Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ls MMM The Hand of Fate. The fate of a white man, murdereu .OX native prisoners, whom, against .advice, he released from irons, recalls *? story with a different sequel. For a .joke the sailors on board a vessel put one of their companions in irons, then fo^fd it impossible to release him. They had not the key to fit the mana? cles. The man had to remain ironed until the vessel- reach?d port. Here a locksmith was summoned, but he dared not release the bonds without the order of a magistrate. The pris? oner was taken to th? local court and the order sought. Before this could he granted a man sprang forward and identified him as? the perpetrator of a murder committed two years before. The crime was proved against him and the man: manacled in jest was sent to the gallows ' i *One Minute Cough Cure contain?, not an atom of any harmful drug, and it has been curing coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough so long that it has proven itself to be a tried and true friend to the many who use it. Xo need to fear of your child choking from croup with One Minute Cough Cure handy. Sold by all druggists. Rock Hills' delegation has taken its ^. turn in the fight for a public building. -Chester's is expected. ? FY?* Biliousness and Sick Headache. *Take Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, lt ^sweetens the stomach, aids diges Yt?'on and acts as a gentle stimulant on the liver and bowels without irritating * these organs. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures biliousness and habitual .constipation. Does not nauseate or :gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Remember the name Orino and refuse oto aecept any substitute. Durant's JPharmacy. Indigestion Causes Catarrh of the Stomach, For massy years ? t has been supposed thal -Catarrh bf tho Stomach caused indigestion -and dyspepsia, but the truth is exactly the .opposite.' Indigestion causes catarrh. Re? heated attacks of Indigestion inflames tho -mucous membranes lining tho stomach and .exposes the nerves of the stomach, thus caus? ing tho glands to secrete mucin instead of .tho-f?nces bf naterai digestion. This is -called Catarrh of tho Stomach. KM Syspspsfa Ours ^relieves all inflammation cf tho mucous r?xoTiranes fitting the stomach, protects tho -nerves, and cures bad breath, soar risings, =ft sense of fullness after eating, indigestion, .dyspepsia and. a ll stomach troubles? Kcdol Digests What You Eat Make the Stomach Swset. iSottiesonhr.- Reguiar sire. $ ! .00, haijjing 2>; ti mei li? kial size, which sclh-ior SO'cs'-.rs. . 'fr*pao. by ?.-Q~DeYr-i7T ?.?0., Chicane, iii. s For Sale by all Druggists. ? Four per cent inter? est, compounded quar? terly on savings de? partment. M sie SI? BM. jr G. ?. LEMMO?f, President. I. C. STRAU? vice-President. GEO. L. R?CKBR. Cashier. ptx^mptly obtain JJ. S. and Foreign fSectliriodei.SKetca or pl.oto oi iuTectior io rireereport ?n patentability, ioj free look, feOTRADE-MARKS T?" ? m m Opposite ?. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D.C. TBAOC MARKS DCSICNS CCPYRiGHTS. &C. Anions f Anding a ?ketch and descrlT>?l?in DOV qu'^I? osi t'TUun our opinion free wneiiier &>i inve'irV>n i? pr-'haiijy p'.tentAhle. Comm'inlcM tiQns^rrictlrcori?dontl.il. Hamlhookon Parents ?eu: fl*?c c.! >>t ?iceix-y tor npc?t?i??: purent?. Pntenca ?.IK.C?; throucb Munn & Co. receive fpe;*4&t0&?, wifhoat izarse, xa tiie $f*tt?ic ?ericati. A handsomely ?hmtrated weekly, lamest cir ?olatio.i of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a re?r: four month?, iL Sold by oil newsdealers. flnjIW & Co.3C,Bre*i"'- New York -:- Ol. J. H. % DENTIST. 105? N. Main Street, over Knight's Book Store. Hours 8 to 2.30 ; 3.30 to 6. ~ Phone 2?0. THE COTTON GINNERS MAKE CROP ESTIMATES. Director Norf!; Complies With Resolution of Hoose and Furnishes Estimates of Cotton Unginned. ONLY ONE HALF SINNERS REPORTED. The Estimate of the Census Bureau is That There Remain Unginned 230, 834 Baies of Cotton of the Crop of 1905 Which Would Make a Total Crop of Slightly More Tiian 10, 000,000. Washington, February 2.-In ac? cordance with the resolution passed by the house yesterday Director North of the census?bureau, reported to the ; House today that the ginners' esti I mates of cotton remaining unginned on January 16th, aggregate 230,S34 bales. According to the report only about half of the ginners have reported. The number of active ginneries now in existence is 28,918. The number reporting cotton ginned prior to Jan? uary 16th was 12,941. The number giving no estimate was 16,43. The number of ginneries making estimates was 14,344. The total estimates of unginned cotton by states, as given in the report, is as follows: Alabama, 11,346; Arkansas, 2S,533; Florida, 3,050; Georgia,, 17,373; In ddian Territory, 14,113; Louisiana, 15,399; Mississippi, 43,271; Missouri, "1,785; North Carolina, 9,083; Oklaho? ma, 12,068; South Carolina, 9,760; Tennessee, 11,954; Texas, 72,734; 'Vir? ginia, 396. Speaker Cannon refused to have anything more to do with the report than the rules absolutely required. He even would not announce the fig? ures from the chair. The report went to the clerk and by him carried to the room in which executive documents are received. He was followed by a big crowd of newspaper men and some members of congress who are inter? ested in the cotton market . Many other members would not have any? thing io do with it either. Speaker Cannon said in speaking of the report: "It is reported, for the accuracy of which report I cannot vouch, that It is claimed that the res? olution was a demand for information for stock jobbing purposes. I wash my hands of ftf" . ^-_ j A former flagman on the C. & W. ; C. road has filed two suits aggregat? ing $30.000. against th? Coast Line for j injuries received, i - ^ The YeUow_ Fever Germ * Has recently been discovered. It bears a close resemblance of the ma? laria germ. To free the system from disease germs, the most effective rem? edy is Dr. "King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed to cure all diseases due to malaria-poison and constipation. 25c at all druggists. Garden Seed. This is the gardening season. We have a full supply o? the best test? ed garden seeds. For years UHIO SEEDS Have been recognized as the best. Let us sup? ply you. DeLorme's Pharmacy. D ii?8 and Medicines. TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office in Court House building will be open fo?; the collection of taxes, without pen? alty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, inclusive, 1905. The levy is as follows: For State, 5 1-2 mills; for county, 3 1-2 mills; Constitutional School, 3 mills; Polls, $1.00. Also, School District No. 1. Special. 2 mills; No. 2, 2 mills; No. 2 mills; No. 4, 2 mills; No. 16, 2 mills; No. 17, 1 mill;'No. 18, 2 mills. 50 cents capitation dog tas. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month January, iyu6. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month Feb? ruary, 1906. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, for 15 days in March, 1906. T. W. LEE, County Treasurer. October 5th, 1905. R. B. BELSER. R. D. EPPS. BELSER ? EPFS. j Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Pf? JOS SOWTe.':. s.e. HarSySWg." rai PLANTS TO MAKE D1*UGS. Government to Enlarge Experi mental Station at Florence. Washington, Jan. 27.-Representa? tive Ellerbe has just taken up with the Agricultural Department and the committee on agriculture in the House the question of enlarging" the government experiment station for the production of drugs at Florence. This is one of the peculiar indus? tries of the Department of Agricul? ture and one that few people in South Carolina know anything about. Some? thing like two years ago the govern? ment established at Florence a station for the raising of plants suitable for the manufacture of medicinal pro products. Herbs ( are now gathered there and seed collected which the de? partment considers of the utmost value. Discussing this matter today. Mr. Ellerbe said: "At the instance of some of the representative people of Flor? ence I have taken up with the Agri? cultural committee of the House the question of having a larger appropria? tion made for the South Carolina me? dicinal experiment station. If this is done it will give the people a better idea of what they can grow for a prof? it. People in the Florence section are are now netting as much as $75 or ?80 per acre from seed of different kinds planted according to the government directions. These include belladona i,worm seed, pepermint, gimsonweed, hops, papricas and other kinds of plants that are used in the manufac? ture of drugs and medicines. "If we can have the station spread out a little and enlarge in the kinds of plants that have been been grown heretofore we will find that the peo? ple will have some other use for their ground besides planting it year after year in cotton and other crops!" The Strikes of a Prosperous Year. It is a sort of truism that strikes are concomitants or symptoms of pros? perity rather than of industrial ad? versity. The theory is that men do not take serious risks on "a falling market,'' and that, as a rule, demand for wages advances, shorter workdays, and other improvements are made up? on employers when their profits are substantial and their trade prospects bright. The year 1905 has been a prosper? ous one, and employment has been mandant. Certain sections, especial y in the South, have . actually com "Tained "of a scarcity of labor in man j -facturing industries. But the period j ot readjustment that-a revival of ac j ii vi ty ushers in. must have ^been well ? a dvanced when the year'. opened, for the twelvemonth under review has been characterized by comparative freedom from warfare really disturb? ing to national production and enter? prise. Strike statistics, like other statistics, may be used in a loose, misleading way. There are strikes and strikes, and a few labor-capital contests of one Kind may be infinitely more significant -or ominous-than scores of strikes of another kind. To determine the place of the year 1905 in a philosophi? cal history of the industrial and so? cial movement, it is necessary to esti? mate properly the character of the conflicts it witnessed, in addition to knowing their number and distribu? tion. According to the report of the sec? retary of the American Federation of Labor, there were 1,157 strikes during the year ended October 31st. The record for the calendar year 1905 can? not be materially different. The figures are distinctly surprising at first sight, bu one must bear in mind that the great majority of' the strikes of any year wholly escape, not only general, but even local, atten I tion. It is somewhat reassuring to learn that not more than 107,000 working men and women were in? volved in the total number of strikes named. The inference from this item if information coincides with the general impression that, in a compar? ative sense, to repeat, the year has been tolerably peaceful. It has been an extraordinary one, nevertheless, in the fundamental truths it has brought home to organized labor. It has taught the public many lessons, though the important strikes-those that were more than local issues-may be counted on the fingers of one hand. Review of Reviews. A large force of hands is at work putting down side tracks in the new freight yard of the Atlantic Coast Line. A great deal of filling in will have to be done and a material train is kept busy hauling in the dirt. A Habit to Be Encouraged. .The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, saves herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, coids and croup, to which children are susceptible, are quickly cured by its use. It counter? acts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, and if given as soon as j the first symptoms of croup appear, it | will prevent the attack. This remedy contains nothing injurious and moth? ers give it to little ones with a feeilng of perfect security. Sold bv all dm ar r WHAT THE NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY STANDS FOR -The scientific, reconstructed baking industry, whereby the goodness and 'nutrition of Biscuit and Crackers have been marvelously enhanced. -The new method of protection by which all dust, dirt and moisture are completely excluded from the package and the freshness and goodness of its contents are care? fully preserved. This is the trade mark which appears in red and white on each end of the package as an absolute pledge both of the quality of the baking and the purity of the packing. For example try Graham Crackers-so different from the ordinary graham crackers-different in baking-different in flavor-different in packing. More palatable-more satisfy? ing-more nutritious. Made of the purest Graham flour and baked in a manner understood only by the National Biscuit Company. WHALEMEAT FOR GUANO. Among the many consignments of : mixers received in Charleston ihis sea- j son by the fertilizer men, there has ; been only one cargo of whalemeat, the j most prized of ammoniates, sent to this j port, that consisting of 12,000 sacks, | brought in by the British steamship : Regulus from Nova Scotia and now ? partly in storage for distribution at ? the Columbus street wharf.. It is known generally that fish j scraps and hog blood are high grade I ammoniates and are received in large quantities in Charleston, but the use of whalemeat for the sake of its am? monia for preparing fertilizer is com? paratively little kiu.v-i i:i this city by the layman, and in Lact it has bee*< only three or four years that its valut as a mixer was known to any bo Jv. "Whalemeat is higher priced than either fish scraps or hog blood," said a well-known fertilizer dealer this morning to an Evening Post reporter, "and the demand far exceeds the sup? ply. It is prepared exclusively in No? va Scotia and adjacent territory, where the residue of the whalers' vats is brought dried and ground. "A problem in buying whalemeat for fertilizer mixing that always con? fronts the dealer is the uncertainty of the 'catch' made by the whalers each season. A contract may be given for 10,000 tons, and the whole catch may not yield this much, although the average reaches 15,000 to 20,000 tons. The totals yield of the whalemeat guano is divided among the buyers, in case the demand can not be met, which is mostly the case, according to the proportion of the orders sent in. "It requires about 1,500 whales to produce the average output of the mills at Nova Scotia, each whale yield? ing about one-fifth in waste after the bones and flesh have been treated on board the whalers. Formerly the waste was thrown away, "but within the last few years it was- discovered, as in the case of cotton seed that the residue left from extracting the oil was a val? uable commercial product. "Such has proved to be the case. Whalemeat mixer, after it is dried and ground, is out of the best ammo? niates known. Ii? costs $60 a ton, the top price, but combining the virtues of fish scraps and hog blood, is most sought out by the fertilizer manufac? turer for its ammonia producing qual? ities. The greatest part of the whale guano prepared is bought by Charles? ton, New York and Boston." In appearance this whalemeat. at once fish and. beast, when ready for the use of the1 fertilizer manufacturer, is rich, dark, brown powder, in which lumpy bits are scattered. Its odor is not pleasant to the nose but it is not aggressive. The guano is shipped in strong sacks, extra heavy, and aver? aged from 200 to 250 pounds to the sack. It is to prevent loss in shipping that the heavy bagging is used, as the whalemeat mixer is costly stuff. Whalemeat mixer has taken a firm hold on the dealers, and each year the demand for it is growing. It has a very high per centage of ammonia, which is one of the important ingre j clients of phosphate and so brings a j ?good price more on account of its ex lence than for its rarity. It has added j value to the flesh of the whale, b> giving rise to a new industry in utiliz? ing the last scrap of his whaleship. Orders are placed way ahead for the product and as it is much prefer- j red to fish scrap, or dried and ground i. I hog blood, as a mixer, there is keen competition in buying itr Charleston , ?usually manages, through the scarcity of her purchasers, to get a fair sup- j ply of the valued guano yielded by the whale, and when the Regulus steamed in loaded with 12.000 sacks of whale? meat mixer, there was general joy . among tho local manufacturers.- j Charleston Post. The unsightly signs suspended | < across tho navoments nr.-* <.-*;n u.K-iirbt. h F DURANT'S PUMPKIN CUT. Ten Persons Guess the Exact Number of Seed-25,000 Guesses. From The Daily Item February 1. The seed of the big pumpkin at Du? rant's Pharmacy were counted this morning at 10 o'clock by Messrs. L. 1 Parrott and J. K. Bradford, who act? ed as the counting committee at the request of Dr. Durant. They found that the pumpkin contained 741 seed. The biggest and most tedious task was the examination of the coupons on which the guesses were recorded. There were something more that 25, 000 of these and it required time and patience to examine them all. The coupons were canvassed by a committee consisting of Mrs. Waiker, Mrs. Schumacher, Mrs. Holland, Miss Ella DeLorme, Miss Marie Durant, Mr. L. I. Parrott and Mr. J. K. Bradford. They found that the following persons had guessed the exact number: Miss Mabel Parrott, Miss LeRee Pate, Miss Sue Owens and Messrs. B. C. Wallace, W. W. Bewley, S. F. Os teen, J. F. Beard, Joel Davis, J. D. Wilder and J. M. Woodley. The guesses ranged from 0 to 999, 999, but a great many guessed within two or three of the exact number. Since the contest has resulted in a tie it is impossible for Dr. Durant to award the watch to any one of them, and he requests that those who guessed the number of seed will call on him and appoint a meeting to agree upon some plan mutually satisfactory for the disposition of the watch, which under the terms of the contest be? longs to the ten persons above named and it rests with them to agree on a plan to dispose of it. Mark Twain's Rules of Life. Mark Twain having completed, De? cember 5, 1905, his three score and ten, told the world how he got there by sticking strictly to a scheme which would kill anybody else. Among other things he said: "I have made ita rule to go to bed when there wasn't any? body left to sit up with; and I have made it a rule to get up when I had to. In diet I have been persistently strict in sticking to the things which didn't agree with me until one or the other of us got the best of it. Last spring 1 stopped frolicking with mince pie af? ter midnight; up to then I had always believed it wasn't leaded. For thirty years I have taken coffee and bread at eight in the morning and no bite nor sup till seven thirty in the evening. I have made it a rule never to smoke but one cigar at a time. I have no other restrictions as regards smoking. As an example to others, and not that I care for mederation myself, it ha? j always been my rule never to smoke when asleep and never to refrain when awake. I have stopped smoking now j and then for a few months, but not on ; principle-it was only to show off. It ' is all of sixty years since I began to 1 smoke the limit. As . for drinking, I j have' no rules about that. While the 1 others drink I like to help; otherwise I remain dry by habit and preference Since I was seven years old I havt, seldom taken a dose of medicine and have still seldomer needed one. I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never in? tend to take any. Exercise is loath? some, and it cannot be any benefit when you are tired. I was always ( tired." ! Frightfully Burned. i ?Chas. W. Mooro, a machinist, of 1 Ford City, Pa., had his hand frightful- ] ly burned in an electrical furnace. He ? ipplied Bucklen's Arnica Salve with . < :he usual result: "a quick and perfect 1 jure." Greatest healer on earth for ? ?me i>.ic seres - rr!9 ' ? INDIGESTION; o disease can escape its marvelous action, it cures where other medicines fail. Get a H r si.oo bottle from your dealer, or write for :e samples Checkers Medieine Co., Winston-Salem, N. C BS $900 FOR R. F. D. CARRIERS. Danger That State May Lose Many Routes That are Xow in Existence. Washington, January 29.-Rural mail carriers in South Carolina wilt receive $900 per annum hereafter in? stead of the amount they are now re? ceiving, should the hill which has been introduced in the house for this purpose by Mr Aiken pass. Mr. Aiken is thoroughly convinced that the mail carriers of the State are too poorly ' paid and that they should be better taken care of than they are at present. There is danger that the State may lose many of its free delivery routes at an early date, according to what Representatives Ellerbe and John? son say concerning the matter. Mr. Johnson today called attention to the fact that the postmaster gen? eral would soon cut off many of the ruotes now in operation unless the, people patronizing them sent out anet received more mail. "They must patronize the routes better" he said? if the present facilities are to remain as they are. It will be a question for the people in the different sections to determine for themselves; if they want them they must write more letters and eceive more ; the postoffice department is in earnest about cutting them off and we cannot do anything to stop it unless the people show the proper ap? preciation of what the government is doing for them. "I wrote the postmaster general a . letter about three weeks ago asking1 him to let the carriers on the routes weigh th? mail they handled to de-* termine whether there had been a falling off. I have never received a reply to my communication, and I suppose a government agent will he sent out soot! to weigh the quantity of matter handled* ?"V ----- 'S.] Five Millions f?r a Fence. ^ The government of ??w^ S?ut?i Wales has spent over $4,000,000 for all kinds of means to prevent the growth of the rabbit plague, and it has now been decided to fence in the whole country with an immense wire net. The expanse for this wire net is es? timated to exceed $5.000,000, and it is thought that the wire required for this purpose can be imported from abroad at the cost of about $125 per mile, de LVered at sydney. The rabbit plague is increasing from year to year, which is best shown by the fact that such an enormous amount as $5,000.000, or nearly 10 per cent, of the annual .revenue of the country, is to be spent for this pur? pose.-St. Louis Post Dispatch. Itching Piles. *If you are acquainted with anyone who is troubled with this distressing ailment you can do him no greater fa? vor than to tell him to try Chamber? lain's Salve. It gives instant relief. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by all druggists. C. P .Price was found guilty in the Court of General Sessions at Green? ville on the charge of practicing med? icine in this State unlawfully. This is the first conviction in Greenville county on this charge, and few con? victions have occurred elsewhere in the State. Lame Back. .This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm two or three times a day ind rubbing the parts vigorously at ?ach application. If this does not af? ford relief, bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm,.