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SPIRIT WRITES Former Mayor oston Tells of Life Beyond the Grave SAW HIS OWN FUNERAL . Ho Describes tlio Oilier Worhl as Doing Most Beautiful, With Birds and Flowers in Profusion?A 1*1 arc Was Given llim to Lire in, and Ho Was llappjr. A man now (load tells tbo sensa tion of death lie expereionced and how he woke up in a spiritual world, what life is like there, and many other ghostly things in "Both Sides of the Veil." a hook published by Sherman French & Co., of Boston. The disembodied person who describes the land beyond the grave is sai;l by the author of the book, one Manning Bobbins, to bo none other than the late (leu. Augustus P. Martin, former mayor of Boston, former police commissioner and former water commissioner of that city lie was one of the best known Boston inns for nearly half a century. (Jon. Martin was a bluff, big-bodied man with nothing ethereal, occult or esoteric about him in the flesh. Miss Bobbins, the author of this remarkable book, was stenographer for the Boston police board for many years and afterward (Jen. Martin's secretary at City Hall. She took down a stenographer reprt of the words purporting to be uttered by spirits through the medium of Mrs. Leonora K. Piper, the celebrated Arlington clairvoyant. The reports made by Miss Robbins were for the Society for Psychical Research. General Martin is nuot ed for many thousand words of spirit utterances in this book. Extracts in which he tells about what he remembers about his own death and the eternal life which is now his own in another sphere are appended. Through living Mrs. Piper, and reported by living Miss Robblns, dead Gen. Martin is quoted as saying . "When 1 first passed out my mind " as cloudy, rather confused. I felt *4s though I was going into space, did not know where, drifting as it were, for a few hours?that was all ?and then T felt as though there was a strong hand grasping me and said to me: "'It's all right; it is all over.' And 1 said, 'What is over?' I could not seem to understand what it all meant, and after a little while, perhaps an hour, possibly an hour or two, oh such a li?ht! You cannot imagine it; cannot conceive what it is like. It is the most brilliant and <*yet the softest moonlight that you -ever saw, and I thought what a /beautiful light it was! And all of a sudden I saw people moving about, il saw their heads, their figures. 'Then they seemed all clad in white, and 1 could not seem to make them out. They were moving in the air. And I said. 'What is this place? Where I am? What am I? What bas happened? It was all such a pu7.7.1 e to me.' "Did you know anything about your funeral at the time?" ""Yes, I knew it," said Gen. Martin, "and saw the body and saw tbe flowers. 1 saw t lie way in which it was laid out. 1 saw?don't you think it looked well? I looked as though I was asleep, don't you think so? And I don't think the face showed suffering?that is, the clay did not show the sufferer, the body itself; but I felt, oh, I was so pleased to be out and away from the atmosphere. I felt so choked and so distressed for breath, and the moment I was released from the imprisoning body then I could breathe perfectly. I felt?I could not describe it to you." "What happened just after you went out, either on this side or on your side?" asked Miss Robbins, who was taking down n shorthand what he was saying while dead, just as she had for years taken his utterances when lie was living. Gen. Martin continued to describe his own death by saying; "You know the actual passing out of the body, there is a little feeline of sort of depression, as it were, and then when I passed out, just as I passed out, I began to feel uplifted. I felt as though the air was filled with perfume, and I was (soaring), rising, rising, rising above my body, until I passed behind simply a veil. It is thin. It blinds your vision. It obstructs the vision for a moment from the earthly world. Then, after we have passed beyond it, why the music, the flowers ,the trees, the birds, the lakes, the rivers, the hills, the gardens, the walks are perfectly magnificent, perfectly magnificent, and nothing in the earthly world hardly can ever correspond to them. "And we are taken up perhaps by a priest, a man that acts in the capacity of what you would understand as a clergyman, and they say This is a state of transition. You will not see the face of the Father for many, many years, but lie will give you strength and power to go hack and see those whom you have left behind/ And the feeling of cstacy it beyond description, and AO spirit that ever returned to earth could begin to describe it for tho undcrstnndiiiK of the mortal mind. "And then I was surrounded by friends, by acquaintances, by old war veterans, by my Intimate friends whom I know, members of my family and all, surrounded by them, welcoming: nie. Why, I felt as though I should bo enveloped by them, the delight was so great, but whou I tried to call to them by name I was at a loss to do so. They bad to tell ine who they were. I knew their faces; not one failed to know me. I knew them and recognized them, but to call them by same, believe me, I could mot. And wh?i 1 tried to uneAk I fonail liut?ail of il l>elng as eiT?rt aad ktfieult Cor me to speak, I f*uad that my thoughts w?re uid?r?t?od, actually were returned to me. Ther? was a perfect commualeatiaa betweea ns. "And then I wns take*?-wauld you believe It If I akauld tell you? I was taken to aa actual maastoa. It would be what you could caN * palace. There is a gardea aad walks about It. It Is divided lato raoina. actual compartments. I was taken to that and (they) said: 'Her? 1* your home; occupy It, llv? In It, have what friends you choose with you, what relatives you choose with you, and as those whom you have left behind follow you, you may welcome them to this home as you may see fit.' "1 went in and looked about me 1 said: 'Wl/?re d/oes this music come from?' I walked througn a corridor and turned In a room at the right and actually walked, without fatigue, without effort; I simply glided in. I saw beautiful pictures upon the walls. 1 saw beautiful flowers that we called In the body palms, growing about me. I heard this beautiful music. 1 stepped along to a window and looked out. and under the window there wero f. 0 young, beautiful faces, all playing ?an orchestra. That was my welcome, that was my serenade, ns It were. And they said: i ins is i Leaven, tills Is thtt spiritual world. Wo greet you.' I went to tlio window, and as I looked out upon the orchestra they each 0110 bowed and waved their hands, and yet the music continued. They were playing upon Instruments, actual instruments, all In harmony, and I never heard anything like It in the earthly world. The music was divine. I said: T would like to go elsewhere.' I bade them good by, as it were?I just saluted them and passed along across the corridor into the opposite side. "I walked about, I felt?it was strange I had no hunger, no thirst, no desire to eat, no dosiro for food, but I am sustained by the conditions of the elements. The conditions of the elements are such that we are fed and sustained and live by them." PETITION TO HE CIRCULATED In Greenville Asking for Dispensary Election. One county on the evo of the session of the legislature is to have a petition circulated for the establishment of the county dispensary system. Tho Piedmont, of Greenville, the county in question, says: "Within the next few days there will be petitions circulated in Greenville by Mr. C. E. Cook requesting the legislature to order an election for tlie establishment of a county dispensary in Greenville. "This .-subject lias been sunken of by advocates of the dispensary system in preference to the present plan for somo time and it is alleged that there is a strong sentiment in favor of the old plan. "The argument that is being used i favor of the dispensary, is the fact that a certain amount of liquors are being bought by citizens of Greenville from outside of the State and that the money spent for this purpose is absolutely of no benefit to the city or county of Greenville, whereas, it is claimed that the establishment of the dispensary would bring in a certaiM amount of revenue for the support of the schools, etc. LEOPARD ATAOKS WOMAN. Assistant Ties Roast's Tail to Rars and Saves Trainer. At New York tho sharp teeth and claws of Clayton, a trained leopard, nearly cost the life of Mrs. Pauline Russello, his trainer, Sunday, but the length and strength of his tail saved her. Clayton was ugly and would not perform. Mrs. Russello proddod him with an iron bar and called to her assistant for aid. In the instant of turning her head to call, tho loop ard leaped. lie boro his mistress to tho ground and stood over her, growling and lashing his tail. II was then tho quick-witted assistant, reaching into the cage, grabbed Clayton's tail, took a double hitch around the bars of the cage with it and res cued Mrs. Russell In safety. The woman was badly torn, and at the hospital It was said that her recovery Is problematic. The attack occurred in private training quarters ? Pointed Paragraphs. People who are superstitious about luck are seldom lucky. Next to weddings and funerals a woman gets the most satisfaction out of religion. TAKING THE CENSUS INTERVIEW WITH THE SLT'ERV1SOH OF THIS DISTRICT. (*<hx1 Mill Wanted Mvorywhore ak Knuiu?iatx>r8 to Ensure au Aceurate and Fair (kiimt "The simple tost which candidate* for enumerators' places will nudergo February 5 does not take away the supervisors' right under the oensua law to designate suitable persons for V ~ J * I " ^ ?uua |iur>i null*, bit 1(1 C)Up?rTl(M)r Of Conaus Kraoat M. UuPro, of tkla district, at his olUce la Columbia, B. G., reoeatly. "It is designated to aid tho supervisors iu tb? exorcise of that discretion and to enable tho Cessus Director 1st ?lligently to use tho power of approval of tho supervisors' designation conferred upon nlm b; law. "It la very woll understood that President Taft, Secretary Nagel, and Census Director Duraad all hold the supervisors responsible for the enumeration. There is no doubt, therefore, that our lirst and most important duly is tho selection of honest, capable and active persons to make tho count. "Tho census will bo take?, not by tho census bureau oflieers or the supervisors, but by tho enumerators. They are tho ones who come in contact with tho people and net th? facts. Unless every single ?numerator does his whole and proper duty there can not bo a correct ceusus. Tliero can not bo anything of greater scientific value to this country thau accurate statistics as tho basis of a study of tho existing conditions retarding our population, agriculture, manufactures, aud mines and quarries. "All persons, unless specifically disqualified, are entitled to apply to take tho test. Only those under 18 years of ago and over 70, and those who have not become citlzons of tho United States, are barred. umerwise, all persons, regardless of sex and political affiliations, are eligiblo. It is left to my judgment whether It is wiso to appoint women in my district. They can do tho work, I have no doubt, especially in certain parts of tho district. There were a good many employed all over the country in the Twelfth census. "The timo for closing the consid oration of applications is January 25. Those received after that date will have to bo ignored. Applications should ho addressed In writing to me at this oflico and not to tho Census Director. I will send inquirer? tho necossary form and instructions concerning it. Afterward I will bond those on tho 'list, prior to tho test, a set of directions for tilling out the tost papers. This will enable everyone to come well prepared. Nothing could be fairer or hotter calculated to insure a satisfactory applicant passing the test "The test itself need not deter anyone. Any persons with common sonso and a common school education can pass it. All It consists of is giving the candidates sample population and agricultural schedules, upon which are to ho written In the proper columns the required details, which are found in printed descriptions, in narrative form, of typical families and farms supposed to he in a district. There will he some instances requiring the exercise of judgment to decido whether a given entry should be made under one column heading or another. You can see how simple and elementary it is. "Tho test will be held all over the country and In every supervisor's district February 5. Thero will be several nlaeos In r?nr?h rHatrlnf taking it. One place would be in sufllclont. It would not hold all the candidates. As supervisor, 1 shall have the direction of all, and the test examination at each, no matter under what official agency it is held, will he that solo and simple ono prescribed by the Census Director. "I am given until February 22 tc rate the papers in a very simple way and to gain an Idea of the quallfl cations of those rated as having pass ed. Next I will forward tho paper of tho successful candidates, witl my recommendations or designations to the Consus Director. He will, 1 ; satisfied that suitable persons hav< been selected, cive his consent ' their appointment, and they will b< commissioned. The middle or lat ter part of March should see every 1 thing settled, and the selected an' - commissioned enumerators will h< - sent more circulars and books of In 1 structlons relatlvo to the lnterpre tatlon or meaning of the questions or 1 the two schedules. "April 15 the Census Army wll move forward In the enumeration "Certainly the Federal census taking Is as necessary and as honor able as jury duty, and, as all good and useful citizens do not hesltat< to respond to the call for such duty I therefore ask the same high-gradt citizenship to come forward and helf me have the census takon accuratelj and expeditiously. "As President Taft has said, th<! pay Is not large but the work It worth doing well, and some day wt HE HAD TO GO ! Taft Fires Pinchol Because He Unmasked < Ballinger in HIS DEAL WITH TRUSTS ? Th? (vhlcl Forwtor ?ud Two StibordlMtAMi DlsmifiHiHl Ikvuu.so Th<*j I Hxpottod Socrstau-y Cttlltagcr'H Cob- | oHm With 1>mI tm Alm?k? I tttTmiMit Co*l IjamIh. k Aa was predloted would bo the f ease whoa bin lottor to Seautor I)ol- ? c lifar r,f I wwvi Vl.?l / Ul l?lOI 1UI I Bnlllngnr'u connection with an un k lawful attempt to donate valuable government coal lands In Alaska to ., a former client, who Is a coal baron, ^ wan road In the senate on Thursday, Clifford Pinchot, chief forester and ^ Intimate frlond of Theodore Roosevelt. was dismissed from the servici of the United States Friday night by o President. Tuft for alleged iusuhor- t< diuatiou, but in reality for exposing * Ballingor's attempt to give away the t people's land to a trust magnate, a Associate Forester Ovierton W. Price, and Assistant Law Oilicer [| Alexander G. Shaw, lMnchot's inline- ^ diate associates in the forestry bu- 0 reau, followed their chief out of ? government employ. g Thoroughly indignant over the ac- ?) Lion of Mr. Pinchot in inducing Sen- * ator Dolllver to read a letter from him in the senate on Thursday, ex- a posing liallinger, President Taft Fri- * day would listen to no advice that a the forester's violation of executive r; orders in writing the letter be over- T looked pending the inquiry soon to h ho undertaken by congress in the b charges against Ballingor. Ho do- a clared the dignity of the office he had ti been chosen by tho people to (111 o was being attacked, and tie would __ bo unfaithful to his trust if he sub- (j mltted longer. Mr. Taft undoubtedly realizes ful- ^ iy what tho dismissal of Forester Pinchot means in a political way. He has been convinced for some time that the "insurgents" and other critics of his administration had enlisted the services of Mr. Pinchot, ^ and practically were defying him to s< separate Pinchot from his olllce. The a' latter's letter of Thursday, few doubt, was written with the direct purpose "of putting it squarely up to n the president." 1 f i The president sought to avoid the threatened war as long as ho could, c< but declared Friday that patients had ceased to be a virtue. He picked up the gauge of battlo thrown down hy Mr. Pinchot by the hand of Senator Dolliver In tlio senate, and with the administration suppor- *" ters, is ready for the fray which is certain to ensue. Political observers in Washington declare that the situation created by Friday's developments is the Q most tense of many years. What the si outcomo will ho no one is willing ir to prophecy, but all admit that U13 consequences will be far reaching in Republican politics. Roosevelt looms up largely as a factor, and it ? can be put down as a certainty that he will side with his friend Pinchot, who he appointod to the office from which he has just been dismissed by the president. TIKI) FIREMAN TO TRACK 5 L In Retail.so lie Would Not Surrender M the Switch Key. pi B! Because Daniel J. Matthews, a w' young fireman of the Central of ? Georgia railway, refused to give four armed negroes a switch key, i 1 ^ d .1 ~ ... ^ 1 it. . iii! >wis imu in 1:0 uuwiiwaru on iiio main lino of the Central roail at the , corner of Hazel and Second streets, 1 Macon, Ga., at an early hour Sunday morning, and now lies in a crltit cal condition at a hospital, being ^ knocked from his perilous position, a few minutes after ho was attacked, c by an east-bound passenger train, j Matthews, after regaining con- c 1 sciousness, stated that ho was tied about the neck so securely that he f could make no outcry. After he c > was tied he states that ho heard 1 j the negroes plotting to wreck a pas- 1 ? sengor train. * . Kills Son and Self. \ At Nashville, Tenn., P. P. Jones, * president and general manager of i ih A ?v..UltnU - iiit; ouuiiiwestern V/Uiiijmny, puuusu- c . org and prominent in tlio Baptist j i church, shot and killed his five-year- a old son and committed suicide. Ho 5 ] is believed to have been temporarily 1 . deranged. ( 1 About this time congress usually ? I gets the notion that if it raises the r * wind to pay the government clerks * , and distributes the usual number of ) public buildings, the country can ) wag along another two years more r In spite of many 18th century laws. i shall all feel proud in the consclousi ness that we had a part, however > humble, In taking this census." Southern States m but rat iyieohl^n^r^ r/ Plumbing saBBCiSaKSI BBSauC^BI colume THE NEW FEItTILIZIUi. dlecoTwry of far-reeohlag laytr im to the farmers ef the *euth Is he lew fertilizer whleh hae heee erfeeted en eie ef the lelaads sear Jherleatoa, S. C. It has leag heee ;iewi that lime hi am eseeatial feed er pleats ef all klade aad that they net whaa It kaa -. ? W ? ?? a. 4 f rem the 11. It k*e aleo km :i?wn that eld wern-eut lands are xtremely deflclent 1b 11m*, aid the! oar, badly-dralne4 lands kare their [me Is a for wtkat hi net aeakle bj ;rowlng crops. Farmers' Bulletin No. 124, U. B )ept. of Agriculture, earn: "All he applications of lime Increased the lelds * The best yields were btained with the lime le the form f carbonate, the Mnely ground eystr shells standing first * * Lisas rith fertilizer was more prefltable han depending upon fertilizer lone." This new fertilizer which present* me in its most usable form Is mad* y a new process ef burning oyster bells and using a burner that ean upply potash. Tli? result Is a klgii rade fertilizer costing the eonsumr only $7.90 per ten. It reclaims 'orn-out lands in a marvelous mauer if applied broadcast two months head of ammonlated goods. It's weetening effects on sour lands Is lmost magical. Charleston freight ates apply on this now fertilizer, he factory is located on Young's aland, S. C., hut all letters should e addressed to E. L. Commins, Sales gent, Meggctts, S. C. Free desorlpve circulars will be seat te any one u request. AN TUBERCULOSIS RE CURMDY coording to Statement Issued bj the Michigan Department of Health, It Can He Cured and Prevented. I, the undersigned, hereby certl j that I have suffered slightly for 3veral years, and endured pains and rlttlng of blood from tuberculosa >r the past year. Having taken th* aastainolnen Remedy for thre*. lonths, I feel myself perfectly weU wo doctors, after careful examlka ons, have pronounced me fully re avered. (Signed) For testimonials and terms, wrlt? .The Siuustamoiurn Remedy Co.,. South Ilange, Mich. L. M. Power, M. D.. In oharge. We will Buy Cow Peas EVERY DAY TILL JULY 16th. uote us with samples for present ilpment, or contract for future ship tents on? MIXED PEAS, STRAIGHT PEAS, IRON PEA8. Hll buy 6 bushels t? a car. N. L. WILLET HEED CO., Augusta, <ia. SAW MILLS taw Mills mounted on wheels, as easily * moved as a mounted Thresher. Short otf Saw Mills mounted on wheels for naw>; it. It. crows-ties, etc. HimiUr miiiu 1th Itachet Steel Head Blocks. All sizes, agio and Double. Hege Log Doam Saw IlIU with all modern conveniences and Ira- I rovements. ALL equal to the bent and sujrlor to the reRt. A Mill for every clnsR of lyers. W rite for circulars, stating what you ant. Manufactured by ALCN IKON WORKS. Wlottoa - Sslem, K C.fR?N ANOCTT.PL Beltlas. Packing, I.aclng. LOMBARD COMPANY. AUGUSTA. OA. Commits Suicide. Despondent over her continued ill lealth, Mrs. C. F. Culclasure, wife f the proprietor of tho Cfreenville ewelry Company, committed suiide Friday night at her home 011 he corner of Main and College itreets, Greenville, by drinking an Mince and a half of carbolic acid. other reason is given for her ash act. other than that she hna I )een brooding over her sickness. Cook's Records Coming. Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar data s on its way to Washington to be >xamined by the National Geogra>hic Society. The documents were j itarted from Copenhagen December 51, and are due in Washington the atter part of the week. Professor lore, Rear Admiral Pillsbury, and Ir. M. W. Hayes, of the Geological lurvey, will examine the papers and nake a report this month. j^fl BUFFALO B We Cover the Requiremi or the La 1 | COLUMBIA SUt V Supply Company OM US r Supplies INIJl ^upplJes 3 i a. s. c. , CLASSIFHEO^GOlUMN ThW* Cir?? All l>lxew<t*w Scmd for fr?# fc?x. Pr#f. W?. Dull*, N?fcr??ka City. Nob. ! " I M PtEltd Cn>a>v ItrKsklre Hegs * 4 lig?r* Beefcs. Breeders. W. It. CHrtsa, Wim, T?scm. The IaImI Beeke 8?sd fer #tir lat* at koeklet d?eerlkiag tkem. Slut ^ oek Btere, Oresgeknrg, S. C. r???i Tree?? Budded aid grafted fr?aa ekelc? varieties. Lowest priori. B?gl? Pecaa Coinpaay, Plttsvlew, Ala. Tehncco Growers Hplradid opportunities ker?. Writ? for particalar?. Tullakoma Tobacco Works, Tullakoma, Team. Hnlevmen?B?st commission offer oa ?artk. New, all retailers, samples. C?at pooket. "Very Profltaakl?," I?wa City, Iowa. "Oh, What I knew about you," "Sh? le my Daley," and 50 other latest son.js with muaic, 1 9c. Money refunded if dissatisfied. L. Lyons, 4 23 lOaet 137 St., New York. Our Jauuury Hook 1,1st is just off the press; oontains reviews of all the latest kooks. Send for copy. Sims' Hook Stor?, Orangeburg, 8. C. For Kale?Milch cows Jersey's, grade Jersey? and Holstelna. All of the best breeding. Registered jersey male calves. M. 11. Sams, Joneevllle, S. C. Wanted to Huy?Hides, Furs, Wool, beeswax, tallow, scrap lroa, cow peas. Writa for prices. Crawford Co., 508-519 Reyaold St., Augusta, Ga. Typewriters?Special low prices oa rebuilt and second-hand machines, all kinds, for fall trade. Writs for price list. General Supply Company, Dept. O, Augusta, Ga. Millions Eat Salted Peanuts?Our penny peanut machines are the greatest money getters known; something new. Can be operated evenings. Terms easy. New England Vending Machine Co., New Havea, Comm. For Sale??Single Comb White Leghorn cockrels and hens. Some fine birds in the lot. Prices rea- ^ sonable. We can please you. Bend us yoor orders. Mt. Airy Poultry Yards, Itidgo Springs, S. ^ C. M. E. Carwile, Prop. Wanted?to sell improved farm lands at $10 to $15 per acre; near The new proposed county seat of McCormick; the new county to be formed from a part of Abbeville, Greenwood and Edgefield counties. A. J. Davis, McCormick, S. C. When medicine fails you, I will take your case. Rheumatism, indigestion, liver, kidney and sexual disorders permanently eradicated by V natural means. Write for literature, confidential, free and interesting. C. Cullen Ilowerton, F. 8., Durham, N. C. Young ladles and girls over 14 yean of age can secure steady and profitable employment and be taught te make cigars. Will be paid while learning, good, cheap board can be secured near the factory. Any girl can make from $6 to $12 per week (some much more) after learning. We need 600 young ladles immediately. Apply to Seidenburg & Co., Opposite Union Depot, Charleston. 8. C. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! While They Last. A limited number of slightly used $05 High Grade Organs for only $58.50. These organs appear near new and are warranted to last a long lifetime. Terms of sale given Ion application. Write for catalogue stating terms desired. This is an op- ^ portunity in a life time to possess a fine organ at about cost. Answer quick, for such bargains don't last long. Address: MAI/ONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, 8. C. Pianos and Organs. It's Imagination that makes people believe they are having fun when they are Just being plain fools. Compliments should be thoroughly Fletcherized before they are swallowed. j ALL BEARING DRILLS tNTt or the Smallest Smitnt to those rgest Carriage Factory TLY CO. Columbia) S. C. ?J r+