Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Attorney at Law. OOXWAY, 8. O. " " 1 1 " You ought to have Kodol handy all the time. Kverybody at noma tln>e? and you can't tell when? han poor ififfeKtlon. duo to many different things, but mostly to eating excessively or eating wrong kind of food. These little attacks of Indigestion are what bring on other ailments, such aa acute indigestion, chronic dyspepsia, and even more serious permanent illness. Kodol Is guaranteed to give relief. Try it today. Sold by all druggists. Karly rising means practically a whole day's work before noon, a consideration that hot weather wakes desirable. Mrs. P. M. Bray, of Columbus, Oa.. says, DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills cured . her of kidney trouble. These pills are antlHoeptlc and relieve pain quickly* Insist upon HeWitt's. Send your name to IC. C. DeWltt & Co., Chicago, for a free trial box. Bold by all druggists. To cause ibe whites id cgva to come to a froth qnickly, a pinch of alt should be added to the eggs whlln hAAllDtf. After washing lamp chimneys rub them with dry salt, which will give a brilliant polish to tho glass. I There Isn't any guess work about Kodol. We do not say to you, that I It may or might cure your dyspepsia I digest your food. Heartburn, sour riflings aro all causod by Indigestion. Kodol fitopa them by digesting all the food you out. A tablespoonful of Kodol digests 2 1-4 pounds of I food. It Is a pleasant, palatable, I liquid combination of natural dl gestivo Juice's and vegetable acids I Sold by all druggists. But for the credulity of some pooI pie they wouldn't believo In thomWL aelvee. Conway 1 if. a c. w 9SO.OOO.OO W i90.OO9.O9 /IN i399.000.00 /k /Jv TOHH i .Ino. C. Splvcjr, D. /R Collins, C. P. Quat- ' OllCK, ^\. ojinrj . j,. T ry and a pioneer In Kastfirn Cjht- ij\ npid progress of our County for AV V has been for tlin upbuilding of vi. With this in view wo extend onnhlo accommodation coiihIhi .solicit the iK'cnuutn of individu HAL. L BUCK, Carihfor. Jgf 1 HOUKY. y. S, C. $ 50 (XX. 10000 50 OfKj 110 (XX) ;iors W. R. I/Oxvin, W. A. .JobjlHOT). Vv ill A Freeman, ut on yearly dcj cbilH, j.ndwc t-olicL BUCK, WIH. 1 FBKKMAN Y ICE PRESIDENT. UASIIIRE HeWitt's Little Early Risers, th" famous littlo liver pills, small, gentle and sure. Sold by all druggists. BeW It t's Kidney and Bladder Pills quickly relieve backache, weak back, pains In the groin, rheumatism, J urinary disorders, etc. Insist on j having HeWitt's Kidney and Bladder J Pills. Send your name to E. C. HeWitt & Co., Chicago, for free trial j box. Bold by all druggists. If you expect to got the original ! Carbollzed Witch Hazel Salve, you must be sure it is HeWitt's Carbollzed Witch Ilazcl Salvo. DeWltt'a Is the oi Iginal-?others are Imitations. It is good for cuts, burns and bruises, and la especially good for piles. Refuse substitutes. Bold by all druggists. LAUNCH CAPSIZES. Collision With Barge Causes Tragedy On Ohio River. A gasoilne launch carrying a pleasure party from a day's outing up the river, capsized off Coal Haven, Ky., on the Ohio River, Sunday night, live of the occupants of the boat drowning. Four others were rescued by river men. The dead are: John and Jacob Hoffman, Albert Elbert and George Franco, nil of Newport, Ky., and an unidentified man. The party of nine left the public landing Sunday evening for a trip up the river. The boat was returning when it struck a barge In the swift current nt Stuart's landing, throwing all the occupants into the water. Defuses to Commute Sentence. Gov. Ansel 1ms refilled to commute the sentence of Lizzie Mack, who was convicted of violating the dispensary law in Orangeburg county and sentenced to pay a fine of flOO of nerve three months in prison. Jefferson Davis's Daughter Dead. At Colorado Springs. Col., Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, died Sunday night at her home, after an illnoflH of six months. 1 THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE | l^^HT RUNN,j^ If von wnnt either* Vlhrn(lnpf Hhuttlo, Rotary Klilllllmir ii t4l?nU'riir.\n.t f / ?J, r, In A.'/ f!.,U I Howlng Mnchluo wrlt/i to THE NEW HOME 8EWIN0 MACHINE COMPANY Orange* Mass. Many sewing machine* are made to sell regardless of quality, but the Sit'H Homo is made to wear. Our guaranty never runs out. Hold l?y authorized denlerw ouly. fOK bALB HV Itt'IUlOL'GIIH /& COLLINS CO., Conway, 0. 0. \ MY5ILH1OUS CRiMfc YOUNG MAN WOUXDBD WHILK HIJRKI'ING IN HIS IIOOM. Upon Returning From m Visit to Fiaueeo, In Awakened in the Kurly Morn hit; by a Pistol Shot. Kurly Thursday morning Kdgar L. Shealey ,n prominent young man of Aiken, was shot in his room, at tho homo of Misses Reynolds and MoGhee, where lie boarded, 011 York street. lie was shot once with a pistol, and the ball entered his thigh unci lodged. Ills wound Is not thought to bo serious, but It Is exceedingly painful. Tho shooting is one of tho greatest mysteries that city has ever known, and tho police, Mr. Shealey, or tho ladies of tho house can offer no satisfactory solution of it. Mr. Shealey Is engaged to bo married and invitations were issued a day or two ago to his wedding to Miss Ruby Coward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas \V. Coward, who reside a short distance from the city o* Aiken. Wednesday night Mr. SJw??tey called upon her, Miss McOhee attended a dance with Mr. William Murray, who also boards there. Miss Reynolds remained at home, but she bail expected to go. when Mr. Bhealey left, and on returning at about 11 o'clock Mr. Shealey called to see her home from the dance, but finding that she did not come to the dance, went on home alone. Miss Reynolds avers that rho left the front door open and a light burning In the hall. When Mr. Shealey arrived at tho house he found the front door looked and no light, in tho hull, lit* 11 r s t rang th*? door boll, and hr he way doing so. ho says ho hoard someone walking in his room up-stalra. He thought, ho says, that it was Miss Reynolds trying to 11 nd a match to striko a light, but Miss Reynolds says it was not sho. Sho did not open tho door, as sho says she loft it open, and sho thought it was someone trying to got out ranee to tho houso. A colorod woman, tho cook, was trooping in tho honso. When Mr. Shoaloy called Miss Reynolds rocognizoil tho voice and got up anil opened tho door. Shoaloy wont to his room and soon after retired. At about a quarter to 1, a pistol shot awoke him, and ho Instantly aroso and wont to the door, which he found closed. Ho called to Miss Reynolds and then felt tho wound for the tlrst time, although blood 011 the bed shows that the wound had been bleeding before he got up. Ho says ho was usleop lying on his hack at tho time. A caroful search of the room revealed nothing. No one was there or could anyone ho found anywhere in the house. The colored woman and Policeman Busch, on his heat, heard the shot. No oiio else heard It. Mr. Rhealey says ho heard no sound after the shot was fired. Mr. Murray and Miss McOhee arrived from tho dance about ! o'clock, soon after tho shot was fired. Tho room door was shut. Tho window opening on a small porch was open, ami he believes that he was shot from the porch. Nothing definite could he found from any tracks. When he came into his room, he noticed that tho window opening on tho porch had been opened, notwithstanding, ho says, that he shut it before leaving. A physician was summoned at once, and he is now resting easily. The ball has not been extracted yet. Some bureau drawers were found open In two down-stairs rooms, but nothing was mlased. Nothing was Interfered with in Rhealey's room. No motive can be n^-cribed for the crime. The shot was flrod from towards his head, ranging down Mr. Shoaloy says ho does not know of an enemy In tho world,. and he is known to be an exceptionally quiet and well-liked young man. If It was committed by a robber, why dli he shoot when Bhealey was asleep, and there being no danger to the robber? The rohlvery theory is not believed generally. But It was someone who wanted to murder him, what was the motive? ILLICIT STILLH ON INCUKAHK. Prohibition Breeding "Moonshine" Plants In Ch'orgln.. Morn Illicit stills wore destroyed In the Htnto of Georgia during the fiscal year Just terminated than were destroyed In Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi a year ago, sayp a message from Atlanta. These statements are taken from the annual report of Revenue Agent Jamot 11. Surber. During tho your Just closed, Surber and his assistants raided and destroyed GUI Btllls In Georgia, 2111 In Alabama, 24 In Florida, and. 10 In Mississippi, a total o( 87 2. A year ago the entire number destroyed was only 4 70. Tho revenue olllccr attributes the Increase to the high price and Increased demand' for whiskey since the prohibition laws began to be passed in the South. The aeranaut acknowledges his wife often gets the best of him when it comes to flying mad. COTION WILT MOKK DANGBROUH THAN TICK BOLL WKKVEL. l'he Cotton Gr?w(i{ I>4nsti7 ?f . 4 South Carolina Threatened With (irout Injury. For tho past few yeara there soouib to have been a noticeable increase In the distribution and prevalence of tho disease known as wilt of cotton. It scums to be gaining foothold in every locality through tho j central and eastern part of the Stato j and is doing inestimable damage, it B?wine, therefore, that it might hoi well to cull the attention of the people to what wilt in and to say something concerning the methods of eliminating It. Every farmer should become acquainted with thin dtsvafo so that ho can be on the lookout for It and know how to combat It lu the future. We have had more Inquiries concerning it this , summer than ever betore, and it seems to be spreading rapidly in some Nations of the Htate. We have had no less than a dozen Inquiries within the last few days concerning It. VV'Ilt Ik a fungus disease. It Is | caused by a minute vegetable organ- I1 Ism?a fungus which gains entrance | into the (loots and stems of the plant ! and grows there parasitieally. The vegetative portion of the fungus ' which is made up of numerous long. | tiny thread-like filaments, growa I through tin* tissue and interferon!1 ! with tin' functions of the plant. Thone tlluinents g^et Into the circulatory i 1 system of the plant and grow togeth- | ; er in such masses in the water ducts' as to cut off the circulation of water j and of an p. When this stage is j reached the cotton plant necessarily i wilts and dies. It is very easy to recognize a plant that is affected with or Is dying from wilt. For aside from the ordinary symptoms which you would suspect where a plant wilts, very marked evidence of the presence of the disease is found in tho stems of the affected plants. If such plants are split open dark streaks will always ho found extending through the woody tissue of tho stem and root. Those streaks are always very pronounced In tho wood Just beneath the hark. Other smaller discolored areas are found all through the roots and stems. These darkened areas are water vessels of tho plant which are filled with and plugged up by the growth of tho fu ngus. The fungus which causes this disease Is more hardy than the cotton plant on which It lives and continues to live and grow after the host plant is dend. It even lives over for several years on dead stalks and in the j soil and remains ready to attack any plants as they conie op. A Held once Infected, then, would remain so for several years. The fact, too, that the fungus which causes the disease lives In the soil and enters through the roots of the cotton makes It hard to fight. None of the given methods of lighting fungus posts, such as spraying, seed treatment, etc., will have any effect on It. Ho we have to resort to other methods. Now, plants like people and and like lower animals, have different tendencies. Some people are healthier or moro resistant than other individuals, name is true of lower animals and true it seems to even n greater extent with plants, Soino varieties of cotton are more resistant to disease than others, and in the same variety some Individual stalks seem inoro real stunt than other individuals. The United Htatos Deportment of Agriculture ho,s mndo nso of thin fact and has set at>out breeding disease resistant varieties of cotton. This has been carried on now for a number of years and they have hod remarkable success. They are not able to give us a variety of cotton whleh Is practically Immune from wilt. In order to help eliminate wilt from the cotton fields of the South and thus save to the farmers the two millions now lost annually from its effect, the l>epartment of Agriculture has made arrangements for distributing seed of these disease resistant varieties among the farmers In the sections which are suffering from wilt. Samples of these seed can be had by writing to the congressman of the various districts or by writing direct to the United States Department of Agriculture at Washlng? ton, D. C. As pointed out abovo this Is the . only method of eliminating the dlsi ease and those who are suffering i from It should not hesltato to secure . and plant the seed of the resistant i varieties in the future. The Dixie A .. .? ? ~ IM11nn A-/, A.AV.AI.1.. tho V.AU? iinu uii* n i \i ^luuaui/ liiv u\-ov \ of these varieties, i Caro should bo taken to prevent . the spread of tho disease. Where :t ' only occurs in one or in a few places on a plantation, every precaution should he taken to keep the unafi fected fields free from the disease. .. Water should not be .allowed to drain > from diseased fields on to land whore ? tho disease has never, occurred,All. plows and other Implements should ho cleansed before taking them out i of a field where tho disease occurrs. Anyono who Is in doubt as to whether his cotton Is affected with COTTON TUMBLES DKCLEVKH OVKIl TWO ROLIaABS A BALM ON FRIDAY. Drtpn Off ob Report of Dr. Huatn That Roll Weevil Iw IiOKS Threatealaff. One of the most remarkable breaks In the history of the New York cotton market occurred Friday as a result of a speclul report on the boll weevil situaton by tho government entomologist, Dr. Hunter. At tho end of the decline, cotton for new crop delivery waa selling at $2 a bale less than tho cloning price of Thursday. The break wan marked by panicky liquidation and excitement seldom equalled except in times of complete demoralization. Within half an hour prices declined fully II i> points and while the market recovered a few points of the loss the close was barely steady, tho general nervousness of mtj iriKif's hukk^uiir a inorougniy | unsettled ptato of Bontlmont. Tho decline was tho culmination j of a gradually increasing lack of con- ' 11 deuce In tho stability of prices, I which nearly reached tho 10-cont lev- j el earlier in the week, when the low I July condition report was received, showing a continuation of hot dry weather In Texas, where tho crop was supposed to he rapidly deteriorating. Hellish interests were disappointed that crop disaster prediction did not create enormous demand for contracts to insure future supplies. The selling movement which started around 12.ST for December early In the week continued in Increasing volume until at the opening Friday morning December was selling at 12.10. Dpon the publication of the boll weevil stntem enti.ni.bt.shrdluhrdll weevil statement, indicating that the pest was less threatening this year than last, liquidation reached recordbreaking proportions and the decline was not checked until December contracts had sold at 11.91?47 {mints below the closing figures of the previous night, and 9G points (14.7.1 per bale) below the high record of last Tuesday. There was a alight recovery later, with December Closing 12.05 Did, a net loas of 04 points for tho day. Humors of rains in Texas were denied and bulls pointed out that the conditions which have restricted the ravages of the boll weevil have also been very unfavorable to the plant In the Southwest. But It 1h believed that a strong bear clique has been rorinoo under tli?? leadership of Theodore H. Price and that thin clique exerted n strong Influence on the day's market in the immediate situation. PREACHER KOI TS HI RGLAK. Hoanoko Minister Overcomes Man Armed With Hatchet and Knife. When the Rev. W. H. II. Joyce, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, at Roanoke, Va., entered that edifice Thursday to go into his study ho met a burglar who attacked him with a hatchet. The burglar aimed a blow at the minister's head in an effort to brain him, but Joyce, who is an athlete of powerful build, warded off tho blow and in a desperate struggle got possession of the hatchet. The burglar then drew a largo knife, but the minister forced him to a door. Tho burglar dashed Into tho street and tho Rev. Mr. Joyce chased him several blocks. The fleeing man dropped a poeketbooh containing n card that bore tho words "I>an Rice, aged 2 2 ye^rs." CHANGE IN GERMAN CAW.VKT. Von llothmun Hoil we# Become* Chancellor of the Empire. A dispatch from Berlin says I)r Von Hothman-Hollweg has been appointed Chancellor of the 10moire in succession to Prince Von Huelow. Various other cabinet changes are gazetted. Herr Delbmeck of the Interior Department, succeeds Dr. Von Bothman-Holiweg as minister of th? interior and vice chancellor* Keinbold Sydow, secretary of the Imperial treasury, go?>s to the Depai*ment of Comrao.'co, Herr Wermuth. the under secretary for the interior becomes secretary of treasury, and Ludwig Holle, Prussian minister of Public Instruction, retires on account of 111 health and Is succeeded by Von Trott Zu Sol*. the disease or not should durlnc the growing season twnd speclmena of thn suspected cases to tho Divlson of Botany of tho South Caraollua Experiment Station for examination and identification. Wo aro always glad to receive such specimens and to get in touch with the people who aro suffering looses from thi9 and other diseases. We keep on hand franked tags for usqk in, sending in diseased specimens and will gladly send som? of these to anyone who desiro to send any kind of plant disease for examination and investigation. H. W. BARRE, | Botanist, 9. C. Expt. Sta. DIVORCE LAWS Scored by Cardinal Gibbons In an Interview j COMMENDS THE LAWS In 8?nlk Carolina nml Cumuli*-, and 54ay? Family Lifo in Them (Jan Bo F avoruhly Compared Wrtta Family Life in Slates Wlicfo II I* Ko*y to Obtjiin Divorces. Cardinal Gibbons, in an interview at Flailirnoro 011 Wednesday replied to remarks of former Supreme Court Justice Henry 11. Brown on the subject of divorce before the Maryland Bar Association at Old Point Couifort last week. The Cardinal said: "Justice Brown has taken exception to iny views, on divorce and remarriage. lie is reported to referred to the founder >t the Christian religion as an 'Idealist/ whoss sentiments, while suitable to less favored times and circumstances, are not adapted to this enlightened age. The learned Jurist, will permit mc to say that the teachings of Clu 1st hovt? been the basis of all Christian legislation for nearly 2,()00 years, and cob tinue to be the light and guide of millions of souls. And there In no subject which ho treats mmn FnMw and clearly than the question of marriage, foundation stone of our family and social life. "In throe of the gospels he proclalniH tho unity of marriage and permits separation of a married couple only In the cause of adultry. I do not see why a law which ban been enforced and cordially accepted is* every ago and country where Christianity dominates, should ho considered obsolete or Impracticable In tht? United States. "The multiplication of divorces," the Cardinal continued, "is largely ascribed by some writers not to our divorce laws, but to tho eager and reckless manner In which ministers of CJod officiate at marriage services. Btyt are not these persons confound Ing cause for effect? Divorces ur?v multiplied not by ministers, who 'willingly assist in 111 assorted inar. rages, but because loose legislation on matrimony renders it easy for married parties to annual the mar riago bond. "If tho civil laws of all our State.wore as strict as they are in South Carolina and Canada, tho person* contemplating marriage would seriously and respectfully reflect; tbey would study each others disposition and temperament before engaging in a contract which would bind ttaein for life. And certainly tho peace and good order in the family life in South Carolina and Canada can bo favorably compared with the domestic conditions existing in those States where divorces can be easily obtained." PISSKVKlov iv ?.* I 111 ItVjllk I Pastor Not Allowed in Hie Own Chnrch. Dissension lu the Second United Presbyterian church, of New York city, which led ita pastor. the llcv. Dr. J. Howard Tate, to have two policemen stAtioned there during service* two weeks ago, has become 90 grave that Dr. Tnto was barred out of the structure twice. Hack of tho Hoard of Trustees' action in looking tho church against the clergyman lies a story In which his nephew, Paul Tate, formely organist there, and a young woman singer in the choir figure. The payment of $500 for the suppression of a scandal affecting members of the c.hurch is another feature of the story. Accompanied by his wife, tho pastor went to the church at ten o'clock in the morning, and at eight o'clock iu the evening prepared to hold services. On *?ich visit he found the doors locked, while on the front door was a placard, which read: "No services today. Church closed by order of the Hoard of Trustees." TWO HA CI No AUTO WKKCKRD. Mishap Mars Practice for Speed Contest at Rome. While practicing Monday afternoon in the automobile races to be run at Homo, Oa., two Chattanooga entries left the track and were wrecked. Driver McKenney and Mechanican Simpson, of a Mitchell car. - . ""IS narrow escapes from d?sath. The Mitchell car Jumped the trad* ou a curve nn<l crashed through a fence, McKenney being thrown twonty-flve feet. Slmpaon was thrown out on his hoad on the track, but hip inlured are not soriou?. A Maxwell car, driven by W. A. Witt, broko. the front axle a curve, tho car dashed up an embankment, cranked through a fence and mado a flfteeufoot leap into a swamp. Witt Jumped and was unhurt. A hank is not a very interesting place to the man who has not much principal. *