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A GOOD WORK I. Being Done by the Audubon Society as Shown by , ITS ANNUAL REPORT Which Una Just Been Filed for the Information of the Public.?-President Taylor Mokes a Statement on the Enforcement of the Game Law for the Year Just Ended.? Society Deserves Support of All. President B. F, Taylor of the South Carolina Audubon society has com pleted his annual report showing the work of the society since its incorporation by the general assembly at the last session. The report is interesting in that it shows the improvement in conditions in the preserva tion of game and that until the society took charge there was little attention paid to the laws of this State. The report submitted by Mr. Taylor is as follows: On March 16, 1907. there went into effect the statute creating the Audubon society of South Carolina, with powers of a State game and fish commission. On April 9, the incorporators held a meeting in Columbia and the following officers were eleced: President, B. F. Taylor. Vice president, Dr. H.N. Snyder. Temporary seeretary, George S. He v ward. Treasurer. A. R. Heyward, Jr. The following were elected to constitute the board of directors: Neils Christensen, Beaufort; O. B. Martin, Columbia; Dr. P. N. Mell, Clemson College; C. P. Wray. Ridgeway. D. H. Coker, Hartsville; Mrs. Augustine Smythe, Charleston; A. F. Lever, Lexington, and R. I. Manning, Sumter. Immediately after the meeting the president began gathering all information available regarding the exact condition of game and fish protection in the State. He soon ascertained that in many sections but slight at tention was paid to any of the game and fish protective laws. Game birds and deer werpfcnnstnntlv lrillr?/l mil V>J Itllivu vuv of season, and in some quarters a large traffic of their dead bodies was carried on for market purposes. Fish were being slaughtered in immense numbers by means of traps and dynamite. Song birds were shot indiscriminately and many were trapped to be shipped North. The beautiful sea-birds, which nest in colonies along the coast, were constantly robbed of their eggs each summer. The license law, which formerly required every non-resident hunter to pay $25 for shooting license, had been systematically avoided. Under the old law 14 county game wardens had been appointed. Letters to all these wardens brought out the fact that, owing to inadequate pay, lack of State supervision, and for other causes, they had been practically inactive, one of them only reporting two convictions for violation of the game laws for the year previous. On the other hand from all over the State letters began to pour in asking for him from the Audubon society, showing that large numbers of people were interested in bird and fish protection, and hailed with much joy the fact that the State had at length taken an interest in preserving these valuable assets to the commonwealth. One of the first things to claim the attention of the Audubon society was the publication in pamphlet form of the State game law known as the "Audubon law." Fifteen hundred copies were printed and distributed throughout South Carolina and the more important features have been nrinforl I? ? * 1' iwm?wu ucntijr ill lilt! pUDllC press of the State. The importance of this work can hardly be underestimated, as there is no doubt that many people violate the game laws through ignorance of the statutes. More than 5,000 pamphlets, with plates showing the wild birds in their natural colors, have been distributed in the schools, among farmers and elsewhere. These were furnished by Mr. William Dutcher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies. The work of revising- and enlarging the warden force at once began. Some of the officers who displayed most interest were recommissioned by the government as State wardens, and a number of additions have been made. The following is a list of the names of wardens appointed and serving up to December 15, 1907. J. E. Rutledge, Lancaster; George A. Malloy, Cheraw; W. L. Samson, Cross Keys; George W. Hazzard, Cat Island; William Elliott. Yemasee; D. J. Salley, Orangeburg: William Ly- j kes, Lykesland; S. M. Rice, Jr., (E. U.) Union; John N. Rates, Spartan- '< qurgj John D. W. Watts, Laurens: j. H. Robinson, Greenville; John < Weiking, Charleston; Kajitan E. < Kremser, South Island; Victor E. I Thelming, McClellanville; Theo. S. ' Johansen, Frogmore; Charles Ander- < son, Port Royal, Richard Stone- ! bridge, Savannah, Ga.; E. Y. Fergu- ' son, Enoree; E. A. Sessions, Ridge- 1 way; J. W. Wilson, Conway; Frank E. Johnstone, South Island; W. S. ! McKaskill, Conway; W. Fletcher, < Smith, Gaffney; C. W. Boykin, St, * Stephens; S. P. Hollidav, Pineville; ( W. S. McClelland, Pineville, N. C.; 1 H. Warren Richardson, Garnett; 1 Thomas B. Earle, Anderson; Halvor i S. Svendsen, Charleston; Charles < Johnson, South Island; James E. J Swan, Mt. Pleasant; Frederick H. 1 Bruggeman, Hilton Head, Robert f Sisson, Savannah, Ga.; K S. Villepi- * gue, Camden; W. H. Wylie, Rock 1 Hill; J. H. Hook, Clemson College; Dr. L. H' Russell, Greenwood. The warden force is being enlarg- c ed as rapidly as funds will permit, \ and it is expected that before long 1 FOrND ON REEF. | Only Man Who Escaped From Wreck of Houseboat. The only survivor of the five men 1 who were washed to sea on the Illfated houseboat to Cedar Keys, Fla.. Thursday, was brought ashore, havInnr hM>n found on nn nvotor roof hv a tug boat. After being battered I about for a time by the storm the boat went to pieces. This survivor and one other man managed to keep afloat on part of the wreckage, but while helplessly drifting In the gulf one of the men died from exhaus- a tlon. The rescued man was in a pltable condition when rescued, his clothing having been torn from his < body and he was almost dead from exhaustion. there will be two or more active officers in every county. It has been found hard to get wardens in a number of the counties, because they are required to work, and because, in some instances, they do not wish to make cases against their friends. It is the duty of a game warden to acquaint the people of his territory with the character of the laws for the preservation of the wild game and fish, to see that the $10 non-resident hunter's license, now required by law, is paid and to arrest and prosecute all persons found guilty of infractions of the game laws. Wardens work under the direction and control of the State Au.lubon society, and are required to make reports of their activities to the Columbia office. It is hoped that soon arrangements can be made to put a number of these officers on a regular salary, but at the present their remuneration consists of fees for work actually accomplished, viz.: $10 for each conviction' which they secure, and $2 50 for each non-resident license they may be the means of collecting. Although the law has been in operation but a short time, its efficiency has already been demonstrated. In addition to an immense amount of educational work, the wardens have found it necessary to bring prosecutions in a number of instances. As a result of their netivitioc convictions have been secured in the , following cases. , Killing quail out of season, 4; dynamiting fish, 1; hunting without licenses, 4; killing non-game birds, 2. , Eight cases are now pending in the , courts. One warden has destroyed over 30 traps in one stream which , were illegally set for catching fish. , The dynamiting of fish has already been stopped in many places, and hundreds of irresponsible people ( have been taught tnat the fish and game protective laws must be respected. On the faithfulness and activity of these officers must depend much of the lasting good for which the Audubon society is working. Many of the wardens have but recently been appointed and as yet have not had sufficient opportunity to show their abilities. The secretary, James Henry Rice, Jr., has been in the field a large part of the time since May 1, soliciting members for the society, selecting wardens and performing other duties of similar character. He has already visited over half the counties in the State. Mr. Rice has however, been forced to give his attention to other duties than those of the society. as his pay is not sufficient from this source alone to maintain him. We hope the income for the coming year will warrant the appointment of a man to give his whole time and attention to this work. His services in the field have been satisfactory. but with more funds with which to keep him active much more of the territory could have been covered. He finds in his visits throughout the State that the unanimous opinion of the people is that the society is greatly needed and that the game protective laws should be made more adequate by amendment in a number of instances. These changes are suggested later in this reDort. By direction of the national gov- < ernment, the lighthouse keepers on the coast have been instructed to i protect the sea-birds and to cooper- i ate with the Audubon society. We have had all the eighth keepers ap- i pointed game wardens, with the un- i standing that their duties as wardens i must not interfere with their duties 1 as light keepers. Already we have i obtained from these gentlemen much j valuable information regarding s breeding colonies, and their constant 1 trips from their stations to Charles- < leston, Georgetown, Beaufort, and Savannah will enable us to prevent i many depredations on islands during 1 the breeding season. The United < States department of agriculture has 1 also furnished the society with sev- 1 eral hundred copies of their publica- t tions of "'Gamp T.awa" t>r>rl _? ??* WiiVA WHO V Ol" ue of Birds to Agriculture." These i have all been distributed in the f State. r The outlook for the Audubon so- t ciety work in South Carolina is very t promising. Already a very substan- v tial meml?ership has been enrolled c and this will increase as the objects t become more widely known. There t are hundreds of people in the State who enjoy the sport of hunting or angling; these should all be interested in it work. The owners of private game preserves, whether resident or non-residents of the State, will doubtless gladly co-operate with the society, as, indeed, some of them f have already siirnified their willing- e ness of doing. c Every farmer in South Carolina * should be a local friend of the so- J :iety. which is laboring to preserve 1? the valuable insect-eating and weediestroying birds, by whose efforts in t jeld and grove his lands are enab- r ed to produce their annual yield, n \nd then the outlook is bright be- ? ;ause the movement is a good one tl ind is founded on sensible principles, ji [n 37 States in the Union, Audubon o K>cieties exist and everywhere they e ire having an enormous iufluence o :or good. B. F. Taylor, President. ji The report of the treasurer shows >ver $1,000 colled from dues and rl various sources and a balance on h land of $52.17. h 9 , MANY MAD WOLVES. hey Are Repldly Increasing In the State of Texas Sfforts Being Made to Protect Stock and People Who Are in Exposed Placet. The ranchmen of this section, says i staff correspondent of The St. jouis Globe-Democrat, are making a lesperate effort to eradicate the volves which infest their pastures. Notwithstanding the fight which has >een waged against them for many rears their numbers show an annual ncrease. They srem to thrive with he settling up of the country. Thoy ire not only a menace to the live itoek, but of late years rabies has ipread among them to an extent ;nat is alarming. Many instances are known of the rictim of one of these animals dying )f hydrophobia. Since the estabishment of a state hydrophobia institute at Austin three years ago nore than a hundred persons have jone there for treatment of mad volfe bites. The wolves are of the coyote c,pe:ies. They skulk around at night ind kill young calves and make iway with lambs and kids. The last Legislature passed a scalp bounty aw which carried an appropriation >f $100,000 to pay for the scalps of ioyotes and other wild animals, vhich cause serious losses to the stockman. Gov. Campbell vetoed uhe measure. Many of the ranchmen have hunters constantly employed to kill the wolves' wildcat and other depredating wild animals. This method of jradication is slow and very expensive. A few years ago Clement Bonterant, an Englishman, purchased a ranch west of here. He soon found that the covotes were carrying off most of his calves and lambs. He employed Mexicans to capture half a dozen coyotes alive. He placed a sheep bell upon each of these coyotes and turned them loose upon his ranch. It was Mr. Bonterant's theory that the belled coyotes would frighten away all the other coyotes of the place. Instead the belled coyotes attracted other coyotes to them and in a few days each belled coyote had a big flock of followers and these hordes of animals were playing worse havoc than ever before. After many efforts the belled coyotes were recaptured and the bells removed from their necks. Mr. Bonterant then tried the experience of catching coyotes alive and placing them in a pen with mangy dogs which he had brought from San Antonio for that special purpose. The coyotes soon contracted the mange and were turned loose. That experiment worked with better success than the one which he first tried. Nearly every coyote in southwest Texas is now afflicted with the mange. Mad wolves are such a menace to this section thnt many ranchmen have built corrals around their homes as a means of protection for their wives and children against attack by the animals. When afflicted a coyote does not hesitate to enter the open door of a house or go boldly into a camp where men are sleeping and attack whomsoever it happen to run across. A tew days ago a party of deer hunters were sitting around a campfire over on the Nueces river, The night was dark and the air chilly. The men were enjoying the comfort? of camp life when they suddenly heard the growl of a covote and hp fore any one could grab up a gun the animal walked into the circle of light and passed squarely through the flames and coals of the fire. It then turned and started toward one of the hunters. Before the mad animal could get to hirn the man managed to get hold of his gun and kill it. The coyote when suffering from an attack of hydrophobia will attack and bite full grown cattle. The bite produces rabies in the cattle and the losses of livestock from this cause are considerable. It is very dangerous to enter a pasture where ;here are cattle which are suffering from hydrophobia. The animals :harge everything in sight. Tom Hubbard had a gang of Mexcans at work constructing a water lole, or "tank," as they are called, )n a ranch near there recently. The aborers lived in an open camp and lad taken no precaution to prevent ittacks from mad wolves. One night they were lying asleep lpon the ground around the camp ire when one of the mad wolves nade its appearance among hem. Two of them were sent to he State Hydrophobia Institute, vhere they were treated. The ither Mexican refused to take the reatment and on the ninth day after eing bitten died. Jl'ltOK I?IKI> 'roni Heart Failure While Sitting On a Case. The greatest excitement broke orth in Part 1 of the court of genral sessions, in New York, where a ivil suit was being heard when it as discovered that Moses Olonick. uror No. 2, who was apparently assep in his chair, w-as dead. The clerk of the court was calling he roll of the jurors, but when he eached Olenick's name, there was o response. He called the name a econd and a third time, but still here was no answer. Nearest the uror was Thomas Moore, an agent f the Gerry society, and Moore leand forward and touched the apparntly sleeping juror on the shoulder. Moore saw in a moment that the uror was dead. l}r. Frank McGuire. he Tombs prison physician, was hurledly sent for, but he said the man ad been dead several minutes. He ad been stricken with heart failure. PRETTY BOOK AGENT. A Miner Came Near Marrying Hie Own Sister. A dispatch from Englewood, S. D., ^ says Albert Jackson and MIbs Miuuio Burton discovered Just before the day set for their marriage that they were brother and sister, and they j have gone north to northern Minnesota to make a search for their mother, whom they have not seen since they were little children. Jackson is a miner and has been ^ in the Black Hills for several years. Miss Burton came to the hills six or ( seven months ago as a book agent. ( The young woman sold the young , miner some books. Jackson fell in ( lnv? with hpr nnrf a ft>w wpolrn u?n asked her to marry him. She con- , sented, and they set a day for the { nuptials. It came to light jut before the j date set for the wedding that Miss ( Burton's real name was Worthing- ( ton, and Jackson's real name was ( also Worthington. They had been , adopted when children, taken the ( names of their foster parents, and ( lost track of each other, neither even^ knowing the names of the other un- . til the developments which interrupt- , ed their wedding plans. SHOT Til KM BOTH. 1 The Murderous Act of a Jealous Young .Man. i As the result of a tragedy at Marion, N. C., which occurred in front of the First National Bank building, James Patterson was killed outright and Alfred Patterson, his brother, was picked up In the 9treet in a dying condition. The shooting was done by Graham Finley, a well-known young raun of Marion, and was over Miss Patterson a sister of the two men shot. Finley met Miss Patterson in company with Henry Moore, his rival, as the two were returning from church. He demanded that Moore surrender the girl to him and was met with a prompt refusal. A personal encounted ensued, and the girl's brothers, who were nlso returning from church with a party of ladles, appeared on the scene and took their sister's escort's part, whereupon Finley drew his revolver and killed one of them outright and mortally wounded the other. He was arrested. CHFRCH AT McOOLL BURNS. i\ewijr t/ompieieu i*apt?sc unurrn iu Mill Villuge Destroyed. The Eust Side Baptist Church in the mill village at McColl, was destroyed by fire one night last week. There had been a prayer service in the early part of the night and it is thought the fire originated from a defective Hue. This is a sad loss to the Baptists, who had just recently finished the church at a cost of about $2,000. Fortunately there was about $1,500 insurance on the building. This church was built through the efforts of Miss R. C. Carroll, who has , done a great work at McColl. Ira, mediately steps are being taken toward rebuilding the church. Fire at Ninety-Six. Ninety-Six was again visited by a very disastrous lire Thursday night. The alarm wus sounded about 2.30 o'clock, when it was discovered that J. C. Hutchison's store was on fire. The tlameB soon spread to the adjoining stores of Rev. A. J. Cauthen and Dr. W. H. Holland, together with i the Ninety-Six telephone exchange, the K. of P. Hall and fixtures. Dr. D. J. McAlhaney's dental office and fixtures. The T^ibor Law. Chief Justice Pope Thursday signed an order calling an en banc meeting of the circuit and supreme judges on January 16 to pass upon the constitutionality of the contract labor law Involved In the case of ex parte Holman. Some I'luin Talk. The News and Courier says "there is no question whatever that the improvement of tb? Edisto River should have the careful consideration of the River and Harbors Committee in Congress. Representatives Patter 1 son and Lever, of this State, are engaged in an effort to make this stream navigable for boats of very light draught from Charleston to Orangeburg. Last year, as Mr. Lever showed in his recent statement to the Rivers and Harbors Board of the War Department, 2,000 bales of cotton and 10,000 tons of fertilizers were sold in the city of Orangeburg. "Sixteen thousand bales of this cotton were shipped to Wilmington and all the rest, with the exception of 84 bales, which came to Charleston by some good fortune, went to Savannah. All of the cotton marketed at Orangeburg should have been sold and shipped through the port to Charleston. That it did not take this direction, as we have heretofore pointed out, was not on account of 1 the rates charged by the railroads . for the transportation of the cotton, r "As a matter of fact the rate to c Wilmington from Orangeburg was ' 30 cents the hundred pound, to Sa- f vannah 29 cents and to Charleston ^ I 25 cents. The advantage of rates en- ^ joyed by Charleston as compared 8 with Wilmington amounted to 25 1 cents the bale of five hundred pounds, r and of 20 cents the bale as compared 1 with Savannah. Something more than c the deepening of the Edisto River, ? evidently would be needed to draw < the cotton from Orangeburg to this c port, and that something must be ? supplied by the people at Charleston ? who arc engaged in the cotton busi- t ness," c 1 THE FIGHT GOES ON. Nsfranchised Democrats Will Contend for Their Rights to Ixercise Their Constitutional Perogative to Vote on All Questions Affecting Them and Their Property. The county board, in reporting its lading, stated that there was evilence of irregularities in the conluct of the election, such as voters selng allowed to vote at precincts where they were not registered and anuneu w voit? wnnoui proper ?roof of having paid taxes, but thai there were not enough of such irregularities to have changed the result of the election. The attorneyt for the disfranchised voters contend that the question of numbers does not enter into the matter at ull, and that the boxes in which such irreg ularities occurred should be throwr ?ut, thereby changing the result ma terially. The Orangeburg correspondent 01 The News and Courier points ou that under the Act governing th< formation of new counties it is pos sible to so run the lines of a pro posed new county that one votinf place can control the entire election In other words, every precinct bu one can be left out of th,e new terrl tory, while the people are included as the Act does not say anythinf about the manner in which the line: shall be run, and as is true in th< Calhoun matter, the new count; lines may be run without regard t< township lines or to the shape o either the old or new territory. Following are the motion and ap peal which will be argued before th< State board of canvassers: State of South Carolina, County o Orangeburg?In the Matter of thi Formation of the Proposed Count; of Calhoun. To Messrs. Bellinger & Welch, At torneys for Contestees, and J >hi S. Bowman, Jr., Esq., Chairmai of County Board of County Can vassers of Election. Please take notice that A. R. Par ler, A. C. Smith and S. J. Smith, fo themselves and all other similarl Interested, frwther protesting am contesting the validity of the sail election, will ask the State board o cenvassers to sustain the action am judgment of the county hoard o canvassers upon the followlm grounds, to-wlt. The county hoard of canvassershould have declared and adjudge the said election null and void fo the further reasons: 1. Because the said election wa nut octict, uut lutii me i m y u the ballot and voting was lost an destroyed because tickets in viola tion of the statutes in such cas made were furnished and used in th said election, and because the tick ets furnished and used could not b voted and used without disclosin how the elector voted In said elec tion. 2. Because the books of registrs tion were not opened in Cameror North. St. Matthews, Elloree an other towns in said county durin the year 1907, although said town contained over three hundred inhab: tunts, whereby numerous voters, wh were opposed to the proposed nei county, were thus prevented froi rgistering, or changing and correcl ing their registration as allowed b law, and voting In the said electio against the formation of the said nei county. 3. Because the statutes unde which the said new county electio was held (which deprives numerou voters residing within the area ci the proposed new county, their vol ing place having been cut wlthou such area, from voting upon th question of the formation of sue new county, although duly qualifie and registered electors) contraven Section 1 of the fourteenth amend ment of the Constitution of th united states, and are therefore voi and unconstitutional. 4. Because of rnnay illegalitie and irregularities, to-wlt: Allowin electors to vote without proof o payment of taxes, allowing elector to vote who were illegally registers allowing electors to vote when ills franchised by conviction of infam ous crimes, and others of like kind the box at St. Matthew's votinj place therein should have been whol ly rejected and thrown out, thus re ducing the vote in favor of the ne\ county by two hundred and twelv votes, and against tha new count; by two votes. 5. Because of many irregular! ties and illegalities in the vote nn< the voting at the voting places o Port Motte, Cameron, I,ono Star ant 3t. Matthews, to wit: Allowing eloc tors to vote without proof of th< payment of taxes, without beinj properly registered, after havinj >een disfranchised by conviction lot having paid taxes, residing with >ut the election precinct where thej roted, and the like, the vote in favoi he new county would be reducer intuit inriy votes. 6. Because the result was chang 'd or rendered very doubtful by rea ion of the following facts, to wit: electors were allowed to vote with>ut proper proof of payment, of taxes cere illegally registered, failed tc >ay taxes, had been convicted of disinalifying offenses, resided in elecion precincts other than the one ir. chich the vote was cast, prevented rom voting because while residing vithln the proposed county theii noting places were cut without such irea and not opened for such elecion, prevented from registering 01 :orrecticg their registration as alowed by law on account of the book! >f registration not having been open *d as provided by law, large numbei >f electors within the territory discouraged from voting on account oi 10 many being prevented from votin* ind registering, etc . and cmin'; >oard of canvassers shoub have ec leclded and held the election void - ?- - ' ft FOUR HORSES MtOVXSft. They Had a Death Struggle in the ' Icy Watws. The State says in the tawney flood of Hogaboo swamp, seven miles southwest of Columbia, a party in charge of a string of horses had an exciting adventure Wednesday night. The rains and snows of the last few days had poured a torrent into the streams feeding the Congaree and the river had overflowed the swamp 1 so rapidly that the party were not aware of their danger until they . were iu the grasp of an icy and death i laden stream. Aftor a harrowing t struggle in benumbing waters in the 1 darkness of midnight, the members of the party were saved. t The live stock was the property of . the Faulk livery stables, of which . Mr. John H. Faulk is manager. The ? horses, 13 in number, had been i uuuKui m augenurg, aiui were be 5 ing carried to Columbia by Jahn I Medliu. assisted by Ferney Owent - and another boy. The road fron 1 Orangeburg follows the Cougurc* - river up to Brook land. where th< crossing Is made on a bridge. r The placo at which the crossini t was attempted was formerly passa ? ble by means of a bridge. But th< - bridge must, have been washed awa> - or the swamp had been flooded bj ? the recent rains for as soon as thf ; horses entered the water, which was t under normal conditions, very shal - low they did not find bottom. There . were two two-horse wagons and onr it to the scene. The horse attached tc R not be cut loose and they were 3 drowned, tho bodies being found lat f er in the day when Mr. Faulk wen' 3 to the scene. The horse attacked tc f the buggy was cut loose and thit one and one of the remaining horses - which were not attacked to any ve? hides have not yet been found. Medliu and the small boy along f came very near being drowned when e the accident occurred in their efforts y to suv the horses. Medling caught one of the horses by the bridal and - was by this means saved from it drowning. It required some time to it Tevive him after he had been taken - from the water. The small boy caught hold of one of the horses In the water and swam ashore on Its r back. The boy, as soon as he came >' out of the water, commenced to il scream at the top of his voice and d this attracted nearby persons. These f crme to the assistance of the parties d a"d fires were built and all possible f nil was given them. They assisted in K resuscitating Medlin and made an effort to find some of the lost liorsas. I 9 (] Wants tlio Old Vets. r At a meeting of the Confederals Veterans and Sons of Veterans of ? Ireenvllle Thursday night an invi111 I inn WHO ortfiniliwl Xa i v. - f--1 .. ..u vawuuvu iv? tun \jUUiru( erato Veterans of the State to hold L~ their next annual reunion in that ? city, e e for these reasons also, g 7. The county board of canvassers erred, after finding us a fact that there were irregularities such as voti ing outside of the right precinct and i. without proper proof of the payment d of taxes, in not going further and g holding as matter of law that voting s outside of the right precinct and I- voting without proper proof of payo inent of taxes are fatal violations of k the Constitution of South Curollna a and render the entire election void t- and illegal. y Wherefore the contestants pray n the said election be declared void iv and illegal for these reasons as well, and that otherwise the action and r Judgment of the county board be susn taiued and confirmed, s D. O. Herbert, j f W. C. Wolfe, Attorneys for Contestants, t ? $15 DOLLARS SAVKD TO ORGAN h CUSTOMERS For Next 40 Duys. d We will sell our excellent $80 Orp gans at only $05. Our $90 Organs for only $75. Special Terms: One? third now, one-third Nov. 1908, balance Nov. 1909. If interested, clip this ad, and enclose it with your lets ter, asking for catalog and price list. p If you want the best organ on earth, don t delay, but write us at once and | s save $15 and make home harinonious. Address: MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. Pianos and " Organs. i I, - \ THE ONLI v in Columbia, South Carolina, maki n thing in the Machinery Supply LI y | Write ua for prices before plac COLUMBIA SUPPLY < - [ On corner opposite Seaboard Air i I i' ; I LOOK FOR THE It means (hat we are inanufacti and sales agents for complete 1' Plants, in steam or gasoline, S ary and Portable Boilers, F Edgers Planers, Shingle, and Com Mills and aay 1 chinery. Our stock prices are right and anteed. . Write fo /i 0 WikffitW and Sucreaain.) I i-MILirWlv^^ tuce. JQ<| large type Caullf.owi . bnt icowert in ihe world. We CahmiS!^ atock (or 20 yearn, and it in vafe to v fattiyo# tunable. Thry have aucceavfully afoc I ? M drouth and are relied on by the mial proi L*# South. We guarantee full count and ult a feV, PRICES: Cabbage and Lettuce (. o. h. Youi r t>ft thousand; J to 9.M0 at SI B per thouaa \jB Cauliflower, 1AM per thotiuaod. quantities in Write your name and rxprea* o W w. R. HART. ENReferente? Enterprise Bank. Charleato ' v ?. ?7- ' 1 ? 4K3 M ANOTHER COTTON PICKER Mr. ilnrvin, of Manning, Secures l'utcut on New Machine. Mr. C. K. Harvin. of Manning, S. C., has invented and patented a cot* ton picking machine which gives eu- J couragiiu; promise of doing the work 1 for which it is designed The whole apparatus is to bo carried on a specially designed four-wheel truck and drawn by horse power along tho cot ton rows. The principle on which the machine works is something like that of the familiar suction flue at the modern ginneries. A gasoline engine on the forward part of the truck furnishes the power to run a pair of twin fans that do the suction work, while connected with the fans are four or more flexible tubes, or hose, tliut may be guided i-long the rows of open cotton by unskilled labor. The force of th< suction will draw up the flues all well opened cotton, while a special device will pick out open cotton that docs not come freely from the boll. Mr. Marvin has not made a complete machine, according to his design. but be has rigged up on an ordinary farm wagon an outfit that lemoustrates his idea to bo practicable. Being necessarily engaged in ither business, Mr. Harviu has had lttle time to devote to his important Invention, but he hopes soon to organize a stock company with sufli-dent capital to push the matter in a manner that, its importance deserves. We hope this machine will prove a success. There Is nothing that is so much needed on the farm as a good machine to pick cotton. Labor on lie farms is so trifling that unless ;ome machine is invented to pick ' otton i s cultivation \\ ill be greatly curt: iled. It will effect si great saving too in the gatheriir; of the cotton crop. Success to you, Mr. Marvin. I'ltl YAT10 BAN KK.ItS Should lie in .Jail Says Attorney(a'cncral Jackson. "I have never met, in a like period. so many men who ought to be in jail, as in my recent investigation of the affairs of banks that got into difficulties in the recent panic," said Attoruev C.eneral Jackson, of New York, in addressing the annual dinner o! the Brownsville board of trade, in Brooklyn, Thursday evening. Comptroller Metz, Bird S. Coier, and Senator McCurren were among the 2o<> Brooklyn business men who heard him. "The lawless methods of those pirate bankers," Mr. Jackson continued, "through deliberate and flagrant violations of the trust reposed in them by depositors, the reckless use of other men's money for the promotion of their own speculations, constitute a chapter in the history of high finance in this city which properly can be conpared only to the upt'i ii 111>us or me i ween ring, or me Traction gang, und which throws a great light upon tho question as to \* who is responsible for tho financial pauic of 1907." NEW TlWKIi OPEN. The First Train Huns Uuder K?il Hivcr. The first passenger train passed througli the new tunnel under the East river, between Manhattan and Brooklyn, shortly before one o'clock Wednesday morning. Starting from the Bowling Green station, on the Manhattan side of the river, it reached the Borough Hall station in about six minutes. With the starting back of the train, the regular interhorough service was put into operation. It was possible to accommodate only a small part of the enthusiastic Brooklyn crowd that came across the river to ride in the first, train. Other trains, however, followed in quick succession, hut as these ran from the Bronx to Brooklyn, the overflow in the Bowling Green station still had to wait. Theso trains were packed with Brooklynites. Many Idle Men. The committee of the Central Federated Union which is investigating the laying off of men by thu national. State and city authorities, reports that there are ut present ? 1 111! AAA n...n ,. > ?n.,.1n,.n,ont It. W I 1 VViVvV IIIUII u U X, Ul UUi|/IU> UlUllt in iNew York city alone. II r HOUSE I ng a specialty of handling every- ( ne. :lng order elsewhere. X>., Columbia, S. O. Line Passenger Station. LTRADEMARK arera our goods guar: : Box 80, Colombia, R. C. have worked diligently ort ..or ^ I. ^ r ly Ibal to J iv they are the he.st ob- .J.AklV >d the mo-1 severe tents of cold and Aftlbr^f ntnent t weraof every section of the I irrivil of ill good* shipped by express % J ig's Wind. AM for $100. I to A,000 .it (I S? nd; 10.MO and over at II.M per thousand, proportion, Mice plainly and mail ortfeo to H I tK PRISE. S. C. n.S. C.; Postmaster, Enterprise, S. C. I