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THE BAMBERG HERALD. Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905 One Dollar a Year What a Farmer Did. Ten years ago a farmer put his initials w on a dollar bill, went to the nearest town the next day and spent it with a merchant. 1 Before the year was out he got the dollar back. Four times in six years the dollar came back to him for produce and three times he heard of it in the pockets of his r neighbors. The last time he got it four years ago he sent it to a mail order house. He has not seen the dollar since and never will. That dollar will never pay any more school or road tax for him, will never build up or brighten any of the homes of the community. He sent it entirely out of the circle of usefulness to himself and his neighbors?Exchange. All Invited. P.Vv A ludicrous instance of absent-minded ness was afforded by the pastor of a church in a small town of Virginia. Not V. long ago, one Sunday morning, this min. later forgot to give the usual announce ment of social events for the week. He uttered some words of his final blessing, when a deacon, in a whisper, invited his attention to the omission. Whereupon the clergyman ceased praying and said: "Brethren, I omitted to inform you that ; an oyster supper will be served at Brother yi Mullin's house next Friday evening, the 20th instant. All are invited to come, bringing their own bowls and spoons." Then, continuing his invocation, quite \ unconscious of the humor of the situation, the worthy man added: "And may the Lord have mercy on ' your souls! Amen."?Harper's Weekly. m Boy's Adroit Answer to Senator Hanna. '' . In a Cleveland hotel the other day a * manufacturer told this anecdote of the late Senator Hanna: "Senator Hanna, like all good managing heads, was continually walking I'v. through his mill, examining this, watching that?picking up, in a word, all sorts ft of good ideas for the betterment of his .y business. ft "One morning in the machine shop the ft Senator overheard a little red-headed boy ! say: II . wjsja j jja(j jganna's money, and he l was m tae pour uouse. ?1; "Rather amused, the Senator returned Ipfto- his office and ordered the boy to be \c brought in to him. W-} "The little fellow came and stood, a .; 'tiny,embarrassed figure,before the shrewd - and kindly millionaire. . o M *80 you wish you had my money and I was in the poor house, eh?' the Senator _ ; said, 'Well, suppose your wish came true, - what would you do?' ^"Why, stammered the lad, 'the first " thing I'd do would be to get you out, sir.' . W "This adroit answer so pleased Senator -3: Hanna that he raised the boy's pay." Sgift V-*" r S& A BAD SCARE, r Some day you will get a bad scare,when Jfou feel a pain in your bowels, and fear ^ appendicitis. Safety lies in Dr. King's New Life Pills, a sure cure for all bowel and stomach diseases, such as headache, ; biliousness, costiveness, etc. Guaranteed - all drug stores; Felder & Matthews, Den mark, only 35c. Try them. _____ in Immodest Dressing. Now that summer weather is approaching I wish to beg our fair women not to s dress as many of them did last summer. ' They then seemed to imagine that the more the dress exposed the person the more stylish it was. If arms, shoulders and bust, were not bare, they were covered with the flimsiest peek-a-boo lace or gauze. The sight was embarrassing to hardened men, and called forth many half Sneering comments. One of these under/ dressed ladies, a visitor to a Georgia ?- town, was leaving the presence of a group , of men, when one of them said as he bowed to her, "I hope to see more of you, v Miss Blank, before you leave town." "I ^ don't see how he can well see more of ^ her," commented another man in a low ; voice. Our good women are very scornful of fC their fallen sisters. Why, then, do they . strive to imitate and outdo them in dressing immodestly? Do they think this style of dress is admired by men? If so, it is a mistake. It brings up no thought of a rV; woman's purity and delicacy?qualities f-- . that to women are as grace and fragrance /to a flower. Recently I heard a young '?' man say that it made him feel ashamed * for certain girls when he was in their company, they had so little covering on their bodies. Think of women who i would deem themselves insulted if their purity were called in question dressing in such a manner as to embarrass even a Ttmn of the world! In decency's and mor~ ality's sake, dear women, try to dress in a Way more worthy of your better sense and taste and of the respect of the men, ' wiwm it is said women dress to please.? ? Beformer in Sunny South. f i HUGE TASK. It was a huge task, to undertake the Cure of such a bad case of kidney disease as that of C. F. Collier, of Cherokee, la., but Electric Bitters did it. He writes: "My kidneys were so far gone, I could not sit on a chair without a cushion; and suffered from dreadful backache, headache, and depression. In Electric Bitters, however, I found a cure, and by them was restored to perfect health. I recommended this great tonic medicine to all with weak kidneys, liver or stomach. Guaranteed by all druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark; price 50 cents. IN THE PALMETTO STATE. INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Several deaths from drowning have occurred in this State during the last few weeks, and in most cases the accidents resulted while the parties were in bathing on Sunday. There was a destructive fire in the business section of Heath Springs in Lancaster county last Wednesday morning about three o'clock. Several stores were destroyed, and the total loss is estimated at $18,000, with $12,000 insurance. I The boiler on a dredge pile driver belonging to the Charleston Terminal Company exploded at the wharves of the Clyde Steamship company in that city last Saturday morning, killing one negro and wounding several others. The cause of the accident is not explained. Heavy rains caused much damage in Darlington county last week. Bridges were washed away, there were several washouts on the railroads, and large areas of cultivated land were under water for days. The damage to crops is immense, and in many sections little or nothing can be made. Charleston county is making an effort to vote out the dispensary. Petitions asking for an election on the subject are being circulated in that county. As the revenue from the dispensaries there is about $50,000 a year there is little likelihood of the people voting against the great moral institution. The Ruling Passion. The ruling passion is often very strong in death. A senator from Tennessee discovered this some time ago. Among his constituents was a certain man who came to him regularly twice a year for the purpose of obtaining a pass to Baltimore. The man and his family had served the senator when he was^first making his way up the ladder of politics, and as a result of this he always obliged him, and had, moreover, a soft place in his heart for the man. He obtained for him a position in one of the departments at Washington; but this did not seem enough, for regularly at the end of each six months he applied for his ticket to Baltimore. One! day he sickened and was reported to be1 dying. The Senator, very much grieved, immediately called upon him. "Joe," he said, leaning over and speaking very softly, "is there anything I can do for you?" The sick man looked up with a flash of recognition, ana instantly replied in a whisper. "Yes, Senator; please get me a pass to Baltimore." NO SECRET ABOUT IT. It is no secret, that for cuts, burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes, boils, etc., ia on afPentirn oc A rn. UUtUliig XD OV vja.vv/vi * v ica Salve. "It didn't take longto cure a bad sore I had, and it is all 0. K. for sore eyes," writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope,Tex. 2oc at all druggists; Felder & Matthews, Denmark. No Need to Harry. Michael Finnegan was once a prosperous proprietor of a hostelry in Bangor, Me., and was well known to all the commercial travelers throughout New England, says the Boston Herald. Soon after Maine went prohibition Mike was forced to accept a position in the steward's department on board the old steamer, City of Richmond, which plied between Bangor and Portland. It was his duty when on watch to call the passengers who desired to take the 2 a. m. train for Boston, which left Portland from the old Commercial street station. One morning on awakening, Mike discovered it was a quarter after 2. He hurried to the room of the only passenger who was to be called, and, pounding vigorously on the door, exclaimed: "Be you the gentleman who wanted to take the 2 o'clock train?" "All right," replied the drummer, "I'll get right up." "Rest aisy," said Mike; "the train's been gone fifteen minutes." A Boy's Composition on "Breathing." "Breathing is made of air. We breathe with our lungs, our lights, our livers and our skin, if it's not all stopped up with powder. If it wasn't for our breath we would die when we slept. "Our breath keeps the life agoing through the nose when we are asleep. Our noses were made for breath and our mouths for food and to talk with. "Women that stop in a room all day should not breathe. They should wait till they go out of doors. "People in a room make bad, foul, unholy some air. Tbey make carbonicide. Carbonicide is poisoner than a mad dog. A heap of soldiers was in a black hole in India carbonicide got into the hole and killed nearly every one before morning. "Girls and woman kill the breath with corsets that squeeze the diagram. Girls can't holler or run like boys because their diagrams is squeezed too much. If I was a girl I'd wish I was a boy, so I could run and holler and breathe lots of air and have bright eyes and rosy cheeks, a good appetite and a good diagram. "Give me air or give me death!" THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE. For coughs, croup, whooping cough, etc., One Minute Cough Cure is the children's favorite. This is because it contains no opiate, is harmless, tastes good, cures. Sold by H. F. Hoover. I Florence Farmer Kills Negro Tenant. Florence, May 29.?Alonzo Murphy, colored, was shot and killed by Jim Cole, a young white farmer, near the city last night. Murphy lived on Cole's plantation and was beating his wife. She went over to Mr. Cole's residence nearby and appealed to him for help. Cole went back with her and told him he had come to advise him and meant no trouble; however, he must stop beating his wife and having so much noise on his plantation. Murphy became enraged and picked up his gun, which, it is said, was loaded with buckshot, pointed it at Cole and fired but Cole knocked it up just as it fired, the load going over his head. Murphy then jumped on Cole to fight him and when Cole found that Murphy was getting the best of him he pulled his pistol to shoot him. Murphy tried to take it from him. Finally Mr. Cole shot him twice, one of the bullets passing through the body, killing him instantly. Mr. Cole notified the sheriff at 10 o'clock last night of the shooting, saying he was ready to give himself up. Coroner Cooper summoned a jury of inquest this morning and went out to hold an inquest. The verdict was that the deceased came to his death by gun shot wounds in the hands of James Cole, in self defense. Murphy's body was turned over to relatives. No warrant has been issued yet for Mr. Cole's arrest. Mr. Cole is a prosperous young farmer of this section and is known to be a peaceable man. He is well thought of throughout the county. Both Sexes Equally Queer. Call a girl a chick and she smiles; call a woman a hen and she howls. Call a young woman a witch and she is pleased; call an old woman a witch and she is indignant. Call a girl a kitten and she rather likes it; call a woman a cat and she hates you. Women are queer. If you call a man a gay dog it will flatter him; call him a pup, a hound or cur and he will try to alter the map of your face. He doesn't mind being called a bull or a bear, yet he will object to being mentioned as a calf or a cub. Men are queer too.?Kansas City Journal. Concerning Sea-Sickness. Two congressmen discussing the discomforts of travel, happened to branch off on to the subject of seasickness. One of them said: "Talk about seasickness; the fellow that travelled with me on my last European trip beat anything I ever met in all of my experience before. I tried all sorts of remedies on him, but without avail. He kept repeating, 'Oh, I am so sick?I am so sick.' "Finally I cried out, 'Can't you keep anything on your stomach?'" "'Only my hands, Tom; only my hands.'" Italian Laborer Killed. St. George, May 28.?Nicolis De marchi, an Italian laborer employed by Dorchester Lumber Company at Badham, near here, was run over and killed by a freight train on the Southern railway between here and Badham last night. His body was torn to peices and scattered along the railroad track for 200 yards or more. Coroner Kizer empaneled a jury which viewed the body and adjourned till Friday afternoon of this week. They Must Go. The North Carolina supreme court has affirmed the decision of the lower court sustaining the act passed by the last legislature prohibiting "bucket shops" and the practice of dealing in futures. The law makes it a misdemeanor to open a place where quotations on futures are furnished or to buy or sell options for future delivery when the actual delivery of the goods is hot contemplated. The effect of the decision is to close up all branches of cotton exchange houses in that state doin g a future business. If in a kind of bilious mood, You wish an aid to digest food, No other pill is half so good As DeWitt's Little Early Risers.' The famous little pills Early Risers cure constipation, sick headache, biliousness, etc. They never gripe or sicken, but impart early rising energy. Good for either children or adults. Bob Moore, of LaFayette, Ind., says: "No use talking, DeWitt's Little Early Risers do their work. All other pills I have used gripe and make me sick. DeWitt's Little Early Risers brought the long sought relief. They are perfect." Sold by H. F. Hoover. A Nice Little Missioa for Pa. "Pa, what's an iconoclast?" "One who smashes idols." "I'm one." "Pshaw! No you're not. You don't un aerstana wnai i mean."Yes, I do. I just busted that little idol ma paid $160 for, and had so much trouble smuggling through the Custom House. You tell her, will you? I've got to go out and see a boy." Is It Right? Is it right that a property owner should lose $4.20 to let a dealer make 50 cents? A dealer makes 50 cents more on fourteen gallons of ready for use paint, at $1.50 per gallon, than our agent does on eight gallons of L. & M. paint and six gallons of linseed oil, which make fourteen gallons of the best paint in the world, at $1.20 per gallon; the property owner loses just $4.20. Is it right? It only requires 4 gallons of L. & M. and 3 gallons linseed oil to paint a moderate sized house. Ten thousand churches painted with Longman & Martinez L. & M. paint. Liberal quantity given to churches when bought from Bamberg Pharmacy. CODNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Eiirhardt, May 29.?The congregation think of painting Pleasant Hill Methodist church in the near future. The paint brush will help the appearance of the building considerably. Mrs. Benny Hutson died very suddenly on last Wednesday evening at her home near J. D. Dannelly's saw mill. She was talking to some lady friends in a jovial manner only a few minutes before the fatal attack. She looked the picture of health. Her husband and eight small children are left to mourn for a fond mother. Father, mother, brothers, sisters, relatives and a host of friends join the bereaved family. We had a few days of real September weather last week. Farmers say it made their cotton lousy. I noticed a grain cradle in a cotton patch last week. From the size of the grass it appeared that the party had put away his hoe and used the cradle in its place. The grass was large enough. Miss Corabelle Speights, who has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Willie Moore, returned to her home in Hendersonville, S. C., last Wednesday. A dispensary spy was in town on last Wednesday. He examined Capt. J. C. Westerlund's place of business. He found every thing as it should be. Coca cola, soda water, ginger ale, all on ice and cool enough to suit the weather. No mean whiskey kept in any place in town other than the State dispensary, and it would be a blessing to many households in this community if it was closed and all others around us. Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Sunday-school will hold its annual picnic on June 1st, 1905. Don't forget it. Jee. Trolley Car Accident. Three people were killed and several seriously injured in a collision last Thursday night between a passenger trolley car and a Louisville and Nashville coal car on the Augusta-Aiken railway in a stretch of woods some miles from Augusta on the South Carolina side of the river. Those killed were: J. E. Holdman, motorman; Felix Boddie, employe of railway, who was riding with the motorman ; A. D. Hill, conductor. Those injured were: C. W. Cheatham, MeCormick, S. C., head and chest mashed; A. W. Roberts, head cut, arm. and leg broken; S. W. Long, Troy, S. C., head injured, badly bruised; Claude Atkinson, injuries not serious; A. E. Kearns, Knoxville, Tenn., head and legs bruised, not serious. The accident occurred at the foot of a steep grade several miles from Augusta, near Clearwater, S. C. The coal car,? which was being conveyed to the power house, broke away from the motor car at the top of a hill and swept downward for several hundred yards, acquiring such momentum that when it collided with the passenger car returning to Augusta it ground the lighter car almost into kindUn/* rrAA/^ ilUg " WW. Physicians were sent from Augusta in a special car and the injured carried to that city, where they were transferred to the city hospital. Holman was killed instantly, his head being completely severed from his body. Boddie was crushed internally, but lingered until the hospital was reached. Little Bobbie on Dentists. Dentists?dentists is men that put yotf in a chare and make you squeel if you ain't pretty gaim. i am gaim bekaus i never squeeled once when the dentist was poking a iron in my jaw, but i wanted to squeel tho. when you go to a dentist he will say Well, what can i do for you and vou say My tooth is akingand he will say frhat is too bad, git in this chare and we will see what we can do, then he taiks a iron that is awful sharp and he puts it on the edge of the hole in yure tooth and it sHds off sumtimes and goes awav into yure jaw and lie says Oh i beg yure pardon, my nerves are bad this morning, then he looks around in yure mouth and says Dear me, thare is quite a lot of work needs to be done on youre teets, see here is a cavity and here anuther and here is five moar, then he says i will go ahead & fix yure teeth up and make it reasonable, & he does it and then when he sends you the bill you faint neerly. dentists maik false teeth, too my Ma has false teeth & they are always nise and white. Pa says the ought to be when they cost him a month's salary neerly. but i think dentists are much moar on the square than doctors. QUALITY VS- QUANTITY. Hard muscles and strong body do not depend on the quantity of food you eat, but on its perfect digestion and proper assimilation. When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure your system gets all the nourishment out of the food you eat. It digests what you eat regardless of the condition of the stomach and conveys the nutrient properties to the blood and tissues. This builds up and strengthens the entire system. Kodol cures indigestion, dyspepsia, belching, sour stomach, weak heart, etc. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for what is sometimes called America's national diseasedyspepsia?is destined to work a wonderful and lasting benefit to sufferers from this distressing and mind harassing condition. Sold by H. F. Hoover. TWO DROWNED IN WACCAMAW RIVER. S. A. Causey and His Little Nephew Died Together?Was Teaching the Boy to Swim. Conway, May 29.?Mr. S. A. Causey and his nephew, G. Hugh Causey, were drowned on Sunday at Pitch landing on the Waccamaw river, four miles below this place. A number of men had gathered at this place, well known to bathers, at about 10 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Causey was trying to teach his little nephew, a boy about 10 years old, how to swim. They were the only ones in the water at the time, with the exception of two small boys. Mr. Causey took his nephew on his back, and announced his intention of swimming across the river, at that point about 90 yards wide. When abofit half way across, he turned around and started back?the reason for which no one will ever know. When within a few feet of the shore, he suddenly sank, and never rose. As he went down his nephew loosened his hold, and tried to reach the bank, but succeeded only in drifting a few feet farther down stream, before he too was overcome. None of the others present were able to swim, and all efforts made to get a boat or reach poles out to the struggling boy, proved unavailing, and the horror had to be endured of seeing him go down before their eyes, just beyond the reach of help. Mr. Causey was noted for his skill as a swimmer, and various theories have been put forward to account for thjs most unfortunate accident, the most plausible being that, due to the extra burden of the boy's weight, he felt his strength ebbing, and turned back, only to be seized by cramp before reaching shore. This probably accounts for the fact that he did not rise after going down the first time. He was a merchant at Bear Swamp, and leaves a wife, but no children. For the past four years he has been a member of the local camp of Woodmen of the World, and as soon as the news of the accident reached this place, as many of his brethren as could be summoned went out to the scene. His body was recovered about ten yards below the point where he sank, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon; and a few minutes later the boy's body was found, some distance further down the river. The members of the camp also attended the funeral exercises this morn ing, which were solemnized at his family burial place, called "Camp Ground." Coroner H. H. Burroughs held the required inquest at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the finding of the jury was in accordance with the foregoing account of the facts. Remarkable Haul in Pish BasketJames H. Bagwell, of this city, yesterday made a remarkable haul while fishing in Chattahoochee river near Chattahoochee Park. He brought up a basket which he at once recognized as one be longing to him last year. About a year ago he was basket fishing and hauling | this identical basket to the surface found three fairly good sized fish in it. The basket slipped back into the river and was not seen again until yesterday, when it was found with the three fish still in it?alive and grown considerably larger.?Gainsville Correspondence Atlanta Journal. No "Pretty Men" Need Apply. An employer does not as a general thing like to hire a "pretty man," and he has well defined reasons for his prejudice. "When a man is so blamed good looking he generally has got it on his mind so hard that he hasn't got time for anything else," says one employer. Maybe he can't help it; but then again, maybe he's done a whole lot toward making it possible, caring for his complexion, etc. Anyhow, it generally proves to be the case that when a fellow's exceptionally good looking he isn't much good for anything else. A man worrying about his looks doesn't make for the good of a firm's businessNew York Commercial. Some papers get off some good things. Listen to what the Kansas Globe says: "If the women continue to diminish their _v -AI.J TTTooto oa mrtnh ClOlUlag JLUl CliC lie a l ola nbbau ltd iuuvu as they have during the past, we would hate to be blind along about the Fourth of July. When a man and his wife start to go anywhere, says an exchange, he tells her to get out his good suit, fix the buttons in his shirt, get his cuffs, good shoes, tie his necktie, brush his hat, perfume his handkerchief and a few other little jobs. Then he puts on his hat and says, "Great Scott! Ain't you ready yet!" Judge Henry McGinn, who was recently elected State senator in Portland, Ore., tells this story: Two days after the last election, when the returns showed a very close race between McGinn and Dr. Harry Lane, two Irishmen met, one asked the other: "How is it, Mike, that in so many votes it should be nick aud nick atween Hinnery an' Doc Lane?" "Well I'll tell ye," was the answer. "They're booth very onpopiller min, an' if ye knowed wan, ye'd be certain to vote for th' other, an' booth av thim are d d well known." Widespread attention has been attracted by the reported threats of a Chinese boycott against American-made goods, in retaliation for the action of this government in enforcing the provisions of the old Chinese exclusion law. The matter is of special interest in the South, because of the large volume of our cotton textile trade with China, and if she caries out the boycott the South will be the great sufferer. KILLING AT OLAR. Pred Gunnels, White, Shoots and Kills GlostcT Daniels, a Negro. A telephone message was received from Olar this (Wednesday) morning a short time before we went to press giving the information that Mr. Gunnels ttad killed a negro. The message was from Magis-' trate M. D. Reed to E. T. LaFitte, Esq., and asked that he come down at once and bring the coroner. Mr. LaFitte and CorAM A?* 7 Af /?1 A* 1 A^f r AAM ^A? uuci ltiw ouvii anci v> aiuo ivi Olar, and the inquest will be held this . (Wednesday) afternoon. The Herald at once called up a friend at Olar and asked for some of the particulars of the killing. The dead negro is named Gloster Daniels, and the man who killed him is Mr. Fred Gunnels. The shooting occurred Monday morning. Daniels is a negro tenant and was run' ning a share erop on Mr. Gunnels's place. They had some dispute about cutting oats or tying oats, it appearing that Mr. Gunnels wanted him to do the work and the negro refused to do it. No doubt expecting or fearing trouble with the negro, Mr. Gunnels carried his gun when he went to see the negro where he was plowing. Words passed and Mr. Gunnel# shot him, the load taking effect in his side. The negro at once ran and went to Olar and from there to Mr. Frank Brabham's place, where he received medical attention. He died Tuesday night. The negro's statement is that he was shot while between the plow handles, \ but Mr. Gunnels says the negro had a gun and threatened to shoot him. As soon as he shot the negro ran and he secured the gun, which he brought to Olar and turned over to the magistrate. The gun is said to be loaded with buckshot. As to whether there were any eye-witnesses or not we were not informed. This is the best information we could get concerning the tragedy in the limited time It . .? < *11 at our disposal, out ine entire matter win come out at the inquest. It is greatly regretted here, where Mr. Gunnels is wellknown and has friends. Ex-Senator Mayfleld's Speech. In the account of the-commencement . exercises of the Orangeburg Collegiate Institute, we take the following account of the address of the Hon. S. G. Mayfield from the columns of the Orangeburg Evening News: Then came the address by the Hon. S. G. Mayfield, former Senator from Bamberg county. Mr. Mayfield is well known as an interesting and at times eloquent speaker. He can always be depended upon to catch and hold the attention of , any audience, and he did not fall to please those who heard him last evening. Mr. Mayfleld's address was full of "meat" to the student of Southern literature and especially to the student of South Carolina history. It was a brief resume of the part the State has played in the world of letters from the present day back to a time far before the Revolution. He spoke from the standpoint of the scholar ? who has delved deep, and talked of the part the State had played in the country's commercial, literary, and historical life. He brought out two points which should be impressed upon the, younger generation. First that Eli Whitney did not invent the cotton gin, and second that while South Carolina had produced a I Hayne and a Calhoun to, rank with a Webster, all the New England States were vable to produce but one man of equal talent and that man Webster himself. The address was a splendid effort and was one which will not soon be forgotten by those who heard it. It was made possible only by the fact that the speaker had read deeply the long forgotten pages of old books, and had read them with a jealous outlook for the honor of his native State. He told anecdotes of Simms which many had never heard before and he created by his address in the minds of all who heard him, a desire to know more of the history of this great State, and to depend less and less upon the yankee version of Southern stories. The best joke on the acreage reduction business is told on one of the rampant reducers. He was very active and full of advice and exhortations. After the rains ' came and the grass was rampant, and the Latham Alexander report indicated a cut of three and a half million bales, this man plowed up his pasture and planted it in cotton. That is the story the boys are telling?Carolina Spartan. THE SALVE THAT PENETRATES. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve penetrates the pores of the skin, and by its antiseptic rubifocient and healing influence it subdues inflammation and cures boils, burns, cuts, eczema, tetter, ring worm and ^11 skin diseases. A specific for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. The original and genuine witch hazel salve is made by E. C. DeWitt & Co. Sold by H. F. Hoover. Rev. John L. Scudder, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Jersey City, now has the People's Palace in working order, though the place is not * yet completed. It is an adjunct to his church, and contains a gymnasium, dancing academy, bowling alleys, etc., the whole to cost about $300,000. "I shall teach the boys to box," says Mr. Scudder, "and I shall also teach the boys and girls to dance. I'm a grandfather, but I have not forgotten how to use the gloves. I am an ardent believer in every form of physical culture. That is a kind of theology that does a great deal of good."