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RSH98B58 Party of Six Left Char leston Saturday and E STILL MISSING. l\o Six Mon Who Composed tho Por ty Woro Operatives nt tho I.ag Factory, and Fivo of Thom Loft Fain tl ION., and Naturally There Is Much Anxiety Among Tho lr Fam illes. Thoro is a groat four in Charles ton that six men havo been drowned off the har. A party of B?X operativos of tho Iluyal Dag and Yam Factory left Charleston Saturday afternoon on a fishing trip, ovor the har, and nono of thora havo returned; It ls feared that their bout capsized und tho mon woro drowned.. Tho mon started down tho harbor in two amnll cat-rlggcd boats shortly boforo dark on Saturday afternoon. They woro to return to tho city on Sunday afternoon. Morris Island was tho destination of tho party and it is not known whether they ovor reached tho fishing placo or whether they suffered sonio mishap in return ing at tho scheduled time, x Saturday afternoon was calm and pleasant weather, but early Sunday morning tho wind sot in from tbe northeast, blowing a stiff galo which continued all Sunday night and again Monday night, roaching velocities ns high as 50 miles an hour and with a vory rough sea, lt is possible that tho boats may have been swamped or swept, out to sea and tho entire party drowned. lt is possible that the boats may havo been driven into some of the lit tle creoks or perhaps the men are all safe in charge of the keeper of Morris Island lighthouse, waiting for bettor weather conditions to attempt to como back to the city. It is, of course, possible that the entire party is safe if not at the light house, at some other point along the neighboring islands, but it is str?ngt that ono of the number at least has not taken the land route to reach the city and convey the news of tho par ty. Tho following are the names of those who composed the party: Pat Grayson, Dick Webb, George Milos, John Meyer, J. C. Edwards, Will Hyatt. All of the men, with the ex ception of Mr. Haytt, are married men with children, and, as might he expected, thoro ls much excitement and trouble in the village of the Roy al bag and yarn factory. They Aro Pound. Tho parties reported loss as sea from Charleston has been found and are now safe and sound at home. They were found on Morris Island and carried to the city in a wagon that hod gone to search for thom. WUK HOWSE S?5NSK. Animal Huns Away and Then Sum mons thc Doctor. The existenco of what, is termed pure horse sense was demonstrated recently in Washington, 1). C., by the horse owned hy J. H, Wudeman. Tin animal became unmanageable while being driven and ran away, throwing the owner to the ground, where he landed in an unconscious condition. Then the horse wollun! up to the door of Dr. H. Wells Woodward and rang the electric push button bell un til tho doctor came out and went to the aid of the Injured man. While the doctor was making i preliminary examination of Mr VVurdeman, the horse stood quietly and even after the driver had been taken into the doctor's o iii co to havo a laceration of tho forehead sewed up, the horse remained waiting. "I thought at first tho horse was coming in to superintend the opera tion," Dr.-Woodward says. "It was tho most remarkable thing I ever heard of, and had I not personally witnessed the whole affair, 1 say frankly I would not have believed it. Dr. Woodward and a maid woro brought to the door hy the persis tent ringing of tho hell. Opening tho glass doors they saw the horse standing on tho porch rubbing its nose vigorously on tho niclc-platod sign. When the mali screamed, the horse stuck his head In the vestibule UB though looking for someone. ?Old) A GUM,. Driven From Home and Sold by Hoi" Father. Tho Armenia colony in Worchoster Mass., is aroused ovor the sah- of Mayrlon Begoslan, aged 14 years, by her father to Asadoor Shadboglan. Tho marriage was performed by an Armenian priest, bul he was told that tho girl was 18 years Old, tis thc marriage license showed. According to the story told, the home relations Of the iii had be come unpleasant, owing to the pres eenco of a stepmother. The child was ordered to leave the home and never return. The father took the matter philosophically. Ho deter mined to get all he could out of the girl while ho had her. so ho arrang ed a sale and the child was sold tc? Shadboglan, a groceryman. When the story was learned hy the more Influential members of the Ar meillon colony, they were Incohsod and swore out warrants for tho par tics concerned. They will move to havo tho marriage annulled, If such a thing ls possible. TItANSI'OHT M'XiUOKS. ls Florida Governor's Solution Of the Race Problem. In discussing the race question, Gov. Brownard, of Florida, in bia message says that ivhilo no quostion has alison to cause any disturbance, yet. it i- apparent tliat tho relations between the two rates is becoming more strained and acute. Ill offering a solution of tho problem, Govornoi brow na rd says: "I recommend a resolution to con gress to purchase territory, cit lier domestic or foreign, and provide means to purchase tho property ol the nogroOS a< reasonable prices and to transport tho hogroos lo UH- ter ritory purchased by tho United stales the (lulled Slates to form a govern mont for thom of the negro race; lo prevent foreign invasion, and proVOUl whit? people from living among (hem in Um territory, and to provont ne groes from migrating back to tho United States." ^ Good Man Gone. TJlshop Jno. C. Cranberry of tho Southorn Methodist church, died sud donly at his home, Ashland, Va., on last Monday, aged 7 G years. MAY BE KNOCKED OUT Laborers Contract Law To Be Re viewed by the Courts, It is Said that tho Law ls Productivo of Pconngo and Fails to Provide Equal Penalties. A caso Is now ponding in tho Uni ted States Court at Charleston that ls of much intoroBt to tho farmers of South Carolina, and thc ihm! disposi tion of tho caso ls bel?g watched with groat interest. The case is in roforonco to tho labor contract law of this State. About a month ago two negroes were sentenced to verms of imprisonment in tho Charleston county jail for tho violation of this law. Their attorneys obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judgo Braw loy, alleging that thoso mon were un lawfully detained and deprived of their libortios in violation of the con stitution of tho United States. Tho principal ground of attack on tho law seems to bo that tho labor contract law violatos that provision of tho federal constitution which for bids class legislation: thus, it is claimed, If tho volution of a contract to buy goods or obtain advances in money which aro to bo paid for in la bor is to bo ponai Ized and punished us a crime then other contracts must bo likewise penalized and punished. In other words, the claim is made that the Jobor contract law of this State provides punishment for tho nonpayment of advances made under tho labor law, or tho noncompliance with (ho terms of a labor contract, ai strictly civil contract, and fails to provide punishment for other civil contracts when violated. It ls said some of our host lawyers think tho law unconstitutional and that the Un ited States Court will so declare it. When the question first came up before Judge Brawloy he postponed a final dcislon until Mr. Lyon, the Attorney-General of thc Slate, could he board. Last Monday was sot for tho hearing, but it did not come up. lt will ho heard some time this week. The case was brought hy Messre Lo gan and Grace, two Charleston law yers. They allego that tho State law is class legislation and a form of peonage, and, therefore, in conflict With tho federal constitution. A few days ago, on instructions from Attor ney General Bonaparte, United States District Atornoy Cochran hied a pe tition to ho permitted to intervene In behalf of the government and Judgo 13 raw loy granted tho motion, which makes the government a party to tho suit. Ponding a Anal decision of thc case, .lodge Brawley is understood to have discharged tho two Charleston negroes from jail until tho case could bo fully heard and finally decided, and the magistrates over tho State have held up all prosecutions for vio lating tho labor contract law pending .Judge Hrawley's decision. Tho Fed eral' authorities scorn to regard the law somewhat as a system of peonage The ?abor contract law was enacted several years ago and at first pro vided that any laborer violating a written contract should be punished criminally hy lino or imprisonment ill tho ?'ase of the State against Wil liams the supremo court of this State declared the law unconstitutional, because punishment was provided against only the laborer and not the farmer in case of a violation of tho cont i act to perform farm labor. The legislature at its next session amended the law so that either the farmer or lahorer violating a con tract should he punished hy lino or Imprisonment. In this shape tho law stood for some time. A few years ago the law was again amended so that a verbal contract was made pun ishable, If violated, provided such contrac' was witnessed by two dis interested witnesses. This law has hoon attacked sever al times in the state supreme court but without success. In the ease of the state against Chapman its consti tutionally was directly upheld. Again in the ease of the state aguinst Eas terlin, wherein tho law was attacked upon tito ground that while it did In a sonso allow imprisonment for debt, yet tho constitution did not forbid Imprisonment for debt in caso of fraud, and that the violation of such a contract, after obtaining advances against future; labor, was a species of fraud. This law is a good one, and has been very helpful In retaining labor on tho farms, hut in some eases it has boon abused. lt seems to us dial some such law ls absolutely es sential to the successful management of our farms under our present labor conditions, and should it he declared unconstitutional it will causo consid erable trouble to our farmers by dis organizing their plans and in many cases demoralizing tho labor. With out sonn such law our farmers would bo at the mercy of those who they may have hired to work on their farms. S fl N STE H S DEFEAT DILL Stay Single If They Wish and Wont Ile Taxed. Tin; bill to tax spinsters and balt cholors at Fort Dodge, la., which was referred to a Special committee, has been defeated by tho spinsters, lcd by Miss Jessie Cameron, matron of a private school. For live days the spinsters made tho lives of tho com mitteemen so miserable that they reported adversely to the mayor. The eulin' unmaried woman's pop ulation of tho place was organized by Miss Cameron and waged contin ual warfare against the bill. C. J. Crawford, chairman of tho commit tee, said ho was so abused that he was forced to heat a retreat. EASTEH HAT BUHNS. Cigarette Destroys Headgear on a Ladies Hat In Street. At Atlanta, a thirty dollar Baster hat on tho head of Miss Celeste Man ton caught, .lire Thursday afternoon White Whitehall street was crowded with shoppers. Tho hal was destroyed, the young woman lost much hair, was scorched about tho neck and face and there was a panic 111 tho shopping district. A young man checked tho confla gration by throwing his overcoat over thc young woman's head. In tho wreck of the hal was found the stub of a eltarotte thal had been dropped from an upper story window and had caused the lire. TIPS HAT TO JUDGE. Foi* (jiving Negro Two Yours and White Man Fi VC. The Gaffney Ledger says: "Last Monday a ll Ogro plead guilty to house breaking 011(1 larceny before JlldgO Aldrich. TllO Judge gave him two years. The same day a white man plead guilty to the same offense. Tho judge gave him live years, at tho samo time saying In effect: "The ne gro ls Ignorant; you are a white*man ind your opportunities have been ^realer than the negro and you mould know better." And we aro inclined to tip our hat to tho Judgo. KILLED BY TRAIN But Just Kow No One Seems To Know Exactly. It Seems that tho Deceased Was With Somo Convivial Friends and Was Drinking. On last Thursday morning Coron er Rlckoubnkor hold an Inquest ovor the dead body of William Duumoyor, a negro, who died tho day beforo from injulres recelvod Saturday night weok ago on tho Southern Run way between Jamison an I St.Mut thows. Just how Dunmoyor mot his doath ls not knov n. It Is said ho was urunk when ho left Orangeburg on the night of tho accident, and tho chancos aro that ho foll from tho train lu passing from ono car to an other. Another negro man who was with Dunmoyer testified at tho inquest that they boarded tho train ut Row esvlllo, that ho paid his faro to Or augoburg, while the dead num. Dun moyor, paid his fare to St. Matthews. Says Duiimev?r r,".vo tho conductor $1 und recoived 3 5 cents In change. This witness srid that both ho and Dunmoyer left tho train at Orange burg, but th. t Dan.noyer again got aboard the train and started for St. Matthews, where he had intended go ing Tho other witnesses woro Drs. Lowman and Shecut, who operated on tho negro Sunday morning week ago, and tho coroner, who heard his statements as given to tho doctors. Dra. Lowman and Shecut testified that tho negro was brought to them at 10:40 a. m. Sunday morning week ago by Dr. D. Mooror, a colored phy sician, who asked them to operate; that tho coroner was also present and asked them to take the negro's state ment before operating. They testified that the negro told them ho had been put off the train just above Jamison by the conductor, and that he fell and the train crush ed his hand. Said he did not know why he was put off. This was about eight o'clock on the Saturday night he was uart, and ho said ho lay by the track in lils Injured condition for several hours, then dragged himself to Jamison, where he aroused some negroes and they sent him to Orange burg on the mixed train, reaching hore early in the morning. Dra. Lowman and Shecut testified that when brought to them they found tho right hand badly crushed and were forced to amp?talo. Al that time there was no evidence of internal injuries and the negro did not seem to suffer except from his mangled hand. Was In a dazed con dition and they could get very little out of him. Visited him afterwards and when they found his condition serious, they reported lt to the South ern raliway ofliclals. They perform ed the post mortem examination and found liver and Stomach lu bad con dition from effects of what looked to bo a terrible blow. May havo been caused by negro falling heavily on cross ties, or some other hard matter Coroner Rickenbakor's testimony as to the post mortem statement differ ed from that of tho doctors' In that he claimed the negro said ho was ejected from the moving train. The Southern Railway was not represented at the inquest. Nor wore any of the train crew present. Par ties who saw Dunmoyer tho night of the accident at the depot as the train on which he was riding says Dunmoy er was drunk. None of these parties testified at the Inquest. Tho jury brought lu a verdict that Dunmoyer came to his death by wounds caused by somo train on tho Southern Rail way. If as stated above, Dunmoyer was drunk, no doubt ho fell from tho train while lt was In motion and re ceived the Injuries that caused his death. TEXAS CAMPHOR FARMS. Latest Addition to the National Re sources in That State. Camphor farms are the latest ad dition to the resources of Texas. The Government now has two farms in operation in tho State, which bid fali to becoming centers for the produc tion of the much needed article. Prac tically the entire supply of camphor for the world now comes from For mosa and ls controlled by Japan. Camphor is one of the Ingredi ments needed In modern warfare and is used in tho manufacture of explo sives used in high power guns. Now that the Japanese government has control of the world's output, it is not certain that it could be had at times when it would be most needed. In order to provide for the future the United States has started two farms in Texas. The plan of culti vation will bo different than that em ployed In Formosa. In that Island the plants are allowed to grow for a time. Then they are > ut down after they have become trees and ground to pulp and the camphor extracted. In Texas the camphor seeds will be sown like wheat. When tho small shoots have grown to the height of four or live feet they will be cul a fool from tho ground and the camphor extracted. This gives a quicker return in the crop and a hotter grade of camphor. This process can be repented from year to year until a new field is developed. At the present time one acre of cam phor will yield $450 a year. The price will fall when the cultivation becomes more general lu Texas. TIRED OF LIFE A Woman in Virginia Takes Poison to End Uer Days. At Danville, Va., iure. George W. Trent, a middle aged lady, and wife of u local jowoler, attornptod suicido at tho home of her sister, Mrs. Geo, W. Sheldon Thursday night, by tak ing laudanum. She was found by her sister n an unconscious condition and when re vived begged the doctors lo Iel hov die, declaring that If she recovered this time she would kill herself later on. Tho woman is in a critical con dition. Domestic troubles are said to bo tho cause of tho nllomp at suicide. Tho woman and her husband have been SOporotOd for the past several weok s. CHEROKEE HOMICIDIOS. The First Man Hung There Was a White .Mau. The Gaffney Ledger says: "about forty homicides-""have occurred lu Cherokee county since its organiza tion ten years ago. and lt's a fact worthy of note that the first person to pay the death penally was a white man who was a native of the county. This ls cot saying that others should not have been convicted but it's a healthy sign that the juries of the county have arrived at tho point whore they aro showing a proper re gard for tho rights of Its citizens. Surely this will he alesson and will chock the flow of blood in this coun ty" J ?JJJJBLlPJiJJWHiLLJ. ,w.n Tji ?.Bwmmmmmm Narrowed Down. The Now York Pren* ? ropuh??oau paper has Its own Ideas on the 1908 presidential campaign and in mak ing thom public makes a very inter- * eating showing. The Tress says that one of tho list of poslb?iitloa ?ur the republican nomination for president noxt year- going the rohnds of the newspapers is: Thoodoro Itoosovolt of New York. diaries E. Hughes of New York. Elihu Hoot of Now York. Georgo li. Cortolyou of Now York. William II. Taft of Ohio. Joseph H. Forakor of Ohio. Deslio M. Shaw of Iowa. Josoph G. Cannon of illinois. diarios W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Albert H. Cummings of Iowa. Hoheit M. LaFollotto of Wiscon sin. W. WI. Crano of Massachusetts. Philandor C. Knox of Pennsyl vania. But In tho opinion of tho Press "a little blue ponclllng for obvious rea sons shows how excessively the Hst hat boen paddod." Tho Press adds: "These aro to be stricken out for reasons that aro self-evident: Hoosovelt-For ho will not touch lt. Hoot-Hccauso ho could not carry New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indi ana, Illinois, nor a single stato, with tho posible oxceptiou of Iowa, wost of tho Mississippi river. Cortolyou--Same reason. Knox-Sumo reason. Taft-Can't got the dologates of his own State, nor of any worth men tioning; might have a few fodoral officers from tho territorios. Fo raker-President Roosevelt's battle ax will knock him in the hoad. Cannon -Can't carry tho Standard Oil Trust, the Dumber Trust, the Su gar Trust, tho Ship Subsidy graftors, nothing oise. Fairbanks- Frozen stiff. Cummins-Hasn't any principles except 'push myself along.' Crane -Xever been Introduced to tho public." Theil this republican papor con cludes: "So tho host dwindles to: Hughes. Da Fol lotto. Shaw. Shaw ls a good man, but tho pub lic regards him as too conservativo, lt will not vote for a man who ls loss radical than Roosevelt. This leaves: Hughes. Da Follette. Plenty and to sparc" REGIMENT OF (HANTS Famous Corps of British Colonial on Duty in Jamalen. Tho Royal West Indian regiment, doing duty in .Jamaica, ls a body of giants. Not ono man in tho ontiro corps ls loss than six foot In holght and most, of them aro a few inches moro. All arc negroes and aro tho dower of the dusky population. Tho regiment ls moro than a fine looking body of men. It Is Imposing, livery member of lt feels a pride In every inch from hool to helmet. The powerful mon look Uko 1,200 Gulli vers as they move about tho'-streets and look over the heads of the small er whites and negroes of tho Island. When tho troops aro on patrol duty there ls no danger of an out break. A raised hand from ono of ! thom had moro Influence on tho mobs that crowd about those who glvo out ; food to earthquake sufferers, than tho leveled rlllos of a dozen ordinary , mon could have. Tho reason is ob- j viona. FOUND AT LAST. Kidnapped Twentty-threc Years Ago When a Baby. ' Having located her son, who wast kidnapped 2.1 years ago from her I pioneer home in Nebraska, Mrs. G. ' W. Norton, loft Marshalton, Ia., a few days ago, for Grand Junction, Col., to bo welcomed by William Por ter, the "baby" she has been search ing for so long. Mrs. Norton's son was only four years old when he disappeared. It was shortly after tho mother's di vorce from her first husband, and tho latter was suspected. It develops that neither mother nor child knows who tho kidnapper was, and that both have been looking for each oth er ?ill these years. By mere accident, information of Mr. Porter's whereabouts and his fruitless search for his mother came to Mrs. Norton through a letter re ceived by a friend. Drowned Children Then Self. Lying ill four feet of water in Shonguin lake, near Dover, N. J., the bodies of Mrs. Otto Slitting, hor 9 moiitil-old baliy, and her three-year old stepdaughter, were found. The woman evidently had drowned the children and then took her own life. She was the wife of fi farmer hy a second marriage and had an intenso luit red of his children by his llrst wife. Wanted His Dog. W hen Moses H. Rothemol, of blan don,, Pa., hoard that his wife had cloped willi William Manning he had hui one thought ti>e safety of lils pet dog, which she took with her. Ito)hormel wanted tho dog, but didn't seem to care whether he got his wife back or not. The runaway couple were caught and tho precious dog re coven d. Iler?> May Die. Bravely saving tho life of a little child, Hugh Griggs, a brakeman on tho C. & O railroad, was probably fatally injured and is lying in a hos pital at Montgomery, Ala. Ile saw on tho track ahead of his train a man and two children on a railway bicy cle. (?riggs climbed out on the run ning board and as the traill struck the bicycle grabbed the child. The little one was slightly hurt, but the doro's skull was tract tired. . . . . Hard to Please. At Richmond, Va., Mrs. Maggie Lee, 2!? years of age, and twico di vorced, Thursday became tho bride or (mas. C. Miller, 40 years old. Tho wedding took place in the ante-room adjoining the ofllCOS of Common wealth AMoriiey M initi?e Folkes, In the city hall. So MK sixty years ago two Pennsyl vania farmers wont to law with each other because one of them had cut down a chestnut treo on the others land. Recently the hoirs of tho two fanners paid tho cost upon tho final decision of (ho case. Tho total cost in thc faso was over thirty thousand dollars in money, to say nothing of the hard feelings the litigation caus ed among tho friends and descend ants of tho two farmers. A similar case to this was once ?ought out by two farmers in tho lower part of this State over a small steer. We hope I we have no such obstenate people in I Orangeburg County. If you have a law suit with your neighbor Itt that, end tho trouble. CURES AF" RHESJM AG?DE has c had failed. Rheumacide Johns Hopkins Hospital, tl of Salem, Va., and D. H. ? remedies and the doctors Almost a Mlraclo In This Case. "...., ". . ... Dillon. S. C. Aug Bobbitt Chemical company: Gentlemen;-in September, isoo. itook tnatlsm in a very bad form (Inflammatory), month after thc disease stai ted I had to ci mv work and no to bcd. It continued to worse until my arms and hands wore I draWll, so much so that I could not use t My leus were drawn back till my feet toi in> inns 1 was as helpless ns n baby for n 12 months, the muscles of my arms and were hard and shriveled up. I suffered c many times over. Was treated by six cliff physicians in Mc Co M. Dillon niuf Marion pone.of them could do me nnycood. until 1 P. Ewing, of Dillon came to see me. Hf nie to try your.RllKUMACIDE. He cot m bottle of the medicine aud I beran to tal mid before the first bottle was used up I L to tret better. I used M bottles and was p?ete y cured. l'hat was years a CO am nea lt ll lias been excollent ever since, i had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will further that I beean to walk in about six fetter j beean to take RHEUMACIDE will aid of crutches; in about three months a beean to take lt I could walk as cood ns WHly. and went back to work nenin. Yours truly. JAMES WILE SKI0LI0TON FACTOItY. Concern Thtit Provides Hones For Medical \VorId. Tho greatest skeleton producing country in the world is France. Med ical schools, hospitals, museums and privnte individuals are supplied with skeleton of man and beast by tho groat French monopoly, which has branches in London and New Yera Tho skeleton factory is owned by a rich man, and is under the supervis ion of the French Government. For taxidermy and preparing the skele tons of animals and birds there ls a special department In tho factory but tho business proper consists in pre paring human skeletons. The busi ness is conducted very quietly in tho heart of Paris. The bodies of animals, paupers, unknown persons killed In accidents bodies sent by scientists, explorers from strange countries, and those of persons who had, before death, sold their remains, are worked up in the great French factory. It is a grow some place, this establishment where bones are bleached, wired and put togOLher. There are shelves and sheivcB of grinning skulls, and draw ers lilied with loose limbs. When a body is taken to the factory It takes several months before it conies put of the first treatment, and the chemicals used are kept a trade secret. After tho bones aro nicely bleach ed, they pass through a number of other processes, the workmen In each department bringing them nearer completion. Finally, after the parts have been wired and provided with springs, they arrive in tho joining room, whore they aro put together to form perfect skeletons. Then they are ?ither packed for shipment or placed in tue company's show room. Tho French factory ls said to have been in existence more than 120 years, and all tho workmen engaged there must have served at least live years In the dissecting schools of Parisian hospitals. Numerous This Year. The cotton boll weevil ia unusually numerous and destructive this year, according to a report by Dr. W, I). Hunter, in charge of the boll wee vil investigation for the United States department of agriculture, He says: "The condition throughout, the past winter have been unusually fav orable for the hibernation of the boll weevil. The two critical conditions for successful hibernation, tempera ture and dryness have been as favor able as they will prabably ever be. "The mild winter and spring is having the effect of causing an un usualy early emergence. "The conpitions indicate clearly that weevils will be unusually abun dant in the cotron Holds, and that great damage is to be expected. Some conditions, for instance, dry weather during June and July after thc cotton plants are well started, may serve to check the insect," SOME paper says it seems that the trouble between Nicaragua and Hon duras was started over one solitary mule. The Washington Post says "if ber name was Maude, the affair may as well be transferred to the comic supplements where it belongs anyway." Not in the face of the last dispatches from the front, which reports a battle in which over one thousand men were killed. Nothing comic about that. The people of Zion City need not trouble themselves about the threat of Prophet Elijah Howie to come back from the dead and over throw the government of that city. The Prophet, is either in a very delight ful or very hot place. If he is in the first ne does not want to come back, and if be is in the second he cant come back. The dispensary law should be amended so as townships would have the right to vote themselves "dry" if they wanted to. Because a ma jority of the people of Orangohurg County are in favor of the dispen sary it is no reason why it should be forced on any particular township in Orangeburg County if that town ship did not Want it. That would be genuine local Option, UP in Minnesota the legislature is working ona law lo require motlier. ' to nurse their babies SO many hours a day. That is what might be called badly needed maternal legislation. | UNDER the new dispensary law there is no need of constables to en force the law in the cities and towns that have police, arid dispensaries should not be established in towns that have no police protection. Hut Jicre ought to be a special officer in each county to run down blind tigers in the county. OR THE DO ured thousands of cases of R -cured John F. Ellne and o fie greatest hospital in the w< Elmstead, the Norfolk. Va., ct had given up hope. Rheum.' of rheumatism she ha 1H Hughes, of Atkins, Va.," There is a reason why i cal science, and while c of the blood, it operat most delicate stomach. SWEEPS ALL Pi A purely vegetable rem cures by removing the cause. Sample bottle and booklet fre BOBBITT CHEMIC CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES Sulphur tho Accepted Remedy for a Hundred Years. Sulphur Is ono of tho greatest remedios nature ever gave to man. Every physician knows It euros skin and blood troubles. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur enables you to get the full benefit In most convenient form. Do not take sulphur 'tablets' or 'wafers' or powered sulphur In molasses. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur is pleas ant to take and perfect In its action. Druggists Bell it. A well known citizen of Danville, Pa., writes: "I. have had an aggra vated caso of Eczema for over 25 years. I have used seven 50-cent bot tles of the I wi i ii id nnd one jar of your Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment, and now I feol as though I had a brand new pair of hands. It has cured mo and I am certain it will euro anyone If they persist in using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur, accord ing to directions. 'Sutler Edgar.' ELLOKEE DISPENSARY Will Bo Closed On and After the Lust of April. The County Dispensary Hoard will not rescind Its action ordering tho closing of tho Elloroc dispensary tin loss the matter is taken before the courts, which ls not likely in the face of the fact that nearly every body in Elloree want tho dispensary there closed. Senator Raysor and Attorney General Lyon's agrees as to the law. Doth Messrs. Raysor and Lyon seem to bo in symphathy with this board and tho people of Elloree, and Mr. Lyon is reported as suggesting a plan by which the hoard may evade the law In this case. The suggestion advises the board to destroy the dispensary, which the law says must remain a dispensary until an election Is held, but a sort of negative purpose. This moans they must withdraw from it their support in a measure and pay the dispenser there a merely nominal sal ary, one which would not he remun erative, and which he could not pos sibly afford to accept. If this ls a good plan then the hoard has lt In their power to act In a similar manner In regard to any other dispensary In the county, and by their own discretionary powers could convert the whole county into a prohibition district. This, it appears, would defeat the purpose of the law and vary materially from the local option platform of Governor Ansel, which this law was framed to carry out. BUND TIGERS (?ALOHE. Said to bo ns Thick as Hops In Darl ington. The Darlington News says: "lu one section of this county there are so many blind tigers that the busi ness has become unprofitable. There are so many selling whiskey that there are no customers for any one, every man has his own liquor but no one to whom ho can sell. Which ls the bettor way, therefore, to legalize the sale or have the state of affairs which now exist*? lt ls useless to talk about enforcing the law because that is not going to be dono to any grout extent." THURK will bc a battle royal be tween tho political forces of Sena tor Foraker and Secretary Taft for the control of Ohio politics. Both of these gentlemen are avowed can didates for the Republican nomina tion for the presidency. I larriman tells a tough tale on President Roosevelt, As will be seen by his hitter, on the first page he says the President, appealed to him in 1904 to help him save the Republican party. When rogues fall out honest men get their duos. The boy who saves his money be comes the banker, the merchant, tho professional man. The boy who never saves a cent makes thc man who "earns his bread by the sweat of his brow," who never owns a home or enjoys the luxuries of life. So Teddy wanted to gvt rid of old tuan Depew by putting- him off on tho French because ho was a stumb ling' block to the Now York Repub licans. Hut. old man Depew refused to be so disposed of. 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This Engine ii a great bargain for anyone who ia in t We are headquarters for anything i prompt attention will be given to af? i care. Write ns when you are in the i to opt pnorrices before placing your Columbia Supply Co., Went her Forecast. While we are not a prophet or the son of a prophet but it is becoming a popular fad to give weather fore casts, so here is our prediction for this month: During thc first half there will be some brisk winds from the north, but every clay the suu will rise, and often there'll be gloomy skies; some days, however, may be fair, with southern winds and mel low air. Those things will happen sure we know, because they always happen so. This good month's moon will f?ll, and ellice seekers work their "pull." Some lucky ones will land the prize, while other men esteemed aswise will fail in all they undertake and find they've made a sad mistake, for Charlatans to fortune ride while modest worth is thrust aside. These things will happen, we know because they've always happened so, In this good month of 1906, the boys and girls will have fun. They'll go to parties dance and spark; they'll kiss each other in thc dark; they'll marry and begin their life, a happy, hopeful man and wife, and sometime they will own a kid, just like their dads and mammies did, These things will happen, sure, we know, because they've always happened so. Should Bo Perfected. The Florence Times says "Senator Raysor of Orangdburg, one of the best lawyers of the state has given out an interview in which he sup ports Attorney General Lyon's in terpretation of the Carey-Cothran law in regard to the closing of the dispensaries, which has been so much discussed. He says that the inability to close existing dispensa ries is a defect in the "local option" \ law." The Times then goes on to say; "The truth of the matter is j that there were many defects in that law which might have been cor rected if the advocates of it had not been so much afraid that the state dispensary men woule have out ma neuvered them on the floor of the house and they, having the majority refuse to allow anything to be beard from the other side. The Carey-Cothran law is not a local op tion law, it has mighty little option about it. May be next year they will allow some of the intelligence and experienct of the otherside come iii to help make a law that will be of benefit to the state." Some flood Advice. We have recieved a copy of a circu lar letter which is being circulated among the colored people of Orange" burg and adjoining counties by the Negro Ministerial and Lay Uuion, of Orangeburg county-an organiza tion compose'1, for the most part of the more conservative, trustworthy and substantial colored citizens. 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