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Southern.
YJbariea II. Markham of Chicago,
Hwealiliinl of tbf Illinois Central rail
?ay, was elected president, of the
<!eatral of Georgia und of the Ocean
titianwlilp company, succeeding the
M. V. llanron. Tho election wuh
at a meeting of the dlroctorn of
two rail ion,1 companies, which are
. controlled by the same Interests The
aucutlva offlcee of the Central of
tOMOdn railway and the Ocean Steam
aUp company of Savannah will he re
4Dov?d to Chicago.
Mutator Terrell was reported much
-Improved and hie physicians, one or
xjhom ia hla brother, l)r. ii. W. Tor
nll of IjaGrango, unite In a verdict
$fe*i the attack was due to u slight
icvMbral hemorrhage, which caused n
paralysis of tho right aide. No
tone If permitted access to Senator
VarraH'* room except his wife and
Mf two brothers. Representative
Howard of Georgia, who Is contlned
4o the George Washington hospital
With a bad attack or grip, 1h lmprov
ttag aatlsfactorlly.
Pear and poach tree* in Mississippi
ara in full bloom. Planters report the
IMt trees developing faet because or
Hhm recent warm weather. It Is rear
med that heavy frost will cause con
siderable damage.
A resolution granting tho use ot
Aerate to the Confederate Voteraus' re
union to be hold lu Little ltock, Ark.,
nttmt May was adopted by tho senate.
The resolution was Introduced by Sen
?lor Clarke, and was unopposed ex
'?>apt by tho voto of Sonator i ley burn.
Representative Edwards of Georgia
-vmeaurod the adoption of an amend
snoot to tho agricultural hill appropri
ating |82,350 for the Inspection or gin
XLlnc. handling, wrapping, baling and
gp*ding cotton. Tho law now pro
urtdea for Investigation al Itlio above
" anbjectH except the klnning of cotton
Un urging tho amendment Mr. lid
"wards further stated that the farmer
Mpiroi Iobh than a fair prlco for cot
ton because of faulty ginning, by
aneana of which tho staple la dam
aged.
Announcement was mado at Now
Orleans by Clarence J. Owens, tho
vommander-ln chlef ot the L'Sited Sons
of Confederate Votorana, that commit
___ tees reproBontlng that body and the
?Tlnited Sons of Veterans, would hold
M conference at Washington at an
- gnurljr date for the purpose or taking
jatepa towards tho erection of a monu
ment at Washington commemorating
"the obliteration of sectional Henti
* anent
Terrorizing tho citizens and work
in* for moro than two hours with ox
? plosives while tho moro venturesome
awaidents were forced to stand in lino
' and watch operations, a small band
?OT robbers dostroyod tho vault of tho
Warmers' bank at Duncanvlllo, Texas.
:Jt0n miles southwost or Dallas, secur
ing f 2 ,000 in inonoy and oscaplug
aboard a hand car.
General.
Beuator lion-jam In K. Tillman, Kog
*ir C. Sullivan, Norman K. Mark,
Thomas. C. Tuggart and fifty other
members of tho Democratic national
committee of l'JOS were made defend
ants by Ixmls F. lliirgh, an automo
Trilo owner, in a suit for $t'iX claimed
*or automobile hire. Mr Sullivan said
the bill wuh not paid by the commit
?tee because the speaker by whom the
machine i? said to have been used
used during tho las1 national Demo
cratic convention refused to "O. K.
it.
? Til e now parliameiit, which was the
flrst opened In stato oy Ceorge V. and
Queen Mary, will tie memorable also
us the parliament tc- decide tho sta
tua of the house of lords, and prob
ably there make ttio greatest change
of a century in tho liritlsh constitu
tion. The question cf the lords will
HUomtnate and precede all other mat
tera, and until it hat bee:: disposed
fit Buch other project* as home rule
.lor Ireland and dlse-stahllsnment oi
the church throughout \\ nles cannot
toe taken up.
The Mexican cover lmer.t lias pro
mulgated a decree adm.ttiug corn tree
?of duty until March next.
llelen Vivien, IS years old, second
daughter of George J (iotild, head
of one of the wealthiest and most
.prominent families in New York, wa?
married to Lord Defies, an h'ngllsn
army olllcer.
Ten thousand dollars will he ex j
pendod on a banquet to be given to I
^U?L Theodore Koosovelt nt trie j
yronch opera houso In New Orleans
.March 11, at which ttmo he will be
-thb guest of the city. It Is estimated
that 800 covers will be laid at 51?
j>ar plate, ltoosevelt medallions are
fcatnr cast, costing $:>, each barfquet
to bo provided with one.
An armed uprising of Greek coal
wnair-g at Konilworth, Cnrhoon conn
ty. Utah, was suppressed after four
-,Mi bad been killed, ono fatally
auumlgd and several others wounded
IT DVlUtt.
A anowstorm which struck Chicago
ts with huge drifts, do
transportation and tied
and elevated train sorv
Th? Iom 10 this city to trac
legrapn and telephone compa
estimated at 11,000,000. Eight
f snow fell, and
anted by a high
t."' ' ,
Hlr?m 0. 0HJ, elected mayor Qt Ut
attle, Wa*b., a year ago, was ousted
from the office by the voters par
ticipating it) tho recall election, and
George W. Dilllng, l'ubllc Welfare
league candidate, was eboseu, by a
plurality of 6,000 votes, to aerve aa
mayor during tbo remaluder of the
term of Mayor (Jill. Wight months
after i^ wan elected the women of
tho state wero enfranchised, and to
this fact Is due the decisive victory.
(>ili wiim charged with protecting im
morality.
Tho Missouri capltol building at
Jefferson City was doatroyed by fire.
The total loss, including the struc
ture and many record* and state pa
per# In the offices of the governor,
secretary of Btate and treasurer, is
estimated at fl,000,uuu with no Insur- j
unee. Lightning, which struck true cu
pola of the dome, spread the tlamee
to tho root of the house of represen
tatives on the north side of the struc
ture and In less than half an hour, it
was apparent that the building was
doomed.
Washington.
Tho house adopted an amendment
to tho codification bill, which. If rat
ified by tho senate, and approved by
tho president, will extend the provis
ions of the captured and abandoned
property act of March 12, 1863, and
permit claims to bo brought for some
110,000,000 collectcd under that act
which still remains in the Federal
treasury. Not only are tho provisions
of tho act of 1K63, formerly limited in
its operations to two years, made lo
wpply to suits which may hereafter
bo brought In the court of claims,
but the former requirement that, tho
claimant must prove "loyalty" Is
stricken.
President Taft has decided to call
an extra session in the event action
Ih not secured at the present session
on tho ndmlhi.itration measures which
he is urging upon congress, chiefly
the bill for a permanent tariff board
and the Canadian reciprocity pact.
Tile president feels that ho has struck
a popular chord In tho Canadian
agreement, and slnco popular hits
have been rare during tho present ad
ministration, he proposes to make tho
most of it. Mont member# oppose un
extra session.
After a ten-year struggle, tho house
passed a hill providing for tho pur
chase and cnstructlon of American
ombassiee, legations and consular
buildings abroad. The measure wns
put through under a suspension of tho
rules l>y a standing vote of 111 to :59,
tile announcement. of tho result hy
tho speaker being greeted with ap
plause. The senate, which on several
occasions in the past has adopted sim
ilar hills. Is expected to ratify action
of the hou.se. The bill limits tho cost
of buildings to floO.UUO.
Uood roads and more or them?that
is the slogan of the new national as
sociation to further the cause of high
way improvement, which was organ
ize! recently >n Washington and has
begun work iti a systematic?way to
correlafo and co-.ordlnato tho efTorts
ot all existing agencies for highway
improvement With tiio view to giv
ing tlie widest publicity to the exten
sive work now being undertaken by
various good roads' agencies, the na
tional association, recently organized
in Washington, has opened permanent
headquarters in this city. ' 4
Advances in freight rates on rice
and rice products hied with the In
terstate comnu'tco commission by tho
Southern 1'acific company and tho
MaUory Steamship company wore or
do red suspended by tiio commission
utnll June li. mil
"If tin! necessary appropriations
were available. 1 would establish pos
tal savings banks la 500 additional
cities and towns of tho United
States." This statement was made by
Postmaster Ceneral Hitchcock, in
view of reports thus far received con
cerning the first month's operation of
the postal savings system. The total
deposits in the -18 existing postal
banks for the months of January will
amount to upproxlmntely.Kiii.OOO. 'I his
is an average of about $1,200.
billing the months of July, Auguft
and Septrmhcr lasi the total number
of casualties of all kinds on steam
opeiated railroads In the t'nited
States was ? L'.'Jl.s killed and
PJ.3S0 Injured. The accident stalls
Ik s of those elect no ones on which
interstate tralhce is carried show 1 to
persons killed and ],??7U Injured.
The explanation of the action ot
the American naval forces in lanrlmu
at Puerto Cortez. in Honduras, and In
undertaking to intervene between the
government forces and the insurrec
tionists with a view to bringing about
a frottletuent of the dittbUt in that
vonnt ry vrKhwrt further bloodshed,
was given when he state department
made public tho text of telegrams ox
('.iaiii;e(! between President Tatt and
! President I)av:la of Honduras, with
j in tlie last few days.
President Taft conimufed tho sen
tome <>f Prod K Warren, the Social
l :st ??<!11? ?r of Kansas, who was recent
j Iv sentence.1 to six months' imp-lson
I -ami and a ?! .Sun fine, by striking
I out the Smprisi nment, and reducing
| 11: e title to $ I ??*?
C.intending :t had been conclusive
I !y shown that if even one corruptly
influenced vote had been cast for Sen
ator !.o:;ir.cr in the Illinois leglslaairo
I Senator Fletcher of Florida, a mem
i ber of the committee of privileges
and elections, ad<lrcssed the senate
| in support of tho comuutiecH report
exonerating Mr. Lorimer. .\ir. l'leten
| or would not admit even tnat "four of
the members of fhe leg.slattiro had
testlliod to receiving mo iey as a con
sideration for their votes." as stated
| tn tho report of the stinato commit
tee
The machinery or tho National
(Irange, an organisation claiming a
membership of ono million farmers
m thirty states, has been started to
defeat the ratification by congross of
Uir Canadian reciprocity treaty The
legislative committee or tho grange,
at a special meeting tn New York
City," adopted a resolution protesting
against tho enactment of the reciproc
ity bill, called upon the membership
to exert pressure upon congressmen
from their various districts to vote
against tho measure and <Jectded<*ta,
*o to Washington to map out a caru
rnlcn there.
FROM THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA
NEWS AND 0088IP OF INTEREST TO READERS AS HI
OUR SPECIAL, REPRESENTATIVE.
Columbia,?Mr. Kembert ?uya that|
h# will m once p re on tkiv bill to pro
vide for a systematic campaign of i
advertising the resources of the!
state. Thla bill provide* that If the
rallro*4? will give 116.000 for thar
purpoae, the atato will giv9 110 000
Mr. Hombert aahl that membera oI
the delegation returning from Colum
bua, Ohio, had told him of the press
ing need for Just auch a fund aa thla.
Home legislators have the Idea thai
fcouth Carolina 1b well advertised now,
snd there are some agencies which
have done their part to that end, but
what pleaaant notoriety Houth Caro
lina haa recoived In recent mon/bs
through Jerry Moore and othera lifts
been Juat eneugh to cauae the people
of the Northweat to take notice.
They are clamoring for information.
1 hey wlah to know more about the
section of couutry lu which they may
raise two cropa u year, and good
crops, too.
The houae of repreaentatlvea last
week approved 110 clalina aggregm
lug aoveral thouaand dollara, fiouie
of theau claims are alao accounted for
in the appropriation bill, for Instance
that of the atato board of health.
ThJs and all other duplications will
be amended before the final puesage
of the appropriation bill, und the groan
amount of the appropriation bill will
JJ*I. way be reduced poaBlbly $lo,
Of tho clalma ordered paid are IB
for services of special Judges, uKKre
gating 13,030.64. There weCe many
clalma uleo for anlmala Blaughtered
(to prevent spread of Infectloua dls
euaeB. The printing for the general
election ulso made extra exponse.
Tho house haa paaaed u bill to pro
vide for a Blate board of cngluecra
and an architect.
Dr League's bill to amend the pen
alon law ho that Inmates of Confed
erate Inflmury ahall not draw regular
pensions but shall have $25 a y(lftr
only, passed third reading. Some
have been getting the $96 a year or
$48 a year or $36 a year pension In
addition to the *206 per capita at
the home.
The first proposition In tho appro
priation bill to which there was any
objection was tho Item with reference
to the offlco of game warden. This
had three Items; (1) aalary of chief
game warden, $1,900; traveling ex
penses, $1,000; deficit payable to A.
It. Hey ward, treasurer, $1,500. Mak
ing a total of $4,060.
Mr. Stanley of Horry opposed the
?entire portion 10. Tho house bv a
vote of 77 to 33 rejected his amend
ment,. the object of which would have
en to do away with the chief came
W,nrdet?'8 oftice- Mr Hrowning ex
-pirrlned that the state of Houth Caro
lina has created thin office. The
Kamo warden's commission has been
ratified by the state senate, it is a
.matter which can not be remedied
unless a bill is brought in to nbollsh
the office.
i Mr. Dlxyn wished to reduce the
wages of tho state electrician. This
wao voted down without discussion.
This Job pays $1,075. Mr. Browning
merely asked for the amendment to
be voted down.
Mr. Ashley made an attack on the
state geologist's office. The atato is
n debt and every dollar we can drop
In on that debt should be. he urgt d
He had never heard of one cent of
good this conglomeration had done
the state. (The state geologist la an
Aneerson man.)
The house overruled Mr. Ashley's
objection and the section was adopted
I.nder the head of tho department
of agriculture Mr. Ousquo asked for
information on the Item of $10,000
ror rami demonstration work
An Item of $1,062 to be refunded to
Klchland county for the expenses
of the merger suit. Mr. Scott of An
. derson moved to atrlku out tU|K |tem
Mr. Kirk land of Kershaw favored
the Item. The ways and means com
mitteo considered It carefully it ln
volves a matter of principle, it l3
a case of state wide Importance, and
J constitutional question Is involved
Ho moved to table the amendment
Mr SC0,f to strlko out th*
Item. The motion prevailed bv *i
"'.r'bn,,o" a"J ,ho
Heyward County Killed.
The Heyward county movemr.r?.t,Jjar
been !os f.
The supreme rourt of South C.iro
Una signed an order upholding the
fiction of Gov nieaso in annulling the
election on tho proposition ordered
by Gov. Ansel. The appeal to the
si: promo rourt w;is the last resort
of the promoters of tho new county
The petitioners asked for a rule to
show cause why the mandamus and
injunction prayed fur should not'be
granted. The question la buried for
at least two years
Governor Dleacc in Police Court.
Governor Coleman Livingston
Blouse's name was called in police
court, hut o:i!y as a witness. Satur
day afternoon, while the Governor
was driving on Main street. Hosea
Jo.los, a negro chauffeur, narrowly
, missed colliding with the chief ox
j ocutive's carriage. A policeman war
1 on the job at the time and arrested
Hosea and summoned Mr. Dlease as
jn witness. Hosea was fined $10.75,
j but tht> sentence wan suspended. The
i governor w is not at all angry with
j tho conduct o' tho negro.
Citfld Case of Senator Tillman.
In a letter to a legislative commis
sion appointed to investigate charges
thftt State off'.cir.ls are violating tho
constitutional provision against hold
ing two offices. Governor Hiease cited
? ho case of Senator Tillman. In n
formrr mPKimgo ho fcSIrf Tie considered
that a state official, or senator, who
holds a trusteeship in n state cot
lege, Is violating the law. On re
ceipt of this, tho legislature ne.med
an Investigating committee end It
was to this bod7 that the lotted wsa
1 addressed.
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COTTON EXPOSITION.
Will be Held In Columbia This Fall-*
Qood HeeulU Expected.
An ezpoiiltlon to encourage the
farmers of South Carolina to grow a
better staple of cotton will be held In
Columbia during the fall under the
direction of Iru W. Williams, the
Htate agent of the United State* fari#
demonstration work.
For tbe past year Mr. Wllllama baa
conducted a campaign In tbe Htate,
with most effective results, to Inter
est tbe farmers In the growth of a
longer staple cotton. Tbls campaign
has been conducted In conjunction
with tbe South Carolina Manufactu
rers' Association. The association
and^ Lewis W, Parker, of Oreenvllle,
gave tbe sum of 92,000 to prosecute
the work. .
The cotton manufacturing plapts of
South Carolina are gradually chang
ing from the manufacture of coarse
to a finer grade of goods and a batter
staple of cotton is needed. The long
staple cotton required brings a much
higher price. A farmer In Anderson
county sold seven bales of the long
utuple cotton for 18 cents a pound.
Thero will bo n number of prizes,
aggregating several hundred dollar*
in value, to be given at the cotton
exposition for the best results ob
tained by South Carolina farmers
during the year. Tho date of the eX'
position has not been decided upon.
All farmers desiring to enter the
contest should apply to Ira W. Wil
liams for information us to tbe kind
of seed to be used for the best re
suits.
Revision of Freight Tariff.
Columbia.?The railroad commission
in the near future will resumo tho
hearing with reference to the stand
ard freight tariff which provides for
a general. reduction in freight rates
in South Carolina. The commission
has inspected tho Northwestern rail
way of South Carolina and found it
in good condition. Tho commission
1h Inspecting tho lines of tho Sea
board Air Line- and the Charleston
& Western Carolina railways in tho
lower section of the State.
Monument for Mart Gary.
That a handsome monument be
erected on the state heuse grounds to
tho memory of (Jen. Martin Wlther
spoon Oary, was the recommendation
made to tho general assembly by
Governor Ulease, in a special mes
sage. On Gen. Gary's services to
the state in Reconstruction Days,
rather than his caro(tr In the Con
federate army, was ihe Governor's
plea based. He said (Jen. Gary was
tho originator ')? "K;r." Shirt Demo
crat
Q(! motion of Mr. Davis, of Dam
welf, the message w<a roferred to a
sol(^t committee of five to~ be tp
poi .ted by the Speaker.
Q /o. R. Koester Buys Newspapor.
Vieo. R. Koester, who founded and
conducted the Daily Record, the Co
lumbia afternoon paper until (wo
years hro when lie sold it to James
A. Hoyt, has purchased tbe Daily
l'ledmont, tho Greenville afternoon
paper.
He will move kis family to Grcon
vllle and take charge of the paper as
soon as receivership proceedings can
be adjusted, probably about Feb. 1.
Greenville Citizen's Good Job.
Milton D. Moore, of Greenville
county. hRB been appointed a scien
tific assistant in tho department ol
agriculture at Washington.
Cokesbury.?Dr. G. L. Connor plant
ed a portion ofhis crop In Ions
staple cotton last year. He sent a
sample to Lewis \V. Parker, who re
plied that if the cotton came up to
the sample that it was worth 23
rents a pound.
Manning?Eight email tract* ol
land belonging to the estate of S. M.
Nrxson. deceased, aggregating 220 1-2
acres, were sohl at public outcry here,
bringing $7,220. Ono large tract ot
1.407 acres was hid in for the eatate
and is being held for something lika
$30,000. This land Is near other
land that recently sold for a higher
price Clarendon county laud is In de
mand.
New Fish Ccmrr.!ssl?nicr.
Governor Please has appointed L
C. A. Itoessler. of Charleston, aa a
member of the fish commission of the
state. He takes tho place of L. M
Gusque, a member of the general as
Bftnbly.
Constable Appointed for Greenville.
Governor Please announced the np
pointment of J. W. Head, as con
stable for Greenville county. The
appointment was made on recommen
dation of Mayor Marshall of Green
\ille and three member*
Judge Watts on Richland Bench.
Columbia.--Circuit Judge It. C
Watts designated by the supreme
court to preside over the February
term of Richland court, will convene
the court Tuesday, having failed to
arrive Monday. Judge Watts must
open a court at Abbeville within three
weeks, although the term here is of
four weeks. It la not known why the
supreme court did uot assign to this
Richland term another disengaged
circuit judge, K. W. Memnv.nger. who
has no court of his own until Marc!
7th.
Mayor Assesses $950 in Fines.
Spartanburg.?Mayor Lee fined th?
Flemings and tho Lee*, vrho engaged
in a pistol battle In the streets here
$950. Roland Lee was charged with
shooting In the city limits, disorderly
conduct an i earn ing ccncaalcd
weapons. In the first ca*? he v.'at
ftnod $400 or 120 days cr $u>0 a Eliot.
Mayor "Loo made a soparnte offense
out of each timo he shot. For dis
ordftfTy Conduct ho rras fined $100 or
-4ayt and for earrylns (onceuled
weapocs lie was fined ISO o;- 1)0 tfaje
&\Un4 and Mile* Flomlaa 1100. ?
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IN PALMETTO REALMS
NKWt OF QRIAT INTKRKtT TO
MUtlNCM MtN, PARMKR0,
AND ALL CLAME9.
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( INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS.
Flfluraa Showing Amount* for Gov
?rnmant Departments.
While the Uital appropriation* for
the year Is in excess of last year,
the house of representatives has mad?
few Increases of moment. The item
for public butldlngs Is not buildings
being erected or to be erected but
merely paying for buildings already
erected. The health department's
appropriation for this year Is based
on last year's deficit The asylum's
increased demands are not questioned.
The following facts will be of in
terest:
Governor's office, $G76 for furni
ture.
Secretary of state, $800, increase o!
salary of tow clerks.
Comptroller general'* office, book
keeper's salary raised $1Q0 and |4,000
added for inspection of county audi
tors' and treasurers' books.
Insurance commissioner's office,
$300 for clerical work; $200 for
stationary and printing; $500 for
contingent fund and $600 for rent.
Superintendent of education; as
sistant's salary raised $160; statlou
ery $160; printing $500; rent $480.
Adjutant general's office; assistant's !
salary raised $160; stationery $100.
Chief game warden, no appropria- '
tlon last y$ar. It was expected to pay
this out of gun tax.
State librarian, $100 for stationery.
Public buildings: $1,600 additional !
for water; apyment on state house
Improvements of 1000, $L\0!2 more
than last year; payments on 8tate
house improvements of 1804, $16,700 !
more than last year; an entirely new
item of $30,000 for a^yluui improve-'
tnent contract for last year (toss
$1,600 reduction on Stato house and
grounds and $$,001 paid last year on !
the 1007 Stato house roof loan); mak
ing a net increase on public .buildings
of $45,677.16. I
State department of agriculture: !
$5,000 additional for farm demonstra
tion work; $200 additional for ox
penses of inspectors (less $1,500 for .
corn breeding); making a net income
cf $3,700.
Health department: Total $12,
G05.27, an follows: increase in fund
for protection against contagious dla-'
eases, $5,000; salary of clerk to Stato
health officer raised $120; deficit for
1910, $t>,085.27; State board medical
examiners raised $1,40?.
Educational institutions published
elsewhere.
Tax department: $500 additional
for Stato board of equalization.
Hospital for Insane: Maintenance,
increase $25,000; improvements, re
duced from $50,000 to $35,000; de
ficit, $30,226 for 19'0 against $"8,? 1
662 for 1909; insurance $6,000; den
tist, pathologist, dietician, etc., $2,6(50,'
total net increase $39,800.
Industrial school at Florence; Main- ?
tenance $2,500; bulldinc with heat- i
lng plant, $15,000; cooking range,"
cows, sewerage, tailor shop, plumb- ,
ing, etc., $1,972. <
Senate, for new carpet find screens '
$1,600.
House, for pay of one extra clerk,
$120; extra pay of the clerk in buy
ing furniture, $3p; extra pay sergeant
a^t arms purchaffinp furniture and dls- !
posing of furniture, $129.60; extra
pay, E. M. ftucker, buying furniture,'
$35.
Charleston.?Speaking before the
Charleston chamber of commerce at
a smoker given in honor of the es
tablishment of through service be
tween Charleston and Cincinnati, W.
W. Finley, president of the South-,
em railway, declared that if the peo
ple of the South are to get the bene
fit they should from the opening of
the Panama canaJ, they should at
onco begin cultivating closer trade
relations witli the porta to bo brought
closer by the canal.
Charlotte.?'Capt. James King, who
for so many years was a conductor on
the Southern railway, died at his
home in Columbia. Capt. King haa
< retired from active service on tTib
t road and was perhaps the oldest con
ductor on the Southern system. Ho
was a conductor on the C. C. & A.
before it became a part of the Rich
mond & Danville. He was about 80
years of age.
Sinking Fund Commission's Report.
1 Columbia.?The annual mooting of
the South Carolina sinking fund com
mission was held at the state houso.'
D. H. Means was re-elected chief
' clerk of the commission and D. W.
McLaurin. as field ageht. The flnan
; cial report of the commission has
been sent to the general assembly.
The following were appointed as
members of tho loan committee:
Governor Please, Attorney General
Lyon r.nd State Treasurer Jennings.
Over $50,000 has been loaned to tho
asylum commission.
State Farm Work Commended.
Columbia.?The work dono on the
, State farms is highly commended in
t the annual report of the committee on
penal and charitable Intsltutiona,
j which has been sent to the general
| assembly. The report refers espec
! ially to tho Reid and DeSaussure
j farms. The committee mado report
j on the penitentiary, and highly prais
* ed tho business manner in which tho
institution has been managed by D.
J. Griffith, tho superintendent. Tho
inRtltutlon turned over to tho state
treasurer the Bum of $70,000.
Progress In Soil Survey.
Columbia.?H. H. rtennet, genera)
ngent of the United States soil sur
vey, and C. L. Marlatt, acting chiot
of the United States bureau of ento
mology, wero In Columbia for a eoft*
^Icrenco with E.-J.--Wat?on, commit
?loner of agriculture, relative to the
?oil survey work In South Carolina
The opinion . waa expressed by thf
officials that much progress had toon
mado in tho work durms <he year
The assmwnco'Was glytn that the
work will be extended In tbU Stau
during the year*
IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF GREAT MO
NEY REMEDY IS SOON REALIZED
According to my experience I do not
consider there U anything to- aqual Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp Uoot ivr kidney affec
tion. Twice it relieved ine when I wm
completely htilplcs*.
The Uat time 1 waa traveling in Te*aa,
wLto my kidneys became affected, and
for tea day* I suffered excruciating pain,
accompanied with severe chill#. Several
year* previous, having been relieved of a
similar attack, 1 naturally ?ought relief
us before, from Swamp-Hoot.
After using four of the large size bot
tles, I was completely restored ami went
on my way rejoicing and pruiuiug l>r.
Kilmer's Swamp-Koot. This was three
years ago, aiid 1 have had no indication of
tha return of the affliction.
Yours very truly,
J. C. SMITH, Jr.
i Jackson, Teun.
Htate of Tennessee
County of Madison
Subscribed and sworn to before me thia
13th day of July,'1900.
P. Q. 6TOVALL,
Notary Public.
??. ima*
ai??a ?????, >. t.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send to Dr. Kilmer 4t Co., liingham
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, telling
all about the kidneys and bladder: When
writing, bo aure and mentton this paper.
For sale at all drug stores. Price fifty
cents and one-dollar.
No Need to Be Good.
A llttlo Shaker Hclghta girl sur
prised her parents lost week by refus
ing to be scared into being good. "It's
no use telling me Santa ClauB won't
come, or that the angels will write It
down in their book if I'm naughty,
mamma," she Haid. "I might as well
tell you that they think up In heaven
that I'm dead."
"Hut why should they think that,
dear?"
_ "Because I haven't said my prayers
for two weeks."?Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
His Labor-Saving Device.
"1 have discovered a great labor
saving device."
"1 always Bald you were a genius.
What is it?"
"I'm going to marry Miss Bullion,
the heiress."
Combination onuses many serious dis
eases. It is thoroughly cured by I)r.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative
three for cathartic.
Reforms come slowly because we all
would rather, wield the ax than bear
the knife.
rxi/rcs critEi> tn o to i4 days
/our rtruviMbt wil. refund money If I'A/.O OINT
MKNT full* to eurn unr caso of ItctmiK, Hllnd.
Blcodlns or i'rotrudliis Piles In <" u> W aajf?. 600.
Happiness grows at our own fire
side and 1b not to be picked in stran
gers' gardens.?Douglas Jerrold.
Mrs. Wlnslow's Boothingr Syrup for Children
t?*t-t?ii. softens the truwH, reduces inflninniu
tiou, allays pain,curen wind colic, 25c a bottle.
Let us make the best of our friends
while we have them, for how long we
shall keep them la uncertain.?Seneca.
Garfield Tea has brought good health to
thuusandii Uuequ;iUul for constipation.
An undertaker knows a lot of "dead
ones" that ho is unable to bury.
Itrl> Cured In SO Ml not en by Woolfotd's
Sanitary Lotion.Never fails. At druggists.
Somo tombstone Inscriptions are too
good to be true.
Take Garfield Tea! Made of Herbs, it is
pure, pleasant and health-giving.
Every hear of a pearl being found in
a church fair oyster?
from woman's ailments are invited to -wi-ito to tho names ftnd
addresses hero given, for positive proof that Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound docs euro femalo ilh. j
Tumor Removed.
Elmo, Mo.?-Mrs.barah J.Biuart,R.F.D.No. 2,
Box 16.
Pooria,111.?Mrs.Christina Roed.lOfiMo'indEi.
Nutlrk V"-" M.?. ii?inau II, tireaton, 61
North Slain St.
Milwaukee, Wis.? Mrs. Emina Imite, 833 1st St.
Chicago, 111.-"Mm. Alrena Sperling, HGSCly
Luurue Avo.
Galena,Kan.?Mrs.It. R. liner,7l3MlnerolAy.
Victoria, Miss.? Mts. WUllo Edwards.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?Mrs.W. 11. lloush, 7 East
?low Ave.
CnsiiM of Mrs.
Epplng, N.II.? Mrs.Cella E. Steven#.
Streator, 111.?Mrs. J. 11. Campbell, VOC North
Second St.
Brooklyn, N.Y.?Mrs. Evens, 82(3 Halsey St.
Noah, Ky. ?Mrs. Lizzie Holland.
Cat humet, Wash.? Mrs.Elva Barber R1 wards.
Clrclovllie,Ohio.? Mrs. Alice Klrlln,S3J West
Huston St.
Snlom, I ml.?Mrs. LlrzleS. TTInkle.R.R.No.S.
Now Orleans, La.? Mrs. Cliuituii Blouuo;iu,ii>12
Terpsichore St.
MUhawaka, lnd.? Mrs. Chaa. Bauer, Sr., B23
East Marlon St.
Racine,Wis.?Mrs. Kntlo Kvihlk, R. 2. Box 61.
B averFalls.l'a.?Mi s. W.P.Boyd,24109tli Ar.
Maternity Troubles.
1 ronaugh, Mo.?.Mr<, r>. 1*. Aie*htre.
Phenlx, H.I.~Mrs. Win O, King, Box 283.
Carlstadt, N.J. ? Mrs. Louis Fischer, Su Mon
roo Kt.
Sonth Sanfnrd. Mo.?Mrs. Charles A. Anstln,
8c h e n ec t ad y, N. V. ? M r s. H. Po r te r ,782 A1 ban y
St.
TaylorTllle, 111 ?Mrs. Joe Grantham, 828 'W.
Vandoveer St.
Cincinnati, Ohio.?Mrs, Sophia Iloff, 615 Mo*
Mickon Ave.
Big Run, Pa.?Mrs. W. E. Pooler.
Philadelphia, l'a.-Mrs. M. Johnston, 210
Siecol St. nrtoV|trho>
Peoria, 111.?Mr*. Clara L. Uauwlti, R. R. No.
4, Box Gi.
Augusta, Mo.?Mrs.WInfleld T>ana, R. F. I>. 2.
8t. Paul, Minn.?Mrs. B. M. Kchorn, 1063
Woodbrldge St.
Pittsburg, Pa.?Mrs. Q. Lelser, S219 Klnkald
St., K.K.
Kearney, Mo.?Mm. Thomas Asbnrry.
Blue Island, 1:1.?Mrs. Ann* Schw'arts, ?28
(}r?T? 8t. -- ?
East Earl, I'a.?Mrs. Augustus Lroa,BJPJ>2.
Operations Avoided.
Bikes ton, Mo.?Mrs. I>ema Bethnno.
Gardiner, Me.?Mrs. S. A.Williams, 142Wash
ington Ave.
Chleago.lll.?Mrs.Wm.Ahrens,2239W.9t*tBt
Bellevue, Ohio.?Mrs. Edith WIBlind,
Monroe St.
PeForest.Wls.?Mrs. Ancnsto VespermASA*
l>ostor, Kansas.?Mrs. LI isle Boott.
The*? women are only a f6W tit thousands of living witnesses of?
the power 6f l<y<lia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to euro femalo
diseases. Not one of these womonever received compensation in any
form for the use of their names in this advertisement?but are will
ing that we should refer to ttttm because of the good they mar
do other suffering women to prove that Lydia K. Pinkharntt
Vegetable Compound is a reliable and honest medictne, and that the
statements mane in our advertisements regarding its merit are the
truth and nothing but the tjpth. ????I ? *" 2E
Roots
Barks Herbs
That have great medicinal power, are
raised to thoir highest efficiency, for-^mri
tying and enriching the blood, m they
are combined in Hood's Sarssparilta.
40.366 testimonials received by actual
count iu two years. - He sure to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Get It today In uvual liquid form or
chocolated tablet* called Saraatabv,
FREE, trial treatment for
DROPSY.
Liter *tur? wd IfMtOMt dlrMliMM tm
HYDROLYTIC MEDICINE CO. '
Rural Retreat, Virginia.
REFERENCE*?AUCSSUftC liXi. |br*l iMt U.
PMDEMwSi
The regular 50c President Shirt
has pleased ovor 2 Million wearer*?
that a why we are now making the
Kxtra Special President at a 91. nn
even more remarkable value. Both
shirts represent Real shirt economy
and satisfaction. Made in a variety
of fast color patterns of strong, wear*
resisting materials end backed %
by our Guarantee.
Your dealer con aupply
you; if not aentl ua hi*
name, ^your collar size
with price in stamps for
sainplrt shirt and book i
of new patterns.
The Pr widen t Shirt Co.
110 W. Vtytite Street
Baltimore, Md. 1
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Cah quickly be orencomo by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
??%d surety and
Kcntly on tho
fiver. Cura A
Biliou
Head
ache,
DizzL
new, and Indigestion. They do then datj.
Small Pill, Small Dmc, ' Snail Pric?. y
Genuine bw*\*u Signature
Thla Is Cyrus O.
Bnte?, the mnn who
?nlvertit?eH Mofher'it
Joy ft n <1 O oo H o
Greivwa Liniment*
two nf the tfreatCHt
thlnifH known to
humanity.
Mother's
Joy
Is a
Pneumonia
Cure
and
Never Fails
1
Organic Displacement*. ^
rilvV Duck, Minn.?Mrs. Anna Anderson^ >
Hot 1<> _ - ? ? |
?WeBleyriUo.T'iv ?Mrv Maggie E?ter,R.F.D. 1.
Trenton, Mo.?Mxs.Y?. X. i>urn?U,807'Uuooi?
A vcii':o.
Canvlen,J\.J.?Mrs. Ella Johns ton,288IAberty
f.t. . ^
Chlengo, T!l.?Mrs. Wm. Tully, 2052 Ogden
Avenue, ?
Falnfnl Forlodi. ,
Caledonia, WU.?-Mrs. Fh. Scbattnor, H-H. 14,
HuX 64.
Adrian, Mo.? Mrs. C. B. Majon R.R. No. 2.
N. Oilurd, Mt??8.?Mis*Amelia XJuso.Box 14.
llftltitnoro.Oliio.?Mi'a.A.A.IlaleugsrJt.F.D.i. *
Xcg'aunee, Mich. ? Mri. MurySedlock.Box 1273.
Orrvlllo, Olilo.?Mrs. E. V. Warmer, Bos 620.
Atwutcr, Oliio.?Miss Minnie Muelliaupt.
FralriQ<luChlon,WLs.?Mrs. Julia Kontehock,
li.No. I.
Irregularity, ?
Buffalo, N.Y.-Mn. Clava Dar brake,17Maria*
niont Hi.
Winchester, Ind.?Mrs. May Deal. R.RNo.7.
St. R?-els KhII.h, N.Y.-Mri. J. H. Umj?ro. .
Orayyllle.Ill.?Mrs. Josslo Bchaar, Box 22. ' I
Hudson, OMu.-Mri, Geo. 8trickier, R. Mo. B.
Box S3.
Ovarian Trouble.
Mnrrayylllo, 111.?Mrs. Chas. Moore, It. R. >.*
Philadelphia, l'a.?Mra. Cha*. Boell, 2219 N.
Mole St.
Minneapolis, Minn.? Mrs. John Q. Moldan,
211A Socond St., North,
Hndson, Ohio.?Mrs. LonaCarroocino.R.F.D.T.
\Vostwood, Md.?Mrs. John F. Richard*. .
Benjamin, Mo.?Mr#. Julia Frants, R.V.D. 1?;
Fsmalo 'Weakness.
"W.TerreHante, I ml.?Mra. Artie E. Hamilton*
Elmo, Mo.?Mrs. A. O. DaVault.
Lawrence, Iowa.?Mrs. Julia A. 8mvw, U. No. #. '
Utloa, Ohio.?Mrs. Mary Earlwine, R. F. 1). 8.
Bc)levu?,Ohlo.?Mr?. Charley Chapman, R.F.
D. No. 7. i j
Elfin, 111.?Mrs. Henry LeUeberg, 745 Ad area
Sehaefferetown. Fa,?Mr*. Crrtis Hetrlch.
Cresson, Fa.?Mrs. Ella E. Alkey. ^
Falrchanee, Fa.?Mrs. I folia A. Dnnham, Box
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m
Nerrons PrOetratlom. J i
saattsinfisr*^
J.-Mf?. W.P.V?Uula^MSUsJ
yenue.
.?Mrs. May Notew.
, Ohio.?M rs. H. KlTHtlML
Ohio.?Mrs. O. Cole.
'ny A* rSir*. Kr<Uxk ClArk>?*,