Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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a IR1 -iuv— DUTY OFWOMEN. The PretkSeiit Gives Advice to the Coofrefcsof Mothers. CURSE OF DIVORCE. Tht of the Family. The tariaf aad Traioiaf of CUIdrea. Womaa’s lafloeoee ia the Ufa of the Natioa. Every Wo- maa Should Read It." 7 -. * > Preaident Rooaeveltdelivered an ad dreat before the Oongreea of Mother* In Waabmpton last week, which every woman ahould road. We give the en tire apeeoh below: In oar modern Induatrlal civilization there are many and grave dangers to oonterbalanoe the splendors and the triumphs It la not a good thing to aoe. cl ties grow at a disproportionate speed relatively to the country; for the small land owners, the men who own their little homes, and therefore to a very largo extent the men who till farms, the man' of the soil, heylqg hitherto; made the foundation of lasting nation' ai life in every State; and, If the foundation becomes either too weak or too narrow, the superstructure, no matter how attractive, Is In eminent danger of falling. But far more Important than the question of the occupation of cur cit izens is the question of how their fam liy life la conducted. No matter what that, occupation may be, as long there Is a real home and as long m * :? • - those who make up that home do thalr|eTgiy upright soul, duty to one another, to their neigh bors and to the State, It la of minor consequence whether the man's trade la plied In the country or In the city, • whe* her It calls for the work ofr the bands or for the work of the head VALtJB or TUB FAMILY BOMB. But the nation la In a bad way If there is no real home, If the family la not of the right kind; If the man Is not a good husband and father, If he la brutally or cowardly or selfish, If the woman baa lost her sense of duty, If she Is sunk In vapid self Indulgence or has let her nature be twisted so that she prefers a sterile peeudo-lntellec tuality to that great and beautiful de velopment of character which comes only to those whoee Uvea know the fullness of duty done, of effoit made and eelf-sacri floe undergone. In the last analysis the welfare of the State depends absolutely upon whether or not the average family, the average man and woman and their children, represent the kind of citizen ship fit for the foundation ef a great nation; and If twe fall to appreciate this we fall to spphotate the root morality upon which all health oivl Hz ition Is based. No piled up wealth, no splendor of material growth, no brilliance of art istic development, will permanently avail any people unless its home life is healthy, unless the average man pos- seesses honesty, courage, common sense, and decency, unless he works hard and la wllUng at need to fight bard; and unless the average woman Is a good wife, a good mother, able and willing to perform the first and greatest duty of womanhood, able and willing to bear, and to bring up as they should be brought up, healthy child ran, sound In body, mind, and char acter, and numerous enough so that the nation shall increase and not de crease. MAN THK BREADWINNER. There are certain old truths that will be true as long as this world en dures, and which no amount of pro gress can alter. One of these Is the truth that the primary duty of the husband is to be home maker, the bread, winner for his wife and chlld- dren and that the primary duty of the woman Is to be the helpmeet, the house wife and mother. The woman should have ample educational advan tages; but save In. exceptional cases the man must be and ihggped not b.a. and generally ought not v' be, train ed as the lifelong career as the family, breadwinner; and, therefore, after a certain point the training of the two must normally be different because the duties of the two are normally dif ferent. This daes not meau Inequality of function, but It dues mean that nor mally there must be dissimilarity of function. On the whole, I think the duty of the woman the more Imp >r taut, the more diffl :ult and the more honorable of the two; on the whole 1 respect the woman who does her duty more than I respect the man who does his. ' No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringlng-up a fam ly of small children; f<*r upon her time,and strength demands are made not'only every hour of the day but every hour of the night. She may have to get up night after night to take oare or a sick child, aod yet must by oay c ntlnue to do all her hou e- hold duties as well: and If the family means are scant she must usually en Joy even her rare holidays taking her whole brood of children with her. The birth pangs make all men the debtors of all woobo. Above all ounympatby and regard are due to the struggling wlvee among those whom Abraham Lincoln called the plain people, aod whom be so loved and trusted; for the ttm ofrtheae women are often lead on the lonely heights of quiet, self- norifiolng heroism. - effort and aelf-saoriflce. Of course there are exceptional men end excep tional women who can do and ought to do much more than this, who can lead and ought to lead great careen of outside usefullnese hi addition to— not as sutktitutes for—their home it I am not speaking o' exoep- am speaking of the primary duties, I am speaking of the average citizen, the average men and women who make up the nation. Inasmuch as I am speaking to au as semblage of mother* I shall have lothlng whatever to aay In praise of an easy life. Your* 1* the work which Is never ended. No mother hss an easy time, end most motben have very hard times; aod yet what true mother would barter for experience of Joy and Borrow in exchange for a life of cold selfishness, which Insists upon prepet- ual amusement and*the avoidance of oare, and which often find* Its fit flit These unplessant tendencies in our American life are made evident by articles such as those which I actual ly read opt long ago In a certain pa per, where a clergyman was quoted, seemingly with approval, as exprim* log the general American attitude when be said that the ambition of any save a very rich man should be to rear two ohlldram, only, so as to give his oblldrtn an opportunity "to taste a few of the good thing* of life." ' r A VICIOUS DOCTRINE. This mao, whose profsmion and calling should have made him a moral teacher, actually set before others the ideal, not of training ohildren to do their duty, not of sending them forth witbstoift hearts and ready minds to win triumpths for them selves and their country, not of al lowing them tbe opportunity, and giving them the privilege df making their own plac> In the world, but, dwedlng _ pl^ ln ^.me flu^migned -of. keeping the number of to furnleh with the least possible ex- JJjjdteil so limited that they m ght 0Ter w,aI penditure of effort tbe maximum of comfort and of luxury, but In which there is literally no place for ohildren. NO QRISBLDA TYPE The woman who Is s good wife, t good mother, Is entitled to our respect as Is do one else; but she is entitled to it only because, aod so long as, she U worthy of It. Effoit and se)f sacrifice are the law of worthy life for the man as for the woman; tn< ugh neither the effort nor tbe self sacrifice may be the same for tbe one as for the other, f do not In the least believe in the pa tient Grlaelda type of woman, In the woman ibo submits to gross and long continued 111 treetmsyt, any more than 1 believe In a man who tamely submits to wrongful aggression. No wrong-doing Is so abbonent as wrong doing by a man towans the wife ai d the ohildren who soou.d arouse every tender feel tug lu hl% nature. Selfish ness towards them, lack of tendernea, towards them, lack of oouslderatlou for them, above.all, biutallty lu any form towards them, should arouse tbe heartiest ficorn and Indignation in I believe in the' wotdan's her self-respect Just as I believe in the man’s doing so. I believe In her rights just as much as I believe in the man’s and Indeed a little more; and I regard marriage as a partnerauip, in wnion each partner Is in honor hound to think of the rights of the other as wel as pf bis or her own. But I think that the dulls* are even more important than the rights; and loathe long run 1 think that tbe reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the Itulitenoe upon Individual rights necessary though this, too, must often be. Your doty is hard, your re:-poo ■Ibtllty great; but greatest of ail Is your reward. I do not pity you lu tbe least. On the contrary, I feel respect aod admiration for you. DON’T WASTE AFFECTION. Into the woman’s keeping Is com mitted the destiny of tbe generations to oomfc after us. In bringing up your ohildren you mothers must re member that wbllt it Is essential to be loving and tender It Is no Je.s essential to be wise and firm. Fool Ishnees and affectloo must not be treated as interchangeable terms; and besides training your sons and daugh ten In the softer and milder virtues you must seek to give them those stern and hardy qualities which in after life they will surely need. Some children will go wrong In spite of the best training; and some will go right even when their surroundings are most unfortunate; nevertheless ao im mense amount depends upon the family training. If you mothers through weakness bring up your sons to be selfish and to think -only for themselves, you will be responsible for much sadness among the women who are to be thslr wives In the fu ture. If you 1st your daughters grow up Idle perhaps under the Impression that as you yourselves have had to work hard they shall know only en Joyment, you are preparing them to be useless to others and burdens to tbemsdves. Teach boys and girls alike that they are not to look for ward to lives spent In avoiding diffl oulties but to lives spent in overo >m ing difficulties. Teach them that work, for themselves aod also for oth era, Is not a curse but a blessing; seek to make them happy, to make them snjoy life, but seek also to make them face life with the st adfast resolution to wrest success from labor and ad verslty, and to do their whole nut> befoisGod and toman. Surely she who oan thus train her sons and her daughters is thrloe fortunate among women. TBE BLESSING OF CHILDREN There are many good people who are denied the supreme blessing of ohildren, aod for these we hive tht respect and sympathy always duetto those who, from no fault of their own, are denied any of the other great oltssings of life. But tbe mao or woman who deliberately foregoes these blessings, whether from vldouf - ness, shallow hearted ness, s-lf-lndul- geuoe, or mere failure to appreciate aright the difference between the all Important and tbe unimportant— DUTY OF MOTHERHOOD. Just as the happiest and most hon orable and moat useful task that ,oan be set any man is to earn enough for the support of his wife and family, for' the bringing up and starting In life of his children, so tbe most Impor tant. the meet honorable and desirable ^ teak which oen be eel any woman!* to be a good aod wise mother In » home marked by self-reepeot aad mutual forbearance, by wlHIngmc* to perform duty, aad bg rcfyacl to Mak Into self HftSte; why, such a creature merits contempt as hearty as any visited upon the sol disr who runs away in battle, or upon tbe man who rt fuses to work for tbe support of those dependent upon him, and though able-bodied is yet content to eat in Idleness the bread which others provide. Tbe existence of women of this type forms one of tbe most unpleasant and unwholesome festures of modern life. If any one Is so dim of vision ss to fall to sse what a thoroughly unlovely creature such a woman is I wish they would read Judge Robert Grant's novel "Unleavened Bread." ponder seriously the character of Selma, and think of the fAte that would surely "taste a few good things!” The way to give a child a fair chance In life Is not to bring it up in luxury, but to see that It has tbftjdpd of training that will give It strength of charac ter. Even apart from the vital qi<s tlon of nati-inal life, and regaidlng only tb* ind'Vlduar interest of the children themstlves, happiness In tue true sense is a hundredfold more apt to come to any given member of a healthy family of healthy-minded children, well brought up, well edu cated, but taught that they must win their own way, and by their own ex-rtioos make their own p sit Ions of usefulness, than it Is apt to come to those who* parent* themselves have acted oo and have trained their ohil dren to act oo, tbe selfish sordid heory that the whole end of life is "to taste a few good things." Tbe intelligence of the remark Is on a par with Its morality, for the most rudimentary mental process would have shown the speaker tost if the average family In which there are children contained but two children the oat on as a whole would decrease In popuLiUon so rapidly that In two or three generations it would very de- SURE TO ADVANCE. This is ths Opinion ef a leliaUe lx- pert Abomt the loath. ' seivedly be oo tbe point of extinction, so that the people who bad acted oo this base and selfish doctrine would be given place to others with braver aod more robust ideals. Nor would such a result be In any way regret table; for a race that practiced such doctrine—that Is, a race that prac ticed race suicide—would thereby con clusively show that It was unfit to exist, and that It had better give place to people who had not forgot ten the prlmrry laws of their being. it s All simfle enough. To sum up, then, tbe whole matter Is simple enough. If either a race or an Individual prefers the pleasures or Aiken to look over conditions there When seen at tbe Columbia Thurs day night by a representative of Tbe State, Pro/. Johnson made the follow log statement: "We are greatly Inter ested in the agricultural development of the south. We-belleve the south to day offers the greatest inducemeuts to men who are looking toward the farm. The advantages are unsurpassed In this superb climate for men who want to locate on farms. There Is no place In this country where such a diversi fication of crops oan be successfully rotated as lu the south "Mr. Barrett and myself have been making annual trips through tbe mere effortless ease, of self-indulgence, southern States for the past five yeers, to the infinitely deeper, the Infinite ” ly Inevitably in tbe end pay the pen alty who know the toll aod the weari ness, but also the Joy, of hard duty well done, why, that race or that Individual must have higher pleas ures that oome to those lead log a life both vapid and Ignoble. No mao and no woman really worthy of the name can oare for the ,lfe spent solely or chiefly In the avoidance of risk and trouolo and- them. This means that men who are labor. Save In exceptional uhsis tne priz is worth ^having In life must be paid for, and tbe life worth living must be a life of work for a worthy end, and ordinarily of work more for others than for one’s self. The man Is but a poor creature whose effort Is not rather for the bet terment of bis wife and children than for himself; and as for tbe mother, her very name stands, for loving un selfishness and self-abnegation, and in any society fit to exist, is fraught with associations which reader It holy. The woman’s task Is not easy—oo task worth dolog Is easy—but in do ing it. and when she has done It, there shall, come to her the highest aod holiest Joy known to mankind; aod having done it, she shall have the reward prophesied In Scripture; for her hus band and her children, ye 1 , and all people who realize that her work lies at the foundation of all national hap piness and greatness, shall rise up aud call her blessed. r - ^ Raww AWwI. A special From Lake Village, Ark., says a pitched battle was fought be tween a sheriff's po-se of white men aod three nf g g<ip« ■nappryd mi ) r der oa the'shore of the lake, near that town, Tuesday afiernopn, two of the blacks being killed outright and C. D. Owei s, manager of the Red Lraf pla ita ion, wounded In tbe arm. Tbe tnlrd negro esoap> d to the woods Bloodhounds were' sent for and put upon the fugitive’s trail. It Is believed that he will be taken before morning. The bodif s of the negroes were takeo to Lake Village an0 t placed In the county Jail wuere they were viewed by large crowds.. Recently two broth- era named Watson were murdered near Dumas. Ark., and the three ne groes were said to have participated in the crime. overcome ( any nation which developed was struck from behind by the negro, Its average aod typical woman along is In acrltlcal condition. •uoh lines. Unfortunately It would be untrue to aay that this type exists only In American novels. That It only exists In American life Is mady unpleasantly evident by the statistics as to the dwindling families evident ta equally sinister fashion by the census statistics as to dlvoro*, which ate fairly appalling; for stay divorce la now as It ever baa been, a bane to curae to society, a men ■oeto the borne; an Incitement to married unhapplnem and to /mmor- aUto an evil thing for mo and a m mm btfam evil for women. Hliicti by a Mob At Long View, Texas, Julius Ste vens, a negro imprisoned In the Jail c larged with assault up m Carl Ander son at a saw mill near that plaoe, was ioot to death Tuesday In his oell by a mcb. Tue mob entered the Jail and forced the jailer to deliver the xe> to the upper compartment. From there the? called the negro lb the front of his oell, telling him their in tention. The nrgro asked and re ceived permission to write to his mo ther, returning to tne oell door, where be fell with e 44 calibre-pfetol bullet through the heart. Everything la quiet there Wednesday. The negro is supposed to be from Birmingham, Ala. Anderson, who It is asserted Prof. W. O. Johnson, Editor of Ajprl- onitnrnl Papon In Now England, Entbuetasttor Oven «ie Aonth. Prof. W. G.'Johnson,jmanaglng ed itor of The American Agriculturist, and Mr. Thomas A. Barrett, the treaanrer of tht Orange Judd Publish irg oompahy of New York olty, were In Coin mills last week. These gentle men are making a tour of tha south studying agricultural oocdltlon* Wed nesday Mr. E J. Watson, oommlniou- er of agriculture, accompanied them Soring* where they locked that section. Prof. Johnson particularly intereeted in the peach Industry, and has Just completed a book entitled "The Peach Crop." Tbe Bute says he expressed much surprise at the extent of the peach In dustry In Saluda c )untr> and stated that he did not tbluk ooe-fifth, pan of the available area 1* devoted lo or chards. Having visited every peach belt in the United States, Prof. John son thinks far men could more profit ably plant more peaches and less cot ton In that, section. Thusday lu company with Com mis sloner Watson, Mr. T. B. Tbackston of, the Southern railroad and Mr. E. B. Clark, secretary of tbe Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Prof. Jo napo and Mr. Barrett were given a look at some of the industries about Colum bla. They visited tbe power plant, gliss factory, Olympia cotton mills and other places. The dairy farm of Mr. F. H Hyatt and the governmeot dlveraifioitlon farm were visited. Thursday afternoon Governor Hey ward accompanied the party to tbe farm of Mr. R: 0. Jones, about four miles northeast of the olty. Friday Oommlwloner Watson and Mr. Thack gtun-‘took the rlgltlng gentlemen to ball at any instant. He glanced back ward and saw bis scattered followers far In tbe rear. He was close upon the earthworks, when gripping the reins and closing bis eyes, the mean time yelling ‘whoa’ at tbe hone he prepared for the worst. With _ mighty bound the animal cleared the worka-and was on the inside. The sole Each trip opens up new fielos for de velopment and we are surprised at the many opportunities offered for capital In commercial enterpeises as well as In agriculture. "We have never seen a more <rm plete power plant than the one visit ed In that city Thursday. With tbe development of tbe great commercial oentres, the outlying agricultural dis trict must aud will keep pace with looking for farms are turning their eyes southward. "I do not believe there Is a worn out farm In South Carolina. It is true that there are a great many poor And unimproved farms, but they are caps bleof being made very productive and profitable. These farms need intelli gent management and nothing else. We have today seen two splendid ex am pies of what such careful super vision can do In a short time. The farm of Mr. H. Hyatt and that of Mr. R* 0. Junes were types of aban doned farms three years ago. Today they are models that are a credit to any community. "The largest crop of corn ever rais ed on an acre of land was produced in South Carolina. Some years ago The American Agriculturalist off red prize of 1500 for the largest amount of corn grown on one acre. Oapt Z J. Drake of Marlboro county, tbl* State, won the first piize, producing 255 bushels of corn on one acre. The second prise was won by the Slate of Georgia, while Iowa and Nebraska came in for third and forth places Since this contest the eyes of the north and northeastern States have been turned to the Kouth. . „ "Last year Mr. Barrett and I visit ed Capt. Drake at nis Homeland saw the acre on which this world record WbatU Will iNj. The State says "five years*of ten- cent cotton, home production of farm supplies and the supply of southern markets with those products which may be produced profitably in the south, and the momentum of oar prosperity will be sooh that aofhlng can Impede Its wonderful pragma. Is not the promise of sooh resalt worth seftoaTeffort? The esMOUtloa and oo-operaUon of soofebern farmers, bankers aod merabaali is tbs pram- corn crop was produced. Perhaps noth ing la the history of agriculiure ever bapp-Did that turned the aitmtldu of the country so closely to S iuth Car olina as this marvelous coro crop. I cite this as ao Instance of what can be d >n > on these soils when properly handled. "1 am satisfied tbe Southern States will develop agriculturally more rapid ly lathe mxt 10 years than any other sect'Od. I "have been advising my friends to look southward before pur chasing new farms. We think the South Carolina department of agricul ture Is working along the right lines to develop the vast agricultural areas. It was your methods of colonization that first attracted our attention You are to be congratulated In having so enthusiastic and earnest an advocate in diversified farming as we have found in Commissioner El. J. Watson If other Statis would model j;hetr im migration laws after those of South Carolina the splended lauds now uo occupied would soon be the centres of thousands of happy aod prosperous homes. "We are greatly pleased that Gov. Heyward has displayed his personal Interest In the development of your agricultural resources by tbe estab lishment of a department that is doing so much good woik. In onr opinion one of the features orGOT. Heyward*! administration that will stand out prominently In the future will be his personal interest in the agricultural development of this State. We ars Indeed glad to know from ths govern or’s own lips that he has and is giving agriculture such close personal atten tion. Ws predict a groat future for South Carolina farmers.” Deaaoone SFon. Fo< tbs first time in fifty years tbe Democratic pbrty elected their candi dates for mayor oa Monday in Augusta, Btddeford, Belfast tad Brewer, all la tbs state at Mau. AM HY0LUTTA1Y MHO. How a Osptola Won Gtory In Battle Whtoh He DMn’t Deeerra. "Sneaking of war Incidents," i eteran newspaper men “a frie said a veteran newspaper man "a friend of mine In West Virginia who wore the Union blue in the civil war was tbe principal actor In arr affair that was unique.-He was promoted from cap tain to colonel for bravery in the face of the enemy,” when as a matter of fact he was brave on the occasion which brought about his promotion because be could not help it). It was a case of bravery bciug actually forc ed upon him,' against bis will, "It appears Shat the Union troops of which the*captUh’s company was a part had b oome demoralized to some extent by the fire of the confederates, aod tbe soldiers were nnttetwt the battle field In squads. The cap tain had secured a stray horse, and soon after moiyitlng the strange animal an orderly dashed up to him aud said: "Tne general commauds you to charge your men aod take those works in front of your l.ne.” "Turning to tbe scattered troops the captain sang out: "Rally, men, the general has or dered us to capture those works ahead.” "As some of the soldiers were lining up tor the advance the captain ecol dentally touched bis spurs to tbe flunks of the strange horse. With snort the animal, seizing his bit In it* te- tb, sprang forward, and going like a whirlwind, beaded straight for tbe enemy’s works. ‘ Come on, men,’ shouted the cap talu, as he dung on for dear life and tugged at tbe hi idle in a desperate effort to briug tbe excited beast to a standstill. But tbe more he tugged at the bit the faster the horse went towards tbe enemy. ( "Bullets were ‘zipping’ uncomforta- biy close to tbe captain and he ex- petit ed to-be punctured by a mlnle defender was a gray clad confederate t * on of tbe commissioner by B. D Infantryman who bad been, pegging awsy with bis musket at the Union line. "Surrender, you scoundrel ’ shouted the ctptain, partly in terror and part ly to terrorize the solitary confederate soldier. "Yougate Hades, you infernal Yank,’ replied the Southerner, as be dashed down a hill and disappeared in a hear by ticket, leaving tbe cap tain and his excited prancing steed in sole possession of the works he ba< captured single-handed and against bis will. "I was simply rushed into fame anc glory by a crazy runaway bone,’ said the captain, but when my promotion came, with a thrilling description of my ’heroic charge and capture,’ simply accepted It as one of the for tunes of war, although It was a take and I did not dererve it, I glad I escaped with my life.” Stole • Hone ehd Bujcev. Mr- John Ulmer had his horse and buggy stolen from him oa Saturday night, while in Orangeburg. Mr U.mer Uvea a few miles from tbe city In tbe Eat-t Orange section, and was detained until after dark Saturday night in Orangeburg. He had his horse hitched on the street, and a ne gro came along and appropriated the outfit. The matter was reported to the polk* depirtment, aod Chief Fischer ^telephoned to all nearby towns to be on tbe look out. Sunday afternoon word came that the horse and buggy had been located near Cope, aod instructions were issued to . , arrest a negro by the name of Tiytee JWyeaany _P§rtn g-^s for the stealing Accordingly hie was tlfRulshed consldera arrest* d although against his will, and la-now In "limbo.” Tbe bor-a and buggy* will be returned to Mr tflmer, Tt. <* said that Dykes was lo Orangeburg Saturday night, and de sired to take a negro woman a>ong with hjm\ to tbe neighborly od of Cooe, where Dykes was living. H did not owa^-aAiorge aad buggy, *o simply approprla'.ed Mr. Ulmer’s out fit He told tbe woman that tbe team belong to him, evidently desir nun of making an impression on hey. The horse snd buggy were recogniz c from descriptions sent out from Or angeburg, and the apprehension of D>kes recited. Died At Dinner T*bie. A dispatch from Holly Hill to The State says Mrs. Miry A. Mellard, who was probably one of the oldest res Idents of that county, died suddenly at her home In Bjwyer a few days ago of heart failure. ' While sitting at the dinner table tbe end came and she fell to the fl or. Medioal aid was summoned but life was pronounced extlfict. Mrs. Mellard was In her 88th year and the most of her long life had been spent at the home where she died. For years she was a mem ber of the Methodist ohurch. Many of her family were present at the In terment at the family burying ground Two sons, Oapt. J. P. Mellard of Hot Springs aod Dr. Mellard of St. George, were unable to be present. L. 0. Mel lard, a former State representative from Berkely county, Is a son of Mrs. Mellard. Meet Serve His Hentenee. The supreme court Wednr slay ren dared a decision In the case of Moy gan Thralklll, convicted in Saluda of killing Van Burton, white, last year. The court affirms the decision and Thralklll must serve his sent*nee On- lees executive clemency should Inter fere. *- —• • Obleeo e Bympton. The Greenville News says "the an nouncement that Vincent Chi coo, the I Ulan blind tiger king of Charleston, is actually a candidate for Fhe state casus Indicate legislature to fill a vacancy ta the delegation Is astonishing, because it shows tbe obaraeter of that new ele ment which is seeking political glory." 55533 LFYHB lit HLFIHB! KIIIfBBll 1 That Is exactly what it is, sPire Killer. Oi ariuHtioa every day at the State F*ir showing its fire fighting qualities. ^ Every Farmer, Oil MiU, Saw Mill. Ginnery and any one owning property should have them .For saleby OOLUMBIA SUPPLY 00.- ^ L ^ Columbia, 8.0. The machinery Supply hooae of the Stole mm#* «****•$ southeastern Lime d Cement bo. CHARLESTON, 8. C. inilding Material of all kinda. High Grade Roofing ’ “RUBEROID ” Write for prices. Clgaret Habit All DrugaudTobaooo Hat Whtske t Morphine , _ , ^ FTabtt, I Habit | Habit | Habit*. Cured by Keeley institute, of C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia. 8. 0. Confidential eorreepon p solicited • Empty Gt«c*r Uoze*. A dispatch from Washington says John W. Yerkes, commissioner of In ternal revenue, has jus. sent out to 'collectors of Internal revenue notifica tion that after May 1st next the offle oen of his bureau will strictly enforce the law relating to the u-ie of empty aod branded cigar boxes by cigar and tobacco dealers. The .boxes will be siizKl for forfeiture and personal pro- ceedinga will be taken against the of fenders. Commissioner Yerkes says that the law is plain Id'providing pen alties for the U4lng of empty c igir boxes, branded or marked lu any way purporting to show that tbe provisions of tbe Internal revenue laws have been complied with. The penalties are so Kevere, tbe commissioner states, that bis office has hesitated to Invoke them for the preveutiou of the practice of making snd using "dummy,’’ cigar boxes for advertising purposes, a prac- tloe Innocent, shpugh on it* face and oot ordinarily resulting lu fraud upon the government. When the boxes or receptacles are marked or branded with factory numbers and caution notices there oan be no doubt of the applicability of the statute to them, aud manufacturers snd dealers are warneff 7 against this in the future. The matter was hr ught to the alien Crocker, collector of Washington, who wrote that empty boxes of the kind described, were being distributed among dealers for advertlsementsand display purposes. The commissioner is careful to reiterate that suy empty box bearing the indented brand and caution notice oome wit-blo the pro- vtalons ot section 3155, wt^lch wil hereafter be enforced. Merchants and others who deal In cigars bad better give strict attention to the above. The Value of Birds. An ornithologist recently asserted that except for the destruction of bird life In Texas, there would have been no cotton boll weevil plague. This may or. may not be correct; vet It is coming to tie generally recognized that the farmer has no better friends than the birds fl kg aixiut his acres destroying Instcts and the seeds of noxious weeds. And there IS to be noted a movement la several of the States to the end of protecting the birds—uame and non game—because of their good offijes to the farmer. It ii the nature of birds to feed on in- septs and seeds. Tne investigation of the stomachs of doves, partridges, sparrows and larks has shown that their food consists almost wholly of bugs, worms and seeds of weeds. lo the st uDioh of one dove, examined by a scientist, t-nere were found ap proximal el y 2,500 seed-* of weed-; and this was one day’s feeding. lo toe stomachs of several partridges more than 90 per c nt of the food was found to be bugs and worms destruc tive to vegetable life. Should not these facts be sufficient to commend to the most dis- eratirn of the farm era and law-makeis 9 Ooe little spar row that was killed In a cotton field had forty army worms In its stem ach. Wasn’t that enough to make the cotton farmer the friend of the sparrow ? ' Dead In a Cab. The body ; of a woman,, who had been dead several ^curs, and a man, unconscious, were found lo a cab, which was driven up to the Brooklyn police station on a gallop Wednesday. The man was suff-rlng from alooholhm Stfd possibly from the effrOts of a drug. He may recover. He and the driver of the cab have been detained. The man gave tbe name of Thornes Deegan, and said be lived In Monroe street, one Of the better class of residential sections of Brooklyn. The dead woman, he said, was Miss Mary Savage, thirty years old. The po ice surgeon upon a cur sory examination of Miss Savage’s body decided that she probably suc cumbed to weak heart, superinduced by alcoholism. • ’ i Fatal Waterspout. A terrific waterspout at Lsfkir, Burnett county, Texas, causing tl e water to rise la the river and sur rounding creeks 14 feet In five minu tes, catching hq|f a dozen campers lu the bottoms and drowning two of them, (our barely escaping with their lives. Considerable stock was swept away. For 30 minutes ball Is reported to have fallen to the depth of 1 1-2 inches, with such force as to wreck many farm houses. 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