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e jones case.
FMK ( <H UT I)IM I S UNION
MAN RFHEARINO.
Unf to the I a -1 Ditch, W. T.
on*'*, Convicted of Murdering Ills
'Ife by Administering Strychnine,
nally looses Out?Must St*rvc Life
JSftemre.
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Columbia, May ?.?Praying, per?
pa, that the last ray of hope may
r'.ng to him favorable returns. W. T.
Jones conv*cted wife murderer, is
aow np?.. Mng what may be his last
night In %ht? Union county Jail. To?
morrow the worl of the highest court
la the State will be officially borne
him. and very probably tomorrow
ht he win spend his first night In
ihe State Penitentiary. Convicted of
the killing of his own wife. Marlon
Jonea, the prisoner, who has spent
many months In the Union Jail, was
this evening refused a rehearing by
the Supreme Court, and fne* ^emlt
tltur will be seat down immediately
The Supreme Cout:, in few wordfc.
tells that Jon^a' only hope for even
?* ?tay^gf sentence is over: "After
**ft>tni consideration of the within
IftUon, the court It unable to dis?
cover that any material matter or
question has been overlooked or dis?
regarded. It la therefore, ordered
that the petition be dismissed and
that the order heretofore granted,
storing remlttltur. be revoked." This
order, signed by Chief Justice Ira B.
Jones and Associate Justice Eugene
B. Oary and C. A. Woods, means a
life term In the Penitentiary for W.
T. Jonea
MAY BAM CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
Bel Vp at Albany Held to Have a
Far-reaching Effect.
Albany. N. T., May ?.?Having
the Assembly last week with?
out a fight and without attracting any
Particular attention, the Wttter-Wln
kle bill, which. In Its strict enforce?
ment, might prohibit the practice of
Christian Science In the State prom?
isee to develop Into one of the gen?
uinely live Issues of the legislative
Tear.
81nce the discovery that the bill, If
enforced to the letter, might drive
Christian Scientists out of business
there has been much talk about the
measure, and there Is every lndlca
tlon that when the draft comes upfor
a hearing before a comraltta-^s^^B?
senate. Tuesday. Chrlntjjfl |M
anJ fo>s of Christian Science from all
?ertIon? of thf State will be here.
The bill was Introduced by Senator
Itter, of Alleghany county, who Is a
.practicing physician In the village of
"Welurvllle. He Is chairman of the
Commhcee on Public Health, and has
said he assumes the bill was sent to
him for Introduction because of his
position on that committee, to which
any such proposed legislation would
go for consideration, and because he
Is a physician. Senator Witter, who
left Albany Saturday, said:
"I understood It was drawn by Dr.
John H. Orant. of Buffalo, followir |
the decision of an action against
some clairvoyant who took refuge be?
hind the words 'religious tenets,' con?
tending that her practice was relig?
ious. Dr. Orsnt sent the bll to me
probably because I am the only phy?
sician In the senate."
"Do you understand that the
amendment to the present law might
r.b ..? out Christian Science practition?
ers? ' I?r Witter was asked.
' I believe It might, although I don t
urderstand that that was the reason
?or the drafting of the bill. We have
all over the country people who take
advantage of the Imperfection of the
law and make all sorts of claims that
they ar* practicing according to their
llglon. Some do it all by prayer
d some by other means not based
upon the laws of hygiene or knowl?
edge of the human body. Physicians
believe that nobody should practice
who has not first passed an exami?
nation showing him to be the posses?
sor of sufficient knowledge to practice
properly."
Th?> future Is purchased by the
present.?Jrhnson.
C?rn?'gl' ad\ Iscs Taft to travel less,
but do. -a t take m. of hi-< own imd
I? Inc.? Philadelphia Inquirer.
Speaker Cannon can't get over tie
idea that any harm to him Is a sln|.
at tho Mag ami ? blow at our InsM
tutlons. ? Kansas City Star.
Haiiey's coma! traveling 7,000
miles a minute, may be explained by
the astronomers as an astral Joy rid?
er.?fjsahn nit Courier?Journal,
Mr. Ibarst Is Just walking around
the fenco to spy a loose plank that
might afford an opening Into the big
srena of ptndi ? attention.?Omaha
Beat
\ court In Patterson has granted a
w Jersey boy permission to play
?..key two days In u month, but the
other six or se\en will be the ones
he will really ?Joy ?LiOlllevlIti Cour?
ier-Journal
KINO GEORGE V PROCLAIMED.
With Traditional Ceremony Succes?
sor of Kdwurd VII Presented to His
Subject*.
London. May 9.?George V was
proclaimed King throughout the Em
plr?> ?oday. with all traditional cere?
mony of past centuries. In Dublin
the Ulster klng-at-arms read the
proclamation in the presence of Lord
Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
and Lady Aberdeen.
The country is now beginning to re?
sume its normal life. The King's
earnest desire being that, except on
the day of the funeral of Edward VII,
which is now formally fixed for May
20, the national mourning should in?
flict no unnecessary sacrifices upon
the people.
Premier Asquith and Reginald Mc
Kenna. first lord of the admiralty, ar?
rived In London tonight. Other mem?
bers of the Cabinet and officials hold?
ing important positions under the
government are hastening to the cap?
ital.
King Haakon and Queen Maud, of
Norway, were met at the station this
ryenlng by King George and Queen
Mary, and young Prince Olaf threw
his arms around his uncle's neck.
The party' drove immediately to
Buckingham Palace, wl'ere they
viewed the body of the late King.
Brief religious services were held Vn
the chapel.
King Oeorge, in a letter to the the?
atrical managers expressed the wish
that the theatres reopen until the
day of the funeral, on account of the
number of people that would be
thrown out of work by the closing of
the houses, and this will be carried
out. The King Issued another let?
ter, In which he said:
"Knowing so well the feelings of
my beloved father, I am sure that it
would be contrary to his wishes that
there should be any interruption to
the enjoyment of the public during
the Whitsuntide holiday, I therefore
hope that the general mourning will
not prevent my people from taking
the usual advantages of the various
opportunities afforded them for the
coming days."
Many of King Edward's personal
friends, including Earl Roberts, A^JL
Balfour, Lord COrson, of KedVision,
and Lord Kitchener, were permitted
to view the body today and late to?
night, after a brief solemn service,
which was attended by the widow
and all the member*; of the royal
family, including King George and
Queen Mary, the body was then
transferred to the OSSlpH shell, which
was kept open tntll after the arrival
of Queen Maud, of Norway. The
young Queen took a touching fare?
well of her royal father.
The Lancet today publishes an au?
thorized statement confirming the
cause of King Edward's death as
"cardiac failure, following upon bron?
chitis.' The statement adds:
"The last hours were absolutely
peaceful and painless."
The Republic of France probably
will be represented at the funeral by
former President Lou bet. although
there Is talk that President Fallleres
may come. Emperlor William will
be here, as also will the Kings of
Greece, Spain, Portugal, Denmark,
Norway, Belgium and Bulgaria and
the heirs to the thrones of Austria,
Turkey, Sweden and Roumania.
Prince Fushlml. who already is in
London, will represent Japan. Grand
Duke Michael Alexandrovltch, young?
er brother of Emperor Nicholas, will
represent Russia, while Holland's rep?
resentative will be Prince Henry, hus?
band of Queen Wilhelmina.
During a recent visit to Windsor
Castle, the late monarch visted the
rayol mausoleum In St. George's
Chapel, when, It Is said, he selected
the spot In which he wished his body
to rest. Today the surveyor of the
castle drew up plans of the chapel
vaults for the guidance of the court
ofJkdriU. Extensive preparations are
' < ing made at the castle for the ac?
commodation of foreign royal fam?
ilies, who will attend the funeral.
Immediately after the funeral of
her husband, It is expected that the
'."eon mother will retire to Sandrlng
i Palace which King Edward
?rue years ago mado over to her as a
dower house.
Winthrop College
s< no:,\KsilM? and ENTRANCE
i x \\ll\ \tio\.
The MMUnllMtlOfl for the award 0
vacant scholarships in Winthrop f'??i
1*01 and t. r.thr admission of n? \\
?,u4*n)i n III 11 h? id at the Counts
n l'i ida\. .Inli t, al
a. mi. Applicants moat be not lea
tb.m lifteen years of .me. wie i
Scholarship! are vacant after July
they Will ba awarded to thOM inakwi
th? hiebest nvornai at this examln
alion. provided they Hl' ct the COnoT
Mom fovsrntnf the award. Appll
cants for scholarship! should wrli
to president Johnson before the ?
sinitiation for Scholarship examln
lion blanks.
Scholarships are worth $1<>0 an
free tuition. The next session wl
op. n September II, Itlo. For furth
sf Information and catalogue, addrei
Pres, I?. H. ypii?on. El ?< k HUI, B. i
Iii KM I I) \ GRASS IS REST.
For Pasturage and Lawn Purposes
It Has No Superior.
C'emson College, May 9.?"Ber?
muda grass," says Mr. J. N, Harper,
director Of the experiment station,
"Is the best Southern grass."
Bermuda was introduced into this
country about eighty-five years ago
from the Bermuda Islands. It came
to those islands from England, and it
is thought that its original home was
India. It ii the most valuable grass
the South possesses, and is the best
for pasturage and lawn purposes. Its
true value is not yet appreciated even
by Its most ardent advocates. There
are several varieties of this grars
grown In the South, differing from
each other mainly in the size of stems
and spikelets and in hardiness. Some
of the smaller hardy types are two
to three weeks earlier in making
their growth in the spring than are
the coarser varieties.
There are other species of grass of?
ten mistaken by the farmer for Ber?
muda, and for this reason Bermuda is
sometimes denounced as being worth?
less. The grasses most commonly
mistaken for Bermuda are wire grass
(Eleusine indica) and Egyption
grass, (dactyloctenius aegyptinem.)
When grown on well improved soil
and well treated, Bermuda will afford
during six months of the year as
miroh. grass as the average blue grass
pasture of Kentucky. I have known
one acre to furnish all the food for
six calves during the summer months.
Three acres of this grass on improv?
ed land will pasture 16 brood sows
with their litters, without other food
than that afforded by five acres of
forage crops. When grown on rich bot
otm lands and kept from weeds and
properly fertilized Bermuda makes a
splendid meadow, as it can be cut
twice during the season, often yield?
ing three to four tons of excellent
hay. Bermuda hay is rich in carbo?
hydrates and makes as good hay as
timothy. It is well suited for work
stock, but not so good for dairy cat?
tle.
Thirty-one years ago an agricul?
tural writer had this to say about this
grass: 'In one respect it is the most
Temarkable grass within our knowl?
edge, as one can with equal ease find
that it is the most valuable of all
grasses, and one that is to restore
worn-out fields and bring untold
blessings wherever introduced, as that
on the other hand it is a curse to the
soil, and that when it once gets a
footing on the soil the owner may as
well give It up at once as to <^o so at
the end of a struggle in which he is
sure to be worsted."
Fortunately we have found out
that Bermuda is not so serious a
weed enemy; for, as it does not ma?
ture seed to any extent In this coun?
try and spreads only by underground
and overground stems, it can be eas?
ily kept in check. As it is a tropical
plant and requires plenty of sunlight,
it can be easily eradicated In three
years by shading it out with winter
legumes, such as vetch, planted
with oats, followed by a summer le?
gume, such as peas or velvet beans. Ii
does not damage cotton the extent
that does crab grass, and a good crop
of corn can be made, if properly cul?
tivated, in a field badly infested with
Bermuda.
Bermuda is of great benefit to the
soil, in that It prevents washing and
fills the soil with innumerable fibrous
roots which produce the best form of
humus. If planted In the fall it can
be grown with oats or vetch. It is a
splendid plant for terrace banks, rail?
road banks and pond banks to pre?
vent them from washing in. It re?
quires plenty of sunlight and cannot
be grown in shady places.
Bermuda can be propagated by
sowing the seed or by planting pieces
of sod. A good way to obtain a sod
is to break the land with a turn ev?
ery twelve inches. This can be done
almost any time during the year, but
it Is best done in early spring. If
planted in the spring it should fol?
low some winter legume; If planted
in the fall it should follow cow peas,
s<>y beans, velvet beans, or beggar
Weed, After planting the sod, the
land should be well harrowed to
make the pasture smooth and even.
< 'attic should be turned into the
pasture as soon as possible to keep
down weeds, which, if allowed to
grow, will ruin the Bermuda. Bur
clover or vetch can be sown In the
fall i'i a Bermuda pasture. The grass
is usually ready for good pasture by
dune I. Alter it has remained four
or five years, it should i>e ploughed
up In early spring and planted In
cow peas, which will Improve the phy?
sical condition of the soil and add
nltr >gen, most benefit la] to the Ber?
muda. If the pasture Is allowed <<?
run too long it becomes "hide bound"
and a poor quality of grass Is pro?
duced. Another good way to treats
Bermuda pasture Is to plough It In
the early fall and harrow In about
si pet ks of rye.
i !< rmud i Is a heavy feeder on id
? ????)?? n and should be fertilised with
an application of nltrab of soda, sul?
phate of ammonia, or cotton seed
' ? i <! i about the middle of every April.
.n< Id phosphate should be applied ev?
ery four years, at the rate of :;oo to
100 pounds per acre. A rood time to
apply this Is when the land is brok?
en in the spring preparatory to plant?
ing the cowpeas in the Bermuda.
Lime is also very beneficial, applied
at the rate of l.OUO pounds every
eight years. If Bermuda is planted
with Texas blue-grass, white clover,
and common vetch, a pasture can be
obtained that will afford good graz?
ing for nine or ten months In the
year.
CORPORATION TAX RECEIPTS.
Will Exceed by Nearly a Million For
mer Estimate.
Washington, May 9.?Beceipts
from the corporation tax will exceed
by nearly a million dollars Secretary
McVeagh's estimate of $25,000,000,
made early in December. This is the
latest calculation made by the Inter?
nal revenue office, which has almost
completed the examination of the
returns from corporations on which
the tax Is assessed.
When business closed last week
$255,319,715 had been assessed. Half
a million more is expected. The fig?
ures given are subject to revision, but
the changes will not be material.
There was a general disposition
manifested by corporations to com?
ply with the law requiring returns to
be made, said Mr. Cabehl, the com?
missioner of internal revenue. About
230,000 returns, representing 270,
000 corporations, were made.
RAISED $4,000 FOR MISSIONS.
Good Report of Woman's Work in
Sumter M. E. District.
St. Matthew's, May 9.?The con?
vention of the Foreign Missionary So?
ciety of the Methodist Sumter district
closed last night. Mrs. Wightman, of
Charleston, presided and introduced
Miss Mary Mann, of Camden, who
read a resolution thanking the people
of St. Matthew's for their hospital?
ity.
The Rev. J. M. Steadman made a
brief statement expressing apprecia?
tion of the ladles being here and in?
formed the convention that a juvenile
missionary society would be organi?
zed at once. He also wished to know
how the lone male delegate from Os
wego, Sumter county, got into this
convention, which created much
amusement for the large audience.
Mrs. Wightman then made an ap?
propriate talk along missionary lines,
and introduced Mrs. Humbert, of
Laurens. The latter said that she
had been engaged in the work since
1875, and loved it better every year.
She gave interesting statistics, show?
ing the wonderful development of the
work along all lines In different for?
eign countries. There are forty aux?
iliary societies in this district and
over $4,000 raised last year.
Dr. H. W. Bays, of Orangeburg,
preached a scholarly and helpful ser?
mon before the convention in the
morning to a large congregation.
Sumter and Mannning both Invit?
ed the Society next year, and a choice
will be made later on.
The Supreme Court has slapped
two more trusts severely on the wrist.
Their seconds report that they are
not seriously disabled.?Cleveland
Leader.
No tariff on Haley's comet. It
comes under the head of "works x.f
an more than 20 years <.)d."?New
York Mail.
H \ is a friend who, in dubious cir?
cumstances, aids in deeds when deeds
are necessary.?Plautus.
Enoch Bridges was fatally shot by
Mel Wicker In Xewberry county Sun?
day in a row over ten cents. Both
are negroes.
The ehaingang is doing some good
work on Broad street extension. The
hills on either side of the branch are
being cut down and the whole thing
clayed. This Is permanent Improve?
ment that will add a great deal to
that much traveled thoroughfare.
To buy jewelry of i]u%lity is at our
store. You will be surprised to
lca'm the reasonableness of our
pri
When you are in tln^
in : h mom! drop in. We are
al ki's pleased to set* you wheth
m u wish to buy or not
W. A. Thompson,
Jeweler and Optician.
333. ? - No. 6 S. Main St.
Double Express Charges.
Paying express charges at both
ends of the line seems to be a practice
both pleasing and profitable to ex?
press company employees. Investi?
gations by some millers has brought
to light the fact that the employes
seem to delight in making this error
of double collection. Whether the
double collection is always reported
at the office or not is not disclosed
but no doubt it is so at times, and
even the express company managers
remain in ignorance of it. A few ship?
pers who are regular patrons of the
express companies have gone to the
expense of special labels which they
attach to every package upon which
the charges are prepaid and others
take the additional precaution of
specifying In their letters that
"charges are prepaid." The same
abuse has been indulged in the mat?
ter of charges on telegrams to such
an extent that many frequent users
of the wire prepay all of their own
messages and insist on those who send
messages to them, prepaying their
telegrams. In this way no messages
are paid for a second time.?Ex
change.
THIS IS 1914, SAYS DR, LYON.
Harvard Professor Corrects Alleged
Chronological Error.
Boston, May 9.?That humanity is
now living In 1914 A. D. Instead of
1910. was the declaration made today
by David Lyon, professor of Semltlcs
and curator of the Semitic museum
at -Harvard.
According to Professor Lyon, King
Herod died in 750 after the building
of Rome, instead of 753, according to
the prevalent belief, and that as
Christ is known to have been born the
year before King Herod's death. He
was born in 749.
When a wise man gives thee better
counsel, give me mine again.?
Shakespeare.
In Its latest phase the Taft-Wicker
sham Railroad bill looks as if it had
been smitten by an Idaho blizzard.?
Philadelphia Record.
The beautiful attracts the beauti?
ful.?Leigh Hunt.
Look long and well at a lobster?
he may be only a clam.?Florida
Times-Union.
It is touching to learn by cable that
our pious ex-President made a visit to
Elsinore to weep over the grave of
Hamlet.?Philadelphia Record.
The moving of the Methodist par?
sonage on Council street is a big job.
The building had to be jacked up
over a hydrant, and the telephone
and electric light wires had to be
pulled up out of reach of the build?
ing. Good progress is being made,
however.
It would not be a bad idea for the
automobilists to begin practicing stop?
ping at the intersection of Main and
Hampton, Main and Liberty and Lib?
erty and Harvin. The law requiring
them to stop becomes effective this
week.
NOT FOOD, BUT MEDICINE
All sensible live stock and poultry raisers understand how Important It la to
keep their stock in healthy condition. And for all the common diseases of Cat?
tle, Horses, Mules, Sheep, Hogs and Poultry there is nothing that gives such
satisfactory results as
Busch'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. Bold under a guaran?
tee or money refunded.
Sold by druggists and dealers. Price 25c., 50c. and $1 a can. Sample on request.
GOLDEN CHAIN REMEDY CO., Inc. Evansville, lnd.
Busch's Disinfectant and Dip, guaranteed to destroy MITES and L1CB on
i your poultry, 50c
Splendid All Round Remedy.
I have used Busch's Golden Seal Stock and Poultry medicine on my stock
with 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 1 were a veteri?
nary doctor and asked me to see what
I could do for their stock with the
remedy and whenever they come for
me I put the can in my pocket and go
back with them and give some of it to
their animals. The remedy is all right.
Silas 0. Ruffln
SIBERT'S DRUG STORE.
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