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ft 1 ? 4- -> > ' * ' f * . C * ^ ^ Georgetown Man Says Kiting gas RaM Bk lift. - ; 'H ft O-. . (,v ... -* -<? A PECULIAR SITUATION Man Does Not Know How His Ap qu.Z - \ jlfal Stands?I)r. Bigtuun Not Yet or - ?u ? '! L Heard From?Seems tb Be Doubt About Report of the Doctor Be* ing In Greenville. "Of course It "worries me. It Nhaa ruined my life and I never expect to get overolto said W,; B. Arant at the State penitentiary, where he Is . Ueld'. <pehtflhr an'Appeal to the supreme court. Avant was qu?^tlon-( ed clOBOly as to tne tragedy or Slur-- ( rotl's Inlet, when he shot and killed Mrs> Ruth Crisp Bigham, on a lonely Ijpech, while he was in company with her husband, Dr. O. C. Dlgham. Botfc Avant and Bigham have v>een J convicted for the crlrafo and sentenced to serve a ternv of three* and one^ half years each in the State prison. The ptisohec who is now being held, until further advices are received from the Georgetown sheritT is rery young, hardly over 23, of unkempt appetirane*^ ftbtfulders stigfctty scooped, brownish hair, gray eyes and of a nervous nature. The whorv abouts of Dr. Jljgham. the husband of fstt womiOJ' who was killed,' la unknown. Just what will be "rtie next move In the noted case is not known. Dr. Righam Is at large, although recently reported to be ih tlreenvHle. W. B. Avant Is at the State Prison, though not as a convict, a message having been received by the authorities from the sheriff of Georgetown just beforo he was to bo mustered in, "to hold him until further Instructions." Avant firmly believe* that he will get another trial but can not understand why tbo papers have not been filed with the supreme court. It 1b stated that the timo Is out for the filing of the papers and that both men will have to go to prison. The prisoner Bald that he was perfectly ignorant as to just what his attorney had done in the caae and that he thought that iuimediately after Judge Watts refu*o<l a new trial that the case would be appeal ed to tho supreme court. Avant was given to understand before the interview that it was not necessary for him to talk unless he wished to and that he might request any statement he might make not to be printed. In his conversation, the prisoner at times grew excited and nervous. Questions of general naturo ho would answer freely, but when asked directly about certain phases of the case he would exclaim in an excited voice, "that I refuse to answer." Although he was asked many questions concerning the mysterious case, he would gijve no answers that would make a connected story^ He could not remember many of tho details ol the kllltfR Wh?n<Vftikatl who sho* Airs, Uts* hum, the prisoner said, "Yes, I shot her." When asked why the answer came, "1 decline to answer." On being asked just what his moughts were when he dlscoverec that he had shot a womah, he heal tated a moment and said, "I had no thoughts. 1 was scared and nervoub and ran back to the house." ' / "Why did you shoot and kill Mrs. Bigkayi.?|",>s?&B w*k*d Avant and the usual reply to many questions came, "that I decline to tell you." "Before you nulled the trigger what did you see <&' th*b 4>eeeh ' the next question asked thy prisoner, "Something black, sitting on the ground,'* wttS'the answer.'; ? i When, qyestionefi further as; to where Dr. jIMgham was when,the shot was faffed, the prlsonoV said, ' f don't know.r I1 whs seated, he' might huve' been near me." ,ii > m. ' "What did you think the something black or dark was on the beech?" he was asked, "I will pot . answer that," was the reply. Avast staled thatihe tyas married, 1 and whllje not ^wprm personul friend ' of Dr. nigham that he had known him for some time and that Mrs. ; Itlgharu bad visited his home aer-f',1 eral times. The prisoner wps a farrndh"' 17 f ' " 1 The killing of Mrs. Digham was 1 most sensutlonal and mysterious in ' its nature and many theories have ' been advanced, but, nothing <J|f a defl " i)Itc nature is known concerning rue crime. Where is Dr. Dtghftm? Is the question that many are asking. 1 "From what can bo \oarned hero ? Dr. Hlfhnui is still at large and the t last peport from him Is to the of- c feet he le'lQ Oroenvllle, E.i- < fleiitlv IliorA 1b unmn ml^nn^ nA I lng & "connection vylth the aftilr,' 1 Avanl having been ar?ntod and ri-rt > to pi^au^ and liigham bvlcg out on bond-yet. ft certainly appear* to be literal for Avant to bo in and Blghrfftf dut or vloe verse, inasmuch- * they f*er? both released et the miw * time launder Identically tbo samo p conditions.' f \ v A ftSoh froi* pHdnMljA. 4h?rf,k fc I wgg Dr. Blgbnm had gon^ Y to vl^t* aome 01 his relatives says: 1< "Dr. p. C. Btaham seonjs not to l|e e in Gro&vl 110^*1 i>rdho#it. laVfc<$ b'se t not HMh* wen within the last few . days. iuris supposed by some, how- s ever, omewhore In th?J county wtth hi* relative#."* T "Tlfe^sfcerlff of this county has re- n cently* jfeenivnd a telegram from -the- j> sheriff OicMrgateSfctt "eo?B?'y lelT- f ing htax not to arrest Blgham. and o K from this It stems that, be. is not tS I confild^db^ a fugltttp fronc^Justico.'" H Dr.o^(|hanL Js^ider^i bend of ^ BE tl.SO^^qp If tnJJpaper* f'or^a new ir trial have not been filed with the no supreto^ court. It seems as If ha Is n M deBtindof <t> serve out his sentence y< e e e-e-e e e-e-e m hi MAKE HEROES OF THEM i ' - Ite 8tTRKME COURT TAKES UNPRECEDENTED ACTION. vv ^ ./ .... ' . * imprison an Ex-Sheriff and Others for Allowing a Prisoner in Their Custody to bo Lynched. For'Vhe first time In American history .hJx men are in prison for rcntempt of the Suprouie Court of Jt>e:Uolfed HCatee. Fur the first time, |bo. the Federal Government has placed men behind the bars as an >utcome of the lynching of a negro. At the United States jail in Washington. Capt. Joseph F. Shipp, form?r sheriff at Chattanooga, Teun.; Jeremiah Gibson, his jailer, and L UtuUl I IVllllanitt. Nlek Nolan 'Honrv I ?tt and Wm. Mayes, of the same city, have begun serving terms of Imprisonment Imposed u few hours bofore' by the Supromo Court of the United States. B&lpp and Uibson had been found tullty of falling to protect from a mob Ed Johnson, whose legal execution for rape had been stayed by the Supreme Court Until it could review the Case.. The others had been found guilty of participation in the lynching cof a Federal prisoner. Ship'p, Williams and Nolan were given sentences of ninety dayB' imprisonment each, while Padgett, JLbson and- Mayes each, rocelved sixty "days. As the -big barred doors of- the |all Bwung open to receive the prisoners, Inltnedlgtely after sentence had been Imposed', Warden McKoo stood before them. "As least we are in the hands of i soldier!"-' exclaimed Capt. Hhipp, who had boon in many a fight for the Confederacy, a* he: eapied a G. \. R. Button on Ihe lapel of Warden i McKee's cosi. Then turning to his Ave fellow prisoners, he said: "Boys, it. will be all right." Warden MoKeo has inaugurated methods of punlshmeut at tlve Jail is humantarlan as the various classes of prisoners will allow, and he was prepared for the reception of the six men from Tennessee. About a year ago. during the imprisonment of an unusually large number of women, the warden had hi ted up a store room on the fourth floor of the Jail as quarters for female prisoners. It was in this large room, perhaps twenty by thirty-five feet, that he loehed the stX prisoners. In the room were beds for each of the prisoners, while at one ehd was a table upon which "trusties" will set their meals three times a lay. A bath roont, adjoining the room, will bo usod by tho prisoners exclusively. Four lame circular widows open to the Bouth nud went, giving excellent views of the front if the buildings. In fact, bo pleasant did the prisoners find the quarters that Cnpt. Shlpp sent his attorney, Major Cllft, to tho office of the Supreme Court to withdraw a equest he had uiadq wkeu sentence was Imposed, to be sent to the Federal prison at Atlanta. Ga., instead of tho Jail in Washington. During thq afternoon, the six men eceived calls from Tonnesseeans and othH-a. Sitting on his- straw lied, half reclining on his pillow of straw, Capt. Shlpp made this statement: "We are very well pleased with the treatment given us by Warden vlcKee, and arc delighted with the juarters assigned us." A few hours In Jail made Gibson reminiscent. He told his companons that this was not the first time "to had been in prison in Washington. "But the other time 1 was brought here at; a Confederate prisoner," he laid. / ~ , , , TJLIF, WAGKH OF SIX. OiirA l'rnm(ni>nl Jt.ranvlt*. llliwl In * * f . 1 i a Poor Houm>. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., jays au eventful career ended Moulay afternoon with the death at the Rowan County Home of Charles A. 3oiner, a former member of the New Jersey Legislature and once prominent In tjipf State. Several- years igo he left his wife and came to ipetieOr. N*. CV. with a woman whom ne claimed was.hla wife. This wo^viui later became insane and died *? the State hospital. Corner broodHt.-over her death and soon became i wr^ck himself, losing his eyesight, before his death he confessed that 4m woman with whom he lived at Jallfchuty viu not his wife. ' Fiends Awful lYime. At Staunton, Va., a true bill was baud b>" the special grand Jury tgulst Clifton Tteckeurldge, tho nttro charged with repented assaults 'O the six-year-old granddaughter of J. A. Hutchinson, the county Jail teeper. The negro narrowly escaped ynching at the hands of a infurliteil mob on Friday night. TV Ml ted to Ilans Sooner. At Ruosellvllle, Ala., Tom Robortpn. who two *-eeke ago killed bis rife and Ma motber-in-daw and danrorously wounded his wife's father, ^ak found)guilty of murder lp the tt \\ft ' oou/t afci Uo)?tetiri>i to'bfcj tangod December lb. "That's too ong for mo to live." oxclaimod Robrtaon. whop.the da^ of bis.exaculoft \va* aduonaood. hould ho appear. ? Blgham le thu^ f ,de ?iribod' A 9w. hoavy-^et man. pe^lW feet ine Inches In height, dark red hair. arted Jte. ttld ujtddbb medtura low nrehead. r uddy mm plosion: eyea f light brown, reddened a? If by laat^ftlog aud granulated eye lids. Wl bn}-$h m. a^.earanr.., ^|ri>h^ont .n.rftt'uben h1!* t'n*e is 1 repose he appears rather a mild tanncrcd n?:ui. In. apjwguuH* .he is ?ther 1' tfiua "bit' *2 3 ?ar?." | > tP ' d- * $ O 1 V SHARP REPLY Tt Scuttr Tflaaa't Critidai #f tht . PUi tf Fnuriac tfce TAFT LUNCHEON AFFAIR Capt. W. ?. Qonulefl, Mor ber of Llhllud W-'JII ? IJL' !' ' the Central Committee 'a Charge ' I I of the . Arrangement/, Explains Why Free Tlck?*t? Were Xot Issued to the C'-'^mbia Function. The . *ing' statement Is piib.?.cu oy Capt. W. E. Gonzales, who was on the central committee as the representative of tho Columbia Chamber of Commerce, to provide tor* the ehtertalnment of President Taft when he visited Columbia recently: "As a member of the central committee and us the individual primarily responsible for the metliod of President Tuft's entertainment at luncheon in Columbia, a method characterized by D. R. Tillman asi 'indecent.' and 'criticized In chorus by a more or less thoughtless, uninformed or Tpalldons ^newspapers, I make the subjoined statement of facts. Tho vicious assault upon Columbia by Tillman, broadcast through the couutry In press dispatches, Is a reflection upou all South Carolina. Last winter tho President-elect was invited to Columbia by the Governor, the president of the South Carolina Bar Association, and president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He could not then some. I^ater the iuvitation was renewed by the Governor, the mayor and the president of the Chamber of Commerce. He accepted that Invitation. Three mothn6 ago organization for the care of tho President and his entertainment was begun by the formation of a central committee, of which the Governor, representing South Carolina, was chairman. Mayor Reamer aud myself being the other members. "The Qrst suggestion for the President's entertainment was by Governor Ansel, who proposed tendering him a luncheon. I opposed that plan on the ground that the coming of the President ,to the Capital, ou the liwlthtldn of the'city and State, I was State-wide in Its significance. and bis hoBta should be (he representative men of the State; that any formal 'fanetVon at the Mansion must of necessity he restricted, and, therefore, the Ides of a State entertainment could not bo carried out. As a substitute suggested Inviting a certain number of representative men of South Carolina to participate In giving this luncheon. The cost was estimated at $10 for each host, there to be no "guests" except the President, his Immediate party anJ members of his Cabinet. That plan was accepted, the Governor deciding to give the President a breakfast. Mr. Taft at that time expecting to arrive here in the morning. . Was State-wide Affair. "Members of committees were later appointed, and the committee on Invitation forwarded to the thousand persons selected to be given the opportunity to participate in entretaining the President, a card of invitation, in stereotyped form, bearing, an symbolical of the scope, an engraving of the Hag of South Carolina. There was absolutely nothing upon that card suggesting Columbia as the host. Another card carried the information to South Carolinians invited that the first W uuuui ru lU a? an lUCUlDtM^UH of the invitation, and pay the amount fixed upon, would participate in the luncheon. "Invltatlous were essential because limitation and selection were necessary. No on? was invited because ho could pay his way. Official South Carolina, the press, the men of learning and of worthy achievement were recognized as fully as possible In the effort to have assemble here a representative and distinguished body .of South Carolinians to tpK-t the*couqty-y's Chjdf Executive. Private entertainment in Columbia would have saved the conimitten's infinite troubles and trials, but would necessarily have eliminated that State feature of the entertainment. to which the President so feelingly referred in his address here. "Further carrying out the Statewide conception, a reception committee was appointed, on which every county in South Carolina had repreRoiitnrion; there were two aldermen from Columbia and probably a dozen members of the General Assembly on that commltteo. "The design and Inscription for the menu card, chosen by the luncheon committee, a full month before the event, emphasized tho scope of the function. In addition to the engravings of tho Capitol, tho coat of arms of South Carolina and a palmetto tree, the declaration that tho luncheon was "Given to President Taft by Sonth Carollnans" was conclusive of Its purpose. "At the beginning of tho preparation ft- was decreed'thai there should be no 'guests' at the luncheon except tho President, his party and members of the Cpbioet. And there was none. Kvery South Carolinian present was there as a host. The reporters for the Columbia Record, Th?:Nftws and Courier and the State, tho members of all committees?the men who horo the responsibilities and did the arduous work of pronation?were host*, each contributing his share toward making fitting South Carolina's hospitality to the nation's official head. "There are two practicable methods of defraying the expenses of public.. banquets. One Is by using 'he taxpayeia' money to pay for un entertainment from which more than - > . . ? ,: o - : k > . '. ? ======= 99 percentum of th? taxpayer* must of .necessity be excluded, and the other Is that those acting as hosts do the part of hosts and defray the ooets. By the first plan the many pay for the benefit of the few; by the latter there Is equality and justice. And the later plan is practically universal. Same Plan Followed Elsewhere. "After Tillman's ill-bred outbreak In the face of Columbia's and 8outh Caroline's approaching guest, I took the pains to inquire of four towns that either had entertained the Pres-j Idfln^ or contemplated ao <^Olng, as to th& plhh tollowedr.' Here are extracts from the replies: , "Washington: 'The dinner fHven to President Taft was arranged by a joint committer of the Chamber of Commerce and board of trade. The committee issued invitations to a few distinguished guests, who. of course, paid, nothing. All, .others who attended paid >20 a plate. The list was limited.* The list, however, whs not conQped to Washingtonl^na. 'New Orleans: 'At the banquet tendered President Taft here lost February, Just before1 his Inauguration. all those.who attended were invited la pay $2bi with the exception of Mr. Taft's party, the press (of New OrleanB) and possibly one or two guests of honor.' Those invitations to participate were not confined to'citizens of Loulsiahk. "Atlanta: 'I have juat wired you thai we did exactly the same thing here in Atlanta, and it is the usual cpstom, not only heYe in (he South, but in every other city in the country. ... It seems to me it 1b a very sensible custom. . . Somebody has to pay. Why not, flv&refore, those who are there in the capacity of hosts? ... So far as I have heard this is the only instance of complaint of this kind on record. "Savannah. 'The Taft banquet will be attended by 3f>0 pert^rv About thirty will be guests of the city: the 320 who are not speclul guests will pay $20 per plate for the occasion. In eighteen years I do no recall a function of the sort in this city that was not similarly financed." invitations to participate Id tbat bunquet and its expense?a banquet given in fhp name of 8avannah? were sent to Atlanta aud elsewhere in Georgia. "The direct charge that Columbia wna attempting to make the State at large pay for, ber frolic, and the infamouH insinuation that the plan of a committee, of which the Governor, the mayor and myself were the members, had eugaged In a xnoney-oiaking scheme, warrants reference to what was spent in Columbia asido from the lunc ieon?whose cost, by the way, was po* covered by the ostlmated $10 a plate. Aside from the entertainment in the State House the outlay wus, as accurately as 1 can now secure the figures, $5,800. Tillman Tartly Censured. "I have no means of defining the motive prompting 13. It. Tillman to make the gross and insolent reply he did to the Invitation to be a host instead of a guest at the luncheon to the President, and it is Immaterial whether he imngined it an opportunity to hurt Columbia, or to embarrass his political opponents on the committee, or to hoodwink gullible backwoodsmen. Hut his ill-bred tirade, his maliciously false statement of Columbia's position, his charge that our plan was a violation of hospitality and 'indecent,* would liavp lippn li'nni hv mr? ho^ nnf papers in South Carolina, some of them perhaps misinterpreting the commit tee's silence whilo the guest was approaching, Indulged In wholly unjustified, and, as a distinguished Georgian writes me, unprecedented ccritlclqm of this city. "That Tillman, wbe has neveT balked at the price of a dinner when paid for with the money of taxpayers, should essay the role of a Ward McAllister is grotesque. The man who as a guest of honor In Charleston 'took tho hido off his hosts and then 'rubbed In salt," and gave Charlestonlans a stomach-turning from which they needed yc-ars to recover, the man whose coarse speech when making addresses by Invitation has brought the blood to the faces 6f farmers' wives and daughters in 8outh Carolina, the man whose profanity before*, women has shocked in 9onth . Carolina - and> Ih ,\\*ashirfgton ?this man's critiqism, ,1 say, of hospitality and etiquette, is grotesquo. The animous Is revealed when Tillman, notorious for lack of courtesy, lack of refinement, and for general uncouthness, and boastful of his disregard of the conventions, attempts to be mentor of Columbia's manners. And when It comes to maintaining the good name of South Carolina, for which he now essays to be Jealous, Tillman's display of an appetite for getting something for nothing or much for little, which had Its lncelpleut manifestation when ue wus uovernor in me cultivation of a private oat crop at public expense, and its latest development In the Oregon land affair, might be detailed us 6tArtling Inconsistency between the word and the deed.' "If Mr. Taft. knew anything about the reason Benator Tillman gave for absenting himself frcro the luncheon, ho said nothing about It, but enJoyed a good dinner. A. K." ? I.Ives and Property Lost. It. Ik estimated that fifty persons were drowned by the rocent floods on tbo Island of Jamaica and that tho material damage will not bo leas than $1,250,000. The principal lose was to tho haoana plantations on the north side of the island, and few tfhlpmonts will be possible before January. The south side of the Island was practically uninjured, and the situation there Is not serious. Negro Kills Another. At Chester, in a quarrel on Tuesday night, between two negroee. John Mooou and John Win, the latter was shot by the former and died Friday fiom the injuries received. Tho slayer was arreetod and lodged In Jail. * * s , CLASSIFIED COLUMN Red Polled Cattle?Berkshire Hog* and Augora Qoata. Breeder*. W R. Clifton, Waco. Texas. For Sale?Pair of fine Kentucky horses. Address Box 9, Greenville, B. C. | Salesmen?Beet commission offer on earth. New, all retailers, samples. Coat pocket. "Very Profitsable/' Iowa Citv. Iowa. ? \V*nted-?Agents to sell embroider* ed shirt waist patterns. Keystone Embroidery Mfg. Co., 1458 North Hobart St., Philadelphia, Pa. Agents Hustle?Only pancake griddle in world that bakes square cakes, turns them. ISO per cent profit. Canton Qriddle Co., Canton, Ohio. Wanted to Buy?Hides, Furs, Wool, beeswax, tallow, scrap iron, cow pe?B. Write for prices. Crawford Co., 508-510 Reynold St.,! j Augusta, Oa. I 100 name cords or business cards? Leather case. 50c.; 25 cards, 15c.; stamp or sliver; agents wanted. Martin Agency Sales Co., Holly Beach, N. J. Simple way?How to preserve and have frosh blown garden flowers all winter. Great secret for 25 centa silver. A. 11. Kllster, Rib Lake, Wis. > * Don t Ship until you get a free list of reliable produce dealers In 29 leading markets from the National League of Commission Merchants Dept. O, Buffalo, N. Y. Free?Fifty old Favorite Songs, words and music, lithograph covers, for addresses of twelve teachers, not over two from same school. Box 182, Greenwood, 8. C. Perfume-Gloes In Starch gives clothes lasting perfume of azure violets; makes them white as snow ;sample. 4 cents; agents wanted. Shipman. Lewis Block. Buffalo. N. Y. Typewriters?Special low prices os rebuilt and second-band machines all kinds, for fall trade. Write for price list. General Supply Company, Dept. O. Augusta, Ga. Lady or Girl Wanted each town good pay spare time, copy namet for advertisers, cash weekly Stamp for particulars. Am. Adv Bureau, Sanbornvllle, N. H. For Sale?The Wheeler hotel property In Hendersonvllle, N. C. If Interested communicate with us at once, beforo this property Is sold. Howard Caldwell & Co., Columbia. S. C. ' v When medicine falls you, I will take your case. Rheumatism, Indigestion, liver, kidney and sexual disorders permanently eradicated b> natural means. Write for lltera ture, confidential, free and interesting. C. Cullen Howerton, F. S. Durham, N. C. Young Ladles and girls over 14 year* of age can secure steady and profit able employment and be taught t< make clgara. Will be paid whlli learning, good, cheap board cat oe secured near tne factory. An; girl can make from $6 to $12 pe: week (some much more) aftei learning. We need 500 young la dies immediately. Apply to Seid enburg & Co., Opposite Union De pot, Charleston, 8. C. Fine silk four-in-hand Sunday tie, j 15c, by mail, prepaid. All new popular so'lid colors, correct shape, state color preferred?send stamps or coin. All careful thrifr./ buyers take advantage of our big bargain. Wo are tho largest exclusive men's and boys' outfitters in America. Wo manufacture all our own clothing. Boys' warm winter i caps made with pull down bands, l5c by mall prepaid. Big catalogue mailed free?write today. Mall Order Department. The Big Storo, Cincinnati. , Marion County Fanning Lands for Male?On tho flrBt Monday Sales Day in December at the Court House in Marlon, in settlement of the Estate of W. C. McMillan, there will be sold 2,264 acres, divided into tracts of land varying from 150 to 3 50 acres each of fine productive, healthy land. Timber has been sold with usual farm privileges and in no way interferes with the farm. Conveniently situAtiwl f\ r* iir/Y.wl fAft.l Q 1 - O * a 1 t\ ? k V v. %? ? p,v/v/vt 1 VUU o i IV IV miles from Marlon Court House, and directly on a surveyed line of Railway being^ullt and now within a few miles from Georgetown, via Marlon, north. Terms, onefourth cnsb, balance In one, two and three years with option of rash payments. For further Information ad dross and so on. see or write W. C. McMillan, Administrator, Columbia, S. C.. or Montgomery & Lids, Aitorneya, Marlon, S. 0. 1/ It la quite possible for a girl to got her eyes open, you know, through Just a little pique. It was In this very cotta from Birmingham, Ala., died of Fevor. They had I son's Tonic cured them q - * The two physician, here had 9 very obstts were Italian, end lived on a creek 00 yar month, .tending, their torn per. tore ranging thing in vain. I peraoaded them to let me i ed matter and let the medicine go out In a pi feet in all three cee wa. Immediate and pei vm no recurrence ot the Fever. Wrfto to THC JOHNSON'S CHILL i ) 1 A Feather we have many ot the finest fabrics. THE W. S. CC 89 Society Street, Local and Lon o~ e> SOUTHERN OTATES BUT11 IVIeichlp^r; Plumblnfii COLUM I CAN TUBERCULOSIS BE CURED? According (o Statement Issued by the Michigan Department ol Health, It Can Be Cured and Prerented. I. the undersigned, hereby certify that I have suffered slightly for several years, and endured pains and spitting of blood from tuberculosa for the past year. Having taken the SaaBtamolnen Remedy for three months, I feel myself perfectly well Two doctors, after careful examinations. have pronounced me fully recovered. (Signed) For testimonials and terms, write ..The Saastuinoinen Remedy Co.,.. South Range, Mich. L. M. Power. M. D.. In charge. Pointed Paragraphs. People seldom talk too much unless they know too little. Vanity enables a man to convince himself that he isn't vain. THE NEW FERTILIZER. A discovery of far-reaching lmpor tance to the farmers of the South li the new fertilizer which hnB beer perfected on one of the islands neai Charleston, S. C. It lias long beer known that lime is an essential fooc for plants of all kinds and that thej cannot live wht?n It hn? Iwun nvhaiml ed from the soil. It has also beei known that old worn-out lands art extremely deficient In lime, and tha sour, hadly-dratned lands have theii lime is a for inthat is not usable In growing crops. Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, U. S Dept. of Agriculture, saya: "A1 the applications of llmo increased thi yields The best yields wen obtained with the lime in the forn of carbonate, the finely ground oys ter shells standing first Limi with fertilizer was more profitabb than depending upon fertilize alone." This new fertilizer which present! lime in its most usable form is mad< by a new process of burning oyste: shells and using a burner that cai supply potash. The result is a higl grade fertilizer costing the consum er only $7.00 per ton. It reclaim; worn-out lands in a marvelous man ner if applied broadcast two month! ahead of ammonlated goods. It'i sweetening effects on sour lands li almost magical. Charleston frulgh rates apply on ibis new fertilizer The factory is located on Young'! Island, S. C., but all letters shoulc be addressed to E. L. Cummins, Salei Agent, Meggetts, S. C. Free descrip tlve circulars will be 6ent to any on< on request. We Buy HPU ~ TTi-ll jLiie runuwiiig": (Submit samples, glvo amountH and price): COW PEAS, largeBt amounts wanted October to July. PLANT INO COTTON SEED, fancy pure typea. CEED APPLER OATS. N. L. WILLET SEED CO., Augusta, (in. ORGANS. Wo have a fow slightly used $90 organs, will close out at a * big reduction. If you are want Ing an organ now is the time to buy one of the best organs made at a great bargain. Write at once if you wish to secure one of these organs, for such bar gains don't last long. Write for Illustrations of these organs and for terms. MALON'E'S MUSIC HOUSE Columbia, H. C. WOOD, IRON AND STEEL BeMnw. NcWh, ttdM. LOMBARD COfctPANY. A JGUSTA. OA. EOOL0U*IA 6UPPL1 Your Engine I What man of *xptri?nr? bM I Mvrnl governor*, of vartou* mi the Gunther-Wright. T hi* govt ever tried. We carry *11 sue* In COLUMBIA BUI ge In Brookslde, 15 miles that three Italians nearl) been sick 3 months. John lulckly?read letter below: BrooWde, Ala.. May 4. 1903. iata cases of continued Malarial Fever. Al d? from my store. These cases vera of threi ; from 100 to 104. The doctors had tried every try Johnson's Tonlo. I removed all the print !aln bottle aa a regular prescription. Ths ef rmanent They recovered rapidly and then N. R.BIIIFLETT. k riven TONIC OO., Savannah, a* in Our Cap ' curling and dyeing feathers. But her feathers In our cap. We excel lyelng Gloves, Lace Curtains, all kinds ,nd even Carpets. We never injure Our work is the best. Our price si will bring them. 1PLEST0N CO. CHARLESTON, 8. Cig Distance 'Phone. OUPPLY liOMPANv ROM u? /^Supplies Supplleb BIA. S. O. LANTERN CAUSES FIRE. Negro Attacked Night Watchman at Aiuericus, (la. A loss of fifty thousand dollnrs resulted from a fire at Amerlcus, Ga.t Thursday night, caused by an ' unknown negro attacking Night I Watchman Lee McMlchael, of the 1 Amerlcus Construction Company, and *i knocking the latter's lantern over ' ; with a club. Shavings wero Ignited by the flro from the lantern and the extensive lumber yards nnd variety works of the company wore destroyed. For a time fire threatened de' structlon of a considerable portion of the city. Before being checked the flames had covered an aren of six acres. Among the other bulldI Ings burned were an unused cold storage plant owned by S. R. SlmH i nnd valued at $3,000 and six small * dwellings with contents. | ? * ? THIRTEEN ITALIANS ARRESTED. Hand of Alleged Counterfeiters Are " I 3 Caught iu New York. 1 r By the arrest of thirteen Italians ? Monday. United States Becrc t service ' men and the Italian squad of the f New York police, think they have " rounded up the leaders of a hand 1 which has trafficked for at least a 3 year in a large amount of counterf felt money made in Palermo, Italy, r and circulated in America. f The prisoners, who were taken in raids upon several Italian shops and homes in Harlem, include Culsseppe ' Morello, in whose lodging were found 9 seven alleged "black hand" letters 9 written by him to merchants in New 1 Orleans and returned, tho police believe, by merchants who met the de? mands for money. 9 Pasquale Va6i. another of the mon, r had in his possession 1,200 counterfelt two-dollar bills. 3 * ? Victim of Football. A dispatch front Richmond, Va., ^ sayB sympathetic sorrow pervaded the city for the mother ami family 3 of Archer Christian, tho eighteenyear-old halfback of the University 9 of Virginia football team, who, durin? the game at Washington on Saturday between the 'varsity and t Georgetown University, was fatally injured in a mass play during tho ' last live miuutes of game, and died j twelve hours later in a hospital. i Many a girl who is fond of JewJ elry has no use for a rolling pin. t W-A-ZTsTTIECID 6 young men and 4 young ladles to prepare for positions now awaiting them. Great opportunity for young pooplo of good moral character who want to rise to an honorable position. Lessont by mall If desired. For full infor, m&tion, writ? Southern Commercial School, Winston-Salem, Rocky Mount, Greensboro, Wilmington, N. C. PECANTREES Budded and grafted from choices varieties. Lowest prices. EAGLE PECAN COMPANY. Plttaview, Ala. We will Bnv Cow Peas EVERY DAY TILL Jl'LY 15th. Quote us with samples for present ! shipment, or contract for future shipments on? MIXED PEAS, STRAIGHT PEAS, IRON PEAS. Will buy 5 bushels to a car. X. L. \VII,LET KEKI) CO., Augusta, (?n. rOOMplN^OOrnMBIiTal deeds a Good Governor! o say after using the leading makes:?"I have triad I ikea, but (ailed to get proper regulation until I used I srnor give* better regulation than any other I have I atnek. flanged or screwed bottom with screwed side, m PLY COMPANY, COU1MSIA. %. C. ^ I