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AWFUL STORY * tto Mnrdtr Gets ^ J KILLED FOUR PEOPLE At • ChrirtoiM Jollity at H«r La Porta Hotac Tfca Blood La«t of Tbit Hoftribto Woman Harpaaaao Anyth lag Of tha Kind in ModfMi Times. SYMPATHY FOB TILLMAN. State Democratic Ooareatloa Regret* • o . ted His Sickness. ^ , By a unsnlmout rising rote the State Democratic Gonrention Wtdncs- A ■¥ 'S’ A dispatch from La Porte, ys the marder of four persons' Invited to her “House of IMgr- rorn’’ as her guests at a Christmas party, la the latest atroel^y charged to Mrs. Bdlle Guinness. La Porte's arch assassin, who is being sought by the police of practically the whole by Mr. D. L. Slnkler ot Charleston, oxpreeslng the sympathy of the party for Senator Tillman and regretting his absence from the councils Of the Democracy at this Important time. In presenting the resolution Mr. Slnkler said: "The absence of our senior Sena tor by reason of his protracted sick ness Is very regretable and deprives this Convention of his wise conuael «^und able leadership. His prominence '(roln national political circles—»his ta- * minority with party conditions and TS*he . Krona a careful ■'ddentlflcatlon of the unidentified bodies which have been recovered from the "soft spots" •f Brooksjde farm, and the comparl- son of other evidence, It Is now al most certain that the woman slayer committed her quadruple crime on Cbrtstmaa night of 1906, * Jbnnlo Olson, John Moo, of Elbow Lane, Minn., and a man and woman hnown only aa the "professor and hla wife wart on that night the victims of the Guladess woman's passion for slaughter. This discovery corrolmrates In de tail the statement by Emil Greening, once Mrs. Guinness’ chore boy, who haa bean litervlewed In Oklahoma City. Greening said that after the party bald at Mrs. Qulnneaa' bouse Christ- msa day, 1606, and the next day,- De cember 16, he noted the disappear ance of all the guoata. When he ashed Mrs. Guinness where the vis itors had gone, she said that the professor sad hla wlfeT who were at the house, had gone back to their school neap Los Angeles, California, and had Uken Jennie Olson with them. One of the men at the Christmas party la now known to have been John Moo, of Elbow Luke, Minn., but the peraons remaining to be Identified age the ones described as the profes sor and his wife. “Heretofore it has t>een generally thought that Emil Greening was wrong In saying that there was any woman guest nt the Christmas party besides Jepale Olson. The espiamr Mon made was that probably Green lag aaw a man dressed la woman's slothes. Four bodies were found hi one grave. One of them haa beea-ideeii- Sed as that of Jeanlt Olson vnd un- other aa tpa remains of Jim Moo The third Is that of a woman, and tha fourth a man of unknown idoo- Uty aa yet. There are reasons to believe Mis Gutaneos prepared for this slaughter weeks ahead. The graves were dug two awntha ahead by Brljlskl, a Pol ish laborer, who did odd jolts for Mrw. Guianese. The proceeding Oct ober Mrs. Uuinnees was maklag girls' dreams, and when asked by oaa of tho neighbors what she was doing, aba said the dreeaee were for Jennie Olson, who was going away to school. It BMg bo presumed from the alMPda of evidence now In the poses- stoa of County Prosecutor Smith that Mrs. Guinness had plotted to kill throe persons on this occasion—the a?-celled professor, his wife and Jen nie Olson, but Moo with his $1,600 arrived In answer to Mrs. Guinness matrlmoaiat advertisement Just in time to Jem the party and to l>e killed sad burled with the others. Man who discovered this large grave Wtih the fbur corpses say each body hod; boea butchered and dissect- Need of Wardens to Cheek Extiacttow of Nation's Scavengers. For want of wardens along the hundred miles of Pacific Caast, re cently reserved aa a bird refugee day adopted a resolution prOsbnloiTf clreular of the National Association of Audubon Societies nay* millions of wate- fowl may suffer death :o them'selvea and their young at the nesting season; With thousands of acres of such breeding havens which they have prevlo"sly obtained and must natrol with hardy and expert men, the National Association of Au- liilmn^oclctle* finds itself today un- ibl« to extend Its bird guard over the newly acquired stretch of Inac- ■esslhle sea coast. Unless funds are ’orthcoming for this economic move, ■nent, officers of the Association sav, American bird life will again suffer <uch ravages as are/udmlttedly bring- ng Its valuable sea-bird supples close o the point of extlnfctlolcTUie clr- »uT*r continues:: \ Rotii men ami hosts of the staunch- *st sort are required for the pertl- >uh work of patrolling the reefs sn4‘ ..-oak* i»f t'u- n»viltng blrds ln alt wln ta- irid wear lief. .*BotPe seven thousand lollafs were devoted by the Audu- bolf workers last year to providing this protection against poachers .of the defebcejesrf birds on their breed ing groundur: To extend this servkw o the new refug€>s, which the goy- •rnment has Just ended, several thousands of dollars more will be -•equirntj. Lleyond paying the war-, lens a dollar a month for thA pose of their nominal control, the iCederal authorities have left the en tire burden of maintaining this little trmy of bird guards upon the Nation-, i| Association of Audubon Societies. As scavengers the sea birds are he only agents that stand between he peoph of this country and pestl- c.ice, they declare. Once they iccnme ro few as to' allow the coast •eiu c to accumulate, the entire quntry will stand In grave danger rf being swept by plague. Only the annual flve-dollar bills lit css, than a thousand members of the ,’rttonai Association of Audubon 8o- HHH letles todav support the extensive (Weaees the Horrible Crime to of h0(lv , D X which the*>cb- the confidence of the people, which he enjoys t* so marked a degree, makes him a potent factor .In party conventions, and I am sure that each of us will miss him for this gather ing) where he Is wont to fllljto'cou- splclous a part. ••I. therefore, offer the following: “Resolved, Thift the Democrats of South Carolina, in State Convention' assembled, express to. Senator B. R Tillman thelf sympathy with him lu hts unfortunate sickness. “Resolved, That'we regret his en forced absence and shall uiIhm' his able leadership. '“Resolved, That It la-the earnest hope of his fellow Democrats that he be speedily restored to health and gble» to return to his active official duties.'' This Is the first time since 188K that Senator Tillman has missed State Democratic Convention, and for the last 1 8 years he has l.two t v « dominating figure In the party In South Carolina. It K significant of changed political conditions that this resolution of sympathy should come from Charleston, once the stronghold of Antl-Tillmanlam. and that should be adopted with unanimity. HLAYKH OF A FAMILY. Htuta OfllclalN, ' * Frank Zaztera, a Polish furpi hand has made Jl confession Lhat lut kill- ed^ Mr. and Mrs. William B. Shep herd and their •servant! Miss Jennie Bendy, who were found murdered In Mr. Shepherd's farmhouse Saturday morning. He said he irtlled Mr and Mrs Shepherd In order to get fbe money which he knew Mr. Shepherd had in his poaesaton. _ — He waited In the parlor of the house Saturday morning until Mrs Shepherd came downstairs to warm a bottle of milk for her baby, and as she was returning upstairs with the tnlTfc shot‘her In the side and head with her husband's shot gnu. At the sound of the shot gun, Shep herd came running down stairs. Zax (era was standing In the hall with the gun In his hands and when Shep herd was half way down, fired uharge of shot into his aide. Shep herd dropped on the stalra and his body fell upon that of his. wife. Zastera then entered the kitchen with the gun. and meeting Jennie Bendy, shot her In the breast. All three were instatnly killed. Zaxtera then went In search of Shepherd'f money. He told the authorities that he hid the money aomewhere abo the house or grounds. la the same manher. Flth p aai iw tin legs were cut in two above tha knee, the arms were roorovod kt the sockets and the heads sat of, fThe pieces were separated wortj Wrapped In' burlap appar ently so that the packages could be head lad mors readily by. the womHn v J. M. Rendan, of Manfred. N. D.. half brother of John Moo, Identified the watch found In I^tmphere’s pock et- Tho aamber on tha case and the works, correspond with the numbers St van by Rendan as those lu Moos watah. Coroner Mack received a letter from Mrs. Henry Wltser, N. 3264 Ma ple street, Toledo. O.. declaring her fear that bar daughter, who was a graduate of Valparaiso College, had been a victim of the arch-aasassln Tha girl disappeared ' from her home on November 18, 1902. after saying she was going to visit, a friend La Forte. She was never heard again. "We will haag Ray Lamphere for hla part la the murdera committed by Mra. Belle Gulnnesa at her 'House ot Horrora’ and we will clear np many of the Mysteries which sur- roandod the groat La Porte case be fore tho grand jury completes its work.** This statement was made by the State’s Attorney R N Smith, as the La Porte grand Jury began the ae- eaad day's saeston of Its Investigation ot tho groat mystery. — * Chief of Poltee Cochrane Is la re ceipt ot a latter' from Now. York say- life will pay the forfait unless •as hla activity. probable victim ot Mrs. taro to light Tuesday when was started for Abra- Jtps, of Betllagton. W. Va., t|iero la February, i$07, u Porte to marry "a rich " «aknown. He loft bis property la Wool Vir lek a big aim ot money Ha haa not beea vron of Phillips be low" was Mis. FOOT!’A 1)8 One Man Sandbagged -and Another Held I'p on Street. A dispatch from Columbia-to Tht News and Courier says W. O. Sllgh an electrician, was held up and rob- bc<Lon Luml>er street, on Saturday night, one robber having a plMol and wearing autoniobile goggles, whll* the other, a negro, went through dih pockets. As soon‘as possible Sllgh notified a policeman on the beat a in' the robbers were seen and chased returning the officer's fire, but eventually escaping up the Sea boa re’ tracks. Tuesday night Arthur M. Roger* a lineman, was found by a street cai conductor Insensible In an attry ofi of Bull street, between Richland mu’ Lumber, and a man was bending ov er him when Conductor Drake tirai saw the body of Rogers. Drake catt ed for the police and two officers re sponded, but the robbers escaped. There was probably more ihnn one. Rogers recovered consciousness, but could not tell what happedoirto 1iln> The two affairs happened only„ fout.. blocks from each other, but on dif ferent sides of Main street in northern section- of the city. th* STRAY DOGS KILLED. Greenville Determined to Stamp Out Hydrophobia. The Greenville News says as a re sult of the proclamation issued by Mayor Mahon on Saturday ordering all dogs in the city killed unless they were muitled. between forty and forty-five were killed Tuesday by the policemen of the city. The qHirers on leaving the station house Tuesday wero given orders by the chief to kill every dog found on the streets, regardless of sise or value. • At five o’clock over forty had been killed and Tuesday night the differ ent policemen In the city reported more. The mayor is determined that there shall not be any further spread of hydrophobia If- he can prevent It. ,For the ext thirty days the order will be In force and if any one has a dog he had better keep it locked up or musiled. The dogs kllle dwere in all parts of the city. Policeman Rec tor and Capa kitted 17 Tuesday after noon. The wearing of a tag does not protect n dog. The only thing to do la to muasl* the dog or keep It shut up. The biting of twelve people in Onaaville recently by mad dogs Is tha cause of this war on the dogs up SEA BIRDfl ARE IN PERIL. State DMiocrafe Extortlvt Com- loinic movernent-to preserve the ua- Inn sea fowl ts only a small part. Vlth these and the limited endow- -j-jt n* their eomtnand.,the workers if th" association are today unable o carry out adequately the work < f ireservelng the s^a fowl, which baa leeome national- In scope. Unless e vers I thousand persons, represent- ug every section Af the country, en- nU witU these- Audubon workers, his year, much In the economic cam- -nIgut: which demand th®ir support^ unst be left undone. “The nation's sea fowl must lie 'reserved now or never,” said Wil iam Dutcher. ..president of the asso ciation at Its headquarters. No. 141 Broadway. New York. “To carry ^put this groat ' onomte work In time, we must have the moral as well as financial support if at least fi.OOO members. I feel mre we are going *o find as many and nore thinking persons in this ooun- ry -.’he will consider It a patriotic •vrlvllege to enroll In a movement so 'ssenilal to the health, wealth, and ;enera1 well being of the entire coun- ry, nDrely aside from sentimental • nd aesthetic motives.’' Diamonds In Amertra. Or V ary to the general impression • ismonds are sold chesjier In the 'ntted states than In any other roun- ry. TulsTs due to America taking wo-thirds of the output of all -nines the remaining one-thtrd be- ng taken by all the other countries '»...hliied Being the largest buyers. American 'esters not only buy at Ihe lowest irlee, but secure-the very choleent rones This Is admitted by Euro- enr dealers. There Is no duty on rough or un- ;4it atones 'omlng Into the United Hates The American cutter's work s superior to foreign cutting, as Is hown by tho f ret that nearly every tlamonb welching over one-quarter .f r e«rat sol.I In America. Is cut in \ merles. t>n • the email cut diamonds, the 'uty Is only ten per cent, against five •er cent In f’aoRjJe. The purcharos f Canada are so small that the lower luty Is more than offset by the ln- ree.-ed cost to Canadian dealers. Tb*- American merchant has a mar^ tet of s-u tm.OHU people against Cana- la ? fi.rtrtO.noV The Americans have every advan- age to enhance the Intrinsic worth if diamonds by the. superior work manship of thetr cutters and under sell all other countries.—Buffalo Ex press. SETTING READY. MADE In the Constitution of the Party— Gen. Wllie Jones Re-elected State Chairman.—The State Campaign Will OpeS June i7.—There Will Be Two Campaign Parties. The State says the first meeting of the new State Democratic executive committee, held Tuesday night, was very short, but one or two matters passed upon of Importance were Dreher, SL Mat- Logan, Those present were; Abbeville—A. W. Jones, Columbia. Aiken—By F. Holley, Aiken. Anderson—If. H- Watkfns, Ander son. ’ - - ' , Bamberg—E. T- LaFitte, Denmark. Barnwell—H.a.F. Buist, balckvllle. _ Berkeley—J. D. Wiggins, Eutaw- vllle. Calhoun—T. H thews. , Charleston—W. Turner Charleston. * Cherokee—T. B. Butler, Gaffney Chester—R. B. Caldwell, Chester. Chesterfield—W. D. Evans, proxy Clarendon—G. M. Davis, Summer- ton Colleton—J. W. Hill, Cottageville Darlington—A. J. A. Perrin. Lam- Vr--£' * = Dorchester—Jno. D. Bivens, Glv bans. Fairfield—T. H. Ketchln, Winns- l*oro. Florence—D. H. Traxler, Tlmmons- villf.. Georgetown—J. W. Doar, George town. Greenville—J. T. BramUtt Greenwood—D. H. Maglli, Green wood Kershaw—J. G. Richards, Jr., Lib erty Hill. Lancaster—T. Y. Williams^ Lan caster. l^aurens—T. B. Crews. Laurens. Le*—-W. A. James, Btshopvllle. Lexington—D. J. Griffith, Colum bla. Marlon—J. D. Montgomery, Mar- IfW» Marlbhoro—John. N. Drake, Ben- nettsyllle^ R. F. D ^ * - - Newberry—Cole L. Blease, New berry. Oconee—W. J. Stribling. Walhalla Orangeburg—Robert Llde, Orange burg. PU kens—n , F flm lth Easiey. - A French “Bull.” "They thought more of the Legion of Honor In the time of the first Ns poleon than they do now,*' said s well-known Frenchman. "The em peror one day me,, an old one-arme veteran. “ 'How did you lose jour arm? he asked. “ 'Sire, at Austerlltx.’ “ 'And were you decorated?’ « " 'No, sire.' " 'Then here Is my own cross foi you; I make you chevalier!’ “ ‘Your majesty makes me eheva tfor because I have lost one arm What would your majesty have dom had I lost both arms?' " ‘Oh, In that case 1 should hav« made you officer of the Leg.ionV “Whereupon the old soldier Imme diately drew his sword and cut oP the other arm!'” There Is no particular reason t« doubt this story. The only question Ir. how did he do It?—Modern 8> .glut?. .. :■ — Klct)lancL—Wllie Jofcs, Columbia Saluda—W. E. Bodie, Ratesburg Spartanburg—N. L. Bfennett, Reid- ville. Sumter—L. I. Parrott, Sumter. Union—J. M. Greer, Union.' Williamsbnrg—Phillip H. Stoll Klngstree. York—J. C. Wilborn, Yprkvllle. As soon as the roll was called and checked up Col. T. B. Crews took the chair and Senator Blease moved that Gen. Wllie Jones lie elected chairman of the State executive committee. This was adopted unanimously. Mr. Fi.HiriifTs and Discipline. It ts'claimed that only by fighting on the part of the crew can discipline > n shipboard be maintained in the nary; Bin It that Jaw kkfe lo-apply to families and schools, where Impul sive young men abound, every cora- giintty In the land would have to utain mammoth rings for the set- mem of disputes arising every hour of the day. * • Unless human nature is changed radically by being transplanted to a warship's deck the penalty system should work there as well as In civil 11 fe. aggr^ssor In a dispute were required to make an apology or pay a fine or go Into Irons or to leave the service with a dishonorable dis charge In case he demurred at the neUder punishment, there would no doubt be less Inclination among sea- tuoiLte wraonle and coma in blows. Bryan Carries Alabama. In the primary election in' Ala* baiua on Tueeday. Bryin beat John son three to one. This gives Bryan the solid Alabama delegation. treasurer. ? ' Senator Blease reported that the liooks of the committee had bteu checked and were found in satisfac tory condition. The report was adopt ed. It was brought out that Charleston wished a change in the Constitution, giving the county the right to as sess candidates for solicitors and con gressmen In that county.* It was de cided that the assessments on all candidates for State offices should l»e the same as hereofore. It was decided to appoint a sub committee with’* Chairman Wille Jones as ex officio member to arrange the-date for the campaign. The oth er members of this committee are: C. L. Blease, A. W. Jones and D G. Griffith. There was considerable debate qn the Idea advanced by Senator Blense, suggesting that the State commluee use Its efforts to change the constitu tion, providing for two campaign par ties this summer. Blease stated that tfk would at the State convention of the party advocate a change In the constitution along the linesmcntioued. The proposed change was finally recommended by a divlsiotf vote. It U as'follows: —— Be It resolved. That the constitu tion of the Democratic party of South Carolina be amended, as follows: “Amend article 11 by striking out all of said article down to the word ‘in' on line 6 and inserting in lieu thereof the foil wing: “ ’Before the election In 1908 and each election thereafter, except as herein provided, the State Democrat ic committee shall appoint and ar range for two campaign meetings in each county to be held not less than two weeks apart, one of which meet ings shall be addressed only by can didates for State offices and the other only by candidates for United States senator. United States house of rep resentatives and circuit solicitor: Provided. That if In any election year there shall be but one candidate for the office of United States senator or no opposition for State offices, the said committee may, In Its discretion, arrange of appoint only one meeting in each county.’ " After the committee adjonured the subcommittee met and decided to op en the campaign on June 17. A meeting will be held on May 26 to arrange the places of meeting. Califeraia (or Bryan.,. J The Democratic State Convention of California meet qg Wednesday. The delegates to the National Con- lion vention was Instructed (or Bryan. Senator Tillman was right whan he said that no instructions were needed for the delegates from this State to Denver. The State Coo- vention was a regular Bryan love- _ . „ „ ^ . do «« opfttaad to hk Si I Si£r th * " nomination had the ghost of a.fond ticket. Bryan will 1 ihls—ti I JUST WHAT HE WANTED Got Job That He Coaid Others Miafortaae. It Isn’t everybody that gets a place la life that’s Just suited to him,”'said Mr, Hobart thoughtfully, ‘‘but I d»-~ clare It seems as if Jed Lorlng land ed in the very spot he’d choose above every other. ’’ “1 didn’t suppose anything would ever suit Jed ” remarked Mrs. Ho bart, "a man that always thought everybody was better off than he, and never appeared to enjoy anything ex cept other folk’s misfortunes. Where In the world Is he?” , “Whiter t was visiting Henry's folks,' said Mr., Hobart, ‘‘they took me across the ferry to the island one day. I thought that the face of the man who worked the gates looked kind o familiar, and he gazed at m« real searching as Henry and I stood there. , "Aren’t you Jim Hobart that used to live in Bushby’? he asked me at last. “ 'I anu and still do,’ soys I. ‘and It's Just come to me who you arc You're Jed LQTinr'.’ “He nodded that f was right. " ’Got a Jofi that suits you h«re, I guess,’ I said, for he’s grown stouter and looks considerable cheerfuller than he used to when he was here In Bushby^. ^ —v- " ‘Yes, I have,” says he real hearty. ‘Why, this ferryboat runs back and forth every half-hour all day long, and there’s hardly a trip but what somebody misses It, and gets as mad as fury!”—-Youth's Companion. PRAYED FOR A HUSBAND. ^ God Nailing Him Down. , . Smtttr, x TYiaster bricklayer, ft (H'‘ meanest man on earth. For the most trivial offenses he makes deductlonr from his workmen's wages. Only the other day a brleklayet who was repairing a church tower slipped and fell off the high scaffold ing. Luckily for him, however, a friendly nail caught In his clothing and held him saiely until he was res cued by hts comrades. it so chanced that Smith was pass. Ing at the time. When on pay day the said bricklayer received his wages It was accompanied by the following note: '• “Time stopped fifteen minutes for hanging on a nail—20 cents.” A Financier. a little boy told his friend, another youngster, that hla mother was *c- J. D. Bell was elected secjetary and.-customed tfl .give him a penny every morning so that he should take hts medicine In peace and quietness. “Well, what do you do with It?' - ' qnlred the little friend. "Mother puts the money In a box until there is a shilling.” "Anc. what then!” ^ "Wny, then mother buy* another bottle of medicine with tt."—London Taller. ' NARROW ESCAPE. Hatnly Rowter—"Had you heard that D’Kan who had been touring the West with an 'Uncle Tom' com pany. narrowly escaped getting killed In one of those railroad tunnels?" De Eggover -“Horrible! How?” Harnly Rowler—A fast express knocked him off a trestle and broke bis neck Just before he reached the tunnel. — J Homeward Bound. “I dunno as we have done human ity any good by rescuin' that ship wrecked gang.” said the captain of the relief brig gloomily. “Why do you say that cap’n?” In quired the mate. “Six on ’em have started sea nov els. “—Washington Herald. He Knew. Teast: “Do you know tha proper way to carry ah umbrellaT” Crimson beak: “Sure thine! If tha owner's name la on tha handle, carry It so hr cant see it." Aged Bride and Groom Declare Brought Them Together.” The Holiness mission, tn Kg City, is the center for many surpris es, but none was more so than when Julia Henrietta Hase, who Is known affectionately as “God's little Wc- man,” arose In the meeting and said: “For ^8 years I lived with a drunk en brute I catted husband. Twice he turned the garden hose on me. Many times he made me sleep on the floor at the foot of-the bed with his dogs. At last he died. “That was ten years ago, and for ten years ,1 prayed for a husband who would please me and the Lord. Five months ago I met Job Lyon In this very mission and God’s voice told me he was the man for me.”' Here is the Rev. Job H. LyonV story: “Five months ago l .was c^ted up-i on to preach In -the mission. God was with me that night and I saved five’souls. But all through my ser mon rodfothlng kept pulling me t( look at the lltUf geay-haired woman, who sat beside the organist. When ever I looked at her fl thrill shot through me and she shouted, ‘Amen, brother.’ , ^ "She was Sister Hase, whom h shall wed In the pulpit of th§ Amev+- can Army barracks, at Missouri and- Grand avenues. "Was it any trouble to woo and win her? No, for the Lord led me every step of the way. I met her after the service and saw the love light in her eyes and she sgw the light In mine. It is God’s will that we should wed.” The bride is past 60 and the groom wttl never see 70. They will spend their honeymoon ‘ and the re mainder of their days ih Louisiana, Mo. • Hydrophobia on the There is no doubt about hydro phobia becoming more common in , this Stat e as the yean go by. There time when a rate of hydro- phobia was a rgre thing, but now it is a very common thing. There is an unWlunate tendency on the part of * me to depreciate the im portance of rabies and hydrophobia on account of their rarity, while others have been led by the frequent mistake* in di agnosia to deny the existence of there affections alto gether. But there is no doubt of its existence, and it kills more people than one unacquainted with the statistics would imagine. The Journal of The American Medical Association says “it ia re ported ttuit epidemic rabies exists at present in one or more states of the Union, and there are probably few states that have not a few cases of this disease among dogs at all times while in.-tatlces of human infection • are not unknown in any section. In this respect the United States com pares unfavorably with Europe. The total annual mortality from hydro phobia in this country is from 100 to 300. In England the muzzling order has been followed by a com plete disappearance." Dr. Hart, an expert on such mat ters, says “the disease among dogs is increasing. In and abouL> Wash ington its frequency during me last ten months has been alarming; in • 1907 a positive diagnoeis of rabies was made in 44 cases, and of these 33 were found in the District of Colum bia or ite immediate neighborhood. These 38 animals bit 16 people, 46 dogs, 2 norses and 2 cows. Nor iy the disease less common in othef parts of the country; Dr. Hirt wo.l observes that the preventive meas ures at >resint being t» J cen are al together inadequate, and urges that stringent measures should be tak en to st t np out the awful disease. All dogs should be muzzled and those f->und running at large, un muzzled should be killed. This is what was done in England, and the disease has completely disappeared. Lafayette, Ind. I The life of one person » worth Write thousands of dogs. The Mayor of Cy-1 Greenville, where some twelve or more persons were bitten by mad dogs in a week, h«s issued f procla mation requiring all dogs running at large to be muzzled. He gave the police orders to kill all dogs found on the streets without a muzzles re gardless of their value or their own ership, and in less than three daya over one hundred dogs have been killed. If all the cities and towns throughout the country wonld fol low the good example of Greenville hjdropiiobia would soon be a thing of the past. Failure ts often the result of ef fort; victory always is. The public is quick to detect shum. but quicker to forget it. CLASSIRED COLUMN. WANTED. Wanted—Every merchant to send 3-cent stamp for the largest cata logue published of rubber stamps, seals, aluminum letters, etc' Ad dress F, Jos. Mulhaupt, Dept. L, Wanted—Lunilter and Ixigs us. If you have Poplar. Ash —qeroa.+Hekory or Cottonwood l.utn- ber. Also waht Walnut and Odar Logs. Savannah * Valley Lumber Co., Augusta. Ga. Wanted—Hoys, from 7 to 12 years of age. who would like to earn a valuable watch for a few hours' easy work, to send name and ad dress to Lock Box 175, Fort Mill. 8. C. .Salesman Wanted—Sell retail trade your locality, $65 per month and expenses to start, or commission Experience unnecessary. Heming- sen Cigar Co., Toledo. Ohio. PERSONAL Men—The "Vacuum treatment perma nently cures vital weakness, vari cocele and stricture; confidential Charles Manufacturing Co., Charles Bldg, Denver. Colo. Hypnotised (or Hiccough*. Hypnotism waa resorted to aa a last resort to save the life of Mrs. 0. L. Massinger, wife of a prominent physician of Bridgeport, Conn., who had bean suffering from hiccough! for three weeks. In the proeenee of half a doaea other physicians. Dn. Godfrey and Smith induced the pa tient to concentrate her mind oa the idee that she could no longer hie- ccngh. A state of partial hypnotism brought en and the-* was a of the attack, but aa the oat e( the spell aha re- Ut hfcp—rtter * E FOB SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. For Sale—Laundry outfit consisting of washer, extractor, stove and dry er, boiler, mangel, pulleys, shaft ing, etc. Write J. W. Ivey, Flor ence, 8. C. For Sale Cheap—One Ruger Bread Mixer, one Thompson Moulding Machine; four Rread Presses; 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. 8 C. For Snte—One twelve horse power Blakesley Gasolene Engine, cheap Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg. 8. C. FOR SAIJ3—EGGS AND l*OULTRY. RgK* fuv Hatching—Barred Plymouth Rock and S. C. Browu Leghorn fl.00 per sitting of 16. packed and f. o. b. Pure stock. New biood Blythewood Poultry Yards, Blythe- wood.-S. C. „ Why buy an Organ from the Peddler? When you can buy a-mtperlor organ from your factory representative foi less money, and on easier terms, and have absolute protection in the guar antee given by the makers. We make low prices and grant from one to two years, without interest, for^settlement and only bind the organ as security We save you money and supply Organs that will prove a life long pleasure. Write,.at once for catglog and special prices and terms to theoldestablished MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs. Colombia. 8. C Think j»orc of Bryan. The Lincoln, Neb.. Journal, g Republican paper; mya: har"'’ been informally agreed among the people here that Lincoln is to be polite and non-partisan this year. Whe®.democrats from outside came to Line* n in 1886 and again in 1900 they found &he town plastered with McKinley pictures. It was so hu miliating to Mr. Bryan that he pre ferred to goHkway to see the leaders j of his party rather than have come here to see him. Now a gen-1 oral feeling of tolerance and good nature is in the air, and when thede* mocratic statesmen come they will be received with toleration. A part of the change will be due to busi- uesslconditions, bnt most of it comes from the reaction from the extreme partisanship that prevailed here , eight and twelve years ago." This indicates that the Republicans of Nebraska are more friendly to Mr. Bryan than they were in 1896 and 1900, verifies to some extent Sena- ■ V' •», tor Tillman’s prediction that thous- y ands of Repud 1 leans throughout the We*t will vote for Bryan in the coming election. The Journal says part of the change will be due to business conditions,” and these same business conditions will make many a vote for the Democratic candidate, which we believe will land him in the 'White House at Washington. Hurrah for Bryan. A Siugu of the Times: "Situation Wanted.’’ Professional piety" ts satisfied with the salary. ’’Utile Slur Screw Plates II aaaortmeats. Each assortment is pot np in ■ neat wood ciae, as shown in cut. Each as sortment haa iRMHIItlM wreathes for holding tll sixes of taps coataiand la assortment. Threads all sixes rod from 744 in. ap to 11-2 in. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE I tew ted Mwal rmrw tti whan Mi mnwlm *. ST*' l* * lVj ’ W. tew MMCI tow Eism* f I - - sa.’s'jfe AX we: te rtMfr la F'Wswy. v~- - - > ttfum. WtesIn■LfS? J.Donaldson. s f