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I TUlmui and CoL Towill Haye a Hot Time. MAT dO 10 k trkd to find out CHABttES ABB FALSE TV He • Pall b- Saya Tawffl, vntlfattea ol His Acts By tbs Uf* Says Brics BUI Is Usfalr. ▲ooording to tb« reports In the dal ly papers the most exciting political meeting held In Sooth Carolina for the pest twelve or fourteen years wai held at Batasburg on last Saturday The meeting was called to order by Dr. W. H. Timmerman, who intro* dooed as the first speaker Hon. G. H. Sflrd, of Lexington. Mr. Efird made a good speech In favor of the dlspen •ary. Dr. Timmerman then presented Senator Tillman, who was received with applause , "l made op my mind before speak Ing at Marlon that these speeches are useless,” said the senator In opening his remarks, "bat It will be different next summer.” He said be was here today on the Invitation of the mayor and 80 or 70 other cltltens to discuss the liquor question. The Invitation also stated that McLaurln bad been Invited. He noticed that the invita tion contained one name which was underscored; it was that of John Beil Towill, whom all present knew. It seemed to him then, said he, that this was a challenge to come to his home and say what he had said else where. "It appeared also that in the invita tion to address you to a man with whom I had had an unpleasantness there wss an Implied challenge that I would not be here and would be ac cosed of being afraid to meet him.” "I never say anything that I would not say toa man’s teeth. It is a olti- I have no reason to feel bat that ali have respect and good feeling for me, but I object to being placed on the salae plane witb a mao who has be trayed his trust as a Democrat, a man who In Washington Is no longer re garden as a Democrat. I grew a lit tle small and Indignant." *He said he had obsyed orders as a public servant and had maintained the trust im posed In him and resented thtLimpllo*- to call tbn What tete about the pany, which has been selling debt year old liquor made only six months ago? They have been looking tot min nows, allowing' the big fish to swim about and escape. The legislators has left the conduct of the dispensary In the hands of three men who do as they MSB." I He called the editors who have been criticising dispensary two-by-four and three-for-*-quarter editors.'' He had satd to the governor to remove the State board because they have tram pled the law under foot and Ignored many points In the law. They don't buy under the competitive system any longer. It was not his business but the governor's. The board says In Its advertise ments that no bid tor X liq less than 11,80 will be received. Towili— SenstOT Tillman, that is false; you know that is not so." Tillman—“You get the advertise ment then and pove it" Towill—-“God knows what you di when you went to Olnoinnatil" Tillman—"1 didn’t go to Cincin nati, besides I had only 126,000 to buy liquor for the whole State; I had to buy liquor on credit beouse I didn't have the money to pay for it." VWhat about the request books, Mr. Towill?”—the reply was lost in the noise which followed. Senator Tillman then said he had metMr. Tywill on the train shortly after his election on the board and had congratulated him, telling him that If be would get in the middle of the road be would be all right, and Towill said that was what he intend ed to do, but that he had played the devil doing it. Mr. TowlP arose and said someth ing which was not heard by the cor* respondent, to which Tillman replied: "I haven't charged you with steal- am not here for any man, but for a great issue which concerns every home in South Carolina. The bars have been let down one by one until the cows have got In and ruined the whole bualness,’’ said Tillman. Referring to the famous labels, the Senator said they contained the names of the board and next January if one of tbe directors failed to bs reelected the label* would be worthless. to former Sen ator John L. McLaurln, that ha considered it an Insult to bs Invlt- ted to speak with hiss. The Senator stated that bs would bs a candidate next year for tbs United States Senate, aad be would then dis cuss the dispensary question from every stump In the Stats. He also stated that be was ready and eager go before the dispensary Investigation committee as a witness. He had told two of that committee personally and bad written the chairman of tbe com mittee his willingness to appsar bsfore tbsm In tbs capacity of a wltnesa ▲t the doss of Ssnator Tillman’s spsaob the Hon. 0. M. Efird arose and paid'l high tribute to the honesty, character and Integrity of John Bell Towill, and by that means endeavor ed to poor oil on tbe troubled waters. John Bell Towill declared most em phatically that be had never taken a rebate and as to bis cluurscter be would leave that to the people who knew him. He was willing to undergo the most searching Investigation. In a private conversation Tillman said this was the warmest meeting be had been In since 1892. He also said be behaved John Bell Towill to be an honorable gentleman, and be did not in his remarks Intend to oast any re flection on his character. LOOK FOB ADVANCE uuna KOTHJB, lays Vasssigalc, Who Gives Fiffurse to Show Why we liveware Lsdlsekon to Girla e Journal. A Further Early fUaefas Cotton la Bure to Ooaae. This Yoai ^ Crop Bariioet In Years. The following which ws dip from the August* Chronicle will be read with interest: Norwood, Ga., Sspt. 26.—As Gro ver Cleveland once salda "condition and not a .theory now confronts us.” So the writer Bays a condition ami al ."Besides, you owe her a kiss or two. theory confronts the whole world at Away back, when you were a little ▲ father, talking to his daughter, said: "I want to speak to you about your mother. It may be that you have noticed a care-worn look upon her face lately. Of course It has not been brought there by any act of yours, still It Is your duty to chess It away. 1 want yon to get up to-morrow morning and get breakfast; and whan your mother cornea In and begins to express her surprise, go right up to her and kiss her on tbe mouth, and you oan.t imagine how It will brighten her dear face. Free Medical Advice from an pert Specialist. vV**. Dr. Hathaway Offers to Counsel and Advise Every Person Free ol Charge On any Disease. Twenty-five Years of Remarkable Success in His Record WRITE HIM AND SAVE YOUR DOCTOR’S BILL this time as regards the cotton situa tion. The bulls and the bears are _ actively engaged, the one to convince breath and swollen face.' tbe world of a abort crop of cotton THIET1XV TRAGEDIES Mr. Towill interrupted the speaker to return to Occurs In Oae Indiana Family In a Few Yeara- - The death of Samuel Horn, who was accidentally kilted last week while hauling logs near Rochester, Fulton county, Indiana, is tbe thirteenth tragic death in one family. Four members were murdered, three com mltted suicide; three died in insam asylums and three died by accident This sertee of tragedies, which has occurred within the memory of many persons who have lived near the faml ly, has awakened a feeling that a strange fatality attends In some way to the place and the house Is now un occupied because of tbe fear that It Inspires. The first of the family were Abra ham Gripe and his wife, industrious people, and grandparents of Samuel Horn, who has just met death. Mrs. Gripe became discontented and wished a The other to convince the world of a large crop, and on the bull side I align myaclf. Not simply because I am a Southern man and Interested in my people’s welfare, but because I be lieve In a short crop of eottou for the years 1906 08 and facts and conditions bear ms out and not theories. From the beat of my knowledge and belief the crop of American cotton, and when I My American cotton I mean ootton raised In the Southern states, will not reach over ten million one hundred and sixty-five thousand bales of five hundred pounds each. While this is one of the earliest crops per haps on record It has been time and again demonstrated conclusively that an extremely early crop is not Indlca live of a large crop. Even If a large acreage waa planted neither la an ex tremely late crop indicative of a large crop, but a crop between the two gen srally pane ont best. SOME CROP nOURRS. The crop of 1898 99 was the largest orop ever grown (until the orop of 1904-06) and that orop consisting of only 21.967,000 acres—and threw/into only 982,766 final orop was 11,- and Mid: "You recall in that Mme con venation we bad on tbe train, you aaked why We didn’t put out those cheap case goods, that they were hurting the dispensary ?’’ Tillman—"Well, why didn't you do ^-Towill—"You have made state ments about thoee labels and I want myself. I stated what you said to the board and asked them tion by which he had beeb placed on *iio out out cheap case goods and no After repeat- tovel with a man who had .hptrayed. rmore his trust. He had said to hte tee tin Grow,’ what he thought about his (MoLaur- Id’s) action. "Thlsil a Democratic question we art to Mttte,” he said with some warmth* denlartcg that ha would not debate the dispensary with Republi cans. I am a Democrat acd It is a part of my business as national com mittee man to keep the party In line In Booth Carolina. I r—ntod the In vitation beoause McLaurln la not my equal He te not my equal m a Demo crat, whatever else he may be. (Ap plause.) Here the Senator took up the dispensary. He aaid but for the good women the men would have lost tbs seed osrn M genuine religion. J>on’t believe In voting out the die- penary, said he, that you wilt get rid of Uquour. He then r*d*a Jocular reference as to wbat Mr. Efird had Mid about being astr^d i r, declaring that he had never be«.u on the fence In poli ties. Tbe only fences be had ever been on were thoee In oroulng fields when be waa a boy. He Mid be would lather fall off and break hte neck than to straddle any proposition. The of lee of United States senator, said be to tbe people when hte term SEpireeand they oould then do m they saw fit. "▲ man on the fence In 1892 had the dogs after him on both sides,” he tesaarked. A majority of tbe people had naver asked for prohibition. Feo- nte and newspapers had lied about it lA189t 46,000 people had voted for prohibition and 48,000 voted against It or did not vote at nil. He argued with GtaBds and Nettles to accept tbe dtepedaary MU, which wu passed. If any responsibility was needed for this ha would take it. "Well, dose It up," said a voice In bought after that. 'Old 'Old Joe,’ ’Bully Boys’ and tuoh brands were discarded. When those labels were bonght It wm esti mated that they would last about 16 months." Tillman—“Why did you buy 8600, "I don’t know what part you bad to do with It, hut 1 wu down yonder In charge.'’ He said ha wu charged with making the dispensary a pollti cal machine during hte second term u governor hot he needed no political machine, u he wu then going out of ofBee. He had received a greater ma jority for govaroor than any other man except Hampton. "Beys* we’ll see ’em next year; and well settle this question," shouted the Senator. He knows where hte la—upon the plain, oom "Political machine 1 the primary lathe only ma I need,” said be. He said that one-third of the Democratlo vote polled In the five counties which had voted out the dispensary. Taking up the matter of petitions, he said anybody oould sign a petition, is * Trigger," bat anybody A fMe *t vote. The question will be next summer when all white will be able to vote. They have tried six tlarae to kill the dispensary failed. *" s “* of tbe best men In South who bu offered tor office, a soldier, would have sleeted rix years ago but for the A he wu on tbe prohibition That man wu Ool James A. •aid the opponents of the dis hed been preparing for this while Ite friends let it go. God I will see these fel- _ to Sputh Carolina be cried. committee has State routing Chris- "Did of dime* “They have failed 000 more than the law allowed? Why didn’t you shut ’em up (musing tbe board) bsoause they couldn’t make you do your duty." 1 ' . Continuing, Tillman Mid that If all the people who drink vote for him he would never want for office. At this Juncture Rev. D. M. Pad gett, the aged minister, with long white beard and weak of voice, Inter rupted the speaker, asking him to let up on the preachers, to whloh Tillman replied, "Then let up on me.” A sharp colloquy followed. The remainder of Tlllmau’e speech wu along lines which have heretofore been published. ▲t tbe conclusion of Senator Till man’s speech Mr. Efird arose and In a few oooclUatory remarks declared that he believed Mr. To will’s actions had been straight and entirely honest and requested the audlenoe to remain seated and glvc Mr. Tuwlll a hearing, after which he urged them to go home and prepare for the fight. MR. TOWILL'B REMARKS. Stepping upon the platform, labor Ing under much excitement, Mr. Tow ill declared that he had no personal feeling against Senator Tillman; wu sorry that he had loet his head and would not do It again. He believed Tillman had the interest of the dts- penury and South Carolina at heart His people knew him and he wu ut Isfied to abide their verdict Tillman’s statements had brought odium upom him and tbe board. He wanted the Investigating committee to bring the board before it and make a thorough investigation. When the present board went Into office there wu 8260,000 old stock on band and the dlepenury owed 1500,000. The boar&had not bought liquor in months by reason of tbe enormous purchases of the old board Mr. Boykin and himself had thought urioualy of resigning but.Mr. Tatum begged him In God’s name hot to do It. Tillman—"It would have been bet ter for your reputation. ’’ Resuming Mr. Towill Mid he had never aaked a member of "the legists tare to vote tor him and had not spent a dollar to be elected. Members had Mked him Jf he didn’t intend to ao- lldt votes and he had told them no. "Witb 8260,000 old stock on hand we had to make some new purchases to keep up with the trade," he Mid. Tillman—"If the old board unlosd ed a hot poker on your hands make them explain it" Mr. Towill saldJw wm ready and the board was ready to go before tbe Investigating committee but they had not been asked. "I. hold dear my good name," said Mr. Towill, "and I would rather be esteemed by Batasburg people than to have any office in the gift of the peo ple. I have not been debauched neith er have I been bribed. I am not one dollar richer and the people of Batea- burg know it" Dr. Timmerman then announced the muting adjourned. Ex- Senator MoLaurin had bun In vited to speak also but he had dellncd. In his speech Senator Tillman bitter- It assailed the newspapers, naming The News and Courier but The State In parttoular, for their attacks upon him. "That hell hound In Columbia, who Is editor of The State, has told enough lies on me to build a railroad of orosstlM to hell, " declared Tillman In one of his heated momenta. Till ed refusals by her husband abe be came deranged, set fire to the bam and died In tbe building. T wo weeks after Mra, Gripe ’• death Mr. Gripe’s slater fell dead while raking leaves In tbe yard. In an in vestigation that followed it wm shown that Mrs. Gripe the day before her ■ulolde, bad struck bar sister-in-law on the head with a whetstone, and It “ was from this blow that she died. 85 In a few months Lucan Gripe show ed algua of Insanity, and soon after ward was found dead In tbe woods, where he had been struck by a falling II mb. EUm Gripe, a brother of Lucan upon receiving a large amount of money tor bis part of the estate, was found murdered In his barn one morn ing. The Identity of his assailant wm not discovered. Within two years George Gripe wm killed by a tree falling on him, and ■oon afterward Jay and Clark, sons of of Ellas, were taken, to an Insane asy lum, where both died In a short time The series of tragedies culminated In December last In a triple murder and auloide. Wilson Burns, who had married a daughter of Abraham Oripe killed his wife with a shotgun and then murdered Joseph Cripe and Mar garet Branham, an aunt. He then turned the gun on himself and sight in September of cotton. Yet the 235,000 balm, or over a bale to two acres. That orop wm not an early nor a late crop, but between tbe two. What we call an, average date crop. The orep of 1899 and 1900 was a very early orop, bringing Into sight in September 1 129 788 hales,” acreage planted 22,433,000, and yet only 9,- 439,000 bales of ootton were produced. The orop of 1901 and 1902 wm a very late crop, only 713,498 bates coming Into sight In September; an acreage of 27,874,000 and only 10,425,000 bales being produced. Tbe Bumper orop of 1904 and 1906 wm a medium date crop, bringing into sight 1,369,646 bales In September and produclni 4,029 bales from an adfCageV 363,690. So If yon will take the oot- glrl she kissed you when no one else wm tempted' b> your fever-tainted You were not M attractive then m yon are now. And though those years of childish sunshine and shadows she wm always toady to cure by tbe mag ic touch of a mother’s kiss, the little dirty, chubby hands whenever they were injured in those skirmishes with the rough old world. And then tbe mid-night klmee with which ebe routed so many had dreams m abe leaned above your pillow, have all been on interest tbcee long long years, ‘Of course, she is not so pretty and klssabls m yon Ms; bnt if yon had done your share of the work dur ing the pMt ten years, the contrast would not be so marked. Her face has more wrinkles than yours, and yet If you were slok that faoe would appear more beautiful than an angels u it hovered to minister to your com fort, and every one of those wrinkles -. would seem tb be bright wavelets of sunshine chasing each other over tbe dear old faoe. "She will leave you one of theM days. TheM burdens, if not lifted from her shoulders, will break her down. ThoM rough, hard hands, that have done so many neoesMry things for you, will be crossed upon ‘her lifeless breast Tnese neglected Ups, that gave you your first baby kiM, will be forever closed, and those sad, tired eyes will have opened la eternity, and then you will appreciate your mother: but it will be too late 1" 'No extra charge for medioinea." , •‘No micleadlng statement or deoep tire propositions al lowed in my adriaa- menta.” ' DR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, Whom Knowledge is free to the Slok. If yon are feeling ill, and d-> not know jnst what in the matter with yon, do not male the mistake of calling on your local doctor for coneultation but just simply write to Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 88 Inman Bldg, Atlanta, Gadjust how you sufler,andhe will coun sel and advise you for nothing, while your home doctor will charge you anywhere from 11 to flO and the tame service, and again. Dr. Hathaway’s advice is worth ten times more-to yOu. for his wide experience in the treatment * these diseases (25 yean), enables him to onoe understand the exact nature of your trouble. He will also send you s Self-Exami nation Blank and a vahmUe book on your disease of which he is the author, free of icharge. Y 1 Dr. Hathaway’s specialty h diseases of a chronic or lingering nature, and these he has successfully treated for over twenty-five ears. The success be has met with is some thing remarkable. He has reached the bead of his profession and his t lie of “the recog nised authority on Chronic Diseases” justly He has s positive and permanent cure' for diseases of men and women such as LOST MANHQOD, STRICTURE, VARICOCELE, NERVOUSDEBII.iTY, ENLARGED PROS TATE, RHEUMATISM, SPECIFC BLOOD POISON, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROU BLE, HEART DISEASE, STOMACH AND BDWELL TROUB1K DIABETES, BRIGHTS DISEASE, URINARY TROU BLE, ENLARGED PROSTATE, FEMALE TROUBLE, WOMB TROUBLE, OVAEIAN TROUBLE, LEUCORRHEA, ETG, andif you are afflicted with any of these diseases, you should lose no time in consulting this famous specialist. His treatment for these diseases is baaed on over s quarter century of close study, and when he once discharges you as curso, you need have no fear that you will ever be trou bled with your disease again—hi# cures are per manent. Dr. Hathaway is the author of eight valuable medical books which should bo in the binds of every one afflicted, or < of a family, and bs will l belongs to him. Not only has he cured thous- | bools to you on receipt of your name and and of sufferers who call athis office for treat- drees. 1, dis ases of the throat and State in the Union, is 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 8, dii London hss another murder mys tery, In the present ease the viotim Is a young woman, Mary Money, whose body wm horribly mutilated. A long veil wm tightly wedged In her month and the police are confident the woman wm murdered Id a com partmeut of a train on which she wm travellfig and her l>ody thrown from tbe oar. The fact that none of 15 t- dooraof tbe train on. arrival at *' Hilt, were open Is.joonsidered to prove ton record tor two decades you will see that the aame results follow and the writer is of the opinion that a million and a quarter balee of ootton will show its snowy bosom this September from an acreage of about 27,000,000, and It precedent is worth anything yon can look for a short crop. The world spinning a million and over balee per month will consume a orop of 12 000,000 bales, and even ad mitting that we have a visible snpply of over 2i million bales, where In the name of all that’s fair will you enter Into next season with any cotton in sight. It will be shown that the world’s trade is tbe best for ages. Dal ly and nightly the hum of the factory spindles are heard around the world- like England’s drum bMt. And the sun will soon not Mt upon a single killed Joot °* 80,1 "hers people are not doth- himself. Samnel Horn wu the iMt 00 ^° B 8 00 **- of the family, Mve two. - 1 Fought In • Our. John E. Ryan, of Chicago, a Pacific exprees mesMoger on passenger train No. 13, and Edward Greene, also of Chicago, a former express messenger, fought with pistols in Ryan’s car Thursday. Both were seriously wounded and may die. Conflicting stories are told by the combatants, Greene Mys that he got on the ex prem oar, Intending to go to Pitta- field, to visit relatives. He wm an old friend to Ryan, Greene claims, permitted him to ride. Greene Mys he assisted Ryan with the expreM matter and that they began drinking. Joke* led to a quarrel and Greene Mys he and Ryan drew pistols at the Mme time. Ryan’s story Is that lie did not see Greene in the oar antll the train reached Cerro Gordo. Bslievlng that Greene jumped in for t e purpose of robbery, Ryan fired at Llm. Aooord log to Ryan thev clinched and both of them with revolvers drawn, rolled about on the car floor. Finally sepa rating each sought shelter In the oar and waited for the other to jexpcM himself. Just m the train wm near Decatur, Ryan says, he and Greene fired and both went down, but were on their feet in a abort time and the duel continued until the train reached the outskirts of Deoetur, 111., when Greene opened a door and Jumped from tbe oar, Greene wm unable to run and wm found an hour later by tbe police. Attitude ol the Spinners. 0. W. McAra, president of tbe MMter Ootton Spinners’ Association of Great Britain says the spinners had no quarrel with American cotton plant ers, had no desire to Interfere with their legitimate profits and had noob Jectlon to the fluctuations brought abont by a small or a large yield. As a matter of faot, the grower would be well remkrdbd In an ofdinary Season by a return of 8 cents per pound. By gambling operations, however, the price had been advanced for several seasons to 14 cents per pound and higher, which meant an advance on the world’s orop of 1480,000,000. The Amerioan splnner, Mr. MoAra adds, is m badly handicapped m the Europ ean spinners, the oat of the carriage of ootton to New England mills huing m great u tbe cost of carriage' by sea to Lancashire. •... Bunk Rubber, A man named J. M. Mi ~3~ 7, claim- tbe Bailey bank wu found in his pock •te—leading to the belief that be Is a bank-robber. The Japanese and Russian war la closed—Japan, the victor over Vrhat wm once considered the moet power ful empire in the world, both nations will rise PhOenlx-like from their ashes, and follow along In the march of oom- merclal prosperity. In Japan and Russia ootton manufacturing will at onoe oommenoe by leaps and bounds and In £ve years from this date China will consume one hundred million dol lars of American manufactured ootton goods instead of twenty-five millions. And the watchword will be MStward the course of ootton goods take its flight. Clothing always follows civi lization, not civilization clothing. Thera are pregnant words and fall of potent meaning. That Japan, now a world power, will civilize China, la beyond davll And open door assured in China. ‘ Thirty million bales of ootton will bring 12} cents, and another reason why ootton shall and will advance. The southern farmer has Just learned that he Is a power in tbe world. Tbe rural free delivery system brings him in dally contact with the whole world; he is no longer a hewer of weed and drawer of water, but Is today well posted bn current events of the day. He hM just learned his power—drawn his wisdom from the New Orleans oonventlor. He reasons If a fourteen million bale crop brings on an average of 9 cents per pound, ten million should bring him 13} cents, apd by the first day of March, 1906 middling oot ton will sell in Augusta at 13} cents. Maybe sooner. The farmers are pay ing their debts with 10 cents ootton. As soou m that is done tbe balance will be stored sway and sheltered. This crop will be the Mrliest gath ered since "freedom." That’s the way the darkle reckons. And I here by extend, on the part of the ootton association of Georgia, an invitation to Jack frost to come along, u you can do no harm. Not a bloom since the middle of August. I see now a brighter day for the south. I see the wand of the fairy- wafted over my people, uttering these words: "Behold, prosperity I give you. Sorely have you suffered and borne the burden of the world, but peace and plenty shall Illumine yoar pathway—13} cents ootton In store for you. Respeotfully, =r— T. E. Massknoalk. Why Japan Made Pence. A dispatch from Toklo says notwlth- log to be from Atlanta, wm convicted ffiSf STrsm be vrasan Inverate pino- of tag rancyit Clinton on Saturday made peace at Portsmouth In fear of ^!. e and sentenced to 30 days In Laurens a - financial breakdown. / The war Jail or a fine of 160. He took the days, proved more costly tfoew had hern o*l Wheh searched a complete diagram of culated and the rice and cereal crops seemed doomed to failure. Blx months more of war would have meant very hard time*. ment, but nearly every represented on nia Hat he waa eble to cure by treatment. He baa had special success in cur- in# cases of long standing and of a complicat ed nature, after several doctors had (jiven them up aa incurable, but whether your case ia of long ataading or not, you should at once seek the advice omhis great specialist. It will be of great benefit to you, even if you do not treatment men entitled “Manliness, Vigor ebouiA be in the hands of of cured natienta whom women; 4, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 5, blood his method of home poison; 6, nervous debility and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, varicocele. Kis book far — .ad Health, 1 *. every -aaan. Wtita for it, it is free. If you do not suffer yourself send him the name of some ana that doee. Do not forget the sddraas.— J. Newton Hathaway,' M. D, 88 Inman Bldg., | Atlanta. Ga. ^ -a o R S BORNE’S conclusively, that it wm not s esse of suicide. Miss Money left home Sum day evening Mylng she would not be gone long. The affair thereafter is a complete mysterv. No ticket wm found on the body and no onefaM been a>bj* to tx plain under what dreum- stances the young woman entered the train or where she was going. If ske wm murdered, m is supposed to be the case, the murderer disappeared without leaving any trace. Tbe oars furnish no clue to tbe crime which oould not have occured anywhere but in * railroad oar divided into isolated compartments such m is used on Brit ish railways. To Batlaty HU Wife. "John," exclaimed the nervons wo man according to an exchange, "there’s a burglar in the houM. I’m snre of It/’ John rubbed bis eyes and protested mildly that it wm immaglnatlon. “No it Isn’t. I heard a man down •telte.^ . ■ ■' ■; ' ■ j ’ , ' So John took a b x of matebes and went down. To bis surprif e bis wife’s suspicions wefo correct. Seeing that he wm unarmed, tbe burglar covered him with a revolver and became quite sociable. "Isn’t It rather late to be out of bed?” be remarked. "A—er—a—little bit,” replied John. "You’re too late, anyhow, because I’ve dropped everything out of the window, and 1 my pals have carried them off.” "O, that’s all right. I’d like to Mk one favor.of you, though.” "What ia It?’ "Stay here until my wife can come down acd see you. 4 Sh-e has been look ing for yon every night for the last twelve years, and I don't want her to be disappointed any longer." A.UGUS'rjiL, GA. Bookkeeping,'Shorthand, Type-writing, English branches, Full guaranteed course 20 weeks. Single course oi either Business or Short* hand, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduates in about 20 days., Can’t supply de mand. V^rite. —>—' BwH WVWWW -w-ww -w % COIvUMBIA. S, ] The Guinard Brick Works, f Manufi 2 Flue Hi ¥ or mlU Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Gotta Building Block or linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to fill orders for thou ands millions. 1 Cotton dinners and lachinery Owners. Write us for prices on the following; Babbitt, Belt, Gandy; Collars for Shafting, Couplings, Drills. Drill Press, Ejectors, :ks, Hack Saws, Hammers, Injectors, Lace Leather, Lubrl- Revolting Cruelties. A dispatch from Paris Mys the re port of the late Count de Brazza upon his Investigation of charges against Iras torn, but he got away, officials of the French Congo, is Mid by the Matin to contain grave charges against the governor, Emile Oentll. The cruelties alleged against him are hanging up women by their feet till they died and ordering negroes olnbed to death. It is stated that be Is re sponsible for the sacrifice of an enor mous number of natives. Count de Brazza wu ordered last February by the French government to proceed to the Congo district and investigate charges of irregularities aud brutality against tbe officials. He performed bis mission, but arrived at Dakar; Senegamdla, September 13, in a criti cal condition of health, and died Sep tember 16, thus ending a glorious and Useful series of African explora tions. - Died Playing Garda. 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The animal’s flash Angered at his failure, the bird roM a few yards in the air and again swooped—this time at the bo; a Time and tlm* again they struck the great bird with their baseball bats, each time knocking it back, but never huvily enough to main op kill It, and with every repulse tbe creature re turned to tbe aauult with redoubled determination. For ten minutes the battle raged. Then, by a lucky stroke one of the lads felled the eagle to tbe ground. Even then It still fought them, but the dog seeing his recent enemy laid low, regained his courage and attacked it, getting for his pains several more gashes from the ugly talons. Finally, ths eagle meet exhaustod, (me of the It a blow that killed it and rled it home, where it wu being al- boys hit they car- meuured from tip • ■ ORGANS .. of the best puality f 45 up Upright Pianos From $225 up. ' Write Us for catalogues and terms. Malone’s Music House, 1432 Main Street Almost opposite Masonic Temple. ... Columbia, S. C. s————————iMitl and showed sixty-six Inches to tip of ite wings, r _WU1 Take Any Kind. Tibe Rev. Dfr William Leach, of tbe Chicago Fulton Street Methodist Episcopal church, In his sermon Sun day made a spirited defense of the use of tainted money tor religious pur poses. Calling down the blessings of heaven on rich men who distribute "soiled wealth," he expressed his re gret at not being pomyert of money gathering talent, and fledared that it takes a wise man to acquire wealth. "The cry of ‘tainted money 1 is almost criminal,” he declared. 1 1 will use no devilish means to make money tor God, bat I will take all tbe money I can get from the devil and put it Into Gcdly work. It Is no longer tainted when touched by heavenly bands, would like to torn the devil’s barrao* Into Christian bulwarks." - Family Burned to Pvaih. Early Friday morning the charred remains of Lula Wise, • colored wo man, and her four children were found in the smoking ruins of her horns near Jacksonville, Fla., whieh wu burned Friday morning before day. The skulls of the woman aad all her children were crushed in, indicating that they had been murdered and the house had been burned to conceal the crime. The woman had not lived with her husband for two years. Two years ago It is stated that be best bar and threaten ed to kill her. She had him arrested and be wu sentenoed to jail for a short term. After the expiration of bis sentence he dteappeared and It rould not be ascertained that anyone had heard from him. The woman sap- posed he was dead. A Biff Suit. At Chicago suit wu begun in the superior court lut week for 1250,000 damages against tbe Curtis Publish ing company, publishers of the Lad les Home Journal, Samuel M. Hart man of Columbus, Ohio, Proprietor of the Peruna Msdlolne company, is the plaintiff in tbe suit. In the August Issue of The Journal, the declaration, uys that an advertisement of the Peruna company contained a testi monial frpm Congressman Gecv H. White of North Carolina. In the next issue of the magaslne, the doola-, ration alleges that the testimonial wu reprinted, but with it WU a sign ed denial from Congressman White that he had given the testimonial to the medicine company. This denial Hartman alleges, wu secured through a misunderstanding, as Congressman White, It Is said In the deolaratkm, signed the original tsaUmonlaL