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??? Camden Chronicle ., ? ?; _ PmMIuKmI Weekly. . Ji" m i hii<> ??" m ?? ? ?????' ' iiijii ? 11 jfflfi i ?? ?'? CAMMW, ?. 0. I m KWS NOTES HR m BUSY MAN ftyourr Wt^ORTANT IVINTI Qp IMt PA*T WIIK TOLD Iff CONDENSED FORM. ITORLD'S MEWS EPITOMIZED ?evtew ef Heppenlnge el Interest From AM rerte ef Wert*. Soathonfr That Gen. John 11. Morgan, the ^Osnfedereto laadd, whon? inysterl wua escape from the Ohio penitentiary Mo vets her 17. 1863. together with live .gf Ms staff, baa puttied historians for | IttU a century, walked out ol the psalbsnti&ry to freedom through 'tho Croat gate, either boldly or aided Uie institution, ia the battel of the authorities of the pris m Attar forty-eight years of search ' .Has; kha alleged Morgan tunnel wan '?aaeevered by prisoners excavating lor eew cell blocks. Gathered la Washington to discuss . jlau -for a comprehensive scheme of ?dtasrtlsinK to present the boundless eesourcee of tho South to the people t#f other sections, were the represen galiveg ?f practically all the South ?ni satlroads and connecting line*. 'While the meeting was an executive eae, and no statement was given out Vg to the specific details of the meas erst 4Uaeussed, It Is known that the plan which recoivod the most atten eSjtns calls for cooperation by the Seudisru business men and industry a# corporations generally, througii the ?aeilroadu are expected to contribute u . Bberal' share of the sinews of \yar. .Representative J. H. 'Tidwell of Florida resents uny reforenco to UIh "harem skirt" bill as a "freak" moas 'fjff*. Tlie legislator recently introduc ' sd la tlie Florida house a hill prohib iting the wearlug on the streets or in 9ttbUc places, harem or hobble HklrtH. was referred to tho committee' on IbiKtan affairs, which reported favor ?b* without amendment. Tlie editor -sifJC * Florida paper, commenting on > the Tidwell measure, called it a ?fraskb.** The author of the bill ro BSB.U the term. v With welcoming speeches by Gov. JaeegU M. lirown and Mayor Court bud S. Winn, tho third annual con 1 "Serenes on woman and child labor 3teii. lor * two-days' convention In Athusta. lion. Malcolm Patterson, ?sut-f;ovfemor of Tennessee, who is the jprosldent of the conforenco, presided at tho meetings, and responded for 'ibir visitors to the addresses of the Veverner and the mayor. Features ot tlie convention were stereopticon lee ' lues by A. J. McKelway, the well known secretary of the national child febor commission. , Mr. McKolway ?lut??d pictures of factory condition!* be the South, which he thinks should be remedied. Delegates representing 4,717 mem bers of the independent Order of B'Nal B'lUth in the South held the Jbrst business session of tho twenty eighth annual convention of the or der la Uttlo Hook. Officers elected lnc\ndo the following; President, Loo Pfetflwr, Little Rock; first vice presi dent*. l<eon Schwarz, Mobile; second slco Bwcsldent, Kpbraim Krlsch, IMno JBlufT, Arte; secretary. Nathan Strauss, Kew Orleans. General. The tirst book ever printed from *t?*able type brought tho highest j>rlc? ever paid for any book. The jpcL?? wiu the Guttenberg lllble, the BumduuBor Henry E. Huntington of li? Angeles, and the prlco $50,000. The purchase *ih made at tho sale 3n New York of tho library of the Jete Robert Hoe, the largest public ?auction. sale of hooks over attempted. Argument on the petition of coun sel for Dr. Il Clark Hyde for a writ e< habeas corpus to obtain Hyde's lib erty ou ball wan begun before Judge Stiver In Kansas City circuit court. Me veceutly wa* granted a retrial by ^the state supremo court on the charge ?ef killlug Col TliomaH Swopo, tho mil Honulro philanthropist. It was the :ftrst time he had been out of Jail arince his trial. John J. McNamar*, ?ecretary of the ^International llridge and Structural 3hbo Workers' Association; his broth Jauica N McNmnara. and Ortio K. ~atcManlgal, the alleged dynamite con . epixators. accused of blowing tip The JLos Angeles Times newspaper plant, last October, killing 21 nien, are In the I^xi jail, in separate cells,, surrounded by extra guards. All three ere charged with murder. Twenty-four miners are reported to Jiave been killed In a gas or dust ex plosion in Ott nilno number twenty ef the Davis Coal and Coke company, oabout e mile from Elk Harden, W. Oof. Woodrow Wilson Is to swing the circle and light the bon Tot his 1812 boom for president The situation in Morocco, which Ik etttlserlouB, la more hopeful. Th> Hi ?lb government received advices quiet prevailed at Fez April 1.. tie sebels apparently having been by their defeat by Captain column April 12. 4e armistice of Are days affecting between Juarez and Chi made in an exchange of I by General Madero for the urtirirwrt General Navarro for |5^W4>i j who translated tho - 800 years ago knew jw 4angus*e bet tbaa any body of the scholars ceald be gathered together in rorld today, la the opinion Faunce of JatTfce In # Bos adopted now or hotor, and mu*t stana or fall by It# own tertu*. Bo declared Presldeut Taft In an address in Now York City at the fourth anuual Joint banquet of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Hi* address was tbe first of a serie* in which he plans to evoke public sentiment in support of ihs policies. and he appealed to the company of editor* and newspapers owner* gathered from all part* of the land to Impress on the public mind that reciprocity should stand alone and "ought not to be affected in any regard by other amendment* to the tariff law." His recommendation* were warmly cheered. l'he Dutch have taken possession of I'slmas Islands, 60 mile* southeaat of Mindanao, Philippine inland*, low ered the United State* color* and substituted the flu# of Holland, it I* under?tood that Washington doe* not Intend to protevt against the ac tion of the Dutch, the United Btates government regarding the Island as valueless. Kdward TUden, Chicago packer, and William C. Cummlng* and (Jeorge M. Benedict, president of the Drovers' Trust and Having* bank of Chicago, were arre*ted ou a coutempt charge by the Illinol* senate. This action by the uenate wa* taken on recom mendation of the senate bribery in* vestigatlon committee after Tllden, Cummlng* and Benedict, through their lawyer*, had refuwed to produce TU den'* personal bank account for the month* of May, June, July and Au gust, 1909. Following an attack on an Ameri can woman by Mexican students, tlie wives and famllie* of American* are being hurried from Mexico City anil adjacent place* In the republic, ac cording to a Htatement made by Mr*. W. II. Southgate, who arrived In -Port Worth, Texa*. Mr*. Southgate bald the attack wan against Mrs. Tillman, society editor of an American payer. Mr*. Tillman, Mr*. Southgate says, 1* a Southern woman and ha* been out spoken In regard to the Mexican Bltu ation, Figures which throw light on what matron* of various nationalities arc doing In the way of Increasing the population of the city of New York have Just been Issued by the health department. In the Jewish district tho birth rote is the highest, nverng lng 55 per 1,000 of the population. In typically Italian sections tho rate is 50.5. In the negro district* the biith rate averages 2t> <J. Hut in the hign das* native American private resi dence district* tho rate is lea* than 7 per 1,000. Washington. The IIoiiHton bill, which passed the house, leaves to the legislatures ot the different states the power to re ai range the congressional districts In their respective states on the new population basis of one member for each 211,877 of Inhabitants. Americans are doing more for the children of Guam and the Philippine Islands than for those In the South om mountain districts of this country declared Miss Martha 8. Glclow ol Washington at the International Con gress on Child Welfare here. She said children In the Southern moun tains were often compelled to walk seven miles to school. More than fcur million American children, she said, were being brought up without educational facilities of any sort. After declaration that annexation li the desired end of tho Democrats Ic pushing reciprocity and a speech by a new member, revealing rumors ol a tariff ttght in congress featured the debate on the free list bill. Mr. Prince ol Illinois (Hep.) sounded the annexa j tion note. President Tail's speech lu New York furnished his text. He said the pouring of Americans intc tho Canadian northwest and the at titude of the Democratic party could mean nothing else than annexation. Attorney General Wlckersham will appeal to the Supreme court to bus tain the so-called "corner counts" in the government's Indictments of Su gene C. Scales, James A. Patten, Wll limn P. Drown, Frank It. llayne and Robert M. Thompson; charged with leading the May cotton corner ofl'JlC on the New York cotton exchange. Judge Noyes, in tho United States circuit court for the southern district of New York, sustained all of the count: of the indictment except those charging a corner to fix the price ol raw cotton. He condemned the prac tlce unreservedly, but held It did not come within the Jurisdiction of the law upon which the indictments wer? based . Attorney General Wicker shams appeal is from that part ol the decision. Speaker Clark does not agree witb Senator Hoot that congress is likely to adjourn by June 1. At tho white house where he said he had talked "neighborhood gossip" with Mr. Taft Mr Clark declared that nobody in tlx world knew how long congress would be here. "I know as much about il as Senator Knot, and he knows as much about it as 1 do." said Mr Clark "I have attended two speciai sessions of congress called to revise the tariff which lasted Into August There you are." Under the reapportionment bill which for the second time passed the house of representatives, tho size o! that body is increased to -U3 mem bers, giving Georgia one addltlona member. The measure goes to the senate to try its fato there. At th< last session the svnate failed to ap prove thi> increase In the size of th< lewer branch of congress What P will do this time Is somewhat prob lematlcal, but the strong hope Is en tertalned that the senate will permit tho hotvse membership to have iti way in this regard. The reported declaration of Ramot Corral, vice president of Mexico, thai Americana were fomenting trouble li his country to force Intervention, hat encountered the disfavor of the Unit ed States government. The state de partment has callod the matter tt the attention of ^Mexico to ealablisl officially wheher tho Interview wltl the vice president, in which tho state mcnts are said to have been made ytfcs authentic." The question will taken up by Ambassador Wilson a Mexico City, and he win demand ai answer. OF ?zZx-j.itr'1 Town 1#10 uoo Abbeville 4,4^ 3/7M Afk?u 3,811 3,414 Alcolu., 4oh Allendale 1,463 1,030 Anderaon ?,664 5,49$ Applotou. , 150 Bamberg 1.937 1,638 Barnwell 1,633 Batenburg 1,995 ?71 Beaufort.. 2,486 4,110 Belton 1,662 826 Bennettavllle., . 2,646 1,92a Bethune.. ., ,, ,, 317 Bingham 196 liluhop villu 1,669 716 Blackitburg .. 1,119 1 am Blackntock 192 131 Black vllle l,j?78 1,116 Blenheim ,, ,. 228 176 Bluffton 677 Iiol?u 160 Bowman 327 134 Bradley. 279 289 Branch ville .. .. 1,471 i(i01 732 Brumon 610 342 470 Calhoun 216 209 Calhoun Fall* .. 296 Camden 3,669 2,441 3,633 Cameron 421 320 Campobello .. 266 203 137 Carlisle 367 36S Central ...... 886 349 39C Chapln 3 46 187 Chappeln 160 Charleston .. ..68,833 66,807 64,966 Cheruw 2,873 1,161 976 Cherokee Fall* . . 6i)l 636 C?'??ter 4.764 4,076 2,703 Chesterfield .. .. 618 308 Clinton 3,272 1,869 1,021 Clio .. 780 608 Clover 1,207 961 Cokesbury 766 394 Columbia 26,319 21,108 Conway 1,228 705 Cope 174 80 Coronaca 199 <236 Cottageville .. .. 418 Cow pens 1,101 C'.?2 Cross Mill 668 469 Darlington 3.789 3,028 Denmark 1,076 724 Dillon 1,767 1,0! 6 82 Donalds 26S 221) 216 DoveKvllle 169 147 Due West 672 631 G44 Duncan* 190 14!) Eusley 2,983 9o3 421 Eastover 237 Kau C*litire 1,234 714 Ehenezcr 331 11)0 Edgefield 1,771 1,776 1,168 Edgetnoor.... .. 113 Ei hardt 316 2 If; Elko ........ 114 20S 100 Ellenton 367 252 138 Elloreo 640 413 311 Estill 460 Futawvllle 405 305 224 Fairfax 499 301 Florence 7,057 4.?;.4 7 3,395 Foreston 115 224 282 Fork 134 Fort Lawn 204 126 Fort Mill 1,616 1,394 689 Fort Motte .. .. 392 308 279 Fountain Inn .. .. 979 497 212 CJaffney 4, ?67 3,937 1,631 Georgetown .. .. 6,530 4,138 2,896 Glenn Springs .. 178 187 138 Go van Ill 113 Gray Court .. ,. 284 181 Greelyville .. .. 630 252 Greenville 15,741 11,860 8.607 Greenwood .. .. 6,614 4,824 1,326 Gieer 1,673 648 320 (5 rover 67 ->9 Hampton 748 636 318 Harleyville .. .. 190 24 1 llartsvllle 2,365 704 342 Heath Springs .. 452 266 Helena 425 269 4S1 Hendersonville .. 319 Hickory Grove .. 2SS 28:) 134 Hodges 266 257 255 Holly Hill 324 256 814 Ilonea 1'ath .. .. 1.763 617 365 Inman 474 29 1 134 Irmo 267 193 1 va .. . . 894 Jacksonboro .. .. 54 44 68 Jefferson 390 Johnston 943 805 827 Jonesville 969 608 28(5 Kelton 92 76 Kemper 62 Kershaw f.82 627 Kingstree 1,372 760 639 Kline 199 93 Lake City 1,074 375 Lamar 592 220 Lancaster 2,098 1,477 1,094 How to Write Governor's Name. I Probably nut ten out of the thou sands of people who have written ; Governor Mease's name in the last i several months know that after the first name, "Cole.," there should be a period. Governor Mease signs his narno that way, taking urood care ' often to place the period after "Colo.," without waiting to finish out the 1 whole signature. "Cole.," Is the abbreviation for Cole man, and therefore, should be written with the proper punctuation mark ! after it, just as Kdw." Want Continuous Mileage Rate. The railroad commission has order ed a hearing at Camden on May 6 t to decide whether the Atlantic Coast Lino railway and thn Northwestern ! railroad of South Carolina are owned by the same corporation. The peti tion is to require the two roads to ' operate a continuous mileage basis I of freight and was filed by the Cam den chamber of commerce. Should It be shown that the two roads are own ed Jointly the continuous mileage basis will be ordered by the com mission. Colored State Fair for Coiumbls. The executive committee of the col ored state fair met In Columbia and transacted some Important business. The members of the committee pres ent irerc: E. J. Sawyer, the new pres ident; J. H. Goodwin, superintendent; W. M. King. L. W. Hook. Dr. W. D. Chappelle and A. Robertson. The committee agreed unanimously to hold the next negro state fatr In Columbia tome time In November, the dato to be fixed later. - The president will advertise the .fair om ho tbtpka best. ? Town 1910 1*00 ! Landrum .. 449 263 1.35b m I Laurau? 4'#S18 4.029 2,246 L*?*vWa ....>. 980 638 229 Lt wi.-.ialo \w 173 115 Lexington ,'}? .... 709 806 342 Liberty 1,058 30? 211 Llucolnville .. ... 341 400 388 Little Mountain ,, 440 283 Little Hock .... 99 90 LIvlogKtou 108 79 f-orl? 229 Ijowiuleevlile .. .. 360 241 2C8 LowryvllU 343 Lucknow ,. ,, 139 122 Lynchburg. ,. 4?6 Mcliee 187 McColl 1,628 1,311 McConnell* .. .. 279 McCorinlck .. .. 613 237 Manning 1,854 1,430 Marlon 3.844 1.83^' Mary vllle 473 646 Mayesvllle 761 761 Midway 96 138 Modoc 108 77 Moncks Corner .. 232 202 Monetta .. \. .. 122 Moultrlevllle .. .. 1,011 611 Mount Carmel. .. 264 318 Mount Pleaaant .. 1,346 2,262 Mountvllle 160 120 Mulllnu. .. .. .. 1,832 828 Neeee* 143 New Hrookland .. 900 1,089 Newberry 6,028 4,607 N'lcholti 118 82 Ninety-Six. .. .. 758 414 Norrlb 180 North 661 358 North Augusta .. 1,136 Norway 315 218 Olantu 230 Olur 360 106 Orangeburg .. .. 5,906 4,455 Pacolet 410 365 Pageland 360 Pag?u Mill. .... 167 Parkttvllle 197 143 1'atrlck 98 Paxvllle .. .. .. 176 Peak.! 183 166 Pendleton 822 668 Perry 179 76 Pickens 897 449 Plnewood 4 'J4 97 Plum Branch .... 145 Port Royal . . .. 363 601 Princeton .. 7~. 77 1S2~ 241 Prosperity 737 592 Reevesville .. .. 2o5 137 Reldvllle 177 162 Richburg .. .. .. 245 240 Ridge Spring .. .. 5?>5 411 Kidirelnnd 330 Ridgevllle 300 260 Rld^eway. 37u 334 Rock Mill 7,216 5,4X5 Koweuville 508 252 Huby 194 St. (Jeorge .. .. 957 676 St. Matthews .. .. 1,377 758 St. Stephens . . .. 408 " 256 Salem 139 Sal ley 311 241 Saluda f.10 2S9 Scrtmtqn 308 208 Selgllngvllle . . .. 113 134 Sellers 458 Seneca. .. .. .. 1,313 920 Shandon .. .. ,. 795 Sharon. 374 160 Slnipsonvllle ??. .. 621 195 Smyrna 109 48 Snelling 338 Spartanburg .. ..17,517 11.395 Springfield 438 344 Sutnmerton .. .. 678 236 Summervllle .. .. 2,355 2,420 Sumter 8,109 6,673 Swansea 523 239 Sycamore 99 79 Tutnm 225 200 Timmonsville .... 1,708 861 Tlrzah 12S 131 Travelers' Itest .. 6<> 106 Tronic: n 257 266 Trio 19X 168 Troy 233 2^3 Timers 190 150 I'nion 5,623 5,40.) Vances 97 si Varnville 642 372 Wagner 3?>2 192 Walhalla 1,595 1.3n7 Walterboro .. .. 1,677 1,491 Wards 183 135 Waterloo 191 i?o Well ford 370 346 West I'nion .. .. 32X 2S9 Westminster .. .. l,57rt x*>7 Westvlllo 847 123 Whitmires 1,045 131 Williamslon .. .. 1,957 991 Willington 365 ,v.l Williston 624 t>17 Winnsboro .. .. 1,754 1.7?*"? Woodford 190 5 Woodruff 1 ,SS!? 596 Yemassee 250 Yorkville 2,326 2.i'12 State Farmers' Union Convention. Tho program for the suite Kavm I eis' union annual convention to bo ' hold in Columbia, commencing on j July 27, is being prepared. The pro grain will include several well known speakers. Commissioner Watson Is Honored. Commissioner Watson has been elected to the National Coorgraphic society. This is the organization that passed upon the title of Commander I'eary, as discoverer of the North Pole. Fiffht on Oleomargarine Tax. The fight to have the tax on oleo margarine repealed will be waged at the extra session of congress. This matter Is of interest in this state, because of our large oil interests. Col. E. J. Watson In Detfiand. Commissioner Watson will address the annual meeting of the American Feed Manufacturing association to be held In Indianapolis, Ind., on May 26 and 27. He will speak t>efore the good roads congress in Birmingham on May 24. Encampment of Artillery Corps. The first and second companies of tho artillery corps will encamp at Fort Moultrie frotn July 1 to 15. The first company is located at Aiken and tho second company at Lancaster. This Is an Important Question. It la tho claim of Jhe cotton rnanti* facturera that they deslro to mak* Charleston a great,distributing point, but that with present rates this will be Impossible. The ralllroads contend Hint the jnte in force Is Just isi oqultable. ; SOUTH CAROLINA Bamberg.?The aurvey of th* Bamberg and Kbrhardt railway route bus been complet d, and It It expected that the work w|)l begin noon. Dillon.?An election wai held In Dillon on a bond Issue to the amount of 123,000. The Issue carried by a vote of 32 to 1. Norfolk, Va?The Rev. Dr. Thorn ton Whaling, pastor of the Kecond Presbyterian church here has been called to the presidency of the Free byteriiui Theological seminary, at Colufhbla, and will accept. Ills for mal election will take place at Colum bia, May 9. Washington.-"Joseph L. Howell of Campobellp, for several years super visor of Spartanburg county, has as sumed his duties as special door keeper of the ladles' gallery In the house side of the capltol. Represen tative Johnson secured the appoint went. Sumter,?The Hartsville Are of the minstrel troupe coach has added one more victim to its list. Dennis Campbell, colored, dying at the hos pital here. He never recovered his strength after the Are, more than two thirds of his body having been burned. Walterboro.?The Wesley chapel near Lodge, was recently dedicated with very appropriate ceremonies by niBhop H. C. Morris of New Orleans, I ablated by Rev. W. L. Herbert, pre siding elder of the Charleston district Orangeburg.r?What Is regarded as a remarkable record of longevity for [ the Inhabjtants of this city and coun ty is shown In the fact that the three last burials from 8t. Paul's Methodist church were of three ladles of the city and vicinity, who died at the j ages of 87, 91 and 93 years, j St. Matthews.?One of the largest | purchases of cotton In the history of ( the local market has been made, Kron ; four farmers a cotton buyer of St ' Matthews bought a lot of 650 bales, I paying 151-Hc. the pound for the | etnple. The total amount paid was I ; something over $45,000. * Edgefield.?The Woman's Mission 1 ( ary institute of the western divislot I j of South Carolina convened with the ! j Baptist church at Edgefield. Abou i 50 delegates frGin Aiken, Edgefield, j | Saluda, Abbeville, Lexington and Barnwell associations wore present. Columbia.?There has been some ' discussion recently as to placing gas- ! | oline cars on the Southern railway between Augueta and Edgefield and ' Johnston and Trenton. There has > j f-.lso been some discussion as to plac- J ? ing the- cars between -Columbia and i j Augusta. Nothing official has yet j ; been announced. I Washington.?Senator E. D. Smith i called on the president and discussed J the South Carolina judgeship mat ; i ter. It is now believed that Immedl j j ately upon the receipt of Judge Braw | | ley's notification of retirement hii j successor will be named. ' ; Greenville.?A cablegram was re j j ceived in the city from Tai Chow j ; China, telling of the death of Mrs i j R. M. Stevenson. formerly Misr I | Ailene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs j John P. Gwvnn, of Greenville. Sht . j was married last summer to Dr. Stev ! j enson, a physician of Greer, and they j left,America in September for China I where he went as a medical mission j ! ary. Darlington.?The North & South | Carolina railway, which has bee. ' completed from MeBee to Darlington . has been inspected by the rallroa commission. The road will give Harts . ville and Darlington, a second direc j line north bv the Seaboard Air Lint ! railway, connecting at McBee. Washington.?Representative Wynt ' Aiken has Introduced a very ion. i and elaborate hill, regulating '.he aak t of liquor In the District of Columbia j ? and reducing ihe hours during which t i saloons may be open; restricting thel i . location and tho clientile they may j i serve, and requiring them to remov. j screens, etc. Mr. Aiken is p membe. ! of the committee on the District o j I Columbia. I Sumter.?A woman signing hersel j ; as Margaret Raymond. New York ' i writes Sheriff Epperson to know i1 j i ho does not want "Professor" Good ' j win, the clairvoyant who was undet i ? arrest here. Tho'writer says 'hat h( j | Is a had man and that he is vantet ? all over the Weet. She does net ex 1 ! plain why she does not turn him ovei l j to some of the Western authorities, i Spartanburg.?On a warrant issihm i before Magistrate Gantt of this city J Baxter Thomas and Charlie Foster white, aged about 22 each, were ar j rested on a charge of holding up anc j robbing Robert I. Whitoner, who lives | -near Landrum. < Florence. ?Traffic arrangement* I have been completed by the Winston i Salem Southbound with both the Nor j folk & Western and the Atlantic Coast i Line railways for quick handling o' I through passenger nnd freight train? j to and from the West. The service j became effective May 1. It is pre in is j ed that all delays will he obviated. I Camden.?The hearing ordered U be held here on May 5 to take test I mony as to the Joint ownership of th< Atlantic Coast Line railway and tht Northwestern railway has been post poned. Aiken.?Aiken county's crop oi small grain has been considerably in Jured by what some farmers say if the Hessian flv In some sections th* blight has played havoc with the crop and one farmer says that he would not make a bushel per acre. The oats have turnod red, and has literally withered up or died outright from the ravages of the pest. -? Charles.on.?Tho organization of the South Carolina Masonic Veterans association was perfected at a meet tng when E. W. Durant. Sr., made an address, outlining and more clearly defining the purpose of the organisa tion. All Blue Lodge mmn* of twenty-one years standing In South Carolina are eligible for membership and Charleston is to be heaquarters of the organization Edgefield?The rccent rains have greatly Improved the outlook (or the yield of wheat and oata in the eoun ty. Thero are good *tan<U of cotton and corn. That Tired Feeling That corties to yqu every spring Is a sign that your blood Is wantingJn vitality,Just as pimples and other eruptions are signs that It Is Impure* Do not delay treatment; begin at once to take Hood's Barsaparllla, which effects Its wonderful cures, not simply because It contains sarsaparllla, but becsuse It combines the utmost remedial values of twenty different ingredients, raised to thel# highest efficiency for the curs of sll spring troubles, tbst tired feeling snd lose of appetite. Thee# is no rest substitute; insist on having </ Hood's Sarsaparilla "I felt tired all the time and could not sleep nights. After taking Hood'a Saraaparllla a little white I could aleep well and the tired feeling bad "Oout at first," so the umpire decided, Thin decision the runner derided, And these words at him were cast, "Not at flrat, but ut lu?t~" Then the runner and umpire collided I CURED THREE YEAR8. Not the Slightest Sign of Kidney Trouble Ever Returned. W. H. Hall, 2C9 Main St., Orange, N. J., says: "My hack waa as useless as If I had broken It. Pains such as I had never experienced, struck me through the kidneys and I was nearly prostrated. I could not find rest or Bleep and lay awake thinking how miserable wan my lot. I had bad, throb bing headaches and often became dizzy. No one who has not had kidney trouble can imagine the misery It ?will cause. At last I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and In a few weeks was a well man. For threo years and I have been free from kid ney trouble." Remember the name?Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. It Was Muffing. M 'Bugs' Raymond, the handsome and brilliant pitcher of the New York Oi ante, is a great wit on the field," said a Bporting editor at the Pen and Pen cil club in Philadelphia. "Raymond was disgusted one day at his team's wretched outfielding. Bat ter after batter sent up high flies, and j these easy balls were muffed alter nately by left and center. "Bugs at the sixth inuff threw down his glove and stamped on it. ? ? " 'There's an epidemic in the out field.' lie said, 'but, by Jingo! it isn't catching.' " No Girls. "You didn't stay long at Wombat's country place." "No, hH promised to show me the beauties of the neighborhood and'then tried to point out a lot of scenery." THIS WII.L INTEREST MOTHERS. Mother Gray's Sweet rowilers for Children, a Ortuin relief for Fevcrlsbness, Ileadnebe, Kud Stomach, Teething Disorders, uiovnand regulate tho Bowels and destroy Worms, Thoy break up Colds In 24 hour*. They urn so pleasant to Iho taste Children like thein. Thty iicr<r <ail. Hold by all Druggist*. 25e. Sample mailed KHK1C. Address Allen B. Olm sted, Le lloy. N. Y. Confirmed. Randall?Has a reputation for brav ery has he? Rogers?Yes, with every one who has been his wife.?Life. 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Self-possession implies the capacity for self-restrolnt, self-compulsion, and self-direction.?W. H. Thomson. I>r. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated, easy to take as candy, reeulate and invig orate etomaeh, liver and bowels and cure constipation. Ambition is a longing that make? some men near-great. Biliousness "I have u*ed your valnkble Cucuct* end I find them perfect. Coaldnt do without them. I have and them tof ?ome time for indlgeetkm And biliouanen itdeteW e and am now completely cuwl mend them to every (me. Once tried, jroa will never be without them in the family."?Ed ?wd A.Mux, Albany, N.Y. ntnetnbJM itfciMdCCC. QUI out* or your not#* beck. con*. Thla great medicine baa aiao cured me of scrofula, which had troubled me from childhood.'' Mra? C. M. Root, pot W, Qllead, Conn. Kvldently an Amateur. "Oettlng ready for your suburban gardening?" "Yep. 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Price, 25 Cts., \XJrTT/"\ TO Women as well as men ? ? J. IV-/ AvJ Qro ma(j0 miserable by" rTV"\ , kidney and bladder troQ ble. I)r. KIlmer'H Swamp RT AMF Root the great kidney remedy promptly relieves. At druggists In fifty cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mall free, also pamphlet telling all about it. Address, Dr. Kilmer A Co., ninghamton, N. Y. W. N. U., CHARLOTTE, NO. 18-1911. Charlotte Directory KODAKS ?Kvwniw M|k|^ ordere giren prompt, atentlon. Oompl?t? itock of phoU> vapplles. Bond fur catalogue. ?'. I. VAN N*Hfl A CO. ryon Htroet, CKurlotto, N. O* Typewriters Rebuilt Your old machina can be made as good as new in our shops at a nominal cost All makes of typewriters rebuilt, repaired, cleaned and adjusted in the shortest possible time and in tho most satisfactory manner. J. C. Crayton it Co., Charlotte, N. C. Everything in Typewriters Blggeststock In theOarollnas. Writ* me your want* for any kind of brand new, ?ooond hand, or rebuilt typewriter. 1 buy In large number* fpr spot cash ? I personally look after trie tale of each typewriter with no expense for bicsalaried salesmen. I person ally own taf offlco ana store balldlna with no bljr rents to pay. I can, therefore, naturally afford to sen typewriters for less than competitors who hare bl? running expenses to meet monthly. JONES-Th# Typewriter Mnn ? Rlmit JT>?uler la tn? Carollnas. Charlotte,North Carolina. PIANOS I ? ? are sold direct from factory to the home* It's the piano to buy bccause IT'S [ The BEST , and r COSTS LESS* 4 Wart Tnh Strut ^^Bhaiiatta, t C. ' , C. H. WILMOTH. MANAGER