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MMME liW"lijj. 1 'IlML ymr* 9 . m mm AS IT SHOUIO BE. A WIN* HnHaiiitB ItrHirdtr* h| Nb Own WH*. -» , SAID HE WAS INSANE .y ADVERTISE THE TOWN PiiMICy Man Suggasta Mathod of Boonibii a Town. Tm (Mm Wm m Atroclom Om, Bat Kadi Sympathy Wm Worked Vt for the Murderer by • Lot of Womb Who Visited Him la Jail, Bat Goreraor Smith Stood Firm, | aad Decllaed to Interfere. • • 0' ' A apodal dispatch from Savannah, On . to The News and Courier says WUJlo Rogors, at 1:15 o'clock Tues day afternoon paid the penalty on the gallows for the murder of bis wife, committed abqut eighteen month ago, on West proad street. In an eating house, the woman had en tered in search of food. She held a baby in her arms when Rogers fired the fatal shot: ~ The execution of Rogers, the first white man ever legally executed In Chatham County, came after the ex haustion of every possible legal move a that might have be^ti taken to save his life. Many appeals to the Governor In his behalf were made, and these re sulted In tmo respites, but finally the j^oyernor proved obdurate to the claims that were made by physiclanr nnd others that Rogers was Insane, and unable to comprehend the dif ference between right and wrong. Preferring the opinion of the two -physicians, Dr. W. F. Bruner and Dr T. J. Charlton, whom he himself had named, and who reported the con trary, Gov. Smith declined to inter fere farther wltlr the execution. Never had there been known In Savannah such a marked Interest in the fate of a murderer. This inter est permeated church circles, that ele ment having been aroused largel) through Rogers' dally reading of the Bible, his professions of Christianity and his Interest in the prayers that were offered by good women upon the occasion of their visits to the jail. A dosen or more physicians, too, became concerned and offered their testimony relative of Rogers’ thehlatlty. Rogers was the first man ever exe cuted 4a the Chatham jail on a day (other than Friday. Moreover, h« waa the thirteenth man to be. execut ed there. That it waa not on s Friday he was hanged wgs flue to Judge Seabrook having an aversion to aentenclng men to be hanged on that day. Seeing no reason why Fri day should be stigmatised as hang man’s day, he sentenced Rogers tc be hanged on another day of .th* . week. Giving a rspite of ten days. Gov ernor Smith seemed in a fair way tc defaat thin Intention of the Court, foi that threw the date to a Friday. Bui them came greater activity on Ropers behalf and a further respite of ten days, which again avoided a Friday aad fixed th* execution for a Tueeday Loans) BY ROBBERS. Tied of the Family While a Robbery Went Oa. Two robbers took posession of the home of Irwin Brooks, aged 65 years, a farmer living in Waynndotte coun ty. Kaunas, Tuesday night while the members of the family were bound aad kept prisoners in bed. When Brooks resisted, the robbers shot him la the hand. They then tied hir hands and feet, and placed him in bed. Mrs. Brooks and two daughters. Emms, aged ?2,’ and Eva, aged 17, were similarly treated. The robbejr ransacked the house and secured $50. They prepayed a meal and ate leis urely. T^*y released the oldest Brooks girl for a time while she quieted her baby, which had begun to cry. After the robbers left the girls succeeded In releasing them selves and their parents. Advrtieemeat Telling the Local His tory, Development and Opportuni' ties Should be Mailed Out. How can a loffi advertise Itself to the outside world to get the best re sults for the least expenditure? This question waa-asked recently of a, man who has had many years’ ex perience in promoting publicity for ex positions, theatrical companies, cities and summer resorts. He replied with out beeltstlou: “Carry a half page or a page or two page* of well written and illustrated boom matter Id the local newspapers Run It regularly, Just as if It were a part of the necessary makeup of the paper, like the date line. Vou wlll ( find that that sort of advertising for a town Is about the i>est that can tie de vised. It brings the best results for the smallest expendltpre of funds.” This seme authority went on to say he demount ; c mysell States His Posltiou. In response to a question asked by a representative of the Philadel phia Telegraph, Mr. "If the voters of^ lh party want another than nominated at Denver they ought to instruct their delegates to that ef fect. If they want me nominated they ought to instruct their delegate* for me. It is not a matter to be de cided by me or by any small faction of the democratic voters. It is for the majority of voters to determine. In November last, to stop tht misrepresentations that were going about as to what I might or might not do, and as to the conditions un der which I might or might not be s candidate, I stated that I would not ask for a nomination, but that I that tbs founder of one of the big past ern summer resorts used to run a standing advertisement of the town In each of the local paper*,, uaually a frill page. Tbla advertising was continued for year* until It became almost a Joke locally, tnany of the resident! belnj? able to quote whole-paragraphs from the descriptive matter without refer ring to the paper. But whenever a copy of any paper published In the town was wrapped up and mailed away by a subscriber or a visitor it carried with It as a matter of course that town advertisement It did not matter whether or not the person mailing the paper Intended to advertise the resort The ad. went along “whether o^no." “What waa told In this ad.?” the publicity man was asked. “The history of the resort, when and how It came to be eatabllahed, the price of iota when ithe to llrat put on the market, the value of property at the time of advertising, ihe kind of people who preferred that resort to all others, why they preferred It, the cost and quality of houses In the town and the advantages of the place from A to Izcard. The result, waa that thousands of new visitors and summer settlers were attracted to the place by teeing a copy of one of the local papers which told the story of the resort In entertaining style.” Of course every town cannot be ad vertised to exactly th# extent of the .one mentioned, that Place being a re-, sort visited by many strangers who are Inclined to send awey a marked copy of a local newspaper containing a personal Item about tbelr arrival or their attendance at some social func tion. But. the average town which la ambitloua to get above the average can accompllab much by exploiting It self through the edlumus of Ita local' press. Every town has au interestlp^ history If only somebody who knows will get uuder the surface of things and unearth the facts. Every town has some peculiar advantages, some at tractions. not to be found elsewhere. The business of the exploiter is to set forth these attractions as invitingly as possible. Of course no town. Is go ing to boom Itself. It must be boomed by some of Its people. Some sort of organisation is necessary to raise funds and .map out the plan of campaign. The board of trade or bualneea men's organisation can attend to this. Suppose that a local business man or professional man or auy plain cltl- sen received from some quarter a re ^ueet for luformation concerning the town. Tbe cilisten may be too busy to writs out the desired Information In full, but if be has a copy of the town paper on his desk containing Just tbe data called for he is more than likely to wrap It up ami mall it to the In quirer, “Marked Copy.” In every town there are many'citl- sens who have paid no particular at tention to matters of local history. A well written article* running from day to day or from week to week In- the paper the |>eople read will serve to get them Interested In the town in which they live and will be the means of add ing them to the Itooming element. En thusiasm Is said to be contagious, uud by frequent contact with aome of the enthusiasm poured out lu prlnter'&Jnk by one who knows his subject and !*e- lievea in It the contagion is sure to 1** caught and passed along. What advantages has the town over Its neighboring towns? What Interest ing facts In Its-history or development are there which will make Interesting reading and cause outsiders to want to know more ab^ut^the. place? What topbrUtoV* improvementa have been mad* lately or may-ba made In tbe ^ near future? What opportunities are there for settlement. Investment, the opening of new lines of business? All these things combined would make an interesting article, and if run as a standing advertisement It would begin to show results In a short time. As eternal vigilance Is the price of liberty, so Is keeping everlastingly nt It the .price of success In booming a town. Will Be Hard te Many of th* Republican papers at the North frankly admit that their party will find Mr. Bryan a more formidable candidate than many of their leaden pretend to think he is. The New York evening Post sayr: "That Mr. Bryan will be the pemreratie cer.didate for the president y * tl is yrar/ Tf he chooses to be, may now be set down as among the political certainties. And those republican managers are living in a fools paradise who think it will be a holiday task to beat him. The forces which make Mr. Bryan’s candidacy formidable are not hid den. He has a vast and idolizing personal following. Its vote can be transferred to no other,—Af a cam paigner. he has inexhaustible physi cal energy, and resources of agita tion. And on what willing ears his appeals would fall in present cirr cumstances! Are the Repnblicans not aware how he could retort all their own favorite argumenta upon them with ternffic force? The re publican platform of 1896 could be read as an indictment of the re* publican party of 1908. All tbe dire consequences of misgovern* ment therein set forth are now swarming home to condemn repub lican policies. A panic baa come under . republican rule. Business has suffered deep hurt; mills have shut down; thousands of men are out of work; the unemployed throng the cities; the resources of charity are strained to provide for tho^e in went by no -fault of their own. Does any republican leader in his senses doubt that Mr. Bryan could make great play with these undeniable facts? Bearing in mind his extraordinary gifts as an agita- tor, and remembering how invaria bly the party in power loses popular support when depression over takes industry and cripples enter prise, no one but a republican drunk with complacency could deny that the coming: campaign will test, his party to^he utmost." This is an honest confession of Mr. Bryan’s ;<reat strength as a candidate. mias has been wiped out, annihilat ed, swept away. It numbered more than a million, and was engaged in defensive and offensive warfare against aud enemy more insidious tian the Japaness. Although none of this host, not even the leaders, had been trained at West Point, their strategy and tactics were un surpassed by the most efficient reg ular troops. Now this splendid fighting force has been uterly de stroyed. Less thkn 50,000 were killed at Waterloo andi8O,O0O at Leipsic so that those famous battles can not be compared with the destruction of this splendid American army. One million robins are a military unit of great fighting pbwer, able to com bat and overcome vast hordes of in sect enemies. Now this magnificent corps of our nation’s defenders is routed by ruthless pothunters, and our fields are left unprotected, ex- sposed to the ravages of pests that fly and crawl. South Carolina fines any one who kills a member of this grand army five dollars. This' fact should be remembered by all sports men as well as pot hunters. Why 1m.the Ocean Salt. The Creator made the ocean salt to save tbe land from putrefaction. The winds blow everything offen- «"-s* f sive and pestilential (as far as we al- NEW CONTRACT LAW At It FtoaUy Pasted the Legisla ture Oii Last Day' in Grand Army Wiped Oat. The Pittsburg Gazette-Times says one of the greatest of Am-lhjail ar- ceivy from him personal ^-a^yvice of Farmer* nod Other* Interested _ TMa Law Should Read it Over Carefully. -- -^7 . ' ' O ■ ^ V v’ ' •' _ A .... 1 i. .‘J Among th* few Important acts of general application passed by the legislature which has Test completed ita strictly legislative duties Is that on th* subject of farm labor, which reads as follows: Section 1. That any person who ■hall hereafter contract with Mother to render him personal service of any kind,' and shall thereafter fraudu lently, or with malicious Intent to Injure his employer, fail or refuse to render such service as agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor. Sec. 2. That any person who shall hereafter contract to receive from an other personal service of any kind, and to compensate him therefor, and shall thereafter fraudently, or with malicious intent to injure his em ploye, fail or refuse to make com pensation as agreed upon shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 3. That the failure of either party to such contract to perform the obligation assumed by him thereun der, without sufficient cause, and t* the Injury of the other shall be prima facie evidence, in prosecutions under sections 1 and 2, that he violated such contract fraudently and with malicious intent to injure the other parity. ' Sec. 4. That any person who shall hereafter contract with another to render' personal service of any kind to him, and shall thereafter fraudent*. ly, or with malicious intent to injure the employer, procure advances, lb money or other things of value, from him, with Intent not to render the service agreed upon, and who*shall thereafter, with like intent, fail or refuse to perform the service agreed upon, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of the fact that the employe entered into the con tract, procured advances, and failed or refused to complete the contract, without sufficient cause, to the Injury of the employer, shall be prima facie evidence of the offense herein de scribed and declared a ifiisdemeanor. Sec. 5’' ..That aj)CVperion who shall hereafter contract with another to re-' Burglar s Notebook. “Here la an Interesting find," said Lecoq the detective. “It is * bur glar’s notebook. Instructions for the burglarious young. Listen and I’ll read you some extracts.” He opened the little yellow book and r'jad: "To keep from sneejng close eyes land open mouth'and proas upper lip Tlih vul:. het>. “Use turpentine to drill iron if it Is hard. “Put hard soap into oat when saw ing off padlocks." s " “Black the face when doing Job and carry soap and piece of mirror to wash off with; also carry towel “Put rubber washer on bottom of vise to make soundless. “Carry vial of tincture *f araiea for cuts and bruises. “Tty all chisels before using. “Use electric lamp, sever the eld fashioned oil lantern. “To break window, cut wltk dia mond and then spread thick white load en flannel and press from. “Hold lamp always at arm’s leng th when lit. Then, if It la ehet at Fou will not be hit: -- More Than Merely Discreet. > There is a Chicago lawyer whe. his colleagues aver, hM a peeltiva genius for malapropos suggestioa te his witnesses on the stand, says Harper’s Weekly. Recently this lawyer was ceuaeei In a suit for divorce, wherein he was examining a woman who bad taken the stand in behalf of the plaintiff “Now, madam,” began the *ttor- ney, who is always sayingJtbe jrrong^ thing, “repeat the slanderous state ments made by the defendant oa this occasion.” „ “Ob, they are unfit for say re spectable person to hear!” gasped the witness. “Then, madam,” said the attor ney, coaxlngly. “suppose you just whisper them to his boner the Judge.” i * & Measure for Measure. “And tbe name is to be—” asked tbe suave minister as he approached the font with the precious armfnl et fat and flounces. “Augustus Philip Ferdinand C*d rfnton _ Chesterfield Livingstone Snooks.” , ' t “Dear, dear!" Turning te the aex-j ton: ."A little more water..Mr. Per. kins, if you please.”—London TH- r Bits. How to Oar* Rhettmntinat. The cause of RteamaUs* sad kindred die eaeas iiaaeiotstof urio sold la the Woods To core this terrible diees the sold must he expelled and tbe syatea so regulated that no aoia fold will be formed in axoasaive quan- tities. Rheumatism is so internal disease and r.quire im internal remedv. Rubbing with oils and liniments will notru «t,rff rds olI. temporary ralisf at bast caosha yon to <*e ! f th#- ofi-vtre'aiiuenLaa” auo siL-ms •dj to got a tlrmsr hold ca yOu. Iilniuamu may ease the pasin, but they will no morn ours Rbematism than paint Will chugs the fibre of rotten wood. Science has at last discovered a perfeo ad complete cure, whloh is called Rheums ci da. Tasted in Amdreda of cases, it has el footed tbs most marvelous cures;' ww believe it will cure you, Rbeumaoide "nets at th* joints from th* inside,” sweeps the poisons oat of the system, tones up the stomach, reg- ulaba tha livarand kidneys and mages you well all over. Rheumaoide “strikee the root, of the disease oud remove* Its causa.” This selendld remedy is sold hy druggists and daalers gacerally at 50c, and 1 a bottle. In tabldt form at 25c. and 5*c, a package. Gat > battle today delava are dangerous. ' »iw Iks. ...Uta tsAvED TO ORGAN ' OUBTOMEM For N*xt 40 Day*. W* wi;L soil •or *xo*ll*at $80 Or gans nt uiny f«S. 6ar ffid Organa for sly *70. Special Terms: On*- third now. one-third Nov. IfiOS, bal ance Nov. .1903. If lnt*r«ot*d, dip thin ad, a fid onclon* It with yoar lot- tar, asking tor catalog and prto* Hat. If yon want th* boat organ on earth, don’t delay, bat writ* us at one* and mv* $1* and make aome harmoni ous. AddraM: MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, 8. O. Pianos aad Organs. ~ any kind, to compensate him there for, and to make advances to him. and shall, thereafter fraudently, or with malicious Intent to injure the employe, receive the benefit of such service, in whole or in part, and with like intent fall or refuse) to make c th compensation or advajjcea agreed} “tales Senator. upon shall be deemed grfflty of a mis demeanor. Proof of the fact that the employer enteral into The con tract, received the benefit of the em ploye’s services, in whole or in part, and failed to make the compensation agreed upon, without suffleieut cause, to the Injury of the employe, shall be prime facie evidence of the offense herein described and declar ed a misdemeanor. Sec. 6. The contracts referred Co in this Act may he either verbal or in writing; they must be executed with th* formalities required bx Sec. tion 355, Criminal Code, A. D. 1902; If verbal, they must be witnessed by at least two disinterested witnesses. Dot related by blood or marriage with in the sixth degree, to either party' and the term of service contracted for must be for a definite time, not exceeding one year. AU such con tracts shall be valid only between the original parties thereto; and any at tempted transfer or assigument of any rights thereunder shall be null and void. Sec. 7. That 1 if either party to any written contract herein referred to desires to avail himself of the bene fits of this Act against third parties he ahall cause the earn* to be indexed in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances or the clerk of the t! Only Parrot Talk. Ahrose Austin, an English musiclaL hitf fi r parrot. On on# occagipa th tote duka of Edfnburgfi. son of Quet Victoria, spoke to it Thereupon th pgrrot angrily said, “You’re a snob! to the horror of its loyal owner an the delight of his royal highness. Nearly every county in the State , has out a favoritte son for Unitec of Health) out to sea, where all hum ors are absorbed by the hungry was ers. Salt is a purifying agent. The ocean is a great manufacturer. It converts every thing foul Into health making ozone and hands it back to us without charge. No government label, is necessary. Stand on the prow of a ship for three hours a The crack of the ever ready pistol is still heard in South Carolina. Wi need a few hangings in this State. A Washington newspaper corres pondent says the Taft hoom has lit tle support except that given it from the white house. Make the lien law an issue "in the campaign this Summer and give the people a chance to say what they waut done with it. Another white man has been hung over in Georgia in the last few weeks for murder. Keep this up a little while and Georgia will have fewer murders. All honor to Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia. In allowing the law to take its course in two noted mnrder cases resulting in the hanging of two white men, he has set an example that should be followed by all gov ernors. low them todo the work of bowrde “ let) of the^county in which said la bor or service is to be performed, within ten days from the date of the cotnract; and such Indexing shall constitute odtice to *11 third parties. Such IndSB ahall show the names of the emiuoyer and the laborer, the data of the contract and date of its termination, and the location and name of the place or places whereon th* said service or labor is to be per- day, deep breathing like an athlete, j formed. The clerk of the court, or and your lungs will be cleaned of ^e Register of .Mesne Conveyances To Check Street Litter. In order to minimize the nuisance of waste paper left In the streets the city council of Paris, France, ordered would be A candidate if it was the that Wire baskets to which is attach- dedre of the democratic party thfit *d a notice requesting the public to I should be. Believing that in par- P**** waste paper therein be placed M In square* and on the grand boule- tH». u In popular government tu „ rll , . p, rt , dtlp ,, rb to thonty comes up to the official from thq, New York Herald. They am to the people. I believe that voters as they gather in their communities dxmld exprees themselves on party principles and Candidates and then •elect delegates in harmony with their ideas. Instructions are dem ocratic becauae the delegate has no authority except as he receives in- from the voters; and ought to say that which want said? 7 This is a statement from Mr. Bry- itaon to reference to 1 nomination. It cer- b* attached to fences and railings. Haw to Clean Bronzes. It ll not a good plan to clean bronzes, as tbe polish is very easily spoiled, but If hSceasagr nothing is better than cleaning them with water and am monia, using a stiff brush like a nail brush. Dry carefully after rinsing thoroughly. They should .be carefuUy dusted every day with a soft cloth and a feather brush, and a little sweet oil may b* rubbed on occasionally. To re move stains from bronae make the artlcl* wry hot by dipping It in boiling water. Then rah It with • piece of fiuuMl dipped la suds mad* from yel low *o*p, rubbing clean with soft linen everything poisonous, your blood will leap through veins and arteries, your heart will be obliged td thump with renewed force. The tide is the ocean’s tongue. It comes in twice a day to lick up the foul things of the earth apd convey them to the ocean’s stomach, where these are di gested salted down, cured and ren dered pure again. -.A female burglar ha s been cap tured in Dallas. Tex. She would' have escaped if she had not stopped to primp her hair before leaving the house that she burglarized. Senator Hale shows that there has been expended in construction of the United States navy during the past thirty-seven years $1,200, 000,000, which he says has been money well invested. We do not think there is any doubt of the sena tor being rigl t in that opinion. The Mobile Register says "if there is anything in signs and omens, it is worth noting that Ala bama, first in the call of States in the next Republican - convention, has put an undertaker, named Al len, alio first in alphabetical order, on the Republican executive com- mitte." <- as the case may" be, shall endorse his official certlhcate, and- the date of filing to he Indexed upon every such contract filed under the provisions of this Act and his only fee for the same shall be five cents for each contract. And the clerks of court or Registers of Conveyances, as the case may be, in ail the counties of the State, shall provide, a book for Indexing such contracts, which shall be plainly labeled “Index Labor Con tracts.” Sec. 8. That upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of any person charged with any viola tion of this Act, the person so con victed shall be punished by a fine not iesr than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, or hy imprisonment not less than twenty days and not exceeding thirty days for each offense: Provided, That there shall be no. prosecution under this Act unless the arrest warrant shall be issued within thirty days from the commission of the offense. In the opinion of The Washington Star "South Carolina should sends good man in Mr. Latimer’s place;" * ‘should be able to give Mr. Tillman a colleague with something of his gin ger and a like amount of his indus try." Theodore H. Price, one of the worst enemies the cotton planter ever had, issued a very bullish cir cular on cotton after the New York exchange closed on -Tuesday, in which he predicts much higher prices. We hope he is right. _ The republican papers of th< country are urging that a man from the South be put on the ticket thi. year. The Florence Times sug gest that Booker Washington be se lected as the Southern representative of the Republicans. Wade Hampton Sellers'?)as had $ long career of crime, but we hope he has rerched the end of his list ol crimes at last. If a few fellows like Sellers were allowed to dance from the end of $i hope occassional- Iv the State would be better off. 1 ■" H 1 . 1 - » Some of these white and black law breakers who are so fond of shooting down officers of the law ent to arrest them should he made o stretch hemp. One or two stretchings would make the other law breakers more careful with their guns, The Augusta Herald says "it it 8«c. 9. That this Act - is not in- “ old saying among the farmers tended and shall not be construed to, that a bad winter n the forerunner protect any of the parties to, or pun- of a ^ood crop year. So we should Ish the violation of. any contract or bear philosophically the present dis matter connected therewith, where rgre^af ' the inducement or vconsideration of such contract, is money or other thing of value, advanced to or for the em ploy* prior to the commencement of aervic* thereunder. AU auch contracts ar* hereby prohibited and declared null and void. See. 10, That all Acts aad parts ble weather which after all is so much better than our friends in otter sections are having. of Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby re-et’ed. Sec. 11. That this Act shall go In to effect immediately upon th* ap proval of the governor, CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE “Little Glint” Screw Plates 11 assortments. 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