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? ' V I ? VOL XVII. TEXAS KEVEK. May be Regarded as a Native Disease in this State. WHAT DR. NESOM SAYS ABOUT IT Caused by the Lite of tltc Common, (.'little Tick. How the StoekIjiiw (Jrenily llocrcuKnl the Disease. The following article on Texas fever 'Mn cattle was written I?y Dr. (J. 10. Nesom, State veterinarian, and is publisded for the betielit of our tanners: For the hi nelit of the many stock owners who read Ibis paper 1 desire to call special attention to the cattle disease, now commonly known as Texas I fever, but possibly better known in South Carolina by the names of bloody inurrian, red water and distemper. So great has been the inroads of this disease on the cattle industry of this State during the last four years that many men. especially breeders of beef cattle, have become so discouraged that they have abandoned the business altogether. From a business standpoint this is quite detrimental to the live stock industry, as it often drives out many men who have the means and could successfully continue and leave it in ttie hands of the others who have not the means to engage in other business, where such severe losses are not Incurred. It Is also robbing many people of those staple necessities In all families, milk and butter. Besides it is discouraging breeders who arc at present engaged in the nrndnrtinn rbiirvnf rvittlo nwl J ?J ^? v IIWV,V/) nl1" deterring others who might engage in it but for the fact that they fear they might incur severe losses. 1 have quite frequently published more 01 less extended accounts of this disease and do not think necessary to repeat at length what I have already said. The South Carolina experiment station lias left a few copies of bulletin 72 on this disease and they will be furnished, so long as they last, to j citizens of this State who will write' for them and state to what extent' they are interested in the cattle busi-1 11 ess. Texas fever may he regarded as a native disease in South Carolina, just as we think of chills and lever as s ion as the Mississippi Valley is mentioned. It is now well known to he a spec!lie ; disease of the blood, caused by very small animal organisms entering the body through the bite of the common I cattle tick, and by its growth and multiplication destroys the red portion of the blood and causes very high fever. In cattle, except calves, it varies in its intensity in direet proportion to the age of the animal, or, in # other words, it is lightest on young ' calves and increases in severity with tlie age of the animal. The question has frequently been asked if this disease has been caused by ticks, why all cattle did not die before the war, | when ticks were so common in ibis State? That is a vital question and the answer to it is that when cattle ; arc allowed to run at large and all of; them are coptinuuily carrying tieks throughout the year they acquire a perfect immunity to the disease as young calves. As stated before, calves do not seem to stiller very greatly from this disease, and when they have once had it they arc ent irely immune j for all future time so far as our knowledge goes, and may carry ticks in; great numbers with perfect Immunity for the balance of their lives. KKFKCT OK TilK STOCK LAW. When our agricultural system under went its modifications subsequent to the war, and stock law was passed, the number of catt le in the State was greatly decreased, and those few that were kept were penned on small areas, and herds of near neighbors were allowed to run on the same pasture. Beside, when people began to sec their cattle more constantly they seemed to have taken more interest in their care, and especially in getting those ugly and filthy ticks off of them. The result has been that since the stock law went into effect ticks have rapidly disappeared in all parts of the State, but especially in the upper country, where there is less woodland, more bare ground and colder winters, it is now difficult to find many farms 41 in Greenville, Pickens and portions of Oconee, Anderson, Laurens, Spartanburg and Cherokee counties on which cattle are infested with ticks. These counties, and even as far south as far south as Hamptcn, have many farms in them on which a tick has not been seen for years. Many of the older citizens say that In one or two years after the stock law went into effect the ticks seemed to have disappeared as if by magic. Now what has been the result of this change? Where the tieks still lemain the cattic are still immune to Texas fever, as they were in the old days. But where the ticks have disappeared and the cattle have had no access to them j during their lives they have had no ^ opportunity to become Immune lo this ' fever. The result is that as sqou as ! these tick-free cattle arc brought into j contact with the ticks they develop. 1 Texas fever and a great many of them : die. 80MK CONCRETE EXAM I'LKS. There are many concrete examples that might be given to prove this idea and a few will be given as follows: A woman and her children came over from Georgia to a cotton mill in Oconee County and brought with them the family milk cow, covered with ticks. Now, at the mill In question, as at many other mills, there is a common pasture into which the mill hands are allowed to turn their cat tie. The cow went in wit h the others, the ticks on her tilled up and dropped Otr. laid a batch oi enns, which hatched out a corresponding number of seed ticks, and these in turn were picked up by the other in the pasture while p'ra/intf I here. The result was that a number of the oilier cows died; some wore very sick, lost tlesh, nave no milk and remained quite poor for a lonn time, while still others did not seem to have su lie red at all, as they had already acquired immunity. Loss $250. A similar case < cur red at one of the. cotton mills at Anderson, where cows that are frequently moved from farm to mill, from mill to mill and from mill to farm, were allowed to mingle freely in a common pasture. In this case the loss \vas?uboul $.100. .lust a few weeks ago about eight or ten of the best cows at Williamston died in a common pasture used by a number of people at that town. About the 1st of November past Mr. .1. F. liland,.)r., Mayesville, shipped to his farm from Western North Carolina 125 good grade Shorthorn steers, in two weeks seventeen of them were taken sick, and when tl e State veterinarian arrived he found them to have a few small ticks on them and unmistakably affected with Texas fever. Seven of the sick ones died, causing a loss of about $200. Near the middle of October Mr. M. 10. lviitland, of Ibitesburg, shipped down 200 grade shorthorn steers from Hey ward County, N. C. Soon Texas fever appeared ;md a casual inspection showed that t hey were infested with young ticks, gotten in the cars, stock pens, or on the road from the depot, to the feed pens, lie lost ten head, valued at about $.'15o. Mr. J. 1>. Whittle, of Hlackville, has just had a similar experience wit h a similar lot of steers from this same section of North Carolina and will be fortunate if his loss is not more than $300. TAHI1KKL GATTLK MLA M HOICKS. It is no fault of the North Carolina cattle. The facts are that all of the western part of North Carolina is above the Government quarantine line, and cattle raised there never have ticks on them nor do they acquire immunity to Texas fever. A very striking case is that of Mr. \V. A. Myers, Clio, S. C. lie runs a dairy and had soinc tine milkers on which there, had not been a tick for years. Sometime last spring a ruan eame along driving a bunch of cattle and wanted to turn them into Mr. Myers's pasture for the night. The permission was granted and the cattle taken out tlie next morning, but they left some "souvenir" ticks, which soon found their way on to Mr. Myer's milkers. In a few weeks he lost eight of his best milkers and his dairy business was seriously injured by t he sickness of the cows that did not die. Many more cases could he given, but these will show what a serious matter this question of Texas fever is getting to be in South Carolina. Tlio l'arth(|iiako Disaster. Willie full details of the recent earthquake disaster at Andijan, Russian Central Asia, tire not obtainable owing to lack of communication, the brief dispatches received describe the situation as horrible. The temperature has fallen to the freezing point and thousands of persons are homeless. < )no section of the city has been completely dest royed; only one cotton gin and one church arc standing. The lirst shock drove the inhabitants generally indoors, otherwise the loss of lifo VVfilllfl Il'-IVA hnnn MM iv uv^vu niiv ii mcaivi. Andijun is a cotton centre and exports forty million pounds of cotton annually. The population, numbering ooo souls, was growing rapidly. The people who are mainly saris, were engaged in cotton raising and ginning. Of twenty gins 19 have been destroyed. The sarts arc not Russians. They are private owners of land but live in cities and towns. The houses in Andijan are principally one-story high and are built of unhurned brick. Needed In Hawaii. Thomas Fort line, special labor commissioner appointed by Secretary Shaw to visit, the Philippines and Hawaiian islands l.s at Honolulu. In an interview in The Star he said: "I believe the importation of negroes there forms a natural solution of the dlfllculty which unavoidably follows the absorption of tropical or semi-tropical countries by the United States. In the Southern States and in the Carollnas the negro made the industries what they are." The commissioner said there might be ditliculty in obtaining Hie negro, but he thought that 1110 planters could get all they wanted if they sent the right sort of agents after them. "You could get 10,uoo there In six months," he said. A Si red Duel. At Nichols, (hi., on Wednesday Sam P. Padgett and J. 0. Ituchanan,young white men, fought an impromptu duel mi the wt reet nu ? - f > v> v inn vvv f i 111 (V \ * ' 11 *' J 11 * " I IV/V III which Padgett is flying and Buchanan is seriously wounded. The two young men married sisters, and while the cause of the trouble is not known it is believed to lie a family disagreement. Padgett and Buchanan have heretofore been friendly, but on meeting Wednesday each drew a revolver and began shooting. Padgett was shot through the chest near the heart and cannot recover. Snnta Olnus Scorched. A dispatch from Georgetown to The State says Tuesday night at a Christmas tree celebration in that city, Dr. K. S. Bailey, who was acting as Santa Claus, was painfully but not seriously burned. His clothing aceldently cj|ughttlrc. t# pin CONWAY, S. THIRTY INJURED By the Explosion of Gus at Hot Springs. Arkansas. SIXTEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. A ('I'OWtl WtlH (jlltllOlTd to 11 Oil I' I Koturns From Xow Orleans ItaoPH When llie Hxplosion Occurred. At Hot Springs, Arkansas, Wednesday afternoon in the cellar of the turf exchange, a club house and pool room operated by Chambers & Walker, tlie building was badly damaged and .'to people were Injured, lb of them being ' in aserh usconditiou. The most seriously injured are: K. C. Chambers, one of the proprietors of the turf exchange, both legs ' and hoth wrists broken. Win. Ilelwig.a blind man, manager of a bath house, both legs broken, will die. The injured are: .J. S. Meeks, Hot Springs, Ark., both legs broken. Joseph Pace, hotel keeper, Hot Spings, both legs broken. Pinncgau, plumber, Hot Springs, hot h legs broken. James Cowen, I lot Springs, both legs broken. Win. Metzer, a boy, Hot Spri gs, both legs broken and skull fractured, will (lie. .lames Couglin, plumber, Hot Springs, leg broken. C. (J. Parker, Milwaukee, Wis., both legs broken. Al. F. llotchskilf, Hot Springs, knee fractured. T. O/.ier, engineer, Hot Springs, but h legs broken. 11. (Jeorge, New York, leg broken. F. Cranlleld, Cincinnati both legs broken, ribs crushed. Walter Powers, St. Louis, arm ; broken. Hugono Daly, Ilot Springs, both 1 legs broken. Thus, I'helan, telegraph operator, Hot Springs, badly cut. Mr. Donnelly, visitor, residence unknown, leg broken, also badly cut. Twelve ot hers sustained bruises and slight Injuries. About 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the poolroom was crowded with ' more than 100 persons, .lust as a i race in New Orleans was being called j by the operator the lloor of the build-' ing seemed to rise in an instant and a report that shook the building rang ; out. The news of the explosion spread rapidly and soon Central avenue was jammed with people. The police and liremcn took charge of the building and the work of rescue begun. Men were pulled from under the building In a terribly shattered state. One of the most pitiable sights was when "Hilly" Ilclwig, the blind manager of ] the Lamber bathhouse was taken from the ruins. Helwig is widely known to thousands of visitors who come to Hot Springs annually. it. (J. Chambers, one of the proprietors of the turf exchange, is one of tlie Dost known sporting men in tlie country. His condition is serious. The injured were taken in charge by the local physicians. The exact cause of the explosion lias iv t yet been dctcimined. It is said by some that gas which escaped jin t he cellar of the building was Ignited in some manner, causing the J terrible accident. Another report, which is probably correct, says a driver of a gasoline wagon was tilling a tank in the cellar when tin; explosion occurred. Ijyiichcd in KaiiHiiH. At Montgomery, Kansas, on Christmas day. Montgomery Godley, a negro man, was taken from the jail and lynched by a mob because early Christ- , mas morning he had shot and killed Milton Hinklc, a policeman, while the officer was trying to protect himself against a crowd- of unruly negroes. At the first ellort to lynch the negro the rope broke. Some one in the! crowd then cut, Godley's throat, sever-1 ing the, jugular vein. After this he I was hanged a second time. The' i shooting of l'olieomcn 11 inkle occurred I < at a dance, which was attended by a : large number of negro men and women from neighboring mining camps. 1 Montgomery Godley and his brother i were drinking and had become very 1 disorderly when Policeman llinkle in- i tcrfered. The negroes became insulting and, when llinkle drew bis club : to defend himself, Montgomery Godley slipped behind the policeman, grabbed the officer's pistol and shot . llinkle behind the car. The wounded policeman was carried to the City Hall, where be died several hours later. ; The news of the shooting spread j rapidly and a mob gathered in front | of the jail. The doors were battered I in and the mob seized Montgomery I Godlcy, who, with his brother, had 1 been arrested soon aft<T the shooting. !! They took the slayer to a telephone j pole three blocks away and there ! hanged hi in. At Hist the negro was ; del ant, but just before he was hanged : he begged hard for his life. Stands l?y the Negro. <;ov. Longlno, of Mississippi, Wednesday issued a proclamation ottering t Hfty dollars reward for the arrest and conviction of any person who forees a negro to leave clthor of the counties' of Lincoln, Amite, Franklin or hike, i Hundreds of negro residents have been ordered to leave these counties during the past few months, being served with notices supposed to emu- | nate from "whiteeappcr" organizations. u f f * UtM I 11 c., rurusDAV, ja THE MEANEST MAN. No Has Hoon l?\>uml al I .us Vn^olos, Call t'oi'M ia. The worst tiling about some stories is that 11 icy are lies. The worst thin# about this story Is that it is literally true. The meanest man jn bos AllKi los has been found, the ease has j liooil lirovoil li-ic luwm called. It Is doubtful, in fact, whether a meaner man will be found anywhere. The story needs no cinbelishmeul. The simple facts are bad enough, and tins s just the way the events occurred. A well known woman went cad riding a few days ago. She had her j pocketb.iok with her. The pocketbook | contained some money. Therefore it is unnecessary to explain that the woman was not out shopping. She lost I he pocket book. When she came home slie told her husband about the loss. As to whether he scolded her or not my informant does not say. At any rate, that evening the family telephone bell rang and on answering it a man's voice was heard to make the usual inquiries, alter which he said: "1 found a pockethook today containing a card bearing your wife's name. I supposed the book belonged to your wife. 1 have it at my otlice." The thanks of the relieved familv were freely poured over the wire, and sleep in that household was sweet that night. Next morning the husband of the woman who lost, the pocketbook called at the otlice of the well-known gentleman who had telephoned, lie was presented to a line looking person who was said to be the one who owned the found property. The husband des- i crib d the portmounaie accurately, including the contents, and the Under > i':i oiniiO v :u'l.' in 1 v lei 1 ir<>( I loo t I ><> , I .u eriptIon was correct. Tlio book wast lien produced and { was promptly recognized. "l am very raucb obliged to you for telephoning us of your llrul," said the : gratified visitor; thru, ns a mattnr ol course, ho added: "Now, how much do 1 owe \ou for your kindness?" The other looked serious for a ino- I ment, and then replied slowly: "Well. J hardly know just how much to say. Well, let s say no. It's up to you." To say that the husband of the poeketbook loser was surprised would he putting it mildly. Had he been haggling with a pickpocket, street gamin or a beggar he would not have been in the least taken aback, lint to hear that sort of a eool bid for a pittance from a well dressed, grown-up man who had done an ordinary kindness such as might l>e returnable any hour was more than he was prepared for. When he had recovered his breath he said: I - ! -1 >> 11y, i never p un a reward mi my i life, sind have no idea of the rules customary governing such eases. 1 should feel belt.er If you would name the amount yourself." The man looked still more serious. Taking a pencil from his pocket, he began to make figures on a piece of paper. "Let's see," 'K5 said, musingly, as he eyed the pocket-hook. "Pretty good pockctbook, slightly worn say, one fifty. Contents, three dollars and live cents -total, four 11 fty-live. We might split the dill no, say two dollars." And he looked up at'his victim with the innocence of a child. The man dug into his pocket speechlessly, and handed out *2. and started for the door. He thought he had had the experience of his life. Not so. If the man's diminutlvencss had been ex- j luiusted, bis nerve hadn't. Peaching into his vest pocket, lie drew out a card, banded it to the stn pi lied caller and said: "Here's my card. In case you should ever want anything in our line we would like to have you remember the man who found your wife's poeketbook." Los Angeles Herald. The Kntlroiul Help. The Columbia state says a short t line ago the state treasurer wrote a letter to the different railroad companies asking them if convenient to pay their annual taxes into the State t reasury. The lines of tile Southern and Atlant ic Coast Line systems have complied with this request of the treasurer and have paid their taxes to I I n? \fi\ 1*1/ii ?u p/>iint if t Hnneni?/?i*o 'IM.l.. v,,v ti?i IVUO ("UMIJ *'?' ci oil i 'iii. I IIIO relieves considerably the danger of a j stringency in money at the close of the year when the Interest on the. State debt must lie met.. No doubt] the readiness of the roads to comply i and ease the State's financial condi- | tlon will be properly appreciated by the people of the State. Treasurer Jennings is urging every county treasurer in the State to remit the State taxes as rapidly as they are received, and hopes to secure a sulllcicnt sum to 1 tide over the term of stringency. Kodol Dynpepsia Curo. Digests all classes of fo6d, tones and strengthens the stomach and digestive organs. Cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Stomach troubles, and makes rich rod, blood, health and strength. Kodol rebuilds wornoul tissues, purities, I st rcngt hens and sweet ens t lie stomach, j Gov. G. W. Atkinson, of NV. Va., savs: 1 liave ust (I a number of bot t les of l\odol and have found it to be a very effective and. indeed, a poweiful remedy for stomach ailments. I recommend it to inv friends. Dr. K. Norton. Clots Ten Yearn. in New York Wednesday, Thomas .1 Sharkey, the private detective, who was convicted of manslaughter in the | second degree for having killed NhJho I las Dish, the banker, on Sept. 27, was sentenced to the State prison for ten years. t MARY !. 1JHM. TO PLANT TOBACCO. Experts Take Charge of Considerable Acreage Near Columbia. SOME FACTS FOR PIONEERS. >1 r. Wuililcll Talks Alimil Suit of Kii'lilaml <'ou nly ami Its Sii i I alii I i I y t\?r Culture ol Wooil. The Columbia Slate says Mr. II. S. Waddell, who Is a native of Halifax county. Virginia, has arrived in the city. lie is the expert in tobaoeo who has been brought here to take charge of the ex pel imental farms to he estjlbli lied near 11>att l\uk by Mr. r. 11 llvatt and others. Mr. Waddcll bus already gone over considerable land in the vicinity of Colli rnt it and inspected it. lie has long been a student of t ihaeeo culture. Thursday lie closed the contract with Mr. Hyatt for the cultivation of 50 acres,and will doubtless take 50 .teres also for parties owning adjoining lands. Mr. Waddell has also closed with Mr. I!oilman to furnish an expert to manage 00 acres of his land across the river to place in cultivation, lie is ready now to inspect the land of any others in the county desiring to plant tobacco, advise with them, and if they desire it secure men to take charge of the farms, get them here. lie wishes to establish a tobacco warehouse the llrsl season and expects to make Columbia his home. Kriday he talked interestingly of the culture of bright leaf tobacco, which, he says, the lands in this section are adapted to. lie considers these lands much better adapted to such culture Hum the a"eragc lands now growing tobacco both In tins State and North Carolina. lie says he thinks there are from 5,000 to lo.oou acres in this Immediate vicinity t hat are thoroughly adapted to growing bright tobacco and that this is sufllcicnt to establish a lirst class market. He says that self-drained laud of light color will make tobacco, and those with the yellow clay subsoils will make a liner grade. Lands of this nature rarely ever fail in producing color or quality, regardless oi t lie state of unit ivai i.. ? lie says: "As to I ho quantity of foi l ilizers per :inv and Lhu kind this is best determined by llrst gi.ing the land a littlo study of its condition. Id'om Too to 1,000 pounds of high grade fertilizers on a basis say of S per cent, phosphoric acid, 1 percent, ammonia and I percent, potash is a good combination, with from 10 to lo bushels of cotton seed or double this quantity in stnUle manure. This is providing <your land is poor and of a very coarse nature with no amruoniated matter on it; otherwise leave o!T the col ton seed or manure. The average farmer, inexperienced in tobacco, stands in dread of the expense and risk in planting tobacco. 1 would say just here there is a greater percent, of failure in agriculture in almost any other crop cultivated than there is in tobacco. To*succecd you cannot risk this crop on a half-handed, haphazard basis. If requires study and intelligence. Do your pail of the work lirst. I have known farmers their lirst year cultivating tobacco to average $ 1 r>0 to $2."in per aero without any instruction from any one. "1 do not approve of the one crop basis. 1 do believe I bough in di versified farming, it pays, liaise plenty to sustain your farm such as grain, forage, meat, etc., then plant some cotton and some tobacco. Kven a onehorse farmer when lie is lixed for fanning, should plant from live to ten acres of tobacco, or from one to two hams. As to the size of a crop that can best bo determined by your situation. The first item is land, then capital, and next and most important is labor. The needy time in labor Is the harvesting season, .Inly and August, when your other crops are all laid by after which it can be marketed with 75 per cent, less labor. In largo crops from 25 acres up, it pays to liave an experienced man who may be secured for an interest in the crop. Men that are most capable will cost you, from the fact they can make money at it for themselves alone. I have succeeded in locating three men with crops from 30 t ? 00 acres and have two more I know personally to be capable of managing like quantities. 1 will aid any one In securing men; that is bring them In and give you my judgment on the land, inquire as to his references and see that all such gel good tobacco seed free, providing any such will write me in the next few days and give me full particulars as to how and where they arc located. I don't ask a penny for what I tell them or do for them. I do t his simply with a view of establishing a market here. "I would say to all interested; In the event you cannot plant sutllclent acreage to employ an experienced man, try your immediate neighbors and work up say 40 to 7f> acres and write me, as its important that this decision should be made early. You sow the seed in the months of January and February and it is essential that you should push forward your work, particularly where you have much buildlng'to do. Tobacco barns can be built from $30 up. A barn will harvest from I to 7 acres owing to si/.e and season. Its lifetime Isabout 20 years, so practically your building doesn't cost much. It is the other small expenditures, such as Hues, sticks and canvas for plant beds; they last from three to eight years, according to the care you take of them. After you once get fixed o make tobacco you can make It and put It on the market at an average cost of from 2 to 31 cents per pound, or from $-0 to *.T> ;to acre, according to seasons and conditions as to l;iix>r. I will answer all inrjnirion. I furnish to-, hacco seed in plenty of time for you, so lontf as they last. This olfer is routined st rict ly to Klchlaud and Lexington counties or not exceeding ill) miles from t Ids point li ilhol llV ItoltlKM'H. A special from Matthews, La., says: A horrible crime was pcrpefrnt jednear that place on Christmas eve ,. i ..I. I M ? " ' ' 1 I miKiii. mi. ii"i may, who was at home after his place of business was closed lor the night, was called to the door by an unknown man and asked to change some money. Not b-ing aide to make the change Mr. < i;i> kindly consented to go to tie* store, which was a short distance awav, to | get the proper money. Mrs. (iray, I thinking her husband was st i\ 11isc longer than necessary, hecatu1 uneas> and started to I he front of the house to see If he coming She was start led to see the storehouse a mass of il ones I and gave the alarm by screaming. Me fore assistance could arrive the ! store was nutted. Anions' the r?mains Mr. < J ray's skull, fract ured, was found and the safe was open. It is believed the man, after forcing Mr. CJray to open t he safe, which contained $1,200, murdered him, robbed the store and then set. tire to It to cover up his crime. There is no clue to Ids identity. A ('ol(| Wave. The forecast of sudden changes in t he weat her serves not ice t hat a lionrse voice and a heavy cough may Invade the sanctity of health in your own home. < 'ant ions people have a bottle [ of One Minute Cough Cure always at band. B. II. Wise, Madison, (in., (writes: "I am indebted to One Minute I Cough ('ure for my present good healtli, and probably my life." 1 cures Coughs, Colds, Latirippe, Ihouchitls, Pnucmonla and all Lung troubles. One Minute Cough < ure culs i lie phlegm, draws out t lie ii ilia mat i> n heals and soothes the mucous membranes and si reugthcn.s the lungs. I)r* K. Norton. i on ml i ii n WI'll. The body of John Miller, a yonng man who had not boon seen since Sunday nlit, was found in a well at Hi erly's i)iick yard one milt', nasi of Winston, N. (J., late Wednesday afternoon. It is believed thai llufu Stevenson, who commit I ed suicide yesterday afiernoon, and ids brother, Sand Stevenson, killed Miller and threw him in the well. Sand Stevenson was arrested near the Slocks count,y line yesterday afternoon, lie is in jail. A woman tells the ollioers that tlie Stevenson brothers and Miller were at I iter house Sunday and that the latter had money. Allot' them were drinking. I li'g Crushed. Mr. Will Moody, a fireman on t he ; Georgia road, went under the engine which lie was tiring when the train made ttic stop at Social Circle, Ga., i to make some repairs to the ash pan, | and while in a position with one leg ! extending across the track the engine | moved, the wheel passing over the ! left leg and mangling it so that ami putation was necessary. The other j iiip was badly bruised and dislocated. I j\ l Liiu time 01 tlie accident there was 1 little hope for recovery, but he is iin! proving and t here is good hope for recovery. lie at one time worked on the Southern road and lived in Columbia. What's In a N a me? Everything is in the name when it conies to Witch Hazel Salve. 10. ('. DeWilt <Sc Co., of Chicago, discovered, some years ago, how to make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a spccilie for Piles. I'or lilind, bleeding, itching and protruding i'iles, eczema, cuts, burns, bruises and all skin diseases. I )e Witt's Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for I)cWitt's the genuine. Dr. 10. Norton. W. M. Joiich Sliot. While out hunting Rev. W. M. Jones, the pastor of the Wllliston baptist church, was seriously wounded in the right arm l>y the accidental discharge of his gun, in removing it from the buggy, in which he, with Dr. John A. McCreary, was riding. It was at first thought that amputation would tie necessary, but hopes are now entertained that the arm may he sa ved. if you feci ill and need a pill Why not purchase t ho best ? Do Witt's Early I Users A re lit t le surprisers, Take one they do the rest. W. 11. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes I have used Little Early Iliser I'ills in my family for constipation, sick headache, etc. To their use I am indehted for the healt h of my famllt. Dr! E. Norton. Killed l?y ii Woman, News reached Mobile Friday of t lie killing on Dauphin island, in Mobile bay, of Fred Matthews, by a daughter of George Sprinkle. Matthews i was a son or a former mayor of ScranI ton, Miss., where his remains were j taken for burial. The details of the shooting are not known although one report states that it was accidental. I ro/.cn to Dentil. Joseph llarlton, an old prospector, ( missing for the past three weeks, has been found dead within three huni drcd yards of his cabin near Use, Col. llarlton was a Confederate soldier and, it is said, was at one time mayor of Atlanta. It is supposed that he perished in a storm in an attempt to seek shelter and food. Three Firemen Killed. In a New York lire which shot through live factories in the river i front district Friday morning three j lircmon wore killed, two were badly injured and more than $400,000 i damage was done. * NO. 23. ' MAIL BOX SCANDAL A Few Manufacturers Were Sc ected and Favored by Smith. LEAKING OUT AS A SCANDAL. liiHprclor or iVrnoitntrr a Patentee Mail llo\ and llroiiglit tin* Matter into Prominence. Mont ion was made in the Spartai - burg Ho raid some Li mo ago < >f Urn very unusual proceeding on Hie part of the subcommittee of the committee on appmprlat Ions, in recommending an Increase in salary for I ho superiniondent of the rural free delivery service and the chief of the division j of salary and allowance, of the postoillee department, without the recominen latino of the postmaster general. As a sequel to the upisodc mentioned, what promises to he a very interesting I matter has come up in regard to the | olllclals of i he postntllce department and it is said that an investigation ! will he asked, to ho conducted by con1 gross. The matter is in connection with the box question of the rural free delivery service. lniring the administration of Postmaster (ieneral Smith a regulation of I lie department required that I sixes j purchased for use on rural free delivery routes must lie selected from a certain number of boxes, approved by the department., and made by a small number of the manufacturers of such goods. Dissatisfaction was caused by this regulation, both because the patrons (if the service disliked to be forced to buy a certain box, and liecause certain manufacturers were apparently favored the regulation. Put lie sentiment, together with the Inlluencc of several members of congress who were largely interested in rural free delivery, was brought to bear up V/?? CII? V7UIV III !."> %> I t'l I DUl/l I [Jll'hisuru LIlctT. Mr. Payne, upon 11is assumption of the duties of the oHlce of postmastcrmmcral. had adopted another regulation, which prescribed only the materials and si/o of tite boxes to lie used, and allowed them to tie made by anyone, who could make a box meeting these requirements. This, it was thought, would remove all tlie former dissatisfaction and for a time, such was tlie ease. It is said now, however, that there Is an understanding between some of the hiKh authorities of the rural free delivery division of the department on one side, and certain box manufacturers on the other, by which representatives of one of these companies are on the ground in the territory where rural free delivery is to be put in even before other companies are aware that the service is bciiitf contemplated. The companies thus favored, according to the reports, are i lie Corbin Lock Company, Bridgeport Conn., the Century company, of Detroit. tbe Bond Steel Post Company, of \ Irian, Mich., and a company dointf business in Toledo. Mury is puousnoM to me etlect that one ol' 1110 Inspectors of the department, whose business is tile laying out I rural free delivery routes, while on duty in New York, went to llridgeport, and, underthe pretence of being engaged in tlie laying out of a route from that point, assisted in the perfecting of a box in tlie shops of the Corbi 11 company. In a short time, it was decided by tin: department to lay in supply of about $75,000 worth of boxes, and the inspector who had perfected tlie box was one of the commission appointed to select the box of j which so large a supply should he purchased by tlie department. The plan, lor some reason, was abandoned. It lias been discovered, so the paper says, that one of tlie high ottlcials of the department is a large stockholder in each of the companies whoso agents have tin advantage of others in being able to get upon the ground llrst. Another feature of the situation is brought about by the fact that officers of tlie rural free delivery division are unquestionably in a position such t hat they might lie able to confer favors upon certain members of congress,and iii return receive iavors, ;wul ,n Tact it is staled by the local paper above referred to that instances are not rare where a member of congress, upon inquiry about routes where he sees no possible reason for the refusal of the department to establish the service, has been told that nothing could lie done for him in the matter of rural tree delivery, while others, in the letter graces of the ofllcials, experience no ditlieulty in securing any routes desired. The operations of this oligarchy, or postoillce department trust, as it is called, may be inquired into by congress upon its reassembling in January. Ituvugcs ol* Time. Iri the singular failure of tho Old windows of York cathedral, the glass ius iosi most or its transparency, and ! in places has become so perforated that it crumbles at the slightest touch. To stop the "disease" some glass of the thirteenth and fourteenth I centuries has been removed. It is known that the hardest cement is sometimes disintegrated by chemical action set up by minute 'organisms, and it is supposed that the 'destruction of the glass lias been due to some funI *US" : ' Ttio i>omlly I'arler Itillc. AtSpringvillo, Ala., on Wednesday, Prof. Jacob Forney, of the State university, was accidentally killed while shooting sparrows with a parlor ride. Prof. Forney was a son of the late NlaJ. (Jen. John II. Forney of the Confederate army. <b?u