Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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» • 'i I / Sr, :■ i<' jeiisc 1 1 ') a Si loe ^1 fOfiff£0 MO G4*£7&/?JP£SS*ZZ/: The old woman who lived in a shoe had her troubles. The men who livf during their working hours in Barry Shoes have no troubles—so far as their feet are concerned. We are recommending Barry Shoes to our customers because they represent a wide vari ety of the very latest styles, made up by Union labor of materials which are not ex celled by those used in any shoe we know of. That is enough for us and that will be enough for you, if you will give the shoes a chance. Give them chance right now. DEMOCRATS ELECTING HOUSE LEADER. MEET IN CAUCUS TODAY TO CHOOSE WILLIAMS' SUCCESSOR The CARROLL & BYERS_ 804 Limestan* St. CaHney, South Carolina New Citizens for Georgia. Home, Ga. ( Dec. 3.—Several cai loads of immigrants or homeseekers from the spates of Indiana, Ohio anc Illinois passed through Rome yester day over the Southern. They are bound for various points in Georgia and Florida, where they expect to set tie. Several more of these parties from the same sections are expected to pass through here the latter pari of the week. m- Eat all the good food you like. 1 Quit dieting. You don’t have to diet ^ to cure dyspepsia. In fact you can R. not cure dyspepsia or indigestion that way, but rather you must add strength to the weak stomach by taking something that will digest the food which the stomach can not digest. Kodol is the only thing known today that will do this, for Kodol is made of natural digestive juices found in a healthy stomach, - and it digests all food completely. w Kodol is pleasant to take, and is guaranteed to give relief in any case of stomach trouble. Sold by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. Every unkind treatment to the cow poisons the milk—even talking un kindly to her. More people are taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy every year. It Is considered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder trou bles that medical science can devise. Foley’s Kidney Remedy corrects irre gularities, builds up worn out tissues and restores lost vitality. It will make you feel well and look well. Cherokee Drug Co. Don’t kick unless your feet are well protected. Every case of backache, weak back, bladder inflammation and rheumatic pains is dangerous if neglected, for such troubles are nearly always due to weak kidneys. Take DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are antiseptic and soothe pain quickly. Insist upon DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. Regular size 50c. Sold here by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. It takes stock manipulators to transform water into money. Foley’s Orino Laxative cures chronic constipation and stimulates the liver. Orino regulates the bowels so they will act naturally and you do not have to take purgatives con tinuously. Cherokee Drug Co. With some people money is an ef fective substitute for brains. V Kodol for Dyspepsia, indigestion, weak stomach, sour stomach, gas on the stomach, etc., is a combination of the natural digestive juices found Min a healthy stomach with necessary vegetable acids, and is the only thing known today that will complete ly digest all kinds of food under any condition. It is guaranteed to give prompt relief from any form of stomach trouble. Take Kodol and be convinced. It will cure your dyspep sia. Sold by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. Mitchell Sentenced Twelve Months on Chaingang. Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 7.—W. H. Mitchell, alderman and former county treasurer, of Thomasville, was Satur day found guilty of the charge of as sault and battery, on his former ward, Miss Lucile Linton, who was his wife’s most intimate friend. The verdict was returned by the jury after an all- night session, and was received by the defendant with little show of emo tion. Mr. Mitchell immediately arose and said: "I am not guilty of this crime. 1 have lived two-score and ten years and have conducted myself as 1 thought honest, and honorable. The rest of the time that God allows wil! be spent in living down this verdict and prove to the world that this ver diet is wrong. I will give my ‘whole life to this alone.” Mr. Mitchell is the son of the late T. C. Mitchell, the founder of Thom aeville. The elder Mitchell was a mil llonaire. Miss Linton is the daughter of the late Jack Linton, who wm also wealthy Booming Southland. Washington, Dec. 7.—To proclaim to the world the advantages of the south as a place in which to live and to do business is the object of the southern commercial congress, which began a two days' session here today With that end in view every commer dal body in fourteen southern states has sent delegates here to take part in the congress. The delegates were welcomed to Washington by Secretary of Com- meree and Labor Straus, presiding officer of the first sesslonfl who is Georgian by birth. Grouped around Mr Straus on the platform were gov eraors, senators and other representa lives of the southern states and fbr eigne diplomats. The last named are evincing great interest in the south as a field for immigration. Taft With Tar Heels. New York. Dec. 7.—President Elect Taft the guest of honor at the din ner here tonight of the North Caro lina society of this city. He promts ed to attend'and deliver an address on a topic of interest and importance to the south. The subject of Judge Taft’s speech the tariff in its relation to the indus tries of the southern states. Washington, Dec. 5.—When the bouse of representatives assembles Mat Monday for the second session of the Sixtieth congress the Democrat ic members of the house will have a ®ew leader. For the purpose of elect ing the man who will lead the oppo- eltlon to the Republican rule in the bouse the Democratic representatives gathered in caucus here today. The retiring leader is John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, who has held hie unofficial position in the Fifty- eighth, Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth con- S « Learn to paddle your own canoe- if you can’t afford a motor boat. ► A Personal Appeal. If we could talk to you personally about the great merit of Foley’s Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds ana mng trouble, you never could be induced to experiment with unknown prepara tions that may contain some harmful drugs. Foley’s Honey and Tar costs you no more and has a record of forty years of cures. Cherokee Drug Company. Another Death by Feud. Trague, Tenn., f>ec.' 7.—A feud of years’ standing is believed to be re sponsible for the killing yesterday of Dr. Cullen M. Collangen, a physician of this place, who wai* found on the railroad tracks near his home. Sam, Gus and Jeff Moody, brothers, are under arrest charged with the kill ing, and Levi Jackson is charged with being an accessory. I —Our Grip Tablets and Nature's Cough Remedy taken together mill cure any case of la grippe or money i refunded. The Cough Remedy Is BO cents and the Grip Tablets 25 cents. Try them on our Iron clad guarantee. Gaffney Drug Co. h £ —Solid gold eye glasses $5, at Gaff ney Drug Co.’s store. Byes tested without charge. Engineer Reppard Killed in Wreck. Statesboro, Ga., Dec. 7.—Engine No. 2, on the Savannah, Augusta and Northern railway, on its trip from Garfield to Statesboro this morning, jumped the track 17 miles from here, and Bngineer A. A. Reppard, when IIm engine turned pver, was caught under the boiler ai^d died in a few minutes. Nearly everybody; knows DeWitt's Little Barly Risers are tye best pills made. They are smhll, pleasant, sure Little Liver Pills. Bold by 8. B. Craw ley Drug Co. i CHAMP CLARK. greases. Ijast June Mr. Williams an nounced his resignation, to take ef fect Dec. 1. Since then he has been elected senator from Mississippi to succeed the Hon. H. D. Money, whose term will expire in 1911. It is gener ally believed that he could retain the leadership for two years more, but he prefers to retire at this time. The man who is mentioned most prominently as the successor of Mr. Williams is Champ Clark, who repre sents the Ninth Missouri district and Is well known throughout the country as a writer and speaker. Mr. Clark adds to long experience in the house a reputation as a forcible debater. He is very popular among the Democrat ic representatives. TO PAY TRIBUTE TO GROVER CLEVELAND. LIFE INSURANCE PRESIDENTS TO HONOR HI3 MEMORY TODAY. New York, D3C. 4.—The first day’s proceedings of the second annual meeting of the Association of Life in surance Presidents, to be held here today and tomorrow, will be devoted to the memory of the late Grover Cleveland, who was the first chairman of the association. Today’s tribute to Mr. Cleveland will be the first memo rial exercise to be held for him. The presidents and other executive officers of life insurance companies from all over the United States and Canada and many insurance officials and policy holders gatht^ed here to day to attend the exercises. Address es will be made by Paul Morton, pres ident of the Equitable Life Assurance society and former secretary of the navy, and Dr. John H. Finley, presi dent of the City college. Letters of tribute will be read from Adlai E. Stevenson, vice president in Mt. Cleveland’s second administra tion, and from several surviving cabi net officers, including Governor Elect Harmon, of Ohio, Hilary A. Herbert of Washington and Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia. The remainder of the annual meet ing will be an insurance taxation re form conference, at which addresses will be made by Robert L. Cox, gen eral counsel and manager of the as sociation, who was a member of the lArmstrong insurance investigation committee, and others. Meet to Discus* State of Farm Life. Responses Today in Many States to President’s Invitation. Washington, Dec. 5.—Reports reach- i*g here today from all parts of the Doited States indicate that numerous responses have been made to Presi dent Roosevelt's recent invitation tc the farmers and others interested in rural life to meet today to discuss the movement to better the life of the Banner and his family. According to the plans of the presi- dent, today’s meetings include not alone farmers, but also, in his own words, “all those who live in the open country and are intimately connected with those who do farm work—minis ters, schoolteachers, editors of coun try papers—in short, all men and wo men whose Hfe work is done either on the farm or in connection with the life work of those who are on the farm.” In his letter to Chairman L. H. Bailey, of the country life commission the president suggested that the sehooHiouses would be the natural and proper meeting places for the pro posed gatherings. Their object, he declared, should be the discussion oi •uch topics as “The Efficiency of the Rural Schools,” “Farmers’ Organise lions," “The Question of Farm Labor,*• “The Need of Good Roads,” “Improv ed Postal Facilities,’’ “Sanitary Con ditions on the Farm,” etc. Mrs. Dillard Hurled to Death. Odessadale, Ga., Dec. 5.—Mrs. Ben Dillard was thrown from a buggy in which she and her sister, Mrs. Nea) Harman, were riding, Thursday after noon about 3:30 o’clock, and received a serious wound on the head, from Which she died in a few hours, hav ing never regained consciousness. She leaves a husband and three Httle children. She wae a sister of Dr. Clarence Johnson, of Atlanta, and has saveral sisters and brothers in south Georgia. Mrs. Dillard was the wile of H. B. Dillard, who lives near Odensadale, and the daughter of the late J. T. Johnson, for many years cashier with the LaGrange Banking and Trust Company of this city. Wrecked by Defective Switch. Little Rock, Ark., Dec 5.—Passen ger train No. 43, on the Rock Island railroad, while running at a high rate of speed n$ar Keer’s station. It miles eaat of this city, split a switch at that point, derailing tha engine, bag gage and express oar, combination smoker and one chair ear. Two train man wars killed sod two offkaaa in* Jured. ' Good Roads Convention. Atlanta, Dec. 4.—Good roads, mo-e of them, how to get them and how to ke^p them in repair, held the atten tion of the delegates to the Sooth 'rn Road Congress, which met in Ath nta for a two days’ session. The congress was opened by lov- ernor Smith in a speech in whk he •poke of Georgia’s activity in b ‘half of goocl roads and how ah* hoped to, secure the extension of roads through the rural communities by means of convict labor. HOUSE AND SENATE MEET. SEpOND SESSION OF SIXTIETH CONGRESS OPENS TODAY. AS- 1 8EMBLE AND ADJOURN. Washington, Dec. 7.—As the hands of the clock in the hall of representa tives in the national capitol converged r.t noon today Representative Joseph r.. Cannon of Illinois let fall the gavel and announced in his usual short, sharp tones that the members of the house would come to order. While this scene was being acted in one emi of the capitol another very similar, but on a much smaller scale took place at the other end at the same minute as the senate was summoned to public business by the voice of Vice President Fairbanks. Following the divine invocation in the two houses there were the usu:u scenes of the swearing in of new members, escorted up to the scats of the presiding officers by their col leagues. As the present session is the second session of the Sixtieth congress, no organization was neces sary, Speaker Cannon retaining his authority by virtue of his former elec tion and Mr. Fairbanks as ex officio presiding officer of the senate. The only changes that will be made are those in the committees, made neces sary by deaths and resignations. Today’s session \ as very short. After the absolutely necessary busi ness was transacted the two houses adjourned for the day in order to pay proper tribute to the memory of the late Senator Allison of Iowa. His successor, Albert B. Cummins, was sworn in today. , The Mission Of those corpuscles In your Wood that have been called Little Soldiers," is to # lght for you against the disease germs that constantly endanger your health. These corpuscles are made healthy and strong by the use of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. This medicine is a combination of more than 20 different remedial agents in proportions and by a process known only to ourselves and it has for thirty years been constantly proving its worth. No substitute, none “just-as-good.” Safe Blowers Get $14,000. Pepperell, Mass., Doc. 3.—Although the police of every city and town with in a radius of 50 miles were keeping a sharp outlook yesterday fpr trace* of the 5 burglars who early yesterday blew open the safe of the First Na tional Bank here and escaped with $14 ,000 in cash, no clue to the iden ty or whereabouts of the safe blowers has been discovered. DeWitts’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve has many imitators. There is one original, and the name DeWitt is on every box. Best salve for burns, scratches and hurts. It is es pecially good for piles. Sold by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. By looking for little faults in oth ers, a man manages to overlook a lot of big ones in himself. Effort For State Wide Prohibition in South Carolina. Columbia. S. C., DeC 4.—A meeting of prohibitionists was held here in the senate chamber behind closed doors. It was decided at the meeting to advocate in both branches of the general assembly a state-wide prohi bition ticket. Another Victim of Mad Dog Bite. Molena, Ga., Dec 4.—Zeke Owen, a prominent farmer and a highly re- epected citizen of Meriwether county, died near this place early this morn ing from hydrophobia. Tariff Hearing Extended to Dec. 10. Washington. Dec. 4.—The house committee on ways and means today decided to continue the tariff hear ings until December 19. Municipal Control in Americue, Ga. Americus, Ga., Dec. 4.—J. B. Felder for mayor and the success of the citi zens’ ticket in the ahiermanic contest the result of the hotly contested mu nicipal election in Americus yester day. The success of the citizens' al- dermanlc ticket insures munloipal control of public utilities, the para mount issue in the election. A Most 'Valuable Agent. The glycerine employed in Dr. Fierce’s medicines greatly enhances the medicinal properties which it extracts *roin native medicinal roots and holds in solution much better than alcohol would. It also possesses medicinal properties of its own, being a valuable demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and antiferment. It adds greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry- bark, Blood root. Golden Seal root, Stone root and Queen’s root, contained in "Golden Medical Discovery’’in subduing chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial, throat and lung affections, for all of which these agents are recommended by stand ard medical authorities. In all cases where there is a wasting away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak stomaiffi, as in the early stages of con- sumtftipn, there can be no doubt that gly cerine/acts as a valuable nutritive and aids she Golden Seal root. Stone root, Queenls roht and Black Cherrybark in S romoUng digestion and building up the esh antflstrength, controlling the cough and bringing about a healthy condition of the while system. Of course, it must not be ewiccted to work miracles. It will not curekfonsumption except in its earlier stages. It Will Ptirq very Revere. nh^U Date, hang ■ClilMqiWdiir-ffiJdn . ii.M 1 FI fiTiSM*.! nrrti ivrwrrr. pq iirm niil <4K"]Hrs anq laryqgoal troubles, snq fjironiC Sore tHfUfrt with hoarseness, in acute coughs It Isbot so eiiecttve. ■ iris in the lingering hang-on coughs, or those of long standing, even when accompanied by bleeding from lungs, that it has performed its most marvelous cures. Prof. Finley Kllingwood, M. D., of Ben nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly cerine: •In dyspeps! a It serves an excellent purpose, Holding s fixed quantity of the peroxide of hydrogen In solution. It Is one of the best manufactured products of the prest nt time in Its action upon enfeebled, disordered stom achs, especially If them la ulceration or ca tarrhs! gastritis (catarrhal Inflammation of stomach), it Is a most efficient preparation. Glycerine will relieve many cases of pyroslt (heartburn) and excessive gastric (stomach) acidity.’’ "Golden Medical Discovery" enriches and purifies the blood curing blotchc*. nlmpK-s. eruptions, scrofulous swellings and old sores, or ulcers. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, If. Y N for free booklet telling all about the native Oklahoma Dry as a Desert. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 4.—Governor Haskell last night issued a proclama tion declaring that the state dispen sary system had been abolished by the vote at the recent election, which leaves the citizens of Oklahoma with out any lawful means to purchase in side the state liquor for medicinal purposes. This situation will contin ue until the people or the legislature provide some scheme for the sale of liquor for medicinal purposes. Governor Haskell will leave to the courts the question whether or not the law permitting the sale of alcohol for scientific purposes and denatured al cohol for industrial purposes and es tablishing a depository for confiscated liquors, was repealed. If not, the of fice of state dispensary superinten dent, held by R. E. Lozier, will be continued for the purpose named. The majority against the dispensary was 16,000. Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar, as It soothes inflam ed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. Cherokee Drug Co. —Don’t forget the diamond ring given away at Gaffney Jewelry Co. —A Diamond ring worth $35 to give away at Gaffney Jewelry Co. Greater Atlanta Monday, Jan. 4, 1909. Atlanta, Dec. 4.—Robert F. Maddox will be the first mayor to rule over "Greater Atlanta.” He will take the oath of office on Monday, January 4, 1909. At that time “Greater Atlanta,” consisting of the present Atlanta and the territory that has been annexed by a charter amendment, will make Its bow to the world with “Bob” Mad dox as its chief executive, a man who will undoubtedly give to the oky one of the cleanest, brightest and most progressive administrations that has been known since Marthasville devel oped into a southern metropolis. Trial Carmack Murderers Postponed Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 3.—On appli cation by the defense, the trial oi Colonel Duncan B. Cooper, Robin Cooper and ex-Sheriff John D. Sharp Indicted for the murder of formei United States Senator E. W. Carmack has been postponed until the January term of court. The case had been set for trial December 8. Mrs. McRaney’s Experience. Mrs. M. McRaney, Prentiss, Miss., writes: “I was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated by two physicians but failed to get re lief. No human tongue can tell how I suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. Af ter taking two bottles I felt like a new person, and feel It my duly to tell suffering women what Foley’s Kidney Remedy did for me.” Chero kee Drug Co. The average woman doesn’t seem to have any use for a pretty man. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup stops the cough by allaying inflam mation of the throat and lungs, and It drives the cold from the system by gently moving the bowels. Children like it for it'tastes, nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold by S. B. Crawley Drug Co. Many a man looks for work only where he is reasonably sure of not finding it. Guilty of Counterfeiting. Passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting some un known worthless remedy for Folney’s Honey and Tar, the great cough and cold remedy that cures the most ob stinate coughs and heals the lungs. Cherokee Drug Co. —Delicious, satisfying, nourishing Old Homestead Chocolatea. Sold in 1-2 lb. boxes 26c, 60c por pound box. Made to eat—not to keep. -’Phone ns for a trial box. Gaffney Drug Go. —Most popular little girl gets the doll. Gaffney Jewelry Co. —Nature’s Cough Remedy made and sold by the Gaffney Drug Co. Every bottle guaranteed to produce a complete cure or money refunded. —A beautiful doll to be given away by Gaffney Jewelry Co. 17 Gents a Day Buys an Oliver This amazing offer—the New Model Oliver Typewriter No 5 at 17 cents a day -Is open to everyoody, everywhere. It'sour new and immensely popular plan of selling Oil ver Typewriters on little easy pay ments. The abandonment of longhand In favor of clean, legible, beautiful typewhit- ing Is the next great step In human progress. Already—in all lines of business and all professions—the use of pen ^nd Ink is largely restricted ts the writing of signatur es. Business Colleges and High Schools, watch- fu f the trend of public sentiment, are training a vast army of young people In the use of Oliver Typewriters. The prompt and generous response of the Oliver Ty pewr ler Company to the world-wide demand for universal type writing, gives tre mendous impetus to the movement. The Oliver, with the largest ssie ef .nv Typewriter in existence, wiis the loark . tia- chme to take the initiative in bringing about the universol use of typewriters. It always leads! Save Your Pennies and Own OLIVER TjfoetArrH&r The Standard Visible Typewriter This 17-cents-a-day selling plan makes the Oliver us easy to own as to rent. It places the machine in easy reach of every home— every Individual. A man's “cigar money’’— a woman’s “pin money’’—will buy it. Clerics on small salaries can now afford to own Olivers. By utilizing spare moments for practice they may fit themselves for more important positions. School hoys and school girls can buy Oli vers by saving their pennies. You ean buy an Oliver on this plan at the regular catalogue price—1100. A small first payment brings the machine. Then you save 17 cents a day and pay mouth'y. And the possession of an Oliver Ty pewrlter enables you 10 earn money to finish paying fur the machine. Advantages Service Possibilities The Oliver Is the most highly perfected typewriter on the mar ket—hence Its 100 per sent, efficiency. Among its sources of conveniences are: the aslsnoe Shift the Ruling Device the Double fteleaee the Locomotive Dose the Automatic Spacer the Automatlo Tabu lator the Disappearing In dicator tha Adjuotabla Roper Fingaro the SolontMo Con- donsod Keyboard The O’1 ver Type writer tu r ns out more work, of better quality and greater variety than any other writing ma chine. Simplicity, strength. **hm- of op eration and visibility are’the cornerstones of its towering su premacy in Correepondenoe Card Index Work Tabulated Reports Follow-up Syotams Manifolding Sorvieo Addrooalng Envoi- OPAS Working ou Ruled Forms Cutting Mimeo graph Stencils Con you spend 17 oonto a day to hotter ad vantage than In tha purohase of this wonder ful machine T Write for Special Easy Puvmnnt Proposi tion or see the nearest Oliver Agent. The OHvei\T ypewriter Co. Oliver Typewriter BMg., Chicago, 111. Nov-« 27t Dre So He Griffith, EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Office Over Gaffney Drug Go's. Store Hoore:—9 to la A. M.—a to 5 P. M. rxk- 1 .-J