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o la a Most Dutnictivi Hotel Fire «t Fart Wayno, Ind. NUMBER OF MISSING TIm Bumlnf of tbo Ilegiiitcr Renders Aocui'idn EstimMe of Fnll!ltk>« tapoMMibto—The Fire Was umrov- emd at Hilf-Past p ^hrre O'clock SMKlnf Rfirnl^hC fi^hc Elevator ■haft. ~s At least 12 persons lost their lives It a fire which destroyed the New -Aveline hotel at. Fort Wayne, Ind., early Sunday morntiu?. The entire taterfor of. the building Is a sinould- erthg heap of culns and,, how many ai a aanceale^ fay the debris cau only be conjectured. Tho^'hotcl reg ister was consumed by the fire and there Is no accurate means of de termining who Is missing. Charred wood, bricks and twisted girders areipiled between tho walls to the second,story. Piece by piece this must be removed before the roll of the dead can be completed. Some of the liodies taken out are mangled and charred -beyond recognition. The- Are was discovered at 3:30 Sunday morning In the elevator shaft by Night Clerk Ralph Pipllns. He rushed to the upper floors, alarming the giie.ts until the flames, which had spread with great rapidity, drove them hack. His efforts, howeve-, saved many lives. . The hotel was erected half a cen tury ago and the wood work was dry as Under. WtthlflVfcwjninutes from the time the fire war dU'overed the whole Interior was rf rnksa of flames and the only avenue of escape was by the windows. The fire department rescued manv of tha guests by means of ladder*, but some, frensled l**he rush of flames, leaped from windows to the street. R. 8 Johnson, of Pana, III.. Jump ed from the fifth, story. His l>ody struck a balcony and bounded far In to tha street. He died a short time ■ »tk>F. " : As the flames Increased nten and women were seen In the windows of ISelF Toomv imploring help. Some did not wait for the assistance of the flremen and leaped to the street. Those who left their rooms before the flainee cut off their retreat were able to make their way to the fire escape and were saved* That there are several Imdles In tho ruins Is the l»elief of Fire Chief HHbrecht and Chief of Police Anck- enluruck places hls jpttmate of dead yet In the ruins as high as 20. The New Aveltne Hotel was a six story building of brick. It stood In the business centre of the city. The hotel and Its furnishings were valued at $80,000. • f PARTY RULES FOR COVERING MEMBERSHIP OF ' DEMOCRATIC CliVBS. WILL FIGHT PliAGl E- Physicians Who Will Wage War on Tuberculoela in this State Dr. Walter Cheyne, the very effi cient and popular secretary of the South Carolina Medical assoclatiou, has made public the names of the 1 physicians, one from each couhty In this State, constituting the committee on formation of the Anti-Tuberculosis league of the State Medical assocla- ttr n. This league is th%authorltative and professional organization which will take the necessary steps to sun- press the spread of tuberculosis in • S^uth Carolina. Each of the physicians below nam ed. who have been appointed by Dr. John L*Dawson. the chairman, under , authority Tn him vested by the State Medical association, will supervise the proper organization In each conn ty under scientific and professional supervision as the representatives of the State Medical association. Committee on formation: Dr. John L. Dawson, chairman; Dr. (1 A. Ncufer, Abbeville; Dr. \V A N'ardin, Jr., Anderson; Dr. Filmoro Moore; _ Aiken; Dr. T. T. Clckley, Bamberg; Dr. R. C. Kirkland; Barnwell; Dr. W. R. Eve, Beaufort; Dr. B. B. Steed- ly, Cherokee; Dr. FcauIc Lander, Chester; Dr. T. E. Wannahiaker, Jr., Chesterfield; Dr.-W. M.' Brooking- ton„ Clarendon; Dr. W. A. Kirby. - Colleton; Dr. William Eggleston, Darlington; Dr. F. Julian Carroll, Dorchester; Dr. R. A. Marsh, Edge- flold; Dr. Samuel Lindsay,.Fair field > Dr. B. G. Gregg. Florence; Dr. \V. M. Guillard, Georgetown; Dr. Davis Fur man, Greenville; Dr. C P Neal, Green wood; Dr. C. A. Rush. Hampton; Dr. J. A. Norlan. Horry; Dr. J. W*. Cor bett. tfyrsbaw; Dr. T. L. W. Bailey, , Laurens; Dr. C. W. Harris. Ig?e; Dr. C W. Barron, Lexington: Dr. A. M. Bratlsford, Marlon; Dr. W. J. Cross- > land, Marlboro; Dr. P. C. Ellison. Newberry; Dr. A. E. Hines, Seneca; Dr. C. Shecut, Orangeburg; Dr. ~ W. A. Tripp, Pickens; Dr. A. Earle "^Booser, Richland; Dr. E. U. Frontls, Saluda; Dr. G. A. Bunch, Span tan- burg; Dr. L. M. Parlor, Sumter, Dr. D. H. Montgomery, ^nlon: Dr. Y. B. Durant, Williamsburg; Dr. R. A. Bratton, York. f Calhoun county committeeman yet to be named. Perhaps the most Important work done by the State Medical association nt Its Inst meeting was the inaugura tion of tbit systematic and intelligent warfare against tuberculosis. While - nothing hat as yet been actually .ac- eompllsfied beyond the preliminary toward organisation, neverth?; the faet that the physicians of this State have agreed to go into a of education la which the >f the people are to’receive In the methods of spread of this dread received with gratl- bjr the The Qih»Iiflration of Voters, and the " •' r Conduct of Primary Elections of the DemiK-rath- Parts of This State. . • ‘ . • ;• * _ . , - ■ J • The following irujes shall govern the tnembershln of the different sub- ordldate Democratic Clubs of this State,, the qualification of voters at the primary elections held by the party, the conduct of the primary election to be held on the last Tues day of August, and the second prim* arv held two weeks later, If one be necessary. Rule 1. The quallftcatlons for membership in any sulumlinate club of the Democratic Party of this State* or for voting at a Democratic prim ary, shall be ns follows, viz: t4io ap plicant. for membership^ hr voter, shall be twenty-one yedrs of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election:; anda white Dem ocrat, or a negro who voted for Gen eral Hampton In 1876, and has vote ! the: Deiflocratlc. ticket continuously since. Provided, that no white man shall be excluded from partlcl|*ation in the Demecratlc-primary who shall take the pledge required by the rjilea of the Democratic Party. The managers at each box at the primary election shall require every voter In a Democratic primary election to pledge himself to abide results of the primary, and to support the nom inees of the party, and to take the following oath and pledge, viz: “I do solemnly swear that I am duly quali fied to vote at this election according to the rules of the Democratic-Party, and that 1 have not voted before at this election, and pledge myself to support the’ nominees of this prim ary." Rule 2. Every negro applying for membership In a Democratic Club, or offering to vote,In a Democratic prlm- ai*y election, must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that the. appli cant or voter voted for General Hampton In 1876, and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since The said ticket shall be placed In the ballot box by the managers, and re turned with the poll lists to the County Chairman. The managers of election shall keep a seperate list of all negro voters, and return it with, poll list to the County Chairman. No person shall be permitted to Vote unless he has been enrolled on a club at least five days before the said primary election. Provded, that In Charleston County the voter must have hU name o tithe club list at least sixty days before the said prim ary election. Tho club lists shall be Inspected by and certified to by the president and secretary and turned over to the managers to be used us the regular list. Ruje 3. Each County Executive Committee of the Democratic Parly In this State shall meet on or before the first Monday of each election year and shall appoint three managers for each primary election precinct in their respective Counties, who shall hold the primary election provided under the Democratic Constitution, in accordance with the Acts of the Gen eral Assembly of this State regulat ing primary elections, the Constitu tion of the Democratic Party of this State, and the rules herein set forth. The names of such managers may bo published by the Chairman of each County Executive Committee in one or more County papers at least two weeks before the election. Rule I. Each voter Jn said prim ary shall vote two ballots, on which shall be printed the lyune or names of the candidates voted for by him for each of the offices to be fiBed v to gether with the name of fye offixse. The tickets to be voted shall be fur nished by the State and County Exec utive Committees respectively, and shall contain the names of all candi dates for the representative offices afid no other tickets shall be used. The tickets to be voted shall be in the following forms, one for United Rti \ es Senator. Governor. Lieutenant Gpyprnor. Secretary of ftyite. Comptroller General, State'Treasurer. Adjutant and Inspector General. State Superintendent of Education. Attorney General. Railroad t'ornmisaloner; ~ The other with spaces to suit the different Counties: ^ v , Koi:-.Congress DiS\rictr For Solicitor -—- JudfclALPircult. State Senator. House of Representatives. Sheriff. Judge of Probate. Clerk of Court. County Supervisor. COroner. County Stiperlntemdent of Educa- tlon. ~.~y Treasurer,' . ; Auditor. Magistrate. Master. County Commissioners. No vote for House of Representa tives shall be counted unless it con tains as many names as the county is tslULltJed xmesen tat Ives. Rule 5. The managers of election shall ftpen the polls at 8 o'clock, A., M., and shall close them at 4 <j,'clock, P. M.; provided, that in the city of Charleston the polls shall open at 8 o'rlock A. M-, and shall close at 6 o’clock P. M. After tabu lating the result,, the manager* shall certify the same and forward the ballot-box, poll list and all other pa pers relating to such election, by one of their number of Executive Com mitteemen, to the Chairmen of the respective Dehiorratic County Execu tive Committees within forty-eight hours after the close of the polls. Rule 6. The County Democratic Executive Committee shall assemble at thalr. ctspeoUrs Court Houaes on WHITE AND BUCKS HAVE SOCIAL EQUALITY DINNER IN NEW YORK. White Women Handwiclied in Be tween Negro Men and White Men) 4 Between Negro Women Nothing In recent years has so stirred the white people of this coun try as the “social equality" dinner given In New York on Monday night week under the auspices of the Coa- mopolitan club. - 1 The puriiose of the dinner, and of the movement of which It is a part, was,--frankly and confessedly, to break down the social barriers be tween the two races, itljifl the advo cacy, of. IntWJiiarrlagfe, expresod by whites and blacks alike at this re markable dinnor. was greeted with the loudest enthusiasm of the even ing. There were ninety-three people at the dinner, the proportion of negroes being about two to oik, while among thfc whites were a large number of white women, alfliiated with “settle ment" work and socialism. The seating arrangements were so dtvisod that a. white w< man invar iably sat between negro men. the morning of the second day after the election._on or before 12 o’clock M., to tabulate the returns and de clare the results of the primary, so far us the same relates to members of the General Assembly and County Offices, and shall forward immediate ly to the Chairman of the State Exec utive Committee at Columbia, S. C., the result of the election In their re spective Counties, for U. S. Senator, State officers. Congressmen and So licitors. Rule 7. The protests and contests for County Officers shall be filed with in five days after the election with the Chairman of the County Execu tive Committee, and said Executive Conynittee shall hear and determine the same. The State Executive Com mittee shall hear and decide protests and contests as to United States Sen ator, State Officers. Congressmen and Solicitors, and ten days shall be al lowed for filing the same. , .Rule 8. Candidates for the General Assembly and for County Officers shall file with the Chairman of the County. Executive Committee a pledge in writing, to abide the results of the primary and support the nominees thereof. Canddates for other- offi ces nhall file such pledge with the Chairman of the State Executive Committee. Provided, That the pledge of such candidate shall beHled on or before 12 o’clock, meridian, of the day preceedlng the day fixed by the County Executive Commltte or the State Executive Committee for the first campaign meeting of the County or State respectively; provid ed. further, that In Charleston Coun ty the candidates for congrss, solici tor and county officers shall file their pledges and pay their assessments within the time fixed by the County Excutlve Committee. No vote for any candidate who has not paid his as sessment nor compiled with this rul3 shall be counted. The followng Is the form rf the oath: "As a candidate for the office of in the Democratic primary election, to be held on the last Tues day in August, ^ hereby pledge my self to abide the results of such prim ary and support the nominees there of. find that 1 am not, nor will I become, the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomination." If th candidate is run- iring for the United States Senate, or for the United States House of'Re presentatives this additional pledge shall be required; “I will support the political principles and policies of the Democratic Party during the term of Office for whch I may 4>e elected, and work in accord with my Dem ocratic associates In Congress on all party Questions." This the — day of .” Rule 9. In the primary election heicip) provided for, a majority of tho votes cast shall be necessary to nominate candidates. A second primary wlieu necessary, shall he held two weeks after the first, as provided un der the Constitution of the party, and shall be subject to the rules gov erning the first primary.' At said second primary the two highest can didates alone shall run for any one office, but if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office, then double the number of candidates shall run for the vacancies to be filled. For Instance In a race for Sheriff the two highest shall run. Rule 10. In the event of a tie be tween two candidates In the'second primary, the County Chairman, If It is a County Office, and the State Chairman, If It Is for U. S. Senator, State Officers, Congresamen, or Solic itors, shall order a thlr dyrimary. The question of a majority vote shall- be determined by the number of votes east for any particular office, arid not by the whole numl>er of votes cast in the primary. , » Rule 11. Each County Executive Committee shall furnish the managers at each precinct two ballot boxes, one for State Officers, and the other for Congressman, Solicitor and County Officers. " _ WILIE JONES, Chairman State Democratic ExecutTve Committee. • WORD THINGS J. ARE TOLD ABOUT THE DOINGS OF SOME FANATICS. ' 1 Two Followers of "Unknown Tongue'’ Will B« Arraigned on Charge of Lunacy In Pike County, Ga. There have been some sensational developments in Pike County, Ga., re cently with reference to a religious sect which has been operating for the past several years through that sec tion, Vega, in Pike county being the central points of operations. A lot of these people have been acting so strangely that they have been severe ly criticised, and In fact. In a num ber of thyir conduct' .htis been such. It Is clainjttf that it hc.s become’objectionablojlb the eonimuu- ity. ■ ’-rr-fr, Last summer they r^n a camp meeting at Vega, w hich became so no- torius that’ people from the entire surrounding country flocked there to witness the performances. The lead ers claimed to have received miracu lous power, and to have a special favor called the “unknown tongue,’.’ which consisted of such an alleged jabbering as was probably never be fore witnessed, unitelllgible to ordi nary begins but clearly understood as they claimed by all the followers of the new religion. , ; . - Some times various individuals would go off Into a trancs Mke state, in which condition they would remain for hours and days, and , at times weeks. Some times some of them would tramp the fields and woods, shouting and moaning, until fur- neighborhood would become alarned and the women and children much frightened. ' In the meantime repre sentatives of the new sect were trav eling: the country, begging funds with which to establish an orphans' home at Vega and a large framed building had been erected, where several chil dren had been collected. Thla condition continued until the Pike County grand- jury hiot two weeks ago, when certain clti/en-i of the county went before the body and asked relief at its bands. It seems that the grand Jur?, in its efforts to aid the people of that section, re turned two bills against two victims of the new- religious order and the investigations of the alleged home resulted in. two children from the home appearing liefore the b >dv in Zebulon and from there sent to their former hnma In Qlnnibiis, Ga. The citizens of Vega then took a hand and after pnbtic meetinM aod* fled Manager Stafford that he was net a proper person to be In charge of the place and that- a proper man would have to be put In charge or the plan closed. ’ All children there were im mediately sent to their former honie> and It is probable that the orphanage Is out of business. Interesting de- velopmtnts have been g£>ing off; how ever, in the ranks of the holinesr followers. When the sheriff of th« county went to arrest the young man and young woman, charged with va grancy, a wonderful state of affairs was discussed. From the Information obtained these two people went Into a trance at the camp meeting last summer, in which they lingered many days. They then went to the-home of the young man’s father where they have since been, actually refusing to do a singb thing, not even bathing or changing wearing apparel. The food on whic’ they have subsisted had to be carried to their rooms and fed to them. Thev are sights to look upon. Strange as it may seem, the father of this young man is a respecteLie citizen and the falmly esteemed In the community and they stoutly main tain that there Is nothing the^matter with the youngBtian and the young woman except mat they "had the power of th^, Holy-Ghost.” In the discharge cf his duty the sheriff car ried the two to Zebulon and placed them in Jail. The friends of the fam ily at once made bond for their re lease, but when the sheriff opened the doors and told them to walk out they declined, saying that tha “Lord had pbt them In Jail and when He order ed them out they would obey.” HAD BROKEN NECK BUT DID NOT KNOW IT FOR , YEARS. TRAPPED BY FLAMES. FIRE CAl SES-WH* LOSS OF SIX LIVES. Senator Money Given Startling formation When He Visited Osteo path in New York for Treatment. A dispatch from Washington says the fact that Senator Money of Mis sissippi passed through llfd for 35 year* with a dislocated neck and did not know jft became known to some of his associates veqeutly and created general astonishment. The condition wmu*-dtacoyered when the senator be- g«tt TO fake osteopathic treatment for neuralgia. He has suffered Intensely from that ailment for many years. - A4 the first battle of Franklin, in April, 1S6:’.. Mr. Money was a cavalry man in- the Confederate service. While tiding through the streets, he was struck by a bullet that circled around fits nibs, doing no other in.- jury. The shock was such that Mr. Money was thrown from trtfr faors£ and struck on his head. Being help less he was raptured and taken with in the federal lines. Hfe did not ask for hospital treatment, was exchang ed later, rejoined his troop and fought until the war was closed. Years passed and Mr.‘ Money enter ed the senate. Neuralgia had taken a firm hold on him and his eyesight had grown so bad as to approximate blindness. Senator Foraker advised Mr. Money to try osteopathy, which was just beginning to attract much attention. Mr. Foraker's daughter has been benefited by the treatment Senator Money went to New York accompanied by his son and visited the osteopath 1st. Almost the doctor’s first remark was: “Why, senator you have had your neck broken.’’ Senator Money denied all know! »e<lKe of such an affliction. The.phy sician declared that one of the verte brae had been entirely pushed from the top of the column supporting the fiend and was In a wrong position'. He demonstrated that the muscles on one side of the neck were flabby and useless. "If you had been old enough to take part in the Civil war,” said the physician, “1 would say you were ‘brown from a horse and sustained lie broken neck." exactly what dId hain>en.“ replied Senator Money, re calling the Injury at Franklin. "1 can cure your neck." said the physician; "it will require but a mo ment's time.” The osteopath laid the senator on a table, took hold of the misplaced vertable with tioth-.hands and snap- •> ‘d it into proper i>osition. The noise made by the Itones swinging into "place was like the re*>ort of a fiistol. The senator’s son. who was looking out of the window, turned In alarm, saying: "Father, have you broken your necTc?” “No,” replied tre senator. “I have just had it set.” The physician told Senator Money that he must exercise precaution until the weakened muscles regained their normal strengtn. He was cautioned not to turn his head in looking at anything, hut to move the entire body. These Instructions were ob served. and the neck aparently be- -ame as strong as it was thirty five v-oars before the operation. A woman worries over chapped knees as If every body knew it Many People Rescued by the Firemen and Police—Origin of Fire Very Peculiar. An early Sunday morning fire in a • V ' ‘ \ ■ four-story brick tenement at No. 17 Humboldt stret, a thickly populated section of Brooklyn, caused the death of six persons and the serious Injury of four others. - Every member of the family, consisting of a mather and four children, are among the dead. There were many thrilling''esTftlyffS 5 by police and flremen and it was due to their brave worn that the death MS't was not larger. A half dozen or more persons who were trapp“di in the* upper stories were saved by jumping into life nets. The financial list caused by ‘the fire Is estimated at ^10,000. The fire started In th cellar of the THE KATHfiRIR Terror-Stricken Plague City Has Been Cut Off From REST GF THE WORLD. IjH Guayra, Wnozueln, As topulated -y the T<Jrrlb] Being Dc- l>opu(atc(i -y trie l(jrrible Disease Known as th.' Bubonic Plague- , People Fleeing Fix*?!) tin* Country. —The Dei:«h Rate Very Heavy. La Guavra Venezuela, Is a city of death. The i .igi e is spreading there. The inhabitsats are figTiting it fc-n- tically, alone and unaided. From the rest of the world they are cut off. on one side I.- the sea, on all others by military atiolft trader ordftrs to shoot fugitives on sight. News from the town is hard to ob tain. so strie- is the quarantine, hut fmilding when the people comprising! enough has U.ajjed out, however, to the eight families liviug in the house were asleep. It had gained mu'-h headway before it was discovered anti three policemen repeatedly risked their l|ves in dragging people from within reach of the flames. When the firemen came the fire had spread through the entire rear.of the house where the tire escapes -were, and the terror-stricken inmates of the upper floors had been driven to the front rooms where they were hanging from windows shrieking for help. Ladder^ and life brought into use and most of the imperiled persons were thus rescued. The Abrams • family lived on the third floor. F'or some reason, the flames svtept through their apartment so that the only way of escape was liy jumping from the windows Cherles Abrams and his sister Annc|,Hng them did this, but both struck an iron rali- tiop of filti Ing and were dead.when picked up Imntnlv resi Mrs. Abrams and her otltcr children Sadie, and Carrie, were bufned to death, clasped In eachortwr'siafms. * prove 'the spoT an inferno. ** Business is practically suspended, stores closed, and residences shutter- id. None venture abroad, except un der absolute compulsion. Food is hardly to be had on any terms. Who ever will may enter with supplies, but leaving e itered, none can leave, even for th" enormous prices offered lor provisions, few will accept the certainty ot imprisonment an 1 the risk of death. From mi>#.- away the smoko can be lines were quickly my.id.-iv iml the flames bv ni ;ht oU blazing houses w here-the plague has been, of burning' lumber p : !es from which the people are trying to drive the db < ase-la’den rats, end of the fltes in the oil flooded \treetf. a plan adopted l y the autjhoritls as the readiest and .-neediest moans of tld- niunitvnf the aerumula- which probably was tisible for the epidemic. ■ workingmen, who, pin- r of the plague and ren- rate by famine, broke mlllatary cordon and There Is no disgrace In playing tin second fiddle if you play is at well as you can. ' Most of t icked by f<\ lerrd dee) 1 ’a.oufch th autiered t trough <-eu»tr>. he . ■ ' lieeu ■PM iiid driven 1 ■ tt^rr' Knocking" at >oi n-ot-.e elag's Moot* may helf to smash it Id. hu! P .-w won't strengthen yours. |-|,j j n ^ I Of Lfl Gur I (lie disease > >\as throw ' fast ro. on I; FOUND! One of the "best Uommission Houses for you to ship yont* Fruits Potatoes. Cabbage. Peas and everything in this line to. Write them today. They are Hewitt A Uomp-ihy, » 10 E. Camden St.. : Baltimore. Md •rmunding hi rdi I titer ;>«-k by the trnops. -f village's and country ’ whom thev sought ref- niiiag -inJbalr Taittcrta tnt. Dr. Gomez Peraza. -a, who first diagnosed as bubonic 'plngit*. 'klld iu prison by President ^plrifin^. by Presid t»e released later when it became evident that his judgment was correct is leading the ’sanitar.' worker^ IfTTlVeir efforra tcr&rarnp otrt • he epiden 1 \ * * * Excdpt JY a few |*ersoas w ho rush ed from th- city ladore the enses became numerous, the only ones who have escgiu 1 have Inen those rich enough to pay the skippers of small craft tp smuggle them from the har- Salcainaii Wanted—Sell retail trade|_nor and land them surreptitiously at your locality. |wr mouth aun • pla* -s on the roast, expenses to start, or com mi--don ■ Piesld'M!* Castro his declared a blockade nt the |K>rt. and regular CLASSIFIED COLUMN. to start, or com mi "-non. Experience unnecessary. Heming- sen Cigar Co.. Toledo. Ohio. shipping 1- suspended. Even the |*THockatle runners are few. The prices they c-hhrgc for the supplies they where. We pay freight. Bag Co.. Khdimond. Va. A hundred years cannot repair moment’s loss of honor. To blow your own horn successful ly always speak well of others. Use your, head to think with. Hat racks can be gotten at the 10-cent stores. Don’t grumble when things go wrong. Roll up your sleeves and make them go right. All who try don't succeed, but all who succeed tried. The Kuressful Man. The successful man is the man who has made a happy home for his wife and children. No’matter what he has not done in the way of achiev ing wealth and honor. If he has done that he Is a success. If he hasn't done that, and it is his own fault, though he Ik the higheat in the land, he is a most pitable failurg. Mow many, men in a mad pursuit of gold, which' characterizes the age, realise that there Is no fortune which can be left to their faml'lee as great a» the memory of a happy home. Bryan Will Be Elected. The Augusta Herald says the Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, has just returned from a visit to the North. As the natio nal democratic committeeman for Georgia, the editor of the leading morning paper in the state, ex-presi dent of the state senate and one of the best informed men in Georgia it was natural that he should be ask ed |pr an expression of his views on the national political situatfon. In speaking of the probable nomination of Mr. Taft and the expected nomi nation of Mr. Bryan, Mr. Howell ex pressed himself as being confident that the Democrats would win should these two gentlemen be pitted against each other. Mr. Howell’s view, that Mr. Bryan will beat Mr. Taft, if these two men become the candidates of their respective par ties. is shared by many well inform ed men. ~ A cradle costing $1,000 has just been imported for a Chicago baby, but a baby ty the next block may sleep as well in a 60-cent crib and get to the White House first, says the Birmingham Age Herald. “Can’t some one write a tribute to the mule in front of the plow?” asks the Augusta, Ga., Chronicle. We presume so, says the Washington Herald. Certainly it ought to be isier in front of the plow than be hind it, , The directors of the bank at Way- cross, Ga., declared themselves one hundred per cent dividends out of the money of the depositors and One the bank foiled. The boprd is now fadne a jury. What Watterson Says. The country is always interested in Mr. Watterson’s utterances. He re peated Saturday that there is now no question about it. that Bryan is the nominee* To quote him further: “If the Courier-Journal can get to Bryan, surely the most disaffected ought to be able to reach him with out much trouble, in case they be democrats and not republicans. We fought a good fight against him, and we fought it to a finish. We fought it to unite, not to divide, the party, and we fought it whilst there was >yet time for parley. We fought it sincerely, openly, frankly, unspar ingly. Not until money, mysterious and unexpected, took the field—af ter the Courier-Journal had plead and plead in vain for some intelli gent, disinterested, popular re sponse—did the newspapers of New York City begin to open their eyes, to sit up and take notice. It is too late. In short and fine, democrats rrfust get down to business and out of the anti-Bryan habit. It is Bryan or nothing. Except that toff many fools got to the front, the party might have been saved in 1896. It can be saved now, if too many fools do not get to the rear. There must be a change of parties in the gov ernment, else there will never come a change of policies short of revolu tion, the one-party power, next af ter the one-man power, being fatal to liberty. In a contest of this sort the ad hominem argument should disappear from the minds of men like dews before the morning sun.’’ The discovery that there is one divorce to every twelve marriages in Maine leads the Washington Poet to suspect that love doesn’t talfe very deep root in a dry state. Now it is reported that “razorleas shaves” have been perfected. Ruf us Rastus Johnsing Brown will wit, stye the Wa'H-^tno Herald, that razor lets perfected. Wanted—Second-hand Bags and Bur lap. Any kind," any quantity, any-. . Richmond [ l,r * n * *“• ! ,h ‘’ I'araengera they take out, tnc enormous, ami only the most luimlr' nL-rthk of death at'the Cow Pen*—I will par JJ.xO per t)uch | hands of s. qltary guards are they el, f. o. I» your shiping point fo:-| H ble to l.retY the emUargo. The I .a (Guayra ral'roud has ceased oper- ! at ions. ' The rate cf mortality from the dis pense is enormous aiul who sue- Jcunili are said to do so iu the inajor- EIkIo mwl Waltham Watches—High ity of case.- In alaitH twenty- four grade Jewelry, direct fruin factory | hours front the time they are strksk- to you, cutting out all midtUermu’s cpf. Clays and Unknown Peas. .Writ' me. M. H. Daniel, 504 Tchoupltou- las St., New Orleans. La. WATCHES AND JEWELRY. profits. Write for beautifully 11- Inslrap'd.catalog No. 14, free. E. M. Schron, HWi Astor Place, Jer sey City, N. J. ~ » Ft>K S.\ LE—M ISt ;ELLAN KOI S. For Sale—Laundry outfit ^consisting of washer, extractor, stove and dry er, boiler, mangel, pulleys, shaft ing. etc. Write J. W. Ivey, Flor ence, S. C. For Sale Clieap—One Ruger Bread Mixer, one Thompson Moulding Machine; four Bread Prtsses; two Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine; 60 Plane Moulds; and many other things used In a first-class bakery Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg. S C. There have bee a few case? of the disease butsidc of La Guavra, but the government i? making herculean ex ertions to prevent the disease from ge'tlug j} foothold, and the sanitary inecuutlonj promise to arqcinpllsh' the desired l-e^qlt. '7^ . Foreign re.^dents and .waaltiiy Ven ezuelans who are able to leave their businss are quitting the country In large numbers, however, the epi demic spreads. Don’t sit d""n at the bars and wait for the cow to come and be milked. Go get the cow. * For Sale—One twelve hor*»e power Blakeslev Gasolene Engine, cheap Also lot of shafting, pulleyk, etc. ; l,av <' 8 ‘ hsoh,,e protection in the guar- W'hj buy an < trgan from the Peddler? When you can buy a superior organ from your factory representative for less money, and on easier terms, and Apply to L. E,. Riley, Orangeburg. S. C. FOR SALE—EGGS AND POULTRY. Eggs for Hatching—Barred riymouth Rock and S. C. Brown Leghorn. II 00 per sitting of 15, packed and f. o. b. Pure stock. New Giood. Blythewood Poultry Yards, Blythe- wood. S. C antee given by the makers. We make, low prices add grant from one to_twp Nears, wlthoubduterest, for settlement Land. only.bind the organ as securllty. We save you money and supply Organs that will prove a life long pleasure^- Wrlte afonce for catalog and special prices and terms to theoldestabllshed ^HlALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs. Cottimlihl, STCr / Buy a Shingle Mill. The lowest prtcod power feed shingle mill on the mar ketespocitv 8,000 to lfi,000 shingles per day, 4 to 10H. P.: weight 460 lbs. Carriage-has automatic return motion. fBESTGOODS-BEST PRICES’* Write ns fot clog* price quotations. COLOMBIA Smt'CY CO. - - 'COLOMBIA, 8. C. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE I hive bed seven) yeen experience in (rowing Cabbage plints tnd til other kind* of vegeubis pitott for the trade, vit: Best pbuti, Onion print*. Colrird print*, sad Tomato plauM. V * I now have reedy for* shipment Beet print* and Cabbage print* ta follow*: Early Jemey Wakefield*. Ch«rl**to« ioirge Type V. akeHeldy, and liendenon Sac- cession*. Th**e be iug the best known rcOsMe \ . ,:'k* in til exrorionced truck experienced track f Ki.it water *nJ rti *!V oovr pec[*««•* A riraicn. These print* are grown out in the open tir (will (tend severe cold with oat if jury. Price*: |l.«* (or M4 print*, fa lot* of I Vp to I,lev >| « nd, MSI tp_J,?3S «t M.iS per th-rjs od, IS.4 ' and ovw at I t-' ■ ’* have •pfCMU Rh» Eaoi. u rctet or vcy- -Si* priori from ui, order* will be (hipped C. O. D. unleu you -ftr tending mcne I would »dvi*e tending money with ord. -. Yea will eava t returning the C. O.D’*. . Other print* wifi be ready in PeHjcr Your order* will have my prompt B.J.Donaldson; Me^ctt> 5.C