Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CWKS HMEOMATISM^ND CATARRH/ ? tnrM 2>c?t"S?*t*4 Omm Kapat n>vij v, JtM.it. U.Mopt rr?. i jThew diaeAWM, whh ittthea and pain* in Wriv*,' jyiuU and Uuk, agonizing i?*m< i" %heohi*r blad<Mi, l?and?, ?> ?;? aud leg* ?rii>i>lcd by rh?unuiti*u?, lumbago, "-i- i ? aUca, ornwuralgin; hawking, apitting, ?0;?.J blaeding, ringing in the e*r?, nick stoouu^V I hvatnaaa, uoi to iu the h*ad, hud teatWllhih bot Wood, All CUtt down faaliug or yntarrh | are auto aigua ot to awful polsen^y coudl* -< of ihe blood. Taks Bot#?^e Blood ; Halm (li.U.B.) SooAall scWf^and i>uiu? atop, ilia |x>??ot? it daaWoyid and * ?'?*! j (icruianotit cur? in mudo of tn? worst rlitu- ' op foulest cftlafrh. Thou#?n?U of i l* tea cured by taking U ti.U. It strength- . cui weak kidntya and lm^rov?s dig*ation. ? Druggists, fl p*r largo bpttle. Baiupl* fruo by writing lii/OOU Dai u Co., M JUoIwi llldg., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble ?ud j fr?? medical adviea aent in sealed letter. " ~~ f : ' " ( A l'Otr Clock int? k ?r. T/ord Gvlmtborpe, the designer of I ,"Blg Beu.Y, though marly ninety. still retains bis skill a? a scientific horolo* ; gist. A chimney clock designed by lilin i? toting erected on the tower c f the gtyrleh church ut Deckinghuuj, mar Gainsborough, , . U III ?? 'Ml ?? ? ? ?* ?? UtAvw w Onto, Ot-tt or Toisdo, f : , ' , JLtJOAS OoCXTlf. { *' > Vaava JT. Ohcmkv maka oath thnt ha t? sbnlor partner Ot the firm of V. J. Omkmky A / (Jo., doing busluoaa la the City ot Toledo. Couoly hu<\ Htrtt" aforesaid, uud lUM #ald firm will pay tfceaum of o#? Huxouao noi,. XJk.?a for each and ovary case of cataubii that cannot bo ourod by the v$o of HiWa Oatakhh Ouak. y?A w* J. <'-M*K*r. bworn to beforo ma and ?uh?ortl)gd in my j | . praeonco, t hU Ct h day of Daoa mbitr. \M a?Ai/. } A. 1)., lwo. A. W. Or.tAaos, f ftotari/ J'ubtio. H?R?uatart;h UuroU tabouIatornnAly, nu \ AOt* directly on tho blood and mucoum hui ? faoea of tho aystam, Hond for tfAttmonUtJi, free. * V. Ohhw** A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all nruuttiHta, 7S<:. Hall's Faintly rTlla are the bait^ A Covatrd l'oit, . At ft meeting of (ha, Wundsworlh (Quardlans nppllcatlona were r?celve<l 'from no fewer than 1170 poisons for *bc post of messenger ut a Kiibuy of thirty shilling n week, wllb three S billings a week extra allowance for lunday work.? Loudon Tit Hit a. 1'tTBnermanentlyooreit. No fltHor norv.Mii ncaa after first day's use of Dr.KlluoV <l???.it ; K?rvelteatorAr.92trhtfVottle and treat i 40fr?;j ' Dr.lt.ll. Kunk, Ltd.. 081 ArohHLj t'hll<i., tM. ? Tho XJniv^r?itv of Zurich ?? about to et tablish a chair cii jourualitiu. Mra. Wlnslow'd Hoathln^rtyrup for lUiihlt na teetldng, aoftou tho k?>us, reduces in rtmn inn tJon,allayH paln,<surp? wind colli1. 2Jk'. a bottlo A flock of oitrich<?$ at I'hoonix, Ariat.J nowr numbcra more thon 1000 birdu (.j You ran do your dyeing in halt an 1 hour with Putnam KadeU'.hh Dvkh. It's all right \o ho awake so ^ng "ka yon ^lon't hiilVor from inxomnta. [f fL^oWcure oannot bo too highly w|> ik?'t?.>? 08 U cough eiirc,- -J. W. 0'liux?N, U32 Third Avouuo, N., Miniioa|>o|lH, Mian,, Jan. 0, 100.1, Tho man who i? rich bpoaiuc he ta ?tin^y . ia alao atiugy becauw; ho in rich. Gray ? "My hair was falling out and turninR grny very fast. But your Hair Visor stopped the fulling and restored the natural color." ? Mrs. E. Z. Benomme, Cohoei, N. Y. It's impossible for you not to look old, with the color of seventy years in your hair I Perhaps you are seventy, and you like your gray nair! If not, use Aycr's Hair Vigor. In lesMhan a month your gray hair will have all the dark, rich color of youth. 11.09 a bolllc. All 4ra|fMa, If your druggist cannot supply yon, acnil us on? doTmr rind we win ?xi)reaa ymi rv boitlo, Ho Mire andalve th? name of your noarm nxnrcM office. Address, J. C. AY tfll CO., !?*??, Maw. ON RAINY DAYS WEAR Waterproof f OILED CLOTHING" MACK or YELLOW. rr maics cvcry dat covmr CMor gfmtm |WuM At? ft Jmjm ?J? ?Uf MNM ? Jar *<*? M V 4M*r* !?*? M>? <r??* (MX ~ ??3 SOFT, SILKY HAIR OOMKM WHKVTOIl UHK Carpenter's OX HURROW POMADE '?hvaim or rmrxTiooi * Huh It Into th<? thorowuhly one*"* w?Ak ?ml It vill \*orV w*?n?l<?r?. h?lr fn>?n 1alHn<? ?ntt ?n?i ertr?? <1?ndrnff, too than ?ny h?V* oil or Ionic. P3ICE, 25 CENTS. * K\ your druirrl*!'*. or by in *11 AMw CARPRNTKR Sc. CO., Louisville, Ky. CAPUDINE INDI CMTIONand . AWWTT WAteW-i^-'S WRt INSURAN W?.?WW ttna b*r?UL cms TILLMAN ACOUITTED | Slayer ol Gcnzates Pronounced Not GuiMy By Jury * j WEkC OUTFOK NIMBBK OF HOURS j ? -??? fm Clo?lng Scene In a fam^ujt Trial? Judge and J urvra Thanked Jaui?* H. Mllmart Kele?i?d. The first trouble between Tllluuui nod Uoii/.uk'H begun in |?92, renewed during the tipanjsh American war In l?H98,\t>ei'ahio violent In couti-Kt for 1/leutonafirOovcmor in iooo. Il?e relations became absolutely tuiained In KiilieinHiorlul campaign in 10(12. TllSnntn shot Ooiuules January 15 1M3. ^Con^os tiled Monday, January 18, Cp;oners inquust brought In charge ^murder against Tillman January l>0. "Application for ball made In N?-w ,M ri y In February |?0:|. was refused. July, moij. term of cnuit In Colum* /b Ih trial wag postponed on account. of absence of witnesses. Chang of venue to I,exU?gton county granted at name term of court. Defendant urranged In Ivexlngton September 21,. 1003. .. hate of trial fixed for September 28 tm. / illmau plead not guilty Sentemhei 28, 11)03. Jnpry (secured and taking of teatl uiotiy 'begun September 28, 1003. Prosecution clonal October 3, 1^03. Defentse begun. i>ut court adjourned on account of legal public Hales Mon day. 0? tober 5fh. Another adjournment necessitated on account of illness of Juror Sharpe Tuesday, October Otb. Defense begun its testimony Wed nesday. October 7, 1903. Tillman on stand October 8th and ?t I), J003. Offense closed oi) afternoon October 9, J 903, Robullal wltj)CHH(<.s (in' both aldca fccaid Ociober 10, ioo:j. Argument begun October 12, 190&. Jury charged October II, |?oa. . /Jilfman acquitted October 15.T&03. Lexington, 3. C.. Special,? Tho trial of .lames If. Tillman for the murder of N. O. CJon/alcH, ban eonle to an end resulting in an acquittal, Tbo Juiy be lorr which iir hna been on trial idnce the 2Sth of September, Thursday brought In a verdict of not Kuiny, thus ending a judicial bearing I which lias engrossed the attention of I t!jo public of South Carolina as none other has in a Quarter of a century. The Jury wan -out for 24 bonis b^fcu^.. arriving hi. a verdict. Never was a cast! in South Carolina courts more v|gotouf?ly contested than dlhls. The ^oiicltoi' was assisted in t,he prosecu tion by four other lawyers, while th*.* acctt.S'.d wan defended by seven law yers, an exceptional an ay of counsel. More than a hundred witnesses gave testimony, about a* many on one side i'H on (be other, and nine lawyers ar gued before i be Jury. ^ Not a round hud emanated from the ?jury room wtyen iludge (lary convened court at uiui?\oy lock (his morning to indicate t hat an agreement had been reached. Civil buslncH was taken u|) and more than an hour had ? lapsed be fore a knock wua heard on the door leading into the Jury room. The bailiff announced that the Jury desired to come into court, but the deep signlll. cance of the sound had already been appreciated and a 1 1 eyes turned toward the tha*4mjy room. Judge (lary di rected I he ha 111 U . to ascertain If an agreement had been reached, when the Word came from within that the Jury was returning with a verdict. Except ror the court officials, members of the local bar and the newspaper men who ,iiavp followed ino trial ihruuKhout, the court room was practically deserted. Summonses was sent for the attorneys in the case, and the sheriff was di rected to bring the accused Into court The word soon spread up and down tho street that the jury was about to re port, bringing in others. The jurors filed in and took tho seats they Ivatl occupied for so many days, but ftfl 411 tho attorney* had not arrived, there wajr ? delay of a few momenta before their decision was announced. The few minutes elapsing between the coming In of Uio Jury and the' antfouncement of its verdict were anxious oues, Tho defendant occupied his customary po - Bit ion among bin lawyers, faVing the juiy. Not all tho attorneys had come in when the court inquired If there would be any objection to haying the verdict announced without waiting, calling attention to <he strain so ap parent throughout the room, no objec tion wag offlered. Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" was the time-worn Inquiry made by the clerk of tho court, the foreman replying in the affirmative, ai.d at the same time hading the ver dict to the clerk. It took. but ?n in stant to read it and when the word* "Not guilty" wow read some of the friends of tho defendant gave vent to their feelings in a shout. The previ ous Admonition *pf the court did not pievent the demonstration. The motion of counsrl, for the de fense for tho difoifHsa} of the defen- i dniit was immediately signed by Judge j Gav.v, the solicitor assenting. when Air. j Tillman was at liberty to walk from j the court room and go where he pleas ed. When the legal formalities had been gone through with. Mr. Tillman j walked tip to the bench and shook i hands with the judge, after which he i shook the hand of each of the Jurors, | i and later was surrounded by his i friends who extended their congratula tions. He left the court room tn eom ! pany with his atlo?ucys. but left them ! at the front door to go acrotut the street to the jail, visiting that institution foi i the tast tiqi'*. tNjth>*r?'ng up his elTcetK | at that place, whklh had been his ?^bode for many weeks, Ihe bade it Kood-byfc? lie hrtft be.on~ln custody January | 15, biS/*l>pllcotloh for bnil having been ; iefu$?d. j Jouk:h H. Tilliuan. after hi? acquit tal ma^JtTTiW" following statement to | the Associated Prehs: "I feel very { ! grateful at" the result of the verdict. : hut at no time did I apprehend any be 1 rlous consequence*. . I. of course, deep | ly regret the doath of Gonzalea. but I wss^ farced to do what I did. JLbave ntver apprehended conviction, for 1 felt J, did no more than any man would 1 avfe don* under the softs circum stances, and what 1 was compelled to do. My position was fully stated In the teatipiony 1 ?ftvk on the atand. 1 did aslttfor change'-ot -vsnus, because I was cdfcttaced, on account of preju dice In Richland county, t could not cot ft fair ft&d impartial trial In tint .notHkif. IWt swrsas aoon aa wf coo* could be presented to an Impartial Jury I would be vindicated The verdict ^rrfUHs of my jnl| "niwrt at lsrito|tQB county, selected by A BATCH Of NEWS. Many Items of tntereat Crowded Into a Column. ? Porter'* l)Uchar|?, Ouiaha, Special.- -Kitty-two messen ger* of the Pacific Express Company, whose headquarter* are In Omi^Us. re ported for duty, as utuai. Que tralu came lu from tit. i.oula \juthuut a mes senger, but a man was%m>plled by the local manager. Maiilgt-r Pattar sow stated that he had anticipated no tfoliblu ami that ail of hi* uicii had expressed themselves tM against a strike. A number of the expies* meg* ftengers reporting to the ()utalm oflico were i?nt forth to tuke the strikef*' placet, and the company requested the porter* to take earn of those lead era. The poroters refused to do ao. on the ground thai they were bonded as porters and / not as m^sscngera. - The .porter* were at once discharg ed. All money. Jewelry "and other val uables, live stack and perishable prop erty I* being refused for ahlpment until the strike la settled. Typhoid epidemics. Albany, N, Y., Special.? -That sum mer vacations and winter trips to' the South are fruitful sources of typhoid epidemic* i? the belief expressed by Secretury Stuart, of the State health board, lu connection with an outbreak of typhoid in the town of Athena, (iruene e.Minty, The local health board reported two cases in the fam ily of a farmer, whose name the board withhold*. While but two cases have occurred there, 14 cases in other parts of the Stato are reported to be tho^o who were thia farmers boarder*. It Ih the belief of the board experts that the periodical recurrence of typhoid twiee in each year J? traceable, that of the spring to the winter vacatlona in the South; that of the full lo Hum mer vacations at farms having con taminated water supply. <> Decision Not Readied. London, By Cable. ? The Associated Press ha* the highest authority for Haying that the announcement made by the Morning Advertiser, that the declulon of the Alaskan boundary commission virtually concede# the American case, 1b entirely untrue. The commission, thus far, bus reached no decision and nq^ vote ban boon taken, even in the private session*/ which would Indicate Chief ^Idatlce Alv'er stone's position. lt>ff' quite true that the general trpipK of -.opinion among those connector with the- tribunal. I aside from the commissioners. la that | the ultimate decision will be in favor j of America, but there in. as yet, not | the slightost warrant for, saying It | j has been reached. V Divorced Persons Debarred. j WooHter. Ohio, Special. ? The Pros i byterian Synod of Ohio ha<t adopted i re.soiutions declaring that "all our 1 mlnt8ters are hereby enjoined to re ? fuse to perform the marriage c?to ? mon.v in the case of divorced persona* j except such persons as have been ; divorced upon the grounds and for j causes recognized as the Scriptural j in the Htamlurds of our church." ' I The Synod also adopted the report I of the trustees of Woostor UnlversU ! ty recommending that an endowment fund of $1,000,000 for the school be I raised. A deficit, of $12,000 In tho J building fund of Woostor L*:ilverslty I was raised by pledges and subscvip | lions. Clirl Students Heroic. Chicago. Special. ? During a fire that destroyed three residences in Irving Park, three children were rescued from death by gli>l students of Jeffer son High School. Raymond Saunders, five year# old. perished in tho flames, j The students wero on their way /jfo school, which is located two blifick from the scene of the ftro. L'oaralng that there were children in tho houses several glrlB entered and bore the Im prisoned children through tho dense smoke into the street. In the confusion tho Saunders boy was not found. | m Railroad Discussion. Louisville, Speeial.? -Behind closed doors at the C?alt House prominent traffic ofrtdiils of trans-continental j - - ' ai;d southeastern roads are discussing I a "cross continent and Gulf railroad," I on which they could not agree last j j week. The meeting has developed into n light on the part of the roads ; throughout the section boundc:l by the | Ohio river on the nofth. and Mlssissls j aippl on the west against tlie western j tians-contlnental lines. Many factories I in the South are closed, awaiting the [ result of the ?conference. Suicide at St Louis. St. I4OUI4. Special. ? The Jifeless body of a man who registered as J. Y. Myers, of Ntw York, at tho Port land, wan found In his room. He was about 40 years old, fashionably driissed and carried letters addressed to J. t?. Moore, of an Kast St. Louis firm of horse dealers.. Prom other letters found it is believed that the duau man Is J. Spofford Moore, of Kershaw, S. C. Moore's face and neck were dis colored and the. authorities believed that he committed suicide. 5,000 Truants In Top ska. Topeka. Kan.. Special. ? L. T. Gage, truancy officer, notified the cltv super intendent that there were ,">,000 chil dren of school >?gc who are not at tending the city schools. The --truancy law requires all children between the ages of 8 and 15 yaara to be sent to school. A flat of th* mioaijug children is in the hands- of officers. and no tion wi)l be ta'..en. k?rf?ort a Denied. London. By Cable.? The Japanese government haa ^aued a denial of the alarml at reborta of the Imminence of war ~wl Tokio; HAYWOOD IS FREED Jury Satisfied is to the Innocence of the Accused ? "f ; QUICKLY MADE UP AN OPINION ? ? ? ?? ; . Jury tn H?y wood* Skin iter Cm? Tried in K?!?lgt> |)?liberai?d Only a Few 1 MinuUi. Raleigh, Special.? After being out | not more than 15 minutes Wednesday, ' the Jury in the trial of tfrnest Hay- i wood for the (murder of L?udiow Skin-r ner returned a verllct of not guilty: There w as no demonstration, but smile* of delight were on the faces of Haywood, his counsel and hit* four brother*, who have been constantly with hiro. Haywood shook hands with h>s counsel, and when he was dis charged went at once to the jury 1ft>x and shook hands with each Juror, re turning thanks. Next he went to "Judge Peebles and did the same. Colonel T. M, Argo closed for the defense, urg ing self-defense for Haywood and a persecution of him and wlwtnesseg for the defense. Judge Peebles next com mented on the evidence and charged the Jury, It wan charged very favora ble to the defendant. Haywood shot and killed Skinner in front of the post< office here on February 21, A prelimi nary hearing was waived and at the March term the trial was postponed on account of absent witnesses. At the habeas corpus, the 'first of June, Hay-' wood was released on 110,000 bail, tn the case seven lawyers, appeared for the defense and five for the Stat*. An actihg solicitor was employed, as the solicitor declined to act because of his relationship to Haywood. The defen dant did not testify. Judge Peebles stated that as the State admitted there was a blow stricken, then the charge of murder la the second degree was eliminated, it was 11:36 o'clock when the Judge gave his charge to the Jury, which occupied fifty minutes. He said it was not the duty of the JurjqLto be led off by at tacks on the pros&ution. The question which concerns the jury was whether tbo defendant was guilty of any crime ? murder in the first or second degree, or nothing. The jury should be guided by evidence and nothing else; to take the evidence from the witnesses and the law from the courts, attd not the law. from the attorneys.* There is no exposed malice in this case, there is im. plied malice. The burden Is on thetfle fendant to prove there was no malice in the case. Claims he has done that by Sltpmt Schmlts, Hocutt, Barnes and Fuller, aWl say! there was not a wituess, except Sauls who. contradicts |!hat. No witnesses, except Sauls say they saw any of the beginning of the trouble. Th* defendant says you ought to believ^ him, because it is five to one, The defendant says Sauls is not bad character, and that there are other witnesses who strengthen his conten tion. Two witnesses, Mr. Hillings and the Jailer, say the defendant had a red spot on .his face. The defendant Bays he thinks ho was excusable un der the circumstances and that Schmltz, Hocutt, Fuller and Barneshall swore that when Hay, wood rose I \\y Skinner had jumped a way- J frf 10 fbtft, and all of them say he had his hand on his pocket, Home say the right, some the left hand. He claims there is not as much conflict of evidence as might be imagined. That under those condi tions he beiieved his life in danger, and that nobody contradicts, except Sauls, and the defendant thinks the others ought to be believed In preference, Here the judge read Jones l<*flller's evidence, and said It was for the jury to say whether the shot could have struck him as Fuller thought. Notwithstand ing the fact that ihe State claimed to have proved the bad characters of Schmitz and Hocutt, yet there are cir cumstances to show they told the truth. The defendant claims their testimony is corroborated without regard to their characters; that he had apprehension he was about to be shot and that then the law excuses him. Hut these are matters for the Jury to decide, l^ecaus? a man acts coolly it docs not debar .him from the benefit "OMhe law. The State says the Jury ought to believe Fuller, who said when he saw the'' deceased he was making no effort to draw a Ptttol. The State says it ought not to be re ceived because of the biow. The biow did not oxcuse the killing but did away with malice. If the Jury believes the killing was done from anger and passion, and not from reasonable fear, the defendant is guilty of manslaugh ter. The iury is not responsible to an body fojr Ita verdict. If the deceased jumpeTi back and was attempting to draw a pistol the defendant Lad a right to fear. The jury was not out long-? barely 15 minutes, when it came In. There was a rush. Foreman Wiggs gave the ver dict, " Not ullty." . V Senator 11 reen Arrested. Birmingham, N. Y., Special. ? Senator Gc-orge E. Green was arrested and ar raigned before United States Commis sioner Hall on an indictment found-Oc tober 8, in Washington, charging him with conspiring with George W. Bov vers and Williard U. Doremus to soli the government. through ? Beavers, stamp cancelling machines, known as the Doremus machine, in which Green was largely interested. Green de manded an examination, and the case was set down for November 9, when the previous Indictment wilt come up. Ball was fixed at 15.000, which wu furnished. Transporting Troops. St. Petersburg, By C:\fcle.--Tbe Kor Ign Office says it has no-offttlal con firmation of the reported disembark ment of Japanese troops at Ma-San Pho. Regarding Manchuria, the For eign Office states that the question la at present closed. Russia is now transporting 40,000 troops, nurses,' | physicians and hospital supplies to the far Bast. Th? present strength of the Russian army there Is reliable reported to be 283,000 men. Officers detailed for dut;' in the Orient hav^been forbld lcii to take thairwlvss^ Third Advance In Oil. Lima, Special.? The third advanca (or tha mohth whs ma3e In crude oil m#* Of Western oil coins i>P I cfflU shik 3 cents was added to . I quotations on Easter?. WOducia^Jnia^ [ advance did m> t result itt active selliac, as producers look tor atlll higher prf-j . PwayltanU* IMi Corn*ngv*?S; I Castle. 1:66; Nttrth LMaajiid wttwi.T tit, i The Lual of HimiU. T 1* estimated, after tbor* oitjfU tnve.itiKatlou, that uhiety per cent, of every pound of freight carried by rail or water ima been or will be carried over the public roads of the country. it Is difficult to impres* these facts on the public. The fa rule i' does not calculate the wear und tear ou hie horse* and vehicle# in transporting I lile products from home und his pur [ chase* to hie hoyie. lie docs not charge for hi* time in traveling over j the road lie in generally in no j>u r? ; ticutnr hurry, and would a* mkiii muke ; two trip* to town as one trip, iiow to impress on him and the public gen erally the cost of bad roads and tho pr<itlt of good road* i* a problem which Professor Lutta, of the Purdue Uni versity, of Indiana, undertook to solve, and he seem* y> have solved it. lie laid down the pr?i>o*itiou that perma nent gootl road* would beuetit the. farmer*, hence the communities. In live different wuys, in that they would: l^eonomiKo time and force iu trans portation between farm and market; ICuablc the farmer to lake advantage of market fluctuations iu buying and selling; Permit transportation of farm prod* nets and purchased commodities during times of comparative leisure; Reduce the wear and t^ar oujhorses, harness and vehicles; JlftJ ' Knbanee the market value of real es tate. ? In order to uncertain from the -farm ers themselves the facts from winch he could ..reduce answers, affirmative or negative, to his propositions, he ad dressed to them the following inter rogatories; First?About what proportion of the public highways in your county are now good gravel roads? Second? -Please estimate the average Increase (in dollars and cents) in the selling price an acre of l^d throughout the county as the result of sifch gravel roads. >, * Third? If all the public roads in your county "were converted into improved highways, how much, in your judg fhent, jyould it Increase the average selling price per acre of land through out your county? . >'ourth ? What would be a fair esti mate of the cost per mile of convert ing our common dirt roads as they now exist into good gravel 'roads, provided, uf course, the work were to be per formed oconpmically under some com petent, general supervision, and not hampered by legal restrictions? Fifth? Supposing that your county were divided into^lOO acr? farms, and Mliat tW average distance of each farm from the market were live miles, what, iu your judgment, would be the aver age annual cost (In dollars and cents) to each farmer of. our improved high ways? r ' In answering the fifth question please takp into account the reduc&l load*, in creased time, extra wear and tear, and loss in sales from inability to deliver products when tho market is best. Averages from forty counties In his State, from which he was enabled to appi'oxlm ate averages, were as fol Flrat ? The average estimated Jn-_ crease in the selling prlca of land doe to existing improved highways is $QA9t per acre. The estimates from which J this average is made refer in most ' cases to lands, near (lie improved roads, but iu a few lustances they apply to ail tho lands of the county. The. a vera g?r increase, "therefore?of $0.48 per a ere Is lower 11) un was in tended for the lands near the improved roads. Second? The estimated average in crease per acre that would resuirrrom improving all the public roads is $9. Third? Tho estimated average cost of converting the common public roads into improved highways is $1140 per utile. F/trarth? ' The estimated a"1 e an nual loss, per one hundred acres, from poor road* is $78.28. He then remarks, as a result of these lows: figures: "If these estimates are even approxi mately correct, they furulsh a key to the satisfactory solution of the ques tion of highway improvement from the money standpoint. On the basis of the last mentioned estimate, the average annual loss an acre from poor roads is more than seventyslx cents. In live years the losses would aggregate $2-132 for every section of land, and this sum would construct two miles at a oost of $1218 a ihlle, which is $70 a mile above the estimated average cost given by the farmers themselves. The present roa?* tax, which, under exist ing laws, is largely thrown atoay, would, under a proper system of road maintenance, doubtless keep improved highways in perfect repair." If.tho foregoing stafinents are a uear approach to the truth, It follows that the losses and expenditures which farmer* actually" incnr oa a"e?mat-e? poor roads would also secure persm-r nently good roads. Can any sane maij jdoubt the wisdom of exchanging the fosses, decays, accidents and vexation /of spirit occasioned by bad roftdejtfflt ith* comforKand other sd vantages of Sr od roads, **v;hen the cost 1* toe saine? # \ )<}rom the investigations and labors of men intellectually and morally compe tent to ike them, the extravagant cost of bad roada Is indisputably proved. From the statements o t prison official* and prison commissions, who have had practical experience in *r dik ing convicts on the public roada,the opinion is nnanimon* that tha conrtct thus employed la of more *ahae to the public, is better treated and interfere less with free labor than in any other way.? Ddllaa iToxas^Sew*. X _ - v : TM UmH. Jack? -Can't you ranch y?i?\ uncle *w mu* , r^/: >u7JUt DR. THACHER'S BLOOD SYRUP CttresCOtfSTIPA TION, MAKES ,P If you have never you, free of charge, upon thacher MEDICINE CO best for the 10*0* Wood. wto4 OB th? Btomach. blo*te<l bowel., fouL mouto, fcwJM *???>*? Jiver irouuic, ^?iU Con?tip?tCoo kills more people than cXteARHTn # J*en^ *nd ,onf yemn oT *?o mattarw riSfit *.l!? Xo**y,tor you will never fet well and stay well JLiV . r Pl,I ?ivJce- at"rt w,,h Ca?coret? today under abc< bo&k1? #? >fo?d?d. Th? genuine tablet stamped Q C C. Never sol frea, Addreaa Sterling Remedy Coiv?any^Chlcag^or"" J SieR.NerV< Si Neura Dizzy? Appetite poor?*-' Bowels constipated? Tongue coated? Head ache? It's ?your liver! Averts Pills are liver pills, all VMWtthlfe Ho'.rt for J. C. AjrirCo,, ; *n ?iHy year*. X OT?elI, Mas*. Want yoor tooustachc or beard ? beaatmgtM??wit or rich black? Use BUCKINGHAM'S UYE ?W*f (WlfflWf'WIMI R. V. O.-.U. * "iSIIVA. X It rpPtWRITFRS I CHEAP I I "-<vrW)r~' ?**??'nd-h?- ?1 Marhhit* of il! c.^ksj !?V-jvR,r- part p*y for tba IU-wm I ns for quick hiiror*. J. ti.i U A ITO\, i h t. lotte, N. 0. Young Women Defy Superstition. There are thirteen rourg women in Chester^ -Penn.. vho have no /ear o! fate. lti~y>ntrectlon with Chat unlucky number. They invariably have chaj-go ' of No. li table' at social filiations in connection with St. Michael's church, hold partlea of thirteen and recently, nt a reception given by the chairman, Miss Mamie DufTy, Rat jWn to supper at thirteen minutes of y and arose from the table at thirteen minutes of 10. When amaii getfl to thinking that ho la top-heavy with science lie is likely to trip up for the lack of a little sense. hard to bear. ?.>4'. W. Walla, Super- i liitenOcut of Streets ! ftf I^bniif>r>. K.y., i'v fiirr L'.c* . .1 TJO a ?re Aiari I relief. ?3.W*" You ctn ?ate wearing W. J* 1 They cquftl tfr<? that luiVfi UfifiO-J ing you from to ?S.OO. Tb< mense gale of Douglas hIiqsb _ their superiority < all oth or makes. 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