosted Johnson In the St. Peter llcr| aid, a Democratic newspaper In a nepuuucan community. .lonnson took up with the proposition and became editor of a country newspaper, lie became an olilcer in the State Press association. Here began his political aspirations. Twice he was defeated as candidate for state senatorship. On his third trial he was elected. Ills record as a minority member brought him into prominence, and later into the chair of the ceief executive. Ho is the idol of the people of the state he is serving, simply, because as ho puts it?"I just tried to make good." Men who are good whistlers am usually poor workers. It's difficult to generate philosophy on an empty stomach. SUI.PIIIK BATHS AT HOME. Tliey Ileal the Skin and Take Away Its Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and give the body a wholesome glow. Now you don't have to go off to a high-priced resort to get them. Put a few spoonfuls of Hancock's l.tqftid Sulphur in the hot water, and you get a perfect Sulphur bath right in your own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to the affected parts, and Eczema and other stubborn skin troubles are quickly cured. Dr. R. II. Thomas, of Valdosta, CJa., was cured of a painful skin trouble, and ho praises it in the highest terms. Your druggist sel.18 it. 11 ..tte/w.!/ 'o V ioi.hl *\t ? 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