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KPFdKR <>N TIIK IMMORTAL LIFK. Georgia Jurist S|>oaks Before Ham llton Club. Chicago. 111.. April 9.?Attorney General George W. Wlckersham. ad? dressing the Hamilton Club member? ship at the annual Appomattox day banquet here tonight, warmly upheld the Taft Administration. Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, discussed the ilimW re.edlng line of sectionalism between the North ami South, and (b-verner Adolph O. Eber hardt. of Minnesota, addressed him? self to the subject of the "new Ifseej ? Mr. Wlckersham declared that the first year of President Taft's Admin? istration, so frr as possible in that short space of time, was a fulfillment of pledges made In the Republican platform. Expenses of Administra? tion, he said, had been reduced, reve? nue Increased, valuable Information bearing on the correction of coporate evils colla ted, and In a general way forces organised in a sane and order? ly manner to carry out promises made to the people. Judge Speer. responded to the toast "To the men who surrended and since then have carried the flag and kept step to the music of the Union." paid tribute to Gen. Robert E. Lee. leader of the Confederate forces, whlrh surrendered, and prais? ed In highest terms the action of Gen. Grant in making liberal terms for the Confederates at Appomattox. He ? i ioted his historical data to show that from the closing days of the war to the present time the spirit of ?eectlo"?aMsm has been gradually -dying out in all sections of the ?eountry. After drawing a graphic picture of "Lee. presenting himself before the Union generals and the conference preceding the actual surrender, he described Lee's return to his troops to break the news. "It has been permitted to his ?countrymen to know the emotions in the lofty soul of the noble flguro In grey, aa he regarded for the last time that army of tattered uniforms and bright muskets, which. In the words of a Northern historian, 'op? posing a constant front to the mighty gancentratt? n of power brought against It. vital in all Its parts, died only with Its annihilation.' "That his military career, brilliant end unstained from Its Inception, had ended he clearly knew, tut every not of his life and especially that most erltlcal and criticised, demonstrates that of all earthly considerations, his personal fortunes were to him the least. He had declared that duty la the subllmest word in any language and It can be made palln to any im? partial mind that this loftiest type of American of the Southern States cast his lot with his native State and its subsequent allies, from a sincere con? viction of duty, as holy and unselfish as that of any martyr, who, posted at the shrine of truth, had died In her defence." t Referring to the antagonism to placing a statue of Lee In Statuary Hall, and declaring that the sincerity of Southern men in their efforts to remove all trace of sectionalism can no loger he questioned. Judge Speer concluded: "Nor csn our eountry afford to de / pr*cate or discredit In any manner the like character, or the military honor of the American States called Southern, and nothing could be more affrontlve to a strong snd fearless population, who have demonstrated their devotion to the flag, than any authoritative attempt to sully that Southern svmbol. the stainless sword of Lee. It would obliterate In every such Stste the felicitous Influences of the personal knowledge of th^ genial, courtly, manly President Lincoln, the tender mercies of the gentle McKin? ley, and all else that has been done or ptten pt.d |J cultivate fraternity between the States once disordered. ?Iis- .vdant and belligerent." I'm,|;,,,e lll>lor\ ' W. II what Is It now? If |fs foot lsh question No. 9.r,;?7 \\\ spank >ou and put v??u to bed." "No pop; I Just want to know what Is profane history." "Profane history, eh? Well?It's - It's Just a term |a distinguish It from sjjared history." "Mut whv Is it called prelim. Oll pop 7 "How the?that Is. how do 1 know ' 1 suppose It?say. you know when lit? tle George Washington cut down his father's pet cherry tn< "Yes. pop." Weii. what little Qeofsjte'a fnthet said to little Georgh. is profane hls t--r I should think you could get your bss-ms without bothering m with your fool questions."?New York Tlm?*s. St.'tiding In the barn v \\\ spoil a i). ( . s >on. r thin good steady work. \.'h- n foe see his legs begin to sb?. k up, hurry and get him to work at something. If It Is nothing more than exercising In the yard every day. Keep that up till you have some real business to do. IX TIIK JURYROOM, Strange Verdicts and Odd Occur? rences Recalled by Business Man. What was said in an editorial ar? ticle in the Sun on March 9, about the foolish verdicts rendered by ju? ries is all true. It would take a whole page of the Sun to relate the ridiculous and curious things 1 have experienced in thirty years of service in juries, grand and petit, Federal and State. I've been ashamed of the verdicts I've had to concur in civil cases rather than have a disagree? ment that would be dreaded by both parties. I remember a case where a ser? vant sued the administrator of an es? tate for a large sum in lieu of sup? port for life, which she claimed had always been promised her by the de? ceased. To me and to three or four others of the Jury It was plain that the whole thing was concocted by the woman's attorney, and when we re? tired we compromised in a $5,000 awsrd to the woman. The defend? ant's attorney assured us afterward that while it was an absolutely cold steal, they'd rather pay that sum than have the suit hang over with all it implied to the estate. On another case a smart lawyer had bought up the claims of a dead and gone company of some kind down south and came north to try to collect from some of the original stockholders. He sued a well known gentleman of standing in the United States court before Judge Lacombe, and the defendant employed Mr. Choate to represent him. The whole thing was so preposterous that Mr. Choate said but little, and the Jury was sent out. To the surprise of ele? ven of us there was on the first bal? lot one vote for the plaintiff. We be? gan to discuss the matter, and one of the jurymen who sat quietly filling his plpo. said: "Gentlemen, it's no use discussing this matter. That was my ballot, and If we stay here a year you will never get me to vote in favor of that blankety, blank blank (naming the defendant.) I'm employed in the custom house, and some time ago, when that fellow was returning from Europe, he treated me as if I were dirt under his feet, and here is where I get square with him, d?n him." We of course had to report a dis? agreement, and at the same time gave a statement of the matter to Judge Lacombe. I remember a humorous Incident occurred In Judge Peckham's court. A tedious case had dragged along and on Friday the juldge told us that court would alt on Saturday. Sevoral of us business men didn't want to come to court on Saturday, ad dur? ing lunch time we arranged with one of our number, a Hebrew, to remon? strate against serving on his Sabbath, and get us discharged until Monday. Well, when court reconvened we pushed our little man up to the front, and as soon as he spoke to the judge we saw there'd be something doing. The judge called up the counsel, one of whom was Gen Tracy, and there was quite a confab, resulting In the Judge Informing us that with consent of counsel he was going to withdraw a Juror and go on with the case on Saturday with eleven jurymen. Our little game bad been entirely succss ful of the Hebrew. If there were space to spare I could give innumerable Instances of both the sad and the humorous "side of Jury trials. Think of being on a jury for a year In the "Emma Mine case" and losing your business and becom? ing a bankrupt through it, as some men did. Think of a Federal court sitting five days with twelve jurymen and such COUMel as the late Leon Abbott and Edwards Pierrepont to deride <>n the loss of a sloopload of potatoes, fro/en on their way from Nova Seotia. I'll bet Judge Wallace rem- mben It.?New York Sun. Canada's Boon. They tell a story of a farmer grown tired of wheat-raising, who decided to trade his farm for a bunch of oltv lots. Bayi The Saturday Evening Post, lie \\i?it into town and saw a r^al estate ntrent and arranged a trade. The agent hitched up and drove the farmer out to see the lots. When they arrl\.d at the destination the i inner looked over the lots and made no comment. "Now, than," said the agent s'imlng the trade to be mad ?, "let'i drive to your farm. Where Is it? ? ??h." replied the farmer, ' .vo i led that about a mile back ootnln4 out her?-." Hrhool Teacher Kills Herself, M?iedg. viiie. (ja. March i l. -Com? pelled to resign her work as school t.- m her because of m health, Mi s Rifle Simpson? twenty years old an 1 a member of a prominent family in this ejection, shot and killed herself 't lo r le.me here to-day. One day my little four-year-old boy was crying very bud, and bis auntie said. "<?, Walter don't stretch your month so wide, you will make It as big as a horse's." He Stopped suddenly then said, "And will mv nose be on the end of It?"?The De? lineator. BLACK KOT OR SWKET POTATO. Clemson Extension Work?Article II. One of the most widespread and most destructive diseases in this State at present is the Black Rot of sweet potato. This disease occurs quite commonly and does considerable damage on potatoes both in the Held and in storage. The rot is caused by a parasitic fungus which, under cer? tain conditions, is able to pass from one plant to another and thus spread the disease. The trouble first appears as brown or black patches or mottled, discolor? ed areas on the surface of the pota? toes. Quite frequently these discolored areas are observed in potatoes when they are dug, but at this stage the disease only seems to penetrate the skin and is apparently doing no se? rious harm. Later the rot extends into the potato and causes the af? fected area to turn black and to emit the odor which is so characteristic of rotten potatoes. When such potatoes are stored in warm, moist places, the rot producing fungus becomes espe? cially active and by means of tiny nporaSi which are produced in small black pustules on the surface of the diseased areas, spreads rapidly from one potato to another. Under such conditions the disease is also spread by the filaments of *hc fungus grow? ing from the rotten p* cato directly In? to adjoining healthy potatoes. In this way the rot might spread to ev? ery potato in a bank. If slightly diseased potatoes are stored In a place where conditions are* unfavorable for the development of the rot, they frequently remain part? ly rotted until spring. The real dang? er of spreading the disease from one field to another comes in bedding such potatoes. Slightly diseased po? tatoes seem to sprout as readily as healthy ones, and the slips from such potatoes are diseased. The disease transferred with such slips to the field remains on the plant and attacks the potatoes when they dvelop. The fun? gus which causes black rot also lives over In the soil from year to year and where potatoes are planted ev? ery year on the same land, the dis? ease constantly gets worse. To prevent black rot then we must: First, secure disease free seed for planting. Second, avoid planting potatoes on the same land for two years in suc? cession. Quite frequently it is impossible to secure potatoes for bedding which are entirely free from disease. In lUCh case it is well to use vines in? stead of slips, for the fungus which causes the disease remains in the vicinity of the roots of the plants. It does not live in the vines and leaves, so vines grown from diseased po? tatoes, if planted on land which is free from disease, will produce sound potatoes. Now, as I have said, black rot oc? curs on the majority of the farms in this state and is responsible either di? rectly or indirectly for the loss of thousands of dollars worth of pota? toes annually, so it is well for every farmer to look out for it and guard against its spread. Tf you have al? ready bedded your potatces and are not sure that they are free from dis? ease, plant as much of your crop as you can from vines and on land not previously planted In potatoes. When you gather these potatoes, bank separately the ones grown from the vines and the ones grown from the slips and note the keeping qual? ities of each. Potatoes should not be banked for two years In successslon In the same place, because the fungi which cause these rots will live over In the old banks and attack the new potatoes as soon as they are banked. Where potato houses or cellars are used for storing, they should be cleaned out and disinfected before the new crop is put In. This can be done by clean? ing them out thoroughly and then ?praying the walls and floor with a 3 per cent, solution of formaline or a 1 per cent, solution of topper sul? phate (Blue stone). IT. W. BA IRE, BOtanlst B. C, Experiment Station. "How sharper Than a Serpent** Tooth.*1 .\u Irritable, old farmer and his un? gainly, slouching son were busy grub? bing sprouts one hot, sultry day, when the old man suddenly stumbled over a small stump. "Gosh dum thai everlaatln' stump!" he exclaimed. 'I wish it was in bell!" The eon slowly straightened up from his work and gased reproach 'ullv at his fatb r. "Why you oughtn't to .ay that pap,*' he drawled. "Yon might stumble over thai stump ag'ln some daw" ii\ erybody's. ?';ipt. James V, Wenman, oldest member of the New York Cotton Kx | change nnd it^ first vice president celebrated ids eighty-seventh birth* day anniversary yesterday al his home in thai city. Mr. \v< nmnn Is known as the "father" of the ex? change, and is more regular In at? tendance at its sessions than many of the youngs' members. JUDGE HASKELL DEAD. DISTINGUISHED SOLDIKR-JURIST DIED THIS MORNING. Was Gallant Confederate Officer and Faithful Public Servant and Strong Business Man. Columbia, April ?Judge A. C. Haakall, for many years one of the leading men of the State, both in pub? lic life an 1 In business affairs, died this morning at 3 o'clock. Last night Judge Haskell was operated on for an obstruction of the intestines. He stood the operation well and his condition was such as greatly to en? courage his physicians and friends. Later in the night, however, he grew rapidly weaker, and early this morning the end came. Alexander Cheves Haskell was born in .1839, in what is now Abbeville county. Judge Haskell, who was a member of one of the South's most noted families, graduated at the South Carolina college in 1860, ranking second in his class. In January 1861, he elisted as a private in Company D, First regiment, South Carolina volunteers. At the end of six months he was appointed adjutant. In November 1861, he was made chief of staff to Gen. Maxcy Gregg. When Gen. Gregg was kill? ed, Judge Haskell continued In the same position itnder Gen. Samuel Mc Gowan and also under Gen. Abner Perrin. In March 1864, Judge Has? kell was given command of the Seventh regiment, South Carolina cavalry, with the rank of colonel. This command he held until the sur? render at Appomattox. Colonel Has? kell was detailed by Gen. Lee to sur? render the Confederate cavalry to the Union Gen. Merritt. During the war Col. Haskell served at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chan cellorsville, Cold Harbor and other engagements. At the battle of Cold Harbor he was badly wounded. Lat? er he was wounded again and left for dead on the field of Darbytown. He also received wounds at Chancel lorsville and at Fredericksburg. Returning from the army at the close of the war, Col. Haskell com? menced teaching school at Abbeville. At the same time he was engaged in the study of law, which profession he had decided to follow. He was ad? mitted to the Bar in December, 1865, and in the same year was elected to the legislature, where he served two years. In 1867 he was elected judge of the district court at Abbeville. He resigned this position In September of the same year to accept the profes? sorship of law in the South Carolina university, which he held with distin? guished ability until July, 1868. At that time he was chosen as an elector In the presidential contest between Grant and Seymour. He at once be? gan an active canvass of the State in the interest of Democracy, which did much for his party. At the close of the campaign Col. Haskell opened a law office in Columbia. A year later he formed a partnership with the late Joseph Daniel Pope, which lasted un? til December, 1877, when Judge Has? kell was elected associate justice of the South Carolina supreme court, a Skala falling dead. Gay, who threw position which he held two years. He up his right hand as if to ward off resigned to accept the presidency of the weapon, was struck first in the the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta thumb and then a second bullet was railroad. At the organization of the buried in his head. He fell uncon Loan and Exchange bank in 1887 he scious across the body of his col was elected president. From 1887 to league. 1890 Judge Haskell was one of the For a moment?for several mo government directors of the Union Pacific railroad. When the State Publishing com? pany was organized for the publica? tion of The State, Judge Haskell was made the president of the company. During the reconstruction cam? paign of 1876 Judge Haskell acted as chairman of the Democratic State executive committee. At the close of the campaign he represented the State in Washington in a successful effort to secure the recognition as governor of Wade Hampton. Judge Haskell was married in 1861 to Rebecca C. Singleton. In Novem ments?the assassin stood over his prey in amazed contemplation of the deed, flourishing his revolver, while the panic stricken crowd fled to shel? ter behind posts and doorways. The madman was Jian Radowitch, a character known to most of the mission for his shiftless habits, slovenly dress and radical opinions. A moment before he had meekly read from juvenile leaflets in the Sun? day school led by Skala. Previously he had set in a back pew of the church during the regular sermon and at the commencement of service Skala had shaken his hand in greeting. In ber, 1876, he married again, Alice V. all this Radowitch had given no Alexander, being his second wife. PREACHER MEETS MARTYRDOM. Mission Worker Shot Down on Leav? ing Church. Plttsburg, Pa., April 10.?A sermon on martyrdom in which Frank Skala, an editor and prominent mission worker, had declared himself willing to lay down his life for the Christian cause, was followed today by his as? sassination in a highly sensational manner and the shooting down of a fellow cuhrch leader, John Gay. Arm-in-arm the two missionaries were leaving the little congregational church in Woods Run, a suburb, at the head of more than 100 foreigners. A raggedly dressed and collarless man pushed his way through the crowd and when he was but a step behind the leaders, he pressed a re? volver to Skala's side and fired twice, warning of his murderous intention. There was no policeman in sight when the murder was done, the church people were too terrified to grab the assassin, and after flourish? ing his weapon and stamping his foot on the bodies he made off from i the avenue to the Fort Wayne rail? road tracks and disappeared. A large armed posse of police, de? tectives and church people was soon in pursuit, but up to a late hour to? night they had found no trace of him. CASTOR IA lor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always bought Bears the Signature of NOT FOOD, BUT MEDICINE All sensible live stock and poultry raisers understand how important It Is to keep their stock in healthy condition. And for all the common diseases of Cat? tle, Horses, M ules, Sheep, Hogs and Poultry there Is nothing that gives such satisfactory results as Bosch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry Medicine It Is laxative in action and quickly produces a beneficial effect. Veterinary authorities agree In endorsing this excellent preparation. Sold under a guaran? tee or money refunded. Hold by druggists and dealers. Price 25c, 50c and $1 a can. Sample on request GOLDEN CHAIN REMEDY CO., Inc. EvansvUle, Ind. Busch's Disinfectant and Dip, guaranteed to destroy MITES and LICE on j your poultry, 50c Splendid All Round Remedy. I have used Busch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry medicine on my stock wit a the most satisfactory results. My wife also uses it on the chickens when they get droopy. Several times friends of mine have been to me as If I were a veteri? nary doctor and asked me to see what I could do for their stock with the remedy and wnenever they come for me I put the can in my pocket and go back with them and give some ol It to their animals. The remedy Is all right. Silas G. Ruffin i" SI HERTS DUK. STORE. We Want the Attention Ob EVERY LOVER [OF HORSE-FLESH, EVERY 'PERSON INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, EVERY MAN% WOMAN OR CHILD INTERESTED IN THE SANITA? TION OF THEIR SI R POUNDINGS. We arc the | direct representatives of Dr. Hess & Clark, - of Ashland, Ohio, manufacturers of the-; CELEBRATED STOCK FOOD, POULTRY PANACEA, INSTANT LOUSE KILLER, DR. HESS' DIP AND DISINFECTANT, HEALING POWDER, WORM POWDERS FOR STO^ AN3 HOG, COUGH AND DISTEMPER CURE. This is the season for general cleaning up. Give the animal his regular food with some of Dr. Hess' Remedies and watch the result. It you are not satisfied, you have not made a bad purchase, for every package is guaranteed or Your Money Hack. An Egg per Day Try to get this from your hens. The only discovery on the mar? ket today to stimulate Lying is DR. HESS' PANACEA. Sanitation?Kill the Germ. You cm do it with Dr. Hess' Dip and Disinfectant and Sprayer. A quarl ol this makes a hall barrel ol the finest disinfectant known to science, ETJT^ Paint your horse's hoof with Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy. Keeps off scratches, sand-gravel, makes the hoot grow sott and pliable,strengthens the frog, These remedies cost so little in comparison with the net result, that it is up to you. <fft'> PHONE 85.