Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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11' -t ." r • ^T^^ipp^ppiipippipppip^ppppilip U ' *t. f" Run on Loos« Methods (rrogolaritles Being Common SO EXPERTS REPORTS. C9uuie*ton Owv* Over Thirteen Hun dred Dollar* After Adjustment of Acconnt.—^Farnunl’n Ueer Rutab- Flaanrod hy the State, Which Lout Cnnuthorlxed Ac- tiona.—State Will Leer Heavily. In its report filed with the State • diapehsary commission the American Audit Company charge chaotic con- dit'pns of bookkeeping, grot-s neglect of duty, misapplication of large funds and loose methods of conducting the institution. Startling disclosures are made and the report asserts that the State lost many thousands of do) lars The company says that with opppr- tunityof xamin : ngmi*8ingbooksdi8- ' closures dwarfing those just made would result. It submits a bill for $8,- 000 for its services. Many irregularities and criminal ties are charged in the report, whi . -1 consists of 250 typewritten pages. For one year alone arbitrary entries J aggregrate $100,000 and-one book over $30,000. Illustrating the loose CAPTURES BURGLAR. How a Plucky Llttli Woman Savad Har Valuables. GROWS SECOND. South Carolina Next tu Massachu- setts In Cntton Manufacture. Mr*. Xlier<MH» C'ulona Find* Noted .('rook In Her Home, Turn* Him Over' to Pol lee and Faint*. alf ich methods the report says: UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES. "In order to illustrate more fully rdetnanded. the extent to which unauthorised en tries were carried, we refer in de tail to two entries in journal 1, folios 123 and 124, for $6,000 each, under date of September 30,>1906, made for the purpose of transferring $10,000 from the account of the Car olina Glass Company to the account at the Richland Distilling Comoany. It appears that on April 11, 1904, the sum of $5,000 was paid over to tne Palmetto National Bank of Colum bia for credit of the Carolina? G!a*s Company and that on May 12, 1905. an additianal sum of $5,000 was paid to Che bank cited, for a like purpose. These amounts were erroneously paid ty the Palmetto National Bank to the Richland Distilling Company. 'The cash items referred to above {were charged on the dispensary books to the Carolina Glass Comp any’s account and the wrong appli cation of the llOJXX). was presumab- Tfr discovered by the auditor of the Carolina Glass Company during the fill of 1906. A refund from the Kich- Imd Distilling Company being unoj tsinahle, the entries mentioned above were passed on the dispensary hooks without the authority, so far as we are able to ascertain, of the proper officials. "The characteristic inattention an notated wbove shows that the physi cal condition of the accounts was an unknown quantity to the party or parties responsible for ggjr keeping, unresponsiple times elapitoff before discovery/- and adjustment too*I place.” . Many of the original invoices are not on file. The minute book of the board for 1005 has been "misplaced ’' In a teat of the cash receipts of Com missioner Crum and Tatum, says the report, misapplication is clearly es tablished. Many items appear to have been intentionally omitted from the books and the company’s repre aentative asserts that losses reach in to tens of thousands. AS TO FARNUM’S ACCOUNTS. The pages of the report are devot- Mrs. Theresa Calono chased a bur glar down two flights of stairs in her home, No. 74 Elder street, Williams burg. Wednesday evening and ear' tured him after a struggle. Then she handed him over to a policeman. Admiring neighbors who called to offer congratulations marvelled at the plucK of the pretty, slender young woman. They marvelled the more when they heard that the man was a desperate crook and that he had been released only recently after serving a two yearsl term at Sing Sing Prison. - ^ Mrs. Calono is the wife of Joseph Calono^ a well-to-do commission mer chant. She is twenty-eight years of age, and is much admired for her beauty. When she returned at 6:30 o’clock from a shopping trip shqwas sur prised that her rooms were lighted up. She found every jet burning in the dining room. Hearing a rustling in the next roofii, she entered. Aman, kneelipg on the floor, was packing articles ne had taken from a dresser into a bag. She had not made the least noise, and he went on with his work, unconscious of her presence^, "What are you doing here?’’ she The startled burglar looked up. sprang 1 to his feet and d&sfied into thd parlor-. The door leading from that room to the hall was lockedr The man darted back again toward the dining room. Mrs. Calono had preceded him but, before she could lock the dining room door, he had overtook her. She grappled with him, but the man struck her in the face, and, shaking himself loose, ran along the hall to the stairway and down to the ground floor. Mrs. Calono, unmindful of the blow she had received, followed close at his heels. In the ground floor hall, she tripped him by interposing her foot as he was springing for the front door. He recovered his balance, and then she hit him a blow that sent him spin ning backward. The burglar retreat ed to the back end of the hall. Paar- ing .he would go down to the base ment and escape, the plucky woman cornered him and again grappled with him. Then ensued a struggle that took them frt>m one end of the hall to the other. The man gradually edged his way to the front door and managed to get it open. He dri it to the Iront step make another effort to jerk himself oosc when tho policeman approach ed. He relieved Mrs. Calono of her prisoner, ami she sank, almost faint ing. on the doorstep. There she was found by neighbors who, strange to say, had not heard The Cold HtAfJstics of States Census Reveals tha the United | Above Facts. The cold statistics of the United States census bureau frequently re veal some wonderful things. Among these, in a bulletin just issued T 4* that South Carolina ranks second in tne numoer of cotton spindles in the United States, being exceeded only by Massachusetts, and that during tne past year South Carolina actual ly increased the number of spindles more than 150.000. This interesting bulletin says: „ Massachusetts exceeds every other State in the number ot cotton spin dles, having 9,158,389, or 34 percent of the tola'; South Carolina ranks second, with 3 609,969, or 13 per cent, and Nortq Carolina third, with 2,- 981,386, or 10 per cent, Rhode Island has fourth place, Georgia fifth, New Hampshire sixth and Connecticut seventh. Massachusetts increased its number of active spindles during the year by 307,448, or 3.5 per cent of the total for the State, while in North Carolina the increase amount- ed to 262,652, or 11 per cent. The Prof. Btnnett It poriments In This State. Orangeburg, Hutnter and toe Coun ties Being Now Looked After by an Expert. - agged Mrs. Calono through front step, and was about to her cries during the struggle in the hall. At least they had not respond ed. Mrs. Qilono had a bruise on her right cheek. The thief had pilled up all of the silver and also all the loose jewelry he could find in the house. At the Ralph avenue police station the man gave the name of Matthew Endrick. He said he was thirtv- eight years old, and had nq home. The police recognized in him and old ed to the account of the Consumers’ 1 Beer BottlingJSstablishment and the , . . ^eaMaetiotw-rof ^-S: Parnuiir Vllh jffjQ- 90 was-clwcd ouron March the State disnen^ary. "The account ia badly mixed up." says the report "and it seems that agreements be tween this establishment and the board of directors as to the ^amount •f royalty to be paid the State on the •I royalty to be paid the State on the I lt - ^ uu,u »PPe*J r mac mis ac beer sold were Ranged at intervtthrff 0111 ^ 1 / n^t settled, had been neg ‘ lected for a period of nearly three years prior to its being buried by an without any records of such charges being made. . ‘ • A critical observation of the man agement of transactions earned on with thia company in successive stag es dispels the idea that a fair profit ever accured to the State out of the sales and repurchases of beer. ’Beer supplied bv this company to the dispensary was billed to the lat ter institution at prices apparetgi>4 agreed upon, although at interval additional invoices were rendered io profits on original purchases res dd to the State as herein indicated. That the dispensary officials acquies ced to a refund of State profits is shown bv the credits piven for the aditional invoices No trace of the authority room which this acquies- ence emanated could be found. s FINANCED BY THE STATE. "The dispensary having abandon ed these profits or royalties placed the Consumers’ Beer Bottling Ee tahl’sV'-TH nt in a pos lion to realize a profit on beer ob alined nt fir-'t cost Xrom and financed by Ihe South Car olina State dispenssrv. "No agree, nm, or contract be tween the State board of directors •nd this company could he located, gnd it was th'refore i (possible to verify the correctness or the prices and terms from which safes and pur chases originated. "A thorough inveshja.ion of this account with the means at hand I 'av- es no doubt in our minds that this company and its predecessor failed to carry out the stipulations and con ditions governing operations in beer in the State of South Carolina. "We recommend, in the interest of the State, that the books and ac counts of J. S. Famflm and his suc- CMiors, the Consumers’ Beer Bot- tiing Establishment, be subjected to an examination with, a view of dis- 1 tbs extent of transaction* un- 31,1905, by transferring same to the account of J. S. Farnum. The suc cessors to Farnum denied any know ledge of this account and refused to oay it. "It would appear that this ac- unauthoriz d t ransfer, resulting in a total loss to the State." DUE FDR CONSTABULARY. At the close of business on Feb ruary 16, 13 connties id the State owed to the State dispensary $25,- "Beer supplied bv this company to I 490.15. on. account of oonutobulary dispensers and hotels for account of] service. This amount is based upon upon the enforcement of section 7 of the Brice law in counties which voted out the dispensary underthat act. According to the report but two ihe- dispensary, recharging Xdle cottntigs have made the lew neeces- * sary to place funds with the State treasurer for the purpose of dis charging their obligations the dispensary in' this particular. The counties of Pickens and. Newberry have settled their indebtedness, amounting to $2.549.16, leaving $22,941.78 due by eleven counties. A balance of $6 60 against Jofcn Black, former member of the board of directors, represents a enarge on December 21, 1906, for ofle ton of coal,,the collection qf which is con tingent on a counter claim made hy John Black for mileage and per diCm allowance of $4 perday for five days on a trip to Peoria, III., in Decem ber. 1906..., "This matter rests with the com mission for such action a$, may be deemed necessary," states the re port. ”— CLAIM AGAINST CHARLESTON. Several pages in the report are devoted to the account of the city of Charleston. It is set forth that $6,361.55 is the amount of profits witeheld from the city of Charles ton. Against this claim upon the dispensary there is a counter claim of $7,678.68 against the city. Of this latter claim, $5,462.78 repre- senta the expenses incurred by the Sdate dispensary resulting from the difficulty between Wieters and State constables. The remainder of the , charge, $2,516.90, represents the ex- for in the statements fifed penses of. the constabulary force in State dispensary cotnoiis- the city of Charleston from July 18, 1 J increase in South Carolina was more than 450,000 and in New York near ly 100,000. According to Table 3 there were 1,141,661 cotton spindles, exclusive of renewalsradded during the year, thus indicating no cessation in the progress of the industry. How ever, the net increase in the total number of spindles for the year is 1,-127,734. This apparent discrepan cy is accounted lor by the fact that a few plants were dismantled or abandoned, and to the reduction of the spindle capacity m others. In its annual investigation relative to the cotton- industry the bureau makes no endeavor to segregate frame and mule spindles; but if the proportion between these spindles as returned,at the cen :us of 1905, when this was done, be applied to the stat istics of active spindles in 1907 the figures would be 20.427,395 frame and 5,947,896 mule. - In addition to the spindles design ed primarily to spin cottoji. 751,251 have been, returned as consuming cotton mixed with other fibres. The, States which lead in the'manufac ture of woollen-and knft goods na turally lead in the number of these spindles. Of . the total number re ported, 137.190, or 21 per cent, were returned from Pennsylvania; 110,- 862, or 17 per cent, from New York; 70,462 from Massachusetts, 52,630 from Connecticut, and smaller num bers from several other States. Massachusetts leads in the con sumption of cotton with 1,253.856 bales or 35 per cent of the total for 1907, followed by North Carolina with 14 per cent, while South Caro lina takes third place with 13 per cent. The fourth position is held by Georgia with 11 percent; New Hamp shire takes fifth. Alabama sixth, and The Newberry. Observer says) Col. William Jennings Bryan may never be, president, but he has fur nished to the American people an ex ample of fidelity to principle, fear lessness in advocating them, and un blemished private and political in tegrity, that is entire too rare nowa days." ,That is a handsome, but de served, compliment. Justice Brewer seem* sorry to have caused trouble, but he is not going tt> take it back. He said the president was playing a game of "hide and seek" with the nomina tion, and adds that that is exactly what he meant. While we think it in bad taste for a judge to criticise ! the President as justice Brewer did, 1 wethink he sized up Teddy just about right. ' tYants to be Judge.. Ex-Senator Robert Aldrich, son of the old judge of that name and cousin of the younger judge, and Senator Bates, both of Barnwell county and C.^E. Sawyer of Aiaen will be candidates for the vacancy on the bench caused by the resigna tion of Judge James Aldrich. °f the Atlantic | The account as adjusted shows Uivwi’s island, the, that the dty of Charleston is due debit balance, the State dieptneary $1,317,13. The farmers of Sumter, Orangeburg and Lee counties are to he given the beneflt of the soil experimentation that.has been conducted at Washing ton hy the bureau of soils, deprat- ment of agriculture, for the past few yean. The bureau has sent out Prof. Frank Bennett to arrange for the praetlcal application ot the test and he will go to work at once in the counties named, so that the soil may be gotten into shape by next spring. The plan that the d&pertment is going to offer to the farmers is in the Interest of better, more economi cal and more diversified crops: One of the chief aims of the experiments to be inducted is to find out the cor rect rotation of crops on a given piece of land so as to secure the best results and to point out to the far mers what is the best-method to pur sue in order to give his land rest and get therefrom the greatest yield at the lowest expense. The work will be conducted by the representative of the department at no cost to the farmer and when a working basis is found full informa tion will be given out to the farmers of the State, so that all may reap the beneflt from the proposed plan-.- Within the past few years the de partment of agriculture has interest ed itself in the work of a possible development of the soil of the South- ern N States. . It has been realized that there are latent possibilities here which if scientifically developed would be a surprise to many. To this end a large pa(t of the appropria- tinn given the department has been expended in the South. And one of the many important steps taken for. the ultimate benefit of the Southern farmers is sn ex periment survey of lands in the coun ties of Sumter, Lee and Orangeburg. This is the first experiment of the kind “ever undertaken by the depart ment. ‘ *, Congressman Lever has been in strumental in bringing this about and the scheme is outlined below and Is supposed to enlighten the farmer on Lhe subject ef -the beet method* pt&nting his farm in order to secure the best results financially. The soil surveys of the counties of Sumter and Orangeburg have just been completed, while that of Lee county was completed some time since. Prof. Frank Bennett of the United States department of agricul ture, bureau of soils, 1* In charge of these surveys. The chief of the bu reau Is Prof. Milton Whitney, at one time piofessor of chemistry at .the University of Souuth Carolina. — Mr. Bennett is a Southern man* a. graduate of the University of North Carolina and a practical farmer. He has the supervision of these maps, which give contour maps showing. GANG OF CROOKS INTERESTING FIGURES Breaks Two Safas at Mauldin and Maka load Haul Concerning the Mel hod 1st Church, Sou til, 1° South Carolina. Thefollowing are the figures of membership, property, and such, as read near the close of the session:' Local preachers (not including members of the conference) 77; BRUTALLY MURDERED New York seventh. As stated above. j-— a Comparison nn.-the ha*6eof urttVe (th* character of soil, streams, towns, soindles gives some of the States slightly different rating. Although Massachusetts increased its cotton spindles by more than 300,000, th quantity of cotton consumed increas-' ed less than 20,000 bales. If the stat istics for South Carolina be examin ed in a similiar manner it will be found that the quantity of cotton consumed durlng the year is 5.705 bales less, whil^ the number of spin dles operated increased more than 150,000. This would indicatea ’Sig nificant tendency during tHe year to spin finer counts, provided, of course, that the conditions prevailing in the two years were similiar and the spin dles were operated in like manner. In the mills of the cotton g owing States 970,039 spindles were report- ed as having been idle throughout the year, which is 66 per cent of the idle spindles returned for the entire country. While the scarcity of labor is largely responsible for this condi tion throughout the country, it ap pears more pronounced in the cotton growing States However, as stated elsewhere, a considerable number of the spindles returned as idle from the cotton growing States were not in fact idle throughout the year, but were new, and had only been install ed a short time. And No Cine Could Be Them or Where They —The Maine Gang That Recently Blew Open a Safe in Seneca.— There Are Four of the Thieves | And They Are Very Bold. A special dispatch from Mauldin in thia State to The State says safe crackers struck that place Saturday aight^making, a good haul. While Mr J. S. Hill. Vaa at supper the gang 1 forced his front store (door, entered and carried away hi* cash drawer and the contents, about |250. Mr. Hill organised a small posse and began a search, but without avail. About 12 o'clock midnight Mr. W 3. Bauldwin of the firm of Banldwin ft Whatley heard a noise about his store and got up to investigate. He wau greeted with',"Gee back in the bouse or I~wlll blow your, head off." Having no weapons at hand he went back In the-house, while fife aafe crackers blew open his safe and car ried off the contents, netting about 1390, making a total of nearly $600 Secured Saturday night. * Sheriff Oilreath was notified and was at Mauldin Sunday investigating the matter, but no clue could he ob tained. He tracked the parties north ward from the store through a 1 field a little way. then they turned toward the depot and Into the road, but the> could be tracked no further. There is no doubt that this is thr same gang that blew a safe in Sen aca some weeks ago and no doubt has headquarters In Greenville. ’ Nt suspicious characters have been seen around that place recently. There were about four men ia the gang '''X. ' Robs* Prlaer PoetoOcfr. - . A gang of three or four yeggmen invaded Pelzer Monday night, and at 12.4 4 o’clock Tuesday morning blew. QP«a the safe of the postofllcc and succeeded In getting away with the contents, which amounted t« about flOOfin cash and }700 in stamps. H. L. Padgett, the postmastei heard the explosion at his room in the hotel just across the street from the office. He hurried -out on th< piazza of the hotel, where he found John Hindman, a merchant of the city, who had been attracted by th< explosion. Hindman caught sight of a man comtng out of the front door of the postoffice and fired at him twice in quick succession. The man thu; fired on did not return the ire. bu several shots were fired by pers* members, 85,084. Total 85,lfrlr of Muscatine, Iowa, Thursday. Infants baptised, baptised, 2,072. - EpwoHh Leagneus, 1,701.. ' ' F Sunday schools, 681 813, schoiars.144,612-. Raised 1.886. Adults 51; mem lie rs. teachers, 4,- for worn oul preachers, widows s.nd orphans, ■$+0,488,- houses, etc. This is known as a base map. The character of the ^oils is represented by .colors, so each farmer knows what-sob-he-has upon liiu in dividual farm; and thus he wi!> see what crops are best adapt-J to^bls particular soil after following the work done by the bureau of soil* In order to make the m*ps more' practical Mr. Bennett has been {pit in charge of-the ferllltrer and crop experiments. Samples of these soils in the three, counties have been sent to Washington and have been carried through what si known aa the "wire basket teat. The test ia brie f ly as follows: ' About one bushel of soil is' divided Into about 25 small baskets and then in these baskets various seeds are planted with various kinds of fertili zer. The object of this Is to see the result of plant growth and to get a fertilizer formula. When this for mula is obtained it will be used in the field whose soil corresponds to the soH tested. Mr. Bennetffis here to put this test in the fields from his personal observation and experience. In Washington. This test is to he put to each type of soil encounted in the three counties named above. The plan Mr. Bendett proposes to pursue i* to get a retrain number of farmers in each of the counties nam ed that are willing to cooperate In these experiments. Two or three acres are to be taken* in and every knova fertilizer will be used there on.. And then new crops, such as the vetches, clover, grasses, alfalfa, fruit and trucking will be ntroduced. But the staple crops, such as cotton— particularly the upland, long staple- corn, oats and the like, will be given special attention. The new crops, the vetches and the like- are to be introduced as accessories of these principal crops and as a method of the introduction.of the crop rotation. These experiments look ultimately jto the ascertainent of certain Ter- tilizer formulas and crop practices which will give the largest yield with ■ottlTF poiloWcebuTl ding The yeggmen then gathered to 3myth street on foot. They were not molested by any our and mad< good their escape. In their burn to flee the yeggmen dropped a tin box on the front steps of the office containing ten dollars in change. Vwo thousand postage stamps of >ne and two cents denomination were found - about fifty yards .frotr he .office, having been dropped by the yeggmen while being fired on. Still Another Robbery., A special dispatch from Williams-' f qn, S. C., says that burglars entered the postoffice at that place Monday night, blew open the safe and se cured seven hundred dollars in cash Wtlliamston is only two miles from Pelzer, and the two places were rob bed-by the same gang. BRYAN DISCU88ES MK.-iH.Ui On Nome Important Questions ■> Expresses Hi* Views. Mr. Bryan .was reluctant to discus.- President Roosevelt’s message to tgresa, saying that he had not had sufficient time to read +t through^ He however, commented freely on sev eral of the most Important issues and gave President Roosevelt credit for introducing an original proposi tion in suggesting the appropriation of campaign funds by the govern ment, *’1 hope.” said he. "that it will be enacted into law." On iraportan questions Mr. Bryan's ideas coincde with the text of the message. He is strictly in accord with the president concerning postal savings banks and guaranteed banks. ContHbufed for missions: Foreign. 121.8+3.5r; domestic. $16,454.49. For church extension. $5,887.IO. American Bible Society, $630.48. Paid to {(residing eiders, $22,582.- , o. . x: , Paid to pastors in charge, $174,- 961.97. - X. For bishops, $3,W8TJ8. Number of church, .societies (or ganizations) 775; houses of worship. 764. - o Value of houses of worship, $1,- 412,300. XX * Indebtedness on same,-$41,049. Number of pastorial charges. 235;. number of parsonages, 190. Value of parsonages, $362,525.* In debtedness, $14,219,50. Number of districts, 12; district parsonages, 9. Value of parsonages, $50,000. Indebtedness^ $1.8011; Number of churches damaged 'by fire or ‘'storms, 5. Amount of dam age. $2,113. . Insurance carried. $509,983.50. which was a very large one, the hag Number of schools and colleges. 6. Value. $573,000. Endowment funds. Ill 5.560. „ PIANOS AND ORfiANS ^ FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. *■ WE ARE FACTORY AGENTS and represent only the best Pianos and Organs, that will last a life time Write at once for our liberal term* and Special prices. MALONES MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, 8. C. Newly Married Couple Slain by a • Tramp. Lying face downward in pools of blood, the .bodies of Mr. and Mrs. VanVYynkle, a newly married couple, were found on the floor of their cabin at- Fairport, a small hamlet They were attacked while asleep and killed i*v a heavy club. Harry Jones, an ad’ceiturer and tramp, who was seen carrying a beaVy club on the afternoon preceding IM^murder and visited the VanWynkle-home Tuesday night, was found guilty of the dou ble -nmrder at the inquest;-anti-a posse immediately organized and made u search of the entire neighbor hood. • ■ i ■ - ..I. ,-i . . .j'- Mew ts Cure Rheumatism. ^ The cause of Rheumatism aid kia- dred di.-eases is an excess of ttvic acid tn the blood. To cure this tirrl- ble disease the acid must be expsH** and tbc system so rsgulatyft’that as more acid will be formed ia exces sive M iiuUiUes. Rheumatism, is aa *«- internal disease and requires aa ia- rernal emedy. Rubbing with oils aaft UulmsulA will nut cure, affords only temporary relief at best( oausas yeu to delay the proper treatment, aaft al lows the malady tb get a firmer kolft oa you Liniments may ease the pala, but they will no more cure Rheuma tism than paint will change the fibre of reften wood. ^X Sde ice has at last dlscovereft a perfect sad complete cure, which is called Rheuraacide. Tested fn hua- Hreds uf canes. Jl Jias-effected the most marvelous cures; we believe it will cm* yeu.. Rheumacide “gets at the joints from the inside.” sweeps the poisons out of the system, tones up the stomach, regulates the liver and kHueys and mattes yon well ell oyer Rheumacide "strikes the root sf the di-ease and removes its oaese.” This s; lendid remedy is sold by-Arug- glete vied dealers generally at After and $t a bottle. In tablet form at 93c. »>"d 50c. a package. Get a bottle today delays are generous. adv OFFERED WORTHY YOUNG PEOPLE. ■o natter hew United your meeaaor niton > i you desire athoroueh mg esc rood posMon, write for our OR BAT HALF RATH OFFER. TuSV. .■> The Oa lorree, IndependeBee and probable FOte - .iranteed.pon’Ldeb^—*-^*- -ALA. BUS. COLL write to-day. - <5m r THE ONLY HOf 8R in Columbia, Bouth Carolina making a specialty of handling thing in the Machinery Supply l ine. Write us for prices before placing order elsewhere. COLUMBIA SUPPLY OO.. n.lumbla, 8. On corner .opposite Seaboard Air Lint Passenger Station, every- LOOK FOR THE TRADEMARK It mean* (but we are manufacturers and sale* agents for complete Power Plant*, in steam or gasoline, Station- — '-Huy- and Portable Boilers, Saw Mill*. y Kdgers Planers, Shingle, Lath, Stave and Corn Mills and anything in Mu- chinjry. Oar stack ia large, our prices are right and our good- guar anteed. X Write for Free Catalog * ^ Box HO, Columbia. 8. C. GIRBKH MACHINERY COMPANY, CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE 1 htvt htd lertrvl yean expert*,tee ia frowiaf Cel'i'Xge plants .nd ■ vegetable plant- ,of the trade, vil: Brel plant-. Onion plante, Collard plants, snd Tomat lints. X. I now hsve ready for thipmen: Reef plants and Csbbse* plains as follows: Early Jersey Wakefields, (.hartwion Large Tyr* W skefielda, end Henderson Saccession-. Th* being the best knot, n reliable vari eties to all experienced truck farmer-. Tb««e plants arc grown out ia the open sit near tali water sod will stand <verc cold without injury. Prices: li t* for Mt pleats. In l<',a of I.Mt to S.Me at $1.5* per thou sand. J.SM to *.m at^tt.2} per f. .usend, I Mid snd o»«f at ZlWpW thousand. We have special low b-preea ratat on vegetable plants from »hip|Kd C. O. D. urleea uy with orders 1 would adviac will save the charges for returning the C. O. D» money orders. You Other rill be randy ia February. Your orders will have my I guarantee satiateetion kiucctssie* . ft. 4. DONALDSON. i in need at Vegetable plants give at rase aM uedetw to MfcGGCTT. S. C- ROBBERS IN FLORIDA. There Seem* to Be Severn! Gang* of Safe Blower*. e Burned to Death. The Catholic Convent, academy, monustary and cuurch in Covington, La., were destroyed by fire Satur day. The priest lost his life in the flames. The loss is over $100,000. Wanted to Lynch ITtin. At Hawthone. Fla., profession burglars dynamited the large sife in the store of F. J. Hammond Thurs- minimum expense with the staple I ^ n, * ht - the explosion setting fire to the store, destroying, the building j and a large stock of goods, only two boxes of Oranges being saved. The force of the explosion tore away the outside door of the safe, but not the portion where a large amount of money was held, therefore tbn burg lars secured nothing. From the Hammond store, and while citizens were fighting the fire, the burglars entered the store of Webb ft Bar nett, where they secured a small amount of cash. crops. It is sought to ascertain what crop can be most profitably grown upon a given, type of soil and what kind of fertilizer is beat abapted to a given type of soil and what quanti ty of fertilizer can be economics By used upon a given soil with a given crop. Killed by Policeman. John T. Werner, of Pickens coun ty, was killed Saturday in Central by Policeman. Attaway. Werner had been arrested the day before by the policeman tnd when he got out he began abusing him and a fight re sulted. A negro near Columbus, Oft., cqme very near being lynched by hia own jrftM (or MMulUof • colored woman. t oa « tham Killed by (Won Thieves. Jethro.Jofcee, an aged farmer Whiteburfc. 43*^jYAa assassinated os Saturday night. He was watching ^or cotton thieves and was shot hy well; a Tan, Moth, Pimples and Chaps, are cured with Wilsoa's Freckle Gave, i Sold and guaranteed by druggists _ eta L R. WUsoa ft Co., Mfrrs. aad Props. C* and R * tiers def - Charleston, 8. C.Wfaen ordering di rect maatipu year druggist.