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OOO LAW. Measure That Has Just Gone Into Effect iSED LAST WINTER. t Is Iidw Makes It Illegal For Any j, Ono to Sell in Noni li Onrollua Any Adulterated Food or Drug or,JB?\\ Jip Sumo Ujuler^iHi^HO liWbol nnd Prescribes Heavy penalties lor Vio lating lt. The pure food law passed at the last session of the Legislature went nto effect last Tuesday. The law ivas made to supplement the food End drug law passed by Congress, nd is quite sweeping in its provis ions. Tho full text of tho law is pub= lished below: Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro lina: Section 1. That it shall bc unlaw ful for any person to manufacture or sell, or offer for sale, any article of food or "drugs which is adultera ted or misbranded within the mean ing oi>?Riis Act, and anyperson who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic tion thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by im prisonment not exceeding fifteen days for the first offence, and one hundred dollars or thirty days' im prisonment for each subsequent of fence. Section 2. That the terms "drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recogniz ed in the United States Pharmacop oeia or National Formulary or U. S.; Dispensatory for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture v i-of substances intended to be used for cure, mitigation or prevention of disease of either man or other ani mals.^vThe term "food," as used herein,*shall include all articles used for fooH, drink, confectionary, or condiment by man or other animals, whether dimple, mixed or compound. Section 3. That for the purpose of this Act an article shall be deemed to bc adulterated: In case of drugs and flavoring extracts: First. If. when a drug or flavoring extract is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary or U.S. Dispen satory, it differs from or does not conform to the standard of strength, quality or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United Slates Pharmacopoeia, National For mulary, or II. S. Dispensatory, otll cud at the time of investigation. In the case of confectionery: If it contains terra alba, barytas, talc, chrome yellow, or other miner al substance or poisonous color ila vor, or oilier ingredient deleterious or detcrimcntal to health, or any vinous, malt, or spirituous liquor or compound, or narcotic drug In t.ho nu ?ni nf ^'><^.l . .... ^..^ ^i?._i>_ v.^. muu. First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to re duce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the , article. Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted. Fourth, If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated or stained in a mander whereby damage or inferi ority is concealed. Fifth. If it contain any added pois onous or other added deleterious in gredient which may render such ar ticle injurious to health: Provided, that when in the preparation of food products for shipment they are pre served by any external application, applied in such manner that Hie pre servative is necessarily removed ma chanically, or by macerat ion in water, or otherwise, and directions for tho removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the pack age, the provisions of this Act shall he construed as applying only when said products are ready for consump tion. Sixth, if it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed or put rid animal or vegetable substance or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not,, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died other wise than by slaughter. Section 4. That thc term "mis branded," as used herein, shall ap ply to all drugs or articles of food, or articles which enter into the com position of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design or device regarding such ar ticle, or the ingredients or substanc es contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, territory or country in which il is manufactured or produced. That for the purposes of thia Act. an arti cle shall be also deemed to bc mis branded: In ease of drugs: First. If it be an imitation of of i offered for sale under the name of t another article. i Second. If the contents of the j package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in i( part, and oilier contents shall have ii been placed in such package, or if v tie package fail to bear a statement >r on the label of the quantity or pro v portion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta 1 cocaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, tbo chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or iton any den va1 ive or preparation of any MI f such substances contained therein: l j, Provided, that the package contains more than two grains of opium, or . Inore than one-quarter grains of . morphine, or more than ten grains roi <(f chloral hydrate in one fluid ounce, or, if a solid preparation, in one avo !|,io> h'duoois ounce: Provided, further, ' that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to the filling of H.ir written prescriptions, furnished by ii regular licensed practicing physi 10 clans, and kept on file by druggists >r,>.",K'is required by law, or as to such pre ?r lor l' ,irations as are specified and reeog uilt from ?? by the United States Pharma need th is >qia, National Formulary or U. ar;: luinibomensatory, which are in accord i niling, n'cwith. .ase of food: f it be an imitation of or HOM!] Tl I INO TO IK). ?rsl roy I Ju si irs and lll'loi'H, omi Shel* toi* Youl* Farm Implements. Woods around tho yard and lot eau I :e eut and get out o?, tho way. Thia viii holn tho npponranco of thine,:, md koop tho pince from looking BO maky and besides will destrow thous mds of weed seods. , 1 Bushes and briars should'bo shrub bed In tho pastures to lot tu? gm?? ?iow. Many pastures aro almost ?rorthloss for stock on account of tho growth of othor things than grass, llomombor that grnss doos not grow where?. briars, bimbos and troos are fillowod to take charge of *~.o pas turo. It is an acknowledged fact that ovory farmer should raleo all tho lot and Btable manuro possiblo and now 1H tho timo to haul a largo lot of leavos and Btraw. If lt ls not desira ble to straw'tho lot all over lt can bo hauled and placod in front of tho Btablo doors and In the lowest plncos. AU toola and farm lmplomonts and machinory should bo placed carefully away under a sholtor. Tho ou can and paint brush can bo used on aomo of lt to a good advantage. Do not leave any farm implements in tho Hold or out In tho weather. It is poor poliey, after furnishing tho farm with such things, to lot thom bo ruin ed by carelessness. ? Now that farmers aro nearly through working thoir crops thom aro some things needing attention which have heretofore boon put ott. All terraces should bo ploughed to strengthen thom and to destroy tho weeds and grass on them. All breaks in thom should bo repaired and tho low or wonk places should be bulli up. _ "WlIKN Roosevelt gets through with it" says the Florida Times Union, "our constitution will be fit for the remnant counter." It was pretty well used up when Roosevelt took charge of it. HAVING gobbled Korea Japan has been too honest to talk about "mani fest-destiny" or "thrown into our laps by providence." That sort of stuff is left for civilized Christian na tions to indulge in. L'-rr the farmers resolve, each for himself, not to employ under any circumstance his neighbor's hands, contract or no contract. This is the only way that thc best interests of al can be protected. offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article. Second. If it be labelled or brand ed so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to bc a foreign product when not so, or if the con tents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have.been p.laced in such package, or if it fail to bear a statement op the label of the quality or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, hero in, alpha or betti ccaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, aeo tanilidc, or any derivative or prep aration of any such substances con tained therein. Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on thc outside of the package. Fourth. If tho package containing it or its label shall bear my state ment, design or device regarding the ingredients or the substances con tained therein, which statement, de? I design or device shall be false or misleading in any particular: Provid ed, that an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or mis branded in the following cases: First. In the case of mixtures or compounds, which may bc now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imita tion of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. Second. In the case of articles la belled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are com pounds, imitations or blends, and the word "compound," "imitation" or "blend," as the case may oe, is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale: Provid ed, that the term blend, as used here in, shall be construed to mean a mix ture of like substances not. excluding harmless coloring or flavoring Ingre dients used for the purpose of color ing and flavoring only: And provid ed, further, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufac turers of proprietory foods which con tain no unwholesome added ingredi ent to disclose their trade formulas, except ih so far as the provisions of this Act may require to sccuro free dom from adulteration or misbrand ing. Section 5. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act when he can establish a guaranty, signed by tho wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that tho same is not adul terated or misbranded or within the meaning of this Act, designating lt. Section (>. For the purpose of car rying out the provisions of this Act the State board of health, with one licensed druggist, appointed by the Governor, upon tho recommendation of the South Carolina Pharmaceuti cal Asssociation, shall take cogniz ance of tho interests of the public health, as it relates to the sale of food, drugs, spirituous, fermented and malt liquors, and tho adultera tion thereof, and make all necessary inquiries and investigations relating thereto, and for such purposes may appoint inspectors analysts and chem ists, who shall be subject to its su pervision and removal. Within sixty [lays after this Act goes into effect the said State board of health shall adopt such measures as it may deem necessary to facilitate the enforce ment thereof, It shall prepare rules ?ind regulations with regard to the proper method of collecting and ex amining drugs, articles of food. Section 7. The sum of one thous and dollars is hereby appropriated tor the purpose of defraying the ex >ensCS, if any, of analysis or cxami nition of any article of food or drug ts provided for in this Act: .said Hims to be expended under the su )ervision and direction of the State )oard of health. Section 8. This Act shall go into (fleet six months after its approval >y the (Jovcrnor. Section D'. All Acts and parts of ^.cts inconsistent with this Act be, md they aro hereby, repealed. DEAD WHITE MAN Honored by Negroes by ihe Eroc-1 tlon of a Monument. . - To lils Memory HCCUUHO HO Present ed Them With tho Uround Now Used as Cometary. The monument erected in L?nens J ter county by colored people to a white man as heretofore published in The News and Courier, was form ally unveiled Thursday with impres sive ceremony and in the presence of an immense crowd of both whites and blacks. This is probably the first recorded instance where negroes have thus paid tribute to the memory of one of the white race. The nearest approach to it in Lancaster county occurred some years ago, when Bishop Isom C. Clinton, now dead, erected a hand some monument at the grave of his former master, Mr. Irvin Clinton, who, in his day and time, was a lead ing member of the Lancaster Bar. The mounument unveiled Thurs day was erected by the members of Mount Moriah Church, a colored Methodist church four miles west of Lancaster, in honor of the memory of the late James W. Williams, a prominent white farmer, who donat ed the land now used by them as a cemetery, which is located at or near the church building. The idea of thus honoring their white benefactor or iginated with one of their own num ber, Jarvis Cunningham, a respected colored citizen of that county, who has. by farming, accumulated con siderable property. The suggestion took well with Cunningham's fellow church members and all of them con tributed liberally to thc fund which was raised to carry out the plan. The monument, which stands on the cemetery lot, was made by Mr. A. 1*. McNich, proprietor of the Lan caster Marble Yard, and is what is known as Vermont blue marble. Though not as tall as such monu ments usually are. being only (> feet and eight inches in height, it is a highly creditable, handsome piece of work, and presents an imposing ap pearance. Thc principal inscription is on thc side facing the east and is as follows: "On motion of Jarvis Cunningham this momnnt was erected by the members of Mount Moriah Church in 1907 to the memory of Mr. Jas. W. Williams in appreciation of the gift to tho church hy him and his family of this plat of land for a cem etery." "G. W. Mackey, C. T. B." The letters "C. T. B." stands for chairman trustee board. The inscription on the north side is. Born December 27, 18:17. Died February 10, 1903. Peace to his ash es." On the south side: "Trustees; M. M. Young, .lim Brown, D. Johnson, J. T. Thomas, 1). McKinney, Adam Watts, deceased, John Wren, secre tary; Joe Brown, treasurer. God love th a cheerful giver." On the west side: "Rev. Z. Belton, pastor." The unveiling exercises consisted principally by an address appropriate to the occassion by Principal M. D. Lee, ot the Lancaster Normal and Industrial Institute, Bible read and prayer. Music was furnished by a brass band. Dr. A. J. Warner of Charlotte, was to have delivered an address, but was prevented from coming by a call in Boston, Mass. The veil that covered the monument was drawn aside by two small color ed girls. Mr. Williams, the man whose mem ory the colored people have signally honored, was one of Lancaster Coun ty's most prominent and influential citizens. He was a large and success! ful farmer and lived in the neighbor hood of Mount Moriah Church. He was a gallant Confederate soldier. At the outbreak of the civil war, in the summer of 1861, he enlisted with the Lancaster Grays and served with that company until December, when he was honorably discharged on ac count of bad health. Recuperating-, in April, 18(>2. he (Mitered the ser vice, joining the cavalry, Capt. J. C. Foster's company. Butler's brigade. He was on duty as a scout during much of the war and was delegated to pilot Butler's forces through this country about the time of Sherman's raid. As a slave owner Mr. Williams was kind and humane, and after em ancipation bis treatment of the ne gro was ever characterized by fair ness and justice. He is kindly remem bered by all the colored people who knew him. A ( hal Willi Our Young Men, Boys, let us bo men. Ix>t us bo honest, earnest, young men and we shall then be noble men. Nobleness and gentleness are not one and rare ly do we find them living in peace with each other. We may never be what the world calls great, but we can all be noble men, and our noble ness can commence this very hour and just where we are. A young man's first and truest act of nobility is to love, honor and pro tect his parents. When ho becomes too proud to be seen walking as a stair" to a tottering, helpless father, or to stand by the bedside of her who is waiting a moment this side of the river to catch one more gaze, through the fading shadow of the past, of her little boylosl in manhood, he is sure ly fast going down the eminence of manliness. When we launch our ships on the morning waves of thc great sea of life, let us guide them hythe light of home, with thc helm of the cradle words of our mother. Not until we have left borne and are wanderers in the curious strangeness of a strange land, unnoticed, unheeded, lonely and weary, will we know of a truth what a mother is. Then we feel tint she is good and we bless her. Never can we repay our mother's kindness. Her withered form and her silvering braids shall be defend ed till that day cometh when He shall make up His jewels-and then, we ween, Heaven will know no kinder, no brighter, no purer angel than she. When the ever shining stars shah wane in the fading of our vision, and tho noisy world will grow still in our sleep of death, will wc forget her; not till then. IT is rather bold in a man who has succeeded in making the- Repub lican elephant do so rr any unheard of things, to denounce anybody for nature-faking. To-morrow is the ntono over which nany n hublhosb man ha? stumblod. / Eastern Plant That Has wonder ful Healing PowerJ\ CURES CONSUMPTION. r " '} Agricultural Dcpnrtmont (<> llegln System of Pjxpcrlnicnts Wi(h Fenu greek, un K?stern Plaut, Which IN Sold to bo n Curo und Provontii tivo of AH Forms of Tu be ic il ion i.s. v A special to Tho Nows and Cour ier from Washington says Secretary WIIHOU, of tho department of agri culture will soon bogia experiment ing in tho arid hinds of Texas on the famous food called fenugreek, which scientists tho world over are hailing as possibly an agency of nature which will combat the ravages of consump tion. Tho virturo ascribed to fenugreek Ia Its ability to build up tho very tis sue? that tho germs of consumption tear down. Experiments with won derfully satisfactory results in tho growth of (his plant havo been1 made lu California, Nebraska ami New | Mexico, and the announcement will i soon be mad? of Its Introduction into I tho arid west section of Texas undor Irrigation by tho department of ag riculture. But a short timo ugo fenugreek was almost unknown in America ex cept as a constituent of condition powders for grain and vogetablo con suming animals. For perhaps hun dreds of years, ho wovor, lt has been known in the Bast, where lt has a widespread nse as a food and medi cino for both man and beast*. Its main use lu that section of the globe was what suggested Its introduction lu this country as a euro for consum ption. Since time Immemorial tho Jewish maldon of Tunis has hoon ono who desires much fat. and such a dainty weight as 2T>0 or 300 pounds ls a thing to be desired. With her fat ls welcomed and she never complains if she tips tho seale at 36"0 or 400. Tho time-honored traditions ol' their lot have handed down Ibo uso of fen ugreek as a fat forming substance, and even to-day it. is still used. Physicians recognizing tho fact that if they can, in treating a con sumptive case, koop flesh on their pullout tin; chances for recovery wore greater, cann; to the conclusion that fenugreek would Ito of great uso to them. Accordingly it was Introduc ed and many report that they have used lt with very satisfactory re sults. Tho fenugreek plant Itself ls not unlike common clover, and. indeed ls easily mistaken for that plant un less tho two aro closely coin pa rod. Tho seed of the plant ls (ho pail used in tho consumption euro, (here hoing sev al ways by which lt can ho pro p; Perhaps (ho easiest, way ls to put .i tablespoonful in u fumbler ol' water and let lt stand over night, drinking tho water lu tho morning. Another method is to ai tx a poffec spoonful of thc seed In strained hon ey to kill the bitter taste, und then oat tho mixturo. Tho women of Tun i ls, in their quest for fat, eat thc seed lu the form of a confection and mix ed" with olivo oil and in many othei ways. Prominent among the fow physi cians who have tried (ho plant in oho treatment of consumption ls Dr. A. S. Mansfelde, treasurer ol' the Nebras ka Stato Medical Association, who bas probably carried the experiment further than any other American practitioner. Ho was (he hist to re port to the department ot' agricul ture the uso of the plant as a cure In this country. Although Dr. Mansfelde has re ported concerning one case 1( was of a nature to show tho great possibili ! Hos of thc plant. The patient, in question was a young Irishman, who was inihe last stages of (he disease, and although In the end ho eventual ly died, his lungs being so tar gone that they could not sustain any bodi ly vigor, ho ls reported to have taken on flesh and continued to do io for several weeks until tho end came. David Fairchild, agricultural ex plorer, tn charge of the seed and plant distribution of tho bureau of plant Industry, ls responsible for bringing fenugreek to tho not ?co of tho American people. While travel ing in the Fast he was struck with the prevalence of fal women and on enquiring into tho cause got on (ho (rack of (ho plant. Ile did not think a groat deal of tho plant undi later when ho learned that it was OOO of the principal ingredients of condition powders for stock. Putting tho two together he thought that results well worth tho trouble could bo received from (ho plant and accordingly In troduced lt into the UnltOd Stales. lt is claimed by some that tho plant can be traced back as far ns tho time of Nobuchudnezzer II, when lt. was in common use as a relish foi meats and as fl medicine. Many leg ends have boen founded on the plant's groat medicinal value. lt is even staled that Mohamel himself once said that if the people knew the val ue ol' fenugreek they would obtain il even al Hie price of gold. Another legend claims thal il' a bag ol the seed was lied to a camel's lundi ll would cure lt of Its Ills. Fenugreek is planted lu tho fall Ibo same as winter wheal and como? up early in the spring, lt attains a height ol' about that of tho ordinary clover and. ns stated before when full grown looks about tho same. The odor ol' tho plant ls familiar lo any ono who has over handled condition powders, such as aro given to stock. At present thOI'O is bul aeompura lively small quantity of tho seed In I lu; United Slates. The department of agi icu 11 u re, however, is able to distribute quantities of some size on applications made to tho bureau of seed and plant industry. Speaking of the medicinal value ol' the plant Dr. MansTelde says: "There can ho no doubt that beyond the carbohyhralOS and tho bitter con tents increasing the appel ito, some ting else must be contained in the seeds that Cd U SOS the asslmulalion of fat and the deposition in tho tissues. Possibly that something aids holli In tho digestion and tho assimilation of fat and the conversion into fat of tho carbohydrates one of all these processes." A QovOrnmonl has un dertaken ti) make as analysis of tho fenugreek seed with (lils poi II I In view. Much will depend on the re sells which in obtains by tho exam ination. Tino general disposition to look on the Cortolyou boom as a joke may be due to the hot weather, and then again, if may he due to Republican leaders' cold feet. THU farmers of South Carolina face a crisis, and they will have to stick together, or they may be finan cially ruined. Judge Brawley's de cision has done incalucable harm to the whole State. BULLET IN ?KAIN ?OKJHT YEAHS. Now Fools Bff?cfi A?? Surgeons Try J To J lemo ve lt. (For eight years John Vandyno of Wheeling, <W, Va,, has carried a bul let ii round inside his skull. Wednes day ho felt tho first bad offects of it. He became suddenly ill, lapsod into unconsciousness, and paroxysms fol lowed. Sin-goons hurried him to a hospi tal and porformed an operation, which afforded temporary relief, and will ondoavor I ? ter to locate and ro movo tho bullet. Eight years ago ho WUUB handl ing a rovolvor, which WOB accidental ly discharged, tho bullet penetrating his uk ii 11 and lodging in tho bruin. Tho Labor Question. It has been frequently asserted that the two great issues now before the people of South Carolina are the tax and the labor questions. Each of these questions deserves most seri ous ano careful consideration on the part of the leadors of the people. Heretofore too much attention lias been given by the politicians to ques tions that arc purely political and I frequently to questions that were al together the outgrowth of factional differences. The time for a change bas come and the very first thing that should be arranged is an equit able labor law. that will protect the employer and the employee. The most careful and conservative business men of thc state should be called on at this juncture to suggest reforms which should be made in the tax laws and in the labor laws of the commonwealth. The opportunity is presented, since the whiskey question is not now an issue, for the present legislature to place upon the statute books the legislation which is need ed, and if it is not done within thc next year Uti?matter should be and doubtless will be made the paramount issue in the next election or the next two elections. The chance is going to be presented to some man to blaze the way in this trail. It will be a great pity if these questions are not considered purely from a business standpoint. The only remedy for the present condition is the enforcement of the statute prohibiting the enticing of labor under contract. If this can't be done by law, it must be donn by moral suasion. The difficulty in the present labor situation is chiefly thc tendency of the negroes to move from one farm to another and this disposition is fostered and encourag ed by the less scrupulous employers who do not regard the golden rule in business. They pick up and go on the least pretext. This must be stop ped by all farmers meeting on a com mon ground and resolving not to employ one another's hands. This is the only way to meet the present emergency until thc Legislature can meet and enact a new labor law. A Hint to Husbands. Isn't it strange that some men, who will be kind and obliging to their neighbors, gentlemanly and polite to other ladies, will be so rude and cold and harsh at home, and perfect bears to their wives-crabbed, snappish, ungenerous and altogether unsocial and uateful? Does anvbody know of any such men? Not that we wish to lay all the wrong doing and blame on mankind, or condemn them en masse, not at all. There are plenty of good, noble men, but not quite enough. When they are so strong, and have so much power to do good, and win love, and bless their homes, why won't they all do it. "Circumstances alter cases." Some men's wives are trying enough to wear out the patience of Job; but then, in the perversity of things, you will generally find a real bear of a man united with a frail, patient, forbearing and forgiving wife. She is your wife, Mr. Bear, and the moth er of your children, and probably de pendent on you for home and means, and can't get away from you; so, of course, she is in your power and you can treat her just as you choose. But if you expect her heart to bound with pleasure when she hears your footsteps, or to proffer you caresses, or to rejoice in your pres ence, you are much mistaken. She is human-neither more nor less. Please reverse your situations and condi tions. How much, and how long would you bear such treatment as you give her? You will inevitably be weighed for just what you are and there is no help for it. Through tho Vent's. As we go forward and meet the years, each is a messenger that tells us a pleasant story of the land to which we have taken up our pilgrim age, and though we may not lay hands on them and detain them, yet they imbue us with happy thoughts and pleasant memories, that clothe each coming messenger in halo-like garments of smiles and beauty. The journey of life is but short, but it is long enough to teach us the idleness and littleness of things earth ly, and that our earthly tabernacle is far too narrow to behold the invis ible fire of immortality that pulses through our being, or even to permit, it to shine forth in that brilliancy that it so much longs for. Life is as beautiful as a panorama that moves on to the great and final climax, when the curtains are drawn, and the marvelous beauty of the un iverse opens with endless vistas of glory upon our enlarged sights, and the dreams of the past are paled from view in the light of the never ending present. The toy, the sword and the toy make iq) the sum of our existence, for the old and young are nearest heaven. Prattling childhood ami old age walk hand in hand, and laugh and gamble and make pretty speech es to the bright birds and butter flies, for the veil of time if but a mist to the right and left of them, and love and innocence stand like cherubs by the cradle and the grave. Hi: I J'HUH HAT H S AT HOM IO. They Heal tho Hkin ami Take Away Its Impurities. Sulphur baths heal Skin Diseases, and give tho body a wholesome glow. Now you don't havo to go off to a high-priced resort to get thom. Put a fow spoonfuls of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur in (be bot water, and you got n perfect Sulphur bath right in your own homo, Apply Hancock's Liquid Sulphur to tho affected parts, and F.c/onm and other stubborn skin troubles aro quickly cured. Dr. H. ll. Thomas, of Vahlosta, tia., was cured of a pain* ful skin trouble, and bo praises lt In tho hlRhest terms. Your druggist solis lt. Hancock's Liquid Sulphur Oint ment ls tb. best euro for Sores, Pim plos, Blackheads and all Inflamatlon. Gives a soft, volvoty skin. - ? CAUSES TROUBLE. -, The Farmers Need and Must Have ( Some Relief. Sonto Effective LAW Must no Passed ] by tho ijogl?l?tui'? te Enforce La bor Conducts, Tho labor question ls hoing dis cussed from one end of tho Stato to tho other, and the recont occurroncos over in the Fork near Norway are 1 figuring extensively in tho discussion. * Tho following lotter from Columbia ] to tho Augusta Chronicle will give ! sonio idoa of how tho question ls re ?arded in all parts of tho Stato: Fedoral Judge Br&wtey's decision 1 knocking out tho South Carolina la bor contract law continues to cause 1 trouble In tho rural districts with that largo class of negroes with whom ' tho big stick of a juli sentence has to bo used to Inspire proper regard for '. contractual obligations. And though it is eonndently hoped that tho far mers will pull through tho prosont soason without violence botwoon the rucos, and that loglBlaturo will next spring onact some effectlvo l'eliof measure, there is coitstant dangor in various parts of tho stato of Vory serious clashes over conditions that tho decision has brought about. Tho killing of Constable Valentino in Or angeburg county a few weoks ago, followed by the narrow escape from lynching tho negro had with nil but a rlor occurring among sovoral far mers gathered at tho inquest in a general quarrel about farmors en couraging negroes to jump their con tracts since tho decision; and half a dozen other killings of negroes by while men In widely separated sec tions of tho state, aro but manifes tations of how tho danger spots are showing up. Tho effect of the decision has spread with amazing rapidity even among the most ignorant nogroos. Tho scram bio of unprincipled farmers for he?p h?? perhaps played a more important, part in getting tho negroes Informed than the publication in the newspapers. The result ls that the mean negroe has become Infinitely more insolent, and slnco he has got ten it. Into his head that Uncle Sam has espoused his cause his proneness to violence has become moro marked. There ls no dangor for the present of calling into service tho dreaded Ku-Klux-Klan, but. farmers aro free ly talking of taking matters into their own hands by means of community bands, to stop negroes whom they have kept, from want for food and clothing through thc winter from In solently refusing to carry out their contracts to work out. their debts and and spending the time getting drunk and raising rows. Of course there has been abuse of the law on the part of some farmers, who have cheated tho negro and kept, him in long ser vitude after he had fairly discharged bis debt; but these are rare instances. The great mass of South Carolina farmers have no disposition to Op press the negro, but they aro Insist ent, some of them to the extent of laking tho law in their own hands, that he shall have tho same respect for his written contract as others are required to have. When tho Orango burg farmers chose a spokesman to tell the crowd In very emphatic lan guage that they did not propose to stand for the acts of cortaln white mon In encouraging negroes to jump their contracts or tolerate such con duct on the part of thc blacks, law or no law, thoy gave expression to a feeling prevailing in many counties In tho State. Your correspondent gathered his impressions not only from visitors to Columbia, but from personal Interviews with farmers lu liai I a do/en counties recently. "We've got to have relief, and promptly, or we nre coming before the next legislature In mass and de mand lt," said Penitentiary Director J. O. Wlngo, an extensivo farmer and former member of the houso from Greenville county. "There ls going to be serious trouble If wo don't get lt." .lust, what sort of law should be enacted that will stand the test bas not so far been definitely outlined. The question will be treated nt length In Governor Ansel's message next spring, though just what ho will recommend, he himself does not seem to have determined as yet. One oig gestion is that a thorough and effec tive rural police system bo estab lished for the purpose not only of ridding the rural districts ot tho ne gro criminal but of driving the Idle to the chain gangs as well. Some far mers advocate hiring theso convicts to farmers and others, as was form erly done with penitentiary convicts; but these sort of contracts were much abused, and lt ls not likely that the legislature will ever again go back to this system. One very hopeful sign in tho pre sent situation is the healthy growth of public sentiment against abuse of tho negro. Thosuporstitlon that lt is dangerous to punish a white man for brutal disregard of a negro's rights ls rapidly passing. Caused Him to Faint. It is getting tillite common to con vict white men of murder in South Carolina these days. Last week Jas. W. (hillman was convicted of mur dering Sims Gilmore at Union and sentenced to fifteen years in the pen itentiary. The result of the trial was a great surprise to the lawyers of Gallman as well as to himself. His attorneys requested that the sentence be made as light as possible. Judge Prince ordered Mr. Gallman to stand up and receive sentence. Be fore naming what the punishment should be, lie gave him quite a talk in which he recounted the principal facts of the case, and said that he would not have been surprised if the verdict had been murder, or mur der with recommendation to mercy, and that he did not feel that he would be doing his duty to impose as light a sentence as Gallnian's at torneys evidently wished, but that he must give him the maximum of thirty years. On hearing these words cold per spiration broke out on Gallman's brow, and as he wiped it off he grew faint, tottered, and fell and was thought to be dying. This caused considerable excitement among the female members of the family. He was then taken to the judge's room and given medical attention. After he revived he was sentenced. Where might is justice, justico ls SOI ? an!.- (Sol man. Aspiring minds must sometime sus tain loss. -Plato. Method will teach you lo win time. Goo the, A man seldom does much good in HU? world until he stops trying to do barny IT* costs more to avenge a wrong than lt doos to le? lt go by default. riie slow-gotng dray here Innds moro coln than thc average raco horse. NEARING THE END. Sreat QU Trust .Menaced by in ternal Dissensions. [tidiest Man In (hu World, Scents 1 Trouble and Only ?ogc?s' rm ?man si?n Koopa Him In tho Une. Is the Standard Oil company, the peek of all monopolistic corporations, md the world's greatest example of jonsentrated wealth, threatened Arith internal disruption? Rumors that will not down have been sneak ing around New York city's financial senter, whispering that as far back EIS six monts ago,v John D. Rockefel ler, the head of the great combine, the man whose keen intuition has made him the greatest man in the world in point of wealth, saw signs of the impending storm, and wanted" to sell his Standard Oil holdings, and retire bag and baggage. A few weeks later, these same rumors have it, James Stillman, the president of the National City bank, of New York, the bank of the Standard Oil company, therefore the richest in the world, also desired to quit the company. With the decisions of these two men threatening the great trust with disrupt ion, nothing but the iron will and personal pleadings of Henry H. Rogers, vice president, and the actual head of the company, kept the two dissatisfied men in line. Rockefeller, who possesses the gift of foresight to a degree almost uncan ny, saw last winter that the day of the downfall of Standard Oil was at hand. The law, which for 05 years had lain dormant while the Oil trust made ridiculous the Federal and State statutes enacted to control the giant concern, had at last turned on the corporation, and with all the more vigor because of its long rest The man who did the main part of the planning which resulted in the perfection of this money making ma chine, which for years piled up in comprehensible fortunes, had a vis ion of the strenous times ahead for his great industrial pet and wanted to quit cold, and, but for the plead ings of Rogers, he would have done so. Meanwhile Rogers, who has active charge of the defense being made against the attack of the Federal gov ernment, having succeeded in getting the ruling of Judge Landis in regard to thc $29,000,000 fine carried to the Supreme court of the United States, is busy repairing the damage done by the latest shafts of Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations. Smith, after showing how the prices of oil vary in different parts of this country, purely at the will of thc men wno control the necessary com modity, and without reference to cost of production, freight charges, etc., makes the astounding assertion that tiie Oil trust can convey crude oil and its products to Europe in their own steamships and still sell it cheap er than it is sold in America. "Instead of making its price list lower than that of independent com panies as its monopoly enabled it to do," declares Smith, "thus retaining a great proportion of the business by fair and legitimate means, the Standard is an example of precisely the opposite. It is a combination which maintains a substantial mono poly, not by superiority of service and by charging reasonable prices, but by manifestly unfair methods of destroying competition; a combina tion which then uses the power un fairly trained to oppress the public and enrich itself by wholly extortion ate prices. "lt has raised prices instead of lowering them at the very time when the trust, by reason of its position and advantages, could produce a great deal cheaper than independent concerns. Rut instead of this it charg es more than smaller concerns would have done if the Standard would have allowed them the chance." Make Home Happy. We often read how the wife is to make home the brightest spot on earth. She is always to wear a cheer, ful countenance, as well as the clean est of dresses and collars; to have becomingly arranged hair, and ever to meet her other half at the door with a kiss. The house must he al ways smiling in its orderly way; children ditto; baby no exception to the general rule. Now thc great wonder is, has the husband nothing to do in this mat ter, of making home happy? To bc sure he may do a great deal towards making a home. He may build the house and furnish it in princely style. He may furnish an abundance of food for the table-buy any amount of fine clothing for the family need. Yet he is cross and surly as a snapping turtle, or unsocial, or careless in his habits, or unsympathizing with his wife and little ones. All that the wife c.. ? do will not moke the home an agreeable one. Neither can a wife be happy with a husband who is addicted to rinding fault with his bread-and-butter. She may try ever so hard to please him, yet when he sits down to meals, she lives in constant fear that some por tion of the food will not suit his fas tidious taste. JOHN Armstrong ('handler, once thc husband of Amelia Rives, is a lu natic in New York and a sane man in Virginia, according to the courts of thc two states, and he has impor tant business interests in both, Could any thing be more ridiculous; Welsh Neck HAUTSVI Thc 11th session will Literary, Music, Art, Expression ai graduales of our loading colleges am phasizod in ovory department, noan with electric lights, hot and cold 1?; naces. Host Christian influences. Ml logue. xe?1>t. W. !>urrett CLI FFOR D UNION, goude A homo SohOOl of high erarle, lal normal course for those prepaidl M lisle. Only a limited iVumh?r Of pi Riven to each. Healthful Mt unialn Address. liev. H A. Cata lo to any of our customers for ?he ash niumhng or hardware business, un page catalogue which will he found prices on any tb lng In the supply lino. OOJUtJMIlIA *?$tJX?I?JUY MANY MFli EATEN By tho Cannibals of th? Congo and the Islands, PREFER HUMAN MEAT. Tho Darwinian Theory of tho Sur vival of tho Fittest Seen hi Its Most. Pitiable Application Among the African Mitn-Kuting Tribes-. Some Facts That Will Surprise Many People. (Man is still much eaton by his fellow mon. Cannibalism iii all Its horror still persists In the upper Con go region and other portions of Afri ca. Tho taste for human meat por 8lst8 in New Guinea and among' cor I tain groups of tho South Sea Islands, j notably tho Solomons, the New Ho brldes and Now Ireland. David Liv ingstone, tho first whito mau who crossed the Manyemaa country of Africa, was reluctant to believe that cannibalism was not In some way as sociated with superstitious ritos. Dut when ho saw the eagerness with which ibo natives devoured their favorite food he changed his mind and wrote that "the Cougo man sim ply prefers human flesh to any other kind or meat." Another tribe is said to have stated, "It ls good to oat moat that talked." Africa shows the Darwinian theory of survival of tho litest in Its most pitlablo application. The sick, crippled, ogod, men and women aliko, are killed und eaton in tho cannibalistic tribes. Tho flesh of prisoners of war or mon killed in bat tle lc? proferred above all others. Strangely enough all explorers report that the man-eating tribes are supor lor, mentally and physically, to tho non cannibals. In the nangula country not only ure the bodies of those slain in battle oaten,, but tho nativos ha.bitally kill men for food. And about this there is much curious system, such ns In clines students of anthropology to suspect some hidden origin. Thus the prisoner is not killed outright, but ls placed chin deep in a pool of water with his head made fast to a log lest he drown. The victim's limbs, by the way, have been broken three days previously. On tho third day the poor creature ls taken out and killed. This procedure, the floreo Mangala says, makes the flesh moro tender. Capt. S. D. I Ilude, returning homo from Stanley Falls on the Congo, had personal experience of theso people. On tho down river trip to Boma six of the Uungula crew were put In Irons charged with having eaten two of their compunions. The nccuscd wero inugniilclent suvages, ovor six feet high and superbly proportioned. Two of tho crow, it scorned, hud fnllon ill on the voyuge up and were allowed by the captain to take a few day? >v, rest. Hut when next rations were served they were missing. Tho mas ter of the steamer was told tney had died during the night and been bur ied ashore. And this seemed likely enough. Hut the captain of tho ship bud his doubts. Ho mude u sudden mid on tho quarters of his Danguln hands, and discovered parts of the missing men, smoko dried and cut up conveniently in tho lockors of tho ?Ix suspects, now going' Rs (Mat Leopoldvllle. Commandant Guy Burrows, lntoly In the service of tho Congo adminis tration, tolls a curious story, of .tho Bntake people, a body of whom ho led in a punitive expedition against the Mnbode tribes. "I saw a boy hit In the shoulder by a ball from an old m tl ?al o loador," ho said, "and yet, although seriously hurt, he looked entirely unconcerned; they are titter fatalists, these follows. His comrades carried him to ono side, away from the rest of the wounded, and when I saw this I remarked: "Take thut boy up or he'll get hit again." "At this half u dozen grave loaders came to mo expostulating. 'Ho ls only a young Ind,' they grumbled. You might lust ns well let us havo him for killing when the light is ovor.' I drove the monsters from mo with my chlcotte or hippo hide whip. Tho boy recovered und served me for yours. But those Butake cannibals never forgave me." He who relies on another's table ls apt to dine late.-Italian. The time ls never lost that ls do votsd to work.-Emerson. 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