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DRIVEN TO DESPAIR. Dr. H. C. Rutter, Tortured by Incur able Disease, Commits Suicide. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 17.?Driver desperate by an incurable diseas< which caused him endless torture Dr. H. C. Rutter, former superin tendent of the Columbus State Hos pital for the Insane, a native of Vir ginia and an international authority on insanity and nervous disease committed suicide here to-day. Accompanied by his wife, Dr. Rut ter came to Cleveland three weeks ago on a visit to some friends. Lasl Wednesday he disappeared and al search for him was fruitless until this afternoon when he was found in th< lobby of a down town hotel in a dying condition as the result of some unknown poison which he had taken He expired while being taken to a hospital. 3 Dr. Rutter was the author of several books on mental diseases, th* most noteworthy of which was "Criminal Responsibility in the Insane,' which was quoted extensively at th Thaw trial. Columbia Will Lose Hospital. Columbia, Sept. 17.?"The Stat* Hospital for the Insane will be * moved from Columbia," said Dr. J W. Babcock, the superintendent of the institution, "but that time is possibly a score of years away." This statement was made in discussing the fact that the asylum commission would soon select a site for an additional asylum to relieve the congested condition of the old institution. * Dr. Babcock went on to explain that it was the history of asylums that they were always moved from thickly populated centers to the rural districts. He named many instances, notably in New York and Massachusetts, where institutions of a similar nature had been forced to .the country districts by the increase in population. The asylum commission will meet in Columbia on September 30 when a site for the new institution will be decided upon. When the first meeting of the commission was held there were 51 sites offered for considera? tion. All but six or seven have been eliminated and it will be from these that the permanent site will be selected. The site is to contain not less than 2,000 nor more than 5,000 acres. Dr. Babcock and the other memr * bers of the commission have worked strenuously during the past several weeks in making the selection of a site. The commission is a very able one and its selection will no doubt meet with general approval throughout the State. The new asylum will very probably be used for negro patiens or at * least the most serious cases of negroes. Later however, the plant may be increased and the asylum may be thus gradually moved from the city of Columbia. , "Breeding Cotton With Okra." 4 While California has Luther Burbank, who, by the process known as cross-breeding, has produced wonderful fruits and flowers, Hinds county, Miss., has a citizen, Easton C. Jones, who is developing the cotton plant, and has already performed some marvelous feats with corn. It appears that Mr. Jones, whose farm is three miles from Jackson, has been experimenting with corn for 14 years and gets from six to 14 ears to the stalk and a yield that runs from 150 to 200 bushels to the acre. In recent years he has been crossbreeding okra with short staple cotton, and it is claimed that he has succeeded in producing a long staple oi the finest texture and endurance. We are told that last year he planted 40 acres in the cross-bred cotton and ^ gathered a crop of 94 bales. Mr Jones is quoted as saying that some of this land produced three bales tc the acre, and he feels that he has lost money if he does not get at least two bales off the poorest kind of land. ?New Orleans State. I It Saved His Leg. "All thought I'd lose my leg." writes J. A. Swensen, of Watertown, Wis., "Ten years of eczema, that 15 doctors could not cure, had at last laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it, sound and well." Infallible for skin eruptions, eczema, , salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, cuts and piles. 2oc at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. The editor of a Georgia newspaper remarks: "A man never realizes the superiority of woman so mucl as when he is sewing on a button without a thimble, pushing the needls against the wall to get it half waj through and pulling it through the other half by hanging on to it with the teeth." He evidently knows what he is talking about. A college professor in New Yorl says he has weighed the earth anc that it tips the scales at seven billior tons. We are prepared to take his word for it. i KILLS HIS SISTER. Negro Boy l>id Not Know Gun Pointed Was Loaded. 1 Chester, Sept. 15.?On the F ? Whitlock plantation, five miles i , of Chester, a 13-year-old negro - Warren Carter, playfully pointe - gun at his sister, Jane Carter, - clay. He said he "didn't knov " was loaded," but all the same gun was discharged and the 1 IUUK tfllft'L 1U LUC IJUU ? ui LUC j - causing instant death. By re? > of sickness of the coroner an t quest was held by the magistrate 1 the township. ! PAYS $340 FOR ONE CEN1 55 Highest Price Ever Paid for a ( of That Denomination. t Henry Chapman, a numisma . paid $340 for a one-cent piece at ? auction in New York city a few c - ago. The price, according to d ' ers, is the largest ever paid fo i penny. Two hundred and sevei five dollars is the biggest previ nfirta, Tt'Vii/vVi rVMllH hp rPmPTTlbe F1 The coin was struck in the 3 1793. It is of the "Liberty c ? variety, and was formerly owned ? Peter Mougey, the grocer-numisn . ist of Cincinnti.. KILLED BY TRAIX. > Old Negro Woman Steps in From Locomotive and Meets Death. Marion, Sept. 15.?Hettie I chus, locally known as "Aunt 1 tie," was at an early hour this m( , ing killed by a Marion & South , train near the Marion County Li ber company's mill a mile fi town. She was coming to Mai and to save time came through mill yard. One of the lumber sb > is very near the track and it is s , posed that the old woman, with , hearing the approaching train account of the noise the mill making, stepped from the shed to the track just in front of > t-i aiu. Aunt Hettie was one of the "g , old negroes" and her death was occasion of genuine regret am her friends, both white and coloi Constable's Slayer to Hang. Greenville, Sept. 16.?For the n der of Officer Waldrop, at Piedm about two months ago, Bunk SI Yard, a young negro, was to-day s tenced by Judge Gary to hang on first Friday in October. Sherr was one of a group of crap shool which a party of officers, includ Waldrop, was attempting to arr Sherrard had a shotgun, and w] the officer had hold of him fired weapon. There was considerable citement over the affair and a pc searched the woods for him for 1 days. The negro was convicted ] Thursday, but fainted as the s< ence was about to be delivered. 1 will be the first hanging in this co ty in a number of years. Maine Goes Democratic. Portland, Maine, Sept. 12.?Th was no uncertainty in the voice v which Maine to-day recorded preference for governor, and her a tude on the issues of the campa generally, tne plurality giveu r i erick K. Plaisted, of Augusta, Dei i crat, being decisively large, wl three of the four congressional i tricts, which are ordinarily stror Republican, returned Democratic c didates. Early returns also indicated t the legislature might be Democr; and elect a Democrat as a succes to United States Senator Hale. In the face of the sweeping Dei : cratic victory, the Republican le > ers were overwhelmed with surpr and the magnitude of their suc< i astonished even the most sangi] Democrat. ! It was the first beating the Rop i licans of Maine, the state of Bis i and Reed, has had in 30 years ; ; by a coincidence Harris M. Plais^ father of the present state candid was Maine's last Democratic go1 nor, in the year 1881. Not a Charitable Institution. This newspaper is in no seus child of charity. It earns twice c every dollar it receives, and it is i ond to no enterprise in contribut to the upbuilding 01 tne commuc Its patrons reap far more ben* from its pages than its publisher, in calling for the support of the c munity in which it is published > asks for no more than in fairi i belongs to it, though generally it t ceives less. Patronize and help y > paper as you would any other en prise because it helps you, and > as an act of charity. A Man of Iron Nerve. Indomitable will and tremend energy are never found where sb ach, liver, kidneys and bowels : out of order. If you want tt I qualities and the success they br: l use Dr. King's New Life Pills, matchless regulators, for keen bi 3 and strong body. 25c at Peo] Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. HYDROPHOBIA STERN REALITY'. He Skeptical Should Entertain No Further Doubts. L Washington, Sept. 14.?HydrophOvest bia is a reality and a respecter of no k0y particular season nor species of mamj a mal, says a public health service ret0. P?rt to-dav. A. M. Stimson, its au; thor, repudiates certain mad dog the fallacies and advises the skeptical loa(j of the existence of such a disease yjri as rabies to have their doubts disison PelIe(* at a scientific laboratory. This in_ report from Surgeon General Wya 0f man's bureau admits rabies may not uniformly be fatal, though it is almost so. F. Pasteurization generally prevents development. "We do know," says ?oin the report, "that artificial immunity /- an hp pnnfprrpd flurine the USUEl incubation period. The possibilities tist, of anti-rabies serum have not been ; an exhausted by trial. It deserves furlays ther investigation, but our present eal- data does not warrant us to expect r a very much benefit from this source, aty- Despite discouraging results of ious past experiences at cure by drugs, red. continued efforts to find an effectual rear remedy are weighed, the most promap" ising line of investigation appearing by "to be based, not upon the physiologinat cal action of the drug, but upon its action upon the parasite." Common Idea Wrong. Mad dogs are not always wildeyed and frothing at the mouth and t ?* determined upon the attack of every person they meet. The report contends that when the attack first be3ac gins to develop dogs are frequently more playfully inclined; "the rabid )rn" dog is sick; he is not necesssarily era running wild and furious; he is freLim" quently obedient up to a late stage, rom ancj often seems to have a bone in 'ion hiS throat, or to have sustained injury to the back." ie<^s Another fallacy is the general be!UP" lief that a rabid dog is sick; he is out not necessarily in the summer than 011 in other months. The explanation was is that more people are moving about on and become subject to attack. Nor is the malady confined to any climate or region. It is likely to occur in tne ??^ Arctic or the equatorial jungles. Dogs, wolves, coyotes and skunks ong seem to be especially susceptible, red. Elimination Only Preventive. But not even with the canine tribe mr_ is the disease of spontaneous origin. ont This fact renders isolation or deier_ struction ineffective; elimination of .en_ infected animals is the only sure pretjje ventive. In this way Great Britain ar(j has eradicated the distemper. "If ters all rabid dogs could be prevented ing from biting other animals," says the ggt report, "rabies would within a year " * ' * * * _ il-. ~ * JUUa ^j]e be a Historical curiosity ui iiieuiuuc, the an illegitimate field of research for ex_ the investigator in pure pathology, isse a Plaything for the controversialist." tw0 The mad-stone and chicken breasts last ^ cures f?r the madness are armt raigned as real dangers because they 'his frequently prevent people from seekun in? other remedies. Lastly, human hydroprobiacs do not seek to bite other persons. The average period of incubation is a little over ten ere weeks, but in some persons the effct jith ?f a mad dog's bite is not manifested her for more than a year. 'ttl_ LOOKING OVER THE EDISTO. .ign edTlie River Being Examined by United mokjje States Officials. ciis~ Inspector Whitscarver, of the United States engineer department at :an' Charleston, started Saturday to make an examination of the Edisto river hat which it is proposed to improve from atlc Orangeburg down with the construc;sor tion of a canal to the Ashley, shortening the distance by water to Q1?" Charleston. Mr. Whitscarver will kp /I ? make sounding and measurements on lse' his trip. jess Tlie Charleston Evening Post says line Capt. E. M. Adams, the engineer of ficer, will also make a trip over tne yk- river and an examination of his own. line He is not yet prepared to give the aD(* date but he will shortly make the tea' trip to this city, confer with the busiate' ness interest and then go down the 7ev" river. His n commendations for the improvements will follow his examination. We hope that Capt. Adams, after e a making this trip and looking over ,ver the report of Inspector Whitscarver, sec" will be able to make a favorable re"ing port and recommend that the work lliy- be done. It all depends on his re-^ts port and recommendation, both of an(* which, of course, will be founded on oro" the prospective benefits to be derived ' from the expenditure of the money iess that it will take to do the work.? re" Orangeburg Times and Democrat, our i ter- Approves Brock Finding. not Columbia, Sept. 16.?Gov. Ansel to-day approved the finding of the Brock court of inquiry and merely om- wrote ^is approvel across the back are of the report. The report exoneratlese ed Col. Brock of the political traitorinS? ship charges by Gen. J. C. Boyd, the *ain Tkere are several amounts spent by pies Col. Brock w^hich the report holds should be returned to the State. CONDITIONS IN CUBA. |< G. M. Bradt, of Havana, gives Some | Interesting Facts George M. Bradt, a native of Chat1 tanooga, Tenn., but for the past 10 years publisher of the Havana Post, arrived in Xew York from Havana recently. "Conditions in" Cuba are 100 per cent, better tha people in the United States think," said Mr. Bradt. "Up here they are inclined to get excited over reports of revolutionary move ments that we don't know exists until a copy of an American newspaper falls into our hands. President Gomez is making an exceptionally good executive, even better than his friends had hoped. "Cuba's business for this year will break all records. The question of annexation trill have to work itself out. It is not generally known, but true, nevertheless, that 6,000 Cuban young men and women are receiving their education in the United States. As they return to the island it may be readily seen what a great influence they will have toward Americanizing Cuba." Killed by His Own Son. Chester, Pa., Sept. 16.?John J. Evans, proprietor of the Edgmont . hotel, this city, was murdered tonight while asleep In his room. His son, Richard, aged 19 years, was arrested charged with the crime and is now in the county jail at Media. Early in the evening Evans went to his room to lie down. As he did not return to the office at his usual hour, Wm. Nickerson,, a magistrate in the second ward, went to the room occupied by Evans to awake him. When he onened the door he was horrified to see the pillow covered with blood and a gaping wound behind Evans's left ear. The police officials were at once notified and a physician was summoned, but the latter reported that Evans had been dead for at least an hour. Suspicion pointed to the son who had been about the hotel early in the evening but who had not been seen around the hostelry for nearly two ! hours. Search was at once made for the boy and he was found late to-night at Elwyn, a small town about three miles from this city. The police officials state that it is their belief that the murder was committed while the lad was temporarily insane. BOTH CLAIM NOMINATION. Two Georgians Will be Voted on for Congress in General Election. Athens, Ga., Sept. 17.?The fight between Congressman Wm. Howard and Col. S. J. Tribble for the eighth district seat in the national house of representatives will be decided by the voters of the general election, with both candidates laying claim to the Democratic nomination. In the recent primary Tribble received a popular majority of more than 600 : votes and on the face of the returns had a majority *of four votes in the convention, under the county unit system. The district executive committee, because of alleged irregularities in Elbert county, threw out 19 votes, thus changing a Tribble majority of four votes in Elbert county to a majority of eight for Howard and giving the latter the convention vote?four?of that county. The Elbert county executive committee disregarded the district committee's action and named Tribble delegates to the convention. Howard delegates were also named by the district committee. To-day the convention met to canvass the vote and declare the nominee. Tribble's friends took possession of the convention hall, and amid the wildest confusion nominat- = ed Tribble, who accepted in a brief I speech. Then Tribble's followers I left the hall and after a call of the counties showed Howard to have a majority of four votes, he was formally declared the Democratic nominee. He too, delivered a short speech of aceptance. Incubator Babies Die. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 17.?Charged 1 with the death of two babies in an exhibition incubator at the State fair here, Dr. Douglass Snyder, of Pitts- ' burg, was arrested to-night at Jeffer- : sonville, Ind., just across the Ohio river. Twelve warrants were sworn out late to-day by County Attorney Bullitt, of Louisville, on the charge i of statutory offense, and the arrest was made by Chief of Police Wall, of ( Jeffersonville. Dr. Snyder made the * statement during the day that the babies died because he was unable to give them the proper attention while making the trip from Chicago to Louisville. The babies, it is understood, came from a Pittsburg charity hospital. They were on exhibition for the four days. The deputy coroner iounci as a result of his investigation that the babies died of inaction. The wife of Dr. Snyder was arrested to-night, charged with being an accessory. i * * We Have Just Moved J ' ' H A 3 :)4 to the new brick store just across the way from our old stand, and we beg to invite you and your friends to come and see our large line of goods on dis1 117 *11 . 1 __ __1 _ 1 piay. we win taxe pleasure m welcoming you to our new quarters and will show you one of the largest lines of all kinds of merchandise in this county. We highly appreciate your land favors, and we solicit a continu- ;jg| ance of your valued patronage. H. KARESH | EHRHARDT, S. C. jJ|| SKEJEPCOOL!KEEPCOOLHj 5 ;'*j DRINK TETLEY'S TEAS. DELICIOUS WHEN ICED. i I H "PF,PETr,TinN" The Flour that makes the bread like || < V 1 || i ILii\r LL 1 Ivli mother made. 24 pound sack for 85c. I I 11 Lunch Tongue, Chipped Beef, Fresh Crackers > I || Fine for Auto Lunches. ! ! ?iSgpH 11 "GET THE HABIT." RING 'PHONE 32 jj f IjNO. W. McCUE! Ill II 44The Quality Store.** 'Phone 32. Bamberg, S. C. ||| | No * More" *Troublef J ^ with that automohiie, Dicycie, gnu or pisioi u juu mu m (A, have me to put it in first-class repair. I am jnst as well Mm mt 3 prepared to do yonr work as anyone ontside the larger t J J cities, and my prices are about twice as reasonable. I r j fk also have in stock a well selected line of Ap | J AUTOMOBILE & BICYCLE SUPPLIES J J "r* which I will sell to you at closest prices. If I haven't T what you need I will get it for you just as prompt as c Ji, the next one. When in need of anything in my line rJ!j T don't forget me. Vll work guaranteed. ^via f j. B. BRICKL.Br i I They are as carefully looked ^ after as those of any pri- J I OUR LIVERY SERVICE | \ 4 ? ?*,./ is at your command for any -j Ji kind of ri8 y?n require. 'Ml f * "Sr Say the word and the buggy, I I phaeton, coach or any other -A \ I r -8^^^ carriage will be at your dis- J V \ C#w?-*'T"" posal at and for any time J you wish. SMOAK'S SALE AND LIVERY STABLE | J. J. SMOAK, Proprietor Telephone 68 SOUTH GbOKUlA FARMS .| I have several thousand acres level cotton and corn lands, in farms ranging from 30 acres to v . 1 3,000 acres. Price ranges from $5 to $20 per im acre, according to location, grade and improve- 'i ments. Business established over forty years. J If interested, write J WADE H. POWELL J Real Estate Agent Blakely, Georgia DENMARK, S. C. 1 THE RAILROAD CENTRE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 'M CPARAADn AIP I J1MR i L^n&?\L^ i. * * *"V ^ ATLANTIC COAST LINE |j SOUTHERN RAILWAY j The Growing City of the State. > The Point of Competitive Freight Rates. 1 The Location for Industrial Plants. Business and Residence Lots for Sale by J C. H. DORSETT j SAVANNAH, GEORGIA y?M