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GHOST STORY. Man Appears Mysteriously in His Sweetheart's Photograph. HAS DAtiGKKIN HAND. Threatening Her Life Apparently, it so Frightens Thc Young Lady That She Breaks Her Engagrnrnt, and the Young Alan lo Aluch Won lc d. A lotter from Lo don, Eng. says one if the woldest phenomena iu the history of photography has caused Miss Glady's Manning, a beautiful Southampton girl, to break her en gagement with Lie ut. Gordon Wa ters, now on service Inindia. Ia every one of a di z n photographs the camera revealed a ghostly tlguro with dagger lo hand hovering over her. She recognized the UK ure as her flanoo and Immediately broke thc en gagement, believing that it waa 8 warning of what would Ifppcr should she beoomj his bruie. Tho oourso of true love ran smooth for this cou ph; until Lieutenan t Wat? ors was called to India. Ile expected to return to return to E ?gland on a furlough In a year and take his bridt baok to India with him for tho re mat udor of his sor v leo. Loiters were (xohanged wLh reg ularity daring bix months and thc preparations for the welding had been oommo? c >d. Then one day an old friend, au uosuooessful rivid of the Indian elll^r, paid a pitting call. LL was on his way to America in a few days and begged fer a photograph. Miss M taning bad no recent pic tures and was ta. Hy persuaded to sh for new ones. Tho next day she fr.und time during ber shopping triplo Lon don to cail al a well known p;ioto graphers studi ?. Two days later, lust cud of the ex peeled prooff, came, a short letter of apology. Would she please make another appointment-au ae 1 co had ruined Mic plates. Uer London trip;! were very fr' quent Just then. Soe sut fl g a tu without < murmur. Again a letti r of apology tnsteai of proofs This time tho let ter was lot ger and spoke vaguely of strange act lon of thc light. Tho photo graphers r. quest for s third sitting was grauten with tin mildly expressed hope that nothing would happen this time. Several strangers were ?'.tono tho studio dur lng tuc third attempt. Miss Manning observed wic-ii t c well trained peri phery of a woman's oye that they were watching her with tvi?ent cur iosity. Trough this e? pions ge was annoy. lng au i int mo i t /d oor something was wror g si e she <ved no sign of dis pleasure i ven wheh ono of t he observ ers s'oie up abd hi apped her with a hand o&mera. Mis? M inning's un easiness was further Increased when for thc third time J* hiter of apology arrived lustrad of pio.'s. There was no explanado ?. Tho photographer ' bagged her to ion)'1 tu his studio a soon as po stole ai d bm g ho \ e one with h r. Ila wcu d then, he said cn de;, vor to explain why U was ImpohSi* hie to photograph her. Mrs. Manning ai d I or daughter took thc next, train to the rnetroptl s. The photographer led them tuto private room aral produbed a handful of plates. llafore showing the plates to the mvstiUed women, ha askod of Miss Manning; Do you you happen to know a very tail young lieutenant with dark fckin ar d light hair?" 'Why, ye.1-', 1 do." answered Miss Manning, glancing at. her mother Well perhaps you can account for thone platts," bald the photographe handbill them over. ,'1 never bad anything like this happen to rae hue once before. With suooesslva gasps of amazement the young v ornan looked at the plates and then at tho proofs, which showec things mueb more dearly, In each ease her pic uro was clear and quite good. They were the aver age work of a tirsl- class photograph er. Hut In every case there hemed o!ose to her t\ strange, ghostly, >ot distinct figure. IQ the figures right hand was a dagger. There was no question of identity. It was Lieutenant Waters, tal;, frowning and Linster. Sometimes the Lieutenant's tit; ort was ou the le fr,, sometimes on thc r'ght of his lh;ncee, but mme often behind lier. In every plate tho dagger was luid close to Miss M inning. Throe plates Showed him holding lt point, downward ju.-.t above her bead, In others it was at her throat and breast. Tue poise of t.he mysterious ligure showed that it was not in the act of striking a blow, but held itself balanced in readiness to stab. So ominous ard threatening was thc i ll jct that the two women were quite overcome. "What do you think lt means?" tliey asked. Were you thinking or worrying very hard about bin.V" he asked In reply. MI??S Manning was quito mire that during the first two sittings hor mind w.*s full of shopping, and at the third ber thoughts were trying to account for tho curiosity she was Inspiring, "I hi ped it might have bet :i though;, irai sf ere noe fr. m your mind to tho plate," ho said. "I have of this happening often to other pho* logrsphers, hut lt happened to mc only once." Pressed for details of this one pre vious csse, the photographer reluct antly gave them, They we re far from roas-siiiii g. A mab jl|st' hr fe.io his woddii g bad h at tor bib ph lure. The tlgun of . woman appeared en t v try plate? She too, was sn . t r "and nod a??rt voiver Instead of a dagger In her band, Thu man rcohgn ..< cl lier us one who be hove ei she bad a claim on bl.i affeci ion waa much disturbed by tho elates and Insisted on destroy lng them, ?e was marri? d, ard scon after Bet out* with bis brido for .Sydney, Aim? ralla. And wi at t sppenet fu asked MI-s Mani.li g winn ihe ni r ame pi:.i..se?. at this point. ''Ila Committed ml? Ide ai d was burled at sea," he answered, That ls all I know. ?tut ho did know moro. There was loubt as to whether tt was a OHO of lulolde or murder. The woman who tiad appeared mysteriously on the plates had been a passeogcr on the j'osmor, and tho young widow had stated thai it was her opinion that jhe was implicated eve? If she had uot done tho sbootlug herself. Tho photographer, wiybJ?g to teso the phenomena more throughly, had brought several witnesses to observe Miss Manning's third sitting. Ono of these witnesses had made a separate exposure simultaneously with one ot the regular camera's pictures. This plato showed the ghostly visitor stan* ding behind the girl, with the dagger abovo her head. Tho large oamora re vealed him in the same position, though in one oise lt was a rront view and In tho othor a profile. Miss Manning is not a studont of psyohology or metaphgslos. If she hun any theory for the explanation of her strange pictures lt must be guess od at, for sho will not discuss the subjeot, But der mental prooesses, whatever they wore, lesulted in speedy tc lon. Nob twenty-four hours after examin ing thc plates a lotter was on Its way to Lioutcnant Waters notifying him that he might consider himself a free man. It is said that she frankly admitted tho photographs woro the causo. Lieutenant Waters has by no means given up tho light. Ile has ?ont far and wide for books on the subject and written to eminent authorities. Ile ls at present at a loss for an explana tion, but ls said to suspect his defeat ed rival of in some way tampering with the plates Lieutenant Waters is endeavoring ta obi alu his furlough atonoo and to get to tho bottom of thi mystery when ho rcaohos England. Ila hopos that his broken rom&nca will interest solontillo meu to holp solve tho mys tery and win back for him the girl he loves. HILLWAY RETURNS Aro Nearly Doublen by State Board O? Atf80B8OrB, The state board of railroad assessors last week raised tho assessments against thc railroads bo forby million dollars above the returns made by the roads, approximately deubling it, and similar raises wure made In tho cases ot the telegraph, telephone, Pullman ind tx press oorjcerns. Tho car o m cems assessed by this board aro the Alkrn and Greenville and Columbia and Charleston companies, willoh were. . lao raised bt 111 '. Tho assessm nts in tho total for tho ra:lro\ds aro near ly thirty millions higher than last yea-. The Inorease c v >.r returns in the eas? of che U ?ast Line IB fifteen ntl) lots, Southern slxtieu millions, I 3.aboard three millions, Oharlestoi. and Western Carolina nearly three millloi'S other companies one and a half millions. Fallowing are some Interesting totals taken from tho re po t: Atlantio Coast L'ne R. R - Returned by company.. . .$ 4 293 385 A*.8 sse.d by state board... ll) 044 470 Increase over returns.$16 (351 085 Southern Railway - Returned by company.... S 7 059 22?? Assessed by state board... 24 007.7u7 Inorease over retu-ns.$10,108,487 Seibord Air L'.ue Returned by company.. . 8 3 702.823 Assessed by state board... 7,611,265 li crease over re tu-- . 3 748,442 Charleston & Wo io u Carolina Ratun ud by Cv.rvpany . 1713 933 Assesed by state board... 3,088 929 Increase over return.ft 2,890,23(1 L eal Railroads Riturn at.S 1,612,843 A?sessod by state board... 3,088 929 Inorease over returns.... $ 1,570,080 UH? tl Hribory. Tho Inquiry by the Interstate com merce commission Into the relations between the Standard Oil Company and railroads of the country began it, Oh'oago Thursday. Two points, upen which, it H said, the lc vestigatlon will enrica /or to throw light, arc the pipe lines of thc Standard Oil Company, whloh aro laid along tue railroads* rights cf wa>3, and purchase of the Galena oil hy the railroads for head light and signal purposes. E M. WU holt, of Topeka, now an independent ail operator, but ten years ago an tgent of Ihe Standard Oil Company, [^stilled that while in the employ of [/he Standard Oil Company ho had in 'ollowlng out tho instructions of his ?ii per lor o?loers, bribed clerks in the ill jes of the railroads and employees )f independent oil concerns to obtain nformation of the details of the busl less done by rivals of tho Standard )il Company._ Wed Amid l>< bris. The San Francisco disaster so shook -ho plans of Montford Spining, son of .he Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George L. Spln ng, of South O ange, N. J., that his ve "ding took place an even month be oro the date ho had.sot. for lt. Mr. Iplning ls treasurer of the San Fran Isco Lumber Company. Ile was to iivvo been married on May 24 to Miss ?tee Duncan, but everything wa? so hanged hy thc calamity that dosplte he fact that tho home willoh had .cen made ready waa ruined, the two /ero wedded on April 24, whon bhoy /Ith a quarter of a million other San i'ranoisoans, were homeless. Itt tn, mbor Thin. The following timo tablo should ho .resorved hy every mother, as it ls fton a source of the groatcst anxiety o know whether or not a ohild will evelop a disease after having been ipofiod tolt. Chickenpox, symptoms .nially appear on tho fourteenth day ; iphtherla, second day, measles four Don th da}, mumps, nineteenth day; aa riet fever, fourth day; small pix, welfth dd) ; typhoid fover, twenty rut day, whoop'ng cough fourteenth ay._ Many Killed, At Habana Thursday thc pillars reporting the second Ho >r and r.iof f the rear part of a large new clgar tite factory bolonging to Jo o Genar, il lapsed and 40 men ard women (irking lu that part of the faotory ero caught In the falling briok and mber debris. Six wero taken out lad and a dozen moro worn injur i. _ Two Murdered. James Mucohloand his wife, Celostl, 10S| ur us 1 tallaos wero found mur ri d Ti ursday morning in their i ms In Brooklyn. Thoy had tholr gular veins out. An Italian who arded with the couple Is missing, m police believe burglary was the Dtlvo of tho crime. FLAYS OIL TROST lu Message io Congress Presi dent Roosevelt Brands as COLOSSAL ROBBERS The Standard Oil Combines. Which He Says Has Enriched Itself by Crimes. Commissioner Garfield's Proof of Monopoly's Quilt the Basis ol Charges. P/esldent Roosevelt, lu a message bo Congress Friday iudulgod iu a se vere denunciation ot tho Standard OH monopoly, oharglng it and tho ro dreads of tho country with all manaor ot of fenses againBt tho Interstate Commer ce and Anti-Ilibato laws, The charges against this violcus monopoly were timed psychologically with tho ap proaching vote in tho Sonate on thc railr ad rate bill, tho President's pot measure, which he ia determined shall go on the Federal statute books. Bat this belated laying bare of the lligrant and persistent violation of tho law by .me lt.iokefellcr monoply ls two years behind the times. In 1904 the same cha-ges against tho O.l combine were mado by Oon gressman William Itiudolph Hearst in all his newapapers, and In Decim bor of last year ho proposed a remedy in the shapo of a bill to increaso the powers of tho Interstate Commerce Commi-islon and to or?ate an Inter state Cm meroe Court, which would have made Impossible a continuation of such deflanco of the United States laws. The bill served as a model for the Ksch-Townsend bill, and was killed by tue Administration. For years the Govornm nt has paid no attention to the repeated accusations against the Standard O.l Company, whose crimes are dimly enumerated by the Pr?t i dent and Commissioner Gard dd to day. Despite the superlativeness of the de .u C cory acjictives used by the Prc>loent and Commissioner Ga. Held, which accuse the Standard Oilmouop oly of divers and sundry c IT .mses, against Federal laws, the Department of Justice, in almost the Hame b eath, ann' unces that it will try to prosecute ONLY under tho Antl-ltmato law, of whlc i the mnx'muin penalty for con viction is c n y & tine of a sum. Which at moet wi uld bs c i.tsidcred paltry bj the millionaire d fendants. In other words, sh uld all the. S'.andard Oil officials, all the ratboa-i chiefs of the country ba convicted, they woull mer* ly have to serat o i their pens across tho bottom of che oks for sums infinitesimal as compared with the prodts socurod from toe ll:e gal and secret rates and rebates, and go oa committing tho fame orioles against the laws of the lind Then, by putting the sorews uuder the price-list anew aLd tacking a cent or two on to the rate for oil, the ti un would get all its money baok with enormous Interest. Commissioner G ir?bld's investiga tions unearthed undenlablo pro f of tho guilt of the Od Trust and the ral'roads, and his spec!tlc oharges formed tho basis for tho President's message and recommendations to Con gress. He winood no woo Tu and used no emasculated phrases iu denouncing tho Standard Uli Company as a vic ious business organ zatlon, roared upen tho loot from illegal methods of doing business. no accused the c til Mais of the com pany of criminal method? and ?trip ped the fabrio cf their boasted organ ization bare; shooed it to bo a mass of corruption ; a combination dc Hitit of every law of the land, and oven of decent business amenities; a heartless and wynton destroyer of competitors and a menanc3 to tue c mntry. Thr revelations In tho report of Commissioner Gartield are almost as tounding, They expose, so far as thc Standard Oil Company is cor.cjrned, exactly the same methods that WU Ham ll. Hearst has unovcred in thc coal road? trust and the alliauco be tween the Sugar Trust and the great railroads, lt is slgnillcant to note that Commissioner Gartlold's exposure illuminates tho situation with exam ples of preolsely the samo kinds of rebatos, refunds and other Illegal fav or as the ooal oases and tho sugw cases havo developed. In other words, it tends to prove what Congressman Hearst and many writers and investigators have oon tended for a long time--that the Standard created the system and per fected it and thc coal roads and the Sugar Trust and the other trusts are only Imltotors ?nd follower? of the mos glgantlo trust of them all. Seldom has organized capital been so ruthlessly pilloried. C immlt,s!on or Garlleld presents an array of facts and Hgures that would oonvlnoo the most skepptlcal and bo does it with a alearnos? that a child could under stand. He nos only oonvlcts tho Oil Trust jf llagrant and persistent violation* af tho law, but accuses HB otllolals of [leliberato lying. He sara that at the boginning of the Investigation thc jlllolals of tho Standard Od said tim jompany had nob obtained and was then not obtaining seoret robates from tho railroads. He then prooeeds t/O show that tho company has hab itually reoel ved and ls still reoeiving mell rcbatef, and he oltes caso after ;aso In proof. Probably no moro opportune time jould have been eleoted by the Prcsl lont to send tho report to Congress ustas tho Senate ls about to begin coting on tho railroad rate bill. The President believes tho factf revealed )y Commissioner Garfield constitute .be host argumotit yet presented that he ynly offi oti ve remedy for sooret chating and open preferential ratings s through government regulation, vlth only suoh restrictions as aro nec essary under the Constitution. One of tho mostslgnlllcant features f tho report i? that when the atten lon of the railroads was oalled to ortaln spool Ho Instances of rebating Iscovorod by Mr. Gar ll ld, uhoy di? ontb'Ued tho practico thoroby ao now'o ging their guilt. The President's only recommends lons In bl? message aro that tho Im malty law be corrected, that tho ree alcohol bill be passed, which rould ho ? set-baok for Lue Standard nd that the further exploitation by lie trusts of ooal and oil landa owned by tho Government be prevented. Already the Department of Jua tico bas token up the matter of pros ecutions ot the Standard Oil Company and the various railroads Involved, on tho faots learned hy Commissioner Garfield. In this connection lt should Le noted that the r o port? presented to? day ls only on one phase of tbe oil situation-that relating to transpor tation and freight rates. There are s<x other branches of the general sub j ot that tho Bureau of Corporations ls still considering and on whloh it will report later. WANT TO KILL IT. Au AppOAl to l'nit o A/frxiimt tim Oll l>one?ry Syatom. Tho address below has been sent to The News and Courier for publication It will be ob ?or ved that lt' ls signed by a number of gentlemon who have brea conspicuous in their opposition to thc State dispensary. To the Demooratlo Voters of South Carolina: As citl/.ons of South Caro lina opposed to the present State dis pensary system, we, thc undesigned, call upon our folio.y citizens of like opinion to uuite Tor the purpose ot or ganlzlug tho oppisltlou to tho dispen sary :ti si om So nearly of one mind concerning tho dispensary systom are the people of the State, that lt ls only by their failure to unite for aotion that the dispensary can be preserved. It ii only by default that the dispensary can win another vlobory, before thc oleotors or In tho Legislature and lt will bc foolhardy for thoso who desire Its overthrow to sit supinely by and iee tho pernicious system again en throned in power In ou' Common wealth. 10/cry slnoore, patrlotlo olt'zm must regret that this Issue should bo again the piramouut question In a South Carolina campaign. But so Ung will lt continue to ba the paramount lssuo, and lt should, therefore, bo tbe desire of every thoughtful citizen to s^o this f-. storing sore removed and a healthier conditio a scoured. To this end wo Invite the OJ operation of all those who behove tho Seato dispen sary system to be an evil and proposo that, other d'IT .ring polloles for the time being laid aside, the dcm ind, llrst, now, bc made that the State dispensary system shall be destroyed. Oa trial now for thirteen years, forttil d all tho tima by strong sup port and as truly protected by uu ceasing criticism and watchfulness, there is no need to point out tho evils which tho State monopoly of the whiskey traillo has bred. Corruption at thc fountain head and in its branch es, drunkenness and murder, wse and misery have boen Its products. A pernicious political machine of gigan tic proportions, with a beavered lobby In Columbia, and a willing ) u g In every county, the monster has waxed fat, Insolent anet defiant. Toe will of the people has been perverted and suppressed, and when finally demand ing expression that domand l?as b'.on thwarted and circumvented by! appealr to thc ul val tcc.hulcall tics of the law. In eighteen counties the! people have spoken and in all these] except two their volco has In tnund<fr tJnes repudiated the syst* m. In otter aouu tirs they are now ready to give) exp. e slon to their will awaiting sum mer orlmary. lu this pr: ,' where the life or the dea'1* %f t;h* isarv will bc and shou.- ^? ?oblde j lt ls vitally necessary shall be act e and united. It is only by action ? ad un ion that tho dispensary has Won vot ed out of sixteen o untie. ? unier the Brice 1 tw and by no other moi us than action and union oin tue sjitom be up-roo ted from the Stato. Tho people aro decided, lt morely remains for them to make their de cision eir.e'.ivo. Thov must Ohoose representatives who will repeal such laws as they denlio to havo repealed, and who will enact suoh laws as they leslie enacted. Then they must put In office men who, In full sympathy, will eoforo3 j litly and vigorously whatever law? are upon the statute b iok8. The people havo shown, by their eager acceptance of the only op portunlty accorded them, that they believe in the prinolplo of IOOAI self government, and now, lest they have this Inalienable right again wrested fruin them, the fiee citizens of South Carolina must make their sovereign pow.r felt. There must be olcc?ed a Legislature whloh will not renounce this principle, which will not ylel 1 to the cispensary maoblne, there mu9t bc elected exocutlve and prosecuting Officiate who will not permit tho law to be made a mickery for Its undo ing. Wc suggest consultation and oo-op oration in every county and through out the State that these endB may be attained. J. S. Brice, J. C. Otts, D. lt. Cok er, James A. Hoyt, Louis J. Bristow, W. L. Mauldln, Jos. A. McCullough, J. W. Hamel, W. H. Wallaoo, D. W. Hiott, W. C. Allen, Ho vell Morrall, Chas. A. Smith, lt. L Freeman, C. B. Eiwards, A. B. Stukey, D F. Bradley, Laban Mauldln, C. T. Mar tin, R. I?'. Smith, John A. Brimson, C. C. Featherston T. It Waring. For some time engines have been taking water without stopping, auei mall oars have been picking mall svok-i fro n poils without so anion as a pause. Now an appllanoe for ooal li K engines without stopping has been Invented and experiments with it are said to have boen satlsfaotors. The next muvomont to savo tho running time of train? will ba a device for thrown g passengers on board and off without stopping. What l.uok MuaitH. Lu ok m 54ns rising nob later th: n six o'clock lu the morning, living on a dollar a day If you carn two, mind ng your own business, and not med diing with other peoples. Luok means thc appo'ntmonts you have never fallo:! to w*ep, the trains you have no vcr failed to catch. Luck means trusting In O od and your own ro s?n recs. l<fitA! ltiuta\T?y. W. C. Agnew and lils sister Miss Janie Agnew and two of his daugh ters of Abbeville county wore return lng In their carriage from Xbbovlllo on Wednesday when tho horses ran awt>y. Mr. Agnew was so badly hurt that ho died, and thu histor ls ropor ted fatally hurt. A II ntl Follow. G. Raymond norry of Dillon, tho defaulting county superintendant of ?ducation In Marlon county ha? boon ?leard from again. Ho was shot In Tampa l<\a., last week by a m*n whoso wlfoho hodbi'.on annoying. B?rry tried to climb In tho window and was ihot in tho arm, but not seriously. Most of us count np everything also mb our blessbigB. Right thero our idding machine stops. It isn't right /hough, THE COMING I?SU1?. 'PASTGUNUIlVriON. l.l'ir; AN IM* ?KOU-ti OliD P?THKR," Says Weaver, "flas riBiuherited its Children, But They'll Break the Will." To a symposium entitled "Socialism In America," aud publlshod in the New York World, General Jamos li Weaver of Iowa contributes tbe fol lowing: To the Editor of tho World: Toe movement toward B c'allsm In tho United ?Itabes and elsewhere h strict ly defensive and abnormal. It re sembles the movements of opposing armies in the field. The M cl al Isis prefer that tho multitude shall own and operate everything rather than that a few shall absorb all. It is economic war, and lying hidden with in lt aro dislocations fearful to con template. Tho ??.-r:c plutocratic foie s which engendered SOoUllsm In the old world havo begotten lt hore and are giving it growth, strength and vitality Senator Hanna's prophetic vision was clear and acourate If his econo mic and political theories aro to con tinue. He o mtemp'a'ed a continu anoj of tho present plutocratic ro gime and ho had at that vory time been slated by monopolistic wealth f >r eight years' service as president of the United States. Visions of gigantic trust combinations and ship su sidy sohomes controlled his great brain. Under such conditions, of oourse, nothing c mid avert the socialistic Is sue lui? 12. He would have forced exactly that Issue had he lived and suooeeded in his ambitions. Ho, hin 0(inferes and associates have preolplt I ated a llfo-and death struggle botweon arti tidal perseus createo by tho state, oalled c rporablons, and natural per sons of llosh aud blood created by the Almighty. Tho former, reinforced by an allied army of speculators, have driven the men of llosh and blood Into tho overcrowded market of day labi?r era, have absorbed tho sources of wealth, including the sol ; have set the laboring men at war with them selves, while the government In all its bracohes ls tued oh h ri y as a police force to keep the p;aco while the cor noval,Inns get In their wo, k. The allied corporations say nobody shfcll do business but themselves at d that competition shall he eliminated. They have forced labor to say that a man who docs not bolong to the u'ilon suall not work, and they will say whether or not he mav J ?in, The pa; t generation, like an lmb elle old father, has disinherited Its children. Tney will break the will. Tue senate of the U .iited States at this moment ls orea'. 1 g sec! lists faster than they can be organized aud equipped. It ls a great sre'.alls io re cruiting station and is destroy Ii g na trlotlsm faster than Abraham Lin? ooln ever built lt up. Nothing but a sudden halt In political affairs statue and national, and a ohango in public policy, can avert the struggle, lt ls an ugly condition, but tho conflict, as was onoo before the oaso, ls again irrepressible lt present conditions are to oonth.ue. Fortunately there art signs of an awakening, and it is na tion wido. lt is adumbrated in the skies. Something is sh. k rg the conscience of tho nation a d it ii not socialism. It is simply tho mighty tread of true democracy and Christ lanity walking baud in baud. D ? not bo alarmed. The alliance ls w. olly holy. Teere ls neither cxmse uor ntcisslty for socialism in this country if tho government will honestly and conservatively align Itself ono; m re with the po pie. Hut let me assure the reader that the safety of both p rsons and pioperty d mauds that thlB sba 1 be done speedily and without sham. How to check the growth of so cialism: First-There must he less money spent for military and naval estab lishments and moro for reclaiming our unwatered empire, thus furnish lng homes for d siltuto people, and we should help poor settlers If need be to get a start. Our pollov In this particular must be broad, liberal, ag gressive and must he Inaugurated at once. The army of foreigners dally landing upon our shores cm then be consistently required to settle upon and cultivate this"reolalmed land. SecDnd-We must take up the quos tlon of land reform, nationally and In states. Lind monopoly ls monstrous, unchristian and unclvl!/.3d. Tal rd-Thcro ls but one way to control the railroads, lt ls not neces sary that tho government shall own and operate our vast railway system. Tho tentative way to approach that oroblem ls to pass an aot author i ng the government to construct or pur chase three transcontinental lines north, south and through the center of tho continent, if such a law wore passed tho present lines would be quiok to soil at reasonable rab'\s Q testions of connecting with those lines ant! all subsidiary and collateral matters would bo easy of adjustment. Fourth- Wo must elect United States senators by popular vote. Fifth -The struggle for c immunity control of public utilities must con tinue- and lt will. Restore tho com petitive equilibrium even if wo havo to discourage corporations for private gain. If they will lnslBt on destroy ing competition and crushing thc In dividual, to that extent destroy them by recalling their charters. If lt ls a question cf which shall live tho oor poratlon or the man let tho man survive. Tho du*y of tho state ls to tho Individual. Tho remedios will ho tried tlrst before the nation takes thc Cimmerian leap into src'allsm on the wide soalc contemplated by your question. Sixth Finally,nominate and oieota "? ( is I .,. 26* and 50 Hs. o/.AM, Rxolusivo Wholesale ror Bonneltsvilloand vicinity )vn I or s nol residing in "illu who desiro an agency \ ?M?|)ly to Mm M Ultu A Y y, Columbio. Minx;. ::. \ ijggs from puro broil Sin 0 Comb Urown IJO^ iff P. Kocks or Barred an bo Jmd at tho Dom* lo. Tl m h fe - mr Un For I ' :.!>>.' H H ho?-H. Lay ?-hem away, stained by a mother's tears; Precious keepsakes through tho com ing years. The baby's shoos, the tips now slight ly worn Their spring heels frayed by rf uno'kg o'er tho floor Lay them away, willi heartstrings wrenched and torn, For baby's feet will wear them never ore. Hut throigh the gloom of all tho com ing years Thc baby's shoes will ope the fount of tears. Lay them away, and sacred mem ory Will cluster 'round them till his face wc see Until in robes of angels' purest white, With harp swept by his little Angers blest, His smile shall banish all the gloom of night And call us to bis Father's endless rest. Those little shoos! Through all the coming years They'll speak of him, and All our eyes with tears, Lay them away! No more wiii baby feet Hun to the gate with pat 'ring music sweet. Upon the shores of brighter endless day Ho stands. He smiles and waves bis hand, And after we have quit life's weary way We'll greet our baby in that better land. And so we'll keep these shoes through all the years That they may banish all our doubts an* fears. . They now pare potatoes and wash dishes by electricity. A package or e'velopa seahd wltb white of ogg cannot be steamed open. Fifty years ago ono woman to e /pry ten men worked for wages. Now tho ratio ls four to one. lt member, 3 ou can train yourself to throw on" wo ry. In the same wa> that you aiq il red the habit. L?t your brain bo a buryiog ground for othor people's seorots. IVs a good place for your own, too. Wireless telegraph may po compar atively now, but the kick under the table ls as old as marriage. The queen of Slam has the smallest foot O? any tliLd p rson in the world. Sue wears a No. 1 1 2 shoo. If you hake tLe soil in whioh fine lliwerbcud* are to be plantod, you will not be troubled so much with weeds. Haifa lomon dipped In salt will ht f ,u d qu te as se. violable as oxalic aclu tn cu.auing articles of copper and br?? ss. In Austria a man and a woman ar. supposed to bu capt b.a of conducting a nome of their own from the age ol (our etea. lu the Gorman colonies white wo men aro sciroo, tuero hoing only 254 in 10 A st Air,ca and 239 lu toe G rm .11 islands in tuc Pacific oo.an. One ot the best known New Yo. k aotiosscs, M..ss Hlauche H i"u, oas turned farmer, as a relit f from the nervous a, rain of theatrical went. lu Havaria tho womeu cLan the streets. 13 ls ouly a tow years back, wheu trains were In fashion, that wo men performed the SMOG work fcv?e. The only woman firearm agent In the world is pretty Neille I', anett ol Le vcr, who sells powder and s'iot gum aod represents the Or.nu?' L fe Magazine. A man In Ponnsj 1 vania sold his wife for C :i ami tuen spent iJu-. money for a oatqujt io the yu.chaser. Some wo mt m would Bed Lt.1er nusoands foi i ess. An Indiana woman succeeded in laying in a stock of fourteen nujbandb oeforo tho authorities deemed lt host to later fore and clip the v^lugd if her monopolistic spirit. The man who breaks eff an engage mont without an explanation, snould be waited upon by tho girl's father or brother and an explanation demand ed. This will ba merely for satisfac tlon. Randolph Milbournr, the Washing ton, D. (J. mu ile teao iar, who wears woman's clothes, has got around 1 - gel o j Otlons by wearing a largo sil ver baage bearing tho In erlption, * lt mdolpu Mdbourue. lama man." To shut out an o*J;clonal view from side or rear windows mix a lit tle m i-itlo varnish and white lead ia equal <j ?antitics and apply to the In side of tho panes with an old paint brush. It will ho a good imitation of ground glass and will wear a long time. A Ohles go prcftsscr recently pre dicted that the Industry of the twen ty llrst centu y would be controlled by wcmin; and Supremo Oourt Ju? tloo David A Brewer, In an address before Vast.ar, suggested that ''thc ;u xi, balfe m m y may ixtend full sulfrage throughout the nnlon.'i When vtu'vo a good wife and true, W.io, lot fortune bo foul or fair, Of whatever may come to you, Will cheerfully hear her sharr ; Who has proved she's a brave, true helper, Perhaps far more than you know, It will lighten her end t f the burdon, If you kiss her and tell her so. Government Aluna. It may not bo known to somo of ()jr Folks that the Government of the United States ls making a min Ute survey of tho entire country, and ls Issuing oompleto and accurate maps of the parts surveyed-ino.'ud lug overy road, every farmhouse, every cottage, creek, together with water shed and elevation; -and that thoso maps aro for salo, so far as printed, at a morely nominal price-a 'ew cents oaoh. Tae person to write to for information is Uhas. I). Wal cott, director of tho United Stato ?iJOlogloal Sur voy, Washington, I). ). lo may be that yotn particular ?'.oighborho ni Ins not yet boon sur feyed and mapped, but perhaps it lr; ~vo have told you how to lind out. . KUIIn? Front. J A dlspatoh from Norfolk, Va., says reformation was received In tills oity .rom tho 6U perin tendent of tho North larollna test farm at Statesvlile stat ig that all tho ootton and corn In ?hat a Otlon was killed by the frosts Ast woek. u .nor crops are believed -> have sutfdrod stveroly. Ootton has sen killed or Injured In many of tho Hates, and farmers havo had to plant << Young Mun Dornt. V.Oapt. Hcnjamin Kennedy, comman nt of the Woloh Nock High Sohool illartsvillo, died in Columbia Wed kday night after an illness of six .?ks. Ho was twenty-eight years of h, having boon born In (J nesvlllt, lion county, on Maroh 16, JJ78. \ Rat? liCftltlation, The railroad rato bill ls still the storm enter In politics. The Demo crats generally, favor a measure that would give adequate relief to tho peo ple without doing injustice to tho rail roads. Tho consolidation of transpor tation facilities has reached such a point In this country that seven com hinatlons cont ol practically all the railroads and wield such vast power that thc people aro unable to prevont abuses. The Democrats want a law giving tho Interstate Commerce Com mission authority to Ox reasonable rates and forbidding any Interference by the courts, or such a limited court review, as will prevent tho r unifica tion of tho work of the Commission by interlocutory court orders, and leave the rates fixed by the Commission in full force until the final hearing and decree In the case. Dut a number of broadest possible review by the courts including the power to suspend the Commission's rates by an interlocu tory order or temporary injunction before thc Anal hearing. Judging from the debates in both Houses, Congress will hardly pass tho bill without providing for some sort of court review; but tho Democrats will Insist on limiting that power. An Old Preaohcr. A Mel hodl8t minister who had been preaching for aeventy-seven years ls worth seme little attention. Tho dis Unction belongs to Riv. Riobard Ry mer, of Brixton, England. He was a pmaoher when William IV was King of Erjgland and Andrew Jaoksou wa President of the United States. fczjo man ever gains any th ng by try lng to belittle others. Remember this young man and act on lt. Tine Republicans in Congress are dl v ded on every proposition that looks towards reform, but they arc all unit ed on the "pork bill" and "for the old hag and an appropriation." KANSAS undertakes have formed a trust. Hereafter funeral expenses must be guaranteed or tho deceased will not bc buried. Thus do many a man's woes pursue him to thc grave. IMMIORAMVS are coming into Texas at tlic rate of 1,000 a day, and New York and Boston at 16,000 a day. This country will have to continue to do some tall assimilating to digest so much raw food. RKFUULICAN senators seem to dread t o vote on the Sit cot case, and many of them intend to repudiate the bargain made with the Mormon church by Perry Heath In 1000 which gave the Repucllcans the electoral vote of Utah. Tine ship-subsidy steal is one vote shy of being reported favorably by the Committee of Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Gen, Grosvenor and thc lobbyists have expended all their ef forts so far for nothing. A Ger nan scientist says the time w ill come when the supply of water will not be sulllclent to supply life on this earth. This may be true, but the trouble ls too far off fer us of this j timo th worry over lt. . . . Tine standpatters will hardly dare standout against abating tho tariff on building material to the unfortunat e San Francisco sufferers, though they will still continue the taritf tax on homes for the balance of us. TUB adxantage of an Indirect tax like the tarilV Is, as ono of the princi pal standpatters said, the foolish geese don't know who is plucking them but Hie Republicans are discovering that the voters are getting their eyes openc\ AM eminent minister of the gospel says ninety-five per cent of the sons of rich men are worthless and do noth ing but spend the money they inheri ted. While this may be true, yet. ihoy arc some usc in thc world by robly helping to keep money in circulation. Tine city of Johanesburg, South Af rica, prohibits all advertisements ro gnai cling liquor and gambling on a penally of $12, or two months' impris onment. That is good law, and better st ill we are told it is strictly enforced. Tine people of Porto Rico have found that wearing shoes is a cure for the "lazy bug" disease. That is not al ways the ease In this section of the globe. Some folk? herc who have two or three pair of shoes have the "lazy bug" disease to an alarming extent. SKCIIKTARY Shaw ls 80 thick with the Rockefeller City National Rank and ot lier Wall Street bankers that he ls virtually paying interest on the gold they are Importing from Europe by advancing thc cash without inter est, on security other than United States bonds. IT was only a year or two ago that Senator Lodge voted to strikeout tue imprisonment clause of the anti-trust act and now he proposes imprisonment for railroad managers guilty of grant ing rebates. ..Has Senator Lodge re pented or is he using that old Repub lican dodge of trying to fool t hc peo ple? Tine United States government and various slates spend at least $1,000on the health of sheep and cattle for every dollar they spend to protect hu man Ufo," said Dr. W. A. Evans di rector of the Columbus laboratories, in a lecture at the tuberculosis exhi bit, at the municipal museum recently. That ls easily accounted for. Tho al mighty dollar is our national god. There ls money In sheep and cattle raising, but none in man raising. Con sequently we raise sheep and cattle and let men die. Do you sec the dif forenco? s THE GUINARD I Manufaoturors Brlok. Flro Proof V Fluo linings and Drain Tilo. Prep; Lor millions. " _^_ We Have F 3no 25 horse power Tal bott, second lin ly boon ovorliaulod. This Engine is * groat bargain for anyone who in in t Wo aro headquarters for anything ii prompt at potion will bo gi von to aTl ii 2aro. Writo us when yon aro in tho i to got our prices boforo placing your Columbi* Supply Co?, - . Kindness Jtew?rdcd. Th'i man tJwhom be gavo a oct' fclo? of food during the Spanish- Amer* can war das willed diaries M ithues oJerk In the prothonotarv'a oftlc? at Media, Pa,, $6,00C. William Ber kine Okd at bia homo ia ???.JJ|>??* last week, and among bl? bequests was f ucd tbls Item: "I hereby leave the sum of $6,000 in oa*h to Charl a Matbues, of Media , for a service which bc rendered me when In dire distress." Mathuea was a member ot the sit th Pennsylvania. His omipany was sent to Camp Alger. Ce mr d alongside them was the second Ten nessee. Tuero was tn u de about ia Hons for the men of the South, and while the men from Pennsylvania were eating fresh meat and baked bread, the others were- compelled to take hardtack and salt meat for their share. Thia continued for a time, when,??without warning, the provid ions were a< most entirely cutoff. It was at this point that Mathues met Herklna, and, learning of his condi tion, gave bl qa bread and meat. Hurd to 1'IOABO.. T wo men were arrested recently in New York for causing a lot of oltlz ns to laugh and cheer and and another man was gathered in on the same day fer refu dug to look pleasant when ordered to orena the street. Tbe police are growing awfully partlou ar. CL,K AU your mind of every gloomy, selfish, angry or revengful thought, allow no resentment or grudge toward mau or fate to stay in your heart over night. Wake in the morning with a blessing for every thing on your Hps and in your soul. Say to yourself. Health, luck, usefulness, succ?s are mine. 1 claim them. Keep thinking that thought no matter what happens Just as you would put ono fooo before another if you had a mountain to ellmb. Keep on, keep on,and sudden ly you will lind that you aro on tho heights. DivoncK decrees granted In ono state do not bind the defendant if he or she resides in another, according to a decision of tho United States su preme com t, and as a result thousands of men and women who, after separa tion in states whore laws aro lax have married again, face the possibility of having themselves declared big amists, and their children illegiti mate. Eighty Year Old Woman Cu red. Had Suffered Tortures from Rheumatism for Twenty Years, No mutter how long you have boon sick, np matter how discouraged you aro from having tried BO many romodfos in vain, thoro is at last hopo of ii complote euro for you. Tho now ?(.?ontitle lomody RIIKUMACIUK, hos our dhan- A tl rods of cases of Rheumatism, Sciatica, Q out? Pw I ntarrh, Indigosti n, Constipation, Liver and Kidm y Troubler. La Grippe and Contagious Blood Poison, after nil othor remedies have failed, RIIBUMACIUH curod Jamos Kenealy and J. V Kline of Unit ?moro, of terrible cases of Rheumatism, nf ter nil tho npeciulii.it nt the fam ous Johns I tonkin-. Hospital hnd failed. Rh eu mncidoomed W. R. Hughes of Atkins, Va, af ter noted Now York doctors had fnilod. lloro ls tho caso of n woman oigty years old who was curod by Rhoumaoido a?&K.' feho had suffered for 20 year?. flK'' \ "Aft?Sr BUfforlng for about '20 \ .Uh In fmninU.ry Ithennmtimr. I waa iiulnood to try? IV tile of Rheitnittcldo. After taking ono bot tle 1 hnve felt llvo years younger. I nm now eighty years of ago and wish to testify that I boliovo Hhonmacldo is tho best remody for Rho m.ttism. And I heartily oornraond lt to .ill wtio aro suffering with any of the forma ot 'his dread disoaso. "Very tinly, "MRS. MAHYB WKMJontt." Your Druggist bolls tuid rcooinmendu Rn KO M A CI OK. Stop Coughing. Murry's Horehound, Mullein aud Tar takes away every neccesslty for coughing. VVlien it Is taken for any lorin of cough it goes straight to tho seat of the trouble, and by Its soothing, healing ell'ect on the Iriltated mem brane, takes away the cause. MURRAY'S HOREHOUND MULLIEN AND TAR is composed of the most effective rem edies known for curing bronchial irri tations. Goughs,Colds, LaGrlppe, lora Throat, and is Invaluable in controll ing the paroxyms of Whooping (J- ugh, and as ah antispasmodic in Croup. Contains no harmful drug and is abso lutely safe for young and old. Ploasant to take. A large bottle costs no moro than ordinary Cough Remedies. Price 26cts. Guaranteed satisfactory^, to every purchaser. V AT DRUG STORES. Prepared by tho Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. G. A Pianor or An Organ Por You. To tho hoad of every family who is nmbl-^Hk\ thais for tho intim? and ?ducation of his ohihwR/ dron, wo hnvo a Spocinl Proposition to make. ^ No nrticlo in tho homo Bhows tho evldenoe of culture that does a Piano or Organ. No ac complishment givosas much ploasuro or is of aa groat vnluo in after life 04 the knowledge of music und tho ability to play well. Our Small Paymont Plot s makes owner ship of n high grado Piano or Organ easy. Just n few dollars down and a small payment each month or quarterly or semi annually and tho instrument IB yours, Writo us today for Catalogues and out Speo lal Proposition of Koay I'aymonUi. j Addres Malone's Muslo Go., Columbia, S. O. Clip this ad Keepit. Uso $1.00 worth of "Kuidinc" Tablets for indigestion, or Dyspepsia, If not satisfied return boxes to us, and wc will sont your morey back. A "Money back" guaran tee and wo mean lt. Mount/ib Iron Alin. Co., Spurlanburg S. C. 60o or $1 In either lipuid or tablet form. Your druggist or from the Manf. <fcK AAA BANk DEPOSIT U>3?vJ"vP R. R. Fare Paid. Notes V??\ ^ '_ 500 FltEKCOUBSBS RBBBMUBBHHHBHM Board at Coat. Write Ont?! UR0U0IAALAUAMA BUSINESS C0LI.EQE, ?ACO*. 0* iKICK WOKKSf A. O. orra Cotta t? ill 1 if'?Ink or :or Sale md ongino in atook which has recent in bret class condition and will be ho market for such a sizo ongine. X tho way of machinery supplies, ana iquirios and orders ontruatod to our market for anything, ami bo surd ordors olsowbore. . ? Columbia, S...C*