The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, February 21, 1908, Image 10

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THE MONEY GOES How the People's Money is Spent By tho Legislature. APPROPRIATION BILL ls l'assed on by tho House of Rept'C" seutntivcs ?nd ls Sent (o a Thil'd Rending.-Almut Two Hours De voted io Debuto on M VOW Puru? graphs of Hie Hill,, Changes May He Made Haler. After a debate of over two bonis tho house yesterday sent to third reading the appropriation bill. Thorp were a few changes and ono or two of tho sections wore stricken out, but the bill as reported by the ways und menus committee wont through with debate on only a few para graphs. Among Hie changes were tile lu crease in the appropriation for usc of Columbia water fr?m $3,000 to $5,000, tho appropriation for tho on focemont of the pure food law and the refusal to appropriate $3,500 to tim annual reunion ol' Confederate veterans. There are sixteen paragraphs in the bill carrying an appropriation Of about $1,500,300. Tho legislativ? supply hill will carry an appropria lion ol' about $60,000. Tho hill which went to third reading TuOsdnj contained the following paragraphs: Hovel nor's otllCO-$ 1 4,000,of Which $3.nut) is salary Tor governor; pi i vate secretary, $1,500; messenger, $4 on; stenographer, $750; contingent fund, $5,000; special fund for en forcement of laws, $2,500; stamps, and stationery, $350. Secretary of Stale-The olllce of secretary of state is given $0,500 which is au Increase nf $500, given for the printing of registration blanks, this bein;-, election year. Comptroller Gpnorul Salary of comptroller general, $1,900; chief clerk. $1,400; additional clerk, $1, 400; bookkeeper, $1,400; special in vestigations, $l,onii; porter, $300; stumps and stationery, $000; print ing, $sr,u; contingent fund, $300; stamps and stationery for insurance depart nient. $700; traveling expen ses for department in work of ex amination of county books, $500; further clerical help, $1,400; steno graph: work, $400. Slab.' Treasurer-The salarios ari an) follows: treasurer, $1,900; chief eiork, $1,500; two bookkeepers, ? I , ?ito) each; contingent fund, $300! for printing stocks and bomb;, $200; Stationery, $300; further clerical bein. ?iina. Soile Superintendent of education, salary, $1,900; eh tel' clerk, $ I ?350 au increase f rom $ 1,200 ? st em?;; ra pli er. $000; conting, al fluid, $200? printing, $1,200; slut lottery, $300; traveling ON penses, $30., Adjutant and Inspector (b-noral - There is a decrease in the appropria tion given the adjutant goaoral. The bill carri's the following: Salary, $1*900,; assista ht, $ 1.35o; armorer, $300; contingent fund, $5no; collect ing arms, printing, etc., $050, which is an increase of $100; stationery. $200; stenographer, $000; militia purposes, $20,000, a decrease of $i o.ooo. Attorney Clouerai The Items are as follows: Salary, attorney general, $1,900; nssistatil attorney general. $ 1,800, a raise of $500; contingent fund, $300; a raise of $150; litiga tion. $2,000; stenographer, $000. Railroad Commis; ?en Salary of th leo commissioners, $5,700; salary ntenograplier, $000; : eerelarv, $ I 350; contingent exponaos and rent, $1,500; printing, $250. Tlx' Slate librar?an guts an increase of $75 for th?? contingent fund, the Hems being tis follows: Salary, $800; contingent fand, $30'? j stationery. $275; pureba, im; boohs, $2?'t?? Stale Geologist--Tho item carrie, an appropriation of ?I ?i?00 for the salary ami a like nibo ll it I foi- con tingent fund; prim int: and . nrvevs. The department <if agriculture, con II.-ne ami immigrai'bil tints ihn following: ?'ala ry commissioner, $ i pun; raIury clerk, $ 1,200; ?xpijips?: depart meal. $3,000; salary steno grapher. !?000; foi* printing 4,not) Copies of handbooks, $3,000, The bill gives $500 for prizes for farmers who enter the c real grow ing coule: ls. This b expended under tin- direction of the comm; ? i|..uer ol' tl gi'lc tl ) I li re i Ibo president and the professor of ag: icult mo ol' Ci ellison college. No Changes are made in tho tl 1 ft tOl'ieal Commission. The salary ol Hie secretary is $1,500; for collect ing and ni'l'h llgilig Confederate re cords. $1,000; contingent i'mul $250; printing historical record.;. $500 and the proceeds for siti?)1! of Ihe publi cations now on hand or bora fi ol' publn lied. Tho code cor.inik'sloner gels th'.' usual salary, $4 00, The Bab ry nf i he oieetriclan and cngim er ol' the stale house is $ 100 per iiiyhtii fbi' KC Ve ii months; for th salary ol' eic- ll re m a tl and essi. ? ant. $a0 per meut h for (lie year; one ad dil u n il fl r? ni i it bu- t wo mont hs at n .adary of $40 per month; Hie elec trician and ?i?gliiooor being giv?ti $7fi pei' ne nth for Ihe remaining 5 rm.nibs. Me abo gels $400 for lix - ; turcs, supplies and lights and $4t)0 for replacing ?nd repairing pipes la Stato House. Tilt sum of $6,000 ls given for lighting the Stato institutions ia Col umbia. Tiie contingent fund for the keep er of Stato house grounds was plac ed at $200; tho Janitor's salary, |160; salary of janltross, $120; sal ary of two watchmen, $05 per month each. The Judiciary Department- -Chlof Justice Pope, $:;,000; Associate Jus tice dary. $2,9 12.50; Ju st i cos Jones and Woods, $2,850 each; ton circu? judges, $30,000; solicitors. $17.000; stenographers, $15,000; clerk of su premo court, $800; Hiato reporter, $ l, it 0 0 ; librarian supremo court. $800; messenger, $200; stenograph er, $G0; attendant, $200; contingent fund, $800, an increase of $200; de de lt for 1907, $197; Tor purchasing books for library, $500; for purchas ing certain supremo court reports, $000; for secretaries for each of justices, $500 each. Tho State board of health is given $2,500, tor clerk hire. $r.no; for en forcing Hie pure food law, $1,000; for quarantining Hie Slate against contagious diseases, $.S,il00, to ho CN ponded under Hie supervision of the governor. The governor is also au Ihorizod, in cases of emergency, to borrow $7,non additional; $100 is ?.Ivon for printing, ^transportation and death certificates. tn the tax department tho salar ies of county auditors, aro fixed nt ?29,672.OS; treasurers, $30,1 -I G.65, and for printing hooks, etc;., $3,500, I-M u cat ional Institutions, The educational institutions re ceived all asked for without objection Mr. Sharpe did not agree to Hie pro vision thal children of professors ol (he University of South Carolina ro eeivo free tutlliou Inserted, hui iii lt ..M ill through hy a volo of 53 to MP The section then passed as follows: University of South Carolina Support, $43,744.04; promotion ol Prof. Baker to full rofessershtp $500; repainting college buildings $3,000; tin roof for DeSnussuro col lego, $600; for other roofs, curhingi and repairs, $1/025 j scholarships normal, $4,100; for new class roon and auditorium. $30,000. Winthrop -Kor support of college $04,535.22; regular scholarships $12,100; insurance $2*659.S?; equip aient, $3,000; septic tank, $2,000. South Carolina Military aciulcm Support, $25,000; Ihn arv, $250 ooo nd payinont on polled still 1er $7,500; repairs and other work, $30, OOO; insurance, $1,267.20. Stato Colored college - S upport $5 000; dynamo, $1,000; laundry, $2 ooo. South Carolina Industrial school - ? 1 0,000. renal and Charitable. For penal and charitable instill lions tho following sums aro glvei Penitentiary.Salary of superb tendent, $1,000; captain of gu ar $1,200; physician. $l.r,oo- chaplal $000; services of chaplain in refer! a to ry in Lexington, $lf>6; clerk, $1 200, and all balances and procboi from HM- hire ><( cd ii vt els or fro tho farms of the institution. Slate Hospital for tin- Insane Salary of spe: intendent. $3,000 ; P (Ilem and mileage, of board, $l.2u current expenses and inaintonam $ 17,p,000, an incitase ol $10,00 repairs and building purpOSO?i, $2" 000 ; dollell $8,177; insurance. <; non; increased lire protection', $50 Deaf, Dumb and Illlnd asylum For support, $26,500; repairs, $50 Munira nco, $1/446.98; waler ai seweiaf'.e. $1,000. Catawba Indians For Btjppoi $2,(?00; for the school fund, $200 M ?seo!! oicons Fx pele cs. FOI' water for public inslitutio in Columbia, $5,000. 'i'o pay claims passed hy tho go eral assembly in 1906, $0,000. Public printing for the year $2< eon, aa increase of about $1,20 and of this $800 ls applied lo ll printing ol' acts and journals; for a V?n?e sheels, $175 is appropriate For foul fin- the Slate house, $1 000 is appropriated. For Confederate pensions the sn of $250,000 was appropriated wi the Usual restrictions. For tho phosphate CO in Ul I SS I < $300 was given fol' tin- necessary c peases of inspection and lu oe H Ul For tho edilillie!lon df tho Sta home. $5.non was given Hie siilkll flliul lo rel urn t lie loa II in I 904. < X lu i- Appropriai ?ons. Tho Slate Hoard (d' eiiuallzatl was given t.2,00U; (ho idi jihrVisdrs' reg I'M ration, $ I 2,300; I Indura nco ( cent ive man: ion. $ 'J 3.3 3 ; insuran State armory, $3 1.50; insurance ha at executive mansion. .< I I : rural brnrlos; $5,000; r< pairs and fur lure at executive mansion, $ | ,4 0 fuel at mansion. $350; Sbulh Cai lina room ai the Confed?ralo hi souin, Richmond, $100; loan to Sou Carolina fair society, $2,500; boa of medical exaniiner. $xno and I a secretary; $ 100 ; la uncli ho ti so Georgetown', $250; hoard of ii di. ies, $7,600; Con federn lc I Ionio Ci Migo, at Charh 'on, $2,000 f scholarships; board of pardot ?MIHI, which ls a doorcase- (d' abo $4 00; Winthrop practice KOIUIOI, $ h ooo, aeeo r<l lng to ad of l 007 ; pro i Innis on surety bonds of clerks '.late bom. $I45;35; oom mit leo 'xanijue dispensa ry, $79.4 0 ; coon ted to examine booka of Slate ot ials, ? I I ??4 0 ; commit ti e en St ? educational ?iisi.i j lil lobs, $299.6 .oonnitiee on penh I toni Charltab inst ii ut ions. $338.55 ; repillrlnit (.lund loan from : ? i . ! ; i . i .?: lund for r .airs on interior of State b or o, ." lO?; written off books of ?'late Iren irv, ? 11 .ps, $1 4.70, $ I 3.36; print li troceeds of annual mooting of Ll Kentucky Lawyer Obj sets to Call ing Comm ssion, Graft STATE DISPENSARY* Denounced hy Illili, Hui Ile Confess" CH Timi ni* House Paid Commis* ?ions to Secure Puslness From lt, ?nd to Tlt.it Uxtent Helped to Make il J? Corrupt niul Disgusting Insti tu? ion. "Attorney (louerai I.you luis been j niven cortaiu iufoi'ination ns to whom tho coin missions wore paid," i?l Cel. Ant hony .1 Ca croll of Louis villc Tuesday afternoon at (lie con-| elusion i>r his statement to tho dis pensary commission. Tho State says! lio luis sh iwcd tho transactions witch appeared on Ihn books and stated td tho commission thal tho . liber Information had hoon asked for hy the at.terney general and bad been given to bim in conloi cuco with Col. Keble;. "Tho attorney general lias charge j of the 'graft' part ol' tbe matter rm! WO are probing into tile manner of j the transactions," remarked Capt. C K. Henderson pleasantly. This evoked a spirited rejoinder from Col. Carroll, tho handsome son of Hid lillie Grass Staid who bas been peaker of the house of representa tives over lhere and also managing editor of Cel. Henry Watterson's pa per, Ibo Louisville Courier-Journal. "Not 'craft.' if yon please, slr. The Paul Jones company which I repre sent will leave South Carolina with ii loss on every sale made hore even If you should decide i<> pay my claim with all sorts of red ucl b,a.:. We will ?nit net loser, oven then, and your proposition is thai you refund the amollissions that we bad to pay lo ;et Ibis business. '1 repel With ns good graee as! possible tho Imputation that 'graft'j is a lil term to ho applied to our -ide of tho Irnnsncfltons with tin tillite dispensary. We have made nothing out or tho business, and the 'gi'ltft' was oa tin? part of the people in South Cardl i tin with whom we laid o? deal. Wo paid 'commissions,' but no 'graft.' This 'graft' in tim dis pensary was Hie inevitable result of a system which I asure you we did not wish to create, nor did we see.'. io foster or to build ii. up." TIlO Commission then went Into ox lee nive session. ll was not. made public what was the nal ure of the Information which Col. Carroll had givoti lo At loi ney (baiera) Lyon, bul it must have hoon something worth while, fer Mr. I,you came into tho meei iii'-'; as Col. Carroll was co ll cl lid ing and m ado a sta i omen* to the commission in exeeullvo session. This Inforniaton was In | ai l In Col. felder's possession when Col. Carroll appeared before Hie com inis ion recently, but Col. Felder leonid not communicate even to the commission what he know at that Mme and Col. Carroll bat', lo rei urn Ul Louisville and gel released from certain obligations so thai the com mission could he lint In possess! ni ot Information v. loc h coi.id not gd upon (be retie rd as lt will be med In the prosee ul ions. when Col. Carroll was hore, some time ngo, Mr. Avery Patton objected io paying the chitin of Pani Jones ii Co., on thc ground that lite state ments tiled by 061. Carroll gave a transcript of their books nu further back I han I ii Oil. "We paid no commissions foi" South Carolina business before the year 19 OR," stilt! COI. Carroll lu a most matter of fact manner, and tho commis iou smiled for the Implication was strong that after I OX)3 lt had cost the l'a ul Jones concerti a lillie soinetbina to eel Orders from South Carolina. When In tho course ol' ll lim nil events il is found thal the COinmis .den is to pay the Phill Join s dalli), tho Louisville people Will pru bil I>1,V bid SI glad pond bye to this Slate. As a mittler ol' bin ill I e.- bpi;, it was pul dil record ybsiordhy illili I hore were j 100 cases on IhO bool.s al the dis pen ary which lind bei n lett (iff Cn' books ol' tho liquor h'0ui*e entirely. Tilla was found by Col. Carroll, Mr. Malvern Hill and Mr. J. C. L. Tluope. Whim in clie?kbig up the invoices and bills Of lading to fud a ?dlsorephhcy which was evidenced in ibu totals, limy Observed Hutt lhere j was a shipment of iii)O' cases oil Hie 1 71li ol' April, I DO I. and a bdllnihonl of 2U0 cases on tb" 1 lill of Septem ber, sa lil o year, which bad not been recorded on the books al 1/Mii-ville as a part ol' the dispensary business, Mr. Carrol! made a brief supple st nek a ; ociat ion, $500; copies to he distributed hmong moni beril cf gen eral tu em lily and farmers; I ateros I on pout In debt, 077.07. 'the l'elori? Pu liv When t!e> i'.in'agraph p. Iv Inri g!inn for judi ni lt ms for the j-! j ?ile co! .?'od !'; lr was brpiigli? Ult Mr. I lai'mnh ob jected i'? it--; cou lderntloh? but. ii was parsed. The painftraiih reliillng lo the hp propi b'.tleu ol' V-oi.OOii fer bi h schorls jk'.rSoil lifter ranch di <. n -I n. - Ten ijmusniiil dollars was he Hie edniinlsslon for Hie linnrovomont of tho State Homo grounds. THtY LYNCHED HIM Mob Overpowers Militia and De puties and Hangs Negro. Ho Vf OK A Fiend Who Kiclily lleserv cd What Ho dot nml More Too ll Possible. Eli Pogtt, the negro who bruttnlly and criminally assaulted Miss Wil liams, a young white woman, near Brookhaven, Misa., several weeks ago, was taken from tho custody ol Hie Jackson military company and a posse of deputies and hanged to ?1 .olephono pole wlthn a hundred yards if Hie Court House. Ho was to havs heon tried for lils crime. The mill my and tho police were Overpowered ry a mob of more than ono thous oui citizens. Several shots wore ired during Hie melee and two mein lors of the moh worn wounded. Plgot reached llrookhaven from .'ackson .Monday morning in casteth >f Sheriff Frank ?rcor, and nude: ho armed escort of tho Capital Light Suards, ordered into sorvico hy lin iovornor to protect tho negro duritij ho trial. When Hie soldiers and Hi? logro alighted from the train tin nob surged around them and a fiord light ensued, in which lists wore free ly used. Tim soldiers clubbed tho members f tho moh With their guns. Afte; lie fight had lasted live minutes tin militia started with tho prisoner t< he Court House. Tho mob, rein 'orcod and reorganized, mad?4 anolh .r attack, secured tho negro, dragger him to a telephone polo and banr.ee' lim. The mob bogan to assemble hefor< laylight In wagons, on horseback am valking. lt included some of tin nos) prominent men in Lincoln ?ounty, especia i ly from the neigh torhood of Kufli, where the assauli incurred. hy ibo lime the trail' ..om Jackson bad arrived there wei. ?>ver two thousand mea in tho moh il the railroad station. No attempt o concealment was made. not. a man in tho mob wearing a mask. Tho ll rsl nt tempt 10 take the no gro from the militia proved futile, tho soldiers healing the members of tho mob back with tho balts of their lilies and laking up the march to tho Court House. Before Hie Court House was reallied, however, the growing moh entirely surrounded the soldiers and swept down Upon thom The command was given to foo ny the captain ol' tho company .-.ml two mon dropped, hut tho sol (hors wore swept from their foot and tho negro was dragged away from them. Jud;;, t llkinsoit, who was to have proshl ?1 at tho negro's trial witnessed th smelling, Inn was powerless to pre eat lt. The (wo men Shot down in th .;"it. wore Joseph Cole, of l'.ro(>l:ha\ ill and au unidentified farmer. Neil!? .. ?s veriic'vU- \v<ojnded; uchlal s laten ou ?i| Paul abbp? . 'o. His 1? .ures and Hune ol' 111 Unto dispensary bocks tally to ..at. There bad bo0ii an upparon 'iseropanry ?f "Jen oases ia Septem ?er. I {I(Pt, toil be explained this (. no entire sat! faction pf C.o commis ?011. The two in nis had boen put 01 ht? cash hooks ia I.nui.-ville, hut m arried over on Hie regular dispon ry u Cebu lit as they had been reih 11 Cid for promptly. Willi tho addition ef these 4CH .sos , the nd shipment ot Patt ones to the South Ca roi ina dispon n y war- ??737 cases. The gross sale, rom 1002 io "io close ol' the dispon ary wore 3,050 cas?s, but Hie di ehsiiry ?it bs close of loudness r? imod 3.15 cases. The alco,ml o he erahn is $21 j 49, but C d. Cai i ll is w illili'.; to tallO Off $5,000 fe: tie "overcharges." Mr. Condi stated that prior h '.Mir; (here were no "overt htoaes,' lilt that he had gi ne lo Hie ult01 I ev general and bad made a complot' bowing ol' Hie ..ovorcharfc-," mai'., .i ofter te inn' commissions for tb. -'oath C oolina b .. i'n- is ll DIV Ci (11 rc I. le ii.o.M ooo. i ric.'-ni-, i lt H i I.I ? a ?il i'i ??-I div I nt?t I mi mt* O ii io ?ci I i>i nu? iib? . ? I l'.> mir . >-i- :?? 1 i'd? a ? -. 1 .. - ni ? t I i.? . xi-..'h"l "id i ? NjHiain tfj riv"i' it.-d lim I i-lll lti cid \\ lb l.t> l elll i'- ?>\ " . : 'I li les. Kiiiiiiiit i Miii--.il un rind il t .1 .1 .I j. ipiuo ..II i.ii.iii ..ii.tie. Illili ?ti,! 'ii J. i iK ii'iid tinhut' I will tint cia ii, fiil' i ?ls ui.il ' 10kl p 'ia y ic ii'" ?1 1 .i's 1 ci?us? s \ 1 1 t'> . |> ;l v lim "I i'i litM il .? I, ?Vi- . s jip iii I i tl v '<. gi*|. y IP ia T il M i li yell. I,i i ,- s pm \ i ti. ? t ii piisin, tint tin v v. i 11 .1 ti . ?..il c ll' I m.. e-iii lilli i p..?ul f td (Ililli;;-ttltl illn> iij i I len t II I. i St i ei n leis "'I l i"'. rtl?i -vi'i <-! p-.'r. : i .I i 11' p' . H II v 'e li i toll I \l inti I cl do. Tm i il iiilcc Irc'r i ' i H , ?1 |i:j cf r .??-. ? .1 Ot? m . i m i i ?1 II . , :jri : .'. Iii !i v iii will cure y 11. IP ouniAt il ? ' - >? h ie I joann frill?. 1.1'** inti ? iv --i . 'h.i (tifsii ? j . -ic ni (lid <vM m '. III>H 11 . ? 'ii.- . i i l?h, r- 1: lilli! H I '.?. li v 'I n< d I J tn.iyrt ed i i,,, | WC ll*l| OVlT. li'e IC 'fid 'V ri k A4 I ) 'i. .'i lit? tllt'M'.' nilli Irl i.V. - i!-; i - ?. " l'j np ? M.1.1 tl r nv -iv is s .'vi ?,-. ,1 ri! I j Upi ). I! r:i!'\ 11! 50 ?. 'll' ftl i I? I th), (J,. I Ii . 11; 1.1 li: "V' li I .Ml'. ?1 ?> i Ipiljo 1 - rt 11 : 11 .1 .si.", po h LA I Ifs s.\ \-l<;u I < > 1 HUiA.'i Cl'STOMI-;i:s I or \C( IO !:.,,, s. We w iii sell eur <'\> Mojil .; . .> 1 ). rans a! oin;, VC-"., ii 11 $!t0 Ur ... lor illy >>'<.'.. S poe J tl I Term s : (nie third ijh.wj bu'?fi'lilrd Nnv! t'-nx, 1, , ance Nov. 1 '.edi. li' lutip'osfed, e!i| . hts ad, ami enclose ?1 won your lei f ca ta h If um weal the best 01 ran tm eil iii 1 don'I tloiay, bul v :'i <. a ; at en . 'ii ' . ave ?jin and nuilee iiouio harmon I ons. Address: .M A ! .<>\f I's I'MP ItOl -C., Columbia, H. C. ?Manos ann Organs. Killed imby Brother. Flossi? Ford, 6 year? old. shot and Instantly killed her 3-year-old broth er with a revolver at Whitc-Btowa Ind. The father, Quincy Ford, wa? so shocked by the news of tho trag edy that he became a raving maniac. :iv* '. 1 .?1 111 Thirty-Two Cent Cotton. VOR SALE)-Watson'* ?o?obrattedi linprovod "Bummer ?now ?#Vinit long! ntapie ootton ?cod. Make? bale m or? per ?uno ordinary loa? under Od I Ur. co milt lunn; .olin for IT'S to 12 couta peri Bound. KaiUl y picked. dinned dry! on ordinary iaw gin. J% Inches. Frloe: ?tnjjlon l'A toi ? buMb .u ii 00; 1, busibels, (4.40; 6 buen ol* *md over at. $1.00 per hus hoi. W. W. Watson. Pfo-i >rlotor, Bniumorbind Varna. Jiateeburg. f I have liad several year? expcrlcnco in growing Cabbage plants and ?IL other kind-? o( vegetable plants foi the tn,Js, vlt? Beet plonts, Onion plants, Collard plant), and Tomato plants. 1 now have ready for shipment Beet plants and Cabbago plants as follows: Early Jersey Wakefields, Charleston I .arge Py pe Wakefields, and Henderson Suc cessions. These being thc best known reliable varieties to all experienced truck farmers. These plants -are grown out in the open air near salt water and , will stund severe cold without injury. Prkcst $1.00 for 500 plants. In lots of 1,000 to 5,000 at $1.50 per thou land, 5.000 to 9,000 at $1.25 per thousand, 18,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand. We have special low Expresa rates on vegetable pl mt-, from Oils point. All orders will bc shipped C. O. D. unless you prefer sending money with orders. 1 would advise sending money with orders. You will save thc charges for returning the C. O. D's. I Other plants will bc ready In February. Vour orders will have ray prompt and personal attention. When in need of Vegetable plants give mo o trial order; 1 guarantee satisfaction. Address all orders to i Ar?;; rXittt Tipp Buy a Shingle Mill. Tho lowest prlood power feed BlilnirJc nilli on tho mar iel ; capacity n,oim t<> 15,000 chlnglcH ppr ?livy, 4 to IOU, P.; Weight 060 lbs. Ourringo has tiutonmtio return mut ion. "BEST GOODS - BEST PRICES'* Wrl to us for close price quotations. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO. . - COLUMBIA, 8.0. THAI.ii: MAIIK COgyRlgHTgg I O (L O Forty years l'.xporicRce and Reputation. Fifteen Thousand Satisfied Customers. IQ fl ii lUvU Our stock guaranteed to prove satisfactory ot purchase price paid for same re- li/vU funded. Tiiiity Thousand dol?an. Paid In Capital and our R?putation behind guarantee. Ask your Hanker about us. Why purchase plants from unknown or Inexperienced growers,, taking the chance of losing your crop? when you can buy from thc Original Cabbage Plant (.'rower, plants sure to pr.iilii.-i- satisfactory results. PR IC El In lois of 1 to 5.030 at $15i) per thousand, 5 to 9,000 at $1.25 per thousand, 10,000 and over at $1.00 per thousand I. o. li, Young's Island, S. C. Our special Express Kate on Wants ls very low. Our Cabbage Plants are Frost Proof. To produce the best results they should bv set In the South Atlantic and Cult States in December and January, lu the Central States just ??early In spring as land thaws sufficiently to got the plant root In the soil. Send for our Catalogue ; it contains valuable information atmut fruit and vegetable growing, hot.ie mixing ol fertilizers,etc. We grow a full line of Strawberry plants, fruit [trees, and Ornamentals. Special tenus to persons who make up club orders. We ?re sowing this season six thousand pounds of cabbage seed. Wm. C Geraty Co. Box HG young's Island, S. C. III III G III ( li! ( III (:> ill r By every lest the very best! Why? Because it's refined by our own exclusive Wesson process, ensuring the whole someness of Nature with the purity of science, - the satisfactory combination of Nature and art in manufacture. No other cooking-fat is anywhere near so good, because none other can contain thc best of Nature purified by the Wesson process. All other cooking-fats must be inferior. li ! f li! 11 TI IE -SOVniEBN COTTON: OIL- CO. ; NEA; YOKK-SAVyVNN?lI-ATUINfAK?VOR . . +t*m ?~ - >Jtjr\*x%u* \-*-irx??**.-^*i*?a GIBB IS Guaranteed Machin^rv, 1??" M*s? .:; <,.?... I.I NF, A VD ST F A M KXUINl-N.I'OIIT. ^MFF . !> .'. \ MA KI: I Dfi' Kou i In I.V. t\ !.; (,'A S I.INF. A VU ST FA M FM il.M.S. roi; I . \NU STA i - ?< - IUMI.F.KS, SAWMILLS. J0^\)f^fok \n. FLAM US, HIIINOi.K, LMM. M.WI-: AVI # ^ ^jtx^ % MILLS, tor ION (.ivs. ui.F.ssr.s. imici jfT^Vflp^H ,, t.. fi i s .wu KixDiU'.u i.iMs. ?H\.\ WTO ;.: , ? *u?L-^! MovU ls lin? ii'iivi rimed .-uni complete in lin <t r prr* jj ^ i n Ktitto proiupl shipment belli? nur special- ^,N-... i L*d$? pofitlll cori Will brill;; OUT salesman. (,\ciiiFs Ni A el 11.viii tv (.MIMI* A NV, ?V ? -ec ^ Hov 80, Colitniblu, M. O. Wavell hi and Siiccesshi.) ( abhat:?, Pl>: Boston Lot tuce, and higo e pe O.ioli'.ower, (?town Iron, seeds ol the lu .t ;: ii-iis in lite woiid. We haVc vvniked dlligeiiily OM our \ 11 s JO vi ns, il I Mle lo say dial lo-tliy they are lin,' best ob tuntable. 'Ute, l> ive sm t ess illy .(omi ihrj most severe tests of cold and if ri Iii id ari.ui'lii'd on by 'the' nibil pi om nu nt growers of every section of tlt? > ii S\V gu.U.ihiiO (ult count ?ind Slfo al rival fif all goods shipped by express ?y \KKF|P.l> lii.yr MIS* \KiP.ry PIVII 1 ??; t .1 ha ni l l i tm. e f. o. h. Voting's Island. 510 fur Jl.0'1; 1 lo 5,0(lfl at $1 50 . ' pet thousand; 5 to 9,C.'iO st $1.25 per lli<i?s?nd; 10,000 and ?vci st f t.UO ocr Uiousand. ! 1 (lower, ?'1'' i -i ibmivand, huantitirs iii |ifoportli n. tv'tite /mn name and express oft <? plainly and til iii orders to W. IL ll All I', EN Fl ItPUiSI-, s. C. References- Fnierptisf Hunk Charles!.s C ; Postmaster, l'uterprlse, S. C. ?-r--?-irminni iManmiaa* wi i mian min i-ita III I