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GUATEMALAN ANTS. ' Th* Ttxu Cotton Planter* Object to the Boll Weevil's Foe. THX CAUSE OF THE OPPOSITION They Suspect It May I'rore a Greater Feet Thau the Weevil Devastating the Cotton Field*. Tbe proposed use of the "kalep" or Guatemalan ant to exterminate tbe Meiioan cotton boll weevil la arousing great Interest in the south. The cotton crop will soon be ready to plok, and its size depends on the extent of tlie ravages of the boll weevil. Therefore tlie matter affects not the south alone, but every user of cotton goods The pest is likely to grow worse a A cause greater damage every year u m leas someway is found to check Itsl ravagfs. In spite of two boll weevil} conventions, the organization of boll weevil commissions in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the liberal sums appropriated by these states and by 1 tbe Federal government for tl/htlng ' the boll weevils, and the $50,000 prize for a remedy offered by the Texas leglslature.no method of getting rid r>f t.hft riAHt.riifti VP. nAMt. ImaUan ? - - r v ivuuu. At best it lias been possible to make certain suggestions whereby, at great expense and labor, the amount of damage caused by the weevil Is reduced. From the start a vague hope has been expressed that some other Insect would be found that would kill olT the weevil. Is the "kalep" to be the deliverer? The entomological bureau and the agricultural department bay It is and ask for a chance to prove It. The have gone to considerable ex pense to search the world over for an enemy to the weevil, and declare that they have at last found It In the Guatemalan ant. They stand ready to make war upon the cotton eater, but the cotton people hesitate to commit the ants to their fields. The planters are like the European powers in the Hutso-Japanese war who wanted to see the Japanese whip the Russians, but were afraid of the complications the war would lead to. Or perhaps they remember their Aesop, aud the fable telling how the horse secured man for her ally In the war with the stag. Admitting that the "kalep" will do all that Is ex pected of it, may not the ant itself prove a more dangerous peril than the weevil? This is the question the planters are asking. This has led to a very general discussion in the southern pre si of American and other improvements on nature and the results that have followed. The strongest argument in favor of the "kalep" is the buccess of the department of agriculture in the importation of lady bugs from Australia as a cure or antidote for the San Jose scale. The latter pest had seriously Infected the California orange crop, invaded Texas and was making its way toward the orange groves of Loulsaua and Florida, when its ruinous course in the south was stopped by the Australian ladybug. The experiment was a complete success, and no one has yet a bad word for the Australian visitor. On the other hand, Senator Iialloy, of Texas, Ross Clark, of Lavaca, the leader in the tight against importing Central American Insects and turning them loose ou the community, and many other planters cite other oxpe riences against the proposed experiment. They call attention to the importation of English sparrows for the purpose of getting rid of the worms and bugs in New York and to their spread <*ii uvwr me ouuiiury, uuanoomng ineir inaeotlvorous habits, driving out native birds and becoming very trouble- 1 some themselves and great destroyers of fruit. The mongoose, imported into Jamaica to kill oil the rats which injured the sugar cane, performed that work successfully, but has since become ten times the nuisance the rats were, for after killing oil the rats it took to eating spring chickens. Similarly, the English rabbits imported into Australia have proved one of the greatest curses of that island continent. The importation of water hyacinths ?which came from the same country as the "kalcp"?has cost the south millions of dollars and put the Federal government to considerable expense to get rid of its growths, which have rendered most of the Gulf streams unnavigable. Similarly, Bermuda grass, imported from the West Indies, has increased the cost of cultivation in the south '0 per cent, and cocoa grass has also added to the trouble and expense of the farmers. 1 Two of the most troublesome plants to southern farmers were aotually imported by the United States depart- ' ment of agriculture and scattered through the south before their dangerous character was discovered. The first and worst of these was Johnson grass, which was recommended to the farmers as an excellent forage plant. Jobnson grass grows with a rapidity that Is startling and It cannot be eradicated. You may dig It up or burn it, but you cannot get rid of it. The log- , lslatures of both Texas and Louisiana prophit its importation, and the quarantine against it is as stringent as against smallpox. The United States department of \ agriculture also recommended Japanese bamboo as likely to thrive in the south, and offered samples of it to < southern farmers. They planted it. There is no question about its thriving. Mr. Clark, who is leading the light , against the Quatemalan ant, is one of the men who planted the bamboo. It grew so fast that he and his neighbors became alarmed, as it threatened to cover the whole plantation. When he tried to get rid of it he could not, until he built a lavee around his bamboo patob and kept it saturated with crude Beaumont oil. Either the plant flourishes better in this oountry than in Japan, or the Japanese kj^ow someway to holding the growth in check which the department of agriculture forget to get. Bamboo may make very good baskets, Mr. Clark says, bht the south is not prepared just yet to abandon cotton and all its other crops and confine its < energies to has bet making. With these facts before them, the ( Texas farmers and their friends have not only flooded the department of agriculture at Washington with inquteles and protests, but also anouno- I ed their intention to fight the kalep . in the courts to the last ditch. An injunction has already been secured from l the TMMLdistrict court at Houston, i direct? Bainst Dr. Cook and other < kw jMteM K|ho department of agriHng them from Intro- < the Quatemalan i vhmmvmhwmmhHR The injunction recites that it Is proposed to bring Ip this ant and turn It ooee at the United States government experiment station at Victoria, Tex. rhey say the ant would spread to all parts of the State, would become so lumerous In time sp to prove an Inxplerable pest, would sting the labor* >rs in the Held and then would renier It impo<>slble to pick cotton, ultinately destroying the cotton crop and ill other vegetation. The injunction has delayed the ppenlng of the Kalep-Weevll war. The ants will spend some time in New 3rleans, until the department of agrljulture decides what to do. The collection of these ants cost leveral months of hard work In Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. The insect pas no icientitio name, but Is known tw the natives or Indians as the kalep. It is red, and about twice the size of in ordinary ant. Dr. Oook has some 5,000 ants, or 'orty colonies, Including a numl>er of jueens. They are now in tlrst class condition, active and full of tight, and jager to be allowed to attack their enemy. Dr. Cook denies all the charges made against the ants. The are inseotlvorous, he says, and will not hurt cotton?and the Mexican boll weevil Is their dearest foe. The weevil stands no show with the Guatemalan kalep. The latter stings the weevil, producing paralysis, aud then carries Its vlc.im to Its dwelling nouse, where the weevil is torn to pieces or put in cold storage for the winter. Four ants to each stalk of cotton will keep It wholly free from weevils. So effective has the warfare of the kalep proved that it has already completely destroyed the weevil in Vera Paz and other departments which In Inhabits. The boll weevil, after practically destroying the cotton crop of Mexico, invaded Texas on the north and Guatemala on the south. It seemed to sweep everything before It until it reacnea me country or the kaleps. The latter have turned the tables on It and are pursuing it lierc.ly and remorselessly. As for the argument presented by Mr. Clark that it would render cotton picking impossible by stinging the negroes on their bare feet, Dr. Cook calls attention to the fact that the Guatemalan natives never wear shoes, yet have never sulkred from ant stings. It is admitted that there may be limitations in the effective work of the kale p. It lives in a porous sandy soil, like that of Texas, but It is by no means certain that it would Unci life so agreeable in the rich but damp soil of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi, where cotton reaches its highest development. All these facts and arguments have not convinced the anti-ant men. Kvcn if we admit, say they, that the kalep will do all that is expected of it and kill off the weevils, on what is it going to feed after the weevil are exhausted? The South is already pretty well overrun with ants, which have latterly increased in numbers, owing possibly to the destruction of insect-eating birds. The ordinary American ants, red and black, are themselves effectual as destroyers of other insects, and indeed are known to kill boll weevil; but in spite of their good service In tills respect they are recognized as a nuisance and injurious to the farmer, and their neits are ploughed up and destroyed whenever they are come across. If their numbers are swollen by importation of larger and fiercer ants, the planters will lind it almost impossible to keep the ants under control. In tine, is it not a dangerous experiment, they ask, becaues wearesull'ering from one Insect pest, to import another? It depends upon the settlements of these questions whether the courts will allow the great Kalep it n 4... - 1 TTcevii ugub to come on in xexas uns summer. Brain IjohUh. The broader the smile the shorter the task. Everything is for the best, even the worst of It. A smile will go a mile whllea frown is going a furlong. The "sanest fourth" was where it rained the hardest. Ever notice how long the days is when you start It off grumbling? We'd like to go tlshlng just once when only the little fish got away. It Is a waste of time to pray for what you want unless you really need it. The man who never makes mistakes is the man who never undertakes anything. When a man begins to wonder If he looks as old as he really is, It is a sign that he does. The writers of the best old songs are dead. The writers of some of the new ones ought to be. The man who never ate watermelon save with a fork has an awfully good time coming to him. The men who talk loudest about the necessity of war are generally the men who stay at home and finance it. We will probably never liave enough money to enable us to set aside a hero fund, and even if we do have enoutrh we wouldn't do It. We'll set aside a fund to reward the girls who can bake better bread than their mothers. The Commoner. Handled Them Well. A special from Danville, Va., says Judge Aiken Wednesday appointed a special grand jury composed of prominent citizens for the purpose of Investigating the attempt of the mob Tuesday night to take the prisoner, Roy Seals, who is in jail charged with the killing of Flagman Armes of the Southern railway. Daniel Talley, one of the leaders of the mdb, charged on the officers guarding the jail, but the men composing the mob quailed before the determined stand taken by the police. Talley dashed against the officers alone and was captured and disarmed. He was afterwards released by order of Mayor Wooding, who states that he made the order thinking it would probably have a good effect on the mob. The mayor was apprised of the fact that the mob was assembling by a woman. The woman oame to the home of the mayor at midnight after the executive had prepared to retire. He granted her an interview and was told the plans of the mob leaders. The woman is the wife of one of the mob leaders. The mayor would not disclose her name. Kdward Deaton Gonvioted. A special from Yorkvllle to the State says the oase of W. Kdward Deaton and Mary Deaton, charged with having killed J. Lawrence Patterson at Fort Mill last May, was given to the jury about 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. After being out about two hours they rendered the following verdict: "Klward Deaton guilty and recommended to the mercy of the >ourt; Maaton not guilty." , ftlPORXATIOV OF DlXOJfcACY. Mr. Brjran Tell* of the TbMKl Re P* ore and Those He Doesn't. . W. J. bryan's plan for the reforma Hon of the democracy was given pub* llcity Thursday. In It Mr. Dryan favors radical changes, but advocates the election of Judge Parker for president as ajfocd beginning. He declares for State ownership of railroads, governornment control of telegraphs and abolishment of private monopoly audfavors the inooine tax and election if federal judges by the people. Mr. iiryan says In part: "l~"have heretofore refused to take a position upon the question of government ownership of railroads, tirst, because I had |not until recently studied tho subject, and second, because the quest Ion had not been reached. Recent events have convinced roe that the time Is now ripe for the pre mentation of this question. Conso'ldatlon after consolidation has taken place until a few men now control the railroad tratllc of the country and defy both the legislative and exeoutlve power of the nation. 1 Invite the Democrats, therefore, to comlder a plan for the government ownership and Operation of the railroads. BTATK'OW N KKSIII1' OK HO A 1)8. "The plan usually suggested Is for the purchase of these roads by the federal government. This plan, It seems to me, is mote objectionable than a plan which involves the ownership and operation of these roads by the several States. Tojjut the railroads Into the hands of tbl federal government would trie an an" floor raous ccntrali/at'on of power*-. It Would give to the federal government ft largely Increased Influenoe over the citizen ftnH tho citizen's ail'uirs and such centralization is not at, all necessary. The several States cari own and operate the railroads within their borders Just as eiTeotlvely as It can be done by tho federal government and if it Is doue by the States, the objection based upon the fear of centralization is entirely answered. A board comprised of representatives from the various States could deal with the joint tralllc of the various lines. While the Democratic party in the nation Is advocating government ownership of railroads, the Democratic party in the cities should upon the same theory espouse the cause of municipal ownerships of municipal franchises. GOVBIIKMKNT TKL.KOIIA I'll. "We have also reached a time when the posbotllce department should embrace a telegraph system as well as a mall system. "The telegraph lines do not reach as many people as the rallr iads do and while the abuses to private ownership have not been so open and notorious, yet there Is no reason why tbefr nation should not do what other nations ate doing in this respect. "The Democratic party has In twu campaigns stood for. an income tax. The plank was omitted this year because the men in control 6f the party trtanuirht It. wnnlrt Iftrnvi l-rll/p riioapsu in the ea^torn State*. This objection may have weight when the appeal Is made to a particular section and to the wealthy men of that section, but it cannot have weight when the party goes forth, as It must ultimately do, to appeal to the masses. "The contest above outlined must be made whether the party wins in November or not. If Mr. Parker is elected his administration will rid us of imperialism and of the threat of a race issue and give us greater freedom in the taking up of economic questions." CARGO OF OIL ON FIRE. Thrilling Experiences of the Crew of The Ilritlsh Ship Creedmor. A special from Woodshole, Mass., says Capt. John Humphries of the British ship Creedmoor, and crew were landed here Thursday, having escaped from their vessel which was burned off Fire Island Wednesday. The crew of the Creedmoor numbered 18 men besides the captain. The men lost everything. They left the ship in tier own boats and were picked up soon afterwards by a passing schooner which transferred them to a tug off Martha's Vineyard early Wednesday. Capt. Humphries and the rescued members of the crew of the Creedmoor arrived In New York city Thursday evening. The Creedmoor, which left this port on Monday with a cargo of 50,000 gallons of naphtha, gasolene and benzine for Liverpool, according to the story of the captain and crew, was about 40 miles east of Fire Island on Wednesday evening when lire broke out on the poop deck just forward of the main saloon. When the alarm was given Capt. Humphries put the vessel about while the members of the crew under Mate M. M. Adams were doing their best to hold the (lames In check. Tho presence of the lire was made known by an explosion which was quickly followed by otheis. At first the water poured on the blazing poop deck had noeiYect. After about an hour's work the crew seemed to have the tire in check, and at that time the Creedmoor was making for New York at good speed. A little after 10 p. m. the tire made its appearance again in the poop deck sec? lion of the vessel and this time the gasolene had become ignited and it was expected that tire oil-laden ship would blow up at any moment. Despite the depurate situation, Capt. Humphlrcs and his crew sought a second time to hold the tire in check, but the streams of water only tended to carry the tire to other parts of the ship and in a few minutes the struggle was abandoned. The lifeboat and the sh'p's yawl were lowered. The lookout on the forecastle, a Portuguese sailor named Marc, was called with the other members of the crew, but he did not re* spond. lie was called again. Then he leaned over tho side of the forecastle and appeared to be helpless with terror. In a few minutes the ship was wrecked from stem to stern by a series of heavy explosions. Members of Mob Arrested. A special from Danville Friday says Wicker Armes, Solomon Hutchings, W. Hal Kagland, Frank Childress and William Harris, participants in the l?te attempt to force the city Jail for the purpose of wreaking veogence upon a negro charged with murder, were Friday arrested and the first three balled in the sum of 1200 each for their appearance before the mayor's court on Tusday next. Childress and Harris went to Jail In default of bond. THE 8TEIKE SETTLED R! tttrlkecs Are to be Taken Back to c(j Work At Once. be w A special from Chicago Wednesday 4, i-ays: The strike of packing house ui employes begun ulue days ago &ud in which has demoralized the packing ^ industry throughout the country, was ol settled Wednesday at a conference between representatives of the packers, the oftlcials of the meat cutters ^ union and representatives of all the l( allied trades employed at the stock yards. The whole controversy will ^ be submitted to a board of arbltra- ki tion, both sides agreeing to abide by <1; whatever decision this board may 01 reach. Pending the decision of the t( arbitration board the men will be '> taken back to work as rapidly as possible by the packers and it is agreed by the packers that all the (| old employes are to be reinstated p within 45 days from the date work is resumed. If any of tire former employes are still unemployed at the expiration of that time such persons ^ are to have the privilege of submit H( ting their cases to the arbitration ^ board for settlement. The strikers (j will return to work as soon as they (j can bo notified of the peaceable ad- f, justment of the trouble, and It is ex- g pccted thut by Friday morning every- yi thing wi l ire in normal shape at all the plants in tire dllTerent cities where NV the employes were on strike. Half a, an hour after the decision had been reached to arbitrate, M. J. Donnelly, T I the strike leader, had secured communication by long distance telephone T with the leaders of the strikers in outside cities and had notified them 1 that a satisfactory settlement had been reached and directed the strikers ,, to return to work as soon as possible. |. TilK ALLIED CtyAKT. I> The settlement of the ditheulty by ![ arbitration was brought about by the ;l allied craft at the stock yards, who would have become involved In the controversy had it continued much longer. The representatives of tbess tmintiu wlili'h ronrnuant nlwmt I J linn C > ivpi V.HVII \J WWUUU * I I 1/W IJ men, got together and sent a tinal w appeal to the packers asking for a li three sided conference between the t packers, the strikers and themselves I In a final etTort to get both si ies of the controversy together again and ar- fi range some sort of agreement which t would prevent the strike spread ng to v the atllllated unions. This appeal of the allied trade unions received a favorable response from the packers a and Wednesday's conference was the a result. t, The agreement reached at Wednesday night conference Is practically the same as the proposition made last Saturday to the packers by Mr. Don- * nolly. The only difference is that in Saturday's communication Mr. Don- v nelly inslstedthat the strikers be all p taken buck to work within seven days, s This the packers refused, although if they agreed to accept every demand o made hy Mr. Donnelly. When the men return to work it will he under exactly the same conditions as prevailed before the strike ( was declared, with the exception that. t the question of a wage scale will be decided by arbitration. . As many of the old employes as can be reached by the offlolals of the union (| will be notltled to return.to work. All the strikers who appear at the plants j will be put to work as fast as possible and It Is believed that all the estab- ( iishmcnts will be running with full forces. $20,000,000 TO BOOST COTTON. t y Southern Cotton Corporation Ik j' Formed in New York. >a C A special to the Atlanta C mstitu- d tlon from New York says: Instead ^ of Daniel J. Sully being made the ? president of the new company known as the Southern Cotton Corporation with a capital of $20,000,000, to lm- * prove cotton culture and method of making tiie staple, that post will be occupied by Colonel S. F. B. Morse, who was a partner in the llrm of , Daniel J. Sully & Co. The articles of incorporation of this company were tiled at Trenton. It will have a capital of $20,000,000, of which $f>,000,000 will be prefered and $15,000,000 a mmon stock. The par value of tire preferred is $100 a share, but the par value of the common, which will be taken largely in the south, will be only $20 per share. The decision to place Colonel Morse In this position was made by the ilnancial backers of the concern because of the fact that as the bead of I the tratllc department of the South- I erm'"Pacific railroad, stationed in New Orleans, he was very prominent in the 0 educational campaign which resulted * in the diversifying of the southern crops. The company controls the Whit- y man square bale press, which is an Improved mechanism for baling and ginning cotton. It will compress as thoroughly as the present round bale but will not meet with such opposition as was encountered by those who Introduced the round baling pre cess. 2 Because of the less likelihood of tire, this new bale has already been called the "underwriter's bale." A comprehensive were house system will also be established, which 11 will enable growers to hold their cot- p ton if they so desire, Instead of sell ing in the glutted market in the early season. The board of directors will be announcad In a few days. The principal ofllcc of the company will be in that city, with branches in various southern cities. Found Treasure Hhtp. News from Tacoma says that Capt. Finch, manager of the Neptune Salvage Company, has lccated the wreck of the Canadian steamship Islander, which sank in Alaska in August, three years ago, carrying down nearly 100 passengers and crew, besides half a million of Klondike treasure. Finch succeeded by use of a big steel diving s cage invented by Capt. W. M. Smith, of Milwaukeee. He expects to raise the Islander or recover the treasure boxes and valuables aboard her. Intimates of the amount of gpld in the a purser's charge and in the state rooms '' of passengers run from *400,000 to \ 700,000. * * No Itaee H<|ualtty. During the discussion of South < African affairs in the house of oommons in London Thursday, Joseph Chpmberlaln, defending the introduction of Chinese, labor Into the Trans- > vail, contended that white laborers would not work side by side with blaok laborers on equal terms and 1 he though the white men were right. He^M^A"As the dominant race, if * we ^^^^H^^mality with inferior the power whioh I Of All Ways to Oct Hurt, Four-year-old Clarence Apple, o( legelsvllle, N. J., -was frightfully it about the feet, legs, arms and xly Friday by the knife of a reaper hlch his father, Milton Apple, was -ivlng. The little fellow stole away aknowu to his father aud fell asleep i the grain tleld. Mr. Apple did not srceive him until the cutter bar of ie machine struck the lad. The lild's condition is critical. I)r. Nortoiw ik the readers of tl.is paper who are ifferfng with indigestion or dyspepsia )culi on them at once and get a bote of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 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A posse puruing him found and surrounded him lear K lopvllle Tuesday aflerno< 11. leather than surrender Teele shot! limself, and his chad body was s".- j :ured by bis pursuers LIVER TROUBLES "1 AndThedford'ft Black-Draught Wm a good medicine for 1 i er disease. It enroll my on after ho had spent $100 with doctor*. It isall the nied'cine I take."--MRS (Al'OUNH MARTIN, Parkersburg, W. Va. If your liver does not net regularly go to your irtiggist and secure a package of '1 Bedford's Black-Draught arid take a dose tonight. This great family medicine frees the constipated bowels, stirs tin the torpid liver ? and causes a healthy secretion of Idle. Tliedford's Black - Draught will cleanse the bowels of impurities and strengthen the kidnevs. A torpid liver invites colds, biliousness, chills and fever and all manner of sickness amicontagion. Weak kidneys result in Bright's disease which claims as many victims as consumption. A 25-cent package of Tliedford's BlackDraught should always be kept in the house. "I used Thed ford's BlackDraught for liver and kidney complaint* and found nothing to excel Jt "--W nJUAM COFFMAN, Marblehead, III. THEOFORD'3 Rl kfK I/LHM1 I . DRAUGHT 1 HlliilMIJ l| III 11 IMS? Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. For many years It has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Repeated attacks of indigestion Inflames the ; mucous membranes lining the stomach and ; exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus- , Ing the glands to secrete muoin Instead of the Juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure relieves all inflammation of the mucous j membranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, a sense of fullness after eating, indigestion, I dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. Bottles only. Regular sire, $ 1.00, holding 2V4 times the trial size, which rolls lor SO cents. Prepared by E. O. DeWITT * OO., Chicago, IIL Conway=Seashore Railroad. DAILY SCIIE1HJLE. Lv Mrytle Leach 7 a. m Ar Conway 7:40 a. m < Lv Conway 0:(J0a. m Ar Mrytle Leach 0:45a. m Lv Myrtle Leach 1:30 p. m Ar Conway 2:15 p. m Lv Conway 5:30 p. no Ar Myrtle Leach 0:10 p. m K. b. SUAKbKUUGH CONWAY, S. C., ATTORNEY AT LAW. tttwoomrd7 Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY, 8. C. G. Fred Staevey Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, S. C nd Home, , N. C. Altitude 2,700 feet. tion, Scenery niiHurpabbcd, in "The Land ol ed for reat and recreMlioti than the beautiful or. Single Koouili $8.00 to $11.00. orne's Business College"] JJGUSTA, GEORGIA Jiim'fmtem. " " 1 " i i" ."mm J"ZZrJ COLLEGE. 1904. at Ion of young women. Classified as ?. Strong faculty. Llteraiy, Music thoroughly competent and experienced ot-water. Health record unsurpassed it. lent, W. W. DANIEL, Columbia, S. C. Lt:, Plaster, per, Car lota, small lots, write, lt Co., Charleston, 8. O. [To^ui Take Laxative Brow Seven Mffion tons sokl in post IS tan _ 1 asteless Chill Tonic I t, 25 years. Average annual sales I ilf Million bottles. Does this record I you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. I ' " j ^rfox 40 Ye /Wintersmith'sV ' f (?H <"ZP I Mas been curing Chlllg Ague, Dengue, LoGrtppe fl % and Malarial life of^gHklhds. A 50c. bottle M % will break your cmffs; and ypu can%et It W frolh ydur druggist, who rtiltySfuridryour? moneV If the medicine tfoe$ yougno M V^fliopi. Why dSh't you thy ^j^/r is unequ&ted General Tonic* Last Soldier of 1812 Vigorous at 107. Edward Noycs, a Drummer Boy Under Andrew Jackson, Who Also Served in the Civil War, the Oldest Living Veteran, Says DUFFY'S PURE HALT WHISKEY Has Kept Him Strong and Healthy Past the Century Hark. * Mr. Noyes. the hero of two warn, a soldier whoso lifo has boon written tip all over the country, although 1U7 yours of age, states that ho feels as well and strong today ns ho did 40 years ago, and recently made a trip from Unity Corners, N. H., to Chicago without sufToring any hurdshijts. /{/&' A drummer l>oy in tho war of 1812 and a 1*- . N| teamster in tho civil war, as he was even then M too old to servo In tho ranks, Mr. Noyes has /l^SBnWS^SsT R inost eventual lifo. lie remembers )KtSJB/ d With great vividness many of the historical i TtWl \ figures of tho last century, and gratefully iiTJOivl I nttrihutes his marvelous vitality and wouy derful old ago to ? ?< , yrxmyrr, duffvs pure-w 1 fwf\ f V' malt whiskey; I I \ | \ \ f""|ilfttfl' 11? say?:?"An old man's lifo can bo u 1 i \ \ \ / happy one if ho is well, and I have been just I / ' \ ns active and strong up to a few years ago as I 1 was during tho war in the Kouth. My family and friends aro nil gone, but I am cheerful and hope to llvosome timo yet. I was born in what is now Unity Corners, N. H., in 17h7. i hud beeu pretty woli all my lifo, but sickness came upon me during tho last 20 years. My doctor told mo it was old ugo, and gave me DulTy's l'ure Malt Whiskey. I um taking that mtMiielr.e now, and it in both nuHlioine and noui ishinent to mo. 1 cannot eat a hearty meal the way i used to, but Dulfy's keeps mo up and going. 1 would not be nlivo without it." EDWARD NOYK8. Old ago is happy when it goes hand in hand with health. Hundreds of men and women who have passed tho century murk are kept alive and well toduy by tho use of Dulfy's l'ure Malt Whiskey. It was #% A(| \g BiirniAIIII" and so it is theirs. An nhsolutoly yuiro distilBfffcfi g gjjiigS Kw ff* lation of malt, without fusel oil, it is recognized " "' taWlUlllii |jy the government as a medicine. This is a gunrantoo. It is a tonic-stimulant recommended by physicians of every school, a Ikkui to * . the weak and worn, to tho weary and depressed. It arrests tho progress of physical do- %w cay, strengthens tlie heart, relieves the aching head, gives to the limits their old time ..>.S ll.o I* i..l 11 ? ? ' ? ? , lft?, UMU vivo.o vuu P^UIM, lUViiMMIi.i tliu IWIUU mill IIIIUI I Oil I'D II1U V UUI HII ITH, Ullll III this way drives out disenso aud promotes health and longevity. Doctors call It "a form of food already digested," as it agfees with the most delicatu stomach. If you wish to koep strong and well in old ago take u fcablospoonful tlireo times a day in inillt or water. Duffy's l'ure Mult Whiskey cures coughs, colds, consumption, bronchitis, grip, catarrh, asthma, pneumonia and all diseases of the throat and lungs; indigestion, uysoejisia and all forms of stomach trouble; nervousness, malaria and all low fevers. Used exclusively in over 2,000 hospitals. Ito sure you n?k for DUFFY'S I'UKK IHAI.T WHISKKY. It is the only absolutely Pure illolr Whiskey which contains medical, health-giving qualities nud the only .Unit Whiskey recognized by tlie government a? a medicine. DUFFY'S l'UUK BIAI.T WI1INKKY is sold In seated bottles only, never In . bulk. f,ook for tho trade-mark?the old chemist?011 tlie label nud see that the ^ilH seal over tlie cork Is unbroken. For sale at all Dispensaries in South Carolina, or diroot, $1.00 a bottle. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., ltochester, N. Y. Piana and Organ Bargains. J 1 f,yon want the bargains of your life write at once to, JVl?ilone itliieiic ilouNe, Columbia, S. 0., for particulars. N. II. In answering this ad. please state which you'desire l'iano or Organ It 1 n \A/o frb Don't think that every one who hangs out a Bign aa a "watehl 1111/ VV alt 11 maker" is competent to repair your fine watch. Repairers who _ . . are fully competent are scarce. We do work only one way,?Uie Kerairina best?we can make any part of a watch, or a complete watch. Ivv/jJttl I 111^. Our prices are often no more than you pvy for iuferior work. When'our charge for work is S1.&0 or over we will pay express charge one way. Bend us your watch, V. 11. IiAOHIOHOTTK Ak CO. Jewelers, 1424 Main St, Columbia, H. C. an (11 Professors t a i? r?v i / < a oti i r>r*? v i"t"o Founded In 17 Instructors. M CZ.LJI V^/\L- O I U LJ t-IN I "?/ Graduates 4,<W. 1 yi*> Write tor Free Catalogue of the ~*~7fledieal department, University ef Nashville.-*- ; j Curriculum Includes twenty-three lecture courses, each followed by a thorough review I qui/; seven laboratory courses, and three hours of hospital work dally. New building I elaborately equipped with modern apparatus and appliances.Expenses moderate. Address I i Whiskey I Morphine I Cigaret I AlliDrug and Tobacoo Habit, I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley liiHtitute, of ?3. C2. 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76)% Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited. MACIIlNICRY HDPIMvII^H. Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, Injectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good 1 in. second hand black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., i Oolniiil>i?x, O. The machinery Supplyyfrouse of tho state. | LIMESTONE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. J G A^FXICY, S. C. ' ' J POINTS OF EXCELLENCE:?High Standard, Able Faculty, Thorough Instruction, A University Methods, Fine Equipment, Splendid Library, Excellent Libratories, Beautiful ft Site, Unsurpassed Hoaltlifulness, Honor System, Full Library, Scientific, Musical and Artistic | Courses, Degrees of A. B. and A. M. Winnie Davis School of History. Next Session opeua S September 20th, 1901. Send for catologue. ' II Lee Davis Lodge, A. M., Ph. D., President. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. UMAHLLa I UN, S. U. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for prices. WHAT I)OG8 IT COST? r Writ? to us and wo will be glad to giro yo\i prices that will interest you on PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, etc. What is Calci mo? COLKMAN-BALIr-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. 307 King Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. re a Cold in One Day 1 lO Quinine Tablets. ,? ??wy| /