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WHIRLWIND FORGER MAN RELEASED FROM IOWA - . . . * PRISON GOT BUSY. -V Ffi s * • * --f" Be Siriadled Mmj Concern* Inime* dtaleljr After HtoRelease, Got Mar ried and Disappeared. Insurance companies In Illinois and Ohio, and a grieving bride, won by rapid fire courtship, In Indiana, would gladly receive Information that might lead to th edetectlon and arrest of Max Scllgmun. Iowa Is rid of the clever forger. H ewas releas ed from Ft. Madison, Iowa., two days before Christmas in 1907, after serv ing five years in prison on charge of obtaining money on false pretense. He Is an enigma to detectives and has left more forged checks and pa- porr than eTentefore as IVTs Yhdwn he has ogffeted In other states , and served several terms In penitentiari es. Bellgman Is about 3 5 years of age, smooth faced and with a good front. Bellgman let no grass grow under his foot when he was released in Iowa. He headed for Chicago at once and before his curves were known he was doing business at a rapid rate for the National Life In surance company. He forged names right and left and embersled where- ever he got the chance. He made a hasty getaway for Cincinnati, O., In February and there began to work on hll old plan. He was first arrested for falling to pay a board bill but a former employer came to - his aid and he was released. Then . tie began to forge on a grand scale and to work everything aud every body in sifm. In a remarkabbly short time the slick penman had secured 150,000 by forging the names of Dr. Stix and M. E. Moch, of the firm Moch. Ber man A Co." Before they knew him h« was Introduced to the Business Men’s club and given a carte blanc on ordering meals and drinks. He used the privilege, much to the sor row of the management of the club Then he became Identified with the Cleveland Life Insurance company and forged signatures to the amount of $800,000 worth of business. Then he obtained $2,500 from Cin cinnati brewers to whom he was In troduced by Senator Ward. Later he was cut off Ward's list of **friends.” It api>ears that about this time Bellgman became connected with the American Life Insurance company, of 8t. Louis, Mo., joped them In, •forged a telegram for $400 on the American National bank of Cincin nati, and married Miss Isaacs, of Madison. Ind. She was not In a hur ry to marry the whirlwind insur ance man but he was making money and the rabbi advised the match. Here the tide turned. People began to get after Bellgman. Banks refus ed him credit. In March the police began to keep watch after he had paid a widow $1,000 Insurance and tuen persuaded her to loan it to him on some worthless mining stock Here the man dropped out of sight a* suddenly as he had appeared and It Is only within a week that police have completed uis criminal record it s found the man has a divorced wife and throe chfldren IlvJng**t« Des Moines. The former Miss Isaacs la at home with her mother grieving over the developments of her shor, • ••ason of wedded life.'. OLD NOTE CAUSED ANXIETY. Wife of Merchant Discovers Note In- tended for His Clerk. An Incident containing many varie ties of emotion occurred at Rock , Hill Thursday. Happily all ended wan. Seeral physicians were called to the bedside of a lady living in the western suburbs who was In dire . -JSJtfltlon. weak from hysterical emo tion because her husband had left tow* without saying anything to her Mont it. Nor did he return during the night and by morning the good - lady was prostrated. Thereby hangs a tale. The good wife knowing this had seemingly good reasons for the collapse. It seems that she and her husband, who runs a store it* one of the mill districts, had some time In tbe^past discussed the action of some man who finding his business in bad -shape had become desperate and wni- mltted suicide. To one fric —niwmatn naa said iKa~nuid he svei; find himself in such shape he would not think of commiting suici de but would simple pick up and cut out for parts unknown. When . h ® to come home and was not ^ found at his store his wife immo- » ; diately thought of that, conversation uuaend was sure ihat h^r hushantTliad ~fOt into business difficulties and had deserted her. This belief was brought . to a climax when a note was found In th esafe saying that he had tefl town and didn’t know he would be back. In the, midst of a terrible morning for the prostrated wife the train from Yorkville qame In and on It-^the missing hi^band, who had suddenly jumped the train yesi&tday , and run over to a neighboring town - on some business. The note found waa one he had written to his clerk laat fall some time when he was Parting to the Jamestown exposition and It had lain un-noticed In the safe until this most In-opportune Um« before being found. It is un necessary to aay that more care will he expected in the future. • ' LWMJBTSQ HITS OIL TANK. TILLMAN ABROAD. HE I^ RAPIDLY IMPROVING LN HEALTH. fk-nior .Senator Writes for His Con stitutes an Account of His Travels in Spain and Morocco. Senator Tillman Is well and enjoy ing very much his trip abroad. Col August Kohn has received the follow ing correspondence, which speaks for Itself: S “Gibraltar, Jun# 8. 1908. . .JK* _-'My Dear Kohn: v I forwarded herewith an account dictated by Senator Tillman of his trip since we landed. It practically amounts to a diary. I will add that the senator seams- to- -me--t<» be- dnrprrrvtng nr health in every way: appetite good, sleep excellent-and in fine spirits. Mrs. Tillman, too, Is standing the hard work of travel very well, “I have had no personal letters since 1 Jeft Boston, and don't expect to get any till I reach Rome, in about two weeks. “We piet this morning on the streets Melton and Earle, who have just returned from a trip .similar to ours. Both are well. — “Sincerely, , “J. W. Babcock.” Senator Tillman's account of IDs trip follows: "The two weeks which have elaps- ed sine*, our landing at Gibraltar have been spent in rather strenuous fashion. The kmg rest'on" thWioat had brought such improvement that the morning after we recahed -Gib raltar and found a good steamer alKJiit to start for Tangier, 40 miles southward on the West African coast In Moroco, we yielded to the sugges tion of two Columbia friends Messrs. Melton and Earle, who had Just come in on the German Lloyd steamer, and put off for Tangier without seeing Gibraltar at all. reaching It about 4 p. m. After resting at the hotel a saunter of an hour and a half through the narrow, filthy streets, from seven to 12 feet wide aud all crooked, gave us all the Idea of Mohammedan and Moor ish life and yivllizatlon that we want ed. and there was no difference of opinion about returning to Gibraltar next day. "After taking a view of Gibral tar, through which we drove with the American counsel, Mr. Richard Sprague,_ and whose courtesy was lYiiicb appreciated, we crossed 'over to Algeciras. Spain, on the opposite side of the bay, where we spent two nights and a day resting and enjoy ing the magnificent view of the fam ous Rock of Gibraltar, and the most gorgeous display of flowers that it has ever been our good fortune to see, hedges of geraniums five feet high white daisy bushes of even larg er siz£, with «>t her flowers too numer ous to mention. These are in the garden or park surronn4uig the well English hotel, the Reina Christina, and though It was the 1st of June we had to sleep under blankets, which has been necessary through out our trip in Southern Spain. Fri day we went to Konda. Rti old Moor Ish fortress, In the midst of the mountains, with a most magnificent view. Part of the Journey upwards was through the cork-woods. Most of the way the fields are" Hired "with olive trees, wheat and barley occupy ing occasional stretches. The wheat in most instances was very good, some of It exceedingly fine After a night at Honda and a walk through the old Moorish town to the cathe dral we started for Granada Sunday morning, and although the Spaniards are perhaps the most devout people in Europe, there was rlo evidence that the people remembered the Commandment, as they were at work everywhere In the fields. "We spent two whole days in Granada and-theiy left for Seville, taking nearly all day for the jdftr- ney,' though the distance is less than 200 miles. I will not attempt any description*, but will only say that we were/not disappointed in the Al hambra. though our expectations had l)eeu raised very high by what we had read, and in Seville there )vas a repetition of this experience. The cathedral, with its numerous master pieces of painting, and the Moorish' MUST RE-REGISTER. IMPORTANT OPINION BY ATTOR NEY GENERAL LYON,.. c Old Reglstoration Certificates Null and Void—Books Kept Open Long- ' = ' ' . ' ■ ^ ^ :<** ' : er. Attorney General Lyon, at the re: (liiest of Gov. Ansel, has rendered an important opinion on the require ments of the act of 1908 on re-enroll- mept and registration of voters. This act was passed by the general assembly, in accordance with the provision of .lire constitution, requir ing new registration every ten years, and special appropriations were made for the boards of registrations In order that the books tnight be kept open a longer time than usual. Mr. Lyon holds that each and ; every voter- who haa heretofore-re- meal® sefim to have done any seri ous damage. For the past few wee^s the weather has been admir able "for cotton growing and the plant has been making congjlerable headway. The condition of the cot ton crop invariably falls materially In the latter part of June and dur ing July, and until the August mid- sea-on report is issued It is difficult to venture any predictions as tq the course of the cotton crop. glstered inirst register and. have his name entered on the books in the srfnie manner as 4 If it were entirely new segisteration. There is a pro viso that those registered before 1898 shall be entitled to another re gistration upon, presentation of their certificates from the clerk of court or secretary of state that their names appear upofl the records prior to 1898. On the new books opened and kept open during the months of July aud August should be entered all the names. Those enrolled dur ing the first Monday in each month of the year 1908. The opinion is a strict construc tion of the law, bill Mr Lyon feels several edunties show that there has that the act of 1908 sWOttf Rfe car- red out to the letter and the'registra- Honbooks-be purged of thousands of names of those dead or removed from the State and that hereafter the boards of registration should be required to keqp the liboks clean. This point was made in Barnwell county some month ago when an effort was made to get up a petition to vote out the dispensary. The names of hundreds of .voters were counted in when .they were not en titled to registration. Since then Gov. Ansel has made it plain to all (Kuirds that the law should be strict ly enforced. , * Attention Democrats. An Act making Certain Offences in Primary Elections Misdemeanors and Prescribing Penalties There fore. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of South Carolina At or before every political primary- election held by any political party, organization or association, for the -purpose rrt -choosing candidate* lor office, pr the election of delegates to conventions in this State, any person who shall, by threats or any other form of intimidation, or by the pay ment, delivery or promise of money, or other article of value, procure or offer, promise or endeavorto procure, another to vote for or against any particular candidate In such election, or who shall, for such consideration, offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.—- • Sec. 2, Every candidate offering for election, under the provisions of Section 1« shall make the following pledge aud file the same wifti the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County tn wlrtclf fie Is a can didate', unless he should be a candi date in more than one County, in which case he shall file same with the Secretary of State. l>efore he RTran enter "upon bis campaign, to wit: f, the underslgned- ; of the County of and State of South Carolina, candidate for the office of , here by pledge that I will not give nor spend money, or use intoxicating liquors for the purpose of obtaining or influencing votes, and that I shall, at the conclusion of the campaign and before the primary election, render to the Clerk of Court or (Secretary of State as hereinbefore provided) under oath, an Itemized statement of all moneys spent or provided by me during the campaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and I further pledge thal I will, immediately after the primary election or elections that I am a candidate in, render an itemized statement, unddr oath, showing all further moneys spent or provided by me in said election: Provided, That a failure to cotjftply with this provision shall render such election null and void, lh‘ so far as the can COTTON AND CORN CONDITION OF CROPS IN THIS STATE AS REPORTED. Cotton Suffering in Some Sections With Lire. More Commercial Fer tilizer Used. The, following paragraphs are taken from the crop report Issued the office of Commissioner Watson The cotton crop In many portions of' the state was considerably re tarded in the early stages by cool weather, particularly cool nights, and rain in certain localities, mak ing the preparation of the land later than usual. A number of the coun ties report the crop fro mten to flf teen days late. Some lice and other plant ailments have appeared In iso- Where the mosquito is, there is malaria, also, and it is now high time to begin to battle against this pest. Covet all rain barrels, empty the water from buckets, cans, or other things found setting or lying about the house after a run; drain off all small pools, or ditch water, and if this can not be done, pour a little coal oil on the surface once a w-eek. Mosquitos do not fly far from the hatchery and every pre- lated sections, but none nf thona an-1 caution should be taken to prevent them coming to the house. ^ Screen all doors and windows, and clean all foul places about the house. Remember that flies breed in filth, and keep them as far away from the house as possible. -JDo it However, regarding the opinions expressed by the various correspondents in the different counties as to the prospects for a full crop this prospect is shown at this time to be 78.8 per cent. _ Invariably the reports from the been a material decrease in the uti lization of commercial fertilizers un der cotton. It is notworthy also in connection with the crop; that one of ^he best counties ia the state— Marlboro—reports a ; perfect condi tlou, and the largest cotton county below Columbia—Orangeburg—re- l»orts very nearly aperfect cdndUion in tjre dMedmont territory, with the exception of York, Pickens, Abb-ville and Greenwood, the condition do< not seem to JMJ as good ns it is n other sections. In regard to the corn crop through out the state there is reported most material increase in ac reage coupled with the further statement that the increased purchase of ferti lizers has been for utilization under the 1908 corn crop. The corn crop Is reported from all parts of the state Xo be in a fine and healthy con dition. It is worth noting also that the WiUJamsott plan of cultivation fiSA fiwn largely employed, and this department has distributed many hundreds of mail pamphlets detail- . tn* thfs meth:.d of pi <i''la/ Then Is every indication of a spiendit crease in the production of corn in South Carolina in 19<t8, and this has been somewhat stimulated by "the sev££iiL' l «orn growing contests that afe being conducted this year.. EX-BANK CLERK ARRESTED. Flies and Mosquitos Be sure to fight the flies out of he house. Do riot leave any foods exposed to their ravages, and be sure to keep all garbage boxes, cans slop barrel, and'other^p&ptades of waste or refuse, wefl covered, or better, taken away from the house and em ptied. Flies are a dangerous menace to health, as weU as very annoying to the person. been said, there is to be no perse- the entire federal machine, with the nalities associated with the campaign present of the United States a* that has been planned by the field the throttle, has been used in mak- candidates. No one intends to say ing su re of the election of delegates aught against Mr. Taft as a man, [who would support the administra- nor is there much disposition to say tion’s candidate. In the south, that he might not make a good 1 when the federal office-holders president if elected. The sum to-'could r»ot j control without running tal of the argument against nomina- routh*hod over the opposition, ting him is that he can not he elect ed. It is now being pointed put, avMfc ~ ’ — rongl'Hiod methods were resorted to. now. A Republican Shot at Mr, Taft. The Indianapolis News (r?p) says: “The vice president has remained steadfast at his post in Washington, performing his constitutional duty with conscientious fidelity during recent months, while the campaign for delegates has been going on so fiercely upder the direction of the White House. ITts dignified course has been in striking and pleasant contrast to the hurrying to and fro in the land of the war secretary, with his cohort and political mana gers and press agents. Yesterday, however, Mr. Fairbanks filled an engagement in Chicago - which he had made when he had supposed that congress would adjourn before he should he called upon to fill it It was the occasion of the dedication of a new parochial school. The day and the occasion naturally suggest ed the theme, which was only by implication political. He discussed the great place the school and the church hold in our life as bulwarks against the destructive forces of socialism and anarchy. Incidental ly he showed that he was at one with the majority of his country in opposition to the great en largement of the navy and the army. Better build more schools than more war ships. The speech, as a whole, was noteworthy for its good sense and optimistic patrio tism." UittsburK Man Said to.Have Taken *31,000 of Banket Money. T. W. Tiers, former discount clerk of the First National Bank of Fitts-.' burg. Pa., was arrested late Thurs day on an affidavite made bby Na tional Bank Examiner \Vm. L Folds charging him with the abstraction of about $51,000 of the bank's fynds. Tiers furnished bail In the sum of ? 10.000 for appearing. —AR- the money jvas taken from the bank form February 8. 19od, to July 6. 1906. , Shortly after that time the bank officials learned of the irregularities and dismissed- He made partial restitution and turned over to the bank Certain col lateral upon which it is stqted the in stitution hoped to realize. Natbinu was said of the matter at th«£-time and the bank charged off the short age from the surplus. Recently, however, the many bank defalcations gficurring in this vicinity resulted in an order being re ceived froaL-Washlngton. it is said, to prosecute all such cases, and re sulted iu the information against Tiers. Since leaving the employ of (ho bank Tiers-has bee nengaged in the real estate business. . * Most Destructive Enemy. It is estimated that the rat does $504)40.000 worth of damage a year in England, and the figures ed aud then seen again and again. while the little chapel In La ^aridad thff valldtt y td the election oTany Hospital will undoubtedly linger a joy forever in our memories. Here we found the only evidences in Spain of prosperity and modern city life, and undoubtedly, for we all agraced on thb^ point, our Columbia., friends Started in 35,000 Barrel Taak ia Texas. A dispatch from Houston, Texas, flaps: The Texas Oil Company’s 15,000 barrel tank at Nederland aa struck by lightning late A special train carried Fort Arthur and help waa i Fort Neches gad Garrison* inks. . • joining in the verdict, that theSevill ian women as a whole*are the hand somest we have ever seen or expect to see. "Friday evening we went to Cor dova. famous for its Roman bridge built by Augustus Caesar and for the Moorish Mosque, considered by experts ns the most wonderful archi tectural triumph of the Moors, who conquered Spain in the 8th century. The Spaniards marred in many ways the dignity and strength of this won derful building, but again 1 must not undertake descriptions. We got back to Gibraltar last night, June 7, well , fagged out and realized for the first time that it is Just a month since we left Trenton, without having any news Irom ho or seen an American newspaper. •! have stood the strain much better than I would have thought possible and attribute it to an entire change of view, and the absence of anything to excite, and the admirable sleeping that the conditions have brought about from home this morning te|l uMT hot parched conditions in South Carolina, and one wonders at the marvellous Spanish climate that herein required, but shall not affect candidate complying with this Sec tlon: ""And provided further, That such itemized statement and pledge shall be oi»en to public inspection at all times. Sec. 3. That any violation of the provisions of thi^ Act shall be a mis demeanor; and any person, upon con viction thereof, shall he fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or be imprisoned it hard labor for not less than one month nor more than six months, or both fine and im prisonment, iu the discretion of the Court. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. Engine Drawing Work Train Blows Up WKh Fatal Results. ™ - -- * At New Brunswick, N. J., three men were killed by the explosion of a locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad at Steelton. two miles from there, Friday-afternoon. TEe loco motive was .drawing a work train. Stabs Negro With File. — There was a little disturbance Wed nesday morning in Rowesville tyhena fight occurred between a negro and an Italian, James Bankle. The cause of the trouble Is not known . but Bankle proceeded to stab the negro in several places with a file that he picked up In the mill.- Both were employed by the Blake .Lum ber Co. Several very severe wounds were inflicted in the body of the nfl- blankets in June, where oranges flourish and hot house plants grow! gro, by th* sharp point of the liter th# yards.' " , VUV teUflll y pVfiUt. VUXJ U *1«&4 his Injuries may br sertena. tekd LkJt ■-v* - * * In fact, the rat may be classed as "rtieTarmer's most destructive enemy. In a slaughter-house near Paris, rats in a single night picked to the bone the carcasses of thirty-five horses. There is very little they will not eat. Eggs, young birds and animals are among the dainties which they snap up in the ordinary course of busi ness. But when pressed by hunger they will eat anything through which they can drive their terrible teeth. Rat will eat rat. The idea that a trapped rat will bite off an imprison ed leg and so escape is now ^aid to be wrong. It is the other, rats which do the biting; they eat th< ca.ptivel As we now have no Pied Piper of Hamlin to charm the r.,ts away, as' in the old nursery story, it behooves every farmer to find or invent means to get id of these cx- p>PLive pests. A Toast to the Team at the Foot. ‘A toast to the team that wins!" Well,this la the world'squeer way; Pm- the victor a toast—for the van quished a roast— ", Tis the order of things, you say. For the lucky few there are paeans ’ of praise; . , For the other there’s hell to pay. ‘A toast to the team at the foot!" Well tt does sound* a Mt out of But place— ^ in pledging your toaat—who needs it tire -most— The first or the last In Ibe'race? prink how you will—but here’s my glass " . To th* fellows -who lose their plgflV ' •—Exchange Should Ik* Protected. There are no better friends to have in the garden than the toads. If they could be protected and en couraged to live there they would eradicate many of the grubs and cutworms that do so much damage to plants. Th* great enemy of the toad is the smaH boy. Bands of schoolboys have been known to go out and in a single day kill as many as three hundred of these usefu animals. Boys regard this as in nocent sport, being untaught, and not knowing that the toad is a most valuable insect destroyer. Teach these young barbarians to avoid cruelty in all forms and cultivate kindrress for all creitures. If they are fhe sons of farmers, instill into their minds the fact that they are working against the fathers’ int erests when they kill such creatures as toads and birds, which are the chief destroyers of the insect pests that feed on crops. If you will subscribe to 4 'Our Dumb Animals” the ‘beautiful little organ of the Humane societies, pnblished at Boston, and make your children read it through every month, they will soon be converted from imps of destruction into an Practically every delegate fi'om the s<>uth whri is here asking for missu-n to the convention as a Taft man was chooeen by a convention of office! ..iders. When it became be came n eessary for the administra- and it will be pointed out with more energy when the delegates! all j get here, that for the following rea sons he will be defeated, if nomina ted: First—On reflect^ the people of the country will not elect a man tion to resort to entreme measures whose nomination was dictated! Frank , H. Hitchcock, was taken from the White House. from the office of first assis- Second—He will lose the votes of tant postmaster general and placed a large number of progressive re-1 in charge of the work of obtaining publicans everywhere as a result of delegates in the south. Why? Be- the support he is getting in Wall cause, as first assistant postmaster Street and from fhe trusts and “int- general, he had appointed th^ post- erests” generally. masters down there and was the Third—The negro, vote is against one man who conld successfully as- him and will never become recon- ' semblc them in conventions for the died to his nomination. * I purpose of electing delegates that Fourth—Organized labor is un- would come here ready to_carry out friendly to him and is quietly plan- the administration’s bidding. About ning to wage war against him if he a year ago the federal administration should be nominated. / deliberately started out to gather in Fifth—His statement about Gen. the 244 delegates from the eleven U. S. Grant on Decoration day has southern states for Mr. Taft—states offended the Grand Armv men of that do not contribute one electoral the land and they may be expected vote to the election of a republican "to be lukewarm in the campaign, if preski< nt and yet have within’one they do not refuse to support him. j vote of 25 per cent of the votes in Now these republicans who are the national convention. The fed- opposing the nomination of Mr.' eral b»!ministration’s activity in the Taft for the above reasons believe south 'nakes the contest from down every reason they assign is based then* doubly interesting. If the on facts. They have faith to beljeve nation d committee should stand bjr that the delegates to the convention Mr. Hitchcock’s word—if it shal when they get together here and say that it was right and proper fo canvass the situation with the view the • Ifice-holders to dictate the electn n of delegates—Mr. Taft’s chance for obtainining the nomina tion v ill be greatly enhanced. Un e?s all signs fail delegates from the pi- gressive republican states' of the v est will want to know all about the iait aiiiance whh Wall Street before casting their votes in the convention. It is inevitable that then must be some explanations. Why ie the Standard Oil company, the ►frel trust, every trust, good and bad. now for Taft? It will in the opinion of good judges, take a lot o; explaining to convince the the western delegates that a deal of some tort was not made. In New of doing what is best for the party will see what a risk the party will be taking in nominating a candidate against whom there is so much ag gressive opposition. Prominent representatives of the party there are who believe the first reason assigned for desiring to prevent the nomination of Mr. Taft is sufficient. Many persons believe too little attention has been paid to the use of federal power in obtain ing Taft delegates. It is common knowledge among persons who have followed the events of last year that VVKy Day aa OrRaa frtatt Gw- Peddles. When you can buy a superior organ from your factory representative foi less money, and on easier terms, and have absolute protection in the guar antee given hy the makers. We make low prices and N gjant from one to two years, withoatiwrest, for settlement and only bind tie organ us security We save you money and supply Orgam that will prove a tlfe tong pleasure Write at once for catalog and special prices and terms to theoldestablished MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs Columbia, S. O. LANDER COLLEGE (Formerly WillianiMtou Female College.) GREENWOOD, S. C. Rev. John O. Willson, President Opens Sept. 18, 19118. Comfort able,. steamheated, electric lighted building, in city limits. Good food Home-like liffe and oversight. Thorough teaching and training Fine work iu music aud art. reasonable. Send for catalogue. Cost r~ a? CLASSIFIED COLUMN. WANTED. Wanted—Boys, 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 lo Lock Box 175, Fort Mill S. C. FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS. York k is common talk that it was the pn sident’s promise to ‘ take thd teeth out of the Sherman anti trust law” that brought some of the big ones over, ... The administration failed to per- suad< congress to extract the said teeth, hut from all accounts Mr. Roo • velt is determined that the natioi.al convention shall, in its platform, promise to have congress do the extracting at the next ses sion. Somebody carried the word to th.* “undesirably citizens” in New York that if Mr. Taft should be non inated and elected they (the undet'i able citizens) would not be mole*’* d during the nextf< ur years. There i.> no doubt about this. And yet ai»out 300, delegates were in structed to vote for Mr. Taft cause he was the one man who con be depended on to carry out Roosevelt policies. It set ms wolfth while to remark again'Thai sor one is being fooled. Is it the “int* crests’’ in Wall' Street or the pro gressive republicans of the centra west and the far west? Arre*ted on ('barge of .Hun John Lewis and Enztfl wer*' arrested -VVAdneTday n* brought to this city for t'lc* nmrdei' of one Solomon James, Colored who was foi.nd dead on the track of the Southern Railway last Shn lay morn- PoiP^8nIe^Tiheap^6ne^RugerT)read k ing near Stilton, and near the home Mixer, one Thompson Moulding Machine; four Bread Presses; two Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine- The I .end Trust at Work. It seems that the. lead trust has been using the pure food law for the prosecution of the independent paint men. It has been trying to compel them to, disclose their for mulas, and the paint men retaliated by starting a movement to require white lead and all related products to be labelled “Poison.” This seems to have had the desired effect upon the lead trust and '* compromise resolution was agreed upon which protested against proscriptive legis lation in the Interest of one line of business as against another line of business with the provision that whenever legislation upon these matters is insisted upon it should be directed toward the maintenance and upbuilding of the law upon trade and allied industries by legist lation insuring full weights and full measures and prohibiting false and misleading descriptions. This means that the paint men will retaliate upon the lead trust if the lead trust attempt* to use its influence against the other paint dealers, A Frank Republican. The following from a staff corres- pondent of the Indianapolist News, appeared in that republican paper, tainc of June 7: Chicago, III., Job* 6.—Aa has v things used In a first-class bakery Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg S. C. of the Lewises. The negro is though! to have been killed by an axe, th^re are sinds qb nit their leem to be very much like blood spots al though this can not l>e slated posi tively 4* ^ A strong blast, with little effort, can be procured with a BUFFALO 625 FORGE The ideal portable forge for putdoor work • & ■ Write tor prices COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Columbi x, S. C. 37500 Square Feet Floor Space Covered With - - - - Pumps, Packing, - Pulleys, Belting, Pipe, ^ Valves, Etc. . . . WRITE FOR PRICES ... ; SOUTHERN STATES SUPPLY CO. Columbi,, S. C. Fittings, ^ NEXT WEEK! WATCH THIS SPACE, Angle Drive ^23 GIBBRS ITIO 'SLSSSSSL'LSa?, 1 IF ITS GIBRES’ IT’S GOOD! ..! * >. .• ; ; ' ..ft >*■ aTT-