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m ^ Kfti THE MOSQUITO. 1 \ OVROEON GEN. WYMAN GIVES SOME TIMELY ADVICE. Hays Brewllng of MoeqnRoes Can br by a Few Simple Piecautions. The Washington correspond jnt of the News and Courier says: iurgeon General Wyman, of the pu' .lc health and marine hospital ser ice, is giving some tltnely advb- in this week's bulletin of the - . vice on the subject of ..eveneion and destruc.?u ui the mosquito. He considers this one of the most important matter? that could come before the people of the country at this time, and urgently begs them to heed his advice. The habit of the mosquito in feeding on the blood of man and other animate, the Surgeon General ways, the irritating character of Its bite and the more or less vague suspicion that it is connected In some way with the propagaton of disease have always given the mosquito a certain and economic significance. But the demonstration of recent years of the essential part played by this Insect in the propagation of Qlariasis, (elephantiasis, > malaria, yellow feter and dengue?diseases which annually cause much human suffering and many deaths and, incidentally, an economic loss appalling to contemplate?has given great economic and sanitary importance to the problem of its extermination. The chief of the mosquito tribe, and? really the bad fellow of the hunch. is the stegomyla calopus? the 'fellow fever breeder?and he is not only to be avoided but slain without compunction. There are other varieties, all of them bad, of course, but that just mentioned Is the worst of all, and usually where it is found trouble of a serious nature Is to be looked for. The adult insect may be carried to considerable distance by wiuds, but on its own wings it does not ordinarily travel outside of a radius of half a mile from its breeding place. This means that the destruction of all breeding places within this radius of a habitation will practically rid it of all but those mosquitoes which filter in or are brought in by the winds from more or less distant marshes. The 'wiggletail" is the larvae of th? mosquito in the pupal stage. They never breed in damp grass, weeds or bushes, as has been popularly supposed, hut only hide In them during the day. They delight to live in old tin cans, bottles and broken crockery, and in the garbage heap; In bucketH, tubs, barrels, cis vviuo aim vruiltJ, 111 IlUWer POIS BlKl sagging roof gutters; in street and roadside puddles; in ditches. cesspools and sewers. As long as people will continue to have these convenient lodging places near them. Just so long will the mosquito he found. The mosquito is something of an epicure. While its general food consists of vegetable juices, unfortunately the female in many cases has developed A taste for human blood, and indeed a feed of humun blood has hecotlie indispensable to some of these for the full development of their eggs. After the female has obtained her feed of blood she soon ?from a day or two to a week or ten days?seek a suitable breeding place; her& she deposits a variable number of eggs, which, depending upon the species, either float separately upon their sides or up-ended and adhering together In Irregular raftlike masses. In a day or two one may look for the "wiggletail." The real work of extermination should then begin if nothing has previously been done, for the "wiggletail" developes rapidly and In a short time the genuine mosquito Is on hand. Htrlpped of all technicalities, Gen. wyman has made plain Just how every person may exterminate the mosquito, or at least help to do so. Natural collections of water which do or may serve as breeding places should be drained. Where cisterns or tanks are used they should be provided with covers and they should be inspected frequently to see, if wood, that seams are not opened up and cracks formed. Cesspools and vaults should be done away with by providing dry earth closets or a sewerage' system. But above all, premises should be kept clean of old bottles, old buckets and anything that will hold the next rainfall. More may be effectively done to make the home clean and healthful by this meads than perhaps any other. Then when old bottles, tubs and buckets are collected, do not carelessly throw them over the fence into the next lot. but have them hauled off and Bee to it that they are burned. In that way alone will effective work be done," says Oen. Wyman. "There are many other ways that an effective crusade may be waged against the mosquito, but the first work must begin at home. The time is now approaching when every precaution possible should be taken to Bee that mosquitoes not only do not thrive, but are not even allowed to get into the "wlaorlefiin" stage. "Begin work now," Gen. Wyinan Bay*, "and don't atop working." Tuberculosis From Knife Wound. A dispatch from Spartanburg, says D. Leonard, aged 14 years, the sou of Dr. A.D. I^eonard. who was drowned in a pond at Tucapu several weeks ?go, died Tuesday at the home of his mother, at Reidville. as the result of a knife wound on his knee inflicted eight months ago. Tho lad accidentally cut himself while handling a knife and tuberculosis developed, causing his death. ___ Cruiser Montana Commissioned. The cruiser Montana has been commisroned at Norfolk, Va, ^ \ f MIND BLANK FOR EIGHT DAYS. Resident of Savannah Has a Strange Experience. While relatives believed him wandering about the country between Macon and Atlanta, and on his way to the latter place, Dan Cannon, whose disappearances during the last ten days have attracted considerable attention, was walking to Savannah and showed up at home Tuesday. He declares that for eight days his mind has been a blank. Yet in that time he rode from Savannah to Ciaxton on his daughter's bicycle, told strange stories of his plan to ride until he should be west or the Mississippi River and finally disposed of the wheel when a chance came for a ride to Macon on a freight train. ill m ui>uu mn iiiiiiii Diiuuviii.y iv? sumed Its normal condition und, leaving friends who had cared for him without a word of good-bye, he started to walk to Savannah. Part of the journey he made afoot. He was in several hard rains rnd his more than 50 years, coupled wkh the exposure and unusual exertion, have left him very ill. The story he tells is that, while suffering from a sunstroke, he made the Journey on his bicycle and freight trains to Macon, taking eight days to make the trip. During that time, he declares, he performed no action consciously. A relative went to Macon to search for him, but passed him on the road. A physician is in constant attendance upon him in an effort to keep his mind clear. The moments when he is going to sleep and waking are especially carefully watched. KILLING AT WILLI AMKTON. Drunken Livery Stable Keeper Shoots Negro to Death. A dispatch from Williamstcn. Tuesday says Will Suber, colored, is dead, and Deveau French, white, is in jail charged with murder, a result of French's drunkenness. French shot Suber at the former's livery stables Saturday, apparently without provocation, and the negro died Sunday afternoon. From the information that can be gathered at this time, It seems that the negro, who worked for Simpson & Martin, nearby liverymen, was passing French's stables, when French, who was drunk, called him across the street to where he (French) was. In a very brief moment French shot thrPO tlniOR Jinrl thn nocrn (vrnnnlnH him and took his pistol. But one bullet had entered the negro's abdomen, mortally wounding him. French belongs to a prominent Anderson family. He is married and has two children. The negro, Suber, has always borne an excellent reputation and no cause is known for the tragedy. TALKS INTO PHONOGRAPH. Bryan .Adopts Novel Method for Spreading His Political Views. Most of last Tuesday was spent by Mr. llryan at his homo in Falrview, Neb., In delivering short speeches on the Issues of the campaign into a phonograph. Previously he made similar speeches on the records of a competing con arm. The intention is to give the speeches wide distribution throughout the country. Of his own volition Mr. Bryan announced that he had received $5 00 from each of the two concerns as compensation for his work. When confronted with the suggestion by a newspaper man that he had accepted money from corporations. and thereby had ncted contrary to the declared policy of the Democratic party, Mr. Bry. n stated that the whole proposition was a com ..i.iuai uiir,- ?t mi i nhi ne very properly could accept pay for his labors. The remittances were not retained by him. but he turned them over to the State and county Democratic committees respectively as a personal contribution. "RKV." WH1TAKKH (X)NVI(TKI). Found Cuilty of Using Mails for Frudulent Purposes. I In the United States Circuit Court at Asheville, N. C., Tuesday Judge Newman presiding, the "Rev." Wm. C. Whitaker was found guilty of using the United States mails for fradulent purposes. The accused rns found guilty on all six counts on which he was Indicted next day. Whitaker was arrested in Dayton. Ohio, last February at the instance of the postal authorities. Whitaker claimed that there existed In the Rank of Kngland a fund of $2OO,ft0ft.ono. which was the lawful property of the heirs of the Whitaker family, and is alleged to have collected various sums from the "heirs" in all sections of the United States. One lly One They <io. One of the old superstitions have to go. The latest one to go down is the old notion that whiskey is good for snake bites. AH physicians have iiMiB ruuwii mm mere was no basis for this belief and now comes the "Reptile Book," written by the curator of reptiles in the New York Zoological Park, which settles that question definitely. The author of this book who is an authority on the subject, pronounces the whiskey cure for snake-bite one of the numerous "vulgar common errors" concerning serpents. He declares that so far from curing, large doses of Intoxicants aggravate the malady and help the poison to circulate more rapidly. It is nlso a stupid notion to suppose that any amount of liquor may be drank by a snake-bitten man without making him drunk* IT. S. Balloon Tests Postponed. The Government balloon tests at Port Omaha. Neb., have been postponed until fall and possibly until next spring. ^ % DEAD MAN AT DOOR. ody of Negro Remained I'pright for Several Hours. The Savannah News says opening ie door of his home at midnight aturday Stephen Williams, colored, >oked into the dead face of Baker ooker, a nergo man who died as he nocked at the door for admittance nd remained standing almost ud MHaMaMMMMHMMMMHM SWINDLERS CAUGHT ~ B QUICK WORK OF DETECTIVES BROKEN WALL STREET GANG. tl S lc B Four Are Awaiting Trial and Four k Have Fled?Individuals and Cor- ? IN>rntions Forced Into Bankruptcy. e Three months ago Lieut. Benard B McConville, of the Detective bureau n of the police force of New York city, ? started out to clean up a band of t' alleged noted swindlers,who had been c operating extensively in the "Wall t street district. Tho net result of r his lat>or to date is: t Convicted and sentenced to state's j prison: John Joseph Campbell, Maj. j James N*. Whelpley, Regulus Shlppey and Charles Barry, alias Bary. t Arrested and awaiting trial: John f r.nn>1l(?.h XT' v.....u.uvu, u. i-jii tun i rauiwein, j, Krank C. Helm and Michael Jacobs. ( Fugitive from Justice: Charles r Gardner and three others whose j names are withheld from publication a at the request of the district atorney. ( In addition the investigation has brought to light crooked note tran- f sections that have covered a period j of three years and involved $1,000,- f 000. Several of the individuals j and corporations have been driven ^ into bankruptcy, and an endless ( chain of litigations has resulted. ( McCon\llle began his crusade by 8 the arrest of John J. Campbell, a t former member of John J. Rockefeller. Jr.'s Sunday school class. He was charged with the theft of $3,000 in notes fro'm the Delhi Silk | company. He admitted the crime and confessed he had taken part in a scheme to float $150,000 worth of notes of the Sherman &Co., cutlery < dealers, of Keyport, N. J. Campbell < involved in his confession Maj. J | X. Whelpley, an ex-convict with a < long police record. Whelpley, un- t der various aliases, had represented j himself as one of the executors of i an estate that had money to loan on notes. He would get possession of ( the notes, turn them over to his con- ? federates, who would discount them i and divide the proceeds. Then s Whelpley would change his alias. The , holders would seek and sue the makers and perhaps be forced into bank- i ruptcy. i Gundlach and Shippey were ar- s rested for swindling $12,000 worth , of notes belonging to Alfred Visch- ^ er & Co., manufacturers. When ar- < rested Gunlach said he had given , the notes to Shippey, who said he \ hrd turned them over to Jacobs and , he said Helm was their possessor. ( All were held. Barry was convicted ( of a joint steal with Gunlach in j which $108,000 were secured from Sherman & Co., through false representations. Trautwein is accused of stealing $100,000 in notes issued by the Hopper- dorgnn company, of Watertown, N. Y., liy "trick and device." Both the last two companies named were hard pressed on account of their losses and litigations are still pending us a result. Gardner, who is a fugitive from justice. < is an ex-convict and is implicated 1 in several crooked note deals. The * successful prosecutions of the mem- 1 hers of the gang thus far put on I trial have been conducted by Assist ant District Attorney Kindebeftger 1 and Appleton, who have been highly i commended by Mr. Jerome. IK?tec- * live "Hat" Nelson is an assistant in ' the case. < ? STALVEY IN TROUBLE AGAIN. t c The Alleged Digamist Accused of t C Tampering With the Mails. ] A dispatch from Aiken to The News ^ and Courier says "George M. Stalvcy, ^ the alleged bigamist, who is now t out on bond for his appearance in q Aiken on the charge of bigamy, pre- n ferred by a woman claiming to be his first wife, is again in the limelight. | it is now charged that he has been tampering with the mails. It appears that counsel for Mrs. Stalvey No. 1 has been corresponding with ^ her in Atlanta, and that a number of s letters were written and no replies ^ received. ^ "This aroused some suspicion and inquiry was made at the Atlanta postofllce, where it was learned ai that her letters had been given to I Stalvey. The letters were all addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth Stalvey. .lot Mrs. George M. Stalvey, so there c< seems to I mnn nr. ?.r.....~.. t !?' - ? ..vv.i taw icanuu IUI ? him thinking that they might have n' been intended for No. 2. It is re- P1 ported that a warrant has been issued for his arrest on the latter charge. A hearing has been set for the dls- h' jmsal of the matter of the mnoey Stalvey lu.d deposited in an Atlanta n hank, which was attached by Mrs. ^ Stalvey No. 1. Stalvey, it is stated has secured counsel to look after his ra interests in this matter. The hearing was first set for July 4, hut it r* is said that Stalvey did not appear tl and it was postponed. It ol M1SSINCJ CJIHIi FOl'XI). '?< al Cliarlotte Young Lady Discovered at w P Columbia I nion Depot. ]v Miss Mattie Havls, the Charlotte j" girl who has been missing for sever- ^ al days and sought for all over the section between Columbia and Char- e( lotto, was Monday, afternoon found ()( at the union station at Columbia by ,| Chief of Police Cathcart and Mr. A. tl E. Cohen, of Charlotte, brother-in- |)( law of Miss Mavis. When she was ,.j met by the officer and her kinsman o( Miss Havls went with Mr. Cohen to ()] a hotel in the city and they left to- ni gethcr for their home in Charlotte. n P1 Young Man Drowned. Joe Herring, a young white man ai of Latta, was drowned Sunday after- w noon and three of his companion.* tl had narrow escapes while in swim- tc ming near that plaoe. Although a' m good swimmer, Herring was drownc# m la water shoulder deep. ' ol Ight to greet the man who answerd his knock. William lives at Meinhard station, le was awakened during Saturday ight and went to the door. A man n the outside asked for admission, ut was refused. Williams believing he man drunk. The knocking eased for a while and Williams reurned to his bed. Afterwards it was encwed and Williams went a^ain to he door.opencd it and saws a tnauap>arently leaning against the door amb. He received no answer to quesions and a closer look into the man's ace showed he was dead. The ne;ro remained at Williams' door unit late Sunday morning, when Coroler Stanley was notified and went to iteinbard. A jury was impanelled ind an inquest held. It was decided hat Booker died from dropsey. Booker is supposed to have walked rora his home in South Carolina, ie was about 4 0 years of age. It s believed He knew death was ap iroaching and tried to get help when le knocked at Williams' door Coroner Stanley stated that Booker :ould hardly have been saved had i physician reached him at that lme. * 1 > 11; I > FROM llYI>ROI>HOBIA. Dreadful Malady Causes Death of a Girl in Brooklyn. Hydrophobia has caused the death >f Florence Klrkman. the slx-yearjld daughter of Ralph Kirkman. Brooklyn. For hours before the :hild was removed from her home 0 a hospital her cries could be heard ill over the neighborhood where she ived. Six weeks ago the child wa3 biten la the hand by a mongrel dog. She was playing in the streets at the time, tossing a ball into the nir. As sho stooped to pick up the ball, the log ran at her and bit her. The girl s mother took her to a learby druugist who cauterized the wound. The wound seemed to heal ind nothing was thought of the incident until about two weeks ago when the girl began to have spells M dizziness. Mr. Kirkman called in 1 physician but he thought the dog's lilte had nothing to do with the child's Illness. Then the child had >ue convulsion after another. The ioctor advised her removal to a hospital. Campaign Lie Xailcd. The following from a North Carolina editor was received at Fairview: "Tom Watson quotes you as saying you would never vote for a Confederate veteran. . Does this misrepresent you?" In reply Mr. Bryan telegraphed L? 1 * .itai. u?- iiiiu never made any such itatement; that he had voted for a Confederate veteran for speaker of the house of representatives on hroe occasions; that he voted for Iposker Crisp twice on roll calls, lrst in the Fifty-second Congress and igain in the Fifty-third congress, tnd voted in caucus for him in the ?lfty-thlrd congress; he recommend'd an ex-Confederate for postmaster it Lincoln, and while In congress enertnined tho best relations with the ix-Confederates. In addition to his, Mr. Bryan voted for Senator lockrell of Missouri, a Confederate Irlgadier, as the Democratic Presilential candidate in the Democratic National convention of 1904. Mr. Vatson will have to make his asserion good or admit that he has been lullty of putting into circulation a aean campaign lie. Cerent Billing of the Post Office Authorities. The Yorkville Enquirer gave a u11 write-up of the meeting of the tate Press Association at Gaffney. 'hlrd Assistant Post-Master General i. A. Lawshe made an address heme the Association, explaining this uling. The Enquirer quotes him s follows: Mr. A. L. Lawshe, third Assistant ost-master general, in his address i the editors, said he was once a ninty newspaper editor and he said n loved the newspaper business and ewspaper men and wanted to imress upon the editors that the memfirs of the postofflce department, binding himself, did not have any orns. His address was peculiarly iteresting in views of the recent 11liiK of the itostofflrc department tat. newspapers must lie paid for sfore they will ho admlted to the tail, as serond class metier He (plained clearly and forcibly the ason and necessity on the part of le department for the ruling and s real advantage to the publishers r legitimate newspapers. It had een found out that some of the buses of the second class privilege as by persons having 110 legitimate nhlication but using the mail simp' for advertising purposes whoclalm1 100,000 circulation, but had less tan thre per cent of that number, [r. Law-she said he thought the leglmate subscriber was one who want1 a paper and showed that he wantI It by paying for it. He believed lat. editors would agree withhim tat In Its ruling the department was at only legally but was morally ght, and he believed the wisdom f the ruling had been justified not aly by the results to the governient, hut especially by its beneficial ?sults to the legitimate newspaper ublisher whom it protected. Mr. awshe's address was clear, forceful nd instructive and he was heard ith close attention by members of le association. He urged the edi>rs to co-operate with the departicnt in its efforts to protect the lails and to advance the .'uterestsj ! the legitimate newspaper. ' CONDEMN THE CZART[ i MEMBERS OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT CRITICISE THE KING. , i They Declare His Visit to Russian ' Ruler Was Oot of I'lace?Trying to Obtain Accurate News. Radical members of the Rritish parliament are arranging to obtain and circulate news about Russian oppression to arouse feeling throughout the civilized world against the wholesale butchery of innocent men and women now l>eing cat led on under Stolypin's rule, with the sanction of the Czar. Other members of parliament are loud in their censure of the visif of King Edward to the Russian ruler at Reveal recently. They declare their belief in Tolstoi's recent indictment of the Czar, charging blood guiltiness. William Watson has recently published in the Liberal press an article in which he vehemently contends the whole effect of Tolstoi's letter is to show that the criminality of the Russian bureaucracy reaches its culmination in the person of the Czar himself, who is the apex of the Russian system. "That potentate," charges Mr. Watson, "is the arch-murder ?nd supreme torturer. The bloody barbarity gradually ascends from the lowest hangman, step by step in degree of infamy, until seen in all its perfection of wickedness on the imperial throne. The whole newspaper press of this country expressed only a few days ago its entire satisfaction with the visit of the king to this unequaled miscreant, this murderer, torturer and ruffian, without a living peer iniquity." * FIGHT OVER RELIGION. Two Women of Greenville Disagree Over Religious Matters. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says that before Magistrate Stradley Thursday was heard an unusual case in which Mrs. .lane Chapman of Samnsou village ....? .... der a >200 pearc bond. Mrs. Chapman made an assault upon the "person and fare" of Mrs. Jones of the same villuge, the fight having occurred in consequence of a disagreement over religious matters. Hoth of the parties, it appears, are of the Holiness sect and previous to the disturbance they had attended services together. In summer these Holiness services are held in a tent on Park place, and for the past three nights all-night services have been held and prayers have been offered for the city of Greenville, that it may be saved from destruction. One of the preachers of this cult is a believer in the "gift of tongues" and In the course of a sermon Sunday night he told some remarkable Incidents of the descending of thiR "gift" upon men. He declared that in a Georgia town at. a meeting last summer a farmer was converted and became sanctified, and that he immediately began speaking In an unknown tongue, which afterwards turned out to be Chinese, and the man was sent as a missionary to China, walking to a seaport town and there embarking without money for the Orient. Upon his arrival he was puzzled to find himself conversant with the people's manners and customs and could speak the language fluently. His advent so impressed the people, according to the preacher's statement, that the Chinese received him as a prophet and immediately made him their counsellor. This story was told just as it is given and was given by the Holiness preacher as an illustration of what may be accomplished by sanctitlcation. The "gift of tongues' lias descend led upon several and In the congregation now and then one may hear strange mutterings which are meaningless to the uninitiated, hut which seem to he a source of never failing comfort to the devotees of this strangest of all cults. * Shot While Fleeing. At Winston-Salem. N. C. Edward i Scott, serving two years for forgery, tried to escape from the chningang Tuesday and was fired upon by the i guards His body was literally rid- ! died with buckshot. It is said he can not live. Chinaman Endows a Church Through the murder of Lee Chit in the Chinese quarters of Phladelphia it has become public that he provided In his will for funds to erect a Chinese Baptist church, the first. Chinese Christian church in the United States. ( lass in Stomach for Eight Years. An autopsy over the remains of Norman Garrison. of Salem. Pa., revealed that he had carried a piece of glass in his stomach for the past eight years. His stomach had given him constant pain. * Quits Race After Accident. Col. 11. G. Catrow. Republican candidate for Congress from the Third district of Ohio, has announced his withdrawal from the race liecause his automobile struck and killed Eugene Sullivan in Dayton, O. * Ilarge and Towboat Bombarded. A barge was dynamited and over 100 shote were fired into a big towboat. at Caseyville, Ky., last week, where the Western Kentucky Coai company operates open-shop mines. Two Killed by Escaping Gas. Whie fiponln" a on a bathhouse roof, at Port Huron, Mich., last week, Charles Thorton was killed by gas. as was George Moore, who tried to rescue him. * / COXKE88 TO MURDER. , tu|(iist Kberhnrd Says lie Klllnl His Aunt to Oct Money. J Drawn hack to the scene of hts :rinie by a force he could not resist, \ugust Eberhard, self-confessed murderer of his aunt, Mrs. Otillie Eh- ' erhard. a Viennese widow whom ho lured to a lonely spot in New Jersey | a few days ago and shot to death.! was captured near Paterson, N. J., I Thursday and is now a prisoner in nai-Kt'nsacK jail. What interested the authorities most in the confession Eherhard made to them was the reason lie gave for committing the crime. Eherhard said that he was in love with a New York girl and that he needed money to marry her; so. knowing that his aunt had $2,500, he plotted to kill her and steal the money. Ehcrhard says he also intended to kill his pretty cousin. Otillie Elierhard. to whom he was engaged, so that nothing would stand in the way of his marriage to the New York girl. The police have the name of the girl mentioned by Eherhard and she will be brought to Haekensack to tell what she knows of the murder. Hollow-eyed, cheeks drawn, and with a look of a hunted animal on his face. Eherhard was found lying on the lawn of a residence just outside of Peterson. An important point in the confession was the statement by Eherhard that he had an accomplice in th?' murder plot. He said, however, that his accomplice had no part in the killing of Mrs. Eherhard. This man. who was one of Eberhard's friends, has tied to the West, and the police are looking for him. They have his name. Eherhard told the police that no had planned the murder two months ago. He also gave the details of the crime. CHI 1.11 KlMiKh IIY MCallTXIXG. Several Other Members of Spartanburg County Family Shocked. The 8-year-old daughter of W. C. Turner, a farmer residing in Spartanburg county, near Arkwriglit, was ins-tnntly killed by lightning late Wednesday afternoon. The holt stunned several members of the family and set fire to the house. Mr. Turner's efforts extinguished tin ttames. * The less money a man makes tlu more he has?if lie isn't married. CLASSIFIED COLUMN WANTKI). WANTFD?Pine logs bought foi cash. For particulars address Humler Lumber Co., Sumter, S. f \VANTKI> Clerks, cotton buyers farmers, warehousemen and otlr ers to learn grading and classifying cotton in our sample rooms or through correspondence course Thirty day scholarship complete* you. .American Cotton College Milledgevllle, da. * K(i(iS KtUt FALL CHICKS.? ? * S. C. Hrown Leghorn and Mar- * * red Plymouth Hock $1.00 per * * setting of 15. Fine range, pure 1 * stock, healthy birds. * Illythewood Poultry Yards, * S. II. Mcllicliamp, .Mgr. 4 * Itlythcuood, S. C. * PIANO AM) OKCAN If you are interested in the purchase of a PIANO or an OiMiAX, we want, to sell you one. I Don't think you must go to some mail order nouse to buy a low priced piano or organ; nor outside of South Carolina to get the best piano or organ. We have a great variety of grades, and all styles, at prices which cannot fail to interest you We are manufacturers factory re presentatives for several of the largest and most famous makers of pianos and organs. We take old instruments in exchange and make most liberal terms of payment to those who wish to buy on time. No house <|un1it.v of pianos and organs considered?can undersell us. Twenty-four years of .1 ,...11.. ? !-- I.a ? " * l?ll III nuns III V 'MI III Kill .1 1111 IIUIMIKIIutit South Carolina is our reference and guarantee. Write us at once for catalog price and terms. | Maloiie's Music Mouse, Columbia, S.<'. I'iauo* and Organs. Don't Experiment u W Use the old reli- U able roofing that Tr.4. m?o k? has been the stand- | ard for 16 years. I COLUMBIA SUPPLY NEXT WEEK WATCH THIS SP. ^ mm I m Jf sbll** IF IT'S GIBBE 37500 Square Feet Flo Pomps, Packing, Pa1! Pipe, Fillings, V; . . . WHITE FOR IR| Southern States COLUM E SALES DECREASED? V 2>ITOK WKST'S KIGl'KKS ON j 1 >1 SI*KN SA KY SALES. Sli'cs and Profits From Twenty-four ' t onnties. Scvt'iitiTn in the State .\ii? Dry. | Mr. \V H. West, the state dispenj sin y auditor completed Wednesday ,11! *t his statement of the sales, 1 l> '-akhge and net profit of t.io disi I e isaries during the quarter, April. : \1 v and June. The statement shows i .. .....?.i.-i ? ncnn lanir uith-hSU 111 1 11(3 COIIsutnption of intoxicants, as conipnrc1 itli that of the preceding quarter tin figures being as follows: Sales. ' it.. Keh March.. . . $970,964.0 1 Aeril. May, June.. .. 777,-'1)6.ill Decrease $1 92.662.67 In the items of net profit there is a corresponding decrease: k'rolit. I Jan. Fel>. March $268,9 I IPS I April, May, June 180,422.24 Decrease $ 88,519.64 These figures are from the 96 dispensaries in the 21 dispensary count es. ' Of the dispensary counties, hvo have more than five dispensaries e h. these being Aiken, with six, ! Hni nwell with ten. Charleston with to iteeu, Orangeburg with seven and It bland with ten. The report does not Rive the flg os liy individual dispensaries, he,n;? compiled hy county totals, luit > A ill lie noted tliat since Augusta v at dry hy legislative enactment. 1 the Aiken county dispensaries, par .ilarly th.it tit North Augusta. It -ve been doing much better business : V.e figures in the report which rei'ei to Aiken county are as follows: Sales. $65,219.60: breakage $5 19,">; net profit, $14.2 10.79. With these compare the figures f> Itarnwell. which litis four more Idi pensaries. Sales, $22,605 4??: breakage $166.| net profit $6.22S.67. Muring the quarter Charleston inty's fourteen dispensaries sold > teds to the extent of $ 1 .">2.522.72 ; ' uing a net profit thereon of $2<>,2 ' 2.29. * Richland's ten dispensaries sold 18,094.85 worth; earning profits '".regaling $27,050.02 The report, which is of consider>'e length, but ver.v clear and " filly intelligible, cues (III to give ' sales. breakage and not profit by th > counties through the whole list, will lie noted that tin* ratio of fit to sales in not regular. This r edition arises front the fact that . ie selling price of the goods is ti\ by the several e.ount\ hoards and ie of them collect a larger per ''outage of profits than others. * Tnft and Coolie IjjiImii*. The Coluiuha State says: "Mr. osevelt has already had to rush > the support of his nominee. It ems that the war department had , < ntrncted ff?r khaki from Itritbh i'.nis that emplo\ Chinese coolie la '? This was a peril, indeed, to > ' > Taft, whose record on labor inat 'e:*v is already a sore trouble to him; i 'i.it be did not nave the nerve or, "hahly the right to cancel the coiii !' ( s. and retired from ofllcc leaving ' (> khaki contracts in the hands of " ti firms employing coolie labor. " 't the American khaki makers got vc v busy and have b? "n after tlio administration tooth and nail, shovel and tongs. "Of course alien contracts and cootie labor were ugly (hi t'ts to go into a campaign with, an* Mr. Roosevelt without regard to whether or not he lias the right to cs i el the contracts has ordered them violated. He may, however have to gi\e part of the work to the coolie employing foreign firm. Tile American manufacturer and the Amcri< ;*it laborer will In* beard from on this subject, often and loud. Mmveitir Hunters Steal IIiihi/i1. Souvenirs hunters have taken from the Moston State House bronze luteal t<? the value of more than $1,000. * Miners Itelievo in I tiioiiistn. The Western Federation of Miners litis reaffirmed its faith in industrial ^ uni: nistu. * You cannot always folio wtho adl vice of all your friends, but you are foolish if you forget it. a Weather-Proof Fire-Resisting i. ii. s i'?i. off. S Will n?t melt, rot, 1^1 crack or rust. CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. ' RIRRFS autli, wiwi/i-w W-V PNEUMATIC gle Drive ???g /gv to with double bo>, Sleom ("> lln<1< r Vrin*, fi TVye A Trwraiwr, Improved ni?innir I.. dru, Ibill <'oiideneer. Mriitl I. nt hlu? h LNIMI M ol TIM T WITH MINIMI M PdWKR. VKS r. I I.TH A NO INSI UK* ( mil. Ill MCI M is Mil.I Its "It COI NTI IISII\KTS lily! IICKO. I'rlte for Tent Imonlnl I.int. Prlcw. T? rni?. l ie. JIBB' s MACHINF.HY COMPANY. i? or "i.ioiik* Hi iiuvtrn' Mn-MiNrnv. Ai.i. Kr*ii?. BOX UH, C.OLLMIIIA. S. c:, S' IT'S GOOD! I 1 . . 1 3 or Sp3ce Covered With Supply Company, 3 i a, s c.