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•' •*. V*t Tillman Points Out tne ; ^cak Points of the t STATE MSPEKSm Aa U Is N«w Operated Mm at MMma If ' i draft, M Sogf eat a butitatioa Ot local OtcpMMer to posh any bracd. No oaaaa were lb rectly to Uie diepeeaen In the nea from the Slatlllery,, eo then i noobanoa to patlntsira bottka brtbee. Brerything went from tba State dtapenaary. All eaaas were of uniform aits, one for quart#, one for ptnteand one for half plate, and they held a given duo.her of bottlea. The liquor waa waled bermitiealijr. There waa no chance to change labeia or onlr, and ▲hove an are alwaya oaed Jarha Will Mike OHklale Do Their Daly. Mr. Jaaea A. Hoyt, Jr, aaye in The; State that SenatoafUlman went to Anderson with the expectation o irtaaing g speech to which he should outline his views on the dispensary and give his remedies for the canker now eating out the life of that loetl tutlon. He bad gone to the unusual trouble cf writing out hU speech showing that he dcelrrd it published and published in full, In order that his views might have the widest pub licity. The conditions were such that be waa prevented from delivering his speech In fullAboogh it must be said to Justice to Senator Tillman, that had he been ungenerous he could have made hie speech and bad plenty of time to do It In, but hcewas very careful not to intrude upon the rights of the other Invited speakers, and gave way to them, particularly to Mr Smith, toe president of the OjUoq Growers’ association. Senator Till man, hid be had the opportunity might not have* stuck cloee to his manuscript, as he Is not accustomed to speaklcg that way, and the little of It whloh he did read was Interpo lated with side remarks as they would pop Into his head. But his preparcc speech Is of interest and is given full asfoUOtfUfc I think the facts will warrant ms in claiming that 1 know as much or more about the dispensary and about toe liquor traffic in general than any other one man In the State. Tne law wasenaoVed ln Dtcamber, 1892, and went into effect 1st off July following » t mramlnr fi molt 1 thoroughly Into the whole question and g avo the administration of the proposed system toe most earnest t thought. Embody predicted failure and 1 was most anxious that toe ex ’terinaeat sntuid suooeel. For a year and a half 1 administered the law almokt alone, and 1 therefore had the fullest opportunity, both b> observe Uou and experience, to find out lie good and bed points, ahd above ail, What are some of the temptations which seem to have been too great for the State board of directors to resist? Purchasing whiskey as It has been done left opportunity for collusion; this man or that on the board recelv : log mom y as compensation for pur chasing from a given concern. The State commissioner subjected to the temptation of sending out the case goods of this or that firm In prefer ence to those ordered by toe dispens ers. The opportunity for greft, the pot phrase now In vogue, was tm mense. The original eoheme adopted, as I ray hastily, depended for toe In tegrity of its administration upon the high character and honor of the State’s hignest i fflclals. But when we reoo’lect that, aa It Is now admin istered infrfcas toern for six or eight years, through the breakage chargee, leaks ge charges, watering, the Hq tor In the local dispensaries because of bottles not properly sealed, changing label*, buying places as dlspsosef, the opportunity for steallbg at the dis pensary in not sending out all the liquor bought, but shtpplrg It off, it jl* a wonder we have not bad a wo carnival cTcorruption than leemt to exist. - . v ‘W US weakness. The original draft and much that is still In toe law wee the work of the prohibition Committee, and only such obangea were made In the bill as It passed toe House .as waaeatoently ne oAs&ry fur the changcA^irflpse to which toe law waa to bede toe next session of toe Legislature my efforts were devoted, entirely to strengthening toe statute so as to prevsnt and punish the illicit sale of llqior. 1 gave no to ught to safe guarding the State against fraud In Its administration except in toe rules and reguiationa, because I did nut not then believe, and 1 do not now believe, that the State of South Caro lina coaid elect three men to the highest responsible i ffiecs of Gover nor, Comptroller General and Attor ney General who would fallsolowa^- K , Tert!M5ineBl ^ made , J to become thieves. Daring the 12 years that the system has been on trial the law has been changed time and time again. But my opinion and advice have bad no weight. The first bed blunder wse taking the lew out of the hands of men elected by the peo pie end putting it into the bands of a board elected by the Legislature. The next mistake was taklngthe appoint ment of the county bbarobut of the habds of the State board, sod giving It to the delegation in the Legislature from each county. The Sutc board is no longer directly responsible to the people, and there is no way to get at it unless toe Governor should exerehe his Implied power of removal. The otuuty board is no longer responsible to toe State board, because it does not depend upon that board for ap polntmant aod la not responsible u* that hoard, except In a way, but looks to toe Legislative delegation. Temp tations that the Governor and other high State officials would have been expected to withstand have, I fear proven too strong for the boards elected by the Legislature. The ad ministration by toe State board has been lax and altogether censurable. It has allo wed some of the most valu able restrictive features of toe law to fall Into disuse—filling out request blanks, selling to minurs, drunkards, etc. There has been no executive head with power to see that the liw was administered in good faith, and the county boards have too often al lowed Improper Influences, nepotism and other selfish motives to govern in electing dispensers. Ote of the most far reaching and destructive actions of toe State board was the change in the manhtrof buying liquor from that which was instituted lit toe be ginning, to wit, the purchase of whis key to be sold under toe brand and name and In toe package of the seller. , The original scheme, which baa the aoondest reasons In good buaineas lodgment for its inauguration, pro vldedthatno liquor, except bought In barrels and bottled at the dbpen- sary and MbeBed X, XX, XXX, XXXX, according to age and quality. All ot the bottles sold through the dispensary were of full measure and jll theJVblakayof.fulL proof, as cUuig nated on toe label, and all were sealed tightly with the best sealing wax. The prices were put on a card and hung in the . window, so that there eould be no cheating cf the purchaser by the diapencers. Case goods were Bought but only upon i of IndividnaU. They In stock. Let us see iwrrught alter bottles. Tbe request books perrlaors pit T inted that, and the Governor was In the closest touch with every cog and wheel In tbe machinery, I had a detective who watched the con stables ami who reported to me alone whether or not they were in collusion with blind Ugers. I lad another detective who watched toe dispensers county. Where there Is more than to sea whether they ware . coot, plying one they can be elected m a J-4at strictly with the law and regulations Wblfckey drummers ~ the hotels In Oolnffibta to get a chance tb sell whiskey were unknown and the agents of whiskey concerns travelling wer the State and (retting.in close touch with the local dispensers for the pnrbosc of corrupting tlu m were t’ao unknown, and toe condition of h CT *ln disclosed by tbe Spartanburg Investigation waa simply an Impossi bility. How for the relieve mord and a bettei few be bad, If toe control of toe loeal dispensaries be placed In toe bands of the county bobble^ the devil, so to mayor of toe town In peneary la,located, elected alec by toe ind one peiaoo to bo appotot- y toe State board, who shall calve reasonable compensation for bis time and labor. Tney have to# local dlspansan elected by the people of toe Where there bs chained, or ie it to simply say ho hobbled or chained aod then let t The dispensary law does It does conduce to ticket Let tbe Governor have the barging around power to raesov* for oanae and let him exercise It vigorously. Any one fsmilffir with the condi tions ss they now exist can readily understand why such amendments to the law as are here ontllned will make It almost Impossible fof lny one con nected with the dispensary from the top to the bottom to steal any ot toe public money, ' . We will have better I quir, and If have no more Sparaantmrg scandals. It must not be forgotten that no law was ever devised that can enforce It self. He sail a detective ought to keep after tbe dispensers to see that re better enforced. He waa not afraid sb nit going back to toe Senate. He simply wanted to stand on his record, but if any better naan oan be found, elect him. He waa not mixing poli tics in this affair, bat others ware do ing so. usea of llqu ir rather than of it. Tost tbe State board of trol It now under suspicion ot oorrup tlon, with many things pointing to toe belief that, toe jasplmog. js well grounded, and that the local dlspen •era have been debauched, because of toe lax administration or maladminis tration of the law, proves nothing Pope long sinoe epitomized this whole subject in that well known ooaplet: “About forms of law, let fools contest That law which is best administered is best.” And our not agreeing on tbe die pensarv question and the liquor ques tlon comes from the fundamental dif the grand Juries do their duty w« will f eren( je of opfnlon aa to hew It le best to police the liquor traffic. The Pro hibltioniste declare it to sinful to drink lu moderation, wine or whiskey, while a large majority of ns cannot any foundation In morals or re ligion for any such contention. Every body recognizes toe evil of drunken ness, end now to minimize or to pre vent It Is the whole question. Yon say prohibit the sale. I say sell by TW1LVJ MH KILLED By • Large ol Stone Falling Upon Them. A mass of limestone weighing thousands of tons slid from a side of the quarry of mill A of the Lehigh Portland Cement company at Orm- rod, Pa., at noon Wednesday just five minutes before time to qqlt Twenty-seven men were at. bonded officers, under stringent regu lations, in the daytime only, and have the law enforced. The profit which to an Incident and not a purpose in this sale, to go wher| it is moet need ed; that to, into th* school fund of the State. It Woula make no differ ence if It went into toe fund of toe general treasury, and tbe school fund Increased from other sources. But thst to a subterfuge. No one drinks any more or patronizes the dispensary because the profits go to the school fund. I cannot see any harm or sin In obtaining revenue from a traffic that to irrepressib’e. Tne United States Supreme Court protects each o In the right to import for his ) Last, the inauguration of tbe Rale of 1 quor by bonded effloera under the dispensary system. I will not say that yonr vision is clouded by fanatl olsm, but If It be true tbet be who makes two blades of grass to grow’ where only one grew before is a public benefactor, then is it not equally true that he who conceived a scheme by jrbleh drunkenness was reduced, tern perance encouraged and decency and good, order increased, and withal made the demon whiskey contribute to the education of tbe ignorant masses, need be ashamed of his work? B. R Tillman. Trenton, S 0., Aug. 14..1905. I o not doubt after the exposure in Spartanburg otheis will < q ial If not eclipse it elsewhere. I ooma go more Into detail and discuss this phase o: 1 the subj -ct more at length, but prefer to point out the remedies whloh have suggested themselves to my mind and which in the future 1 fee sure will be adopted and be tbe meana of reforming the dispensary system and making it well nigh Imp'Mible for any one any where to steal any of the public money or be corrupted by the temptations which haye been so plentiful heretofore.. We will take tbe State dispensary first. I believe the administration o:' tola law should be In the hands of men elected by the people, the same aa the other laws are. 1 believe and always have thought that a board ex officio, composed of tbe Governor, Attorney General and Comptroller General, to be the beat that can be devised. Now to prevent even these high officers from being subjected to (temptation or laying themselves op n^to charges of corruption, such as my ^enemies have not hesitated to bring against me, 1 sugge.t tbe flowing plan. Let now -re qulred by law for bids to be submitted bo fu'nlsh the Slate of South Carolina for a year with such whiskey, brandy, rum, wine and beer as it may retire Let the Act go Into detars and speci fically describe tbe kind and q lallty ueeled. Whiskey and beer , are the two main things, and " these two are sUple artie'es and pan be described with such definiteness and particular ity that there will be slight need even of an analysis by the cheffiist. - Lit these bids be submitted in triplicate sealed with wax. One sent to the Slate Treasurer, accompanied by a check for 110,000 aa evidence of good faith, one sent to the Chief Justice of '.he Supreme tlourt and one sent t,o the Speaker of toe House or Repre sentatives. Have these opened during the session of the Legislature In toe presence-of toe dispensary committee of the two bouses, and award toe contract to the lowest bidder. Then let the State beard enter Into It with such lowest bidder, requiring the con tractor to deposit for the full mentof bis obligation 1100,000 in South Cir- Ina State bonds, or such amount as may be thought necessary, which shall bo subject to forfeit If he does not comply strictly with all tbe terms and conditions of his agreement. The contract being thus made for ihe purchase of whiskey of a given dnd and quality at a given prloe, tbe State commissioner who will have charge of toe business part of the dis- oeusary can order r ut from the dis tillery at such time and in such quan tities as may be necessary the liquors needed to supply the demand of the ocal dispensers. Have the bottles and other supplies that may be needed purchased in a similar manner to toe whiskey, all of these belcg paid for by cash checks on the treasurer. Let the State commissioner take oat a recti fier’s license and have the liquor bot tled after dumping acd mixing* when dtsired, and this must be under toe mmedlate supervision and Inspection of a United States revenue officer, whoie books mill be a check as to toe quantity that win thus enter Into toe consumption. Let the dispenser’s books and the internal revenue collector’s books be inspected quarterly by each the State board may appoint per-en ■■■>t purpose, to see that the qual ity of tbe goods contracted for and toe goods delivered correspond, and that all toe goods purchased have been sent out from the State dispensary or other wise accounted for. The Legislature, through Its committee, oan examine into and report at each aesaloo upon too whole mioagamettir L t the name tod brand of the Mm Into 150 fiet across and 100 feet deep. The heavy rains of toe put two days had softened toe earth and caused the slide of rook. Where the fallen msu slipped away a smooth, nearly perpendicular wall was left, rising sheet 100 feet above tbe bottom of tbe quarry, while the entire quarry floor wu covered bn ken, jagged rook. Only nine of toe men got away safely, four of whom escaped by running up on a mass of rook at toe opposite side of toe quw ry. Tbe remaining 18 were bu Idled in a spies ten feet square, and 12 of them were killed and six Injured. Two of tbe latter may die. All of the men are Slavonians who lived In ahan, ties close to the quarry. Two men who saw toe aide of toe quarry quiver shouted a warning to tne men. The men misinterpreted the called and failed to moved oat of z>ne of danger until It wu toorlate. With a toundercus roar toe mountain of roox fell, pinning tbe men fust. The r souer* found sit men huddled In one place, four standing and two lying down. Three were alive and one died before he could be gotten out Five physicians were summoned who gave toe jojured first Aid on the and then bad them hurried in wagons to the Allentown bcepltal. The dead were laid on boards and carried to the stock house. Eight bodies were re covered before dark, at which time two more were exposed to view and two others burled deep In toe pit. Tbe latter’s bodies may not be reached until Thursday. Most of the men killed or injured are single. Others had families In the old country. A number of women from the foreign colony ran to the quarry when the newt of the accident reached them and their moaning and anguish were pitiable. Bad m Tallow Fever. The desperate efforts of toe health authorities to prevent toe spreading of tbe typhoid fever epidemic pre valent In Brooklyn have not been suo- oeasful so far and the situation Is be- ginning to be quite rltioal. It seems that Batch Beach, Bensonhurst and Ulmer Park, situated on toe Brooklyn beach, extending from toe Narrows to Ooney Island, from the center or heart of the disease district. There are various theorise concerning tbe causes of the epidemic. The moet plausible Is that persons living In the beach district insisted mi bathing at the wrong side of toe tide, when the water, backed up by the rising tide, wu strongly contaminated by the con tents of tbe numerous sewers empty ing Into tbe bay. The Infected area la constantly spreading and It Is feared that b fore long the epidemic will gain a foothold on the Manhattan side. Should that happen, the resale In tbe overcrowded and unsanitary districts of the But and West sidu would b0 appalling. Up to toe pres ent time there have been nearly two ihcuiand oases of typhoid In New York and about four hundred deaths caused by that disease. Leu Whicker Used. Mr. John O. Watkins, Clerk of Court of Anderson County, writes u follows to Senator Tillman;" The T& cords 16 this office show that the court of general seealoaefor Ander son county during the yean 1891 and 1892 there were 108 trials and that during tbe yean 1903 and 1904 there, were only ot. xn this connection l will add an extras! from presentment of toe grand jury of Feborary, 1904: We think It la a matter worthy of notice that notwithstanding tbe rapid Increase of. population ot our county, the influx other the egg: the oar can prevent It. The poorer and more Ig norant classes, who cannot thus ob tain liquor, have been, and always will be supplied tore ugh scan local agency, no matter what the law against ulling liquor may be. THK EXAMPLE OF KANSAS. You quote Governor Hoch, of Kan sas, but veu do no discuss or explain tbe official statistica in regard to drinking aod tbe payment of the United States internal revenue license by retail dealers in that State. There are no saloons in South Carolina for tbe young to see any more than there are in Kansas. God forbid they should ever return. Some ot yonr co- laborers In this fight against toe dis pensary system, your allies and coun sellors, are the editors of papers which have always fought the dispensary and are now scheming to get high licenses after prohibition has Called, as it will fall. There is not a civilized Government in Christendom as far as 1 know that dees not derive a revenue from toe sale of liquor and prohibition was an unknown thing until about sixty years ago. The United States Government received last year from this source upwards ot 9170,000,000 1thIdk there are only torep States at this time that cling to prohibition. Iowa and Vermont bad it some yean ago, bat they have abandoned it for local option^ with the right to vote in sploons If wanted, and that is what Is hoped for here by your chief sponsors of the press. One word more and I am throngh. Let ns see about ycur historical paral- fel about tbe great leader who was commanded to go down against the Amalekltes. The Hebrews of old, true to toelr Instincts of thrift slew the abominable tribe, but saved the best of the sheep and oxen, as Saul claimed for sacrifice, and you go on to state as an historical fact that "the Government of a State was command ed by the moral sense of tbe people expressed at the ballot bjx to go down and destroy the liquor traffic. And when called to account it makes the plea that while it has not strayed tbe traffic it has managed It so as to get money for the taxpayers.” Yonr parallel is not a parallel at all. PEOPLE DID NOT OBDEB PROHIBITION: The people of Sunto Carolina have never Instructed its Government to prohibit the sale of liquor. In. toe separate box provided by toe Demo cratic executive committee In the Democratic primary of 1892, the vote stood, asl recollect, 35,000 for prohi bition, 25,000 against it, while 32.0C0 did not vote on It at all. (I quote from memory.) That election was a side show and you have no right to magnify its significance. This Isa government of majorities and no majority of the people has ever given any each order, while when the question has bean passed on sinoe di rectly and positively a half dozen times, the people said that toe dis pensary law was a better and more sane solution. Isn’t it about time to stop alluding to that election. The dispensary system does not rest for its support upon the money that it brings □. It rests bn toe claim of its de fenders backed by experience of our people and statistica. as affording more protection against toe vies of drunkenness than any other system, prohibition cnrHoenee either. If it has done this In spite of mal administration and mismanagement, what would it not do If such men •d. I want them to vote *‘sanely*’ after they have heard the facte and arguments, and I want all of them to vote who have an Interest In this matter. Under the Brloe Act this le not allowed. APPEALS TO At* RECORD. Yon mestioned Wlntorop and (Hem- eon assmoog toe things by wblehll - wen d be remembered. You kit off some others that I presume tb add, not from a sense of egotism, but simp ly to keep toe record straight. (1) Tbe emancipation in 1890 of the people from dry rot, caused by only one party and tbe demonstra tion that we coaid have the most free and open dlsonsslon of political ques tions without danger, followed by the inauguration of the State Democratic primary system. (2 ) The Constitutional Convention and Its work, largely tbe result of my untiring and earnest efforts, and my work In that convention in behalf of common col-ools, and the disfran chisement for the time being of toe degro majority legally. DEAD AT THE THROTTLE Train Sped Fast Sign ala After tbe William F. *7' J., the fireman PJrtglneer Waa Killed. Steot, of of tbe fast Flying Virginian, toe Chesz; ea’ie and Ohl railroad through express to St. Louis, which left Jersey City at 5:52 o'clock last evening, saved the lives cf his passengers by taking charge cf the locomotive after the engineer, Dad Mahoney, had been killed in toe cib When Stool grasped the tbrottla and slackened tbe speed the train had al ready passed at least two daeger signals. Tbe train made Trenton on ached ule time last night, but- pulled out of that dtv with a smoking j >urnal. Mahoney was afraid of that j mmal and kept a watch on It as he sped alorg To do so he bad to lean out of the cab While he kept ont hand on the throttle. Ooee he bent too far forward out of bis eab window to get a glimpse cf the defective journal and his bead was struok by a signal post. Death was probably Instantaneous The looomgatlve gathered steam and picked up speed. It w^s of tbe big hogback type, and It is, therefore impossible for the fireman to see toe engineer. To Fireman Stool toe train seemed to hsva attained the velocity of a cannon ball. He had hardly a moment’s lull In his work Of shoveling OB-eeafc’*~Ss he stopped to mop the perspiration from his brow, a lucky glance through the other side of the cab revealed a red light. "I>an| , he yelled, but there waa no answer. Another instant a second red light was passed. It was plain that something was wrong and that beand the passengers behind btarr& thing* tot n stood, were riding to al most certain death. "For God’s sake, why don’t ycu blow her up? ’ he sga'q called to the engiueer. "We have passed two red bugs. Check her, Dan, for Gri’s sake.” In the lan guage of railroad men "red bug” means a danger signal. Every moment tha engine bounded »Cer until the teleffnph poles seem ed to Stoot like lead pencils. After bis second warning ery he did not A^a Drug aud x'ouaoec Whiake | Morphine i Glgaret I Au urugi Habit, | Habit I Habit | Pal its. Cured by ICeeley iruvU trite, of @L O. _ 1329 Lady St. (or P. G. Box 16) Colombia. H. O. Oenfidentlal correspond ■a nltS • ' ; p S0KUHUM JtULNlSl) -By a ft range Bug that Was f een in Colambia. First The Nature ol the N< w Parasite le aa Yet Boor what Unknown to the Department of Agrieultare. Expert ledical Advice-F The State sa>s there fe a strange bug on the farm of the Stole Hospl TT-ir-.Ann v to! for the Insane, and even toe bu- nxmeou, re&u of entomology of Uie department of agriculture is unable to ascertain, tor a time, the ancestry of this leueot. Not long ago, it will be remembered, the attention of Mr. J. W. Bunch, su perlntetdmt of the State hospital, was called to tbe fact that s >rghnm wh'ca was u «ed to feed the cattle was dying rapidly. I ivattgatton showed that a small pest was preying on the sorghum and an expert was asked for from tbe government. v Mr. E G. S. Titus, entomologist, came to the city and Inspected toe damage done by the peet, but eould not tell what it wta He left for Wash ington with some of the “aalmala” 1b bis valise and mleroacop'eal eximlna tldhs have been going on. Yeeterdar Mr. Bunch received the following let ter Mr. J. W. Bunch, State Hospital for the lasane. Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr.%uncb: I am very mnob Indebted to yon for yonr kindness to Mr. Titus on his reoent visit. Sinoe hie return he bee been very enthusi astic regarding ocurteeles shown him. I have to thank jou for toe arrange meat to send us material at periods of tea days, in order to better enable us to stud? the habits of the little oeet which se mi to be working so muob destruction In your sorgbum. Until we can get an adult month we shall be wholly In the dark ap to the Identity of the deprelator. As soon as we se cure a moth and find out what It la, It wlU throw a great deal of light upon the problem. ** From the faet that It appers to breed freely In erab grass, I am led to believe that it has attacked oorn sa well as sorgbum, without having been detected by you. Whether ita present severity is doe to your system of farm log, made necessary, as I understand, by the rules of your tosiitutlob, or whether it Is a periodical outbreak such as we have witnessed io the ease of other Insects, I am absolutely un- *hUftit«il. , ^ ' I would judge if the erab grass was wait for an answer, but began to clamber over into the engineer’s side to Investigate. He found Mahoney dead. His lifeless hand wan still on toe throttle and his head, #et with blood, rested on the Edge of the win dow. Stoot slowed down the engine. Then he took the train on to Welt Philadelphia, after patting another man at bis own end of the boiler. Not a passengsr nor the conductor knew of tbe peril of toe traia Ma honey lived In Brooklyn, and toe body was sent there. Ha was 40 pears old. . About a year ago bis wife was killed In a trolley accident Newark. e'en to Tbelr Dewthu Five people were killed In toe Alps mountains on Thursday by falling. Two tourists from Meran, while hunt- og for edelweiss, were killed. While climbing tbe Hoefats group a Bivar- an lawyer fell and was killed. Four students from Dresden ascend lug tbe Hebergoell, fell down a precipice One was killed and the others were probably fatally Injured. Another routh of sixteen waa killed on Mount flythenstook. He fell nine hundred feet and his body waa-redueed to pulp. ^ Hunting Her Tbe Columbia Record gays a letter Dr. Cromer and hts friends would gf-vs has been received at the governors it wo officers and twenty the law their offloe from Mrs. Julia bloden, ofl|| Charleston in whloh she states that her boy, Willie, About twelve years of age, left her home about five months ago acfl has Mt .been esaa since. She near Oolum- an in to toe enforcement of great moral supffbrtf We do not ask endonemant, but In a Government where a majority rules we have bad a right to expect bo-ope iy reduce the re it another year, but, of course, crab grass grows on other premises besides your own, and unless it Is known to oocnr iq other premiaee about you, I should be very much In olined to urge rotation for a single year with some crop thst would neo- emitate the das true lion of this gram Some crop that would require constant tivAtion until lata In the eeaeon to be preferable. I wrnlfl like to ask If ordinarily there U much of ibis crab grass with yonr oats. If not, then you should haveLto look elsewhere tor relief. I am in hopes to he able to visit you during the next month, and probably send an assistant yonr. way later in the season, and he will endeavor to, If possible, find out some measure of relief. Thanking you again for your oour tesy, I am, yours truly, F. M. Webster. In Charge of Field Crop Insect Inves . gallons. It Is said that toe pest Is making itself known In other vicinities, notab iy oa the farm of Mr. B. F. Taylor. I. la seldom that there Iran Insect so strange to the bureau of entomology. Only Mix BaeapeO. A telegram from Batavia, Dutch East Indies, i rep r es aa ug y out break of Aohlnese rebels who the Dutch poet at six men of tbe poet sag oap ng and these were . .V A Dr. JT. Newton Hathaway, of Atlanta, Oa., the South’s Most Reliable Specialist, Offers to Give Medi cal Advice to Every Sufferer from Any Disease Free of Cargo—Be Sure to Write 7" ’ Him at Once and Take Advantage of This Offer. BOOK ON YOUR DISEASE SENT If you are afflicted with any diaeaaa of • chronic nature, yon should ait right down and write this g eat specialist and lake a ran tags of this special offer to ooii .Mi and advise erary sufferer without cost. Aa Dr. Hatha way has - had over a quarter century of experience In the treatment of the e diseases, during <k!ch time be has cured a me o the m at stubborn deep seated cases on record, you can readily appreciate tbe value this offer wfit be to b»i “* * ■ ■ m ~ i will also send you a ver> vaiuabla your dis< aae, of which he is the author, which will explaia to y u a gTe<t many thiM you do not know. Your home doctor would cMg* you anywhere from $1.00 to $25.00 for this same service aqd after all you would not he beoefltted, for the reason that the average deo- t»r is not competent to ad rise in these cane because r e has not had the necessary expert- •D06, • Dr. Hathaway has been established in laata for year! and years, and by honest daal- ings with avaryona aod reoderinx the moat Mrinad medical service, he baa Qlt uatEe largest practice in this country. His ataauia£ both professional Iy, sad flnancially is of the very highesland you oan tod no batter medi cal aid or advfee anywhese. Hi* system of home treetmeef in considered perfect in every lespaot, which enables him to treat the afflict ed at their hemes, and no matter with what diaeaaa you anal ffioted, how sever# it may ha or how many doctors have declared it incura ble, write him and let him tell you just what he can do for you. The address is J. NM$. M. D„ 8$ Inman BUt. he can do for you. ton Hathaway, Atlanta, <M. of Interest To all Teuton ot thtg paper, who call or write tor treatment within the next 30 dare. I will cure them of the folkriring diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILl/ (blood poison), GONO^ RHE, GLEET, ST&IOTURfe, VARI COCELE, RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILES cured under guarantee without the knife m under guarant any tying or borning operation Consultations, Examination, Adv’ - lions, Exam! Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D* THE SPECIALIST. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, S B. oirTT 0 *' quickly at home. woratjform cured