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DIES OP RATTLESNAKE BITE. Grandfather of Young Victim Later 1 - Kills Reptile. Manning, June 12.?A little colored boy of eight years, a grandson I of Charlie Gamble, who lives about C six miles east of Manning, while out c picking berries Saturday afternoon, I was bitten by a rattlesnake and died t about six hours later. The grand- t mother of the boy, who was with c him, saw the snake after it struck e the boy, but was unable to kill it. r She described it as being very large. I Sunday morning her husband went to t the locality where the boy was bit- s ten, found an unusualy large rattle- s \ snake there and succeeded in killing t it with a shotgun. I Only one fang of the snake pene- I trated the skin where it struck the S boy's leg, and the wound was fol- a lowed by little or no swelling of the I limb. t ? ? h Give the Boy on the Farm a Square ? Deal. 0 E Much is said about the drift of popv % ulation from the country to the cities and towns. The extent of the move- t ment seems to have alarmed many t public men and is generally regarded j ?" v.. _n r>,.* witn regrst uj an nassco. uui, is i j. there really anything remarkable or | ' dangerous in this movement. As civilization advances our wants, and ? even our needs become greater. We .. demand and obtain more of the con- . veniences and luxuries. More manufacturers and engineers; more mer- ^ chants and lawyers; and more rich * idlers and politicians, if not more necessary, are sure to come. The cities are bound to increase in population faster than the country. More- I over, modern conditions render a smaller proportion of farmers necessary to produce food and clothing for the nation. One-third of the pop- b ulation is now better able to supply s the needs of the nation for food and p ? clothing than 90 per cent, was a cen- \ r tury ago. Modern agricultural meth- t ods and the use of machinery, enable o the farmers to-day to produce many ti v > times what was possible less than 50 r years ago. These are but the natural b tendencies of our development and certainly there is nothing in them yet, which should excite alarm. The T~ South is yet more largely rural in its population than most other sections > of our* country, but we hear much * * complaint, even here, of the boys and girls leaving the farms. No ^ amount of complaint or exhortation ?S1' ?*? ? +/,n/lftrinTr T , c nDrt Q1 Tl 1 Will &HJJJ kuia icuucuv/j. 11 10 wiu to continue. There is but one method by which this movement from the I farm can be held within safe bounds. ; The city man, the politician and I the popular orator, and in some cases k even the farmers themselves, are E much given to picturing the beauties of farm life. If all these pleasant word pictures were true to the facts, there would be no need to use them for the purpose of keeping the boys and girls on the farm. But unfortunately they are not true. Thefe are poverty, hardships and filth in the cities, but are there not also poverty, hardwork, inconvenience and lack of ^ ^ social pleasures in the country. We ^ who are interested in building up x Southern agricultue will make a mistake if we seek to keep the girls and boys on the farm through false arguments or by holding out of vain p hopes. As conditions exist to-day the social pleasures, the conveniences of f; > life, the wealth and ease and the v greatest honors are found in the ti cities. It is not the dullest class of t! farm-raised boys who go to the cities n and if the statements above were not t true there would be no continuation lj of the exodus from the country, and e no need for the loud protests which b are now heard from every public plat- n * form and seen so often in the pages i] of the public press. b We may as well face the true situ- a ation. The boys and girls leave the a farms for good and sufficient rea- sons, and they will continue to go to e the cities so long as conditions re- ti main as at present. Money is not the a { root of all evil, although the undue l< love of it is undoubtedly responsible o for many of our troubles. On the i( other hand more money?a greater c t earning capacity?is essential if the e boys are to be kept on the farm. In- b deed, unless the boys who are now o going to the cities could earn more? produce more than the average of ? those who have remained on the b farms we are not sure that, in jus- o tice to the individual, they should be ii encouraged to leave the farms. But b whether they be encouraged or dis- rt< * /va J timlAfln +Vi At? rtn n Vv s\ Art M in_ I P UUUiagCU, umcoo tJ-icjr V/O.U uc \_, ** ped for more efficient service a large ti proportion will continue to go to the p cities. ti Knowledge is power?more truly ^ so to-day than ever before. Pick out g man in any line of human ^ndeavor, v who has made sufficient success to raise c him above the common average, and o * it is a better knowledge of his busi- f< ness which is responsible for his sue- e cess. No man wins success to-day on ti his own efforts and experience. He ti must by education, reading and study o add to his resources, the knowledge tl accumulated by others during the ? v CAUGHT AFTER 18 YEARS. Tom Buchanan Held for Killing of 1 Marlboro Farmer. Bennettsville, June 15.?Tom luchanan, Sumner Davis and Sink a Juick are in jail here,'the former I harged with the murder of William s Irigman in this county nearly eigh- 1 een years ago, and the other two i A teld as accessories. The homicide g ccurred at what is known as Lack- ? ty's bar, or distillery, then a noto- t ious illegal drinking resort, William t Jrigman was a well-to-do farmer of i he Brightsville section, and it is f aid that he and Buchanan had had t ome kind of a dispute about a watch; l hat Brigman received word from Buchanan that he expected to kill a tim if Brigman ever came over the t State line. It also seems that Buch- ( nan, Davis and Quick were all at ^ackey's bar room drinking; that Egtert Odom drove up with Brigman in 1 DunJifinOTl nut dnu'tl US UUgg) I lliai, JDUVUUUUU y uv uv tis glass, took up his gun, stepped ^ mtside of the building and shot Brig- J nan, the gun being loaded with nails _ ,nd slugs. 1 Strenuous effort was made at the 1 ime to catch Buchanan, and it was * hought at one time that he had been c ocated at Spray, N. C. He was final- ; y taken at Rocky Mount, N. C., rhere he was working at a lumber c mill. It is said that Buchanan ad- t nits having fired the fatal shot, and ( oiplicates other parties. A prelim- 1 nary has not been demanded, but it 1 5 possible that it will be held before lagistrate Gibson the first of next * reek. s MOB PUTS NEGRO TO DEATH, f 'nknown Farm Hand Lynched for \ Shooting Prominent Farmer. ^ Cordele, Ga., June 13.?An un- t mown negro farm hand who shot and t j n n enousiy wounaea n. v,. jcviu;uio, & rominent farmer, at his home in Vilcox county this morning, was capured a few hours later by a posse ^ f neighbors of Ritchie and hanged 3 a tree. The negro's body then was iddled with more than a hundred ullets. a FRIENDSHIP. \ le may be six kinds of a liar, ^ He may be ten kinds of a fool; t le may be a blooming high flyer r Without any reason or rule. t 'here may be shadow above him ^ Of ruin?and woes that impend; t may not respect?but I love him? r I love him because he's my friend. know he has faults by the billion, a But his faults are a portion of him. ^ know that his record's vermillion, a He's far from a sweet seraphim. a Jut he's always been square with s "yours truly," r Ever ready to give or to lend, s ind though he is wild and unruly t I love him because he's my friend, c knock him, I know; but I do it J The same to his face as away; md if other folks knock?well, they . rue it, J And wish they'd had nothing to say. never make diagrams of him, to maps of his soul have I penned; "or I don't analyize?I just love him, . Because?well, because he's my ? friend.?Roanoke Times. resent and past ages. If the boys who are to stay on the a arms are to win a success which c rill make the farms attractive to F hose who are now going to the cities, I hey must be educated to their busi- f ess just as the boys who have left t he farms have been educated for iwyers, doctors, merchants, teach- a rs, and preachers. This has not ? een true in the past. They have t ot had an equal education, either "V a quality or quantity, and until the r oy who stays on the farm is given t s good a chance to win success? t s good an education in his business ^ ?as those who go to the cities, the xodus from the country will con- i inue. We have proclaimed the im- I ginary advantages of the country t ang enough to prove that this meth- r d of attempting to change matters c 5 a failure. Now let us make the c hances of the farm boy for success qual to those we have given the c oys that have left the farms, and c ur efforts will be more successful, f Is it impossible now to give the v armer as good an education for his t usiness as we now give the lawyer r r the doctor? We believe it is now J mpossible to do so, taking the farm I oy as a whole. Farming education s > not so old nor so well established, i: >ur common schools and our agricul- f ural schools are still too much the t rey of politicians and "quacks." But 2 here is evidence of a change and t *hen the right sort of education is f iven them, as is now given to those e ^ho leave the farms, then the r hances for success will be in favor f the boys who stay on the farm; p :>r when other things are made v qual?which has not been done in t he past?the farm offers opportuni- d ies for true success equal to those t " - ' * - * 1- 1- 4-V.^. ? nerea 10 tne law/oi, mc uwivi, w?i * tie merchant who lives in the city, t -Progressive Farmer. o HAD LOTS OF GOOD CIGARS. I. Goldstein Arrested in Augusta at Instigation of N. Y. Authorities. Augusta, Ga., June 13.?Following i raid on his place this afternoon, I. Goldstein, who operated a little iecond-hand clothing' store on Kolock street, was arrested this afterloon by Chief George P. Elliott as i result of a long chase, at the instigation of New York police authorises. In Goldstein's shop were beween $65,000 and $75,000 worth of mported cigars which usually retail or 10 to 25 cents, but which have >een selling on the Augusta market ately at a remarkably low rate. The authorities charge that they ire goods handled by a local "end"' >y a New York smuggling concern, loldstein is held under bond. Killed Girl and Then Salf. Salisbury, N. C., June 16.?Angered, it is claimed, by a second reection of his proposal of marriage, rrank D. Chunn, aged 23, snot ana nstantly killed Miss Bernadette loueche, aged 19, here to-night in he presence of her sister and then :ommitted suicide. Both families are veil known in this community. The shooting occurred at the home >f the girl's uncle, J. X. Roueche, edior of the Salisbury Post, where Ihunn and Miss Roueche had stop>ed together with Miss Hortense loueche and Charles Gable after atending church services. Gable and he deceased girl's sister had gone in iearch of a drink of water, leaving }hunn and Miss Bernadette on the ront porch. When a few feet away hev heard revolver shots. Rushing >ack, they were confronted by Chunn, vho commanded them to "get back," md then placed the pistol against his emple and fired. The dead body of ^ fnnnH hv hlQ QlHp 11^ gill v> ao 1VUUU WJ DOGS %F THE YOUKON. They are Born Fighters, Inveterate Thieves, Sometimes Cowards. '' ? Dogs in Alaska are of all breeds ind sizes, the most common being the nalamute or native dog, says a v?iter in the Wide World Magazine. ?he word "malamute" is an Indian vord meaning Eskimo and is applied 0 both dogs and natives. The malanute is of the wolf strain?in fact, he best of the breed are half wolf. They evince all the characteristics of he wolf, both in appearance and nanners. Owing to his wolflike fur, the malimute can easily stand the extreme Llaskan cold. He is a born fighter, in inveterate thief and somewhat of 1 coward, for he will seldom fight ingly against a lone adversary. The nalamute, while well able to withtand the cold, does not seem to have he same order of intelligence as is lisplayed by the outside dog, and he best dog for Alaska would seem o be a mixture of the two strains. Another native breed in the North s the huskie, but this breed is rarer han common usage of the word vould imply. The real huskies are ired in the neighborhood of-the Mckenzie river, and are more common n the territory under the jurisdic ion of the Hudson s uay company lian in Alaska. Small dogs, such as fox terriers, .re a rarity in Alaska, for in that ountry a dog is valuable in exact iroportion to the amount he can pull. l sleigh dog will weigh anything rom 30 to 150 pounds, the average eing about 75 pounds. Dogs in Alaska, when on the trail, ire fed once a day, after the day's vork is done. They are never fed in he morning, for if they were tiiey vould be lazy all day, or, what is Qore probable, would vomit up their reakfast soon after they got on the rail. Dogs, to work well, must be veil fed. They get a variety of foods, includng rice, tallow, corn meal, and fish, f rice or corn meal forms a part of heir food it must be cooked. Some nen prefer to feed their dogs on ba:on or fish, thus doing away with ooking. The Youkon sled, while not a thing >f beauty, is built to stand all kinds >f hard wear. The sled is about eight eet long, is made of any kind of hard eood, lies close to the ground, costs rom ten to fourteen dollars, and uakes a trail sixteen inches in width. Another pattern is known as the >asket sleigh, and is to the Youkon leigh what a three masted schooner s to a coal barge. In length it is rom eight to fifteen feet, is made of lirch, oak, or hickory, cuts a trail !2 inches in width, costs from $40 o $200, is raised a foot or more rom the runners, and, in the best xamples, is lashed together with awhide. The basket sleigh, as its name imilie8. is fitted with a basket, into rhich the load is placed, and from he back of the basket a pair of hanlles project, to be used in guiding he sled on the trail. In very cold veather wooden runners are best, mt in ordinary circumstances steel >r brass runners are used. I BOY'S HEAD TORN FROM BODY. Lad Meets Horrible Death in North Carolina Cotton Mill. Lumberton, N. C., June 13.? | Charles Laughton, the 10-year-old son of an operative, was instantly killed here to-day, when his head was torn from his body by a revolving shaft. The boy threw a rope, which was fastened around his neck, over the shaft in the Dresdon Cotton mill, and was decapitated before assistance could reach him. Policeman Killed Mill Operative. Rock Hill, June 16.?Henry H. Putnam, about 20 years of age, an employe of the Victoria cotton mill, was shot and almost instantly killed hv Policeman Fnhanks on the South FELDER MAY BE ARRESTED. Gov. Blease Says H? Will Issue Orders to That Effect. Gov. Blease stated last week that he would instruct the sheriffs of Greenville and Spartanburg counties to arrest Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney who has won such a name in this State and who is charged with conspiracy and attempt to bribe an official of this State, as he passes through this State on his way from Atlanta to Baltimore, en route to the national Democratic convention. He further stated that if Felder should be arrested in Baltimore he would issue a requisition on the governor of Maryland for his return to this State. Mr. Felder is a dele- j gate at large from Georgia to the Baltimore convention. In going from Atlanta to Baltimore Mr. Felder will almost certainly have to pass through South Carolina. He will in so doing either use a Southern train stopping at both Spartan- i burg and Greenville, or else he will take a Seaboard Air Line 'train passing through Abbeville, Greenwood and other towns. $200 Reward for Felder. There are rewards outstanding for the arrest of Felder in this State amounting to $200 and there are three warrants for his arrest in this State, said Gov. Blease Tuesday, these being held by officials of as many counties. There is one warrant for his arrest in the hands of the sheriff of Lexington county. A warrant for V.io otrnct io In f}io T1 He flf A TTlAEHS ULIO Orii WV Ik) iU. VUV w w ? 0 trate of Newberry county and there is also one in the hands of a magistrate in Richland county. These warrants charge Felder with conspiracy to defraud the State of Soetth Carolina and with attempting to bribe a State official. The whole is the outgrowth of the affairs of the old State dispensary. Would Issue Requisition Gov. Blease further stated that if some detective in Baltimore should desire to get the $200 reward and should arrest Felder he would issue a requisition on the governor of | Maryland for his return to this State. I He said he wanted to see the charges against Felder thrashed out and to this end he would do all in his power to have him brought back to South Carolina and made to face a jury. Decrease Shown in Child Labor. There has been a decrease of 33 per cent, in the number of children in the cotton mills of South Carolina according to reports furnished Commissioner Watson by 70 companies. In 1911 the total number of children in the mills under 16 years of age was 4,221 and the reports this year show the number to be 2,734. The reports filed show that no children under 12 years of age, are employed, while in 1911 there were 168. Boys' suits and pants, also children's wash suits, a full line, prices low. F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga. ern track near the mill this morning about 5 o'clock. Coroner Louthian held the inquest to-day. The gist of the evidence showed that Putnam with three other young fellows were at the letter box in front of the mill and that Putnam swung on a passing freight train and rode about the length of a box car. That Eubanks came out from the other side of the train when it passed, and arrested Putnam. After they had got out of sight coming toward tne city a snot was heard and Putnam's companions and Night Watchman King of the mill ran up to find Putnam had been shot. He died in a few moments. No witnesses saw the shooting so far as has appeared. City Attorney Wilson at the inquest stated that Eubanks admitted the shooting, but claimed selfdefense. The verdict was that Henry Putnam came to his death by pistol shots at the hands of Gus Eubanks while in discharge of his duty as a policeman of the city of Rock Hill. Eubanks surrendered immediately after the killing and will be sent to jail to await the making of bond. The coroner left immediately for Roddy's Station, where a negro was killed by another while in a crap game. ^ Bicycles, AUK>moDii?s xm prices. All work guaranty }j. B. B1 "OBSERVER" ROW IX U. S. COURT < Gonzales and Hemphill Obtain In- ( junction?Ask for Receiver. Greensboro, N. C., June 15.?In the United States court here to-day, I Judge James E. Boyd signed an or- i der restraining the present owners s of the Charlotte Observer and the j First National Bank, of Charlotte, t from the collection of notes held 1 I against Ambrose E. Gonzales, for I shares of stock of the Observer Com- A pany deposited as security for pay- g ment of said note. The order was s signed upon the petition of attorneys c representing Major J. C. Hemphill, j former editor of the Observer, and j Mr. Gonzales, former general man- f ager. June 22 was fixed as the day j for hearing why the injunction should not be made permanent. f The complaint charges that by c reason of the conspiracy between D. 1 A. Tompkins, George Stephens and t W. H. Wood, the plaintiffs were oust- i ed of their interests in the stock, i management and control of the Ob- server Company, contrary to contract I made between the five when the com- " pany was reorganized about six months ago. The plaintiffs ask that a receiver be appointed to collect the ] assets of the company. ] All of the parties to the suit are 1 prominent in Southern journalism, J Mr. Gonzales being also one of the ] owners of the Columbia State. Major Hemphill is now with the New York j Times. He was for twenty years edi- ( tor of the News and Courier, of Char- < leston. " : In a statement to-night, George < Stephens, of the Observer Company, and a defendant to the suit, stated 1 that the matter referred to a tenta- < ive agreement for a partnership, 1 which was never legally entered into. 1 He declared that the Observer Comp^ny was in no way involved, the difficulty being more of a personal mat- ( ter between the five parties named ] in the suit. Suits from $10.00 up, all wool; pants $2.00 up; rubber coats, for j rain or dust, $5.00 and up. Write ] . _ _ _ c F. G. MERTINS, the clothier, Au- gusta, Ga. ] I i i] guarantee. Prove our i | ?^bL Get a bottle tc rfSB ^ou j measure. Your !" ?irmj- free from ma) ??i???E5 feel like a new **on an<^ streng g^p"" Get it at your f JI Suffolk D] I Suf mDTDI fflSSaknever needed repairs Don't put on that roof t We have local representativ fjST where, but if none in your Ef locality, write us direct for san prices and full particulars. 1 | CORTRIGHT METAL I I SO Norft 23d Straet I'dont f When you have use for a B" ? ?/? *ka* irill nAf /ail tA fll*l VllC Uiat fV All uvrv J.M-A ?? flC< so, one that you can feel s? gZ, "just right." Bring yotir i 3 repaired and you can then ing" when you have use : - -? -*-Jt "w ^ jRACE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. operation on Atlanta Man Shows Spinal Cord Not Severed. Newnan, Ga., June 12.?Eugene 1. Grace, who was mysteriously shot it his home in Atlanta last March, md who has since been partially >aralyzed( was operated on to-day for he removal of the bullet supposed to Lave severed his spinal cord. The >aU was not removed, but it was ound that the spinal cord was not evered, nor was the bullet in the pinal column. It was embedded in me of the vertebrae, causing it to >ress against the cord, resulting in >aralysis. Grace showed no bad efects from the operation and is ex>ected to recover. Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, his wife, ormerly of Philadelphia, who is iharged with the shooting, is now at iberty on bond. Her trial is set for he week of June 24, but developnents in Grace's condition may result n another postponement. SUBTEST MEDICINE Oil EARTH f. A prominent citizen of Evansville, tnd., writes:?"I was ill for five zionths with a pulmonary trouble, and lad the best of doctors. I had hemorrhages and was in a very bad way. * Through the advice of a friend I tried Vinol, and I feel that It saved my life, ft Is all you recommend it to be. I believe it is the greatest medicine on sarth. I have advised others to try Vinol, and they have had the same results." (Name furnished on reluest.) We want every one In this vicinity wrho is troubled with chronic colds, 3oughs, or pulmonary troubles, to some and get a bottle of Vlnol. If it does not go to the seat of trouble, heal the inflammation and stop :he cough, we will cheerfully return 3very cent paid us for it. This shows mr faith, and nroves that you take no chances. &: Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. Hats and caps the largest selection ,n Augusta; straw hats $1.00 up; ?8.00 Panamas at $4.75; Stetson md other fine makes $2.25 up. Caps md hats, a full line, 25c up. Write F. G. MERTTNS, Augusta, Ga. ROBERTS! , . TASTELESS am tonic Guaranteed to cure hills, LaGrippe and iM "vers, or your money teerfully refunded , rM now what it has done in i of cases and do not to make this sweeping statements for yourself. >day. Give it an honest? I be benefited beyond \ blood will become pure, : arial infection. You'll being, full of life, ambi- i| druggist's today, 25c. ud 50c. ! rug Corporation, 'm folk, Virginia m ever-increasing quantities, Mm roofs put on 26 years ago new to-day, and have mtil you see them. tOOFINC COMPANY I ?un or pistol to me to be ,L have that "satisfied feelfor them. I also repair IT* cks, etc., at reasonable ^ fickle! j