Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Appears Myaterloasly In Hit Sweetheart’! Photofraph. HAS DAGGER IN HAND. ThrMtcaiaf Ikr Ute ApparMrtljr. H i FriftUM The Vow* Lady That Sha Break* Her EefageaeM, aad the Yonot Maa la Mach Wan led. ▲ letter from London, Bug. aays ooaxf the waldeat pbeoomena In the hlatory of photography haa eaoaed MlaaQlady’a Manning, a beautiful BoUbhampton girl, to break her en* gagement with Lieut. Gordon Wa ters, now on aeriioe In India. la every one of a deem photographs the camera revaaled a ghoatly figure with dagger in hand hoveling over her. She reoogn^td the figure afi her flanoe and Immediately broke the en* gagedaent, believing that It was a warning of what aculd happen should she become his bride. The course of true love ran smooth for this couple until Lleuteuant Wat ers was called to India. He expected to return to return to Keg land on a furlough In a year and take bis bride back to India with him for the re malnder of his service. Letters were exchanged with reg ularity during six months and the preparations for the wedding had been oommerod. Then one day an old friend, an unsuccessful rival of the Indian i ffl wr, paid a parting call. Hu was on his way to America in a few days aad begged for a photograph. Miss Manning had no .recent pic tures and was easily persuaded to sit for new ones. The next day she found time during her shopping triple Lon don to call at a well known photo graphers studio. Two days later, Instead of the ex peeted proofs, came a short lett&. of apology. Would she please make another appointment—an ac-1 cot had ruined the platee. Her London trips were very fre quent Just then. She sat again without a murmur. Again a letter of apology tisuai of proofs This time the lot ter was longer and spoke vaguely of strange aoiion of the light. The photographers rrqaeet for a third sitting was granted with the mildly expressed hope that nothing would happen this time. Several strangers were about the studio dur ing the third attempt. Miss Manning observed with the well trained peri phery of a woman's eye that they were watching her with evident our loeity. Though this espionage was annoy ing aol intutiou told her something was wrpeg. she showed no sign ef di • pleasure even when one of the observ ers stole up and snapped her with a hand camera. Mias Manning's uu- eeeiUfeB was further Increased when for the third time a letter of apology arrived Instead of proofs. There was no explanation. The photographer begged her to conr to hie studio a ■ possible ard bring sots one with her. Hs wcu d' then, he said en deem to txplain why It waa impossi ble to photograph bar. . Mrs. Manning and bar daughter look the next train to the .metropol a The photographer led them luto a private room and produbed a handful of piataa. t Before showing the plates to the mystified women, ha asked of Miss - - Manning: Do you you happen »a very tall young lieutenant with dark skin and light hair?" 'Why, yes, I do." answered Miss . Manning, glanstog at her mother. Well perhaps you can account for - these plates,” said the phetogripber handtnffthem over. <'I never bad anything like this happen to. me bui - once before, With suooeeel v j gasps of amassment the youog woman looked at the plates Mrtthen^ the proofs, whieh showed things much more clearly. too, wee sfaeter and had a revolver Instead of a daggtr In bar hand. The esaa reohgnlsed her •• one who be- Iiered she bed a elalm on his aflsotloo was mooh disturbed by the platee and insisted on destroying them. He was married, and soon after set out with hie bride for Sydney, Australia. Agd what happened?" asked Mist Manning when the narrative paused et this point. "Ha committed suicide and was buried ateea,” be answered. That le all I know. Bnt be did know more. There was./ doubt & to whether it was a cue of suicide or murder. The woman who had sppeared mysteriously on the platee had been a pseseoger on the steamer, and the youbg widow had stated that It wee her opinion that she was implicated even if ihe had not done the shooting herself. The photographer, wishing to test the phenomena mare throughly, had brought several witnesses to observe Mies Manning's third sitting. One < f these wltnems bed made a separate exposure simultaneously with one of the regular oamora's pictures. This plate showed the ghostly visitor stan ding behind the girl, with the dagger above her head. The lifge camera re vealed him in the same position, though In one oaee it waa a rront view and Id tee other a profile. Miss Maonlhg is not e student of psychology or metaphgsios. If sbe has any theory for the explanation of her strange pictures It must be guess ed at, for she will not discuss the subject, —' < - But dsr mental processes, whatever they were, resulted in speedy so lor. Not twenty-four hours sifter examin ing the platee a letter waa on Ito way to Lieutenant Waters notifying him that be might oondder himself a free men. It is said that tea frankly admitted the photographs were tee cause. -- ■ Lieutenant Waters h«s by no msans given up tbe fight. - He has sent far and wide for books 01 tie subject and written to eminent authorities. He is at present at a loss, for en explana tion, but is said to suspect his defeat ed rival of in some way tampering with tea plates Lieutenant Waters is endeavoring ta obtain his furlough at onoe and to get to the bottom of tin mystery when fte reaches England. He hope that his broken romtnoe will interest Mlentlflc men to help solve tbe mys tery and win back for him the girl ha loves. - KAILWAY KXTUKE* . FLAYS OILTRUST lo Mesuge fo Confrcfit Pres! deal Roosevelt Brands ss THE COMING ISSUE. »PA«YCB*Blt.%TIO*. USB AN !«• BBOILB OLD FATHER,” t COMSSAL ROBBERS wil l only tote oaavary coder tbe Oooetl totem. Oee of the most significant features of the report is that when tbs atten tion of the railroads wee called to certain sped fte Inst ance' of rebating dlsoove'sd by Mr. Ge’fl Id, n'ley die oontlnued tbe praetlos thereby ee know s glng their guilt. Tbe Prcsllrat’s oclr recommends tions In hta u a wage are that tbe im munity law he corrected, teat the free aknhol bill be pawed, which would be e eet-back for the Standard and that tea further exploitation by To a symposium antltled "Socialism the trusts of owl and oil lands owned fin America," and published in tea fays Weaver, "Fas risinherited its = Child ret, But They’ll Break 43 - : tbaWni M " ' Aboata Spanish Diphen Beta* Work- . ed Ore* Again. Letters ate reaching the War de partment almost daily asking for 1A- formation about Senor Pedro dal Valla, Marino Ospdevllls and various other allege! fictitlr us names, under vhieh tee old swindle, with a beauti ful Spanlte orphan as the oar t :r, is *o kid from Barcelona, Spain. De^dl The inquiry by tee to*®* 11 **? . meroe eommlasioa into the iilationa b.tveen the Standard O'! Oo“P«-T aad railroad* of the country began st Ohioigo Tuorsdar. Tte pteata, nron wblcu, it is said, the it veetlgstioh will endeavor to throw light, are the pipe of tee Standard 01 Company, white Art laid along tea railroads' rights of way*, and purchase of the Galena- oil by the railroads for bead- light and signs! purpoees. B M. W 1- holt, of Topeka,, now an Independent Tbe SteedaH Oil Coabiaes. Which Hs Says Has Earlchcd Itself hy Crimes. Ceamiissioaer Qarfleld's Proef of Monopoly's Guilt the by tbe Government be prevented. Already the Department of Ins ties baa taken up the matter of proa New York World, General James B. Weaver of Iowa oontributas the for- eeuttooaof tbe Standard Oil Company lowing: Bask of Charges. Are N airTy T>fmt»hjd by mate Board of Anaeasors. Tbe state board of railroad assessors lest week raised tea aaseosmsnts against tbe railroads to forty million dollars above the returns made by the roads, approximately deubltcg ft, and similar raises were made In the oaises of tbe telegraph, telephone, Pullman andrxpreas concerns. The car cm oernk assess ad by thli board are tee Aiken and Grcentllle and Columbia sod Charleston nompaoles, which were •Iso raised stffl-. The asses*m nU In tbe total for tee railroads are near ly thirty milllona higher then las year.' The Increase ever ratarns In the oaee of the U >aat Lina Is fifteen millions, fknteern silken millions, 3-. aboard three millions, Ohsriestor end Western Carolina nearly three mllliOt'S. other companies one and s half mthlons. Following are some interesting totals taken from the re POH: Atlantic Coast L'ne B. R — B-turned by compsnju-... • 4 203 386 A:s.ssed by state board... 19 044 470 Preaidant Roosevelt, In a message to Congress Friday indulged In a se vere denunciation of the Standard Oil monopoly, charging It and tbe railroads of the country with all manner of of fanasa against the Interstate Commer ce and Anti- R ;bate laws. The charges against this vlotcus monopoly were timed psychologically with the ap proaching vote In the Senate on the reilr ad rate bill, tbe President’s pet measure, white be Is determined,shall go on the Federal statute books. Bat this belated laying bare of tbe flagrant and persistent violation of tbe lew by the Rockefeller monoply Is two years behind tbe times. Iu 1004 the same chargee against tbe Oil combine were made by Con- gresaraan William Randolph Hearot Ip all bis nawspapers/and iu Deoom ber of laat year he proposed a remedy in the shape bf a bill to increase tbe powers of tbe Interstate Com meroe O immlwlnn end to ornate an Inter state Commerce Court, which would bsve made Impctrible a continuation of such defiance of the Untied Stake laws. The bill served as a model for the Esoh-Towneend bill, and was klUed by tea Admlnistratl n. For years the Governm -nt has paid no attention to tbe repeated accusations against the Standard 01 Company, whose crimes are calmly enumerated by the Presi dent aad Commissioner Garfield to day. Det p'te the superletlunees of the deoUpfilatory adj retires used by the President and Commissioner Garfield and the various railroads involved, on the fvote learned by Commissioner Garfield. In this corn ction it sh nld be noted that tee report presented to day Is only on one pheae of the oil situation—test relating to transpor tation and freight rates. There are s'x other .feranch* g of tbe general sub- J ot that the Bureau of Corporation* le still considering and on white it will report later. WAVY TO KILL IT. agalost Federal laws, tee D panment ot Justice, In almost tbe same b eath, Increase over returns Southern Railway - Returned by company — by state board.. .lift 661,086 6 7 950 220 24 067,707 Inoroan o ver rot urns... .,•16,108,487 Saabord Air Line- Returned by oompany... state board n . 3,762,823 7,611-; 266 I crease over return A 3 744,442 Charleston fit Westaro Carol ine— Returood by oompany. ..11,713,033 Asaasaed by state board... 3,€88,020 Increase over return. .1 2,896,236 L'otl Railroads— Return at . ..A 1,512,843 by state board... 3 088 929 ennounoee that it will try to prosecute only under the Anti-Ribate law, of whie.i the maximum peHalty for con vlotion is on’y a fins of a sum. Wolcb st moat wculd be o > isldered paltry by tea millionaire d fendaots. In other words; ih' uld all tbe Standard Oil tfflMala, all tbe railroad chiefs of tea country bo convicted, they would merely have to scratc 1 their pens ecroee the bottom of obroxs for sums Infinitesimal as compared with the profits secured from tee ills gal and secret rates and rebate*, and go oa committing the tame crimes sgalost the lews of the land Then, by putting tbe screws under obe price-list anewmed tacking scent or two on would get all Its money back site enormous Interest. . Commissioner Garfield’s invastlga tions unearthed undeniable p-o f of the guilt of tba O! Trust and the ral roads, and tels ipecl&g tearg formed tlc basls for tbe President's message and recommendations to Con grata. ' 'Ha winood no woads and used no emasculated phrases In denouncing tee Standard OU Company as a vic ious bust utis organ, zailon.f&red upon tbe loot from illegal method! of doing buslneas. He accused tee cffldals of tee com pany of criminal methods aad atrip pad the fabric of tbeir boasted organ isstion bare; showad It to be a maas of corruption; a oombluatfon defiant A every law of the land, and even of decent business ameoitl^j; a hearties* and wynton destroyer of o mpetitors and a menace; to the o mutry. Thr revelations lo the report of Commissioner Garfield s*e almost toundlng They expose, so far as the Standard Oil Oompany la cor earned, axaetly tbe same methods that Wll Ham R Bears* haa unojvered in the ooal roads trust aad the alliance be- and quite good. They ware tbe aver age work of a first* class photograph er. But In every case there Ixmsd aloaetohera strenga, ghoatly, yat distinct figure. In the figures right hand was a dagger. There waa no question of identity. It waa Lisa tenant Waters, tall, frowning and atnstor. Sometimes the Lieutenant's figure waa on the left, sometimes on tbe right of his flaneee, but more often behind her. In every S ate the digger was held close to ia> Manning. Throe plates showed him holding It point downward just above her bead. In others It waa at & her throat and breast. The poise of ^—tea myitaxloua figure showed that it waa not In the aet ef striking a blow, hut bald itaelf balanced in readiness to stab. So ominous and threatening waa the * fleet that the two women were quite overoowe. - ‘ What do you think means?" ore you thinking or worrying hard about him?" bo asked in i Manning was quits sore that . during the first two sittings her mind * , was fuUgf shopping, sod aA the third f bag thoughts ware trying ta account for tho euriority tec woo inspiriag. "I hoped It might have bota W naa from your mind ha sted. "I have ebon to other pho to me Wed Amid Dcbrla. The San Franc two disaster so shook tea plana of Montfcrd Splnlng, sou of tbs Rav. Dr. and Mrs. George L. Spin ing, of South Orange, N. J., teat his wedding took place an even monte be fore tea date ha had.setj,for It. Mr. Splntng'ls treasurer of tho San Fran- olaoo Lumbar Oompany. He waa to have been married on May 24 to Miss Alloa Duncan, but everything was so changed by tee calamity that despite the fact teat tea home which had been made ready was ruined, the. two Wen wedded on April 24, when they with a quarter ot a million other San wore bomel M*i>jr Killed. At Habeas Thursday the pillars supporting the second floor and roof of tea roar part ot a large new cigar ette factory belonging to Jose Geoar, collapsed and 40 .man and woman working in teat part of tho factory were caught in tea falling brick and timber debris. Six wan taken out dead and a doste more wan injur ed. Ad Appeal to Uelte Against th > D'a- panaary System. The address below has been sent to Tbe Newsanfi Ocurier for publication It will be observed that It Is signed by a number of gentlemen who have been oorsplouous In their opposition to tbe Suite dispensary. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina: As cltizeos of South Caro lina opp jted to the present State, dis pensary system, we, thfe undersigned, call upon our fello * citizens Of like opinion to unite for the purpose of or Kan 1 zing tee opp.sltlon to the dispen sary system So nearly of one mind concerning the dispensary system are the people of the State, that It Is only by. their failure to unite for action the* tbe dispensary can be preserved. It 1* only by default that the dlspeosarj cab win another victory, bafore the electors or In the Legislature, sod it wlU be foolhardy for those who desire its overthrow to sit supinely by and see the pernicious system again en throned In power in ou*,Common wealth. Every sincere, patriotic oitis n must regret that this Issue shou d be again the paramount question In a South Carolina campaign. B it sol ng will it continue to be the paramou .t n issue, end it should, therefofo, be tie .bleb Mfii). tbiSuS,rA,?mor>,p 'X* 1 ™ end we invite the oo operation of eh those who believe the State dlspen- To the Editor of tee World: The movement toward ■ c'allsm In tbe United States and elsewhere is it riot iy defensive and abnormal. It re- I mbles tbe movements of opposing armies, tn the fidfi. The s elaliets prefer teat the multltode shall own and operate everything rether then tbat e few sball absorb all It is economic war, aod lying bidden with in It are dlslooitloos fearful to eon template. Tbe same plutocratic tre s which engend* red socialism In tbe old world have begotten it here and ake giving it growth, strength and vitality Senator Hanna's prophetic vision was clear and accurate If bis econo mic and political theories are to coo tinue. He o ntempla ed a contlnu arci of tbe present plutocratic re glme and he bad at that very time been Slated by monopolistic wealth f >r eight years’ sail vice as president of tbe United States. Visions of gigantic trust c mbinatlons and ship subsidy schemes controlled his greet brain Uoder such conditions, of course, nothing o mfd evert the socialistic Is sue ih 1GI2. He wcu d have forced exactly that issue bad he lived and succeeded in bis ambiti ns. He, bi- oenferos and asscclaks b*ve precipit ated a life-and death struggle b:tween artificial persons Greater by the state, call-id o rporations, end natural per sons of flesh aod blood created by the Almighty. The former, reinforced by an allied army of speculators, have driven tbe men of flesh and blood into tbe overorowded market of day labvr era, have absorbed tbe sonroee of wealth, Including tbe soi ; have set the laboring men at war with them aelvia, while the government in all Its braoches Is ui>ed' c .1- fly as a police force to keep the peace while the cor poratlons get In their work. Toe allied corporations say cobed) shall do business but themselves ard irn shall be eliminated. From North Oarollna, Mew Yflik;- git operator, Bui ten years ago an — — — Sre^tof^e standard Oil Oompany, test! 11 d that while in the employ of the Standard DU Umpany he bafi in following out tee iiiStructlocs of Ills suoerior clflosrs, bribed clerks it^ Ur* offices of tee railroads and employees or independent oil concerns to obtain information pf tbe details of tbe busi ness done py rivals of the Standard Oil.Company. Illinois aod many other States curious inquiries about tbe swied e are reoelv ed. Due New York man, woo is sup posed to be getting ready to con til o- ute to tbe swindlero, sent a letter merely eeklng who the private aeort- tary r f Gan. Marties Otmpos was at the time of the’Cuban war. That bint was sufficient to let tbe Wer Depart ment Into tee New Yorker’s secret, as other pro pcotlve victims forward ed literature and letters to the de partment showing that the ohlef swindler was posing as ^ d l VaUc, private secretary to Gen. Mai ti et Campos. v Toe first letters to victims, a' shown by copies of the complete cor respondence, are written by del Valie from Military Prisons of Barcelona. ’ Tbe writer says his dead wife was a relative of tbe victim to be, who it asked to broome guardian of t b au tiM young girl of great fortune. Sub s'que't letters are written by an al leg- d priest. Mariano Capdevl a, wh tells of tbe death of del Valle and seeks mrney to obtain the fortune oi the you’ g daughter of del Valle, j*ho is to bee tme me ward of the pruspeo tlve v.e Jm. Iu most of the letters the f n one is said to be in safety de- p alt b xes in New York, and tbe keys to tbe boxes are in tbe baggage of the lamented del VaUe, which can not be obtained without paying oertair claims. One victim complained ti the War Department that tbe alleged priest has played him false. That it similar lo man; complaints received by the State Department since the Ouben war. ~ r “ tery system to K e an ev<l and proposs that, other differing policies for the time being laid aside, the dem tnd, first, now, be made tbat the State dispensary system shall be dee roytd. Oa trial now for thirteen years, fortifhd aU tee time by strong sup port and as truly protected by uu oeaelng criticism and wstohfu'nees, there Is no need to point out the ivlh which the State monopoly of the whiskey traffic has bre*. Corruption at tbe fountain head and in its braced ee, druukennem and m rrdsr, woe and misery have been it* prodaots. A pernicious political machine of gigan- tlo proportions, with a beavered lobby in Columbia, and a wlHlng rirg in every county, the monster bvi waxed tlou fat, insolent and defiant. Tne wlU of the people has been perverted md Ineroaeeover returns... • 1,576,086 lweeD th# Sugar Trust and the great was tec ~ifwo James Muoohioand hie wife, (Meet', paoeperoos Italians were found mur- dared Thursday Baorelng ta their rooms la Brooklyn. They had their veins eut. An Italian who with the couple la police believe burglary motive of the crime. lowng Mas Dead. Cap?. Beetamln Kennedy, dant of tbe Weieh Neck High Sohool at Hartevllls, died la Ootambia Wed- Bight After aa Hlnese of elx He wee twenty-right years of bon ta JcjMSvUle, March IS, II7». railroads. It is significant to note that Commissioner Garfield’s exposure Illuminates tbe situation with exam ples of precisely tee same kinds of rebates, refunds and other Illegal fav or as tbe ooal oases and the sugar oases have developed. % - In other words, it tends to prove what Congressman Hearot and many writers and Investigators have con tended for a long time—that the Standard created the system and per fected It and the ooal roads and tbe Sugar Trust and tbe other trusts are only Imitators and followsro of the moe gigantic trust of them all. Seldom has organ!zed capital beco so ruthlessly pilloried. Commission- er Garfield present* an array of facts and figures that would convince tbe most akepptioal and he does It with a dearness that a child could under stand. He nos only oonv!ct« the Oil Trust of flsgrant and persistent violations of the law, but accuses Us offi slsls of deliberate lying. He says teat at the beginning of tee investigation the officials of the Standard Oil said the company had not obtained end waa then not obtaining eeoret rebates from tee railroads. He then proceeds ta show teat the oompany has hab itually received and Is still receiving such robatef, and hs cites cate after case In proof. Probably no more opportune time could have been elected by the Presi de nt to send tbe report to Cengroae just as the Senate is about to begin voting on the railroad rate bill. The President beliavee the faotf revealed by Commissioner Garfield oonaUtute the best argument yet presented teat the ynly efleottve remedy for suppressed, and when finally demand ing expression that demand has b^eu thwarted and oiroumvented by appeals ta tee trl«al teohnioaHties4>f the law. In eighteen counties the people have spoken and in all these exw pt two their voice has in touuder tjoe* repudiated the systim*. In other 3 uu tics they are now ready to give (xp e - ston to their will awaiting the sum mer primary, lo this primary, wbtrd the life or tbe death of tee dispensary will be and should be decided, It is vitally necessary sball be soblve and united. It Is only by action and am- ion tbat tiie dispensary has been vot ed out of sixteen o unties under the skies. Someth! 'g ooaeclenoe of tbe so)ia!iam. It is slvyrty tbe migbty tread of t'ue deoetc ao/eod Christ ianity walking hand in band Do no' beaUrmMS*-. The alliance 1' wuHig-b>.,rg. Brice law and by no other means than our unwatered emp’re, thus furnish action and union a%a tie system be up-rooted from the Stater ^ The people are decided. It merely remains for them to make their de cision effective. Tbtv must choose representatives who will re^e.l such laws as they desire to have repealed, end who will enact such lawsaa ih^y desire enacted. Then they must pu. In office men whe, in fun sympathy, will enforce j istly and vigorously whatever laws are upon tee statute btaks. The people have shown, by tbeir eager acceptance of tbe only op poriunlty eocorded'teem, that they believe in tbe principle of local self- government, and now, lest they have this inalienable right again wrested from teem, the free citizens of South Oarollna must make their sovereign power felt. There must be elected a Legislature which will not renounce this principle, wniob will not yield ta the dispensary machine, there must be elected executive and prosecuting officials who will not permit the lew to be made am:ckery for its undo ing. We suggest consultation and oo op eration in every county and through out tee State that these ends may he attained. J. S. Brice, J. 0. Otts, D. R. Ook er, Jtmes A. Hoyt, Louis J. Bristaw, W. L. Mauldin, Joe. A. McCullough, J. W. Hamel, W. H. Wallace, D. W. Hiott, W. 0. Alien, Howell M irrall, Chat. A> Smith, R. L. Freeman, 0. B.— Eiwards, A. B. Stukey, D F. Bradley, Laban Mauldin, 0. T. Mar tin; R. F. Smith, John A. Brunaon, 0. 0. Feathers ton T. R Waring. Get Acqeelwted with Maehtaery. Some men are born kickers. He who kicks about a new piece of farm machinery not working Juet right, would have leas to kick about It be would spend a little time, on a rainy day, studying te i structloas Issued by the maufaoturer. Much valuable time is lost by tee former not know ing his implements, and bow te nee and care for them.; Ibe maker of a tael, whether 1* be a carpet stretcher or a mowing machine, knows more about its working parts than any one slss, Tbsrofore, nod up aod gat so- qailnM wiih tea orced lebir mun who does not belong to the union shell not whether or not be mav JHn. The pat-t generation, like an imb oile old father, has dMnheritid its children. T.iey will break tbe will. v T je senate of teeTIolted States at tbts moment is crea i g eccl list- faster chan they can 1 e orgiclzsd and •quipped. It Is a great m c a<ls ’0 rt- oruiting station and is deatro-i g pa irlotlsm faster than Ab'aham Liu- coin ( v -r built it up. N tu.ing but a sudden bait in politloel afftirs 1 state and naiionai, And a change to public policy, can avert the struggle It is an ugly condition, but tbs conflict, as was oooe before tbe case, Is again irrepressible if present ooodilions an to oonti us. Fjrtunately tbere art signs of an awakening, and it is na- CaroUna National Guard met in Columbia tael week a id organized a permanent or gan z .tiou and iuaiuurated a ctm palgu to build up the militia general ly. Ca it. 0. W. Coker, chairman tf «he o mtnitiee, called the meeting ti order and waa elected temporary chair man. Uapt. E M Ligntfoot opened saytlflErr 'tee'fw^ifodldgtf WltirTprayer. meat, Maj. Julius E Cjggswdi, Taitu It is adumbrated la the rc- K liaopt, aod Legs. Com JL I^Tln Bjsb of the naval militia; m cretar) is sh k r g the boly^Tawe is neither * x,use noi nfossity forsoctiliam in thiscountri if the government will h nestly and conservatively align itself one m re with tee pe plr. Butlttme aaturetbe reader that the -afety of both p none aod property d manda that this sha 1 be done speedily and * itbout sham. How to check the growth tf et ctallsm: First—There must he less money spent for military and naval’ eafob- Hsbmente and more for wolaimlag — 1 —KlnSpesa RtwarUed. log homes for destitute people, and we should help poor eettlera If need be te get a start. Our policy Iu this particular must be broad, liberal, ag- gremlve and must be inaugurated a* onoe. The army of foreigners dally landing upon our shores c*n then be consistently required to settle upon and cultivate this reclaimed land Second—We a utt take up the q iss tloo of land reform, nationally end In state*. Luid monopoly Is monstroos, unchristian and unclvLzjd. sary that the government shall and operate our vast railway system. The tentative way ta approach that problem la to pan an act author z ng the government to eonstmet or par obese three transcontinental lines— north, south and through the center of tee continent. If snob a law were passed the present lines would be quick to sell at reasonable rates Q lest Ions of connecting with these lines and all subsidiary end collateral matters would be easy of adj rstment. Fourth—We must ‘ elect United States senators by popular vote. Fifth—The struggle for c immunity control of public utilities must coo- tinue--ard it will. R stare the oom petltlve rquilltrlum even if we have to discourage corporations for private gain. If they will insist on destroy log competition and crushing tee in dividual, to that extant .destroy them by recalling their charters. If It is I question of whlob shall live—the cor poration or tee man—let the man survive. Tbe duty of tbe state ti to tee individual. The romedlee will be tried first before the nation takes the Cimmerian leap into socialism on tbe wide scale oontumplettd by your question, Sixth—Finally t nominateand electa conservative ticket in 1908 whoee very names will inspire oonfiesnoe in all classes. It will not be bard to find snob a ticket, but it will have to be selected with a view of tackling living and vital tisuee. No naaDby-pamb/ administration at war with itself oan possibly grapple wjte tee mtgh problems now pressing for solUBon. ~ Jambs B. Wbaykk. Coif, x, la., Apru 10. Pension Bill Sl«ned. Acting upon tea advice of Attorney General Youmana, Gov. - Hayward Wednesday signed the firemen's pen- don Wll. Th* b 11, it will be remem bered, provide! for a pension for tbe firemen of the state to be paid by tbe -nsurance companies. The eompstiies M the time of the pemage of the bill protested against it and since that time nave been urging sbe governor uot to sign tbe bill, claiming among other things tbat it was not const!tu- tonal Got. Hoyward celled upon «he attorney general fox his opinion and Gan Y umaos stated teat the constitutionality of tbe law cjuld be tested ate titer date before there had been any money paid over. Aot- in ff np in his advlee the bill was sign- •d and at tbe expiration of ten da/a oee.mcs a law.;”'’ . Most cf us Count up everything else >ut our Megdnge Right there cur ddtog machine stop* It isn’t right b- U -b _ _ | ri jr , J ^_ n _ ru - u - u -,_ Eighty Year Old Woman Cu ed. - ~ m w aaro^ a* *a as a ee - - — —* - _ MI LI n A OFFICaKb - Meet In Oolnmbla and Form an At- soolatlon. Tbe officers of the South yon an from haring tried so many remediaa in ▼mln. UMM Is at hops of a complete cure for you. Tha scientiflc remedy KiiauuAciDt, haa oar.dhua- dreds of awe of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Gout. ' atarrh, Indigesti n, Constiprtion, Liver sou Ridnt y Troublef, La Grippe and Contafioua Blood Poison, after all other remedies hav# failed, Rheumacidb cured James Ksnaaly aqd J. P Eiine of Baltimore, of terrible cases of RhemnatUm, after all the specialist at tha fam ous Johns Hopkins Hospital had failad. Rneu- "nghts aAtitiBkro Va. afr G v. tleyward, commander-in chle' toe nail and wae called on for a speeoa. He baa been in tie militia himself andoommenaed the spirit of the men woo had It f their bu>lD sianJ had ooma toGolum oia et >om* coat ta them selves. He complimented the militia warmly and dec ared that the department should reoelv more money. Hi thinks tost (.he iffl* cf adjutant general anouio oe taken out of poilUos, aod toe mill tla cou!l tbeu recommend tbeir choice. He wants to send a regiment lo Cbloksmouga In tee fall. In the diecuon of permanent offloen Gap:, ii. de wts ohuaeu president b> Aoutimation. Toe vice preetdenw are. Gol W W. Lewis, First regiment; Maj. Lewis W. Ha&fcelJ, Sacood rsgi And treasurer, Lieut. Divld K .an a. Joiumbu; aMistant secretary, L eut J. Palmer Smitn of Goiumuu; crup tain, R-v. E. M L gatfoot of U.ange Comm titee on military code: Gil. Etta b. Fuiler^Gpi. Hiury T. faom- pnoc, Goi D (K Herbert, Got H-nr^ dooaonu, G*pt J. G. Ri.hardi Jr, Executive committee: Gol. W.'W. Lewis, Gol. D. O. U=rbat, MiJ. Goggs •ell, Gapt. B nes aad Gapt Goxer, Gea. Wiino Jones, Gapt. J. H. Coiff/, Gapt. R Lfe Brunson, Gapt. J. Ads*. Smytb, Jr. Lieut. H. 0. Sunt.per, Gol. Ezra U. Fuller. Tbs man towbom he^ gave a por lion cf rdod during the Spanish-Amer can war has willed Charles Mathues clerk in the prothonotary’s tffi;e at Media, Pi,, »8.0©0. WtHtim Her xios died at bti borne In Memphis last week, and among his bequests •as f urd this item: "I hereby leave tbe sum ol 86,000 in cash to Charles Matlues, of Media., for a • which he rendered me when lo dire dtitiaas." Mateuee waa a member of tb* Sixth PenneelTanla. Hta wnwipAiy was sent to Camp Alger. Camped _ Tear* was trouble about ra- ilons for tbe men of the South, and while tee men from Pennsylvania were eating fresh meat and baked broad, tee others were compelled to take hardtack and salt meat for their share. This continued for a time, when,"without warning, tbe provlt- 1 ms were a most entirely cut eff It ves at this point tbat Mathues met Hdrklns, and, learning of his condi tion, gave blna bread and meat. Kilted Abunt Oat. William Ocx and bti son In law William Carney, both ooal miners- of Smlthfleld, Oalo, Friday q urralled over tec posseMion of two data—As Carney was leaving th* yard Ooxse'z- ed a shotgun and shot him dead. He turned the weapon on himself and fired a second Imd Into hti breast dying almost iustantiv. Had Scffered Tortures from Rkeamatisia for Twee tv Years, No matter how long you have beat aiufc, aa matter how discount .ng yo nged die. ii ter'no ted New York dooion I i had failed. Here ia the case of a woman eigty year, old tarrfwr * Who war cured by Rhatiinatijiln ■uffered for 20 ye High Point, N. G, July 19. "After suffering for about 20 \aara with flanuttorv Rheumatism I waa iadaoed U.'ry a of Rhrumicide. After takioa < tie 1 have felt five yean younger, 11 b ttle i ; one hoi- eighty belie After year, younger, yean of age aod wish to testify that! ere' Rbeumacide i. the bert ranted/ fee Rhe. thstiam. And 1 heartily oom mend it te all who are Differing wish any of th* toras of ihu dread disease. "Very tmly, "Mrs. MartB Wklborm.’' Your Druggist Mila and ranmnninl. Rhbo- M acids. Stop Coughing. Murry’s Horehound, Mullein and Tar takes away every neoceasity for poughlng. When it Is taken for shy torm of cough it goes straight to the se*t of the trouble, and by Its soothing, IieaHog effect on the ir. itated mem brane, takes away the cause. MURRAY’S HOREHOUND MULUEN AND TAR is (‘.on]posed of the most effective rem edies known for curing broociiiai frrt- tatinns.-Coughs, Golds. LaGrippe, >ore Throat,And is invaluable In controll ing the paroxyms of Whooping U Ugh, and as an antispasraodic in Group. Contains no harmful drug and Is abso lutely safe for young and old. Pleasant to take. A large bottle costs no more than ordinary Cough Rem dies. Price 25cts Guaranteed sati&feotoj to every purchaser-. - ^ “ 'AT"DRUG STORES; Preeared hr the Murray Drug Co., Columbia, 8. 0. A Pianor or Ae Off aa Por Yea. To the head of rrary family who ia a tiou. for the future and education ef hi. chil dren, we have a Special Proposition to wtia. No article ia the home show, the evicLaoe of oulture that doee a Piano or Oiggau Noao- mmpliahmwt gives aa mooh pleaaar* or ti of as great value in after life m the kaowleda. of music and the ability to play welt. ——T Our Small Payment Plat a ■w-ky# — •hip of a high grad. Piano or Ota£a Joaf a Taw dollar, down and a mall each month or quarterly or aei ‘ the iaatrument u yours, Write u* today for (Wwlegn _ til Proportion of Ekmy Paymente. Addni' Malone’s Hutle Oo., Columbia, S. Ot DEMAND YOUR MONEY Clip this ad Keep !*. Use 61 jw worth of "Kuidine” TableU for Indigeatioo. or Dyspepsia. If not satisfied return "tx)xes to us, and we will seat jour me'ey back. A "Money back” guaran tee and we mean-it. Mouatal) Iron Mts. Co., Sparfanberf S. C. 60c or $1 in either llpuid or tablet form. Yourdruggist or from'the Manf. $5,000 bank deposit •.Efamfoti, flitisl ill S^S£L«£?83 acetauMuiAHA businjtos eotuaE | The Guinard Brick Works, ManufootureroBrick. Fire Proof'Terrarjotta JiUlChr qinc qr ...V !•—etiSBSflptff eKeaei t We ttave^ For Sale One25 ^orse power Talbott, second hand engine ifi stock which has i ly been overhauled, Jhia Engme is in first dam. oonditidn aad will the 'market for such a size sB^baa in the way of machinery auppliei, and w*. wri^.b.n to get our pnoee before placing your orders elsewhere. • . . . rahwlfr, K.C.