Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HIW YOEK, I U« Itrald, Will Oir* Ioomv*H a Big V4«itr ? DIIPUT1 flOURM i4 flay, that Th*T :Af* Otrtala to ' Oaa«y tike Mfeto fbr tit* tcate aatf UkeJJtetiooaljDemo- . or*tie Ticket The Ifeir Yo** Herald's estimate that Roosevelt will have a big major ity In the upper part of Hew York State and will oome down to the bridge with 160,000 and that he will Prof ' lead the Republican state ticket by at least 60,000 Is rather discouraging to the Democrats, although the latter dispute the Herald's estimates. They sty that with tbeir unity up In the state and their thorough organization ♦ it Is quite an Impossibility for Rooee H* If* ee-o to atoezer New York with more than 100,000, and at feast 60,000 less votes for Higgins, the Re publican candidate for governor. The Democrats are confident that their candidate for governor, Judge Herrick, w!U be elected by 50.00C plu rality, and that this plurality is dead sure to give the state also to Judge Rarker. This view of tbe cue looks logiaal and reasonab’e, and In conser vative oirolee It it believed beyond queetlon that tbe Empire State is ab solutely sure to go for both Herrick and Parker. The iportlog men are offering ten to seven on Herrick, with bat few taken, and even money on Parker. The Republican! are asking tan to alx on Herrick and ted to nloe aad eight on Parker. - . —— BUTTING COUNTS FOB LITTLE. The betting, however, Is not much of en Indication aa to bow tbe state will go. In 1884 the betting here a month before tbe election was two to one that Blaine would carry the state and three to one that Blaine would be YBBBOCLWllfa. Recearehee ta Texas. r ^,, Prof. Chambliss, Of Clemson Col lege, has recently spent several weeks In the state of Texas where he made a careful etudy of the boll weevil, the beet wap of preventing Its spread* and bow to detect Ite presence on tbe, cotton plant. Prof. Chambliss says that the government now has 1,800 acres of land in fifteen different see lions around Victoria under cotton cultivation, for experimental purpei ca Tbe laboratory pf tbe government Is also located at Victoria Tbe respite les’ investigation were told, a Spartanburg Journal represen tative Wednafgay as follow*: "There ie little possibility of exter minating the Texas boll weevil. The Insect can be held in check, however, and confined to certain sections and this Is wbat tbe experimenters are trying to do at present. There are however, other insects in our knowl edge which are even harder than tbe b >11 weevil to destroy or to ernfine In 11mlta Therefore, tbe work that we are undertaking i« largely eduoatlon- al. We want to teach the fefiners how tb know a boil weevil and tbe pupa and larva and also to show them tbe necessity of refusing*to receive Texas cotton seed and grain and also to give them all that we know about the weevil, so that thay will not call for specimens for themselves, thereby Incurring risk of infecting tbeir own growing cotton. "There have been three facts which make it evident that something had to be done to protect South Carolina,” continued Prof. Chambliss. "Cue was the fact mentioned above, tbe others are the discovery made by us that somebody had bought a lot of infected small ‘bolls In Texas, threshed them out and bad sent the produce to this state, and lastly we recognized the general danger of the insects being brought in, In variousdkher ways. Aiaw bas been passed to aid us to educating the farmers about the Onde Thoufkts ss.Tkty fall frem / tk» Mitorfaljtak hxaiavt imran ismm A Oolnraa be*leased M-otbars ae Home iCIrcule ' lug Tide. V ^ AT THB>ABUt ths srlrtt of dfWXUM god our readers have and *ow highly grocerymen thlak I cince lint I lea. You to tbe table, deer. And you eat over there atom i r v And 1 aat smilinf here. * The yeara hare aped i r ■ ibU d A yaer or two'flaw peat end you No* o longer aat alone, rttt tHi<- was IS your anna, our darling and my own. Of tbs ssgars of tbe grocery man to the mme block. You have no- tlced In what a eulogiatlo way allo pathic and homeopathic doctors *peak of each other, and you have noticed how awn ministers will sometimes put ministers on their beautiful cooking Instrument which the English call a •’spit,” mi i on roller with spikes on it and turned by a crank befera a hot fire, and then If the minister being roasted orlea out against It, tbe men And then another year 9/ so, And some one else was there; And Willie sat near me, you know, While Frottie claimed your care. The years have sped since first I led You to the table, dear, And you looked queenly at the foot And I felt kingly here. who are turning' him say: ‘Hush! brother, we are turning this spit for tbe glory of God sod the good of your soul, and you must be quiet while we dose the eel vice with Today, as f look down at you, Ou either side I see A row of hungry little ones All gazing up at me. elected, and yet Blaine lost the ooun- _ Uy. JUUMS the betting wgstwo to , wl1J>Tl .., nr . t ... _ t1 . rt1 that Cleveland would carry the] Ij 0 * 1 ^ 1 and tbe election and yet Harrl- “ “ ” “ eon oarrled tbe state and tbe election. In 1692 the betting up to two weeks before tbe election was In favor of Harrlaoa and yet Cleveland swept tbe Country, so when you else It all up there la little significance iu betting on election results. SILENT VOTE DECIDES. The reason for ibis is tbe silent or independent vote which In theee days decide tiie re an exam' result of all elections. As I will take tbe state of Democratic 60 days’ poll of tbe state disclosed a doubtful vela of 100,000 and a Republican mg Jority of 16,000. Tbe Republican poll showed a doubtful vote of 76,000 and a Republican majoritjyof 30,000. To tbe difference inis means that are about 87;&00 voters in In who have not made up tbeir minds as to bow they will vote. In side Information from both political committees la to the effect that fully one-half of theaa doubtful voters are £ t 1 ra "floaters. ” It Ie generally understood that "floaters" are men who can be 7" iters’’ ark men Influeooed in one way or tbe other by promises of work end help of by money, and moat likely money. HOW INDIANA WILL GO. Therefore, the political party that can put up tbe moat money and the last money will be able to vote this 'Mam of Voters. Therefore, Indiana ONLiafely be relied upon to go for tbe party that can control sufficient amount of money to buy those voters and keep them bought. Tbis Is, of course, a pretty tough state meat to make, but it is oevt rthelees true, for there ie always In a national election from 30,000 tc 60,000 votes In Indiana for sale to the highest bidder, and tbe party that baa tbe money to buy those votes will win tbe election. UFUBUCANB GIVE UP INDIANA. Democratic campaign managers see in the refusal of tbe national Republi can committee to send any of its prominent speakers to Indiana an abandonment of tbe state by Republi cans rather than a belief that tbe state ie aafely Republican witnout further campaigning. That the exouaa given by tbe Republican menagere la both bald and lame Is shown by tbe fact that Indiana leaders are wroth at the determina tion of the national <x mailt tee to give Hew York and other states all the good things In the oratorical line, while Indiana gets leaser lights. If We’ve added leave*, one after one, And you are far away— Aye, thrice aa far, my dear, as on That happy, kftppy day. But though we ait ao far apart— Y ou there and I up here— Two row* of heart* from my fond heart - Stretch down to you, my dear. Thank Ood for every extra leaf The table hcrlda today, And may we never know the grief Of putting one away. ' e** "Better late than never" is half ao gODd never late.” a maxim as not "Better • # How we appreciate a boy who is always on time. How quickly we learn to depend on him, and bow soon you 3nd yourself intrusting Mm with weightier matters. The boy who has acquired a reputation for. punctuality do. Shortly there will be Issued by Clemson College, & bulletin on tbe t>qn weevil to be distributed generally throughout the entire state. "The adult weevil prefers the squa e to the boll la the dep< sitlngjof her eggs which are placed in the square or boll through a hole drilled by the female by means of a l og snout with Jaws at tbe end of it. The egg lb about eight days develop* Into the larva which at once begins feeding on 'he subs’anoe of the plant in which It is encased. The presence of ah egg inside tbe square or boll may be cer tainly detected," says Prof. Cham bliss, "by the preserca of a small dark wart on the outside, where tbe female has bored into the plant As to the dangers of bringing tbe weevil into tbis state Prof. Chambliss says that in winter tl^e boll weevil In habits houses, bios, barns or anywhere where shelter may be found and hence the great danger of Importing Texas grain which may contain the weevils In large numbers. "Another important fact," says be, "Is that the pupa Id its cell resembles very closely the cottonseed Itself and tbe two cannot be distinguished ex cept by trained eyes. ^'The pupa, which Is tbe intermedi ate stage between larva and adult, is found Imbedded in tbe bolls and when tbe ootton is ginned these pupae fall through with tbe seed without being hurt In the least and if tbe seed are shipped away tbe pupae go tx> and soon we have another Infected dis trict." On the mount which Pr< f. Cham bliss has prepared is a striking picture showing the similarity between cot-, ton seed and the pupae cells. The two are tbe same size and outward sp:ar- anoe and it would be Impossible to clean Infected seed after the cells are ones mixed, unless they were picked out one at a time, which would be al together out of the question. capital that In after years makes bis success a certainty. * % As the future oak lies folded in the acorn, so in the present lies our future. Our success will be, can be, but a nat ural tree, developed from tbe seed of uur own sowing; tbe fragrance of the blossoms and tbe richness of the fruit age will depend upoa tb*nourishment absorbed from our past and present. Tbe earth we tread beneath our feet is composed of clay and sand and soot and water and if nature has ber per feet work In these substances, the clay will become porcelain, and may be painted upon and plaoed In tbe king’s palace; then again It may be come clear hard and white, having the power of drawing to itself tbe blue and the red, the green and tbe pur pie rays of the sunlight, and become an opal. Tbe sand will become very hard and white, and have the powers of drawing to Itself the blue rays of the sunlight and become a sapphire The soot will become tbe hardest and wbiteet substance known, and be changed into a dimond. Tbe water in the summer Is a dewdrop, and In the winter chrystalizes into a star Even so tbe homliest lives, by draw log to themselves tbe coloring of truth, sincerity, charity and faith, may become crystals purest ray serene." and gems of » * • WHAT SHALL WE BEAD? Help tbe Cause. It takes large sums of money Ho run a national campaign. It is an easy matter for the Republican party to raise all tbe money it needs. Tbis party Is tbe party of tbe trusts and rich corporations, and these robbers of the people stand ready to contri bute millions of dollars to enable tbe Republioan party to continue in power for the privilege of robbing tbe people. But tbe Democrats are not Paul once stirred up Ephesus with some lively sermons about tbe aim of that place. Among the moet Import ant results of these sermons was the fact that the citizens brought out their bad books and papers and In public place made a bonfire of them. One of the wants of tbis cbmmunity Is a great benfire of bad books and newspapers. We have In this vicinity enough of such fuel to make a blaze 500 feet high. Take forth tbis trash sod putJt into the fire, and let It be known in tbe presence of God and angels and men that you are going to rid your homes of tbis curse of profii gate literature. We beiieve It la lm able to command money from such tbe state were safely Republican, artrt aourcita'They must look tb tbe people Democrats with a smile, wby should the action of the national committee cause such construction in Republi can ranks. * Forty Men Laid Off. The Florence Times says: "A con siderable stir has been created in rail road circles by the summary dismissal of a number of tbe employes of tbe shops to cut down the force. As usual the matter has crested a great deal cf speculation, and rumors are rife as to what the cut down means. Many seem to think that the Coast Line means to reduce this shop more considerably and do so for the ben •fit at other shops on tbe line, yet for some time there has been work to keep the whole force busy. The men say that they were hot notified Fit- trSm CHe sout day afternoon at knock off time that tbeir services would not be required any longer. About forty men are in- •hided In the order, about twenty per ••nt. of tbe force. Mr. Pearaonal, master mechanic, when asked concern ■fog tbe dismissal of the men said that ha simply bad orders from headquart- en and axroatsd them, he could add nothmjpft the facts as gathered from tbe mentbemaelvae. Tbe out lain ^ it, and Includes ae far i Mamed twelve machinists, ' makers, throe blacksmiths mber of carpenters. Tbe banner to the men, they inpeeparod for It it is lay off, and may not be be for good and all. Tbe of count, be felt by wbb are in favor of Democratic suc cess to fill the campaign chest with voluntary contributions. There are of course, some rich Democrats and some corporations that contribute to tbe Democratic fund, hut all the money thus obtained'would not equal the fat fried out of a singe trust by Roose velt’s man, Oortelyou. The Democratic National Commit tee needs money and is not ashamed or afraid to say so. George Foster Peabody, the treasurer of tbe commit tee, would be glad to receive contri butions, large or small. He would welcome sums as small as half a dol lar. Mr. Peabody ebcourages the mak ing of small contributions.^ He would rather receive 8100 from ope hundred persons In sums of one dollar each tban tbe like sum from a single indi vidual. Mr. Peabody hopes to be fav ored with many small contributions imself a native of Georgia, he says It would please him Immensely to have tbe Democrats of his old home state evince their inter est In tbe cause in this practical wav. He would be glad to have tbe Dem ocrats in other southern states join. And why not? Ho portion of tbe country would reoelve greater benefit from tbe election of Parker and Davis than tbe south; no portion has so much to fear from-the election of Roosevelt as the south. It-would be a handsome thing for Orsngebuig County to raise at last one hundred dollars to help ths good cause along. The Times and Democrat expects to make a small contribution to tbe Democratic campaign fund and would gladly receive ooatfttwUeae from others for tbe same purpose. All con- trtbotions will be acknowledged lo Let every man do bis “Blot be the tie that bind* Our heart* in Oirietinn love.” Tbe music that was berad at the lay- ng of the world's corner stone, when the morning stars sang together, L not heard now. We prefer the roar of tbe lion, tbe fcream of tbe eagle., tbe prowl of theb'ar. We seem to be seeking after contention aqd too many of our beautiful homes that on the outside are peaceful With every ap pearance of June are January within. Perhaps only here and ttere is a con jugal outbreak of Inconrpatibillty of temper through the divorce courts, or a filial outbreak abbut a father's will through the courts, or a case of wife beating or husband poisoning tbrough tbe criminal courts, but there are thousands of families In tbis old world with June outside and January within. Yhe fact log the farma year after year in greater numbers lo seek more profit able and easier eau Ilfilb W * ^' ^ hard an fliy, M ngglfiTOeff Juit hoey ~ by the fact that the long ouutlnued dry weather Is causing cotton to op n with tnpriotdinted rapidity. Tbe aesreft) of-labor. wts pert ape never ao intensely abd painfully felt than it Is today, according to reports which reach here from various parts of tbe low-country as well as from-tfce red bills of ths Piedsoont section of tbs State. Cotton pickers are getting about tbe h at pay they have eojbyed since tbe negroes were emancipated. Tbe Charleaton Post eaye: Railroad Com mi-alone r B. L. Caugh man, a ho has had varied experience as a practical farmer and who has ie- cently observed conditions In trips to various parts of the State State, said: "There is oo doubt but that the dry weather Is causing the cotton to open with great rapidity, and there is alio no doubt about tbe wisdom of having tt gathered without delay, for to eur« nee In Half the new and original am e time, inn rstetn and dlffeVswideiy from the bid method*. W Ithlt lM»«a*bli way to eet back roar vitality and ao thorough year* 11 Hr* wide aimple yet effect ire way. Write me and'l will *bowyo«taa y“Jld 'atrenirth. your manhood and biy1tb.no to^rboydlAto hly that you will atay cured forever. Ityouwlll mention now you i'wlll enelo** bealdea thepare book a Self Examination that I can mak* a study Ot'tour ease and report to you free of chartre. I havBettfntowWVMWy worn you are, are affected book* that 1 will *end to men freeon receipt of nameiind address. In a plain unmarxeu enveww Writai ‘ l a* today sure. Atlanta. Ga. DR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. 8s 1 man B» ilding, 21| 8. Broad St. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, A MARTYR 10 SCIENCE. An Electrical Engineer a Victim of the Roentgen Hay. Clarence M. Dally; an electrical en- tended that the printing'press be a means for tbe world’s rescue and evangelization- The great last battle of tbe world will not be fought with swords and guns, but with types and presses, s pull tied literature triumph ing over and crushing out forever that which is depraved. The great est blessing that ever cams nation Is that of an elevated litera ture, and the greatest scourge has been that of unclean literature. This last has its victims In all departments of life. It has helped to fill Insane asylums * and penitentiaries. The London plague was nothing to it. What books and papers do you readf A newspaper is onlv a book in a swifter and more portable shape. In selecting your papers do you make no distinction between the tree of life, and the tree of death? Cherish good books and news pa pen. Beware of the bad ones. Ben junto Franklin said that the reading of Cotton Math er’s essay on "Doing Good" molded bis entire life. May not the reeding of this Home Circle Column, crude though It marfbe, have an influence upon your children In molding their lives while they are yet easily im pressed; We strlffe hard to keep the c-jhimnfrof this paper clean and purs Clinton street, North, Eist Orange, N. J., a martyr to science.- His IIT nea was due to experimental work In connection with tbe R>entgen ray, says tbe New York Herald. He suf fered for years and underwent seven operations, wbicb tinal'y culminated in the am potation of botb bis arms. He died Wednesday. During bis experiment, work witb the X-ray Mr. Dally was Thomas A. Edison’s chief assistant. He worked at the laboratory in West Orange night and day. In his work with the fiueroscope Mr. Dally was badly burned on bis hands. He suffered no pain but bis bands looked as tbougb they had been scalded. S x months after the first indications of scald ng appeared the bands began to swell and Mr. Dally suffered great pain for two years, when be went to Chicago and obtained a position with an in candescent lamp company. 1C was thought tbe change of air would benefit him. Cancer finally developed on the left wrist and be came Eist for treat ment. In February, 1902, more than one hundred and fifty pieces of skin, taken from bis legs, were grafted on to his hands. Tbsoperatlon was un successful and tbe disease steadily spread. In August tbe arm was am putated four Inches below tbe sh« ud der. For a time an improvement was apparent, but tbe little finger on tbe right hand became affected and in November this member waV taken iff Mr. Dally still miintainel his c ur- age and still believed he would re cover when three other lingers were removed In Jane, 1903. The^evelop- ment of a spot on the wrist made it necessary to perform another opera tion In September and another at tempt was made to graft sktb. The next Indication of the continu ance of the disease was a severe hem orrhage of the arm, as a result of which It was amputated in March. Despite tbe fact that be had lost botb arms and had suffered so keenly, Mr. Dally gained courage and appear ed to be recovering. Artificial arms were provided for him, but he used them only a week when be succumb two good reasons: If the cotton is allowed to remain in the field It it does not fall out of Its own weight it loses heavily by tbe oil drylcg out, and whit’s of greater Importance, there Is always tbe grave dinger ot one of these fall gales coming along and blowing it tut of the bolls on to the ground where it becomes stained or is lost altogether by careless picker* neglecting to gather U. A' gale like the one that started up here a few days ago would have resulted lu a loss of over 850,000 to South Carolina cot too fanners bad it kept up a day or so, as is generally Its custom. "1 don’t know what^r gotten into the negroes lately. They are leaving tbe farms rapid y, Coming to town or going t j what they call ‘public works.’ But these who remain on tbe farm are more trifling than negroes ever were before. Since the establishment of rural-free delivery th ■ negro farm ers are g ittlng their ne?spapers more CLINTON S. C. Collegiate Year *£cx tbe general y m some sections tban wbite farmers are gettirg tfcelrs. "The prevailing price for ootton picking Is 50 per cent higher today tban it was last year or in several years. The standard price of 40 6eots a hundred bas been advanced to 50 atd 65 cent*, and I . understand that in s >me sections of the low-ccuntry as high as 81 a hupdr^ is being paid Near the cities that is causing the men an I women servants, particular ly the C'-oks, to desert the households ard go to the fields. ^ ‘'Another thing that is hurrying tbe farmers to get tbeir cotton picked U that they have been frigbtened into the belief that tbe price will go down from 10 cents to 9 and maybe 8 cents. Hut so far as labor conditions are con cerned tbe high prioe Increases tbe trouble. Fur this reason: When as sured that the price will probably be 10 cents or more the country mer chant will cheerfully stake the negro cropper or renter, whereas when the price is low the merchant requires the white farmer to stand for tbe renter or cropper. "But this heavier price for cotton picking Is not resulting In any more cotton being picked, as sad as that fact Is. It is tbe negro’s nature to work only for an Immediate living, and tbe more pay he gets ttfe less work he is going, to do. There were four negro excursions into Columbia there last week in as many days. TMs brought several thousand negroes there, many of whom would other wise have been In tbe field. Thirty to forty more bales of cotton would have been picked but for those excur- siots.” * BOARD, ROOM-RO^T and TUITION for $117.50. Next Session begins Sept. 22,1904. For Catalogue oi inf >nnation address ■ONOEHFUL HECOHO. Fourteen studenta of Osborne** Busmen College bar* nee red feeitioui within lest few dsjB. Serertl Indies os stenographers end typewriters in both Georgia and South Caroline^ and shorthand writers and WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR ORDERS COLUMBIA LUMBER & MfC CO COLUMBIA £ C TlLFYREi mFYRE!! KILFYRElTi That is exactly what It Is. a Fire Killer. Demons day at ti>e State Fair showing its tire fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and arr Demonstration every any one owning property slKMild have them. For sale by ; ' , 00LUMB1A SUPPLY 00.- Columbia, 8. C. The machinery Supply Louse of the state. Don’t think that every one who bang* eot a *ign aa • ’ maker” 1* competent to repair your fine watch. Repairer* Wko are fully competent aia acaroa. We do work only on* way,—th* beet—we can make any part of a watch, or a complete watek. Oar price*-are often no more than you pay for Inferior work, work ia 81.50 or over w* will pay expr*** charge one way. Seng LACHICHOTTK * OO. Jeweler*. 1434 Main St, Col* abia, 8. bourteastern Lime & Lement to. CHARLESTON, S. CL Building Material of all kinds. High Grfcde Roofing “RUBEROID” Write for prices. Whiskey I Morphine I Chraret I All Drug and fobaooo Habit, | Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Iteeley institute, of £8 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia. S. O. Confidential o) solicited. C. oorreapood- l_vime cemfent, l*l»«ter. Terra Ootta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lota, small lots, write. Carolina. Portland Cement Co., Charleaton, B. Ck S55 AGJ0D BN*KB STORY. A Mother Snake and Forty-fonr Little One* Killed. ■ TILLMAN AND RRYAH. An Augneta Newspaper Correepon- _ dent Tnlkso^Political Conditions. Mr. Monroe Hambrlgbt, traveling correspondent of the Kansas City WorldAnd the Nejv.Qjtleans Item, is I ed, tbe disease having affected his en- tire system. Complications ensued, and it was seen on Saturday that he could not live. During the seven years be bad been unable to-oara for himself and all the time t»e ore his arms were amputated he was obliged to rest his hands in water during the night to allay tbe burning sensitton. In Augusta for a few days visit and brings with him glad tidiogsand gfibd cheer for the stalwart Democrats of Georgia. Speaking to the Herat dr of the political conditions lathe North, Mr. Hambrlgbt says: "A few weeks ago I traveled over Wisconsin and believe owing to tbe factional troubles of the Republican party in that state that Democratic nominee for Governor, Peck, will be elected in November. La Follette, Inches 70Dg fafi J. H. Batson, who lives on the Sandy Flat road, not far from Green ville, came to town Wednesday with the champion snake story of tbe i-ea : son, says Ths Daily News. While visiting his brother, J. F. Batson, on Enorce river Sunday, be went into the pasture with ^ several children where he found a highland moccasin Is big Os an ordinary man’s thigh and measuring three and a half feet In length. - “r . . Just as soon as he got sight of tbe reptile Mr. Batson struck it a power ful blow with a rock, cutting a deep gash in its side. The moccasin was partly paralyzed by the blow. It squirmed and hissed and while Mr. Batson was preparing to finish tbe execution, four small baby snakes 12 i ■•MM We Sell { PIANOS AND ORGANS, —And Lot* of Thetn— WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. I ■ Our prices are-about ten per cent under Northern prices. H/ery Piano or Oraau we tell U fully warranted .by the makers, and hacked up by ua. Write u* at once for catalogue, prices and term*. MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Mr. Dolly was born in Woodbridge, N. J., thirty-nine years ago and served five years In tbe United States navy os chief gunner on the Enterprise. He hod been connected with Mr. Edi son for sixteen years. He is survived by a widow and two sons. Took Mis Own Life. A dispatch to The State says Mr. Goldsmith Thompson, a well known young man a^d sen of Judge O. G. Thompson, cojaynittedsuicide Monday night at the home of his father, five miles south of tbe city, % shooting himself through the head with a re volver. He.occupied a room alone and upon investigation after the report of the pistol at 1 o’clock at night, a member ofth* family found the young man in his bed In an unconscious con so it can be warmly welcomed into the best homes of this community. In our next Issue we.will have some thing to say about novel reading. dltion with a wound In his right tem- n In ill health FOND or CONTWCnON. As individuals, as families, commu nities and even os nations ws seem to be coming more fond of contention*. It is contentions more than soy othe one thing that takes from ths Home Circle Its every charm.. Rumla and Japan at the present time an only samples of tbe ojotention that can bs found In too many hornet. In this country when our blue skies an full of robins andi doves add meadow larks, wesslsot as our national symbol, ths fierce sod filthy esgis. In Great Britton when they have lambs end deer their symbol M the lion. In Rumin, when firm belt pie! He Lad been in iu health some time and had Ik come despondent, a fact that is attributed as the cause of bis act. He was about 32 years old and unmarried. „ The States Needed. The New York Herald says these are the states upon which^ tha_D<3mo- national the present governor of the state, who bos the party so aroused, is a good man and I believe no better man lives in the Badger state. The fight Is a three cornered one and tbe feel ing and animosity In the Republican ranks is too great to be healed there for years. Tbe chances ore that tbe Republicans will get together ana give Roosevelt the electoral vote of tbe Elite, but It would not be surpris ing if the Dempcrats carry every thing. ' - "Ih Indiana 1 spent several days re cently. and It Is surprising to see tbe strung sentiment against Roosevelt Tbe feeling against the Republican candidate Is very marked. I stopped at Lafayette, the Republioan Gibral tar of the,Booster state, and found a strong Democratic sentiment there. Tbe people of Indiana are crying to hear Bryan and Tillman, and I think that the-Demo:rattc commit tee acted - A Private sanitarium. \ Dr. L. G. Corbett, for so long at the head of the Keeley Institute in South Carolina, and of late (yhinected with the original Institute at Dwight, 11L, has returned to South Carolina and es tablished at Qreenvtttex Bairltai+am for the treatment of nervous diseases, and tbe drug and liquor habits. His friends and former patients know tt his ability is unquestioned; and isenabled to give this service at a more reasonable cost than is usually paid, Out of the wound. Tnany afflicted with these maladies are availing themselves of the benefit to be derived there. irtbat os he cratic national campaign managers ore counting on to supply the 80 elec toral votes that must be added to the vote of tbe Sfild South to give Judge Parker the 239 votes in the electoral college tbatr constitute a majority of that body: Colorado 6 0cnD6cticut.> 7 Indiana.,.., 15 Montana 3 Nevada .• 3 New York. 39 Utah 3 Wsst Virginia 7 _ Total very wisely In sending those two speakers to that state. 1 believe In diana will cast Its vote fir Parker, at least all Indications, while I was in that state, pointed that way." - Mr. Hambrigbt is Accompanied by his wife and they will spend several days ia Augusta. His trip is one with which -pleasure Is m’xed with busi ness. Mr. Hambrlgbt recalled the days of Kansas City when property In This called for more fighting, as tbe baby snakes were maddened and terri fied and they bggan to attack the Batson children jn their youthful way. While trying to %ihit them out of buiineas Mr. Batson saw things that would have driven a drinking man to tbe alcoholic ward. As tbe big mother-reptile was dying a regular ' ‘covey’’ pf little serpents shot tbrough that wound and for 20 minutes he was kept in a sweat whi e trying to! kill them. The babies fought vicious- j ly. In appearance every one was' exactly the same, In size, color and meannes\ "It was enough to frigtotena man," and Mr. Batson, "and I had to work hard to kill them. After the battle waa ended I counted 44 small reptiles, and I believe if It bad not been for the help of the boys I would have be in fdrostl' to take Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of.fresh and Salt Water fish and oystenf; If you are dealing in rye Fresh F’ish or intend to deal in tnem write for prices and send your ordrsto TERRY FISH OO.. Charleston, 8. C. or COLUMBIA FTSH & ICE OO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh caught fish and our prices are os low they can be sold at. Write us. Try us and be convinced. CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 and 20 Market Street, Charleston, 8. 01 ConsUnmenU of Country Produce are Re- cpecUufiy Solicited; Poultry, Egga, So. barrel* and boxen for « Kish pecked in I trade a specialty. country to the woods or leave tbe serpents alone in their glory. Old peopla tell me that after tbe young are hatched they are frequent ly swallowed by the mother, and if ber ladyship was anything like tbe whole that swallowed Jonah she must have been a bird. If It had been possible that day 1 would have brought them to the city. Tbe little fellows swarmed around the pole whfaffl was used to kill them and CK AAA BANK DEPOSIT Railroad Far* Paid. 800 * Faaa Camas Offered. Bovdal Com. Writ* Quick •EOfGIA-ALABAMA •USINESSCOUCeCJtaeeeA* The present crop, if only abs ^ —m—m mwm w ._. T „ T TH|||| 10,000,000 boles, cag be made to that city eoald_ be'bqught'fqrs rong I StdTreproted attomptotogerwithl^ producers *700,000,000 to and now ho imoaht of money oan buy it. He says Kansas City Is tbe eity of the West and none are leaping for ward with the bounds that his city is. Mr. Hambright is vary much pleased with Augusta.—Augusta Harold. striking distance of me. It was not a pleasant experience for me, and I am not crazy about returning to that pasture on the Enoree." •flk x • * < Tuans Is sold to bs no troth In tbs rumor that President Roosevelt will order Gee. Leonard Wood to return home and follow OD^tbs troll of Gen- 8g| eral Mtiss. From every part of the ooantry comes good reports of promise for the wosss of the National Democratic ticket. Especially patent is ths trend of the kdspeodeaVvQie Avery where to Parker sad Davis. - 000,000 for the lint, and from 000,000 to 175,000,000 for 3,000,000 tons of seed sold, retaining 3,000,000 tons of seed for feeding cattle and for planting next year’s crop. Members of tbs Republican Na tional Committee are figuring York, it (i victory without New is poo- but It has never been that a candidate for Prestdsnl wen without the State of New Yarit. ... • i .r ...'T r ~ - ;<ri