$: invasion o?. t?io Boll Weevil IB a Heal Menace TO THE COTTON OF THE SOUTH. \Wh*t-B6o1r?tary of ?^rloulturo ?\V1I BOU Bays Ab?ut\tb.e rest In *.' Ula Annual. Report to Congress. ... .. Io bis,seventh annual report tpjQ?rT-? Kress Secretary: of Agriculture Wilson - deals at some length wi Wi a subject of considerable Interest to, the cotton planters'o? the, South. '..Here ia what he says: . TUB COTTON BOLL .WEEVIL. The continued spread of the cotwm boll weevil^ and the danger- "threaten ing the most important industry of I tho south by the direct prospect that lt will soon reach all portions of tho cotton belt, resulted in the. appropria*, -tlon by congress of 820,000 for'a .'c?n . tlnuatlon? and enlargement of the work of the division wlth^that pest.' .This . work was 'under the direct charge in Texas of Mr. W. D. Hunter, who was aided by a number of assist ants. ! The funds at the disposal of the di* vision enabled it . for -the first time to conduct experiments with ' tho cultu it ral methods or controlling the pest orr a large scale. This was accomplished by entering - into contract with two representative large planters In typi cal situations - in Texas. By the terms of these contracts thc planters agreed to cultlvate, care for, and in ' every way- manage the crop exactly in accordance with the directions pf the agent In charge. Tri this manner the division was given practically com plete charge of 325 acres, but without the. trouble and expense of renting, the land and working the crop. These experiments were located at Calvert, in the Brazos valley, the most seri ously Infested portion of the territory at present, and at Victoria, lo the ex . treme southern portion of tbc State, i - where the existence of volunteer cot ton furnishes the weevils with food very early In the season, thus adding an important feature to the problem that does not occur elsewhere. At Victoria field laboratory was fit ted Up, where a thorough study was made of every feature of the life his tory of the weevil. The matter of parasites and the possibility ot con trolling the pest by their artificial propagation, which has always ap pealed strongly to many planters, re ceived- especial attention. .In pur suance of this feature of the Investi gation the agent in charge made a trip toMexico, where the government al commission. that had been created for the study of the weevil problem bas especially concerned Itself with the propagation of a mite (Pedlcu loides ventrlcosus), which, at least under certain conditions, bas been ' . found to destroy the larvae ot the " pest. The agent made a study of the methods pursued In the laboratory of the commission at Cuernavaca, and through the courtesy of Prof. A. L. Herrera, the head of the commission, he was enabled to bring back to Texas ... . a large number of cultures. These \ parasites -^werer distributed from tne .laboratory at"-"Victoria. The work is ?>. being contbMied this season, but the indications )xe that climatic condi tions will a\ Ays rendpr nable -^^iu^-r?x?s w;ttfver-??w.^. .. ...?> may" have been" obtained In Mexici. The concluding portion bf Secretary Wilson's report deals with the CBISIS IN COTTON PRODUCTION. The . invasion of the cotton boll weevil has been a special menace to our cotton crop, and bas done more than anything else to awaken wide spread apprehension as to the future of this most Important crop. The boll weevil first appeared in the State of Texas In 1804, and from that time on has been under observation and in vestigation by the department through Its division of entomology. It was not until 1902, however, that this branoh of the department was able to undertake anything like thor ough and systematic work in thc mat ter of studying this very destructive enemy of cotton. In 1?03 the scope of the work was further enlarged an appropriation of 820,000 being made in the division of entomology for the In vestigations. Aside from the work the bureau of plant industry hos, during the post year, been currying on considerable work with a view to securing, if possible, early and resist ant varieties by breeding and selec tion; and has been conducting nome more or less general experiments In the matter of crop diversification at special points in Texas. It bas also been engaged In.distributing a consid erable quantity of cotton seed of early maturing and promising sorts. Tbe work of the division of ento mology has shown conclusively the value of good cultural methods, the planting of early-maturing varieties, and the destruction of weevil-infested material, this conclusion having been reached only through the careful and detailed, studies of the life history and habits of the Insect. The demon stration work along these lines, which the division carried on the past year, bas been exceedingly promising, as it has been shown that cotton can be grown In remunerative quantity, des pite tne presence of the weevil. Not withstanding what has been accom plished by the department, however, tho fact remains that the boll weevil is constantly spreading north and east, and lt ls probably only a ques tion of time when lt will reach all the cotton growing States. Thus the country ls confronted with a very grave problem, as the invasion of this insect must necessarily mean a com plete rev. .lotion in present agricultu ral methods. During a recent visit to Borne of the southern States con siderable limo was spent in the weevil infested district, and from the facts gathered in this way 1 am convinced tbat energetic measures must bc adopted to meet thc present emergen cy. After thoroughly canvassing the situation with representative men In congress and with others, I am of the opinion tbat a cotton Investigation fund should bo appropriated and set aside for immediate use in connection with this most serious problem. In order to make the work comprehen sive and thoroughly effective, I am of the opinion that a sum of not less than 8500,000 should be made imme diately available for tnis purpose, the same to be expended under the direc tion of tho secretary of agriculture, in such manner as will give the most immediate practical results. As to the problems which mlgnt he han dled the department with such a Bum available, 1 would respectfully call at tention to the following: RECOMMENDATIONS. 1. It would seem highly important that some action be taken looking t'j the checking,. if practicable, of - ab? radio outbreaks ' of tho weeyll In the territory ? immediately ^'adjacent .'to that "now'.' infested,:?' ;e necessary for the Stato.totereatcd to enact groper legis-, l?tlon.' ;. - This ls : a 'matter,' that could bo handled and guided by those In authority,-, working, under the direc tion of the secretary'of agriculture. .2. Demonstration Work to Show tho Value of : Improved Cultural Methods by Wbloh lftarmers Can Pro duce Fall Qrop? ? in~;Splte of the Wee ViU-^-Tbis ia the most promising field for immediate relief, and: Owing, to the faot that the weevil is so far con fined to Texas, the work here outlined; would necessarily i be limited more or less tb this State, although ?regions In adjacent terri tory should also ha ve such investigations carried on in tbem in order that ' -:tbe people . may be come enlightened in advance of the Insect's - ravages. The' object and scope 'of ' the workV would be to show by actual demonstration ex periments the value of better cultural methbds^th?^v?l?e 6f early maturing varieties, and the value of and neces sity for complete abd thorough de struction of all Infested material. To oarry out this work thoroughly and effectively would, requrle a, corps-of men familiar, with cultural condi tions, and who have the -knowledge and ability to direct the necessary specific work that might be ordered by the secretary of agriculture. Leg islation would be required in this case, also, to enforce the.destruction of Infested material*, but, under pro per organization, this could be brought about. ' 3. Work HaVlng for Its Objeot thc Production of New,. Early and Im proved Varieties of Cotton.-The value ot early varieties bas been de monstrated, but most of them have serious drawbacks in that they are poor yleiders and the lint drops out easily during storms. These matters may be corrected by proper breeding and selection, and one;of the Impor tant problems would haye for Its ob ject the taking* up of this work on a systematic scale, to the end of secur ing sorts which would not only be early, but would be storm proof and resistant. ' 4. Studies ot Cotton Diseases. While the boll weevil is mainly in the public eye at present, the fact re mains that other serious pests of cot ton cause great losses annually. It j ls natural to attribute all losses at the j ."present time to the In ?sect in question, whether these losses be from other insects, diseases, floods, droughts or whatever source. Reliable studies indicate that the loss io Texas alone from the so-called root rot disease will, in all probability, ag gregate several mimons of dollars an nually; This and other diseases should be thoroughly studied, and .corrective measures should be adopted. 5. Cotton Insects.-What is said of cotton discuses ls also true of cotton insects (especially of the boll worm) other than the boll weeuil. Tbese I should all receive careful attention, I and practical experiments should be ?carried on with a view to lessening the injury caused by them. 6. Introduction of New Crops. The urgent necessity for the intro duction of other crops which will take the place.of cotton can not be too strongly emphasized. Cotton, of j course, should be grown, but the time ls evidently'at hand when, a concerted effort should be made to bring about a change in southern agricultural conditions in the direction of greater diversification. This is-'recognlzed now as a vital question in the' south. In many sections already the/yield of cotton is barely profitable, so that, when the r?duction due to the boll weevil and other pests ls taken into account, it will be necessary to aban don cotton growing altogether; while the decreased yield in the best dis tricts of the cotton growing sections renders it more important that other crops should be.grown. Such crops as alfalfa, sorghum, Kafir corn, and cereals of various sorts should all re ceive attention, not only for silage, pastures and winter forage generally, but for green manures as well. 7. Studies and.Experiments in Con nection with Methods for the Destruc-. tlon?and Control of the Boll Weevil' and Other Cotton Insects.-It would seem highly important that the gov ernment should take cognizance of the many devices which are being placed on the market for combating the weevil and other insects. This is necessary, as much for positive as negative results. Hundreds of de vices and nostrums are offered to the public, aud people are led to spend money for them. The government should be in position to determine, once for all, the value or non value of such devices, and thus be able to de finitely and positively advise on all matters of this kind. Aside from this, the government should take the matter of mechanical devices under thorough consideration, and should j encourage, by the utilization of mechanical experts, the construction and use of everything which gives promise of practical value. 8. Studies of Enemies of the Insect -While the studies of the enemies of the Insect have bad, so far, no practi cal result, there Is no doubt that this work should be continued and every thing In the nature of enemies, whether they be predaceous or para sitic insects, birds, fungus parasites or others, should receive careful atten tion. 0. Securing and Distributing Seed j of Cotton Known to have Special Value for Earliness and Ability to Resist the Weevil-Systematic action should be taken in the, matter of ?securing from every cource available seed of promising varieties and thoroughly testing them in the weevil-infested district. In addition to this there should be a systematic endeavor to bring together desirable varities from all available sources for advance trials In the sections where the Insect is likely soon to make an Invasion. _J 10. General Propaganda-Under this head there should be organized a competent corps of efficient workers, who could, with the cooperation of thc agricultural colleges, farmers' insti tutes, State boards of agriculture and all such organized bodies, bring to tho attention of planters everywhere the latest results as to methods ot meet ing the present emergency. TO CARRY ON THE WORK. To carry out the foregoing work ef fectually, it is believed that thc best results will be secured by a separate organization. It will be seeu that the two branches of thc department primarily interested in this matter are thc bureau of plant Industry and the division of entomology; and tho! officers and men would bojn -.? to effect the proper^c? ' ,r?: .... ?..^Tl. . .. . M , , ;, . to -direct tho main .features of the . work.: I would, therefore, respectful- .'' ly yecommehtf-tuat if the ?mouh^al ready mentioned be set aside ?a a'cot- '.! ten irivesslgatlon f und.the secretary bf. ; agriculture be authorized to take such steps in the peif?cting^ of-ia. proper orgapizaWoh for bandling the work as \ io his Judgment, may. bo best. Ow ing to the very nature of tbe inves- , tigatioDa abd tbe fact that 'they wilt Involve most thorough and far-reaoh ing Bclentllio wofk, the management of the general plans must hecessarily test wita the "department.*; it- is be lieved thattb.?: v?or!^.eah 6e strength-! ened; by securing tho advice'and _co? ( operation qt pne. or two Jboroughly practical men in the States most di rectly Interested, viz, Louisiana and j Texas. The seoretairy of agriculture, howev?r, should have full authority to organize the work for the sole ob ject of securing, as already lndloated, the. most imm?diate practical results. . : In order to more effectually handle the problems which must necessarily fall to the work of- the division of cu te m ology, I "have already recommed ded In my estim?t?s'th?t this Import tant. braned of the department be mad? a bureau. The work that.it has done in the past, especially in the Held in question, certainly justifies ; this action; and I most earnestly re commend that this matter be given ; primary consideration lb connection with the entire problem, lb is very desirable, furthermore, that tho full- ( est cooperation be effected by the de partment with the experiment sta tions in the respective States, where the more important work will be con ducted. This especially true of . Texas, where the agricultural college is doing everything in its power to aid ID the matter, but where it is more or less handicapped by . lack.of proper facili- '/ ties and funds. : The fund recommended to be set aside for the purpose mentioned and used In accordance with the plans out lined will give the department sucb liberty bf action as the exigencies of tbe case demand. An industry which brings to the country an annual in come of something of $500,000,000 is threatened, and tbe time Is at band foi energetic action. I again, there fore, most earnestly renew my recom mendations for the means and autborlty to carry out the plans as herein set fortb. Bespectfully submitted, James Wilson, . Secretary. Washington, D. C., Nav. 28. 1903. THE WORKING GIRL. A Savannah Minister Pays Her a High and Deserved Tribute. Rev. Robt. Van Devent?r, a Bap tist minister of Savannah Ga., recent ly preached a sermon on. "The Work ing Girls of the South." He paid a tribute to the army of girls and young women who earn their living, express ed bis sympathy for them, and deal ing with their trials and temptations. 'His text: "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all,!' from Proverbs, thirty-first chap ter and thirty-first verse, was applied to the Southern working-girl of today who, persevering the traditions of her ancestors, retaining ^all the-charms and .graces of womanhood and com manding tbe respeot of those who have the highest regard for tho memory of women of the old South who did not work, goes forth. Into the world of trade and commerce to assume duties, which have heretofore fallen to the lot of men, and performing them to the absolute satisfaction of her em ployment. "I maintain that the worklng-wo men of the South excel them all," said Rev. Mr. Van Deyenter. "Southern women have always merited the ad miration they have taken the place of husbands and brothers at home while the men fought back the enemy, and have divided their sub stance with the despuiler, in times of trouble they have been strong, but the Southern worklng-glrl of today, descended from ancestors who lived lives of ease and luxury, officiate in their several capacities with dignity that ls patriotism to nerve them for tbeir tasks in the humdrum business world, yet they work'self sarificlngly and without a murmur." The minister impressed upon his congregation, among which were a large number of those of whom he was speaking, the essentiality of ambition and economy. "Working-girls should always look up to something higher and develop their talents in order that they may be competent to fill higher places when the opportunity to step higher presents itself." "Without am bition," he declared, "to be icontent to remain in the present positions their lives become as narrow as the confinements of the offices in which they work. "The strength of religion ls above all essential," he declared. "The life, the pathway of the working-girl is beset with temptation*;, of a peculiar nature, temptations that are strong er than arc presented to the man who works because in the way in which some people consider the girl who Ands it necessary to go out and earn her daily bread. It IB dangerous for her to rely upon her own strength of I will power. But with ambition," be concluded, "and economic, upheld and strengthened by religion the working girl of the South has a brilliant future." Forgot Himself. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says after the second act in "Romeo and Juliet," the play pre sented by the Slmvelle Co., Wednes day night at the opera house, during curtains, a quarrel arose between L. M. Mortie, who essayed the role of Romeo and Miss Louise Clarke, the Juliet of the troupe. Spartanburg theatregoers were subjected tojieur ing the use of profane language on the stage, and behind the scene, thc same emanating from the enraged Romeo. Tbls is thc first instance of the kind over recorded here. Several policemen went behind the scenes and 8nowmantlcd peace soon reigned su preme. The quarrel was due to Ro meo accusing Juliet of cutting him off In his lines. Killed by Maniple Medicino. The Oberokee News says ono day lost week a representative of proprie tary medicine came to town and dis tributed samples of his medicine. He gave out some at the Limestone mills. Some of the samples went into the home of W. M. Oablness. Mr. Cabl ness bad two six months old twins who were sick. He gave them each a dose of the medicine about nine I o'clock on Wednesday night and' then went to bed. When ho waked up I next morning bo found both children I cold and stiff in death. They were [afflicted *7ith the hives. Tho afflicted have_thc_ sympathy of a host Affliction. TRAIN WRECK tbs Terrific Explosion f?t a 1 Naphtha Tank Car ?ND VSET8 ;P?B?^ TO A TOWN. ( . ? - :-- ' - H Tho Explosion Shatters Sever n l Build- -, i ! . : . ; , 4 v. ? . . ? ings, Overturned Htoycs and Started Swlfc Pir??. ;. Streams of Fires. * , A town was fired"; a}whole train pf j ;ara destroyed, two men wore killed, a ? jcbre were' more , or lesa injured, two *? perhaps fatally, and a railroad system ? was-blocked Thursday shortly after ] ?bon by a collision of two freight j brains, followed by the terrific explo- ] non of a naphtha tank car at Dover, - Del;j - . '?? ; i { i The following is a list of the dead j ind injured: . v. ) DEAD-Breakeman Edward J.- . Roach, of Georgetown; infant child > i led. of heart shock. iNJuitED ~"-On the train, Conductor , O. J^Hall, of Wilmington; Engineer H. VV. Sheppard, Wilmington;" Fire- , man John BafkerV'Wllmlngtxjn. Oitl- , sens Injured-Mrs. W. Morris, serious- , ly; Mrs. Edward Jones. Mrs. Cleo Cox, j Mrs. E. .K: Toddi Dr.v H. C. Johnson, , Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. C. W. Parker, , Mrs. John W. Boswlck, Charles An-, drews, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Mandy . Howell; Asbury Morris, Edward | Lynch. < A long train of freight cars was , standing on the main track of tbe . Delaware Division of the PennByl- , vania Railroad In the town of Green- ( wood, a place of about 1,000 inbab- , Itants. Directly In front cf the E caboose, or last car, of the stationary \ train was a tank car ' filled witb ( naphtha.- Another heavy freight, running forty miles an hour, crashed j into thejear of the train at rest, and , then came the roar of an explosion , which was heard for th'rt'y miles. "The sudden blast shattered every window In Greenwood, and then there were the creaking and crashing of timbers and shrieks of wounded or dying men about the train. Fifteen 1 cars were piled in a mass of wreck age, and the locomotive of tbe second freight was sunk in a bole fifteen feet deep. F?T?B SruiS?DS i'O TOWN. Before the panic-sticken . inhabi tants of the place had recovered from the shock, which many of them at first thought was au earthquake, a new danger menaced them. Streams of blazing oil extended from the wreck i and set fire tb nearby houses, while other houses partially wrecked by tbe force of tlie explosion caught fire from overturned stoves. - ID many instances a small blaze, which, under ordinary circumstances, could have been quickly extinguished, was permitted, because of the general panic and confusion, to gain unusual headway. In this manner the Green wood Hotel and the Public School house were almost totally destroyed, i and other buildings badly injured and , partially burned were the Methodist i Episcopal Church, the Greenwood Grammar School, the butterfield stores, the post office, an3 the Penn- i sylvania .Railroad station, and |tbe residences of Dr. H. C. Johnson, L. Owens, Frank Porter, John Wiley.land. C. W. Ammerman. . V . THE CALI. FOR AID. Self-possessed.. railroad ."^"?vA-}\'*k? '] workmen, who took" their nands, and brave citizens set to work' to restoro order out.of the chaos, first by rigging a special telegraph wire and summon ing railroad workmen from, every- \ where, together with all the physi cians'within reach. It being evident 1 I hat the railroad tracks could not b? ( cleared at once, a special .train was 1 made up at Harrington and hurried to the scene with a number of doctors on board. _, i HAD HIM EJECTED. A. Labor Leader Refused an Audi- J euee by Speaker Cannon. Speaker Cannon, resenting what be deemed an insult from Herman J. Schultels, chairman of the national legislative committee of the Knights of Labor, summarily ordered Mr. sdiuli.els from the speaker's room at the capitol Friday with the parting injunction to the labor leader never to darken bis door again. Mr. Schultels made bis first call upon 'the speaker several days ago with the demand that Representative Llvcrnash of San Francisco be made charmai) of the committee on labor and that Representative Wynne of the same city be made a member of that committee. As botb of these men are members of the minority Mr. Cannon explained to Mr. Schultels that their committee assignments would depend upon the recommenda tion of Representative Williams, the minority floor leader, but that lt would be impossible to make Mr. Llvcrnash chairman of thc committee, as no chairmanship would go to the minority. When Mr. Schultels appeared be fore the speaker he announced In what was taken by that official to be an offensive manner that the labor committee bad been ''packed." He renewed bis demand that Mr. Llver nash be assigned to this committee, announcing that he bad defeated Mr. Cannon for election to the Fifty-sec ond congress and that unless this re quest In this instance was accorded, bc would go into the speaker's district in the next campaign. Mr. Schultels did not have time to finish telling the speaker what he would do to him at that time, as Mr. Cannon at this point gave his peremptory order for the man's ejection from the room, stating as he did so that there was no chance of the committee's being "packed" by Mr. Schultels. Drowned in the|Congo. A cablegram received at Nashville, Tenn., announced the death of H. 0. Stay mentor, an American missionary and the drowning of 23 of the native crew by the capsizing of a beaton the Congo river in Central Africa. Tue boat, was the 4'Lapsley" and was the missionary craft of the Southern Presbyterian church. On lt were Mr. Stay men ter and Motto Martin of Alex andria, Va., who left thc United States on August 1 and went as mis sionaries Into thc Interior of Congo Free State. The boat capsized bet ween Leopoldville and Lueho, and Staymentcr went down with 23 of the crew. Martin was saved. The Hope Broke. Eleven coal miners were killed Fri day at thc Gasson-Laquasso mine at Montegene, Belgium, through/tho breaking of thc rope by which aV-c?ge. was being hauled up. Thc men were precipitated to the bottom of the pit and their bodies were horribly man gled. AMOUNT OF COTTON .GINNED. Vo Compar?iiv? Htatement : for'till? Mouth, but Evidently a Decrease. Tho United - Stotest as the sun was peeping * from over the eastern hills, Fogle paid the penalty for his crime, sus pended in midair. Then tlife^boom of a hundred guns broke tue deathlike silence and announced the first lynch ing In Dorchester County. The body of John Fogle was left dangling from the limb of one of the trees of the forest as a silent warning. T?o South Vindicated. '?.fjln discussing thc formation of the Republic" of Panama the Springfield Republicau says: "So it has cornelle pass that a State may. secede by tele graph in the morning, organize a government before noon secure recog nition in order to catch the afternoon editions and announce its ministers j plenipotentiary under scare heads in the evening extras. In tho twinkling of an oye hascomei-his strenuous mod ern miracle from the man on horse back at Washington. Hayno, Cal- . houn, ("Bob") Toombs, Yancey, Pres ton S. Brooks, Gideon Pillow, Briga dier Floyd, Vallandigham, Magoffin, Jefferson Davis, and all tho illustri ous line of ("secesh") and ("copper head") chivalry, you aro vindicated at last, Webster, John Quincy Adams, Sumner, Lincoln, Soward, Grant, Sherman and all the boys in blue, your idea is forty years out of date." The South tried to teach the North this great lesson forty years ago, but the people of that section were so obtuso that they failed to take it in. But Toddy has succeeded better than tho South did. Tho logic of the Republican is sound. If the State of Panama has the right to se cede and form a Republic in 1903, | the South had the right to do so in 1860. We were confident that tho South would be vindicated, but we did not expect the vindication to come so soon, nor from the quarter it has. Let us hoar no moro about rebels. This government has not only endorsed a rebellion, but it has actually used its navy to protect tho rebels in their effort to sot up a gov ernment in opposition to the mother country. AU of which goos to prove that John C. Calhoun was a great statesman and a true defender of tho rights of mon. We endorse the ac tion of Teddy in the Panama affair because it is a vindication of tho position of the South when it with drew from the Union. Tho Postal Steal. In tho publication of an abstract of General Bristow's report, the country has an authentic record, supplemented by notes from Presi dent Roosevelt, of tho general cor ruption which has existed in tho Post Office Department for several years and under Republican ad ministrations. Hero is the result of the investigations. Four ofiicors of the department havo resigned and thirteen havo been romoveu. Forty six indictments hare been found, involving thirty-one persons, toft o$ whom were prominent in tho.postal service. Mr. Bristow osforrfatfia tho total amount obtained from tho government by these swindlers nt about $-100,000, but admits that this avun ia small in comparison with tho losses involved in tho purchase, nt exorbitant rates, of uaoless and un necessary supplies, In his rcviow of tho report, tho Presidont praises tho thoroughness of tho work done hy tho investigators, agrees with tho advico to oxtend tho statt?to of limitations for a period of live years for officers who. hold positions of ?rusts under tho governmont, and onds with a dissertation on tho evils of corruption in., public life, tho equal guilt of bribe-giver and bribe taker and similar platitudes. Ho Not Deceive The Sick. If you aro'- Bick and want'to 'got well.do not ox po ri mehi, ? bu tbo st tro . that you arbphcing your caso iit expert nandi. .;Wo do not boltove buoy,. - Torin of deception. AVo; ti aye no PUKE. 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Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, email lots, write, Carolina; Portland Cernent Co., C^arl^Rton, t?. G. Wlmkiy I ^(lillirie I Cigarette I AH^ruTa^urrl^^ Habit, I ..? Built I Habit \ ilabits. Cured by Keeley Instit ute, of S. C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S? rj. Confidential correspond ce solicited. : '.:' '?' - V-; declares that all offenders shall ' he punished hut makes no comment on thc case of Perry S. Heath, who now stands high in Republican politics. Wo publish this weok a part of Gea* eral Bristow's report, whick no. doubt will be read with, intered Fatally Hart. The Columbia State, says Sam Shi pp, a brakeman on the Southern railway,' was dangerously arid per bani fatally Injured at Ridgeway Friday afternoon. Tho unfortunate train hand was pushing a car with a pole. An engine was approaching to pick up the car. The polo bvoko and Shlpp fell under the wheels of 1 tho locomo tlve, his. head, being badly crush'ri,. Tho Injured man was brought to 'Oo lo.mb.ia and is under the care. of. Dr. Kendall, who fears that the accident will result fatally. HM GRADE HMOS, v_BEST ORGANS. The QUALITY, TERMS., and!. VKIC?S wUl please , r^-Cali cr. write lilli lele If you are not wt ? DR. TTJtTITAWAY. ."?d want to kr.'vCB tho t'rr.th ?bout yout trouble, sena lor mr free booklets und seit examination blanks. Ho. 1, NervoiQs Debili ty (.Sexual Y.reoluiob&), No. 2, Vaxiuocelo, No. 8, Strictu fe, No. t. Kid ney and madder Com plaints, Ko. 6, Dlseaso of Women, No. ?, Tho Poison Klug (Blood ?olson). No. 7, Ca tarrh. These hooks ?hon td M in tho bands of avery person affllot ed, na Dr. Hathaway, I the author, ls recog I nt rx cl as the best au thority and expert in the United States on these diseases. Write or send for the book y?u want to-day: and lt will bo sent you tree, sealed. Address J. New ton Hathaway, M.D 28 Inman Building, 22* S. Broad St. Atlanta Ga. A Fathers Worry. 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