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i i TI1K PEOPLE, BARNWELL, S. 0. VICE r EREST 1 ehMc hef the Amer [liilly, (hir- •f the Le in coniniis- iterneut is- I'nwelj is ^rinn w iTrli. wus tniseil •sts- which cnjm imnit.r- •:ni. a. di* n cummis- s suh.’vts J kiiii [ii, let i.’' fur i!is- irenu. *]inrts run ilreii'ly us piin^ilii'lity.' Iimv niutiy c:ilnf;jiK r ns nils u in mt "Heijuests ms are n*- thnt nm- *i^hli"«s is rent pump d. was -m> in- he Leftion npmed in t t hut ■ tiu* till wiurid t e<|uippe<l denvur. (fttests n*- >f tlie new- ork."_ Mr. nutnher of ■icatt n lim MOTHER! Watch Child’s Bowels “California Fig Syrup” is Children's Harmless ‘••.j Laxative • that nosl i'f n. u lid t ar • nut on • •f Ameri- to n Home 'been | re- i Icnie for . N V i.y Forty and ' "ll of J pe iirst niirlit / Mundy, jS loiefy in •a^o to tile Now York f en f Leaders tMo-'Oi"" . . ,»a »' » , J .. Wter* cut*. r - T '‘\ ,t( lii'i- m.t a ,»re wo* ^*"'1';'. .tut ,hro»'» 11 t .»'!»> o’; time* ft>'a»' v > is. 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[ UTtf,.MV . > W: ; cl.t s 1 n lian llltd>. •> I'UN , ir*< bah A 1 \ i nut. • mal I \ f — r • Says Horses Talk J 1 IV* *| i h I •rum.. n \\ ri 11 T < • f- \v csf Home 1 ten sii.i rh*'. wl " |s n g r;; 1111 at.' uf I Ins .* ■ c: * 111 will r-i'ti i i'.il • g" an. 1 uf <j.-i.rg.'ti avii uni* . ur- f und In jslty • ijnt; 11 n < * til V' 1 1 1 1» ‘ ’ | ; , ** ’ u r t i ngs *n, 'a 1 ... al that ■■)." 1 . n *' 11 !'i*r: j, Y 1: ingu • * the Li- that- is I.-t ' ally uttii.'!i**t. ...if .* 1! 1 r' -tig 'p .v, vg < ah'* th.'tils' ' \i- hi] it hy’ a gee.l }tfn ! 1 1 m. » N >»j S > ‘ < a ' * r — When your child is constipated. Ml* ious, has colic, fiwcrlsh hreath, coat ed tonpie, or diarrhea, a tcaspoonful of genuine "('alifornia Flu Syrup" sweetens the stomach ami promptly -|> S*'*'l Dng cleans tia* buwt'l.- ; uf puisuiis, un In the ; hu.*. suuring fuu.l ■ and waste. Never |ii**nc(*. tb** • cramp's ur iiiVuract: s. < ’untaihs in; nar- 'rmeiit hu- cotic s or su..thing' drugs, •'iiildre 11 Jiivo ally in an Its . h'liciutis taste A-k yeiir drugg; st fur genuine •Val- ■un'iiu wfll ifurn'ia Fig Synip' '. which has full di ciimnnihity r**«'ti "iis fur ba+des 1 and children uf alt •nuunt, ar- llgl'S plainly print' •d un tiu ft Je. Mura ■J. j w / ur! Y'Ss^umst say “<’alifurnia’’ * r y.u runtiun ur may’ get an Iruitafinn tig >> nip. ( H x - 1IC "f l tie Grafted New Eyelids iis cl 1'; irly A ri'inarkaMe f eat In surgery was ~ , iliclui ling 'iitly I'urfuniiui i in—Li\ 1 rj"•uh Eng •ials, |> lay- j hind. wlu-n 1 y el i 11 -* \n !:e grafted "ti an c«*nt vrs Aima 'lean eh el II isf, t!..■ 'kin I'l'ing hrepic ad- ■frum his anu. A eliejuli al ■ e\ • rev'.'-H |LT.»‘SS ' and in a. dal'uiatul-y 1! ttring' the u tr itiun. Mu* I 1 itli'tlt the ius >_*q !,D .yelid - and Amurl can wight NeU. lluWl" I er.' he ".an Se. ■ and ISS in iti** "n e\ elashes are ' g-runing’ acre - his r I >;;r:m:» ■‘to ! that tile lead funds fur rhm rfda St. Paul, a ■ former event tic •mention \ kenduil's of tlie I,e- FOR IMSI0ESIION , f a \fl\&UVKHS MrtvV worn INDIGESTION 23CrNTS^ 6 Bellans Hot water Sure Relief Li ILL LOIR fililO IREFI RftTE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFICIAL URG ES THAT AJACENT STATES ENACT SIMILAR LAWS TWO DEAD AND SIX MISSING IN SHIP FIRE. ----- — - Short broathln* r«lt«v«d in m TOvrtours: «w«IHnjc r«duc«d In m <#w day*, raKuiatOS thr^var, Mdn«y«, stomach and haart.purifirt the blood, •tranfthana th*antlro Writ* for fraa trial traat* martt. COLLUM DROPSY RfMEDY CO., D«pt. C ATUAKT* GEORGIA. lE,tabl,.h,J 1895^ 28 yart of tuccttt in treating Dropsy.) wsw MITCHELL EYE SALVE heals Inflimed ey.g. Kr anulated Udi, ! r - C ; 8 ’ Jr <* S «^- Spredv 25c at •11 drusffl.ts. Hall & Ruckel. N Y C. ’j 71 ^'HAND 75t PACKAGES EVERYWHERE IDROPSP^*^ Band •n (Fonn.) heel) pur according of marine flaps and ellndv silk •wn h<*lt, and Mue y secured Columbia. Tlie new motor vehicle title law, enact* d by the li'24 legislature, to become effective January l,j 11)25, marks a forward step for South Car- olnu in its efforts to curb the stealing of automoliiles, sai*l L H. Thomas, secretary of the state highway depart ment, in discussing today the value of th* new act Data on tlie outstanding features of tiie law have been compiled l y Mr, Thomas for the highway com mis- ion "When other states, adjacent to South Carolina, enact similar laws," Mr, Thomas added, "a large precen- t a c** of automobile stealing will cease.” . The purpose of the la$v, as outlined • by Mr Thomas is: "To protect tlie ti tle ef motor vehicles within tlie state; to providi 1 for th*> issuam e of CeftlTl- cates of title and evidence .of regis- t.raTioh; to regulate purchase and sale or other transfer of ownership; fecili- t^te the recov* ry of m<itor v*dncles suden: to provide for the regulation .and licensing ofceit.in dealers in used and secondhand tars; to prescribe the I iwojrs and duties of th • st t * higii- way Coinnii-sion, and to provid ■ penal ties for the violation.of the provisions of th*- law " Aft. r n* xt I>. cetnher no <f»rttf:ctie of rev isi rat ion or license piat.e will be issued to a m*'tor \ ••hide owner, util*w th*' ow ie-r Secur* s a cer- Atdiia'^r ,.|f title or gives s.itisfac- tor> * v:*! -rice that su< h * **rtifictite lias been ivsii"*! pn'viously for tlo* vehicle in pie-tion. The signature of the own- ! er will he retiuired of * adi license | i>iate, or; . certificate .of registration. 1 a ml .This certificate- will be carried by i the operator of the car at all times, an*! ;n the case of sale the original oxyner shall 'endorse the certificate to the n*‘W oufi• t. -• - Maryhiteh. Virginia an*l North Caro, lina iiave-sucli laws. Mr Thomas sta- t.-’v When ether states adjacent to S utii C.iri^fnii enact such legislation, i - w ill greatly n.-<lu* **. tlie auto Liu- t nulsanc" Haltin ore, Md—Two are dead ami six more ar*.* reported missing op the final checkup following the liuriiing of the steamer Three Hiver In Chesaprake Bay off the Patuxent River. One man di* *1 of exhaustion after he was pulled into a lifeboat and a woman who board ed the boat at a Virginia pdint was drowned. r The blaze Is believed to* have be gun 'twith a carelessly thrown cigar ette. ' H Five of the missing persons are memheys of The Kvening' Sun car rier boys •band. Tlie other is a deck hand. ; . Fire, was discovered shortly be fore midnight when nearlx ev ryone aboard th** Three Rive rs was asleep with the exception of the cr -w on duty. The boat was lilledWwlth holiday crowds returning from low er Chesapeake Bay and Virginia re sorts. A- passenger who had not taken ;C berth, bu’. who was asleep In th* saloon, discoveieil th*' smoke H* ran to tlie pilot liouse and notified tin* captain, Spencer Hall, of Hal - Union*. Ml 1 PLANES TWO WESTWARD BOUND PLANES REACH SAN ^RANCISCO NEAR SCHEDULE TIME. San Francisco^ Tlie first westbound night-flight air mall, wfilch hhd left Mineola. N. Y 24 hours and 4<) minu tes earlier, arrived at thlvair mail field here at 5. 1 .'* o'clock. Thctwo planes, wiiich arriv'd- five seei’tM^ apart, wen* pilot, i from -H'-tvo. N**- vada, liy Curr H. Win.vlow and W iLuklng. [RAIN KILLS THREE ASLEEP MUTILATED BODIES GROVER NEAR 6 ENGINEER. FOUND B Y HazelhUrst Field. N Y - The first easthound tnitiscontitiental mail ser vice air plane, pilot W* ,slcy L. Smith, arriv'd hi*r-- at toll p. m day light saving time, six minfUeg hetriml s* hedule, with 1_’ pounches of hiail w.eiglimg 221 ptnimls. The plant- 1 ft (Tev-'land 14 min utes behind ■•‘hedule, due to the.de-’ Jay of a mail truck. Although Pilot Smith encountered an unfavo-rahl*' east wind of 2" miles an hour and a thundershower over tlie coal regions of Pennsylvania, he “picked up" eight minutes. One of the pouches contained an assortment of fresh cut California tlow. rs for Mrs. Calvin Coolidge from Mrs. James I. Powers, wife of the SIX KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION IN ILLINOIS. Chicago.—Six persons were kill ed ami 17 others were injured, some of them seriously, when a fast mail train of the Chicago, Bur lington ami Quincy railroad plung ed into the rear of th** Burlington's Denver to.Chicago passenger train numbor 2. near Buda, Ills , about 15 miles west tit Chicago. Railroad officials here said the accident was due to failure of the engineer of the -mail train to oh 'servo an automatic signal whi<;h operated when the passenger train stopped at a coal chute. - The passenger train was 40 rnljv Utcs late and the mail was speeding to make up eiuht minutes Ihe oai hes w* fe knoi k**d from the trituk alyl one of them lamb'd part ly a>T*>ss another track over whh ti anothor^train was ahoiit. to pass. Tins train w&sstoi'ped .hiiwever, so some of the .injHtj d w. re brought t*) chicHgo an*! otlier- with the d*‘ad wi‘re taken to Princeton. Ills. COTTON CROP 15 INCREASE IN ACREAGE NOTED BY COTTON ASSOCIATION REPORT. SUFFERED PAIN FOR YEARS Mrs. Jahr Finally Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound St Matthews, S. —Although the cotton crop condition for June is slight ly under the average for the jiast 10 years, an increase of 3 5 per cent 1* noted in th** acreage ami the pr*>due-’ ti**n for the year is forecast at 11,- nOh.boo iitthfs- in the June report of the American Cotton association rideased h**r** by Harvio Jordan, s**cretury for the organization.^ / - A summary *if tin* report follows: "Ainage nlanted Tie* *--tlmat*‘d TAANT KILLER BY TORNADOES DE-ATH AND DESTRUCTION ARE WROUGHT 3Y TORNADOES IN MANY CITIES. -Til*' mutilated bodies tracks of the > I one half mile of men w or** found on the Southern main Urn* a!>out oast of drover, this comity, by th" engineer ot No. 35. fast southbound passeng'T irain. Two of the negroes, Roderick Scruggs and Jim Degree, were natives of the drover section, and tin* other was "Kirt" Mitchell, of Rutherford county. Suirposition, was that th** trio fell asleep while .'sitting on the railroad track and were killed by either No 135 or No. 35. A similar finding and verdict was made by Coroner Ksqridge and the postmaster "f San Frsmisco. Chicago, second we: oontineiital I’ilot S. J • Short, on- the thou ml trip of tin'* trans- air mail, arrived here Chicago. -- A terrifflc hurricane struck along the south shore of Lake K'i*>, devastating several towns and cities and. taking toll .of 35ll lives Buildings, bridges, and trees were level*-! and 'probably 2.0"o persons were injured during the brief but de structive storm* The wind swept a lath nearly 50 miles wide from Sandusky Bay to a point between lairain and Cleveland The most extensive damage thus far reported was at Lorain where rOws of buildings wer** blown over and a Five pounches were taken aboard for theater was partly - caved in on a Sat- the continual ion of the westward urday afternoon audience. flight. " ~ ! ——* —.— Cb veland. Tiu* northern part of Coolidge Appoints Board of Appeals. Ohio lay prostrate under the fury of Washington Twelve numbers of wln ' ls uf ■’-'.vclonic violence that swept the board of appeals, authorized under froin Cleveland to Sandusky along the from Cleveland and at t* o'clock, ('“ii tral stamliaTiT time, 15 minutes ahead of schedui" with 11 pounches of mail, three of which were dropped here coroner s jury Admission Tax Attacked by Theaters Attacking the amusement admisMun' tax ' unjust, capricious and disertm- inatorv” and the t.ix act as tip onsti- tilt ona!.” til*d ion p.ofur*' the i’ers of Monday morning Mitchell had a small hole knocked in his head, while a part .of Degree’s face was missing and about om* half of Scruggs head was knocked off His brains were scattered down th** track, while th** portion of the head remain ing on the body was entirely empty. Scruggs nut death almost at his icing only a of the trip!** ( • mi in i ha v. tlo* slat* • t a rr.ed am usetM* til* sj W | n t. ix ru 1), .*• court s in tdir“*' t■ * J". ■y ‘ " liruught by Gr-etn ill" th"at' ft "it • rat. •rs. acc- rrdt: .g to tl i" annuutic m.*- Uf f Waite! r G < piery. .chairman 1 tb* ** :.- t ax c iVAi'.i ,11--: en. and S.t in ; M V.'l ilf, ' at;..: rn* y K"iit*r al uf Sell' ('a r w •: 1 a and < a at ll Sal- for- the euniliil r, .in th" thr ee - a:?*. I’he thr* " s u:m. h I'eHg ht by S I M.i B'.e for th Alaj’.stic til* iter ' Op -te- I'M O Curd's and Vanlt M Bee f,,r - Blje m ' h" it re uf. Gre"’! he: 1 ; 4 ' M i-;.! i: 'i C t'uri its ami. 1 i ♦ r' 'w; Den tur tii ■ L:!>* r? y tln-ater ■ (n • in ii!".. h 1 \ D Vi» * n ini’ i at- 1] lu co ‘ 1 ■ tin i * s * ? 110 t IX c"tnmi Ms on to r f ind t t 61 is 61 paid [ by th. * three th ten x :r 1 t 1 X • S and pun.tit b *S itex wt'* S\.S M L’ en 1 then: iiy tit remmissh-n und (Al' * ? i •»r 1 y *\ -i '1 .by tlo-m ' und *r. pr mother's door, lo r home few yards'from the scene tragedy ^ Several •suppose;e:is w.-re advan 'i d during th* narht'otie hidnir Fiat tti 1 ' n*-croes were murder' ! and th" bodies -plated n t!i** track to lie hit iiy the train as a blind fur tin* critne -Yrl- utloT was t -th-ey v\ efe eitinr kill- * d or sh ifk^d by ligli'r.inc running on the new i***v**-fiue law, were appointed by President Cixilidge. Those chosen from the general pub lic were. Adolphus L. (jraurner, San Francisco: J S Y. Ivans, New York City; A K James, New York City; John M Sternhagen, Chicago; Sumner L Trussell. Minneapolis; John J Mar quette, Washington, D C„ and W. C. Lansdun, Salina, Kansas. Five were selected from the bureau of internal revenue as follows: Char les D Hamel. Urafton. N D ; Jules <;ilmer Koni'T. Jr.. Winston-Salem, N C ; 'B. njamin II Littleton Nash vjie, T*tin.; Charles p. Smith. Boston. Mas-* , and Charh s M. Tramnitd, Lake- ' wood, Fla. •ruo.' unt .mi win it'-r de rm K no: ■ x u uplpild • o'!(. r negro, s In *}•.••..eCening i that he t.a —o Th- tllfCe case- •onst it utionaT aniM d w J! g \ ■ - . i - S - S ■ d iiowever. inV'dving :r\ and when flnallv •. orn in all insta'ic • in like n.aimer under ques: u ti oh as trii) la ft it-s r-aid that he talk'd_ with, them a 1 out 11 nil >* k and that they w.-n- gding iti the. direr*ion of tlie tragedy at that time v p __ - r—- Rev. Geo. Byers Murdered in China. - Washington H* \ (F-org** Douglas Byi*rs. an Anier ..n * iti/'-n attaciied ' * he Pr-asityr'erian mis>ii'ti. was in v ur- _ 1e• ed Jute :t. pre^umiCdy ,1x7 hamht'-T at K'uchek. Island of I la in.ah. according *0 inf *rmation ri-*,-*-;v**ili fly XtiiiTican Minister S hunii ui at Peking and for- Federal -Banks to Aid Farmers. Wiishiniifun • The Fi'deral'' iiiJ'T 1 -.I media’' 1 * redit banks have made loans aggryL-uMuL* 'TO.<137.515 to the tanners of the country in slightly Jess than one y.-ar since ^the new credit system was organized, it was announced by the Fejeral Farm Loan Board at th* conclusion of the sem. annual confer ence of tin hoard and officials of the farm loan arid, intermediate credit banks Fp m May 1, hist. $27.<>‘.*3.757 of th-- loans Iiad 1 liecii repaid, showing *i tiat IvP 13.7.1 S’ of CoVenim tit money is being n.sed by the farmers to finance current * r q s or live stock production a;. a w ai'd—d- th- rH and +» > y ' •1 to r Tie v •'s answe'r to the complaints n th** state J ix coinmissi ;i • r body tr;insmitti*d to tlo' en*-ml. j* as a d'TilutTi r on. Sciiurman l the gr -inds that th*; complaints do ic t state facts * uffci**4it to constitute a caus** of ju ^ on -' -•-1 Solicitors Seek to Tighten Law. Murt* spe. 1 ifie atid drastic" l<*g sla- »io|r :it* iin>t tlie carrying of concealed weapons is rm omniended to the gi-n- era! assembly of South,Carolina by the si * I 1 i 11 > r s of th* State in a r*‘snluM tr nd.ipti ‘L at their s* ss1onvat the meet* ng was the annual tianquet gf ' Uie «t-tie's presecuting officers held at the instance'of -Attorney G*‘neral Sarm ul M Wolfe Tim has sage of th** resolution w-l'b reference to-the carrying of pistols developed as a climax to a discussion of the appalling record of homicides' In th*' state., wh ch v sh *ild he laid_ in Jarci ensure.' it was believed, to the •promscuous’-TfirTy ing 'of cone..ah d. weapons ' A proposed law v pending .before concr-'ss. design'd to curtail the sale and carrying of com -ii d \\ e;i ;• ns w as d si tissed, but this mea sure. it was 1 tlievi-d, would net constitutional .even if passed. M imstiT p- n j'roiii Deugha i* an consijl cent was informed ’ id - ihiiish consul at Island The' F S S. 'lea \ e stated ceiv-d hi* i n > t <'• \ a* Uantom who marke' ing. A formal statemerF issueij by the Hhrard said it was “highly gratified” with th** record 'inaije by tlie hanks and rTganhd Die systi-m" as'liaving estahli-hed itself a. useful and neet-ssary American—institution ;!ie murder Kiun -u how. Sacramento by the Hainan -- . Well id 11eng Kong' Tuesday, it wgs with Vice < ottsu] Chamiierlain and proceed to Hoihow. the crest the sc**ne to conduct an in .v.*s? igat ion. 1)0 Horre.ll Hill Plans Filed. Pals for a new. School building for Harrell Hill, tm replace the structure' destroyed by the toflnado of AprH-30, w ill be opened at ih,e_ office of <*. M. Klea/.'tW'oiimx-sujicnnbTidcnt of edu cation. noon. July 8. Plans and specifications for th** Hor- rell Hill building .were filed at the Columbia Builders’ exchange yester day by J. B Urquha/fT*Columbia ar chitect. They call for an attractive bulding. veneered, with brick and with a roof of composit or shingles and a tin deck. Dogs Outlawed After Rabies. Kinston Fnniu/zlo 1 dogs running at large may lie shot by any citizen ■i,r AyV.en. according tp an of Beta l .•diet. .Tin* mayor of the Pitt county towp has ordered that.all eaninys be <•0:1 lined .to ow ners' prenjisen- as a -re sult of rec -nt outbr* ak-* of rallies Many per.s ns and animals I ' been attacked by rabid dogs There re- ( ‘Tntly , Th** official proclamatl n fails to exempt canines vaccinated against hydrophobia. Hundreds have 1 iim*n-given rht* preventativi treatticnt in this section Veterinary author! ties declare vacjilnation makes .dogs .imtnun * Yn prictn ally every case x nuuii'er of persons at Ayd*-n ar** t.ik ir.g tii" Pasteur treatment us a re- ut ,,f tr*■ ing .hi*ten bv . animals afflit s i 'xvitli hvilrophobia Troops Rule Wrecked City. iTorTiifi. Ohio. "AVTfiTe this .city' con tinued to dig its*df opt of the min w r uigh't by Saturday s tornado Gov erfior Vic Dolianey and a coniinitfee appointed by him to aid in bringing order out of choas were to_£urvey the ruined district comprising -about 125 blocks in'an effort to device means of rebuilding th** city. Order and systematic relief having been ‘ established,. considerable prog re«-. is being made in cb'aning up the wreackage. The two principal tlior oughfar*'S. Broadway and Krie streets. Hundreds of demolished residences streets have been opened to traffic have been cleared and practically all have nor y**t he.-n explored for dead Work of eh iring Urn ru :is of fle State Theater, where an:horities t)e- liev** th**r*' may sftth b>* a few tjodies, continues. Th*' list of dead remained at t’O 1 M *re-strict military control was In effect on Broad way, where a number d ~h.anks are located. Even shores, of Lake Erie, isolated Sandus- Tty. Elyria, and drain, TTHTIhg pTTsSihly 4uu persons, injured another 2,000 and caused property damage of possibly millions. The probable death list is augment ed by the possibility that lake steam ers may have gone down. Three steam ers out of Sandusky are known to have been caught in the storm, and reports have it that passenger wire swept overboard froth the recks of one of them—the ReHam e Srenes of the wildest terror and confusion jwitc enacted in the cities as the furious winds blewr"jjien and buildings into the lake, tilew railroad cars'.off the tracks and pushed -^truc- lures iiver. ! The Elyria fire department, which succeeded in reaching Lunin. s-Tit out a frantic appeal for help report- in'g that several hundreds were in juied when a theater collaps.ed Eighty dead have been taken from the State theater jn Lorani.. thy * Inef of poljce of E.l|ria reporte'd. Esti mate.- -of 3l)h dead anil I..'. 1 '"* injured are not ■ xagger;tt"d._ the chi'ef said. Tlo* entire Eyria fire and police de partment and ambulance equipment have been sent to lairain. v < Tin* only way to rearh Lorain from Cleyeland is through Elyria and the roads arc jammed with refugees head ed away from Lorain and relief par ties on the way there, the chief said. First reports re< l ived- here from staff correspondents of The Plain Dealer., who motored back to the first available telephone east of Lorain. with to the effect that Ji.iii w* re killed in the State theater collapse at Lorain and that not more than 40 others are dead in (j'ther parts of the city. . J liain contniued to fall in lAirain for several hours.. ('ontirmatlon. of the- collapse o£- the-.theater and washout of the Black river bridge’ ;it T.orain was brought to Cleveland iiy A Dow nerj conductor on the Lake Shore electric railvvay, the first eye-witness of the disaster to ‘reach .this city. Many women and children were cotton acreage planted for F<24, bas ed upon reports from correspondents in all of the cotfi n growing cmintii amounts to 2x 42!) 00u acres. Com ing this estimate with the government acreage of 37 I30,ooo a* res. harvested jfr l‘.)23, there is shown on estimated 1 tier * use of the planted acreage £ >r I’MM. ot 3 5 per eent. "Condition of crop: The reported June condition of the .crop is -esti mated to bo iks. 1 per cent as compar ed with our May estimate of 64 it per cent, _ indicating an\mipr,ovein**nt in condition of June over May of 3 2 per cent Th** In year average for Juno by the government fs 74 S per cent whh h indicates that the present June con dition is 66.7 per e nt und r the last lo year average.. "Weevil infestation: Reports from Alabama and Louisiana,show heaviest infestation of weevils, while the ma- jbrity of the reports from the other states indicate generhlly light Infes tations, a large number of the reports show increasing infestation of the weevils In addition to weevils, cor*^ respondents from s all the states report damage to the crop from' lice; cut worms. root rot, red spiders, blight, army worms, wilt, grasshoppers, black root and caterpillars. "Condition of stands: A critical situation confronting the cotton crop this season is the generally reported poor and ragged stands in connection with the average* two to three weeks lateness of the crop. A majority of the reports indicate an excess of poor stands in the states of North Carolina, Florida. Alabama. Misssisslppi, Ark ansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mis souri Boor stands are reported over wide areas in all the stales, includ ing Texas While it will he difficult to correctly estimate the percentage of los-s in the acreage of cotton this season by the universally reported had • stands, it is. nevertheless, an import ant factor which must In* considered in estimating the final harvesting of the i ro^." Howard Lake, Minnesota.—“I write to let you know that I have taken sev* eral bottles of your medicine in the last three months, and fohnd it to be very good. I had pains and other troubles wo men have and waa not able to do my work. Seeing your ‘Ad.’ in the paper, I thought of giving Lydia F. Pinknam’a Vegetable Com pound a trial. I got good results from it and feel able to do i, mv housework now. I used to have lota .,. ir . of pains, but after taking the medicine I am relieved from pains that I had sutlered from for years. I recommend the Vegetable Compound to my friends* and hope this letter will be satisfactory for you to publish Mrs. Jenwe Jahr, R.U. No-2. UoxtiLHoward Lake,Minn. - Free upon Request Lydia EL Pinkham’s Private Text- I Lyi Book upon "Ailments Peculiar to Wo men” will be sent you free, upon re quest. Medicine Write to the Lydia El Pmkham Co., Lynn, Massachusetts. This book contains valuable information that every woman should have. (THE u SPRINCLESS SHADES La«t Longer_1 Look Better Don't Wanf Innovations RMthenbcrpurg i>n the Timber, an ancient, meiUcvni, ‘WiiTled city of which all Baviirin is preud, Is fulling victim to the^ march <<f Industrial 1 progress. A hundred years before America was discovered tills town whs a teeming village, despite its walls, 1 moats and city gates, hut in more mod- 1 'em times it has been a mecon for tourists. < >f recent months, however, captains "f Industry -have sought l**r- mlts to erect- vehicle factories and It l8-mrrtin>t this move that many of the citizens are now pretesting. Tokio Serious Over American Flag. Tokio.- Tiie cutting down of .the Ami-rii in Hag at the Fuited States emba-'.v here by an unidentifieri Jap an ese was discussed in the lower hausi' uf-t-he diet while it was offi cially indicated that a special meet ing of the cabim-t miglit be held to discuss the- affair. The matter was reported' to Fro- mier Kato during a session of the house of representatives. With For- • ign Minister Shidehara and Home l 'Minister Wakatsuki, the premier im mediately left tin* chamber for a con ference as to what action • should b*? taken Following the conference a most thorough police search for the iican-ovlHCTHB-almva-Hox 'fl'ag was order ed tog«-ther with an Investigation into all phases of the affair. A formal statement of the Incident wo* is.-.iifil Iiy the fon-ign office. _‘2I realize w-hat the American flag, means to th** .American people," LMinister Shidehara said in making public the statement.."and we are most regretful that this Jias .hadpi.'ried." T It’s a New Idea Flora Bob told me last night that I was the most wonderful girl In the >vor!d.' Nora My! lie ought to patent that befiire It gets known.—London An swers. ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE GIX KS REST AM) COMFORT TO TIRED. ACIIIM. 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Nickle Plate trainmen reported that all the government houses- in South Lorain, north of rh railroad tracks, had been bdown ■: wn. of wreck* high ranking off,< nected* with uni: th**re were not through th** lines * rs. not directly cwn s doing giarT permitted to Boy Breaks Neck. Fayetteville Din' Butler, 21. Buffer ed a broken n-• . when-kie divi-d into * x 'shallow water at White Lake, Bladen county. He was rushed by automo bile to the I’Pniinan bce-pital in this city, when* he was still living at 7- nb-dit. Physicians, at t!i* c'.if*Ttain-_no hope Letters Appear on Child’s Skin. Gastonia,' N (’.--People in the vicin ity,, of the Winget mill are excited over a strangi* natural phenomenon which* has appeared on the person of little Dorothy Parrot, four year old daughter of R. S. Parrel, who live;* an the York rood just south of the mill. Three mysterious letters of a blood red color appeared on the body of the ohild and no reason can be given by the fath-T o’r.'.jnother ns £0 why. letters have aplpeare<l *..* The plainly visible letters "R I C" appear on the fl.*sh and appear as though they w*h>i stamp-d by a rubber stamp except that th**y read from right to left in stead of left to right us in ordinary reading matter. correct internal troubles, stimulate vital organs. Three sizes. All druggists. Insist on the original genuine Gold Medal. duty o'clock aT pass hospital, h •*■ vi for his"reev* ry. Young Swim mer Drowns. Wilmington.—Fred D. Kllis, aged about 15. of SO)) South Front street, 1 was drowned in Silver Lake while b- - swimming with a number of htn eo-m-j panidns. The unfortunate occurrence took place before the eyf?s of his fath'-r without his being able to aid. No Account ' Generally Mrs. P. D. Nelson, of Lake Charles, L«., writes: “It was a long time, be- fuYi* we found out what was the mat ter, I wanted, to sleep all the time, suffered with my eyes, backache—and headache. Had no energy and was no account gen end ly. —‘‘Idoctor examined me and said I had Bright’s Disease, 'but could do me no good. I t'#'k Hobo.Kidney and Blad der Rernwly and was healed.” The Hobo Medicine Company* Beau mont, Texas, guarantees a treatment of six bottles to give entire satlsfac- th p or they will refund the 8B.00. Price Si.20 p«*r bottle or six bottles for . Fur sale by all druggists. Mrs. Springs for Vice President N**w York T!;e South Carolina del- agation rit'a.i on« U' decided defioit''!!’ to pin* e Mrs "Leroy Springs, of Lan (•aSt*'r. a delegate at-large, in nomina tion for the vice presfdency. A steer ine committee of .-ix was appointed to handle her eand.dacy on the floor Mrs. Leruy_Springs, a former school teacher, is national comniitteewoman from her state and was chairman of the credentials committee of the na tional convention H‘-r name will be the first of a woman to be'placed on the national ticket. Cotton MiB Men Name Leader*. Blowing it >. k.»- E (' Dwelle, of Charlotte, was elected ' nresident *01 ,■ ' r- the Cotton Manufacturers’ association t of Now-h’Carolina. " H' sucreeds Ber- Means Given Two Years. % New York. —Senteni • d to serve two years In th^ b'duinl penitentiary at Atlanta and fined $lfl."i'*J and $5."flu re- spectiveiy fn^ conspiracy to . release whiskey illegally from distilleries, Gas ton B. Means; former ITepartment of nard M. Con**, of Greensboro, justice a gen?, and Elmer \V Jarneck** While the North Carolina de]* pa ins secretary, were <Jnt back to the tea were s l**cting-,Mr. Dwelle as their omhs, unable to furnish the $25,000. preslden' the Coton Manufacturers’ Overruling a motion for a new trath association of South Carolina,’ in an f ederal Judge Wolverton imposed the adjoining room, elected as their presi- maximum"penalty. Counsel for Means d'-nt, J. Choice E'vins, of Spartanburg, and Jarnecke then filed a writ of He succeeds E F. Woodslde of Green- 1 error. . L . i villo. _. Family of FIvk Killed. Chicago.—A family of five persons found murdered in their .home here slain by a man of unsound" mind be- Pesky Devils Quietus P. D. Q. lieved to have been near; the home a few days ago, authorities investigating the killings announced amh started an intensive hunt for the suspect. The five were beaten to death with a duff at their home near Villa Park, a suburb, and the authorities believe they were killed Friday. Their bodies i were found when alarmed neighbors < who had seen no one about th * home for two days made an investigation. '■ T -w* •- P. D. Q, Pesky Devils :gfi!*-tus, Is the name of the new chemical that actually ?nds the bug family. Bed Bqgs, Roaches, Ants and Fleas, as 4*. IT; Q; kills the live ones and tf>lr e^gs and slots future generations. Notan Insect pow- a**r but a chemlcal.unUke any thing you have ever used. A 35 cent package makes one quart and each package Contains a patent spout, to get | the Pesky I*evils in the cracks and crexices. 'Your druggist has it or he can get It for you. Mailed pre paid upon, .receipt of price by the Owl Chemical Wks, Terre Hxut*, Xai,