Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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,i ' ' * -■ i SAVE THE BIRDS. Ib« plane hunters reepid their rich set harvest. For here Id oar ooogenlel ellmete the bird* had been wont to gather In greatest i^umbers; and here ale > th"! hunters knew that the bird# # were not prove ed by law and that f Pearson Pleads fof a Law no wardens ewsl^ to warn then, ' from our Si'ores. Si like the shadpw of a dream our vast flocks of summer gulls liave passed away. This atm not all! Into the almost Icaooeeslble swamps of our eastern country the plume tunters went to And the breeding colonies of herons and to shcot tb< old ones to procure the alrgales whlol grow op tbe back In tbe mating, sea son to Protect Them From the Poiion and for What THE DliSTfiOYEBS. Who Murders Them at All Seesoes for the Creel Sport of Seeing Th< m Is. Birds Are Amosg the Best Prieeds of the Farm r. “The beaches of Port- B yal In bis lecturo on S.'.uth Carol’cs birds at the State houee In Columbia Prof. Pearaon spoke as follow# “Gentlemen of the Legislature of Sooth Oarollns: “It gives me nouih pleasure to aome before ycu tonight In the oapac tty of a repieaentative of that won derful class of animals to whlob man kind Is perhaps more it debted than to all other,groups of wild animal life combined. ^ •'Tbe wild bird’s ovary scion Is s movement for the betterment of man. To the casual observer ibis Is not al wayi apparent. While in a reflective mood the moonlight song of the mocking bird may faintly stir his sen tlment, or the honk of tbe wild goose may cause him to harjr back to some incident of cbildhoea; yet tbe ntfbt of a woodpecker stealing a mulberry will so aroum hie femutment-against tbe feathered race And ctuse the lurt for blood to so bedim his eyes that tat will fall to see the unending good which the birds are doing. “The reason men do not oere no n for bird! is .because vhey know them ■o little. J The average person- eeldum •see a wild bird except when It i>- flgoing from him in mortal terror. If yon would really know their habits, go to some favorable point on the border of tbe woods and sit quietly on soma falleh'tree or stump until tbe birds of tbe neighborhood have re inmed their wanton aotlvltv. I have known men wbo did tbla to be utterly Mtounded at what they saw. .“Among thfl.X|(yen leaves < n th* 0 , mm eDwe»lth ».h« thruihor tha tKYliaH IBfl — - ,-40 r the swamps about'Georgetown and Cnarkston were fllled with blooo torn fsstben, a .d orlea of wlldee ingUlsb. But the happy and content ed psopie of our S ate knew little o’ tbe great killing, and those wbo dk know apparently cared no ; for It wa only birds that were dying. Bit G~>d raised up for the birds i saviour, * Moses, in the person of M William Du roller, who so stirred th' people of the North that today ther- is no Northern State but wbat pro tects tbe wild birds. „ “The Audubon society, of whlyh b Is tbe father, hai spreai Its influence X) more or less extent in every Siat« In the union and far beyond tbe bord ers of ( ur ccuitry. “In 1»03 tbe leg Isle tire of Nirtl Oan I'na said that this -.laughter mu. stop, Florida did toe same. Yii glnls, Georgia and Tennessee fjllowe- In quick succjsslon, while at tbe las' tessiob of the S utb Carolina legists ture tbls honorabb body enacted tb* statute prepared by tbe Auduoon s< clety saying that bsnefldal wild non game birds shall no longer be killer at any time. ‘ Bat the A,u’ubon society Is no content with merely placing the la* upon theslatu r « b>ck, and in Soutt Carolina the s c -nd and greatest ste( is yet to be tasen; namely, provluy me adequate meaus tor the enforce lent of ad bird and gam r la we. * T “A bill looluding the necessary pn- vialons has been carefully drawn, anr has already baen presented to thk body. The bill has tbe approval of the United States government ex pertSDD State game legislation, tbe offlojrs of tbe national Audub. n so clety, a number of tbe buutlng cluU and game associations of S >utb Caro Lina and many of the leading jurists ^portsmeu, and bird lovers of thn / ground tbe thrasher, the thrush an 1 tbe towhee are Industriously scratch Ing for worma and insects. All ttm ugh tbe shrubbery and busbea tbe warblers ere examining for places wbere tbe Insects live. Along the trunkgof tbe trees tbe woodpeckers And nut hatchers end chickadees are prying And peeping Into every crack or orevioe wbere * bug can bide. Tbe vlreoes and orioles and tanagers are leaving no leaf unturned among the upper branches. While above all there courses through the sky tbe ■wallows itid nrtftfe whlob are strik ing ufeon tbe wing those insects sn deavoring to escape tbe consuming fury bepeeUi. Even et night tne work goes on; for then tbe whippoor will, tbe 6011 bet end the owl popula . tlou la abroad. “Ail ai’mmar long this work of de ■truotion ooDtiouas, and when tbe frosts of winder have caused the in eeot world to fall Asleep, and we turn to tbe here brown fields, here in ■very weed patch and sunny bill ide ■ay be found flocks from the 14 ■peelos Of native South Carolina spar rows, eating tbe eteds of the grass and noxious weeds, which would otherwise sprout in tbe sprlrg to choke the farmers’ crops. '’But even no w the. work of li B'’Ot destruction does not oast ; tor ell day long tbe woodpeckers and nutbatobe* and creepers end scanning tbe trye tranks for tbe capsules of insoot eggs taoked away behind tbe berk against tbe warm days of spring wbei would hatch and tbe larvae come forth like e soou ge upon tbe leave* of ^tbe fruit and foreat trees. “Oar government experts tell us that one-tenth of tbe entire egrieul tural products of SrottrCsroltn* 1* annually a total loee from th* rave ' |M0t Insects, end many well Informed naturalists unite with the statement that if it were not for tbe destructive nem Of tbe wild birds, insects would become so numerous as to shortly render tbe eartb uninhabitable by men. " “South Carolina is naturally rich in bird life. From tbe mountains to tbe HE WAS POISONED. FHE SUDDEN DEATH OF If ft, B. T REED FULLY EXPLAINED - X - .i Question Mow T s Who Gave Him See son ■Tno bill pnvtder for inen _ the Audubon Society of S)uth P Giro llna^nd giving it powers to r encore tbe bird and gam law* < f tbe S at* by means i>f game w..rdeos whom It shall appoint ar.d who aball recelw. oommlasioo* from tbe g iveraor. :cietyls to pay tbi wardous for' their oefftoeS. No ap propriation of funds Is asked fnm Uu legislature, but all ndn residents com Ing Into tbo State to hunt will be re quirod to take out a hunter's Boons at a cost of tlO This money will b placed at the disposal of tbe Audubot society to supplement tbe fees ant gift* of Its members And friends. Th Organ's >tloo pledges Itself to be so lve and to tbe publtbatlon and dls irlbutton of literature on the value o$ tbo bird! to tbe various Interests o ate, to disseminate widely In A special to The 8 ate frem Bam e g in tbe isane of Saturday it wtf tatod that Mr. Ft. T. Rjed of th Jnpe Motion of O angeburg count' died at that place tbe previous Sunda- nornlng atd that bis death wot cam >d fr-.m paralysis of tbe brain orfught on by exceeslv* drinklno This statem nt of tbe cause of M< Hold’s death Is denied by bis brother a law, Mr. G B. KlHrell of Cope bo in a letter to The State irake» ,b* assertion that M Reed’s dsatl *** due to pilsonlrg. That this was believed to be tb m was known by us last week tu to mention of it was msde until ther ulrt be coDfl ,, nDa t * r »n which has beet urnlsbed by Mr Kittrel »n the lette o The State whlcn will be found b* ow. Tire case seems to be a myster if, one and w 1 doubtless be lovestl tsted ful’y in t> e t ffleers of the law me Ir quest, It will bj noted fron dr KiUrell’s letter, has not yet beei )0; eluded ar.d' the fads may b in ught out at that time. Mr. KittreB’s letter leaves Do dt uh ut that Mr. Reed was poised by sorb, ne. Now the q iwtlou Is wbo dl l t- nd for what purpose was it done? H vase very quiet, pleasant man, no kt all quarrelsome, and it is haul t< inderswt.d why any one should wan o kilt him, And we hope tbe matte vill be pushed,until the guilty partlef .pprtheudod and puoTIhed. Mr. Reei /as will known Ip Ouingeburg, anr Is mysterious death is lamented b: marry Jrlend* At the time of his djteti Ar. Reed was not quite forty vears oi ge. Th* following i» Mr. K+tteeB’^ sttar to Tbe State: _ . To the Editor of The State: 1 notice lb Vf ur paper c f Sunday mder tbe beading, “Bamberg News,’’ he statement that Mr. B. T. Reed ot be Cope Motion of Orangeburg ooun 7 died In Bamberg last Sunday morn- ,ug, that he bad been drinking beavl y, and bis death was caussd from paralysis of the brain. This is an error and Ir justice to a lead man. Mr. Reed was poisoned by t me one wftn arsenic between 11 *1 ■Saturday wnd" BBHpi /^ated that ha had b~eu poisoned h Ar. G. A Jennings, an honorable and - doty /o'*/5g{ /a* CURES AFTER THE DOCTORS, HAVE FAILED. RHEUMACfDE has cured thousands Of cases of Rheumatism aftefSall the doctors and all other moans had failed. Rheumaeide cured John F. Ellhe and others, of Baltimore, after the famous specialists of Johns Hopkins Hospital, the greatest hospital In the world, had failed. Rheumaeide cured Austin P — ». w..—* ..wjpitai In the world, had failed. Rheumaeide cured Austin Percelle, of Salem, Va., and D. H. Olmstead, the Norfolk. Va., contractor, after they had spent large sums on other remedies and the doctors had given up hope. Rheumaeide cured Mrs. Mary Welbom, of High Point N.'C , of rheumatism she had endured for 20 years. Rheumaeide cured W. R. Hughes, of Atkins, Va., after the most famous New York specialists failed. There is a reason why it cures: Rheumaeide Is the latest discovery of modi- ttm ' ‘ i “ Arms end poisons out s, does not injure the system. * Almost a Miracle In This Case. Dll Ion, $. C. Aug. U. Bobbitt Chemical Company: Gentlemen:—la September. 1899. 1 took rheu matism in a very bad form (inflammatory). In a month after the disease started 1 had to rive up. my work and ro to bed. It continued to rrow worse until my arms and hands were badly drawn, so much so that 1 could not use them. My less were drawn back till my feet touched my hips. I was as helpless as a baby for nearly .11 months. The-muscles of my arms and lets were hard and shriveled up. I suffered death many times over. Was treated by six different physicians in McCojl. Dillon ana Marion, but none of t hem could do me any good, until Dr. ^ P. Kwing. of Dillon, came to see me. He tof me to try your RHEUMAGIDE. He got me on, bottle of the mEAlckrE wnd I began to take it. . and before the first bottle was used up I began to get better, I used 5X bottles and was com pletely cured. That was years ago and my health has been excellent ever since. Have had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will say further that Ibegan to walk in about six day GETS AT 1HE JOINTS FROM THE INS IDL symptoms lurmcr that Ibegan io want in anout six day after I began to take RHEUMACIDE with tk< lie I 1 uegan io lane Wltn the aid of crotches: In about three months after! began to tak£ it I could walk as good as any body. and went back to work again. Yours truly, * JAMES WILKES. SWEEPS ALL POISONS OUT OF THE BLOOD. A purely vegetable remedy that goes right to the seat of tho dlseaeo and cures by removing the cause. Your druggist sells and recommends Rheumaeide. Sample bottle and booklet free if you send five cents for postage to ^ BOBBITT CHEMICAL COMPANY. Pr.prMon. B.iti»»ra. Rheumatism. Sciatica, Lumbago, Rheumatic Oest, Indlscstion, Constipation. Uvor Trouble, Kidney TrouMft La Crippo. All Blood DID NOT WAIT LONG. Following Suicide of Hie Wife D. W Hlott Married Cashier. The| Augusta Cbror isle puollahet tbe following special dUpatoh froir Savannah: Ranaam W. Hlott, the ab ding Columbus Icauranoe man, i aptciea number something . E ujh apefttes has a put rA * i over SOO. 'Etch apeCiea haa a pact to play In the great comedy cf nature although the gobd which some do la much more apparent than tbe good wrought by others. — 7 “Here la the way we have treated the birds of Carolina. There are men within the sound of my voice who oan remember the times when fljeka of wild pigeons passed over this region In scob numbers that e single fl’ght would be hours lo passing a given point, and the shadow of whose winga< would fall like th* darkness from a ■tom oloud. ‘The pigeon will always be her*,’ said our people. ’Lt, let us slay and eat, and shoot for sport and fatten our hogs upon the bodies of the pigeon.’ Today tbe pigeon Is gone,*and prcbably no man In his room, the age of the speaker, Las ever seen a passenger pigeons wild in the State of South Carolina. “The Ivory-billed woodpecker, the ^^Cgest of that nolle family, has be / oqfte extinct in this State. £-»(■■ only parrot found in North America, named the Carolina paro quet because of its abundance in ijaroHn*, 1* now extinct within the borders of this State. “When some yean ago the cry went forth from New York for featben of birds with which to supply tbe mllli- aery trade, the Carolines became tbe great field of activity of the plomr banters. “Vswels were fitted oat with pro tad ammunition for a long omlie, and tbe banters visiting the gnat colonies of tbe breeding sea birds on the coast* of th* duollnas and Georgia abut these beautiful oraaturM llttnFj hi the.mllBoo to feathers, and ihe i by untold tbcaande left ■aUy on oar sandy knowledge oorc .rnlrg the charactei cf the game laws, bud In ev.-ry waj to (X >rt an li fl .enoe toward* building up a strong heal thy isentlm rot In tbe State* for the protection of the wild birds end preservation of g ime. “In this coniifctlon 1 may say tba this plan Ts not an untried expert meot. For examfl*, juii suoh a 1** was passed la North Carolina thret years ago. Since that time the so clety has suocsssfuily oond acted near ly 200 p'-ooecmlom for vto sting the laws, sudh as klHiog quail out of sea son, shooilrg song birds a»d huntfug deer In summer; has mad* more that 40 selz ires of game which was bsing smuggled out of tbe State to Nirtb era markets has distributed mon than 5.000,000 pages of printed In formation among the people of th« State, %nd Is now eir ploying 45 trull) game wardens to uphold the dlgnlt) of bird and game laws In N irtb Cir> Una. Toe society has collected fron the sale of lfcea*es and frum the feet- and gifts of Its members about 130, 000, with whlob It has carried for; ward this enormous work; and all tin# has been done without ooitlng the taxpayers of the State oae c nt. Tbe only person wbo cro possibly obj c to this law is th* non resident who U required to pay 110 for the privilege of banting. Many Northern gentle men own game preserves in the State; but it has been found that they > not only gladly pay their license beqtuse of tbe protection which It tffirds them, but In addition many of them annually make handsome oontrlbu tions to the Audubon work. “It has been my pleasure of recent years to spend much time in the swamps and along the coast of out Southern States. Dmlrlng to be In position to ecquaint our peoyle more Intimately with the wild life, 1 have on many occasions used the camera to photograph the birda and the'meets. The stereopticon views which I wish to exhibit are from photographs made in the field; and the series wlected for this occasion Illustrate more particu larly those specie* of South Carolina birds which are of greatest value to to th* State.’’ Audubon societies have been formed In practically all Southero States ex oept Alabama and the general assem bly of that State will soon be urged to pass a bill. Prof. Pearson goes from Columbia to Greeusboro, and In a few dajebewiU go to St. Paul,''Minn., there has been asked to lecture at tbe national meeting of the State gam* gardens and commissioners of the union. Ugh-toned gentleman, and bcciuie ol be conditions under which be died ai tj a. m. Sunday, morning, the famll) leoided to have a post mortem, anc Ore. .Jennings, Cleokley and Hoover f Bamberg were called in to perform ame. I took tbe stomach and coa en.s to a chemist In Augusta,' Ga., \t d he found that ire was polsrneo «ltb arsenic. Mr. Rjed was a men that madt same money, a peaseable end q riet it Z3D and while be drank some wnis *ey 16 was an exoeptlon to see bln jndef its Influence enough to even te.l a* had a drink. The motive lor the murder was either robbery or to gei aimtutof somebody’s^ay. I hopt wKaoi t.hA Vvr WjWW jlaok crime by the 25 Dh when an In quest is held. G. B. Kittkkll. Cope, 8. C., Jan. 20,'lHJfl. rled Justice Line Mood ay morning ane immediately after left by boat for MURDXR SUSPECT DXTATHXP. Carl Johnson. Sailor on tbe irxav. l Ncrvotts •( Lost Wanted in Minneapolis. The Charleston Post says Carl John son, a sailor now on board the battle ship Texa®, Is being held l prisoner until proper pap»rs can be..r£jc^ived ffOtn SUnmrxpotts, where Joboaen^Ja. wanted on a charge ( t complicity in k Ding Goto Baber, a saloon man of ity.) Ciijred by an Expert. If You Have This Disease, Sit Down and Write Dr. Hathaway Atlanta, Qa —The South’s Most Expert and Reliable special® ist. With His Yethod of Treatment He Has Cured Hun dreds. Special Treatment for Each Case. Small Cost. of Bluff ton, S. 0-, the former home cUy on the t ’ ven i Dg r 0 { Dccem It In believed that Hlott and Miss Thomas came to Sav^mnah trge&hei from Columbus Monday morning Piny were aocompatied by Hiott'n W brat Bran teenud and Vrry High Prices. Sold Wanted to Lynch Him. The people of Georgia cam* mighty -jar lynching a Methodist preacher who recently stood well in the confer- enre. He bad deserted hie wife and children, leaving them penntleae while be fled with the wife of a former par- ishoner in another town. The woman had robbed her husband of a big turn nay to tafee-w4th-ber and her former pastor. He had retained to bit tret wife and tried to make ap when fibs people got after him. The Raleigh Prog refill v i Farmer sound* a note of warning to the far mers of tbe South about what It call# tbe at- ok food swindle. It says that neof the most outrageous fraud# now being perpetrated , upoor tht Ime’lean farmer Is that of prepared ttock foods—common meal, bran etc., with a little cheap sulphur, salt, Ep som salts pepper, ialtpeter etc. added to change tbe taste and the mixture (hardly more valuable than ordinary ->nlp stuff) put up in flaming packages Advertised in big illustrated ads lo farm papers, and sold to gullible farm -ire at from i?-&n tn 2,fino a tnn ” Th<; Progressive Parmer says further that y tme time ago, the chief Southern contributor of one cf the farm papers most largely o roula’.ed in North Car oUna and adjoining States wrote an Exposure of tbe whole miserable fraud and sent it to his paper. “Tje-viifplf rams back: The Blank Stock Food Qompaby pays us 13,000 a year for advertising, and we would lose it if we were to print your letter. Please don’t Insist.” It is quite proper that while the patent medicine nostrums [ettlng a drubbing, the stock food humbugs uibuld be expbied, The Progressive Farmer proposes t® do. If the frauds are of the nature two children, and during the oermony the groom had bis two year^old Oiiid •n bis arms. The couple seemed io a hurry to have the ceremony performeb Tbe couple seemrd very well fixed finan met ally. When It came time to piy the j i.-tice bis fee Mrs. Hlott, the justice nif fee Mrs. Hiatt, the treat urer, flashed a good ,s z.d roll, and stripped off a greenb&bk. c- . ; ■ Gn January IT Hlottii wrte was 16 bed at Ler rtttdflllM fn Columbus, by her two children, uer iband being absent in New York, attending a tn .’etltg of tbe suoerln ten dan ts of tbe Metropolitan L fa la- suranoe oompmy. ^ Whet the room In which Mrs. Hlott was found was searched, an empty laudanum bottle and another only oa'f fllldd was ditcoutred. her 22 DetecHveC- D Brown of Minnespo lls, suspected that Johns an had most likely eulisted in the navy, and at Norfolk traced bis man to Charleston, where he discovered Johnson 6a the Texas. RPb ry was the motive of tbe iron in whlob Jobrs n Is charged with having a pirt. Tnree r^en ap peared In the saloon of Babrr with drawn rrvalvers, and < x .onted a gen ital hold-up. A good ium of money was taken from the cx b till Of the •wloon. Biber, wbo »as loeblnd the ’ftfT rnrd: a motion that convinced tae Trbfaan of his IqubjU'W- to-re-Ut or make an alarm, ard Ljwss shot fatally. , Johnson was traced tc Charleston ano f und by Detective Brown on the Texas. He will re u n to Miooeapo Its without it q iLltion napere. Brown ipeots a warrant for tbe man to ax ive in Charleston on Tour .day, and i then he will take bla man back to Minneapd's for trial. If yt>u nuffer from Nervous Debility, or nervrtu* proem ion, lost vitality etc., sit down and write a le'ter to I)-. Hathaway explaining - '„l just bow you suffer. He baa restored many a 1 weak, w m out, trervrms and bn>ken down nnin to perfect liealth and manhood by his - method of treatment. You can consult him with just as much confidence as you would your fsiuily d ctor, ao h.ve no hMitancy wha' ever in writing. By doing so you do not ob ligate yourself to take treatment. If you have dull headache*, fall blue, have bad dreamt, cant sleep, get tired May, poor memory, impotent, have unnaturhl dischargaa, rte^ you should consult Dr. Hathaway at onoe. He has given this coodi loit epecisl s’udy for nearly a quarter century and is recognised a* an expert in its treatment. He has recently a very interesting booklet' on this sah- jec him, free of charge. He Also Cores t which he will send to every man writtimg othar private and chronic diseases of men anti women, such as "Kidney and Bladder Dis aaes. Stricture,- Varicocele, Hydrocele, Specific Blood Poison (Syphilis), Diseaaeeof the Heart, Liver and Stomach, ('atarrah, Uheumatism, Skin Diseases, Piles, Rupture," Eczema, Dis eases peculiar to women, such as I*?uc >rrhoe, Womb snd Ovarian Trouble*, Female" Weak ness, Nervousness, etc. If you are afflicted sit down and write him a hr ter, explaining -just \ how yon suffer. He will give yon hi* expart .pinion of your case and a valuable book oa your disease free of charge. Remember, when you consult Dr. Hathav you consult an upright and reputable ptiyM- cian who has a reputation for honestly, integri- thaV is m ty and for superior medical service \ equalled in his tine of treatment: Have no hesitancy what ever in consulting him. The address is Dr. Hathaway A Co, 88 Isoms hdig, Atlanta, Ga. From *11 that ouuKl ba learned from The ullur denl<w ^ m pi c i ty , n th e (hbors of tbs Hiatt family, it waHAuppoaod that she oommlttensul olds. orims, but is wilBpg to stand trial. H« fa-onerol -thajecxullfi rscently re- ® Early Cabbage PlanU Guaranteed to Satisfy Purchaser j “ 1 I 41 Hlott returned to Co’umbus, and, having a d (B aulty in the otBje of th* Mstropollian, disappeared. Hire Thomas, who had been bis casbUr djssappexred at the same time. AaOIYIQI’SBilDI. 'reived about the Ttxxa. Since the ar rival of Brown In the c ty and hi* ideotitickt’lon of J abn»ou the sailor has been kept lu prl.-ou ab <ard the Texaa. On* (f tbe city detectives whs smt along with Brown to introduce him to the cflB^re cf the Texas, that his duty might be performed with more facility. Brown same to -Caar leston on Sundayr --- *7^ SUCCESSION The Earliest Plat Did Not Know TT Bat Htanda by Hopband. “He’s always been kind to me and— we’ve oaly been married ten mouths. If ha goes to prison 111 have no msaus of shppori. I’m not very strong, Your Honor, so pleas* be m«rclful.’’ The girl wife of Frank V. Wilson, who was up for sentence before J jflgF Marriage*b «> Age. In Austria a man and woman are supposed to be capable of coi dactii g a horns cf their own from the ages of 15. In Germany the man must be at least 18 years of age. In France tbe man must be 18 and the woman 15; In Belgium the same *g«*r i SUOUSTA WORT STEMMED TRUCKER PLAT DUTCH'. K llttln latar j Larjart and LataSt ^ thah Succession Cabbage PSICE: ialaUal 1 to 4 m. at 11 SO parS to Soa. at 11X8 par m., 10 m. and avar, atSI.OO par a. F. o. A. YOUNG’S island. S. C. My Special Express Rate aa Ptoata la Vary Law. ’ ~—- —‘ — rchaae EARLVJERSEY WAKEFIELD TBeZartley* Cabbage Grows CHARLESTON LARGE TYPE WAKEFIELD - Saco ml Earliest Bead Variety 3 /-* j evarantee Plants to give purrhasersaltsfactlon, yi eltl refaod the pore! Guarantee pAreto any customer who Is dlssat lifted at end of season. These plaata grown In the open fteld, on Seacoast of 8-mth C« r '.“j ln AjJn a^oj[m^te thstU jn»t «alte< anuary. 1 March. They will stand sere re cold without being injured, and will mature a grown In the open growing the hardiest reset In the Interior ' t plants that can be grown In the United States, of the Southern States during the months of Jannary. mere, .-e, end severe cold without being Injured, and will mature Two to Three weeka aooner than If yoa grew your own plants la hot I salted tq , | enaii j oTc£ h ofolheriPlants and PrnirTreea, such aa.Strawberry, S V?gg’plant'and'Pepper PlsnU; Apple, Peach, Tomato, Kgg - - Trees, Pig Bnsnes. and Orape Vines £ Jpecitl ternu to perron* who mike HD tlnb VT/M CE.RATY. * order*. Write for iUuttriud catalogue. ^ w 1V1. Lc VJI et vr-» a Bp Jwvst ] Pear, Plum, Cherry and A ■ox M. YOUNG’S ISLAND, * C COTTON DINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS. complained of we hope the exposure will be of a nature as to protect the 'armers against them. Gen. Grant on Gen. L 3f>. At New York Wednesday night speaking at the annual banquet cf the Confederate veterans ctmp of New York City, General Frederick. D. Grant, commanding the department tf the asst, U. S. A., proposed an in formal resolution that steps be taken immediately to maks January 19, 1907, tbs on* hundredth anniversary of the birth of General Robert E. Lee a national day of memorial. Hs spoke of his father’s friendship with Gener al T»e and of tbs latter’s hsrltate to the country. The resolution was adopted amid cheers. F. Hapklnson Smith spok* to the toast “Q.d Plan tation Days.” In his address he da dared the soff-age of tba negro was the “greatest orims of theoentury.” Balcony Pall. ▲t Washington, Ga., while Barlow and Wilson’s minstrels ware playing at Field’s opara boose Wednesday night a wingof tq* baloooy gave way, falling open a portion of the audience below. A score or more people ware Injund and It was miraculous that several people were,not kiUsd out right Wont Than War. Statistics show that 17,700 people lost their Bras in Allegheny oounty, Pennsylvania, the past year bj aooi dents In Iron and s*el mills, blast f unit cos, ooal m’asi, railroads and otter Unsa of industry. . —v * Holmes, in the superior criminal court, at Beaton, Mass., for snatching a handbag from Anna Goldman on December nth, broke down while pleading in her young hukbxnd’Sibe half.. Tbe case had a sad domestic phrase. The young couple were married la the provinces, where Wilson was employ ed as a mill clerk at St. J ohn. A fsw months ago they came to Boston again to Bv*. Wilson tried to find work but failed. Than he was Indicted for rob bihg Abba Goldman, and alsq for as ssultlng Policeman Daniel T, Mayo with a pistol when the latter p'acsd him under arrest. His wife then learned the dark hair ed young fellow she had married had an alias and a criminal record. But she stuck by him loyally in spits of the disgrace,! mads regular visits to his.oell and got a lawyer, who acted through charity more than anything alse. Mayo rehearsed tbs street theft and told of a former conviction for bur glary for which Wilson served two years at Thomaston Ms., aod hgw h* bad been known as Jamas MoDantid. The witness said he bad always triad to do right. On th* day In question h* was with a companion, wbo snatched the woman’s bsg, Hs denied that hs did it, but tbe crowd blamed him and be ran for protection. 1 Fearing bodily harm, he dre n the re volver. — . | H* admitted that h* had served two years St Thomaston for breaking and entering, bat that was six years ago, and be bad reformed since then. | Judge Holmes thougbt the oi S3 al together, too serious, so Wlben was scat to the stats prison for from three to five years, with one day in' solitary. Tbs count charging assault on the iffloer with a loaded pistol, wss placid os flit. 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