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TALKS OF FAIRVIEW, j
OKANGKBURG MAN KETCKN8
l liOM NOTIFICATION MEETING.
Mr. Brantley Says That Mr. Bryan
Thoroughly Understands Southern
Conditions.
The Orangeburg correspondent of
The News and Courier says when
s? < n at his office on his return front
) -oln, Neb., where he represented
South Carolina on the notification
? .nittee, Mr. T. F. Brantley had
the following to say when asked as
to his trip to Lincoln:
l'es, he said, "I had a very
11' trtn nn/l l?n? A * * * ?
, ....... ? . |V UIIU CUJUJCU II 1 HI 111 I* IIsely,
especially in meeting members
o. .lie notification committee and rere-i??wlng
old acquaintances. I arrived
in Lincoln the day before the
in Ideation was to take place, and.
therefore, had the opportunity of
pr ying my respects to the great Comdm
uer the day before the notiflcatv,,i
ceremonies. I found Mr. Bryan
at his home, 'Fairview,' about two
r 1 I a half miles from the city limits.
A t?r talking over the political situation,
I was shown by Mr. Bryan
o or his farm, of which he seemed
very proud. His home, which is a
very attractive and commodious one.
Is beautifully located on a most eonmanding
point overlooking the city
of Lincoln. It is very properly
named 'Fairview,' for from this high
location, surrounded by fields of alfalfa
and clover, the view is truly
grand, and well calculated to inspirt
tbo lofty ideals and pure life so
characteristic of the great Common
or.
"During our conversation I was
intpressed with his grasp of the
political and social situation in' tin
So:?tli in its every detail. He seem
ed as familiar with political condi
tlons and affairs In South Carolinr
as If he were one of our own citi
w>n?, and I wish to say further that
he feels kindly and grateful toward*
the South for the loyal support h?
l.as received at her hands. Th
South has no truer friend."
"Mow were you impressed by th?
no'location ceremonies?"
"The notification, which took pi act
in the front of the Capital in the open
air. was a splendid tribute to Mr
Bryan as a man and neighbor, re
gardless of party affiliations in tht
past. All, Republicans and Demo
crats alike, were unstinted in theli
praise and admiration for theii
great citizen, and the thronginy
multitude which surged in front of
the Nebraska Capitol told by theii
shouts and r leers how tu*> loved
and honored the man whom the Democracy
of the nation hailed as its
standard-bearer."
"What is your oplinon as tin
chances of Democratic success?"
"I am more pleased at the prospects.
In talking over the situation
with the various delegates ant
citizens of the Western States 1 find
that the concensus of opinion h
that 'Bryan will sweep the West.'
It seems that Nebraska and Indiana
are as safely Democratic as are the
Southern States. The Pacific slope
St nri thp Pnplf v Monnlnin Q*t oro
practically assured, with good fighting
chances in Ohio. Kansas and 111!
nois. The Eastern representatives
claim that New York will certainly
go Democratic, owing to a united
fight by the Democrats in New York
against a lukewarm and divided
fight by the Republicans.
"There is a factional fight in the
North, East and West among the
Republicans. There is 110 fight anywhere
among the Democrats. In
fact, they are more united and hav<
a more perfect organization than at
any time since Cleveland's first election.
I see no reason, why llryan
should not, in the words of the
Western people, 'sweep the entire
country.' His speech of acceptance,
owing to its conservatism and
strength, has won him thousands of
votes, and if the Democrats of the
South will only realize that victory
is in their grasp, and by a united
effort on their part assist in tht
doubtful States of the East and West
by contributions, there will be no
doubt of succes.
"How much campaign fund wil'
thoy need and what suggestion*
would you make as to contributions?"
"No campaign can be conducted
successfully without contributions,
and I wns informed that the Democrats
will need between a half
million to a million dollars to conduct
an aggressive campaign find
one that will insure victory. And 1
would say that with the prospects of
victory It behooves the Democrats of
the South to heed the request of Mr.
Bryan and his national chairman.
Norman E. Mack, of New York, to
gather popular subscriptions for an
aggressive campaign, which will he
waged from now on. Democratic
contributions must come from small
popular subscriptions. It is clearly
a campaign between the masses and
the heretofore favored classes. vand
the campaign slogan by Mr. Bryan
in his speech of acceptance "shall
the people rule" appeals to us. and
if the people nre to r ule' now is the
time to begin by every Democrat
contributing his mite toward a campaign
which is to secure to us that
right. I spoke to several gentlemen
of other States, among them Con- (
gressman Clayton, ?f Alabama and ,
Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina,
and I find that the following plan (
has been adopted in several of the (
States:
"The State chairman is to call
upop the various county chairman,
and they in turn are to call upon the
president of each Democratic, elnb 1
in the county for contrlbutloT?i>. *h? t
plan has been successfifly begun, and i
in some of the counties of the South I
they are contributing from $2R0 to I
$.S00 per county, according to th*lr s
ability.- t
"It might bo well for South Caro- i
ina to follow this plan, each county
ontrtbutlng through Its county
hairman, and If each will contrijute
from $200 to $500 it would
nean a respectable campaign fund
'rom South Carolina. Mr. Bryan
ind the Democratic executive comnittee
are in earnest, and they ex>ect
South Carolina, together with
>ther Southern States that have no
nternal fight, to arouse themselves '
ind thus assist several doubtful slser
states in the splendid efforts they
ire making for Democratic success.
[ trust every Democrat in South
Carolina will contribute his one to
live dollars, as he may feel able, to
lie fight, which is bis, and which (
s to decide whether or not the people
at* tlin PAritnrntinnu nnH rlnftRPtt jitp
:o rule for the next four years In (
:his nation." *
CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS.
How Some Penniylvailani I'm Then
for Remedies Against Ills.
Witchcraft superstitions are stlli
widely prevalent in Eastern Penn (
sylvania, according to William W
Neifert, who in the Pennsylvania
German, cites a number of favorite
charms and incantations:
To cure snake bites: God has created
all things and they were good.
Thou only, serpent, art damned,
"ursed be thou and thy sting. Zing.
?iing, Zing.
To prevent accidents. Carry with
ou, sewed to your right sleeve, the
ight eye of a wolf.
Security against mad dogs: Dog.
lold thy nose to the ground. God
as made me and thee, hound.
To banish the whooping cough:
.et the child drink out of a blue
lass tumbler. (This disease vi:
nown as the "blue cough," and on
he principle that "like cures like,"
he ohlld drinks from a "blue glass'
o cure a "blue cough.")
To cure baldness: Rub the scalp
1th the hemisphere of a divided onm.
(Tills was a strong charm If
le vegetable was fresh.)
To curt fits: Take off the child's
hlrt. turning It inside out while doig
so,, and then burn the garment
To destroy warts: Stick a pin
irougi. the wart, and ghe away the
it, when the wart will follow the
In.
To make the best cider vinegar:
ifter the cider is put into the cask
an up tne names or three of the
rossest and most sour-tempered
!d women In the community, and In
loud voire utter their names Into
he bung hole, and Immediately cork
up. and you will have the best and
trongest vinegar In the neighborood.
A remedy Rgalnst slander: If you
.e calumniated or slandered to your
ery sklu, to your very flesh, to
our very bones, caat it back upon
he false tongues. Take off your
hlrt, and turn it Inside out, and
hen run your two thumbs along
our body under the ribs start'ng at
he pit of the heart, thence down to
ie thighs.
To bring a thief to confession and
ake hlni restore stolen property:
om the door sill over which the
et has passed take three splinters
the name of the Trinity. Fasten
em to a wagon wheel removed
om the spin 'le, and through tha
ox or hub, pronounce the following
raver: "I pray thee, Thou Holy
'rinlty. to constrain the thief who
as stolen my (name of the article
tolen) to be stung by remorse and
estore It to Its rightful owner."
'his done, the wheel is to be redaced
by fastening It to the wagon,
vhen it was given three revolutions,
ind the stolen goods were expected
'.o be returned.
A New Gunpowder.
There has been Invented in Ger-nany
e powder which Is said to glva
jo flareback whatever, even in guns
)f the largest calibre. The compo
uuon or tne powder is not known,
)ut It Ih supposed to consist of nitroglycerin.
nltro-ceilulose and vaseline.
The prevention of the flarejack.
however, is believed to be due
DC. the incorporat on in the rowder
ot a small amount of some rhemlcal
* ich has proved to be thoroughly
effectiva.
Kid From Hats.
In Paris there Is a rat . ound. It
s a deep walled pit in which some
thousands or rats are ^ept. A dead
torse is thrown Into the pit at n'ght
nd rats strip the care, ss of its flesh.
Once a month there is a general
laying of rats by gas. The rats
ir< sleek aud plump and their bodies
\rr in excellent condlt'on. Their
*kls are removed and treated and
eventually are made into "kid"
gioves.
Hog Has Hank Account.
Bluff, a bulldog, is heir to a fortune
of $1,000, left by his master,
William E. Butts, a wealthy resident
of Chicago, who dlea recently. Bluff,
< far as is known, is the only dog
In the world with a bank account. A
little bank book will be issued in
ino name or uiulT and checks against
the account will be signed 'Bluff"
ty the administrator of the estate,
a ho will look after Bluff's future.
lies Miserable*.
The most unhappy beings on the
face of the earth are professional
politicians.
Negro Boy Killed by Train.
At Anderson, on Tuesday Henry
Moore, a negro lad of 12 years,
while stealing a ride on a Charleston
and Western Carolina Railroad
engine, fell beneath the trucks of
the engine and received injuries
which proved fatal. The negro was
trespassing at the time of the accllent.
Should Have Been Stopped.
The postmaster at Hopkinsville.
iy., has been officially informed that '
ho postcards mailed out of Hopkinsrille
and other towns recently, showing
the four bodies of the negroes
ynched at Russelville on August 1. j
ihould not have been allowed to pass'
hrough the mall. The card pre- |
entcd genuine reproductions.
INTERESTING LETTER 1
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WRITTEN BY COL. JOHN I>. FROST *
OF COLUMBIA. ?
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To the Farmers of South Carolina? r
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Better Methods of Caring for Cotv
tou.
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Col. John D. Frost, of Columbia, w
who has handled thousands of bales 8
of cotton annually at Columbia, has r
written an open letter that is of ex- w
ceeding interest to the cotton grow- 8
prs or the state. The letter follows: 1
Columbia, Aug. 25. 1908.
Hon. B. Harris. President, Farmers
Educational and Co-operative 8
Union. Pendleton. S. C.. and Hon. 8
E. D. Smith. President, S. C. Div- 8
ision. Southern Cotton Assocta- 0
tion. Columbia. S. C.
Gentlemen: The time for picking 1
cotton having arrived, has it ever '
occurred to you to look into the ?
question of damage brought about c
by a lack of care for the staple from s
the time It is ginned to the time of
marketing? Having lived on a 1
plantation for twenty-one years, and e
at present owning and oi>erating one, s
as well as being in the cotton business
for the past ten years, I thought *
possibly that my observations along 8
this line might tend to show the
great amount of money lost to this
cotton producing country. 1 desire
to impress upon the farmer the
necessity of caring for his cotton
after laboring hurd all the
year to make it, and thereby lessen
friction between producer, buyer,
and manufacturer. A large portion
of the farmers, as well as the carriers,
treat the staple as though it
were coal, allowing it to lie on the
ground for months after ginning
subject to climatic conditions, which
results in rot and country damage.
When the cotton is ready for market
it is picked up and offered for
sale, the damage, as a usual thing,
being disregarded until subjected to
the buyer's inspection, who, in protecting
his interests, will either
dock for the damage or have the cotton
picked, resulting in great loss
to the farmer. Unquestionably it is
to the farmer's Interest to store his
cotton in a reputable warehouse
thereby protecting himself from loss
by fire as well as damage, and in addition
he can secure warehouse receipt
for same which is prime mer
cantile paper, and can be discounted '
at any bank, allowing the farmer to
sell his cotton when he desires to do 1
so.
My object, however, is to impress 1
upon the farmers to house their cot- 1
ton as soon as it is ginned, whether !
it be in a warehouse, or in their
bams, or dwelling, thereby reducing
the element of dumage to a minimum.
To my mind, one of the most important
things the Farmers' Union '
and tho Southern Cotton Association
could handle is the caring for cotton
after it is ginned, and up to the time
it is marketed. Having personally
handled, during the past ten years,
about 300,000 bales of cotton of ail 1
grades and staple, this cotton being 1
shipped here from Texas and Oklaho- '
ma on the West, to North Carolina 1
on the East. I do think I am in a
very fair position to speak intelligently
of the item of damage, largely
caused by carelessness.
In addition to the rotteu cotton
on thousands of bales, varying from
five to as much as three hundred
pounds per bale, all of which has to
be picked off before settling for and
which is caused by allowing the cot- 1
ton to sit on one end or lie on one 1
side in the mud and rain for months 1
before offered for sale; there Is another
element of damage which is
not so easily detected, but whtch boo
for more reaching effect on the
buyer. as well as the manufacturer.
I refer to what is called country
damage.
When cotton is allowed to stand
in the weather after being ginned '
for any length of time, although the 1
owner may turn it about from side
to side to keep it from rotting, the
staple of the cotton on the outside (
of the bale is affected just in proportion
to the time it is allowed to
remain exposed to climate conditons.
To Illustrate, u bale cotton ginned
and packed December first and allowed
to remain in the weather until 1
the first of March, will have about 1
half as much country damage as the
same bale would have if it remained
in the weather until May the first,
and when the manufacturer opens
this hale, he will find that the cotton
sticking to the bagging and extending
inward is practically without any
strength of staple, and as a result all
of this affected cotton will go in
waste, or he found in the shafting
nverhnnH QhnnM J" '
toot this country damage" the farm- '
er is the looser; should fhe buyer '
not detect It. the buyer is the looser; :
in any event, dissatisfaction is the
result .all of which could have been
avoided by houfttng the cotton. The 1
amount of country damage varies In 1
proportion to the time the cotton lies
out in the weather, and will vary
from three to twenty-five pounds per
hale. I have carefully estimated '
that on every ll.OOO.Ortft hale crop
produced, the producer, the carrier, *
and the compress together, nllow '
25 0,000 hales to be destroyed by rot
and country damage, and when you '
figure this at ten cents per pound '
It amounts to $12,500.00. all of
which could be served to the purducer,
the buyer, and the manufacturer.
should they exercise the pro- j
per precaution against damage. Three
years ago a farmer brought twenty
bales of cotton to the warehouse for
storage in March, which had been
out in the weather since it was gin
ned In the fall. Rome of the hales 1
were so badly damaged and water t
sobbed that they weighed one thous- I
and pounds per bale. I asked him a
why he allowed his cottou to get in 1
that condition? He replied that he s
was so busy making preparation for t
another crop that he had not cared u
ur what he had already made. When
his cotton was conditioned for
larket, he had about ten bales of 1
lerchantable cotton left out of the
weuty. A bale of coton ginned dry
nd housed until marketed will hold
ut better than one allowed to re- j
lain in the weather subject to cli- j
late conditions, and will not possess (
he element of damage and will also |
etain its strength of staple even to
he bagging. ,
Travel where you will, and you ,
>*i 11 see cotton sitting at the railroad {
tations in the mud and rain, or you ,
cill see it lying on the ground
round farm houses, where it will
emain until ready for market, and
rhen marketed, the bagging will be
o rotten that you can not handle
he cotton.
Owing to the seeming negrrgence
lisplayed in the care of cotton after
;innlug. the buyer, when purchasing
. lot or cotton, has to take into conideratlon
the element of damage,
ir he would rather send his classer
o receive the cotton, thereby estabIshing
the amount of damage heore
payment is made. -Where you
Ind a section of country where great
are is taken with the cotton, after
;inning, and before marketing, there
oil will find cotton sought after by
he buyers, and everything else being
qual, a premium win be paid for
lame.
The manufacturers will pay betor
prices for cotton free from rot
md country damage, because his
lercentage of waste will be decreas'd.
The point I desire to impress is.
ake care of your cotton, handle it
is though you thought something
>f it. If you cannot put it in a warelouse
where it is insured and you
an use the receipt, put It in your
>arn, or shed room, or anywhere to
ceep it from climatic conditions unil
you market it. and by doing this
very pound win be splnnable and no
lissatisfaetion between producer,
niver, and manufacturer will result.
There are some places in South
Carolina where warehouse facilities
ire a'dequte, but are unfortunately
lot utilized. My own experience is
hat four lots of cotton out of every
ive shipped from places where cotton
s not warehoused are badly damlged,
due to the fact that it Is allowed
to sit on one end for weeks and
months in the open before it is of'ered
for sale, and as a result tianvv
Maims are made, and yet the best
haracter of cotton, so far as body
md staple is concerned, is produced
it these places, and would be very
much sought, were the element of
lainage eliminated.
In conclusion, I would stromrly
arge that this matter be brought to
:lie attention of all concerned, and
thereby save twelve and one-half
million dollars per year to the
>outhlund. Very truly yours.
John D. Frost.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR IN 1WHJ.
Votes Received by the Candidates
for Governor.
As there is some speculation as to
how the g?.ve.?.ur's race wi'i to en
aut, the following figures may prove*
interesting. There were seven candidates
i-inning in 1906, tbe'r > <>!< ?
In the first primary being as follows:
Ansel 39.131.
Illease 16.972.
llrunson 10,4 65.
Edwards 565.
Jones 83 8.
. Manning 23,208.
McMnhan 2,222.
Sloan 3,370.
The vote by counties for the two
men who are running this year was
as follows:
County Ansel Blease
Abbeville 997 508
Aiken 817 1.173
Anderson 3,657 63 2
Main berg 239 JI2
Barnwell 816 216
Beaufort 347 I <4
Berkley 2 96 3 S3
Charleston 1,624 1 23
Cherokee 1,011 4 76
Chester 735 3 66
Chesterfield 360 1 7 1
Clarendon 407 123
Colleton 739 2 97
Darlington 975 252
Dorchester 48 8 4 28
Edgefield 719 208
Fairfield 401 306
Florence 579 j 3 j
Greenville 3,3 72 7 64
Greenwood 903 3 4 1
Hampton 659 178
Horry 258 57 7
Kershaw 475 320
Lancaster 931 129
Laurens 967 1,188
Cee 303 5 8 7
Lexington 760 767
Marion 867 119
Marlboro 598 103
Newberry 843 1.020
Gconee 1,7 65 308
Grangoburg 71 4 4 24
Richland 1,020 938
Saluda 377 809
Spartanburg 3,835 920
Sumter 378 99
Union 1,059 4 70
Williamsburg. .. .1.291 334
Tnfal to 111 1 1? n-o
Iff l u l IV?,*7I?
Mr. Manning carried: Chester1eld.
Clarendon. Florence, Georgeown.
Horry, Kershaw, Lee. Lexingon,
Marion, Orangeburg and Suiner.
In the second primary Ansel got
13,000 in round numbers and Manling,
32.000.?Chester Lantern.
TRIED TO SWIM CHANNEL.
English Expert Swimmer Stays in
Nearly 23 Hours.
At Dover, England. T. W. Burgess,
he English swimmer. Friday made
lis sixth ineffectual attempt to swim
he English Channel. He started at 1
V>ver at 1 o'clock in the morning,
md was taken out of the water at
1:45 o'clock that night, having1
warn for twenty-two hours and fory-flve
minutes, a new record for re-J
aaining in the water.
WLIiOWKS I'XDKR BRYAN.
S'o One Hurt uiul no Panic, But Ilia ,
Speech is Interrupted.
At Des Moines, Iowa, while Mr. i
Bryan was speaking in the hall park
Friday afternoon the temporary platform
on which were seated several
hundred people, collapsed. Nobodywas
hurt, and there was no panic,
hut Mr. Bryan was interrupted for
were made for him to continue speaking
from the grand stand, where he
finished his address. *
TRAITS OF WILD BEASTS.
Veteran Trainer Says They Are Much
Like Human Beings.
Some one said once that the more
he saw of ?logs the lower opinion he
had of men. After thirty odd years
with pretty nearly every quadruped
that ever has been In captivity, says
George Conklln of the Barnum and
Bailey Circus, I'd change that saying
a bit. I'd Bay, "The more I see ot
men, the better I understand animals,"
for In every way th? fourfooted
beasts have the traits and are
moved by the same passions that
move their two-footed brethren.
Love, hate, fear, courage, treachery,
viclousness, Jealousy, anger,
selfishness, generosity, greed, selfsacrifice,
every passion of which men
are capable, the animals have,
though of courts, they are intensified.
No matter how good tempered an
animal may be, no matter how placid.
how tractable, he is liable at any
moment to change to a dangerous,
bloodthirsty creature, intent only on
slaying his trainer. In the very
tractabllity of an animal lies the
greatest danger to the trainer. It
makes him careless. The watchfulness
which I e will use with an animal
of whloh he Is uncertain Is allowed
to lapse, and It is that moment
of carelessness for which the animal
Is ever on the alert. To Buch lapses
are due 95 per cent of the accidents
and attacks on animal trainers.
A Hon will work himself up Into a
frenzy of rage through Jealousy.
There is cne trainer I know who was
almost killed by a lioness who was
jealous, not of another animal, but
o* a woman. The trainer was In the
cage at the time, when he saw his
daughter outside the cpge. He smiled
at her and the lioness saw it. In a
moment she changed. Her docility
changed to fury and ahe sprung at
him. He was terribly torn before he
was dragged out of the cage.
Animals get used to strangers
| looking at them from outside the
cage, but a stranger Inside the cage
would have little show of escaping
with his life. Even experienced
trainers hesitate about entering a
cage until they get fhe beast used to
seeing them and to hear theii voices.
Animals will nurse a grudge for
years and wait for an opportunity to
have revenge for some real or fan- |
cled ill treatment by man or mate.
This is particularly true of elephants.
We had a helper once?it was fifteen
years ago?who used to tease
Jug, an old bull, on every chance he
got. The man was with the show
only one season. Ten years later
that man was nearly killed by Jug
In a little town in the West, where
the man lived and the show visited.
The animal remembered his old enemy
and reached out from the street
parade, seized the man and badly
crushed him.
The most treacherous animals are
the leopards and Jaguars. You hear
people, particularly women, call
them "poor pussy" as they lie bliuk- ]
lng and purring. Let them get
close and they would find that
"pussy" would scratch. Their slyness
and cunning are wonderful, and
they will spring at their trainer the
Instant his back is turned.
No two animals are the same.
They have Individualities and characteristics
like people. Lions particularly,
are like men. They are
slow to anger, but when their temper
is aroused, they are furious.
For children elephants often form
a strong attachment. They take inBilnctively
to some people, while for
others they always hold bitter animosity.
All this talk about the power of
the human eye is tommyrot. It's
nerve, pure and simple, that makes
a man a trainer. Let a trainer lose
It only for a moment, and the animals
Instinctively feel It and attack
him.
An animal knows when you're
afraid of him, and he'll take advantage
of your fear. The only thing
he respects Is pain, and the truest
friend a trainer has Is a heavy rawhide
whip, with one end loaded with
lead.
Building Walls With Bags.
The practice of constructing breakwaters
and submerged parts of piers
with concrete Inclosed in bags has
been largely developed In Scotland.
The concrete is prepared as near as
possible to the place where it Is to
be used. It Is Inclosed in bags to
protect.lt temporarily from the effects
of contact with the sea water
while it Is lowered into place. The
bags are placed In a box suspended
directly over the spot where they are
to lie. The touching of a trigger
opens the box and allows a bag to
drop out. A line of bags having
been deposited, the lonaer axl? of
each bag lu the next series is so arranged
that the meeting edges of
two of the bags in the lower row will
be covered. Thus a regular wall is
built up and as the concrete hardens
It becomes solid and Immovable.?
Youth's Companion.
Married One Hundrec Years.
From Vienna comes the story of
an aged couple who have been married
one hundred years. They live
In the Hungarian village of Isonbolgi.
The husband Is said to be 120
years old and his wife 116. They
have no fewer than 712 descendants.
The old couple live In a modest cottage;
they are a.most blind and
spend most of their time sleeping.
The patriarch can still smoke his
pipe, nowever, and from time to
time he drinks a giass of w.lie The
couple have never seen a railway
tjraia. _ J
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Three Firemen Killed.
A dispatch from Londan, Ontario
Bays three flermen were killed and a
fourth dangerously hurt Tuesday
night when tho tloors of a hardware
Btore fell through upon them in the
basement of a burning building.
ltattler Victim Still Alive.
A dispatch front Washington says
naming grimly for his life against
the deadly virus of a diamond rattler,
Rodney Rose, the Zoo keeper
who was bitten on the left hand Monday,
hu8 not yet passed the crisis
despite the fact that the venom of
the diamond generally either kills
or is nullified In 3 6 hours.
( reenvllle Court House Dcniuagcd.
At Greenville during an electric
storm Tuesday the tin roof of the
County Court House was partially
torn ofT. one side being rolled up
like a scroll. The building wat
empty at the time, the officers being
at a political meeting in the country.
PIANO ANl> ORGAN ECONOMY.
If you are interested in the put |
chase of a PIANO or an ORGAN, v
want to sell you one.
Don't think you must go to son.
mail order uouse to buy a low prii
ed piano or organ; nor outside o
South Carolina to get the best pian.
or organ. We have a great varietj
of grades, and all styles, at prices
which cannot fail to interest you
We are manufacturers factory representatives
for several of the
largest and mort 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?quality" of
pianos and organs considered?can
undersell us. Twenty-four years of
fair dealing in Columbia and throughout
South Carolina is our reference
and guarantee.
Write us at once for catalog price
and terms.
Malone's Music House, Columbia,S.C.
Pianos mul Ortrans
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
WAVTEIL
FOR SALE?Olio 5 horse power
IJIakeslee Casoline Engine. Cost
over $400. Will take $100 for it.
$.">0 repairs will net it in good nmdltion.
Apply to .Ins. I,. Sims, Oruiigcburg,
S. C.
HKVKIIAI, FARMS FOR SALE?
Ranging from 7.~> to 4 00 acres.
Reasonable prices Easy terms.
Rox 7, Tliomusville, tin.
FOR SAI.F?Common building brick,
red color. immediate delivery.
Prices upon application. Caiudeii
Press llrick Co., Camden, S. ('.
WANTED?Agents for Dlozo Disinfecting
Cabinets. Kill germs,
tlies. mosquitoes, moths and ants
in the home. Costs two cents a
month. Sell on sight. $10 dally
easily earned. K. C. lhillenger,
1 HI N. Church street Spartanburg,
S. C.
WANTED?Pine logs bought for
cash. For particulars address
Sumter l.umhcr Co., Sumter, S. C.
ROPPS COMMERCIAL CALCI LATOR?Will
prevent mistakes, relieve
the mind, save labor, time
and money and do your recokoning
in the twinkling of an eye. A
ready calculator and business
arithmetic. Sent prepaid upon
receipt of thirty cents in stamps.
Sims'Rook Store, Orangeburg, S. C.
TEACHERS Tltt 'STEPS.
We secure schools for teachers and
have many excellent vacancies. We
recommend teachers to trustees
and sell school furniture of all
kinds. Write. Southern Teach
ers' Agency, Columbia, S. C.
U'AXTKI)?Clerks, cotton buyers,
farmers, warehousemen and others
to learn grading and classifying
cotton in our sample rooms,
or through correspondence course.
Thirty clay scholarship completes
you. American Cotton College,
Millcdgeville, (in.
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* KCJG8 FOR FALL CHICKS.? *
* S. C. Brown Leghorn and Bar- *
* red Plymouth Itock $1.00 per *
* setting of 15. Fine range, pure *
* stock, healthy birds. *
* Illythmvoocl Poultry Yards, *
* S. II. Mellichamp, Mgr. 4
* lilytliewoo.l, S. O. *
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37500 Square Feet Flo
Pomps, Packing, Poll
Pipe, Fittings, Vi
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Southern States
colum c
NEXT WEEK
WATCH THIS SP
Dont Experiment c&l IDC
Use the old reliable
roofing that ir.d?M.r?R.
has been lhv> stand- E) I
arcl for lf? years. \J \J I
COLUMBIA SUPPLY
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NOT TIME TO SELL
SAYS l'KFSIDFNTHAKKIS OF TI1K
FA KM FltS* I'MUX;
Issues At'ilirss to Holders of S|H?t
Cotton and I'rges Tlicm to Hold
For n \\ idle I/ongor.
To Holdets of Spot Cotton:
Now is the time to hold, and victory
is yours. Farmres, do you realize
that cotton is scarcer in the
world today than it has been for 225
years? It' you do not, the sooner
you realize it the mor eyou will thiuk
of the spi is you have on hand, and
he crops you are growing. Now
remember that It all depends ou you
t. make it bring the minimum price,
15 cents. If you can be scared out
of your cotton for less than the ininiuuin
price 1 do not blame the fellow
or scaring you. 1 would do tht
ime thing if 1 were in his place,
ut you, the Holder of spot cotton,
ave all under hold in this fight, and
f you giro up It is because you have
>ot the nerve io stand the fire of the
>attle. Let me say to you, the Holder
of Spots: Hold to them, for the
next two months is the most critical
period, as both the American
spinner and the European spinner
is about out of cotton to spin. It"
you, the Holder of Spots, will not
sell, tin"c will be many mills that
will have lo close down and not from
choice, but for the want of cotton.
Conditions are all in your favor, but
nerve the baclt-bone you lack. Now
do not ray you cannot hold. We
have plenty of bonded ware-houses
in our State and you can put your
cotton in them and borrow money * '
on your receipt. Let me urge you
do this, and do not put any cotton
on the market until the miuimum
is reached.
Let n.e tell you the European
mills nio now out of cotton and
they ha\e contracts sold ahead. They
have to come to America for cotton
and tlie> will have to do this now
at once This is the situation, so no
cause for alarm. I know the bear
side of etiton is using the new crop
to boar the market so they inav get
you to sell the remainder of your
old crop. The price will now soon
go up hick to 12 cents, and they
think yon will then sell.
| I km w some of you have said if
'it reaches 12 you would sell. Now
the same thing that brings it back
to 12 will if you hold on make it
bring the minimum, 15 cents.
Now ; s to the conditions of the
1908 crop. 1 have correspondence
from eve y cotton growing State.
There cannot be a more accurate account
t h: n we, the Farmer's Union,
can get up and reports from all the
States is of this character. In the
first place, too much wet weather in
the enrlv spring and there was a
poor preparation of the soil. When
the preparation is poorly done you
cannot make an average crop. The
rains west of the Mississippi river
continued until .Inly 1st, and the
cotton g'ew to weed too much and
is not fr ted well. Now the hot
dry weather has sot in with tliein
and much damage is being done.
In other words it is impossible for
(lie West to make anything like an
average p when they have a wet
May and tune. Such weather tills
the cotton plant with too much malaria
nnd it cannot stand the hot
sun without great damage. To prove
this look how the plant is now turning
yellow and the leaves dropping
from it. This reports conies from
many of the States. We cannot, now
more than duplicate the 1007 crip,
and remember the shortage of last
year's crop 4.000,000 hales, and just
remember cotton futures cannot be
spun. It. Harris, President,
S. C State Farmer's Union.
Itiiriicd to Death.
A disju t'-h from Marshall, N'. C.,
says the home of Wofford Tweed,
on Laurel Mountain, was destroyed
by fire. ; nd his wife, their three
children and Mrs. Murray Tweed
were burm-d to death, and their
bodies cremated in the flames. Mr.
Tweed was at Marshall attending
court who i he heard of the tragic
event and left at once for his farm,
which is located fifteen mil** away.
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