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OTOIKD FROM STOCK EXCHANGE Washburn Expelled for hi* Part in the Hocking Pool. ttew York. Feb. 23 ?Clifford M. Washburn, board member of the tnn of J. M. Fiske A Co., was dedared ineligible for reinstatement by the governors of the Stock Exchange to-day because of "reckless and unbosiness-likc" methods in connection with the collapse of the Hocking - pool recently. This is equivalent to expulsion of the firm, and is the mm action aa taken by the governors last week in the case of Henry 8. Haskins, board member of the 8nn of Lathrop, Haskins 4 Co.. who were the managers of the pools. The firm of J. M. Flake 4 Co. was Organised in 1900. Its members, beMas Mr. Washburn, are Joseph M. Flake, Arthur C. Sherwood end Dudtoy T. Humphrey. Counsel tor J. M. Flske A Co issued a statement to-night, which oemunm* M/V* The action ot the goTernors of the Stock Exchange comes as a great surprise, and we cannot but feel the | \ decision to be unjust and unwarranted by the actual facts. The night before the failure the ^ capital was more than $250,000 |^r*Ufver and above all liabilities. If a fO-potnt break in Hocking, occurring, as H did, in a few hours, can be conetdered an ordinary occurrence, which u trm should guard against, then there might be eome foundation for the charge, but a movement of this -Port is acme tithing that no firm be expected to guard against" ^: , The firm goes on to deny that it was in any way responsible tor the break in the stock. oiiiwm) wrra^Kmno ugcoB Sumter, Feb. 24.?The operation dl blind tigers in Sumter has prae| Ueally made prohibition a farce, and | though the authorities tor eome time - "him been aware ot the fact that C; ttguort of all kinds were daily be^'hf shipped into the town tor illicit ^ / purposes, yet it has been impossible obtain suftdent Information upon % which to base a warrant for the ar ; seat of any of the numerous suspects r;: 'ta the city. The discussiou yesterday i I the sheriff's office of the prerail/Ihg conditions was responsible for the tmstng of a warrant against Csorgs P. McKagen. Toung Herbert Epperson, the ; twelve-year-old grandson of Sheriff T Epperson said In the course of the -R: eaawtlon that he knew where whhkey was being sold, and told the t Mowing story: That on Saturday hefoce Christ wist his father, who is the son of Sheriff Epperson, wanted : phPgat some whiskey, and that he ae] Mpaaled him to the home of George p, McKagen, hack of the Dixie reeI; taurant on Dugan street, that Me. Eagen took him and his father in a ; | lack mm of the house, and sold his ; Mther a pint of white whiskey for his father paid seyentartto cents. He saw the sale and J^ilrttvery of the whiskey, and stated |S| Ms Information, Deputy 8herUf pM&yfcs* a son-in-law of Sheriff Epperson, had a warrant Issued for Mc, Xagen's arrest, the aEdarit being V made upon information and belief. TfcJa suae la of peculiar interest fa aa much as tbe information leadlag to the laming of the warrant ^ * * MM *.? ; M tad ooaneoted wtth the sheriff's ojMee, tad for the farther reason that the seeased is a brother of s I lottoe officer of the city, ahd has on* 4 other relative connected with the tJhtt the aldarit of J. 8. 8ykee, deputy sheriff, Magistrate H. Harby hived % search warrant for the pnrposs of seising all liquors that may Kg ha foand in the. poseemion of George P. McKageiL The warrant was placed v for dm i its In the hands of J. H. Grady, special constable. gMcKngen was arrested at 5.15 tfefofck and admitted to bond by Magfctrate E Harby in the earn of $300. H| ? r-i. Peebles Owied to Virginia. ffagsss Peebles, who escaped from % the Williamsburg. Vn., asylum for the insane, some weeks ago. and who was captured in this city, was pefoer^ay afternoon returned to Virginia. Governor Ansel notified Sheriff Unborn that the negotiations 'Were completed for the returning of Peebles to Virginia. He requested Sheriff Bnborn to send Peebles to Colombia, where he would be turned ortr to deputies from Virginia, who would carry him hack to Williamskrg. A*, effort was made by relatives of Fee&es to hare him placed in the v Booth Carolina asylum, but the efierts were futile. Iteeblss murdered his wife in Norg* / folk, Va., test fall and was acquitted OS the ground of insanity, and eomf emitted to the asylum, from which he tetsr escaped.?liken fttntiifi & / - WAGE INCREASE REFUSED. Southern Railroads Unanimously Reject Demands of Employees. Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 24.?The replies of the Southern railroads to tne wage demands of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors were opened here to-day. The refusal of the roads to meet the men's terms was unanimous. This places the Southern railroad situation in practically the same state as that in the territory north of the Chesapeake and Ohio and east of the Mississippi. It is now certain that any action taken by the men to press their demands will be simultaneous in the Bast and South. The result of the strike rote of the Baltimore and Ohio men will be known to president W. O. Lee. of the Trainmen, and Grand Master Garretson. of the Conductors, early next week. If the decision is to call a strike, as it is expected to be. the executive councils of the two orders, which will meet here later, are expected to submit to the men on all the railroads the question whether a general strike shall be called. The strike rotes on the Baltimore and Ohio and at large will not be immediately effective. It Is under stood at the Brotherhood headquarters here that the votes will be held io reserve as ammunition by the chiefs of the two orders, to be used only In the event of a final refusal by the roads to concede the wage adjustment asked. In any event affairs will not reach a crisis, it is now expected, for two months at least $100 Offered for Hoe Oake. Aggrandisement or whatever may be the Incentive to wealth, there is one thing certain, that incentive cannot be the aspiration of men, or perchance women under certain circumstances. The good book teaches ns that "we shall win our bread in the sweat of our faces," and certainly rainment and food la all that we should desire in this preparatory life. One of the richest men in the world tells us that that is all a man gets anyway, hence the folly of riches, as taught by one who is extremely rich. survivor among many of that dreadful conflict of the 60% relates with great enthusiasm how on one occasion while a prisoner he offered his associate prisoner the sum of 6100 for a corn hoe-cake. He says that he at first offered him $50, and upon being refused he raised the amount to $75, and finally to $100? quite an exorbitant sum to offer for a hoe-cake, but under the circumstances It would not be considered an mm taatI??> ! ? . *?? ? VAWi yi IW| UV1 WUllllft CTWI greater amount be, for when one is gradually growing weaker from sheer exhaustion, physically for the need of food stimulant the price would not be considered. Such was the condition of this woebegone prisoner of war, offering his last pittance of depreciated currency for a single corn hoe-cake, for which he hungered but could not obtain lo re-strengthen him on his perilous march?a march to a destination he did not know, nor perhaps either did he care, as he says that his moral sense was about gone, and that he felt like that he was in "purgatory," and tried to recollect at what time he really died and received his sentence to embark for where he did not know to spend his eternity. Really he says that he thought it was "hell," but it was not the "burning" kind. At the time of his capture a low yankee divested him of a handsome gold watch for which he paid in valid U. 8. currency the sum of $100, but he did not take his chain luckily, so he offered the chain to another for a quart of syrup, and the trade was made. Eagerly devouring the syrup, which served as a cathartic, rendered him only as lugcase to be eonveved. Them hm And another exhausted companion rode together behind the seat of a wagon which contained a hale yankee who opened a basket from which he drew a large boiled ham, and several loaTes of bread, of which he ate to his satisfaction. Upon being asked by one of them for a bit he harshly replied. "Aint got none for yon." NEP. Am Efficient Mistress. Mrs. A., who had a shiftless colored maid, was hurrying through her morning's work in order to go out with a friend in the afternoon. As she flew about from room to room she heard the colored woman chuckling to herself as if very much enjoying something. Impatiently she said: "What in the world is it that amuses so. Isabel?" "Well, Mis' Bessie, when I heard you gallopln' aroun' uo-stairs I 1e*' t'oufht if you'd been de Lawd it wouldn't 'a' took you no tlx days to make de hebbens an' de yearth!"? 8. A. Rice in Woman's Home Companion for March. SMART CONVICT. < Makes Machine to Stop Check Forg- < ery and Bankers Adopt It. < After being sentenced to 20 years J in San Quentin prison for highway < robbery. Frederick Hoffman, who < now has completed two years of his J long sentence, has perfected a ma- < chine which promises to effectually iprerent the raising and forging of checks and false identifications. Not content with the routine of prison life, the man whose inventive flrAffiI ?a J" J aV?. 1 * Bcutuo uso ooiuuuueu UlC worm pai Id every hoar in pondering over plans (or his machine. Every night when sapper had been served and the convicts retained to their cells to pass a few hoars as salted their tastes Hoffman labored on his antiforgery machine. A fellow-convict, skilled in wood 1 turning and carving, aided Hoffman, ] and a wooden model finally was con- I stracted. Crude as it was, every person who saw the model pronounced it one of the most wonderful inventions of* the age. Permission easily was obtained from Warden Hoyle to apply for a patent, and by means of outside capital a full-sized machine was constructed. Hoffman hopes, and many believe he will be success- . ful, to obtain his pardon through the invention and to make a fortune after his release. In the office of A. D. Childress, 220 I. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, there is a machine which is called the National Cash Protector, and the president of every bank in which it haa been introduced declares it will prove of great importance to banking. With long rows of numbered keys above, giving it the appearance of the modern adding machine, one must be cognisant of every cipher and code employed by the bank to obtain the desired results. The keys, of which they are seven rows, are nam- ! be red numerically from 1 to 9. The check, draft, money order, bill of lad- 1 ing or whatever paper the operator wishes to mark is placed in one end of the machine and securely clamped. Keys are then pressed giving the bank's secret mark, the amount of the check and identifying the person receiving the money. When the paper is withdrawn from the machine, however, more is visible than half a dozen round holes, punched apparently at random on the face of the check. When the paper in which the holes have been punched is laid upon a piece of card board with corresponding rows of numbers the holes fit over the numbers punched by the original operator of the machine. After having exhibited the machine to many San Francisco. Oakland and Los Angeles bankers the persons who are backing the financial end of Hoffman's invention are confident that every .banking Institution in the ? country will install a machine. Steps now are being taken by persons interested in Hoffman's case to bring about his release, and it is stated on reliable information that Governor Gillet is willing to grant the pardon.?Los Angeles Herald. Appreciates Faster. I The WiHiston Baptist church show| ed their appreciation of their pastor. Dr. W. M. Jones, by adding two hundred dollars to his salary. A few years ago they called him on a salary of fire hundred dollars; they now pay hlmv twelve hundred and a home. This is only one evidence of growth. In every department?membership, Sunday-school, and contributions? there has been steady growth under the ministry of Dr. Jones. He has done excellent work; but, then, he has a noble people who have cooperated with hixi, and as a result the Wlllifton Baptist church has come to the front so that it now is one of the best churches in the State. ?Baptist Courier. State Eaters Suit. The State of South Carolina has given notice of suit for $500,000 aginst the owners of the Richland Distillery company, and $29,000 against the owners of the Carolina Glass company. Under the act recently passed by the general assembly, this action means that neither one of these concerns can dispose of any property in this State until the final settlement of the issues. The suits were filed with the clerk * of court of 'Richland county. Col. T. B. Felder, of Atlanta, who has been assisting the commission in ferreting out graft, stated that he had read with interest an editorial in The State last fall, in which article | it was inquired why the glass company had been pushed so much more vigorously than the Richland Distillery company. "This Richland Distillery company has been our pet," he declared, "and we were saving the best for the last. The revelations we will make in this case will amase the people of South Carolina, who were not informed of the net work of power and Influence of this corporation."?Columbia State. v f a! HO^diSMN | ; INSURANCE AGENT j[ ! 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There is no remedy that will more quickly relieve any form of headache than Dr. MBm* Anti-Pun PBk The best feature of this remarkable remedy is the fact that it does not derange the stomach or leave any disagreeable after ?f m*m tuw. few^me? m. i<w . i & i lomutr* Improved Saw BHDs. mmtmmfm. saissr Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simple, easy to :~anole. Are made in serera sixes and are rood, substantial moneymaehbes down tothenmillos iT^TU ? _ m a. _ a _ wm tsae. wnwxor owoc movui t Just What You Hi Been Looking Foi We can now furnish you a floor finis won't scratch white, won't rub, peel crack, and one that will wear and la KYANIZE FLOOR FINI is made especially to stand the scu tread of shoe leather. It's made proof, and can be flooded with watei out affecting it in the least. Tt't altnnst 2 ? 1*> * wuiwm TfVI iUAUC 111 boatifnl colors and clear, gSS'cif? J. A* HUNTER, Agent, How Do You Feed Your Cr< DO YOU KNOW just whs need, and are you furnis] as required and lift Ml plant can use it ? Suppose you should put the ft box. Mil it no and nlace it in thefa pect them to thrive and grow fat? Hardly! Well, did it ever occur to you tl badly mixed fertilizers you are pa tion up to your crops?offering t shape that they can't get to it ? Fertilizers, to do your crops an; the soil waters. These are constai the surface during the day and si and repassing the roots of the plan contained in the watex?and this h the plant can feed. Therefore, when yon buy ferti with the idea of furnishing food fo same principle that you should ] stock. It should not only contain Phosphoric Acid and Potioh, but f should bo In soluble form?I of the fertilizer should be such as absorb every particle of it, and the factored from materials that will food at one time, bnt furnish a st the entire growing season. This is the fertilizer you sbou in only one way. It is impossible this by the dry-mixing of raw ma this at home with a shovel and a someone who has made it the sam ence being in the quantity. These materials must be groom quires machinery costing thousax properly. They must then be so complete, you have a compound exactly like every other ounce, at part of which would contain too i little Potash, while another part opposite?and all of it contain plai not available. Remember that the chemical ax test of its crop growing qualities, verize lumps and by the use of vj the plant food; your crop cun* Yon can take an axe, break op corn; your nude can't* Don't risk a crop failure! Insure your peace of mind as a Armou Animal Ami Fertiliz Hiiwfactaw Armour Fertili ATLANTA, Qtt MEAT MABKET F If job want the best meats obtain- I J able, call on the market In rear of I J. D. Copeland*s store, second door I to his warehouse, opposite the arte- I slan well. Broad street, or *phone No. I 78 and tell as jroar wants, which will ^ be filled at reasonable prices. A trial order will convince von that this is the place to get joar fresh meats. Prompt delivery* I also bsj beef cattle* pork* hogs* hides* ^ "" i"w. BRONSON "J I dHJj^MWMfc^ rr? u BH I ihl Bamberg, S. C. ' v i, t 1 - =; ^ 4 . V; 1 ;\ops? it your cotton and corn king it in such quantities ch shape that the x>d for your stock in a r trough would you ex- * I :ryL * 1at when you use lumpy, tting this same propose hem plant food in such f good, must dissolve is * ' ltly in motion, rising to nking at night?passing t, which absorb the food i the only way in which lizer, you should do so % ryour crop and on the purchase food for your the necessary Ammonia, ibove all else these the mechanical condition \ to permit the plant to : goods should be manunot give up their plant eady supply throughout ? Id have and can 40k? to produce a goods like Aerials, whether you do i screen or buy it from e way?the only differ* 1 to a powder, and it re- . ids of dollars to do it ' - - a ?? uuuupouKCU UUK WOCD U each ounce of which ? id not a mlalure, one ntsch Ammonia and too # t would be exactly the it food locked up and talysit of a fertilizer is no The chemist can ptdirious means search out U en the box and get the rell as your crop by using it's noniated ers i Ahy ? eer Works nou> t - r IB. 0. D. FAUST DENTIST BAMBKBfl, B. C. Oflke la Herald B*Udta?. , W. E. FBEE Attorney-at-Law 11 todBW sntCTttUd to m HI rmlvi prompt ittisttoi. tiffins otf had tikOm t tpsstolly lot tor prwut it ooort torn