The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, August 09, 1907, Image 6

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ANSEL nt of Education Mar Sarcastic and THE GOVERNOR loni Santa Claus llecnuso of Appointments Ho Mario on ? /OucnMon Hoard-Claims That Ho /Had Not Keen Consulted Sufficient* ^ ly About tho Matter-What Ansel . Bay?. The announcement that Hon. John C. .Sheppard would probably be ap pointed a member of the State board of education to fdl the vacancy caus ed by the resignation of J. E. Boland of Blackville has caused a decidedly caustic statement to bo issued by Mr. O. B* Martin, the State superin tendent of education. Mr. Martin says he has nothing personal against Gov. Sheppard except that he pro testa on the theory that all members of the board should be educators. Before issuing the statement Mr. Martin sent the following letter to Gov. Ansel: Gov. M. E. Ansel. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: 1 am informed that you have offered the position on the Slate board of education from the second district to a lawyer and ex-governor. If such be the ease, I wish to serve notice that 1 expect to make a vigor ous protest through the press. Su cb action will seriously injure the work of this department, as well as have a depressing effect upon the schools and educators of this State. If I am correct as to the second district, this will make two appointments on the State board of education, and the teaching profession has not been rec ognized. 1 am sure that they will . feel your attit ude to them very keen ly, i shaii not hesiiaie to speak frankly in regard to Ibis matter. Sincerely yours, o. B. MARTIN, Stale Supt. of Education. The statement referred lo is as follows: "I regard the appointment as political rather than educational. While 1 have an exalted opinion of thc appointee, I believe this position was tendered him because of former association in politics and because of his political prominence. "The btw says the Slate board of education shall constitute an advi sory body with whom the Slate superintendent of education shall have the right lo consult when be is in doubt as to bis official duty. There are other statutes which make the duties and relations ol' this board very close to Hie Slate superinten dent of education. The law gives the governor the power of appoint ment, but 1 think that common de cency and courtesy demand that the State superintendent of education be consulted. At least several very dis tinguished governors, including thal delightful atid considerate gentleman who adorned that ellice during the past four years, lut vc? taken this view. I know that this is the view bold by VA very large majority of the. educa tors of tins .l?ate. "In the second district 1 did not even know that Hie name of the dis tinguished ex-governor was being considered for the position until ftftw the position was tendered him. g 'I refuse lo believe that it was ever intended thal the governor should be a political and paternal Santa ('Ians to. tender surprise appoint ments to a child like State superin tendent, This same chief executive made a similar surprise appointment in the sixth district and I concurred in the result because I realized the necessity of having ono excellent lawyer on the board. "In the name of the schools of South Carolina I insist, thal au edu cational board shall consist ol" educa tors. What would be said if teach ers should lie put on the pharmaceu tical board or the State board ol' medical examiners? Or why not let teachers conduct bar examinations? There has laen a decided disposition in the South recently to put educa tors in educational offices. Every Southern State superintenden! ol' education has had experience in teaching. A few years ago this was not true. States thal have political boards ol' education are passing laws reuniting thal experienced school men shall constitute the membership of Stale boards of education. Hills to that effect are now pending in the Georgia legislature. They have had a board ol' Stale officers. "The State board of education prepares all questions for teachers' examinations, makes uni courses ol' study, examines reading circle pa pers, selects books fur teachers and children and performs other dut ies more or less professional. "Why a man who is really looking for official ofllciency and service to ?theschools dues not want people who have devoted (heir lives le thal line of work is inore I lian I can see. Il looks to me like an appointment up on perfunctory association and pat ronizing politics. "I and speaking plainly in regard to this nial 1er because il isa luxury so lo speak, ami because I am con vinced that cducal ional progress may be seriously handicapped by guber natorial obtuseness, stupidity and selfish political persistency." 'niio GoviortNOu's in ii A;. Gov. Ansel when asked about the in '.Uer had nothing to say in reply to t ? letter oxcepl Dial he considered r.ov. Sheppard a good man and that his idea was to appoint another lay man who could assisi the board in roaching decisions Prom H legal stand point, i aid I hat he had no idea of giving o Ibm ?o and in tho appoint ment had lin liOSl interests of the State at bean. Gov. Sheppard luis been in public life for many years and tho position was tendered him by Gov. Ansel sev eral days apo. Tho killer was Olli of the eily Munday but rid urned yes terday when the statement fruin Air. Martin was given out. lt was the cause of considerable common! at t ho Slate capitol when it became known. The singular pariel' this1 eon tro versy between tho governor and the State superintendent ol'education i; that they were both elected from Greenville county. Gen. J, C, boyd, adjutant general; and Maj. duo. II. Eorle, railroad commissioner, an also from Greenville. This, is. (he lbs.' 'me that any discontent in the hap family from thal conni y hasman MARTIN RETRACTS. Writes Letter td Gov, Anss! on Sheppard Appointment. t c Htfgeflcld llur Takes /.cc on. Request* 1I Governor Not to Itovoko Appoint mont Requested by Mr. Sheppard. Hon. O. Ii. Martin, State euporln tondout of education, Friday wrote Gov. Ansel a lotter retracting the words used In his rocont Interview that might havo been personally of fonslvo to his excolloncy, although Mr. Martin ?talos that ho adh?res to tho principios adv?catod os to ap pointments on tho Stato board of ed ucation. It will bo recallod that when lt wat stated that Clo v. Ansol had tendered to Hon. John C. Shoppard tho ap pointment to lill tho vacancy on thc Stato board ot education, Mr. Martin gave a statement to tho press in which he said that the board should consist, of educators and not lawyers and that it Was not intended that sur prise appointments should be given out by a govornor "as a Santa Chun to a ohlld-like State superintendent.' The lotter sont Gov. Ansel was a> follows: Columbia, S. C., August 2, 1007. Mon. Martin F. Ansel, Governor, Co lumbia, S. C. Dear Sir: During my term of sor vico as state superintendent of edu cation I have had an abiding desiri for the bettering of educational condi lions in this State. Such dist re is almost a passion. Naturally I hnvi plans. When I thought that those plans were being inconsiderately and ruthlessly upset, I gol exasperated ti tho point ol' montai disquietude and physical discomfort. I guess thal means I ?ot mad. 1 do not often dr so. I was harsh. I desire to with draw tho words which may have been personally offensive. 1 apologize foi same. 1 adhere to the principles which 1 advocated. Sincerely yours, O. H. Martin, Slate Supt. of Education, lu the meantime, another com pl I canon Has arisen: tiov. Sheppard, who has been prevailed upon by Gov. Ansol lo accept the appointment! Inn later asked for his commission to l>< revoked since Supt. Martin's fervid letter. Friday the mom hors of the Edgeil?ld bar adopted tho following resolutions, which wdre forwarded Gov. Ansel: To His Excellency, M. F. Ansel, (!ov ornor, Columbia, S. C. Whereas, lt lias como to thc k nowledge of tho mom boru of the lOdgonold bar thal ox-Gov. J. O. Shei. parti has been duly appointed by youi excellency a member ol tho Stale board ol' education; and Whereas, Wo aro Informed tha\ Gov. Sheppard has roqucsted your ex colloncy to r?volu? said appointment; and Whereas, Wo tim members of Hu lOdgellold bar recognize Ibo high character, Integrity and ability <>f <>ui distinguished citizen and brothel lawyer and knowing bis capacity and ability eminently lil bini for tho pos ilion to which you have appointed liim ; now, l boro fore, be it Resolved, by tho members of tin ISdgeuold bar in meeting assembled that wo most respectfully roquesl j that your excellency do not revoke said appointment. M. ll. Wells, Secretary, J. W. Thurmond, Chairman. Gov. Ansel when asked about the resol ut ions Friday night staled thal lie preferred walting until Bo could give tho resolutions consideration be fore discussing it. Following is tho lei 1er willen by Gov. Sheppard to Gov. Ansol, which explains the action o? tho Kdgottold Sar association: lion. M. F. Ansel. Columbia, S. C. My Dear Governor: When 1 re ceived your favor of Iho 25 Inst., in which you did mo tho honor to in quire If I would accopt an appoint .....lilli to fill a vacancy on tho state bearii ol' ?ducation, I did not hesi tate to write promptly thal I would cheerfully acquiosco In your wishes: for I believe it lo be Iho duty of over j good citizen and among "good cit izen.-," I expect to bO numbered as long as I live lo discharge any pub lie duly to which he may bo assigned, if he feels I hat ho is qunlilied to ren der ellicionl service. lint I notice in Ile' papers this morning thal your action is displeas ing lo the State superintendent of education, for the reason as express ed by him thal he renards "the ap pointment as political rather than ed nea I ional." Without (akin); the pains lo dis cuss the merits Ol' tho objection (bus ; tated by the Stale superintendent <>i ( ducal ion, 1 write at once to relieve your excellency from any embarrass ?noni in reference lo the mailer. I would nol bo wining for any con sideration lo bc Mu* cause of the lack Ol' harmony In any department of ibo public service (?specially In connec tion With a maller of such over Whelming importance as the educa lioiial interests of the Slate; nor would I be willing io serve In any capacity with any official who feels ilia) the service thal I nilghl rondor would by possibility seriously injure the work of bis department. I therefore respectfully request yoUr excellency to reconsider your ac tion and revoke Ihe appointment. Thanking you again for Ibo honor conferred, 1 iVmaiii willi grcal re sp< cl, Yours very t inly, .1. C. Shoppard. Tino railroads and thc public should ' gel closer together. Then there would he less t rouble. We doubt ii tho railroads in thc South could he run successfully al a much less pas senger rato than three cents, lt takes money to operate railroads. They should be allowed to charge a fair rate and he required to koop thc road bed ,in<l rolling stock in first class condition. ifested itself, although il has been known for some time that Mr. Mar tin and Gov. Ansel have not bad the same views on Hu4 dispensary ques tion, although this, of course, has nothing to do with thc ease in point. Although (lov. Ansel has ignored publicly the fervid statement of Mr. Martin, yet it was talked about thc Stale bouse yesterday that (!<>v. An sel called upon Mr. Mart in as soon as he beard thal, the Staie superinten dent of education was worked op over tbe situation. Gov. Ansel de clined to make any statement at all, although it was slated yesterday thal tho situation in the second district had been discussed between Mr. Mai tin and Gov. Ansel but all names proposed were not acceptable for one reason or another and Gov. Ansel heine; responsible for the appoint - meut named Gov. Sheppard. It is said that tho preceden!, for Gov. Ansel's action dali's hack at for as (!ov. MeSweenev's administration anyway, for dov, McSweeney and Slate Superintendent McMahan did not agree upon tho appointments at that time. BANDS OF ASSASSINS. ? i .limn.' Vii?!??! ?ociCtiv? "vCOUiO Oil?l-ui?VO i I? thu United States. The rod flag of the anarchist, the mllot of the Chinese highbinder, the s )ombof tho "Black Hand," murder- i )us quarrels among Armenians the i tilling by knife or pistol of "Hunch- * ddst victims, have become matters c lor police attention and public ogi- 1 tation in the United States. The c feuds and vendettas, political and * icclesiastical hatreds, belong to the ' Did World, but tho blood and the 1 crimes are America's and aro part of . die price for tho vaunted cosmopoli- < tanism of the leading cities of the 1 United States, notably New York. J Por years London was the haven of ! refuge for international criminals md the headquarters for secret or- 1 sanitations which practiced crime. The evil of indiscriminate immigra- 1 don in the United States is becoming ( nore patent as the crimes due to ( diese organized bands of assassins ! become more numerous and terrible, especially in the centers of wealth. The police have all sorts of diilieul- 1 ty in handling crimes perpetrated by foreigners. Policemen are not able to understand their native language 1 and members of the same nationality refuse to aid in running down crimi- 1 lais. In the ?and from which they 'migrated the police were part of the government and it was the govern nent that they wished to escape, es- ; iccially if they were members of ionic band of assassins. Bismarck mee suggested a plan for handling anarchists. He urged that they or ganize with the avowed intention of mtrage and murder and should be treated as felons. Only a few months igo MOO anarchists met in New York md lauded the assassin of President McKinley. At such meetings plans ire hatched and then the agents are ont out to spread destruction and death. Most of the societies of criminals -low operating in t his country had .heir origin in some good purpose, fhe Mafia and the Camorra original y were bands of young men who lought by political means to frei; the people from the yoke of evil rulers md oppressors in Italy. The Kuncha dst society was a revolutionary or ganization designed to overthrow Turkish rule in Armenia. In these societies blackmailing cliques secur ed the reigns of control and they are today the disgrace of the respectable .lenient of their countrymen and ai 'besame time their chief source ol terror. Motives f\?r crimes committed in \merica often date back for years. Several months ago eight Greek ped ders landed in New York. They .ame from Sparta. Five of the men vere from one family and three from mother. A short time later a fight broke out among them. The mot'vt lay in a war that occurred 30 years igo, since which dale the members if each of the families regard the nembcrs of the other as mortal etio nies. Many murders resulted from he flied. The Chinese Highbinders ire murderers belonging to rival fac tions of the Tongs; They are a black mailing and gambling class. Their (Mi ni ties were imported at the same time thc immigrants were accepted ir smuggled. i.()o.Mi\<; IUG. the Probability of Prohibition in Solidi Carolina. The apparent certainty of prohi bition winning in Georgia in the next few days, the confident hope that Alabama will follow suit, the jpread of the prohibition victories in Tennessee and the possibility of imbibition becoming state wide in North Carolina in the near future, have greatly increased the hopes of '.he uncompromising prohibitionist in South Carolina that the next legis ature will substitute state prohibi tion for the present county dispen sary system, half the counties in the state being now dry. The prohibitionists point to the fact that in the test vote the present house last winter lacked inly two votes of passing the Nash state prohibition bill, and that in spite of thc fact that many of the prohibitionists, including. Mr. Nash Himself who voted against bis own bill, were pledged to support the ? .minty dispensary system as a means ?f getting rid of the state dispensai s' md are willing to swear if swearing vere in their line, that tho house < text winier will pass a prohibition >y from 10 to 20 majority, and that he state dispensary senators will ?urnish the necessary majority in he senate. They argue that with Georgia dry md North Carolina about to follow aiit the practibility of prohibition villi the jug trade cut o IV from these ,wo states, will appeal to influential nen as never before, thal thc quos ion of whether prohibition will ino libit will be answered. Talks your .orrespondent has had recently with irohibition leaders coming into Co ombia clearly demonstrates that a nost determined light wili be made lexi winter forstraighl state prohi bition of the most stringent, and un ^unpromising kind. I ?ut the South Carolina legislature n spile of its volal ile and corrupt ?VU .haraeloristics, is a very stubborn nstitution when it gets "soi" a cor am way on an important question, rherc are good judges of the legis ature who have been in intimate .ontact with its doings for many /ears, who predict that while the lew legislature lo be elected next rammer will likely enact a stale irohibition bill, the present logisl i ure being elected on a county op ion platform, will never be porsua led, driven or led to any other ?ourse on the liquor question, even f hundreds of women do 2ome with waving banners and lymn singing children lo crowd the rallcsics and feed the legislature. (Jiili/s sii.WHit A MYSTI;I;V. io?y Found in (.'rook With (hillel In Head. Miss Irene Phillips, ll ho tl I GvOltlJ ( ?ir.1; ol' ligo, ano a member of ?1 well nown family ol Marshal colliny. X. '.. was murdered ?ii her home in |,ho vy set lion, and her hod y was thrown II Paint Fork brnneh. Miss Phillips' body was found Mon ay with <i bollol bolo in tho back ol' be head The body Wit H Cold, Illili nd lea tod i bal i be orhnd bad I? on Olli ?ll lt ted several boni', beim,'. The ? rime occurred in .1 very bo iled pince. Tho murder e shrouded ll complote niyslery. Near M b s 'billips' body fl notebook ami coal .ere lound. li's difficult to gonorato philosophy n an om pty stomach. <?IMI;S IN NhW. YOKK.L -_ r ^ mo 11 un. I red ('ices of (Viminai AH* sault iii Six Months. ^ Now York city is being swept by m epidemic of crime. Since th? ?nur ler of 15-year-old Amelia Stafteldt nan open field at Elmhurst, I;. I., his spring, more than 100 cases of ?r?minal assault have been reported o the police. Most of the terrible dfcnses which have been committed ire against children. Few arrests uwe been made and most of these ire for minor offenses. Commission-1 }v Bingham claims he is unable to lope with the situation, instead of abating, the outrages are becoming nore numerous. This the commis sioner blames on the lack of suflicient policemen and tho failure of magis trates to deal severely with criminals who are brought before them. The magistrates declare that they must Jeal according to the law and are not sxpected to lind corroborative evi dence if the police cannot lind it. The temper of the citizens is such that there have been several narrow escapes from lynchings in the streets. Whenever a man is accused of an noying a girl or young woman he is surrounded by ? hostile crowd and the police have all they can do to res cue him. There iiavo been more cases of as sault and annoyance in Harlem than in any other quarter. In Morning side park Anthony Berger received a terrible heating at the hands of Os car Shell/.. The latter's daughter had been playing in the park one af ternoon, when a man approached her, gave her ll cents and requested thai she meet him next morning. The nine-year-old child told of the inci dent at home and the father report ed to the police. They planned lo permit, the meeting and capture thc man. When the father saw Berger take hold of his daughter's hand he became so enraged that he pounced upon him and heat him badly before he could he rescued. Nichols BoralUCC?, 20 years old, an Italian, is under $3,000 bail on a charge of criminal assault of Irene Mastolo, eight years old. lt is claim ed that the man kept the child in his room foi nearly a week and horribly maltreated her. When rescued by her molner, her head was found to he beaten. The Italian says he heal her to make her deep quiet. Ile de nied wrong-doing, bul a physician examined the child and found she was suffering severely. Tors. Mastolo Iras received communications threat ening the life ol' lau- daughter, if iloralucci is convicted. Three desperate highwaymen set upon Paul Clifford, on Broadway, one: night, last week. Ho was beaten, hut managed to save most of his val uables. Iiis walch and chain were stolen, but. when the highwaymen tried ti) get hts diamond ring he clos ed his hand and refused to open it, One of the men seized the linger anti l?it it off at the second joint. Thc ring was on the third joint and wa.' saved, Clifford's cries foi* help at tracted Hu? attention of the police and he was rescued. His assailant: escaped. New York City's Debt. The total bonded debt of the Unit ed States is only $925,000,000 and that of New York city is airead) more than half that of the national government. At the present rate ol mercase, the metropolis will \\w the larger indebtedness in live year?s* The total debts of all the stales in thc Union amounts only t o $234,314, li)0, less than half thal of the single city of New York. The total state, country and city indebtedness of Liu entire United Slates is less than three times that of the city of mil lionaires. The great military powers of the world are much concerned over China and her debi, and yet China bas borrowed on'v $613,000,000 against $500,000,000 for New York. The entire dominion of Canada owes only $217,000,000, about equal to New York's increase in four years. Next to New York, the twenty five largo cities of the United Stales in order of their population, are as follows: Chicago, Philadelphia, Si. Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, B?llalo, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Pittsburg, New Orleans, Detroit, Milwaukee, Washington, Newark, New .h rsey City, Louisville, Minne apolis, Providence, Indianapolis, Kansas ("itv, Si. Paul, Rochester, I lenver, and Toledo. Their population, according* to the census of 1000. was about 0,000,000, against 3,437,000 for (?renter New York, lt is not likely that this pro portion has changed much. Now, ihe total bonded indebtedness of these twenty-five cities is about $417 loo.ntii), almost $1 io,odd.ooo less than than thal of the1 metropolis! This means thal the per capita lebt of the citizen of New York is ?5 145.45, against $43.45 for those of thc other large cities. Boston with Si 10 and Cincinnati with $111 come thc nearer lo approaching New V'ork's record while Chicago and San Krancisco, owing only $12 per .apilaeach, make the best snowing. "Sboi i \\ hided spoi ls." A dispatch was sent out from Jreenvillo on Wednesday saying 'the Stale league" will bc disbanded Saturday and a new league compos id of Greenville, Anderson, Spartan un g and Asheville1 will finish up the lesion, Orange-burg, Slimier and tarlington are lo be dropped, as hoj have failed to bold up their md of the league, the binden fall ng on Greenville, Anderson and 5partanburg." The' stalomen! that Orangeburg, iumtor and harington have' failed 0 bold up their end of the league is io( tim so Lu as Orangeburg and ? unter are concerncod, Both ot' hese towns have mol every require neut of the constitution under vhlch lite Slate league was formed, md il is ceri : inly not. creditable lo ?reouville to try to cover Up in own short co,nings by misrepre senting Orangeburg and Sumter. Nc challenge Greenville and Ander ion to successfully contradict Hus tutement. The truth of the maller is (ireen ille was in the bole financially lerself, and Unit is why she squeal ul so. Baseball has proven a lillie nore expensivo (lian the "short winded sports" of Greenville hough! ii would prove and instead d' them piing down in their lockets ?ike men they whine ike babies. and I ry to make 1 appear tba Orangoburg and Sum er ba failed to bold up their end i the league, This little trick did nd tool ?ni.- body and everybody is nighing ;i! Gieenvillc for going in? o an en ' er j ir t < dat .she could not ?.ip up vidi - -The Orangehurg ^mes ami Democrat. HORNED LIZARD. Which Ejects Blood From Its Eyes at Will. A Kepi Hf That si?imls rnli|nc Among All (ho Queer Things of tho Ani mal World. A letter from St. Louis says no creature in tho world hut. the horn ed lizard can eject blood from its eyes. That reptile now stands uni que among lill the creeping, craw ling, flying, walking things of ani mal nature, lt is thc only animal on earth whose eye is an offensive wea pon, a squirt gun to eject what may prove to be a poisonous fluid. So strange and fantastic is this habit of the horned lizard that sober scientists pooh-poohed the stories told by Indians*and "greasers" of the Southwest, where on sandy, SU per-heated, excessively dry plains the lizard has its habitat. No class of men in the world are more conserva tive than thc scientists. Yet nobody better than they appreciates and un derstands the wonders to be expect ed of nature. They are willing to investigate and study day and night, because they know that what infor mation they now have is hut a tiny portion of the staggering wonders creation yet has to reveal. Hut the story that the horned liz ard's eye isa syringe used to resist attacks from its enemies was too grotesque, loo utterly al variance with every other known fact of ana tomy and physiology to receive con sideration even from the most in quisitive of the mature students. Naturally they looked upon such unheard-of-talcs as vagaries of the ignorant and superstituous or weird illusions of men whose brains had become unhinged by r?ense heat and drought in tho desert. Among all creature of which sci ence had knowledge, the eye had one function and one function alone, identical in all eases.. Thc eye is thc! organ of vision. There are strange things to bo found in the eyes of ani mals, but every peculiarity of the optic construction is to meei some peculiar and special need of the par ticular creature. All thc different formations and constructions arc based only on laws of optics. Until the horned lizard's peculiarity was seen and verified, no eye had ever been beard of which was more than a machine for seeing. But the lizard, when aroused to a high pitchi of anger or fearful of great and impending danger, stiffens itself, makes its eyelids rigid and then, exerting some inward force yet unexplained, ejects from the corner of its eye a jet of blood that shoots many feet and is of volume enough to spat lei1 big stains on a wall. The first time this phenomenon was recently observed by a scientist, he was startled and amazed. He had heard stories about the habit of the horned lizard, but was skeptical and had dismissed them from iris mind. He was engaged in measuring a fine specimen of the lizard when the ani mal, after exhibiting signs of great, excitement, suddenly grew rigid and shot out a stream of blood from its eye. the ejected fluid passing close to th ? head of the naturalist. It gave him a distinct nervous shock, but he felt the thliil of a scientist confront ed by a new discovery. The man was Raymond L. Di tm ar s, eural >r of reptiles in the New York Zoo. Like other scientists, he had ridiculed the idea of the idea of the animal's eye being a syringe, but convinced beyond doubt by what he witnessed. He bus described the in cident in Ins new contribution lo scientific literature, "The Reptile book," just published. Mr. Di tatars says the lizards are known as the genus phrynosoma of American lizards and that there are, all told, seventeen varitics, four of which are indigenous to Mexico. In describing how bc learned the won derful trull) about the eyes of those lizards, he says: "An unusually large specimen was received. I photographed the lizard and then proceeded to measure it. a process which greatly excited the creature. "It finally threw the head slightly upward," he says "the neck became rigid, the eyes bulged from the sock ets, when there was a distinct sound like thal produced if one presses the tongue against the roof of the mouth and forces a small quantity of air forward. "This rasping sound, consuming but thc fraction of a''second, was ac companied by a jet of blood at great pr?sure, ll hil the wall, four feet away, at the saine level as that of the reptile. "Tho duration of the flow of blood appeared lo be about one and a half seconds, and toward its termination the force gradually diminished, as noticed by a course of drops down the wall and along the lloor to a po sition almost under the spot when1 the rcpt ile had been held. "Tho stream Of blood seemed to be as fine as a horst' hair and to issue from the eyelid, which was meinen tardy much swollen, h'or some time after the performance the eyes were tightly closed and nothing could in duce tho lizard to open them. With in two minute.; after if was placed on thc ground the protruding aspect of the eyeballs and tho swelling of the eyelids had disappeared. "Most surprising was the amount of blood expended. Thc wall and floor showell a course of thickly sprinkled spots about one-eighth of an inch in diameter. There were HKf Of 1 he.se spofs. ' ' What would harv, in have done had he heard of the lizard w ho spits blood from his eyes? His mimi, in quiring, trained, reflective toa (le gree few scientists over h .ve attain ed, might have drawn a hundred great truths from this startling fac ulty of a desert creature. Ile would have dissected many of the animals, ile would have observed them in their native haunts. He would have studied the thing until hi'saw its ap plication to the great code of nature and its meaning to the science of anatomy and physiology ''ria- evolutionists, when they lind a fact Uko the one observed in tho Horrtod lizard, study along two lines, first, the USC to w Inch the function may be pul. Second, lo sec if there are rudiments of inular function in other creal ure's. Tim (!of\imhbi state says; "When Kentucky gets "as dry as Maine" the nat ives may exodus in large num bers siriging,/^?\My old Kentucky home, good n " Bul who said Maine was dry Yhcn und How to Seo tho Latest Celestina Visitor. Tho comet discovered hy Prof. )nniol, of Prlncoton University, lu lune, hos boon getting nouror to tho mn und earth, and ls now vlslblo to ho nuked oyo. It liss a very bright dollar nucleus, much coma and u ihort tull. It is now about tho tnlrd nngnitudo, and cnn ho located by tho rorsons who doslro to seo by follow ng theso directions: At 3 a. m. to 3:30 n. m., looking Ino east, at 45 dogroos or moro above lie horizon, will ho seen tho Piolados, x v/cll known car clayier in Taurina, ibo Pull, and in a lino straight un ;iornoath as ono lookB ls tho briglit ?tnr, Aldebaran aud tho Hyades, nu it her cluster. The comet is entering right among tho Myados, and on August 8 will peep ovor tho star Alder bar an, a lit tle south. It can be vory well seen with an opera glass. As tho dawn begins at 4 o'clock, observation must bo nour 3 o'clock, tho comet rising between J and 2 o'eloek. The comet will bo nearest tho sun mi September 3, at a distance of 46, 000,000 miles, and from tho earth 1 10.000.1)00 miles. lt ls now 86, 000,000 miles from the sun and 70, 000,000 miles from the earth. lt. must giow much brighter, but ls get ting so close to the sun's rays-rising only a short time before dawn ap pears i hal wo may not bo able to SOC lt ut its best. M A DM OKAY DV MUG HT. Woman Wants $50,000 for I toing Scared by Traill. Asserted her hair turned while lu a night because of the carelessness of tho Pennsylvania railroad, ?Mrs. Mary McIOIvoy tiled suit al I lammond, lil., a lew days ago, asking for $50,000 damages. She chained thal in January, 1007. when she was standing at the rail road station in Hammond waiting foi a train a second train whirled past throwing her down by Hie force of the air current il created and fright, cued ber lo such an extent that she bas never fully recovered. She says tho next day when she awoke her bair, which had been lilack the dav before, was snow white COMMISSION lTtOM JAPAN ('(lining to Our Pueble Coast to Study Conditions. Mail advices received at Washing ton from the Far Mast aro to the I effect that, the Japanese govern ment has decided to send a commis , sion to California to study the cc I ditions of the Japanese on the I.. [ci?e coast. The fact developed in the course of an interview between Foreign Minister Havashi and Mr Yamaoka Otokichi representing Jap I anese citizens of Seattle, Viscount Hayashi is also reported to have said in the course of the interview, which took place in Tokio, that the Japanese government had already rejected a suggesstion from thc United States government for a treaty mutualy excluding immi I grants. Other advices represent the ('hi ?ese government as making efforts to reassert sovereignty in Manchu ria,, through demands upon thecon Isui general at Mukden, for restora tion by Japan or Chinese collieries, the prohibition of Japanese dealing j in salt (which is a Chinese monopoly ) J the withdrawal of troops in neutral territories, etc. An Adumloss l?den A new exposition of an old idea is shortly to be put in active opera tion at North Port Manor, Long Is lond, where a colony of feminine de votees of art, will he established, to the niter exclusion of man. In fact, The Cdades, as the quarters of the women's organization is to be known, will feature the total elimination of man from house, grounds, or studios. The preamble of the constitution sets this forth clearly, and the docu ment ends with thc triumphant and indisputable argument that "the time, energy, and application wasted in a silly, fruitless summer flirtation would, if diverted into the channels I of study, have a direct manifestly beneficial effect upon the profes sional advancement of tho girl stu dent. The (Hades is the outgrowth of a movement started three years ago among several students and profes sional artual advancement, in their work and mutual saving of exspense in the matter of stukics and models. Nothing developed until last spring, when three wealthy women of New York were interested, and promis ed to finance such au orginization. Many of tho members of the colo ny are well known in metropolitan art circles, and all are very much in earnest in their. special feature re garding the male sex. In fact, rule 12 of the constitution says that the members who will be selected on the merit of their work after two years study must signa pledge of spinster hood for a period of I bree years. Ap plication to be released from 'his pledge will be equivalent to a resig nal ion. TWO l'.\ 1,1, I)MAI). (lue Fell in field and Oilier nt Sight of Dody, A dispatch from Americas, (?a., lays llrani (?oodwln, a Slimier conn Ly farmer, dropped dead Thursday in he colton held. His hrolher was ntmilioiiod and al the siglll ol' tho lead body he tell ll poll il and CX dred. RKV. J. L. Sifley, who passed away \l his bonn1 in this eily last Monday, vas one of the best men we ever tnew. lie was a consecrated Chris ian, and when he closed his eyes on >arth he opened them in heaven, Ile lelongcd lo a class of prcachors who nade thc? Methodist Church a power 'or goodin South Carolina. Ile is jone, but his influence will live for ever.-( )rangeburg Times and I )omo .at. _ 81'LP 11 Ult li ATI IS AT HOM H. They Heal the Skin and Take Away its Impurities. Sulphur baths beal Skin Diseases, ind give Hie hody a wholesome glow s'o\ you don'l have to KO ott lo a ligh-prlCod resort lo net them. Pul i lew Spoonfuls ol' Hancock's Liquid bilphur lu the hot waler, mid you ;0l a perfect Sulphur hath right In our own home. Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur o ihe a ff cotedpurls, and eczema and ?thor stubborn skin troubles are llllckly cured. Hr. lt, ll. TlioniftO, if Vnldoslll, Oft., was cured of a pain ui skin tioiilile. and ho praises lt in he highest (erins. Your druggist ells it. Hancock's l.hpiid Sulphur Obit neut ls the best cure tor Soi es Pim- 1 iles, Blackheads ami all lullamatloa. j Uvos ii yell, velvety ?kin. I or Cotton Bales Would Create a New Demand or A Half Million Male? of Cotton J Si a Year and Uso np Low dado Cotton. Tho subject of cotton-halo reform Diitlnues to hold Its placo among ho llvo subjects of cotton-soiling conoiny. Tho number of articles 'o have already prlntod on this rc arm cannot be hotter supplemented Ids wcok than by giving our rondors lio arguments in favor of cotton hag lng for cotton halos which appeared i a recent number of tho Cotton oumul. If tho foreign splnnors aro satts lod that cotton bagging can be safely isod, provided tho American halo is noperly compressed at tho initial tolnt, that ls tho local gin, it does com to us that tho cotton growors hould let no grass grow under their eot In advocating tho chango from ute to cotton. Tho following weighty reasons are dven why the cotton covering should io adopted at tito earliest possible lato: If wo could cover tho cotton crop >f tho .South with cotton bagging md lntroduco tho uso of cotton bags n tho placo of jute hngs, as at pros mt used lu tho South, wo would iroato an instantaneous new demand or nearly half a million of our crop ''?gill ing a consumption of ten thous md bales for each mill ongaged in bc maulad uro of tho necessary ni erial to supply Ibis demand, lt would 'Oquiro tho erection and equipment d' fifty new mills in tho South to en cage in an entire new industry. If cotton hagging should ho utlli/. ?d in the place of jute, the cloth lOUld he treated with chemicals vliich are already in use, to keep thc lagging from becoming mildewed Y hen exposed to tho weather, so as to tresorve the marks and numbers, and ilse to make the bagging lire proof Thc cloth to he made for hugging mould weigh fourteen ounces to tl yard, and be strlckly uniform In width and length, so as to make the Lare on ench halo the same. Another very important feature in connection willi UK; adoption and usc nf cotton hagging is, that there would 1)0 an immediate demand for all the very low-grade colton from each crop, w li ich is now hoing used to tender DH contracts in tho big exchanges to ilepress prices of tho higher, splmia lile grades. Colton bagging and cot ton hags lor commercial fertilizers would solve the problem of profitably disposing of (he very low grades each season and keep such cotton from hoing used as a hammer lo depress Hie cotton market. The spinners contend that good colton hagging can ho manufactured out of these low grados, and a satisfactory market thereby established for them. Wc must gel out ol' the clutches of ?'>e lute Hagging Trust. Tin? prosont heavy, loosely-woven jute which wo have hoon so many years using, has proven a most, costly burden to tho farmers, and is most objectionable to both tho loreign cotton handlers and spinners ol' our cotton. Wo have been for years importing jule liber from tho distant lands of India, and paying enormous pronta to ibo jute trust, to manufactur? the libel' into hagging as a covering for mir cotton. We have paid all tho freight and handling of tho material Hom India to the South, and again Hie freight on the hagging covering each bale ?..- the ijin-hQjuSQ to all parts of the world. Wo have paid for tho high-priced hagging and the freight both ways and never received one cent of our money hack. The hagging and ties Dil a hale of cotton is now, and has always been, an absolute net loss to the larmer, although many of them have hoon deluded into tho false idea thal whoa they sold a halo of cotton hy the gross weight, they also got pay for the hagging ?nd ties at the market, price offered them for the cotton. Hut ho not deceived by the meth ods employed hy the cotton buyers. The spinners will tell you that the price for thirty pounds is always de dueled from tho gross weight ol' each hale and added to all the other fixed charges that como off I'rom tho spin ners' price in order to make tho mar ke! price tor tho stahlo sold on a gross weight basis. This is where tho deduction of six per cent for tare coin?s in. If a farmer only puls twenty pounds ol' a bagging and lies on a hale, he ol' course loses whatever he pays for the bagging and tics, plus Hie weigh! ol' the same holli ways, iud also len pounds ol' his lint. Now ibis old, primitive method ol' dolnj liusinoss should he abolished. \V< .111 ?ci rio of ii hy encouraging Un idopfion of oomnrcssos al the loca! ;in that will compross our cotton into i nice lienl package, lo Hie requirer dlipping density, and rover tim bab villi colton bagging. Under this dan, we can at once arrange lo have xii coll?n bought and sold on thc n i mil net weigh! basis, as tho tare vould he uniform and tho tl per cent liscounl would cease lo exist, and bal burden would he thrown off. tosidos all Ihese enormous savings, ve would he using our own material md developing new homo' industries ll t lie South. The Introduction of those econoin C foal uros is, of course, didicuP. and linos! impossible willi our present icavy. cumbersome, loose bale, which US to be re-packed before lt. ?ran be lade ready for transportation broad. Hui the Hine is now ripe ir Inaugurating tho desired changes, nd foreign handlers and spinners re extremely anxious lo soe these clonus, as they have already been ppiied io colton baled in other conn ies. This is Headquarters FOK Manos and Organs. You want a sweel toned and a dar bie ins! ru mont. Ono (hat will last fl mg, long lifo lime. Olli' pi'lCOS are tho loWOSt, cousis MU with the quality. Our references: Are any bank 01 mutable business bouse lit Columbia Write us for catalogs, prices and ..rms. MA LON IO'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, S. C. * Welsh Neck K IlAHTSVIIibl Thc I Xii session will he Literary. Minde. Art. Expression and ruduutCH of our loading colleges and hasi/ed in every department. Heal I by (th electric lights, bot and cold bit (hi ices. Mest Christian Inftuonces. IVtlllut imo. l*ol>t. W i>urrv-tt', JV Catalog > any of our customers for the as' lng, II m hu g or hardwaro huslnoss, a d a igo catalogue which will bo found valu .Ices on anything in tho supply line. )OUUMBIA SUPPLY O ; Notable. Variation of the Hr Cent of Profits. 'mter County i,e.uls and Beaufort County at tho Foot of tho Trollt Column. Mr. W. 13. West, dispensary audl r, has, after much tediouB work, implied a table showing tho gro ,s des, net profits, breakage and not Un of the 93 county dispensaries, ho table ls aa interesting ono und ir purposes of comparison shows cuctly how each dispensary Is run. re publish below as we find it in ho Stator For instanco there is only one dls snsary in Abbeville county and tho roflts therefrom amounted to over [J,200, while 10 dispensaries la urnwoll County brought not quite 5,000. The 12 dispensaries in Hieh md county brought in ovor $38,000, nd ll dispensaries in Charleston lade $)L,000. Sumter shows tho irgost percentage of gain in profits nd Florence noxt with Aiken third, Tho statement has been compiled rom figures submitted and svorn to y tho respectivo coucty dispensary oards, or their authorised clerks, towover, it might bo well to state in egard tb tho breakage account that ho comparisons mndo ure not ab olutely just lnsomueh as somo oards have returned railroad short go as breakage, thus swelling tho r Oak age account. This explains tho blank for Lox igton county. In many instances lulms were filed for tho shortage nd have been paid Which would cry materially lesson this uccotint. lowover, thc account is in tho main [>rrect. The profit made by some of tho aunties is somewhat largor than hus eon reported lnsomueh as thoy havo . barged fixtures, bottling outfits, etc., 3 tho oxponsc account, willoh wore ot taken in ns assets in making up tat om ont. Following ls tho statement for tho uarter ending Juno 30: County Gross sales. Not Profit, kbheville . .$ 2i,755.57 $ 6,210.18 Aken. 24,003.91 7,883.89 lamherg.. .. 18,468.00 3,841.77 hirnwell.. .. 29,137.71 4,950.39 lea tl fort. . .. 18,334.52 2,870.95 lerkeley., .. 7,683.02 1.461.88 marleston .. 47,505.26 1 1,187.86 Jhester .. ..22,956.69 6,366.87 '.hesterfleld. . 23,380.79 3,919.53 Marendon ... 10,527.63 2,006.80 follet?n.. .. 12,571.08 2,298.54 )orchester .. 14,543.44 4,468.90 'airfield.. ..13,342.98 3.030.75 'lorence. . .. 38,990.94 12,510.71 ieorgetown.. 36,803.45 9,951.32 lampton ... 10.526.65 2,511.45 ?ershnw.. .. 28,972.49 7,049.48 ,aurons .. ..29,339.96 6,330.76 ,eo. 12,430.92 3,494.06 ,extngton ... 8,487.29 1,585.45 irangoburg.. 42,077.77 8,053.58 Meilland.. ..126,936.26 38,601.64 um tor .. .. 35,463.03 13,067.82 Villiamsburg. 13,538,66 3.037.44 647,477.01 166.792.02 Average nor cont, made on all busi ess doha in the State, 3 4.6. Tho breakage figures arc as fol )\VB: khhevillo.$ 70.20 liken. 234.62 tambera.123.7 0 tarn wei I.344,30 leaufort.178.83 lerkeley.65.10 lharlestou.191.45 rfteftter'r.1 V.'* TV? r^rT??Ttfff*1 ?hesterfleld.293.70 Ila renden.62.05 lolleton.75.94 lorehest or.1 24.94 'airfield.147.62 'lorence. 236.23 ieorgetown.ll 2.33 lampton.63.90 I er sh aw.162.58 laurens.263; 65 .oe.86.04 h un gob u rg. 2 2 5.74 Meilland. 020.25 lum ter.126.65 Villiamsburg.77.59 Total.$4,314.44 The following table gives tho mim er of dispensarlos in each county nd the percentage of profit figured n tho sales of tho quarter: Number. Per cent. .bbevlllo.I 40 .ikon.5 47 tam berg.5 2 0 tarn wei I.10- 2 1 leaufort.5 18 lerkeley.4 23 lharlestou.ll 30 Ihcstor.1 38 Ihestorfleld.2 20 !la rond?n.1 24 ?olloton.3 22 lorebester.!! 4 4 'airfield.2 29 'lorence.2 4 8 Ieorgetown.1 3 7 lampton.5 31 kershaw.2 3 2 aurons.2 27 oxington.3 23 oe.1 89 . irangohurg.6 24 ichland.12 4 3 uniter.3 58 /illiamshurg.3 29 The total amount of sales was 647,477.91, of which Richland dis used of $126,036.25, or ono-llfth, hilo Charleston disposed of only ie-third as much liquor as Colum bi through tho 'egal channels. It ls Dparent from this that Charleston a very temperate place, and that, sr capita of population and summer ccursionists, moro liquor ls drunk in dozen ol' the other 23 counties. Too many mon spend their time. I tine, on the anxious seat. i,MEN| M Here's ? II o o ll flfel (KOR M KN ONLY.) .cnto on Nervous Debility, Blood Poison ricture, Oleet, Varicocele, Hydrocelc, K! 1nc> Bladder Trouble and other Chronic and Prf ie I M:., .IM , sont freo on request. I'bo result of uV) years' laws and valuable perionco. To l lioso who wrlto about tboii .? wis will advise fully, freo of charges, corns nulonco Btrioliy conlldoniiai. Al?> a 6n?A ' H'Otnen nnd ono on brain timi nerve e.ihnui. i of moos ihiiii ordinary vallie and Interest. Klthorof tinao neut freo *tr& on request. Add rosa r? ?Lft* DR. HATHAWAY & CO. Suite 88, Inman Hldg 22 V? S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. hh School. a, s. c. ?III September IHtb. Husiness Courses. Cargo faculty, iiiiivdrsities. Thoroughness om locutlon. Buildings ciiulppod and he 'ed by steam or fur? ary dlsoiplllio. Write for enta A. ^r., l*i i? i pill. uo Free. and to any In the machinery? inj machinery owners. A 40Q table In every way. Write na fot :>., COLUMBIA, S. O.