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WILL BE HUNG. THE SUPREME COURT DECIDES AGAINST PINK FRANKLIN, The Mordtrer of OontUbfo Valen tin® and He Will Be Reeentraced and Executed. . • The State Supreme Court has bus talned the lower Court in the case of Pink Franklin, the Oranxenurg ne gro, who war convicted of the kill ing of H. E. Valentine, white, and sentenced to be hanged on October 25th, 1907. The case now goes down to the trial Court for Franklin to be resentenced unless his colored law- jers take an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which, it Is said, they will do. The killing of Mr. Valentine caus ed quite a sensation at the time and there was fear of violence. Mr. Val entine, a constable, went to the house of Franklin to serve a warrant on n July 29, 1907,. The warrant aharged Pink Frahkllh with breaking an agricultural contract, which had been made under the law since de clared unconstitutional by the State Courts.’ When Valentine approached the hour® of Franklin, the negro went Inside the house and Valentine knocked on the steps. Soon after wards a shot was fired and Valen tine fell mortally wounded. The man who accompanied him, W. M. Garter, was also shot from inside the house. Franklin was also wounded and he claimed that Valentine burst Into the house and fired at him be fore he fired at Valentine. Franklin was represented by Jacob Moorer, of Orangeburg, and John Adams, of Columbia, both colored, and they raised much the v same points that Moorer has used In contesting the election of Democratic Congress men In this State, to-wit, that the laws of the State discriminates against negroes. Of course, there Is absolutely nothing In their conten tions. but the points serve to prolong the life of Franklin. Sooner or later Franklin will be hung. t SERIOUS WRECK. At Trenton In Which an Engtneer and Fireman Were Killed. A frightful .accident occurred on the Southern at Trenton at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, resulting In the death.'Of Engineer Robert Hubbard, an<L a negro fireman, Tillman Low- man, of Columbia, and the Inlu'ing though not seriously, of Conductor Charles Wright and Hr. Xewhi Har rison, a trainman, he roads from Columbia to Augusta and from Aik en to Edgefield cross at Trepton. An extra passenger train was run ning from Aiken to Edgefield, a freight train heading to Augusta was shifting, and 'one of the boxes back ed and left across the point where the lines crossed, and the train from Aiken crashed into it. The engine waa turned over and the dead men were caught under It and crushed to death. Mrs. Hubbard, t^g wife of the en gineer, with Mis* Heleia-Haltlwanger of Edgefield, occupied the passenger, coach, which waa also turned over, but the escaped without serious In jury. The coach caught fire, but the flames were extinguished before It, was much- burned. An Inquest was held, the jury returning a verdict in conformity with the above facts. • MOB LYNCHES TWO MEN. Shoot Two Alleged Murderers to Death. At Perry, Fla., tween one and two o’clock Friday morning a mob of armed cltlcens surrounded the county jail and took Richard Smith and Will McMullen, both charged with mur<fer, from the jail carrying them quietly to a secluded spot on the outskirts of the town, where they were securely tied to a post and their bodies riddled with bullets. >iThe bodies were foun 1 early next morning by the authorities. Smith was charged with the murder of a white man a few days ago and Mc Mullen was awaiting trial for the murder of another negro. Mc Mullen was a desperate character, and a few days ago overpowered the Jailor, making his escape. He was recaptured by Marchal Hawkins. The cltlxens of Perry are of the opinion that the mob was formed of farmers of the surrounding country. N® further trouble is feared. • COMIMT8 SUICIDE. A Columbian Takes Poison and Then Stabs Himself. Athol H. Miller, a representative of the F. S. Royster Guano company, Norfolk...Va., committed suicide at the Hlllboro hotel, Tampa, Fla., Friday morning, taking about 100 grains of morphine and later stab bing himself three times near the heart with a slx-lnch pearl-handled dagger. Miller left two letters, one to his wife at Camden, S. C., his home, and another to P. E. Black of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate aompany at Mul berry, Fla. . In the letter to his wife Miller stated that he had no cause for the suicide, but felUaiy uncontrol lable Impulse which he could not con quer. The letter to Black related to busi ness matters. Miller had been at Tampa two weeks, stopping it the Tampa Bay hotel. Before going to Tampa he spent tJiree weeks at the Prairie Pepple Phosphate plant In the Interest of his employers. FPtfAK SOCIETY. SHOOTING OF JU4>GlfeilUCHANAN Fatal Bullet Accidentally Fired by One of Two Boys. A dispatch from Edgefield says it Is. now certain that the ball that killed Ex-Judge Buchannan came from -a rifle In "th^Tands of one of two boys who were hunting, and It Is authqritlvely ftated that the shoot ing was entirely accidental. While the boys are known, the Informant of the correspondent of The News and Courier at Ward’a refused to give names, nor have they, so far as is known here, been made public or any confession or statement made as to their unfortunate, though not criminal, connection with the sad af fair. No official investigation has been made. NEGRO CHILDREN BURNED WANTED DRAWINGS. Jap Tried to Get Plans of New Fortl- Cation Made. At Ely, Nevada, a prominent draughtsman named Clinton was ap proached by a Japanese who sought to have Clinton accompan^hlm to San Francisco to make plans of the new fortifications there. The Jap anese said he would pay al expen ses as well as “make It all right with Clinton" in case the latter made a drawing of the new fortifications. Clinton refused to accede to the suggestion, and caught hold of the Japanese vith the Intention of hold ing him cmtll an officer came to place him under arrest. The Jap anese caught the **!ght heud of his captor in his mouth, biting two of his fingers so badly that he will prob ably have to nave them amputated. A crowd soon gathered and held the Japanese until a denuty consta ble came and arrested him. The Japanese bit and scratched like a wild man. declaring over and over that he would not be arrested alive. Hewill be held on a charge of may- He wll be held on a charge of may hem. • Three Plckanninnle* Perish la a Fire Near Walhalla. Three negro children perished In the flames when the house of Ella Davis, a colored man living near Wal halla, was burned Thursday night Four children alone In the house were playing with a torch nea<^ sack of seed cotton, wfilch caught fire, Igniting their clothing. 'Though the door stp<Sl open the three young est children were too freightened to escape. TWO MEN SHOT. Community Excited Over Wounding of Young Men. An unknown negro shot and fatal ly wounded Baxter and Rufus Burns at Burns, Mias., late Friday. Both are relatives of United States Senator McLaurin of Mississippi. Gov. Neol has sent bloodhounds from the Ran kin county convict farm In pursuit. The vicinity is greatly excited and a large posse Is reported assisting In the search of the culprit. The cause of the shooting has not been ascer talned. FOUR DEATHS IN A FAMILY. Pneumonia Te^k Them Within a Pe* rlod of Four Wctduu A dispatch from Aiken to The State says one If the saddest deaths that has occurred In that county was that of Melvin Bell, twenty years of age, which occurred on Monday of pneumonia. Mr. Bell had been ill only a few days. Ho was the son of Mr. J. P. Bell of Windsor. He was thftjtourth in that family that han dled in the past four weeks. On March 12 Barney Bell, his brother, died of pneumonia; a few days later Mrs. J. P. Bell, his mother, died of the same disease; on Monday of last week Frank Bell,..'another broth er. died of the same disease. . This makes the third brother and the mother of the same family to die of pneumonia within four weeks. None of them were sick over five days. A few months ago< Frank Bell’s wife Bite Kilt*. White Russell, son Russell; of Newberry, Tuesday from a hits dOC rscslrsd there Killed on Railway. A dispatch to. The &tate says "Miss Della Davega received a dispatch Wednesday mornng announeng the death of her brother-in-law, Mr. E. Chavasse, from being struck by passing train at Lexington, Ky. MIsf DaVega left at once to attend the funeral. Mrs. Chavasse was Miss Mary DaVjpga, a native of this city, and sister of the late Dr. 8. M. Da- Vega.” Robber Injured. A dispalehi—from Asheville to The State says in an effort to make quick “get away," after he had brok en into and robbed the Arden post- office, Wiliam Miller, a young man from South Carolina, attempted to board a movng freight train, but fell beneath the wheels. One foot was cut off and he Is otherwise badly Injured. Jumped Five Stories. , At New York Mrs. Sarah Scherry, a despondent widow, killed herself by diving from the front window of her fifth-story apartment at 64 East 103rd Street Into a crowd of women on the sidewalk, moat of them who had children in arms or In baby car riages. • Shot Wife and Self. Mad with love fdf another woman, datermined to sever the bonds that bound him to a woman he d|d not love, .George Willoughby, prominent in Ugtftnesa and church circles at fl**ikee, Wls., shot his wife dead morning, *n4 -twice wounded IL ♦ The Pointed Bsards In Parlw—To D#> fend Cause of Fat Man. "Pointed beards only need apply.” This Is the law of the latest Pari sian society of freaks—tbs “Sphenopo- gones, as they call themselves. Its members, who are compelled by # the rules of the society to wear point ed beards and mustaches, have band ed themselves together 4 .for the avow ed purpose of promoting perennial joviality. It Is a secret society. Its dellberar tlons are secret, Its dinners are se cret, its happy evenings are secret and the names of its members can bee seen only in the society’s secret books. The Sphenopogones comprise lead ing politicians, literary men and ar tists living in various parts of France. Each member must be elected unani mously and must, under pain of se vere penalties promise to wear a beard which tapers symmetrically to a point and a mustacne also pointed at each end. Once a month the members dine to gether. The date and place of meet ing are arranged by the "gonfalon- ler," as the treasurer is called, and the proceedings are kept strictly prl- -vate, no one being admitted except duly enrolled members. If any member has .between one dinner and another distinguished himself by writing a successful play or a book, or by painting a picture of exceptional merit, or by doing any thing to earn public pruise, he is greeted with uproarious applause. After dinner the possessors of the pointed beards give themselves up to conviviality In accordance with the terms of their secret charier. Wanted an Office Boy. There Is a tale about a company pro moter who wanted an office boy. He advertised and received 100 replies, ont of the hundred he selecten ten whom he Interviewed, his choice fall ing upon an apparently bright young ster to whom be said; “My boy. 1 like your appearance and personality, and think you will do. Did you bring a character?” "No. sir," replied the uoy, ‘‘but i can go borne ana get Itfl’ “Very well,’’ replied the promo ter. ‘ Bring It back tomorrow, and 11 It is satisfactory 1 shall engage you." Late that same afternoon-the pro moter was surprised by tae return of the candidate. “Well,’’ he asked of the ooy, "have you got your character?” » "No,” said tue boy, "but I got yours Md I ain't coming, either!”—Hap- good’s Ipportunlties. The First “Blue Book.” The first “Blue Book" Issued by the Government waa in 1816. It had only 176 pages and listed U.3^. names as the number of officials and employes of the Government. The Blue Book of 1907 will contain 4,218 pages In it* two big volumes, and an approxl* mate total of 349,076 names. The volumes will weigh about thirty pounds. Maryland Captures Federal Places. Maryland on account of its geo graphical relation to the District of Columbia, hais "captured” far more than Ita quota of Federal employes In the district, having no fewer than 2.192 which is several hundred more than Pennsylvania, and nearly as many as New York. Marylanders employed In the District receive an annual aggregate of $2,009,426. ■ ; ______ * A-New Turbine Torpedo. A new turbine torpedo will shortly be tested In France of greater speed than any at prtscut In existence, capable of traveling a distance ot more than 1,260 miles and of carrying a much larger charge of explosives than any torpedo now In us?. Burmese Sacred Cattle Profitable. A herd of Burmese sacred cattle which Tom O'Connor, a stockman of Goliad, Tex., Imported from India about two years ago has none so well that the variety will soon be icund up on many of the ranches of Soutn- west Texas. " — ■ « Careful Blasting in France. In France the depth of urdl holes for blasting is rebirt -ted to meters, or about five feet The miner Is for bidden to touch a hole aiter It has once been fired, and when a shot Is missed the hole must be drilled over. Bird Like a Flower. A remarkable bird in Mexico is the bee martin „ which has-a trick ,of ruffling tit/thV*’fcathers on ttffe top of Its head Into the.exact semblance of a beautiful flower, and when a bee comes along to sip honey from the supposed flower U is snapped up by the bird. A..J4INT TO HUNTERS. 1. A Connecticut Farmer Bayb Deer Are Destroying His Vege^bleo. A farmer-In the town of Barkham- •ted writes to the Hanford "Courant” a .detailed statement of what he has •offered from the. ravages of deer in the pest summer and of the meagro compensation with which he has been forced to content himself, that seems to form Justiflcable^gcewul for coui- plalnt The complaint is the more worthy of consideration from tlhe reasonable tone In which. It Is voiced, and one is led thereby to believe that It Is based In fact rather than lu 1m- tfinatlop/ —■*— r-7 : This famer of Barkhamsted, to con dense his'troubles has had destroyed by deer this summer the product ot one-fourth of an acre of wax beans, 240 out_of 1,259 cabbages, and three- foufthi'‘oTTTn acre of mangel wurt- *els, getting from the latter three tons of crop, where he had reason to ex pect twenty tons. In compensation for all this damage the state has paid him the sum of |20. He has to take that or nothing for'there is no e u Ing the state Farmers who have tried to raise crops pf this sort, ahii some others who have had experience with them, may Judge how inadequate a sum this U to pay a farmer for so large a part of a whole summer's lab-^ or. “I can’t afford to work all summer like a slave and lose everything Just for the pleasure of some city sports, ’ says this farmer, sadly. Hasn't he come dangerously close to the real root of this matter? For what arejve so jealously protecting our Connecu- cut deer? Why are we allowing them to multiply so unrcst’ainedl •, to be so practically undisturbed tlujt they venture with impunity on to the Ian l of any'farmer, and Into any field he 7 cultivates? Is It from motives of hu manity or love for the dear, grateful animals themselves? Not for a min ute. The real motive back of this careful protection of the deer is the Idea of certain misguided ones who think they are sportsmen, that in time we may be able to make Con : nectlcut over into a happy hunting ground for at least a few weeks in a., year, with the customary attachments to the deer shooting season elsewbc're presumably^ There are others ttnnr farmers who 'should have an interest in preventing any such result. Meanwhile, let's face this deer sltu- •(lon fairly and sensibly. If we must protect the deer in all his depreda tions for a few years longer, let's ser that the farmer who suffers gets just remuneration for 'hts tmfferingw. TTr that way we shall run up a state deer expense account which bv the time - -4h*-legislature -meets sufficient to sober the statep into re vising the deer protection law to a point which In a year or two wilt thin the deer into proper numbers for the good of the state.—New Haven Register. There are some unfortunates who persist in turning their worst ride toward the world, and very often the temptation la great to Just leave them alone. A Canny Quaker. To get a subscription from Stephen Girard, founder of Girard College in Philadelphia was no easy matter, k required tact and the right Intro duction. and many failed while few succeeded. It Is told, by the author of “The French Blood in America.' that Samuel Coates, a genial Quaker was one of me few men who knew how to approach the eccentric mil lionaire. He was a manager of the Pennsyl vania hospital, and called on Girard for th* purpose of raiding money foi the institution. "Well, how much do you want. •Coates?" asked Girard, in his use.i brusque tones "Just what thee pleases to give. Stephen," replied the qnaker. GTfar wrote out a check for I'l.O. o jp handing it to Mr. Coates, was surpris ed to see that gentleman pocket 1. without looking at the amount. "What! You don't l'K)k to see how much I give you?" cried uirard. In ert ’ulqusly. “Beggars arc not choosers Steph en,’ replied the Quaker. * "Give me back my check and I will change It," said Girard, after a mo ment’s pause. "A bird In the hand is worth two In the hush, thee knows, Stephen mildly replied the Quaker. Wttho” Why This Solicitude? The New York Sun, which is own ed out and out by the trusts and which defends their interest on all occasions, caiHs upoth,jSenator Till- . — "iMiiiir - J , . We believe that the United States man of South Caromfa To speak in Supeerae Court will sustain the de regard to the candidacy of William Jennings Bryan. It concedes the great influence of the South Caro linian upon the political sentiment of the South, but says that “the question is one of- pure expediency at a critical moment in the fortunes of the Demccritic party.” “We air know,” sa^d the Sun, “that Tillman doesn’t believe that Bryan could win if nominated, and so we hope every thing.” That is to sajf, the Sun hopes that Mr. Tillman will consent That South Carolina shall be repre sented in the Convention at Denver by an uninstructed delega tion. “It is not the habit of the Southern States,” says the Sun, “to send instructed delegations. Virgin ia does not, nor yet Louisiana. _ Ala bama has not the habit, nor Tennes see. But there is one of them that can do more than all the others to keep' the question open until the del egates assemble at Denver, and that just now is South Carolina. Sena tor Benjamin R. Tillman has on ly to speak and all will listen anx iously. Will Senator Tillman speak?” Why this great solitude about South Carolina’s action in sending dele gates to the National Democratic Convention on the part of the New York Sun, which is one of the bitter est Republican papers in the coun try? Why is the Sun so anxious to have Bryan who it admits will be elected President, defeated in the nominating convention? Is it be- i bench, cause Mr. Bryan is too good a Dem ocrat to suit the Trusts, whom the Sun serves? The Sun nded not wor ry itself about Senator Tillman. He is for Bryah and will use his influ ence to have a Bryan delegation sent from this State, •and all the honeyed words of the Sun will affect him not. When Bryan gets in the White House we will have the only real Democrat President we have had since the war. cision of the State Supreme Court in the dispensary case. We hope so at least. It begins to look now as if those receivers appointed by Judge Pritch ard will never get a chance to di vide out any of the State’s money among themsel vee. Eighteen days after he murdered a priest at his altar the Denver an archist was sentenced to death. Had he committed his awful crime in South Carolina the chances are he would be out on a bail bond... A New York minister with plenty of time to“ figure out things” said recently that it was more dangerous to be a railway brakeman than>tbi>e a murderer. And he goes on to prove his assertion firith statistics, showing that only one murderer in 73 is hanged, while one brakeman in every 30 is killed. The Washington correspondent of The State says “it is universally con ceded that there are no Republi can lawyers in South Carolina com petent to sit on any kind of judical bench.” This is a mistake. Abial Lathrop, Esq., is an able lawyer and a honorable gentlemen. He would make a better judge than Pritchard, and as good as McCullough or any one else who would depend on Pritchard’s influence with President Roosevelt to get on the Federal Opened Again. The dispensaries In Calhoun Coun ty were closed on Monday by order of Governor Ansel, who took the peer Ition that there is no provision of law for their operation as dispen saries In Calhoun County, and in the absence o: any express authorisation for their > mtinuance Governor Ansel takes the position that they should be closed :nd he so notified the Or angeburg County board. The matter was takec lefore the Supreme Court who ordvied the dispensaries open ed, and they are running fall blast until the matter can be settled.' Use Plenty of Lime. Get lime as soon as you can and sprinkle It everywhere, It will mean fewer flies and leas sickness this sum mer. jt will not do to put it off too late, use before the first crop of files is jiorn. and you will have fewer crops to contend with. It takes trouble, butrlt will sav* trouble, you can use the same energy that you -would have' to use fighting flies in the summer tg^jget something sccom plished that would ad to your wealth or happness. Defending Rliudtigers. In speaking of the trial arid con viction of a man for running a blind- tiger in Atlanta the Atlanta Journal says: Rev. E. H. Peacock, Rev. Len G. Broughton’s assistant, and as relent- aprni-wiirTvr-fress a bounder ofsin as ever smash ed a whiskey bottle or burned a deck of cards, came into a terrific arraign ment at the hands of Attorney A., M. Brand, in the city court, crimi nal division, Friday. Mr. Brand, with Attorney T. W. Rucker, de fended M. W. Jolley, a fonner po lice sergeant. who was arraigned for -idling: whiskey in the Virginia ho- tel. v ’ Mr. Brand is not the author of the Iconoclast, but he used icono clastic methods Friday. He called Dr. Broughton’s assistant an infor mer and spy. Mr. Peacock, it will be remembered, gave the informa tion upon which they arrested Jolley. 0. Mandel. proprietor of the Virgin ia hotel, and another man, on Feb ruary 20. Jolley was tried Friday, found guilty, and fined $1,000 by .lodge Calhoun, with the alternative >f 12 months in the chaingang. Jol ley will appeal. “Of all the capers that ever were cut,” said Mr. Brand to the jury, “the capers of this man Peafowl are he limit. He goes around in the most despicable form known to man that of an informer and spy. As a Christian minister he hounds out some poor man, has him arrested, brought to court and fined. He is Peacock the avenger. How different from the meek and lowly Saviour, who went to men and said; ’Go thy way, and sin no more!’ ” If the ideas of this lawyer were carried out there would never be anpther conviction of a criminal in any of our courts. In his eyes any witness who testifies to the guilt of a man who is violating law is a spy “Just one iribffe kiss, Sahy,” said the handsome young, carrier on the rural m* l route. “You better be careful how you lose lime, Jadson.” cautioned t.,e farmer'* daughter, with a rosy blush. “Uncle 8am mignt get after you." “Don't worry sweetheart. If he should get after me I'd just te'l him t stopped on U.e way to co..ect a few prinjls. He couldn't object to that.’’ way of the back door. After visiting the house Girard returned to the fence and seeing the man at his posi. reprimanded him for being lafe “I’d hcen here, sir, but went hack for a spade.'’ mr'J the man. "No. you fialnY ] went and put my handL, In yorr bed and to md a warm.” He d scharged him on the spot. The man who write^ with a quill Is naturally a goose. When a m«n doesn't care a wrap, he generally gets the ;;a'-k. Much of one’s happiness in life de pends upon the way one looks at things. The Charleston Post offered the )estsolution of the dispensary trou- >le we have yet seen. It proposed that the General Assembly should abolish the commission appointed to wind up the business of the institu- ion, thereby removing the issue raised by Judge Pritchard of a trust- eeship of creditors’ funds over which the courts had proper., juris diction. The Post offered the above solution while the Legislature was mrion, and it could easily carried out. have been The man who Uvea In the vcllsy of discontent should put up rt Huff Many a pg incial upset is the result of a dJa. „ ■ » t J&NOx’s presidential boom don’t seem to be making much headway. The .Commoner says it has reached the stage where it is necceasary for the fender to be pilt.on Ijehind. Ij.li really pathetic to witness’the interest Exhibited by the Republican press in the welfare of the Demo-jit. cratic party this year. They are so afraid that the party will nominate Bryan and ba defeated that they can hardly rtstnin their grief. • Killed by I^ad Pencil. Janies Foster, a young whPef boy of Cherokee Springs, Spartanburg county died last week from blood poisoning caused by the point of a lead pencil. Sie was^runnlng around ■with a lead pencil In hir ti.outli, and in falling the point of the lead stuck In hls mouth. Parents should warn- children about putting lead pencils in their mouths. Thirty-Two Cent Cotton. FOR 84XJ>—Watara's Mlrtrafri Improved 'Summer Snow'* mplaad 1—■ staple cotton Med. Makes bale aae more per acre ordinary land under tnW conditions; eella for lift to SI pound. Neatly picked on ordinary saw g 1% inebea Price: bos he la. $4.SS; • »1.M per buabeL ITa* Hew t* Oar* RheumetUm. Tbs cease -if Rheumatism sad kindred d-A MSM isaa exosas of urio aoid| ia the blood: To oure this terrible d sees the sold mast be expelled sod the system so regulated that no moio scid will be formed In excessive quan tities. Rheumatism is an internal dismiss sad require an internal rstnedv. Rubbing with oils and liniments will not cure, affords s*|p temporary relief at best onuses you to de lay the rro| *r treatment, and allows themad- sdy to gst s firmer hold on you. Linis may ease t e pesin,bnt they will no more| Rhematism then paint will change the fibre ef rotten weed. Sjionoe m at last discovered a perfeet ad oomol* * oars, which is called Rbeome- i do. Tes . d in hundreds of cases, it has el ected the m it marvelous cures: we believe t will cur- you, Rbeumaoide “gets at "the oints from the inside,” sweep* the poisons oat of the -v-tem, tones up the M-tntth. rtf - u-at-sibe liver and kidneys and makes yoa wellallov-r. Rbeumacid-“strikee the reel, of the disauae ond removes ita cause” TMs splendid rem-dv is sold hy druggists dealers renrmlly af 50c, and l a bottle, b^let fort at 25c, an 1 50c, a package G< a O' tile U'd«y: delay# are dangerous- A BeM .1 gift LHH i.AKS SAVED TO ORGAN CUSTOMERS For Next 40 Days. Ws will sell our excellent S80 Or gans at only BftS. Our 990 Organs for *ly 475, Special Terms: One- third now, one-third Nov. 1908, bal ance Nov 1909. If Interested, clip this sd, and enclose It.,with your let ter. asking for catalog and price list If yon went the best orga on earth, don’t delny, but write us at once and save IK and make nome harmoni ous. Address: MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, Colombia, 8. O. Pianos and Organs. THE ONLY HOUSE IN COLUMBIA CARRYING THE “ORIQfXAI, QMMTINK CAMPY BELT." : Carry Also Rubber and Leather Belt. Write us for prires on anything In Machinery Supply Lin*. COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 West Gervais Street, COLUMBIA, 8- C. U. •. -AT. OfTICI. another word G rard down pi>< wrote him out a second check i n f° rmer - Awa V with such 16.00°. . Hls farm on the butsklrtr of T’h" delphla is one of the be?t In the country, and while living In town hr often drove out before breakfast to see that all was golns w-ll. Arriving one morning a . ..le earlier 'ban usual he was greatl ys intvy * ; at not finding hls man at wo k on n fence;that he was building. The man’v wife, noticing Girard approaching the house hurriedly awoke her' hiisbam. and sent him to hls dut os bv th stuff. It is the duty of every honest man to help convict law breakers if he can do so by telling what he knows before a court. The man who called Rev. Mr. Peacock an inform er and spy accepts money to shield a man that he kno vs to be a violator of law. What would you call him? The Cotton Acreage. How about the cotton acreage, fanners? We know you are advised so much that you pay little or no at tention to the advice that is volun teered to you, but still we deem it our duty to point out certain facts to you so as you will he informed of the situation. A bumper, crop of cotton this year means low prices next Fall. There is no market for goods. The mills cannot sell their products anef-in consequence they have been compelled to curtail pro duction. A big crop this, year means six cents for cotton next Fall. A 13,000,000 bale crop at six cents would be worth only $390,000,000, while a 10,000,000 bale crop at ten cents would be worth $500,000,000. In the face of -rthese f&gis, farmers, don’t you think it would be a i^art of wisdom to reduce the cotton acreage and increase the food crop? The person who fired the shot that killed Ex-Judge 0. W. Buchan an while traveling in a railroad car committed a most inexcusable crime and should be severely punished for, People who travel through our State in railway train’s must he made to feel that they are not liable to be shot to death by some heud or fool. Southcrm Standard of Satisfaction Mit HOGLESS LARD An odorless and tasteless vege table lard—no hog-fat in it—pure cotton seed oil, refined by our exclu sive and original Wesson Process— No other cooking-fat can be so good, so pure, so healthful, so economical. For bread, biscuit, pastry,- and all kinds of frying, it’s as good as butter. Doesn’t take on the slightest odor of fish, onions, or anything else. Doesn’t soak into or become absorbed by anything cooked in it. The Southern Cotton Oil Co. HEW YORK-SAVANNAH NEW ORLEANS ATLANTA CHICAGO GIBBES Guaranteed Machinery. INCLUDES GASOLINE AND STEAM ENGINES,PORT ABLE AND STATIONARY BOILERS, SAWMILLS, EDGERS, PLANERS, SHINGLE, LATH, STAVE AND CORN MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES, BRICK MAKING OUTFITS AND KINDRED LINES. Our stock Is the most varied and complete la the Southern States, prompt shipment being **r special ty. A postal card will bring our salesman. GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY, Bo* SB, OolamMa, g. a CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE CoUard pfcnta, tnd Tomto plant* 1 I now have ready for l experienced t a./ r.iji *r't water m EariyJarw^WekalWld.CforSiS ul£ £*?* cputon* Thau befog the but known rctUi.i* varieties tf—riifowi firmer*. Thau plant* are grown ont in the 1 wiU aland aeveca cold without fojnry. I *?. £"*“•- h fc** *° IN* »t ImM.MM to VMS at II.IS par Wa have cpeciil low Expreu order* will be shipped C. O. D _ Jjweld ®o**V with order* yitarafof the C. O. D'* jffafttsr sat ja.”Ss5!Vr.un3s II Sv^Mw tathfcctloa. 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