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Which Shall It Uc? [A rich man who had uo children, J proposed to his po<>r neighbor who had seven, to take one of them, aud promised, if the parents would con- i sent, thut he would give them prop erty enough to make themselves aud their other six children comfortable for life.] Which shall it be? Which shal' It be? I looked at .John? John looked at me, I And when I found that I must speak. ! My voice seemed strangely low and j weak. "Tell mo again what Robert said:" And then 1 listening, bent my head, This Is his letter: ? "1 will give A house and land while >ou shall live. If, In return, from out your seven, One child to me for aye is given." I looked at John's old garments worn: I thought of all that he had borne, Of poverty, and work, and care. Which 1, though willing, could not share; 1 thought of seven young mouths to feed, Of seven little children's need. And then or this. "Come, John," said 1. "We'll choose among them as they lie Asleep," So, walking hand In hand, Dear John and 1 surveyed our band, First to the cradle lightly stepped, Where Lillian, the baby, slept. Softly the father stooped to lay Ills rough hand down in a l iving way. When dream or whisper made her stir. And tiuntclly Uo mitcji AuL liOl!" We stooped beside the trundle bed. And one long ray of lamplight shed Athwart the boyish faces there, In sleep so beautiful ami fair. I saw on James' rough red cheek, A tear undrled. 10re John could speak . "He's but a baby, too," said 1, And kissed him as we hurried by: I'ale, patient Robbie's angel face, Still in his sleep bore suilering's trace. I "No, for a thousand crowns not nltn." lie whispered, while our eyes were dim. Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son ? Turbulent, restless, idle one Could he be spared? Nay. He who gave, lild us befriend him to the grave: Only a mother's heart could be Patient enough for such as he. "And so," said John; "I would not dare To take him from her bedside prayer." Then stole wc softly up above. And knelt by Mary, child of love. "Perhaps for her 'twould better be." 1 said to John. Quite silently He lifted up a curl that lay Across her cheek in wilful way, And shook his head, "Nay, Love, not thee," The while my heart beat audibly. Only one more, our eldest lad Trusty and truthful, good and glad. So like his father. "No, John, no: 1 cannot, will not, let him go." And so we wrote in courteous way, We could not give one child away. And afterward toil lighter seemed, Thinking of that of which we dreamed, llappy in truth that not one face Was missed from its accustomed place; Thankful to work lor all the seven, Trusting the rest to One in Heaven. THE COTTON OUTLOOK. High Prices aro l'rodtcted Even With a Ijargo Crop. In conversation on Thursday with a Reporter of The State Mr. T. II. Wannamaker, one of the largest eot con dealers In this State made the fol lowing prediction In reference to the cotton outlook: "One peculiarity about the cotton business Is that by mutual consent all the men who are en gaged In It, arc permitted to enter tain positive convictions and to ex press their views quite emphatically on all occasions, and should one's judgment prove wrong ten times to one that it Is right, everybody is ex pected to see the correct gness, and never mention the prophecies that failed to matcrali/.e. "You have of course forgotten those bearish views expressed by me last fall, and I now rise to remark that the developments In the cotton trade the present season have aston ished everyone. "Had It been admitted in the early part of the season that the crop would approximate 11,000,000 bales, it would have been conceded without argument, that i> cents would be a full price for cotton. We know that the crop will fall very little short of 1 1,000,000, If it docs not exceed it. yet tho consumption has been on such an enormous scale that we practi cally havo a famine, and strict mid dling cotton Is easily worth n 1-2 cents, In spite of the fact that mil lions of spindles are idle, as the re sult of short supplies. This condition makes the progress of the growing crop of supremo Interest to dealers and spinners alike. There must be a yield of eleven and a half million bales of cotton In tho minimum, or a con tinued curtailment of consumption, If prl eosaro to bo kept within reason able boundti tho coming season. "Tho aoreage Is the largest on re cord by probably, '1 to 4 per cent, and tho consumption of fertilizers is also greator than over before. Abnor mally low tomporature and excessive rains throughout tho bolt, wore very unfavorable for cotton up to a?x>ut tho middle of June. Since that time howovor, tho conditions havo been quite favorable, and with continued good seasons and a lato fall, a large crop may reasonably bo expected. Tho crop howovor Is ono to three weoks lato through tho entlro belt, and tho ohancos rathor favor a mod orato yield. The crop is now passing through a most critical period, arid tho noxt six weoks will largely deter mine tho ylold. Wo must havo plen ty of moisture through the month of August, and should drought develop over any extensive area, thoro would bo a sensational advance in the new crop months." A Miirtlnrnr. Harm&n Truman Ooates, who was committed to Jail at Illohmond, Va., for 10 days for drunkenness and who hin been wandering In tho south for over a year, has confessed to tho po lice authorities that he is a murderer. The orlme, according to his confession waa committed at Spring Valley, N. Y., May 19, 1902, and the victim was Louis Hull of that town. A telegram from Spring Valley rocelved today omflrms.tho story. Ooates says he waft born in Patterson, N. J. He poled as an umbrella mender while here. - ? Lightning struck S. J. Waltar.V s aw mill near Grand Pay, Ala., .Tuesday afternoon, causing the holler to ex plode. William Carter, Alfred Wash ington and Lewis Johrtson, negroes, #e re killed. Calvin Forte, white was had ly scalded and will die. Two other White men woro loss scrloimly Injured. | THE STATE FAIR I ' Let Everybody Help to Make It ? tireat Suceea*. The State Fair for 190:1 is being an ticipated already by those iti charge and the premium list has been issued. The Fair this year will be from j October J7 to October and in that 1 time tht'ie will be a larger variety of | exhibits here than there have been in recent years. The farmers of the | State are taking a great interest in the stock and poultry exhibitions and this line will be a full one. 1 he racing committee Is determined that their feature at the Fair will not be the least. Columbia is particular ly iuteieited in horse ilesh just now and the paddock at the Fair grounds is sure to be full this year when the ponies are ready to run." There will be no carnival this year by the Elks, as the rule of the great order now forbids such festivity, but t'tc Chamber uf Commerce will en deavor to arrange an attraction and strejt show that win eclipse the one of last year. There will he side shows, free band concerts, a Moral parade, a confetti battle, and a handsome ball. The State ball will be of course, the premier social event of the week, but there are already proposed several pri vate entertainments of an extensive nature. The students of the South Carolina College will give a g^nnan ana there will he a cotillion also. The (woroury will opoo his 01)1 :o in Columbia on the tirst Monday priced ing the Fair and will lie ready r re cord all ent rios. This year the gates will be opened at H a. in. and the building will !>? closed at ."> in the af ternoo i, thus diverting the attention id t In: crowds to the street shows in I ho heart or the city. All exhibits must he on the grounds -nor before the until of < ictoner. The society will refund all freight charges pairl by exhibitors living in the State, on exhibits raised or produced in South Carolina, provided such exhibits are shipped at the lowest reduced rate and piepaid. I he Southern Express company, from points within its territory, will charge for fancy poultry and pet stock double merchandise rates, which must be prepaid. If the certificate of the secretary is obtained that the same has been on exhibition, no charge will be made for return to original ship ping point. All exhibits sent by freight or ex press must be prepaid and plainly marked "Secretary State Fair, Colum bia, S. C.," and in addition must have the shippers name and address on | them to insure their' return. Unless these instructions are compiled with the society will not undertake to re turn the exhibits. Immediately after shipping the exhibits notify the secre tary and send him the bill of lading or express receipts, that all exhibits may be looked after with the transpor tation companies. 1 he otllcers of the Fair association for 190.1 are: President - K. 1\ Hamer, Jr.. Ila mei'. President l'ro Tern - I. Wash Watts, Mountville. Vice Presidents? A. T. Snythe, First congressional district. Charleston: II. B. Watson, Second congressional dis trictUidge Spring :T. S. Kinard, Third congressional district, Ninety-Six; J. Wash Watts, Fourth congressional district, Mountville; J. W. Dunno vant, Fifth congressional district, Chester; B. F. Williamson, Sixth con gressional district, Darlington; G. A. (julgnard, Seventn congressional dis trict, Columbia. Executive Committee -M. L. Don aldson, Greenville; A. Porter Haskell, Columbia: John D. W. Watts, Lau rens; J. 10. Wannamaker, St. Mat thews; J. F. Mobley, Winnsboro; Ire dell Jones, Rock 1111); W. G. 1 1 inson, Charleston: J. J. Browning, Sedalia; II. M. Pegues, Clieraw; C. F. Moore, Bennettsvllle: J. II. Wharton, Water loo: D. F. Elird, Lexington; J. W. Dreher, Lewiedale. Secretary- A. W. Love, Chester. Assistant Secretary ?J. M. Cantey Columbia. Treasurer - A . Gamewell LaMotte, Columbia. General Superintendent. 1). F. Elird, Lexington. ? The State. HERE'S HOW TO KISS. All A Uric ??tl lv\|>ert'>? I nut ruct Ion lo TIiohi* <?r I ii'Hs Practice. Thousands upon thousands of well educated people go trough life and never learn the art. of kissing, an ac complishment in our experience worth more than all the learning of the great Sanhedrim. Very true, peoplo do extract some pleasure out of a kiss, hut. they never feel that blissful rap ture that tingles and dances along every nerve from the medulla oblon gata to i he very terminal of the great sciatic. Kvery son of fallen humanity should feel and know the ecstatic joy. The following rule Is freely given to all those who have blundered over a slm ple little kiss. 1 1 is absurd to t hink how few people perform kissing correctly. All men of sentiment read carefully: it. makes not a particle of difference whether your girl Is young or old, homely or beautiful, low or tall, thick or thin, the only absolute requisite is love. To make the kiss a success she must lend a helping hand and not dodge, or squeal as If she objected. Not a word must Ik; spoken. Never be In a hurry- haste mars everything. l?ut your right arm over her left shoulder and clasp her right hand with your left. The right arm must now slide slowly down her back to her walste but don't t>e in a hurry. Send a little thrill down your arm, and press her doss to your heart. Look lovingly Into her eyes and bend your bead till your lips almost touch hers till yon feel liei soft balmy breath. Let your mustache sweep lightly across her lips by way of pre liminary but do not hurry. Aim fairly and lilt, squarely. Let the four Hps come softly together and smack, so to speak, In t<o the sweetest homo geneousness. Look tenderly into her upturned eyes while every tendon, musclo and nerve quivers wit h delight and fancy bathes her plumage in a sea of bliss and soars through an at mosphere redolent of Joy where, every passion and appetite Inherited in Adam's fall Is refined and purified and all is swallowed up In love- and you are a natural horn idiot If you hurry now.? Johnnie ()., In The Athenian. l*olnto<l I'nrnurnitliH. A well wisher is one who invests liln coin in oil lands. The less wit a man has the more others many appreciate it. The will of the people disinherits a good many candidates. Eve's fondness for apples was a mighty good thin# for tailors and dressmakers. A BOY LED A8TRAY. The Bail Story ufYuuiiR South Cnro 1 1 n lun In (JcorKta. A young man named Cleveland Woods from this slate lies in the jail I hospital In Atlanta dangerously i wounded as a result of an attempt to | roh a drug store a day or so ago. Wo<?d and a professional crook named : Schmidt were seen to enter the store land the proprietor tired upon them, I wounding Wood severely. Schmidt , and Wood were both taken to jail and 1 the hitter's father, who lives in Kdge , Held, read of the affair in the papers. ! Mr. Wood Is a poor man, having j eleven children, and has a hard time in making ends meet, but the ladies of Atlanta hearing of his condition, and feeling sorry for the boy who has U'cn led astray, have interested them selves and will endeavor to keep the I boy out of the penitentiary. The I Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday J in speaking of Mr. Wood's visit says: When the story of L. E. Wood's tiip to Atlanta to see his burglar son was read sympathy for the distressed father caused several ladles to take an interest in the case and they will assist Wood in his efforts to yet his son out of trouble and take him back to his home in Sou'.h Carolina. The ladies called at the tower Wednesday morn ing and were present when father and son met. The jailor states that when Wood saw his son, wounued and 111 inn'! rnws a cot In the Tower i nospital, and knew that he had been I shot down as a criminal and was held 1 as a felon, he broke down and wept I like a child. "My son. my poor h.iy." he cried out. "was it for this that 1 held you i in my arms when vou were a babe and [looked after you all these yeais?" I The prisoner turned Ills face away . from his grief-stricken parent, and his 1 eyes, too. were tilled with tears. The j ladies who went to the Tower and promised Wood to do what they could I to help him keep his son from a long j term in the penitentiary, stated that tlicy did not wish to be placed in the light of persons trying to thwart Jus tice, but believing young Wood was the j victim of an outlaw and a crook, they wanted him to be given a chance to reform. "It is fur the sake of his old father and mother that we have Interested ourselves In the case," they said, "and we believe that boy, if given a chance to return home, will never be caught In such a scrape again." Wood is a poor man and has a family of eleven children. He has very little money, but says lie will spend the last cent he can raise on earth to keep his son from becoming a convict. TOBACCO FARMERS DESPONDENT I'nlcHH I'ricOH Improve Many Will Drop Its Cultivation. The Florence Limes says the pre sent condition in the tobacco market has greatly depressed the tobacco farmers, and it is not to be wondered at. If reports from other towns aie to be relied on few if any market ex cept Florence has more than one buyer, the representative of the American Tobacco company. Flor ence has her usual crops, but prices here are nothing like what they were last year, whioli was a phenominal year. Last year, when tobacco was at the highest it had ever been known in this section speculators laid in large stocks which they cannot now unload. The prices this year really oiler speculators a good chance, but having been burned last year they keep their lingers olY of it. The billion corres pendent of the Columbia State writ ing his paper says: The State's stalT correspondent in a letter from Mullins echoes the sentiment of this entire section. Tobacco growers are simply paralyzed. A single Instance will illustrate: A gentlemen who was in terested in three barns of tobacco that were sold by ids tenants here on last Tuesday told your correspondent that the harvesting, curing and marketing ot the lot of tobacco cost $:i0. The net proceeds from the sale weTe $27, giving nothing for land rent, guano nor time and labor expended during the long hot days and nights required to make and harvest the crop. The high prices of last season Induced many experienced farmers to try a barn or i.wo; others increased their acreage: a few, very few secretly let it severely alone, when they saw that the market would practically be under control the next season of the Ameri can Tobacco company and it will be very hard If not Impossible to in duce such men to plant another hill of tobacoo. One such lesson as is now in evidence is enough. With prices that would pay for the cultivation of tobacco had become an Important in dustry, It gave profitable employment to thousand besides putting into cir culation a large volume or cash at a season when without it money has been conspicuous for its absence. The result will lie a return to the old stand by -cotton which snaps its lingers at trusts and combines and luus so far defeated every attempt to "corner it," and besides It's tlx; lazy man's crop, lie can plant It any time from March to. I une, go in the Held occasionally and look at it promising a working next week go fishing, hunt ing or f rollolng then knocked about, it a little and in spite of it all, it yields more than he generally gathers In by Christmas. Tim Toy I'lntol I?ont. Chicago has taken up In earnest the very important question of toy pistols. An ordinance is pending in the coun cil of that city which is Intended to stop the use and sale of the pestiferous little weapon by means of which hun dreds of iKjys are killed every year. In Chicago about 15 deaths caused by toy pistols have taken place since the Fourth of .July, and others will doubt loss follow in IMttsburg about half as many victims have perished hi this manner in the small city of Wilkos barre, In the anthracite, coal region, six fatal cases of lockjaw have been traced to t his summer's crop of toy pistol wounds. Cincinnati and Cleve land have had the same experience, and so it goes through the country. As the toy pistols do no good any where. there ought to be no doubt about the passage of the pending Chi cago ordinance or the enactment of like legislation In other places. At best the pistols are a public nuisance, and at worst they cause terrible de struction of life. Hoys who die of lockjaw are in agony long before the end of the deadly dlsense. Many of them are bright and promising lads, and their lives are well worth saving. Harsh measures are not always best as the woman who marries a man to reform him Is apt to discover U) her sorrow. t\ Fluanclal Problem. It is stated that the President will call an early session of congress In No vember to discuss and if possible set tle the financial question. The Presi dent has been confabbing with the 'prominent members of his party for I months, seeking a solution for a ques ! Hon, which we have been told thous ands of times was settled by the last I two president ial elections. When Mr. i W. J. Bryan declared that the coun try needed more mouey to conduct the business of the country, the Re publican party and their allies, the gold bug Democrats, Insisted that the country was abundantly supplied wiih money for all needful purposes. Now President Roosevelt and the leading Republican politicians and papers ate clamoring for a more elastic currency to conduct the business of the coun try. The main question to he de cided is whether the government or the banks shall issue the new curren cy. Those who seem to be pasted <m Republican politics says there will be a great battle over the matter, hut we will wager a last year's bird's nest that the banks will win. and will be given the right of managing the tinan ces of this great country. In commenting on this demand on the part of Republican politicians for more money, Mr. Bryan in The Com moner well says: "it is less than seven years since we were told, in the cam paign or lSWi, that we had plenty of money In the country and did not need any more. Since that time the volume of money has been Increased overlive hundred millions, and yet money is still so scarce that the tinan ciers insist upon the loaning of all sur plus money to the banks in order to keep business going this, in addition to the asset currency defended b> t he same arguments." Speaking on the same line a Ne braska hanker says: "The silver do llar which we condemned had nearly tifty cents' worth of silver in it, but the asset currency which they pro pose may be absolutely worthless. 1 left the Democratic party to protect the country from bad money. Is the Republican party going to reward me with an asset currency, which is in finitely worse than silver?'' This banker evidently thinks that he has been the victim of misplaced confi dence, and is honest enough to confess it. The A umista Chronicle says: Mean while, the undigested and indigestible securities are in dry dock and the shrinkage of Wall street securities Is estimated at over one billion of dol lars, on the stock exchange. The New York merchants, hotel-keepers, champagne dealers, jewelers, art sa loon proprietors and captains of lux ury are bewailing the forced economy of brokers' speculations and the sorely bitten rich, who spend freely when the goose honks high. The money ques tion evidently is never settled. Like the poor, it is always with us. Presi dent Roosevelt may be monkeying with a buz/.-saw." Stick to the l?oc?<)rn: Medical Talk, a monthly publica tion of Columbus, Ohio, is making a hot light on the doctors. We do not know what the circulation of the journal Is but it has every appearance of enjoying a large patronage and in. tlucnee. its object, as stated in an editorial in a recent issue is to give) the people instruction in hygiene and medicine and keep them, from allow ing the doctors to make victims of them in experimental ways. It seems that the object is also to encourage the use of patent medicines and dis courage the employment of physici ans. Here is an extract from one of its editorials: "There are many urgent reasons why the people ought to know what the doctors are doing. They ought to know all about it. Un like the lawyers and artists and chem ists, the doctors are asking for legis lation that vitally affects the home. The day is past when the people can afford to Ignore what the doctors are talking about and trying to do. The doctors are asking for laws which will give them authority to enter the homo and compel the people to submit to surgical operations to take medicine that they arc unwilling to use. The doctors are asking for laws which would refuse burial to people who died under the trcatmcntjof certain schools or physicians until the services of the coroner have been called upon. The doctors arc asking for laws which make It dlflicult, If not impossible for people to obtain proprietory remedies In which they have learned to have conlldence. In fact the doctor has entered the home forcibly and Is un dertaking to do by legislative enact ment what he has found himself un able to accomplish by winning Lite confidence of the people. The regular college made doctor has failed to con vince the people that lie is any better able to combat diseases than many peohlc who have not been to college. " The Florence Times says: ''there can be nothing in the world more vi cious or dangerous than people trying to doctor themselves and their fami lies with drugs the composition of which they know nothing and the af fect of which Is the riskiest experi ment that could be tried. We do not condemn patent or proprietory medi cines, but we do think that they should be used with caution and only when somebody else in whom one can have conlldence has experimented with them and learned their effects. The country is flooded with proprie tory medicines of all sorts. Those which establish themselves and win the confidence of the people have doz ens (ft imhiitations which are often palmed olT on the unwary, it would surprise the average citizen to know how many patent medicine fiends there were through the country, peo ple who ruin their health by pouring all kinds of ri?w drugs into their sys tem. There Is but one safe wuy to use drugs and that Is under the di rection of somebody who knows.'' If you are slek the surest and only safe way Is to stick to the doctors. They have been with us for lo these many years, and while, like the balance of us, they do not know everything, they are mighty handy to have attout when our loved ones are sick. Mllln Hliul. Down, A dispatch from Whittinsv ille, Miuw., says a large part of the cot ton manufrcturlng Industry in that sec tion will suspend operations on Aug. I for one week with the outlook point ing to further gradual curtailment, In several mills after resumption of work on Aug. 10. Notices announcing the shut-down were posted by four of the largest companies Thursday. It Is thought the decision to close was In accordance with an agreement among certain of the New England mills treasurers to decrease tho production [during August on account of the | unfavorable cotton market. KILLS HIMSELF A Prominent Aiken County Farmer Tttk.ru M)h Own I.il'e. A dispatch from Aiken to The Slate says. Mr. Arthur \V. Cushman stu.t and killed himself a l his home, eiv'ht miles northeast uf Aiken, Frl lay morning at 8 o'clock. Mr Cushmun was one of the most prominent men In Aiken county and had hosts of friends throughout the State, lie was a member of the legislature from 1898 to H?00 and was a candidate for sherllT of Aiken county in KHK>. l'.e log defeated In this race he moved his family to Texas, where he lived about nine months and '.hen returned to his home county, where he has been farming ever since. Mr. Cushman has been very despon dent for some time owing to several tlnanclal reverses, lie was very am bilious and could not hoar defeat in any manner. His family have known for some time that he was continually bro xllngover either real or imaginary troubles and they have watched him closely and kept all lire arms. etc.. out of his way. Thursday one of Mr. Cushman's sons went hunting and on returning left his gun in his room. Friday morning Mr. Cushman locked himself In the room and wrote a note to his family, giving instructions as ?.o his burial, and placing the shotgun against his heart pulled the trigger and killed himself instantly. Mr. Cushman has been very success ful with his farm and all thought that his worries would case, lie was a man f>l voart> uf uku, liked by all who knew him, and by his death Aiken county has lost one of her staunchest citizens. Mr. Cushman leaves a wife, three daughters and four sons, who are all prostrated with grief at the tragic death of the kind and loving husband and father. Mr. Cushman had threatened to kill himself two weeks ago. At this time he stated that there was nothing else to do. Ills conlidant and friend talk ed to him at the time and tried to en courage him, telling him that there was no need to do violence to himself as he was doing well and could get all the financial aid he needed. It was thought then that Mr. Cushman had been dissuaded from his purpose, but the result Friday morning shows that the idea of self-destruction had taken too tirm a hold upon his mind. LIQUOR SEIZED. Car Iioad of StuH' Taken Charge of by OHIcern. A special from Columbia to the Au gusta Chronicle says: Revenue otlicers here seized a carload of corn whiskey Saturday afternoon believed to have been assigned to a local dealer. The seizure was made on request of the collector of Internal revenue of Geor gia and will be held until an investi gation now being made Is completed. The stutT passed through here some time ago being consigned from Spen cer, N. C., to Savannah, Ga., which is the way local dealers work, making the shipment interstate and safe from the hands of the constables. The con stables, however, got busy with the Internal revenue. otilce In Georgia and when the car came back Saturday the revenue otilce here was requested by the Georgia otlice to hold the car. The dealer here tlnding the car watched so closely had It billed to Charlotte, N. C., but the train was stopped at Blandlng street station and the car seized. It contained 10 f> kegs each holding 1 7-8 gallons of corn -whiskey valued at about $l.f>0 a gal lon. The revenue othcers here will hold It until the ollicers at Spencer, N. C. , where the car originated, as certain whether the government tax is paid or not and if not It will be con fiscated. If It has been paid the stud will be released, as t.he government has nothing to do with the state's law. Meanwhile the constables will not lose sight of the car as long as it is In this slate and the local dealer is simply out a carload of whiskey. Constable Cureton this morning re ported to Chief JIammett that he had seized the distillery run by J. I). Stan sell in Pickens county and about <500 gallons of whiskey. Stansell was caught taking whiskey from the gov ernment warehouse for Illegal pur poses and as the government ganger violated the law in letting him have it, he will be prosecuted by the United States government. AukiihI lor Veins. The following (lata, covering a peri od of 32 years, have been compiled from the Weather IWireau reeords at Charleston, South CaroMna, month of A ugust for 32 years. TKMPKllATi; UK. Mean or norma) temperature, xi de g rees. The warmest month was that of 1900, with an average of *<> decrees. The coldest month was that of 1*71, with an average of 7K decrees. The highes'j temperature was 100 decrees on August 1th, l?ii!>. The lowest temperature w;is (12 de grees on August loth. I H 7 . Average date on which lirst ' kill ing" frost occurred in autum, Novem ber 30th. Average date on which last "kill ing" frost occurred In spring, March 3rd. Average for tho month, 7.22 Inches. Average number of days with .01 of an Inch or more, 13. The greatest monthly precipitation w;is H>. 18 Incliea in IHHfi. Tho least montly precipitation was 0.40 Inches In 1000. The greatest, amount, of precipita tion recorded in any 21 consecutive hours was 5.81) inches on August 30th and 31st, IH8.7. CLOUDS AND WKATIIKIl. Average number clear days, H; pnrt, ly cloudy days, 10; cloudy days, 7. WIND. The prevailing winds have been from the Southwest, 20 per cent. The highest velocity of the wind was 0(1 miles from the Hast on August 28 th, 1 Station: Charleston, S. ('. r>ate of Issue: .f u ly 23, 1 )3. \j. N. Jesunofsky, Local Forecaster, Weather Itureau. Wofford College Pitting School. Twenty-two bed rooms, dining hall, clans rooms and st udy hall all under one, roof. Steam heat and electric lights. A. M. niJI'RR, mOAI) MASTER, Spart^int)urK, S. (J. SOI.UMm/Y I.UMBBK Sc MFG.GO. fSAfiM, DOOHfl, BI,INr>tt. INTHMIOU riMlftll, MOULD ING aino uiMnnu, an y quantity. Columbia, 8. G. iVIen and Women of All Ages, DR. HATHAWAY. Recognized as the Leading and Most Secce?sful Specialist in His Hoe fn the United States. 1 tor the man !i i- c !?t htj \''-r ? .????. V'. 1 . - I ???: (T.von Ihl" i ?. .'o vi- i' >? i " ? ? ? >? i ?>:>?? ? n- vl n * jwlal fit ? ' ? r -r t a. ??-??...? \ v?*vy \ .-i-, 1 lm\ o df t ? ?...?? - ' . i?t:d o. ??:? . :\ ".4 I .?* f.n't that|ibysi t ?:????? v J ?? v : !o- ? a .1 ? i 1 r\v ? ; . a ljm? I ? ?? " ' ; ? ? ? : ' i o'.nl.B.l'..' t". t ?>'.? f .1 j. < ? '? ; .i - .i ?' ir. ?.???? :ii>:i l> - e >i.-t v s.; ton r. ?? ? * ????'?, nu I no oilier ??????? - r I 'i* j ? :? ? ? 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If y ? ? 1 1 na\<- ? r ~ . |?i ?ti t? !?? ? . 1. ovhc- . ?.in> throat. in ihe IwVIU 1 uiwwn i*m?< ihI littx tiai r, i >r nit v - \ m j >t < mis wh icii von ?! > r. . ?! u 'i.t-'r-tn n 1 . i ? l - ; :i ;>.ir!n n ; : 'i -i : \ ? >n -u 1 1 me n'. once , a tut iNvtlltetlyon franklv whotlier ?>r it.it you are an unfortunate victim. I wll, k'.iii ni'i'i' tociiro y.i w;t'i >??'. tin* troru' ml l u j u ri.un (I ruR*. In as <iuick, ? f not ,jii ic k?- r . 1 1 it i ?? tutu any k n. n?n t r??n? m?*?? t My ?? tl I ?> <i j??r man<*'i ?. o:n?. mi. I i ~ :i . i:i<mo j . .? * -u w. ?r k, an 1 t li? ili.tcam* will bo o railioato.J (mi 1 1> ?? *y ?t<*m ( rcvor .Si-n.t r.ir my f rt?>? !><?. ikU't, ?*T:i? t '>>!<. m Ki'.i'. >%? ? r \ fl I _ _ Wnmivi vv!i i ^.ifT.r frurtt t Ik- all ttion ? < j-itu . m r t ? r cu re. ! ' v if. v uoti! 1<* um.I imun.w* llmRrlSRS OT women ?rfati?i?*iit.%%,o.?Mi?v..,..Na t tio,-.-??uv ir \.>U Hiitfor fr.nn twarliiK 1 v w va w .lnwu | ..ii ii*, Shi" k >u*hi', i r ri-ijii i* r i Mi1- , ' 'i. it- - ' i> i . . w . ? .* 1 i * \ 1 .i f i-.i 1 lui \ ri'^tori'il to tioal t li t hi in *4 ti ? -i ? ? u '.T'irl n ? w - > o-. :ul f ' r it: y f ri*r N n i k Jo t ? i!: Nn i ? I'im'i-i'^. | ' J _ _ Mv i-;nvliiilv ?i< i all or!?i-r ohroiuc s i,- i m II u 'lina' sm, t' r irrh, llrlxhtN l.nrnn n UlSBrlSRS I'-onso, smuhi-Ii, I !vo" unit Ki.tmy 1> I'll,-- Kmiu:;,. U.U.Mr,-, I'nriilvi- 1 .? x'oniotor Ataxia. St. \J III ? J i I t vy ui s m,< |iar.-,.. .-to . nn.l at: ns ti.. wnr.t -kilfii:. ,-x ??...ittm-nt -I. .u 1 ? mi.- i.?: i tiuMt .-ano. My uffloo trt equtp|X>>! vklifi t ' i.' : i ??? i ,v'' 1 X Hay a ?: t , rv.il .i;>;?;?r.itu<, Mm; viv :< ? t-i t? ti. : : - t it, - 1 .I.-.- sotencc. II TMAn4mrtM<' I i:i v i ?<> Ci.-'umo t" r-Mi-ii.t tvo wit!-..<'i? .f 1 w ? fti-. ) ?:i,!r .n.i ? \v:iv ! . nil wh.i tako H fl IT1 P I rP.H.irnRrl L ' ri-.i t ni?? !1 ? If Vim i-Kiir.nt -ifi-n'in nixsr-ti f ? ? t. i?*. -mm !? ink< ui.lfn!; int.irniat ion iilmut my HUO IIUIIIC 1 .-.K-fui |.!an of in.in.i ir.Mttsi.-ui . y NNliu-:! I . Iir- l , t , .-w-j >t:it<> lit llio I tiloii ami Hi (orclrtU oountrfps. 0orro9|>omUMUo i-oiiUiU-ntml. ^ J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. I nman I?t:il<lin.' -- i S. Kio.'ul St root At !an;a, ('-a Deadly I/lnhtnlnu Flash. At 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon three persons were killed and more than a score Injured by lightning at New Hope Church. Appomatox Coun ty, Va. The dead are: Paul Cow en. Charles Austin and Aubrey Winglield: while anions the more seriously injur ed are: Kugene Turner, Nathaniel Morris. Tom Coleman and Napoleon Patterson. A meeting of the .lames River Haptist Association was in pro gress. and a large number of men took refuge under an awning, near the building, when the storm came on. Lightning struck a tree in front of the awning, causing the disaster, and throwing the great crowd on the grounds into a panic. A New Itemed) . At Pasadena. Cal., Miss Alice Pane apparently a helpless cripple and de prived of perfect speech for many years, has suddenly had the use of her limbs and vocal powers restored as the result of an accident. Miss Dane had sulTered from spinal trouble and had to hobble about on crutches and could scarcely speak above a whisper While ascending the stairs at her home she fell and the last step struck against her chest. Immediately the pains from which she had sulTered for many years left and being taken to a couch and lyln^ there for a while she got up and to the surprise of every one walked about without the aid of crunches. Many physicians had treat, ed the case unsuccessfully for years. 1854 ? 1902- '(>:$. GREEKVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE. GreenvMlc, S. C. College of highest grade. Degree courses and specials. Faculty ol 1*. (i really improved equipment. Pure mountain water. Climate rarely equalled. For catalogue and terms write K. C. .Iamks, Lm. 1)., Pres. Wilson's Freckle Cure. ?'tm ranteed to rom o v c Free k 1 e s , Sun limns, Tans, Moth and 1'imples a1 s o a s a t/Oi lot. cream Money r e Uirned if It, fails. 1'rlee ?r>oe. Trial size 2fx:. 5c: postage. If not, sold by you r dru^ist . write, I. R WILSON & CO, < Uinrlomon, H. < Caesars' Head Hotel, CA KSA ITS II KA I>, S. O. ?I ,f )0(> feci, al>ove the sea. Views into several Stales. Tempera! ore from fiO to 75 decrees. I >ry a ir, breezy nights. Crystal spring water, Popular resort.. Home life for quests. Telephone and daily mails. Resident/ physician. Fur man University Hotel. Hack line from Brevard, N.(5.,or (Jreenvllle, S. ('. Reasonable rates. Open from .1 one 1st. to Oct. 1st. For ot her informa tion write U) .1. E. (J WINN, Mi;r. ( Jaesar's I lead, S. ( !. \VofToi'?l C'Ollojfi'. Henry N. Snyder Litt., I)., M. A., President,. Nine prolessors. I'oni courses leading to tbe A. H. 1 >egree. Gymnasium under director. Athietirs (i rounds. (Jonrse of lectures 1 ?y the. ablest men on the platform. Next Session begins Sept. 2'.\, liio.'t. .1 A. ( i A M I'iWKMi, SKC V, Spartanburg, S. (). WE HAVE t.lio. most, porforl sys tem of homo, t.roal montrvor iisofl. Wo euro Ohkonic Dih KA8KH (>r I >Ot 1 1 SOXO.S. Wo carina vo. yon t inm trouble and monoy. W rll.e for I iilc.rat tiro andSymptom Wanks ?>11. KKYNOM>H M co. Ho* X, Atlanta, On. Continues to make Miraoulou" Cure? READ THIS LETTER ? ALMOST A MIRACLE. D I l.lyON , B. 0., Aug. 18t h, 1901. Gentlemen In fleptembor, lA9fl, I took rheumatism Its m verr bad form. Ia ? month after the disease iim ted I had to nu n up my work unci go to bed. It coutlnnod to frow worn until try arms and hand# were badly drawn, ?o much to that I oould not uso thorn. My legs were Urawu back until my feet touched my hips. I wag as helpless as a baby for nearly twelve months. The muscles of ray tu ras and logs wore hard and shriveled up. I suffered death many timos orer. Was treated hy sit different physicians In MoColl, Dilloa aa4 Marlon, but none of them could do me any (rood, nntll I)r. J. P. K wing, of Dlllob, Mmo to ??e me. He told me to try your Ilnncuicini." Ha got mo one bottle of tbe medicine and I t>e?an to take It and before the first Itottle was uaed up 1 t>og*n to get better. 1 need Ave and a half bottlon and wu ooropletelv cured. That waa two years ago, and my health has been excellent ever slnoo. Hare had no symptoms of rheumatism. I re^nrd " Kiikcm aoiiiI " as by far the best remedy for rheumatism on the market. I cannot say too much for It. I have reoommended It to others since and It has cured thetr.. Will say further, that I tu*gan to walk In about si * days after I beran to take " Rn ecu AOif:*," with t f>? aid of crutches ; in about thrrfe months after I began to t&ke It, I oould walk as good a9 anybody, and went back to worfc agnln. Very truly, JAM1W WILKEB. All Druggists, or s?nt express prepaid on receipt of fi.oo. Bobbltt Chemicnl Co., - - Baltimore, rid. White Stone Litliia Water. Tjik HkstLitiiia Watku in Amkiuca. 'I'm k Lawokst and Most Mdukkn' ] i KICK lloTKl, IN TIIK I.'AKIiUNAS Oil liKOUOIA. 'I'iik i KOI lot A. 'I'll 1C Hll.KST ilC.soKT IN' 'I'IIK STATK. All modern improvement s, elect l ie car lint* from Southern Uy. to Hotel. Well shaded, pleasant grounds, scenery equal to tin* mountains, and all amusements found at first class water places. Come to White Stone Litliia Springs for health or pleasure. Read what the noted Dr. L. C. Stephens, who stands at 1 he head of the profession in South Carolina, and who was president of the State Medical As sociation, also president of the Medical Hoard uf Kxaininersof Soul h Carolina until he resigned to move to (Greenville. says: (Ireenville, S. October in. IJI02. After a service of one season at. While Stone l.ithia Springs, as resident physician. 1 do not hesitate to say that theetTect of the water upon those who drink it for any Icngt h of t Imp, has been perfectly marvelous. Invariably an increase l>oth in llesh and appetite was perceptible in one week, proving it to be a mineral water of undoubted powerful tonic property. Its peculiar adapt ability to diseases original ing from disorders of the kidneys, bladder rind liver, such as dropsy. Hright's disease, diabetes and urie acid calculi, and all forms of dyspepsia, rheumatism and gout, is to In; expected from t he splendid analysis. It has been noted frequently t hat. visitors before coming hero had to follow every meal with some form r urod'iKMiiwi "<? tb(! water alone nature's own remedv sutliced. ent irelv, being delight ed to lind that . . mm hi su llici'd . Of the many who d rank t his water t his season for ten da vs eonseeut i vely, not one but experienced decided benefit and a perceptible '~ain weight . varying from two to live pounds. I, ( '. ST Kl 'I I lv\S. M I >. for rates and particulars, address While St one W at er win rio ktoni: si'iti\<;s. s. <\ OUR AGENTS MAKE SI 00 to 8200 Per Month. ? S ft M , I \ < ; rn THE KAHMKRS MAM A L ? HOOK I. I'.l SINftSS I ) ftl'A I, "I'M ft NT, < o n I r;i.l s. M ml I ?ceds, Hook Keeping. HOOK U. V ftTftlll N A 1 1 1 A N |)|>I'AI!TM K\T, Treat isr on t lie Morse, flow, 1 1 ? ?VT ? Sheep, I'oultry. HOOK::. INSftOT I >ftl' A HTM KNT. NVw, Scient i lit- M < ' 1 1 iot Is for t licir exterminat ion. HOOK I. II ft A I ) Y IIKt'KONKi: liftl'AI,"! MKNT, Colton Ta bles, Watfc Tallies, etc. The Hook Is a Seller, Hverybodv Buys It. J J J W. II. Camp. Villa Hica, < J a . , made + ooo per month last fall. T. ft. Scott, Athens, (a State Normal student) made, over tl.'.oo clear protil the first day. l'rof. ft. I'. (Jreenwood, Forest,, Tex., sold :!<> hooks in 12 hours. We ward, a .salesman in cm rv couimunit v. VVilte at once for terms. .1. ft. Nl< HOftS\ CO., I orsylh St.. Atlanta, Ha. Founded in |M'.o MEDICAL STUDENTS 1 'i.vliiHtPS l.l.yj Write for I ree < 'a! uln^uc of t he M Kl >ICA I, I ? K I ' A I. "I'M KNT I'M \ K, UNITY < > K N A SI I \ I I.LIv ( ' i i i 'nullum included t w cut y-t hi re l? ? I i ? i ? ? courses. 1 1 followed hy a I borough review <pii/.. seven laboratory courses. and three hours of clinical work daily. New building elaborately clipped with modern apparatus and appliances. Tuition Address, ?! I >l i.i.a i: i> .1 a< oits, M I)., Sec;., ? ill South Marl<< l S! . Nashville. Trim r n hk Uuiunakd Brick Works, COLCMIi/A, S. ('. Building and Hp I'mssorl Hrh'k. Sprvial Klnp^s t,o < ? r? 1 rr. !?" / r< ? IV:) if I' ra Cotta Klun Linings. Prepared to lill orders for thousands or for mini*.. YOUNG MHN, YOUNG "\VO\Tl-N, VVAKl- Ul I 'it pa re. yowrsH vph Id mcd l he tic maud for St cno^ra pi icrs, I ypcw 1 1 1 ers and I >ool< !<(??> pern. W r i I ? ? for cat atomic of MACKKA l"S Hl'SINKSS COLLWIK, ( 'olumbia. S ( \V. II. Macfoat , olllclal ( lonrt, Sl.ono^rsiplior. I'rrsident . JMedic&l Goltege of the State of SoxztK Caro!ir\ak. CM A ULESTON. S. ( KOI1NDRD 1 S23 . roll ANNOCNflF.MF.NT ADDUKHS Dr. Fmnfii# L. Parker, Dnan, 70 Hasol 8"t?, Charleston, S. C.