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MR. W. J. ROLLINS Falls Over Dead After an Argument 'With Magistrate L. H. Peebles. Lucknow, July/ 6.-Mr. W. J. Rol? lins died instanly today about 12 o'clock, death resulting from heart failure. It seems the cause was from a dispute between he and L. H. Pee bles, magistrate, this morning while working on a ditch in the street Some of the citizens agreed to clean the ditch and Rollins was overseeing the work. Peebles decided he would help and secured a hoe and worked with the rest of the crowd. Some time, about an hour before they quit Peebles made a suggestion as to how he thought the ditch should be dug and asked Rollins to hand him the shovel which Rollins did, Peebles showing Rollins his idea of how the ' ditch should be dug. Rollins said he would not have it that way and that it should be finished as started. Pee? bles got offended at Rollins for the manner in which he spoke, and left ? without further words. About 12 o'clock Rollins started for a bucket of water at a well which he and all used out of and was obliged to pass Peebles' house. Peebles was on his porch and Rollins stopped and told ^Peebles he had come to tell him about the ditch and commenced to explain himself, in the way he spoke to Peebles. Peebles being mad already, Ordered him to get away from his place. Rollins was standing on the sidewalk, talking to Peebles. Then fcRoIins went on to the well talking back td Peebles but did not curse, while Peebles used strong language to him. When at the well but a few minutes Rollins fell and died in? stantly. Rollins leaves a wife and many ^.friends to survive him. ?The pills that act as a tonic, and not as a drastic purge, are Dewitt's Little Early Risers. They cure head? ache, constipation, biliousness, etc. Early Risers are small, easy to take i and easy to act-a safe pill. Mack hamilton, hotel clerk at Valley City, K. D., says: "Two bottles of these fa? mous little pills cured me of chronic constipation." Good for children or adults. Sold by all drugggists. . BIG POLICEMAN Fell in Love With the Girl Babe and May Adopt lt. Anderson, Ind., July 6J-When John Collins, Sr., aged 65, a Big Four Rail? way flagman,- went to his home to night he found in a small market basket on his doorstep a pretty blue eyed girl about 2 months old. It was carefully wraped in a cheap, but clean bathrobe of an adult, and was peacefully sleeping. The police were called, but got no trace of the mother. Patrolman Neill fell in love with the ^Mttle miss, took her to his home and may adopt the child. So Tired it may be from overwork, bot the chances are its from an in? active LIVER._-?*. With a well conducted LIVER coe can do mountains of labor without fatigue. lt adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. ft can be kept in healthful action by, and only by TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. .m CMlc??STEft S fcNGUSH f?B?YR??AL PILLS *V*S%tZ\BAFE. Alw.r^ rc.ukt.ie. Ladlee uk Drwriit for CHICHESTER.** ENGLISH in K^D an-l Gold rueulHc bot??. s*?le<i ??ti UM ribbon. Tukt-noothrr. Refuge "ox**ron? Sub.tiiu'Jo.T? and Imita? tion*. Bur of 7?or f>mcKi?i. or ??n<2 4*. ic "T.v\>r.r. r*****"!***. Te.tlmoni.1. Md "Keller for Ladle*,-' in lett*-, OT RE. tura Muli. 1 ?>.<??>? r-.timoo.ai?. SMdbt *n Dr?*:??. i-hi.S^tori JieaieBiO?.', r.*. ? - - *.*. i?4 Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach. For many years it has been supposed that Catarrh of the Stomach caused indigestion and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the opposite. Indigestion causes catarrh. Re? peated attacks of Indigestion inflames the mucous membranes lining the stomach and exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus? ing the glands to secrete mucin instead of the juices of natural digestion. This is called Catarrh of the Stomach. Kotta! Dyspepsia Cure relieves all inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the stomach, protects the nerves, and cures bad breath, sour risings, ?sense of fullness after eating, indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles. Kodol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Sweet. Bettles orly. Reguiar size. $ 1 .CO. holding 2 vi times the trial size, which sells for 50 cents, prepared by E. C. DeWITT Sc CO.. Chicago, UL For Sale by all Druggists. Land Surveying I will give prompt attention to all call? for surveying, platting:, terracing hill ?ide? draining bottoms, drawing Mortgage* Title?, Probating. ?fcc. BANKS H. BOYKIN. D. S., Oct 19-o Catchall, S. C. TILLMAN AT GREENVILLE. A Talk to Farmers on Farm Topics With a Touch on the Dispensary. j Greenville, July 4.-The big gun of j Greenville's Glorious Fourth celebra? tion did not explode with anything ? like so much noise as the same gun has made on other occasions. It was -for Ben Tillman-a tame speech that he made today. There were flashes of the old Tillman fire but these shots were good humored and rather harmless. The celebration was a great success. There were from 4,000 to 5,000 per? sons at the grounds of the Piedmont Fair Association, and at least 2,000 of these attended the speaking. The stand had been erected on the slope of a hill in a magnificent grove on the old Perry place and seats were ar? ranged on the sides of the hill. All the arrangements were excellent ex? cept that the reporters had no table and the eloquence dispensed might have gone unrecorded had not Sena? tor Tillman insisted upon turning over to the newspaped men the table in? tended for the use of the speakers. The senator was introduced by Mr. R. Mays Cleveland, who presided in the absence of the county chairman of the Cotton Growers' Association, Mr. H. B. Tindal, who was sick. Mr. Cleveland, one of the best farmers and most substantial citizens of Greenville county, has been active in organizing the cotton growers and is on the state executive committee. : Two unequivocal assertions were made in Senator Tillman's speech; the rest was indefinite. He damned the Southern Cotton Association with faint praise; he showered bouquets on that association's leader in this State, E. D. Smith; he merely touched on the dispensary; he told of his own success as a farmer and gave his "brother farmers" good advice on more than one point; he dismissed ex-Senator McLaurin with a sneer and as one politically moribund. The two positive assertions were these:. He is opposed to the principle of local option as applied to the liquor question in the Brice law, is in favor of a vote all over the state at the same time in the Democratic pri? mary and deprecates tho voting on the question county by county; two, unless changes are made in the man? agement, unless the cloul of suspicion Es lifted from the dispensary system, he will take the position in thc cam? paign next year that the system should be abolished. He declared that if his health permits he will be in next year's campaign as a candidate for reelection to the senate and will take a hand in the debate on the dis? pensary; he will, if he decides to op? pose it, pay his respects to those who have brought his pet institution Into disfavor and disrepute. In regard to the pending question in Greenville county, where petitions for an election under the Brice act are being cir? culated, the senator said nothing, but his declarations of dissatisfaction with this method of referendum on the question may be sufficient to stiffen the dispensary forces for a fight in what is at present conceded to be a losing battle for that institution. In regard to the cotton farmers' organization, the senator gave it as his belief that the association had done good in certain respects but that it is not entitled to all the credit for the recent rise in cotton. He said the other farmers' movement-that of 1892-had openly gone into politics, a? was their right; that this move men had declared its intention of stzy ing out of politics . and he gave Mr. Smith credit for sincerity in this de? termination to steer clear of politics, the inference being that others prom? inent in the movement might not be so sincere in that purpose. This is a fair analysis of Senator Tillman's trend of thought; it does not purport to be a quotation of his words. He was asked to make a speech to farmers on agricultural sub? jects and he stuck as close to his non? political text as it was possible for Ben Tillman to do. His talk suited the times, the occasion and the crowd. In the crowd could be seen nearly all the old-time Tillmanite leaders of a dozen years ago in this county but the great majority of the persons present were farmers not prominent in politico at any time. They gave the closest attetion to Senator Tillman and to Mr. E. D. Smith, the other big gun of this Independence day celebration. Mr. Smith enunciated the south's i new declaration of independence. Mr. j Smith made a clear cut. logical speech setting forth the ourposes and the ac? complishments of the Cotton Growers' Association. He had a sympathetic crowd; it was evident that the leader who could tell them how to increase their income was to be given a re? spectable hearing and Mi-. Smith's forceful, earnest manner made a fine impression.-J. A. Hoyt in i<< When you want a pleasant laxa ti b that is easy to take and certain < act. use Chamberlain's Stomach a l Liver Tablets. For sale by all Ol jggists. GROWING ALFALFA HAY. Mr. W. D Garrison Writes on This Important Question. A great deal has been published on the sbject of alfalfa, the object being to induce the farmers of South Caro? lina to grow it on their farms for its value as a forage crop has been clear? ly demonstrated. The following written by Mr. W. D. Garrison, who is in charge of the Coast Land Experiment Station, at Hampton Park, will prove of interest: Growing alfalfa in South Carolina wlL certainly prove a success, if the plant is handled in the proper man? ner. This valuable crop is adapted to a wide variety of soils. With the proper cultivation it can be grown throughout the state. There are thous? ands of acres of fertile lands in the lower and middle portions of the state that will produce alfalfa hay equally as good as any western hay. Why then pay twenty dollars per ton for hay when a ton of hay can be grown here superior in quality for from five to ten dollars per ton? Alfalfa will grow successfully in' any locality of South Carolina, but will thrive better in the middle and lower portion. The rich alluvial soils are especially suited for it. I know of a small area of alfalfa growing at Walhalla and another in Spartanburg county. The red clay soil can be made to produce this val? uable hay by deep ploughing and making the soil very rich in humus matter. A visit to the Coast Land I Experimental Station, and the Legare farm, near Charleston, will convince any farmer that alfalfa can be grown with handsome profit on the coast. At the Experimental Station you will see a small area of land that was planted in 1900. Last year this patch of al? falfa produced seven tons of dry hay per acre. This calculated at fifteen dollars per ton, would be one hundred i and five dollars. The first week in : January of this year, a ?op dressing : of complete fertilizer at the rate of . six hundred pounds per acre, was ap? plied to this plot of alfalfa. This was : was mowed the first time on April 1?, ; second mowing. May 17, and thnd < mowing June 15. The- three cuttings ; yielded a fraction over four tons per acre. Selecting and preparing the land before planting are the two most im- . portant factors to consider in growing il ralf a successfully in the South. Se? lect a field free from weeds, one that has been in cultivation two or three years. Those who intend to plant al- ' faifa this fall should commence now to prepare the land. Put in cow peas either broadcast or in drills. Remove the vines for hay and plough the ground until thoroughly pulverized, subsoil if possible and plant alfalfa ' seed in drills 12 to 18 inches apart, using twenty to twenty-five pounds of seed per acre, the second week in ' October. A growth of cow peas grown on the . land previous to planting alfalfa will aid in the growth of alfalfa. The cow ( pea thoroughly shades the land, mak? ing it absolutely impossible for weeds to grow. Being a soil improver, the . cow pea has the power of restoring . nitrogen to the soil in an available form for proceeding crops. The . amount of fertilizer to be used will depend on the character of the soil, and the amount of organic matter present. A top dressing of fertilizer should be applied after the first year. Alfalfa seed are very small and re? quire special care in planting. Plant just after a rain. Cover the seed very shallow and roll the land in or? der to bring- the moisture near the surface. On account of the presence. of weeds I recommend the planting , of alfalfa in drills. The first year will require very care- ' ful work to get the plant started. A great many people have an idea that after the seed are planted nature will : take care of the plant. This is far from being true of alfalfa. Unless you expect to cultivate thoroughly to grow alfalfa, especially where the land is infested with weeds and crab grass. The making of alfalfa hay requires ; considerable skill on account of the I nature o~ the plant and if the hay is ] put into stacks or into barns before j the leaves are cured it is liable to heat and mould, and if allowed to lie on the ground too long before stacking the leaves get dry and brittle and will drop off, and a large share of the : most valuable part of the forage will be lost. The art of making good al? falfa hay can be acquired only by practice. The value of the hay will depend upon its being well cured before the h;ives have commenced to drop off. The feeding value of alfalfa hay is far superior to any other hay, when y<.u consider that it eau be fed profit? ably to all kinds of stuck. As a green ; food for poultry alfalfa cannot be ex? celled. It can be fed to working horses with the addition of small grain and they will keep in good condition ! upon it. if fed in combination with j corn, fodder, wheat straw, prairie hay j or silage, it makes a very nu; i ii ions i forage. SuUi'u Carolina soil will surely pro -fi1' When you place your 0. K. on anything you are posi? tive it is correct and as it should be. You are willing to stand by your mark-your 0. K. When the NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY puts this trade mark in red and white on each end of a package of Bis? cuit, Crackers or Wafers it has affixed its final 0. K. which abso? lutely guarantees the contents of the package to be the very super? lative of excellence. To learn what this trade mark really means try a package of GRAHAM CRACKERS or SOCIAL TEA BISCUIT. SEAL NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY duce enough forage for its own con? sumption. The city of Charleston alone consumed 3,713 tons of ha-' ' seven months. At $20 per ton this would be equal to $74,250, or $10,608 per month. Tr? send this amount of money out of the state for hay shows a bad state of affairs. South Carolina can produce as much hay per acre as amy state in the union. The Cabbage Snake. At last the Department of Agricul? ture has run to earth the cab? bage snake. Since the kissing bug's terigrinations in 1899, nothing has compared to the excitement caused by the discovery of the so-called cabbage snake. In 1903 this bogey to all cab? bage growers and eaters made its ap? pearance in Tennessee, South Caroli? na and Louisiana. The papers were filled with reports from correspond? ents of rumors of persons being poi? soned by eating cabbage affected by this hair worm. Indeed, some reputa? ble physicians were quoted as having said that people eating cabbage which has been affected by the worm would die instantly, and one "State chemist" appears to have the astounding state? ment that one of these little snakes contained enough poison to kill eight people. "It should be unnecessary to add" the blletin says, "that none of these reports hand any foundation in fact. Nevertheless the known presence of the hair-worm in an affected district seriously injured the demand for cabage there, causing very consider? able loss to truckers and grocers. YV*hat was in reality a hoax assumed most serious proportions, not alone because of widespread alarm caused by erroneous reports of loss of life, but also because of the very material loss to cabbage growers and others who handled this commodity, and the decided extension of the area in which scare soon became widespread, caus? ing general fear of poisoning from Virginia and West Virginia southward not westward to Kentucky. Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Colo? rado.' The cabbage hairworm is described by the department as resembling a piece of basting thread, of the thick? ness of a strand of corn silk, white in color. Its length varies from 2 to 9 inches, but reports have been received of a creature found in the heads of cabbage measuring 9 feet! The im? agination of newspaper writers as to color runs riot through "green, whit3, light red. olive green and yellow." Many popular namer, have been be ?lov.ee upon it. including "cabbage snake." "snake worm," "serpent," "reptile" and "cabbage rattlesnake." And so one more land sea-serpent has been run to earth. SI Saved Represents $10 Gamed. .The average man does not save to exceed ten per cent, of his earnings. H.- must spend i !> in living expenses for every dollar saved. That being tin- case h<- cannot be too careful about unnecessary expenses. Very Often a few cents properly invested. Like buying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars outlay later on. lt is th.- sa nu- in buying Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. lt costs but a few cents, and a bottle of it io the house often saves a doc? tor's hill of several dollars. Fer sale by all druggists. COTTON REPORT LEAK. ^*ie Official to Be Dismissed-Effort to Be Made to Discontinue Gov? ernment Report. Washington, July 7.-One result of the cotton leak investigation which has just been completed by the secret service under the direction of the secretary of agriculture will undoubt? edly be a vigorous agitation in favor of the discontinuance af all crop re? ports by the government. It is pointed out that, at best, the government re? ports are only estimates and that they are of no real benefit to the farmers of the country. They are of value on . ry to the speculators and so many and so great are the temptations tin own about those who are engaged in col? lecting and preparing the reports that, despite all precautions, it seems im? possible to prevent their being "doc? tored" or at least fairly accurate ad? vance information being handed out to a favored few. This is especially true of the cotton report. The report of Acting Chief Morgan of the secret service on the investigation of the charges made by the secretary of the Cotton Growers' Association Cheat ham is now in the hands pf Secretary Wilson and action will be taken with? in a day or two. It is expected that at least one official connected with the department in Washington and sever? al agents in the Southern states will be dismissed. Do You Want Strength? *If you want to increase your strength you must add to and not take from the physical. In other words, the food that you eat must be di? gested, assimilated and appropriated by the nerves, blood and tissues be? fore being expelled from the intes? tines. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure adds to the physical. It gives strength to and builds up strength in the human system. It is pleasant to the taste and palitable, and the only combina? tion of digestants that will digest the f "?od and enable thesystem *o appro? priate all of its health and strength giving qualities. Sold by all drug? gists. CAUGHT IX DEATH TRAP. Paris, July 7.-The latest advices regarding the submarine torpedo boat which sank yesterday at the entrance to the Port of Sidi Abdallah. Tunis, are to the effect that the eiforts being made to raise the vessel and save thc crew have, so far. proved unsuccess? ful. Some of the men who went down with the submarine are still alive, ap? parently, as they again answered sig? nals of the divers this morning. Signals Xot Answered. Paris, July 7.-A private dispatch from Tunis says the sailors who wore caged ip the submarine boat that went down yesterday have ceased to re? spond to the signals of the divers on the outside of the vessel and it is feared that all of them have perished. Twelve men are believed io have been a board. A Smooth Article. *When you hud it necessary to uso salve use Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve, lt is the purest and best for i sores, burns, boils, eczema, blind. : bleeding, itching or protruding piles; j ?let the pennine Dewitt's Witch Ha- j zel Salve. Sold by ali druggists. ABOUT THE CITADEL. Major Blythe Interviewed About th? Resolution Declaring Faculty Vacant July 1, 1906. Major E. M. Blythe has returned, to Greenville from Columbia, wher? he attended a inseting of the' board of visitors of the South Carolina Mili? tary Academy and the commencement exercises, which were also held in the Capital this year, the cadets having gone into camp in that city. When asked about the resolution adopted by the board declaring the entire faculty vacant on July 1. 1908, Major Blythe said that it was simply in accordance with an act of the leg? islature adopted at the last session, and a desire on the part of a majority of the board to place the members of the faculty on the same footing with those of other institutions. While Major Blythe declines to say so, it is generally believed that the resolutions means a general shaking up in the faculty of the Citadel. There has been a good deal of dis? satisfaction concerning certain things about the conduct of the institution and as an alumnus put it, the board should see that the gentlemen of the faculty get up and hustle as they are doing in other institutions. The life-time job idea seemed to have per? meated the atmosphere of the entire place to the detriment of the finest institution of its kind in the country. It is known that the Citadel has re? ports made by army officers so flatter? ing in their terms among the archives of the institution that if properly pub? lished would bring scores of students each year, and yet these papers are-, practically buried-papers that other similar institutions would gladly spend thousands to obtain.-Green? ville News. Italians for the South. Washington. July 8.-The Italian ambassador has just returned from an extended trip through the south, where he went to determine the pos? sibilities of diverting Italians from the slums of New York, Chicago. Boston, Philadelphia and other large cities, to the agricultural sections of the south. His report will strongly recom? mend that his government take steps to induce Italians to settle in the Seuth. Arrangements have been per? fected to send several hundred Ital? ians from New York and Chicago ta Southern cotton fields. Doylestown, Pa., July 6.-Gustav Closson. an aged flagman, left a wid? ower with six children, was brought hero today from Morrisville, having confessed to having poisoned with ar? senic two half-witted sons, one o? whom has died. He said he was unable properly to care for the dull-minded children; that they were unclean in habits, and he said he had concluded they would be better off dead. There was ?250 life insurance on the chil? dren. A Si? -?SC Party. * A pleasant ?a*?,? nariy may be given to youi T.- CL. ' liver by taking a m. 'u\.. ' h Wa* ,;^ve their pain ana "'omi-? via: King's New Lite > ~ rjara u most wonderful romeo ?-fiorui .5 ure relier and cure for heao""ae, dizziness and constipation, 2.~e at all druggists. J