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If Ait M ANIMALS thev JTvirt?rco Of Progress ia South. ofOfltin? Satieties As to Cat? Monti? Carolin?. No bettor insight into tho rosi pro gross of the South in reoeut yours could bo bad than from an iuspeotlon of tho last figures prepared by tho de partment of agriculture showlDg the efforts of the Sojth to inorease her supply of farm animals. Vhero there oan bo no doubo that rapid progreis has been m ulo throughout tho South goherally during the last ten years In manufacturing, ootton planting and other agricultural pursuits, tho tx p?riment of stock raising was not un dertaken asa maana ot livelihood to any appreciable cx .ent until a tow years b.oc Tho almost unprcaodent ed number of hogs raised In tho state of Virginia and South Carolina during tho past year means that more corn has necessarily been planted on which to feed them ar.d get thom ready fer tho markets. Tuere aro now on the farms of the United States 47.320 fill bigs, and of tl la numb r tho Southern states claim over 8.000,000. Too total gain over Jt>04 for the United State* is 321.144 and tho states of Virginia, North and Scuth Carolina, Gooigia, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky and Tenues seo, which embrace not moro than 12 por cent, tfthe area of thc United States, get abeu' 80 per cent, of in oreaso over 1O04. While, as stated, tho growing of corn has also I ncr eas ed to a marked degree, it bas not kept paoe with the amount necessary for largo stock raising. The area of oom raising appears to be Shifting to thc 8outh:ast. There aro now on the firms of Vir gin!? 707.103 hog ; South Carolina, 063 007; North Carolina, 1,048 140 Georgia, 1,300.002; Alabama, 1,034,. 002; MlKShiippt, 1,087.780; and Ken tuoKy, 1,011,510. While tho Increase in sheep ralsiug has not been so noticeable as in that of hog raising, all of thc Southern states have made i m Ul gales during the last year. At this time there are 452 128sucop In tho state of Virglula, 58,807 in South Carolina, and approx imately 300,000 in each of the other Southern states, with the exception of Kentucky, which nas 054,ii!)'.). In horses and mules, Virginia has invested-not counting auy except thoso designed for farm work-$3 812, 800; South Carolina, S3,070.287; Geor gia more than $7,000,000 and Kan tuoky, whioh wou.'d bc expected to show a very largo number, about half of what Georgia number. From Georgia to the Virginia line, traveling all of the rm ujitatn coun ties lu South Carolina-Oaonee, Pickeus, G. eenville, Spartauburg, York and Cherokee-there is an ar^a of about 7,001' ttl larc miles whioh is said by the department of agriculture to bo unsurpassed for stock raising. Another excellent region ls itu id ly lug to the eastward in North Cart lina from Danville to Salisbury and Char lotte. in all the plato, u region tf Virginia and the Carolinas the land Hes well for pro?tabie Btook ralsiug oe a largo scale. !iii.'> p> hoi 'M K wi r r. All modern advancement and iuvon tlons, marvelous as they aie, have not brought any improvement over good old fashioned courtship. It h easier to become married than it us ed to be, and easier to bo di voi ced. Thc bride nowadays does not bring hostages to happiness in the form ot mg carpets and c\osts of comforts and quilts, made with her own hands and into every stich of which has been foundly tucked, tho love, coi. li dence and faith that ripen only with long courtship ai d thorough acqualn ter ce before ei'gagt mont. Ko; now ada\s she hrh gs only herself and pos sibly her papa's o ieck io a bridegroom whose reai live and character are as unknown to her as are the dee pt of a lake over which shebas j ?yously drifted \i\J the moonlight. Wc generally n/akc shoifc shrift of courtship, eu fcagoment ano marriage in these mod ern days and tho runaway marriage is becoming more and more common. Worth!] p!nic *ho Devil. A person by the namo of Herman Mei.?/. ls getting much notoriety, which he probably val oes, because of his pronounced admiration for his Sa tan.c Majority, with horus, hoof* and tall. Mt i 7. has raised a monument to the devil and, for all we know, may worship lhere at dally. Many good people of Detroit and elsewhere are properly scandalized, but Herman Metz ls really not as scandalous as many of his brothrcn. His forra of worship is only a bit moro public Ho bas erected a statue of the d< vii and pays thc imago his devoirs. Hut ns there Is no "personal" devil this peor nevil I tc ls merely exhibiting a case of weak mind; ibo rt ally harmful fellow ls tiie secret wer hip pei of the Satanic spirit. All know bow to rate Mei/; ii ls tue. oil.er fellow who should be daily watched. The State. SI ?de ? si ; p Prof. Hailey ci Yale University nays that In tho town in which be spent his childhood there was a so ciety of women who wore very active man haters. On ono occasion the president prepared a paper present ing the Strength Of women and thc weakness of men, entitled: "Woman, Without Her, Mau is Helpless," To strrgthen her loiut .she hired ade orcpiiold in ii to read tho piper ba forc the ny ular weekly meeting of tho club. When the time came Hie old man ato>d up, and, reading from thc manuscript, loudly announced lils title as "Womat ? Without lier Man, ls Helpless." UH?-. IO I c.rlotty. Out in California far mets who get up before suurlso In tho morning, or who work until after dark, hitch and unhitch their horst s, milk their cows and do thoir other ''chores" by tho light of electric lamps. Nearly all the farm house* and stables aro light ed by ok CV ri Ol ty, and in nearly every ease lt !?< generated from streams Hywlng from tuc melting snows and tho pe rennial springs of tho Siena Nevadas and tho Cascade mountains. Thc plants are owned at d operated by local companies, who distribute tho power and tho light over tho country by transmission wires. _ Singular Aoolilont. At Patterson, N. J., tbrco deatiis were caused Thursdi y night by the falling of a heavy p c ure on tho wall whioh broko a gas pipe while the Sohrcdcr family was asleep. Chris Soorodor, his mother, Catherine and her.grandchild, Ira La Forge, wore asphyxiated. 'SAX ON TUE DOO. KftlmfttO Of the Amount ll"colvoit tor ?ohool?. Within tho next two wf.^ks Qomp* troller General Jones will figure out fae amount of dog tax reoelycd by the ooufety treasurers aud notify tho ojun ty m ip cr in to ml on ts of edi cition and tho State superintendent of education exactly how , much to eao^i county. The lav/ states that this money must ho distributed ns other school money, aud lt ls presumed that this meana that each county receives its own sharo, and i t is not distributed aocord iug to enrollment as is the dispensary monoy. The comptroller general ls not yet prepared to make au estimate on the amount rcoolvtd, but the State super? intendant of education thinks that it will run at buist $50.000 this year. Mr. Martin states thal tho school trustees in tho country dlstriots bave h on watching the returns and have forced a largo number of dog owners to make returns for their ountne pets. On the ?tiler hand the omplroller general has been deluded with letters protest ing against the payment of the tax and there ls a promise of a ni-..) TOW between tho county auditors, the school trustees and the owners of the dogs who do not Ilk > tho tax. Tno monoy received from this source, whi'.o greatly needed for new buildings and other necessities, will be hut a drep in tho bucket to the imount lost by tho voting cut Qf tho dispensaries. Already nearly $70,000 has been lost from this kouroa as tho tax put on tho dry couuties by the I i r I co act goes for tho support of tho constabulary and not for the school fund. Tola is tho proposition that is worrying the school e Mol?is and will ba eerlously dleoussoi at tho session of tho legislature. DISPENSARY THE I8BUB. Senator Til I mun 8*ye lt Must be Sot? tied in tho Primary. Scuator B. lt. Tillman spent Friday in Charleston, this being his first visit there in two and a half years. He stopped thore on his way back homo, after a visit to Mississippi and a short trip into Florida, whore ho "picked up a few dollars" lecturing. Ho took a trip to tho navy yard, viewing the progress of tho work in whioh ho is much Interested, He was pleased with what he saw at the big government yard, but he thought that the work was not progressing fast encugh. He wanted thc work done more rapidly to keep paco with the appropriations, and of course tie wanted all the ap proprlations that lie cm get for tho work. The Senator said that he had noth ing further to say about tho dhpen sary, believing that his views had been s:i dlMcutly mide clear in his several speeches. He said that the dispensary was thc only ls we in the stata and that thc institution will bc settled at a primary not lu tho way proposed of, tho state to determine the matnten enees of the system. As to his refer ence of a gubernatorial candidate, he said that "all of tho horses are not yet out." The senator had little or nothing to pay about national politic! or af fairs. He will leave his home on Sat urday night fer Washington, whero he goss to attend a maiitiug of the In interstate commerce commission on Tuesday, lld ls In f ivor o the regu lation of raihold irelght A es ard he will doubtless be heard iro n la bis tn ua\ style The trip has proven b;ne tidal and tho senator is looking better than ho has been In some time. On Tho IuorokHO. The oause of temperance seems to bc makirgrcal headway In the United States. For tho first tima in almost a decade tho annual report of the Unit ed .States commissioner of internal revenue shows a decline in the amount of whisky oom urned iu this country. The figures for the >ear ending J inc 30, lOOft, show a deorease of 701 840 gallons of wh'sky consumed as against 1003 4, while up to 1903 for many sear J thc annual Increase of whiskey consumption bad been about 7 000,000 gallons. Beor fur the year 1904 6 ?till showed an inorcaflftd consumption, but le s by 70,000,000 gallons than lu pro soding yearo. Will Como li?. Vi, A lotter whic'i Commissioner Wat non just received from (Jul. Holland of thc Salvation Army lndio.itee that South Carolina will got ono of tee new colonies of Satiation army peo ple, which it is tlie intention of tho army e filolals (is was inchoated in tills letter yesterday) to establish in the In the South. Commisal.mor Watson la also in correspondence with Com mander Booth Tucker, who alsosaems to consider South Carolina favorably. 0 mmissioner Watson has been behind tho scheme since last January, when he wrote the army people a lotter which interested them in this state. ChiokoiiH ami KKK". A correspondent, writing to tho Batcsburg Advocate from Jacksonville Fla., says: "1 went down town th.s morning thinking I would have chick en for breakfast, but carno back with a face as long as my arm, for when I asked tho price of chickens they said sixty cents. That el ld mo up." Tho Charleston News and Courier says farmers and their wives who wlllralso chickens and eggs to snip to tho cities will not have time to bothor about producing cotton at ll cents. The south should provide tho poultry for tho Cid ted States. w ni Kio ArroHtod. Thc authorities are said to bo look ing for evidence willoh will lead to the arrost of young men who commit ed a sacrilege in St. Luke's Kplscopal church, In Lancaster county, Va. It ls saki that tho party of prominent society mon, accompanied by a young woman went into Hie cdlllca and hold i meek communion servlco. Craok era and whiskey were used Instead of bread and wine. After this sxollo gious service, tho roystercrs smashed the tubb) upon which tho feast was spread, Tho young woman was thou baptized In the sacred front which was also smashed. The woman ls said to have slnco committed suloldo in a Baltimore hotel. They Como High. Tho cost tif sea coast defenses come high hut wc must have them. Tho engineer/) want $10000,000 more to complete tho fortifications of tho sea coasts of tho United States. There has already boon appropriated for this purpose $28,003.434. Permanent projects at 31 diiforent points havo been "''opted and most aro well un dor way. PROTECT THK BIRDS. ?hCjf WOitia b?? u i/o MUl?OD* Of Sioi Urs ICvcry Year. To the Editor of The State: The announcement, tn your JBSue of tho 17 ih that fta effort will bo ru: da ou Mot day night to stimulate an In terest in tho State Audubon stolety ls very gratifying to me. as it has for a number of years been my obj sot to Bjoure better protection for non-game birds whose rapid depletion in thin State is a matter ot the utmost eco nomio Imp?rtanos to the agricultural Into routa. * Tue actual damage done to crops in a single season by Injects ls In the aggregate enormous amounting to tho value of not only thousands but mil lions of dollars. Practically the only method of de creasing the number of harmful and destructive Inseots in to And an enemy to them that preys on them, and birds do this botttr and moro assiduously than any other known agent. With the Increasing of in ec eating birds there will be a deoreaas of Inseots. No doubt Mr, Pearson will tell UB how wo may encourage the inorease of tho birds, and thc Audubon SLCioty will soo to lt that the best methods will bo put into iff ot. Ii rn/ mind the boy-with-tho-gun is ono of the deadliest and most per slstent enemies of all the feathered bribe. He kill* for pleasure, but it is a sad commentary that hil innocent pleasure In learning to shoot should be heightened by the admlxturo of the still more Innocent blood of any and all birds that oom? within blt range Porhaps the Audubon s xjioty will belp to teach bim that a boards for a tar get will afford him equal pleasure lu loaming to snoot and ohat the lives of birds sbould be protcobod rather than destroyed. The society oan also tcaoh us what birds should ho destroyed, because they proy on the eggB and young of the desirable kinds, and thus afford those boys who must spill blood an outlot for the cravings. I do not write this in a sentimental vein, bub' wholly from the practical standpoint of the urgent need of af fective moans for oheoklng the ravag es of inseots Injurious to crops. In some nont yoars one-fourth of the corn crop of thia Stato has boen destroyed br one Insect alono-the oom stalk borer, and thia ls not tho only insect that injuros tho corn orop. I nave no particular liking f jr tho ao oallrd E-?erltah sparrow and believe that the total extermination of the sparrow would be a dlstlnot gain, not t>o muoh ou account of the aotual harm they do, but owing to their pugnac iou.-) abd unfriendly nature, which pre eludes their living in peace and har mony with other varieties of birds, and their well known fighting ability. They soon become sole occupants of any premises they see flt to choose for habitation, whether lb be elby groves or country fields. Purh*ps Prof. Pearson can prove tbe sparrow to be of some use, but I believe tbat our city ordinance should be amended bo allow the small boy the prlvllage of ahooitrg the aparrow "on sight" and oven to off^r a per ciplta price for cvary sparrow killed. Tbe stu ly of animate naturo should be begun In the primary niasses in every school in the State, and be con tinued through tho higbest grades so that evory pupil should booome thor oughly furn.liar with every form cf wild animal, bird or InBect of tho State and learn to disc I m?nate do tween the "good" and the"b?d," to robeob tho formor and destroy the latter. Io might In time have a very strong Influence over thom wbon, as men they booome employes, 6mployora and jurymen. I sincerely hopo that tba Stato branch of tho Audubon society will beoome an aotlvo, able and thorugbly "live Institution. J. W. Hauer. Columbia, Nov. 17, 1005 T HIB VUS CAUGHT. Ono Sooretod in Packln? C e Willoh Another Shinned At Nu York a thief who entered ths Scourlty Storage company's ware house In an express p?iokag* Thursday was caught Friday as he was about to leave the warehouse, hidden In tbe samo package along with $700 worth of sbolen goods. Thursday night ho cllmbod out of his paokago and after rilling tho warehouse again repacked himself and his plnnder. When oaugbb Friday Le ssid his name was John Schmidt and told tho sbory of his robbery. Thursday after noon at 4 o, cloon two packing casse hore taken to the company's ware wousc 212 Spring street. Schmidt was In ono of thom whloh waa fitted with .pring h c is so as bo be operated from the budds. W.th bim WM a bottle of whiskey, a sob of burglar tools and a dark lantern. The other box was used foi packing his plundor. Schmidt emerged Thursday night and plundorod the place and at seven o'olook Friday morning was safely re packed with his plundor. But an employe saw one of the boxes move unaccountably as lt stood alone on the floor and peeplug through a knothel* in the top saw the burglar's hat, Ile Immediately smashed the packing case open. Flvo minutos later an expressman oallod asking bo remove the two boxs? which contained tbs burglar and his plunder. The police wont with tho expressman to meet the man who sent him after the boxes. Thia man, who gave the name of Robert Arnold, was found walting at the Bowery and ike md avonuo and was arrested. Hearst's I0xp?n*ea. William R. Hearst, candidate for mayor of New York city on the muni cipal ownership tloket, certified to tho secretary of state Thursday that his total campaign expenses were (05, 843. This breaks the record for snob expenses, whloh was formerly held by Governor Higgins, who spent during tho last state campaign 122,000. Mr. Hearst says he contributed all but . 17,488 of tho 380,200 whloh was spout by the finance ojmmltteoof tho Municipal O vuorshlp Le*?uo for tho bencllbofall the candid?>os fon the tlokot and expended 94,125 personally for buttons and lithograph?. Some of the large itoms wore; law depart ment, .3.507; printing 98,000; music .7,808; carriage hire, .? 810; rental of halls, decoration and illuminations . 12 012; watchers for elcotlon, .19, 580; Investigation of registration, .3 2C9 Suicided. O- Thursday, at Stanford, Conn., S Frank Weed, a momber of tho firm Weed Brothors, ootton comlsslon merchants of New York, commit bcd suicide. His a ind ls bcllevod to havo boon tompoiailiy deranged by ss. JN THE C?UBTS. Ohlei J u5tico Popo Issues Two Orden ? About Biko law. Petitions Como up ('Vom Newberry Connty and a Hearing Will f?o Had at Columbia Deo 4 h. Tko dlspansary fight against the Brioc law by Messrs. Bellinger and Welsh and John G. Capers is on again. M: J or lVobert H. Walsh appeared be fore Chief Justice Y. J. Popo at Cham bora in Newberry Thursday and se oured two orders In oonneotlon with this matter. In both mattera the petitioner ls Adam AuU, a resident taxpayer of the ODunty of Newberry.. In tbe first petition he sets out that out of tbe net Income derived by the state from the salo ot liquors In this state ur dor tho dispensary law, after apportioning the required amount to the defiolonoleB existing in the var ious oounties of th? otate, there ls still remaining in tho state treasurer's hands, tub J ob to payment on the warrant of the c m pt roi 1er general, a largo surplus subjeot to apportion ment by tho - comptroller gonerd and he contends the common SOIIOOIN of Newberry are entitled to a portion of said mirp'iu. Tiiat the ?mid comp broiler general threatens, and ls about to so apportion said h ur pl UH fund, as to deprive the oom. arron EOXXOO1S of IS ev* barry of any pari thereof, and re fuses to draw bis warrant In favor of said sohools tor any amount whatso ever. Tho petition then quotes article X-I, seotlon 12, of tho constitution, and certain aots of tho gonoral assom bly, and Btatea thero is no warrant of law for refujing to tho common sohoolB of Nowborry oounty a portion of said Mir pluH, unices lt bo found In the no called B loo act-, "wt. lob. said aot ir, as petitioner respectfully eontends, null and void, inasmuch as it contrav enes said article X I, section 12, of the cons. Hutton ot this state. Peti tioner prays that said Brlco cot* be deol&rtd unconstitutional, and that the comptroller general bo restrained from paying out to and drawing his cilloial warrant for tho sum of $633 - 50, or any part thereof, in favor of tho common schools of any county other than Newberry oataty, and that ho be directed to draw his official war rant in favor of the common sohools of Nowberry county for their propor tional share of said Btirplus in propor tion to thc enrollment in bald publlo common schools. Tho order signed by Chief Justice Popo lu responso to this petition di rects that Comptroller General A. W. Jones, tho rtspondont. show oauso be fore the supreme oourt, at Colmmbia, on Dcoembor 4th, why tho prayer of tho petitioner should not bo granted, and that he be enjoined and restrain ed from paying out or drawing his of ficial warrant for ?633 60, which RUTO, it ls alleged in the petition, would bo apportioned to tho publio sohools of Nowberry, were it not for the provis ions of the aot commonly called the Brloo act. In tho second petition the county board of control of Newberry and Dis pensary C^ramlsilonor W. O. Tatum are made respondents. The potitlonor being tito same as in tho petition ab?ve referred to. The petitioner set? out tho dispensary law, anr* f'te Brio? aot, ai d contends, on Cocunda now familiar to the public, that the Brio? act is unconstitutional. Wherefore the petitioner prajs: "That thc said act be tl. el,'.rod unconstllu.ional, null and void, that the said conuty board of control be enjoined from keeping said dispensaries in Nowberry county olos ed, and be compelled by the order ol tiro court to open thc samo in pursu auco of the valid law of the stato, that tho said dispensary commissioner be enjoined from refusing to furnish said liquors to the couuty dispensers, and be decreed by thc order to furnish the same, pursuant to the valid laws ol tho stite," oto. I i responso to thia petition, Chief Justice P.'pj ?Igned an order, which Dads lo part a* fol tits: 'That the respondents, as tho county board of control of Newberry cninty and dis pensary cornall sinners do show eause before tho supremo court of this state, In lt.6 court room, In thc city of Col umbia on tho 4th day of December, 1806 at 10 o'clock a m. why the prayor of the potioner herein should nob be granted." To lt i t lu-ts Cotton. A dispatch from Now Orleans says following the arrival of President Martie Jordan, the Southern Cotton Asooolablon to day ger feo ted plans for taking off the market 3,000,000 bales cf ootton by moans of a series of pledges, which the farmors will sign themselves, stating thoir namo and address aud tho amount of ootton they will thus hold. The cotton hold will not be sold for loss than fifteen oents a pouna according to the pledges. A representative of tho Association Is to he sont Into every one of tho 817 oot ton producing cemties of the cotton belt at once. When the p'elgos are signed, tliey will bo sont to tho central oOlee of the Association In Atlanta. I'reti lent Jordan says that half of the orop lias already been sold at an avorage of ten cents and tho spinners must have all tho romalnder. Me be lieves that (ifteon'oonta for the rema'n der ls a fair prlco, and lb will only avorage tho spinners 12 12 cents, whllo thoy havo based all their calcu lations on 14 cent cotton. A l'ooitiinr Situation? Mrs. Marlo ttantangolo, an Italian Immigrant, ls detained at Kills island near Now York, while making tho oholce between parting possibly for ever with her two children, in order to make her home horo with her husband or of giving up hor husoatd to roturn to Italy with tho children. Mer hus band Isa natural z d American cltlr.cn living a. Youngstown, JOhlo. Th* children and their mother are t.111.cttd with brache m ? , an Inf. o iou? disease of the tyo, and the law in auch oaaea read? that the wife of a cit'/MT of the United Statos can nob be deported, but that hor ohtldron.ln oaao thoy are .suturing fr"m any infectious dlseaso, must bo sont hack to tho country thoy carno from. ? OYO exploded* At Bethlehem, Pa., whllo Mrs. M. A. Focrlng, wife of Headmaster Foor lng of tho Bethlehem Proparatory school, was In the kitchen of hor home Wednesday, the water back of tho stove exploded and a largo piece of dying iron struck her on tho hoad, orushlng hor .skull and instantly kill lng hor. Bessie Mlllor, a servant girl was thro ?n the length of the room and Injured by coming in contaot with furniture. Tho room was badly , wrecked ar.d sot on fire, but the llamos i were extinguished by palntors who i wero omployod on the promisee. I CURES AFTER THE DOCTORS HAVE FAILED. RHEUMACIDE has cured thousands of cases of Rheumatism after all the doctors and all other means had failed. Rheumaclde oured John F. Eline and others, of Baltimore, after the famous specialists of Johns Hopkins Hospital, the greatest hospital in the world, had failed. Rheumacide 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 Welborn, of High Point, N. C . 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 th? most delicate stomach, and builds up the entire system. Almost n Miracle kn This Case. Dillon. S. C.. Aue. 18. Bobbitt Chemical Company: Gentlemen:-In September. 1809. I took rheu matism In n very bad form (Inflammatory), In a month after the disease- started I had to KIVC up my work ond KO to bed. lt continued to grow worse until my arms and hands wera badly drawn, so much so that I could not use thom. My legs were drawn back till my feet touched my hips. I was as helpless as n baby for nearly 12 months. Tho muscles of my arms and lets were hard and shriveled up. I suffered death many times over. Was treated by six different physicians in McColl, Dillon and Marion, but none of them could do mo any wood, until Dr. J. P. Kw in?, of Dillon, camp to see inc. He told mo to try your RH ICU M ACIDIC. He not me ono bottle of the medicine and I began to take it. and before the lirst bottle was used up I beean to get better, I used BX bottles and was coin Kletely cured. That was years ak'o and my colt li has been excellent ever since. Have had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will say further that I began to walk in about six days after I began to take RHEUM ACIDIC willi the aid of crutches; In about three months after I bevan to take it 1 could walk os good as iiiiy body, and went back to work a ira in. Yours truly. 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 Rh?umati?m0 ?datier. Lumbago, Rheumatic Gout, Indigestion, Constipation* Liver Trouble, Kidney Troubtfl* La Grippe. All Blood Piaaas?*. ELECTION Of OFFICERS. By tho Various Umn o h CH of tho Southon) Cotton AB3r.oa.tlon. l?arvie J ord tn, president of the Southern Cotton Association, has is sued the following statement regard ing mcetiDgs of the various branches of tho association, lnoludlng tho State association, for the purpose of elect ? lng cfllcers for 1900. For tho purp jae of re electing civil sub-dlvlslon, milita district and township oillcers for theemulng year, j meetings are c ?Hod to be held at ! each voting preoinct, or tho contrai! point, of the above named sub dlvi- , sion throughout the o )tton states on the first Saturday In December 1005 "Tho cUlcers shall consist of civil sub division militia or township, pres ident, secretary and treasurer; also from two to fivo representatives shall bo eleoted, or chosen, at this meeting for tho purpose of attending the coun ty cr parish meeting which will bs called at the county court house, or their regular place of meeting, on the second Saturday in December, 10?f> whioh will bo the Otb day, for the purpose ot electing oounty or parish cubers for the enduing year. "These county oflloors shall, alco, consist of president, secretary and treasurer. At those oounty or paTlsh meetings, whioh will bo held on thc or.h day of December, representatives or delegates to thc state or territorial convention will bo ohosen, for tho purposo of meeting at their respective capitols on tho ilrst Wednesday in January, 1006. Each county or par lah will elect one or three delegates to attend tho annual meetings called to mefct at the state capitols on the first Wednesday In January 1000, whioh Is the 3rd day. "Thcso state meetings will bo held for tho purpose of eleotlug state oM ' cers for the ensuing year and mem bers of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton Assolatlon as follows: For the state of Alabama, three; Arkansas, twe; Florida, one; Georgia, three; Louisiana, threo; Mississippi, three; Missouri, ono, North Carolina, two; South Carolina; two; TonncHsee, o^e; Texas, live; Virginia, one; Kentucky, one; Okla homa, one; Indian Territory, one." Vory Hait Donen Charleston's best known public sohool teacher, Miss Lilla Q ?igley, of the Memminger fiohool, died Tiurs day from heart diseuse. Sho was In conversation with Principal W. K Tate and other teachers, when she complained of a pain in her side. She was shortly afterwards stricken, dying in a few minutes. She was ono of tho best known of tho city ichool teachers. She has been a toa ebor for 22 years. Sho waa a member of the Second Presbyterian oburob. She leaves a sister, who ls also a city sohool teacher and a nephew. The death occurred just a fow minutes be fore the assembly exercises. When bheso were held, tho young ladles were Imformed of the sad death and exorcises were susp?.udcd for the day. No lt* oe Sulclrto. The wife of W. W. Wilson of Au* tin, noar Chicago, ls a woman attor President RooBovelt's own heart. Sho has within th" last elehteen months made an antl-raoo suicide record of giving birth to two sots of triplets and less than four years ago the samo mother gave birth to *wlns. And aU are reported to be allvo and doing well lt ls related In reforonce to Mrs. Wilson that Bho hos a twin, who.U the|moihcr >f twins,whllo twh s have also appeared in tho he mes o' hore indus. Ou Mr. Wilson's ?ido b( has unolcs who are twine, and one of hls.slsters ls the mother of twins. Oin I'..ni t<> Dredi. At SIOUX City , Ith, In au effort to devour a p u id of Steak at fi ur mouthful* John Ringer, a woalthy man of 06, was choked to death, R n ger maelo a wager of ?10 and cut ibo pound of porterhouse Into four hunks. Ho got two of thom down, but the third lodged In his throat and bo ohokod to death In spite of a physio Ians efforts. He mado tho wager af ter he had complained of tho small allowance of sto\k for supper, Aooutioct of Wllo Murrlor John F. Jackson, a farmer of Tay lorville, Ala., has been arrested for thc murder of his wife, who died iast Friday In a myatorlr us manner. Ills son, Coarles Jackson and Charlos Webster, have been orrestod as accom plices. lt wai announced that Mrs. Jackson had died of heart falluro, but the woman who proparcd tho body for burial declared that one IA? bari been broken a?id her brains had been beaten cut. \ VLADIVOSTOK IN FLAMES. Tin City Is tho Hoe no of F'ro anti Bf ardor. A ?-tate of war has bvcn declared In Viad v ?8tok. Private advices siy that thc Chinese quart rs has been entire 1/ destroyed and that tho uprising ls now und r ci ntrol. Tho upheavel In Russia, following the promulgation of the reform manifesta has now reached Vladlvjstalc, and Yen! el k and other extremo points of the empire. Con- : Urmatlon has been obtained from var lous sources of un uprising at Vladi vostok, whero the condition of * Hairs is quite critical. Many persons have ' killed and the forelguers have taken refuge on the ships In the harbor. Many publlo building*, t tores and lu uses have been p llagod and sit lire to by the mob. The American embassy basr c Jived from Consul Greener, at V adlvostok, drtall3 of tho outbreak which began' Sunday Immediately after tho depar ture of thc Russian armored cruisers Qrorroboi ar.d Rossi a. The people who had gathered In great crowds In the jtreots, becj.m >. excited by ii ll imm v tory speeches. Many s ?lditrs tnd sail ors were also in an angry m od, hav ing expected to go home with the i squadron. Tue mob organ to break windows and plllnge and in evening set lire to tho theatre, the Golden Horn Hotel, to several blocks of Coin ese buildings in the northern part ot bho city and to tho ( Ul; r's resi lenca and other buildings lu the ensere. luar^.er. The lifts burned all night Seventy buildings were consumed. Preps were summoned to restore order and tired fn qu:ut volleys, kill lng many persons. Just bsforo the American cms ri telegraphed today, thc commaudani af tho fortress of Vladivostok, assist ed by priests and the leade rs of the workmen's organizations, addressed the mob, urging thom to keep the peace, but tho consul said lie foared ibo attempt would be In vain. Mr. 3rccner aided that twenty four mer ?hant vessels Ja the barber were now uowded with inhabitants. The con ml was on board a steamer when he lent his dispatch and he expects tc ?emaln there._ THE CLEMSON CAR. Whore Farmers Instituto Will l>o Held This Fall. Prof. C. L Newman, who has ?harge of tho Atting up of the Clem ion college car, tioon to go on a tour if the lower part of tho S'.atv, gives mur correspondent tho following In formation . Tue hands imo day coach loaned Jkmson college by thc Southern rall nay ls now sidetracked at Calhoun, rids coach ls being remodeled so as to ulapt lt to the special uso of the In itltute workers for both a moving rcs donco and for the exhibition cf var )us illustrative materials from the chf 'orent departments of the college, riicso exhibits are being rapidly got ,en together and tho car will be ready .o move to the llrst appointment bj ?ho end of tho present week. This ls inc of the most Important steps that Jlcmson college baa taken for the In itruotion of the farrnors In particular, ?.nd the people of the State at large. ilr.ee Institutes were held throughout ihc northern half of the S'.ate In July tnd August, those to bo held In No vember, December and January will je cm tl ned to the southern part of !,be State. The institutes already arranged for ire as follows: Lexington, Novombcr 21; Bates jurg. Novomber 22; Trenton, Novena jor, '23; Aiken, Novombor 24; Wil Iston, November 25; Blackville, N i /cmbor 27; Barnwell, November 28; Mlendalo, Novembor 20; Islandton, November 30; Denmark, December 1; Hamberg, Decembor 2; Branchville, December 4; St. George, December 5; Summerville, December 6; MoClellan ville, December 9; Mt. Holly, D.oem uer ll; Bonneau, Dsoember 12; Sam pit, Decomber 13; Klngstree, Decem ber 14; Lako City, December 16; Pee Def), Deoombor 10; Wannamaker, De member 18; I>orls, Decomber 10; Home wood, December 20th; Conway Dcoom aer 21; Soolety Hill, January a; Harts idllo. January 4; (a) Lamar, January S; (b) Tlmmonsvilio, January f>; Cam iron, January 6; St. Matthe..vs, Jami iry 8; Jj'o. Motto, January 9; King /Mo, .Uimary 10. Awfui poed, At Ol tcago, becoming suddenly in lane, Mrs. Ben J'-.min G lest Wednesday nirlcd her Ave year old ?on, Luoas, mt of a third story window and then ittemptcd to kill hersolf with a ro mlver. Tho child will probablo re y>ver. Tlie mother was overpowered if ter a desperate strugglo and taken JO an insane hospital. -?\ O R.S B O R N E ' ? fc AUGUSTA, OA. Bookkeeping,"Shorthand, Type-writing, English branches, Pu? guaranteed course 20 weeks. Single couiro of either Business or Short hand, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduates in about 20 days. Can't supply de mand. Write. ^.?.?.?.?????????????.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.?.UMI I THE Gum ARD BRICK WORKS,, 5 COL/?MBIA isl? O S 9 Manufacturera Briok, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Bull ilup Bl nk )r X X Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to till orders for thou ands X ? or millions. 9 COT r N ?INNER SV.Ni) .VUJHiNERY OWNERS. Write for Prices on the Following Babbit Couplings Guages Lubricators Belt, Gandy Drills Ouage Cocks Oil Cups Belt, Rubber Drill Press Hack Saws Oil Cans Belt, leather Ejectors Hammers Fittings Injectors Pipe Flies Pulleys Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shafting, Collars for Shafting and anything else in machinery suppllos. Columbia Supply Co., . - . . Columbia, S. C. A vl)*rinjc Feat. Thc Charleston Post say?Col. J. B. Patrick, c urt crier and a veteran of oho c vii war, has gone to Orange burg to attend a reunion of Coi>f< d ?.rate veterans beln? 1 eld there. He .SHH a member of the Fifth cavalry, Butler's brigade, of the South Caro lina Vo'unteers, C. S. A., and has net visited Orangfburg since 18G4. The visit of Mr. Patrick to Orangeburg recalls a remarkable feat that he per form(d at tho battle of Rlgslcy' mill whllo a prlsloner. He got away from ils guards, and se'z ng the lanyatd cf i cannon pointed at a close mass of Redirai soldiers, exploded thc nun ind killed forty-seven men outright while wounding miny. -In tho cou fusion he made his escape. Murder and Sulo'dc, At Augusta, Ga., John Buckley, who was at the hsadof the city b'idge md wharf department, and Dairy May were found do.-ul at tho home of Cl utter Friday afternoon. It is sup )Oscd thc man killed the woman and then committed suicide He is eaid tc lave been drinking. Puckley was 45 roars old and leav.s a family. T. e vornan was 28 years old. The cause if the tragedy ls unknown. ItaiiKtul liimjoir. At St. Appoliue, Quebeo, believing that he had murderod his wlfo Al?x< indar Labrle, a wealthy farmer Fri lay committed suicide. Tho couple j liad quarrelled and ina lit of rage : Labrid picked up a gun aud li td. Mrs. Labric foll to the fl or In a faint ! md Labrln, believing her to be dead, I Hanged Muself A neighbor found Mrs. Labrle unconscious but uninju red. _ A Motki'i'fl Jaw. At Nandovl, Wis., O;t>o Hambrns jdr will never say ."Amen" again. He nade an attempt to imitate a local 1 jlergyman's pronunciation of tho good lld Methodist word in a taloon and lislooatod his law in the attempt. : ETI vc men managed to help him olose ,he Jaw after two hours' work and tuffering Intense pain. Hun DJWAI Henry M. Stoddard, who was run lown by a luci on Drayton stroet, havannah, while ridding his bloyclo, lied Wednesday from Injuriesrecolved ll? aust al nod concussion of the brain, I ind th? attending physicians had ex- j pressed no hope for his recovery. Mr. Stoddard was a well known business nan of Savannah. Ho was 50 yoars ! >ld. BUGGY LOGIC. To sell buggies to dealers cost bug ry manufacturers abtut $2.50 per J ib for drummers. Tu? consumer pays tho Dill. To sell direct by this adv. to tho xwsumer costs about the same monoy ind the consumer pays the bill. But who gets the dealer's profl'u when there is no dealer in the deal? Answer: You're the man. Golden Eagle Bug lios, ?06.00 retail TSIUO, to you direct itndcr guarantee, ??.y.00. You're pleas 3d or your money back. A tip: Buy with each Golden Eagle Buggy a $12.50 iot of harness at $4 00. They oost your Coaler more. Tito double pu ronato m vos you $23.00 and soon res an outfit whlob will look elegant to begin with ind last with tho very host. Sond for iosorlptivo catalog No. 20. QCLDEN E AC LE BUGGY Co., Atlanta, Ga. An Expert Specialist At Your Own Home. Seek the Advice of the South's Moat Skillful Physician-Ho will Coun sel and Advise Any Sufferer on Any Disease Without Charge --25 Years of Experience. Valuable Booka Free Writ? for Thom. Hroofcnizetl AS the Oldest ttstabllsh ed ?nd ?lout Uoltablo Bpoolallat. DH. HATHAWAY, livery aflllctod reador of thin paper U lavlt? ed to consult Dr. J. Newton Hathaway of At? lantA, Qa., tho South's moo . ?lellable Heeolol ?si, on ?ny dlseasa, absolutely without cbarga Tina great specialist haa had over twenty ave years of exp? ?cuco in the study and treat? meut of diseases of a ohronlo or lingering ma ture, mid wo ? hesitatingly eay Um thor? le no case, no . ttor how severe, that he oaaaet thoroughly indorstAiid from the very An*-. and prep i > the correct treatment, wnAeb is hound U ? fleet a permanent cure. By tba aid ol' bia system of home treatment, be places at the disposal of every sufferer bia III it TM ti I methods of treat nient, of which I e ie th? orig inator, no matter whore he or ehe resides. I K 1010 MIODICAIJ Al) VICK If you suitor from ?ny disease of a ob re* i o nature, such aa Nervous Debility, Rtrloture, Vaiioocele, Blood Poison, Kidn or Bleater Trouble, Diseases of tho Heart, Liver or stoat aoh, Throat, and Lung Trouble, Lost Manhood, llydroeelo, Urlna-y Disordats, Skin Dis?*?*? Rheumatism, Catarrh or private diseases ox iron, such an O loot, oto.., and diseases' pscnllar to women, etc., etc., do not make tbs mlaUika of consulting your home doctor, who will charge yon anywhoro from 1 to $25 for soe sultation alone, but sit down and Write to Dr? Hathaway. Ho will counsel end advise y a? without one cent of charge. He ls the recog nized authority on these, diseases In this coun try, and you can, therefore, appreciate UM value his opinion of your cato would ba t* you. Ho has boan established in Atlanta fei ye*rB and years, and bis reputation ts met equalled by any other physician, H?V? ?o hesitancy in writing bim. lin will also seas! you a valuable book on your disease, ail charges prepaid. You aro especially Invited to write for als book for mon, entlUod, "Manliness, Vigor aaa Health." Be nure to wrlto this ?rent specialist ?boat your disenso? today. His business is oenduet? od in an honest, straightforward manner, sad ?ou can always fool assurodof "a square daab" bo address lr J.NKWTON HATHAWAY. M. D, 88 Inman Bldg., Atlanta, Qa. 5** - - ORGANS .. of tho boat, puah ty $45 up Upright Pianos From $225 up. Write Us for catalogues and terms. Malone's Music Uonsc, 1432 Main Street Almost opposite^ Maeonio | Templo, COLUMBIA, S. G.