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THAT CLEMSON COW" DEAL.
Capt. Stribling Has Something Moro
Deiinitc to Say.
Anderson, Sept. 4.-Mr. J. B. Strib
Iing. one of tho committee to pur?
chase some cattle for the experimen?
ta.! station at Clemson College, has
given out the following statement
in regard to the Shank!in cow tracie
that has been so widely advertised:
"I think I have a right to answer
any newspaper article criticising pub?
lic matters, where I was personally
mentioned in its connection, without
permission from Clemson's trustees or
asking their aid in the matter The
public has a right to know all the par?
ticulars o? matters concerning public
affairs, notwithstanding Trustee Simp?
son's' opinion to the contrary. The
following is from the Newberry Ob?
server:
"In talking to a trustee of Clem?
son College with reference to pur?
chase of nine cows from Mr. Shank
lin for $1,S00, about which J. C.
Striblmg- has had much to say in the
newspapers, the following were
learned:
"The, college gets what is known as
the 'Adams fund' from Congress with
' which to make experiments in stock
raising. This fund must be used be?
fore a ?xed date of it must be re?
turned to the United States treasury.
A committee was appointed to buy
cattle. Mr. Strib?ng-not a trustee
-being on it. The committee looked
at many cattle; among the number
Mr. Shanklin's-a fine group pf
thoroughbreds. On the last day bf
buying cattle, R. W. Simpson-tire
trustee to whom Mr. Stribling refers
was at Pendleton-his home-and
suggested to the committee that
they had better take Mr. Shanklin's
cattle, if he would agree to sell them;
and, he agreeing, the sale was made.
"And that is all there is to it.
"This from the Newberry Observer
lacks a good deal of being 'all there
is to the affair.'
"Trustee Simpson was not at his
home, but at the Shanklin cow lot on
the occasion mentioned above. Neith?
er is it true that this cosy trade was
made on the last day for buying,
but about a week after the time was
out, this fact opening the field to
every breeder of dairy cattle in the
State, with or without options.
There is something significant
i about the way this Newberry trustee
puts himself and the public on notice
that I was not a trustee of the col?
lege. The significant meaning, here
seems to signify that as I was not a
trustee and that Simpson was, it waa
sufficient justification for what he did.
"Finally, I say this much- that
Trustee Simpson had succeeded in
placing his friend and neighbor's cat?
tle at Clemson at a very fine price,
and I want him to have credit for it.
We want every tub to sit upon its
own bottom a>nd every man to 'tote'
his own skillet that is about all there
is to this part.
"When investigation time comes,
ali these charges should go before
disinterested committeemen appoin?
ted by the legislature. If Trustee
Sampson wants to investigate him?
self before his board let him do so.
"Judging from what the Newberry
trustee has said in the Observer, one
man from the outside would have no
better show for fairness at a Clem?
son investigation than I had at the
docing of th;" cow trade.-Green?
ville News.
Starving to Death.
* Because her stomach was so weak?
ened by useless drugging that she
could not eat, Mary H. Walters, of
Clair street, Columbus, O., was liter?
ally starving to death. She writes:
"My stomach was so weak from use?
less drugs that I could not eat, and
my nerves so wrecked that I could
not sleep; and not before I was given
up to die was I induced to try Elec?
tric Bitters, with the wonderful result
that improvement began at once, and
a complete cure followed." Best
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GOOD EATING
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It's a pleasure to pay for good food.
That's why we have so many good
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V. E. Bronson, Proprietor.
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XOT A DICTATOR.
President Palma Declares He Has
Given Cuba a Constitutional Gov?
ernment.
Havana. Sept. 5.-President Palma,
in an interview tonight put an end to
any expectation that he would make
?ny concession whatever to the rebels
beyond the offer of pardon already
extended. The president said he could
not possibly mak?- such concessions
either now ir hereafter, and could not
see in any event what the government
could offer beyond what had already
been offered.
American intervention, the presi?
dent said, had not been considered
because the government believed it
could end the insurrection without as?
sistance. The president said:j
"You may say emphatically that
rumors of any action by the govern?
ment in any way looking to a com?
promise or making concessions to
the rebels are absolutely false and (un?
founded, for the present or for the
future. It is impossible that any con?
tingency could bring it about. .
"I cannot see what the government
could offer to the rebels except to al?
low them to return peacefully to their
homes, provided they surrender and
give up their arms. As to any private
efforts to obtain peace by any organi?
zation or individual influence, I would
be only too glad to see it brought
about, and pledge my word that there
will be no prosecution of those who
committed this unpatriotic diir-I."
Concerning American intervention
President Palma said:
'That matter has not been under
consideration because we believe we
can control the situation without, any
outside aid. We shall put down this
senseless rebellion by fosee, and we
feel amply confident of our ability -to
do it. We were not prepared for a
blow of such a character, although
we knew several months ago that
they were conspiring; but AV a soon
will have sufficient men and arms to
dominate the rebels. There may be
some isolated encounters and desul?
tory fighting, but we will be in a posi?
tion to protect all interests.
"The people are not in sympathy
with the rebels. There is a lawless
element which always takes advan?
tage of disturbed conditions to rob
and pillage, but I have confidence in
the loyalty of the masses."
Concerning the reported quarrel
with Vice President Mendez Capote
and the rumors that the latter is try?
ing to have him deposed, President
Palma said:
"Such a report is a malicious slan?
der on a distinguished patriot and
loyal friend of the administration
and my personal friend. The vice
president was in the country on a va?
cation, and he advised me promptly
of his homecoming, and has been
here daily assisting us with his advice
and prestige."
"It will take time," President Pal?
ma continued, "to eradicate this
stain. We were prospering, and for?
eign capital had confidence in the
stability and resources of Cuba. I
have not been a dictator, but have
given a constitutional government,
with ample guarantees. Even now,
when the. tocal press and many indi?
viduals falsify the news and commit
acts which are treason, I have taken
no steps to suppress them. I would
be justified in arresting some cf the
conspirators who from this city are
directing others and encouraging re?
bellion."
"To Cure a Felon"
? Says Sam Kendall, of Phillipsburg,
Kan., "just cover it over with Buck?
le's Arnica Salve and the salve will
do the rest." Quickest cure for burns,
boils, sores, scalds wounds, piles, ec?
zema, salt rheum, chapped hands,
sore feet and sore eyes. Only 25c a1.
Sibert's Drug Store. Guaranteed.
Gen. R. R. Hemphill has announ
c d himself as a candidate for re?
election as clerk of the Senate.
?As a dressing for sores, bruises
and burns Chamberlain's Salve is all
that can be desired. It is soothing
and healing in its effect. It allays the
pain j of a burn almost instantly. This
salve is also a certain cure for chap?
ped hands and diseases of the skin.
Price 25 cents. For sale by all drug?
gists.
It is said that the Cherokee nation
i has furnished more first-class profes?
sional ball players than Ctoy Indian
tribe in the country.
The Breath of Life.
*It's a significant fact that the
strongest animal of its size, the goril?
la, also has the largest lungs. Power?
ful lungs means powerful creatures.
How to keep the breathing organs
right should be man's chiefest study.
Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora
A. Stephens, of Port Williams, O.,
has learned how to do this. She
writes: "Three bottles of Dr. King's
Kew Discovery stopped my cough of
two years and cured me of what my
friends thought consumption. O, ifs
grand for throat and lung -roubles."
Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store.
Price 50c and $1. Trial bottle free.
?lohn >?. Knight.
Every newspaper ra an ia South Car?
olina will hear with personal sorrow
of the dearh iu Asheville Tuesday of
"Jean" Knight, the editor of the
Sumter Herald. Although his health
was then critical Mr. Knight, long,
ing lor the comradeshio of his fellow
workmen, came to the Press Associa?
tion meeting at the Isle of Palms in
July. He was too iii to enter fnlly
into the spirit of that delightful
event, tnt we are sure that it was at
least a taste ot joy in his last days
that lie W8s permitted to mingle with
his old friends, as it was to them a
pleasure that they were permitted to
grasp his hand 8gain.
John Knight conducted one of the
best weekly newspapers in all South
Carolina. It was a model of typo?
graphical cleanness Its press work
was uniformly admirable, and its j
reading matter and advertisements
had the same characteristics. His
pride in his work was keen and his de?
light was to make a newspaper thor?
oughly and to make it well. He was
one of those in the ranks who could
always welcome the inspection officer,
and so he is a loss to his people in
Sumter and to the newspaper-makers
of South Carolina. He was a distin?
guished member of the Pythian Order,
having served as Grand Chancellor,
and ne occupied conspicuous positions
in his county, having for years been
chairman of the Sumter County Dem?
ocracy. He doubtless could have been
elected to public office, but did not
covet it. H9 was a newspaper man
and he loved to do his duty in the
ranks.-News and Courier.
WISE WORDS.
Wealth won by tricks vanishes by
magic.
It takes many a tumble to make us
humble.
Wisdom increases itself by enrich?
ing others.
It is always easy for a little man
to D6 meek.
People who remember malice easily
forget mercy.
He who declines no pleasure de?
clines in power.
The chronic kicker is the first to go
lame in the race.
? mighty little man can undo a
large man's work.
Truth is never worth much where
it costs but little.
Stars of hope are always born in
the night of trouble. *
The journey is worth while when
wisdom is at the end.
Nature study is empty without the
study of our own natures.
It takes more than a love of beauty
to make the beautiful life.
He who is willing co guide a child
is preparing to lead a nation.
The fever of lust takes away the
appetite for the food of love.
The teacher is to lead men into
truth, not to throw it at them.
It may make some of ns feel queer
to see our ballots at the judgment.
Many despair of the race because
they know nothing of it save what
they see in the mirror.
Rome of the chaps who don't go
home till morning, cause mourning
when they do go home.
The people who are least likely to
agitate public opinion are the most
anxious as to their impression on it.
Many a man who is barking at his'
wife's piety now is banking a good
deal on what it is going to do for cim
when he comes to die.-Ram's Horn.
No Phonetics For Harvard.
Harvard will not stand for the Car?
negie-Roosevelt innovation, according
to President Eliot. Mr. Eliot says the
new style of spelling does not in the
least appeal to him.
"I suppose that President Roosevelt
has a right to write his messages in
any 6tyle of orthography to which he
may incline," he remarked, "but I
think it will be a lung time before
such a style as that proposed becomes
very popular or takes a great hold
upon the public.
"I do not myself care for it, and it
is my opinion that the same view is
held by the msjority of leading educa?
tors. There are pome distinguished
men, such as President Butler, of Co?
lumbia, who have long favored it, but
I do not see that their work has
brought much accomplishment.
' "The English will hardly adopt this
new system," he said. It would mean
not only that the publishers would be
obliged to make two sets of plates,
but that all of the present plates of
standard and popular works would be
rendered incorrect and that the public
would not like the looks of 'thru' and
'tho' and words similarly spelled."
New York Sun.
*No one would buy a sailboat with
sails that could not be reefed. There
is always that possibility \of a little
too much wind that makes a cau?
tious man afraid to go unprovided.
The thinking man, whose stomach
sometimes goes back on him, provides
for his stomach by keeping a bottle
of Kodol for dyspepsia within reach.
Kodol digests what you eat and re?
stores the stomach to the condition to
properly perform its functions. Sold
by all druggists.
?The laxative effect of Chamber?
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is so
agreeable and so natural you can
hardly realize that it is produced by a
medicine. These tablets also cure
indigestion. For sale by all druggists.
Was a Very Sick Boy
* But cured by Chamberlains Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
-When my boy was two years old he
had a very severe attack of bowel
complaint, but by the use of Cham?
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrheoa
Remedy we brought him out all
right." says Maggie Hickox, of Mid?
land, Mich. This remedy can be de?
pended upon in the most severe cases.
Even cholera infantum is cured by it.
Follow the plain printed directions
and a cure is certain. For sale by ail
druggists.
COTTON KING OF EXPORTS.
Far Exceeded tiic Value or Any Other
Article o? Merchandise Exported
From This Country-Has Increased
Per Cent, in Last Five Years.
Washington. D. C., Sept. 2.-"Cot?
ton is king in the export record of the
United States for the fiscal year just
ended." This is the introductory sen?
tence of a statement just issued by the
department of Commerce and Labor.
Continuing the statement says:
"The total value of raw cotton ex?
ported for the first time crossed the
?400,000,000 line and exceeded by far
the value of any other article of mer?
chandise sent cut of the country. Tne
exports of breadstaffs of all kinds ag?
gregated but $186,000.000, those of
provisions but ?211,000,000, and those
of iron and steel manufacturers but
8161,000,000.
"The value of cotton exported has
increased very rapidly during the last
five years. It was not until 1901 that
it crossed the 8300,000.000 line, and in
a short five years period it has grown
to moie than 8400,000,000, or increase
of about 33 per cent. This growth is
due in part to an increase in the
quantity exported, but in ?part also to
the advance in price since the quan?
tity exported in 1906 was about 700,
000,000 pounds less than in 1905, hence
the value was 821,000,000 more than in
1905.
"The exportation of manufactured
cotton was al&o larger in 1906 than in
any earlier year aggregating practical?
ly 853,000,000 against 850,000,000 m
1905 and ?22,500,000 in 19?4. The
growth in exports of manufactured
cotton has been quite as striking as
that of the raw material.
"Europe is, of course, our principal
customer -'or raw cotton. The United
Kingdom took last year 8177,000,000
worth, Germany 8101.000,000, France
845,000,000 and Italy about 827,000,000.
while the other countries of Europe
took.about 832,000,000 worth. Japan
is also a customer for our raw cotton,
bat very irregular in the quantity
bought, since she only bays largely of
American cotton when prices are low,
relying upon India and China in years
when American prices are high. The
value of cottou exported to Japan in
the fiscal year 1906 was, in round
terms, 88,000,000, in 1905 S17,000,000,
and in 1904 less than 83,000,000.
"In manufactured cotton China is
by far our largest customer. The to^
tal value of all cotton manufactured
exported in the fiscal year 1906 was, as
above indicated, 853,000,000 in round
terms, of which about 830,000,000 went
to China. Practically all of the cot?
ton goods sent to China wa? in the
form of cloth, the total value of cot?
ton cloths exported to China in the
year being 829,641.1S8, and other cot?
ton goods 8172,887. The exports of
cotton cloths to China in the fiscal
year 1906 exceeded both in quantity
and value those of any other earlier
year, the value in 1906 being about
82,000,000 greater than in 1905, and
the number of yards about 24,000,000
greater than 1905. China's rank as a
purchaser of American cottons is indi?
cated by the fact that of the 711,000,
000 yards of cotton cloths exported in
1906, 493,000,009 went to China, while
about 133,000,000 yards went to the
American countries south of the
United States, and 25,000,000 to Asia
other than China and Oceania."
CHARTERED CLYDE LINE
STEAMER.
Arrangements Cmpleted For Trans?
porting "Clansman*' Company and
' Production to Charleston, S. C.
Special trains are often used by
large theatrical companies when the
regular railroad service does not suf?
fice. It- has remained, however, for
the management of "The Clansman"
Company to inaugurate the novelty o?
chartering a big coast-wise steamship
for the first "movement" of the com?
ing Southern tour. Arrangements
have been completed by George H.
Brennan by which the nrodnction,
electrical effects, horses and the com?
pany of nsarly a hundred people will
be transported from New York to
Charleston, S. C., by a special Clyda
Line steamer. The steamer will carry
no other passengers and will make ex?
press time between the two cities,
being one of the fastest in the Clyde
Company's service. The cost of the
charter is extremely large and the
contract will prove the heaviert made
by the transportation company this
season. Having undisturbed occu?
pancy of the whole vessel, "The
Clansman" people will hold two daily
rehearsals throughout the voyage on
the main deck when the weather is
fair and in the grand cabin on stormy
days. These rehearsals at sea are
being eagerly looked forward to as
a novel experience by the p)ayers.
The opening performance in Charles?
ton wiil be given Sept. 19.
When you have a cold it is well to
be very careful about using anything
that will cause constipation. Be par?
ticularly careful about preparations
containing opiates. Use Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. which stops
the cough and moves the bowels. Sola
by all druggists.
Undoubtedly the world's greatest
authority on earthquakes is Prof. F.
Omori, of the Imperial University of
Tokio. Since his return from Cali?
fornia, where he examined seismic
conditions thoroughly, he has sent
back a series of valuable helps on the
construction of earthquakeproof
buildings. He is planning a trip to
Chille.
?In these days of rush and hurry
courtesy is often forgotten. In the
mad, pell mell rush of our life little
things are done to offend that we
rather remained undone. A hastily
eaten meals and its resultant head?
ache may cause us social or financial
loss. The wise ma or woman is the
one who relieves little ills of this sort
by a little dose of Kodol for dyspep?
sia. It digests what you eat and
puts your stomach back into shape.
Sold by all druggists.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per?
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Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and" Just-as-good "are hut
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment.
What is CAST0R1A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend*
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In Use For Over 30 Years.
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We are prepared to quote the very closest
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