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ATTEMPT TO Uli METO. mm FRENCH OFFICER SHOT AT K)L\ CANON 125ATION. Inicti Military Writer Hlsoot? Twice mt Hero of Devil's Island, One Bul? ls* Taking ? mt hi Arm?Affair icmendons HemuMlon In Lillet DignltaHc* of France Fnrle, June 4.?Jus: at the close of re) OftmonlM attending the canonl n mt Krnlle Zola. In the Pantheon ?y. when the president of France, premier and a host of ministers Kate, were taking their departure. Anthehne Oregorl. a military ef note, drew a revolver and two ehota point blank at Major Dreyfus. for whose liberty rem fought and won. Men distinguished In all walks of fe> Ailed the Pantheon and when the rang out there wee Intense ex rat In fear that the president had ?aetnated, but even the at int on the lire of Major Dreyfus a profound Impression. 801 speedily surrounded Oregorl and he was taken to jail bruised and mleedtng. with his clothes almost torn fan hie back. Major Dreyfus wae not seriously In A bullet entered his forewrm. did not Injure the bone. At a late tonight the official statement "ejan made that hie condition was very favorable and that ne complications feared. The affair has created a tremen eeasatlon In Paris and the mo? ot the would-oe assassin is the of much mystification, for ?rl. Instead of being an ordinary flanat!e such as are carried away by fan political passions of the moment. In a man of mature age, having been hi 1144? and Wae highly esteem - I hi the circles where he wae known. Although born of Italian parents. I Irani been an ardent Frenchman for id has written authoritatively taa nulltery subjects, enjoying close tan with many high French 1 filends are at a loan to under? went Induced him to commit a fool-hardy act and many are dflannted to Question hie statement ejaat he simply shot ae an individual ta neotoot agalas* the participation nrf the army hi the ceremonies at the placing of the ashee of la thu Pantheon. Tent of Royalhwe? do not hesitate to express at that he may have been the ef a little clan of Royalists who the name of L*Action Francals, ne >? r 'ceased to Insist that the of Cassation illegally prevented nja appeal of the Dreyfus case nor >d hope of seeing a revision >ble to tbe contentions of the mallets. Dy the shooting of Dreyfus they out the whole affair may be In rjr reopened before July, be? tas assassin, or attempted as asaet go before the Aselse for trial. Some eolor Is lent to theory by a series of remarkable rjte that appeared In this morn naf e L'Action Francalee from the pens Of Charles M auran and Leon Daudet, now of the poet, who are the leading among the Royalist supporters the restoration of Phllllppe of MM BROWN NOMINATED. Are That He Has De Hohe Smith?Plurality En? al From la,0O0 10 25, 4 Hanta, June 4.?All returns up to anMratght Indicate the election of Joa flg. Brown as governor of Oeorgla in fae general Democratic primary held ?y by a plurality of about 15.000. Constitution estimates that has won by from 15.000 to 25. The Brown managers claim the Ity le larger. Oov. Smith's managers decline to aaake a statement and the governor flaTnmself says that he cannot com aaaat on the plurality until tomorrow. The campaign was the hottest In history of Oeorgla. In all the 11 tnal districts Indications are tbe present Democrlatlc con will be returned, the only lb* being In the Fifth, where TL Mayson may contest the lion with Congressman Living There was no contest over the atates senatorshlp. 8. C. Clay the popular choice. The primary result means election tn Oeorgla. the other parties In the Amt? making no contest. The Hemt 1111? Ever Hold. ???Aft.-r doctoring 15 years for mte Indigestion, snd spending over flflae, nothing hah done me aa much ?nod ae Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider them the b*?t pllU ever ' writs* B. F. Ayscue. of Ingle N. C. Sold under guarantee at t's Drug gtore. 15c Yon Should Know ThU. ?Folry'a Kidney Remedy will cure j rose of kidney or bladder trouble le not beyond the reach of m?d No medicine can do mors, 's Drug Store. MAD DOG IN COLUMBIA. Several Person? Bitten in Shandon Thursday. Mr. George Ho well, who was very badly bitten by a pet dog, supposed to be suffering with rabies, left yester? day afternoon for the Pasteur insti? tute. Baltimore, taking with him the head of the dog. packed In ice. Wed? nesday morning Mr. How Hi observed that his dog was acting rather strangely, but It did not occur to him that the animal might be mad. He picked it up in his arms and was pet? ting It, when the dog suddenly fas? tened his teeth in Mr. Howell's right hand, penetrating the skin and caus? ing blood to flow very freely. Mr. Howell did not get excited about the Incident and was at his place of busi? ness on Washington street all day Wednesday. On reaching his home Wednesday night Mr. Howell was told that the dog had bitten several other people and for the first time some alarm was felt about the matter. Yesterday morning while Mr. How? ell was trying to confine the dog, It bit him again on the muscle of the upper right arm, making a bruise but not penetrating the skin. After lock? ing the dog up he summoned Dr. L. A. Griffith, who, after observing the actlon? of the beast, advised Mr. Howell to leave on the first train for Baltimore and take the dog's head with him. The dog was chloroformed at S o'clock yesterday and the head was severed and packed In Ice for ship? ment, Mr. Howell leaving for Balti? more with It, via Atlantic Coast Line, at 4.SO. If, upon examination of the head, it proves that the dog had hy? drophobia Mr. Howell will take the Pasteur treatment and will advise the others by wire of the result of the ex? amination In order that they may not delay taking treatment for the wounds. Considerable excitement prevails in Shandon, among the neighbors of Mr. Howell. Altogether six persons were bitten by the dog and several other dogs In the community were bitten.? The State. BARBERS IN TROUBLE. City Ordinance Says that Coat Pockets May Carry Microbes. Twenty-four barbers, fifteen white and nine colored, were defendants In the police court this morning, casea having been made out against them on the charge of violating the ordinance which prescribes that coats without pockets shall be worn by the barbers. It la alleged that all the barbers have been wearing coats with pockets while at work and thereby violating the ordinance. When the cases were called this morning a continuance waa asked It being understood that the case will be taken before the city council were the barbers hope to get some relief. They claim that the ordinance la too stringent. The ordinance pre? scribing t t coats without pockets shall be worn by barbers was done for the protection of the customers. It is claimed by scientists that germs and microbes get into the pockets In barbers' coats and spread disease. Spartanburg Journal. CROP ESTIMATES. Commissioner Watson Compiling Data for Report This Month. Columbia, June 4.?Commissioner Watson's office is busy now with tb collection of data for the purpose of taming on June 15, a complete crop report for the State dealing with the acreage planted this year In each county for the leading crops and with the general crop conditions and pros pects throughout the commonwealth This general report, will be prelim Inary to the mid-season report, which will be Issued In August. It will be remembered that the mid-season re port for 1107 was so complete and accurate that it enabled the depart ment to Issue a little later a cotton crop estimate that fell only 432 bales short of the actual crop harvested. The data for the June 16 report being obtained from the same corres pondenta that furnished the Informa tlon for the mid-season report last year, and consequently should be very valuable. SENATOR McKElTHAN HURT. Isunp on an Auto Explodes In His Fnce as He Starts to Light It. Florence, Jnue 3.?Senator Dan T. McKelthan, of Darlington County, met with a terrlable accident at this place last night. After the present? ation of the "Mikado" by Darlington amateurs Mr. McKelthan, who came here from Darlington In his automo? bile, attempted to light one of the lamp* on the front of the car. As he struck a match and opened the door of the lamp it exploded in his face, burning him terribly about the face and bend. It was at first thought that he would loose the sight >f one ??ye, but (..day It was found that both <>f them are all right. Mr. McKelth? an is In the McLeod Infirmary here and Is resting fairly well today, though at times the pain is very severe. SWEET POTATOES MAKE STARCH Clemson College Bulletin Thai is In? teresting anil Suggest Ive. Clemson College, June 3.? Bulletin No. 136 of the South Carolina expe- ' riment station on "The manufacture of starch from sweet potatoes," has been issued. The bulletin is by Mr. C C. McDonnell, who conducted the experiments here before accepting a position with the United States de? partment of agriculture in Washing? ton. The bulletin discusses the history of the sweet potato, the climate and soil necessary, the planting, cultiva? tion, the harvesting, the yield, the cost of production and the composi? tion of the potato, and then enters Into a detailed exposition of the pro? cess of manufacture of starch from the potato. The chief sources of commercial itarch are corn, wheat, rice and Irish potatoes. Corn is used almost ex? clusively in the United States, though Irish potatoes and wheat are used to a small extent. In England nearly all starch is made from rice and wheat. The making of starch from Irish potatoes Is carried on particu? larly in Germany. The starch of corn Is about 65 per cent, wheat 85 per cent, rice 75 per cent., Irish potatoes 18 per cent. The sweet potato contains a larger percentage of starch than the Irish potato, yields a heavier crop, and can be grown more cheaply; and in addition to these advantages, it has a vine which makes good food for itock, some varieties being very pal itable. The development of cotton manu? facturing in the South has created a iemand, which is continually increas ng, for starch used in "sizing" yarn md "filling" cloth. Experiments ivhich have been carried out in many mills of this State show that for cot? ton goods the starch produced from iweet potatoes is better than corn itarch and fully equal to the best trades of Irish potato starch. The amount of starch produced from a good crop of sweet potatoes ?er acre is from one and a half to four times that from Irish potatoes. The annual production of sweet po? tatoes In the South Atlantic and 3ulf States Is about 60,000,000 bush? els which might easily be Increased tenfold. ' The varieties most in demand for table use are not necessaryily the [>nes best suited for the manufacture ?f starch, for the varieties containing the largest percentage of starch are likely to be too dry and Insipid for table use. The data accumulated Is yet In? sufficient to make any positive state? ment aa to whether the making of starch from the sweet potatoe will prove a paying Investment; for at the present price of sweet potatoes their manufacture Into starch alone might not be profitable. But grown )n a large scale, a number of ex? penses would be eliminated. At pres? ent only a fraction of the crop is dis? posed of, all unmarketable potatoes being a dead loss, and there being other losses through rotting, inability to market the crop, etc. Grown for starch factories, all po? tatoes could be sold, no expense of barrelling or packing would be In? curred; modern machinery could be used in planting, cultivating and har vehting, heavier yielding varieties could be grown, the by-products? pulp, etc.?could be utilized. HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOOSE. Row Brewing In Manning Over Change In Telephone Rates. The advertisement in the Times last week by the Manning Telephone Co., in which it was proposed to make a new rule with regard to the out-of town service, brought on such a pro? test from the subscribers that a ma? jority gave notice to the corporation to discontinue their patronage if the new rule was insisted upon. A meet? ing was called by the management of the company Monday afternoon, at which certain propositions were made, and a committee appointed to Investigate and report t? another meeting. What the outcome will be Is problematic. As soon as twt aatfc'.l of the meeting became known up?n the streets, dissatisfaction was ex? pressed at certain Concessions pro? posed. The dissatisfied oius imagine they see through the se'.u me. and they will not be entrapped by stool pigeons, that nothing will satisfy them but the service they were getting in the past. They do not take any stock In the claim that the company is los? ing money; It Is believed that the present Income pays a fair dividend on the actual Investment. This Is an interesting fight, and It remains to be seen whether or not a corporation having a monopoly of a business can make rules and rates dis? pleasing to the patrons and succeed. We are not a patron of the telephone, and have not been for over a year, we were forced to discontinue on ac? count of bad service, but we are told the service has been Improved, and we contemplate Installing a telephone If the present racket Is satisfactorily ad Justed. Therefore we are watching It with Interest.?Manning Times. The Dog* und the Women. Tiny have just had a lovely row in Baltimore over the question of muz- j zling the dogs. High society took a prominent part, and it was all too ' it was too lovely for anything. Public feeling has been wrought up in Baltimore to a high pitch by the number of children recently bitten by dogs. In several cases rabies re? sulted. The newspapers, voicing public sen? timent, demanded an ordinance re? quiring dogs to be muzzled when on the streets. The city council very properly acquiesced, and appointed a committee to draft the ordinance. And the other aiternoon, while the committee was in session, a bunch of society women, and other women who love dogs, stormed the committee in the council chamber and finally broke up the meeting. They hissed the councllmen, hissed the mayor, and raised such a rumpus that the chair? man of the committee had to adjourn the hearing. The women, a number of whom are prominent In the fashionable set, are members of the Dog Lovers' associa? tion, which has been opposing the pas? sage of stringent laws to keep dogs off the streets. They particularly ob? ject to the muzzling of their pets, declaring It would be another outrage. They berated the press and declared the newspapers should be muzzled in? stead of the dogs. Several women became so excited that they drew their hat pins and threatened the councllmen who want? ed to muzzle their dogs. One report? er leaped over a table to escape an angry dog lover, and the mayor's secretary also had a close call. Wasn't it all just as lovely and cute as could be? But that night the city council, composed of hard headed wretches, met and passed the muzzling ordi nance, and the dog champions lost their fight. The dogs in Baltimore must hereafter play In their own back yards or else wear muzzles. The Baltimo-e city council, strange to say, has more regard for the children than for the dogs.?Anderson Mail. WALHALLA S DOG LAW. We direct the attention of dog fan ciers, and dog lovers, alike, to the local dog laws, which will be enforc ed They are as follows, quoted from Ordinance No. 2.: "Section 3. ihat any dog running at larg* within the corporate limits between the first day of July and the 1st day of October, without a muzzle Is liable to be se4zed and retained for a period of twenty-four hours, dur? ing which time his owner can redeem him by paying the sum of two dol? lars, and if not so redeemed, the dog shall' then be sold. That any owner of a dog or dogs who shall let such dog or dogs run at large on the streets of the town without being muzzled shall be deemed guilty of a mlsdeameanor and shall be punished at the discretion of the Mayor, with in the limits of his authority. "Section 4. That It shall be un lawful for a bull dog to run at large within the corporate limits of the town at any time. That any owner or persons having custody of a bull dog, who shall let such dog run at large, shall be deemed guilty of a mlsdeameanor, and shall be punished at the discretion of the Mayor with In the limits of his authority." The only question in the matter is :?hall the authorities enforce this law and thereby secure the ill-will of - few, or shall they ignore it and run the risk of a repetition of Green vllle's experience?that , is, to have dozen or more children bitten an sent to the Pasteur Institute for treatment? The law will b>> rnforeed.?Keow( < Courier. ?Mrs. S. 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