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?610? DUTY OF WOMEN. The President Gives Advice to the Congress of Mothers. CURSE OP DIVORCE. The Impornanee of tbe Family. The Rearing and Tralaicg of Children. Woman's Influence in the Life of the Nation. Every Wo man Should Read lt. President Roosevelt delivered an ad dress before the Congress of Mothers in Washington last week, which every woman should read. We give the en tire speeoh below: In our modern industrial civ llization there are many and grave dangers to conterbalance Dbe splendors and the triumphs It is not a good tbing to see cities grow at a disproportionate speed relatively to tbe country, fur tbe small land owners, tbe men wbo own their little homes, and therefore to a very large extent the men who till farms, the man of tbe soil, having hitherto made the foundation of lasting nation al life In every State; and, if the foundation becomes either too weak or too narrow, the superstructure, no matter how attractive, is In eminent danger of falling. But far more Important than the question of the occupation of < ur cit izens is thc question of how their fam ily life is conducted. No matter what that occupation may he, as long as there is a real bi me and as long as those who make up that home do their duty to one auother, to their neigh bors and to the State, lt is of minor const quenco whetner thc man's traue is piled lu the country or in the city, whei her lt calls for thc work of the bands or for i he w? rk of the head. VALUE OK THE KA Al IL Y HOME. But the nation is m a bad way if there is no real heme, if the family ls not of the right kind; if the mau is not a good husband und father, if he ls brutally or cuwarolj or selfish, If the woman oas lost her sense of duty, lt she is sunk in vapid self Indulgence or hat* let her nature he twisted so that she prefers a sterile psi udo-intelleo tuality to that great and beautiful de velopment of character which comei only to those whi.-e lives know tin lullDessof only tu ne, of elicit made and bulf-sacri?ce undeigone. In the last analysts the welfare of the Si ate depends absolutely upon whether or not the average family, the average man and woman and their dolmen, represent the kind of citizen ship Ht for the loundatiou of a great nation; aud if ?we fail to appreciate this we fail to appreciate ti e rcot morality upon which all health civi lization is based. No piled up wealth, no splendor of material growth, no brilliance of art istic development, will permanently avail any people unless Its home life ls healthy, unless the average mau pos sesses honesty, courage, common sense, and decency, unless be works hard and is willing at need to fight hard; and unless the average woman is a good wife, a good mother, able and willing to perform the first and greatest duty ol womanhood, able and willing to bear, aud to bring up as they should be brought up, healthy child ren, sound in body, mit d, and char acter, and numerous enough so that the natiou shall increase and not de orease. MAN THK BREADWINNER. There arc certain old truths that will be true as long as this world en dures, and which no amount of pro gress can alter. One of these ls the truth that the primary duty of the husband ls to be home maker, the bread winner for his wife and chlld dren. and that the primary duty of the woman ls to be the helpmeet, the house wife and mother. The woman should have ample educational advan tages; but save in exceptional cases the man must be and she need not b j, and generally ought not to bo, train ed as the lifelong carter as the family breadwinner; and, therefore, after a certain point the training of the two must normally be different because tbedutiesof the two are normally dif ferent. This daes not mean Inequality of function, but lt dues mean that nor mally there must be dissimilarity of function. On the whole, 1 think the duty of che woman the more imp ir taut, the more difficult and the more honorable of the two; on the whole 1 respect the woman who does her duty more thau I respict the man who does his. No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the wi rk of a woman who is bringing up a fam ly of small cnildrtn; fi r upon her lime and strength eli mai d . an mace not t lily every hour of the day but every hour of th- night. Soe may ba\e to get up night after night to take euri o. a slek child, ai d yet n.u>t by oay c ntinue lo no ali bi r hon e hold out.es as well: ann if the lumhy means aiCKCant si e must usually en joy even her r.tre holidays taking her whole broun of children with her Tue birth pangs make all m n thc rieb or of all won en. At.ove all eur syn, patin and rt gard are due to the struggling wives tm ng these whom A bi;, hum Line In called the plain pvt plo, and wi om be so lovtd and troted; fur th? lives of these wi min ari often lead on the li m ly blights ot (p i t, self sacr. ticing heroism. DUTY OK MOTHERHOOD. Just as tho napp i st ai d mos*, hon orable and rno.-t useful tusk tl at Can be set ai y man U to earn enough fm the support nf I I-. wlfn i, nd family, for the bringing up and starting in life of his children, so the most Impor tant, the m st honorable and desirable task which can be s-'t, any woman is lo be a go< d and wise motlier in a hourn marked by silf-resptct and mutual forbi arance, hy wihi. guess to perin-ni duty, and by refu al lo sink Into self Indulgence or avoid that which entails effort and self sacntico. Of course there are exceptional men and excep tional women who can do and ought to do much more than this, who can lead and ought to lead great careers of outside use fullness In addition to not as substitutes for-their home work, but I am not speaking o' excep tions; I am speaking of the primary duties, I am speaking of thc average oltizen, the average men and women who make up tho nation. Inasmuch as I am speaking to au as semblage of mothers I shall have nothing whatever to say in praise of an easy life. Yours ls the work whlob ls never ended. No mother has an easy time, and mose mothers have f ery hard times; and yat what true mother would barter for experience of joy and sorrow In exchange for a life of cold Hellishness, which insista upon prepet ual amusement and the avoidance of care, and wiifoh oiteu finds its ?t dwelling place in some flat designed to furnish with tbe least possible ex penditure of effort tbe maximum of \ comfort and of luxury, but in wbioh there is literally no place for children. NO GRISELDA TYPH. Tbe woman who is a good wife, a joo? motber, is entitled to our respect as is no one else; but she Is entitled to it only because, and so long as, sbe 1B wortby of it. Effort and self-saorifloe are the law of worthy life for tbe man as for tbe woman; tin ugh neither the effort nor the self-saorlfice may be the same for the one as for the other. I do not in the least believe in the pa tient Griselda type of woman, in the woman who submits to gross and long continued ill treatment, any more than 1 believe In a man who tamely submits to wrongful aggression. No wrong-doing is so abhorrent as wrong doing by a man towards the wife and the ehildren who should arouse everj tender feeling In his nature. Se lush ness towards them, lack of tenderness towards them, lack of considerador for them, above all, brutality lu anj form towards them, should arouse tlu heartiest scorn and indignation ii every upright soul. I believe In the woman's keeping her self-respect Just as I believe in tin man's doing so. I believe in her right! justas much as I believe in the man'i and indeed a little more; and I regare marriage as a partnership, in wulct each partner ls in honor bound tc think of the rights of the other as wei as of bi? or ber own. But I think thai the duties are even mora importan than the rights; and in the long run '. tulnk that the reward ls ampler am greater for duty well done, than fo ihe- lu-istence upon individual right necessary though this, too, must ottei be. Your duty is hard, your re-pon sibility great; but greatest of all I yuur reward. 1 do not pity you In th least. O? the contrary, 1 feel respeo aud admiration for you. DON'T WASTE AFFECTION. Ii bo the womuu's keepiug is com mitted the destiny of the generation to come nf Lt r. us. In bringing u i our cuildren you mothers must rt mamber that while lt ls essential t bd loving and lender it is no le essential to be wise and Urm. Foo isl ii.ess and affection must not t treated as luterchargeable terms; an besides training your sons and daugt bers lu the softer and milder \irtut you must seek to give them tboi stern and hardy qualities which 1 alter life they will surely need. Son: childi, n wiil go wrong in spite of tl best tralulug; and some will g.? rigr even when their surroundings ai most unfortunate; nevertheless an lc meuse amount depends upon tl family training. If you mothe through weakness bring up your so to be sol ti-, h and to mink only f themselves, you will be respouslb for much sadness among tho womi who are to be their wives in the f ture. If you let your daughters gre up idle perhaps under the impress!) that as you yourselves have had work hard they shall know only e joyment, you are preparing them ba useless to others and burdens themselves. Teach boys and gi: alike that they are not to look ft ward to lives spent in avoiding di: eu Rles but to lives spent In overo: ing difficulties. Teach them th work, for themselves and also for ot ers, is not a curse but a blessing; se to make them happy, to make tin enjoy life, but seek also to make tin face life with the steadfast r?solut! to wrest success from labor and i verslty, and to do their whole di befo:e God and to man. Surely ? who can thus train her sons a .id 1 daughters is thrice fortunate amu women. T?R BLESSING OF CHILDREN. There are many good people w are denied the supreme blessing children, and for these we have 1 respect and sympathy always due those who, from no fault of their ov are denied any of the other gn blessings of life. Hut the man woman who deliberately foregi these blessings, whether from vicio ness, shallow heartedness, sdf-ind geuce, or mere failure to appreci; aright the diff?rence between the ? important and the unimportanl why, such a creature meriisconterx us hearty as any visited upon the e dior who runs away In battle, or up the man who rt fuses to work for t support of those dependent upon bi and though able-bodied ls yet coote to eat in idleness the bread wb others provide. The existence of women of this tj forms one of tho mest unpleasant a unwholesome features cf modern li If any one is so dim of vision as fai: to see what a thoroughly unlov creature such a woman is I wls'i M w-.u'd reid Judge Robert Gran i ovel "Unleavened Bread." poai Seriously the character of Selma, n think of the fate lhat would s r overo ma any nation whleh develo] Its average and t> pical woman ab such lilies. Unfortunately It wo be untrue to say that tins type exi only In American nov< ls. Tl at only exlftrf In American life ls m; unpleasantly evident, by the statist a- to 'he dwindling families evidi In rquailv sinister fashion by I c nst s .stai 1st lc^ as to divorce, wb are fniriy appalling; for easy divo is now as it ever 1 as been, a bane uny nailon, a curse to sooi i'.y. a m ace to the home, an Incitement married unhappiness and to .ton ality, an evil thing for m?m am still more hideous evil foi worn Th?se unpleasant tendencies In Amtricau life are made evident ari leb s such as those which I actt ly read not long ago In a certain per, where a clergy man was quot seemingly with approval, as oxpri hg the general American amt wneti he said that tbe ambition any save a very rich man should l>? rear two children only, so as to K his children an opportunity ''to ti a few of tho good Illings of lifo." A VICIOUS DOCTltlNB. This man, whose profession ? calling should have made him a mr. teacher, actually set before otb the ideal, not of training chlldrci do their duty, not of sending th forth with stout hearts and rc minds to win trlumpths for bb selves and their country, not of lowing them the opportunity, ? giving them the privilege of muk their own place in the world, t forsooth, of keeping the number children so limited that they m "taste a few good tblngsl" The to give a child a fair chanco in Hf not to bring lt up in luxury, but see that lt has the kind of trait that will give lt strength ci" chai tor. Even apart from tho vital qi tlon of national life, and regarding only the individual Interest of the children themselves, happiness In the true sense is a hundredfold more apt to come to any given member of a healthy family ot healthy-minded children, well brought up, well edu cated, but taught 'that they must win their own way, and by their own exertions make their own positions of usefulness, than lt ls apt to come to those whoso parents themselves have acted on and have trained their chil dren to act on, the eelQsh sordid theory that the whole end of life is "to taBte a few good things." Tbe intelligence ot the remark is on a par wltb Its morality, for the j most rudimentary mental process would nave shown the speaker that If the average family in which there are childreu contained but two children the nation as a whole would decrease j In population so rapidly that in two or threo generations lt would very de servedly bo on the point of extinction, so that tlie people who bad acted on this base and selfish dootrlne would bo given place to others with braver and more robust ideals. Nor would such a result be In any way regret table; for a race that practiced such dootrlne-that is, a race that prac ticed race suicide-would ther by con clusively show that lt was unlit to exist, and that it had better give place to people who had not forgot ten the prlmrry laws of their being. IT'S ALL SIMPLE KNOUOII. To sum up, then, the whole matter IB simple enough. If either a race or an individual prefers the pleasures pl mere effortless case, of self-indulgence, to the infinitely deeper, tho Infinite ly inevitably in the eDd pay the pen alty who know tho toll and the weari ness, but also the Joy, of hard duty well done, why, that race or that individual must have higner p eas ures that come to thone had ing a life holli vapid and igntb e. ! No man and no woman really I worthy of thc name can cue for the ilfo spent solely or chic-fly in thc avoidance of risk and trouble anti labor. Save in exceptional cases tm prizes worth having In life must bi paid for, and the life worth living must be a life of work for a worthy ?end, and ordinarily of work more f^i others than for one's self. Toe man ls but a poor creature whoso effort is not rath r for the bet i.erment of his wife and children thai fjr himself; and as for the m ?th? r her very name sta, cbs, for loving un selfishness and self-abnegation, and in any soclebv flt to exist, is fraug-i with assoclatlOLS which render it holy The woman's task ls not easy-a Taj-k worth doing Js easy-but in do mg it. and when she has doue lt there shall come to her Mi highest and holle.t Jay know to mankind; and having dou lt, she shall have tue rcwar prophesied in Scripture; for her bus uaud and her children, ye , and a people who realize that her work lit at the foundation of all national hai plness and greatuuss, ?hall rise up au call her blessed. Stole a Horne and liuKKV Mr. .John Ulmer had his horse an buggy stolen from him on Satura.i night, while in. Orangeburg. M Uimer Uves a few miles from the cit; In the East Orange section, and wi detained until after dark Saturda night In Orangeburg. He had h horse hitched on the street, and a n gro came along and appropriated tl out?t. Tue matter was reported I the police department, and Cab. Fischer telephoned to all ncarti towns to be on the look out. Sunc; afternoon word came that the hon and buggy had been located ne? Cope, and instructions were issued t arrest a negro by the name of Dyk for the stealing. Accordingly bc w; arrested, although against his wi! and ls now in "limbo." The hor and buggy will be returned to M Ulmer. It ls said that Dykes was Oraogeburg Saturday night, and d sired to take a negro woman aloi with him to the neighborhood Cope, where Dy kes was living. I did not own a horse and buggy, simply appropriated Mr. Ulmer's on tit ile told the woman that t! team belong to him, evidently desi cms of making au impression on he The horse and buggy were reeogivz from descriptions sent out fri m G angeburg, and the apprehension Dykes resulted._ A H..cf KlOt. A special from Lake Village, Arl says a pitched battle was fought b tween a sheriff's po se of white mi and three negroes suspect- d of mu der on the shore of the lake near tn town, Tuesday af;ernoon, two of ti blacks being killed outright and 0. 1 Owers, manager of the Itel L plantation, wounded In the arm. Tl third negro escaped to tbe wo..ii Bloodhounds were sent for and p upon the fugitive's trail. It is believ that be will be taken before niora in The bodies of the negroes were tak. to Lake Village and placed in il county jail warre they *ere viewi by large crowds. Recently two bro ers nnmei Watson were murder, near Dumas. Ark., and the 'hr, H I groiswt-re said 11 have par.icipili m the 011 n<-. Kiii. ti i>r a ton At Long View, Texas, Ju'ins RI veos, a negro 1 m pris merl in be j c -argi d wi?'i ass.tub up u C in An li sou at asa-v mill near that place, w snot to death Tuesuay in bis cell by m. b. Tuc mob entered ih. j ul a forced th?? Jailer to dell vcr the io to the upper c impartit eut Fr there they called tile negro io t front of his cell, telling him th lr i tentlon. The m gro as kel and i celved permission to write to his rr ther, returning to t.ne cell door, win be ie l with a li calibre pisiol bull thtougb tim hear;?. Everything quiet there Wednesday. Tue neg is supposed to be from Blrmlnghai Ala. Anderson, who it ls a s ;rt was struck from behind by the neg! ls in a critical condition. vi tim lt W ill i?i>. The State says "live years of tc cent cotton, home production of fai supplies and the supply of southe mirkets with those products whl may be produced profitably In t south, and the mo nentum of a prosperity will be such that nothl can Impede its wonderful progre Is not the promise of suci rest worth serious effort? The associatl and co operation of southern fanne hankers and merchants ia the pro ise." Captured American oiUoors. Minister Qrlscom reports to t state department that thc Am lean military attaches who wi captured with the Russians Mukden aro Col. Vallery Iiavard, the medical corps, and Captain V. Judson, of the engineers. Lal reportsl to the Qrlscom minister i that both are welland receiving evi possible courtesy from tho Japan? SURE TO ADVANCE. This is the Opinion of a Sellable Fx pert About tho South. Prof. W. o. Johnson, Editor of Agri cultural Papers in Now England, Enthuslaatlo Over the South. Prof. W. G. Johnson, managing ed itor of The American Agriculturist, and Mr. Thomas A. Barrett, the treasurer of thc Orange Judd Publish ing company of New York olty, were in Columbia last week. These gentle men are making a tour of tbe south studying agricultural cor di Lions Wed nesday Mr. E. J. Watson, commission er of agriculture, accompanied them to Ridge Sorines where they looked over that section. Prof. Johnson ls particularly interested in the peach Industry, and bas just oompleted a book entitled "The Peaoh Crop." The State says be expressed much surprise ut the extent of the peaoh In dus; ry in Saluda county, and stated that he did not think one-fifth part of the available area ls devoted to or chards. Having visited every peech belt lu the United States, Prof. John son thiuks Tar mers could moro profit ^'b'y pl ?.nt more peaches and less cot ton io that section. Thusday la co -?pany with Commis sionor Wats m, Mr. T. B. Tbackstnn oT tim Southern railroad and Mr. E. B. Cl irk, -eoretary of the Columbia Chamber of C immerce, Prof. Jo .n?on and Mr. Barrett were gi ven a lt ok at s.ime of the industries about Colum bia. They vlsi ei the po A er pl mt, *1 ss factory, Olympia cotton mlll 1' d ' t ..r places. Toe dairy farm of Mr. F. II llyat, and thc government div r.-itic .t?o i farm were visited, thursday afternoon Governor Hey ward ace imp mied the party to thc farm uf Mr. R. C. Joues, about four mi es no th ast of the el'y. Friday Commissi uer Watson and Mr. Thack st> n took the visiting gentlemen to Aiken to look over conditions there. Wlin a -en at the Columbia Thurs day night hy a representative of Che S;ate. Prof. Johnson made the follow ing statement: "Wo are greatly inter ested hi the agricultural development of tue south. We believe the south to day < IT rs the greatest Inducements to mon w rtoare looking toward the farm Th., advantages are unsurpassed in i his .superb climate for men who want to locate on farms. There ls no place in this country where such a diversi fication cf crops can he successfully rota; ed as in the t^outh. "Mr. Barrett and myself have berm making annual trips through the south- rn States for the past live years Bich trip op3iis up new lielr.s for de velopment and we are surprised at tho many opportunities cfiLred forcipltai in commercial enterpclses as well as lu agriculture. "Wc have never seen a more com plete power plant than the one visit ed in that city Thursday. With the dev. I ?pruent of the great commercial centres, the outlying agricultura' dis trict must and will keep pace with them. This means that men who are looking for farms aro turning their eyes southward. "I do not believe there l3 a worn out farm in South Carolina. I ~\? ?e. that there are a great many i?St and uuimproved farms, but they are capa ble of being made very productive and profitable. These farms need intelli gent management and nothing else. We have today seen two splendid ex amples of what such careft.! super vision can do In a short time. Th. farm of Mr. F. H. nyatt and that of Mr. R. O. Jones were types of aban doned farms three years ngo. Today they are models that are a credit to any community. "The largest crop of corn ever rais ed on an acre of land was produced In South Carolina. Some years ago The American Agriculturalist offered a prize of $000 fur the largest amount of corn grown on ene acre. Capt Z J. Drake of Marlboro county, this State, won the tir.st pt izo, producing 255 bushels of corn on one acre. The second prise was won by the th ate of Georgia, while Iowa and Nebraska . ame in for third and forth places, d ce this contest the eyes of the north ano north, astern States have been turned io thu .-outh. "L '.st year Mr. Barrett and I visit cd Capt. Drake at his home an 1 saw the acre on which this world record oro : r ip was p o'uced. Perhaps noth ing in the history of agncult ure ever napp ned that turne i the attention ot tne country so closely to Sjuth Car olina as i hi ?> marvelous corn crop. I cite this as au Instance of what can be d II on these soils winn properly handled. .-i nu s it i Bed the Southern States will develop agriculturally more rapid ly lo i he II XL 10 ye irs th in any other ?i ci o.a. 1 nave been advising my . ihn to 1 ick southward before pur cha it:.' new farms. We think thu S ut li Carolina i cp .rtment of agrioul oro i.s w rklug along the right lin-s t develop t e vast agricultural areas, lt was your mc Iuds of colonization t i : tirst attracted our attention. You aro to be 'O gra ulatel in having s . euihusiu ii and earnest an advocate in ?li vt r ill d arming as we ha v. f. und : 11 Commissioner E J. Wats m. li <> In v S a s would mod 1 their Im migration laws af ter those of South Carolina the splendcd lauds now un ec ipiotl would soon be the centres of thous mds of happy and prosperous homes. '.V?.'c are greatly pleased that Gov. Hcywr.rd bas d * played his personal inti rt -.t lu the development of your agricultural rt-swrc-.-s by the estab hshmentof a department that isdoing . o n nc i good wtnk. In our opinion one of the features of Gov. Hey ward's administration that will stand out prominently in the future will be his personal Interest In the agricultural development of this State. We are indeed glad to know from the govern or's wo lips that he has and is giving agriculture such close personal atten tion. We prellet a great future for South Carolina farmers." I ?niil W.itei cpijut. A terrill J waterspout at Lafkln, Burnett county, Texas, causing the water to rise In thc river and sur rounding creeks 14 feet in five minu tes, catching half a dozen campers In tho bottoms and drowning two of thom, four barely escaping with their lives. Considerable stock was swept away. For [io minutes hall ls reported to have fallen to the depth of 1 1-2 inches, with such force as to wreck many farm houses._ Paid (bo Penally, Robert Bowles, a negro, was hanged at ('evington, Alleghaney county, Va., Friday for the murder a year ago of J. A. Ruff, a Chesapeake and O' io railroad lircman. Bowles con lo sed the killing but olalmod self defense. AN INVOLUNTARY HERO. Sow * Oap'atn Won Glory in Battle WhJoli He Didn't DcBarvo. "Speaking of war Incidents," said a veteran newspaper man "a friend of mine in West Virginia who wore the Union blue in the olvil war was tbe principal actor In an affair that was unique. He was promoted from cap tain to colonel for bravery In the face of the enemy," when as a matter of fact he was brave on the eccaslon which brought abcut bis promotion beoauBe he could not help lt. It was a case of bravery being actually forc ed upon him, against his will. "It appears that the Union troops of which the captain's company was a part had b come demoralized to some extent by the tire of the confederates, and the soldiers were i-citteted over the battle field In squ ids. The cap tain bad seeured a stray horse, and soou after mounting the strang animal an orderly dashed up to him and said: "Tbe general commands you to charge your men aud take those works in front of your .Une." " Turning to the scattered troops the captain sang out: "Rally, men, the general has or dered us to capture those worts ahead." ' 'As some r f the soldiers were lining up for the advance the captain i.cci dentally touched h:s i-purs to the il inks of the s- range hi r.so. With a snort the auimal, seizing his bit in Its te-tb, sprang forward, and going like a whirlwind, headed straight for the enemy's works. "Come on, men,1 shouted t^e cap tain, as bo clung on for dear life ?nd togged at the br idle In a desperate effort to brlug the excited beast tn a standstill. But tbe more he tugged at the blt tho faster the horse went towards the enemy. "Bullets were 'z'pplng' uncomforta bly close to the capt lin aud he ex pected to be punctured ny a minie bail at. any iustaut. He glanced back ward and saw bis scattered followers far in the rear. He was close upon the earthworks, when gripping the reins and closing his eyes, tbe mean time yelling 'whoa' at the horse he prepared for the worst. With a mighty bound tin animal cleared the works and was on the irs'.de. The sole d. fender was a gray clad confederate Infantryman who had been pegging away with his musket at the Uulon Uno. "Surrender, you rcoundrel ' shouted the ot ptain, partly In terror and part ly to terrorize the solitary confederate soldier. "You go to Hades, you Infernal Yank,' replied the Southerner, as he dashed down a hill and disappeared in a hearoy ticket, leaving the cap tain and his excited prancing s'.e-ed iu sole possession of the works he had captured single-handed aud against his will. "1 was simply rushed into fame and glory by a crazy runaway horse,' Sild the captain, but when my promotion came, with a thrilling description of my 'heroic charge and capture,' I simply accepted lt as ono of the for tunes of war, although it was a mis take and I did not deserve it, I was glad I escaped with my life." Boys Aro Wnlobod. When we see the buys on the streets and in public places, we often wot.d.ir if they know that business men are watching them. In every bank, store and olhce there will soon be a place for a boy to till. Tho e who have the management of the affairs of business will select one of the boys. They will not select him for his abili ty to swear, smoke cigarettes, or tap a beer keg. And the "society .swell" who ls daft about little social fono tions and is happy in the conceit that he is "ju.it the article" that young ladles lind indispensable on all oeci 8lons, "given the "glassy stare" quite as often as the b?er guzzler or ci ga rette smoker. Business men have a few loose habits themselves; but they are looking for boys who are as near gentlemen In every sense, of the word as they c>in Bud, and they are ablo to give the character of everybody In the city. They are not looking for row dies. When a boy applies for nun of tin se places and is refused, they may not tell him ina reason why they oo not w.int him, but tue boy can depend upon It t iat he's bejn rited aocord mg to his behavior, ll >ys cannot af ford to adopt the habits an I conver sation of the lnaie-s and rowdies if they ever w.mt to be called to respon sible p isltions. Bropty Cigar Hnveu. A dispatch fro;n Washington says John W. Ye'k-.'.s. comml si ?uer of in ternal revenue, has jus i went out to co lectors of internal r ?venue not tic i Hon that af ti r May lit next th.- ollie esra of ids bureau Alu s-.iici.iv enforo the 1 iw relating to thc u-e of emp'y and br,i ded cigar box-s by c*gar and tobacco dealers Tbe hi x s will be s-lz ?d for forfeiture and pe sonal pro ceedings v.-ill be taken against the of fenders. C m uKsioner Yerkes says that the law is plain in providing p n ilf' s for the ushiii of empty <:?g kI box. s, branded or marked In an> wi?y purporting to snow that the provisions rvf tbe Internal revenue laws have been BTU plied with. Tbc penalties arc so revere, the commissioner states, that his office has hesitated to Invoke them for the prevention of tbe pracLlce of maklog and using "dummy," cigar boxas for advertising purp ses. a prac tice Innocent enough on Its face and not ordinarily resulting In fraud upon the government. When tho boxes or receptacles are marked or branded with factory numbers and caution notices there can be no doubt of the applicability of the B^atute to them, iud manufacturers and dealers are warned against this In the future. The matter was br< ught to the atten tion of the commissioner by B. D. Crocker, collector of Washington, who wroti.i bab empty boxes of the kind doscrlbed wero being distributed uraong dealers for advertisements and display purposes. The commissioner is careful to reiterate that any empty box bearing the luden tod brand and B tut ion notice come within the pro visions of section 3-155, which will hereafter bo enforced. Merchants and atbera who deal in cigars had better Ul ve strict attention to the above. Hobbed a Hank. The vault In the bank of Peters burg, Tenn., was blown open Thurs lay and all the cash taken. The imount stolen Is reported to be 84,000. The Bank of Petersburg Is a State in stitution. Tho officials say that the thieves secured 87,000. The steel vault was blown opou with nltruglyc srlne and tho strong box emptied. Tho burglars escaped. US AWFUL CRIME. A I'lack Brut? Amited for An fault ing a little Girl. Tho Victim, Who Ja Only ICi^it Years or &ne, Told All About tbe Assault. William Johnbon, a brutal ne gro was arrested and lodged in the Or angeburg Jill on last Friday charged with a most- heinous crime. He ls charged with criminally assaulting a little eight-year-old white girl, the daughter of a widow, Mrs. Howell, who lives in Cow Castle Towshlp, a few miles from the town of Bowman. On Friday morning, about five o'clock, two white men from the neighborhood where the dastardly criiLo was committed, went to Sherill Dukes' house on the outskirts of this city, and woke him and asked him to go with them and h?lp arrest the scoundrel, who, they thought, was being harbored by the negroes in thc c m a: unity where he lived. They were fearful of serious trouble with the uegroes in case they unritr fcook to arrest the brute without a peace t til ".er being present, and to av lld tr uble, they thought lt best to call on Sheriff Dukes, who they knew was ever i eady to respond to the call of duty. Shtrlff Dukes left immedi ately for the scene of the outrage, accompalncd only hy his son, Frank. Much to the surprise of the Sheriff and his son thsy wont to within two - Waa nf fhn Hti-cnil h..ms ~!'cr,-. th; ii. ii- .-> v.. Vf.,O UAJVfcUii ,,?1,1-10, TTI.OIU I lil. < utrajifi was commltttd, before they met any one who knew anything of lt. This was somewhat remarkable as the crime had been c mmittcd at 1 ast a week before, and the negro had i.een chased and shot, in the leg. When Sheriff Dukes arrived at the Howell home, Mrs. Howell told him all about the outrage that bad been perpetrated on her little daughter by the black brute, William Johnson Mrs Howell told a straightforward story, which ls ampiy corroborated by thc sid condition ot the innocent little girl, who was the victim of the se uno rd's lust. . Mrs. Howell said that on Thursday, March 9, William Johnsen and two other ncgrors came to her home to get some oil and other articles. She saw two of the negroes leive, aud she thought that Johnson had gone also, as she did not see him about the place after she saw the two negroes who cam3 with him leave. On Saturday, March ll, the little girl complained of feeling very bad'y, aud Mrs. nowell says she told her to bathe, not suspecting for a moment, what the real trouble with her little daughter was. The child continued to complain and Mrs. Howell not i knowing what to do to relieve her Bent for Dr. Carn, her family physician. When the truth was realized all were horror stricken. The little girl then told the piti able story of how the black brute, Johnson, had criminally assaulted her on Thuisday, March 9, and that she was afn id to tell about it as Johnson said he would kill her if she did. The recital of the brutal story by the lit tie child was straightforward and truthful, and showed what a demon , Johnson certainly is. After hearing tbe awful story from the lips of the little cilld's mother, Sherill Dukes went out in quest o' thi brute, who he found In the cus tody of ihrer, other negroes, who claimed to be holding him until Sheriff Dukes could ref.ch the icene. Tue negroes who had the scoundrel io cu.tody said they bad no idea of aid ing or abetting him, but was simply holding him for the otllcers of the law. lt seems that Johnson attempted to escape and had been shot through the leg. but by whom we did not learn. Tue brute, of course, d; nhs the crime, and claims that one of tbe men who came for Sheriff Dukes shot him. Ile bears a bad name lu the community iu which tie lives and the puerai opinion is that he ls guilty of the crime charged against him, and that he ought tobeswunir up, but they want it done 1-gally. S.ieritT Dukes acted with a gre\t deal of dis reMon in the matter and landed his man in jill bt-f jre any one scarcely knew of the crime. The scoundrel will bave a speedy trial, and, if the things charged against him are prov, n, he. will streich hemp as sure as two and two are four. Snell brutal villians should Lot he allowed to live imo.'iL' boue.it people.-Times and Democrat. Di-;iil iii m. (Jab. Tho body of a wem tn, who had been dead several hours, and a man, unconscl ms, were found in a cab, which was drlv. n up to the Un oklyn polic; statl >n on a trail ip Wednesday. The man was suif-nug from alcoholism and poss! ly from the eh* cbs of a drug. Ile may recover. H?? and the driver of the cab have o L-n detained. Tie man gave the name of Thora; s Deegan, and said he llvetl In Monroe street, one of the lu i t er class of residential sections of Brooklyn. The. dead woman, ne said, was Miss Mary Stva^e, thirty years o"id. The po ie.', surgeon upon a cur s ry eximlnaiiin of Miss Savage's b ?dy decided that she probably suc cura^ed to weak heart, superinduced by alcoholism. Wi ??i'll Ot Sill. The girl, found dead from strang ling at a Newark hotel Friday night, was identified as Mamie Dennis, of Jersey City, a working girl. Two hotel employees were arrested and helel as witness. Her man com panion is missing. Miss Dennis was twenty-two years old. The missing man had visited the hotel with the woman a number of times. A drink ing glass, containing a white sedi ment, ls being Investigated. limited for Murtltir. At R mie, Ga , Hob Sutherland and Courtney Maker, negroes, were hanged Wednesday for murder, lt >th negroes made h ngthy speeches from thc scaf fo:d, admitting their guilt. Suther land killed twti negroes and wounded three others at a dance last Christ mas. Baker killed his wife. Two Thousand Killed. Privato mall advices from thc Cau casus indicate that the situation there has not been exaggerated in earlier reports. According to one let ter the Armenians estimate the num ber of their dead at 2.000. A woman was arrested on Tuesday in New York city for bigamy, who is only 23 years old and has been mar ried three times, all her husbands be inc alive. Her mistake was in not meeting divorces as she went along, Ti IK hanging of a white man in South Carolina for murdering a negro will open the eyes of some of our crib les at the North, KILPYRE! KILFYR Tb at la exactly what it ls. a Fl day at tbe State Fair showing it} fir Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa COLUMBIA SI Columbia., s. O. Tho ma southeastern Lina CHARLES'! building Material of all kii 4 'KU BEROI 1>." WhlBke I Morphine I Oigaret Habit, Habit | Habit Cured by Xteeley J i329 Lady St for P. O. Box 75) Ooh cen loiloiovl . A GRAO FUL COMPLIMENT Paid Sclioltor P. T. Hildebrand by the Bar of Charleston. The News and Cjurlcr says at the meeting of the Charleston Bar lu the County Court room Wednesday morn ing thc f Mowing resolution, offered by Mr. W. A. Holman and fittingly seconded by Mr. Simon Hyde, Col. A. T. Smythe and the Hon. Duncan J. Baker, were unanimously adopted: Whereas, at the recent Bcsslon of the General Assembly the county of Charleston has been put in the 9tb judicial circuit, and by reason thereof P. T. Hildebrand. E q , will no longer be the solicitor in this c ninty; and Whereas, his official labors termi nated with the session of the Court ju^t closed: Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Bar of Charleston in meeting as sembled, That we part with our so licitor with regret, and further, thal we express to him our thanks for the very ?.he manner ia which he has rep resented the State In the pro.ecutlon of casLS lu the Court of General Ses sions, and for the many courtesies shown the members of the Bar; and wc commend him to the people aud Bar of the new circuit to which he has been assigned. Solicitor Hildebrand expressed his appreciation of the kindnesses shown him here and his regret at being cnt off from Charleston County. In speak ing of the change In the circuits The News and Courier says: "Mr. Hilde brand bm been solicitor of the 1st cir cuit, including Charleston County, for thc past four years, and has establish ed a record for successful prosecutions second to none in the S ate. He has recently bren re elected for a four year term and will continue to serve the new 1st circuit, comprising his home county of Oranceburg, Dorches ter, Berkeley and Georgetown. An able speaker, genial and courtsous, he has made many friends in Charleston, who regret the loss ot his sarvloes to this county as well as the faot that his v?slis will neither be so frequent or BO prolonged." C?LL FOB EVIDENCE. Persons Are Urgod lo Como Forward and Toll All. At Its meeting last week the dis pensary Investigating committee de cided to Issue a call for all persons tn the State who have evidence against the management ( ? the State dispen sary to come forward with lt. The county p'p.'isare requested to copy the fo lowing, which is the olllcial etil: "All p rsors in this or any other State u:r. requested to send any infor mation in their p sscssion relating to t he affairs of the .South Carolina State dtspi nsary w hich is thu cause of a^ complaint. T ?ey are also requested to sta'e fully auy fa-ets that the) have as to Irrrgularities, mlsmanuee ruent or corrupt*'-n therein, or of ?nv one connected therewith, with sug gestions as to h >w the truth of the i-ame may be properly ascertained. "No communication will be con slden d unless slgred by the parties sendii g it, hut trie name i f the send er will not be given to the public if such be d sired. Communications should be sent to eil her of th? undersigned. "J. T. HAY. Camden, S. C., "C. 1). BLKASK Newberry, "N. CuuisTKNSKN. Jr.. Beaufort, "A. L. GASTON, Chester, "T. B. FuAaKit, Sumter, "D. A SnvKY, Conway, ''J. FHASKK LYON, Ahhevllle." Tho V.tlu.'oruircls. An ornithologist recently asserted that except for the destruction of bird life in Texas, there would have been no cotton boll weevil plague. Tuls may or may not be correct; yet lt is coming to be generally recognized that the farmer has no better friends than the birds II.lng about his acr? s destroying insects and the seeds of noxious weedti. And there ls to be noted a movement lu several of the States to the end of protecting the birds-game and non game-beoau-,e of their good ofll.-es to the farmer. It ii the nature of birds to feed on in sects and Beeds. Thc Investigation of the stomachs of doves, partridges, sparrows and larks bas shown that their food consists almost wholly of bugs, worms and seeds of weeds. In the st mach of one dove, examined by a scientist, there were found ap proximately 2,500 seeds of weed?; and this was one day's feeding. In the stomachs of several partridges more than 90 per cent of the food was found to be bugs and worms destruc tive to vegetable life. Should not these facts be sufficient to commend doves aud partrlages to tho most dis tinguished consideration of the farm ers and law-makorsv One little spar row that was killed In a cotton deld had forty army worms In Its stom ach. Wasn't that enough to make the cotton farmer tho friend of the s par row ?_ Munt Servo His Sentence. Thc supreme court Wedncslay ren de; ed a decision In the case nf Mor gan Thralkil?, couviole? In Saluda of manslaughter and sentenced to life Imprisonment. Ho was convloted of killing Vau Burton, white, last year. The court aili rms the decision and Thralklll must Rerve his sentence un less executive olemenoy should inter fere. El! KILFY?SE!!! ri Kill sr. Di non^raoto i ev iry c fl~at!ag qualities, ill, Ginnery and any ono owning le by ?PPLY00.v v o chinory Supply h ouse of the State Le & Cement i,o ON, a. c. nds. High Grade Hoofing Write for prices. All DrugandTobaoco I Habits. Lnstitute, of C. xmbia, S. (J. 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In thin way hundreds upon hundreds that we know of have hoon cured, for this groat, doctor is not only an expert in knowing what you suffer from, but his cures aro brought about in an entirely orig inal way, ulong now linos, developed by him rafter two generations of y ar? in Uio ?ie prj fession. .lio wants to hear from all men and women who suffer ! rum any disoaso of tho throat, iungs, heart, stomach, kidneys, bladder, liver, leutuTo troubles, rheuuxutism, piles, pros tat ic trouble, blood pi ison, nervous debility, emaciation of parts, impotency, losses, varico celo, stricture, night sweats, weak buck and all other affections of tho nerves, muscles and glands, ho will instantly stop all aches and' poins, soronoss and swelling, ?toady tho nerves, arouse muscular energy, get the blood to cir cul?t lng' put strength in tho back and firmness in the tissues and once again mako you aa do t. -l mi ned mid amid ti ons OS of old. Tho doctor is also famous as the author of many medical books on chronic diseases that uro siandaid uinoug the profession, and these have now been issued in special editions for freo circulation among tho masses. Every perso> who is sick and ovory hoad of a family should have thom for reference in caso of emergency, and this can bo dono by addressing Dr. J. Newton I lat barway, ss Inman Building, Atlanta, Cia., telling him which book you want and it will be sent free at once. AHogothor there aro eight ot thomas lol lows: 1, diseases of t o thront and lungs; 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 2, diseases of women; 4, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 5, blood poison; 6, nervous debili ty and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, 'varico colo. Ask for tho book you want and tho doc tor will send it to you; write him how you suffer and ho will toll your disease and the quickest way to be curod, freo MUSIC. 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In? vestigatlon proved that Ashley mar ried his first wife in 1365 and had never obtained a divorce, but bad abandoned her thirty years ago, mar rying a stcond time after coming to Tennessee ?to reside. He pleaded guilty of perjury and may be prose cuted for bigamy when he has sorved his federal sontenoe.