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J AT SEA. 'Party of Six Left Char leston Saturday and IE STILL MISSING. ftc- Six Mon Who Composed tho Par ty Wer? Onorativos at tho Hag Factory, and Plvo of Thom Ihoft Families, and Naturully There Is Much Anxiety Among Their Fain? liles. Thejo is a groat fonr in Charles ton that six men havo hoon drownod off tho har. A party of six operatives of tho Rayai Dag and Yarn Factory left Charleston Saturday afternoon .on a fishing trip, ovor tho har, and none of them havo returned. It is feared that their boat capsized and the mon woro drowned.. Tho mon started down tho harbor in two small cat-rigged boats shortly beforo dark on Saturday afternoon. Thoy woro to return to tho city on Sunday aftornoon. Morris Island was the destination of tho party and it is not known whether they over roached tho fishing placo or whether thoy suffered somo mishap in return ing at tho scheduled timo, s Saturday aftornoon was calm and pleasant weather, hut early Sunday morning tho wind set in from tho 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, it is possible that tho boats may havo been swamped or swept out to sea and tho entire party drownod. It ls possible that tho boats may havo boon driven into some of the lit tle creoks or perhaps tho men are all safe in charge of tho keeper of Morris island lighthouse, waiting for better weather conditions to attempt to como back to tho city. It is, of course, possible that the entire pnrty is safe if not at tho light house, at somo other point along the neighboring islands, but it is strange that ono of the number at least has not taken tho land route to reach tho city and convey the nows of the par ty. Tho following are tho names of those who composed tho party: Pat Grayson, Dick Webb, George Miles, John Moyer, J. C. Edwards, Will Hyatt. All of tho mon, with tho ex coption of Mr. Haytt, are married mon with children, and, as might be expected, Ibero is much excitement and trouble in the village of the Roy al bag and yarn factory. They Aro Found. Tho parties reported loss ns sea from Charleston has boon found and aro now safe and sound at. homo. They wore found on Morris Island and carried to the city in a wagon that had gone to search for them. PURE HOUSE SENSE. Animal Runs Away and Thou Sum mons tho Doctor. Thc existence of what is termed pure horse souse was demonstrated rocontly in Washington, 1). C., by the horso owned hy J. H. Wudeman. The animal became unmanageable while being driven and ran away, throwing tho owner to tho ground, where he landed in an unconscious condition. Then the horse walked up to the door of Dr. ll. Wells Woodward and rang tho electric push button boll un til the, doctor caine out and went to the aid of the injured man. While the doctor was making a preliminary examination of Mr. Wurdeman, the horse stood quietly and even after tho driver had been taken into the doctor's office to have a laceration of the forehead sewed up, tho 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 havo believed it. Dr. Woodward and a maid wore brought to the door by the persis tent ringing of tho bell. Opening the glass doors they saw the horse standing on tho porch rubbing its nose vigorously on the nicle-platod sign. When the mall screamed, the horse stuck his head In the vestibule ns though looking for someone. SOLD A (ilHL. Driven From Home and Sold by Her Father. The Armenia colony in Wordles!or Mass., is aroused over the sale of Mayrlon Begoslan, Kged l t years, hy hor father to Asndoor Shadboglan. The marriage was performed by an Armenian priest, hui he was told that tho girl was 18 y oars old, as thc marriage license showed. According to the story told, the home relations of tho Irl had be come unpleasant, owing to tho pres eence of a stepmother. The child was ordered to leave tho home and never return. The l'allier look the matter philosophically. Ile deter mined to get all Il0 could oui Of the girl while he had her. so ho arrang ed a salo and the child was sold to Shadboglan, a grocorymnn. When tho story was learned by tho moro Influential members of tho Ar moolan colony, they woro Incensed and swore out warrants for tho par ties concerned. They will move lo have tho marriage annulled, it' such a thing is possible. TRANSPORT M EG ROES. Is Florida Governor's Solution of (he Rac?; Problem. in discussing tho race question, tlOV. Ullin Ititi ll, <>i ? no.M.., ... ?lu message says that while no question has a. hen to cause any disturbance, yot it h apparent thal tho relations between the two races is becoming more strained and acute. In offering a solution of thc problem, GOVOrn?l H row ii a rd says: "I recommend a resolution to con gross to purchase territory, either domestic or foreign, and provide means to purchase the property of the negroes at reasonable prices and to transport the negroes to the ter rltory purchased by tho United Slates tho United State? lo lorin fl govern mont for thom of th" nogro raco; lo prevent foreign invasion, and proven! whit? people from living among thom in tim territory, and to proven! ne groes from migrating back lo the United States." Good Man (?one. Rlshop .Ino. C. Cranberry of the Southern Methodist church, died sud denly at his homo, Ashland, Va., on last Mo? lay, aged 7G years. MAY BE KNOCKED OU?l Laborers Contract Law To Be Re vlswsd by the Courts. It ls Said that tho IMW ls Productive of Pconngo nnd Falls to Provide! Kqual Penalties. A enso ls now pending In tho Uni ted States Court at Charleston that ls of much interest to tho farmors of South Carolina, and tho llnal disposi tion of tho caso ls hoing watched with great Intorost. The case ls in roforonco to tho labor contract law of this State. Ahout a month ago two nogroos woro sentoncod to terms of imprisonment lu tho Charleston county Jail for tho violation or this law. Their attorneys obtained a writ of habeas corpus from Judgo Braw loy, alleging that thoso mon wore un-1 lawfully detained and deprived of | their Ubortlos In violation of tho con Btltution of tho United States. The principal ground of attack on the law seems to bo that tho labor contract law violatos that provision of tho federal constitution which for bids class legislation: thus, it ls! Claimed, if tho volution of a oontract to bu> goods or obtain advances in money which aro to bo paid for In la bor is to bo ponai Izod and punished as a crime thou other contractu must bo likewise penalized and punished. In othor words, the claim Is made that the lobor contract law of this State provides punishment for the nonpayment of advances made under tho labor law, or tho noncompliance with the terms of a labor contract, ai strictly civil contract, and fails to provide punishment for othor civil contra?is when violated. It ls said some of our best lawyers think the law unconstitutional and that the Un ited Slates Court will so declaro it. When the question first, came up before Judge Draw ley lie postponed a final dolslon until Mr. Lyon, the Attorney-General of the State, could be heard. Last Monday was sot for tho hearing, but it did not come up. it will be heard some time this week. The case was brought by Messre Lo gan and Grace, two Charleston law yers. They allege that tho State law is class legislation and a form of peonage, and, therefore, in conflict with the federal constitution. A fow days ago, on instructions from Attor ney General Bonaparte, United States District Atorney Cochran filed a pe tition to be permitted to intervene in behalf of the government and Judge llrawley granted the motion, which makes the government a party to tho suit. Pending a Anal decision of the case, Judge llrawley Is understood to have discharged the two Charleston negroes from Jail until the case could be fully heard and Anally decided, and the magistrates over the State havo hold ii]) all prosecutions for vio lating the labor contract law pending Judgo Urawloy's decision. The Ped erah authorities seem to regard the law somewhat as a system of peonage Tho labor contract law was enacted sqveral years ago and at llrst pro vided that any laborer violating a written contract should be punished criminally by line or imprisonment . n tho case of the Stato against Wil liams the supreme court of this Stato declared the law unconstitutional, because punishment. was provided against only tho laborer and not the farmer in case of a violation of the conti act to perform farm labor. Tho legislature at Its next session amended the law so that either tho farmer or laborer violating a con tract should be punished by lino or imprisonment. In this shape the law stood for some time. A few years ago the law was again amended so thal a verbal contract was made pun ishable, if violated, provided sucli contract was witnessed by two dis interested witnesses. This law has boon attacked sever al times in lbe state supreme court but without success. lu the case of the state against Chapman Its consti tutionally was direct ly up held. Again In tho case of the state against Ras terlln, wherein tho law was attacked upon the ground thal while it did in a sense allow Imprisonment for debt, yet tho constitution did not forbid imprisonment for debt in case 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, nnd has Uren very helpful 111 retaining labor on the farms, but in some cases it lias been abused. It seems to us i hat some such law is absolutely es sential lo the successful management of our farms under our present labor conditions, and should it be declared unconstitutional it will cause consid ?rable trouble to our farmers by dis organizing their plans and in many cases demoralizing the labor. With out some such law our farmers would ho al tho mercy of those who they may have hired to work on their farms. SPINSTUKS DKFIOAT DI IX Stay Single If They Wish and Wont Be Taxed. The bill ttl lax spinsters and batt choloi'S at Kort Dodge, la., which was re for red to a special committee, luis been defeated by the spinsters, led by .Miss Jessie Cameron, matron of a private school. For live days the spinsters made tho lives of tho com? mlttoomen so miserable that they reported adversely to tho mayor. Tho entire unmaried woman's pop ulation of tbc place was organized by Miss Cameron and waged contin ual warfare against tho bill. C. J. Crawford, chairman o? tho commit tee, said ho was so abused that ho was forced to beat a retreat. EASTICK ll AT HP KN S. Cigarette Destroys Headgear1 on a Dailies Hal In St reid. Al Atlanta, a thirty dollar Raster hal oh tho head of Miss Coleste Man ion caught, lire Thursday afternoon wirft o Whitehall street was crowded with shoppers. The hal was desi roved, the young v. (mian losl much bair, was scorched about tho neck and face and there was a panic in the shopping district. A voling man checked tho confla gration by throwing bis overcoat over Hie young woman's bead. In the wreck of tho hal was found the stub of a cllaret.lo thal bad been dropped from an upper story window and had caused the lire. Tl PS 11 AT TO .IP DGF.. Poi- Giving Negro Two Years and White .Man Five. The Gaffney Ledger says; "Last Monday a negro jilead guilty to house breaking and larceny before Judge Aldrich. Tho 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 ame Limo saying in effect: "Tho ne KIO ls ignorant; you are a white'man ind your opportunities have been [."realer than the negro and you mould know better." And WO are inclined to Di? our hat to the Judge. ?#?1 > ?PB?**** MLLEUDY IK Aire But just How Ho One Seems lo Know ?xactiy. It Booms that tho Deceased Was With Sumo Convivial Friends and Was Drinking. On last Thursday morning Coron er KIckoubakor hold an Inquest over tho dead body of William Dunmoyor, a negro, who died tho day beforo from lnjulros rocolvod Saturday night wook ago on tho Southern Rali way between Jamison nu I St.Mnt thows. Just how Duumoyor mot his doath ls not known. It is said ho was urunk when ho left Orangeburg on the night of tho accident, and the chances aro that ho foll from the trniu In passing from ono car to an other. Another nogro man who was with Dunmoyor Testified at tho Inquest that thoy boardod tho train at Row esvillo, that ho paid his faro lo Or angoburg, whilo tho dead num. Dun moyor, paid his faro to St. Matthews. Says Dunmevor gave tho conductor $1 and received 35 cents in change. This witness sstc] that both ho and Dunmeyor left tho train at Orange burg, but th t Dun moyer again got aboard tho tri lu and started for St. Matthews, where ho had intended go ing Tho other witnesses were Drs. Lowman and Shccut, who operated on tho negro Sunday morning week ago, and tho coroner, who heard his statements as given to tho doctors. Drs. Lowman and Shecut tcstiiled that tho nogro was brought to thom at 10:40 a. m. Sunday morning week ago by Dr. D. Moorer, a colored phy sician, who asked them to operate; that tile coroner was also present and asked them to take the negro's state ment beforo operating. They testified that the nogro told them he had been put olf tho train just above Jamison by tho conductor, and that he fell and tho 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 nurt, and he saul he lay hy the track In his Injured condition for severul hours, then dragged himself to Jamison, where ho aroused some negroes and they sent him to Orange burg on the mixed train, roaching here early In the morning. Drs. Lowman and Sheen! testitled that when brought to them they found the right hand badly crushed and were forced to amputate. At that, time there was no evidence ol 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 lil (le out of him. Visited him afterwards and when they found 'als condition serious, they reported it to the South ern railway olliclals. They perform ed the post mortem examination and found liver and Stomach In bad con dition from effects of what looked to bo a terrible blow. May have boon caused by negro falling heavily on cross ties, or some other hard matter Coroner Rickenbakor's testimony as lo the post mortem statement differ ed from that of tho doctors' lu 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 Dunmoyor the night of the accident at the depot as the train on which he was riding says Dunmey or was drunk. None of theso parlies testified at the inquest. The jury brought lu a verdict that Dunmoyor came to his death by wounds caused by some train on the Southern Rail way. If ns stated above, Dunmoyor was drunk, no doubt ho fell from the train while it. was in motion and re ceived the injuries that caused his death. TEXAS CAMPHOR FARMS. Latest Addition to the National Re sources in That Stat?;. Camphor farms aro the latest ad dition to the resources of Texas. The Government now has two farms in operation in (lui Stale, which bid fali to becoming con tore for tho produc tion of tho much needed article. Prac tically the entire supply of camphor for the world now comes from For mosa and is controlled hy Japan. Camphor is ono of the ingredi ments needed in modern warfare and ls used in the manufacturo of explo sives used in high power guns. Now that the Japanese government has control of the world's output, lt is not certain that it could he had at times when it would la; most needed. In order to provide for the future the United States lias started two farms In Texas. Tho plan of culti vation will he different, than that em ployed in Formosa. In that Island tho plants are allowed to grow for a time. Then they are > ut down aller they have, become trees and ground to pulp and tho camphor extracted. In Texas tho camphor seeds will be sown like wheat. When the small shoots have grown to the height of four or live feet thoy* will be cut a fool from the ground and the camphor extracted. This gives a quicker return in tho crop and a hotter grade of camphor, This process can be repealed from year to year until a new held is developed. At the present time one acre of cam phor will yield $4.r.<> a year. Tile prico will fall when tho cultivation becomes more general in Texas. TIRED OF Ll FM A Woman In Virginia Takes Poison to End Her Days. Al Danville, Va., iurs. George w. Trent, a midd lo aged lady, and wife of a local jeweler, attempted suicide al the homo of her sister, Mrs. Goo. W. Sheldon Thursday night, by tak ing laudanum. Slie was found by her sister n an unconscious condition and when re vived begged tho doctors to lol her die, declaring that If she recovered this time she would kill herself later on. The woman is in a critical con dillon. Domestic troubles are said to bp tho cause ol tho altemp at suicide. The woman and ber husband have been seperaled for tin past several weeks. CHEROKEE HOMICIDES. Tho First Man Hung There Was a White Man. The G a ff noy Ledger says: "about fort y 'homicicles ""iTavo occurred m cherokee county since Its organiza tion ten years ago, and it's a fact worthy of note that tho hist person lo pay the doath penally was a white man who was a native of the county. Phis ls not saying that others should not have been convicted but ifs a dealt hy sign thal the juries of the County have arrived al the point iVhorO they are showing a proper re vard for the rights of Its citizons, ?urely thia will bo nlosson and will (heck the How of blood in Ibis colin? y" NW limed i/o vin, The Now York Press, a ropubltoan papor has Us own Ideas on.the 1908 presidential campaign and in mak ing thom publie m^kes a v?r/ inter esting showing. Tho Prosa says that one pf tho Mst of possibility? for tho republican nomination for president next your- going tho rounds of tho nowspnpors ls: Thoodoro Roosevelt of Now York. Charles M. Hughes of New York. Elihu Root of NOW York. Georgo R. Cortolyou of Now York. William H. Taft of Oh)n, Joseph ll. Forakor of Ohio. Lesllo M. Shaw of Iowa. Josoph G. Cannon of Illinois. Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Albort R. Cununiugs of Iowa. Robert M. LaFollotto of Wiscon sin. W. M. Crano of Massachusetts. Philandor C. Knox of Pennsyl vania. Hut In tho opinion of tho Pross "a little bluo ponciling for obvious rea sons shows how excessively tho list hus boon paddod." Tho Press adds: "Theso oro to be stricken out for reasons that aro self-ovldont: Roosovelt- For ho will not touch lt. Root-Hecauso ho could not carry Now York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indi ana, illinois, nor a singlo state, with tho poslblo exception of Iowa, wost of Ibo Mississippi river. Cortolyou-Samo reason. Knox-Samo reason. Taft- Can't got tho dologatcs of his own Stato, nor of any worth men tioning; might br/o a fow fcdoral officers from the ' rritorlos. Forakor-President Roosevelt's battle ax will knock him in tho hoad. Cannon- Can't carry tho Standard Oil Trust, tho Lumber Trust, tho Su gar Trust, tho Ship Subsidy graftoiB, nothing olso. Fairbanks- Frozen stiff. Cummins- -Hasn't any principles OXOOpt 'push myself along.' Crane -Never been Introduced to the public." Then this republican papor con cludes: "So the host dwindles to: Hughes. La Follette. Shaw. Shaw ls a good man, but tho pub lic regards him as too conservative, lt will not volo for a man who ls less radical than Roosevolt. This leaves: Hughes. La Follette. Plenty and to spare." REGIMENT OF GIANTS Famous Corps of British Colonial on Duty in Jamaica. The Royal West Indian regiment, doing duty in Jamaica, is a body of giants. Not ono man in tho entire corps ls less than six feet in height and most of them aro a few inches more. All are negroes and aro the dower of the dusky population. The regiment ls moro than a line looking body of men. It ls Imposing. Every mern lier of lt feels a pride In every Inch from heel to helmet. Tho powerful men look like 1,200 Gulli vers as they move about the'"streets and look over the heads of the small er whites and negroes of tho Island. When the troops are on patrol duty there is no danger of an out break. A raised hand from one of them had moro influence on tho mobs that crowd about those who give out food to earthquake sufferers, than tho leveled rltlos of a dozen ordinary mon could have. The reason is ob vious. FOUND AT LAST. Kidnapped Twcntty-thre? Year? Ago When a Rahy. Having located her son, why was kidnapped 23 years ago from lier pioneer home In Nebraska, Mrs. G. W. Norton, loft Marshalton, Ia., a few days ago, for Grand Junction, Col., to be 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 the latter was suspected. It develops that neither mot IHM1 nor child knows who the kidnapper was, and that both have been looking for each oth er all those 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 in four feet of water In Shongum lake, noni' Dover, N. J., tho bodies of Mrs. Otto Britttng, her 9 month-01d baby, and her three-year old stepdaughter, were found. The woman evidently had drowned the children and then took her own life. She was tho wife of ti farmer by a second marriage and had an Intense hatred of his children by his first wife. Wanted His Dog. \\ hen Moses ll. Kothomel, Of Ulan don,, Pa., heat (I that his wife had eloped with William Manning he had but one thought tho safety of his pet dog, which she took with her. Hot hormel wanted thc! dog, but didn't seem to caro whether he got his wife back or not. Tho runaway couple wore caught and the precious clog re covert cl. Hero May Die. (iravoly saving tho lifo of a little child, Hugh (?riggs, a brakeman on Iht? C. & O railroad, was probably fatally Injured and is lying In a hos pital at Montgomery, Ala. He saw on the track ahead of his train a man and two ciuldron on a raliway bicy cle. Griggs climbed out on the run ning board ami as tho train struck Hie bicycle grabbed the child. The little one was slightly hurt, but the hero's skull was fractured. ? . Hard to Please. Al Richmond, Va., Mrs. Maggie Lee, L'it years of age, and twice di vorced, Thursday became tho bride of Chas. C. Miller, 40 years old. Tho wedding look place in the ante-room adjoining the offices of Common wealth Allot ney M initi?e Folkes, In the city ball. SOME sixty years ago two Pennsyl vania farmers went lo law with each other because .me of them had cut down a chestnut tree on the others land. Recently the heirs of the two farmers paid the cost upon the final decision of the ease. The total cost in the ease was over thirty thousand dollars in money, lo say nothing of the bord feelings the litigation caus ed among the friends and descend ants of the two farmers. A similar ease to this was once fought out. by two farmers in tho lower nail of this Stale over a small steer. Wc? hope we have no such obst emile people in Orangoburg County. If you have a law suit with your neighbor let that end the trouble, CURES AFI RHEUMACIDE has c had failed. Rheumacide Johns Hopkins Hospital, tl of Salem, Va., and D. H. < remedies and the doctors Almost a Miracle In This Case. H LL,., , , ~ Dillon. S. C. Aug Dobbltt Chemical Company: Gentlemen:*-lu September. 1899. I took matlsm In a very bad form (Inflammatory), mouth after the disenso started I had to ul nw work nnd KO to bed. lt continued to worse until my arms and bands were I drawn, so much so that I could not uso t My lot-a were drawn back till my feet ton i?) lops. I was ns helpless as n baby for n 12 months. I lie muscles of my arms and were hard and shriveled up. 1 suffered ( many times over. Was treated by six dilTi physicians In McCotl, Dillon und Marion RP'?? , l,,t'm could do me any eood. until 1 1*. Kw i mr. of Dillon, rame to see me. He ?ne to try your.RHEUMACIDE. He not mi bottle of Hie medicine and I beran to tal and before the first bei tie was used up It to iret better. F used Wi botlles ni.d was p?ete y cured. That was years SRO am health bas been excellent ever since. ] had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will further that I beean to walk in about six .?terJ began to take RHEUM ACIDIC wltl aid of Crutches; in about three months a beean to take it I could walk ns good ns fcwly. and went back to work agata Yours truly. JAMES WILK SKELETON FACTOKY, ConCorn That Provides Hones For Medical World. Tho greatest skeleton producing country in the world is France. Med ical schools, hospitals, museums and private individuals are supplied with skeleton of man and beast by the great French monopoly, which has branches in London and New Yora Tho skeleton factory is owned hy a rich man, and is under the supervis ion of the French Government. For taxidermy and preparing tho skele tons of animals and birds there ls a special department in tho factory but the business proper consists in pre paring human skeletons. The busi ness is conducted very quietly in tho heart of Paris. I The bodies of animals, paupers, unknown persons killed In accidents j bodies sent by scientists, explorers ?from strange countries, and those of persons who had, before death, sold 'their remains, aro worked up In the 'great French factory. It is a grew BOlne place, this establishment where bones ure bleached, wired and put together. There are shelves and shelves of grinning skulls, and draw ers lilied with loose Hm hs. When a body is taken to tho factory it takes several months before it comes out of the first treatment, and the chemicals I used are kept a trade secret. After the 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 havo been wired and provided with springs, they arrive In the joining room, where thoy are put together to form perfect skeletons. Then they are either packed for shipment or placed in ?.no company's show room. Tho French factory ls sahl to have boon in existence more than 120 years, and all the workmen engaged there must have served at least live years in the dissecting schools of Parisian hospitals. IV limerons This Year. The cotton boll weevil is unusually numerous and destructive this year, according to a report by Dr. W, I). Hunter, in charge of the boll wee vil investigation for tho 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 anti dryness have been as favor able as they will probably ever be. "The mild winter and spring- is having the effect of cansing an un usualy early emergence. "The conpitions indicate clearly that weevils will be unusually abun dant in the cotron fields, and that great damage is to be expected. Some conditions, for instance, dry weather during Juno and .July after the cotton plants are well started, may serve to check the insect," SOME paper gayg seems that tho trouble between Nicaragua and Hon duras was started over one solitary mule. The Washington Post says "if her name was Maude, the affair may as well be transferred to the comic supplements where it belongs anyway." Not in the face of the hist dispatches from tin- 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 Klijah Dewie to come back from the dead and over throw the government of that city. The Prophet ?S either in a very delight ful or very hot place. If he is in the first he does not want to come back, and if he is in the second ho cant come back. The dispensary law should bo amended so as townships would have the right to vote themselves "dry" if they wanted to, Because a ma jority of the people of Orangeburg County are in favor of thc dispen sary it is no reason why it should bo forced on any particular township in Orangeburg County if that town ship did not want it. That would be genuine ba al option, UP in Minnesota tho legislature is working ona law to require mothers to nurse their babies so many hours a day. That is what might be called badly needed maternal legislation. UNDER the new dispensary law i there is no need of constables to en force tho law in the cities and towns that have police, and dispensaries should not bc established in towns that have no police protection. Hut there ought to he a special officer in each county to run down blind tigers in tho county. tired thousands of cases of R . cured John F. Eline and ol ie greatest hospital in the wi Elmstead, the Norfolk. Va., ct had given up hope. Rheum; of rheumatism she ha 1& Hughes, of Atkins, Va.," There is a reason why ii ina' cal science, and while c 7row of thc blood, it operatt badly most delicate stomach, hem. died early legs lentil Brent . but 3r. J. ! (old 0 one <e lt ?(?Rai coin 1 my [lavo say dava A purely vegetable rem ft?" I cures by removing the cause, any Sample bottle and booklet frei ES. BOBBITT CHEMIC CURES ALL SKIN TROUBLES JWEEPS ALL P< Sulphur tho Accepted Rcuicdy for a Hundred Years. Sulphur lu ono of tho greatest remedios naturo ever gave to man. Every physician knows lt eures skin and blood troubles. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur enables you to get tho full bonoflt lu most convenient form. Do not take sulphur 'tablets' or 'wafers' or powered sulphur in molassos. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur ls pleas ant to take and perfect in its action. Druggists soil it. A well known citizen of Danville, Pa., writes: "I. have had an aggra vated case of Eczema for over 25 years. I have used seven 50-cent bot tles of the Liquid and ono jar of your Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Ointment, and now I feel aa though I had a brand new pair of hands. It has cured mo und I am certain it will cure anyone If they persist in using Hancock's Liquid Sulphur, accord ing to directions. 'Butler Edgar.' El JJORE E DI S BEN SA RY Will Be Closed On and After tho Last of April. The County Dispensary Board will not rescind its action ordering the closing of tho Elloree dispensary un less the matter is taken before tho courts, which is not likely in the face of tho fact that nearly every body in Elloree want the dispensary there closed. Senator Raysor and Attorney General Lyon's agrees as to the law. Both Messrs. Raysor and Lyon seem to bo In symphathy with this board and tho peoplo of Elloree, and Mr Lyon is reported as suggesting a plan by which the board may evade tlx 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 means they must, withdraw from it their support in a measure and pay thc dispenser there a merely nominal sal nry, one which would not ho remun erative, and which he could not pos slbly afford to accept. If this ls a good plan then Hie hoard has lt In their power to act in a similar manner In regard to any other dispensary In tho county, and hy their own discretional y pow,-rs could convert the whole county Into a prohbition 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. BLIND TIGERS GALORE, Said to bo as Thick as Hops in Dari logion. The Darlington News says: "In ono section of this county there ar? so many blind tigers that tba busi ness has become un profitable. There are so many selling whiskey that (here are no customers for any one, every man has lils own liquor but n ? one to whom he can sell. Which ls tho bettor way, therefore, to legalize the sole or have the state of affairs which now exista? lt is useless to talk about enforcing the law because that ls not going to be done to any great extent." TUKUL will bc a battle royal be tween the political forces of Sena tor Foraker and Secretary Taft, for the control of Ohio politics. Both of these gent leinen are avowed can didates for the Republican nomina tion for the presidency. I larriman tells a lough tale on President Roosevelt. As will be seen by bis letter, on the first page he says the President appealed to him in 1904 to help him save the Repuplican party, When rogues fall out honest men get their dues. The boy who saves bis money be comes the banker, the merchant, thc professional man. The boy who never saves a cent makes thc man who "earns his bread by the sweat of Iiis brow," who never owns a home or enjoys the luxuries of life. So Teddy wanted to gel rid of old man Depew by putting him off on the French because be was a stumb ling block to the New York Repub licans. But old man Depew refused to be so disposed of. Judge' Parker knew what he was talking about when ho said the big corporations were giving boodle freely to elect Teddy in 1904, The Doodlers are confessing. William A. Dunlap, millionaire, ;on of the hat manufacturer, is to marry a manaeure girl after a three lays courtship. Thov will bo bearii of next in thc divorce eotfVls. . s - < s CTORS H AV heumatism after all the dod thers. of Baltimore, after th ?rid, had failed. Rheumacid antractor, after they had spei acide cured Mrs. Mary Welbo d endured for 20 years. 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Those things will happen sure we know, because they always happen so. This good month's moon will full, and office 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 the 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 Ho Perfected. The Florence Times says "Senator Raysor of Orangdburg, one of the best lawyers of the state bas 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 thal 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 Moor 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 he next year they will allow some of the intelligence and experienct of t he otherside come ih to help make a law that will bc of benefit to the state." Some (iood Advice. We have reeieved 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 Union, of Orangeburg county-an organiza tion composed for the most part of the more conservative, trustworthy and substantial colored citizens. Thc? circular contains much well considered advice to the colored peo ple, lt advises tho people of the race to be law-abiding and to inform themselves of the laws, so that they may be useful citizens, lt advises them to pay more attention to the training of their children and to build up their homes. The circular also speaks of the foreign labor that is being brought to this country,and tells colored people that if they prove themselves worthy the immigrant question will not affect them in the least. In all the circular is calculated to be very helpful, if the colored peo ple will hoed the advice given. Carlos C. Parler, who was charged with the killing of William J. Harley at. Harley ville, Dorchester county, some months ago was acquited in (be court ot general sessions Tues day at St. (Jeorges. The ease bar, created considerable interest on ac - count of the circumstances sur rounding the killing and dur ing the progress of the trial the court room was tilled t? Overflowing, The verdict of the jury ir, univer sally approved throughout the coun ty, as Harley was shot while he was attempting to forcibly enter the residence of a peaceful, law abiding citizen, after he had been repeatedly warned not toQ como in and tho plea of self-defense, interpos ed hy the defendant's attorneys, was established beyond question. E FAILED. .ors and all other means e famous specialists of e cured Austin Percoll?, nt large sums on other rn, of High Point. N. C , heumacide eurea W. R. 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