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8 WK A .?H SHE LUD JNHKR VKBTIM.ON Y IN THE BAM BBR? POISONING CASH. Th? Bunch Woman Claims That Mr. G. B. Kit xell Fri hnened Her Into Perjury. W. Glare Dickinson, the man oharged with the poisoning of B. F. Roed in Bamberg about the middle of the month Just ended, was released Wednesday on bail by Ohief Justice Pope of the supremo court. The pro ceedings were brought by Dickinson's attorney?) and were based on affidavits from Ali?la Bur oh, who says that she swore falsely at the cor mers inquest in pinning the crime cn tho def en dant. She swore at that timo that Dickinson had given Reed whiskey and that Bho was led to believe that there was poison In lt- In the Effila vit submitted Wednesday she swear?? that nt io made this testimony because after Reed's death, Mr. G. B. Kit troll, Mis brother In law oame to her and told that if she did not implicate some one she might bc banged. Mr, Klttrell after Raeds death had the body exhumed and hal tho stomach examined to Bhow evidences of arse nio poisoning. Analbl is also claimed on the affidavits used Wednesday. It is said that Diokluson and bis friends will not drop the case but will take it to tbe oourts. B. F. Reddlod on January 14. Tao day before he claimed that he feb very unwell about 3 o,clock in the aftcruoun and died at G o'clock the next morning the cause being assigned as paralysis cf the brain. II:s brother in law, Mr. G. B. Klttrell <vus not at all satibllect i*ilh tills, on acccunt of tho poison theory and tho body, by direction of Coroner J. H Zdgler, was oislnterred. Two physicians, Drs. Hoover and Oleokley, performed an autopsy, re moved the stomach at.d thc brain and stated that they found evidences of poison having been administered. Toe stomaoh was taken to Augusta and examined by Dr. John Schroider, who also discovered truce i of arsenic Two women, ono white named Alicia lim c i, and one colored lola Wesley, were arrested. An lr quest was held and Alida But ch tcstilled that on the morrniog of January 13, Reed and Dickinson had been at her house ai d that the latter had given the former a drink of whiskey, but he had not given any one else any nor had he taken any himself. Seeli g some people coming, ho lumped out Of the window, but Reed remainul several hours. Diokluson returned In the afternoon and said to her "1 guess that will fix thc-." Shu further testilled that Dickinson had told her ton days before that he would kill Reed ir ho did not keep away from ber, and that since ber ar rest ho had visited her at the Jill and told her to eay nothing about what he had said about Ried. The inquest last Friday week and Dloklnsoo, on whom suspicious seems to have, as lils relatives had already employed a lawyer H. M Graham, was arrested. He was taken to Jail but a dispatch to Tue Slate of Monday predicted someobanges lu Mu case. OJ Tuesday a Bamberg dis patch said that the Bunch woman had declared ber testimony at the coron er's inquest was falso and that she had put tho crime on Dickinson t the suggestion of some one, who told her that her neck might be cracked. This dispatch further stated that a com plete alibi was established for Dlckiu sou. Tho affidavits preset ted In the su preme court by Mr. K T. LaFlttc, at torney for Dickinson, ure Interesting The Bunch woman tcstities that Raed came to her bouse on the morning In question and bad been drinking, that ho took several drinks of whiskey while there and remained for a timi After his death she swears, G. B. Kit troll came to her house and said: "If you do put the cri mo on some one they will break ycu neok. Wnen he told mo that. I waa so frightened did not know what to do, so to suv myself I made up my mind to put it on W. O. Dickinson. 1 voluntarily called Mr. F.d Dickerson, brother of W. 0. Dickerson, and mace the state mcnt that all the testimony I gav< before the coroner In reference tu W 0. Dickerson's conneoilon with the death of Ben F. R ed| was absolutely falte, that W. C. Dickers? n was not at my house when Reed was there." At the ii quest the woman had tes tided that tbe men came to her home about ll o'clock In the forenoon but Dickinson submits an affidavit tnat lu did not leave bis house- that aftorno.-i until 4 o'olock, and that In thc morn lug he v/iis mord tban a milo distant from the Bunch woman's lu use. The derk in the county dispensary makes affidavit that Dickinson and (J. 0. Rowell came into tho dlspmsary be tween 10 and ll o'chek in the morn lng. Tuts was a milo distant from the house. L. B. Fowler saw Dlckln son, BO ho swears, all day between 0 a. m. and 2 p. m. exoept between noon and 1 p. m. Jos?phine Alexan der Josi Hies that Reed carno to Mr. 8am Felder's hotibo (?here it seems that the Bunch woman waO ab out ll o'olock and remained until 2 p. m. Dickinson oamo there ab ut 1 p. m. but Ried was not there then. 0. 0 Rowell was with Diokluson from 10 a. m. until 2 p. m. except about 16 or 20 minutes. Tho order for bail was signed by Ohief Justior; Y. J. Pope and llxcd in the sum ot $1,000. A Bamberg telegram to The State says: "A telegram was received here this afternoon announcing the fact that the supreme court bad granted ball In tho sum of $1,000 to W. Clare i) ci-loson, charged with the mordor of B. F. Rood. A few moments after the telegram wad received ball was signed and Mr. Dickinson released from Jail. He bas been on the streets, receiving congratulations of his friends In view of the f tot that affairs in the case have turned so completely In bis favor there bas boon some talk that the oaso might now bo dropped, but. Mr. Dickinson and his friends and rel atives will not agree to this. They will insist that the ouso go to trial." Fatal Oolliulon. A collision on the Great Northern raliway Tuesday night resulted lu the death of at least four persons, and probably more. The Great Northern limited, west bound, crashed into an east bound paisoi g?.r near Columbia Falls, Wash. The fireman on eaon train was instantly killed. A num ber of passengers on both trains wero injured. Many ooaohes wero plied up on the wrcokago. A wreoklng outdo auu uiiySiOitt?iS ur? Y? DCOu St Great FHIIH. Both loc motives were turned completely over and piled up together many foot from tho road. THEY GAME BACK. (ought Hom?? In Oklahoma But Woe y AU Returned The Augusta Harald says th?to Is omethlug very slgnit-oant lu the an* lounoauient that of the one hundred kutti Carel'slaas wllo went cut to Oklahoma with a view to remaining ihore permanently there were only ?htee who did not return to their lomos in South Ouollna. The south ls oertalnly good enough Ic r most people, and thoie aro more reusouB for this than tho moro fact ?.hat we have no marked extremes of neat and cold, and that the sky ls generally blue. O' course ollmate is the south's greatest and rarest gift. The free dom ( f om deoi- life ls pleasantly poa .th o tho whole year round, which ls not only a most agreeable state of flairs in Itself, but whioh means a great dial to the agriculturist. Nat urally, the praotioal aspect of tbe oase is that whioh appeal? most irre sistibly to 8uo i home soekers as thone southerners who have KO ?it tl y come buk home again after visiting thc west, and lt ls to the praot'oil an well as to the sentimental and romantic standpoint that the south makes Its most sure appeal. To begin with, land is oheoper here han lo the wes?. This IB, of oourse, a great consideration to thuso who have only a limited amount of money to be expended In aores, and to whom it means muoh to havo enough money left over, after the purchase of the requisite amount of land, to build a house and tho out turnings, Those interested In the settlement of tho west have had much to say about tho greater richness ot tho laud the^o, but lt is a well known fact that when tho land ls richer in the west than in this section of tho south it ls whero lt has becu rnoie indefati gably worked and fertilise d than In other places' lt has been demonstra ted moro than once that one farmer can raise over two hundred hushes of potatoes on a single aore, while anoth r can barely talse one hundred on the aero adjoining, even though both pieces of land havo equal values. From which lt is readily seen that lt is tho man as well as tho land that counts. Unquestionably, tho pcoplo of tho west uro moro energetic and industri als than those of the south, and this is largely duo to tho faot that the west bas to light harder for what lt gets than does tho saith. All who know this section at all know that there hundreds of growths here wide Nature gives almost for tho mere asking. Beoauso of this tho southern farmer is able to support himself aud family entirely i ff of what he ralseH, having lu ole ir oashall that ho re eel ves for cotton, oom and o ober pro duce carried to tho markets. Not over a huudred miles from Au guita there Isa certain prtsperou* farmer who sells q lantltses of cotton and corn P.nd wno buys absolutely nono of his supplies except Bait. He raises his own beef and pork and bas plenty of corn to fei d his stook. Ho owns rico ll ?Ids and raises bis tea, tho front avenue leading to his house b ing bordered by tea plauts. Sugar and syrup ho makes from tba sugar Cine he raises. Fruit and vegetables of all kinds he has In greatest abun dane), and he bas recently begun to can on a tremendous scale for thc market tomatoes, peaches, pears, ap ples and berries. RURAL MAIL 0AKHIKR3. A Hill Introduced in eon/;.TIM to Kalm Tiiolr Salaries. Thc rural mall curlers in South Carolina and throughout the oountry will receive $1100 p r annum hereafter Instead of the amount they are now receiving, should the bill which has ooen introduced in thc house fer this purpose by Mr. Aiken pass. A dis patch from Washington to the. Col im?la Record says Mr. Alkon ls thoroughly convinced that the mall carriers of the state aro too poorlv paid and that they should be better iaken care of than they aro at present. We azr.'o with Mr. Aiken. Wnen the Miaracier of the work performed hythe carriers is taken into consideration, ind tho expense they havo In keeping lorses and vehicles, nine hundred is lot to much to pay them. lt ls said there is danger that the I'.ate may lose many of its free deliv ?ry routes at an early date, according o what Representative Eilerbo and ohnson say ooncorntng the matter. "Tr. Johnson recently called attention .o ibo fact that the postmaster gen ira! would soon cut elf many of the outes now in operation unlcBS thc icoplc patronizing them sent out and oceived moro mail. "They must pat onize the routes netter," ho said, li he present facilities are to rsmain as hey are. It will be a question for he people In the different sections to letermine for themselves; if they vant them they must write moro let era and recel vo mon ; tho poste tile leiartment ls in earnest about out lng tliom ( ff and we cannot do any bing to stop it unless tho people how tho proper appreciation of /hat the government is doing for htm. "I wrote the postmaster general a alter about thrco weeks ago askh g dm to let the carriers on tho routes fclgh tho mall they handled to deter mine whether there had been a fati ng off. I have never reocived a re ly to my communication, and I ?up oso a government agent will bo sent ut soon to weigh tho quantity of natter handled. I hope the routes au bo saved to tho people In the ountry." Tho Japa Nui!<l M o I p. A movement bas been started to ppeal to tho Amorloan publlo for oritrlbutions of foodstuffs and money 0 relieve the distress in tho famine tricket! northern provinoes of Japan, icording to Information rooeivod at ho J ipanoso ombassy at Washington be northern provinces of Japan are uttering from a severe famlno which nly tho quickest relief will bo abloto heck. According to the Information btalned to rice orop this year has benn nly about fifteen per cent, of tho vorago crop and that the famlno ls Eiuslng particular suffering tn the tirco northern provinces of Fuku lina, Miyagl and 1 vate, willoh have Metner a population of about two dillon, seven hundred thousand, [any of the peoplo aro engaged in the lk trade and tho failure of the silk itput has augmented tho gonoral iff jrmg. The postmaster geneial has klrd 1 granted permission for rural oar ..rn io dab vcr In automobiles- Now ho will go a step further and pro do the auton oblle* tho carriers will > supremely happy. A HAitD FIGHT. Orqw Baitlea Four Hour? With Big Snakes on Dook. A norvo tingling story of a four hour battle with two pythons twenty* Ave feet long was brought luto port of Mew York rooently by the steam? ?hip Iodrasamha, together with a tale, in lighter vein, of how an es oaped orangoutang nearly drove him self crazy by pulling the cord of the steamer's whistle and failing to oon neot his ad ions with the maddening shrieks of tho signal. The vessel took two months for the trip from tho Orient. Five pythons, eight orang outangs, one hundred monkeys, one leopard, two Indian deer and .the regular cargo of Oriontal gooda were carried. Sevon orangoutangs died on the voyage. The light with the .pythons took placo In the Indian', Ocean. They 'were taken to the deck in oages to be washed. After the bath they lay in the warm sun and went to sleop. The warmth probaMy made them feel at home and they uncoiled, lt. was about the time they usually wore fed. Two of tho huge snakes writhed from between tho bars of the cages and oro pb along the deok. Ohief Ofiloor Thirkell was napping when the startling sight of tr e two reptiles winding slowly toward him almost unbalanood hin mind, lio broke re cords getting to the stern, and yelled to the orew. Captain Oravon ordorod every mah to arm himself heavily. For an hour the men manoeuvered to pinion tho heads and tails of tho snakes. Every timo a man got near one of the esoaped prisoners its tail .jwnng around like a carriage whip, and a blow from it would have laid any man low. Tho (Jhlncso and Ja panese members of the crow were driven frantic They took to tho rigging The oaptaiu, however, instilled courage In o thom by darting suddcu ly at the hoad of one snake and grip ping its neck. A starlwart lasoar imbued vjlfch tue same spirit, shot in like a panther and gripped the tall. With nets aud blankets tho monster was enmeshed and roturned to tho cage. This waa after three hours of footwork that would haye kept a tralnea boxer guessing. Tho other snake orawlod to tho top of tho engine house and held its post for an hour, its head swinging frc m 1 side to side, pendulum like, always ready to str ke. The ventilator, how ever, proved the snako's undoing. Tho python fell throbgh tho ventl later into an alleyway from whici lt could not escape Half a dozen nets, a dv zan blankets, and ropes were let down and the snake unable to ex ri cat) itself was captured. A few days later an orangoutang esoaped and swung himself to the too of tho engine house by the whistle rope. A blast frightened lt, and j chattering In terror, lt pulled the rope more vlgorou ly. Toe torrlllo shrieks of tho whistle attraoted tho crow. The big monkey lied to the rigging and remained there all night, but exhaustion mado its capturo easy the next day, MAY BS M *D? PUBLIC. A Strong; St ute in -nt on K.oont Cen sus Bureau UeporU President llarvle Jordan, of the Southern Cotton association, last week gave out a statement in which ho takrs 8everly to tank the census bureau at Washington for alleged shortcomings- Ile says In part: "The action of Director North, ol the o-o vis bureau, In falling to mako l-ublic all tho {information he secured fiom the ginners January Itt and bis persistent refusal to do so, in face of repea ed demands, ls ex Iting constd erablo indignation throughout the South. Mr. North asked, January 10 a'l glnnora for tho following informa - tlon : '"How many bales ginned for tho season of 1906V "'What ls the avorago weight of bales ginned to date? 1,4What is your estimate of the per centage of cotton remaining to bc gin nc? "The public recolved the result of the answer to tho first question on January 23 In the statement that 0,1) 98,111 bales had beon ginned. There suit of the other two li quirle i have been wlMiheld so far. I wired Mr. North Tuesday as follows. " For what purpose was the average weight of bales and estimated amount of cotton to bo ginned atter January 16 ebtained In your rcont ginners re port? As this is public odlolal Infor ination, kindly wiro me today tho rc suit of the osttmates as shown. "In reply to tho above, Mr. North sent thc following: '"Avirago bale weights will be made public as soon as oan be compil ed. Estimated amounts to be ginned wore obtained, and only opprcxtmate ly to enable census olllco to determine what Counties must again be canvass ed for ttnal report and not for puhllo uso. Will be published If Congresi directs lt. Resolution to that eiTeot In tn doced houso to day. (Signed) "Noimi Dlreotor." President Jordan says that 70 OOO bales of tho orop'were ginned prior to September I, and were counted In the commercial orop of 1901-06, bub have been made a part of tho census bur eau report of 0.008,111. Deducting the 470,000 bales from the published total ol 0,008,111 leaves 0 528,111 to bo counted in the oropof|10u6 00 Add to this 160.000 bales aud there still re mains a crop under ten million bales. He says wide investigation shows that spot holders aro not soiling their cot ton and that practically tuero is no Dutton foi salo In the faoo of the pros ont depression. J'ooplj Humed. At Lowell, Mass., ^t least six per ions lost tholr lives lu a flro which partly destroyed the Richardson Ho tel, oarly F Iday morning. Tue tire Uarted a fow minutes before 2 o'olook ind the Hames rapidly communicated t? various parts of tho structure. A argo number of guests wero In the ootel, and those who were in tho up per part of tho building had little dianco to escape by the stairways, rue ilremon at 2 HO o'olook found tho fead bodies of six women in tho top loor of the hotel._ MlMftkon for Ilm-Klar. At Hattiesburg, Miss., James luntor a well known man, was shot md instantly killed during tho carly norning hours by Iljn Cooper, who iib gea that the man wits try ing to ire&k Into his house. Cooper say.-i he ipened tue door and (Ired three shots, aoh of whloh took fffaot. Ooopor lm aediatoly gavo himself up. SOLD AS SMV?S. MANY MISSION GIRLS ARM THUS i TUM AT KP BY TUET*?. PA H EN T.* A.?> .Aff!<vtn Tstobe-* Ssys OWL Custom Condemns Many Wo men to Bond o go. Marriage oustoms In Africa have |( little consid?ration for the native c/lrls, who are in effect as much the obj octa of barter and sale ss ever they wero in the days when the slave trad ors were prevalent on the West Coast, A letter Just received from the Pres byterian mission station at Lolodorf shows how the marriage "palaver" interferes with tho education of the girls in the sohoolB estiblished for them hy tho Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Miss Jane K. Maokenele writes tho lotter and, after telling of the forma tion of the girls boarding fcohooi and some details of the day's work of tho scholars whom sho describers os lute! ligent, olean little girls willing and eager to learn, she writes: 'Veryjhappy wore the little girls and free for several weeks. Then we fell m a r the curse of the marriage palaver. OMO girl, a house servant, was sold to a man owning several wives. Whon it oamo to delivery of tbe goods the goods became animated in dissent-not indeod. that consent had been askod of the goods. The station baoked tho girl. News of this doflanoo of good Nguxiba custom penetrated to tho ends of the car bli and woko a thousand anilotios. The social fabrio was imperilled. Two of thc little girls wore led away weep irg by oanny male relatives: this was sad to seo. My own little sorvant, Makako, was ordorod to her town by hor undo, her fatbor being eff in Bul, where ho is bunting goods with whioh to buy a now wife upon whose pur chase ho means to give Makako as part payment. Ti ic rc you soo tho exit of three little Injuns.'.Thesohool ls depleted and illrepute. "Putting up over night in Iposo whore ono of tho ohlldron Ulives, I heard from hor that the townspeople say of the Behool, No little girl may marry who enters thore. You are remlndod, doubtless, of tho legont ov or the gate to Dante's hell. My sin gio state ls a matter of common mar vel-it does not help us In our pre sent difficulty and may bi taken as evidorco of a cult from which young Nguiu b-a maidenhood must bo proteot ed. "Mfun, tho little girl In question bad her slate as a token of her hav lng drunk at the wells of learning. I hung in hnr hut as a diploma hangs Ih a doctors cilice-witnessing to her poor little aohlevoirents. She slept in my hut and did mo son^o sorvioe. I paid my debt with a needle and som? thread. When next I go I shall take her some patches. Patches are dear to little Afr eui girls. Poor Amana, when she was taken awaj went down tho path wiping her eyes 01 her bits of patchwork, \ "We wero sad when tbeso children were taken away. Any work for girls In a polygam ""ti y&i Other girls will come. Some>W)i?s? parents are Christian or other wise enlighten ed we shall be able to keep: and somo will go. Yet not without hanefit .Something they will have learned of reading and writing, of sowing and washing, of truth and the love of God. "Tho night boforo M fun loft when I naked the ohlldron for what thev wish mo to pray, she said: Tell Him I am afraid of getting married. It ls a comfort to know that our high priest was touched by tho fooling of that pltccus little infirmity. IX TRA TERMS OF COURT. IutoroBttng Disousslon on tho Subject In tho I!.malo, The bill to repeal tho statutory pro vision for tho holding of extra terms of o urt by spec'al judges was opposed by Senator lUysor. Notwithstanding two extra circuits, yet members of o unties are still calling for such courts. Generally they are unsatis factory and costly, but lt is' manda tory in the constitution to provide for thom, ho said. Sonator McGowan road tho consti tutional provision making it plain that such oourts cannot bo abolished Resides there ls neoesslty for them. Lynching is sametlmes justified be cause of the lnfrequeno; of courts and with more of them mcb volence could bo more expediently bandied. Senator Bleaso of Nowberry favor ed the bill. There is too nauoh expense conneotcd with extra courts and if regular judgos oannot do tho work otaers ought to havo their places. Muoh of the fault Hes in judges not foroing cases to trial. As to extra oourts for lynching, ho said he didn't think tho necessity would evor arlso in Nowberry. In suob oases the great jury of the people would act. They would be right to aot, and "I. would help them." Senator Blake saw no necessity for oxtra oourty, and scored tho lawyers freely for neglecting to proparo their oases and bring them to trial. Sonator Hudson opposed tho bill. In tho course of his remarks he de clared that judges wore entirely too lenient with lawyers, too accommo dating and too often seeking tho good will of tho bar rathor than looking after the real business of oourts. The dilatory methods nowa custom are a sbamo to tho state and the profession. So long as judgos lndulgo lawyers in lor.g-wlndod speeobos and dilatory taettos so long will business bo dolay ed. Reformation ls sadly needod, but this bill will not accomplish tho pur poso. Senator Hudson said lawyers need od discipline and the oourts needed judges who would tako hold of the reins. He has tho greatest respeot for thc bondi and bar, bub there ls a oryirg need for reformation. By a vote of 20 to 12 tho sonato in lellultely postponod tue bill. Fatal J)uol. A dlspatoh from Flor?la, Ala., says 3rady Mlllor, the 10 yourold son of Ur. lt L. Miller wai Wodnoaday night iliot and killed by the negro porter of ibo Lako View hotel. Thoro were no ;ye witnesses to tho'shooting, bub ?he pistol shots v/ero hoard. A searoh vas made and nearby was found the legro in a dying condition. He lived ong onough to say that ho and MU er had engaged in a pistol duel, rin m ls no way to a*09rtaln the lause of tho tragedy. Young Miller vas at home for a few days from rVcfford collcgo, S. C., whore he had >een attending sohool. A FIENDISH ATTACK. i Lady Attacked In Her Home By a ? a Brute. Tbo Atlanta Journal nay? Mm. Mannie May Dupree, nineteen years < >io, was kaooUi? ?own auo ren?ere? I mo luscious and her throat slightly \ mt Tuesday afternoon of last week f >y a negro In the kttohen of H. T. . 31 rogan, on tbe Jonesboro road, nc,iv . Cornell. Toe negro esoip?d and a pos?e ot blood hounds belonging to , the f?deral prison, and the olty and , iou ut y police are on bis trail. Dr. C. O. Smith, who was nailed In bo attend the young woman found her j imoonsoi .us and bleeding from a ( ?light wound In the throat, Mrs. Du ( pree ls not seriously hurt and will re- ( oovor. To Dr. Smith Mrs. Dupree said she did not remember the appearance of the negro. She did not state to the dootor whether she was criminally as saulted or whether an attempt of that kind had been made. It is bollcvod however, that this was the attempt of the negro. Mrs. Dupreo's husband is not the city Just now, and she had been living at the homo of H. T Grogan. Accounts of the time when tho at tack occurred differ, but lt IN thought that lt happened about 3.30 o'olock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Dupree had started to the kitchen on an errand. Turning then to go baok Into the hon ;o she was confronted suddenly by a negro who dealt her a blow in the forehad. She was knocked flat on the dior and there lay unconscious until other wo men In the house who had doubblesB heard her soream when she fell ran to nor assistance, They found Mr*. D -pree In a state of stupor and bleeding f rom a wound In her throat, evidently indicted 'rom a knife, or some sharp instrument. Mrs. Dupree waa picked up and borno Into a room, later Dr, Smith was summoned. Ho tried to o Im. the youog wt min who had b o me hyster leal and examined tho wound on her threat found that it was not ser.oua. ABOUT THE WEATHER This Yoar Co Bo One. ot Katlin and Froahote. Speaking of the weather, says tho Newberry Observer, this is no'j going to bo a good year for low ground corn, for there are going to bo heavy rains and freshets and overt! iws of the bot tom lands. This ls not Toe O iserv er's original prognostication, but Mr. D. E Sease tf Newberry county says so. He bases his opinion on tho weather of the 25th of January. Ho says he has observed for the last forty years that If January 25th is a bright olear day tho bottoms do not ovoilliw and of oourse there are good crops cf bottom corn; but if tho 25th ls oloudy or raining look out for over II iws. The 25th this year was decid edly oloudy and rainy. Another oitl zan'a observation for tho past three years omllrms Mr. Sease's forty years observation. So if anybody goes ahev.d now, in the face of prophecy, and plants his bottoms in corn and loses his orop he will have himself to blame. Speaking further of the weather it is well enough to r?mcmbor that ground hog day ls near at hand, and we shall therefore know soon whether, wo aro to have an early or late spring. Ground hog day is February 2 od, and lt ls a well established fact, though some skeptical peoplo ques'l n it, that if the ground hog c >inos out af bis bolo that day and sees bis th ,d iw ho will hasten bick to coi; ti uno I. is hibernation for many week i tocon.e; but if he does not seo his shadow he will romain out, and spring may be expected early. Of course this all depends upon whether tho second day of February is a clear day or oloudy. Evorybody excopttho highly skeptical will walch with interest for ground hog day to seo whobher it ls to be clear or oloudy and whether, there fore, we aro to have a late or carly spring. Victim ot AoiiKHSiu. A dispatch from Ti tl is says the murder of General Grlatzacff, ohlef of tho stair of tho Viceroy of tho Cauca sus, was most dramatio and audacious. Tho assassin evidently had studied tho habits of his victim and lay in wait behind a wall of the Alexander Gardon opposite the entrance to the palace, whore a oarrlago was drawn up to take the general for his dally drive. Tho assassin Impersonated a painter, oarrying tho bomb with whioh ho committed the orime conooalcd in a, paint cm. He was thu i able to reach bis plaoo of ambus without suspicion, [".louerai Grlaizuoff, clad in a erinn; oi uniform, made a shining target. As tho gonoral stepped Into tho oarralge, the man sprang on tho wall, swung Imo can by a oord and the bomb, as if thrown from a sling with marvelous preolsion, sped straight to tho mark md struck the general on the neck. A Hash of fire and a terrlflo explosion followed, and Grlazaoff wai literally olown out of tho carriage, with his joaoliman and Cassaok orderly, and me lattor's horse was Instantly kill id. A lady who was passiug at the .linc of tho explosion was mortally wound od. The assaaln waa caught, ocaton into Insensibility by the in 'urlated soldiers and carried off to tho indent fortress above the city, where, is Tillls is under martial law, ho will irobably bo executed at dawn. His dentlty is unkncrn, Ono ilonoHt Man, The Nowberry Observer says: "A aro and very old lnohUnt has hap >ened to a oortain lawyer in that awn. In plaoe of this attomoy thro ng another to pay a debt, ho himself waa almost foread to receive a certain .mount of money, the faots being ibout these: A man, whoso name it a not necessary to men Hon, oamo to ho attorney and demanded that ho rake thia tanah amount of monoy and mdeavor to deliver it to tho helra of i ocrtaln black man, a oarponter w! ? lad years ago done some work for the innamod payer-this amount inolud d the interest. Thia !a a payment ?y a whito man of limited moans of a lebt long out of dato, and with intor orest on an open account, to or for a lack man who may have beon dead ong sinoo. So tlioro ls certainly one oncst man In Newberry oounty." Can't Woar Thom. Chinabas recent!v Issued and edict rohibltiiig, except in the treaty porta, lie salo of metal-rimmed speotaoles. 'an shooa aro alao tabooed, and any* ne doaling In them renders himsolf ablo to decapitation. Tho latter raslie regulatl tn la duo to the faot mt yuiiow ia there tue imperial coior, ) bo worn hy none save members of io royal family, A WEItt? ?XPERIENOB. Vol i H How Ho Wa? ll ?n god ?? ? Spy Onoe. R.v. J. T. Mann, of Jackson. Miss, m ex-Confederate enjoys (be d!stlno Jsja of being ene oui y fidler o? the Southern army who was banged for a ipy and still lives to tell tue story. Mr Mann was a member of Oorapa ay 0, Third Louisiana Battalion, and bis thrilling story of how he waa hang, sd as a 0 m fed erato spy f 'rms one of the most Interesting looldonts of the ?lvll War. In April, 1804, Mr. Mann who was then with his oompimy a* Barrancas, Fla., volunteered to set Ure to a powder magez no of the Fed eral troops In order that the Confed erate baselging forces could make a surprise attack during tho confusion The perilous task was undertaken after midnight. Under cover of darkness, Mr. Mann orept close enough to throw a bale of burning twine, steeped in turpentine tiifcg the building where tho explo flve<s were kept, and the burning ball ell short of the mark and missed its deadly mission. M ?nu was chased by the Federal sentinels and oap'.urod. Whon oar* ried to camp the ir furniated troop?, who had b ion aware of their narrow escape from being blown to atoms made hasto to hang him. A mose was placed ab ut, his neck, one end o? tire ropo throv n over the pr? J joting Joist of a b did tug and the prisoner hoisted Into the air. When life was apparently ex1 loot, a Vermont officer ordered his body cut down. A controversy then arose among thf troops, some claiming that the wrong man had n HUI hanged, and an t fiori was made to resuscitate Mann. After working dlllgontly for two boure, the prisoner was brought bick to Ufo and kept In cuUody u .tll the oloue of the war. Mann still bears scars on his n ek s'iowlng where the tlesh was tomb tho rope, and in describing tho av I n ordeal he says that his ll rat sema tion felt when J ?rkel from tho ground was that akin to standing near 8 steam boiler exphshn. Afterward, the sedsatlon of frlgb f il pain passed away and before lasplug into uncouu solousncss ho began to hear sou d i of the most entranolng muslo. He was tried by o nu t mirtlal as a Hpv, after the capture, but the tribu nal could not establish his Idenity. A WAR TIME REMINDER. rho H lo ok ruin Harmer lUbo ?t lits? W?8hcd_ Ashore. A dispatch from Washington, N C., says the east shore of Wrigntsvllle beach prescuted an Interesting sight Tuesday af Lern ion in the vicinity o Lumina. This .'portion of the beach was sirown with wreckage of tho old bu ak that has been ashore < t? Lumina hinco the cl vd war. This bilk repro sents all that remains that plied be tween Wilmington and the West la dies. Tho storm of Thursday night tore Into tho wreck and to sed a great amount of debris up JU the shoie. So powerful was the raging sea that the old iron safe aboard the ship was washed up on the beaoh and formed the most interesting cbj c . in- the slghi83ors Wednesday. A quantity of old Iron pipe and part cf the ves aol's shaft wero also washed ashore, as woll as odd bl u of hard ware, in oludlng ht mo-made nails. Gue of the most interesting ourlcui picked up was an old acd very rusty carving knife. THO Bafels avery heavy one an^" has corroded very bao ly. lo ls a com bination safe, though lt was supposed that the sbf>ab?ar.l was of the oil. fashioned Lek and k-^y type. Toe safe was broken Into burj contained noth lng save a very small portion ( f a gold ohaln. The safe had evidently boen oponed by the officers when lt was Been that tho Bhlp could not be snv.nl Only a part of the old hulk was torn apart and washed ashore as the great est portion still remains and looms up plainly in slghb of those who peer sea ward from tho vicinity of Lumina. lt ls supposed that oho hulk is that of the b\aekade runner Hebe, which was driven ashore under dre o? thc Federal blockaders during the war. The Hebe and the blockado runner Doo aro known to have gone down about off Lumina, but the wreck lu question is though to bo that of the former. Tho General Beauregard went aground farther down towards Caro lina beach. Another ship lost In block ade running was tho Emma. T.':e Hobo and the D?e aro said to have been exceedingly handsome boats and daring dlookade runners. Tnoy made their last stand gallantly, but tho Federal boats forced them aground and then poured shot and shell Into them for somo time after wards. Many of tho crew escaped by making tho beaoh safely, while others were captured ai d sumo are supposed to have been killet.. Itr?ln I n Kn. Longbn of years is not lifo. A right starb is half bhe task. Worries wear oub moro mon bhan work. lb ls nob necessary bo ho grouchy in order bo bo grave. When aman asks you for advloo you are always safe in inquiring whab kind ho wants and thou giving it to him. The man who searches his own heart ls nob apt to lind flaws in tho doarts of othors. Pooplo who borrow brouble aro al ways In debt. 1'copln who listen have no right to ?omplaln of gossips. Themis a vast difference bobween Iborallby and prodlgallby, A woll v/orn Bulb paid for ls bobbor mau a Uno suib worried about. Many prayers that are started up ward lind lodgo In tho basement. A balanoo in tho bank today is bot /or than a good timo ono day last 'ear. It ls a good thing for a lot of hm A ids that bheir wives do not go on itr 'o for wages. A ,. v.t.0 many mon havo ao'ilovod eputatlons for wlRdom by making wo or throo good guesses. The omptlor a mans head the lou? r ho boast of how much liquor his tomaoh will hold. Ooo of the sweetest things in lifo ls laving so lived lt you can look back on aost of lt with pleasure. Only tho man who has no boys of hi own is oapabio of giving expert ad loo on how t) raiso sons. W. L. Wloker, a prominent livery man of Montezuma, GA., committed jiotele on Saturday by shooblng him )ii with a pistol, ile leaves a wire ad two daughters. It is thought that ad health was tho cause. Stricture VUItJU Own'Home.. ?I You Have Either of These Dis eases, Write Or. Hathaway of At lanta, ?a., About Hts Atethods of Treatment. No Harsh Method Used. No Experiment. Cured. Books-Free. Other Diseases v Thousand of men's live? have boon wrecked loss of manly power, ari J tliorofoire, tho best . , A. ,, , , . ' treatment obtohuiblo is not too good, on occountof tbeso disoasos. Vory fow dootora v If youjlftV0 either of theso disease?, ult dow? know how to cure thom. Thoy should nw ar and writo to Dr. Hathaway. l?e will send J ou bo entrusted to tho nvorage doctor but only some very Interesting liloiaturo on thelroau?e, nu export should bo allowed to treat thom treatment and euro, and will give you lils ex Urothnl Stricture, If neglected or improperly pert opinion of your ease, without ono cont of treated, will completely dorango the ontlre cha-ge. Dr Hathaway ia a rollablo physician, gonlto-urinary system, causing sovoro kidney recognized as tho most export tpcelnlUt in tho und blttddor diseases. Intonso pain and suffer- South mid you can consult hin wltb perrect ing. Vnrlcocolo will bring about n oomploto con?douco. 0thor Diseases Cured. Dr. Hathaway's spoolnlty Includes oil chronio' charge. Those aOltotod with stubborn and and prlvnto diseases of mon and w.?mon, such deep ?fated casos are ?Bpoclully invited to as, Kidney and Madder Disensos- Nervous Do- wrlto. Ho has bad special BUCCOBS In curing bllity (lost vitality) Spoolilo Mood P-Ison flitch cnaes whoro othors tailed to ovoi benoni. (Syphilis) Catarrh, bkii: Dise?es, D.?OU?OH of Rvery person writing him ?ill be-soot aval?a tho Hart, Livor and Stomach, Rheumatism, bio boohlot on thotr dlso.so also ?roo. Hine diseases peculiar to women, oto., nnd ot ors. 1,0 hosltnnoy in writing, lavery hing strictly Every parson ntlllotod with either of thoso confidential. Addroso Dr. llatluvway & M>., disent cs is invited to consult him without 88 Inman Bldg., Atlanta. Cia. AY* As v v BUY THIS GO J DEN EAG FOR $49.00 AND SAVEf DE ALER'S PROFIT. We build tho Golden Earrie Ruggy t? stand compniison with any butrgy sold by dealers for $05. Every piece of wood, ntcol iron and leather that goes into lt is examined mid teated, con ?equcntly we gun run too in every particular. fBAQ nft>'8 for buggy completo, H> AW tiioro uro no "extras" to buy. livery llufgy is built in our factorv nt Atlanta and ship ped complete. With every Golden Euglo Ruggy wo Fell n not of $12.50 Nicklo Mounted Collar^ J und Hinno Harness for uVtiJ/U Send your linnie and address on thia coupon and wo will mail post-paid our hnndsomo illus'ru'od catalogue. I ? m m m m ? : GOLDEN EAOLE BUQOY CO., Allanta, Qa. 1 Bond my nnmo end address for catalogue mid ipa rial hamoss. Dept. 20. Namo. NO. Early Cabbage Plants Guaranteed to Satisfy Purchaser EARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON SUCCESSION AUQU8TA SHORT STEMMED* WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPE TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH Tho Earliest WAKEFIELD Tho Earliest Flat A little lator Largest and Latest Cabbage Grown Second Harlleat nend Varloty " than Succession Oabbngo PRICE; Inlet* ot ! to 4 m. at $1.60 perm., o to 9 m. at $1.26 per m., 10 m. and ovei,nt$1.00 per m. F. O. Cl. YOUNG'S isijVNii, A. c. My social Pxpresa Rate on P 'ants !? Vary Low. GI guarantee Plants to Rive purchaser satisfaction, or will ro.'"-.d tho purohime U.UcUilCCi nrloo to nny customer who Is dissatisfied nt oud of season. Those plants aro (crown in tho open fluid, on SeacoaBt of South Carolina, in a climate that In just milted to growing tho tiurdloat plants thnt cnn bo grown in tho united State?. Thone niants can bo resot In tho intorlor of tho Southern States (luring tho months of Jnnuary, February, and March. They will stand Bove.ro oeld without being lnjurod, and will mature a bead of Oah bago Two to Throe wooka sooner than lt you grow your own plants In hot bude uud cold frames. My Largest Oustomore aro tho Market Gardeners near the Intorlor towns and oltles of tho South. Their prout depends upon thom having Karly Onbbago?for that ronson thoy pur ohanu my plants for their crops. I nUo grow a full lino of olhortPlents and Fruit Troos, such as Strawberry, Hwoot Potato, Tomato, ligg Plant and Peppor Planta; Apple, Poaoh, pear, Plum, Ohorry aud Apricot Troos, Fig IJwshos, and Grape Vines, Special terrai to pe?on> who make up dub V?/fUt f* f^tTRATV BOX ordert. Write (or Mu??ate?! catalogue. . " iVI* V*-. VJit-itX/^ X i , YOUNG'S ISLAHD, S. C I COTTON ?INNi.RS AND AUCIIINERV OWNERS. Write for Prices on thc Following Couplings Ouaues Lubricators Bolt, Gaudy Guage Cocks Oil Cups Bolt, Rubber Drill Press OH Cans Belt, leather Ejectors Hammers Injectors Pipe Files Pulleys Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shafting, Collars for Shafting and anything else in machinery supplies. Columbia Supply Co., . . . - Cohimb'a. S. C. Babbit Drills [lack Saws Fittings I THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, I COLUMBIA $-3. O. Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Billti i{ ?i.)yi< or Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to lill orders for thou ands or millions. Tine fallowing figures show the comparative values of farm produots In the United States: Corn, 94 210, 000.000; milk and butter, 8005,000.000; cotton, ?575,000,000; wheat, $625, 000,000; eggs, .62O.0C0.00O; oats, 3282 000,000; hay, ?005,000,000, po tatoes, ?138.000.000; tobacco, ?52, 000,000. lt will be noticed that cot ton, our groat staple crop, ls worth only a f JW more nailllou dollars than the egg erop. PRESIDENT Snyder has Just received a letter announcing that the general education board of New York had appropriated ?25.000 to tho endow ment of Wi IT jrd College. The only condition attaching to the gift is that thc friends of Welford should complete by Jone 16, ?Ui?7, thc ?100,000 which Dr. Child 1B now raising. Tnls on di lion ls of the uaturo of an appeal to all friends of Wt IT jrd to make abso lutely certain Dr. Child's succass. THE grand jury of Greenville coun ty labt week recommended that all persons who appeared, by tho Investi gation lately had, to have engagod in defrauding the county beindloted by tho solicitor and prosecuted. Among the number are two sons of the late supervisor, J. E. Speogle, now dead, Magistrate F. B. McBtio and his on stable, Jail Physician B-amlott, Poor House Keeper Rsv. Talley, and many others. ItUNI?Tlii^^ Personal Hxportonoo of Aged ?nd Woll Beloved Proaoher. No other man In thc community ls io well-beloved or whoso words have inch weight as the minister, who has lo voted his life to tho service of man chu!. In Maryland ono of tho most lotcd Methodist ministers in tho Hato suffered severely with rheuma tism. He found no relief unt il a friend .e com mended RH KUM AC11)10. Ho vas so delighted with the results that or tho benefit of other suffers, as a 1 uty to mankind, ho tells his cxpor ence In the following lotter; "Relstcrstown, Md., Feb. 27th. "I was taken with inflammatory thcumatlsm in my left hand and foot n tho beginning of this winter and uttered greatly. A gontloman In Bal Imore who had tried RU KU MA CI DB or Rheumatism recommended lt to ie. 1 SGCurov* th reo bottles ?V?U tuuk i In smaller doses than prosoribed, nd arr now entirely cured. Can uso otb hand and foot without tho least iconvonionca. "Yours respectfully, .1 T I> l??-.-J " . ll. ,< ll IM-,I,I .11, Pastor. Relstorstown M. IC. Church. Your druggist sells and recommends illKUMACI DE. Kidney and Bladder Ailments. Mrrrav's Bu?hu. Gin and Juniper has a direct curative action on tl?? kidneys and bladder, roi lev lng at once* the distressing symptoms, pain In the - headache, dat k colored, scanty, burn ing urine, dizzteness, bloating, etc., and promptly restoring these Impor tant organs to a normal, healthy con dition. MURRAY'S B?0I??, GIN, AND J UN I PK II ls nol a "quack nostrum," but a conj?fe lunation of drugs endorsed, rccoflj^ mended by a multitude of leading pla titude of leading physicians. It flushes and cleans the kidneys of all poison ous clogging Impurities, and by ron dering the urine bland, soothing and antiseptic, ls a specific In painful blad der ailments. Of unquestionable vir ture in all Richley md Bladder dis orders, Dropsy, Gravel, Jaundice and Scanty or Painful Urination. Pr'ce ?1.00. Guaranteed satisfactory to every purchaser. AT DRUG STORES. Prepared by tho Murray Drug Co., Columbia. S 0. A. Piuuo or Orffan For You, Hf To tho bend of every family who is ambi tious for tho futuro and education of bis ohih i dren, wo have a Spocial Proposition to make. No artlole In tho h>>n..-; shews tho ?vldencu of culture that dot? a Piano or Organ. ' No ac complishment gives as muoh pleasure or ia ot as groat value in after liions tho knowledge of min.in and tho ability to play well. Our Snull Payment l'lan nmkos (ho owner ship of a high gra^o Piano or Organ ea^y, Just n fow dollars down and:? sm ?ll payment each month or quarterly or somi-nunuUly and tho Inst ruinent is yours, Wrlto us today forOutiilogucs nnd our Spoc lal Proposition of Body Pay monta. Jf?ff Address Malone's Mu?io House, Columbia, S. O $5,000 ?UBHHMni Board at'Cott. Writ? Oui eE0R0IA-ALABAMABUSINESSC0UEtJS,W?coa,O?. GUM** TEED BANK DEPOSIT R.R, Faro Paid. Notes Tufcos ROO PK KB CpUJIi?R| Blow Op.m Mafo. At Forsyth, Gt., tho safe of the Trio Mintitaoturlng oompany waa blown opon at l.:id o'clock Wednesday morning. Tba town's night watohman was o /erpowored, gaggel and tied by three maskod mon and wan found early Thurs lay morning in a precari ous condition. Tho burglars got abo u? ?100 in money, but lt is impossible to estimato at this timo the value of pa? pera taken and destroyed.