Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HEAVJT LOSS OF LIFE 4 . - rr r nil In the Coal Mines of tha United Inadequate Huper|^on—liJ^Sont h Carolina "there are three units of school administration—the the county, and the school district. ‘'An educational system is a great business.” In every organized bum- , , „ — superintcnidnnt as a nian.«of ..oduca- essay to teach in the in-st schools of their countlesv understand^ full well that th.e..-imWjA does not expect' svl^h f^ness of ^hem. that is our fimft, not their a. The publv mind ness there m^ajTBeThfchlneryTthat machinery must be repaired, adjust ed, and articulated; and-- some, com* patent person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor must be a capable man, an expe rienced man, and a courageous man He must be reasonably well paid, de finitely responsible to somebody, ami reasonably secure in his positon as long as he Is efficient. What of the supervision of our educational, sys tem’ What do we expect^ and what have we a right to expect . What does the fundamental law of thd State require in the offic- of the State superintendent? Does It require that he shall be an cdtr- cated man, or a man .of experience in school affairs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teach ers, or a roan himself qualified to t^pch? He hr expected—to direct the educational policy of a State, ami to maintain a system of schools for over three hundred thousand chil dren. Whht salary is pffered to a man big enough to flit this po sitlon? Nineteen hundred dollars s year. Now does this rank with the ■alary offered a man trig enough to run one |Cotton mill? How does fp\ get the position,"and on "what'does the security of it depend? What Is likely to be his reward for any dis play of courage in his office? Ev ery second year he is compelled to neglect the duties of his office fo*- at least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars, to, get the opportunity to speak ten min-; salary! utea in “each county telling the dear (Indifferent) people that he should be re-electod. Under our present system of electing the State super intendent, and with two-year tenure of office, the entire educational pol icy of the State may be reversed in side one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier pertinently says, “In late years the people hav*- shown a growing improvement in their estimate of the place of super intendent of education, choosing as a rule trained teachers for It, . . but there Is no assurance so long as the office Is Ailed by popular vote that Incapable men will not be ingratiating manner, or a rewa-ri ingratiating manner, or a a rewar 1 for political aervlce. . . The auperlntendeat -of eduea>t»ii - shoul 1 does not think of a county Influence of Trusts and Other Miirt- aged l^iterests Not tlon, experience, tu^t, and leader- shfp'rfn school matters. It thinks of-htm-as a maxi who .listens .to neighborhood quarrels about district lines, and about the appointment ami removal of trustees, and < who sits in hts office out* day In the week, t > sign teachers’ pa> wSrifitVi In speaking thus of Incompetent county superintendents, I have no intention whatever of being personal. 1 am happy to count my best friends ;in the State itiany of the county superintendents. Many of them are competent and efficient men, sacri ficing themsolvep on the altar of an unappreciative public, for their re gard Is contemptible. We aak forty- two qualified men to •* direct over ti.200 teachers, to act as guardians for 314,000 children, and to keo,» nadrrto disburse, nearly ajnillion and a- liftlf dollaVsT ^ffe' offer them—nn average salary of $084, an insult t» an official man! The city of Green pnforms the President that tin vHle has conceived itself that it Is economy to pay its superintend*.* u $1,800 a year to suprvise.the work of 4 4 teafftreffc; while Greenville county pays its superintendent $7 0o to supervise teachers. Sumter pays its city uperiatendent $2,400 a year to direct 30 teachers; Sumter oulity offers its superintendent $900 to direct about 130 teachers. It Js a source of wonde rliow we haV" as many efficient county superinten dents as we have. All honor *to the competent man patriotic enough U. serve his county on a contemp(able Hut shame upon a people 1 who compel patetotism to crawl jn the dust! 1 know that we have some peopb* who claim that our schools ar already too much supervised. Thai depends entirely upon what is mean by supervision.’ If it means tl constant meddling In petty details or the Jealous interference with teachers in matters ronrvrnin only ‘ themslvos. or the insi tcncy „ upon teachers becoming cheap Imitators of a fnM fiend superintendent, then perhap we have too much But if super vision means the readiness and abtl ity to assist the teacher, the powt to Inspire her. the tact to pruo audj^nne amf-strchgthen her, spd the manhood fo sustain her land i usually docs), then I dissent v. be appointed by the governor or b> a commission, after Investigation, and the salary should be sufficient to command the services of ex per* <\ and at the same time remove them from temptation.” A succession of aide State super intendents could hot build and mal f- taln a system of high schools, unless the county supervisors lie good- The wisest policies of a State super intendent would avaAl. Uyi little, un less the county supeirnten<iWitH were able, willing, and courageous enough — to—carry -these policies to success. In the matter of administration the county superintendency is the to the People. QUOTES THE RECORD a Personal Question.—His Kiifpixfineuf of the l.uu Would X-.JT TTc Spasmodic and DHeHiuinatory. * ' J* Heplying to President Roosevelt’s most recent statement, W^X- Brya>. in a letter addressed to the Presi dent, which was given out last nigh* at Rock Island, 111. points to hla record and declares that it is suf ficient* answer to the insinuations of the Chief Executive that he is in connection with or controlled by the trusts. Reverting to the charges against Governor Haskell, Mr. Bryan say.- that the President, in response in his request, did not begin to suggest a tribunal which oould d<*4erniine those-charges, t.ut i list mid proceeded to pass judgment upon him an heniently. All over the State u iiave young men and wonieh "h as teachers ouglit to succeed, bu who are failing because they ha> no one to advise them and to suj port (hem In the crucial moment of trial.' This is especially true 1 the rural and village achqpJs,.. B^t any wonder that the young teach*;* flock to the towns? ’V. The rural schools must have 1>et tor supervisions. Nearly seventy p* cent of the white school children of this State are in the rural school* They are entitled to as good and a close supervision as are any othr children. Proper supervision cun not be given as long as we multipl schools with fifteen a salary On n salary 4*f-$68 4..b:h : '.i key to the situation.- What do w* require of the county auperlnten- the one-teacher deut what do we expect, what d > pOVlIx each, and permit the popula we set^ and—what do we give? Do election oX supervisors at we require that the county siipei <>f $«8 1 Intendent shall be an -expert or ox- can a^ county superintendent do to perlenred educator? Js he required ward the real supervision of •*• to have* any knowledge of school.* teachers scattered all over a count or of Teaching? Is there anything in perhaps 100 school houses, to prohibit an lltMerate from hold- Require that the county sup* n*i tng that office? He is not required to he "competent to teach, although by law he is required to give his teach ers instruction in the art and meth ods of teaching Does the county de mand that Its superintendent be at least the equal of the superintendent in the court house town?* To be pei- fectly plain and honest, have we not had men elected and re-elected M the office of county superintend**,n*. to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position in the best schools of their counties? Many of them would not tcmlcnt lx* an expert educator. I<*' him i-bevsppointt'd_by a hoard ami r**u*nnsrrfr'io'TKaLboard. keep hub In office as long as h** is efficient, nui pay him an'q* per-*-' s -sa I a ry. We sh|i find the/men prfqwired to do th< w;prk. .Then w«* shall stop fritferlh; awa'y the school, fund, increase - th« fund, and we shall K**fJ results Soon**r or lat**r our j>eopl«* are going to couiM° ,ooh at ,,lis ,1la Der son*, what as did HoH. John J. McMahgi. in his report for 1900. WILLIAM h. hand. I'niverslty of South Carolina. NEGROES TERROR STRICKEN. Georgia Night Riders Bum Churches and School Houses. A dispatch from Albany, Ga., eavs there is a reign of terror among the negro inhabitants of a considerable portion of Calhoun. Baker and Miller counties, as the result of a raid by eight riders Saturday night, th® ♦ rail of the outlaws being marked by the blackened ruins of 13 negro churches and schooihouses. % The following buildings were de stroyed: Mt. Zion church ami schOOf hou#e, Pleasant church and school house, Christ church and school house. Little Zion church and echool house, Belmont church, Mt. Aetna church and school house; New Salem church and school house. The night riders first made their appearance at a point three mile- east of Keaier, where the first church waa fired. ._They galloped away to wards the east and before the glare of the first fire had reached it* height another- was being kindled a f6w miles away. Fire followed fire and the destruction of every building to which (he torch was applied was complete. Hundreds of negroes went to their church Sunday tb^ attend them, only to find heaps of ashes where their meeting house had stood. Many of the best members of the negro race In the three counties named belonged to the congregations of some of the hundred churches. This is the same community where A few months ago a number of negro lodge rooms were dynamited and where aevaral lynching* oecurred, the laat having taken place only a u w ***• H<N 1 . -- ‘ TIMED TO BRIBE HIM. Ex-Senator Pettigrew Tells tlryan of Attempt Made in 1004.T While traveling with W. J Bryan from Sioux Kails to Mitchell, former Senator Pettigrew publicly announc ed th^t fouf_ years ago he had been approached by the Republican nat ional committee, through a former i’nited State, Senator, with an offer of $10,000 if he would deliver ten speeches at such places as the com mittee would dictate” in'*support of the candidacy of Thomas Watson, of Georgia, the People’s parti* candidal *’ for President. Senator Pettigrew declared that he declined the offn and conducted an investigation with the result that he satisfied, himself that the Republican party financed in a large measure Watson's cam paign. oc cupant of that high, office can not de ny to the humblest citizenjrho righ* to protect his reputat-km ami vindi cate his name in the courts. "I .am willing,” says Mr. Bryan, ’that all your charges against me shall be submitted to„th** voters of the county and with your-charges I submit denial of any knowledge ,o: information that could, in the re motest way, connect me with any trust, monopoly or law-breaking cot- poration. , My record Is sufficient answer to your insinuation. I have lived in vain. If your accusations have lost me a single friend. 1 challenged ypu to name a trust of ficial who is supiortlng me. and afteV searching the country, you produce the name of one man. not a trust Without inquiring whether he votes for me because of his fear of busi ness adversity under Mr. Taft, you accept his statement that he wfll vote for me as conclusive proof that F am in league with the trusts, al though you admit that trust officials are 8iipi>oiting tin* Konuhllcan ticket. You compliment me .when you meas ure me by higher standards than you do your political associates, for you insist that Mr. Rockefeller’s contribution to Governor Hughes’ campaign fund was no reflectlo’i upon him ami I take it for granted that you do not criticise Judge Taft's .•oeommcml.-Hion t*f a Stamlard .0!- attorney to the Federal bench, a place where the judge might have to pass upon the charges against the very trust for which he had been tn attorney. While the trust at torney to w hom you refer is not a i official of a trust. 1 will ward “him and through him his clients that if I am electodTT'wl'II rfofe qhTy~ vigor ously enforce against all off} , fi*4i*rs the laws which we hope to have enacted in compliance with th** Dem ocratic platform, but that I will also vigorously enforc** existing laws against any and all who violat** them, and that 1 will enforce them, lot spasmodically and intermittently, tut persistently and consistently; they will not be suspended even for th** protection oftlcutjjnet officers. •’You say’ th** attitude of many me« Writ, for do we not read of men loving darkness rather than light, ."because,their deeds are evil? "I do nol mean to say that MV. Hughes waa inflifriiced by the con tributions mado to him by the trust magnates whose names were given In the after-election report. I do hot mean to say that you were In fluenced by the contributions eol- leccted by Mr. Hnrriman, neither, do I mean to say that Mr. Taft "will lie influenced by the contributions that are being made to his fund by the trust magnates; but I ddx mean to say that the American people hav-' a, right to know what contribution* are being niade; that they may judge for themselves the motive of th** JSlyera and the obligation impose i atpon JUstse ,who recefve. The reflec tion upon/ the, people ‘ Involved in your charge- that they wdVld misuse 'the knowledge which 'publicity would give is unworthy of one w ho ha.* been -elevated to so high an offi* * by the votes oLhhe people, and 1 ven lure the as^mion that you can no procure fr/ni Taft an endorsement of your d/fence. He is 'now before the pcopl/; law Is offering himself as a candidate for the Presidency; h dare not tell the people to whom Je appeals that they have not sen-K* enough to form a just and correct optuk^n as to the purpose which leads parties interested in special leg islation to make big eofttribution*. You fear that we would misrepre- s*inl_Jhe motives of those who aV** contributing, to the Republican cam paign fund, and cast ah uhjnst~Bns picions upon Republican candidates if the names and am.ounts were known before the election.. Your argifinent, if sound, would prevert publicaltion alter, tfle .elcetion, fo.- why should a'n^uiftust suspicion lu> cast upon officials after the election any more than before? Does not the secrecy belong the election in crease this suspicion? \Ye are golifT to give you an opportunity to mis represent the motives of those who give to our'campaign fund, and to arouse all the suspicion you can; w* are going to prove to the people that we are making a fight for* the yhoie people and not for those who have been enjoying privileges and favors at the hands of the government, and we expect - that th** honest sentiment of the country will rebuke the party whoa** convention refused to endorse* any kind of publicity and whose can didates are not willing that the peo ple" shonld know until after the pot's are closed what predatory interests have been active in support of the Republican party. With great re spect, etc., yours truly GALLED OFF .MEETING. Negroes of Maryland Town Hnd Thing** Fixed to Knife Taft. There was to have been a meef- ing of the colored Republican club •at Brentwood. Md.. a suburb of Washington, on Wednesday nigh*, but the meeting was not railed- *<• order. It became known next day that the reason that no meeting was had was that tfie president of th • club refused to call it to order, I*** cause he knew that if the meeting was had, the president of the rnjteu States would be severely arraigned by resolution, and Bryan would be endorsed. It was the Intention of a majority of the members to pkss such a resolution, and the. cnairman did not want itj^Tb** meeting -hud. been called as a Taft and Sherman rally. When the chairman foun 1 that a large number of members had signed an agreement to support a resolution condeniiffog the pre*-i- , J * 7 <T • ‘ - dent for. his activltyjn the campfl'** ram. you III th- Sl| ,„, v „,„ f „ r and Kirn. t»i word that statement in such a year as ti> rialifii this supi-ort <>f alt GREAT DAMAGE BY. FLOODS. Heavy Loss of Life and PropcHy i*. East India. ..A Bombay dispatch says thousands of native houses were washed away and heavy, loss of life occurred to the Hyderabad and Deccan districts as the result of floods which foi-. lowed unprecedented rajns. The river Musi rose sixty feet. All the bridges were ’carried away. The country was devastated for man. miles. Corpses were strewn every wuere, scores of bodies being foune In trees whore they were lodge*] by the swollen waters. The native hospital at Hyderabad was undermined by the water* and collapsed'and all the inmates were hurled in the wreckage. - * that those trust magnates whose f**ar of being prosecuted tinder* Hie law by Mr Taft is greater than -UjMr fear of general business adversity under me will support me rather than Mrr-Taft. You have attemp'ed h II Tttt,* trust magnates, and yet pift-it on he ground nat thev ar* supporting your party for patriotic reasons rather than for the pomotion of a selffiji interest. That is ingenious. ut It is not sound The* trust mng- inte are supporting the Republican uirty and the Bible offers an ex- tlauntion, the ox knoweth his owner md th** ass his master’s rrib .' You idinit that you gave permission to he Steel Trust to- a!*rorl> a riva and tTiTTs increase its control of the out put of steel aiid_Jron produces will leave the American people pass judgment upon that act and compare your poslliou on th*: tnrst question with mint*. "Bn* your letter presents a de fence of your party's position and an ceusation against the oters which mphasizes an issue alre-uly prom inent You ar*> the first conspic uous member of your party to at- mpt nn explanation of the party s pposition to pntilieity, before th" lection, and the admission which on make will embarrass your patty sociiwiF. Your positiort is that he publication before election of the eontrTbufTons made to~your cam paign fund would furbish your polit ical opponents an ^opportunity 'to give a false impression’ as to tin fitness of the candidates. You ci’e as illustrations the made to Governor Hughes' campaign ftind. the contributum collected b>: Ml*. Harrimah and the contributions which are now being collected for Mr. Taft's campaign fund. You charge in effect that the people ar** so lacking in confidence that they might condemn as improper contri butions which you declare to he proper. If the voters differ from‘you on this question, are they necessarily ignorant and, wrong? /.Must (h® -members of the party organization act as self-appointfd guanjian of the* people and conceal from the mwhat is going on lest the people be mis led gs to puropse and effect of large contributions? Is. 'this your explanation o'f-dhe action of the'ne- publlcan leaders in th«uuational con vention in" voting down a publicity plank? If you will pardon^he sug- gettiotr. I believe that a laMfer ex- ptanatlOD can be found Ip Hoi;- be announced that th** keen postponed. meeting ha 1 SHOT DOWN AT-( HITB II. Drunken Mon I'm* Pistols as Services Arc Ended. One of the-bloodiest affairs in Hi* history of East- Tennessee occurred north of Ant liras postoffice Sunday The scene was the Baptist church within fifty yards of which a “blind - tiger” has been operated for months. Services had'closed a-n<l^He*udy- all the congregation had emerged from the church when a'crdwd of drunken men who had visited the "blind tiger” began firing into the worship pers with pistols. John Bennettr ■*>. W. > McKinne and Edward Thomas were shot down at tjie church door and died almost instantly. The preacher was mb' tally wounded. Another worshiper was also shot down in front of the church, but is not dangerously wounded. ROOSEVELT A SHAMEFUL DEM A- AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE GOGUE SAYS CHANCELLOR DAY. Rockefeller's Champion Says De- generucy is Made Contemptible By Revelation of Glaring Incou- sisteney of Chief Booster. That the Standard Oil Company remains under the venomous hatred of President Roosevelt, for reasons best kriown on the inside, while the •steel corporation, the greatest tru*t in America, receives his approbation and consent to increase its holdings, was the statement of Cbancelloi James Roscoe Day, of Syracuse Uni versity.——' ' The chancellor cliarges that not cmly did Roosevelt, when a candidap. fo^ president four years ago, bobnol* with trust magnates and urge them to secure money to elect him, hut that after his election he appointed to a position in his cabinet a man who held at the time a retaining fee from a largo corporation, that man being still a*member of the cabinet. The interview follows: ‘‘The things that I predicted more than two years ago, and that are on record, have come true, and other sequences are hurrying to their conclusion IN THIS STATE. "Never has this country known such a condition politically. Never has it seen its president descend to such ,a shameful degeneracy of de magogy. Most of its higliNmoralitios far above trusts, which it Vonsiders the Sinn of all villiany, are made con- iemptible by revelations of Gjc glar ing inconsistency tif the' Cbhff ' b6d& : "ter. . ^,. "For Senator Forakor to procure a loan foe political friends who w ish to purchase a pai>er fo rcontestifig the election shocks Mr. Roosevelt., But the president was very 'practical when he wanted $260,000 to put n where it could do most good when his ei»*ction was involved. What was such a great sum to be used for? “It is a sign of political corruption for Senator Foraker to have cor- respondenre with an officer of the Standard Oil Company, but only th< direction and privilege of Mr. Roose velt to rail to Washington a* 'practi cal' man, the head of the greatest railway corporation In the land, to confer with him before he announced hTT 'policies' to congress. "The Standard Oil remains undvr Mr. Roosevelt's v**aomous hatred for reasons well-known on the inside, but the greatest - trust in America re Dr. rimers. State Veterinarian, Gives Home Advice as to Curing Animals Affected With the Disease. The fatal disease of horses com monly .called "staggers” has again made it appearance in this State, cases being reported in Barnwell and Hampton counties. .1 No cases have been reported in Greenville county. This disease has appeared sporadi cally in South Carolina for map* years, but no serious outbreak oc curred until the epidemic* of 1901 and 1902. During the fall of -HKH a few cases were reported in Laucaster county, and in January 1902, it again broke out in Orangeburg county. During the following six months losses were reported in Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Spartanburg, Che-- okee. Greenwood, Orangeburg, Barn well and Barkeley counties. At that tinieit was estimated that the losses durmg this short period greatly ex ceeded $10,000. After this severe outbreak, no cases were reported until 1906, when the disease was again reported in Hampton, Marion, York, Pickens and Oconee counties. Outbreaks of the disease were also reported In Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Georgia, Louisiana and Kansas du iThg the same "Seasons. 1 Leuco Encephalitis is the prope name for this disease, although it Is also called Obro Spinal Meningitis in many localities. The exact cause is as yet unknown, despite the inves tigations of many prominent scient ists. It has been attributed to micro organisms. poisonous plants, impu.v water, mouldy feed, etc. One inves tigator has produced these symp toms by feeding damaged grain con taining a fungus, the spores of which entey the circulation and set up inflammation and often absesses of the brain. State Veterinarian Powers o," Clemson. in talking of the diseas®, said: - "Mules are seldom attacked; in fact, I have never seen one so af- Terterlk although some cases have been reported. In all cases inves tigated by me. I have found lesions of the brain. In many instances there has been softening and de generation of large areas of the brain J State*. Accident* tn coal mines of th* United States during the last cal endar year resulted In the death of 3,125 men and injury to 5,316 mor?. according to statistics Just mada 'J^ffaublj^ by the geological sifrvey. Th*» death record among the coal miners during the year was greater by 1,033 than in 1906, and this Is said to have been the worst year in the his tory of the coal mining Industry. The figure* do not represent tne full extent of the disasters, aa re ports were not Tocc'.ved f?oni cer tain States havi.lg no mine Jntpcc- tors. West Virginia reported; the heav-^ lest death rat® lb 1907-—12.36 per thousand employees and ibis State alee" showed the lowest production for each life lost—65,969 tons. New Mexico stood next qq the list with a death rate of 11.45 and a production of 77,322 tons for each life lost. Alabama was third with a death tate* of 7.2 per thousand and a production of. 92,535 tons for each life lost. Missouri had the lowest death rate, heading the roll of honor with .95 and 499,742 tons of coal mined for each life lost . Statistics do not- bear out tho pop ular idea that most mine disasters result from explosions. Of a total number reported during the laet ycar 947 deaths arid 343 injuries result ed from gas and dust explosions, and 201 deaths and 46 Injuries were caused by powder explosions. The chief cause bf deatfi among the min ers, the report explains, was due to the falling of mine roofs and coal. Such disasters caused 1,122 deaths apd. 5H41 injuries, - , . . j • ,, tissues, w hile in others there has reives his approbation and consent V been severe congestion of the blood increase its holdngs. . . , . .v . ’A representative of predator** wealth—>«*■ intimate - counsel and—Li vessels and meninges of the brain. "The symptoms are similar '*» co-operation with Mr. HBchcock until,’^ose observed in nearly a . orne. discovery becomes inevitable. The*, I forms of so-called staggers, viz. du he Is forced to resign, not because | n ^ s * dHirima. in-co-ord nation, etc. of the sin. but th** sure discovery of it by political enemies. da >' 8 ’ *" d , "The glasii. houses seeju to I. rwov ‘‘ r a, ‘’ ° vtlue ' 0 *“ l " t0 cracking with’ominous sound . Tb.*!’“e changes in the nervous system Foraker-Arahbold Incident Is shock-j t Every effort should b* an ^ I check the spread of the made to disease. Upon its api>earanre. all other horses should lx* removed from the stable, and Hie entire stable should lx* thoroughly cleaned, disinfected avd abamfoned for two or three month.* Complete change of water and feed Is of the utmost importance, since many authorities believe that di*>- i.<or impure wat*-. outbreaks we have notlceu mat no new cases developed after ^hese pr.*- KILLED HIS WIFE. At Willlston and Then Made Good His Escape. *■ ■ a ' A special dispatch to Augusta Chronicle from Wllliston says Mon day night about 10. o'clock a negro by th*Tlname of Andrew Washington, living right in the village, shot and killed his wife. The load from gun fired aTTShort range "penetra* , ed the s abdomen, tearing the intes- *onti in loidrt^jH^ | n j 0 f ra g Illf >nt8. Some of the jrcfghhors got to the scene of th kilTing in time to see the murder r fle«*ing across a cotton field. This m th*> second murder he has.teonlmlt ted in this comnfunlty, and the •ne groes are greatly excited over, Jtlu affair. * COTTON CROP VERY SHORT. ing to hypocrites But honest thoughtful men who are not hiding • facts to promote a cause, remember the conditions of brigandage In th® b*gtsl^Lure_w hen every State' held ojj industrial an3 transit corporaG^hs and jlvinanded their money or their j lives. ^ { "Fortunately the culmination frot.t'T . _ the White House carry uo conviction f as,d hav or Kra So prejudiced, unfair and untrue ar® they. They are humiliating, not ! lieraust;. they are from Mr. Root**- ,.™ r Hrsw- ft-n,- “."“IT 1 wo president. The office is disgiacei* . . . , . ,, . Th,* people are covered with shame. as nn,ma ' ( S ^ "The little postmasters are r**-!^^ a > f m f‘ om - 8 moved for engaging in politics. Th® ‘ ' P™ appearance of the first s>mp- _ . . , «■ ,*,, r>r«cMai i fonts, severe purgatives should i® most of the business of the presiden- j _ nniiib-ai immediately-given. 1 ox. of Aloes fia office is devoted to a poinnai , _ . ' with 2 drams Ext. of Belladonna rainnai^n. Cabinets ore < ailed, in- ^ ^ e * i. a ♦ a* being verv satisfactory for this put tervi* v ws»are furnished, telephone anr ® - . , u " u 0 ,,, u*hr>lPOse. The administration of drug* telegraph wires are kept hot. the * - , r /» 1 fur ,nin th.. s often impossible, owing to-_tj.* c erieal force s worked far into tn»* .... ^ . ' .n^iot nnr delirum Of the horse.-but pur«#fjv nieht if the n**wspai>et special cor- . nign* n *>• ** , a, , . c* n b e given hypodermically. he** msiiondents ore to bi ll^Vi a—3mu 1 ^ «» . , « ii V- ia n ,M_ ..hafin,. ever- a competent. \eterinarian car. our wmaTb^deal pTejsident is (hanngj . ,, , . ’ 1 l»e procured, he should ire called im mediately. as treatment is very un satisfactory and practically useless after the symptoms are well devel- o r ANOTHER ONE CAUGHT. CLASSIREO COLUMN at the bit to go on the platform. "I know that no corpdration resist **d this mulcting more successfully than Standard Oil. "Charges against Mr. Foraker for practicing as an attorney when in of tic,, is absurd The v*’ry. salary paid a senator proves that the’copntry ex- |M*cts him to employ his spare tim® in some legitimate business. "Th** pye of the. American people are opened wide. They are not all dfceeHFedT" What they need is to er- ercise themselves in the judicial tem- erameut. They are too easy stamp eded by the frenzy of the mad re former. > -——q* "The American citizen cannot re* turn too soon to Constitutional gov-, eminent and the re-inforcement of liusiness with his confidence.” A DARING ROBBERY. Knocks Down a .Man and s— ifim In Vault. Locks oped. "If the animal can be handled, the following drench may prove of som>.* value: Fowler's Sol. Arsenic. Phenacetln. 3 drains. Strychnin Soluh. 1-2 grain. WHOLESALE e { ' * } t. Plumblno .Supplies * .Jr. * IVtechlnery Supplies iouthern States Supply Company COLUMBIA. S. C. . - SEND ys YOUR MAIL ORDERS. The Georgia Output 800,000 Bal«*s Under I^ist Year. 9 "The 'eotron erop is Georgia wnl i>e (he shortest' in y^ars,” said Com missioner of Agriculture Hudson at. Atlanta Tuesday. “A conservative estimate.of the total rield is 1,300,- 000 ha}v*.“ a S»iuf , ( “3 000,000 baie^ last year.” According- f6 Commi*- sioner Hudson s statement the dev crease for the teat^ill be Roo.oon bales. Concealing himself in the. vault of the office of W. D. Allen Manufact uring Company, Chicago, a thief Wednesday stole $5Q0 after commit; ting a murderous assault on Henry Gibbs, the superintendent. The rob ber struck Gibbs on the head with a revolver when fie opened the door of the vault to get the money which was part of the payroll. Thrusting the superintendent into the vault and making him a priso ner by turning the combination knob the robber leaped towar.. the door The-way was blocked by (he com- yany's stenographer and bookkeeper. "If you raise a hand to stoj) mo i'll kill you both,” the thief said as he leveled the revolver.. —Springing over the railing the roV ber,‘ v TPjto was masked, reached the door before Miss Walter or Galla ghers coirld attract the attention of a' large force of employes who were within hearing distance. He ran 4o w nearby street, where It fir thought a horse aud’"buggy ’ weryi waiting for him.. . Gibbes "Portable” s ^ u Lateit Model. A •TRIUMPH’eem- pwred with old one*. Hard Wood Carriage. Solid l Steel Track. )Smeotheet Action. Accurate sewing. Perfect Equip, meat. ” .7-^ . A money maker indeed. Quickly pays for it-* , J5 eelf. Write. n ji /XV Gibbes Machinery Co., vjoed! BoxiXJO, COLUMBIA,*. 0. Next Week! Watch This Space, »«€l Republican I^eadcr Admits His Con* ucction With Trusts. Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, who in .the absence of Chairman Hitch cock, is in charge of * Republican national headquarters at Chicago, Tuesday gave out a statement ad mitting that the law firm of which he is a member is acting in a pro- fcslonal capacity for the Waters- Pierce Oil Company. Aquae, 4 oz Slg: Give this drench three tim®9 daily. The bodies of all affected animal* should t*e opened and the organs. esp*jcially the brain, carefully ex amined The appearance of this dis ease. together with report of the post mortem examination, should be forw-arded to this- office. All pos sible advice and assistance will be furnished to assist in control of th!* outbreak.*- WANTED — SECOND-HAND BAGS AND BURLAP; any kind, any quantity, anywhere. We pae freight. Richmond Bag Company, Richmond. Ya. SCHOOL TRUSTEES—Wishing cont- petent teachers, should write t.» Sheridans Teachers' Agency, ' Greenwood. S. C. No charge*,. Endorsed by State and county superintendents. Stare—7*alary, length of term, board, elc. . TK ACKERS—TRUSTEES! We secure school* for teacher* and have many excellent racancies. We recommend teacher* to trustee* and sell school furniture of *11 kinds. Write. Southern Teach ers’ Agency, Columbia, S. C. WANTED—By Ithe American Cotto* and Business University of llltl- edgeville. Georgia, Students to take one or more of our coum*$ in cotton grading, buying and -■selling. Business course of Book keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, or Telegraphy and Railroad course. Positions guaranteed under reasonable rondtiion*. Write at once for our consolidat ed Catalog, lairgest C-ollege South. <§ FOR HALE—Common building brick, red color. immediate delivery. Price upon application. Camden Pres* Brick Co., Camden, S. C. WANTED—Pine logs bought for rash. For particulars address Pres* Lumber Co., Sumter, 8. C.. Th« American All-Wrought Split Steel Pulley*. STANDARD DESIGN ' The Pulley That All Want - WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK. i! 80 *^ rry J l larfire 8tock °f Wcod Pulleyi •Shafting, Hangers, Belting and anything else incline. When ,™ „ in the market, write us COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY. Columbia, S. C. - -V- J*;.- fo