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■As* 1 before Santiago. She waa really out of date then, but her noae waa ahoved Into the fight and ahe ac- Iquitted hereelf nobly. Hut ao many fareldenta kept rerurrtng that the tlt- , Oar 8m4m Battle^, fiO le of the Hoodoo of the Navy atlll [elung to her. Sm> Bt sb«(t«Pkcet r TO IMPROVE THE NAVY She Will Before l/oug Be Bombanl- ed by Our Oefn Friendly Shot and Shell to Teat Vp-to-date I’rojec- tllea and Armor and Will Go to the >«nk Heap, _ Hampton Roada in April next yattleablp of the famoua White moat Zl... uadron of twenty years ago will a friendly fate at the hands of the men behind the guns of our modorn Atlantic fleet. The Texas, always a steel-aided hoodoo and long a target for naval crltirlam, Is to become at last a target for Amerl- nan gunners. She will be towed like h culprit to a point off the Chcs- V apeake’s protecting capos, anchored and shot to ptecea. When her bat tered funnel shall have disappeared B neath the great sea the final rec- d will be tnflde In the naval reo- "ords Of the first battleship built for r the American navy, a vessel that cost the Government $2,500,000 In tm, \ ■. * . lb will be the first time In the 3l. v,; history of our navy that a real vc;V sel Is used as a target for the fdg guna. Heretofore targets made of eansas have beeA used, but as the Texas has outlived her usefullness, high explosive projectiles will be fir ed against herjn order that the of ficers may study their action against the h»U and superstructure at bat tle yattBes. Surely a fitting end for the unluckleet ahlp In the Amert- ■ can Navy! For although she cov ered herself with glory at the bat tle of Santiago, she was so unfortun- , ate In time of peace as to earn the tltleM»f “TbejJfoodoo.” Foreign/ navies for many years have used their obsolete battleships as targets, and the results have been of great benefit In determining the relative value of high explosive pro jectiles. The old query. What would happen If an Irresistible force came in contact with an Immovable ob ject? has almost been answered by these tests. At s recent test In the French Nsvy It was discovered that when a twelve or thirteen Inch pro jectile hits a turret such a terrific heat Is developed that for twelve hours no human being could touch the point of contact. Whether men could live In a turret pounded by 12- Inch pojectlles Is doubtful, .although experiments have shown that cats and chkkens have been able to with stand this terrific heat. For the past four or five years the Texas has been little more than a boating barracks for enlisted naval man, stationed most of the. time at Charleston, 8 C. Ever since the Spanish war she ban done nothing but cruise up and down the Atlani ic . niander, Ortpi ' coast, taking the midshipmen on their annual practice Jaunts to the New England regions, and stramlne •round Hatteras In all kinds of weather to the fail end winter mun- oeuvers In the tropics. She has not been considered good enough for a station ship. In fa-M, like more than fifty other men of war that have become obsolete, she is nothing more than a pile of junk She ooet $2,500,000 lesa than twen ty years ago, hut today she wpuld hardly bring $50,000. The rnstser Detroit, which cost the Government jeni rry promptly $1,233,029 twenty years ago, brought only $20,000 the other day In short, the men-of-wsr of even 15 years ago are llttie more than Junk today. And Uncle Ram has & Junk pile which cost between $1 40,000,- 000 and $1 50,000,000 The cruis ers of the famous White Squadron that sailed the sea's before the or ganisation of the more famous fleet of the present time are all otwolete. They are worthless as fighters, use leas as cruisers. The necceslty for more powerful ships In the United States Navy was demonstrated by the battle between the French and Chinese fleets In August, 1884. at the Pagoda An chorage, liln River, where the Chin ese ships were sunk In half an hour. It was decided that this country should have a modern defense force A as soon as possible. In 1KS6 Presl- ■ x dsnt Cleveland approved a naval ap propriation bill which directed the J building of the Texas, a battleship; In fact, her 111 luck began while she was being built. A dozen men were fatally hurt on her while she was In course of construction and two men were plunged to death from her deck Her engines were scorch ed In a fire at the Richmond Iron Works and her propeller was broken on the first trip to the yard. in her dork trial she swamj>eq a lum- l»er schooner with the wash from her shrew. Heeled over by the wind and tho urfequal weivhf of the patrlally set up turret, she nearly sank in her dock at Norfolk before, she was com pleted. She was put In dry dock, and It was found that she was not strong enough to bear her own weight. She proved hers-If a poor steam er. and burned great quantities of coal. On Nov. 9, 189fi. while ahe wns.lvlng at the Cob F>oek at the Brooklyn Navy Yard one of her sea rorks became unfastened and she sank. Had the accident occurred at sea the ship would have been lost. On every one of her trial trips something happened In tho nature of a breakdown In some part of her mn lilnery. Either the.eccentric str’p got hot or her condensers fail ed to work or the steering gear got net Of order. The loss of four an- Chprs was among the little thin's that emphasized her reputation for in luck". (n February, 1891', she went til* Maine, a slater ship, and several entNkra. A price was offered by the Secre tary Ctf the Navy for the beat designs^ for * battleship to cost $2,500,000 competed, and the prise was awarded to ah English- a Mr. John. With the excep tion Jbf the protected cruisers Char- m and Baltimore, built later, Texaa was the only vessel built dealgna purchased abroad. The Texas was constructed at the orYoIfc Navy Yard, being the first and only battleship ever built them. Work on her was so slow that al- a the keel was laid down in ,31889. she was not launched mo, 1892, and by that time tha plans had been altered so much that she was practically of American dealgn- From the start she showed up thdi?- In fact, she had such a eeries of mishaps that she became 'known as t^e greatest landgoing bat- » Ueshlp In tho world. Not only did •ink twice, once right in her jBbe Brooklyn Navy Yard, miwl to try the patience of Itier at Washington by a-tioru on the f»ry Tortnngis, and In the winter of the same year she grounded In Wallabout Channel In Boston Harbor tbe same winter an engine in one of tier launches ex plodert, Injuring six men. Again while being dr 1 , docked at the Brook lyn Navy Yard an aeeldent occurred which showed alleged structural weaknes which cost JIL’a.itOfi to remedy. Stic scraped her bilge on the sill of the dock and settled down like a hag of wheat In th* basin. This was In November, 1SP7. It was only chance that saved tne Texas from being rammed and sent to the bottom by the Brooklyn In ttie battle with Admiral t’ervi ra a fleet off Santiago on July J, 1 Two w<H“ks before that she had her first fight In Cuban waters and a narrow escape from a submarine mine off the Guantanamo hatterb s When the Texas Joined Admiral Sampson's squadron off Santiago or ders were Issued that If tbe enemy tries to escape the ships were to close In and engage us soon as pos slide and to sink the Spanish ves uris or send them ashore On the dsy of the battle the \metTr,an \e-4 sels moved toward the mouth of the h arbor. When the M.arle Teres a started to run for If. the Iowa guw the order "Enemy’s ships escaping ' Moui -tg mailed. "Clear for .o 'lon " and gao> a ttitrd order. "Close Up." all In execution of \ Ir ilral Satne-on s standing order As the !’,rooklt :i steamed In toward the mouth of the harbor. Commodore Sihle\. who a, a atio,anl her exa'alneJ to her com Cook . that t lie "< 'lose Up" meant he w IS to keep so to ■ where within l.uun yards 'rom the en»mv so as to he outside of her broadside torpedo range Capt r, ook cave orders to port the holm, and the Brooklyn n. gun to turn away from the hat tie line and presented her stern to the hos tile cruisers The BrookUn ran about 2 nun yards south and all hut came Into collision with the Te\ is. whbh MH'ed herself hv reversing tor engines \ hole was thus left In the b|oeknd‘ng li”'' through which ••the stea tiled The late Capt Philip of the Tex an In desert Id ng this Incident, wrote "Suddenly a whiff of breeze and n lull In the firing lifted the pill, and there hearing toward us and across our bows, turning on her port helm, with big wave* curling over her hows anil great clouds of bla^k smo.uk pouring from her funnels, was the Brook I vn She looke.) as big as b a I f a dozen (Ip at Ea-tenis 'Back both engines hard' went down tht 1 tube to the astonished . ngirieeis and In a twinkling the oh! ship w is racing against herself Hid the Brooklyn struck its then It would probably have been Hie end of the Texas and her half thousand men ' Aside from this incident the sb.ite of the Texas In the fighting off Sm tiago WHS r T! plil'io US <>U 'cue . ' a shtdl from Santiago's 'looro phTi ed a Mix-inch hole in her how und r the anchor and killed Frank Blake ly. a first class apprentice. 11| the fighting on duly ft a shell from tbe Almiranle Oquendo pierced tbe star board bulkhead under the bridge, entered the smokestack and ex ploded. For t\vo years after the war the peaceful arrd tmoven tual career. On Nov. .Tu. Ifio^ how ever, when at target practice along the New England coast the discharge of one of the big guns hrok'' the re colls, with the result that the g.n: foundations were . shattered, w ater and steam pipes were crushed and damage was done that was thought at first to he impossifde to repair. However, she was repaired and as she left the drydork sin' came into collision with the collier Sterling, bending many of her forward plates and putting her out of eo'mmission for another six weeks. During the next two years she ran aground no less than six times. She, was hard aground at Dry Tor- tngas twice inside of three months. This trick was varied slightly a lit tle later in the same port when she ran on a coral Teef, suffering con siderably from the scraping she re ceived. On another occasion she be came so firmly wedged in the mud at RUIN COTTON CROP SWINDLING THK NEGROES. (X)NSriRAffY SAID TO UK ON FOOT TO DISTRIBUTE Bible With Angels Representing Col ored Rare Sold. Thousands of Mve Cotton lioll Wee vils by Night in Georgia and This State. A queer story comes from Rome, Oa , whore some smooth rascals are gulling foolish country negroes by selling them , at outrageous prices r Bible In which the picture of sll angela, the Savior and Bible charac ters generally have been artfully An alleged conspiracy by crooked speculators to ruin the south's cotton crop by secretly distributing thous ands Hi live poll weevils In tire fields under cover of night, was brought to light In Atlanta Saturday when Gov- ertvor-eleet Hoke Smith made publte a letter of warning, sent him anomy- mously by a New Orleans business man. This man called at Mr. Smith’s office Friday afternoon, made known his Identity and good faith, and cor roborated, all the statements In the letter. Ttvo men approached him In New Orleans a short time ago, ho declares and solicited h!s help In a dlnbollral scheme to curtail this year's crop by inundating Georgia and South Caro linn with the weevils, buyir) - greai quantities of October cotton now, ntel selling when the crop shortage sent prices higher, making, a.fortune for themselves, at the awful expense of devastating one Of tho richest ag ricultural sections of the union not only for one year but for yhars to come. *" TTie' author oT FRFTeffeF says lie swore to the two men that tie would not disclose their names, and Insists that hts own be withheld from puldi cation. Ho came clear from Bir mingham Friday to assure Governor- elect Smith of his good faith. H< eonvlnced Mr Smith that he ’was not a crank, and not a grafter, for he wanted nothing He simply felt tt his duty to make the matter public, juet as Mr Smith now feels it his duty to " I ve the contents of the let ter to all the farmers of the south, through the newspapers. Georgia State Entomologist Fee Worsham says the Hfheme as set forth Is entirely feasible und poss: bIe. and tbat any o*^ of a mind to commit siali an app^nlng act, could work so ii nobt rusix el v that it would be practically Impossible to detect them. lie does nut know anything more of the alleged plot than con tained In the story and letter gW n out by Mr. Smith, of such a thing Uolng done and asks that all farm ers and others be on the watih fer any suspicious characters about the St ai e It was pretfv well established some six years ago tht! the boll \il was u r rept i t loii.sl > infroduc colorvtd to represent the African rac#. It In satd theta sharnera are working In other parts of the state CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Halo—Pure King Cotton Seed at Poultry Yard, Darlington, 8. S. For Sale—Pure King Cotton Seed at $1.00 per hughe!. Addreaa, J. J. Littlejohn, Joneavllle, 8. C. LEE’S HEADACHE & NEURALGA REMEDY SAFELY. SURELY. SPEEDILY (tahhime Plante F. 0. P. Young's Is- •' land, S. C. 75 cents per thou sand, W. J. Nunnery, Wedgefleld, fi. C. also, and, unlesa the negroes are I went hoys ln every town to sell placed on guard, hundreds will be gulled. • The Bible Is said to be a cheap ofie, worth about $1. The pictures In tome rases have been pasted Tp and colored to' make all character* represented black. These BIhlet art sold for $2 down and a balance of $8 In Installments. The sharpers declare that histories have been dis covered to show that the entire hum an race waa originally black, and this true Bible has been quietly printed and sold only to negroes In order to establish the truth. It is said many of them have been Key Checka, Rubber Stamps, Sten cils Williams, Back Bay, P. O. Box 122. Boston, Mass. For Sale—rEggs from pure bred White Plymouth Rocks, Flshel strain. Price $1.50 per setting of 15. K. H. Patrick, White Oak, 3 o. You ('on Make Big Money selling Cures Headache and Neuralgia no matter what the cause. Numerous testimonials on Tile in our ofhee bear \ ' 4 . us out in this'statement. Read the following; I have been a Constant sufferer from headache for 12 years and could not j, r et any relief until it had run its course or take morphine. I tried Lees Headache and Neu ralgia Remedy and found [>ermanent relief. « 1 heartily endorse it as the best thing I have ever tried. ^Sgd.) H. A. Gandy, Hartsville, S. C. \ Sold If very where. Price 25c andXjOc. an abU At portable fence right. Every far mer needs It. Write B. T. Stain- baugh, Wo^dsboro, Md , for par-I’’ tlculars. I o A ♦* I’d nn Audiibnn farm In M)-oIukI p ;>! ' 1 \ -( in- tfinkniiwti miscreant " s.iel Mr Wnrsham "The pest had ap P".irLil new here In the sta'e up to that time, and was not within m a to ••ole- uf the farm Suibb nl> sn I wiH’i tit warnlrn' it appeared Gov I ru m<Wlt expert S* Were M 11 !Ji in < > II ed a I after a caref il I to erM ga Mon d<- re ] : hat i tie we. v i C,mi■ 1 i e i p; » i r >'d there without k .o !tl *' !i e t t ■ ■ i if 111 in f ••wui a d 1 - t a ' 11 e \. 'r re i.;' 11,1m perped ipti or of the mit rage enuid he found It would be po-^tiMe for a man to scatter tilt* (test from the win • I 'W of a fast motfng train Enough would find lodgment to get a -tar' Once It begins its spread Is rapid history showing that It frmelr fru.m 7'. to fan p.' |e« ewrv rear into to w territory A hi a • a t|-»J rel g.ogn •raeigl to do suc'i a thing would .omn a the art with d ie t.are and t !oa c would he small chance ' f ewr de tiding him "1 estliniLle that the we v|1 will cross the line into Southwest t>,.r gla late next >•■«:. but will not be seriously fell until the year follnw- 'tlg All we c;tn do Is to get re.ol> to comhat It by every known and possi Me means at hand" Mr Worsham was asked If the ’ft! would destroy t^e weevil He sold to Ignorant and easily duped j F.leven Kentucky Jacks, t weu! y-uno negroes, who seem to believe the! .rennets for sale. All of my own silly story told by the rascals who! raising, with guarantee as strong • rn selling this fake Bible. No j t>ft can bo made. J, W. Riley, ho tt 1 it Mu ?o rascals In time will' Gracey, Ky. reach this section and attempt to — — — — swindle our , negroes. When they F<tr Kale—Utility Rhode Island Bed come they ontf’ht tf»i-b* arrest ed und r - Cockerels, $ 1 .*>'• to $2.mi. Fitie locked tip, as they are nothing Imt I ' Pock, $.00. One excellent Irish the meanest kind of swindlers. Look ’ Pointer Dog, ffni.nn. W. tt. Iboj;- Manufactured By BURNELL & DUNN CO., Charlotte, N. C. It > ! M out for them son. Strother, S. C. Ig>ve*s Young Dream. t Sighing ltV««**rik*rnflce, O' er ears ln"'Tove, Blind In adoration Of his ladle's gl o v e; Thinks no girl was ever Quite so sweet as she. Telia you jahea sn angel, Exper-ts you to agree. • P»rr Hale—H —tk R 1. ftrrts, AYtrtrr>M and Brown f,-“ghornn, Blank Lang- shang, Plymouttt Ho’ks Eggs for setting, 15 for $1. Darlington, S. C. M. B. Grant Full Mock. Barred IM> mouth Ro Wtilt'^ Sherwooda and Rhode land Red chickens and eggs Is for Moping and repining. Gloomy and morose Asks the price of poison, Thinks he'll take a dose; Women nr'- so ?ckle, Love is alt a sham, Marriage is a failure. Life a broken dam. sale Address Mrs. Mary E. Lit tlejohn, .lom-svllle, S. C GIVES THE FACTS X)l NHKIi FOR JONES MAKES A STATEMENT FOR HIM. Corrects Many the Erroneous Things Maid «a4 Jfahllshed About the Caer. For Sale—At a bargain an ! on Mm « a plant of woodworking rnurhin ery. ccuu plc'e and ru rut; tig. wi'li | all the bn si in s , n can handle E A Im m. Spa rtatiI urg. S. i Manapfer Frank J. ShauRh- nessy. of the Virginia LeaRue Champions, found Noah’a Liniment best for cheerful, gav, Wtilstllng, til'the and Now he's right and Dancitig. laughing, singing. A I! the It veiling day; Full of fun and froitc Ca u ■ ti t in fashi": x whirl, T'tbiks no more of poison. Got anot her cirl 11 KS S. ('. lUt'Hle |m|hh<| Bed and Mbit** Leghorn eggs fjr ha.W’un.-. N .ne (Ritter, few a~ good Si iefa-'iuti g lar tnte. -1 \\ rite for pro • - Ray side Roultrv Farm. Givt ui. Ga. Sore Muscles The contlntieri dlHcussion of the .Tores' cass In the newspapers has 1 not been especially atreeable to Jone« nor his counsel and a num ber of erroueoua statements have been made lu connection with the tase both before and sluce tbe trial i r-ler to set these questions at i, bruises, serafehes, stilTneqa. One trial will convince von. Ni.all's I .inimeiit penetrates. Requires hut little rubljinR, rest his counsel are Induced to make a brief statement ' r'::s! or ad. Associate Justice tiu-y las :eeu severely crltbised for grnut;tg Jones t'al! ‘•►■fore trial ' h'l. whol'T undeserved SS So lti tor Uiblebraud or# of ttie best I ind*i tt 'late. Occur Kraus of Ron otia K in . 'be Kansas g ant. h.i« decided ' !ia' h if'-H m" wan' a lob on tnv puli n for •• as « a s hfs a r lu'' on Mr Kru.s who s scvi'ti feet fo r IncScg Ttie l ittle Tell Tile W M, •■ "- tt ■■ T r 'i'ti \ 'OtnMete • gg of t To* d t v. t||i* w * **k t b" tt cc. • • , and the •■ .-.i r Kr' ,. 1 ••>• \ d dress. Mrs M It Rot,, r*-- 11 Me t’B.. Fla Here’s the Proof i a t I! 1 t t.e ,T sej In the 8'Ste consented to • (he an out.! of bad A xa. a t •; s i Mr Ra > iilr. leading 'or ttie Slate. In argument ' v r, u. eib 1 it »as msn • ill ha- found a mate • f 1 on m , ti. Kan. w T, i five I nr tics t 11 1 her S' I f a v o -11. g a i • is **1 v fei t. For ••sic—Egg* Mr i a', h'n. Comb Tin fi I .it rt, i • w • !' " *f -t . * ' • ' 1 for 1"" T E 11HS (' “J have t.a,t nccnimn to usi* Vvah’i Liniment on two ..f no, pla>ers arms, anil ttie ii— .:t w.i- mo-i g'at 1 f y I tig. . Both were ! nun •'.! I a ' r 1 v i.-lle.. 1 ..f a,,re- nea.M unit aMe o- r.me ttirowlng with * x ,elr former mih*. ! 11v m a ao usee) It ,, v self, iitcl iKijaMer tt ttie tn-at Mnl- ent I • v it ’ r i* •! 11 1« fiSe for t,r ulses, M s e s's . x ‘ ' e- bs fore tr'ai Is a'sas scrati he«, un <T n,- •«. T'lunk J s 's’- was e e v M e •, r e and •s a nh’er Sha u>»tine«s %. Miniger, Rcanoke l■tlam- plona, Koaticke, \ a a' •; s ( r « 1 a X J 1»• I e we-e -if re*- Hcaldeit to l><*titli. •' r;k in g a fell •» fifnab’s I Inlment Is the best remedy for Hlieiirnat inn, >■!„!• | -tI ,e B;u k. Stiff Joints an t M i-. :. n. Sure Throat, RoMs. Siiaini. > ;> r a itm^^uta^^jru^ioi. *'t* r ’ •• head with ft • ' ch of Sharon. I’a t • 11t ptt filled w t h ! w a*. r . t,t•• ! to iie I .lr! nr \\ oman—i til' good f*!;i i v i. Ti-#' L j :t v r., l ! ♦* .4 ' ' L r t *» r.--. : i I'*ft p<“J Ux’ ' * t v f*. a ! ! r» kf * /, 1 -"1 ! i ti g w a f ^ r $ 1 r< • i.' 11r**, l..r '1,1 ' ... r% f if ■T* P-. .» i' an ! rn - } b \ M .• v m \ kf. ; ' v tie ft K - i U ' ' cd I 1 I ondoc '.'.it Colic. Cramps, Neuralglft. Tooth ache and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and I’alns. Ttie gen uine has Noah's Arh on every package 2.'i eta. poll! by dealers In medicine Sam* pie by mall tree. e He'.,re or I es.. 's'* w 1 i , d ' « e been a*'er' a! t, ed 1 r, ,|; m re." rj* S s r e • | .Red T boe» rs * n"' » af'er ad ; o ■: r n . en t taw ccTtsal for w"T n 'en lays of Court of la- !• ■ 11 ■ r ri I- I l.v Hot! Holt. \ Holly nil Ills | ft-l ter. ' New I trie ‘ H oti Hoke t.eorgtft I iear Si •■ '* r I do so h bl'v i * 1 I k ti - i k-o • ' I , ' V 1 w . . . 111 1 fttl I . 1 ? ' 1 1 Sm! ( i U V ■ rm ir of In writ' Ing thi « let "Cl .Me I \ R I* t. 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'' d t h 'It it would not eat t tictti it flrM tint bad finady cotijc to like aad deHtrov large quantltien of them Thts i»» one of t tie argintti ntr some law rr a k ers will put forward for -t ri ns "ti' hvvs *o prot -i r the quail from further slaughter for a perl id of weirs Field larks ami orioles .'ill a 1 -'o oat ' he v\ ecv i! I'otli li" ii ,i \i,- ;S" - tt I. a r c inclin- l-i! to u. lie w . 'hit ( be w li'S.Te 1(1 'll I'M and I'Vf.OMtre of the scheme, putting the fanners on not ice, and arousing t hem to pro'eef thiir fields, vvifb ir'.'.ied force if ne. cssary, will fotv- the conspirators to alt indon their I'laits. Here is the 'dates Were so h.ldlv t.vbpted th't she had to h" drv dirked for sev era! ws»i*Jk-. It) addition, a cot]lsio*i vriih the float I ng crane Hercules ;i t the TbfodkTvn Navy Yardr LeowplictT her feow an 1 kept tier out of com- iiii' l *-inn for some time. tn Inly, r,»"tT. the cruising da; of the ill fated battleship ended, and site was tied up at the,. Charleston Nevy Yard, where she became a Moating house for enlisted men. The last active .service of the warship was (lag dutv with the starred pen nant of lie;.')r Admiral F ( \Y. Dick- ins. C S. N., atloat. That was in the spring of I fit Mi When the fleet re turned from the manoeuvres off Charleston In June. Rear-Admiral e .1 : 1 rt !!• ’ii ’ t.e , • . i, t < r ' r • < 11 , 1 : • • - I 1 ••(•(• ire 1 W I I • n. *• n tuif* f run, < ■ t • ! 1 . ’ l) - \ i 8 . * * T. I ft * it lid 1 .ftf: t - It J- «• ft 1 re Vft h ♦ T»' i ; 1 / A f i I ■ h 1 . i • l’» * lit'" r |m fret!) ft t 1 (l 1 « w ■■ 1 Png — — ten I ft Itfv'1; 1J • ft '■ <*h‘ are fr r: h Hollis "Itljle 1 Ull! i. i; V , , 1 , . t . ' . * , | f.M ! k ftr<‘ ?".ng t o ! «• r T 111*. t*S ! Re : h H * 1 ! ( " ’ t i ' v\ if'" 1 » r W • • Vi] itt I'V, r* rn ’ton ral-ttix M 4 n **N ' t . 4 l 1 v a * i. :. * L»• r •» t \ In GeiTgtl it-il SiiutTi < h r o- in a in ' M * 1 . K 1 , 1 f, k " i ' i r , , ’ . S' : ! E1 » • 111 - X ! 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I h‘ft.1 Heft t* ; ai.d .1 Boa/ Coi .1 ex rtt ': » whether t. e w k b a ' ib -D ti !• appeal (>f ' t; '.ne t u I g'wxw 'T courk*. hw .i. Ion 'l.« appeal *t gny t't-e i'«''o*-e then xtM *n »" candor i eo o. »e T.ave beet, co n I'derl tif e a I * Taa T-! 1*' v «» afiftnlon'nx tha u ! a" » nx h.nt to en'er *. 1 * wan t e pea 1 he u at iiranve art ha* an t"!. •Mi --r ca«e tn whicti • “a paper* rta. if era are « ..nfiltwd . ttie-. c^wa • » "Tel up for wht'e prisoner*. ■ ‘ e ’u* X’l- Gn'iainx who has * 'bin ' t-" past '* w da.* Saen 'aken a ' 1 » A«y' ■ »>. .el this ceil. I'd o' , o ,r*.* lore* rou 1.1 not ' a ei! wRh hltn. aud had t o "How I h appeti to tie a hie t o write \ou tlr- inforni'itton cam.- about In 'i - wav J met one of the men, whom I hive known for several years and we had two or thre drinks to- geilli-r and the conversation drift'd ' ' cotton | expressed ft belief that cotton would decline imt points or more FidraHv fie said if I would give him my word as a man he would !• 11 mi' something out of which I could maki a fortune. 1 promised him and this was the scheme he dis cfused to me. He gav. me ft mass or M , r ,-ss t. - lot tl I ti I Re 'I loll" ? ' \ ItO m' Ureu It.l'i up. Sidfiol Chariot t i u- grad . C ii i r u N c V4iiiii«'d —i . ' .. v • n t • •' child .n Ser-'h Car dina to kn«* ’hat the A ico .brand af la*’ !> rs ami p nd« *ra Mia o-w an-! are n d. i ’ It I v ’ha Augta i."u.ric*r Co'.i,,any. wTio mannfa' tire e.erythltijr In I.umber a*' Mdln-e-k and whowe w«t,'t.|rara “ "Q i >l:'y ' .x rt" \ ug ust a I ,u he h r it:}, VugiV'a. Ger,r| for ,'rl< as on any ordar, large c »r*l fttl Fgg* — Wauled — Bo A ',*•* ers. Mipogra pliers, clerks, wri ♦* us if l- .tbn- em ploy im ti t \\ . p I ace c. u ,1,1*1 on > lit: - i ness li • I j. ami a re no' 1 - e to supply t|. : a nd 1 'a roliua A "dit A* System Co.. Sky scraper. Cof'Stfn Nbt. S. C. I o (' R d 1 bn t 11 ' ) u r t d C t-or Mtl«* .Miit ti cews. registered .ter • details, etc . that for the Yrrosent are f * *try -eocorc keftRieti i,u4. k L-ioc 4> *Mt •'Tieil off a 'ti. k s Huff Ml R | to be t It tft ' po -e fowl* Us are coin 1 1 st v , -a 1 s ! ' be v!r W .f w ■ >! o j: ■ r f 111 e g t 1 1 r Ti;rds car i ti_' of p, i/es d ui • ti worthless. The second men seemed i.o'iiuert etrain^ afraid to (rest me. or any one, in Dirkin's command was dishandod .ns and Newport that six tugs Nature requfr- fonr or five times weakness tox explor es .made it been t aild Geod- W M-* ierseU ed to pull her out The back draugh from One of her twelve-tnch guns caused another bad accident on April 15, 1905. And in April of the following year she was badly damaged by running Into a The Texas was then docked at Bus- final stripping of its-hefor JeekRIlu ton and came to Charleston for final stripping of its six-inch guns. --But the hoodoo followed her there — even after she was out of commis sion. She narrowly escaped being blown up by a careless visitor, who was found smoking a cisarette in the ppwder magazine. Now it has been decided to shoot her to pieces. Early in April she will be towed from her moorings tn the Navy Yard to the shoal water of the Chesapeake, where twelve and thirteen inch projectiles will soon finish her. .The hoodoo of the navy this cast the man whom I knew as surcd him I wns nil O. K Hence. I the confidence I felt it was my duty to do something, so I thought I'd - write von and let you advi-o the offi 1 cits and farmers to be oti the lookout for suspicious people. I am a bus iness man here and do :.ot want , my notoriety, so must make this :m anriony metis letter. Am leaving for New York tonight If you are interested, insert u 'person.il' in the New York Herald and sign it Geor ; gia in next Sunday's paper. 1 atiM willin: to come and see you and do promised upon my honor t t would ami st Titrkiys and eggs. Also eggs, K J. -Reds, V\ lute Leghorn. Barred Rlyniouth Koiks and Bit Gaii’t, one duli.ii' p"t tloz. White 'ullie puppies, registered. Mj. R. Sams, Jonesvilte, S. (\ trig the • past show- season and we e-:< n give the b -1 ., u ifli y to be found Eggs for hutching. 12 Mi per lb. Situ' in orders now for fut T' deli v ri \\ c.-t R.tlmg h tb■ 11 1 1rv I 'ins 't. M Barker. Met. West Raleigh. X. C • ke ' ' i. 'T.e rorr.der of the Ja'I, » Id'h w»» ne.TMier »a'<t nor -or Mr'f * her:ca the Sheriff took him ■ t! » I’eteRantiary. Jonex xoseitinx s«n.e ;andlnx t v :e appeal The her'ff ’ X i* f tefl ftbinx a rartlfiad enpv ' ‘e fte;.'e:,ca ■<, that In eaxe if vbftpLitunf the atpe.xl, which was hen. and evau bow, Berlously eon- •bb raj thara would he no hitch xnd ■ 'unher fortuality reqn'red Rrla- "-‘•rx are often earned to the Pon- uritlntv f, , r safe keeping hoflt he- " .--e tmd ft'ter Tlftl no why e , much ft i k ft "lit t T) I B r n«o v \s to Jones Intended application Mr pardon we will ear that we know "h‘ C of this at fh!» time and ! "i\e tftken no part tn such an ef- f ort . '-it If necessftrv. and at tho roper time, we have no dotiM tb.-t an application f-r pardon wll ho ; iade, as It ought to he » As we nn- <’ *t'*t a n d J ones has the Constl utlon- a! rlvht to apply for pardon; ho l a* tho Cnnatltutlonal rlxht »-> work- for hla pardon whoibor in Ja+t or fa the Penitentiary, ponding appeal or while serving his aentonce; and up on propor showing tho Governor, "hoover he may he, will hare no (’tonstitutionaI right to grant hint pardon. _«ll prejudlcod nowapapor corrospondonto to the the -oiitrsry •ents Wanted—Make big money •»! ing photo pillow, topa, 26c. fer midets, 25c; portraits. 35c; oilotte- 3 0c. Wo produce works of ar guaranteed, lowest prices, largax studio, prompt service, credit giv en; simpler; portrait and franc catalogue free. Ritter’s Art 8t* dto. 1 ? 1 8 Madison. Chicago. Ill UarTeins it. Eoulh (lenrgia farm notwithstanding. lands: r>,fluq acres of fine, level "We have been informed that 1:11111. N tiiil.T from r.tilro'ul. land some of Jones' friends without rpc- not disclose any names, hut 1 might | Good I^ive Agents wanted In ever' Cnrollna. Her |W Ri then be • hoodoo no longei 1 . help you and your officers intercept the insect and arrest the men wit It them. Mr. Smith received the letter on Wednesday, February 1. He com municated at once with Commission er of AerfcttRure Hudson and State Entomologist Worsham. As a re sult of their conference Governor- elect Smith published the person ■1" in the New York Herald on Sun day, the 5th. They also agreed that Jbe letter should he published to put tbe public In poaeseion of the. facte. town to sell a meritorious llae o* medicines extensively advertise*- and used by every family and li the stable. An exceptional oppor tunity for the right parties tt make good money. Write at one* for proposition to L. B. Martlr Box 110, Richmond, Va. - i 2* - . *, order to introduce my high grad' Svci-esslm Flat Dutch and Wak field Cabbage Plants to ..hose wb have not used them before I wU give with. each first order for a productive anil no waste, ifu or m u'e Uousps, Mowing well, I 1 miles of fine fencing land, adapted to general farming and stork rais ing Price $ 1 11 per acre. b, 1 0 0 a ei es loeatml on railroad; 2.000 atT."s open, bai mce in woods, •land lies well and very produc tive: dwellin';, good barns, .'>0 tenant houses, 3 artesian wells, ginnery, etc. Cheap at the price of $20 per acre. SOT acres. 1 mile from railroad station; 000 acres in cultivation, bftlance in saw timber; land productive, lies well and no waste: dwelling, barns. 14 tenant houses, deep well with tank and gasoline engine ^ For quick sale, can sell for $12.50 per acre. If you are in the market fur a fine farm and mem business, r^ll to iee ub. Do not delay, as the prices we have T»ow are sure to saltation with us are now cir-ul.-it- ng petitions for his pardon, to bo isi-d. no doubt, at the proper lime; md wo see nothing improper In •his for the overwhelming opmlon 1 n Orangeburg and surrounding community, ts that tones s..ou',> he pardoned. In fmposing sentence Judge Memminger stated that if Jones behaved hlmsilf at the proper time he. no,doubt, could recommend executive cieigen^y. "So why cannot we have a test ax 'o this matter? We are not criticis ing anybody. Jones is not saying anything."—The Times and Demo crat. Live, laugh and love—thetas will come a t!me when you can't^V-. go higher. Address Allen & Crock ett, Americus, Ga. , 'N ft-f; ~ k~- * -. 4 A * f*/- ' i,-.- 1 •b ir \ I •VJ» t. /