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tYFRHL An Opportunity That lo farnur Shaald Lat P«m Him. PvoftrMatra XUadar el e» Abaolatalj Fraa. The BoUailna named Mow an of tend to tin farmer* arery where free Of oharge by the National Department of Agrioaltare. Theee BoUatlne an pobUatMd at an ezpenae of thousand* and thousands of dollars; and the big geet and most enterprising farmers, the ablest and most experienced scien tist, hare co-operated in making them U accurate, helpful and up to date money and brains can make them. If theee publications wen Issued there fore by some private publishing bouse, they could not be sold for lees than 60 cents cadi: and at this price undoubt edly some good agent could sell you, ]fr. Reader,- not a few copies bearing on subjects In which you are interest- 0 ed. And that would be all light, too; you would get your money’s worth. But now theee Bulletins an offered free, and the long winter nights an coming when farmers should have plenty of reading matter on hand. We urge every farmer to make a list of thoae he wishes—those nlatlng to the crops and subjects in which be is especially interested to bis Represent ative or Senator in Oongrea, or totbs Seontary of Agriculture, Washington, D. 0. The copies asked tor will then be. promptly forwarded, free of cost to him. Some of the Bulletins relating to gardening, flower-growing and household work, yo^r wife may used for benelf; get them also. Hen la the list from which you can make your ■eleotlou: No. 22. The Feeding of Farm Anl mala. No. 24. Hog Cholera and Swine Plague ■ No. 26. Peanuts: Culturn and Uses. No. 27. Flax for Seed and Fiber. No. 28. Weeds: And How to Kill Them. i No. 28. Souring and Other Change* In Milk. No. SO. Grape Diseases on the Pa cific Coast. No. SI. Alfalfa or Luoeme. No. 32 Silos and Silage. No 33 Peach Growing tor Market. No. 34. Meats: Composition and Oooklng. No. 36. Potato Culture. No 36. Cottonseed and Its Products. Ho. Vt Kaffhr Cora; Culturn and Uses. WarSO Spraying‘tor Frhlt Dlseas- * No. 39 Onion Culture. No. 41 F )wl«: Care and Feeding. No. 42 Facts About Milk. ‘ ~ No. 43. Sewerage Disposal on the Farm. Commercial Fertilisers. Grain. No. 46 Irrigation in Humid Oil W' BUS Kr ; ‘ No. 47. Insects Affecting the Cot ton Plant. No. 48. The Manuring of Cotton. No. 49. Sheep Feeding. No. 60 Sorghum as a Forage Crop. No. 6L Standard Varieties of Chick ens. No. 62. The Sugar Beet. No. 64. Some Common Birds. Nj. 65. The Dally Herd. No. 66. Experiment Station Work —I. No. 67. Butter Making on the Farm No. 58. Tne Soy Bean as a Forage Crop. No. 69 Bee Keeping. No. 60. Methods of Cu ing Tobaooo No. 61. Asparagus Cukure. Ho. 62. Marketing Farm Produce Ho. 63. Ckre of Milk oo the Farm. No. 64. Dunks and Geeae. Ho. 65. Experiment Station Work -II Ho. 66. Meadows and Pastures. Ho. 68. The Black Rot of the Cab bage 69. Experiment Station Work 70. I ascot Emmies of the tUleQ?. Tl. Essentials in Beef Produo- Hq. 72. Cattle Ranges of the South- Nv 73. Experiment Station Work —IV. r - . go. 74. Milk at FcwA. No. 76. The Grain Smuts. No. 77. The Liming of-Soil* t/" No. 78. Experiment Statloti Work —v. No. 79. Experiment Station Work —VL - — No. 80. The Peach Twig-borer. Ho. 81. Corn Culture in the South. ~Hb. 82. The Cultbre of Tobaooo. — -Her 83. Tr bacoo BeH*; Ha 84. Experiment Station Work —VII. Hn. 85. Fish se Food. No. 86. Thirty Poisonous Plants. No. 87. Experiment Station Work —VIII. No, 88. Alkali Lands. Na 89. Oowpeas. . Ha 91. Potato Dissases and Treat ment. Ho. 92. Experiment Station Work —IX. Ha 93. Sugar as Food. Ha 94. The Vegetable Garden. No. 95 Good Roads for Farmers. . Ho. 96 Raising Sheep for ,Mutton. Na 97. Experiment Siatlon Work Sugggetlons to Southern Enemies of Shade No. 100. Hog Raising In the South. Ha 101. Millets. Ho. 102. Southern Forage Plante. I Na 103. Experiment Station Work —XL r Ho. 1Q4. Notes on Frost. Ha 106. Experiment Station Work r —XIL No. IP*. Breeds of Dairy Cattle. Ha 107. Experiment Station Work Ha 114. Xtperimenl Station Work -XIV. Ha 116. Hop Oaltara In California Ha llS. Inigatloa In Fruit Grow- a 118. Grape Growing in the South. - r Ho. 119. Experiment Station Work -XV. Ha 120.1—sets A Sating Toboooa Ha 121. Brnno, Peas, and Other Legnmee as Food. Ho. 122. ExperlAnnt Station Walk ^ Ha 123. Red Clover Seed: Informs Uon tat Purchasers. Ho. 124. Experiment Station Work -XVII. No. 126. Protection of Food Prod ucts from Injurious Temperatures. No. 126. Praotloal Suggestions for Farm Buildings. No. 127. Important loasotloldes. Eggs and Their Uses as No. 128. Food. NO. 129. No. 131. Sweet Potatoes. Household Tests for De end Rano teotlOD of Oleomargarine vattd Butter. No. 132. Insect Enemies of Grow ing Wheat, No- 133. Experiment Station work. —XVIII. No. 134. Tree Planting In Rural School Grounds. No. 136. Sorghum Syrup Manu faoture. Na 136. Na 137. Na 138. Gordon. No. 139. Earth Roads. The Angora Goat. Irrigation in Field and the Emmer: A Grain for Standard Regions. ~ No. 140. Pineapple Growing. No. 141. Poultry Raising on the Farm. “ No. 142. Principles of Nutrition and Nutritive Value of Food. Qlarendo Na 143. Conformation of Reef and Colleton Dairy Cattle. No. 144. Experiment Station Work XIX. No. 145 Carbon BAnlphld as an Iijaeotielde. No. 146. Insecticides and Fungi oldea. No. 147. Winter Forage Crops for the South. No. 148. Celery Culture. No. 149. Experiment Station Work —XX. No. 150. Clearing New Land. No 161 Dairying In the South. No. 162. Soablce In Cattle. No' 163 Orchard Enemies In the Pacific Northwest. - No.. 164 The Home Fjralt Garden: Preparation and Care. No. 165. Hyw Insects Affoot Health tb Rural Dlatrlots. No. 166. The Home Vineyard. No. 167 The, Propagation of Plants No. 163 Hj* to Build Small Irri- gwMow PHehsa. — . -, ^ No. 169. Saab In Sheep. 161. Praotloal Suggeatlone for Fruit Growers. No 162. Experiment Station Work —XXI. No. 164. Rape as a Foxage Crop. No. 166 Culture of the Silkworm Nb.T66. Cheese Making on the Farm. 8H00L UBBAKHS. Many Keqnisitions Coming la ttmj hay for Them, Interrettng Olremlar Letter Xsewed by tne tcete teperlateadent ol Edee atiuo—Nembar by Ooutlee, ' —— : . ^ - The state superintendent of edoca- tlon Is sending out the following dr- culir letter: To County - Superintendents and Teaebers: This effloo is receiving library re qutsltlone et the rate of one a day. Now la the tame to push this work, I think that the state appropriation will ‘hold out until the end of the year, bat It will be Impossible to get the e aie money during January a d February, aa we have to wait for the appropriation bllL Let us hear from every firet-olaes teacher on this Im portant matter. Surely every one of this olass can raise 819 in order to se cure a 940 library During the pa»> eighteen months libraries have beer established and Increased as follows: Estab- Inoreat llsbed ed. Abbeville..... 10 Aiken.. 12 t Anderson..,.. Bamberg \ .. Barnwell Beaufort.... Berkeley .... Charleston... Cherokee..... •••••• 16 8 12 3 9 10 7 Chester...., 9 Chesterfield 8 tendon 12 11 Darlington 12 Dorchester 1 Edgefield 13 Fairfield 14 Floreuoe .77. 17 Georgetown 2 Greenville 19 Greenwood 14 Hampton 9 Horry ,.t 12 Kershaw. 11 Lancaster.... 9 Laurens 18 Tjee: ;v.-r ....—iff*- County, Is Suspended. The Colombia Evening Record says another County Treasurer has been suspended by the Goyemor. Friday morning, acting upon a report filed by the comptroller general, J. M. Whet- sell, county treasurer of Dorchester county, wee suspended and the office turned over to the county auditor un til the county delegation oculd recom mend a successor. It la stated that Mr. Wheteell has been unfortunate hi his selection of an assistant and that the fact that the books are out of bal ance Was due to his ignorance and the work of his clerk. However, the gov ernor. nnder the law bad no Jui led lo tion In the matter, and under the law had to take action. The following is the letter written by the comptroller general cn the matter: To Hie Excellency, Governor D. O. Heyward, Columbia, S. C, Hear Sir: I have had an examina tion made of the book of Mr. J. M. Wheteell, county treas urer of Dorchester county, and find from the report of Messrs. E, B. Wil son, chief olerk, and M. F. Inablnett, both expert accountants employed by this office, that the bocks and ae- oounts of the treasurer are full of er - rors and omissions. County claim* were paid before warranto were issued supervisor In violation of law, 1 The books also contain ap- 2 2 1 2 Lexington 9 Marion 22 Marlboro 16 Newberry ,19 — Owoee............ • 14 ' Orangeburg.:..... 19 Piokena 10 Richland . 30 Saluda 13 Spartanburg 23 Sumter -j Union 8 Williamsburg j 8 York 25 1 2 2 5 1 10 51 ~ No. 167. Cassava. Nr 163 Pearl Millet. Nr 169, Experiment Station Work -XXII. - No. 170. Principles of Hone Feed I Of. Nr 171 Toe Control of the Cod ling Moth. ‘ f No. 172. Soil# Insects and Mites on Citrus Trees. No. 173. Primer of Forestry. N j. 174. Broom Corn. —- No. 176. Home Manufeot'ire .and use of Unfermented Grape Julo*. No. 176. Cranberry Culture. No 177 Squab Billing. N 0. 178. Insects Injurious lo Or in erry Cut ure. Nr 179 Horse-shoeing. Nr 181. Pruning. N1. 182. Poultry as Food. N1. 183. Meat on the Farm-Butoh- ertng, Curing, Etc. No. 184 Marketing Live Stock. Beautifying the Home new of the No. 186. Grounds Nr 186. -XXIU No. 187. No. 188. No. 189. Total. .... 251 We have received notice of tht building of quite a number of -ohool housee under the act last session of the legislature to en ooursge adequate sohool buildings The oomptrolley general will, In a few days, send out another Apportionment of dispensary funds. The law pro vidaa that some of tide money may. be used tor this purpose. This la a grea opportunity for a community which needs a new sohool building, It give* a good opportunity also for several communities to consolidate theli schools. Please let yoor trustees understand that local dr special taxe* may be vot ed after January 1st. Thera ought to be a great many such taxes voted tor next year. This Is the only plat under the law to replace the dispen *ary fun~*B in those Counties whlol nave or may vote out the dispensaries For the lest two or three years tb* soboola have been receiving from 9200 000 to 8260,000 from dispensary pro fits. Tbls amount exoeeda either tb* jpll tax or local taxes Local tax atlon la one of the best way* to raia* _ . . . .ohool revenues, because It rtqilm Eiperlmenlititlon Worlfc^ (ooa j | Dtwegt ^ enthusiasm. Most of the states raise the great part of their sohool funds by. local tsxatlun While some districts have voted al the constitution allows them to vote yet less than 20 per cent of oar sohool revenures are raised In this way. Let us agitate this question no* so that the people may be ready ta vot* b> January. Allow me again to call the atten don of teaohera to the Teachers’ Reading circle. Progressive teacher soonld keep studying, and it will glv renewed seal to study with other suol teachers in the township or county. Wishing you e most suooaasful sss sion, 1 am, Sincerely yours, ? O. B. Mabtix, State Supt. Eiuoatlon. Barnyard Manure. Experiment Station Work Alfalfa Sesd. Annual Flowering Plante Usefulness of the Amerl »■*■. Ho. 109. Farmers' Reading Courses. 110. Rloe Culture in the Unlt- Farmen’ Interest 1^ Good Bread and Bread Making. The Apple and How to Drainage of Farm Lands Weeds Used in Medioine Information Concerning the Mextoan oottoh Boll Weevil No 190. Experiment Station Work XXIV. -No. 191. The Cotton Boll Worm— 1903. N). 192. Nk 193. .-XXV Na 194. No. 195. No. 196. can Toad. No. 197. Importation of Game Birds and Eggs for Propagation. Na 198. Strawberries. No. 199. Com Growing. No. 200. Turkeys. - Nor 201, Cream Sspentor on Wes tern Farms. No. 202. Experiment Station Work —XXVI. No. 203. Canned Fruits, Preserves and Jellies. No. 204. The Cultivation of Mush rooms. No: 206. Pig Management. No. 206. Milk Fever and Its Treat meat. r t~ No. 207. Game Lawe for 1904. No. 208. Varieties at Fruits Rec ommended for Planting. No. 209. Controlling the B)ll Wee vil la O ttonseed and at Glneries. No. 210. Experiment Station Work —XXVII No. 211. The Us* of Peris Green in controlling the Cotton Boll Weevil No. 212. The Cotton- Boll Worm 1904. No. 213. Raspberries. No. 214. Beneficial Bacteria for Leguminous Crops. Na 215. Alfalfa In the Eastern Sta'es. No. 216. Control of the Ootton Boll Weevil Na 217. Ewentlal Steps In Secur ing and Early Crop of Cotton No. 218. The School Garden No 219, Lmeon Taught by the Graln-Ritot Epidemic of 1904. Nj. 221. Fdhgas Dfitoaaes of the Cranberry No. 222. Experiment Station Work -XXVIII Nj. 223. Miscellaneous Cotton In- soot* in Texes. Na 224, Canadian Field Peas N »• 226. Expeiiment Station Work -XXIX Rubbers Killed. The four robben who took four hundred dollars from the postiffio at Wild Roes, Wls., and then iffl-d tb* bank wltnont getting booty, ear ly Thursday morning, were overtaken by a posse of oltlsens late Thursday A haul* In wbloh more than two bun bred shots were fired, raged for near ly two hours. Ooe of the robbers was killed, one was mortally wounded, and the fourth sutrended. None of the robbers have beepc Identified. They refum to talk. Although the robben kept up a valiant running Ora, but one member of the possee was wound- sd. The posse originally indndeo ten constables, bat as the fight waxed warm it #a» constantly recruited, on til at tile finish oqe hundred dtls;ns were filling with imoke the valley In which the robbers cornered,, three miles from Wild Rose- Ends His Own Lift. At New York, William B. Travers, mlllljotire mm of leisure, ern of the celebrated wit and Wall street operator, William R. Travers, com mltted suicide Friday by shooting himself through the head In menu In Madison avenue, olds Is Inexplicable, Mr, Travel lag in the prim* of life, In fair end the poeiaeaor of a large fortune. Mr. Travers married Mtos Lily Haiti an, a sister of Mr* W. K. bil, Jr. Has ooupl* separated yean ego, Mrs. Travers going to to live. ■ Thk police In Greenville have noti fied the gamblers of that city that tdsy most shat up stoop. ■AID TO n IXOXT. of parent fictitious entries as credits. It apptoan that the county treasurer is short In hlsoash thesum of 12.163.94, that being tim differenoa between the ■.imtrmt 0 f funds with which he properly chargeable, and the amount of cash be has in hand. I, therefore, report the matter to your excellency in order that yon may take such ac tion as you may deem proper. Ycurs very truly, A. W. Jones, Oompt. Gei. The following was >hen sent the county treasurer: * J. M. Whetaell, County Treasurer, Dorchester County,SLJPeorgee, 5. 0. Dear Sir: It bavinfflieen officially reported to me by the Hon. A. W. Jones, comptroller general, date of Oct. 6th, 1906, that you have been guilty of misconduct ie tfflae, to wit: '“That your hooka and accounts are fullof errors and omission*; that yon have paid county claims before warrants were issued by county super visor; that your books’ as county treasurer, oonialns-apparent fictitious eateries as credits; and that you are short In yoor cash In the sum of 12, 164 94, the dlfferercj between the amounts of funds of which you are properly chargeable to the amc uat of oaah you hare in hand, and the evl dence before me being satisfactory of these charges, therefore, I, D 0. Hey ward, governor of the State of South Carolina, by virture of the authority vested la me, by sections 393 and 340 of Vd. 1, code law* 8. O 1902, do hereby suspend yon as county treas urer of Durcbestsr county, such sus pensionbeing (flectlve and of force of the date hereof as provided In the aforesaid sections of the code. Given under my hand this 8th da# of Goto her, 1905. hie weather. In a few localities there is a small top crop, but for the crop In general and on sandy lands In par ticular, t j6 top crop Is unimportant, , and the ooourenoe of either an early “) or S very late killing frost will -not vary the yield materially. The aver TWAtiwr, T>y thd Can’t Hang Him. Because of a peculiar freak of na ture Robert Garwner, a prisoner in the county Jail at Chicago, charged with the murder of Agnes Morrison, aoay escape the death penalty. When he was arraigned In court bis Attor aey, William Buokner startled the sourt by turning tj Assistant Spates Attorney Barbour and saying: This is a case wnere it wont do you any jrood to ask~tor the death penalty. They caa’t break this man’s nebk if they try to hsog him and you may lose him altogether by hanging him and failing m execute the sentence in full.” It ippears that theprlsoner is suffering Tom ossification of the vertebrae and tissues of the neck. According to Prof Steffenaon of Ruch Medical college only five cases slmlliar have came to che notice of the medical profession. Attorney Buokner declares that the hardnlng of bone and tissue had pro ceeded so far that It would be impoa^-? 1 sable to bring any strain upon the pa tent's neck that would be suffllclently severe to cause any discomfort other chan a slight straining of the muscles BSlMlng From Home. .^Nothing has been heard of E3ward BeemanV a bookkeeper of a lumber concern near Charleston, who dlsap- oeued from there about three'Weeks ago. His disappearaoe is a mystery. He to known to have had about 1300 n his person when be left there and it is thought he boarded a train and is some distance from Charleston, probably at or en route to Oregon, where he has relatives, He has a wife and on* child. He was married .bout a year ago Postmastebs throughout the coun try muis pay their debts or retire from the public service. Worried be yond endurance by the army of <rllec ton seeking the payments of debts oontraoted by clerks In thf depart ment, the postmaster general last Saturday Issued so order io which he announces that b* ‘‘will not harbor anyone who contracts a debt on the strength of his official position and then, whlthout sufficient excuse neg leots to make payment.” This Is taken to apply to postmasters as well. Hot Off Light. The president of one Insurance company borrows 9100,000 from Mr. McCall's company at the Interest rate of 11 2 per cent, per annnm; then Mr. MoOall borrows $76,000 from the other president's company, at the same rata Of course, both oompan lee lost money, but why complain? Tbs Columbia State rays the. policy bold ns should commend these gentle men for their moderation; they might have taken the money and made the com panlee pay them the interest. Will stop it. A Kansas City Judge has well nigh broken up carrying concealed weapons his district bv imposing 9500 fines or an alternative of 600 days on the gang. Bom# immigration of the sort of this Judge would be acceptable down this way. -* O R S BORNE'®*- The lor the bureau Director Bauer in ohaic* of mod Wed needs? the final croa report for the year aa follows: The week ending Monday, October 2nd, had a mean temperature about tour degrees above normal in the central and western parte and about normal 00 the coast The extremis were a maximum of 94 at Blackvllle on September 26th, and a minimum of 66 at Florence and Greenville on September 28th. There was considerable cloudiness over the eastern pert, hat almost ooutlnuous ' unshine over the western parte. There were no high winds or other conditions that were damaging to crops or that Interfered with farm work. With the exception of tnee v cf rain over the eastern half of the state, the week wts without precipitation. The drouth has become intensified over the central and western counties where the ground Is too baid and dry for fall plowing and seeding opera tions, and where, in many localities, water is scarce, with welle and small streams rapidly drylog^ up. The weather conditions were entirely fav orable for haying operations and for gathering oorn and ojtton, There has been no charge in condi tion of ootton, except that there con tinues to be some premature opening. The entire crop baa opened unusually fast sod picking will be finished ear lier than usual with continued favors- OA. Bookkeeping,*' Shorthand, Type-writing, Enrirah branches. Full guaranteed course 80 week*. Single course of either Business orShert- hand, 8 nd. ranteed course 80 moa 18 oaQs for graduates in about 80 days. Can’t supply da* mend. Write. age of the actual figures from a full re port on the percentage of the crop al ready picked, Indicate that for the eastern division of the state 71 per cent.'has been picked; in the central division 76 per cent, and in the west ern division 59 per pent. Reports on sea-island Indicate that abou£, 30 per cent has been picked. At least two- thirds jf the unpicked cotton is ready to pick, and picking will be praotloal- ly finiahed, with continued favorable aa or October. All 1st* food and f jrage crops are suffering for rain. .. Cora is being boused 1' many locilitlea Weather tdeattoravtng pea-vine tny and for haying generally, but has been unfa vorable on truck along the coast, an for rowing fall oats. ? Helpless {to nave AlUn. ^ At New York notwithstanding a desperate struggle of his Wife and son to bold him by the feet after he hedffctgh water making:” fainted and toppled over tin fill of an The steamer Tartar, which arrived at Victoria, B. 0, on last Wednesday night from the Orient, bronght news from Shanghai that the lorn of life among the native of tne Island at the mouth of the Yangtse River aa a re sult of the typhoon at the beginning of September was tremendous. The North China Djtiry News, of 8hang bai, sayf: - the east of Tamagmlng, two islands, one calling Vawoshwa, the other Shiblousha, distant about twen ty miles from Woosubf, have suffered much from the typhoon, nearly all the Inhabitants having been swept away The Islands have only been Inhabited for a short time, comparatively speak Ing, as they are of recent formation ^4 and are not much above-high water 0 mark. It la feported that nearly 10, 000 people bate been drowned on tbeei two islands and the smaller Islands adjacent. Tamagmlng Itself has not suffered much, being well above the open window, GeoogeF. Krapp, cub ler of the Cooper Exchange Bank, fell to the st> set from the fourth floor of his home at No 2C9 West 97&h street today and was killed. Mrs. Krspp and bar son, Herbert, saw Mr. Krapp who was In Ul health, suddenly fall over backwards. Both mother god son Jumped to the window'In tifne to seise the falling man by the feet They tmWhlm safely for a iew sec onds, screaming for help, But the as sistance was slow In coming, and Mr. Krapp’s weight began to slip away from his rescuers.- The realisation of this terrible fact caused the wife’s strength to leave her completely and the eon, with his mother helpless at bis aide, compelled to hold his father alone 1 was too light foi his father’s superior weight. Exhausted and on the point of being dragged over the window slU hlmsaf, the boy lost his grip and Mr. Krapp fell to the street He died soon afterwards. A StrADfo Cam. ^ That Mrs. Mary J. Harris, who died at her home in Newark, Satur day night last, bad a vision of the death of her son, who died in Httk- ton, Col., on September 6. Is believe by her relatives. Mrs. Harris, who bad been ill, was much concerned ovei the condition of her son, who went tc Colorado for pulmonary trouble. On S ptember 6 the young man died in the night. The news was kept from the sick woman. A few days later the mother told the members of her family that ghe bad seen her son in death the night before. Efforts were mad* to remove such- an Impression, but the mothenrculd not toe cirnfTt ed, and her own c ndltlon grew stead ily worse. Finally the d< ctor told her husband he bad better break the news of her son’s death to her and re lieve ber mir d. When she was told Mrs. Harris looked np And s.ld: *T knew it all the time.” Deadly Football. Forty-five deaths and hundreds of serious Injuries is the record of foot ball for the last five years, aodordfng to a canvass made by The New York Herald. The result of this was printed Wednesday. In almost every Instano- the death 1 t injury was due dine ly to heavy mas> plays,against which. Herald says. President Roosevelt and the country at large are protesting so vigorously. Sixteen died as a result of Internal injuries, four from broken necks, six from concussion of the brain, eight from broken backs, three from paralysis, two from heart fall are, one from lockjaw, one from blood poising, one from hemorrhages and two from m^mingltis iuducjd by spinal injur Ira suffered In play. -The ir Juries included ten legs 1Dd ’ f o u M f 0ug ht by s bucket brigade. teen collar bones broken and todr-- ~ — 1. skulls fractured. . ^ Won’t Reinstate Him. Gov. Heyward has declined to rein state Treasurer Whetoell, of Djictes ter, in spite of the faefitiyarths del* gallon requested it and Whettell plac ed on deposit the amount of his al leged shortage. He expressed his be lief In Wbetsell’s innocence of laten- natlonal wrong doing, bat felt he oculd not sot as he did In the case of the Edgefield treasurer for the reas on that the comptroller general char ged that there was evidence against Whetoell of fictitious entries and Ir regular cashing of warranto. Found Dead. r A negroes, Rachael Burkett, was found dead near ber home at John ston. Coroner’s Inquest rendered a verdict that death resulted from a broken neck, osuaed by unknown per- Babbit Drills Hack Saw* Fittings COTTON QINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS. Writs far Prices ee the Couplings Ganges Guage Cocks Oil Cups Oil Cans Belt, leather Injectors PeNewief Lubricators Belt, Rubber Belt. Gandy - Drill Preaa Hammers les Pulleys Lace Leather, Packing all kind!, SSSItlng, Colton for Shafting and anything else in machinery supplies. Colombia Snppty Ce„ - - • • Cohnbto. S. C. |tostoehe»eeM»»»M8M>—■ 1 The Guinabd Brick Works 7 COIvUMBIA.. O. ra O. Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra'Cotta Building Block Jr Flue linings and Dram Tito. Prepared to fill orders for thou ande at millions. I; 1 TIN THOUSAND DX0WH1D. FearfU Work of the Typhoon on the Coast of China, floiest Treatment for* . ^ . w- Weak Discouraged mea. Do Not Throw Your Money Away on The Sbanhai papers say that the damage to the Canadian Fadfio Liner En press of Japan by tigt typhoon, will necessitate the expenditure of 9100,000 tor repairs. During the atom the steam er Peohlli, formerly the Rio Grande du 8*1, foundered near the mouth of the Yang toe. Her crew of 64.werefeav- ed by the German steamer Albengo. Leaps Ircma Window. In New Y uk, rather than face trial on the in tetmento charging him with fraudulently taking money from the Weiasel estate, A rml tag* Math- fi«idd]«-^«<<. Rend; ewe, lawyer and secretary of the ooun ty Rigublloan committee, committed suicide today by Jumping from a win dow in his apartment to a stonepaved courtyard. He struck on his head, fracturing his skull, and died in a short time. Mathews, who was a young man, had advanced rapidly, both In the practice of his profession and In politics. He was a friend of Former Governor Black and of Abra ham G uber and they were loyal to him In his trouble, acting aa legal ad risers and doing all they oculd to aid him to obtain the change of venae from his ocanty, for wbloh he appeal ed. Tae change of venue was denied Wednesday *rd the trial of the case *as aet for Toursday before Justios Davy In the criminal branch of the supreme-court. Early Wednesday morning Mathewa received a speciall delivery letter. After reading it his housekeeper heard him go to a bath room and open a window. A few see onds later he jumped to his death Several tenants in a house In the rear of Mathews’ ‘ apartment saw him jump. A-dootor was hurriedly sum moned, but could do nothing and Mithews dird in a few minutes. Biff Fire In Bnntbarff. _ A dispatch from Bamberg to the News and Courier says at nine o’clock Friday night fire, started probably by rata among the freight stored in the Southern Railway depot, and await ing delivery, destroyed the depot nd oontanta, and platform, aix cars, load ed with merchandise nd ootton, ard cotton on the platform, In all 210 bales of cotton, and damaged the store of H. O. Folk about $700; the sa ee and livery stable of Jones Broth ers about 1200 nd their stock of ve hicles about 9300. The losses on cot ton are estimated at 911,000; mer chandise in oars and depot at 920,000, which Includes ootton mill supplies In the oars, worth 93,000; the depot and platform at 910,000. Mr. Folk was fully I mured, as was probably Jones Brothers, and the railroad nd ootton loeses are doubtless covered. The total loss ie from 940 000 to 160,- 000. The town has 00 fire depart meat, and the flames oonld only be Caweff by Fellwra The sniolde of Lee Loeb, the weal thy Charleston man on Sunday, la now credited to the failure of tba In dependent Ootton Oil mill of Darting ton, a couple of months sga Hs osta good deal of money in the fail ure, nd this Is really what earned him to lose hie mind, it Is said, rather than the retirement from business, which seemed to grieve him consider ably. - . Girls, Just because a young mn has * carriage and a bone that mn go tost, do not oooolude that he Is just the mn yon most have tor a hus band. Takes something more then that to suure a sensible girl Look for a ton. Don’t be hi a hur ry. 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Malone's Music Honse, 1 * 1432 Main Street Almost opposite MasonH < Temple. Columbia, S. C. < liininiiiinMhiMMffeMM 1 Three Llvlnff Wlv W. Ohasteen, who had been a resident of Live Oik, Fla., for several yean, hae been arrested and lodged in jail here charged with bigamy. It la alleged Cbasteen has three living wlvea At the outbreak of the Ipan- Iah-Ame:l3an war Ohasteen toft hie second wife, who now lives la Oallfor- ula, and enlisted In the arm?. Rec ently ha applied for a pension from the Federal government. Hie second wlto, believing him to have died while in the army, had likewise applied tor a pension as a widow of a soldier. By a comparison of notes at the penMon bureau, hie second wife was Informed of his wbereahouta. The hie arrest. «- A OOIUQI is tue The government to in quo!of pen tore to go to Flu Transpotation will he a steamer ealto every five days from New York City. 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