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J)1 ABM ANIMALS other Evidence Of Progross in Boath. l?o l?\terbntlr?e HatiHtlc?* A? to Caf. tl.\ MOftP, ?llCrp, 13(0 - South Carolin?. No bettor insight into the real pro gross of tho South in xeoent years could bo had than from an luspcotlon of the last usures prepared by tho de partment of agriculture showing the effort? ot tho South to ioorease her supply of farm animais. Vhero there eau be no doub? that rapid progress Juts been m ido throughout tho South generally during the last ten years in manufacturing, colton planting and other agricultural pursuits, tho ex p?riment of Btock raising was not un dertaken as a maana of livelihood to any appreciable ex .eut until a fow years b oc Tho almost unprcaodent cd number of bogs raised in tho state of Virginia and South Carolina dur'.ug tho past year moans that moro corn hus necessarily been planted on whloh to feed them ar.d got them ready fer tho markets. Tnero aro now on the farms of the United Stares 47 320 511 begs, and of this number tho Southern states claim over 8 000,000. Too t'.tal gain over 1904 for thc Uoltid State* ls ;i2l. 144 and tho states of Virgiula, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky and Tonnes BOO, whloh embrace not moro than 12 por cent, if tho area of thc United States, get about 80 per cent, of in oteaso ovor 1904. Whilu, as statod, tho growing of corn luis also iucroas ed to a marked dc grce, lt has not kept paoe with the amount necessary for largo stock raising. Thc area of corn raising appears to be shift! g to thc Suuth;ast. Them are now on the f irms of Vir ginia 707.103 hog ; South Carolina, 063 907; Noah Carolina, 1,048 140 Gaorgia, 1,390.992; Alabama, 1,034,. 092; MiKShfiupi, 1,087 780; and Ken tuoky, 1,011,510. While tho iucreaso in sheep raising has not been so noticeable as in that of hog raising, all of the Southern states have made \ m til gains during the last year. At this time there are 452 128shcop In thostatcof Virginia, 58,807 lu South Carolina, and approx imately 300,000 in each of the other Southern states, with the exception of Kentucky, which oas 664,999, In horses and mules, Virginia has Invested-not counting any except those designed for farm w irk- 13,812, 800; South Carolina, $3,070,287; Geor gia more than 87,OUO,uOO aud Ken? tuoky, which wou.'d bc expected to show a very largo number, about half of what Goorgii number. From Georgia to thc Virginia lino, traversing all of the mc uitatn coun ties iu South CVroilna-Oeonoe, Plckons, Greenville, Spa^tauburg, York and Chi-rokec ---there is an ar^a of about 7,000 iq larc miles whloh is said by the depur.mont of agrloult tue to bo unsurpassed fur stock raising. Another ix:eilent region ls icu jd ly lug to tito eastward in North Cudnia from Danville to Salisbury and Char lotte. In all the plato, u region t f Virginia and the Carolinas tho b od Hes well for profitable stock raising on a largo scale. SnaiiKhot MarrlPKOP. All modem advancement and luvon tiona, marvelous as they aie, have nut brcught any improvement over good old fashioned courtship. It ih easier to b:come married than it us cd to bn., and caller to bc divorced. The bride nowadays does not bring hostagos to happiness lu the form ol rag carpets and c osts of comforts Sad quilts, made with her own hands and into every stich of which has bncu foundly tucked, tho love, cor. li dence and faith that ripen only with long courtship and thorough ac<iualn ter.ee before engagt mont. Ko; now adays she hrh KS only herself sud pos sibly hor papa's cieck to a bridegroom whose reai live and character aro as unknown to her as are the dcepi of a Uko over which she has j ?yously or?ted laj toe moonlight. We generally Wake short, siuilt of ocurtship, en gagement am. marriage in theso mod ern days aud tho runaway marriage U becoming more and more common. Worth i i P'IIK tho Devil? A person by the name of Herman Meir/, is getting much notoriety, which he probabl? v:. 1 ?es, because of his pronounced admiration for his Sa tan.o Majesty, with h?rne, hoofs and tail. Mn/ has raised a monument to the devil and, for all we know, may worship there at dally. Many good people of Detroit and elsewhere aro properly scandalized, but Herman Mei.'/, ls really not as scandalous as many of his brethren. Illa forra of worship Ia only a blt moro public Ho has erected a statue of the rh vii and pays the image his devoirs, Hut as there 13 no "personal" dovil this peor cievillte ls merely exhibiting a case of weak mind; ibo really harmful fellow is the scoret wer hipper of thc Satanic Spirit. All know how to rate Mer/; ibis tue other fellow who Should bo dally watched. Tho State. Mao?- a Sup Prof. Balley cf Yale University says that In the town hi whloh he s pi nt his ch i ld hoi d there was a so ciety of women who wore very active man haters. On ono occasion the president prepared a paper present ing tho strength of women and the weakness of men, entitled: "Woman, Without Her, Mau ls Helpless." To 8tregthen her i oint she hired a de ere pit old min to read tho paper be fore tho regular woekly meotiug of tho club. Winu thc rime carno the old man stoxl up, and, reading from thc manuscript, loud I/ announced his title as "Womat.! Without Uer Man, ls Helpless." * Um*, IO. otrlolty. Out In California farmers who get up before sunrise In thc morning, or who work until after dark, hitch and unhitch their horst fl, milk their cows and do their other ''chores" by tho light of electric lamps. Nearly all thc farm hous-oi and stables aro light od by el? c., rici ty, and in nearly every caso lt, g moratcd from streams Hywlng from thc melting snows and the perennial Springs of tho Sierra Nevadas and tho Cascade mountains. Thc plants aie owned at d operated by local companies, who distribute tho power and tho light over the country by transmission v/iros. _ Hinftular Aoohiont. At Patterson, N. J,, three deaths were caused Thursday night by the falling of a hcaw p c ure on thc wall whioh broke a gas pipe' while the Sohroder family was asleep. Chris Scoroder, his mother, Catherlno and ber,grandchild, Ira Li Forge, were asphyxiated. TJX ON THE DOGr. *jft*(lmste off ?.ho Atnownt ?&?^ei?e4 for ?oboola. Within the next two weeks Comp troller General Jones will figure out the amount o! d?g tsu i:sd?tu by u.e count y treasurers and notify the o?un ty suporlntondont9 of edi o it lou and the Stato superintendent of education oxaotly how , much to eeo*i county. Tho law states tbat thin money must bo distributed as ot lier school money, and it is presumed that this moans tbat each county re?oives its own share, and it ls not distributed accord ing to onrollmont as is the dispensary monoy. The comptroller general ls not yet prepared to make un estimate on tho amount reoolvtd, but the State super intendent ot education thinks that it will run at l"ast $50,000 this Year. Mr. Martin states that-the school trustees iu who country dlstrlots have h .on watching tho returns and havo forced a large number of dog owners to make returns for their canino pets. On tho aherhand the omplroller general has been deluded with letters protest ing against the payment of the tax and there ls a promise ot a nio TOW between tho county auditors, tho school trustees and the owners of the dogs who do not li ht 1 tho tax. The monoy received from this source, while greatly needed for now buildings and other necessities, will be but a drop In tho bucket to the ?mount lost by thc voting cut Qf tho dispensaries. Already nearly $70,000 has been lost from this source ss tho tax put on tho dry couutlos by the Brloe act goes for tho support of tho constabulary and not for the school fund. Tola is tho proposition that is worrying the school e lllolals and will be uerlously dteoussoi at the session of the legislature. DISPENSARY THE IObUK. Son Mor Tillmnit Baye it Munt bc Bot tled ia i lui Primary. Senator lt. lt. Tillman spent Friday in Charleston, this being his first visit there in two and a half years. He stopped there on his way back homo, after a visit to Mississippi and a short trip into Fiorlda, whore ho "ploked up a few dollars" lecturing. Ile took a trip to tho navy yard, viewing the progress of tho work in willoh ho ls muoh Interested. He was pleased with what lie saw at the big government yard, but ho thought that the work was not progrcs8lrg fast enough. He wanted the work clono more rapidly to keep pace with the appropriations, and of course he wanted all the ap proprlations that he cm get for tho work. The .Senator said that ho had noth ing further to say about tho dhpen sary, believing that his views had been Rtilbiently m\de olearia his several speeches. Ile said that the dispensary was the only Ismo in the stato and that the institution will bo settled at a primary not In tho way proposed of, the stato to determine the mainten onces of the system. As to his refer ence of a gubernatorial candidate, he said that "all of tho horses are net yet out." Thc senator had little or nothing to Fay about national politic) or af fairs, lie will leave his home on Sat urday night fer Washington, where he goss to attend a meeting of the lu interstate commerce commission on ruesday. Ha ls in f ivor o the regu latlon of i?ul,o\d irelght a es ard he will doubtless be heard iro n la his in ual style The trip has proven brno tidal and thc senator is looking better than he has been In somo time. On Tho I nore* ?c. Tho oausc of temperance seems to be maklrg real headway In thc United States. For the tlrst timo in almost a decade tho annual report of the Unit ed States commissioner of Int mal roNOuue shows a decline in the amount of whisky consumed In this country. The figures for tho >ear ending J ino 30, 100ft, show a decrease of 704 01) gallons of wh'sky consumed as against 1903 4, while up to 15)03 for many yean the annual Increase of whiskey consumption had been about 7 000,000 gallons. Beor for tue year 1904 6 still .showed an Increased consumption, but less by 70,000,000 gallons than In pie coding years. Will Cunio lit iv. A letter which Commissioner Wat son just received from Col. Holland of elie Salvation Army indicates that South Carolina will got ono of the new colonies of Salvation army peo ple, which it is thc Intention of tho army c lllclals (is was indloatod in tills letter yesterday) to establish in the In the South. Commissi .mer Watson is also in correspondence willi Com mander Booth Tucker, who also soems to consider South Carolina favorably. C mmissioner Watson has boen behind thc scheme since last January, when he wrote tho army pooplo a lotter which Interested them in this state. Chiokonu Kiut MK/:". A correspondent, writing to tho Batcsburg Advocate from Jacksonville Kia., says: "1 went down town th.s morning thinking 1 would have chick en for breakfast, but carno back with a face as long as my arm, for whon 1 asked the price of chickens they said sixty cents. That did mo up." The Charleston News and Courier says farmers and their wives who willralso chickens and eggs to snip to tho cities will not have time to bothor about producing cotton at ll cents. Tho south should provide tho poultry tot the IJ iii ted States. Will Ito ArroHtotl. The authorities are said to bo look ing for evldonco which will lead to thc arrest of young men who commit ed a sacrilege in St. Luke's Episcopal church, in Lancaster county, Va. It is said that/ the party of prominent society mon, accompanied by a young woman went into the cditlco and hold i meek communion servlco. Crack ers and whiskey were used Instead of bread and wine, After this sicllo g lo us set vice i tho roystercrs smashed the table upon which tho feast was spread, Tho young woman was then baptized in thc sacred front which was also smashed. Tho woman ls Said lo have sinco committed suloldo in a Baltimore lietel. They Collie lilith. Thc cost of sea coast defense? OOmg high hut wo mus', havo them. Tho eng Inners want $10.000,000 more to complete the fortllloatlons of tho soa coasts of bbc United States. Thero has already boen appropriated for this purpose $28.093 434. Permanent projects at 31 different points havo been adopted and most aro well un der wa v. PROTECT THB BIRDS. Af?oy Vi> oui? bu,o Dt? SSilllou* of Dol lar? Kwcry Y?ft?. To the Kilter of The State: Tb*) ansouGC3Bc.CBt In ycur Issue of the 17 ih that an effort will be mide on Moi day night to stimulate an In terest In tho State Audubon stolety IB very gratifying to me, as lt lias for a numbor of years been my objeot to tncuro better protection for non-gamo birds whoae rapid depletion in this Stato ls a matter ot the utmost ecu nomlo importance to the agricultural interests. * ' Tue actual damage done to orops in a single season by insects ls lu the Aggregate enormous ?mounting to the value of not only thousands but mil lions of dollars. Praotloally the only method ot de creasing the number of harm tul and destructive inseot? ls to find an enemy to them that preys on them, ?nd birds do this botttr and moro arduously than any other known agent- With the Increasing of in eo eating birds there will be a '.le aron DO of Inseots. No doubt Mr, Pearson will tell us how wa may enoourage the increase of tho birds, and the Audubon stolety will sec to it that the best methods will bo put Into c ft ot. Ii m/ mind the boy-wlth-the-gun ls ono of the deadliest and most per slstent enemies of all the feathered tribe. He killi for pleasure, but lt is a sad commentary that his Innocent pleasure In learning to shoot should be heightened by the admixturo of the still more In noe/ nt blood ot any and all birds that come within his range Porhaps the Audutx? sooloty will belp to teach him that a boards for a tar get will afford him equal pleasure In loaming to shoot and that the lives of birds .'mould be proteotod rather than destroyed. Tho society can also teaoh us what birds should bo destroyed, because they prey on the egg? and young ot the desirable kinds, and thus sfford those boys who must spill blood an outlet for the cravings. I do not write this In a sentimental vein, but' wholly from tbs practloal standpoint of the urgent need of sf fectlve moans for checking the ravag es of Inseots Injurious to orops. In some rtont yoars one-fourth of the oom orop of this Skate has boen destroyed br one insect alono-the corn stalk borer, and this is not tho only insect that injures the oom orop. I have no particular liking for tho so-called English sparrow and believe that the total extermination of the sparrow would be a distinct, gain, not so muoh ou account of the actual harm they do, but owing to their pugnac ioujahd unfriendly nature, whioh pre eludes their living in peace and har loony vfith other varieties of birdi, and their well known fighting ability. They soon become sole oooupents of any premises they see flt to choose for habitation, whether it bo city groves or oouotry Heids. PurliAps Prof. Pearson oan prove the sparrow to be of somo uso, but I believe that our olly ordinance should be amended to allow the small boy the prlvllage of shooilrg tho sparrow ''on sight" and oven to offer a por capita price for every sparrow killed. The stu ly of animate nat uro should be begun In the primary classes In every school in the State, and be con tinued through tho highest grades so that ovary pupil should become thor oughly familiar with every form cf wild animal, bird or Insoct of the State and leam to dis e.-hut nato do tween tho "good" and the"'bad," to roteot tho for mor and destroy the latter. It might in time have a very strong influence over thom whon, as men they become employes, 6mployors and jurymen. I sincoroly hopo that tho Stato branch of tho Audubon society will become an aotlvo, able and thorughly "live institution. J. W. Bauer. Columbia, Nov. 17, 1905 j THInVSSCAUOr?T. Ono Hocretoil in Packing C o - Whioh Another Shinned At N i s York a thief who entered the S~ourifcy Storage company's ware house In an express package Thursday was oaught Friday as he was about to leave tbs warehouse, hidden in the samo package along with $700 worth of stolon good?. Thursday night he climbed out of bia paokago and after rilling tho warehouse again repacked himself and his plnnder. When oaught Friday Lo ?sid his name was John Schmidt and told the story of his robbery. Thunda? after noon at 4 o.clooh two pseking cassa here taken to the company's ware wouxe 212 Spring street. Sohmidt was In one of thom whioh was fitted with spring 1?.ors so aa to be operated from the Insids. W.th him was a bottle of whiskey, a sot of burglar tools and a dark lantern. Tho other box was used for paoklng his plunder. Sohmidt emerged Thursday night and plundored the place and at seven o'olook Friday morning was safely re packed with his plunder. But an employe saw one of the boxes move unaccountably as lt stood alone on the floor and peeping through a knothole in tho top saw the burglar's hat, Ile Immediately smashed the packing case opon. Flvo minutes later an expressman oallod asking to romove the two boxes whioh contained tbs burglar and his plunder. The police wont with tho expressman to meet the man who sent him after tho boxes. This man, who gavo the name of Robert Arnold, was found walbing at the Bowery and Stood avenue and was arrested. llearat'a ICxpantea. William U. Hearst, candidat'* for mayor of New York city on the muni cipal ownership ticket, certified to tho Hecrotarv of state Thursday that his total campaign expenses wer? 105, 813. This breaks the record for suoh expenses, willoh was formerly held by (ijvemor Higgins, who spsnb during tho last state campaign 122,000. Mr. Hearst says he contributed all but $17,188 of tho $80,200 whioh waa sponb by tho finance oommltteoof tho Munl3lpal O f nershlp Leeguo for the benefit of all the candidates lon the tlokot and expended $1,1 ?5 personally for buttons and lithographs. Soino of tho large itoms wore; law depart ment, $:. 507; printing $8,000; music $7,808; oarrlago hiro, $i 810; rontal of halls, decoration and illuminations $12 012; watohers for elcotlon, flu, 580; Investigation of reclst-ration, $3 2C9 Suicided. O' Thursday, at Stanford, Conn., S Frank Weed, a member of tho firm Weed Br?then, cotton comlsslon merchants of New York, commit ted suicide. His o iud ls believed to havo been temporarily deranged by ss. JN THE CRUETS. Chief J iutioo Pope Times Two Ordert ?b?a? Buco Law. i'ot?tloiH) Como up (from Nowbeiry County ?nd A Hearing Will Be Had nt Columbi* Dee 4 h. Tt:o dispensary flghb against the Brloolaw by Messrs. Bellinger and Welsh and John O. Capers ia on again. Mr J or IVibert H. Walsh appeared be fore Chief Justice Y. J. Pope at Cham bors in Nowborry Thursday and so cured two orders In oonneotlon with this matter. In both matters the petitioner ls Adam AuM, a resident taxpayer of the oounty of Newberry.. In the first petition ho sets out that out of the not income derived by tbe state from the salo ot liq JOIS In this state ur dor tho dispensary law, after apportioning the required amount to tho deiloleuoloB existing in the var ious oounties of th* state, there 1B still remaining in the state treasurer's bands, tubj ob to payment on the warrant of the c mptroller general) a larga surplus subjeot to apportion ment by tho - comptroller gentrtl and bo contends the oom mon schools of Newberry are entitled to a portion of said HU rp'in. Toat the Raid comp trollor genoral threatens, and is about to so apportion said surplus fund, as to dopnve tho oomaabn EOhools of Nenb3rry of any park thereof, and re fuses to draw his wan ant in favor of said sohools for any amouut whatso ever. Tho petition then quotes artlole x i, seotlon 12, of tho constitution, and certain aots of the genoral aasom bly, and states tbero is no warrant of law for ref uilug to tho common sohools of Nowborry oountv a portion of said surplus, unless it bo found In tho so called B loo act, "wt lob said not IK, us petitioner respectfully eontends, null and void, inasmuch as lt contrav enes said article X 1, seotlon 12, of the cms. ltutlon of this state. Peti tioner prays that said Brice tot be deol&rid unconstitutional, and that the comptroller general bo restrained I from paying out to and drawing bis liffloi&l warrant for the sum of ?633 - 60, or any part tborcof, In favor of Ibo common KC'.IOOIS of any county other than Newberry o.uaty, and that ho be directed to draw bis official war rant In favor of thc common sohools of Nowberry couuty for their propor tional share of said surplus In propor tion to tho enrollmout in said publlo common schools. Tho ordor signed by Calef Justice Pope lu response to this petition di rects that Comptroller General A. W. Jones, tho respondent, show causo be fore the MI promo court, at Col nimbia, on Dcoembor 4tb, why tho prayor of tho petitioner should not bo granted, and that he be enjoined aud restrain ed from paying out or drawing hi9 of ficial warrant for $533 60, which sum, lt ls alleged in tho petition, would bo apportioned to tho publlo sohools of Nowborry, were it not for tho provis ions of the act commonly called the Brloo act. In tho second potltlon tho county board of control of Newberry and Dis pensary Cwmmlsilonor W. O, Tatum are made respondents. The potitlonor being tho same as in the petition above referred to. The petitioner sets out tho dispensary law, an<* *in Brice aot, ai d contends, on iT^ouqds now familiar to thc public, that the Brioe act ls unconstitutional. Wherefore the petitioner pra>s: "That the said act be d. dared unconatitu, ional, null and void, that tho said comity board of control be enjoined from keeping said dispensaries In Nowborry county dos ed, and be compelled by the ordor of tho court to open the samo in pursu ance of the valid law of the stato, that tho said dispensary commissioner be enjoined from refusing to furnish said liquors to tho cou itv dispensers, and bj decreed by the order to furnish the same, pursuant to the valid laws of tho stite," otc. l i response to this petition, Chief JuHtice P.'p3 rigncd an order, which r ?ads in part ai fo 1 ivs: 'That the respondents, as thc county board of oontrol of Newberry county and dis pensary comm! shiners do show eause before the supreme court of this state, In lt.? court room, in thc city of Col umbia on tho 4bli day of Deoembor, 1006 at 10 o'clock a m. why tho prayor of the potloner herein should not be granted." To Katlre Cotton. A dispatch from Now Orloans says following thc arrival of President Hardie Jordan, the Southern Cotton Agfloolatlon to day gerfeoted plans for taking off the market 3,000,000 bales cf oolloo by moans of a series of pledges, wliich the farmors will sign themselves, stating their name and address and tho amouat of cotton they will thus hold. The cotton hold will nob bo sold for lees than fifteen ocnts a pound according to the pledges. A representativo of tho Association ls to ba sont Into every one of tho 817 cot ton producing cciritles of the cotton belt at once. When the plonges are slgnod, tliey will be sent to tho central oiilce of tho Association in Atlanta. Preillent Jordan says that half of the orop has already been Hold at an avorago of ten cents and tho spinners must have all tho romalndcr. He be hoves that llftoen'oonts for the roma n der ls a fair prlco, at:d lb will only avorago the spinners 12 12 cents, whllo they havo based all their calcu lations on 14 cont cotton. A Peouliar Situation. Mrs. Marlo Santangolo, an Italian Immigrant, In detained at Ellis Island near Now York, while making tho choice between parting possibly for ever with her two children, hi order to make her home boro with lier husband or of giving up hor husband to roburn bo Italy with tho ohlldren. Her hus band Isa natural / d American citizen living ai Youngntown, lOhlo. Th? children and bhelr mother aros 111.ctcd with traoht ina, an inf clous dlsea*e of the tyo, and the law in snob oates reads that the wifo of a oll.'/jn of the United States oan not be deported, bub that hor children,hi oaao they are suturing fivm any Infectious disease, must bo sont back to tho country thoy carno from. rt oyo F.xplorted. At Bothlohora, Pa., whllo Mrs. II. A. Foerlng, wife of IIoadmaster Foor Ing of tho Bethlehem Preparatory school, wa? In Hie kitchen of hor home Wcdncslay, the water back of ibo stove exploded and a largo plcco of Hying iron struck her on tho hoad, crushing hor skull aud Instantly kill ing hor. Hassle Mlllor, a sorvant girl was thrown the length of the room and Injured by coming In contact with furnlturo. Tho room was badly wrecked ar.d sot on Are, but the llames wero extinguished by painters who woro omployod on the promises. CURES AFTER THE DOCTORS HAYE FAILED. RHEUMACIDE has cured thousands of cases of Rheumatism after all the doctors and all other means had failed. Rheumaclde cured John F. Eline and others, of Baltimore, after the famous specialists of Johns Hopkins Hospital, the greatest hospital in the world, had failed. Rheumaclde cured Austin Percelle, of Salem, Va., and D. H. Olmstead, the Norfolk, Va., contractor, after they had spent large sums on other remedies and the doctors had given up hope. Rheumacide cured Mrs. Mary Weiborn, of Hirth Point. N. G . of rheumatism she had endured for 20 years. Rheumacide cured W. R." Hughes, of Atkins, Va., after the most famous New York specialists failed* There is a reason why it cures : Rheumacide is the latest discovery of medi cal science, and while powerful enough to sweep all germs and poisons out of the blood, it operates by purely natural methods, does not Injure thc most delicate stomach, and builds up the entire system. Almost a Miracle In This Case. Dillon. S. C.. Aug. 18. Dobbitt Chemical Company: Gentlemen:-In September. 1M>9. I took rheu matism In a very bud form (inflammatory), in a month niter the disease- started I had to sive up my work and KO to bed. It continued to .grow worse until my anns and hands were badly drawn, so much so that I could not use thom. Myletts were drawn back till my feet touched my hips. 1 was as helpless us a baby for nearly 12 months. The muscles of my arms and lets wero hard and shriveled up. I suflfored death many times over. Was treated by six different physicians in McColl, Dillon und Marion, but none of them could ?lo lita any good, until Hr. JL P. Ewing, ol Dillon, came to see inc. Ile told mo to try your RH KUM ACIDE. Ile cot me ono bottle ot the medicine and I beean to take it, and before the lirst bottle was used up 1 beean lo get better, 1 used b'A bottles and was com pletely cured. That was years ago and my health iias been excellent ever since. Have bad no symptoms of rheumatism. Will say fill titer that I beean to walk in about six days after I beean to take RHEUMACIDE with the aid of Crutches: In about three months after I beean to lake it 1 could walk ns good as any body, anti went back to work again. Yours Indy. JAMES WILKES. SWEEPS ALL POISONS OUT OF THE BLOOD. A purely vegetable remedy that goes right to the seat of the disease and cures by removing the cause. Your druggist sells and recommends Rheumacide. Sample bottle and booklet free If you send five cents for postage to BOBBITT CHEMICAL COMPANY. Proprietors. Baltimore. CURES Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Rhaumatlo Ootlt, India; rjtlon, Constipation. Litter Trouble, Kidney Trouble, La Orlppe. All Blood Diseases, ELECTION OF OFFICEKS. Dy tho Various BrAnohcs of tho Sonthorn Cotton An H er.Mon. Harvio J ord in, president of the Southern Cotton Association, has ls sued tho following statement regard ing meetings of the various branches of the association, inoludlng tho State association, for the purpose of elect lng officers for 1906. | For tho purpjse of re electing civil nub-division, milita district and township officers for the emu lug year, j mootings are oiled to bo held at . each voting preolnct, or tho contral1 point, of the abovo named sub divi sion throughout the o itton states on the first Saturday in December 1005 " Tho cUlcers shall consist of civil sub division militia or township, pres ident, scoretary and treasurer; also from two to livo representatives shall bo eleoted, or chosen, at this meeting for tho pur poso of attending the coun ty cr pariBh meeting which will be called at the county court house, or their regular place of meeting, on the second Saturday in December, 1905 whioh will bo the 9th day, for the purpose ot electing county or parish effijors for the enduing year. "These county officers shall, also, consist of president, secretary and treasurer. At these county or parish meetings, whioh will bc held on thc 9th day of December, representatives or delegates to the state or territorial convention will bo chosen, for the purpose of meeting at their respective capitols on tho ilrst Wednesday in January, 1906. Each county or par lah will elect ono or three delegates to attend thc annual meetings called to meet at the state capitols on thc first Wednesday in January 1906, whioh ls the 3rd day. "These state meetings will bo held for tho purpose of eleotlug stato offi cers for the ensuing year and mum bel;, of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Assolation as follows: For the state of Alabama, three; Arkansas, twe; Florida, one; Georgia, three; Lc ulbana, thrre; Mississippi, three; Missouri, one, North Carolina, tv o; South Carolina; two; Tennessee, o^e; Texas, live; Virginia, one; Kentucky, one; Okla homa, one; indian Territory, one." Very 8aU Doath Charleston's host known publio school teacher, Miss Lilla Q ?igley, of tho Memmlnger sohool, died Tjurs day from heart dlEeasc. Sho was In ocnversatlon with Principal W. IC Tate and other teachers, when she complained of a pain in hor side. She was shortly afterwards stricken, dying in a fow minutes. She was ono cf thc best known of the city ichool teachers. She has been a toa ebor for 22 years. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian church. She leaves a sister, who ls also a olty sohool teachor and a nephew. The death occurred just a few minutes be fore the assembly exercises. When bliese were held, the young ladles were Imformed of the sad death and oxorclses were suspended for thc day. No Hace RuloKlo. The wife of W. W. Wilson of Ans tin, noar Chicago, ls a woman attor President Roosevelt's own heart. Sho has within th^ last elehteen months mado an anti-race suloldr record of giving birth to two sots of triplets and less than four years ago the samo mother gave birth to >5wlns. And ab are reported to be allvo and doing well It U related In reforonce to Mrs. Wilson that sho has a twin, who.lt thermo; her if twins, while twh s have also appeawi In tho l? mes o' boro usina. Ou Mr. Wilson's ?Ido he has uncles who are twtnn, and one of his.sisters ls the mothor of twins. Ohtkuil to Doath. At Sioux City, Ia., In an effort to devour a pu rid of steak at four mouthful) John Hinger, a wealthy man of 65, was choked to death, H n ger mado a -wager of $10 and cut the pound of porterhouse into four hunks. Ho got two of them down, but the third lodgod In his throat and ho ohoked to dcabh In spito of a physic ians efforts. Ho made tho wager af ter ho had complained of tho small allowance of steak for supper, AOOUHOU ot Wlffl Murder John F. Jackson, a farmer of Tay lorville. Ala., has been arrested for the murdor of his wlfo, who died last Friday In a mystort.'us manner. His son, diaries Jackson and Charlos Webstor, havo been arrested as accom plices. It wai announced that Mrs. Jackson had died of heart falluro, but the woman who proparcd tho body for burial declared that ono log had been broken and her brains had been beaten out. \ VLADIVOSTOK IN FLAMES. Tin City Is tho Hoc no of P?ro mid Murder. A ?-tate of war has tren declared In Viad'v i8tok. Private advices say that thc Chinese quart?'ra has heou entire 1/ destroyed and that the uprising ls now und r control. The upheave! in Russia, following the promulgation of the reform manifestabas now reached Vladivostok, and Yent el k and other extromo points of the empire. Con firmation has been obtained from var ious sou rees of en uprising at Vladi vostok, whero the condition of ? Hiiro ls quite critical. Many persons have killed and thc foreigners have taken refuge on the ships In the harbor. Many public building*, ftores and h< uses have been p Paged aud set Ure to by the mob. The American embassy basr o ii ved from Consul Greener, at V adlvostok, dr tails of the outbreak which began Sunday Immediately after tho depar ture of the Russian armored cruisers Gronrobol and Uossla. Tho people who had gathered In great crowd* in thc '? streets, beet.in * excited by ll Hamm v j tory speeches. Many s >ldkrs tnd sail- y ors were also in an angry m od, hav- j lng expected to go homo with the| squadron. Too mob bf tan to break windows and pllhige and in evening set tire to the theatre, the Ooh?en Horn Hotel, to several blocks of Chin ese buildings In thc northern paro ot tho city and to the < 09 J r's residence and other buildings In the ef?s.erL quarter. The ?rcs bumed all night Seventy buildings were conni ned. Tromps woro summoned to restore order and fired fri q r.ut volleys, kill ing many persono. Just before the American oms'll telegraphed today, the commandant of tho fortress of Vladivostok, assist ed by priests and thc loaders of the workmen's organizations, addressed thc mob, urging thom to keep thc peace, but thc consul said he feared tho attempt would ho in vain. Mr. Greener aided that twenty four mer chant vessels in the harbor wore now crowdod with inhabitants. The con sui was on board a steamer when he sent his dispatch and he expects tc remain there. THE CLEMSON CAR. Whore Marmora Inutituto Will ho Hold Thin Fall. Prof. C. L Newman, who has charge of tho fitting up of the Clem son coll?ge car, toon to go on a tour of the lower part of tho S'.ati?, gives your correspondent the following In formation . Toe hands mie day coach loaned denison college by the Southern rail way ls now sidetracked at Calhoun. This coach is being romodcicd so as to adapt it to th? special use of the in stitute workers for both a moving res ldenco and for the exhibition of var ous Illustrative materials from the dif ferent departments of the college These exhibits are being rapidly got ten together and tho car will bc ready tc move to tho first appointment by the end of the present week. Tuts is one of the most important steps that Clemson college has taken for the In struotlon of tho farmers In particular, and the people of the State at large Since institutes were held throughout thc northern half of the S ate in July and August, tho~o to bo held In No vcmbar, Dccambor and January will be confined to the southern part of tho State. Tho Institutes already arranged for are as follows: Laxlngton, Novombcr 21; Pates burg, Novombor 22; Trenton, Novem bor, 23; Aiken, November 24; WU liston, November 26; Blackville, No vombor 27; Barnwell, November 28; Allendale, Novombor 29; lslandton, November 30; Denmark, D(camber 1; Bamberg, December 2; Branchville December 4; St. George, December 6 Summerville, December (J; MoCiellan ville, December V; Mt. Holly, D.cem bor ll; Bonnoau, Djoembar 12; Sam pit, Deoomber 13; Klngstrec, Dace m her 14; Lake City, Docember 16; Pee DcO, Daoombor 10; Wannamaker, De oember 18; Loris, Deoomber 19; Home wood, December 20th; Conway Dooem ber 21; Society Hill, January 3; Hart? villo. January 4; (a) Lamar, January S; (b) Tlmmonsville, January 6j Cam aron, January 6; St. Matthews, Jami *ry 8; F&. Motto, January 9; King ville, January 10. Awful Deed. d( Ss di n ?VI pr St m Ol g J fo bl oe ai VI tl Y Kl U! At Oi loago, hocomlng suddenly In w iano, Mrs. Benjamin GicstWednesday ge Hurled her Ave year old ?on, Luoas, dt )ut of a bhlrd story window and then sa attempted lo kill hersolf with a ro w volver. The child will probablo re ar jover. The mother was ovorpowored dr ?ter a desperate strugglo and taken Lo an insane hospital. Jj O R.S BORNE'?^ AUGrUSTA, OA. Bookkeeping," Shorthand, Type-writing, Erglish branches, Full marantecd course 20 weeks. Single course of either Business orShert land, 8 mos. 12 calle for graduates in. about 20 days. Can't supply dV land. Write. 5 THE Gum ARD BRICK WORKS,, 9 Manufacturers Brlok, Firo Proof Terra Ootta Bull ling Bink ir X Z Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to fill orders for Ihou ands X * or millions. 9 l??oKonoHooooo?4>c3ococooooouot'ionononon Guoaomouoma? COTI N QINNBR SlNJ VU;HiNBRV OWNERS. Write for Prices on thc Couplings Ouages Guage Cocks Oil Cups Oil Cans Belt, leather Injectors Pipe ace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shafting, Collars for Shafting and anything else in machinery supplies. Columbia Supply Co., - - V . Columbia, S. C. labblt )rllls lack Saws Attings Following Lubricators Belt, Rubber Ejectors Files Belt, Gandy Drill Press Hammers Pulleys A kI)?rl?jc Peut. The Charleston Post says Col. J B. atrtck, ot urt crier and a yeteran of ie c vii war, has gone to Orange urg to attend a reunion of Conft t? rate veterans being held there. He as a member of the Fifth cavalry, u tie r's brigade, of the South Care na Vo'unteers, C. S. A,, and has net Islted Orangeburg since 1804. Th" Islt of Mr. Patrick to O angeburg ;oalls a remarkable foat that he per )rm<d at the battle of Rlgsley' mill hilo a prlsloner. Ile got away from Is guards, and se'z ng the lanyard cf cauuon pointed at a close masB of ed irai soldiers, exploded tho gur. id killed forty-seven men outright lille wounding rainy. -In tho con islon he made his esoape. Murder mid Sulc'de, At Augusta, Qa., John Hockley, ho was at the head of the city lr ld go id wharf department, and Dairy May ere found dead at tho home of th' tter Friday afternoon. It is sup >3cd tho man killed the woman and len committed suicido He bi said tc ive been drinking. Bookley was 45 lars old and leav.s a family. T, e oman was 28 years old. The cause the tragedy is unknown. flanged litmdoir. At St. Appoline, Quebco, believing mt he had murderod his wife Al? re ider Labrle, a wealthy farmer Fri lly committed suicido. The couple ?id quarrelled and in a Ot of rage abrid picked up a gun and li td. ra. Labrle fell to the fl or in a faint ld Labrl*, believing her to be dead, j ingod himself A neighbor found rs. Labrle unconscious but uninju d. \ Mocker's JAW. At Nandovl, Wis., O;to Hambrus r will noter say ."Amen" again. He ade an attempt to Imitate a local I orgy man'? pronunciation of tho good cl Methodist word in a saloon and slocatcd his jaw in the attempt. : Ive men managed to help him close ie jaw after two hours' work and (faring intense pain. Hui ll .wn. Henry M. Stoddard, who was run )wn by a luce on Drayton stroet, wannah, while ridding his bloyclo, ed Wednesday from injuries received e sustained concussion of che brain, ! id the attending physlolani had ex- ! cased no hope for his recover*. Mr.1 oddard was a well knOt?u business an of Savannah. Ho was 50 years1 d. I BUGGY LOGIC. To sell buggies to dealers cost bug i manufacturers abc ut $2.50 per J ib r drummers. Tue consumer pays tho ll, To sell dirac* by this adv. bo thc nimmier costs about the samo money id the consumer pays the bill. Hut ho gets the dealer's profits when j tere ls no dealer in the doa)? Answer: i ou're the man. 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Thin groat specialist lias had orer twenty ara yours of expo ?(moe in the study an? treat' moat of diseases of a ohronio or lingering aa tore, and wo ? hesitatingly say tha Utera ta no caso, no - ttor how severe, that he oaaaet thoroughly nuloretAiid from the very Brat, and prop i> the correct treatment, wal eh ls hound tc ..fleet a permanent cure. By the eli of his syutom of home treatment, he plaoes ai tho disposal of every sufferer his edTsaee? methods of troatment, of which 1 . ls the orig inator, no matter whore he or she re?idas. FlllOH MF.DlCALi AD VICK If you suffer from nny disease of a okreals nature, such as Norrous Debility, Stricture, Vaiioocole, Mood Poison. 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