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ROUGH DESIGN Of The Woman's Monument Submitted by Ruckstuhl ______ I PLAN AGREED UPON \ | Tito Central Idea of the Monument j s Is a Southern Matron In the j ( Prime of Life Being Crowned by k ' i Came, A|M>theosis Being tiie Idea i i! Conveyed. ! ti y The monument to be erected to i ^ the women of tlve Confederacy by the State of South Carolina will bo j a beautiful work of art. This can : !.? ! I ...ll 1. sw. Itnllnn I Ur iri iPiii ir>v v.t v> u iiv/ui niviiuu hmi niiri J |) an inspection of the photographs of j ^ Kuckstuhl's first model, says the Co- ( | (umhia State. The following from (] the same paper about the monument I r will be read with interest: j, I p The central idea is a Southern matron in repose. It Is a beautiful ( Conception and beautifully has Mr. ^ Ruckstuhl worked out the allegory. . R sides her are her children, one ^ on each side. ltehind her is the j winged iigtire of the genius of the (j South, with laurel wreath ahout to I _j he placed upon the head of the re- | 0 gal woman, queenly even In her j (,. homespun. a Persons of late in other States Cj whq ha we seen the first model, j, which, of course, is in the rough, have expressed a feeling of envy j 0 that South Carolina Is about to possess so beautiful an expression of so u glorious a sentiment. 0 While Mr. Ruckstuhl will receive ? Compensation approximating the ap- e, propriation by the legislature, the | actual cost of the monument and | ? its surroundings will he about $11),- j ij 000. This means that there Is yet ! \<i to he raised by subscription some- (j what more than is already in hand, p Nearly $14,000 has been raised, in- u eluding the legislature's appropriation of $7,000. That the remainder will l?e secured with ease there Is n no doubt in the minds of tbo inem- p hers of the commission. s All tof the (commissioners wK're o present at the meeting a few days t ago?Con. C. Irvine Walker, Col. e i . J. Monro, uapt. C. A. Reed, Uapt. |o Jno. G. Richardson, Jr., and Capt. t Win. 10. Gonzales Mr. Ruckstuhl ex- t plained his plans, and those met with [] approbation. Mr. Iluckstuhl was c asked for a description of the group and what it is to represent: a "The problem of making a monu- c ment that will littingly honor the l women of the ?>outh for what they t did in the South during the war be- t tweeii the States is not an easy t one," said Mr. Ruckstuhl. "It would a be easy to fall into the error of rep- t resenting her as doing some one of a the hundreds of things she did and i i so make of it an illustration of some | special incident or on the other hand I to produce a monument Th honor ^ or the cause she helped so loyally l instead of doing what seemed to me ^ the right and only proper thing to { do?that Is, to honor her for having s done what she did and by a poetic 1 suggestion apothesis. It i<s this that I I shall attempt to do in my monument. | "1 shall show a Southern woman n of about 4f>, with a face full of the s beauty and aristocracy and the re- t ftncment and strength of the perfect s type of the Southern woman, a syn- t thesis of the woman of the South, | e seated in a splendid Greek chair i l in a simple dress of the period of a 18G0-186G, with her hair worn in c the beautiful style of those days, i t Uor feet will rest on a low Greek 1 footstool, her left arm will rest | carv lessly on the arm of the chair, j t n<M' rigni nana will hold a Houis L XIV fan, sym-bolizliig the elegance c of the period to which she had he- 1: longed, and rest listlessly on a hook I lying on her lap, and which she has r been reading; around her should- ( ers will he a light flshu. She will he 1 looking straight ahead of her In a c toood at once listless and pensive, with a tinge of sadness as she 1 reflects over the events of the past and as if saying with the poet? 1 I " 'How fondly memory wanders When the feet no mere may tread. 1 ?t (o viKias dim and haunted 1 Hy the past unquiet dread; With familiar phantoms trysting, i Sad to stay, yet loathe to part, i From spots o'er-run by broken, Trailing tendrils of the heart.' "Hack of her will be a splendid i winged figure of Fame, holding in tier left hand a palm branch and a trumpet, and with her right hand ; holding over the head of the noted woman a wreath of laurel. Hy her wings wide-spread and thrown for ward and by her drapery full of motion it will be easily seen that she < lias just come down from the skies ! to honor the noble woman seated | |>efore her. j "By the left side of this figure of Fame will be a boy Cupid, eager- I ly striding forward with an armful ' j of roses, which he will offer to the ; l noted woman, by the right side will < |>e a girl Cupid, more timidly walking along and bearing in her left wrm a lot of flowers, and In her j right hand an open scroll with the t State seal upon It and showing name ? of the governor signed to the bill I passed by the legislature ordering 1 s THE POTATO BUG A !ASY TO CONTKOIi IF YOU Hi) AT j IT IN THE 1UGHT WAY. I I |)i t( ome Simple* Directions As to How | j, I Uio l*o?t tkui Ho PrcvenUnl From I ia Doing Mucli Harm. ! k There is great complaint from all ides about the injurious work of 0 he Colorado beetle, commonly p nown as the potato bug. The insect 'aris green for poisoning it on the i r; 3 t/.kt* V AAISI I tr A/\?* ? ? I 1 ? 1 - .. 1. 1 - - I ^ in J WUllUllfU, JHUUilUiy , ^ lore so than any other insect in j | iinerica. Wliilo most people use I (( 'arise green for poisoning it on the lant, they generally use the Paris ! g reen without the addition of lime. | (j 'aris gro-11 can never he used on .. lants without being diluted in some j >rm, unless a special powder gun for < w liis purpose is provided by which 1 n] lie operator can gauge very accu- j n ately the amount of Paris green ut to an acre, which should be ap- j roximately a pound. Where the farmer has no spray I limp available, of course, the next j * est thing is to apply the Paris green i ry. In that case it is considerably j i 1 (itod with some dilutent, like road ; ust, land plaster, Hour, or some ; fa tinilar cheap material, ut the rate ni f about tifty parts of dilutent. It w ill then he applied freely through | tr dust, which may consist of a tin fo an with porforatod bottom, or a j th ;*g of osnaburg cloth. The material hi > put in this bag aud then shaken pi vor the plants. i M Where a spray pump Is available, ot is host to spray the insecticide at w ?e rate of one pound to 100 or 125 j (Ji tinuiis oi waier. w nen it is spray- ! < < [1 it should not ho forgotton that | "t > every pound the milk of lime, ' in lade l>y slacking It pounds of quick 1 te me, should he addod to the mixture, j sa /hen this lime is added, the sola- j tr ion may bo used with safety on j or otato plants in any quantities, and w o trouble from scorching will bo 1 ei xperienced. Other measures frequently reeomlended consist of sprinkling the lants with road dust, flour, air . Inked lime, chimney soot, sulphur j r even cotton seed meal. Most of | hese are very cheap, while some are xpensive. All of these have larvae j d tho beetle, and by causing others w 0 decamp. The affect is not as | i? borough, however, as that of a good b loison, like Paris green, applied ac- 1 si ording to directions given above. } w Where a powder gun is available, j 11 1 person can set this at the rate of j w me pound to the acre, and by a l1 ittle practice can guage his steps i V >y walking across the field so that i I he proper amount is applied. In c; he morning, when tlie dew is on, ! si i large territory can ho covered in j his way, and is one of the simplest | ^ md cheapest ways of applying the h joison. j v In buying Paris green it should j fi >e borne in mind that a coarse Paris j fi . I - iiei-u ii> not goou as an insecticide. v t scorches more easily than a tine tl {round Paris green. It is a good e >lan to always obtain the compo- 2 it ion of the material in buying, or 01 enow the house from which th? *aris green is obtained. Paris green, ordinarily, should iot contain more than 6 per cent j, oluble arsenic, while In some States he law pequires that no Paris green old in the open market shall conain more than 4 per cent. The xtent to which Paris green scorches he plant depends upon the percent- 11 ge of thils soluble arsenic. For r ompleto descriptions for preparing * he various insecticides see Bulletin 41 of Clenison station. * S5 T he erection of this monument, everything about the noted woman, ^ ibllv-ious of what is going on belind her, is calm and quiet, while a lehind her all is movement and cornnotion, the whole symbolizing the lenius of the South, accompanied by 11 ler children, Ix>ve and Sympathy, :ome to honor the Southern woman. y "This group will be about ten 'eet high. "The pedestal will be of polished 3outh Carolina granite, about iivo [eet high. "On the pedestal will be four ^ bronze panels, with inscriptions, bordered by Confederate flags, and ribbons intertwined with magnolia flowers, oak leaves, cotton bolls and pine cones and needles. "On the front panel will be a sim- J pie dedicatory inscription. On the < rear one will be a few dates and facts 1 On the two large side panels will 1 bo longer inscriptions, declaring to 1 the world what this woman of the 1 South did to deserve this honoring. i The most intellectual men of the < State will be requested by the com- < mission to propose suitable and beau- > tifully-worded Inscriptions. The best t of which will be used. Thus the < State as a whole will take part In ( paying its homage to the women of ( South Carolina. c "One-half of the monument will * be realistic, the other half poetic ^ and symbolic, the whole forming a 1 fitting apotheosis of the war woman 1 >f South Carolina. t "No site has as yet been chosen." The phalagraphs submitted by Mr. is possible, and then Mr. Ruchhe rough. Th<& finish model of half A ilze 1h to be presented here a? soon a luekstuhl show the monument in t ituhl will go abroad to finish it. * t CAKNKUIH'S PROFITS tt4uk??I by Souutor Tillman in Debute. Reading in the Senate Saturday om the testimony of Mr. Caruegi'j eforo the ways and means commitje concerning profits in the steel idustry, Mr. Tillman declared thai Ir. Carnegie had made a vasi mount of money by favoratism in glslation. "I will not say by dishonesty,' aid Mr. Tillman, "because he ha! nly taken advantage of the laws w uss. Hut he has made more mono) tian the entire bunch of us here put igether, and there are some verj ich men in this senate. He hat iven away more money than all tht lemocrats in this body possess?? m times as much, I expect" Saying Mr. Carnegie had taken his reat wealth from the pockets ol le people, Mr. Tillman added: "1 se nails and wire fencing and other roducts of his corporation and hen I buy those things he takes toney out of my pocket and puts It i his." WIIObKHAIT POISONING. rcnch Woman on Trial For Killing Five People. Accused of poisoning her grandither, father, uncle, aunt, and a 3ighbor, Marie Buerin, a postman's ife, is now being tried at Marpeuas, France. Arsenic has been innd in all the bodies save that of le grandfather, but the prosecution is not been able to prove that the isoner ever purchased poison, me. Guerin benelitted to the extent ' $3,COO by the death of her aunt, ho expired in great pain after 'inking a cub of chocolate preparI by her niece, to whom she cried: A hat you gave me to drink is burn g me!" The prosecution attributhe death of the uncle to poisoned inline. The neighbor, Mine. Sylvese, died in the presence of the prislor shortly after eating an oinlette, hile her daughter suffered cousid ably, but later recovered. WKDillOKS KKMOVKD. ive Men Dismissed From Duty at New York Port. The removal of five assistant eighers in the port at New York giving rise to much talk, especial' as it comjos so close to the sen[ttional seizure of the past few eeks. Collector of Port Loeb anounced the names of the men whr ere dismissed as follows: Joseph . Quinn, Simon J. VVcscall, Charles Hligh, Joseph McMahon and hoinas C. Ciiddings. lncompeten y is given as the reason for d ism isEll. Another statement issued thi reek announced that Mr. Loeb and is assistants are conducting an in estigation into a sorios of alleged muds In the weighing of importe! gs and cheeses. The alleged fraud* /era accomplished, it is said tirough short weighing by dishon st Government employes. About 0 importers are said to be involv[1. MOKE INSANITY IN JAPAN. icreasc Due to the Struggle for K\istauce. Advancing civilization is bringing icreased insanity in Japan, aceordlg to Dr. K. Saito, director of the ojama hospital for the insane in ok io. "Fifty years ago," he said, "ininity in Japan was very rare, hirty years ago it began to inreuse and after the China-Japanese ar there was further increases, he increase was even more marked fter the war with Russia. 'I believe that as civilization adances in Japan, insanity becomes lore general, duo to the struggle foi xistance." Dr. Saito is making a tour of th< irorld inspecting hospitals for th< nsane. ' HORDED AND ASSAULTED. t'oung Married Women Attaekei by Two Fiends. Seriously injured about the head issaultcd and robbed of valuabl jewelry, Mrs. Adolph Baldesberger years old, a member of a wealth 'amily was found unconscious lat Friday in a clump of bushes on th awn in front of her homo near Ne\ Kensington, Pa. The victim was ee lpon last Thursday evening at 9:3' )'cloek. She was struck a numbe jf times with a blunt instrumen vhich cut her head. The assailant hen robbed her of a gold watch liamond rings and money. The un sonscious woman was dragged to : dump of bushes and later assault ?d. She lay hidden in the bushe 1 ii 111 Friday afternoon when sin vas found unconscious. Late Sat irday night she partially regalne< icr senses and lucoherently told o ho attack. * Kucumhs to Injuries. At six o'clock Friday afternoor 1r. J. Ross Wilson, the actor whe ccldentally shot himself at his hoel in Laurens, died. The body waf aken to his old home in Indiana. i AFTER TAX DOGDES || 11 _______ SUGGESTION MA1)K TO ri/llLISH TAX ltKTUUNS. I I Which Would Enable Everyone ^ to See the Return Made by His Neighbor. j j Comptroller General Jones says > that the plan proposed by Mayor r Sherard, of Auderson, to publish the ^ tax returns is the very thing. The j Comptroller General has been giv , | ing thoughtful atteution to equaliza- j, . tion of taxes, and he believes that If s j the method of showing up the tax- i; \ payers by means of publishing the v . j returns is carried out the way to re. I form will be started. Such a thing () i | has been attempted in this State be- e 1 i for, but it has not been done. The nearest to it was when a few years ? c i ago the publication of the taxpayers' p ' r turns was threatened in Green- . i ville. The income tax returns are . 1 to be published, and were published j last year, but the real estate and personal prop.rty taxes have not been ^ i published at any time in this State. _ The proposition advanced by May- ^ or Sherard was made to the city p. ] council of Anderson and there was ; about an evenly divided opinoin as p I to the wisdom of the plan. Hut p i Mayor Sherard thought that the pub- n licat.'on of the taxes would show up ^ the inequalities better than in any ^ i other way. '1 he Anderson papers jr 1 state that there is said to be proper- n ! ly in And- rson which is assessed as ^ low as 5 per cent, and other properj ly as high as 7 5 per cent. The following editorial in the Anderson Daily Mail explains the situ- ^ j ation: "Mayor Sherard's proposition to | have the list of tax returns of the city printed in the newspapers will be approved by some, and will be op- ^ ; posed by others. We have an idea I that the number of those opposing a it will be larger than those favoring it. "Still, it would be a good thing to I ,i~ .. . . . . . - - " uu. ii. wuuiu wring aoout a shak- 1 ing up and a readjustment that could he secured in no other way. and it is well known to all who have given j any thought to the subject that there i is great inequality in the payment of ; taxes by property owners. "Mayor Sherard's statement that some property in the city is listed at as low as 5 per cent of its value, ' while other property is listed ut 7 5 1 per cent is startling, and yet we have no doubt it is correct. Even those 1 ^ who have never studied the matter will accept the statement as correct, for Mayor Sherard is not a man to make rash statements. He kuows * " what ho is talking about. "And when such a condition ex- ? ists there should be a readjustment. c This does not necessarily nreau that ^ all property should be put on a highJ er valuation, but the man who has ' been paying too little should pay ^ more, while the man who has been ? t e paying too much should pay less. ^ " There should be equalization. "The only way to secure this is t by publicity, by letting every citizen f scrutinize the tax returns, s? that he may see for himself just what the other fellow is paying. This can be done only by having the list of tax returns printed in the newspapers. This is done, as a matter of fact, in some of the States by the State , authorities, and returns in each county being printed in the local papers. ^ "Some years ago the school au- c murines 01 ureenwood county had " the list of poll taxpayers of the coun- ? ty printed in one of the Greenwood , papers. The cost, as we remember it, was about $40, and several hun- 8 dred dollars of delinquent poll taxes ^ were collected within a few weeks a . afterward. The result of printing " . the list was that every fellow was a . paying poll taxes scrutinized the list ^ to see if his neighbor was paying it, ^ too, and whenever his neighbor's v ? name did not appear on the list the authorities would be notified at once. "We feel sure that results of the same kind would be secured by print- i j ing the list of property taxpayers in the city of Anderson. Much of the ' property that is now listed too low would have to be listed at higher . figures, while some that is escaping t , taxation altogether would have to * e go on the list. And much of that j which is now taxed at too high a f rate would be listed at an equitable j y basis. < "W?e hope the members of council l f' will have the nerve to follow up the \ v mayor's suggestion and have the list t t of taxpayers printed during the summer. It would cause a shaking up r of things, but we need something of 1 the kind." i s " | ODD GROOM AN1) YOUNG BRIDE, j I I 1 . Wmlttiy New Yorker and Girl Are 1 S ! e Married in Secret- < ( " i Alfred W. Beadleston, sixty y?oars t * old, the wealthy head of the New f York ilrm of Beadleston & Woerz, and Miss Helen P. Hazard, daughter of E. C. Hazard, a manufacturer of food products, were married Thursi day night at Red Bank, N. J. > The bride Is only twenty-one years - old. A/though relatives eaW they i had been engaged for two years the 1 wedding was secret. Southern States BUY FR4 fftwy lyie^hlne ry f^iurrxblrtq COL.U M E STHANGK PABA8ITK 1)1 SKA SB, \ i I In Tre*-** by the Thousanda In a Brooklyn Bark. \f r\t*c% than OA AAA f 1 uavi v vnuu a< V , V u V H Ura tit i' UK'31 I >ark, Brooklyn, have been destroyed j ince the opening ot' spring by this ! teciiliar parasite. Of these 16,000 vero chestnut trees. The Brooklyn ark commission is using thousands >f gallons of a bermicide in the hope f preventing the spread of the dis ase to street trees and other parks. The attention of the Department f Agriculture at Washington was ailed to this parasite last year, when , had gained only a slight foothold i this coutry. The department asigned a number of experts to the latter, and they reported that the arasite had been imported, probably rom France, and that in young trees nd shrubs it had been disseminated , hroughout a large portion of the nited States. . So far New York New Jersey and ennsylvanla have been the princiay suiTerers, but reports from India- , a, Ohio, Illinois and the trans[ississlppi and the Southwestern , tates indicate that the plague is I i its inclpency there and that heroic 1 , leasures must be employe<l to save ie trees from this pest. KILLS FOUR MKN. living Room at Kansus Powder Mill lllows Vp. The room of the T,afiin and Rand owder Mills at Turck Station, near lolumhus, Kansas, was blown up few days ago, killing four men. mmedlately after the explosion the ictory took fire and burned for two ours. One hundred employes of the lant finally extinguished the blaze, 11 the while being in great danger rorn the large quantities of exploives stored in the building. The :>ss is $7f>,000. This is the fourth ime the mixing room in this factory as blown up. The first explosion illed three, the second two and the hird five men. DOUBLE SUICIDE. Two Bodies Are Found in a St. Louis House. At St. Louis, Mo., the bodies of drs. Anna Reed, aged 30, and Joeph Baker, aged 55, were found in l room at No. 263 2 Oliver street Jaturday. Both had been shot hrough the head, but the police are inable to determine whether it was l double suicide or whether one of hem fired both tho shots. The tmployes of the restaurant formerly :ept by Baker told the police of havng frequently matched coins to deermine who should kill the other heore the suicide. SEVEN PEOPLE DROWN, usoline I>auncli Capsized With Pleasure Party. At Ran Clairo, Wis., George Hall, L H. Sweet, Sweet's wife and four hildren were drowned in the swol*n waters of the Chippewa river aturday night when Hall's gasoline innch, which they were trying out or the first time, capsized in midtream, striking some sunken piling, tobody saw the launch capsize, but man fishing on the river bank eard cries for help and saw Sweet nd ITn.ll clinging to the overturned oat. The current carried them rapclly down the stream. The launch ^as found later on a sand-bar. core;us up ten million. )eposc<l Siilatn Wants to Save His Hide Whole. A dispatch from Belgrade says U)dul Ilamid has authorized Enver ley, one of the young Turk leaders, o darw $10,000,000 of his deposits n foreign banks. The agreement ;ame after a long conference at the 'ormer Sultan's prison palace in lalonlca. It is understood that Vbdul was promised immunity from he death sentence if he surrendered he greater part of his fortune. Endows a Hospital. John W. Gates, who arranged for '.he building: and equipment of a lospltal at Port Arthur, Texas, in nemory of his mother, to he known is the Mary Gates Infirmary, has provided an endowment of $500,000 'or the Institution and directed that 1 per cent of his annual earnings rom his oil properties be added to ho fund. Mfl "Keystone' 11 You'll make no m t| COMBINATION Taper and Squa bcolij J r Supply Company [)m us mlk -supplies ^|m , xw JIA. s. C. ? ? i) MAN'S FACE ON PANE Of Gla?? Ibullj Kxcited Mother Had lMightev. Tho widow aid one of the daughters of the late Oscar D. Angstadt, of Heading, Pa., who died last October, are much excited over the appearance, clear to their vision, of the picture of the dead man oi & window pane In the room where he died. It tirst appeared on Sui- Y") day and they called In some of the neighbors to look at it, but none hut the widow and her daughter could see it. Insistent that the face was plainly depicted on the pane, Mrs. Angstadt and her daugher got Police Sergeant Cressman to examiue the window, but he was obliged to admit that ho could see nothing. The women have washed the pane several times, but declare that tho face is still visible there. They state that Mr. Angstadt, for several weeks before he died, used to lie iu his bed and look through that window, and they believed that his face in some way becamo photographed there. They describe the image as resembling the negative of a photograph. SAVED IN CELIiAlW. Supi>os?Ml Victim* of a Storm Pouod UoliaruicvL Five members of the Eckstrom family, supposed to have been killed on their farm near Hollis, Kans., iu Friday night's tornado, and Charles Quance, a ranchman who was believed to have succumbed near Earned, Ivan., escaped unharmed to tornado cellars. The fact became known a few days ago when wire co m nu|ni cation was resumed with those points. The known dead from the storm in this part of the Mouthw(*t tare tfcree and fche fn* j ured r>5. * Quake Felt in Montana. A quake was felt over Northern Montana on Saturday. While no se- ./ rious damage was done, the shock was sufficient to spill articles from shelves in stores, and there was some breakage of glassware. CLAS SIFIED COLUMN Heal bargains in second hand cars, runabouts and touring cars. Mr. Prospect, It is up to you to investigate. E. A. Jenkins Motor Co., Phone 17 73, Columbia, S. C. 1216 * Main. f Matlam Hldon, Scientific Palmist, Clairvoyant and Astrologist. Free test rending by mail. Send birth, date and 6 two-cent stamps. 1S> West 4th street, Charlotte, N. C. Why don't you work for Uncle Sam? Civil Service Manual, which prepares you for the examination. Three volumes (with maps), $3. express prepaid. Sims' Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. We sell your pro|>erty?no matter where located. It cost you nothing if we do not make sale. P. O. Pox I, Orangeburg, S. C. Idve Agents Wanted to Introduce high grade household specialty into every homo. Pig profits. The Carey Co., l>ept. O, Omaha, Neb. Teachers?Write for free booklet, "A Plan," showing how we help vrtn rot o mi iv I/I2WO! punuiuil. X IIUUsands excellent vacancies open, paying $30 to $150 monthly. Schools supplied with teachers. Southern Teachers' Ageacy, Columbia, South Carolina. ORIENTAL RUG COMPANY. 1101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md. We make you handsome and durable Rugs from your old wornout carpet, any size to fit a room or hall. I^et us send yon a priee list; just writ? for one. WHAT IS HOMR 1 WITHOUT MTSIC? I>on't say, "Can't afford an Organ or Piano. We will make you able, granting from one to three years to pay for one. We supply the Sweet Toned, T>nrable Organs And Pianos, at the lowest prices consistent with quality. Write at once for Catalogue, Prices and Terms, to the Old Established MA LONE MUSIC HOUSE, ^ Columbia, S. C. * Reversible Ratchet ifjloo istake in buying this the beat ana only made. Three Ratchets in one, taking re Shank Drills?Long and Short Feed. IONE CHEAPER t ASK FOR PRICE. MB1A SUPPLY CO. Columbia, S.C.