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THAT BIG FEE Thit the Dispensary Commission Was To Pay HAS SWUNK AWFULLY ;?p: Like the Darkle*' Catfish?Col. Stevenson Sets Forth the Facts Concerning the Shore Going to Gen. Anderson. Col. Felder. Motor Rountree and Capt. Wilson. The following letter explains Itself: j'lHThe Atlanta Constitution: 1 notice JLhat in an article in your paper of Thursday last you state the following: "From reliable sources it has been learned that the Atlanta law firm of Anderson, Felder, Rountree & Wilson will receive between $160,000 and $200,000 as their fee for their services in winning the famous South CaroUna dispensary case recently decided In favor of their clients, and involving about a million dollars in cash on hand, and between two millions ami ** three millions in claims. This will no doubt be the record fee in tho South. "When this firm was employed in the case, it is understood they wore given a cash retainer fee of $100,000 and made a contract for a commission of so much on the sums recovered." This statement is entirely misleading and puts the commission in Bouth Carolina iq an improper attitude. If it merely concerned myself I should pass it by, but it misleads the public, many of whom take your paper in South Carolina, and is largely untrue notwithstanding the source of your information may be reliable. In the first place; the fund involed was only $600,000, tho entire claims being asserted in that migauon against tne runcl Delng only $250,000 instead of $3,000,000. In the next place, no retainer fee was paid the Atlanta firm at all, but they simply were given the contract at their own solicitation, to be paid 10 per cent of the amount which they might reduce the claims by evidence which they would famish at their own expense. The total amount of claims originally being $6CO.OOO and the possibility of reduction, therefore, not being over $600,000 and if the claims had been entirely eliminated, their fee for that branch of service could only h $60 ,000. As a matter of fact, claims have been reduced thus far something like $100,000, which, on thai branch of the case, would entitle the Atlanta firm to a fee of $20,000. In addition to that they were to have 50 per cent of what they received back of money that had been paid away illegally and lost, they to bear all of the expense and the conuuis-i sion to have absolutely no expense with regard to this. Up to this time nothing has been recovered back, but 1 - will suy thai these gentlemen have been very active and spent a lot of money and I am very much pleased with their work In that line and believe that they will receive a very considerable amount of money in the long run, but you will see from this statement that the commission was done a great injustice in stating that they had been nnM tinn nne i ? T4V?,VVV 1 C_ HI U CI Iff and that the fees would probably run up another $100,000 to these gentlemen, but I am sure f^om my very pleasant association and connection with them, that they could not have been consulted before you made the statement. In addition to that my private affairH and those of Col. Abney seem to have been invaded in that you state that I, as general counsel for the commission, receive a stated sum for my servicg", That.is only partially true, fc*? litigation I receivo the usual fee, for advising the commission 1 receive a contract price. You say further of these gentlemen "by winning this case the Atlanta Arm has won one of the most sweeping victories ever announced from the supreme court of the United States. When you reAect that the Atlanta Arm were not employed by the comjmisslon even to assist in the proceeding in the United States supreme court but appeared for the reason that they had a personal interest In the matter because if the courts retained jurisdiction they would be unable to carry out their contract so as to earn any consid- 1 erable commission, you will see that < you have donfe the other attornavn ?n injustice in the matter. The (act Is. that the firm of Stevenson & Mat- * thewson, and the firm cf Abney & f Muller were the representatives of 1 thp commissions and (the Atlanta ( Aim represented their own interests 1 which waft entirely contingent in the * matter and the litigation was so far 1 controlled by the attorney general t and the two Arms named, that, al- ? though Mr. Rountree of the Atlanta t firm insisted strenuously in prepar- 2 lng the petition for certiorari that the very question upon which the I State ba3 won should pot be set r forth 1> the assignments of erorr, P and came to Columbia for the pur- 1 pose of taking up the matter with o us. be was there overruled by us, d so you will see that the Atlanta Arm o is not entitled to the sole credit of o the victory as it was one In the a face of the pos'tion taken by the 3 Arm that the very question on which it was won should not be raised in a the certiorari proceedings. The At- ? lanta Arm filed a brief, and we were a glad to have them do so. They bad a personal Interest to be conBat . ^ 1? Ik MUST SERVE TIME IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR KILLING SON-IN-LAW. The State Supreme Court Has so Decided in the Case of 8. W. Stockman. Among the cases recently decided by the supreme court was that of S. W. Stockman, who was convicted of tho killing of his son-in-law, Hampton J. Hartley, during Christmas, 1905, in Lexington county, says the Columbia Record. Stockman will now have to Berve his sentence of seven years in the State penitentiary, the supreme court on Friday having affirmed the de cision or tne lower court. This case has attracted more attention possibly In Lexington county than any case in recent years. Hamp Hartley was one ?f the largest dealers in turpentine in the county, and by hard work and close economy had secured a goodly portion of this world's goods. He married the oldest daughter of Stockman. who is a well-to-do farmer and prominent in the community. He is a member of tho wealthy Stockman family of Newberry county. On the night of the tragedy. Hartley went to the home of Stockman. He was under the influence of whiskey. it was alleged, and a general row arose. At the trial tho defense tried to make it appear that Hartley had attempted to insul his sister-inlaw, Miss Stockman, and that the killing was the direct result of this. Rut from the testimony of the State's witnesses, it was shown that Stockman was himself under the influence of whiskey, as was a man by the name of Taylor, who was a guest at the Stockman home. Taylor has since been killed by his own son at his home in Saluda county. The first time the case was called. the Jury failed to agree. At the second trial Stockman was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced by Judge Dantzler to serve seven years in the penitentiary. Stockman is n^aring the 60 mile post and is said to be in failing health. It is net known wheh he will begin his . sentence, but it Is supposed that he will make preparations to leave home within the next few days. THE WAGES OF SIN. A Game of Cards Caused Murder j una riuiriae. At Chicago Joseph Mock, a roomer for twenty years nt the homo of II. Hesterman, was shot, to death early this morning hy llesterman, who a moment later committed suicide. The men were the best of friends, had been playing cards and the quarrel arose, it is supposed, over the game. Hesterman, who was 61 years old, secured a revolver and ^flred a shot which penetrated his own head, causing instant death. Peter Hesterman, son of the suicide, was awakenod by the shooting and running to the room, found both men dead. The cards were scattered around the table. The young man declared he heard no argument. BLACK HAND SOCIETY Charged With Assussinatiou of Florida Man. The assassination of Giuseppe Ficurrota, a wholesale grocery merchant, nnd one of the most prominent and wealthy members of the lo cal Italian colony of Tampa, Fla., I has added the third to a series of murders here which have been cfiarged to the black hand during the present year. Flcarotta was gohig to his home from his place of business at a late hour Monday night and was shot by two men from ainbush with , shotguns loaded with heavy slugs. He was instantly killed weapons and fled, weapons fled. MdtDElt OF MOTH Hit Is Charged Against a Young Man at Erie, Pa. At Erie, Pa., Delmar J. Young was arrested Monday on a warrant sworn out by County Detective Frank H: Watson, charging him with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Vinnle Young, whose dead body was found In her cellar last Wednesday, horribly mutilated and hidden beneath a pile of old carppt. He enter- ed a plea of not guilty and was com- i mltted to jail without bail for a hearing next Thursday. suited in the matter, but the case i* 0e n eernA'l V??? * * ...... aicsiiru uy air. y\r>ney, w no opened, and by myself, who closed. Mr. Rountree was not even to appear < n the argument, but the court hav- i ng granted thirty minutes additional ime, he was given that time to make I in oral argument, which came in > he midst of the arguments for the t ittorneys for the other side. < It is disagreeable to go Into the i >apers about these matters, but the I ank misstatements which have been I Mven wide currency in South Caro- t ina and which is causing criticism * d the commission, necessitates ou. * loing so, and I am sending a copv f this to the Columbia Daily Hecrd. wlr.ch published your editorial nd commented on it in two column a rtif'.e. ; t Please Insert this as conspicuously t s you did the article referred to t nd send me a copy of the paper, f nd greatly oblige, i EYours most truly, a W. F. STEVENSON. fc i TARIF FIGHT i Njw On In Real Dead Earnest In , The Senate HOUSG VOTE MERELY Voiced the Sentiments of the Different Sections?Senator Smith Gives His Views on the Meaning of the Democratic, Platform on the Tariff Question. The Washington correspondent of the Columbia Record says all interest in the tariff bill has now shifted to the senate, where it was known all along the "Payne act" would In reality be drafted. The votes In the house on the various schedules have merely given voice to the sentiments of the sections represented, but in the senate each vote will leave Its mark in the final reading of the hill whnn 14 ~ -? .. UV.U iv e,uc-B IU IUO |I1 t'iilUl'Ill for his signature. The significance of those senate votes is underscored by tho fact that the president has made it clear that he has no Idea of vetoing the Payno bill., whether its real author be Mr. Payne or Senator Aidrlch. Aside from the general iuterest the ultimate consumer has In the prices of all articles he consumes, the only paragraphs that are of any immediate interest to South Carolina, now that the duty on fertilizing salts has been dropped out, are those relating to sea island, or long staple cotton and to lumber. The Payne bill, as it passed the house, fixes a duty of half a cent a cubic foot on hewn sided or squared timber, of 50 cents a thousand on sawed boards and $1 a thousand on sawed lumber not specifically mentioned. Cotton and cotton waste are left on the free list. Democratic senators are planning a fight to put a duty on both these articles, though Senator E. D. Smith is emphatic in his statement that he will not lend his support to any measure that means protection even for local industries. He will vote for duties on lumber and sea island cotton, but only a duty fixed at a revenue basis. Both these articles, he Raid, ought to pay their share toward the support of the government, but there is no reason, in his opinion, for taxing the whole mass of consumers to benefit the comparatively small number of people owning the timber supply or raising sea island cotton. It is a question of the greatest good to the greatest number, he said, and that, translated into practice, means a government supported economically with taxes equaly and equitably levied upon all classes and sections. As to the exact rate of duty this equal distribution of the burden of taxation would imply for lumber or sea island cotton. Senator Smith Is not yet quite ready to say, though hp Is cnlnc thrrtiiffb a 0 .u.uusu nit; imports, exports and statistics of production of both products to ascertain a rate satisfying his mind as fair. The $1 a thousand on lumber carried in the Payne bill, he said, might prove fair on investigation the figures might show that the industry could carry protection of $2 a thousand, and the same thing is trile of his attitude on cotton. : The Democratic platform does not j in Senator Smith's opinion, forbid a Democrat's imposing a revenue tariff upon lumber. His interpretation of the Denver document is that the present duties on lumber and its'products must be reduced to a fair basis of taxation. "I haven't any idea the Democratic convention meant to say that him her should be absolutely free of duty," he said, "but simply that It should come down Crom its present exorbitant taxation. The paragraph in the' Democratic platform to which the senator referred reads: "We demand the immediate rsp?n of the tarilf on wood pulp, p;--.r paper, lumber, 'timber and iors, and that these articles bo placed upon the free list." The nlan of Um ~ ??- - - ? v.iv A/CUUiLI rtlll* tors In general is one desigmM to harmonize the conflicting elements of the party with a view to presenting a solid front in the coming flght. They Intend to bring in senators from those States interested in a duty on lumber and those interested in a duty on hides by imposing revenue duty on both of these articles, and in this way they hope to avoid the desertions from the party that made the Democratic flght against the Payne bill so pitiable in the house. Prohibitory duties wil be brought down .to a revenue basis. If the Democratic plan carries through and free list will be moved up bodily to a revenue basis. The central idea in this plan is o give to individual senators their ndividual demands and yet preserve he seeming of a broad principle?a arlff for revenue onl^. And In noting this revenue duty, senators rom lumber' States will be voting a irotection to lumber and senators rom cattle States will be voting pro- i ectlon to hides. The same thing < vill be true of sea Island cotton. ? , Km il worth Inn Burned. 1 Fire of unknown origin broke out 1 it half-past two o'clock Tuesday nornlng at Kenilworth Inn. one of he best known hotels In the South, hree miles from Aahevllle. The t ire Is alleged to have started In the < ;ltcheh. The guests were roused, nd as far as is known all succeeded < a making their escape. 1 ~ ' -- -V- . *< ? - r T? DEATH OF MR. CAUSEY IN AN AUGUSTA HOSPITAL FROM HIS WOUND. He Was Clerk of Court of Hampton County and Was Shot by a Negro. Tho Augusta Chronicle says Mr. W. B. Causey. Clerk of Court of Hampton County, died on Monday afternoon a little before six o'clock at the Margaret Wright hospital, having been carried to Augusta the day after he was shot. Mr. Causey was talking on Saturday last with a negro known as "Peg Leg" Hughes, on the streets of Hampton, when, without any warning, the negro fired upon him with a revolver. The bullet entered the right side, passed through the lower part of the right lung and left the body in the back. He was carried to Augusta by Dr. J. L. Folk and Dr. J. B. Harvey, both of Hampton. At. 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon an operation w*as performed and Mr. Causey lay between life and death until Monday afternoon. The case seemed pra?tically hopeless from the first. Mr. Causey's wife and his sister, Mrs. Harvey, accompanied the party to the city and remained at the hospital with him until his death. In order to prevent a lynching the negro was taken to Columbia from Hampton, county last Sunday night, and lodged in the penitentiary. Hughes is accused of attempting to assassinate Clerk of Court W B. Causey, and he also shot Jobs* Sheppard, who was with Mr. Cause> at the time Hii?ho? VioH Moonii, completed a sentence in the penlten tlnry for killing a negro. The negro secreted himself In ? ditch near where the shoting tool place. Hughes would have beer lynched had he not been hustled ofl to Columbin. CHARGED WITH LUNACY. Bride of a Few Months Locked l'| In Savannah. A dispatch from Savannah to th? Augusta Herald says Mrs. Johr Artley, a pretty bride of thre< months aid a sister of Pregiden Harmes of Newberry college. Soutl Carolina, is Ihcked up in the count] jail on a lunacy charge. Her hus band Is John Artley, well known a! a member of the Savannah footbal team, and >of a well-to-do Savannal family. The young woman Is residing a a local hotel and is very positlvi she is not insane and has no inten tlon of suicide as alleged. She wa given the benefit of an investigatioi by Judge McAlpln and was released but was again locked up. She wa told at the hotel that she shouh walk out and take some exercise She complied and was led to th< county jail, where she was place* behind the bars. Mrs. Artley's marriage occurred ii January. Previously she was Mis Lillle Harmes. BURNED TO DEATH. Six Men Lose 1^ Lives in * Steamer Fire. The Captain, which has just ar rived at New Orleans, reports th< loss of six lives as a result of ai explosion on the Hamburg-Amerlcai saetmer Carnia, at Port Limon April 1. The Sarnia, which plies bgtweer New York and Central Amerlct ports, was tied to a pier at Port L.I mon when the explosion occurred Several hundred cans of kerosene oi were stored In the forward hold, anr It Is believed that a ieak from onf of the cans caused the explosion. Five negro laborers and a sailoi on the Sarnia were burned to death in the hold. The flames were subdued before a great deal of damage had been dono to the steamer, bul a large portion of the cargo, principally cotton, was thrown overboard and much of it lost. AFTER MANY YEARS a <4* * ? The Supposed Murderer of a Woman is Found. From a family photograph of Rosie Trltt, who was murdered 32 years ago at Terre Haute, Ind., Sylvanus Burnham, woalthy white-haired Texas ranchman, banker and Sunday school superintendent of Tulla, Tex., Is now charged with the murder. A farm hand who committed the deed through Jealousy a third of a century ago, la now declared to be Burnham, who figures as a new* Jean Valjean. Non Parti/,an Census. It is stated that President Taft has directed Director North of the census bureau %o disregard oartv lines in securing suitable men for supervisors and other appointive places under the new census act, instructions, it is said, have reference to the South. Severe Earth Shock. At Lima, Peru, a severe earth shock was experienced at three o'clock Tuesday morning. The movement was from east to west, and was accompanied by subterranean rumblings. No casualties resulted. Petroslno Honored. New York paid its-tr'bute of gri^f ;nd respect Monday to the memory >f Lieut. Jos. Petroslno, of the New fork police department, who was issasslnated recently *vhlle engaged a secret service In Italy;-. j / #* \ t- jjjl THE TAX BILL | f Dennonced by Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio At mmmmtmmmmmmmmrnmm THE ANNUAL DINNER Of the National Democratic Club in New York, the Ohio Governor Protests Against the Present TarifT J Legislation, the Encroachment of the Federal Government. Denunciation of the principle of 4 protection and of the tariff legislation now pending in Congress as a nrot anon nr>d ? ?*v-? m P.V.VUVO unu a. suttm, iorraea me keynote of the addresses at the annual dinner of the National Democratic Club at New York Tuesday ? night. In celebration of the ono hun-" dred ahd sixty-sixth anniversary of . .e birth of Thomas JefTerson. A portrait of Jefferson hung over \ with American flags, dominated the ftuest table, at whjch Clovernore Harmon, of Ohio, and Marshall, of Indiana; Senator Chamberlain, State Senator Grady; John Foy, the club's president; Richard Croker. Alton B. 1 Parker, Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, and former State - Supreme Court Judge Morgan J. 1 O'Brlne and D. Cary Derrick sat. Elsewhere at 6 longitudinal tables sat four hundred of tho elect of the ; Democratic party. A protest against what he declared * were growing encroachments of special privilege at Washington, es' .peeinlly as embodied in tariff legis" latlon, was the keynote of the address of Governor Judson Harmon, 1 of Ohio. Asserting that the reduc: tions In the pending tariff bill would 1 be but a mockery of the demnnd for * felief. Judge Harmon declnred that real relief never would bo secured except under a. Legislature and Executive following Jeffersonian rules and treating taxation as a moans of , preventure and not of private gain. Tho steady tendency since the civil war has been to exalt the Federal 3 "Government at the expense o^ the State, said the speaker, one result 1 being the neglect of economy and the i embarkation of the Government into extravagant enterprises. He in1 stanced the action of th*> last Conf gress in appropriating two millions of dollars and the raising of salaries s of officials in the fnco of a growing ' shortage of revenue, and con 1 tinned: I "Now instead of seeking methods ( 1 of retrenchment to meet, n present , 0 eonfessed deficit, pf more thnn a , " hundred millions, the President and , 8 Congress are devising additional tax- . \ es to exnet from tho diminished < means of the people and proposing s to issue bonds besides. State of- . 1 fieiuls who .would propose such a . ' course would not dare to go home to ] ? their constituents and would ho for1 ever disgraced if they should take . it. 1 "After twelve year^ of false pre- s 3 tences, at last confessed, which have bred and fattened countless monop- | olies and trusts, it is proposed not to shake ofT their grip, but just to , loosen it a trifle here and there so ' the people may not be utterly devon red." Of thp way the party lines have ' been obliterated in the tight in Congress over the tariff Judge Ilamion ? said: t i "It is hardly fair for Republicans, i at least, to charge with Inconsistency ^ , Democratic Congressmen who take n hand in this selfish scrnmble. - In ^ > tho .last campaign tho Republican ( i candidate for President, openly of ferod a - share of tariff spoil for ^ . Democratic votes. When special fn1 vors are the order of the day, it Is . I natural for a Representative to think ? ho ought to secure a share for interests at "home. To do otherwise ( requires high courage, and we are ! proud of the many who show It in ( the face of tho demoralization which ? legislating for private Instead of 1 ; public interest always produces." Judge Harmon attacked the policy [ of spending hundreds of millions of dollars for a canal at Panama on ' the part of what he said was a conn- v try practically without ships, taxed against the possibility of buying any, ' and with the onlv nrnnn?od " of encouraging shipping', the payment of direct subsidies to a favored v few out of money raised by taxes on all the people. The speaker added: '' "And why tax the people to build 1 a costly canal and secure ships for 1 foreign commerce, while a tariff " system Is maintained whose purpose 11 and effect are to discourage or kill for ign commerce, except such as " consists in selling our products n: abroad at less prices than are lmpos- f'' ed on our own people. What State Government ever committed such al folly?" " *c tl gt Decernl?er and May. S. Tv. Tutle, a well-to-do farmer of (j Stokes county, N. C., aged 47, eloped with the 14-year-old daughter of ,u II. A. Tulp. a merchant of the same ' county. When the couple got off s the train at Germantown they were met by the Irate father of the bride, who attacked Tuttlc, beating him unmercifully. on Killed In Runaway. co Mrs. \V. O. Langnau. the wife of f" : a wealthy manufacturer and the 1,0 I mother-in-law of former Mayor Mcj Kisson, of Cleveland, Ohio, was kill- IHI ed In a runaway accident Monday c'(' morning. Several of her relatives were Injured but none seriously. _ I>onh1o Traced. H. H. Ramey, of Glllaburg, Miss., j was shot, and instantly killed by a negro Tuesday evening. Ttsm?ey's . son avenged his father's death by killing the negro. . ? ji^|w Gibbes Improves r, Fay for Itarlf In I t-'n #t#fc% ?r. Mako a want It b THIS MACI Ortalolrtho b?i format t?n<m ai>i>l Icatlun to .">< 1 GIRBKS MACHIN lj QQQ Sallcra of "Olbbra (>iiarnnt< BoxUW.Col Southern States ^o^h^ri OOLUM( WORKERS' PENSIONS. Vlint the Printers Are Doing Along This Line. The International Typographical in ion has ever been found foremost ti the advocacy And introduction of measures for the benefit of the toilr. In many fields of innovation it ias taken the first step. This Is rue of its determination to provide iy a system of assessment, among its >wn membership pensions for the iged and dependents of its ranks. The experiment?for It is looked up>n as such by those who are In ouch with the trade union movenent?is the object of deep interest ?n the part of all labor loaders. If t proves a success the example will >e followed undoubtedly by other nternational organizations. A sysem of pensioning worthy members nay become at no far distant day me of the most important features >f the labor movement in this counry. It all depends upon the out:ome of the efforts of the Typographcal union. So important is this matter that State Commissioner of Labor John Williams of New York State devoted onsiderable space to it in his buletion of labor statistics. Commlsdoner Williams remarks: "The progress of this effort of the \ssociated journeymen printers will jo viewed with interest by national lpioiis of other trades, and if the plan is successful the movement to provide a stipulated allowance for members in their declining years, bus obviating the dread of penury, will doubtless become general anions issociations of labor iu the United States." The experiment lias been in operitlon for eight, months, and there ire 4 76 pensioners on the rolls, [)Urill(r the nlcht mnnllia ? 1 > i? o OA 86 was collected and $19,193.01 ,)ald in pensions. An analysis of the ace of the pensioners develops the notable fact that 280, or 58.8 per cent of them, are >etwoen sixty and seventy years; 171 sr 36 per cent are septuagenarians, ind twenty-one, or 5 ; er cent, are jctegenarians, while one is a nonigenarlan. The latter member is ifflliated with "nig Six" of New fork city. In spite of his years he an still write a firm hand and thus xpressed his appreciation in a leter written to the clerk of the benfit board: "On the 1st day of Norember next ( 1908), Clod willing, 1 ;liall then enter my ninety-fourth rear and my seventy-third as a typo inionist, forty-two of which I have pent as a member of New York typographical union?'Hig Six.' 1 leom it an honor and a great blessng that the officials of the Intermtionai Typographical union deem d me worthy of being placed upon he pension fund." Among the pentoners is one woman who is sixtywo years old and who has been a nember of typographical unions for hirty-two consecutive years. While the Amalgamated Society of Ingineers and the Amalgamated Soiety of Carpenters and Joiners, both dth headquarters in England, have or a long period paid pensions to heir old members, "the first distincIvely American trade organization." i the language of Commissioner I'illiams, to inaugurate an old age ension for its members is the In rnauonai Typographical union, ho enterprise is a worthy one. hero is nothing so commendable as le care of the Infirm and the aged. 1 European countries the pension ,'stem has proved of great benefit. is a species of insurance to a man gainst want and -absolute deponency in his declining years. It Ives the vigorous and the healthy id the prosperous an opportunity i set aside for themselves a fund iat will aid them on the tinai retch of life's span when they will ive possibly neither the ability nor le opportunity of providing for lemselves. It is a worthy cause, id the Typographical union should eet with the greatest measure of iccess In its efforts. Killed Himself. On the eve of his second trial i the ehargo of embezzling Broome unty funds, Arthur W. T. Black, rmer clerk of the Broome county nrd of supervisors, and former airman of the Broome county Reblican committee, committed sulle by shooting himself through the ad. "* i 1 i fig T WILL:" Cut perfect lathe. a day. Run with leaat pow- _ # o-hcap marketable. i- 1~ . ^ IINE FILLS TIIE BILL. LIllO (machine made. Ful ler InERY COMPANY. ?ed Machinery,"?all kluda JST)3,CGa UIDbU. S.C. ^ RllPPI Y flnMDAMV w w? M W WIWH ?ni'? IOM US ^Suppijcs flftAA ^Sugglje^ B I A. S. O. Agents Wanted; To handle our household specialties ? Olocks, Jewelry, etc. Make $30 and more weekly Ideal Dust Pan?Something new, every * ousekeeper wants one; saves her back; sels on sight, by mail prepaid 45? cents. Oriental Polishing 'Cloth? Gives a brilliant lustre to gold, silver and Jther metals, 10 1 cents. Elite Cleaning Pad?Removes dirt and grease from clothing and dress fabrics, speaks for itself, 10 cents. Mail Order Payers?Write today for free catalogue. Windle Home Supply Company. 4 OA North tWnl Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Clay Peas for Sale?$1.2T> per bush* ( el. Raeford Hardware Co., Raa1 ford, N. C. I > Dollar Fountain Pen for fifty cents. 1 Paird, Cedar Ave , Philadelphia. ORIENTAL RUG <O.M I* A NY. I lot Cathedral St., Baltimore, Mil. ; We make you handsome and durable lings from your old wornout carpet, any size to fit a room or hall. Let us send you u price list; Just 1 write for one. For Sale?One Am. 1 f?-horsepower steam engine; practically good as new; can be seen running. Address J. E. Johnson, Supt. Nceljr Mfg. Co., Yorkville, S. C. i . 50c for a pair of self-sharpening, 7-inch, tension steel spring shears. ' Cut anything from tissue paper to tough blanket with ease. Coopor ' Novelty Co., Ilox !>4, Orangeburg, S. C. STOOD LONG FOR LAND. .Many r. S. Fanners Have Heroine Canadian Homesteaders. The Canadian land office ut Edmonton. Alberta, opened last week for the distribution of 464 homesteads, some of the land being valued at $20 to $20 an acre at present prices. Some of the home seekers stood outside the office door for three days and nights in order to keep their places in the line and get. a pick of the land. A C.aliclan and three half-breed Frenchmen had the first four selections. Many of them were Americans. In fact. Western Cannda Is being flooded with men from South of tho line. fh;ht for frkk potash. Fot of Advert laing lfas Horn (liven to it Oratis. Editor Tho nailj- Record: All the talk about the victory of a certain congressman from South Carolina concerning potash in tho tariff bill is not true and not fair. The congressman and certain Columbia parties kept the wires hot about the wonderful fight they weru making, wheu, as a matter of fact, fertilizer people in Europe, Charleston, Savannah, Wilmington anil Richmond were communicating with congress about the matter and the Republican leaders had rtiven 'assurances that, the item would bo taken out of the bill. T happened to be in Washington at the time and know that two other South Carolina congressmen had worked on the matter and had it practically settled before the wires were made hot between Washington and Columbia for advertising purposes. FAIRPLAY. Richmond, Va., April 14. ' Hits Him Hard. At Atlanta, Oa., C. M. Callaway, convicted of running a blind tiger, was Monday sentenced to twelve months on the chain gang or to pay a fine of $1,000. a Shingle MiHT need power feed shingle mill on (be m*r8,000 to 16,000 shingle* per day, 4 to 10 H. P. J a. Carriage ha* automatic return motion. EST GOODS ? BEST PRICES" rite na for close price quotations. UPPLYOO. *- - COLUMBIA, 8. C. |