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OUND PAPER. entor Heyward's Last Mes sage to the Legislature SHOULD BK HEEDED. Me Makes Many Practical and Timely Suggestions About (tie Various Institutions of the State the Legislature Should Carry Out. Governor Hayward's lust message to the Legislature waa read in both Houses on Tuesday. It ls worthy of preservation as a model for State pa pera of thia obaraoter. As the State says lt ia oonolao, yet not too brief; positivo, yet not dictatorial. There la no doubt of Mr. Hoy ward'a po litton on any Bubicot disoutsed, and Mu re commendations aro those that might be expeotod from a progressive, olear lighted, patriotic governor, There is nothing radical In tho message; little Indeed, that ls new, but the points are presented earnestly and force fully. Instead of r?capitul?t! o g tho dry finanolal statement of the treasury that baa for decades constituted the opening subject of messages, tho live question of proporby assessment ls considered. Commenting ou oondl tiona outlined, tho Governor says: This ls an unbusinesslike condition of affaire, in a department where bus meas conditions should be preeminent. If all property in the Statu were equalized upon a GO per cent, basis, tbo total taxable property in the State would, in my opinion, be not less than 9360,000,000 on tho books of the Comptroller General, Instead of only .250,000,300, as aro the ligures at the present. This ls not only au Injustice to our taxpayers, hut it is unwise and la an injury to tho State, tn that lt does not set forth to others our roal progress and prosperity. No radical legislation is recom mended, the present law?, If properly enforced, hoing, in the opinion of the ohlef exeoutlve, su ill Ment to remedy muoh of the present unsatisfactory conditions. He does, however, urge one important ohange whloh, If oar ried out, will tend to tho bolter on forcement of the law. "It would be wino, In my opinion," saya the Gov ernor, "to reduce the membership of the State board, limiting lt to live members, these to he appointed hy the Governor and oonllrmed by tho Senate. Two of the members should devote their entire time to thin work, and should receive a ilxed salary and traveling expenses. These memborB should visit the vorkam counties, con ault with the auditors and local anses ?tng ollloers, should hear all com plaints and should regulate the equal ization of all taxable property in the State." Will tho loghd&turo mako a uoriuua etfort to remedy what has re sulted, beoauae of lnetncient laws, In maladministration V Governor Hey ward devotes muoh more attontlon to immigration than to any other subjeet. He ls j nobly proud of the rcoord made by South Carolina and of tho faot that the leadership of this Slate has been re cognized throughout tho South, and favorably oommonted upon from Maine to Call fox .?I a* He briefly re counts the late achievements of the departments, shows the tremendous assistance rendered by South Carolina manufacturers, emphasizes tho faot that native labor was always safe guarded by the Stato, and points to some of the advantages to aooruo to South Carolina from tho establish ment of a steamship line between Charleston and Bremen. He saya: In the maintenance of auoh a line, we have already sooured the active, personal support of Dlreotor Von Pills, of one of the greatest steamship corporations in tho world, and I have reason to know that ho ie a loyal friend of the South and of Southern oommereial development. What tho establishment of this lino moans to ls la a little dlllloult yet for us to under stand. When I tell you that nearly $94,000,000 worth of Southern cotton ?lone goes Inio the foreign pur?, where we ara establishing a connection; that nearly $2,000,000 worth of our ootton seed meal readies that same port and that lt is within our power to direot far more of these produots through this port to thoir consignors; and when I add that on the shipment of these, and many other of our pro duots, through tho port of Oharloston, it ls in our power to savo many thous ands of dollars to shippers and pro ducers of those artloles by reason of the proposed line -you may then real ize what this undertaking means, not alone to the people In gonoral, hut to the ootton farmer direot. It ls within our grasp, by rallying now, to Bavo to our producers, to tho uuyor and the ?hipper, handsome sumj-psid-?o-t?tns^ ^ x^^l?toPA^panles whoso roal inter ests are no i ldentllled with un, For the support of this department Gov. Hayward asks a minimum ap propriation of $25,000. That ls abso lu toly necessary, ho says, and the semblance of the lack of support at this orltioal stage may lose for UH the opportunity now open. The chief oxeoutivo, always actively Interested in our oduoational Institu tions from the common school to tho college, expicsBos disappointment ab tho failure of former legislatures to pass a compulsory eduoatlon law. We quote from tho mesBago: "It ls un necessary for mo to argue In favor of thia law; Its passage ls simply of vital Importance, and 1 hopo you will give lt oareful thought. Such a law, among other considerations of gone ral beneilt, would he tho boat pe nible set tlement of the child laboi question. If all children hetwocn the ages of eight and li (toon years wore compell ed by the State to attend aohool, there would thon ho no opportunity given any ohildren to work lu our foo* tories. In this connection. J might add that the law prohibiting child ron from working In cotton milln la hoing observed as woll aa possible under the cl rou matan cos. Tho management of our mills deslrea thc enforcement of this law, but until tho State requires rino jatry of all blrbhs lb is impossible ?my termino tho ago of a ohild whoso iin'entB desire lt to work." rfinoho Goveruor's position on tho dis HBor *ry 18 cona,?tont. l?o bolleveB T '.u If the recommendations of two .oom .g0 i,?a- D6on Ottrr|0a out tho WOW, a., would havo been Improved, flw ipin voinor quoteu this oxtraot moBsage of last year: operativo, for tho honor of the S?te. that existing conditions should hu immediately remedied, either by radio?' obaoget in the lan? KO vor nln g the dispensary or by the adoption ot a diflereut ?yatetu io; tb? regulation of the 1'quor question. We again quote from the message: The faot that a Urne number of oountles lu the State have voted out looaldlsponB-irieH; tue work ot the in vestigating oommltteo. and the dla* closures made in constquence~theu considerations, lu oonncotlon with the faot that tba people ot tb? Stato hate reoontly expressed in no unoer? tain terms their disapproval of tho present operation of the dlipeniary law, all demand Imperatively that something mould be done to oorreot ozlating evils. The people will not atand. for any thing in which they be lieve graft exists in any form, and P. serious trouble with the dispensary law ia that it alford* too great oppor tunity for wrong doing and too little opportunity for deteotlon. Tho Governor who bas so oarno tl y endeavored to instill Into tho publio mind a revor* noe for law is naturally "ashamed to report to you that, In spite jf all efforts to the oontrary, the orime ol lynohlng has been committed jooro than onoe in our State during the pant year" He makes this re commendation: Reoontly the legislature of Virginia enaoted a law making au attempt at rape a oapltal offence, and providing also that tne testimony of the victim could he taken in private and not bo foro tho publio In a court room. I am ir formed by State offlolalB of Vin ginia that this law ls working satis ffcotortly. 1 think this a vory Impor tant consideration, and X reoommeud the passage of euch a law for our State. The holding of spoolal terms of court has many objections, and the principal one being thc appearance of tbus yielding to lawless demands hastily mado. For the orime of rape, however, I am of the opinion that apeolal oourta should be held to try the oulprlt at onoe, and I hope our laws can be so amended in this rc speot. The Insane population of tho Unltod States has just doubled slnco 18U0 and South Carolina has, unfortunate ly, kept paco In this rospeot with the rest of the country. The State ls un prepared to properly oare for her In sane. The conditions at the Asylum havo been for several years a dlaoredlfc. Longer delay in giving relief appears Impossible and the Governor says: In considering tho future welfaro of our Insane, I am oonvlnoed that lt would be a wlte pol toy on the part of the Stale to consider the proposition by tho redouts to purohase additional land a short distanoe from the olty for the double purpose of a colony for ohronio Insane and also for farming lands for the support of the hospital. Tho property at preient owned is bo lng gvadually occupied by the g rou PM of buildings necessary for tho more acuto oases, and the proposed addi tion would bo valuable from overy standpoint. Confederate veterans of South Caro lina wish to hold reunions every year, I but thoylalso wish to have a feeling of Independence-, to know that they are not imposing on any community. To this end ihoy wish a fuud to defray the chief expenses of suoh reunions, and in recommending such au appro priation Gov. Hayward says: "There ls overy reason why the wishes of our old voterans should bo respected, and I believe li is only right and proper that tho S sate should make an appro priation for this purpose. In accord ance, therefore, with their wishes, and also because I strongly favor the Idea, I have the honor to suggoit that an appropriation of 85,000 bo made, in order that thero may be no uncer tainty as to the convenience and full enjoyment of thc animal oommunion of our old veterans." The legislature ls Informed that thore oan bo no State buildlog at the Jamestown Exposition unless spoolal provision ls made for lt, and lt is sug gested that 112,000 be given for a building to bo constructed with a view to having it taken down and re erected In Coluoabla as the permanent homo for a Stato exhibit, there being now no place for the care or display of an exnlbit of tho State's resouroes. An earnest recommendation is made by tile retiring governor for a meas uro of justice for State elliot als an i JudgoB of both olroult and supremo courts. Salaries woro low 15 yean ago, but slnco then tho cost of living In the cities has lnoroa&ed more than thirty per cont., while tho duties of all otlloials are more exacting. Tho praotloal cfTeot ls that, with harder work tho oillcials are receiving a third less salary, The result is that unless a Stato oilljial bau other moans than his salary he lives "from hand to mouth" and is perpetually "?trap ped." Under such conditions, has the State of South Carolina tho right to jemand as good service as she re aelvesV Thore should be a change ind tho governor recommends that Jtllolals and judges be given proper compensation. Tho message, in which every sub leot of publio Interest ooming within jho sphere of tho ohlef oxcoutlve, ls ouched upon, ls brought to a oloso with the following feeling paragraphs: "In conclusion. I havo only little nore to say, but this will hold for me noro than I oau ever hope to adtqu ktoly express. As governor of mo na tive Stato, 1 have received the high ist honors which my peoplo can he tow. In deep, grateful and lasting ippreoiation of this honor, I shall al lays recall, not only the distinction md privileges whioh this honor con erred, but tho manner of its bestow A will always bo among my mostoher slied recollections. "With tho fervent hope that tho liuhost blesslLgs of an all-wlBO Provl lenoo may guide and direct us al ways, 1 oommond to you tho r'esponsl tllltlcs and tho privileges which aliko tro yours." And howovor much South Carolin ans may osteem and honor his suooos or, thero will be regret In tho hearts if tens of thousands that H. C. Hey vard has written his last annual mos aKo. To Kill White Oilloors. Melief that tho army oilloors at Tort Keno that a conspiracy to m?r ier overy white ofilcer at Fort lleno, leglnning with Captain Edgar A. flaoklln against whom nearly overy legro soldlor at tho post entertains . porsonal grudge as a result of tho ffalr at Brownsville, Texas, and tho ilBChartte ct the nogro sold lora that ollowocl -and thon proceeding down ho list of Ofdoers bcoame known as a emili, of the proliminary hoarlng n the oaae of Edward L. Knowles, orporal of oompany A, Twonty-iltth nfantry, who waa hold on a ohavge of .asault with intont to kill Captain flaokli.-i, of company C, Twenty-fifth nfantry, on the night of Dooember ?1. Knowles was bound over to await ho aoiilon of the Canadian county [rand jury, A PITIABLE CASK. AN INNANM CANADIAN DROUGHT XO OMA NO MB W HU, Governor Heyward Orders that fie Be ?ocoived and Treated at the Asylum. Templa Hartnett, a Oanadl&n, who had been employed for a short time at the Soott & Laoey Lumber Company near Kiloroe, was brought to this olty on last Thursday night and commit ted to jail on a writ of lunacy Issued by sludge of Probate Copes. He 1B a strong, athletlo young man, and seem ed to be In robust health physically, but apparently hopelessly Insane. During the time he was In the jail bore, nearly a week, he would not eat anything, and refuted to talk. He scorned datormined to starve himself to death, lying down most of the time, It seems that the young man oame down a few months ago from his home in Canada to work for tho Soott & Laoey Lumber Company, near IO loreo. While at work he suddenly want Insane and wondered off in tho woods. He was caught by tho mana gers of tho company, and .sent toElloreo and turned over to Chief of Polloo Gates for safe keeping. He was ezam ined by Drs. Baxter and Browning who pronouuoed him insane. Ho was then brought to Orangeburg and com mitted to jallas above stated. Judge of Probate Copes Issued a commitment for bim to the insane asylumn, on which ho statod that Hartnett was a Canadian. Judge Copes knew that under the law Hartnett would not be admitted into tho asylum, but he oarrled out tho law in suoh oases and reported it to the proper authorities. When Dr. Babcock Informed Judge Copes that ho could not reooive tho unfortunate man, Judge Copes im mediately wrote to Governor Hey ward, giving bim all the particulars In tho case, who wrote to Sheriff Johu H. Dukes at onoe instructing him to turn Hartnett over to Dr. Baboook, Haying that he believed lt against tho traditions of this State to let an un fortunate suffer in tho condition lu whioh this poor man now in. To Dr. Baboook ho wrote that ho was fully aware that seotlon 2, of aot No. 647, aots of 1002, does not authorizo him to direot the superintendent of tho hospital tor the insano to take ohargo of Buoh a oaso, lt was, however, his opinion that this seotlon was intended as a matter of general proteotlon, as a consideration to prevent repeated Imposition upon tho state hy those who should know better. "Therefore," Bays the governor's lettor to Dr. Baboock, "I have direot ed Sheriff Dukes to bring Mr. Hart nett to you, and I hereby direot you to take him in your keeping and give to him all neoessary oare and atten tion until I oan hear from tho British minister at Washington. I have sent the papen in tho ORSO to tho ?cor o tar y of state, at Washington, with the re quest that ho would bring the matter to the attention of tho British minis tor at onoe. My aotion in this matter is basal upon the icnowlodgo and tho oonvlotlon that tho traditions of South Carolina, no matter what the lotter of tho law be, have ever been, and will always be, against suoh inhumanity as would be neoessary to oarry out, literally, the provisions of the aot in this particular case." Gov. Hoy ward did exaotly right. The oase la one of the most pitiable that has ever oo,v\o under the observa tion of the otllcershore, Sheriff Dukes, Deputy Sheriff Tharln, Judge of Pro bato Copes and Supervisor D&ntzler did all they could to relieve the Buf fering ot the unfortunate young man, but that was very little as the poor follow ncoded treatment in an Insti tution apoolally adopted to his oase, and wo are glad that he has boen ad mitted to the asylum until his friends oan be located and heard from Hartnett was not brought to this State by the department of immigra tion, but carno on his own accord to work in the lumber business. Whan ho first came to tnis country a few months ago he seemed to be in per feot hoalth, and what made him go Insane ls not known. He must have mado good wages as his appearanoe would ind?cate that ho dreaaed well. He has boon committed to the insane asylum, and we hopo the treatment he receives there will restore him to health. Had he remained hero he would have died, as he refused to eat, and tho authorities had no way of making him do so. No doubt his rel atives when they hoar of his sad plight will oomo to his reaouo. nts appearanoo Indioates that he ls an in telligent, well-raised young man, bub the authorities hore could not induoo him to talk and givo any account of his family or antecedents. Orange burg Times and Democrat. St?rmer ?nd HulolUo, At Roanoke, Va., Wallace C. Mays, aged 26, unmarried, Thursday shot and killed Mrs. Etta Murray, agod 30, tho wife of Frank Murray, and thou blow out his own brains, falling dead at the feet of tho woman ho murder od. Maya and Mrs. Murray were ooua Ina. The tragody was onaoted in tho Murray home whllo Murray, who works at night, was an'eop in an up stairs room, and was witnessed by Misa Leila Witt, a stator of Mrs, Mul ray, and tho latter's three-year-old laughter. Mays was madly In love with Mrs. Murray and letters ad Irosaod to his mother and found on tils dead body told of his plan to kill tooth Mrs. Murray and himself. Ho entered tho Murray homo from the rear and Unding Mra. Murray in tho iel toben fired a bullet through her isad. Ho then turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through ola own head. Both diod Instantly, vira. Murray leaves five small chil Iren. Mays carno from Staunton, Va., and boarded with thc Murrays intil a short whilo ago. Mall lcnior Arrosterl. Post?nico Inspeotor M. O. Halver itadt arrested Mall Rider James W. Uoulware Wednesday on Star route No. 20202 from Cassels bo Wlnn>iboro, or rilling a paokage of mall matter iddrossod to J, C. Willingham. Tho nail on Star route from Winnshurobo li'llnt Hill la oarrlod by hand by the nail rider, outside of pouoh. There isa been complaint for aomo timo by ?ho patrons of the route from Winna ?oro that their mall was being rilled, ?art only of tho paokago being taken ind the rest left undistributed. A ifatoh ohain waa found in ono of his pockets, whioh he had taken out of i paokage addressed to J. C. Willing lam. The prisoner wan taken by tho post?nico inspector to Columbia, to oo bound over by the (Jnlbed States Jommlssloner Vernor for next tarm of ibo United States? ?III-J MAN WHO MAD UtTlN?O H10 "Are You Beady to Die Too?" Asked the Wronged Hutband 'to Hil Wiie. . The Auguste Ohroniole saya Charlie Thurmond, au operative in ono ot the Harrisburg milln, shot and killed Bay Rutherford in the meat market of W. P. Crawford, in Harrisburg, Friday night, between 9 and 10 o'clock. Only two men witnessed thb shooting-W. JP. Crawford, the proprietor of the market and J aa; 0. MoAlhaney. Cir? , oumBtanoes point toward the theory that Rutherford was killed onaooount of tho fact that he had wrecked Thur mond's home. , About 9 o'olook Friday night Ruth erford oame into the meat market and after a few desultory remarks he seat ed himself on a stool, whioh was in theoenter of the market. Just tn front of the oounter and direotly opposite the front door. In two minutes Char lie Thurmond appeared in the front door, and throwing a 38 oallbro revol ver across his forearm, he fired three Bhots in rapid suooesslon at Ruther ford. Two of them took effeot in the man's side, and the third went wild, outtlng a hole in a window screen in the back of the store. Thurmond Bpoke no word when he came to the door, and after the shots were fired he wheeled around and ran toward the oanal K'ldge, where he was arrested a few Minutes later by Officer Brown. As tho third shot was fired Thur mond staggered to his feet, and with a mu ill ed "He has killed me, men!" he fell Just behind the meat oounter, where ba diod in a few minutos. Coroner Ramsy was summoned, and he orderod the body to be oarrled to the undertaking parlors ol R. IO. Eb llott, where an iKqucBt will be held Sunday morning. Guardod remarks on tho part of a number of poople who bad gathered on tho aoone pointed to the faot that family troubles were the causo of the shooting, and tho wife of Charlie Thurmond was Interviewed. She was at first reluctant to divulge Informa tion whioh was necessarily of a very delicate nature, but she stated that Rutherford had been killed on her ao count. Sho and her husband have been Boparated for tho past two weeks, and the faot that Rutherford was tho oauae of tho separation has been town talk for some time. After Thurmond bad killed the man who had ruined his home, ho re turned to his wife, and coolly reload ing his atm smoaklng revolver, he said: "I have killed Ray Rutherford, and if you are reaiy to die. I will kill yon!" The frightened wife remonstrated with her husband, and after he bad talked with hor for perhaps five min utes he left the house, and only a few minutes olapaed before he had surren dered to OUicor Brown on the oanal bridge. It ls stated that only a few nights ago Thurmond and Rutherford had a diilloulty in a saloon and that an af fair Blmlllar to that whioh occurred Friday nlgnt was only prevented by the Intervention of by standers. FOR THB GIRLS. Bonti-lco fc'alrfaxi Tolls Thom How to Wrlto IiOttorc. Tho art of lotter writing is sadly neglected in tho modern girl's eduoa tlon. Sho writes a note In a large, awkward hand that spreads all over the page &ud expresses but poorly what sho has to say. In tho first plaoe, perhaps all of you do not know that to begin a letter "Dear" So-and-So is muoh more in formal than to begin "My Dear" So and-So. "Dear" should only bo used when writing to a person whom you know very well and are fond of. In all formal notes you should bo gin with "My Dear." To wrlto a pretty, graceful noto la a vere nloe ac complishment. In returning thanka for gifts be sure and let tho poraon to whom you are writing know that you are grate ful, aud that you appreciate tho kind ncaa that prompted tho sending of the gift.. In writing letters, especially to mon, a girl cannot be too careful of what she aaya. To grow affectionate on papor ls a groat mistake. There is no harm in writing a friendly letter tu a mau, hub let lt bo friendly and no more. The average girl from time to time corresponds with a number of men be fore she finally aeries down and bo cornea ongaged. If she allows her pan to run away with her common uonse in all those epistles she makes a great mistake. Can she contemplate with any amount of oomfort that hor words of affection aro the property of half a do/en men whom abe nevor BOOS and aortalnly does not oare for. When a girl bcoomos engaged lt is proper that a oortain amount of af feotlon should bo shown in her letters to hor llanoe. But even then it is wluer not to put her whole heart on papor. Try and be oonciao in your letters. Don't start a toplo and then wander away from lt and come baok to lt on tho next pago. Long sentences are tlreaome and big worda do not add to tho literary value of a letter. Blots and erasures will spoil the most interesting lotter, for noatness ls ono of oho moat important features in loiter writing. Fanciful writing paper iu in bid taste. Get good, plain paper and your notes will look far moro attractive than if dooorated with Howers, oto. Lot your letters and notes express linearity; don't lot thom sound stilt sd and artificial. And always romember that what ls mid tn a lotter oannot be recalled. A Wino Choice, United Sbatea Senator Pefctus, of Alabama, who is olghby-Blx years of age, when asked what vooatlon he would choose If he were again begin ning aotivo life, replied: "Tho call ing of a farmor. I would purchase i nicely looatcd farm and Bottle down bo farming as my lifework, thus guaranteeing to my loved ones and myself the highest and happtcat of mrs, with a full orlb, a full smoke house and a full measure of UB< f?l icas." _ IJundrods Hilled, A tidal wave devastated seme of ?no Dutoh Wait Indian Islands louth ,t Aohin. The IOBS IS very great. Aocordlng to a brief official dispatch tihree hundred persons perished on the Island of Tana, while forty 'ure ??own to have been drowned at %Ko rsj}id of 31 malu, CURES AF RHEUMACldE has had failed. RheumacU Johns Hopkins Hospital of Salem. Va., and D. l-l remedies and the docto Almost a Miracle In T!i!c Cs Bobbitt Chemical Company : ?,}' ^' Gentlemen - In September. 1899. ? t< mutism In a very bad form (inllnmmato mouth niter the disease started I had I my work alic] KO to bed. lt continued worse until my arms and hands we drawn, so much so that I could not u My logs were drawn bnck till my feet my Illus. 1 was as helpless us a baby t 12 months. The muscles of my arms Woroliard and shriveled up. I suffer many limes over. Was treated by six physicians In McColl. Dillon anti Mu none of them Could do mo any (.-nod. un 1 . Lr.Wing, of Dillon, came to see ino. jue to try your RH KUM ACIDE. Ile g< bottle of the medicine and I began tc and before thc lust bottle was usi-d ur to get better. I used VA bottles and \ olote y cured. , That was years a KO health has been excellent ever sine had no symptoms of rheumatism. 1 further that 1 began to walk in about after I began to take RHE?MAC1DE aid of crutches! in about three monti began to take lt I could walk as goot l>j)dy. and went back to work nguiu. Yours truly. JAMES WI To Abolish tho Plspenanry. Thc Charmion Tost, which ls in for wiping out t;?e dispensary and re establishing saloons, says "able anti* dispensary lawyers, members of the senate and house, arj now preparing a strong bill, carefully worked out so that all constitutional requirements will be met, to bc introduced into the Legislating early in its session, to fol. low and co-operate with thc report of tho investigation committee and there is every chance the framers think of knocking thc dispensary out for good " Tile Post ROCS on to say that "it is expected the report of the investiga ting committee, a strong indictment against the liquor laws of South Car olina will plow a road through thc Legislature for the passage of the anti dispensary bill now ina state of completion. This new bill is locked upon by its desiguers as a model ma chine for the smashing of the rum shop, lt will bo a fast measure, re garded by its friends as too swift for tho liquor men to cope with, It ls proposed by the anti-dispen jsary forces to pass a bill that willi comply with tile general wishes of the votors. lt will throw off thc] ! shackles of tho state dispensary, and present each county with an option! for a dispensary, prohibition, or high license law, as desired. Gov Ansel will, of course be righ behind the bill because he was elected by its friends, and tho framers ligure out that they are going up to ride through the camp of the dispensary forces and whoop thing up. Startlinie fc'lgnroa. The Chicago Tribune says thc to tal of embezzlements and kindred thefts for 100? amounts to $14,139,653, about $5,000,000 more than last year. Of tliis total ?10/M5,38(? was stolen by Officials of banks, $l,i>84,554 by public officials other than postolllce employes, ?22,585 by tile latter, $379,671 by agents, $218,100 from loan associa tions, $223,(187 by means of forgeries and the other defalcations amounting to $1,428, 009, were so varied in their nature that they must be classed as miscellaneous. The comparison with last year is not so much to the discredit of this year when it is remembered that more than $10,000,000 of tho money cmbe/.xled was taken by three men one in Chicago, one in Philadelphia and one in Cuba, the agent of a New York house. In each of these three cases thc ligures represent the total of many years of stealing which was discovered only this year. It is unfair to Charge it all against the year 10CU. A better compasison will be made with tho years 1894 to 18u7. In 1804 tlie embezzlements, etc., amounted to $26,234,112, for the next thi"ic years averaged over $10,000,000 a year. The special reason for thc loiscs of 185)4 was tho consequence of tho panic of tho year before, but it must be re membered that the money In banks at that time was only about half as much us at present, If the percentage of loss is considered, the year Woo is uistinely better than 1805, I8ii<> or 1897, although the loss In dollars ls greater than any year since 1894. Fifty Dollar? for ? Boo. Fifty dollars for one bee may seem in extraordinary price, but such wan tho sum paid for a queen reoontly Im ported from Switzerland by an enter prising apiarist in Indian Territory. This gentleman has been in the bush ios? for thirty years and ls one of tho nost extensivo dealers In tho country. [Ie got his start by cutting down bee ?reos and hiving their wild occupants. [Ie found, however, that these bees lannot handle tho bloom of the dfalfa, whloh ls the chief honey pro luoer of his leotlon, they being too week to sooure the abundant nectar n these plants now BO widely culti vated in the Wost. This dldloulty vas obviated by orossing the common dnd on Italian boos, whloh gave a variety of more strong th. Now he ?roposes to cultivate from his Switz? irland colony, those bees being more ntorprlslng and covering a wider ange than any other bees. Our lil lian Torrltory friends linds beekeep "K very profitable and has grown irosporous In tho business. He sells rom $20 to $25 worthy of honey from ?oh hive, has no dldloulty in market ng lt and could easily dispose of nuoh more than he has beon pr od no ng._ The faot that Mr. llookofeller ls too o.ir to oat oyators reminds us that loth of these objects of publlo inter* sb ?re notoriously bald, VOL XT* isc. Aug. ia TER THE Di s cured thousands of cases ol i& cured John F. Eline and , the greatest hospital in the I. Olmstead, the Norfolk, Va., rs had given up hope. Rheu of rheumatism she I Hughes, of Atkins, Vi There is a reason viv r?lirif.a cal science, andwhili [?to wow oi tne Dlo?d, it oper re badly most delicate stomac iso then?. touched or nearly ami legs od dentil different rion, but nil Dr. J. Ile told >t mo one > take it t i beroi vas rom and my foife .WEEPS ALL with tit? ^ purely vegetable p .s after I ?"reo D* removing the cans I as any Sample bottle and booklet LKiis. BOBBITT CHEA How to M Ak o (Joni. In The State of last Sunday week Mr. James Henry Rice gives thc tes timony of a number of farmers In the Tee Dec section in regard t,o their success in raising corn under thc plan rocommended hy Mr. E. M. William son. The Darlington News says "when Mr- Williamson lirst published his method of cultivating corn there were many who doubted whether it would really do what bc claimed f jr it, Tiley knew that theory and prac tice are often very wide apart-but enough farmers have raised corn the past season according to Mr. Williamson's formula to prove con clusively that the plan will work and is a decided success. Some of our farmers raised so much corn this year that they pid not have cribs enough to house it and many others have raised more corn than they ever raised before on twice thc acreage. All this is very encouraging and should stimu late our farmers to further efforts to improve their methods along other lines. If the plan accomplishes so much lu Darlington and ^other places where ft'has been ?[tried, why can't it be made to (lithesame thing in tins country, Railway clerks on the Southern Pa cific railroad, between El Paso and New Orleans, belonging to the Order of Railway Clerks, are on a strike. The strikers demand recognition of thc union, and an increase of 10 per cent, in wages, and time and a half for over time. FitKD Zimmerman, accused of shoot ing Mrs. Ruam at her home in Owa tanna, Minn., committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell in the Steel Jail, '/immerman shot at his own wife, who had loft him and taken re fuge in tho Quam home, but the bul let struck Mi's. Quam. As soon as the dispensary is gotten out of the way you may look for high license barrooms in most of the coun ties. Tiley w'll run a year or two, and then wc will KO back to thc old time barroom system. Gov. Hughes, of New York, having made up his inaugural address chiefly from the Democratic platform, may now he considered tn the race for the Republican nomination for president ,n mus. Admiral Dewey and Fighting Hob Evans have been invited to attend tile reunion of the Blue and (hay at Fort Fisher near Wilmington. TUB President should be sustained in his action dismissing the negro soldiers by every Democrat in Con gress. Gov. Ileyward's message to the Legislatureis a most excellent docu ment and contains much good advice. Tn? legislature convened on Mon day morning, lt will be in session nbout forty days. TAIT appears to have joined the 'Barkis is willing' " br (grade, Beet of food. All studonts of comparative anet 3my know now that the teeth of hu man beings are Identical with thoai jf thc frugivorous apes who live ot fruit and nuts. Not only so, but tin proportion of bowel length to body ength in man corresponds exactly with that In tho same ape?les in narked oontrast to what obtains In di oarniyorous animals where the lowel ls proportionately short. A tudy of auatomy, therefore, suggests ; fruit diet as the most suitable; urthor confirmation is afforded by ne obvious predilection of nearly ai. hildren for suoh food. Tho boat ruits for food aro applos, bananas, rapes, nuts, dates, raisins and figs. invited to Loo Memorial* President Roosevelt was asked to fctend the Robert E, Lon memorial acotln? to bs hold in Washington n tho loth inst., undor tho ausploos f the association of the Oonf odo rato foterans and the Daughters of the Jonfedoraoy. This will be oontennlal nnlveraary of tho birth of Gan. Lee nd ls to be generally celebrated hroughout the South. Tho preal ont will not bo able to attend the oeottng, but promised to send a lot or. The oommlttoo whioh oallod on dm inoluded Gen. Marous J. Wright t Tennossoa, Thomas Nelson Page, Vashlngton, D. C. J idgo Charles B. lowroy of the oourt of claims, Mrs. Vaish of Mississippi and Mn, Yountf ( Arkansas, r Rheumatism after all the d others, of Baltimore, after world, had failed. Rheuma contractor, after they had s macide cured Mrs. Mary Wei had endured for 20 years, i., after the most famous N< i it cures : Rheumacide is tr 3 powerful enough to sweep ates by purely natural mei ;h. and builds up the entire POISONS OUT OF TV smcdy that ?oe? right to the seat ie. Your druggist sells and recomm free if you send five cents for postai IICAL COMPANY. Proprietor*; Bal ( Earty Cabbage Plants Gua ?ARLY JERSEY! CHARLESTON RUCC WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPS > Th* Earliest WAKEFIELD Tho Ea Oabbago Grows Socond Enrllosl Road1 PRICE: In lol? ot 1 to 4 m. at $1.60 per m., 6 to 0 S 8\ O. O. YOUNG'S ISLAND, S. C My 1 OIIUMI^ I fruarantoo Planta to glvo pure I xjua'aiuee prlco to any oustomor who la ?I ? grown In tho opon fold, on 8oncoast of flout' I growinff tho hardiest planta that can ho in nv I ronni In tho Interior of tho Houthorn Btatoa <l I Marob. Ttjoy will atand sovoro cold without I ? baga Two to Tin co wooka donner than if yoi frames. ?My Larges? Oustomore aro tho Market Ga .ho Sonth: Their profit depends upon ?hom hi shtso my plants for their crops. I alBo grow a full Uno of other Planta and I tato Planta} Appia, Pcacb, Pear, Plum, Cheri 4?y*cia?term* ta amans wa? make ap chi? Xt/A/t .*WffaV WdW<*l IUai0lta4<<tttogB?. u VV i VI. We Have * Ono 25 horse power Talbott, second h ly boen overhauled. This Engine i a groat bargain for anyone who is in Wo are headquarters for anything i prompt attention will be given to all i oare. Write uBwhen you are in the to get po ur ri oes before placing your ?.lamilla Supply 6r" ? - Tho Old ?nd New. In a few days Gov. Ileyward will re tire from the oiVce that he has so ac ceptably lilied for the past four years, und will be succeeded by Gov. Ansel. Gov. Ileyward has made one of the best governors tl c State has over had, ?md lie retires from olllce with the best wishes of all the people. Gov. Ansel is well equipped for the high oiliee to which he lias been called and we feel sure that Iiis administration will bc a grand success Like Gov. Ileyward, Gov. Ansel is a most at tractive gen tie man. TIIK Yorkville New Era thinks a law should be passed providing for publication of all express and railroad receipts ol' liquor, especially in Brice law counties. The Columbia Record says such a law would reveal an inter esting state of affairs. It would show that lots of the loudest-mouthed opponents of the dispensary regularly get whiskey from other states, lt would also show that many men who balk prohibition also take toddy. This ls a funny world and hypocrisy con tinues to be a prominent trait of Human nature. THE Florence Times says "if con gress raises the salary of its members ind tlie members continue to pull ap propriations "for the folks at home" md the GOP continues to raise all >hat they can get for pensions and ,he admhistration is successful in its raids on the treasury for a greater trmy and navy, and thc corporations ire allowed to bleed thc treasury Un rcst rioted, and .the grafters continue ,heir blood sucking, this will soon be i mighty expensive country to livo n."_ MA.?OH General Thomas W. Carwile ?ommanding the South Carolina dlv sion United Confederate Veterans las written to Governor Ileyward, irglng that he reccomend in lils mes ago tlie appropriation of a small um, say .V00 to aid the old soldiers II making their reunions ?is represen alive as possible of the small and list lessening humber of survivors. . Tuto action of tlie negroes In Wil ston in ferreting out a man of their nee guilty of crime and bringing him o justice is to be commended. We grce witli thc Florence Times that they would do mere of tills there 'ould bo more confidence felt In thc ice and thc professions of its reprc mtatives in criminal matters. Tlie Willi amson plan scorns to bc io best for making corn. If you ?ive not tried it do so tills yeal. Wc UbllSh th!y week a short formula, liicli every farmer should clip out, id lay aside for reference. MAYOK McClellan has pulled out om Tammany Hali. Ile says he can no nger tolerate Murphy as leader, but B still resists thc olTorts of William andolfph Hearst to have thc votes st In tho last mayoral!ty. election counted i ATKU being burled alive for a long lille, Hicks will now lecturo for thc m of MOO per weok. If a man could dy lecturo aftor hoing buried doad hat a fortuno ho might makol VE FAILED. octors and all other means the famous specialists of cide cured Austin Percelle, pent large sums on other fborn, of High Point, N.C / Rheumaclde cured W. R, aw York specialists failed? ie latest discovery ol med!? all germs and poisons out thoefs, does not injure th? system. CURES iE BLOOD. of the disease and ends Rheumaoido. Se to tlmore. Nhcumatism, ,clatlca, /.UKI Rheumatic Coutj. Indication, Constipation, Lltfor Trouble, Kidney Trouble? La Orlnpe. All Blood Duuiasns, rante?d ta Satisfy Purchaser ? I ESSION AUGUSTA ?HORT STEMMED TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH riles* I'la* A llttlo later Largos* and Latest /ai ici y than Succession Cabbago m. at $1.25 per m., 10 m. and over, nt $1.00 per m. Special Express Rate on Plants la Vary Low. hnsnr Hntlnfaotlnn, orwlll rotund tho purohase laaatlaOed nt ond of season. TIIOBO plants avo ti Carolina, in a oilninto thnt ls Just suited to m In tho united. Htntoa. Theao plants csu bo luring tho inontha of January, February, and lining lnjnrod, and will maturo a hoad of Oat)? i grow your own planta In bo* bod? and eold rrtonors near the Interior towns and oltle* of wing Karly Cabbage; for that roason they pur* ?"rult Troes, suoh BS Strawberry and Swoot Po? ry ond Apricot Trees, Klg ?ush?3 und Orap? Cf^rRATV BOX 80 . VJiwI\/-\l *.V0UNO'ai3LAJID,a.?. hor Sale and engine.in stock which has recent s in firot-olass condition and will ba the market for auch a size engine, u the way of maohinery supplies, and inquiries and ordere entrusted to oaf market for anything, and be aar? ordere elsewhere. - . Allambia, ff. **.. j. mm u imwir, H. a Crtdaate Birt mouth Ked. Col-] lag? ISgUi,Pru.H. Hieb. Med.Soeiely. Ix. Member SUI? Med. to., Bowl tf Betltb.ele, Are You Sick? If You Have a DIBORBO For Whlon Yon Aro Unable tojrind a'jOure Write ,* Us. We Have Been Remarkably Successful in Curing Deep Boated,and Stubborn Oases. If you have any diu sane of a ohronlo ?a mo, no mattor how many dootors have failed to euro you or how muoh other treatment you have tal.on, wo want you to write, us ? letter. We are specialists with ovor 20 years experionco, having boon located in At lanta for nearly 18 years, whoro we in wo established a ropulatiou for cur ing our pa 11 ontB which wo beHove ls second to nono in Ulis country. Our standing both professionally and fluan liiilly, ls ot tho very h i ghost, and you can consult UH with porfnet eonfldonoe wo do not resort to claptrap methods to seouro patienta, but conduct our practice lu a st aighl'orwnrd mannor. Our Speciality In ohronlo disoasos of both mon and wo mon-suoh as Norvous Debility, (uorvoua exhaustion, norvous prostration, lost vital ity, oto., Kidney* and 'Madder Diseases! Strioturo, Rheumatism, Varlcocolo, Catarrh bf tho different organs, SpooiQo Mood Poison, Stomach, Rowel, Liver and Iieart Disoasos, Pilos, Fistula, Enlarged Prostate, disoasos i>oouliar to women, eta, eta. We invite every nllliotod person to con suit os froo. Send for examination blank. After you have reooived those, together with our export opinion of your case, and you aro not entiroly satiufled, both as to our reliability and ability to ouro your disease, you will not even booxpooted to take treat ment. Wo Do Not Deal In Putout MediolnoR, All nocossnry inodloinos aro prepared in onr own private laborator, to suit tho conditions of each individua case, without extra charge. Many oases enrabio by our home treatment plan. Ex port opinion of your caso freo. Write for examination blank. Address us as follows DR HATHAWAY & CO., 88-?, Inman Ruilding, Atlanta, Ga. 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