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Tl AMMERED HY Herbert Maxwell The ?Jv ere /.tock cen ? from which fa 11 ti re is nit htis.i Instant Of t he ma i'U< .Mt h. my George falle I to ICxchn ugo f unct io II aries pproachllig tin? stands Hie announcement of le, ; i ii, I the usual UWOiI v foll upon the turmoil v to nnnounce Mansll lil Hamilton liieoi h's engagements (".'.ort." He?nil'on wu i he-room office ina ki nu, IT ?lill? .?ni -iitiiiK in his out hi? . ta'e nu lli of ic - c o ii ii ts for Hie commit lee lie wa? (piite alone, t or he hail al r 'inly known his failure lo he Inevl t a h I o t he he nil had p r o ni pl 1 >. [ililli off and (I I s ni i ssed ?Us clerk and "She Found a Man ellice h o y. Scated al a Table." Ile had writ ten Miss Dnagarct Henton. Informing her of the Impending catastrophe, ?nd suggested (hal she and hr should Tonshlcr their engagement al an end. While lie was poring over los ac counts and irving lo draw lip a clear ntntoni ml ol' his position the door oponed and Marrant caine in. "Am I bothering you. George.? I expert I am. because wc uro not eli gageil any more, apparently. Yes. I've had your horrid letter. No. I don't wart io discuss il. ll I'm r leased, lin released, and then nothing inore to be said. "No. you're not bothering me, Margaret, because I should like you to understand exactly what's hap pened. I have not been cheating or defrauding people and I think I may fairly claim lo he considered tin; viet I ai of undeserved misfortune. 1 hnve heon let In by one ol my cli ents." "Kxplain to nie exactly what (hat moans," George. "lt means that my client has bought shares he can't pay for.'' well before you trust them I should think. Did you know tim; one very well?" "ills name is Hebert Anderson and he lives in rooms at ill) bussell Sanare." "Hou did von get ie !? now him?" "Ile was Introduced to me by an other client." "Who waa thal ?" 'Ilai'grenve Kenner." "And I introduce,! Hargreave Fen ner to you been ll se be was very rich, and seemed ?is though he ni list be a mont useful and valuable (dient." "Ile has been. He iias hl'OUglll lill' u lol of good business." "At all events you wouldn't have bou., i 11 shares for bim if 1 lair rea ve Fenner hadn't said he was all righi ?" "Certainly not." "Then il seems to me that Har grcave Fenner ought to pay. llave you ..cen hi n".'" "No; be's out of town. Hut Hob erl Anderson .'ired to him for help. I ,iul the ropy was that be couldn't manage il. and was very sorry." "ls ii tine he couldn't manage it'.'" "Not strictly tl'Ue, ol' course. Hi could lend me Hie IllOllC.V I want to pol nie straight, over and over ngutu Wit|ipUI fooling il it he cared io." "ls il true he is out of town." "Thal I cau l tell von." 'Thank von, (ber;."; now I under stand everything, ami ?MI the whole I nm inclined to think that you are (lie Victim of Hilde Ol'VC'd mi' fort'! ne. dad thai Hie blame for your being hain mered nally rests Ott nie." 'lipon von, Margaret.' '.Kobort Andel; mi lei you In. Mar gi,'ave K. iim r bad sort of gnu)'!)ll toed holier! Anderson, i had soil of gun ran (oed Ihtrgreave fenner, and Iher-'ore I liUVO sort of let you in. That's ho\\ the arguaient works oui. Ne. I den t suppose I shall bc n!;lo lo do anything, but l in going to (ry. How inueh money do you winn to put you straight ?" " Hough)) speaking ll vc thousand pounds. . "Five thousand pounds ls what Anderson Ought lo have poid you?" "No; nearer len thousand. Hu' I hnve some money of my own, and only lietUH 1 ly want about live to pul nie straight," "Then if .'on don't lisd your own ninney you want len thoioiind?" g "Corr?eti Margaret." " Ami Margaret Henton nodded and cnn I led anti loft as abruptly as she lind entered, ? < * And she directed the chauffeur ol' the niotor brougham lo drlyo her with rapidity io no bussell Square, where hviiiji arrived an-l inquired on which floor An. Itobert Anderson lodged, she went Straight up to hi: looms without waiting to be an nounced, ann kn OC.k Oil and walked lu. She found n man seated nt a tabla on which his elbows rested. HU head was bowed forward and sup ported on his hands. At hit* sido was a black bottle whieti was three quarters empty. Obviously, Mr Robert Anderson had boen tippling. "Ah, Mr. Anderson." she said willi her usual directness, 'you ha\?. been trying to drown your ?ina'nib of conscience In drink, au I you haven't succeeded. Yon aie at thia moment suffering poignant routorse for having aided Mr. llargrcaxe Ken' noi lo ruin Mr. Hamilton, You've been genuinely crying, lui von't you. now? "Now. please loll me nil about it. Did he !fll you why li?' wanted to ruin bim? I don'l suppose so, bul I'll toll you. Ile wan' to many nie. and knowing Hist I am ul.ea (ly oil gagi ?! to Mr. Hamilton, he t bought bj ruining him ll ? would prevent (lie match and so gol a chance ot marry ing me himself. Wiusn't ii mean? "1 refre?, madam I rog ret ex t. renie I, that you should have found mo in lids disurrr.y." he said, willi un Indistinctive nssuinpton td some of his nhl dignity, "for 'lier.- wen times not lou:; Ugo, when 1 should have boen able to receive yon in a manner worthy ol' your ben ut y and your social position. i am liol what 1 was. Dindum. "You have already helped in? a groat deal,-' cried Margaret gayly. "And now about our business. Von know yon bought certain glin rc*: on the Stock lixchango (brough Mr Hamilton, don't you, at a cos! ol nearly len thousand pounds? I nm certain you can remember If y . try." "I renioinbor perfectly, madam perfectly." said Anderdon a1 ter n successful struggle at recollect'on "Hargreave Kenner nibbed ni? to buy ! Iiem. I le - aid t ! ey w < e ti sure thin;;. Ile said I should b able to hay out of Hie profit? more liquor than I co li bl lise in a hun dred yours. I remember it distinct ly." "ibu there are HM profits, Mr. An derson and yon haven't paid lol t lie shares, and you owe Mi- Hamilton ten thousand pounds, which be lias had to pay and it lin.- ruined ll,111 "Dear me! l'en thousand pounds! And Hargreave Keliher told nie" "Yes. that's it. lb:rgrei.ve Ken ner used you as a catspaw to ruin Mr. Hamilton because he wu nt od to proven* my marrying him in order that he might marry me himself. \nd u was a horribly mean trick, and I hate him. and you must help me io make him pay tho money. I lng thing she had ever Witnessed in her life to see tho trage efforts lie made to smarten himself up and render himself fit to accompany lier, Then lie offered lier his arm and escorted her downstairs with Iii.? air of a courtier escorting a queen, and helped her into the brougham, and so they were quickly win ked away to Mr. Hargreave Ken lier's luxuriously appointed Hat "Hargreave renner, i ri grel tu have to stitte thal you are a low blackguard; You are even ?i lower blackguard than 1 am. and I ian worse lo say about 'I'hlv ia ly has made nie un >i in dei slain! why you recom mended me to buy cer tain shares from M r . il a iii i I mu ;t n d Wll> y nil I o I ,1 M r . II a ni i I t>u llial I was t 'link ol' nol liing you limn 'hat ?-VW '{'iV'-'.YVMV''' W'S MLBWT' -. ^ v 'iV^.^? f ' And Whirled thi Alofi." with a polo inonu Hick nw li and this Ol W'i :! ll!;.' a von ve go t : he bpi ion of Poker ha \ i n e, vein .".ad broken .. and your dirty, x posed to your I.'dy's friends, or check b <. lon (hu,-. .! '.? Iiis a nd lied and and pounds in fiiybj ol Mr. ||aiul| ion. and handing ii over to ibis lady lb give io him. choose! "And hoh er! Anderson ndvaneod upon I Lu lu eat? l''einier, and whirled the pok i r alon. And Hare, reave Finner so (Mm realize that thi:. was no lime temporizing. Ile produced ( heck hook and wrote Iiis cheek Margaret and Itoborl Anderson willi li in the motor brougham, gave it to George Hamilton who was still worrying over (he sintemehi of accounts he was drawing up for ?j.,, committee, Ami George Hamilton Hew around lo the various finns who were lou creditors and paid then: in lull, and tlie creditors in their turn rushed in to Hie house ami reported the but! lo the committee. And the result of all this fiylhp und rushing was thal George Hamil ton's case constituted a record, for while man, men are hammered and subsequently reinstated, he onjoyed the unique d b i i Md ?on ol" hein:; ham mered am! reinstated on Hie same (btv. ? ? 4 Mr. ?.nd Mts George ITnuiilton ar? (he happiest of happy couples, and net least happy In the knowledge that tiny have weaned theil' friend Rober! Anderson iront his beset ibu; weakness and cotivortel him into a useful member ol' society. ?JOOl) \F,\VS FOR rOKTMASTHKS. Salarles nt 17 ?nices io bo In?reos* rd. Tho post?nico department Thu ra il ay ni ad o mi annoiincoinont that will Infng .loy lo Ihc hearts ol" ninny post masters hi South Carolina. II was Ililli, commencing July I. ninny of them would have their salaries raised The names ol' Hu- o 111 COS and the in .rease for Hie next year are us fol lows: Ofllce. 11)08 Abbe\ ll|o.$ 1,800 Allendale.1,200 llateshurg.1,1 nu Helton.1,400 Hentiottsvillo. . . . t ,900 llishopvillo.1,400 1 lllackshiirg.1,100 I lllackville.I?30? I llranchvillc.1,100 1 Oamden. 2,000 2 (J host or.2.200 1? flinton.I .sn ? 2 Clio.1,1 Od 1 Denmark.I,?100 1 billion.1.700 i Due West. 1J O ') ? Kjisley. 1.4 00 ) Kort Mill. :, I mi i I leorgoiowu. 2,2 a o 2 tjroor. |,400 1 Hurtsville. I.uno . j II onea Hat h. I.I un Johnston. 1,5100 Is -isbn w. 1,200 Kings! ree. 1,300 Lalla. 1.1 00 (.aureus. 2.ooo Lexington. 1,100 Leesville. 1,100 McColl. 1,200 Marion. I.Sun 1. Mullins. I.ino I. Newberry. 2,200 2, Ornugehiirg. 2,5100 2, Pelzer. ,. I . loo t, Picketts. Linn I, Piedmont. I .nun Prosperity. I .ono ?tdck Hill. 2. inn si. George. 1,100 Si. Malt hews. 1,200 Walhalla. 1,5100 1 Seneca. I,MIO 1 VValterhoro. 1,400 I Westminster. 1,300 1 Williamston. I.OOO | Yorkvillo. 1,70? I HACK TO AFIUOA. Abyssinian Priests Wanted Neg?os to (io lo Monelih's Land. The Rev. C. F. Chool/./.i, H. S,, M. country, among otian ?mih. live was a negro, that Moses was a negro, that Solomon was a negro, and I ha I I limier \\ as a negro. His present business in this coun I ry is to loll i h.- black to gb back to Africa, where, ho says, (hey belong, Ile husos his assertion that Moses was i negro on a Biblical story to tho 'fled thal Hod odd Moses lo pu! his hand in his bosom, and lhal winn Moses drew HM- hand ont. it was while; therefore, he must have Peen black. Ile says ilia! Solomon's mo! her was i Cusslte, and that tin' Abyssinians ne Hie only t'ass?tes in HM- world. How we dislike people who grasp spporluhiticS we fail io see! rn H FI: HI NDHKD I>KOW.\F,I> I'yphoon st rink Fleet; ships Swamp? ed as li Tlioj Were? How Heats. Twelve luggers sank and 270 men lost iliclr lives w m n a typhoon struck Hie Heall tlMlillg Heel j ll s I as it left rhui'Stiity bland, oil' the wes! coast if Aitsi reba, necOrding ?o news brough! by Hie A dal rit j In* Oh mid inn ln<?r Manuka in pori ai Victoria, H. ;'.. 'I'lhnsday, Tweet > M Hie nen (clip wein down iVero while men. Thc typhoon, which iv hipped Hie waves mountain high, W amped ! be vessel.- , tis if tiley Were row boni \ nluable I obacco. Hu'her a (j hoer case was begun II i h." i oort here last w eek. ('lexe me! I '.. . ker. a young w hile mau rom 11 llp|i< I part ol' I bo county, .vi.o 1 : I ?m l ;i.'i: lied a terni in i he leiiiic ii\ for conspiracy and raid ll lin .i!x inc. np ? picnic some years .go. s d the Soulhorn KxprOss (kim .cuy lor $2,000 damages, because i box -'.ii '.i'm by his ho in O folks to he penitentiary was robbed of rt llllg bf tobaCCO. Alter being before lie cpurt some lime Hie case was .culbin.d. I looker agreeing lo pay be cost. The Oriingeblirg Time:-, and lomocrat. $10,000 Stolen. The bank of Fairlnnd. at Falrland, )kln., was entered by robbers Wed ?esday night and $10,000 including he poStolIlCO receipts was secured. Ph roo men Composed th?' gang. They .ode into (own on horse back, lied heir horses near the bank building, md al ler getting I he monty, moimi .d and rod" away in safety. Olli? ers ire in pursuit. Serious Panic on a Stree?! Car. In a panic caused by a lire on a trolley car al Hort Worth, DOrSOns wore injured, t\V< fr- ??iBlMU?ftt??Alifikkit?? KILLED A NIGGER." THAT IS WHAT A G It HEX WOOD MAX SAID HE DID. I'ratty i)ti<] Mccord foi- Saturday ami Sunday Nights in Demote Sections of Gt*CCIIWOO(l County. A dispatch from Greenwood to Tho Slate says two negroes dead and two ladly injured is Ho- record for Saturday and Sunday nights in H reen wood county. The shootings wore In widely ?eporaled sections of tho county and wore in no way eon net ted. Saturday night Mr. T. W. Mc Combs, who lives with Iiis falber, a few milos abovo (own. mot two no groos, a Woman named Lula Watson, and a man named Walls. The wo man, who was Hie more seriously burl of ihe I wo. will recover, ii is staled. Mr. MeConibs caine to (own Monday morning and gave himself up. lie appeared before .ludgo Aus tin Monday afternoon and waived the preliminary bearing and was re leased under a hoad of $600 to ap pear in the circuit court. Though no testimony bas boon P.I Veil il appears I rom reports I bat illy negroes bad boon raising quite ti disturbance when passing along the road in front of Mr. MeConibs' bouse. Ho remonstrated with them for [milking the fuss, their cursing, otc, and this was resealed. Afterwards a quarrel ensued and the shooting began. Down ill the Winterse.it section Saturday nigh) al a frolic a negro named Will Davis was shol and kill ed. Mr. Ah Lyon as constable brough! (line negroes ilere Monday and lodged them in jail, charged [willi this killing. They wore .lohn [White, John Creen, ami .lim McGraw. lt seems that the wron:-, negro was killed. The murderers were shoot ing at. another negro and killed Davis, who was acting as peacemaker. There are some otho'rs implicated in tho affair. The Ihird shooting and second kill ing was near Ware Shoals. Mar shall Washington, a roving, worth less negro, shot and killed Ola Wil liams, his paramour. Monday morn ing on the plantation of W. ll. Oulla, near Ware Shoals. Washington went to the store and bought some shells and invited sonic I- frn ...ou i,?," nq rm \.vas telling Hughes mal M... with them, as ho had "killed a nig ger." Hughes locked Washington up. It seems lo he a clear case of murder. * I'HAHLINC KliEET WRECKED Many Lives Were Lost During the Severe Typhoid. A dispatch from Victoria, lb O . says the steamer Manuka has arriv ed there bringing news of Hie des truction of the pearling Heel in a typhoon off West Australia. Involv ing Ihe loss ol' fifty luggers and - 7 0 lives, twenty being whites. The disaster lo the flee! Of pearl ing luggers occurred m ar Thursday Island, a typhoon striking the Heel, scattering the vessels, completely wrecking, some ami driving others ashore. Sin viv ir;; reported harrowing ex periences, SOUie heilig picked Up in the las! stage id' exhaustion clinging to Hu- wrecked hulks while sharks follow erl wail ing for Hie exhausted men to drop from the wreckage, Tin- hidies lt" some ol' Hu- victims were eaten hy sharks. KILLED HIMSELF A i bueme Man nunmilN Suicide Milli Carbolic Neid, Ml-. .1. I.ei.-.Ulou CroSsWel' ol Klorcm e. lon ?orly of Hlsltopille, committed suicide Thursdy nigh! foy dr'nUlllg 'he contents (il a two-oniee hollie ol' cartmill; nehh Dis hedy was found coi,I in defotjf by his neph ew early ne\t thorning, M rr. dos - WI ll stated thal lu- was passing the dodi ol ihe room occupied hy his ni clo and saw i lu- body lying upon the lied apparently doqd. Upon ext nmihattoii il was found (hat lile was extinct and He- hotly was cold, an evidence thal he had died early aller roi 'ring. DEKTllI't 'Tl V IO ELOOD. Town Destroyed and Eighteen Peo ple Drowned Hy H. A dispatch from Mexico city says t ighten persons are known lo be dead ami Ihe town ol' T?chala has heel) wiped oil' Hie map as tho result ol' two days of Hoods. Tim waters roso willi unexpected speed ami tallied away entiro buildings in Hu- rushing torrents. Searching parlies wore hunting for i ore botlies Tuesday. A cloudburst fP!< d the barranca Secca from side l' side and Hie rushing torrent, complotoly engulfed Hu- vii Tho Socca ls a much chula. ACCtJSlOD OF AKSOX. Arrested on the Charge of Trying to limn Ills House. A dispatch from Union to Tlie News and Courier says that city is tn a condition o'? excitement, ?tue to the suspicions circumstances Sur rounding two tires that occurred' (her?' early Tuosday morning on the promises of H. T. Yaols, a photo grapher, who carno thoro sohio years ago from Kentucky, and who has made a reputation tor himself as an artist of considerable merit. Tlie tirst of last night's tir?>s. which broke om about 2 a. m., destroyed .Mr. Yate's automobile About an hour later tir?> was discovered in lb?' Vatos dwelling. Tho Hr?' company arrived mis time early enough to extinguish the Hames. There was '?very indication thal a deliberate plan bad been laid to destroy the house. \ device, consisting of a clock, which bad been SO Hxe?l so as to Ignite a fuse at a certain hour nad been so arranged that when ignited tim blaze would ho communicated to a pile of excelsior, which, in turn, was connected willi two trains of the same Inflammable material, one ol' these trains leading to a pile of stove wood and excelsior placed about (he refrigerator in the dining room, (ho other train leading to. a smaller pile in the kitchen. All of this had been saturated with kero sene. The work was well done., and Hie lire caught, but fortunately was so?n in time. Natos, willi his wlfo and two chil ien, left about Wednosday night for Carlisle by private conveyance, having missed lb?' train du?' at that hour. He was arrested there about noon Thursday ami brought back and lodged in jail on a ?barge of arson. .Some weeks ?go a similar mysterious lire destroyed Yate's $4. 000 automobile. " FA mi MAUI; TO FAY. The Agriculture Department Helps an ohio Farmer. A farmer in Ohio wrote to tim De partment of Agriculture that ho had struggled for twenty years on an eighty-acre farm heavily mortgaged, but had been unable to reduce his debt or rise above poverty that made tho bringing up of his family a hu miliation. II?' asked if there was any hop?? for him upon the farm, or ile ho might as well give up the ""i.* MM... .,,..,.,..<rnort? ?.o",,f.?tpfi that. eighty acres can oe mao ci j. $5,000 a year. * -f AimFYIIiliH WAS Fl lt ti. Itig lietel and ThreeStores Are Hum ed Down. Abbeville had a big lire on Fri day morning, lt originated In the Old Alston bouse, an annex to thc Glori I'ithel Hin, al .". o'clock Friday nun ning. desi roved properly worth nt eui ? iiO.O' 1?. with In*"!?"iinee of MI , ut $20,000 Th?' Ure wa om ?.l the m st disastrous which has evci visited Abbeville. The iden Kt hoi Inn was a large Ho i e story brick building, the up stairs portion of which was used as ;1 hotel. On tho ground door were three -tori's occupied hy A. II. Chent linni, O. II. Cobb and lt 1.. Dargan. .Mrs. Mary Taggart was proprie tor ol i be hotel and bad a very large number of guests. The hotel pro perly was owned hy Mrs. .1. ii. An num ?il Charleston and was iv ort h about $20,000, with insurance of $s, 200. * HAKIM; CKIMFS AT IIHXO. F.igtK Men And I'wo Women Hold l p the Town. At U. no, Nev., tl cane of bight men and two women th a eries of hold ups collided with on attempt iii arson. Thursday robbed tho Kau bide Hotel pf $;i00, lining up tho occupants against Hi?1 wall, held up two men in ?, Lcnti held up and beal a stage driver, robbed a drug store, held up I h rec other men, securing small sums, "ml ,,1 i :e to the Rawhide Hotel to prevent being followed. They es caped 10 Ho- hills with $400. Tho sheriff willi a poss?- hided hy Stat?? police is In pursuit* CONVICTS THY TO F! < IFF.. I i\e Sind Down, Two Captured and Two f?e! A a ay. A break fo liberty was mad1 Thursday 1 '? :(' plant of tho Ala |,s, md V .nuning Company bj Hine CC ' ' ;- The plant is local )>.\ ingham. Ala. Guards lii ,.,1 . ihe men, and policemen join a IhO fusilado. Five convicts v.i re shot down, two being fatally wounded. Two others were captured :,. ! dogs were put out in the trail if Hie other two. Mon* Thorough Meat Inspection. A uniform enforcement of the new regulations governing moat Ihspoc Hon is to be discussed at Chicago this week by Fedora! Inspectors from all over tho country. THE SWtif POTATOES INTERESTING PAPER ISSUED HY AG R1 Cl'L T I At E DEPARTMENT Origin und Nalino of tho Tuber Din. fussed in Government Publiait ion. As a Staple (Yop. The sweet potato, a common vege table of u.is section anti a popular dish on mo table of. tho avorogo Hon (hon, homo, is (in- subject of ii scientific dismission by W. p. H, .-,( tie. an asdslant horticulturist, lt ur eau of Plant Industry of tho i ttj,ed ?tales Dop.trtmont or Agriculture ?ho 1 is horn ;?l y 11, ?? ?jtonllo . lo a ?timber of (ho stable mops of (his .sodion during (ho past tow yours. Tho sweet p?talo is discussed |U Farmer's Uullotin No. 324,which may ho had upon application to (he |)e. imrlment 0f Agriculture by i ?se who waul to learn more about (ho raising of (ho vegetable and its Tho potato ls a very common | dmd about this eily but it is doi: .1 ful if the people who generally gi av tho crop and oat tho vegeta ole, have given the attention to it and are acquainted with it to the extent covered in the department's publica tion. Prof. Heat (io has complied an interesting history of the sweet p?ta lo, and follows this skeet h with a discussion of climatic conditions, character of soil, fertilizers, plantng, temperature, diseases, Insects, grad ing, pucking, storing, ventilation of storage houses, marketing, uses, etc. The publication is interesting. In I introducing Hie subject, Prof. Beat j I ie says of t he sweet potato. Willi (he passing of each year (ho sweet potato is becoming of greater importance as a commercial truck crop in tho United States. During a long period it has formed ono of (ho principal sources of food for the peo ple of (he Southern Slates and of tropical America. As a commercial truck crop the swool potato woul lie included among (he live of greatest importance, ranking perhaps about third in the list. As a food fort lr groat mass of the people Jving 1 the warmer portions of our countr the uso of this crop is exceeded h hominy and rico only. In many i tho islands of tho Pacific, especial) t In Ibo Philippines, tho sweet, potai i he pr h ipa! . ' gem hld od J in, f?o huiubors bl .lu- lower otiVsjiu* ... (ici coi i eli Jon i . v, almost tl Tuc <.,ti. p?tiiio indar- i- Hi th ? i ? ; 1 ! ?-: rotu?ilV di . ' ?'. /: lo tv. quantity sufficient for home usc can he grown under a Wido range of co (Huons, while production on a coi inercia] scab- is somewhat restrict! hy climate and soil and also by ma. kel and transportation facilities, Tl larger eastern markets are now wi., supplied, but there are sections where Hie people have not as yet become accustomed to the use of sweel p?ta lo? s in largo quantities. The field for the production and use of sweot potatoes is very broad, and this ero,? promises to, become (d' move general farm Importance. In view of tin- constantly increas ing interest in sweet potatoes it is the purpose of this bulletin to give simple, cultural directions covering their production both for home use and for market. Including the soil and ils pr?parai ion, Hie propagation ol' the plants, planting, harvesting, storing and marketing, together with the uses of sweet potatoes for stock feeding and for similar purposes. Tim -wool potato is ol' a tropical nature, its original hom.' probably being (be Wert Indies and Central America. The true sweet potato, as we have il growing in the I libed Si ales, belongs to Hie morning glory Ipomoea Hates. Throughout tho Southern States Hu? sweet potatoes having moist Mesh are commonly known as "yams" and those hav ing dry flesh as sweet potatoes. Tho nine "yam" is misleading and prf - pe ly belongs to a distinct class of plants that are confined almost en tirely to the tropics. Owing lo tlie trophied nature of Hm swv i potato ii naturally thrives best In the South Atlantic and Guli Coast States, bul il may be grown for home uso as far north Its Soulh ern New York and westward along that latitude to the Hooky Mountains. 'ibo starch and sugar content of sv eei pol aloes varies considerably in different varieties, but as a mle they Contain about IO ??er cent ol' starch lind I per cent of sugar, making a to tal ol' 20 per cent of alcohol p.'x'uc in- material. Il is possible thal sweet [ Ot a lOOS will become one of the chief sources of d?naturai alcohol In the United States, but al present the meth ods of manufacturing have not hoon sufficiently porfeOtod lo warranted (heir use for this pulposo on a farm or community basis. Hupt ist Converts at SD Each. Oklahoma Baptists make converts at a cost, of $9 each, tho lowest rafe in the country, according to a report to tho Nin l bern Baptist convention. Former .lodge Goes to Jail. For passing a fictitious check, O. G. Rich lo, a former judge, has been sentenced to IS months In prison at Oakland, Gal.