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RANCHMAN HELD FOR RANSOM. Potato King Appears in St. Louis in Bare Feet and Thinly Clad. St. Louis, Oct. 30.?Joseph Alexander, reputed wealthy ranchman and farm owner of Fort Smith, Ark., and Mrs. Margaret Taber, of this city, wife of Alexander's ranch superintendent, today related to the police how they had been kidnaped in an 5 attempt to collect $25,000 from the ranchman. Alexander, according to advices, is known as the "potato king"' in Fort Smith. He appeared at the St. Louis county court house early today, bareiooied and sparsely clad and described to othcers now ne nad oeen bound, gagged and beaten by nis captors. Mrs. Tabor toid a similar story. Alexander came to St. Louis last Monday, ne explained, in response to a telegram oearmg -Mrs. Taoor s name ana reading: "Come at once; serious trouoie." -Mrs. Taoor denieu sending the message. -\iet at tne depot oy tiie men, Alexenaer said ne accepted an invitation to riae to -Mrs. Taoors norne in tneir automobile and was tanen to a tarm nouse about eignt miles west 01 nero. -virs. Tabor, wno iiaa beea Kidnapeu, Sunday, was orou'gnt to his room, ne related and he was ordered to sign the cneck payable to her. Keiusing, he was oeaten and the bonds on arms and ankles tightened, he asserted. He protested that he did not have $25,000 in the bank,, ne continued, but the kidnapers continued toituring him ana on Tuesday he wrote a cneck scribbling the signature to mane it appear a iorgeiy. Alter Aiexanaer naa written the check on a hank at Fort Smith, the men drove .Airs. Tabor 10 a meal bank where she deposited it. She was then returned to the farm house. Early today Alexander iold the police his guard fell asleep and he escaped. His escape was learned shortly alter wards, ALrs. Taber said, and she was hurried to her home. Officials visited the house and found it unoccupied. Overturned furniture, they said, indicated the men had made a hurried departure. WOMEN DON'T PAY. Attorney General Rules Females Are Not Required to Pay Poll Tax. Columbia, Oct. 31.?soutn uaronna women are in no way liable to poll tax this year, according to an opinion by S. M. Wolfe, attorney general, expressed in a letter to Mrs. Eulalie Salley, of Aiken, yesterday. Mrs. Salley asked Mr. Wolfe for his opinion on the matter and his reply is conclusive that the state law does not require women to pay poll tax. Mrs. Salley, wTho is chairman of the Political Information League of Women Voters, is anxious to ascertain the status of women along this line, and wired the attorney general. His reply follows: "Replying to your telegram of today relative to the liability of women voters to poll tax in this state, I ad' vise that section 286, article 1, chapter 14, volume 1, code of laws of 1912, is as follows: : ^ " 'There shall be assessed on all taxable polls in this state an annual tax of one dollar on each poll, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied solely to educational purposes. . All males between the ages of 21 and 60 years, execpt those incapable of earning a support from being maimed, or from other causes, shall be deemed taxable polls.' " "In view of the foregoing I take the position that women are in no event liable to poll tax." Well, Why Not? After his daughter came home from the fashionable boarding school she had insisted on attending, the old man, who had made his fortune in ways that are dark, realized that he ? ? o Vi<-i a timo SVio TirichpH to WcUS ILL lUi a uau u 4WuVM ~pass all her culture along to him, and he didn't want it. "Now, father," she said primly one day, "how often have I told you that it's bad form to drop the final 'g' in words? And there you've just said 'goin' ' instead of 'going.' Really, it's too bad of you." The old man thought it was time the worm turned. Certainly he felt like a worm. . "Listen to me, m' dear," he said solemnly. "I have a question to ask." "Yes, father," his daughter replied encouragingly, thinking that her lessons were naving the desired effect. "Well, may 1 drop the final "g' in ocr cr' 9 ces Them Good Old Days. Captain Blink was making love to j his company in the manner that only j captains nave. "What are you doing there, Pri-j vate Blank?" he demanded. "Yeah, | ' you with the elephant's ears. What! were you in civilian life?" And Private Blank answered meekly: "I was happy, sir." SCHOLARSHIPS GO BEGGING. Mr. Swearingen States That Few Students are APplying. Columbia, Oct. 29.?Free scholarships in state educational institutions are going begging, according to J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, who has made an appeal to the county and town educational authorities of the state for aid in enlisting the interest of the young people of the state in scholarships. Mr. Swearingen, in his letter, deplores the fact that there are so few applicants for the state scholarships. There are 356 scholarships in four state colleges open for the boys and girls who graduate from high schools o .v. r\ ? ^ i ; ^ nf tVxaco OUUtU V^<A1 uuua. 1' Ul OJ yji. Lii^uv are in the University; 68 are citadel scholarships, 124 are at Winthrop, apd a like number at Clemson. Very few young people contested for these this year. Mr. Swearingen has written to each county superintendent of education, to the school superintendents in each county seat, and to each newspaper in the state, asking that every possible effort be put forth to interest the young people in the scholarships. In pleading for interest in this aid to education, Mr. Swearingen points out that the scholarship students are i^sually the youn*g people of highest standing in their schools and communities. He says it is a high honor to be awarded one ^of the A maIv /vl a t T\fl state stuuiaisinpo. m i i ^ Vanity Still. I A shriek! A splash! People ran frantically along the pier toward where a lady waved her hands to the skies and wailed that her sister had fallen into the sea. But the occasion usually produces the man. A gallant here threw off his coat and kicked his feet clear of shoes then he dived boldly into the waves. Swimming toward the spct where the victim of the accident had stink, he caught her as she rose, gasping to the surface. "Don't struggle, madam," lie said calmly; "we are quite safe. The sea is quite calm and as cle:sr as a mirror," 4 Well, let go my arm for a minute," said the lady faintly. 'T want 1.0 see if my hair is coorng down." Chattano I HAVE IN STOCK A ] AND TWO HORSE C] AND REPAIR PARTS When In Need D. J. BAMBE IMOSE NOV! The month of real joy ?? colors that we all admire I shine? 10 new Tricotine D] ing. New year's latest embroidery and bugle b 40. All these are at popu We have just received ings for children, in blacl Plaid Skirts, beautifu! with lovelv blouses and 1 W e are offering all of ( derson and Scotch Ging duced to 50c. These sole MOSE ORANGEBURG, S. C. t\ Episcopal Rector Praised Picture Which Will be Shown at the LaYictoire. The following communication was printed in the Anderson Mail of June 20th, and signed by the Rev. Guy H. i Frazer, rector of the Episcopal church in Anderson, S. C. The communicaI tion expresses Mr. Frazer's opinion ! of a picture which is to be shown at the LaVictoire theatre in this city and is as follows: j "To Editor Daily Mail: ? I "In view of the crying need of I shielding and saving our young peoi pie from the horrible and unspeakable and unprinted deformities and abnormalities of life when abused, I wish it were possible for the police to arrest every young man in Anderson a-nA tairo them to the Strand tonight UliU l,W*? v V? ? - _ and compel them to sit through the picture as entitled: "Are You Fit to Marry?' We believe in compulsory education, and this contemplated act, if it could be carried out, would be entirely in keeping with that principle, .for education of the sort contained in that picture, if heeded, will do l more for the salvation of the race than almost any amount of preaches "I am not advertising the Strand, but I say all glory to the theatre when used for the benefit of the races. We have not begun to capitalize the moving picture house as a blessing. On with show! Guard our young women for the sake of the little angels, ?adv. "GUY H. FRAZER." Read The Herald, ,$2.00 per year. No Worms in a Hoalthj Child | All childrea tPoohM with worm* have an ua[ healthy oeler, which laSieatoo peer fcloed, sad as a rale, there is iinrs or lees stenaeh dhtarhaace. i GKOVE'S TASHLESS chill TSNIC fives refalarly hrtvoer three weeks will eariefc the hleed, im! prove the difeetiem, aad aet as a Seaeaal Streafth| eaiaf Toaie to the whole systeat. Natere will then I ,1. ? J: 1 4i ?JiL.nktu Jillk* nxvw w w til 1^1 uio irmau, u? imv vmiiu n>u ? ia **fect hetlth. P!ea*a*t to take. Mcswrtottk. CURED OLD SOKES ~ ON MAN'S HEADD He was ashamed to go in the presence of others because of old sores on his head. Treatment after treatment failed to give him any relief until he tried Zemerine. One treatment brought relief and today he is never troubled with the loathsome disease. This wonderful preparation has been used by thousands with positive results in the treatment Ef eczema, Scoffula, Piles, Itch, Old Sores, Ringworm and many other skin eruptions. Simple directions accompany each bottle. Sold and recommended by leading druggists. If your druggist does not sell Zemerine send $1.00 to the Eemerine Chemical Company, Orangeburg, S. C., and a large size bottle will be mailed you postpaid. If you are not satisfied after a fair trial your money will be cheerfully refunded. oga Plows PULL SUPPLY OF ONE 3ATTANOOGA PLOWS of These Call on Delk IRC, S. C. LEY'S I IMBER I i i urn when nature paints ner ra ; so, why not dress up and il [ esses came in this morn- I creations with Bulgarian S ead trimming; sizes 16 to B lar prices. a shipment of Fay stock- I i, brown and white, 75c. raj 1 plaited styles, at $12.00, B ivaists to combine. $5 up. M niv LYowb. Lorraine. An- SI hams, 32 inches wide, re- || I for 07c, 75c, and 85c. gf LEY'S ft 50-52 N. RUSSELL ST. M | ) 1 First Nati tx bambe: :V %% If Now ? > is the time to open a p tX COUNT. The boU wee a know what the future now. : 5 per cent, paid o ft H 8 FIRST NATK ft IT^ Fon TRADE Farm The Fordson Tractor was n cessities of the every-day Ameri thought that it was the neeessit; I as the man with one thousand plowing, harrowing, discing, see other work on the farm wher po bring conveniences to the farme: Ition of his fields. it was made t< arator, silo filling, cutting feed for milking, washing, supplyin electric lights, and the hundrec was made to do all this economic made to be the big profitable se: And it has not failed in any I has been tested as no other traci reliable and can furnish proofs It has done these things not onl Africa, and in the Islands of the demands of farmers in every pa: Therefore, the Fordson Tra your farm. When you buv a Fc periment?you are buying a sei that you can depend upon absoli to work. It is easy to understar want. It is simple in control, 'ine. It will help you cultivate e I every day in the year you will f peal to the farmer is in its depen of work it can do. We'd like everv farmer tha' Tractor alreadv, to come to us ai ?/ 7 onstrate its powers, its values, details? power, reliability, ec-o: son Tractor gives us a small pr the farmer means a money-mal So the sale of a Fordson means ] to us. We are arguing for your talk it over. Your time againsi A A /\ Will /-V-M TTtIi nv> TTA11 remeiiiutrr, vwicu. vuu right here to keep that Tractor I'ery day. You won't have to \ order. We are right here to kec ditions of the Fordson Dealer i ways a complete supply of parts believe you can get with any otl talk it over. | R1ZER AUK tit Mai Bank I EG, S. C. fx ft ft fx ft YX ^ ermanent SAVINGS AC- XX (vil is here. We do not holds. Save your money it N SAVINGS DEPOSITS ' %Z , onalbankI A^k A^k i^> A j&A A A Aj ' ^ I "^1 Json MARK : |g Tractor I lade to meet the demands and ne- m can fanner. It was made with the M Y of the man of forty acres as well I acres. It was made not onlv for fl t ( * gagg! ding, mowing, reaping, but for all 11 >wer is necessary. It was made to H -w|| r's home as well as for the cultiva- 11 ) furnish power for the cream sep- M , sawing wood, furnishing power M g the house with rimning water, m I and one things on thfl farm. It Wt ;allv and in a reliable wav. It was m *j *1 | ragfej rvant on the fann. II of the expectations had for it. It H ;or has been tested. It has proven H &| impossible to any other Tractor. . H y in America but in Europe, Asia, H' Seas. It has met successfully the- m rt of the civilized world. . m ctor can meet all the conditions of || trdson you are not buying any ex- m 'vant anda money-maker for you ? utely from the first day you put it M id. It possesses all the power you M It is more flexible than you imag- m very foot of ground you have, and - : ind use for it on the "farm. Its ap- If dable service and the wide variety I t reads this, if he hasn't a Fo'rdson , El id let us sell him one. Let us dem- 11 on your own farm. Let's go into M nomy. While the sale of a Fordofit, the purchase of a Tractor to m dng servant every day for years. I yj nore to the purchaser than it does || good, Mr. Farmer.* Come in and fl t ours. .It is worth it. B buy a Fordson Tractor, we are g in reliable running condition ev- ' vait if anything should get out of I J :p it right, because one of the con- m is that he must keep on hand al- || . This is a guarantee that we don't m ler farm Tractor. Cbme irn Let's > I ? 3 CO., Olar, S. C. |