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THE FIGHT FOR THE FORESTS. Prof. Willis Gives Some Amaz ng li? llis? lotions as to Their Value and Tell? of Their Enemies. Washington, April 23.-With a membership approximating 6,000. the American Forestry Association has determined to wage a vigorous fight from this time on until Congress shall realize the value of the forests of the country and appropriates money for their proper preservation. This is the statement made by prof. Themas E. Willis, secretary of the Association. | '"Second only to agriculture as a re? source in the United States is the for? est," continued Prof. Willis. '"From cradle to grave we constant].?' draw upon its products. We consume each year enough lumber to floor the State of Delaware, enough shingles to shin? gle the District of Columbia, enough laths to load a train from Chicago to Memphis, enough fuel to make a woodpile half a mile long, wide and high, and enough cooperage stock to build a rick, four feet high, four feet wide and 1.400 miles long, and enough railroad ties to build a rail? road around the world and back across the Atlantic. The value of our wood products annually consumed would suffice to meet the appropriations of a billion dollar congress." -Among the enemies of the forest are wind, insects, stock which destroy the small growth, the clearer of ag icultural land, timber regions, the lumbermen, and worst of all, fire. To . the ravages due to forest fires we are strangely oblivious: but the increas? ing price of all wood products-a movement but fairly begun-is com peling our attention. "A ' vitally important aspect of the forest question is the connection be? tween wood and water. The effect of rainfall upon heavily timbered regions j is widely different from that upon bare ground. In . the first instance, their force is broken and the drops fall gently to the ground. They sink into the forest mulch, which like a sponge absorbs them. Through this the water percolates slowly, to be ab? sorbed by the open porus soil of the woodland, and then carried, by the underground circulation, to , the springs at the bases of the hills and I mountains, from which it feeds the brooks and rivers. Rivers thus sup? plied maintain a comparatively equal volume the year round, to the great advantage of agriculture, commerce, manufactures and all other interests involved. "Rain, however, falling upon a slope or mountain side from which the forest has been removed by axe and fire, rushes madly to the streams, carrying with it silt, sand, gravel, boulders and debris, destroying ag? ricultural lands by washing away their soils or by burying them in . ?sands; and sweeping away residences, factories and railroads within their reach. The rainfall is thus trans? formed from a blessing to a curse. To prevent such conditions we must save the forests. _ "The American Forest Association exists to promote the saving of our forests by wise use. It has a member? ship of nearly 6,000 and is working especially to secure the establishment of national forests in the Southern Appalachian and White Mountains." Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and ' Diarrheoa Remedy. ?There is probably no medicine made that is relied upon with more implicit confidence than Chamber? lain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. During the third of a cen? tury in which it has been in use, peo? ple have learned that it is thc one remedy that never iails. When re? duced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. For sale by De Lorme's Pharmacy. Mr. Wroth Trick was drowned in a pond near Elloree Thursday after? noon. ?For a cold or cough take Kenne? dy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It is bet? ter than any other cough remedy, be? cause its laxative principles assures a healthy, copious action of the bowels and at the same time it heals irrita? tion of the throat, strengthens the bronchial tubes and allays inflamma? tion of the mucous mern'1 rane.. Con? tains Honey and Tar. pleasant to take. Children like it. Conforms to the National pure food and drug law. Sold by all druggists. A board of trade has been organiz? ed in Gaffney. Wonderful Eczema Cure. ?"Our little boy had eczema for five years," writes X. A. Adams, Henriet? ta, Pa. "Two of our home doctors said the case was hopeless, his lungs being affected. We then employed other doctors, but no benefits result? ed. By chance we read about Elec? tric Bitters; bought a bottle and soon noticed improvement. We con? tinued this medicine until several bottles were used, when our boy was completely cured." Best of all blood medicines and body building health tonics. Guaranteed at Sibert's Drug Store. 50c. Sheriff Robert F. McCaslan. of Greenwood, died on Sunday. Sore Nipples. ?Any mother who has had experi? ence with this distressing ailment will be pleased to know that a, cure may be effected by applying Chamberlain's .Salve as scon as the child is done nursing. Wipe it off with a soft cloth before allowing the babe to nurse. Many trained nurses use this salve with* best results. For sale by De Lorme's Pharmacy. ' HOW WHISKEY WAS BOUGHT. ! Impromptu Investigation Held by At torc ny General Lyon-Agent Dud ley Questioned Closely. Columbia, May 3.-An impromptu investigation into the manner in which whiskey was purchased for the State dispensary was held it At? torney General Lyon's office this af? ternoon. During the afternoon Mr. C. W. Dudley, who has represented several whiskey -firms in this territory, was in Mr. Lyon's office and in conversation made some statements which proved of interest to the attorney general. Mr. Lyon began som? questioning, Dudley having promised to make an affidavit covering certain points, but when the questions became rather pointed, Dudley broke off the talk. Mr. Lyon summoned such members of the dispensary commission as had not left the city and sent Dectective Broom, of the city police, after Dud? ley, who was brought before the com? mission J nd the attorney general. A stenographer took notes of the pro? ceedings. It was developed that at one time several months ago Dudley -had on deposit in the Palmetto Bank in this city as much as $7.000 to his credit, which, he said, represented his com? missions on business. This amount was checked out by checks made pay? able to "cash" in different amounts, the checks being now in possession of the attorney general. Mr. Dudley admitted that although he was in larger cities for a greater length of time than he sptmt in Co? lumbia he did not have bank accounts in other cities except at his home town. In regard to the purchase of whiskey from Clark & Lehman, the Peoria firms, which he represented, he said that some of the liquor bought by the last bo?rd of directors was purchased here and some in Pe? oria, by Mr. John Black, the prices? varying from $1.50, $1.60 and $1.75. He said that he had attended meet? ings of the board and discussed the purchases with the directors and so? licited their business, and that no bids were filed or samples submitted, as required by law. The examination of Mr. Dudley developed many points of interest, which the attorney gener? al mayAfind useful in the future. The examination was open to the public, though impromptu and unexpected, and newspaper men were admitted. News and Courier. *A little Kodol taken occasionally, especially after eating, will relieve your stomach, belching and heart? burn. J. B. Jones, Newport, Tenn., writes: "I am sure three one dollar bottles of your Kodol positively cured me of dyspepsia, and I can recom? mend it as that was three years ago and I haven't been bothered since with it." Kodol is guaranteed to give relief. Sold by ali druggists. Mayor Goodwin Rhett, -of Charles? ton, will be re-elected for a third term without opposition. ?Call at my store, piesse, for a free sample of Dr. Shoop's "Health Coffee." If real coffee disturbs your stomach, your heart or kidneys, then try this clever coffee imitiation. While Dr. Shoop has very closely matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee in flavor and taste, yet he has not even a sin? gle grain of real coffee in it. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee Imitiation is made from pure toasted grains or ce? reals, with malt, nuts. etc. You will surely like Health Coffee. Sold by Levy & Moses. The Iowa man who ran for presi? dent on the national liberty ticket three -ear? ago is now on the Ot tumwa police force, presumably de? priving some one of liberty every day in the year.-Washington Post. More News From the Xew England States. *If any one has any doubt as to the virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they need only to refer to Mr. Alvin H. Stimpson, of Wiiiiamantic, Conn., who, after almost losing hope o'f re? covery, on account of the failure of so many remedies, finally tried Fo? ley's Kidney Cure, which he says was "just the thing" for him, as four bot tles cured him completely.' He is now entirely well and free from all the suffering incident to acute kidney trouble. Sibert's Drug Store. Somebody asked Speaker Cannon a few days ago what Congress was likely to do after meeting next December. '.When I was a boy," said the Dan? ville statesman, "we used to go coon hunting at night and we used to have some mighty good d?-?gs. But some of them could not be kept in control run off after a rabbit or a shunk after the coon had been started. We used to call these "sooner" dogs. Now, Congress don't meet until next De? cember. That's a long Way off and I'm no sooner. The next President Oh, no matter who he is, I'll be able to get along with him. I got along all right with President McKinley and Harrison, and a number of other Presidents, and I think, the L-?rd wliling, that I'll be able to keep friends with the next man that enters the Presidential chair." ?Mrs. S. Joyce. ISO Sullivan street, Claremont. X. H. writes: "About a year ago I bought two bottles of Fo? ley's Kidney Cure. It cured me of a severe case of kidney trouble r,f several years' standing. Ir certainly is a grand, good medicine, and I hear? tily recommend it." Sibert's Drug Store. ^ HEAVY SEED ARE BEST. i The Agricultural Department at Washington Gives the Farmers Ad i vice. \ The department ot agriculture ha? just issued an important publication . especially advising all farmers that i plan cotton to be sure and piont the ; : heaviest seed that they can obtain. I j The following- comprises part of the ; i publication: , , j j "The importance of using heavy i i seed in many crops is well establish- j ! ed. Seed grains, for instance, are J quite generally subjected to some de? gree of separation. In tobacco the great importance of using large and heavy seed has been demonstrated by Mr. A. D. Shammel in the course of experiments conducted by the bureau of plant industry of the department of agriculture. In this crop the tests of light and, heavy seed have proved that the best developed and most vigorous plants are always pro? duced from the heavy seeds, while the light seeds produce small, irregu? lar, and undesirable plants. "To secure a vigorous development of ' plants it i^ important to have a large quantity of nutriment stored in the seeds. Heavy seeds are the only ones which meet this condition, and, as a rule, the heavier they are in proportion to their volume the higher is the percentage of germination, the more rapid is the growth of the resulting plants, the more .resistant are they to disease and adverse con? ditions, and the greater is their pro? ductiveness. Light seeds on the other hand, germinate poorly and produce plants of low constitutional vigor, which are readily attacked by dis? eases and which possess a compara? tively low degree of productiveness. "It is therefore important to sub? ject seed for planting to some pro? cess of separation by which the light and inferior seeds are eliminated. Such a separation can readily be ef? fected with seeds having smooth seed coats, as, for instance, corn, wheat, peas and tobacco. A number of meth? ods have ben devised which are ap? plicable to the separation of such seeds, and in case of a number of important crops extensive experi? ments have been conducted with sep? arated seeds. The results strongly indicate the superiority of heavy seeds and the advisability of sepa? ration. "Comparatively little experiment work has been done in the separation and it is now possible to recommend what appears to be a thoroubhly practicable and successful method. "The only two pieces of apparatus necessary to separate cotton seed, as described in this bulletin, are the seed roller and the seed separator. The roller can easily be made by any farmer from a petroleum barrel, as previously described. A seed separa? tor of the kind described is not as yet manufactured and at the present time cannot be purchased. It is. howev? er, very easy to make an apparatus of this knd. Air-blast fanning mills, can be purchased, and a carpenter can easily make an extension of the flue, J the only necessary is to modify the gearing so that the fr.n may be run at a rapid rate without increasing the speed of the sieve shaker. Any car? penter should be able to make these changes at slight expense to the planter. of cotton seed, but in view of benefi? cial results obtained in the case of other crops there is no apparent rea? son why similar results should not be obtained with cotton by a separation which eliminates the light and infe? rior seeds. The seeds of upland vari? eties of cotton are covered with a dense fuzz, which holds them to? gether and prevents the separation by any of the methods which are appli? cable to the separation of smooth seeds, and therefore no practical method has been devised to meet these conditions. "In view of this fact and the possi? bility of increasing the yield in this way. it was decided to make some effort to devise a method which would be applied to the separation nf cotton seeds. Fortunately the ex? periments have been very successful. *DeWitt*s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve does not merely heal on the sur? face: it penetrates the pores and promptly relieves pain, caused by boils, burns, scalds, cuts and skin dis? eases. It is especially good for piles. Beware of imitations. Sold by all druggists. YANKEE JUSTICE. West Chested, Pa., May 2.-Two negroes were sentenced to ten years each in the penitentiary here today, after having been convicted of rav? ishing white women. On^ of the men was given a $200 fine additional be? cause the assault? had been frequent? ly repeated by him <*m an orphaned white girl, aged fifteen, living with her uncle. ?Piles get quick an?l certain relief fron: Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. Please note it is made alone for viles, and its action is positive and certain. Itching, painful, protruding or blind piles disappear like magic by its use. Large, nickel-capped glass jars 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. ? BIG FLEET FOR FAR EAST. Navy Reinforcing Warships There Admiral Swinburne to Command. The armored cruiser New York, now nearing the-completion of her recon ? truction in the Boston navy yard, and armored cruiser St. Louis have been ordered to the Pacific to re? place the protected cruiser Chicago and the gunboat Yorktown of the Pa? cific fieet. while the cruisers Denver and Cleveland, at present in the Sixth Division of the Atlantic fleet, will, on the termination of their forthcoming visit to the Fulton celebration at I Bordeaux. France, proceed to the Asiatic station to reinforce the al? ready extensive fleet in those waters. | The order directing the consolida? tion under one command of all the war vessels in the Pacific has been forwarded*to tho Pacific and Rear Admiral William T. Swinburne is now the commander'in chief of all the American ships in those seas, with Rear Admiral James H. Dayton in command of the vessels in Philippine and Asiatic squadrons. Rear Admi? ral Brownson. who, until a few days a#o was the commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet, is about to start for home to become the chief of the bureau of navigation at Washington. The sending of the New York, St. Louis, Cleveland and Denver to the Pacific has caused much talk of a speculative character in the navy and officers are wondering what ships will next be ordered to those waters. With the commissioning of the battleships Minnesota, Kansas and Vermont, there are now 19 first class and fone second class battleship in the Atlan? tic and no one would be surprised if two of the first class vessels were sent to the Pacific in order to make pos? sible the organization of a squadron of first class battleships for Admiral Swinburne's fleet. Several months ago it was rumor? ed that the battleship Missouri and one other battleship would be sent to the Pacific, but that has now been disproved, and the opinion seems to be that when the navy department decides to place a great fleet in the Pacific it will be the Indiana and' the Iowa that will be sent from the At? lantic to form, with the new battle? ship Nebraska and the Wisconsin, the nucleus of a great Pacific squadron of first class battleships. Under the reorganization of the Pacific vessels, the fleet there is di? vided into three squadrons of two di? visions each, the most powerful of which is the squadron of four sister armored cruisers that, under com? mand of Rear Admiral Dayton, is looking after American interests in the far east. Next in importance is the fleet on duty along the California coasts which is soon to be strengthen? ed by the addition of the New York and the St. Louis. The New York, which is nearly completed at Boston, may go to the Pacfic under a new name, in order to permit the president to honor the State of New York by naming one of the twOj great battleships of the Dreadnaught class, recently author? ized by congress, after this State. In that event, the impression is that the New York will be renamed the Tren? ton. The other great battleship may be named the Texas, thus giving to these ships the names of the State of greatest population and the State or the greatest area. The present bat? tleship Texas is now almost obsolete, and the naval officers always smile when they refer to the fact that the smallest battleship in the navy bears the name of the biggest State, while one of the biggest of the new vessels is named after Rhode Island, the smallest of the States. In ord^r to provide an adequate number of flag officers for the Pa? cific fleet, the navy department will also send an additional rear admiral to Manila, to take over the command of the Philippine squadron. This of? ficer, it is said at the navy yard, is to be Rear Admiral Hemphill. who for many years was the captain of the Brooklyn navy yard.-New York Times. ??Let me mail you free, to prove merit, samples of my Dr. Shoop's Restorative, and my book on either Dyspepsia. The Heart, or The Kid? neys. Address me. Dr. Snoop, Racine, Wis. Troubles of the stomach, heart or kidneys, are merely symptoms of a deeper ailment. Don't make the common error of treating symptoms only. Symptom treatment is treating the result of your ailment, and not the cause. Weak stomach nerves the inside nerves-means stomach weakness, always. And the heart and kidneys as well, have their controll? ing or inside nerves. Weaken these nerves, and you inevitably have weak vital organs. Here is where Dr. Shoop's Restorative has made its fame. No other remedy even claims to treat the "inside nerves." Also for bloating, biliousness, bad breath or complexion, use Dr. Shoop's Restora? tive. Write for my free book. Dr. Sli-.<>p*s Restorative sold by Sibert's Drug Stoe. ?"rennin" happiness is able t^> stand a lot of hard knocks. Don't Pay Alimony. * To be divorced from your appendix. There will be no occasion for it if you keep- your bowels regular with Dr. King's New Life Pills. Their action is so gentle mat the appendix never has cause to make the least com? plaint. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. 25c. Try them. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of jrjtf -? and has been made under his per jC/(/'/^?~^L'/>s sonal supervision since its infancy. war?/, J<UtsJUM Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Xarcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee? It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething: Tron?les, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mothers Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind Yon Haye Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years, THC CENTAUR COM F AN Y, TT MURRAT STREET* NEW TORR CITY. JUST RECEIVED Another Car Load of HORSES AND MULES. Booth Live Stock Co. Attention, Farmers We make a specialty of insuring COTTON GINS, (system and old style,) COTTON at gins and COT? TON ON PLANTATIONS. See us for rates, before insuring. Ile Siter Insurance 1?. No. 10 N. Main Street, Sumter, S. C. i4f^ Confederate Veterans RICHMOND, "V-A. May 8O th t o June 3d. t ? 9 ta. s. Tickets on sale from points in Virginia. North and South Carolina, May 26th to June ^nd inclusive and for trains scheduled to arrive Richmond be? fore noon of June 3d. Final limit to leave Richmond returning not later than June 11th, with privilege of extension of final limit to July Ott, by deposit cf ticket with special agent at Richmond and puyment of fee of fifty cents. Return portions of tickets reading account above occasion will be honored from Norfolk if desired, thus affording an opportunity of visiting the James? town Exposition, THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE Through car and train service will provide the ^nickest and moit comfortable means of reaching Richmond. Write for beautiful illustrated folder, containing Maps, Lists Hotels, etc. W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pass. Trame Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt WILMINGTON, N. C. stops tile cough and Heals longs for children: safe? sure. N? opiate*