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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.
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mte Indigestion, snd spending over
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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,
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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.
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Haste comes late In the end.?Ger
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Now. again, my mind turns to the
glorious corn. See it. Look on its
ripening; waving field. See how it
wears a crown, prouder than ever
monarch wore, sometimes jauntily,
and sometimes after the storm the
dignified survivors of the tempest
seem to view a field of slaughter and
to pity a fallen foe and see the
pendant caskets of the cornfield filled
with the wine of life, and see the
silken fringes that set a form for
fashion and for art. And now the
evening comes and something of a
time to rest and listen. The scudding
clouds conceal the half and then re?
veal the whole of the moonlit beau?
ty of the night, and then the gentle
winds make heavenly harmonies on a
thousand harps that hang upon the
borders and the edeges and the mid?
dle of the field of ripening corn until
my very heart seems to beat' respon?
sive to the rising and the falling of
the long, melodious refrain. The
melancholy clouds sometimes make
shadows on the field arid hide its
aureate wealth and now they move,
and slowly into sight there comes the
golden glow of promise for an indus?
trious land. Glorious corn, that more
than all the s' :ters of the fields wears
tropic garments. Xor on the shore
of Nllus or of Ind does nature dress
her form more splendidly. And now
again, the corn, that in its kernel
holds the strength that shall (in the
body of the man refreshed) subdue
the forest and compel response from
every stubborn field, or shining in the
eye of beauty, make blossoms of her
cheeks and jewels of her lips, and
thus make for man the greatest in?
spiration to well-doing, the hope of
companionship of that sacred, warm
and .well-embodied soul?a woman.
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GIRL DROWNED NEAR FLORENCE
'Miss Katie Knobelocli Loses Her Life
at Muldrow s Mill Pond.
Florence, June 7.?While enjoying
a boat ride at Muldrow's mill pond
this afternoon, Miss Kittle L. Knobe
loeh, an attractive young woman wno
has made Florence her home for
about a year, was drowned by the
upsetting of the boat. Miss Knobe
loch was stenographer for the Caro?
lina Water, Light and Power Compa?
ny, at Florence. Mr. W. S. Black,
who was in the boat with her, nar?
rowly escaped being drowned also.
The particulars of the sad affair
are not known as yet. Mr. Black and
Miss Knobelock had gone to the pond
in company with a party of young
people. Miss Knobeloch's body has
been recovered and at this hour 11
o'clock Sunday night?Is being
brought to the city.
Miss Knobeloch was originally
from Macon, Ga. She came to
Florence about a year ago, and has
made many friends during her resi?
dence here.
The cotton mills in Union are now
running on full time.
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