The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 19, 1905, Image 4
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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.
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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. There are lota at them In the
world, only it takes § little Mat to
fl»i4 thrift,
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throw yoor money away oo the mi
lam treatments from fake medical
“Instltatea.” etc, but ait right down i
to Dr. Li Newton Hathaway, 88 I
Atlanta, Ga. This physician has
method of treatment after over 35 yean of (
perienoe that will positively restore any week,
womout. discounted man to a type of perfect
manhood, whether tho patient is Tonog, old or
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edge of this
possib j core this condition,
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meat administered by aa expert phyaioiaa who
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oaee requires. The vest expeHt
Hathaway has given him e knowledge
condition in men not poeeaased by any other
physi -ieo; and every men in this condition
should write him without daisy. Everything
is kept atritoly confidential, end all medf
cinea. which ere ore wired in his own labor*- -
tory, are sanwin plain ptokngsa. During toe
C m and year* he has been established in Al
ta he has condo ted his h r
wines* in aa
honest, straightforward manner, aad his repu
tation is known to alt He will e-nd to each
■offerer his book for man, entitled ’’Manli-
oeea, Vigor sod Health.” He also aatm all
other disease- of men inch as Stricture, Va-
rioooale, Gleet, etc, end if you ere affioTsd
write him for a book on your
baa a number of them. Have so
writing him. The add rasa is J.
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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. It takes seven day*
to make the trip, and wages are paid
enroota Men work hat tight ~
r day nod 66 cents per boor
•ebeduto paid. The examination off
applicant* has been snppended tm a
abort time. All that is required It ft*
a man lo qualify ee a good <
O meats Last.
The appearance of a
player at a table in a
hippy hoauaed the hotel to to
m lies who war- c
the right of
theboardeiB
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